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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

ling Just outside the building,
Dominick Fescio and Harold Pot
ter, each 16 years old. spent We'd
nesday night behind the bars as
the guests of Sheriff Henry Kuehl.
Both boys have police records and
are not unknown to the district
Court officials.
Put Up Building. A big new
building, $50 by 40 feet, will be
erected Immediately by the Nc
earthly Improvement company on
Front street, west of Warren. 1t
will be of brick construction. fire
proof, and will be used by the
company as a garage and tool
house. President P. F. Mccarthy
of the company stated that work
on the new building would begin
at once and be pushed to compile
ton as rapidly as possible.
Complete Work. - The Walsh
Construction company is now
putting the finishing touches on
it's new extensive contracts at
larger new buildings at the ar
senal have been erected during
the last year by this firm. 1t has
established a record for this To-
caIity in building construction,
breaking ground and completely
erecting mammoth concrete build
ings within the short space of 80
days. 1t is said the Walsh con-
tracts at the arsenal will total
close to 100000
Contractor Dead.-News of the
death of s. NJ. Heating. well
known Davenport painting con-
tractor, reached Davenport yes
terday. He died at Mercy hospi-
tai, Des Moines, following a six
weeks illness with heart trouble.
The deceased had been a resident
of Davenport for 81 years and for
a long time had been a member
of the firm of Johnson & Heating,
painting contractors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
Funeral OF Allen II. Mertz.

Funeral services for Allen H.
Mertz We're held at 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon in his residence,
1928 Fifteenth street A, Moline,
Rev r. S. Haney in charge. Sc
lections were given by Clarence
S. Trevor and Mrs. Sadie Miller.
Bearers We're S. C. Thompson, 5.
B. Hicks, E. G. Brown, Jim Has
son, c. w. Heck and Herbert Mil
Ter. Interment was in Riverside
cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
GIVE MINSTREL.
SHOW TONIGHT

First appearance of the Senior
Fellowship minstrel show at the
Moline high school will be this
evening. Seats have been reserved
to fill the house. The show will be
repeated tomorrow evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
RESTORE ART TREASURES.

Paris, March 14.-Art treasures
taken from occupied country by the
German government are gradually
being restored to the original
owners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

IT POPE IS SUCCESSFUL IN Destlng
his challengers Sunday and can win
one more shoot the prize will come
into his permanent possession. The
winner of the trophy three times is
entitled 10 it permanently. accord
ing to the regulations drawn by the
donors.
The regular shoot of the club
will be held tomorrow afternoon in
Moline and expectations are that a
large number will participate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

Annoyed Prisoners. - Because
they annoyed prisoners in the
county Jail by shouting and whist
, 1919-07-23

u L4IC nc VI dCpuIy IOCdI IGSIS-
trar within twenty-four hours after the
death, provided however, in cases where
the body is viewed BY the coroner and
an inquest is held upon the same, the
death certificate shall be filled out and
signed by the coroner. In case of death
without medical attendance or in case
of sudden or violent death, in which the
coroner does not deem it necessary to
hold an inquest, 1t shall be the duty of
the Chief Municipal Physician or any
other Municipal Physician designated by
him to sign the death certificate provided
further, however in the event that the
said Chief or other Municipal Physician
be unable to certify the death to be from
natural causes or apparent violent causes,
then the coroner shall proceed to hold
an inquest. When a dead body is trans
ported from outside the Municipality of
St. CroiX into the same for burial, the
transit or removal permit issued in ac-
cordance with the law and health regu-
lations OF the place where the death oc-
cured, shall be accepted by the local
registrar in lieu of Gle local permit. In
such case the local registrar shall note
upon the face Of the burial permit that
the body was shipped in for interment
and shall also note thereon the actual
place of death.
Sec. 5. In so far as compatible with
the proviSi MS of this Ordinance the GER
%tiicata of death shall at least contain the
items of standard form approved by the
United States Bureau of Census. The
personal and statistical particulars shall
be authenticated by the signature of the
informant who may be any person ac-
Quainted with the facts.
The medical certificate shall be made
and signed by the legally qualified physi-
clan, if any, last in recent attendance
upon the deceased. The cause of death
shall be 50 stated as to show the course
or disease or sequence of causes result
ing in the death so far as it is possible to
obtain the same and if such information
cannot be obtained by proper and dill
gent search, the word natural" shall
be entered; if such statement is in truth
a fact, but in the event, the physician
cannot state the cause even to be natu-
raj, Their the matter shall be referred to the
coroner, whose dutyi it shall be to hold an
inquest. All statements as to cause or
sequence of causes of death or both may
be submitted by the registrar to the Chief
Municipal Physician for veriication and
in case of non-veriication by the said
Municipal Physician. the matter shall be
referred to the coroner for such action
, 1919-07-23

