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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31
INDIANS BOSS TO
SERVE IN FRANCE
Duun's Railroad Construction Com.
pany Il Piuced at the Disposal Of
ncIe sam,
AMERICAN LEAGUE DOING IT'S BIT
VIII Leaye With Business AT any Time
Cleveland Owner for Shorter
Season.

+ Chicago. Oct slim Dunn. owner
/ of the Cleveland Indians, mas be rhe
next American league maguara To Join
Uncle Sans army in France. 3lr
Dunn has put the DuHn-McCarthy Con-
struction company at the disposal of
the government and he IntimateF veS-
terday that he would not Poe surprised
were he 10 be called 90 the front
shortly
= have put our company az the dis
p0sai OF the government without arr
string to the offer said 8Ir Dunn oIt
is fully equipped and organized t9 nm
dertake any kind of construction Horl,
the government has need OIL $50 SHALL
not object ii We are sent 60 join Can
tain Huston of the New York Yankees.
who is now doing great work with an
engineering regiment somewhere in
France
"The government has already made
large drafts ON us for engineers and
other men, eight being employed AT
Camp Harrison. for instance but we
have filed their places and are ready
for the call at moments notice
Complete Huge Contract.
The reason for expecting cali prob
ably comes from the fact that W~
Dunn company has 5ust finished con-
structin2 ~ miles of completed rall
road, bed bridges rails and "a for tile
Pennsylvania company. but although he
has other contracts under way he Is
willing to drop these for ersiCe
abroad
Mr Dunns talk started gr war
fever iu Ban Johnson anew aua lna
chief executive of the American
league IS anxious 10 hear something
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31
20 PREPARE H0NnR g.

New York Oct 31-Au honor roll
70 contain the names of all members
o. the American Power Boat associa-
aion IN the government service durfne
@ae war. IS to be prepared By Charles
! @" er secretary Of the association.
al meeting Of the association here.
yesterday Secretary Tower was re-
q4esJea 70 write TO all clubs 10 fur
war service
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31
YOUNG EPPSTEINER
DIES FROM K. 0. BLOW

Dayton. Ohio Oct 21.-Youns Epp-
steiner of Hamilton. Ohio, professional
boxer died here yesterday Of concus-
sion of the brain, following knock
CUT at the hands of Battling Hess of
Fort Wayne. Ind. in the 10th round
of their bout at the Dayton Gymnastic
club Monday night. The fatality may
bring the lid down on boxing here. No
arrests have been made but Hess and
his manager. George Behmer. are
being held as witnesses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31
THANKSGIVING DAY
BAN MAY BE RAISED

Chicago, Oct 2I--A football game
between this Universities Of Chicago
and Michigan or Thanksgiving aav be-
came q probability today. when letters
We're placed in the mai by the Chi
cago board of athletic control asking
other members 0f the big BEN
whether q game Of this character. for
war CaaritE would meet t1ej- au-
proTal
Football On Thanksgiving day was
abolished some years ago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31

Springfield. Ill., oct 9I-Wlth the
four living ez-goveruors at Illinois
present. members of the Illinois cen
tenniaI commission and the Illinois
state historical society wiz celebrate
the 33th anniversary OF the admission
ct Illinois 10 the union ia this CITY.
Dec. ) 1T was announced today. Gov.
Frank o. LoWden viii be postmaster
at q banquet AT night, after an after
noon round table discussion OF plans
for the centennial celebration in 1915.
1t is planned TO have every county in
Illinois represented at the afternoon
meeting and ar the banquet Former
Governors Joseph NJ Fifer. Bloom
lngt0us Richard Yates. SErinefieId-
and Charles 5. Deneeu and Edward b.
15unhe, paIh o. Chlcagos, VIII deliver
short addresses. Colonel Clark e.
Carr Of Galesourg viii speak Of some
phase of Illinois history.
Increases in the acreage planted to
IaII wheat ia Illinois are expected ac-
cording 10 Charles Adkins. director Of
agriculture, although exact figures will
not be available untu December when
the next regular report is issued. Re
ports coming from Mercer county. Mr.
Adkins stated, indicated an ACREAGE IN
crease OF zoe per cent, as compared
with : per cent there in the fall of 1916
his figure, he said. is FAR too high to
De used as an indication uf how Iarge
the increase VIII be, because in many
sections 1t IS reported. particularly ia
the south, there has been no additional
ground given over 10 wheat The total
wheat acreage planted in the IAN IF
1916 was i,i#2, an increase of g Dar
cent over the fall OF 1918 Figures 7f
a year ago showed that the northern
part OF the state was raising more
wheat while the south was giving nm
TINS crop In the northern section In
Jne IaIi OF 1916. the acreage was I5e
V5V, an increase Of II per cent over
the previous year; 5u the cen.raI nor
tion ezL.u5t acres, an increase oE. 4 par
cent and in the south part -61 0ru
acres, a decrease 81 Il per cent. Dir
hcultF Of finding labor and dry xeafb-
ef at seeding time were given as tho
reasons for the decrease Of IA per. cenr
III the southern portion Of the stare
ample labor is on hand TO harvest The +
corn crop of central Illinois. dasoffa .
the drafting Of many young fairness
according to reports from tho counties /
near Springfield
IN order 20 acquaiut himself with
ohallioua al military camps where /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31

