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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
The Day In Davenport

Light Company AnsWered.-In
federal court yesterday City Attor-
ney Frank Betty filed an answer
to the petition of the Peoples Light
company in which the latter con-
Germ seeks to enjoin the city from
preventing an increase in~gas and
electric light rates. In his an
swer the city attorney denies that
the Peoples Light company is en-
titled to an increase in rates. In
substantiation of this denial he
files the corporation statements of
the company furnished the city as
SCISSORS office for the four years OF
1914, 1915, 1916, and 1917. Ac-
cOrdiug to these returns the com
pany made a profit Of 10 per cent
during the two-year period Of
1914-l915 and an s. per cent profit
during the following twO-year per-
iOd of 19l6-1917. 1t is further
claimed that the franchise granted
.the company in 1910 for a period Of
% years was a voluntary franchise
agreed to by both the city and the
company and that it should not
buCI GlOlC ne SGL sLGiuC ny LlC 0Oul L..
Big Onion YicId.-"The Pleasant
Valley onion fields viii yield from
400 to 600 bushels per acre this
season" declared Henry Brock
mann, local commission merchant,
yesterday. These onions are bring
ing 81 per hundred pounds on the
market. According to Mr.. Brock
mann, the onions this year are Of
excellent size and quality. He
places the Pleasant Valley output
at 400 cars, ranging from 250 to
$50 sacks per car. Each sack
holds 100 pounds.
Send Many LabOTers- Together
with the news that 1000 unsklled
labOrers are to be sent out of the
state Of Iowa for war work in
other parts of the country, comes
the news that this doubles the
quota to be sent out from Scott
county. Instead of l63 men who
were to be sent there will be fully
336 under the new orders. That
this viii effect the manufacturers
to a large eXtent'can easily be seen
and they are urged to report their
present needs as quickly as bossi-
bic to the United States labor bu-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
An7feuS.

As an expression OF sincere thanksgiving for de-
IIyerance from the immediate threat Of the German
army. the people Of Amiens on August Is, gathered
at a ceremonial which is described as one of the
most impressive that ever took place within the
walls Of the famous cathedral The altar was dec
GRATED with the flags Of France the United States
and Great Britain The war time congregations sat
between two great piles Of sand bags Mass was
celebrated by a single priest-a French soldier act
Ing as acoyte. The music furnished by a
porary organ. the choir consisting Of about dozen
soldiers Wounded soldiers, civilians and Red Cross
nurses made up the congregation. The simplicity
and makeshift character Of the ceremony, with gap
ing holes visible in the massive walls and many of
the beautiful windows broken, was singularly NOV
ing
Happily, though seriously damaged by shell
fire. the building has been maryelously preserved.
A1niens cathedral is one Of the most wonderful
houses of prayer in Europe. It IS rot only a mass
Of masonry, skiIIfulfy almost magnifcently fash
Toned, bur it is poem, sermon oration, and,
as John Ruskin terms it, "a veritable bible IN
stone" Built over 600 years ago it is still the
glory Of French Gothic art Is it any wonder that
from the very beginning Of the war the people Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
lBB5SsllIassAIklISIg E IAEl
BY WILLIAM BRADY I'D.

handful of saleratus (soda) in the
basin, gives relief A full tepid
bath, with half a pound Of soda IN
the tub, and a muslin bag OF bran
to make the water more demulcent,
is useful for general hives. Avoid
rubbing. Dry the body by patting
with cotton towels or sheet. Then
powder freely with cOrnstarch pow
der and get into bed between sheets.
A solution of menthol, 20 grains,
in alcohol, ounces and water,
ounces, may be applied for the
itching. Or l or 2 per cent or
phenol (carbolic acid) may be in
corporated in a calamine lotion:
Powdered calaminf III dram
Powdered zinc oxide . drains
GIyCefIh .......---. Il OuhCS
Lime water. ..........Z ounces
Rose water ...-......6 ounces
This lotion is to be sOpped on
with the fingers without friction,
as often as desired II itching is
excessive, add to the lotion from
cne-half dram to one dram Of phe-
mol (caTbolic acid).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
Looking After the President.

