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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05
keep UNIFORMS
ONLY MONTHS
Discharged Soldiers Permitted to
Wear Army Costumes for so
Days, Colonel States.

Soldiers may wear their uni
forms three months after the date
OF discharge and then must return
them 10 the government within
g period OF four months, according
TO Il statement given by Colonel
Harry B. Jordan, commandant at
Rock island arsenal, today.
The statement. which also sets
forth that officers may retaiB their
uniforms but can wear :hem only
upon occasions of ceremony, is ap-
pended:
Present law authorizes a dis
charged officer or soldier to wear
his uniform from the plare OF dis
charge to his home within three
months OF the date OF his dis
charge from the service. There
after the officer may wear his uni
form only upon occasions of cere-
mouy.
Tho enlisted man must return
his uniform within four months %
date Of discharge; but can wear
Il bIlF IN bldtt4 dBOfS.
AN act is now before congress,
which II passed, will authorize err
listed men TO keep the uniform
which they are permitted to wear
home. and 10 wear that particular
uniform. only, provided some dis
tinetiye mark or insignia. to be is
sued by the war department, shall
be worn
ut will thus be clearly seen that
neither under existing or proposed
law will a discharged soldier 5e
permitted to wear uniforms made
by civilian or other tailors. They
may legally wear only the partic-
uiaF uniforms which they have
been permitted TO retain.
NO person will be permitted TO
solicit orders for. or deliver uni
forms TO soldiers about tc be dis
charged. Persons or concerns per-
Stating in selling uniforms to such
soldiers, after having been warned
not 10 do so. will not be permitted
10 come on or do business on the
military reservation"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05

to which he had been carried fol-
lowing the accident and succeeded
in keeping him quiet until the ar
rival OF Or Joseph De Silva.
Frey is employed At the Jones
second hand store, 1903 Second ave
nue., and vas leaving his work for
his home in Davenport when the
mishap occurred lie resides vii
a sister, Mrs. william Burbach, ] lu
East Eleventh street. Davenport.
He stepped on the tracks when
the car, running at a fair rate or
speed, was almost upon him. II
was impossible TO bring the car 20
a stop and the impact hurled the
man to one side and 10 the pave
meut with stunning force Tie was
picked up and carried into tho Pal
ace Dye works, 1914 Second ave-
nue.
Luckily, Frry's injuries proved
to be OF a minor character, he huV-
ing sustained only a scalp wound
and sundry bruises. HIS woun,l 8
were dressed by Dr.. De Silva, who
took the injured man to his HON
in Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05
BURGESS

| Mrs. Charles werrz is in Burling-
I ton, where she will visit several
days with relatives.
Bruce Gladson was a recent Aledo
] visitor.
Robert DfTard spent the day Sat
Urday in Monmouth.
Miss Margaret Lanerty visited
| Saturday with Alexis friends.
The Misses Bernlce Morrow and
Vera Morgan were shoppers in AIedo
Charles Darlington Of shaw's
7 Crossing was a business caller in
/ Burgess Saturday.
Fred Parkinson attended the hog
sale in A edO Saturday.
Mrs. Fred Mclaughlin was Wis
itor in Monmouth Saturday.
The Misses Lucille and Grace
Johnson visited Saturday with
f. Z. Peterson spent several days
/ last week in Galesburg at the bed
side of his brother-in-law James
Maness. prior to his death.
Mrs. J. c. Boyer left last week for
keokuk. Iowa. where she will visit
several days with friends near that
Among the Burgess men who at
tended the Poland China hog sale at
Monmouth Saturday were S Z.
Iaughe cad, Dan Kelley, w J. Sharer
and Glen Brown.
Mrs W J. Sharer was a shopper
in Monmouth saturday
Lawrence Whan visited with Sea-
!
Miss Margaret Morford has been
employed as teach err to finish the
uneXpired term of school at the
Prairie Rose district.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fleming Long and
, family of Monmouth were visitors
at the J. E GIadson home in Bur
CESS, sunday.
La Nern Morgan returned home
last week from Chicago. where he
had been with a shipment of cattle.
". A. Mclaughlin was in Aledo
Friday.
Mrs, ]. R. Mclaughlin and son.
Robert, Jr-. are in Aledo. where they
expect to visit several days with
Mrs. Frank whan. who has been
suffering from an attack of the tiu.
is recovering rather slowly the
trained nurse still being with her
Mr.. and Mrs; Raymond 5. Pease
ing over the. arrival of girl. who
came. to the home Wednesday
Mr.. Keller of the Burgess Hard
ware & Implement company was a
caller in Alexis Thursday.
Miss Hazel Sharer is home from
an attack of the hu. she probably
Will return to college March l.
Mrs. Keller went to Monmouth
THURSDAY, where she met her daugh-
ter. who IS visiting a the Keller
home in Burgess.
Mr.. and Mrs. w H Hunter en-
teTtained number Of friends and
relatives over the Weekend. Among
them Were Mr.. hunters parents.
The Ladies, Aid society of the
Burgess church met Thursday at the
home of Mrs. J. l. Hamilton.
The community was s8ddened
Thursday evening by the death OF
James ManeSs. which occurred at the
about ) o'clock that afternoon Mr..
Maness had suffered from long At
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05

