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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
ARE CONFIDENT
THEY WILL AID
Mayor and City Officials Leave Mon
day for Springfield to Help
Combat Utilities.
MEET GOVERNOR AT NOON
Decide to Attend Special Meeting
Yesterday Held ON Official
Ballot Canvass.

Mayor William McConochie, City
ndssioners John Murrin, Nicolai
Juhl and John H. Liedtke are leav-
ing Monday night for Springfield
confident that their journey there
will prove of help in bringing about
the amendment of the public utiIf-
ties act allowing Illinois municipal
tiles home rule.
A change in the program for
Tuesday has been announced and
the governor, chairmen of the SEN
ate and the house of the state leg
stature and members of the va
rfous committees to which bills on
municipal revenue, utility commits
sion bills and coming bills are re
fcrred will be present at a dinner
at noon at the C1eland hotel. May
ors and city officials of all munich
paEties at present engaged in help
ing. as members OF the Home Rule
Municipal league and the Illinois
Municipal league, in waging the
war against the utilities commits
sion will also attend.
At a special meeting of the city
commission yesterday afternoon the
mayor and other city officials
agreed to attend the Springfield
conferences as requested by the
heads of the two leagues. The
commission meeting was called for
the purpose of placing on record
the official count of the primary
election of Tuesday as completed
yesterday by the canvassing board.
Issues Report.
The health report as compiled by
DR.. c. I. Foster, city health COM
missioner, was submitted yesterday
as follows: Smallpox, 6; chicken
pox, 1; tuberculosis, 1; contagious
diseases, 8; school permits issued,
v, contagious diseases investigated,
30; vaccination. As; burial permits,
50; births, 81; deaths, 81; COM
plants Investigated, IS. ...---
Soft drink licenses were granted
Frank Paenen, 430 Eighth street,
Julius Van Newell, 1901 Third ave-
nLe; o. B. French, 1928 Fourth
avenue; Herman Schuster, us
Eighteenth street, and Herman
Banker, 1880 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

now going from the office OF Col
onel P. L. Smith, zone finance Of
ficer at Washington at the rate of
10000 a day, and it is expected to
increase the rate, to 10000 a day
shortly, information from Washing
ton sets forth.
Already hundreds of men in Illi-
nois have received payment. 1t is
estimated that half of them will be
paid by the zone finance officer
here, and the other half, being dis
charged after Feb. "a, will be paid
on their final statement. Not only
the Thirty-thfrd and Eighty-sixth
which were the distinctly
prairie state divisions overseas, but
practically every division that went
to France had in its makeup Illinois
men who will share in the bonus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
RonperS

ChndHm8~ GaJatea rompers IN
cos0red stripes, plain collars,
cufts and belted, $3.50 val
ues O. ~
Lor -s~~~l- s&4@&$
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
COUNTY MEN To
HAVE S239,480
That Amount Estimated to be Paid
Rock Island and Moline Lads
Entitled to Bonus.
STATE TO GET s1s,ss4,1OO
Men of Eighty-sixth and Thirty
third Divisions to Receive
Share on Discharge.

A bonus amounting to S239, 48O
will be paid to Rock Island and Mo-
line men who were in the army,
navy or marines during the war
against the huns. To the entire state
of Illinois, $16,334, 100 will go for
the payment of bonuses to the men
entitled to them because of their
service with the military forces of
the country.
The figures presented for Rock
Island and Moline are estimated by
the zone finance office with head
quarters at Washington and, while
they may vary somewhat, they are
essentially correct. A bonus of $50
ic to be paid each man discharged
from the service prior to Feb. "A,
when the revenue bill carrying the
bonus provision became effective.
Officers and men of the Thirty
third and Eighty-sixth divisions
will not receive their bonuses from
the finance officers, a Washington
dispatch states, but will receive
them when they are discharged.
The estimate of the sum to go to
Illinoisans is based on the expecta-
ton that 272,235 from the state at
large will claim the bonus. Only
two states stand ahead of Illinois in
the amount to be received out of
the division of $242, 0S4, $50 among A.
034, TAB men. New York will receive
$24 ,634 ,140 and Pennsylvania $18,-
1877 500. Ohio will take $12,351, 120
and Texas s10,443 $50. These COM
plete the big five in number of men
furnished to the army.
Send Thousands Daily
To discharge this big debt to
American fighting men checks are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
Porch Dresses

