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Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11
Your Country Counts on
You.

Your country is counting on you to
furnish the sinews of war in this, the
mightiest contest that the world has
ever known. 1t is counting on your
money, your labor, and your spirit of
self sacrifice. World wars cannot be
won by talk alone, and they cannot be
won by resources unless those re-
sources are so directed that they
count in the actual prosecution of the
war.
America, as we all know, is the rich
est nation in the world. But the
money will not do us any good in the
war unless it is mobilized for the use
of the government. The factories
will not help win the war if they are
manufacturing a lot of useless things
instead of the arms and ammunition,
clothing and ships that the country
must have. And you, yourself, will not
help to win the war merely by going
around and talking periodically. You
must save and you must serve, if you
cannot go and fight or work in a mu-
nitions plant.
This is why the war savings cam
paign was devised, by the government
1t gives every man, every woman and
even every child, a direct opportun-
ity to do something for the country
they love. You do not have to be a
millionaire and buy a lot of bonds
Your % cents for a thrift stamp OF
S412 for a war savings stamp will
help your country, and help it now
And the fact that you did without
something to get the money to pur
chase this stamp will help even more
for the country cannot get its wal
work done if the factories are bus,
ministering to your pleasure.
| In spite of the fact that most Amer
leans probably would be willing t.
give the sum asked by the govern
ment, with no thought Of return, the
government is not asking you to Civ,
anything. 1t is merely asking loan
at a good rate of interest and on tn,
worlds best security. When you pur
chase war savings stamp you ar,
I benefiting yourself just as much al
! you aid your country.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11
Baker Shows Record.

Secretary Baker answers his critics
with a statement in which he shows
that his department has made a re-
markable record for the time that it
was given in which to cover the
ground that it has gone over up to the
present. The secretary asks no credit
for himself, but he does insist that
there be recognition for the faithful
men who have aided him in his great
tasks. He shows that never before in
history has nation gathered, organ
ized. trained, clothed and transported
an army of such proportions and in
such a short time as has the United
States. He does not deny that there
have been mistakes. but holds that
they, were Inevitable when all of the
involved circumstances are consid-
cred, with the one demand before the
department for speed in every direc-
ton. Mr.. Baker maintains that the
war department has done fairly we'll,
and the mass Of the American people
who read his report will agree with
him.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

We are indebted TO the Washington
correspondent OF the New York Her
aid for the information that the sec
retary II the treasury is a bit of a
humorist The story circles abou,
"uncle Toms Cabin the drama, not
the novel. These many moons tina,
this semi--burnt-cork hobbledehoy
has been playing TO the American pub
. lic II has been felt by most people that
the villain part, which has to do with
the thrashing OF the good old darky
@as considerably overdrawn. Chief
among those protesters was Uncle
Tom" himself, not to mention Simon
Legree." Says the writer in the Her.
aid:
Consider now the action of William
q. McAdoO, director general Of The
;si roads. declaring that all travel not
essential must be reduced 10 a min,
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

imum, and that theatrical troupes
must eliminate all baggage, freigh.
and passenger space possible-under
penalty Of law.
Uncle Tom, it is understood. has
made personal trip to Washington.
has hObbled up the capitol steps and
into the Office Of the director general,
has feebly but fervently placed before
! Mr.. McAdoo his case. and has won.
Which is to say that Eliza and her
! floating ice shall remain, and little
Eva and Uncle Tom and Topsy and all
the rest. But Simon Legree, the VII
lain. must 60"
Uncle Toms Cabin" might be re-
written, certainly re-staged, with the
character of Simon Legree"-repre-
sented by Mrs. Stowe as New England
i born-omitted without any hurt to the
story, and the secretary of the treas
ury is to be thanked for his wise and
timely, albeit facetious, suggestion.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

