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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
Drawing the Line in Rock
Island.

The general understanding is that
the drawing of the half mile limit in
Rock Island, affecting the liquor traf-
fic, is due TO the act declaring Rock
Island arsenal soldiers train
ing cantonment. If, however, it
is chargeable to the exposure
of conditions here, the fault,
The Argus believes, is attributable
more to the alley bootlegger than to
the legitimate saloonkeeper. There
is no reason to doubt that the average
bar owner has adhered strictly to the
requirements with reference to the
sale of liquor to soldiers in uniform,
but, unfortunately for the saloons
themselves, they did not stick to the
rule agreed upon by them that no in
toxicants of any description would be
sold in bottle lots to be taken outside.
The Argus commended this PROPOSE
ton when ii was first agreed upon by
the retailers, and expressed its regret
when many Of the liquor men disre-
garded it. and warned them of the
consequences of permitting the boot
leggers to get foothold in Rock Is
land.
There have been intoxicated soldiers
in Rock Island. This was particularly
noticeable last Saturday night, ac-
cording to reports, but the men in uni
form did not get their drinks in the
saloons. They procured them of the
alley bootlegger, the lowest OF Great
ures.
The half mile limit is not intended
as discrimination, but unavoidably
it does discriminate. as applied to
Rock Island. for it puts out of bust
ness many of the oldtime and reliable
wholesalers in favor of others
and it closes any number of well-reg
ulated saloons, and yet some of the
worst will continue to exist
But 1t is law, and is designed and
enforced for good purpose and as
part Of the process of the government
in the molding of American soldiers.
And now that it is applied, it is hoped
and expected that system of regula-
ton will be put in effect that will pro-
tect the soldiers who come here from
the liquor interests outside the re-
stricted area. and above all the I'M
scrupulous bootlegger who may sneak
in.
When the line is drawn, draw it
tight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

toes, three sides of bacon, a three
gallon jar of butter, two cartons OF
matches, quantity of bulk tea and
coffee and many crates of canned
goods Persons residing above the
store told the police they heard several
slight noises between midnight and !
O'Clock. They did not investigate and
the police are without clues.
Raid Negro J0int-After Paul Gold
schmidt, white man, had been robbed
of SIS in a Negro joint conducted by
Pearl Brown at COZ Harrison street, he
registered complaint with the police
and the place was raided about mid
night Monday night by Detectives
Quinn and Estes and Officer Wiese.
Detwiller Released-F. C. Detwiller
arrested Sunday after he had scalded
his wife with boiling water. was re-
leased from custody yesterday when
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

Detroit thought it was in for per.
iod of ideal conditions when James
Couzens, one of its wealthiest citizens
consented to serve as chief Of police
Today his resignation is being de-
manded on the grounds that Detroit
is passing through the worst criminal
siege in its history. Couzens' explana-
ton is that he inherited most of the
lawlessness, but this was not accept
able to the city council, which adopt
ed a resolution asking for his retire
ment by vote of 10 to IA. Couzens
had been distributing his annual sal
arv of $4,000 as bonus among police
officers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20


| care Of The Argus
~Sugar and Children.
More than half of the solid matter
in a baby's natural food is sugar
sugar of milk. Consequently we hold
! that children need and must have a
liberal ration of sugar or sweets in OF
with or Immediately following their
regular food, not at irregular times
between meals. The sugar, for Older
children, may be in the form Of cakes
pure candies, or best of all, brown
sugar or molasses on the bread and
butter. The belief that sugar makes
worms is unworthy of moments
consideration by any intelligent par
ent.
But, just because Old Doctor Ma
ture gives the wee wee babies lots OF
sugar, don't jump to the conclusion
that baby can be raised on an all
sugar diet.
|, Certain, signs point strongly to the
i'll effects of sugar feeding in bot
tie baby, and we briefly list these
signs for the information of mothers:
When the sugars are fed in excess
the bowel movements are apt to be
sour. foamy. Irritating (sugars fer
mented to acids), watery, frequent,
and yellOwish like thin mustard. The
reduction of the amount of sugar in
the feeding formula, or the addition of
thin barley or oatmeal Cruel to the
food. will relieve this.
Sugar, either cane sugar, (sucrose)
or malt sugar (maltose). in excess is
fattening, but the fat is flabby and the
baby anemic AID ricketts, is likely to
occur. Sugar in considerable amounts
is readily digestible by young baby !;
that is probably why Old Doctor Ma
ture uses it to make up over half of
the bulk of his formula But the mere
digestibility Of given food is no cri-
terion to- employ in determining the
suitable diet for a baby Babies fed
on food containing an excess of the
sugars are noticeably more subject
to the acute acid intoxication (some>
times called acute intestinal indiges-
tioni which the grannies used to
well, they still doD consider the sure
indication Of worms"
Certified milk, or if that Is unobtain-
able. then say fresh raw milk pro-
duced and handled under cleanly con-
ditions, as under the supervision Of
the health authorities. constitutes a
splendid substitute for breast feeding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
Half Million More.