Plaid and striped ginghzm
porch dresses. belted modaln,
some with Jokes CD 0E
$S.ss value - &sSO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
HUNT A PREACHER
BUT FINDS A JUDGE
AND GOOD GUIDE

John Schminkey and Miss Grace
Cook of Cedar Rapids came to town
Yesterday and procured marriage
license. Then they Jared forth look
ing for a minister of the gospel. Out
in the street they encountered w.
S. McCulIoch of Taylor Ridge. Mr..
McCulloch has been married once
or twice and never regretted it. The
couple were attracted to him by his
beaming countenance. Maybe they
thought he was a minister.
Say" said the prospective groom
shyly, we're looking for a preach
err"
:"Sorry," returned w. S., taking
in and taking charge of the situa-
ton at the same time, II don't know
the lay of the land around here very
we'll myself, but we won't let that
stand in the way. Come on back to
the court house and we'll have the
knot tied just as tight as any
preacher can tie it"
And so it came to pass that Pro-
bate Judge F. ]. Landee officiated
and w S. McCulloch was a witness
and it was hard to tell who was the
happiest, the couple, the witness or
the Judge, who got the fee.
SPENT MUCH FOR SHELLS.
Paris, March 14.-France spent
&c, 600 900 900 francs for shells and
rrOiectiles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
PRIVATES


Cyril L. Culton. Council BLUFFS,
Iowa.
Winnie Eckroy, Rushville, Ill.
MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES.
The following casualties are re-
ported by the commanding general
of the American expSditionary
forces: Killed in action 8; died
OF wounds received in action, IA;
died of disease, s; wounded in &C
ton, degree undetermined. 8; miss
ing in action, Total, 81.
Died of WOun Is Received in Action
SERGEANTS.
Bruce r. Rankin, Media, Ill
PRIVATES
James M. Reed, Chicago. Ill.
Died of Disease.
PRIVATES.
Alva Courier Chester, Ill.
Wounded. Degree Undetermined.
Walter G. Saudrock, Naperville,
III
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

Died of Disease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
PRTVATES.


Charles E. Hoover. Steamboat,
Iowa.
Clarence A. Linblade, Rockford,
Ill.
Ernest Peterson, Cherokee, Iowa
Paul E. Wolfe, Chicago, Ill.
(SECTI0N TWO.)
The following casualties are re-
ported by the commanding general
of the American expeditionary
forces: Died of accident and other
causes, 10; died of disease, So;
wounded severely. IL; missing in
action, l; total, 81.
Died of Accident and Other Causes
PRIVATES.
Harry A. Lloyd, Council Bluffs,
Iowa.
Henry c. Sorensen, Woodbine,
Iowa.
Died of Disease.
WAGONERS.
Artie c. Mensch, Morrison, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
Roll of Honor

washington, March 1.-THE cas-
ualty list made public today by the
war department has a total of 213
names
(SECTION ONE.J
The following casualties are re-
ported by the commanding general
of the American expeditionary
forces: Killed in action, IA; died
from wounds, 21; died of accident
and other causes. s; died of dis
ease, 60; total. 103.
Killed i'm Action.
PRIVATES.
Harmon r. Stringfellow, Oska-
loosa, Iowa.
Died From Wounds.
PRIVATES.
Arthur E. Bundy, Springfield,
Ill
Died of Disease.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02
Chunks Of Truth In This.

The first question an honora-
BILE man asks when he sees a girl
flirting is whether she is a re-
spectacle girl or not. This being
the case no modest girl can af-
ford to indulge in this pastime
among strangers. When the down
is brushed from the peach it's
beauty is so marred that it can
never be restored, and so when a
girl throws lightly aside that
sweet charm she becomes rather
common and cheap. Flirting may
seem to the giddy aud thought.
less girl to be wonderfully anu.
sing, and she may even get an
idea that she is quite fascinating,
but it is a degrading passtime
and should be frowned upon by
every young lady who has an am
bition to be a worthy and charm
ing woman. W. M. H. in John.
son County News.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02
Give the Ronurs 10 Doughboys.

