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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
News of the Day in Moline and East Moline

on Indian women. Indian saVagery
never produced a civilization that
prided itself on policy of blood and
iron, that manned wimen and chill
dren, that let conquest by force be It's
dominating motive.
THE Indian is loyal American.
He fought in the Civil war. He helped
in the Spanish war. and aided IN the
protection of the Mexican border, And
today thousands Of Indians are in
training camps and other thousands
are waiting to be called. The Indian
cannot perhaps adapt himself to city
life, but he can be used as a guide IN
our national parks and forests. He
will make an excellent forest ranger
and he can raise live stock"
There are three things which Red
Fox is working: Franchise rights for
the Indians. retention of present held
ings of the Indians, and the national
observance of Indian day-the second
Saturday in May.
On Saturday night he gave pow
WOW for Moline boys at the association
rooms, illustrating the life Of the In
dian lad Over two hundred were
present
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
TRAFFIC OF YEAR
GREAT FOR ROADS
American Railways Passed the Four
Billion Mark in 1917 Increase in
Taxes Also Hits High Figure.

Chicago, Dec. 31.-Traffic on Amer
lean roalroads passed the 100000
600 mark during the past year for the
first time in history. according to fig
ures compiled by the bureau Of rail-
way news and statistics, made public
today. The figures are based on Of
fetal returns to the interstate COM
merce commission for the first 10
months of the year and on estimates
for the last two.
The gross receipts for the year are
placed at s4,f8S,2271S5, gain of
S45I .905,43S over 1916, but despite this
tremendous increase in business.
there was a decrease of $9l, S76s15S in
net income The net income for 1917
was $1,022, 741 ,992 Advancing cost OF
fuel. materials, and supplies together
with increased wages, is blamed for
the loss in net income.
Taxes for the year were So ,026, 753,
an increase of $56,770,787, according
to the bureaus statistics A steady
increase in taxes each month is
shown. Starting with s14,520 900 in
January they reached $25, 100000 in
September when accrnals under the
new war taxation became effective
Operating expenses were $2.943, 45S.-
440 an increase of $4S7,010,S04 over
1916 Net operating income per mile
/ is placed az 1898. a Seturn of 5S7
per cent on the capital invested In
1919 The net incoms was 1929, a re
turn of 6.45 per cent, according to the
bureaus report.
! The bureau points out that the
+ great increase in business was
handled with very little increase il
equipment. An increase of 700 miles il
shown in the mileage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

3 tolls inches in caliber, and deep
muddy trenches filed with men deter
mined that the enemy shall not al
vance any further such are the pres
ent defenses of Venice, celebrated Id
art and song.
Human ingenuity has outdone itseiL
to provide floating fortresses, armed
with huge guns, which, concealed cum
ingly from spying airplanes, lombard
the enemy as he attempts nightly TO
build pontoon bridges across the river
Piave. Engineers have cut away the
dikes that formerly irrigated the Ter
tile Italian plains, creating a vast
lake.
The inundation has made thousand
peasants homeless, but it presents and
almost insurmountable barrier TO the
Austrian artillery and illustrates every
attempt of the Austrians to steal
across unnoticed Thus far the enemy
has been prevented from bringing his
big guns up to a position from which
he might lombard Venice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
COLBY SELECTED
FOR CAMP Chief
Sons Of Veterans Arrange Joint in-
stalIaiion Of Officers To BE Held
In Rock Island.

II. VI, Colby has been chosen as the
new commander Of Moline camp No.
m sons of Vctctans 10 has been ar
ranged to have a joiut installation
with Rock Island camp on Jan. " al
Memorial hall, Rock Island at winch
time J. Colby Bcekman, commander
Of the Illinois division, viii act as in-
stalling officer An invitation TO the
G.. A. r. and other patriotic bodies to
attend will be extended.
Officers named by Moline camp are.
Commander H. H. Colby
Senior vice commander G.. =, Paul.
Junior vice commander - +. Z.
Loosely
Camp councIl Earl Hiatt, c. A.
Bryner. b. B Tyrrell
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
WHY LOAN IN GUNS
TO u. S. WAS DESIRED


