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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
Ms Him. NnrEnn.

Miss HiIma Norton. aged Is,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George
Norton, passed away at 1855 this
morning at her home, 63l Forty
nth street. Moline. She had been
III about SIX months.
Miss Norton was born Oct. u,
1902, in Moline. She was educated
in the local public schools and for
the last 21a years had been attend
ing the Moline high school She
was q f2voTite among her class
mates and her death viii bring sor-
row to many Besides her parents,
she leaves TO survive one sister,
Dorothy.
Funeral services viii be held at
2 O'Clock Friday afternoon at the
home. Rev. r. s. Hanev viii Offici-
ate. IIJarment viii be made in Riv-
erside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
FOSTER CHAIRMAN !
IN LOAN Camp TGN

Official notification has been re
ceived by A. T. Foster, cashier of
the Mechanics and Merchants Saw
ings bank Of Moline, of his appoint
ment as chairman of the east end
district of Rock Island county in the
fourth Liberty loan drive which is
scheduled to begin Sept. %. Since
Moline has a permanent campaign
organization in the war chest, it is
expected that advance preparations
for the campaign viii be greatly
minimized.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
NO HOUSES;FEW
ROOMSLOCATED
Canvass Completed IN East Moline
Reveals Startling Need for LiT-
ing Accommodations.

Not a single house and very few
rooms available for rental were re-
Yealed in the federal housing sur
vey in East Moline which was COM
pleted at noon today. The can
vassers reported no rooms avail
able at all in their districts. and
George w. Ross. chairman OF the
organization in charge OF the can
vass, laughed when asked how
many houses had been located.
Not a house in the city is avail
able for rental as far as we could
find out" he stated
Immediate need for the proposed
government homes IS distinctly re-
vealed by the results Of the survey,
for without living accommodation
it viii be difficult to secure the nee
essary workers for the big factor
les, so many OF which are manufac-
turing war materials.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
BARRELS FOR COOL
WATER ARE NEEDED

Have you any water barrels
which are clean and which you are
wiling to loan to the city Of Mo
line so that children at park play
grounds nay have a drink Of cool
wafer occasionally?
Commissioned OIdefest Of the de-
partment Of public works searched
the quad-cities but failed to find a
single barrel for the give the call
dren q drink" movement headed
with gift by Mrs. Frank G. Allen
Of $50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
News of the Day In Moline and East Moline
Police News

Andrew Suenalaitis Of Kewanee
this morning appealed to Chief
DeJaeger of Moline police for aid
in a search for his son and $40.
The song who is II years old, and
the money disappeared simultan-
eously five weeks ago. said Mr.. Su-
enalaitis. Two days ago, according
to the father, the boy was in Mo-
line The boy is small, stout and
lighthaired.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
CMiPI Williams.

Funeral services for CypfeI viii
lens were held at 8 o'clock this
morning at the home, pa Forty
eighth street, Moline, and at 8
o'-IOck, at - Mays Catholic
church, East Moline. Father Leon
Van Stappen o1iciated. PaIbearers
were Rene C--ao-I, G@1l MIME,
Morris De Schmidt, Alphonse De
Gryze. Ochiel M0nteyne and 0. De-
cIewusse. Interment was in St.
Eary's cemetery, East Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
DEPARTMENT MAKES RUN.

A. false alarm, thought to have
been accidentally turned in. sent
the Moline fire department out for
an unnecessary run TO Deere & Co.
at 10 o'clock this morning.
A pile of hay belonging to the
w. G. Block Fuel company became
ignited in an unknown manner at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
hay was in the barn at the time of
the recent fire there and was wa
ter-SOaked
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
EXAMINE CANDIDATES.

Candidates for United States citi-
zenship who viii appear for final
examination in September we're Civ
en- d preliminary quiz this morning
in Moline by United States Exam
iner Blazier. There are 50 Candi-
dates and they are scheduled TO
appear in Moline city court Sept. Is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14

Funeral services for Albert F.
Vinton viii be held at 2:30 tomor-
row afternoon at the home of Mrs.
NJ S Lamb, 1711 Second avenue,
Moline. Rev. r. S. Haney will Of
ficiate at the home and the Ma
sons will have charge Of the ser
vices at the grave. Intermert will
be in Riverside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
Mrs. W. S. Frank,

Mrs. w. S. Frank, d resident OF
Moline for the last u years, died
ut 9 o'clock last evening in a Mo-
line hospital. She was born Sept
26, 1872, in GeneSeO, where she
spent her childhood. Surviving
are the widower, two sisters and
two brothers. The remains will
Abe taken to ~GeneSeO, where private
funeral services viii be aeId at 2
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. n
terment Will be in lakewood ceme-
terry, GeneseO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
Obituary
Patricia Gunnisen.