Claude Kitchen has increased
his popularity with the soldiers
by blocking the efforts of Con.
gress to present General Perish.
ing with $4,000 sword. lie
contended that Pershing had al
ready been sufficiently honored,
and that the country, if it wish.
ed to shower more honors upon
its war heroes should give them
to the men; who, after all, won
the war.
Pershing has made a great rec
ord as military leader, butsince
modern warfare has reached a
scientific basis, the initiative, in
dividuality, and ability of men
like Lee, Jackson and Grant is
not required of a communicating
chief. Surrounded by authori.
ties in every known method of
warfare, and masters of strategy
it was well-nigh impossible for
General Pershing to make a
wrong decision. Since this is
true it can readily be seen that
the Drawn courage and endur-
ance of the men was all that was
necessary to bring a campaign to
a successful conclusion. That
Americans were of this kind ac.
counted for our victory.
American arti]leryn.en made a
wonderful showing; so did the
aviation corps, the S. O. S. and
every other department Of war
activity; but soldiers unite in Civ
ing the doughboy, the lad who
went over the top" who met the
enemy face to face in hand to
hand engagements, credit for
winning the war. These are the
men to be honored-m more than
General Pershing. The Monroe
journal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02
"SuIld lvlg" and the Cost Of Food.

SOLID Ivory" was a popular
expression few years ago. The
phrase was employed lightly and
frivolously by the young and not
so young. 1t was terse and pun
gent. A stated to B IF you put
ice in hot soup it will cool it." B
replied "Uhn' and looked blank.
A repeated IF you put ice in hot
soup it will cool it," b still didn't
get it. "Solid ivory" exclaimed
A in disgust and gave it up. The
fact that ice would cool hot soup
failed to- penetrate through the
iaduratod mass TINT constituted
BIS alleged brain.
'A1d just now there seems to
be a good many millions of city
folk in the B class, well-meaning
and apparently intelligent men
nd women of mature years, who
proclaim that it costs nomore tC
raise food today than it did in
t'leir. happy far-off childhood
Country Gentlemen.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02
Notice Of Administration.

Having qualified as Admins.
tratrix of the estate of H. G. Phil
lips, deceased, late of the county
of Watauga and State of North
Carolina, this is to notify all per-
sons having claims againstthe es.
tate of the said deceased to ex.
hibit them TO the undersigned at
Reese, N. c., on or before the
10Th day of Sept. 1920, or thisno-
tice will be pleaded in baroftheir
recovery. Allpersons indebted to
said estate will please make i'm
mediate payment. This Septem-
Der -, 1919.
SARAH a. PHILLIPS,
Administrative of H. G. Phillips,
deceased.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02
County Health Work h North Carolina.

One of the most interesting
and instructive bulletins recent
ly issued by the State Board Of
Health is the report of OF Dr.. b.
Washburn, Director Of the Bu.
reau e. County Health Work, Du-
ring the year 1918 the Bureau
co,operated with nine counties in
health work: Davidson, Forsyth,
Lenoir, Nash, Northampton, Pitt,
Robson, Rowan, and Wilson.
One notable result Of the work in
these counties is the progress
made toward eradicating typhoid
fever During the years 'l4-17,
the yearly average Of deaths from
typoid in the nine Countics was
ll9 D and the average death rate
per 100000 was 81 3. In 1913 the
year 1913 the tota, nun Der OF
deaths was - and tho average
death rate Z 8. Two counties,
Davidson and Northampton, did
hot have u single death. IN aldi
ton, 5,1J0 children were given
free dental treatment. 600 were
operated on for diseased tonsils
and adnoids, 2,J3S cases of hook
worm were treated, 6,lS0 santa.
ry l)setS we're built. The Sc are
but a few interesting facts con
tanned in the bulletin of 32 pa
ges. These counties, of course,
have whole time health officers.
The State helps start the work
by furnishing the Director and
paying half the expenses.
On the first day of October 20
inspectors representing the State
Board of health will begin the in.
spection of the privies of t h G
State. Every privy that does not
conform to the requirements is of
the State Board of Health will be
labeled 'Unsanitary Privy INLAY.
full to Use. State Board OF
Health" =" If you live within three
hundred yards of your nearest
neighbor, it's time TO get busy.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02
TuheTcalar Soldiers Training for Vocation.

