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The Washington times., 1918-10-08

Any one who 50 desires may work
in a stuffy old office and get infuen-
"a and die in the prime Of her young
life, but one young woman in Wash
ingtOn refuses TO be a party to any
such program.
She is Elsie brennan. OF GIG Fifth
street northeast, and she walked out
! Of an office the other morning and
got herself a JOB as Il chauffeur.
Now she's riding around in the
early morning air while you are shut
in room wondering how many 'hu"
germs are floating around.
II you were :" call up the num-
B Der OF a certain raNicab off.c. in the
northwest and order a machine, Ike
as not, instead Of Erouchy man
blonde hair, corduroy REFER. breeche.,
pa tees. perky littI" overseas cap
and all the rest Of the fiNinrs would
dash up TO your door and announce
that she was NJ your service.
For n moment you might rub your
eyes and wonder If maybe this wasn't
a scene from the Winter Garden show
and then you would quickly discover
that the young lady means business
and has a good right arm to crank
car. to say nothing Of spmewhat
nIastcrfuI v"ic" with whirh to re-
prove male chauffeurs who happen to
get in her way.
Husband On Firing Line.
This young person is hundred
per cent American. In the first place
her husband ty-s. all the nice girls
are married now is on the firing line
in France. He is J. 7. Brennan. and
he went with the sd infantry from
Camp Grant several months ago. In
the second. by taking mans Job
she is releasing a man for active
service. And last. but not least, she
Is thereby supporting two very at
tractiVs youngsters. George, aged
seven. and Ray. about i've.
Elsie Brennan thinks this matter
OF driving a taxi j. all very simple
and matter Of course. Fir@t she
learned {" drive Ford. then a Buick
Now she's driving a Vim. When she
applied for th- Job at tn" Adams
TaNiCab COmDaE-. the manager
looked at her slender figure and den-
cate blonde c"IoTIug and smiled
rather skeptiraIIy
you're too little to drive a heavy
car" quo'h he.
Just try me" she replied.
Now he says: shes n dandy lit
tie driver and shes the first man on
the job every morning"
Paving the Way for Others.
Mrs. brennan wants TO pave the /
way for other girls to take up the !
work. Although she doesn't want to |
interfere with the Governments |
plans, her advice is that it's "A whole I
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
PROBE TERMINALS FIRE

ATLANTA, Oct. S.-Police and Fed :
eral authorities are investigating ths 7
origin OF a fire which destroyed three
Of the seven spans OF the joint freight q
terminals OF the Western and ATLANTIC
and the Seaboard railroads here.
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
TWO CAPITAL BOYS !.
ON HONOR LISTS

The names OF two Washington
boys. one KILLED in action and the :.
other severely wounded, appear in
todayis casualty Iists :
Corporal James T. Hagan. Battery,
B. Twelfth Geld artillery. OF .Anacos-s
tia. d. C., was killed in the recent,
heavy fighting of the Americans on =
the western front
Private William T. Hayes was :
wounded Aug ust ? and has since been :.
in a hospital behind thS,.
lines in Frapce,
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
PAYS CONSCIENCE MONEY

"Conscicnco money 70 help whip
the Kaiser"
This was the note. unsigned. re-
ceived by Postmaster General Bur
Lesson and pnstmarked from Bling
hamton. y. Y. InrlnScd were Two
$50 bills.
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
U. S. CONFIRMS As0IcATIoN.

state Department messages today
confirmed the Bulgarian Cars abb
dication.
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
YANK IS DARLING
OF FFRENCHPUBL|C
by ERNEST p. ORR.

