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Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15
NAB HOLDUP MAN
IN SHORT SEARCH
Louis Williams. a Negro, Sought by
Monmouth Authorities. Located
BY Rock Island Police.
goBS VICTIM At POINT OF A GUN
Secures SIC From ]. NJ. Lee. Also Col.
ored. in the Warren County Seat
Two Weeks Age.

Louis Williams. a negro. sought by
Monmouth and Warren county auth
critics for holding up another negro
at the point Of a gun, was turned over
10 a Warren county deputy sheriff by
Rock Island police yesterday after
noon, having been apprehended here so
minutes after local authorities were
notified Of the case Saturday.
Warren county officials made every
effort 10 locate the holdup man and
failed. The robbery occurred about
Two weeks ago, but local authorities
we're not apprlsed of the case until
late Saturday when the chief of police
Of Monmouth notified police head
quarters here.
Detective Tom Cox and Officer
Charles Ginnane were placed on the
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15
Make Skin Smooth

There is one safe. dependable treat
ment that relieves itching torture in
stantly and that cleanses and soothes the
skin.
Ask any druggist for 25c bottle of
zemo and apply it as directed. Soon
you will find that pimples. black heads,
eczema, ringworm and similar skin trou-
bles will disappear
a little zemo, the penetrating, satis-
flying liquid. is all that is needed, for it
banishes all skin eruptions and makes
the skin soft, smooth and healthy.
Zemo, Cleveland
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15

neighbor told my mother about Lydia
Z. Pinkham S Vegetable Compound and
| took it and now | feel like a new
person. don't suffer any more and l
am regular every month. Mrs. HAZEL
HAMILTON, 822 South 18th St.
When a remedy has lived for forty
years, steadily growing in popularity
and influence, and thousands upon
thousands Of women declare they owe
their health to il, is it not reasona-
bic to believe that it is an article CT
great merit?
Ifyou want special advice write
to Lydia E. pinkham Medicine
Co. (confidentiaD, Lynn. Mass.
Your letter will be opened, reaa
and answered by a woman and
held in -'~'-.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15

case and within half hour from the
time they left the station they picked
up the negro. He was found on Twen-
ty-second street near Third avenue.
Monmouth authorities declared that
Williams is bad man. He is accused
of having held up J. NJ Lee at the
point of gun and of having robbed
him of SIC,
Gets Hearing Today.
Williams was kept at the police sta
tion Saturday night and Monmouth au-
thorities were notified of his arrest.
Deputy Sheriff Fitzpatrick of Warren
county came to Rock Island yesterday
and Williams was turned over to him
by Chief Miller. Williams was sched-
uled to receive hearing today.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15
ON COUNTY RECORDS
Warranty Deeds.

NdTTHHIy UVPNN,
Nye Jordan to Edward Van de
Vorde, 10 acres in swA of nwA sec.
6-17-1w, $3.50.
Henry S. Dibbern and wife to Minor
". Curtis, lot .. block 4. Milan. 81.
John T. and Robert H. Samuelson to
D. H. Duncan, part O. L. IS, Highland
$500.
Peoples Savings Bank & Trust Com
pany to D. H. Duncan, lots 20. 81, "a,
25, 56, 264, 800, 30l, North Highland
township, South Moline, $1,700.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15

The Helping Hand class was enter
tanned Saturday by Gerald Johnson.
The Will Williams family we're Sun
ny Hill visitors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Larson enter
tanned the Farmers Social club Fri
day evening.
Mrs. Charles A. Johnson was called
to Keswick, Iowa, by the death OF
Andrew Mcclure, his mother and son,
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15
Certain-teed
Roofing

The guarantee is for 5, 10 or IS years, accord
ing to ply Il, 2 or y. There is no evasion
about it-no attempt to substitute high
sounding something ''just as good" There
is no substitute for real guarantee. You
get an absolute guarantee on CERTAIN
TEED because the General knows that no
better roofing can be made. Its raw materials
and method of manufacture are both certi-
fed by the General board of-graduate chem
lists, and he knows he's taking no chance in
guaranteeing them to you. That's what
"CERTAIN-TEED" means-e.rtiftd and
guaranteed. Experience has proven that the
guarantee is conservative, and that GER
TAIN.TEEDwill outlast the period of guar
antee.
The roofing felt, as it comes bone dry from
the rollers, is given a thorough saturation of
special blend of soft asphalts, the formula
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15
SUNNY HILL

