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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04
FOE sALE-MIsCFLLANEOrs

DRESS; medium size; beautiful. pur
BE Wool Jersey, like new; ,hl alf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04
WANTED-TO RENT.

WANTED-TO RENT.
HOUSE; moder1f not less than six
rooms; in desirable location. can
r l. 3954-L.
BY man and wife. without children;
one large or two small rooms for
light housekeeping; modern house;
light, bath, etc. Address w. H,
care Argus.
ROOMS or apartment, for light
housek eping. A D. Hermann. \.
M. G A secretary, or phone r. IL
360S-L
modern house or bun
saloW"; to : rooms: by family or )
adults; willing to pay good rent
for a place owner desires should
be well taken care of; references
given. Address &C. c." care Argus.
HOUSE; s to II rooms; ror rooming
purposes. Call phones R. /. 246l
or Moline GIL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

MARE, black; seven years old: gen.
tie. CITY hroke. SOS ELflh aXrmue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

THE stated cOnclaVes % rock lslaHa
commauucTS NO 30. INHlailts lt.H-
Comma nueIs :. l. mickey, resul4-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

and buggy; inquire 1877
Thirty-nfth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

CARBON Black: 500; at s115. phone
Dav. S26
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

HEATER; SOFT coal; 1870 Tweifth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

CHICkE EMS: alive or dressed: 1903
Seventeenth street Phone 4g27-&.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

FORD; with Commercial body. used
Eve months: $50 MINI street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04

DUPLEX building; strictly modern;
built six years. good investment
for rental or home: convenient to
Arsenal, Tractor and Augustine;
building. Address Duplex" care
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20

FOR SALE-Ladies IA karat gold
watcl,-full jeweled Movement guar
anteed.-Apply this office.-adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20
POLITICAL HONESTY
AND EFFICIENCY

few remarks on Political Honesty
and Efficiency. So Governor Riggs has
removed a couple Of, supposedly, DEM
ccratic officials because of their sup
port OF Judge Wickersham; we'll if
they were guilty of "Pernicious activ
ity in politics" while holding offices
requiring unbiased public service the
Governor was right in removing them
but it is doubtful if they have been
more fragrant in their disregard of the
proper department of a public official
Liberty Day speech in Ketchikan, at
the time of his inauguration-an &C.
casion supposedly entirely non-polit-
ical-he betrayed his allegiance to
machine politics and poor judgment
as well, by introducing little effort
at electioneering for C. A. Sulzer,
who the people of this locality know,
politically and otherwise, much bet
ter than he does.
IT is to be hoped that Governor
Riggs will be what he promised, "a
governor for all the people of Alaska
regardless of political creed" and we
would suggest that one Of the most
popular and needful acts at the pres
ent time, is to remove every official
within his power-not Republicans
alone, but regardless of party affilia
tion-who are employing the public
money, influence and prestige, time
and every known method of the ward
heeling politician, for wholly, politi-
cal purposes. 1t is doubtful if there
has ever been time in Alaska when
Federal officials, who are supposed to
conduct their respective offices eff
GENTLY and with absolute fairness, and
to abstain from political activity, have
been so perniciously active in the
political game, as during the present
administration. Such conduct makes
for inefficiency and corruption in pol
itics. When officials should be safe
guarding the public welfare they stop
to consider what effect it will have
upon party support, and as election
time approaches they compromise
themselves with the lawless for their
votes. Such methods may perpetuate
the supremacy of the Democratic
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20
party; it depends upon who controls
less or the lava biding.-JUSTICE.

Miss Belle Rose McGibney of Met
lakatla, Alaska, and Mr.. Esler T.
Tomb of this city were married July
80 at the home of the groom, 1915 18th
Ave. N. Relatives and friends wit
messed the service which was read by
Rev. M. Slater. The bride wore a
white satin gown with drapery of
Georgette crepe. The tulle veil was
held in place wit horange blossoms
She carried a shower bouquet of bride
roses, sweet peas and gypsophilia.
Miss Helen Tomb, maid of hoor, was
gowned in yellow Georgette crepe
over satin, and carried pink roses and
sweet peas. The bride was given in
marriage by her mother, Mrs. Harry
Watson of Ketchikan, Alaska, who
came south for the wedding.
The ceremony took place under a
floral bell and an American flag. A
dinner followed, the table being dain-
ty in pink roses and sweet peas. Mr..
and Mrs. Tomb are at home at 1915
18th Ave, N.-Seattle Times.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20
MERRY NEWSPAPER
WAR IS ON IN JAPAN

Captain w. Dixon -Hopcraft, R. N. A.
commander of the Empress of Japan
brings news of diverting newspaper
war which was raging in Japan when
his vessel left that country. The war
is between the Kobe Chronicle and
the Kobe Herald, English journals
published at the Japanese port. 1t
started over the following lad" which
appeared in the Kobe Chronicle on
July IS:
German Lessons.
German gentlemen desires to give
lessons in German. Holds permit from
the Japanese authorities. Hours ar
ranged to suit convenience of learn
ers. Address Box 447, care of Chron-
icle Office.
The next day the Kobe Herald ran
the following advertisement:
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20
HUNS USE new
TRICKS TO Kill.
FRENCH CIVILIANS

PARIS, July 24.-(By MaiD-Cap.
tain Robert Soubiran, one of the clev-
crest and most daring of aviators of
the old Lafayette Escadrille, now in
American uniform, declares that Ger.
man aviators are using new tactics
in their night bombardments of cities
near the front.
when the enemy escadrille comes
it flies across the town or the objec-
tive-cantonment, railroad station or
hospital-and drops several incendi-
airy bombs" said Captain Sourbiran
to-day.
after making a tour of the town
or attacking a second objective they
return to where they have dropped
their incendiary bombs. Usually at
the end of ten minutes after the fires
have been started by these bombs the
local fire department is on the JOB
Many people gather, believing the
danger is past.
while they are watching the fire
men extinguish the flames the Ger
man bombardiers, flying low, drop
quantities of little bombs, weighing
about a pound each, and which they
call 'fliegermaus.'
1.-THE German aviators cut off their
motors and what noise they do make
is ually drowned in the roaring and
cracking of the flames. The blaze
gives them good light to work by and
sometimes they succeed in killing
many children, women and aged men
all civilians and non-combatants.
However, that's what we expect of
Them" declared Soubiran, land soon
they'll be getting large doses of their
own medicine from allied aviators.'
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20
DISEASE AND BATTLE N ORTALITY COMPARED
IN PRESENT AND Pre- vI0US AMERICAN WARS

The official bulletin OF August s,
shows the mortalities from diseases
and battles in the following as COM
pared with previous wars.
In the Mexican war, more than sew
en- American soldiers died Of disease
to every soldier in battle. Eleven in
every hundred fell victims to imper-
feet sanitation.
In the armies of the North during
the Civil War the battle mortality in
creased more than 100 per cent over
the Mexican War average, while the
mortality from disease was reduced
nearly IS per cent; but the disease
mortality was still nearly double the
battle mortality.
The Spanish-American War witness
ed a reversal of the downward curve,
with more than five deaths of disease
to each death in battle.
But during the first 10 months of
American participation in the present
war the records of the American Elk
peditionary Forces show an exact par
ity between battle mortality and dis
ease mortality, with combined NOR
tally which, if projected throughout
a year, would be only little more
than half of the battle mortality and
less than third of the disease NOR
tality of the Civil War.
Tho Present War Shows Further
in connection with the casualties
among the American Expeditionary
Forces in the Marne-Aisne offensive, it
should be stated, upon the basis of the
off cially attested experience of our
associates during four years Of this
war, that of wounded soldiers sent to
hospitals for treatment fewer than /
in 20 die.
OF all the soldiers sent to the hospi-
tails only As in every 1000 die. These
include those who die of disease as
we'll as those who die of wounds. OF
all soldiers wounded in action more
than four-fifths return to service,
many of them in less than two months.
1t is necessary to discharge for ply
steal disability only 14.5 per cent.
These figures are based on an aver
age of both British and French official
figures, including both officers and
men. The two are averaged together
since the American troops are fight
ing with both the French and British
under conditions which vary. They
show:
Returned to service S1.0% or $40 per
1000
Discharged from service because of
physical disability or other causes
1850 or 145 per 1000.
Died from wounds 1870 or As per
1000.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20

