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sCIENTIFIU AETRoLnGY
ON ALL PROBLEMS

Readings by appointment, 81. TypswFit-
ten forecasts, s. up. Frank TheodOro Al
len, Director. Astrological Research So
ciety, Jos z y. W. Phone FraHlslin sS22
AStrology Is Not Fortune Telling
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NOW!
L. G. SCHROEDER

Now is a magnetic word,
full of achievement. It
spells SUCCESS. TOM0R-
RoW and PR0CRASTI-
NATION generally spell
FAILURE. ...
The Government even
has approved the magic of
its appeal:
Buy Your Coal N0Ww
We would reverse it:
Buy your home NOW!
You can buy your COAL
THEN.
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John W. Thompson & Co,
incorporated
Conn. Ave. Near s ST.
/ ~ rooms, / hath,
electric IiEhtS. handsNnS aniIhiaUG
Bancroft Pl., Near Conn. Ave.
abrasive English basement bems;.
70 rooms. baths,
Interior deSoratiOns Of anOSE
Frtces t3Sseao.
Chevy Chase-Near Chevy
Chase Club and Columbia
Country Club.
rooms bath. electric -ilght[ h.-W. ~;
PFieS, S1GOOO.
Q Street, Near 18th.
electric lights, and other
modern improvements
Price, fl6,0ee.
Girard Street, Near 14th.
Large lot, 10 roomI, / bath,
electric lights, steam heat
Price. t12,6oo.
20th Street, Near S.
3 EIGsPtIOnaii sTo;5S sS.IEE:in' S.,EE.n'
electric nghts,. etc;
brick and stone coagtruetioA.
Price t1Ssooo.
Cleveland Park.
LarEs lot, 3 rooms and S.hath homA
electric hghtG, h--W. b
Price, t1l,Jbe.
Chevy Chase.
semidstaehsd, 9 rcen. and 3-bGth hsuaG
nv; H. electric ughtG' etc.
Priss. t11.bSG.
@ Street, Near 18th.
Attractive brick Snd Stone home;
electric IlG6ts. hettair heat
double geFaHe' and yard
Price, tll,ooo.
Rock Creek Church Road.
Three attractive homes with
large lots;
hot-WateF heat
Price. $500.
John W. Thompson & Co.,
-Incorporated-
T9S 18th It Main IITG
RuS-tf
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GARAGES
WANTED

WANTED-Space for one car
in private garage, not more
than three blocks from address.
H. F. KINGMAN, 918 10th st.
n. w. ,
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FOR SALE-RiVerdale, Nd, desirable g
story and cellar frame dwelling;. s rooms
and bath; cleo lights, furnace Neat: lot
JESSE L. HEISKELL, 1903 H 81. n. w.
Main SOS. 80
WE WANT MORE HOUSES FOR SALE
Owners Of property desiring to make
At once
wM. P. NoRMoYLE. $40 F st. N. ".
my31-9ot
EOOR-AND-A-HALF ST. 3. W-S5.sOO; 2.
story brick rooms and bath: q store:
garages in rear; lot 25x15O gas and
electricity. Inquire SI3 Louisiana ave. n
". er 4Ain 1853 3y2o-Sst
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Advert tiSing
FOR SALE-HOUSES
FOR SALE
AN EXCEPTIONAL
PROPOSITION
S2,85o EACH

Brick houses, comparatively
new, offered for sale at this
very low price to settle a syndi-
cate.
Terms, $500 or more cash,
balance in small monthly pay
mentS; just about what the
houses are now renting for.
1897 to 1865 9th St. N. w.
529-531 Newton st. N. w.
Take Ninth street cars to
Newton street, go one square
east.
Each s rooms and bath; one
square from cars; all occupied
by white tenants.
You should take advantage
of this opportunity to secure
yourself a home and save your
earnings.
Apply for particulars.
At this low price and upon
such accommodating terms these
houses will sell very quickly.
= STONE & FAIRFAX,
1912 New York Ave. N. w.
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THE MAN WHO KNOWS
PROF LIE RENTCH

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Park View

35,550-Attractive location; sec
tion OF home owners; r0ouns and
bath; trent colonial p7rCh; good
yards; garage on paved alley; i'm
mediate possession.
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Central Northwest Section

S6,6oo-Io rooms and bath; eL-
cellent nelghborhoOd; close 20
schools; walking digtauco of en-
tire downtown section
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.ARTHAN

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
The Sugar Shortage.