That the United States has no hopes
that the war will end the coming
spring is shown in the announcement
from Washington that the draft of the
second increment of 500 900 men to the
national army will be initiated on or
about May l. The men thus called to
the colors will supplant an equal num-
Der Of men Of the national army and
national guard who will have COM
pleted preliminary training in this
country and will be ready for trans
portation to France. AS transport ca
pacity grows and an increasingly
larger number of men is dispatched
abroad from the training camps, the
weekly draft of men from class will
be increased
When Secretary Baker stated dur
ing the inquiry that was conducted
into his department few weeks ago
that the government planned to have
about one million soldiers in France
early in the present year, it is prob
able that he was including the half
million that are to be called into train
ing May l. 1t is known today that
troops are going across as rapidly as
ships are to be had for their accom-
mediation in preparation to have all
the men that it is possible to get IN
line to meet the spring offensive that
Germany has been promising, and
which it has been Furthermore assert
ed may be the decisive engagement of
the war
Germany has been claiming that the
submarine would bring victory to that
nation, but that idea has been aban-
doned. and now it is admitted that
conclusions must be fought out on
land. The United States has been
urged to get every available man to
the other side with all haste, and this
it has been doing and will continue to
do until the end of the war. There
have been intimations that before
spring Austria-Hungary would pro-
pose separate peace with the United
States. offering terms that would be
acceptable to this country, and that
this would be the opening wedge to a
sane discussion between America and
Germany; that it would give the lat
ter an opportunity to gracefully bend
the knee in compliance with some of
the higher purposes for which the
United States government has been
battling on European territory. Then,
too, the fact that Germany has forced
its terms upon Russia may put diff
ferent phase on the situation. Ger
many may become holder and more
uncompromising than ever. She may
be looking in other directions to offer
separate peace proposals, her latest
enterprise having been to f1irt with
Flanders in the hope of inducing the
people there to set up separate gov
eminent and declare in favor of a
discontinuance of the war 1t must be
admitted that Germany engineered an
effective job in Russia, and the other
nations that are arrayed against her,
those on the other side being meant,
of course, should keep an eye out for
the propaganda that operated so sue
cessfully among the Slavs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
OMAHA AFTER uNrATRIoTIC.

Omaha.-The use OF abusive iAh.
guage against the Red Cross, foanh
Mems Christian association. knign's
of Columbus and similar organixatious
doing war work under the direction ~
the government. is sedition IN ~
opinion of the Nebraska Counci y
Defense. At the request of this 8
ganization the city prosecutor =
Omaha has drawn an ordinance whicn
is to be urged for adoption by ese.
city in the state prescribing hea.'
penalties for this offense, Other sea-
tious utterances are also includee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

A Waukegan farmer yesterday trans
ferred a 771-acre farm worth s3S5.000
to his unmarried daughter. Here is a
girl that ought to have plenty Of invi-
tations to go auto riding the coming
summer. Then, again, she may have
several cars of her own.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

Senator Chamberlain of Oregon is
recovering at Washington after an op-
Grafton for appendicitis. Most people
who followed his attacks on the adj
ministration war program just knew
that there was something wrong with
the senator. Now that he has got
everything that was hurting him out
of his system it is to be hoped he will
see with a clearer vision and seek to
help. rather than hinder, the big task
that is before the nation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

The German crown prince has tele-
graphed his congratulations to the
different airdromes on the occasion of
the Tooth air raid on London. Writing
kilograms is about the best thing the
crown prince does. AS fighting gem
eral he is the joke of the entire Euro
pean campaign
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
cm0 RDs ANp
Dlsc0RDs

