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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-07

Of the local charge TO the home mis-
sion board Of the United Presbyterian
church Of which he IS secretary in the
Rock Island preshytery
The church was organized April 81
1916. with % members, the roll Of
church membership today IS 80. not
Including mem bera of the bible school.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-07
CENSUBE SENATORS:
EXP UNGFD By HOUSE

Dies MoIues. Ia.. March Tile decf-
sion 81 Representative Ravburn eff
Powezhiek county. consuming United
States Senators CummIns and KENYON
tor their opposition to the presidents
armed neutrality bill was expunged
from che house record today by unanf-
NOUS vote. Representative Rayburn
was absent when The vote was taken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-07
FALLS OFF LADDER:
BREAKS HIS ANKLE

August J. Laudberg. a carpenter res
siding al 942 Eighth street. was ser
1ouslE injured this morning at l0
O'Clock when he Tell from q ladder
At house at 5I2 Seventh avenue.
while At work Ills right ankle was
fractured Tie was removed to his
home. where Dr. Joseph DeSIlva at-
tended him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-07
WILL COOK
AND SER We LUNCHEON

Rock Island Civil war veterans are
b1t chestE about their culinary per-
aulsltes IL order 20 demonstrate their
sllt7 III Jals arr they have decided ia
give a luncheon ar Memorial hstf5 fn Tho
court house Saturday night to v.afrb
they have invited the Womaas Relief
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-07
Ill SEEAE T1NIGHr-

Palmer r. EdgerEon. farm advisor.
VIII give an illustrated address this
evening al the Beulah church ia Rural
township lie viii discuss livestock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-07

Miss Margaret Hamilton Erwin
Jrs Of Chattanooga. Tenn q sue.
cessfui criminal lawyer after eve
years and q half Of practice. is Eas
only woman lawyer now praat.enE
in Tennessee VINO has apurrH. be.
fore the state supreme courts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-07

Only the choicest 1eaderee leaves of the ne White Kennedy
buey into fpe ou cam find brand thar is blended
PcrecaEsased So o1 careful old Piper
And man, Whist aavarE Fruy pauaae rcb DE-L-IC-OJsf
Buy plug o5 Piper today from your dealer. Cut of a
9s pee Some che" tas. YOU il say, as she wonderful
Then your Piper Patriot for Hfel
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
The Spirit Of Christmas
Continued from page l

ganzations of young people-seeking not for
themselves, but for the comfort and well-being
of others. It's the Spirit of Christmas at work
all the year round!
He must be blind who does not see in the
growing sentiment among thinking people every
where to deprecate and censure and even arraign
as traitors to the cause of humanity those who
seek to profit by the distress and destitution of
others; the sure growth of the Spirit of Christ
mas.
The men who seek to multiply their own pos
sessions at the expense of the comfort. health and
life of others, not in the popular class today,
and tomorrow they will be still less popular.
Money thus gained cannot purchase even the rep
utation of greatness; it is not the badge of a
hero but the brand of a traitor and coward.
The Spirit of Christmas is the spirit that
is impeing men and women, boys and girls in
this America of ours to share to the last crust
with those in need and to give themselves in the
mighty effort to cast the yoke of oppression from
all people forever.
We are learning the eternal verify expressed
in the lines:
'"The gift without the giver is bare;
Who gives himself with his gift, feeds three,
Himself, his hungry neighbor, and Me-"
And the Spirit of Christmas is finding per-
manent abiding place in the Heart of the World.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
sHERIFF's SALE OF REAL ESTATE

