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Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31
For Sale OF TraGe-Farm Land.

FOR sALE-is0 acres black loan soil.
in Red River Valley. all under cuiu-
walton. crop goes with sale: SIS per
acre. Act quick This is snap. IN
ters,ato Realty Co. Mckinney block.
Moline. III
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31

F0R SALE. acres 81 me Earden
land. nice improvements: located
ON the south side. close 20 street
cars: ready 90 plat out In lots; only
$500. For particulars see EekhaTt
nunnna
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31

FOR sAL.E-small Missouri farm. s.
cash and s. monthly: no interest or
taxes: highly productive land: close
20 three big markets: write Tor
photographs and full information
Munger. r. i2s y \. Life Bldg.
Kansas City. NO
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31
Lodge Directory.

Masonic.
Masonic Temple. Eighteenth street
and Fifth avenue.
THE STATED MEETING OF TRIO
4 Lodge No. 81. - F. A. NJ.
o~~win be held on the hrst Thurs
M OF each month. 1880 p. m.
BY order OF Ira J. Robert, w NJ;
W. 3. Petit, secretary
g. \. r.
BUFoRD POST, 24S. G. A. R. meets
regularly on the second and fourth
Saturday evenings Of each month az
T:sO in Memorial hall at the court
house. William Mitchell. command
er; ". \ Norris. adiuiant
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31

FOR SALE-Seyen room house. new
and modern. Price S2.S00. Good lot
Phone r. l. 205f.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31

FOR sALE-ons OF the best located
and best improved farms in Rock Is
land county. VIII consider good
residence In exchange. z Z Law
yer. Peoples National Bank building.
Rock Island.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
Buryine the Moose.

Medin Mccormick, who event back"
some time ago, has declared that the Euro
pean war and industrial conditions have
practically obliterated the Progressive
party. 1t remains now, he insists, only for
the former Bull Moose to decide whether
they are Republicans or Democrats. He is
backed up in that position by that stalwait
Roosevelt man, Alexander II. Revell, who
says he never left the Republican party,
but merely supported Roosevelt against
Taft.
That is what most Of the Progress!ves
did. The others, who went into the perty
for social Justices sake, have discovered
that the Progressive party offered no bet
ter opportunities to fight for humanity
advancement than the old parties did.
Newer, it was no less the creature of per-
sonalities, of machine methods, of bossism.
Ii it hadn't its Barneses and Penroses, its
Murphys and Taggarts, it had its Per-
kinses and Films. Consequently, most of
the social justice advocates are lot more
uplifted now and lot less Progressive
than they were in 1912. The Progressi e
party is not yet gone--there remain Per-
kins and Governor johnson. But it is 60
ing fast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
More Ouack Cure-Alls in Trouble.

