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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-03
WILSON And AIS
ATTEND URUGUAY
ElTVOY'S FJN-R.Ll

Washington. May 3 President
Wilson. members OF the cabinet
and the d Diplomatic corps, and jus
tees Of the supreme court today at-
tended the state funeral of Or Car
los De Peua. TrUguaiau minister.
Services were held al ST. Patrick IS
church uEl included requiem
h Oh mass and full military hGno-s.
The body was placed in vagit TN
til il can be conveyed 90 Uruguay
on a United States war ship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-03

later al the Hotel Dempsey. where
ne served as clerk. He vas q m am-
Der of the Greet RS of America. a
national organization OF hotel
clerks. Private Franz also worked
for time for the telephone com
pany. He attended the Trinity Eng
Esh Lutheran church.
The father of the dead hero was
engaged in the hotel business in
Davenport for about twenty years.
but now lives at Edna, Mo. .
just where Private Franz fell in
battle is not known. The telegram
from Adjutant General Mccain
made only the following brief
staten ent:
Deeply regret to inform Won that
Private Arthur c. Franz, Infantry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-03

the letter closes.
Well. | have just about run out
OF news and getting writer's cramp.
SO VIII say | had better stop. Will
nave TO send this TO Art as YOU
dldn send your new address. With
love Tor you and the rest of the fam
lily. Goodbye. Arthur C. Franz "
A foot-note at the bottom OF the
letter indicates that 1t was CEN
sored and passed by f. A. Konne,
lieutenant, L. S Inf
Was Hotel Clerk.
Private Franz was % years old.
He was a graduate of the Daven-
port public and high schools and
had had several years experience
N the hotel business, first with his
father at the old Hotel Windsor and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-03
TOO POOR TO BUY
BOND re GIVIS UP
CHERISHED COIN

Washington. May 3-A man too
poor to buy a Liberty bono has
offered the treasury his mos 4riz-
ed possession. a gold dollar given
him by Abraham Lincoln in 1860
at Nation. III. to he auctioned
of and the receipts turned into
bonds Writing to Secretary Me
Adoo he said:
Uncle Abe jokingly put his
hand on my shoulder and said
George. ycI VIII vote Coz me. won't
your
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-03

Il said. 1 cant. Uncle Able. be-
cause you are a Republican, | a n
democrat
He burst iato a big laugh and
said George. | am going to give
you a present for your honesty
He put his hand in his pocket
and pulled out gold dollar and
gave ii to me | have been O.
fered $500 for that dollar. and
prize it very highly. but | will send
il 70 you and viii let il 20 at any
price to get a Liberty bond TO help
the boys in France
The treasury row is trying to
find a way of disposing OF the Lin
coin dollar.
Buy q Liberty Bond
All the news all the ttme--The
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-03
MACCABFFS STATE
RALLY HERE IN MAY

Announcement is made OF the
state rally which is to be held under
the auspices of the Womau's Bene-
TT association of Maccabees. MAY
% in Rock Island All surround
ing associations of the state are to
be represented and prospects are
the affair will be quite a large one.
Initiation of candidates will be
one Of the special features and a
number OF supreme officers are to be
present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-03

nRo Island after 25
take this opportunity thank friends
and during that period of
merit that confidence
and patronage through and courteous and with
force re-estabsh nearby city
Peoria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-03

IS officially reported as Killed in
action, April 20, 1915"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-03
To My Many Friends and Patrons
A Few Words of Appreciation

1y old patrons have the lat the promp
service which has characterized business during
past years this city will still be the Business policy Of
in Peoria where all my friends viii be cordially welcomed For
will maintain Office in Rock Island present
which will be open the sale Of lcooc beverages
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-11-21

:s5 or 40 tons of good Hay in the barns
400 or 500 bushels good khersian Oats
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21

There's something more than good quality
that goes with any gift purchased from
Gano-Down's; S; it's the expression Of good
taste and good Judgment correct styles at
sensible prices with irreproachable service.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21
Christmas Suggestions for Boys

SERS &c to 1S years,
$3.50. $500. $3.50
and 90
BOYS SWEATERS to 1S
years. So. 90 to $500
BOYS BELTS-Black and
tan leather; all styles, 35c,
SOC and ............75c
LEATHER BELTS IN GIFT
BOXES-All with fancy met
al buckles; each. 90
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21
N,. C:L. at SIS, $50,
MCu > OullS SIS and up

Splendid variety fashionable styles ranging from the
smart extreme creations to the conservative business
models Serviceabe fabrics coorng and patterns that
decidedly
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21

Our years of experience in
catering to men and young
men of discriminating tastes
places US in a position to
meet every demand in cor
rect headwear. All the new
shapes and shades are dis
played in diversified assort-
ments.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
Birds on the Battle Front.

