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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-26
is SHOWN
HOW FOE IS ABLE
TO HOLD IN ITALY

Hallan army headquarters in north
eFn Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 25.-(By the
Associated Press. "A general COM
handing an army corps on the Piave
front took the correspondent along
the line occupied by his corps today
and pointed out the Austro-G German
nest on the west bank Of the river, the
only foothold he has succeeded in
maintaining.
The purpose Of the Italian comman-
der was to carry holiday greeting to
his men in the first line trenches but
incidentally this visit gave an oppor-
tunity for the general to explain the
lay Of the land and why the enemy
was able to hang on.
Defense Highly Organized.
1t was noted that the defenses had
been highly organized so that any
sudden rush Of the enemy would meet
tremendous resistance The defenses
comprise a string Of trenches forti-
fed for defense with masses Of
tangled wire and constructions after
/ the Cheyaux de Frise order, with
numerous sharp projections.
Entering the first line trenches the
general led the way. The ground in
front was covered with low bushes
and scrubby vines running down to
the waters edge Behind this ran a
4 high earthen embankment originally
erected as dixie, but now serving the
enemy as a refuge against petty she'll
/ ing.
I In the foreground were three large
stone farmhouses that had been torn
( to pieces by italian shell fire. One OF
/ them had had the roof the upper
floors and two wings blown off, while
I the jagged walls Of the first story
! were still standing It was used, the
general said, for the enemys machine
/ guns. They were silent then, as the
holiday season had. by common con-
: sent, afforded a lull. The heavy
Austrian guns were heard now and
then.
The general stated that the enemy
force in the Zens0n curve was about
three battalions. or about two thou.
sand men with an exceptionally large
supply Of machine guns. Their com.
munications were principally operated
in the night hours.
Piaye Menace Not Serious.
4 The enemy's foothold on the ives
bank of the Piave here was not re
garded as a serious menace to thu
Italians, as it was not a base which
could be augmented by an increase O
the forces It could be cleared gu
at any time, the general said, but tn,
effort was not worth the sacrifice i
would require in the face of the ma
chine guns.
The bend was completely controlled
. and hemmed in and it was better, h
thought TO let the enemy sacrifice hi
men in holding position useless t.
i him.
The general had a CHEEKY word 70
l the men in the trenches, presenting
many of them with holiday gifts AM
giving encouragement and praise T.
{ ALL The men were in the best Of spir
- fits, looking sturdy and we'll condi
- toned. and were unanimOu- in as
surfing their commander that the
- could hold the enemy against any fur
{ Their advance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-26
BADLY BEATEN IN
TERRIFIC BATTLE
Frank Wheeler OF Maeomb Puts Cp
Determined Fight When Placed
Under Arrest.
TAKES THREE TO HOLD HIN
Two Clubs Are Broken and Face of
Prisoner Resembles Raw Beef
steak After Melee.

A copper to this bird is just like
red flag to a bull.
Frank Wheeler of Macomb, ILL.,, dis
likes the minions Of the law and de-
spises them with an all consuming
hate.
Yesterday Wheeler decided to come
to Rock Island to celebrate Christmas.
Having consumed plenty of liquor
last evening, he was cutting capers
and acting generally disorderly at Fiji
teenth and Second avenue Patrol
man Earl Shannon happened along
about this time and decided to take
Wheeler to the station.
AS quickly as Shannon stepped up
Wheeler made for him. Using his
fists. teeth and feet to good advantage
Wheeler put up a terrific fight. Shan
non welded his club, but still Wheel
er kept battling. Shannon was about
all in when Patrolman Frank Smith
arrived on the scene.
The sight of another officer further
enraged Wheeler and he fought like
q mailman. The clubs of the officers
cracked merrily on his skull, but a
little thing like that failed to halt
Wheeler. Until a third man, bystand-
er. jumped in and took a hand
Wheeler vas literally carried to the
station. cussing, squirming and kick
ing all the way. In the melee the Of
ticers received many bumps and
bruises and two clubs were broken
Face Like Steak.
Wheeler's face resembled a piece
of raw beefsteak after the smoke OF
the battle cleared away. He had g
deep cut over the left eye and his
entire forehead was a mass Of bruises
/ His left leg was also bruised in tbs
/ tussle.
+ Wheeler, when arraigned in police
court this morning presented a sorr!
sight He admitted to Magistrate
Smith that he had fought the patrol
men. The magistrate bound him owe
to the grand jury on a charge Of re
sisting an officer. His bonds wer,
/ fixed at $500.
| Wheeler has been in trouble her,
on several previous occasions. TIL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-26

