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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-24

Until recently Douglas Fairbanks
stood as one Of the few living white
men who never had attempted to write
play; but now he has succumbed and
written the scenario for the new pic
ture in which he is to appear for the
Triangle Fine Arts.
Fairbanks was watching the max
ing ia Triangle-Inc film no, long
ago, in which Bessie Love played OPP
posite William s. Hart, and he then
and there decided he would like Ia dn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-24
CLERKS IN LOCAL
STORES ORGANIZE
Final Steps in Forming New Body
Taken Yesterday in Mass Meeting
mt Rock Island Industrial Hall.
HAVE APPLIED FOR A CHARTER
VIII Affiliate With Tri.City Federation
of Labor and the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.

At a mass meeting of the retail
clerks of the stores of Rock Island held
last evening at the Industrial hall it
was decided to organize union and
a committee was named to apply to the
national organization for charter.
the city was represented at the meet
ing, more than two hundred being
present.
Another meeting has been called for
next Thursday, at which time officers
of the organization will be chosen. 1t
is expected also that the charter will
have arrived at that time. The local
union of retail clerks also announced
its intentions of affiliating with the
Tri-City Federation of Labor and the
American Federation of Labor, the ma
tional body.
Agitation for local retail clerks
time, and a preliminary meeting was
held last Sunday Charles MacGowan,
president of the Tri-City Federation
of Labor, presided at the meeting last
evening and gave an enthusiastic talk
in behalf of the new movement. A
luncheon was served to all who at
tended at the hall at $50 and the
business session followed.
Is Part of Campaign.
i Talks on unionism and organization
were also made by Charles A. Reagan
business agent of the pressmen, and
David H. Patterson, advertising man
ager of the Labor Review. and James
c. Kinsley of the carmen's union. Mo-
line has had a retail clerks union for
some time. Organization of the Rock
Island retail clerks is part of an Or
ganization campaign now being car
ried on by the Tri-City Federation OF
Labor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-24
EMPIRE.

Waller Stock company in popular
plays. Performances daily at SIS
p. N.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-24
WHITE PLAGUE IN
HEAVY TOLL HERE
Eighty Deaths from tuberculosis Is
the Record for City of Rock Island
in Is Months.
STATE OFFICIAL PAYS A VISIT
W. ID. Thurber, Field Secretary of the
Illinois Association for Preven-
ton, Gathers Data.

Eighty lives have been lost and the
community has suffered financially to
the extent Of 100000 through what
might be termed an epidemic Of tuber-
culosis in Rock Island since Jan. l.,
1918, according TO a spot map" of the
city prepared today by ". D. Thur
Der. who is In Rock Island in his ca
pacity as field secretary of the Illinois
State Association for the Prevention
Of tuberculosis, The map bears so
blue headed pins which indicate the
location of the deaths from the white
plague" in Rock Island during the past
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-24
AT SPENCER SOUARF.

1.-THE Trail of the Lonesome Pine e."
In which Charlotte Walker is to ap-
pear in her famous role of June" at
the Spencer Square, today and tomor-
row, Is one Of the most recent and best
Lasky productions and is staged I'M
der the personal direction of Cecil B.
DeMille, director general, who has
maintained throughout the picture the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-24

wonderful atmosphere of the Cumber-
land mountains and the peculiar char
acteristics of the mountaIneers Of that
remote region. The story has to do
with the love between the beautiful
daughter of the leader of the illegal
whiskey makers and young revenue
officer who has been sent to the noun
tains to secure the arrest OF the father.
In the cast supporting Miss Walker
are Theodore Roberts. Thomas Mel
CHAN. Earl Fox, Park Jones and other
members of the Lasky all-star COM
pany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-24

crucial moment to save the herhine
from pressing dangers. It's 1.-THE
Social Pirates" and George Bronson
Howard, the famous novelist and
playwright, is the radical responsible
for the innovation. But to make up
for the lack of hero the author has
given two heroines, Marin Sais and
Ollie kirkby, who are seen as 1.-THE
Social Pirates,' two fascinating
heart-breakers bound by a compact
to deal justice to those who prey on
the helpless and unsophisticated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-24
OFFICIAL DENIAL is MADE
OF REPORTED JUNCTION
OF HERRERA AND VILLA

Continued From Page One.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-24
Bessie Love and Douglas Fairbanks
in The Good Bad Man."