Many nature lovers in the French
armies at the front have reported that
the war seems TO have little effect on
the birds of that region, which are
quite as numerous as usual A CORE
spondent of Land and Water writes
that airmen have met vast flockS of
migrating waders, ducks and other
birds flying at an immense height
above the battle zone. He himself
has seen great numbers of green Plov-
ers in the marshes, wild ducks, black
birds, hedge Sparrows, pigeons, mag
pies, rocks and crows, and even night
ingales. Martins and swallows seem
to be more numerous than in England,
and appear as much pleased with the
ruins as the sparrOws and the star
lings. He writes
81 have seen house martins nests
built under the cornice of the ruins
of a highly decorated drawing room,
pink cupids and love knots contrast
ing strangely with the mud of the nest
In most villages the peasants are very
superstitous about the swallows and
house martins, and consider i'll luck
would follow the destruction of nest.
So the swallows and martins are free
to build where they like, and | often
wonder whether, when the ruins are
reconstructed, the peasants will en-
deavor to reconcile the birds to a
change of dwelling. At present theiI
nests are everywhere One built on
the rack where we hung our clothes,
another on a rafter in our Harvesting
room, while several occupied a shed
in which the gunners were billeted
during a rest. A shell broke a large
hole in the roof, but failed to explode
The swallows had previously used the
doorway as an entrance, but they at
once saw the convenience of the she'll
hole, and almost before the dust of the
broken roof had subsidized they were
calmly flying in and out with food for
the young ones. Possibly young
swallows and martins require more
food than other nestings, for the pa
rent birds were feeding from the ear
liest dawn until it was almost too dark
TO see the birds. Yet the baby birds
never ceased squealing for more.
Shells might burst and shatter the ad-
joining sheds, even a 'dud' might 90
through the roof that sheltered them,
but still they cried insistently. Per-
haps that is why the nesting mothers
of the battlefields take matters so pla-
cidly. They have no time to waste,
but must feed their young ones in
spite Of wars wild alarms and, af-
ter all, it is the quantity of food that
matters with the wild folk, and they
surely have enough of that at the
front"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07

ouilSiiiiSy oAio w.
doctors decided
that | would have
to go through an
operation before l
could get well.
My mother, who
had been helped by
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound, advised me
to try it before sub
hitting to an opera
ton. Itrelieved me
fror. NM, frOt1hlaa
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07

For any itching skin trouble, piles,
eczema, salt rheum, hives, itch, scald
head, herpes, scabies, Doan's Ointment
is highly recommended. Coo box at
all stores.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
HOW MRS. BOYD
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION

Canton, Ohio.-"I suffered from q
female trouble which caused me much
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
First Apple Orchards.

