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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-15

of Ephesians at 2:30 each afternoon
and popular evangelistic services at S
p. m. from Monday to Friday. The fol-
lowing subjects are announced for
the week:
Monday, p, m.-"1S Ways to He'll"
What did Christ teach about hell
Why is there such a place? Where is
hell?
Tuesday, p. m-"The Devil" A
person or myth? Where did he come
from? What is he like? What is he
doing? Where is he going?
Wednesday, S p. m.-"The Resurrec-
ton of the body" Was the body of
Christ literally raised from the grave
If so, what became of It? Is He living
in body of.flesh and bones now?
Thursday, p. m.-"The Second
Coming of Christ" What is meant?
Will it be the end of the world? What
will happen when He comes? Will the
world know it?
Friday, s p. m.-"The Return OF
Christ to Earth" The millennial
reign of Christ. The anti-Christ. The
present world war? Is it Armageddon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-15
IOWA AND ILLINOIS
DENTISTS HAVE MEET

A joint meeting Of the Rock Island
county and Scott county dental So
cieties was held yesterday afternoon
at , o'clock at the Rock Island club,
continuing until 1890 in the evening
DR.. G. Walter Dittmar of Chicago gave
an interesting and instructive talk on
inlays, crown and bridge work, with
the tri-cities attended and enjoyed
dinner at the club. A similar meeting
is being planned for the second week
in February, when Dr. Logan of Chi
cagO will give talk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-15
"WATCH FOR THE WAGON"
The Shredded Wheat Company Is Dis
tributing in This City Samples OF Its
Famous Breakfast Food From Its
Sanitary Automobiles.

There are many ways of acquaintlng
a family with food product, One of
the most direct ways Of reaching the
home is through daily talks in the
newspaper.
The only thing that can add to the
effectiveness of this introduction is
the giving of the actual food itself to
members of the family. When these
methods are combined nothing can
surpass them for directness and effec-
tiveness. The proof of the pudding
in this instance is in the chewing OF
the shreds, for we are told by the
manufacturers OF this famous cereal
food that It's all in the Shreds.' In
other words. the Shredded Wheat CON-
panv claims that it is through its
shredding process that the whole
wheat grain is made thoroughly digest
ibIe in the human stomach, and that
because Of this process Shredded
Wheat Biscuit is the most perfect
food ever devised for the human being.
To show its good faith in its own
product and to better acquaint fam
lilies with its nutritive value, its clean
illness and purity, the company carries
on very extensive sampling campaigns
in the United States, Canada and the
British Isles. The representatives or
the shredded Wheat company are now
distributing these delicious, crisp lit
tle loaves of shredded wheat III the
homes of this city. They are dis;r-b-
uted from clean sanitary automobiles
and are handed directly 10 the house
wife. or some member of the family.
together with a leaflet which describes
the process of manufacture and the
many uses Of the food.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-15
PAINTERS SCHOOL
Is WE'LL ATTENDED

Nearly a hundred tri-city painters
gathered at the Industrial hall last
night to attend the painters school
being conducted under the auspices of
the Tri-City Painters union. Third
coat work, materials and old and new
methods were taken up. The school
is free and the public will be directly
benefited by this new plan of instruc-
ton by the local union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-15

A No. ~ IDEAL Boiler and $40 #. of 49,
in. AMERICAN Radiators costing the owner
$40 were used to hot-watsr heat this cot
tase. AT this price the goods can be bought
of any reputable, competent Filter. This did
not include costs oflsbor, pipe, valves, freight.
etc, which vary according to climatic and
other conditions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-15
EVANGELIST CAMP TO
CONTINUE CAMPAIGN

The bible institute and eyangelistic
campaign being conducted by Evan
gelist Norman Camp at Broadway
Presbyterian church has kept the in
terest Of the people in spite of the in
clement weather and the services have
been most helpful. Meetings will
continue every day through the com
ing week with cottage prayer meet
ings Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday at $50 a. m, with a study
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-15
Allegro

Two UOIIS UTtSseu as DTIUe anu
groom and large autographed photo
graph of Paderewski were disposed of
by a drawing from the stage conduct
ed by William Butterworth Mr. But
terworth explained the object Of the
sale of dolls that Madame Paderewski
conducted behind the stage curtain at
the close of the concert and told of
Polands unfortunate position in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-15
Program OF Evening.

