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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04
ACHES AND PAINS

Don't neglect pain anywhere, but
find out what causes it and conquer the
cause. A pain in the kidney region may
put you on your back tomorrow. Don't
blame the weather for swollen feet, it
may be an advance warning of
Bright's disease. A pain in the stom-
ach may be the first symptom OF APP
pendicitis. A creak in a joint may be
the forerunner of rheumatism. Chronic
headaches more than likely warn you
OF serious stomach trouble. The best
way is to keep in good condition day in
and day out by regularly taking GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM OIL Capsules.
Sold by reliable druggists Money re-
funded If they do not help you. Be-
ware OF substitutes. The only pure
imported Harlem oil Capsules are the
GOLD MEDAL-(Advl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04
ARABS AT BESRA
TAKE TO MOVIES
English Occupation Of Asiatic City
Brings Unknown Luxuries to
Inhabitants.

Besra, Mesopotamia.-(Co Correspond
ence of the Associated Press. )-This
frontier city and river port of Asiatic
Turkey has, since its occupation by
the British in the present war, enjoyed
more prosperity than in 20 years un-
der Turkish rule, says British eye
witness account.
Besra is q green spot. 1t is like an
oasis in a great desert. The date
palms are festooned with vines which
make a canopy, and fig trees and
pomegranates with scarlet flowers
grow beneath. The very air seems to
sweat, the weather is so warm. Strike
match and it will burn DULY with
out a flicker as If the fame were
choked.
Besra was never so rich; money is
pouring in, trade is brisk, prices are
high. Three banks have opened.
The Arabs OF the city are learning
luxurious ways; the four new thea
tres which have sprung up during the
war barely meet their demand for en-
tertainment. And they are no longer
content with their simple diet of dates
and khobez "a coarse bread), but pur-
chase English stores and eat pine
apples and salmon and biscuits and
butter out of a tin.
The craft on the river are almost as
hybrid and varied as the flotsam and
jetsam Of the streets. Hero is a wat
tle-roofed shanty hitched on some
primeyal barge, which is very posi-
bly, lineal descendant of Noah's ark
Next to it is the latest design of mon
itOr or gunboat. But amid all these
ships there is one small vessel to
which a British soldier will always
take off his hat. She used to lie snug
ly against the steps under London
bridge. For a penny she would take a
passenger to Westminster or the Tow
er of London: and now. like others
who are doing their part in the war,
she has found her way to the Shaft
el-Arab under her own steam.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04
OBITUARY.
William Valentine.

William Valentine, son of Absolam
and Susanna Valentine. was born near
Cadiz, in Harrison county, Ohio, Sept.
t, 1886. and died at his home, five miles
southwest of Aledo, Monday, Aug IS,
1916, at l o'clock p. m, lacking but a
few days OF completing four score
years. The family came to Lawrence
county. Illinois, in 1854, and year
later to Mercer county. Aug 10, 1862,
no enlisted N Company X, 1929 regi-
ment, Illinois infantry, under Captain
j. Y. Merritt, and served till the end of
the war, being mustered out June 6,
1865. During this term of service he
was off duty but one day, showing his
great strength OF body and will. He
was married on May q, 1869, to Esther
Belland. To this union was born one
son, Benjamin H., who is still at home
and into whose care is given the in
valid widow, to whom Mr.. Valentine
had given the last years of his life in
constant attendance. Three sisters also
survive. Mrs. Martha Burnside of Colo
RADIO, Mrs. Rachel DUNCAN and Mrs.
Elizabeth Hitch of Kearney, Neb.
Thirty years ago Mr.. Valentine united
with the Pencil church under the pas
torate of Rev. NJ. G. CORN and re-
NAMED a faithful member up until the
time OF his death. Funeral services
were held at the home at , o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, Aug. so, Rev. j.
l. Dool of Winfield, Iowa, assisted by
Rev. y. S. Sichterman of the Pencil
church officiating. Interment was in
the Aledo cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04
Municipal Matters