Arthur and Clarence Lawson and
Ralph Spargo went to Chicago Sun
day and returned Monday morning
driving a new automobile.
John Wahlstrom shipped car OF
hogs Friday.
Mrs. George Miller, now of Moline
is seriously i'll at her home there.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15

teen | suffered each
month so | had to be
in bed. / had head
ache, backache and
such pains l would
cramp double every
month. | did not
know what it was
to be easy q minute.
My health was all
run down and the
doctors did not do
me any good. A
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15


ty, .ss:-
In the county court of said county.
To the April term, A. D. 1916.
WARRANT NO. $40.
Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that the board of To-
cal improvements Of the city of Rock
Island, Illinois. has filed in the coun-
ty court of Rock Island county a certi-
ficate of the cost of the improvement
entitled in said court in re petition
Of the city OF Rock Island, Illinois, to
assess the cost of the improvement
of Eighth avenue from Ninth to
Nineteenth streets, by eXcavating,
grading, curbing, and by paving
the same with brick blocks"
and said certificate also shows
the court costs, the amount of
accrued interest and the total amount
Of said assessment, and said Certiti-
cate also states that the said improve
ment conforms substantially to the
requirements>of the original ordinance
for the construction Of the same, as
required by law, and that final hear
ing OF said certificate will be had on
Iue -Jlu udy VI NldS ~ u. io1o, dt y
o'clock a. m, or as soon thereafter
as the business Of the court will per-
nit.
All persons desiring may file OBJ
iections in said court before said day,
and may appear at the hearing and
make their defense.
Dated this 18th day of May, A D.
1916.
WILLIAM McCONOCHE,
President,
\. JUHL, secretary,
WALLACE TREtCHLER,
Member.
Board of local improvements of the
city OF Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15

who were killed in an auto accident
in a storm Sunday evening. Mrs. Nc
Clune was born here, and since NOV
ing to Iowa members Of the Mcclure
family have visited here and were we'll
known by many people, who were
shocked to hear of their tragic death.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15
Stockholders Notice.


A special meeting of the stockhold-
ers OF the American Bankers ard
Merchants company will be held at
229h Eighteenth street, Rock Island,
Ill, on the Goth day of May, 1916, at
the hour of o'clock p. m, for the
purpose of considering and voting
upon the proposition to dissolve said
corporation, and for the transaction
OF such other business as may come
before such meeting.
n. S. JOHNSON,
A. J. LINDSTROM,
CHARLES DUNCAN,
4 Majority of the Directors of Ameri-
can Bankers and Merchants Com
pany
April 10, 1916.
All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15

of the Generals board Of expert chemists.
1t is then given harder coating of another
blend Of asphalts. This keeps the inner SAT-
uration soft, and prevents the drying-out
process so destructive to ordinary roofing.
Roofing is impervious to the elements only
so long as the asphalt saturation lasts. GER
TAINTED retains its soft saturation, and
is in good condition for years after the harder,
drier kinds have become useless.
CERTAIN-TEED is made in rolls; also in
slate-covered shingles. There is a type of
CERTAIN-TEED for every kind of build
ing, with fiat or pitched roofs, from the largest
sky-scraper to the smallest residence or out
building.
CERTAIN-TEED is sold by responsible
dealers all ove, the world, at reasonable prices.
Investigate it before you decide on any type
Of roof.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15
''IDON'T SUFFER
ANY MORE "
@Feel Like a New Person. %
says Mrs. Hamilton.

