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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-08-18

Ademas- el mismo deereto modif:-
cs. casi en- un ci2cuenta por ciento.
los impuestos decretados sobTe los
fundoS petroliferos, pues que senala
IN impuesto de tres pesos por ceds
hectara o fraccion, en- vez de circo
pesos que senalgba el decreto lei mes
de fe5Tero del corriente ano.
Estas modificaciones faeron acor-
dadas, por 10 den1aS. en- lss confecen-
cias que celebraron los represant ,aics
de las mas podsrcsas companies pe
trollferas ar1ericanas con los cncar-
gados &c las Secretaries Ge Haclen-
da ' Conlsrcio Industrial. modlf;ca-
clones que estos aceptaron en- 10 a0-
soiuJo.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-08-18

FL propjo alto m!jjtGr intcr-
mo qve n sit4aci6n de Russia eS
may mald. q cuwsu de 10 COM
plejidod dc los Gsuntos de aq'te-
Nn nnc;6n, 2 que no ha6ia mn
cha oportttnidGd dc restGblccer
el trentc oriental, POI Ell ercesi-
30 n,imero DC hombres qwe tGi
me6idu hGric necesorioS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-08-18

(! General .HGrch. JeJc del
EstGdo Mayor del Ejsrcito .Ame
ricano. ifJormo hoy al Comitc
Nilitar del Seaud9. que los ES-
taGos EuiGoS t;sne71 M ejercjto
&c 1rGs de 100000 de hombres.
dc los cuGicS. l.450,000 Sc ha-
Uqn en EtropG. n l,550.090 per
manecen en Jos difereates dcGn-
tonGmientoS de! pcis.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-08-18
I.IBR0S EN- ESPANOL

Compre usted sus libros Ell esps-
mol la Casa Editorial Lozano, 1lS
\. Santa Rosa Ave-, San Antonio,
Tex. Is Ia mas barata-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-08-18

We guarantee LA PRENSA has
a larger circulation than any other
Mexican newspaper in the United
States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

when you get going finally at about
the fourth try some sargent always
comes in with list and makes you
check up something.
Sometimes | go over to the Y. NJ.
c. A, MabIe. But as soon as you
get ritin q bald headed feIlo jumps
up an says Now fellos well all
sing" All the felios whats ritin
looks up an says Jaw one thing
and another" l don't know who
the bald headed fellO is. They. got
one in every Y NJ. c. A They all
look about alike. / guess there
regular issue. Theys always a
bunch of felIos what don't seem to
kno why they came. They all start
singin. Then l cant rite no more
or do Qothin. So I. come home an
go to bed. Independent. That's me
all over, Mable
Most of the taxis IS swallowed uD
in the mud. Theys only two or
three Tunnin now. Only the big
strong fellos can get to town. The
cook says its the old theory of the
arrival of the ffttest. But I guess
you don't know nothln about cience,
MabIe. When l go to town I wrap
ny blOuze in a newspaper. If they
know your goin they give you a
list of things to get that looks like
q Chinese Message to Congress. By
the time you go to come home you
go so many bundles you look like
one of those fellos in the Funny
Papers. Everyone stands in the
square looking like a hat rack
waitin for the three taxis to come
along. When they see one they
rush it like they do in the movies
when the milunares cars runs over
the poor felIos kid. IF gofn over the
top is any worse than gettin under
the top of one of them things with
fifty bundles an as many fellos then
Sherman didn't know many swear
words, eh Mable? But that's his
tory. l guess you wouldn't under
stand.
And then when you get home
without a bath or a hair cut or the
movies or nothin, an you forgot to
get that Shawn soap for yourself
an spent all your money they say
Thanks Bill. Fut it over there.
Can you change ten dollar bill?''
There ought to be a law against
maxim money in such big numbers.
I'm glad you've taken up singin
lessons again. You ought TO take
= lot of EN-. I got a favor to ask.
[ don't dosthat often. Proud. That's
me all over. But if that fello Brog-
gins keeDs bUttin round sing for
him Mable II amt askin much
with me down here defendjn YOU.
AlthoUgh I don't see why I had to
come down here to co It.
Yours internally.
BILL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20
With Other Editors
Keeping the Home Too Neat.