The announcement is made
from Washington that nscharg.
ed soldiers suffering from tuber-
culosis are placed in training by
the Federal board for vocational
education under the same condi.
tons that men with other handi.
caps ars; some with support du-
ring training, others without sup
port, and a few while they are
still in the army hospitals. The
establishment of the medical sta
tus of the tubcrculous soldier is
a consideration in his eligibility
for training. The medical officer
must pronounce his case appa-
rently cured, arrested, or appa.
rently so, before he is recommen.
ded for training. Quiescent ca
ses of tuburculous, having had
negative sputum for q period of
at least two months, must be
specially recommended by the
district medical officer and du-
ring the course must remain 'un-
der expert medical supervision.
If the soldier has still an active
form of the disease and is receiv-
ing hospital treatment, he may
be given training only upon the
endorsement of the hospital au-
thorltics, who shall approve the
nature Of the coure provided.
Correspondence. courses along
the lines of the previous expert
enccs are frequently desired by
hospital patients. Men whose ca
ses are active, but who refuse 10
take hospital treatment are CON
sidered by the board as ncgligi-
bic for training at the time but
their cases will be considered
when they are physically able to
undertake. The work.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02
81 Spent a S, On Rat.snap ant Saved
the Price Of 4 Hog,"

James Mcclure, famous hog raiser
of New. Jersey says, 81 advise every
farmer troubled with rats te use Rat
Snap. Tried everything to get rid of
rats. Spent 81 on Rat-Snap. Figured
rats it killed saved price of hog"
RAT-SNAP comes in cake form. No
mixing with other food, Cat or dogs
won't touch it. Three sizes, 25c, SOC,
II Sold by l.. l. Critcher.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02

FOR RENT: The Greene home
with five acres of land suroun-
ding it. If interested call on me
with good reference. Matte j.
Greene, Boone, N. G.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02
Ministers Uudsrpaid.

The Statesville Landmark hears
that a ministers strike has been
rumored but takes no stock in the
report. The Landmark very per-
tinently remarks, however, if ev-
er a strike on purely a basis of
wages would be more than justi
ed it would be in this instance.
One of the burning shames of
our day and generation is the un-
concern shown in the matter of
adequately paying school teach
ers and ministers of the gospel
Happily the worthiness of these
claims is being recognized and
we are beginning to pay our tea
chers and preachers almost en-
ough to live Oh.
To our way Of thinking t h e
greatest and most self. sacritic-
ing of all characters who have
figured in the great undertaking
10 make the world better h hav e
been the rural preachersof the
Gospel. Through the rain and
the Sleet and the SHOWS of Win
ter the circuit riders and t h e
preachers of all denominations
have travelled long and wearisome
roads to fill appointments in far
removed parts. They have under
gone real hardships in living.
And the pittance given them for
. the sustenance of family in many
cases has amounted to only few
hundred dollars per year. Most
of them are sadly underpaid to-
day.
The pioneers of the back coun-
try We're soldiersina great cause.
They were. uncrowned heroes OF
their day and generation. In
their homes they were forced to
stint and save and make a lean
purse cover multitude offamily
expenses. Out Of a fewhundrcd
dollars they received they must
buy bread and meat and clothes
for the wife and children and
then pay doctors bills and elu-
cate the children.
And to the wives Of these God
ly men must go equal credit, for
it was the mother who helped to
keep expenses down by doing
much of the drulgery herself, by
darning and Knitting and cutting
out garments and teaching the
children by candle light.
a grand company OF men and
women were these and worthy
of infinitely greater appreciation
than any generation has ever be-
slowed upon them.
Some Of these days we will all
recognize a century old obligation
and will make up our minds to
pay these humble servants al
least in small proportion to the
richness'of the service rendered.
Charlotte Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02
Mrs. Xeach Tells How She Got 10 Know
Rat.SDau,

"Ilavc always feared rats; lately no.
ticcd many on my farm. A neiyhbor
said he just got rid of droves with Rat
Snap. This started me thinking. Tried
Rat-Snap myself. 1t killed II and
scared the rest away. Rat-Snap comes
in three sizes. 25c, SOC, 81. Sold an d
guaranteed by l. l. Critcher.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02
7 \ E " { { K.

