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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24
By Other Editors
Raising Railway Rates.

E~aA4EAEA I@caA4@s az Mates
The Interstate commerce commits
sion has granted tentative permission
to the railways to- increase freight
rates is per cent beginning June
The proposed rise applies 10 all COM
ecmooltles except those for which the
roads are asking specific increases.
F1e commission s action of course
-s not mai. Il is understood that the
order was issued mainly to enable
the hearings ON the subject TO be
conferred on q concrete proposal TO
debate the general question OF an in
crease would be- al waste of time with
b definite proposal before them the
railway ueb and shippers could talk
exact figures in the hearings before
the commission The order granting
the tentative increase VIII be Cd
posed by shippers. but the opposition
VIII be based ON the size Of the In
craases and not on the necessity of
higher rates. About that there ara
no longer TWO opinions The men
who would pay the higher freights
generally eouceda the need Of them if
The carriers are 10 remain solvent and
able up give q proper service
The country generally appreciates
the fact that despite extraordinarily
large gross earnings Tia the past year.
the roads did not net enough on the
value Of their property to Justify
putting iii more capital II more capt.
tai IS not put in the roads they can
nos keep ZIP wLtl the growth of the
country Fl they do not the country
itself VIII have its growth checked.
Only railroad men. however. realize
the gravity of the situation They
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

has already been planted to potatoes.
while other tracts nearby have a.a.
been p]oWed up and got ready fgr
planting this week. A considerable
tract near She Clinton station Ha
pLowed up last fall and has now been
planted
Denies Larceny Charee.-Jobu BtsH-
op was arrested yesterday b. Officer
Euahl Of the Davenport police da-
partment and is being held on a charge
of grand larceny. Preliminary hearing
has been set for today in police coar.
Bishop IS charged specified lE #l-H
stealing one farm wagon, one pillow ami
one harrow worth Sl0o. and the prop.
erty OF John ID. Euehl, father Of the
patrolman- Bishop denies the charge
Mayor WRITES 0mcials.-At the last
meeting Of the city council Alderman
G0sch suggested that all city officials
be requested to attend every council
meeting The suggestion has borne
fruit ln the shape of the following lal-
ter written by Mayor john BarEa.l
TO all city officials LAT the last loGu.
ell meeting Alderman Gosch suggested
that all city officials should b6 Tee
quest6d to attend every council meet.
ing regularly and that q written mo-
tice be sent to them. The strong arr
gumenr was made that often matters
would come up on which you aau-.
give rs the right information ! there.
fore kindly ask YOU 20 attend Eae meet
lnEs as regularly as possible.
10 Paint an PoIes-Mayor John
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

or fan1e5 wrongs il * Is real
wrong some one has done Us, he has
hurt himself more than he eal bart
as. Il We are tgst, we shall find many
things we t1ilk wrongs only lale.ea
ones. or tH-ugz that real-3 do not mat
ter Eemell5a the Things that Should
make sou glad. Il the world looks
dark look within and see IL EJu your
self arc casting a shadow On your sun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