The eight-year old boy came into the house and
little piece of drifed off his shoe on to rug
But mother didn't for a slipper for some other
spanking apparatus.
Father came home. put on his slippers but didn't
put his shoes in the particular place where he is
supposed to keep them when he isn't wearing them
But mother did not start in to give him verbal
flashing.
In came the six -year-old daughter and cut up
paper into little strips and few of these
strips fall to the parlor rug. But mother didn't
send the little daughter to bed as punishment for
this
After ALL this mother who runs this household,
must be a pretty sensible mother after ALI The
neighbors knew her as a woman who takes good care
of her children, who makes home comfortable for
dad who works in factory office, who keeps the
house looking neat but who doesn't spend all of her
waking hours down her knees wping little specks
of dust off of her hardwood floors
We don't need to mention the other kind of a good
housekeeper'-the woman who never allows a piece
of mud to get into her house. who makes her hus-
band toe the mark in everything who never lets the
children cut pictures out of the paper because they
might let little piece of paper get on to the rug
But if our experience has taught anything the
woman who is over-careful about keeping the house
clean is apt to keep things spc-andspan that
home will hardly be home at adjust a kind of
neat well kept building where people have to sit
up straight and be careful they will not break
of the many house rules.
1t is fine to be good hOuse-keeper. Few people
are more rare. But we would venture the sugges-
ton that there dear, good women in this
world who try to keep things clean and shiny at
home that the eightyear- boy would almost
stay out in the street; the sx-year-od daughter
would almost rather play at the neighbor's-and
father would almost rather stay town at night
and play cards at the club
Just a little suggestion, of course.
Keep the home clean and neat? Of course! Just
as clean and neat as 1t is possible to keep it
But Just keep IN mind, Mrs. Housekeeper that
maybe It would pay to compromise little dust
or disorder-if you would make pa and the kids
think that home is neutrality-suspicious. place 10
i've ine-Peoria Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

ruined." Then there Is nothing do but begin life
all overland at a time when earning capacity has
begun to ebb and the way Is thornier than ever be-
fore.
Whatever the temptation may have been in tho
past to do this thing, there is for it
Hundreds OF thousands of experienced publicity and
investment have been at work for nearly two
years, under the authority of the American govern
ment educating millions people the fine of
safe investing 1t is undoubtedly the that
people saving money today than before in
all the history Of the world And more of the people
interested in the proper handling of their savings
accumuations- Literally millions have been taught
to buy government bonds, and they have learned to
buy thrift and savings stamps the best pos
sible way prevent the of fugitive quarters
and dimes.
The government will offer another chance to get
in the ground floor" during the spring when the
fifth liberty offered money will be spent
to pay the cost of maintaining restoring
homes the valiant soldiers who have for America
the worlds greatest victory. The bills must be paid
and the American people must pay them.
From the thrift and savings" viewpoint the fifth
Liberty loan will be as good as, better than
the previous Liberty loans. 1t is likely to have
shorter maturity and that will enable the holder to
obtain generous income while he holds them and
gets his principle back, with a handsome apprecia-
ton during the coming period of activity and
prosperity.
If anything goes up in value" Liberty bonds
y will The to get the benefit of such advances
in value is to buy the coming fifth Liberty bonds.
To buy them when they offered everybody
should begin saving up now.
Set aside all the money you can spare out of your
and have it in your savings the initial
payment fifth Liberty bonds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20
Peace Guarantees.

The ideal league otsnatiOns would be one 80 com
prehensive in its outlines that single unit and no
group Of units cemented together by racial charac-
teristics or other common interests dominate it
It may be that the world is not yet ready to go so
far but that is no reason for failing take the first
steps now. The worst that come OF such an eff
fort is bound to be infinitely better than what there
was before.
Permanent peace may not be guaranteed by the
establishment Of democratic government among all
first class powers but there is good ground for the
hope that it will make general conflicts practically
impossible The most substantial reason for this
faith lies in the Discrimination that free people nat
uraIIy viii manifest to itself for the expensive
machinery that is necessary aggressive war
fare The voters themselves will attend to the limi-
tation of armaments if they given free hand.
If the coming conference at Versailles does no
more than create the machinery for publicity of all
international dealings and for periodical investga-
ton and publishing Of the military and naval re-
sources Of every political unit it will have taken
long step in the right direction. Deprived of the adj
vantage Of surprise it is most unlikely that any
people however powerful, ever will undertake to i'm
pose its will upon the world or any considerable part
Of it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20
l Eg[Es "a lAIEST III TAkLldH0
BY WlLLlAn1 BRADY nd.
NOTED PHYSICIAN

