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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06
An Injurious Practice.

Injection of international issues into
our elections should be discouraged
at least for the duration OF the war.
Urgency Of such action is illustrated
in the spectacle presented in New
York city incident to the choosing Of
a mayor, The voting taking place today.
It has been one of the most exciting
campaigns in the history Of the metrop-
oils. with John Purroy Mitchell, the in
cumbent of the Office. asser ing that II
he is defeated it will be cha rgeable to
pro-German influence, a punishment
for his whole-hearted support Of the
administration war policies
| While it is likely that persons OPP
posed to the United States dining the
European fight have been taking
hand in the New York mayoralty cleo
tion-in fact Hillquit, the Socialist
candidate, has been outspoken in de-
crying American participation in
struggle beyond its own shores-and
would prefer to have some one other
! than Mitchell for chief of the city gov
eminent it is manifest that the situa-
/ ton has been grossly exaggerated by
/ the Mitchell managers for the purpose
of stirring the patriotism of the voter
so that he will resent the alleged at
tempt Of Berlin to become dictator
/ in American politics.
| Unbiased persons. those who have
| the welfare of the first city in the
/ land at heart, would prefer to see
/ Mitchell returned for another term, for
| he is recognized by impartial obsery-
ers as having given New York the
most efficient administration in its
history He has dared to defy ele-
ments whose tentacles have moved be-
meath the surface OF the municipality
for decades and has succeeded in in
Producing business methods in the con-
duct OF the city's affairs where such
suggestion in previous years would
have been considered an insult to the
judgment of the political bosses who
had a habit of running affairs in the
interest OF themselves and their
friends and not in behalf Of the tax
payer. Mitchell may pull through, but
ii he does 1t will be by narrow mar
gin. Surface indications favor Hylau
or Hillquit the former being the nom
inee of Tammauy
The mayoral battle ought TO impress
the wisdom of submerging interna-
tional questions in the fall elections
for nothing is TO be gained by such agi-
tation other than creating discord
among citizens. arousing suspicious .oi
one neighbor against another The ma.
ton is rapidly becoming Of one mind
on the war and in approval OF tbs
; manner in which it is being carried
forward, and any further attempt o
a political party to attract votes b!
! insinuations and charges that tend Il
, divide the people on the problem tina
/ is closest to the heart of every loya
, American citizen should be condemned
! The Argus would like to see an agree
lment entered into between all politica
organizations TO the effect that tn
war issue he excluded from forthcom
!, ing campaigns, except as the refer
, enees sustain the government
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06
Full Penalty Demanded.

Now it is hoped that William Carter,
the Negro who has confessed to MUIR
dering Peter Jelyek, will be given the
quickest trial possible
The public will be impatient Of any
technical legal dallying in the interest
Of the defendant. The only interest
that It will have in Garter henceforth
will he inAknowing that he is to pay the
full penalty for his cold-blooded
crime.
Business-like dispatch Of the case Of
Carter, with enforcement of the max
imum penalty provided by law, would
make Rock Island a safer place to
abide.
II persons Of Carter's stripe gain an
impression that murder is accepted as
one OF the events that contribute to the
excitement of this city and that the
public soon forgets and the slayer can
get of with a brief penitentiary SEN
tence. there will be further crimes OF
this nature in Rock Island.
On the other hand. If short work is
made Of Carter-t taking it for granted
that he has confessed to the facts
burglars who go about at night will
not be so indifferent Of the conse-
quences Of taking a human life as was
the Negro who shot down Peter Jel-
vek in his bed last Sunday morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

