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Semi-weekly herald., 1917-01-25
Death of Child.

The seven-months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Otis Stansberry died at
the family home on Sixth avenue
this morning. The remains are at
tho Goodman Undertaking parlors.
AS yet no funeral arrangements have
been made.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-01-25
)raiorical Contest.

The Mancos High School Debating
cam and the Silverton High School
Debating team expect to contest for
lonors in Mancos Friday evening.
;. 2. Wilson, secretary of the Du-
ango Exchange has been asked to
)e one of the judges.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-01-25
Boarders in County Jail.

Only two persons are included in
the list of boarders in the county
Jail. One of these is being held
waiting the arrival Of officers from
Taos, N. M.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-01-25
.'ormer Durango Residents
Visiting Here.

Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Updike, of st.
Johns, Arizona, are visiting w. M.
ennington and family. They made
he trip as far as Pennington by
uto and found the roads very bad
Ir. and Mrs. Updike plan to leave
or Salt Lake City tomorrow.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-01-25
Land Filings.

According TO a report submitted
% the general land office, January
9th, $4,000 acres of land had been
filed on in this district. under the
nlarged homestead act.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-01-25
Condition Good.

NJ. j. Wicklem, who is confined
% his Third avenue home suffer
ng with gun shot wound, is re-
.orted to be getting along fine.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-01-25

Potatoes are selling for So bush
ell in car load lots in Chicago.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-01-25
ARTHUR w. AYRES.

Secretary.
First Publication Jan. 4, 1917.
Last publication Feb. 1, 1917.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-24

i I dared not trust myself to speak; l turned to go. Wait" he said. And he explained to me how Germany, of hcial Germany. regards the state of subject peoples.
 l Even now I find it hard to describe ] in comprehensible terms the mind of official Germany. which dominates and shapes ali German thought and action { Yet it is as hard, as clear-cut, as real as any material thing. l saw it in Po- land: I saw the same thing in Belg- | ium: hear of it in Serbia and Rou
 mania. For weeks it was always be- . fore me. always the same. Officers talked freely, frankly. directly. All the staff officers have the same view.
 Let me try 10 tell it, as Gene. Won Kries told me. in Poland. in the midst of a dying nation. Germany is des- tined to rule the world, or al least great part of it. The German people are so much human material for build ing the German state: other people do not count. All is for the glory and might of the German state. The lives of human beings are 10 be conserved only if it makes for the States ad- vancement, their lives are to be sacri-
 iced if il is to the States advantage. The state is all; the people are noth- ing.
 Conquered people signify little in the German account Life, liberty. hap piness, human sentiment, family ties. grace. and generous impulse, these have no place beside the one concern, the greatness Of the German state. Starvation Working for Germany" Starvation must excite no pity; sym pathy must not be allowed. if it ham, pers the main design Of promting Ger many's ends.
 Starvation is here said Gen. Won Kries. "Candidly, We would like 10 see it relieved; we fear our soldiers may be unfayorably affected by the things they see. But since it is here. starvation must serve our purpose So We set it 10 work for Germany. By starvation we can accomplish in two or three years in East Poland more than we have in West Poland, which is East Prussia, in the last hundred years. With that in view. we propose 10 turn this force 10 our advantage"
 This country is meant for Germ any continued the keeper of starv- ing Poland Tt is rich alluvial coun- try which Germany has needed for some generations. We propose to re- move the able-bodied working Poles from this country. IL leaves it open for the inflow of German working peo- pie as fast as we can spare them They will occupy it and work it."
 Then with a cunning smile, Cant you see how it works out? By and by We shall give back freedom to Poland. When that happens Poland will ap. pear automatically as a German pro- vince"
 Same Methods in Belgium
 In Belgium Gen. Von Bissing told me exactly the same thing. 'If the re.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-24

