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The daily morning oasis., 1918-04-07

Yesterday evening Mayor
Clagett, Bracey Curtis, James
A. Harrison and Judge w. A.
O'Connor went to Patagonia to
arouse an interest in the Liberty
Loan bonds.
Yesterday Sheriff r. R. Ear
hart returned from Fort Grant,
where he went Friday to take
to the Industrial School the boy,
Jose Gatteke, who was sent
there from. the Juvenile Court.
Yesterday morning Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Elvey, with their
baby, and also Mrs, Leslie
Woodell, who had been passing
the fortnight with Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Wise of this city, departed
for their ranch, out in the Ari-
vaca country.
Yesterday Messrs. Francisco
Buelna and Benito Hernandez,
owners of the cigar factory on
East street, lost a No. 9 Oliver
typewriter at the hands of a
petty sneak thief, WHO slipped
into the premises and made off
with the machine, over across
the line, without detection.
Friday evening Mr.. f. E. Car
ruthers, superintendent of the
graphite mines of the United
States Graphite Company, came
from La Lapiz, the location of
the company's interests, in the
San, Marcial region, eastward
from Ortiz, Sonora. The gentle
man is registered at the Hotel
bowman.
Today Mrs. Josephine Saxon,
county school superintendent,
will return home from Califor-
MIA, where she has been two or
three weeks with her son, Rob-
ert E. Saxon, whose illness has
been noted in these columns. The
young man is still very ill, but he
has the best of care, so his
mother felt that she should come
home, other duties calling her.
The War Thrift Savings
Stamps committee has installed
at the abnd stand in the town
park a big thermometer, to show
the rising scale of stamp sales.
1t looks rather below zero.
Forty-two thousand dollars was
Iexpected of Santa Cruz county,
and is expected. But the ther-
mometer shows only about
$4,000. Has the county become
without patriotism?
The daily morning oasis., 1918-04-07
Condition Upon W6St Front 6rt60 Germans R6Sum6 IQt0tv6
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Mr.. Frank Sweeney of E.
Paso is at the Bowman.
Mr.. E. M. Hand, from Ell Paso,
is at<he Hotel Bowman.
At the National Hotel Mr.. J.
Fred Ryan of Ell Paso is guest.
Celia D. Webb of Tucson is at
the National.
Mrs. George B. Marsh has
been at Phoenix this last week.
Mr.. E. A. PETER of Ell Paso is
at the Montezuma Hotel.
Miss Alice Smith has been
suffering from mumps and an
abscess in the ear.
Mr.. J. H. Webb and wife of
Tucson are guests at the Hotel
Bowman.
Mr.. B. w. Koogler of Du-
quesne is guest at the Monte
yuma Hotel.
Friday evening Rev. J. H.
Benson Of the Baptist church
returned from Hermosillo.
Friday afternoon Mrs. F. A.
Faust entertained a party of
Nogales ladies at tea.
At the Montezuma Hotel yes
terday evening there registered
Mr.. Lowe Whitney of New York
City.
Yesterday evening there ar
rived from Bisbee Messrs. E. A.
Tovrea and Joseph Hanan and
they are registered at the Mon
tezuma Hotel.
Yesterday Mr.. w. C. Vinegar,
for the Sonora Bank &
Trust Company, went to Can
anea, expecting to return Mon
day.
M i y ieit
Yesterday evening it was re-
ported that Mr.. James D. Barry
had suffered the loss of his au-
tomobile, some bold thief having
taken it in broad daylight.
Yesterday evening there ar.
rived from Tucson Mr.. Omer F
Pitcher and wife, Miss Geraldine
Pitcher and Mr.. Boyd R. Pitcher
who motored from Tucson ano
are guests at the Hotel Bowman
Yesterday the Boy Scouts
commanded by Scoutmaster J
B. Bristol paraded the streets Of
INogales, advertising the Thirc
Liberty Loan. They made a fine
appearance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01
With Other Editors
Prohibition.

