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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-05

TO FORCE ISSUE
ramnaign Planned To Fleet Legis-
Iators Who Will support Fed
eTaI Amendment.

Announcement was made vester-
say BY the Anti-Saloon League Of
Illinois. through State Superintend-
,nt +. Scott Mcbride. that there
wiiI be concentration Of dry votes
anon single candidates in each leg
lsIative district-or upon two can
sidates. where the situation per-
mIts-an5 that the anti-saloon
Forces VIII take full advantage OF
ne Pumping SYSTEM.
Control Of the next legislature,
"a far as concerns ratification of q
nv amendment to the federal con-
stituriur. will be settled at the
aimarips IN September" SGpcrin-
rn6eat Mcbride said The Anti
saloon League Of Illinois is fight
ipg for the one proposition. and
nat IS ratification Immediately
rpon the converting Of the general
assembly In January.
eve propose TO play the same
zane that has been PLAYED ,fSainst
rs repeatedly and our forces are
nov in such shape that we are able
% DO so The issue is so clear and
20 positive that there is no oppor-
unity for sidesteppinE by legislat-
lve candidates. whether they be wet
81 dry. The dry vote will be urged
10 center its strength upon such
candidates in each district, RepUb-
ican and DeuOcratic. We expect
to develop a 100 per cent voting
strength behind the men whom We
thaIl recommend. which means, OF
tourse. those who are pledged op-
fnIy TO vote for Immediate ratii-
cation.
I'VE have no other program fur
her than that Of immediate ratifi-
ration. The indications are that
IN exceptisnallv high class Of men
are offering themselves as legisIar--
I've candidates This fight viii be
won or lost n the primaries. and
We propose 10 do our work be
tween now and Sept. IL"
Superintendent Mcbride expr ess-
I'd the opinion that the federal
amendment Will be ratified by the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-05

necessary number of states during
the next winter. He pointed out
that Louisiana, at a special election
next month, viii break the deadlock
whereby ratification was defeated
IN May and that the governor OF
Louisiana has said that he Will call
an immediate extra session OF the
legislature for the sole purpose OF
voting on ratification.
II Louisiana votes for ratlfica-
ton and We win in Illinois and are
ahie 10 ratlfy in January, there are
enough dry states where leigsla-
lures are meeting next winter to
furnish the necessary Sc ratjfving
states"
The first day for filing petitions
for legislative candidates IS Sat
urday, July 13, at Springfield with
the secretary of state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-05
R|
E1atrT(aI

The installation Of officers Of Ucal
lodge No. COS, I. o. o. F., which was
10 have taken place last night was
postponed until July IL A short
business session was held and the
members decided to conduct
membership campaign. The lodge
has over three hundred members
and the slogan. Not less than 4O0,
Will be adopted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-05
MAKES APPEALS
FOR ENGINEERS
Members 1918 Draft Glass May En-
list Providing All Claims Are
Waived by Applicants.

Word has been received by the
local exemption board from Adju-
tant General Dickson that volun-
teeTs are wanted for the engineer
corps.
No one but skilled white men
qualified for general military SER
vice Will be accepted. Amy regis
trant in the class of June 1917,
and who is qualified will be accept
ed. Registrars of the class of
June, 1918, Will be accepted, pro
Yiding the Tegistrant valves all
time limits for classification and
examination.
The local board is directed to
notify the &djutant general not lat
or than July II, of the number in
each trade that can be furnished
from here. Allotments will be
made on receiving these reports
from all local boards. In case al.
lotments are not filled by volun-
tary induction men will be inductpd
to i'll the quota in the regular man
ner.
Tradesmen needed are: Auto re-
pairmen, aXmen, blacksmiths, boat
men, electricians, furriers, machin-
lists, plumbers, Triggers, surveyors,
telephone operators, bridge carpen-
tiers, cabinet makers. caulkers, con
crete foremen, gas enginemen,
horsesh0eTs. bug1ers, powdemen,
saddlers, tailors, tim bermen, coz
crete workers, construction fore
men, cooks, craftsmen, stationary
cnginemen, photographers, quarry
men, ShOemakers, transfers and
JopogTaphers.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-05
Licensed To Wed


New York - Ration cards for
smokers have been introduced in
Austria, SAYS Vienna dispatch
published in Berlin newspapers.
Each smoker is allowed six cigars
and eighteen cigarettes or half a
package Of tobacco.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-05

