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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-21

MANTEp-MsCELLANg0ta


HIGH prices paid for old false teeth,
crowns and bridges. Checks sent by
return mail. subject to your approval
Room SO Davenport SAVING bank
building. Davenport. Iowa
OLD false teeth; don't matter II broke:
! pay sc to SIS per set. Also cash for
old gold. silver and broken jewelry.
Send by parcel post and receive check
by return mail Will hold goods 10
days for senders' approval Of my OFFER
l.. Mazer. 20o7 So. Fifth street, Phil
adelphia, Pa.
800 PEOPLE at Cheap johns Repair
Shop, to have their shoes repaired.
Mems soles and heels sewed, $1.50.
Best leather and first class work.
Done while you wait. 2121 Fourth
avenue.
TO buy, second hand heating stoves,
cook stoves and furniture; highest
cash prices paid; 1928 Fourth avenue
Phone r. !. 584.
TO Buy, old clothes. shoes, etc. phone
Us; we call for castaway garments
and give you good prices for ITEM.
Cheap Johns Clothing Store, z113
Fourth avenue. Phone r. ]. 1896.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-21
NANTED-TO RENT.

HOUSE or fiat. near Forty-first street.
R. /. Call after s p. m. Dav. 1334-W.
FOUR or five room house, with priv
ilege of buying IL surroundings are
found satisfactory. Call r. l. 1870 or
r. /. 2051.
ROOMS; three or four; furnished for
housekeeping: no children. Dav. 5219W.
ROOMS; two; furnished or unfurnished;
for light housekeeping. Address *"
care The Argus.
Two modern, furnished, housekeeping
rooms; heated. Address &C. d." care
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-21

FOB RENT-MISCELLANEOUS
~~~~-~~I~~
BARN; at 1927 Second avenue; phone
r. l. 3O5.
HOUSEHOLD and piand storage; Bowl
by's Music house; 1900 block.
OFFICES; two rooms over Woolworth's
ono room over Hayes Clothes Ehop.
krell & Math.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-21
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST; purse; new; black. trimmed in
green; containing money. Finder may
keep contents. but please return purse
to Argus Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-21

LADIES gold watch: lost on Elm street
car or on Fourteenth street and Sec
Qnd avenue. Reward Call 4597-X.
POCKETBOOK, containing s23: lost on
Arsenal car Wednesday night. Lib
eral reward for return to Argus.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05

the young man who has little thought
for the "rainy day." There Is. per-
haps, nc better nor more profitable
training for a young mar than the ex-
p~erience Of buying a piece Of property,
which good judgment indicates will
increase in value. upon which to build
a substantial and well planned home.
The idea Of building cannot be started
too young. The property may be pur-
chased at any time, but the house Is
ordinarily selected with the assistance
Of the person who must eventually be
Of primary Importance In Its transfor-
nation into a comfortable home.
Stylish Bungalow.
The illustrations offer a suggestion
which might be of assistance In max
ing such a selection. This is a stylish
little bungalow, "a feet by 40 feet in
size, not including the porch projec-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05
.FLOoR.PLAN.

ton. 1t contains six rooms and a
bath. The walls are finished with shin
giles which would look very pleasing
when treated with dark stain. The at
tractive roof is of the gable type.
The downstairs plan of this house
offers a good deal of comfort to the
square foot. The living room Is care
fully laid out for the comfortable plac-
ing Of the furniture. Rooms differ
greatly in regard to the accommoda-
lions for modern furniture. A living
room must be light at the same time
considerable wall space is required,
otherwise large pieces of furniture
must be extensively built to look well
when placed some distance from the
walls Of the room.
This plan places the stairway In the
middle OF the house. From the en-
trance hail The stair goes up to an at
tic space which can be used for extra
sleeping space If occasion demands.
The arrangement of the kitchen and
pantry is intended to place the kitchen
entirely away from the front part Of
the house, which eliminates cooking
odors from the living rooms.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05
Worse Than PoIson Gas.

