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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-18
LABOR DELEG ATES TO LEAVE

London, May 17.-The American labor delegates met the executive committee of the labor party and the parliamentary committe of the Trades Union Congress today. It was a farewell meting prior to the depart ure of the Americans,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-18
KEEP kOOL" AT THE "Y" POOL

"'The biggest hit in town." The "Y'' Swimming pool, tiled and sanitary. Running water when the classes are in session. Season open now. Are you a member? If not JOIN NOW.
 5-10-1m.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-18

Many new restaurants and lunch rooms intended primarily for women patrons are being started in the larger cities as one of the results of the increased employment of women adn girls in business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-18

Georgia Tech seems to have 1t on lFennsylvania in any kind oi an old pastime from golf football.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-18
I, Certain casea

Do pearls mean . tea1ss s.t your < they do when you oou ,s set her - the string of 'em shes on."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-18

The Detroit postoffice now has thirty women mail carriers in service
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
WHEAT COMING
BACK IN COUNTY
Reports to County Agent GiIlmor
. Show Mercer Heeds Call for
More FOOdstuffs.

I. F. Gillmor, secretary of Mer-
Ger county threshing, states that
73 out of 96 threshers have report
ed on the amount of grain threshed
in the county this season Reports
are still coming in and the work
viii be completed in a few days.
Mr.. Gillmor says that the threshing
committee has had the finest kind
of cooperation from the thresher-
men in this work and he believes
that through this cooperation Mer-
Ger county will have as complete a
report to hand in to the food ad-
min!stration as any county. This
is the same spirit that has been
displayed throughout the entire
season, beginning with the best at
tended threshermen's meeting in
the state this year.
The striking thing in this report
is the large amount of wheat al
ready reported. Mercer county is
not generally considered a wheat
section, but the call for more bread
stuffs did not go UNDECIDED there.
A very much greater acreage has
been seeded this fall, and should
conditions be at all favorable, old
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28

Civilians who desire to make. ap-
plication for admission to these
schools should apply to the army
officer on duty at the educational
institution nearest their residence
These institutions are the same as
those to which civilians apply 70.
admission to the other central Off
GERS training schools. Civilians in
class l who registered on Sept Il
or subsequent to that date, who
may be admitted to the school will
be required to remain in the ser
vice for the period of the war If
not found qualified for commits
sion upon completion of. the course.
Civilians in deferred classified
ton, except on grounds of Occupa-
ton, industry or employment, in
Guiding agriculture, may be admit
ted to this school and if not found
qualified upon completion of the
course may be discharged and have
the option of a reVersion to their
original classification under the Sc
Iective service regulations.
Applications for entrance into
this officers training school VIII
be made at once to the command
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
LETTER STATES
WOUND SLIGHT
Private George T.. Riley Writes "a
Parents That Injuries Are
MOI Serious.

MY wounds are only slight.
Don't worry for | am getting along
nicely and will be back into the
mix within a short time. writes
Private George II. Riley, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles +. Riley, 1000
Fourth avenue.
Word was received a week ago
last Saturday by Mr.. and Mrs. Rilev
that their son had been wounded.
degree undetermined, and II was
feared that his injuries were Sc
rious-
Late Saturday. however, a letter
with the foregoing cheering news
reached his parents.
Private Riley di4 not state the
nature OF his wounds, but declare
that he was in a large base hospital
and was receiving the best of care
and attention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
TRAINING SCHOOL
STARTS IN MONTH
AT CAMP FREMONT

A new training school for infan-
try officers will be established on
Dec l at Camp FREMONT, Cal Can
didates will be admitted to this
school from civil life
The following are eligible to
make applications for this school:
Draft registrants between ages
of is and 46, who are physically
qualified for general military ser
vice, who were registered prior to
Sept u, and registrants in deferred
CLASSIFICATION on account of Occupa-
ton, industry or employment, in
Guiding agriculture
Candidates must have a high
school education or the equivalent.
This does not mean that candidates
must have completed a high schoO!
course. The term equivalent is
used in a broad general sense and
takes into account an applicants
business experience.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
FROSTY AIR is
enemy OF FLU
flr. C. 4. Foster BeIieTes Week of
Glcaz, Geld Weather win Wipe
Out, theNE pidemie-
Death ROLL STILL GROWS
Health Authorities Record Total of
l,fS5 People As Victims Of
Spanish Disease.
Death ROLL STILL GROWS

