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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

Pekin.-It has been announced that
President Asano of the Toyen kisen
Kaisha, which operates steamers be-
tween San Francisco and the Orient,
and President Watanabe of the Wata-
nabe bank in Yokohama, together with
several other japanese business men,
have organized a realty company with
a capitalization of 100000 yen to deal
in land and buildings at Tsing-tau
This step is regarded as an indication
that the Japanese have no intention OF
withdrawing from Tsing-tau in the
near future.
Toxic. - Subscriptions throughout
Japan to the French governments )
per cent loan which have now closed
amounted to about three million
francs. The subscribers were chiefly
foreigners.
On account of the favorable eX-
change rate between Japan and France
subscribers in this country were able
to purchase a bond for yen 29.S29
which was the equivalent of the issue
price of francs S725. The rate of ex-
change was two francs 9212 confines
for one yen.
London.-Official moving pictures OF
the actual fighting operations of the
British army in France and Flanders
taken under the direction Of the wal
department, are soon to be exhibited
before the British public so as to show
the civilians at home what the army
is doing. Receipts from the sale and
rent of the films will be devoted to
the aid of disabled soldiers and their
/ dependents.
Berlin.-Though several million iron
| fve-pfennig pieces have been issued
within the last two months, compare
| lively few of them appear in circula-
| ton. This leads number of news.
papers to declare that they are being
withheld as souvenirs, and that the
public, in doing this, is defeating the
very purpose for which the coins were
/ issued
The papers insist that merely as g
matter of patriotism the public should
wait until after the war before at
tempting to save up the new coins, ant
declare that there will be ample op
portunity to collect war souvenirs
when normal conditions again have
been established
During approximately one month the
small coin shortage was limited prac
tically to fiye-pfennig pieces. Just a.
soon as the iron coins were issued
however, there arose a shortage o.
ten-pfennig pieces, which today is no
ticeable. Thus the subway corpora
ton has issued an appeal to the pub
lie to buy tickets by the Wholesale
that is to say, five. ten or twenty at &
time-in order to relieve the small
change shortage
London.-The decision of the Dutch
East India route to the Cape of Coco
Hope route has been popularity accept.
ed here as proof that the Turks ant
Germans are preparing an offensive
against Egypt. But an explanation in
| dependent of military reasons is of
. fered by one Of the daily papers. No
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

Attempts to hoist Yuan >Shi-kai
through the roof of his palace with
high explosives continue. When Yuan
accepted" the throne of China he took
with it all the little thrills that go
with absolutism in government, includ-
ing the Utilization of looking under the
bed every night for bombs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

None of us should forget that what
President Wilson says about the need
of preparedness comes from a man who
believes in and certainly hopes for last
Z ing peace, also a man who is patient
and resourceful and tireless in work
ing to avert war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

Preparedness and peace entered
Rock Island about the same time yes
4terday, President Wilson, WestbOund,
and F. 0. Van Calder arriving home
from his trip to Europe as member
of the Ford party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

The annual report Of the gas trust
in New York city blames the movies
for the decrease in domestic gas bills.
When nobody is at home the meter gets
discouraged. Still, it does its best
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

Meanwhile you'n have to give it to
Ambassador Won Bernstorff for keep
ing at it until the job is finished and
satisfactory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02
Calendar of Poland is Changed.

Warsaw.-General Won Beseler, gov
ernor of Poland has issued a decree
according to which that portion of
Russia now occupied by the Germans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02
Daily History ClaSs-FeO. I

