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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08
ARTISTIC CONSCIENCE.

Germany is about TO make an
inventory of the art treasures of
Belgium and to photograph them
in order to facilitate the study of
art. The official German Agency,
the Wolff Agency, has issued a dis
patch. which says:
While in his march through
Belgium the German commander
had all the art treasures OF the
occupied territory collected and
preserved from destruction. The
German artistic science, with the
assistance of the German govern
ment. is going TO make an inven-
tory of the great gems OF art in
the occupied territory. Therefore
they will also take photographs TO
assist in the future study of art.
Ludwig Laiblen. a Wurtemburg
lover Of art, has given 10000 marks
$4,000 for the purpose, which
amount is hardly enought to cover
the initial expense. The kaiser
also has given $4,000 marks
i$S,750) for this enterprise The
plan is drawn up by German schol-
ars and directors of the German
museums. Going out from the four
centers of Brussels. Antwerp.
Client and Liege, the German
scholars in the history of art will
take artistic photographs Of Bel
GUM.
AT Bonn there exists already 4
special library for the literature CT
Belgian art, and it is there also
that the photographs which exist
in Belgium, but which have been
found TO be scattered, Will be
taken"
This anxiety for artistic cOnSer-
walton the Germans ought to have
felt before the burning of LouvaiI,
Dinant, TeTmOnde, Ypres. and be
fore completely destroying the
brass and bronze works OF art, etc.
in any case. one must wait 10
see these photographs appear in
volumes like Die Klosterbauten
der ZisterZienser in Belgien''-a
shameful compilation by Belgian
authors, which accuses The latter
no less of artistic negligence; or
like the recent book by Dr. Joseph
SaueT. professor at the University
Of FribOuTg en- Brisgau. who seri-
Ously announces that the Germans
only attack cathedrals, churches,
and works of art for imperial
strategic reasons. and not because
of vandalism, as do the French,
and above all the English.
Buy War Savings stamps
HOME CANNING.
Home canning of fish and meats
should engage the attention OF
housewives during the summer, ac-
cOrding to the department OF agri-
culture. 1t is not enough to make
jellies. jams and ketchups in ac-
cOrdance with long established Gus
toms. for new methods of conserv-
ing food extend the scope of pos
sibilities in preventing waste.
Home canning of fruits and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08
sew ON Garments for Refugees.

Members of the Red Cross unit
OF tile Center Station Parent
Teacher association spent the al
Jerupun Thursday in the home Of
Mrs. = b. Sipplc, 3I33 Eleventh
street, sewing at garments for ref
uEees and in making bed shirts
and womeu'S dresses Mrs. Sippla
read q letter from one of the
workers in France in which she
told of the appreciation OF the
people upon receiving the gar
meutz- The unit will meet next
Thursday afternoon to complete
the articles begun. and viii be en-
teTtaiueI in the home of Mrs.
Harry Swan. ZII5 Eleventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08
CcIcbrate wedding Anniversary.

A company OF = friends last
evening went 10 the home OF Mr..
and LIrs Charles Myers, 1927 Six
re=uth street, To assist them in the
celebration Of their 18th wedding
anniversary. The self-invited
guests brought with them prOyis-
ions for supper, and the evening
was spent informally and very de
iiELttulIy Mr.. and Mrs. Myers
were presented with two beautiful
pieces Of cut glass. and Mr. Myers
presented his bride of IS years
with a diamond ring.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
JAPANESE PROSPERED
VASTLY THROUGH WAR
Increase of Exports Enormous;
Invested Literally in Secu-
rities Of European Allies.

