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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-25

ment testers and cement workers.
concrete inishers, cranesmen
dredge engineers clipper and by
drauIic) dredge runners, electric
clan, elginemen tnot licensed by
the steamboat inspection service)
firemen tmarine and stationary
handymen. janitors, linemen, lock
masters, Iockmen, oilers. powder
men, steersmen, shIpkeepers
strikers. switchmen, irackmen,
winchmen and similar positions.
Parties desiring and able to fill
any of the above positions are
hereby solicited to apply in time
for examination papers which are
to be filled out by them and re-
turned for filing not later than
June 10. 1t is urgently requested
that applications for the above po-
sitions be received.
For examination papers and in
formation apply to J. c. McE&
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-25
TO HOLD EXAMS
IN ROCK ISLAND
UNCONVENTIONAL Civil Service Test
VIII Be Held at POstOffice
on July /.

A non-educational civil service
examination will be held at the
United States engineer office July
/, for replenishing the lists of
registered positions" in conuec-
ton with the work of improving
the upper Mississippi river. its
tributaries and other localities.
These positions include inspect
ors. OverseeTs, foremen. masters,
mates, pilots, steam and gasoline
engineers (requiring liceuse), sur
veyors (transitmen. leveimen, re-
corders, rodmen, chairmen, etc. :,
all mechanical tradesr-en and
helpers, apprentices to mechanical
trades, brakemen. bridge tenders,
cable SpHcerS, car repalrerS, ce-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-25
ASK BUREAU TO
AID AERO WORK
Establishment of New Government
Department Being Urged by
POst0ffice officials.

Establishment of new govern
ment department for the develop
ment of aeronautics is being urged
by postoffice department officials as
a means of securing sorely needed
advancement in the extent Of the
airmail service. The scope of this
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-25

1t is believed by officials that the
founding of such a bureau would be
of the greatest assistance in the
advancement of commercial aero
nautics. which in this country, .
far behind European countries.
BY this rapid sys
BY this system rapid. successful
extension of the airmail service TO
all parts Of the country would be
practicable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-25
TAYLOR RIDGE

Frank Crompton Jr.. will have charge
of the Epworth league next Sunday even
inF. The topic for the evening win be
What We Owe and How to Pay II Stew
arushipi.
Rev. and Mrs. S J. S. Moore Of Ede
iugton called on Mrs. Charles Dunlap
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Miller were Roc,<
Island passengers Wednesday.
Private Clayton visited Sunday with
his sister, Mrs W. 8. McCulIoch He had
been with the expeCitIonary forces IN
France seven months and returned home
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Patterson spent from
Saturday until Monday at the home OF
George Herbert in Rock Island
All the News All the Time
r"bp ArpnS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-25
BEETS.

Garden beets may be grown in
any good soil, but thrive best on
rich. sandy loan. The seed can be
sown about the time the last frosts
are due. and the young beets Will be
ready for use in four to six weeks.
The seed should be sown in a drill
about eight or ten seed balls to the
foot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-25

Captain Gherardi Of the q. s.
navy was formerly naval attache at
the U. s. embassy in Berlin. This
work fitted him for his present as
signment He is now in the Ger
man capital for the U. s. peace
delegates to find out the temper of
the German people and observe the
extent to which militarism has been
destroyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-25

herne, secretary local board of
examiners, United States engineer
Office. postoftice building, Rock
Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-25

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The Argus.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-10
BIRMINGHAM WILL DO
 HONOR TO JAMES WATTS

BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 12 (by maiD Tribute to the genius of James Watt, "dean of British inven- tors," for his services in improving the modern steam engine, will be paid at Birmingham when, on Sep tember 16, 17 and IS, the centenary of his death will be commemOrated.
 A garden party at Heathfeld hall, Watts old home near Birmingham, and visits to several of the original engines built by Watt, which will be under steam for the first time in years, will be features of the cele- bration.
 An effort is being made to found at Birmingham an international per manent memorial to Watts achieve ments with the intention of making Birmingham to engineers of the world what Stratford-on-Avon is to lovers of Shakespeare and Mecca to the followers of Mahomet." Two Birmingham manufacturing firms have subscribed $5,O00 each to this permanent memorial fund.
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The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-10
MEXICAN JOAN OF ARC PLACED UNDER ARREST
 AS COMMON PLOTTER