Dr. Brady will answer all signed
names are n fer pl !nted. Only inQulI
stamped, self addressed envelope is e.
ment Of individual cases cannot be CO.
care OF The Argus.
Digestbility.
Il have always thought" cores
pondent writes, "in fact, have been
told by doctors that certain foods such
as veal, pork, all fried foods, cake,
pie, hot bread, dried peas and beans,
cabbage, etc, were hard to digest and
should therefore be avoided
An old favorite of the old masters.
If it was good to eat it was bad to eat
it. The old masters used to confuse
boiled cabbage with appendicitis and
fried taters with cholecystitis and
pork chops with duodenal ulcer.
The digestibility of given article
of food is not to be considered when
selecting bill Of fare. 1t is true that
certain foods or relishes leave the
stomach in a shorter time than other
foods. In the simple old times this fact
was misapplied, the doctors assuming
that the stomach was the big noise in
the physiology of digestion. We are
beginning to know a few things about
physiology today and most of the older
dietetics has been wiped out. The diet
ing that patients delighted to undergo
a generation ago was perhaps good
for them in a way; they didn't over
eat while they dieted. But it was
otherwise mostly harmful 1t would
be harmful now, in fact, it is doing
a great deal of harm to near-invalids
today 1t is a mistake to exclude this
and that article from the diet on the
plea that it is difficult TO digest, or
because it is supposed to contain too
much starch and favor fermentation
gas-production, and all that rot.
1t doesn't matter much whether the
| food is fried, hashed or fricaseed, SO
/ long at it is attractive. The time il
leaves the stomach is equally i'm
portant, SO long as the food is well
, masticated. All the wholesome things
| listed in our correspondents query
should be included in normal ration
Indeed, a wholesome menu must in.
clude ample proportions OF undiges.
tible articles, to give the alimentaV
tube proper exercise and keep In
good working order.
| The diet of an invalid Is a problem
which only the attending physician i
capable Of handling.
( QUESTIONS AN DANSWERS.
The Young Lady From Over the War
! ! ap young lady 20 years and
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11


les OF general interest are answered in
swered by mail il written in ink and
iclosed. Requests for diagnosis or treat
lsidered- Address DR.. William Brady. in
am troubled with some condition of
the nose. Do you think l should have
my adenoids removed?
Answer.-If the adenoid body is
thickened enough to interfere with
normal breathing through the nose, or
to affect the hearing, or to keep you
constantly entertaining fresh ATTACKS
of coryZa, then perhaps you should
have your doctors advice about
treatment.
Fracture ut Elbow
Onr son, age s, broke his arm in or
near the elbow joint four months ago.
1t is still stiff and not quite right.
The physician said it would be all
right. Can anything be done to re-
store it to good functional condition?
IN. NJ. d.
Answer-Fracture involving the ell
! bow joint frequently leaves functional
impairment under the most skillful
treatment. The boy should bend and
straighten the arm to the limit many
times day, and carry weights in the
hand, such as few pounds of water
in pail increasing the weight little
day by day until full carrying capacity
is reached. You should manipulate the
arm to and = trif1e beyond the limit
! OF comfortable fiexi0n and extension
night and morning-it will necessar-
lily hurt the boy little. This should
be kept up regularly for at least six
months, unless satisfactory functional
improvement is obtained In less time.
Perspiring Feet.
My feet perspire something fierce.
bathe them every night and put on
clean socks every day, also alternate
! between two pairs of shoes, but with
out relief. shall be grateful for some
advice. &C. T. b.
Answer.-Use only cool or tepid
never hot water for bathing the fee,
Avoid tight shoes or tight laeing over
instep and ankle, also avoid tight cir
cular garters Add tablespoonful
OF standard formaldehyde solution az
per cent formldehyde) to a basin oa
water for bathing the feet daily. Dry
well. then powder with one part sal.
icylic acid and eight parts boric acid
especially between the toes. If skin /.
macerated or white between the toes
keep toes separated by little folds o.
gauze or bits of absorbent cotton, wei
powdered. See article printed las
Tuesday.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11
What War Has Done for
Woman.