last time he battIed the cops his par
ents came to his rescue and he was
released on promise of good behavior
1t seems that every time Wheeler par
takes Of liquor he acts like a mad
man Though but % years of age, he
is powerfully built and puts up ter
rife battle. 1t is also said he has
beaten up several policemen in his
home town. Macomb.
Davenporter Gets Funny.
Herman Buck of Davenport, one of
the eyewitnesses to the Wheeler melee
made some remarks that were not
complimentary TO the officers. so he
too. was taken along This morning
Magistrate Smith sentenced him to
serve 20 days in the county Jail, c
Clark of Burlington, Iowa, and James
Russell of Clinton. Iowa, were also
sentenced to serve 20-day terms on
disorderly conduct charges.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-26
CAMP DODGE NOW
READY FOR QUOTA
DUE NEXT MONTH
Provisions Arc Made for Handling
New Soldiers Who VIII Arrive
Early in January.
BRING WARM CLOTHING ADVICE
informs Not to BE Issued Selectiyes
rntl such a Time That They
Pass Examination.


Camp Dodge, Iowa Dec 26.-All
crppara.i0ns have been made at Camp
hodge for the reception of the final
,nc-emaufs which it is thought will
report soon after the first of the year
and cali from civil life the men from
Iowa. Minnesota, North Dakota and
mar, of Illinois who viii complete the
f1U quota of 5electives for the Eighty
eighth division OF the National army
The recruits viii be handled in a
manner similar 10 that employed in
handling former inCrements.
Some additions 90 the equipment
have been made and provisions look
ing r0 the comfort OF the recruits have
been arranged.
Principal among these is the set
gus aside of two of the big barrack
m1iuE. where the incoming selec-
r... Will ho lodged before being in
d0rD. into the service by Lieutenant
Caaa Il. y Howell, Three Hundred
and Thirteenth engineers, and his
st8U nL officers assisting who will
question the recruits and assign them
TO 'Ue.r future organizations.
comfort for Recruits.
Another provision which will add
materially t9 the comfort of the re
cuHs is the furnishing of motor
u.s. .o carry them 90 the head
quarters of ODE organization to which
they are assigned
When the first two iucrcments re-
porto. .He camp was concentrated in
comparatively small area and the
majority OF The organization head
quarters were within walking dis
lance of the registration building
Now hOvsver. tine various units art
permanently located and spread over
ihe entire camp site Without the
motor trucks many of the recruit.
would Doe compelled TO walk distance;
Of from one % three miles.
The barracks win protect the new
romers from the cold aud the truck:
take them quickly 90 the building.
where they viii be examined and as
signed to- companies
Bring Warm Clothing.
l' VITA De q wise move for all mei
reporting with the aual increments tt
bring plenty of warm clothing witt
them
Recent orders from the war depart
ment prevent the issue of government
clothing until q recruit has been eX
AHMED and formally accepted for serv
tee
Because of the large number re
porting s.. is probable many will no
have ra.H He4n.|H.H F.- a rr-arr- g..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-26
EAGLE ANNOUNCES
JUNIORS ARRIVAL

This morning the arrival of a new
assistant states attorney was an
nounced at the Office Of States Attor-
ney g. b Thompson. The announce
ment was made by Assistant States
Attorney Edward L. Eagle in behalf
OF himself and Mrs Eagle upon the ar
rlya. OF am eight-pOund baby boy at
their home, 29l6 Twelfth avenue, Mo
Hue The youHgsjer has been chris
Tened Edward l., Jr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-26
INMATES OF JAIL
PASS RESOLUTION
Set on "the End Of a Perfect Day. by
Voting Praise to Sheriff George
H. Richmond.
SONGS AND SPEECHES ABOUND
Prisoners In For Grimes From Dis0r-
derby Conduct to Murder Give
Patriotic Talks.

THE inmates of the Rock Island
county jail through a vote by acclama-
ton desire to extend to you our earn
est appreciation Of the treatment &C
corded US and our sincere thanks for
the dinner served us on this Christmas
day, as well as for that of Thanksgiv-
ing day. and at the same time assure
you that the good order, harmony and
cleanliness that have hitherto pre-
vailed will be continued in future"
The above is the text of a resolution
passed unanimously by some ninety
prisoners in the Rock Island county
Jail at the end of perfect day" yes
terday
The perfect day included a good
Christmas dinner and supper, inter
spersed with patriotic songs and
speeches. At o'clock yesterday
morning the prisoners, led by Glen
wood Tremaine Cummings, lifted their
voices in song. to the tune of Amer
lea their words including many Of
those found in various of the four
verses Of the national anthem.
Services at Night.
/ After the evening meal the prison
/ ers asked for song books, which was
/ the signal for the opening Of the even
! ing service. in which they all partiei-
t Rated. Between the songs speeches
of a patriotic nature were made by
inmates, who were in Jail for commit
ment of crimes running all the way
from disorderIy conduct to murder
/ 1t was at the close Of an address in
which the speaker declared this is
the most wonderful day the Rock Is
land county jail has ever had" that the
resolution to the sheriff was passed
At the close of the evening service the
! prisoners again Joined in singing
/ America"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-26
wEDNEsDAY-THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUs-DEcEMBER 90 1917

