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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
Danger From Rubbish Fires.

The state fire marshal of Indiana has issued :
set Of instructions regarding the burning of trash
with view of reducing the number Of serious fires
that result from carelessness in this connection Here
they are:
Burn your rubbish at a safe distance from
fences sheds, barns and other property
Don't burn trash on windy day. as sparks
and brands may be blown to the roofs of
surrounding buildings and cause fires
When burning trash, always keep someone
guard to that fire is not allowed to
spread to other property
Observe carefully local ordinances regu-
lating the distance from buildings that bonfres
may be built, the time of day they are per-
nitted, etc.
Do not permit children to play about the
fires In Indiana last year more than ten chill
dren were burned to death while playing about
bonfres.
Remember that through your carelessness
valuable property may be DESTROYED! Con-
fagrations have started from little bonfires
Save lives and property by the exercise of the
greatest caution.
It ought not be necessary to repeat such obvious
precautions for the benefit OF grown up people but
the total losses in every state annually because of
disregard OF these rules indicates that publicity has
not been overdone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER IL
(Continued.)

/ sat telling them Of my adven-
lures and answering questions. fiat
tered by their tender interest, I'M
til milking time. thoroughly en-
joyed all that. When rose to go
out with Uncle Peabody, Aunt Deel
demanded my shoes.
Take 'em right off," said she. 1T
amt a goin' to do to wear 'em COM
mon-no, stree! They're for meet
in or when company comes-ayes!
l regretfully took off the shoes
and gave them to her, and thereaf-
ter the shoes were guarded as care
fully as the butternut trousers.
That evening as / was about to
go upstairs to bed, Aunt Deel said
to my uncle:
do you remember what oil Kate
wrote down about him? This is his
first peril an he has met his first
great man an l can see that Sile
Wright is kind o. fond O. him."
went to sleep that night think
ing of the strange, old, ragged, 81
lent woman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
HEALTH TAH K&
BY WILLIAM! ar 4 BRADY MD.

/ cane sugar, vanilla, cinnamon
cloves and almond. The paste In
chocolate creams consists OF su-
gar, gum, starch. condensed milk
and sometimes other ingredients.
Sweet chocolate, milk chocolate,
etc, are not quite as nourishing as
cane sugar. Chocolate may cause
skin itching in certain individuals,
but would not cause sallow COM
plexion. 1t is a mistake to attempt
to grow fat on an excess of any
one article of food. Sweet or milk
chocolate supplies sugar in a pa
latable form, and sugar is a source
of quickly available energy. In
stead of indulging in a glass OF
beer, wine or liquor, for false sti-
mutation, the weary worker who
eats some chocolate gets real
strength to work on.
TEA.
Please tell me if cream and SUI
gar are harmful in tea. I read
that the Chinese say it is like
leather to digest. I drink no cof-
fee but cups of tea a day. Is
that too much? Or. K.)
Answer.-It is about three cups
too much for the average adult.
One doing hard work in the open
air may readily take large quaint
ties of tea and coffee but indoor
sedentary workers can not. l see
no reason why the addition OF
cream and sugar should be objec-
tionable Real connoisseurs usu-
ally prefer unf1avored tea as a
matter of taste. Tea, coffee and
cocoa are cerebral, heart and
kidney stimulants. For most adults
they are rather wholesome IL TAX
en- in moderation and properly pre-
pared. For children under fifteen
they are injurious, because stimu-
lation is undesirable in early life.
Cocoa is the least stimulating and
therefore the least injurious to
children.
LOW THUNDER.
Your column has helped Friend
Wife and Boss Baby many time.
Wonder If you can do anything for
the Hired Man l snore like
drunken sailor all night. So far
as l am aware there is no trouble
with my breathing apparatus. I
smoke cigarettes excessively and
take an occasional high one. a.
B. RI
Answer.-Have your doctor give
your Schneiderian membrans a few
treatments in his Office to tone it
up so 1t won't relax in sleep and
shut off the breathing passage.
There is too much relaxation with
in the proboscis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