President wilson is back at his desk again aft
er brief respite from the exaetons attendant upon
his important office. A few days outing" states
the president did me a world OF good" Some idea
Of how the safety Of the chief executive Of the
ton is guarded lis revealed by the correspondent of
a Boston paper. who says: While the president
and Mrs Wilson drove along the shore or strolled
the beach and in the woods, they were accom-
panied az usual by secret service men. Less no
tfceabe and observed by bus few the played
by the navy, three branches Of which kept vigilant
watch over his safety. Marines pckeed the grounds
Of the house that he. occupied. The 'hydroplanes
searched adjacent waters and at little distance off
the coast two torpedo boat destroyers and a fleet
OF submarine chasers made sure that no unwelcome
craft ventured in" And adds this same writer:
THE pleasure and profit that the president had was
due largely to the secruson made possible by this
splendidly conceived and perfectly carried out sys
tenn OF guarding"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
Tried REGIMES.


Corn Flour Cake-One CUP sour
cream, half cup sugar, one and one
half cups corn -four, half cup barley
-four, one-quarter teaspoon each
cinnamon, cloves (ground), all
spice and nutmeg
Bran Bread - One cup barley
-four, one cup corn flour, one cup
bran, salt, one teaspoon soda. and
sour milk to make stiff dough. Bake
in moderate oven.
Baked Liver (from above manu)
Bring liver to a boil in water,
make d dressing of bread and line
baking dish, put in liver, cover
with dressing and bake until done
in moderate oven. Garnish with
chopped parsley. Serve hot.
Lemon Fluff 49, One-half cup of
pearl tapioca soaked in cold water
2 couple of hours. one cup of boil
ing water, juice of one lemon and
one-half cup of sugar. Cook tap.
i0ca in boiling water with sugar in
double boiler until thick, then add
the lemon juice and remove to cool.
When beginning to jell add beaten
white of egg and beat until light.
Set away ir icebox until ready to
serve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
I Household Hints

water, add the other ingredients
and mix thoroughly. Let rise three
hours in the bowl, then knead the
dough. Let rise until light. Form
into rolls or loaf, let rise again and
bake so minutes in moderate oven
When the corn meal is scaIded
the grain of the loaf is finer.
Rice Bread - One-half cup milk
tor milk and water, or water in
which rice has been boiled), one
teaspoon salt. one teaspoon fat, one
tablespoon sugar, one-half yeast
cake, oRe-half cup rice (before
cooking), two and one-haIf cups
wheat flour Make a sponge with
one-half cup water, the sugar, salt,
yeast, and one cup of the wheat
-four Let rise until light. Boil
rice in sailed water until tender,
drain and cool until lukewarm.
Add cooked rice (about two cups
and shortening to the light sponge.
Add wheat -four gradually and
knead the dough thoroughly. Let
rise until double in bulk, shape,
and let rise again until double in
bulk. Put into hot oven. bake
about so minutes, gradually Teduc-
ing heat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
How SEQ, 900, 900 Was Spent.

That the German government spent between
$15.00OO00 and $2000O,0O0 on plots and intrgues
this country in the years of 1915 and 1916 through
single channel, the office of Doctor Heinrich F.
Albert the commercial attache of the German en-
bassy is revealed for the first time in the latest
publication of the committee public information
The title of the pamphlet is German Plots and
Intrgues in the United States During the Period of
Our Neutrality" Its authors are Professor E. E.
Sperry of the University of Syracuse and Professor
Willis NJ West of the University of Minnesota
The story told by these official records as they
are painstakingly explained and interpreted is an
amazing one. 1t dots the "i's' and crosses the
is" to all our conceptions of official German
scrupuIousness effrontery and lying. 1t deals with
labor leaders corrupted. and strikes caused in mu
ntions plants by German influence; with the Ger
financing of the movement for an embargo on
munitions shipments; with the destruction of in
nocent merchant vessels by bombs planted in their
cargoes by German agents in American harbors;
with plots for the promotion of sabotage in the
United States and in Canada including the blowing
up of the Welland canal and the Canadian Pacific
railway; with the corruption of American opinion
through the agency Of German paid professors
newspapers and lecturers; with the forging pass
ports send German reservists abroad; with the
supply from American ports of German raiders at
sea; with German plots organized here in order to
cause revolt in India and in Ireland; with the pro-
duration of perjury and the shameless lying of
German government Perhaps history contains no
instance Of effrontery greater than the to
the American press, in December, 1915 of the fol
lowing official lie:
The German government has naturally never
knowingly accepted the support Of any person,
group of persons society organization seeking to
promote the of Germany in the United States
by illegal acts by counsel of violence by contra
vention Of law, or by any means whatever that
could offend the American people in the pride OF
their own authority"
Every line Of this pamphlet proves the falsity Of
this official German statement.
Among the Germans actively connected with plots
and intrigues in this country while enjoying hos
pitality were Ambassadors Bernstorff and Dumba;
attaches Papen, Boy-Ed and Albert; Franz Bopp,
German consul at San Francisco and Kurt Won Refs
WITT. consul at Chicago DR. Buenz and Paul Koenig
the Hamburg American steamship line
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
Hives.

