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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-19
HOTELS

OAKS HOTEL. 1o6h So. 10th Ut.
Private baths. Main 1929.
PORTLAND Hotel, 2328 jefferson.
LIST class rooms, 81. Main $3.50.
AVENUE HOTEL, strictly modern.
private bath. 1209h Pacific ave.
Main e378.
HOTEL RECTOR, 1871 Broadway.
well furnished. modern rooma
steam heated. reasonable rates.
PALACE HoTEfS-Fireproof build
Ing. Hot and cold water. eIeva-
tor all night: Rates reasonable.
1l2s Pacific. Main sssl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-19
Prisoner 81
Days to Good

, Joe Simonetti, bootlegger. who
was arrested by both the county
and federal authorities on the
same charge, is happy man.
Thursday he gained his freedom
81 days earlier than the law
should allow.
Simonetti was given two SEN
sentences of 60 days each. one by
the county and one by the federal
authorities. The sentences, how
ever, began at practically the same
time, one starting two days after
the other. Thursday the 60 days
of the last sentence will be up and
because OF the oversight of the
authorities to specify separate
times for the two sentences, SIM
onetti walked from the county
jail, the winner of 81 days of free
dom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-19

In 1917 the German sub
marines sank an average of
more than t6 British ships
of $500 tons each per week.
or at least two per day.
Neither England nor the
United States has as yet
speeded up the work of the
shipyards TO he point where
they are turning ont any
thing like two new ships per
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-19

$3.50 for three lots and Groom house,
half block from Bismarck car line.
Easy terms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-19
RENT-OFFICES

PRIVATE office. use Of receptions
room. Inquire 1921 Fidelity Bids.
Tel. Main 1884.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-19

$l000-Large two-story house with
finished rooms first floor, sec
ond floor all in one Electric
lights city water, > lots. Easy
terms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-19

The new recruits are all to
be called from class one. That
ought to give us a first class
army.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-19

MUST HAVE HOME
WILL give 200 a. diversified farm
land as first paymnt on close in
home. Want or more rooms.
SEVERAL CUSTOMERS for small
houses near smelter on monthly
payments.
LINCOLN HIGH-Dandy broom
mod. bungalow ready to move
right in, " lots, 2k blks. to car,
4 blks. of high school, Price
$4,000, IL not sold at once, it's off
the market. Make your offer on
terms of rent.
FROM $3.50 to $500 buys a good
home 800 to $500 cash. which
is practically all home costs
You as rents are advancing and
by May rents will be higher
than monthly payments today.
Get busy and buy a home on rent
payments and do It now. Phone
or call. Tell MS your wants. We
do the rest.
CHAS. r. BURK
20s-9 Bankers Trust Bldg,
James Youk, Salesman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-19
HOME 800 CASH
i Rooms and
Bath
9OX120 Fl $21OM

gOX12O Fl, $210O
THIS beautiful home is in
South Tacoma, near Edison
school and not far from car;
GOOD solid plastered house,
nicely painted and in fine
shape: bath and big garage,
beautiful lawn, flowers, ali
Kinds of fruit and large gar
den plot; $500 to $500 cash,
balance SIS per month, per
cent
FRED s. ABBOTT
519 California Bldg. Main 210.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
SOUTH ENDS OLD
ONE CROP PLANS

Dallas, TeXas-The south has
dropped the one-crop system and
is beginning to feed itself and help
the rest of the nation, thus putting
an end to the story about a Texas
farmer who bought his beans in
Boston, his furniture in Grand Rap
ids, his food in Kansas City and
raised only cotton and pack of
hungry dogs.
The war, according to authOri-
ties, has done more than years of
service in bringing about the pres
ent situation in the south, where
large quantities of food now are
being raised. The immediate and
important effect, members of agri-
cultural departments say, is the
sharp decrease in the drain on the
north and west, which now per-
mits of greater overseas shipments
from those sections.
Fixed government prices, insur-
ing a fair return, encouraged plant
ing agents of the agricultural de
partments and agricultural schools
pointed out to the southern farmer
the benefits of a varied crop, and
the excellent weather brought crops
that authorities say will result in
still greater acreage of wheat and
oats next year The ideal weather
resulted in an early harvest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
PLAN TO START
MOTOR SCHOOLS
Free instruction To Be Given Rock
Islanders On Upkeep and Care
of Machines.