This snapshot was taken during a
thrilling love scene. If more of the
picture We're visible, Miss Loves
arms would be seen very closely en-
twined about the neck of Mr.. Fair
banks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-24
COLUMBIA,

Vaudeville Davenport). Two per-
formances daily, at 2:45 and Sis
Three Saturday and Sunday, at 2:45,
1880 and 9 o'clock.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-14
C~VT@~ r'7asfcGr7EraYT Of Mrs. Chappell, of Five Years Standing, Relieved by Cardui.

Mt. Airy, N. C.--Mrs. Sarah M. Chap pell of this town, says: "l suffered for five years with womanly troubles, also stomach troubles, and my punishment was more than any one could tell.
 tried most every kind of medicine, but none d.d me any good.
 read one day about Cardui, inc wo- mans tonic, and l decided to try it. had not taken but about six bottles until l was almost cured. Ii did me more good than all the other medicines l had tried, put together.
 My friends began asking me why | looked so well, and told them about Cardui. Several are now taking it."
 Do you, lady reader, suffer from any of the ailments due to womanly trouble. such as headache, backache, sideache' sleeplessness, and that everlaStingly tired feeling2
 If so, let us urge you to give Cardui a trial. We feel confident if will help you just as it has million other women in the past half century.
 Begin taking Cardui to-day. You won't regret it. All druggists.
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The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-14
Sentiment. Expresses
 Landslide for BrOugh
Continued from page one.)

speaker was dealt with, and they shouted back a defiance.
 At fifteen minutes to 12, Dr. Brough was permitted to begin his rejoinder. He went only short way until he was interrupted by perfect bedlam at the back of the stage, where a number of Hodges supporters had congregated. Chairs were thump- ed upon the floor and efforts to quiet the disturbers failed. A state off, cial, by appointment, led the noise making, fully aided and abetted by state capitol employees and the rank and file. Dr.. Brough made several at tempts to speak, and when it became evident that the Hodges men, who refused to yield to MT. Hodges ef- forts to quiet them, had no intention of permitting the rejoiner, a clash was narrowly averted between the Brough supporters and the disturb CTS. The crowd had thinned down considerable by this time, but the hall was still well filled, and 99 per cent of the people on the floor of the audi torium were Trough men. A rush was started for the Hodges shouters on the platform, but Dr. Brough and others stopped the leaders and blood shed was averted.
 Up to this time the crowd has been
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-14

for governor In explaining his al- legged tax lodging, Dr. Brough stated that he had assessed personal taxes every year, and that included his poll tax. When Earle Hodges reached this point in his address, he declared that such statement was baseless, for poll and personal taxes differed. In his rejoinder Dr. Brough sprung the staet law upon his opponent. MT. Hodges also declared that if things he said were not true that he would withdraw from the race and either vote for Judge Smith or go fishing Dr. Brough replied in the closing, that he would not make such an assertion before an audience of Democrats, but that if Mr. Hodges was nominated, he would not only vote for him, but would take the stump in his behalf.
 When Dr. Brough asserted that he believed Judge Smith was going to beat Mr. Hodges out in the race, the applause was dcafening. He also stated that he would not have deputy governors in the different counties, naming those who are now filling this capacity, and those who would serve if Mir. Hodges secured the nomina- ton.
 Dr. Trough called attention to the fact that one of MT. Hodges cam
  paign managers had introduced a bill to repeal the full crew act, and yet Mr. Hodges made a plea for the labor vote Both candidates dwelt at length on the Confederate veteran, and when Dr. Brough completed his speech, a gray headed old man, wear ing Confederate uniform, with a Cross of Honor on his chest, came forward and grasped him by the hand
 Those who listened to the two speeches until the morning hour, could see nothing less than land slide for Dr. Brough. the enthusiasm displayed by his supporters from over the state being taken into con sideration, and there were many there who boosted the majority of Dr. Brough to 50.000. Dr. Brough was followed to his headquarters by sev- eral hundred cheering voters, and for an hour or more they declined to leave
 It will take heroic work. as well as miraculous work, to overcome the effects of this Brough victory, for it can be classed as nothing else
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-14
STATE LABOR COMMISSION
 RECEIVES COMPLAINT