CIr. Orr has just arrived from
Parik)
NEW YORK. Oct. S--America has
delivered the goods and the whole
world now recognizes IL, Kaiser Bill
and Carl included.
In Paris, London, and Rome, it is
freely admitted the Yankees saved
Paris. That's a real compliment The
advance" OF the German army on
Berlin and the peace walls Of both
Kalser's Bill and Carl are even bet
ter.
And with it all there has returned
to the American soldier in France
the great popularity that was his
upon our first arrival thcre-there-
after slightly dimmed by too stren-
uous press campaign in which II wa
rashly stated our doughboys would
Immediately take their places in the
fighting line. relieving some OF the
Older French classes.
Expected Too Much.
The French were led to expect too
much from their own press. At
time when General Pershing frank
ly confessed to the correspondents
he thought we would be doing well
il we had 100000 men in France By
January /, 1918. France-that is the
French public-was looking forward
to the immediate advent OF a huge
American army.
AS month after month rolled by
and nothing happened. as to the
actual entry of American troops into
the line, doubt began to be express
ed. Skeptics were inclined to be-
lieve our promised army was just i
little bit OF American bluff" Their
skepticism really had some justifica-
ton. eThey had been told to expect
so much, and they saw so little, un-
derstood so little OF the tremendous
preliminary work that must be ac-
complished before an army OF any
magnitude could be landed.
The first troops landed in June,
and it was November before they
entered the trenches. and then only |
for additional training. 1t was jan
uary before the First division went
into the trenches for good. but il
was a long period of waiting for
tired, nerye-racked France, particu- |
lArly after what the papers had
stated.
Seen In New Light.
But that's all changed now. Every |
where the .doughboy is acclaimed
as a hero and a delIverer. People ou
the bouIevards of blase, sophistic- |
Gated. war-hardened Paris, will stop
and cheer a bunch OF the boys pass |
ing in an automobile truck. The in
dividual soldier receives a CHEEKY
smile from the passerby with a not
unfrequent "viye L'Amerique."
The same Is sure in smaller cities |
and country districts Nothing is too |
good for the YHnk. He's the darling |
OF the populace, and as for the
french Poilu. he's the apple OF his /
re.
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
Seen In New Light.

Enllst a. our Soldiers Do. Buy
BoadE and Keep Them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10
The Day in Davenport

Local Actress Married-Miss Marie
Murphy, local girl with the La Sale
Stock company, was married Tuesday
to Louis l.. Swan, member Of the same
company. The wedding took place at
Terre Haute, Ind, the union being
the elimination Of romantic court
ship that lasted for many months.
Burglar Is Caught - Frankly con-
Tossing past crimes and expressing a
fervent beside to tread the straight
and narrow" hereafter, Fred Thrash
er, alias Fred Winters, alias George
Duspain, admitted in the presence of
Chief Of Police Charles Schlueter,
Lieutenant Of Police Frank ]. Lew,
Detectives John B. Estes and John
Quinn and Patrolman E. A. Sanford,
yesterday things which probably will
send him lover the road" for a while
on charges Of breaking and entering
and of forgery. Thrasher, according
to. his own confession, is the man who
entered Denger Bros. coal Office, 1925
East River street, on the night of Jan.
2, stole six blank checks from the Of
flee safe, which was left unlocked,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10
Those Who Fight and Those
Who Don't.

Most OF us will agree with United
States Senator Stone that there
should be uniform to distinguish the
soldier who goes under fire and the
one filling safety first post. Titles
in those branches where one is as
secure as he is in his home city have
been and are still in great demand
among those who can't escape service
and are following the easiest and SAT-
est way. 1t doesn't seem Just to the
man who faces bullets to not be
known from his neighbor who is per-
mitted to bear equal honors without
facing the perils Of the trench. The
fighter should be known by the uni
form he wears. And his brother who
has landed berth where he is out OF
the danger zone should wear one that
properly Classics him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10
Boats to Lay Up.