The most celebrated Of all weapon
poisons is the '%woorari," employed by
the savages of the Orinoco basin, In
South America. 1t Is IN elaborate
product. Two species Of venomous
serpents contribute to II, and a third
ingredient Is the juice Of a vine allied
to the plant from which strychnine is
obtained. To the mixture is added a
quantity Of red ants Of a kind whose
bite Is particularly poisonous. With
this preparation are envenomed the
darts which the natives of that region
fire from blowguns.
The darts are fashioned from the
leafribs of a species of palm. They
are 10 inches long, Of the thickness Of
q crow quill and made sharp as needles
by scraping them between the teeth
Of the "pirai" fish. A wrapping Of wild
cotton fits them to the bore Of the gun,
and a puff of breath fires the projec-
tile.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05
BRAVERY DEPENDS ON HEART
Reason Why II Is ManifestIy Unjust
to Condemn Soldier For Physical
cowardice.

Bravery" said an army doctor, 'fs
a question of the heart.
Suppose you're strong and healthy.
Your heart beats Il strokes to the min
ute. Well. then, In a gas tank the IAN
ger will slow your heart twelve strokes.
This won't Inconvenience you. With
your heart still at sixty you'll feel
strong and resolute. You'll be a good
soldier.
But suppose you've got a poor
heart, a MISUNDERSTANDING one.
Then, when the gas tank comes. IL
your heart slows down twelve strokes,
you're FRUSTRATED. for a forty-three-
heartbeat isn't enough-you are liable
to faint under II.
"Or again, you may have an excita-
BILE heart. You hear the order to go
over the top with fortitude, but the
excitement sends your heart leaping
up to 120. What good Is your forth
tude then? No good at all. With a
40 heart you can only shake and
cover.
"Yes, bravery is a question OF the
heart and that Is why we should only
enlist strong young men. Otherwise
weIl be shooting chaps for cowardice
as ~uDjustly as II we shot them for hav-
ing rheumatism or red hair"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05
Iocusts for Soap.

Uruguay has suffered much at the
hands Of Iisiting locusts. SO 1t Is only
natural that from that country should
hail not a scheme to prevent their COM
ing. but the means Of converting the
pests into a paying proposition when
they do come. One of these visits oc-
Cured last winter. If they had skipped
an occasional year, they made up for
all past sights on that trip. Traps
were set and millions of the insects
killed, with no apparent impression on
the size of the invading army. One
day Senior Alexandra Otalgui. holding
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05

He Only Smoked for q Second or Two.
things many, many times over. The
monkey was very quick and bright and
learned everything remarkably quick
ly.
"The special performance was to be
given on a day set aside by the keeper.
OF course 1t couldn't be advertised all
around as q circus could. but the keep
er told all his special children friends
Who 1aIIs to the ZOO very OFTEN and
they told their friends, and 1t got
around so that for the day Of the per-
Torrance the monkey house was filed
with children.
"sLet me shake hands with the per-
former the keeper said. and he shook
hands with Zuzeppa. Then they each
bowed, and the keeper said, Now Zu-
zeppa will show you his circus tricks
$50 Zuzeppa hung by his tail and
turned many somersaults, he swung
back and forth and jumped and twist
ed and turned. He did the most mar
velous Of circus tricks and all the chill
dren clapped their hands and the other
monkeys yelled and screamed, We'll
done, Zuzeppa.'
mo one else knew what the mon
keys meant but everyone knew they
were excited. They weren't Jealous of
Zuzeppa, for they knew he wanted to
learn tricks and be a trick-performing
monkey. Besides he had worked hard
enough to have the whole monkey
house to himself for an afternoon.
Now said the keeper, 'Zuzeppa
will do his special trick. 1t has been
done before by monkeys but Zuzeppa
never did 1t before, and he has been
practicing 1t so he could do II beauti-
fully for this fine performance
"The keeper took out q little wooden
table and put a napkin upon 1t and a
cloth. Then Zuzeppa spread the cloth
over the table, reached down In a box
the keeper had. and took out a knife
and a fork and a spoon. He put all
these on the table and then tied the
napkin around his neck.
"Next ne took a little broken chair
which was IN his cage and sat upon
II.
~The keeper acted as the waiter. and
passed things TO Zuzeppa. And what
do you suppose Zuzeppa did,"
"WhatT' asked the children.
sZuzeppa behaved at TINT table just
az though he were a real person. He
ate with his fork and ne cut with his
knife. He peeled his banana which he
had for dessert and then he ate 1t,
wiping his mouth with his napkin.