Schools on instruction for motor
mechanics, which would be open to
owners, prospective chauffeurs, re-
pair men, and also women and ev
eryone who has anything to do or
contemplates having anything to do
with motor vehicles, will soon be
established in Rock Island and Mo-
line
This was decided upon at a meet
ing held by members of the Tri-
City Automobile Trade association
at the Rock Island club last night.
Reasons for establishing the schools
are said to be because of the fact
that motor mechanics are leaving
daily to enter government service
either in the military or in the
shops. 1t becomes necessary every
day, the association says, for the
owners and operators of motor We
hicles to thoroughly know and be
able to run their own machines
with as little outside assistance as
possible.
Schools of a like nature are be-
ing and are established in many
other cities throughout the country.
The present plans of the local as
sociation are indefinite. Just when
the school in Rock Island will be
opened has not been decided.
All instruction and training is to
be given free of charge, the asso-
citation announces. Those wishing
to secure knowledge of the cars
they are driving and own are re
quested to communicate with Vic
tor G. Kropf. commissioner of the
association, at 221 Masonic temple,
Davenport
Lieutenant F. Gardner Smith ad-
dressed the members of the tri-
city association at the meeting at
the club last night.
He is stationed at the Wilbur
Wright field, Fairfield, Ohio, and
told of his experience during the
last three months. He completed
his course of training last week.
Commissioner KrOpf reported on
the convention recently held in
Chicago by automobile dealers.
Wayne S. Bashaw, proprietor of
the Bashaw Electric garage, Dav-
export, was elected to fill the va
cancy caused by the absence of
Secretary Thomas A. Coughlin, who
has entered military service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
PURCHASES 200
LOTS ON BLUFF
Government Representatives OF
Housing Department Close
Transactions Today.
CONSIDERATION IS 500. 900
Negotiating To Obtain Many More
Plats i'm Same District-Expect
To Finish Saturday.

Two hundred lots on which
houses will be erected for the Unit
ed States government workers in
Rock Island have been purchased
thus far by officials of the housing
of the department of
labor of which E. s. Judd, realty
man, is the local representative.
All of the property chosen thus
far is between Thirtieth street,
Rock Island, and First street, Mo-
line, and between Sixteenth and
Eighteenth avenues One hundred
and fifty lots between Thirty-eighth
street and the Moline boundary
and Sixteenth and Eighteenth ave-
Eues, were purchased by the gov
eminent officials. Fifty lots were
purchased in the block between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth ave-
nues and Thirty-second and Thirty
third streets.
1t is announced that the govern
ment representatives are now ne
gotiating to purchase several lots
west of Thirty-eighth street. One
hundred thousand dollars has been
expended thus far by the officials in
obtaining the needed territory.
Possession of all of the lots nee
essary for erecting the allotted
number of houses is expected by
the officials before or on Saturday.
However, it is not certain whether
or not the deals can be closed with
in that time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08

tax as an integral and indispens-
able part of that program.
As result Of the further con-
sideration of the subject which has
been given since l wrote you, l am
confirmed in my opinion that a flat
war profits tax of so per cent
should be imposed OF course, am
pie safeguards should be provided
against hardships in extraordinary
cases in the application OF such d
rate.
THE adoption of an so per cent
war profits tax should render I'M
able, any increase in the existing
excess profits tax rate. 1t is my
strong conviction that the taxatio-
of genuine war profits is the only
way to reach real war prOfiteering
and that it is at the same time a
thoroughly justifiable measure up
on economic grounds as well as a
certain and Indispensable producer
of a large part of the required rev.
enue.
The patriotic producers of
America should be content if one
fifth of their war profits are Sc
cured to them, especially when we
reflect that the men who are fight
ing and dying in France to save
the liberties of those who stay at
home and to make it possible for
them to continue in business are
limited by act of congress to 1896
per year for their services and have
to give their blood in the bargain.
should we be more partial and
tender to those who are protected
in safety at home than we are to
those who make the supreme sac
rifices for US on the field of bat
tle?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
TELLS LAD HOW
TO EVADE ARMY;
NABBED BY u. S.