Solicitor Lamar, of the Postoffice De-
partment. in the course of his energetic
and laudable warfare on quacks, has filed
fraud orders recently against the AETNA
Appliance Company, Of Kansas City, and
the Oxygenor Company, of Chicago-con-
Germs which distribute through the mails
expensive mechanical devices for the cure
of tremendous catalogue of diseases of
widely different origin. The oxygenor, es-
pecially, the product of the Oxygenor
Company, appears to be miraculously po-
tent, capable of curing every durable all
ment from headache to paralysis" The
aetna, the product of the Aetna Appli-
ance Company confines itself more mod
esty to the cure of "eye, ear, head and
throat trouble"
1t has been found, of course, that
neither of these devices has any cura-
tive power whatever. The oxygenor con-
sists of cylindrical metal vessel, contain
ing a blush green powder made up of
sulphur, charcoal and sand, an utterly
by wires to treating plates" which the
patient is instructed to fasten to his ankle
and wrist The grotesque claim is made
for it that it stimulates the blood to the
absorption of more oxygen, thus replen,
ishing the sufferers vitality. In reality,
it acts simply as ball and chain to pre-
vent him frolA seeking proper treatment
till, in serious case, it may be too late.
The aetna, strangely enough, is also a
cylindrical metal vessel, containing alb
sorbent material soaked in a compound
consisting largely of oil of mustard, with
oil of sassafras to neutralize the odor.
When held to the eye it makes the eye
smart. When inhaled it may help in
clearing for the moment congested nos
tril. These are its supreme accomplish
ments, and yet its proprietors prescribe it
as a cure for cataract and deafness and
host of other ills on which its only effect,
if any, can be that of an irritant.
For the magic oxygenor the public is
asked to pay S23 and $35, according to
size; for the aetna, S10-all of it blood
money.
Recently The Tribune has had occasion
to call attention to the arrest and convic-
ton of one Elvard l.. Moses for using the
mails to defraud in the sale of the oxy-
pathor, contrivance very similar to the
cxygenor. 1t can only repeat that such
mean swndles, directed against those
made credulous through an agony of hope,
could never prosper if newspapers and
other publications refused to advertise
them. Let other newspapers adopt the
policy of The Tribune, which guarantees
the truth of its advertising matter, and
the quacks would have to disappear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
Prussia the Teacher.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: With rare modesty the authors OF
the most recent German White Book fail
to claim due credit for the achievements il
records. In the popular editions, which will
no doubt be issued an appeal for recognition
of priority might be delicately made by
printing few appropriate texts on the title
page. This. too would emphasize the Chris
tian character of Prussian activities. The
following suggestions are offered:
wherefore, ] beseech you, be followers
of mel Cor, 6. Is.
BE followers together of me. and mark
them which walk as ye have US for an
ensamplc." Phi, 3, II.
Those things, which ye have both learned
and received, and heard. and seen in me,
phi. 4. 0.
ITO make ourselves an ensample unto you
to follow us-Il Thes, 3, 3. EMF.
Niagara Falls. N. Y. June 2, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
The Coalition Cabinets Difficulties.

Great care and nice judgment will be
required to carry the British Ministry
through the crisis that has followed upon
the appointment of Mr.. j. H. NJ. Campbell
as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. 1t is in
credible that the consequences of this
choice should not have been foreseen. 1t
must have been well understood that the
Nationalist would not submit to it in
silence, and though the Parliamentary cor
respondent Of 1.-THE Daily Chronicle"
proportion between cause and effect" yet
any one with any understanding of popular
sentiment in Ireland ought to have been
aware of the danger of provoking hostility
in this way.
1t is argued, plausibly enough, that the
Unionlsts have some title to share in
the government of Ireland, that seeing
the Under-S Secretary, the President
Attorney General and the Solicitor Cen
eral are all Liberals. it is no more than
lust that the Lord CHARACTERISTIC should
fall TO a Tory. 1t must be remembered
however, that the suspension of the Home
Rule bill was in some sort a concession
on the part of the Nationalists, and that
in their eyes the appointment of Mr.
Campbell must be regarded as almost in
the nature of betrayal. For Mr.. Camp,
bell is not merely a Unionist, but mill
tant Unionist of the most uncompromisine
SORT, and il cannot be supposed that events
in Ireland Immediately before the war are
already forgotten.
The appearance of Sir Edward Carson
in the new Cabinet was surprising enough,
asd there were probably good many
Nationalist who resented it. His singu-
lar power as a leader, however, was so
generally recognized that the appointment
was accepted without much murmuring
Much more questionable was the appoint
ment of Mr.. f. +. Smith as Solicitor Gen
eral. Mr.. Smith was as open a rebel as
Sir Edward Carson and supported him
from the first in the Ulster movement.
That he, too, should have a place in the
Cabinet was generally regarded as I'M
necessary and obviously inexplicable on
the score Of party services. 1t was enough
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10

