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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
The Day in Davenport

Members of the cast were the guests
of the Commercial club at a dinner
party following the close of the show
Saturday night.
Boilermaker Hurt.-Walter Kurtz-
kouri, boilermaker employed by the
Babcock- wilcox company at the Rock
Island arsenal, suffered a .sprain Of
the right ankle and bruise on the
left leg when he fell Il feet from a
scaffold early Saturday morning. He
was taken to Mercy hospital. and Dr.
p. A. Beudixen was called to attend
to his injuries.
Obituary Record. - Mrs. Minna
Steineoke, aged SO years. died at 2
Davenport hospital Saturday morning
at 3 o'clock, after a short illness.
Mrs. Steinecke was born in Germany
June u. 1881, and came to America
with her parents the following year
The family settled in Davenport where
she was educated in the schools OF
this city. Her maiden name was
Minna Tetzner and she was united
in marriage to Otto j. Steinecke in
Davenport Sept. y, 1901.
Mrs. Harry Koss of this city is in
treceipt Of a telegram advising hes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
First American Losses.

It was inevitable that We should
have casualty list from the American
expedltionary force in France The
initial brush in which the Americans
suffered losses took place Saturday,
the Germans killing three. wounding
dozen and capturing probably a
score or more OF Pershings troops.
How extensive the damage done to the
enemy proved has not been ascer-
tanned
It was known that the Germans
were putting forth extreme efforts to
deliver a blow TO their newest enemy.
Ia fact attractive rewards had been
offered for the capture, dead or alive.
OF the first American. The Huns had
learned the location of the Americans
aud doubtless eentered additional
strength in their direction that they
might make sure of bringing down
some Of the game they have been look
ing for since il was announced weeks
ago that American troops were taking
their position where they could help
their allies in their drives against the
invaders. In reading the names In
the list Of Sammies who fell or were
taken prisoner YOU will notice that
the enemy Is striking pretty close to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

ShopUfter Caught.-A young woman
giving the name Of Alice Brown and
claiming to be 20 years old, was ar
rested by Detectives Bishop and Brady
Saturday evening in the J. H. G. Pc
tersen's Sons company store, Second
and Main streets. Some handkerehiefs
and small articles believed to have
been stolen from the store were found
when she was searched.
Marriage Licenses. Bert Day, Day.
export, and Georgia Martin. Vincennes.
Ind; George Dokos, East Moline, and
Gertrude Anders Rock Island, Elmer
Irl Knapp, LeClaire. and Edna Luz
ellie C0neannon, Davenport; Leonard
Widger, Kewanee, and Hazel Rock
well, Kewanee; L, " Ramsey, Daven-
port. and Norma Catherine Klindt,
Davenport
Elk Show Is Suecess.-Total re-
ceipts for the "Jollies Of 1918" staged
| by the Davenport Elks for the war
benefit fund, amounted to S2,0S1.0. ac-
cording to a check made Saturday at
the close Of the third performance.
/ The show was staged under the di-
rection of the Joe Bren Producing
company and drew capacity houses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
IARS AND JIRES.

Baseball talk draws men together
With women it seems 10 be the posses
sion Of knitting outfits.
Some people seem to think the war
can be carried on like the sallies Of
some prize lighters, with nothing but
harsh words.
William is studying his mathematics
with renewed interest, so he can be
proficient in football signals
What's become OF the boy who used
to sing in the gallery for the we'll
known serio comic on the stage?
e. Fun, for some people, means moth.
Jig. short Of assault and battery. This
IL thought for Halloween.
If hay is to be conserved for horses
and cattle. what will Hula Hula dane
ers do for costumes?
Readers who are interested in the
invention of an electric chair ror re-
ducing weight will be pleased to learn
that it accomplishes the results
through the synchronous contraction
of the muscalature, and the electro
chemical action Of the Fabric current
passing through the tissues Surely
this is consoling.
The Northern Spy apple has never
yet been under suspicion.
II photographers depended on band
some people for their living, what Z
miserable existence they would have.
4 Today's addition to the Pet Aver
sion department, is waiting at a grade
crossing for long freight to pass"
+ When you think YOU are bothered
( by a cold rain in autumn, think Of tn,
poor soda water man,
There is much to be thankful for
this year, even If turkey is altogethe
out of the question. Charles Leedy il
| Youngstown Telegram.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS,
4 Wholesome Cnn OF Tea.