Don't be too quick to blame the passing of
the sugar bowl once more from public eating
places upon someone's cupidity Try to be
pleasant to the waitress who asks you if you
take your coffee with or without" Chances
are it's as much your fault as anybody's. Of
fetal figures show that consumption of sugar
in this country has vastly increased since the
war. For August it was 271,831 tons, as COM
pared with 211,272 in August last year. That
means an increase Of 80 per cent, and the rate
of increase for the entire year is only little
less than that There simply isn't enough to
go around, according to best advices AS usual
the loudest complaints are made by those who
have been contributing most heavily to the
shortage-to those, in other words. who have
been getting more than their fair share.
Increased use of sugar in soft drinks, candy,
ice cream and other CONNECTIONS has followed
lifting of war restrictions. Part of the heavier
consumption we are told is the result of ma
of alcohol to turn to sweets.
The sugar board considers the attitude of
the royal commission which bought sugar for
Great Britain, France and Italy an important
factor in causing the shortage. Last spring
when a supply could have been delivered with
ease the commission declined to take an of its
third Of the Cuban crop that # had contracted
up shipping, forcing practical suspension of
operations in refneries and Cutting ware
houses, the commission changed its mind, took
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
What Happened to Reed.

Senator Reed got about what was coming
70 him at the hands of an Oklahoma audience
last night. He has been false to his president,
his party and his country anN the tribute of
stale eggs was well deserved. The mayor who
was introducing him when the shower broke
paid the penalty for being in doubtful company.
Trouble with the senator is he likes too
wen to hear his own voice. His oratorical
powers have made him vain and he was offend
ed because Official Washington refused to take
him at his own estimate. He furnishes
striking example of a good man gone wrong.
He made = speech in the senate the other day
and set the galleries wild, but he didn't fool
the people who were not under the spell of
his magnetism. They've got his number down
In Oklahoma
1t will be hard for Reed or the cause he
represents to get over the egg incident, the for
|ner because broken hen fruit is fatal to dig
pity and the latter because It shows that the
people see through the sham OF political ex-
bediency.
Elimination Of Reed through the egg treat
uent leaves johnson As the only knocker still
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
Innocent Strike Victims.

With their well known tenacity the British
seem determined to fight the labor issue out to
a finish on the lines laid down by the striking
railroad men. Dispatches say that the people
are volunteering willingly" and in great num-
bers to keep foodstuffs and other necessaries
of life moving.
1t is matter of life or death with the Brit
ish, especially in the large centers, which had
only a few days supplies hand at the be-
ginning of the tieup. Naturally, the tendency
is to divide the people into two factions, those
sympathizing with the strike and those op-
posed to it, and to create much i'll feeling.
With plenty of ships to bring commodities
to the coast and with an abundance of motor
Iorries to distribute them inland the popula-
ton probably would be able to get fairly
well for time, even if all rail lines were idle.
The nation which defed the German subma-
rine blockade for four years may be trusted to
look out for itself now.
The greatest misfortune is in connection
with the closing of the mines for lack of trans
port, for that means closing of the shops,
employment and still wider dissatisfaction. It
means too, prospect of suffering for want of fuel
in England and more especially on the CONT
nent where the coal output has been greatly
reduced and increasing dependence placed upon
the British supply. AS usual the innocent by
stander will be hit the hardest if the contest
is drawn out to any great length.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
Brad'sBit O. Verse
Probing.

