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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
DIR. w. 0. COFFEE
TREATS EYE. EAR, NOSE AND
THROAT DISEASES.
EXAMINATION FREE SATUR.
DAY, MONDAY AND TUES
nav

People afflicted with eye diseases. fail
ing sight. weak eyes, granulated lids, wild
hairs, Inflammation, ulcers sore eyes
scums or growths on the eyes, deafness
loss of hearing. headaches. ulcers OF the
ears catarrh of the nose head, throat and
system should consult DR.. W. o. Coffee
the Oculist and aurist, about his special
non-surglcal treatment for most of the
above diseases. He viii agree to straight
en- any case of cross-eyes. no matter if
they are born that way, without chloro-
form or ether He removes adenoids in a
ious hemorrhage. He says most cases of
diseased tonsils can be successfully treated
without removal. He says catarrh is a
constitutional condition and often causes
rheumatism. neuritis, stomach troubles
nerve troubles. and especially headaches
urges people who are growing deaf in one
ear or have head noises Just starting in
the other, to see him and try his treat
ment and see if it Will not help them
Many cases of deafness are quickly durable
He Is curing many very bad cases. Treats
throat. He will make an examination and
give you his opinion whether or not he
thinks his treatment will help you free
of charge. He has had SO years exper-
fence in this speciality. treating thousands
upon thousands of cases, using a special
treatment developed by himself This
makes 1t possible for him to succeed in
many cases where others of less expert
ence would fail. He treats about sixtv
patients day. He is absolutely reliable
He is in his Davenport Offices every Satur-
day, Monday and Tuesday from a. m. to
p m. and Saturday night from 7 to 3.
For further information telephone Daven-
port 1914. DR.. w o. Coffee, First Ma
tional Bank building. Second and Main
streets. Davenport Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
TODAY'S CALENDAR
OF SPORTS

Racing.
Spring meeting of Westchester
Racing association at Belmont
Park, N. Y.
Spring meeting of New Louisville
Jockey club at Louisville.
TrapshOOting.
Washington state trapshooting
tournament opens at Yakima.
Utah state transhooting tourna-
ment opens at Ogden.
Tennis.
Westchester county champion
ship tournament at Westchester, N.
Y.
Massachusetts state doubles
championship, at West Newton,
Mass.
Middle Atlantic championship
tournament. at Chevy Chase, Md.
Border state championship tourn-
ament at Douglas, Ariz.
Automobile.
Track races at Richmond, Va.
Bench Show.
Annual show of Louisville -Aire-
dale club at Louisville, Ky.
Track.
intercollegiate A. A. A. champ
ionships at Cambridge, Mass.
Southern A, A. u. championships
at New Orleans
Marathon race of Los Angeles
Athletic club, at Los Angeles,
Maryland state interschoiaSt4c
championships at Baltimore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

Sunbeam.
Ralph DePalma shared with the
late Harry Grant the honor of hav-
ing won two Vanderbilt cup races,
one in 1912 at Milwaukee, and the
other in 1914 at Santa Monica
Ralph also has a string of other
road races at his belt. notably the
last two contests at Elgin in 1915.
Ralph Milford won the 1911 Van
derbilt at Savannah, the same year
he finished second at Indianapolis.
Since then he has been somewhat
out of luck. but this year promises
t. stage a determined comeback.
With six such stars in competi-
ton, each a diamond of purest wa
ter, with long strings of victories
t. his credit, the chase for the $780,
coo prize on May 81 promises to be
the hardest fought in the history
Of the indianapolis tract, greatest
race course in the world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

Six drivers who have won nine
worlds championship road races in
Europe and America will face the
starter in the 500-mile Liberty
Sweepstakes at Indianapolis. May
31-Jules Bablot, Louis Wagner.
Eddie Pullen, Dario Resta, Ralph
milford and Ralph DePalma.
Bablot, in 1913, captured one of
the dual Grand Prix races run that
year. relinquishing the other only
to the late George Boillet, his
greatest rival. In the race in which
first honors were denied him he
finished second, being beaten only
by a hair.
Louis Wagner crossed the seas
in 1906 and took one of the early
Vanderbilt runs on Long Island.
Two years later he returned and
won the first American Grand Prize
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

race at Savannah. In 1914, just be-
fore the world war, he teamed with
the Mercedes aggregation in the
French Grand Prix, and drove his
car into second place, being bested
OILY by the celebrated Lauten-
schlager, his team captain.
Eddie Pullen is the only Ameri-
can ever to win the American
Grand Prize with an American car.
He accomplished this feat in 1914,
when he outdistanced the field in
Mercer. He will drive a Hudson
this year at Indianapolis.
Dario Resta is the only driver
ever to win both the Vanderbilt and
Grand Prize races the same year,
scoring two consecutive wins in
these contests during the San Fran
cisco worlds fair, in 1915. Dario
has been driving a Peugeot since
his arrival in this country. but this
year is back with his first love, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

