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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-27
ELOPING SOCIETY
 MATRON IS SUICIDE

AURORA, H., Nov 27.-Mrs. Lil- Han Stiles was found dead in a hotel here, having committed suicide by poison. A note she had written to a friend asked that her body be crema- tad and the ashes thrown into Lake Michigan.
 A dozen years ago Mrs. Stiles, so- ciety beauty and wife of prosperous business man, eloped with Herbert Crane, millionaire. Mrs. Crane sued for divorce and Mrs. Stiles took simi- lar action. The trials of these suits created a sensation at the time, owing to the social prominence of the prin- cipals. Mrs. Stiles and Crane took up their residence at the latters country home. Several years ago Mrs. Stiles quietly returned to her old home at Sueator. H., and some time ago Mir. Crane married the daughter of a wealthy Costa Rica planter A year ago Mrs. Stiles went to live with friends at Evanston.
 She registered at hotel here and when she failed to appear in the morning the room was entered and inc body and the note were found.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-27
RAISE DRAFT AGE
 TO FORTY.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov 27. -. Shall the present selective conscrip- tion act be amended? Shall the ages of those subject to its operations be revised both upward and downward?
 These are to be among the big ques- tions argued as soon as congress as- sembles for it's regular sesison in De- ccmbcr. Congressman Julius Kahn has announced his intention of proposing an amendment Go compel the registra- ton of all citizens from Is to 40 in elusive, giving America a reserve of 2l ,OOO,O 900 to draw upon. The present ages are from 2l to 31.
 The war departments original plan was for men from IS to p. There was objection to taking those who did not vet have vote, and Congress made the act to read from 21 to 4O Then there was objection that be- tween the ages of 31 and 40 a vast majority of men had dependent fam lilies. So the present figures were f- nally reached.
 Right after Kahn announced his in- tcntion of proposing an amendment in December it was stated that Sec rctary of War Baker was opposed to any change. Kahn wired back from California that at least part of his amendment was misunderstood. He doesn't mean boys from IS to 21 shall be sent into the trenches, but he does want them registered and given pre- . lminary training, so that when they become 2l they will be ready to take { their places in the fighting lines. He also said that no man over 3l would be called for active service until those in the present draft limits had all been called up for examination and possible service.
 We must make preparations said ! Kahn. "as if the war were going to last forever That will be the surer way to bring the war to a successful end and to establish a peace that will last.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-27
HUMAN WAR MATERIAL

LONDON, Nov. 27. - Germany to- day, according to high sources of in- formation, has 6,SOO,OOO men as the human material" with which to car ry on the war. This is the man pow CT that remains out of a total of h. 100000 men who have figured on the German military lists. Of the 6,8OO,- 900, approximately 5,5OOO0O are ac- tually at the front, and GOO,OOO more are ip reserve. The remaining 7OO,- 900 constitute one of the greatest tragedies of the war. They are the boy soldiers of the class of 19l9-l92. They constitute the only resource of human material" upon which Ger many has to draw.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-27
SEATTLE IS CRIPPLED

According to advices received ID Seward today, the City of Seattle reached the Sound City last night having limpcd south along the South eastern Alaska coast. Half speed was made only owing to cracked cam shaft.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-27

Advertise in The Gateway.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-27
Onhdence

There is one thing that We have always tried Co deserve, and that is the confidence of our customers.
 The man living out in the hills knows that he can send to COTTER'S for anything that he may need and that he will get it on the first transportation, just what he orders and at the same price that he would have to pay were he here to person ally select his order
 That Breeds Confidence Remember this that it don't make any difference where you may be. write in, Phone in, Send word in-and we will get you the goods on the first transpor- tation and you will get just the same prices and treatment that you would get if you were here yourself.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-27
Confidence

