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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-08-09
THE THEATRE
Genesta Theatre

In undoubtedly the most gripping
and thrilling photodrama IN which she
has ever appeared. the nations sweet
heart, Mary Pickford, will be seen at
the Genesta Theatre Thursday, Au-
picture. "Thc Little Americana A
vital story by Cecil b. De Mule and
Jeanne Macpherson and produced un-
der the personal direction of Mr.. De
Mile. whose many creations have
made him one of the foremost masters
of photopay technique, this offers a
particularly timely subject Of patrio-
tic theme.
Since her appearance at the head
of her own company for the Aircraft
Pictures Corporation. Miss Pickford
has appeared in several strong, drama
tic photoplays. Her recent produc
ton, "A Romance Of the Redwoods,"
which when first shown proved a SEN
sation, made a lasting impression up
on the minds Of her thousands of adj
mirers. However, in THE Little
American" she is given a story which
for thrilling situations and great APP
peal outdoes anything the famous lit
tie star has ever appeared IN.
The story deals with the present
great war and offers various surprises
that when seen on the screen. will
disclose remarkable effects. As the
little American girl marooned in a
French chateau while TIE battle sur
ges around her. Little Mary" is given
an opportunity to display the wonder
ful dramatic ability with which she is
gifted Although the story deals with
the war. it is not Of the same type rs
the ordinary war drama as il deals
more with the intimate than with the
general In keeping with the talents
Of the star an exceptionally capable
supporting east appears in this pro
dncton. including such. wcll-known
players as Hobart Bosworth Jack
INolt. James Ncll Raymond Hatton.
Guy oliver Edvfhc Chapman. Littiian
Leighton Winter LONG, Dewitt Jen-
~ne and little Bn hleXander
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-08-09

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
WAITING.

The woman moved swiftly across the
room and drawing aside the curtains
gazed long and earnestly down the
street.
From a bed in a far corner OF the
room came a querulous voice: DO
you see her yet, Bess?" The woman
dropped the curtains and returned TO
the bedside, answering as she walked:
mo, joe no sign of her yet" Twill
she never Gomez" moaned the voice
from the bed. Patience, Joe. pa
tience," said the woman pityingly, 'and
for an instant her hand rested lightly
on Joe's forehead. He tossed uneas-
lily. The suspense is .. is i.
terrible, Bess," he said. It's getting
me. You don't suppose anything can
have happened to her, do you, Bess?
She never stayed this long before"
The woman did not trust herself to
reply: she turned from the bed to
the window again and gazed anxiously
down the street She had better con-
troll of her nerves than he, but She
was tortured, toQ. She hid her face
from him that he might not realize it.
[ The man tossed restlessly to and fro
while she kept her vigil at the win
dow The clock on the mantel licked
/ loudly; for a time there was no other
sound in the apartment Presently
( she thought that perhaps he had fall
/ len into slumber and tiptoed over and
( looked at him But he was lying
wide awake. staring at the ceiling; he
/ looked at her in mute seif-pity, he
/ smiled wryly and moistened his lips
with his tongue. Poor joe" she
whispered.
Just then there was ring at the
bell; the woman sprang to the door
and opened it; a young girl stepped
into the room. Quick, however. as the
woman had been, the man was quicker
STILL he leapt from the bed and, push
ing the woman aside, he held out his
hands to the girl at the threshold.
-Quick!" he said. Where is it?"
/ The girl opened her shawl. reveal
ing something that shone brightly
/. the man seized it ht
lifted it to his lips it was a cal
presently with sigh he passed
it to the woman. There's nothing
like beer, Bess." he said, when yol
have thirst Thomas Ross Keer
, in the New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
Germany and Her Resources

