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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-20

Oct I6-Colambian Sabbath was oh
served at the First Methodist church
with appropriate services
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-20
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
LEAVES ON JOURNEY

President G. A. Andreen OF Angus
tana college left yesterday for q tour
of more than q week through Ohio
and 80 some extent in Pennsylvania.
RE viii deliver Reformation lectures
at each Of the places where be @ps
on his journey. hfs schedule being as
follows
Oct. 81 Braddock Pa. Oct. p.
Youngstown. Ohio Oct "a. Akron
Ohio; Oct. Is. Cleveland Oct q. ASH
tabala. Ohio Oct IS. Erie. Pa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-20

Friday afternoon in connection with
the Catholic Columbian ceremonies.
Oct. 20-After today cars will be re-
dnced 70 80 minutes time on the Watch
Tower line
The local military company was
ready to leave tonight for Chicago to
give an exhibition at the Worlds Fair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-20
On County Records
Warranty Deeds.

Elizabeth a. Dimick 20 Means
Stewart, lot 50, block 4, Exposition
Parh addition, Rock Island. 81 90.
Emil and Bertha Emfefdt TO George
d. and Ernest E. ENFIELD undivided
% interest Of lots II. IS and I9. block
T. Y. NJ G. A first addition. Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-20

oct 19-At the residence OF Mrs. s.
Nav on Eighteenth street at r o'clock
last evening occurred the marriage of
Miss Belle Heinslurter to Meyer Levi.
Rev Samuel Greenfield of Peoria. Of
iciatng-
Dr Calvin c. TruesdaIe viii be the
chief speaker at court house square
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-20
ROCK ISLAND MASOE5
TO MAKE RURAL TRTE

Members Of Rock Island lodge No.
65s, A. f. & A NJ, have accepted the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
NOT ENEMIES OF GERMAN PEG.

In his Flag Day speech President
Wilson made it quite clear that this
country was not an enemy of the
German people The following is
one of the paragraphs of that no
table address which alludes to that
subject:
I'VE know now as clearly as we
knew before we were ourselves en-
gagged that we are not the enemies
of the German people and that they
are not our enemies. They did not
originate or desire this hideous war
or wish that We should be drawn in
to it; and we are vaguely conscious
that we are fighting their cause, as
they will some day see it, as we'll as
our own. They are themselves in
the grip of the same sinister power
that has now at last stretched its ugly
talons out and drawn blood from us.
The whole world is at war because
the whole world is in the grip of that
power and is trying out the great bat
tie which shall determine whether it
is to be brought under it's mastery or
fling itself free"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
RUSSIA NEEDS HELP.

France is holding battle line 400
miles in length and has no less than
two ambulances for every rod of that
great battle line. Russia's battle front
is 1000 miles long and Russia has only
one ambulance for every fifty three
rods of her battle front. This is only
one of the many disadvantages the
Russian soldier has to contend
against.
The Russian soldiers have gone into
battle i'll equipped with arms and am
munitions and almost destitute of med
zeal supplies. The Russian soldiers
are as brave as any soldiers they
have been lead against. Considering
the disadvantages with which they
have had to contend, they have per-
formed wonders. Properly equipped
and cared for they will march to Ber-
lin.
To assure the Russian army that
it is going to be placed on an equal
footing with it's adversaries is the
present and most imperative duty Of
the allies.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
World Freedom as a Stake.

"The great fact that stands out
above all the rest is that this is a
peoples War, war for freedom and
justice and self-government amongst
all the nations of the world, war
to make the world safe for the peo-
pies who live upon it and have made
it their own, the German people them
selves included; and that with us
rests the choice to break through all
these hypocrisies and patent cheats
and masks of brute force and help
set the world free, or else stand aside
and let it be dominated a long age
through by sheer weight of arms and
the arbitrary choices Of self-consti-
tuted masters, by the nation which
can maintain the biggest armies and
the most irresistible armaments-a
power to which the world has afford
ed no parallel and in the face of which
political freedom must wither and
perish EXTRACTS, tfcfromac President
Wilson's Flag Day speech.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
MILLION U. 5.
men TO FRANCE
General Pershing to be Rem
forced by Large Number of
National Guardsmen.
SECOND DRAFT DUE SOON
War Department to Select ,625, 900 by
Christmas-Second CONSUMPTION
Group Will Be Called in
November.