1S4S-Treaty of peace pe."ee ',,rsd
United States and Mexico ~
Mexico ceded California an1
Mexico TO the United States 81.
1S94-The famous war coF'es me
sarge, which yanquished Nv ,as
federate cruiser Alahana -
wrecked in the Caribbean SEA, .,aal
l9l5-The British government ~ ,,,sl
TO seize grain and hoW "a NJ
for Germany. even II ih'sni IA.
noneomhatants, because o. il.
man governments annoaR smsb
tention to confscate thoss
ditiaA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

warm at another time when the tenn
perature is unvarying, and if the fur
mace is run according to such feelings,
why, the furnace will become discour-
aged and get overheated or go out.
A thermostat is the best, and Their
mometer or two the next best means
or 1nsuring an equable indoor climate
through the winter months. The ideal
temperature to strive for is about IS
degrees Fahrenheit. At that tempera-
ture the air generally holds the right
degree of moisture, and IS is quite as
comfortable and certainly more eco
nomical than the higher degrees of
temperature in many homes.
Hot air is always bad air. Fresh
air is cool, moving air. Feeling warm
ls largely matter of habit. Being
warm is largely a matter of fresh
air, and secondarily matter of food
and dress.
That indefinable yet tangible thing
called culture is inseparable from
fresh air.
Schoolroom, living room, office,
store, theater, car church-if it is 6S
it is right
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS,
Earlier Signs of Bright's Disease.
VIII you please mention the earlier
symptoms of Bright's disease? Is per-
slstent backache one of them?
Answer-Almost never backache.
General loss of strength or weight,
pallor. digestive disturbance. short
ness OF breath, sleeplessness, high
piood pressure. BY the way, the kid
hey exeretion may seem quite nor
NAL TO the patient.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02
Too Economical,


Thanks to the numerous expert
ments that are now being made as to
the shortest cut to the pearly gates
we are able to say that a jitney is
hardly sufficient to take care of the
transportation charges. for Charles
Elkins. who was picked up on an Ionia
street few evenings ago, confessed
that he had taken the heads from a
tive-cent box of matches, soaked them
in water, and then drank the LIQUID in
a vain attempt to shuttle off. He was
pretty sick and the verdict of the doc
tor was that Charles had been too
economical Ten cents worth OF
matches, he said, would have been
about right.-Portland Review.
NORTH shore society matron, a
member of morals investigating COM
mittee. said that she found girls en-
ployed in Chicago theatre to be dope
fiends. Replieth, and not without a
semblance of truth, one of the accused
coryphees: IF Mrs. Blanchard wants
to find woman drug fiends she might
investigate a few of the society homes
on the north shore. We work too hard
TO have time to resort TO drugs, and on
the north shore we'll. they don't work
quite so hard, and maybe they have
more time"
NJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02
Wednesday, February ., 1915.
Rock Island-From River to
River.

There are a few hard roads in Hi
nois, but We can't use them for the
reason we can't get TO them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02
Leap Year Note.

Wanted--Position by middle aged
woman as housekeeper in widower's
home--PeOria Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

NELLIE Drummer sued c. W. Wat
terson, a La Crosse dentist. for s25, 900
for breach of promise. The plaintiff
was given a verdict of $500 The de-
PENDANT must have exercised his pull
with the jurors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

BRANDEIS on the supreme court
bench is hopeful prospect. The re-
vered court has long been in need of
more punch-W Kee Maxwell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

HENRY Lane Wilson predicts the
Carranza administration will be fail
ure. Wilson, who was formerly am.
bassador to Mexico, would have ex-
pressed his honest sentiments if he
would have said he hoped it would be
a foozle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

Mr.. Hawks is said to be one of the
sharpest lawyers in Clinton, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

SENATOR Grooms. calling for an in
vestigation. alleges there is Irvine
trust. Knot so, answer the manufac-
turers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

WILLIAM NJ. Walker, vice president
of the Chicago Cubs, is fish mer-
chant. But his friends maintain he is
no sucker in the baseball business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02

Member Audit Bureau Of Calculations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-02
THE ARGUS.

Rock Island Member Associated Press.
Full Leased Wire Report.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
$4,0OO, MORE IN
 DEPOSITS THIS YEAR
Little Rock Banks Fare Better Since Prohibition Became Ef-
 fective-Fewer Convictions in
 Police Court for Drunkenness.