"But when he was all through his
meal and had put his hands In a finger
bowl to make them nice and clean. he
took a pipe. which the keeper handed
him, struck a. match and lighted the
pipe. He only smoked for a second or
two, blowing the smoke out, as he
didn't especially car for It. But oh.
how happy he vas when the children
laughed and clapped their hands! And
this Is a true storyl"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05
MWYSg[MNG
| FAIRY tale
zuzEPPA. THE MONKEY.
s. hAIK @AHA1RQNR

~sZuzeppa," said Daddy. was a mon
key who had come from Africa. He
lived In the ZOO. where there We're
many other monkeys. He swung on
his bars. ate good meals, made up
faces, did tricks and kissed the keeper.
Everyone liked him and he liked ev-
eryone.
In fact he enjoyed nothing more
than visits to the zoo of children and
grown-ups. He would like Ii best
when they stood before his cage so he
could sit down and put his hands
through the wires and shake a how-do-
you-do with them.
"Then he would go flying off to
swing, or turn a somersuult or some
sort of a trick, and when the people
laughed he was absolutely delighted.
~ wanted to be as smart as any
monkey here he would say to him.
self, and by his ways the keeper knew
he wanted to be taught tricks.
"'You'd like to learn to do n number
of smart things, ELI ZuzeppaT' asked
the keeper, and the monkey gave him
a little hug and a kiss as though to
say, oh, please teach me, keeper
"The keeper understood and began
teaching Zuzeppa all sorts of wonder
full tricks. Wen have a special per-
Torrance for you to give the keeper
said one day.
"And for that special performance
the monkey practiced so very, very
hard. And the keeper was patient and
showed the monkey how to do different
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05
The Brute.

THAT man broke up our domestic
happiness"
TN what wey7
HE induced my husband to take
mp golf.r
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05

The owner Is benefited by any increase
In the value Of the property. If there
Is any appreciable increase in the
value Of the property, the owner is
likely to feel that he Ks entitled to in
terest on the actual value of the prop
erty rather than on the amount Of his
original investment. If he does not
receive this increase, his income Is
less than he would receive by selling
the property at the increased figure
and putting this amount out at the
same rate Of interest which the rent
Is figured on.
Saving In Owning Home.
Is there a saving brought about by
owning the home rather than renting
itf The answer to this question in
wolves the good judgment of the owner.
and II we assume that he Is capable
of a reasonable amount of discretion
In handling his affairs, adverse In
1auences Of a serious nature not being
considered, the answer Is "yes."
Money invested in the home does
not pay interest, but 1t eliminates the
payment Of rent. For a given piece
of property on which the home is built,
the saving Of rent which would be paid
must be greater than the amount of
interest which might be obtained from
the money invested In the home. In
order that a financial gain be made.
An increase In the value Of the proper
" ampliies the saving; q decrease In
value reduces the saving or wipes 1t
out. The man who owns his home al
80 saves q small amount, under normal
conoiriois, In that his depreciation
charge and expense for repairs is ac-
tually less than the average owner
would figure into the rent for e
items In localities where abnormal
conditions have forced rents down to a
figure such that owners are forced to
take low incomes from their property
Investments, the savings would not
hold true. Such conditions. however,
cannot usually be considered perma-
uen..
Perhaps the greatest value OF buyS
sur property and building g heme is N
the creation Of an estate. Too many
Of us will not save unless we are
forced to. This Il especially true Of
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05

Japen apparently Is ruled by old
men. Prince Yamatagata, at the age
Of eighty-three, Is still the center Of
political influence; Baron Shibusawa,
in spite Of his s~eventy~eight years, is
constantly dragged from his would-be
retirement. and Marquis 0kuma. at
sevenfy-nine. II still ut the vortex Of
public Affairs. 1t IN reported that ia
pan attempts nothing Of any great mo
ment without the assistance Of the in-
fluence OF these three great old men.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05
USUALLY SAVING
IN OWNING HOME
Interest on investment Generally
Is Less Than Rent.