Paderewskts program was as fol-
lows;
Fantasia, OPP. Is ......... Schubert
Allegro con fuoco
Adagi0
Presto
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-15
FACTIONS IN new
TERRITORY UNITE
representative Gathering Attends
Meeting OF Southwest Improve
ment Association.
or1prNzOPF HAnE PRESIDENT
su..eeds E. d. Fisher as Executive of
Organization Which Aims to
Better Conditions.

with representative gathering
s,oving all factions in the newly an
rayed territory to the city Of Rock
leland united, the Southwest Improve
..ont association last night elected Of
scers at a meeting held at ]. T. Ken
nedy's store, 1l0l Twenty-frst avenue.
rollowing were named:
President Charles Guldenzopf.
vice Presidential. B1llman.
Secretary -Treasurer-C. c. Wilson
The meeting was the first held since
.be supreme court gave its decision
boding the union ordinance valid. The
organization Immediately launched
mans to promote many improvements
which it has considered in the past
and which il has held up pending the
court ruling.
ID. Fisher, retiring president and
chairman Of the committee which had
in charge the matter of securing the
cooperation of the municipal commits
sion and civic organizations to provide
one or more comfort stations in the
city. reported that the committee had
waited on the commission and that
the plan had been discussed, but that
no definite action had been taken. The
committee was continued and will take
I'D the plan again with the commits
sion,
Want Lights Ali Night.
A committee appointed at the last
meeting composed of ~. C. Wilson
Fred Meyers and John Eick, will call
to the attention of the city council a
condition which is said to exist in the
former village of Sears. 1t was stated
at the meeting that at Il o'clock al
night the street lights are extinguish-
ed The committee will ask the coun-
ell to see that the lights are left burn.
ing throughout the night.
This committee also has in charge
the matter of securing 15-miuute
street car service on the Watch Tower
line from Center station between t
and o'clock in the morning, the
campaign against the erection of bill
boards in the territory and the pro
ject of extending the Third avenue cal
line into the southwest section of the
city These matters will be taken VI
again with the city commission.
Two Meetings a Month.
The association decided last nigh
that since the legality OF the annexa
iton of the new territory had been de
cided upon. there was sufficient bust
ness before the organization for twt
meetings each month. Accordingly i
was decided to hold sessions on til,
second and fourth Fridays of tn,
month, the same meeting nights tn
association had following its organi
zation. The next meeting will be hell
Jan IS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-15
Pupils Save S199.49.

Following is the school collection
made by the State bank of Rock Is
land today Hawthorne leads with
$4493, Irving running a close sec
ond with $35.12:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-15

Dixon, Ill-Commissioner of Public
Health and Safety Van Bibber has sub
mitted to the Dixon commissioners the
report of Chief of Police Beergren Of
Rockford as to conditions in the city
of Rockford for. the last year. Rock
ford police made 1902 arrests last
year. OF this number 1913 were wom-
en- or girls. There were COS charged
with drunkenness.
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Exaggeration.

