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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

bonds 1t will save you the four mill
state tax. which you now have to
pay Such action will also reduce
your bonded Indebtedness and give
you the opportunity of redeeming
bonds that are not yet due or that
the borough has no option to redeem
at this time. This will further give
many owners of municipal bonds
the opportunity of investing their
money In Liberty Bonds which they
their money invested in such munich
pal bonds.
believing that the people are
very anxious to invest in Liberty
Bonds, we feel that, If this subject
is brought to the immediate atten-
ton of the holders of municipal
bonds, they will receive the idea
%'ith pleasure. 1t will also mean a
big saving to the municipalities, be-
cause in several instances some of
the municipalities have large sinking
funds to be used to redeem bonds
which are not yet due, and they
have no option to redeem them
we would respectfully suggest
that you get in immediate touch with
the officials of other municipalities
near you, by telephone where you
can, VI III peTSoil, ana request InaL
they take this matter up at once.
1t is realized that the time is very
short and that immediate action is
required where "a municipality has
money to so invest. If your NUM-
cipality cannot get it's officials to-
gether in time to take such imme-
diate action by council meeting, we
suggest that you and your available
colleagues take this up with your
banks and have q reservation made
of the amount of bonds that you will
later officially subscribe for. The
banks will be very glad to cooper
ate with the municipalities along
those lines as all banks are subscrib-
ing very heavily to the Liberty Loan.
In this way a lot of money will be
released that would otherwise be tied
up until such time as the municipal
tiles can redeem their bonds by ma
tural course.
I'VE trust, both for the sake of
your city and the nation, you will at
once give this your hearty .co-opera-
ton as well as your personal atten-
ton, and interest the other munich
palitieS near you."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

respect and admiration for Minna
were second only to my own.
well, we never received any let
ter after the one in which you an
nounced that although you were GO
ing into the U-boat service you ex-
pected to be back in Stockholm be-
fore long" said Captain Larsen.
who could ever have thought
that this cursed war would drag
along to such Godforsaken length, !"
/ said.
"Well," said Captain Larsen.
"Minna tried to bear the separation
from you bravely, but pined away
gradually. She did not complain,
and after a while she even ceased
to talk much about you, because she
knew that we believed you had
simply dismissed her from your
mind, and she could not bear the
thought of having anybody say an
i'll word about you.
Last December my wife died. And
this, added to the other heart an
guish, threatened to break down my
poor girl altogether. With hollow
eyes and sunken cheeks she looked
like one who had undergone n long
siege of severe illness. I had pur-
chased the controlling interest in a
schooner, the Baldar-the one YOU
have just sunk-and decided to take
Minna along on my cruises. Sven
acted as my mate.
I'VE were coming from the West
Coast of Africa, laden with a gem
eral cargo for England. Three
months of life at sea had brought
the roses back to Minnas cheeks
and she was beginning to look again
like her own beautiful self, just as
when you first saw her. Joy seemed
to he getting ready to return to us
when-such are the uncertainties
of life!.-you crossed our path and
blasted my happiness forever"
When Larsen said that his wife
had died it recalled to my mind the
peculiar part she had played in nv
dreams. 1 told him about NV see
inG her standing afar off and beck
oning to MiDna to join her, and that
after an explosion l saw Minna bv
her mothers side, waiting kisses at
us.
ut was undoubtedly a dream Of
the prophetic kind" said Fritz. land
although we We're not skilful in in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
The Diary of U-Boat Commander
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Copyright Canada Company
ranslated from the Original German by Irving Bacon)

over when the boat was still more
than two hundred yards away
There" said Captain Larsen,
pointing to the spot where the Bal
dar. his schooner, had gone down.
I did not fully realize the awful
import of his word and believed that
it was meant in a figurative sense,
such as that the girl had loved the
vessel and would feel heart-sore
over the loss.\ But when the life
boat came alongside and the real
magnitude of the catastrophe be-
came clear to me 1 felt my knees
give way under me, and would have
fallen had not Halbert and another
OF the crew supported me. A large
splinter from the falling mast had
struck Minna just as she was COM
ing to the deck from her cabin 1t
killed her outright and her body was
pinned beneath some of the wreck
age. Both Captain Larsen and Sven
We're certain that nothing could be
done for her; and as the vessel was
sinking rapidly and there was not a
moment to spare, the lifeboat was
lowered and my Minna's mortal re-
aims were relinquished, to be car
ried down to the bottom of the sea.
got myself together as we'll as
could, and in my cabin Sven and
his father told me what had oc-
curreu from the time 1 left Stock
holm.
IF you had only written!" said
Sven. I'VE received but one letter
from you, and after that-silence." :"
Heavens, mani" 1 exclaimed, "I
wrote q score of letters begging for
some token from any of YOU"
'Hans has been doing nothing but
writing to Minna, or of Minna, or
been painting her portrait" broke
in Fritz. who had also been a fam
iliar friend of the family and whose
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
DON'T BE A. SLAVE
TO The PANGS OF RHEUMATISM
S. S. S. viii Break Your shaclsles.