New Orleans Oct 81 Pal Moran Of
New Orleans stopped Jimmy Murphy
% Philadelphia in the third round Of
d scheduled 15-round fight here Mon
day night Murphy was SUFFERING
badly when his seconds threw in the
sponge. The men are 1ehtweightz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31
CROWDTOATTEND
BIG GRID BATTLE
ATD0UGLAS PARK
0yER 5000 ft>~ Arb E&PECTED
Davenport Cancels Game with tor
neil Hamburg Holds ~treBU-
Hu~ Practice
81 COON SMITH.

t4~.t..f.E. tfs r-raaat .--r-a sma+.
..t--s ...- .-
the jri-llties e4lAeF hLaa e1ADtt ot
Independent. viii attend the great nas-
lie between tbe Rock Island Iudepeud-
enfs and the Minneapolis Marines ON
sunday afternoon al DgHgta park ~
what promises TO bee the hardest
fought contest Witnessed Oh an indie
pendent Erldlrou this season Mana
ger Waiter Flanagan predicts that
fuiiv 5000 fans of the three cities and
surrounding country VIII be present
ben play starts n the most crucial
game on the Islanders schedule.
Every arrangement possible IS being
made 10 accommodate the large gath
ering that Till no doubt be present
Ting OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES battle
wIlI be the only game iu the trI-cities
on Sunday and fans from Moline and
Davenport are expected r. BE present
to swell the Rock Island delegation
80 over 5000 fans Moline teduen
have no game scheduled for next sun
DAY ana are planning ga coming "
'''7 .1s ',-'
t"Fheii-pa Fehp'Ft tah'ElFo'
The people 10 this CjtE are wonder
ing why the contest scheduled be-
tween the Cornell HambHrgs and the
Davenport Athletics for SUNDAY was
Cancelled It may be for the purpose
of allowing tile Iowaus TO watch the
Independents perform against this Ma
rines, and also that they viii be lie
condition for the locals the following
Sunday. when the two elevens meet
in their second game OF the season
Davenport Is planning ON resting up
for two weeks in preparation for the
Rock Island game so that il Will be
fu the best of condition while # OK
poets Rock Island to be bruised up
by The Marines
The Athletics will not be euIiehten-
ed bv the style of play of ae indie
pendents lie the game Sunday with
The Marines. ass Coach Lift has new
SET Of signals and uIavs fo be taken
mp after the Gophers- contest ON next
sunday
Davenport is using its utmost Of .
forts i'm am rndoavor fo nroJuro a team .
to defeat the independents on Nov
NJ vheH the Athletics viii battle tho
locals II Douglas mark
Held Strenuous Practirr.
Coach mgfs f.Hr+ ram his 4=usd
through one If zinc. most -+rannor.z
practices over held nv fHa islander.
last night and e is nranna3 fo hofa .
three moro 4teusf drills hefnrn t7..
Marines -sraa r1aer r5fft f. 5n.ttrr-
snr mreb riucrr ana non fnta Fba
fines ~ tl,s 4garraaff9u and fl7a eleven
IS sboufn- nm in better ebana tasn
they a,er have
n .Iorronsou and Paddy Quinn nor
formed well I'm faa barIFfr54 and in
case thes nfae- SUNDAY tna, ark e,
ner5ed 10 e4sr+7e tf,- Fe.,g -,-5.f, tt.f.t
sneed ana 1fna a,1azbir.r~ srsfst,- All
bo1tgb Davannort and T}rfr.Ia,. wore.
All fha nari- last avenfnr- +rav -sa-s.
unable 10 rarttrfnsfa I'm nrae+f-.a owing
ia their INJURIES received last SIM
dsx
From all fudfrstfons IF annas-- that
both RrfpdTaz and ravrunrr+ viii he
able to pIav fn mari Of The game
against the Marines prinfla- u-sa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31