JUAREZ, Mexico, Aug. 20 (by maiD -Senora Carmen Alanis, arrested in Chihuahua City with her husband and charged with having been implicated in the mutiny there, became famous here in the winter of 1912 when she galloped into the plaza one night after Orozco had abandoned the town, took possession of the military headquarters and reigned supreme until next day when she rode away to join her husband after several per sons had been shot and killed. She was known locally as the Mexican Joan of Arc"
 Details of the attempted coup de main by which Villa was to obtain control of the Chihuahua garrison and city, continue to be revealed. The plot as originally formed, was to have the federal artillery officers and enlisted men revolt, man the guns on Sierra Santa Rosa, Lombard the town and be joined by the infantry and cavalry included in the mutiny. All the plans had been carefully made for this to take place at dawn on August Z. IT !. !. '.t t~
 All the gates of the city were closed and a hunt was started through the city under pretense of looking for Villa spies. The leaders were soon arrested and many val uable papers captured. Additional arrests followed, all trains were can celed and the mails held up.
 The mutiny plot was said to have had notifications in the states of Goa huila, Tamaulipas, Neuvo Leon and Durango, as shown by the captured files of the conspirators. No other revolt plots were discovered in the garrisons of these states, it was an- nounced.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-10
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
CITATION

In the Probate Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Third Division, Valdez Precinct, at Valdez. In the matter of the estate of Robert D. Gray, deceased.
 The President of the United States, to L. T. Gray, and all other persons interested in the above-entitled estate, Greeting:
 Notice is hereby given that James Smith, eXecutOr of above estate, has filed a petition in the abOve-named court, alleging that said estate is in solvent, and asking for an order di- recting the sale of the property of the estate, and that a hearing will be given on said petition on the 22d day of October, 1919, by the Judge of the abOve-named court, at his office in Valdez, Alaska, at 10 o'clock of the forenoon of said day, and at said time and place all persons having Ob- jections to the granting of said peti- tion will appear and file their Objec- tiOns thereto.
 In Witness Whereof, l have hereuntO set my hand and official seal this 21st day of August, 1919.
 GEORGE J. LOVE,
 U. s. Commissioner and eX-
 offcio Probate Judge. First publication August 28, 1919. Last publication September IS, 1919
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-10
COUNTCzERNIN WAS PROPHET
 WITH INSIGHT

BERLIN, Aug. Correspondence of Associated Press) Count Ottokar Won chudenitz Czernin, formerly Aus trian foreign minister, is shown as prophet who foreshadowed coming events and the collapse of the cen tral powers with almost uncanny cor rectness, according to his now famous letter to the Emperor Charles, writ ten early in April, 1917, in which he at all hazards or suffer the loss of your throne"
 Parts of the text of Count Czernin's historic missive have been published but the complete text, as presented to the Assembly at Weimar by Fi- nance Minister Erzberger, has now appeared for the first time in ttAe Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, the of ticial German organ.
 ! It shows, among other things; that Czernin, alone of all Austrian states men, prophesied the entrance, two years before, of Rumania into the war on the side of the Allies and pre- dicted almost the day of it's out break" The letter also said the Count expected" immediate French, British and Italian offensives and his forecast was borne out by what hap pened. Within a fortnight after the note to the ruler had been drafted, on April 1, 1917, the French began the great Soissons-Rheims drive along a twenty-fve-mile front and the British had started the battle of Ar ras on a front extending to Lens. The Italians, a few weeks later, plunged across the Isonyo in the Carso sector for a distance of thirty-seven miles, crushing the Austrians in their mad rush.
 In view of the reverses to the armies of the central powers and on the eve of Americas entry into the war, Czernin urged the Emperor to make another detailed peace pro posal and not be afraid to make great sacrifices" Russia, he thought, had lost it's offensive power but the Eagle of the West, he feared, might prove a stronger adversary than the pros trate bear.
 ''In Germany great hope is laid in the submarine warfare," he wrote. q hold this attitude is deceptive. l do not for an instant deny the fabu- lous results of the German heroes of the sea. I admit admiringly that the monthly total of sunken tons is some thing akin to fable, but I go on record as declaring that the result expected and predicted by the Germans will not follow" It must be remembered at this time that German U-bOats were at the height of their depreda- tions on the sea. On October 28, lSlS, the German a0mlralty admlJCed the failure of the submarine warfare by recalling all the tigers of the deep" to KieI and Wilhelmshaven.
 q hope that the thought, unfortu- nately incorrect, that England could be compelled within a few months to make peace, will lose ground in Ber- lin," wrote Count Czernin. Nothing is more dangerous than to believe nothing is more fatal than not want 1 ing to see the principle of truth, and to succumb to utopian illusions from which sooner or later there must come a fearful awakening"
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-10
NOTICE To CREDITORS