Patricia Gunnison, infant daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. August Gunni-
son, $50 Sixteenth avenue, East Mo-
line, died at 1 o'clock this morning
at the home, after q weeks illness
of stomach trouble. The child was
born March It, in East Moline Sur
yiYing besides the parents are four
sisters. Alberta, Irene, Helen and
Lucille InteTment will be made to-
morrow morning in Riverside GEM
etery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
GOES TO CONFERENCF.

John H Coburn, secretary Of the
Moline exemption board, will go to
the special conference of the Sc
Iectfve service association, which
will be held at Peoria tomorrow.
Matters of importance are booked
for consideration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
- SlFFLY OYERSFAs.

.ftoy1 r. Parks, son of Mr.. and
as. r. ]. Parks, 1903 Twenty-ninth
s'enue. Moline, and Carroll Hicks,
-sFe arrived safely overseas, &C
-9fdlug TO word received. The two
s'led III July on the City Of Vienna,
sAlch was sunk on its trip over.
sAey were rescued by z United
.Sles snip and were landed in Nova
7otla- Both are with the Royal
lrsnadian dragons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14
]. ". CASTO RETTRNS.

]. W. Casio, principal of the East
Moline township high school, has
reSurned from a vacation. He and
Mrs. Casio visited Cedar Rapids,
DeKalb, Chicago, Indianapolis,
Charlottesville and Danville.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14

Non-alcoholic wines, Beardsley's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-14

Flavoring extracts, Beardsley's.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26

experienced, the same outpourine Of
the very best of d whole country in an
! ehotlOn OF national pride, counting
neither cost nor returns. The Ameri-
cans are not soldiers yet. and no peo-
PIE realize better than themselves
now much they have still to do to
make themselves soldiers, but they
VIII be great and powerful army IT,
probably shorter time than they reck-
on upon.
Great armies have before this
been raised for great causes, and the
British Empire has the best Of rea-
sons for knowing how with the vital
spark in him the most unmilitary civ
ilian may become q fine soldier. But
no army you can read of in history
ever marched with Il more splendid
ardor or faced Il great struggle with
serener satisfaction than the .An,eri-
can EXpeditionary Force in France.
And it is such a mighty army They
Will not tell YOU how big, and YOU
are discouraged from guessing, but
we ran through all a spring day in a
huge automobile and still the Ameri-
can host dotted the landscape, drill
ing, marching, manoeuvring, building
camps and roads.
IheN are learning the art Of tight
ing from the best soldiers of France
and Britain. and many of their off,
GERS as attaches Of one sort or an
other have seen lot of this war from
the German and Turkish side as Well.
We found a Major who had watched
the Gallipoli campaign from the top
Of Battleship Hill and was in tho
confidence of Liman Won Sanders and
the Turkish Pashas. He has there
fore a particularly warm regard for
tho Australians.
We went up to see the American
line in Lorraine In their khaki and
round tin hats among tho Lorraine
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26
AUSTRALIAN LIKES
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Fighting Spirit Alone Will Be
Shock to Germans

Behind the British Lines in France
April 16, Correspondence of the AS
Soclatcd PrcsS)-The Germans are in
Tor a rude awakening if they are sim
cere IN discOunting the American
army in France, in the opinion of F.
VI. Cutlack, assistant official corrc-
spOndent with the Australian Impcr-
ial Force here.
1.-THE Americans" he asserted
nave spirit for which the Kaiser
would sacrifice a good half of his num-
bcr3 if he could get it into his troops
today Returning from a visit to the
American forces Mr.. Cutlack wrote
The dominant fact in the arrival
of the United States army is the huge
bigness Of it. 1t is new-new as paint
and keen as a racehorse in training
Or rather a whole paddockfuI of
racehorses. The world will probably
not have the chance again of seeing
such a spectacle Of amateur warlike
earnestness, for the Americans are
learning very fast.
1T saw something of the same
sort when the Australian War Army
began long ago in 1914-the same
light-hearted enthusiasm, the same
rich raw quality all unframed and in
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26
LONDON CUREEW LAW.

London, April 26.-Dining in public
places in England must stop at 10
D. NJ, and theatrical performances
must end at 1890 p. m. under the cur
few order which became effective this
month. The regulation, issued under
the Defense of the Realms Act, is in
tended to save the use of coal and gas
for lights and fires. DORA as the
Defense of the Realms Act is popu-
larly known, has now been responsible
for something like 212 orders since its
birth in November, 1914. Its powers
range over a wide and varied area and
deal with regulations for the destruc-
ton of stray dogs to the control OF
mines, canals, highways and shipping.
The civilian population Is controlled
by it in a way not even dreamt OF
before the war.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26
GERMAN Digestion
GOOD; FOOD SCARCE
Inner and Outer Man Of KaiSer'S
Realm Not Satisfied

Amsterdam, April IT Correspond
ence Of The Associated Press)-A
gloomy view of the food situation
in Germany was outlined by Dr. Won
Bretterich, the Bavarian minister Of
the interior, in q forecast which has
appeared in the Berlin newspapers"
The public was told that mot only
is there no chance of the potato ra-
ton being increased, but we must
think ourselves lucky if it is main
tanned at its present level" The Ba-
varian minister said he hoped the
bread ration might not have to be
reduced and that the meat ration may
be kept at its present height, but
there was little confidence in the tone
OF this assertion.
Special preparations Of cereals, on
which many, hopes were based a few
weeks ago were not yet on the mar
ket in any considerable quantities,
and the public must wait for a daily
ration of half a teacupful
Wholesale complaints of the quail
ity of food being supplied at the pub
lie kitchens throughout Germany APP
pear in the newspapers. The direct
or of public kitchens, in reply to
these attacks, issued the following
statement:
with the continuance of the war;
the quality of the materials we re-
ceive becomes ever poorer, and the
choice more limited. We are COM
PEELED to take what is offered us or
go without. Complaints of defective
quality are simply ignored, and if we
insist upon receiving a regular supply
we run the risk of being entirely cut
Off. The fat quota allotted to us
grows ever smaller, spices are now
scarcely obtainable, and the substi-
tute spices have a bad flavor. The
vegetable supply is now limited to
kohlrab i and turnips.''
pessimistic article on the potato
situation by member Of the Prus-
sian house Of deputies says that the
acreage under potatoes has decreased
by one-fifth as compared with the
peacetime figure. "Not only is the
acreage less he says, "but the de-
mand is greater and a crop double
that of peace time would not fully
suffice"
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26
LIVERPOOL PEOPLE
EAT PLEN7IFULLY
English Solutions Of Problems in
Food Production

Liverpool, April II, Correspond
erpool the second largest city in Eng
land, is leading the whole country in
solving the food shortage prOblenl 1t
has municipal kitchens which arc
models and work more efficiently
than those in any part of the king
dom. 1t sets every other city in the
country an example by maintaining a
municipal potato peeling plant and
cooking the potatoes for the bakers
to mix with their flour.
Its latest enterprise is supplying
hOuSeholders with boiling water for
cooking and washing purposes and
thereby causing a great saving in
fuel.
Livcrpools city fathers are very
proud Of their efforts to make their
people the most comfortable in the
country in these days of enforced
economy. With a display of pride
they gladly show visitors these new
ways Of meeting the food shortage.
They take them along the streets
where butchers shops are shut for
want of meat A sign on the meat
market reads, 'Why buy meat from
TIE DulCll6I WleH YOU cott set II
ready cooked at the food depot?" The
argument is unanswerable particu-
larry when there is no meat to buy
at the butchers.
There are eleven municipal cook
shops where a family of four might
buy and take away a satisfying din
ner for Is cents. SteWed steaks, po
tatoes and buildings are the principal
articles.
An enterprising city engineer has
set up an engine which runs Il ma
chine that peels tons Of potatoes in
a few minutes, and also supplies
steam to great cauldrons in which
the potatoes are cooked. This enter
prise supplies q clean and whole
some flour to the bakers which Is
mixed with wheat -four and helps TO
produce a delicious bread.
At the food depots u person can
buy for a cent a great bucket of boil
ing water, and the population is be-
ING encouraged to come for this boil
ing water in order to save COAL In
stead of buying coal to boil a kettle
for cocoa or tea people can get as
much water as they want for u cent.
Those responsible for LiVerpools
enterprise declare that results nave
already shown that a workman'S fam
ilv can live much better and more
economically by buying its meals at
the food repots than by doing It's own
cooking.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26
FREAK ACCIDENTS
AMONG AVIATORS
No Deaths But Financial Loss to
Country Is Great

