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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
Obituary
Funeral of Mrs. W. w. Robbins.

uHCIdI VI IuIbs W. W. IVUDdHN$
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
W. W. Robbins, oil Fourteenth street.
were held at 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon at the late home. The services
were conducted by members of the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, and
Daughters of the Veterans of the Bar
bara Frietchie tent. 1ntermOnt was
in Chippiannock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
Bank Statement
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Rock Island
Savings Bank
Bank Statement
OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS,

OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS,
AS trust company, qualified in
the state of Illinois under "An act
to provide for and regulate the ad-
ministration of trusts by trust COM
panies," filed with the auditor Of
public accounts, and showing It's
condition at the close of business
Dec. 81, 1917.
ASSETS.
Real estate ...........$ 24,466.36
Cash on hand ........ SS,901.2S
Deposited in other
Dduho ffSs6oC.UV
Loans secured by mort
cages and bonds,
constituting first
lien on real estate,
on which there shall
be less than one
years interest due or
owing -. ........... 2,517,S61.4O
Amount of loans on
which there shall be
more than one years
interest due or owing 1885
Stocks and bonds 49,. 341,7O3.32
Loans upon the pledges
Of securities ........ 175,643.32
Other assets, including
accrued interest not
enumerated above :. s18,511.63
Total assets 81 222194
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. S 200,0OO.OO
Surplus on hand 500. 20O,OO0.OO
Undivided profits ..... 115,173.65
Deposits ............. 3,506, 0S9.51
Other liabilities ...... 200,931.70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Sons of the Flag

Ma r. HICKS. Mr.. Speaker | ask unani-
Nv 1" nous consent that NAV address tbe
house 1or two minutes in order to read =
patriotic poem by Mr.. George Morrow Mavo
which think is worthy of preservation.
The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Now
ork asks unanimous consent to address
the House for two minutes in order to read
poem Is there objection? After a
pause The Chair hears none.
Mr. HICKS. The poem is as follows.
Here's to the blue of the 1vind-suent
North
VINE" zoe meet on the fields of France:
May the spirit Of Grant be qcith nom NH
as the sons of the North oduonce.
Here's o.the gray of the un-k,sse5
South
l1hen zoe meet on the fields of France.
n"y the spirit of Lee be with voax all
AS the sons of the South ad7,nucc
ana hore,s TO the blue and grou as one
When 1ce meet on the fields of France.
Meg the spirit of God be yith ne nil
rs the sons Of the flag aduoncc.
Applause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

Washington also has its war-wags.
The jokc-de-guerrc is quite the rage.
There is a general, for example, who is
particularly famous for his lightning
wheezes.
"Have you seen the January number of
'The Cosmopolitan and 'Everybody's?" the
general asked an admiral friend.
"'Why no. said the wizened old scafarcr,
truthfully.
"'Well, said the general, One has a
Fable in Slang" and the other has Leave
No Wounded Behind" by Will Lexington
Comfort. l think these magazines should
be denied the use of the mails for violating
the espionage act
90 How is that?' asked the admiral, little
whiting that trap being set for him.
"'Why,' answered the general whose wit
is of the hair-trigger variety, because they
give AIDE and Comfort to the enemy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
The Toothsome
Whale
War Brings New DELEGATES!

