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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
GRANT REQUEST
0FARSENALMEN
War Department Sanctions Patriotic
Proposal Of Employees to Work
Thanksgiving Day
WAR CHARITIES TO BENEFIT
Nearly An Branches OF Government
Work VIII Be Taken Care Of
as Usual on Holiday.

In a continuation Of the spirit
that has made Rock Island arsenal
the envy OF all other manufactur-
ing plants in the country concern
ing generosity to war relief and pa
triotism, announcement was made
today that permission had been
granted by the war department, al
lowing the request Of Rock Island
arsenal employees to work Thanks
giving day, a holiday provided by
law for all government employees.
This announcement is the result
Of d petition presented to the COM
handing officer several weeks ago
asking that this permission be
granted in order that the employees
might donate a part or ali of their
wages on that day TO the various
war charities.
Practically every department at
the arsenal has assured Lieutenant
Colonel L. G. Crum, general man
ager, that it will operate on the hol-
iday. The spirit is highly crafty
ing to the commanding officer, not
only for the desire on the part of
the workers TO- donate to worthy
war funds, but also because it will
give the government the advantage
of a full days production of war
material
To Be Eight-HOur Day.
The only distinction that will be
made between the holiday and 9TH
er ordinary days Will be the short
ening of the work-day by two hours.
Instead of the 10 hours which the
men are now working, they will
spend eight hours on the job. As
is provided by law, double time will
be paid to the workers, and 1t is
optional with them whether they
will donate all the money earned
on that day to the war charities or
one-half of it.
It is planned that the money will
be proportional among the seven
organizations affiliated in the united
war work campaign and the Red
Cross, and it is expected that many
thousands of dollars will be added
to the funds by the arsenal work
ers on this day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
SMALL INTEREST
Is BEING SHOWN
AT POLLS TODAY

Reports from various precinct
polling places indicate that today's
vote will be an exceedingly light
one
With so TuomentoUs matters TAX
ing place across the sea. indications
are that the candidates for Office in
todays election will receive less
consideration from the voters tSan
ever before
What interest exists centers
about the race between J. Ham
Lewis, Democrat, and Medill Nc
Cormick, Republican, for United
States senator. The contest be
tween these two candidates has
been fought TO a bitter finish, and
it is expected that an unusually
close vote will decide the winner
No opposition to tho three propo-
sitions on the little ballot has been
evidenced and it is expected that
these. the good roads bond issue,
constitutional convention amend
meut and amendment to the state
banking law, viii be fully endorsed
by the voters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
DRAFT Meeting
HINGES ON FLU
instructive Sessions Beneliting Sc
IcetiYes Begin After Ban
Is LIED
ONE CENTER Is AT HOSPITAL
Red Cross Doing Emergency Work
1t Franklin School 0ther
Places Given.

Board Of instruction meetings
looking toward the disseminating
Of valuable information TO draft
men registered Sept. u, under the
Jurisdiction Of the local exemption
board for district No I, viii be be
gun as soon as possible after the
lift Of the closing order put in
force due to the Spanish influenza
epidemic. Members of the board
gave out the above statement to-
day.
it is believed by the board that
the ban Will be lifted in time for
the holding Of instruction meetings
Thursday OF next week.
! Regarding the use of Franklin
school, one of the centeTs of in
struction, for the Red Cross emer-
gency hospital, it is stated that if
the school is still used as a hospital
after the lifting of the closing or
der, another center of instruction
will have to be chosen.
Instruction Centsrs.
There are five centers at which
instruction meetings will be held
simultaneously at 8 o'clock Thurs
day night of each week.
Appended are the meeting places
designated by the board:
High schobl-344 men, compris-
ing group /, residents in the terri
tory between Seventeenth and Thir-
tieth streets and from the river to
the city limits. Fourteen speakers
and groups.
AugustaAa college 49, 1913 men,
group 2, residents in the territory
between Thirtieth and Forty-sixth
streets and from river to city lin
its. Seven speakers and groups.
Franklin school-318 men, group
g, residents in territory between
Seventeenth street, and the river
and from the south side of Seventh
avenue to the city limits. Eleven
speakers and groups.
Hawthorne schOOl-81 men, group
a. residents between First and
Twelfth streets and from the north
side Of Seventh avenue to the river.
Three speakers and groups.
St JOseph's school - Sc men,
group 5, residents between Twelfth
and Seventeenth streets and from
north side of Seventh avenue to the
river. Three speakers and groups.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
SELECTS ASKED
TO HELP DRILL
appeal Issued Men Anticipating
Being Called for DUTY or Those
Who Are to Enter Service.

