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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-07

There is no gift more acceptable, more lasting and
more appropriate than furniture especially this
when all gifts except those for children should be OF
practical and useful nature AS families than
wish this year preserve the spirit of love and friendly
greetings during this Christmas season. let furniture
have large share in the gifts you select wonderful
display of choice articles is ready for your inspection
and you may choose quality gifts at very material
saving.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-07
GXB1IofS

Phone RI. 285. Trefz Express { o.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
r. I. Clean Towel Service. Phone
r. I. 4476.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-07
Furniture Bring Joy Il
Member Of the Family

Everything is in readiness Christmas merchandise
is all here and truthfully that never before
have we been able to offer such wide range of useful
as we'll as inexpensive gifts this season There are
comfortable chairs useful smoking stands for the
of the house. and an abundance of sewing cabinets tea
wagons, tables ETC., for the mother sister. Many
dainty novelties shown here for the first time make the
selection of gifts pleasant task.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-07

Bescohol-ask Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-07

What more pleasing or lasting gift could you give
than this ivingroom suite? 1t is of the choicest
designs we have ever been able to show for the Christ
mas season and is SO perfectly built well designed
and so remarkably finished that will be suitable re-
membrance for lifetime more. ...--.
Every one in the home share in its enjoyment
and it is gift that will lasting tribute to
your good judgment in its selection because viii en-
dure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-07

Boecohol-csk Beardsiey's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-07

Here is a gift that is both practi-
cal and beautiful. It's graceful de-
sign in beautiful mahogany will ap-
peal instantly to every lover of ar
,istic furniture.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

NO VEHICLE FOR AN AVIATOR
Motorcycle Which Was Jogging Along
at Only e. Miles an Hour"
Injured Rider.

At present I am in the eonyalescent
ward of an American aviation center
in Italy. recovering from a slight &C.
cfdent wherein the mOtOrcycle-th
silly beast-shied at a dog and ran
off the road while / was jogging quiet
~ along ut GA miles an hour, Lieut.
Patton MacGilvray, l.. S. A, writes In
Atlantic Magazine. These crazy cycles
seem to poke along, after one has
been riding in plane near the ground,
making twice that speed. Hence the
temptation to run wide open on
'h2h"
| had my usual luck-motorcycle al
most complete wreck-but / was
gently tossed 20 or 80 feet from the
scene of the accident and thus got out
of the way. When found to be suf-
fering from Il sprained left ankle,
rather deep cash down to the bone on
my left shin, diSlOcated thumb and
face that is sight 10 behold
never was a beauty until nOw-itS
quite wonderful how the little expert
enceS of life make new man Of you.
And really aviation, | am finding, has
its dangers.
Were it not that the accident Oc-
Cured in tile line of duty" l should
probably be explaining TO some stern
courtmartial why our camp has one
less cyde. The commanding officer
forbade me riding & motorcycle again.
saying rather delicately that aViators
are too valuable to waste but some
how or other have rather sneaking
suspicion that it was merely tact
fui way of saying that motorcycles in
Italy are too valuable to waste on
this particular aviator.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
HAS DOUBLE STEERING WHEEL
inventors Making interesting Tests
With Vessel That Makes Use Of
TWo-B Rudder.

Some interesting tests have been
made recently with dual rudder, IL
Illustrated in Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. in an attempt to demonstrate the
possibility OF eliminating the revers-
ing turbines Of ships. The action is
described as follows:
For normal cruising the plates are
folded together. 4 double steering
wheel Is employed. When locked, the
two members turn as one. At other
times, when the two wheels are thrown
in opposite directions, The leaves of
The rudder are adjusted to desired
angles. The equipment gives a boat
brake that is quick acting; it enables
reversement of direction with the en-
CINE running full speed ahead, and
permits a craft to be turned in its
own length. The demonstration boat
is able to reverse direction from full
speed ahead in nine seconds"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
Seeing, Hearing and Tasting!

