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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
OLD MAN BOOZE
LEAVES CAPITAL
Springfield WIN Hear q s9oRd Of Rev
eIry by Night as 215 Saloons
Get Ready 10 Lock Doors.

Springfield. III. May 3.-Spring-
fields 2I5 saloons viii close their
doors al midnight tonight as a result
of the April 3 election when they were
ousted by a vote of slightly less than
500.
Police authorities have said the
midnight closing rule will he strictly
enforced and that disorder of any sort
VIII be suppressed Many cafes have
made plans 10 celebrate their passing
Attorneys Tor the vets stated today
they Will make an attempt 90 appeal
TO the Illinois supreme court from the
decision Of the county court which
dismissed petitions challenging the
election Of May g.
The supreme court has already held
that ehe decision Of the county court
is final. but the wet attorneys viii
seek TO raise new issues and VIII
charge irregularities on the part OF
drys who circulated local option pc
tiCions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
LEAVES
POST FOR BRAZIL
Long Suspected of Being Pr0-GeTman
in Ills >ympatbies-Bi
Criticized.

Rio JaHeiro. May 2-Dr. Laur0
Muller has rendered President Braz
hiss resignation as minister OF foreign
affairs. The government has received
information that the Brazilian min
lister to Germany has been ordered
detained in Berlin and has ordered
the detention of Adolf PAUL German
minister to Brazil. who is on his way
to Uruguay
Dr. Laur0 Muller has been bitterly
criticized in Brazil since the relations
between the republic and Germany
first became acute ou the ground that
he was pro-Germau iu his sympathies.
His opponents accused him Of using
his influence to prevent breach of
relations between Brazil and Ger
many and demanded His resignation
DIT. Muller was FIRST appointed for
eigu minister in February, 1912 and
even al that time was attacked as
being toe friendly TO Germany. an ac-
cusati0u apparently based. in part at
least ON his German descent. He is
one of The best known statesmen in
South America and has made several
visits 20 the United States
Dr LG0ro Mul3er's resignation as
foreign minister of Brazil is construed
bv some state department officials as
foFecasunE BrazIIfs entry into the war
against Germany Official notification
OF his withdrawal from the cabinet
has not reached the state department
nor the Brazilian embassy early to-
day but tue unofficial report caused
little surprise The Brazilian congress
couveues today and President Braz is
expected 10 place before the body all
the facts concerning the relations OF
the two countries and perhaps ask for
q declaration Of VIZ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
WORLD GLIMPSE
OF WAR EVENTS
-Ev Associated Draaz-L

ASSN. Aa--E-a4 @zs--f
Brazil has drawn one step nearer
60 war with Germany and today is one
of three countries which are hover
ing on the brink of the maeIstrom
which has convulsed two-Lhird= of the
orl1- Norway and China are the two
other countries which may shortly be
added to the ever leuEtleu5rE list Of
EermaDE's foes
Two events have happened ju Brazil
which may easily form the impetus
To the last remaining step on the road
no war Dr Laur9 Muller Brazilian
foreign minister, has rendered his
resignation or the eve OF the day set
for the Brazilian congress % decide
whether the republic shall draw its
sword. DR. Muller has been persist
entity reported as. If not actually pro
German at least a firm opponent Of
h0stIities between Brazil and the
Teutouic empire. His resignation co
iBcides with an order bg President
Braz OBTAINING the dismissed German
minister The order was issued ON
receipt Of news from Berlin that the
Brazilian minister In Germany had
been refused permission 10 leave the
country
The possibility 9E %orway's en-
trance into the ranks of The allies is
based on the havoc wrought among
the mercantile marine by German
submarines Norway prior to the
war. fourth among the worlds seafar-
lug nations has suffered so heavily
from the ravages OF the U-b0ats that
her shipping BIS actually threatened
with extinction The bitterness among
the N0rwegians over German war
methods is growing rapidly and many
voices are urging that she could not
be worse of as q beINgeTent and
might find compensation II peace
found her in the lists with the entente.
All report from China agree that
the advocates of war are in ma
ioritv al Picking bat apparently the
president is still reluctant to take the
final step It has been reported that
Japan was unwilling that China
should enter the struggle but the
foreign office has officially
denied this
In the meantime the entire situa-
ton In Europe remains obscure
conflicting reports and the
extraordinary efforts of the ceus0rs,
especially fiji the realms of the central
powers The only definite fact In re
gard to conditions in Germany is that
n political crisis exists and that the
between the parties has
bIazed olt with a violence unknown
since the beginning of the war.
Chancellor Eou Bethmauu-Holl is
the target for all shafts bat appar-
entity can rely only on Iakewarm
support from the moderate Socialists
There is no light whatever on the
strike situation and no reliable news
of any kind from Austria
The deadlock on the western front
continues and the whole military sit
uatfon is yelled in uncertainty, The
British continue to make Roadway in
Alesopotamia but this is offset by I'M
explained reports of q Russian retreat
ia the Caucasus. If The reports are
true the Russians are Withdrawing
with no serious fighting and in the
face Of the most successful campaign
vet undertaken agaInst Turkey.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
DOUBLE MURDER
BY IOWA FIEND
Pushed Wife and Baby Into Zine Mine
InIatuation for Dubuque
Woman WAS Motive.

