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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-21
home CARDS TO
Be GIVEN SOON
Feod Authorities Set Week Aside
TO Make Distributlon-Special
Church SerV ices.

million aud a half home
cards" issued by the United States
food administration will go into
,he homes Of Illinois the week of
Dec. ! 70 =. where they will be
hing upon the kitchen walls as re-
mjnders Of the need for food saw
ing
r,ents Of the new food conservation
1-oqram for the coming year. and
r. the charts by which the con
5nct of the American household
will be guided until the need for
food saving is over.
when the new program was
manned out at a conference of fed
e-aI food administrator held in
washington Immediately after Mr..
pooveTs return from Europe. il
was decided by common consent to
6eA1ra the first week of October to
the Liberty loan and the week be-
ginning Oct; IS, to the food conser-
vation drive
sunday. Dec l will be "Conser-
vation Sunday" in churches of all
denominations and a message from
Nr. Hoover VIII be read by all pas
tors. Al the request of Mr.
Hoover. special conservation Serv-
ices viii be observed in the various
churches.
The essence Of the new food con
servaLiou program is given on the
nome cards" The new program
e less specific, but no less definite
than that OF the last i months
The food administration has for
merry been meeting one emergency
AFTER another as it arose This
year It viii be a long steady pull
directed to the whole food situa-
Ton. and not so much 10 particular
commodities.
One year ago the pledge of food
conservation was taken by 12.000.-
900 families. and a home card
vas given 20 each for its guidance
This wear no pledge is taken, this
government knows that every loya
American is committed to do al
that is necessary 10 win the wa
and fulfill the nations purpose
The American was conscience is
aroused
When the inter allied food coun-
ell was held last summer the
needs Of the allies were computed
and the resources from which they
could be met were reckOned. Whe.
the returns from the harvest were
ascertalned. and the shipping pos
sibiliGes developed. the schedule
showed that America must senC
during the coming year TO Oul
armed forces and to the allies: hal
again as many food supplies as las
year In place OF 11,755.000 tons
the shipments this year Will be II.
100000 tons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-21
Governor SETS
next FIRE DAY
Issues Proclamation Naming Nov.
for Observance of Annual
Event in IIIin0iS.

Governor Frank o. Lowden has
issued a proclamation setting aside
Nov. , as fire prevention day III
Illinois
His proclamation reads as fol-
lows:
In times of peace. our losses by
fire have been excessive through
lack of proper precaution. The
hazard by fire is increased because
of the war. This is due to the
speeding up of industry, and the
possible presence of enemy incen-
diaries. II thus becomes necessary
to exercise extraordinary care to
prevent loss Of property and life,
by fire.
Therefore, I hereby proclaim
that Saturday, the second day of
November, be known as fire and ac-
cident prevention day, urging that
on this day especial attention be in
Yited to the need for watchfulness
and care that our people may CO.
operate in the effort to prevent
fires and accidents so wasteful Of
life and property. On this day it is
desirable:
That the attention of our people
be directed to the need for care and
Of refraining from exposure to I'M
necessary risks which may cause
injury and death.
That in public and private
places there be a cleaning and dis
posaI Of waste and rubbish in order
that the hazard of fire may be re-
duced and health promoted.
That heating apparatus, Chin
neys, electric wiring and ventilat-
ing devices be inspected and re-
paired that they may be safely OPP
Grated during the coming winter.
That all places where large
numbers of people congregate-
tells, factories, theatres, churches
and all public and private places
be adequately examined and safe
guarded that the lives of occupants
may be protected.
THAT watchmen be engaged
where there issdanger of incendiar-
ism on the part of the enemy; tina;
fire drills be held and thereafter
i continued with frequency in
schools, factories and public build
ings and every effort be made to
acauaint occupants with the bes;
and safest means of exit in times
/ of danger.
THAT general educational exer-
/ cises be held that our people may
! be impressed with the necessity for
/ this important work of cCnserva-
/ ton and that local legislative bod
/ les give exacting attention to the
need of building regulations, fire
prevention ordinances and the i'm
| portance of ample protection
against fire.
And it is especially desirable
that the press lend its support and
| give all possible publicity to the
/ purposes for which this day Is
named"
Delicious Wines, Beardsley's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-21
PR0PERTY HOLDER,S NOTICE.

