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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-07

stopped the daylight fireworks display
In tae afternoon. hur the feature OF
the celebration was the gorgeous dis
play of pyrotechuica at night, which
surpassed anything ever witnessed
here.
i is estimated that 10000 visitors
were in t8e rri-cjtfea the Fourth.
NJ and Mrs. John StroehIe and
daughter are in Chicago visiting with
friends
July 6-The identity of the 1S-year-
old eirI who was hurled from a briise
By train and drowned at Montpelier
was fixed yesterday al Muscatine,
where the body was taken. She was
Miss Mary Martin. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Bernard Martin, who reside
ait Sixth avenue and Twenry-eighth
street in this city. The girl had been
Missing for a week.
July Jonathan Ifunt0Cn, one Of
Eoes Island county.s earliest settlers.
died Tuesday at his home in Moline
after a short illness with rheumatism
OF HE heart
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-07

July Rock Island county mem
beers of the bar held a dinner at the
Watch Tower last evening ia honor
of oliver Olson. who leaves soon for
Salt Lake City
One thousand two hundred fans saw
the Rock Island Moline team eaIso-
mine the Joliet nine Thursday. ii TO O..
az the local park Barston pitched for
the locals.
The case Of the Joliet and Twn-C.ty
baseball teams charged with mis-
demean0r Of playing Sunday BAN.
came up before Magistrate Wir.ll this
morning and was dismissed Eiga-
teen players were arrested. a jury
trial was asked.
The Rockford Construction company
finished the second block o. paving
on the Third avenue contract. The
men are now working between Elev-
anrh and Twelfth streets.
The body of James Post aged Milan
resident. who Was drowned during the
food last week. was recovered today
three miles below Milan
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
MOST POWERFUL SEARCHLIGHT

It is ten feet high, it's mirror has a
diameter Of five feet, and it weighs
three tons. It's beam is as brilliant
as the sun at o'clock in the morn
ing or in the afternoon, New York
latitude, and you can read newspap-
er by it's light thirty miles away. The
heat of its focused beam is so intense
that it will set paper afire at a dis
lance of $50 feet It has a candle.
power of more than 1,25O,OOO,OOO.
These are few astonishing facts
about the Sperry searchlight, the in
vention of Elmer A Sperry of Brook
Ign, N. York, who is already known
as the inventor of the airplane stabil-
ger and ship gyroscope bearing his
name, and the first electric arc light.
One of the most powerful beacons
along the coast is the Sandy Hook
lighthouse. But the Sperry search
light is twenty-five times more bril-
liant than that light. Were the Sper-
ry lamp substituted for the lighthouse
beacon, ship passing out to sea
could be bathed in light until it dis
appeared below the horizon. By
swinging the light back and forth
across the sky it has been made visi-
bic $50 miles away. For Navy use
the Sperry lamp Eliminates a target
ten times more brilliantly than any
other protector devised-Popular
Science.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

Wallace Luther, living about three
miles from La Crosse, had a Fremont
ton year ago that he was going to
die. He at once arranged all his af-
fairs and made detailed arrangements
for the funeral, selecting the minister,
the undertaken, the singers, the pail
bearers and the text for the funeral
sermon, and putting it all in writing.
He was buried on Wednesday accord
ing to his wishes. His mother, Mrs.
Adds Luther, found the funeral in
structions in the young mans effects
in his writing desk. Wallace was II
years old.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

}. d. Leavitt, superintendent for the
duerney Lumber company at Guerney
Wis, for number of years, who re-
Gently resigned to go into business
accidentally shot himself while hunt
ing on Waugh creek, near Guerney
He died before he could be taken to
g hospital.
Six persons are believe to have been
drowned at Green Bay when a govern
ment truck went off the bridge and
landed in the Fox river. A short
time before pleasure car had run
Off the bridge killing Miss Octavia
Van Dyke, aged "a The truck was
used to pull the car from the river
but instead Of backing it shot into the
stream. Two men were rescued in an
injured condition. The others were
drowned.
Lee Davis, a Denver youth, went to
Milwaukee and essayed the role of
WalllngfOrd. He presented a draft for
$4,000 on a Gary, Indiana, bank at
the American Exchange bank and was
given receipt. Then he went to a
real estate man and bought a house
for $4,000. He asked the dealer to
cash a check for $40 but was turned
down. Davis was picked up when the
draft was found to be worthless, and
given year in prison.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
VOLCANO HARNESSED