The tremendous forces which have made opinion
fluid, restraints weak and decisions and action
abrupt and violent get better exemplfcaton than
in congress, and there with more striking effect
than in the treatment of alcoholic beverages.
we are convinced that the nation is at the door
of national prohibition, if not already by it. The
sity for conservation puts the use of alcohol in the
form of ndefensble national waste. Sentimentally
the fact that in uniform surrenders or is
made surrender his right to drink questions the
right OF the civilian TO drink.
A dozen considerations which before did enter
into the question of liquor about TO control
the decision Something may intervene to change
the apparent course of legislation the best guess
is that the country is to be voted bone dry.
Whether not in a bone dry state the nation
has found its equilibrium is matter that need not
concern now. It is further guess that it has
not, For the present question is arising which
equals in social and political Importance the question
of rum itself. That is the question of prohibition.
Prohibition, a working theory of life, is an
odious imposition upon individuals when it touches
matters best left to individual decision, to the indi
vidual character, to individual choice Of habits.
doctrine of prohibition which aims to establish
character and control habits Of life can be as inim
icaI TO character the incorporate use of alcohol
Society better afford to accept the consequences
to it of such uses Of alcohol as have been made in
the United States than to come under the control
of any highly energized minority, working in the
name of public and private morality and seeking
constantly by law to fix manner of life upon other
people.
The seeming impeccability OF the moral code in
which prohibition works will always give It sane
tity, ana that sanctity will give it power. is
power dangerously used because it is generally in
tolerant frequently unwise. and occasionally tyran
qical.-Chicago Tribune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01
The Special Election.

Rock Island wants to be clean, but it is unwilling
TO pay the laundry bill.
That is the most obvious deduction to be drawn
from the vote on the tax increase in Saturdays cleo
ton. Not often is permanent benefit to be secured
without some sort OF compensation, fact which the
people unfortunately. seem to have overlooked. If
the city is better because of the outlawing of the
saloon the improvement should be worth the so
month that the average payer was asked to pay.
The tax payers however seem to have decided other
wise
Defeat of the tax increase is attributable largely
to the activity of the license supporters The local
organization which conducted the dry campaign
last spring and outawed circularized the
voters and asked them to stand by the increase in
Max Saturday Yet it is evident that many who voted
1dry in April executed an about face and played into
the hands OF the The opportunity definitely
settle the issue was lost and instead it made
certain that it will remain source of agitation for
another two years.
The Argus favored the increase for several reas-
ons. One was because the deficit was too great TO
be absorbed by retrenchment without serious loss
OF efficiency. Saloon revenue, direct and indirect
amounted to about $4,000 year. An increase in
municipal tax OF 90 cents on J1e hundred dollars
would make up about half of this sum. Savings
effected here and there could take up the balance
without serious consequences.
Another good reason was the need Of maintaining
the fire department and making certain improve
men Z. The fremen made just claim for more pay
and the Tri-Ciy Federation Labor supported them
the president of that organization. Charles Mac
Gowan. efecting a compromise which resulted in
submitting the question to the people
Perhaps the most practical reason of all for sup
porting the tax measure the certainty that the
public would have pay in form, if by
direct levy. Higher insurance rates are now almost
inevitable and the property who pay the
will be the ones who will contribute more heavily
for fire protection. So in the long they will be
losers.
Now it is practically certain that the city will lose
number Of its experienced fremen and that it will
have get along without any equipment. Nearly
every other department will suffer in greater or less
degree.
The street railway franchise was approved as en-
phaticaIy the tax increase dtsapproved. This
1T least is gratifying. It makes certain the early
opening Of Eleventh street from Nineteenth avenue
south the junction with Ninth street in the former
village of Sears, thereby aiding materially
yelopment of the south side.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01
FAST FRIENDS.
By Gloria Bf.rsalouX.

He had been a lonely man. For
three years Dexter Blinn had been
one of group of young men work
ing for house where service was
reduced to slavery. 1t had stunted
all of ambition and happiness with
in him. 1t had dwarfed the intel
leCt and made of normal industry
seekers disconnected, suspicious,
unfriendly beings.
Lo, and behold! a sudden change.
The plant Of the money grasping
corporation burned down one day
and Dexter had sought another po-
sition. He found it with a small
mercantile house with five other
employees. 1t was a transition as
from dingy pit to sublime noun
tain height. For the first time in
years Dexter found strongly human
companionship
From the start the jolly five had
cultivated him. Each of the open
hearted young married men WED in
moving this reticent stranger into a
more harmonious atmosphere
Within six months Dexter was q
new man. He entered into all the
impulses of his fellow employees in
a heartsomes appreciative way
They invited him 10 their club
parties. to their homes. He never
referred to his own Once when
Ned Wilson. the liveliest one of the
group, spoke to him about his fam
lily, Dexter had briefly explained.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE.
NOIG
|. Clean Hands.