Parade Impressive.-Imbued by
real patriotic fervor, expressed not
SO much in lusty cheering but
rather by a quiet solemnity bene-
fitting the occasion, thousands of
people banked the curbs along the
line of march of yesterdays Me
mortal Day parade. With the vet
Grams of the Civil war-a mere
handful of the sturdy throng in
blue that in other days marched
through the streets of Davenport
to inspiring martial melodies-rid-
ing in automobiles, the great
crowds realized that indeed this
was "a day freighted with sacred
and stimulating memories
Marriage Licenses.-Ehrien Har-
der, Walcott, Ia, and Minnie Hol-
dorf, Walcott, Ia. Henry E. Bur
CESS, Bettendorf, Ia, and Willmi-
ma A. Gladstone, Davenport.
Arsenal Men Organize-A per-
manent organization with pro-
spects of becoming one of the larg-
est of it's kind in this vicinity was
formed Wednesday evening by en-
ployes of the Rock Island arsenal
The meeting was held at the old
armory. The opening meeting was
attended by over 90 members OF
the government plant.
Temporary officers were elected
as follows. Secretary, B. B. Mott;
treasurer, Mr.. Hinder; chairman.
Mr.. COrmick.
Trusty Beats It.-A search of
the tri-cities has been instituted
for trace of John Bowers who es-
capped late Wednesday from the
Scott county Jail where he was
serving a four months sentence
for larceny. Bowers was made q
trusty a short time and was put to
work Wednesday moving the
court house lawn under the direc-
ton of Head Janitor Fred Coo
rough. When the guards back
was turned Bowers took French
leave His sentence expired June
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
AUTOINTOXICATION.

Administration means self
poisoning.
Involuntary, of course. But
mostly avoidable.
l find l owe my readers an apol-
ogy. Somehow or other l have
led some of them to believe that
naturalization is a disease or a
definite condition which, once dag
nosed, responds to a certain cut
and-dried system or regimen. AL
though l have never made any
such assertion, 1t must be that in
the occasional use of the word au-
tointoxication I have nevertheless
given such an impression. For
frequently correspondents write
to say they have it and l will kind
ly suggest the proper treatment,
diet or exercise to cure it.
Autointoxication is part and par
eel of most ailments. Given any
disturbance in which various elm
mating organs are temporarily or
permanently inactive, and one re-
suit is intoxication by the retain
ed waste matter AS a rule, how
ever, when the word autOintoxica-
ton Is used we think of the the
oretical unpleasant results of re-
tention of some substance or sub
stances which ought to be elimi-
mated or destroyed in the intes-
tine but isn't. 1 say theoretical,
because as matter of fact the
theory Of administration is not
founded upon established scienti-
fic fact at all, though we have a
certain amount of positive scien-
tific evidence to support the the
DRY.
In any event, it is an error to
imagine that there is some method
of treatment applicable in the av-
erage case in which autointoxica-
ton happens to be a feature, for
the obvious reason that it is a feat
ture, like pain or that tired feel
ing, or anemia, or nervousness or
stomach trouble, of SO many vast
ly different ailments.
Questions and Answers.
CHOCOLATE
My physician told me chocolate
is fattening and good for me, for
l am about as fat as a match. l
have been eating large quantities
of bitter chocolate. Would it cause
sallowness of the complexion or
itching and a break out of PIN
pies? CIV. F. s.
Answer-Chocolat is obtained
from cocoa beans from which most
of the fat has been exhausted, mix
ed with varying proportions of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

Norway and has been regarded as OF so little
pelsgo that no government has taken the
trouble to annex it. But there are vast coal
deposits in Spitzbergen and various efforts
have been made to utilize these, especially by
the Norwegians. The German appetite for coal
fields is we'll known. and 1t Is probable that an
effort will be made either to raise the German
flag over Spitzbergen or If that should prove
impossible, to annex the archipelago to Fin
land.
1t is becoming daily more apparent that when Ger
many gets through with Russia there amt goin' t
be no leavin's"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER III.
We Go To Meeting and See Mr..
Wright Again.