"A MONG the wartime food nroys.
~ tons that have been adopted in
this country-and their number
is constantly increasing-is whale meat
Says "Gas Logic:
Whale steak has been served under liz
real name for some time by at least one
New York hotel and has met with higb
favor by the hotels patrons. Very likely
also 1t has masquerade as plain beef
steak elsewhere in the city without any
one being the wiser. Properly prepared
whale meat is said to resemble in appear.
ance and to rival in favor the choicest ten.
derloln. AS the flesh Of one sixty foot whale
is equal to that of seventy head of cattle,
there ought to be an immediate revival Of
the historic whaling industry if the public
generally indorses the favorable views Of
the food experts as to whale meat,
"San Francisco. Seattle and other Pacht
coast cities have been eating whale mes.
IN increasing quantities since last fall and
enjoying 1T, and in addition number Of
Coast canneries are putting up the new sea
TODD for home consumption and for export
mas been drafted as staple food for the
duration of the war and afterward as
we'll. If any one has any prejudice against
eating whale pot roast, curried whale On
toast, whale bouillon, or whale stew, just
let MN ponder these facts: The whss
lives many miles out at sea, away from all
shore contamination, in perfectly cleSl
blue water and he feeds practically exclS-
slvely on millions of live shrimps.
Another hitherto unsupported delcaH
the worlds food needs may soon bring usK
seal meat, long staple food of the natrs'
of the Pribilof Islands, the centre of Uncle
Sans sealing activities. Seal shoulders aN
declared to be particularly palatable and
IS said they can be prepared by any go's
cook so as to resemble swan breast botn ID
flavor and appearance. The United STATS
bureau of Fisheries IS now experiments!
with view to producing canned and cora'
seal meat in quantity.
The governments fishing experts at
also doing great deal Of missionary Won
in behalf Of the shark as food and hsH
compelled the admiration Of numerous epr
cures for his flesh. Even the despised sane
shark has been proved above reprose9
M"e" pioPerlv Drought 10 pan. " men w
Sam mas done toward putting the tilefsh-
the lost dsh-back on the food map is ssp
known. Thousands OF New York families
have come 10 appreciate the ine flavor ans
nutritlve qualities Of this valuable food aS
s'nce its 'rediscovery' a year Or so se'
stu another long-neglected food FISH l u.
government is trying to popularize IS U.
whiting, which is appetzing. abundant sl'
cheap. The squid, carp, sabefsh, the. na,
bot and the bowhn of our fresh waters az
the grayish-hithcrto a positive nuisance
are other fishes Uncle Sam is coaxing Us !.
eat in order to conserve our meat supplies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
"Beware the Anger of the
Patient Man,

X ENAToR THOMAS. The taxpayers of
~ the United States are wonderfully
patient people. They bear these increas
ing burdens with sort of good-natured
dlscontent manifestng itself here and
there occasionally. But while he is q very
patient animal, there is a limit to his pa
thence. Shakespeare said. Beware the an
ger OF patient man | want to saw to
my colleague and others who arc voting
away hundreds of thousands and hundreds
or millions of dollars, beware the anocr
OF the patient taxpayers of the United
states Sooner or later they are going to
review our bills and blue pencil them. and
'hcn, If they are dissatisfied the chances
are that the earthquake will occur. The
tax eater will take to the woods, and tho
men who have been lcgislatng in his be-
half ought.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Only Three Ways to
~ Get Any Sleep

Are you thinking of going to Wash
ington? inquiries Mr.. O'Malley. Then
there are only three ways of getting
sleeping quarters in the national capital
when one and ones wife start out on
trip to see the war-whirl in Washington
these days:
"In the first place, one may spend the
first night snatchng bits of sleep in the
meterless 'taXicab'- fechrstened an Auto
To-Hire-between fruitess visits to all the
hotels there are. which was what the wife
and l did; secondly, one may start out
bright and early the next morning and
begin by cruising back over the hotel route
again to find any sort of Washington hotel
room and bath, ending up. if one is lucky
by finding them in the Baltimore, which
was what the wife did; and. finally, one may
spend the second night sleeping in Wash
ington barroom, which was what did. 1t
was the first time l had ever slept in bar
room all night"
Which brings the author around to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

the better you do the job the more decisive
ly and quickly our side will win the war.
And so you work harder than you ever
worked before, when. perhaps, you were a
merchant prince in Babylon And the har-
der you work the more work you do The
more work you do the better your work be-
comes.
"The better your work becomes the har-
der you work. And that, | state
with prdefu authority, is the spirit of war
time Washington. Answering the Query of
Washington, Just what is the situation?
should say that work and carnestness are
our greatest national assets, and that we
have them in abundance"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

to number approximately 10000, is in full
possession of the town. There have since
been no facts whatsoever to bear this out
GA late issue of THE Official Bulletin
contained letter from the Commissioner
of Education advising against eliminating
the study of German from the public
schools, and the next day Mr.. Crecl was
busy explaining that had he seen the letter
1T would never have been published. What
is the use of it ali? There are in the coun-
try some twenty odd thousand newspapers
daily and weekly, ito which total The Off
cal Bulletin adds itself as one more Diff
ferent from 'Thc Congressional Record
which serves the purpose of presenting that
for which the newspapers have no space,
the executive organ has very little of con-
sequence which is not printed in the news
paper press.
The War Department summaries add but
one more military experts opinion to the
large number included in what we get for
our pennies every morning. And finally,
there is no possibility for the government
to control the fire of public criticism or to
form public opinion in democracy save bv
unembelished facts; all else is worse than
wasted effort
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Loyalty ON Both Sides
An Appeal Against
Bickering
A Sentiment Spoken
When the Wisconsin De-
cision Was Still in the Air

