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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24
SPEED UP GOATS
OR KAISER WINS
That Is the Warning Issued By VII
Ham Denman, ex.Chairnan Of
Shipping Board

Washington, d. c., Jan. 24.-Ger-
many will win the war this year, un-
less building Of ships is speeded up,
William Denman, former chairman of
the shipping board. predicted, before
the senate committee commission.
Denman gave the committee conf
dental report prepared by the ship
ping board last May, and never before
made public. It was not given to con-
gress, because of the dispute between
Denman and General Goethals, but it
contained warning that German vic
tory was certain unless the ship
building program was greatly ex-
banded.
Denman told the committee that T.
boats were sinking ships at the rate
Of 100000 tons a year. He said the
present capacity of American and
English shipyards is not enough, to
overcome this destruction.
Denman read carefully prepared
statement giving the entire history II
thals.
He said his position regarding
| wooden ships had been misrepresented
| to the public. He declared the press
had overplayed our hand in the mat
ter of wooden ships and said the i'm
preston that the board was devoted
to a wooden shipbuilding policy only
had done more to harm ship extension
in this country than anything else.
! "The public had the opinion that we
were trying to build up wooden ships
and run down the value of steel YES
sels," Mr.. Denman said. The real
situation was that he wanted addi-
tional tonnage, he added, and thought
wooden ships the best way to get it.
| Denman blamed Senator Lodge from
Massachusetts for the loss of Is vest
sells taken from American ship yards
by foreign owners.
He said Lodge criticized the ship
ping board because the ships were
allowed to escape from under the
American flag.
! Lodge. primarily was responsible
for their escape" Denman said, "be
cause he helped to defeat law which
would have put an embargo on the
sailing of such ships"
The proposed house investigation o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24
ITALY AND AMERICA
JOINED BY WIRELESS

Washington, Jan 23.-Direct radio
communication between an Italian gov
eminent station at Rome and the Ar
lington station of the United States
navy here has been successfully estab-
lished and is being used daily for COM
munications passing between the two
governments and between their dip
lomatic Representatives aud foreign
Offices. The daily statements of the
Italian war Office viii be received by
radio from Rome and issued here for
publication in the United States.
NOTICE TO CEMENT FINISHERS.
Local No. 544, O. P. & C. F. l. A.
Special meeting will be held Sunday
afternoon, Jan. q, 2 o'clock at In
dustrial home
All the news all the tiRe-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24
WEALTHY MEN LEAVE BIG POSITIONS TO
SERVE AT CAMP DODGE-THEY TAKE TO
BARRACKS LIFE LIKE DUCKS TO WATER

About $500 pairs of WORKOUT shoes
owned by Camp Dodge soldiers have
been sent to Des Moines- for repairs.
When the army goes abroad every
regiment will have it's own repair de-
partment, and regimental cobbler will
attend to the WORKOUT shoes. The
head of the conservation department
at Camp Dodge is Captain A. J. Rosen-
wasser of New York City. Captain
Rosenwasser is a member of the firm
of Rosenwasser Bros. of Long Island
City, government contractors and man.
ufacturers of army leggings and shoes
They have been supplying these
articles to the government ever since
the Spanish war.
"Ge2tlemen, I wish to present Alb
dull Achlnid, the tight rope walker
sensation of the Goth century, who has
appeared before crowned heads in
Europe and who hopes to visit roy
atty again this year Abdul will now
do the balancing act which made him
famous"
The speaker is a stentorian-voiced
soldier, the tight rope walker, a bash
full brother in arms, who is repeating
/ some of his boyhood Stunts for the
benefit and amusement of some 90(
young men in olive drab.
The audience whoops with delight
as abdul gingerly steps out on. the
rope, balancing himself with broom
and with difficulty makes his way
across the top of the platform.
Solos, boxing matches, vaudeville
sketches and jazz music by regimen.
tai band are also included on the pro.
gram of this stunt" night. a regular
weekly or biweekly event at the Y
M. c. A. buildings.
! Nearly a thousand men attended
the affair at "Y" building 80 this week
The crowd was so great that soldiers
were turned away
An old-fashioned "sing" was held
and the Three Hundred Fiftieth in
fantry band, one Of the best musica
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24
KAISER TO HAVE
SUFFRAGE FIGHT
Question Of Votes for Women Betsp..
ming to Be Agitated in Gerna,y
Despite Rulers Decree.

