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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03
TIE IDEAL WIFE.

One Of the most successful men
OF this country recently wrote:
Whatever l am, and whatever
success I have attained, I owe it all
TO my wife. She has ever been an
inspiration and the greatest help
mate of my life" To be such a
successful wife should be the am
bitiOn of every woman, but how
impossible when dragged down by
headaches, backaches, dragging
down pains, nervousness and the
blues" Every woman in this con-
GltiOn should start at once to build
up her system by a tonic of specific
lowers. such as Lydia Z. Pinkham' s
Vegetable Compound, which for
three generations has been restor-
ing American women to health and
consequent happiness.-( Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03

ne Indigestion, sour. gassE stomach
and thlJ miserable, bloated, puHed-up
cCndition after eating
New here Is good news. An easy
sure relief has been found to get nd OF
the harmful aciditv and gases i'm the
st-maca, It Is called EAIUEIG- d
goOd tasting compound tna5 You eat
u.s. Ike candy. A tablet or two of
EATON 20 after meals Will work Won
uers. You can have no idea of What
suie. quick comfort EATDEIC brings
unit. ven do try It. Use EATONIC
after your meals, enjoy q good appetite
ana sc fuL strength from fine food You
eat a. the Same time protect vGur-
ser from summer stomach and bo0e-
: m.series.
set a big box OF EATONIC from
vour druggist today lie viii tell YOU
, thaC people who nave used EAICN-L
{ say that they never dreamed that any
= thing could give such quick and Won
/ Oellu- results. 1t costs Cu.v 5uC q baE
Z ana II 1t laii5 IN anv way. v0ur drug
gist w1c YOU know ana trust. VIII re-
. UuTn your money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03
SECOND SON GOES
TO HELP COUNTRY
IN THE OF War

Mr.. and Mrs. George z. Smith.
500 Twenty-fourth street. after ha+-
ing lost one son who was in train
ing at Camp Dodge. Des 1Toine5.
several months ago for overseas
service. will tomorrow see sec
oud son 90 to war.
William Smith. former sports
writer and reporter for The Argus,
after waving all claims for eZemp-
ton will enter service at Camp AL
fred Vail. Little Silver. y. J. He
viii train IN the signal corps SIR
Smith expects to entraiu for the
east tomorrow. In tha draft he
was in third class, but through spe-
ciaI arrangements was allowed TO
enter service Immediately.
Sergeant Joseph Smith, brother
of William Smith. died as result
Of an automobile accident which or-
Cured several months ago near
Camp Dodge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03
WATCH OUT FOR
FAKE BOND men
State Council of Defense Warns
Against Selling Liberty DOcu-
ments TO Sharps.

The state council of defense Is
sending out broadcast a warning
against selling Liberty bonds OF
trading them for blue sky" o.
other ephemeral industrial paper
This is done at the direct request
of the United States treasury de.
partment.
The department says:
Regarding the exchange of Sc
curities for Liberty loan bonds, the
secretary of the treasury has
pointed out, not only that this i'm
pedes. the governments financial
program, but also that a large
percentage of the securities so Of
fered have been found to be
worthless, and the mere fact that
any security is offered in this un-
patriotic way justifies suspicion
and an investigation of its char
acter.
Regarding the exchange of mer-
chandise for Liberty loan bonds
Secretary McAdoo has said: When
the bonds are exchanged for mef-
chandise it defeats the primary
pul POoC VI luStI 6dASs II OloCO0I
ages thrift and increases eXpendi-
lures, thus depriving the govern
ment Of labor and materia
needed for war purposes
Government bonds should be
held by their original purchasers
except when sale is required by
real necessity or misfortune.
Every member of all county
executive committees of the state
council of defense is asked to fol
low up all specific cases of Liberty
bond trading which come to theil
notice, and to report all seriOu:
instances of such trading to tbs
council, which will turn the in,
formation over to the proper fed
eral authorities. All citizens
whether officials of the council OF
not, are asked to do the same
thing.
Liberty bonds are the safest in.
yestment in the world, and every
owner should keep all he has nov
and prepare to buy more when the
next drive comes late this month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03
REPORT $4,000
DURING AUGUST
Rock Islanders Donate Total of
$65,432.4I Since Patriots Fund
Project Launching.

