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Evening star., 1917-10-21

arc uSCldTcu " udNe oCCH oH tiC Bolht
Of open mutiny.
It 10 reliably estimated that Germans
have suffered 100000 casualties in the
past five and a
EAarfn1 Inssea half m o n his,
in German Ranks. ,h... hstns an
the western front. The fearful devas
tation wrought in German ranks has
Impressed the German soldier with the
futility Of his present effort, accord
ing to prisoners who have gladly sur
rendered during allied offensives. 1t is
a noticeable fact. also. that the German
officers caught in tho allied net like
wise are despairing of success. but it
is their belief that the German COM
mand will fight on and on. yielding
them to yield. unless the people of
Germany take a hand and force a halt
to things before the central powers
become so exhausted that it will be an
utter impossibility to continue.
These troubles alone would be suf-
hcient to curtail Germanic efficiency
and co-ordinated endeavor in the
struggle even II there were not grave
perplexing internal and governmental
Issues to be met In the Immediate fu-
ture.
AS has been predicted. the tenure OF
Chancellor Michaelis grows shorter
with the days. He has not powerful
supporter in Germany. lest it be mem
kaiser himself. 1t Is believed certain
the kaiser. as have all other elements
will recognize the grave crisis Mi
chaelis' policies has brought about. and
pect little support in the fuutre. either
In the reichstag or out of it.
The socialists. who are more out
spoken against the present regime than
any others; demand the custer of Nj
n1atum that unless the emperor makes
way with the present chancellor and
places a man in the post better fitted
TO handle Germany's multitudinous and
complex internal questions. with diplo-
port the coming war budget of 10000
600. 600 marks This would be serious
Should the reichstag majority swing
against the government the only alter
body. which would occasion new elec.
tions within sixty days This would
be disadvantageous to the government
for II is believed the wsr-weary peo.
pies would re-elect reichstag which
would pursue the same course AS the
one adjourned This would be bio"
to the government. as It would but EN-
phasixe the gulf between the ruling
classes and the people as whole. The
government might decide against elec,
tions and establish a military dictator.
ship. but this would not ease the pres
! ent extremely grave political crisis .nf
possibly would lead to more open out
breaks among the people themselves
who are beginning to suspect the mo
tives and purposes behind the presen'
military regime.
Vice Admiral Capelle. minister Of ma
rine. has resigned his post. owing Il
Evening star., 1917-10-21
Kaiser May Act
Upon His Return

German mutiny at Wilhelmshaven. and
It is expected that when the kaiser re-
turns from his visit to Sofia and Con-
stantinople he will act on the esigna-
tion as we'll as that of Michaelis. which
Is counted on as a certainty.
Foreign Minister Won Kuehlmann. who
accompanies the emperor on his Jaunt
to the Balkans and Turkey. Is still con-
stdered one Of the chief candidates for
Michaelis' position. though in the past
day or 10 Prince Won Buelow, former
uhancsllor, has loomed to the fore.
It has been suggested by some ele-
msnts that Won Hindenburg or Won
Ludendorff assume the role of mill
tais dictator. bat it is believed that
Evening star., 1917-10-21

ing firm lodsment in the minds Of the
forces fighting for Crown Prince Rup.
precht and on other fronts. Why should
Bavaria fght the battles Of the Prus-
sian, is the question that has been
asked repeatedly since tho war started
by the more outspoken critics Of the
present German regime. Recent heavy
casualties among Bavarian forces fac
ing Field Marshal Haie in Flanders
possibly will add further fuel to the
flames. Bavarians. who recently were
fighting near st. Mihiel, and who ex
pected to be transferred to Russia, were
sent to Flanders instead. and the troops
are declared to have been on the point
of open mutiny.
Evening star., 1917-10-21
Method Has Failed.