nERoLoMON C. wooDFoRD, .
~ textile expert. was talking about
the giant chemical trust just formed
in Germany.
Trusts don't do the HARM" he said.
that they are popularity supposed to
do. There's lot Of ridiculous exas-
geration in this trust octopus talk. It
reminds one OF the girl on the sea voy-
age who wrote:
THAT day q frightful tempest burst
upon us, but resolved to stay on deck,
even though the wind increased to
such a terrible hurricane that IL was
only with the greatest difficulty could
keep up my parasoL
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the stuff they buy. A reduction in
purchases consequently means releas-
ing men for the army. 1t likewise
means less importation of products. which
makes more shipping available for
things that are really needed. The peo-
pie of the nation are not now being asked
to undergo hardships or to refrain from
buying the food and other necessaries
of life that are needed. On the contrary
they are being told to purchase every
thing they need in order to keep up a
high standard of health and efficiency.
but to go no farther Part OF the cam
paign of economy is to teach what this
standard of efficiency is. to impress upon
the people what they need ana what
they can do without
: One of the official pamphlets OF the
war saving committee says:
Every household should hold
council of war, and ascertain how much
of it's total consumption can be tempo
rarily sacrificed. Services should De
valued even more highly than goods, as
each person doing unnecessary and un-
productive work is not only consuming
without producing, but it is depriving
the country of her potential productive
eral servants, II, by cooperation In the
work of the maids, the simplincatlon
of the standard of living by the ram
lily, more of the baking and washing
was done at home, and the younger
maids were set free to take the place
of the men called to-ehe colors in fac
tory, transport and munition work, the
household by cooperative effort would
add two units to the army of supply or
export production and reduce the con
sumption of the household. Saving
would thus be available for the war
loan, and more goods made for ex-
port.
While the government is now after
the small investor, heed is being paid
to the rich 1t will not do to let the
workingman believe that he is being
asked to invest in war loans while the
rich ride about in motor cars. That is
one reason why the country is blazing
with the sign Don't Use Motor Car for
Pleasure" The sign is well meant. and
carries a needed message. but one OF
the greatest reasons for existence is to
show the working people. whose money
is being called for. that the necessity
of economy is being urged upon rich
and poor alike, with no favorites
The writer asked officials in charge
of this posterN campaign II they couio
trace results. One replied:
"Of course it is difficult to ascertain
that a woman has failed to buy dress
because she read one of our signs ad-
vising her not to, but there are ways
Of telling that results are being OBJ
tanned. For one thing, the money we
are getting is proof that our schemes
are successful. AS for that particular
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n

and sixpence war-saving certificate.
bought through the post office by the
purchase Of stamps. Any one wanting
TO try this scheme may go to the post
places for the thirty-one stamps. He
buys one at a time, or more IL he can
afford II, and gets a certificate when he
has thirty-one stamps.
The other form of investment Is in
exechequer bonds. issued in denomina-
lions of five, twenty and fifty pounds.
These prove attractive to the WARSAW
ings associations. No individual with an
income OF more than G300 year tabout
$I,500) may invest in these, for they
II purchasabie by the rich would be
bought In huge quantities. with a re-
sulting loss to the national income
The authorities are we'll pleased by the
results which have already been OBJ
tanned, and are enthusiastic about the
future. During the last week in April,
for instance. which was a holiday week.
when the poorer people were supposed
to be spending their money and when
the post Offices were closed a part of
the time. there were sold war certifi-
Gates to an equivalent of about $3.50. 900.
and during the same week exechequer
to the extent Of $3.5O0,OO0. And this
with the national organization by no
means complete. Through the opera
tion OF this scheme the school children
Of one London district. guided by the
school authorities. saved and invested
$500 in few weeks.
II Is the first time that the small in :
weston has had an opportunity of get
ting as good rates of interest as he
big fellows. Now he does. and even
better terms. Apparently he is taking
advantage Of the situation. England
Is not going to finance the war by the
operation Of this scheme. hut the
money return will be of great help. II
will relieve taxation and it will make
II less necessary to go abroad for
money.
Still another benefit coming from
people saving their money instead OF
spending II. Is. as IL being pointed out
TO the workers OF the nation. the fact
more people must be employed 70 make
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It is unpatriotic" This Is augmente
by a smaller poster which says:

