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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-11-26

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-11-26
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24
Harvey Falls IN Line.


+4@ -E1s-4 american heFle" Tor
May Us e0rker- Colonel George Har-
vev hits the trail where il broadenz
and rfot-ur= +ra r+l4 r.,-.+5,-, a..
--e-t paI-o-t- WORDS OF @parles
Evans Hughes TO the effect that there
is no uartisanship when it is cues
.5oo If --o,,- lr..--+-.... +t,--- &C. --r-- 70,
4~79t-o" e- l=a-7i SUPP lAat leader
ship has been most nobIy declared.
and If is our desire in every way in
.,.1+-t. ,.-- --. -.---.;.--,-.
-' -~i10"
ana assure inns result NH-eh we nope
4" ii4 guar '--5e -ne peace oL Inc world
-s lAaAl-t- AAe "ofIo IN tine me
phrase % TIE president. aale Tor dem
o~' a~E -olJ1Let t1aIFeE observing
-Iat me great 4se-afalloA OF w ood-
70" "it5oh, which VAL live IN his
cor a7 no -@7s stIlhtA@ Id substance
ana 3.L Aoi IT dHaA tA4l OF llomas Jel-
1So@ aAI 44+-s as laI-Ee ac0lnE In
ooAs94 le1-es 20 humankind as the
pronounce cement ~ hl1g John OF the
oaFohs OF england proceeds as fol
lows
mat is mlch 10 say but not TOO
A4~A- ne ASK our readers To reflect
upon LA9 constantly changing condl-
- - ana me swinging back and
-o- u oL -A7 peL1 hluHl Oh pubic opln-
+1H aug tHe past Two ana half
Sa5s7 10 L5~all lhe lach Of personal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24
Our Citizen Army.

Sept Z. the time set for assembling
the zelective draft army n the train
ing camps, seems a long way on but
a great deal Of preliminary work must
be done before quarters are ready for
the recruits, to speak of only one
obstacle. Sites have to be selected for
the training camps. lumber and other
materials must be ordered and de
Hrereds and construction work on a
large scale wiI4 then follow.
Thlrty-two divisional capt0nmeut
camps have been planned east, WesL
and south The trauspo prob
lens are not simple. Organization
viii BE a task to test the capacity of
the general EtaE. In executive Off
GERS it's resources are limited st pres
eut There viii have TO be rapid i'm
provisinE. and mistakes will be made.
We are 20 create a great citizen army
In minimum Of time and train 1T
for war. ais Great Britain had DO do.
We should be able 10 work faster
for we shall have the assistance Of
British officers who learned the les
son. but at the best we are not going
IT'D turn out q large army quickly
vous Barrios
we must say e. our allies Hold
the front for we are coming q mill
lion strong" And then everybody
must put his shoulder 10 the wheel
and work like the devil without look
Ing 81 the clock
There viii be Inspiration for the
men in the trenches If they know we
mean business and are making things
hum. FIN history are many Instances
Of hard pressed Or beIeaguered ar
mics holding out with set teeth till
relief came. but they have known id
was coming On that point ws must
leave our allies in no doubt They
must feel that the Stars and Stripes
are ON the way
Therefore when September is men
toned let there be no disappointment
there OF here. over the length of the
interval necessary 10 render our milf
rarv aid effective and conclusive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24
The Daily Story
What a Great Peril Did-By F. A. Mitchell.

too-was a low murmur, as OF fan
distant storm Then came a sound -
the rushing OF many waters. I cried Ia
the girl not TO lock back, but T was
too late She took one glance. whst
blood was in her cheeks left them ana
she gave spasmodic grasp at the
harness and collar before her / hall
thought she would fall but after the
first stroke Of terror she recovered
herself and never once lost her nerve
What she saw was a wave of water
and sand blocking the gulch and NOV
ing toward US with terrible rapidite
Less frightfuI would have been tha
leaps of hungry lion. 1t was push
ing before IL logs, rocks. anything. ev-
ervthing that it found In its wax
There was every chance that we tea
would in q few minutes be struck bv
the turbulent mass and become an III
sensible part of it.
Somehow 1 forgot myself in nav In
terest in the girl. It seemed TO me
that ] must save her. It was not thar
I was brave, but an object made me
insensible to fear. I dashed her mule
with all my strength and until
mighty roar from behind drowned NV
voice [ yelled We bounded over rocks
without knowing that they were In our
way: we jumped over logs that on an
other occasion would have seemed I'm
possible We must rely on the agility
the sure footedness of our mules. Ev-
cry moment I dreaded to see the ami
NAL before me go down, but J thanked
heaven that our mounts we're eli that
hardy. sure footed species. Nearer
came the din Perhaps We would have
been overtaken sooner had not the tor
rent now and again been for a moment
STAYED by a sharp bend In the eulch
Then it would burl its advance mass
against the rock recoil and recon
uence its downward course
We reached the mouth OF the gulch
On either hand the ground sl0ped up
ward I yelled 10 the girl TO turn her
mule aside, but the din. now only
few yards behind us. drowned mr
voice The mules both knew as well
as we where safety law and with
scarcely any abatement OF speed
dashed Up the incline, while tine horrf-
BILE monster that had been pursuing
Us whirIed on with disappointed
howl
When the mule before me stopped +
was of my own and beside him just
in tine to catch the girl as she fell in
a faint. ] held her in my arms TIL
she came 10 herself and then burst
forth into q torrent of such devotion
as 7 might have used to one I had
known and loved for an eternity We
were made one by that friehtful tor
rent
Years have since passed, but not yet
has either my wife or myself passed
beyond waking suddenly in the night
by the horror of that mad rush If va
tiers behind US
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24

