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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-07
Advertised Letters

United States postofice, Rock
Island. Ill. Published at Rock Is
land. ILL.,, June 3, 1913. Advertised
list, No. 81
Mrs. G. NJ Allen, Mrs. MabIe
Allen. Mrs. May Bragg, Mrs. George
N. Noosworth, Mrs. f. VI. Brown
80, Leona Brown, Ed Bishop. T..
p. Brase. Earl Bonce, Al Biesecker,
willard Brock, Harrison Brown,
Mrs. Mary Cleaveland, Mrs. Forrest
Cain, Arthur Claypool, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dick Cleland, Mr. and Mrs. car
ence Conklin. Mrs. Elsie Draper,
Roy II. Dunlap, James Dean, Mrs.
j. Yates F'enton, Robert G. Fryer.
Mrs. Bell Gray. Mrs Charles Grey,
Mrs. Alma Goodman. Ray Graft,
Fred Gusman, Guy Gaynor, Mrs.
Ida Humphrey, Mrs. Hull, Thirty
second street, Robert Hall, Mrs.
Jonson, fourteenth street, Mrs.
Walter Johnson, Mrs. Henry Jones,
]. L. Johnson, Mrs. J. Kerr, r. d..
Kendall, Mr.. and Mrs. keiting and
daughters, Miss Violet Lue, Tom
Lowe, f. w. Lembke, John A.
Lubby, Mrs Stella Mack, Miss Mar
garet McCahill, Mrs. J. c. Myers,
Edmund Male, George Martin, c. +.
Moeller, Walter Notice, Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Miller. Mrs. c. B. Nicks,
Miss Bertha Phillips, Mrs. James
w. Perry, John Pennington, An
drew Park, Frank Phillips, n. A.
Pearson, w. ]. Pearson, W. J.
Pearce, Miss Fanny Rains, Miss
Kathryn Raglan, Mrs. j. r. Roach,
V. Ramires, Sr., f. l.. Ross, Fred
Raltenberry, F. L. Ross, Mrs. F. J.
Spring, Florence Spadt, Otto Simp-
son, D. II. Strause, Clyde Smith, 5.
B. Swanson, Beeger Construction
Co. William H. Smith, Rev. }. X.
Swain, Mrs. J. B. Taylor, Mrs.
George Tirney, o. L. Triebel, Jr.,
Reduction Co., John Voss,
Miss Lucille White, Mrs. j. Wal
lace, Lillian Wilson, Jean Wethers,
Richard Wantland, Laurence Webb,
Mrs. E. B. Wiley, A. J. Witt, Wales
Adding Machine Co., Austin Yount,
Joe Zaccone.
Roreign-Harry Bouels, Mrs.
Cecil Bridgewater, Mrs. o. v.
Chamberlain. Anderie Lyyene, Edla
Larson, D. n. Mackey, Arturo w.
Rubena, Tgnacio Rodrigues, Rich
ard Wright.
When calling for these letters
please mention advertised list No.
p.
HARRY P. SIMPSON.
Postmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-07
WASHOUT IN IOWA;
TRAINS OFF THE

Trains on the Rock Island lines
were delayed from six TO eight
hours yesterday on account of
vashout at Marengo, Iowa HEAVY
rains which prevailed in the vicin-
ity of EIarengo for the past few
days, caused the delay of Chicago
trains. Trains were forced to de-
tour making the trip doubly as
long.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-07
FEDERAL AGENT
ON INSPECTION
Finds Barherry Bushes In Rock Is
land county Badly Injected
with Wheat Russ.
BOY SCOUTS AID CAMPAIGN
Law provides That All Bushes
Found With Blight Can BE Re-
moved by Force,