But this method has failed. too. To-
day the British are getting on more
Evening star., 1917-10-21
Spirit of Revolt
Further Revealed

battleships at Wilhelmshaven only
with the sternest OF measures. That
this nautiny was more than a paper
one to influence sentiment against
those reaehstag elements opposing the
government is indicated by the very
fact that the government possibly
never would have revealed il had it
been of minor character. Since the an
nouncement of the Wilhemshaven in
cident it has been further revealed that
the spirit of revolt penetrates to a
large proportion of the German feet
and this mutinous feeling prevailed
long before the August uprising, of
which Minister of Marine Vice Ad
miral Won Capelle made much. All
these minor Incidents we.e suppressed
by the Berlin government, and it is
believed that the government would
likewise have suppressed news of the
wilhelmshaven incident had it dared.
The feeling in the German navy. ac-
cording to reports coming from Ger
to neutral or allied countries. is due
to the utter hopelessness of ever con-
quering the enemy. Coupled with this
is the abuse the men are forced to
undergo at the hands of strict disci-
plinarians aboard the war vessels, who
treat the men as II they were dogs
Furthermore. the rations for the navy
have not only been curtailed, but are of
inferior quality. actual shortage being
suffered at various periods.
Evening star., 1917-10-21

Vice Admiral Capelle. minister of ma
rine. has resigned his post. owing to
Evening star., 1917-10-21

T:riz r..u,inols sp., mas not oeen con-
Evening star., 1917-10-21
Men Oppose
U-Boat Service

scTNlCe IL IHe InlnE
Men Oppose most opposed by
U-Boat Service. nni,. =, carmsns
To 20 on submarine duty Is to go to
reasonably certain death. sailors now
are fully convinced. England has kept
abolutely silent as to the total number
of enemy submarines sunk in waters
around the British isles and in the At
lantic. barring a few isolated instances
to prove to the British people that
actual and effective results were being
achieved. but the German government
knows how many submarines have
never returned to base. The sailors on
the kaiser's fleets do not. They only
know that many of their comrades con-
scripted for underseas duties never
have been heard from. They have been
kept in a state OF anxiety as to their
comrades fate, which has worked on
their nerves.
Germany is at the present time build
ing 300 new submarines. il is declared.
the majority of which will be turned
on the seas at q given signal for a
grand effort effectually to cripple allied
shipments of men, munitions and food,
as well as break UP regular transport
OF American troops and supplies from
the United States. Owing to the con-
tinued sinkings of German subma rines
and the hesitancy of German sailors to
volunteer for this uncanny service, the
German navy has been forced to con-
script men from the older war vessels
for submarine service. This is distaste-
full to the men themselves. They see,
according to reliable advices. no reason
why they should give their own and
the lives Of their fellows to useless en-
deayor in this branch OF service. for
the German sailor as well as the Ger
man civilian knows to great measure
that the submarine has not done what
they were led to believe would be done
early last year. when the era of sub
marine frightfulness began. England
was to be defeated in month, then
two months and then six months, but
England is fighting on and with great
er strength than ever. regardless OF the
Germanic effort to cripple her fleets and
starve her to submission.
It is a noticeable fact that the ma
jority of the mutinies in recent weeks
have been at submarine bases where
the men have refused to heed com.
,nards to go into the submarine service
There has been almost wholesale i'm
prisonment and in some cases shooting
Evening star., 1917-10-21

The kaiser and his war lords have no
only an extremely trying problem Il
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fined to the German navy alone. Wash
ington has been
Austrians Also advised that the
Are Disgruntled. is preval.nt
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But. according to recent develop
ments. ii would appear that submarine
Evening star., 1917-10-21

The insidious, slow working but never
theless death dealing policies OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-20
On County Records
Warranty Deeds

JOHN q. Scheuarmaun and wife 70
Hezekiab Chambers part lot 5a South
Rock Island. now Rock Island 81
George IT, Wagner and wife to Ben
Lazoeu. S. p. * s r and IT, e.
Sec, 27-f7-4w. &i0.80o
Charles IS. Johnson 10 George &
Wagner. tract r. p. f. Sec. 2e-Ir-1r.
$500
Blanche = Daan and husband -
Hugh p Curtis. tract block ON Rover
front old town Rock Island ST.
william ~ hahIke and wife 90 Hugh
i. Curtis LOT f. blocE = Lower ado.
Rock Island. s1
Herman Sturm and wife 70 Maurice
60roaa, lot -. Schubert and FlaaF-
Second add. Rock Island 81
David ~. Hunt TO Moline Forging
and Manufacturing CO., part Ias
Edeewater. moline. ST.
&. H. Peterson to W. A Eourturs
part old lot ~. Highland add. South
Moline, 500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-20
TALKS ON THRIFT
stnrr 81 he Tnrker.


