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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26
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~iii - siaa g. answer snf questions
tsarins upsu health and hygiene. n
instructions printed herewith are
friis~et
Questions aad Answers.
T~mp1fisins eth Headache an
A. tvp.-rit.s . ysomau reader Have
.unor.si 18th headaches Tor = years.
the attacks coming ever . 10 . weeks.
hesinntnE tn the hack - the head aud
nsck The pain increases ia severity
untii Z have % have . doctor come and
Az. me- q hyPodsrmie 20 morphine.
WIN you advise me " there b. any re-
lief
Reply
The time 90 have the doctor % be
tween attacks. and have him often. Let
him study your condition thoroughly
aud lay down a system % living 20
meet tho Indications Don't look Tor
r. cure On the shaP- % medicines alone.
Cor there l. none
The Doctors should OutErow the
Habit have littie girl aged 8.
whose Jeff les has not developed. Il
seems shorter. weaker and ~ makes
her limp she Vas injured ~ birth.
Have asked several doctors and they
SAY shs Wtii na'Erow - Could any
faiuF BE- done for her.
Reply
she uIii not out.row the defoTmity.
&c ls reErcttahic that a doctor should
toll sou such a thing We wish the
doctors wouif outxrow that habit
Take the little Girl AZ once % an
orfhopedie specialist or q hospital or
a ciiric for examination.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26
How 10 Stop snoring.

How 10 Stop Snoring.
Snoring Is not a disease. II is "a
habit brought on by sleeping in a
room with no wall paper. Snoring is
not disgrace. In fact. 10 is repeated
in history that George Washington
while az Valley Forge snored so loud
that the British thought that it was
the roaring OF cannon. The real out
burst Of this nasal explosion Is caused
by sleeping on the back. You might
try 10 prevent this by taking a box OF
tacks and glue each one on the sheet.
II YOU should happen 20 roll over on
your hack during the night We guar
antee YOU will Immediately return 10
your side.
This treatment may be too strenuous
for YOU. We then suggest that you
shampoo the head with a nice ripe
tomato that has been cured of the
measles and dry the head thoroughly
with an almanac. Now run down in
the cellar and throw out your chest
so u will expand TO the ceiling, and
say. 20 times. IT I gave two men -
cents. what time will IL be-" Then re
peat the answer 40 times. Quarter 10
two" This will bring on n spell OF
sneezing. Don't mind this. as il is
the after effect Of the shampoo. BY
this time Il should be getting near
midnight Don't get discouraged. as
YOU are only starting your treatment
Dash up 20 the attic and back again
10 the cellar as fast as YOU can run
- times. all the while barking like
doE-fsh. Now you are all overheated.
and Il Is time for YOU 20 get busy and
think % something real sad. which
will make you cry. The tears and the
Precipitation will mingle with each
other and bring on n complete Circu-
lAtion OF the left foot The foot then
speaks 10 your nose in a rough voice.
and saws. How dare you make a noise
and keep this man awake at night"
OF course the nose doesn't care what
the foot has 20 say. as Il considers
the feet far beneath II. Don't think
this Is the end.
Now hli the cellar half full OF water.
cut a hole IN the dining room floor 10
by IL. start back in the kitchen. and
run and make a grand dive through
the hole you have just made into the
water in the cellar. While under
water try and find the furnace. when
you find I; crawl into IL and make a
noise like a motorcycle. II your wife
happens 10 hear the noise and asks
you what the trouble is tell her not TO
worry. as you are the guy that ended
the var in Europe. She will promptly
send for the nut factory ambulance
After six months treatment in a pad
ded cell you should be able TO come
home and paint the house red. white
and blue. and be very thankful that
this country IS still neutral
MAURICE ELLIOTT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS

MISS Fisssis Guaa lie .Rs ~ tss
p.raiaF sssistF buds - fsaFiiAst.A.
ia-a
ross. fasH.sF governor ~ Asssa-
aE.ssiIs iii likely e. asan iH bic
iass 90 the greatest political ssf.hst
- Eis iiss is hes nov renowned
the democratic psTts aHd gone Bass
q. tna republican fsEks some years
ESQ Hs 4aif ibs republicans Tor tls
democrats iiis people ta1h hih sef
ioasis thea sHd hsapsd Hs~ h"hafs
upsa Gim irs haFd 81 tell what thss
you'd a. a. Hin nov u he came out
faF pabiic once.
ONE would hardly suspect itnGss-
Welt - having his eye GU ths White
house While f-hsHfsihE the story Or
his life 90 the witness stand a. HyFa-
cass. FURTHERMORE. judging b. the
evidence thus far addgeed. one would
imagine Barnes the calonsi's cam
paisu manager instead 81 bis bitter
political enemy.
MEILIaH's comet. with q tAii 600
900 miles long. ia said stiil 10 be neg-
trai
HECTOR inquiries 90 learn whether
the war has affected French dressing
Yes and American. too. There will
De lees 81 "a without corresponding
reduction % price
PRETTY S. Louis Eiri has volun-
tsered 20 execute classical dances o.
the order Interpreted by Gertrude
Hoffman a. blind folks home Pity
the blind
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26
April 90 in American
History.

l52I-Ferdinand Magellan. Portuguese
navigator. killed: born 144O.
Is65-GeneraI Joseph z. Johnston sur
rendered TO General W. T. SheF'
man his army OF $1,000. John
Wilkes Booth. assassin Of Lincoln
killed Booth escaped from WASH
ington and crossed the Potomac ~
Port Royal, where Boston Corpeu'
soldier, shot him dead.
blob ornstjerne Bjornson. famous
Norwegian author. died; born looS'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26
No NrntrnI Rennrter.

From the Athens. Ga. Bannerl-
Miss Mildred Green Is the lovely
guest Of Mrs Preston Brooks. Miss
Annie Winship Bates % Atlanta IS the
attractive guest Of Miss Fannie Neal
Anderson. Miss Looua Little Of Com
merce - the lovely guest OF her sister.
Mrs Abit Nix Miss Marie Thomas %
Charlotte e. the attractive guest OF her
aunt. Miss Basiline Prince.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26

so esaa ts narr eetirt-t rEar ~
Waller o. Rifr@aa f7 have BE pfe.srr
frfefsd ia ths aewsoaeers BE seagt5.
sad Eoustisss VIII b. hailed aF fsf4rr
Esaerafiees az aas OF ths tTuIv great
fsr he "a tHs man who has @ads fF
possible f1F two Eaiiees of sasoflss
90 grow where But oes grew betsrs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26

O. ls eassFrlV s=sErr f5r ts- STATE
e-saFt@eas s1 Fefss= ts issue pass
poets % Aasfieaas Ws5 E-s.rr ts Vls.E
EgFeps faF tEr garpese of r.-assre.
TIE aetIcs would BARELY have eeea
gives gaisss sasr- Esd been aer.tea-
thsns Cor ere papers o. Eel sfraaE~
tisa sonss gsopls have ef "a pleasure
trfc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26
Mexican Mathematics.

Mexico needs arithmetic. Most any
old general. after claiming 20 have
destroyed about a million OF two OF
the opposition. will calmly announce
that the original 100000 hang on
his Euccess-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26
Hate Quenchers.

philadelphia Inquirer
A correspondent writing from Ger
many says that country hates Us with
an uuqueuchahle hate. Guess the hate
Vill be querrhed all right when. after
the var. 81 Begins 20 reach out once
more Cor our dollars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26
Sidelights on the European War

30 blind soldiers, including three Of
GERS, at the home OF Otto Kahn. The
American banker, at Regents Park.
St. Dunstan's. Dr. Kahn turned his
residence over 10 the Red Cross soci-
ETY. some time ago for the use Of SOL
diers who had lost their eyes.
The Kahn estate includes about If
teen acres OF grounds. with various
small buildings which viii be used for
training-rooms and workshops There
is also a small lake on which the
blind men VIII be allowed 10 row.
The sightIess soldiers viii receive
preliminary instruction in carpentry.
boot repairing, mat making, basket
weaving. telephone operating. mas
sage, poultry farming and market
gardening. an effort being made 10 ind
for each man the occupation TO which
he is best adapted. The cost of run
ming the institution viii be met by the
Red Cross. the National Institute for
the Blind and the order of ST. John
Liverpool Correspondence Of The
Associated Press Shocking smart in
their new khaki dungaree uniforms.
several companies OF the Liverpool
Dockers' Battalion have turned out for
their first parade.
Each gang or squad of the lockers
includes nineteen men and a corporal
Several of these units constitute
company which has ITS own non-com-
missioned officers. and may be drafted
by the government for work where
ever wanted
The lockers uniform differs only
slightly from the regular service uni
form. The material and cut is Ut
tie more like that of a good overall.
The headgear is the regular service
cap. with the badge of the Kings own
Liverpool regiment, TO which the BAT
talon is attached.
London-5C orresp ondence or Inc
Associated Press) THE Sunragette'
the official organ Of the Women's So
cial and Political union, which was
suspended on the outbreak Of the war
is making its temperance. Il VIII
be edited BY Miss Christabel PanN-
hurst. who has just returned from the
United States.
Far the present. the journal via
do2, chiefly with the womens sac
of the war situation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26