" ar ait No 11D.
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons interested that the board of
local improvements of the city of
Rock Island. Ill. has filed in the
rountv court Of Rock Island cOun-
Y. a certificate Of the cost Of i'm
EO7ement. entitled in said court,
In Re Petition of the City of Rock
Island. III. to assess the cost Of
eKcavating. grading, curling and
paving with brick, Twenty-fOurth
street from Eighteenth avenue to
Twentv-third avenue and said GER
tiicate also shows the court costs.
the amount Of accrued interest, and
the tCtaI amount OF said assessment
and said certificate also states that
he said Improvement conforms
Substantially 10 the requirements OF
The original ordinance for the con-
strucIion Of the same, as required
BY law, and that final hearing on
said certificate will be had on the
md day Of Novembe A. D. 1918, at
O'Clock a m or as soon there
after as the business Of the court
will permit All persons desiring
may file objections in said court be
fore said day. and may appear at
the hearing and make their defense.
Dated this 18th day Of October,
A D. 1918
WILLIAM MCONOCHIH,
n JTFL-
NJ T. RUDGREN,
JOHN p. LIEDTKE,
JOHN 4. MURRIN,
Board Of Local improvements OF
the City Of Rock Island, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-21
Nervous Rundown
Woman

Tells How VinOI Creates Strength.
Duked, Tenn live on farm
and keep house for six in my fam
lily. l got into a nervous rundown
condition so it seemed as though I
would die. A friend advised me to
try Vinol. l have been greatly i'm
proved by its use and am better and
stronger, in every way."-Mrs. H.
H. Goodwin.
The reason Vinol was so sue
cessfuI in Mrs Goodwin's case is
because it contains beef and cod
liver peptones, iron and manganese
peptonates and glycerophosphates,
the very elements needed to build
up a weak, rundown system and
create strength. Red Cross phar-
macy, Charles J. Strate. Bengston' :
drug store and druggists every
where.
P. S.-For pimpies and blotches
try SaxoI Salve. Money back if it
fails.-(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-21
LANDLORD Gets
A CONTINUANCE
Hearing Delayed One Week on Sc
riOuS Charge Against James
Clancy.

James Clancy, held under $4,000
bond since Tuesday Of last week on
a serious charge of assault on the
person of Mrs. May Carmody, was
again brought before D. J. CIeIand,
acting police magistrate, Saturday
afternoon, but a change of venue
was taken to the court of Justice
Joseph r. Kelly, who continued the
case one week.
Glancy's attorney pleaded futilely
with States Attorney Floyd z.
Thompson to have the charge
changed to one Of disorde-iy con
duct or at least reduce the amount
of bond to $500 The states attOT-
ney said he would have to hear the
evidence of both sides before he
would consent to changing the
charge against CLANCY, and as to
the amount of bond it was a mat
ter entirely in the hands of JUS
tice Kelly AS the defendants at
tOrney requested that the case be
continued this was done, but the
amount of bond was not reduced.
The charge against Clancy calls
for a term of from one to fourteen
years in the penitentiary in case
Of conviction.
The defendant has been opeTat-
ing a roOming house at 1705 Fourth
avenue. at which place the assault
is said 10 have taken place. Mrs.
Carmody and husband had been
staying at the Clancy establish
ment
William PAYNE and Mathew john
son. negro youths II years old,
were dismissed Saturday afternoon
by Acting Magistrate Cleland on a
charge Of larceny. Insufficient evil
/ dence is the cause for the dismissal
The youths were arrested by the
police Tuesday Of last week. They
we're alleged to have entered the
store of George Steck, 627 Ninth
street. and to have stolen SO in
money and large quantities of can
( DIV and cigarets. The proprietor
complained TO the police that his
( store had been burglariZed of small
amounts OF money and merchandise
| on several occasions of late. Wher
| the youths were arrested they had {
/ kew in their possession that fits the
/ lock on the door at the SteCk store
| but as none of the stolen property
/ was recovered from them suficieu
! evidence could not be obtained fol
! their conviction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-21
WAACK SUSPENDED
FROM POLICE JOB
UNTIL. CASE ENDS

