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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-31
Singles.
Wade RESERVE BANKS.

Moline Trust & Savings bank, the
Peoples Savings Bank & Trust Co.
and the State Savings bank, all Of
Moline, today received notification
that they have been elected as mem
bers of the Federal Reserve bank.
which makes them part of the
government financial machinery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-31

EAil the news all the ums-Ths
Fgus-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11
Splendid Work by Woman.

Valuable work was done by DR.. Elsie
In&lis, who died recently. She was the
organizer and head Of the Scottish
Women's Hospital units, stated en-
tirely with women, and offered early
in the war to the British government,
for service with the forces. Refused
at home, they were accepted by the
French war Office, and in the first year
they did valuable work in France
When typhus broke out in Serbia, Doc
tor Inglis took unit to that country,
went through the hardships of the re-
treat and was taken prisoner by the
AuStrians. Released in 1916, she set
out for Roumania, where again she
shared in a retreat. From the Dobrud-
ia she eventually took her unit to
southern Russia, but the rigOrs of this
campaign had told on her and she fell
a victim to overwork and disease. She
brought her unit safely away with her.
but died when port was reached. Doc
tor Inglis was born in India and edu-
Gated in Edinburgh and Paris.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11
May Need Treasury Grants.

eft is probably too much to expect
that even under the unified railway adj
ministration which will now be pos
sible sufficient economies can be eff
fected in the operation Of the rail-
WAYS to make it possible to add to
their equipment and extend their OPP
erative facilities as much as the pres
ent extraordinary demands upon their
use will render desirable without re-
sorting to the national treasury for
the funds. If it is not possible, 1t will,
Of course, be necessary to resort to
the congress for grants Of money for
that purpose. The secretary Of the
treasury will advise with your commit
tee with regard to this very practical
aspect of the matter. For the sfes-
ent I suggest only the guarantees |
have Indicated and such apprOpria-
ttons as are necessary at the outset
of this task. I take the liberty OK ex-
pressing the hope that the congress
may grant these promptly and un-
grudgingly. We are dealing with great
matters and will, / am sure, dea, with
them greatly"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11
Makinn a Call.

"A little boy of five went with his.
mother to make a call. The lady OF
the house, who was very fond OF
children, told him she intended to
ask his mother to let her have him.
'Don't you think your mother would
let me buy you?" she asked.
'No," he said, "you haven't got
money enough"
'How much will it takeY' she asked.
'"Three hundred pounds" he an
swered promptly, 'and you haven't got
that much
81 think I could manage it." she
said. eff can, will you come to me?''
NO." he said, with decision. "Mam-
ma wouldn't sell me anyhow. There
are five of US, and mamma wouldn't
like to- break the set. London Tit
Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11

tive participators, whose energy and
spirit of determination may decide the
course of the fight. There are, never
theless, others who play more pas
sive part in the fray, and who are
none the less brave on that account.
Look, for instance, at the ambulance
men who rescue the wounded under
heavy fire, or at the men of the army
service corps, who often drive wagon
loads of munitions under severe bonn
bardment; look, even at musicians be-
longing to our military bands who. in
the last three years, have frequently
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11

medicine for woman's ailments I ever
saw. Mrs. SARA SHAW, r. No. l.
Portsmouth, Ohio.
Mrs. Shaw proved the merit Of this
medicine and wrote this letter in order
that other suffering women may find
relief as she did.
Women who are suffering as she was
should not drag along from day to day
without giving this famous root and
herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham' 8 Vege-
table Compound, trial. For special
advice in regard to such ailments write
to Lydia E. Pinkham M edicine CO., Lynn,
Mass. The result of its forty years
experience is at your service.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11

~ w SSSAA 49, -
could hardly G g t.
around to do my
work, and as | had
four in my family
and three boarders
it made it very hard
for me. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Com pound
was recommended
to me. / took it
and it has restored
my health. It is
certainly the hest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11

been in as much danger at the actual
combatants, while playing to encour-
age the fighting units. I can remem-
Der that in the Russo-Japanese cam
paign the Russians, who were led by
officers who knew little of the modern
science of war, were often played right
into the firing line by their military
bands, with the steadiness and preci-
sion which one might have expected
to see on parade ground, but not on
the battlefield under shot and shell.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11
Watch and Man Alike.