Please inform me whether any pois-
onous or injurious element is produc-
ed when tea is permitted to boil. or
to steep too long. ! am q great lover
Of good tea, though | take only a Gun
Iui at lunch and sometimes at dinner.
80 many people insist that tea and
coffee are harmful, no matter how pre-
pared | wonder ii you think so.
MRS. b, B. S.
Answer-Tea should be prepared
only as an infusion, by pouring boil
ing water on the leaves and allowing
1t TO stand for perhaps four minutes
TO draw" II boiled. even for short
time, besides spelling the flavor
through driving off the delicate arc
ma which connoisseurs appreciate.
the tannin is also extracted from the
leaves, and tannfn interferes with di-
gestion and causes constipation.
Properly prepared tea and coffee in
moderation are both wholesome bey-
erages for adults and in nv opinion
many people with imaginary concen-
tions break off drinking tea and coffee
ITO their injury The mild stimulation
] or tea and coffee, without anv after
/ depression, seems TO be essential for
people living an active life.
What Grade B Milk Is.
Please tell me whether there is any
important difference between grade 4
and grade B milk as marketed TO the
public q "a, +
| Answer Grade B milk is not 50
clean as grade A, because .it. is pro
duced and handled by people who are
less cleanly and careful. So far as
alsease conveyance and nutrition are
| concerned, there is no important diff
ference. Many people prefer 10 nav
Tor cleanliness even when thew know
! something less clean Is Just as safe
iron The sanitary standpoint.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

The fruit of labor is success, but
the juice is often sour.
Marriage isn't even a good lottery
q man has chance in lottery.
A man shows signs Of understand
ing woman when he doesn't try to
refute her arguments.
Gout is too fashionable to be cured.
1t generally takes woman to mend
a mans ways.
From the free list to the blacklist
is but jump,
All women are convinced that all
men are terrible, except possibly one.
About the time man ought to quit
wearing red ties he begins TO wear
them
Some people are like shadows-they
are with you only when everything is
fair.
Some nations and all women begin
hostilities without declaring war.
We often discard the wrong cards,
and sometimes it happens that way
with friendships.
The virtues of men, at best, are neg
alive; l admire a woman for what she
is and a man for what he isn't.
When a young man once drops into
poetry he seldom gets on his feet
again. Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

home, Iowa having contributed some
OF her sons TO the initial land disas-
ter. This should steel us for the
blows that are yet TO come to all of
US. for there is none In America who
hasn't somebody whose taking of IN
battle will sting the heart
America. however. hasn't yet got
into the struggle in the big way that
she must and will as her forces are
accumulated on the other side. With
hundreds OF thousands Of our boys In
the trenches We must take IL as mat
ter OF course that there will be fire.
quent casualty lists. and that they
won't In every case record the names
Of those so far away that we don't
know them.
We've all been Of the hope that the
kaiser would confess his mad mis-
lakes before the flower of America be
came Involved with the sword, and
there are ever so many that are still
cHnging to belief. though admitting
its remotencss, that something viii
happen before the holidays that Will
bring peace nearer. None OF us can
be blamed for praying that the
slaughter terminate at the earliest pos
sible day. but TO those who are on
the inside and understand the German
military mind nothing short Of defeat
will attain the ends for which America
and her allies are fighting Accepting
this to be the situation, we Americans
must turn our face to the tremendous
undertaking before us, work in
which we al home are as much con
cerned as are the men in the trenches
and on the seas The more we do al
home in carrying forward the recon-
mendations OF the administration in
reference 10 the conservation Of food
etc, the easier and more effective We
will make the greater task that faces
the armed forces in the field.
But we must prepare ourselves fol
saddening announcements from Eu
rope They are the certain fruits o
warfare. When men go forth to battle
, they do so in the full consciousness.
, that in dying for ones flag one is bu
paying the price of liberty. a principle
. for which free men have ever beer
ready to shed their LIES blood tt
I be sure the casualties will be small
, compared to the number of American
. who will be in the fighting lines in Eu
rope, but the point is that we shoult
I not expect that We can send our hun
4 dreds Of thousands Of men across ant
look for them all TO return UNNAMED
70 Would that this were possible But W
g know that it isn't. That's the reaso,
/ we should get ourselves accustOme
r TO hearing bad news from the wa
z zone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
WILLIAMS DEpARTrRE-

