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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-04

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-04

made number Of friends. He made
il known that when he was through
with the hike he would be out of a
job and didn't know what he would
do, having been out of civilian life
for some time. One of the leading
business men Of this city told him to
come back here when he finished his
testing trip. On the appointed day the
young man returned but he did not
seem overly anxious TO work. The
man who had invited him back loaned
him some money. Within q few days
be purchased S26 worth of clothing at
one Of the local stores and cashed two
or three checks. Then he suddenly
isappeared. At the hotel where he
stopped he left his suitcase In this
we're found an Old uniform aud a met
al marker that he had worn about his
neck bearing the inscription, Corp,
Henry c. Hilbert
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-04

Even a rainy Labor day could not
dampen the ardor Of the JFi-cities.
What are a few bucketsful OF rain,
more OF less. compared to the glorious
traditions of the first Monday ia Sep
TENDER?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-04

The governor 0f the state is bigger
rHau any mayor. especial iya~e. here the
head of the state is IN sympathy with
tae president and is loyal To the stars
ard stripes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-04
4 Theatrical EnisAde.

Charles Basil McHenry veteran the
atricai manager. and one time pilot of
the famous Barlow Brothers min
strels, is a champion plain and fancy
I 'reminiscer."
After one particularly disastrous
season in the old days, McHenry says.
actors were in sorry straits about the
metropolis.
None well known comedian. pressed
for funds. decided to conceal his fden-
THY and seek employment with q tele-
phone company that was advertising
for men 70 paint poles.
Are you R regular painterE' the
foreman asked.
"Oh, yes the comedian replied II
am really an expert"
When the actor found himself seat
ed on the crOssarm Of telephone pole,
with another painter on she other end
OF the arm. and bucket Of paint be
tween them. he decided TO closely
watch the other painter in order TO
get some pointers on the work
After time the actor was aware
Of the fact that he was being watched
by the other painter. and he feared
he was discovered.
Finally, deciding 10 make the best of
the situation he said,
I'm afraid you're onto me-
What do you mean? ?" the other
painter asked,
y suppose ] must confess.
Confess what?'
81 am really no painter at all 7 just
took this job because I had 10 have
the money"
What is your regular businessE'
Il am an actor.
is that a facu?''
eyes, / was comedian this season
for the Barrel Of Money company and
it stranded
well, I suppose III have TO confess
too"
: what have you 10 confess
Il am ne painter either.
"What are yOu?"
Il was leading man Of the Better
Than Gold company and we went
broke at Kankakee.
Then. across the paint bucket. the
Two stranded thespians griuned and
said sympathetically.
Shake Youngstown Telegram,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-04

For the time being at least the Ger
mans have cheir own way on the Riga
front, since the Russians think evac-
uafiou OF that region the better part
III Ta2DT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-04
4 Hint.

A Ito man he has "tOucbed'O
Thanks. old chap. But what is this
little pamphlets YOU handed me2
B-Oh I always hand one Of those
out with a 3oan It tells now to
strengthen the memory Boston
Transcript
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-04
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-04

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7275 West Seventh street = Mr. Rarg-
mann was ina the contracting business
for fha oasr IA wears EIa was mem
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cafeiul inquiry, MAKES us reahze that
the situaJion IS even more serious Jnan
Is keHefaIIy pelieNed- Inc mere TACT
that mere are Ie" houses around
the city that rent for from $50 month
upward IS taken by some of our peo-
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-04

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little Importance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04
U-BOAT FRIGH7EULNESS
LIKE MODERN PIRACY

the boarding party placed their bombs
and prepared to leave. On the deck.
the first mate and cabin boy, the lats
ter a child of ten years, fearing
the explosions, appealed to the ela-
emy. Revolver shots answered theix
appeals Aboard the submarine tho
crew which crowded its deck ap-
piauded this act with laughter and
shouts.
Shortly before the first bomb ex-
ploded aboard the .Leontine'' the
submarine turned and steamed TO
safer place. The explosion tore gap~
ing hole In the vessels side. The frat
mate, who survived his double ins
jury, family called to the captain that
another bomb was about to explode
This bomb was hanging over the side
by a cord and the captain cut the
cord. The first bomb had done itn
work. Water was tapping the decks.
The Titles hip wallowed in the waves
and a sudden gust of wind threw hep
strongly to port and she capsized lnl~
mediately
The survivors, four In number-cap
tain, first mate, cabin boy and a sail
or whom the captain aided to hide
himself forward-were thrown fntQ
the sea but managed to keep afioat on
wreckage which surrounded their
battered ship. By superhunnan ef-
forts they detached one of the "Leon-
tines boats and orawled into 1t.
The boat battered by shrapnel, caps
sized. BY this time the mate and
cabin boy had succumbed to theit
wounds. The two others crawled
atop the capsized boat while the caps
tain, summoning all his strength. ap-
pealed by signals to the submarine
which lay some distance away watch
ing the show. The answer to this was
the training of the U-boat's deck gun
on the two helpless men. No shot
was fired the enemy probably being
content to let the Victims die slower
| death. The submarine then cruised
heartlessly out of sight
Four hours Of intense suffering past
| ed before the survivors were signalled
| and picked up by passing ship. They
are safely ashore today, recovering
and able to tell the tragic story Of
modern heartless piracy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04