Regular Meeting Held Aug. 81, 1916.
City Council Chamber, Rock Island,
ILL.,, Aug. 81, 1916. The city council
met in regular session at 3 o'clock p.
m, Mayor McConochie and all COM
missioners present.
Commissioner Rudgren read a petit
ton of voters relative to dumping
ground located between Ninth and
Tenth streets and Fifteenth and Six
teenth avenues, which on his motion
was received and placed on file, and
the chief of police authorized TO offer
a reward of $1,000 for information
leading to the arrest and conviction
of any person dumping anything on
said ground that gives an offensive
od0r. (Unanimous).
Commissioner Rudgren read a COM
munication from the Tri-City Railway
company accepting the ordinance au-
thoriziEg the said company TO con-
struct a railway upon and along
Forty-third street from Fifth to Third
avenue, to along and across Third
avenue, and thence to the Forty-sec-
ond street bridge, which on his mo-
ton was received and placed on file.
The minutes of the regular meeting
held Aug. IA, 1916, were read and ap-
proved.
Commissioner Rudgren submitted
the following weekly pay roll for week
ending Aug. 10, 1916, which on his
motion was allowed by unanimous
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04
Fortunes I'm Herring.

Scheveningen, Netherlands. - The
herring caught by the Dutch feet of
725 ships during the year 1915 totaled
GIL 900 tons and brought an average
or $50 per ton az compared with IS
for the previous season. according 10
statistical report just published
The war conditions and particularly
the big German demand were thus re-
sponsible for an increase OF $50 per
cent. A number OF ships were dam
aged by floating mines, and nine ships
ia all were lost, with the forfeit OF %
lives. One fortunate motOr-lugger,
the Catharina, earned S65,6O0 In her
10 trips,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04

Commissioner Rudgren offered a
resolution that the ordinance prOyid-
ing for the levy, assessment and col
lection of taxes for the fiscal year, A
d. 1916, be adopted. Carried by unan-
imous vote.
Commissioner Rudgren offered a
resolution that an ordinance entitled
AN ordinance amending an ordinance
entitled 'Amusements' be adopted.
Carried by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Rudgren offered a
resolution that the following claims
be allowed towit: John Dee Auto Sales
company. S128.96; T F. Burke, $40;
Otto Volk, $1.67; r. c. Clayton, $24.
Carried by unanimous vote.
Commissioner JuhI read a report of
the board of local improvement, rec
ommending the adoption of an ordin-
ance providing for the construction of
sidewalks on certain streets and ave
nueS lying between Thirteenth and
Sixteenth avenues and Twenty-fourth
ard Twenty-ffth streets, together with
an estimate of the probable cost of
same over the signature of the city
engineer and engineer of the board OF
local improvements, in amount OF 3d.
$50 20; also an ordinance providing
for said improvement. which on his
motion was considered by unanimous
vote
Commissioner Juhl offered a reso-
luton that the ordinance providing
for the construction of an eight-inch
water main on FOrty-fifth avenue,
from the main on Fourteenth street to
the center of Fifteenth street, thence
south to the center of section IA, town
ship IT north, range ., east of the
fourth principal meridian, be adopted.
Carried by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Juhl offered a reso-
luton that the ordinance providing
for the improvement of Forty-fourth
street, from Seventh to Railroad ave-
nue.. and Railroad avenue, from For
ty-third to Forty-fifth street, by grad
ing, draining, curbing. and paving with
brick blocks on a fiye-inch concrete
foundation, be adopted. Carried by
vote.
Commissioner Juhl offered a reso-
luton that the ordinance providing
for the improvement of Twenty-fourth
street, from Thirteenth to Seventeenth
avenue, by grading. draining, curling
with concrete curb and gutter and
paving with asphalt on a five-inch
foundation, be adopted. Car
rted by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Juhl offered a reso-
luton that the ordinance providing
Tor the improvement of Forty-second
street, from Seventh avenue TO Rail-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04
REHABILITATION.

REHABILITATION.
Street and bridge fund ... 23215
Sewer fund ............ $500
Grading fund ........ 273. 55
Water works expense ..... 10O.SO
Reservoir expense ....... 1926
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04
ALEDO AT A GLANCE
Personal Mention.