I had a chill that night and in
the weeks that followed / was near
ly burned up with lung fever. Doc
tor Clark came from Canton to see
me every other day for time, and
one evening Mr.. Wright came with
him and watched all night near my
bedside. He gave me medicine ev-
cry hour, and I remember how
gently he would speak and raise my
head when he came with the spoon
and the draft. 1t grieved me to
hear him say, as he raised me in
his arms, that I wasn't bigger than
"a cock mosquito"
I would lie and watch him as he
put stick on the fire and tiptoed to
his armchair by the table, on which
three lighted candles were burning.
Then he would adjust his specta-
cles, pick up his book and begin
to read, and 1 would see him smile
or frown or laugh until / wondered
what was between the black covers
of the book to move him so. In
the morning he said that he could
come the next Tuesday night, IL we
needed him, and set out right after
breakfast, in the dim dawn light,
to walk to Canton.
peabody Byrnes," said my Aunt
Deel as she stood looking out of the
window at Mr.. Wright. that is one
of the grandest, splendidest men
that l ever see or heard of. He's
an awful smart man, an day o.
his time is worth more'n a month of
our'n, but he comes away off here
to set up with sick young one
and walks back. Does beat all
don't it?-ayes"
eff one needs help Sile Wright
is always on hand" said Uncle
Peabody.
1 was soon out of bed and he
came no more to sit up with me.
When / was we'll again Aunt Deel
said one day: Peabody Baynes,
amt heard no preachin' since Mr..
Panborn died. / guess we better
go down to Canton to meetin' some
Sunday. If there amt no minister
Sile Wright always reads a sermon,
if he's home, and the paper says he
don't go way for a month yit. I
kind O. feel the need of a good SER
mon-ayesi"
''All right. I'll hitch up the
bosses and we'll go. We can start
at 8 o'clock and take a bite with us
an git back here by g."
Gould I wear my new shoes and
trousers?" I asked joyfully.
ayes I guess We can If you're a
good boy-ayes!" said Aunt Deel.
had told Aunt Deel what Sally
had said of my personal appear
ance.
Your coat is good enough for
anybody-ayes!" said she. ''IlI
make you pair o. breeches an
then I CUES you won't have to be
'shamed no more"
She had spent several evenings
making them out of an old gray
flannel petticoat of hers and had
put two pockets in them Of which
l was very proud. They came Just
to the tops of my shoes, which
pleased me, for thereby the glory
of my new shoes suffered no en-
Croachment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
The Day I'm Davenport

81. Bowers was arraigned before
Judge NJ. F. Donegan last fall and
was paroled He failed to comply
with the courts instructions and
the parole was vacated in January.
Bowers was re-arrested in Dubu-
que and ordered to serve his orig
inal sentence.
Old EmplOye Leayes.-After be-
ing 1912 years with the Rock Is
land Fuel company. Carl S. Bee
ker has transferred his allegiance
to the Tri-City Fuel company and
becomes manager of their business
at Front and Perry streets.
o
Land COmmissiOns.-Two Daven-
porters have received commissions
in the U. s. army according to an
nouncement by the war depart
ment. DR.. H. M. Decker is made
a captain in the medical reserve
corps, and Malcolm Nebeker Stew
art, 1925 East Locust street, has
been commissioned second Heuten-
ant in the aviation section of the
signal corps.
Kid Globe TrOtters.-Arrested as
they jumped from the blinds of a
passenger train in West Davenport
yesterday, John and Joe Clancy,
IL and 8 years old. respectively,
claiming Kansas City as their per-
manent home, are temporarily
lodged in a cell at the city Jail.
The boys are brothers. They have
been ION the road" since John was
eight and Joe was five. During
their four years of adventuring,
they have seen more of the world
than the average man gets around
to in a lifetime. They are on
their way to the Orient now. Their
arrest here they feel to be merely
a temporary inconvenience. We'll
be in Japan by this time next
year." confidently asserted John.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
The "Leavin's" of Russia.

German economic penetration" goes steadily on
in Russia. What provinces the Teutons have not &C
tually seized they have succeeded in practically
separating from their of food and other SUP
plies through the campaign in Ukrainia The pur-
pose without question double one: first to make
Russia help relieve the present food crisis In
Germany and to isolate and literally the pop
ulous district surrounding Moscow and eastward
question is to make every resource Russia has I'm
mediately available to Germany. to the employ
ment of the Russian people in the manufacture of
thing the Hun needs for the prosecution Of the
In the north the Teutons propose to extend their
sphere Of influence to and into the Arctic
Writing on this phase Of the subject Professor L. NJ
Larson Of the faculty of the University of Illinois,
says:
The German plans with respect to the
republic of Finland interesting light
on the economic purposes of the Teutonic
pansionists. Recent press dispatches have
ported that Berlin is considering the formation
of greater Finland by expansion eastward
into Russian territory and that the
Finnish revolutionists are calling for the ex-
tension of their territories northwestward
1ntO nortneIu NoFWayS II las also peen re-
ported that Germany is to have free port on
the Arctic.
Finland itself have no great interest for
the Germans, but its position the Arctic is
important, as the northern ocean has its own
peculiar riches which the Germans cannot
be expected to overlook Eastward expansion
of Finland simply means the annexation of
strip Of territory through which runs the Muir
railway from Petrograd to Catherine har-
7 Dor near the Norwegian border. In this way
Russian competition for the Arctic trade would
in large measure be eliminated Expansion
into northern Norway would give the new
sal state Of number Of ice free harbors one Of
which would be turned over to Germany It
must be remembered that Finland has thus far
never had any territory on the Arctic coast
1t seems that back of these plans lies the
German interest in spitzbergen- This archi-
pelago lies about four hundred miles north Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