Chief Packey Phelan of the Dav-
export police has suspended Pa
trolman William Waack for con-
duct unbecoming an officer as the
result of the officers arrest by gov
eminent officials on the government
bridge several days ago.
The chief stated that the suspen-
sion would hold good until the
transportation case in Illinois is
settled. Waack was arrested and
held under $500 bonds to the fed
eTal grand jury for transporting
liquor on government property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-21
UNJUSTLY HELD
PLEA OF BANTA
Former Rock Island Doctor, Now
Serving Prison Term, Seeks
to Gain His Release.
Especial to The Argus-)

Springfield, Ill, Oct. 21.--Dr.
James D. Banta of Rock Island
filed a petition in the federal court
here Saturday for a writ of habeas
corpus.
DR.. Banta is now in the federal
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, serving a two-year sentence
for violating the Harrison anti-nar-
cotic act He asks the writ on the
ground that he is unjustly held in
custody because the second section
of the law, under, which he was
convicted, has been declared I'M
constitutional by the supreme
court. DR.. Banta was convicted I'M
der the section of the act which re
ferred to the kind of order forms
that physicians must use in procur-
ing or in prescribing narcotics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-21

Automobile Polishes, Boardsley's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-21
no sPFFD TRTCK MOVEMFNT

Washington, Oct. 21-To aid
movement Of new trucks to the
army overseas, the war department
established six repair stations to
practice intensive economy in the
matter of preserving motor trans
pOrtatiOn in America.
Shark Plugs, BeaTdsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-21

on % fxed margin OF pr0ut over the
rurrrasrz an article at higher fig
customer can and should inquire on
Stand County rood Administration.
The Washington times., 1918-09-29
WAR BURDEN ON
|. j. S. ROADS GROWS

The war burden Of the American rail-
ways continues to increase, accord
ing to a report issued by the Railroad
Administration last night. Statistics
of freight train operation for July re.
veal that. while the number of tons
per train has been increased materi-
ally, the number of ton miles Travelled
also has increased.
Concurrently with this, however,
the report shows that train mileage
has been decreased when compared
with July OF last year. In this respect
the railroads reduced wasted en-
ergy" by 661 ,139 train miles over July,
1917.
The statement shows an increase Of
Sc per cent in the number OF revenue
ton miles and a decrease Of 80 per
cent in the number OF non-revenue-
producing ton miles in comparison
with July. 1917. Reduction of the
number of ton miles OF company
freight shows to what extent physi-
cal connections between lines have
served to eliminate roundabout hauls
OF freight railroad use, 1t is explained.
Similarity. a reduction Is shown In
the number OF freight locomotive
miles travelled. Direct routing is re-
sponsible here also. IT is said.
The Washington times., 1918-09-29
j. S. LABOR ARMY
ASTON|SHES ALLIES

The spirit OF, American labor in
France transcends anything that can
be imagined on this side of the water.
It enables our unskilIed as well as our
skilled labor to perform miracles"
C. Frank Reavis, representative ip
Congress from Nebraska brings this
message from the battle front In the
seven weeks tour he visited every
American hospital, every American
base OF supplies and every part of the
line in which American troops are en-
gagged.
"Our Industrial achievements have
astonished the allies quite as much as
our military attainments," said Mr..
ReaVis. France is amazed as IL be-
holds warehouses and hospitals rise
as II by magic, railroads extended.
many miles in a day, and bridges
thrown across rivers in places where
difficulties appeared insurmountable.
The fact Is that, at the beginning Of
the war, Frence had no labor-saving
devices in common use, and although
progress has been made in the intro
duction of machinery, our appliances
that belong to our everyday activities
are still a marvel to them.
The Washington times., 1918-09-29
CROWDER CALLS
FOR MORE SPEED