Amsterdam, Jan. 6 (By mail)-rhs
question OF woman suffrage h begin
ming to agitate Germany, despite the
governments forcible insistence ths,
this and kindred questions must M,
be made the subject of agitation unt,,
after the war.
Three formidable national organic.
lions are now openly campaigning IN
Germany on behalf Of woman suifnse|
tho woman's department Of tha q.
cial Democratic party, the German I'M.
perial union for women's suffrage IN
the German women's suffrage socleav
These organizations have Just iss,.d
a united manifesto which is resard9a
as the opening gun in q DETERMINE
campaign. In this manifesto they az
up to the present Germany stands
in the lowest rank of nations a =.
CARDS women's rights. In most a..
ilized lands women have ALREADY h.,
given Z large share In public aif,ir,
Among us Germans, not only ths
national but even the communal fran.
chise is denied, or even a share n
the industrial and commercial courts
In the demand for the democra.isatiou
of German public life our Legislator,
do not seem to even admit the exit.
ence Of women.
But during the war the co-oper,.
ton of the women in public life Ia,
unostentatiously grown from year "a
year until today the number Of women
engaged in various callings In Ger.
many exceeds the number of men.
Without them it would no Longer
be possible to support the economic
life Of the people. Women have dons
their full share in the work Of the
community. Does not this perform.
ance of duty involve the right to shsr,
in the building up and extension Of
the social order?
THE women demand political equal.
ity with men. They demand the d.
hrect, equal and secret franchise 70,
all legislative bodies, full equality h
the communes and in legal represen-
tation Of their interests. This mi
! joint pronouncement on women's de.
mands will be followed by others nm.
til the victory Of our cause 10 won"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24

separate auspices, has all been con-
soiidated under ore official body, the
Military Entertainment Council. APP
pointed by the Secretary OF War
This council is a part Of the Com
mission on Training Camp Activi-
ties, of which Raymond B. Fosdick
is chairman. Credit for the plan OF
consolidation is given Harry P. Har-
rison, Of Chicago, executive chair
man Of the Smileage Campaign.
The consolidation Of the various
forms Of entertainment is, perhaps.
the first thing Of its kind in the
country. It IS the first time the
Government has undertaken to put
on real stunts for its soldiers. I'm
der the new arrangement all enter
tainment in the camps is to be
turned over to the Military Enter
tainment Council. the Chautauqua
tents to be known as Liberty Tents"
and the theaters as Liberty Thea
ters."
Everybody is. expected to buy at
least one "Smileage Book"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24
SOLDIERS ENROUTE
TO FIGHTING LINE
STOP OFF IN CITY

Soldiers, three train loads Of them,
passed through Rock Island yester-
day bound for a sea port from where
they will embark for France and the
trenches. They were enroute from a
training camp
Red Cross workers were on the Job
and nearly all Of the boys were pre-
scented with some little gift to make
life more enjoyable in the United
States service The cars were at
tached to the Golden State Limited on
the Rock Island lines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24

In order that the expense Of the
entertainments which, at the direc-
tisa of the Secretary of War, are be-
ing given the soldiers of Uncle Sam,
under the management OF the Mill
tary Entertainment Council, may be
taken care of, this council has is
.ued "Smileage Books. These books
:re sold for 81 and IS, according to
whether they contain 20 or 100
coupons, and will entitle soldiers to
free admission to any entertainment
in any National Guard or National
Cctntonment in the United States.
Friends of the soldiers may pur
cAase and send these passes to sol
diers by name or to the camps for
distribution
The Smileage Plan.
Starting the week of January %,
the books will be on sale all over
the country. "Smileage Books" will
admit the men in khaki to some of
the best entertainments in the coun-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24

organizations in camp, gave q con-
cert.
The soldiers look forward to these
evenings.
Camp Dodge men are going to
school, these days.
That is, when soldiers of different
organizations have to listen to occa-
sional lectures, they are marched up
to the classroom and stand in line just
as they used to do back in the grades.
No bell is sounded for the tardy
scholars, but the men don't take any
chance on being late, just the same.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24

the shipping board will not be pressed
until the senate investigation has been
completed, if at all. After a confer
cnce with Chairman Hurley of the
skipping board yesterday, Representa-
tive Edmonds. author OF the inquiry
resolution, suggested to the rules
committee today that no action be
taken at this time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24
NOTICE TO CEMENT FINISHERS.

