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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-07

To the Citizens of Rock Island, Hill
nOis:
take this occasion to announce
myself as a candidate for the office
of Mayor, on the following plat
form:
stand for square deal for all
classes of people, rich or poor, re-
gardless of their station in dife,
Sect creed or color.
am in favor of law and order,
and its strict enforcement.
In times of epidemic, l believe in
reasonable enforcement of the
health regulations, seasoned with
good judgment, but strictly and
rigidly, II necessary.
am opposed to making our city
the dumping ground for thugs,
thieves and robbers, even under the
guise of industrial necessity, as my
recent fight for the removal of pa
rolled convicts will prove.
l stand for home rule for cities,
with power to control and regulate
public utilities serving its people,
but am in favor of their having a
fair and reasonable compensation
for service rendered.
l pledge myself to resist to the
utmost any attempt to secure a
seven-cent car fare. II street car
lines wish to increase the wages VI
their employees, | am in favor of
them doing so out OF their Excess
siVe profits and dividends, and not
place this burden on the travelling
public.
and electricity, to the pre-war ba-
sis.
] am now and always have been
in favor OF public improvements,
but under proper conditions. AT
the present time, cost of materials
and freight rates are so high, that
the cost of improvements are prac-
tically prohibitiye, excepting in EN-
ergencies.
l believe in progress, and have
been identified with most of the
great improvements inaugurated in
this city In the last thirty years.
laid the first paving brick on Sec
ond avenue in 1889; l helped TO es-
tablish the first paid fire depart
ment; l inaugurated a system of /
grades and enforced the building of I
permanent sidewalks; | was instru- |
mental in securing and erecting the !
public library; l rebuilt and com !
pleted the reservoir; / started and /,
the Rock Island park |
system; l helped plan and arrange |
a financial system. whereby the city !
of Id
contracted almost fifty years ago, |
by means of refunding bonds |
the state treasury, which /
plan WAS instituted by me twenty
years ago. My present admins
tration was responsible for the &C
curing of the BELT Line" which
has been talked of for the past for
ty years, opening a free railway |
to all railroads oper-
ating in our city from our eastern
city limits to our southern limits on
Rock river.
Unlike most candidates, I do not
stand on a platform of promises.
For | have a record of accomplish
ments behind me, of which | am
not ashamed. l believe ! have not !
only the experience, but also the
knowledge and ability to guide the
city of Rock Island through the
financial shoals it is at present en-
into a sound and safe
financial harbOr for the future
If you thik 1 am still progressive
enough, and have the stamina and
nerve, to stand and fight for what l
hink is right and for the best in
erests of the city and its people, 1
lsk you to give me your support.
lot only at the primaries, but also
It the election.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-07
ADVISES PAPER
Be REGISTERED
'<ROme Service Section of Red Gross
Gives Procedure in SecIIr-
ing $50 Bonus.

In announcing information which
# has received concerning the
banner in which discharged sol
diers, sailors and marines should
proceed in securing the $50 federal
bonus, the Rock Island chapter of
the Red Cross calls attention to
the fact that it is advised that SOL
diers have their discharge certifi-
Gates registered before forwarding
them TO Washington.
Appended is the statement OF the
local chapter relative to the mat
ter;
THE following Information has
Just been received by the home ser
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-07
MANY TROOPS RETURNED.

Washington, March 7.-During
February 96,36S American soldiers
were returned to the United States
by the cruiser and transport force
of the navy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-07

v U 4 live ~ II n nv II AV-Fs
1 stand unqualifiedly on the plat
form announced by w. n Phillips,
candidate for mayor, and with the
Citizens Civic association in it's
efforts to insure a correction of
existing civic conditions. My bus
mess has been that of construc-
ting engineer with firms of nation
al reputation and in that capacity
I feel that l can give real ser
vice to our city during the coming
four years. I respectfully solicit
the support of the voters at the
primary next Tuesday.
JOHN d. SEARS.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-06
ACCIDENTE DE AUTO