The Farmers and Merchants Bank Company.
Plaintiff, VS. Frank M. Young ct al Defendant,
Court of Common Pleas, Fulton County, Ohio
CASE NO. 1880
In pursuance of order of sale from said
Court to me directed in the above entitled
action, l will expose to sale at public auction
at the East door of the Court House in Wau-
seon, Fulton County, Ohio, on Saturday the
18th day of December, 1917, at o'clock,
P. M, the following described real estate
situated in the County of Fulton, and State
of Ohio, and in the village of Metamora,
to-wit:
That part of lot number one in the Village
of Metamora, Fulton County, State of Ohio,
more particularly described follows: be-
ginning at a point the west line of said
lot number one, two feet west of soft Maple
tree standing furthest south on said lot num-
ber one, said point being approximately fifty
two feet south of the south line of Main
street: thence running forty-sX and one-half
feet, thence north parallel with the west line
of said lot number and along the lot now
owned by C. Wise, to Main street, thence
west forty-six and one-half feet, and thence
south to the place of beginning.
Said premises appraised at seven thousand
dollars ($7, 100000.
Terms of sale: Cash in hand day OF
sale.
WILLIAM S. BOONE,
Sheriff of Fulton County, Ohio.
RAY & CORDILL, Attorneys 32-5
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
BOOZE is COSTING 100000
TONS OF ANTHRACITE

One of the largest coal operators
in the United States estimates that
drink is costing the country, at the
very minimum, 100000 tons of an
thracite annually. Other operators,
of hundreds who have been queried,
estimate a loss of 20 per cent and 25
per cent in the mine output because
of beer and whiskey. Almost with
out exception, every mine located in
license territory is losing two days
after each payday, and many of them
are losing three days, twice month
So serious has been the hangover re-
suit from paydays that some mines
have lost not only the equivalent of
two or three days, but have actually
lost entire days at time. There is
also very large loss from normal
drinking. The saloons encourage the
miners to drink as long as they have
money.
Almost universally the testimony
of coal operators that prohibition
even when it is confined to a small
area, produces a remarkable result
upon the work output.
1t is beyond the slightest doubr
that the consensus of opinion in min
ing circles holds prohibition for {
zone of five miles around each mint
absolutely essential to the success O.
the war. They want this, however
only in the event that national prohi
bition is refused.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
The Prince of Peace
Continued from page l.

bending every energy, making every sacrifice to
support and strengthen, care for and hasten for
ward to victory those who must face in battle the
legions of monster whose hands are dripping
with the life blood of innocence Who are work
ing with might and main against terrible odds to
succor those who have fallen victims to the ruth
less blows Of this Monster who counts nothing
sacred but his own will and DESIRE
Not those who are crying peace, peace when
there is no peace;' those who would justify the
slaughter, rapine, devastation and gross violation
of every law of God and man, are the followers
of The Prince of Peace, but in spite of these who
are delaying and obstructing in a thousand ways
the ultimate victory of right over wrong and the
establishment of permanent peace among men,
The Prince of Peace who was the Christ Child
goes steadily onward and forward and because He
does; because Truth and right shall and must con-
quer over falsehood and wrong and love over hate,
the hearts of true men and women everywhere are
filled with the unwavering faith that He shall
quiet forever the turmult of war and that the
Christmas bells shall again be heard in all the
world ringing out the triumph of Love that shall
never be reversed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
Pains and Aches
Caused by Kidneys

Many women attribute ailments
and suffering to some disease pecu-
liar to their sex, when often the
pain and misery is caused by weak
or deranged kidneys. Housework,
office work or factory work may
start the trouble, and dizzy spells,
pufiness under eyes, sore muscles,
stiff joints, disco1ored or scanty urine,
sleep disturbing bladder ailments,
rheumatism or diabetes may result.
When the kidneys are strong and
healthy they filter out from the blood
the poisonous waste matter. When
they are sluggish or overworked they
need a medicine to clean them out
and invigorate action. Foley Kidney
Pills are prepared expressly for the
purpose Of dissolving all poisonous
substances and uric acid that lodge
in the joints and muscles and to
cleanse and strengthen stopped-up,
inactive kidneys. Thousands of men
and women in all parts of the county
testify to the wonderfully satisfac-
tory results they have had from TAX.
ing Foley Kidney Pills,
Fink & Haumesser
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
L E G Al n 0 tt C E

