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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10

the checkerboard and the dinner
table with anything short of q
crowbar. So Mary sailed in and
got that new job.
1t was in a fast cabaret, and the
only reason they took her was be-
cause she pretended that she had
had an affair with a notorious duke
in Paris. There were the stories
in the Sunday papers, and she
looked as much like the unknown
dancer" referred to as anybody
could-the picture being principal
ly deshings and grease-paint. Sc
she got the job.
But living up to her past!
That was the difficulty All sorts
of men presumed-all sorts OF
things. And one man really loved
her So they all got to milling
around, and things went faster and
faster right up to the big, thrilling
climax which barred Mary's whole
pitiful deception and put her right
before the man she loved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
/ HEATRE


Pep. ginger. joy and jazz seem
to be the keynote of the new bill
which opens at the Palace theatre,
Moline, starting tomorrow after
noon and continuing through until
Saturday AS its feature Resell
and Greenwald will present their
one-act musical comedy. The Bra
lillian Heiress.' with frankie kel-
sey as the star artist OF company
Of 10 Said to be some rhyme and
very little reason The Brazilian
Heiress" should prove to be one of
the most entertaining as well as
pleasing girl offerings that has
been seen al the popular playhouse
for some time. Filled with poppy
music, good singing numbers and
a set OF beautiful scenery to give it
the proper setting it ought to be
well worth seeing.
Hula Hula dances have been seen
done in many ways and many pose
as originators. but to Princess Ka-
lama belongs the credit as the first
to make it famous. In her offering
of a Hawaiian Nights Entertain
ment" she is ably assisted, by Will
liam kao, who is a master at the
art of manipulating the popular
ukelele.
Fred Lewis Himself" is the sum
total used by this good natured
chap to bill himself. The proud
possessor of a big singing voice,
which he uses to the utmost adj
vantage. he also has an endless
fund of wit and humor.
Harper and Blanks are colored
entertainers with an act with the
word Elass written clear through.
Composed of miniature Bert viii
liams with super-sensitiye toes and
a c0nical young mulattO whose
mellow voice will hold any audi
ence spell-bound till the finish of
their clever offering.
With a running fire Of witty dia-
IogUe and comment Jack and Jes-
sic Gibson comprise one of the best
acts in the way of daring
and grace that has been seen in
many day.
Kilograms which supplies the
visual news Of the world comprises
the picture Offering.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
At The Columbia.

Tom Brown and his seven must
cal highIanders will furnish diver
sion at the Columbia theatre the
last half of the week, by means OF
tuneful instrumental and vocal Of
ferings. The Scotch lads and
lassies which are presented in the
skit called "A Musical Muse in
Kills." come here with an excel
lent series of reviews from critics
who are highly complimentary in
all of their statements relative to
the @ct
Harry Rose will be here with his
series of original originalities, "
and promises to give the audience
10 minues of the best fun they
ever had. He is Familiarity known
as 1.-THE nice man" and he has a
lot of patter which conceals many
a laugh. Rose is a versatile enter
tainer and many an audience in
front of which he has appeared, has
been kept in a constant uproar OF
laughter. Equipped with a vast
fund of stories. this clever per-
former furnishes amusement of the
rapid-fre variety. His monoIogue
comprises national and interna-
tional topics.
Little Pipifax, vaudevil1e's most
versatile clown, plays the fool and
does it in highly humorous manner.
He gets laughs out of queer wrig-
giles of his body and odd motions of
his hands and head. His comical
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
brings one comedy situation after
annfher
Al the American.

Charles Hutchison, co-star with
Anne Luther in the new Pathe ser
ial, The Great Gamble" showing
at the American theatre today, sur
prised his friends in the Western
Photoplays company during the
filming of the seventh episode by
proving that he is just as much at
home under water as he is on the
earth's surface. The action pro-
vided that Hutch should be CAP
tured by the william and his band
after a thrilling fight. His hands
and feet were then bound and he
was thrown into the water. As
the scenes were taken at Key West,
it was possible for other members
of the company to watch the star
through the clear water of the har-
Dor Hutch sank like stone for a
few feet and then began loosening
his bonds. Apparently, he wasn't
in q hurry, for it seemed TO his
watchers that he was taking his
own good time at the freeing pro-
cess. They yelled at him to hurry
and made motions indicating their
fear that he would drown. but the
star simply went on untying the
ropes that bound mis- hands and
feet After what seemed to be
hours, Hutch twisted out of the
last rope and shot up to the surface
smiling. He hadn't met with an &C
cident, he explained; he was
merely working as slowly as he
could in order that the cameramen
who were shooting down through
the glass bottom of the small sight
seeing boat might get as much
footage as they needed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
At The Illinois.

Up to the time of the production
of In Old Kentucky" which will
appear at the Illinois theatre on
Sept. II, statisticans of the Ameri-
can stage were widely at variance
as to where to bestew the palm for
the longest and most successful
reign of an American play. AS the
great initial engagement of I'm
Old Kentucky" progressed at the
big academy of music in New York
city, it was noted that no seats
were to be had for weeks in ad-
vance. it was evident that the
prize winner was at hand And so
solidIy has this prediction been full
filled since its first presentation
that all question has long been set
at rest, and the thrilling story of
love and humOr is universally
acknowledged the record breaker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10

staggers are side-splitting and his
funny faces send the audience into
uproars of laughter
Dewitt & Gunther, presenting
Baby Eyes and Baby Size" offer
an oddity that is refreshing and
humorous. Billy De Witt is a
midget performer ard will be re-
membered for his clever character
izations as jeff in Mutt and JEFF. :"
Some of his antics are screamingIy
funny. Mabelle Gunther is an at
tractive girl whose appearance is
decidedly the opposite from De
Wits. The act is described as a
roIlicking comedy number inter
preted with numerous acrobatic
capers.
Henry and May present THE
Suburbanites," a comedy sketch of
suburban life that many will i'm
mediateIy recognize.
There will also be the usual
showing of interesting and timely
kinogTams.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
At RrOfman.s RiaIfn.

Nadge Kennedy revels in comedy
situations as only she can in her
newest Goldwyn picture, Day
Dreams" by Cosmo Hamilton
which comes to Brotman's Rialto
theatre, Thursday. 1t depicts the
life of a country girl. Primrose.
whose imagination and wild
dreams have surrounded. her with
fairyland fOlk-princes. white
knights and all. She is later dis
illusioned by a = scheming sutton,
who has grown weary of having
his proposals of marriage rejected
with the reply that she is awaiting
the white knight TO claim her as
his princess and sail with her to
his castle across the sea. A white
knight does come to her, though
she subsequently learns he is an
ordinary mortal doing the bidding
of her disappointed sutton and that
the castle the spurious knight
takes her to is the converted home
of the same scheming individual.
Primrose turns the tables on him
at a banquet for which he has
hired a vampire To expose the
knight. The dream girls announce
ment that she will marry the very
man he has hired to deceive her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
Ethel CIayton's
Beautiful Complexion

That splendid actress now Appearing
under the Paramount banner Is famous
Tor her beautiful complexion she at
tributes her wonderful skin to the use
Of simple toilet article called Der1Villo
There Is nothing like it Tor tan. freckles.
shiny mise, saliow, dark, rough skin tt
takes the place of face powder, stays on
better as perspiration docs not affect it,
and 1t instantly beauties the compile ZION
One application proves IL. II you want a
nice hly-white skin with rosy cheeks. get
a bottle of DerwIlio today you VIII be
delighted. Derwillo is sold at ali up-to-date
toilet counters. Be sure to read large an
nOuncement OF Miss Clayton soon to
appear in this paper. 1t tells how to in
stantly have a beautiful complexion and
i soft. white, veIvety skin everyone lust
loves to touch"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10

last evening, a fair sized audience
Witnessing the first of three per
formances. a matinee and night
show being given today. The cast
of Scandal" is good in spots. Dor
othy Phillips as Beatrix Wander
dyke. taking her part creditably.
Archie Foulk as Malcolm Fraser
ana Scott Moore as Pelham Frak-
lin, took their parts we'll most of
the time, = the latter. however. fire.
quently stumbling over his lines.
The story is an interesting one, full
of many possibilities and good
humor.
The Burtis is bright and attrac-
tive in its new outfit of paint and
dress and is an improvement over
the dingy auditorium that for SO
long greeted its patrons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
Tobacco Habit
Dangerous

