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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-26
ATTENDANCE FOR
WEEK IS RECORD
Local Chapter Reports That All Pre-.
vious Marks Were Broken De.
spite No Work Monday.
WILLINGLY MAKE Up LOST TINE
Delay In Eastern Shipments Has
Greatly Hampered Output Dur.
ing Last Week.

Local Red Cross headquarters re-
ports a record attendance of workers
during the past week.
Rock Island women seemed to have
needed the suggestion that they
should make up for the time lost on
Monday by turning out in greater
numbers on the other days of the
week. In the four working days at
least 700 women worked in the surgi-
cal dressings departments. The ma
chimes in the hospital garment sec
ton were almost constantly full and
the department reports that record
number of garments were given out
and received.
The shipment of hospital garments
numbered POS articles. all of warm
flannel. A large proportion of this
number was made by the women of
the branches and auxiliaries. and to
them large measure of credit is due.
Local knitters are more than TAX
ing care of their share of the men in
service. Today's shipment included
245 sweaters, 120 pairs of socks, 20
scarfs. 70 pairs wristlets, 36 helmets,
and 80 trench caps, or total of 521
articles. Had the chapter been able to
secure more yarn. it is said, more
goods would undoubtedly have been
produced.
Work Hampered.
Slowness of freight shipments and
eastern embargoes have somewns,
hampered the Rock Island chapter for
the last two weeks by delaying ship
ments of cotton, gauze and other nes-
sary materials. Workers in the shop
have been most patient with the lack
of supplies, and officials beg that work
ers continue to be tolerant of unavoid-
able difficulties, and continue with in
terest undiminished. No one has the
slightest doubt that local women will
not continue loyalty whatever the diff
iiculty encountered through shortage
of supplies. 1t is merely felt that an
explanation is due them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-26
Dodge Brothers Com
mercial Car Ready
Substantial Car for Light Delivery
Purposes Added to Well
known Line.

Dodge Brothers dealers in the
United States and Canada are begin
ming to receive their rstsconsignments
or Dodge Brothers Commercial Car
Already this car has been proclaimed
a favorite in the commercial field, and
dealers are preparing for demand as
feavy as that which has greeted the
other Dodge Brothers products since
they came on the market three year :.
ago.
The building Of the Commercial Car
was Influenced by the frequent and
consistent demand for Dodge Brothers
chassis for commercial purposes. The
mechanical features Of Dodge Broth
ers standard touring car were so well
adapted to use for light commercial
work that hundreds of business con-
Germs bought the chassis alone and
mad special commercial bodies built to
suit their requirements Naturally,
this practice led to a demand for a
light commercial car as a part of the
Dodge Brothers regular line of cars.
The result is the practical. substan-
tial, and good-appearing vehicle which
is now being marketed. "Precisely the
kind OF a car you would expect Dodge
Brothers to build" was the remark
with which many dealers received it
The specifications are similar to those
OF the standard touring car except for
several details in which consideration
is given the necessity for handling a
much greater load. Among the de-
ails referred to are 23x4 tires, heavier
springs, steering post set at higher
angle and gasoline tank, under the
drivers seat. In view of the fact that
the standard car chassis has served
with much satisfaction in commercial
work, it is apparent. with these extra
assurances of stability, that the COM
mercial car is destined to occupy
position of importance in the light de-
livery field
The illustrated statement concern
ing the Commercial Car. recently is
sued to dealers by Dodge Brothers.
describes the body as being of pressed
steel, with black enamel finish SIM
liar to the finish of the standard tour
ing car. For enclosure of the car
there is set of substantial oiled duck
curtains for both sides and rear of
the drivers seat, as we'll as for the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-26

sides and rear of the body. The driv-
ers seat and back are upholstered
in genuine leather The wire screens
in the body are removable.
The Commercial Car is practically
a duplicate of the car which Dodge
Brothers have been delivering to the
government in large numbers for
several months.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-26
FOOD RATIONS FOR TARS.

