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Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

The committee charged with arrang-
ing for the meeting of the Tri-City
Press club scheduled for this evening
enters an emphatic denial that it had
advance information that the Rock
Island house. where the gathering is
TO be held, was to be outside the bone
dry zone. The meeting, it is stated,
was planned for weeks before the gov
ernment fixed the limitations This
explanation is made for the benefit Of
the dry element of the club, which
forms the majority of the member
ship Of the organization.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26
CANADA'S PREMIER
CONFERS ON CRkg1

Warrington, Feb. 2s.-Premset ~ ~
den Of Canada began . series oI Isss.
ferences here today with Eafi
ing. the British ambassador: 80 ~,
Harris, chairman Of the CANADIAN ~.
mission: Sir Charles 0oeden.
chairman of the British wr ~
and some American omciaiA ~
question OF a Canadian credM -
country is said to bs the supSsU
der discussion.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Karelling Does Not Weaken.


karelling Does Not Weaken.
Should mother try the Karell regi-
men while nursing baby? have
taken on so much superfiuous weight
that am sight, but do not want to
imperil the baby's health in any way.
(Mrs. c.
Answer - Certainly she should
Karell If she is too stout. 1t will
probably do the baby good, for an
obese mother is never bowling sue
cess at nursing her baby.
The "CatarEh0 DelusiOn Still Going
Strong.
Is there any good remedy you can
suggest catarrh can be permanently
cured by? Is there any prescription
that will drive catarrh completely out
of the system and cure catarrhal deaf
ness? &c. w. b.
Answer-There is no such thing as
catarrh in the system, friend Ca
tarrh" is not a condition or state of
disease or entity; 1t is simply blanket
title for all sorts of nose and throat
diseases, title applied when the real
nature Of the disease has not been
correctly diagnosed. OF course no pre-
scription or remedy or treatment
would be appropriate for all the dis
eases SO canfused Visit your dictor
and have him examine the nose and
throat, or if he does not do such work
,, he can refer you to nose and throat
specialist for a diagnosis OF your
trouble.
Grip or Grippe. Not Specific Disease.
Is grip or grippe caused by germ
Is the germ inhaled in the air in the
winter time? Is the air laden with dis
ease germs, in certain kinds Of
weather? &C. F. Al
Answer.-So-called grip or la grippe
is a kind of general and fashionable
title which has displaced the older
and vulger title OF "cold." and quite an
indefinite. Persons having grippe
have various infections, usually a
streptococcus infection, and only rare
ly the bacillus of influenza. or course
germs are not inhaled in the air, and
the air is not laden with disease germs
at any time, excepting within the FIVE
| foot barrage OF an open-face sneezer
or cougher or talker or laugher who
harbors infection in nose or throat
The notion that disease germs float in
v!sibly In the air texcepting In the
invisible spray given of as just ex-
planned and travelling not beyond five
feet from the patients face) was an
old theory but has been definitely dis
Dxayad BY careful scientific test
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26
The Day in Davenport

at a joint at COZ Harrison street. After
she had got drunk, she said, the pro-
prietor Of the place threT her out and
called Che police.
Hold German Alien.-Hans Mettke,
music teacher with Offices in 202
Hickey building, was arrested yester-
day by United States Deputy Marshal
Andrew Petersen for failing to sign
up in the German alien enemy regis
tration. Mr.. Mettke will be given a
chance to register with the police. He
is expected to do so today.
Examine Men in Class Physical
examination of draft registrants in
class / Of the Scott county list will
be completed Saturday, according to
DR.. John D. Cantwell, chief examining
officer of the county medical board
The board yesterday sent out notices
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

Thousands Of clerks employed In
the large department stores OF St.
Louis are out on strike because they
have been denied increased pay. They
say that while their employers have
raised prices on their patrons to meet
the growing expenses Of their stores
they have entirely ignored the neces-
stiles of the employees.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

At Pana, ILL.,, young married man
was boarding train for Camp Taylor
to train for soldier. A friend, un-
married, tapped him on the shoulder
and offered to go in his stead, arguing
it was not right in his view that bis
young wife should be left behind. The
exemption board consented to the sub
stitution. That's a worth while friend,
cav Ua
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

Child Tells Revolving Story.-Charg-
ing him with beating her without
cause, and knocking her head against
the wall, Lillian E. Faulhaber, Is years
old, yesterday caused the arrest of her
step-father, William Abney, and in po-
lice court he was sentenced to pay a
fine of $6.25. The girl told story of
revolving cruelty she had suffered in
the last five years at the hands Of her
mother and step-father.
Woman Battles Cop-Marie john
son, colored, who nearly disabled Pa
trolman Blickhan and fought officers
Stafenbiel and Meyer to a finish Sat
urday afternoon, was given 80 days in
Jail sby Police Magistrate Claussen
yesterday. The woman admitted the
charge, but claimed that she was
drunk at the time. She said in police
court that she had purchased whisky
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