John ". Baringer. field assistant
cereal investigator United states
department Of agriculture. who has
been sent to Rock Island county 70
make an investigation Of the com
mon barberry situation. states that
bushes of this variety Of shrub have
been found in Moline and Coal Val
lev that are infected with the
wheat rust which must be eTadi-
Gated if the 1918 crop Of wheat is
to be protected.
About two months ago the state
council of defense issued an appeal
10 the citizens Of Illinois to dig mp
and destroy the purple and green
leaf varieties Of the common bar
berry. Mr. Baringer states that
many people complied with this
request Immediately but that there
still remains thousands of these
dangerous shrubs.
AS yet no infected shrubs have
been found in Rock Island, and
while the infected bushes can he
removed under the plant inspec-
ton act of 1917" it Is stated by the
investigator that all shrubs OF this
variety should be destroyed At once
and save government trouble.
The Rock Island Boy Scouts will
take part in the campaign to eradi-
cate the infected shrubs by author
ization of the state council of de-
Tense, and will start their work
next week. They will be furnished
with forms to make their reports
and will be taught how to designate
the diseased bushes which is a SIM
pie matter.
Canvass City.
The boys will canvass the entire
city to locate all the common bar
berry bushes The data thus Sc
cured will be used when the inspec-
tor returns TO check up on the bar
berry eradication campaign. ". c.
Wilson, assistant Rockford county
agent, is said by Mr.. Baringer TO
be familiar with the different vari-
cites of barberry and with the rust
infection, and will be glad to an
swer all questions about barberry
eradication.
The Japanese variety of harberry
is said to be immune from the rust
and it is advised that this be sub
stituted in place of the common va
riety. MANY of the city parks cor
tain the shrub that is under taboo.
and Long View park contains a
quantity of the bushes which will
cause considerable work if replart-
ing with the Japanese variety is
undertaken.
49,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-07

Boys genuine Poros-
knit unionsuits, closed
crotch and cuff knee, all
sizes. Regular 20
soc quality .. =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-07

Chi1dren's athletic style
or knit unionsuits, wing
sleeve or sleeveless
STYLES, knee length. Reg
ular z5c ~0r
quality .......
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-07

Women's all leather strap back
purses in tan, grey, brown, green
and black finishes. Silk 60
lined, special at ........J O&
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-13

slept In mud. washed In mud, ate mud.
and dreamed mud. had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained in those
three little letters, M q D. The floor
Of the dugout was an inch deep in
water. Outside it was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rivuletS were trickling
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came drip,
drip, drip. Suicide Annex was hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and six
feet high. 1t was about twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to it.
These steps were cut into the earth,
but at that time were muddy and slip
perry. A man had to be very careful
Or else he would "shOot the chutes''
The air was foul, and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's flags with a
knife. 1t was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut timbers, while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbagS. Nails had
been driven into these timberS. On
each nail hung q miscellaneous assert
ment of equipment. The lighting ar
engagements were Superb-One candle
in q reflector made from an ammuni-
ton tin. My teeth were chattering
from the cold, and the drip from the
airshaft did not help matters much.
While I was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the freside at
home, the fellow next to me, who was
writing a letter, looked up and inno-
Gently asked, "Say, Yank, how do you
spell 'conf1agratiOn'?'
| looked at him in contempt and an
swered that did not know.
From the darkness in one of the cor
ners came thin, piping voice singing
one of the popular trench ditties en-
titled:
Pack up your Troubles in your Old Kit
Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile
Every now and then the singer
would stop to cough, cough, cough, but
it was q good Illustration of Tommy's
cheerfulness under such conditions.
n machine-gun officer entered the
dugOut and gave me q hard look. I
sneaked past him, sliding and slipping,
and reached my section of the 'front.'
line trench, where [ was greeted by
the sergeant, who asked me, "Where
in - ave you been?"
/ made no answer, but sat On the
muddy fire step, shivering with the
cold and with the rain beating in my
face. About half an hour later I
teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. At ten o'clock I was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-
ton on the fire step. The rain sud-
denly stopped and we all breathed q
sigh of relief. We prayed for the morn
ing and the rum ISSUE
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first, because the early bird, In this in

first. because the early bird, In this In
stance, catches the worm-sort of gets
the jump on the other fellow, catching
him unawareS.
We had sergeant in our battalion
named Warren. He was on duty with
his platoon in the fire trench one after
noon when orders came up from the
rear that he had been granted seven
days leave for Blighty, and would be
relieved at five o'clock to proceed to
England.
He was tickled to death ut these
welcome tidings and RECALLED his more
or less enviOus mates beside him on
the fire step with the good times in
store for him. He figured it out that
in two days time he would arrive at
Waterloo station, London, and then
seven days bliss!
(To be Continued.)
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-13
CHAPTER VIII.
The Little Wooden Cross.

