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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03
MARBLE BUST As
TOKEN OF KAISER
Birthday of Won Hinaenhurc Is Nsaa
Special went in Hatarg Circles
at the Eafherland.

Amsterdam, Oct 3-The celsbratsc,
of the birthday Of Field Marshal van
HlndenbQrg At German main head
quarters yesterday began wlth visit
from Emperor william who present
ed the held marshal with q marble
bust Of the all highest war lara )
The route from Eindeubura's h0Yza i,
main headquarters was lined Wis
children who strewed flowers In tis
path, while airmeu droune8 aouare
and laurel Vreaths
At headquarters the field r,arsrsl
was received By General won linden
dorm and The other officers OF the gen
eral staff. General Ludendorf greet
ed his chief rs "tha personifcatfon AZ
tHe glorious development Of the Prus-
sIan-GeFmau fatheriand Hinderburr
later reviewed veteran units and other
soldiers 10 front of the Headquarters.
and in speaking to them said.
at lis special pleasure to me ta
know myself is one vitb tie German
people In their VIII I'd victory ana
their confidence iu victory
The field marshal praised enc army
and those who remained ii home He
called for cheers for the emperor. who
invited 70 dinner all who had called
To offer birthday congratulations. la
q speech the emperor praised the FIELD
as "tba hero of the German
people to whom ID is granted ta ae-
complish deeds Of world and hist0rl-
cal greatness
The emperor then thanked Field
Marshal son Hiudenburg b Che name
d the army and the people, and con
tnued
Future centuries win weave Leg
ends around the beloved and h0noraa
personality Of the field marshal. MAY
God preserve him for further deeds
until the victorious end of the war.
oat OF Which q strong, healthy and re-
spected Germany VIII arise
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03

Si LEl@ eyes
Failing sight or blindness caused from
Eranulated lids. sore eyes. sculus.
growths cataracts. floating Spots
glaucorna, Wild hairs, weak. watary
eyes weak nerves Of the eyes. pain
over the eyes OF deafness. loss CT
hearing from any cause. head noises,
ulcers Of the ears, 10 come and ser
his opinion and try his new ABSORB
t1on-Adassage Treatment one time free
and see If It VIII help them he ez-
pecially wants those eases where one
eve IS failing considerably or one ear
Is growing quite dear, and the other
Is just started, 10 see him without d ,
lay One treatment frequently gives
rapid and quick relief. He wants
every case Of catarrh 20 come ard trv
this treatment ones free. It gEVes i'm
mediate relief He SAYS catargh IS q
constitutional disease as wen as local
and you must treat ths blood ara sys-
tern as wei S the nose. Every case
should be durable. He strairhte1s
eross-eyes in three minutes without
giving chloroforn. Ee removes ad-
enoid growths in two minutes with
cut chloroform. and the patient goes
home without pain or danger. lis
wants every child suffering VITA AZ
GERS q the ears. or partial deafness
oroughG 70 him. He has success sFaItv
treated over 800 children suffering
with deafness IN some form. He has
treated eye, ear, nose and threat ais
eases for over thjrty-tvo years. he
originated this Absorption Massage
Treatment, ana IS making regular
trips here 70 prove that operations
and harsh remedies ara not necessary
IL most cases. de has treated many
OF the most chronic. severe cases He
takes no case that he thinks is incur
able. II you safer he invites you q
get his opinion based on the treat
ment OF thousands Of cases. For fur
Their Information, address DR.. ". Q.
Coffee, Des Aoiness Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03
DEFENSE WINS IN
FIRST RULING IN
CONSPIRACY CASE

The defense in the alleged sediGon
cases arising out Of tine lecture Of
Daniel f Wallace. in Davenport.
July 26. wen a victory today when
Judge Martin J Wade. in the United
states district court in Davenport de-
cided that Wallace should be tried
separately from the Davenport de-
PENDANTS. The latter, six in all. viii
be tried together on a charge OF con-
spiracy TO violate the espionage law.
Wallace is charged with violating the
law and conspiracy also. The trial Of
Wallace will start tomorrow and the
other men will be tried beginning next
Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03