Premier Clemenceau, when he goes to the front,
is as careless Of consequences as the small boy who
took the clock apart what made it tick. OF
course everybody adnres his nerve. but the same
time France is in no position now to suffer the loss
of perfectly good premier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

All men becoming 81 in the period from
June 6, 1917, to June 3, 1918, inclusive must
register ON the latter date. Those living in
the west half of this county must file their
names with the Rock Island exemption
board in the Peoples National bank building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

The department of agriculture has big work to
Ado in helping food production yet it is operating
under the handicap as most other organiza-
tons nowadays. 1t has lost hundreds of its
most competent They have gone into the mil
itary service and great difficulty is being exper-
fenced in filing their places.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

Patriotism and profit have been linked success
fully by certain patent medicine quacks Just exposed
as having operated extensively among the soldiers
in training Publicity is generally considered the life
Of the nostrum business but the kind these gentry
getting will hardly put any additional dol
lars into their pockets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
GEO RD@ md
DHScORDs
DO SOMETHING.

Do something for somebody, some
where,
While Jogging along LIES road,
Help somebody to carry his burden
And lighter will grow your load.
Do something for somebody gladly,
Twill sweeten your every care.
In sharing the SORROWS of others
Your own are less hard to bear.
Do something for somebody, striV-
To help where the way seems
long,
And the homeless hearts that Ian
guish
Cheer up with a little song.
Do something for somebody, striv-
ing
To help where the way seems
long,
And the homeless hearts that Ian
guish
Do something for somebody always,
Whatever may be your creed,
There's nothing on earth can help
you
So much as a kindly deed.
Do something for second childhood,
To smooth out the wrinkles of
care,
Do something to cheer up the lonely
That you have with you every
where.
JOSEPH NJ. WOLFE.
IN Frederick, Md, there is a
private detective who is giving the
police authorities no end of trouble.
It is a case of the eternal triangle
in which the wife recently took a
shot at the other woman" and her
detective husband subsequently
disappeared Though the police
have hunted in every nook and cor
ner they can not locate their man
and all the time there is the feeling
that he is right in their midst-in
disguised And they have strong
grounds for their belief too, for once
before when he travelled off the
straight and narrow and he was a
hunted man he donned a disguise
and stayed right in the city until
the matter was dropped, when he
went back to his detective office
and ran business as usual" The
authorities. have an idea he Is again
doing a little masking and some of
them believe he is disguised as a
private detective and aiding in the
hunt for himself. Surely old s.
Holmes could do no better?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
Just a Spear in the Clover.

(Seaton, Ill, independently.
Miss Mary Spear delightfully."- en-
tertained the members of the Glow
er Leaf club at her home here last
Saturday evening, with a dinner
party.
No end Of embarrassments have
been caused in local social func-
tions for soldiers by the rule of
army etiquette, or discipline, or
whatever it is that forbids an Off
Ger from mingling on the same
plane with ordinary privates. Some
odd situations have developed where
war has reversed the social status
of individuals. There was one at a
ball in Davenport not long ago.
A Davenport young woman was
asked to dance by one of those mere
privates and declined on the ground
that she was dancing only with Of
ficers.
20, very WELL" was the cheerful
rejoinder, I'll not kick; only it
seems so funny. You see, the Of
ficer you just danced with was our
family chauffeur for six years."
NOW that the Grace Lusk trial
is over and the corners knocked off
Of the triangle after weeks of grand
display in the newspapers over the
country, the reading public must
sit patiently by until another sensa-
ton can be located.
IN Mannheim. Germany, yester-
day when an air raid alarm was
sounded, panic followed and a large
number of persons were trampled
TO death in the rush for shelter.
Now that the Germans are getting
liberal dose of their own medi-
cine in the way of raids, they don't
appear to take the same view of it
they did of the scores of air
attacks on London.
THERE was but one fault that
We could find with Rock Islands
Decoration day parade. It was the
fact that there were so many of
the townspeople in the procession
that very few persons saw It as
there were
NONE left for spectators.
o. D. K
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