officer, and live under the same con.
ditionS as apply to soldiers in train
ing, except that no military duties are
exacted. Labor is usually required
but there is a regular compensation
for these services.
Are FurlouEhed.
"Those adjudged insincere by the
board are required to perform regular
military service, in default of which
they are subjected to court-martial
and remanded to the disciplinary bar.
racks at Fort Leavenworth. Those
adjudged sincere are encouraged to
enter non-combatant military service
and many have done so. But those
whose convictions prevent this arc
furioughed to various forms Of serv.
ice under the Jurisdiction of a civilian
commissioner OF the department"
Most OF the conscientious directors
have been Friends, Mennonites, Dunk
ards, Christhadelphians. True Lights,
Holy Jumpers. Most OF the Friends
have been furloughed to the Friends
reconstruction unit, operating under
the Red Cross, in rebuilding devas-
tated areas in Europe. Some have
been sent into agricultural service or
fruit harvesting.
Many directors are not without the
courage Of their convictions" contin-
ucs the Assistant Secretary. They
would resist compulsion to the end.
We might 1mprison or shoot them.
But Prussian practices such as these
would hardly appeal in a democracy.
4 method which conserves the man
power of the nation and accords to
furloughed directors a lot that is en-
durable and serviceable, bot In no
sense pampered, will, 1t is believed,
commend itself to the common sense
of the American people,"
The Washington times., 1918-09-29
WATER POWER BILL
BLOCKED IN HOUSE

Absence Of q quorum in the House
threatened to hold up indefinitely
Congressional action on the emery
ency water-power bill.
Three roll-calls yesterday failed to
scare up a quorum and reading OF
the bill for amendment made only
slight progress in Committee OF the
Whole, where 100 members can con-
duct business even though a quorum
OF the House is not available.
The House must finally pass on the
bill, however, and its opponents
threaten to hold IT up until they
have limited 1t beyond all danger of
final Government ownership OF power
plants and sites. The fact that the
House is constantly thinning out be-
cause scores of members are going
away to make Liberty loan speeches
is a point in favor of the "hlibus-
tcrs."
Chairman Sims of the Interstate
Commerce Committee, who has
charge OF the bill, twice pleaded
with members on both sides to stop
6ilatory tactics and allow the bill
to go through. but his speeches were
Immediately followed by members,
forcing more roll calls.
The Washington times., 1918-09-29
Activities Concentrated.

"While the mobilization OF industry
here at home has been accomplished
on a scale never before ATTEMPTED.
the thousands of factories and the
miles OF moving motor transports are
scattered over vast areas of our coun-
try. But in France activities are
concentrated. Even an American
who goes to France is overcome IN
the contemplation OF the vastness
Of our industrial enterprises, the stu
pendous darings of our great prepar-
atoms and present day achievements
for supplying every possible need
brought about by the war.
II saw armies Of mechanics and
carpenters as we'll as armies OF in
fantrymen and artiilerymen. Think
what IL means to build hospitals with
a capacity of from 10000 to 10000
beds. Imagine miles of warehouses,
hangers covering acres and acres and
barracks that will house troops by
the hundreds of thousands. Il is
well not to forget for one moment
that our workers make possible our
fighters, but no one can really feel
the Significance OF this until one has
beheld the marvels Of industry be-
hind the lines"
because l saw the miracles per-
formed by every class OF labor now
engaged in France l have predicted
that the war will end within a year.
with both our soldiers and our
workers imbued with the spirit born
OF the highest ideals, 1t is not strange
that they are performing miracles.
They have already made our allies re-
joice and our enemies tremble."
The Washington times., 1918-09-29
POSTERS WILL AID
LIBERTY LOAN