Ross Fisher spent Sunday with
friends in Rock Island
Mrs. Latina Anderson and Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Ericsson, who visited here
for a few weeks with Mrs. AndeF-
sons brother, \. r. Johnson, returned
Wednesday to their home in Chicago.
Mrs. e. H. Osborn and daughter
Edna returned Wednesday from an
extended visit with relatives at Web
ster City and other points in Iowa.
Mrs. G.. G.. Taylor and Mrs. A. c.
CrapnelI attended the fair at Prince
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. C. Hostetler and
son Woodrow came the latter part of
the week from Charleston, Ill, where
they spent the summer. Mr.. Hostetler
will serve as principal of the high
school again this year.
Mr.. and Mrs R. H. Foote were pas
sengers to Rock Island Saturday.
Miss Cora Warnock spent Saturday
in the tri-cities.
John Scott was a Rock Island visitor
Saturday.
Henry Holscher left Friday for Ke-
vance, being called there by the death
of a relative.
land Saturday and while there went
to the hospital in Davenport where he
had his injured arm removed from
the sling.
OrvilIe Nelson of near Joy visited
with his sister, Mrs. c. F. Adams at
Rock Island Saturday. Mrs Adams
is confined in a hospital at that place.
J. L. Scranton of Millersburg was
an Aledo visitor Saturday.
Mrs. A. ]. Johnson returned Friday
from a few days visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Wray at
Rock Island.
Free Attractions at Mercer Fair.
At the Mercer county fair to be held
here Sept. Il to 10 inclusive, a num-
Der of high class free attractions
have been promised. Since the aero
plane has become so commonplace it
has not been thought plausible by the
directors Of the fair to furnish any
free attraction of this sort. Arrange
mentS have been under way for some
time providing for a balloon ascen-
sion and parachute leap TO take place
each afternoon. Other attractions of
unusual nature are also being arrang-
ed for. a baseball game will be a
feature each morning keithsburg
and Sherrard will play on Wednesday
morning and the strong teams from
Gilchrist and Matherville will cross
bats on Thursday morning, the win
ners of the two games to meet on
Friday morning. These games will
be staged at $3.50 a. m. A purse of
SIS is offered for each game by the
fair association. Preparations are be-
ing made to accommodate the large
number OF autos expected here that
week. The fair promises exhibits of
poultry and live stock far exceeding
any fOEmer similar exhibits. At least
30 carloads of such exhibits will come
here Immediately after the Kewanee
fair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04

road avenue, from Forty-second to
FOrty-third streets, by grading, drain
ing, curling with concrete curb and
paving with brick blocks on a five
inch concrete foundation, be adopted.
Carried by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Liedtke offered a res
olution that the John Dee Auto Sales
company be and is hereby authorized
to install a gasoline tank and pump
underneath the walk in front Of the
premises known and described as 1912
1914 Third avenue, same to be placed
under direction of fire chief. Carried
by unanimous vote.
Mayor McConochie offered a resolu
ton that A. w. Billburg be granted
permission to run a saloon on the
corner of Twentieth street and Third
avenue Lost: Ayes, McConochie;
nays, Rudgren, Liedtke, Juhl, Murrin.
Adjourned on motion of Mayor Nc
Conochie. NJ. T. RUDGREN,
City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04
Marriage License.
Among the Sick.

Among the Sick.
Jarid Irwin, who recently underwent
an operation for growth in the throat,
is improving.
Harry Wenger, who has suffered
greatly with typhoid fever the past few
weeks, is somewhat improved.
The condition of James Scott, in
jured in an accident some time ago,
remains very critical.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04
Edwin l.. Hamilton.

Edwin L. Hamilton was born at Sun
beam, Mercer county, ILL.,, Sept. 10,
1865. and died at Monmouth, Ill, Aug
2S, 1916. He was the son of James S.
and Agnes Hamilton. He was united
in marriage to Miss Jane Peterman in
Monmouth, June Il, 1899. To this
union no children were born. The de-
ceased leaves his wife, two brothers
and one sister. They are: d. B. Ham
iltOn of Sunbeam, ]. NJ. Hamilton of
Aledo and Mrs. w. G.. Guthrie of Aledo.
Both his father and mother and one
sister. Dreceded him in death. The de-
ceased united with the First Methodist
church of Monmouth in 1897 and since
that time had been a most faithful
member. He was a member OF the
official board and had taken an active
interest in the financial affairs of the
church. The funeral services were
held at the home Wednesday afternoon,
the pastor of his church officiating.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-04
Special Meeting Held Aug. 25. 1916.