One year, of which six months was without saloons, has seen an increase of nearly four millios dollars in the bank deposits of Little Rock.
 The total deposits on June 23, 1915, were $11,626,676.21.
 The total deposits on June 30, 1916, were $15,294,45
 This is one of the arguments being advanced by the opponents of the re- peal of the prohibition law, to prove that saloons do not make business better
 Another indication is the record of the police court. During the first six months of 1915 there was a total of 3,740 arrests, of which BIO were for drunkenness. During the first six months this year there were 2,655 arrests, of which IA were for drunk enness.
 A year ago there were 80 prisoners on the Pulaski county farm, now there are only 45. A year ago there were 167 prisoners in the county jail from June 1 to July 1, this year there were only 65.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
VIGOROUS CAMPAIGNS
 BEFORE ELECTION
Probable that Bill for Repeal Prohibition Law Will Attract More General AttentiOn-Op- position to Primary Bill.

There will be vigorous campaigns during the next few months on at least four direct legislation proposi- tionS that are to be submitted to the people in the November election.
 Above all, it is probable that the bill for the repeal of the prohibition law will attract more general atten- tion than any other, since it is question upon which a more intense public sentiment is always aroused, since it involves the religious and moral element. Both sides are prom ising a hard fight.
 The educational amendment, ras- ing the optional maximum of taxes for school purposes to twelve mills, is also attracting attention, and the educational forces of the state are conducting propaganda to overcome misapprehensions in regard to the proposed measure There has been opposition, but this is disappearing where the facts are made clear that it does not mean an extra five mills tax voted upon the people of the state. The voters of any district may vote as small a tax as they please.
 Unexpected opposition is developing in some quarters to the Brundidge pure primary bill. Several of the newspapers of the state, including the Daily Texarkanian, have announced their opposition to it, principally be- cause it is, they allege, cumbersome and complex, and would only confuse the voter. However, its advocates will keep up hard fight for it..
 The labor interests of the state are back of the other measure, an initiat- ed amendment to the constitution to remove the limit upon the number of amendments that may be submitted at any one election.
 Another proposed amendment that should not be overlooked provides for a system of bonds for the construc- tion of county roads, known as the Futrall amendment. It is an import ant measure, and taken with the Alex ander law should mean the building of thousands of miles of new road.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
ARK ANSAS WILL PROBABLY
 HAVE MONEY IN TREAS JURY AFTER SETTLEMENTS

Little Rock, July 19.-While it is entirely problematical, state officials who watch the finances closely are estimating that when all the sheriffs have made final settlement with the state treasurer, all the outstanding warrants will have been redeemed, and there will be balance of prob ably $200,000. Nineteen sheriffs have settled so far, most of them from small counties. A greater proportion of cash is being paid than for several years.
 The balance of unredeemed war rants on July r was $414,332.06, as compared with balance of $561,- 157.54 on the corresponding date of 1915, and $3S7, ,5S529 two years ago.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
WILL RECRUIT TWO
 ARKANSAS REGIMENTS
Cant A. B. Sloan, U. s. A., Com missioned Lieut.. Col. to Sue ceed Fred A. Green, Who Failed in Examination.

Little Rock, July 19.-Maj. w. C.. Bradford has assumed his position as Major of the First Battalion, Second Regiment, succeeding Major Leon R. Smith of Fayetteville, who failed in the physical examination. Maj. Brad ford is succeeded as assistant adju- tant bv Capt. Henry Fredeman, '. S.. A retired, who has been connected with the Guard for some time. he now becomes a major, by reason of the appointment made by the gover- nor
 Cant. A. B. Sloan, U. s. A., who has been connected with the Guard as instructor-inspector, was yesterday commissioned as lieutenant colonel of the Second Regiment, to succeed Fred w. Greene. of Harrison, who failed on the physical examination. During the mobilization, Capt. Sloan has been designated as the U. s. recruit ing officer.
 Orders have been received from de- partment headquarters at Fort Sam Houston, designating Capt. A. w.. Stahel, late of the Little Rock con- pany, and Capt. H. L. McAlister, late of the Philadelphia company, both of whom were rejected by the medical examiners, as recruiting officers un- der the plan recently announced by the War Department. They are to report to Col. Sloan, chief recruiting officer. It is announced that the re- cruiting of the two regiments will proceed as rapidly as possible.
 While the prospects of war are now very remote, it is generally believed that the Arkansas regiments will soon or later be ordered to the border for duty as a course of practical mili tary training.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
STATE HEALTH OFFICE RECEIVES NO REPORT OF
 INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Little Rock, July 19.-While the press has reported few sporadic cases of infantile paralysis in some sections of the state, no report of the disease has been made to the State Health Officer.
 The State Health Office is supply ing county health officers and local physicians with typhoid vaccine free, upon application. The treatments are being given quite extensively in some localities. The vaccine is made at the tate's hygienic laboratory.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
32 PERSONS WERE
 DROWNED IN FLOOD
Seventeen Deaths Were Report ed in the Last Twenty-fOur HOurs-Water Now Recedine in All Sections.