these is so and the oldest 72. The
Illinois handicap bureau reports
that it has found positions for 412
crippled soldiers who were wound
ed while with the American Expe-
dictionary forces in France.
The service has applications from
tens OF thousands of men and wo-
men between the ages Of As and IS
as well as from those who have
some physical disability, indicating
the great need for a separate divi-
sion specializing IN this work.
Plans have been perfected for the
organization Of handicap bureaus
In every state in the union, and
these state bureaus will be in full
operation in the near future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05
HANDICAP BUREAU
TO FIND JOBS FOR
AGED AND INFTRM

A new branch of the United
States employment service known
as the handicap bureau" for the
purpose of finding suitable occupa-
lions for men and women of mature
years as well as for those who
through some physical disability.
have difficulty in securing suitable
employment, has been created.
The work of the handicap bureau
has already been started in Mas
sachusetts. The first monthly re-
port shows that 1867 men and wo-
men who in years are beyond the
prime of life have been placed in
good positions. The youngest of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05
STRUCK BY CAR;
ESCAPES DEATH
George Frey of Davenport Susta!nS
Minor Injuries When Run Down
on Long View Line.

Il don't want a doctor; I'm all
right" declared George Frey of
Davenport, aged 50 years. as he sat
erect, blood streaming from a Jag
ged cut on his head sustained when
a westbound Long View street car
ran him down on Second avenue,
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets, about O'Clock last even
ing
Bystanders restrained Frey as
he attempted to leave the building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05
Rheumatism Back on the Job
With Its O1d-time Fury

germs. can rid you Of this disabling
disease.
8. 8. s. has given some wonderful
results in treating rheumatism.
Being purely vegetable blood
remedy. II purifes the blood OF ey-
cry germ. and thus removes the
cause OF Rheumatism. Get a bottle
today at your drug store. and start
on the right treatment that will
get results. Free advice about your
case can be had by writing 70 Med
teal Director. Is Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga--[Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05
Properties Change Hands.

G.. A. Hass sold his fine residence
on South Walnut street to G.. F.
Plat. county Observation-Disclosures
of Mercer county.
G. W. Allison last week purchas
ed the Marsh property on aSouth
College avenue from Charles A.
Haas. and contemplates wreCk+ng
the brick building now standing on
the ground and will soon erect a
fCe residence there
W. S. Robinson, who recently re
moved TO this city from Joy, last
week purchased the Carl a. Rey-
nolds property on North Spruce
street and expects to occupy the
same in the near future.
S. S. Lane of Ohio Grove recently
moved to AIedO and now occupies
a home on West Fifth street which
he purchased.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05
Ne Let-Up in It's Torture.

Pretty soon you will be reaching
for the hnfment bottle again. for
the millions of little pain demons
that cause Rheumatism are on the
warpath. Winter weather seems TO
awaken them to renewed fury.
But your rheumatism cannot be
rubbed away. because lfniments and
lotions cannot reach the disease. II
liz IN the blood, and only a remedy
thai goes deep down in TO the cdr
c1ia&1oa, and routs cut that disease
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05
MONROE HELD FOR
DISCRETION; WATTS
A COURT MARTIAL

Chicago, Feb. 6-James r. Mon
roe, who caused much trouble for
Rock Island and Chicago police by
"eontessing" he had run down and
killed Miss Josephine Mcdonald
with an automobile on Jan. %, and
conveyed the body 10 a lonely spot
on the lake front. is in Fort Sheri-
dan today as a deserter. Federal
agents took him there to await trial
by q military tribunal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05
Suggestions to Women
Just Ready to Drop