The decision of the Streckfus
Steamboat company to retire from the
passenger business the approaching
summer season will be disappoint-
ment to lovers of river travel in many
OF the cities along the Mississippi, for
its boats carried thousands Of pleas
ure-seekers each year between st.
Louis and St. Paul. So popular had
this outing become that many of the
same people would take the trip every
summer. They came from numerous
points remote from the shores of the
Mississippi. Many were from locali-
ties far south who would ride the boats
to St. Paul and from that city con-
tinue on to some summer resort to
spend the heated months.
It is claimed by the Streckfus COM
pany that under war conditions, with
cost Of operation largely increased, it
would be financially disastrous to
attempt to keep the boats in commits
sion the approaching season. The line
must earn its profits from passenger
fares, and it is pretty generally agreed
IN transportation circles that travel
will fall off considerably the coming
summer from what it was year ago
for the reason that by that time the
United States will have become more
seriously involved in the war, and
there will be the daily casualty list
and other circumstances that will
tend to discourage such observation of
the vacation season as is had under
normal conditions. Freight is car
ried, but 1t Is small item in contrib
uting to the expense of operation The
plan Of the owners of the Streckfus
line is to turn their boats over to the
United States government for the
period of the war to help in solving
the freight congestion in the manner
that has been indicated by the Wash
ington authorities. The offer has been
made, and the answer of the govern
ment is awaited. Unless the boats are
made use of by the government they
will be placed in harbor until such
time as the outlook is more promising.
With the Streckfus boats withdrawn
the Morning Star will be the only
steamer running to st. Paul, with Rock
Island as its southern terminus. The
Morning Star has been enjoying a sue
cessful trade the past few years, but
whether 1t will see the future as the
Streckfus people have has not been
disclosed. The owners of the line
operating the Morning Star and other
boats in local traffic will have their
annual meeting shortly, and at that
time their plans for the coming season
will be determined.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

Many are familiar with the fable
that appeared in the old school read
ers about the king who offered for
tune and the hand of his daughter to
the, man who could tell him a story
that would last forever in the telling,
with the stipulation, however, that, in
case the story came to an end, the
person who failed to complete it was
to lose his head by the sword.
A number of adventurous spirits
lost their heads in the attempt to
keep serial going forever to amuse
the eccentric monarch, but one young
man finally won the fortune and the
daughter by wearing out the very soul
of the king with the story about the
locusts carrying off the corn. And
then another locust came and carried
off another grain of corn" etc, until
the king decided he had had enough of
the story.
American fact, the whole world
is dealing with an eccentric" mon
arch today This monarch wants the
impossible and every one who refuses
to give it to him must lose his head.
There is one way to deliver the peo-
piles of the world from this menace.
Kaiser Wilhelm can be worn out, if
he cannot be crushed by one tremen-
dous blow. And the government at
Washington has pointed out the way.
Money will defeat the kaiser. Small
savings, like the locusts, coming along
from 100000 American citizens,
will wear out the soul Of the war-mad
monarch. American money can wear
out any army in the world, because
there is great deal of American mon
ey and there are many Americans who
have it. Just a mere matter of quar-
ter day from every wage Garner in
the United States would mean billions
of dollars every year to buy guns and
food for soldiers and ships to carry
them across the Atlantic to defeat the
sinister purposes of the kaiser and his
crew.
A quarter, like the grain Of corn, is
not much in itself, but millions OF
quarters every day mean victory for
righteousness and humanity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10
Local Man Wins Honors.

A resident of Rock Island county
has won the French war cross and
Legion of Honor for his exploits as
an aviator against the Hun. He is
Alexander Mcleod, formerly employed
in the Velie plant in Moline. The
Argus in this issue, in its Moline sec
ton, prints picture Of Mcleod and
his machine. He has been under fire
of the Germans on a number Of Oc-
casions, and some day his home folks
will be supplied a story of his ex-
periences. He is said rapidly to be
coming to the fore as one of the most
fearless members Of the aviation sec
ton of the American army in France.
During the absence Of her husband
Mrs. Mcleod is making her home with
her sister, Mrs. Leonard, in Rock Is
land
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

Both Rock Island and Moline are
to have local option elections next
spring. In Moline the vets, who were
defeated when the question was sub
mitted two years ago, are petitioning
for another vote, while in this city
the drys are initiating the fight.
For months there was an i'm
preston that there was to be no re-
opening of the liquor issue in the
spring in Rock Island, but it appears
that the interests that are conducting
the national campaign against drink
are requesting that every locality
where there are saloons attempt to
add to the dry zone. Both Rock Is
land and Moline are preparing for
warm battles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

and on the following day forged Fred
Denger's signature to four of them
and cashed them on local merchants.
Detectives Estes and Quinn were
tipped off" Tuesday Afternoon that the
man who did the job was in Clinton.
Tuesday afternoon Detective Estes and
Fred Denger went to Clinton, where
they enlisted the aid of the night cap
tain of police in that city and placed
Thrasher and a woman under arrest.
Admits His Guilt - Lamenting the
fact that he lacked sufficient will pow
er to overcome the cravings for strong
drink, John w. Leasure, aged 50,
pladed guilty to assaulting Mrs. C. A.
Rayburn, an aged woman living in a
shantybOat at the foot Of Myrtle
street, when arraigned before Judge
F. D. Let's in the Scott county district
court. He was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail.
Quackery Probe Asked-An anon
ymous writer has asked County At
torney Henry H. Jebens to undertake
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
A Remedy for SuperfluOus Hair.