After remaining in rest billets for
eight days, we received the unwelcome
tidings that the next morning we would
ego i'm to "take over" AT six in the
morning cur march started and, after
long march down the dusty road, we
again arrived at reserve billets.
I was No. 1 in the leading set Of
tours. The man on my left was named
"Pete Walling," a CHEEKY sort of fell
low. He laughed and joked all the
way on the march, buoying up my
dropping spirits. I could not figure out
anything attractive in again occupying
the front line, but Pete did not seem to
mind, said it was all in lifetime. My
left heel was blistered from the rub
bling Of my heavy marching boot. Pete
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-13
CHAPTER Y.
TThe DAVIS Work

/ was fast learning that there is q
regular routine about the work of the
trenches, although it is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The. real work in the fire trench
commences at shutdown. Tommy is
like a burglar, he WORKS at might.
Just as it begins to get dark the
word 'stand to" is passed from trav-
erse to traverse, and the men get busy.
The first relief, consisting of two men
to a traverse, mount the fire step, one
man looking over the top, while the
other sits at his feet, ready to carry
messages Or to inform the platoon Off
cer Of any report made by the sentry
as to his observations in No Mans
Land. The sentry is not allowed to
relax his watch for q second. IF he is
questioned from the trench Or asked
his orders, he replies without turning
around or taking his eyes from the ex-
panse Of dirt in front Of him. The re-
mainder of the occupants of his trav-
erse either sit on the fire step, with
bayOnetS fixed, ready for any emer-
gency, or if lucky, and q dugOut hap
pens to be in the near vicinity Of the
traverse, and if the night is quiet, they
are permitted to go to same and try
and snatch few winzs of sleep. Little
sleeping is done; generally the men sit
around, smoking Tags and seeing who
can tell the biggest lie. Some of them,
perhaps with their feet in water, would
write home sympathizing with the
governor" because he was laid up
with a cold, contracted by getting his
feet wet on his way to work in Wool
witch arsenal. If q man should manage
to doze off, likely as not he would wake
with start as the clammy, cold feet
of a rat passed over his face, or the
next relief stepped on his stomach
while stumbling on their way to relieve
the sentries in the trench.
Just try to sleep with a belt full of
ammunition around you, your rifle bolt
biting into your ribs, intrenching tool
handle sticking into the small of your
back, with tin hat for pillow and
feeling very damp and cold, with
"cooties'' boring for oil in your arm
pits, the air foul from the stencil of
grimy hemsn bodies and smoke from a
juicy pipe being wLifed into your nos
trils, then you will not wonder why
Tommy oecnsiOnally takes turn in
the trench for a rest.
While in a frOnt-line trench orders
forbid Tommy from removing his
| boots, puttees, clothing or equipment.
The "cOoties'' take advantage of this
order and mobilize their forces, and
| Tommy swears vengeance on them and
mutters to himself, "Just wait until 1
hit rest billets and am able to get my
own back"
Just before daylight the men 'turn
to- and tumble out of the dugouts, man
the fire step until it gets light, or the
welcome order "stand down" is given.
Sometimes before "stand down. is or-
dered, the command Five rounds rap.
1d'' is passed along the trench. This
means that each man must rest his
rifle on the top and fire as rapidly as
possible five shots aimed toward the
German trenches, and then duck with
the emphasis on the "duck"). There is
great rivalry between the opposing
forces to get their rapid fire all off
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-13
lover the Top
BY An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
ICouvriQ ht-- i-15- Nv Arthur Guy EmDevI
SYNOPSIS.
Machine Gunner Serving in France