lief of Belgium breaks down We can force the industrial population into Germany through starvation and col onize other Belgians in Mesopotamia where We have planned large irrigation works; Germans will then overrun Belgium. Then when the war is over and freedom is given back to Belgium, il will be a German Belgium that is restored Belgium will be a German Province. and we have Antwerp which is what we are after"
 [ In Poland the able-bodied men are being removed to relieve the German workman and make the land vacant for Germany. In Belgium the men are deported that the country may be a Germany colony. In Serbia, where threefourths of a million people out Of 3.000.000 have perishei miserably in the last three years. Germany hard ems its heart. shuts its eyes to the sui fering. thinks only of Germany's gain. In Armenia. 600,000 people were slain in cold blood by Kurds and Turks un- der the domination and leadership of German officers-Germany looking on. indifferent to the horror and woe, in tent only on seizing the opportunity thus given. War. famine. pestilence these bring to the German mind no appeal for humane effort. only the res olution to profit from them to the ut most that the German state may be powerful and great.
 Brutal Treatment of Women. That is not all. Removing the men, that the land may be vacant for Ger man occupation, that German stock may replace Belgians, Poles. Seryians. Armenians. and now Roumanians, Germany doe smore. Women left cap tive are enslayed. Germany makes all manner Of lust its instrumentality.
 The other day friend of mine told me of a man just returned from north ern France: T can not tell you the de tails he said, man to man, I don't want to repeat what I heard" Some of the things he did tell-shocking mutilation and moral murder. He told of women. by the score, in occupied territory of northern France, prisoned in underground dungeons, tethered for the use Of their bodies by officers and men.
 If this is not a piece of the Prussian system. it is the logical product of dis regard of the rights of others.
 Such is the German mind as it was disclosed to me in several weeks con tact with officers Of the staff. Treat ies are scraps Of paper if they hinder German aims. Treachery is condoned and praised f it falls in with German interest Men. lands, countries are German prizes. Populations are to be destroyed or enslaved so Germany may gain. Women are Germans prey; children are spells Of war. God save Germany the Hohenzollern and togeth- CT they are destined to rule Europe. and. eventually. the world-thus reas ons the Kaiser.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-24

IN THE CRATE FOR THE FIRE we have special grate coal which you will do well to use It burns evenly and with a glow that brings many pictures to the mind of the bencld It is a splendid heat producer, too.
 Seated before a grate fire, fed with our coal, there is a charm ana con- fort that only a grate fire can create.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
HAVE ONLY ONE VET
BASKETBALL NAN
FOR MOLINE'S FIVE

The graduation Of five Of last wears
men has put some crimp in the bas-
ketball aspirations of the Moline high
school this year. An entirely new
team will be built with the exception
Of Captain Swanson, the only vet
available.
Following is the schedule for the
season.
Dec. q East Moline at Moline.
Jan. 11-Geneseo at Moline.
Jan. is Davenport at Davenport.
Jan 19-East Moline at East Mo-
line
Jan. g Galesburg at Moline.
Feb. Rock Island at Moline.
Feb. Galeshurg at Galesburg.
Feb. Monmouth at Moline
\ Feb. l50pen.
Feb, 81 Monmouth al Monmouth.
Feb. Is Davenport at Moline,
March Tournament.
March S-Rock Island at Rock
Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
ARE PLAYING BALL
IN THEIR BEE WEES
DOWN AT HOUSTON

They are still playing baseball in
their B. V. D.'s down at Camp Logan,
Houston, Texas, according TO a let
ter which Moline friends have re
ceived from D. F. Knowlton, Company
d, One Hundrew Twenty-fourth Ma
chine Gun battery
In describing the camp he says
"The camp is about mile and hail
square. 1t is located in the heart OF
! great pine forest and the location
! is ideal. We are living in tents ana
are real comfortable There are floors
4 in the tents and we also have stoves
to take off the chill in the evening.
We have good bathing facilities-bot
and cold showers.
THE fellows in this company are Z
fine bunch and we have dandy officers
The officers are very much pleased by
the way the men have taken to tbs
work
IAN the fellows are always glad r.
hear from home, and when the man
arrives there is a regular stampede
1T Is rumored we are to leave here
/. soon, but we don't know when OF
where we will go. Some of the fel
lows think we will be transferred Il
= Fort Sheridan"
/. K. Gridley and Herbert Lil1egreh
who went to Camp Dodge from Moline
Sept. 5. have been transferred to tn
! aviation branch Of the service ant
! are now at Kelly field, near San An
tonic. Texas, where they are in train
0 ing. Both are corporals.
y In writing about his leaving Cam
Q Dodge on Thanksgiving for Camp Pike
Il Little Rock. Ark, Private Z. Il. Lar
i son In word which Plow city relative
have received from him says; 'Thre
10 hundred Of us left Camp Dodg
y Thanksgiving day, and it sure wa
o cold that morning. We had gu
n Thanksgiving dinner the night before
n We arrived in Little Rock Saturda
e and it was one grand ride through tn
IS fine farm lands Of Iowa and the col
h ton fields farther south. In 0klahom
1t we saw many oil wells, and farthe
m south we often saw log cabins Wa
h back in the woods.
f. Camp Pike is about seven mile
from Little Rock. We have a !. 4
C. A. building right near us, whic
. sure is dandy. Fred Soderstrom an
/ were over there to the movies la
>, night, and the place was packe
" Fred and | are sorry TO he away fro
II the other Moline boys, but there is
u place like the south.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
Police News