The country's prospective short cot
ton crop is Indicated by the govern
ment's estimate caused a further SEN
sational rise in prices in the cotton
market here this morning. The De-
cembeT contract advanced Sc q bale
making a total of S12 q bale since the
estimate was issued i'm Washington
yesterday. The increase brought cot-
Ton 10 within one cert a. pound of the
hlghest price thus far this wear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03
TreT m erFn 4yurAT,

Springfield. III Oct with the
winter wheat seeding season ut hand
and emphasis laid on a bumper crop
for Illinois in 1918. the state depart
ment Of agriculture is urging wheat
growers to make a termination test
of their seed wheat. and if the test is
low. to put on enough wheat to make
I'D the deficiency or get d higher
grade OF wheat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03
DENEEN rs COUNSEL.

Elgil Ill. Oct.~3. Former Governor
Deueeu has been retained by MIX
Producers association 10 hgbr milk
trust cases. indictments o1 which
States Attorney Hoyne VIII ask at the
next grand 5urE, according TO q state
mant Of Charles 81. Potter. chairman Of
the milk committee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03

the trenches Already number of
cases Of mental breakdown have been
treated in the hospitals With one or
two exceptions, however. these cases
have been usually met with in civil
ian life. the deIusicns having little to
do with the army or the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03
LOCAL MILITARY
BOYS TO RECEIVE
GOODIES IN WEEK
Consignment Of Fruits and Sweets
Goes From Chamber Of Commerce
On Saturday.
PUBLIC IS URGED TO RESPOND
All Who Desire 10 Send 20 Individual
or TO All Rock Island Soldiers
May Do So.

T. 2. Davis. chairman Of the Civic
Bureau Of the Chamber of Commerce
announced today that the civic COM
r1fttee Is preparing q consignment of
fruits and sweets which IS TO be eE-
pressed 80 former Company A boys
now in Battery T at Camp Logan,
Texas. ia Monday next and invites ell
those wishing to send candies and
fruit TO any members of the company
to. if they So desire. bring them to the
Chamber OF Commerce headquarters
where the goodies viii he properly
boxed and sent along with that which
the Chamber 1s Commerce SIS maxi
ing up.
Captain VI. IN. Scott announces that
sweets ana other personal lu2urIas
are the things which the boys are I'm
able 10 obtain At the camp and THAI if
the citizens DC Rock Island want to do
something for them anything along
this line viii be most thoroughly ap-
preciated.
There may be some who would like
to contribute boxes Of sweets without
assigning them Tvs any particular per-
son These VIII also be gladly receive
ed and sent ~ Captain Scott for dis
trIbutlOn.
Apples Desired.
Cares houid De taken in bringing
fruits. avoiding as much as possible
the sending Of fruits that are quickly
peTishable and easily bruised. Good
eating apples are particularly de5ira-
bic. In case Of fruits. friends are re-
quested 20 bring them in earlier than
Friday and not later than Saturday
noon.
The civic committee will take charge
Of packing and shipping and VIII see
that recognition is given to all those /
individually who subscribe 10 the con T
slgnmeut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03

Dozens Of the most pr<
service TO the government.
and the fuel administration.
have been virtually drafted
womeu's industry committee
Tninistration's home econom
national defense, Miss Julia
of defense and MRS. Philip
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03
DR.. COFFEE
VIII Visit Rock Island At Harper
House, Tuesday and Wednesday,.
Oct and 70.

He viii see patients Tuesday from
3 II to $50 p n. and from 10 s
at night. and en- Wednesday from @ q
m. to p m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03

Among the many other Free Gifts to choose
from during this sale are: Pure Aluminium Cook
ing Utensils; Florentine Statuary; Child's Rock
ing Chairs; Dolls; Cupid Pictures; SiIver-DIated
Tablespoons; Morris Chairs; and SO on through
long list. Come in, look them over.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03

Something for everybody. A pretty little pres
ems for the customer who has only half a dollar fo
10 spend; something better for dollar purchase.
more gifts and better ones 10 pick from for t,go
aoiarss and SO on The more you buy these 10 DAYS.
the better your present will be.
Save your purchase slips day by day. and ger
What you want when they figure up to the amount.
purchases made any day, beginning Wednesday.
October ;, will count up to Saturday. Octobev n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03
Beginning I'D 4. NJ Wednesday,. Oetoker 3D. On.

