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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29
POSTOFFICE HOURS
MONDAY ANNOUNCED

New Years will be observed at the
Rock Island postoffiee with the regu-
lar holiday collection of mail in the
afternoon, no deliveries by carriers,
and with the stamp. registry, money
order and general delivery windows
open from until 10 O'clock in the
morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29
GROVE LEAVES WITH
APPEAL TO CONGRESS

Armed with a petition signed by
local clergymen. Pat Grove, reformed
convict, departed last night for Wash
ington. where he will present his ap-
peal to congress that law be in
voked whereby prisoners in peniten-
tiaries be placed in the army and
sent to France for service for the
nation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29
SICK PEOPLE
Health Yours

The EIectro-Medical Labora-
tory, with Offices in the Central
Trust 2uildirg, is now open to
the public. Equipment and fur
nishings are complete for the
successful treatment of long
standing, obscure and lingering
diseases. Comfort and expert
care featured.
DR.. Kroening, the physician in
charge of the medical depart
ment of the laboratory, through
correct diagnosis and proper
treatment secures results here
lofore deemed impossible with
out the knife.
Those men and women who
are sick with chronic stomach,
intestinal and pelvic disease
will welcome the news of the
coming 10 Rock Island of DR..
Kroening, expert in the treat
ment of obscure and long-stand-
ing ailments. who will assume
full charge of the medical de-
partment of the laboratory. For
more than twenty-five years
this physician has given his
time and talents to the cure OF
diseases with medicines alone.
refusing to use the knife except
in extreme cases. The success
of this method or cure is shown
in the many living testimonials
who testify 10 the truth OF our
claims, people living in differ
ent nearby sections of Illinois
and Iowa
TO INTERESTED PARTIES
We OFFER THE HIGHEST
REFERENCES AS TO OUR
BUSINESS INTEGRITY AND
PROFESSIONAL STANDING.
NO MATTER IF OTHER DOC
TORS HAVE FAILED TO CURE
YOU. DON'T GIVE Up. THE
SUCCESS WE HAVE HAD IN
THE CURE OF DISEASE
WITHOUT THE USE OF THE
KNIFE IS OUR BEST REF
ERENCE.
If you are suffering with
stomach arrangement, intes-
final troubles or pelvic disease.
YOU are welcome to free con-
sultation with DIR. Kroening.
Catarrhal conditions, deafness
from catarrh, goitre. rupture,
piles and other rectal diseases
are successfully treated with
ont surgery. Blood and nerv-
Gus troubles. including rherma-
tism and uric acid ailments
treated and cured.
OUR MOTTO: No Big Fees
No False Promises. No Cutting
No Ineurables Treated. Nc
Testimonials Published.
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eenth street. Take elevator.
Hours: 10 to II. 3 to 4 anf
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ELECTRO-MEDICAL
LABORATORY.
ROCK ISLAND. ILL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29
Had Won the Right.

A mother Of my acquaintance sug-
gested to her 5-year-old daughter that
she pray for baby sister or brother
Time passed and the 5-year-old was
rewarded for her prayers, and when
the question Of name arose, the lit
tie miss demanded the right to name
the baby. saying: "T'll name that
baby: l did the praying"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29
EXTREME COLLIN CANAnA.

Toronto, Ont, Dec. 29-Tempera-
lures of 4S below zero at White River,
Ont, and 80 below at Winnipeg and
Cobalt, were reported today in a spell
of unusually severe weather preya-
lent throughout Canada from the
Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29
FEWER CHILDREN NEGLECTED.

LOndon--The number OF cases OF
neglect Of children has shown a re-
markable decrease in England SINCE
the beginning of the war. In 1913 the
number of cases officially recorded
vas $4,000 Each year since there has
been a decrease, until last year the
number was les than $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29
BAR SUNDAY FUNERALS.

Chicago, Dec. 2s.-Sunday funerals
have been banned in Chicago as re-
suit of the war, the Chicago Under
takers association today announced.
because of the scarcity of drivers. ex-
cept in cases of contagious diseases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29

The recent death of Oscar Lew
isnhn, wealthy breeder of horses
who Won the yes" of Edna May by
buying Il $1,000 bulldog for the act
ress at Il Philadelphia dog show in
1905, has started discussion in stage
circles as to whether the widow can
resist The lure Of the stage. His will
LETT $4,000 to the former actress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29
GROUND GLASS is
ALSO Discovered
IN CAN TOMATOES
Pr icles OF Hard Substance Detected
ia Vegetables as Wen as Rice
at Camp Dodge.
WILL RECALL ALL OF THE GOODS
I, Believed Part 81 a German Plot to
kill American Soldiers at the
lant0nmeRt.