Hives.
Hives, urticaria, nettferash, ortie,
or nesselsucht, IS usually an acute,
sometimes a chronic disorder Of the
skin characterized by the appear
ance OF irregular wheels or raised
welts resembling mosquito bites,
white or redeemed, and which
wheels are accompanied by vary
ing degrees of itching, burning,
tinghng or smarting. Attacks are
sometimes ushered in by constitu-
tional upset, such as mild feverish-
ness, loss of appetite, headache and
general tired feeling.
The causes Of urticaria are in
Vulnerable, yet all alike. Bites or
stings of mosquitoes, lice, heas,
bedbugs. gnats, wasps, bees and ca
terpillars. The wounds inflicted by
the jellyfi5h, the singing nettle
weed. and other low, mean forms
Of animal and plant life. Medi-
cines such as quinine, choral, ar
senic, salicyiic acid (including der
NATIVES such as ASPIRIN, SIENNA.
opium or morphine, various vac
cines, anutoxins. Foods such as
cheese, pork, sausage, lobster, cav
lar, strawberries, oatmeal, cucum-
beEs, mushrooms, honey. Bever-
ages such as coffee, beer, cham
payne. Finally, protein poison pro-
duced by bacterial life within the
body, such as infected tonsiIs, in
fected teeth, or pus collections rec
OgHized or concealed anywhere in
the body. The essential element in
the production of hives is in most
cases. some protein substance (ni-
trogenous materially to which the
individual is 'sensitized," that Is.
unduly susceptible.
The first principle in treatment
IS the removal of the cause. which
implies knowledge of the particu-
lar cause in q given case. NeXt. an
active cathartic is generally advis-
able, preferably a bottle of solution
OF magnesium citrate freshly pre-
pared by the druggist Then a sim
pie light diet, as of bread or crack
ers and milk, with or without a
little fruit for two days.
Gentle bathing, without friction.
with tepid water containing a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22

over at fever heat a ho helped
her into the wagon and they start
ed homeward. tie drove ul I'D SIC
lence until they reached ..e cres.
OF the hill which showed ahead ,o-
them, whiteued ana elar.tgl by Ine
beautiful moonlight landscape
that would have inspired aH amen
Orite.
Il want 20 tell you something.
Nellie" he said, iu low tende.
tones. "Only yesterday after wears
OF toll, and scrap.ue aHa atlns' !
paid the last dollar OF Indebtedness
on the home OF tine old folks
"Oh, Morton, 1 knew began
Nellie impetuously her eyes meet
ing his own deyuyadly. ~
THAT circumstances CompeiIel
me TO take you 30 thg party I'D W.
old worn clothes oh, INV Gear
and his tones vlbrarel with thIlA
and earncstness. Fl bless the la,t
There is not girl iu the worm
who would have had such laoAsnl
fuluess, SO sacrificing as Fou. AHs
YOU gave up gIrlish pride ter ms
And when your aunt finds she d'9
carded dress
Il viii tell her that love is
stronger than pride and vanity
And /, said Morton, with glow
ing face. start uut tomorrow lIe.
OF the cares OF deot, TO win Tor you
the best. the hrightes. that CEASE
less devotion can bring Dear "tf
tie heart, True little heart.
shall remember the sweet unstu,
6shness OF this glowing night az
the days Of my liie!"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Gallons on he Sole.

Please tell me what causes crack
ing and caIlousing of the soIes Of
the feet. The skin breaks open and
bleeds and causes much pain
MISS B. Y.
Answer 49, Cramped, too narrow,
too pointed, too far out-toeing lasts.
Paint the callous once daily with
a solution of 20 grains of saIicylic
acid in half an ounce of flexible
colodion, following prolonged hot
soaking OF the foot and thorough
drying.
TapowCrms Never Pair.
I recently succeeded in gettin g
rid of a tapeworm, head and all,
under the doctors care. A neigh
Dor now tells me that unless two
tapewOrns come away there is an
other in the bowel, for they go in
pairs.
Answer-The neighbor has tape
worms confused with tapirs, per
haps. Tapeworms are neither male
or female but hermaphrodite and
is not gregarious animals, so you
may rest easy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22