On This Page Are Pictured Some
Of the Presents 10 Be Given
away. Free. with Purchaaea Made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03

Or " O
EdEeet Des
1Ioines Ia
will m ak g
his regular
visit he re
on the above
named date
and m q / .
return wise
IT'S cv rT
two wye aE
He invites
every UE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-28
American Soldiers Arrive i'm France

IN defiance of the Kaisers lurking Uboa attachments
 of American troops have arrived in France to the great enthusiastic popuae who crowded the shores of French harbor welcome them These people assembled according to the dispatch received Gin anticipation of duplication of yes erday surpre which probably that of the rival of the first detachment withheld from American news papers.
 The success with which these troops transported through the submarine zone apparently without mshap whatsoever and the profound secrecy far the public concerned with which the operations carried out shows that the American government not lacking in the Teuons boased efficiency It shows that government has gotten down to business order and is losing time in extending mil tary aid to the allies
 Arrangements had already been made for the reception of the first consignment of troops who in camp and be- fore long they will be in the trenches fighting beneath the Stars and Stripes drive the Germans of France American ships have been contact with the European waters for several weeks and have made splendid record
 These evidences of America active participation in the only cheer the French and English and corresponding shoarten the Germans but they creating fresh enthus in the United States They gratifying to the Amer can people, who proud of the smoohness and rapdy with which our military plans are being executed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-28

TRUE BLUE GERMAN-AME MEXICAN From the New York World.
 In the offices of some German lan- guage newspapers in the United States there may be flunkyish response to the logne Gazette that German Americans are the Kaiser's best allies'' but there will he nothing of the kind on the part of the tens of thousands of American citizens of German birth or descent al- ready in the service of the United States or on the point of entering 1t.
 Speaking of past treasons and betray- als in this country, mostly by paid agents of Potsdam, the Gazette says: We may be sure that now, too, the German Americans will be at their posts" Like many other hopes and projects of Prus- fusion. Except for few seditious Ger man language newspaper owners and a few alien enemies who are rapidly being numbered and labeled, the so-called Ger man-Americans are at their posts in cred ita ble numbers, and those posts, we are proud to say, are the United States army, the United States navy. the ma rlne corps and the National Guard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-28
A FAMOUS COLLEGE FIGHT

amid excitement and confusion. Six hun dred students-partisan all-stamped and yelled and roared; but when the third round ended, Guiteras threw up the sponge and surrendered the glory of hi% championship to his conqueror."
 Nearly all successful business men poss sess fighting qualities. Commodore Vafa derbilt was fighter Hartman, HiN and Morgan were fighters. Men who aspire to do big things must have daring, must have courage, must have self con fdence. They must be prepared to accept risks They must exhibit boldness when others show timidity.
 Gaston's valor did not forsake him when he left college He carried it with him into his business life And New England once had reason to be grateful that he did. During the 1907 panic, when industrial foundations became as quick sand and the strongest of enterprises became shaky, William A. Gaston stepped to the front and fought to check the de- bacle It will be recalled that hundreds of banks throughout the country began to scramble for gold, while business men were harshly ordered to pay off loans, an influential city financial institutions acted panicky, hoarding their specie like misers and dunning borrowers to pay up instantly at any cost
 Gaston had not been many months in the banking business when this occurred. But the courage he showed in his college days and later at the bar and in busi- ness again distinguished his conduct ln- stead of following the stampede, he adopted the historic policy pursued by the Bank of England in times of grave crises and used his resources freely, en- couraging others to meet the panic with confidence.
 Many New England institutions looked to the National Shawmut, bank, the largest in the New England field, for a cue as to what course should be followed. Some of the banks directors urged that self preservation was the first law of finance as of life and that the institution should look out for number one and the devil take the hindmost."
 President Gaston had larger and leAB cowardly ideas of banking and of nu, responsibilities On November 15, when the demoralization was at its height, he sent out a letter to every bank in the country having relations with the Shaw nut counseling calmness, courage and financial boldness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-28
Forty-eight Years
 I'm Sanne Office .