sidered by officials an important stem
in the effort 10 place the country on
safe footing In go far as the food
supply is concerned.
The figures. it is explained, will per-
nit the making Of intelligent plans
for ADEQUATE conservation and dfstri
button of existing food supplies and
for production OF additional food.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-26
ATTENTION.

Members of Eudora Rebekah lodge
are requested to meet at l. O. 0. F.
hall Thursday afternoon at 1870 to at
tend the funeral Of Brother Oscar Sip
pei. IDA NJ. BARKER,
Noble Grand
EFFIE CHALK, Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-12
To Place Flag Markers.

a meeting Of tae Woman Relief
corps was held yesterday afternoon in
Memorial hail tine court house. bust
ness before the members including the
appointment of q committee to place
flag markers recently secured OH the
graves of the deceased members. The
committee is composed Of Mrs Rose
Cochran. Mrs. Belle Skinner. AIRS
Mary Pickup and Mrs Cinderella
Hoppe 1T was decided to hold
another business meeting next We'd
nesday in place OF tile regular social
meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-12

Dear Mrs Thompson I read your
column and think YOU give excellent
advice. which the young people would
do well 10 follow But the pity of II
is that some of the letters which YOU
answer so carefully are not from per-
sons seeking advice at all, but are
written for a joke. However, the mat
Ter has gone on so far that 1t has
ceased TO be- d joke.
have noticed letters for some time
that attracted nay attention because
they described people that knew
Yet I know these people would not
write such questions.
Recently ] learned that TWO girls of
tile nezghborh0od were writing APP the
affairs of different ones and signing
the initials Of the people. They would
mail them 70 YOU to be printed, caring
more To see their letters ia print than
rne answer YOU would give.
au sure these girls mean nc harm.
sud do not see the seriousness Of their
oaense. yet it has been carried on
long enough and if is time you knew
the truth
Should il be repeated viii furnish
their names that you may investigate
The public does not realize how
many serious aud earnest letters re-
oa5ve of course, many do write mere
IS for joke. and as far as possible in
su#h cases f discard the letters I do
moi mean to publish gossip in my col
uuu. and ] am sorry 10 know that any
one would thoughtlessIy hetray the
personal matters which concern 9TH
FPS besides themselves. r would be
SO much less malicious If the girls
would simply make mp sensible cues
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-12

Mrs AxeI Felt and Mrs arthur Gull
yer of Moline entertained q company
Of friends Tuesday afternoon for Mrs
Arthur BiebernaDu Cf raIs city #HH
viii leave with her husband Monday.
for MasalIlon Ohio. SIR BlebermanU
being one Of the many that WIFI g9 10
work with the REYNOLDS Pattern Cgm-
pany there. The afternoon was spent
on the lawn. where as iaa time pal ee
a lovely two course luncheon was
served mir. and EfFs 8lebermaru
will be greatly missed when they
leave the trI-e4sfes
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-18
Production Of arm Machinery and the
Labor Supply Must Be Protected
Bv CHARLES S. BRANTlNCHAM
- E,.civc Committee National Imp and Vehicle A'ociauon

The that unless prompt action Is taken Dy ulo 6'
country straight toward the same mistakes 'h nave
compelling allies appeal to us to save them from lai
protect production of laborsavng farm machinery ana ~ S
labor must soon face shrlnkage OF lou
ANYBODY calamious that would be IN the ay @
well the economic
We are now confronted by shortages of material and factory
shortages of certain lines OF Iar
machinery this fall and shortages IN many vital lines
kinds of tools and machines are
of earlier scarcity OF factory lao
and RAPIDLY tightening all materials Present and pro-
spve conditions both elements make certain that the shortage
Of output will soon be serious.
farm labor has been and more oncule
with the demand LOT aOor
in munon factories withdrawal of young from pro-
there bound to be shortage OF farm LABOR suc
as this country has never known
We vital to keep the farms the men now there VINO
know the business especially trained the aborsaving
machinery waseu foolish to let them and after
try to replace them with unskilled men.
We seek advantage for industry other but realize
that without this product labor the farmers of the
increase maintain, their production Of
foodstuffs year.
that declare be vital the feeding Of
this nation and its allies next year:
That the manufacture of farm materials be equal prefer
with the manufacture of munitions regards supplies of
ssry materials
That to the country in farm machinery factories be
equal importance with service plants
OF private
labor the farms considered equal importance with
the production of munitions
That materials for farming machinery finished goods
equal preference by the transportation agencies country
with munitions of
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-18
Hoarding and lndiscriminate Parsimony
Long Way From Real Thrift
By S. w. STRAUS
President Of American Society for Thrift.