Buy 100000 B8nds.-Tne board of
/ directors OF the German Savings bank
/ lat its regular meeting yesterday au-
thorizad the officers to subscribe for
and purchase 100000 Qf the bonds
now offered hy the government TO
finance the program OF nati0nal de-
Tense The German savings bank viii
also receive subscriptions from the
/ public for the bonds subject 70 am
u0uucemeut OF terms, without any
charge for its services.
+ Jailed for Theft of PIates-Elsl
Hazlett5s plea that she didn't mean
no harm" ana that she forgot to re-
turn" three pieces of silver plate
stolen from the Hotel BIackhawk fall
ed to save her when arraigued III po-
lice court. she went to jail for 30
days. Mrs Hazlett was arrested by
. Detective Bishop She was prosecuted
+ by the detective and BY representa-
tive OF the hotel company The delec-
tive said that he found the pieces OF
silver in O. house at 324 West Fifth
! street. from which the HazIetts re-
Gently moved. The woman did not
deny taking the plate She claimed
+ that she used it 10 carry pieces OF but
! ter to her home and forgot to take il
back
Booze Joints Raided.-Tw0 booze
Joints in Davenport were raide6 by
Night Captain Charles Scblueter. De
+ tecIives PheIan and Estes and Omcer
/ Rogers. and the pr0priators ana i'm
mates were arraigned in police court.
/ The raids were the first Of a series
which the police are planning. I'VE in
Ia. rH
limit of the law Chief B0ettcher said
+ yesterday Dick Cooks place at Fifth
and Iowa was the first place visited
I The second place is that eff Thomas
. i. KoeIIe. 2I5 Rock Island street. who
was charged with contempt Of court
iu violating a permanent Injunction
prohibiting the sale or keeping for
sale Of Intoxicating liquors on his
| premises. 4 warrant was issued bY
Judge William Theopnilus ia the Scott
county district court An affidavit
citing Eoeue for contempt OF court
was filed by County Attorney Henry
III Jebeus. EoeIle is charged with
violating permanent Injunction is
sued By the Scott county court OBJ
Jan - last, prohibiting him from sell
ing or having in his possession any
Intoxicating liquor
After Men for New Battery.-To
push the campaign for $50 new re-
cruits so that a second battery may be
formed IN Davenport, a headquarters
recruiting station was opened this
morning on the lawn in front Of the
city hall. The present station in the
old armory viii be continued. Author
ization TO form this second battery
carries with it the stipulation that the
personnel. at least to peace strength.
must be completed by Thursday OF
this week
Divorce Granted. -Maude Allen Smith
was granted a divorce from William
Franklin Smith and custody of q mi
nor child in the Scott county district
court The decree was signed by Judge
William TheophiIus. Louis + Rode
wig is attorney for the plaintiff.
Are Planting Garden Scores of
employees Of the c.. u. & NJ. interurban
railway have already taken advantage
of the company's offer Of ground along
its right OF way free for the planting
of potatoes and other crops to relieve
the threatened food shortage One
tLree-acre tract near Pleasant Prairie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

Chauncey Depew was SIS years old
Yesterday The anniversary was Gel
ebrated at his home in New York.
where ne Is as active socially as he
was q quarter century back. He de-
cIarez that any man can hang GA as
Ions as BE likes merely by resolving
THAI he viii not grow old. He says
the essential thing Els TO be able to say
uo-t0 turn aside the so-calIed enjoy
menrs that hurt. such SIS smoking etc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

Friends of d local snare drummer
are mighty proud Of him. Last Sunday
night al the Atkins theatre there was
a barnrard scene on the movie screen
and that local boy who handles the
traps crowed out just like q rooster.
OF course. in time he will be able to
cacSIa like q hen Just cant keep our
boys aoWn.-Chic0 lCaI.) Enterprise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24
Daily History CIass-AprLI "a.

@-''l ''-@@' ? @'I@-7@ ~ y = -
753 3. C.-Supposed date Of the found
ing of Rome. It was twice cantur-
ed by northern tribes in the Glth
century, a. ID.
1e9s-President Mckinley called for
125. coo volunteers to Interfere iu
Cuba.
1915 British expelled civilian popaIa-
tion from Kut-el-Amara and seized
all food for the troops Irish Sim
Fem society started revolution Ii
Dublin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

Two 8aIly newspapers . Albany.
AZ. III. have found that they are not
financially able to tide through al
their present rates Of subscription
with print paper at prevailing eZorbj-
tant prices. Both have announced
that hereafter they Will charge two
.ceats per. copy, raising from one cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

cHORDg I'D
ID I S C o r ID s

YOU may have noted that the gov
eruor o. Missouri yesterday gave an
address at d state gardening confer
euce. We imagine il proved highly
instructive. iuasuuch as the governor
has been a Gardener all his life.
IT the feting and Geastiug Of the
British var commissioners continues
for any length OF time at the national
capital the high-hatted gentlemen
from over the briny Will have coca
sion TO question the stories they have
been hearing concerning scarcity OF
food IN this country.
IT took a visitor from another land
TO discover the presence Of the silent
suffrage pickets lowering about the
White house. It has been SO long
since we have read any mention Of
the picks ia the news papers that We
had been OF the belief they had all
enlisted with the Red Cross. Mr.. Bal
four piped them yesterday and as he
fingered to give them the once over
through his monOcle the dispatches
say he smiled broadly Perhaps his
risibiities were stirred as he contrast
ed the divergence in tactics employed
BY the suhragets of London and those
Of Washington. The British suffra-
gets. y0u1l recall, did anything but
boast of their nOiselessuess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