En- ia calle Puente de Hero, dc
ell auto No. P-446, propie.
dad de Rafael Villavicencio. guia
do pOr ell conductor Natalie Gan
darillas, No. 9979, choc6 cor I'LL
caballO que montaba Jose Torres
de 60 aiios de edad, vecino del ba
rrio Factor, resultando estropea
dos ell caballo y ell jinete; ell ami
NAL inutil para ell servicio y To
rres, con graves lesiones en- ell pc
cho y otras parties del cuerpo. Es
te fue auXiliado en- la Sala de So
cOrros y trasladadO al hospital
municipal. Ia policia arrest6 al
conductor Y la corte lie seilal0 fan
"a por un delito de infracci0n al
artfculo 32S del Codigo Penal.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-06

d6lares. Este aumento de 10 mi
Homes de d6lares en- tres amos en-
ell valor de los productos espano-
les consumidos por los Estados
Unidos, demuestra palpablemen-
tie la altura a que ha llegado ell
comercio espafiol en- ell mercado
americana, a pesar de las amor
males condolences que eXistian
durante ell mismo periodic las i'm
portaciones hechas por Espafia
de los Estados Unidos Sc eleva-
ron de 80 millones en- 1913 a 81
millones de d6lares en- 1916, y
de esta manera los Estados Uni
dos tomaron ell primer lugar en-
tire las naciones con las cuales Els
pala tiene relaciones comercia-
les. Espaiia y los Estados Uni
dos, hasta cierto punto, comer-
cialmente hablando, dependen
una de otra. Espaila necesita
anualmente unas 100000 balas
de algod6n americana, un million
y medic de dolares de petroleo,
un million de dolares de maqui-
maria agricola; necesita made
ras lubrificantes, maquinaria,
automobiles, llantas, alambres,
maquirlas de escr,,bir y muchos
otros articulos de los cuales los
Estados Unidos son los principal
les productores. Por otro lado,
los Estados Unidos necesitan de
Espafia aceite de OLIVIA, cuya i'm
portacion aument6 de 175.000
d6lares en-. 1913 a mas de seis
millones de d6lares en- 1917; ade-
mas grandes cantidades de cor
cho, articulos de corcho, cobre en-
barras, lingotes y cascara, cue
ros y pieles, mineral de hierro,
mineral de azufre y pirita, Gala
nina, almendras, uvas y pasas,
Y actualmente nuevos productos
de fabrication espanola Sc estan
vendiendo en- ell mercadoe ameri-
cano. Los puertos de los Esta-
dos Unidos estan mas cerca a los
de Espana que a los demas paf-
ses de Europa, y los medios de
communication para carga y pa
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-06
La Camara de Comercio Americana
en- Espana

Isajeros, por 10 fnismo, debian ser
rapidos y abundantes.
"Las esplendidas oficinas de
esta organization, su numero de
socios constantemente en- au-
mento, y su competente y acer-
tada direction, va han hecho mu
cho para poner en- contacto a los
comerciantes de ambos paises,
dando por resultado negocios lu-
crativos. Els de esperar que ell
resultado de las relaciones cor
diales iniciadas sea mas eviden-
tie durante ell aiio venidero, toda
vez que muchos de los inconve-
nientes con que tropezaba el CO.
mercio han desaparecido. Las
aspiraciones de los socios deben
ser no solamente lograr un gran
intercambio de productos 1lacio-
males, sino tambien abogar en- ia
vor de el y fomentar medios mas
faciles para efectuar este inter-
cambio. Los socios de la CANA
ra de Comercio Americana en- Els
paila muy bien pueden estar sa-
tisfechos de 10 alcanzado durante
ell ano pasado y tener esperan-
zaS de un nuevo aflo aun mas
it'll para su organization, la que
Sc fundo en- pleno periodo de que
IRA, pero con miras hacia la COM
pleta realization de sus aspira-
clones en- una era de paz.
"Al lado del gran y moderno
puerto de Barcelona Sc levanta
una noble columna que soporta
una magnifica estatua del inmor-
tai descubridor y navegante. Su
mano levantada indica la ruta
de los vapores que salen para
America y da la bienvenida a los
que llegan a este gran emporio
del Mediterraneo. Muy acerta-
da la Camara de Comercio estu-
vo al escoger para SUI sello Official
la cabeza de Colon, entire los es-
cudos de Espana y los Estados
Unidos. siendo este ell reconoci.
miento de una fraternidad anti
qua y en- augurio de una union
comercial mas estrecha en- 10 fu-
turo."
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-06