New Castle, Ind" From the time
Twas eleven years old until l was seven
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-05-15
SDpcial Taxation Notice,

State of Illinois, Rock Island coun-
ty, ss:-
In the county court of said county
To the April term. A D. 1916.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04

tie front Is over. Should an enemy
ever land In the United States with
100000 or 100000 men he will cover a
battle front of anywhere from 100 to
200 miles. Any small band of regu.
lars, however brave, must be surround
ed and outfianked.
The Nation Should Have Ono Army.
And why not have one army? Why
not start 1t ON the basis of what we
already have-the regular army? II
Frenchman serves three years and
a German two, why should we serve
four7 The reason the French serve
three is not that Frenchman Is I'M
able to learn how to be a soldier In
less than three years. but because the
smaller population of France requires
longer service In order to have a first
line Of adequate size
Suppose that, aside from the men
who enlist In the regulars to get the
pay, little adventure and comforta.
BILE life, we include men who enlist
for patriotism, training and experience.
Many young man who had never
thought Of becoming a professional
soldier would come In IL he knew that
at the end Of year or even six
months he could receive his discharge
with the recommendation of a board
of officers as having filled the require
ments. If you put 100000 young men
through the established regular school,
an unexcelled school. with its forms
set, then you would have real re-
serve. Those who like the soldiers
life and wish to remain regulars would
form the trained nucleus and become
the material for noncommissoned Off
cers-drill sergeants and corporals.
They could go on re-enlisting If they
| chose. They might form our garrlsons
in Panama and in the Philippines.
A young man, having served his
year, might be promoted for another
years service as a commissioned off,
Ger. Thus you would have started re-
serve forces Of officers. Then, once
the telegraph instrument began click
ing In Washington in case of danger,
( both reserves and officers and men
would respond, each knowing where
be was to go, as every French and
I German officer and man knew in Au-
gust, 1914. A great army would form
itself automatically-a single army un.
der a single staff. At any rate, as the
most businesslike people in the world
let us get down to business.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04

rife bullets which are cracking all day
long over the parapets Of the trenches,
which pick off any soldier who care
lessly puts up his head. We must
have machine guns, but that does not
mean you can do without infantry. 1t
Is the infantryman who takes and
holds a position. One man cannot
charge a trench single handed drag
ging a machine gun. he will immedi-
ately be killed by sniper. Thousands
must charge. Those who survive and
reach the position must hold it
Making a Good Infantryman.
One result of this war has been a
change Of opinion as to the time II
takes to make a good infantryman.
Some of the German volunteers who
had received no previous training were
in action three months after they had
enlisted. Perhaps they were not as
good as the first line German troops at
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04

the outbreak of the war, but they GER
tainly won encomiums from the Ger
man commanders. In England the
new army recruits made excellent sol.
diers In three months. They were so
good in six that some officers spoke of
them as overdrilled and "stale." 1t
was the want of rifles and guns to
support them which kept them back
contrary to general opinion in Ameri-
ca. The new army men represented
the intelligence and the application Of
civil life. They were used to working
eight hours day-and modern war Is
business and work. work. work-which
il from two to three times that of our
regular army soldier, who would not
enlist IL he had to work eight. They
'put their backs into it." for they had
come out to fight for patriotism.
II we compare them with our ma.
tional guard. what do we find? That
the national guardsmen, being Ameri.
cans and therefore quicker and more
adaptable, ought to learn faster. So
they would. But in one year the ma
tional guard gets less drill than the
new army got In ten days. The new
army drill was continuous. 1t was car
ried out In the fields under something
like war conditions, with the very lat
est teachings of the experience of the
trenches at the call of the instructors.
Our national guard drills on armory
floors. 1t gets almost no chance out in
the open except in It's summer camps.
One national gUardsman and an able
soldier, too, told me he learned more
in a month at Plattsburg last summer
than he had learned In all his five
years In the guard. Again, it is not
the fault of the national guard; 1t Is
the fault Of the system. We go-around
Robin Hoods barn to make a soldier.
No Professional Soldiers In Europe.
When people talk of a regular army
of 100000 they will please answer the
question, Where are we to get the
men? We have to advertise and plead
to get 100000 and take some pretty
poor physical types. A regular has
to serve for four years, and II he is a
man of character he is expected to
keep his word to the nation. But II
has become a custom not to-not be.
cause we are not patriotic, but because
the situation has become accepted
! through the Indifference Of the public.
He becomes an excellent automatic
soldier, an excellent shot, thanks to the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04
FLORIDA FIRST

The Herald is in receipt of a book
let of proofs of proposed advertise
ments of the Florida First Commits
sion for the season 1916-1917 which
is as neatly gtten up as anything we
have seen for sometime. The ads
are splendidIy written and display
ed.
The captions are terse, truthful
and right to the point. Following
are a few facts set forth in one Of
the ads: Cattle Craze the year
round in Florida. They need no
shelter in winter. Hogs, sheep and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04

excellent training Of his officers and
the use of vast quantities OF service
ammunition. He is trained by COM
panies and battalions, not as an army.
But If you succeed in making a reg
ular army of 250,OOO men and half OF
them re-enlist and a fourth re-enlist
again. thus becoming professional sol
diers for life. you have removed large
force of adult males from taking any
part in civil occupations. This is IN
democratic. un-American. bad sociol-
ogy.
In Europe there are no professional
soldiers except the officers and the
noncommissioned officers. Every man
after he has served his time returns
to civil employment If there be ad
vantage in the discipline and physical
training he receives its application is
universal. Thus the army is the ma
ton, its blood, sinew, character.
The German army is renewed every
two years. Every year half of the pri-
Yates return to their homes and half
start in as raw recruits. Germany with
her hard and fast military ideas re-
quires only two years to make SOL
der suitable to the ideals Of Prussian
adaptable, energetic, quick learning of
militarism. We think four years are
necessary-we. who are the most
adaptable. energetic, quick learning Of
all peoplesi II this country is ever
invaded It will be better to have half
million men In a composite force who
have had a years service than only
100000 who have had anywhere from
four to sixteen years. service or mil.
lion of hybrid organization Of four
kinds Of troops. For you must have
numbers. The dsT of the short bat
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04

goats are profitable. Florida has
more cattle on the natural range
than any other state, not excepting
Texas, according to the Commission
er of Agriculture. Experts from all
parts of the country predict that
Florida will become one of the great
est live stock states. Natal, Ber-
muda, Para, Carib, Rhodes and other
grasses provide pasture and hay.
Corn, oats, cane, cotton, field peas
and velvet beans are extensively
grown. Dairying is an important
industry. Poultry raising is a money
making industry. local demand far
exceeding supply"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04
Outside of Probability

II woman ever wants to be a
man It is when she misses a train"
says the Ottawa Herald, because
there are things to be said that only a
man can say conventionally and flu
entity. Which is all very well, but
whoever heard of woman missing a
train kansas City Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04
EurODe'S Battle Front Lessons
VII.-The Nation Should Have One Army

Our Officers, Says Freder'
ick Palmer, Are Among
Best Trained In the World,
but Are Kept Idle-Rifle
Not Obsolete.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04

This is grand work for all Flor
ida and it is to be hoped that Taylor
county may participate in the cam
paign, provided some direct advertis-
ing matter be furnished the secretary
of the Board of Trade. to be mailed
to inquirers.-Taylor County Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04
Lonc-EaIk Want

A sabstha man, Doc Tennal rapuwNA
. working hard to perfect q device
BY which an umbrella can be opened
only by its owner.-Kansas City Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04

PIattsburg Military Camp
Last Summer Did More
For a Man Than the Ma.
tiOnal Guard Does In Five
Years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04
Fashion Nntaa

Short women should avoid muaA
trimming on their skirts, says q fash-
lon writer. Yes, and so should long
women II their husbands are short
Pittsburgh Chronicle telegraph.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04
Rver Upward.

Yesterdays highest poiAt Il
achievement Is the starting point Of
today's. "-Paulist Fa.hers' Motto.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
STATE PRESS
ASSN. ELECTS OFFICERS
Hold Successful Meet at Eiiensbura
Next Year to Meet at
ChehaIis.