Camp Dodge, Iowa, Dec % Ground
glass has been found in canned toma-
toes at Camp Dodge
This was announced by division
staff officers. with the statement that
an goods Of this particular brand
would ba recalled Immediately to pre-
vent q possibility OF its being served
fO tur soldiers.
The cans iu which the glass was
found were labeled as sent out by a
firm an Branson. Mo, and called the
AIR Line Brand
The finding of the glass follows q
warning from the central department
20 Br'gaaiar General r. NJ. Getty, act
ru division commander, several days
ago n which it was announced Off
rhIs of the district attorneys office
Iu chicago had discovered ground
glass DO considerable quantities in Ger
tain brands of canned tomatoes and
homiUg
The placing of the glass in the food
sfufs IS believed 90 be part of d Ger
man plot TO Kill American soldiers and
civilians
Ground glass was also recently
found in rice and hominy
Men jn civil life eligible for military
service under the selectiye service law
are not be only ones who will have to
nh out the QUestionnaires now In the
hands %. several hundred prospective
soldiers I'm Des Moines.
In q bulletin issued at the head
quarters az Camp Dodge Brgadier
General Getty. acting division COM
mander tus'ructs ali men in his com
mand who have not been indicted into
military service under the selectiye
law 10 di1 out a questionable, which
with be mailed to them by their respec-
tive local boards
This means that all officers at Camp
Dodge who are of draft age viii be
required 400 answer the questions and
also the enlisted men who have voiuu-
teered for service since the draft Law
became effective
Camp Dodge grows more war-likt
every day Soldiers are wearing the
regulation steel helmets just received
at camp
The helmets are painted a gray
shade and spriukled with sand anC
small gravel just ike the sides of tbs
small town railroad station used to BE-
in hyg0na days when the boys all car
riel b.g jack knives Their resem
bIance 100 The ground makes them grea'
stuff for aiding and abettng efforts to
ward gam0utage in the trenches.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29

The eccentric Eva Tanguay isn't
saying wnen or whether she'll dive
into matrimony again. She does saw
she's happy as can be" even though
she has divorced the Ford-Jo ohm,
dancer-she married for a joke. The
Joke took place in Ann Arbor in
1913 and the divorce was granted
recently in Chicago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

David finally ordered them given a re-
spectacle burial and Rizpah's cease
Tess vigil was ended. Some of the
crosses the women of today see their
Nance said, child labor, Sabbath desc
Grafton, the social evil, sweat shops
cigaret smoking, and the drink habit.
nov how unfair to the boy to let him &C
five large business firms in Chicago,
including Sears. Roebuck & Co. and
montgomery Ward & Co.. will not en-
telegraphed the discharge of every
cigaret smoking employe. The United
States of America has the unenvia BILE
distinction above every other nation,
of employing child labor. One baby of
with it's fingers bleeding from pulling
basting threads. This, more than any
thing else in the east, has driven wom-
en- to seek the ballot. Mrs. LaMance at
firmed.
The Sunday evening address was
given at the Plymouth Congregational
church, Rev. Mr.. Ford introducing the
Fiends and Sayng THEY had on1
fought, bled and died together. he
himself having once been hung in
effigy.
The Bible story given there was
the latter was given. foretelling de-
struction coming to his people, and
causing bitterness in his heart toward
the enemies. It's no child's play or
pink tea affair to drive the liquor traf-
f1c from the land" said the speaker,
but that's what we're going to do"
what 1t costs in dollars is not the
worst. The money used for liquor, IL
put into hard-surfaced roads, would
build 100 auto trails from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, giving North Dakota
twenty-one of them.
The white slavers are the coldest-
blooded criminals. She told of how her
local w. c. T. U. tried to save seven
little girls of ten years of age, but
failed. Edward Sims, employed by the
government at Chicago to ferret out
white slavery victims, found 267 girls
of 10 years and near that age In 1913
Mrs. LaMance visited the Bismarck
penitentiary, with its 149 convicts. the
smallest number of any such institu-
ton in the nation. Her state had near
" 1000. They are obliged to parole
many, for there is no sufficient fail
room in the state for them. The boot
leggers are most numerous in license
states. One city in her state, she said,
has fifty saloons and fifty-five real
blind pigs with teeth. Our cause Is
bound to win because God is on our
side," declared Mrs. LaMance in clos
ing. ,.....rE.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