Some like beef,
Some like hash.
Some like cheese
That smells like dash.
Some like cards,
Some like booze,
Some like lodges
That have no dues.
Some like tailOr-mades,
Some like Bull,
But most of our workers
Rather have their tummies full.
Some like Teddy.
Some like Bryan,
But it's for Wilson
The whole worlds cryin'
e. c. X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

With the prospect of a large part of
the city going dry, Sheriff Richmond
ought to see 10 it that the court yard
pump is thawed out, despite the fact
that it will still remain in wet terri
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

In a divorce proceeding in an Illi-
nois county the husband testified that
his wife charged him $40 every time
he kissed her. He stated that his
honeymoon oscillations cost him $780,
On that basis you probably know
young men who have blown in a mil
lion Or so in a single night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

1t is likely that the third Liberty
loan bonds will bring AZ per cent
interest That ought to make them go
lively, inasmuch as the interest rate
will be half cent higher than paid
on the second issue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
The Day in Davenport

Bowman Under f re-Charging DR.. E.
S. Bowman, county physician, with
performing an unnecessary operation
upon his wife under the threat that if
the husband refused consent he would
ignore further sick calls from his
home, Earl Kindrar, 227 West Fiji
teenth street, an employee in the Bet
tendorf shops, appeared before the
Scott county board of supervisors
Monday and registered a verbal pro-
test against the action of the county
physician.
Burglars Clean Up Grocery-Hun-
cry burglars made wholesale clean
up in the robbery of Htckey's grocery,
$40 Harrison street, between midnight
and o'clock yesterday morning. When
the store was opened this morning a
plate glass window in the front door
was found smashed and the shelves
and bins were minus sack of pota-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
IMAGINATION AS REMEDY.

7. M. C.-You can saw what Won
want to. IMAGINATION goes a long way
| towards curing one of his aches and
pains. Irecently had very good proof
brought to me of the truth of this
statement with about five peOple mr.
consciously Incoming the Init end of
good Joke. While home during the
HOLIDAYS NV mother provided me with
hottie nj qoose grease that old
/ fashioned remedv for colds used
some with customary results and
praised if to a Mrs. L.. at whose home
I hoard She had a cold some tire
what she presumed was goose grease
used if and also was high in nraisc
/ of if A few DAYS later her dauphter
became i'll and the mother used the
same stuff on the daughter. The next
tday her cold was gone. A sister nj
Mrs 7, used if a few DAYS later wit,
the home caught a cold and the same
stuff was given her. She maryeled at
the complete cure the next day. Then
another of the boarders caught a cold
Mrs. L. brought some to him. The
| next day he was better, but in the
evening complained to me that his
why not use some goose grease?'
l advised 1T does everyone SO much
good. Let me get you some" l got
the bottle and handed it to him. He
commenced to laugh until tears rolled
down his face, but absolutely refused
! to disclose the cause of his merrimenl
She had been rubbing theatrical
| cold cream on their chests, installing
it for goose grease! CHRIS.
weather in st. Louil last week. Just
as soon as the chill left the air ali
advance in the price of ice was nro-
claimed. Getting the customers Ise5
to what they may expect when real
summer reaches the burg, as it were.
MR.. Morris. the packer. said .ha, a
stockyards laborer ought to be satis-
fed with three trips a wear to II,
do you 20 to the theatre. Mr.. Morris"
asked the lawyer, FIFTEEN or TWEEN
ty," replied the witness.
THE Bolsheviki governments action
in simplifying divorce nroceedinps bas
resulted in Is. 600 anniications hoin.,
filed in Petrograd alone. Haven,t Won
often wondered how won,.n oo,,1d
long whiskers?
MRS. Lemon is a resident of Nor
Ger county. And she is said to hs
one of the Sweetest old ladies in thai
locality.
PRIVATE j. W. Boucher. aged "a
has been sent home to Canada from
fight" Boucher didn't ask to quit.
either. He wanted to 20 on until he
fell in his tracks, but his commandinc
officer felt that he was entitled to
vacation at his time of life. Roucba~
fought in the Civil war with the
u n 4 = trh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
QUESTIONS ANDJANswERs,