Toxic, Dec. Japan generally fol-
lowed the plan Of devoting the money
obtained from abroad during the war
10 giving financial support 20 her Allies,
either by subscribing 70 the loans ISSUED
oy them, or by purchasing their bonds,
says an Official report OF the depart
raent Of finance. The total amount IN
vested IN all these securities reached
about s579, 500, 600 az the end OF 1917
including S265 900, 600 in British gov
eminent bonds, s77, 500 900 ID French
bonds and sl27, ,0o0, 900 ID Russian
bonds To this should be added sll0,-
0O0 900 representing japanese foreign
loan bonds and company dcbenturG
redeemed in foreign markets
Japans sea-borne trade was greatly
affected at the beginning Of the var
says the report, but her export trade
afterwards became very BRISK There
was a pronounced increase of Japan )
shipments 10 nearby markets and 70 the
South Seas 10 take the place 81 cOmnod
rites that had ceased 10 be shipped from
Europe This Was especially cOnspicu-
Gus as regards China where there was
large demand for japanese goods Larger
shipments OF munitions and food sent
20 the Allies increased he volume of
exports In 1917 these amounted 70 SS0l i
5OO, 900 an increase Of S237, ,7G0, 900
over 1916 Japan's imports for 1917
were s5I7 10000 s139,0p0,0O0 more
than 1916. The excess OF exports over
imports IN 1917 was S2S3, 800, 600 an
increase oi fifty-two per cent over thus
balance Of trade IN 1916 This apparently
has paved the way for an expansion
of Japans industries and trade IN the
future, sand the report
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
ALL PRIORITIES NEAR END.
War Industries Board Also Expects 10
nsxk,uA Vunuopy I

Washington, Dec. 20.-Benard NJ.
Raruch. chairman of the War Industries
Board, announced yesterday that all
remaining priority restrictions and d.
rcctions have been cancelled, the order to
take effect ON Jan. 1. This official docu-
ment was issued with MIR. Baruchs
approval;
ITO all concerned:
effective Jan. /, 1919, all the rules,
regulations and directions of every
nature whatsoever, issued by the PrIorl-
ties Division. Of the War Industries
Board are hereby cancelled and all pledges
heretofore made on the suggestion or
request Of the said Priorites Division
arc hereby revoked.
Edwin B. Parker,
'Priorities Commissioners.
The Pulp AND Paper Division of the
War Industries Board was formally
disbanded yesterday. Announcement also
was made that the Machine Tool Sec
ton of the Board had disbanded.
The announcement by Mr.. Parker
saws that the War Industries Board,
as an official government agency Will
end on Jan. |. the day when the resigna-
tion of Chairman Baruch becomes effec-
tive. Mr.. Baruch and n number OF his
experts probably will sail for France
soon to advise in reconstruction work.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20

10 BE- possessed Of head of heavy,
beautiful hmT, soft. lustrous, fluffy,
wavy and free from dandruf IS merely
a matter Of using little Danderine
II Is easy and inexpensive To have
nice, soft hair and lots Of it. Just get d
small bottle Of Knowlton's Danderine
now-it costs but few cents all drug
stores recommend it-apply little rs
directed and within ten minutes there
Will be an appearance Of abundance,
freshness. fuffiness and an incompa-
rahlc gloss and lustre and try as you
will you can not find trace of dandrt,ff
OF falling hair; but your real surprise
viii be after about two weeks use, fyhen
you Will see new hasr-hne and downy
at hrst-yes really new hair
sprouting ont all over your scalp
Danderine is, we believe the only sure
hair grower, destroyer Of dandruhf and
cure for itchy scalp, and it never fails
TO stop falling hair at once.
If you want, to prove how pretty and
soft your haIr really is, moisten a cloth
with a little Danderine and carefully
draw it through your hair-taking ose
small strand at time. Your hair will
bc soft, glossy and beautiful in just
a few moments delightful surprise
awaits everyone who tries this
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
Soap Bubble Lasts "A Yea.

The air OF an ordinary room is filed
with tiny particles Of matter which fa'l on
the Try soap bubble, alter the surface
tension, and poof-it is gone
The effect Of these minute particles
on the stability of bubbles was first
brought TO light by Sir James Dewar He
experimental 10 clarified air until he was
able TO produce bubbles which lasted for
months.
He has even produced a soap him which
was year cd recently and which seems TO
remain Just as II was made Popular
Science Monthly
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
SOL LD|ERS WORST HURT
HEALED BY WATER CURE
Wounded Even Go TO Movies in
Their Bath Tubs, With
Baths at o8.