Dallas, Texas, April 26.-Aside from
the hazards incident to plating an
army airplane several thousand feet
above the earth, aviators stationed at
the several training fields in Texas
have experienced a number of freak
accidents. While in no instance have
such accidents been fatal to the young
hiers, they have cost the British and
American governments considerable in
damage to airplanes.
At Ellington field, near Houston, a
few days ago, a cadet observed an idle
plane resting outside a hangar and
climbed in the seat for a short nap.
The ships engine was dead, and the
only live thing about the 1lier was the
cadet and he was soon 'catching a
wink But suddenly something hap
pened and when attendants disengaged
him from beneath the machine he was
taken to the hospital with q sprained
ankle and numerous bruises about his
head, face and body
A gust of wind had blown the air.
plane upside down and in the cadets
efforts to straighten out what he mis-
toof for a tail spin, he had landed
underneath. The machine was almost
wreck.
The Royal Flying Corps. stationed
at the British camps around Fort
Worth, early learned that the girl stu
dents at Texas Christian university
there enjoyed their stunts and thew
made daily calls in that vicinity. In
his eagerness to please the girls, one
young Canadian airman went too low
and struck flagpole on one of the
buildings. This caused him to swerve
and land on the roof. The plane was
dem olished and the aviator badly
bruised
At Lake Charles, La. an aviator fell
upon an automobile, killing its driver
and wrecking the airplane. The avia-
tor was only slightly injured
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26
BUMPER CROPS IN ENGLAND.

London, April IA bumper fruit
crop, probably exceeding even the
record crop of last year, is indicated
in the agricultural forecasts. The
chief difficulty this year, as last, viii
be the provision Of the five million
baskets required to handle the crop.
Before the war practically all fruit
baskets were imported, but under the
spur of necessity the old English
basket-weaving industry has been re-
vived to a considerable extent. The
government is now encouraging the
opening Of Discriminating centers as
village industries in all the willow
growing districts, and in some places
German prisoner labor Is being ex-
tensively employed.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26
ARMY NOT A SAFE
PLACE FOR SPIES
Extra Precautions Being Taken
in American Ezpeditionary Force

With the American Army in France
March p, (Corrtspondence of the AS
ISOLATED Press -Spies who may en-
deavor to get into the ranks of the
American Expeditionary Forces are
ikeIy to find such q maneuver eX-
tremely difficult and dangerous, so
complete are arrangements to pre-
vent such things happening. OF
course it is not advisable to disclose
lust what the arrangements are but
every ruse tried by enemy agents dur
ing this war in various armies, and
some that have not been tried, have
been provided for.
1t came to light recently that or
iers mad been issued in certain quar-
.ers to the general effect that oHlcerS
receiving drafts into combat divisions
rom replacement divisions were TO
make sure that each member or the
draft actually was the man he was
supposed to be and that no other
man was included in the group. Just
What caused this order is not dis
closed, but it contains an inference
hat is obvious.
The order was ISIS ued just a few
DAVIS before one of our telephone
wires had been found tapped in a
trench, the tap wire running out
across No Mans Land. There was
some talk OF that time among the
men in the line of hunting for a
spy: but there has been no further
development. 1t is not impossible,
however, that a German patrol taking
,dyantage of the opportune moment
ncoked their tap wire on the line in
sur trench and then retired quickly
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26

hills they look and act very much
like our own men; indeed they might
be our own fellows. They have the
same sturdy, self-reliant look. They
spread themselves over country i'll the
fashion of men accustomed to vast
spaces. They walk with the same
easy, free-limbed carriage. Their
discipline, like ours is a thing which,
force could never impose or MAIN
tain,, but is rather contributed volun-
tarily to a common good in violation
of temperament and, upbringing.
Against these men, as against the
men of the British Empire, the Ger
mans have no chance
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26

A good citizen is known by
food he eats. s8
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26

Nothing is as usual; why eat as
Usual?
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26
Every voter is Tn haxe ono uo+a

Every voter is to have one vote. !:
any voter may have additional VIC
under five special qualifications
combined with number of. ehiIdl
property, income, established posi-
as an employer, and education.
Under the first qualification. ey
voter who is over so years old and
had not less than three legitin]
children gets one additional vote.
second qualification gives an additi
al vote to every elector who pays prI
erty tax. Thirdly, an additional \
is given to every e1ector whose incd
tax exceeds the average amount oil
come tax paid by the residents in
same parish, Or who, alterna tiNeIY
an income exceeding $3.50 Il
Fourthly, an additional vote goes
all employers of labor ana alfsail
pendent farmers Or peasant farm
Finally, an additional vote lis giyer
all electors who have reached one
the upper classes of all second
school. ... 81. .s.t
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26
HERR BRAT'T GETS SAUSAGE.

