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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03
Promises Won't Do.

Now il is said that the government
may obtain q maximum price Of 81
per ton on bitumin0us coal perhaps.
The consumer ID growing weary Of
promises What he wants now. not
next year. is an assurance free Of al
doubt that he's not only going to pay
less for his coal but also far other
commodities necessary to life, ON al
Of which he has been and is being
disgracefully held up by producers,
Certainly it can't be said that the
public hasn't been patient listening to
the various explanations offered in an
Aattempt 10 justify the ezploitattve
Fprices being imposed II has fol-
lowed hopefully Investigations by the
federal and state agencies, an of
which reached the same conclusion
that charges to the consumer were
exorbitant that there was no war
rant for The large advances that had
been made in the prices of the differ
ent commodities That there must be
return to nearer normal and that
there would be prosecutions and pun
ishments to fit the onenses melted out
unless heed We're given 10 the warn
ings sounded by the governmental
powers.
That is as far as the moves at re-
adjustments have reached and it is
not unnatural that the consumer has
about abandoned faith in those au-
. ShoTsties who are equipped with the
power 10 revise conditions and to en-
force such changes as they admitare es-
gential to the national welfare True.
,s-f-.-
stroke has been made incidental 10
the so-called concession of the coal
operators. the secretary. OF war hav-
ing abrogated an agreement entered
into between the operators and the
coal production committee OF Tire
council of national defense whereby
the producers pledged that bitumi-
nous coal would not go beyond So per
ton at the mine for the period Of the
war
The secretary claims that the price
named in the compact is exOrbitant
and oppressive and that there must
be further scaling on The part of the
operators. Mr.. Baker is president or
the national council Of defense. He
will have the backing of the presi-
dent and the congress In any drastic
initiative that viii afford the public
the relief that it has SO long been
expecting at the hands of the federal
government Mr. Baker in his ex-
posture of the -bIoodedness of the
coal barons. has struck a popular
chord with the people, and they are
trusting him 10 make good what they
Interpret as his promise 10 see that
they are delivered fuel for the com
ing winter at a price near to what
they paid before the sudden advances
of last fail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03
Be In Line Tomorrow.

BE I'm line tomorrow in the Rock
Island Fourth 5f July parade. If yon
haven't an 8uto you should walk
Don't stand on the curb ana applaud
That is not enough
BE one of the marcbers. The pa
rade viii start at in the afternoon
All of the civic aud patriotic soci-
cites and every citizen, men. wome1
and children. young and old. is in
yited to take part ia the procession.
1t ought to be the largest patriotic
demonstration ever held ia the his
tory of the city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03


My work necessarily exposes me to
poison ivy, and / have suffered nu-
merous attacks in The past few Years :
in fact / am no sooner over one al
tack than I suffer the next There is
no doubt OF the nature of the trouble.
for I have consulted two good skin
specialists. read something in one
of YOUR articles that suggested the
possibility Of being immunized against
It, Can YOU inform me whether that
IS possible? IA. NJ. c.
Answer might try taking in
1ernally a drop or two of the tincture
Of rhus t0xicodendron (p0ison iva
made in the strength Of one per cent.
after each meal. and double your dose
every week for eight weeks. This has
proved effective in several cases.
Hollow Back aud Flat Feet i'm Chill.
dren.
Our hoy, aged 10. seems delicate.
yet the doctors find no particular
cause He grinds his teeth in sleeD.
has headaches often. eats poorly. is
rather thin, and doesn't do very well
III school Please do not consider rs
foolish, but We wonder If it can be
worms His grandmother declares he
has worms, though the doctors say
not. When he is stripped his back
seems very hollow. "A. W
Answer Well, the doctors ought IN
know II grandma will prove her
charge by finding eggs of rae worms
under the microscope. wen renort her
victory IN detail here Hollow back.
and perhaps all the other symptoms
you mention. may be caused by f7at or
pronated feet It is difficult to be-
lIeve that such cause would be over
looked by doctors. but a great many
important causes Of i'll health are
overlooked when the doctor fails to
have his patient strip Tor examina-
ton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03

