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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-02
PUBLIC APPROVES
AUT0FOR NURSES
Proposition to Provide Machine by
Public Subscription Receives
Encouragement.
WILL MAN EFFICIENT SERVICE
Money should be Raised at Once That
Automobile May be Put 10 Service
coming Of Good Weather.

ne proposition to purchase an au-
fpmo5ile for use OF the visiting nurse.
MISS Edna Flanagan, and her assist
ants, advanced by local business
man. has met with general approval
ana the public seems anxious to co.
operate III procuring the much needed
machine Numbers Of encouraging re-
pLIes have been received relative to
me raising OF the necessary amount
20 procure the auto. and there is no
reason why the proposition should not
go through TO completion, and that lu
q very short time
There IS no question 5u the mind OF
anyone as to the absolute need of such
"a conveyance for the use OF the visit
ing nurse. Tt is her right to be pro
Fideo with machine adequate for her
needs and she should have # as a gift
Of all the people 81 the city. Her work
the public knows. takes her from one
extreme end Of the city 10 the other in
the course of 2 day. her presence often
beng necessary on very short notice
l1 order to save 3 life. perhaps 90 re-
Heve great suffering. with a more
efficient means Of getting from place
10 place she would be able 20 give more
service i'm less time and give il with
much more satisfaction 10 herself
Under present ARRANGEMENTS an extra
nurse and sometimes two extra nurses
are employed a part of each month To
assist the regular visiting nurse in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-02

her work With a more rapid means
Of going from home to home. the ser
vices Of at least one Of the extra
nurses could be dispensed with much
Of the time and thus save money 10
the general ryhIfc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-02

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-02
BALL PARK FOR RENT.

Sealed proposals Wi1I be received at
mayors Office until , O'Clock r. III.
March 10, 1917, for lease Of Island City
ball park for year ending March u.
1918. Rent must be paid for year 10
advance, lessee 10 return park 10 the
city of Rock Island IN as good q c0ndj-
ton as received, ordinary repairs.
alterations. requirements. etc. must be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-02

Va-0 T0T " lessee
Separate bids VIII be received for
lease Of ground north OF baseball park.
extending north about go feet between
Ninth and Tenth streets
The city reserves the right to reject
any or all bids
JOHN A. MJRRTN.
Commissioner.
Rock Island. Ill, Feb. 27. 1917.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-02
MlttitdtrP 5uirnd1r.
Aprtl -.
By MARY AQUIN
By MARY AQUI,

The potter molds the clay only
when It il soft in little while. when
It begins to harden, he has no power
. over t. So st Is with the chiId. The
first principles Of conduct InstiIled into
f. als mind. planted within his heart. take
+ root and grow, and as he grows from
youth 20 manhood these principles he
come liked. Thay exert their influence
1 scarcely any power in existence can
/ ehanBe them. They cling TO aim
/ through life How important, theu.
/ Ehat these first principles implanted
within the childs heart be lessons Of
. gentleness, kindness. mercy. love and
humanity. and not lessons Of hatred
I envy, seldshuess and malice How i'm
portant that ne he taught to be kind.
gentle loving and humane and in all
the range OF human thought there is
not better, wiser or more eEpedjeuL
/ way Of accomplishing this end than
+ by teaching kindness toward Gods
/ lower creatures Let them be taught
tbat principle recognized by all noble
! hearted men. that il is only q depraved.
7 deb3seG and cowardly nature that will
tn1ure an inferior. deieuse5ess creature.
. simply because It is in its power 10 do
so. and that there is mo- better. no
/ grauder test Of true bravery and ability
7 of character than ones treatment Of
tne lower animals Ralph Waldo
: Urine
Nearly every one knows that IN Bos-
ton is the fountain stream of all the
humane literature and prop ganda that
is spread lu the United States. and
"nlcn has Ear-Teachlng effect beyond
these confines
. Largely through the publication,
Our Dumb Animals which comes TO
/ The Argus desk. this work has been
( forwarded and BIT Angel. its founder.
when asked what vas his most 1uppr-
1auf work often replied personally and
editoriaIIE Sending Our Dumb Ami
mails 10 every editor in America.
Surely. never has a little sheet been
more pr1mtHt 5E 1--we. TTe1cnant news
or good Things than *oET Dumb am
mails" and strange to say our dumb
animals Includes mans welfare quite
as much as that of dogs horses and
other pets Long. long years ago il
started its propaganda against war.
and it, is kind indeed, that its gentle
founder Is spared by teuder-E-lnCio5-
ing grave the horror OF sight OF present
day conditions. "AliljtarIsm leads dl-
rect to unnecessary war. and unpcc-
essarE war is the sum OF all viIla4nIes-
How well do we remeuber those words
spoken and reiterated many years oE
Mr. Angel and today bearing 1uI1al-
ment in worlds upheaFa+.
Nit Anglers lifelong contention
and he was FlglJ--7Faa iAal "e are not
educating children properly unless W
educate the heart as well as tae nraih.
Folk may be witty and cotdlE cruel.
sarcastic ana smart. gold seekers ana
deecers extraordinary pHt 10 nave no
heart for the tender Things a NE Is
10 he knave supreme, weed OF
uozj0us growth poisoning the air Of
all VINO breathe. Thus It has been
found and proven that TO leave out
the principles Of love and mercy IN
the early educational lie ct cnlia
is TO spread sorro" later on log lHos5
VINO come III contact WIN NM ana t3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-02
Hake Is Calls a Oar.