Dubuque. Iowa. Nay Sat Benton.
Wis IS miles east of Dubuque, at
an early aour tbls morning E C.
campBell. employed as an ore bauler
from the zinc mines. confessed TO
numbering his wife and 18-mauth-old
soa last Thursday He pushed lis
wife into q wster-Hued mine shaft and
threw the child IN alter her and stood
on the brink of the shaft until their
bodies ppeared.
The bodies were discovered Mon
dar by boys playing about the shaft
IntatuaGon for q Dubuque woman.
Campbell alleges prompted him to
commit the crime. He was in Dubuque
at the time the bodies were discovered
and was arrested when he returned
to Benton ON Tuesday. Neighbors
had supposed the mother and child
were on visit Tor relatives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
STRIKE OF BAKERS
NEARING THE END

Chicago, May g. Committees repre-
sentiug the striking bakers union and
their employers have agreed upon
terms OF settlement of the bread
strike which has been in force here
since Saturday and which seriously
cuTrailed the bread supply of the city
While the agreement entered into
last night after many hours of con
ference al the Office OF United States
District Attorney Charles II. C1yne isl
binding upon the employers, if must
ae ratified by the men on strike before
it Is effective. The ratification meeting
viii be held today
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
FRENCH ENROUTE
TO VISIT CHICAGO

Washington May Members of the
French commission leave late TODAY
on . special train Tor Chicago the FIRST
leg Of tour Of the country which will
last a week or 10 days Public au-
thorities III cities and states through
which the party viii pass have been
notified privately by the state depart
meut Of arrangements for the timer
airy but details viii not be published
in advance for safetys safe num-
Der Of experts OF the commission viii
remain here to work aut war ques-
tOns with American officials
Most OF the Frenchmen planned
visit to the house of representatives
before their departure today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
LOOK TOU,S.
AS help FOR
SUBDEFEATS


Washington, May s.
While members of the en-
te1Ee missions share the
alarm of American officials
at the growing inroads Of
the submarine menace,
they do not regard the sit
uation as in any sense ia
tai. It means, in their
view. q period of very
great self denial and fur
ther res trictions, but they
do not credit IN the least
amy opinion that ii is GER
tain TO lead to starvation
or the loss Of the war.
They are counting on
ships. men and money
from the United States,
and possibly American in
ventive genius, to out
weigh the U-boat terror.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
FULL SWING
AFTER SCALP
OF HOLLWEG
News Seeping Through Cen
scr Shows Political Strife
In the F'atherland.

Copenhagen, via london, Mag 3,
5s80 Re m.-Such German news
papers as are now permitted IL
reach here, although evidently
carefully selected for the absence
Of military news oT any iH}0Tma-
ton iu regard 60 the strike move
mcut indicate that the campaign
against Chancellor Y0n Betbm8na-
Holive- is again i'm full swing.
The conservatives although insist
ing, as usual, that the other par
ties observe a political truce in
the interests of the jaihcrland.
have adopted and published "a sci
af resolutions sharply attacking
tine chancellor and Censurlng the
government for weakness ana vac
iJation on the peace question and
I'm dealing with tine strike agjia-
ti0H.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
PUSH
FIGHT ALONG
ENEMY LINE
New Offensive Of French
and English Tests Power
Of the Germans.