Drills, formations. etc. win be
staged tonight in Long View park
for draft selectlyes under the di-
rectfon Of Howard A. Klove. dis
charged army sergeant.
More than a hundred seIectiyes,
who are soon to leave for training
camps, are especially urged 70 be
present to receive at least one
nights training in military tactics
before leaving for the cantonments.
1t has been demonstrated that
the drills held in Rock Island for
the draft seiectives are proving big
factors in securing advancement in
rank. More.than one of those who
have taken part in one or more
nights drilling have reported to
Sergeant Klove their advancement
in rank after reaching camp. The
training they received here before
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
ADMIT FIVE WILLS
IN PROBATE COURT

Five wills have been admitted in
the probate court by Judge G. o.
Dietz, as follows:
John F. Welander, 1925 Eigh-
teenth avenue A, Moline, bequeath-
ed all of his property to Christine
Welander, wife, the residue after
her death to go to his son, Adolph
Welander. Christine Welander of
Chicago, sister, was named execu-
trix of the will, which was dated
Aug. 8, 1918.
Brita Moody of Moline provided
in her will that all of her property
should be divided equally among
her children. NeIs Moody, nus
band. was named executor by her.
The Will as dated Oct. 2, 1903
Joseph Ruley Of Rock Island be-
Queathed to Catherine Ruley, wife,
all of his estate, which shall pass
to their children in equal shares,
upon her death. James Ruley, son,
was named executor. The Will was
dated March ., 1915.
Last viii Of Sarah Nelson, dated
Jan. q, 1911, provides that the
estate Of the deceased be divided
equally among her children: Lew
h. Bowker. Benjamin Snodgrass,
Frank A Snodgrass, Oscar Nelson,
David Nelson, sons, and Nellie Ger
hardt, Susie Corbin and Fannie
Hushman daughters. a son, Frank
a. Snodgrass, and -in-law, Fl. P.
Corbin, are named in the will as ad-
ministrators of the estate.
Olaf P. ShaIIene, deceased, Of
Rock Island, bequeaths his entire
estate to the widow, Ellen Shall
Iene. In case of her death before
disposing of the property, however,
instrument provides that real and
personal estate shah revert to j
son. Albert ShaHene, with the pro-
visO, that a daughter, Elise Bry-
stedt, be given the sum Of 500.
Should the son die, and also the
widow, the estate shall be left to
the daughter The will was drawn
July 5. 1917 Albert Shallene is
named sole executir
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
LEARN TO RTVET
WITHIN ONE DAY

Hog Island-The rapidity with
which man power man be convert
ed to war uses is illustrated in the
cases of three applicants for work
at the Hog Island shipyard. Ray
mond Curat0la, Fred Roller, and
Arthur Burnley entered the riveting
school for 10 days course, which
would fit them for regular employ
ment. In 20 working hours they
were handling the Pneumatic ham
mer and punch with such dexterity
that they were told to report for
work. Curatola had been a chaaf-
feur; Roller, a mechanic; and
Burnley, a hOrseshoer.
The Hog Island training school
equips for shipbuilding constantly
large number of employees fur
nished by the United tSates employ
meut service
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
TWO PICKED UP
BYFEDERAL men
Lodged in City jail When Apprc-
hended by U. s. MArshals On
Government Bridge.

Another attempt to smuggIe whis
ky into Iowa via the government
bridge resulted disastrously for the
principals about 1880 last night
b. Kulp, 2e22 LeCIaire street,
Davenport, and Max Oroosky, SOL
Sixth avenue. said to be a driver
for q local taxicab company, were
arrested by federal operatives when
a quantity of the frewater was dis
covered in the automobile occU-
pied by the two men.
They were taken to the city Jail,
where they will be held pending a
hearing before United States Com
missioner c. L. Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
With Islanders
Era the Service