When you just ready to drop" when you
feel so weak that you can hardly drag yourself
about-and because you have not slept WE'LL
you get up as tired out next morning as when
you went to bed, you need help. Vinol will
help you just as it did these two women. Why
not try it?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05

and c, q m m o n
Sense Directions
for care OF Hear
ing which aC-
companies e a 90 h
bottle, tells you
exactly h o W 10
take care Of your
own case. DO not
be nislcd by sub
stituteS or Imlta
tons. The . n J y
& 2 n u n c "EA Z
OIL" is A. Q.
Leonard Ear oil
1t is the original
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05

Il keep house for my husband
and myself and l got into a weak.
rundown. nervous condition and no
I heard how Vinol helped
others and tried it ard it built me
up so l am strong. have a good ap-
petite and feel better in every way"
Mrs. James Croker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05
Relieves Deafness, Stops Head Noises

I'll Noises caused by
mucus
the
Ill drriIG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05

OF
not you?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-05
HERE IS PROOF

HOImf9I ! ].
"I live on a farm and am q hard
working woman and for weak, run
down, overworked conditions have
found nothing that will create an
appetite. build me up and make me
strong equal to Vinol II helped
several others in our neighborhood,
too Mrs. Thomas Ellis.
weak women, overwork-
Id delicate children, there
Ike VinOL.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-23
CONGRESS OPPOSES
LOANINC EUROPE MORE
THINKS THIS GOVERNMENT HAS
ALREADY DONE ENOUGH FOR
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Additlon-
al loans or extensions of credit by
this government &c European govern
ments will not be authorized by the
present congress Representative
Fordney, of Michigan, chairman OF
the house ways and means commit
tee, declared today.
He said he had received Informal
ton from various sources that calls
are to come soon from several quar-
ters for financial help for some for
eign peoples. oe tho
limited States are willing to extend
their existing heavy loans to foreign
Governments and peoples, or to ar
range for additional credits" salo
Mr. Fordney. 81 am opposed to any
such extension, and I think our com,
n1ittee feels as l do on this question
and the assent of this committee
n nm, he had first for additional loans
and commitments. m
"With the foreign governments "
which we htave made heavy i3aHS
and given credits defaultlng on tn nLo
interest payments one year after . LIE
close of the war l do not THINK We
would be justified in making addi'l0H-
al loans"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-23
A BILLION CUT in
FEDERAL EXPENSES
HOUSE LEADER MONDELL SAYS
THERE MUST BE DECIDED RE-
DUCTION IN EXPENDITURES.

WASHINGTON, D. CA billion
dollar cut must be made in govern
ment expenditures this year Republi-
can Leader Mondell warned today in
a speech to congress.
Estimates for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1920, total nearly $5,-
000,00O,000, according to figures re-
Gently submitted. These must be
slashed to less than $4,000,000,000,
Representative Mondell declared.
Economy must~be the watchword
for the present session." he empha-
sized.
"In no other way can we perform
our duty to our country. When there
is a widespread demand for reduc-
ton in taxes, when further bond IS
sues are inadvisable and when est1-
mates are in excess of probable rev.
enues it presents situation in which
the practice of economy of the sever
est type becomes absolutely essential
if we hope to place our fiscal opera
tions on a sound basis and avoid dan
gerous financial situations"
AS to where reductions will be
made Representative Mondell said:
Estimates for the army, of nearly
a billion dollars, should be reduced
by at least half. The estimates for
civil sundry expenditures should
stand heavy reduction. The esti-
mates for fertilization will stand the
heaviest cut of all. The naval esti-
mates may be largely reduced with
out impairing the efficiency of the
naval establishment. River and har-
Dor estimates also will be cut, and
heavy reductions will be made all
along the line"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-23
SAYS RESERVATIONS
TO TREATY INEVITABLE
GEORGIA SENATOR URGES THE
SENATE TO GET TOGETHER
AND ADOPT THE PACT.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Senator
Hoke Smith addressed the senate late
Wednesday afternoon advocating
early action on the peace treaty and
urging that senator's who wish to
ratify the treaty with mild reserva-
tions get together in conference and
decide upon some program.
In his speech Senator Smith said
"there has been no lack of recogni-
ton by the senate Of the Importance
of closing the peace treaty with Ger
many Had not the covenant of the
league of nations been attached to
the peace treaty with Germany the
treaty would have been ratified
months ago.
"The majority Of the senator's are
convinced that reservations should be
made part of the ratification of the
peace treaty, because they are nee
essary to make clear doubtful pro-
visions in the covenant, and thereby
avoid future disputes and wars; be-
cause they are necessary to prevent
power which should be exercised by
the congress from being transferred
5000 miles away to nine men, eight
of whom are foreigners; and because
they are necessary to leave the con-
gress entirely free to perform its
constitutional duties when an effort
is made Co spend the money of our
- ho
our boys in the wars of the world.
Reservations Inevitable.
'For months it has been apparent
that the covenant of the league OF
nations would not be approved with
out reservations covering the sub
iects to which | have referred. A
study of the reservations voted for
by the majority and reservations vot-
ed for or offered by the minority
shows that more than two-thirds OF
the senators have expressed them
selves with reasonable certainty IN
favor OF reservations which will ac-
complish the objects in view:
"Most of these reservations sug-
gested from different sides vary more
in language than in substance. Sena-
tors have We'd with each other in urg-
ing the Importance of ratifying the
treaty and in charging opposing sides
with responsibility for the delay. Let
us cease trying to find out who is re-
sponsible for the delay aad bring the
delay to an end.
s'The statement from the white
house that President Wilson has no
compromise or concession of any kind
in mind only emphasizes the fact
that the treaty is still in the senate,
and that it is for the senate to agree
upon reservations and ratify the trea-
ty At any time majority OF the
senate can take up the treaty. Ger
tainly two-thirds of the senate can
do so by suspending any rule, If there
is a rule, in the way of action"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-23
BRYAN IN FAVOR OF
TREATY RESERVATIONS
DEMOCRATIC LEADER AND COM.
MONER DECLARES FOR COM
PROMISE OF DIFFERENCES.