"A week Of clear. cold weather
shoufdsput Rock Island in a normal
health condition" Dr. c. T. Foster.
city health physician. said today
referring to the Spanish influenza
epidemic.
Damp weather on Friday and Sat
Erday is held partly to blame for
s" new cases of influenza reported
Tor the latter day. -Four deaths oc-
Cured during the same period,
while FIVE pneumonia cases were
recorded
Three deaths occurred yesterday,
bringing the total death toll during
the epidemic to Sc More than
eighty cases Of flu developed yes
tCrday. making the total cases re
ported, lib.
Tweuty-four patients are now be-
Ing cared for at the emergency hos
pital established n Franklin school
building By the emergency re
lief cOmuittee of the Rock Island
ked Cross chapter. One death has
F occurred at the hospital since its
opening 4 week ago. Richard All
Nin died last night Of pneumonia.
he was taken there two days ago
Services At Two Churches.
Rain prevented the holding of
church services out Of doors yes
ttrday at two Rock Island
churches. However masses were
held outside at St JOscph's CathO-
hC church despite the rain and a
Short service was held at Trinity
Episcopal church. The weather
prevented Sacred Heart and St.
Aiary's Catholic churches from
holding masses. as announced
Elsewhere no services had been
planned
Rock Island schools are to re
II main closed for the present Per
y sistent rumoTs were being circu-
lated yesterday and today to the
effect that the schools were not
governed by the closing rules laid
down by local and state health au-
fGoTities. These were denied today
by L. G Fisher, city superintendent
Of schools
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
TABLE FOR
MUSCATINE TRAIN

Announcement is made of the
following schedule for the special
train now carrying arsenal wort-
ers to and from their Homes in
Iowa as far distant as MpscadDo,
the train operating daily except
Sunday:
Leave Muscatine at $50 a. m;
Buffalo at SIS; Black Hawk at 6 !;
Howell street, Davenport, at 6:12;
Fourth street. Davenport, at $40;
North Division street, Davenport, ar
6:25; Davenport station at 6:35:
arrive at arsenal at 6:55.
Returning the train will leave the
island at $40, making stops as
above listed, with Muscatine the
terminal OF the run.
Wonderful shoe bargains this
week at McCabe's.
McCabe's for shoes this week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
WESTERN WOMEN UP
FOR SENATE SEATS

San Francisco, CaL-Two women
from the far west are working day
and night TO secure enough votes
to place them in the United States
senate. Miss Anne Martin of Reno,
Nevada, ana Miss Jeanette Rankin
Of Helena, Mont. now a member
Of congress, are the aSpirants for
the honor of being the first women
to sit in this Legislative hall of the
nation Miss Rankin was the first
woman, to sit IN the lower house.
Both women hold university de-
grees, having studied both in
America and European institutions.
Both are ardent supporters of
equal suffrage Miss Martin has
been student, executive, professor,
traveller, lecturer. artist and atE-
Iete. She is an expert horsewOman
and once held the state singles ten
mis- championship of Nevada
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
LOCAL BRANCH TO
AID IN LOCATING
INJURED SOLDIER

Rock Islands branch of the Unit
ed STATES employment service will
probably take part, when the time
comes, in placing disabled soldiers
and sailors in positions which they
can best fill
Amour cement has been made by
the employment officials in Wash
ingtol that an agreement has been
reached between the federal board
for vocational education and the
United States employment service
allowing the latter 10 place the
workers at work that will be much
needed by those returning from the
front and discharged from the army
or navy.
Tho appended has been issued by
the labor officials:
THE plan for placing disabled
soldiers and sailors in Industry is
ready 10 operate. Through an agree
Mgnt just entered into between the
United States employment service
and the federal board for vocational
education the men will be trained
and placed in permanent situations
where their physical deficiencies
viii play no part IN the positions
they are TO hold.
Under the machinery for fitting
The disabled for q successful career
the federal board for vocational
education will train and bring the
men to the door of employment. The
employment service through the
cooperation OF its zoo branch offices
scattered all over the country. will
list all opportunities available and
VIII assist in every way in bringing
the returned soldier and his fob to-
gether.T
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28