the allies he has posed as patriotic
ruler bent on saving his little king
dom from humiliation, while at the
same, time he has continued an init
mate relationship with his imperial
brOther-in-law and has begged him 10
give the Greek rOyaiists chance to
stab the entente ID the back.
Queen Sophie is shown in the cap
tured documents 10 have referred to
the allies as Infamous pigs" This IS
not surprising The ex-queen has
been VIGOROUSLY sympathetic with the
Teutonic cause. Her influence on her
husband has been very strong. 1t has
been said that she had more effect
than anyone else upon his political de-
cisions. To sway his actions, however,
was one thing; she could not persuade
Venizelos and the Greek majority TO
her way Of thinking To find Greece
formally associated at last with the
other side must have been gall and
NORWOOD to her But she cannot
complain Of the way the game has
gone She did her utmost to pervert
Greek sentiment and persuade the
/ Kingdom to align itself with Germany
and she lost
Stripped of their royal dignities,
! Constantine and Sophie are@exiles.
( One of their sons 'sits upon the
/ throne, but he is only nominally the
ruler Of the country. Greece is es-
seutiaIly a republic and Venizelos is
its chief executive The publication
of these documents at Athens will
not strengthen the hold OF the young
| King Alexander upon the royal office
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06
None Wears Whiskers.

Our American philosopher Abe
Martin, has observed that among all
the men who are doing big things for
the country these days not one wears
long hair.
He might have added something on
the disappearance of whfskers from
politics. war and statecraft, if his
leaning TO the sententious had not pre-
vented. II was not always so, nor has
long hair always been the mark OF a
demagogue. Al present we believe
the only conspicuously long-haired
man who figures largely 10 public
affairs is Senator Nardaman, and he
is conspicuous mostly because he is
wrong.
A century or little more ago men
were so determined TO have long hair
that they wore wigs, and there were in
those days also pigtails, as witness
the portraits Of Aaron Burr, Thomas
Jefferson and q host OF other worthless
and unworthies. In those days states
men paid minute attention to hair
dressing, but there came a period
when they wore their hair bushy
tousled or lanky as nature ordained
but wore 1t conspicuously
Stephen A. Douglas had the bushy
type and Henry Clay furnished fine
example of the lanky kind. II was
about their time when Peter Cooper
set the capillary record with long
dangling hair. a shaver upper lip and
that sort OF beard which is only seer
now emerging from under the chins
of hurlesque-s show farmers, They
were the kind which, we believe, have
sometimes been denominated GALWAY
whiskers.
But coming back to Abe Martin, +
Is true. as he intimates, that the round
heads have driven all the cavaliers
from the field, Some day perhaps
We SHALL again have statesmen WHIT
would rather look like Buffalo Bill
than like Colonel Roosevelt,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06
A Pair of Royal Traitors.

Those observers Of Greek events
who were inclined to doubt the harsher
Judgment visited upon the conduct Of
ex-King Constantine should note the
statement from Athens that documents
have been discovered fully revealing
the perfidy of the deposed sovereign.
Constantine now stands forth in
traitorons correspondence with the
German emperor Processing a be-
nevolent neutrality toward the allies,
he nevertheless maintained secret me-
gotiations with the kaiser. urging him
TO send troops to the Balkan front and
promising TO attack the entente army
in the rear.
Thus the former Greek king Is
shown to be one OF the most contempt
ible figures brought into public view
by the great war. His virtuous pro-
testations are OF no avail. His as
sumption of injured innocence will no,
deceive the world. He has been play
Ing dual game, trying 70 run with the
hare and hunt with the hounds. TIC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

Going to begin game of tag with
him. She is that f1dgety-like.
She dreams every night, she says, of
crossing the seas.
| told her | hoped her dreams would
come true. And she got
Angry With me. She took it that /
meant that | hoped she
Would be drowned. when my real wish
was that she would
Merely disappear from the neighbor-
hood. Not that / dislike her.
But do believe that she needs a
change of scene.
Yes, I'm going to register, and / shall
tell my
Government that I will be on call
whenever 1t needs
Me, but / guess l will have to let my
husband select the
Kind OF work l shall do in case I am
summoned Just so he
Doesn't mention me for cookery. But
what ! don't propose to do
Is TO give my age. Neither shall |
| raise a pig
hear enough grunts around my
| neighborhood without
| Increasing the annoyance. Ill sa,
| do. j. NJ, c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