The nurses have made as MANY az
$40 calls on patients IN a single month.
which means an average OF Is calls a
day woman in her round of social
calls would consider five visits in an
afternoon day we'll filed and she on
these calls has nothing 10 do but be
sweet and pleasant The nurse IN her
is calls a day has to be sweet ana
pleasant, but she also has TO work
give baths under conditions that ara
not easy, administer massage treat
ments, bandage broken limbs. injured
fingers dress and wash babies ana
tend 10 their mothers. and that is not
all-she dispenses much charity where
She finds that such is needed
Surely the people Of Rock Island
viii do their part IN tightening her
Iab0rs as far as is in their power The
association, under which the visiting
nurse works. procures means for car
rying on the work by popular sub
scripti0us and Is not in a position to
furnish a machine for the nurses use
IT. IS therefore up TO the people to give
their money and interest, and let's do
il now.
The Argus viii be glad 20 receive
subscriptions for this cause and for
ward the money to Miss Flanagan. to
be used by her in the purchase Of a
machine
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-18
THE ODDS AGAINST GERMANY ARE ABOUT EIGHT
TO ONE.

=, CONSIDERING wealth. population and territory
u more then 90 per cent Of the world is at war;
Roughly speaking so per cent represents the Allies
and 10 per cent the Central Powers.
The remaining 10 per cent represents the neutrals
The total wealth Of the world is estimated at $fOO-
OOOOOoOOO. Quite a snug sunni
About s55OOOO 900 belongs TO the Allies, SllO'-
ooOOOO.OOO to the Central Powers, S4o0o0OoOOOO to
the neutrals.
The wealth Of the United states is about S25ooOO-
100000 nearly one-haf Of the total wealth of the Al
lies more than one-third Of the total wealth of the
whole world
The total population Of the world in round numbers
is 175OOOOOOO.
The Allied nations have about 1,41OOooooO people
the Central Powers 164OOOOO0 the neutrals 10000
000
The Allies control upwards OF 100000 square
miles of territory the Central Powers little less than
100000 square miles the neutras little less than
100000 square miles
An Eastern financial publication suggests that AL
lied airpanes drop pamphlets containing these figures
among the German soldiers and the German people as
one very effective way OF Fastening the end Of the
war
Certainly unless the Germans have entirely lost tho
power TO think for themselves little study of these
figures ought to impress them with the hopeessness of
their situation
And it ought to impress them with the criminal stu
pidty Of their rulers, whose policies have forced the
greater part Of the civilized world to make war
against them
In the whole history Of the world there has been nc
tragedy more terrible than the betrayal of the Ger
rsnan people by the rulers TO whom they have gyei
their blind devotion
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-18