New breaches on the all
ready badly battered Ger
man line on the Arras bat
tleheld are being made by
the British in a heavy as
sault launched on a r.
mile front today.
Striking in three and a
half miles south of Lens
on the Acheville Vimy
road General Haig's troops
drove at the Germans all
along the line as far south
as CroiselIes on the Sensee
river, eight and a half
miles southeast of Arras.
Virtually the whole front
Of the attack at the begin
ming of the Arras battle on
April ninth was thus un-
der assault by the British
infantry.
The attack came at a
moment when 1t seemed as
if a deadlock had been es-
tablished, for a time at
least, because of the heavy
reserves which had been
brought Up by the Gel
mans and the strong re-
sisting powers they were
displaying. OF the initial
success of the renewed Of
fensive the official British
report speaks positively,
recording the capture of a
number of strong enemy
positions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
LEFT DEATH ROOM
TO DEFEND COUNTRY

Wichita, Kan. May 8 - Leslie E
Wilcox of Alva. okla. enlisted N the
United states army here today the
sAih son of the family 10 give himself
10 MS country. and SIS the death bed
FISH Of his father The elder Wilcox
called Leslie 10 his bedside and said Il
Vas his last wish that ne Join his
brothers before the eolors. The boy
5eft the room and coming here. immed-
-ately presented himself before re-
eFulting officers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
DECATUR MOOSE IN
NEW $4,000 HOME

Decatur. III. May 3-DeIegatIons
from all parts Of the state are present
AZ the dedication Of the new $4,000
Moose home at Decatur today. Among
the cities represented are ChIcag
Springfield, Bloomington. Champaign.
NATION. MoTrisonyille. Pana. OF
tawa. Joliet. Aurora, EIgin. Mouticel-
10 Rockford, Clinton and other cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
FIGHT IN AIR
BIG FEATURE
INTHE DRIVE
Of Haig's Army Garry
Battle to the Germans
Both Day and Night.

British Headquarters I'm France,
Nay Sin the new offensive go-
ing on the British airmeB, taking
full advantage Of the long spell of
good weather, are continuing their
relentless offensive aI0ft both day
and night. Within three days they
have accounted for 81 enemy ma
chimes aud have carried out many
enterprises behind the German
lines, The German soldiers plain
iy dislike the continuous presence
of the British airplaHes. for many
unp0sted letters captured during
the infantry attacks dwell upon
the uHeasineSs the machines
cause. One man wrote: sThe air
activity is very great The Eng
Iisb viii soon be taking the very
caps OF our heads
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
PRIVATE BANKS
Is SENATE ROW
Hasty Departure OF Chicago Members
ImperiIs Ylctory Won en- Second
Reading OF Bill To-day.

Springfield. H. MAY 5-The fight
10 amend the bill TO regulate private
banks SO that il would apply to the
entire state instead OF Chicago alone
was successful in the senate today
when the committee bin was amended
on second reading by q vote Of 80 to
IL by striking out the provision re-
strictiug its application 20 chicago
only.
Haste Of the Chicago members TO
catch a noon train for home nearly
cost the victory they had just Won for
as soon as d safe majority had de
ported. Senator Canaday moved an
amendment proposing that the bill
should not apply to private banks who
had conducted their business safely for
20 years
BY tbat time enough senators who
favored the bin had LETT the chamber
TO make the adoption OF the amend
meur probable. with the probability
that its adoption would result in the
death Of the bin
Senator Austin moved TO take the
amendment
The status Of the measure was saved
bv most of the other republican mem
bers hastily leaving. the chamber and
Senator Barr then forced an adjourn
ment by making q point Of no quorum.
Accuses Loan Sharks.
Representative william J. Holaday
Of DanVUe led the fight against the
bill. charging that it was drafted at
the iustigaU0n Of loan sharks them
selves and to assist d Morris plan bank
now being organized in Chicago.
REPRESENTATIVE Lyle of Chicago,
Browne Of Ottawa and others cham
pi0ued IL declaring that the AZ per
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
THE WEATHER
Forecast TN p. NJ. Tomorrow. for
Rock Island, Davenport. Moline
and EfnfnFf4

Rain tonight and probably Friday.
continued cool
Temperature at a. m. ~ Highest
yesterday. 81. lowest last night. 40.
Velocity Of wind at m. Is miles
per hour
Precipitation none
Relative humidity at p. ~. 80; at
a. M, so; al ] p m today u.
Stage Of water 1L3. no change In
last y hours
J II. SHERIER. Meteorologist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
Demolished SearchIigft.

