Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05
Especial to The Argusl

: Especial to The Argusl.
Camp Dodge. Ia, Jan. 5.-Several
Des Moines restaurant owners may
fnd members of the United States
army police stationed before the front
doors Of their restaurants unless i'm
provements in sanitary conditions are
made.
The police will be stationed before
the restaurants to divert soldiers Of
the United States army from patron
izing the restaurants.
Lieutenant William c. White of the
United States public health service
said yesterday that such a precau-
tionary measure may be resorted to
lin order to protect the health of SOL
diers stationed at Camp Dodge.
White said that the army inspectors
had found five restaurants in Des
Moines which would need remodeling
f, before they would be acceptable.
! There were Is restaurants which will
require a general cleanup before GER
tificates will be issued by the public
health service department.
Des Moines BARRIERS may be required
to subject themselves to smallpox vac
cination, according to Lieutenant
| White. He said that he was serving
notices upon all BARRIERS that their
/, shops must be put in a sanitary con-
| dition and that their work be done &C
'cording to public health rules.
1.-THE conditions Of certain barber
shops in Des Moines first came to the
attention of the department through
the rumor that barber diseased with
7 smallpox was working in one OF the
shops" said Lieutenant White. u
have not issued an order that the bar
| bers must subject themselves to small
lpoX vaccination, but l expect to-
| The order is to be extended to COW
er manicure parlors, soda fountains,
ice cream parlors, hotels and all food
establishments.
The department is issuing certifi-
fcates to all restaurants which have
! the approval of the public health ser
vice department. The restaurant own
ers are supposed to display the GER
/ tificates. The soldiers are to be Or
dered not to patroniZe restaurants not
having such certificates.on display.
There are two big men who are
important figures in their home COM
munities who have given up their po-
Ations to do war w01!k for the Y. NJ
c. A. at Camp Dodge.
They look so much alike one is
oaen taken for the other, and although
they only saw each. other occasionally
in Chicago, are now under the same
roof at Camp DOdEe-in the admins
tration building Df the Y. M. C. A.
Stewart Waring is one of the gen
eral managers for the Sears Roebuck
company of Chicago. He has under
his supervision with this concern
about eighteen, thousand employees
Accustomed 70 all the comforts and
luxuries which, a man in his position
can afford, Mn Waring has cheerfully
resigned thenL all and come to live in
a bare little room in one of the "Y'
huts, as the green buildings are
known.
Fine" said Mr.. Waring heartily
when asked. how he liked his initial
taste of living army style. Its all
; ne" " uler but 1 III SOIuS W euJOy H.
Rev. Jal les NJ. Sitter, D. D.. is pas
tor Of the big First Baptist church in
Evanston, ELL He secured an indefi-
mite leave t.f absence to come to Camp
Dodge whe ire he is religious director
Of the Y. i'll. c. A. work. His genia,
personality is already winning hin
many friends among the soldiers. HI
worked SO lard Christmas day and thu
following tearing about over the vas
cantonment delivering Red Cros:
Christmas packets to the men WHIT
were unable' to attend the camp cele
bration that he had to go to bed il
| the middle of the afternoon on thu
second day, utterly exhausted.
But it WIS worth WHILE" says Rev
| Sitter with a srnile.
The framed picture of CHEEKY look
ing woman always stands on his desk
| Mrs. Sitter Is back home in Evanston
but the big pastor holds imaginar,
little evening Chats with the pictur,
and tells his wife about the strang,
new life he is leading.