The watch that works. only by fits
and starts is never to be trusted. Nor
is the man who does his work in the
same way ever capable of the highest
achievement possible to his station.
With pen as with watches the test lies
in being right and reliable all the time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11
The Hardest Palm.

The hardest palm at all common is
CALIFORNIA; Trachycarpus excelsus,
known as the windmill palm. Not
alone is it hardy in withstanding low
temperatures, but it is tough and will
endure rough treatment, but boxed it
is not a success.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11
IHERoIsM IN THE GREAT WAR
Brave Men Who Play Passive Part
in Face of Fire Deserve
Honor.

In the fire and strife of battle, writes
y. B. Brand in the Wide World, count
Hess brave deeds have been accom-
plished in the present war. Men whose
blood is afiame with excitement and
who rush toward the enemy with arms
lin the hands, accomplish many an act
OF glory. In the struggle they are ac-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11
Chinese Bells.

Chinese and Japanese bells are clap
PEERLESS and are never swung, their
tones being produced by striking them
with wooden mallets.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11
Use for Starfish.

Starfish are known to contain nearly
5 per cent Of nitrogen and small
quantity Of phcsphoric acid. In Japan
they are used as q manure.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11
The Minuet.

The old-time "minuet" derives its
name from the Latin minutes small,
APPLYING to the short steps peculiar
to this dance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11

Expanding Whipped Cream.
To increase the quantity add the
white of an egg to the cream before
whipping.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11
BEST MEDICINE
FOR WOMEN"
What Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Did
For Ohio Woman.

Portsmouth, Ohio" I suffered from
Irregularities, pains in my side and was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-01-11

spain has shipbuilding boom.
Evening star., 1918-08-04

Well. I guess we'd have been bodies
before anybody got to uA. anyway. Y
we hadn't had some bad luck. Me and
At once something big ana black come
slamming down onto the point OF the
Tow Head. 1t looked like house, but
I guess 1t was only cow shed or
something like that that had got
flood. It came all Of a sudden and be-
fore we knew what had happened II hit
the Tow Head point and banged into
the tree ! was on and the water began
to rush over 1t and then all at once
the tree was on began to give. It
began to toppie. It went slow at first
and then 1t went quicker, and It fell
over against the tree Swatty was In
and the shed came humping after 1t,
and then Swatty's tree keeled over.
der and the shed come grating over us
right over our heads, and pushing
our trees down into the water.
All ever knew was that the next
thing I knew / was slammed up
against the side of the shed by the
water and pushed against 1t like q big
hand was pushing me, and was fight
ing to get more out of the water. and
then the shed sort of melted and went
to pieces and I was holding onto 3
board and going down with the cur
rent between the trees of the Tow
Head. Then I saw the water rushing
and roaring up against something.
1 didn't know what 1t was. but 1t
was q log raft the mill folks had put
in behind the Tow Head so 1t wouldn't
get washed away. 1t was in the inside
Of the horseshoe. and all across the
front of 1t was drift wood and trash
and old boards and everything. and
that was what the water was splash
ing against, and before I knew 1t l
was slammed up against it-me and
my board. And what / slammed up
against was the bridge timber ! had
been on before. or one like 1t. II !
had slammed up against where It was
Just bark and drift wood would have
clawed at 1t a while and then gone
under, guess, but crawled onto the
Evening star., 1918-08-04

alarm whistle. The fremen all came,
too, with their hose carts and ladder
trucks, but most of the folks just went
around saying It was too bad. but that
Well, that was what everybody
thought. My mother cried. and Mrs.
Schwartz cried, and I guess most OF
the women cried. AMI the men looked
mighty sober and said what pity 1t
was 50 hopeless. but what could they
dot Everybody was sober or crying. I
guess. but Fan, and guess she'd been
SO mad at Herb she just couldn't be
anything but mad. She was so full Of
W "weii!" She @ says. s. % sand YOU sl; call your
self a man! Do you mean to stand
around here like bump on log and
do nothing?" she says. I'm glad I
found out in time what helpless
She gave it to him good. / tell you!
Very WELL" he says. like a man
ready to jump Off the high school roof.
''if you say So I'll take skifr and go
out upon the river"
"Skin, indeed!' says Fan. You'd
nay nice Aye pienie with s TsISsr
schwartz. What good is that ferry
boat doing tied up here"
Well. that was what they done. At
first Capt. Hewitt didn't want to take
the ferryboat out. He said it was
ten hull. and that a log would go
sink. and she couldn't make headway
upstream against such a food, and a
lot more. but with all the folks in town
there he couldn't keep that up long, SO
he went aboard and fired up snd sent
up town for Jerry Mason, who was the
regular fireman. By that time It was
dark enough for anybody. SO Mr.. IIig-
gins. the steamboat agent. went and
got the two fambeaux he used when
body that had a porch lantern with a
reflector got that, and they put them
all on the ferryboat. Herb went up in
the pilot house with Capt. Hewitt. and
they SGT out to find our bodies.
But me and Swatty wasn't bodies
yet, we were still folks.
Evening star., 1918-08-04