London. Dec IS.-A moving picture
audience in bath tubs through which warm
water flows is the entertainment oddlty
provided in film shows by tho American
Y. NJ {. 4 at the hospital under the
shadows Of Kings College, Cambridge,
where wounded men from France are
treated In one ward certain of the pa
tients who have had very serious, septic
wounds are having the water treatment
To look at these men YOU might think
thev were lying comfortably IN bed, prop
ped up with pillows. They are really
sitting IN bath tubs IN water TO their
waists 4 constant stream OF water with
a temperature of ninety-eight is kept run
ming through the tub, purifying and cleans
ing the wounds, which have no other dress
ing. 4 kind Of magnifed lap-board covers
the top OF the tub, and is IN turn covered
bv a long. bright patch quilt And there
the men sit on air cushions, leaning against
air pillows. day and night, sometimes for
weeks az a time Only the most serious
cases are put into these baths, men who
otherwise have little chance of recovery
and none without the amputatlon OF
limo. But never vet has a case so treated
been lost.
Its beastiy uncomfortable the first
week said the record case of the war a
British Tommy who was for eleven weeks
in the bathl"Your legs ache and YOU have
the water rash But in week, at most,
YOU get over that, and then it is more
comfortable than being n bed. In fact
after they put you back in bed you can't
sleep for a while, it's 50 hard" !"
The American Y. NJ {. \. has been
sending these men movies twice week.
A screen has been arranged at one end Of
the hut and there all the screen fsvorites
plav their parts while the men sit COM
fortablv in their warm tubs. And when
the show is over all they have 70 IS to
turn out tho lights and 20 TO sleep
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20

the 1912 champion Of the world.
In the afternoon test Of skill the cx-
champion fairly ran away from the
local boy, piling up l63 points to Green
leafs As; but in the evening session the
local cueist turned the tables, scoring
l55 to the Jcrseyman's 76
The told score Mt the end of the fourth
block rs GreenIeaf, 400; Ralph 376.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20

The game is very close one now and
the finals this afternoon and evening viii
be witnc ssed by a large crowd.
The two men are giving an exhibition
of skill not often witnessed and lovers
of this anciently evolved game should
not lose the opportunity to witness
game PLAYED by real masters.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
Nav Secure Release Of Soldiers.

Announcement is made by the United
States Employment Service that employ
ers in urgent need Of former employees who
are enlisted men in army camps and dc
pots within the United States are advised
10 communicate with such men, asking
them 10 request their discharge of the
campauthorities. No such request should
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20

be made merely ~ a matter % convenience
10 en- employer, but only when The former
employees services arc N urgent demand
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
GREENLEAF LEADS.
Is Few Points Ahead IN Pocket Billiard
Match Over Former Star

The exhibition rooms of the Royal
Billiard parfors were crowded yesterday
afternoon and evening to witness the
third and fourth blocks of the 6OO-point
pocket billiard match between the local
expert, Ralph Grecnlcaf and Il. J. Ralph,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20

Every Evening classified advertise
roents bring results. Proved " the satis-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20

Every Evenings classified advertise
r1ents bring results. Proved to the salts
faction Of many and wnl be to you.--Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20