S. S. S. Will Break Your Shackles.
If you are one of the thousands
hopelessly bound within the clutches
of Rheumatism, here is a message
that will help you shake off your
bondage, and lead you back to free
dom.
1t tells you how to get on the
right track and avoid losing further
time looking for relief from the
wrong treatment. No one has ever
been permanently cured by the use
of linements and lotions. What right
have you to expect that you will be
the exception?
If you would be rid of this painful
and disabling disease, follow the
teachings of science. which show
that the cause of Rheumatism is in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
1876 April

1916 April
Dear little book, I have killed the
dearest on earth. Lam Minna's muir
derer. Forgive me, God. Oh
1916-1O October
A long gap from that tragic day
to this! did not believe it pos
sible that L should live so long.
Fritz says he found me lying on the
floor, the sentence in my diary un'
finished and that for three days |
was in high fever, a raving maniac.
1 have not been sufficiently master
of my feelings until this day to
make any record of that frishtful
days events.
In the afternoon of the sixth of
April / saw a Swedish schooner,
heavily laden, beating before the
wind in the direction of the Eng
lish coast. A shot fired by Halbert
carried away her mizzen mast, which
crashed and splintered to the deck
and thence overheard. The fall of
the mast caused such havoc that it
quickly became apparent that tho
vessel was sinking. A boat put off
in time to avoid being caught by
the suction of the pool as the
schooner went down. When the
lifeboat drew alongside our subma-
rine 1 was amazed to see in it Mr..
Larsen, my Minna's father, and her
brother Sven. Although 1 felt
grieved to think that this meeting
had to be brought about at so heavy
a cost to Mr.. Larsen, for I jumped
at the conclusion that the schooner
must have belonged to him, never
theless there was an element of
happiness, because I felt that now
at last 1 should obtain news about
my Minna.
Where is Minna?" shouted
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

you," he said. God bless their noble
hearts!
1917-12 April
Would to God my vocabulary con-
tanned nothing but curses! What is
the world become to me but q hell ?
First Minna, and now her brother.
my poor good friend Sven, and ten
OF his crew. have come to hate
the name of the Kaiser, and of Tir-
pitt and that whole damned band
of war hellions. Duty, duty, moth
ing but duty! Not a word about
humanity! Killing. torpedoing, blow
ing up with shells and bombs-mur1
dering, day in and day out, all the
year around! God, how tired I am
of it all? And for what? Just bel
cause one ruler doesn't want to givd
in to another ruler.
say, Gods curse rest upon an oI
them! If L must kill I'll kill like d
tiger. I'll torpedo everything that
comes my way. They are all bou
for hell, anyway. So I'll do my duty
with a vengeance and with tru9
Prussian thoroughness.
Ito BE Continued)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

process of liquidating outstanding
municipal bonds so far as is possi-
BILE through sinking fund moneys ac-
cumulated would prove beneficial by
saving not only four mills state tax
but also the future interest on such
outstanding bonds which would oil
necessity be paid from current rev.
enues of the municipalities. 1t is
also pointed out that the present
Liberty Bonds pay four per cent In
terest which, in most cases is equiva-
lent to the interest yielded by NUM-
cipal securities.
Commissioner Jackson declared
to-day that there is no safer invest
ment for municipal sinking funds
than in the Liberty Loan. He said
that such investment is n patriotic
duty and that it also marks the in
dividual support of the separate
municipalities as governmental units
to the National Government as n
whole.
The letter sent from the Depart
Pennsylvania municipalities was
signed by j. Hermann Knisely, chief
of bureau and is as follows:
AT the direction of Commissioner
John Price Jackson, the Department
of Labor and Industry, through this
bureau, is herewith making an ap-
peal to your municipality to buy Lib
erty Bonds.
This appeal is being made to all
the cities and beroughs of the Com
monwealth, asking them to cooper
ate with the National Government in
the sale of these bonds.
'The appeal is that, IL you have
any money in your sinking fund for
the redemption of your municipal
bonds, you invest it in National Lib
erty Bonds; or that you redeem your
bonds, provided that the parties
from whom you redeem bonds will
agree to purchase Liberty Bonds
with the money thus received.
From statistics that We have, we
find a large number of boroughs
which do not receive interest on
their sinking funds and where they
do, it averages two to three per cent,
while the National Liberty Bonds
pay four per cent. Therefore, this
action will not only be patriotic, but
also profitable in the case of many
municipalities.
Further, if you redeem your own
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