&ENATOR REED. l have watched the
~ course of affairs in the Senate and
know as | look across this aisle that an,
looking into the faces of men whose sons
are, some of them, upon the battle line.
some OF them in training camps. some OF
them upon the blue waves of the ocean.
either upon battlcships or upon those wasps
OF the sea that are seeking to DESTROY tho
submarines that menace our communica-
ton with our allies. AS | look upon this
side [ see men whose sons are engaged in
the same loyal service AS | look into the
hearts of all here | know that each man
would. give his last drop of blood that
surgcs through his veins if he could bring
victory to our arms and a glorious fruition
to our hopes.
50 | appeal to the Senate that we shall
have done with these miserable little nolitj
cal chickering's. Let the election 90 ON in
Wisconsin. Let us go on with our bust
ness here. l say as a Democrat if were
voter in Wisconsin ! would vote for the
Democratic candidate. but | also saw as a
Democrat that if either one of the leadino
candidates is returned loyal man will be
sworn in at yondcr desk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Handicappins the Future

Me- HUDDLEsToN. 1t IS sweet 70 die
AVA for ones country in the service Of
ones country. ! do not know OF auv w~v
man might better choose to die. Rut #
is not sweet to destroy ones country: if i
not sweet to lay taxes on babes vet unborn
1T is not sweet to jeopardize the future vol
fare of our country for a hundred voa,s
mat is what it means when we 90 on with
lntermlnable bond issues. That is what !,
means when we incur debts that a dozen
generations cannot pay. Those that arc n
come after US have their rights. Thnv will
commit their folles it may be thew win
nave their wars. They must suffer for their
own folly and misdecds. It. is NOT rimbt
that we should anticipate and Law unon
them the burdens of this generation and
punish them for the folly, cowardicc and
seltishness of this generation.
SO, as | say, that it is with great reluct
ancc that vote for this bond issue a, long
as the rate Of taxation is kept where j, is.
1t is with great reluctance that votc for
The issuance of bonds when | see vast fort
unes being piled up in the Golfers of men
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

coming more evident that the enemy will
launch the offensive only if compelled to
do so by the cxigencies of the general
strategic situation. This conversational
kind Of opinion might mean anything, but
the inference of the reader would be that
the drive was not imminent.
"a week later, when the man in the street
had learned from half dozen sources that
the effort. carefully prepared months ago,
let loose at the earliest moment the
weather permitted, the department easily
explained that as foretold' the German of
fensivc was forced by the failure of the
German political propaganda AS cigar
counter argument by our man in the street
this would be we'll enough, but as the best
our experts can do, what faith, asks the
crowd, can we put in any official advisings?
"No one holds that Washington ought to
know. but it is necessary to preserve the
illusion of knowledge at the source No
one would blame the government for being
mistaken. but every one blames it for writ
ing the mistake into the record
"a few days since. the war review stated,
In Siberia the important strategic centre,
lrkutsk. has fallen into the hands of the
enemy and hostile detachment, believed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

You knew him when he was only a prosper
Gus attorney big wool buyer. Dear
mel you exclaim, in the rough, uncouth
speech that we of the army fall into the
habit of using, 4 didn't know you were
down here. How long have you been here o
month longer than you have. You haven't
met, because you both have been too busy"
His reasons for being busy compare
favorably with the best known syllogism
in the most famous Of texts on logic:
you are busy for this reason: You come
down here to take job You find, before a
week has ended, that the harder you work
the better you do the job. You realize that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
st. George and the DRAGON

MA II. kIICHEN. The progressive forces
Oh civilization are in death crapplc
VIZ" 'ne ehraged might of modern barbar
ISM ON INC fields of France. The supcrb
form, clean-imbcd. bright-eye ouick-
Drained American nobility are there in time
=" sem the Hun tide of savagery. They
'''ng Their militant manhood to aid the
s-uooorN, resistant Briton and the headlonp
Na'orous Gau Together they constitute
wall OF civilization against which tho
hordes Of animated cupdity. hate cruelty
and CRIME. led by nordinate ambition. viii
pea. and break and beat and break again
uhtil IN blllows of their own dark blood
tney shall be swept back to redden the
Rhine Applause.
me multiplied American thousands NOV
ing maJestically to victory or death are on
liIed to believe that the united PRAYERS Of
.he'r loo'o000o0 ccuntrymen are INVOKING
the god OF battles to their aid. They have
rlght TO believe that in the camp, on tho
"'"rch' upon the sea, under its waters. or
!e' III inc upper air, wherever war-clad
A',erlcahs are, their eyes are turned tow
ara france and their hearts follow their
vision Applause
ihey are entitled to know that in this
"ou, ,hose who toll with hand or brain
s"aii OBJECT to neither hours nor wage; that
wealth shall not sickle for profit NOR
struggle to save capital; and that all orr
resources industrial, financial and martial
snail mobilize with power, precision and
dispatch "''o
ihey have right to know that the Amer;-
can people are Enthusiastically for 81
GEORGE and against the Dragon; for tho
c'oss and against the crescent; for Perish.
ING ana against uindonburp IAnnlaus,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
The Airplane of the
Future
WHAT of the airplane of the future?

WHAT of the airplane of the future?
According to "The Scientific
american" Professor Alexander Graham
Bell, inventor Of the telephone and one Of
tne AeriaP Experiment Association which
produced The Silver Dart" manv wears
ago, recently said in an address at TO-
ronto:
The airplanc is to be deciding factor
~ TINS war. Men now ny 10000 feet in the
ar and what | want you to note il that
theoretically the machine at that beipht
sn'u'd be more efficient by flying faster and
more economically. Suppose your propslycr
mas the same push at that height where
INC ayr ~ rarer you should get more xpccd'
Df. zen then gave scientific cxplana-
lion why the airpiane should travel faster
al the greater height. change Of poar
az IN motor car, which would make the
propeller travel faster, he pointed out. was
inc solution Of this problem, and he pre-
c'ctah the day when the flying machine
~cr'd attain such speed that the wings NAV
be- unnecessary.
NOW, II we have machines flying with
out wings, how about flying without en-
gines" added Mr.. Bell. All other thinyx
that ny fly without enginer. Considcr the
albatross, which, without the movement Of
i.5 wings, can oyertake ship even when
thc bird ~ travelling against the Wind
The flying Of these birds is ii problem open
70 ,cisnee. The question IL, "How do they
do itz"'" -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

VINO do not need the money. but get it merely
TOR the pleasure they gain by the getting.
| hate to vote for bond issue under any
such circumstances want to saw that the
time is near at hand when | for one shall,
refuse to further burden the future. | saw
that because it is the best way have to
protest against such policy. I want to
give the government all the money it needs
TO carry on the war. l am willing TO strip
myself to the bone and give nv last cent.
am anxious that we should do everything
necessary to carry on the war, but am NOT
willing that we should jeopardize the future
OF our country by reckless and suicidal
financial policy that will lead to the finan-
clal rum and bankruptcy of the future.
1T is CRIME against the country to con-
tlnue to issue bonds when there are idle
and selfish dollars in the pockets of the rich
mat should be put into the war alongside
OF the boys IN the trenches. We are fight
ing for the honor and dignity of our coun-
Try Let property make its sacrifices as
we'll as the humble citizen. Applause
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
shingt0ns Wartime Whirl Makes Life Strenuous

