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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-10

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-10

Licensed TO Wed-Louis Pruess, Dav-
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William Lamar, Davenport; Anna Is
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-10

Order Birth BIsnks-City Clerk
Hugo Moeller yesterday placed an or
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-10

All the new ell the time The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-10

(Adv)
The fool-killer., 1914-08-01
CAN YOU DO IT?

Say, Mister, here is a little job
[ would like for some man to un'
dertake, just to see how it works
out. If you want the job, l will
give YOU the Instructions. Here
they are:
You go out in your town or
cummunity, buy you a plot OF
ground and build a house on It.
Put heavy bars on the windows
and heavy locks on the doors.
Also build strong high wall a.
round your house. Tken go out
and entice a gang Of young Wo-
men into. your prison and lock
them up, and act in other ways
to arouse suspicion that some
thing is wrong about your institu-
ton.
Then when the officers of the
law come around wanting to know
what is going on inside, you tell
them it is mono Of their blamed
business. Ii they insist on going
in to see for themselves, you bris-
tie up and tell them to keep out.
Tell them that you are trying out
some kind Of a new-fangled relig-
ion in there and that they have no
right to interfere with your relig-
ion.
Now, Mister, do you think you
could pull off such stunt as that
and get away with it? No, not
to save you from the devil. But
the Roman Catholics are doing
that very thing all over America
today, and the officers Of the law
are not lifting a finger against it.
Romanism is the only institution
in America that can run a ques-
tionable business under lock and
key and compel the authorities
Of the law to keep out. WHY?
Well that s what we are trying to
find out.
The fool-killer., 1914-08-01
Let Us Talk 1t
Over

Well. dear sinner friends, this IL
The Fool Killer.
How does it set on your stomach!
If you like it, you can get more at
headquarters.
The Fool-Killer is not even forty
1eventh cousin to any other paper on
earth.
It stands in a class by itself, and
its field Is al broad as the English
language.
This paper wears no bell, muzzle,
collar nor halter.
You can put that down to start with.
I am the fellow who works at the
pump-handle on this pungent period
ical of thrilling thought. [ print only
what I write; I write only what l
think; and I think what I dOggon
please.
own this entire establishment,
and Rockefeller isn't rich enough to
buy one share of it.
Does that sound strange?
Well, bless your soul, l am a great
deal richer than old John.
never travelled any to speak Of,
but have read great deal, and have
thunk some.
have also writ few books which
know are great, because they don't
sell worth a cent.
Great books never do.
And then l started The Fool-Killer,
Gust to quiet my nerves and keep the
old press from getting rusty.
From the seclusion Of these wooded
hills there will go forth each month
u bundle of literary dynamite that
will shake the rotten foundations Of
Dociety and cause the Church of Mann
mon to at least turn over in it's sleep.
The Fool-Killer il a monthly mus
aard-plaster for the blood-boils OF
Society, Church and State.
1t is salted with wit, peppered with
Aumor and seasoned with sarcasm.
Every line cuts like whip, and
overy word raises a blister.
II you are fool you had better not
subscribe for The Fool-Killer. II
you are wise you will. And SO that
Dottles it.
The fool-killer., 1914-08-01
STATEMENT

of the ownership, management, cir
culation, etc., required by the act of
August "a, 1912, of The Fool-Killer
published monthly at Moravian Falls,
N. O., for april, 1914.
Editor, ]. L. Pearson Moravian Falls, N. e.
Man. Ed, L. Pearson, MOravian Fal g. N. G,
Bus Man, J. L. Pearson, Moravian Falls, n. 6.
Publisher, J. L. Pearson, Moravian Falls, N. c.
Owner, J. l.. Pearson, MOravian Falls, N. c.
J. L. Pearson, Ed. Pub. and Owner
Sworn to and subscribed before me this lst
day of March, 1914. W. 4. HUBBARD, N. P.
Ny commission expires 80 Jan.. 1915.
The fool-killer., 1914-08-01
AMT YOU PROUD OF THIS {?

That was a great stroke of JUS
tlce that we pulled off down at
Vera Cruz when with one thun-
derlng shot from one of our
mighty guns we sent into eternitv
the blood-spattered souls of one
hundred Mexican school-children.
Ut course those children must
have been very mean, and they
were caught right in the crime
OF trying to study and develop
their minds for future usefulness.
But our brave boys" with their
big guns and their patriotic desire
to serve mankind" put mighty
sudden stop to that diabolical
plot.
10 be school-child in Mexico
is almost as great a crime as to
be a miners child in Colorado
There may be some little differ
ence, but we amt got time TO flo.
ure 1t out. We are too busv serv
ing mankind. And so the safest
plan is to murder and burn the
Mexican " children just like we do
the Colorado children. This nlan
Is guaranteed under the pre-
Feud and Thug Act of Abri1 %
1914 and has the approval of the
government.
80 on Q !, with the tango! Let the
rich children dance while tbo 49, e
children die! Open another kee Of
powder, my brave boys, and let =
serve mankind some more. Banpi
For the benefit Of those who
Eay E, no5 not, nave heard about it, The
fool-klller takes occasion to. o.
The fool-killer., 1914-08-01
SAVE, DOGGON YE! I SAY,
SAVE!