Washington Jan. 26.-Crews Of all
American ships sailing from Atlantic
and gulf ports will be put on a spec
ial food administration ration begin
ming Feb. l. They will eat less beef
and pork than now and will observe
1C wheatless meals a week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-26

A Merry Christmas is yours if you
have a membership in our Savings
Club for Christmas. German Trust
and Savings bank.
The St. Johns herald., 1918-03-28
How'S This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
 Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty five years. and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Poi eased portions.
 After you have taken Halls Catarrh Medicine for a short time you will see a great improvement in your general health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi- cine at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, free
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,. Toledo, Ohio.
 Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
The St. Johns herald., 1918-03-28
Notice For Publication.
Department of the Interior.

Department of the Interior.
 Phoenix, Ariz., March 16, 1618.
 Notice is hereby given that William J. Burgess, of Edgar, Arizona, who, on January 27, 1915, made Homestead entry No. 026618. for SW4SW4NW4NE4, NW4NW4SW4NE4, S3SW4SE4 SE1, S3SW4SE4, S3NW4SW3SE4, NW4 NW3 SW4 SE2, SW3 SW4 NW4SE3, E3NE4SW4, E3SW4 NE4 SW4, NW3 SW4 NE4 SW4, NE4NW4SE4SW4. NJ NE4 SE2 SW4, NE4SE4NW3SW4, E3SE4 NW4, SE4SE4NE4NW4, Sec. 2, N3NW4NE3NE4, Sec. 27, Tp. 7-N,, R. 31 E., G. 6 s. R. B. & Meridian 105 acres, has filed mo- tice of intention to make three year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before John H. Udall, Clerk of the Su- perior Court, at St. Johns, Arizo- na, on the first day of May, 1918.
 Claimant names as witnesses: George English, of Nutrioso, Ari- zona; Enos Pipnius. of Springer vile, Arizona; Bert Crosby, and s. l.. Wiltbank, of Eagar, Ariz.
 JOHN L. IRWIN, Register. BPS to 4-25-18
The St. Johns herald., 1918-03-28

Notice of Selection Under Sections 2275 and 2270, U. 5. Revised Statutes, as Amended by Act of Congress, February 2S, 1891. Paragraph 9 ct sea-, Rules Ap- proved April g, l9O7, as cx. tended to the State of Arizona by Act of Congress, Approved June 20, 1910.
 United States Land Office,
 at Phoenix, Arizona.
 State of Arizona.
The St. Johns herald., 1918-03-28
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
 Notice is hereby given that the State of Arizona has filed in this office its School Indemnity Land Selections, List No. 2O77, Serial No. 038493. applying to select as indemnity, the following described lands, To-wit:
 ListNo. 2O77, Serial No. O38493: In T. g N.. R. 27 E., S3 SE4 Section 26.
 (All in G. & s. R. M,)
 During the five weeks period of publication of this notice or any time thereafter and before final approval and certifcation, this office will receive protests or con- tests as to any of the above tracts applied for and transmit the same to the General Land Office.
 Dated at Phoenix; Arizona February 25, 1918.
 J. l.. IRWIN, Register,
 JOHN J. BIRDING, Receiver. Date of first publication March [. 1918.
The St. Johns herald., 1918-03-28

Plans and Estimates Furnished
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
Casey of the Cantccn.

(The following verses were written by Stuart H. Carroll, a Kansas City boy now stationed at Fort sam Hous- ton, Texas. The poem was first pub lished in the San Antonio LighD. Casey was born where the breezes O Kerry are
 Whispering love in an emerald
 glen: Casey has lived where the haunts O
 the fairy are Garlanded green by the will of wisp
 AheH' Casey's a soldier-his banner human Many such fights have his fore
 fathers seen-- Famed through the ranks for his
 pleasing profanity Casey, who runs the canteen Canteen's a place where a soldier
 may spend bit Soda, pop cigarettes, cookies and
 pie; Canteen's a place where a laddie
 must lend 8 bit Interest? Few have the courage to Caseys canteen, 0 'tis easy the best
 O them
 None there is doubting me, either
 ! ween; Casey, more popular, too, than the
 rest of them Casey, who runs the canteen! Black is his hair, with a few threads
 O gray in it, Sunny his smile to the "rookie'' or top; Happy his heart that the sunshine
 may play in it. Blithesome the tongue of him there
 in the shop. Fil' em up Casey, Pm drin kin a
 health to you, Rough you are, laddie, but none
 will say mean; Friends being money, a million in
 wealth to you Casey, who runs the canteen!
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
English in Quebec.