Little Rock, March 14.-Complaint has come to the State Labor Commis- sion of what is alleged to be excess siye charges made by plantation com missaries in some sections of the state. One of the complaints came from man who has been building some tenement houses on a planta- tion near Grady. Below are some of
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-14

merely approaching the climax and had been about as orderly as a real large crowd can be, especially with the excitement at the pitch it was during the entire meeting. It heard two really good political speeches, for Dr. Brough has long been considered one of the states best orators, and Earle w. Hodges has improved won derfully since his Forrest City open ing speech. Both candidates fol- lowed the line of their usual cam paign speech, though Dr. Brough in jected quite a bit of new argument, and devoted more attention to his opponent than he would have done, or has done heretofore, when the oppon- ent was not present. Mir. Hodges stuck right to the line in his speech, and it is an improvement on any thing shown by Jeff Davis, with some of the part Donagheyisms thrown in.
 Dr.. Brough made short work of his rejoinder He merely answered one or two points made by his adversary, and then let his case rest with the people, saying the baiance was not worthy of attention.
 Both speakers kept their wits and refused to be rufiied by the state ments of the other. This no doubt permitted the meeting to end without a riot, and as it was, this is probably the last big joint debate that will ever be held in Little Rock.
 If the opponents of Dr. Brough se- cured any satisfaction from this meet ing, it was hardly manifest while the opening argument was being made. Dr.. Trough seemed to single out members of the St. Francis levee board, and Hodges campaign mana gers, to ply his bitter sarcasm upon, but after Mr. Hodges had warmed up to his task, they began to smile again, but later the Brough demon stration was too lasting to suit them, for Hodges rarty had been turned into a Brough demonstration, and this did not set well.
 Of the audience, about half was Pulaski county voters. There were several hundred ladies present, and the balance were voters from other sections of the state. It was appar- ent from the stand, that there were less than 50 Hodges men seated on the main floor, or if they were Hodg- es men, they failed to assert them selves when the applause was being handed about. The overflow was about three fourths for Dr. Brough, and the Brough men were quite free to show disapproval when MT. Hodges made sighting remark about their champion.
 Dr. Brough criticised Gov. Hays severely, spoke of Mir. Hodges re- fusal to permit his office to be inves- tigated, and answered every charge that has been made on the stump by his opponent to the satisfaction of the audience. He was cheered until the roof seemed to bulge when he defended hIs record on the negro question, and when he said he would not make an apology for his fathers war record if he had to leave the race
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-14

the prices he says aI> charged tbp,o. Whip-poor-will peas, cents pound. chuck meat 20 cent a pound; fIou, $l.45 for 24 pounda; meal, S5 centa per half bushel. The informant said that the tenants " re forced to buy at the comissary. The Labor Burean has no jurisdiction over the matter
 Still cutting halr and shaving at the West Side Barber Shop.-you are next.-Cragan & Cummins Adyt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-22
TURKS CONTINUE
ADVANCE IN PERSIA
Russians Seize Heights Near
Diarbekr.

