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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
A Bond Issue for Sewers.

Both storm drains, for which $4,000 bond
issue will be asked at a special election Aug
10, are much needed. One is to take care of
surface water which runs of the hills in the
east end of the city and spreads over the pave
ment on the streets near the Moline boundary.
This is joint undertaking of the two cities
The other drain, on Sixteenth avenue is de-
signed to dispose of surface water from the
bluffs which now causes damage and incOn-
venience in case Of heavy rains, in the central
and western part Of the city. Paving of diff
ferent streets leading from the hill, and espe-
cial1y the improvement of Twelfth, tend to
divert the storm water and bring it northward
into the more thickly settled parts of the city
where it frequently works havoc.
There never has been but one sewer to take
care Of this water and that on Fifth avenue has
all it can carry from the central part of the
city and is totally inadequate to meet present
needs. The Sixteenth avenue sewer is ALSO
lutely necessary to the proper development of
the southwestern part of the city and until ie
is built efforts to improve sanitation in the low
lying district in the west end will be useless
Both sewers have been started and the peo-
pie should see that funds are supplied to COM
pIete them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
Influences for a Sane Fourth.

Not much has been said this year about al
sane Fourth" but influences have been at
work, just the same, to make it more than
usually harmless. Explosives are high in price
and not very abundant in quantity, while there
has been a general disposition locally to OBJ
serve the law limiting the size and deadliness
of noise-making devices.
Liquid disturbance, which has been respon-
sibIe for good deal of the danger in the use
of fireworks and in other forms of giving vent
to the spirit of patriotism. will be harder to
get than ever before and everything will tend
to restrict the use of such supplies as may be
available. Love of country and genuine de-
sire to do it honor will be the only kind Of in
spiration recognized by law and the only one
as well that will not involve extravagant
financial outlay, ON top of the danger of
collision with the officers of the state.
1t is true we still have gasoline and more
of it is being burned than ever but the state
of the highways in this part of the common
wealth does not encourage speeding and there
is not much left to speed after anyway. The
rivers are still here, people will go bathing and
some of them will take risks, but more boys
and girls know how to swim than ever before
and there should be fewer fatalities. Fire
works at night will be handled by paid ex-
perts, instead of by amateurs, and in case of
accidents the puDnc never UNDERSTOOD SO WeII
rs it does now what to do to minimize the
consequences.
Finally, much as it is to be regretted, the
doings at Toledo are rather apt to overshadow
the significance of Independence day and to so
occupy the public mind that some hundreds
of thousands who might otherwise be burning
powder and gasoline and exposing themselves
to other dangers will be found standing in
front of newspaper bulletin boards-an occu-
patton which is not especially hazardous, even
on the Fourth of July.
So on the whole, though the subject has not
been agitated, tomorrow's celebration ought to
be unusually sane and safe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03

Won Hindenburg. once the idol of the Ger
man people says: If our foes want to stand
an old man like me, who has but done his
duty against the wall. they may have me. They
would only load another disgrace upon them
selves"
The man who stood for all the atrocities Of
the German system of war making, the execu-
ton of Edith CavelI the Remembering of Bel
gian children and the other unspeakable acts
committed to impress the world and cow it be-
fore the German might, whines now and cites
his helplessness to avert a fate that those who
did his bidding so often visited upon others
Thank heaven the victims of German militar-
ism accepted their doom with greater fortitude
than it's leaders are now doing-Otherwise the
war might have had a different ending.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
BLEEDERS.

Certain males inherit from their
mothers a condition called hemo-
philia in which there is a tendency
to excessive or prolonged bleeding
from thrilling injuries.
Although the condition is rarely
evident in the female offspring of a
bleeder, nevertheless it can be in
i,herited only from the female, not
from the male side. Grandidier
obtained records of SO families of
bleeders in Germany; 25S members
were bleeders, and of the 25S only
22 were females.
The original cause of hemophilia
is unknown But once started in a
family, part of the males will be
bleeders, though their children are
not bleeders. The females will
probably not be bleeders, but their
male children are likely to be
bleeders. The females are there
fore Conductors" of hemophilia.
Not every female member of the
family will be a conductor" how
ever. And not every male child of
Conductor" inherits hemophilia
A male member of a hemophiliac
family who is not himself a bleeder
may safely marry into a non-hemo-
phiIiac family without any fear of
transmitting the condition to chill
Idren.
The sisters Of a bIeeder may not
marry without a practical certainty
of transmitting the condition to
children.
Hemophilia sometimes becomes
evident N the uncomfortable bleed
ing from the navel of the newborn
child.
In other instances it appears first
when the teeth are cut or when cir
cumcision is performed or when
the ears are punctured for earrings
or when a tooth is extracted. In
occasional instances knowledge
that an individual is a bleeder is
obtained only after some operation
has been performed and it i5 found
difficult or even impossible to stop
oozing from the wound.
Many bleeders attain a ripe old
age, and the tendency to excessive
hemorrhage seems to diminish with
age.
Members of hemophiliac families
are generally weak in physical de-
velopment, thin, pile, with a deli
cate white skin. The bleeding
sometimes occurs spontaneously,
without any injury to cause it, such
as bleeding from the mouth, from
the stomach or from the bowl.
Bleeding into the cavity of the
knee Joint is rather common, and
X-ray specialists have diagnosed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
Today's Anniversaries

1737-John Singleton Copley, one
of the greatest portrait paint
ers of his time, born in Bos-
ton. Died in London, Sept, g.
1915.
1S52-A branch of the United
States mint was established
in San Francisco.
1S63-Great destruction Of life and
property by an earthquake in
the Philippines.
1569-An Arctic exploring party
under the leadership of DIR.
I. I. Hayes sailed from st.
Johns, Newfoundland.
Cleveland ordered
federal troops to Chicago on
account Of the great railroad
strike.
1898-Admiral Cervera's Spanish
feet, attempting to escape
from Santiago, was destroy
ed by the American squad
ron.
915-General Gouraud, command
ing the French forces at the
Dardanelles, reported wound
ed.
1916-Germans failed in attack on
Thiaumont, near Verdun.
of American troops
enthusiastically welcomed in
Paris.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I met a
soldier in another town one night
| in 1917. I went with him steady
for a week. Then l had to come
| back to my home. He wrote me
just twice. He knew I thought a
! lot of him and | think he did of me,
because he gave me ring Of his
own and told me to keep it until
| he came to see me. In his last let
ter he sent me silk handkerchief
and said: always keep this to re-
member me by" That was the last
l ever heard from him.
His friend who was with him
when I met him at the church
found that he was not writing to
me and began to write. This sec
ond young man went to France and
while he was there wrote me three
or four letters a week. He is for
ever telling me how much he loves
me. l did not go with him, but
when the first young man called on
me while l was away visiting he
came with him each time to call
on my girl chum who was with me.
MY second friend came home
from rance June anu went E4B NJ
home out west. He promised to
call on me as soon as he reached
the states, but didn't. I received 4
letter from him since he got back
and he said he expected to make
me a call soon. Do you think if he
cared for me as much as he says
he does he would go way out west
without seeing me first?
Do you think that l will ever be
able to get back the first young
man? If can find him should
return his ring without his asking
for it?
There are many more things I
would like TO ask. but / am afraid
you wouldn't bother with a longer
letter. WAITING.
Your soldier friend might have
had a very good reason for return
ing home before seeing you. Do
not Judge his love for you by that.
Since he expects 10 visit you soon
he probably cares for you.
You and the first young man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
TRC and MarTiarp.

Is it safe for a woman to marry
at the age of q who has had tuber-
culosis but has taken the cure at
a tuberculosis sanitorium and has
gained her strength all back? "a.
F. KD
ANSWER-Not unless her ply
sician sanctions the step. If the
tuberculosis is arrested marriage
would be safe.
Continual COMPOUNDED Cold.
Will you please tell me what is
the cause of a continual cold? Last
fall l had tonsils and adenoids re-
moved. Later | took the whooping-
cough and have had a cold ever
since. l thought it would go. away
this spring, but it did not. q. d.
ANSWER-You neglect to ex-
plain just what you mean by cold.
1 do not know whether you mean
that you still cough or that you
have some nasal trouble. In either
case, you should have a careful ex-
animation of the chest and of the
nose and throat. "A cold" is a
pretty inclusive title.
Bags Where HOllOws Oughter Be.
What is the cause of puffs under
the eyes? What is meant by>"in-
ternal arrangements" causing
them? VIII catarrh cause them?
Il. d.
ANSWER-Too late to bed and
too late to rise in the morning,
hypothyroidism or myXedema (if
you know what l mean, sometimes
erythema (skin rash resembling
hivesl or similar disturbance
caused by a particular article of
diet, the use of arsenic in some
alleged blood purifier or complex
ion dope. Bright's disease, infest-
alton with trichina parasites from
pork. internal arrangements"
would cover all the foregoing
causes. "Catarrh" never causes
anything except extravaganza.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
Brad'sBit O. Verse
Coming Back.