The Argus has received atletter
from Cook" Smith. formerly sports
writer for this newspapers, who is
IN the radio laboratory Of the sig
nal corps and At the time OF writ
ing was located at Camp Vail, n. J.
He Says:
Camp Alfred Vail is some swell
place and am well satisfied with
army life. which I have already ex-
perienced, but OF course have that
longing fever OF reaching the other
side. Fellows are considered lucky
new days, who are placed in an
overseas company that is bound for
France. The way the Huns allies
are falling out lately. it looks as
though this war viii end before
many more months.
OF course the central powers are
eakening as each day passes, but
this camp is not letting up in the
slightest manner of preparing men
for Over There. Since l arrived at
this camp, Sept ), 10 field signal
E8ttaliOns and eight telegraph bat-
taliOns have left for France, and
each week there is one marching
out of camp amid cheers from the
ranks, who are bound for over
There to do their share.
Camp Vail is an .embarkatioR
camp for signal b2ttaliOns which
are shipped here from all overethe
United States A man seldom re-
rains here for over three weeks
before he is Franceward bound ET-
cry city, town and village in the
country is represented here, but am
sorry that I am the only Rock Is
lander 1 have been fortunate to
meet a Davenporter, Henry Sindt,
and as he happens to be cur head
cook, [ am always treated royalty
in the mess hall. There are only
two men left that l spent the de-
tention period with.
This camp is situated just a
miles south Of New York and on the
Atlantic ocean. AS we have been
in quarantine since Sept. so, have
not been able to take weekend
pass to the great metropolis, but
think / viii soon. The influenza
claimed several victims here, but
We have been very fortunate in con-
Guering the disease before it claim
ed d greater toll The epidemic has
now practically passed. over and
within a day or two we Will be free
men again.
I would bet my hard earned
monthly pay on the Rock Island IN
dependents football aggregation,
which represented the fair city in
the middle west last season, that
they could defeat any team in this
part of the country. Camp Vail has
enc OF the strongest aggregatiOns in
the east today and they haven't q
look in with that famous 1917 Rock
Island eleven. Last Saturday they
defeated Sandy Hook, Z to 0, in a
great battle. Sandy Hook was
loaded up with several All-AmeTi-
can men, but then could not keep
our men from gaining.
Vail is one of the smallest nation
81 army camps in the country, but
claims some Of the best officers in
the United States. I sure have been
treated we'll since coming here by
both officers and comrades. The
colonel is q peach and all officers
under him are Of the best type Of
men.
7 Laundry Soaps. Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
The Best Cough
Syrup Is Homemade
Here's Rn easy vSgy to save s.,
and yet have f1e best cough
Fe=zody ever tried


You've probably heard OF this we'll
at home. But have you ever used it?
When you do, you win understand
why thousands Of faniIies. the world
over. feel that they could hardly
keep house without it It's siTnpIn
ard cheap, but the way it takes hold
Of cough win quickly earn it
perman ent place in your home
Into 4 pint bottle pour = ounces
OF Pfnez; then add plain granulated
sugar syrup to I'LL up the pint or
II desired. use clarified molaSSes
honey, or corn syrup instead OF So
gar syrup Either way it tasfes
good, never spOfls, and gives you a
full pint of better cough remedy than
times its cnst
It IS really wond erf11T how Quickly
this home made remedy COnquers a
cocSh usually in p hours or less.
It seems to penetrate tn trough every
ar passage, lOCSens a dry, hOarso or
tight cough. ltfts the phlegm, heals
me membranes, and gives almost
in mediate relief. Slendid for thoat
tickle. hOarsen eSs. crG@p, bronchitis
ard bronchial asthma
Finex is a highly concer trated
compound Of genuine Norway nine
extract, and has been used for sen
eraticns for throat and chest all
uaeBts.
Avoid dikappofn tment by asking
your druggist for "21S ounces Of
Plpex" with fun directions. znd don't
accent anything else. Guaranteed "a
give absolute satisfaction or money
promptly refunded The Pinex CO,
Fl Wayne. Ind
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
Relief from EczeyT1a

Don't worry about eczema or other
skin troubles. You can have a clear,
healthy skin by using a little zemo,
Obtained at any drug store for Csc, or
extra large bottle at S1C0.
ZcElo generally removes Pinples,
biacEneads, biotches. eczema and ring
worm and makes the skin clear and
healthy. Zeruo IS 2 clean, penetrating,
aatiseptic liquid. neither sticky nor
greasy and staius nothing. L IS easily
applied and costs a mere tri4e for each
application Il Is always dependable
Ne Z V Rlse Co. CleEeLand. 0.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05

leaving Is given as the birges,
tor IN their promotion
No charge is made no ihe ,.t
tiyes who seek The tra wine
kloYe is volunteering hs ser...
az member Of the board y /.
structlOH o. the local ezem-,
board and asks no compeHaaf
but urges that every nan ANY,.
pating seeing army Service ree..
10 him and receive instruction II
will prove invaluable On reaeb.-.
camp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
MINIMUM QUOTA
OF S45,9OS IS
FIXED FOR CITY
THIS Amount. Must Be Raised as
Rock Islands Share IN United
War Work Fund.
DRIVE BEGTyS NOVEMBER II
VII Ceatinue Fer Ono Week
PATRIOTS Fund Subscribers
Exempt.