Continued from Page One.>
stated none was available. In the
tests Of April, 1916, General CroIer
said the manufacturers withdrew the
guns because ID was said they were
not in condition
The boards formed 20 test machine
guns. General Crozier pointed out
were not subject To- his Jurisdiction
The board, IN April 1916, found the
Lewis gun had many desirable feat
ures and offered Co again test 1t when
perfected He produced a letter from
President Borie Of the Savage Arms
company stating that the boards ac-
tion had been entirely impartial
In the SUMMER of 1915. General Gro
zier said, on his own initiative and
without funds having been appropri-
ted he bought $50 Lewis guns for use
with British ammunition ON the MeXi-
can border Letters from officers hay
ing charge OF the guns critic.sing the
Lewis guns adversely were produced
and General Crozior said that in the
border service the Lewis gun was gen
orally proven inferior 10 the Bennett
MERCER and Vickers
4 report last January from the army
school OF musketry, stating that the
Lewis gun as at present developed
is not a satisfactory arm also was
produced by General CrOzicr
Congressional appropriations for ma
chine guns prior TO 1916. when $4,000
600 wEsauthorized, GeneroI Crozier said.
had been very meager.' because of
machine gun development and the
large 1916 appropriation General
Croz.er said Secretary Baker decided
TO appoint a special board organized
in September. 1916. and which arrsng-
ed for the tests OF NAV. 1917
War Edict Speeds Orders.
In the meantime, General Crozcr
said. the board ordered $500 V'ckers
guns. which had been proved the best
for American ammunition Il was ev-
ident. he said. that good Lewis guns
were being made in England for use
with the British ammunition and poor
Lewis guns were made in this gouu-
try
when war with Germany was i'm
minent. General Crozicr said he asked
for 5000 Lewis guns. On April 70 he
said 1900 Lewis guns were ordered,
t.40o more on June l., and 1000 mere
June is
This shoSs." said General Crozicr,
that as soon as the Lewis gun was
developed for Use with American am
munition large orders were immedi-
ately given"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
POLITICAL SCALES
NEAR TO BALANCE
When Congress COnvenes On Jan. 1
House Lineup Will Be ClOse-Nine
Vacancies in House.

Washington, Dec. 31-How close the
political balance in the house will be
when congress reconvenes on Jan. 3,
is shown by this summary made by
South Trimble, clerk of the house:
Total membership 435; Democrats
21l: Republicans 209; independent
group six; vacancies nine.
The vacancies are by designations
of Representatives Fitzgerald. Griffin
and Bruckner of New York and Adam
son of Georgia; deaths of Representa-
tives Bathrick of Ohio and Martin,
Illinois, and absences on army ser
vices of Representatives Johnson
South Dakota, Laguardia. New York
and Heintz, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
WHITE WAY PLANS
NEW YEAR CAROUSE

New York. Dec 21-The new year
will be welcomed in New York after
the fashion of former years that has
made the celebration an event Of in
ternatioHal interest excepi that to-
night the war promises 10 place its
stamp Of moderation on the conviFiaI-
ity of the celebrants.
Hotels and restaurants will enter
tain just as many guests as in times
Of peace. but the menu cards in most
instances offer nothing that does not
bear the stamp Of the food admins
trations approval. and the high prices
prevailing for vines and the O'Clock
closing order indicates shat the New
Years toasts will be drunk in less
generous proportions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
East Moline Society

Mr.. and Mrs John AllsbTow enter
tanned the Ailsbrow club of Water
town at a Christmas party yesterday.
A ] O'Clock dinner was answered at a
table laid with covers for IA Living
and dining rooms were made beautiful
with Christmas decorations There
was also a large Christmas tree
After enjoying a delicious three
course dinner the guests spent the
afternoon visiting Mrs Forest Ais
brow was elected president for the
coming year and the February meei-
ing will be at her home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
GERMAN LUTHERANS
SEE A GREAT LIGHT

Lincoln, Neh., Dec 31.-At meet
ing held at Seward, Neb.. the pastors
and and teachers of the German Luth-
eran church in Nebraska Of the Mis-
souri, synod adopted resolutions of ioy-
atty to the United States government
and recommended the cessation Of
German language instruction in all
parochial schools to the state for the
duration of the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
nR. SEIDS FACT0RY SrRGr0N.