Using vinegar in coffee to pro-
duce an abnormal heart action is
the latest stunt to evade the draft
law.
1t may never have been used,
but it has at least been suggested
to a boy who is within the draft
age.
J. NJ. Peterson of Clinton, Iowa. is
the person who suggested this
means of evading the call to the
colors. He told 21-year-old
Clinton boy to use a certain amount
of vinegar in his coffee just be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
MORE WHEATIS
ASKED OF FARM
0ne-Fifth of Cereal Area of Illinois
Must Be SOwn to Meet the
Nations Demand.

A Liberty wheat harvest" for
1919 which shall supply the army,
the allies and this country with all
the wheat needed, is the national
plan of the United States depart
ment of agriculture for-next year.
The first step in the campaign is
the increase of the winter wheat
acreage for the country to $4,000
600 acres as a minimum, seven per
cent increase, or if possible, to Az
500, 900 acres, or a Il per cent in
crease as a maximum.
Great as the Illinois wheat crop
was this year, the 1919 crop must
be from thirteen to twenty-three
per cent greater, if the state is to
reach the acreage quota assigned it
by the United States department
of agriculture. And the state cOun-
Gil of defense through its food pro-
duction and conservation commit
tees and the Illinois State College
of Agriculture have formed a part
nership to make effective the Wash
ington request.
The state college of agriculture,
which will direct the campaign for
increased acreage, has appOrtion
ed the states quota among the
counties. This has been done after
a careful study of the cereal acre
age and with due consideration to
the sections in which wheat is most
successfully grown.
In order to assure for Illinois at
least the minimum acreage, the
state college of agriculture says
it will be necessary to grow wheat
on one-fifth of the cereal acreage
of the state, as shown by the latest
crop report of the United States
census bureau. The college says
that wherever feasible. the acreage
should be increased to onefourth
or One-third of the total cereal
acreage. Some of the counties in
the southern and southwestern
parts of the state are expected to
exceed even the maximum Of one
third the present cereal acreage.
The largest increase OF assigned
acreage occurs in the heaviest
corn growing and oats growing
countries III Sdcl-CCHLla al AlIlAiOto'
If the minimum quota is not real
lied. it will be because some farm
ers will grow no wheat. The state
college urges all farmers in this
section, whose conditions permit it,
to grow at least 20 acres Of wheat
to every eighty acres Of corn.
The assignments OF areas in
clude both winter and spring wheat
and rye, for which reason they ex-
coed the l3 per cent asked for by
the department of agriculture.
Either winter wheat or spring
wheat Ia recommended for counties
north OF a line drawn from kanka-
kee to Mercer South OF this line
10 a second line drawn from Edgar
to Pike, spring wheat has given
good Yields in favorable seasons,
but winter wheat is the better crop.
Spring wheat is not advised for
southern Illinois. Winter rye is
adapted TO all parts of the state,
but It should be substituted only
where the soil is not rich enough
10 produce satisfactory yields or
wheat.
The minimum and maximum
acreage and the proper planting
date for Rock Island, Mercer and
Henry counties is given by the col
lege OF agriculture as follows:
Rock Island 1926 29,877 Sept. Y
Mercer ,...2S,740 1890 Sept %
Henry ......52,4 66 87,444 Sept. "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
M'ADOO IN STRONG
PLEA FOR A HEAVY
WAR PROFITS TAX

Chicago, Aug. S.-Secretary of
the Treasury William G. McAdoo is
firmly for a tax which will elm
mate war profiteering. He regards
this as the most essential feature
of the new revenue bill and will
use all his efforts upon his return
to Washington next Monday to
have incorporated in the house bill
a proviso taxing war profits so per
cent. This, in his opinion, is more
than fair to manufacturers and
others who derive profit from the
war, and he made this statement
yesterday in no unmistakable
terms.
In addition he made public tele-
gram to Chairman Kitchin of the
house ways and means committee
from Glacier Park, Aug. 4. which
urges the tax in the strongest pos
sible manner
The telegram Is as follows:
Roper has advised me Of his
talk with you Wednesday last. l
greatly appreciate assurance you
gave him of your desire to meet as
far as you possibly can the views
of the treasury. I should be very
sorry to have progress on the reve-
nue. bill delayed for conference con-
corning war profits tax as / under
stand you suggest.
This is a matter which has en-
gagged my earnest thought and in
order that you may know my
views without delay I take the lib
erty of telegraphing to confirm and
reindorse the program outlined in
my letter to you OF June and TO
express the conviction that the pro-
gram is sound and reasonable.
Il earnestly hope that It may
commend itself to you and the COM
mittee. / regard the war profits
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
SOUTHERN NEGRO
Is PROSPEROUS