Amsterdam, Correspondence Of the
Associated Pressl.-A number of
prominent Englishmen including Sir
Edward Goschen. former British am
bsssador To Berlin, have unwittingly
become purchasers Of some Of the lat
est German war loan bonds
The men in question were members
of the Berlin Golf club, which just be-
fore the war raised by subscription
among its members cash fund of
about $4,000. for constructing and
equipping "a splendid new course near
Potsdam. Pending the beginning OF
operations. the fund was on deposit
with the Dresdener bank Of Berlin
when war was declared. The money
was seQuestrated and now has been
invested by order Of its trustees in
German war loan securities.
Sir Edward Goschen was honorary
president of the club. Many of its
English members are now in the civil
ian iuternment camp at Ruhleben.
Liverpool.-Dockers are now work
ing overtime freely and strong hopes
are entertained that better conditions
will soon be realized. More than so
vessels are in port at this writing
awaiting discharging berths and the
quay spaces are crowded with goods
largely owing 10 inadequate transport
facilities.
This congestion and delay has had
the result OF making shippers avoid
Liverpool if possible. Egyptian cot
ton for American spinners was for
merly sent from Alexandria 10 Liver
pool and then loaded on the regular
liners for New York. but the continual
delay has necessitated shipments TO
be made direct. and according 10 mail
advices the steamer 'Ikala" is taking
a full cargo of 11.743 bales OF Egyp-
tian cotton from Alexandria 10 Bos-
ton thus avoiding the delay and labor
at Liverpool.
The Hague. Correspondence OF (
The Associated Press DIR. c H !
Iuberich. former acting dean OF the
aw school Of Leland Stanford. Jr.
university and now practicing in the !
various prize courts of Europe, has {
,Oded the German civil laws enacted I
or the government of the occupied !
province Of Belgium. The new code is 4
published in Dutch. German. French
md English. The work OF codification
vas rendered extremely hard by the
difficulty of obtaining the necessary
lata. but through his Berlin connec-
ions DR.. Huberich managed TO Sc
.ure the official texts of the new laws.
rhe ordinary ordinances of Belgium
regulating the behavior of the people
AVE not been materially changed, but
he commercial laws have been
radically so that the foreign
nd domestic commerce of the coun-
~ can be supervised strictly by the
serman authorities.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of The
associated Press.) There are already
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26
MAURICE ELLIOTT

IN cleaning the desk OF Carter Har-
rison. retiring mayor OF Chicago. it
was discovered he vas an accumulation
OF strings. IL appears. however. a few
OF them got away from him at the re-
cent nominating primary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26

ATTEMPT OF three men TO burglar
&c q Chicago laundry failed and they
we're captured by the police. Ought to
aave had better sense than to have
.ried to clean a laundry. anyway.
J. " c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26

London.-(Correspo ndence of The
Associated Press -Tbere are already
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-26
THE ARGUS.

s1su..-s 49, - see. $500 49,
go Nrss seA 81 ssssaae2 - 80
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-12