You try an Every Evening want alv.
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making Riveter Frederickson look like
a piker." Hardly day passed but word
came to the shipping board of other rec
ords made, all of which were duly chron-
icled by the magazine which is being
published by that branch Of the govern
merit service Steadily the record
climbed from 500 to 1000, from LOO
to 200. from $40 to 800 and on up to
2.1oO.
It was at this point that Thinner"
schock-"Finner" because of his large
hands-stepped in and made what was
tlcu~ht to be n remarkable record. On
April 9, in nine hours, be drove 2,720
rivets in ship being constructed at the
Baltimore Dry Docks and Shipbuilding
Sompany -. Immedi date - he was ae-
game and all hats were OFF to him.
For ten days his record stood as the
highest ever made by any riveter in the
world. His mark has been passed. prac-
tically doubled. but to Charles Schock
must go the credit of really placing the
II was his feat which stirred the hearts
of bra why riveters here and abroad and
made every man eager for chance TO
"go to it, and beat his mark Slowly
the record made by Thinner" Schock was
exceeded. first 1900 rivets were driven
in a day. then 5000. and later 3,100
And then came John Corrigan and his
record of 3.415 rivets driven at the
Wyandotte plant Of the Detroit Ship
building Company. This record is all the
more remarkable for the fact that Cor
rigan is a foreman at his plant and only
rvcts as n side line"
The same week that saw this remark
able record made in this country, early
in May there came from London n dis
patch which hest speaks for itself:
1.-THE record made by Charles
schock. who at Baltimore drove in
272a rivets in nine hours. has been
beaten in London. The workmen of
Fraser & Fraser. engineers and boil
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that I kicked the young lady guest in
the shins as the baby and topped over
the side of the boat and the terrible
man ,eating kiddy coop started after u.s.
1 am sure, however. that l certainly
grasped that long oar and chung to it
with all the desperation Of a drowning
man
They say that strange thoughts fit
through ones head as he faces death,
and 1t must be true. This was my
thought: Who am l that 1 should be
struggling with baby and a kiddy
coop?
Incidentally, that thought still strikes
me as pretty pat one for a person in
my position, old bachelor and all that
am.
and my next one, which came as l sat
in the stern. dripping and swearing
softly, l pulled myself and the child
back into the boat, disentangled my
arms and legs from the kiddy coop.
The child seemed in the best Of voice.
While the boat rocked the father cuss-
ed me for poor fool. l fear; the
child yelled. l dripped, dripped, dripped
from every shred of my garments and
the women wept over the child.
Dear little tootsie." some one said.
'it isn't right to let a bad. bad man
hold you; of course. he doesn't know how
to do it. Don't cry, baby, mother is go
ing to hold you now
This and half an hour more of il and
then, just when everything was getting
nice and quiet. the accomplished young
woman did flop right over the side Of
the boat, gurgling. at is too much.''
Whereupon the Observer, having got
ten to a point where his clothes were
steaming. II not dry. did high dive and
brought the. struggling. screaming victim
back to the boat. She sobbed convul-
sively.
Another hour with indifferent luck at
fishing, terrible climb up the side Of
the palisades. kiddy coop in hand, a din
Ter memorable for its battling ants and
baby screams, and then, dog tired,
soggy, mosquito bitten, hungry. dirty,
sun burned and unpopular, the Observer
came home
well, old man, we had a great time"
said the head Of the house when we got
back to town. Next Sunday we'll go
some other place."
He had 1t absolutely right.
The Observer leaves today for a brief
vacation at the place where he was born,
the land of the Wabash river There
fish are caught and babies are kept
at home.
THE OBSERVER
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4 i
1t did-just like boiling water helps a
live lobster
The boathouse man was mighty sorry
that we arrived too late to get one of his
rubber-tired, ball-bearing, spider-run-
ming boats, but he let US have
enc that he guaranteed to be sound. 1t
was as sound as a stone. The rumor
that it was brick lined probably in no.
wise exaggerated. Furthermore. the de-
formed oar that was on my left kept up
such an insistent long stroke that the
boat made principally merry go-round
progress once it got out into the stream.
l was not fated; however. to row the
boat long. The indulgent father, who
sat in the rear of the boat, decided that
l was punk oarsman-teiepathy, per-
haps-for was thinking the same thing.
and insisted that l hold the kiddy coop
while he rowed.
For the information of my readers VINO
are not married, or have not otherwise
come in contact with a kiddy coop, l
shall state that it Is a child's bed that
it takes from three to four men to
handle. 1t has nervous wheels that can
run more directions without previous
notice than n spider, dozen or more
hinges and folding Stats, set of springs
or two a mattress and such other equip
ment as an eight-month- old baby with
all the vigor and habits of youth re-
quires.
Scarcely had got the dinged thing in
hand and the fond father had pushed off
into the middle Of the stream, when the
dear infant, who was being held by its
mother. decided it wanted me to hold
it. AS gentleman and a guest who
expected to partake of a number of free
sandwiches and pop before the day was
over. it behooved me to take the child.
Inasmuch, also, as no woman ever was
born who could command a kiddy coop
on the high seas, 1T was likewise neces-
sary that keep the coop in hand.