The past few chilly days have not
been eaCourasiug TO the froHcsome-
ness Of the houseHy. but ID wiz be
about with cLd-tiue agility just as
soon as she weather warns up. I'm
less you Instantly get busy with sour
sWatHer sou VIII realize before long
thar Won have a house full OF fly COM
pany. They propagate at an enor-
NOUS rate. The one effective means
of heading OF the growth of the early
settlements IS 10 swat now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

When the coal operators couce5e d
20 per cent wage raise 10 the miners
they pass the charge to- the
consumer with another 20 per
cent or more added. Instead
of suffering financially by rea-
son of wage advances. as DO other
lines Of business. the coal operators
profit thereby. which lends color to
the suspicion that apparent oD1osL-
tioE to demands If the miners for bat-
ter pay has all been pretense ID the
mast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

Chief Schuartlar has hit upon p
promising scheme for Kidding Chl-
cage of its barrel house brjeade-tho
thousands OF men who have been
ahorn &c ambition and initiative hy
drink He proposes to round all Of
them up sentence them TO the work
house for a period of sufficient length
60 get the liquor out OF their systems
and then have them shipped lDto some
bone dry state and put to work on
farms. The chief is confident the
great majority of them will make men
Of themselves If they are given a
chance 10 work out their salvation
free from the temptation OF the TAN
beer and the free lunch He at least
should be commended for his en6eaEor
tie help do something for d0vn-ard-out
manhood Here is q tip for she police
authorities of Rock Island. There are
as many as so men confined I'll the
local county Jail Most of them are
of the same type as those SchuettIer
is TO attempt TO turn into useful ciri-
EnnS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24
nnnlaralIZImg.

Dem0ralGZuEs
Oscar Mcneil comes over every day
or two from Bloomfield, sets ON the
freight platform here and watches the
workmen build the new Iron Noun
tain station. Such enterprises as this
are as great shocks to the court house
gang as would be the works of an
Iugers0ll watch turned loose in the
interior Of French poodle pup
Dexter l1Io1 Statesman.
sHe always struck me as great
comedian"
Him tuanye He is about as funny
as Crutca TO me"
1Of course that lis d mere matter of
opinion"
II can't agree with you.
Well. he manages to peg along,
anyway.
HERE'S q soft berth for some matri-
monjai candidate. Miss Sophie Pillow
receives her mail at Columbia. Tenn.
Il WAS in Chicago Saturday. .
writes IgnatZ, For lunch ] dropped
into the Harmony cafe. looked over
the menu for German fried potatoes,
but my search was in vain. / asked
the waiter why. He simply pointed to
the name OF the place printed ar the
head Of the menu card which was
enough. But what made me sore was
that an Irish stew should have been
served at the tabIe@next TO mine"
WE will soon now he encounterine
our old friend who VIII ask, What is
more beautiful than day in June2a
a SAFETY First" dance was given
in ueiehborinE town recently. Now
what is your notion of q safety first
dance-cutting out the bear, the bunny
hug. tae fox tTot, etc.2 Here, too
AFTER Witnessing the exhibition
several times, r L. W. SAYS he be-
ljeves there are persons really mean
enough 10 purposely drop a nickel or
q dime on the floor of a street car Just
e see how good an acrobat the con-
duCtor is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

1T does seem tough that patriot
OF she intense calibre of James Long,
aged IS. of this city. should be pre-
hibiLed bE government restrictions
from serving his country in fighting
capacity i'm the present war Long ap-
paTeut1y is q truthful illustration Of
the man we so often read about, but
who seldom shows. who claims he IS
no older than be feels. When Long
was advised OF his age handicap he
said. why, / can lick any young fell
lew in your company" And If you
know Jim YOU would not hesitate to
back him in q wager with him pitted
against one af said youngsters. either.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