Americans sometimes cannot faith
ON the conflicting reports of Ger
many's food resources. They are IN
able to understand whether Germany
is being starved into surrender or is
in no danger whatever of starvation.
In the absence of any sound proof to
the contrary X must be accepted as
fact that Germany Is not going to
starve.
The Germans are undernourished:
the civilians even more than the SOL
diery But between undernourish-
ment and starvation that is a wide
gap A nation can live long time en-
short rations Food conditions are
bad in Germany and Austria and an
'other winter is coming OH without the
promised peace but the absence of a
few more necessities does not mean
starvation, occasional food riots do
not mean revolution and deaths from
disease brought on by malnutrition
are depressing but not great enough
TO threaten collapse. Fuel and some
raw materials for making munitions
are becoming scarceT but not fatally
so as yet and Germany is gifted in
finding substitutes and making a little
60 a long ways.
In the fear among German business
men of a world trade boycott against
, Germany after the war the mflitarists
probably have greater enemy to con-
tend with than hunger on the part OF
I the populace. Germany will stand
more hunger than any other nation in
the world because Germany's people
are not only drilled in discipline tc
superiors until il is virtue with then
( but the Germans are under an all
powerful and iron-handed military
government that has renewed it's griT
recently by its successes in italy. This
demonstration Of strength will subdut
for some time any spirit of unrest.
a military decision is the only kind
worth aiming at. When the German
government or the German people
learn that Prussia's objects are hope
less of attainment the war will end
Gambling on the belief that German,
is going to collapse internally within
a short time Is the height of folly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

port; Carl H. Thode, McCausland,
Iowa, and Ella L. Schultz. Davenport.
Campaign Goes WeII-With one
team report missing, the remaining
eight teams in the Y. w. G. A. war
fund canvass yesterday reported a
total of S2,73f.75. This is considered
d most excellent showing and greatly
encouraged the workers at the-noon-
day luncheon at the Hotel Black
hawk. Miss Edith Heden has as
sumed charge OF the canvass among
the teachers of the public school AS
yet she has made no report. Daven-
ports quota Of the 100000 national
fund is $1,000.
Enlistment Heayy-The total enlist
ments in the United States army up to
date for the month are s14. On We'd
nesday more recruits were setn away
from the Davenport recruiting sta
ton than any one day during the
years of 1913-14-15-16. Over three
hundred were sent from here to JEFF
ferson barracks where they will re-
ceive final examination and then be
sent to the various training camps.
Among those enlisting were George P.
Winter, field artillery; Charles H. Sill
verman, Coast artillery corps; Dan
Iiel H Stapleton, and Ernest Ryan,
quartermasters' corps, all of Rock Is
land; Ralph S. Stauffer. Hampton, in
the aviation section signal corps;
Bruce E. Colson, SilYis. infantry
Karl R. Guckert, Hampton, quarter
masters corps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
Unpatriotic Restaurants.

Eight of Rock Islands restaurants
have not been observing meatless and
wheatless days. Others engaged in
the same line Of business have been
performing their patriotic duty in this
direction. N. 0. Griswold, county food
director, has been conducting quiet
investigation. He is in possession Of
the names OF the restauranteurs who
have been playing into the hands OF
the enemy-and that is Just what any
citizen does who fails to respond to
the appeals directed by his govern
ment with view to strengthening its
war arm.
MIR. Griswold is serving formal no
tice upon the offenders that they will
be allowed another opportunity to get
in line and that further indifference
10 the conservation program on their
part will invite invocation Of the only
weapon that the government possess
es-the shutting off Of all supplies in
which the government is seeking to
save in order to take care of the needs
OF our allies in Europe MIR. Griswold
states that he is hopeful that there
will be no further occasion for calling
halt on Rock Island restauranteurs.
Those who have been interviewed
either have pleaded ignorance Of the
federal requirements or have explain
ed that they didn't suppose it would
be unpatriotie il they served few
customers meat or wheat on the days
that the government said they should
not.
Ii does seem ridiculous to hear of
anybody claiming that he didn't know
of wheatless and meatless days, and
the excuse that few cuts of meat on
a day when that food should not be
served ought make no difference
won't do, either. The purpose is t.
have everybody observe the days SET
apart by the government for helping
food Conservation. II is presumed
that in the majority Of Rock Island
homes these days are respected. One
is not a good citizen who does not d.
his part.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
The Day i'm Davenport

France. Since last June Mr.. Joens
has held responsible position with a
Detroit automobile concern. He re-
turned here this week to enlist.
Big Class Graduates-The 51st an
nual graduating exercises of Browns
Business college, class of a917. were
held at the Coliseum Wednesday
night. T3 students being graduated.
Over two thousand people attendance
A banquet was given at the Black
hawk last night for the graduates.
Charge Changed--County Attorney
Heary II. Jebens> consented TO with
draw the charge of ENLIGHTENMENT
filed against Robert Holman and sub
stitute charge of larceny from a
b9iiding. Holman was arrested in
Washington, Iowa. and returned to
Davenport to face triel on a charge
Of embe2zling S62 from the johnson
garage on Nov 28. He waived pre-
liminary hearing and was held to the
grand jury.
Marriage Licenses-Chris Kroeger
Jr. Upton. Iowa, and Iva S. Miller
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; John Claussen
Davenport, and Marie Earn, Daven
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
Finally Forced to Raise.