Makes q Fortune.
In spite of the fact that Willard
even refused to box for Red Cross
charities he will draw down for SO
minutes work on July the sum
of 100000, guaranteed. That is
how the public is reimbursing him
for his efforts in making America
safe place to live
They are also billing Dempsey as
20 years of age when previous in
formation rated him at "a years.
That This is protection on anything
that might crop out" is certainty,
inasmuch as Dempsey was as much
Of a Stacker as Willard. Jack is
personally popular and a great ring
fighter-there is no doubt of that.
But whether or not these two &C
complishments overbalance the
course of action taken during the
war is another question.
Meanwhile both will make enough
off the coming fight to retire once
and for all. But neither Willard
ror Dempsey, in the eyes of any
of the boys who ever saw a battle
front are entitled to call themselves
champion"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
JACK DEMPSEY,
RING FITCH TER,
A MODEST CHAP
Word Picture Describes Tempera-
ment Of Challenger for
World Title.
rs BOY FULL OF %PEP"
Fond of Good Clothes and Good
Times in Large Cities-ChangeS
When Entering Ring.

Toledo, Ohio, May 3o.-It does
not require as many words to de-
scribe the temperament OF Jack
Dempsey as it does to draw a word
picture of Champion Jess Willard,
these big fellows who measure
their skill in battle at Bayview
park July 4. AS stated in writing
of Willard, this champion and chal-
lenger are as far different in men
tai makeup as daylight and dark
ness.
Watching Jack Dempsey in his
training camp quickly conVinces
one that he was born to be a
fighter. He says that he always
was a fighter and that statement is
easily believed. He'd rather fight
than do anything else. He wuoldn-t
care to be a lawyer or doctor,
and when we asked him If he'd like
to be a journalist, Jack replied:
''Yes, then 1 could pan some of
these fellows and I'd sure have a
lot of fun"
Big Boy Fun Of Pep.
Dempsey is a big kid. Twenty
years old and full of pep and ambi-
ton, he likes to play just as he
likes to fight. And don't forget
he likes to smile when not engaged
in serious business in the ring. The
only place that one finds him as
Stunning a serious attitude is when
he is fighting.
There is nothing about the chal-
1enger that indicates he likes a
quiet life Youth makes for a lively
environment and the big city looks
better to Jack than the more OBJ
scure country existence.
Fond of Good Clothes.
Dempsey thinks fighting.
breathes it. and sleeps over it
That is when there is something to
do in that line. Outside the ring
one would never suspect that he
was in the profession in which he
has won a chance at the title. a
natty dresser and polite taIker
with smile make him a fellow
with a profession hard to guess.
He also is modest. In that one re-
spect he and the champion meas
ure up. Both would rather talk of
something else than fighting.
Dempsey's home ties are unlike
those of the champion. He has no
children to draw him in that di-
rection His home ties are only
those of a son, for no boy was ever
more fond of mother than Jack.
That goes for the father and
brothers and sisters, too. Proba-
bly, the first thing he will do after
the affair of July is finished will
be to make a trip to Salt Lake
where the Dempsey family resides.
Vicious Fighter in Ring.
The effect of DempSey's tempera-
ment when he meets willard must
be figured out by others. Jack is
a wicked and vicious fighter. Any
one who ever saw him in action
will tell you that. Always speed
ing and swinging terrific punches.
Jack never gives an opponent
seconds rest. He punches with
knockout force with both hands
and continually keeps on the move
via a shift movement The qHes-
ton of gameness is easily an
swered. This is another respect
in which these fighters are on
par. Both can assimilate a hard
punch and both are game to the
inner lining.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
DRIVERS SET
FOR START OF
MOTOR DERBY

indianapolis, Ind. May 3d.
Thirty-three cars, the maximum
field permitted on the Indianap-
oils track, will face the starter in
the 500 mile Liberty sweepstakes
on Saturday.
With the completion of the elm
inatiOn trials today, 35 cars had
qualified at the required speed of
50 miles an hour or better. The
two slowest Of these, J. M. Rey-
nolds' Hudson and A. f. Cotey's
Ogren are out of luck. They Will
be barred automatically from start
ing unless other cars which haYe
qualified should drop out at tho
last moment. The remaining en-
tries of the original AZ have been
withdrawn for one reasOa e. al
other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
Willard q Stacker!