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
News of Sons Death
Comes With His Letter

New York.-With a letter in front
of them from their son in which he
advised his parents not to worry
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Pfahl, of
674i Evergreen avenue, Brooklyn, re-
ceived word that the boy, George
R. Pfahl, a private in the 307th In
fantry, had been killed in action.
On June "a, Pfahl, a native of
Brooklyn, went over the top for the
last time. Before going to Camp
Upton last September he was man
ager of a silverware concern at 622
Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn. In April
he went to France.
Somewhere in the country, enjoy
ing a vacation, is Mrs. Bertha Sands,
of 80 Jennings street, the Bronx.
Yesterday there came q telegram
from Washington that her brother,
Bernard Albert, a private, had died
of wounds in France. Efforts to To-
cate Mrs. Sands failed.
The parents and four brothers of
Private Charles Cranes, of 851 Kelly
street, the Bronx, learned that he
fell in battle on July 0. "A member
of Company G, 305th Infantry, he
went overseas in April. In his last
letter, received June 16, Cranes said
he was feeling fine and was on his
way to the front line with all the
men in high spirits.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
Nearing Urges Labor
to Seize Industries

New York.-Fifteen hundred dol
lars a year is the minimum income
which would be demanded by the
American laborer If his interest were
safeguarded by the same standards
that safeguard property, Scott Near
ing told his audience at the Peo-
pies House, at Z East Fifteenth
street.
THE working man is silly enough
to talk about his receipts as his
income" he said. Capital doesn't
do that. Capital deducts fixed
amounts for insurance, for wear
and tear, for taxes and for interest
before it begins to talk about income
at all.
THE working man, whose average
wage in this country is $S42 a year
deducts 802 year for upkeep-
that is, for food, rent and the edu-
cation of his children, That leaves
him $40 income. If his income
were measured by the same system
| of bookkeeping which is applied tc
capital, he would have to add insur.
ance on sickness, accident and un.
employment policies, amounting, tt
say, $40; depreciation, that is, ole
age compensation, say 500, and in.
terest on his investment, say 5000
Therefore, you have $440 to add tt
| the receipts before you begin to tall
of income. The minimum wage fol
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
Troop IA Reorganizes to
Hike Over the Country

Scout activities have been some
what hampered by things incident to
summer vacation season, especially
due to so many scouts having sum-
mer Jobs. Despite these facts, our
troop has lately reorganized and is
up to full-troop strength. This
week a hike is planned for Hum
melstown and we are looking for
ward to a number during the month
of August.
Especially do we anticipate a
weeks pleasure at the Boy Scout
camp the last week of August, and,
previous to that, we hope to nike 10
Gettysburg, spending a day or SO
looking over the great battlefield. A
day at Hershey is also planned.
At present the class standard OF
the troop is being raised and 1t is
hoped by the end of the summer to
have our troop on a good second
class rating.
The troop has just registered
thirty-four scouts. There are nVe
candidates, who will soon pass their
tenderfoot test, and the rest are hard
at work on the second class.
]. Frank Whitman is scoutmasteI
and Guiles Bowers and w. Raymond
Sammel, assistant scoutmasters. w.
D. Harris, G.. F. Milleisen and P. G.
Diener are the troop committee.
Almost a full patrol of this troop
live in or near Lucknow, and these
scouts are setting the pace by having
patrol meetings to perfect themselves
in scout craft.
Scout Zimmerman. Scribe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
TROOP TWELVE
HAS NEW HEAD
Scouts to Be Lead by L. G.
Orr Succeeding DR..
Zimmerman

L. G.. Orr, our new scoutmaster,
takes the place of DR.. G. A thinner
man, who lately Joined the Army as
a commissioner officer. For a per-
iod of time the troop was held to-
gether by Fred P. Haehnlen until a
regular scoutmaster could be pro-
cured.
All offices expired on the re-regis-
tration of the troop and reelection
took place on Friday night, July 19.
The new officers are as follows:
President, Scout K. Bell; secre-
tary, Scout John Myers Smith; treas
urer, Scout Charles Miller; scribe,
Scout William B. Hawthorne.
Patrol leaders were also reelected
as follows:
Eagle patrol-Scout John Smith,
patrol leader; Scout William Haw-
thorne, assistant patrol leader.
Silver Fox-Scout Arthur Swan
son. patrol leader; Scout Harold Os-
man, assistant patrol leader.
The Eagle patrol had a meeting
on Monday night, July %, and Pa
troll Leader Smith took a large or
der for equipment for the scouts,
and also worked out a quick way
of calling out the patrol.
The troop has planned to take
an overnight hike to Clark's Valley
under the leadership of Assistant
Scoutmaster Haehnlen, Saturday,
July 27.
The troop will also spend its camp
ing trip at the scout city camp the
last week in August.
VIM. HAWTHORNE,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
''Kultur" Lecturer Interned
With Is Alien Enemies

