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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-10-22

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iie cine MilIiarbe 9oIb in ibrer Saiie
baben, iie idsen dber ni6t, paB 'is Ros
ten i'm gstrase Don pier WiIiarben
ausgegeben baben unb bamit Die Solbs
oeduns erid0pft lit. Sm uebrigen u
es uift slaubli6, bab Fe iolt g-obe
9olbbeitdnbs beiiBen, ba fie Sstreibe,
Waffen unb fonitige Rriegsporrdtbs
unb fosar &oblen unb gi'sn pom
Quslanb besieben miiHsn, fir lp.Id.
3ablung nur in @olb eelsiftet psrben
lam. Die Qqiirten iinb finan,ien 70
banterott, ME militdrifd. Wis es IN
lestersr Sinii6t itebt, lGbt iih boraus
erieben, bab iie Dor bem tleinen Grisz
9enlunb auf ben anien lieeen unb I'M
oeifen 5ilfe bitten. obtpobl ss nidt
mebr als bunoerttauienb Maun ius
Jelb gu iteaen permaa.
u m bic BrobFbition ger
malmeno f6lasen 81 t0nnen, III es
notbpenoig, bag bic G'tabt Cincinnati
gang beionbere 4nftrengungsn maht,
neil bisie in Der Gage 1T, bas ftdrtite
8Otum in bieisr Grase ab5ugcben, fpie
oas iih ia aud BEL Der lebten 8abl se=
5sist bat. Der llmItanb in anberen
Counties III ndmli9, bab bort Diele
gefiirDortsr bes JreiiinHs frif9 gins
aepanoerte iinb unb babsr tein
Stimmre4t befiben. 8asmah: es sur
unerldbli9en Rotbtpenbisteit, oab Sez
Der sesen bic probibition ii6 am
Stimmtditen einitelt unb 70 oiele neus
Sttmmen geipinnt, als er in feinem
9stanntentreife erlansen tann. 0ds
TT bur9aus teire unm0gli9teit, tpenn
man ameritanern besrsifli6 matt,
bdb elm itreng gebaltenes 2i5enssSps
item bic Srintfrase alIein befrisbi>
geHb regeln tann.
Derprdfibentb bat cine 9ants
iasunsssY Proclamation srlaFeu. fporin
er gu ieinem 2obe anfii6rt, bab er uns
ier 2anb aus ben ariegsDirrsn
hsrausse1alten babe. gu biefer @ners
tennuns 1T er ni9t i'm Miinbeitsn Be-
rs4itst. DAP mir ui6t in sinsn ariss
serat6en iinb, 1T Der beuti6eu Hegies
rung gu oanten unb ni6t ibm. Oieie
bat na9seseben, no lie i'm Heht mar
uno er bat ni4t nadseseben, ipo er i'm
unre6ten mar. Des Weiteren bat Der
prdfibent allss setban, mas in feinen
Rrdften itanb unb tbut ss nod, nm ben
&rieg i'm @ange gu balten, inbsm er bic
lnbesren5te Daffenausfubr gsitattet.
Gbenfp fpenis bat er gum Rubm bss
2anbes beisetrageu, bab er Gnalano
erlaubt, bic Rehte Der Ser. Stdatell
auf bas grutalite au berlesen uno ieis
ner 9umanitGt IteGt es tein gldusenbes
3sugnib aus, bab er gnglanb srlaubt,
bic 3nfubr bon 2sbsnsmittein an
Observation-Disclosures in ben 2dubern
Der beutf9en @erbiinbeten Su Dsrbins
bern.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30
TOO OLD FOR JOB?

The facts of history seem to confirm
Elihu Roots self-expressed opinion
that, at the age of II years, he is too
old to run for president. No president
Of the United States so old ever has
been elected, The presidents Oldest
when elected were William Henry
Harrison. IS; Zachary Taylor, 81, and
James Buchanan. 65. President Har-
rison died within a few weeks after
his Inauguration. President Taylor
died when part way through his term.
President Buchanan served his full
term, but the impression he left on the
country was that Of harassed, uncer-
tain, bewildered old man, vainly seek
ing to cope with problems and crises
that would have taxed the strength OF
a strong man in the prime of physical
and mental vigor.
None of these three presidents is
numbered among the great men of
American history, and there is nothing
in their records to support the theory
that man three years older than the
oldest of them would add iustre to the
highest Office in the gift Of the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30
WELFARE OF CHILDREN

The keynote sounded by Miss Julia
C. Lathrop, head Of the federal chill
drens bureau, In her annual report,
is the need for developing standards
of rural child welfare, physical
standards for children in industry and
standards OF law for the protection of
all children.
"Three-ffths OF the 100000 chill
dren in the United States are rural
children, says the report. 1T is note
worthy that the percentage OF Hitter
acy in rural communities. according
TO the 1910 census. is double that in
cities. Where the rural child labor is
great the percentage of child iIliteracy
is high.
Time and money are required to
secure the facts about the physical,
social and economic conditions sur
rounding rural children. but the con-
ditions must be understood if we are
to be sure that we are making progress
in securing q fair chance for every
child
Various states have secured COM
missions to review and codify the laws
relating to children. But in preparing
a complete code for the children Of any
state the rights Of all children must be
considered. The study Of legislation
affecting children In the various states
and territories, which the law requires
the children's bureau to make, should
afford an increasing body Of informa-
ton at the service of those engaged
In codifcation of the children's laws
Of any state"
The bureau reports a year of actiy-
ity dealing with eight different phases
of child welfare. Il has been studying
the social causes of infant mortality,
doing constructive work for child hy-
giene, cooperating in a general test Of
birth registration, preparing a report
on social care of mental detectives and
of illegitimate children, reviewing the
| principles Of community provision for
| recreation, compiling laws relating to
children and anaIyzing the administra-
ton of child labor laws and street
trade regulations in selected typical
states
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30

ought 10 have q navy equal TO that OF
any other nation aud ought to naiio
eight dreadnoughts next year instead
Of four that the secretary has recon-
rnsnded, and also reveals a slight diff
ference OF opinion between the gen
erat board and the secretary as TO the
capacity OF the navy boards This was
the dynamite" which. touched to ex-
pl0sion by publication OF the report,
was to reveal the president and his
secretary Of the navy as squash-headed
incompetent
II was the bitter criticism Of his
enemies that forced Secretary Daniels
to ignore precedent and publish this re-
port, but, instead Of the success OF
their efforts being harmful TO him, il
will prove highly beneficial, which
should make Mr. Daniels grateful tc
his enemies and wish 70 cherish them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30

earl Is inferior to a duke, and "a, u,
reason I shall not marry YOU eys, !.
you ask me-"
There is another point Of yan,..
in my case said the COW punchs,
MY grandfather has recently wr,,,.s
me that II will return TO Eny,.ss
and marry my cousin, Lady Glad.
Fairweather, he will acknowledge n.
aud prepare me to inherit the tjea
which | am sure of in case live Il
claim ii.
! And my father" put in Brdp.,
"some time ago sent a special MESA
ger TO me to say that he wishes 4.
title at his death to 60 to nv cou,,,
Ralph Mulcahey, a lieutenant in n.
royal navy. But my claim will hs ~
the way, so he wants me to 20 10 In
land and marry Ralph"
Are you going?"
81 haven't decided. I like this cos,
try pretty we'll. and I'm thinking mvrs
lations win turn up their noses at ma .
Same here. It's the preparation 4,
be an earl | don't like. Cowpunchirc
isn't good sendoff for being pobIa.
man. I'd rather stay here"
There was silence between the ns,r
for some time. Since they were sis.
ting in the great cane bottom rocking
chair, had Bridget's heart been On tha
other side 1t would have been bestinr
against his, and his arm was about
her waist.
Bridget" he said presently. "sup.
pose we decline the prospective titles
and be contented as we are with each
\ other?"
! II couldn't think Of IT," she said
'It would break my fathers heart"
MY grandfather would suffer, too.
but what care l for that2H
Your mother was a music hall
singer"
Yours was dancer"
But after her divorce mine married
a general"
| Mine married an admiral"
The tete.a-tete was interrupted at
this point by the ranchnians coming
/ When he entered the couple were sit.
| ting IN separate chairs. Tie proposal
Of marriage was never renewed. The
cowpuncher IS now three card monte
man, travelling with a circus. His
story, so far as his father being a no.
bleman broken down with dissipation
and his mother a music hail singer,
was true, but the rest was made out Of
whole cloth. Bridgets story was all
manufactured, In telling Of her offer
Of marriage she says:
THE spalpeen threw an earl at me,
and I slung him a duke. He followed
with a general. aud I sent back an
admiral"
Bridget is now a middle aged wom-
an. but she has never married. When
she gets q proposal she hurls crowd
of fake relations at the proposer, who
retires abashed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30
THE THREATENING DANGER OF 4
MILITARY AUT0CRACY.
by Former Governor Charles n. Her
ried of South Dakotal

ried of South Dakota,l
Listen to this as a sample of military
business methods: Some weeks ago
submarine K-2 went to the bottom OF
the sea with all aboard, owing to Grim
inal defects In construction for which
fhe contractor was responsible On
Nov. 4 the Associated Press from Bos-
ton. reported that the rear admiral
(now retired) in charge Of inspection
was brought before court martial
charged with neglect and careless
methods of inspection during its con
struction. A brother officer testified
that the admiral only had eleven III
assistants on the job Of watching the
contractor and this number was too
small And in half an hour the off
GERS acting as a court, found the rear
admiral not guilty. Very prudent, not
knowing how soon they themselves
might be -'on the carpet"
Three years ago / took from the gov
ernment's printed year book these
facts:
For IS years, every year except one
the navy officers had spent, and a
stupid congress had appropriated to
cover deficiencies. $164,104,422.4St And
the regular appropriations for the navy
had been about one and two-thirds
billion dollars.
And the record OF the army is quite
similar
We now have 17G of these
forts and it takes about half oul
standing army to do the ianitor ser
vice"
Secretary Stimson, before he was
hoodwinked reported most of them
utterly useless" So indoIent and
corpulent were many of the officers
that President Roosevelt found they
were unable to ride horseback.
For years we have spent more money
preparing for war than any other
country except one. Since the Span.
fsh- American war we have spent over
four hundred million dollars more OF
our navy than even Germany It II
/ conceded much of it has been wasted
buncoed by war supply contractors
extravaganza and waste everywhere
( And now these same pay roll heroes
ask for appropriations to spend
doubled and trebled. Where will /
end? Nothing but death can shakt
this increasing class from the salar,
lists.
| There are now in active service %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30
HARVEY s DISCOVERY

There Is nothing especially sur
prising in the report Colonel George
Harvey brings back from Europe that
the most unpopular government head
outside of the warning nations is Pres
ident Wilson. We repeat that it is not
surprising, but It is a tribute to the
success Of the efforts Of the president
TO preserve the strict neutrality of
the United States.
1t is perhaps natural that men and
governments fighting mad and su-
pTemely convinced OF their own right
eoUsness should hold that all who are
not fighting for them are against them.
The French and English feel that the
United States should be actually fight
ing with them. The Germans hold that.
In refusing to aid Germany by the i'm
position Of an embargo on war NUM-
lions, the United States is against Ger
many.
When allies and Teutons both pro
. test that the United States is not for
them. It is evident that the United
States Is, as it has proclaimed It would
be, neutral. And when all the bellig-
erents are bitter against the United
States for its successful neutrality
there Is all the more reason Why theirs
should be no question OF the solidarity
/ of the American people. The observant
Colonel George Harvey has found II
Europe most convincing reasons why
every patriotic citizen of the United
/ States should stand by the president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30
ELECTION ExPENs SEES

The Chicago Herald takes mp the
anestion of economy in the election
machinery of that city 1t declares
that it will cost $2,500000 to operate
the machinery next year, or S1,60o,0Oo
more than this year and about $i,3o0'-
aa0 more than in 1914. This enormous
increase is due in part TO the addition
OF women voters, which is figured at
$4,000 partly to primaries and part
Nv 10 SO many registrations and reYls-
ions. Tile five registrations and three
revisions that VIII be necessary next
gear. the Herald declares, will cost
nearly 100000. The registration Will
cost about SS4 to each precinct and in
hundreds of cases will really serve
less than a dozen voters per precinct.
The Herald approves the movement
TO have Governor Dunno include in the
call for the second special session Of
the legislature a change Of the regis
tration system to the precinct or CEN
trail office or year-round plan. Such
a change The election board figures
would save to Chicago over $1,000, 600
next year The Herald says:
THE present registration system
rests on visiblg false assumption that
ever voter may have moved. That
doesn't actually happen elsewhere.
And it's sheer waste of time and mon
ey 10 be re-reglstering the great ma
jority of voters who don't move at all
or very seldom.
"Others cities have tried the central
Office or year-round registration plan
and found ii worked well, It's essential
feature is the issuance of a voter s
Identification card, on which he votes
as long as he doesn't move. and has
transferred at the central Office when
he does"
The reference here is especially to
the city of Chicago, but it may be true
that elsewhere the election machinery
is costing more than IS necessary. Ii
no effort were made TO simplify the
processes necessary to record the
honest Viii of the people with the
least expense possible some changes
might be expected Certain it is that
with all the primaries and other for
malities the people are paving a pref
ty high price to vindicate the fact that
they are freemen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30
A Man With a Lame Back.

He was 81 years old. rather too
stout, bookkeeper, heavy smoker,
ffabby. disinolined to walk to and from
his work. For six weeks he had suf-
fered with lumbago. and had been COM
PEELED to give up work. The man was
damned with too many friends. and
every friend had a remedy which the
poor fellow had 10 try in order to keep
peace in the community. Among other
things he tried three kinds of plasters
two kinds Of kidney cure" electric
ity, Turkish baths, aspirin, ychiroprac-
tic adjustment, and a blister. But the
back remained about the same
Finally some one had a brilliant
thought. Why not go down and see
the family doctor. It might be some
thing growing in the spinei
Sure enough. The patient called on
the doetor-after six weeks Of misery.
The doctor ordered him to strip off
every stitch of clothing. That was a
good beginning.
The spine was not tender. There
was no muscle spasm. Seated in a
chair the patient could easily bend for
ward, so that the spinal vertebrate were
probably not iufamed. With his knees
stiff he could Bend forward and touch
the floor with his fingertips. showing
that the sacroiliac joints were probably
not at fault. Sciatica was ruled out
because there was absolutely no ten.
derness TO pressure along the course
of the sciatic nerve.
You see, the doctor was trying ta
find out what was the matter before
attempting treatment.
The hip movements we're unimpair-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30
UPSETS ENEMIES

In refusing to make public the re-
port OF the general board Of the navy
department Secretary Daniels had 10
guide hfm the precedent set by every
secretary Of the navy In the history
OF the republic. This report has al
ways been regarded rather as the con-
adeutiai opinion OF the navy experts
and not for publication since, often
Times, it contained information that
might be of benefit to possible enemy
nations.
Taking advantage of public ignor-
anee Of the fact the anti-administra-
tion editors have made much ado about
Secretary Daniels refusal to permit
the publication OF this report. They
have insisted that the report con-
tanned so much dynamite that it
was being suppressed lest what it
had TO tell cast reflections on the
president and the secretary OF the
navy, and they heckled Secretary Dan
lels until at last, TO quiet their ella
NOR, he ordered the report published.
II is to be regretted thar. with the
publication OF the report Of the gen.
eral board, Secretary Daniels could
net have ordered published a roster of
bis tormentors VINO have made such
fuss over the suppression" of the
report. in order that they might be
knaae quite as ridiculous as they de-
serve. Instead OF revealing a national
Weakness or 8 scandal within the navy
department. says the Dubuque Tele-
graph Herald, The report shows mere
y fhat Admiral Dewey and his col
seagnes thought the United States
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30

vessels Of all characters which is SO
more than two. years ago. We now
have under construction and author
lied II vessels, of which nine are
dreadnoughts, 30 are destroyers, 81
are submarines, and seven are auxll-
iaries. In the navy are 4so5 officers
and 53,171 men.
On Jan. 2, 1915, editorially, the Sat
urday Evening Post said:
In 10 years we have spent two and
a half billion dollars on the army and
navy. The system will be the
same, directed by the same intelli-
gence. If its product is only junk
then the more money, the more junk!
If our war-scare artists together
with the kings, kaisers, emperors
cars and sultans could be, gently but
firmly, transported to st. Helena for a
few years, there to work for their liY-
ing, and for recreation view the movie
pictures of the most horrible wal
scenes. the ruins and desolation Of
EuuitIASH, AaH4i1sS anu hA1A5AhA al q AASL
with millions of widows and orphans
and cripples in never ending process
sions, the Prince Of Peace might reigr
forever.
What we need is not increased ap
preparations, by billions, but rotten
ness exposed and the system purged
This must be done by business men il
business way. The military class
can not do 1t.
| In the meantime give us an eficien
national guard of brains and muscle
representing our best citizenship.
Let our government contribute lib
orally toward the education of tht
masses. Give us men'-that is tru'
preparedness. Let us deal iustl,
and honorably with all nations lie
/ the billions which the administration
now proposes to spend for frightful
wasteful, munitions for human de
struction be In part at least, spent TO
human amelioration and advancement
Let every true and brave patriot re
peat ]. C. Hollands fervent prayer:
I"God give US men! A time like thi
demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faitl
and ready hands;
For while the rabble. with thei
thumhworn creeds,
Their large professions and their lit
tie deeds
Mingle in selfish strife, 10, Freedom
weeps,
Wrong rules the land, and waitin
/ Justice sIeepst"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30
Selected by Tavenner
To the Readers of The Argus;