CHAPTER I-Fired by the news Of the
sinking of the Lusitania by a German
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri-
ram leaves his office in Jersey City and
goes to England where he enlists in the
British army.
CHAPTER II-After a period OF train
Ing Empey volunteers for immediate SerV
Ice and soon finds himself in rest billetS
Somewhere in France" where he first
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres-
emit ':cOOtes.'
CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first
church services at the front while q Ger
man Follker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER Tv-Tmpey's command goes
INTO the frOnt-Iine trenches and is under
fire for the first time.
CHAPTER V-Empey learns to adopt
the motto of the British Tommy, IF you
are going to get it, you'll get it, so never
worry"
CHAPTER VI-Back in rest billets, En-
pey gets his first experience as a ness
brderlxs
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-13
CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

I was in my first dugout and looked
around curiously. Over the door Of
same was a little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
was called "Suicide Ditch" Later on
learned that machine gunners and
bOmbers are known as the "Suicide
Club"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-13
CUT THIS QUIT is WORTH MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Gut this slip, enclose
with sc and mail it to Foley & Co, 2S35 Sheffield
Ave, Chicago, Ill. writing your name and address
clearly You will receive in return trial package
containing Foleys Honey and Tar Compound
pain in sides and back rheumatism, backache kidney
and bladder ailments; and Foley Cathartic Tablets
wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathartic for
constipation biliousness, headache, and sluggish bow
els. Fred d. Pierce, Barton. G. H. Hunt, Evans
vile.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-13

(To be Continued.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-15
GOVERNMENT MAY
PUT AMERICA ON
TOBACCO RATION

Washington, July Govern
ment control OF the tobacco indus
try of the United States may result
from the heavy requirements of the
allies and the American military
forces abroad.
Rationing OF the American pOpu-
IatiOu is believed d possibility.
The war industries board an
nounced yesterday that it has been
conducting an investigation TO de-
termiue the requirements abroad
and the amount that must be con-
served in this country 10 meet the
situation.
II estimates that approximately
two-thirds OF the leaf tobacco raised
in this country in 1917 viii be avail
able for American manufacturers.
Out OF this must come cigarets and
pipe tobacco for troops not yet
overseas and exports Of manufac-
tured tobacco, in addition to Gig
arets and tobacco purchased here
for Belgium.
The crop in 1917, was 1,196.000,-
600 pounds. and OF this the board
estimates that $50. coo. 600 pounds
Will he available this year for Unit
ed States manufacturers while
$40 100000 pounds OF leaf viii be
available for export 10 the allies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-15
TOBACCO FAMINE
IN LAND OF HUN

London.-A famine Of cigar to-
bacco confronts German smokers.
The trade, according to German
newspapers, estimates that the
supply will be entirely used up by
November 1.
During the war Holland has
been the main source from which
Germany obtained cigars, but be-
cause of a heavy shrinkage in i'm
ports from the Dutch, colonies. to-
bacco exports to Germany have
almost ceased. The government is
considering how the impending
famine can be averted or anchor
ated. One proposal is to abolish
cigar manufacture during the
summer. According to the Frank
fort Gazette, German cigar smOk
ers must in the best circumstances
prepare to do without their favor
tie weed next winter.
Some cigarette and pipe tohac-
co is still reaching Germany, but
the cigarette industry has TO draw
on its limited supply for the manu-
facure of cigars for the army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-15
PLAN FOR LABOR
NOT SKILLED TO
BE CENTRALIZED

Washington, July 15.-Defnite
plans for putting into effect the
Capitalization of unskiIled labor re-
cruiting for war industries under
the United States employment ser
vice after Aug. l have been deter
mined upon at a three days con-
ference. just closed, between en-
plOyment managers, state employ
ment agents and officials of the fed
eral employment service. All plants
engaged upon war work have been
instructed 10 notify Immediately
the agent Of the United States en-
plOyment service in their state OF
their approximate requirements in
unskiIled labor. An agent Of the
federal service will then be assign
ed TO cooperate with the plant in
securing its labor.
The instructions state that wig
oTous efforts will be made in every
community 10 secure the allotted
quota Of competent men in such a
way as not to take labor from other
war industries or from the farms.
So far as possible, recruiting for
your plant will be conferred in Ger
tain definite states and localities"
Plants which now have a field
force for recruiting labor may con-
ttnute to employ that force under
the direction Of the United States
employment service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-15
ONE RECRUIT rs
ENTRAINED; GOOD
RECORD rs HELD