says Doctor Conner. formerly of John
Hopkins hospital Thousands Of men s-1f-
fering from fatal disease would be in
perfect health today were it not for the
deadly drug Nicotine. Stop the habit be
fore IS too late It's a simple process to
rid yourself of the tobacco habit In any
form Just 20 to any up-to-date drug
store and get some NictoI tablets: take
them as directed and 10: the pernicious
habit quickly vanishes. Druggists refund
the money If they fail BE sure to read
large and interesting announcement by
Doctor Connor sooR to appear IN this pa
per. II tells of the danger Of nicotine poi
oninE and how to avoid it. In the mean
time Try Nictol tablets; you Will be sur
prised at the result.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
At the Black Hawk,

Mary's inclination to kick up her
heels at the slightest pTovocation
or a. no provocatiOn at ali-fn
The Delicious Little Devil" show
ing at the Black Hawk Thursday
had got her into trouble again
Fired! The manager had strolled
in just as she was in the midst OF
an imitation Of PavlOwa. He had
no eye for art. that manager.
She must have a job-or father
would have to go to work. and
father couldn't be pried away from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
N0ffce ln Confractnrs.

Bids will be received 8 a. m. Sept.
90, 1919 for constructing a SKI re-
inforced concrete sewer on Six
teenth and Fifteenth avenues from
Third TO Ninth street and a 42-inch
by 42-inch reinforced concrete sew
er on Ninth street and Twelfth ave
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
BUSINESS CHANGE.

Fl. Mint has sold his pawnshop
and clothing store at 800 Twen-
tieth street to NJ. Marb!ostone, who
Will hereafter he responsible for
mentioned store.
(Signed) IT. MINTZ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10

nue.. Plans and specifications on
file at city clerks Office All bids
must be accompanied ~ a certified
check for $1,000
II. NJ. SCHRIVER,
Mayor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
Scandal" Opens Burtis.

Scandal" a daring story of mod
ern day life. opened the season at
the Burtis opera house, Davenport,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10

Labrador has an area OF 100000
square miles, but the population i:
only 1000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
NYnT0fS

r, I. Clean Towel Service. Phone
Il. I. 243s
Tri-City Towel Supply COMPANY
Davenport 934.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
SHELDON MAKES RECORD DRIVING
 BRIDGE AT 43

Foreman Sid Sheldon and the members of his piledriving crew made a record in replacing the Nenana river bridge, which was taken out by high water last spring, the worK having been completed in nearly weeks less time than was estimated The work of driving piles was started on September 9th, and on Saturday night the bridge was ready for traffic.
 The bridge was not completely wrecked by the freshet of last spring, but it was necessary to re place about thirty bents, and this work was done by Foreman Sheldon and his men at the rate of three bents day.
 From the Crossing, the driver will be moved south to a point about halfway between the river and the Burns mine, where piles for nine bent bridge will be driven. And still farther south, close to the mine, there is three-bent bridge to be replaced before rail com munication between town and the end of steel can be restored.
 After that the piledriver proba- bly, will be put to work on the new structures that will be needed on the extension of the main line be- tween the present end of steel and the canyon.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
HUN PRISONERS ESCAPE

SALT LAKE, Utah, Sept. 15.- Seveteen alien enemy prisoners, who were held in custody at Fort Doug las, are reported to have made their escape from the prison camp by means of a tunnel which extend ed eighty feet beyond the wire en- tanglements surrounding the place.
 Several months, it is believed, were required to dig the tunnel and dis pose of the dirt taken from the long drift, not a trace of the dirt being in evidence anywhere inside the wires. The tunnel was dug at a depth of six feet beneath the surface of the ground, and was of ample dimensions to enable a man to crawl through easily
 The police claim to have cap tured several of the escapes, and
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
DAN M'CAR1AY IS
 FATALLY WOUNDED

