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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-22
SUBFAILS TO
SlNKvESSEL
AND lis LOST
Torpedo Hits but Does Not
Expl0de-Gunners Nail
Diver at 600 Yards.

An Atlantic Port. June - Cap
tain Jesse Poster, a Baltimore COM
mauder of an American steamer,
said today that he believed his
ship had sunk a I~bOat oH june 4,
when frye days cut from Liverpool,
England enroute 80 an Atlantic
port
The story rs told i'm the following
words by the wireless operator Of the
ship. HE said:
cat about $50 D. IN. ships time. one
ed straight for us He shouted 70 the
bridge Here she comes. Torpedo.
port side
"The chief officer. who was ora the
bridge shouted 10 the quartermasteT,
Hard starb0ard.
Torpedo Fails TO Explode.
we swung off. The torpedo struck
as on the port side a gIanclng blow
amtdships right near the engines. Our
snip was empty and we all thought
#he had exploded from the terrific
noise she made when she hit
simultaneously the ships whistles
blew short and successive bIast Is,
which was signal 10 abandon ship and
man the life boats,
"Tha captain who remained on the
ship found the torpedo had failed to
explode. al hands were then ordered
back on ship.
when the commander of the sub
marine saw our crew coming back he
Immediately gave up his chase for two
other British merchant ships and
started for US again The submarine
was about 1000 yards OF our star
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-22

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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-04

cry day for four years. and now he's
got full beard, and he's going to get
married this year-befOre he's eighteen
years old.
"Joe Bullitt's got a cousin In Iowa
that knows about this case. He knows
the girl this fellow with the beard u
going to marry. and he says he expects
it'll turn out the best thing could have
happened. There's hundreds Of cases
like that. only you don't hear Of more'n
just a few Of 'em. People used to get
married at sixteen, seventeen, eighteen
anywhere In there-and never think
anything OF II ut all Right up to
about a hundred years ago there were
more people married at those ages
than there were along about twenty
four and twenty-five. the way they are
now. For instance. you take Shake
speare"-
William paused. He had mentioned
Shakespeare impulsively. in the ardor
Of demonstrating his point However.
on second thought he decided to with
draw the name.
Il mean, you take the olden times"
he went on. Hardly anybody got
married after they were nineteen or
twenty years old. unless they were
widowers, because they were all mar
ried by that time. And right here In
our own county there were eleven
couples married In the last six months
under twenty-one years Of age"
Mr.. Genesis uttered a loud chuckle.
MY goo'nessr' he exclaimed. "Hov
you c'leck all dem faces? Lam name!
What puzzlin' me is how you member
'em after you done c'lcck EN-"
Williams expression was pleasant to
see-in fact. II was the pleasantest ex-
preston Jane had seen him wearing
for several days. Almost always late
ly he was profoundly preoccupied and
30 easily annoyed that there was no
need to be careful Of his feelings, be-
cause. as his mother observed. lie was
certain to break out about every %
often. no matter what happened"
(To Be Continued)
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-04

"AHOM, he amt got no britches,"
Adelia assured Mrs. Baxter.
IN AN he's carryin' on 90
t.ass -. sa.ly shtnL ho
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-04
WOULD PERMIT
PHONE MERGER
BY AMENDMENT
FRANKFORT CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE GOES ON RECORD
FOR ONE SYSTEM PLAN
RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED
Submission Passed BY General Assem-.
bly, With Only One Dissenting
vote-History OF Competition