Volcanic heat is now being sue
cessful in the development of $4,000
horsepower near LarderellO, a village
IN tuscany, Italy. The first of three
5000 k1loWatt groups of turbo-e electric
engines driven by steam issuing from
the earth's interior was put into SER
vice in January, 1916, the second in
April and the third last fall. The
power is transmitted electrically to
Florence, Leghorn and numerous
other cities and towns in Tuscany,
supplying Industries that had been
crippled since the war by the scarcity
and high price of coal
Near Volterra, in central Tuscany,
there are numerous cracks in the
ground, from which powerful Jets of
very hot steam spout high in the air
with great violence and constancy,
bringing up boric acid and other sub
stances OF less Importance These
jets have been utilized for many years
IN the production of bOric acid and
borax, and occasionally for warming
houses in the nearby village of Lar
derellO. Most Of the steam, however,
was lost.
The first use of this superheated
steam for the production of motive
power was made in 1903, according
to the Engineering Record" Prince
G1norl-Conti, president of the Societa
Boracifera di Larderello, first applied
strong jet to small rotary motor,
then to small reciprocating steam
engine connected to a dynamo, which
generated enough current to light part
OF the bOraX works.
Meanwhile, to get more ample sup
ply OF steam he bored holes in the
ground to the source of the steam,
which is under a hard stratum of
rock from 800 to 500 feet below the
surface. The holes vary from IL to
20 inches in diameter, and are lined
with iron pipes. They give forth
steam at a pressure of from to 8
and occasionally up to atmospheres,
and temperatures varying from $50
to 100 degrees centigrade. These jets
have not diminished in their activity,
and now borings do not interfere with
the preceding ones, provided they are
at least so feet apart
After the outbreak of the war coal
became extremely scarce and prices
prOhibitive This caused a trial in
stallatiOn to be undertaken, using the
volcanic energy. The results have
been satisfactory and it is probable
that hundreds Of thousands of horse
power will be developed soon.-New
York Journal of Commerce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
DANGEROUS ADVICE

We note in some of our exchanges
that advice to put a damper in the
smoke pipe of the heating furnace in
order to econmize on COAL This is a.
dangerous thing to do especially if
hard coal is burned. A damper in
the smoke pipe will force back into
the living rooms a most deadly gas,
carbon monoxide. Even if it prevails
only in a slight quantity, it is a
powerful irritant of the air passages
of the throat and lungs. A better way
to economic is to leave the smoke
pipe free and open the check draft in
the front Of the furnace, shutting off
all direct draft.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
POLITENESS TO CHILDREN

Some tired and worried mothers
and fathers fall into way of speak
ing GROSSLY, Of being domineering in
their treatment of children. Instead
of saying, "Please do this" it is Here,
go wash your face" Isn't it natural
that the child comes to believe the
please" an unimportant addition to
be used only when it is impolitic to
leave it off? No child obeys any bet
ter for harshly given commands. A
child is quite as willing to obey a
gently spoken request, if he has been
taught that it means just as much
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

J. A. GAULT, M. D.-Physician and
surgeon. Calls city and country
promptly attended. Special atten-
ton given to eye, ear, nose and
throat work. Glasses fitted and
guaranteed. Office over Ivey &
Webb's store. Bell phone HOW,
Farmers phone 1902. Lancaster,
Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
Physicians and Dentists.