Washington, June 2O.-America' s
plans for participating in the war I'M
folded rapidly during the day. These
things became known:
/. There will be a second draft with
in few months after the first G25,0OO
conscripts go into training.
2. Pershing's division will be re-en-
forced Immediately by another large
force of picked troops and by Septem-
Der l divisions Of National Guardsmen
will be moving overseas. ...- I've.
3 The New York National Guard
will be the first. They will be fol-
lowed by the Illinois militia.
Indications are that the second draft
will be made not later than November
and call probably another 625,OOO men.
100000 on Front Next Year.
More may be called, as the general
staff is planning to fill all vacancies
through the draft. 1t may be 100000
will be selected, making 1,625,0OO be-
fore Christmas. If necessary, men ex-
empted on the first draft will be called.
Army officials are concentrating on
getting transport facilities to move
the great force overseas. BY spring,
according to Indications, the United
States will be represented on the Eu-
ropean battlefields by not less than
5000 men and by summer the num-
Der probably will be 1,OOO,OOO.
Men Well Trained.
The war department selected the
New York and Illinois guardsmen as
the first militia to go to Europe be-
cause each state has a complete d.
vision and the men can be moved as
a unit and because their work on the
border satisfied the army authorities
they have sufficient training. Also,
they can be better spared than regu-
lars needed to train the draft army.
President Wilson is expected within
the next two days to issue prOclama-
ton setting date for the draft and
establishing the exemption machinery.
Work is being rushed to have the
environments ready for the first mere
ments September I. Intensive train
ing will fit the men to 90 to Europe
within six months, it is estimated, their
preparation to be completed behind the
front in France.
VIII Reject 40 Per Cent.
Army surgeons estimated nearly 40
per cent of the men registered will be
rejected on the first draft, SO severe.are
the examinations. Nearly 100000
must be drawn to get the 625,OOO for
the first levy. Reflections in the regu-
lar army now average from 40 to 60
per cent.
The men accepted will form the best
army, physically, in the world. In no
other army are the physical require.
ments so hard to meet. Even Ger
many's armies are picked on a less
stringent standard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
SLACKERS 0vERCR0WD JAILs
public Safety Committee to Investigate
Reign Of LawIessness in
Minnesota.

st. Paul, MIMI, June 20.-RepOrts Of
4 reign Of lawlessneSS threatened at
International Falls. received by the
Minnesota public safety commission,
resulted in the appointment Of COM
mittee to investigate. The commits
sion includes Il. o. O'Brien, u lawyer of
St. Paul; e. G. Hall, president of the
State Federation Of Labor, and Sena-
tor E. P. Peterson Of Litchtield. The
public safety commission referred to
federal authorities reports 200 persons
arrested in st. Louis county for al
legged neglect to register June 5 were
oyercrowding the Jail in Duluth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
FEUDALISM'S LAST STAND.
BY Secretary Lane.

BY Secretary Lane.
1--WE are fighting Germany because
in this war feudalism is making its
last stand against oncoming democ-
racy. We see it now This is war
against an old spirit, an ancient, out
worn spirit. It is war against feud-
alism-the right of the castle on the
hill to rule the village below. 1t is
war for democracy-the right of all to
be their own masters. Let Germany be
feudal if she will! But she must not
spread her system over world that
has outgrown it. Feudalism plus
science, thirteenth century plus TWEEN
tieth-this is the religion of the mis-
taken Germany that has linked itself
with the Turk-that has, too, adopt
ed the method of Mahomet.
America speaks for the world in
fighting Germany. Mark on map
those countries which are Germans
allies and you will mark but four,
running from the Baltic through Aus
tria and Bulgaria to Turkey. All the
other nations, the whole globe around,
are in arms against her or are unable
to move. There is deep meaning in
this.
1--WE fight with the world for an
honest world, in which nations keep
their world; for world by which
nations do not live by swagger or by
threat; for world in which men
think of the ways in which they can
conquer the common cruelties of ma
ture instead of inventing more hor-
rible cruelties to inflict upon the spir-
it and body of man; for a world in
which the ambition of the philosophy
of few shall not make miserable all
mankind; for word in which the
man is held more precious than the
machine, the system, or the state"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
HOCH!
(From the Chicago Tribune,

Hats off to the captain of the Ger
man submarine that sank the Ameri-
can oil tanker Moreni after a prolong-
ed battle and them congratulated the
American skipper on the splendid
fight he had made" Good sport,
square fighter and brave man
all of these he must be. OF course
we hope he will be captured some day
by another Yankee sea dog-so that
this nation can show a prisoner Of
war how it can treat and honor a
chivalrous antagonist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
Object to FLAG as Table Cover.