All the news all the tiDRe-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24

Uncle Sam has now turned shoe re-
pairer. Commencing today. worn-out
shoes of men in the Eighty-eighth d.
vision at Camp Dodge will be sent to
Des Moines shops for repair. It's part
of the governments conservation plan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24
BREAK IN MAIN rs
LOCATED AND FIXED

The break in the Waterman on
Eighteenth street and Second avenue,
which yesterday flooded the basement
of the Peoples National bank build
ing and put out the fire in the boil
ers, was repaired late yesterday aft
ernoon by men from the waterworks
department. The tenants in the bank
building went without heat all day
yesterday but the steam was turned
ON again last night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-24
pEyetns ne

Nearly 800 was cleared at the dinner
al the NJ f. church given by the ladies'
of tire REYNOLDS Red Cross branch,
Jan. %.
Emerson Grabs held his annual Duroc
Jersey gale at w Gray's sales barn,
Jan. e. Bouitinghouse and wagner
rriad the sale end srrreefed IN "etttr3
rood prices. THE highest priced hog
sold for sls25o.
The evening world., 1918-03-15
O'NElLL LEFT MILLION.

Presbyterian educational interests are
generously remembered in the will OF
the late Henry O'Neill, the former dry
goods merchant who died Feb. IS. which
was filed In the S~urrogate's office to-day
and distributes an estate OF a million
dollars.
The income Of a trust fund of t22O,-
900 In left to the widow. Mrs. Mamie
B. O'Nelll. \ bcqucst OF 800 900 IL
made to his daughter. Florence B TIL
ley OF Pittsburgh one OF $4,000 10 his
daughter Jennie Long. and 10000 each
to her five children $4,000 20 his
granddaughter. Elizabeth O'Noill. and
5000 10 his son Thomas. VINO IS
named with william $. Petit, attorney.
as executors ami truteos q the estate.
The sum OF $4,000 is left for tho
missionary work in China ot the Re-
formed Presbyterian Church Synod.
and an additional 10000 II left 10 the
same organization to build a theological
school there. To assist In carrying on
It's work among the Indians, $500 Is left
TO the Reformed Church OF Oklahoma,
The second Reformed Presbyterian
Church Of New York IL remembered 10
the extent Of $500,
The evening world., 1918-03-15
A STREET GOSSIP

dissolution. Officials Of the company
emphasize that this Is merely a book
Keeping operation and has no other sig
mticahce. Mldvalo viii continue to
make rifles.
New Haven offers holders OF stock
and convertible %dcbcnturcs Of 1928 and
lgiS right to subscribe TO I35. $50 shares
OF now per cent, preferred stock at
paI IN effort to raise funds to pay Oft
Sas'oVO.OOO notes falling due April 10.
Yale & Towre MANUFACTURING COM
pany. year ending i9t7-Net profits
SL9sa. o9l. decline of 1888 $50 aud equal
10 sAG2l q share compared with $3.50
= snare earned on t2l6, $40 less stock In
Brier Hi steel COMMUNICATIVE
quarterly dividend Of ii-2 per cent. on
the common and an extra ia per
cent. on common stock. also ] "a Ucr
cent. on preferred stock. all payable
April ] 10 stock ~ record March 20.
Diamond Match 60 Year ended Dec.
81. After ali expenses aud Si.IO3.0oS re-
served for war taxes, earnings available
for stock were equal to Si4 76 y share,
compared with fib.53 a share in 1916.
Porto Rican-American Tobacco Co
Report for 1917 shows net income was
Ss1I ,33i. equal 20 si4.O7 a share on So
652. $50 capital stock. Net income Tor
fiscal yenr ended June 30, 1915. was
equal 10 s24 i5 ~ share on 81. 400. 900 cap
ital stock. Fiscal year has been changed
TO Dec. 81.
The evening world., 1918-03-15