CHORIDs AND
d I S G. O II ID s

NOW that the president has decided
not to take vacation this summer it
viii i'll become the ordinary citizen
u be 100 insistent in event that his
boss rules that every patriot ought 10
be wiling To make sacrifices equal To
the head Of the government in these
times of stress and need of man power.
THERE are folks living under the
shielding folds of Old Glory whose ep-
position TO participation in the present
struggle against autocracy is based
upon what they choose 10 typify as
conscientious objection We have
never had the privilege Of having q
personal peep beneath the skull Of
one Of these individuals to see what
he had secreted there, nor have we
observed him below the rear collar
button TO learn whether there was a
yellowish streak in the vicinity of his
spinal column, but in the absence Of
proof Of such distinguishing marks 1t
would be safe hazard to say that a
man who pleads such grounds as jus
fification Of his passivity would either
run into the nearest alley OF clasp his
hands in silent prayer if he saw a
bully attack a defenseless woman or
child in the middle OF a public thor
0ughfare. Shame on their kind. You
can well imagine how long nation
COMPOSED of such weaklings would be
able to retain its independent entity
II would fall upon its knees in fervent
suupficat{on at one grOwt from the
kaiser. He wouldn't have 10 waste q
torpedo or a bOmbaOn such wObbIy-
kneed bunch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03
t h e d a ily
Short Story
HOW SHE PROPOSED.
BY F. A. Mitchell

"immen are queer lot, said the
old fisherman. They remind me moss
Of q crab. II You expect a woman Il
move for'ard she goes back: II YOU e.
pect her to go back she goes for'ard
And If YOU don't know which way
she's goin' she moves sideways
Anyway. the only gal I was ever
stuck on went that sort Of gait az
long as / knew her as a gal She was
the daughter Of a man who owned one
Of the best farms 10 miles back Of the
coast and with q lot of money in bank
Phoebe was the only child of her mar
ents, and il was ginerally susntrtona5
that when the Old man died shed rit
it all
was husky young Teller IN those
days and was in my element when fa
my boat. She was q single sfirEar
with jib, and ] reckon I knew how tn
sail her
4 was ishin' IN those DAYS. but 5n
midsummer we was shut off from,
takiu' Holsters, and the mackereI are
hard 70 get Now and then I got
chance 10 take out saiIju' parties
When Phoebe came down she always
had money her dad had given her far
spendin', and she used to invite saUin'
parties 10 90 out with her NV boat
seemed TO be her favOrite, though my
reputation for sailin' in a fog or AT
night might have had somethin' 10 do
with IT At any rate. Phoebe afggats
took my boat when she could get II.
She was mighty fond O. the water.
Phoebe was, and when she had nothiu
else to do would come down to the
dock and just loaf around. One morn
in she came down when I was startin'
out 10 place my nets
If you'd like to go with me 10 the
hshin' grounds, I said, you're wei
come I'm comm back after placIn'
the nets, and I'll bring you right here
She looked doubtful, but mighty
sudden she jumps down on to the deck
/ Ioosed the painter and pushed off
There was good breeze. and we sailed
along in the sunlight.
Maybe I wasn't happy younker'
Talk about work, it want work at all
il was maxim a Twin Phoebe
was gay and pert as a little red sauir-
rel. [ took her out TO the 7shjnr
grounds 10 the lee Of Black island and
brought her back in time for noon din
ner, aud she seemed to have enjoyed
herself better'n when we had saiIln
parts aboard
After that Phoebe used to 90 out
with me good deal The hay was all
ways full o boats, and she often hailed
friends o. hers Sometimes they tried
to persuade her to leave me and go
with them but she wouldn't She told
me she liked ii better 10 have the
T7H1 r-r A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03

ONE or the Davenport newspapers,
commenting on the rush Of customers
from bone dry territory TO gobble up
the liquor supply in Rock Island,
spoke of the "hoggishness' of the
scenes. Well, where did the hogs come
from? Rock Island may have had the
troughs, but it didn't furnish the
swine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03

The crown prince OF Germany
should know enough BY this time not
to attack the French al Yerdun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03

Break in Cleaning Plant Thieves
entered the cleaning and dyeing es-
adjustment Of L. l. Fleming. SOB
Brady street. and made a clean get
away with four suits of clothes which
were in the shop At the time The
marauders gained enhance by fore
ing board on the rear door Tive
OF the stolen suits were OF blue serge
and one was blue striped \ brown
coat and vest we're also taken The
clothes were packed III an old suit
case in the establishment and taken
away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03