The minimum quota to be raised
by the city Of Rock Island and the
west townships forthe 1918 united
war work drive has been fired al
SCI 200, or this amount. Sc, 800
has been assigned to Rock Island
and South Rock Island townships
The remainder is divided among
the country townships IS follows,
BIackhawk, SAIL, Coal Valley.
sl.O64: Rural, $2o44; Bowling,
S2.OoT: Edginston, $3,0Z3. Anda-
lusfa. sS44. Buffalo Prairie, $z,056;
Drury. sl.SG0. This distribution
was agreed upon AZ 2 meeting held
Monday noon at the Rock Island
club. attended by representatives
from Gil the districts concerned
Chairman c. r. NoUrse presided a.
the meeting and made a full state
me1t Of the plan 10 be followed in
making the campaign q success
while the foregoing were al
acunced as the minimum amounts
10 be raised in the respective com
mUniCics belonging to this district.
It vas stated that the managers OF
the national campaign had asked
that there be an Oversubscription
OF At least fifty per cent in each
czuvEss3ng unit and the commrr-
tees are entering upon J1eir work
VITA this aim in view.
TIE unexpected progress made
in the c0untEys war work pro
gram IS responsible for this add
tio1aI call. although the actual
quotas stand as originally agreed
1t IS pointed out, however, that the
fact that the United States already
has nearly 100000 men overseas,
when original estimate for the
number to be taken care of at
this date was only about half that
figure, necessitates a corresponding
enlargement Of the plans Of the
welfare organizations associated in
the present war movement On
this basis, an increase OF fifty per
cent is deemed absolutely essen
tial II adequate provision is to be
made for the needs of the men
now at the front
approved BY President.
This enlarged program has the
Official approval Of the president
and the war department and the
committees in charge Of the cam
paign for the west half Of Rock
island county say they are expect
fn~ the loyal citizens IN this re-
Eto1 10 make good in their usual
patriotic fashion. The drive viii
be handled by the same organiZa-
ton that so successfully prescott
ed the Fourth Liberty loan cam
DGn.
IN the city Of lock Island, per
sons who are already subscribers
to the patriots fund and who de
sire to increase their subscriptions
are ask ID TO do SO through the pa
triot's fund headquarters, room
500. Central Trust building. Checks
accompanying subscriptions should
be made payable to Morris S.
Heagy- These increase will be vol
UltaTy. as no subscriber to the pa
triUt's fund viii 5e personally so
Ecited for a futher subscription al
this time. Others. however, will be
Guiy canvassed during the week
beginning Nov Il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
Y. VI. G. A. NOTES

Fifty boys are wanted at the Y.
NJ. c. A. tomorrow morning at $50.
The boys need not be members of
the 'FY7- association. There are a
great number of folders for the new
war work campaign to be distrib
uted in the residence districts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05

II LeghGrn. Italy, the American
Red Cross has provided 10 villas
with large one dominating the
rest to accommodate 1000 refugees
from the Piave- ShCemaking, car
pentry, woodworking and sewing
ara being conducted Two hundred
and twenty children, part of the
colony, are being fed By the Red
Cross and looked after by Catholic
si5teTs.-Red Cross Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
/ RAN. SORE THROAT
Eases Quickly When You
AnDlY a Little MusterOle.

AppIy 4 Little NIuoLELUIS.
And bfusterole won't blister like
the old-fashioned mustard plaster.
Just spread it on with your fingers
1t peneIates to the sore spot with a
gentle ungle, Ioosens the congestion
and draws out the soreness ard pain
Musterole is a clean, white Clint
ment made with oil of mustard It
is fine for quick relief from sore
throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis, Group, stiff
neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache,
congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, liIm-
bago, pains and aches OF the back or
joints sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chill
bIains, frosted feet colds on the chest.
Nothing like Musterole for Croupy chill
dren. Keep it handy fer instant use.
SOC and 60c Jars; hospital size $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05

at McCabe's, this week, sale Of
the H o. Mumua stock OF Sherrard
ThiTd floor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
IIIIEl.I.I.z.l|...IIls
j. u. BANTA,
Physician and Surgeon.