August collections for the Patri-
OTIS fund. war budget which is
supplying the local war charities
with money during the year elimin-
ating all campaigns, totaled
SS,548.51.
The total collections to date
amounts to S65,432.41. This money
has been distributed among the
charities and patriotic organiza-
tons which the fund supports.
Patriotic citizens who are not
waiting to pay their dues to the
fund have prepaid their pledges un-
til February, 1919 when another
campaign will be conducted to Sc
cure pledges for the new year. The
prepaid account total is $9,292.45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03
TELLS OF WANTON
EVIL OF GERMANS

= correspondent of the Reuter-
agency lthe European equivalent
OF the Associated presst was with
the American troops when they
chased the Germans out Of Chateau
Thierry. And this is what he tele-
graphed of the wanton destruction
Of the Germans who claim to have
reformed their policy of frightful-
hess.
Having last night to write very
Lurrleliy. [ omitted 10 mention one
OF the most significant acts Of de
EtrUCrigu perpetraLed by the Ger
man officers in Chateau Thierry- In
1Qe house there was q valuable IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03
SPLASHYELLOW
PAINT ON CARS
Five Automobiles Operating on
Sunday Contrary to Government
Request, Are Decorated

It seems evident from observa-
ton made by the Rock Island police
Sunday night that certain automo-
bile owners did not escape I'M
scathed while operating their cars
contrary to the request that no gas
oline be consumed in motor driven
vehicles Sunday.
The police say that no less than
five cars were splashed with yell
low paint 1t is believed that the
same parties decorated all of the
machines, since they were all dec
GRATED in the same manner A long
brush mark was drawn across the
rear of the body of each OF the five
cars. 1t is probable that the paint
was applied when the cars had
come to a stop and the owners had
entered their machines and had
driven off without noticing the
bright yellow decoration.
The police obtained the numbers
of % cars that were operated Sun
day, and a number of others were
sighted at such a distance as to
make it impossible to obtain their
license numbers. No efforts were
made to obtain the numbers Of Iowa
cars as the government request
does not include machines owned in
states west of the Mississippi river.
1t is, however, considered a techni-
cal violation of the request for
Iowa cars to be operated in Illinois
on Sunday.
A close watch will be kept next
Sunday in an effort to obtain num-
hers of all cars operated.
D.s w, eel c,---,, I9,,-7-1o--S-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03

Sergeant Joyce Kilmer, American
poet and journalist, died on the bat
tleffeld in France in the cause of
the allies, according to word re
ceived recently by his family at his
summer home at Oak Bluffs, Mass.
Kilmer leaves a wife and four
children. He was born in 1856 and
received his degree of A. B. at Co
lumbia in 1908. He was one of the
editors of the Standard Dictionary
in 1909. He became editor of the
Churchman in 1912 and was a men,
Der of the staff of the New York
Sunday Times magazine section and
the Times review of books.
In Kilmer's last letter to his wife
he told her not to worry if she re-
ceived a cablegram that he was
dangerously wounded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03
ACCEPT ISLANDER
FOR SEA SERVICE
Especial to The Argus.O

Boston. Mass, Sept. 3-Today's
list OF men accepted by the United
States shipping board, after final
physical examination at Boston,
for enrolment on its merchant
marine training ships included
Charles Z. StapIeton Of 624 Forty
fourth street, Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03
MISICIANS An ktISFRl

New York, Sept deputy
State Attorney General Becker
charged German owned concerts
were cOncealing messages to their
home Offices under the guise OF
personal and social messages.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03
PUBLIC NOTICE.

I hereby give notice that I will
not be responsible for debts con-
.racted by any one except myself
after this date, Sept. 2, 1918.
J. c. DELP.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03

Mexico City, Sept. President
CaTrauza delivered a message be
tore The opening Of the legislature
dealing with internal and foreign
problems
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03

Concentrated Fruit Syrups-
Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-03
G!....tXBIT0fI

Phone r. l. 285. Trefz Express Co.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Auto whirling flags, Beardsley's.
R I Clean Towel Service Phone
Z. !. 4476.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-01-31