WASHINGTON, D. Civilian j
Bryan, oldest living candidate for the
presidency and veteran politician
who boasts that he was running fol-
the presidency long before anybody
being mentioned for that Office was
even known to the general public, has
injected himself into the treaty con-
troversy not only but into the politi-
cal situation within the democratic
party.
Brother Bryan's views on current
events were made known to a gath
ering of democratic senators here the
other night, at which certain we'll
known views which the commoner has
espoused during the last twenty years
were resurrected, together with GER
tain new ones which he believes the
democratic party should adopt in its
platform in the next campaign.
So far as the treaty fight is con-
cerned the significant fact is that Mr..
Bryan is for compromise. He would
like to see, Tor instance, reservation
providing for the direct election by
the people of the United States of
their representative in the council of
the league of nations. But he believes
that something can be worked out of
the, pending reservations in order to
bring the treaty out of the senate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-23
100000 ILLITERATES
IN EMERGENCY ARM Y
Figures Prepared by the General
Staff Shows Per Cent of Whites
And Is Per Cent of Colored.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Figure
compiled by the statistics branch Of
the general staff on illiteracy in the
emergency army show that probably
TO per cent of the entire force was
illiterate and TIA relatively illiterate.
The figures are based on a total of
100000 men. OF this total 81 600
are classed as wholly illiterate and
712,000 as relatively illiterate, an ag-
gregate of 1,023,O00 men.
The literate class numbered 3,O67,-
900.
White soldiers classed as wholly
illiterate numbered 10000, or 5.5
per cent. of the entire white strength,
and relatively illiterate $4,000, or Is
per cent. Whites in the literate class
numbered 2,825, 200, or IT'S per
cent. of the total in the service.
Colored illiterates numbered 1885,
600, or 25.5 per cent. of the total
colored strength, while negroes rela-
lively illiterate numbered $4,000, or
PSI per cent. The literate class of
negroes numbered 242,000 out of a
sotal of 100000, or 49.4 per cent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-23
AUSTRIA In THROES
OF HORRIBLE FAMINE
MORsELS OF BODY OF MURDER
ED GIRL EATEN BY POOR.
CONDITIONS DISTRESSING.