The Frankfort Chamber of Com.
MERGE by the action of its Board Of
Directors is on record in favor of and
has pledged its efforts to the adoption OF
a constitutional amendment at the No
vember election permitting telephone
companies operating in this state to
purchase competing lines.
The action Of the Chamber of Com.
merce board, taken with a view of eff
fecting economy by eliminating I'M
necessary phones, was given expires.
sion in the following resolution:
Whereas, the General Assembly al
its 1916 session adopted a Constitu.
tional Amendment to be submitted to
the voters of the state for ratification
at the November, 1917. election, under
the terms of which, with the approval
of the state authorities and the City
Council Of the city in which the tele-
pone companies are located, one tele-
phone company may purchase the
lines of another, be II
Resolved. That the Frankfort
Chamber Of Commerce endorse the
adoption of the Constitutional Amend
ment and urge the voters Of Frank
lin county and the State-at-large to
vote for the amendment at the ensu-
ing November election, and be 1t fur
Their
Resolved. That the President Of the
Chamber Of Commerce be authorized
to appoint a committee to aid in what
ever manner It can in bringing the
Constitutional Amendment to the at
tention Of the voters and other COM
mercial bodies"
History OF Amendment
The Constitutional amendment
passed by the 1916 General Assembly.
authorizing the purchase Of the tele-
phone lines. passed the Senate with
only one dissenting vote and encount-
cred no opposition whatever in the
House. The representatives Of both
parties recognized that only by means
Of this amendment to the Constitution
could the state be saved the annoy
ance and expense of two telephone
systems In the same community.
Some of the larger cities, particu-
larly Cincinnati, New York and Wash
ington. early recognized that two tele-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-04

sLeok. Cisn.," he said. "Vuun, yuu,i"
laying hands upon a canister labeled
"Hyacinth," he contrived to pour a
quantity OF scented powder inside his
collar.
Lo. william was now ready to go to
his party! Moist. wilted. smelling In
deed strangely. he was ready. But
when he reached tho foot Of tho stairs
he discovered that there was one thing
more to be done. lilo beheld lurking
shape upon the porch. stealthily NOV
Ing toward the open door. II was the
lowly Clematis. dog unto Genesis.
william instantly OWNED the pur
pose Of Clematis. II was debatable
whether Clematis had remained upon
the premises after che departure Of
Genesis or had lately returned thither
upon some Grand Of his own. but one
thing was certain. and the manner Of
Clematis-hi; attitude, his every look.
his every gesture-made Il as clear as
day. Clsmatis had discovered by one
means or another the presence OF Flop
Il In the house and had determined to
see him personally
William was well aware that Glenn
ats. could not be driven awAy. except
temporarily. for nothing was further
nxed upon Clematis than his habit OF
retiring under pressure, only 10 return
and return again. William cast hunt
cd look over his shoulder: then he Az
preached Clematls.
Good ole dogge," he said huskily
"Hyuh. Client Hyuh. Glenn
Clsmatis moved sidelong. retreating
his head low. his tail denoting anxious
thoughts.
Thereupon William essayed a ruse--
be pretended 10 nibble at something
and then extended his hand AS II Il
held forth a gift Of food. Look. elem"
he said. "Yrm-yum' Meat, Glenn! Good
meatr'
For once Clematis was half credu.
lous. lie did not advance. but he
elongated himself TO investigate the
extended hand and the nest instant
found himself seized yicidpsy by the
scruff OF the neck. lie 50 omitted &"
capture IN absolute silen- : Willlal
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-04

bawn IN Looavie. Genesis" be called
to his industrious son, "whaih 'uz you
bawni"
Fright n is town." laughed Genesis.
"You fergit a good deal, pappy, but
notice you don fergit come TO meals"
The old man grunted, resuming his
whiting busily.
william found the conversation Of
Mr.. Genesis attractive. He seated him
self upon an upturned bucket near the
wheelbarrow and reverted to a former
theme. "well, I have heard Of people
getting married even younger'n you
were" he said. "You take India, for
instance. Why, they get married In
India when they're twelve and even
seven and eight years old"
'"They do notr' said Jane promptly.
"Their mothers and fathers wouldn't
let 'em, an they wouldn't want to,
anyway"
81 suppose you been to India and
know all about itw william retorted.
"For the matter o. that, there was
young couple got married in Pennsyl-
vania the other day. The girl was
only fifteen. and the man was sixteen.
II was In the papers. and their par
ents consented and said It was a good
thing. Then there was a case In Fall
River. Mass, where young man eight
cen years old married a woman forty
one years old. IL was In the papers
too. And heard Of another case some
where In Iowa-a boy began shaving
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-04