conspire against their happiness.
even going SO far as to plot success
fully to have his more successful RI
val arrested convicted and sent to jail
for theft. The villainous one does not
know the pair have been married. nor
does the father Of the girl and dra-
matte situation evolves when the
young man goes to jail. Eventually
the loyal girl leaves her home to sup
port herself and her girl baby. An
other love story that OF a sprIghtly
italian girl of the tenements, N
threaded in with the big theme. Out
of the two marriages comes furic
tragedy. Released from prison the
young man takes up his life again ana
makes q valiant struggle for indepen-
dence, but Is crushed by man who
has quite eliminated the affections
of the father for his daughter. The
daughter is brought to her grave
through hunger, her father having
died and left her nothing. The hus-
band, feeling himself deserted by
Heaven, takes up career of crime.
The ''vice trust and its operations
are shown in detail revealing how
pure minded and happy school girls
are tempted by keepers of candy
stalls, near the doors of the school
houses fitting them for life's work.
The depths of epic tragedy are plumb
] ed when the daughter of the young
I couple becomes a victim. The picture
grips from start to finish. 1t horrifles
It amazes, but 1t certainly carries
conviction. Ormi Hawley plays the
dual role of mother and daughter with
| fidelity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04
'THE GIRL PHILIPPA"
AN INTENSE DRAMA

"The Girl Philippa," which opens
at the Ditmas theatre today for two
day run. is something more than a
motion picture. 1t is a moving pic
ture. 1t is at once an appeal to the
emotions and to the brain. And this
appeal is common to ALTO young
and old, to men and women, to boys
and girls.
Doubtless the reason for this is
that The Girl Philippa" Is q healthy
story. 1t stimulates Imagination and
heart interest and brave devotion to
cause. Whether one be soldier or
dreamer, worker or even drone, there
Is always q reason for everything. In
'sThe Girl Philippa" there is forcibly
presented some of the big reasons,
the big motives. which, however in
consciously to ourselves, prompt our
every act.
Of story written by Robert w.
Chambers. His is a master hand in
the art of character drawing and plot
development. His people move be-
cause they are alive. They live be-
cause they go through the problems
that beset us. They are familiar to
us all. The great author translates
them for us.
In turning Mr.. Chambers magnifi-
cent story or The Girl Phil1ppa" into
q colossal dramatic photoplay pro-
duction. Greater Vitagraph did some-
thing more than make a moving pic
ture. 1t made Mr.. Chambers char
acters live and breathe and throb.
Whether it is dainty, charming
Anita Stewart as Philippa or Anders
Randolf as the villain Wildresse, or
s. Rankin Drew as the American ar
tist Warner. the situations are tense
In the skilful handling which these
super-artists have accorded their
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04
TICKETS ON SALE FOR
VERY GOOD EDDIE'i

Next Monday the Majestic offers
the greatest musical comedy seen In
years. Very Good Eddie" Is coming
for one day Immediately following its
long run of twelve months at the
Princess and Casino theatres in New
York.
Very Good Eddie' was written by
Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton,
with music by Jerome Kern, the
most popular writer's of the day.
1t is produced under the manage
ment Of Elizabeth Marbury and r,
Ray Comstock. VERY Good Eddie
Is different from tho ordinary sue
cessful musical comedy. It's plot and
its story has proven that 1t is really
possible for am usical play to possess
an interesting story along with
charming music, and the time-worn
theory that good music goes along
with q bad book, or else a good book
is generally spoiled by bad music is
forever exploded in these two acts OF
tuneful merrymaking.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04