II am sorry, madam" he said quiet
~, "but shall have to ask you to
climb up this 1t is the only safe way
out" He laid one hand gently on her
arm. r. p,
Now. Ruth was California bred. with
all the prejudices for and against the
Chinaman. She screamed. At that in
slant there was crash of a shattered
door in the distance and the sound Of
men talking in excited tones.
"You must come" said Sing Wah.
II will take you to place of safety
All ask of you is to follow me and
be silent"
Flis earneStneSs was unmistakable
and Ruth yielded. A moment later
they both stood on a small landing
place above the cylindrical room. Sing
Wah carefully drew up the ladder and
coiled it again on the wooden trigger
that had released it. Then he led the
way down dark passage to stairs lit
by mere glimmer of gas. Ruth drew
back. but he indicated that she must
go on. Even as she obeyed his impe-
rlous gesture there rang out the muf-
fled clangor of revolver shots. Then
again came the sound of doors yielding
to violence and the shouts of wrathful
men,
Sing Wah hurried her on. down
steps, along shadowy passageways and
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watching the world that passed before
his filmed eyes. The Chinese had, as
well, acknowledged Wilkerson's adept.
ness and persistency. In several deals
they had been partners to their mutual
profit, r. ..
you are very good fellow. .Har
ry," Sing Wah had told him once as
they drank tea in a little room in the
rear. :sYou are a smart man-almost
as smart as am. But you are too
hungry. You cannot resist your appe-
titles. Now, The made a slight ges.
ture Of :distaste with his lean brown
. hand-"'I have no. appetites."
Wilkerson nodded: II guess you're
right, Sing Wah. You even haven't
any pride. You talk pidgin English to
the tourists and the rest. instead of
speaking the perfect English you
know"
The dull eyes lit for moment hu-
morously. Il have always felt that l
owed it to Oxford not to flaunt my ed.
ucation in a small bridesmaids shop,
NOA AuO"
The limitation of the Oxonian draw
had been so natural that Wilkerson
had slapped his thighs in delight.
Thereafter he took peculiar pleasure
in watching Sing Wah's assumed silent
stupidity and comparing it with what
he knew to be the real person behind
the dull features. 49,.
1t was to Wilkerson that the Chi
nese had explained his reason for new
err changing his address,, no matter
how brisk the police might be- 'And
have thought out scheme which
you will like" he went on. "Come
with me-"
It was then that he showed Wilker.
son the cylindrical room which had u
single door and revolved at touch on
a lever.
Dangerous stuffv' commented Viii
kerson. IF the police find that they'll
sure land you.'
Sing Wah's pallid lips opened in faint
smile. Il built it for them. And the
Chinatown guides know about it and
will charge $40 extra for trip through
the horrors of the underground, as they
call it." The Chinese sneered. LET
them play with such things while l use
the brains heaven gave me. And yet,
sometime that trick room may serve
purpose"
Thus it came about that Harry: Will
kerson, driven to his wits end to ac-
complish his designs, bethought him of
Sing Wah and fairly drove Jean OAR
nell and Drake before him.
To Mrs. Darnelps credit it must be
said that she rebelled strongly. But
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his plan, ticking off the points on the
tips Of his quivering fingers .7', ~
. First you're Everett, turned up at
last. You find her,. .."+.'
"ln Chinatown sneered Drake j.,
You can easily gain her confidence
and get hold OF the papers, and may
Drake laughed uglily. II look like
the kind of joker who would dress up
as banker and then proceed to renew
my clients acquaintance in a Chinese
joint. How am I supposed to know
she's there? tell you, 'Wilkerson. that
you can't travel straight, even when it
pays you. Why in Gods name you
ever took that girl to that place of
Sing Wah's is beyond my comprehen.
sion. Any place would have been bet
ter. Now you have put the heads Of
all of us in a moose. You know what
people will say when''-
"They'll say nothing" said Wilker-
son furiously. and he proceeded once
more to argue that Drake could easily
continue to impersonate Everett and
in that guise carry their scheme to its
profitable conclusions In spite of his
eagerness and sophistry he was unable
to move either Drake or Mrs. Darnel!
from their attitude of frightened con-
tempt. At last Drake agreed to do his
best to make Ruth trust him.
"But don't like this impersonation
business" he said firmly. II might go
to hotel and hand in my brokers
card and ask for an interview. but I
haven't lost my Senses
"Well." growled Wilkerson. lust see
to it that you worm out Of her where
those papers are"
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CHAPTER XI.
Sinq Wah and His Wiles.