Blood poisoning, which doctors
call septicemia, is never caused by
chemical substances, dyes. rust
metals, oils or other materials US
ed in various industries. 1t is
caused by germ infection through
some wound or puncture perhaps
trifling in itself, perhaps a mere
abrasion of the skin. Visible dirt
on the hands should not be con-
fused with invisible contamination.
A child playing in the mud or SAND
may be visibly dirty yet clean IN
a sanitary sense. Well manicured
hands are visibly clean yet they
may be swarming with germs cap
able of causing infection or blood
poisoning if they happen to find
an opening through the protective
whole skin.
Since machinists first began ma
Ginning things they. have obstln
ately chung to the notion that the
oil or the visible dirt that goes
with their work accounts for the
boils, wound infections and sept
cemia they often have.
Scientific Investigations in a
large Cleveland shop showed that
the oil used in machine work did
carry infection. Thus, Machinlst
! 4, with few boils or trifling fe5-
| tiers on hand or arm unconscious
i ly sowed pus-germs in the oil,
and the contaminated fluid worked
round to Machinist B ard found
him easy meat, owing 10 a scratch
on his wrist or prick of his fin
! ger. B Thereupon laid off for a
few weeks and blamed the oil for
his infection. He was right in a
way, though he failed to realize
that A had poisoned the oil, and
A himself little dreamed what
harm he was doing his fellows.
The Cleveland investigator, Mar
vim D. SHE, A. B., suggested that
when oil in such work Circulates
| through several machines to be
used over and over it should be
treated with a suitable disinfec-
tant to prevent such trouble as
boils and wound infections. He
found that the prevalence OF
wound infections in a large ma
chine shop was reduced from 5 PEI
cent to less than 0.5 per cent BY
the use VI CIesoI OlSlil0CtdAI IL
/ the oil and the cutting mixture
and boils practically disappeared
The United States public health
service, Washington, d. c.. has de
! vised a very efficient and economi-
I cal disinfectant known as Hygienic
laboratory pine oil disinfectant
the preparation of which is min
utely described in a free pamphlet
/ reprint No. 304 from PubliF
Health Reports) which anyone
may obtain from the Government
Printing Office, Washington, D
&c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01

Yes, there's three of them
One day Ned said to his fellows:
Dexter seems to make a mystery
of that family of three of his. /
met friend Of mine, though, who
knows where he lives Says his
wife is a modest, pretty young WON
an. Her mother and Younger sis
ter live with them. Noticed a pho
tograph in his desk a few days ago
"a sweet-faCed girl, of course his
wife"
Once, when the laxative five
were Boosting of the peace glory
ard comfort Of their respective
homes. Dexter allowed his magma
ton to rove blindly.
Il say" he observed. Il can du-
plicate your brags. The meals they
cook for me are the things to gloat
over. There's Allce-sWeet as a
violet. and her mother the grandest
housekeeper that ever lived The
little sister can play the piano like
an expert"
II was at the end of his two
years service that Ned Wilson dis
covered that a certain date a week
ahead was DeXter's birthday
Boys he planned lets cele.
brate the event Dexter is a prime
good pal Wen get up a surprise
party-fiowers little friendly tok
ems, carry the refreshments and
meet his wife Then our families
can get acquainted and well have
our little circle complete"
The project was enthusiastically
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01

None will doubt the wisdom and righteousness of
President Wilson's in vetoing postal appro-
priations BILL containing it did a Joker by which
the government would be committed the purchase,
a cost of S5O0OOOO of obsolete mail tube systems
IN New York, Philadelphia. Boston Chicago and ST.
Louis The tubes, which have outgrown their use
fitness, have netted the owners many times the
original cost, with a interest top,
with the advent of the automobile a mail convey
ance, they have become worthless. Nevertheless, an
attempt made for years, force the people
to pay for this property The president would
not stand for it, and he is right and he fair
warning in advance to this effect He was, therefore,
obliged reluctantly, he said, TO disapprove the
postal bill BY passing the bill without the joker
after falling override the veto congress probably
has definitely disposed of the question.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01
T[HIlE DAILY SHORT STORY