Mother Describes Acid Intoxication.
49,. AT az she had .colitis and in
testinal Indigestion. and the doctor at
one time gave her up, but finally the
vomiting stopped and she carried
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

through. She had spells every few
months, some fever at first till medi-
cine acted, then no fever but very
flushed cheeks, vomiting up water as
/ fast as she swallowed it, but begging
constantly for more water, no chance
to get medicine to stay down. Then
she seemed to outgrow the attacks.
but now. after four years, another
spell has come, from eating too much.
| suppose-vomiting incessantlytery
flushed cheeks but pale around the
mouth, a peculiar heavy swedish 'odor
| on the breath, absolutely nothing re-
tanned on stomach even for few
! minutes.
| Answer-Acid intoxication is the
! doctors name for such spells" Used
F.! to call it intestinal indigestion. !"
Cause, variable. Remedy, large doses
OF alkalies, such as teaspoonful or
two OF soda (saleratus) in a glass OF
water, all the child will drink. If
not retained land often it will be re-
tanned when everything else is
promptly rejected) the full dose may
be given by enema, and repeated every
four hours for a day or two. Milk Of
magnesia is the ideal physic in such a
case, being alkaline; teaspoonful ev-
cry half hour or every hour until
free catharsis. In some cases repeat
ed spells" of acid intoxication ulti-
pately introduce acute appendicitis,
Operation is done. and no more acid
intoxication occurs.
Hair On the Mole On the Face.
Will any harm result from clipping
the hairs that grow from a mole on
the face?
Answer No. Clipping, like shaving,
probably makes the hairs grow heayr
Ter. Have them destroyed by the cleo
trie needle. Ii the mole is smati. the
, needle in skilled hand will remove it.
Data On the Venereal Infections.
Where can one obtain authoritative
data upon the venereal disease, in Ian
guage intended for the lay reader? "a.
E. Ky So
Answer-The Z. S. Public Health
Service, Washington. D. c., has some
free pamphlets for citizens requesting
them. Any up-to-date state health de-
partment should have publications for
lay readers. There are various books.
An excellent one on The Third Great
Plague tSyphillis), by DIR. j. II. Stokes,
is published by W. B. Saunders Co.
Philadelphia, and probably is in the
public library This book Is largely
used in U. S. army cantonments. The
North Carolina state hoard of haa Tn
has some free pamphlets. I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

daughter. Mrs. Lula Bates. 424 Cnr's.
tie street, five grandchildren and tnres
grNat grandchildren.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

THIS appears on the bill Of fare
of the Halliday hotel, Cairo, lll.S
Some traitors blow up ships and
some empty the sugar bowl into the
coffee cup"
WITH more than fifty of our sa-
looms put out of commission, oo-
serves Ignatz, 1T appears to me we
ought to have few batless nights in
Rock Island every week until the end
of the war"
DR.. Nicholas hurry Butler has the
correct idea. He says Germany must
not alone be licked, but we must keep
our heel on her windpipe after we get
her down until she hollers that she
has sufficiency.
TRUE, we have been having some
spring-like days, but February is a
trea cherous month, as is March, and,
as far as our knowledge goes. we
don't believe it is safe yet to switch.
"MILLINERS Direct Intensive Thrift
Drive Headline. If you are hus-
band who has been paying for sew
eral hats every year for friend wife
we know what thoughts drift before
your mind as you peruse those words.
OUR friend at the cigar counter.
says the st. Louis Republic. tells us
that during the strike, while all thor
oughfares were crowded with motor
traffic, the driver of big Fierce Spar
row car held his arm out as signal
to the cars behind, and FOri ran
up his sleeve
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
MEAITH TAl KS
BY WILLIAM ~! a.. Il BR RAJ! ND.


painted inquiries
Brady
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20

BILLY Sunday opens an evangelis-
tic campaign In Chicago March II, He
promises to drive the devil ont NJ
the city. Then where will he go from
there?
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-06-29
GREATEST SHIPBUILDlNG
CENTER ON GULF COAST