phone systems we're an unnecessary
burden on the community and never
granted 10 more than one company a
franchise for telephone system, with
the result that every telephone user
in each OF these cities Is in direct
communication with every other sub
scriber.
Burden In Kentucky.
In Kentucky, in the early stages Of
the development Of the telephone busi-
ness. numerous small companies
were organized. They did not con-
meet, different kinds Of equipment
we're used and the standard Of main
tenance was not universal, which 70
tarded the advancement of telephone
development in keeping with other
states more progressive. Nearly
every community in Kentucky has, at
some time in its history, experienced
telephone war that engendered
hard feelings. as each side had its
partisans. and the public has been de.
prived Of the convenience and econo.
my that one telephone system affords.
The public interest Is thoroughly
protected under the proposed Const-
tutional amendment, as no purchase
can be made without the consent Of
the City Council. The passage Of the
bill. providing for the Constitutional
Amendment and the practically unani-
nous vote II received in the General
Assembly is evidence that II was
passed in response to a widespread
and popular demand for relief from
present telephone conditions.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-04
Pluto's Safety Valve

A round, smooth hole In the side Of
granite monument about nine miles
out from Mexico City is locally known
by a term which signifies "Plutos
safety valve" The hole is about nine
inches In diameter at the opening.
which is polished In a manner which
suggests human workmanship. That
man had nothing to do with drilling or
polishing this hole will be readily sur
missed when It is known that 1t has
occasionally emitted hot air and smoke
during a period extending over 800
years.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-04
CHAPTER TX.
Time Ooss Fly.

"AHO'M, he amt got no britches,"
III Adelia assured Mrs. Baxter.
III AN he's carryin' on 90
I don't scarcely think he
knows much what he's doin', Miz
Baxter. lie brung down some gray
britches to the kitchen TO see IL ]
couldn' press an clean 'em right quick.
They was the ones Miss Jane. when
she's paintin' all them sunsets. lef' her
paint box open. an one them sunsets
got on these here gray britches. Miz
Baxter. An honesty, Miz Baxter, he's
nxed 'em In a condishun. tryin' to git
that paint out, I don't believe It'll be
no use sendin EN- to the cleaner.
"'Clean 'em an press 'em quickf I
says. I couldn't clean 'em by resur-
rsckshun. let alone pressin 'emr Nom!
Well I says. amt but one thing lef
70 do can see says. Why don't
you go put ON that nice black suit you
had las winterr"
"Of courscr' Mrs. Baxter cried. tn
20 and
"No'm." said Adelia: you don't need
TO. He's up In the attic now rarin
roun' 'mong them trunks, but seem to
me Ike ! remember you put that suit
away under the heavy blankets In that
big cedar ches' with the paddock. II
you Jes tell me where Is the key ]
take II up to him"
"Under the bureau In the spare
ROOM" said Mrs. Baxter. Hurry
Fifteen minutes later william. for
the last time that afternoon. surveyed
himself I'm his mirror. The black suit
was a map Of creases. but ut least be
was clothed. He emptied his pockets.
disgorging upon the floor q multitude
Of small white spheres like marbles
He discovered that their odor still re-
NAMED about him. 30 he stopped and
carefully turned his pockets inside out:
but. finding that he still smelled vehe-
mently Of the moth balls, he went to
bis mothers room and sprinkled violet
toilet water upon his chest and shout
ders
He disliked such odors. but that lsft
hy the moth balls was intolerable. and.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-04
LABOR.

Labor, " we would but perceive
Il, 10 one Of the greatest earthly
blessings. II rewards with health,
oontentment Of mind, cheerful
ness Of spirit and sound, refresh.
ing sleep, few Of which blessings
Of life are long enjoyed by those
who do not daily, in one form or
another, labor.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-04
The Universal She,

One Pip-Tm marrying the sweetest
little woman under the sun on Tues
day. Two Pips-Afraid it's illegal, old
thing. One Pip-Illegal! What dye
meanf Two Pips-Well, you see, I
married her last week.-Passing show.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-02

If he does not resign, he Is called
before board. one Of the members OF
which Is his own captain, and ousted.
All Of which, thus far, il az 1t should
be.
But the designations Of q number OF
men. after they have been sent in. are
sent back for alteration before being
accepted. The man Is not allowed to
superior officer that he can not be
recommended for a commission and
has been asked to resign.
I'VE don't want it to appear that
You are being driven from the camp,
is the explanation.
Most Of these boys have tried their
best. They are heartbroken at being
forced to resign. They want to go to
France and fight for their country
But in after life any one who has
grudge against them can look up their
record at the training camp and find
that they quit in the middle Of the
period Of training. There will be moth
ing to show that they were forced to
resign. There will be nothing to pre-
vent the charge Of being yellow from
being brought against them.
This looks like rank injustice to
the patriotic young Americans who en-
listed for the training camp. There
ought to be something on file in the
war department to show that they
tried their best and were dropped be-
cause Of physical conditions which
they could not help.
they could not help.-Chicago Evening
Post
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-02
LOOKING BACK AND FOURTH.