Nothing viii suddenly draw people
togther as danger incurred IN com
pany. Men who have stood shoulder
to shoulder in battle, men and women
who have incurred shipwreck, all who
have escaped perils wherein each has
stood bravely up in the light for life,
can never meet again without an eX-
change Of heart thrills
While superintendent of a mine in
New Mexico finding it necessary to
descend 10 town where we did our
banking. / started in an ore wagon
drawn ~ mules. I had hardly got
seated before saw q girl in a short
skirt ana large felt hat carrying an
easel under one arm and box of
paints under the other coming toward
me She said she wished to 90 down,
and / handed her into the seat beside
me She was an artist from the east
and had come out to sketch. ! little
thought that at the journeys end we
would be firmly locked in each Others
arms and our courtship would have
lasted less than half an hour.
We were obliged to pass through q
gulch SO narrow in parts that there
was barely room for q wagon. the
rocks rising precipitously on either
hand Through it the creek when 1t
is not dry triCkIed over sand and
stones. There is a defIe on the route
about q mile long, and when one en-
ters il there is no possibility Of get
ting out except st one end or the
other. BY the time we had entered
the upper end of this deile we got
acquainted and were chatting glibIy.
On turning a bend we noticed some
cattle near the lower end of the gulch,
They had been down TO drink al one Of
the little pools in the creek bed, but
were getting out as fast as their h0ofs
would carry them. Our driver uttered
an explanation Then he pulled up
the mules, jumped out and put his ear
TO the sand.
a cIoudburstt" he cried. white as
the snow upon the mountain top, and.
thinking only of saving himself, de
tached one Of the lead mules, sprang
on its back and away he went Iickety
split without so much as giving us
another word. 7 knew what a cloud
burst was and that in a short time
wild torrent would be tearing its way
along where we were Jumping from
the wagon. I detached two mules and
called the one word Hurry" TO the
young lady, She knew something was
wrong and sprang down beside me-
Without a word I lifted her and put
her astride one Of the mules. / be
thought myself of the whip. cached
for it,. then bounded on TO the other
mule I had loOseneds and we galioped
away.
/ took position behind my compan-
ion and dashed the mule on which she
rode without cessation. The first
sound We heard-and we heard it soon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24

There was a serious accident yes
terday in . neighbor city. = man
coastng down steep street on his
wheel lost control and plunged head
on into q lad crossing the intersection.
The impact hurled him over the wheel
many feet and he alighted on his head
TO the Unyielding pavement The lad
was uuin5ured-
The first person VINO reached the
strangers side happened by the mys-
terious Hand Of Providence to be q
young medical student. and though the
man was SO badly hurt he dared not
just then turn him in the position that
would give sHifEer opportunity to help,
the young physician succeeded in
searching his spine and neck for dis
placements. He found Two and adjusted
them at once While the fellow is very
badly bruised from contact with the
pavement, he wiz recover from that
part of If. but If that intelligent FIRST
aid had not been there. there would
be every chance that ne would have
been paraIyzed. IF ne recovered at all
New. the point 5s-Ehe young physI-
clsu went on his way. other help ar
rived. having done his bit" He didu
stop for pay nor the Injured. S address,
and most certainly would not take re-
Enumeration. If we have his eyebrows
checked Alright ln our CLASSIFIED ac-
count of men and things.
But he was happy As happy as a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24