Whether or not any serious OPP
position to the Willard-Dempsey
match scheduled for July at To-
ledo, will materialize in time to
stop either of the principals from
collecting their fat wad of coin
for services rendered is doubtful
and it's almost a certainty that one
of the most conspicuous slackers
during the entire war will profit
directly from the public-mOre
handsomely than a returned soldier
ever dreamed of. That this situa-
ton is due more to the spineless
public than to Willard himself is
the statement of the spokesman for
the soldiers organization in the
east, which is bitterly opposed to
the fight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
BILLY ROCHE is
BACK FROM OVER
SEAS; REFEREED

New York, May 30.-Billy Roche,
famous referee, has returned from
overseas, where for more than six
months he served as a Knight Of
Columbus secretary.
Roche refereed many contests in
France and was a big figure in the
kings boxing tournament at Lon
don. For three months he refer
eed six nights each week at con
tests staged for the army OF occu-
patton in Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
FLYNN BROTHERS
DRAW IN FIGHTS

Muskegon, Mich, May 3O.-wal-
ter jacobson and Clint Flynn boxed
a 10-round draw, and Maurice
Flynn and Mickey Kirst also drew
in 10 rounds last night. Both
bout were full of action. The con-
tests, the first decided under the
Michigan boxing law, were to de-
cisiOns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Public notice is hereby given that
the local board of fire and police
commissioners will meet at the
commissioner room in the city
hall building Wednesday June a,
1919, at 1880 p N. for the purpose
of conducting examinations or ap-
plicants for positions in the fire and
police departments. Application
blanzszfor both branches of the
service may be secured atxthe Of
foe OF tho city clerk. All appIica-
lions must be properly filed out
and, sworn to- in order to receive
consideration.
LH.PENDER,
Dated kgz21. 1914 Chairman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
TABER HOLDS
BOOMERS so
MOLINE WINS
Home Team Stages an Eighth In.
ming Rally, But Fall Short
in Count.
ROCKFORD WINS FROM EyAS
Distillers Down Tots by Mixing
Hits With Errors of Latter
Team-TwO Games Today.

Bloomington, ILL.,, May 30
Bloomington could do nothing with
Taber until the eighth yesterday,
and the rally fell short, Moline
winning. 5 to 4. Ehresman was
hit hard in the opening inning and
was relieved by Zahnister. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
DUNDEE WILL
MEET LEONARD

Philadelphia, May 30.-Johnny
Dundee will have his third chance
at Benny Leonard's title when they
meet here June 16. Promoter Leon
Rains secured this pair in place OF
the Kilbane-Fox bout, which was
cancelled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

The freshmen team of st, JOS
eph's school registered a win over
the seniors, at Watch Tower park
yesterday morning, the count at
the end of the nine frames being
IL to Is, The game was featured
by hard hitting on both teams and
four home rams were registered. "A
Large STgT6 saw the=game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
DAUGHTER OF A
CHAMPION DIES
CALLS OFF BOUT

Cleveland, Ohio, May %0.-John-
ny Kilbane. featherweisht cham
pion, has called off all ring en-
gagements owing to the death os
his 6-year-old daughter here yes
terGay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
LEAGUE STANDINGS
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
New York, 5; Brooklyn. 2.
Cincinnati. 3; Pittsburgh, 1.
Boston. 4; Philadelphia, l.
No other games scheduled.
TOday's Games.
Chicago at st. Louis.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
Wrestling.

Joe Stecher VS.. Charles Cutler,
finish match, at Indianapolis.
Boxing.
Johnny Tillman VS.. Jock Ma
lone. 10 rounds, at Minneapolis
Marty Cross VS.. Walter Laurette,
10 rounds at Elmira, n. Y.
Jack Britton VS.. George A1gert,
IL rounds, at Lowell, Mass.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

Struck out-Sewell 5, Hill 3.
PeOria. q: Tots. ,.

Terre Haute. Ind, May 30.-Mix-
ing hits with the Browns errors,
Peoria had little trouble defeating
Terre Haute. to 2. Two hits and
three errors netted Peoria four
runs in the third. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
Three-Eye Leagus,

Yesterdays Results.
Moline, 5; Bloomington, 4.
Peoria, 2; TsrTe Haute, 2.
Rockford. I; Evansville, o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
Pretty Soft Tor less.