Des Moines.-An American flag used
as table cover for the speakers ia.
BILE in the coliseum on Flag day, caus.
ed Daughters of the American Revo.
luton who sat in the audience no end
Of annoyance. Before the program be.
gan, women of the D. A. r., demanded
Of house attendants that the flag be
removed and hung elsewhere. A wa
ter pitcher and glass surmounted the
flag as it was used for stand cover.
This usage would subject the promot-
ers of the entertainment to fine Of
$50 if the case were reported An ush.
er made haste to place the flag else
where when the facts were smade
known to accompaniment of applause
from D. A. R. members.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
SIMS COMMANDS
ALLIED fleet
American Admiral Appointed by
British to Guard Irish Wa
tiers From U-Boats.
U. S. TANK SHIP IS SUNK
Steamer John .. ArchboId Sent to the
Bottom by German Submarine and
Five of Crew Lost-Gunners
Reported Safe.

London, June 2O.-Vice Admiral
William S. Sims, U. S. N, has been
appointed to take general charge OF
the operations of the allied naval
forces in Irish waters.
Admiral Sims will act in this capac-
ity only while the British naval COM
'mander in chief is absent from his post
for a period, the official announcement
of his appointment explains. The
American admirals flag, meanwhile,
has been hoisted as the allied senior
officer in these waters.
"Diver" Sinks Standard Oil Boat.
New York, June 2O.-The oil tank
steamship John D. Archbold of the
Standard Oil company has been sunk
by a submarine. The announcement
was made at the offices of the company
here. Five members of the tankers
crew we're lost. The ArchbOld was sent
to the bottom last Saturday in Euro
pean waters. 1t was two days out on
the way to this country from France.
The ship was armed and gun crew of
13 men from an American warship was
on board. The company has cabled
for further information.
Five Members of Crew Missing.
The names of the missing crew mem
bers are:
Jose Lorenzo, an Oiler.
GregOriO SOFA, fireman.
Domingo Lago, a wiper
Two crew members whose names are
uncertain.
The John D. ArchbOld was an Amer
lean steamship of 1874 tons gross reg
lister, owned by the Standard OH COM
pany and built in 1914 at Newport
News. The ship left New York May
20 for Havre and Rouen, France, with
cargo, under the command Of Capt. II.
B. Thompson, with crew of Al men,
of whom - were Americans.
Members of Gun Crew Are Safe.
Washington, June 2O.-State depart
ment messages reporting the sinking
of the steamer John D. Archbold said
three members of the vessels crew had
been killed and two more drowned and
that the 10 members of the armed
guard were safe. .
The armed guard of the Archbold
was commanded by Timothy O'Don-
nell, chief boatswain's mate. Names
and home addresses of all the gun crew
follow: -n.
Timothy O'Donnell, New York.
Frederick Alexander Guelke, New
York.
Frank Donald Williams, st. Paul.
Charles Edward Dunn, New York.
Robert Edward Riggs, Dent, o.
Albert Edward Schroeder, 1921
Northwestern avenue Chicago.
4 Louis Asberry Daughtery, Kenton,
o. .,jak
Albert Nelson, 6651 South Halsted
street, Chicago.
John Joseph Hickey, 1912 Wolfram
street, Chicago.
Charles Edwin Matson, Memphis,
Tenn.
William Emil Ortutay, East Port
Chester, N. Y.
William John Schaefer, Baltimore.
joseph Arthur Lamb, Milwaukee.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
PERSHING ACT THRILLS PARIS
American General Opens Auto Door
for "Papa" Joffre and Throno
Cheers.