Is the foundation of all business and unless the customer has confidence in the merchant from whom he purchases, there is no satisfaction
 High Grade Mcrchandise-One
 Price To All Breeds
Williams news., 1917-05-17

could net impose on your generosity. The money would be used against him which, you see, would hardly do.''
 "Then you refuse any loan?"
 Tt was most kind of you to make the offer.''
 Don QuiXote de la Mancha!' she murmured.
 "Tilting at machine windmills !' he replied.
 Though there was no trace of bitter ness or satire in his wit, her chin lift ed to tile angle of offended pride. That is sufficient, Captain Hardy. May I ask you to take me back to him ?"
 Vandervyn was waiting for her near the president. AS they approached him, she gave Hardy look of half relentment- You must understand, Captain, that I must do as my heart dictates, though I confess that lobby ing is far from agreeable to me. ] have already met his excellency, and he has been so kind as to promise me hearing"
 q cannot wish you success" he re- piled.
 She gave him a quizzical glance and turned away with .Vandervyn.
 Standing in the eager, jostling crowd that waited for a word or even nod from the president, he fully ap- preciated the ease with which, in the midst of so great crush, she man. nged to obtain several moments con versatiOn apart with the nations chief magistrate.
 She was still beside the president when the sharp-eyed man to whom Fandervyn had spoken came around beside Hardy and murmured a few words in his ear. Hardy looked him in the eye, bowed, and quietly started to move away. The man followed him until he had left the White House.
Williams news., 1917-05-17

upon his purpose to delay even for q telegram from Vancouver barracks, and never doubting that his comma. ..d- ing officer had granted him the GUS tomary leave of absence pending the acceptance of his unconditional and immediate resignation.
 Great had been his consternation when, the day of his arrival in Wash ington, he had reported himself at the war department. Not only had leave of absence been denied him and all action on his resignation been suspend ed; he had been. posted for desertion. However, his record on the one hand, and the indecent haste of the attack on the other, had brought about suffi- cient intervention by members of the general staff to cause several months delay in the plan of his enemies to crush him. Action on the charges filed against him by the Indian commission CTS and by his commanding officer had been postponed from month to month
 Meantime he had been placed under the nominal arrest of confinement to the limits of the District of Columbia, WHICH leII HlIn Iree 10 pursue the ends for which he had come east. To his surprise, no contest had been filed against his mineral claim. On the con trary, he had soon found himself le- gally entitled to assign the mine to Marie. His carefully drawn and duly witnessed conveyance had started west in the next mail. Marie's note of ac- knowledgment stated the esteem and gratitude of the writer in the most
Williams news., 1917-05-17

cold storage is unknown. My uncle told you about the affair. The fellow was drunk; he aimed his gun at me. I supposed it loaded, and shot him in self-defense. Hardy was present. He can't deny what l say, without for swearing himself"
 Hardy met the presidents look of Inquiry, and bowed in confirmation of the statement. The president again looked thoughtful. That leaves the mans sister as the only witness to the contract. It would be well if she could be produced"
 The aide left the room. Vandervyn again shrugged. Search has been made for her, MT. President. All that could be learned from her Indian rela- tves was that she had been very sick and had gone away. Of course that
Williams news., 1917-05-17
CHAPTER xxIV.
TiItind at WindmiIIs.

The early winter rains that followed an ideal Indian summer at the national capital were chill and sleety. But con- gress was now in session, and Wash ington was bright and gay with the activities of officialdom and official so- ciety.
 One of the first events of the season had been a ball in honor of the superb French beauty and heiress, Miss Du- pont. She had arrived with a matron- ly French lady well known in Parisian society; tall, olive-tinted maid, who was said to be of Spanish or Hindu origin; and a male relative, Monsieur Jacques Dupont, who spoke French with French Canadian idioms and Eng fish with a quaint sprinkling of west ern Americanisms. By those who saw him before they had the pleasure and privilege of meeting Miss Dupont, he was said to be quite impossible" But after meeting her, they usually agreed with the general verdict that he was decidedly amusing and picturesque"
 Letters to the wives of three or four ambassadors opened to the heiress the doors of the most exclusive official society, and her wonderful beauty and charm carried all before her by storm. Men raved over her eyes; women over her French gowns. She soon had a suite of devoted admirers and SuitorS, among whom, despite his engagement MT. Reginald Vandervyn was one of the most ardent.
 All this had come to Hardy through society reports in the newspapers and from the chance remarks of acquaint- ances. The remarks very seldom were made by persons fortunate enough to have attended functions graced by the presence of Miss Dupont. Hardy's neatly kept clothes were somewhat out of style, and his lodgings, in an old warren down on NJ street, were cheap and shabby.
 There were still better reasons for the worldly wise to shun the company of the officer so lately distinguished for his services in the Philippines. It was whispered that the interests for which he had been diligently lobbying since midsummer were opposed to the interests of the pro-administration group of which the eminent Senator Clemmer was the leader. More openly the fact was bruited about that he was to be subjected to trial by court martial on grave charges.
 For he was still in the service
 Upon his return from the hard-won race for the mine, he had filed his claim with the commissioners, and journeyed on as soon as possible to the railroad. There he had sold iis mare at low price, but with the op- tion of buying her back within a year. He had then started east, too intent
Williams news., 1917-05-17