Ten million posters and display
cards in eleven designs will be used
by the Treasury Department in the
Fourth Liberty loan campaign All
of the designs were donated by distin-
guished American artists.
The brutality and atrocity with
which the Germans wage war are
wildly portrayed in most of the post
ers, and the duty and vital import
ance OF protecting our country and
our women and children from such an
enemy, and of rescuing the world and
humanity from its curse are en-
phasized with all the appeal OF art.
e.. Pictures of Ruin.
One OF the posters. by Strothmann.
is the menacing face of a German
soldier with a bloody bayonet: the
ruins OF a cathedral and the smoke
of wanton confiagration appear in the
picture. A poster. by Norton. shows a
pair OF bloody German military boots
with the injunction: Keep These on
OF the United States" There is a
strong appeal in the picture, by Ever
EFT, OF a mother, with an infant at
her breast and another child clinginF
to her skirts, with one arm stretched
out in agoaizing appeal; the legend is
NAAil0A LIZ 4uOlnCEo
Plead in Vain"
The Statue OF Liberty crumbling
under German shellhre and New York
city in flames is pictured, by Pencil.
with the legend, That Liberty Shall
Not Perish From the Earth" 'Hun
or Homer" Is the caption OF a picture.
by Raleigh, representing a German
soldier invading a home while a little
girl with a baby in her arms gazes in
mortal fear and apprehension.
The Bloody Hand.
The bloody imprint of a hand. 1.-The
Hun-His Mark" makes a striking
poster. by St John. with the exhorta-
ton. blot It Out With Liberty
Bonds" Remember Belgium" ap-
pears in a poster, by Young. above
silhouette OF a German soldier drag
ging away a terrified Belgian girl;
the background is vivid fire and ruin.
new note is struck in the poster,
by Williams, For Victory'-the fig
ure of Victory bearing a sword in onr
hand and the American shield in the
other leading our troops: the Ameri-
can eagle and flag appear in the pic
ture. Come On" is the caption of
a picture, by Whitehead, of a deter
mined American soldier with PEE
pared bayonct standing over a body
Of a dead German. Victory figures
again in the beautiful female figure
standing out against the American
flag and pointing out to sea: she tow
ers above a gun crew in action upon
an American battleship when a gun
is being actually served. This pic
tUre. which is by Howard Chandler
Christy, is declared by experts to be
technically accurate, even to the
marking Of the shell which shows it
to be an actual service shell for sink
ing submarines and not a target she'll.
The eleventh design is an enlarged
picture OF the fourth Liberty loan but
ton.
Exhortations to buy bonds and sup
port the fourth Liberty loan are car
ried on all the posters.
The Washington times., 1918-09-29
BEOUEATHS PENN'S DESK

NEW YORK. Sept. ga desk
originally owned b. William Penn
and a sword carried by Major Long.
United States engineers, while he was
a member OF the first official Govern
ments survey OF the Rocky noun
tains, were among the articles be-
Queathed in the will OF the late
Foulke Johnes. of New York.
Mr.. Johnes left the old desk to his
widow with the provision that on
her death it is to go to Independence
Hall, Philadelphia. The sword was
given to the Smithsonian Institution.
Put Your Dollars Into Khaki Buy
Liberty Bonds.
The Washington times., 1918-09-29

Speed. More speed. Get the class
l men into camp. Keep the necessary
men in the necessary industries on
trial fabric. But speed. More speed.
Such is the spirit of a long tele-
gram Provost Marshal General Crow
der has sent to all the district draft
boards. He sought again to impress
them with the fact that they are the
original authorities in determining de-
ferred classifications on occupational
grounds, and in most cases the final
authority on appeal in dependency
cases.
should Hasten Work.
With the need that every registrant
know his standing as soon as possible
so that business and industry may
proceed with as little arrangement as
must be:he urges the boards to hasten
their classifying of registrants.
All class l men under thirty-siK
may expect to be in training camps
within two months, and it is urgent
that the district boards clear the way
for this.
Reports from over the country indi-
cate a very large list of claims for
occupational deferments. and the dis
trict boards are likely to be congested
for weeks, but they will be urged to
clear the simpler cases as rapidly as
possible and proceed in a way to make
as great a man power available as
possible in the shortest possible time.
Reports on the total of the regis
tration of September IL were received
from two States. Figures from three
are still missing, and from one are
subject to change. Maine went over
the top with a registration of S7.6s7
against a preliminary estimate of So
TO, while Alabama fell behind with
only 235,753 registered against an es-
innate of 243,271.
Advises Foreign Born
The provost marshal general has isl
sued a notice to foreign-born regis
trants that legal advisory boards
stand ready in each community to as
sist in the filling out of their ques-
tionnaires. This service is free to the
registrant.
The problem Of the conscientious
objector" is again before the War De-
partment, and the Third Assistant
Secretary has outlined its policy,
which remains unchanged. The pro-
cedure is as follows:
"a draftee is certified as q conscien-
tious objector by his local board on
proper presentation of facts. On call
be goes to a cantonment, as does any
other drafted man. He there has a
hearing before a board OF inquiry on
conscientious directors. Pending such
hearing conscientious directors are
segregated in camp as a special de-
tachment under control of a military