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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-12
ROCK ISLAND BOYS
RETURN FROM TRIP

One hundred and FIVE Rock Island
boys, members of the United Sunday
Schools band. returned at noon today
from their annual hike The trip,
which consumed 10 days. was made
in wagons. The itinerary this year
included Port Byron. the Neredosia.
Erie. Prophetstown, Rock Falls. Sterl-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-12
SELLING
DELINQUENT ESTATE

County Treasurer F J. CIendentn's
Office at the court house Is crowded to
the limit these days Yesterday he
started the sale OF property On which
taxes had not been paid, which always
attracts large number OF buyers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-12

ing Dixon. Grand Detour. Governor
Lowden's farm at Oregon. tbs dorado
Taft indian statue. Byron SdlIman
valley Rockford. tbs Pine forest IN
0gfa county. which is being advocated
for q state park. and other places Of
interest The taanJ this year was a
big success John FL Haaberg was in
charge Of the boys. The party left
June 9
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-12
RETAILERS OPEN NETT.

Chicago. June 12--Ihe annual con.
ven+iou Of the retail merchants. asso-
cation of Illinois opened here today
for a three days session
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-12
WAGE BOOST FOR
CLERKS PLANNED
Courthouse Employees Claim 10 Have
Been Hit by high Cost Of Living
And Are Seeking Relief.
TRIP TO NFIRNARY DROPPED
Animal Journey 10 County Farm Not
10 BE Taken Until September Be-
cause Of Rush Of Work

Among others hit by the high cost
OF living are court house employees.
Report Of the fees and salaries COM
mirtea adopted at the meeting Of the
board Of supervisors this morning
stated that salaries of clerks en-
plove5 at the county building were in
adequate and urged that the matter be
referred 10 the committee named. to
investigate and report at this session.
Request of the village of Colona for
permission to place electric trans
mission wires along the public high
way from Carbon Cliff to Rock river,
was discussed at length George
adams Of this city, representing the
village. explained that the line when
completed would be inspected by the
state public utilities commission. SUI
perwsor NJ 0. Grisw0ld lead the fight
against granting the rights asked: The
matter was finally referred to the jul
dietary committee TO report st this
meeting if possible.
Matter Of crawling the approach to
the COlona bridge was considered
when members of the roads and
bridges committee were unable To
agree and refused TO make a recon
mondaHoD. Wallace Treichler. county
highway superintendent tn urging
that the gravel be applied TO the road.
said approximately l-4T6 cubic yards
~ material viii he needed Supervisor
r. Fl. Young, Port Byron, moved that
the matter be referred bacE 30 the
roads and bridges committee To report
a. the September meeting as an
amendment 20 Supervisor Roy S.
Dailev's motion that the ROAD. he srav-
eIed. The amendment carried
Fen. TIL nFF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-12
100000 lNLOAN
ALREADY PLACED
But People of Rock Island Must Act
Quickly TO Take Up Remaining
100000 BY Friday.
WOMEN PROVE coon WORKERS
Members Of Woman's Club Making
H0Rse to House Canvass
Splendid Results Obtained.

It was announced today that Rock
Island had subscribed for approx
jmaLely $500 900 worth of the $1,000
600 in Liberty bonds allotted I'd this
city.
The above statement shows that
the campaign instituted on Saturday
by Captain W. "A. B0senhel1 lis bring
ing gratifying results Members OF
the Woman.s club are responsible for
the showing to q great degree. as q
number of them under the direction
of Mrs. O. Il. sharpe is making
house to house and Office t0 Office can
vass in the interest Of the loan. The
$500 600 already subscribed of course
includes the S250000 reQuisitjou Of
the Modern Wooduen of America.
Local ma1ufa cruTers have followed
the lead OF the Standard Table Oil
Cloth company and devised plans
whereby their employees can purchase
bonds on the instalImerC plan. Cap
tain R0sentield stated today that his
workers would be unable 10 reach
everyone because of the limited time
and In this connection he appealed
to the pride Of the local citizens 20
have Rock Island go through with
flying coIoT5 and subscribe its full
quota.
People Must Hurry.
In spite of the good showing made
thus far this IS not the time rc slow
up Iu fact the committee must re
double its efforts to reach the desired
goal More than S200G090 must be
subscribed before Friday when the
government requires that the reqUisL-
G0ns be in This means that bonds
must be sold at the rate Of $50 600 a
day from now until Friday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-12
THREE NEW TEACHERS
FOR SUMMER SCHOOLS

So heavy was the enrolment at the
opening Of the summer schools yes
lerdav, that this morning three addi-
t40naI teachers were installed, one at
the Lincoln and two at the Irving
building The schools viii continue
in session mornings until July 20
Appended is the enrolment in the
60. Ill q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-12
CHICAGO'S COUNCIL
HITS WAR CRITICS

Chicago. June 12.-The city council
adopted an address last night declaring
against criticism Of the righteousness
of the declaration OF a state of war by
the United States and calling upon all
citizens to espouse the cause OF our
common country by word and deed. :"
Eight members Of the council voted
against the address. so voting for it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-12

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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-24
SAlvInc OF WRECKED ALASKA
 STEAMSHIPS COMMENCED

Survivors of the sunkcn steamship report that the sinking of the palatiaI steamer was accompanied by q display of cool nerve and hcroism by one of the male passengers which did much to allay the first inclination to panic when the vessel crashed upon the rocks The passenger in question was young man from Anchorage who played the piano while the water poured into the vessels hold and gradually dragged her down beneath the surface. Air after air sounded under the impulse of his nimble fingers and the life beted pas sengers gathered around and listened until some one commenced to sing. They all joined in and quiet and con- fidence was soon restored.
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MARGARiTA FISHER TONIGHT.
 THEDA BARA SUNDAY

Beautiful Margarita Fisher. as Sa- manthy in The Lonesome Herd" will be shown at the Dream theater tonight. A late Pathe Weekly of unusual in . terest will also be on the bill. On Sunday night William Fox presents East Lynne" dramatized from the famous novel by Mrs. Henry Wood and in which Theda Bara plays the part Of the heroine Lady Isabel. East Lynne affords Miss Bara wide lati- tude to display the marvellous talent possessed by her, in this great emotion al drama. The first show will start promptly at GRO.
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By Associated Press.

SEATTLE Nov 2l James A pugn rcputed to he q wealthy f2rmrr of Au- burn. Washington. n"d his twenty five year old son. John r.: rW'n pdeh. have been convicted on charges of con- spring to violate tho .;a',c i've service Law after q hard foI ght trial in '&c local courts
 I'll" two mor Wcrs hrcStcI some weeks ago by agents of the Federal government after an investigation which revealed undenablc evidences that the father and son were in d con spiracy to prevent the farmers son being drafted into the National army.
 The government case rested on the allegation that when the son was drafted recently the two made false affidavits intended to provide exemp- ton of the young man under the pre- tense that the father was dependant
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THE WAR TAX OF 1917 TITLE |. WAR INCOME TAX

Tho following statement relative to tlIc new Income tax law is a dig,s of the enactment prepared by AIr. A. E.
 Miller, chief deputy in the C. <. Mar shaI's office, from the only copy of the law in the district that in the possess sion of the Marshal. The article re- fcrs only to the taxes imposed by the new enactment on individuals and does not include any of the provisions of the law relating to corporations or. CO., partnerships. The appended notes are Mir. Miller's own and are cxpl!na- tory of the text. As indicated by re- cent telcgrams. persons whose incomes subject them to the provisions of the
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ITALIANS REGAIN LOST GROUND NEAR PAVE
GERMANS DESPERATELY RESSTU 5. DESTR0YERS SINK
 ADVANCE ON CAMBRIA THEIR SUBMARINE

ing is going on around Fontaine Notre Dame Wood, three miles west of the city, where large numbers of German troops are striving desperately to pre- vent the British gaining a foothold in the only cover along that section of the Cambrai front
 Strenuous fighting is also progressing in the Bourbon Wood, which, like the Fontainc Wood, is scarcely three miles away from the outskirts of the city.
 In the Ramilly section, south of Cam brai, the Teutons are defending their last line of trenches with desperate heroism and have so far prevented further British progress in that direc-
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RUSS EMBASSY DOES NOT
 RECOGNIZE B0LSnEVlkI

eign Office and will not carry out any of the orders of that office or transmit to it foreign communications.
 The Russian representative told Secretary Lansing that three of his chief officers have resigned their posi- tions rather than to have any relations with the Bolsheviki faction which the Ambassador says, are In no sense rep resentative of the true or Russian pco- pie.
 Bakhmetieff declares that the Max milists are really the survivors of tn
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ton.
 Elsewhere along the line North and South of the city, the British are mak- ing constant gains of territory and are slowly tightening the ring of steel which threatens to cut Cambrai from the rest of the German line
 Tremendous artillery actions are in progress along the wings of the ad- of guns. The ceascless counters of the Germans are having no effect in re- ducing the weight of the British move heavy losses
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Spokane koi Dangerously Situated