Asheville, N. C., July 18.-Seven- teen deaths reported today brought the Southeastern flood toll to 32. but all rivers are falling and something like normal conditions obtain in many of the sections overrun with the high waters from the eastern mountains Sunday. Ten persons are missing and the property damage is estimated at 5,OOO,0O0, principally to railroads crops and industrial plants.
 Eight additional deaths are report ed from Bat Cave, a village in Hen derson county on the Rocky Broad river, North Carolina; two from Vel ga, a small town in Buncombe coun- ty, N. C.. four from Brevard, N. C., and three from the Hickory Nut Gap section of North Carolina. In addi- tion, unveritied reports say three lives were lost below Marshall, N. C., in the overturning of boat
 Marked improvement is shown in conditions in North Carolina. Fhe French Broad river in, the Ashevllle region is falling rapidly.
 The Catawba river is receding al- most as fast as 1t rose two days ago, when the great wall of water rushed down from the watershed.
 All fears of serious floods in South Carolina have been dispelled by the rapid fall of the Congaree and Broad rivers.
 The rivers of east Tennessee have reached their crests and begun fall ing slowly. Some damage was done in South Knoxville, where the water reached warehouses and homes on low ground
 Conditions in Virginia and West Virginia are expected to be normal within a day or two.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
THIRTY PER CENT
 GUARDSMEN REJECTED
No Stigma Attached to Rejec- tiOn by Army Officers-Same as Regular Army-Many De- fectS Trivial.

Thirty per cent of the men enlisted in the Arkansas National Guard are being rejected by the regular army officials on the final medical exami- nation. It has depleted the ranks of the two regiments to less than the peace footing.
 To refer, however, to this as a "weeding out" is hardly fair to the young men who have shown their patriotism by offering their services. They have done their best, and en- titled to credit for what they have tried to do.
 There is and can be no stigma at tached to rejection by the medical ex- aminers of the army. The examina- tions to which the men are being sub jccted is as rigid as that applied to recruits in the regular army, for under the new law, the National Guard of the various states when mustered into the service, are in the same relation to the national govern ment as the regular army.
 Many of the defects for which a man may be. rejected are trivial as looked upon by the layman, but their possession is none the less fatal to the ambitious young patriot who longs for a brush with the Mexicans. Defects not noticeable and that in no wise incapacitate man for other work, have sent many an Arkansas boy back home and to his former en- poyment. As result, the two regi- ments, when filled, will present a front of the physically fit who can stand the hardships of arduous camp life, tiresome patrol duty with it's lurking dangers, and long, forced marches over burning deserts.
 It is said that the fate of the Ar kansas Guard is no worse than that of many of the militia units of the North and East. While there is no urgent need for the Arkansas troops on the border, they are being put into condition for dependable service when the time comes that they are needed
 Arkansas has no need to feel az grieved over the large number of re- jections, for military authorities agree that it is for the good of the service and the good of the men them selves.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
WITHDRAWAL PROMISED.
l.. s. Representative at Mexico City
 Informs Secretary of War

Mexico City, July 18.-James Linn Rodgers, representative of the Amer ican government, informed the MeXi- can secretary of war today that the American expeditionary forces in Mexico would be gradually withdrawn from Mexican territory. Mexican commissioners have been designated to reach settlement of the outstand- ing questions in the United States.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
Trade in Prescott.