Dallas, ex-ExplOitat!On OF the
southern negro who has reached a
new stage Of prosperity as result
Of record cotton prices and high
wages Of the past few years, has
gained such proportions that fed
eral ana state authorities are pre-
pairing for a drive on persons who
swindle the negro out Of govern
ment war securities.
Inscriptions statesmen have
flooded the south. telling the ne
gro that his liberty bonds. war
savings and thrift stamps are OF
less than face value and Offering
TO take them in exchange for oil
or mine stock or dazzling bits OF
IeWelry
Negroes all through the south
bought freely OF government Sc
curities. Sometimes they did not
know just what they were buy
ing, negro leaders say. but knew
the government wanted money and
quickly emptied their purses. Some
thought they were giving instead
OF investing.
They were better of han ever
before Those who had sarmed on
shares the preceding years had OBJ
tanned more money for their cot
ton than they ever expected TO
possess and those who worked for
wages in the fields were paid
twice the wages OF a few years
ago
A letter Just sent out by Prof
+ /. BIackshear Of the negro ex-
tension work in Texas says ne
groes are being offered cheap and
often worthless goods with the as
S1rance that their savings stampa
and liberty bonds are not Of par
value and viii not be for several
years 1t is then casually sug-
gested by statesmen that the negro
may be dead before his holdings
reach par value and emphasis IS
laid on the enjoyment he would get
D. the immediate purchase Of their
goods possibly cheap tr4nkets.
worthless sewing machine or mus
zeal instrument
Professor BIackshear has writ
zen circular letters 10 the leaders
o. the race IN the state urging i'm
mediate action 10 stamp out the
evil Dy a campaign OF education.
The investigation so far has not
disclosed enemy propaganda be-
hlnd the exploitation. but the in
furious effect on the government
campaigns has aroused the ire Of
state and federal officials.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
WILL co
TOENCAMP MENT
Mayor McCOnOchie and Others
Leave Tonight on Trip 10
Pacific Coast.

Mayor william McConochie and
Andrew Bladel, with a party OF
other people. VIII leave Rock Is
land this evening for the west.
where they will attend the G.. A
r. encampment at Portland. Ore.
The party will go directly to
Seattle. Wash. and will visit a.
many points before reaching Port
land The encampment will be
held Aug. IS to o.
The mayor has made arrange
ments for a three-weeks' trip on
the Pacific coast and ample ar
rangements have been made for
the transaction OF municipal mat
ters while he Is absent from the
city,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
NOISE AT PARK
COMPLAINED OF

Persons living in the vicinity OF
Long View park are complaining
about disturbances at the park,
which are said to continue into the
early hours of the morning. Com
plants regarding the disturbance
have been made TO the superin-
tendent OF parks and also to the
police. Noises OF all description.
singing and other ribaldry. togeth-
er with the use of profane lam
guage have become a nuisance and
unbearable the residents say.
While there are a number OF
persons implicated in the disturb
ance special complaint is made Of
two known couples that are at the
park every night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
GET READY FOR
NEW DRAFT LAW
Beard Requested to Start Work in
Preparation for Registering
Older Men.
ORDERS FROM SPRINGFIELD
state Also That Too Many Are Re-
iected- Quota is Unframed
for Camp Grant
ORDERS FROM SPRINGFIELD