Ultimamente Sc VERTIGO, de
acuerdo con sus estatutos, la pri
mera Asamblea general de la
Camara de Comercio America
ma en- Espana, radicada en- Bar
celona, quedando renovada la
junta directiva como sigue:
Presidente, H. L. Van Tress !;
primer vice-presidente, ]. w. Big
ham; segundo vice-presidente,
A. G. Cunnison; secretario homo
rario, M. M. Smith; tesorero, C..
B. Watrous.
Ell consul general, c.. B. Hurst,
abrio la Asamblea, como presi-
dente honorario, con ell siguiente
discurso:
"Hace aproximadamente un
ano, un grupo de hombres que
muy bien comprendian la nueva
orientacion que iban tomando
las relaciones comerciales de Es-
paiia, convinieron que en- aquel
entonces era ell tempo a prop6-
sito para fundar una Camara de
Comercio Americana en- Espaila.
Aun los mas soptimistas de los
reunidos para fundar esta Ca
mara en- 1917 no pudieron pre-
yer que en- SUI primera Asamblea
general ell numero de socios pa
sase de 25O. Ell desarrollo tan
rapido de esta organization prue-
ba que era y sigue siendo un
factor necesario e importantisi-
mo para ell fomento de las rela-
clones comerciales entire Espaila
Y los Estados Unidos.
Tai vez uno de los hechos mas
signifcartes, demostrado conner
cialmente con fuerza aumentada
por las duras experiences de la
guerra, es ell de que hoy dia min
gun pals es absolutamente inde-
pendiente por 81 solo, 10 que ha
quedado probado por ell inter-:
cambio comercial entire nuestros
dos paises. ST miiramos hacia
atras, vemos que ell valor de las
exportaciones de Espaiia a los
Estados Unidos, seg1n declara-
do en- los varios Consulados de
los Estados Unidos, en- 1916 fue
de mas de 33 1 2 millones de d6la
res, en- comparaci0n con 10 ex-
portado en- 1918, que solamente
lego a unos % liz millones de
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-06
PARA VENEZUELA

A fines de semana, embarcara
para Venezuela, disfrutando de un
mes de licencia, don Pedro Rios,
bibliotecario Municipal de San
turce. FL seIlOr Rios tiene fami.
liares ell Caracas Y su viaje ODE
dece al deseO de saber de ellos,
DeseamOsle un feliz viaje.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-06
LOS ANUNCICjS EN- EL INIPARCIAL
LLAME AL TELEFONO 900.

NUESTRA TARIFA para contratos de anuncios,
hechos en- la Jsla de artfculos para venta a
los cOnsumidcJres
CONTRATOS H0E MAS DE 5000 PULGADAS
PULGADA de snuncos por columna, pagnas inte-
rlores, 1F) centavos publication.
PuLAGADA, Eagina inglesa, contratos pequeios
SlOO La pulgada.
PAGlNAS exteriores 20 centavos la pulgada.
MERAfPLANA: $1.00 pulgada, no usando mas
de docs
Es entendido que los anuncios de pagna entera son
de mayor costo.
lpR LINHA, paginas interiores 10 centavos la pri-
mera v.ez y 5 las sucesivas.
Para fuera de la Isla solicite datos
PAGO ADlELANTADO.
JOAQUIN PUJALS SANTANA.
Admin. str0d0r.
Evening star., 1919-11-27

to every member of the community
is the public health nurse.
'''If there isn't public health nurse
in Your town. or your neiGhborhood
or your county. your health. that OF
YOUR children and of your neighbors
is not receiving the protection 1t
should have. and you may not be re-
ceiving tire help in sickness you need.
The public health nurse combines
with health education. prac'i@Gai @
demonstration in nursing care or e the
health agent does exactly that.
The mother whose baby is sick
may call upon the public health
nurse for immediate help. The mother
whose baby is well may call upon
baby which will prevent its becom-
ing sick.
THE worker home sick or hurt from
the effects of his work may call on
the public health nurse for the I'M :
mediate care which may keep little
injury from becoming a big one. and
slight sickness from becoming a
long -draw wn-out and expensive illness
He NAV ask for general advice which
will help to prevent the recurrence
of the sickness or the accident.
Right Hand of Health Omcer.
THE public health nurse is the right
band of the health officer. She visits
the mothers OF ne"DOTIi pdpicS' SiNco III
formation about home conditions OF pa
tients with contagious diseases. helps
supervise quarantine and isolation cases:
dicovers new cases of tuberculosis. All
of this means healthier city to live in.
THE public health nurse, assisting
the school doctor by regular inspection
of school children and visits to the
homes of their parents. unites home and
school in the campaign for better
childhood.
"InveStment in a public health nurse
by your community means bigger re-
turn than the interest on that money
spent in bonds. Sickness costs money
to the family in which it happens, the
industry from which it takes workers.
the neighborhood in which it helps to
spread misery and increase the need
for charity.
"a network of public health nurses
throughout the whole nation would mean
a healthier, wealther and wiser nation.
THE public health nurse in your COM
munity whether she actually visits
your home or not. bring health insur-
ance to you and your loved ones. The
question is not, can our town or city
afford a public health nurse. but can
we afford to do without her? Her cost
to the individual is little when the ex-
pense is shared by the community as a
whole: the good she accomplishes is
beyond measure
Evening star., 1919-11-27

not. Anyhow. yesterday they crowed
and wriggled in the spacious win
dow. warmed beyond any possibility
of a chill and equipped with a model
outfit for baby bathing. They took
theh- subsequent maps on their way
home in limousine lent for the
occasion by one of the many friends
of the l. V. ~ $.
Saturday Designated TnE Day.
The tag day scheduled for yesterday
had to be postponed because Of the
morning rain. and will be held Satur-
day. instead The bathing exhibit.
which would have made Mack Sennett
envious. helped keep alive the city's
interest in the campaign for funds
now in progress on behalf of this
va lua BILE nursing service, and the same
sort of demonstration will be held
again Saturday in connection with the
tag-selling. according to Mrs. Ii,
Brown Miller. chairman of the drive.
More than one man came in to con-
tribute to any organization that
takes care of babies" and to learn
more about the intricacies of the
youthful toilet. Some of them de-
Clared they sometimes bathed their
own babies and wanted to do it right.
while others merely wanted correct
information for their wives. One
small boy fishcd through all his
pockets for nickel because he
wanted to do anything he could to
make babies get treated right
Mothers who came to the exhibition
inquired how nurses might be sent to
their homes to teach them in more
detail all the care of tiny babies.
on Saturday there will also be
demonstrations by other nurses Of
expert bandaging and first-aid treat
ment, which are a part, of the in
dustrial and home work of the l. V.
y. s.
Surg. Gen. Blues Statement.
Surgeon General Rupert Blue added
Yesterday to his Endorsement of the
work of the /. V. y. S. He issued
the following statement on the work
OF public health nurses in general:
How to BE Healthy and Wise
Health cannot only be bought; it
can be taught.
.One of the best teachers of health
Evening star., 1919-11-27
GRADUATE nurse
DEPICTS PROCESS
OF BATHING BABY
Living Pictures" in F Street
Window Feature of !. v.
N. S. Campaign.