about their coast? Have we (the United
States no right TO demand that England keep
the shipping lanes open and protect the
lives of our citizens within their waters and
about and near all their ports, and make
their channels safe?
They tell US that the submarine has eff
fected the closing of all but few English
ports. Where is English supremacy now?
Torpedocs, shells and mines have sunk over
1870 vessels since February |. 1915, carrying
to the bottom property worth millions Of
dollars and innumcrablc human lives. Much
of this By the vigilance Of the Allies mainly
England should have been saved Who is
responsible for this? II is reported that
over f25 vessels have landed cargoes in the
German ports on the North Sea- Where is
the boosted English blockade? The Germans
are not being driven out of France or Bel
GUM very fast, are they? The Russians
alone are left to fight the Germans, Hun
garians and Austr;ans in the east, bat lately
they have been aided by the Italians.
1t would seem as though Che armies of
all the allied countries ought TO be able to
crowd the German army back within its own
borders and back further yet; if not, why
not? Are the Germans invincible? Hardly.
Who's the war lord able to lead the armies
of the Allies to victory? Find him!
J. L. NJ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
Time To Be Human Has Passed.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Evidently there arc but few thinkers
among those who deliberately insist upon
discussing the problems of the present war.
Germany is their stumbling block. but as it
seems they stumble mighty hard-the block
is still there and always will be there. Ger
many is condemned for her cruel methods of
warfare, but in the essence OF all writings
one can feel that they are based Upon a
common feeling of jealousy. This is war,
not play, and Germany is by far entirely too
considerate Atrocities" big words-but
nothing behind them. What does it all
mean? Should Germany allow herself to be
wrecked by the mere wish of her foes? Let
us be fair and think, and think hard. What
did Belgian neutrality mean? Nothing!
Nothing to Germany-noth to England
and nothing to France. Any of them would
have violated it in case of necessity.
But since Germany is successful her foes,
neutral and hostile" find fault with her
method of warfare. 1t is cruel, horribly
cruel. Quite so; war is cruel and it's hell!
What does it mean to be human?
The time to be human has passed. That
time was before the war Now it is too lac,
and it's time to act with all possible means
and forces available, regardless of what the
would-be critics have 10 say.
WALTER c. Won BRANDT.
New York. June g. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
Is Germany Invincible?
May 6, 1915.

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Can you tell me how long this cruel
war will last? If you don't know, ] think
do Let me tell you. Just So long as
there arc men to kill, and food and ammuni-
ton to supply the armies. When either OF
these fail the end will be in sight The ma
ton that fails in either of these supplies
will hoist the white flag. The army that
lacks either OF these runs away, retreats
and the one that gets these s-plcnty forces
the fighting and usually wins.
No one army seems to be able to hold
its own long. The American press OFTEN
rcgales its readers with long list of tho
sins of the Germans But how about the
Allies? German Zcppelns drop ninety
bombs in London. Where were the English
airships? The German submarines have sunk
sixty-two vessels, mainly within the war
zone about England. Scotland and Ireland
Where were the English navy and the sub
marine destroyers? And what protection
has the English navy rendered shipping
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10

that both Of the Law Officers should he
leaders of the rebellion in the North, but
when il came to giving the Irish Lord
Chancellorship to one of Sir Edward Car
cons most nowcrful adherents. it is small
wonder that the Home Rulers should pro
test.
When it is considered that the enter
nriee in which Mr.. Campbell was so act
lively engaged less than a year ago was
described by the late Lord Chancellor OF
England as grossly unconstitutional and
"utterly illegal" it is, to say the least
anomalous that he should be chosen as
head Of the Irish judiciary, and the
Nationalist party would certainly be fail
ing in their duty if they did not oppose
the nomination. On the other side, it is
said that the Unonists are prepared to
insist on Mr.. Asquith fulfilling his prom
ise-for there seems to be no doubt that
the promise was made-and that If Mr..
Campbell is forced to withdraw, Sir Ed
ward Carson, Mr.. Bonar Law and per-
haps some other Unonists will resign
their offices.
The incredible part Of the whole middle
is that, according to all accounts, Mr..
Redmond was not even consulted before
the appointment was made. This over
sight is inexcusable, but in any case 1t
must have been obvious that he and his
party could not tamely submit At present
it is difficult to see how Mr.. Asquith can
clear himself to the satisfaction of both
parties. but he has contrived so often to
escape from complications which seemed
hopeless that he may possibly find way
even now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
SPLENDID oBsTINAcY'
Heroic in the Individual, but sr
of Degencracy in the Nation
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: When / read such letter as NJ ~
ward Berwicks in this mornings isa 4
your paper | am chiefly impressed with n
really splendid obstinacy which insifi a
meditating dreamily in the midst Of IL 81
ing green fields. although the cloud 4
locusts is dark against the horizon. ltns
otstinacy which sleeps upon the nsra
track because the sun is warm and the hs
are singing; the obstnaey which made s's
dion tin Hewlett's Forest Lovers") rsri'
in his defencelcss house, surrounded " =
curious gods, though all the land wa; tla
with lawless bands thirsting for bis bios
1t is in a sense the obs.inacy Of Jesus CARS
which sent him open-eyed TO his deata
In an individual this obstinaey is hsri
As a policy for a nation-and q nation ~
marily Anglo-Saxon in its blood and a'a
tions-it is the lowest pitch OF degenersu''
That is why no American will ever De ~
to read such a statement as Mr.. berNa'
bland suggestion that we permit ou's''
~ be wiped from the earth for righteousnss
sake without feeling every drop Of olo0'
his body rising in protest
War, like night and winter and desn' "
thing of horror and dread. But let u =
member that dawn and spring and life NV
would hold little value in our eyes u s''.
ence meant eternal life in a sumrne! ssisa
under midday sun. Peace for nesry -
us to-day is a commonplace, rstter'0'1's
stupid sort of thing. Mr. Berwick lo's
So do the rest Of us-in exactly Tue v
way we love becfsteak. A few week. oi ~
walton would intensity our love for thn W. :.
steak into a passion. Don't you tnih- :
Berwick. that peace might coneei7soiy ~.
even more to you If you had the opP''''-'
TO fight and die for il! -.
Honor" according to Mr.. Berwick ~.
ing but a mixture Of righteousness, w. :,
and equity" Similarly NJ. Berwick =. =
il a piece of dyed cloth. Yet men -
fought, and I hope always will hsn'' 70, =.
of these things. For when no man m
to die for an idea or a dream nag W.
about rs inspiring as taplee,'n
'honor," stripped of the swords tna' 70 q.
beautiful. will be the empty word MI y
wick evidently believes II to De. a
Mr.. Berwick's attitude may be the onE =, =
walton for the future Of this country, =.
sonally should feel very badly u ." -
GLIDING lines about "this loved land o. ~.
and the starry spangled banner new ~. ,
quite az much as the sight OF one ~. ~
headed old man and the dirty, torn 's' =
crippled him and killed legion Of ~ r.
rades.
New York, June |, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
Coalition Governments.
(From the uqnchcsfcr Guardian. J