Probing.
We've got the goods on Hiram
Bong, our highway overseer; for
we can prove him good and strong
a boodling profiteer. He should
have charged US so cents for patch
ing alley holes; but he connived
with scheming gents to swipe the
public rolls; and when the bill got
round to US it caused an awful
roar-that thievfng. profiteering
cuss had charged US 81. Excite
ment at the village hall is running
mighty high; and it may mean the
timber tall for our official fry; the
voters feel within their veins the
famous probing germ, and howl for
gibbets,, knouts and chains to make
some victim squirm. 1t is the same
thing everywhere-world, nation,
state, and town; the qHizzing bug
is in the air and will not quiet
down. Brief time ago the world
was run with superhuman haste;
SO that it's tasks were quickly
done, it reckoned not the waste;
but now the bills come trooping in
with winkS and becks and mods,
the old boy rips and roars like sin,
and calls for probing squads. It
seems to me as l look Ger the do
ings OF the globe, that it's neglect
ing many a chore to quiz and prod
and probe.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02

conventional sheet metal sign
bearing the ominous command
Stop" which he would wave to
warn approaching vehicles and
pedestrians. One day Norma no.
ticed a sinister visaged man hang
ing around the depot, and several
times when trains arrived he wan
dered up and down the tracks as
though expecting somebody.
She never forgot the morning
when No. s passenger reached tho
depot She was on hand with the
Stop" signal and waving It to hat
an approaching farmers wagon,
when a young man stepped of the
rear platform OF the last car, a
light satchel in his hand, and
started to cross the tracks in the
direction OF the car shops. He had
not proceeded 10 feet when from
behind a pile Of ties there sprang
before him the sinister appearing
lurker. With a piece of iron COW
cred with a handkerchief he dealt
the newcomer a blow that drove
him PROSTATE, tore the satchel
from his hand and darted forward
across the tracks. Norma was
startled, shocked, but she at once
realized the object of the assailant
Of the man was robbery. She acted
on impulse. As the thief passed
her she swung the heavy stop sig
nal It came squarely down upon
the head OF the fugitive, driving
him OF hiStfeet Norma seized the
sstchel he had dropped, flung it in
to the shelter shed. and. dart3ng
back to where the miscreant lay.
mensced him anew with her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am 10
years old and have been going with
a young man two years my senior
for almost two years. l think he
loves me, as he has often told me
so. l haven't made up my mind
yet whether l care for him enough
to have him for my life partner.
l didn't have the opportunity to
associate with other men to find
out whether | love him or not, my
parents not allowing me TO have
social gatherings. | don't know
what to do. do not intend 10 get
married for three or four years,
but he thinks if you go with a gen
tleman for a while you are going TO
marry him. That isn't my idea. In
my opinion a girl should pick her
life partner and not take the first
one who comes along.
How can meet other men? Also
please tell me how to explain to
my parents how necessary it is for
me TO give parties and to invite
friends 10 dinner My parents
could certainly well afford to have
HEART BROKEN.
When a girl gets tied" TO one
man it is difficult for her to break
away and make other friends.
Young men take it for granted that
she is engaged and look for other
girls.
Almost every church has a crowd
Of young people who are the spirit
of their socials. II seems to me
that if you attend church gather
ings you will have opportunity 10
meet young people and make
Since your parents will not allow
you to entertain at home, why
don't you give a weiner roast some
where in the country. You could
take about a three mile hike, build
a campfire and serve buns, weiners,
coffee and marshmallows. The cof-
fee can be cooked over the fire and
the weiners and marshmallows
roasted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02