JOINING baCks
So Diaz. and Villa and old Much
akiIla are back on the rampage
fand at it again. l thought they'd
been throttled and branded and
hobbled and locked in the pen.
They'd been so long quiet from
racket and riot, l hoped they'd been
lost in the sand and sage. But
here they come scrapping and
yawping and yapping and making
bid for the top of the page. When
war and commotion across the big
ocean had turned of the limelight
from Villa and band, 1 thought
they'd stopped raving and gone to
behaving and tending their crops
down in Mexico land. But here
they come hooting and yelling and
shooting and soaring the natives
and ripping and footing and zip
ping and getting their names in
the news of the day. The World
war was torried. But while it
seemed horrid, it gave US a rest
from those Mexican gents.
thought in my error that they and
their terror were lost in the shades
of oblivion dense. 1 hoped they
had vanished; that they had been
banished and fined twenty cents
and the cost in the case. But here
they come staring and gloating and
glazing to claim on the page their
familiar old place.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03

DR.. Anna Howard Shaw was an ornament
TO the cause of woman suffrage and did more
to give the ballot to the weaker sex than all
the militant sensationalists in the country.
Identified for many years with the cause she
ezerted a steady influence for voting equality
of the sexes which slowly but surely nodded
public opinion. II there had been more of Dr.
Shaw type of suffragists and fewer of the Pank-
hurst sort the fight probably would have been
won long ago
DR.. Shaw was a firm believer in and an
ardent supporter OF the plan for a uniorr of ma
tons to discourage war and it was her zeal
in this cause which brought On the fatal ILL
ness. She was only woman and the tax upon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
Today's Events

The annual meeting of the De-
scendants of the Signers Of the
Declaration of Independence opens
today in Philadelphia.
Union fishermen of the North
Atlantic seaboerd, most of them
"out of Boston and Gloucester"
voted to go on strike.
The Contribution of Teachers
to the Development OF Democ-
racy" is the general theme at to-
days sessions of the National Ed
ucation association in Milwaukee.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels is
scheduled as the principal speaker
at the annual midsummer meeting
of the Indiana Democratic Editor
ial association, opening today at
Fort Wayne.
Five thousand delegates were
expected in st. Louis today when
the Baptist Young Peoples Union
OF America begins the sessions of
its 2Sth international convention
National Chairman Homer S.
Cummings confers with the Demo-
cratic leaders of the state of Wash
ington in Tacoma today on changes
resulting from the death of Cover
nor Lister and the political situa-
ton in General
The national league for the de-
Tense of political prisoners invited
labor unions throughout the United
States to join in a three-day con-
ference to open IN Chicago today
to demand the release of political
prisoners and the suspension of
wartime legislation infringing
upon free speech.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
TlHHE DAILY SHORT STORY

homes for you. and your cares will
be heavy" Marsh told her frank
ly.
81 have had neither home nor
friends for i've years." answered
Blanche Tyson smiIe1essly. 81 will
do my duty"
She kept her word. During two
months her efforts to please and
add to the comfort of the invalid
were incessant. She lifted many
burden from the oppressed shout
ders of her employer. and her
presence in the house Gained and
encouraged him the few brief days
of the week he remained at home
Adela Marsh sank rapidly. The
doctor had told Miss Tyson that
the end might come at any time.
II was dawning when terrible news
came TO the cheePiess home, The
river steamer had coiIided with
another craft one dark night, the
lives or 80 persons were sacrificed
and listed among the dead and
missing was Wfifred Marsh,
Blanche did not tell Adeia of
her widowhood, under instruction
from the attendant physician,
The end came within the same
week. Blanche saw to ali funeral
and other arrangements. The sale
of the furniture In tho house bare
~ covered expenses. Alona In tbs
stricken hora, gathering Mp it's
belongings for Eaie, blanche cams
ACROSS some IsfteFs, One sha read
to learn Of the past OF Wilfred
Marsh, 1t was from his mother,
beseeehing him TO return hons,
Even II he had marTted, &as i'm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03