VICTORIA. E. C., Nov. 24-- The Brit lsh Columbia Salvage Company has notified the Pacific Steamship Company that the steamer Spokane. which went ashore at Idol Point. along the British Columbia coast. that the steamer is not in a dangerous position and can probably be fioated within a period of two or three days.
 The work of floating the stranded steamer has been entrusted to the Van couver Dredging Company which has sent large quantity of wrccking "car to the wreck
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By Associated Press.

OAKLAND. Cal. Nov. 2I.--After q long period of litigation over the own ership of a number of valuable pieces of mining property situated in the Cape Nome mining district. the claim of Mrs Ella Helm to one half interest in the ophir creek holdings of Jerry Wilson, q prominent Nome mining man, has been confirmed by the Supreme Court California
 The claims were located by Wilson in the days of the great gold rush to the Nome district and are said to em- brace properties worth several million dollars. Mrs. Helm estimates her half
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ts due to one of tbo newly developed "Dcpth Bombs" used hy the Americans and which have aIrcady proved their destructive efficiency by destroying a submerged submarine.
 The admirars statement says the depth bomb dropped hy the destroyer damaged the submarine to such an OK tent that it came to the surface for a short time. The American vessel m- mcdlatcly opened fire on the submcrsf-
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By Associated Press.

LONDON, Nov. 24.--Reinforced b> other sectors of the Western front, the Germans are desperately resisting the British advance on Cambr;u
 According to the reports from Brit ish headquarters today, the Germans troops and are battling with the ut most desperation to prevent the arms Cambrai and compelling them to eva cuate the northern end of the Hinden berg line.
 The dispatches say that terrific fight
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-24
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2l- Accord ing to official dispatches reaching the Navy Department from the commander of the American torpedo squadron in European waters, vessels of the Amer ican war fleet have destroyed another of the German diving boats which was operating in the commerce lanes
 Admiral Sims has cabled the depart
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Individual Normal Income Tax Rate

Individual Normal Income Tax Rate
 F. Section 1. That in addition to rhc normal tax imposed by subdivision CD of section one of the Act entitled "An act to increase th. rcrcnur. aud for other purposes" approved Scptcm- hor eighth nineteen hundIcd and six teen, there shall be levied. a--css,d. collected. and paid like normal tax of two per ccntum upon the income of every individual. t citIzcu or
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-24
ITALIANS RECAPTURE
 GROUND LOST YESTERDAY

Tcuron mN.~ion commca .rI
 The fighting .- of me .mpl,d v.o loncc "Iou" 'uc G.lmuo Forejlo roJ, and along r'' upper voII.t Of IT., E..u. ta wA""" tao @ormu concentration greatest
 After ''ruhr Ggnu4 mo I.,9o, 1e.dn hold Monte Toml aaI ,ba P.I. sico r"e",ue which pcy lost in t,, hard r@Y..o4 lust njgi .nI aI. 0ro m9intain thelr lines lt ulI other
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JERRY WILSON
 MUST 60 5o-5o

interest in the claims as worth approx- imately six million dollars. Mrs Helm claimed that she grubstaked Wilson to go to the Nome gold fields and is en- titled to half interest in all the mining property acquired by him.
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By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON Nov. 24.-The Rus sian Embassy in the United States will not recognize the new revolutionary government in Petrograd and will de- cline to carry out any instructions transmitted to it from the Bolsheviki government.
 Russian Ambassador Bakhmetieff has formally notified the State Department that the embassy does not recognize the authority of the extremists who are now in control of the Petrograd For
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-24
By Associated Press.

ITALIAN HEADQUAETEES. Nov. 2l.-Th" great battle raging along the lower ranges of the Eclluno Alps con- tinucs with the samo terrific violence which has marked its progress dmine thc past three days.
 The battle has now hc,on.r kuoN, as "Thr battle of the mounru1s" amt Is on" of ,hr goricst Q; th" strusgl, s that have t'kcn place in Itoi since the
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B. Associated Press.