London, Aug. 21.-Successes for both
the Turks and the Russians in the
fighting in the Caucasus are recorded
in to-day's official statements from
Constantinople and Petrograd. Tho
Russians have seized series of i'm
portant heights near Diarbekr, while
the Turks captured by surprise the
height of Kuramish. near Mush.
In Persia the Turkish left wing is
still driving the Russians eastward to
the frontier, near ReyandN.
The Russian report says:
"The fighting in the direction OF
Diarbekr is developing favorably for
US. We captured series of heights
which had been fortified strongly by
the Turks and took large number Of
prisoners"
The Turkish statement reads:
1.-THE left wing of the Turkish forces
in Persia has thrust back still further
the Russian troops, which were driven
eastward 10 the frontier in the region
Of Revanduz. The Russians withdrew
toward Sandshoulak and Unshu, pur-
sued by our troops.
ION the Caucasian front we captured
in a surprise attack the height of Ku-
ramish. seventeen miles northeast OF
Mush, which dominates the mountain
ridge On our left wing we repu sed
a surprise attack OF the enemy and in
counter attacks captured booty and
took prisoners.
"The Russian report that the Turks
file the heads Of cartridges. special files
being distributed for this purpose, Is
untrue.
"A cruiser and three monitors unsuc-
cessfully bombarded Plotscha for three
hours"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-22
Days Official Reports
on SOmme Offensive

London, Aug. 2f.-The War Office
communication issued this eUening
says:
Near the Mouquet farm (near Thiep-
vail the enemy attempted TO make an
attack on small scale. which was i'm
mediately repulsed. Otherwise there is
little TO report except artillery activity
on both sides, which at times was very
violent.
Our artillery fire was very effective.
Southwark OF Thiepval the enemy's
trenches were severely damaged, and a
confagration was caused in one of the
enemy's batteries, which burned fiercely
for some time. A hostile balloon was
forced to descend by our gunfre.
Southwark of Loos, as the result of a
successful mine operation, we have
much improved our local positions.
Our aeroplanes continue to bomb
enemy billets with success, in addition
to their work with our artillery. Yes
terday one of our machines did not re-
turn. To-day hostile aeroplanes
showed a little more enterprise than
usual. and some of them ventured over
our lines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-22
BLACKLIST FIGHT
AMAzES BRITAIN
English Cannot Under
stand American Criticism,
Says H. S. Harrington.

American criticism of the British
blacklist caused widespread surprise in
England, according to Howard 5 Har-
rington. Of Harrington, Bigham & Eng
lar. who returned yesterday on the
Nieuw Amsterdam, OF the holland,
America Line. Mr.. Harrington nad
been in England almost year. setting
cases growing out OF the seizure OIL
cotton as contraband.
mo insult to America was intended
by the publication of a blacklist" said
Mr.. Harrington, "and there was a good
deal of establishment at the way II was
received. Officials thought that per-
haps il would clarity the situation, and
certainly no injustice was intended. A
full and fair hearing will be given any
firm on the list which believes 1t should
not have been placed there"
Mr.. Harrington doubted whether the
blacklist would be extended. British
nationals would be prevented from
trading with the enemy, he said, but
there was no desire at all TO inJure
American trade. The probabilities we're
that the list might be modified and
that firms that could prove they were
not under German control would be
restored to former privileges.
Mr.. Harrington had only the highest
praise for the fairness and justice with
which the cotton cases had been
handled. He succeeded in having them
settled without trials, and in most OF
the cases Great Britain agreed to pay
the market price Of cotton at'the port
nearest the origin of the shipment for
the seizure. He was cartooned By
mayfair" as "King Cotton"
After visit to Virginia, Mr.. Har-
rington will return to England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-22
German Statement.

Berlin, Aug. 2f.-To-ddus com
municdtion says:
North of the Somme several desul-
tory attacks west of Foureaux (High)
Wood, on the Clery-Maricourt road,
made by strong infantry forces Of the
enemy from Ovillers and Pozieres. and
hand grenade attacks near Maurepas
were repulsed.
On the right bank Of the Mouse
(Verdun 'front.' enemy forces, which
were ready TO make an attack north
west of Thiaumont work, were pre-
vented by our artillery fire from carry
ing out their object. At Thiaumont
work itself and near Fleury strong
hand grenade parties were shot down
by our infantry and machine gun hre.
Numerous undertakings attempted
by recommending detachments of the
enemy were without result. Attacks
by German patrols north of Vermelles
and near Festubert and Embermenil
were successful. In the Argonne lively
mining operations were carried out on
both sides. By the explosion of a mine
we destroyed considerable portion of
the enemy's position on Camores
Height.
OF Ostend (Belgium) British
hydroplane was destroyed by our hre
and French hydroplane was shot
down.
In an aerial engagement British
biplane was brought down southeast
of Arras.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-22