as he may deem necessary, before &
burial or removal permit is issued.
Sec. 6. That the Chief Municipal Ply
stefan may perform or cause to be per-
formed a ~postmortem examination in
any case where the cause of death can
not be otherwise determined, or lin cases
where there are reasons to believe that
death may have been due to a disease
the knowledge of which gained by such
pOstmortem examination would be of i'm
portance in guarding the health of the
community: Provided, that no such
postmortem examination shall be per-
formed without first obtaining the con-
sent for same to be reformed from the
personal representative of the deceased;
unless there be reasonable grounds to
believe that such deceased died as a re-
suit of an illegal act or from a quaran-
Unable disease, in which case the coroner
may give necessary consent.
Sec. z. The local registrar or his de-
putty, shall obtain the personal and sta
tlstical particulars from the person best
qualified to supply them, over the sigma
tare7aade address ofvthe informant. He
shah then see hasfheN1nassary medir
cal certificate of the cause of death is
properly accomplished, and that the
other particulars necessary to complete
the record are entered. He shall then
cause the undertaken or person acting as
such, to endorse upon the record, or over
his signature and address, the date and
place of removal, or burial. He shall
then issue to the undertaken, or person
acting as such the permit for burial,
removal, or other disposition of the body.
The undertaken or person acting as such
shall deliver the burial permit to the
person in charge Of the place Of burial,
before interring or otherwise disposing
Of the body; or shall attach the removal
permit to the box containing the body,
when shipped by any common carrier;
said permit shall accompany the body
to its destination. where, if within the
municipality, it shall be delivered to the
person IN charge of the place of burial.
Sec. g.. That If the intermentor other
disposition of the body is to be- made
within the municipality, the wording of
the burial or removal permit may be
limited to a st tement by the registrar
and over. his signature; that a satisfac-
tory certificate Of death having been
filed by him, as required by ordinance,
permission is granted to inter, remove,
or. dispose otherwise Of the body. stating
The name, age, sex, cause Of death and
other necessary details upon the form
prescribed by the Registrar.
Sec 8. 'aat - herson in charge &C
, 1919-07-23

Do VI 6TUGCC6O w Ut0 OJtOICtLtL
Council for st. CroiG IN Session as
sem5Jed::
Sec. [. There shall be appointed by
the Governor a Registrar of Vital Sta
tisrics for The Municipality Of ST. GroIx.
Sec. g.. The Registrar shall have
charge Of the registration Of all births
and deaths in the Municipality of st.
Croix and shall prepare or cause to be
prepared, printed, and supplied the neces-
sary methods, books, forms and ~instruc-
tons for obtaining accurately recording
and preserving of the records by him
required 10 be obtained, recorded and
preserved, and he shall supply the depu-
ty registrars, health officers, ministers,
physici MS, midWives, undertakers and
other persons who may be charged with
any duty by this ordinance, with the
proper books, forms and instructions Tor
them to execute their duty.
Sec. 3. The Governor is hereby au-
thorized to designate and define local
registration districts; to appoint local re-
gistrars or designate public officials to
act as local registrars as may be neces-
sary or desirable and similarly to appoint
or designate deputy local registrars.
Sec. 4. No interment OF the dead body
OF any human being, or disposition there
of by ~entombment, cremation. transport
tation or anv other manner or form of
disposition shall be made without a per-
nit from the local or deputy local regis
trar Of the local registration district
where said person died, nor otherwise
than in accordance with the terms OF the
issued until a certificate of death has
been filled out and signed by the physi-
clan last in attendance upon the deccasei
Evening journal., 1919-08-21
An Internal Treatment
For Piles (HemOrrhOids)
Gives absolute relief from ell pain and
suffering. Has never failed,
Guaranteed.

Many people havo become despondent
because they have been led TO believe that
their ease was hopeless and that there was
no remedy for their case
Go 90 your druggist and get an original
bottle Of Miro Pile Remedy. the dlscov-
cry of clever Ohio chemist. that taken
internally passes unchanged. through the
stomach and intestines. and thus reaches
the source Of the trouble. where, 10y its
soothing, healing antiseptic action. Il first
allays and then by direct contact with the
ulcers and piles causes them to heal and
disappear forever.
It's positively marvellous how speedily
Il acts. Blessed relief often comes in two
or three days; even In cases that have re-
sisted all previously known treatments.
really wonderful results have been accom-
plished. 10 is one Of the wonderful dis
coveries Of recent years and anyone who
Is disappointed with its use can have their
money refunded.
y. b. Danforth dispenses Miro or can get
a. for you on short notice. Surely 1t Is
worth the little trouble TO obtain to be rid
Of piles forever
IMPORTANT--Wha Is known as Itch
ing piles are not piles in the true sense OF
the word. although this condition may
,ccompnnv a trle case of piles For this
condition Miro Pile Ointment has beer
urepared as in such eases IL is not neces
sary 20 take the internal prescription.
Evening journal., 1919-08-21
SUSPICIOUS wARRaNTEp.

NT EITHER President Wilson any of his friends can
IN take oncnse n members OF The United States Senate
look with suspicion upon the peace treaty ana e League
Of Nations covenant In particular
The Senators VIII do well TO look for hidden "jokers"
The President has justified such course
In his speech at Indianapolis January 2, 1915 speaking
Of tho subject Of tariff commission Mr. Wilson said
that provision had been inserted IN the Trade Commls
sion bill providing for report upon foreign trade oond-
tlons On this subject he said Of the Republicans
"But n by scientific treatment OF the tariff they mean
adjustment to tho actual trade conditions OF America and
OF the world then I am with them, and want TO call
their attenlon-for though they voted for ~ they ap
parently have not noticed Ito tho fact that Tho bill
which creates the Trade Commission does that very
thing We were at pains TO that It was put In there
II would be a great misfortune II the Senate should
hastily rafy the treaty and few months later have the
President facollousy call attention TO provision
with the remark FOR though they voted for II they ap-
parently have not noticed tive were at pains TO see
that It put in there
The Senators do well to be on their guard
Evening journal., 1919-08-21
po.ns AND PROSPERITY.

~ GOD roads agitation is old not only IN Delaware
kJ but also in the world at large Julius Caesar was
good roads fanatic and some Of his highways are sun
IN use in England and France.
Today there isn't more vital subject than tnat OF
transportation and the great bulk Of food products ana
.ayy materials Of industry at some stage oil he as
.ributon process. hauled over country roads.
Now that the truck is being utilized to speed up
distribution: TO link producer and consumer wherever
possible-good roads Of paramount Importance.
In older countries than ours all roads are good roaus.
They have to be- 70 feed the population from crowded
acres.
Bad roads have been accepted as a matter OF course
in unsettled communities and good roads have been lux
ires
But the best possible highways sernly neces-
sary every part Of the United states and in every part
Of Delaware.
The Federal government the state, the county, the
township and everyone who eats food and clothes
are vitally concerned in good roads.
The question is not Can afford to build good
roads7"
It is Can afford to support bad roads?"
Evening journal., 1919-08-21
ho.r, her tactlcs or her objective"