MARSHAL Field, the richest young
man in the world. who lis d private IN
the First Illinois cavalry, is learning
rapidly For instance, yesterday he
discovered that here" is the proper
answer at roll call At first Field 3
response was present" The young
man stepped out of the line, apol0gized
for his error. then gave the correct
reply For this he had his picture run
lie the Chicago newspapers once more.
only this time his horse was added.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

Are Planting UaFden.-Sc0res q
employees Of the C.. ID. & M. jnterurban
railway have already taken advantage
of the company's ofTer OF ground along
its right OF way free for the planting
of potatoes and other crops to relieve
the threatened food shortage. One
tkree-acre tract near Pleasant Prairie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-24

Divorce Granted.-MaudeA Allen Smith
was granted a divorce from William
Franklin Smith and custody of mi
nor child in the Scott county district
court. The decree was signed by Judge
william TheophiIus Louis +. Bodde-
wig is attorney for the plaintiff
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-03
HORSE MEAT

Americas first horse packing house" has been
opened in New York This ambitious title really des
gnates only retail store, but it is significant
The proprietor sells nothing but horse
And he boasts that in his first week of opera
ton he sold 500 pounds
g thinks he has solved the of living problem
so concerned. He sells tenderlon for
Is a pound, porterhouse srlOin steaks for
cents steak and without bones for the
price chuck steak for eight and hearts for
He makes all sorts of sausages too, of horse
meat and pork combined in varying proportions. sell
ing 20 a pound.
Many people might not like the taste of horsehesh
the idea Of it. It's redder than beef. is
said to be larger grained and ibrous. 1t has
taste. But there be question
of its wholesomeness It's real meat, readily digest
ble by persons and reckoned by many quite
palatable.
The New York board of health decided year
two ago permit the slaughter and sale of horses
der proper regulation but there has been little
made of the privilege Horse meat has long been
many parts the old world. and has a
standard article of food in France We may 10
time. Certainly, if the American prejudice against
it be overcome, it offers great and unexpected
lief for increasing shortage.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-03
hklings and Thinklings
By Wex Jones

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Salem Salem
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note
70 a owl doesn't eark
Monosyllable
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freedom of if
Of
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of players wilne a hunger
interest
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To the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-03
A STRENUOUS WEEK.

Indianas senate has undergone strenuous eN-
perence for the week that closes today; completing
the work of providing constitutional convention
for the state; dsposns with few amendments, of
the prohibition law and then Unexpectedly
passing the buck" the house the woman limited
suffrage BILL 1t has been week of great reforms in
Indiana legislature largely without partisan
rule and mainly from individual conscience and pa
triotism. Roth sides of both houses of the assembly
are congratulated their work thus far done
almost too good TO be true.
But it is and here is pioneers in the move
ment locally in state, and the nation, who
alive the agitation. suffered the jeers and
sneers of their fellows for doing it, many of whom
have not lived this close approach to
the contamination We refer to statewide prohi-
bition law in particular Indiana will be a saooness
state following year April, but think you
not that the work of pioneers that of the
sembIy during the past week finishes the job. The
battle has only begun.
We must sec to it now that the saloonless is
practcaIized 1t can be done. We must begin a
paign education now and right now calculated to
teach people including politicians. who have depend
ed upon saloons their sustenance joy
shop; teach how get along without these things So
Indiana is concerned. up against the
DRY pending arrival April 1918 but after that
viii be a cordition, a theory.
The strenuous week just closing at Indianapolis is
merely By way OF introduction the strenuous year.
and even decade that it puts the people fast up
against back home. II is face We have
making life miserable for the members Of the
senate and house. and remember, we're next We
face it like meE-and women-for women it
seems have part in this facing business
well men, at least in part, in this future.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-03
THE MAP HABIT.