1T7 HE AGE-HERALD extends con-
 j. gratulations to John c. Will Hams, editor and proprietor of the Talladega Home, who celebrated on June 25 his orty-eighth anniversary "in the printing business in the same office, in the same town"
 The Talladega Home is one of the brightest daily papers in the state and a credit to Editor Williams, who has spent almost half century working for the advancement of Talladega. He is one of the oldest newspaper editors in the state, in point of serv- ice, and is deservedly popular among his associates of the Alabama press.
 MT. Williams tells his readers that if he rounds out half century in har- ness he may have something to say about Fifty years in printing of flee" His "reminiscences would no doubt be well worth reading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-28
x x x
To Co-operate With
 JBIerbert C. Hoover

1D REPRESENTATIVES, of the NN principal dairy and poultry as- sociations are ready to cooperate with Herbert c. Hoover in sys- tematic plan to conserve the products in which they deal At conference in Washington Tuesday it was agreed that the dairy and poultry industries should be placed under the supervi- sion of the food administration and a prominent expert was named as a voluntary aid to MT. Hoover.
 An effort is to be made to increase production and plan will be worked out for supplying the United States and the allies with milk, cheese, but ter, eggs and poultry. There will be campaign to prevent the indiscrimi- nate slaughter of milch cows and the indiscriminate sale of hens.
 It is believed that this cooperation of the dairy and poultry interests will result in great saving of food. The men who attended the conference have manifested intense earnestness in responding to MT. Hoover's appeal and have set an excellent example for others to follow.
 No problems growing out of the war are more serious than those touching on food supplies. The whole food situation must be handled on scientific basis and with courage. MT. Hoover seems to be the very man for the arduous undertaking. To begin with food statistics are such as can be applied practically and his infor- nation in general on the needs of na- tions is thorough.
 As government food director MT. Hoover is serving without pay, and that fact is another reminder of the patriotic spirit which is in such evil dence now.
 Thousands of men and women are giving their time and money freely to the cause of liberty. Today more than lever service is the one dominant note of American life.
 MT. Hoover has prodigious task ahead of him, and all patriotic pec- pie should be eager to lend him any assistance in their power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-28

expended by the Louisville and Nash vile in the south. Figures are gwen which show how much@ money the Louisville and Nashville has paid out in the past 16 years for taxes, for material and supplies, for fuel and for wages. The last named item amounted to $324,S7O,1 ,160.41, and most of this money was spent in the south.
 Long since the dictum, "The public be damned" has given way to "Ihe public be pleased" The great cor porations of today by dealing frankly with the people they serve have not only brought themselves into closer touch with the public, but they have vastly increased their popularity and usefulness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-28

By Anne Swineford, with World Out
 look for July.
 SN vERYBODY in Japan knows Miss lCJ Ume Tsuda. Japanese people are ~ extremely sensitive to the renown which their people are gaining through out the earth, and Miss Tsuda, by her unusual conquests of the west as well as the east, has brought herself into na- tienal prominence. Besides. did not the Emperor himself, at his coronation, be- stow on her a decoration, a gift so rare that but handful of women in Japan have been so honored?
 Miss Tsuda is among the group of sent to the United States in 1871 for edu- cation.
 On her return to Japan. Miss Tsuda was engaged as tutor to some of the children of the palace But the limita- tions of the Japanese learning for women, confessedly planned to produce good wives and mothers" could not satisfy her ambitions for her country. So, throwing aside the conventional edu- cation, she started private school of her own in a tiny house made possible by the gifts of friends in the United States. By sheer dint of character she wrought out almost unaided a scheme of edu- cation which she deems suited to the life of Japanese girls. Her methods are unioue for Japan. The ordinary Japan csc girl eats up rules and regulations; she has obedience warped from vir- tue to a menace.
 Miss Tsuda resolved to discard rules to develop self-controlled lives.
 Now and again American friends have sent funds to start some new depart ment of work Thrice the school has outgrown its shell. Though not preten- t;ous, the school that houses her 200 girls is built according to the strict housing laws of Tokyo, providing light. space and fresh air. and is very com fortable and close beside the school is the tiny house where Miss Tsuda lives with her aunt, the matron of the school. Her house is Japanese throughout even to the tiny fishpond and the lotuu flower.
 Her school is now. with all deferencn to the Japanese government institu- ticns, to be regarded as the most ad- vanced in all Japan, her girls the most interesting of all students. None but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-28

B. c. Forbes in Leslie's.
 0N HERE is none of the proverbial
 Bostonian haughtiness about Col
 S onel Billy" Gaston. He is dem ocratic not only in politics, but in per son. John L. Sullivan is just as real a friend as Theodore Roosevelt, his second at Harvard, when young Gaston, in a memorable fight, won the middleweight boxing championship of his university in days when boxing meant hard fighting.
 A brief account of this incident in Gaston's student days will convey very clearly the kind of stuff of which he is made.
 Harvard then had middleweight boxer, Ramon Guiteras, who could lick all corners. It began to be rumored on the campus, however, that dark horse was training with view to entering the ring against the mity "Guit." The stu dents wondered who the audacious as- pirant could be. When the eventful day came 1t was Billy Gaston who stepped into the ring. with Teddy Roosevelt as his second An authoritative account of the battle says:
 "On the night of the bout, the old Harvard gym was packed with stu dents. They were perched along the raft CTS, hanging from cross-beams, clinging to window frames, dangling on the vault ing horses and the travelling rings. On the floor of the building there was barely room for the ring; a dense. hoarse- throated mob of surging, enthusiastic yelling students filled every nook and corner.
 ''The fight was to last for three rounds of 10 minutes each There was no milk and-water boxing in Harvard in 1S793 hard hitting and lots of it marked the fistic battles of those days, and the box ers when they staggered panting to their corners, dripped sweat and blood; spar ring for points was by common consent and desire barred; fighters went after a knockout and usually gave it or got it. Those were the halcyon days; the golden age of the glove.
 Seconded by man who was later to become President of the United States. Gaston fought Guiteras three rounds, both contestants coming out flushed and panting at the end of each For 30 min utes they spared, fought, hammered. countered; it was a grueling struggle, a contest of pluck and endurance waged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-28
South's Excellemt
 Red Cross Record

6N HE quick and generous response
 H of the people of the United
 States to the Red Cross fund has
 made. a splendid impression on the
 world at large. It has heartened the
 allies and has demonstrated anew to Germany that America is intensely in
 earnest in it's war preparedness.
 An analysis of the Red Cross sub scriptions by states and by cities is 1 full of interest. Relatively speaking
 the south has made a wonderful rec
 ord. The north has prospered as a
 result of the war and can, therefore, well afford to give without stint.
 Certain manufacturing centers and
 the grain producing west have rolled in wealth during the last two years,
 but with few exceptions the war has
 hurt the south. The Birmingham dis trict has had share of the munitions
 business, but southern cities as rule have been anything but benefited by
 the bloody conflict. And yet the south as a whole has been a liberal giver-
 certainly a cheerful giver-to the Red
 Cross cause.
 The Associated Press reports that Virginia is Heading the south in ac- tual volume of subscriptions, but to Alabama goes the honor if having
 passed it's apportionment first" Among southern cities Birmingham
 has conspicuous place. Its allot-
 ment was $150,000, but it raised up- wards of $2O0,O00 Memphis made splendid record. It was set down for | only $100,000, but it gave $250,000. New Orleans, always liberal, sur
 passed itself this time. Its appor-
 tionment was $500,000, but it did l S15O. 900 better than that.
 | Southern states that suffered a year ago from torrential rains and boil weevil were too impoverished to give with their characteristic gener- osity, but not few of the southern
 cities that had felt hard times dis