Women scored both in England and
the United States yesterday. The Su-
san B. Anthony amendment to the fed
eral constitution granting suffrage
was passed by the house of representa-
tives by a vote of pa to 1856. The
amendment now goes to the senate.
Before the vote was taken President
Wilson declared himself in favor OF
the amendment and appealed to the
members of congress to support it.
Many members OF the house ware
changed from opponents to advocates
by the appeal of the president, who
stated, revising his previous views,
that the time had arrived when the
women were entitled to the franchise
Without the 11th-hour favorable word
from the president it is said that the
amendment would have failed by not
less than thirty votes.
In Great Britain the house Of lords
recorded itself for woman's franchise
through rejection of Lord Loreburn's S
amendment to the representation of
the people bill, by which it was sought
to exclude women from the suffrage.
The vote against the amendment was
134 to So The ballot will be given to
100000 women in England.
In direct response to the presidents
intervention suffrage got votes in
Texas, Tennessee, Maryland, Arkan-
sas Missouri and Kentucky. Had he
remained silent Wednesday night when
the congressional delegation went to
the White house and asked sign
there would not have been a vote for
women's rights from one of these
states.
Not only did the constitutional
amendment carry in the house, but it
will remain before the states until it
is adopted into the law of the land
whether it takes one year or twenty.
In last rally to save something
the ants tried to get through an
amendment limiting the life of the
constitutional enactment to seven
years. That is, they wanted to have
the same sort of limitation as encom-
passed the prohibition amendment
which, if unratified by the necessar!
seven years, dies. The limitation was
voted down
Then Moores Of Indiana tried as 9
forlorn hope to get through a PROPOSE
tion calling for the submission of the
amendment to popular vote OF the
states instead Of TO the legislatures
The antis felt that there was some
chance to defeat suffrage with Sc
cret ballot, but they knew that NJ
group of legislators would dare stant
up in the open and vote against the
women, with the women's eyes upor
them. II was gallant effort worth,
Of better cause, but it did not avail
Moores' resolution was voted down
212 to l31.
After it was all over the womeI
realized what narrow escape the!
had from a defeat that would hav'
buried suffrage for year at least.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11
The Day in Davenport

cal station, gave out these figure yes
terday morning. Recently a new
drive was launched by Lieuenant
Wright, the postmasters to recege S.
for each man they sent to the sation
for enlistment-if the man passd the
physical examinations and wal ac-
ceDted as an army recruit.
Director. Named.-An election was
held at the Commercial club yesterday
to name five directors for a tern OF
three years. and two directors br a
term of one year, the former ts fill
vacancies, and the latter to fill mex
pired terms There was one tEket
The following were chosen: Directors
for three years, Louis Bein, Flank
Betty. L. M. Marks, Harry J. MGar-
land and M. Rosenthal; Director tc
| complete unexpired terms of one YEAR
Dr. George E. Decker and Eugene
Walsh
Battery Boys HOme.-Frank Cor.
man, son of Matt J. German, 9112fDch
Island street, and Bert Coin are hme
on a six days furlough from Denlhg
~ M where they have been in train
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

other bunk cars will be brouSht
S;lyis at once for the men.
s.Nother" Dodge Tried.-Clalmihs
that her name is Mrs. Good ana ,ls.
she is the mother OF Fred Tnrasa.. nS..
held here in connection with the pss. ,.s
ger coal office robbery and the su.5.
quent passing of four forged ches
on Davenport merchants, the woso. ,au.o.
arrested with Thrasher in o Ci,n'y;s
rooming house Wednesday nisns =.
in the house OF detention awai'ins ~ -
vestigation by the police. Driven y.
OF Clinton. after her release weuns
dav afternoon. the woman boaraeu
ii. & l. car and came TO Dayens -
As luck wauld have ii the three IN n
OF loot found in Thrasher's ROOM
Clinton were aboard the same
consigned to the Davenport ponce; -
Clinton the woman is known a. 49, -.
Hodge and Is well known cnaIsslo ~
Police here think she is workins -
mother dodge" In an attempt " 49,
up some past misdeeds.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

Testimony was offered yesterday to
a senate committee that the steel trust
stung the United States on the price
o. ship plates. The last we heard was
that the steel folks were to let the
government have materials at inside
quotations. taking a profit far below
what it was in. peace times in order to
show a proper patriotic attitude dur
ing the war.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

Big men change their minds. Little
ones don't. as "a rule. President Will
son found that the demand for woman
suffrage had become so general, due
largely to the great service the sex
has been contributing in the war that
he decided no longer to stand in the
way of adoption Of the national
amendment. Previously he had been
for making suffrage a state issue.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