There is negro story Of a turkey
who. every time IL showed. drew HE
feathers about him and firmly re-
. solved 20 build him house But be
f. FOR he could decide where 10 build. or
what kind Of a house. the sun came
oar and he would shake out his
. feathers. strut around and say 10 him
zal1- Nobody wants TO be in a house
on dav like this." aad the result
f was he froze TO death one winter
night
There are 3 lot Of people in the
same frame - mind IS the turkey
When things are going wrong, work is
slack, times are hard sickness or ac-
eldeut comes and their money is gone,
they firmly resolve that Ia the future
tEeE RGii take care Of their money and
look out for the rainy day build them
house as 81 were. but as soon as
things right themselves and the next
time ul need 6uds them IS Ill prepared
as ever
Most Of as are merely grown ~
children We want what we want
when we want tt. We live daE bE day.
Tomorrow IS a vague uncertainty TO
as The o0E VIII gorge himself with +
green apples ira June aud forget that (
there is physical Jaw against eating (
green apples Tomorrow ne Will find /
+ DUr and may resolve not 10 eat 4
green apples again. but good reso- /
luton never gers man anywhere I'M /
less He keeps IT, Many a New Years /
promise "a made only to be broken ana /
pledges are signed only 10 be forz0t-g
teu HOW many "a man mas resolved /
70 stop drinking when drinking has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-20
college WINS: Hiqh sebooI Ia.o.

In their basketball encounters Saf
aEday night the teams Of william anH
fasHu college and Aled8 high school
Won and lost respectively The COLI
leEe quintet which PLAYED Camot8r
eo.-ege 81 Prairie On Chen WIS. az
mat place won IT'S game bv Tho Gloss
score or - % -. This is highly
eFeditaole showing considering Ills
Iact that the boys PLAYED FRIDAY arfar-
noon az Davenport Friday night al
ROCK island and then Travelled TIE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-20
New Alley Regulations.

Wthln the district defined -ra
alley beginning az Sa-9-1 ar-.-,-, ~
tween EtChtsenth ara S-f~---.-,.--
streets. and extending so,,-5, =, -g.-.s-5
avenue, the alley beginning az Seven
teenth street between rirs+ ars -
o-@ 4ess ana extending east to
~eeA.1 street, and the alley begin
s..t-e = SeFsnteenth street between
74~olla ana Iaird avenues, and extend
lnE east 70 Eighteenth street shan bs
9sed only IS one way franc thor
oagAfares. and furthermore. these a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-18
"NnTHING ITO DO.

M. V. OShea. in Mothers Magazine.
 Which is of greater consequence in re- ngious work, to get the older people Of a town into church on Sunday, or to get the boys off the streets and keep them away from the pool rooms, the livery stables. the barber shops and the rail- road stations?
 The schools in small towns often fail to win and hold boys Five boys who are now serving time in jail say they disliked the work in their school which consists almost wholly of learning books by heart and reciting them. There is no manual training, no laboratory science. no gymnastic work, no organized plays and games. The principal and his teach CTS have asked for the equipment for a manual training room, but the "substan- tial'' men of the town think 1t Is all fol- de-rol. They say they will not adopt any of the newfangled notions. Meanwhile, the boys are going to perdition and the "Substantiap' men are letting them go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-18
-------7.s. -7.s.--------------------- LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

A woman isn't satisfied to have her clothes clean-looking where you can sec them. She isn't happy unless her clothes are clean where you can't see them.
 Leave it to any old married woman and she'll tell you that she was so popular when she was girl that her father had to keep her beaus away from the house with a shotgun
 Women have their troubles, too. As 8 rule, the most becoming hat in the store is the one she can't afford.
 Love Is something that makes a girl look good to fellow even when she is working on a wad of chewing um.
 Another reason why we have so many divorces is because after they have been married about two months she either imagines that she owns him, or he imag- ines that he owns her. One queer thing we have learned in 30-odd years experience in the newspaper game is that the woman who busts up a mans home and ruins his future is sell dom as good-looking as the mans own wife.
 A husband is an animal who won't give his wife any money to get new clothes, but who kicks because his wife isn't as well dressed as other women. Success won't turn a mans head as quickly as will a fatted calf that is en. Yeloped in a silk stocking After all, a eugenist is merely a fussy party who wants a prospective bride to keep her children's noses clean when she 1 isr't even married and the children haven't even been born yet. | The old-fashoned man who used to gc out to the pump and get dipper ..p1
 water before he went to bed now has a son who goes out to the kitchen and gills
 son who goes out to the kitchen and kills And the old-fashioned girl who got 2 good padding if she wasn't home by | D. m. now has a daughter who thinks
 everything is all right if she gets home | by a. m.
 l Things would run more smoothly If 2 | girl worked as hard to make herself g l fellows last love as she does to mak' herself his first love.
 | People will believe any mean story yot
 tell about either a candidate or a step
 mother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-18
FIGHTING THE SUBMARINE

