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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

Mr.. Thompson Of the American De-
Tense society, asserts categorically
that the United States has executed
IA spies since We went to war with
Germany. This is denied as categor-
ically in official circles. More's the
pity if Thompson is wrong. Many
more than fourteen spies ought
to have been executed by the United
States since last April, and everybody
in the Uniteds States should have
known of those executions,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

Frank II. Simonds, the New York
Tribune's war critic. has resigned be
cause of difference OF opinion over
the policy Of the paper" The shade OF
William Winter, lowering about the
Tribune building, may be imagined as
saying: What, war critics as we'll as
dramatic critics?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

Secretary Baker says that the Ger
mans are grooming their submarines
for big drive against the American
lines Of communication with France.
A tip given this early ought to give
the allies plenty of time to prepare to
outWit the enemy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28


an hour, characteristic reaction ap.
pears around the scratch inoculated
that is, if the patient is sensitized tc
that particular protein. II the pa.
tient is notsensitized no reaction de.
velops and We know that that partic.
ular protein has nothing to do with the
asthma.
When the specific protein is thus
discovered, it becomes plain how tc
escape the seizure. II it is food pro-
teln, that food must be absolutely
avoided; or else the patient must be
rendered immune to the protein pois.
oning by series Of gradually increas-
ing doses of hypodermatically admin
istered. This later plan has proved
curative in many instances.
If the protein is of external origin
such as the dander of an animal. ali
animals Of that species must be dis.
posed of for a mile or so around the
patients domain; or else the patient
must be immunized against the pro-
tein by gradually ascending doses ad-
A--AAAStSASu OSCIt lew udNS.
To those interested We shall be glad
to send brief monograph on asthma,
Asthma, however, isn't always asth-
ma. Wheeling and difficulty of breath
ing may come in paroxysms in vari-
Gus other diseases as we'll, such as
chronic bronchitis, emphesema (bal-
looming of the lungs and barrel chest)
uremia from >idney disease, and EIDE
ma or watery dropsy of the lungs from
heart disease.
Persons with true spasmodic asth-
ma seem perfectly normal between at
lacks. OF course true asthma may &C.
cur in an individual with any other
disease mentioned. True estimates
commonly give history of attacks of
hives or erythema general itching
eruption), which conditions are mere
ly variations of the protein poisoning.
Questions and Answers.
Specialist Fans-My wife has been
affected for two years with arthritis
deforans. This was the diagnosis made
by the family physician. A specialist
we consulted a year ago told her it
was rheumatism and that she must
not eat sour things She likes grape-
fruit and other acid fruits, and the
family doctor tells us she should have
such fruits regularly, but in view of
the specialists advice we should like
to have your opinion. T.C.
Answer-Must have been a silk hat
specialist. His Office smelled of iodo-
form. didn't it? Your family doctor
is right-the fruit acids are whole
some additions to a diet, irrespective
OF joint disease
How Bright's Affects the stomach
Please tell me how Bright's disease
(nephritis) affects the stomach and
bowels. RVS
Answer-Chronic or recurring dys-
pepsia is sometimes a symptom of
Brights disease. Diarrhoea is some
times indicative of Bright's disease.
Albumen-Will albumen in the
urine cause dropsy, and II so is there
a preventive II used before the dis
ease Is fully developed? c. c. l..
Answer-No. albumen in the urine
is only a sign of possible disease, not
necessarily kidney disease. Dropsy is
the common name for edema or wa
terry infiltration OF the tissues, and oc-
ours in various disease. most fire.
Quently from heart muscle failure,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28
MEMBER or THE ASSO.
GATED PRESS.

The Associated Press is ex.
clusively entitled to the use for
republication Of all news dis.
patches credited to ii or not
otherwise credited 10 this pa
per and also the local news
published herein.
All rights Of republication of
special dispatches herein are
also reserved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

A report has been started that cot
ton bought for the Springfield chapter
Of the Red Cross was contaminated
with deadly disease germs. 1t turned
out to be just another bit of German
propaganda.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

cellor Won Hertling, will Germany give
up Alsace-Lorraine. But men are
the sport of circumstances, when cir
cumstances seem the sport of men,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

Inasmuch as this is voorhees, Mon
day many good citizens refused to re-
move the snow from their sidewalks
this morning
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