loud report, groan, dull thud.
as a once human body, possessed of
all the instincts Of life, fell over back
ward with discharged shotgun lying
across his legs; what was once Will
liam Reiehert, a farmer of the town
OF Hartford, was no more. The soul
had flown and all that he left for
friends and relatives 10 mourn over
was the form OF a man who had once
enjoyed life, had loved, hreathed and
performed the functions of life
Hartford (Wis) Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
Periodic Headaches w. Epilepsy.

Migraine, or periodic sick head
aches, sometimes wrongly termed
bilious heachaches.' may be feat
ure Of the medical history OF fam
lily. So may epilepsy. Putting it ali
in real English, one member OF the
family may suffer from the painful
periodic headaches. while another
member will suffer from the eonvul-
si0ns or<tits Of epilepsy, and possibly
the underlying cause in both cases
may be the same
As for epilepsy, authorities look
upon it, not as specific disease, but
rather as group Of symptoms which
will arise from different causes in dit
ferent cases. 1t is perfectly reason
able To think that sick headaches.
too, may depend upon different fac
tors in different cases All sorts Of
causes have been theoretically sug-
gested. One that has been unscien-
titically insisted upon is eyestrain
There is sound physiological reason
for believing that a victim Of sick
| headaches should avoid eyestrain by
having careful examination of the
eyes made by the oeulist and proper
glasses fitted. Moderate strain which
would never bother healthy individ-
ual is likely to prove a drain on the
small capital Of nervous energy an in
valid possesses. But in all our obser-
! vations we have never seen sick head
aches cured by glasses
Persons subject to epilepsy or mi
graine usually feel an aura" or warn
ing sensation Of some kind just before
an attack begins A very active ca
thartic, such as a dose of salts now
and then, may ward Off or postpone
attacks of either sick headache or
epilepsy Careful regulation of the
function Of the bowel, by diet and
habit, i'll such manner as to obtain
from one to three regular evaeua-
tons day, has been found by numer-
Gus victims of sick headache to great
~ diminish or perhaps entirely cure
the disease. Similar results have been
noted IN many eases of epilepsy.
Intestinal stasis is unquestionably a
icommon cause Of sick headache and
lof epilepsy. Intestinal stasis means
retention OF food residues too long in
some part of the intestine. and Il does
not mean just constipation. for ma.
tent may suffer from the autointoxi-
cation OF Intestinal stasis In various
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

The American Defense society
urges every patriotic American to
write TO Hon. w G. McAdoo, secre-
tary of the treasury, urging him not
to license any enemy fire insurance
company. Says the society: The bur
den Of proof is upon the Germans.
Why should the United States permit
the Germans who sacked Belgium and
sank the Lusitania to continue TO ex-
tract an annual income of $25,000,000
from the pockets of the American peo-
Pile? To license these companies
would be construed by Germany as
evidence that the United States is not
wholeheartedly in the war. 1t would
be a source Of financial support 10
Germany The German companies do
ing business in the United States on
Dec. 81, 1916, had assets in the
United States Of $27.7720 600. as against
81, S53, 10000 of risks, or less than I
per cent for each dollar of risk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
Product of the Dives.