livered cost to him, and the retailer
at not more than $1.20 over the price
which he pays for the flour"
The aforementioned were named
through error The whole statement
was intended as covering sales by
mills only, and not sales by iobbers of
retailers.
The margin allowed mills ON sales
of less than carload is so cents per
barrel to dealers, bakers, etc. mot
de!ivered) and $1.20 per barrel to &C
tual consumers, over each mills car
load fair price schedule
The margins allowed jobbers who
are not millers remain unchanged,
namely, so cents to Is cents per barrel
in selling to retailers. who in turn
are allowed margins of so cents to
$50 per barrel over the cost to them.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20
MAxIMUM PROFITS
ALLOWED TO JOBBERS
IN wheat FLOUR

The Food Administration authorizes
the following:
A misapprehension as to the maxi
mum profits ON wheat -four permitted
to jcbters has arisen from a para
graph in Press Release No. 1898, dated
July %, which was published in The
Official Bulletin, page 3, on July 25.
1918:
This paragraph reads as follows:
"A jobber is required to sell at not
more than % to so cents over the de-
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20
KULTURE LESSONS.

Gentle outcast desires to give les
sons in the arts OF kulture, expounding
the most approved method Of murder,
rape, pillage, piracy, the sinking Of
hospital ships and the bombing of
hospitals. Holding permit from the
Berlin Butcher-Vancouve Province
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20
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Ketchikan. Alaska Auq & 10

Ketchikan, Alaska, Aug. 8, 1918
To all whom it may concern:
Take notice that on and after the
above date l, the undersigned will not
he responsible for any debts con-
trac;ad by any one in my employe or
otherwise.-adv IT,
W. J. SULLY.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20

FOR SALE OR CHARTER-halibut
beat "Vivian." Al If it. draft, 25
II. . Standard Engine.
Also the scow Elliott" for sale or
charter, 75x20, House g. 10, G. M.
SCOTT, Stedman Hotel, city-tf
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20

FOR SALE-Eight ton boat, suita-
BILE for halibut or trolling, fully equip
ped y h. p. Scripps. Inquire for own
er at this office.-adv l m p.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20
NOTICE OF MEETING

Alaska Labor Union Number Five
will meet at eight p. m. Wednesday
at Deep Sea Fisherman's Hall.-advtf
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-20