The President continued his
speaking tour in the interest OF
the league of nations. David
Lawrence, in the Greensboro
Daily News, declares that Mr..
Wilson leaves the Pacific coast
triumphant. Theodore Tiller, in
the same paper, suggests that
heeffectoft hePresidentsspeech
es is uncertain. Senator Hiram
johnson, who has been following
the President, left his speaking
tour unfinished to return to the
Senate where his amendment to
the constitution of the league was
in danger of defeat. The Sen
ate has continued to debate the
league. The chief speech of the
week against it was made by
Senator Reed, Democrat.
A strike involving most of the
iron and steel industries of the
United States began on Monday
of last week. BY Friday over
100000 men were outin the Pitts
burgh district. The conflict
reaches 20 states and affects half
a million workers. The strike
has been marked so far by con
siderable violence and bloodshed,
and promises to be a long and
fiercely contested struggle.
AT Albemarle, in this state
Marvin Ritch, a Charlotte lawyer
and j. H. Graham, organizer of
textile workers were indicted in
connection with a clash between
the strikers and the authorities
last week in which the shorthand
one striker were wounded, on the
charge of melting to riot. There
was evidence that ten days be-
fore the trouble, Ritch made a
speech in which he read q chap
ter from the Epistle of James
and advised the workers to leave
their guns at home, and use their
fists and rotten eggs to prevent
non union laborors from entering
The mills. Graham, too, is said
to have approved the use of eggs.
Both defendants were held for
the grandjury in bonds of $1,000
each. Just as the preliminary
hearing was getting under way,
Judge Frank Carterthrewa bomb
in the camp by declaring that it
would be a great injustice to try
the cases in Albemarle. Twen.
ty-seven others who actually were
present at the riot have also been
indicted. =
A committee of the Green's
bor6 chamber of commerce is at
tempting to solve the housing
problem in that city by forming
a corporation to build so to 100
houses within a year.
Influenza has again broken out
in at least seven counties in the
state. 1t is reported to be of a
much milder form than lastyear.
Diplomatic relations between
Belgium and Holland have been
broken, and armed conflict be
tween the two nations threatens,
thus adding one more war to the
twenty-twoortwenty three which
have been in progress in Europe
this summer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02

FOR SALE: AS the season is
now over at Blowing Rock, We
have for immediate sale 10 or To
choice milk cows. Green Park
HjtelCo.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02

FOR SALE: One good yoke oxen
five years old. Weight 2,2U
pounds. Well broke. Will sell
:, for cash or on time. S. r. Gragg
Shu.ls Nils. N. c.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-02
How Lafayette Lies In American Soil.

Toward the close of the sum.
mer of 1925, writes Morris Ed.
mund Speare, of the Department
of History of the United States
Naval Academy, in telling of La
fayette's last visit to the United
States Naval Academy, there
came the painful farewells to be
made to his American friends.
In Virginia he took leave of Ex-
Presidents, Jefferson, Madison
and Monroe. Then on Septem-
Der 6, in cOmmemoration of his
birthday, the newPresidentJohn
Quincy Adams, gave great din
ner in his honor at the White
House, to which many of the dis.
tinguished men of the country
were invited. The next day La
fayette received and answered a
farewell address from the Presi-
dent and then, followed by a pro-
cession of cheering thousands, he
embarked, and for the last time,
for his native land.
The touching significance of all
this journey lies in what Lafay-
cite now had collected an d
brought aboard his ship, to as
sure himself that in death; as in
life, he would have the comfort
of being happy most in Amcri-
can soil. Touched by the genu-
ine affection and esteem with
which he was held throughout
this land, his thoughts must have
turned often and sadly to hisown
now declining years. So he had
gathered from some one of the
battletields upon which he
had fought for American Indc.
pendence dozen barrels of eal tn
which he had brought aboard his
ship and which he carried back
with him to France. Today in the
Picpns Cemetery where lie the
remains of Duke Lewis, of the
Genoud family, and of the Lafay.
cites, in a silent and noble place,
consecrated to a few members Of
the French aristocracy, General
Lafayette, the citizen of two
countries, lies buried in Amerj-
can soil.
There are few indeed to whom
this factis generally known. 1t
is nowhere mentioned in his BIZ
ography nor in the countless
lives written upon him by both
Frenchmen and our own coun-
trymen. The fact, howerer, is
made authentic by one of Lafay-
ett's contemporaries. Baron THE
bault, in his five volume memoirs
published in Paris for the first
time in 1905, by Fernand Calm
etts. This is work apparently
unknown to Americans. Baron
Thicbault was the. son of Dieu-
dome rhiebault, a distinguished
Frenchman of letters of the eigh-
teenth century.
In referring to Lafayette's
death it is interesting to note
that this lifelong adherent of
Napoleon appeared to have little
sympathy with Lafayette's care
full preparations to be buried in
American earth, since he con-
cludes his account of the matter
with tbe words: What q bizarre
idea this was for a man to re.
main in France and yet choose
to be inferred in the soil of Amer
ica."
Bizarre indeed this may have
appeared to this soldier of the
empire. To us IN this year 1919
what an exquisite tribute was this
paid to our land by the knight of
two continents who fought only
for human liberty!
~ Spent a 81 On Rat.Snap and Saved