PLAN FOR STYLISH BUNGALOW
Design Shows Attractive Home Of Six
Rooms, Which May Be Enlarged
by Utilizing Space In the
Attic,
BY WIN. A. RADFORD.

MI. william A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
, subject OF building, for the readers OF this
paper. On account or his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
fs, without doubt, the highest authority
Nm all these subjects. Address all inquiries
TO William A. Radford, No.. 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago. ILL.,, and only enclose
three-cent stamp for reply.
Probably there are few people other
than those who have actually made a
start In the planning of a home, who
consider the relation between the
much-discussed "high cos of living"
and the question of relative cost be-
tween owning and renting a home.
During the strenuous period, the
@'bread and butter Garner" will proba-
bly, concentrate his attention so strenu-
ously upon ways and means of increas-
Ing his income that many of the items
of ''outgo" are not given sufficient
analysis. There will probably be an
occasional conference with the good
wife which will result In the substi-
tuition Of "oleo" for butter or the elm
ination of the more costly cuts of meat
from the bill of fare-because eating
is such a persistent expense that varia-
tions in the cost OF rations are EN-
phatically noticeable. Various other
temporary savings are resorted to, and
that is as far as the analysis goes.
First. consider the fact, in connec
tion with the renting of the home, that
the owner Of the building is living un-
der the same conditions as the renter.
He may, by his manner of living, vary
certain Of the conditions which under
another manne of living appear to
place him In a position Of advantage,
but fundamentally his living expenses
are on the same basis as those of the
renter. If the owner Of property en-
counters an increase In living ex-
penses, he will naturally expect to
meet II, all or In part, by an increase
An his income from this property.
When property Is successfully rented,
the rent must include interest on the
total investment, taxes and all other
assessments levied against the proper
ty, an allowance for depreciation and
an amount equal to the average expen-
5iture Tor repairs and improvements.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05
Health In Playground

"Publlc Fairgrounds for children"
says the bulletin of the Chicago health
department, "are big and important
factors In the conservation Of both the
health and the morals Of the people.
The playground. spacious and proper
~ equipped for outdoor games and
sports intelllgentiy directed. IL a place
where disease cannot exist and there
fore q promotes the normal and
healthy growth Of both body and
mind"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05

~locusts, discovered that there was
some good In them, after ali-they
were made up largely Of nitrogen and
phosphoric acid. No difnite steps have
been taken to take up the work, but II
present plans work, the next tribe of
locusts invading South America will
stand a long chance of being made over
into soap, fertilizer and lubricating oil.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05

Train up a hired girl the way she
should go. and It Will not be long be-
fore she is gone.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-29
Waldo Fl. Marshall
10 Assist Tripp in the
Ordnance Department

Inc appointment Of Waldo RI. Mar
SNAIL or New York, formerly president
ol the American Locomotive Company
ana now associated with J. p. Morgan
Co., as assistant chief of the divi-
sion of production of the Ordnance
Department. United States Army, wa,
announced yesterday by Colonel Guy
f. Trip. chief of that department.
Colonel Trip spoke of the appoint
Ment as "another step forward in the
recently adopted policy of appointing
civilians to important posts in tho War
DEPARTMENT.
Mr.. Marshall's home is at 755 Park
avenue. He is first vice president OF
the Merchants Association and recently
mas been on the staff of Edward Il.
Stcttinlus (now surveyor general OF
supplies in the War Department) in
the munitions department of J. P. Nor
gan & CO.
Born in 1864, Mr.. Marshall began his
business career as a railroad man. He
became assistant superintendent of
motive power for the Chicago & North
western in 1897; went to the Lake
Shore g. Michigan Southern as super
intendent OF motive power two years
later; in 1902 was made general super
intendent of that road. and later had
his jurisdiction extended over the Lake
Erie 6. Western and the Indiana, Hi
nois & Iowa. Of these three systems
he became general manager in 1903.