Mrs William Hasse, Davenport
woman of German descent, is nursing
wounded Italian soldiers. She has
written a letter to her Davenport rel
atives. In it she says that the veil of
delusion has dropped from her eyes
and that now she sees the ruler of the
Teutons as bloody Attila. Portions
Of her letter are printed in this issue
Of, The Argus. You will be interested
in reading how one person has had
her estimate of the kaiser changed by
events that have. transpired in Europe
in the past three years. And she
speaks not from hearsay. but from
first hand knowledge.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

The Maryland legislature is to be
asked to enact bill prohibiting the
! wearing of high heels by women. In
asmuch as the majority Of the mem
bers Of the assembly have wives or
daughters who are unwilling to sacri-
fee prevailing footwear fashions, even
as a war measure, we don't imagine
that the bill referred to is going to get
very far towards enactment.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

Every member of the Illinois dele
CATION voted for the woman's suffrage
amendment at Washington yesterday.
And the women of Illinois didn't have
to club their representatives into line
either.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

A seat on the New York stock ex-
change has Just been transferred to
a man who began as a page on the
floor of the exchange Is years ago.
The consideration was $1,000. Being
page on the New York stock ex-
change must be q pretty fair Job.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

yesterday Dealers were warned by
government agents they must not take
advantage of the weather to advance
prices But they had already done so.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

Germany has rejected the peace
suggestions mentioned in the ad-
dresses Of both President Wilson and
Premier Lloyd George. A year from
now the enemy probably will be sorry
that he spoke so hastily. They are
the best terms that will be offered.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11
Friday. January IL. 1918.
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Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

Marriage Licenses. - Charles T.
Peale, Davenport, and Grace A. Dun
lap, Davenport. julius Marx Au.
Lyons, Iowa, and Mabel Irene Wycoff,
Lyons. Iowa; Carl W. Anderson, Mo-
line. and Selma 0. Rydmann, Lynn
Center, Iowa.
|, New Factory Secured.-The Nichols
Wire company, whose headquarters
are at Kansas City and who have
branch houses in Muskogee, Okla,
and Fort Scott. Kan, has leased the
big American Can company plant on
West Second street and will make
Davenport a manufacturing and job
bling center for its products. The
Nichols Wire company is a large, re-
sponsible, highly rated concern and
will undoubtedly prove decided ac-
QUESTION to industrial Davenport.
Thirty.One st.-Postmasters in
the regular army recruiting district
here. of which Lieutenant E. C.
] Wright. U. S. A., has charge, have
made possible the enlistment of 81
young men in the last month. Ser
geant Robert Richtmyer, u s. A., To-
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

Many Chicagoans are cutting home
living expenses this week by attend
ing the sessions Of the annual food
show. Even Governor Lowden and
his family got in on the free SOUP aud
everything yesterday,
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

Senator Kenyon of Iowa is back
after a visit to the war zone He
warns against pacifist talk. He says
what we want is to hear more war
talk
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11
STREET CAR COMEDY.

Il have ridden in this car before
and it never has acted just right to
me-"
'At this minute there is reason.
1t has stopped. It's trolley is loose" !"
ADOLPHUS Busch, the millionaire
st. Louis brewer, on the plea that
he had dependent wife and child, en-
tered plea with the exemption board
for deferred classification. He was
refused. None of us would care to
see MIR. Busch's little family face suf-
fering through his call to the colors,
but if the worst comes We imagine
loyal ST. LouisanS would make up
enough through public passing Of the
chapeau to prevent starvation stalking
in the vicinity of his home during his
enforced absence from the role of
breadwinner.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

The weather bureau predicts that
the thermometer will drop to Is be-
low. zero tonight. Wrap yourself in
the blankets and forget all about it,
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11
cHl0 0RDs ND
DIsCORDs
WE SIRE ARE.