and Of pet animals which have fed on diseased mate
rails and even by spores the brstles Of shaving
brush.
The disease begins with tiny red painless pimple.
which rapidly increases size In the center of the
pustule a black spot forms, around which the skin
rises bsters Serious attacks marked by fever,
weakness and pain and often delirium. Promptness
discovery and treatment is the best assurance of
cure
What makes anthrax especially dreaded and difficult
OF control is the that the resistant that
II may be carried about hair. hides, other mate
rails as long as seventeen years, before finding IA
vorable entrance into human blood It may with
stand processes Of manufacture The spore is
sisant that it used test object for standardzng
germicdes.
In Europe energetic campaign against anthrax has
been waged by both private and public forces. In
prevention the United States has been lax. While laws
and regulations for suppressing animal anthrax have
been enacted in all the large stockraising sections
still the prevention anthrax among industrial work
ers has received little attention. In fact there has
been tendency to the precautions covering the
mporations Of animal materials that as far as
human anthrax is concerned the situation appears to
be growing worse instead Of better.
The case against anthrax is clear. The Federal bull
etin shows amazing neglect Much more energetic ac-
ton than has been taken is needed il this occupaonal
disease is to be stamped out.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-18

the welfare of other nations with the
same good will that one exercises TO-
ward his own country. We have not
desired to enter the war. We have
sacrificed everything to keep out OF
1t. We have suffered in patience and
humiliation; yet against our will and
prayers we have been forced into the
maelstrom. Divine Providence has de-
creed that we enter. But for what
purpose? Politically we have been
drawn into the war to defeat imperial
ism and to secure civil liberty. But
back of political motives are deeper
and dlviner purposes, which are spirit
ual. which appertain to higher thought
and affection. We have been drawn
into the world-war that it might be a
wOrld-war, and just out OF that war
may come a wOrld-amity, a larger love,
world-uniOn in effecting a world
peace. The Bible assures us that the
time will come when men Will beat
their swords into pillow shares and
their spears into pruning hooks ana
the nations will study war no more.
The world has come to that point in
its development in Christian brother
hood when the greatest step in this
direction is now being taken.
Yet the question arises, Why the
battle, the loss, the suffering? Again
greater things are in the form OF the
lesser. The world in gaining a vic
tory. must go through just what the
individual does, only with the world
it is on a larger scale. For the world
war is a world temptation. For the
individual to gain a victory over an
evil in his nature, several things are
necessary. First, he must have the
evil to be removed excited, so that
he may see that It is In him. This eX-
citation of evil is temptation. Second,
he. must fight against his evil, and
gain the victory over 1t. Then the
evil recedes, is expelled, conquered,
and he is given peace.
There is no such thing as Peace
without victory" Who ever found
peace before he gained a victory over
his appetitesl Who ever found peace
, before he conquered lust, concupis-
cence, evil desire! Temptation is Di-
vinely permitted that a man may see
the evil that is in him, confess it, put
| il away, and gain the victory over 1t.
SO It is with the world, and like are
the Divine purposes in permitting the
world-war. There was an evil in the
universal man, in the great and ag-
gregate world. You may call it i'm
perialism. or what you please, but in
essence the evil is the love of self,
/ too narrow love for the developing
world. For the removal of the evil the
war came. It is now seen and confess
| ed. We see selflove to be as wicked
as the world-war is. BY war. victory
will be won over the evil that caused
the war, and It will be put away
Thus as an individual advances in
regeneration by temptations, so the
world progresses through war; and
now comes the great world-war, drag
cling us in, because through it is tc
be born a world-amity. a love big
enough to embrace all mankind as
brothers. When this larger love
comes, the consensus of the world
mind will be against war just as the
people in America are against wal
between the states.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-18

M ORE than 10 90 Office employees Of r. dupont de
III Nemours and Company held a meeting yes
terday afternoon and, after spirited debate adopted
by unanimous vote, resolutions expressing absolute
confidence in the wisdom, integrity and efficiency of
the company and its officials
In view OF the fact that the movement to hold the
mass meeting originated among the employees without
any suggestion whatever from the company officials,
those officials cannot fail to appreciate such emphatic
and ineligenty evidence OF confidence and
goodwill.
The movement was happily conceived and ably car
ried out in all its essential details.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-18
Editorial Opinion
Pass THE ApAMsoN Bill NOW.