states, one of which was North Dako-
ia. Gains since have been slow, she
said, until very recently, but we now
have twenty-five such states.
Other facts brought out by Mrs. La
Nance were that commencing with
West Virginia. the w. G. T. u. formu-
lated a plan of going over every inch
of campaign territory. Those nation
alities which take most readily to the
prohibition idea are the Scandinavian
English, Scotch. Irish and over half OF
minority in West Virginia. In the
southern part of that state. the black
belt, the men OF the Anti-Saloon
league dared not go. The VIC r. u,
sent four women, two to distribute 1T
erature, one colored White Ribboner
city, the mayor himself, who was in
league with vice, was so concerned for
the safety of the speaker that he had
three guards stand on the platform
with her while she delivered her
speech The final result was crafty
ing-over $4,000 majority for state
wide prohibition. Mrs. LaMance said
she not only wanted the nation to be
bone dry. but powder dry. Her city
manufactures immense quantities of
powder, and many terrible accidents
occur. A workman failed to wipe his
perspiring brow, one drop fell in the
mixture he was stirring, and immedi-
ately there was a terrific explosion
At the Norwegian Baptist church
the story OF Rizpah watching her
dead on the seven crosses from March
till October, King David. on account OF
policy. having ordered them to be
crucihed, 9 most disgracefu1 death at
that time, was related. The ignominy
fell On subsequent generations. though
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02
Dr.. Elite McCollun1 Jones, of lowa,
To Visit Twenty-seOen North Dakota
Towns During the Month/of April
ALL LINEN TABLE DAMAsK

Wednesday, April 1S-LaMoure.
Thursday, April 19-Edgeley.
Friday April 20-Ellendale.
Saturday, April 21--Jamestown.
Sunday, April 22-Bismarck' where
she will fill one of the pulpits.
Monday April 23-Bismarck, two
meetings having been arranged for
this date.
Tuesday April 24-Mandan.
Wednesday, April 25-McKenzie.
Thursday, April 26-Steele.
Friday, April 27-Tower City.
Saturday, April 28-Casselton.
Sunday, April 29-Fargo, where DR..
Jones will meet with the state eEecu-
tive board members resident in this
city, and with the members of the To-
cal Votes For Women league.
An especial effort has been made to
arrange for DIR. Jones visiting as many
of the smaller towns of the stare as
possible, most of the previous cam
pafgns having been conducted among
the larger communities.
Miss Aldyth Ward, of Bismarck, one
of the executive board members, who
while in this city was guest at the
advance agent for DIR. Jones, and left
this morning for Hillsboro, TO arrange
for her address there tomorrow.
Following her address at the Grand
theatre Sunday evening, DR.. Jones was
honor guest at an informal but very
delightful gathering of about a dozen
friends at the home of Mrs. r. E. Wei
BILE, on Eighth street south.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02
Executive Meeting
Concluded At Noon
Saturday at Waldorf

Routine business matters, including
various reports, having been disposed
Of at noon Saturday by the executive
board of the state suffrage association.
an afternoon business session at the
Waldorf was found to be unnecessary.
The members took luncheon together
at the Waldorf, as on the previous day.
and in the afternoon together with
several other guests enjoyed an in
formal coffee at which Mrs. r. E.
Weible was hostess, at her home on
Eighth street south. Philip Erwin
Poppler the four months old son of
Mrs. J. A. Poppler, now of Grand
Forks, was the center of attraction at
this pleasant social affair." and has the
distinction of being the only infant
whose mother is a member of the
present executive board. Mrs. Popp-
Ter and son, who are guests at the
Weible home, will be here for anoth-
err week.
Mrs. Emma Murray, of Hebron,
chairman of the Third Congressional
district, is still in the city, and is the
guest of Mrs. Robert Clendening,
state suffrage president.
AS concluding feature of the board
meeting Saturday, Mrs. Charles Rath-
mann of jamestown, was named as
chairman of the program committee
for the next state meeting at Bis
marck in September, and as accept
ance of that responsibility necessitat-
ed her resignation as chairman of the
Second congressional district, the lat
ter position is left open, but will soon
be filed by the executive board.
Machine hemstitchng and picoting,
pIeating and buttons. Mrs. Kennedy,
Kennedy hotel, Front St. Phone 1871.
-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02
Local Critics Speak
Highly of Isle of
Chance Musical Comedy