SnObdOm lives a Well-fed rooster
by the name Of DIR. Frank Crane.
This Crane person is broke out all
over with bad case Of Blind Op-
limits and spends most Of his time
writing hypnotic dream stuff for
the capitalist press.
[ have before me pious preach
ment by DR.. Crane on "Thrift,
and [ just want you to listen to a
few ear-fuls Of his fancy fuss:
''The man or woman who is spend
ing all he or she makes is a fool. No
other term expresses it. Of the great
army of unemployed who have been
beseiging our cities, panhandling for
cimes and standing in line for bread,
it is safe to say nine-tenths need not
have been in that condition had they
saved some Of their money while earn
ing wages. Lower your styles of liv-
ing if necessary. Your position in
life is not essential. Your savings
are essential"
Now, Tom Henry Peter, you We
got it straight.
Say, Sal Malinda Lucy, did you
hear that?
Save!
That s the word!
Strange nobody ever thought
of that before.
If you are getting four dollars
a week and it takes three dollars
to pay your rent, don't be so
wasteful as to eat anything, and
for goodness sake don't think Of
wearing any clothes! Lay up that
other dollar and save it.
And lower your style Of living |!
Why certainly!
If you have been living on
bread and water, just cut out the
bread.
And if you have been enjoying
the luxury Of a pair of ragged
breeches, sell 'em to a niger for
ten cents, put the money in the
bank and go into your shirt tail.
There is nothing like saving, you
see.
OF course that army Of unem-
ployed' ought to have saved
something while they were earn
ing wages. [ suspect some Of
them were getting as high as sew
en- or eight dollars a week before
the "Wilson prosperity" hit 'em,
and they didn't have, on an aver
age, more than seven or eight
mouths to feed and backs to
clothe out Of it. So they ought to
have saved up. at least half their
wages for the time when 'Hpsyco-
ogy' was going to bow up it's
back and start around the ring
making a fuss like Hard Times. "
A shining example of this lack
Of thrift is found in the case
Of our goody-goody Secretary Of
State, Billyum Jawbone Bray-on.
Poor old Billyum can't save a
cent out Of his salary, and even
has to splice it out with 'Chaw-
railway lectures to make tongue
and buckle meet. But then
there is some excuse for Billyum
not saving anything. He only gets
a measley little thousand dollars
a month, while men have been
known to get as much as thirty
dollars month and could not
save anything. [ reckon Billyum
does the best he can with his little
tad Of salary, but l am awfully
afraid he will have to inin tho
The fool-killer., 1914-08-01

answer [ can give them is to con-
fess that [ am a man without a
party.
Since [ kicked over the traces
and said good-by to the old rotten
Republican hulk a few years ago,
[ have been more in sympathy
with the Socialist party than any
other. But even that party allows
itself to stand sponsor for few
things that [ am not so alfred
certain about.
However, as it looked to me like
the best thing in 81 light, [ had no
other choice. Because it stood
up bravely against the wicked
Money Power and cried out in be-
half of the under dog"-for
these reasons my sympathies were
with it. Another thing that in
clined me toward Socialism was
the fact that it was the only party
in the field that was not under the
thumb of Romanism It had the
name Of being Rome's bitterest
enemy, while the other parties
were bowling and scraping before
the pope. Years ago [ saw the
need Of some political party to
take up the fight against Rome s
political advances here in this
country and so [ patted myself on
the back and said, Here, Pear
son, is the party you've been look
ing for
But, blame-take it, [ just wish
you d look yonder now at my So,
cialist party. There goes Fred
Warren with it in his vest pocket,
and he is headed straight for
Rome to hand it over to the pope.
[ don't know just how many
pieces of silver Fred is getting for
betraying his party into the hands
Of the enemy, but I'll bet it would
make Judas s little wad look like
thirty cents.
Now everybody that wants to
can follow Fred Warren into the
Roman trap, but here is one bud
dy who pointedly will not do it.
Fred can talk himself black in the
face about there being no dang. r,
and that all this anti Catholic hur-
rah is unnecessary, but I know
better. There is danger! The
alarm DOES need to be sounded,
and it ought to have been sound
ed long ago. Americans MUST
take concerted action against
Rome if they expect to preserve
the few liberties they have left.
The man must be miserably blind
who cannot see that every branch
Of our civil government is AL
READY in the clutches of Rome
and her grip is going to get tight
er every day until we arise and
shake her loose. There is no use
to try to dodge these facts. They
are before us, and we must meet
them like men. It must be ballots
now, or bullets by-and-by. Which
shall it be?
And so that s where [ stand DO
litically. The party that gets my
vote hereafter MUST put into its
| platform a plank DECLARING for
The fool-killer., 1914-08-01
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The fool-killer., 1914-08-01