An American patrol In France pen
etrated few hundred yards into the
German lines and captured two Ger
man officers, 20 men and one machine
gun. After a time the Huns will be-
gin to appreciate that the American
soldier is more than a buffer.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

THE kaiser has decided to place the
former Empress Alexandria at the
head of the government Of GAssia.
He has throne Nick, as it were, in
favor of his wife.
LET'S see. how many days are
there until Aprh l? That's the date
on which Won Hindenburg promises to
be in Paris. But, come to think Of It.
he hasn't mentioned whether he will
be dead or alive when he reaches
there. ~
ONE Of the Davenport papers has
two columns describing wild condi-
tions that are alleged to have taken
place in Rock Island Saturday night.
Perhaps the situation was a tribe un-
ruly. but where there was any trouble
it was invariably found to have been
caused by lowans, many Of whom ha6
to be locked up in Jail to give them
q chance to cool Off II Rock Island
could manage to keep the outsiders
away from the city things would move
along here as peacefully as a Sunday
school picnic.
!. THERE Is a dispute whether tho
agents OF the department Of iustir
drew the line 81 feet too far west In
fixing the bone dry zone. Still. what
difference does a few feet make among
frisndA
I-MC
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26
CHINA HAS NEW PRENHh

Peking, Monday. Feb. 25.--tsn ~ -
Hsun, minister Of the inter1. :
been appointed acting pre-. =
place OF Wang Chin Chen. -
been granted . leave o. ss,sel
Wang Ia said to favor ssi
attitude toward the SOY ahela -.
Ia not In sympathy - ssilIf
dents announced q 1a0
against the Yebela
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

One by one they are gradually pass
ing. Captain William Thorwegan, one
of the Oldest steamboat captains on the
Mississippi river. is dead at St Louis
During his career on the river he had
carried more than six million passen-
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

The kaiser can point to Russia as
refutation of~the claim that other
nations are making that it is not pos
sible to make peace with him. Only,
you see. Russian peace was made on
his terms. That's the difference.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

If in after years the charge is ever
made that the University of Illinois
failed to do its biz during the world
war, all that will be necessary is to
show the figures, for it is stated that
2,672 Of its students are now serving
the cDlOrs
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

Mr.. Heney is> now charging that
the packers also had patriots in the
service of the government serving
without pay. 1t was their business,
Mr.. Heney claims. to see that the
packers didn't get the worst OF it IN
prices and so forth.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

One day the kaiser thanks the pres
ident OF Mexico for his kindly words
upon his birthday and the next day
Americans are attacked by natives at
Tampico and one killed and several
injured
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26
BEST WISHES, IRVING.

Here's to you, Mr.. Norwood,
You of the laughing eyes;
The fellow who's always boosting
And never tells any lies ca.
You are the prize winning worker,
Who has given Davenport fame;
We're glad that you have landed
A job that is more than a name.
To get ten thousand iron men
For spreading the fertile bull, r
Is surely some classy achievement,
And We hope that you fill 'em full
e. c. X.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26
cMo oRDs EEb
DlscORDs
A TALKLEss FEMALE.

There's a little lady out at our house.
And talk about Quiet-why she's quiet
as q mouse.
I'd never met one of her sex before
But that in ten minutes had said more
Than she has said In these three
months.
Why, she hasn't even "called" me
once.
No matter how much there is to talk
about
Spring styles-new songs, she stays
out,
And sits quietly by while the others
or the latest on the crest Of fashions
wave;
Occasionally she smiles-perhaps Just
to show,
She doesn't mind hearing their silly
tongues 60.
She takes everything so. calm and
nice,
And never makes = person say a thing
Or correct this for that or these for
those,
Or, in fact, anything that adds to your
woes,
She's different, I tell you. from any
of her kind,
No wonder that she's never on OF my
mind!
No, she's not dumb or anything like
that:
She's normal, healthy and plump
not fat;
I'm really just as much in the stew
To account for this marvel I've de-
scribed to you,
But one thing might explain 1t,
though with me it doesn't hold,
That this wonder lady Is but three
months old!
20. D. K.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

Every round shouldered, fiat-chest-
ed child should have daily gymnasium
work, and particularly swimming, un-
der trained physical director.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26
STREET CAR COMEDY

