Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-29
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| AN old subscriber sends a news
paper from Calgary announcing that
Mrs. ]. W. Gale has been elected to /
membership in the city council there /
aud adds that her success proved I
severe blow to the old-time politicians /
who had been averse to the female
sex taking a hand in municipal OFF, !
Icialdom. Mrs. Gale, who is said to
have stormed the opposition, is the |
first woman 10 be chosen alderman |
in the Dominion of Canada.
/ A PASSENGER conductor employed
on the Rock Island road dropped into
q local business establishment yester-
day. 1t was the first time the pro-
prietor had seen him in manths. The
proprietor extended his hand Not
on your life" said the con, placing
his hand to the peak of his hat in
. salute Hereafter regard me as an
officer of the United States govern
, ment and greet me accordingly.
THE uuartermaster general told
, the senate military affairs committee
at Washington that q plot to grab
S400, 000 through the sale of scraps
from his department had been nfpped
in the bud. This will afford more
material for the Republican leaders
ito chew over in the forthcoming CAM
. ipaigns," observes /. L.
| FRED Warming, treasurer Of St.
= Clair county, ILL.,, is reported 10 be
= $4,000 short in his accounts. If you
think hard you might be able to worm
q a whimper out Of this.
q THE old fur cap was pulled from
i its hiding place today. 1t may not
q have looked as nifty or have sat as
= comfortably on your pate as when you
n first sprung it years ago, but it felt
q good just the same.
/ YOU probably encountered him this
r. morning on your way to work-the
!, old friend who never fails TO ask when
the temperature goes below zero,
We'll, is it cold enough for your
h PRESIDENT Wilson was 81 yester-
re day. And moving along with the sure
of step and pep of one half his years.
If EVIDENTLY there are in Rock Is
N land heads of business houses who
N have a notion that they are not in
i'd cluded in the lightless nights orders
L. of the Illinois fuel administration
They may be given rude jolt one Of
! these days.
= LACK of ships is given in expla
20 nation Of a scarcity Of bananas il
II the local markets. with the usual rist
~ in the price thereof. Ignatz remark.
ra that he understood the shortage wa:
ne caused by the freezing over Of th'
r. South American waters.
an LOTHA Rhine won the gold media
al in the spelling contest held in con
90 nection with the teachers state con
nd vention at Springfield. ANY remarks
NJ AFTER a time, if Engineer MeAdor
Ia gets the railroads running at tol
,is speed and earning dividends for al
is the stockholders, people POSSESSING
or shares in some of the lines that hav
O. been hanging on by their teeth for
n number of years won't be ashamed 1
er admit that they are owners of sue
il securities.
nd GERMAN bombs and shells hav
,ra brought death 10 three American sol
os diers in France. One of the boy
he dropped on Christmas eve. To
Il sure, the pacifst will argue that
m our men had not been on the othe
hv side they would not have been slain
NV No. But they might have been kille
art on this side, for If we had not gon
,os over the Hun would have come acrOs
ace after us. That was the program, an
are don't you forget it.
to
ie ALBERT A. Charles, head Of
ad1 steel company at kokomo. Ind, az
~ mits that he was swindled out
ar $100,000 by band of Chicago slicl
M ers. Other men with as much mOne
ard as Charles claims to possess woul
ind refuse TO confess that they were s
NOT easily separated from their gold T
the would have displayed greater wisdo
san if he had credited sthe loss to exp
hat rience and borne his grievance
ifo silence.
an
en- CHARLES {, Healey, former chi
cd Of police of Chicago, was on the wi
the ness stand an entire day denyi1
the the charges that he was d graft
mi while in Office 1t might be remark'
, in In passing that men who becon
,rtv heads Of police departments in IarI
inp cities such as Chicago, and where CO
If ditions are as loose as they are cor
monty believed to be In the metropol
hugging Lake Michigan, don't have
be grafters, They accumulate veal
.out in spite Of themselves.
oag DO you suppose the action of Il
eeo federal officials in cleaning UP Ii
VI zone around the arsenal of places
one que ill-repute will prevent one who
" fond of the sport from having di
ger in the Mississippi? ANXIOUS.
'"H IF your train is late you don't ha
to enter your complaint with me
ticket agent. Just call Mr.. Mead
over the long distance telephone. ]
49, will be glad to hear from you-nt
Inc If Mr.. McAdoo were obliged to adm
Jay at his new Office all of the kicks th
lose are received by one railroad in
the day he would readily agree that W
Will is not the only business to be col