which they thought was operating in a that another boat should be dispatched to take it's place
 Sometimes, however, the veil of mys- tery is partially lifted. Sometimes a Ger man U-boat Is lowed up the Thames, moored to the embankment, and from charity by throwing it open to the pub- lie. Sometimes if you are dining with a naval officer you will hear wondrous tales of submarines netted, bombed by aeroplanes even when they are well be- low the surface, hunted and caught by other to show themselves where they can be got at
 Sometimes, too, in a British port tho men of the merchant marine will tell you of Homeric combats that would have warmed the heart of Nelson and Farra- and stare.
 But these are mere haphazard per- sonal gleanings. No one knows the full extent of the harvest or how it has been gathered in. But we do know enough or at any rate we think we do-to feel fairly confident that the Germans can attempt nothing and can invent nothing that we cannot find the means of coun- tering; and that confidence has been rather more than justified by all that has happened since February l."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-18
A NATION OF HUsTLERs

From the Washington Star.
 When America gets into the world war things will happen said Editor George H. Lorimer at a dinner in Philadelphia. America invented the submarine boat, the machine gun and the airplane, and when she gets busy war making the spec tacle will be very remarkable.
 T don't want to brag, but the other combatants in Americas presence will bs like the young fellow who got the job of private secretary to multimilllonare.
 ''The first morning of his new job the secretary showed up ct o'clock and found the multimillionaire already hard at work. The second morning he showed up at 8 o'clock, and ther ewas the multi millionaire with half his mail cleared away. So the third morning he showed up at o'clock, and there was the multi looked up from his desky and said dryiy:
 Young fellow, what do you do with your forenoons?" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-18
JOBSON'S AMEN

By Rudyard Kipling. Blessed be the English and all their ways
 and works Cursed be the Infidels. Hereticks and
 Turks!' Amen" quo Jobson, but where used
 to lie Was neither candle, bell nor book to curse
 my brethren by; "But palm tree in full bearing, lowing
 down, lowing down, To a surf that drove unsparng at a
 brown walled town Conches in temple, oil lamps in dome And a low moon out of Africa said, This
 way homer' Blessed be the English and all that they
 profess, Cursed be the savages that prance in
 nakedness.' Amen" quo Jobson. ''but where I used
 to lie Was neither shirt nor pantaloon to catch
 my brethren by; But well-wheel slowly creaking, going
 round, going round, By a water-channel leaking over drowned
 warm ground Parrots very busy in the treliised pepper
 vine And high sun over Asia shouting: Rise
 and shine!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-18
No More Zeppelims
 Will Be Constructed

A DISPATCH from Geneva states 6A that a number of employees at the Zeppelin factory at Friedrichs- haven have been dismissed and ordered to join the army. No new orders for Zeppelins have been received and it is believed that the German military au- thorities will not construct any more airships of this type. The death of Count Zeppelin doubtless hastened the decline of the airships to which he gave his name and with which he hoped to conquer England. The Kai- ser always supported the count in his undertakings, but the inventor real ized sometime before he died that his ambition would never be gratified.
 As an instrument of war the Zep- pelin has proved failure. For scout ing purposes it has its uses and has oone good work. When peace comes some improved aircraft of this design may prove highly successful in com merce. In fact a transatlantic aerial line is one of the possibilities of the future.
 Nothing more clearly demonstrated the impracticability of Zeppelins ir warfare than their attacks on London in which they did very little damage at a considerable cost to themselves It was not long before the British found effective means to rout the big airships. The terror they at first created gave way to spirit of levity among the British people whenever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-18

Blessed be the English and everything
 they own, Cursed be the infidels that bow to wood
 and stone!" Amen quo Jobson. but where I used
 to lie Was neither pew nor gospeller to save my
 brethren by; But desert stretched and stricken. left
 and right, left and right. Where the piled mirages thicken under
 white hot light A skull beneath sandhill, and viper
 coiled inside And a red wind out of Libya roaring:
 Run and hide!' Blessed be the English, and all they
 make or do. Cursed be the Hereticlxs, who doubt that
 this is true!'' Amen" quo Jobson, "but where used
 to lie Is neither rule nor caliper to judge the
 matter by; "But Himalaya heavenward-heading.
 sheer and vast. sheer and vast In million summits bedding on the last
 worlds past; A certain sacred mountain where the
 scented cedars climb. And--the feet of my beloved hurrying
 back through time!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-18
MIDDLE WEST APATHETIC.