Play golf"
, Yep"
why"
Because it does me good"
How"
"Loosens me up"
Same here"
That's what they all say"
Different with me, though"
Il usually lose a. half dozen balls
and drop an average Of ten out Of a
dozen holes l bet on. claim thai
is some loosener."
WHEN you see two men walking
west in Second avenue these days
it's almost safe bet they are headed
for a beerorium.
ONE Rock Island citizen who
walked west Saturday night because
Of the drying up Of the loop district
confessed that he never knew before
that the county had new court house.
NELSON Morris, the Chicago pack
er, 26 years old, Is asking exemption
from the army draft. He gives no
reasons. II he would agree to do his
part in helping to keep the prices OF
meat down there would be no objec-
ton to his being permitted to remain
at home.
GLEN Cummins can't lose no mat
ter to what he turns. He fell slightly
in his stories Of aerial daring on the
other side while he was putting his
feet under the tables of exclusive
homes in Rock Island few weeks
ago, but he suffered nothing by the
exposure that followed except slight
embarrassment. Now he is at Camp
Dodge as an ordinary private, and is
making good. In the bargain he has
gained 20 pounds in weight. Glen
doesn't seem at all sorry for his ex-
ploits. He says he is young and will
live long enough to forget them. Fur
| thermore, he argues that he afforded
entertainment that fully compensated
for the meals and entertainment his
newly made friends furnished. him.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26
HEALTH TAl XS
sY W!hLIA:'!M!,!. !!l=! AZ. IL BR!A!Jp!v RAJ! r1o'

wills Writer'S
inquiries
William Brady
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

O. J. BAKER, who died the other
day, had an unusually satisfactory
life. One of his rules was to give
away all his profits except enough
to maintain himself and family and
keep his business going. He rounded
out II years.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

WHEN girl walks down the
street with a civilian nowadays she
is sure to explain to the friends whom
she meets that he was a brother or
a first cousin; that her sweetheart is
soldier.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

WHEN you see two men walking
west in Second avenue these days
it's almost safe bet they are headed
for q beerorium.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

PLAY golf?"
Yep"
Why"
Because it does me good"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
.lIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIlIIIIiIiIIIIlIIIIlISIIIIIIIlSI
By LEE PAPE

Me and Mary Watkin was taking vawk last Sundey and we started to vawk through the cemetery street, with the cemetery on both sides or us, me saying, Do you like cemeter- ries mutch?
 No. I'm too tender harted, you mus sent tawk about suSch things, sed Mary Watkins.
 And we kepp on wawking past 1t, and sed, Jest think Of all those ded people laying there ded vile us 2 are wawking along young yet.
 Benny Potts, I'm going rite home, l told you how tender harted I was, sed Mary Watkins. And she ternend erround and started to go back, me running after her, thinking, G, maybe I better tpologize. And I sed, Wate a minnit. Mary. It's all rite. Its a old cemetery and I wouldn't be serprized but wat they've all moved out long ago.
 Hl,w could they, you're perfeckly dredfll, sed Mary Watkins keeping on going. Me proberly having made It verse, and I sed, Well do you know what I heard? I heard that all those gravestones and things was jest put there for avvertizement and nobody | ever was under them. O Benny, how nice of you, sed Mary Watkins. And she termed erround agen and all the time we was wawk- | ing through the cemetery kepp her mind off of it by telling her how my mother makes ketchupp.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
Behind TIE FootIights
POLES

The management of Polls theatre has again scored a success and the program which the patrons of that popular house are being presented with this week is one of the best bal anced vaudeville and picture bills that has ever been offered in local. house.
 Florence Reed in wives of Men" both delights and thrills the audience. Her dramatic work is superb and is if anything superior to that she display ed in her big successes on the speak ing stage.
 Dunbar's Nine Grenadier Girls offer a musical melange of sterling worth. There is snap, life, color and pep" throughout every minute of this act which is beautifully staged and costumed The scene which forms the setting for the act Is a poppy covered fields in Flanders.
 Gray and Old Rose is the title of a dancing act which is fresh in it's or iginality and rich in merit. The man and woman in this presentation de- serve the big applause which rewards their terpsicorean efforts.
 Beulla De Buse, the female ventril- oquist, met with a wonderful recep- ton and her work deserved the big hand with which she was rewarded.
 Anthony and Rogers were very good as "Wop" comdians.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