Such physician never accepts the
patients version He makes his own
examination and arrives al his own
conclusion. And therefore he knows
that ''eoid" is not d definite aiiment,
but merely general, meaningless.
actually misleading title applied to
divers acute diseases which happen
to disturb the respiratory Organs.
The p. Fl. s. continues:
If this is not practicable,
a brisk saline may be taken and the
patient put to bea. This gives his
body an opportunity to regain its vi
tally and at the same time isoIates
him from other people The sick
room should be well ventilated ana
the windows so opened as to keep the
air moving freely. It is also wise to
maisten the air a little bit by putting
q pan of water on the radiator or
over the register or on the stove.
The handkerchfefs@a and bedding used
by the patient should he sterilized by
/ boiling latter the patients recovery)
kissing, and the use of common drink
with other members of the household
should be forbidden, ii being borne in
mind constantly that colds are infec-
tious and really spread from one per-
son to another"
Brave words, The public health
| service, you understand, cannot DELHI
erately fly in the face of the ancient
and honorable element of the urofee-
! sion that still insists that folks dc
| take cold from exposure.
The brisk saline referred to NAV
be epson salts, rochelle salts, phos.
phate OF soda, seidlitz powder, or 8
| bottle OF solution of magnesium ci.
trate. All saline cathartics are identi.
cal in effect, but differ in taste, DOSE
and cost
To the P H s. dictum we should
add one other excellent remedy, name
ly. hot mustard foot bath admins
tered to the patient in bed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06
The Day i'm Davenport

merchant marines Of Germany, Great
Britain, Denmark, Russia and Hol-
land. He came to America in 1918
His first newspaper work was with
the Westiiche Post, st. Louis. Mr.
Voss Joined Battery B on the day
President Wilson called for volunteers
for the Mexican trouble. He later did
recruiting duty at Davenport under
Colonel Frank Kincaid and Major
George W. Dunlayey, Jr, of Clinton.
Alleged Thiefs pected
Of stealing an automobile and Of per-
petrating other crimes in this vicinity
lately, four men giving the names of
Harry Miller, D. Elliott, Alvin Coniey
and Adam Miller are being held in the
Scott county Jail. The quartet was ar
rested by Officer Rogers Sunday after
noon. They were in an automobile
believed to have been stolen.
O.
Arrested Then Released - Pedro
Gorgonzola, Mexican. was arrested and
later released by Marshal John Boland
in Bettendorf shortly after midnight
yesterday morning, following a shoot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06
CUPID GETS DOCTOR.

Although over &c years
old, Sir Douglas Powell, who was
physician In ordinary" to Queen Vic
toria King Edward and King George.
has just, announced his engagement
10 Miss Edith Wood of London. ami
the marriage will take place next
month. Sir Douglas has for 50 years
been regarded as one of the greatest
British authorities on tuberculosis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Hemorrhoi6s.

Please tell me how TO prevent at
taeks or painful hemorrhoids or piles
which suffer frequently in spite of
ali remedies have tried, fH. II. Nj.
Answer-We shall be glad to send
YOU little monograph en- the subject
ON receipt of properly stamped q
centst and addressed envelope. The
answer lakes too much space to pub
lish here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

More people are killed by automo-
biies, according to Health Commits
sioner Biggs Of New York, than by
typhoid and scarlet fever combined.
And there doesn't seem to be any
method Of inoculating against auto
intoXication.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06
More on Colds.

More on Colds.
Supplement- No, 80 to the public
health reports, government print
ing Office, Washington. d. c., March
10, 1917 offers this advice TO the pub
lie on so-called colds:
Since colds are a serious condition
they should be treated as such A
great many people think that they
have an infallible remedy for break
ing up a cold. This may be harmless
in itself, but usually if is not and CON
sists of combination Of harmful
drugs and alcohol, the latter usually
predominatiug The sufferer takes
these preparations in large quantities,
and If he is strong enough he may
survive them and eventually get the
hest Of his cold Standardization or
medication by unframed persons is
always dangerous. It is especially
dangerous to those having colds. and
should always be scrupulously avoid
ed. As a rule, much time, inconven-
fence and suffering will be obvIated
by consulting an intelligent physician
at once
An intelligent physician is one who
endeavors to make q diagnosis of each
patients trouble at the first interview
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