Living pictures that. instead of
being frowned upon. We're greeted
with cordial and apprcciative smiles
were staged yesterday behind the
rlate-glass window of the premises
t%oI + street. when Miss Marjorie
Hamill. an Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society graduate nurse. Illustrated 10
an amused and interested audience
how a baby should be bathed.
Crowds gathered around the win
dow of l. V. \. S. campaign head
quarters: men and women edged in
side to ask eager questions and, IN
cidcntaiIy. contributions to the fund
needed by the society to carry on and
enlarge it's work were received to tho
amount of $500"
Two Babies "BOrrOwed.'
Two babies, both of whom Miss
Hamill has watched over from the
time of their arrival on earth. We're
lent for this artistic. and valua BILE
demonstration. and both gave every
evidence of thoroughly enjoying
bath on T. street. Perhaps. twenty
years from now, as they traverse
that crowded thorough hfare, they VIII
point with pride to the scene of these
Spectacular early neutrality-suspicious.
Evening star., 1919-11-27
Sues for Auto Crash Damages.

Mary Betz has filed suit in the District
Supreme Court to recover $40. 900 dam
ages from Tom Basakos and c. f.
Casassa for alleged personal injury. She
says that an automobile operated by de-
PENDANTS collided with a surrey in which
she was riding September last in
Maryland.
Evening star., 1919-11-27
QUILLs USED IN LONDON.
Scarcity of Steel Pens Brings Back
01d Custom

LONDON. November II Correspond
ence of the. Associated Press).-
Steel pens being both scarce and
high in price, quills such as were
useIf half century ago are enjoy
ing a vogue in London.
A popular feminine notion is to have
the quills dyed to match the color
of the stationery, or the correspond
ent'S dress
Evening star., 1919-11-27
Honest Advertising

For the protection of its
readers, The Star carefully
censors all advertising sub
mitted for publication, and, so
far as possible, bars all false
and fraudulent statements.
Readers are requested to as
sist The Star in protecting the
public and all legitimate adj
vertisers by bringing to the at
tention of the paper any state-
ment that they might find to
be untrue.
Evening star., 1919-11-27
NAVY LOWERS EXPENSES
BY VOIDING CONTRACTS

War expenditures of the Navy were
reduced more than s47.000,000 by the
cancellation of contracts following
the armistice Rear Admiral McGowan
paymaster general. has announced in
his annual report. Navy disbursements
during the war reached the high-water
mark of SS3.990,240. in December. 1918.
compared with SS,S53,629. in March.
1917
Evening star., 1919-11-27
British Post Offered Barnes?

LONDON, November II Correspond
ence of the Associated Press).-
George n. Barnes, the labor leader
who is now in the United States TO
attend the labor conference. is re-
ported to have been recently offered
the British ambassadorship to Ber-
lin and declined it,
Evening star., 1919-11-27
Laborite Elected to Commons.

LONDON, November 26.-John Law
son, laborite has been elected to the
house of commons in the bye-election
in Chester-le-Street Durham county.
Mr. Lawson polled 1888 votes. as
against 5,313 cast for his national
democratic opponent, David Gilmour.
The election was held November Is.
Evening star., 1919-11-27
Prince Sails for Home.

The Prince Of Wales sailed for home
yesterday afternoon on the battle cruiser
Renown which brought him to the new
world.
Evening star., 1919-11-27
Cattle Epidemic in Isle of Wight.

RYDE, Isle OF Wight, November 10
Correspondence of the Associated
Press).-Hundreds of cattle have been
slaughtered in the Isle of Wight in
an effort to stamp out an epidemic
Of the tooth and mouth disease.
Evening star., 1919-11-27
Frank B. Montgomery Dead.