In the first class. What the folks at home
think OF Johnson is shown by the protests they
are sending to him from California. One was
made public last night from his former sup
porters in the southern part Of the state read
ing as follows:
The undersigned have been your 10y
al supporters, voting for you both as
our opinion the overwhelming sentiment
of the people of California is strongly in
favor of the peace treaty and the cove
nant of the League Of Nations.
We have given careful consideration
to all the objections that have been Of
fered to ratification and we are con-
WINGED that the treaty should be ratified
without amendment or reservation
We believe that the peace Of human
tty lies in the covenant for league Of
nations.
Among the signers are A J. Wallace, pres
ident of the johnson for Senator club and for
mer lieutenant governor with Johnson; JOS
eph S. Craig. campaign manager of the above
club; Rush Avery, chairman of the Los An
geles County Republican club, and many others
of equal prominence and OF similar political
leanings.
OF course Senator Johnson has gone too
far now to turn back, but such messages
the foregoing surely make him feel uncom-
Portable and serve as a warning to other mem
bers disposed to line up as he does
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
the entire available supply and shortage has

the entire available supply and a shortage has
existed ever since.
When government control ceases it is freely
predicted that the price will double and per-
haps go even higher, and the advance will be
accounted for solely on the ground of com
petftive bidding for the available supply. That
there would be such bidding if the price
were not held down arbitrarily admits Of no
doubt. In a free market the price advance will
discourage consumption and automatically pro
mote conservation. That is the way economic
law works out and the fact that users will be
forced to pay a great deal more than they
ought, and the producers and distributors will
be getting great deal more than they are
fairly entitled to is merely Incidental
One consolation dieticians tell us that
adults need very little sugar Most OF US caIs
get along without it without harmful effect,
except possibly to our pride
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
TIHQE DAILY SHORT STORY

prestige, and you will vegetate in
the dead town where they barely
subsist-"
"I can't help IT." replied Norma.
Fl took a great liking to both of
them when they visited US three
years ago."
1t was a relief to Norma, after
her mother had finally acquiesced
in her plans. to pack up sensible
attire and anticipate how she could
run to her hearts desire away from
the burdensome exactions of fash
ion and society. She arrived at
Brocton after dark. and certainly
the single block of downtown
stores, the solitary railway shops,
the little house and the unIighted
and unpaved streets did not look
very inviting Plain, homespun
Uncle Darius piloted the way to a
little Old cottage of four rooms not
500 feet from the depot
II don't know how you will man
age to put in the time, dear" said
Aunt Mary. You see, we lost the
old homestead and had to move to
humber quarters, and Darius has
been obliged TO take a position as
signal man at the Main street
crossing"
There Wero woods and lakes
near the Ifttletown, and Norma did
not ind any oppressive dizziness.
She took pleasure in spelling Uncle
Darius at his task There was q
little shed at the crossing, and
Norma liked to sit there wiEh-the
old man listening TO quaint tales of
his long life experience. When
ever train Was coming he had the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
Vaccine and the Flu.

The question of the value of So
called vaccines (bacterins) as pre-
tentative or remedial agents
against influenza is still in the bal
ance. On one side is the favorable
opinion OF large number of ply
s1c1ans in private practice who be-
heVe they have observed beneficial
results from bacterins in influenza.
On the other side is the lack Of
confederation by physicians who
have tested out these bacterins I'M
der circumstances in which oppor-
tunity for accurate observation has
been better, as in institutions.
In the isolation wards of he
Presbyterian hospital, Chicago, 100
nurses, members of the hospital
personnel and medical students
from Rush Medical college were
patients. The influenza was vic
ious and severe, with pneumonia
and other serious complications.
OF the $50 patients only one, a
nurse with extensive pneumonia,
died. No Vaccines were used. No
particular drug was used, though
drugs were administered by mouth,
hypodermicaIly and fntravenously
as the indications" arose for
them. The low mortality is attrib-
uted by the medical authorities of
the hospital to the fact that pa
tients were promptly put to bed
and kept there for several days
after the acute symptoms had
passed. But in commenting on the
treatment DR.. j B. Herrick OBJ
serves: Il have wondered whether
If had used some vaccine or ser
UNI or other supposed specific l
might not now be eager to get into
print with my record of only 0.6
per cent mortality. Nay I should
have been in print long before
this"
Such popularity as the vaccine"
Cbacterin) treatment has gained
rests on statistics much less favor
able, for the greater part. than the
results quoted. We are speaking
now of treatment, not of prophy-
laxis or immunization of persons
as yet uninfected. In a disease
having the peculiar toxic and de-
pressing characteristics of influ-
enZa, with its rather characteristic
lack of leucocytosis or white blood
cell mobilization, one finds it diff
cult TO understand how vaccine"
can help the patient in the fight.
1t may be well to explain that
vaccine" consists of measured
numbers OF the killed germs sup
posed to be responsible for the con-
dition to be treated. Unfortunately,
in the recent influenza epidemic it
has proved impossible to determine
just what role the influenza bacil-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
HEALTH TAl 1S
BY WILLIAM !1I i! BRADY RAJ! MD.