DIR. A. B. COOK-Dentist. Office over
BENEFITS drug store. Both phones:
Bell 45-J, Farmers lat. Lancaster,
Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

JAMES II. FOWLER, M. D.-Phvsi-
clan and surgeon. Office over Haley
& Edwards clothing store. Hospital
accommodations for surgical cases.
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

J. D. COMPREHENSIVE and sur
geon. Office over Lancaster State
bank. Residence two blocks north
west Of Hotel linda. Lancaster, Wis
cOnsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

GEO. B. CLEMENTSON-Attorney at
Law. Office over Peoples State
bank, Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

BROWN, BRENNAN & CARTHEW-
Attorneys at Law. Office in Baxter
block, Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

S. W. DOOLITTLE, M. D., J. C. DOC
LITTLE, M. D.-Doolittle Bros
hospital. Lancaster. Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

FRANK G. MEYER-Lawyer. Web
er building, Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

Not many will admit looking old,
but we all do.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

am licensed and registered under the
Wisconsin. state law.
Eyes tested and glasses correctly fit
ted. Come in and get your glasses
Strengthened; no charge.
At Ostermeyer's Hotel, POtOsi, NOvem-
Der 6, and s.
At Wright House, Lancaster, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, November
8, 10 and IL.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-12-14
RIOTING NEGRO SOLDIERS
PAY EXTREME PENALTIES

Thirteen of the negroes of the Twen-
ty-fourth infantry, United States army.
found guilty of completely in the riot
and mutiny at Houston on August %.
were hanged on the military reserva-
tion at Fort sam Houston at 7:1T
o'clock Tuesday morning. Announce
ment of the carrying ont Of the SEN
tence was made ar headquarters OF
the southern department at 9 a. m.
Only army officers and Sheriff John
Tobin OF Bexar county were present
when the sentence was carried out by
soldiers from the post. No newspaper
men or civilian spectators were al
lowed, the time and place OF execution
having been kept a secret.
OF the siXty-three men tried BY the
same court martial, forty-one were
sentenced 10 life Imprisonment. One
man was sentenced to dishonorable
discharge from the army. forfeiture
OF all pay and allowances and to be
confined at hard labor for two and a
half years. Three we're sentenced TO
be dishonorably discharged from the
army, forfeit all pay and allowances
and be confined at hard labor for two
years. Five were acquitted.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-12-14
ITALIANS WIPE OUT AN
AUSTRIAN DETACHMENT

A brilliant night adventure was exc
cuted Tuesday at midnight by the
third battalion of the 226th. Arezzo
brigade in completely relieving a
threatened Italian position on the low
er Piave river. Most of this section
is protected by inundation. but the
Austro-Hung early Monday sue
ceeded in occupying a small bridge
head al Capo Sile. few miles below
bona Piave The chief danger of this
was that it led TO the Sile canal. run
ming 10 Port Grandee. with Venice a
short distance beyond.
The Arezzo brigade was ordered to
clear out the enemy's bridgehead. At
> o'clock in the morning the third bat
talon threw out a reconnaissance par
ty. which on returning reported the
Austrian camp asleep around the
bridgehead. The enemy camp was
taken completely by surprise and
could make no effective resistance.
The feht in the darkness was short
and terrible. What enemy troops were
not bayonetted and killed were taken
prisoner. and the last vestige of the
bridge and hridgehead were destroyed.
The result Of the operation is that the
only point seriously menaced on the
lower Piave had been made solid.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-12-14
INSISTS ON REDUCTION
IN CONSUMPTION OF COAI
Fuel Administrator Tells 200 Repre-.
sentatiyes OF Industries OF Problem
Confronting Nation.

Reduction in consumption alone car
save the country from a coal famine.
Fuel Administrator Garfield Wednes-
day told 200 chairmen of war service
committees named by various indus
tries 10 cooperate with the govern
ment in its purchase Of war supplies.
The chairmen met here 70 organize
and DR.. Garfield was one Of several Of
ficials who outlined industrial pro-
blems facing the nation.
Unless there is a concerted effort
towards conservation. DR. Garfield
said, the coal supply will not meet the
requirements of industry War in
dustries, he said, will be given first
consideration by the fuel administra-
Iuon in distributing coal and others
will have to suffer, though no list OF
non-essentials for which coal is to be
denied will be made up.
Daniel Willard, general chairman OF
the war industries board. declared
there could be no business as usual
in war time and that some industries
must suffer The government. ne
said, ~Fill endeavOr wherever possible
toy transform plants making non-es-
sentials INTO nfkRition factories.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-12-14

PREDICTS MORE DRAFT LEyIEs.
Senator Reed in Opposition TO Webb
Bill, Says United States Must Guard
Defenses.