Illinois troops are CHARTERED. Cover
nor Frank q. L0Wdeu viii visit can
toHments the first week in November
The governor viii be accompanied by
Adjutaut General Frank s. Dickson.
They viii go first to Camp Grant ar
Rockford thence 70 Camp Dodge at
Des MOines, Iowa Camp Taylor az
Louisville. Ky and Camp Logan I'D
Houston. Texas
Wartime Farming is the sub
JecL that VIII focus attention ON the
annual meeting of the Illinois Farm
ars' Institute TO be held al Greeuville.
Feb. J9, 20 and q next. it has iuss
been announced by H. L. Young. seere-
rary of the institute we hope I'd
make this the biggest meeting of the
kind in Illinois since the war began"
Mr. Young stated in announcing the
purpose of the gathering And going
hand in hand with the farming phase
IS the household conservation idea. on
winch the women of the state have
been working for several months. 1t
Is planned tn have Harry Wheeler.
food administrator for Illinois. pres
eDL ana to invite number OF other
men and women of natfon-u0ta to
speak. mr. Young. in rec0untfne what
aad been done by the farmers instI-
tlfe The past season said the attend
ance at county institute has been IsS.-
960 For l9lI-19I8 he said 300 instI-
taEeS are planned covering 504 davs
ana using I5I speakers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31
D0WNEY rtCFS GRTFFTTuS

1olumbus 0hio. Oct 81 BRYAN
lio%ney OF Columbus defeated johnny
1Fltat1s of Akron. Ohio in all hut two
rounds IF their l2-rouud boxing con
est mere Monday night Grifiths had
lae better ~ Uownev in the FIRST and
seventh estoHs Both boxers weighed
Ia al 145 pounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31
WOMEN GOLFERS RF.Frrcr

chicago Oct n Mrs ] y Card
ner Of Chicago was re-etocted ~
ldcnt Of the Wonene' Western f,oIf AL
soeiati0n at tho annual meefin,- i'll
chicago yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31
ST. Minnesota.

Ataueap1 ALiuu.. Oct aI-Tha
1opAers We're given their last hard
seEmuaEe before leaving Lor Madison
LOT t4e encounter with taa Badgers.
Inc practice was 81 q secret nature
and was confined almost entirely TO
scTlnmage with the freshmen Henry
w tLllaLas. regular center. sprajaad his
alHIa during the workout and VIII be
our OF s1e Wisconsin game. Either Jer-
dan or Neru Williams VIII play his
position. 1t was the first injury to
regular during practice this season.
ire ,eam, with fesV substitutes VIII
leave Thursday night. and prepara-
lieT# #re being made 10 give tham "a
bag sender Neltaar -Ee band aor the
freshmen Wtl Haka lie trip aat
lHfee Number OF Students viii e down
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-31

IN order 20 acquaiut himself vif4
onaltlona at military camps where
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-15
DOUBLY PROVEN
Madison Readers Can No Longer
Doubt the Evidence.

This Madison citizen testified long
ago.
Told of quick relief-of undoubted
benefit.
The facts are nov confirmed.
Such testimony is complete-the
evidence conclusive.
1t forms convincing proof Of merit.
James Fitzpatrick, retired farmer,
sos Josephine avenu N, says: II
received great results when | used
Doan's Kidney Pills. For some time
l had been annoyed with my kidneys
acting irregularly. My back began
to pain severely and / knew / had to
have help. 1 began looking for a
good kidney remedy and someone
told me about Doan's Kidney Pills.
One box rid me Of the trouble
Statement given February 10, 1919
On October g.. 1917, Mr.. Fitzpat-
rick said: "Doan's Kidney Pills are
one Of our household remedies and
they have been of great benefit to
me and to others in my family.
wouldn't be without Doan's, for they
keep me free from the aches and
pains a person of my age is apt to
have"
Price, so cents, at all dealers.
Don't simply ask for a kidney rem
edy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same that Mr.. Fitzpatrick had. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo,
N. Y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-15
FOUND FROZEN
SICK MOTHER WANDERS FROM
HOME WITH BABE.