Breads.
Potato Bread - Cook and sieve
enough potatoes cold are best) to
measure one quart. Add the water
in which the potatoes were boiled
and two tablespoons corn syrup or
corn sugar. tThere should be one
quart OF potato water.D While still
hot, add one heaping cup of white
flour, beat with a slotted spoon till
very smooth, and when Iukewarm
add two cakes compressed yeast
dissolved in 0ne-quarter cup warm
water. Beat again till full of air
bubbles and set in a warm, draft
less place till light
Grind rolled oats to make three
cups and sCald them with one pint
of boiling milk or water. When
sponge is light, add the scaIded
oats, two tablespoons corn oil, one
and Cne-half tablespoons salt, one
cup warm water, and beat vigor-
ously.
In the mixing pan sift two sift-
eTs Of white -four and one sitter Of
barley -four and warm slightly.
Pour sponge in center and knead
until very stIH and elastic mass
is secured. II is highly important
to knead war bread sitter and
longer than white bread Il knead
from 25 to 80 minutes).
Put loaf in creased pan. grease
top well and raise in warm place.
When double in bulk. mold into
loayes and when light put into
cold oven gradually iucrpa EiDc~ tho
heat and bake at least 10 minutes
longer than white bread
BY putting bread into cold
oven one prevents that fattening
out Of the loayes and the conse-
quent sogginess.
Wheatlsss Bread-Four and one
quarter cups rye -four, one-half cup
corn meal, two tablespoons salt,
two cups water. one cake yeast.
Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
All At It..

EngIands grain crop this year will be the largest
since 1868 The harvesting is being done by sol
diers, school boys Of all grades, Boy scouts high
school girls, college pen and women, Belgian and
Serbian refugees, city cIerks-who giving up
their vacations TO do this work-and all interned
German prisoners This is something like co-opera-
ton in service
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22

Sir Julian Byng. the famous British generaly is
living up to the traditional use of his name, and
has been banging again" with vengeance The
four mile advance made yesterday, though not so
of itself is nevertheless of tremendous value
in being made in conjunction with that of the Anglo
French and points TO necessity the part of the
enemy of an immediate withdrawal from large sec
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
.Hoart, 0pHOmo
: :, *tlDPODCOn11C

cruelty. His life has not brought
him happiness since his mistake.
Dear Mrs. Thompson Some tlme
ago / got a pimple On my nose. the
kind with the yellow center. Z
opened it and squeezed il. and ever
since IL has left q small red uimDIe
there and II doesn't 20 away II
worries me very much to laluk Il
will stay there forever 10 You
know Of a remedy that viii make IL
disappear? WORRIED.
The electric needle will positively
remove the red scar left from The
pimpre. II you DO not wish 70 20
to this expense, get q lot.ot made
from - grains Of bOrie acid and
two. ounces of witch hazel ApDIy
this frequently and see if TO has any
effect. Massage viii aid consider
ably the passing Of the scar.
Dear Mrs Thompson; Should
girl thank a boy for paying her car
fare? II so. how should she thank
him, and how should she thank him
for a box Of candy or any favor
that he has done her such as &C.
companying hsr TO the train2
BILLIKEN.
II he has invited her 70 20 some
where it is not necessary 10 thank
him for paving the car fare. She.
should thank him for The Who'll.
evening by saying that II was very
pleasant. When receiving a box q
candy she should say, Thank you"
When she has been accompanied 70
the train she should say, 1T was
very kind Of you TO take me to the
train"
Dear Mrs. Thompson: DO you
think it is better TO wash the hair
every two weeks or TO put talcum
powder in it to take ont the oil2
THANK YOU.
1t is better to wash the hair Tai
cum powder causes daudruf.
In reply to Dorothy: Consult
the prosecuting attorney He will
advise you and see that You get
help. Certainly there is man in
the case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
ORDS AID
DIS o II ID S
WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

The world Will be made better,
Bye and bye.
1t will burst its every fetter,
Bye and bye.
Every crown viii be for sale,
Every Spectator fail,
Every profiteer in jail
Bye and bye.
Dalton, Ga, Citizen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22

Keep right on joining the Pershing patriots club.
There are plenty more War Savings stamps where
the others came from.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST

Bran Griddle Cakes Corn Syrup
Sliced Pears Bacon
LUNCHEON.
Peanut Butter Sandwiches
Potato Salad Lemon Custard
Cucumber Pickles Tea
DINNER.
Dreamed Potatoes Corn Flour Bread
Beet Salad Baked Liver
Peach Pie Coffee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22