Local exemption board officials
have received orders to prepare for
the registration OF men who will
Re available under the new draft
law now pending in congress.
Adjutaut General Dickson states
hat it IS confidently expected that
he legislation extending the draft
ages will early be enacted.
Further statements are made that
q cannot be stated with exactness
What ages Will be subject to draft.
hit il IS safe to assume that a large
number Of men Will be required to
register and that the registration
will be held early in September.
Details and extensive prepare
,io1S will be necessary, and il is
desired to have these matters ar
ranged as soon as possible so that
the work can be taken up directly
sitter the new regulations go into
effect
Orders are given TO the effect
that one registrar should be pro-
v.ded fer every probable so regis
trants in each precinct This will
uecsssitate one and one-third times
as many registrars as were used in
June, 1917
Men Rejected.
Another communication from the
adjutant general states that there
has been too large percentage Of
men rejected at camp by boards
throughout the country
On this matter il is said that,
while it is recognized that local
boards and medical advisory boards
have as a rule performed their work
efficiently. recently reported rejec-
tons at camp show that many local
boards and medical advisory boards
have performed their work ineff-
GENTLY
! number Of boards have had re-
jsctions as high as "a per cent at
camps. and many complaints are
being received from camp COM
manders One major general ad-
dressed the adjutant general as fol-
lows:
y invite your attention to the
obvious physical unfftness of many
Of these men. unf1tness that should
have been apparent even to a lay
man"
Instructions are for a more thor
ough examination of the men.
Quota Unframed.
A draft contingent was entrained
this afternoon for Camp Grant to
fiji vacancies brought about by the
reject on of men from the quota en-
trained from this city June p.
The board had so reflections. One
man was entrained TO the camp
several days ago, and credit is Civ
en- for this registrant. There are
40 men scheduled to leave today,
but the board finds itself in a pO-
sition where this number is not
available at this time
All alternates were called on for
entrainment with the quota which
left at $40 over the Milwaukee
road
Rex Linn, who was to have left
today. was injured after receiving
his notice He suffered the ampu-
tation of his fingers while working
on a farm operating a moving ma
chine
Harold Simmons was injured
some time ago in a motorcycle &C
cident. and while nearly recovered,
the board refuses to accept him at
this time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08

fore he took his examination for
the army.
Parents and relatives of the lad,
it is said, informed federal agents
of the case, and Peterson was ar
rested.
He was brought before United
States Commissioner Bush in DAY.
export and his case was continued
until Aug. 16, after he had secured
his release by furnishing bonds
amounting to $1,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
ISLANDERS PASS
RECRUITS TESTS

Harry Russell. 1884 Fourteenth
street, and Raymond Arndt. 1888
Fifteenth street, have returned to
Rock Island from Lake Bluff. H..
where they succeeded In passing
the examinations for navy recruits
at the Great Lakes training station.
Both are awaiting further orders
TO report for training.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
DIARRHOEA
Quickly Cured by
WAKEFIELD'S
Blackberry Balsam

wakefeld's Blackberry Balsam has
been the surest and safest remedy for
Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera 1ntan-
turn and Cholera Aorbus for y years.
While 1t is quick and positive IN ITS
action, it is unlike other remedies IN
that 1t is harmless and does not con-
stipate. 1t simply checks the trouble
and puts the stomach and bowels IN
their natural, regular condition VI
the millions of bottles that have been
sold. never has a case been reported
to the manufacturer where cure
was not effected when directions we're
followed, even after other remedies
had failed. Every home should have
bottle or more on hand ready for sud
den attacks. Full size bottle, Soc or 5
for $100 everywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
MAKE HAY FROM TREES.

Zurich.-Children in Munich were
Su!dd!Ils III pe6oIdm9 NOON lsBI
the leaves from trees and bushes
in the public parks for conversion
into hay, according to the Munich
Post, which says this is necessary
owing to lack of fodder for army
horses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
ASKED TO
CONTROL PACKERS
Continued from Page One)

all services performed. and the &C
QUESTION or establishment OF such
additional yards from time 10 time
as the future development OF live
stock production In the United
States may require. This to in
clude customary adJuncts OF stock
yards.
20. That the government &C
ouire through the railroad admins
tration, all privately owned refrig-
orator cars, and all necessary
for their proper opera
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.

/ hereby announce myself can
didate for representative in the
general assembly, subject TO the
decision of the democratic voters
at the primary election September
18th, 1918.
EVERETT L. WERTS.
Oquawka. Ill.