Marie arched her black eyebrows. 3 much larger appropriation than oth- arwise would have been made?"
 "The lands are fully worth the amount agreed upon," stated Hardy. The tribe should receive all the ap- propriation. Honest lobbying would carry the bill through at cost of lew hundred dollars. These supposed friends of the tribe want millions"
 Do you wish to deprive me of the share that I would receive through him?'
 "Yes-of every dishonest dollar" said Hardy, his mouth stern, though his eyes besought her to forgive his harshness. You have enough al- really"
 fare you certain?' she rejoined. You may have heard that mines often pinch out or run into valueless ore You can guess why Pere and have told no one, least of all Reggie"
 Hardy remained unshaken. "If he Is worthy of you, that will make no difference to him."
 "But myself? I am already used to luxury" pleaded the girl.
 Down in your heart you know the values in life that are real,", he said. You do not wish for wealth gained through fraud"
 q have not admitted that there is any fraud in the contract"
 Perhaps it is as well," he remarked. "Yop should not doubt your future husband"
 She flashed him an odd, quizzical .ook. "No, cannot doubt my future husband now, Captain Hardy. I must believe in him if I am to be happy, must not?"
 "Yes," agreed Hardy.
 She uttered a gay little trill of laughter.
 That is so good of you to say 1t, Captain, It makes me feel that I really must do something for you in return. May I not offer you little loan of, say, three or four thousand dollars? I understand that, for some strange reason-or unreaSon-you have refused your pay as captain"
 My resignation has not been with drawn, and I am engaged in private enterprise. I cannot draw pay as an officer in the service" explained Hardy.
 Few would be so quixotic," she ar gued. 'MOst would make the excuse that an attempt to frustrate what they considered wrong to others is not to be considered private enterprise"
 T must beg to differ with you, Miss Dupont"
 'Then let it pass. But the little loan?
 Every good of you to offer. How ever, I believe I have enough left to last me through. And in any event, 1
Williams news., 1917-05-17
CHAPTER XIV.
Condemned.

The court-martial began its session at nine in the morning, and the trial of Hardy was over before three in the
Williams news., 1917-05-17

"The Man Without a Country" will appear in the News, soon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

A Splendid Array of Holt
day Slippere:
Mems leather house
slippers, brown or tan;
mems gray felt Comfy"
mems brown or gray cor
duroy slippers, choice for
$1.49 pair.
Mems kid house slip
pers, opera or Everett
style, tan OF black: $1.98
pair.
Mems tan or black ALI
gator "Eyeretts," Toe pair,
Ladies' felt Comfy"
slippers gray, navy or ms
room: $1.45 pair.
Children's and misses
knit slippers, soc and 59c
pair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY SUNDAY SCHOOL

Officers fer the year 1918 we're So
lected yesterday evening by the Sum
day shcool Of Spencer Memorial Meth
odist church when the following were
named.
Superintendent--A. G. Harrison.
Assistant superintendin--J f. Saw
yer.
Superintendent Primary Department
Mrs. Fred Fosgell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

Superintendent Home Department
Mrs. Andrew Olson.
Secretary-Miss Clara Is. Madison.
Assistant Secretary Miss Mabel
Olson.
Treasurer--MTs. Edward Gregg.
Chorister-Mrs. a. E. Leverich.
Assistant Chorister--Mrs. G. II. CGg-
ter.
Organist--Miss Hazel Gregory.
Assistant 0rganist--Miss Marietta
Elm.
Librarian~-Edward Bowes.
Assistant Librarisn-Henry Rob-
erts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
Don't put off your Holiday shopping This isn't an ord
nary year. you what you want better grab it."

