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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-13
SPECIAL TAXATION NOTICE.
Warrant No. 1911.

Notice is hereby given 10 all persons
interested. that the board Of local im-
proyements OF the city OF Rock Island
Illinois. has filed in the county court
of Rock Island county a certificate Of
the cost Of the Improvement entitled
in said court, In repetition of the city
of Rock Island. Illinois, to assess the
cost Of the paving Of Forty-second
avenue with brick from Twelfth to
Fourteenth streets" and said certiii-
cate also shows the court costs, the
amount Of accrued interest, and the
total amount of said assessment. and
said certificate also states thar the
said improvement conforms substan-
TALLY to the requirements Of the orig
inal ordinance for the construction of
the same as required by law. and that
final hearing on said certificate and
on the supplemental assessment roll
filed herein. will be had on the 2Sth
day Of November, A d. 1917. at 8
O'Clock a m, or as soon thereafter as
the business of the court will permit
All persons desiring may file objec-
tons in said court before said day
and may appear on the hearing and
make their defense
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this
10Th day Of November, A. D. 1917.
WILLIAM MCONOCHIE,
NJ. T. RUDGREN.
n. JUHL.
JOHN MURRIN,
JOHN LIEDTKE.
. Board Of Local Improvements Of TIA,
City Of Rock Island, III.
Io.,. rt Cogs,-,,.,, 4.,,ts-l.A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-13
ACCIDENTAL FIRE
OF Gun UNDOIhC
OF BOY BANDITS
Bullet Flows Way Through Hand OF
Lad After lie and Another
yonngster Rob House.
HOMES OF BOTH IN DAVENPORT
Are Arrested When Injured Child
Goes 10 Doctor Being Held at
City Jail Here.

An accidental discharge Of a re-
volver brought to a sudden end the
criminal careers OF two boy bandits.
F7arsen Schmidt and Carl Speck u
and II years old respectively, both Of
Davenport. yesterday afternoon after
they had entered and robbed a resi-
dencc a. $50 Sixteenth street Rock
Island
As a result Of the explosion Of the
gun. the two boys, one with a dan
gerous wound in his left hand, are
in the city Jail in Rock Island today
While the police are investigating to
see If the lads are connected with any
OF the other rohheries committed re-
Gently in Rock Island
Yesterday afternoon when Miss
Stella Reid, 500 Sixteenth street re-
turned home from school she found
the house in "a topsy turyey condition
She had been there only q few min
utes until her brother Glen arrived.
Seeing the condition of the house Glen
Immediately notified the police.
While officers were being detailed to
the case a call was received at the
police station that d boy who had
yen shot was at DR.. Il. NJ. Sala's Of
fee. The wagon was sent and the lad,
who later proved to be Flarsen
Schmidt, and he was taken to the
station He told the police that he
was playing with a gun and that was
how he happened TO be shot I'm the
lads pockets the police found a new
dollar a shop key which Glen REID
identified as his own. The boy ther
told the story of how he and the other
boy. Carl SpeCk, had entered the ReiC
home and robbed u.
II seems that after they had plum
dered the house the lads left the wa!
they had entered taking with them ar
automatic revolver, a dollar and som,
change and the key They went dowI
The alley between Fifth and Sixth ave
nues and when they we're between
eighteenth and Nineteenth street the,
emptied or tried to empty. the bull
let's out Of the magazine of the re
volver they had taken. However, on,
bullet remained and the Schmidt boy
holding the weapon in his hands witt
the palm Of his left hand over the en-,
of the barrel, accidentally pressed tn
trigger. The remaining bullet in tn
gun was discharged and it plowed il
way entirely through the hand Of tn
lad, whereupon he is said to hav
dropped the gun and started cast i
the alley at a run. winding up at ID
Sala's office The Speck boy is sal
TO have picked up the gun the othe
one dropped and then ran with it an
one he already had to Sixth avenue
going east on Sixth avenue t
Twenty second street. Here he is sal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-13
SOLDIERS ARE SENT
CHRISTMAS PARCELS

Christmas boxes have ben forwarded
by Helen Gould auxiliary, No. & Unit
ed Spanish War Veterans to six mem
bers Of Sibony Bay camp, U. S. W. A,
who are with the American expedi-
tionarv forces in France, Siboney Bay
camp will send to them a supply of
smokes for Christmas cheer, Follow
ing are the men to whom the packages
have been sent. Ordnance Sergeant
&c. A. Doll. Sergeant of Ordnance
Charles RabaId, Private of Ordnance
Phil Heisler. Sergeant of Ordnance
Edgar n. Wright, Private of Ordnance
Samuel P. Brush, Private Of Ordnance
Adam Hoffman All of the men were
employed at Rock Island arsenal and
hold memberships in Siboney Bay
camp.
Dance at Coliseum tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-13

Dance at Coliseum tonight
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
Chinese D0CiIe StarVerS.