The Isle Of Chance. the musical com
edy to be given by the junior class of
Fargo college, is an event Of Tuesday
evening of this week at the college
gymnasium in which there Is much In
terest. Several local music and dra-
matte critics, who have seen the recent
rehearsals, proclaim the play to be one
OF the best productions put on by local
talent. and prophesy that 1t will make
a bigger hit than the production of A
Day on the Ranch, which was put on
Dy the college two years ago..
One of the big features OF the play
Will be the dancing, for which eIabor-
ate costumes have been secured The
chorus of follies, the chorus of shad-
ows. and the rescued sailors each APP
pear In these. Miss Marjorie Cook, dI-
rector OF physical education at the COL
lege. is coaching the dances and lis se-
curing exceptionally good results. Miss
Cook deserves much credit for her
work
Another big feature of the play is
the solo work Of the principals. backed
up Dy Chorus of thirty-five members
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

DR.. Fife McCollum Jones, of Mount
Pleasant, La who addressed very
large and much interested gathering
at the Grand theatre Sunday evening,
on the subject of suffrage, left this
morning for Wahpeton, where ban
quet and large public meeting have
been arranged for this evening. DR..
Jones will spend the month of April In
North Dakota, speaking in the inter
ests of suffrage, and her itinerary, as
arranged by the executive board of the
state suffrage association, in session
here last Friday and Saturday, Will
take her in a large circle, extending as
far west as Williston. Her itinerary,
following the Wahpeton meeting this
evening, reads as follows:
Tuesday, April 3-Hillsboro.
Wednesday, April 4-Grafton.
Thursday April 5-Cavalier.
Friday, April 6-Grand Forks.
Saturday, April 7--Lakota.
Easter Sunday, April S-Devtls Lake,
where she will preach, DR.. Jones being
an ordained minister of the Gospel as
well as suffrage lecturer.
Monday, April 9-Min0t.
TUESDAY, April 10--Williston.
Wednesday, April 11-Stanler.
Thursday, April 12-Anamoose.
Friday, April 13-Anamoose.s
Saturday, April 14-Enderlin.
Sunday, April 15-Hankinson, where
she will preach.
Monday, April 16-Lidgerwood.
Tuesday, April 17-Oakes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

called three weeks ago by the sudden
and critical illness OF her daughter,
Miss Myrtle Staten, a teacher in the
high school there. Elmer Staten, VINO
accompanied his mother to Mitchell.
returned home several days ago. MIS-
Hanson brought Miss Staten home with
her, the patient having recovered suiii-
GENTLY to be moved on stretcher. MISS
Staten is suffering. from Brights dis
ease, and while improving steadily
now. is still unable to see any OF her
friends.
The womens Missionary society of
the First Baptist church will meet
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the
home Of Mrs. ]. T. Lockhart. 1l16
Eighth street south.
is Watson and daughter, Mrs. John
Pollock, of this city. arrived home Sat
urday evening from a sojourn Of sew
eral weeks at Palm Beach, Fla.
George stickney. a student at the
Chicago Theological seminary, is
spending the spring vacation in this
city with his parents, Rev and Mrs; E.
Mrs. Roy Pierce and son, of Minot,
who were in this city several days the
latter part Of last week, and who spent
w. J. Brust. 407 Fourteenth street
south, left Sunday for home, accom-
panied by Mr.. Pierce, whom they came
here to meet. Mr.. Pierce had been alb
sent from Minot on a months business
trip.
Mrs. o. o. Churchill, Thirteenth
street north, will be hostess Wednes-
day afternoon to the members of the
North Side Priscilla club. at their reg
ular meeting.
The ladies of an informal bridge
club will be entertained Wednesday
Chapman, of the Pioneer Life building.
The club meets every two weeks.
The Daughters of Isabella will meet
on Tuesday instead OF Wednesday eve
ming this week, at the Cathedral club
rooms at o'clock.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02
THE COMEBACK"

The "Come-back'' man was really
never down-and-out. His weakened
condition because of oVer-work, lack
of exercise, improper eating and living,
demands stimulation to satisfy the cry
for a health-giving appetite and the
refreshing sleep essential to strength.
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02
Three Fine Addresses Giuen By
Mrs. LaMance in Fargo Sunday