Captain" said lady at dinner
given TO Captain Simpson, in London,
"when you reach that wilderness OF
the northwest coast of America, plant
these apple seeds"
And then, half in fun, she gave him
the seeds she had just taken out OF an
apple. This was probably about 1928
or 1926. writes Katherine B. Judson
in early Days in Old Oregon" The
captain said he would surely plant
them. Then he put them in his peck
ct and forgot all about them.
The next day he started off on that
long VOYAGE of seven or eight months
He sailed around the Horn, up the
Western side of South America and
If North American, crossed the terrible
bar of the Columbia with its thunder
ing white-capped waves, and sailed up
10 Fort Vancouver.
Then he sat, in his dress suit, at
another dinner, but this time 1t was
in "that wilderness on the northwest
coast of America"
Putting his hand into his pocket for
something, the captain felt the apple
seeds, He took them out and told
Dir. Mclaughlin how they came to be
there. At that time there were no
apple trees at all at Fort Vancouver,
and those seeds suddenly became very
important. They were given TO the
gardener, Bruce, without delay.
1t took four grown men TO plant the
precious seeds, DR.. Mclaughlin, Cap
tain Simpson. Mr.. Pambrum and the
gardener, Bruce.
First they were put in small boxes in
good earth, with glass over them. The
boxes were put in the store room,
place where no one would find them
or touch them.
The green sprouts later were planted
in the fort garden by Bruce and care
fully protected. The white-haired DR..
Mclaughlin also watched over them.
This powerful man, who controlled
thousands of Indians, and governed
country 800 miles long, north and south,
and nearly 1000 miles east and west
this "king of Columbia bent down
with great interest over these tiny
green apple shoots. He hoped they
would bear fruit, and they did.
"Now come and see. We are going
to have some apples" he said to Mr..
Harvey one day. Mr.. Harvey himself
tells this story, and he was afterward
the doctors son-in-law. They went to
the tree. One little green apple was
hanging there. When it was ripe, it
was picked and cut into many slices,
for everyone had to have bit of it.
The first apple was green one, but
the next year there were more apples
and they were red And the seeds of
every apple were saved, planted and
tended, so that they became valuable
apple trees.
When the missionaries came, several
years after that first seed was planted,
they found a charming apple orchard at
Fort Vancouver, with many tree COW
cred in the spring with beautiful, frag-
rant, pink blossoms and in the fall with
red apples.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
Not TO Have Paris Leave.

One of the hardest problems with
which the British have had to deal
has been the protection of the men
on leave. Transportation is so pre-
cious that the majority Of the rank and
file cannot obtain permission to go
home the best they can get is Paris
leave.
In city of its magnitude, where
they have no authority over the CIV
ilian population, the British command
has been helpless to take care OF inc
men il would like to take. About all
they could do was to caution, and to
provide countre attractions to the
lures of the underworld.
Here, as in every other phase OF war
activity, the American army has been
able to profit by its allies experience.
Up TO date, the problem has not been
acute, because there will be no leaves
granted until some of our forces have
gone into the trenches. After they are
in, the usual leave of week or ten
days will be given every four months
to men of good record.
But il will not be Paris leave. The
plan is to keep the boys away from the
metropolis. The American army
proposes to take over a city in the
south of France, to which soldiers
may go instead. That city will be un-
der American control for this pur-
pose. We shall have theatres run
ming, with stock companies playing in
English movie palaces, recreation
grounds, baseball fields-about ev-
erything a man could wish for in the
way of amusement. And the civil
population will come under American
authority in its relation TO American
soldiers. 1t looks TO be first rate
measure for the health and morale of
the men.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07

A bill offered in the Virginia Legislature
by Senator h f. Byrd, of Winchester, TO
take over the historic Shenandoah Valley
pike between Winchester and Stounton
aid have il operated rs State road tree
OF tolls, has beer '7yorably reported by
the Senate committee OF roads The bill
provides that .he road shlIl tc m 7intaireI
by The State from the genera. -a'0mo7il.
tax fund. The abolition Of lll,- sde,
would also make it eligible 10 receiv.
funds from the federal government. G-e
Shenandoah Valley pike is ne PRINCIPAL
highway used by moi3nsl> travelling
north and south in VrrgInI, aid many
automobile associations ard clubs have
for long time advocated abolishing The
toll system by which tie road has been
maintained.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07

He'd like TO take you TO the the
atre this evening, but you wouldn't
like it. The seats wouldn't be COM
Portable.
She-Why not?
He-Oh, the Government put tax on
them
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
Hardware Department.

HARDWARE Department.
Bar Iron, Nails, Horse Shoes, Large
Iron Wash Kettles, Brass, Copper
and Porcelain Kettles, Skillets, Waffle
Irons, Trace, Butt, Cow and Halter
Chains, Farm Bells, Screen Doors
and Windows, American Fence Wire,
Barbed Wire, Saws, Black Hawk
Corn Shelters, Lawn Mowers, Files,
All Sizes Bolts, Loaded Shells, Pow
der and Shot.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
Paint and Oil Department.