the stagnant food would ferment
more or less, because the stomach
and intestine swarm with all kinds
of bacteria which produce fermen-
tation; the fermentation of certain
kinds of foods inevitably produces
acids such as Tactic acid (from su-
CARS or starches), butyric, acetic
and other organic acids. So there
you nave "acidity" and sour stom-
ach" the same as ever
In practice, I make no bones of
It, have done a great amount of
guessing on this point, when pa
tients SHE'D from the stomach tube.
have shut my eyes and muttered.
IT'S, faint, tbs, faint, tbs, faint" till
got tired, and if it happened at
tbs twas excessive hydrochloric.
and if at faint, 'twasn't. No doctor
could do better The patient Mad a
$3.50 chance OF being treated for
what allied him.
In print I do no such guessing
because l am not paid for guess
work in print.
And so IT happens that when a
reader writes and complains OF
bad case Of stomach trouble, with
no confidence in these doctors
around here, and various other
sym ptoms. I can only advise him.
IN the kindly sympathetic way for
which ! am famous, 10 consult a
physician.
4 sour stomach" Is sad afflic-
uon because you never can know
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20
Need of Protecting Mothers.

One Of the labor problems now most important in
view OF the constantly increasing number of women
in industry is how to safeguard the mothers of small
children that the family shall not suffer from the
wage-earning employment which takes away the
home-keeper from her usual duties Ever since its
establishment the childrens bureau has taken cog
nizance of this most important question touching
enlarged field Of work opened by the war. In her
report for the fiscal year ended June 80 1917 Miss
Julia LathrOp, chief of the bureau, said:
The understanding is growing in the
United States that permanent success in re-
ducing infant mortality can be achieved only
in connection with the protection of mothers
The infant mortality studies of the childrens
bureau show that adequate income earned
by the father Of family is a sine qua non Of
safety for babies. It's studies indicate also the
injurious effect upon infant life when women
are obliged TO leave young babies and go to
work and when they are obliged to work i'm
mediateIy before the birth of their children
Laws to prevent such work are only an appar-
ent remedy. They do not prove enforceable in
practice. and the forbidding Of a WON
ans earning money TO exc out an existence
may simply condemn her and her family to
greater privaton
with the economic aspects of this great matter
he bureau is empowered to do no more than to point
put the persistent coincidence fathers low earn
ags and high infant death rates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20
Acidity.


A certain quantity of hydrochloric
acid (muriatic acid) is secreted in
the stomach in the natural process
of digestion This acid swells and
softens albumin and proteid such
as the white of egg, the lean OF
meat. etc, thus aiding in the diges-
ton and absorption of the food In
various disease conditions the by
drOchloric acid of digestion is in
sufficient or sometimes absent, and
in other conditions it may be pres
ent in excessive quantities.
Neither from the symptoms the
patient experiences nor from any
other method of examination short
of chemical analysis of the gastric
juice obtained by stomach tube
after the ingestion of a test meal, is
it possible to determine in a given
case whether there is too much or
too little hydrochIoric acid present.
This applies particularly to cases
of stomach trouble in which acid
ity" or "sourness" is a chief COM
plant.
Suppose the hydrochloric acid
were greatly diminished or practic-
ally absent. as happens, for IN
stance, in many cases Of cancer OF
the stomach and in certain diseases
OF the nervous system. Would the
patient suffer from "acidity" or
"sourness" Very likely he would.
The absence of The normal acid Of
digestion would delay digestion;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