timber and Just lay there and tried
to get the water out Of my nose.
Well that timber wasn't any place
to be. The water rushed against It
ana over it. % was getting ducked
all The fs.a tine ne and ,. put out my dsn hsna
seem like 1t would hold me up. but
there was ono board that, was on top
Of the stun, and I tried that. slid
over onto 1t, and 1t seemed all right.
SO edged along it and when got to
the end Of the board the drift stun
seemed firmer and I got on my
stomach and edged out onto 1t. It
but on my stomach that way covered
q good deal Of 1t at q time and I sort
of wiggled along, and the more
wtggled the drmer 1t got. It had to.
with all the river pushing 1t. and the
drift wood back OF 1t pushing. too. So
it took me about an hour to get to the
log raft. and when ! got to the edge
logs. that are chained together. was
all scratched and sore. and just sat
down and cried. because I knew
Swatty was dead. And all at once he
said Hello, Hennyw and there he was.
crawling along the logs toward me.
He said he went under when the tree
the drift wood and come up through
a hole in the raft. Maybe he did.
Anyway, there he was. and that
made me feel a lot better, and We
crawled around the edge Of the. raft.
because we wanted to get to the lower
side. -Swatty said maybe we could
push log under the outside chain Of
logs and paddle to shore on 1t. but I
wasn't going to do 1t. Only I wanted
to see him do It II he did It.. So we
got to the lower edge OF the raft,
where it stuck out below the Tow
Head and just then along came the
ferryboat. She was back padding
and going as slow as she could. and
she looked like an excursion, with all
the porch lamps and the hambeaux.
So me and Swatty hollered, but I
guess they saw US before we hollered.
Everybody came over On our side and
that tipped the ferryboat over little,
Evening star., 1918-08-04

present. Persons who have platinum
articles in their possession should
turn them over to the government and
at once. Unless we can get more piati-
mum our military activities will be
checked next year"
'It is inconceiyable to me-" says Dr.
Van II. Manning, director Of the bu-
reau Of mines. that any woman would
wear lead-colored ring or bracelet
jewelry except that its artiflcially
produced high price has been made to
give 1t a false value in her eyes.
When our basic needs fer platinum
are going to be met only with the
greatest difficulty. I certainly cannot
consider the purchasing of platinum
jewelry patriotic now, and 1t appears
to me to be very doubtful good taste
at any time"
DIR. Parsons states that $50 worth of
platinum made into q ring may sell
at retail for $500. Even so, no one
but an expert could tell 1t from a ring
manufactured out of silver and sold
worn In ones nose nowadays they
would naturally be made larger and
might cost thousand dollars apiece.
So civilization, economically. at least,
Is some improvement over savagery. :
Again. IL every adult in the United
nose perhaps America could not have
gone to war. This proposition is re-
ferred to the pro-Germans and pacf-
fists as the basis for novel and ap-
pealing propaganda and the collection
Of fresh funds
Platinum is a new metal among
white men. It was discovered in 1873.
The total production to the year 1917
amounted to 100000 ounces. This
is the figure of James M Hill of the
United States geological survey.
whose statistics about platinum are
the very latest and the best
OF the 100000 ounces mined one
third, Mr.. Hill estimates. has been
made into jewelry; one-third has been
sold to dentists, much of which has
returned to earth by burial" and one.
third has been used in physical and
cal industry. Half million ounces
have been employed as n catalytic
agent, which means "a substance that
produces or accelerates a chemical
change without being itself consumed
or permanently altered thereby" AN
other half million ounces has been
used in electrical devices as points of
contact.
"Our government" DIR. Parsons says,
needs platinum to make nitric and
sulphuric acids, which are necessary
In the production of explosives No.
gun can be manufactured without
promoters, or instruments for meas
uring the changes produced in the
mensiona Of solid bodies by the ap-.
plication Of heat; No. can pyrometers
be made without pl.>intlm."
: :, Behind the: cannon then. ,on water
Evening star., 1918-08-04

and q lot Of the mon threw ropes ~
us and held ont their pike poles, ana
me and Swatty grabbed them ana
they yanksd US aboard; ada s.,tas So then anS snS
whistled five times again. and so on,
because that was the signal they was
to make If they found our bodies, ana
they had found them. but they were
alive yet. So then Herb made the
captain whistle long and steady with
out stopping. SO maybe they'd know
we were alive yet. But nobody
thought we would be.
Well, the old ferry let out SO much
steam whistling she couldn't go up
So they ran here into the shore just
where she was and tied her to big
tree. and when we got to the road
there was mother and father and Mr..
and Mrs. Schwartz in livery rig. be.
cause they had followed the boat all
the way down. And Fan was in the
rig. too. So they all paved me and
Swatty over and saw how bad we was
scratched and all. and said We was
suffering from exhaustion. but we was
not. We was only played out.
So then Herbert said. "All right"
and started to go away. and Fan said,
Herbert"
What is it?" he said.
Il want you to ride up town with
mo" he said. 'Tll go back and help
Capt. Hewitt get the boat in shape.
I guess I've done enough to show you
I've some gump."
But I want you to come" Fan says.
IT want to talk to you"
So he came. Him and Fan sat on
the front seat and drove. and talked.
and guess their talk was all right,
because they fixed everything up and
got married. And that was where
Miss Murphy got left. Just because
she wanted to lick Swatty she lost
her beau. That's why I say l guess
II teachers always knew how their
lickings were going to turn out they
wouldn't lick US fellows SO much. Not
when the fellow is the brother OF
their beaux, anyway.
Copyright. 1913. By Mcclure syndicats.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
d I didn't want to keep your wait

ing" he said
"For why should you think he was
later Mrs. Schwartz asked. She al
ways talked In funny way. because
she was German.
I thought maybe he was playing
down at the river" said Bony. Lots
OF boys were playing down there to-
day"
''So!" said Mrs. Schwartz. "And he
sends you home to get his COW, yes7
He could get his own cows. wait
for him.
So then Bony didn't know what to
say. He stood around. And after
Maybe he won't come home to get
the COWS"
What you meane" asked Mrs.
Maybe he's drowned" said Bony. .
Maybe him and Henry went down
to the river and-and-
So then he began to cry. and the
drst thing anybody knew he had me
and Swatty drowned and our bodies
floating down to st. Louis or New
Orleans. Sl and Mrs; schwartz wringins
her hands and holleriag Tor Herb. 50
Herb come out on the porch and Bony
told him me and Swat.y had foated
away on q bridge timber and got
drowned. and Herb got Mr.. Schwartz
out OF the house and then he come
over to my house to tell my father,
and my father and mother and Fan.
and all the Schwartzes and A lot Of
neighbors all went running down to
the levee. and took the Bony High
lander with them to show them
where we had got drowned from SO
that was why Bony didn't go home,
ana why he got licked when he did
get home.
By that time It wasn't dark but IL
was getting dark. Me and Swatty Just
hunk onto our trees, and that was ali
we could do. but all our folks and
most everybody in town got down to
the levee, because Tim MuIIIgan al the
wafer works pump house blew the
Evening star., 1918-08-04

rivers fed by the waters from the
mountains.
Russian production Of crude plati-
mum fin 1912, Mr. Hill says. amounted
to 100000 ounces. Last year 1t was
only $4,000 ounces. Colombia. on the
other hand, increased its production
from 1900 ounces in 1912 to $1,000
ounces In 1917. The rest of the worlds
supply for last year came from Cam,
ada. where the production was eighty
ounces and from the United States,
where the output OF gold mines yield.
ed 6o5 ounces.
The total supply then was s2,SS5
ounces, and the world was at war
and the United States. France, Great
Britain and Italy had to have plati-
mum for their troops in the field and
their ships at sea. In 1916, the year
before this country drew the sword
against the Germans. the platinum
imported into the United States alone
totaied ss.4s4 ounces. The quantity
fell to so.s1s ounces in 1911.
These figures. explain why Great
Srita'n Is searching the shops of Jew
eiers. the offices of dentists and the
laboratories Of colleges and universi-
AoA Strap. Tnev Ike
wise reveal the object Of the strange
men who are going from city to city
IN TINS country and offering $50 an
ounce for bits of platinum wire and
the cast-of points of electrical ma
chinery.
who control a large part of the Ain,
viai deposits of gold and platinum
IN Colombia, are striving to increase
their production. They are dredging
the gravels of rivers with more energy
nave the best OF luck the supply Of
than ever before. but even ii they
platinum will fall far short of the
quantity that is actually necessary for
war purposes.
Twelve years ago platinum was
bringing about SIS an ounce. It was
worth almost as much as gold. Pre-
clousiy IN the mining operations Of
Colombia. by what was called the
blowing process. platinum, looked
upon as waste, was cast into the
street.. DR.. Kunz says, "or through
the cracks in the building where work
After the sensational advance in
price the 1900 Inhabitants of one viz
lage began looking for the dust and
grains of the metal in their gardens
and other places. A merchant even
tore down his store. and in the earth
beneath 1t and around it and in the
cracks ana joints of Its lumber and
timbers obtained enough platinum to
build larger store and to increase
his cash in hand by the sum of 81, 600.
The marvellous ductfbility of piatf-
mum may be better conceived" DR..
Kunz says. when we consider that
metal 1t would be possible to make
an almost infinitely slender wire than
would reach from Santiago, Chile.
across the continent to, Rio de Jan.
eiro. distance of, about 1900 miles"
Copyright. 1918, ~ james B.. Morrow.)
Evening star., 1918-08-04

''The platinum situation in the
United States" said DR.. Parsons, %is
actually serious We are fighting now
and ought to have our minds on some
thing else other than decorating our
selves with a metal that is sorely
needed by our Army and Navy. We
cannot keep sending soldiers to France
unless We can obtain a much larger
stock of platinum than Is on hand at
Evening star., 1918-08-04

- TRANCE men, not Identified 50
- far, except perhaps by the Sc
cret service, travelling from city
to city. have been buying up
piatinum acrap
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
PASSEGARBAGE |
JOB TO RIVAL
Penn Reduction Company
May Land the Contract
Murphy Renounces
NO CONFETTI TO-
City at the Mercy Of Ware
Concern as Successful Bid.
.. der Quits Field
COM 1T TO-

The Penn Reduction Company may
again "land' the city contract for the
collection of garbage. Edward T. Muir
ply. an outsider. who months g under
bid the present Penn company prices by
$4,000, has thrown up his 1919 con-
tract. according to Director Datesman,
of the Department of Public Works.
The Penn company early in the year
refused to submit figures for 1917, and
Murphy with many promises to make
good, Altered to do the work for $780,
900, as compared with the Penn COM
pany's charges for this year of $575,256.
His quitting the field leaves no concern
equipped to handle garbage except the
Penn company, headed by Harry D..
Beaston. Ware leader Of the Fortieth
Ward, and Fred w. Willard, Ware work.
err in the Twenty-sixth Ward.
"A legal flaw in the award is Muir
phys excuse for quitting. and he for
feits a $500 check deposited when
the award was made in May. His quit
ting leaves the city at the mercy OF
the Penn Company and new bids will
be advertised for at once. There are
not likely to be any bidders aside from
the nrm that Tor many years mas nelu
this fat contract.
Each year the cost of garbage collec-
ton has mounted. and each year more
and more complaints nave been made
against the, contracting company. With
nc opposition in the field, 1t is said, the
concern in which the Ware leaders are
so vitality interested can name its W
figure. Mr.. Willard, when asked IL the
concern, for which he is manager, would
submit a bid. said the officials would
see the specifications before deciding to
place any figure on the 1919 work.
Murphy, when awarded the contract,
said garbage disposal would be in charge
Of Edward l.. BadSr. Mr.. Bader is a Re-
publican Organization leader of At
lantic City. and close to Mayor Bach
arach, Of that city. Mayor Bacharach
and Mayor Smith are friends. Mayor
Smith, at the time of the Murphy award.
announced 1t as a, saving and a part of
his economy schemes for 1919.