&MYJ John DORR stood stupidity
XXI staring at the papers which
kSzS&2SN he had found in the locked
6SHS68 drawer Of the dresser. His
Brief inquiries at the desk had only
served to make the matter darker, SO
he had come back to the room to puz-
zle things out.
Painfully be set the facts in order
before him. The first was that Ruth
had gone to New York to deal with
Everett about money for improvements
to the Master Key" The second was
that she had evidently not been able
to find Everett and had started west
again. The third was that she had
been in this very room. There lay the
papers that represented the mine and
its value. But how-where-how could
it be?
he proceeded to wire Everett's office in
New York, with the result that he was
soon in possession of his address in
San Francisco.
$50 Everett's here. too,' he mutter-
ed. '"That is stranger yet. | guess it
was time l dropped in. Now to find
Ruth
He thrust the packet of papers in his
pocket and then withdrew them and
locked them again into the dresser
drawer He had il dim notion that
Ruth might come back for them. Then
he telephoned to the st. Francis hotel
and left word for Everett, who was re-
ported to be out.
Still following what his common
sense told him was the logical method
of unraveling the tangle ne went down
to the desk and entered into converse
ton with the clerk Meanwhile his eye
ran down the register Opposite the
number Of the room he now occupied
he saw heavily scrawled Mrs. J..
Darnell and daughter
He frowned, and the clerk said sym.
pathefcally, you must have nasty
headache?'
Il have" John returned. Met with
all accident in an auto that rather up
set me-" He laid his finger on the reg
lister and, controlling his voice, went
on as if casually. 81 see Mrs. DarneIl
stops here"
To DORIS secret amazement the clerk
became mysterious, leaning across the
desk to whisper. "Ah, you know herr"
Il wanted specially to see her." John
equivOcated. lis she here?"
"She is not, and she left in a very
strange way the clerk explained
quietly. ''She came here last evening
with her daughter. I gave them the
room you have now. Along in the late
hours she suddenly came down with
the girl unconscious and told me that
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the stake was too great to risk, and she
bitterly consented to Wilkerson's has
tily outlined plan Of hiding Ruth away
somewhere in Sing Wah's precincts un-
til they could once more get their plans
into working order.
Before she would leave the place
she must indeed see Sing Wah himself.
will the girl be safe here?' she de-
handed
The Chinese looked at her flushed
and passionate beauty in silence until
she repeated her question. Then he
said quietly and in his own exquisite.
~ modulated English: You need have
little fear The servants are honest
and discreet. And"-he let his eyes
meet hers fully-"I think it is possible
that she is safer now than she has
been for some time. Good night. mad
ann
While Wilkerson and Mrs Darnell
had been hurriedly arranging matters
with Sing Wah, Drake had gone in
search of lodgings nearby. He found
them in what had once been a noted
hotel. which had fallen into sad decay.
1t was in the, faded rooms he engaged
here that the three met to consult on
the future.
THE first thing to do is to get hold
of those deeds and papers she has in
her grip said Wilkerson. II wonder
you didn't think to get them before,
JEAN
The wofaan's eyes lit with dull
hatred. but she made NO answer. She
watched him fuss with the locks of the
hand satchel which she had indicated
as the one in which Ruth carried he1
valuables. When it opened and Will
kerson thrust his elutching fingers
downward into it Mrs. Darnell leaned
forward as if in protest. Hepaid no
attention to her, but continued his
search with ever increasing haste. Al
last he Strengthened up with an oath
| so venomous and deadly that even
| Drake shrank back.
1.-The deeds aren't here" Wilkersor
said thickly. 'She's hidden themv'
But where?'
! Luis QueSLlOu S0eLueu W Uredk VIII
kerson's almost steely intensity of pur
pose. The question put his whole prob
lem before him in two words-but
where? He shifted his eyes from the
emptied satchel to the curtained win
dow. Instantly there leaped befor,
him the picture of the truck turning
slowly over in the gulch, of the huge
billow of smoke, of the little lances o.
fire that charged through the dry un
dergrowth as if to preserve to tn
flames their prey. Was it for this tina
he was murderer? The curtain blew
inward before some vagrant wind from
the bay, and Wilkerson drew back IL
terror - =: F..
| "What is it. Harry?" demanded Mrs
Darnell, Instantly taking alarm.
Nothing" he said. sullenly. Il wa
just thinking of something" He turn
ed on Drake. you've got to do tn
trick" he went on. 49,
"How's that?' demanded the young
er man.
! Wilkerson eagerly formulated hi