With the announcement of the
Dierks Blodgett Shipbuilding Co. OF
the signing of a contract for the con
struction of ten 5000 ton steel steam
ers for the Emergency Fleet Corpor.
alton in addition to the six $500 ton
wooden steamers now building, and
the large construction program OF both
steel and wooden ships now under way
at the International Shipbuiding Co.,
Pascagoula more firmly cinches its
claim to being the greatest ship
building center on the gulf coast
With the new construction program
outlined, at least seven thousand men
will be employed in this city alone on
ship construction work. This does not
take into consideration the big ship
building plants at Moss Point, employ
ing a large number of men at present,
with the general supposition that they
too will embark in steel ship construc-
tion at no distant date.
Pay rolls in Pascagoula alone now
run around $4,000 a week and should
reach $150,000 per week in the next six
months. Population is increasing as
rapidly as houses and accommodations
can be secured.
A population of forty or fifty thous-
and for the port of Pascagoula with
in two years is not an unreasonable
forecast.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-06-29
CLEAN UP.

The work of the United States Pub
lie Health Service will soon material
ize into more healthful and whole
some Pascagoula. The extreme pre-
caution against disease that the gov
eminent has always manifested where
ever Uncle Sans employees have beer
stationed has been exercised here, ant
as a result everyone in this Vicinit,
will be beneficiary. Elsewhere il
this issue appears list of emergenc.
sanitary regulations which have beer
promulgated by the U, S. Public
Health Service and which will go int
effect Immediately.
The emergency regulations have pro
nounced the doom of the surface privy
Only pit privies will be tolerated
henceforth, and only when the waste
matter of such places is properly is
olated from the contact of flies and
other disease.carrying insects. Ar
rangements have been made, in ad
dition for the establishment of a plant
which will manufacture sanitary, col
lapsible prvies, purchasable at cost
This plant will be centrally located
and property owners will be urged to
install this sanitary privy wherever
possible.
The work of inspecting all restaur-
ants and food shops has been complet-
ed, and the enforcement Of the regula-
tons will follow. All boarding houses
will be inspected during the coming
week Weekly analyses of the city
water will be made and the result pub
lished. The analysis for this week
shows no injurious bacteria. The anti
malarial drainage gangs are still at
work and are rapidly providing the
marshy places with adequate drain
age
The success of this sanitary canl-
paign will depend to large extent on
the cooperation and support given it
by the citizens of PascagOula and Vi
cinity. So far the cooperation has
been encouraging Next week every
one will have an opportunity to CO.
operate more tangibly in cleaning up
the town. At date, to he announced
later by posters and dodgers, the res
idents of every house will be asked to
gather all tin cans, garbage and rub
bish, and to place them in front of
the house on the curb This will be
collected later by trucks which will
visit every part of the town. The local
shipyards have co-operated admirably
in each loaning one truck for this pur
pose.
Clean up day you will have an OPP
portunity to show how much you
value more healthful and sanitary
and what you are doing to .
make Pascagoula a better place to live
in.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-06-29
The INTERNATIONALS WIN.

The International Shipbuilders base
bali team defeated the Eberhardts OF
New Orleans here last Saturday by
the score of IL to (. The game was
hotly contested till the 9Th inning
neither side scoring. The Internation-
ais then opened fire. and showing
their real strength began to walk
away with the game. ETy's batting.
consisting of home run. two singles,
a sacrifice. and a base on balls. was
one of the features of the game.
Ernie Walker. formerly of the South
ern League team of Mobile showed
his usual form and came along with
a double and a single.
The Internationals promise to have
one Of the best teams in the new ship
builders league. They viii play the
Mobile Shipyard team SUNDAY at 10
bile, and a great surprise is in store
for their opponents.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-06-29
ANNOUNCER ENTS.
For ConQreSs,

The Chronicle is authorized to an
nounce HON. T. G. BILBO OF Poplar
vile as candidate for Congress from
the Sixth District, subject to the
action OF the Democratic party.
The Chronicle is authorized to an
nounce HON. f. J. BOWERS of Gulf
port as candidate for Congress from
the Sixth District, subject to the ac-
ton OF the Democratic party.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-06-29

-Ir. and -irs walter Gautier ems
daughters, Misses Josie anS Rub
OF Gauticr we're the guests OF Mrs. r
J. Loughridge Sunday.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-06-29

aIr and Hrs. John r. Ray and little
daughter. 2yra Of New Orleans. were
the weekend guests Of Mrs. r. J.
Loughridge.