Argus subscribers will not be sur
prised at the announced advance in
the price OF the paper, beginning pext
Monday. In fact, they will wonder
that Thea increase was not made
months ago. at the time when other
newspapers over the country took this
means Of meeting the growing cost
OF production, for there is scarcely an
essential that enters into the publi-
cation of the daily papersthat has not
been raised to double and in many
instances to treble what II was be-
fore the beginning Of the war. Both
the dailies In Davenport followed the
lead Of publishers throughout the
country and raised their subscription
charge TO l2ls cents a week. The
Argus had hoped that there would be
u gradual return 10 normal cost CON
ditions in newspaper production, in
which event II would have been en-
abled to leave its long established
subscription price undisturbed. but
with the prospect OF the expense ac-
count going higher instead OF lower
,rg 1t adopted the only remedy at Its
npmand.
cossae Argus has. been delivered fol
GENTS a>week for the past qusrtei
"a century. The prize has remained
[kt that figure no matter what the diff
culties OF production through all these
years. IL Is confident now that ia
friends will understand the necessit,
for the change,
Scores OF dailies have suspended
publication because of the high cos
ri everything entering into newspaper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
One Item of Waste.

II cost S6,631.25 to feed the prison
ers at the Rock Island county Jail for
the year ended the first of the present
month. And this money was spent in
a period. when there was snch de-
mand for labor as never before in
the history of the country. The food
was bought mostly for fellows We re-
gard as buns, human driftwood that
moves from one city to another al
ways in quest OF the community where
there Ia to be encountered the leas.
resistance.
Other localities have a similar prob
lem to deal with and they have adopt
ed a program OF compelling employ
ment on the part Of their charges in
order that, they be made TO earn
their maintenance There never has
been such a shortage of labor in the
tri-cities as there Is today. Yet the
enrolment at the county jail will run
close 20 one hundred throughout the
winter. and not far from that figure
for the other months OF the year
ROCK lSlhHu Is feBbTdeu as one Ol the
favorite spots for the drifter Con
ditions here are just TO his liking
That's the reason that we have more
OF his kind that we feel that we are
entitled 20.
just how 10 proceed in forcing
these idlers to pay for their keep is
a question on which there is divided
opinion. One argument is that pris
oner can't be made to labor agains
his will. Another Is That putting hin
A. some activity wOuld invite a pro
tost from those whose jobs he woult
he filling One city official advocate
the government taking charge Of III
buns and finding work for them. Blu
the government objects TO such pro
gram. The truth is that vi is up [
each community to determine the hob
problem in It's own fashion. 1t woul
he an easy matter for local official
30 make inquiries and ascertain whs
other communities are doing in tn
matter and follow the plan tina
seemed best adapted locally, The SO
63L25 charged TO the taxpayers c
vRock Island county for feeding LOAF
ers the past year was largely vast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
LONG LIVE THE KAISER.