Amsterdam, April 1.-THE most
desirable gifts nowadays in Germany
are things to eat and wear. The
following is a list of the gifts pre-
sented by the people Of Salzburg at
a benefit recently to Herr Bratt, the
leading tenor of the local opera
company. Seven pairs of boots, three
suits of clothes, eleven pounds of cof-
fee substitute, fifty-one packages OF
food, one sausage four feet long, $500
in cash.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26
GERMANS UITRA-SAVIN

Amsterdam April 26.-To throw
waste paper into house garbage cans
has been forbidden by the general
commanding the Berlin district on a
penalty of $25 or a term of imprison-
ment. All scraps of paper must be
carefully collected and delivered to
the local Waste Paper bureau.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-26
CAN VOTE OFTEN.
New Prussian Bill Is Amended With
Five Special Qualifications

Amsterdam, April 10 CCorrespon-
dence of The Associated Press) A
six-class voting franchise is proposed
for Germany in the new Prussian
Franchise Bill as amended by the
IInker party.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-04-21
Serd CondeeoTado I'M Off
Ciai medico americana

CON Ell EJERC1TO AMERICA
NO EN- FRANCIA, Abril 19.-El Te-
niente Teodoro Higgins Sweetser, de
IA Reserva Medica del Ejercito de
los Estados Unidos. ha sido recomen-
Gado para que Sc lie condecore con Ia
Cruz Militar Inslesa por bri!lantes
servicios prestados en- ell campo de
batalla Y su devotion al cumplimien-
TO de su deber.
FL Teniente Sweetser Sc distingui6
grandemente en- una acci6n en- las GER
canias de Passchendaele el dia IS de
Mario. El teniente presto una va
liosa ayuda a mas de cuarenta SOL
dados que Sc hallaban sufriendo los
efectos de un ataQue con granadas
de gases. 4 pesar de ser el uno de las
victimas de los teribles ~proyectiles.
Todos los hombres 4 quienes el te-
niente atendio. pudieron recobrarse
asi es que puede decirse que salv6 la
vida a cuarenta soldados. Actualmen-
re ell lugar en- que el teniente Sc en-
cuentra prestando sus servicios no Sc
sabe cual sea
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-04-21
CONFISCARON LOS BlENES DEL
EMBAJADOR
(Viene de la Pas. 3a.)

yenia fernando iesde hacia :nuchos
amos.
Hace aproximadamente dos 'sema-
mas. el Embajador espanol en- Was
hington. encargado de ,os ~intereses de
.Alemania en- este pals, notified a n
Secretaria de Estado, que el gobierno
a'cman habia presentado una deman-
Ia para que Sc ,le entregaran los niue
Jlcs V p~ropidaRes dc Mr.. Gerard, al
gerente de la casa almacenis;a de
Berlin. en- donde dlcnCs oujetos Sc
halia5an guardados. La S%ecretaria
&c EStado. entertainments protest0
per ccnducto lei Embaiado- espanol,
I el gobierao de Berlin, por Ia
acto e inform0 al ex-Embajador &c
% Il paSaba.
Mr.. Gerard manifesto que IN pro
p;edad de una Embaiada dajada en-
an pals eXiraDjer2. habia sido inmu-
lie a toda contiScaci6a en- tempo de
guerra. ' ccmo ejemplo lie 81 &ser-
cj.E cit0 e! raso De IA Princesa Lin
chGowrky, esposa de. ex-Embaj9dor
i" Alemania en- Londres. quizn Gcj6
IN cSa capita! sus alhajas Y o;ros
m :chcs c5ietos &c ~valor, cuando su
es9oSo Luvo que Salir de esa capital.
Il declararSs la guerra entire Alema-
NJ Y Il Gran BretaHa. habiendole 81
DO cnviadaS despu4s todas suS alba
i J propieGades Yor conducto DC IN
Ha"asa gro especial, para que las en-
".rarg 3 j.. priac2sa.