Warning that the United States must
prepare to assume further burdens TO
win the war was given Tuesday in
the senate by Senator Reed. in vigor-
ously opposing as a trust scheme the
Webb export combination bill, which
President Wilson in his recent address
urged congress to enact.
Declaring that congress should con-
centrate upon great war problems and
defer consideration of such legislation
as the export trade measure, the Mis-
souri, senator said that with Russia
out of the war and Rumania also
gone" the enemy numerically, is
now superior in man power.
Although an opponent of army con
scription, Senator Reed predicted thai
new draft levies probably would be
necessary and urged military training
for youths between IS and p for coast
defense work. Invasion of America,
he asserted. was not beyond. the realms
of possibilities should other allied
powers fall besides Russia, RrnRa1ia
and Serbia
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-12-14
LETTERS FROM POWER
COUNTY SOLDIERS.
DENIES THAT HE IS SICK.

Camp Lewis, Wash,
December 10, 1917.
Mr.. o. II. Barber,
American Falls, Idaho.
AS l looked over the news items
this morning l noticed you had me on
the sick list. That certainly was a
false report. 1 have gained eleven
and one-half pounds since my arrival
here and certainly am enjoying the
best of health. Mrs. Richards is do
ing equally as we'll l went on a hike
last Friday and drilled the balance of
the day and it wasn't even good ex-
ercise for me.
Uncle Sam gives US all we can eat
and wear. never was treated better.
If everybody in the army is treated as
well as the signal corps they can't
complain.
Your paper certainly is a great help
and certainly is appreciated. It is
just like getting a letter from home.
Yours very truly,
B. II. RICHARDS,
Co. A. S16th Field Signal B.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-12-14
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FOOD CONSERVATION =
RECIPES. =
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wHEATLEsS RECIPES.

Mrs. ". F. Steecher Of Pullman.
Wash, comments in the Spokesman
Review. as follows on wheatless
breads:
Instead OF wasting time in demon
strating the "wheatless" recipes which
are too expensive for the family OF
moderate income. and don't appeal 10
most people for a steady diet. why
not show the housewives Of this coun-
try how to make really good bread by
adding 25 per cent Of oatmeal. corn
meal, rice or rye flour?
have made bread Of these mixtures
for years, so / know il is not Just an
experiment or a fad to be tried and
put aside. Oatmeal and cOrnmeaI i'm
prove the bread, and rice flour. which
any housewife can make al home.
makes a bread far superior to straight
wheat bread
The saving in wheat would be far
greater than that made by using
wheatless" breads only occasionally.
As the working classes comprise
the larger part of the population OF this
country, and they are far more ready
and willing TO aid in this food conser-
Yafion campaign than their wealthy
-NA6HDDA1f ~ - DL the greatest lm-
portance 70 teach the women Of our
nation to give their families a good.
wholesome bread, which is cheap, easy
10 make. and saves wheat
l believe that We working women
are the real power behind this food
conservation movement, for il We all
do our bit al home the government
viii have yOOd many extra bushels
OF wheat for our allies. / am ready to
do my bit by giving any housewife
who wishes il, full information about
bread making by saving the % per
cent Of wheat which our government
needs SO much.
l suggest that the ban be put on all
club luncheons. dinners and teas. and
on all church dinners and the bazaars
given under the guise OF charity till
AFTER the war. These functions are a
great source Of waste. not only in food.
but in time, energy and money. II
We are going 10 give TO the Red Cross
OF any other charity worthy Of our
support. in the name Of common sense
let US do so without making a big
show and spending more for a good
time than We are giving for charity.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-12-14
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FROM CHRISTMAS TO CHRISTMAS.