heart. her tactics or her objective
nenarlipg altogether from his orig
lnat idea of a League with teeth 10
compel the obedience of its members
and likewise from his later plea Ior
the breakable heart of Europe, Mr. VIII
son Yesterday denoted mild surprise on
his part that Senators should be Will
inc to inquire too curiously or too long
inIo the details Of a project 50 perfectly
free from any of the objections which
have beeu expressed from the American
noint NJ view I'm the Senate and, else
where The individual interpretations
"a which no committed himself In re-
nIv 10 rather searching questions from
some of his Senatorial cOnferees were
astonishing IL we assume that he really
regards the League as anything more
than "an influential debating seciety,
10 use his own phrase.
To Mr.. Borah, for example, he con-
fsssed that his Interpretation" OF the
very specific clause I'm Article |, re-
aulrine that before release from the
entanglement there shall have been a
determination that the Withdrawing
member has fulfilled call its lnterna-
tional obligations and all its obligations
under this covenant was that it
'means no more than that we should
be the sole judge Of that complete full
nlment." "That is as | understand IT,,
said the President. "The only restrain
ing influence would be the public opin-
ion OF the world" Could the review
Of the matter Of fulllment Of internal
obIigations hskod tho Senator he re-
fcrrcd to the Council in any way. or
cauld the Council be called into sction2
mo" said the President.
Again. when asked by Mr.. Borah
whether there was any moral obliga-
tion-ont to speak Of legal obligation
on the part Of the United States 10 OBJ
serve any suggestion made by The
Council. the President answered, per-
haps, lifting his eyebrows a little, "Oh,
no."
As TO Article X, which he had just
described in his preliminary statement
as "the very backbone Of the whole
covenant" the Presidents 'interpreta-
ton" was decidedly mystifying, IN not
sophistical. He said in reply TO Sena-
tor Harding. who asked what Article
\. hvailed II there was nothing more
than a moral obligation implied in IL;
why. senator, IL is surprising
that that question should be asked.
II we undertake an obligation VIC
are bound in the most solemn way
10 carry il out.
''My understanding, when 7 speak
Of a legal obligation, is one that
Evening journal., 1919-08-21
With the Photographers

Starting 10 refresh memory by re-readng Presi-
dent Wilson's fourteen points, got as far as tne hst
clause Of the FIRST paragraph open covenants openly
arrived at" and had 10 quit for hysercal laughler-
saltwater (Oka.) Gazette.
Il is hard the public TO call mp picture OF war
disabled man without seeing empty sleeve or wooden
leg During the only per cent or ue dsabluues
were due TO limbs IN industry every year 2oUO
limbs are lost This six times the number Of anputa-
tions among American soldiers in the year or war
Vocational Summary.
The importance Of the eyesght test is understood in
a general way but few people realize the tax laid on
the eyesiglt OF engine driver during Ions run IL
takes years driver to learn thoroughly all the sig
nails complicated system, and he must be able to PICK
out his at a glance in the maze of great junction
the Northwestern Railway alone more than 1000 sig
nails are lit every night driver working from London
to Crewe and back is controlled by nearly GOO signals
! London Chronicle
Evening journal., 1919-08-21
RInCEr GOES Up.

ccoRD1NG 10 the latest issue Of the New York Times
n AnnalIs the index figure for the food cost Of living
In 1914 was ii6 while in August 1919 It was 3i3 an IN
crease OF i6 points ia per cent over the index figure
OF i9ii
In other words the average cost Of twenty-five staple
articles Of food Is ia per cent higher than In 1914
The index number does not show prices-t shows huo-
uations.
translated into dollars the figures mean that the
amount OF food that could have been bought for i6 IN
1915 would now cost S33, assuming that the purchases
covered the twenty-five articles selected as representing
the theoretical familys budget
The Annalsts computation does not cover other costs
Of living such as rent fuel clothing medical attention.
etc.
Evening journal., 1919-08-21
The Peace Conference df
the White House Yesterday
tFrom Ihd Nd W York SUM-

OF Europe disguised as a phllose-
pher, but In effect half green gro
Ger and half banker. Surely Uncle
Sam never before cut so wide a
swath'
This tells the story or the bargaining
for acqulescence in tho covenant We
can only regret that this fond admirer
and supporters OF The Presidents per
sOnaly conceived "ldoals' did not go n
little further and discuss tho moral
aspects Of the entirely personal use
which President wilson-not Uncle
Sam made Of property that was not
his own, and Of national prestige and
power that he had no authority from
his Government or people 10 employ as
trading stock, not IN tho national Inter
esls, but exclusively for his solf-de-
termined purposes.
All Of This bears directly upon the
significance of the new attitude as
sumed yesterday In the presence OF The
Senators. Mr.. M0Ise. writing In the
National Review for August, tells the
exact truth about British Indifference
to President Wilson's covenant, except
az 1t could be used 10 secure definite
and material advantage for that nation
"The League Of Nations would
never have been heard OF on this
side or the Atlantic but for the
American Presidents advocacy of
It. II would not have been dis
cussed In Paris but for his insist
cnce."
Insistence backed by the exhibition
Of The contents Of the portfolio 10
which Mr.. White has so fcellngly ol-
ludod; property not the Presidents
own, but belonging 10 Tho American
Government and the people who. as Mr..
Maxse notes elsewhere, had only few
months before rcpudlated his policies
after direct application from him for
a test vote. Further, from the same
British observer:
"The covenant. whether wise or
foolish. IS Of Transatlantic origin
and inspiration. II has never
aroused any enthusiasm In Europe,
except among the enemy and the
friends OF the enemy, who hail II
as providing machinery 20 enable
Germany 10 re-enter the Comfy Of
Nations and wipe out an inconveni-
ent past without changing her
Evening journal., 1919-08-21
FEEDING THE PEOPLE AND SEEDING THEM.