Long Live the Kaiser" an extreme
ly unique volume which is soon to
make its appearance on the book
shelves, was inspired in a manner
that was as. odd as the book itself.
During the convention Of the Ameri-
can Press Humorists, in New York
last June, Maurice Switzer and Dixon
Merritt both well known verse writ
ers and humorists, met Don Marquis
and suggested new idea for a poem.
The title is to be Long Live the
Kaiser" they said and it is to con-
vey the idea that the longer he lives
the more terrible will be his punish
ment in rejecting over the evil he
has done"
Both Of you fellows are In the
business" said Marquis, why don't
you write it yourselves"
Then the three separated
Meeting next morning Dixon Mer-
rift Said to Maurice Switzer:
Well, Don Marquis wrote the poem.
1t is in his column this morning"
Huh, replied Switzer, Il wrote
one, too"
And so did L. Merritt grinned.
That gives me an idea" said
Switzer, we'll assign members Of the
association to write poems along the
same line, in their own way, and then
we'll put the verses into a book"
| The book has been published By
Small, Maynard & Co. of New York
with serious, satirical, dramatic ant
nonsensical poems by the following
Don Marquis, Ted Robinson. j. A
Waldron, Walt Mason, Douglas Nal
loch. Ray l. Hopperman, ]. Z. Hig
ginbotham. Lowell Otus Reese. Charlie,
A. Leedy, Tod Chenevix, j. E. San
ford. E. Tracy Sweet, A. Walter Ut
ting, Maurice Switzer. Dixon Merritt
J. ]. Mundy, A. J. Waterhouse. Fraul
]. Price, Robert L. Pemberton,. 10,
Cone, Walter Juan Davis, Strickland
Gillian, George Douglas. Kenneth I
Roberts, George Bingham, Henry Ed
ward Warner, Grit Alexander, I'd
ward W. Miller, McLandburgh VIII
son. James T. Sullivan, John W
Carey, Robertus Love and Grantlan,
Rice.
The drawings are by Orson Lowell
J. Dean. Ray / Hopperman, William
Dqnahey William Steinke. Don Herol
ard J. y, Darling.
]. M. &.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
cMQ RDs ND
Disco r ID S
SHE.

tttlk-s
So beautiful she seemed to me,
! wished We might be wed,
Her neck was just like ivory
Alas. SO was her head.
Ted Robinson in Cleveland Plain
Dealer
In fancy / can see her nov.
Why did we ever part?
Just like snowdrift was her brow
And also was her heart.
Charlie Leedy in Youngstown Tele-
gram.
To me she sometimes seemed inclined,
And / had quite case;
She had a frank and open mind,
And. mostly, open face.
Judd Lewis in Houston Post.
Her shoes were small as small can be
AS small as folks can find,
But those wee shoes, it's plain to see,
Had nothing on her mind.
Chi Gamble in Peoria Journal.
Her mouth was like a budding rose
That greets the summer morn,
But-you'll have guessed, | suppose
Her tongue was like thorn.
w. Kee Maxwell in Akron Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
Intereostai Neuralgia.

intere0stai Neuralgia.
This condition is very frequent in
women and causes great deal of I'M
necessary anxiety. for somehow the
neuralgia generally involves intercos-
tai between the RIBS nerves on the
left side, and more or less those par
ticular skin terminals which supply
the region over the heart. For the
comfort Of victims Of such pain it may
be stated that real heart disease, with
comparatively few exceptions, is NOT
accompanied by any pain or palpita-
ton or other sensation felt near the
heart.
Neuralgia nerve pain) betwean
the ribs is produced by the same
causes that produce nerve pain in
other places. Perhaps the most COM
mon cause is anemiaAthe nerves cry
for nourishment" But that doesn't
get the sufferer anywhere, for the
next thing is to find out what is ac-
countable for the anemic state, since
no amount Of medicine >can cure
anemia unless the causative factor is
discovered and corrected.
&lrtIo(ACi III HUH HcA-
ralgia are the sharp stabbing pains
shooting along one or more Of the
spaces between the ribs, with more or
less constant mild ache between stabs.
Especially tender points are usually
discovered at the places where the
skin terminals from the intercostal
nerves emerge to the skin. in one line
/ down the side of chest, in another
down the front Of the chest, and
sometimes in a line down the back
near the spine-points tender to the
touch. Sometimes intercostal neu-
4 ralgia is felt only in the breast.
! pleurisy may cause sharp stabbine
pain in the side of the chest, usually
nearer the base Of the chest But the
pain of acute dry pleurisy is distinctly
produced by the exertion of breath.
ing, and materially lessened by very
tight bandaging or strapping the
chest or even lying on the affected
side. whereas that of intercostaI neu.
/ ralgia is not appreciably altered b.
these measures
Neuralgia of the heart" is a mis-
leading popular name for agina pee
tori5- Angina peetoris is seldom en-
countered in persons under Is. I
comes on rather suddenly, continues
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
OH WE'LL. IT'S A DISAPPOINTING
WORLD,

Rev. w. P. HOLSTER, former pastor
Of the Cochranton Presbyterian
church, tells us he and his family are
now located at Capfield, Ohio. 10
miles from Youngstown. It is an ideal
residence town with modern church
and parsonage. The only drawback
that Rev. Hollister could think of is
that it is not located on French creek
or some other good fishing stream
Cochranton PA Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