Jess must surely consider every
soldier more or less of a sucker
who can blame him? For almost
two years while the war was on,
Jess lived on the fat of the land
and showed his strain of sporting
blood by eating three square meals
per day, merely counting time I'M
til he would be able to garner a
few more sheckels and then pull
the retirement for fair. That he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
Boston, z; Philadelphia, 1.
New York, 3; Washington, 4.
No other games scheduled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

Two base hits-Wenz. koepping,
Rigsby, O'Connor. Thompson. Three
base hits-Dye, Lebeau, Koepping.
Stolen base - Lebeau Bases on
balls -Ehresman 1, Taber 4, Zah-
niser 8. Hits-Ehresman, 8 in l.
Struck out-Zahniser 4, Taber .,
Romine 2.
Rockford, 1; EVas, 0.
Evansville, Ind, May 30.-A pair
of infield outs back of two singles
in the fourth gave Rockford a 1 to
0 victory over Evansville. Hill had
a slight edge in a pitching wrestle
with Sewell. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
SportjUe]y Speaking
By SKINNER MACK.

had things doped out to perfection
every person acquainted with the
present situation must admit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

CNClSh baSeS - MdISIdll, nell
her, Strand. Struck out--Leyme
6, Cartwright 8. Bases on balls
Conkwright l.
The sun., 1919-04-26
our Hrst contest, the War Of American
Indepeudence.

our nrst contest, the War Of American
Independence.
The Great War for Civilization:
how will people take this title rs
an auguryi VIII the form Of civilian
ton created out Of the war be agree
able to them, or will they regard 1t
as a failure? The Bolshevist brand
Of civilization that Is slowly enlnrg-
Ing Its circumference Of power from
Petrograd is not the thing we thought
we went to war for. Nor Is the pollt-
ical and social unrest in Britain,
France, Italy and our own United
States Its reward. Possibly our al
lies suggested the title Us a stroke of
ironical humor aimed at the Admins
tratiOn's pretentlous attitude toward
the worlds affairs. And to give this
note characteristic European flavor
Of artistic wit our allies must have
proposed the Victory Medal ribbon rs
being Of the colors of n double rain
bow. They knew, better than we did,
what we were chasing. And so they
gave us two of them as, possibly. our
only permanent souvenir Of the Great
War for Civilization.
The sun., 1919-04-26
A Name for the War.

It Is one Of the phenomena Of the
present war that up to April IL it
never had an official or generally ac-
cepted name. 1t has been variously
styled By few writer's us the World
War and the Great War. One of our
military journals suggested that we
call II the European War, since this
was the first time United States
troops fought on that continent. There
wHs IN attempt made by our War Dc
partment to call II the War OF 1918,
but that feeble flight Of imagina ton
briefly fllckered and went out. Some
Of our army officers christened It, In a
spirit of professional dlstaste. the
War of the Existing Emergency"
owing to the prevalence of that phrnse
In orders, appointments, enlistment
papers. But now we learn. through
General MARcH's announcement OF
April IL concerning the new Victory
Medal to be lssuei by the United
States and the allied nations, thai
the WIZ at Inst has name. For the
reverse Of that medal is to bear the
title "The Great War for Civilization"
And the ribbon for the medal is to be
OF the colos Of rainbow, doubled,
with the red in the centre.
The Great War for Civilization :
somehow the phrase has an lnconse-
quentlal. Snug air. There is none Of
the sorority OF such names ne the
PpIoponneslan War and the Mithri-
datic War; none OF the romantic
beauty OF title like the Wars Of the
Roses nor such natural alliterati ton
as we find In the War Of the Spanish
Succession. In Its suggestion Of long
span of time our title Is Insignificant ms
compared to the Hundred Years War /;
nor do we ind a national association az
Ia evoked In a name such as the Span-
ish-American War. Only one war ha s
come down to us from the past with
the same adjective used In Its title as
In ours. that Is the Great Northern
War of the early eighteenth century.
For majestic effect the title of our la st
war is markedly inferior to that Of
The sun., 1919-04-26
A PUZZLED PASSENGER.
He Cannot Understand Second Ave.
nue. Elevated Customs.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--SI. At
the Forty-second street station of the
Second avenue elevated passengers from
Long Island City wishing to change to
or from an express are compelled to
dash downstairs and up again on the
other side. causing q violent crowding
OF the stairways This could be avoided
by having the express take passengers
from both platforms. II seems how
ever, that tho guards have explicit orders
to open the gates on one side only. Why
this should be so is beyond my compre-
hension.
Al Eighty-s!xth street and 14eth
street. however. the rule Is reversed and
passengers from expresses on the mid
die track are allowed to get on and on
from both sides of the train. II there,
why not at FNorty-second street and Sec
ond avenue. where saving Of time and
congestion for the public would result?
HENRY S. BLACK.
NEW YORK, April 25.
The sun., 1919-04-26
THE MAN IN AUTHORITY.
A Story OF Old Virginia Recalled BY
the Present Situation.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: AZ
an American woman who loves her
country above all thiI IS In the world
have wondered why at this critical
time one branch of our Governme t Is
being held UP. and We, TIE people, are
deprived OF any way OF expressing our
selves through the representatives We
elected.
More and more q story a member OF
my family relates occurs to my mind.
This gentleman, VEginian and
young man during the reconstruction
period after the civil war. was attend
Ing a dance at the Old Hygeia Hotel at
Old Point Comfort. Tom, dsrkey.
was leader of the orchestra that was
furnishing the music.
Tom was very resplendent in red
uniform with gold lace and cooked hit.
thoroughly alive to his own import. nee
and enjoying his new freedom. The
guests were in the midst Of delightful
waltz when suddenly Tom exclaimed.
stop that muslc!'
The music ceased. The young Vir-
gilman went over to him and said, TON.
what do you mean? Why did you stop
the music?'
Tom drew himself up IN the most
ha d said: Just to show my obthority.
Go on with that music"
I thank THE SUN for its true Ameri-
can SIN. NJ
New YORK, April rs.
The sun., 1919-04-26