Now we are to have two wheatless,
one meatless and two porkless days
every week. Keep them in mind, and
save money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

The Germans are asking indemni-
ties of Russia, but refuse to pay any.
That's kultur.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

back to Davenport Saturday py ~
poral Leroy G. Wiley, Battery Y. w.
will spend a week in Davenport
Obituary--Glen Laws. nsiive -.
Lewistown. ILL.,, died at O'CLOCK a.
day evening in local hospltal -
brief illness. He was born ~ !.
istown Feb. %. 1897, and had ilsss :
Davenport for several years. ~
Eloia Zoa Mcdonald died o. -.
Friday night at the home OF ner
ents at S27 Brown street, after
tended illness. She was born IN - ~,
export July %. 1895, and spen. -
entire life in this city. Her
ton was obtained In the puollc
high schools here
Rock Islanders Enlist
MUSCLE and Arthur W. White. wv
Rock Island, enlisted at Dass. ~
Saturday in the army. the former y ~
infantry and the latter in sns
artillery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28
HEALTH TALKS
BY W H.! a. u R RAD ND.

will to health
inquiries
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

Dear Sir: asked a friend of yours
the other day how long your column
had been appearing in the paper. He
said about two years. ! told him n
seemed to me almost a hundred wears
NJ Y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

My Good Friend: While all of the
writings that appear in your column
are good, some are better than others,
and what enjoy most and get so lit
tie of is your free verse. Why don't
you give us more of it? 1t has been
weeks since we had any, and in this
respect you are getting verse, if may
be allowed to spring pun of my own
manufacture 0. G.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

J. NJ. c.: Among your contributors
my favorites are Pansy and Ignatz
She is so cunningly sweet in the
things she says, and Ignatz, though
blunt, manages to put laugh in ev-
erything that he turns in. Won't you
some day print their real names?
fancy Pansy to be just young thing
with both her eyes constantly open.
Is she not? AS to Ignatz. I'll bet he's
big fat fellow who laughs in his
sleep. Am | right? HELEN E.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

Norris Acting Captain Lieutenant
Roy Norris. regular army man. is act
ing captain of Battery d. One Hundred
Twenty-sixth field artillery. Captain
Edward Mccoy having been assigned
to brigade headquarters as balloon OBJ
server. according TO word brought
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-28

Kind Sir: There is too much
grouchiness in your column. Let in
more sunshine. It's getting worse in
stead Of better. Let US have some
poetry like James Whitcomb Riley
used to write. G. F. d.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
CONSIDER LOOKS OF THINGS
ANY Number OF Reasons Why Every
!, Effort Should Bo Made to Make
Home Attractive.

"In travelling through a certain Sec
tion of Illinois the other day l noticed
that most Of the homes were cheerless
and desolate," Director Charles Adkins
told me the other day. "The yards
were full Of weeds, there were no flow
ers nor vines, and the majority OF the
houses were unpainted.
"Who would want to live In such q
place? What attraction is there to
keep the boys and girls on the farm1
I felt like asking these people why
they didn't paint up and clean up and
make their homes look like something"
Soldiers are required to keep their
equipment clean and their faces shaved
because of the effect on their morale
A clean, trim-looking soldier has more
self-respect and fights better than q
slovenly one. The man who takes
pride In the appearance Of his place
Is q better farmer and better mar
en- that account. The whole family un
dertakes It's tasks more cheerfully ant
more successfully because Of it.
Prairie Farmer.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08

In the growth of our towns and sub
urbs, especially in the older ones,
places of several acres are frequently
divided into smaller building lots
writes Helen Bowen In the House
Beautiful. Such places usually have
barns or stables which are often sufi'
ciently we'll built and in sound enough
condition to be remodeled into houses
In the present high cost of lumber anC
labor, the saving is worth considering
though 1t varies greatly In differen
cases. II the barn has good founda
tion, a strong, sound frame, and doe
not require much altering In size o
shape, the saving will be considerable
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08