Mercer will produce an enormous
wheat crop in 1919.
The amount of grain already re-
ported is as follows: Wheat, H.
344 bushels; oats, 1,474.725 bush
els; barley, 115,707 bushels; and
rye. 29,4S0 bushels.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28


Work, How He Regafned Strength.
Sanford, Maine-~I suffered so
much from a rundown, nervous
condition and stomach trouble that
I never felt like working and had
tried almost everything without re-
lief. The first bottle of Vinol, how
ever, helped me and it has built me
up so feel better now than 1 have
for a long time Chester D.
Haines.
There is no secret about VinoI. 1t
owes its success to beef and cod
liver >peptoneS, iron and manganese
peptonates, and glycerophosphates,
the oldest and most famous body
building and strength creating
tonics. Red Cross pharmacy,
Charles J. Strate, Bengston's drug
store and druggists everywhere.
P. Sour SaxoI Salve is truly
wonderful for Eczema. We guaran-
tee it.-CAdv-)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28

men. Mrs John Koup mana ~
No. /, Mclean, Scb.
This famous root and herb remea5'
Lydia Il. Piukham s NrgetAple 49,
pound, has been restoring wotAeA ii
America 20 health for more tnaa -.
years and il viii well pay any ~
man who suffers Crum iisplacem u.
iufammat lou. liberation lrFcs It-s
ties. bAr ilacht. h-adacEeH uerF9--
ness or "the blues" 60 give this So
Cessful remedy trial ,s.a
For special suEEysuous In rese
60 your atlmruT write ia 10 fe qrs
ham Medicine Go. LyuH Mass
result OF 4ts long experience
your service
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28

Riley has been IN the tr....
for several months, going over ~
top many times during this t,s w
lie has been ia the service aboHt
year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
MATHERVILLE BOY
STRUCK IN LEG Pv
GERMAN SHRAPNFT.
Especial to The Argus,

MatherYille. Oct Zg-Anoss.
MatherVille boy has been wopbSos
in the lighting in France. wo.5
has come that John Foster o. ~
place has been injured in the ~
by shrapnel.
Relatives Of Carroll and Arnord
Bopp and Dave Pritchard have re-
notified that they have arrived ove-
seas in good condition.
This IS shoe week a. McCabe's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28

lCNl Jlra 70
women who SUI
fer fro any
functional DIS
turEauEg. as
b as d % o e m q
more good thaA
an the doctors
medicines sine
taking BE- ] ha's
"a hna 20 q n th
baby girl anu
have "a 10 ed i
b. o a Ia D. ~.
sire n 8 h.
husband an q
both praise yoe,ii
medicine 20
"a ffrrlng
rr....a..La4a nm j.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28

ing officer, state university of Iowa,
students army training corps, Iowa
City, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
All Traces of SCrOfula
Cleansed from the Blood

Scrofula and other blood taints, and
there Is no case that IL does not
promptly reach. s. s. S. viii thor
oughtly cleanse and remove every
disease germ that infests the blood
and give you new life and vlgor. It
Is sold by all druggists and you
should get a bottle and begin its
use today. Write a complete history
OF your case. and you can Obtain
expert medical advice free by ad-
dressing Medical Director, 80 Swift
Laboratory. Atlanta, Ca
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28

Everybody comes TO McCabe's for
shoes this week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
3O-ACRE EARN

Two miles from Rock Island
street car line; 4-room house.
fair outbU1ldings. all kinds OF
fruit. level land. VIII sell on
easy terms or trade for city
property For information see
! KiIcoin. 226 Seventeenth
street Phone Z L I45L
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28

Shoe week at McCabe's this
week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
fMPURITIES PROMPTLY WIPED
OUT.