No other race is us docile as the Chi
nesc in times of famine, according to
The National Geographic Magazine.
Their resignation in the face of calam.
ity is amazing. For instance. in the food
shortage of 1906-7 Il starving army OF
100000 peasants camped beneath the
walls of the city of Tsinkiangpu. The
grain warehouses Of the town, q place
of 100000 inhabitants, were overflow
ing with wheat, maize and rice, and
these supplies were constantly on dis
play; yet there were no riots. The
thousands outside the walls sat them
selves down to die, while those within
continued to transact the ordinary af
fairs of everyday life.
During this famine parents found it
necessary to sell their daughters to
WEALTHY families in which they became
slave girls. Early in the period of dis
trcss girls Of ten to fifteen years of age
brought as much as $40 each, but when
the suffering was most severe the Gus.
tomary quotation in the slave, market
was GO cents each, while IN. one in
stance Il father is known to have &C.
cepted II cents and two bowls Of RICE
in exchange for his child.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
APE YOU Wearing CoLCRS?
Thew Should Be uc1d IS an Emblem,
Not as Dress Accessory, De-
clares Writer.

Every patriotic woman ought 10
wcar the red, white and blue as sign
of her patriotism. But she ought 10
wear the flag rs an emblem ana Il
badge and not as a dress adjunct, de-
clarcs a writer in the New York Sun.
Smartly dressed women everywhere
have been among the first to adopt the
custom of wearing a small gold enalh-
clrd or ribbon flag on the coat lapel.
Among women of official society III
Washington there is hardly one woman
who does not wear the tiny flag.
So highly do they regard the use OF
the colors, in fact, that among women
who know what is correct, 1t IS even
customary to wear the tiny flag when
in the deepest mourning. And IN WASH
incton one frequently sees a woman
in her first widows weeds wearing the
small flag on the lapel of her coat.
The small enumelcd pins are perhaps
the neatncsS of these badges. If the
tiny silk flags are used instead they
should not be pierced by the pin that
holds thca in place. \ tiny bit Of sill
should be attached to the back end OF
tie flag and this should be pied witt
! tine pin.
The most popular badge of all i:
the tiny bow of red, white and blue
ribbon, ard rs this IS not the actu"
emblem there is no olfcnse in tying ii
or in piercing it with pin.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02

even the life of man. And man
is a man, indeed, who has eaten the
steel of an enemy-in the upper air.
AS these be men, so Guynemer, the
republics hero of the air, was super
man. We cannot qualify the eXprcS-
sion-and would not.
When the furies released the fcov-
ers of hell in the Hateful monttt5 OF
August in the year 1914, the Eri-colors
of the French republic swung in Il
line of steel from the Vcsges to the
sea, to save the civilization SO labor
iously welded by the h20od of French
men at Tours under Charles Atartel, at
Chalons against tie Huns and at Val
my against the same perhdious enemy
they face toGay.
The rerab!ic's manhood went out
to war. Some men there were VINO
were denied the privilege OF recelV-
Inc. the steel OF the republics enc
mics. And Guynemer WAS enc OF. these
tortured of humanS-he could not tight
for France.
Enters Aviation School.
AS he watched class after class
swing by under the vivid tri-cqior ne
volunteered again and again. in an
ecstacy of patriotism But-tEMy
wouldn't accept him. So? Franco
needed men.
Finally, after six months of maaei-
vering, he usei what influence ne
could avail himself of to enter the
aviation training school at Pau
He proved entirely efficient and was
graduated to the front as {: sergeant
pilot In April of 1915. For eight
months he filled the position OF an I'M
derling among the hangarS-but, that
was a triumph, for he was serving
France. His first aerial work was I'M
eventful, merely observing behind the
French lines.
And then came the day when he
went over On his first raid. AS he
took the air German plane immedi-
ately gave battle. Mon Dieu! They
were coming to him! What happi-
ness!
His attack was so vicious that thc
Boche machine was. merely peck
marked heap Of junk when it crashed
to the ground.
Early in 1916 he became an "ace.
He had conquered five German planes.
Before November he h&d brought
to earth twenty-one enemy machines.
At Verdun he flew with strange COM
.panions-the shells Of the Darrage-
and none outdid Kim. It was here
that he received several bullets in one
of his arms in a thrilling battle with
-four enemy planes. His spirit con-
iquered. He became 81 captain.
In March, 1917. re attained his thir'
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
Camp Libraries to Supply Soldiers
With Best Reading Matter