Sir: / find the following advertise
ment in the classified page OF The
Argus. Are you game enough to print
one on your own paper?
For Rent-Three or four empty
rooms, we'll furnished; close to the
arsenal. Care Of c. E. Morris, 9O7
Eleventh street.
LORD Chosen for Bank Director"
Headline. No. this is not the kaiser's
bank. It's a Moline institution.
ALMOST daily a suggestion is re-
ceived by this column on how to avoid
the labor involved in shoveling walks
during the snowy period. R. L. is
the latest to come through with an
idea. Here it is: II have been get
ting figures on the cost of running
pipes under the walks around my
property After fall of snow l could
turn on the heat and cause the beau
tiful to float away as aqua. l might
state that l have not yet learned def
nitely the expense, but if it is any
where near reasonable I might adopt
the scheme. There are those who tell
you that they enjoy shoveling snow,
but l claim they DON'T
JOSEPHINE Hill, suing for divorce
in Chicago, charges that her husband
threw whole carton of eggs at her.
/ Whether there were any casualties
does not appear in the declaration, as
the complainant fails to state wheth-
er she or the eggs were injured.
| ROOSEVELT as member of
President Wilson's cabinet?" and a
Rock Islander just returned from
Washington laughed at the thought
THE colonel today is the most thor
oughly discredited parsonage in the
national capital. He is not SO dense
as not to understand his status with
the administration. but he is possessed
of just enough egotism to inspire him
with confidence in his ability to break
through the lines and worm himself
into a position of conspicuousness fol
the remainder of the war. What's
eating the colonel these days is that
he's not getting sufficient publicity tC
appease his appetite for that essen
tial. He is trembling in his boots that
the war will develop the, next presi-
dent Of the United States, somebody
other than Mr.. Wilson, as it is i'm
probable that the latter would accept
a third term"
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11
SNOWFLAKES.

Out OF the bosom of the air,
Out of the cloud folds of her gar
ments shaken.
Over the woodlands brown and bare,
Over the harvest fields forsaken,
Silent, and soft, and slow
Descends the snow.
Even as our cloudy fancies take
Sudden shape in some divine ex-
preston,
Even as the troubled heart doth make
In the white cOuntenance confession,
The troubled sky reveals
The grief it feels
This is the poem of the air,
Slowly in silent syllables recorded; !;
This is the secret of despair,
Long in its cloudy bosom boarded,
Now whispered and revealed
To wood and field
-LONGFELLOW.
HAD you heard said a sweet
voice from Davenport over the tele-
phone this morning. that John W.
Leasure is spending six months in our
county jail?''
WIFE and l were thinking last
night writes M. H.. that it would be
a fine plan if we also had fussless
day each week. No. we don't scrap.
We were thinking of a few of our
neighbors."
| BECAUSE Of the food scarcity most
of the dogs in Germany have been
eaten. The CANNES were dying by
/ inches-it took the dachshund longer
to pass out than the other breeds
and inasmuch as the owners had moth
ing to satisfy their hunger they de-
cided to kill the animals for food be-
fore they had wasted away until there
was nothing left to nibble on.
EVIDENT Secretary Baker
! doesn't wear his tile at an angle tc
suit the Chicago Tribune. At any
rate, that paper is calling for his re.
tirement as chief Of the war depart.
ment.
u
to have seen a hope of peace In the
address of President Wilson. The edi.
tor must have recently changed his
glasses.
! A SON Of Charles Dickens, the au.
thor. is earning $4,000 a year in Lon
don. Not writing books, however.
i UNITED States marines at Por
Royal have invented a musical in
strument they have named the ba
zooka. 1t consists of two pieces O.
gas pipe and funnel. 1t is claimed
that 1t will make you stir your feet
The inference is that II you refus,
to move in rhythm with the strains O
the orchestra the gas pipe will be EN-
ployed to wake you up through appli
cation across the bean.
NO. Gwendolyn. when it was statet
that the speaker talked with a puncl
} it was not meant that he had alb
sorbed stimulant before he entere,
uDon his discourse. The gentleman
as We understand, is a total alb
stainer.
]. NJ. e.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

QUESTIONS AN DANSWERS. .
The Young Lady From Over the Way.
] ap young lady 20 years and
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11
HEALTH TAI4 4KE
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Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

NO. Gwendolyn. when it was stated
that the speaker talked with a punch
it was not meant that he had alb
sorbed a stimulant before he entered
upon his discourse. The gentleman,
as We understand, is a total ab-
stainer.
Rock Island Argus., 1918-01-11

LORD Chosen for Bank Director"
No. this is not the kaiser 5
bank. It's Moline institution.