I'm treating or shampoOiuE 3 tubeT-
cglosls patients hair lis there any dan
ger OF one catching The diseasee IT. r
III
Answer-No About the only chance
Of catching tuberculosis from patient
is through prolonged intimate contact
al I'm living with or working alongside
of the victim indoors. Casual contact is
not dangerous at All. Doctors and
purses practically never acquire tub
erculosis from attending patients.
said Mrs, s, 10 Mrs. Be-
was talking with Mrs A. the
other day. and she informed me she
had g wonderfully effective remedy for
headaches which was TO turn somer-
sauirs I asked her where she got the
strange remedy. ana she said from DR.
Brady. Now. DIT. Brady. If Won can
cure EIrs. us headaches you can sure
Iy tell me how 20 get fat I am very
thin. and have tried almost everything.
! have lost ten pounds ia less than two
weeks M. s. ID
Answer-If you've lost ten pounds
in less than two weeks, YOU need
Sgod doctor right away. Something is
wrong
RaH Poeatoaz-Iz there any objee-
ton 10 children eating raw potatoes
My children crave raw potatoes. and /
am a little uncertain whether they are
properly allowable a uelghbOr tells
me that raw potatoes are poisonous.
MRS A. "a. NJ
Auzwer-No. The children crave
them because they want the uatural
mineral salts ia the potato. which are
wholly good fer children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24
I naffractiFe .Inhs.

The other day a souse whom the
police had been trying TO induce to
blow the community. when asked why
he did not get a job. claimed that he
had worn out q pair Of shoes looking
for work, but declared he was turned
down at every place where he called.
Chief Phil Miller chimed in and said
he had Job for the fellow and that
unless he took # he would make it
q special order Of business to see that
he was put at work on q stone pile
under the sun for so days, lab0riug
nine hours Of every day. The stranger
inquired the kind of work he was eX-
pected to do. The chief explained that
a local factory needed a night watch
man ia its dynamite making depart
ment and that he was obliged TO carry
d lantern. He wanted 10 know what
became of the man who had been hold
ing down the place. The chief said
that he had been gone week. but
that they expected him back any time
DO they know where he weut2' asked
the stranger. Yes. they do, " the chief
said He went straight up The
police haven't seen the aouse since.
Which recalls the clever ruse John
II. Fender worked on a Negro when
he was head Of the local police depart
meut several years ago. 1t was dur
ing the fall season and it was chilly
on the outside. The Negro had been
in little trouble and when he was
released he evidently wanted to con
tiaue on friendly terms with the 20
lice. Every day he would drop in and
soak up the heat. Chief Pender, feel
ing that the Negro was getting alto
setheT too intimate. suggested that It
would be . good plan for him TO so to
work.
Wen. I declah all would. Nistah
Chief, but an CANT git thing to do"
The chief told him to be sure and
come around the next day and he
would have q job tor him The Negro
reported promptly. He seemed pleased
at the interest the chief was taking in
him The Negro was ready TO 90 to
work
Now. whar IS that job. boss2 the
eolored man asked
The best part Of this place. said
the chief is that il is quiet and steady
i have got It cinched for you and the
pap is good
But wdar is it, boss27
You are TO he night Waterman at
-6ipp.annocE cemetery
- The Negro excused himself to 70 out
TO get bite o. lunch. Mr.. Pender
from that day has never had another
glimpse Of him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24

Berger IS a native Of Australian
gary.
American diplomatic agents abroad
have found that the plan for the Stock
holm conference had It's origin IN Ger
many and has been encouraged by the
German government
Passports already have been grant
ed 70 German delegates, who viii keep
up the slogan OF mo annexstions.
Russian Socialists have selected del
esates- IT was in Russia that the pro-
pogal Of "no aunexations" first came
into prominence. and fl promptly was
taken up By the German Socialists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24
34au Nnt Always iii 6nln Gntn
By Mary Aquin

child with big red balloon on circus
day He was so glad he happened
along to help He may never learn
who the chap is whose neckb0Hes and
spinal cord he moved over, but he IS
glad that the fellow came out Of IN
consciousness almost Immediately aft
erward and that he viii NOS be Grip
pied.
Can you beat it, No wonder the
medical youth of America are haiIing
Europe for service, but, Oh, how weary
and tagging must be the step Of the
boy who is sent to paralyze or make
dead a brother.
The Great Intelligence that made
our young friend happy because he
was q re-Creat0r. surely there viii
come d day when all recognize It's
power and use IL only for good. We
cannot Of ourselves stop one bullet or
shell from its course of death-dealing,
but. Oh, the added pain TO our help
Iessuess when religious publications
even find il eEpedfene to hurry the
shot
Ifs the young chap with the helpful
knowledge out Of plumb with the
world or should ne be taught the cruel
law Of the survival of the 6ttest and
let broken uecks fail limpE What is
tine quality he possesses that made
him SO happy because he could save a
fellow jouTueveT's Iifes Soul saving.
Life saving. is it. not time that these
we're paramount
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24
Another Berlin Ruse Nipped