Dining Tals raid thu. z1saLu2a12s--aa=-
Tending their supply depots brought
into play a powerful searcblight,
whereupou a Britsher promptly few
al IL like a giant moth let loose a
light weight bomb directly over il and
the lamp went out. to burn no more
Tine British raids on dark nights
bring oue q great display of enemy
fireworks. for in addition TO the gun
FIRE and the bursting shrapnel shells
various eo}orcd rockets are sent hiss
ing Unfortunately into the air Just
now. as the May moon is approaching
It's fuIIuess and lights the nocturnal.
the raiders go over the line to upset
enemy trains, blow up enemy ammu-
milton stores. rout sleeping enemy sol
diers out Of their biIIets. throw enemy
transport columns into endless CON
fusion and scatter general demoraliz-
alton from the skies for hours at
time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03

M g n b er Of Audit
Bureau Of Calculations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03

Asso ciated Prsss
Leased Wire Report
The Kentucky register. (Richmond, Ky.) 190?-1917, 1917-03-23
SCHOOL FIGURES.

State Superintendent of Public In
struction V. o. Gilbert has prepared
figures showing the cost OF educa-
ton in Kentucky as compared with
other states.
The school population of Kentucky
is 69O,SSO and the per capita eXpendi-
ture is 1915. Based on the attend
ance it is $22.99. The cost of carry
ing a pupil through the first eight
grades is SlS3.2O, base on the attend
The Kentucky register. (Richmond, Ky.) 190?-1917, 1917-03-23
DON'T SPILL THE BEANS.

Pm weary of the noise and the fuss,
That frets me every day,
The while | do a bandits deeds,
Or pause betimes to pray;
On every side hear the cry,
That rights me in my dreams,
BE careful what you're doing there,
Or else you'll spill the beans!"
There was time when such a cry,
Was full of point and pith,
But soaring prices have reduced,
Its wisdom to myth.
The time has long since passed away
From these terrestrial scenes,
When could take a single chance,
At spilling of the beans.
Pm not boob or millionaire,
Nor yet a child in teens,
That | should handle recklessly
Such priceless gems as beans.
Once could eat and be content,
In days when clad in jeans
But woes and sorrows threaten now
The man who spills the beans.
OF all the things in the market,
That / can in afford
To spill-are these luxurious beans
Which up to heaven have scared.
I'd lust as soon eat peacocks tongues
The food of kings and queens,
As dare invite the curse of Fate,
BY spilling of the beans.
The Kentucky register. (Richmond, Ky.) 190?-1917, 1917-03-23
IMPORTANT DECISION.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals
has rendered an important decision,
which will have far reaching effect.
Trained nurses will no longer be per-
mitted to administer an anesthetic in
Kentucky even when working under
the direct supervision of a surgeon
who is performing an operation.
Only those persons regularly licensed
as practicing physicians will be al
lowed to undertake this task.
The courts decision is the out
growth of a suit instituted by DR..
Louis X. Frank, Of Louisville, and
Miss Margaret Hatfield, a nurse en-
ployed by him.
Miss Hatfield in a period extending
over several years had administered
anaesthetics in several hundred cases
under the direction of Dr. Frank.
Then came the ruling Of the State
Board Of Health that the performing
of such a service constituted a prac
tice of medicine, and that it could be
performed legally only by those per-
sons licensed as practicing physi-
clans. Soon afterward suit was filed
by DR.. Frank and Miss Hatfield to
test the authority of the Board of
Health to issue such a ruling.
The court found the provision of
the law pertaining to physicians and
nurses was police Regulation de-
signed for the protection of society,
and that the interest Of the individual
must be set aside.
Acknowledgment was made of the
fact that no question has been raised
in regard to the competency of the
nurse. But, it is asserted, to permit
a deviation from the strict letter of
the law might set a precedent which
would result in opening the door to
practices opposed to the public inter
est
The Kentucky register. (Richmond, Ky.) 190?-1917, 1917-03-23
SHOCKED.