oiiAe Sii>a A ~A
Raw and Boiled Linseed Oil, Harness
Oil, Machine Oil, Black Strap, Tur-
pentine, N. c. and Gas Tar, Gasoline,
Varnish, Japan Dryer, Knot Killer,
Willie Lead, Red Lead, Spanish
Brown, Calcined Plaster, Portland
Cement, Lard Oil, PlaStering Hair,
Coal Oil, Neat Foot Oil, Fish Oil,
Bath Brick Soap, Sulphur, Copperas,
Borax.
Patent Plasteridg prepared for immediate
use.
international Stock Food and Gleason's
Horse and Cattle Powders.
Frank Miller'S Harness Dressing, Whale
Oil Soap.
Black Lambs Foot Harness Oil.
The Perfection Blue Flame Wickless Oil
Stove-SafeSt and best.
The Four Leaf Clover Cream Separator,
where the milk is not mixed or di
luted with water, leaving il pure and
sweet for family use.
Wall Paper furnished on short notice al
reduced prices.
Reduced Prices on Haying Tools and
Barn Doors Hangers and Track.
Force Pumps, Deep Well Pumps, Gal
vanized Bucket Pump and Water
Purifier, X L Chain Pumps.
A Large Stock OF Cooking and Heating
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
Norfolk &W eStern Ry.

Schedule in Effect Jan. 6, 1918.
LEAVE SHEPHF:>DSTOWN DAILY.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. 1850 A. M.-For BRISTOL and In
termedate stations; Pullman Broiler
Parlor Car to Bristol; connects
with the ST. Louis Express for all
points West; Pullman Sleeper Roam
oke TO Columbus and Cincinnati.
cafe car.
No. 27-5.33 p. M.-Fof Shenandoah,
Va. and Local Stations.
No. l-l.36A M.-Let of from connect
ing lines at Hagerstown or Shenan-
doah Junction or TO take on for Basic
or beyond. Pullman Sleeper to Will
hanson. w. Va, and Jacksonville,
Flori d. Cafe Car 10 Roanoke.
NORTHBOUND.
No. 2S-9.35 A. M.-For Hagerstown
and intermediate stations, connects al
Hagerstown for Harrisburg, Philadel-
phia and New York.
No. l4-S.34 P. M. = For Hagerstown,
Philadelphia, and New York; Parlor
Car. Pullman SleeperS, Hagerstown
TO Philadelphia.
No. 2S 80 A. Met of from Basic or
beyond, or to take on for connecting
lines at Shenandoah Junction or Ha-
gerstown. Pullman Sleeper TO Phil
ade!phla and New York
Ii you are thinking OF taking atrip YOU
want quotations, cheapest fares, reliable
AMI correct information, as to routes, train
schedules, the m comfortable and quick
est way. WLle and the information is
yours for the asking, with one ofour COM
plete Map Folders.
w 3. BEVILL, w. c. SAUNDERS,
Ass. Traff. Mngr. Gen. Pass. Agt.
Roonoke Va
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07

so can do my house work without any
difficulty. / advise any woman who Is
afflicted with female troubles to give
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a trial and it will do as much for
them. Mrs. MARIE BOYD, 142l 9th
St., N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi-
tions where hospital operation iS the
only alternative, but on the other hand
SO many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia 4.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary every woman who wants
to avoid an operation should give 1t a
fair trial before submitting to such
trying ordeal. :.
If complications exist, write to Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
for advice. The result of many years
experience is at your service.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-29
MINNEAPOLIS is
AIDING RUSH OF
FLOUR TO EAST

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 29.-Min-
neapolis-center of the grain trade
is bending every effort to facilitate
the receipt of wheat from the North
west, and to rush, the -four to the East
ern seaboard.
For more than a week, millers have
been completing their preparations to
receive heavy shipments Of grain, for
favorable weather has increased the
wheat yield and has advanced the har-
vesting. Railroad shops are working
day and night to repair cars which
have been in bad condition. so they
may be in service in ten days when
the grain movement is expected to be
under way.
Flour will be shipped from here in
solid train loads, which will make
switching unnecessary at intermedi-
ate points.
Latest dispatches from Minnesota
wheat regions tell Of powerful efforts
to harvest every acre of the crop.
Crookston citizens inaugurated a
movement to draft business men and
other residents of the city to aid the
farmers during the harvest There
has been a shortage Of labor iii the
Red River valley. The Crookston
Home Guards are to assist in the
work u,
A similar report has been received
from Fergus Falls. Home Guard
forces began work in the fields today,
Other citizens were with them.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-29
YANKEE DOODLE
HIGHWAY LINKS
RIVER POINTS