and circulation of one book. One dol
lar. il has been figured, will furnish a
book, keep it in circulation until II Is
worn out, replace it when it is retlred
for physical disability, and ali the time
nay a share of the expense OF properly
housing and caring for these libraries
in the various camps.
II is not to be imagined that the stu
pcndous task of furnishing the sol
diers with books; eQuipping, establish
ing and maintaining libraries, both sta
tfonary and travelling, is undertaken
with, primarily, an educational idea
The books are needed not only to pro-
vide recreation for the soldiers when
they are off duty, but to help coun'
trract evil influences in the vicinities
Of the camps and environments. Books
70 read will help to make the camps so
wholesome and attractive that the
forces that tend TO take men away
from their duty wifi lose, at least part,
Of their charm.
There is no desire on the part of the
American Library association nor the
library war council to thrust cduca-
! tional books at the heads of men al
ready tired from training and from
fighting and who would desire recrea-
lion rather than the acquisition OF
knowledge The aim has been ana VIII
he 10 provide in abundance volumes OF
,,n,-nls nf Tho
popular sort; and these when they are
purchased. from the present fund, VIII
he selected with all the acumen that
comes to men whose lives have been
spent in library service. A tentative
list has already been prepared, ana
that il is tremendously democratic may
he cleaned from the fact that it starts
cut with W. j. AbbotS "BattletleldS
and Camp Fires" and includes novels
by George AIDE, BalZac, John kendrick
Bangs, James NJ. Barrie, Rex Beach,
IIilaire Belize. William Black, Booth
Harrington, Meredith Nicholson. Rob-
ert W. Chambers. Hall Caine, Winston
Churchill, G. X. ChcSterton, Wilkie Col
Inns, Irwin Cobb, Marion Crawford,
Richard Harding Davis, Charles DICK
ems, w. n. Thackeray, Conan Doyle
Lord DunSany, Jeffrey Farnol, Edn;.
Ferher, Montague Glass and-but one
could go on and make a list of prac'
tically all the popular American and
foreign authors and that list would
probably prove pretty accurate cata'
logue of the books that are to be fur
niShcd the American soldier, wherever
he may be, by the library war council.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
Iust Dream OF Love.

Turkish girls seem to prepare them.
selves for marriage in the absence of
LOVERS. They are wooed by dreams
and sweet thoughts; their faces be.
come tender and their voices cooin"
during the period when their parents
are making inquiries for a suitable
husband for them. But it does seem a
pity that these pretty and charming
girls should never experience in any
degree that most delightful process OF
courtShip. Perhaps when they emerge
into the frccr life that seemed prcpar-
ing for them until the war arrested
progress, that will be one of their
gains.-EXchange
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02

The two pictures are OF the same
youuq man. The first was taken the
day he enlisted and the second after
he had had five mo nths' military train
ina. His home is IN North Carolina
earning capacity, and that it was TIE
best investment any young man coutd
make.
"Billie, if you will go up to my rooEn
and bring my small handbag, L viii
let YOU see. two photographs OF tn"
same youna man, showing what only
five months of intensive training Oh
the Mexican border did for him."
The bag was brought. Uncle Dan.
showing the pictures, said: "Nel!a
here they are. They tell their oWr
story and 1t is mighty interesting
one. The young man, before training
has discouraged look; he has seen
but little OF the world. There WaS
very little in his surroundings to orlnE
hEzl, out. When he joined the colori
sud Uucle Sam took him in charge,
HE for him took on new meaning.
He saw i chan.e to do something and
be something. He woke up. His cap
tain saws he is twice the man he was
when he Joined the army, This may
be one of the extreme cases said
Uncle DAN. II can tell you, though
| that war or no war, no one tnlhS Will.
do the youns. men of this nation SO
much good ii. so short a time as few
months of intensive military training.
It fits q man to fight his own life bat
Ties in the business world lis well as
to defend his country and its flag.
"Nearly every civilized country gives
St:; boys military training. 1t Is COM
!. pulsorv. 1t is based upon the fact that
il is the duty of everyone to help de-
| fend his country; and as war is now
carried oC, no one can do much unless
he is trained. Also, the records show
that the killed and wounded among
unframed troops is nearly three times
as great as it is with well-trained men
who know how to fight and how to
protect themselves. BY this plan a
| nation has trained men to defend her
!! and the Individual is Il stronger and
!! better man for the training.
/ "If the Chamberlain Bill for Mill
/ 'tary Training is passed by congress,
. as it ought to be, the same thing would
| be done for millions Of other young
/ men throughout the land. Everybody
ought to demand of his congressman
and senator's the passage of this
bill"
.All right, sir. exclaimed Jimmie, we
sill see Judge Brcwnell, Mr.. Haskell,
/, :ulf Professor SlOcum, and get them
!, itql$yt'
/
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
Distant Friends.