No American VIII he permitted to
participate in the Socialist peace con
ference at Stockholm The govern
ment has so decreed The Stockholm
meeting is known to De another Of the
kaiser's peace plots.
Washington officials explained that
the governments course would have
the tw0-foid effect of discredJtiug gen
orally any peace moves by uuauthor-
ize6 persons and Of condemEing the
present Socialist agitation regarded as
inspired by Germany.
Secretary Lansing cited the Logan
act OF 1899 as defining the punjslmeuts
which might be expected by any Amer
lean now IN stockholm or who might
90 there without passport and par
0cipate in the peace discussions I'm
der this law unauthorized persons 81 no
directly or indirectly treat with for
eign agents regarding controversies Of
the United States may be imprisoned
for three years and fined $4,000
The delegates authorized 10 repre-
sent the American Socialist party. over
the protest Of some Of its foremost
mem bers. are Victor L. Berger of Mi.
" aukee and Morris 3NIcuit ana AIger-
non Lee Of New York They were Sc.
ieeted By the executive committee after
Charles Edward Russell. William Eue-
lish Walling and others had con-
demned the movement as "the most
dangerous Of all the kaiser's plots
The same statement denounced Hill i
quiz and Lee as radically pro-Ger7uan !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24
The Enemy at Home.

The killing Of two Red Cross nurses
aboard an American merchant vessel
bound for Europe. during gun prae-
tioe last Sunday may prove 10 ha one
of those tragedies That must be suG-
fered 10 uncover human greed -ud
disIovaI deception ia government con
tracts for the manufacture of war ma
tariaI and 20 serve as an Intervention.
lu time to spare other lives and avert
greater humiliation TO the nation
The shell that took the lives of the
two Red Cross nurses was detective.
having been delivered i'm that c9udI-
t{On 30 the government nv the manu-
9acturer trusted with contract I'd
furnish munitions 20 bis country AZ
the most critical crisis tg ITS career
whether Intentionally 10 1efrau1 10
the end that there would come
larger margin of profit de course Is
not known. Let us hope that the de-
feet was an error and that it VIII be
so proven Ira au Investigation that
the government is To prosecute SIS
2 result Of the distressing accident
on the other hand. the government
has been cheated in contracts tu prev
ious wars. and evidence is lacking fs
establish that the human vuituTs is
yet extinct Many oG the same
manufacturers who have been
selling war supplies tu the
allied nations of Europe uUw
are operating their plants il behalf of
their own government. There have
come out of Europe complaints that
shells furnished by American manu-
fscurers were discovered in many iu-
lions, but the purchasing nations were
not in position to demand the salts
faction that might have been forth
coming were they not so inseeurely
positi0ued with reference TO getting
supplies from the United States Ii
appears, rather than create scandal, /
they threw aside the defective shells +
and remained silent simply caution .
Ing their inspectors lie this country
TO exercise more care fn check
ing c0nsiEumeuts turned over to them
for approval before shipment
The United States, t0o has Inspee-
tors whose duties ii is Cd pass upon
the supplies that are purchased for
the government these embracing
everything from food to bullets but
this has not proved au Iuyuiuerable
safeguard in all instances. especially .
II the one from whom the nation is
buying is of q low enough stripe to
attempt to cheat his country II there
are men of that calibre receiving con
tracts from the government iu the
present hurried program of preuara- +
ton TO meet the most dangerous ou-|
envy that has ever threatened the
country they should be brought 0ul
into the light and made 10 pay the
extreme penalty. serving not only as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-24

peuetrativa conception OF ii 'magis-
lEaEe worthy 70 he chief in "a COM
monwealtA of freemeu.' and accord
both honor and praise to the man
who was not only chosen and re-
chosen by the people but, To our mIuG.
was clearly pradestiued by God TO
meet iutsIligently. masterfully and
heaven grant IN the end successfully
the greatest emergency in the history
OF the world Not side by side but
AIS natural and logical sequence of
the Declaration of Independence and
the emancipation proclamation stands
the great message of that which we
heralded last month a patriotism and
now proclaim as democracy.
II was George Harvey who more
than ten years ago discovered
thought he discovered great. uu-
usually great qualities in the young
head of the University of Princeton.
and, although there came period OF
absCuratl0G not wholly HarFey's
fault it IS eraditabIe alike to the
president and the editor that the edi-
tor can see i'm the president the full
hllment Of his early forecast. Des-
tiny came along and made good
There is never any gaiusaving OF her
DEGREES. Whether Woodrow Wilson
has been but the child of fate, doing
as he was hidden by events. or
whether he saw all that was and fore
saw all that would be. and chose the
psychologist moment for each decision
he finally struck when the iron was
hot, struck bravelV sublimely and
then and there made himself inteIlec-
tually and morally the foremost man
Of the world