Long or short hauls quick Ber-
~ 3 dray line. #.
Get the habit buy It at Carl
son s.; Il pays
TRADE-An automobile for horses.
Ramsy Lumber CO.
WANTED. Sewing machine at
Red Cross rooms
FOR SALE. Golden fawn rabbits
a pair. Leo. sharkey.
First.class cobbler at the A. r.
Fike harness store.
FOR SALE Idaho National
Harvester, IN good running order
Price $500. y. Nelson.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-01-31

ssoufsr Is q graduate opticisn'
also eesn The Herald one year.
Gk<<<a<sLl27s1stssszS
Hay for sale. See Chan. Wal
lace. -
Gold Standard. the real quality
Buy Il from the advertiser 3
safer.
nrd Flour
Pharmacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28
The Observer Compares Ancient and Modern Photographers

tographer explained to her. "Of course.
some twenty years ago.
."I don't follow you that far back, sir!"
she snapped.
NO, no, of course not" tho diplomatic
photographer replied. but your mother
or grandmother might. ] was about to
say that twenty years ago we always
asked folks to smile. The result was
that we had a great number of persons
them to think. or at least try to appear
10 be thinking"
"Oh. dear" the blonde said, Il just
know I can't do that"
We'll. try hard the photographer
consoled her. kindly drawing a screen
between her and the Observer.
A moment later there was a crash and
Mortified scream. When the Observer
rushed into the posing room the pho
tographer lay on the floor grooming.
While the blonde fed. the Observer
stored him to consciousness.
ITS no use. it's no use" the pho
tographer muttered. They never
CHANGE
Careful now" the Observer caution
ed. you must not become excited"
rs too much: I can't be calm. the
photographer persisted. She said II,
she said it, she said it,.
said WHAT the Observer inquired.
she sail" the photographer replied.
"'I'm afraid I'll break the camera.
And with those few words the picture
man again passed away.
The Observer paid more for his Pho
tographs than he figured he would
when he entered the studio. The pho
tographer took ten years on for cash.
however. THE OBSERVER. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28

course. will wait a couple of weeks be-
fore he discovers he was In too big
hurry to get seeds In the ground. In
the meantime ! Will have replanted
what the dogs dug out and Will have
other things in. and when we turn into
the homestretch | ought to he several
lengths ahead. suppose it is unneigh
borly to cherish such feelings, but a
Fellow oughn't to grin at the mis-
fortunes Of a man who lives next door
Turner had challenged me to a race
to see which would first have vegeta-
bles ready to eat and had accepted
the challenge. But 1t looks now as II
Mary didn't intend ] should have the
pleasure of eating fresh vegetables out
of my own garden. She has become in
terested in the canning movement and
wants to can everything I grow
The idea doesn't appeal very strongly
to me. but I'll have to admit that she
advances arguments which I haven't
yet been able to combat. Her chief one
is that vegetables will be plentiful in
while next winter they Will be scarce
and high. collateral argument Is
that while the summer vegetables we
can buy Will be practically as good as
those We will grow, when 1t comes to
canned vegetables the home product
Will be infinitely superior. AS a
clincher. she insists IL will be more pa
triotic to can the vegetables for next
winter than II would be to eat them
during the summer months. Her rea-
soning on this point is that summer
vegetables come mainly from nearby
farms. generally hauled in by the farm
ers themselves. whereas canned prod
ucts Of all kinds involve railroad trans
portation.
That sort of argument puts follow
in hole. all right b"t | an Goln..
IN h"vN som. "a., 'tr''''> rr " 49,. ~ y
,.sI Ie.i {: - ~. u rs nr- ar. =, d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28

gresham called to get his mug
struck as they called it in those
golden days.
Strange as it may seem, there hasn't
been a statesman had his picture
taken with his right hand lying fat
against his shirt bosom for years and
years The last one that | recall hay
ing his photo taken in that pose was
In here some twelve years ago. and
when 1 demanded to know why he
kept his hand inside his coat he ex-
planned that he had no confidence in
the ability of his dickey shirt to stay
in place in the face of camera. Hence,
he was holding it down.
Truth is, our statesmen don't doll up
particularly for sitting nowadays.
Some of them don't do more than to
merely emerge from their siftings of
falling hair"
A mother and a baby disappeared into
the posing room and, few minutes
later. without Il Whimper from the child,
they reappeared. The baby actually was
smiling.
Didn't get it today. eh?" the Observer
asked the photographer.
"Oh. yes" he explained. Il had no
trouble at all.
The Observer appeared incredulous.
and the photographer explained:
I'VE don't fuss and pull and haul at
babies like we used to. We try to get
them in a cheerful frame of mind, pos
sibly by showing them toy. or talking
with them. Some photographers even
have animals. such as pet dogs. with
which to amuse the children. Thus. We
keep them unruff1ed and they sit for
pictures without raising the roof, as
they used to-"
The blonde with the false hair seemed
to be having a dreadful time. She was
SO afraid that she wouldn't he abie 10
smile ard appear happy.
II .si nee IS d. t. .l:i:.c, the rho-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28