New York-Dr. Hans Heinz Ewers,
a German propagandist who was
sent to this country by DR.. Drenburg
to write and lecture on Teutonic
Kulture was among the enemy aliens
taken to Camp Oglethorpe. Ca, for
internment. Included were several
intelligence agents of the German
Foreign Office who operated with the
Kaiser's espionage and propaganda
ring in the United States.
The men were taken from the
Tombs to the station by Deputy Uni
ted States Marshals. where they were
turned over to a platoon of soldiers
under Lieutenant Franklin Peck, 22d
Infantry, who will deliver them to
the Southern camp. AS the group
reached the station the papers an
nouncing the sinking of the Justicia
arrived, and the crowds Kissed the
plotters as they were hurried abroad
the train.
DR.. Ewers was president of the
Society of German Authors and a
prolific writer of novels. He was one
of the organizers of the German
Neutrality League. which was form
GU III lno early part VI 1910 10
spread propaganda designed to keep
this country out of the war. George
S. Viereck was associated with him
in this.
Prior to the declaration of war he
received official war films from the
German Foreign Office, and travelled
about the country lecturing on the
power of Teutonic arms. He was
arrested a month ago.
Felix Armand Sommerfeld, an.
other of those interned, was CHIEF
of the Mexican Secret Service under
Madero and later was PURCHASING
agent for Villa in this country. He
bought large supplies of guns ant
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
Sewing Circle With
Much Whispering
We Are An Greatly Indebted to Those
Who Tell Their Experiences.

Before the arrival Of the stork there %
much to talk about. The comfort OF the
expectant mother is the chief topic, and
there Is sure to be someone who has used
or knows of that splendid external help
Mothers Friend.
Nausea, nervousness, bearing-down and
stretching pains and other symptoms so
familiar to many women are among the
dreaded experiences thousands of mothers
say they entirely escape by the use Of this
famous remedy.
It's Influence on the fine network of nerves
and ligaments just beneath the skin is won
By the regular use of Mothers Friend
during the period the muscles are made
and kept soft and elastic; they expand
easily, without strain, when baby Is born
and the pain and danger at the crisis Is
naturally less.
:. Mothers Friend Is for external use only,
10 sold Ivy all druggists, and should be used
with the utmost regularity. Write to the
Brad1eld Regulator Co., Lamar
BLDG. Atlanta, Ga, for a valuable and in-
teresting Motherhood Book" There Is q
wealth Of instruction and comfort to be
derived In reading this little book. II is
plainly written and will be a splendid little
text book for guidance, not only for yourself
but will mako you helpful to Others And
in the meantime do not fall to get bottle
Of Mothers Friend from the drug store, and
thus fortify yourself against pain and dis
comfort.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
$NEWx AND NOTES OF, THE BOY z10uTz.8
Scouting Notes
Second Clnss Exams
By J. q. STINE

Second Glass Exams
The second class examination Is in
two parts The first given by the
scoutmaster comprises: Test l. one
month as tenderfoot: 4, tracking; b,
scout pace; 6. use of knife and
hatchet; Z, firebuilding; 8, cooking.
Tracking
Tracking Is a test of the power or
scout to observe. We all know
that the American Indian could fol-
low, at top speed, the trail of man
or an animal. A scout does not have
to be as efficient as that, but he is
expected to learn to use his eyes and
notice the things that other people
do not see.
In the wintertime when there is
snow on the ground it is a very
easy matter to follow the track of a
bird or animal along the ground,
but the scout must also learn to tell
what kind of a bird or animal 1t was.
A very interesting study can be made
in summer as we'll. The scout who
knows can tell by the tracks or a
horse just how the animal was trav-
cling. With close observation 1t Is
also simple to follow the track OF
an automobile on country roads.
In the tracking test IL blazed
trail is laid, scouts will never blaze
trees or scatter paper. While chalk is
far preferable. The use of irons
shaped like a hoof and fastened to
the shoes is also good. This track
can be followed across a grass field.
Scout Pace
This test consists of travelling
mile at fifty steps running and hfty
walking. But it is not test for
record mile, for the scout must take
it between eleven and a half and
twelve and a half minutes. 1t is,
therefore, a measure of time and dis
tance.
Every scout should know the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
FOR INDIGESTION
III. O. Kennedy Has Treatment That
He Guarantees to Promptly Re-
neve All Stomach Distress