City Council Chamber, Rock Island,
Ill, Aug. 25, 1916.-The city council
met in special session at 10 o'clock a.
m, Mayor McConochie and all the
commissioners present.
Commissioner Juhl offered a resO-
luton that the ordinance establishing
grade on Forty-third street, from
Third avenue to Fifth avenue, be adop-
ted. Carried by unanimous vote.
Adjourned on motion of Mayor Nc
ConoChie NJ T. RUDGREN.
CITY Clerk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
Most Serious Break Along the
Mississippi Since the
Flood Stage Was
Reached.
MANY ACRES FLOODED
No Lives In Danger az tho People
Had Been Given Timely Warn
Ing to Seek Places
Of Safety.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NATCHEZ, Miss, Feb. 15.-The
main Mississippi river levee. about
twenty-five miles above ST. Joseph,
Louisiana, broke early today. The
flood waters are pouring through a
huge crevasse.
Thousands of acres are being
flooded.
The break is the most serious since
the flood stage was reached in this
vicinity. It is feared the towns of St
Joseph. Waterproof and NewelltDn
will be destroyed. It is not thought
however, any lives will be lost, for
warnings during the past few weeks
have caused an exodus of Inhabitants
Federal authorities here and at
New orleans have organized relief
parties which will depart for st.
Joseph, Louisiana, this afternoon.
Government engineers here said all
of Eensas and Concordia parishes will
be entirely submerged in several
days They said hundreds of square
miles of rich farming lands in this
region were being inundated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
Furious Battling in the Champagne Region is
Now as Fierce as at Any Time During
the War.
IMPORTANT CLASH IS EXPECTED TODAY
For Several Days There has Been Most Des-
perate Struggle Going on, With Teuton
Forces Advancing.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON, Feb. 15.-The Germans
are preparing for a still greater
offensive blow in the Champagne, de-
signed to hurl back the French on a
fifteen mile front from the Challe-
range railway, according to dispatches
received here today.
Since early yesterday, steady roll
of heavy German artillery has shaken
the hills of the Champagne. The
Germans are hurting thousands of
high explosive shells at the French
positions on the ridges concentrating
their fire on Tanure ana the sector
just east of the Navartn farm.
Paris expect the German blow to
fall before night.
The bombardment was SO vicious
that French troops were under cover
practically all of yesterday, according
to advices received here. Sharr
clashes between hand grenade par
ties occurred at the westernE end oi
the Champagne battle front, but there
was no attempt during the daylight
hours to recapture the trenches taken
by the Teutons in the violent assault
Of the preceding night.
The present struggles. beginning
with "nibbling" attacks, are now
spreading to every front and are be-
ginning to attract the serious atten'
ton of military critics here. 1t 1s ed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
College Boy Still Insists That
He is Innocent and Will
Be Freed

United Press Leased Wire Service]
WAUKDGAN, Ill, Feb. 15.-Further
arrests in the mysterious tragedy oi
Marian LAM bert were likely today.
states Attorney Ralph Dady declared
'oday that evidence necessary to com
plete the chain Of circumstances he is
building about William H. Orpet, uni
.efsity student held for the girls mur-
ger, is being concealed.
1 Dady planned to question several
employees on the estate OF Cyrus H.
Mccormick, multi-milllonaire harvest
u King, on which young Orpet, whose
lather is in charge Of the McCorm1cs
Green houses, lived.
Dady declared that some Of these
employees knew of Orpet's mysterious
.rips from Madison to meet Marian
lambert In the woods where she me'
her death.
While young Orpet, former news
paper reporter, sat In his cell To-Day
lady was weaving web OF evfaence
maklng the student the central ngure
mysterious murder more com
piicated than any Orpet sought 70
! ist,
orpet 1steadfastly maintained his
innocence today. Discovery yestei
way that he had bought an empty DOT
Tie In Madison the day before his ias'
meeting with Marian, the discovery
ot poison hidden on the McCormlcA
estate, and the dozen l'ttle circum
Nances connecting him mysteriously
With the tragedy have worried him
sut not disheArtened him
Am innoeent, boys" he said %
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
OLD QUESTION SETTLED;
NEW ONE NOT DECIDED