ONE Of the prime factors in the high cost OF foodstuns
" is the cost Of producing food. And on the cost OF
food production in the United States there Is no accurate
information in the possession Of the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture Congress There always has been
more or less guessing at it, when we were fixing
wheat prices.
American farmers Ions have demanded governmental
statistics on food production costs insisting that until
such costs were there could be fair price fixing
and that until The OF food producing is known there
is no way In which the consumer may learn how much
more than the cost Of production he pays at the market
Congress was asked TO appropriate an adequate sum
for cost of production Investigations Congress handed
out S2373 not enough to ind out the cost of producing
canary feed
And in the breath approprales s3o89sO Tor free
seeds a cheap bait with which some congressman thlnk
they may add few votes to their election day COLLECTION
Evening journal., 1919-08-21

specifically binds you TO do par
ticular thing under certain sane
tions. That Is a legal obligation.
Now. a moral obligation is, OF
course. superior TO a legal obligs-
tion. and n may say so, has
greater binding force. only there
always remains In the moral obll-
cation the right TO exercise ones
Judgment rs 10 whether n is indeed
Incumbent upon one in those cir
cumsiances to do that thing. In
every moral obligation there IS an
element Of judgment; in a legal
obligation there is no element OF
Judgment"
AS 10 the false and fraudulent de-
scription of the Monroe Doctrine as a
"regionai understanding the President
explained. in what VIC must regard as
very unsatisfactory fashion, That The
phrase was inserted in the covenant
'because II was thought best TO avoid
the appearance Of dealing in such a
document with the policy OF a single
natien."
The entire colloquy leaves the some
what unpleasant impression of an
eleventh hour willingness on the part
Of the protector Of this ambitious
scheme OF world control 10 furnish
personal interpretations Of any sort
which will save the face and the name
Of the League. To this extent Of re-
cessien the President went yesterday.
n his personal interpretations are ar
cepted by the Senate he is now willing
mat those Interpretations shall be
made but not in any case in the regu-
lar form Of amendments or rGservations
attached 10 the treaty itself.
It is the view Of The Sun, and we
believe II will be the view OF the Amer
leans in the senate. that This nebulous
sort Of interpretation supplied by a
highly interested Interpreter, in a crisis
OF his enterprise, will not afford suf-
flcient guarantees. Diplomacy is moi
conducted that way. International COM
pscts Of far reaching importance are
not thus completed. The voices IN
The air may become silent, The visions
Of the horizon may melt into gray
vapOr. the Presidential Interpretation
may pass into private life and thus be
relieved Of further responsibility fO'
his Interpretations" but the written
letter will remain.
Evening journal., 1919-08-21
rUTuRE or THE INTERURBAN.

~ ROBABLY next 10 rural free delivery the inerurban
electric systems have done than anything else
to modernlze American farm life
Within less than decades, nifty mile trip to town
has been made easier than nye-mile jog behind old
Dobbin used 10 be
And now fasighted capitalists fear that the inter
urban eventually will be cassed with the stage-coach'
First IL was the nyyer; tho motor truck and all
kinds of automobiles threading the highways so that
farm and city are knitted and closely together
Passenger traffic on electric lines has fallen off radically
within nve years
II may be that the interurban's future lies In freight
carrying The SHIFT from passenger service to heavy duy
in tho tremendous task Of Transporting neces't'7 may
give the interrban a new lease Of life.