Residence 2f2I Ninth avenue. Res
idence phone h /. $50. office phone
r J. zoos. once hours. 10 to u IL
days and evenings by appointment
only. ONCE suite, 400 Central Trust
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05

Delicious Wines, Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
GtXmTofS

Phone RI. 2S5. Trefz Express { o.
Trf-City Towel Supply company.
Besco Motor Oil, Bea-dsIey's.
r. I Clean Towel Service. Phone
R. I. 4476.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05

At NcCabe's. this week, sale Of
the II. o. Mumma stock Of Sherrard.
Third floor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05

Laundry Soaps. Beardsley's.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
SEARCH FOR LOST
AVIATOR ENDS IN
ADAM DONED EFFORT

After a week of futile searching
efforts to locate the airplane in which
f. j. Grove, a student aviator dis
appeared from the station December
&c, have been abandoned, and the
young man given up as lost.
Every possible effort was made to
find the machine, Squadrons of air
planes secuted up and down the
coast and seayard, covering a radius
of $50 miles. Speed boats and har-
Dor tugs were utilized for the search
and planes were sent inland until
nearly every square mile of West
Florida territory had been covered.
lnnumberable reports were receiv-
ed in Pensacola and at the air sta
ton from country towns in West
Florida that planes had been seen
on days after the disappearance.
flying low, and apparently beyond
control. but investigation led to the
conclusion that persons had seen
only the scouting planes looking for
the lost machine.
Young Grove enlisted from Park
ersburg, West Virginia, and had been
stationed here only a short while He
was on the Varsity football squad of
Georgetown University for two
years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06

lines of communication and military
industries and forces;
BE it resolved, That these facts
be brought to the attention of the
President, the Council of National
Defense, the Secretary of War the
Secretary of Navy, the Aircraft Pro
duction Board, and to the American
public. through the press, and that
the coming congress be urged to ex-
pand the present aeronautical pro
gram by appropriating not less than
S1.000,000,000 for building an 'emer-
gency air fleet of huge warplanes,
and also appropriate $1,000, 100000
to carry out comprehensive aero
nautlc program of training aviators
and building the tens of thousands of
fighting, photography, artillery and
contact patrol aeroplanes; dirigibles
and balloons, which are needed to
assure the allies supremacy in the
air"
This Emergency Air Fleet, sup
ported by the fullest program that
can be carried out in every other
branch of military preparedness
would not only put the fear of God
in the German heart, but would
bring victory to the allies in the min
mum length of time. and probably
cut down this costly and horrible war
by number of years
If a thousand huge warplanes OF
the transatlantic size could be sent
to strike at We'll Essen. Wilhelm
shaver. Frankfort, ard other impor-
tant German naval and military
bases, each dropping a ton or more of
explosives over these German
sources of military weapons. the Ger
mans would be forced to take from
their lines thousands of aeroplanes
and av-atOrs and anti-aircraft guns
for the protection of every German
base ard city Of Importance and
that would weaken their forces on
the various fronts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
SALUTAMUS

Efforts of Congressman Clark TO
abolish the salute, and certain other
military regulations, will doubtless
find greatest opposition in the serv-
ice itself.
Men who are subjected to m'lI-
tary discipline realize more readily
than others the value Of restraint,
the necessity for obendience to one
in command. The uniform is a visi-
BILE sign of this mental attitude. the
salute is but another expression of
the same readiness to obey.
It is no slavish token of submits
sion. 1t is rather a greeting be-
tween gentlemen who recognize the
same code of ethich. There is moth
ing undemocratic in it, any more
than there is in removing ones hat
while the national anthem is played,
or saluting the colors.
The principal is the same. Off
GERS are not saluted personally-their
rank is the object of this respect.
outwardly shown by lifting the hand
to the hat. AS in everything else
this custom is abused There are
those in the service who believe that
the salute is personal homage, paid
as a public recognition of their at
tainment. Happily, however, their
number is small. and the vast major
fly understand the true meaning Of
a salute and understanding, are
loathe to give it up.
That it has a very practical value
from a military standpoint is shown
by the distinction of theRussian army
when all restrictions were removed
and what was once an orderly host
became an armed mob, subject to
no rule but its own capricious whim