ooh, fatherl call Adela, quick !
quick!" cried his mother. I'VE gave
you up as dead. and oh. wflfred
the angel who came to bring ten
ter love into our lives, your
wife"
MY wife." repeated wf1fred.
Eyes. She came TO us directly
after it was supposed you had per-
ished in the river accident. She
has been our soIace-our comfort.
Adela-"
Blanche Tyson, not knowing why
she had been summoned; entered
the room. stared bewilderingly at
Wflfred, and fell to a chair in a
swoon. Father and mother rushed
for restoratives. Blanche opened
her eyes.
"Rorg1vel" she whispered bro
keniy. II was hungry and thirst
ing for love. and they have given
me their hearts store. Oh! must
| go back TO the drear, chill old
life!'
You brave woman!" he whis-
pered, true as steel 10 my dead
wife, an angel to the household
here. II am worthy your love,
give IT also to me, Hush! they are
coming"
Wiifred Marsh made an excuse
to meet a friend and Blanche went
with him. Two hours and a dis
Greet clergyman sufaced to cement
the marriage tie, and the fond
mother and father, calling Blanche
"Adela" to the end, never knew
tho secret OF her imposture which
had brought lasting happiness to
all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03

plored him to bring his wife with
him-loving. forgiving hearts were
ready to welcome both. The next
day she came across the marriage
certificate of Marsh and Adela
BorteIl. She passed a troubled
night. Wealth - home mother -
these seemed to cry out to her to
seek repayment for the long, lone
ly years Of the past. Who would
ever know?
Six months to a day after the
departure OF blanche the man the
world had supposed to be dead APP
peared at the dismantied home.
Wilfred Marsh had escaped from
the river disaster by being picked
up on piece of wreckags, badly
injured and fnsensibIe. He had
not been recognized and had lain
in q hospital, practically devoid OF
memory and reason. Pale, attend
ated, he had come back to his for
mer home to find It tanantless, It
would take many further months
to recuperate. His soul ionged for
home and his own people. He had
barely enough 10 pay his fare back
to his native town. 1t was just at
dusk that he stood at the thFesh-
old OF the homa Of his happy child
hood. He duivered with fear as he
reflected that his father or mother,
or both, might have died during
his absence,
But, mol With joyous cry his
aged mother foided him in her
eagsF arms. welcoming him as one
restored from the grave, willis his
father embraced him, weeping with
.ocmpRgsina and delight,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
PERFUME JAGS IN
SOCIETY POPULAR

Society women have been going
the men one better, F. 7. Stone oil
Washington, chairman of the legls-
lative committee of the Retail
Druggists association. told the SEN
ate judiciary committee recently
and are stocked up on bay rum
cologne and other toilet water ne
fore the fatal July /. 1t leaked out
at the hearings on the prohibition
enforcement legislation that $50
ciety jags" are a common variety
among the users of cologne waters.
"If congress authorizes thai
labels showing the amount of al
cohoi be placed on bottles of bay
rum and toilet waters" said Mr..
Stone, more women and men than
ever will be rushing to stock UP
with them"
He urged an amendment reIiev-
ing druggists from placing such
labels on the bottles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
FROM THE DEAD.
BY Otf11ia Frances PfeIffer.

Copyright, 1919, by the West
ern Newspaper Union.)
He had made the mistake OF his
life, but was facing It manfully.
tranged from his family, stub
RI pride held him in continued
alienation. Welded to a mere doll
az a womaa, who had become a
homeless invalid. Wilfred Marsh
closed every past chapter OF his
fife and devoted dresry hours TO
her care, and worked IflSse 8 slave
to provide her with iuxuriee<she
demanded as wftiessly as though
he had a royal fortune.
Ha had married under an im-
r,,Iaa urred on by loneliness and
rad aecspted q position on q river
sfesraer as clerk, because nothing
hoefer had come along. He was
gone four days O week on his
trips, tho other three he was at
her side minastsr1ng to her illness
and her whIrns, He tried TO hide
from himself that he had ceased to
love her, batatha conviction caused
him 70 make ava1 greater gacri-
Eaces to eHzphHBfzs HIS loyalty,
Finally Adeia became 30 hope
less an invalid that it was n0ees-
tsary to provide her with = nurse.
There came an answer to IA ad-
vertisement a young woman, whose
very loneliness was RceentuaEed.
by eyes that told OF sadness and
firmly compressed lips that fndI-
Gated her path In life had not been
fowery one.
1t will not be tie risssantsgtef
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
Household Hints