fITbW iHF uNNfNfSfT fHdTHi1HJ
The most pungent comment ever made on
coalition governments is to be found in a
letter of Lord Brougham's TO Abraham Hay
ward, when a ministry of this type was be-
ing formed in December 1852. "The expert
ment of a coalition" he wrote, ais quite nee
essary, but | remember that Of 1906, and
nothing could exceed the heartburnings to
which il gave rise, not so much among the
great as the little ones. When two large
bodies meet the vermin on the surface are
crushed"
Abcfdeen's government the last precedent,
may have been coalition, but it certainly
was not national government Gladstone
computed that the government had 80 sup
porters not all very reliable, and that against
them were 200 Derbyites and "brigaders
lrishmen). captained by the least scrupu-
lous tactician of the day. Benjamin Disraeli,
and most of them ready to go all lengths"
The only rea! precedent was the ministry
"of all the talents" in 1906. This was large
ly "spoils" Cabinet. of which Fox himself
mockingly said; 1--WE are three in a bed To
come back to the Aberdeen coalition minis
try, Sir James Graham noted: at is melan-
eholy to see how little fitness for Office is
regarded or all sides and how much the pub
lie empioyments arc treated as booty to be
divided among successful combatants" II is
natural under the circumstances that the
new administration should prefer 70 be called
u national rather than q coalition ministry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
Ammunition VS.. War.

To the Editor of The Tribune 20
Sir: want to compliment you up0.
ing the best war CARTOON in your f'p'.
any in the country. In the pFe's~
delicate situation lie; US not for one ~, :
play into Germany's hands by dee'''s.
against her. thereby Withholding ss
ton from the Allies. Let US rather 60 40
factories, working night and gay, %
ammunition. keeping the Ans AZ n
equipped. In this way we can
more service. 80, as
Let American bullets win IN tns u,.,'s
OF the suppression of these impe,n RAJ
and let us send them quickly to mo. ...l,s,
to use them and not wait to equip v -
Remember the babies OF the Lu" A. ~
let our factories run night and osy SASS
from the earth the beasts who MI ,,.v
this crime, that no others may ,v.yrU
AN UNHYPHENATED f"s
New York. June 4, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10