LoST-Black patent-leather purse,
containing about SIS in biIls-Mrs. j.
E. Diamond, Liberal Reward-leave
at Miner Office adv
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
HAYS REFUSES
TO INTERFERE
National Chairman Thinks Repubik
cans Can Settle Their Dis
putes Without His
Advice.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-Will H.
Hays, chairman of republican na-
tional committee has washed his
hands of the fight between "old
guard" and progressive republicans
over Senator Penrose as chairman OF
the senate finance committee.
After discussing the situation with
both factions last week, Hays virtu-
ally announced that the fuss was
none Of his affair and that It was up
to the two sets Of republicans to get
together before the present demo-
cratic congress goes out Of existence
March 8.
"Old guard" leaders declared today
that this will be accomplished. PRO
gressives" including Borah and Ken
yon, asserted ON the contrary that
there Is a little group that will
stick to the finish Of any fight on
, Penrose, no matter whether It IN
wolves separation from the republf
can ranks.
The mystery shroudins letter
written by Borah to Hays threaten
ing to overturn republican control of
the senate II Penrose was made
finance chairman, was cleared up to-
day when 1t was learned that Borah
after writing the letter, did not mail
/ It. It's contents were communicated
to Hays, however, when he and
Borah discussed the situation here
last week.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
GENERALIZATION
OF GIRL WORKERS
l legislation or Military Regulations to
Safeguard interests OF Those
Now Relieved Of
Duties.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Legislation
or military regulations to safeguard
the interests Of girls and women who
have been engaged in war work and
who will be relieved Of their duties
or supplanted by returning soldiers
was advocated today by Mrs. Resale
L.oew Whitney. one Of the leading
women attorneys Of the United
States.
"Now that the soldiers are starting
home from the 'front.'" said Mrs.
Whitney to the United Press, "the
first effort that should be made in
the rehabilitation Of the army of
women who have been doing war
work is to insure their return either
| to other work or to domestic life
under favorable conditions.
There should be no general throw.
ing out of women from the work
lin which they have been engaged
either in the munition or other fac
tories, or In the Office work at the
national capital and other centers.
The same splendid military regula.
i lions governing the rehabilitation OF
the men in the army should govern
the rehabilitation Of the women's
army.
"My opinion Is that women who
have gone into business either for
patriotic or economic reasons will re-
main in industry Of some kind. BY
this I do not mean they will In re,
tanning their position exclude the
men who have given up those posi-.
lions for the success of the United
States and who will return when
peace is established.
"I believe those who have no do
nestle ties will continue to do the
work they are better fitted for and
that the men who formerly filled
these positions will findN opportuni.
ties in outdoor work, farming or the
heavier kinds of labor-for which
they are best adapted.
There will be no sex controversy
The readjustment will work gradu,
ally and for the women as whole
there is no fear that they will eschew
domestic life.
s"The women OF leisure who have
been so Industrious during the period
of the war, but who heretofore had
never taken any active part in public
life, now will be ready and better
fitted to devote their energies to
civic welfare. There is as much to
do in community betterment in peace
times as there was in the larger wal
work fields. II as much enthusiasm
and energy Is expended in the former
work during the reconstruction
period as there was during the war
great results will be accomplished.
1.-THE most important duty OF
women during this period is to help
In every way and to watch and make
sure that such legislation as will In
sure the protection Of women. as the
great founda ton Of humanity is pass
ed and properly administered"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
VISITING
NURSES WORK
Report For One Month of the Serv
Ices Rendered by the Visit
Ina Nurses In This
City.

At the meeting of the board of d.
rectors OF the Visiting Nurse asso-
citation, Miss Brown reported on the
work done by the nurses during the
month.
In the infant welfare department
four prenatal visits were made and
sixty-eights visits OF instruction.
Material aid was given to six
cases.
Seventy-stx nursing visits were
made, nineteen instructive, ten
friendly visits and five extra visit;
made out OF regular hours.
One patient was referred to a hos
pita1 for treatment and one patient
died.
Eighty-eight visits were made in
the Metropolitan nursing service,
and fourteen visits were made in the
tuberculosis department
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
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PROCLAMATION.
President Wilson has issue

= President Wilson has issued =
= proclamation setting aside Z
= Thursday, November 2s, as a
= day Of national Thanksgiving Z
= anda prayer. In compliance to
. his wishes / ask that the people Z
= of Keokuk cease upon that day Z
. from their ordinary occupations Z
. and in their several homes and Z
. places Of worship to render Z
q thanks to God, the ruler of all Z
. nations.
. On this day ask an the Z
= people of the city who can Dos Z
= sibly do so to attend the VIC 4
. tory song service which will be 4
. held at the Grand theater. 4
. Thanksgiving day at 400 4
g o'clock p. M. and sing for lib 4
= erty, for victory, for a unified I
. national spirit and of patriotism 4
. and democracy. Behind that 4
. singing army that has fought so 4
. well in France is signing and I
. fighting army that has fought at 4
y home, the great host of the men, 4
q women and children whose NOR
. ale is the foundation of Amer 4
. ica's power. Only through the 4
. universal voice Of music can the 4
. courage. the steadfast purpose, 4
. the high patriotism Of this home 4
. army be adequately expressed.
= Sing for victory! Thanksgiving 4
. day 1918, shall be like no other I
. Thanksgiving day has ever been.
q Let us sing for victory as other 4
. communities will do, songs of I
. praise and thanksgiving, ex'
. pressing Americas determine
. ton that her sons and the sons 4
= of all the allies shall not have 4
= died in vain.
. Wherefore, I, Ed. s. Lotion.
= mayor of the city Of Keokuk,
. Iowa, do request the people of
. the city to respond to the wish 4
. of our president in his procla- 4
q nation for the observance of
= Thanksgiving day. November 4
. %, 1913.
q Witness my hand and the seal 4
. of the city of Keokuk affixed
y this 25th day of November, A. 4
: ED. s. LOTION, Mayor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
Half OF Four-Minute Men This Week
viii be Well Known Women
Who VIII
Speak.
TOPIC Is THRIFT STAMPS
State Campaign 10 on This Week, and
keokuk 10 Far Behind Her Al.
lottment for First Time
In the War.