Paris, June 2O.-The thrOng which
invariably haunts the headquarters of
Major General Pershing got new
thrill and a new chance to cheer the
American commander.
Marshal JOffre, who had been con-
ferring with Pershing for more than
an hour, emerged from the building.
Behind Papa" Joffre the crowd dis
cerned the tall, erect figure Of General
Pershing. The two idols Of Paris
walked together to the curb where
Joffre's automobile waited. And there
Pershing swept aside the crowd and
himself opened the auto door for his
visitor. The two saluted formally,
smiled informally and JOffre speeded
away.
Cheers greeted the incident and the
crowd talked excitedly long afterward
over General Pershing's democracy
and his courtesy to the elder soldier.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
IOWA GIVEN CAMP
Des M0ines Awarded Training
Camp for Selected Army.
10000 IN CAMP By SEPT. |
Gigantic Training Camp Awarded Oes
Moines Largely Because OF Pro-
hibition. Camp Will Be in Use
For Two Years.
10000 IN CAMP BY SEPT. I

Des Moines.-This city has been
awarded the training camp for the
Thirteenth division of the conscrlp-
ton army by Secretary of War Baker
Between $4,000 and $4,000 men will
come here from the states OF Iowa,
Minnesota, the two Dakotas and Ne
braska, September LIST.
Two divisions of minimum OF H.
900 each will be trained on the broad
plane ten miles north of Des Mo1nes
of which Camp Dodge is now part.
The third division of 10000 will be
trained at Fort Des Moines. Fighting
men will be trained for all branches
of the service-including heavy ar
tillery and cavalry.
The building of the city necessary
to house the three divisions has al
ready begun. The first step will be
to construct double-track steam
railroad from. Des Moines to Camp
Dodge. Materials have already been
secured and railroad officials are just
waiting for the word from the govern
ment to ship them here.
Millions of feet of lumber will be
required to build the war city,"
Quarters for the troops and all ad.
ministration buildings will be built
OF wood. At Fort Dies Moines, suf{i.
cient wooden buildings to take care
OF the complete division will be erect
ed. 1t is planned to have the camps
built, ready for the coming Of the
conscripts, by September three
months.
From 10000 to 100000 Of Uncle
Sans national army of 100000 will
be trained here. Present plans call for
the continuous use of the two train.
ing camps for two years. The first
three divisions will be kept at Camp
Dodge and Fort Des Moines for six
months and then sent south for the
finishing touches in the warfare OF
the trenches. Unless plans are chang
ed, the first quota will remain here
until March 1st.
Immediately upon their departure,
three divisions of the second army Of
100000 will come. The third and fourth
groups will come six months apart.
The government and state lands at
Camp Dodge, including the rifle range
to the east of the camp, comprise 1000
acres. Leases secured by the Dies
Moines business men who secured
the camp have added 2,400 acres, CIV
ing a total OF 3,40O acres for the two
divisions.
It is estimated by the war depart
ment that Ii, 1000 horses and mules will
be required for the three divisions,
greater concentration of live stock
than the state has ever seen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20

It would be like playing with dyna-
mite to conscript the producers of
wealth for military duty and give the
gamblers in wealth free hand to prey
upon the public. The spectators, the
gamblers in coal and iron and food
products, and every other commodity
in general use by the people, must be
subject to control At time like this
the country has no use for men who
take advantage of war conditions to
extort unjust prices from the produc-
ing masses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
DemoraIizinQ Influence,

If people could only once realize the
demOralizing influence of holding the
sfckly ideal, the failure ideal, in the
mind until the standards of excellence
are all dragged down to the level Of
mediocrity or commences, they would
never again be content to dwell in the
valley Of failure, to live in the base
ments of their lives.-OrisOn SWEET
Marden.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
BUSINESS WILL BOOM.
(Register and Leader)