Telephone us that news item.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
TWO PARDONS GRANTED
 YESTERDAY BY GOVERNOR

Little Rock, July 19.-Two pardons We're granted Tuesday by the gover- nor Te recipients of executive elem ency are Jim Cotton, Mississippi county, voluntary manslaughter, con. Wcted March, 1916, five years; Hor- ace Haywood, Pulaski county, con- Ncted July, 1914, of robbery, five years.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
MEXICANS DRAW FIRE
 FROM US. MILITIA
Shots Are Exchanged Across Border Near Fl PasO-One Mexican Believed Killed-NO Official Report Made.

Fl Paso, Texas, July 1S.-A party of mounted Mexicans exchanged fire with Company L of the Ninth Massa- chusetts Infantry here today. Accord ing to reports, the guardsmen were doing outpost duty when the Mexi- cans rode up on the opposite bank of the Rio Grande and opened fire. The guardsmen suffered no casualties, but reported they believed they had killed one Mexican.
 Capt. Hickey of Dorchester, Mass, commanding the company, estimated the number of Mexicans at 15, but as- serted that he was unable to deter mine whether or not they were sol diers. Approximately 50 shots were fired on each side, it was said
 Both Gen. George Bell, Jr., com- manding the Fl Paso military district, and Lieut.-Col. Leon Buclon, acting garrison commander in Juarez, said they had received no official reports of the incident and both said it seemed trivial.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
Mexicans Fired First.

The shooting occurred in an iso- lated district about three miles down the river from Fl Paso. The Massa- chusetts company was doing patrol duty in this section.
 Capt. Hickey said that throughout the day small parties of Mexicans ap- peared from time to time on the Mex ican bank of the river, which is about 300 yards wide at this point. Then, he said, a mounted detachment ap- peared, most of the horsemen wear ing red seraphs.
 The Mexicans rode up the river bank, dismounted and deployed as skirmishers, creeping through the underbrush which dotted the rivers edge. One of the Mexicans fired his rifle, the bullet crossing the river, and, according to Private Charles Prescott of Natiock. Mass, dropping at his feet
 The Americans returned the fire, and by the time the reserves reached the river to re-enforce them they had driven the Mexicans back to their horses. Before reaching the picket line, however, the militiamen assert, one of the Mexicans stumbled and fell into a clump of grease wood and did not arise.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
COMMISSIONER PAGE HOLD-
 ING FARMERS MEETING

Commissioner John H. Page is holding series of farmers meetings In Sebastian county, at Boomer, La vaca and other places.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-07-19
ROUGH MATERIAL RATE
 BEFORE K. R. COMMISSION

The rough material rate hearing is on today before the Arkansas Rail road Commission. It is case in which the mill men of the state are vitally interested.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-08-11
NOTICE

The board OF directors Of the Chick
asha United Charities wish to an
nounce that that organization has with
drawn from the Hunters Booterie pi.
ano contest. All votes given the
Charities were unsolicited and in view
Of the fact that the high school is one
of the contestants and that all others
in the race are known to be worthy.
the directors do not wish to stand in
the way Of the winner The directors
wish to thank the merchants and citi-
yens for their support and help in the
past and feel confident Of continued
patronage in case of need.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-08-11
JUST THE THING


About two years ago had severe
attack Of diorrhea which lasted over a
week, writes w. G. Jones, Buford, NJ
p. II became SO weak that I could
not stand upright. A druggist recon-
mended Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoe Remedy. The first dose
relieved me and within two days /
was as well as ever" Many druggists
recommend this remedy because they
know that It is reliable. Obtainable
everywhere. ADV. d&w1m
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-08-11
ANApARko MEN IN HOSPITAL
NOT YET OUT OF DANGER

II. G. Pratt; the Anadarko grocer
who was shot Wednesday night and
brought to the chickasha hospital. Is
reported to be doing as welI as could
be expected though stu IN grave dan
ger.
H. W. BouIware. also Of Anadarko.
who was stabbed by Mexican yester-
Gay morning. is resting easily though
his condition also remains serious.