salt aud pepper, four cups milk.
one teaspoon butter, three crack
ers broken fine.
Cut the pork in small pieces, put
; in a kettle and cook steady until
crisp. Do not burn. But the pQE
tRtoe and onion in small pieGA
Add to the fat, cover with water
and cook until tender. Add corn
and milk and heat to boiling point
Season with salt and pepper. Add
crackers and serve hot
Broiled Bass-HaVe the Ash deal
er split the bass for broilinE, then
wash and pat dry with a paper nap
kin and cover the cut surface Of
the fish with salad oil. Place on
baking sheet and brou in the broil-
er on the gas range until nicely
Drowned, then set in the oven for
FIVE minutes to finish cooking.
Water Glass Method-Select a
tive-gallon crock and clean Il thor
oughly, after which it should be
scalded and allowed TO dry.
Heat a quantity of water to the
boiling point and allow It to cool,
W AEh AObl AAAkdNAA y NuL HAAAN
quarts of water, place il in the
crock, and add one quart of sodium
silioate, stirring the mixture thor
oughly. This will be sufficient TO
preserve Is dozen eggs, and will
serve as a guide for the quantity
needed to preserve larger numbers
of eggs.
The eggs should be placed In the
solution. II sufficient eggs are rot
obtainable when the solution { "a
first made, more eggs may be -
ed from timo TO time Be vr-y-
careful to allow at least two inch %
of the solution to cover the eggs ~
all times.
Place the crock containing tF7
preserved eggs in a cool, dry 1ls.
we'll covered to prevent evaps
ton. Waxed paper covering t.a
top OF the crock and tied arounl II
will answer this purpose.
In the United Kingdom there h-a
said to be a million and a half
spinste-a with no hope OF marriage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
EIEsAGTN TAH XS
BY WILLIAM .e!, 4 BRADY RAD nD.

cases OF hemophilia for the first
time form the peculiar appearance
of the X-ray picture of the joint.
No abnormality has been found
in examinations of the blood OF
bleeders. As a rule a bleeder re-
generates blood lost by hemorrhage
more rapidly than an ordinary in
diyiduaI does.
One of the most valuable rem
edies for the obstinate oozing or
Ehemorrhage from a trif1ing cause
in bleedef is TRANSMISSION of blood
from a healthy, unrelated donor.
Or if fresh blood is not available,
pure animal blood serum may be
injected, even diphtheria antitoxin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03
REGIMES Tor a Day.

RECIPES LOT bays
Meat Loaf - One pound ground
beef small piece suiet, stale bread,
three eggs. salt and pepper, small
piece butter.
Take one pound of ground beet
with suet mixed through; salt and
pepper; add stale bread ground
fine; mix with one eg and small
piece of butter. Mold into loaf.
Make incision in top and place two
hard-boiled eggs in carefully,
lIneading together so as to cover
eggs. Place in rooster and bake
slowly for one hour. This roast
looks very pretty when carved
with slice of egg in center. Also
fine to carry for picnic lunch. Gar
nish with lettuce leaves, sliced Gu
cumbers or beets.
Strawberry ShortcalTe - One
quart berries, sugar, lard, -four.
baking powder, salt. Make rather
rich biscuit dough; roll out in thin
sheet: place in tin, butter same,
then place another cake on top and
bake 20 to 20 minutes. Wash. hull
and drain one quart OF strawber-
ries, place in dish with sugar to
taste. If berries are large cut them
In two. as crushing them spoils the
flavor and berries look much nicer
sliced on top. Serve with cream or
top milk.
Corn Chowder-One can corn,
Eve potatoes, two slices salt pork,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03

her physical resources involved in the cam
paign to INFORM the public regarding the cove
nant of the league Of nations was too heavy.
She died virtually martyr to the public SER
vice and at a time when the great work of
her life for the recognition of the rights OF
women seemed about to bear fruit throughout
the nation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03

Nobody with sense expected Germany to
sign the treaty because it liked it. But it re-
quires no great optimism to hope it may learn
to like it, especially with q other nations hold
ing firm and determined to stand for no more
toric occasion.