get very far with his crusade for national
self-effacement. But it is in every way
desirable that such crusade should have
to he conducted out in the open. and Ut
from the shelter of an Office which gives
him confidential access to all the secrets If
our diplomacy.
So far as concerns its effect on foreign
opinion, and especially on German opinion,
we cannot see how Mr.. Bryan's secession
from the Cabinet can weaken our diulc-
matte position. His retirement is not a
sign to all the world that the Wilson Cali
net is divided. On the contrary, it is a
sign that the Wilson Cabinet has ceased to
be divided.
The German government was fully ad-
vised long ago as to Mr.. Bryan's theories
and attitude. 1t may have counted on his
presence in Mr.. Wilson's council chamber
as an influence in favor of prolonged and
indecisive negotiations. Ambassador Won
Bernstorf's special envoy to Berlin un-
doubtedly carried with him the news tAtt
Mr.. BRYAN was not in accord with the
President and was inclined TO create a
crisis in the Cabinet rather than approve
demands on Germany which could not lie
talked to death or arbitrated.
The displacement of the Secretary Of
State must therefore be interpreted in
Berlin as involving a unifcation of TIE
Cabinet and a hardening of the attitude
of the United States. 1t will add point to
what Count Won Bernstorff's represent
ative has to tell about the depth and vol
ume Of resentment here over the Lusitania
slaughter.
The German government may have had
reason to think that Mr.. Bryan's attitude
was the attitude which public opinion here
would ultimately sustain. 1t has no excuse
for thinking so now.
The resignation. dramatic and startling
as it was, has worked great clarifica-
ton. This country is more than ever be-
hind the administration, more than ever
determined to yield no iota in its just
of the rights of neutrals on
the high seas. Germany will be sadly mis-
led if she interprets the downfall of Bryan
ism in the State Department in any other
light
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
Open the Baths!
tor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: read that Cornelius Vanderbilt. as
chairman Of the entertainment committee at
the great reception of the naval feet. saved
over $4,000. May | make a suggestion that
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment
transfer the above amount Of morey and
spend it in opening the municipal baths. no
matter what any ore says? remember with
feelings of delight that ! as young man
used to go first to the Aliens baths and
afterward to the Brown baths that were at
the foot of East Sixty-ffth Street. I also
had once occasion to go to the Battery baths
As ! understand it, the sum Of $4,000 is
necessary for The opening of the municipal
baths. Here is $4,000 toward it.
HENRY d. KLINKER.
New York, June !, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
Kultur Growing Unchecked.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: So much has been said about the
German kultur but nothing has beeI done
to stop its growth here.
Although through the ability of some of
the great American papers the mouths Of
some of the leading kulturers here have
been shut, especially that of Dernbuig, the
root remains here among us, and no attempt
has been made as yet TO extermnate it,
For example. what do they mean by in
PRODUCING here to US the Association of Ger
man Culture? Why do they not embrace the
American culture. which is based on hu.
mainly and justice, not on barbarism. piracy
and slaughter? RALPH MAGRO.
New Haven, May 81, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
Call a Conference Of Neus1'"

To the Editor of The Tribune. "a, 81
Sir: We are fast drifting in'o 40
Germany, and the only way to p's' ~
70 at once (what should have 90. .
immediately after the Lus;tsnla ~
suggested BY ex-President TAR .s.e, :
prominent mem call eohis ., 70 y
all neutral nations and issue an os.'; ~sst
German government that they mu'. "A 80
ately cease their inhuman mesno's 80
on war according to the rules '" al
called civilized warfare.
New York, June l, lsie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
mplimentary

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: II the fair and authoritative vision
Of the book THE Negro" by W. +. Burghart
Dubois, Ph. d., reviewed in your columns
this morning. were manifested in all dis
cussions Of the negro problem" much good
would accrue. The review itself merits a
conspicuous place in the library file.
AFRO-AMERICAN.
Wsehawkcn, n. j., May 30, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10

a German band OF eight pieces after play
ing "The Star-Spangled Banner" marched
into the Federal Building in Brooklyn and
took out naturalization papers. from clarinet
to tuba" They are the kind of citizens
Uncle Sam likes There'l be no hyphens on
their scores.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10

What a pity that the spell Of silence fell
upon Dr. DernburG before the Bryan resigna-
tom As it is we must 90 without an authori-
tative Interpretation of that event.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10

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