Held on a charge Of larceny, Will
White, colored,4 living at 1890 Third
avenue, Moline, was bound over 10
the grand jury yesterday afternoon
by Police Magistrate Frank Gustafson,
White admitted that he saw Mrs. Betty
Martin, also colored drop her peck
etbosk containing S43 while she was
being taken from police court TO the
court of Justice Entrikin to be tried
ON charge OF contributing to the
delinquency Of a minor and that he
picked il up and after testifying at
the hearing he beat ii for Rock Island,
where his lavish roll caused him to
be arrested on suspicion.
Because Albert Hoff has joined the
army, Ivan Blue, TIA Ninth street,
Moline, will not push the charge of
larceny against the defendant. Two
days after HOif is alleged TO have stol-
en- a suit case belonging to Blue he
enlisted at Jefferson barracks, st
Louis. in the railway engineers
branch. Guess Uncle Sam needs him
worse than ! do" he said today in
Diminishing the case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
BAD WIRING CAUSE
|. HOTEL FIRE Loss
SHeuldering Fire OF Two Days greals
Out at Manufacturers Damage
Placed at $1,000.

Damages to the extent of sssse0
We're caused by fire at the Manusae.
turers' hotel, Moline. which was dis
covered this morning after It had
been in progress for TWO days hetwess
the walls from the second to the fonrfb
floors of the building. The blaze was
due to defective wiring.
At 7:30 this morning, Miss Ellea
Remaut, chambermaid, saw smoss
coming from the floors The hotel frs
brigade, composed Of all OF the en-.
pleyes and guests as well, got busy ami
the city depa stment was called. but Il
was not until an hour or more that The
origin Of the blaze was found.
Because the fire was confined 70 the
walls the guests took the matter cooIiY
except one woman on the third foor
who promptly gathered up all her be.
Iongings. tossed them out of the vim
dow and ran from the building.
hotel employe brought all Of the AZ.
ticles back into the hosiery again Bed
clothing. furniture and property Of
guests were ruined by water and
chemicals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
TRIP TO HOSPITAL
NARROWLY ESCAPED

Jacksonville. Ill, Dec Sim sure
that Tanlac is going 10 save me a
hospital bill Of at least 500 this
spring" Mrs. Bertha J. Mace. wife of
well known Jacksonville cigarmak-
er, who lives at 40S South Main street,
said on April "a
Evers spring and fall for the last
three years" Mrs, Mace continued. Il
have suffered from stomach and liver
trouble. Each time / would have to
60 TO the hospital In the spring my
liver wotlld become very sluggish
Ny kidneys also would become affect
ed Sharp, shooting pains came in
my stomach, so severe that thought
| couldn't stand them 1t was al
most impossible for me to sleep at
night and was nervous and irritable
ali the time.
i decided to try Taniac after /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
HEIn fnI} SEnITLnN-

Gust Hnrn is in custody Of East
Moline police and he may face serious
charges as result of alleged pro-Ger-
man utteranees yesterday. tiurn. il
is said. INDUCED III liquor yesterday
and while somewhat under influence
of drink he made numerous state
ments indicating an attitude antagon-
istjc to the government His case has
been referred to government authors
ties. This morning when questioned
he said he was born in Russian Po-
land. close TO the boundary OF Ger
man territory. Asked whether If he
were to go into an army. he would
prefer TO fight for the kaiser or the
United States. he said he guessed he
would rather fight for this country
Asked why, he said Well. | guess
I'd get killed anyway" He has been
In the United States, he says, six
years, and has not made any move to-
ward obtaining citizenship. Asked
why he had not taken ont citizenship
papers he said he always planned to
do it next month or next week and
just never got to it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
MASON CITY MAN
TAKEN BY POLICE
George Gan. Who Says He Is Elght
Years Older Than lie Was Nester-
day, Is Being Detained.

II isn't every man who can get eight
years older over night, but that is the
feat which George Gap is attempting
Yesterday he was well "stewed.' lie
was on the same street car with Dep
uty Sheriff Kittilsen The latter found
Gap had no registration card. al
though he said be was % years old.
Being too intoxicated To be questioned
by the Moline exemption board, he was
placed in jail.
This morning he paid fine Of $3.50
to the police magistrate and then was
taken to the exemption board, where
he said he was 80. He is being held
for investigation Gap says he lives at
Mason City, Iowa,
A man giving the name Of Mr. Ben
gen. Peoria, came to Moline yesterday
According to the police he went 70
Waiertowu hospital and succeeded in
getting his sister, Martha peflank, ar
inmate of the institution, and bringing
her 10 the plow City. The couple was
seated In a restaurant on Fifteenth
street when the girl became violen
and after causing a scene ran from
the place TO Fifth avenue and Twelfth
street. where she was nahbed by Of
hcers and returned 10 the hospital
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
Obituary
John ". Filings orti,.