According to information received in Nenana this morning, Dan Me Carthy is lying at deaths door at Brooks, as the result of bullet wound inflicted by his wife, who Is reported to have shot her husband late yesterday evening. Details of the shooting were unobtainable, but it is understood that Dan is in d critical condition.
 Young" Dan Mccarthy is one of the most widely known men in Interior Alaska and was a promi- nent figure in the early days of Fairbanks, in which district he was interested with his father in one of the rich claims on Fairbanks creek
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
GALVESTON SUFFERS
 AS RESULT OF GALE

HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. 15.-The Texas coast, from the northern end of Mustang island to the Louisiana boundary, was swept by terrific gale yesterday, with a loss of mill ions in property damage and con siderable number of lives. The strip of coast from Mustang island to Brownsville was untouched by the storm.
 Port Aransas, on the northern end of Mustang island, was completely demolished by the wind, with a loss of several lives Scarcely a build ing was left standing after the hur- ricane had passed, and scores Of
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
MEX|CANS ARE ON THE TRACK
 OF RENEGADES

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5. The state department is in re- ceipt of advices from Mexico City advising that three detachment of Mexican cavalry have started in pur- suit of the ten bandits who captured pr. J. H. Smith, an American doc tor, and three others, and are now holding them for ransom of $6,- GOO. The captives were taken from a train near Tampico.
 Officials of the department are awaiting developments, ready to ad- wise the despatch of another Ameri- can expedition across the border should such action be deemed ad- !visable to insure the punishment of the bandits.
 The Mexican situation, it is un- derstood, has reached an acute stage as result of this latest outrage and developments of an unusual character may be expected unless the bandits are speedily apprehend- ed.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
GERMAN PRISONERS DIG WAY TO LIBERTY IN ST.
PRESIDENT HAS GREAT TIME IN
 CITY OF SPIRIT

PORTLAND, Sept. 15. - Presi- dent Wilson is loud in his praise of Seattle, as a result of the splendid reception given him there, and the appearance of prosperity and indus trial development which was in evi- dence on every hand. Newspaper men who are with the presidential party declare that the crowds on Second avenue on Saturday had more the appearance of a New York throng. The reception given the President was one of the most en- thusiastic ever recorded in the West, and even the great Arena was not large enough to hold the crowd. Hundreds who were compelled to stand outside shouted enthusiastical- ly, We want Wilson," to which some of the radicals replied, We want justice"
 The President is scheduled to ad- dress the peoi,'e of this city tonight. and there is the assurance that great crowd will be on hand to hear him.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
CITED FOR BRAVERY, SOLDIER IS UNABLE TO
 RECALL HEROIC ACT

MERCER, Pa.-Cited for bravery in action and unable to recall the act which his commanding officer thought worth while reporting, is the odd position in which N. Eu- gene Sampson, of New Wilmington, Pa, finds himself. Sergeant Samp- son, of Battery D, 323d field ar tillery, according to the citation, volunteered for a mission of im- under fire in the Argonne. The was executed successfully, says the citation, but Sergeant
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
DEMAND
 INCREASE IN WAGES

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Sept. 15.-- Three of the afternoon dailies of this city are issuing under difficult ties this afternoon, as a result of strike among the news writers, who have combined in a demand for increased pay. The news writers are organized and promise stub born fight.
 Editors, cubs and other members of the staffs are doubling up on their work in an effort to get along without the reporters.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15

Territorial Superintendent of Ed ucation L. D. Henderson is a pass enger on the steamer Yukon, en- route to Nenana and Fairbanks to investigate school conditions.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
MANY WRECKS LOCATED
 ALONG FRENCH COAST

HAVRE, France. - Twenty-siX wrecks have been located at the bottom of the sea off Havre, six of which were due to torpedoes, elev- en destroyed by mines, and nine the result of ordinary disasters of the sea. Two French vessels are locat- ing wrecks all along the coast.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
ORRECON IS AMBITIOUS
 TO LAND MEXICAN SEAT

MORALES, Ariz., Sept. 15,-Ac- cording to an announcement made here on Saturday, General Obregon will be a candidate for the presi- dency of Mexico next year.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
SENATE DEBATE STARTS
 ON GERMAN PEACE PACT