| adopted The jolly five. loaded
down with various boxes and bun
dies, arrived at a neat little cottage
at dusk. Ned assumed the direc-
ton OF affairs lie halted his COM
panions while he announced that he
v ould spy out the land. There were
lights in the front room of the house
and he made out an old lady read
ing. and a young girl at piano.
Seated on the porch was another.
evidently her married sister, the
original of the photograph. He ap-
preached the lady.
MAY I ask ii Dexter is at home ?"
he questioned
Dexter? You mean Nj. Blinn,'
came the inquiry. mo, il Is I'M
usual with him. hut he has gone
out-for a short time. however. l
think"
Grand, capital" chuckled Ned
gleefully. You are Mrs. BHnu II
know your face from your photo
graph in Dcxter's desk Myself and
four chums from the Office wish 10
give Dexter a surprise party. It's
his birthday, TOO Won't you SNUG
gle us with our traps into the
house and when Dexter arrives bolt
hin in upon us
The lady stared harder than ever.
/ Her expressive face assumed a deep
/ blush She acted irrhsolute and dis
mayed Then she said surely
YOU and your friends viii he vel
come" and Ned darted away 10
marshal his chusas into action
, while the lady hurried into the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01

The department Of justice has finally put quietus
on the rawlings OF E. Y. Debs. Good thing. This is
time for talking about the why's wherefores of
war, the application of theories 1t is time talk
war, and a finish. This, and this only is
present duty. The government having put ban
Mr. Debs the leading American Socialist, it behooves
It now TO give close attention to Mr.. Kerensky, the
leading Russian Socialist, who is headed for this
country Mr. Kerensky is one of the most enlightened
Of his doubt but it must be remembered that
he largely responsible for the collapse of Russas
war front, which led the shameful betrayal and
downfall of the nation Kerensky it will be recalled,
was fippanty informing the nations that had been
friendly TO Russia and to whom she debtor that
she was about to quit, long before he deposed
himself He is wonderful man, but he failed at the
crucial moment, TO the eternal humiliation of his
,ountry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01
The Day In Davenport

beneficiaries resulted in Judge NJ.
F. Donegan sustaining a motion
Saturday for a new trial of the Will
liam P. CaTlin contested will case
and the vacating of verdict re
turned by a jury in district court a
year ago setting aside the last
will of the wealthy Davenport con-
tractor.
Falls From Window = Silas
Whitehorn, an employe Of the
Barry Manufacturing Co, was only
slightly injured Friday afternoon
when he fell head first from a sec
ond story window at the company's
plant, Front and Brady streets. lie
was leaning out the window when
he lost his balance and fell to the
sidewalk.
Plan Big Parade = One of the
most interesting Independence day
parades that Davenport has ever
witnessed is in the process Of for
nation. Already a large number
of organizations have signified their
intention of participating and Chair
man Mccarthy of the parade COM
mitee expects to make many mere
additions to the list.
Obituary Record - At 11:55
o'clock Friday evening occurred the
death of Henry F Boldt. at his
home, 1926 Rockingham road. The
deceased was born in Copenhagen,
Denmark. May 7. 1855, and was SO
years of age.
Mrs. Anna Lettie BeliCk. wife of
John ]. Belick of 1873 Esplanade
avenue, passed away Saturday
morning at AIS O'Clock at the Dav-
export hospital, where she had been
taken for treatment. The deceased
was born in Harlin, Iowa, and came
TO Davenport when a child.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01

home. beckoned TO her mother, and
held an excited whispered CONVEX
sation with her.
He called me Mrs Bllnn. We
mus. not disappoint mis- friends,
and various fragments Of ike i'm
port came hurriedly from the lips
Of daughter and mother.
Nine o'clock, ten O'Clock. eleven
o'clock and no Dexter.
We'll. uttered Mrs. Burton fore
IDLY, as she and her daughter we're
alone.
4 am glad we helped cut the nc
ton, mother. Mr.. Blinu has been
SO kind to us, and just think all the
nice things he has told his friends
about us Oh, mother-there he Is
now. You tell HIM
Il declare" CALCULATED Dexter, as
he viewed flowers, presents and the
general signs of recent jubilatioh.
What's ali this2'
Smiling induigently, Mrs. Burton
tofd. Blushing shyly, Alice Burton
watched the changing faee Of Their
TWO years noarder.
They drove me to desperatic1
and ! had 10 romance 70 keep y
with them, stammered Dexter
hope | am forgiven. The seamps
Mrs BHnni MoJher-in-law. Lois.
Alice. YOU have found or What !
think Of YOU. second hadsed Lei
me confirm it, Mrs. Blink Weni
yCq make Il t-ue2
And there was anotheI party o
the Burton home two ND tbs lstsh
a wedding party, this tiny
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01
Fair Weather for the Vets.