The Negro who murdered Peter
Ielvek. a carpenter employed at Rock
Island arsenal in his rooming house
on Fourth avenue, Sunday morning,
was q petty thief and an idier; one
Of those self-sausfed and weli-fed
men Of leisure TO be found lettering
about the dive and the pool hall, OF
which there are several in the district
between Twentieth and Twenty-fourth
streets and north Of Fourth avenue.
He got his three squares a day, wore
good clothes, had money and didn't
seem 10 be concerned over whether
school kept or not. He slept during
the day while the industrious OF his
race were earning an honest liyeli-
hood But he came forth az night
fresh as a daisy prepared to show those
who ventured in the precincts where
he was known as some dog that it's
gay and easy life il one knows the
system. He did not have to pull
stick-up or rob a house every night in
the week. because there were times
.,ortine a. srch heroic erternriaaa
uoweyer WHOM bie laet doIlar dis
appeared and there were no others in
sight via the channels from which
nov eoat nv tbo castor netbods of
oneration no would smaoth nm his
siTeleton kevs clean his fiash light and
Ioad his cat and 60 forth to hiring
bark Inc bacon That's what he was
about SUNDAY ,norninp when he on
connterod JelveL If tbe latter had
remained silent and neruitted the
Negro 10 carry ON his work uninter-
run,ed there would have been no
s,rott,o u,t r,,t,el, r.t,,ralt,, fol.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
cMO RDs ND
ID 1ScORDs
IN 4 BEECHWOOD.
arch above my head,

A golden arch above my head,
A path with golden carpet spread
Each side the golden mantled trees
Soft singing in the faint sweet breeze,
Down-futtering leaves in golden
showers,
A gold CLEAN of witch hazel flowers,
And dazzling my uplifted eyes,
The sunlight in the golden skies,
What magic SPELL has compassed me
What strange new world Is this | see
Cold Gold, above. below, around.
tread upon enchanted ground.
MARIAN DOUGLAS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
MEMBER or THE ASSO-
GATED PRESS.

The Associated Press il ex-
clusiyely entitled to the use for
republication Of all news dis
patches credited TO II or not
otherwise credited IN this paper
and also the local news pub.
llshed herein.
All rights Of republication Of
special dispatches herein are
also reserved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

The eyes of the nation are on New
York on the eve Of its epochal mayor
atty election. The kaiser also is
keeping close watch on the result.
The defeat of Mitchell, who is can
didate for reelection, will be victory
for the disloyalists. Hillquit, the So
cialist. openely opposes the war and is
said to have refused to buy a Liberty
bond. Hylan, the Tammany nominee,
while protesting his patriotism, never
theless is joined with various ele-
ments that are fighting Mitchell be-
cause Of his pro-American policies
The election takes place tomorrow
with preliminaries canyasses favoring
HVlau
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
MISTAKES.

Mistakes are things anybody can
make successfully.
! have known people who seemed to
fail at every other kind Of manufac-
turing who co1ld make as splendid
specimens of mistakes as one could
wish to see
Yes. and do it easyl
/ have made mistakes
Yep. ! have
I used to think ! made none.
Now ! list that think as one of the
biggest mistakes | ever made or knew
about
These days l find myself wondering
IL I am not the fellow who invented
them
Sometimes a fellow takes miss that
nobody else would take and afterwards
finds out 1t was miss~take.
Anybody under 20 never admits that
he has made a mistake.
And he is usually honest about 1t.
II anything goes wrong, blame Il
onto somebody else.
After % he begins to think of a few
he made when lie was eleven.
BY the time he is. IS he will forget
/ the mistakes he made In early youth
because, in looking back over the trail,
the little ones Of childhood are COM
/ pletely hid by the whoppers he has
made since he was 80.
! l don't know why people have to
make mistakes.
/ But they are built that way.
| believe l never made the same
mistake twice.
For as | look back over a mistake
dotted career, | believe / have reached
the point at which ] cannot make any
mistakes without repeating.
But that may be mistake-Strick-
land Gillian
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