One more month and Kitchener
three years viii be up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03

THE excuse of an Iowan picked up
~ an officer on Second avenue fer
driving MS auto by . street car TAX
ing on passengers was that there were
no street cars in his home town He
might have come closer to explaining
his actions il he had said that there
was not 10 be had in his town the
brand of gasoline that caused him to
refuse to recognize the street car or 4
few pedestrians as objects big or inn
portant enepgh to interrupt his prog
ress, -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03

Smallpox Eradicated.-Eve small
poX case in the city is eradicated, ac-
cording to the monthly report of the
board Of health There were only two
new cases reported during the month
Both of them were mild, and the pa
uents recovered rapidly The last one
was released from quarantine on the
last day OF the month
Aviation School 0pens Tomorrow
The formal opening Of the Davenport
Aviation school, which will have sew
en- machines in the air within month
will occur tomorrow on Suburban is
land, when the new military tractor.
Just completed from specifications
furnished by the United States gov
eminent viii make its first Higbt
The new aero-tractor. which Will be
christened King Boreas, has a speed
Of 80 miles an hour The schools
flying boat. now in service. has
speed almost as great. New, high
powered motors for the Eve f7ying
machines now under construction have
arrived and all will be ready for ser
vice on or about Aug. I.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03
PhiIIn sonntag Dc. = Z

FHIIp N0hhEag DIES. = paIIIu a
S2untag, d former popular Young bus
mess man of Davenport. died Satlfr-
day at Glendale, near Los Angeles.
Cal. Announcement Of his untimelv
passing away will be received with
deep sorrow by his hundreds of
friends in this city. lingering i'll
ness, combined with neryetIs pros
tration was the cause of death De-
ceased was born in Davenport Sept.
Is, 1878, After graduating from the
local high school he entered the
plumbing business with his father.
the late Henry Sonutag. Sr. He was
united in marriage Feb %. 1910, to
Miss Elsie G. Petersen N November
1919, they vent to Plairview, Texas.
where Mr.. sonntag engaged in farm
ING Ills health failing. he last No
Yember moved to Glendale, Cal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03

nation against Mrs. spetal will be
fled the last o. this week, County
Attorney Henry Fl. Jebens said.
D
Pays for Rescue Harry Coaeld.
who was rescued from the railroad
tracks near East River street by he
police paid for his rescue when he
was hued sass by Police Magistrate
Ernst tIaussen on q charge of inrCAi-
cation. Cofheld's brother appeared
for aim. He said hat Harry was re
CupeTauug from the effects Of q lag
When he was picked up CofHeld was
living on the railroad tracks in a
drunken stupor, He had fallen anil
cut deep cash over his eve
Wants to Break Into Jail.-L.evi Mef-
ford tried sleeping on the benches n
the Rock Island station They were
hard He met q man and asked him
Where TO sleep. The ran directed him
70 the county jail Meff0rd went over
but me with no success When he
tried 10 break in, Officer RaanUn ar
rested him. Meford's ambition was
realized in police court when he was
sentenced to five days in the county's
haven of rest.
No More Permits.-Deputy United
States Marshal A, Peterson announced
yesterday that no alien permits would
be issued TO Davenporters the time
limit for securing the government or
ders permitting the holder TO ap-
preach within q half mile Of any gov
eminent plant having expired on June
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-03

As C00PARED WITH The FOOD
fI0ARDEBS
Young Robin Hood deceased. was
quite a pleasant gentleman
Who WayIaid folks most every night
cur leading r0bber fan
He drew his bow and ordered folks lg
halt and turn about,
Then deftIv grabbed their moueybaz
and turned them inside out.
But prejudice was stronger then-so
silly that by some
Young Robin Hood was looked upon
with great opprobrium
But nowadays comparisons 2h5olFe,
and You and
Do homage 70 thief whose code ~
honor was so high,
JOHN u. WELLS.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-14
Schmidt's Kendall Cagers Facing
Hard Contests With Alva Rangers
in Local Gym Friday and Saturday