Don't be content with doing your bit: rather say,
i am doing-or intend so TO do-my best"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22

roau, 229 Perry street, so that the
men they need can be secured be-
fore they are all shipped out.
Sheep Craze on IsIand.-Tha
population OF Suburban Island
soon will be 600 WOODY inhabitants.
Already there are 800 of them
all fat, hungry sheep
there. The number VIII be dou-
bled in an effort 90 clear the is
land OF weeds and uuderbrush The
sheep belong to Ira o. WetmQre.
New Mexico ranchman He will
bring the additional sheep hero
from Kirkland. H., within few
days.
Agents Watch Lcaiers -Dsyen-
ports bench warmers we're being
watched yesterday and diau know
it. A squad OF United States
agents visited poOlroOms, near beer
parlors, parks and every other
hangOut OF the lOabers, learned the
names of many and filed them for
future reference. The luaters will
be notified before long that they
are wanted by Uncle sam and will
be indicted into the service and
used in many cases as labJTers
The government arrived i'm baTen-
port late Tuesday night and depart
ed this morning. They stated they
were after men who were not in
cluded in the present draft age,
men over 81 who never work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
Marrlage Iicenscs.

Marriage Licenses.
William Leroy Lynch. oaFen-
port, ana Mabel Anna Graenal'
Davenport.
Elmer Strasser, Davenport and
Emma Schultz, Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22

(Sherrard, Ill, Bulletln).
n. c. LEM Of Duncan was in
town yesterday looking very much
ashamed of himself The east end
of his automobile. you know, lost
its temper the other day and kicked
its owner 50 earnestly that it
snapped a right arm bone.
WITH sugar so scarce and high
ly priced it seems reasonable that
the druggists viii experience a
heavy run on the sugar-coated pill.
EAST Moline Passes Ordinance
to Curb Bootlegging, - read a head
line, which strikes US as being
about as effective as adopting a
resolution in favor of making the
Mississippi flow upstream
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22
THINKING OF HIM.

When night brings quiet and
/ peace;
When the sun rises high in the
golden east,
! I think OF you.
When your country called you far
away;
When you laid down your life in
| sacrifice,
| That l and the world might live,
! I thought of you.
JOHN EDWIN.
/ Sir: I would like a little friendly
| advice in a very important matter
| important to both the nation and
| myself, In my business I have al
ways employed nothing but male
! help. Since the country has enter
| ed the war and work or fight edict
! been put into effect, l have given
the matter considerable thought
| I hOugh my business is not listed as
! q nOn-essential industry, and there
| fore no bar to male help, l realize
| that there is not a job in my place
| of business that woman or giTl
! could not hold down. After cOnsid-
| erinG the matter from all angles
/ l arrived at the conclusion that !
could do my country a good turn
/ by hiring girls and women and re
| leasing my male help for work
/ where they would be of mOre value
to the nation in prosecution Of the
| war Well, sir, when l reached
that conclusion I preached it to
my wife, and strange as it may
| seem she could not see the wisdom
Of my proposal and could not be-
lieve that my plan was prompted
by patriotism alone. In fact she
remarked that "she could not un-
derstand how it was going to help
the war any for me to be down at
my place of business all day with
a crowd OF women and girls" Ar
! Gument on my part having proven
futile, I have therefore called for
I your assistance. NJ L. o.
Answer Wen refer your case to
Provost Marshal General Crowder
and feel safe in saying that if he's
married he will understand your
position perfectly.
NJ. STAHL submits a single
acrOstic composed of various things
| that when put together form the
supreme crime. The acrostic fol-
! lows:
Bel @ ium
Edith Cav E II
r eims
Sub NJ arines
Lusit A MIA
Fra y &c
The K aiser
Kr L PIP
L ouvain
Won T irpitz
L L dendOrff
Won Hindenbu r
AT last we've found an explana-
tion for the shortage of school
teachers. The editor Of the Mont
gOmery, Mo, Herald gives it. He
SAYS:
Many Of the men teachers have
been drafted and the lady teacher
does not know how to say no when
some old codger asks her to share
his lot. Hence the shortage"
Yes, They Are Needed These Sum-
mer Evenings.
Cameron, Kan, Observer.
Wanted Several more squirrels
for the park
COMMENTING on the article the
food administration is sending out
which is headed, Keep Bread in
The Ice Box" s. T. Il. says we NAV
expect to be advised next TO keen
the sugar in the pepper box" Well.
S. T. r., in view of the amount Of
sugar we are getting now we hard
" think il would crowd tde pepper
box very much.
WE may expect a larger number
Of wounded in action" In the cas-
ualty list in a few days for we no
ticed yesterday the allies
GOT Cuts from the Germans.
o. ID. K.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-22

Come in here, you Byng, you SOUND good to US