For centuries GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil has been standard household remedy
for kidney, liver, bladder and stomach
trouble, and all diseases connected with
the urinary organs. The kidneys and blad-
der are the most important organs of the
body. They are the filters, the purifiers of
your blood. If the poiscns which enter
your system through the blood and stom-
ach are not entirely thrown out by the
kidneys and bladder, you are doomed.
WEAKNESS, sleeplessness, nervousness;
dependency, backache, stomach trouble,
headache, pain in loins and lower abdo-
men, gall stones, gravel difficulty when
urinating, cloudy and bloody urine, rheu-
matism, sciatica and lumbago, al. warn you
to look after your kidneys and bladder
| All these indicate some weakness of the
kidneys or other organs or that the enemy
microbes which are always present in your
system have attacked your weak spots
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are
what you need.
They are not "patent medicine" MOI
. new discovery" For 200 years they
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY
CLEANSES YOUR KIDNEYS

have been standard household remedy.
They are the pure, original imported H4a1s.
lem Oil your great-grandmother used, and
are perfectly harmless. The healing, sooth.
ing oil soaks into the cells and lining Of
the kidneys and through the bladder, driv.
ing out the poisonous germs. New life,
fresh strength and health will come as you
con Snue the treatment. When complete
ly restored to your usual vigor, continue
taking capsule or two each day; they will
keep you in condition and prevent re-
turn of the disease.
Do not delay minute. Delays are e.
pecially dangerous in kidney and bladder
trouble. All druggists sell GOLD MEDAL
l1aarlem Oil Capsules. They will refund
the money if not as represented. GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are i'm,
ported direct from the laboratories In Hol.
land. They are prepared in correct quan.
tity and convenient form, are easy to take
and are positively guaranteed to give
prompt relief. In three sizes, sealed pack.
ages. Ask for the original imported
GOLD MEDAL. Accept no substitutes
\ nav.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
fIOrLF TOWN.
Helps =.
HIGHEST TYPE OF CITIZEN
He Is the Man Who Sees Tendency Of
the Times and HeIps Direct
1t Correctly.

Who is he? A person who keeps his
eyes open and knows what is going
on, and who asserts q conviction from
what he sees. One may think 1t is very
difficult, considering the cOmplexity
and multiplicity of events, to possess
oneself Of a governing truth from the
driftwood of the rapidly passing
stream Of things. But that Is not
what he has to do. If a person has
to wait for every little particular he
will never reach a judgment or belief.
You can see such people In commu-
nifty, mere peckers Of bird seed, full
Of vapid talk and controversy. They
ARE no more agents Of truth than Old
Nick Is.
You don't have to inspect each par
ticular straw to see what a haystack
is. You can look at 1t, see its form,
understand It's purpose, and know all
there is In haystack to know. So In
life, the small facts are endless and
shed no light.
One must turn from them to the ten
dency or policy and make up his mind
from that. Such a discovery Is easier
than single fact. One cannot make
up ones mind from little things, for
they are endless, one suggesting an
other infinitely. SO general view
that expresses a tendency provides the
opportunity for a conviction.
The civic duty, then, Is to get ac-
quainted with the tendency Of meas
ure Of policy, the influence 1t has on
other things and how 1t affects the
habits of community. This constant
lowering about particulars never con.
structs q real faith. One has to take
his stand on an axlon or self-evident
truth and then look out and see
whether circumstance Is coming to
him or going from him. That Is the
way to get at tendency which Is the
necessity habit Of good citizenship.
It is the small mind that is constant
" looking for peanut facts and rea
sons. It Is the larger mind that looks
for tendencies, and the field for 1T
exercise includes all national, stat'
and city affairs. A man who doesn'
see tendencies there Is a poor citizen
and they are legion.-Columbus Jour
nal.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
Earned the WAGER,

Walking 80 miles and carrying a
brick which weighed nine pounds, q
man won n wager at Philadelphia. A
group of workmen were discussing
feuts Of endurance and us result one
Of the men challenged comrade {,
carry a nine-pound brick across the
street and back again for FIVE hours
laying It down and picking 1t up OF
each side of the street. The bet wa.
taken up, and the workman went attel
his prize, one dollar an hour, before ,
large crowd, and although 1t was ,
/ hot July night he won the bet IT,
had walked - miles, He began hi
job ut 4:45 o'clock and finished II a
Il quarter TO ten.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
HOW 70 USE VIGKS VAPORUB IN
TREATING SPANISH influenza
The Influenza Germs Attack the Lining OF the AH "a"
sages. When VapoRub Is Applied Over lhroa. anu
Chest the Medicated VapOrs Loosen the Phesn4
Omen the Air Passage. and Stimulate the Mucous
Membrane to Throw Off the GermS