Beginning next Monday lasting hougou the week
VIII be the Red Cross drive membership
upon TO members
The Red Cross is of the organizations that has
ever been formed 1t performs that
equipped to do 1t has rival in dco
fort supplies for the sick Whoever is in
need friend falling comforts and
care that money canp provide
Only last week when the calamity befe Halifax \
before the daily
were under way send physicians supplies
IN rev hours thereafter way all the
things that experience suggested necessary.
Is there epidemic there al
most before the world has heard great fire
famine condition Cross is at
there In and misery
the meng angels of the Red Cross present all
the assistance that given
There never was time when for worthy
on could be secured There
needed
needed minisraons
giving all their without the least
thought Millions
forts of home, working comfort
the needy distressed.
Surely to vel
the solicitors week and
lar for a membership
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-12-14
Texas Ariatrix Wakes View Record.

Miss Katherine Stinson. Texas avia-
trix. who started from San Diego at
7.31 a. m. Tuesday on a nonstop
flight 10 San Francisco. reached her
destination at 4:3s p. m. She was the
first person 10 pilot an aeroplane over
the Tehachapi mountains on a non
stop flight The distance between
san Diego and San Francisco in an
air line is 461 miles.
The distance Miss Stinson travelled
was unOfficially announced as $50
miles, which breaks the nonstop
flight record established November 1s,
1916. by Miss Ruth Law. who flew
from Chicago 10 Hornell. y. Y. a dis
lance of 512 is miles. Miss Law was
compelled 10 alight at Hornell BY en-
gine trouble. II was said by officials
Of the Pacific Aero club that an Off
cial check could not possibly reduce
the distance travelled by Miss Stinson
by more than ten miles.
Miss Stinson had been in the air
nine hours, and when she alighted she
showed the tremendous strain under
which she had labored. Miss Stinson
landed at the Preside. a military res
ervation, by special army permission.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-12-14
Training Men for Radio Service.

In response TO the request OF the
government. the Technical institute
ar POcatellO is offering courses in ra-
diO or buzzer telegraphy for con-
scripted men and others who may be
interested
The work is now under way but
men may enter at any time. II re-
Quires from three to tive months 10
become proficient in sending and re-
ceiving wireless messages.
As soon as the ability to receive and
send twenty words per minute is OBJ
tanned the conscripted men will be
given positions in the government ser
vice as radio operators with the COM
mission of corporal or sergeant and
salary ranging from SS6 to SS1 per
month. The work is offered at the
night school session but students who
wish may take other work during the
day session such as typewriting. pen
manship, electricity. English and any
other subject that may make them
more proficient as radio operators.
There is no tuition OF any charge
whatsoever for the work. Students
who wish may secure room and board
at the dormitory.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-12-14
BIG GERMAN OFFENSIVE
MEETS WITH REVERSE
British Prepared for Onslaught and
Rain Hail OF High Explosives.

A nerce mass attack was made bv
lbs. Germans Wednesday against the
elbow IN the bend Of the British line
between BullecOurt and Queant (about
ten miles west OF CambraD. reports
the Reuter- correspondent at British
headquarters in France Their inten-
ton was TO Overwhelm their opponents
by sheer weight of numebrs. Owing
10 the staunchness Of the British op-
position. the attack only enabled the
CermanS 70 get footing in about 500
Yards or th.4 4.bEiti$h front line. when
the attack vas arrested.
Thus the attack wagreduced 10 the
limits Of a very small focaI success a.
the most The ~eOrres spofrsiefitll adds
that, il is difficult 10 GET detaflss bnf
the fighting lasted from dawn until l
o'clock in the afternoon and the con-
unuance OF tring after that suggested
Q British cOunter-attack.
In his description of the battle. the
correspondent says:
What apparently was intended as
a determined German attack upon tho
sector Of our line east OF Bullecour-
was delivered shortly after dawn. and.
owing 10 the staunchness Of our troops.
was reduced TO the limits of a very
small local success at the most. The
spot the enemy chose was the elbow
in the bend of our line between Bulle-
court and Queant.
The Germans opened an intense
bombardment as the first streaks OF a
frosty dawn were paiing the eastern
sky. Our artillery promptly replied
with barrage put down between the
opposing trenches in order 70 catch
any infantry advance.
"Assaulting waves of Bavarian
troops came over in close formation.
Il was the manifest intention TO throw
great pressure upon the front Of the
attack and overpOwer the defenders.
if possible, by sheer weight of NUM-
bers.