Dere Mable:
! l would have rote sooner but l
had such a cold couldn't say moth
| in for most a weak.
! Well Mable, we ct all the food
! like the cook said but We amt in
| France yet. / guess he amt got as
many brains as he said he had.
Everyone is sore at him cause we
didn't kick at none of his food for
more than q weak thinkin that when
wed ct it all wed go away. He
thinks its funny an says DO youse
guys think this war is q Cooks tour %
l hate fellos what tries to get out
OF things by bein smart.
Everythings covered with mud
incIudin me. I seem to attract mud
like I was a naggOt, Mable. Yes
terday l spent all the afternoon
shinin up for guard SOS to be the
Colonies orderly. Then I step out
Of the tent and fui. The sargent
says, Smith don't you know enuff
not to go on guard loOkin like
that?"
I even got mud in my hair. Max
GIUcOs says when, ne combs his its
like rakin out a garden. From what
seen OF him though 1 don't see
how he found out
It's pourin rain an awful cold. It's
so cold that the tooth past rolls
right often your brush in the morn
ing. The Captin has a cold in his
nose He says he wont take the
men out in such bad wether as to-
day. faint nothin against him
Mable but 1 hope he has a cold all
winter
There's a hole in the tent over
my cot where the water comes
through on me put a sHcker
over me last mite The water made
puddIes in it. Then when I turned
over they split out into my shoes.
This had me guessin Mable till fin
ally I put Max Glucose shoes there
instead of mine. Angus Mackenzie
had 50 many holes over his cot that
it looked like one of those safety
fire sprinklers. He got up last mite
and rugged his shelter half SOS the
water hit it an run down onto the
next cot. Hes a brite fello, Angus,
even if he is fOrener.
The other day he mad some mede-
cine for a cold. 1t says on the bot
tie that it was II per cent alcohol
He drank the whole thing right
down SOS nobody couldn't get hold
of it. 1t made him awful sick but
he says that's because he isn't used
o It for such a long time Me and
hims goin down next week to put
in a stock of tonics.
It's awful hard to lite letters, Ma
Bile. Somebody's always fallin over
your feet or draggin something wet
over the paper if you've got a cot
near the door like mine is. And
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20
Buy Fifth Liberty Bonds and Be Safe.

Buy Fifth Liberty Bonds and Be Safe
About the saddest thing in the world is to under
70 sefdenial for years, 70 save money and then to
the rainy day fund" wiped by the failure Of
R-na wild cat" scheme
This happens every Gay. widows and hard
Forkiug men are creduIoas. They listen to the oily
promises Of get rich quick" promoters and hard
Eer their savings to slick statesmen with blue sky"
eourit-es promising impossible profits.
and when use bolt falls out Of the clear sky the
ti!ful savings Of years disappear in an 4nstant.
The Bonanza PATROL company has gone up We are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

From the number Of foreign potentates who are
anxious for word with the president while he is in
Europe it is evident that the open season for ak
grinding hand. Mr.. Wilson will have the oppor-
tunity, if he wishes to embrace it, to become the
champion grinder for all time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

Abolition of compulsory military service in Eu-
rope Will be step toward lasting peace. provided
the educational feature of army training is substitut
ed in some other way. Democratic government, as
we know it, will fit the average ignorant peasant
about well his blouse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

The war has brought a crop Of new holidays that
free nations everywhere will feel bound observe
but it also has reIeeated of royal birthdays TO
the scrap heap, so the net result will be about the
same.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

= It is most cousderate Of Pacific coast workers
'Geri1g to cut their working day to six hours TO
make sure there is employment for all during the
reconstruction period However If everybody who
able bodied Will undertake to do whatever comes
TO hand it is safe to predict that there will be no
Unemployment in this country for many months
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

The.navy will have 100000 Jobs open next year on
our merchant marine. Those who have hank
ering for the in more danger of lacking
employment than the men who know how to farm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

Most likely the Cedar Rapids street railway COM
pany was as surprised anyone when the votes
counted and it was found that the people had ap-
proved Of scent fares.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

Don't overlook the fact that there are two plausi-
bic explanations of the sudden change from dark to
gray the color of William Hohenzoern's hair and
mustache
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

Lotion for Itching.
Would you be kind enough TO give
a formula for q lotion or other ap-
pIication to relieve intense itching
of the skin in children subject to
attacks of hives. MRS. +. L.
Answer
Powdered calamine,
Powdered zinc oxide, of each y
ounce
Glycerin,
.Borax. OF each drains
Lime water, enough 10 make
s ounces.
Shake thoroughly and apply by
daubing on with hand. Withou, rub
bling. II itching IS intense one dram
Of phenol fcarbolic acid1 may be
,dded 10 the formula,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20

Short days have their disadvantages for Christ
ma shopping, but they better, that, than a
short purse
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20
Lotion for Itching.

how serious It is till you find out
what ails you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-20
,SFCFI0N TWOJ