PASS THE ADAMsoN BILL NOW.
From the New York Sun.
There is today no law specifically
empowering the Government Of the
United States to seize and operate the
railroad, telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS in time of war.
With an enemy actually approach
ing our coast the defensive arrange
ments of the Government might be
disrupted by dispute between an OBJ
stinate and recalcitrant management
and a band Of law defying labor agi-
tators.
The Judge Advocate General of the
Army holds that as Commander in
Chief of the Army the President would
have authority to take control of the
lines of communication and employ
them in the national defense This
opinion is supported by other stud
ents; but the rights thus assumed are
vague and Ill defined.
AT the beginning Of the Civil War
the same problem was forced on the
attention of the country. It was met
then by the passage of law by which
the Presidents right to seize and
operate railroads and telegraph sys-
TENS was definitely established.
That wise precedent It is now pro-
posed to follow in bill by Represen-
tative Adamson, chairman of the
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce, by the terms of which in
an emergency the President could
take possession for the transportation
OF troops, military equipment and
supplies OF the United States, of the
physical properties of railroads and
draft into the military service the Of
ficers, managers and employees from
the highest to the lowest of the lines
thus seized.
The law would apply also TO tele-
phone and telegraph companies, which
the Government would be authorized
to utilize for its own purposes and to
regulate the public use of in the in
terests of military and naval opera
tions or to prevent information dan
gerous to the safety of the nation from
being communicated from one part of
the country to another. In all cases
| the Interstate Commerce Commission
would be the authority for determining
compensation for damages done and
losses suffered while the pay of Off
GERS and employees drafted into the ma
tiOnal service would be the same as
they had received previous to their
enrolment.
This proposed legislation is needed
for the adequate defence of the coun
try. Government management of these
public utilities by men under military
discipline and responsible to military
commanders would reduce friction
eliminate misunderstanding and con
duce to the speedy and orderly execu
tion OF military plans. 1t would cen
tralize and fix responsibility. II would
make doubly effective the transporta
ton and communication systems o.
the country and allow plant designed
only to meet the needs of industry (
be transformed in the shortest posi-
BILE time into a military machine fo
war purposes.
The Adamson bill should be passed
at once. Delay invites disaster.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-18
The Mind of the Nation at War
(From the New York Tribunel. Esel9il

More attention should be paid to
the mobilizing of the national mind.
How can this nation mobilize success
fully its military and Industrial re
sources unless its citizens think right
unless public opinion is responsive
to new ideas and is willing and able
to learn the lessons of recent events
in the worlds history? There is a de-
gree OF mental preparedness in the
present high pitch of loyalty and pa
triotic fervor. Such devotion is the
minimum demanded of every one. But
mere good intentions are not enough.
The time has come when citizens
must do some clear-headed thinking
for their country.
Germany is hoping that we shall
proceed with the war in the manner of
the "idiotic Yankees" which Won Pa
pen considered us: that we shall
cling to our old preference for vol
unteer army, waste time with senti
mental Boosting and laundering ex
element. and begin the war with a
series of tragic mistakes which will
give our enemies at least a temporary
advantage of us. Germany must and
will be disillusioned. And to that end
Americans must first disillusion them
selves. The Kaiser does not intend tC
sit down and wait until the American
people gain a comprehensive Motor
Of what this war means to us.
The sooner we develop the habit o
looking strange, hard facts squared!
in the face the better it will be 70
us. Public opinion must renounce it
traditional illusions of easy optimism
aloofness and false sense OF security
Il must settle down with grim deter
mination to a real mans task. It mus
| accustOm itself to certain restraint
and irksome duties which war Away
makes necessary. We must abando
the hysteria. obscurantism and chea
partisanship with which we have o
ten been accustomed to deal wit
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-18
TELLING HALF THE TRUTH.