your blood, that the disease is thl
result of millions of tiny pain del
mons which infest your blood, and
that the only relief is to drive them
out of your blood,
s. S. S. is the one remedy that hal
successfully led the attack on all irI
regularities of the blood. This rem|
edy is guaranteed purely vegetable
being entirely free from any mineral
substance. Hence it acts by drivinI
all impurities from the blood. S. S. sI
is the best remedy for Rheumatism
and you will be delighted with TIL
results of it's use.
Go to your drug store, get a bottl
OF 3: s. S. and start taking this oil
reliable medicine to-day. 1t will ii
the beginning of the end of YOU
suffering. Don't take substitute
Write our medical director for spe
cial advice regarding the treatmer
of your case, for which no charge
made. Address Swift Specific Cd
223-J, Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. G;
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

his space has been donated in the interest
second Liberty Loan by the following Banks and
Companies:
Central Trust Company
Commonwealth Trust Company
Dauphin Deposit Trust Company
First National Bank
Mechanics Trust Company
Merchants National Bank
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-14
BONDS TO
EXTENT or 81, 900
TAKEN BY CHURCH

Setting the pace for other churches
in Rock Island. Sacred Heart congre-
cation, Rev G. p O'Neiu. pastor. to-
day purchased Liberty bonds 70 the
extent Of 81, 900 Announcement Of the
matter will be formally made tomor-
row morning at s o'clock st solemn
high mass on the occasion Of the pat
ronal feast day Of the church.
The feast Of the Sacred Heart viii
DE observed throughout the world to-
morrow and with my congregation the
day is naturally one Of much sIgnifi-
canoe. While paying attention 70 the
spiritual needs Of the members. I
thought 10 an especially appropriate
time to Impress q lesson in. patriotism
and therefore il was decided to buv
Liberty bonds, said Father 0NeuI
today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-14
GIRLS WILL. RAISE
FLAG AND REMNANT
AT TOWER COTTAGE

flag and pennant, gifts Of the
LOYAL Dan gAters of the Memorial
Christian church and the 81 4 X girls
Will be raised this evening at the 3 W
C. A cottage. west Of the Watch Tow
er, The services 10 he held At $50
o'clock The reveilie will be sounded
on the bugle by Mrs II E. EanDuzer
and the company viii give the military
salute 70 the flag ana make the w
C. s. pledge OF allegiance to the stars
and stripes Miss Fannie Hart, secre-
tarY Of the Y W G. A. will be in
charge OF the exercises and assisting
will be Mrs. j Paul Dufin Mrs j H.
Haubers Mrs George Perrin and there
VIII be present Miss Cora b. Nads-
worth. Miss Vienna Eogt Miss Minnie
Fitzpatrick, Miss Bessie Fitzpatrick,
Miss Alice Fitzpatrick, Miss Ruth a.
Martin and Mrs Burrel L5adorn Miss
Florence Dempsey, Miss Blanche BleH-
err Miss Julia n. Laquatte, Alss Daisy
Terry. Miss Minnie G.. JItter3ugkon and
Miss Ala Smith, all member 81 the
Y ". c. a. NJ 4 *. girls, who gave
the pennant. are. Misses Catherine
Sindt E. Christine Afford, Daisy a.
Baker, &sruie Damon. Pearl Graham,
katherine Wedeitz Gertrude Harms
and Betty Dempsey and others who
VIII be unable to be present at the eX-
erc5ses. Members of the Loyal Daugh-
tiers who gave the flag are: Misses
Ethel Hine. Lois Herwig. Grace Han
son. Irma Lundeen, Mrs Mary Graves
Downing. Miss Helen Downing, Miss
Edna LUndberg. Miss Jean WEIGH,
Miss Ellen Swanson. the latter APP
peariug at the services i'm full military
uniform member or the Loyal
Daughters and one Of the M. x IS
girls VIII raise the flag and peuaanL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-14
EXPRESS
GRATITUDE TO ALL
WHO GAVE TO FUND