Mitchell, Dec. 15.-Clad in nothing
but nightclothes, and the tempera-
ture 90 degrees below zero, Mrs.
John Crookshank, In a fit of delirium
arose from a sick bed at her home
near White Lake Wednesday morn
ing at 4 o'clock, and with her three
weeks old babe was found at daylight
frozen to death. Her body was found
In a haystack a few rods from the
house, while the baby lay stiff hear
a barb wire fence a few feet from the
door.
Mrs. Crookshank had not yet re-
covered from her illness. 1t Is
thought that she lost consciousness in
the night, after her attendants sup
posed she could be safely left alone.
Her husband and a hired hand were
In the house at the time 1t Is claimed.
The baby was found under the
fence bundled In a large amount of
bed clothing, while the mother was
almost naked. No other cause except
temporary delirium brought on by
sickness can be ascribed for the act.
She leaves her husband and two
small children. The Crookshanks
live eight miles northwest of White
Lake.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-15
MADISON
FEATURES OF AMUSEMENT NEXT WEEK
AT THE MADISON PICTURE SHOWS

of this energetic actor, and will well
repay the witness.
Saturday Dorothy Dalton appears
in Back of the Man" The mar dis
regards the directing power of the
n woman who could make him of
use and enjoyment to himself. He
becomes ~entangled in a murder mys-
terry, and learns to appreciate the one
woman. A story of power and thrills.
AT THE LYRIC.
Interpreting Bah in "Bab's Diary"
Marguerite Clark is screened at the
Lyric Monday and Tuesday nights.
This is M of the famous "Sub-Deb"
stories written by Mary Roberts
Rinehart and published in the Satur-
day Evening Post. The story rocked
the nation with its quaint picture of
the thoughts and actions of a girl
and the humorous or embarrassing
situations into which she involved
her family. She is just home at va
cation from boarding school. Her
sister has come out" but Barbara
is still a sub-debutante, and must re-
main in obscurity until the older Sis
ter is safely married off. She Gre
ates for herself a hero, and writes
him letters and he sends her flowers,
by herself. She is at last introduced
to a man with identically the same
name. Even a picture which she
gets at a photographers shop mate
rallies in the person of this young
man. Only her father understands
hn~ nntiyftfnc nnd unfrfhfnl frn1foC
and stands by for the time when he
is needed.
On Wednesday and Thursday
nights 1.-THE Sunset Trail" is screened
with Vivian Martin starring. 1t is a
story of the far west-the mountains
of California. A mother, much
younger than her husband, and a
daughter live a lonely life in an iso-
lated farmhouse. in the mountains.
An uncle and nephew from New York
camp within a short distance of the
place. The uncle and the wife be-
come infatuated with each other and
the wife deserts her husband and re-
turns to the city with the banker.
She later returns, and is infatuated
with another man. She is detected
in a very compromising situation,
and the daughter. who has followed
them into the darkness, takes the
blame on herself. Disgraced, she
starts through the woods and dark
ness for her fathers house. A
searching party finds her later, lost
and in distress. The denouement is
a happy me-.
Friday night Pauline Frederick is
featured in IA Moment Before"
! Louise Huff is presented Saturday
night in The Reward of Patience"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-15
MANY ELEVATORS
STATES LOSSES In 1917 LARGE
EXCEED FOUR YEARS
COMBINED.

Huron, Dec. 15.-More elevators
in South Dakota have burned during
1917 than in the four previous years
combined, according to statistics re.
ceived here from the state fire mar
shal's office. Eighteen elevators and
mills have been destroyed In various
parts of the state during this year
with a total loss of s138,380. This
figure does not include the loss
caused by the burning of the eleva-
tors at Hecla and Aberdeen, on
which no reports have yet been re,
ceived.
or the Is elevators burned, the re-
port says, five were of incendiary orr
gin, two were caused by lightning
three burned from sparks from ar
engine, n was caused by an over
heated stove and In five cases the
cause is unknown.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-15
AT THE IMPERIAL.

