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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-14

dress was delightfully."- entertain
ing, his narration of humorous in
cidents keeping his audience In
continued gales OF laughter. His
Jolly good nature was always evil
dent, an infectious chuckle being
prelude TO every amusing Incl
dent which he told.
The ex-presldent proceeded 10
the Press club meeting directly
following an afternoon spent at the
home of William Butterworth of
Moline. an old friend and school
mate of many years.
The Press club had as its guests,
beside Mr.. Taft, General Macken-
zie and Rock Island arsenal off
GERS. the committee of the Rock
Island county branch of the Ma
tional Security league and the
presidents and secretaries of the
commercial clubs of the three
cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-14
DIR. COFFEE IN HIS OFFICES
SATURDAYS AND MONDAYS.

People suffering with eye DIS
eases. failing sight, deafness, los
Of hearing. cross-eyes, adenoids
and diseases of the eyes, ears, nose
Or throat. should read the an
aouncement of Dr. ". 0. Coffee, the
ocuIist. in another part Of this pa
rer today 1t tells something Of
the splendid work he is doing here.
he Is in his Offices every Saturday
and Monday in the First National
bank building. He offers 10 treat
lew patients one time free 10 snow
how his treatment acts. Better read
his announcement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-14
buy IuflII SIaHlDS-----
DELINQUENT TAX
SALE IN PROGRESS

Outstanding county tax accounts
on property situated in Moline were
sold at the Office of County Treas
urer F. J. Clendenin yesterday.
Everything went at % per cent as
there was no competition in the
bidding Sales of accounts on prop
erty situated in Rock Island are
under way today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-14
SCOUT OFFICIAL
WORK EFFECTIVE
AS TRAFFIC COP

An official Of the Rock Island
council of the Boy Scouts of AMeri-
ca did effective work last night as
tTattic officer at Thirty eighth
street and Seventh avenue.
NO forcsightedness was shown by
the police department and conse-
quentiy no traffic officer was placed
at the corner 10 relieve the Conges-
uon and keep traffic moving. there
being many automobiles leaving the
AuEustana college gymnasium fol-
lowing the Taft address.
The result was automobiles and
street cars got mixed up in bad
shape until the scout official hap
pened along. He took charge of
the situation and successfully clear
ed the street in a few minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-14

successes Of the administration,
Mr.. TAFT said. 1T was General
Mackenzie who was responsible for
the selection Of Cocktails to finish
the Panama canal The general
recommended Goethals to me and
I, in turn, recommended GoethaIs
to Roosevelt He was appointed
and, as we all know, the canal
project was finished"
General Mackenzie at the time
h was chief of engineers of the
United States army, held the rank
of brigadier general, the highest
post in the engineers corps.
The dinner for Mr.. Taft was the
most successful of the club in re-
cent years. The banquet room
was beautifully decorated with
American and allied flags. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-14

General Alexander Mackenzie
chief OF the United States engineers
office in this city, is the man who
was responsible for the appoint
ment of General Goethals for di-
recting the work of finishing the
Panama canal under the Roosevelt
made at the Tri-City Press club
dinner in honor Of former President
Taft at the Rock Island club last
night during the address Mr.. Taft
made. General mackenzie recon-
mended GOethals TO Taft, who rec
commended him TO Roosevelt
Roosevelt selected Goethals and the
project was completed
The mirror., 1918-06-13
BASEBALL OVER IN FRANCE
Being an Account of Game Played by the Yacks'
and Tigers" the Latter Winning Game
The Still1oater Gazette

rection was always good for several
yards, and with a man on second
and two men down, Bishop, the
Tigers ''two eyebrowed first base
man." tried a line buck through
short which put the man who was
on second across for touchdown
and Bishie scratched sand for Sec
ond. Someone (the dust was too
thick to see who) threw the ball
over the second baseman's head.
Bishie streaked it for third and
zowie. the ball hit him on the
shoulder and bounced into the
bleachers. Bishie then romped
home. In the last half of the
ninth the Yacks had a man on Sec
ond and one on third with two men
down but B. A. Bolton Casey-ed
in this last act. Curtains
This is only half of the story
the other half is what everybody
said about the umpires. However,
we cannot describe this as one is
our cook and we know who can
cook our goose, and the other
oh, we'll, it ought not be printed as
some lady might get hold of this
paper.
P. S.-The final score: Tigers 9,
Yacks Z. Rah! rah! Tigers!
The mirror., 1918-06-13
Best BackstOp Records