To the Public. The sisters. resident
and in charge Of st. Anthonv's hospi-
faI. desire me to express through The
Argus their unbounded gratitude for
The successful attainment through the
subscriptions of this public ia general
Of Rock Island for a larger and better
hospital
The Franciscan sisters. as body Of
women, came many years ago 70 es-
tabHsa q hospital here, and have lar
bored uncomplaininEly under many
nandicapz: they have not felt until
recently that anything should be
asked least Of all for themselves. of
the community In which they held res
fdence. But in the light Of medical
science they have been unable to pro-
vide much that is necessary. as an in
strumentaIity Of health Tor their city
They have been Eampered by lack 0f
means. enough for q beginning. per-
haps, but not sufficient for the needs
of large and growing city They
have done the best they could with g
meagre equipment. but science de-
manded greater ev0Ivemeut than they
Of themselves could provide
10 seems that the order had bat to-
make known IT'S needs and these
things are to be supplied. Words can
not express or even deeds fulfill the
gratitude / personally feel. and in
which all Of the Franciscan sisters
surrounding me feel when we ask Ghe
public Of Rock Island 10 accept our
heartfelt thanks and a God bless you"
for the privilege you each have given
as of going forward with high hopes
in our chosen line Of duty
81
thought. from the IowIy and high
places, have come 10 as 3 generous re-
sponss, each according to his full abll-
lty. The unanimity of spirit with
which all differences of method have
been laid aside in the interest cf the
welfare OF suffering humanity D u.s.
the Franciscan sisters. frausCenGs the
money value beyond computation Of
the vast sum subscribed We feel if TO
he brotherhood. a sisternood, for the
good of God s people Let us hope
only 20 be worthy Of this high trusr
To each of YOU, 50 all in the name
of the Franciscan order and Of all
Good we give our prayers we dedl-
cate our lives To as the reward THE
greater amount. is the capacity for
friendliuess with which tae huge sub
scriutjou IS endowed II shall be our
monument and yours
We are NOT unmt1dfuI that city is
hultding ST AnrHouE's hospital anew
our first little effort thin line of duty
now graduated beyond our confines.
AS soon Is Building material shall ar
rive q greater 5t AnthOnE's shall arise
May il prove very Pyramid to the
vaIor of q people 5u a time of great
and numerous demands. Again. words
cannot express our overlooking graft
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-14
JURY GIVES CITY
VERDICT IN CASE

single witness on the stand jury in the
case of Mrs Una Berseil against the
city OF Rock Island for $4,000 damages
to her property from earth slides due
TO taa opening of Thiru-eighth street.
brought in q verdict in circuit court
this morning finding the defendant not
guilty
witnesses for Mrs. BerseU testified
that her property had been dam
aged to the extent of from $4,000 70
SIS 600 when Thirty-eiEhth street was
opened up but rhe jury evidently did
nor think so. for the verdict failed to
find any sum due ]. Is Scott appeared
for the citv and kenW0rtby & Ken
worthy for Mrs. BerseIl.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-14
LOCAL RED CROSS
TO RAISE $4,000
This is Quota Allotted to Rock Island
in Vast Fund 10 BE Secured
in Country.
CAMPAIGN QUARTERS OPENED
ONCE VIII BE- Located in StorerO0m
Formerly Occupied by Grown
Restaurant In Loop.

The American Red Cross needs a
st00o9o,000 war fund and needs it
no1.
In all the great centers Of popula-
ton lid the United States bodies Of pa
triodc men and women, working un-
der the guidance Of the Red Cross war
council in washington. are straining
every nerve for the countrywide cam
paign which VIII open June IS and
close June rs.
Rock island. never a Stacker. has
as its quota the SUM Of $4,000 70
raise Ia the intensive work Of Red
Cross week, set by President Wilson
to begin next Monday.
Answering the nations urgent call
for help. coming as II does on the
heels of the Boy Scouts and the h0spi-
tai campaigns the local organization
Of the American Red Cross is working
with feverish haste in the perfecting
Of plans outlined ia the appeal sent
from Washington and an army of GO
getters" is being drilled for the firing
line.
Red Cross campaign headquarters
were opened yesterday at 1910 Second
avenue. In the building formerly Oe-
cupied by the Grown restaurant, with
r. a. Murphy, chairman of the finance
committee, in charge of the publicity
work
The raising of $500. 100000 for war
relief IS the greatest humanitarian
movement ever attempted through
purely voluntary subscriptions Every
dollar of this vast sum is needed in
the work the Red Cross has to do for
America defenders in the war that
must be won against the prussian mill
itaFy machine that is grinding the
worlds democracy under its iron heel,
Every City 80 DO Share.
Every city in the union fs expected
to raise a fund equivalent to its total
population This means that 81 for
every man woman and child in the
United States must be collected IN the
campaign OF Red Cross week In order
to raise the slO0. 900 900 war fund
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-14
PLAN FOR REPAIR
OF FAULTY ROOF
Public Expenditures Of Board AUTH
orized Bids for Improvement
at Court House.
COVERING HAS ALWAYS LEAkED
Annual Reports Of County Phy sieians
OF Rock Island and Moline
Townships Given.