It is unpatriotic" This Is augmented
by a smaller poster which says:
BAD FORM IN DRESS.
The national organizing committee for war
rawlings appeals against extravaganza in women
,Iress. . .
Many women have already recognized that
elaboration and variety in dress are bad form
in the present crisis hut there IL still large
section of the community. both among the rfch
and among the less well-todo. who appear TO
make little or no difference in their habits
New clothes should only be bought when alb
soluteiy necessary. and these should be durable
and suitable for all occasions. Luxurious forms.
for example. of hats. boots. shoes, stockings.
gloves and wells should be avoided.
1t is essential, not only that money should be
saved, but that labor employed in the clothing
trades should be set free.
Another which has attracted much
attention is:
I. Don't use a motor or motor cycle for
pleasure purposes.
q Don't buy new clothes needlessly. Don't
be ashamed of wearing old clothes in war
time.
g. Don't keep more servants than you really
need
In this way you will save money for the war,
set the right example and free labor for more
useful purposes.
Your country will appreciate your help.
In great sheets this advice is Aet
forth:
Lend your money to your country.
e. for 1873.
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soldier-Fightng for you. sir.
Civilian-I'm grateful to you. my lad.
Soldier-How much are you grateful. sir2
Civilian-what do you mean?
soldier-How much money have you lent your
country:
Soitier-A lot. How much is one Of your
arms worth?
Civilian-Td pay anything rather than lose an
arm.
Soldier-very well. Put the price Of your arm
or as much you can AFFORD. into excheQuer
bonds or war savings certificates and lend your
money to your country.
Everybody is the sign. ITO dress ex-
travagant1y is worse than bad form
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tAp oficial committee which has been
esta blfshed has undertaken the work.
Il has started by advertising.
| The country is blazing with posters
urging the people to hoard their
,non.y In the streets of London one
An never out Of sight of a poster which
seclares: ITO Dress Extravagantly is
worse Than Bad Form-It Is Cnpatri-
ndc." or Don't Use a Motor Car for.
pleasure" while equally large placards
tail briefly how one can invest fifteen
-h.I,inss ard sixpence and in Ave years
get back a pound. which. roughly.
would be getting S. for 1851 The
adyertisements explaining in detail the
various schemes for saving and invest
meut and pointing to the fact that a
dfteen-a and six investment Will buy 1Z4
bullets for the Germans
The newspapers cooperate IN every
way They give columns to telling
the people how to save. Experts on
domestic economy write articles, while
hundreds of letters from housewives
ohio have Ideas or who have hit upon
,rays OF making one pound of meat do
the work of two are constantly ap-
nearing. Next month there Is to be a
great national economy exhibition ana
conferenca'' in London. Sections OF the
exhibition will show how money can
- saved in coal health. child welfare.
home laundry. gardening. cooking. pur-
chase OF food. poultry. bees. etc. We
are going TO teach" says one of the
cfdcials "the housewife to be independ-
ant Of outside help-how to mend and
replace domestic utensils, how to dc
carpentry, plumbing and glazing
women are being taught to wear nc
yoore petticoats and not to dress ex-
travaSantly. Cooperation among
househoIders is being urged. One sug
cegtion is that inhabitants Of one side
n a street should keep chickens. the
heople on the other side paying for tho
kooG. while the eggs shall be divided.
A wave of economy is sweeping ovel
kh4 land, officially. conducted. And ~
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with one object-to obtain money for
the government for the prosecution OF
the war. People are being urged and
shown how to save their money. Many
workmen are making high wages these
days. and with the influx of women
into industry the earnings of families
have become vastly augmented.
*
This new-found prosperity has not.
in many cases. proved a good thing. 1t
has led to individual extravaganza. The
working classes indulge in thcaters
and cinemas more than ever before.
The piano industry in England is thriv-
ing in war time because the people find
it possible with their war earnings to
buy pianos. Before the war it would
have been impossible for them to do so.
The cheap jewelry manufacturers fur
nish another example of the prosperity
of the working classes This more or
less ruthless expenditure of money
must be stopped in the interests OF the
national welfare The people must
save, not only for their own sakes and
that they may have some OF the bene-
fits of present prosperity during that
after-the war depression that is so
likely, but also that the national ex-
chequer may benefit.
With the object of training the wealthy
lower classes to put their money into the
treasury the economy campaign has been
started. In a word. the people are being
educated to save their money and shown
how to do it. Hitherto the small investor.
the man who earned enough to put into
war loans only pound or two semi
occasionally, has had no outlet.
Under the various schemes that have
now been adopted the small investor has
every chance of profitable investment. He
does not have to go looking; 1t is Il at
upon him from every side. Nowad; a
man with siXpence can buy a stan. at
a post office. When he gets thirty-one
stamps he has fifteen shillings and six
pence. and he can buy war savings GER
tificate. This, with interest at per cent
compounded yearly, will bring him back
pound in five years. In the meantime he
can cash his war certificate any time he
likes.
The country has been divided into two
hundred and thirty-hy. -ections. In each
section all officialdom is engaged in the
economy campaign. Lord lieutenants.
mayors. sheriffs, members of parliament
and prominent citizens are taking the
lead. War savings associations are being
formed. These are organizations, the OBJ
ject of which is cooperative and joint
saving. In great factory. for instance.
an association is formed Each member
agrees to contribute a shilling a week. 1t
may be arranged that this is deducted
from his weekly pay. In any case every
member of the association makes his con-
tribution, and the association invests the
proceeds in war loans. With thousands
upon thousan ds of these associations GO
ing the results will be enormous. The
national war savings committee. an Of
fetal organization. with headquarters in
London, issues vast quantities of litera-
ture which explains the various savings
schemes and il sends agents into the
country to organize associations.
There are two classes of loans for the
small investor One is the Is shilling
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nnies Of School Children May Win the Great Wa

If Won are not making more than GS00 q rear
yon can help your country and help yourself At
the same time by opening Q war savings certfn-
cate book.
For every 1879 you put in now you VIII re
ceive Ell in I'VE ysars-that fs, per cent com
pound interest.
Your money ie absolutely safe, and II you need
Il at any time you can always get it back In full
at any money order ONCE.
Every penny you put in Q war savings account
IL helping to win ithe and to save the lives
of our sailors and soldiers
Go to The post once today. -
Copyright 1915. by Curt1s Brown.)
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al Correspondence Of The star.

Dpecial COrre9p0ndence OF Inc StAf.
LONDON, June s, 1916.
- 0ICTORY in war depends on the
N II number of fighters a nation can
nv put into the field of action
Mere numbers, however, is not
the whole story. The fighters must be
skilled, their equipment must be Of the
best, and their stomachs must be filled
and refilled with great regularity.
All of which costs money, and the
''silver bullets, as the imaginative
Welshman, Lloyd George, expressed 1t.
are the ones that will do about as much
toward winning the war as the other
kind. This is becoming increasingly
apparent all the time. There was a
time, during the first months of the
war, when the allies were most COM
placent about the economical aspect of
the great conflict. England, with her
enormous wealth; thrifty France and
rich Russia were considered to furnish
a combination of financial strength that
the central powers could never COM
pete with.
! For a long, long time allied states
men and strategists counted much on a
S'war of attrition,' the result of which
would be Germany going to her knees
on account of financial and economic
Exhaustion. Germany has failed to
'oblige so far, although reports in
dictate that the strain is great. But
people are beginning to realize that
there is something to the German boast
that the Germans will live on rocks
and grass" rather than give in. 1t Is
being brought home that although
Germany is suffering she is still long
way from the rocks-and-grass dietary.
In the meantime, the strain in Eng
land is being felt The English people.
many, have been immune from some OF
the greater horrors of war, which re-
suited in a feeling of self-satisfactlon
and complacency which was unhealthy
for England and irritating to England s
allies. That phase is passing. II costs
more than ever to maintain England
armies. The cost of living of the people
at home is forever mounting. And II
is coming to pass that England, despite
all her great wealth and her enormous
resources. is feeling the financial strain
Now the government is out to get
the peoples money. II maybe tnat
in the end the war will be won with
the pennies of the children and the
sixpences of the working people. There
has been begun nationwide cam
,paign for urging the wage-earners to
invest in loans, that is probably
the biggest thing of its kind ever I'M
dertaken. II has been going for few
weeks and already it is a great sue
cess. In order to have money for in
vestment in a small way economy is
being preached 20 the nation. People
are being. asked to save and to invest
their savings in war loans. liberal in
terest on which the government offers.
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feature-the Don't Dress Extravagant-
ly one-there is pretty good proof that
people are taking up the idea by the
angry protests we get from shopkeep-
ers. They are the ones who ought to
know. and they are greatly irritated"
The posters are interesting. Some of