A catcher who works in at least
100 games each season is worth q
liberal salary. Last years major
league records show that these
men passed the century mark be-
hind the bat: National league:
Killifer and Wingo. each 120
games, and Rariden. 100; American
league: Schalk and SEVERED, each
139 games; O'Neil, 127, and Ain
smith, 119.
Those who caught between 80
and 100 games were Stanage of
Detroit, Nunamaker of the Yam
KEGS, Miller of Brooklyn. Snyder
of the Cardinals and Tragresser of
the Braves.-Ex.
The mirror., 1918-06-13
Baseball Stories

Russian soviets remind us of left.
handed pitchers.
Kaiser's army hasn't stolen
base on Hank Gowdy yet.
The poor, down-trodden players
are allowed but three feeds day.
1t is still possible to 60 crazy
over baseball, but it is no longer
obligatory.
Owing to the war Benny Kauf
ordered only twelve suits of clothes
this spring.
Catholic University has q pitcher
whose name has been given out as
Kerononwetter.
Miller Huggins likes the looks
of Sam Wick. the young outfelder
from the Southern association.
Harry Frazee, owner of the
Red Sox, will retain the veteran
Billy Murray. He will be the
clubs scout.
Bert Humphries, former big.
league hurler, has been signed by
the Louisville club and will attempt
a come back.
Babe Ruth started off in fine
shape against the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers with two home runs over the
garden wall at Hot Springs.
During 21 years as a player in
the National league Hans Wagner
of the Pittsburgh team has
cracked out total of 100 home
runs.
Horace Milan of the Washington
team, now is taking course of
instruction at the naval aviation
station at Charleston, S. G.
Hugo Bezdek. manager of the
Pittsburg Nationals, and Ed Bar
row, pilot of the ex-world's cham
pion Boston American League
nine, never played ball on either
major or minor league team. -Ex.
The mirror., 1918-06-13
THE SHADOW OF THE FLAG

The breath Of joy was in the air,
A Maytime beauty everywhere,
Yet dark beneath my feet it lay
As 'twere blot upon the day.
A shadow wavering to and fro
looked to understand 10,
The shadow of the flag!
The sweet winds from the orchard came.
They caught each scarlet stripe afame
The white stars cleaned upon their blue.
A glorious banner twas to view,
But as it filled and foated free
The sun played hide and seek to see
The shadow of the flag.
Emerging from the storm clouds wrack,
A phantom army struggles back.
To English and Canadian home
Exhausted, broken, manned, they come,
A mighty sacriicial host
Survivors of wars holocaust,
The shadows of the flag.
And millions meath the torn ground lie,
Unfolding great Deaths mystery.
Their youth was fair; they gave it all,
Upspringing at the trumpet call.
Was need to give ito Answer ye
Who sent to immortality
These shadows of che flag.
0 God, omnipotent, bend down;
Compel world in chaos thrown;
Mans power is naught; thy power is still
The same that spoke from Sinai's hill.
Speak now, with stern authority,
That our dim eyes may never see
Such shadows of our flag.
-Mary Pssnam Hart of the Vigilantss
The mirror., 1918-06-13

yet. An airplane or boat is so
constructed that when on an even
keel. the propeller shaft horizontal,
there is sufficient lift, and just suf-
ficient lift, to keep the plane slowly
rising in the air. To rise more
rapidly the pilot alters the angle of
the elevator, or horizontal rud-
DER" tipping the nose of the ma
chine upward and making the sur.
faces have greater angle of in
cidence. The greater the angle the
greater the lift within limits. of
course), but also the greater the
drift. The greater drift lessons
the speed. which also lessons the
lift. Somewhere between a level
fight and pointing the nose
straight up is the maximum pos
sible angle of flight-the critical
angle. At this angle the machine
does not climb-it staggers along
horizontally through the air, its
lift just equal to its drift plus
gravity. Force it's nose higher
and it commences to fall.
Somewhere between a level and
the critical or maximum angle is
the best climbing angle. This best
angle may result in 1000 feet a
minute in a good climber or from
4, 1000 to 5000 feet in ten minutes
if it is a good all around machine.
In a very fast plane it will be very
slow climbing speed, for fast planes
have small surfaces, little angle Ito
reduce drift, small Gambler. to 60
with small angle. and none of these
things make for lift. It is the
motor boat over again-one cannot
have great speed and plenty of
room-great speed and small en-
gines do not 60 together, and the
speed boat built for cruising ia
neither speedy nor cruiser!
But the designers problems only
commence when he has settled
speed versus climbing ability. He
has the stabilities to care for, and
they are very important, indeed,
especially to the pilot. In the
water the motor boatman can con-
troll his speed and his direction,
but if speed dies away he still
exists. The air boatman must con-
troll speed and direction according
to the compass, and direction up
and down, and must balance his
craft laterally and fore and aft and
never forget the peculiar-to-the-air
condition which the working of the
law of momentum and inertia pro-
duces in a craft, the only hold of
which on the medium in which
it exists is due to speed.
Continued on page .. column 81
The mirror., 1918-06-13