In the United States Commissioners Court in and for Cordova Precinct, Territory of Alaska.-In Probate- Tn the matter of the Estate of Yer mund Martin Olson, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the under signed, administrator of the estate of Vermund Martin Olson, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons hay ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within six months after the first publication of this notice, to the said administrator at the office of Frank H. Foster, attorney at law, Cor dova, Alaska, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate. E. P. ZIEGLER,
 Administrator. Dated July IA, 1919.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Commissioners Court for the Territory of Alaska, Cordova Pre- cinct, before R. H. Noaks, United States Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge, in the matter of the estate of of Mathew Pedrodas- kalakis, known in Alaska, and here matter referred to as Mike Paros. No. 130
 The undersigned hereby gives mo- tice that he has been appointed ad- ministrator of the estate of Mike Paros, deceased, and that all persons having claims against said estate are requested to present the same with the proper vouchers within six
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-10
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

months from the date hereof, to the undersigned administrator, at his office in Cordova, Cordova Precinct, Territory of Alaska.
 Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 20th day of August, A. D. 1919.
 B. o. GRAHAM, Administrator of the Estate of Mike ParOs, deceased.
 Date of first publication, Aug. 20, 1919. Date of last publication, Sept. IT, 1919
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the United States Commissioners
 Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division, Kayak Precinct. In Probate.
 Tn the matter of the Estate of James Warddell, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned was duly and regularly ap- pointed by the probate court of the Kayak precinct, territory of Alaska, on the 4th day of August, 1919, ad- ministrator of the estate of James Warddell, deceased. Notice is hereby given to the creditors of and all per sons having claims against the said deceased to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers. within six months after the first publication of this mo- tice, to said administrator at his resi- dence or place of business in the town of Katalla. territory of Alaska, the same being the place for the transac- tiOn of business of said estate in the territory of Alaska.
 Dated at Katalla, Alaska, this 4th day of August, 1919.
 w. H. DUGDEIL. Administrator of the Estate of James Warddell, deceased.
 Date of first publication Aug. 6, 1919. Date of last publication Sept. 4, 1919. Donohoe & Dimond, attorneys for the administrator.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
 MUSIC AT CHURCH
 ON SUNDAY

Sunday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock the vested choir of St. Johns Epis- copal church will render. a special musical service. These services coming on the first Sunday in each month always have strong appeal to those who enjoy ecclesiastical music.
 Choral Evensong will be sung and the following program has been ar ranged by Alvin c. Breul, organist and choir master:
 Prelude-La Fete Dieu, Dubois.
 ProcessionaI Hynn-Spirft Divine. Calkin.
 Psa1n1-91, Anglican Chant
 Magnffcat-in F, CIarke-Whitfe1d
 Nunc Dimittis-in E, CIarke-Whit- field.
 Anthem-The Lord is My Light, lilies.
 Hymn-Forth in Thy Name, schu- mann.
 Offertory Authenticated be God the Father, Wesley.
 Seven-fold Amen, Stainer.
 Recessional Hymn-Jesus, I, My Cross Have Taken, Dykes.
 Postlude-Prelude and Fugue, Du- bois.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
EXPENSIVE ECONOMY.