1t Is only now when troop move
ments are no longer heavily yelled
that the greatness OF the feat OF trans
portauon Is clearly revealed. or the
2,54o516 soldiers sent overseas Gem
eral SHANKs announces that 62O.5s3
have been returned. OF which number
525.ss7 have had Hoboken as their port
OF debarkation. The magnitude of the
work can be appreci better when
It Is considered that n stan OF $3.50
officers and 1s.4i9 men is requii ed
to handle the business of the debarka-
tim port. The safe transportation OF
over half million men across 5000
miles of water under unfavorable con-
ditions In a period OF approximately
five months Is In itself a great, in fact,
an unparalleled. victory.
The sun., 1919-04-26
The So diey's Bond.

The SUN Is glad to print this letter
and to answer its authors question;
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE suN--sW!
Your editorial articles have finally
convinced me that the Victory bond
10 a good buy for tho workingman.
though a former experience has made
me a little leary Of Government
bonds.
while serving with the 106th In
fantry at Camp wadsworth ] RIB
scribed for q bond the Anal payment
for which was deducted from my
pay at Doullens. France. last July.
THE bond hasn't shown up yet
though have spent more than a
years Interest writing to different
Government bureaus in an endeavor
to locate 1t.
For some reason or other ut may
be Democratic lnefficiency> ! never
even received an answer 10 one Of
my letters.
Can you or any OF your readers
tell me the name and rank of the
officer or the title Of the particular
bureau that 10 supposed to have
charge OF the bonds taken by en-
listed men during the campaign for
the second loan7
III you can I'll try again, having
one more stamp to spare.
~. G. scRuLz.
"BRooKLyN. April IS"
Victory Loan notes are mighty
good buy for any and every man, and
Mr.. SCHULZ will make no mistake IL
he loads up with them to the full
est amount he can possibly swing.
The Government has never offered II
ba rgain like them before. and is not
likely to do 80 again.
As for Mr.. ScHULz's bond Of the
Second Liberty Loan, the Quarter
Office In the Army Building
In this city advises that he apply to
the Burenu Of War Risk Insurance,
ID. c., giving q complete
account of the transaction and asking
to have his letter referred to the bu-
reau or officer who has charge of SOL
diers' and snllOrs' bonds. II he does
this we think he will get satisfac-
tory response In due season.
II Mr.. SCHULZ does not hear from
the bureau or some one In authority
within re, sonuble time about his
bond We invite him to address THE
Sun again on the subject. and we
promise to see whit little open
and pi.iless publicity can
accomplish in the premises.
Meantime Mr.. SCHULZ should hurry
ur and buy as much Of the Victory
Loan ss he can, which we hope Is q
grent deal.