A Remedy for Superflu0us Hair.
Can you recommend something
which will remove superfiuous hair
from the face without injury to the
skin? Is (a) reliable preparation
for the purpose? Is CD one? q. r.
Answer-A flock of razors, or just
one safety razor, is the best remedy
we know for the purpose. No known
application does more than temporar-
lily dissolve off hair, which of course
Immediately grows out again. Both
(a) and CD and so on down to (z)
and (&) are little less efficient than
a good razor. The electric needle in
skilled hands destroys hair growth
permanently. In certain X-ray treat
ment, by an expert rontgenologist, is
successful.
Goods and Chattals.
Is there any danger in sleeping on
mattress which has been used by a
tuberculosis patient two years since
(B)
Answer.-Not if the cover has been
washed and well aired in the sun. II
the patient was we'll cared for, there
is no reason to suppose the mattress
could harbor any infection.
The Hardened Skin Of Hands of Tin
Heater.
l am working as a heater in a tin
plate mill and am troubled by ex
IRENE dryness and cracking of the
skin Of my palms. What can do tC
prevent this? What is a safe fumi
gator to use in a house where con
sumptive has lived? Oh. B. F.
Answer.-Arsenic poisoning ma,
account for the skin trouble-arseni,
| is present more or less in tin. Ere
| quent applications of lanolin (woo
| faD should be used for the hands
Fumigation after tuberculosis Is no
advisable, We believe. Rather, thor
| ough soap and water cleaning of
woodwork and floors, and II walls ar,
! soiled repapering or painting. thel
ventilation with open windows for
/ few days will make the house abso
| lutely safe to live in. If the patien
was properly nursed there is no rea
son to believe that the house require
any more, than ordinary cleaning. TIL
idea Of fumigation after tuberculosis
Is sort Of hangover from the day
when some classes of people wer
SO ignorant or vicious as to spit on tn
| floor and on the walls-and we reEre
to say that such people are still per
mitted to live In some communities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

conditions prevailing in the Amer
lean camps in France. We ought to
nave confidence in the capacity of our
government to safeguard the Sselfare
or the young men who are going
across, as well as those who are in
training in the cantonments in the
United States. The ministers who have
just communicated their observations
but confirm the belief that all healthy
minded Americans have had from the
first, refusing TO be alarmed by the
wild stories that have been set in cir
culation from different sources.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10
Morals are Good.

Chaplains OF both Protestant and
Catholic faiths declare that the NOR
ais of the American soldiers in France
are good. I'VE are honestly con-
WINGED" says a report made to the
government. that the men on duty
in these towns in France are In less
danger morally than they would be in
the service OF our own country" This
ought to close the mouths Of some OF
the .sensationalists in this country
and they are not hired German prop
Agaadists, either. who never pass an
opportunity 70 describe the horrible
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

others enlisted. four in the reeuiI
army and two in the medical deps.s
ment reserve corps: Regular army
Charles ]. Gordon. aged IS. Rock -
land, infantry: Leonard NJ. SeOr ss
aged So, Macomb. infantry: Cieme.'
ID. Austin. aged q, Laurens. lo
coast artillery corps; Loso n. 49, -.
erick, aged IS, Monticello. Iowa. ~. ~
ton section signal corps. Medlcal
partment Reserve corps-irvins
Weber, Nicola, Iowa; Alphon's -
Beardslee, Manchester, Iowa. ~.
above two who enlisted in the rescI
corps will be permitted to con.is
their studies until such time VIZ
they are called for service.
O.
More Brick Layers Leave =. ns
Frandsen and Otto Martens. us
port bricklayers. were DRAFTED -
the military service by City Exemp
Board No. yesterday and sent - ~.
to Kelley Field, San Antonio. ~
where they vii be placed IN >
for services oversee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