On Monday that inimitable funster,
Charlie Chaplin, is screened at the
Imperial In The Adventurer." His
brand of comedy is known to all, and
this is one of his latest productions.
Also Jane and Katherine Lee appear
In Two Little Imps'-a story of two
girls who lead their young uncle a
merry life when he attempts to take
care of them during the absence of
their mother. He meets and falls in
love with a young girl. But the
progress of his suit is anything but
smooth with the two youngsters
about.
Tuesday Mae Marsh appears in
Sunshine Alley" When her grand
father Is injured and the rich woman
wants the bullfinch-a trained singer
the little girl refuses to let it go
until persuaded that it is FOR the best.
But the bird will not sing in the
home of the rich woman, and Nell,
In her grandmother's bridal gown,
induces II to perform. Her brother
persuaded that his grandfather has
not been given enough money for his
injury by the automobile of the rich
woman, plans to rob the house, and
the burglar alarm serves only to inn
| plicate the girl. The denouement is
both interesting and exciting.
Earle williams and Corrine Grit
fifth are featured Wednesday in The
Love Doctor" This is an effort to
| portray the belief that certain brain
centers control certain passions and
propensities. Two girls, of opposite
character, one retiring and modest
and the other bold and passionate,
are thrown to the opposite extremes
by removing certain nerves leading
to brain centers. The doctor who
performs these operations is in some
thing of a position when he sees the
tremendous results, and corrects
| them as soon as he can.
Dakota Dan" is played by w. S,
Hart Thursday. This is said to be a
production of the life and endeavor
| of Dan Russell in North Dakota to
identify himself as the lost he'll oil
the Russell fortunes in Boston-one
of the most dramatic cases and trials
of this character ever tried in the
| United States. On this evening
is also shown little Mary Me-
| Allister in Pants" The little girl
has everything money can give except
playmates, and runs away and ex-
changes clothes with a kid of the
ghetto. She Is not found, but comes
back in time to intercede for a burg
lar-the father OF the boy with whom
she changed clothes.
Douglas Fairbanks appears Friday
in His Picture in the Papers" Thi:
film is up to the usual high produce
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-15
Stacker SHOT
BAD PRO-GERMAN SHOT And
WOUNDED NEAR HECLA.

Aberdeen, Dec. 15.-Shot through
both legs while resisting arrest by
government officials and deputies at
his farm, eight miles southeast of
Hecla, Frank Lahman, a pro-German
gunman and Stacker, lies in st.
Luke's hospital and loyal American
citizens In the northern part of the
county are breathing easier.
Lahman, who is said to have
sworn he would never be taken alive,
was shot by e. b. Harkin, as he took
deadly aim with a high powered rifle
at the deputy marshal.
Lahman, the officers say, is the
most rabid member of a family which
Is said to be a hotbed of Prussian-
ism. He Is 81 years old and failed
to register for the draft. Since Oc-
tober Is he has gone about armed to
the teeth and boasting that he would
kill any mar who attempted to ar
rest him. A powerful, rawboned
fellow, 6 feet tall, weighing 210
pounds, and never without both a
rifle and revolver on his person, he
held the patriotic citizens of that
community in deadly fear.
Lahman, the officials have evil
dence, has been open to the point OF
abusiveness in his espousal of the
kaiser's cause. He Is alleged to have
said that he had enough ammunition,
guns and Germans to clean up the
whole town of Hecla. and to have
made the remark that he had suffi-
cient gunpowder In his house to
blow up every Liberty loan solicitor
who stepped on the premises.
These and other seditious utter
ances, his refusal to register and
open defiance of the government LED
to an Investigation by the council oil
defense and the department of jus
tice, which resulted In his capture.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-15
FOR farm LABOR
|HOMESTEADERS May LEAVE
THEIR CLAIMS FOR THAT
PURPOSE.

Washington, ID. c.. Dec. 15.-Sen-
ate bill 1884, which passed the SEN
ate during the last session, has now
passed the house and will become law
as soon as 1t receives the presidents
signature. The bill provides that up
on complying with certain require
ments a h~omesteader may absent
himself from his homestead for any
length of time during the war for the
purpose of engaging in farm labor.
and this absence. while he is actually
so engaged, shall be counted as con-
~structive residence. The homestead
err Is not excused, however, from
making the usual improvements and
performing the cultivation required
by law. nor does the bill apply to
those who make application for entry
after 1t has become law.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-15
EXPORTERS BILL PASSES
Goes Through Upper House by Vote
of SIS to II.

VI ~ W
Washington, Dec. IA. - The Webb
export bill to legalize combinations
If American exporters in promoting
their foreign commerce has been
passed by the senate, 81 to IL. Pres
ldent Wilson in his recent address
10 congress urged enactment of the
measure which passed last June by
the house and nov goes to confer
snce
Principal provisions are that the
Sherman law shall not be construed
as forbidding the exporters combi-
nations and that the Clayton anti
trust acts provisions shall not for
bid ownership by exporters of stock
In export associations. The bill also
extends authority of the Federal
Trade Commission to suppress unfair
competition in export commerce, CIV
ing the commission general supervi-
sorry powers over exporters organiza-
tons and power to prevent acts
which would raise or depress prices
IF products in the United States.