Ellensburg.-W. B. Jessup, editor
of the Bremerton Searchlight, was
elected president; ]. G. Kaynor, edi-
tor of the Ellensburg Evening Rec
ord, first vice president; Edward Con-
nor of the South Bend Pilot, second
vice president, and N. Russell Hill
of the Davenport Times, secretary
and treasurer, of the Washington
State Press association Saturday.
The election was held on the shores
of Lake Gle Elum, where 200 dele
gates to the convention were taken
in automobiles by residents of FL
lensburg for a picnic lunch.
Resolutions were passed thanking
the people Of Ellensburg and Roslyn
for the excellent entertainment, Pres
ident Patton and the retiring officers
for able administration for the last
year, and e. e. Beard, Frank Kane
and j. G. Kaynor, the advertising
committee for work in arranging for
the convention.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
MOVE NO MORE TROOPS
UNTIL BETTER EQUIPPED
War Department Stops Transporta-
tion of Guardsmen to the Mex
lean Border.

Washington.-The war department
has sent orders to all department
commanders to delay transportation
to the border of national guard or
ganizations now mobilizing until they
are thoroughly equipped and organ
lied. The effect will be to revoke
a ruling issued when the Mexican
situation was acute waving certain
requirements. The order affects about
$4,000 men still held in the camps.
The latest information of the de-
partment is that about 100000 ma
tional guardsmen now are at the bor-
der. With the $4,000 regulars there
and 5000 additional men called from
the reserves officials estimate that
there are sufficient forces to cope
with any present emergency.
Reports that national guard units
are being supplied poor and insult
ficient food are not borne out in pre-
liminary telegraphic reports received.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
PACIFIC COAST NEWS

A large number of Oregon and
been idle for from two to three weeks
are about to resume.
town of Anchorage, Alaska, is forbid
den by stipulation in the deeds to
town lots sold by the government
The naval collier Saturn is ex-
pected at Seward, Alaska, this week
with men and equipment to estab-
lish naval wireless station there.
Unusually heavy rains for so late
in the season have fallen over west
ern Oregon lately. In the Willamette
valley, where thousands of tons of
hay are in the fields, considerable
damage was reported.
Thirty-three of about 80 enlisted
members of the machine gun COM
pany, Third Oregon infantry, now on
the border, resent the attempts of
their parents to bring them home,
ostensibly to finish their education
or for other reasons.
Fifty-five more refugees, including
many emplt yes Of the Southern Pa
cific railroad Of Mexico, arrived in
San Diego Saturday on the naval col
lier Nanshan from Guaymas and La
Paz. With those who arrived the day
before on the steamer Centralia, a
total of 80 have. reached this port
from Mexican points in two days.
An order prohibiting the shipment
OF intoxicating liquor consigned to
dealers over the United States rail.
road was issued recently by the Alas.
ka engineering commission. The com.
mission announcement said no ship.
ments of liquor would be accepted
except small amounts from persons
not engaged in the liquor business
and consigned to individuals for their
personal consumption.
The freight steamer Burlington will
sail from Seattle July 25 with 5000
tons Of rails and other steel for the
Alaska government railroad, to- be
delivered at st. Michael, near the
mouth of the Yukon, and thence con-
veyed up the Yukon and Tanana riv-
ers to Nenana. The liner Victoria
will sail for St. Michael the same day
with supplies to be similarly shipped
from st. Michael to Nenana.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21

balance. The feature of the report
shows that of all money spent at both
fairs less than 81 per cent went for
exhibits; 1876 per cent went for build
ings, furnishings and the like, while
administration expenses ran up to
1871 per cent; general SO per cent
and maintenance 5.5 per cent. In
money the expenditures were divided
as follows: Administration, $30,100;
general, $16,498; exhibit, $70,394;
maintenance, $1O435; construction
and such like, $64,234.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-21
FREE CHECK CLEARING BEGINS
Federal Reserve Banks Put System
Into Operation

Washington.-A check collecting
and clearing system became opera
tive July 15 in the banks of the fed
eral reserve system. Although no
reports had been received by the
board most Of the banks are known
to be confident that the system will
meet with favor at once by both
bankers and business houses.
Banks have been asked to make
a report of the business transacted
during the first few days and as to
the general reception of the new
scheme by the public.
The system provides that every
federal reserve bank shall receive at
par from it's members or from other
federal reserve bank checks drawn
on members Of any district and the
checks upon nonmember banks which
can be collected at par.