Booth Tarkington, in the American Mag
 azine.
 Apathy of the middle west? Not now! Not since BethmannH Hollweg told us that the Germans had only postponed the sub- marine war until they got the boats to do the job. Not when the flags are up.
 Apathy of the middle West! Not to a voice that dares to call! Since the day when the Germans told us that once a week we could send one ship beyond the mouth of the Hudson river, provided 34l green polka dots were painted on tht stern with a yellow streak around tic captains cabin, while all other American
 ships would stay in port or be blown UT since that day the middle west has ex hibited a liveliness which may surprise the foreign gentleman who said he con trolled America through 100000 good Ger man-American votes. Since that day, II the matter of enlstments in the Unitet States army, Indiana (for instance) ha stood third of all the states in the mum Der of men who have enlisted But II proportion to the population, thls mid land state of Indiana, of all the states stands f1rst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-18
REsTFUL RECREATION.

T patronize the movies on sultry sum- mer day.
 Remarked 8 man esteemed to be 2
 rather knowing chap; Although do not care about the latest photoplay
 You'd hardly find better place to take a little nap. The eni-darkness rests my soul as noth- ing else could do, Electric fans are all about to cool the
 atmosphere; The reels that I remember are aston ishingly few,
 Upon the screen I little care what faces may appear. But when I slip into a seat, inside
 against the wall, Where no one passes in or out, com
 polling me to move, The sleep that steals upon me I would not exchange for all The Chaplins and the movie stars who
 specialize in love-"
 ANOTHER BACKSET. T don't suppose you will devote much attention to your lawn this year." Nc" replied MT. Gadspur T had made arrangements to plant it in pota toes. but Mrs Gadspur is proud woman and vowed she wouldn't live in a potato patch"
 STILL IN DOUBT. Gladys Twobble is preparing to write her commencement essay" What will she write about?" ' "Oh, about 20 pages, but she hasn't decided yet whether to solve the prob lens of Russia or suggest the quickest way to smash the Won Hindenburg line"
 COLD FACTS. "This poetess of passion speaks of soul calling to soul.' What do you sup
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-18
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES

pose she means by that?" "she must have reference to affinities, but according to the divorce court rec ords souls calling to souls frequently get the wrong number"
 FORGE OF HABIT. After living in a hotel for 10 years, the Gadsbys have bought a home and started housekeeping" How does Gadsby like the changer He's well pleased, but says Mrs. Gadsby is always getting after him for tipping the butler after dinner" FILLING A LONG FELT WANT. That fellow in the flashy suit is mak- ing all kinds of money" whats he doing?" He's taking orders in prohibition ter ritory for a patent pocket flask that holds about half a pint and looks like cigar case"
 DUBIOUS COMPLEMENT. "A person must feel highly honored when called on to write the preface to a book"
 That depends on the kind of boek," replied the literary man. Perhaps so.''
 For instance, I was once requested to write preface to the confessions of a counterfeiter."
 THE OTHER SIDE.
 Money isn't everything
 Still, you must admit
 Both with commoner and king
 Money makes hit.
 Heed the old philosophers
 Poverty they praise;
 Yet what joyous feeling stirs
 Him who gets raise. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-18
Welcomed by Navy

I think a great many young men will join the navy" said Capt. L. J. Clark, chief naval recruiting officer in Birming- ham, when the new conscription bill goes into effect.
 This bill will only take men over q years of age, and surely there are great many young fellows in Birmingham from IS to 21 who will want to do something for their country. These young men will be welcomed by the navy, and will be pro- vided a position where they will see active service and actual warfare. It was announced today that some Ameri- can ships are already in the North sea cooperating with the French and Eng fish ships, and all the others will prob ably be sent soon. This will give a splendid chance for young men who are anxious to be in the real thing. They can enlist now, and be about the first American division to cross the waters. .'