Step back ten or dozen years and
from that point of view contemplate
the prohibition resolution passed yes
terday by the senate by a vote of IS
to 20. Aren't able to see 1t, are you?
1t is a marvellous change in public
opinion. 1t represents a national con-
viction. Also it Is by way of confess
sion; for most of us ten or a dozen
years ago looked askance at any kind
of prohibition, even the prohibition Of
local saloons. A great deal of red
liquor has run under the bridges since
then and will never run back again.
we are country Convinced.
Even the brewers and former saloon
lists are convinced A former saloon
list and defender Of his business to the
last ditch now scouts the idea that
Iowa will ever be wet" again. More
over, he doesn't see any reason why il
should be- From a business standpoint,
ne foresees the so-called near beer
trade greater and quite a. profitable
as the old time beer traffic. It's q
better and cleaner traffic also. Hs u
glad he is out Of the one and into tnt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-02
Ripping Rhymes
n WALT MAAnM
MOUNTAIN LIFE.


In Colorado hilly, from city life re-
mote, 1 write these verses silly, which
get the readers goat. With snow-cap-
ped peaks behind me, and snow capped
peaks in front, the strolling tourists
find me hard at my daily stunt. Oh,
silent, solemn mountains, down which
bright steamletJ roll, from snowy
springs and fountains you soothe my
ancient SOUL The days are warm and
sunny. the evenings cool and gray; the
climates worth the money, however
much you pay. The nights are great for
sleeping; when to his couch man goes
at once he finds he's reaping crop
of sound repose. All night the cool
breeze loose is, it <murmurs and It
whines, among the nodding spruces. the
cedars and the pines. The 81, eper does
not hear it, no worldly sound he hears;
he roams afar in spirit among the shin
ing spheres. Man sleeps in Colorado as
when he was kid, before old Worry's
shadow on joy clamped down the lid.
1t seems a thousand pities that can't
well afford to bring from sizzling cities
a heat-exhausted horde, and let them
rest and ramble among these mighty
hills; I'd like to. you may gamble, but
cannot foot the bills. Oh, here the sad
and weary might find surcease Of pain.
the locoed and the leery might soon
again be sane.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-02
Billy Bunny and His Friends

Well Uncle Bullfrog didn't take off
his waistcoat, as thought he might in
the last story, so I'm not going to tell
you anything more about him. Well
just leave him in the old Mill Pond
and go along with Billy Bunny, who
is hopping away toward the Friendly
Forest.
BY and by, after he had gone into the
shady depths for maybe million and
two or three hops, he came across his
old friend the jay bird, who had sold
him the airship, you remember, and
then bought it back again.
Il wish you'd kept your old flying
machine" said the jay bird sorrowfully.
But you wanted to buy it back" said
the little rabbit so it's not my fault"
Perhaps not" relied the sorrowful
jay bird, "but that doesn't make mat
tiers any better"
why what's the trouble?" asked the
a lollypop out of his knapsack.
II had an accident" answered the
jay bird. II ran into a thunder cloud
and spilled out iall the lightning, and
oh, dear oh, dear. I just hate to talk
about it, but I will. The lightning jump,
ed around and then struck the old
tower clock and broke the main spring,
so that 1t wouldn't go any more, and
now nobody in Rabbitville can tell the
day Of the month, or when it will be
Thanksgiving or Fourth of July"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-02