Mrs. Lora s. LaMance. of Joplin, Mo-,
organizer for the national w. c. T. L.,
who spoke three times in this city
Sunday, preceded each talk with
charmingly told Bible stories. At the
Christian church. in the morning, the
men. nephews of Moses, who. because
OF drunkenness and subsequent care
less handling of the ark, were stricken
dead and buried in their priestly
clothes. Mrs. LaMance said that she
had no text, but IL she had she would
have chosen this: He that goeth forth
and weepeth, bearing precious seed.
doubtless shall return rejoicing. bring
en- years ago a saloon could be estab-
lished anywhere in the. United States,
she cited, saying that it took over nifty
fears to obtain three prohibition
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

Fern Monson. in the part of the Cap
tain of the Good Ship Ease. and Bliss
Pitcher: playing the part Of King
fessionals. and Milton sweningsen, in
the part of Lord Whats-the-Use, "a
bally Englishman," is scheduled to
produce many a laugh
Mrs. Stevens has been coaching the
music and Mrs. G. l. Hubbell and Miss
Cook are coaching the dancing and ex-
preston. The cast is as follows:
Greed. King of the Isle of Chance :.
Captain Of Good Ship Ease e''s .s. tc
...:.............. Fern Monson
First Folly ..'..'s..... Guen Guthrie
Second ROXY '..''''....... Irene Eide
Thtrd FolIy '''..... Marjorie Cook
Despair (Hls shadowl :. Andrew Love
Survivors of ship, Lord What's-the-
Use :..:....... Milton Sweningsen
Lady Frivolous ..... Martha Dittmer
Simpellita :........... Ruth Baker
Sailors-Who Cares Hewison Pollock
Few-Cares ........... Charles. Brown
cSar9s FoiIiesXnna Prf For cSeest
Dorothy Forsberg, Ella Bohnsack.
Freida Bohnsack, Ruth Philo, Ethel
Fisher, Winogene EvSmith. Dorothy
sharp, Elizabeth st. Ores, Grace Loo
mis-. Helen Simons, Harriet Freeman,
Spirits of spring-Helen Turner,
Dorothy Bascom, Florence Phillips,
Grace Lunding, Ruth Baker, Della
Roethke.
Chorus of shadows-Charlotte weis-
err, Gretchen Weiser, Clara Hall. Mar
jorie Cook, Helen Turner, Gertrude
Stewart.
Coaches-Mrs. Stephens, Mrs. Hub
bell, Miss Cook.
.Hemstitchinq, picotinu, pinkipo. and
pIeatina. Mrs. A. Anderson 60II Broad
way. Phone S67-W.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

The regular meeting Of Gethsemane
to the second Tuesday in April
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

Mrs. Roy /. Godfrey. of Ortonville,
Mimi, is in Moorhead for a short visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Calkins,
of 1928 Fourth avenue south.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

The Epworth league of the First
Methodist church will be in charge OF
a sunrise prayer meeting to be held
Easter morning at $3.50 o'clock at that
church. The young peoples societies
of all the other churches OF the city
have been invited to join in this serv-
ice The latter will take the place of
the regular evening league meeting at
the First Methodist church.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

Mrs. Lora S. LaMance, OF Joplin, Mo-,
the national w. G. 4. u. organizer, who
spoke in this city several times Sun
day. was guest at the home OF Mrs.
here, and Sunday took lunch at the
Y. w. c. A., as the guest OF her cousin,
Miss Santley, who rooms there. Mrs.
Jamestown, who she expects to see en-
route to Montana, for which state she
left Fargo this morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

The Woman's union of the First
Congregational church will meet Tues
day afternoon at o'clock at the home
of Mrs. e. N. Corson, SIS Sixth street
sistant hostess. This will be the meet
ing for the Easter offering for home
missions. An appropriate program Will
be given, led by Mrs. w. z. Bachman.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

street north, returned home Saturday
from Mitchell, s. -. where she was
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02

Rev. Frank s. HoIlett, pastor OF the
Broadway Methodist church, oh1cIated
Saturday evening at Ghes marriage OF
Miss Ella E. Erickson, OF Detroit,
Mimi, and James c. Kline, from Indi-
ana The couple were attended by
Mrs. Hamil, OF Cakes, N. D., and the
Iatters brother, Clifford Mitchell, who
is teacher at Detroit Mr.. and Mrs.
Kline left this city Saturday night for
their future home, in Indiana. The
bridal party enjoyed a wedding supper
ct Prizes following the ceremony.