John w Ellingsworth, aged So, died
yesterday afternoon at his home, 1908
Fourteenth street. Moline. J He was
born April %, 1864, at Pleasant Val
Icy. where the Silvis shops are now
located He was united in marriage
to Miss Staehaa, Hampton, June 2,
1854. For over q quarter of century
he operated an express business in
Moline, and for. years drove hack for
the Keator hotel. which occupied the
present site Of the Manufacturers In
addition to the widow. there survive q
son. Harry. Davenport, two sisters,
Mrs. Edward Lyons aud Mrs Harry
skinner, two brothers, Frank and
George, and Two grand children, all OF
Moline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06

had learned how many Jacksonville
people had been aided By the new
medicine. Well sir. simply feel fine
now. I'm able TO work in the garden
and can do all my homework now
without the least trouble My liver
and kidney trouble had been greatly
relieved. The pains in my stomach
have ceased TO bother NE, too. I'm
anxious to have all my friends know
what fine medicine Tanlac really il =
There is no time when Tanlac can
be taken to better advantage than
right NOW. In the spring all mankind.
after weatharing the storms OF win
Ter, Is in need Of an upbufiding tonic.
Tanlac is designed to overcome this
trouble and is doing 50 in hundreds
of cases In this city and vicinity.
Tanlac is now being introduced and
explained In Rock Island at Riess'
drug Store. isi0 block. (AdF)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
NATIONAL, CHORUS TO
DROP ITS CONCERT

Owing to the great demands that
are made on the public at present for
Red Cross. Liberty loans, Y. NJ G..
A. and other funds, which would
make it impossible to stage q concert
of the standard that has been set in
former years, the Swedish National
chorus at its annual meeting last eve
ming decided to omit the annual con-
cert this season. The rule has been
to give a concert in February each
year 10 maintain free bed at the
Lutheran hospital. The membership
felt reluctant about undertaking the
concert in the midst OF the many war
activities, and rather than lower the
standard of these concerts it was
thought advisable to wait and take up
the work next fail with renewed yigor
and interest. The sum of $3.50 was
voted out of the general treasury TO
the chorus toward the cause for which
the concerts have been given, The
executive committee was also in
structed to send Christmas gifts to
the members Of the chorus who are
in training camps, and $50 was voted
aUl4 AAtAS pun pNSIs l TIC AIOt Ao ADhC&Sts
of the Svea Male chorus of this city
which has two members in the army
the Apollo Glee club of Rock Island
with five drafted members, and the
| Wennerberg chorus of Augustaua
which has seven members in the serv~
ice.
! All present officers of the chorus
were reelected with one exception
, Herbert Liliegren Of Moline. now in
the army service. was relieved of tn
trasurership. and Oscar Bohman was
elected. officers are as follows:
/ Director in Chief Victor Berg
/ quist.
President-E. w. Olson, Rock Is
! land.
/ secretary-Alvin G. Anderson, RocE
/ Island
Treasurer-Oscar 7, Bohman. Mo.
line.
Manager. Mauritz Johnson, Mo,
/ line.
Librarian. W. csrlstedt. Rock
Island
Auditing Committee. c. Carlson
| and c. J.. Swanson.
| Inc melting last evening, which
was held at Augustana college. was
/ preceded by luncheon, the members
/ entertaining their ladies as guests
aud after the business session a mos
happy and interesting after dinner
/ program was enjoyed, Z. W. Olson
| president, acted as POSTMASTER, ant
). II. Forsberg Of the Svea, Constan
5ohnson OF Wennerberg, and ]. W
/ Carlsbad of the Apollo responded Il
toasts. Excellent musical selection,
were furnished by Miss Esther ]
| Maimrose, soprano, Miss HuIda Pet
/ erson, vIolinist, and by the Wenner
berg and Syea choruses.
During the program Professor Berg
gust made the announcement tina
the Wennerherg chorus had for Its so
loists the coming season on its con
cert tour In the western states chose1
the Misses Malmrose and Peterson
which announcement was greeted witt
enthusiastic applause.
The evening entertainment. whicl
was considered the most successful il
the history of the united chorus. wa
| concluded with the Star Spangled Ban
ner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
BIC EIGHT ENTRY
TO Be SELECTED
Preliminary Event to Name Represen-
tatite for Defamation contest
Held Tomorrow Night.