The American people get the map habit if
they up seriously the question foreign
trade extension says Julian Arnold, American COM
mercial attache in China. He trying help
manufacturers and merchants understand their
trade opportunities the orient difficult
because they don't know any geography and don't pro-
vide themselves with the learning any.
business extend their export trade he
found almost absence of ALIASES and maps
ally enough. he has talked have imagined
that China is in the tropics just others
in South American trade. have supposed Brazil
in Argentina and Peru somewhere Cuba.
The whole nation Is ignorant geography, says.
Maybe the general education board, which has set
about educational system with present
day life will change all that in time But there's an
and simple remedy proposed by Mr.. Arnold. Hang
maps the wall.
The advice is intended primarily for interested
in the foreign trade useful anybody. With
maps on the wall, you'll consult them You turn to
them naturally look up place mentioned
in the dispatches other of the day. If
you're going travelling. you the map the
direction and distance. The habit grows started.
And from frequent chances those wall maps, you
find after while that you have a good, working
knowledge of the shape world, relative posi-
tons continents and countries location of
places in them, together with distances physical fea-
lures, etc. It's the natural way learn geography
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-03
SAVING THE DOLLARS

savings deposits increased nearly s3s 900 OoO
last year Uncle Sans bank now custodian OF more
than 500 0OO. 600 of the peoples money
This in itself is small matter. II means that
millions Of dollars that to be by
immigrant population banks their native countries
kept here, swelling resources and credit
that OF millions Of dollars have been
saved by citizens who used save nothing. People
who distrusted ordinary banks the government
bank. People who timid about venturing into
a big. oppressively dignfed powerful bank with
their modest savings tiTnd about handing those
savings in the postoffce window People who could
not open savings account because banks in their
vicinity would let them dollar OF two
find that Uncle Sam is never contemptuous of petty
deposits And the volume swells at an ever-ncreas
ing rate The population becomes thrifty. And
the poor become collectively a financial power
Those hundred odd millions don't represent at all
the full significance Of this popular savings move
ment 1t has been found that the postal banks are
reality feeders of the private banks Postal savings
when they reach large figure transferred
sttutons that pay a higher of interest And the
habit of thrift fOstered by the postal banks results
strengthening the entire financial system as well
as placing the personal finances of hundreds of thou
sands Of citizens sounder basis
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-03

earth with the point of her slender
shadow-stick. and the sun, If he
could speak, might call out: "A
hitv'
But a moment later can astrO-
nomical moment) the earth swings
into line between the sun and its
playmate and returns the hit with
a sweep that seems TO have ami
hilated the little player. until her
smiling face reappears out of the
shadow eager for another round.
These skiey players will tirelessly
continue their shadow frolics as long
as the sun shines. spinning on to-
gether through the illimitable arena
fenced by the starry gonfalons Of
the Milky Way, and you can mag
inc the guffaw Of Olympian laugh
ter with which they would greet
the oracular announcement Of some
horoscopist that they were the
slaves of an astrologer's lamp.
condemned 20 foreshadow the little
terrestrial fates and fortunes Of
ephemerai man
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-03
REDUCING THE CRUELTY.

Now says the Paris dispatch. German officers cap
tured on the somme front critcising their Kaiser
Cor the excessive ft-heartedness. He's shutting
down prson-gas attacks
NO emission Of gas can be made against any
French or British" testiaes Prussian captive. with
out an order personally signed 10y the Kaiser. our
generals have received orders from the Kaiser
handing them reduce a minimum the cruelties
of war"
This is a hopeful sign. whatever the Kasers mo-
tive any mitigation OF the horrors is welcome.
any of this by the Kaiser is particu
larry pleasing and promising because he than
amy other man sets the standard military
throughout the zone.
He standing 10 his credit staggering array OF
Innovations that have made this war more terrible
than any other conflict between civilized nations
poisoned gas liquid IRE. Zeppelin commandments Of
defenseless towns. U-boat ruthlessness and all the
deeds that made Belgium place Of horror.
The Kaiser may have ordered these seventies
but he might have prevented them BY permitting
them. he has allowed Germany suffer incalculable
harm in the eyes OF the world And there has been
no equivalent military advsntage for his enemies
have found means Of foling copying nearly all the
Prussian innovations. II Germany gives them
may be assumed that her foes will do likewise
And Germany will suffer less reProaeh hereafter