II there Is any trace Of Scrofula,
or other impurities in your blood
you cannot enjoy the full physical
Development that a healthy body is
capable OF until your blood has been
thoroughly cleansed and purified OF
all traces OF impure matter.
s. S. s., the wonderful old purely
vegetable blood remedy. has no
equal for removing the last trace OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28

Sweeping Compound. Reardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
MAINE SHOEMAKER

Tired All Time. Did Not Want to
Work, How He Regafned Strength.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28

This Is shoe week at MeCabea.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-18

dress, but in trend of thought and
morals DR.. Throckmorton continued.
''The impulse which moved our print
tive ancestors to adopt dress were,
first vanity, next protection and lastly
modesty OF these, that of protec-
ton seems most often disregarded by
the gentler sex The custom OF
wearing summer clothing in winter is
la pernicious one, and the continual
chilling of the Skin causes congestion
of the internal organs with attendant
ills.
Erect carriage and gait are i'm
Iportant qualities and are influenced
by the style of corset and shoes
worn.
DRESS and morals are intimately
associated and modesty in dress ap-
pears in demand but little at present
Our adolescent daughters often use
poor judgment not only in dress but
in conduct"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-18

100000 men in the first draft Were
disqualified for active military service
because of physical defects, ana ad-
ded:
Being unfit for military service
they were therefore UNIT to render
fun service in any capacity They
were unable to get full returns from
life IN work and happiness
The physical education needed
must assume physical activity as the
basic thing, the speqwer added, Thee
mult be Wholesome physical examine
ton and record, and medical supeF-
vision of schools.
ut should provide for all persons
between and IS years of age. II
should extend its benefits to youth
aboy the compulsory school age. 1t
should provide federal aid to permit
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-18

states tot carry on effective Systems
OF physical education. Tais federal
aid should be limited to preparation
Of teachers for skilled service and
payment for skilled service.
1.-THE program proposed will raise
the positive coefficient of the physi-
cal life of the nation. 1t will build
morality upon the solid foundation OF
physical soundness and vitality 1t
will be a powerful influence in Ameri-
canizatiop."
1T is our patriotic duty to put on
.faare clothes save coal and improve
ihsllth,p was the substance of an ad-
desss before the public health admin
istration section of the public health
association by DR.. Jeanette f. Throck-
morton of Claritan, Ia.
.There are fashions not only in
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-18
CHRISTOPHER GOOD
FOOD FOR CHICKENS

Washington, Dec. 18.-There are
going to be lots of grasshoppers dur
ing the summer of 1919 in Indiana
and other states in the grasshopper
belt, according to indications found
by entomologists of the Department
of Agriculture and the State agricu-
tu-al colleges. Farmers are urged to
l7lrt cleanup campaign against
them right away. Flowing to depth
of six inches and subsequent harrow
ing during the fall or winter, at any
event not later than April 10, will
cover the eggs so deep that the young
will not be able to escape. When
grasshoppers make their appearance
they can be destroyed by the COM
mon poisoned bait method.
But there is another way of getting
rid of grasshoppers that makes the
pests pay for the trouble Of killing or
catching them, This method consists
of driving a grasshopper catcher
through an infested field, catching
all the grasshoppers that hop, and
then feeding the insects to chickens.
They can be dumped into sacks and
hung up to dry and fed as dry grass
hoppers, or if it is preferred to feed
the grasshoppers alive, the machine
can be hauled to the poultry yard
and placed so that the front will
face the light. The insects will hnd
their way out but not too fast for an
ordinary flock of chickens. Thus the
grasshopper catcher becomes handy
self-feeder.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-18
FIFTY PCT. SCHOOL
PUPILS Defective
Physical Education Urgently
Meegied Says Expert.

Fifty per cent of the 25,oOO,OOO
boys ana girls of school age have
physical defec& that impede normal
development, Willard S. Small, school
hygiene specialist of the federal
bureau OF education, said in an ad-
dress before the American Public
Health Association at Chicago.
After declaring that the nations
need Of physical education" is i'm
penative, the speaker pointed out that
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-18
HORSES WEAR ovERsHoEs.
(By International News service.)