This was all Carney wanted, and 1t
was all Shagbark wanted Carney had
the material for his playful article. and
Shagbark had made possible some free
more. but hurried away. Shagbark
lighted his pipe.
"Allie." he called.
yes, father" the girls voice answer
ed from her room. LAS soon as get my
You heard: They've got mystery
kind of-in this town. and 1 guess
wen help them out. Allie. Soon's you
get dressed you take some infallible
grease remover and go uptown and
find out what's the most mysterious
thing about this Hinjn & Horth BUSH
ness"
"I will
"Orlando." shouted shagbark.
The thin monkey-faced cook put his
head in at the door.
What you yellin' at me like a Jim
uel ]. Calliope for?" he complained.
You most made me cut my Dang-u-
Ell J. Finger off You would have. il 7
hadn't stopped parin' potatoes two min
utes ago and put the knife in the
drawer"
You put on coat and go uptown
said Shagbark, land stand in front OF
that Hinjin e. Horth store and look at
that conundrum they've got in the win
dow. dod-whix you! You read it and
read 1t. and whenever anybody stops.
could guess that in a minute" Keep on
a-sayin' 1t. Understand
stand there like Dang-u-e1 J. Par
rot and say the same thing over and
over. Chaw me II I WILL"
"You want to be chawed now or when
you git back" asked Shagbark, pleas
antly. you git.'
Orlando got. He drew on a coat-he
wore only a pair of faded blue cotton
trousers and red wooden undershirt-
and shuff1ed from the boat. complaining
bitterly. In few minutes Alice. dress-
ed as she usually dressed. as If to rep
resent one Of the 1.-TWO Orphans" at tn q
worst period of their fortunes. came
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28

Police say he had all night to do tt
probably sandpapered his fingers to
make his touch keener and just turned
and turned until he felt the lock click
combination that way"
Shagbark's eyes twinkled.
These here Hintin & Horth men are
quite some jokers, amt they?' he said.
like that when they've just been rob
bed! When Is q. safe not a safe? This
Sims Tudd get much out Of the safe"
about twenty thousand dollars.
pearls. Can't you guess the answer to
the conundrum?'
"Oh, that" said shagbark. carelessly.
Yes. I guessed that right off. Any
that soon as he heard it. When is a
safe not a safer That's too dod-
whillixed easy. That amt what's both
erin me. What I'd like to know is why
they amt caught this Sims Tudd If they
"They know he did 1t. all right" said
Carney. But what's the answer to the
conundrum?"
teIl-its so easy" says shagbark. ut
would be sort of joke on me If I said
what the answer was-a mystery man
sivin' the answer to little. easy, abe
you dbn't know the answer" said
Carney. vteasingly. "If you don't I'm
going to give you a blow-off in the
Tocsin tonight. Mystery Man Baffledr
That sort Of thing
"Oh. dod-whix 1t! You wouldn't go
and do that. would you?" pleaded
shagbark. You wouldn't go and show
up poor old Teller that way, would
you?"
His eyes twinkled. He saw free ad-
vertising-headlines in the Tocsin.
Give me time" he pleaded wildly
I'm going to be here week RiyIn' nv
grand musical entertainment and ana
tomicaI lecture twice day. disposine
of Shagbark oil and Sha ozark liniment
to suffering humanity. Give me time!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28