Suggestions from the Jewelry Dep't:>
Dainty little gold-flled brooches,
ovals with colored and frosted gold
leaves: SOC.
Beads; jet, pearl, coral, new Egyp-
tian shellacked effects; choice S1.75
down to 25c.
Mems gold filed cuff links; pearl
links; sterling silver: SITS down to 25c.
Ladies hat pins; gold and silver:
75c, SOC, and 25c
Sewing kits for the soldiers; scissors,
combs, pencil, buttons, needles, thread,
ETC., all in a neat khaki roll: $1.39. 9th
ers not quite so completely furnished,
but very serviceable: Toe and SOC.
Soldiers steel pocket and shaving
mirrors: soc and 25c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
THE QUININE THAT DOES NOT
AEEEET HEAD

Because Of It's tonic and laxative effect.
Laxative Bromo Quinine can be taken
By anyone without causing nervous
ness or ringing in the head. There Is
only one promo Quinine." f. w.
GROVES signature Is on box. soc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
A Long Delayed Shipment Of

A Long Delayed Shipment of
Bed Comforts Has Arrived at Last,
Just In, long after had given them up, three
lots Of big, bed comforts that will keep out the
cold even If 1t gets good deal colder than II Is
They 90 on sale this way:
One lot, sllkollne covered comforts at S1.os
One lot, larger and thicker comforts that would sell
for $3.50 on today'e cost; going at $3.50 each.
One lot extra fine comforts, six-lnch sateen bord
or; warm fuzzy, slightly comforts that we can't dup
lleate for twice the cost Of these; $3.50 each.
Two Blanket Bargains:
Extra heavy wool finish blankets gray or tan, silk
tapped, fancy borders: $3.50 pair.
Plaid blankets, pink, blue tan, aray-scarcs and
high, everywhere; priced the basis of last years
eost: s4.25 pair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
FRIDAY THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS DECEMBER Il, 1917
Licensed To Wed

Leo L. VALERIE :. Cedar Rapids. Iowa
Miss Violet Cowder ..,.........s..
............ Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
Knit Underwear:


just In land just what we need for this weather.;
ladies' good Forest Mills" fieeced union suits 8
ptyIes; high neck and long sleeves; Dutch neck and
elbow sleeves; lew neck and sleeves: $50.
For gifts: ladies' Italian silk vests, band bodice
tops: $3.50, $2.25 and $780,
Ladies' silk top union suits: $50 and st.25.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
Among the Toys.

Among the Toys.
Still good supply of steerable sleds at 97c.
Plenty of American Model Builders-the toy that
the boy can make things, with; up from $1OO
Simplex typewriters; really will type neat letter:
up from S100.
Electrical trains complete with transformer ready
to attach to any electric socket: S545 Trains to be
run with dry battery, $297,
Swinging "shoofy" rocking horses with toy till and
cushioned back and seat: $197.
Super Six" toy red automobile, rubber tired, with
steering wheel, splendid serviceable auto that will
last for several boys: $3.50.
'Kiddy horses" good stout all-wooden toys that a
3year-od can ride around the house three Sizes
$1.97, S1.49, S125.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

Until Christmas eve, every customer
buying over 25e anywhere In our store,
will be given pretty litte Santa Claus"
ticket free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
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| dOun. DEPARTMENT STOKE MOLiNE lkkA.
DEPARTMENT STORE


usho of order
ghereis pleasure a task Come in and
With the big
smoothly easily all the big Fisk & Loosy Nc
crowdng discomfort anywhere but comfortable satisfactory
every rstma shopping need.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14
In the Ready-to-wear Department:

Selling out all the ladies' coats. Every
ter be prompt.
Fifteen, $3.50 and $500 coats to
choose from at $3.50.
Nine $500 coats, priced now at $50
each.
Eight $1,000 coats going at $500 ca.
A lot of warm knit petticoats- real CT
To be sure of pleasing her, take at
least one of these ladies waists, each
in separate holly box, useful as can
be, and also daintily Prepared sea-
sonable gift indeed. Prices range:
$3.50, $5.98, 1898, $3.50 and CSC each.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

Hosiery:
Ladies fiber silk hosiery, black,
white colors: 95c and Toe pair.
Ladies' pure thread silk hose, black
or white: $1.15 and 90c pair.
Ladies' good warm serviceable black
cashmere hose, Soc pair.
Mems Isle, cotton and silk hose, 75c,
59c, 35c and 25c pair
Mems wool socks, heavy or medium,
39c and 29c pair.
Ladies washable kid gloves, all
sizes; gray, ivory, pearl white: $500 Or.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