ordinary walks of life 1t Is q matter
or personality, perhaps the most
valuable asset, and at the same time,
the least appreciated dependent strain
IN ones whole equipment. How one
man may swear and disgust with 1t
while another may cut loose q volley
and win smile rather than condem-
nation, Is mere matter of person
ality. That too is the reason why
Mabel Taliaferro succeeded to stellar
roles in famous plays, why she was
the girl selected by Americas Brown
ing Society to enact the leading role
of "Pippa's Passes" In THE Barri-
cade' that drama of quickly con-
structed bars to advancement of foes,
a rapid call on natural as we'll as
physical and mental resources for the
respulse of men and things inimical
to the welfare of oneself 1t reveals
the magnifcence of personality, the
height to which woman's honor has
been established, and demands protec-
ton and affords the charming star a
wonderful role in which to reveal her
capabilities.
, Tomorrow William Farhum will be
| featured in 1.-THE Fires " Conscience
O. Fox de lux offering.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04
"WARNING!" CTTY THEATRI1
FEATICIsE TODAY

In warning" the Rev. DR.. G. H.
Parkhurst has brought home to the
eyes and the mind of every thinking
parent in America ore of the grav-
est end subtlest problems of the day.
1t will be the the two days feature
az the City theatre, STAGING with to-
days performances.
DIR. Parkhurst has been aided by a
skillfuI collaboration In Hal Reid, well
known playwright and performer,
father of Wally Reid. The subsidiary
title, as. o. 8. Call of Humanity
utilizes that fearladen signal which
brings ever staunch ship on the sea
to the help of a stricken vessel. The
daily news columns, the days happen
ings in any OF our large cities justifies
1t.
Two young men love the daughter
Of a banker. their employer. One Ia
favored, while the other sets about to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04
TO AID RUSSIAN ROADS.
Wilson Manner New York City Contrao'
tor as Commission Head.

Washington, May 4.-President Will
son will shortly name John II. Stevens,
a New York city contractor, originally
selected to build the Panama canal be-
fore General George w. Goethals took
charge there, as chairman Of railroad
commission to 60 to Russia to build up
its. inland transportation facilities
there. ........
Other members of the commission
who have already been decided upon
by the president are Henry w. Miller,
formerly president of the Wabash sys-
tenn. and John G. Greiner, chief engi-
neer Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road.
The president. It is understood, WI
) ~ q : = - = !el = a2l
Formerly attorney genersl or 1fyron /
Herrick, former ambassador to France
MS chairman OF the commission to 60 te
France, which he Is expected to name
within a few days.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04
Tn Che CteatreS

work.
To see 'The Girl Philippa" Is to
witness the panorama Of intense hu-
man emotions. Conceive a royalty
born girl, kidnapped and force to be
q cabaret cashier and a spy for her
abductor; think of that girl with in
nately fine ideas and ideals rebelling
against an influence that slowly and
surely Is dragging her to the mire she
does not mean ever to reach: consider
these things, and you have something
of the problem that eonffonts Phil
ippa. Miss Stewards enactment of
that role, a most difficult because del
icate and subtle series of shadings,
is real triumph of the screen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04
AVALANCHE OF BALLOTS
IN pHOTOPJ,AY CONTEST

Like unto the blizzard of 1888 was
the storm of ballots that last night
caused the photoplay manager at the
City theatre to labor till midnight to
properly register the complete vote
for the day. Three candidates by
themselves polled nearly $4,000 votes,
to say nothing of the hundreds and
thousands scattered throughout the
entire list, Little Virginia Hoy ran
up the splendid total of 6,100; Miss
Sophie Christiansen. 5000, and pref
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04

One of the most favored and IA
vorite OF American actresses, Mabel
Talfaferre. win be the principal player
In The Barricade," today's feature
offering at the Royal theatre.
The Barricade" is a powerful and
selected drama for the star player,
whose well known penehant- for Sc
lecting winners for her stage and
screen appearances has made her the
subject of much admiration. Stars
in gratiate themselves in ones happy
thoughts as do men and women in the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04
By wv. s. FORREsT.


Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.)
Paris. April 15. (by mail 1.-The
story of the French schooner Leon
tine" Is a tale Of modern piracy and
murder which rivals any of unauthen-
ticated history of Captain Kidd. Here
Is what happened on the high seas
during the morning OF March 25,
1917:
The schooner 'Leentine," carrying
ESQ tons of mine stakes left France
on March 23 at o'clock. Two days
later the 'Leontine" was stopped by
q long range shot from German
submarine. The crew, eight persons
In all, prepared to leave the ship as
the Captain rushed below for the
schooner's papers. The submarine ap-
preached and lay 500 metres away,
her commander and crew watching
all that was happening aboard the
'Leontine." Instead of allowing the
unarmed men to save themselves the
submarine kept up steady f1re, de-
luging the little ship with forty rounds
of shrapnel. The first few shots killed
four of the crew and wounded the
four others, three seriously. The
"Leontine" was charnel house SO
far as the human material aboard
wounded, as he attempted to mount
the bridge, returned to the deck and
courageously carried two Of the VIC
Tins to shelter forward.
The "Leontine" was now riddled
like a sieve but did not sink. The
| Germans then fired incendiary shells
which started fire in the stern. The
blaze, however, and II fate had In
tervened. did not spread. Immediate
| ly a boat left the submarine and q
party came aboard to sink the Leon
| finab with bOnlha Speinpafhaf all the
crew was either killed or wounded
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04
QUIT MEAT If YOUR
KIDNEYS ACT BADLY
Take Tablespoonful of Salts il
Back Hurts or Bladder
Bothers.

We are a nation of meat eaters anal
our blood is Allied with uric acid. saysl
O well-known authority. who warns usI
to be constantly on guard against kid-|
ney trouble
The kidneys do their utmost to free
the blood of this irritating acid. but
become weak from the overwork: they
get sluggish; the. eliminative tissuea
clog and thus the waste is retained In,
the blood to poison the entire systen.i
When your kidneys ache and feel likAl
Jumps of lead, and you have stingingi
pains in the back or the urine is eleasdy3A
full of sediment. or the bladder Is frrl-
table. obliging you to seek relief dur
ing the night when you have seyara
headaches, nervous and dizzy Bpelfgs
sleeplessness. acid stomach or rIfeiIrf1a-i
tisn1 in bad weather. get from your
pharmacist about four ounces OF yad'
Salts. take q tablespoonful III glass
Of water before breakfast each rnorn
ing and In a few days your Kidneys
will act fine. This famous salts III
made from the acid Of grapes and le117
T-pn juice, combined with Hthta, and has
heep. pspi Tor Kenerati onA 70 h9lsh asi "A
stim ~ sk1I1 : - = = I|i = es 2ss.'1
sf !. u 1s I! q d5q .pf
i Hl.y and bTadd ~ die0fderS. %
Jad Salts IL inexpensive and ear H1p
inJure, makes a delightful efferyeseerk
1itlfia-w water drink. and nobody t.ai1
make q distake by taking a little ocS
casionally to Keep the kidneys o1eaul
and active.-Adv. 81.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-04

-ty Laura Anderson, 5,640. The men
were lax, the rush from this point
being expected Saturday.
The u0ta fo data.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-04
BATTERS CAUSE MUCH DELAY
One Reason Given for Unnecessary
Time Consumed In Ball Games-
No Good Reason for II.

The attention Of umpires Is called to
the fact that a growing practice on
the part Of batters is one reason why
baseball games sometimes are longer
than they need be.
The habit Of batters stepping out Of
the box for little or no cause Is spread
ing and there is no good reason why
1t should be allowed. What is meant
is batters, In a moment Of petulance
at real or fancied deliberateness on the
part Of the pitcher, stepping out Of the
box and thus wasting more time.
At the least sign of slowness or hes
itancy by the pitcher. out Of the box
steps the batter, much as peevish
child might be expected to do. It's u
childish thing to do. anyway. e.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-04
Rat Deadly Disease Carrier.

The Spanish war developed the fact
that the mosquito was the carrier Of
yellow fever, writes e. w. Nelson In
the National Geographic Magazine.
Another type Of mosquito is known
to be the carrier Of malaria. The Eu-
ropean war has brought to almost uni
versal public knowledge the fact that
body lice are carriers Of the deadly
typhus and many diseases are known
to be carried by other Insects.
Among these deadly carriers Of
death and destruction none equals the
house rat In its tremendous drain on
the prosperity Of nations by Its de-
struction Of food and other property,
while at the shine time 1t is the dead
liest Of all to mankind as disease
carrier. Within historic times 1t has
caused the death Of untold millions
of human beings through its dissent
nation of the bubonic plague.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-04
With the Fingers!
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of corn can shortly be
lifted right out with the fingers II you
will apply on the corn few drops Of
ereezone, says Cincinnati authority.
At little cost one can get small bot
lie of freezone at any drug store, which
will positively rid ones feet Of every
corn or callus without pain or sore
ness or the danger Of infection.
This new drug is an ether compound,
and dries the moment 1t is applied and
does not inflame or even irritate the
surrounding skin. Just think You
can lift off your corns and calluses
now without bit of pain or soreness.
II your druggist hasn't freezone he can
easily get a small bottle for you from
his wholesale drug house.-adv.