Announcement is made that DIT. J..
W. Seids, Moline, has been appointed
physician and surgeon for Deere d
Co. He will assume his new duties
tomorrow and viii have charge of all
of the work of the various institu-
tons of the Deere corporation For
many years the late Dr. A. II. ARP
held this position. Since his death
his son, DR. Henry Arp, has been do
ing the work, but since he is liable
TO be called into the military service
of the country, as he holds a COM
mission in the medical corps, Dr. Seids
was APPOINTED in bis stead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

The Moline Commercial club has
been invited 10 have representatives
at the congress Of national service to
be held Feb. 2l-23 in the LaSalle ho-
tel, Chicago, under the auspices of the
National Security league. The Chi
cago Association OF Commerce sends
along supplementary invitation, in
which assurance is given that Vice
President Marshall, William Howard
Taft Secretary Lane, Elihu Root.
James W Gerard and Governor T. o.
LOwden will be present to address
the delegates to the congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
MCLIRG NELLS INTERFST.

Walter 5. McCiurg vice president
and manager of the Moline Title &
Abstract company. has sold his inter
est in the business 10 Hugh +. Curtis.
who is at the head of the Rock Island
County Abstract company MIR Nc
flurg viii devote his time to the prac-
tice of law Lloyd c. Lamphere. man
age Of the Rock Island company Will
assume charge of the Moline office
also. maintaining business headquar-
ters in the Reliance building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
Fiery Eczema and Skin Eruptions =
Readily Yield to This Old Remedy

This wonderful remedy is without an
equal as blood purifier, being prob
ably the oldest blood medicine on the
market. It has been sold by drug
gists for fifty years.
You are invited to write to-day
for complete and rull advice as to
the treatment OF your own case. Adj
dress. Chief Medical Adviser, Swift
Specific Co, Dept. Il Atlanta, Ga.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
ASK PAY INCREASE.

Three tiremen in the Moline mum
cipal water plant presented a petition
to the commission requesting an in
crease in compensation from SIS a
month to $40 a month. No action was
taken by the commissioners upon the
petition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

Eczema and similar skin troubles
come from Gisordered, impure con-
dition Of the blood. and they can
only be cured by giving the blood a
thorough cleansing. and removing
from it all traces af impurity.
This is why s. S. s has been used
50 successfully in hundreds of cases
ct Eczema and other stin .-.ssusaeaA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

Delivered by carrier al 10 cents peI
week In Moline, East Moline. silNis an"
Waterfront.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
EAST MOLINE OFFICE,

Ross Bldg. Room No. Q, Seventh street
Phone East Moline II.
poy A Sears City Editor
G.. d. Temple Circulation Manager
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

MOLINE OFFICE,

l507h Third Avenue A
Phone Moline 80.
&c. xander ...........C City Editor
Middletown transcript., 1917-12-08
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
afe caused by disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach,
nervous indigestion, fermentation Of
food, palpitation Of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach. August Flower
is a gentle laxative, regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
30 and 80 cent bottles.-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1917-12-08

and village sites, burial grounds and
battlefields of the Indians, collecting
and studying the relics Of these first
settlers-or were they first, after all?
A find of hammer stones, arrow heads
and charred hearth stones In an old
soil layer two to six feet beneath the
surface last summer indicates earlier
inhabitants than the Arickara.
When the Indians followed the buff
falo over the Dakota prairies, long be-
fore the white man came, there we're
fifty or more populous villages along
the Missouri river. The early tribes
of Arickaras in the Missouri valley,
like Dakota farmers today. grew corn
and pumpkins, for the Arickaras were
farmers. They built lodges of poles
and willow thatch, daubed thick with
mud to keep out the searching fingers
of the billiards.. Their clothing was
made of buffalo SKINS The shovel
with which they dug their fields and
the trowel with which they spread the
mud plaster on the walls of their
houses were made rom they shoulder
blade Of the buffalo. Their arrow
points and knives were of flint or bone.
This was the life of the Artckaras be-
fore the first white traders game, be-
fore the Sioux Cor DakotahI Indians
pressed by white settlers fromiCanada,
poured in from the north and e:lst. 1t
was the stone age. when to make a
hammer required days Of grinding and
working on some boulder found in the
creek bed, with an outline like that of
the tool to be made.
Fine Collection Of Relics.
More than sixty skeletons of the
Arickara tribe have been unearthed
and are in the university museum.
Hundreds of hammer stones, arrow
heads, beads, bone tools and bone or
naments are also in the university col
lection of the Airckara relics. Even
the national government has not near
ly as good an Arickara collection. The
only two Arickara tobacco pipes ever
found in a grave are in the university
collection. There are many fragments
Of the earthenware pots or bowls used
by the Indians in cooking, and two en-
tirely unchanged bowls, which show
the kind Of pottery work the ancient
Indians made.
The age of much of the material
found is problematical, but that a
great deal of it oates back to the pc
Rod before 1850 is certain, for Mt about
that time the Sioux or Dakota Indians
began driving the .Arickaras relentless
~ up the Missouri and to the west
Middletown transcript., 1917-12-08
PUT POOR 10 IN A SHOWCASE
Museum Of the American Indian,
Heye Foundation, New York In
stitution for Relics of Red Men.