SEATTLE. Nov. 2I.-According to reports reaching the offices of the AL aska Steamship Company here, the salving of the steamships Mariposa and Spokane are under way and both vessels may be Hoated within few days in the event of fair weather pre- vailing.
 The salvage tug Salvor began op- crations on the steamer Mariposa yes tcrday and will make an effort to raise the vessel
 Captain Nordo of the steamer Jeffer- son, which arrived yesterday with the survivors of the Mariposa planes the absence of fog signals in Sumner strait for the wrecking of the vessel,
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-24

E..ulo.
 The I'..'s m lhr mompia 0atuo .ro ''" ah."f without prarl and tue dead a.I .onded arc Airs 1'ons th, m"nnta'o ps~ ii thoa-ul+ As the T'o'"o+ H. oau.mas ,a. ,uon~iro. Inc lnlrH ui'itn l.a..- a., con Nm'.d inc Tulor 1..s a.. far 'o r>re~s of those of m. Irh0o-. wbo aHo heh'ne from rulcu
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FEDERATED CHURCH.

At the Congregational Church sun day the following services will be held.
 Ii \. M. Bihl" School and children's services. k. F. Julian, superintendent.
 F. M. Worship and sermon by Rev. Dr Shanke. Subject "Thc Church."
 The public is more than welcome to all the services of the church.
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INCOME
 TAX EXPLAINED

Ia" ar' required To make returns to thc Collector of Customs a, Tacouo by March l. save when residing in tn" r"motcr districts. In the lalDor ease thirty day extension Is 4j ut,d when rctuu~ ar. accompam,d h, satisfactory explanations of tho dcIul.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-24
SEATTLE DRAFT
 EVAOERS CAUGHT
upon the son for support.

upon the son for support.
 The resulting investigation disclosed that the farmer is possessed of con- siderable more means than the average person and is apparently long way from requiring his sons support.
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How Computed

3. Section 3. That th, taxes im- posed h> section one and two of this Act shall be computed levied. assessed .roIIected. and mid upon the same basis 'nd in the same manner a- the similar taxes imposed h> section con, of such Act of September eighth. nineteen hun drcd and sixteen. except Chat in the ease of the tax imposed bl section one "f this act tho exemptions of S2Ooo and SLooo provided i'm section seven or such Act of September eighth. nineteen hun- .drod and sixteen. aS amended by this \cr shall be. respectively. $t.O00 and $2.ooo. and the returns required under this Act, shah be required in the ease of net incomes of $l .ooo or over. i'm the case of unmarried persons. and s2,ooo or over in the case of married persons
 You will note that tn" tax of nine teen sixteen is still m force and the nineteen seventeen tax is an additional one
 In computing the above tax the in dividual is allowed the old exemption on the , per centum tax of nineteen sixteen but is omly allowed $l ,OOO or s2,ooo exemption on the additional per contum tax of nineteen seventeen with n ndIitian,l nUon,,t;on oe saoO for each dependant child under cigh teen years of age
 Therefore a mniricd man with an in- come of 5000 per year would pay ? per contum on $2.O0O and per centum on slOO0 with $2O0 additional exemp- tion for each child under eighteen.
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hI' "ntiI there Nor. mo longer signs of life aboard tho vessel \ second dcs- trovor came ur and the Americans at tempted to got line aboard with the intention of towing the vessel to port but she sanl, before .bc lines could be f'st"uod The report says that no Germans appcar,l and fAe vessel sank with all hands
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EAGLES ATTENTION.

Nomination of Officers for the en- suing term will be made, initiation of candidates and social session after the meeting on Tuesday night next Nov. 27th, inst
 JAS. ]. STOKES,
 Secretary.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-24

We do not have to brae about our Bread and Pastries, they speak for themselves in quality and size.
 ARCTIC BAKERY
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-24

old Nihilist element and is composed mainly of the lowest and most doprav- ed element in Russia.
 American representatives abroad lc- port to the department that there is practically no doubt that the rcvoh- tionists have alreqdy opened ur ne gotiations with the Germans for a separate peace.
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Start the New Year right by sub. scribing for the Nugget--do it now.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-24

FIVE O'CLOCK p. M. DAILY HOT ROLLS AND BREAD.
 FRESH LEMON PIE.
 AT ARCTIC BAKERY
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Ratc~ of Surfaces