G.. A. r.. Hits La. Toilette August
Wentz post No. 1, G. A. r., at q regular
meeting held Sunday adopted resolu-
lions pertaining to Senator La Fol-
lette's letter to Herbert S, Bigelow,
the Cincinnati pastor, who was horse
whipped by masked men following an
alleged pacifist speech at Newport,
KY, recently.
%
Foss Resigns William Ralph Voss.
city editor OF Der Demokrat, the local
German daily newspaper, has resign
ed to accept a lucrative position with
the B. f. Goodrich Rubber company Of
Akron, Ohio, a concern capitalized at
100000, GOO and controlling the largest
rubber plant in the world Mr.. Voss
will report in Chicago next Saturday
and from there will be sent to Akron,
Ohio, to take a six weeks course in
craftsmanship and acquire a general
/ knowledge of the rubber business at
the company's headquarters and fac
tories He will then join the sales
mems staff at the Milwaukee branch.
Mr. Voss was born in Hamburg, Ger
many and has seen service in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

Governor Lowden is doing a big pa
triotic service in visiting the various
camps where the Illinois boys are in
training. 1t. shows healthy inter-
est in the fighting men of this state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

When the proposed 10 per cent tax
on all incomes is clamped down the
walters will no longer be satisfied
with 10 per cent tips. 1t would reduce
them 10 living on their wages.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

Scarcely heard of until now, the
Tagliamento river near Venice may
figure in history along with the Meuse
and Marne Back OF uTdine il is the
first good defensive line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

Illinois will be 80 years old Dec. 3.
with every prospect of living to be
100
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

II is much less firing Ito any boy)
to throw snowballs for hours than to
shovel snow of the walk five min
utes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

The earlier Kaiser Bill gets over
the idea that he can dictate peace
terms the sooner the German people
will get peace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

Even though meatless and wheat
less, no day need be eatless in this
fortunate country
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06


Marriage Licenses = William II.
Rathburn, Davenport, and Rose Speak
man, Davenport; John Frederick
Moses, Davenport, and Lura Lee ,Tay-
Tor, Roadhouse, ILL.,; Fred E. Oldham.
Keokuk, and Florence E. Bisanz, Keo-
kuk; William Martin, East Moline, and
Matte Norman, East Moline; William
A. Mertz. Rock Island, and Pearl Hee-
ney, Davenport.
Obituary Record Louis Allison, en-
ployed 81 the Davenport Locomotive
works as moulder, died at an early
hour yesterday morning at his home,
6l9 Clark street. after short illness
of pneumonia. Deceased was 81 years
of age at the time of death and was
born in Sweden April II, 1850. In
1880 he came to America, direct to
Elgin, ILL.,. where he was united In
marriage to Miss Christine Johnson.
Is years age. Three years ago the cou-
| pie came TO Davenport where they
made their home ever since. The
widow, five daughters, Ethel, Irene.
| Esther, Leola and Lucille one son.
| Agner Allison: his mother, Mrs. Nj. Al
lison, Of Elgin, H.; two sisters. Mrs.
/ Herman Gloss of ST Charles. Ill, and
Mrs. Charles Nelson of Chicago. are
| left to mourn his death. The body was
sent from the H. Runge Sons funeral
parlors, S24 West Third street, We'd
nesday morning at Gas o'clock to Ell
gin, ILL.,. for burial
Cigar Causes fire-A cigaret hut.
accidentally tossed into a pile of bed
ding, caused a $50 fire loss early Sun
day morning in the J. H. Greenwich
apartments, 20 is Brady street. The
! blaze had ignited the mattress and
spread to the rug on the floor when
firemen from the down town stations
arrived.
| O.
! New army Enlistmenis- Melvin c.
| McFadden, residing at 1924 Harrison
| street. Davenport. an employee Of the
Zimmerman Steel Co, of Bettentiorf
offers his seryiceto his country by en-
listing In the infantry branch OF the
4 national army He Ia single and Is
10 years OF age In addition to the en-
iistment of McFadden. % others were
/ reported enlisted by the officers at the
local recruiting station Following is
a list OF those who Joined. Medical
department-Pa ], DALEY, 0ttun,wa
Signal Corps--Harry +. Banks, Cen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