ing struts to hold it up, thus get
ting so much extra free surface for
compression and sucking lift.
Strange as it may seem. this
suck or ratification of air on top of
a moving surface has a greater
effect as lifting force than the
compression of the air below the
moving surface. It is not a mat
ter of belief, but of actual proof in
the wind tunnel, where aero-dyna-
mic experiments are made. More
over, the lift. which is composed
of both the sucking and the com.
pressing of the air over and under
the moving surfaces or planes. in
creases rapidly with the speed of
the whole through the air at about
the square of the speed, so that the
faster the plane the less surface it
needs to hold it up. The designer
says: ''I'll fly a tea tray if you
give me power enough, "and means
exactly what he says.
And right here comes in the
meat of the problem as to climb
ing ability versus speed. To climb
quickly, an airplane must have the
greatest possible lift-drift ratio.
That means a slow plane, because
the head resistance of all those
parts of the structure which do not
produce lift-wires, struts, skin
friction on the body, etc.-in-
creases as the square of the speed;
and the greater the head resistance,
of course, the more of the total
power must be taken to overcome
it and the less there is for lift. The
slower the plane the larger must
the surfaces be, and the larger the
surfaces are the greater the weight.
The more the weight the greater
the angle of incidence must be to
afford lift, and increased angle
means increased drift, and-the
compromise comes in againl
For speed, small surfaces just
enough to lift the weight are re-
required; a small angle, cutting
down the drift, which means small
Gambler or curvature. also cutting
down the drift.
Put categorically, for maximum
speed plus maximum climbing
ability, what is wanted is great
span, little depth, two angles of
incidence and two Gamblers to the
surface Gan absurdity), no thick
ness in the surfaces Gan impossi-
bility), and propeller which has
an alterable pitch to be most eff.
cient at any speed (which, if not an
impossibility, hasn't been invented.)
But the end of the problem of
speed or climbing ability is not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-29
COMING EVENTS
, T-H-Houlton Fair.

Aug. q -3o-Houlton Fair.
Aug. S-sept. 3-kedp,th Ctautauqua.
Pennington.
Aug. Estate Board Of Assessors at
Watervilie.
Aug. 29-The 10Th Me. Inf. reunion at
Lewiston.
Aug. 29-30-Lewsto on and Auburn Hor-
ticultural exhibit at Lewiston.
Aug 30-State Board of Assessors at
Augusta.
Aug. 3o-Sept 9-Seventh Day Adven-
lists canpmeetng Ct Elm.
Aug. 3l-Co E, oith Me. reunion
Warren.
Sept. labor day.
Sept 2-4-Southern r.ennebec fair
South Windsor.
Sept. 3-State Board of Assessors, Mil
linocket and Fort Kent.
Sept. 3--Superior court, civil and Grim.
inal term Augusta.
Sept. 3-4-Fair at Unity.
Sept. 3-5-Northern Me. fair, Presque
Isle.
Sept. 5-Annual reunion of 32d Maine
Association IN Bridgton.
Sept s-l5-Spirtuaiist campmeeting al
Lakewood, Madison
Sept. Estate election.
Sept. I0-I2-OXford County fair. South
Paris.
Sept 1o-Reunion 3lst Maine Reg
n1ent.
Sept. 1o-Reunion of oath and 2stt
Regimental Association at Togus.
Sept. 11--Reunion of LIST Maine Cavalry
al Togus.
Sept. ls-1s-Fifteenth Maine Reunion
sept. ls-2o-The goth annual meeting 0.
State Board of Trade. Bar Iarbor.
Sept. Z3-Annual reunion of Portla nd
cadets.
Sept. 2-Gordon- Gordon family re
union at Readield Depot.
Dec. lI-l9-Maine Stare Grange at
Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-29
Bar Harbor Has a Real Burglary