California Petroleum Corporation
Year ended December 81. surplus avail
able for dividends totalled Sl.27s.4ss
equal to SOS a share, compared with
b.b1 a share in 1915.
Federal Mining & Smelling Company
! REPORT for quarter ended January u,
1918, shows estimated loss of f1s5,b 2o,
after deducting t25,75 5 for depreciation.
This compares with net prohts OF tSls,-
lH for corresponding quarter OF 1915
White Motor Compsny's report for
1911 show prohts OF S3,soO.OoO after all de-
duotions, including reserves for war
taxes. This Ia equal to Sl2 a share on
stock par value $50. or three Lines the
present rate Of dividends. which " =
per cent. per annum- Working capital
$1,000, 600.
Prairie Pipe Line Compsny-ttegu-
lar quarterly dividend Of s. and usual
extra dividend of s.. both payable April
30 to stock record March 80,
United states Rubber Company has
purchased plant Of American Locomo-
tive Company at Providence. u. l.
Property consists Of about ten acres OF
land with extensive buildings. Prco
something under 100000. United
States Rubber Company will equip the
plant to manufacture truck tires and
partly for balloons.
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Com
psny's subsidiary OF Remington Arms
Company Of Delaware is in process OF
The evening world., 1918-03-15

United States during February
amounted to jiO.iS7 running bales.
against 5t7.17i In February 1917. the
census bureau reported to-day. OF
this. 295.S73 bales were consumed In
cotton growing states, against ct2.lsf
IN 1917.
Cotton held 10 consuming establish
juruts on February 2N, amounted to
i.Gnt.t55 balos. against 2.is7.S4s
February g.. 1919, anu IN public stor-
ngcs and ~ compresses 3.t2a.soi baiaa
aEalnat 3.i3i.t5O on the same date or
iqt7.
cotton Imports for the month were
1850 bales. against j6.Ojs In 1911:
md exports were GncludinR iinteral
}hgTIl bales. against 3j1.1TG In 1911
The evening world., 1918-03-15
LOST GIRL DEFIES ALL TALK
TESTS WITHOUT A WORD
Blu, Tongue oosenS When She Sees
Mother-"Ncycr Would Speak

Blu, Tongue oosenS When She Sees
Mother-"Ncycr Would Speak
TO Strangers Says Parent.
Jano Zoe. colorcd. alias Mary Bur
rs. was found by Policeman Joseph
Conway at l25th street and Lenox Ave
nue. yesterday afternoon. She gave all
the earmarks Of being tho well known
lost child" She might have been
twelve years old. the policeman thought.
where's your homer" he asked. No
reply.
Deaf 81 u post-and dumb to boot.
poor creature unused tho policeman.
Al tho Childrcn's Society sho was on
tered on tho books az Juno Doe. Every
body thcrc tool a chance At Tho deaf
and dumb alphabet. but Jane merely
stared and refused 20 sncc1e even. SO
Jane Doe was sent TO tho Deaf and
Dumb Asylum az l66th Street Rnd Am
eterdam Avenue.
Alicuists took hcr IN hand and tested
Jane boo Tor everything from demcntia
praecoN to houscmaid's knee. All right.
they said. and sent her back TO the
Children. Society.
Thcro came Mrs Mary Purris carly
to-day TO ask II anything Ind been seen
The evening world., 1918-03-15
All Fat People
Should Know This

The world owes a DEBT o. gratitude to
the suthor OF the now famous Marmola
prescription, and Is still more Indebted
for the reduction OF this harmless, et.
fectlvs obesity remsdy to tablet form.
Marmoia Prescription Tablets can now
be ebtained at all drug stores. or by
writing direct to Marmola Co., sei wood.
ward Ave. Detroit, Mich. and their rea-
sonsbis price CTS cents for a large caso)
leaves no excuse for dieting or violent
exercise for tho reduction o. tho over
The evening world., 1918-03-15

beaten for woman's ailments. - Mrs.
L. Zimmerman, 30l1 y. I~lutchlngs
St, Kansas City, Kansas.
Women who suffer from head
aches, nervousness, backache, the
blues and other symptoms of a func-
tional arrangement should give this
famous root and herb remedy a trial.
For forty years II has been over
coming such ailments Of women after
other medicines have failed.
II you want special suggestions in
regard to your condition, write Lydia
u. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn,
Mass. The result Of long experience
is at your service, and your letter will
be held in strict confidence
The evening world., 1918-03-15

disappearance Of q valuable letter ale
pany and explained his former sssocia-
dealing with packers activities against
the Borland resolution was. explained
Borders by two robberics Of his ofnco
early In January. 1918.
The witness said that Morris a. cos
principal purpose in watching legisla-
ton was TO avoid breaking IN Of the
'innumerabls laws passed from. time to
time. He said they watched Legls-
lative bills also. Mr.. Borders said he
had never lobbied.
The evening world., 1918-03-15