Ten million members are to be add
ed to the American Red Cross society
next week Rock island is expected
to contribute It's quota. Rock Island
has responded splendidly to every ap-
peal made in behalf OF the Red Cross
and II can be trusted to do its share
in the new membership campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

making. Even some OF, those that adj
vanced their subscription and adyer-
Using rates could not weather the
storm. and closed shop. The daily
newspaper probably is the cheapest
commodity that goes into the home,
when full consideration Is given 70
the service upplied--deiivery daily
at your door OF the news of your city,
state. nation and the world together
with the advertising announcements OF
your merchants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

minutes or sometimes hours, then
passes off, unlike either intercostal
neuralgia or pleurisy.
Heart burn, distressing sensation
or pain felt under the breast bone or
sometimes toward the left, comes and
goes with some relation to the meals,
and is promptly relieved by large
dose of saleratus or milk of magnesia
or other alkaH
AS an external remedy for intercos-
tai neuralgia. mild CONTEMPLATION
on the back. near the spine. is helpful
mustard to the degree of slight red
dening of skin, or iodine. or a bella
donna and capsicum plaster.
Questions and Answers.
Can One Have Too Much Blood ?-Is
it true that a person can have too
much blood? ]
Answer-No, it is as reasonable to
think Of having too much muscle.
! bone or hair. The familiar theory of
plethora or too much blood was ad-
vanced years ago TO signify what We
know Is excessive blood pressure and
excessive pressure may occur in an in
dividual who has too little or too weak
| blood tanemia.l
Insomnia and Indigestion read
the other day that insomnia is al
most always caused by intestinal in
digestion" Is this fact?
MRS. II. L. C.
Answer-No. Arterial disease. heart
disease, uremia from Bright's disease,
anemia from various causes, and ali
sorts Of nervous excitements NAV
cause insomnia. The symptoms pop
ularly attributed to Intestinal indi-
gestion" may be present in these vari-
aus conditions, as we'll as insomnia.
j In Again, Out Again.. How can
paraffin injected into the cheeks he re-
1 moyed2 3 If by an operation. win
! the operation leave much of scaE?
+ j. c.
4 Answer-OnIy by incision and thu
dissection OF the masses. Paraffin in.
4 lection for the correction of cosmetic
faults proves sad experience in
4 most cases, and the masses of paraf
fin injected become so intricatelv in.
corporated in the tissues that its re.
movai is trying and difficult opera
ton later on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

Show girls are giving kiss with
each ticket they sell for Halifax
disaster benefit in New York next
Monday. One Wall street broker
bought lone at a time. Il guess, ="
said the young woman. If he had
bought Is would have had to marry
him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
MEMBER OF THE AsSO-
GATED PRESS.

The Associated Press Is ex-
clusiyely entitled TO the use los
republication OF all news dis.
patches credited to II or not
otherwise credited In this paper
and also the local news pub
lished herein.
All rights Of republication OF
special dispatches herein are
also reserved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

Interest on subscriptions 10 the
first Liberty bonds is due tomorrow.
A lot of folks will have some change
coming that they would not have in
their favor had they not been induced
through patriotic appeal to invest in
these bonds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

General Crozier, chief of ordnance,
says that Secretary Of War Baker is
TO blame for the delay in providing
american troops with machine guns.
He made the statement yesterday be-
fore the senate military affairs COM
mittee investigation Of war prepare
tons up to date Before passing judg-
ment it's only fair that we wait and
hear what Secretary Baker has to
say. 1t seems little early to begin
passing the buck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

Four of the eight women given en-
ployment as mail carriers at Chicago
as q 15-day experinr quit after
a week on the Job. They have decided
that here is one line of work that a
woman is not fitted TO compete at with
men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

IL you haven't donated to The Argus
Santa Claus fund. and you intend do
ing so, you are asked 10 not delay full
iillment Of your obligation any longer
The committee soon will begin its
purchasing rounds. and it wants to
have all its funds in hand before be
ginning
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

BY the cheerful reports Of plenty
Of new cornmeal on the way to our
tables at least part Of the old injunc-
ton to raise more corn and less
hell" has been obeyed, But the world
seems to have good facilities for in
creasing both crops at once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

The FIVE bandits who robbed the La
Grange State bank Of $4,000 yester
day probably were inspired Ivy the in
junction to do their Christmas shop
ping early.