five from Edmond, Okla. will oppose
the local boys In the Kendall gym
nasium and another good game
should result. The Central boys gave
the Kendallitos n run for the bacon
at Edmond and play a fast, snappy
game. much after the order of the
speedy shawnee Baptists who sprung
the surprise OF the year by slipping
over q one-point victory on the Tul-
sans last Friday night. The showing
Of the Kendall team against the y VI.
e. 4. when they completely over
whelmcd the uptown cagers was en-
couraging and was far superior 70
their play against the green garDed
speedsters from shawnee.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-14
NozUS and Views of
S Z O r L.
BY "Germany" Williams

cdly prove a great drawing card right
now.
Dick Rudolph. the shiny headed
sage OF the Boston 'ravcs, announces
that he IS a hold-out More money
and a better standing in the frat.
praps.
CLARKE Griffith announces that ne
will make ID firsc baseman ont OF Roy
BENTLEY Roy should be about as
much at home ON first as Ford in
Tulsa.
Wonder what will become of Joe
Judge. who Ia Bcnnic kaui, hrrrLcd
IN from the International 10 max,
Jake Dauhcrt. StuffN Innis and Others
take To the tall timber?
George Sisler has announced no in
tcntion OF holding out and thereby
gains a few notchcs in popularity over
EoEers Hornsby In the hot town.
Jimmy Callahan announces that he
will play Hans Wagner on first base
iiau~ looks well on first only when
running bases.
Things that never happen. He'll
man battcd for Cobb in the ninth.
I'd hate To think
That any gink
Would rather grab gun
And chase some bD
Thru piles OF snow
Than watch the summer iun.
And stiu the entries for the Ken
dali tourney come I'm and still the
.aunarcmcut has room for more
some tournament according 10 FRO
fcssor schmidt.
Hon. lpuhb says the best way to
develop a crouch is boy looking over ,
lill ot fare.
Charley Chaplin may be funny nut
pave Fult2 has 1t ON him seven ways
from the Jack.
John Horny, answering the grave
charge of promulgauus the hHsep.l
strike states emphltically that h'
was not iu any way responsible .''
the action of amy single player oi
amy body of players. Which, VIC.
prnpcrIy sworn To- and subscribed
should reduce his sentence of w AedI'
ont of the American league TO 30.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-14

Not content with vanquishing the
best teams in the home state. or with
the glory of defeating teams in ad-
Joining states, whether they were
large or small, the Ava normal school
basketball boys arranged a schedule
that carried them on the longest and
most successful tour ever attempted
by an oklahoma athletic organization.
Playing 81 games with the best teams
between Oklahoma and the Pacific
coast. the Rangers. light. speedy ana
sensational, turned back To their ma
tive heath with ~ victories and four
defeats hanging to their record and a
reputation as the best college basket
ball team in the west.
This team, after a complete rest
from the strenuous trip. will appear
in the Kendall college gymnasium
Friday and saturday nights OF this
week and attempt to clinch their
claim to the championship Of Okla
homa and the central states 10y hum
bing the Kendall basketeers and
dragging the black and gold in the
, dust as the colors Of the schools they
met on their trip were treated The
two teams will present a striking con-
trast I'm size II not in style of basket
Jail played. The Alva lads are small,
unusually small in fact with the eX-
ccption Of the center who Is not over
the average height of centers, while
the Schmidt pupils boast of one Of the
largest fives in the state. With Young
and Ffcst. or Fiest and Foy at for
wards. Pappan at center and Thomp-
son and Grove at guards. the Kendall
team can put the largest team IN the
~ Hnf
either OF the forwards the team would
still be "a bcefy quintet. but with Am
mons and Dominguez at forwards and
Handley at guard they would not be
/ impressive 10y their size.
| Thnrsdav night the Centrnl normal
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-14
LOWRY IS NATIONAL
AMATEUR PRESIDENT
Final Championship Games
Will Be Played in Pitts
burgh, Pa, This Year.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 13.-James
Lowry OF Indianapolis was elected
president of the National Amateur
Baseball association AT its fourth an
nual convention here today. succeed
ing Ralston Goss, also Of this city.
carl G. callahan OF Indianapolis was
made secretary.
The invitation extended 10y the
Pittsburgh city association that the
final championship series be played
there was accepted. Winning teams
OF national tournaments will he sent
20 Pittsburgh to take part In the
championship series to be held late in
August.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-14
CONDITION OF TRAIL
CAUSES RACE DELA y