The lad who wins the boys deelanla-
tion contest at the Moline high school
tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock at the
school auditorium will not only have
the honor Of representing the Pillow
city al the Big Eight event on the ey-
ening Of Dec IA, at Gaiesburg, but
will also be given the literary NJ,
conferred upon pupils for excellence
in literary work.
At the same contest six declaimers
are to be chosen for the yearly tri-
city competition. to be held Wednes-
day Of next week, teams meeting i'll
each Of the three cities. Albert Cramp-
ton, Russell Wharton and Merrill
Trowbridge were letter men from last
year, which viii give Moline a fine
opportunity to win first honors.
An excellent program has been ar
ranged as follows
Music, Voice Of the Western Wind
81. Barnby) Girls Glee club.
THE Two Carpenters (Iona Gale)
Glenn Buck
THE Return" anonymous Ray
mond CowIey
The Son IH0n daFeSi we t1etfe2
+ s. McCowanl Albert Champion
! 1.-THE Race Problem in the South
/ (Henry Gradyl Fritiof Fryxell.
+ Music. Gypsy Life (Schumannl-
+ Girls Glee club.
THE Three Things MARY ShipmaE
/ AndreWsl Clark Nelson
The History Lesson from L'Aiglon'
/ fRostand4 Merrill Trowbr ige
THE Slow Man" ernest Poolel-
+ Russell Wharton
Music. cal Violet fDvorab Bliss1
I'D @The Happy Miller" &C. A Xeazie
Girls GIee club.
=. Decision OF the Judges.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
News of the Day in Moline and East Moline
In the Lodges

officers of Manufacturers lodge NO
ass, /. O. @. F., have been named az
follows:
Noble grand Fred Brandt
Vice grand Charles Maurer.
Recording secretarys George Z.
Merrill.
Financial secretary e Berg
holtz.
Treasurer Fred Moberg
Trustees-F. " Beckstron1. F. L.
Wagner, George E. Johnson, : Carl
Adolphson, Herman Cortz.
Mrs. Eva olson was reelected preai-
dent of Harmony camp No. 2S46, Roy
al Neighbors of America Moline, at a
recent meeting, the other officers
being
Past oracle-aIrs. Efle Flood
Vice oracle Miss Edith Peterson
reelected.
Chancellor-Mrs. Jennie Boom.
Recorder Mrs Mary Lundeea. re
elected.
Receiver-Mrs. Antoinette Terkle
sen, reelected,
Marshal Miss Minnie Schaub, re
elected.
Inner sentinel Mrs. Selma Norton
reelected.
Outer sentinel Mrs. Frank Phares
Manager for three xeaFs-Mrs
Mary CLANCY.
Physicians-Dr. Louise Miller, DT
Phoebe Pearsall and Dr. VI, s Don
I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
TEARS Dawn STOVE,

August DeWolf is to have hearing
In East Moline police court today on
charge Of disorderIy conduct The
case grows out OF disturbance in
his residence last evening. 1t is said
DeWolf was angered because members
of the family had eaten apples he in
tended to sell He is said to have
pulled over stove and broken other
furniture and to have threatened men,
bers OF the family.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
is THOUGHT INSANE.

Albert Willhite was arrested last
evening when be created a disturb.
ance at his boarding place In East
Moline. and threatened several per-
sons. He had been missing several
days. He will be taken before the
county court today for an inquiry as
TO his sanity, He appears to be suf-
fering from halluciuations and delu-
sions. and he talks to himself con-
tinuallv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
MINERAL nf LnIln Peterson.

John Peterson, "a years old, 94f
Nineteenth street, Moline was buried
in Riverside cemetery yesterday after
noon. Funeral services for Mr.. Peter
son were held in the home CT his
grandson. Gust Nelson. 1917 Ninth
street, and were largely attended by
old residents of Moline. Rev Fred
Nelson ofiiciated. The pallbearers
were John Peterson. c. J. Aldine. John
Olson, Fred Clausen, Alfred Hendricks
son and P. 4. Broman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-06
NEW OFFICER is HEAVY.

PatroIman William Nicer, new MEM
Der of the East Moline police depart
ment, is the heavyweight of the force.
Last evening he sat gently down upon
one ct the station chairs and IT
groaned under his weight and then
collapsed. dropping the officer to the
floor. the chair was reduced to
kindling wood 1t is planned to pro-
cure "a special chair of extraordinary
strength for his use. He tips the
scales. # is said, at BIS pounds He
has been dubbed Boy Blue by his fell
low officers. But in spite Of his size
and weight Nicer can show speed
when occasion requires.