(Abbe W. F.. Caron of thc Seminary
 dc FEst)
 In our course of studies un1or- tunately the study Of English ceases with rhetoric, which to me is grave inconvenience. Would not it be possible to see that the two last classes read English books in order that they may conserve the know ledge of English which they had al ready obtained: Without this, ! fear that this knowledge. abandoned to the effects of time, would lose much of it's fulIness and vivacity. Would not, in fact, the remedy be more efficacious if. as in certain college in this province, an English literary society were founded in which the members of these cla Sses could speak, read and discuss matters solely in the English tongue? Here are SuggeS- tions which I consider it my duty to make but, of course, l am only in dulging in generalities, as I do not have the competence or the authority to determine a plan of studies. All T wish to say is that our study Of English should be of pra ctical nature and to reach this objective let each one follow his own initiative. l am done, but I must express the satisfaction I feel in writing these lines, for I am not referring to my poor persona 2itv or opinions expressed but rather 1 refer to the times in which we live. When l speak of the English tongue and of the necessity of teaching it so that our pupils may speak that tongue l do not forget that I am speaking to French Canadians, whose not far-away children of this race are often under the sad necessity of choosing between abandoning thoir language and the most ab1ect ignOr- ance and for this reason 1t is sweet to realize that. we here in the province of Quebec better understand our duty, and that here this spirit of justice and equity which was to cement the different parts of the Confederation will always find de- lenders.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
WASTED ENERGY.
ELIHU ROOT.

There is not a milllrnan who Wends is way in the early morning light hut knows how to conduct the war Eorll at Washington. There is not muleteer in all the vast West but
 Eho. asked to give his opinion of the |yay things are going at Washington, an tell how they should be done. It E a modest man these days who does lot claim to know how to run tho Eovcrnment. The wonder of it all that so many men are driving cams and working at lesser jobs ghen they might easily have a posi-
 ion at the national capital where
 heir advice and learning could be but to better use. In any small
 own grocery store in the land, where he "boysT gather and where the Earffeld fuel order is usually laughed To scorn by a roaring fire around
 which the conferences sit. President Wilson, could he take the time, might learn in an hour how to run the treat American nation. It is all so Rasy we sometimes wonder why Will lon wastes his time listening to the beads of the departments when he
 night summon to his side instanter |oane million wiseacres.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
Kh akii

Our new naval ayiator's uniform Is khaki. instead of the traditional blue serge or white duck. Marines wear khaki suits on the battleship's decks. Even blucjacket landing forces have been dressed in this drsb apparel. Will the seagoing white and blue go out of style? We hope not.
 The onniscient encyclopedja gives us the word khaki from Hindustan. In the Urdu language "khak' means dust. From which we are led to be- lieve that the term means duat-c col orcd, It doesn't though. It means goinG to get dusty if he doesn't fa! dead before the end of the days march. Ask any Leather Neck (Ma- rire). 1e knows.
 Historically speaking the cloth was adopted by Sir Harry Lumsden in British in 1S4S. Hank was q kind of head scout on the northwest from tier in the EGina layas and Nas re- Gulred to provide 8. suita ble outfit He chose the kind of color in which his men could do 8 snake-crawl all day and still look tidy at night.
 Since then his countrymen and ours nave ocen snake crawling all over the world from south Africa to San uago. Their Khaki uniforms have proved an asset against mud pudd les, dust storms, and tailor bills Even in the Scppo mutiny as carly as 1857
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
BETRAYED BY THE BOLSHEvIKI.

we will annex Denmark, Holland Belgium, Switzerland. Ltvonia, Trieste,
 Eenice, and the North of France from he Sonme to the Loire. This pro sgramme which we propose is not the work of madman, nor is this Elm Spire. which we wish to found, a Utopia We have already in our hands the means of realizing it." Thus declared Gen. Bronsart von 8Schellendorf, who was at one time Minister of War under the Imperial Herman Government. That is the Herman dream of conquest. That is
 t he pan-German idea in it's mildest form From what we know of con- Ilitions in Russia at the present mo- hnent, part of this programme is all headv carried out; at least so far givonia is concerned. It is assumed shat in tho north of Russia the pro- sEinccs of Livonia and Esthonia are Acapturcd by the Huns who have ad- |vanccd eastward into Russia over a Afront of four hundred miles from BRiga. in the north, to Lutsk, fifty miles from the cast Galician border. on the South.
 There is littlese doubt that the Hrrotzky-Leninc government has yield sed to Germany's demands,--and they Hare rigid demands; They include. saecording to a despatch to the Lon Hdon Times dated February Is, and quoting Leon Trotzky. the retention by Germany of Poland, Lithuania, Riga, and Moon Island, and an in aemnity of s4.00O,000,00 The indem- n1ty in this case is exactly four times that demanded from France in 1870. Whether 1t is to be paid in gold or in food has not been stated As the
 chances for it's collection are slim if
 there is cash basis fixed, raw ma
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20