There are still, as we all know, quite
q lot of Indians left in America, but
many tribes are extinct, and many 9th
ers have imbibed enough civilization
to change them completely, Niksah
writes. The Indian as he was before
he met the white man is practically
thing of the past, and this fact is sig
nified by the completion in New York
of a splendid museum building to
house his remains.
Museum of the American Indian,
Heye Foundation, is'the full name of
this institution, which is moving into
its ralatial headquarters near Broad
WY >und One Hundred and E'ifty-ffth
street The Heye foundation has been
in existence Nfor some years and has
had a humber of efhnoiogists and
psychologists in the field. Its method
has been to obtain collection first and
then erect building. The exhibit,
which isNow placed in its new home,
is probably the greatest collection OF
relics Of the American Indian.
Not only North America. but Cen
trail and South America and the West
Indies are included in the studies con-
Quoted under the Heye foundation.
One of it's field men, Mr.. De BODY, has
returned from the Virgin islands and
Santo Domingo with vast amount of
new material bearing upon the print
tive inhabitants of that region.
It is believed that this new museum
will attract an unusual amount of at
tention, for the Indians are an unfail-
ing source of interest to Americans.
Middletown transcript., 1917-12-08
JERSEY NEWS

!.
Pleasantville. IN. J,-''It is with great
pleasure that write these few lines
In praise Of 'Anuric' f0y uric acid and
kidney trouble. had been troubled
for twenty years with kidney trouble
and had tried various kidney rem edies.
Seeing .Anuric' advertised in the pa
pcrs I decided to try it, Ten tablets
did me wonderful good, and fifty tab
let's made me new man. They have
wonderful curative power. sincerely
hope that my words will be the means
Of restoring other sufferers of kidney
trouble to good health."-JOHN G.
FOWLER, "a Woodland Ave.
DR.. Pierce's reputation is back OF
this new medicine and you know that
his Pleasant Pellets for the liver, his
Favorite Prescription for the ills Of
women, and his Golden Medical Dis
covery for the blood have had splen-
did reputation for the past 80 years.
Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1917-12-08
Man and Lion Die in Battle.

Lion and man, lying alongside one
another both terribly mauled and both
quite dead, told a silent story Of a
titanic struggle somewhere in Afri-
ca" The deceased was Trooper Nor
man Sinclair, native of Prestonkirk,
and while on military duty his body
was found lying beside the king of
beasts which he had killed. A remark
able trib4te to his memory has been
paid through the devotion of native
troops. There has now been placed
on his remote grave an iron rcoss,
which weighed two hundredweight.
bearing his name, the date of his death
and the words, Died for King and
Empire" For the last 300 miles the
cross was borne by carriers over a
practically unknown country.
Middletown transcript., 1917-12-08
SELF DEFENSE
Defeat Backache and Kidney
Trouble With Anuric

So. "a
Many people IN this section have suffer-
ed from rheumatism and kidney trouble
and have found that Anuric was the most
successful remedy to overcome these
painful and dangerous ailments.
The lucky people are those who have
suffered, but who are now well because
they needed natures warning signal IN
time to correct their trouble with that
wonderful new discovery of DR.. Pierces
called "An-u.ric" double strength. You
should promptly heed these warnings
some Of which are dizzy spells. backache,
irregularity Of the urine or the painful
twinges Of rheumatism. sciatica or lum-
bago. To delay may make possible the
dangerous forms Of kidney disease. such
as stone in the bladder. II you want
auick relief buy Anuric now (60c pack
age)-or send Dr. Pierce 10c for trial pkg.
This will prove that "Anuric" eliminates
uric acid as hot water meits sugar.
Middletown transcript., 1917-12-08