Three years afterward he was elected
to the presidency Of the American Loco
motive COmDanN
New-York tribune., 1918-01-29
Trial of Malvy
Begun in France
Ex-Cabinet Minister Cool as
He Is Accused of
Treason

PARIS, Jan. 29.-Louis J. Malvv. for
mcr Minister Of the Interior, appeared
to-day before the Senate organized as
high court Of justice to answer
charges of high treason for acts COM
mitted during the war in the exercise
of his official functions. The public
and press galleries were crowded and
most of the Senators were in attend
ancc when the Pres sident of the Senate,
NJ. Dubost, called the court to order
and three red-robed government coun-
sellors filed in. preceding the entry Of
NJ. Malvy under the escort of ushers.
Exceedingly pale, but apparently self
composed. the former minister replied
to the preliminary interrogatories:
then. with arms folded and head
thrown back in an attitude somewhat
expressive Of defiance, listened un-
moved to the accusation read by NJ.
Merlllon, chief of the government coun-
Inc preliminary proceedings, which
we're devoid of spectacular interest,
came early TO an end. after II. Boudil-
Ion, counsel for the defendant, had re-
piled to the accusation. The court then
went into the secret council chamber
to consider the legal points raised bv
the demand Of two civilians to be made
parties to the case
Thirty-two Senators did not reply TO
the rollcall. but NJ. Dubost announced
that some OF the absentees had written
him excuses for non-attendancc.
M; Merlllon's $ charges began with the
reading OF the report of the Senate
sitting Of July 21, containing a speech
by N: Clemenceau attacking NJ. Malvy
and NJ. Malvy's reply; the report of the
Chamber sitting of October 4. when
Leon Daudet's letter to President Poin-
care accusing N. Malvy of treason was
read; report Of the Chamber sitting
OF October l6 containing a declaration
by NJ. Painleve of VI. Malvy's innocence.
and the copy of the Chambers resolu-
tion orderlng the accusation of N.
the high court was competent to trv
the case, but demanded that supnle-
mentary investigation be made before
the hearing.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-29

Mr.. Ransom, that Mr.. Yeomans, like
ether opponents Of commission regula-
ton Of street railroad companies, Is
dissatisfied because of the commits
slon's insistence that his company live
up to it's legal obligations"
John J. Dempsey, general manager
of the b. Il. T. system, declared that
the refusal of the city to permit the
third d-tracking of the Fulton Street ele
waited line to be extended to Nostrand
Avenue. was largely responsible for the
congestion on the surface lines.
Charles II. Sabin, president of thu
Guaranty Trust Company, was a Wit
ress for the Brooklyn company in nm
attempt to show that all financiers rec
ognized that this was time when cor
rorations should spend money with ex-
treme care. Letters to that effect bv
Felix n. Warburg and Secretary Of the
Treasury McAdoo were ruled out, as was
newspaper clipping in which the let
ters were quoted.
The hearing will be resumed to-day
at 2:30 p. m, when Timothy S. Will
Jams, president of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company, will testify.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-29
B. r. T. Blames
Service Board for
Car Congestion
Wouldn't Need More Troll
leys if Subway Contracts
Were Observed, Says
Counsel

George S. Yeomans, counsel for the
brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, at
the hearing yesterday on the two-year-
cid order of the Public Service Commits
sion providing for ESQ additional cars
on the surface lines in Brooklyn, de-
clared that the commission was "mor-
ally responsible" for the present con-
dition on the Brooklyn lines, and said
Is. K. T. would cut Off from 300 to 500
surface cars instead Of increasing the
number.
Mr.. Yeomans charged that the blame
lay with the Public Service Commission
because the new subway lines had no.
been completed and placed in operation.
He declared that if the city had lived
up to it's agreements in the subway
contracts there would not be any me-
cessity now for purchasing new surface
cars. The new subway lines should
he said. The opening of these new
lines would divert the traffic and COM
rel the company to reduce its number
of surface cars.
William L. Ransom, chief counsel for
the commission, issued a statement last
night in reply to Mr.. Yeoman's criti-
cism, in which he said that the witness
merely disclosed his company's coopera-
tion with those who are trying to
arouse public prejudice and get the
commission out of their way. He fur
nished further confirmation. Mr.. Ran
som said, Of "the belief or suspicion
Of many persons" that a considerable
element in Brooklyn rapid transit af-
fairs are trying to make the service on
brooklyn surface lines so inadequate
and unpopular as to enable some "un-
loading" of these lines on the city or
the dual subway system.
'Ihe public Will understand sail