the truth of it's value was known. At first only cotton was used. Now serge and other woolen stuffa are dyed the familiar brown. Color however, is no longer a fixed d1sInc- ton. Olive and other shades Of green have been found very effective in concealing men operating among atural vega ton. If we ever fight oriental races in chsrry blossom time one shall see his fellow warriors decked out in uniforms of luscious pink. Think of furlough them! On deck in blazing tropical sun- shine whites are very trying to the eyes Khaki is nearly, if not quite as cool without ref1ecting any of the blinding glare. Incidentally this
 change would knock the backbone
 out of the impecunious noVal officers customarily colossal laundry bill
 The greatest obcction to it's use by
 sailornen is that it provides an OK
 cellent camoufage for dirt. In nor
 nal tin, es the American blue jacket is
 the c1eanest man in the world. Khaki n,ieht prove too much of q tempta- ton to the few slackers who would rather rot than wash.
 Yes. it's only another form of
 camouflage All the world is camou-
 nacc. And when ] say it there glidos
 2 spirit to my side which whispers:
 "Brother has thou forgot that all is vanity"
 Brother Reader can you draw the line?
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
TROLLEY CARS AND COAL.

.lhero lH always som cthing to be learned. Now we arc made acouaint. cd with tho fact that the starting and stopping Of trolley cars throughout the country consumes at least 1.5O0,- GOO tons of coal a year. The more stops, the more starts; the more of these operations performed, the more coal consumed. So it is therefore proposed that less stops be made along routes where cutting down of this practice is practicable
 As means Of saving coal it is doubtful if this subject was ever thought of until electric railroad men presented the facts and figures to the Fuel Administration. Not that the executives Of trolley lines do not appreciate that for every stop there ij generally a passenger or so. and for every passenger there is a nickel. and that many a muckle makes a mickle. On suburban lines, however, there are places where the trolley cars might well eliminate regular stops. So the railroad men declare.
 The aforementioned estimates are based on eight stops to the mile in cities and six stops to the mile on country lines. That is, of course, a general average. In New Britain, as in other cities, there are certain lines Whereon cars must perforce stop more than eight times in the course of a milo to let off and take on pas sengers. To stop a car, it is stated, consumes enough current to run the same vehicle the distance of a city block. When it is considered that not only coal but time is saved in the cutting down of stops the plan may receive consideration.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
Five Column Editorials.
Waterbury Democrat.D

The New York Sun on January 19 carried a five column editorial en- titled What One Man Has Taken on Himself to Do.' The only previous five column editorials that we know of appeared in the Atlanta Sun of 1871-3 and were written by Alex ander H. Stephens, who had been vice president of the ill-fated Southern Confederacy. Strange to say, the New York Suns five column editorial and the Atlanta Suns five column ed~ torials of nearly fifty years ago dis cussed the same general subject the standardization of government aud the exercise of extra constitutional mowers The Atlanta Sun saw the end of Americas liberties in the cen- tralization of power in the federal branch of our dual system of govern mont national and state. The New York Sun warns the country against the war time expansion of the fed cral executives powers and gloomily predicts that this death process if continued into times of peace will in volve the very "destruction of that government of distributed and bal anced powers which the founders of the republic provided. Popular liberty and our goVernmen ental structure sur vived in the one case and we may rest assured that they will also trium- phantly survive in the other. The sweeping powers already granted the president and the further powers asked for are questionably of nature to startle the conservative mind but the reflecting citizen knows that they are but temporary conces- .;o,,r inc war need of single sponsib1e authority that can act oUicl<Iv and effectively at a given moment The same reflecting citizens who are unalterahly determined upon a future restoration of the balanced powers of the o-ordinate branches of govcrnmc cnt, and who will see to 1t that there is such restoration in full, are for the moment and in the face of emergency needs, proclaiming as their motto-"Anything to win the war.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
Potatoes Going to Waste.
(New York Commercial.D