Gnu Chin Chow" the dramatizatipn of the story of Ali Baba and the forty thieves playing at the Shuibert all this week. proved to be one of the most gorgdous productions, both from scenic effects and varied costumes that has been shown in New Haven for a long time. Winter Garden Shows that have played at this the atre in former seasons have always been considered exceptional in the way of scenic effects, but they are all outshone by Gnu Chin Chow"
 Together with the marvellous scenic effects go the costumes which show a realization of the varied color effects with the entire spectacle and the &C., curacy of history. One could not be color blind and live in Bagdad. The selection of beautiful young women garoed in wondeitous though abbre- viated costumes enhanced the entire scheme of the production.
 The cast is excellent and includes many artists well known to the the- atre-going public. Lionel Braham as Abu Hasan, the robber shlek, was ex- ceptionally good; Ritchie Ling as All Baba was amusing in his part; Albert Howson as Kasim Balba did some re- ma1kably good acting; Eugene Cowles as Abdullah was in good voice as usual; Marjorie Wood as the desert woman portrayed her role in fine style.
 The show as a whole taken as il should be, as a spectacular produc. uon on large scale, is we'll wortt seeing provided one does not expect to witness a musical show, such as we have been in the habit of seeing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
VICTORIAN HURT,
 NOW IN HOSPITAL

Michael Buckley, 40 years old' and enploye of the Connecticut Company, is at St. Vincents hospital suffering from a severe fracture of the left leg. He was taken in the Emergency Hos pital ambulance by Dr. J. F. Keegan' who responded to a call sent from State street and Park avenue yester- day.
 Buckley is a motorman and was i'll charge of a sand car at the Junction. The trolley pole slipped from the wire, and Buckley in trying to re- place it suffered a severe shock. Feel ing he was to be knocked off the car Buckley Jumped, landing with terrific force upon the pavement.
 He was taken into the office or Dr. J. H. Hair nearby, and his condition being apparent a call was sent for the ambulance. About a year ago Buck ley was severely burned by the blow out of a fuse box on a car he war operating.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
PLAZA

Mile Brunneil and her electrical experimentations top the bill at the Plaza for the first part of the week and last evenings large audiences were immensely appreciative of both the comedy and the instructive side of the act.
 Willard Brothers have blended songs, parodies, jokes, acrobatic feats and several other varieties of ingen- uity into an act that draws inter est.
 One, of the most unusual acts com bining aesthetic and eccentric danc- ing that has been seen in Bridgeport in some time is the offering of Elaine and Tatania. The novel costumes of the two young women and the colors they have used, together with their startlingly different wigs, made a bright spot in the program.
 Swift and Daley are not new to Bridgeport audiences and their musi- cal combinations are always interest ing. Rarely does one see, in an act of this type, anything as unusual a. the making of music with a series ot automobile horns and it Is trick that is good for a laugh a second. Clara Kimball's latest picture, 'Thc Road Through the Dark" is trifie untimely. since it deals with the Ger man atrocities that we are thankful
 to realize are over, but it is neverthe less a powerful dramatic study, ant gives Miss Young an excellent op | portunity as both a figure of drama 1 and comedy. Her leading man, MT
 Jack Holt, Is wisely chosen for he l. 1 an actor of real worth and gives ex | ceedingly creditable support in 9 pic i ture which demands much. | The Gaumont Weekly, with some really remarkable pictures taken b! i aviation photographers, and section
 of the films issued through the Bur
 eau of Public Information add in
 terest to bill that is not weak II 1 any spot.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

Blassus Roman, New Britain. Louis A. Saucier, Waterbury. Albert ,Carvel, Stamford.
 Missing in Action. Joseph Kuba, 191 Adams street, Bridgeport.
 Giuseppe Miranda, New Haven. William John Moran, Danbury. Frank Radocchio, 16S George street, Bridgeport.
 Joseph Ratkelis, New Haven. Charles. L. Edwards, Newtown. Walter E.. Kenyon, Rockfalls. George Aston, Hartford. John A. Beckwith, Waterbury. John F. Dunn, Waterbury. Angelo Camacco, New Haven. Bartholomew H. Ciaburri, New Ha- ven. Charles E. Grant, Hartford. Edward Laco, 16S Highland street, Bridgeport. -,.. Wilbur Lefeber, Norfolk. Alec Roireau, Danielson. Andrew Veitrie, New Haven. Domenick BonnelH, Hartford. All Vo,1 Noa6 TS a e and ElN
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
EMPIRE

To get the snow scenes and realis- tic surroundings for the big Metro production, "The Shooting of Dan Me Grew" the powerful play which will be shown at the Empire theatre to- day, and in which Edmund Breese, the distinguished actor, is starred, Di- rector Blache took his entire company of players to the little Canadian town of Ahitiba, in the depths of a hard Canadian winter.
 A large force of carpenters and builders were set to work to construct q mining camp which would be an exact representation of a typical Yu- kon camp in the days of the gold fe- yer.
 Here the many scenes for the grip ping story of rough, primitive life in the wilds of an Alaskan camp were made, showing the lawlessness which prevailed in the days when the coun- try was gold-mad. The picture took two months to complete owing to the severe weather conditions, but the re- suits more than repaid the company for the many hardships which they experienced.
 Tomorrow: Pauline Frederick in "The Eternal City"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
BaniSEl Nervousness V... Put Vigor and Ambition In.
 to n-Down, Tired g. Out People

If you feel tired out, out of sorts, de- spondent, mentally or physically de- pressed, and lack the desire to accom- plish things, get 50 cent box of Wen delPs Ambition Pills at Hindles s Pharmacy or Joseph D. Hartigan's to- day and take the first big step toward feeling better right away
 If you drink too much, smoke too much, or are nervous because of over work of any kind, Wendell's Ambition Pills will make you feel better in three days or money back from Hindle's Pharmacy and Joseph D. Hartigan's on the first box purchased.
 For all affections of the nervous sys- tenn. constipation, loss of appetite, lack of confidence, trembling, kidney or liv- r1complalnts, sleeplessness. exhausted vitality or weakness of any kind get a. box of Wendelrs Ambition Pills to- day on the money back plan.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
ROLL OF HONOR
 SENT FROM THE
 FIGHTING FRONT

Washington, Dec. 10-Casua1ty lists furnished by the Commanding General of the American army and made public today contain 3,194I names diviled as follows: Killed in action, 4S2; died of wounds, 5s; died of accident and other causes, 6; died of airplane accident, 1; died of dis ease, 164; wounded severely, ITS; wounded, degree undetermined, S32; wounded slightly, 376; missing in ac- tion, 547.
 Thomas P. shortell of 515 Fairfield avenue is reported severely wounded in today's casualty lists; AnieIlo Testa of 451 North avenue is reported as wounded, degree undetermined; Pet CT NaIewajk of 1539 Barnum avenue Is reported as slightly wounded; Joseph Kuba of 191 Adams street, Frank Radocchio of 16S George street and Edward Laco of 163 High land street are reported as missing in action.
 The entire Connecticut list contains 70 names divided as follows:
 Killed in Action.
 Edward F. Ryan, Willimantic
 Samuel G. Rabinovitz, Waterbury.
 Russell Fulton, Sharon
 Died of Wounds.
 Thomas Kaiser, New Haven.
 Wounded Severely.
 Frank Lombarde, Hartford.
 Michael O'Dea, Waterbury.
 Valmore J. Pilon, Bristol.
 Arthur Al. Tinker, Stamford.
 Adam Okula, New Britain.
 Arthur R. Adams, Wethersf1eld
 Edward J. Donovan, Willimantic.
 Joseph Currano, New Haven.
 Raymond J. Meegan, Hartford. Edward Tynan, Middletown.
 Augustine Cuomo, New Haven.
 Edward J. Peavy, Winsted.
 William E. Lucas, Meriden.
 Guy Bartolotta, Middletown.
 John E. Rutkowski, New Britain.
 Thomas P. Shorten, 515 Fairfield avenue, Bridgeport. Giuseppe Bout, Bristol.
 Charles Dembriczak, Wallingford. Gustave A. Swanson, Baltic. Harold M. Barnes, Cheshire. Grover c. Harlow Wethersf1eld. Howard Hilliard, Clinton. l OdVlO MdBuuSSSuy 4NduSdluGh.
 Wounded, Degree Undetermined Horace Buckner, New Haven. Stanley Andronek, New Britain. Lawrence Blakely, Hartford. William Carangelo, Waterville.
 AnicIIo Testa, 451 North avenue, Bridgeport.
 Harold E. Scarborough, Hartford George E. Offinger, Meriden;. William c. Warehouse, Winsted. Ellsworth N. Goddard, Granby. | Frederick W. Pohlman, New Haven Harry A. Sperry, Hampden. Carl F. Anderson, Unionville. l Patrick J. Burke, Waterbury. Antonio Alteri, New Britain. George Borelli, Rochester. Wounded Slightly. K l Herbert Woodcock Waterbury. Leonard Arthur Unsen, South Kent Arthur B. Nelson, Bristol.
 Robert H. Jones, Hartford.
 Ray D. Steadman, East Hampton
 Peter Nalewajk, 1889 Barnum ave- nue, Bridgeport.
 Andrew J. Clendennin, Norwich.