lus and several other germs have
played, investigators reaching var
ious conclusions in all parts of the
country. Therefore. many differ
ent bacterins have been employed
in prophylactic and remedial eff
forts.
Wright, the man who introduced
bacterins, insists that only in
finitesimaI doses should be admin
istered in prophylaxis, when an
epidemic is raging. In this coun-
try enormous doses have been
freely given and immunization ap-
parently produced, for a period be-
lieved to cover not more than six
or eight weeks in any case. To
maintain the immunity it is, there
fore, necessary to have another
dose of the bacterin about every
six weeks. This practice is advo-
Gated by DR.. Z. C. Rosenow, who
is a staunch supporter of vaccine
for immunization against the flu.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
Today's Anniversaries

1S1S-The public Offices of the
state of Ohio were moved to
Columbus, the new capital.
1S21-General Alexander P. Stew
art, celebrated confederate
commander, born at Rogers
vile, Tenn. Died at Biloxi,
Miss, Aug. 80. 1908
1S47-Marriage of King Louis I of
Portugal and Princess Pia,
daughter of the king of It
ally.
Widespread ruin caused by
the failure of the City of
Glasgow bank.
1S96-A hurricane across Florida
destroyed many lives and
much property.
f90S-The American battleship
feet reached Manila on its
trip around the world.
1915-French airmen bombed rail-
road lines and stations be-
hind the German front.
1916-Rumanian army invading
Bulgaria, routed by Ger
mans and Bulgarans.
1e17-British cruiser Drake was
announced sunk off Irish
coast by German U-boat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
NORMA'S CHOICE.
By OtiIliR F. Pfeifer.

Copyright, 1919, by the Western
Newspaper Union)
cit will have to be Uncle Darius
his time, then, Norma, DEAR" spoke
frs. Burton. I'VE are not by any
Ieans at poverty's door. but We can
ardIy afford the OUTFIT and other
Expense OF q Cape Bay trip"
at would be a sinful waste,
,amma," declared the daughter. 81
as 50 bored with affected ladies
|. fashion and posers and sponsors
mong the men last season that I
as glad when got home again. !"
Mrs. Burton was no m4neuvering
other, but the world had taught
AZ many practical lessonA The
urtons had always held their
lads high in a social way. They
Id been particular and exclusive
their selection OF friends. and
Aen Norma was Is drew the lines
III more rfgfd1y. II Was with q
ultless and tactical chaDeFon that
orma had passed . season at Cape
Az. Proposals came To her in
yhmersble, but sAs had only laugh
at the idea Of marriage and had
turned home heart free.
ssWhy not Uncle Dart1z1 MANI
81 Norman Inquired art1eSsly,
n her mother &C first held up her
,nds in dismay.
NORMA she said. ~doR't you
,ov that he@is As poer Rs q
ur~h Taoussg HSAnSG ~ in
4 .3,- yosftfou. TS1saFn- win . rai4-
"a Ne and my SITTER have abso-
4e1v raeeded fxom any social