NntSlSltI anu Ls-dieIJ
The Register is surprised to find
business men specializing on a
period Of business depression, be-
lieving that everything else is go
ing to be dropped while the war
lasts
There is nothing in the expert
ence of other countries to warrant
any such opinion. and certainly
nothing in the business situation
here at home. Even now, with late
spring, with the banks busy caring
for the Liberty bonds, and with
none of the money of the bond is
sue yet in circulation, prices are
stimulating every activity, while
wages are steadily climbing.
Not only will the government be
in market already crowded with
money, but every dollar loaned to
the allies is to be held in America
for the purchase of American sup
plies. How can $7O00,000,000 be
suddenly loosed without an enor-
nous effect? And that just when
100000 young men are being with
drawn from employment? Prices are
bound to rise. Wages are bound
to rise.
A large land owner has been get
ting the opinion of his business
friends during the week with regard
to an offer of 81 bushel for his
corn this fall, taken as it comes
from the field, quality not specified,
bushel measure. The chances are
that he will refuse the offer. When
it is a question with the corn grow
er whether to accept 81 a bushel
for corn, what is bound to be the
effect on farm production? Nor is
this merely the problem for this
year. The chances are that the
world will not catch up in, the pro-
duction of food and supplies for
several years after the war is over.
When we stop to consider that
every dollar we are loaning to the
allies merely increases our credits
abroad, while we are making the
loan out of our annual production
and not reducing our resources by
an ounce of gold, it is easy to see
that nothing can come out OF the
war but increased financial power,
enlarged markets, enormously ex-
banded industries, permanently
higher prices. and better employed
labor The process by which that
is accomplished cannot be attended
by sluggish business nor by hard
times.
Why cannot we appreciate what
it means that the working women
of England are buying all the Kid
gloves, while in Russia in two
years the savings banks deposits
have gained already billion and
half? That is just what We shall
with this difference
that while Europe is cashing in on
its reserved wealth we shall be
realizing mainly on our enormous
annual production. Our accumula-
ton of gold will be greater, and
our credits abroad will be swelled at
the very time that we are releasing
billions of dollars in the home mar
ket for work and materials.
The moment this bond issue is
out of the lbanns, as it will be in
two months, and the money the
government is getting together is
set in motion we shall see period
Of the greatest demand for every
thing that the world ever saw. Just
as Europe is buying more National
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
colI>ne. Dentists Would Enlist.

Iowa Ctty.-Sixty of the Is men,
bers of the graduating class in den
tistry at the State University have
made application for the dental re-
serve corps. Orders have been issued
for the enlisting of 1000 dentists for
the first 100000 men raised by draft
in this country. Physical and mental
examinations will be given and the
men are likely to be called into active
service in the near future.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20

The Liberty Loan was the first
great popular loan ever floated in the
United States and it's success exceeds
the expectations of nearly everyone.
There is no mistake about where
Americans stand in this world war.
They are opposed to kingcraft and
emperorcraft and czarcraft and in ia
yor of the rule of the people under
constitutions which guarantee life,
liberty and property rights.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20

For us there Is but one choice.
y We have made 1t. Woe be to
y the man or group of men that
= seeks to stand in our way in this
day of high resolution, when ev.
cry principle we hold dearest is
to be indicated and made secure
= for the salvation of the nation.
+ We are ready to plead ut the bar
of history, and our flag shall
4 wear a new lustre. Once more
* we shall make good with our
4 lives and fortunes the great faith
X to which we were born, and a new
y glory shall shine in the face Of \
y our peOple.-WOODROW WILL.
u SON. June IA, 1917.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20

Cash registers than ever before and
more multigraphs, so we shall be
buying more music machines, more
automobiles, more insurance poll
cies, more newspapers, and be max
ing more bank deposits than ever
before
The whole world is cashing in on
its reserved wealth and is spending
the money in the open market. It
is precisely the same as though
some man who had saved a section
of land by hard economy should
suddenly sell the land and begin to
live up the proceeds in big lump
sums. Business is bound to be
lively while the money lasts. And
in our case it will last until the
war is over, because we are not
eating up our reserves. We are
merely spending our earnings.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

States as a military factor, but the
German bourgeois do not.
1t is quite obvious that when the
German people grasp the tragic abyss
into which they have been cast, there
will be a terrible reckoning in store
for somebody. When they realize
that it will take, a century TO wash
out the stain cast upon the German
name; that the heritage of hate stored
up in France and Belgium viii last
unto the third and fourth genera.
tion; that their commercial markets
in the British Empire, and in the
United States have been injured
almost beyond repair; that the very
name German" has become stencil
in the nostrils of civilization, they
will come as close to the spectacle
of nation going insane with despair
and sick with self-pity as modern
times. have witnessed.