IRVING V. KOCH, Adv. Manager
80 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
The fool-killer., 1914-08-01

For the benefit of those who
may may not not have heard about it, The
fool-klller takes occasion to. an
nounce that President Tumnltv,s
private secretary is fellow nam.
ed Woodrow Wilson
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-22
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CONCERNING CANCER

Write to The Weber Sanatorium, II
Garfield Place, Cincinnati, Ohio, for
information concerning the Medical
Treatment Of All Forms OF External
Gr0v~ths. especially Cancer. E,stab-
lished % years and we'll endorsed. &C.
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-22
BANKRUPTCY SALE.

Notice is hereby given that on
Thursday. December 81. 1914, at 10
O'Clock a. IN. the undersigned trustee
IN the matter of Olive l. Allison, bank
rupt. Cause No 1857, now pending in
the United States District Court for
the District of Indiana, pursuant to an
order of the court in said matter, will
offer at public sale upon the premises
at No. 10 North Sth street in the City
Of Richmond. Wayne County. Indiana.
all the personal property belonging to
said bankrupt estate, consisting OF a
stock of millinery, together with the
furniture and fixtures used in cOnnec-
ton Herewith, excepting book ac-
counts, either as whole or in such
lots and parcels as the trustee deems
advisable. Terms cash.
FRANK T. STRAYER, Trustee.
Dated Dec. %, 1914.
Will w. Keller, Atty.
22-24-26-2S-30
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-22
NEW MADISON. O.

Roscoe Thomas visited his mother.
Mrs. Julia Thomas, and his sister,
Mrs. Tom Eubank Sunday
lsiah Wenger is spending the week
at Greenville
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Clark are the
parents of a son.
The funeral of S. A. D. Walker who
died at his homo Thursday morning
was held at the Universalist church
Sunday afternoon. The services were
conducted by the Rev. Roberts of Ea-
ton.
Mrs. A, G. Trumps Of Centerville,
Ind, is visiting her daughter Mrs.
Harry Clark
Orville Richards and wife spent Sun
day with Dlla Wills at West Manches-
ter.
Mr., and Mrs. Lewis Richards spent
the week with their sons, Russell and
Raymond at West Manchester, O.
Members of the United Brethren
church took up a substantial collection
Of clothing Sunday which will be sent
to the miners in the Eastern part of
the state. where a strike has thrown
many out of work for some time.
The early fall of snow has brought
more sleighs on the streets Of the town
than had been seen before for num-
Der Of wears.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Richards, Mr..
and Mrs, Yves Bernhardt spent Sun
day with J. d. Tice and family
Mrs. Anna Russell and grandson.
Robert Tice, are visiting Oscar Rus
sell and wife at Centeryille.
Mrs. Add Hill visited her daughter.
Mrs. Townsend in Richmond last
week
A good-szed crowd witnessed the
play of the gypsey girls and the
brownie band which was presented at
the X. of p. hall Saturday night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-22
Centerville. Ind, Dec. II, 1914.

L. Z.
Editor Palladium:
Governor Ralston has done his duty
without fear or favor with the grand
jury investigation OF our last legisla-
ture. which report is SO plain, fair and
impartial that we all can understand
the inside workings Of the assembly
better than our representative, Joint
representative and joint senator either
or all did. They have not reported
their stewardship (surely lost their
talent and had none to report or
couldn't find where they buried it,
but they got their pay just the same
What did they give us who they were
chosen to represent, sworn to do so
and paid. We fail to see It on the
pages Of the assembly record or hear
any service rendered from them, their
friends or party, and the grand jury
found no record to show that either
did anything to stop or correct any of
the evils or mistakes and few Of us
that were out to the session found no
representation Of Wayne county. Our
joint representative certainly did not
represent in getting made the speak
er for not appointing his favorite for
another door-keeper, made himself the
catspaw Of a faction and the dupe of
a click that got him to offer the
ridiculous teacher-janitor pension bill
that would cost us hundreds Of dollars
year if it wasn't fortunately uncon-
stitutional. Let us hear from Mr..
Crawford where he got that primary
bill he offered and who wrote it?
Who would the teeth in it bite?
We think Mr.. Crawford was sincere,
fearless and wanting TO do the right
thing, but indiscreet and without
remedial or constructive measures.
And We have been waiting for an
explanation from Mr.. Judkins for fail
ure to perform duty on the enrolling
or engrossing committee as the grand
jury charged him guilty Of; was he
ignorant Of duties. incapable, bewild-
cred, or Indifferent? The excuse that
some or all didn't come to him with
report or etc, won't go His duty was
to get it if it took demand and he
had all power necessary, and was in
dependently able to prevent any mis-
carriage of or error in bills
And believing in redeeming plat
forms, what pledge to us did he full
fill and why no effort to fulfill all?
Did he fulfill the eight-hour law
pledge by voting against that law and
working his contradictory employees
ten hours? And what did Mr.. Com
mons do? Yes. IT'S often better to
do nothing than to do the wrong thing
Judkins is commendable compared to
Commons, who has served two ses-
sions, if Judkins makes good this
time.
ALVIN NJ. THREEW1TS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-22
EATON BANK BUYS
BONDS FOR SCHOOL