Down at Champaign the states attorney has filed
charges against 80 of means accusing them of
vagrancy. The fact that man has few thousand
dollars laid away in safe place does not impair
the obligation to render the country such service as
he is capable Of AS matter Of fact possession of
property should give him added incentive to work
or fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

Transporting $50 cases of eggs 14e miles in Is
hours fve-ton motor truck operated in New Jersey
delivered the consignment without cracking single
egg. Probably many egg will be broken before
this record is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

Reduction of the price of bituminous coal 10 cents
a ton at the mines of relatively small import
ance at first glance, yet it is estimated the saving
to consumers will be s6oooo,o0o a year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
Pretty Soft Being a Journalist.

(Cincinnatus, n. Y, Times).
Your correspondent is enjoying
horseradish, greens and johnny
cakes by the good will of her neigh
bors.
WHO was the street bride
who went joyriding with her broth
er-in-law while friend husband
stayed home and cleaned the
house? GLIB,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

The mayor Of Detroit has asked the director gen.
eral Of railroads to take over management OF the
local street lines AS If Mr. McAdoo hadn't
enough on his shoulders already!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
More Animal Stuff.

A family on Seventeenth street
had a thomas cat of mature years
which became afflicted with mango.
A veterinarian was summoned to
administer chloroform.
AS the man came in the front
door the cat went out the back
door.
Once before, years ago, the same
cat and the same v. s. had met
The cat did not forget.
And 1t did not come back for sew
eral days.
OF course it had to come back
some time.
Otherwise this would not be a
true story.
81 CAN'T get 'em up. I can't get
'em up" This isn't reveille, it's
taps. The foreman of the compos-
ing room plays it on his piccolo
every afternoon. If anything hap
pens which doesn't get into print
that's why.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
IMPOSSIBLE.

IMPOSSIBLE.
Full many a lovely rose
Is born to blush unseen;
We cannot, goodness knows,
All figure on the screen.
Kansas City Journal.
The screen can't show them all,
And many admiring lads,
Would much prefer to stall,
Around the corset ads.
Peoria Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

Thrive by Thrift. Buy
War Savings STAMINA -.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

I tSeatOn, III, independently.
Miss Mary Spear delightfully."- en-
tertained the members of the Glow
er Leaf club at her home here last
Saturday evening, with a dinner
party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31

NONE left for spectators.
o. D. 4.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-26

2 TEATRoW WOJNY.
R MNIEJ WIESCI.

Paryz, 20. stycznia. - w oko-
icy MaiSons de Champagne byfa
silna kanonada, podobniez W Cd
cinku Avocourt; mad AiSne diva
rejdy pomniejsze odparto nieprzy
jaciela; w okolicy Chaume lasu
mad Moza francuskie baterye
dzialaja intensywnie, onegdaJ diva
aeroplany niemieckie zestrzelono.
Londyn, 26. stycznia. - Stree
lanina bardzo silna w okolicy
Cambria la Vacquerie i w pobli-
zu Passchendaele we Flandry1,
Pozatem mic nowego.
Rzym, 26. stycznia. - w doll
mach Lagarina i gornej Brenty,
oraz mad Pave strzelanina obu-
stronna ME ustaje; pod Monte
Malaga i Monte Asolone patrolo-
we potyczki ~pomySlne byly ola
W}ochow. Mad Adyga i gorna
Brenta dziaiowa robota, oraz a
wiatyka intensywna; kilka prob
uych rejdow napowietrznych ME
przyjaciela odpedzono.
Berlin, 26. stycznia. - Ma "a
chodnim froncie pod Lens i mad
Scarpe artyleryjska akcya chwila-
mi i miejscami bardzo silna; ma
francuskim odcinku pomiedzy
Aisne a Disc, W Szampanii i mad
Moza dziala silniej graja. Zreszt2
niema zmian.
- Ma wioskim froncie - mic
rowego.~
O. innych front6w niema dis
zadnych telegramow. Red. D.. c.