Food Administrator Hoover and Director-General of Railroads Me Adoo should not overlook the hum ble Cold weather has checked the na~ tural movement of the potato crop which must be transported in heated cars when the temperature is low. Up in the Northwest and in other parts of the country the farmers are still holding enormous quantities of pota- tees. Within two months these po- tatoes will begin to sprout and after that they will deteriorate very rapid ly. They must be cleaned up with ir four months or they will be wasted For the masses potatoes are the best substitute for wheat. Every body knows how to cook them. but only one American woman in a hun dred can make bread, mullins, bis cults, etc, that are fit to eat out of cornmeal, oatmeal, and other highly recommended substitutes for wheat
 We are in danger of letting one third of last years great potato crop rot or be fed to livestock by farmers who cannot get cars for shipping po- tatoes to city markets. The price of potatoes has been too high in the cities in view Of the large crops hero and the still larger crops in the United Kingdom and France which make exports to Europe impossible. Potatoes retail in English cities for one-third the New York price. We could consume far more of them and save wheat if the surplus now going to waste was properly handled.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
T0DAY'S TABLOID TALE
Cubebba Goes.
By Joe Blast.


 Pepsin Gomme. returning from the office that evening, felt that his wife was looking at him peculiarly.
 He even spoke to her about "Cubebba,' he said; t'per- haps I merely imagine it, but 1t seems to me that you are looking at me peculiarly"
 I'm glad you noticed it, Pepsin," she replied, "because 1t paVes the way"
 There was a pause, during which only the evening shad~ oWs, gathering in the room, were audible. Then Cubebba spoke again:
 "Pepsin, thus far I've stuck by you through everything, haven't I?"
 You have, Cubebba," he agreed. Prom the very first days of our married life. when was only making s6.50 week and losing half of it in reckless SpeculatjonS, you've never murmed a nurmur."
 And all through your pub lie disgrace, Pepsin, whcn you were caught robbinS blind beg sars to get pennies to ratify your lust for chewing gum, J remained staunch and true And during the years when you were a slave to drink my loyalty never faltered-nay, I even drank with you to keep you company"
 'C'ubehba.'' he said humbly, you have been a model wife," 1T have 's she admitted. But Pepsin, the end has come. I can no longer stand your taste in neckties. It is true that I Was looking at you peculiarly just now. I was looking Ut your new nccktie, by far the worst of the long atrocious list Pepsin, l am leaving you for ever"
 And she swept out of the house without even powdering her nose, never to return.
 Copyright 1918 by George
 Matthew Adams)
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
IN SALESMANSHIP Step Right This Way, Sir, to the Mems Department and Sec How
 It's Done.
(Waterbury Republican,
It's DOn(

No longer will the Baxter street sai- buttons coats drag the unintending customer within his door to force a sale by the crude process of convinc- ing him that it's bargain before ne knows that he wants it. Dr. A. J. Gates, psychologist of the Teachers college at Columbia university, began this week a course IT which he is to teach clothing store dealers psychol- ogy in saIesmanship. It's scientific as 8 New York newspaper describes 1t and any seller who measures up to the following test ought to be able to make 8 business go. The basis of perfection is 100 points.
 Appearance. How did he look q" Lovely. Ton points for him.
 Approach. Was his manner pleas ipg?' Oh, as cute as he could be Five points.
 Language. How did he talk q" Pushed Demosthenes and B. Brvan oH the map. Fifteen points.
 Reading the customer" Sized the guy right the minute he stepped into the dump. When he saw the gent wore red tie and yellow chamois gloves. knew he was looking for shepherds plaid suit--broad checks Fifteen more points.
 Fitting and selection. Was his choice good ?" Very snappy Pile On fifteen more points.
 "specd. Did he sell too slowly or too ouickly?" Worked neatly with the clutch in at about second speed. Slip him 10 more.
 Arguments. Were they reasonable and sound 2" Socratc, Platonic, Wit. Ring up 10 more.
 Closing sale Was it too soon or too late?" Pulled his line up just when the bite came good. Another 10
 You would think if a salesman did