Robert A. Anderson, Moline, was
entrained this morning at 1905 for
the marine training station at Paris
Island, S. c.
Harlow NJ. Gaylord, TAI Twenty
fifth street, Moline, and Russell +.
Puterbaugh, 1902 Fourth avenue,
Moline, have been accepted for the
marine corps by Sergeants Baker
and Goritz, marine recruiters here.
Both men will be entrained We'd
nesday.
The recruiters have transferred
Is men since July l. Seven of the
men have already passed and eight
cases are pending further examin-
atoms.
The recruiting station at Spring
field has a record of 16 men &C
cepted, the Peoria station five and
the Joliet station three.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-15
~Y -s
Erdnr1lal

Eudora Rebekah lodge No. 70, I.
o. o. F., installed the following Of
f1cers Friday evening, Deputy Della
Cleland assisted by the grand Of
Ulcers and an escort team putting
on the work.
Past Noble Grand - Mrs. Rose
Thiermann.
Noble Grand-Mrs. Alice Parks.
Vice Grand-Mrs. Lucy Morris.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. Eta
Chalk
Warden-NIiss Stella Reid.
CONTEMPORARIES. Sarah Fleming.
Inside Guard-Miss Mabel John
son.
Outside GUARDIANS. William
GuldenzOpf.
Chaplain-Mrs. Ruth Cooley.
Right Supporter to Noble Grand
Mrs. Anna Lamp.
Left Supporter to Noble Grand
Mrs. Alberta Elliott
Right Supporter to Vice Grand
Mrs. Gertrude Sippel.
Left Supporter to Vice Grand
Mrs. Elizabeth Beckwith.
Pianist-Mrs. Geneva Meyers.
Many visitors as well as members
were present. for the ceremonies
and following the installation a So
cial session was held with the serv-
-AI7s 5ql V1!m pI7V sBM Uo!ss7s IB!0
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-15

early fall arrives and II is there
lore endeavoring to have all old
outstanding accounts settled.
Yarn has not been distributed at
local headquarters for some time
due TO the fact that no quotas have
been received. Therefore nearly
every one who has secured warn
has had opportunity to finish the
article or to bring it TO the point
where 1t can be finished before the
first of the month.
Cooperation on the part. OF knit
tiers in thus enabling the chapter
to close all charges for warn Sc
cured will be heartily appreciated
by chapter officials. PROMPT returns
OF work greatly increases the ef
liciency of the chapter and enables
1t to have a clear field when new
assignments come Thus far local
knitters have always responded
splsndidly to such appeals and II
is thought that their response will
be no less prompt in this instance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-15
ENFORCING new
PARKING ORDER
james Day is FIRST Han 10 BE Ar
rested for Leaving Car on
Second Avenue.

James Day was arrested satur-
day night by Police Patrolman
Kinney for parking his automobile
on Second avenue I'm violation Of
the order Of Chief Phil Miller, Civ
en- out some time ago.
The chief intends 10 strictly en-
force the order for the clearing OF
Second avenue between Seven
teenth and Ninreenth streets dur
ing the evening Saturday even
ings are especially mentioned 10
the order for the enforcement Of
this regulation. In the past cars
have been parked along this ave-
nue.. with the result that c0uges-
ton Of traffic can not be avoided
Day paid a fine Of s..
G. W. BiTchoss, Francis Reed.
Raymond Malone, p. O. Crissinger.
c. ". King, s. f Pullius, G. \.
Hammond and A. +. Carues who
were arrested for speeding by No
torcycle Cop Shannon, Saturday
and Sunday, were fined S. each.
p. c. Croker was fined SO for
not having proper lights on his au-
tomobile. Fred l. Meyers was ar
rested for driving his car past
street car while stopping 10 dis
charge passengers. He was fined
So.