few practical instances of Washingtonian
"profiteering."
Before finally turning in to sleep in
his two-dollar bed upon the top of what
was once a bar, he learned that in war
time Washington there are, to wit:
hall bedrooms or if-you-can- get 'em hall
bedrooms) Of an ante bellum rental of ten
dollars a month which suddenly have pulled
up into bellum if you-can- get ems at forty
and fifty dollars q month; that very swaggcr
houses which recently were rented for ten
thousand dollars q year now bring twenty
five thousand dollars yearly; that one lady,
who had had unfinished apartment for
which she paid ninety dollars month, had
periodically rented the Rooms, furnished,
during the first war winter, at a rate of
only five hundred dollars a month, pocket
ing three thousand dollars for six months
as her slight bit toward winning the war;
that ante bclum furnished apartments in
the hundred and fifty -dollar-a-month class
bring very often three hundred and fifty
dollars and more a month in bellum days;
NiiS'V DSio -Wdi--OGn Wdn--natS, unfur-
nished, at sevcnty-hvc dollars now COM
monty are rented at two hundred and twcn-
ty-five and two hundred and fifty dollars.
furnished"
Sleeping in barber chairs and in taxi
cabs is not unknown, though he says the
bootblacks have not yet rented their
stands, nor dentists. But sleeping is
nothing to having along with you a wife
who is not able to see certain patriotic
aspects of wartime Washington. There
is certain Pennsylvania Avenue hotel.
he remarks, where he breakfasted to the
tune Of one of his wife's "distressingly
unpatriotic tantrums":
"Thc hotel management in a noble effort
to help win the war by conserving food.
charged the wife and me five cents prunc.
hve prunes in saucer, at twenty cents
per prunc order, fifty cents for our total
of ten prunes. I was mortified to death
the way she went on
Waiter she said with cold finaltv, as
II the poor waiter were to blame-'vaitcr.
have only this to say: You may report back
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Those Seeking Amusement
L Find 1t Aplenty

Also, be it known, Washington is no
longer dead one for drama. With its
development into the capital of the world,
amusement had to be found for it's fair
women and brave men, So Washington
goes to the theatre, taking it's cue from
the President, who goes to be amused:
There is enough sadness in real life,
says Washington. When l go to the thea
tre l want to have good time And so
the Ziegfeld shows and the Winter Garden
shows the 'Hitchy-Koo' turn 'em away
while there was lots of room at the Barrie
playlets last November
(Which is no more than to say that Wash
ington is American city Those whose
fiscal day ends at 4:3O tell me that the
concerts are always attended to capacity.
The concerts the thing. A Washington
first night, however, is nothing but Mon
day evening. I attended first night with
the gifted artist who drew the pictures for
this. story; and after the pay-the only
Night Of Riot | have had-we went to the
Willard for drink and provender"
Which suggests the question-How has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

ELY1NG CADET REBER. during '''
course Of his spherical oai's
framing at San Antonio. Tex. wnlle :"
ms solo flight and proceeding along a0's'
Twelve miles an hour on the guide Vp',
saw cowboy and pony crossing the a.''
ahead of him. The cowboy, without =.
Vltatlon, leaned down. caught the gu','
rope and tied il TO the horn of ms ~ !.
dle. This was the signal for the pony :
plant his front feet. s.
Much to the surprise of the cows
ana more so to the pony. the balloon r.
ceeded along its way. After pssS ~
dragged across The field the cow !.
threatened to shoot the pilot unless s
stopped.
The situation was finally relieveo .
the cowboy exchanging his revolver s.
a knife and cutting away the guide isss
leaving knot on the horn of the w.
as a souvenir.-From Flying
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Ctaying to Hear the
~ Death Rattle

Something of the old air Of /.
however, still clings to washina ts.s
amusements, particularly REGARDING s ~
ball. This writer observes: ''se'
Zone day last summer the soo.
to 2, in favor of Detroit, ninth ;nn;,. -
out. In New York nobody would b. ~ IVY
manned to hear the death rattle of ~.
team. But in Washington nobodv-n,. ''''
the celebrated Struggling few.
go. observed that the Washinv,o. "
was a good sport; he didn't conc, .sa
game until the last man WAS o,t - '4'
sport nothing. said Tad, a cartoon;,.
as he might prefer me to say. tho c....
list. These guys stick around =. l..
they can. They've got nowhere to % =,
the games over" A
After the sight hounds" who vii, g !,
many foreign and Teutonic names c.rss
on Washlngton's architecture. Wash;.
ton is perhaps best known for its Lodi :,
anything like the street and subway =,
vice of New York and for its pronun,;.
tons:
"Washington is full of the Atb....
Young Man. He speaks of ayviat;o, -,
Data and Suspects and the single .or.'
and everybody but the President, the Sen.
tary of War, and me, speaks of car,,..
ments. But our athaletic YOUNG NM,
heaven bless them. are fine soldier, -,
the fire against the enemy is no less eHs,
tive because the men sending it call il h,,
rodge. What will win the war | am NJ,
prepared to say, though I do read the d.
vertisements; but nobody has advanced ~,
dlction and enunciation will win the war,