\ pcrsss we'll skilled in geography
asked Il i"SIn Of a friend, stating that
he had been in all quarters of the
globe. ana had friends in each. He
WAS asked their names and dealings.
oh" said he II have often dealings
with Tim Bucto in Africa, for ivory !;
with my old friend Ben Gal, for rice; ;
Bill Boa sends me fruit from Spain
and there is PAT Ag"nia ami Sam
OThracia and Frank Ohio, and"
Hold" replied the other; "you can't
be on good terms with friends who
keep themselves at such very great
distance"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
New M etaf in Use.

Thermostatic metal, q new material
is adapted for such uses as recording
temperature changes and giving auto
matte temperature control. 1t is made
of strips of two strong, non-corrosiye
metals, of widely different expansion
on heating. These are welded t0geth-
er, and any change Of temperature
causes the compound strip to bend.
When q piece four inches long five
sixteenth inch wide and one-tenth
inch thick was raised 100 degrees
Fahrenheit. 4 force Of "a ounces was
necessary to overcome the bending
tendency iand keep, the strip straight.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
A Hero.

Lord Northcliffe said at an Over
seas club dinner in New York:
1.-THE French soldier wears gold
stripes on his sleeve-one stripe for
each six months of service 1T the
front.
"Well, a middle-agcd Frcnchman
told me one day that he was not en-
titled to his stripes. inaSmuch as his
post, while technically at the front,
was not Il dangerous one and 50 he
was going to cut them off his sleeve.
"'No, nor said 7. Don't do so.
Don't dream of doing so. The man in
these days who declines an unmerited
decoration is q hero, and as SUCH is
entitled to all the stripes his sleeve
will hold"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
FRENCH HERO Of
AIR 4 SUPERMIAN
Guvnemer Leaves Record of DaT-
ing Deeds en- High.
BROUGHT DOWN So PLANES
Meets Fate When Fleet Under Won
Richthofen Attacks Him-TurneG
Down by Every Branch of Service
He Finally Gets Into Aviation Corps
-Honored Many Times.

Guynemer! As you form the sylla-
bles with reverent breath you begin to
realize that even the name, the sound
ing of it, contains a plethora of mean
ing. Guynemer! You say it, and the
crystal of your mind reflects romance
of duty, Of faithfulness, Of altruistic
bravery and Of battles in the upper air,
where all is pure and fair-Where the
fttcst of the nations drive droning me
chanical birds to the shock Of battle.
You picture stcrn-cyed complete men,
very serious and very much tanned,
who have a habit of looking over the
heads Of ordinary humans in Il far-ofl
self-contained manner that seems to
anticipate all things-and, above all,
seems to have that perpleXity known
as life, measured to nicely; and
knows there are things, principles, if
you please, that transcend in value
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
Red Arms and Elbows.

Redtarms are not so difficult TO cure
IFS one might suppose. They are gen.
rers.lly caused by sluggish circulation
which is sometimes due to too tight
SLEEVES or 4 general impoverishment
of 5he system. To treat the arms they
:Shmld first be bathed in hot water.
The following massage cream applied
'witn the palms of the bands should he
'ustal every night before retiring: One
ounce of oil OF almonds one drachm Of
.sr,nmaceti, one drachm Of white wax
one ounce of rose water and One-quar-
LnrG an ounce of orange flower water.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number Two
Jimmie Collins Tells What He Saw
What Military Training Does
for Boys.
Number Two