The resident minister of a very small
Western town is quite an enthusiastic
worker for Uncle Sam, and ut a re-
cent Red Cross benefit social was max
ing a very patriotic speech while sell
ing Thrift stamps.
An old gentleman in the crowd had
just returned from visit to a larger
town where patriotism-and some 9TH
er things-Were more plentiful, and
being In very cOnvivial mood, he was
buying stamps with more abandon
Than the rest of the crowd. The
preacher, not recognizing his condi-
tI0n, and feeling that such Il show of
patriotism ought to be commended.
paused In The sale to remark: ''Now
just look at Brother j.. He has
just returned from our neighboring
town, and he-saw and heard what they
have over there"
A wag in the rear of the building
called out, glibly: You bet he did .
And he not only seen it and heard it.
but he's brought some Of 1t back with
him. "-Indianapolis News.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
His autobiography.

Ia one of the big base hospitals Of
the army not long ago Il new librarian
was set to work by the American Ii
brary association. She was a very
charming young woman and very
anxious to please all of her custom
ers," though some of them didn't even
wish to look at book. In her rounds
she approached one of the patients
and he declined to be interested, in
her wares. At the next cot she stopped
and offered its occupant book.
What's it about:" the patient
asked.
''Oh, this is Bambi," said the H.
brarian. Its about girl who mar
ried man without his having any
thing to say about it,"
Hold on there" shouted the man
who had declined all books. He raised
himself up on his elbow and reached
out his hand "Give me that book.
It's my autobiography."-From Bull
letin of the American Library Associa-
ton.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
Electric Cast Iron.

A development of war conditions in
the steel industry of the United States
has been the demonstration of the
possibility of making pig iron and iron
castings direct from steel scrap in an
electric Misunderstanding never ac-
complished before. 1t has been claimed
that such iron, cast in the form Of
castings, is far superior. to the same
castings made from ordinary pig iron,
melted and cast. Tests of this new
iron recently made at Columbia uni
rersity demonstrate it's high quality.
Its tensile strength was shown to be
40,730 TO 45,030 pounds per square
inch, much higher than that Of Or
binary cast iron.-Scientific American.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
PUT 100000 MEN OVERSEAS

On January Is, 1889, A. G. Dalton,
youth who had always fancied Il
military life. enlisted as private in
the United States army. Recently, in
an Office at 104 Broad street, New
York, this same A. G. DaltOn-some-
what older, of course, but just as full
Of vigor and patriotism and with a
string of varicOlored service ribbons
across his broad chest-was hailed by
a group Of military and civil associ
ates as Brigadier General Dalton, q.
S. A. Hundreds filed past his desk
to shake his hand. The room was
filed with flowers. Honors were
heaped upon him: For he had just
received recognition, in his promotion,
of the fact that he had carried through
successfully one of the most impor-
tant jobs that has fallen to the lot of
any American officer since we got into
the war.
Brigadier General Dalton is the
man who has been most responsible
for the forwarding of hundreds of t
soldiers to France from a certain Am
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
CHINA,S NEW PRESIDENT

Hsu Shin Chang, former vice
president of the privy council, has
been elected president of the Chinese
republic by large majority, and re-
Gently was inaugurated. He will not
rule without opposition, for the mill
tary government of southern China
has declared war on him already.
Hsu Shih Chang became promi-
neft during the latter days of the
Chinese monarchy. He was one of the
leading statesmen who conducted the
negotiations preliminary to the set
Element of the relations between
Japan, Russia and China as the re-
suit of the Russo japanese war.
When the constitutional govern
ment was established Hsu became
vice prime minister, and at one time
was thought to be in line for the post
of premier. In June, 1917, he was
named dictator by rebel conference
at Tien-Tsin When Hsuann Tung
relinqufshed the role of emperor in
the summer of 1917 Hsu was appointe
that he might replace President Feng
the presidency by the generals of the
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
FroQ Catcher Enlists,

Though Fritz is on the jump, his
fate now is all the more certain. Peter
Charon of New Haven. official frog
catcher for the laboratories at Yale
university, has enlisted in the marine
corps.
"There isn't much doing in the frog
line now" says Charon. Before the
war you used to hear them churning
out their cries of jug of ruth! Jug of
rum!' but now you can't find any of
the creatures down our way. Besides
there's no market since the laboratory
men have ali gone to war;
Charon is six feet and one inch in
height. The marines consider him a
good addition to their fighting corps.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

appointed guardian It suggested
presidency generals Northern Chinese
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

certain where
special studies in 3 ~
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
Marshal Foch a Golfer.

I'm the days before the war Marshal
koch was an enthusiastic golfer" says
the London Express, "and took spe-
ctal lessons from Il professional. He
played a slow and cautious game. with
8 very useful handicap Of -. He had
quite an amusing hatred of losing
balls, and in the evening after dinner
would stroll out with bag and COL
lect any he could find. Once he came
in trumphantIy after q long walk In
the dusk with quite collection found
with the aid of an electric fiashlight.
He used TO regret that his countrymen
did not take to the game with any
enthusiasm
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
DEAN GILDERSLEEvE'S BIG WORk.

A war service in which Miss Vir-
ginia G. Gildersleeve, dean of Bar
nard college, has been leading figure
is the organization OF the clearing
house for wartime training for worn-
en-, which is department of the
Council of Organizations for War
Service. Miss Gildersleeve is MEM
Der Of the general committee of the
council. When a large number of
women came to the conclusion that
some way must be found to help be-
wildered women patriots to the right
sort of war training Miss Glider
sleeve was called upon to help solve
the problem. Her knowledge of edu-
cational systems and her power of
organization proved invaluable in es-
tablishing the clearing house.
In connection with the work Of
the clearing house a pamphlet has
been published with the hope that it
will serve as an intermediary between
the woman who wants to fit herself
IN ~ lynovy 10 hast
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06

and in fourteen director In 1916 he
What
the c. P
Ed about
c.
what he refuse justice but because
c. p
P
aft o attendt to
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-06
HEAD OF CANADIAN PACIFIC

Edward ". Beatty, X. c., the
new president of the Canadian Pacific
Hallway company, is native of Cam
ada, and is in his forty-first year. He
was born at Thorold, Ont, on Octo-
Der 16, 1877, and the w in. his name
stands for Wentworth, the name of
the county in which he first saw the
light.
His parents were Canadian He
went to Canadian schoolS-the Model
in Toronto, Upper Canada; Hartford
Collegiate institute, University of
Toronto and Osgoode hall. His ex-
perience was Canadian--reading law
in Toronto. And his success has been
entirely Canadian. He was called to
the bar in 1901, and one month later
was made an assistant in the law de-
partment of the Canadian Pacific rail-
way In four years he was assistant
solicitor. In nine he was general So
licitor. In twelve he was general
counsel. In thirteen he was q x. c.,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-05
Why II Waa Wrcn1

A man who was attending an eiu.
cational conference began one OF hfs
little speeches with Gentlemen and
ladies
He hastily corrected himself and
passed TIC incident Off b. relating the
following anecdotc.
while instructing class In gram
mar the teacher asked IL the sentence,
THE horse and the cow ig in the lot
werecorrcct, The phraseol1Ry suited
the entire class all right. with the ex.
eeption "a enc youngster, who found
fault
Now, children said the teacher,
casting an admiring look in the lad's
direction, listen to James. Why Ia 1t
wrong, James, 10 say, "Thc horse and
the COW H. in the lorT
Please, ma'am, the lady should be
mentlo ed first" ..-
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-05
HUNS MlSTREAT u. S.
PRISONERS OF WAR

London, Nov THE Germans arr
venting their spite and shamefullS
mistreating the American prisoner
Of war recently captured.
The Geneva correspondent Of the
Daily Express says the Americans
while being conducted to internmen
camps at Lemburg, Gressen ant
Darmstadt, had their clothes stoler
and replaced by rags, their shoe,
taken and wooden clogs substituted
The American Red Cross at Berne
learning Of the facts, sent a supply Of
clothing, none OF which reached the
men, The Red Cross then proteste,
to Gen. Friedrich. German inspecto
general OF prisoners war camps. who
curtly replied that equipment sent sol
diers in captivity is regarded booty o
war.
The correspondent learns on goot
authority chat American prisoners arr
treated with great brutality by the
lower ranks of German military au
thorities, who are bitterly angry a,
America.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-05
DENWAT
sxS< <AsAx S<Ss

Mr. and Mrs. Ole Moe and Leoward
AMI Esther we're Ottawa callers Mon
day.
Waive Larson and Mrs Hattie Sefay
called on Mrs. Martin Olson Monday
Mayme Anderson spent Tuesday
afternoon with Esther Moe
Mr. and Mrs.. Andrew Knutsou were
guests at the Albert Knutson home
Tuesday
Mrs. Sam Canuts0u and Mrs. New
ION Johnson were guests al the MIR.
ana Mrs. Martin Olson home We1ines-
lay.
Irene Nelson spent Wednesday with
Iuaneta Moe.
Mrs Chris Serby spent Thursday
with yrs. Elmer Serby
SIR. and Mrs Edward Sampson were
Ottawa callers Friday.
Mr. and Mrs F. 5. Erickson called
1t the home of Mrs. Sophia Larson
sunday.
Russell ana Glen Sampson spen.
sunday with Marion and Erwin John
son
Cyril Nelson OF Camp Grant was
home on a Through this week.
Mr.. and Mrs George Sebby spent
Sunday az the home OF Mr. ami Mrs
John Sebby
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Noe We're visitors
1t Mr.. and Mrs Sam Roslail's sun
lay.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Teal and family
we're Sunday guests Of Mrs. Sam
Canutson.
Noble and Reuben Serby were Of
,awa callers Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs Elmer Serby visited
with Mr. and Mrs. John Bulach Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Johnson were
ottawa callers Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Knutson were
Ottawa shoppers Thursday.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-05
Acid Stomach Makes
Life Miserable
For Millions

The immediate effects of EATONlC
are nothing short of marvellous. Almost
instantly it relieves that miserable, pulled
up feeling after eating, sour, gassy
stomach, heartburn, stops food repeating,
etc. Makes the stomach feel sweet, cool
and comfortable. Enables you to eat what
you like and digest your food in comfort. Aids
digestion and helps the digestive organs to get
full strength out Of every mouthful of food you
eat. And that is what you must have in order to
be we'll and strong-ful strength from your food.
So we say-don't let an cid-stomach hold you
back and wreck your health Don't drag out your
days feeling all in down and out, weak and ailing,
lacking in physical power and energy; listess,
nervous, irritable and taking only half hearted
interest in your work. Keep the vital spark flash.
ing. Let every organ, muscle and nerve or your
body function in perfect harmony with strong,
healthy stomach. Eat the things you like but
make every mouthfu count Then you'll feel
fne-be fitmentally alert have pep and punch
the power and will to do things. That's the kind
of health that makes life worth living
Take EATONlC. Then see how much better
you feel-instantyl You need this help And you
can get it easily. Your druggist has EAToNlC.
Get a big box today. It is guaranteed to please
you in every way You have iath IN your drug
gist and you can trust him to make this guarantee
good. If EAT0NIC doesn't please you just take
it back and the druggist will refund your money.
That is our guarantee.
Within the short space of year tens of thou
sands of people all over the United States have
used EATONlC Everywhere they testify to its
marvellous power to bring quick relief
If You are sick and ailing and have tried pills
and medicines in vain, don't give up hope of get
ting well until you have gone directly TO the seat
of the trouble the acid st0maeh Don't let an
other day so buy Get EATONIC at once If
your druggist does not keep EATONIC, write to
us and we will send you big SOC box You can
send US the SOC after you receiveit Address n. l..
Kramer, President, Eatonic Remedy Company.
Cor Wabash Ave and nth St, Chicago, Ill.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-05
RANSOM.
slSS SlSA . . SIA Z

Mr. and Mrs T. p. Uettigrew and
son Raymond spent Sunday with Mrs
Wilkinson.
Mrs Bertha Wilkinson returned
nome from Ritchey ILL.,, Wednesday
She had been the guest Of Miss Flor
nee Brock
w Peterson OF Wichita, Kan, spent
he week with his daughter Ruth, who
las been quite Ill with the flu
Miss Ruth Baker, who has been
working for the Liberty Lumber Com
)any Of Chicago the past few months.
'eceiyed her appointment from the
government and is now stenographer
N the bureau of markets and agri-
cultural division at Chicago.
W. R. Foster, county superintend-
snt, was calling on friends here Tues
lay.
Everett Suzberger returned to his
nome in Ottawa after a few weeks
visit with his grandmother, Mrs Null
,ihill.
Miss Lulu Solsberger spent a few
lays in the country with her cousins,
Anna, Mae ami Josephine Corrgan
The Sinclair-Cudahy Pipe Line COM
pany is installing a new heating sys-
em at the oil station.
Dr. A, II Smith is the owner OF a
new Chevrolet car.
w H. II Brown returned home
from Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday where
he had been visiting his mother, Mrs.
Jane Kelly.
Herbert Perry was entertaining his
father from Elmer, Mo, the fore pare
Of the week.
h. c. Swisshelm and George Miller
were Chicago passengers Wednesday
Mrs. Lester Schultze left Thursday
or Camp Forrest Georgia. to visit her
husband, who is stationed there,
H. F. Sie1entop was an Ottawa
caller Wednesday
The directors Of the Farmers Mn
tual Telephone Company Of Allen
township held a special meeting last
Saturday night They are contem-
plating installing a much.needed
switchboard.
Misses Carolyn and Kathryn Bos.
ley autoed to Streator Saturday even.
ing.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-05
u. S. TO EDUCATE
lLLITERATE SOLDIERS
AT CLOSE OF WAR