"n" pr' ccnum rc. umwm upon ,he amount hN which the tacl nc, Income exceeds $5.ooo and does not exceed $-.5oo
 Tw" per centoo rrr anuun upon the amount hN which the totU met income exceeds $7,5oo and does uot exceed Sl0.uUu. tJnd ~o on,
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Start the New Year right by sub seribino for the kuoget-do it now.
 $200 per month
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resident "t the UultcI States. rccciycI in the calender yoar nineteen hundred and seventeen aud every calender year thereafter
 War Surfaces on Individual Income,
 S'ru"n2 That in addition to the 'dd'ttonW ta> imposed hT subdivision '') of section onr of such Act of Sep i'mh"r eighth nineteen hundred and sixteen there shah hc levied osscsscd collected and pad nI,o additional tav "p"n fo. income of every ndr>idua received n the calendar year nineteen hundred and seventeen .ud every cd- "ndHl Year thereafter a~ follows.
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Evening journal., 1917-08-17
MORE CT that SOUP IF
YOU PLEASE. Mr.. COOK
AZ GEoRGE MARTIN.

Omitted Press staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17-Hcw
well Americas $4,000 drafted sam
niles will be fed when they enter
cantonment camps next month was
outlined for the United Press today
by Quartermaster General Sharpe's
department
Thirty-fve hundred chief cooks are
being modified. They will average
225 TO each camp. About 10000 as
sistants will be employed to help the
chefs. New cooks will be developed
among the drafted men as they are
needed
Estimated at AZ cents per day per
man, it will cost the government
S2Ss. $40 a day to feed the first 6S7.
600 In the bill Of fare is found a
Sundays breakfast, of canteloupe,
oatmeal with sugar and milk, fried
pork sausage, hot biscuits and coffee.
Dinner: Vegetable soup with crou-
tons, veal a la Creole, boiled rice and
fresh string beans, lettuce salad, ice
cream and cake. bread, ice water.
Supper: Potato salad, bread jam,
iced tea, veal croquettes.
This menu holds up In quantity and
quality straight through to the week
1T is not intended said an ON
cial of the quartermaster generals
department. that a bill Of fare be
bindly followed, but that It be used
as a guide to variety, quantity and
cost in the locality where the troops
( may be stationed
THE supper meal is purposely
stated light to give the cooks an op
portunity to use leftover food foi
hash, pot pies, croquettes and the
/ like
we shall teach our cooks that ;
clean kitchen and dining hall are in
dispensable to a successful mess ant
the men in training will be asked u
operate to this end -
Evening journal., 1917-08-17
Personal Notes of Interest
In the City's Social World

Miss Evelyn Stoll, of Newark is
spending the week with Miss Kath
arine Jacobs in this city.
Miss Elsie Campbell. is the guest
of her aunt Mrs. Edward Steele, in
Newark
w. E. Jones. chief clerk OF Poole
shops, and wife are spending their
vacation at Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. James, II. Dickinson
and son have lust returned from an
extended vacation to Betterton. Nd.
Miss Anna l., McLucas is spending
her vacation at Wildwood, n. J.
, DR.. J. S. Messick, professor of
mathematics at Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, Auburn, Alabama, and Mrs,
Messick, are spending several days
with Mr. and Mrs. Dlburne Chandler.
DR.. and Mrs. Egmont T. Negendank
and Miss Anna Negendank are stay
ing at Atlantic City, n. j, until next
Monday
DR.. Alban Richey, d. D., is spend
Evening journal., 1917-08-17
MALKER.MATLACk.

Miss Leona A. Walker, daughter Of
Dr. and Mrs G. +. Walker, OF DEM
irg. ~ NJ, and Lieutenant Albert Earl
Matlack, OF this city, were married
Yesterday afternoon at the residence
of the bridegroom's aunts, Miss
Frances Matlack and Mrs Emma
Wood, No. sos Delaware avenue, by
The Rev. W A. Hearn, assistant pas
tor of Grace NJ b. Church. Follow
ing the ceremony. which was Wit
messed by a few Of the bridegroom's
relatives, a wedding breakfast was
served after which the bride and
groom left on a short wedding trip.
The marriage is the result Of a ro-
nance which began when Lieutenant
Mailack was in Deming with the Del
aware troops. Lieutenant Matldcls
vas recently graduated as second
lieutenant in the quartermaster's de-
partment Of the United States Army
at Fort Myer and he has been or
dered to report, at Petersburg on Au-
gust p. While he is in Petersburg,
Mrs. Matlack will live in Washing
ton