The Boston Symphony orchestra has
for its leader a Or Karl Muck, who
turns up his artistic nose at The Star
Spaugled Banner" II was necessary
for the management to issue pre-
emptory demand to induce the leader
to play the national anthem as part Of
his program the other day. Then he
offered his resignation. Tins has not
yet been accepted, but it ought 10 be.
And, furthermore, people should re-
fuse to patronize the Boston orches-
ira as long as Muck is identified
with it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
---7-7''-'----T---
RUMANlA GETS LOANN

Washington. Nov. a-Coincident
with news that confe0nce now in
session in London is considering the
Rumanian situation received here to-
day, II became known that the United
States has advanced sS000.000 TO Ru-
mania through Russia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

II does look as if we were going to
get a slice of that long deferred Indian
summer after all. A few weeks of
such weather as we were favored with
yesterday would have a merciful eff
feet upon the coal pile
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

The shipping board contemplates
applying the selective draft law to
raise 100000 workmen needed to
speed up work in the shipyards. Here
is a chance for the conscientious OBJ
jectors TO. volunteer for noncombat-
ant service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

1t is stated by medicine adver-
tiser that too much meat in the diet
causes a lame back. Any way, working
hard enough to get money enough to
buy meat enough and then some is
likely to cause a pain in your, back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

The new Spanish premier promises
that the country is to stay neutral.
Which, properly interpreted, means
that Spain Will do everything that it
can without being caught to aid Ger
many.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
PAY WHETHER OR 70.

Mexico City-The department oil llls
treasury has issued an order that inei.
chants and manufacturers must siss
80 DAYS notice Of close down Of lusa
factories or business If they fait q
do so they must pay their employees '9
days wages IN lieu Of the notice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

You have heard it said that the war
tax would be a serious blow to sports
and amusements. The crowd that
iammed Douglas park yesterday to
witness the Independents Minneapolis
football game didn't sustain that pre-
diction. Every one who saw the game
paid nickel to Uncle sam on top of
the so cents general admission fee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
HIS FAYORITE INDOOR spaRr

Her husband made her get out OF bed
and sit in chair while he lay there
and scored churches and people who
went to them, says Mrs, Ida II. Saylor
in her petition for divorce from Parker
A. Saylor, filed Monday Akron Bea-
con-Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

II you hear baby crying while
passing the home of some poor fam
lily just remember that in Chicago
mothers Of babies are sold milk at IL
cents quart and in Rock Island they
are charged Is cents. The three
cents difference is keeping nourish-
ment from many Rock Island children.
And when baby is hungry it cries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

CHICAGO has surgeon named DR..
Ratchet; and in Brooklyn there is a
restaurant proprietor who sports this
sign "A. Salty. Restaurant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

years; George J. Frymire, Monmouth,
Ill; Tom T. Snoddy, Bloomfield. Iowa
Elijah 7. Black, Providence, Ky; sue
phen F. Cass, Center Point. Iowa
Thomas J. Peyton, Alexander. ~ u
Percy Nj. Bray, Anamosa, Iowa; e!yae
Y. Irwin, Waterloo, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

Paris.-M. Hudelo, the new preiec'
of police. has decided that the motor
lists contribution to the unnecessary
noise of the capital shall be suppress
sed. The siren trumpet has been SUI :
pressed altogether. Other trumpets
must be used only when necessafs'
under penalty OF fine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

ways Notwithstanding daily bowel
movements secured through the in
strumentaIity of cathartics A ca
thartic may be a great success, yet it
cannet cure stasis.
A diet absolutely vegetarian is well
worth trying for any case OF epilepsy
or migraine in an adult over 25 years
oil age. A-ray observation OF the di-
gestion Of a bismuth test meal is like
wise a good investment for such suf-
ferers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

G. " DEEDS is real estater at
Lig0nie, Pa.
Il NJ ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
HEALTH TAa KS
sy NtlLLtAr1 BRADY nD

AAc AUTHOR

to health
stamped addressed
Or Bradyi in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

Another Home Burglarized.- Fifty
six dollars in cash, a diamond stick
pin and set of gold cuff links were
stolen by a burglar who Friday aft
ernoon entered the home OF Mrs. j.
Nahrgang. 1928 Marquette street.