So many folks think they are say ing when they pay only a little for an article. No matter how little you pay, if you do not get the value out of it it has been dear.
 Then, again some women think they must hunt bargains to econonize Well, yes, that is so, after fashion. So many women do not use their in- telligence in their bargain hunting, however.
 Suppose Mary needs a pair of stout shoes for winter wear and she wants a georgette blouse to wear with her suit. She cannot afford both, let US say. Very well, then, she will pay more for the blouse, for that is for ''best wear,' while her shoes she wears every day.
 That is not economy. She should have remembered that good shoes would have given her more returns in service than a georgette blouse, and that all she would have needed to do to solve her problem would have been to change her costume picture. She could have thought of herself in a dainty lingerie blouse.
 For less money she could have bought a very nice lingerie one, and she could have had good shoes also. If she bought both georgette waist and shoes, then she. would have had
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
NOTED SPEAKER BRINGS MESSAGE
 OF CAMP AICN

pr. William c. Sturgis addressed
 large gathering at St. Johns church
 last night when he spoke of the com
 ing nationwide campaign of the
 Episcopal churches. Dr. Sturgies
 came directly from the National con
 vention of the Episcopal church in
 Detroit, Mich, and brought a stirring
 message of importance of the cam
 paign, when he told of his experiences
 in San Francisco where he had met
 the newcomers of the Far East who
 brought with them traces of the
 helpIessness of the Orient.
 The speaker appealed to the
 churchmen to realize the breadth of the mission field and urged that every man, woman and child should strive for the better physical life, the higher mental life and the richer spiritual life, not only one of the 1 three, but all of them together. Dele 1 cations from the dioceses and mem- bers of the various Episcopal church l were in attendance and accorded the | speaker a fine reception
 | Mrs stephen Fish Sherman was l chairman of the meeting and the re- 1 ception which followed. Mrs Henry E. Kelly and Miss A. Johnson pre- | sided at the tea.
 ASS4SlIIS were MIS- " Ill4dIl w 1 Webb, Mrs. Horace Strong, Mrs. Roy Case, Miss Emily Sanford, Mrs. D. G. Paterson, Miss Luciel Godfrey, Mrs. Alvin BreuI. The ushers for the after ! noon will be Miss Phyllis Tomilson, | Miss Marion Henshaw, Mrs. F. Harry CregO, Mrs. J. Farist Penfeld, Mrs. | Sherman's committee included Mrs. G. P. Rand, Mrs. L. B. Curtis, Mrs. T. E W. Harral, Miss Susan Sanford,
 Miss Alice Godfrey, Mrs. c. M. Cole, ! Miss Mary Shelton, Miss Anna Clark son.
 Mrs. Sherman Is chairman of the Women's committee in the city's part of the nationwide campaign, Mrs. Charles Cole also represents St. Johns; Mrs. George V. Thomas and Mrs. George Roberts represents Christ church; Miss Mary Nichols, Miss Lucy Stebbins, representing Trinity;
 Mrs. c. H. Armstrong. and Miss Mil . dred Watson, of St. Georges, Mrs. E. J. Morgan and Mrs. Sidney Stanley, St. Paul's; Mrs. W. W. Jepson and Mrs. W. J. Lord, St. Luke's, and Mrs.
 Zalmon Goodsell and Mrs. H. Brink erhof, Calvary church Mrs. Lord is the secretary of the committee.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
MARIE DE MEDICI,

It is a stroke of genius to know when to time your visits to your friends. On the 31st of October. 163S. Marie de NIedici arrived in England, on . visit to her daughter. Henrietta, wife of Charles I. A uni- versal growI went up throughout Eng land. In France, she had got ev- erything and everybody into cabaIs. intrigues, brOiIs. As the queen dowager of France, she had to be greeted with a suIlen sort of acclaim, but poor Bishop Laud retired to his study, and vented his spleen in his diary, ''The English people hate to suspect her, on account of her daugh- ter and her country. She never knew when to let good enough alone" Imprudent and weak Charles l. bought her off with a vote of f1O,- 900, and she retired to Holland, where she-who had been a magniff- cent figure in Europe-died in a for lorn old age. And it was all her own fault.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01