John Wilson Pray, whose last known resi-
dence was 10141a Defiance St., Toledo, Ohio
and whose residence now is to plaintiff un
known, will take notice that on the 18th day
of November, 1917, Virginia Pray filed hel
certain petition in the Court of Common Pleas
of Fulton County, Ohio, being case No. 1860
the dockets and records of said court
praying for decree of divorce from him or
the grounds of gross neglect of duty, and fol
permanent custody of their minor child, My
ron Lansing Pray.
Said case will be for hearing on and after
the 18th day of January, 1918.
VIRGINIA PRAY, Plaintiff.
Stahl & Garfield,
Her Attorneys. 34-f
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
Stomach Trouble and Constipation

Stomach Trouble and Constipation
Those who are afflicted with stom-
ach trouble and constipation should
read the following: 81 have never
found anything so good for stomach
trouble and constipation as Cham
berlain's Tablets. 1 have used them
off and on now for the past two
years. They not only regulate the
action of the bowels, but stimulate
the liver and keeps ones body in a
healthy condition" writes Mrs. Ben
iamin Hooper, Auburn, N, Y.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-
OLD TRAGEDY

Great is the law. A 13-year-old
Ohio boy was working for corpor-
alton. He was working during his
vacation. He expected to 60 back to
school when school re-opened. He
was compelled by family needs to
work when there was no school. The
boy was fatally injured when at his
employment. Attorney General Nc
Ghee has made ruling that when
minors are employed contrary to the
state laws, and they meet with an ac-
cident in the course of such employ
ment, their dependents, if any, can
not claim an award under the Work
mems Compensation law.
But the 13-year-old boy-is dead;
gone from his family forever.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
ARM CHAIR BATTLERS

Goethals fired! Denman bounced!
Capps resigns! And in the meantime
the war goes on, time flies, and the
ships remain unbuilt. If some of our
great men could fight on the battle
line as hard as they can fight in their
comfortable office rooms, how soon
the war could be brought to an end!
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
NO ONE LOVES THE CONSUMER

The Ohio Defense Council on No
vember %. issued bulletin in which
"Not money saving but food saw
ing is the main object of the Food
Administration. A great many peo-
pie have got the idea that the first
object of the Food Administration was
to save money to the consumers and
have expected prices to tumble when
they Joined the food administration. y
There are great many people in
Ohio who would like to see somebody
somewhere, some way, make its first
object the saving of money, the re-
duction of the cost of living, to the
consumer. With many of them the
problem is to get food to save at cur
rent prices.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
Residence Phone 155 Office Phone 552
DR.. r. O. Buck
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Peoples Bank Building Wauseon, Ohio
WAR SAVINGS

Thrifty and saving communities are
invariably liberal supporters of trade
and commerce. Persons with deposits
in banks prefer paying cash to ask
ing for credit. Extravaganza in the
time buyer usually leads to penury
The average merchant would rather
have the cautious customer who pays
cash. Hoarders are actually enemies
of society. They help no one. 1t fol-
lows, then, that the education of peo-
pie to become systematic savers of
their surplus income and earnings and
depositors in banks is beneficial.
Immensely popular as an educator
is the war savings certificate and
thrift stamp plan just launched by
the United States government as a
permanent feature of financing the
great conflict. It is designed to reach
every individual in the United States.
The well-to-do people do not have to
be taught thrift. It is because they
understand it that they are in easy
circumstances. But the system will
touch millions who have never known
savings account and do not under
stand banking. Interest is a mystery
to them. When urged in England
from whom it is copied, the thrift
stamp plan was opposed by the bank
ers, merchants and small tradesmen
who thought that the appeal to give
up comforts and luxuries would spell
loss for them. They were genuinely
alarmed. After 16 months trial il
that war torn, sorely taxed and high
ly assessed country, it was founG
that $5O0,0OO,00O had been deposited
in the form of war certificates.
Marvellous to relate, every posta
bank, the other savings banks, the
building and loan associations and
other cooperative societies almost
without exception showed record in.
creases in their deposits. Those re
sponsible for their management are
now hearty workers for the war saw
ings movement. Bankers see in the
plan the steady educating of mighty
new army of future clients of say
ings institutions. On the other hanc
these vast amounts of money prompt
ly found their way back into circula
ton through the great operations OF
the war, thus stimulating business
and causing trade to thrive. Trades
men generally report larger casE
sales and frmer buying, the sureness
flowing from the ability to pay basec
upon a savings account. There are
experts who predict that the system
eventually will transform the English
working people from spendthrifts into
a class of careful saving folk like the
French The effect thus far has beer
magical. Of the 110,000,000 certif
Gates deposited in 16 months, onl!
100000 have been cashed and more
than $4,000 of these were presented
for redemption in January and Feb
ruary last for the purpose of taking
up the five per cent war loan. Ther'
are 100000 members of the various
war savings societies in England ant
Scotland. 1t is no exaggeration t.
say that the present United State
system will produce six times tina
number. Nor can one approximat
the future of a country in which al
most every citizen is direct holde,
of government securities.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
How to Prevent Crnun