) swell, here we are" exclaimed Bill
lie, presenting his chum, Jimmie Col
Inns.
Every glad to see you, Mr.. Collins"
said Uncle Dan with a smile.
"Aw," said Billie, aust call him
Jimmie. That's the only name he
knows. He's the pitcher Of our base
ball nine, and he's some pitcher, too.
Just feel of his arm"
"Well," said Uncle Dan, feeling,
"That's a mighty good arm!'
Now, boys" said Uncle Dan, what
do you want to talk abOut?
WELL" said Jimmie, 81 was down to
Galesburg a few months ago when the
boys came home from the Mexican
border. They looked fine. Everybody
was surprised to see how straight they
stood and how manly they were. Inc
boys seemed proud to wear the uni
form. l tell you their muscles were as
hard as nails. heard Banker Haskell
say that the training and discipline
the boys had had was exactly What
every boy in the country ought to
have, and that now these boys could
get a better job at higher pay than
they could have had before. Do you
think that's so, Uucle Danf"
Uncle Dan replied: Il have o
friend who employs hundreds Of yeung
men. He always gives boys having
had military trailing the preference;
he says it pays to do so. he iincF
they are more alert, more prompt
more courteous; they know how tC
carry out orders: they are quicker tc
thin, and to ac; 1han those without
t"airting. He said from his experience
he : ,lievcd that six or eight months
or ] .tensive military training Woulc
add at least 20 per cent to mans
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02

Nothing is being left undOne for the
comfort and mental recreation Of the
men who are preparing to serve their
country in the various training camps
and environments throughout the coun-
trv. The y. NJ. c. A. was early in the
field and besides its many activities
providing for the moral and spiritual
welfare of the men, it did all ii could
to provide proper reading matter LOT
them. But the need Of libraries fur
nished in a more adequate and sclen-
fife way was so largely felt that the
United States government requested
the American Library association to
undertake the work.
At once, ii was decided TO raise Il
milIion-dollar war fund; not SO much
for the purchase Of books us for the
erection Of suitable library buildings
If every environment; for the transport
tation of books and for the purpose OF
securing the service of skilled Hbrarl-
ans. The FIRST step in the formation "l
the organization in charge of the NIL
Iion-doII;r war fund WAS the appoint
ment by Secretary Of War Newton ID.
Baker of ten nationally known men
and women to constitute library war
council.
United. ana cooperating with the
war service committee are most OF
the prominent authors Of the United
States; practically I'LL Of IN" publish
ers. who have trovcd willing voIun-
teers; and ALPHABETICALLY all Of III" l"adin@
members of the library profession. All
these are working in conjunction with
the library war council, the commits
sion on training camp activities and
the war department itself.
/ One Of the heaviest Items Of expense
at the beginning Of the work is the
erection Of 81 camp-lihrlry buildings
at the various environments throughout
the country. Each building will be IT
by 12O feet III size, one-Storr high, ana
will have accommodations for 5000 or
10000 books newspapers and lna@a-
zines, and living quarters for the stall
1t is nOiHI ANA PA!1t>tNu tL''I '"N" ~
those libraries viii be in charge OF q
trained librarian. IL each camp it Is
planned to have library headquarters
with books and periodicals for read
ing-room use. together with system
of distributing agencies; atfording Ia
the soldiers 4 kind Of tirst-claSs city
public library service.
. 4 careful survey Of the entire field
determined that 81 is the amount nee
essary for the purchase, maintenance
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
Flowers for Dressing Table.

vases containing the flowers. Arranged
In the way shown, however, Il. VIII
occupy no space upon the table, and
the vases cannot possibly be upset.
Almost any small vase of the nature
shown in sketch A can be used for this
purpose. Pieces Of prettily colored
ribbon should be tightly tied round the
neck and again at the base Of the vase
leaving loose ends upon one side. The
ends can be securely tied in smart lit
file bows round the post OF The looking
glass. The vase can then be filled with
water, and the flowers prettily ar
ranged in it.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
How to Remove Egg Stains.

Egg stains on table linen should be
soaked in cold water before being sent
to the laundry. The stains come out
quite easily if treated in this way; but
hot water "Sets" them, and makes
them difficult to remove.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02

rial re S o Il + C e 9
enough. 1t has Il
vast amount OF
knowledge of the
heavens a b ov e,
the earth beneath,
and the waters
under the earth.
1t has power al
most unlimited. II
can do anything ii
sets out to do, GER
t ainly anything
that needs to be
done. But it does
not know God.
whom to know
Alright is life etcr
nal OIL Wise
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-02
The Ma.u Order.

She (brlli@ercEtIy)--Why weren't you
at The station with the car to meet ME
as usual?
lie (mcr.:.y}-->Er dear, you ought 70
get into Ibis hGi,.C 81 some meetleS5
d2yS.