specific for infuenza-the disease mus -
run its course. Nature hersen W.
throw OF the attack il only you Ne.S
up your strength. The chile ua"A
lies In the complications when '
arise. Influenza so weakens the ooolE
resistance that there Is danger OF ph@Ss
monla or bronchitis developing an
sometimes Inflammation OF the miaatv
ear, or heart affections. For thes!
reasons, It Is very important that tnS
patient remain in bed until
strength returns-stay in bed AT leAfS
two days or more after the feVer
left you. or II you are over 30 OF ho'
strong. stay in bed four days or more'
according to the severity OF the a''ae~
EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS.
In order to stimulate the lining 81
the air passages to throw on tns
grippe germs. to aid in loosening tns
phlegm and keeping the air passages
open. thus making the breathing ea
Ter. Vick's VapoRub will be touno et'
fective. Hot wet towels should be ap-
Piled over the throat chest and bacA
| between the shoulder blades TO ope"
the pores. Then Vick's should oe
rubbed in over the parts until the Skin
10 red. spread on thickly and cover
with two thicknesses OF hot nshhSA
cloths. Leave the clothing loose
around the neck. as the heat OF the
body liberates the ingredients In the
form of vapors. These vapors in
hailed with each breath. carry the med
ication directly to the parts affected-
At the same time. VapoRub Is ap-
sorbed through and stimulates the
skin attracting the blood to the SUR
face and thus aids in relieving the ctn-
gestion within.
HOW TO AVOID THE D.sEAsE.
Evidence seems to prove that this
is a germ disease. spread Hrincipally
by human contact, chiefly through
lcoughing, sneezing or splitting. 81
avoid persons having coids - which
means avoiding crowds - common
drinking cups, roller towels. etc Keep
up your bodily strength by plenty OF
exercise in the open air and good fVod.
KEEP FREE FROM COLDS.
Above all keep free from colds, al
colds irritate the lining Of the air pas
sages and rendert them much bettee
breeding places for the germs.
Use Vick's VapoRub at the very flrst
sign Of q cold. For head cold. melt
a little in a spoon and inhale the va
pors, or better still. ise VApoRub In
benzoin steam kettle. II this 10 moi
available use ar ordinary tea-kette
Fill half-full Of boiling water. put II
half a teaspoon Of VapoRub from t!m'
to time-keep the kettle just slows
boiling-inhale the steam arising.
Vick's VapoRub can be had In three
sizes-30c. soc. $1.20-at all druggists
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
Hliqhted Hopes

"I understand that there was great
excitement here not long ago over an
alleged discovery Of marganese2" sald
guest.
Yes grimly replied the landlord
Of the Petunia tavern. Mighty near
rs much as when twas reported that
q two-headed calf had been born out
on Zach Fagg's place spell before
that. But there wasr't any manganese
after all. and the two-headed cali
rolled over and defunct. Looks like
no matter how bright our prospects fol
a boom are something always come!
along and explodes 'em."-Kansas Cit,
Star.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08

The Franklin Wharton cup, for eX
cellence In rifle practice, has beeI
added to the trophies which company
in the United States marines may win
Wharton was lieutenant colonel In
the marines from 1904 to 1918 and the
second commandant of the corps after
its reorganization In 1893. The cup Il
a gift of his great-granddaughter, Mrs
Sarah Wharton Howard of Maryland
and other members Of the family.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
Respect other Peoples Property.


Attention to other peoples property
adds to the national wealth. The idea
seems to have gotten abroad that
wealth is purely personal matter. To
q certain extent that Is true. But
wealth produces for the common good
The facts show that not dire poverty
but growth and development Is the oc-
casion Of discomfort You can do your
part In the upward march Of progress
by teaching men that every property
loss brings calamity on the community
And the principle works both ways
Men often sow for the other man wha
they themselves reap. Be a construc
ZIONIST and learn to respect other peo
ple's property.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
rr... 70 Honor War Heroes.