THERE is manifest inconsistency or want Of frank
in the recent statement OF the Bureau Of For
egn and Domestic Commerce regarding markets for
American hardware In a formal statement issued to
the press the Bureau said:
Hardware is line in which American manufactur-
ers excel due to unlimited supplies Of raw material
and the ingenuity OF the American inventor Just
present hardware made in the United States is re-
ceiving a trial by many foreign who previously
preferred European makes"
The Bureau asserts that American manufacturers
excel and yet admits that other countries have pre-
ferred European makes" of hardware The is that
enormous quantities of hardware bearing the brand
MADE in Germany" have been sold not only in other
countries but in the United States in years past When
the Bureau says lust present hardware made in
the United States receiving trial by foreign users
it indicates but does state the real reason why
American hardware is gaining place in foreign
markets Just at present. Germany and Great Britain
are engaged in a which has diminished their manu-
facture marketing Of hardware products All Della
wareans should bear that fact in mind
The fact is that although American manufacturers
excel cost Of production here heavier than in Ger
many Britain and for that those coun-
tries have been able to sell in the markets which the
United states is now beginning to supply. The state
ment that American manufacturers excel in production
of hardware is inconsistent with the statement that
foreign users have preferred European makes unless
some explanation is made in connection herewith II
It is wue that American manufacturers excel, other
nations would not prefer the European make unless
they could buy at lower price than that at which they
| could secure the American product
It is apparent therefore that in the statement given
to the press the of Foreign and Domestic Com
MERGE has told only half the truth and has left its
statement inconsistent in itself The logical conclu-
sion is that American hardware manufacturers should
be protected and English competition by
an adequate protective tariff that they shall be able
| To huN nc nv
OF the large quantity of production, reduce their
relative unit cost, that they shall be able to sell
at lower prices in those markets which have pre-
1 yiously preferred European makes"
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce has
sent an agent TO the Balkan States, Turkey, Egypt
and Persia effort to induce those countries to buy
American hardware. This is a commendable undertake
ing but it should accompanied by effort to insure
to American manufactures the low cost Of production
which can be attained by large quantity OF produc
ton and this be most readily accomplished by the
aid of protective tariff.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-18
ANTHRAX-A DISEASE OF WORKERs.

T intervals more or less remote cases Of anthrax,
"A one of the most dreaded Of animal diseases
municable to man, develop among the morocco work
ers in Wilmington Whenever a is reported it
arouses communal interest and sympathy
The story Of anthrax is the story Of this
TONS backwardness in the prevention OF occupatonal
diseases.
Anthrax is q serious worxmen's hazard. II
death for every five deaths due lead poisoning
and it attacks five times many persons as it kills
There has been sudden and startling increase in
illness and death from this malady Its victims in
cude hide and skin handlers and other tannery en-
poyes longshoremen wool-sorers har-workers brush
makers, and paper makers
Anthrax is one Of the difficult infections to COM
bat 1t has been known in this country for nearly a
century Yet the United States has Jagged behind Fu
rope in preventive measures.
These facts, appearing in an illustrated bulletir
anthrax Occupational Disease" by DIR John
b. Andrews. Just published by the Bureau Of Labor
Statistics the United States Department Of Labor in
sicate the need OF action determined as the cam
,aign which finally abolished phossy Jaw from the
match industry.
with the gradual spread Of workmens compensa
lion to include all personal injuries in the course O
EMPLOYMENT" writes the author. "and with the prob
able development of health insurance in this country
the added incentive will be furnished for the proven
ton Of this deadly disease"
Anthrax is primarily disease Of animals such a
cattle and sheep But it transmitted TO man usual
by the bacillus or spore entering the blood through
scratch or cut in the skin. Sometimes the germs ar
inhaled or swallowed with food, causing internal in
fections Cases have been caused by bites Of insect