Youngstown, Ohio, Dec. 1S.-Over-
shoes for horses made from the rem
nants of Brussels capets are being
distributed by the humane society in
this city. Richard Mansell, manager
of the s. P. c. A. Society is in
charge of the distribution. when re.
ports of horses falling are sent in,
Man'sell 11shes with overshoes for
tie animals.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-18
losJEcTs TO DISSOLUTION
OF GREAT LAKES BAND
tsy international News servIce)

Great Lakes, ILL.,, Dec. ia pro-
test against .the proposed dssolu-
ton of the Great Lakes Band Bat
talion-the largest band of any kind
in the world has been made by
Charles w. Folds, of Chicago. to
Secretary of the Navy Daniels. Mr..
Folds, who is chairman of the chic
ago Liberty Loan committee, said
such action would seriously handi
cap the Fifth Liberty Loan drive
this Spring.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-18
GIVES THREE SONS TO SERVICE
(Bv International News service.)

Newman, Ca, Dec. 1S.-A. D. Har-
ris of Newman, has given three sons
to HIS colEtry,s fight for freedom,
all of whom volunteered early in the
war. Alvin H. Harris, Marine Corps,
was killed in action at Bouresches,
and his courage was warmly praised
by his superior officers Marvin d.
Harris was accidentally killed dur
ing storm. William D. HARRIS, Ma
rine Corps, was severely wounded at
ChateauThierry.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-18
RESTS wsTH GOVERNMENT.

Resrs:l-!tility for Furnishing the
former German Emperor and other
high German officials for crimes COM
mitted during. the war must rest
with THE governments and not with
jprists, according to the Marquis of
Crewe, former Secretary of State for
the Colonies, in letter published in
the Westminster Gazette.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-18
COUGHING SPELLS
BREAK YOUR REST
Put a stop to them with old
reliable Dr.. KINGS New
Discovery

lnat raw, hoarse throat must be
noothed. That phlegm4oaded chest
mist be lcosened. That cough must
be checked SO you can sleep.
Dr.. Kings New Discovery has been
relieving colds, and coughs for half 2
century without the least disagreeable
after-cifccts.
Your druggist has it because It 70
welI-known and in big demand. DOC
and $l.20.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-18
Try this for Constipation

Try THIS TOT OOuStipdtIOH
Keep the bowels on schedule time
with Dr.. Kings New Life Pills, the
system freed from poisonous wastes,
the complication clear, the stomach
sweet. the tongue uncoated. the breath
untsinted. Mild YET positive. 2sc.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-13
Pelican Township
Secures Mandamus
Against County Board

A case came before Judge w. N.
Skinner this week which involves the
matter of county road work relative
to the various levies for the respect
i've townships. The trustees of Peli-
can township-Messrs Benthin, An
derson and Dowell-asked the court
for an order requiring the county
commissioners to perform road work
in the township to cover the levy
made against the township for road
work by the county board.
Last year the county board made
certain levy against the taxable
property of the county for improve
ment of highways. The amount of
the tax in Pelican township is ST.
1867.
1t seems to have been the rule of
the county board to utilize the funds
raised through the levy for road work
10 improve roadways generally-that7
is to say, instead of distributing the
work in the various townships in pro-
portion to the amount of the tax paid
by each, the road work has been done
upon the theory of completing certain
roads before undertaking improve
ments elsewhere.
The roadway leading through the
county from Goodwin to Henry, for
instance, has drawn more heavily up-
on the county funds than perhaps any
other stretch of road of equal length.
Next year, or the following year, as
the case may be, the bulk of the work
may be done upon some other stretch
of road.
Pelican township sued for writ.
of mandamus to compel the commits
sioners TO expend Pelican's levy upon
roadways within the township, and
Judge Skinner has held that the board
must do So
Failing to have done so by June "a
of this year, the county commissions
ers, as a board and as individuals
the members of the board are D. NJ
Bannister, j. A. Paterson, John r.
MichaeIs, James Groves and H. A.
Kranz-must appear before the court
to show cause why they should not
be required to comply with the courts
order.
1t is the first case of the sort to
come before the state courts, so far as
The Saturday News is aware. II the
courts order is made permanent,
which would require county commits
sioners to expend the funds raised
through these special road levies
within the townships in proportion to
the total amount iof the road tax, it
will make radical change in the
methods of many county boards and
will cause the Codington county com
missioners to revise their road-build-
ing program.
Messrs. Sherin & Sherin appeared
| for the Pelican township trustees and
Acting States Attorney Sheafe for
! the county board.