care of The Argus.
AtrOphic Rhinitis.
Atrophy means wasting or shrink
ing. Rhinitis means Inflammation Of
the lining of the nose. Other names
for the condition are ozena, meaning
stencil, though in a well treated
case there is not always an offensive
odor, and offensive odor may accom-
pany syphilis of the nasal cavity, bone
disease, or foreign body in the nose;
dry catarrh is probably the most COM
mon name for it.
The cause of atrophic rhinitis is I'M
known. Probably it is the late result
of long neglected disease of the nasal
cavity or Of one of the air-spaces or
sinnses which communicate with the
cavity, particularly chronic suppura-
ton of any of these sinuses.
The patients sense of smell is US
ually blunted or lost, for which bless
ing he should be thankful.
Characteristic of atrophic Fhinitis
are crust formation, mouth breathing,
dryness and irritability of the throat
and vocal organ, with frequent
hoarseness and dry cough. When the
| nasal cavity is examined by physi-
clan, with headlight anfspeculum, the
lining is found thiuned, shrunken,
tough and insensitive. The nose is too
roomy, after it is thoroughly cleansed
of crnsts and accumulated secretions.
This form OF rhinitis never spontan-
eously clears up, and is never by any
chance cured by any treatment which
I the patient or any one but doctor
can apply.
The outlook for a cure depends upon
the stage of the wasting, or in other
words, the length of time the treat
ment has been put off or postponed;
, and also upon the thoroughness, pa
thence and skill with which the treat
ment is followed out.
Although a preliminary, consultation
with nose and throat specialist may
be desirable in some cases, there is
nothing to be gained by placing the
treatment wholly in the hands of q
specialist Nose and throat specialists
are famous for lack of patience. A
general practitioner who is equipped
with a head mirror and an ordinary
medical training can accomplish all OF
more than the most skilful specialist
provided the patient will perseyere il
a prolonged course OF Office treat
ments. Unfortunately. there is moth
ing else to be done, excepting the reg
ulatlon OF the mode Of life according
ITO good hygienic standards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

Mr. Hoover. the food administrator,
may have made mistakes. but, despite
anything that his enemies may say
to the contrary. and they have been
saying a lot lately, the American
people have absolute faith in him.
They are satisfied that he is big
man doing the very best he can with
a big Job.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

1t is likely one Of the first moves
in behalf of labor that Mr.. McAdoo
will initiate is to allow increases to
the unorganized employees of the var
ious railroads. While the organized
crafts have secured advances at in
tervals. those not banded together
have been generally ignored in this
respect. 1t is the purpose of Mr. Nc
Adoo to see that there is a fair deal
all along the line for the railroad
workers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

President Wilson's address ought
to cause the Bolsheviki in Russia to
sit up and take notice and to modify
their prejudicial views against the
United States government. The pres
ident has tried to convince the Rus
sian people that their really great and
good friend in their present troubles
is not Germany, but the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

United States Marshal V. Y. Dali
man estimates that there are 5000
German enemy aliens in the 80 coun-
ties of this federal judicial district.
These are all to be registered as rap
idly as possible. The police chiefs
will assist as registrars in the larger
communities and the postmasters in
the smaller places. The aim of the
government is that none shall be over
looked. The job is to be thorough.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

The German submarine continues
to maintain its average against Brit
ish shipping. At times the outlook
seems dark. but it is claimed by Eng
land that Germany will have to in
flict more damage than she is at pres
ent to even come close to realization
OF her hopes to force peace by star
walton,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

A Geneva dispatch reports that
crowds marched through the streets
Of Berlin demanding peace with Rus
STA. The people of Germany grad
ually are losing patience with their
kaiser. His policy of insisting on his
way or none is not getting the empire
anywhere
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

1t took the Mississippi legislature
exactly Is minutes to ratify the ma
tional prohibition amendment. 1t is
stated that the thing was so speedily
done that the opposition was groggy
when the count was announced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10
Thursday, January 10. 1915.
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published herein.
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special dispatches herein are
also reserved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10

A British army officer, addressing
the soldiers at Camp Dodge, Des
Moines, said a fighter can kill twice
as many Germans while putting Gig
aret as he can minus the smoke,