ut is not the aim of thrift the duty to acquire millions
boarding millions is avarice, not thrift"
This bit OF philosophy uttered time by Carnegie
we'll be applied American life the Lack of proper
understanding thrift has been responsible great deal Of harm
in America recently
This has been due to false economy people are RAPIDLY GETTING
around to the viewpoint that boarding and
long way from real thrift.
What we all must learn is to eliminate great deal
difference between spending The most enree
so form OF waste OF the present time matter of
food Secretary Houston has said that single ounce of edible
1ooo on the average allowed spoil be in each Of
cur 2oooOOo homes 100000 pounds material would be wasted
each day This would be at the of pounds of food year.
nk OF the millions OF acres of land and the of people nee
essary to produce this vast of food
would be good idea every American home TODAY 10 d
the slogan, "Save of food davo f
MS is little thing to do 1t really requires no amount of self
sacrifice. ~ " S41
W the oher hand we have all been eating little too much Cut
ting down our ratons fe will be good for our health
"Save an ounce of food day.
Let every American home do this and ve VI IL boro o. ,
toward the solution of our food problem o ~
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-18

and applied during fifty years OF our H"1'' 60
as in our entire colonial period, and fully sanctioned ny ~ t
today and been in force, III substantially 'n P
from the very foundation Of government , D. 10
An American mother she didn't raise her ''r wy
soldier in the dav the nations need if she knows h
history and her countrys present laws must know as ~
didn't to be American GiIZ'I III INC '
honorable sense Of the word that taught HIM TO shh
the duties of a citizen and precisely that part OF those ou
mankind have ever deemed most disastrous to tle s" ~
the himself that he should SHIN
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-18
Universal Military Service in Line
With All the Nations Traditions
Bv CHARLES BONAPARTE, Attorney General OF on"eo

II is often asserted and yet more frequent,
assumed. in the discussion Of current '''"''
,1au, military service il something ne" anu
13 3 =; 4bo Irnitod States; something more OF
; With tho traditions Of our early natiohai
life and with the practice ana c""iS'i VI l, ~.
fathers This is not merely untrue !"
reverse Of the truth. 1
Those who advocate the e'io'''" 80,
diers and sailors Of all our CITIZENS III ~ n+aa
are urging a return to prhcil''S "nI''i'' 80 n
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-18
r. ISN'T ALI. GA2GA(}tSNkH
Human nature becomes brutaESed
by conflict but the men in the
trenches, both friend and enemy
haze their fun and conaradeship
and kndlmeSS~

AR has Outwardly lost its ro-
nance with its color and pag-
eantry. 1t is bloody, ugly and
horrible. Yet romance is not
dead. 1t still survives, radiant
and glowing, in the heroic
achievements of our soldiers
and in the tender fancies Of
their hearts" Thus writes
Stephen Stapleton, an English
man, in the Contemporary Re-
view. And he sets forth with
vividneSS some manifestations
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1917-09-27
UCZMY DZlECI NASZE CZYTAC, PlSAC
movie PO POLSKU.
Ks. F. Kuli1ski mianowany
kapelanem woiskowym.