Lets go to the clock maker and ask
him to fix it," suggested the little RAD
bit, and this so delighted the sorrow
full jay bird that he smiled and flew
after Billy Bunny, and pretty soon they
came to the old clock maker who was
an old black spider
Certainly I'll fix it." he said, "but 1t
will cost you nine million and some
billion flies"
"All right" said little Billy Bunny,
"Tll go down to the and 1-cent store
and buy fly catcher" So off he went
and pretty soon he came back with .
great big fly catching box. and after he
had set it down, they stood and watch
ed the flies go inside until it was 80
full that not another one could even
poke his nose inside.
"Now, Mr.. Spider" said Billy Bunny,
there are maybe trillion flies in that
box, for the storekeeper told me 1t was
guaranteed to hold that many, SO please
fix the town clock, for it would be too
bad If the little boys and girls didn't
know it was Christmas when it really
came"
So the spider got out his little tool
bag and climbed up the steeple ana
fixed that old town clock so well that
1t began to play a tune, which 1t had
never done before, and all the people
in Rabbitville were so delighted that
they gave the spider little house 70
live in for the rest of his days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-02
MILK AND COAL.

The milk dealers and producers about
Des Moines have been enjoined Seems
that they put their heads together to
fix prices on milk. So the gobbleuns of
justice is to get them
All right, certainly all right. If they
have been cuttin' up like that enjoin
them.
But how comes it that we can see a
milkman a mile and overlook a coal
operator directly under our noses. What
is it about coal mine operators that
makes them invisible to the naked eye?
These milkmen are feeding silage
that looks like greenhacks and corn
that looks like gold dollars. Everybody
knows that their cost of production has
gone flying high. Moreover they do not
dig their product out of the ground
where God made it ready for consump-
ton. There's a lot goes to the produc-
ton of milk. Take coal now, perhaps
the cost of mining has gone up eight or
ten cents ton or such a matter So has
the labor connected with milk produc-
ton gone up. But the coal hasn't shift
ed. It's there in the ground where God
Almighty put it. The milkman must be-
gin with the elementary processes. he
makes milk from the beginning The
coal went thru all that centuries and
ages ago. And yet milk hasn't doubled
in price while coal has.
Certainly the babies must be fed and
collision to run an unjust price up on
the sweet little things deserves and
calls for prompt action; but the milk
must be warmed before the babes are
fed and the kids must be kept from
freezing. AS a general result there
isn't much difference between starva-
ton and pneumonia
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-02
MlPlnG OFF THE GRADE CROSSING

Mixed argument and advice is being
urged and offered freely to the end
that autoisIs shall stop. look and listen
al each railroad crossing before ven
turing across. A recent legislative
proposition would have all autoists
stop dead at crossings, a proposition
that bore the tag marks of its owners
SO plainly displayed that il failed to
ind much support. 1t appeared to
most people as a check on improve
ment of crossings and bar to per-
sonal injury damages. The element of
safety first was in it Of course but it
put the entire responsibility for safety
upon the autoist and relieved the other
from responsibility.
Looking up and down any principal
highway gives sight Of from one to q
dozen automobiles almost any hour Of
the day. Imagine the lose of time.
On the principal highways of the
state it is a fairly safe estimate that
every half mile Of road has from one
TO a half dozen automobiles on it every
working hour of the day Practically
every one of them crosses one or sew
eral railways on each trip it makes.
Il is easy to imagine the army Of
autos stopped looking and listening
every minute Of the day and the time
each must lose in order that a grade
crossing may exist and that the train
may be relieved Of any responsibility
for the safety Of the autoists.
1t IS well TO stop look and listen as
G precaution OF safety. 1t is better,
however, to eliminate the grade cross
ing wherever it can be done and it
can be done in very great many in
stances. OF course that means ex-
penditure to railroads and to communi-
ties but it is the rule thai good things
cost money and the first cost Of eff
cheney comes out of pockets before it
comes back again In saving of time
and estabiishnen emit Of safety.
And there are many grade crossings
| that haven't excuse for further exist
ence. Often a slight and comparative
y inexpensive change in the route Of a
highway eliminates dangerous cross
ing as instanced in the Marietta road
and the change that takes the Mar
shaltoWn- Ames road under instead Of
| over the Northwestern.
There should be a definite progra m
| Of elimination Of grade crossings.
Dodge them where we may, go under
or over where we can and gradually
make the highways safe for the in
Vulnerable lives that pass over them
daily in the modern manner of transit,
program that shall not burden rail-
ways or communities over much but
that will surely accomplish its purpose.