Failure to secure immediate ship
ments of food for Austria, now or
the verge of starvation, will force
DR.. Karl Renner, chancellor of the
Austrian republic, to resign, accord
ing to a statement made by the chan
cellor in Paris, where he made a
strong appeal to the peace confer
ence. DR.. Renner declared the ques-
ton was not political one, but in
volved the saving of 100000 HUI
man beings from starvation.
whether Vienna has bread for
Christmas depends upon the answer
to requests made to Italy for urgent
shipments of all it can spare" DR..
Renner said. whether the whole of
Austria is not faced by famine by
the middle of January depends upon
quick action by the allied and asso-
ciated powers.
May Turn to Cannibalism.
The CHANCELLOR has warned the allies
that the Austrians may become can
nibals unless food is shipped to them
at once. All the available food stocks
will be exhausted next month, he said.
DIR. Renner told many pitiable incl
dents that have taken place In the
Austrian capital. The body of muir
dered girl was mutilated and small
morseIs were eaten by the poor. The
famished people have eaten every
thing. There is not a dog, cat or rat
living in Vienna, he said. The horses
long ago have been killed and eaten.
Two thousand tons of food are
needed daily in Austria, according to
the chancellor. DR.. Renner made a
strong appeal for wheat for bread.
The government, he said, can pro-
vide the necessary freight cars to
haul the food from Trieste.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-23
GOLD SHIPMENT IS
STOLEN WHILE AT SEA
BOX is FOUND FILLED WITH
METAL WASHERS WHEN THE
VESSEL ARRIVES.

A box containing $4,000 in gold
coin shipped by the Anglo and Lon
don-Paris National Bank of San
Francisco on the liner Korea Maru
was found to contain scrap iron and
metal washers when opened by the
consignee in Hong Kong, say cable
advices received by the bank and
steamship company.
The bank, acting as agent for a
New York firm, packed two boxes,
each containing $4,000 in gold, and
the correctness of the shipment was
certified to by three trusted en-
ployes. Both boxes were put in the
strong room of the steamship, but
only one of them arrived at its des-
tination with gold in it.
Officials of the bank said they be-
lieved the substitution of scrap iron
for the gold was either made on
board the ship or after the consign-
ment reached Hong Kong.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-23

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Shootlng
reckless auto drivers on the spot is
the cure prescribed by three onlteo
States senators of the perilous traf-
fc conditions in Washington. Enrag-
cd bv the almost daily injury to peo-
ple.. caused by needless driving IN
this city Senator Fletcher, of Florl-
da said: 81 would vote to aeqult a
man who drew his pistol and shot
down a reckless driver, who came
nlunging into a group of people walt
ing for a street car"
Senator Ashurst, of Arizona nurst
out with:
ga citizen viii soon have TO arm
himself and shoot down some OF the e
drivers drivers, who, with cynical disregard
e. human life, run down old men,
nId women and babies" -.
The other advocate OF shooting 1ne
rackIess drivers was Senator Myers
nf Montana, who declared: ABOUT
by the coroner"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-23
ARE LYNCHING The
"DRUJOS" IN CUBA
NO MERCY SHOWN TO FETISH
WORSHIPERS WHO SACRIFICE
GIRLS. CONSIDER LAW MILD.

Frequent disappearance of young
white girls, who are believed to have
been carried off and sacrificed in VOC
doc rites, has so incensed the public
mind in Cuba that, for the first time
since the cessation of Spanish rule,
cases of lynching have occurred. The
first is reported from Guanabacoa, a
suburb of Havana, where "Brujos, y
one who practices voodooism under
the name of "Brujeria," was tied at
the end of a rope, the other end of
which was fastened to the tail of a
bare-backed mule, and the mule
fiogged to a gallop. The act was JUS
titled because of the leniency of the
law to voodoo culprits.
The second lynching reported was
in Matanzas, where a girl disappear
ed and her body was found in Gem
etery with the brains, blood, viscera,
heart and tongue missing. Five "Bru-
jos" were arrested. An effort to storm
the prison failed, but later the five
men were killed by soldiers Whlle Try
ing to escape.
Sacrifices Too Frequent.
Voodooism has been practiced IN
Cuba for more than 400 years, since
the first African slaves were import
ed as laborers. For generations those
who believed that certain idols have
power to cure physical and mental
ailments and to grant requests con-
corning lovo affairs and cures were
content to sacrifice animals. :,
To comply with the law many col
ored societies have been formed, such
as institutions for mutual succor, IN
structions and recreation, but under
this cover, in many cases, fetish wor-
ship has been carried on. In modern
times the "Bruios" have come to be-
| lieve that the blood and entrails OF
little white girls are necessary to sat
isfy the demands of the societies. As
result many children have beer
slain. resulting in public indignation
and lynchings which are becoming al
most as frequent as voodoo outrages