EATON, O.. Dec. 22.-School build
ing bonds totaling $4,000 were sold
Monday by the Dixon township board
of education to the Preble County Ma
tional bank Of Eaton for a premium of
800. The First National bank of
Cleveland bid 1913 for the issue. The
bonds bear interest at the rate of five
per cent and run for a period of fifteen
years. The money will be used for
the erection of central school build
ing in that township, the question OF
Capitalization having been favored by
voters of the district when the mat
ter came up at the last general cleo
ton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-22

FOR RENT-Rooms, board or cooking
privileges if desired. 103 N. 18th
St l9-tf
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-22
PRINCE Won BuEL0W
PLEASES ITALIANS
TBY LEASED WIRE,1

ROME, Dec. 22.-Prince Won Bue-
low, Germany's new ambassador to
Italy, called at the foreign office Mon
day and was given cordial greeting.
The new envoy is a general favorite
among the Italian officials, and it is
felt here that he can do more than
any other man the kaiser can send to
keep Italy from casting her lot with
the allies.
Though it is asserted that Italy in
tends to maintain neutrality, but Italy
has made all preparations for war. FL
nanciers declare that the action of the
government in extending the banking
moratorium until March 81 is highly
significant
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-22
WEATHER PROMISES
"WH|TE" CHRISTMAS
Predicted Drop in Tempera-
ture Will Hold Snow for
Several Days.
|BY LEASED WIRE,1

CHICAGO. Dec. PA white Christ
mas with its jingling sleighbells and
clicking ice skates will be Santa Claus
gift to Illinois and other western Great
the weather man. Tonight or tomor-
row the temperature will drop nearly
to zero, and there will not be enough
warm weather to melt the snow that
has fallen. The skies will be general
ly fair with occasional snow flurries.
Though today is the first of official
winter, tomorrow will be the shortest
day of the year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-22
UNITY CLUB GIVES
CHRISTMAS PARTY

EATON, o., Dec. 22.-The annual
Christmas party Of the Unity club will
be held Wednesday afternoon in the
opera house. All arrangements have
been made for the reception of two
hundred of the city's children, who
will be entertained by short program
and later given gifts from big Christ
mas tree by real. live Santa Claus.
The party is an annual event and is
eagerly anticipated by the little folks
of the city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-22
100 DAYS. FIGHT
. ON LONG FRONT
STILL UNDECIDED
French and British Artillery
Get Within Range of ROu-
lers But Cannot Reach
COurtrai.
BY FRANKLIN p. MERRICk,
STAFF Correspondent Tho international
News Service

PARIS, Dec. 22.-French and Brit
fish artillery has got within range Of
Roulers, in West Flanders. and is
Smelling that city. Supreme efforts
have been made on the Ypres- Wervick
line to get long-range guns within
range Of Courtrai. but this has been
hindered by swampy ground.
The great battle, which began as
the battle Of the Aisne on September
~, and Is now raging on French, Ger
man and Belgian soil, has now been
In progress exactly one hundred days,
and while the allies have made good
gains at numerous points along the
300-mile battle front, a. no place has
their offensive resulted so far in a
decisive achievement, such as piercing
the German lines or compelling the
retreat Of one of the German armies.
Battle Only Siege.
Although the French and British are
pushing their offensive vigorously the
battle still remains practically nothing
but siege over a big section of the
front
It is reported that the allies have
taken Middlekerke. but this report
must be taken with herserve in view
of the French official statement issued
just before midnight According to
this announcement the Germans are I'M
dOubtedly making fierce counter at
lacks in an effort to recover ground
lost to the Franco Belgians on the
Iombartzdye-St Georges line, east of
Newport
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