In the American Forestry Magazine
the official organ Of the American For
estry association, an editorial is devot'
cd to the move in several cities to plant
trees In honor of the war beroes. The
magazine urges that this be made
national movement, 1t is urged that 9
boulevard be planted rs Liberty Row
or line some special street with vic
tory oaks" each to be named for
fallen hero
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
THE TREATMENT.
An Ominous Outlook.

"Brace up, young mani" encouraged
the dentist. ut will be out and all
over in a minute"
"Yes,' solemnly replied little Clar-
ence Callipers, who was in the chair,
"but one day with the Lord is as a
thousand years and thousand years
as one day."-Kansas City Star.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
CALL A PHYSICIAN - GO
TO BED STAY QUIET
DON'T WORRY

Fhere r. No Occasion for Panie-InAu-
ensa Itself Has q Very Low Percent-
age Of Fatalities. Not Over One
Death Out Of Every Four Hundred
Cases According to the N. C. Board
of Health. The Chief Danger Lies
in Complications Arising, Attacking
Principally Patients in q Run-Down
ConditiOn-Those Who Don't Go to
BED Soon Enough, or Those Who Get
Up Too Early.
Spanish Influenza, which appeared In
Spain in May, has all the appearance
O. grip or la grippe. which has swept
over the world in numerous epidemics
as far back as history runs. Hippocra-
tes refers to an epidemic in 412 b. c.
which 10 regarded by many to have
been influenza. Every century has had
Its attacks. Beginning with 1881. this
country has had five epidemics, the
last in 1889-1S90.
THE SYMPTOMS.
Grippe. or influenza. as 1t is now
called, usually begins with chill, FOL.
lowed by aching, feverishness anc
sometimes nausea and dizziness. anc
q general feeling of weakness and de-
preston. The temperature Is from 10t
to 104, and the fever usually last
from three to Ave days. The germs
attack the mucous membrane. or linint
Of the air passages-nose throat ant
bronchial tubes; there Is usually
hard cough, especially bad at night
and frequently all the appearances o
. severe head cold.
THE TREATMENT.
Go fo he'd at the frat SYMPTOMS. no
only for your own sake, but to avoi'
spreading the disease to others-tak
O purgative. eat plenty Of nourishini
food, remain perfectly quiet and don
worry. Quinine. aspirin or Dover
Powder, ETC., may be administered b.
the physicians directions to reliev
tho aching. But there is no cure o
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08

In Addition, VapoRub is ABB
sorbed Through and S6mu'
Iates the Skin, Attracting
the Blood to the Surface and
Thus Aids in Reducing the
Congestion Within.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
70 GUARD AGAINST INFLUENZA

Keep a little Vacher-Balm in your
nose, It is antiseptic, and kills germs,
though harmless to use, internally, or
externally. It also relieves the dis
tressing symptoms. 25c in Tubes, and
Jars. Avoid imitations.-Adv.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08
The Female Help Problem.

''It's the limit"
"What's the matter nOw?
IT didn't object so much in the old
days when the wife insisted on picking
out my stenographer, but now she in
sists on having look at the elevator
conductors before I hire them"
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08

We are never SO happy or so un-
happy as we suppose.-Maxim, 40.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08

The fat man doesn't mind 1t II you
call him portly.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08

food assimilation. Tone up your liver with
Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills They act
gently and surely Adv.
Macon beacon., 1918-11-08

Cleveland pupils this year cultivat-
ed 1900 school war gardens.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-07
BY Condo.

The ninth inning decided the game.
when the Indians chalked UP three
With Hollechcr on third. Marshall
bclted one % EnEl.'s weak ones and
made IL count for two bases. A few
moments after. another Engic effort
gave Cy Ncighbor chance for a
two-base hit Marshall scored and
Griffon allowed the third run In tho
ninth when he sent a high ball to
Bin Leard. Lizard fumhied.
Marshall and Nclghbor gave spo.
kane a good edge at all times with
their pretty stick work Both are
heavy hittcrs In the ninth. they
froze the smile % the Giants on
their lips ana the fans were ready
for the funeral long before curfsw
rang.
Leard's new first haseman. pcmp.
sey. Is expected daily from Cahfor.
min. When he arrives It viii round
the home team out and put Il In
much better fighting shape The In.
dams play good ball and the series
ought 10 bring out some thrills