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15. The members of the upper house of Congress took up the formal consideration of the German peace treaty and the League of Nations covenant this morning, the treaty being the first really big document of it's kind ever discussed openly in the United States senate Sen ator Henry Cabot Lodge, one of the chief opponents of the document, called for the treaty, thereby open ing the question to debate, and pre- cipitating what promises to be a long -drawn-out and bitterly-contest- ed battle.
 Senator Andrieus A. Jones, Dem ocrat, of New Mexico, was the first to get recognition, and he opened the fight by declaring that the cov- enant would fail if the senate adopt ed the reservations recommended by the foreign relations committee. He denounced, in the strongest terms at his command, those sena- tors whose insdious declamations had poisoned the public mind rela-
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15

Sampson explains that he was so busy helping to push back the Ger mans that he cannot recall the in cident.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
NEW SURFAC|NG
 WORK ID START
 SOUTH OF TOWN

The Bucyrus steam shovel, which supplied the gravel for surfacing work north from the Nenana river up to the time of the suspension of that work short time ago, will resume operations tomorrow morn ing at the same place, loading gravel for distribution along the grade south of the river, where all of the surfacing work south of Nenana is to be concentrated, under Foreman Louis Lee. In order 70 secure a sufficient force for the work, it was necessary to close the dragline camp and transfer the members of Surfacing Gang No. 1 to the camp at the Crossing, from which point they will work south, toward the end of steel, until such time as new camp is established beyond the river.
 It will take about two weeks, it is estimated, to put the track, be- tween the Crossing and the end of steel, in shape for heavy traffic, so that coal shipments from the Burns mine may be expected in town about the first of October, and thence forth regularly throughout the win ter.
 The work of extending the track south from the Burns mine will be taken in hand as soon as the grade between the river and the end of steel has been put in condition for traffic. Considerable new grade is now ready beyond the end of steel, and it is expected that the work of extending the track south will pro ceed rapidly, once it is started.
 The steel for the extension will be brought across the Panama river from Camp 415, five and one-half miles of it, and lighter rails will be substituted on the Nenana-F Fairbanks line until such time as regulation rails can be shipped in from the States, which probably will be next season.
 As explained in the statement is sued by Chairman Mears, the eX- tension of the main track to Mile 360 will make it possible to estab- fish an active construction camp at which will be in rail communication with the material and store depots at Nenana during the winter months. It VIII dlSO Ildhe poSSlUle tHS ue- velopment of coal lodges in that locality which were recently located by Robert Burns and associates, with a view to supplying the local market with higher grade of fuel than is now obtainable.
 This coal land has just been sur veyed by Woodbury Abbey so as to make possible the acquisition of a leasing unit of sufficient extent to justify development
 The new work taken in hand by the Commission has stimulated the demand for labor, and men are being put to work as fast as they apply for employment. And when the new camp is established near the canyon, and supplies landed there, ready for use, it will be pos sible to give employment to as many
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15

boats along the coast in that locali- ty were dashed upon the beach and broken into bits.
 A report from Corpus Christi says the wind attained velocity of fifty miles an hour there, resulting in a considerable amount of dam age.
 Galveston was almost in the di- rect path of the hurricane, the force of the storm being such there as to demolish number of buildings and cause havoc among the boats in the harbor. The full extent of the damage in that quarter has not yet been ascertained, but it is known to have been heavy.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15

Mrs.. P. J. Rickert, wife of the well-known Fairbanks farmer, re- turned from the States yesterday, arriving at Fairbanks on the kar- stems stage.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15

Rody Connors went out to the Crossing this morning, having been transferred from the Nenana- Fair banks line.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15

Mrs. Fern Johnson returned to Fairbanks from the Outside yester- day, having made the trip over the trail on a Gibson mail stage.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15

It is reported from Fairbanks that Ben Hoerler has disposed of his water business in the upper town and is coming to Nenana to live as soon as his wife returns from the States.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15

George Kennedy and Sid Sheldon made a flying trip to town yester- day. Kennedy returned to the Crossing this morning to get steam up in the Bucyrus shovel.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-09-15
STANDARD OIL PLANT
 IS DAMAGED BY FIRE

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-The big Standard Oil plant, covering many acres, on Newton creek, in Long Island City, was practically wrecked Saturday by fire.