Of a homeless girl. They brought Jane
Doc 10 her.
Why. nom. where YOU boon al ,hls
line GLADLY chcrtIci Jane Doc. as
she rushed into parental arms Then
Mrs Hurris explained that IIliie Mary
was peculiar She never would speak
To strangers.
not twelve.
The evening world., 1918-03-15

r%anRement. I was
nervous and had
headaches IN o (
of the time. So
many people rec
commended Lydia
T.. PIN h a m S
Vegetable Com
pound to me, !
tried il, and after
taking six bottles
l am well, | do
not thin K the
Vegetable Com
The evening world., 1918-03-15
MISSING FILE STOLEN,
SAYS PACKERS LAWYER
Federal investigation Reopens in
Chicago With Morris & Co.
Attorney as Witness.

CHICAGO. March i5-Francie J.
Heney reopened the Federal Food In
v~estlgation here to-day by calling on
VI. W. Borders. attorney for Morris and
Company. to tell what he knows Of the
affairs Of the packers. Borders told Of
his connection with Morris and Com
ton with Wilson and Company. The
The evening world., 1918-03-15
FEBRUARY COTTON FIGURES,
Consumption SIO,IsT hates. Agnins,
5I7.t7t n Year Ago.

WASHINGTON. March IS Cotton.
exclusive Of l%intors. consumed In tho
The evening world., 1918-03-15
PAINS IN BACK
And SIDE
Yield to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

81 suffered from pains in my back
and side caused by a functional de-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-12-08
SHIP SAILED IN
SEA OF PUMICE

From Suva, Fiji, comes a strange
story of a ships voyage through an
ocean of pumice stone The Western
Pacific Herald of Suva relates the
story of the voyage as follows:
The vessel Janet, recently arrived
from other islands, had most remark
able experience, being practically lost
in a sea of pumice. 1t seemed at times.
as if the vessel were sailing on dry
land.
The vessel left Niaufouu August l6.
and on the 10th, with a fresh wind
blowing and all sails set, it ran into a
field of pumice which was so dense
that it nearly stopped the vessel. As
evidence of the depth of the pumice it
is reported that a bucket, put over the
side, was filled with Jumps of pumice
and ashes, but not a single drop OF
water was there in the bucket.
The wind freshened, the Janet got
out of the pumice but kept running
into fields Of more or less density, and
at daybreak, was again completely sur
rounded.
From the vessels cross trees there
was no water in sight. No water could
be seen on the horizon in any direction
Prior to getting into this second field
the vessel had been running through q
heavy sea through the night. but in the
pumice everything was calm. There
was just q slight heavinS of the gray
surface to show that the water was
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-12-08
ANNOUNCE NEW RATES
FOR NIGHT MESSAGES
BY WESTERN UNION

While other sections Of the country
have always had the benefit of d
reduced rate for short overnight mes
sages without restriction, the Pacific
coast has never had the benefit of
night message rates except TO COM
paratively nearby points. This has
now been corrected by Pastma ster
General Burleson. who has ordered
that, effective January l, a universal
system of night messages at greatly
reduced rates shall obtain in all parts
of the country.
Manager Z. NJ. Allen of the local
Western Union office advises that, I'M
der the new schedule of night message
rates. the people of the Pacific coast
will have a rate as low as 80 cents
for messages of ten words to New
York City and other places on the At
lantic seaboard, with an added charge
of only cents per word for additional
words. To Chicago, where the night
message rate has been so cents and 4
cents for each additional word, the
new tariff is only 40 cents plus cent
for additional words, while CORE
spending reductions are made
throughout The system. To nearby
points the minimum rate is reduced
from % cents 10 30 cents.
There is a very large and con-
stantly increasing need for quick com
munication across the continent
which this new system of short oven :
night letters at cheap rates is we'll
designed to meet. 1t should prove a
great boon to business interests OIL
the Pacific coast by bringing therl
into close touch with all parts of the
country at a very low cost.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-12-08

T IF YOU MISS YOUR PAPER
City subscribers who do not re-
ceive The Arizona Republican
| promptly should telephone the cir
culation department, phone 1881,
before o'clock in the morning
and a copy will be Immediately
sent them.