coma announcement, officials refused
to Indicate. The attitude held is such
g question is hypothetical; what the
future holds cannot be considered In
the present
Has Raised Storm.
[By Carl w Ackerman, United Press
Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, (via Amsterdam) Feb. Is,
The Lusitania settlement has sud-
denly become the center of violent
party storms in Germany.
The newspapers today attacked
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg
and Foreign Secretary Won Jagow
with unprecedented vigor for failing
to explain the terms Of settlement in
the Prussian house Of commons. They
declared that the public should be
permitted to know whether Germany
has made any further concessions,
tending to cripple her submarine COM
manders.
Party leaders who are anxious to
preserve the good relations existing
between Germany and the United
States, however, are delighted with
unofficial reports of the nature Of
settlement They consider that nefth-
er Germany nor the United States
has emerged triumphant from the
negotiation They believed the very
fact that both nations have made
concessions in the interest of har-
mony makes the Lusitania agreement
Of more gratifying nature than would
have been the case if one country
had yielded all.
An important phase of the political
controversy is the fact that the con-
servatives. hitherto the governments
supporters, are now the strongest
opponents The radicals are support
ing the government.
In the party clash, the Lusitania
affair has been merged with discus
sion of the disposition Germany is to
make of Belgium after the war. Con-
servatives, who desire annexation OF
Belgium on account Of its fine har-
bors and it's deposits of iron ore. are
extremely bitter because of opposition
of radicals to the annexation program
and are carrying this feeling into the
Lusitania fight.
The chancellor, however, IS expect
ed to emerge victorious, the govern
ment having won unanimous support
in all recent declarations of policy
regarding submarine and Zeppelin
warfare.
When the Lusitania settlement is
definitely in the background, an un-
precedented military campaign is pre-
dicted.
One Kick Registered.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-A reso.
luton protesting against recognition
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15

mitted tho German gains IN the
Champagne in the last three days
have been the most important ad
vances registered by the enemy In
several months
BY driving q wedge in The French
line west Of the Navarin farm on Sat
urday night and following up this sue
cess with similar feat five miles
to the east In Sunday nights Tight
ing. the Germans now threaten to
force the retirement Of the French on
q wide front The heavy artillery at
tack launched by the Tsutons yester-
day may be the beginning Of an offen-
sive to throw the French back upon
the Souain-Perthes road.
The French are counted upon to
counter-attack with all the forces at
their command to rccapture these lost
positions. There Is every indication
that the furious battling In the Cham
|pagne region viii continue for several
days.
The French war office this after
noon reported the recapture Of por-
ton Of the trenches taken by the Ger
mans Sunday, east Of the Tahure-
Homme-Py highway, in heavy counter
attacks. Minor clashes have also oc-
Cured in the vosges. 1t was stated,
but there is q lull in the Artois re-
gion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
Fourteen Days Yet to Deter
mine Attitude on Germany's
New U. Boat Policy

TIrnited Press Leased Wire Servfce.1 ]
BERLIN, Feb. IS. (Via Amsterdam.)
Ambassador Bernstorff has notified
the foreign office that the United
States has yielded to Germany and
will not press further the unaccept-
able portion Of her Llsitania propos-
ais, the Lokal Anzeiger reports.
The case probably will be closed in
Gemany's forth coming note to WASH
ington, the newspaper says.
New U Boat Policy.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-With only
fourteen days remaining. the state do
partment today was still considering
the attitude it will take toward the
teuton decree that all armed mer-
chant ships would be torpedoed with.
out warning after February 29. IT
was even hinted in high official cir
cles that President Wilson and Secre-
tary Lansing have about reached the
conclusion that a formal announce
ment of how this nation views the lat
est y boat policy Of Germany and
Austria may not be necessary.
This results from realization that
to protest the decree would inevitably
pf10S ABOUT uSlICdle SIIue<lAol " 1Ii'
the central powers in view OF the
state departm ent's recent suggestions
to the entente allies that they volun-
tarily agree to disarm all merchant
vessels.
On the other hand to accept by
formal announcement the teuton
policy, It was pointed out, at the state
DEPARTMENT and in British, French and
Italian diplomatic circles here, would
bring forth bitter protests against
any change Of international rules OF
war as an unneutrai act.
A stand pat or middle OF the road
attitude by the United States, 1t ts
believed at the state department, may
cause the entente allies as an act or
self-protection to decide to send no
armed merchant ships into American
TOrts.
Such a stand 1t was frankly ex-
plafned by high official, would not
mean the United States would not
protest the unUarned sinking of a
merchant ship which carried Ameri-
can citizens What form such pro-
test would take, whether It would be
as vigorous as the Lusttania or An