Chicago, Ill. KS. F. Kulinski O.
trzymal onegdaj telegram cd ks.
l.. j. O'Herna, n%aczelnego kape-
lana katolickiego ola armii i ma
rynarki Stan6w Zjednoczonych,
we Waszyngtonie, w ktorym go
zawiadamia, IL POSTAL mianowany
kapelanem wojskowym i jezeli
z}ozy cgzamin fizyczny pomysl--
ME, przeznaczony bedzie Ola obo-
I'll armii narodowej W Battle
Creek, Mich, gdzie, jak ks. o.
Hern donosi, znajduje sic wielka
liczba Polakow.
Jak wiadomo, W zeszlym tygod
niu pisano 0 aplikacyi ks. F. Ku-
linskiego ma stanowisko kapelana
W marynarce Stan6w Zjednoczo-
nych i odpowiedzi ks. O'Herna ma
te aplikacye, KS. O'Hern W swej
odpowiedzi twierdzi}, re W mary
narce ME ma kapelana i odradza}
ks. kulinskiemu starania sic o
rzeczone kapelanstwo.
Z protestem W sprawie tax myl
nych informacyi o Polakach zwr6
ell sic W zeszlym tygodniu komi-
tet obywatelski re sedzia Jarec-
kim ma .czele do Wydzialu Naro--
dowego i do Zjednoczenia Kap}a-
now Polskich, proszac jednoczes-
ME azeby te organizacye odnosne
kroki powziely imieniem spole--
czenstwa polskiego.
Oficyalnej wiadomosci komitet
ten ME ms ma razie, co organiza-
eye te uczynily. Dzis otrzymano
wiadomosc o zamianowaniu ks.
Kulinskiego kapelanem wojsko--
wynn. Czy w}adze we Waszyngto-
ME W ten spos6b zamierzaja ma
prawic krzywde poprzednio wy
rzadzona ks. Kulinskiemu i naro-
dowosci polskiej, W chwili obec--
nej powiedziec ME MONA ola bra
ku informacyi.
Jest to jednakowoz satysfakcya
ME wystarczajaca. Wladze z Wa
szyngtonu powinny oswiadczyc
ely wreszcie' przekonaly sic, re w
marynarce Stan6w Zjednoczonych
sluzia tysiace Polak6w.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1917-09-27
0 MAtzENSTWACH ME-
SZANYCH.

Prawo Mojzesza zakaZywa}o Sci
Sic Zydom zawierac malzenstwa 2
obcymi narodami. Prawo to VINO
wione przez Ezajarasza pc powro-
Gle z niewoli babilonskiej, kt6ry
rozkazal zydom oddalic wszystkie
p~oganskie zony, mia}o to ma celu
czystosc WARY i narodowosci, a
by zydzi ME rozp}yneli sic wsr6d
obcych narod6w i ME zatracili
swej cechy narodowej a z mia
WARY.
Kosci6} sw. ME stawia przeszko
Idly do mafzenstwa, gdzie obie stro
my naleza do r6znejnarodowosci,
II. p. jedna z mich jest angielska
ilub niemiecka a druga polska =
jesli tylko So katolikami.
Ma}zenstwa take, chloe same W
sobie wazne i swiete, jednak wy
chodza ma niekorzysc narodu i z
punktu narodowego ME NIGGA bye
pochwa}y godne.
Ma to doniosle znaczenie ola
mas Polak6w pozbawionych bytu
politycznego, a szczeg6lniej tn W.
Ameryce rozproszonych wsr6d
Eobcych narodowosci.
Kazdemu Polakowi i Police szcze
re kochajacemu kochajacejsw6j
kraj i tradycye ojczysta winno lie
zee ma sercu, by przechowac te
tradycye i przekazac ia przysz-
lynn pokoleniom: winno chodzic o
to, by przechowac jezyk, tie ceche
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1917-09-27

narodowa, kt6ra jest laczaca mas
nicia z krajem ojczystym i pre-.
kazac 60 w spusciznie dzieciom
swoim: winno chodzic O to, by
przyszle pokolenie wychowac W
duchu narodowym, t. j. polskim.
Mozebne to tylko w malzenstwach
jednolitych, gdzie ojciec i matka
sa Polakami, ozywieni jedna my
sla i uczuciem narodowem, Fla
czeni jedna tradycya ojc6w swo-
ich.
Ouch narod6w slowianskich Ego
H. r6zni sic cd ducha narod6w ro-
manskich i germanskich, odzna--
cza sic odrebnoscia jezyka, ivy
czaj6w i obyczajow i instytucyi
narodowych, kt6re wyciskaja o.
sobliwsze pietno ma charakterze
slowianskim.
Procz tcgo inne narody uwaza-
ia nar0d sfowianski "a missy pod
w~zgledem kultury i odzaczaja sic
pogarda ola Slowian. Pogarda ia
odbija sic w jaskrawej nienawis-
ci niemieckiej, ktora wystawi}a
sobie hasfo zagiady naszej rasy
juz to przez zasymilowanie juzto
przez W. w}aszczenie.
: Kiedy Rad pruski chcia} zniem
czyc i zlutrzyc Ksiestwo Poznan-
kie, osiedlal rodziny germanskie
ia ziemiach polskich W tym celu,
by Niemcy sic zenili z Polkami i
Polakami.
Zakusy te specify ma niczem i
rozbily sic 0 grant milosci WARY
jezyka ojczystego, a Rad ME mo-
gao osiagnac swego celu posunal