terviIle. Quartermaster Corps tcol-
ored) Walter Jones, Ottumwa; Sher-
man L. Marshall, Ottumwa. Thirteenth
engineers-Ieo A. McDerfnott. Cedar
Rapids; Royal W. McDermott. Cedar
Rapids Infantry-Meivin C. McFad-
den, 1924 Harrison street, Davenport;
Harry ". Williams. Rock Islard; Mai
they Maciejueske, Chicago, Coast ar
tiilery ALynn r. Andrews, Davenport;
Arndt ID. Pauisen, Davenport: 0rViile
L. Allen. 0elwein; MaIin s Patton,
Bidwell: Ray L. Brown. 0ttumwa. Ayl-
alton corps-Gny Caters, Mystic.
Iowa; Harry J. Middleton, Centeryille-
Iowa. Harry l., Kindig, Centeryll!e-
Iowa; Roy NJ. Pirtle. ,0ttumwa, Iowa:
Van T. Bradford, Ottumwa. Iowa;
Thomas Clark. Mystic. Iowa Stuart Z.
Trigg, Centervilla. Iowa: George =
Clark. Waterloo, Iowa: Justin J,
Burke, Bernard. Iowa. Stewart J.
Long. Rock Island; Total up TO date,
IS; 20 since Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

Mayor Marries Coupled William
Martin and Matte Norman. colored
residents of East Moline wanted to
get married. They had the license and
everything was set but in all Moline
and East Moline they could not find a
magistrate they thought could equal
our mayor. So they came to Dayen-
port and after searching the town
through finally succeeded in finding
MIR. Berwald. The ceremony was per-
formed in the mayors office at .
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The cou-
pie will make their home in East Mo-
line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06
HAEs TAl KS
BY WILLIAM BRADY r1D.
noTEp PHYSICIAN AUTHOR

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

Deserts Children for Lover Aban-
doning her husband and four small
children in Macomb, three months ago,
a woman giving the name Of Myrtle
Humbert, wound up her role as wife
of Art Humbert Sunday night when
she was arrested by Detectives Bishop
and Brady in house at S22 West Fifth
street. The two have been living there
as man and wife all that time. She re-
fused to tell the police her real name
She is in the house of detention for q
visit of Is days. The man is serving
q like sentence in the country Jail.
The pair were arraigned before Po-
lice Magistrate Ernst Claussen yester-
day morning fer leading an immoral
and profigate course of life Both
pleaded guilty. The woman cried bit
terly as she was being taken to the
house of detention to begin her SEN
tence, She admitted to the police that
she left her home in Macomb to fol-
low the man she loved to Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-06

ing scrape which he staged with Jose
Carrado. another Mexican, in the Bet
tendorf shops. Carrado suffered a
scalp wound in the fray He bled
considerably, but is not in danger The
shooting took place at midnight. De-
fails cannot be learned, although it is
understood that Gorgonzola attempted
to wipe out an old grudge against Car
RADIO with his revolver.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

Usually it's long drive of syntax before the way is clear for reducing the war tax
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
ALAsKA's NEW STAMPEDE.

Considering the amount of money the United States has in vested in Alaska the returns made by that territory almost phenomenal Until recent years Alaska treated step to aid in development of the territory Denying capitalists the right benefit Alaska we'll themselves the govern ment also refrained from giving first aid
 Alaska, however, has been working out her destiny and the government railroad has had helpful effect Although there been restrictions upon investments Alaska and anything that seemed to resemble combination of capital has banned nevertheless sales made by Alaska to the United in the fiscal year 1916 aggregated $50000OO0 This in wolves addition to the prosperity of the United States for year, which in all probability will exceed the total govern ment expenditure for the railroad.
 longer do salmon and gold occupy the first place among Alaska exuport staples They have given way export of copper which in the present fiscal year had total value than $25000O00 compared with $50000OO in 1915 and less than $4000O00 in 1914.
 The total imports from Alaska, according to the depart ment of commerce. than double in value the annual since 1912 The receipts of copper in ore and reguus from Alaska aggregated 70O0000 pounds and this four times the average for the preceding years It also exceeds the combined imports of that class from Chile Cuba Canada and Mexco the leading foreign this form of copper
 If Alaska can do so well under policy of slightly in creased bera what would she private capital were encouraged hee it in connection with the development of the western part of the United States? It doubtful whether persons realize the extent of the Alaska IS of the richest sections of the United States and every effort should be made to encourage its ton Post.