What is probably the biggest burg
larry in Maine for some time occurred
at Bar Harbor Sunday about A. NJ.
when the dry goods store of s. GEM
burg, firm having headquarters in
New York City and located at Bar
Harbor at Is Mount Desert street,
Has entered and over $4,000 worth Of
valuable fur coats, suits and scarfs
we're stolen. The booty included:
One long Rolinsky coat valued at
$1,000; one black bradtail coat at $3.50:
one long moleskin fur coat at $3.50
one long seal coat trimmed with
Rolinsky and valued at $500; three
shorter coats also trimmed with Ro-
linsky and valued at from s275 to s45o
apiece; one velvetine suit trimmed
with satin; one long velour coat
trimmed with seal; one green suit
trimmed with moleskin; one black
suit trimmed with braid and having
large collar and cuffs trimmed with
sea- skin, and one dozen scarfs each
valued at $3.50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-29
SOLDIER BOYS

The led Regiment, c. A. c.. which
left Portland about three weeks ago,
has arrived safely overseas, accord
ing to word now being received IN
that city. The 72d Regiment was or
s:anized at the Coast Defenses OF
Portland and was composed very
largely of Chicago boys, although
there were several hundred Maine
roys in its ranks. 1t is commanded
10y Col. A. c. Thompson, who was
commander of the Portland District
up to his departure with the regi-
ment.
In a letter to his mother, Mrs. A.
l.. Stanwood of Rumford, George
S7anwood who left Rumford private
in Company B states that he has
been made sergeant major Of the
first Battalion, 10Sd Infantry.
Rangor adds two lieutenants to a
war roster which already carries out
It's many splendid war traditions. as
James Barton Nealey and Everett
Thornton Nealey, Jr.. have received
their commissions in the United
states army. James Barton Neaiey.
who enlisted in Los Angeles and
tlained in Seattle, transferring TO
Camp TAYLOR. Kentucky, has now
hcen assigned TO Camp jackson, 5. {.
He is a graduate Of the officers
training school at Camp Taylor and
is in the field artillery. Everett T.
,>ealey, Jr.. was in France for year
in the ambulance service. Rejected
alter physical examination on at
tempting to enlist in the American
army in France, he returned to this
country. was finally accepted went to
Camp Devens and then to an Of
ficers training school at Camp Lee,
Va.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-29
EDWARD MCDONNELL

Thomas edward Mcdonnell, the
son of Mrs. J. a. Mcdonnell of Mad
ison Center, is now at Otisville. New
York, where he is receiving treatment
a A, General Army Hospital. No. 8. His
mother writes that she has just re-
turned from there where my boy has
been brought back from France and
Uncle Sam is giving him wonderful
care in their great new hospital, the
staff of which is composed Of some Of
the best medical men in the country.
in fact the commanding officer and
al, Of the captains are specialists, the
rurses part enlisted and part Red
Cross are all of the very best and
have come back to my camp feeling
that Uncle Sam will not neglect one
single boy who has been serving his
country. OF course my boy is not a
native Maine boy but has been spend
ing about four months a year in the
State since he was eight years old, so
you think he can be classed as
Maine" A boy in the next cot to the
Mcdonnell boy is from Auburn and
from the old Second Maine, and when
there Mrs. Mcdonnell was handed a
kennebec Journal by this boy.
Thomas Edward Mcdonnell is 10
years of age and was born in New
York City, the son of NJ. Bryan and
Joanna A. Mcdonnell He was edu-
Gated in Boston until he graduated
from the grammar school. Then he
attended the Peddie Institute, Nights
town, New Jersey and was preparing
Tor Cornell in his graduating year
when the war came. He happened to
be In Maine at the time so enlisted
with Company E, the old Second
Maine. the week war was declared.
He had no previous military train
ing, he speaks French, German. Span
ish and Italian. He was transferred
to the Intelligence service by Captain
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-29