1t may have been a full minute after
I got the child in one hand and the coop
in the other that both decided to move
in opposite directions. Certainly it was
10 longer than that.
MY memory of subsequent events Is
somewhat blurred. 1t may have been
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pie: when, In fact. II was a process OF
which few people knew aught. In those
days the man who drove 500 or 600 riv-
cts in a working day Of nine hours was
Today the record belongs to a man who.
in single day of nine hours. drove
home $500 hot pins" That means that
throughout his working day he drove an
average Of one rivet every five seconds.
Moreover. the man who did that was
considered still fresh" at the end Of the
day. and claims that he can beat his
own record. 1t is in the making of this
record, and what came before. that there
lies one Of the most interesting chapters
in the history Of war work in the United
States-a story which tells of the speed
ing up of ship production throughout the
width and breadth OF the land.
Steel ships are constructed by the
placing of many long. narrow plates 80
that the edges overlap. Every plate.
been drilled at regular intervals along its
edges with holes When two pates are
put in place. the edges overlapping. two
sets of holes are thus placed in juxta-
position. and 1t is into these holes that
steel rivets must be driven with such
force and accuracy as to completely fill
them and prevent the entrance Of any
water into the ship after its launching.
To accomplish this requires the sery-,
ices OF at least four men. and sometimes
more. as well as the use OF an air
gum the name by which the pneumatic
rivet driver has come to be known At
the head of the gang is the riveter.
the man who Yields the air gun" and
does the work by which the rivets are
actually hammered into place. Assist
ms him are one or two heater boys
one or two passer boys and holder
on The heaters man the tiny forge.
ready to feed a constant stream Of
white-hot rivets to the riveter The
heater boys whirl the glowing rivcts to
the ''passer boy" who deity catches
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thus had plenty of time to shave be-
tween the hour l got home and the
time that my friend called for me.
We spent the hours from 4 o'clock
until 10 in a futile search for blood
worms At 1890 we compromised by
tuying a mess of crabs, with full direc-
tions for peeling, and right sizable fry
Of herring with full instructions for
boning. We got quite bit of bait be-
cause we heard that the fish were used
to big Sunday dinners, and this informa-
ton was correct.
Scarcely had we reached the friends
house to pick up the woman folks when
I began to hear funny noises in my ears.
A few minutes later the child was
brought forth.
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ing lips, he trusts them and then he
falls.
Friends asked the Observer to go fish
ing with them.
at will be nice ride up the river for
you," the man Of the family said. The
air, the boat ride and the fishing will do
you lots of good"
The friends wife smiled and said she
would be ever so happy to have me go
along. There was to be young lady,
who was said to have many accomplish
ments, to be in the party, too. SWIM
ming, might state, learned later, was
Nothing was said about the baby 60
ing along with US.
Everybody must bring something to
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them in his bucket, picks them up with
his tongS and inserts them into the
holes to be riveted. The riveter then
applies his machine. which. by the use
of compressed air, operates the ham,
mer. which works with such force and
rapidity that the rivet is driven home
The "holder-on" works on the other side
Of the steel plate being riveted. holding
the tool which Is placed fiat against the
plate, thus closing up the hole at the
back and forcing the rivet to spread as
1t is driven in and completely fill the
hole.
As many other important things have
their origin in small beginnings, so.
too, did the riveting contest. It grew
out of heated arguments on the ways
Mt the giant yards all over the country
as to what constituted good days
work. Nobody. even among the work
ers themselves. at that time dared
claim that 1000 rivets could be driven
home in a single day. even in a straight
away piece of work. And SO 1t came
about that somebody suggested that
the question be settled by actual test.
Consequently. Riveter J. Frederickson.
at the Submarine Boat Corporation ya,d
at Newark. N. j.. on March 2, set out
to make a record. He drove 1896 rivets
in one day. all passed later by the gov
eminent inspector. That was an aver
age OF ninety three rivets an hour.
Soon the word had spread. Other
yards heard about the feat of riveting.
Other gangs" decided that 1t was time
to settle the question of what was good
days work. All unknowingiy. those who
started the riveting argument had in
reality started what was to become n ma
tionai contest. and. then an international
contest. For all over the land the
gangs took up their tools, bent upon
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The Observer With Some Interesting Friends, Takes Fishing Trip

go with the dinner" the wife said, so
took a pint of black ants. They went
just as far with the dinner as any OF us.
One of them, in fact. went right up over
the top of the palisades with deviled
egg.
Anyhow, we did not have to start until
almost 4 o'clock in the morning, and
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headings as, He rocked the boat just
once too often.''
But to get back to the starting post
1t is ones friends and not his enemies
that invariably get him into deep trou-
Bile. One naturally, expects his enemies
to lay traps for him and, hence. he is on
his guard. But friends come with smil-