Washington. d. c.. Nov 5.--The
first reconstruction measure introduc.
ed in the house was proposed today,
when Representative Young of North
Dakota submitted a resolution de.
claring it to be the sense Of congress
that the process Of rehabilitation be
carried ont gradually and that the il.
literates in the army be the last dis.
charged
The resolution calls upon the secre-
tary Of wax to furnish congress with
information as 10 the number Of illlt.
crates in the army and navy and an
estimate If the cost OF educating
them before their discharge. Mr..
Young stated that the number Of illi,.
crates was large, particularly among
the southern troops and enlisted for.
eigners.
The most demoralizing thing for
soldier il to have nothing to do"
Mr.. Young declared After the fight.
ing is over it will be very much bet.
ter f1r him to be engaged intensive
Il a. learning the three RS"
The Gamble Of the resolution
points out that it may be necessary
to use numbers Of soldiers for police
service, and calls attention to the dan
ger Of industrial disturbances caused
by unemployment following demobi
llzatlon. jJhyf2
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-05

Dentists tell us that acld mouth causes
the eating away of enamel on the teeth, a
substance much harder than bone. Keep
the mouth free from acid they say,
and there will be little or no danger of
decayed teeth"
Think of this-you can at once see
what an excess amount of acid in the sto-
observation-disclosures In the way
of undermining ones health and strength!
Many people make the awful mistake
of thinking that acid stomach-super-
acidity as the doctors call it merely
causes an occasional attack of Indigestion,
bloat, heartburn, belching, sour. gassy
stomach. and similar troubles that can
quickly be remeded- leave no serious
after effects AS matter of fact super
acidity is responsible for a long train Of
serious ailments. 1t sometimes creates
conditions which battle the best medical
skill. 1t is well established fact that
most cases Of chronic stomach trouble,
anemia, stomatitis, gastritis, rheumatism,
govt, lumbago Intestinal ulcer, many
cases of cancer Of the stomach, valvular
heart trouble and heart failure find their
start in acid-stomach.
The excess acid must be removed. The stomach
must be kept pure, sweet and strong free to digest
food properly. That is the only way to avoid
the evil consequence of acid stomach and to enjoy
vigorous, robust health.
wonderful preparation now makes it possible
to quickly remove acid-stomach. 1t is called
EATONlC-a pleasant tasting compound that you
eat like candy.
EATONIC literally wipes out the hurtful ex-
cess acid and drives the bloat out of the body.
You can fairly feel it work It is absolutely
harmless and no matter how weak or delicate the
stomach may be, EATONlCwill not cause distress
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-05
WANT ALLIED COURT
TO TRY MEN GUILTY
OF WAR ATROCITIES

London. Nov b. Establishment of
D e-1nd court of allied representa-.
lives. civil and military lor he pur-
pose of trying those guilty OF crimes
during the way is advocated by Sir
Frederick Edward Smith, HE British
attorney general in an interview IN
tie Daily Express
SIR Frederick. who is an authority
ON international law, urges that the
jurisdiction OF such q court apply
especially. although nos exclusively.
to thoes caught redhanded or observed
committing crimes. He contends
thar The guilty parties must not be- al
lowsi to shit the blame upon their
superors. as Otherwise every war
criminal 4mong the Germans might
shuttle the entire responsibility upon
the empera~
Moreoyer, the attorney general ar.
CUES. the guilty persons must not be
permitted to put themselves outside
the jurisdiction of the court and the
surrender OF those not in allied Gus.
toby should be demanded under the
peace terms.
The court would De empowered to
infiict such puniShmonts As death and
penal seryi:ude, and also 10 exact com
pensation for injury TO persons or de
strfiefion 0f nrODarty