Mr.. Louis Stagner, who is employ
ed in the construction of the front in
James building on North Second ST.
was severely shocked and much worse
scared than hurt Monday. Mr.. Stag
ner was upon a step ladder doing
some drilling with an electric drill
when he came in contact with an
electric wire, or rather the ground
wire. This seemed to have electrical
ly charged the whole front of the
building, and Mr.. Stagner danced a
lively "foX trot" with both hands and
feet. Some one went to Mr.. Stag
ner's rescue but he stuck like a leech.
Finally somebody was thoughtful
enough to throw the switch and the
unfortunate man who had gone thru
the narrowing experience, dropped to
the pavement, badly spraining his
right arm. Mr.. Stagner was back on
the job Tuesday morning, and while
his arm was somewhat out of COM
mission, he was still in the ring. His
many friends are rejoicing that he
did not receive any severe or fatal
injuries.
The Kentucky register. (Richmond, Ky.) 190?-1917, 1917-03-23
You Need a Spring Laxative.

DR.. Kings New Life Pills will re-
move the wastes Of winter from your
intestines, the burden Of the blood
Get the sluggish spring fever feeling
out OF your system, brighten your eye
and clear your complexion. Get that
vim and snap Of good purified healthy
blood. DR.. Kings New Life Pills are
a non-griping laxative that aids ma
lures process, try them tonight. At
all druggists, 25c. No. /
The Kentucky register. (Richmond, Ky.) 190?-1917, 1917-03-23
NEVER HAD BUT
TWO FRIENDS.

President Wilson has given a par
don to John Walton, a negro Federal
prisoner in Jail at London. Walton
lived in Bell county and was convict
ed at the November term of the Fed
eral court Of perjury. He was SEN
fenced to one year in the federal pris-
on, which was reduced by Judge
Cochran to one year in Jail. Walton
decided to appeal to President Wilson
for executive clemency. He wrote a
letter to the chief executive. telling
him he was spending his last cent to
have it typewriter. The shock Of
getting the pardon was too much for
Walton, and when it was handed to
him, he fell on the concrete floor and
was knocked unconscious. When he
recovered, he said he never had but
two friends-Woodrow Wilson and
Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow
Wilson, two of our most distinguish
ed Americans, are indeed, splendid
friends to have. This humble negro
has been fortunate in having two such
men as his friends. Fortune has
surely smiles upon him. A very able
writer has said: ave may have hun
dreds of acquaintance, but the most
favored can usually count his real
friends on the fingers of one hand"
We are reminded of that beautiful
story of Damon and Pythias. When
Damon was under sentence of death,
he had but one friend in all Syracuse.
1t was Pythias, the companion of his
brighter and better days. Pythias
was true. Dyonysius, the tyrant,
who had sentenced Damon to death,
was appalled, at the grand display of
loyalty and devotion of these two |
men, and in resembling the death pen
atty he had imposed upon Damon, he |
said: 81 would give my kingdom for
one such friend"
The Kentucky register. (Richmond, Ky.) 190?-1917, 1917-03-23
STEMMERY FOR LEXINGTON.

The Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co,
is planning a stemmery for LeXing-
ton. The company has a redrying
plant in the Blue Grass capital, and
later the tobacco is shipped to Louis
vile to be stemmed. 1t is claimed
by the proposed new arrangement
the company can save considerable
money and labor will be benefited,
The Kentucky register. (Richmond, Ky.) 190?-1917, 1917-03-23
Snrinr Colds are DANGEROUS.

Sudden changes of temperature and
underwear bring spring colds with
stuffed up head, sore throat and gen
eral cold symptoms. A dose of DR..
Kings New Discovery is sure relief,
this happy combination of antiseptics
clears the head, soothes the irritated
membranes and what might have
been a lingering cold is broken up.
Don't stop treatment when relief is
first felt as a half cured cold is dan
gerous. Take DIR. Kings New Dis
GOVERN until YOUR cold is gone. No !
The Kentucky register. (Richmond, Ky.) 190?-1917, 1917-03-23
FORGET IT.

Forget it, my dear boy, forget it,
For nocking's a mighty poor
game,
1t never makes one fellow happy,
But causes much sorrow and pain,
When you chance to hear some fell
low knocking,
II he's knocking friends or foe,
! want to impress this upon you,
Forget it and just let it go,
Many good men have been ruined,
And many good, pure women, too,
BY some knocker starting a rumor
And not a word of it true
So if you hear some fellow knocking
\ man or a woman's good name,
You can bet it's a lie, so forget it,
And never repeat it again.
Exchange.