NOME Alaska. Feb. 1S.-Because
cf the unusually bad condition of the
trail tie 26-mile dog race for the sill
Yer trophy cup pres nted hy John
BORDEN. the millionaire sportsman Of
Chicago. and $1,000 prize mo-oy. w1S
postponed from today until Wednes-
day
SIX teams including the fastest dogs
iu ALASKA are entered for tho event
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-14

II isn't the original cost. it~ the up
keep. For instance. an egg hpprtitc.
Shcrmau's definition may nt war.
hut u looks better ip Jess willard
when attached 90 Fred tuiton's per
SON.
Cmrs'y Na'hcvson has opened a
bIs,hlU players rcforw'torN Larry
Mclean trouble maker eNtra'rdinaN
and the -tmc person who has oven
been Nchcd out ot s'mlpro ieasucs'
.s Tho first inmate
\ strike j. imminent The Players
Fraternity j. di~organilcd aud there
viii be- uo >trikc
Jim Thorpe will ro 10 indianapolis
10 %" fIl- to stick iu \cW York,
Which Bee complete assurance that q
broad -.houId,r,d uhoriEiuc VIII he
rlllopu. about the central portion oi
the Indianapolis pastures iu 1917.
We read whore Kid Norfolk cham
pIou of Panama. Knocked ont Arthur
rrlky Nut much lot for Arthur Ca
h, champion of We expect him Ca
depart mr Australia soon
Fred Tutous defeat of charley
NI,rcrt 900 two rounds stamped him
n4 mruc~tiuuau,y the loe.cal lad for
Jess Willard to uort iu defense ui IBIS
crown uul leaves mo- loopho'c thru
which willard can slip His victory
WAS CI,lu cuf and decisive aud. al'h'
NI,r,it i~ comparatively ucht hii
faI this TulfOu person $50 completely
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-14
Niddaugh In Front.

This week shows only one man with
an average in excess Of $50 pins. Wm.
c. Midaduph. 1873. being high man
with a margin OF practically fourteen
rims over his closest competitor. lie
Roy EW ing. Middaurh has maintained
an average Of over 100 pins all this
season. occasionally boosting II to the
zoo mark Onc-half Of the regular
members Of the teams own averages
in eNccs9 OF the l70 mark, and there
are % men whose average IS l6J pins
or better Hammond. Gillette ana
Harrison boosted their averages into
the 10 class during the past week.
while the first II men had creat
time Nyh2ncinC places by small ad-
'antagcs. II is getting t. such u
stage IN the Arcade Tenpin league that
ilap with an aycrarc OF l60 is con-
siGered only fair bowler whereas IN
former wears 1f0 bowlers We're il
troat demand, as the best in the city
averaged only into the lower l1oS
with two or three only TO even closely
approach the $50 mark. There are
no hoWlers with an average below 50
pins per game which is truly remark
able IN a CITY of this .ize.
SiN Teams Best.
The wisdom of entering orlv six
teams in the league this season is dem
cnstratcd I'm the above figures. Emu
,l;i0n will increase the ability Of anv
man % any line. and where practically
every man on every team Is n top
rofchor the average bowler viii eN-
tend himself 20 the limit t. keep up
his end OF tho game.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-14

\ strike i imminent. The Players
Fraternity l. di~urEauiIcd and there
viii bC uO STRIKE.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-14

II isn't the original cost. il the up
keep. For instance. an egg hppvutc.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-03-03
Finding the Range.

It is one thing to spot hostile bat
terry and another problem altogether to
hit 1t. The locality may be well known,
but the range difficult to determine. To
simplify matters in this respect,
tracer" shells are used. Into the base
of the shell a metal case is screwed
containing a material which is self-ig-
hitting as the projectile rushes through
space. For night operations the ma
terial used in the tracer" bursts INTO
a brilliant flame, but by day the
.traCer" leaves Il trail of dense black
smoke. BY this means the gunners are
able to watch and time the shell right
up to the moment the explosion takes
place, and by knowing the locality in
which the shell bursts, the adjustment
10 the range of the target is compara-
lively a simple matter.