Winona, Mimi. July 29.-The Yam
skee Doodle Highway, new automo-
bile trail, leading from Winoha to the
Twin Cities which will serve TO ad-
vertise Winona, has just been mapped
and will be definitely laid out by the
Fankee Doodle Highway association
Five thousand signs, made Of tin,
will mark the trail. In addition. two
large display boards advertising the
new highway and the Organization
marking it, will be placed, one at Wi
toka and the other at St. Paul. Trav-
elers and tourists reaching WitOka
then will be directed to come through
Winona and use the Yankee Doodle
highway to. the Twin Cities. The dis
play board at st. Paul will serve the
same purpose.
The marking of the trail will be a
gala event on the upper Mississippi
When the signs arrive. in three or
four weeks, "a day will be. designated
when party of fifteen automobiles
will carry Winona Boy Scouts over
the highway to officially blaze the
trail
The new highway will pass through
Minnesota City, Rollingstone, Minneis-
ka, Weaver, Kellogg, Wabasha, Lake
City, Frontenacx Red Wing, Hastings,
St. Paul and Minneapolis. There will
be the beautiful Mississippi river val
leys and bluffs, great waving fields Of
grain, endless pasture lands, enchant-
ing woods and modern farms.
At. Lake City for, several miles au-
toists will travel along the banks of
the Mississippi river and the great
Lake Pepin.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-29
.MANDAN BOY
DESCRIBES A
REAL BATTLE
Description Received from Ralph
Cartwright Is Vivid
Gem

Mandan, n. D., July ga vivid de-
,scription of battle scene in France,
in which Americans participated, !, is
contained in letter received BY his
father from Private Ralph Cartwright,
OF Mandan.
Private Cartwright declares, in his
letter, that he held a point of van
tage overlooking the field OF battle
when he Americans moved forward
to attack.
The glitter Of bayonets and steady
advance of the troops marching as
though on parade was the most won
,derful sight that 11have ever witness
ed" writes Cartwright
Tanks slowly. crawled up ont of
the valley and moved on with the
men A smoke screen obscured part
of the field just as the troops disap-
peared into the woods and over the
crest OF hill. At one place the men
began to encircle point Of the woods
and several tanks moved up and in,
all probability cleaned out a machine
gun nest.
After an interval that seemed like
ages, line Of men began coming
back in Indian file, over the crest
My first thought was that our men
had been defeated. and that these were
the defeated soldiers :passing back.
After studying several of the groups
l noticed that there was only an Oc-
casienal CLINT ,of steel. and came to
the correct conclusion that they were
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-29
MONTANANS FIND
CONNECTS CARRIED
IN Y,ANK COSTUME

Helena, Mont. July 29.-Citizens OF
Montana, who have thrown open their
homes to strangers wearing military
uniforms, are becoming increasingly
cautious. They have been 7stung sew
eral times, as they put it.
The latest escapades involve for
mer Montana convict and Edward
Miller, of Los Angeles. Both men
are in custody.
Miller, the authorities allege, was
extremely careful not to violate any
state law and the only charge that
has been suggested thus far is viola
ton of the federal law which prohib-
its the unauthorized wearing of mil
itary uniform.
Miller was known as Major Nc
Donald, of Vimy Ridge, Ypres, and a
few other places of blazing memory.
1t was reported that he had been
wounded II times. Miller lived at
several leading hotels and was invited
to a number Of public and private
functions before, he was arrested at
Butte
The Butte authorities announced
that Miller paid his way" and sought
only notoriety and entertainment.
The case of the convict was bit
different. He turned out to besa pri-
vate who deserted from the American
army and it is alleged that he is
wanted in another state for forgery
and wife ,desertion.
State officials have pointed out that
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-29

OF left-overs. 1t makes cooked and
fresh vegetables of all kinds into ap-
petizing salads. 1t makes meat scraps
into jelied meat loaves which every
body likes. All things considered, gel
atine must be regarded as our great
est food cOnserver. 4
A leading gelatine expert now sup
plies this product ready-prepared in
a most delightful form. The new type
is called Jiffy-Jell. . 1t comes ready
sweetened, so one ads only boiling
water to it.
The unique feature lies in the fla
vors. They are made from fresh,
ripe fruit, then highly concentrated,
then sealed in glass vials-a bottle
in each package. The result is des-
sers with a wealth of fruit flavor,
made quickly and at trifling cost.
There are also lime-fruit and mint
flavors for salads and meat loaves