Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-29


TWO New York girls claim they
saw pair or torpedoes shot from
submarine while they we're standing
/ on the upper deck of an American
/ liner nearing England. They describe
their experience as thrilling as they
/ followed the course of the Dig bull
lets through the water. both missing
+ their ship You can we'll imagine
girl standing and watching a torpedo
/ travelling in her direction and then
waiting TO get peep al another one.
! We're willing to admit that the dears
may have seen one torpedo. but not
TWO. BY the time the second was fred
! they had their heads buried some
/ where on the boat or they wouldn't be
girls.
I RUSSIA is finding her poise again. SO
( Petrograd dispatches say and in
/ Germany the kaiser is losing his
! tpoya."
/ ART Brisbane. the Charley Chaplin
Of journalism speaking in terms Of
/ dollars and cents-has now got pa
/ per of his own and he won't have to
/ write his editorials while riding to
work IN the morning. He can wait
until b e reaches the Office before turn !
ing his contentious thoughts loose on
! his pewrIter-meauing the machine.
of course Brisbane has for 20 years
been the biggest asset on the Hearst
payroll. He probably has been the
widest read editor OF the generation. I
/ His stuff has the kick In it that ap-
peals to the American reader. and
thousands of The purchasers of the
/ Hearst papers were held through the
charm Of the Brisbane illusions, some
good and some better. but all master
fully constructed Brisbane is now
the owner Of g. Washington newspaper. !
II is not unlikely that f. is his ambf- /
ton to become the Nortbcliffe Of
America. The latter is now in this
country from bis London home, where
he conducts several powerful news /
papers which ne employed with sig
nal effect in whipping his government
into a proper handling of the war in
the earlier stages of the conflict. +
N0rthcGGe is credited with having
brought about the election of Lloyd /
George to the premiership Of Great I
Britain. Brisbane has reached q f
place where ne is in position to WELD I
q great influence for either good OF 4
evil Mir. Brisbane takes over the .
Times. which for Is years has been i
published by Frank A. Muusey, the
magazine magnate
IGNATZ has just called over the
telephone TO remind us that Governor
Edge Of New Jersey has lost his ad +
3utant-EeneTaI, Charles " Barber, /
vino has been elected brigadiar-gen- /
eral OF the national guard Of that F.
state. Il IS said that Barber had q +
close shave ia the contest for the
Office.
jars the government advises But
you cant digest time next winter. 1t
seems that the better thing to do
would be 10 put cherries and tomatoes
and go0sebeTries and other fruits into
the cans aud jars. wouldn't You think2
WHAT'LL become of the sca0oners
in case Uncle sam puts the kibosb On+
the beer business2 This question was
put to MS yesterday Well, why
wouldn't il be a capital idea 20 con-
vert them into submarine chasers2 Il
a German saw g schooner with @ col
lar of foam around the top, instead Of
trying 20 destroy it, st would be just
like him to run up the dry flag and
surrender
REALLY the couples that go
through life with the least friction are
those who travel double Ia their shop
ping tours For instance when friend
wife sees pair Of shoes or a hat that
she likes and asks hubby approval,
In order to get the agony over with,
he compliments her on her taste and
tells her TO buy, not even b0thering
himself with the price marks. He may
vince when he receives the bill. but
he can't protest If be does WHEY
will simply urge him to jog his mem ,
CRY. But when hubby goes on buy {
ing trip-Well now what does a woman
know about 81 mans clothing anyway /
unless If be the location Of the pocket
where he carries his loose changer {
ROCKFORD social. circles are excit- ]
ed over the affairs that are in store j
with the establishment Of the Illinois {
army cantOnment near that city Our
nsighbors In the Sex city might bet
ter attend strictly TO their knitting
and not permit themselves to become {
possessed with the notion that our {
young men are going 20 that neigh {
borhO0d for a season Of frivolity, Per Z
haps the folks of Rockford don't know Z
that getting ready to fight is serious ]
business. If they haven't been made {
aware of that fact it is more than {
probable that they will be after the f
soldiers get set for action in the camp /
there. Diversion will be provided for =
the soldiers who are under training, t
but it viii not be the kind that mod
ern society viii dictate A boy who
has been fox trOttjng the greater part t
Of the night is not in very good shape {
to go through the PAGES of army tao q
tics the day following v
TRUE. there Is prospect of q re- +
iuCtI0n in the price of coal bur we h
continue to get 1t where Alice wore O
her beads just the same Now the b
BARRIERS are To charge us a nickel ex- !
ira for a neck shave +
THE committee OF the American T
Press Humorists' association must
have shaken Rockefeller loose from
he price of the nine pounds Of raw O
meat the committee was instructed to f
iced 40 the Tammauy tiger while in F
.erylewIug him on the proposition TO Il