to eat. even n I have to eat them raw
suggested to Mary that she can
the vegetables from her own garden.
but all ] got in the way of response
was: when you try to be funny you
succeed only in being pathetic"
Mary's garden. / am afraid. Is ten
der subject, which I'll have to steer
away from. When 1 laid off the back
yard she took over n small piece Of
it to cultivate herself. She was the
most impatient of war gardeners and
insisted on planting everything on her
list. without waiting for the ground to
warm up. If Capt. Thompson is cor
rect. practically everything she plant
Cd has rotted in the ground. Mary
refuses to believe 1t and is waiting
patiently for the appearance of the
first sprout. II those seeds do sprout,
after all. and the plants grow, ! see
where | am going to have to cat huge
slices Of humble pie.
Working the garden isn't going to
he near the hardship | thought at first
it would be My hands are getting
hardened and about all the soreness
has gone from my muscles. Mary was
right about the wheel hoe. ] am not
going to need One at all for my back
yard garden. and ] honestly believe l
already feel IA lot better for the eXer-
else I have had. / don't know that
I've reduced my weight my. but maybe
that will come later when the weather
gets warm and ! do lot of sweating.
AS a matter of fact. ] am beginning
to wish had more ground to work
And that reminds me Of IL proposal
Turner made the other evening. don't
really mean all these SANS take at
To- l1y-
a good neighbor and were hrst-rate
friends.
He scoffed at the war garden idea
when started in to spade up my
ground. hut when he did get the fever
he caught II in an acute form. lie pro-
posed the other day that he and | take
n vacant lot, have it ploWed and make
n rarden in partnership. Sharing OK
penses and work and dividing even on
the vegetables There are number OF
available lots in our neighhorhood and
one piece not far away which contains
about n quarter Of an acre ana which
we could get for II nominal rental
Turner thinks we ought to be able
to grow our winters supplies of pota-
toes and a lot of vegetables FOR can
ming. and make good pront III DONG
about II yet. for | know just how she
would look at 1t and ! want to have
some time to think it over before my
mind is made up for me. The only rea-
SOI IL NASH Deeu utClue" WIS
Is that Mrs. Turner is away on Il visit
and she and Mary haven't had an op-
portunity to talk it over.
In one way Turner's proposal is n
generous one. He's lot more sprightly
than l am and il we put in the same
hours in the partnership garden he
would be doing the bulk of the work.
Maybe IL we go into the larger garden
venture Mary will consent to that
wheel hoe.
TIE VAR GARDENER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28

from her room with her small valise
of infallib+e grease remover (common
brown soap cut in small cubes and
wrapped in paper) and followed Orlan-
do.
in his. guess that there was more mys-
terry connected with the burglary than
the conundrum proposed by Hinjin e
Horth. In an hour Alice returned. toss
ed her shabby hat on the small table in
the boats cabin and dropped her valise
in corner.
IT saw the chief of police, dad" she
said. II got him talking"
That's good. Allie"
The burglary was at night. like the
young man said when he was here. They
found a bar of iron that the burglar
used to pry off the iron bars at the
back window. and they found a saw and
a brace and bit. and a number of other
tools-small tools. He didn't have to
use the saw or the other things. He must
have had them in bag, the police say.
and he dumped them out to make room
for what he got out Of the safe"
What kind of saw"
"a small saw-a saw with point
The police say he must have thought
he might have to saw into something
like a partition. The brace and bit
were to start by making hole. and the
saws point was small enough to go in
the nOle anu tHeH Sd" Jul Go 60
necessary. But he didn't have to use
them. He pried the bars on"
"Old saw or new one. Allie.
II didn't see it, dad"
when you get chance, you see 1t.
You can't tell what counts in mys-
terry case See if the bit has been used,
Allie. Look at the point of the bit and
see II there's any sawdust sticking In
the screw part. Go on
The burglar was Sims Tudd," she
continued. "He was seen"
Seem Who saw him?"
"A boy. George Mertz Is his name.
He lives in a house half block east
of the jewelry store, facing on the next
street He was going fishing and
was getting an early start before
dawn He had his pole and bait-can
and came out the alleyway; and as he
was coming down the alley he saw
Sims Judd. with a bag in his hand.
climb out of the store window back
ward. He guessed Tudd was robbfng
the place, and he hid behind an ash
box, and then he ran and gave an
alarm"
who did he give it to-"
policeman Murphy. at the station
house on the corner-in the city hail, 1
should saw He woke him up, and Muir
phy ran and got a milkman who was
passing and a mill Waterman who was
coming home. They ran the way the
hoy told them Sims Tudd had gone.
It was getting light then. and when
they got to the river front here they
saw Sims Judd crossing the bridge.
Alice went to the window and looked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28
The Affronted "GaIIoper.".

CIR FREDERICK SMITH-"Galloper,"
~ as he is sometimes called in Eng
land-got into difficulty now and then dur
ing his American visit on account of his
fiery and chullient nature.
.'Galloper' Smith had an alteration
with an Irish-American lawyer at a trial
that he attended in New York. The alter
alton became very warm. Finally one
of the "GaIloper's" supporters said. with
a sheer and a toss of the head towards
the Irish-Americar:
Come away. Sir Frederick. Hemen-
Der your rank.
Remember, I'm what" roared Gals.
loper" Smith, fiercely.