posal. The main general idea in their
minds is TO put up the most obstinate
conceivable fight at all points without
regard to the ultimate results. They
will double stakes in a losing game.
The reason is that those who direct
Germany from above"-unlike the
governments of the Allies-are neces-
sarily thinking in the first place not
Of Germany but of themselves. There
is the Hohenzollern dynasty at stake
tho war-tradition which has been
the very soul OF the Prussian state
the war-caste formed BY the noblesse
the new war-plItocracy constituted
By the industrial magnates.
Hope to Tire Out Allies.
Confession of failure would mean
the total ruin of that system, whatever
1t might mean for Germany as whole.
So the rulers will try to urge the
people to the very last gasp. Next
the purpose will be, think, TO play
out time, in the hope that if the Allies
have not achieved a final triumph
within The third year they will desist.
Such n calculation is futile. II the
contingency arose the Allies would not
desst.
IL Is CERTAIN, as / nave pOlULct OuN'
that everything else will be subordi-
mated to the object of resisting the
British armies in the West. If for
that purpose there has to be a fight
ing retreat in the East, the aim will
be to conduct it on the Russian model
and to make stand after stand on
enormously strong lines. Above all
last access of titanic energy will
be thrown into the work of turning
out heavy artillery and machine guns
so as to retard the Allies as long as
possible, to raise their casualties to
the very maximum and to facilitate
powerful German counter attacks
against selected sectors.
An important point is that by retir-
ing in the East the superiority of the
railway system of the Central Empires
will again become a powerful agency.
Meanwhile there will be carried on all
manner of intrigues in the hope Of
dividing the Allies. That there will
be a new and worse submarine cam
psign against Britain is what we rather
assume Something like this is bound
to be the programme.
How every item in it will be met
and beaten may appear from my next
few messages, but | repeat that the
last phase of Armageddon will be the
worst.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-22
1877 British Officers
Killed Within a Week

London, Aug. 10.-Casualties among
British officers Tor the last seven days
of July were heavier than in any pre-
vious period, again showing the Ell
fects of the offensive on the western
front. The casualty lists include 1877
killed, 1858 wounded and 1874 missing;
a total of 1859. They brins the ag-
gregate losses since the beginning OF
the war to 36,416. of whom 1882 have
been killed or died OF wounds, 22,9SI
have been wounded and 1886 are miss
ing.
The heaviest sufferers in the seven
DAYS were the Yorkshires. with 81
killed. 81 wounded and missing;
Field Artillery. 90 killed, 100 wounded;
Lancashires, 30 killed. 10 wounded,
s missing; South Africans, 27 killed,
60 wounded. missing; machine-Run
corps, q killed, 81 wounded; Welsh
regiments, 33 killed. 106 wounded.
Among officers Of high rank, Major
General Ingouville- Williams was killed,
three brigadier generals were wound
ed and one colonel and nine lieuten-
mt colonpls were killed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-22
French Report.

Paris, Aug. 21.-To-nightS official
statement says:
On the Somme front our batteries
shelled German works north and south
of the river There was no infantry
activity in the course Of the day. An
intermittent cannonade took place on
the remainder of the front.
Our aviatOrs had numerous encoun-
tiers with the enemy. Two enemy air
men were brought down inside his
lines. one in the region Of Deniecourt
and the other near Berry.
An earlier announcement read:
North of the Somme. in addition to
the important captures OF material
mentioned yesterday, we took six field
guns in the wood which our troops car
ried yesterday between Maurepas and
Guillemont.
During the night there were violent