Every afternoon until
Christmas Santa Claus Will
De in our store, with a pref
ty little present, free, TO
each child who brings him
one of the Santa Claus
tickets" with the red
sleigh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

Groceries, Saturday:
Gran. sugar, z lbs. for 15c delivered
with other groceries.
Young chickens, dressed and drawn,
29c Id.
Mixed nuts for Christmas: Nice,
fresh new flberts, almonds, pecans,
English walnuts, all mixed, 23c Id.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

Best Peaberry coffee, ,
221sc lb. |
Swedish brown beans,
17Yzc Id.
Fresh sweet potatoes,
4 lbs. for 25c.
Canned tomatoes, corn,
sauer kraut; assorted, 3
cans for SOC.
Canned asparagus cuts,
large cana, 2se.
Canned cherries, red or
white, 20c can.
Sweet pickles, zoe at.
Save ON butter: Il
terine. Looks like
cry butter, tastes lii
full. Pound prints,
The Benson signal., 1917-11-10
Growing a Character.

Character is what you are. Repu.
tatiOn is what folks think you are,
Sometimes they are so well balanced
that you can't tell one from the 9th
er, says Grit. But more often the one
is a libel on the other. Folks eXalt
virtues that do not exist and condemn
fOllies that are purely subjective and
personal. Much depends on who re.
ports you. Friends are always chari.
table and interpret our lives to best ad'
vantage. Enemies can see no good in
us and report as they see. SO repu.
tation may flatter or condemn. Not
so with character. This is something
beyond external observation. 1t is the
life itself as lived amidst it's motives
and obstacles. Few people can know
it's real value, for even you do not al,
ways know just what you are capable
of being until the emergency demands
display your worth. What you are in
the face of severe testing is character
The Benson signal., 1917-11-10
University Functions.

What is the matter with our univer-
sites is that all the students are
schoolboys, whereas it is of the very
essence of university education that
they should be men, writes George
Bernard Shaw. The function of a uni
versity is not to teach things that can
now be taught as we'll or better by
university extension lecturers or by
private tutors or modern correspond
ence classes with gramophones. We
go to them to be socialized; to acquire
the hall mark of communal training !;
to become citizens of the world in
stead of inmates of the enlarged rab.
bit hutches we call homes; to learn
manners and become interchangeable
ladies and gentlemen. The social pres,
sure which effects these changes
should be that of persons who have
faced the full responsibilities of adults
as working members of the general
community, not that of barbarous rab'
BILE of half emancipated schoOlbOys and
unemancipatable pedants.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-10
Indian Summer.

The term Indian summer" is ap-
piled to a period of mild, open weather
that comes in the fall embracing the
most of October and sometimes ex-
tending into November, and character
ized by a sort of dry mist or haziness
that differentiates it from other sea-
sons of the year. What causes the dis
tinctive features of the season, espe-
cially the hazy atmosphere, is un-
known, and the origin of the term
equally so. Different explanations
have been given OF both, but they seem
to be largely fanciful.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-10

The mobile division
Arthur Maj Dennis Nolan Me is Duncan
Macarthur follow with Rainbow d
and Nolan intelligence officer at Perhngs headquarters
Brigadier General McIver c. P.
Maj William NJ Wright
w.
Win
j.. William
The Benson signal., 1917-11-10
HERE AND THERE.

Venezuela is the home of bird that
is trained to guard sheep while pastur-
ing.
So MANY sections feature a new mat
tpess that it can be rolled for easy
handling.
European factories each week make
about 100000 pounds Of artificial
butter with cocoGut oil as base.
The Cafe Floyisu, opened in Venice
In 1915 and still! In existence. is the
sldest public coffee house in Europe.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-10


of
anything qupages mesome bays At
brougham with dgnfed
o
welbeng which
upon the velvet and
The Benson signal., 1917-11-10

About One-eleventh of the area OF
Africa, some 100000 square miles,
still awaits exploration.
A patent has been granted Tor
stand on which wrist watch can be
hung to serve as q clock.
Rolling a camera film between the
hands to tighten it after exposure
sometimes generates enough electricity
to spoil it.
Scientists in Europe have developed
a process whereby Illuminating gas
producers can manufacture ammonia
by synthesis.