It is gratifying to notice from time clan, formerly orthodox in their views, come out openly and ignore or de- nounce serums as effective weapons with which to combat typhoid. The following recent press clipping speaks for itself:
 Belgrade, Serbia, Oct. 2S-Ameri- can physicians and Red Cross work CTS conqured the typhus epidemic in Serbia by using soap, scrubbing brushes, kerosine, disinfectants and delousing machines says Lieut.-CoI Edgar Erskine Hume, of Frankfort Ky, director of the American Red Cross here.
 I've went into the homes of people and carried the patients out" said Colonel Hume. At times they were reluctant to leave and we had a hard task overcoming their fatalism. Often we had to use force. We cleansed them, scrubbed them and literally turned the hose on them.
 Until any effective serum is found. the most potent agent in combating the disease Is soap and water.'
 The above is very surprising and only goes to show that sanitation internal, external and eternal, plus wholesome food and normal living in phoid and other such filth manifesto tions
 Clean out, clean up, and keep clean.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
PHILHARMONIC POPULAR WITH
 MUSIC LOVERS

Those who heard the Australian pianist composer, Percy Grainger, at the private recital he gave in this city, are enthusiastically recommend ing that every one who can go to hear him. His talent is extraordin- ary, and he ranks high among the great pianistS of the present day. Mir Grainger is now a. full fedged citizen of the United States, taking out his citizenship papers about a, year ago. He was recently released from army service where he did splendid work
 Mir. Grainger is to be the soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra of New York, Josef Stransky, conductor. This organization is justly famous for Its programs and under the leader ship of Stransky should furnish a great treat to music lovers.
 The concert on Tuesday evening at the Park theatre will open the excel lent series that is to be given here this winter under the auspices of Ru- dolph Steinert- Included in the list are Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian comp pianist; Fritz Kreisler, vio- lnist; Sophie Braslau, contraIto, and Emilio de Gogorza, baritone, both Metropolitan grand opera stars. Kreisler and de Gorgorza have both been heard here before some years ago.
 On Sunday, Nov. 16, there is to be an opportunity to hear the great Irish tenor, John Mccormack, who will sing at Pol's theatre. Those who remember the great crowd that at tended McCormack's last recital at Polls, will make their reservations early. It is also said that later on Galli-Curci will come here for a re- cital.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
MARTHALASHAR'S ENGAGEMENT
 ANNOUNCED

society folks were pleasantly sur pr1sed this noon at a luncheon given by Mrs Homer c. Godfrey of Samp Mortar Rock when the engagement or Miss Martha Lashar, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Walter B. Lashar, 697 Clinton avenue, to Robert s. Weed son of Col. and Mrs. Harry B. Weed of Syracuse, N. Y, was announced. The luncheon was presumably given Tn honor of Mrs. Godfrey's two nieces Miss Eugenia and Miss Berenice Car prey of Scarsvale, N. Y, so that the announcement at the luncheon came as distinct surprise to the guests.
 Members of the Service club of Whlch Miss Lashar is a member were guests at the luncheon. They were Miss Margaret Neithercut, Miss Anna SWlnnerton, Miss Eunice Newman MISS Eleanor Bartram, Miss Maude Jennings and Miss Julia Foster.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
Birthday Bio-Briefs
Famous Women

She was famous not for what she did, but for what she had. She was the owner in the fifth century of the priceless pigeon blood ruby that is set in the front of the English Croan to- day. The story is of compelling in terest Itamar was the favorite oda- Esque of the Red King of Granada in Spain. You may judge of her beauty. the Oriental star, when her lord gave her such a jewel as that ruby. At that epoch Pedro, the CrueI,' the Christian king, reigned in Castle and AndaIusia. His palace was the su- perb Alcazar which tourists visit with breathless wonder today, in Seville. Pedro invited the Red King of Grana- da to visit him. At the banquet held in the Red Kings honor, it was no tlced that Pedro kept his eye fastened upon the ruby which the Red King wore in his turban,-Itamar's jewel That night, a band of cut-throats, hired by Pedro, aSsassinated the Red King in his sleeping apartments in the Alcazar. They obtained the ruby for Pedro Some months afterwards, when Pedro went north to beseech the assistance of Edward the Black Prince who was tarryiug in Spain, he carried as a present to the Prince, the price less ruby. Edward, gallant English gentleman, knew nothing of the fear full history of the gem. He prom ised to aid Don Pedro against his enemies, deceived by his showy prom ises. The ruby was carried to Eng land. It rests today in the Crown of