The vets in Rock Island doubtless will derive
considerable satisfaction from the events Of last week
They discovered that it is possible TO run saloons
much as they before June without high
licenses and without conforming TO regulatory ordi-
aances II arrested saloonkeeper need only pay
fine The commissioner of public safety decided
heir soft drink licenses could not be revoked for
selling in violation OF state laws Therefore it is
onIy question Of avoiding arrest and paying fines
30 frequently as 70 eat up the profits
Tie vets furthermore found it easy for them to de-
eat the only practical expedient for 2zeeting the
aancaI crisis which loss Of saloon reyeue involved
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Exercise to Cure Flat Feet.
l would appreciate your giving
the exercises for falling arches,
etc, as mentioned in one Of your
recent articles. Of. u
Answer-The exercises found
curative in U. S. army canton
ments are as follows:
/. Feet and legs bare, no gar
tiers or constructing garments.
Stand on edge of a stair or a two
inch plank FleX toes, giving a
hard pull of the muscles of the
sole at the extreme point of flex-
ion Straighten toes. Repeat this
movement five minutes at first,
and a minute longer every secon
or third day, until exercise is con-
tinued ten minutes.
.. Flex toes as before, but also
bend foot inward and give hard
pull on it at the extreme inward
point of inversion. Assume usual
! position. Repeat five minutes at
first, increasing time every few
days until exercise is continued
10 minutes.
| Twenty minutes night and morn
| ing must be devoted to the eXer-
! else.
Always walk toeing in slightly.
! Wear shoes of proper shape,
such as the Munson last adopted
/ in the U. S. army.
| Ballet dancing (toe dancing) is
an excellent exercise.
IchthyOsis.
am anxious to get into the ar
my, but I have ichthyosis. Would
this bar me out? (F. J. c.
Answer-Ichthyos or fish
skin" disease, is in no sense con
! tagious, and unless it IS so ex-
tremely noticeable as to constitute
a real hlemish it would not bar
you from service.
Albumen and Insurance.
My husband was rejected by a
life insurance company because he
| had albumen in the urine. Please
give me the symptoms. Is meat
and eggs injuries in this ailment
| (Mrs. J. h
Answer-Albumen in the urine
is a sign or symptom, not dis
ease. You give no data upon
| which an opinion could be based
! Your husband had better have his
physician examine him carefully
| Albumen often depends en- active
physical exercise, on faulty pos
ture, and other conditions other
than kidney disease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01

Allowed To Graduate - Charles
H Fridie, convicted of manslaugh-
ter by a jury in district court, win
be allowed to graduate from the
Palmer School of Chiropractic be-
lore the court finally determines
whether he shall go to the state
penitentiary for eight years or re
ceive a new trial Judge NJ. F..
Donegan in district court Saturday
agreed to postpone argument on the
motion for a new trial until after
Aug. 3, the date Fridie will COM
plete his course Of study and re-
ceive his diploma.
Regular Gunman-When officer
Cannon accosted William Selk and
George Russell, homeless vags, at
Fourth and Taylor streets, early
this morning, he did not know how
close he was to death. Not until
they arrived at the police station,
and Desk Sergeant Henry Nagle
searched them was a loaded 80 cal
ibre revolve discovered in Selk's
hip pocket. Further search re-
vealed over a dozen cartridges to
fill the weapon. 1t is likely that a
charge of carrying concealed wea-
pons will be placed against Selk-
J0yTider Bound 0ver-John Gre
CORY was bound over to the grand
jury by Police Magistrate A G.
Sampson Saturday morning on a
charge of malicious mischief pre-
ferred by Charles Mason, garage
proprietor. Gregory is alleged TO
have stolen an automobile from the
Mason garage, taking it for a joy
ride and wrecking it in Moline. He
was arrested a few days ago in
Peoria.
Grants New Trial-Failure to ap
point a guardian ad Item for minor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01

The United States trade commission has exposed
vast system of profteering, involving the meat
fuel and -four industries by of which millions
being made at the expense of the people. This
is not surprising No one has thought that the soar
ing cost of living honestly due to the war-hut
rather to thieving conspiraces the part of big
business and high fnanciers The thing to do is to
prove the guilt of these rascals and send them to the
pententiary and stamp them forever the nations
real enemies home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01

National Chairman Hays says the Republicans
oppose Henry Ford's peace record. If he had been
perfectly frank he would have added that they envy
Ford's record. But Of course perfect frankness
is out Of the question for man in Hays position