Steps looking toward the repair OF
the court house roof or the iustalla-
ton OF new one were taken al the
meeting Of the board of supervisors
this morning. when the public eXpeu-
ditures committee was authorized to
consult an architect and submit plans
as we'll as bids al the September ses-
sion.
Ever since the erection Of the
county building. the roof has been
unsatisfactory. Attempts TO patch the
copper covering have failed and it
has always leaked NO topic has been
more frequently brought up for the
boards consideration than the aues-
tjon of repairing 1t and it is the 0pin-
lon Of those conFersant with the sit
uation that an entirely new root viii
have to be installed before there is
any relief.
Supervisor William Trefz brought
the matter up today ana urged that
some action be taken at once. Walls
of the building have been Te-dec0rated
and it is essential that means be
taken to stop leakage in order to pro-
tect the work which has been done.
Physicians Busy.
Annual reports Of the counv ply
sic5ans for Rock Island and Moline
were fled today That of Or A N
Mueller Of this township showed
residence calls. $50. office calls. $40.
police calls So hospital calls 750s
county Jail calls. 115s autopsies and
inauests. four major operations, 49,
ObsretrICal cases ID. deaths. 81
That Of DR.. H A. Beam, Moline
states residence calls. 298: Office calls.
81 o. uHIfga calls HF nrzrffgf ga fI1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-14
Charles r. Fergnsan.

The death of Charles R. Ferguson,
local high school history Instructor.
occurred at Morris Ill. Yesterday. Mr..
Ferguson. who was p years Old, uu-
derwent minor operation q week ago
and was apparently on the road to re-
coverv when he suffered relapse and
passed away during q sinking spell
caused By "a weak heart For the past
three semesters Mr.. Ferguson had been
Jon the high school teaching staff and
during his stay ia this city had made
many friends who are shocked to hear
of his sudden passing. He was TO have
been married next month Burial viii
be at Morris.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-14

Funeral services for Mrs. Charles
G. Whitaker. wbo passed away Tues
day evening. VIII be conducted from
the home. 1909 Second avenue. at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Rev n.
E. Chatlev 81 this Memorial Christian
church viii o#ciate Interment VIII
bee al EHiUu5auUock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-14
PORTER ARRESTED
FOR THEFT GOODS
Charles Smith IColoredJ Charged with
Stealing Merchandise Prom
Young 4 McIombs.
NABBED EARLY THIS MORNING
Suit Case Containing Ladies' and
Gents FiRery Found in Locker
Some From VI. X

Charles Smith 6c0lored} porter at
Young & NcCCmbs, VINO, the police
charge, has been systematically steal
ing merchandise from the store, was
arrested st $50 this morning by on
GERS Gruby and Smith
Smith. who claims Peoria as his
home. came to Rock Island two weeks
ago and secured work at Young g. Nc
Combs store as porter. Each evening
after the store closed he would come
back and secure entrance TO the build
Ing telling the night watchman he for
got his coat His actions aroused
suspicion and Robert kaTiowa, who Is
In charge OF the gents furnishings de
partmeut watched him IT was sup
posed that he slipped the merchandise
through window ina the alley and
then went around after it. The police
lay lu watch at the store last night,
but Smith did not return
Al $50 this morning. however. the
police received a call that Smith had
been caught with the goods, Mr.. Kar-
Iowa had locked ali the doors 10 pre-
vent his escape He was taken 20 the
station. lie will probably he given a
hearing late this afternoon.
Loot Uncovered.
In Smiths locker in the basement
was found suit case containing part
OF the loot. which included three new
suits of clothes and two new gray hats
bearing the marks of the W.. ez *. COM
pauv. a box OF ladies' silk hosiery. 2
box Of gents silk hosiery, two suits o.
silk undercIotnes and several ties
Smith would not explain how he Sc
cured the merchandise from the ", d
* store. Members of the firm believe
that Smith has taken more merehan-