At the Island Paxk meeting on Sat
urday a message was read from
statesman. 1t carried the true RIM
Of patriotism, of loyal, true-blue ap
plication TO the rvice OF country II
a critical hour. It's writer honors an
trusts his people. 1t was an honest
to- goodness. politics is ADJOURNED
Here it is:
Washington. D. c.. Aug. q, 1918.
Hon. Frank ]. Ham,
Chairman Republican State
Committee,
Augusta, Me.
greatly regret my absence
from your meeting today. Mat
tiers of such momentous conse-
ouence to the people OF our
country are pending in the Senate
that | feel it my duty to remain
at my post. l have read the crit
icisms of our opponents of Gov
ernor Milliken; but having an
abiding faith in his honesty. in
tegrity and ability and a true
knowledge Oh Wndt ne Hdo d|SOi'
plished,I am confident the voters
of Maine will re-elect him TO the
office he has so ably filled.
AS for myself, l have not the
opportunity to make a personal
appeal if l desired to do so. am
perfectly willing to go before the
people with my record whatever 1t
NAV be. Having full confidence
in the good judgment Of our citi-
zens. I am pleased to leave my
fate in their hands.
tSigned) BERT NJ. FERNALD.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-29
| HOW TO ACQUIRE HAIR BEAUTY

You can enjoy delightful sham
POO with.very little effort and for
very trif1ing cost, if you get from
Your druggists a package Of Can
throx and dissolve a teaspoonful in
a cup of hot water. This makes a
full cup of shampoo LIQUID, enough
81 it is easy to apply it to all the
hair instead Of just the top of the
head. Your shampoo is now ready
Just pour little at a time on the
scalp and hair until both are en-
tirely covered by the daintily per-
funned preparation that thoroughly
cissolves and removes every bit of
candruff, exces5 oil and dirt. After
rinsing the hair dries quickly with
fuffiness that makes it seem
teavier than it Is, and takes on
l'ch luster and softness that
makes arranaina 1t q pleasure,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-29
Speaking of statesmen?

Below are a few characteristic ex
nressions from would-be Statesman
who wants to stand in the shoes Of L
s Senator Fernald. For six week,
this war work" has been prosecuted
with all the vigor of an active mine
and body. 1t is quite another speci
men of politics is adjourned" win
the-war accomplishment:
There are just two men in
Maine who will vote for Milliken:
One is a very old man who can't
change his mind. One is man
who has softening of the brain"
The State provides by its Leg
islature that the mother of a SOL
der should receive from her town
the sum of 81 per week while the
boy was gone. Now are these
women getting their money?
Answer, no. They haven't had it,
are not getting it. and while
Milliken rules, will never and can
never get it Mothers
will have to become one of three
things: Objects of pity; objects
Of charity. or paupers,'
He Governor Milliken) is like
the Kaiser. he rules by divine
right" "'' DO not by your
vote send any confidence to Ger
many. Defeat the Huns and the
Governor"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-29

The will Of Lord Rhondda, late
british food controller. bequeaths
$4,000 to Caius College. Cambridge.
preferably for the establishment and
maintenance Of six to ten scholar
ships Of mathematics, natural science
or moral science, and 500, 900 to the
Cardiff Infrmary Lord Rhondda
states in his will, Il make no other
charitable gifts because have de-
voted the greater part of my life to
public affairs and I have already
gwen large sums Of money for chart
table and public purposes"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-29
Shot in a Peculiar Manner

Jere Bean. aged 26 and unmarried,
? farmer Of Monticello, was seriously
wounded Monday afternoon in a
peculiar accident. He had taken an
old horse into the woods to shoot.
\ boy with him fred a shot from a
44calibre revolver at the horse. TIE
Luiiet glanced from the horses SKULL,
hit Bean on the head and fractured
his skull. He is at the Houlton hos
pital with about an even chance for
recovery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-29
Sergeant O'Brien's Statement.

August %, 1918.
In justice to my mother and to
CUR old home town. l consider it
my duty to make a true state
ment of conditions during her
last illness. AS had to be away,
due to being in the L. s. Army,
] could not give her the personal
care and attention that I should
have been glad to bestow, but |
am fully satisfied that she had
good care from the church and
the community, and l wish to
state that the story being cir
culated is untrue.
Sergt. Patrick ]. O'Brien.
Will the above statement from
Sergeant O'Brien concerning hi.
mother halt the pretenses of Demo
cratic candidates that Mrs. OBrier
Suffered for care or became a pau
r.eI?