People go on suffering from little
stomach troubles for years and i'm
agine they have a serious disease.
They over-eat or over-drink and
force on the stomach a lot of extra
work.
But they never think that the stom-
ach needs extra help to do extra work.
If these people would take Mi-o-na
tablet with or after meals it would be
a great big help to the stomach in it's
strain of overwork.
Mi-o-na tablets help your tired-out
stomach to do its work and banishes
the cause.
No matter what you eat or drink
Mi-o-na tablets should sweeten your
sour stomach and stop gas belchinC
in 10 minutes. The heaviness disap-
pears and the stomach is greatly aided
in its work of digestion.
And Mi-o-na not only promptly re-
lieves all distress hut IL taken regu-
larly will absolutely Danish indires-
ton by building up the habby over
worked walls of the stomach and
making them strong enough to digest
the most hearty meal. H. c. Kennedy
sells and guarantees Mi-o-na.-Adver-
otgement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
The Singer A Necessity

The Singer Sewing Machine Conn
pany in the Harrisburg district
shows an increase of 1853 sales of
Singer Sewing Machines at the close
of the first six months in 1918 over
any previous six months in the last
80 years-showing the need of the
best sewing machine in the world
during war times. The Government
uses them; the soldiers in the Camp
buy them every home is getting
them; all Factories, Red Cross,
Schools and Dressmakers use the
sewing machine that makes $500
stitches to the minute, THE Singer"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
Be Careful in Using
Soap on Your Hair

Most soaps and prepared sham
'poos contain too much alkali, which
is very injurious, as it dries the
scalp and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
mulsified cocoanut oil. for it is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very
cheap, and beats the most expensive
soaps OF anything else all to pieces.
You can get this at any drug store,
and few ounces will last the whole
family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub it in, about a tea
spoonful is all that is required. 1t
makes an abundance of rich, creamy
lather, cleanses thoroughly, and
rinses out easily. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and is soft,
fresh looking, bright fluffy, wavy,
and easy to handle. Besides, it loos-
ems and takes out every particle of
dust, dirt and dandruff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
SCOUTS PLAN TO
MOBILIZE SOON
Plans For Getting Scouts To-
gethef Are Announced by
Scout Headquarters

The ability to mobilize quickly to
render assistance in an emergency.
is recognized as one of the require
ments of an efficient scout organiza-
ton.
Plans are being perfected at head
quarters now that will enable the
executive to mobilize all the scouts of
the city in very short period of
time.
The plans provided for the listing
of the telephone number of all
scoutmasters, their assistants and
patrol leaders and scribes.
Should an emergency occur, local
headquarters will call the officials
Of every troop in the city, and it will
be the duty of every scoutmaster to
arrange so that he can reach every
boy in the troop either by telephone
or through another scout.
Each scoutmaster will designate
a central place for his scouts to
meet within easy access of the cars
going in the direction of the center
of the city.
Each scoutmaster will arrange
with at least three auto owners, if
possible, preferably his troop COM
mittee. to agree to carry him to his
assembly point. and from there with
as many of his troop as possible to
the point designated by the scout
executive. The balance of the troop
under command of the assistant
scoutmaster, or senior patrol leaders
to report at the place needed. One
trustworthy scout must always be
left at the point of assembly to in
struct belated scouts where to go.
He will remain at his post one-half
hour after the scoutmAster has gone,
and then report to his scoutmaster AS
soon as possible, stating how many
scouts he sent forward and how
many scouts he brought with him.
On arriving at the place Of mobiIi-
zation, each scoutmaster will call
the roll, and check the belated ones
as soon as they report so that he
may know just who has reported.
All scouts should wear hats, and
other parts of uniform If possible
and all should carry staffs If they
can be secured without delay.
Scouts owning bugles and first aid
kits should secure them before
starting to the point of assembly.
A more fully detailed plan will be
published III the near future, but in
the meantime all scouts should re-
port their telephone number to their
troop scribe for record.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
Troop Twenty Will Leave
For the Boy Scout Camp