CHICAGO, November 21.-Frank d.
Montgomery, traffic manager of the
International Harvester Company and
conspicuous figure in American rail-
road circles has died after a brief ILL
ness
Evening star., 1919-11-27
New Drive Against Sim elm.

DUBLIN, November 26.-Widespread
of Sim Fein and other
organizations in Ireland has been
ordered by the government.
Evening star., 1919-11-27
Thomas G. Bruce Re-Enlists.

Thomas G.. Bruce of II Rhode Island
avenue, who was awarded the croix
de guerre for bravery in the MeuSe-
Argonne offensive, has re-enlisted as a
gunnery sergeant in the United States
Marine Corps.
Evening star., 1919-11-27
To Prevent Influenza

| Colds cause Grip and Influenza E
BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause.
There is only one ''Bromo Quinine.' T.. W.
GROVES signature on box. 30c.-Advertise-
] ment.
Evening star., 1919-11-27

;al of Merchandise
lg!
I'd Saturday only-our well-known
airing
for the previous seasons selling.
airing which starts tomorrow, and
ndensed into two days, must be
intended for winter, as we'll as for
,irable merchandise.
broken lots of Winter Goods.
ming!
Some Silk Umbrellas
At $1.95-Regularly $500
Good quality silk, but slight imperfections
Ring and cord handles-mosty green.
At $6.95-Regularly $1,000
Silk UmbreIIas-tape edge and attractive ring,
cord or leather strap handles Black, blue, green
and purple. Broken lots, but exceptional values!
Kidding Out Stockings!
At $3.25-Regularly $4.0O
and $3.50 Pair
Silk Stockings with aiIsiIk garter hens. All
sizes in black and almost all sizes In Cordovan,
bronze. suede, dark gray. navy. ,aupe, white
and smoke coIor.~-Heres an opportunity!
At $1.95 Pr.-Regularly $3.50
and $2.75 Pr.
SILK Stockings in all sizes, but limited in colors
tfa ,rI <sxas
champagne and gray with black clocks. Silk
Isle garter hems.
At SEC Pr.-Regularly S5c Pr.
Odds and ends Of boot silks, fiber silks SILK
Isle and cotton stockings-bIack, white, suede,
gray, pink and sky bIue.s
At 39c Pr.-Regularly 45c Pr.
Black. White and cordovan LisIe Stockings
every size You may also buy three pairs for
Bags-Purses
MUST MAKE WAY FOR HOLIDAY STOCKS!
At $2.95-Regularly $500
to $3.50
Patent Leather Muf Purses. shaped to fit
purse and mirror. Also medium size Shopping
and swaeger eags-patent and dull leather
black and coIors. Not great many.
At $4.85-Regularly $500
to $500
,,s4 "a chiffon hIf Velvet ssssmone Of knd-In
frames, we'll fitted and silk lined.
All Kinds of Neckwear
At 15c-Regularly Soc to $1.OO
A tumbIed lot of oraandie, Net and Satin COL
iars-roII and flat shapes-paitne Of georgette
crepe in white and 'coIors
At 39c-Regularly $1.95 to $2.95
coored Silk Vests In too many coIors to men,
tion. Can you use one of these?
At 75c-Regularly $1.5O to SITS
Georsette Crepe CoIIars-saiIor style, lace
trimmed. Ecru, cream and white. few White
Lace Collars.
At $1.50-Regularly $3.50 to $3.9S
Lace and Georgette Crepe Collars you can al
ways use.
Wool Scarfs
At $3.95-Regularly $3.50 to
$1O.5O
Quarterly cIearIne-20 Brushed Wool Scarfs in
coatee effects with revers and pockets, in con-
trastine coors-straight scarfs in heather mix
lures, with fringe edge. Limited color choice.
Marabou-Uncurled Ostrich
At $1O.95-Regularly $3.50
to $3.50
Large cape effects in black, dark brown and
natural ostrich. Some finished with tail trim,
mings