(SECEI0N TWO.)
Tho following casualties ~ ~
been reported by the commanalIs
general OF the American Ehps1
tlonary Forces; Killed IN acton,
died OF WOUNDS. IS; died OF aecia ,.l
and other causes, "a. died OF l
ease, ZIG; wounded severely, So
wounded, degree undetermined, ~,
wounded slightly. 1,i34; missing 10
action, rs. Total. 27li
Killed IN Action.
LIETTE,NANI.
Henry n. Russell, Mashihs''A'
Iowa
CHARLES l.. FtLMEk; ~ ~
Thirtieth street, Rock lSiand' IT,
MECHANIC.
Clarence ". Priebc Chicago.
PRfVATES.
Roy II Null. Springfield, W..
Anton A. Fincel. Dubuque love
Died Of Disease.
LIEUTENANTS. ~
Frank L. Crofoot, Charles ''"'
Iowa.
Myron A, Kenny. chicago
Richard r Munzer. Chicago.
MECHANIC.
Frederick A. Taylor, Oah fa'N'
Ill
COOK.
CARR I'D n Mentzer. CaheFyt H.
PRIVATFS
Henry O. Bernard7 p'eo'''
Iowa r
Alex Custls. Chicago Weights
Fred Hermann. Jr pelham. l1N-
James H. Joseph Hopkins''"'
Iowa
Frank A HavN F'Wt Iowa
Ledru II. Hendrix. L-tt7, lows
Continued on Page seyenteen4
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-12
MUSIC For TYPISTS.

Typing to music is the latest thing
in summer school experiments. Ac-
tcording to report it has been tried
out in the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege. 1t has been found that begin
ners take to the musical accompani-
ment readily, and that the rhythm
of the music helps them more quick
" to acquire an even touch. II 4
good march is played in a room full
of beginners typewriting at various
speeds, a definite rhythm soon be-
comes apparent and before long the
keys are all being tapped at uni
form rate. II the rate OF tapping
keys is more evenly distributed
among the fingers the ultimate
speed is helped.
Somehow or other it sounds like
a lot of extra fuss to acquire a skill
that would come soon enough any
how with regular practice and care.
And suppose typists become SO ac-
customed to the lively march music
that they cannot do their work with
out it. Must every office hereafter
be supplied with a music box OF
some sort?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-12
PARIS REMAINS GAY
DESPITE RAVAGES TO
LA BELLE FRANCE

Paris, Aug. 12-(Correspondence
of The Associated Press. Paris is
OF course not the old gar Paree" of
peace time, but it has suffered sir
prisingly little from the war when
other cities and countries are con-
sidered. Pretty nearly everything
one needs to live is still available,
though in restricted and reduced
measure.
Probably no one but Parisians
themselves has been able to keep
track Of the DEGREES and regulations
governing food and other consump-
ton. Americans may be interested
to know just how their allies in the
great capital-and many country
men too-are faring these days.
Here is list of the restrictions:
Meat may not be purchased or
eaten on three days in the week,
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday.
Not more than 200 CRANE two
fifths of a pound) may be purchased
on Tuesday so there can be no
boarding, and not more than 100
grams may be served in restaurant
on Tuesday.
Bread is limited to 800 grams
(three-fifths of pound) daily for
all people between the ages OF Is
and 90. An additional allowance OF
100 grams a day is made to manual
laborers and women in delicate
health. Persons over % receive but
200 grams daily.
Flour, pastry and cakes-would
be purchasers of flour are entitled
TO half the amount of flour allowed
them in bread form, i. e. $50 grams
day, if they are willing to go with
out bread entirely. Pastry and
cakes are forbidden.
Sugar is limited to one pound per
month. and half a pound to persons
over 90.
Coal for families OF one, two or
three persons, l20 kilos (2.20 lbs.)
monthly; families OF four or five
persons. $50 kilos; OF six or more
persons, $50 kilos.
The gas consumption likewise has
been considerably cut down, so that
he who in 1918 used two cubic me-
tiers a day may now only use IL
meters. Similarity with electricity.
Petrol, otherwise kerosene, and
gasoline for illumination, are per-
mitted in the following quantities:
Two quarts a month to persons who
have no gas in their homes; five
quarts a month for those who cook
exclusively with kerosene.