The other Arickara village sites
show no trace of contact with the
whites. No article of metal can be
found in the most ancient locations.
Farther west, and up the Missouri
river, the excavations yield scraps OF
copper obtained from the first traders.
from which the Indians made Orna-
ments and, by twisting the thin sheet
copper into cones, arrow heads shaped
like tunnels which slipped over the
end of the shaft of the arrow. An
occasional blue or red bead comes to
light, or a brass ball, or bits of look.
ing-glass, or q knife. One old knife,
found in cache hole where it had
been placed century or more ago.
safely wrapped in buffalo robe, was
made in Sheffield and was one of the
knives sent out by the early Hudson
bay traders.
The village sites farther west are
more recent. On the Missouri river, at
the place described by Lewis and
Clark in their diary of the exploration
of the Northwest in 1905, "at the bend
In the river where the river flows
west" was large village with more
than one hundred lodges. In these
more reeent villages are found brass
arm-bands and bracelets, as well as an
occasional steel ak or f1int-lock gun.
Their Domestic Life.
The bones in the refuse heaps show
the Arickaras lived on buffalo, deer.
antelope, elk, rabbit and wild fowl as
well as on corn. beans and pumpkins.
fParched corn has been found in the
lodges at every village site.
y Only sunken circle of ground like
an abandoned circus arena, but far
smaller, shows where one of the lodges
stood. A fve-family lodge, built with,
big timbers, may yield part Of cedar
post almost rotted away, despite the
comparatively dry climate. Each fam
lily had it's cache-hOle, or primitive
safety deposit vault. This was jug
shaped hole four to six feet deep, in
which valuables were hidden when the
family left home to avoid hostile In
dams or to go on hunting trip. The
mouth of the hole was covered with
sticks and leaves, so as not to be dis
tinguishable from the surrounding sur
face.
The burial customs of the Arickaras
differed from those Of the Sioux. The
Arickaras buried their dead in the
ground, while the Sioux left the bod
les of their dead, wrapped in skins, on
scaffolds or in trees. The Arickaras
buried from one to six bodies in q
grave, the body lying on the right side,
with the head to the north. Digging
was hard with the primitive imple-
ments these Indians had, so the graves
were small, and the bodies placed with
the knees drawn up Scarcely any
grave contains anything but the skele-
ton. Little or no paraphernalia was
ever buried with the body, except an
occasional bead or band Of brass or
copper. showing the contact with the
fur traders. The earlier burial sites
yield nothing but bones. The graves
were three to six feet deep, and above
the upper skeleton were placed slabs of
cottonwood or ash or bundles of will
low twigs, to keep wild animals from
digging into the grave. Other Indians
used fiat rocks for the same purpose.
Middletown transcript., 1917-12-08
The SchWenkfeIders.

The Schwenkfelders are q religious
sect who, like the Friends, the Dunk
ards and the Mennonites, profess the
doctrine of nonresistance. They are
the followers of Kaspar won Schwenk-
field, German religious reformer Of
the sixteenth century. He was On ad-
yocate of the Reformation, but lis
views differed greatly from those Of
Luther. He did not found church rs
it was inconsistent with his principles,
but after his death his followers held
meetings and different congregations
came into existence in various parts Of
Germany, particularly in Silesia. They
suffered much persecution and many
left their homes. In 1874 "a families
'emigrated ION Silesia to Pennsyl-
vania and settled III Montgomery and
iBerks counties. They have in this
country Sly churches and 1,O43 mem
berS.
Middletown transcript., 1917-12-08
Further Army plans.

Further Army Plans.
Ambulance and escort wagons for
an army Of 100000 men will require
the expenditure Of $1O,6OO,OOO, accord
ing to the recently published urgent
deficiency estimates. This sum is ex-
peeted to cover the acquisition of 55,-
600 escort wagons, 10000 water wag-
ons,, 3,4O0 ambulance wagons, 10000
medical carts and 5000 small arms am
munition wagons. These figures are
all additional to the increased esti-
mates for motor transport.-Army and
Navy Journal
Middletown transcript., 1917-12-08
Kind of "Creature" He Was,

Donald and Charlie, boys of eleven.
had seen an old-time thrilling melo.
drama and the next day were repeating
it for the benefit of an audience OF
small boys in the garage of Charles
father. Charlie was the william" and
Donald the heroine" After Donald,
with the villain covering and shiverins
before him had denounced the other
bitterly, he thrilled his small audience
with the shrieking climax, "Out Of my
way, abdominal creature!"