Half Of the Eour-Minuts men in
Keokuk will be women this week at
the two theaters.
This is war savings stamp week.
with Lee county far behind Its quota
and the state organization helping
out by putting on stimulating CAM
paign with the slogan, For the Honor
of Iowa."
The director Of the speakers
bureau for southern Lee county, DR..
G. Walter Barr, In the absence Of
state speakers assigned here, borrow
ed the Four-Minute plan for the
week Then he determined to give
the women q fair chance at the work,
believing that they could do at least
as we'll as the men who have been
talking hitherto in the motion picture
audiences.
The only difficulty was that more
women than men have social engage
ments made farther ahead for g1ven
date.
When Each Ono witt Speak.
The speakers at the theaters this
week will be as follows:
Hippodrome-Monday. b 8. Phit
lips; Tuesday, Leroy ]. Wolf; We'd
u6SOdy, JOuA \. 1AAA00A0p AAAASN0Sb
Mrs. W. Frank Brown; Friday. Miss
Eleanor Moody; Saturday. Miss Net
tie Dell Bayley.
Grand-Monday, John L Annable;
Tuesday, Miss Nettie Doll Bayley;
Wednesday, none; Thursday. Miss
Eleanor Moody; Friday. Mrs w. Frank
Brown; Saturday, Joseph H. NO
Namara.
They will speak between shows
each evening at each theater.
keokuk 10 Far Behind.
There will be no house to house
canvass for this thrift stamp drive
in Keokuk.
The plan Of having the people go
to the polling places on Thanks
giving day to buy thrift stamps to
the limit was decided by the chair
man to be impracticable here and
will not be used. although it Is an
nounced on the posters.
A large number Of posters Of strik-
ing and beautiful appearance will DO
displayed this week.
| The simple, bare fact Is. that Keo-
| kuk must buy many thousand dollars
worth of thrift stamps this week or
fall far behind its quota-the first
and only time KeoEuk ever failed to
meet her allotment Of war work sub
scriptions Of any kind
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
For Prompt Delivery.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-As the
result of the coordination Of the
postal and wire systems, Postmaster
General Burleson today issued an
order intended to facilitate prompt
delivery of telegraph and telephone
messages, permitting employees Of the
wire companies to have access to
postoffice information as to ad-
dresses. The old order amended to-
day, forbade such information being
furnished.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

appeared and your Vegetable Compound
has made me a we'll, strong woman so
I do all nv own homework. I cannot
recommend lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound too highly to women
passing through the Change Of Life"
Mrs. FRANK Henson, 1916 s. Orchade
ST., Urbana, III.
Women who suffer from nervousness.
cheat lashes,' backache, headaches
and "the blues'' should try this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
To Visit Old Home.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
ATLANTA, Ga. Nov. 25.-William
G. McAdoo, recently resigned score
tarv of the treasury and director gen.
eral of railroads, who is in Atlanta
today to confer. with southeastern
railroad managers, will visit his boy
hood home at Milledgeville, Ga,
while in the south.
McAdoo indicated he would take
long rest when relieved Of his duties.
leaving here tomorrow morning.
McAdoo and his party will go to