In child that is subject to attacks
of Group, the first indication of the
disease is hoarseness. Give Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy as soon as
the child becomes hoarse and the at
tack may be warded off and all dan
ger and anxiety avoided.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14

The Estate of Thomas w. Jones, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Homer H. Dix
son has been duly appointed and qualified as
administrator of the estate of Thomas w.
Jones, deceased, late of Chesterfield Township,
Fulton County, Ohio.
Dated this 26th day of November, A. D.,
1917
A. M. BARBER,
Judge of the Probate Court, Fulton County,
Ohio 34-3
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
7 ICE
l will pay the following prices
for Junk
f. S. and J. M. HAM
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Arcade, WauseOn, Oh

Arcade, WauSeOn, OnO.
Practice in all Courts. Attention to
Probate Matters, Abstracts and
Opinions of Title References-Any
Bank in the County.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
FOR LABOR'S SAKE

AMI
81 shall vote for the anti-liquor
measures. Whenever an issue is pre-
sented between bread and booze l in
tend to vote for bread. In doing so
l am confident that l shall be serving
the highest and best interests of my
country and my constituents, and
that no class of my constituents will
be better served than the wage earn
ers."
This was the reply of Representa-
tive William P. Borland, of the very
wet state of Missouri, to the mem
bers of "Labor's Emergency Liberty
League" an association made up of
brewery drivers and their friends,
when asked for his attitude toward
national prohibition.
The statement is a patriotic one
and should be the voice of every
congressman and senator in the
United States Congress.
He further said: "Booze is lux
ury and not a necessity. 1t de-
creases the efficiency and earning
power of industrial workers, and ir
this time of our national peril we
need the full development of our eff
cheney and the unfettered strength
of our people.
"Booze also decreases the stock OF
grain and food supplies. We have
an army in the field which must be
fed. We cannot with a clear con
science ask the housewives of Amer
lea to save the food grains on theil
tables and permit the stock of fooc
material to be used for the manufac
ture of alcoholic beverages.
"The men of organized labor are
loyal to the American flag. Practi
cally the majority of the men o1
organized labor are dry. There is NJ
labor in the world so poorly paid az
the liquor trade, nor in which the
hours are longer. :,
practically all Of the workers nov
engaged in the liquor trade are il
demand for other work in the com
munity, at as good or better wages
"The question is no longer solel!
a moral question, but has become al
economic and patriotic one"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
TOO TRUTHFUL TO BE FUNNY

There are times when a joke ceases
to be a joke.
The temperance lecturer stopr
his talk long enough to ask: "Can
any man here name an honest bust
ness that has been helped by the
saloon?"
A man in the audience arose.
II consider my business honest, y
he said, "and it has been helped by
the saloon"
what is your business?" shouted
the orator.
81 am an undertaken" was the re-
ply.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
OHIO ELECTION SPELLS