Troop 20 leaves August 10 for
camp along the Conodoguinet creek
near Mecnanicsburg where the scouts
will live under, canvas for ten days.
The whole troop is enthusiastically
preparing for the outing from which
SO many pleasures and benefits are
expected.
To provide the necessary funds we
have arranged for an entertainment
of very high standard to be held in
Fifth Street Methodist Church on
Thursday, August 1. The musical
numbers will be given by certain of
the most prominent singers and in
strumentalists of the city. A later
announcement will include the full
program and the names of the ar
lists.
The tickets, which are really too
low priced in view of the excellent
character OF the entertainment, are
now on sale, and may be obtained
from any member of the troop. There
will also be on hand at that time a
good supply of ice cream for sale
at a nominal fee.
G. PARK WEAVER,
Acting Scribe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26

length of his pace to the fraction of
an inch. Such knowledge will en-
able him to measure distance ac-
curately. Only continual practice
will enable a scout to pass the pace
test.
Use of Knife and Hatchet
There are five rules to observe
when using an ak or hatchet:
]. Never chop in such a position
that the ak will cut you if it slips.
2. Never chop through wood on a
hard surface.
8. Never chop pine or hemlock
knots with a sharp ak.
4. If you carry an ak on your
shoulder, always have the edge out
ward from your neck. Otherwise
you might stumble and be killed.
5. Always muzzle the AK in trav-
cling.
There are nine rules which every
scout should memorize and practice
daily in the use of his knife:
/. Whittle away from you, not
toward you, to prevent injury.
2. Don't drive a knife into a stick
by hammering on the back of it, and
don't use the handle as q hammer.
3. Beware of wood with nails in
1t.
4. Keep the knife blade out of the
fire.
5. Keep the blades clean; boil or
scald the blades before cutting food.
6. Don't use the blade as a screw
driver. or to pry things open with.
z. Don't carry an open knife in
your hand.
s. Don't lay it on the ground
when not using it, or keep it in a"
wet place.
8. Know how to sharpen the
blades properly.
A knife, if kept in good condition,
is the most valuable and important
personal tool.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
Boy Scouts Go on Hike
to independence Island

Scoutmaster Kuntz is still work
ing the boys of Troop 81 on the ten
derfoot examinations. Monday
evening, July 2S, is the set date for
the examination and it is a matter
of pride in this troop that every can
didate will pass on the first test.
Last Tuesday evening the troop
visited Independence Island and a
swimming contest was INDUCED in.
Starting off this early on first-class
requirements means that this troop
expects to make rapid progress in
scout craft. A hike is planned for
Friday, when the boys will try their
hand at making a fire, using not
more than two matches.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
$4,000 REWARD

Corn, CnIIOuses, Sore, Tired, Ten
der, Aching, Perspiring Feet and other
foot misery. To get rid of these tor
lures and stay rid of them. rest feet
in the medicated and oxygenated
Bath Saltrates. $4,000 will be paid
if anyone, after using this as directed,
proves it is not the best treatment of
its kind ever perfected. In boxes of
convenient sizes and very low prices
at the following or most other drug
gists, Keller's Drug Store. G. A. Cor
gas, Clark's Medicine store, H. c.
Kennedy, who are authorized by the
manufacturers to guarantee satisfac-
tory results in every case or buy the
empty box back at full-boX price
Forty-five cents worth is enough to
rid the whole family of foot troubles.
advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
WATCH POSLAM
SUBDUE and HEAL
WORST ECZEMA

Every Eczema sufferer should know
just how greatly Poslam is able to
benefit this stubborn trouble: how
quickly it brings relief, stops itching;
cools, soothes and comforts. To spread
Poslam over an angry, affected SUR
face is to feel that here. in reality,
is just the healing influence the skin
demands. Treatment is usually sur
Iced every day, Poslam is harmless;
use 1t for Pimples. Rashes and all
eruptional disorders.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories, 243
West 47th ST., New York City.
Urge your skin to become fresher.
clearer, better by the daily use of
Poslam Soap, medicated with Poslam.