To the Readers Of The Argus;
The Argus has generously agreed 10 permit me TO
make regular contribution under this head to use Inc
space as If 1t my own am left free TO MAKE my
selection from where WILL whether 1t is timely or I'M
time1y: to search the highways and the byways for
what may impress me of interest and value to the
people.
assure my readers I shall try to make the most OF
the opportunity To do must forget that party lines
exist and will just wish it might be practical for
them not exist and that the principal issue on cleo
ton day might be- not whether candidate belongs to
this or that political party. but whether he is willing to
serve the the people the few who exploit
them.
In other words. my idea is to submit information or
q thought that / would give TO the world II / myself
edited newspaper the only mission OF which was 10
serve mankind; TO do this and nothing more
When I personally write the contribution I will sign
it. and present the thought and work Of others
will SO indicate. CLYDE II. TAVENNER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30
The Daily Story
A Proposal-By F. A. Mitchell.

There was something about the COW
puncher that attracted Bridget ana
something about Bridget that attract
ed the cowpuncher. He was hand
some chan with an aristocratic man
ner about him that bespoke better
origin than is usually attached to one
of his calling Bridget was not beau
tifui. but she was graceful as a ega-
zelle, and when there was a dance at
any of the ranch houses in the neigh
borhood the others stopped dancing to
watch her. Her social standing was
above that of the cow puncher, for
she was governess for ranehman s
children, occasionally waiting on the
table
But IL the man was inferior in occu-
patton to the girl his name was far
more splendid. 1t was Thistledale
Fairweather. Her companions called
him This Rainbow. Where be got such
q name no one knew. He could have
told, but he would not. Bridgetss name
was O'Connor q fine name, too, but
0uaker-like beside that Of her admirer
One night these two were sitting be-
fore the great open fireplace in what
was used for the schoolroom at the
ranch. Thistledale held her hand and
said. Bridget, dear, / love you, but |
cannot ask you to be my wife"
Il love you" she replied, but /
could not accept you for my husband"
why 500"
"Give me your reasons and will
give you mine"
We'll. then. am the grandson Of a
British nobleman. My father is his
oldest son. In his youth my governor
was wild. My mother was singer in
a music hail. She was so beautiful
that the London swells Of the day
were wild about her. My father court
ed and married her He was dlsowned
by his father, the Earl of Ballington.
Ny father became broken down with
done and is now in a retreat in Eng
land. He will die without other issue
than my own unworthy self. Should
/ survive him and my grandfather,
who is eighty years old, shall be
Earl Of Ballington. Now you see Why
1 cannot marry commoner-a govern
ess and at times a waitress"
Il grant that your social position is
very high-in prospective" replied
Bridget. ''but when L tell you of my
own descent I think you win admit
that it would be uniting for me to
marry you. My father Is Duke Of
Mulligawney, one of the oldest titles
in Ireland. He married my mother
from among the ballet girls at the
opera. When his father died and he
succeeded to the title he divorced my
mother and sent her adrift without a
penny. He is now married to a noble
lady But she has borne him no chill
dren. and at his death / shall be a
duchess, his title being Unbeatable by
81 7uaman v>'' '-~Nw verv we'll that an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30
Sarafehs

Tommy and Freddie were arguing
holly. Il tell YOU vociferated Tom
my. ''he is my pa. he isl"
Freddie laughed scornfully, He
amt either your paw"
"He is-he is. My ma says he is
too"
And my ma says he's eatspawi'-
Judge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30

Woman who has just died in Rome at
the age Of l17 years attributes her
longevity to the use Of wine Her 10
children, who, she said, were addicted
10 the pernicious habit Of drinking wa
ter. have been dead many years Ihis
BIT Of news, sprung at the llth hour
doubtless will upset some water wag'
~. rhsnlutinna
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30
Daily History Class-DeC. W'

1S51-Louis kossuth. the Hunsai'a.
patriot. exile and former aieta,"'
visited Washington on inyhaslS-
OF the United States congress
1s8i-Banks In New York, Phiia0s'.
phia and Boston suspended spe.'
payments on account OF tinahe'"'
stress brought on by the war 3
1914 - German aeroplanes aroPfs
bombs on Dunkirk, France
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-30

If it is true that the first wedding
rings were of iron, cemented with
adamant to symbolic the perpetual
nature of the marriage bond, it is quite
natural that the Goth century model
should be of gold, the wonder being
that some still softer material has not
been adopted long ago.