A16ROO . DOOln
Ohio settled old John Barleycorn's
hash for all time, in the opinion of
the Philadelphia North American,
which expresses amazement that the
former large wet majorities should
have been reducd to a mere 1,70O in
state with such considerable for
eign-born groups The North Ameri-
can says:
Ohio, one of the rich 'conserva-
tive states of the eastern half of the
country, is the fourth in the Union
in population. 1t borders upon Penn
sylvania, the great stronghold of the
liquor interests. Like this common
wealth, it possesses vast industries,
producing bituminous coal, natural
gas and petroleum, and standing sec
ond only to Pennsylvania in the vital
matter of metal manufacturing ac-
tivities.
"While its agriculture is important,
its urban population is very large,
more than one-third of the people
living in less than a dozen cities, ard
many of the communities have IN
creased so to rs per cent in size dur
ing the last ten years. Cleveland's
population is nearly 100000; Cincin-
nati's nearly 100000; Columbus and
Toledo approach the 100000 mark
Moreover, Ohio's 100000 inhabi-
tants include $4,000 foreign born,
more than one-half of the residents
of Cincinnati being of alien birth or
parentage. The state has 116 brewer
les and 80 distilleries; it stands sixth
in the production of malt liquors,
fifth in distilling and third in wine
manufactur. Yet only a few hundred
votes out of more than a million keep
it for a little longer out of the dry
column"
AN ERA OF "GOING-TO-DO"
When the history of the second Cox
administration is written it will be
labeled as the "going -to-do" admins
tration. The governor in his speech
has been the great "going-to-do fel-
low. His subordinates promptly took
their cue from him. The latest is
that there is "going to be" a probe
of the alleged consigning of AZ cars
of perishable food products sent to
Akron. That is all there will be of
it. The newspaper headlines, appar-
emily kept standing for daily use, say
estate administration sends out in
spectors 'to get the facts. Threatens
prosecutions. Responsibility for rail
road congestion to be- fixed and gull
ty will suffer-" That will be the
end of it. Twenty thousand loaded
coal cars are standing idle in Ohio
| ond tho e+o+a cbivorc xrybi1o tho poattn1
is "to be probed" or investigated
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14
Notice of AupOintment

RAY & CoRDILL, Attorneys.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-03
Percy Haughton
Proposes Changes
. In Base Ball Rules

Boston, Mass, Jan. 2.-Suggestions
for restoring the balance in base ball,
which, he contends, has become lost
through the advantages enjoyed by
the defensive side of the game, were
advanced today by President Percy
D. Haughton of the Boston National
league club. Haughton brought up
the subject at the recent meeting Of
the National league. which voted to
have a rules committee meet with a
similar body from the American
league to consider revision.
Here are six ideas have heard ad-
vanced, each of which has merit" he
said today:
Move first and third bases about
four or five feet nearer home plate,
not disturbing the position of second.
Eliminate the spit ball delivery.
LET the batter walk on three
balls.
Have only one foul strike.
Have a much more drastic balk
Interpretation.
Reduce the width of the plate by
few inches"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-03
H. G. OF |. ASCRIBED
TO THE WAR MOSTLY
New York Commission Reports
on Reasons for the Uplift
in Food Prices.
NO REMEDY IS PROPOSED

New York, Jan. Although in
Vulnerable domestic causes are cited
as having contributed to the steady
increase in the cost of living in recent
years, the most recent rise is attrib-
uted in large measure to the European
war, according to report on foods
and markets submitted to Governor
Whitman by the Wicks legislative in
vestigating committee, the governors
market commission, and the mayors
food supply committee. The creation
of a state market department Of
proper size, scope and power" and
of departments of similar character
in the cities OF the state are urged as
"a matter of vital immediate neccs-
sity."
The vast quantities Of foodstuffs
shipped to Europe, the report says,
have materially reduced the supply in
this country. In the first nine months
of 1914 exports of breadstuffs amount
ed to $l72,000,000; in the first nine
months of 1916 the breadstuffs ex-
ported amounted to 1881, 000, 900. Sim
liar comparisons are. given with refer
ence to other products. 1t is also
pointed out that while the production
of potatoes in the United States this
year has been 300,000,000 bushels, cx-
ports amounting to 100000 bushels
were recorded to October l.
Some Other Reasons.
Other factors which have con-
tributed to the high cost of living arc
enumerated, in part, as follows: