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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14

FORM ONE BODY
AuguStana Synod Only One Outside
of Merger Just Effected IN
New York City.

New York, Nov. 14.-All the syn
DDS Of the three great Lutheran or
CARNATIONS. except the Augustana
Synod OF Illinois, have voted to
merge under the name of the United
Lutheran Church in America.
Explaining the status of Angus
tana synod, President G. A An
dreen of Augustana college today
said:
1.-The Lutheran church in America
has been called the church Of many
languages, 20 having been used in
its work; but gradually the Com
mon language for speech and ser
vice is becoming English, and the
day is dawning when the Lutheran
church viii be one of the strong
English-speaking churches in the
world. With this oneness Of lam
euage has come a strong movement
among the various synods to have
a central and common organization
throuChCut the length and breadth
Of the United STAGES, which ~tenden-
cy surely will result in some form
of final coordination of the church
work throughout America
In making preparations for the
celebration of the 400th anniversary
the question Of uniting three of the
older general bodies was discussed
and with great enthusiasm accept
ed, with the result that three gen
eral bodies are today united in
New York City in one body. namely,
General Council with 761 900 mem
bers, General Synod with 475,000
members, and the United Synod
South With $4,000 members, making
a. total ot 1.3ll.OO0. The number of
synods Joined in this merger
-amount to 45. The Augustana syn
cd, up to this time a member Of the
General Council Of North america,
did not ratify the union and hence
does not join in the merger at New
York today
'aThe Augustana synod has a
membership of 2S3 900 and in the
three cities there are eight con-
gregations. The other synOds have
eight also, making a total of Is
Evangelical Lutheran churches in
the three cities; of these, only one
is included in the present merger,
namely, st. Paul's of Davenport
'"The Augustana synod does not
feel ready to give up ats work, its
institutions and its identity, and
felt that its best course was as yet
to keep its organization. II has,
however, appointed a committee to
join with the other synods in a
still larger plan Of association or
federation which should eventu-
ally comprise the 1000, 900 members
Of the whole country"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14
GeOrre Dewey Reside.

George Dewey Reside died at the
home, 1903 Fourth avenue, this
morning. after y days illness of
pneumonia, which developed follow
ing Spanish influenza. He had
been in this city only a few weeks,
being employed on the Rock Island
arsenal.
George Reside was born May 2,
1900, near Virginia, Ill, and spent
most of his life there. He is sur
viYed by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Reside Of Bluff Springs, Ill,
two brothers, John and James of
Rock Island, and three sisters, Mrs.
Charles Newberry and Mrs Earl
Harris of Virginia, Ill, and Blanche
at home The remains will be TAX
en- to Virginia, Ill, Saturday morn
ing for services and burial in the
Oak Grove cemetery there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14

Attention. Regular meeting
will be held Nov 14th. Important
changes in by laws to be acted on.
BY order Joseph Mejerle, Noble
Grand; william Guldenzopf, Re
cording Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14
PERSONAL POINTS

Lloyd Black, formerly assistant
secretary at the 7. NJ c. A. in Peo-
ria is spending a few days at the
local y NJ c. A
Karl Urban, Y. NJ C. A resident,
left yesterday for his home in Ra-
cine. Wis.
Fred Masters and Roy Courtney
have returned from their homes in
0skalOOEa, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14
CASHIER GETS PROMOTION.

TDVTIIaI 70 ILiJ II = Uo-T
MatherviIle, Ill, Nov. 14-F. W.
Spalding, cashier at the Mather-
vile bank, has taken position in a
bank at Clinton, Iowa, where he
viii be in charge Of the savings de
partment Alex Simpson, cashier Of
the Farmers bank at Sherrard, will
fill the vacancy caused by Mr..
Spalding's resignation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14

bench and remain at home because
of Illness.
Judge Graves is holding court
in this county this week for the
first time in one and one-half years.
his time being occupied almost en-
tirely by work in the appellate
court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14
Besco Brooms. Beardslov,o

Besco waffle syrup, Beardai.-..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14
Licensed To Wed

Eugene Patterson, coIorel ....
.............. East Moline
Edna White, colored Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14
DEATH TAKES CAMBRIDGE
MAN.

VIf7N.I~A
Cambridge, Ill, Nov. IA. - Mrs
Sadie Knapp has received word that
her son Earl Knapp had passed
away Sunday, near Calgary, Can
ada, where he had been on a claim
for several years. He was % years
old The remains arrived in Cam
bridge today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14
Obituary
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith.

Mrs. Elizabeth Smith of Milan
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. L. J. G. Goldsmith Of Milan,
this morning. Mrs. Smith suffered
a stroke of paralysis sometime ago
and has been very i'll since. She
services were held at the home this
afternoon at a o'clock. The re-
mains were taken to Downer's
Grove, ILL.,, for burial
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14

New York, Nov. 14.-AII the syn
DDS Of the three great Lutheran or
CARNATIONS. except the Augustana
Synod OF Illinois, have voted to
merge under the name of the United
Lutheran Church in America.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14

small fire that had started on the
second floor back of a Dashboard.
where some matches were ignited
by mice. The flames were put out
with chemicals. The damage was
slght.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-14
MICE START FIRE.

The fire department was called
to the Modern Woodman office at
l0:l 5this morning to extinguish a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
TIE NEW DIPIOMACY.

Bartlesville Examiner: Pronounce
ments by the spokesmen for the coun-
tries at war are the first exhibition the
world has had Of the working out of
the new diplomacy
While the speechmaking is also in
the nature Of a feeling out process
and an enforced and unreliable thing
as far as the central powers are con-
cerned. it is a real tryout of the new
diplomacy for which United States is
the first official sponsor.
With the cards being laid on the
table from time to time, the public Is
informed as to the governmental SIDE
of the exchange Of views, but unin-
Illuminating sidelights obtained through
formed in regard to the unofficial and
tho various avenues of information
open to the governments at war and
of the reasons for the speech that may
he made today and the speech that may
be made tomorrow.
The new diplomacy is long step
in advance-some time it will be am
nIifed so that a thoroughly informed
nllhlic will know, all the reasons for
the pronounccments as well as know
ing what the pronouncements them
selves are.
American shirt sleeve diplomacy Is
TODAY the universal diplomacy an
allied victory will make open covenants
the basis of all future international
relations
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
GERNIANY-"TWENTY YEARS
AFTER"

Worlds Work We may sum up the
situation as it will exist twenty years
after the close Of the present war
somewhat as follows, provided the allies
do not succeed in debating all the terms
Of peace:
Germany, her territory unscathed by
the present war, will have in large
measure recovered from its effects
while. with her continental enemies so
bitterly ravished by the wars sweep
the process Of regeneration will scarcely
have gotten well under way. The mo-
bilization Of her manpower and that OF
her allies will place an army of seven
teen million men all German.trained
and German-eQuipped, under the Ger
man command to be thrown against
one-fourth Of that force in Europe. This
time the struggle will be short. There
will be no mscalculation, no Marne
no Verdun. Then will the real German
aim-not Hamburg Bagdad but Calais
Bagdad-be achieved, and out of the
apparent downfall of the present war
will spring the world power OF which
the Pan.Germanic league has beer
dreaming since 1870 and of which Bern
hardi wrote in 1912.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Boy Veterans Overeat.

New York Sun: England has many
boy veterans invalided home or on leave
from the front just as Sherman's army
in the Civil War here was full of hardy
youths with re-enistment stripes denot-
ing their length Of service, In one
English camp is detachment OF boy
soldiers, the eldest Of whom is not yet
nineteen They were removed from the
front because their correct ages were
ascertaned. Some had been two years
fighting the Germans. Many of the
lads developed stomach troubles on their
return to England. 1t was found that
the humdrum of drill after the excite
ment Of fighting topped with unlimited
ner had impaired their digestions.
quantities of plum pudding after din
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
1T NEVER FAILS.

Some day when you've been feeling ill,
And fever's followed up by chill;
When all your bodys weak and sore.
And lifes not lovely any more;
When you have spent a week in bed
with bandages around your head
And mustard plasters on your neck
When you're a poor, pathetic wreck
All full Of aches and pains and gloom,
With one foot in the silent tomb
Some day you'll wabble down the street
To take the air and you will meet
A man you haven't seen since long
Ago, when you were well and strong,
And he will grab you hand with glee,
And burble loud and joyously-
Ut happens nine times out Of ten
To all afflicted sons OF mem.
And he'll assert, with hearty yell,
81 never saw you look so well"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
COUNTRY TEETH.

,nnvo1nent II ON fool IL provide
,..,,.a ,oro for tho teeth Of country
's,,,' ,. T.. insnir,d nv the fact,
.''''I' ',l, va g., a.ra,. ,nod;caI examinations.
r,,'to 80 aan'in,, from the country are
nc Do'5 ',,,,.iaa',,, to hove from cities
D, l',' ,",,.ra and ,hat q large part of
,'''U ',', ',,', Joari,naio, aro dino to had teeth
'''eti uo''V','',',' -, .a,,. cornmenta.
49,. .,T,ot ,no LonoGciaI effects Of out
g,a. Iifa sn,sbtne vigorous play and
Y ''e,,.,o Good snnnosed to he inseparably
~ ,'''.,,'i,,od ,,,i,h ,outb in the country,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
From Other
EDITORIAL Pages
THAT RUSSIAN FOOD.

Lawton News: with the withdrawal
OF Russia from the war, some writers
already see disaster staring the entente
allies in the face, due to the fact, they
say, that Russian foodstuffs will aleVi-
ate the economic conditions in the cen
tral powers and relieve the political
pressure on military leaders giving
them free hand to continue the con
flict.
But it is rather difficult to understand
how the Germans will in the few short
months which remain between now and
spring will be able to organize the eco
nomic situation in Russia and make 1t
advantageous to the central powers IN
the coming big drive.
Russia has been short OF food itself,
and the transportation conditions are
deplorable. Under these conditions It
is difficult to conceive, just how the
Huns are to benefit materially from the
peace declaration with the Russians.
II the war is prolonged until the Ger
mans have had an opportunity TO re-or-
ganize the agricultural resources Of the
farming regions of Russia and secure
the harvest Of a crop, then Germany
and her allies may be able to pacify the
demands of their people for cessation
OF the conflict and tight to the end.
The two questions now Of prime IN
terest are those regard the suprem
acy Of the entente allies in every line
of war-making and the temper Of the
Teutonic people toward military oppres
sion Either one Of these or both viii
win the war for the allies.
1t may be assured, however that Ger
many is not going to win the war with
the foodstuffs she will secure from the
Russians within the next few months
for if recrds are correct, the Huns vii
| find ii necessary to construct few nun
dred miles of railroads and spend sea
son in showing the Slays how to raise
the crops they need.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
roo PROUD TO FIGHT.

A certain celebrated remark made on
a certain occasion by a certain states
man has at last found eXemplihcation.
There is such q thing as being too
proud to fight" Russia has proved 1t.
The bolshevist government in its spec
tacular withdrawal from the war, has
advertised to all the world that it is
literally "to proud to fight"
So far as the words Of Trot2ky and
Lenine are comprehensive at all, they
appear to mean precisely that They
defy the enemy-and demobilize their
own army
They explain that they cannot sign a
Prussian peace giving to the govern
ments of Germany and Austria coun-
tries and peoples vanquished by force
Of arms. But
we cannot, will not and must not
continue war begun by ears and
capitalists in alliance with ears and
capitalists. We will not and we must
not continue TO be at war with the
Germans and Austrians, workmen and
peasants like ourselves. Let the Ger
man and Austrian soldiers know who
are placing them in the field OF battle
and let them know also that we refuse
to fight against them"
It sound crazy Maybe it is. Anc
vet, it is hard to say The German
government is frankly puzzled by the
absurd situation of being at war viii
an enemy VINO insists on remaining
an enemy, and insists just rs strongl!
that he won't fight.
Politically and militarily it is ridicu
lous. Nevertheless the bolshevist state
ments are propaganda stuff that ma.
prove more perilous to their enemie
than soldiers and guns. 1t may reall.
influence the German and Austrian
masses, weaken their fighting spirit an
move them to revolt 1t is quiXoti
experiment in practical pacitlsm unprt
cedented in history. And it is too earl
to say whether the men responsible 10
# are altogether fools or croows
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
The Men Who Came Back
THE MEN WHO CAME BACK.
BY Sergt. j. T.. Halves,

Second Battalion Canadian Expedition
ary Forces at Des Moines Depot,
b. c. Il. NJ,
The very next day after our company
arrived at the trenches it was our lot
10 be sent to the firing trenches-the
front line. There we received our bap-
tsm OF fire which took toll OF several
lives at the beginning. These casual
ties were from snipins and occasional
bursts OF shell fire. We soon became
accustomed to il. Then we began to
retaliate. Our trenches were quiet then
as compared with the Germans for
in our fire We answered them five TO
one.
But my first real thrill was when a
British aviator downed two boche air
men. Our sporting Canadian blood was
aroused by that unequal combat that
v,e all stopped firing to watch the
scrap. a number of casualties was the
direct result OF it, as shrapnel bursting
overhead showered steel in our faces.
But still we watched the fight and
cheered them when it was over.
The great fight" came close to me-
however, for the first time when my
chum, Les Newman, got it, 1t hap
pened few days after we had entered
the trenches. Les for some time had
been sharpshooting and in doing 50 ex-
posed himself to the Germans who were
sniping In those first days OF the war
we had no loopholes, and it was neces'
sary for us to get up over the edge or
the parapet TO fire effectively. He had
/ Just begun shooting to kin that after
/ noon when a German got him" through
/ the head. He died two weeks later.
After months trench life and the
usual miraculous escapes | got mine
1t was one evening when we were be
ing relieved that a big Jack Johnson
came my way and landed less than a
hundred yards away. l came out OF
Il with four crushed ribs. After that
l spent the next nine months recuper-
ating and then received my discharge,
Not fit at present for the trenches l am
serving with the British Canadian Re
cruiting Mission.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19

extent Of fifteen or twenty per cent.
Corn used in this way makes scarcely
any perceptible difference in color, con.
sistency or flavor. The bread appears
a trifle gray instead of pure white, and
an expert may find a slight taste OF
corn, but few persons unless they were
told of the substitution would suspect II.
This mixture has been officially rec
commended by Dr. Samuel c. Dixon
health commissioner of Pennsylvania,
and by various officials and experts in
other states.
As a Philadelphia food chemist eX'
plains, the new bread owes its supe-
riority over most war breads to the
fact that it is corn flour rather than
corn meal which is substituted. The
meal would make a rather heavy bread,
and leave clearly percepuble taste
Of corn which might in time become
disagreeable The corn flour is al
most the same in chemical compost
ton as the corn meal but contains q
little more protein and starch and a
little less fat, the shortage Of fat being
due to the extraction OF the germ before
grinding. The nutritive value IS prac'
tically the same as that OF wheat bread.
The wheat flour cannot be entirely
re placed by corn flour, because con-
siderable amount of wheat is necessary
to supply the gluten, without which 1t
is impossible to make a raised dough
Put no difficulties are found in using
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Real Athleticisn.

Christian Herald: An athletic au-
thority says that thirty-hye is the maxi
mum age for a good athlete Perhaps
most people have noticed that protes-
sional athlete wear themselves out
young. Prizehghters. sprinters and cir
Gus performers quit in early prime. But
are these the real athletes? How much
more true an athlete is the well-pre-
served farmer who, at siXty-fiye, can
pitch as much hay as'his son or grand
son? The best athleticism is that which
holds through the ripper years and en-
ables man to sit on his horse as
erectly at sixty as at twenty. The kind
of atheticism that falls at thirty-live
is the wrong kind Of athleticism. 1t is
the tense, violent, virtuoso sort Of skill
in mere spectacular accomplishment.
The proof Of real athleticism is health
and activity in old age. Happy and
healthful old age is the final proof Of
right living.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
GERMANY'S
BY Ralph Henry Barbour of the
Nigilantes.

If this war could have been won by
lying. the allies would now be beaten
to their knees and America in chains.
If the German general staff used arms
and men half as successfully as it uses
its secret agents, the Avenue de POpera'
Paris, would today be Hindenburg-
strasse. The German shells cannot
reach across the Atlantic. but the Ger
man lies can and do, and ever since
the war began German propaganda has
been making breaches in our defenses.
The enemy suits the lie to the occasion.
We have endured all sorts. Some few
have been captured and shot at sun
rise, but most are still at large, work
ing mischief in their own subtle, secret
way They vary in Importance, those
lies. They run the gamus from our old
friend the eUnited-States-has-nOQuarrel-
with. Germany down TO the little sneak
ing ourboys.starving-in-cantonments
And every lie has its day. There's a
regular mode as to German propaganda
and. looking back when the war is done
we shall discern that each season OF
the struggle was represented by its OWL
particular style in lies. But there is
one lie, the great-grandfathe OF then
all. that has never since its first ap
pearance, been of duty. 1t is l thinE
the general stafrs fayorite.
/ refer TO that SCARED but still in
domitable old veteran, a.Wall.street-var
1t is. perhaps the most puerile Of Ger
many's first-line lies, but certainly the
hardest worked. II has never had
day off since it marched to the front
and Just now, it is especially prom
nent. Its duty is, Of course, to diYid'
public opinion in this country and t.
foster dissension between capital an'
labor between employer and employed
And its every success, no matter nov
slight. delays the prosecution OF tn
F
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
INCOME TAX RETURNS.

1t is just as well that the internal
revenue commissioner has added
month to the time allowed for filing per
Bonal income tax returns. The public
now has until March 81 instead of until
Feb. 2S to discharge this duty. The
reason given for the pOstponement is
mat people need more time in which
to figure out their income tax under
the new law. The revenue commits
sioner might have added that one re;I-
son they need more time is because the
necessary blanks and explanations have
not been sooner furnished by his de
partment. They ought to have been in
the hands of the public many weeks
ago. But perhaps the department
shouldn't be blamed for the delay. 1t
was likely due to the fact that the in
ternal revenue experts themselves have
had a hard time figuring out what the
law means.
Anyhow, the public now has the
necessary blanks, or can get them by
applyin gto any internal revenue col
lector, and several millions Of Ameri-
cans are facing the pleasant prospect
of graphing for a month or so with
last years accounts, and trying. with
varying degrees Of success, to tell the
truth about their income and the
amount they owe Uncle Sam.
1t is safe to say that not one Of all
those millions. when he finally submits
his return, will be sure that he has it
right. And nobody else will ever know
either. Even congress, which made the
law. doesn't know what it means. 1t
is all a matter Of opinion
1t is well to remember however that
it isn't simply a matter of the tax.
paver's opinion. The internal revenue
department has the last word about 1t,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
LIE

war
II never had a leg to stand on out
in some miraculous way It sun en-
dures. 4 schoolboy could ehectiNey
dispose of it without any trouble but
perhaps merely because it is beneath
contempt, it has been allowed TO go
on its silly, sneaking way. a wan
street war. Yes, if Wall street arranged
the sinking of the Lusitania' caused
the rape of Belgium and wrote the Alin-
norman letter. A war began by capl-
tai? Certainly, if you will credit capitai
with being so unselfish as to renounce
the rich profits it was garnering.
Germany propagandists weep croco-
die tears for the laboring man. But
the laboring man himself is far TOO
busy to do any shifting. Since the war
began he has been enthroned a prac-
tical dictator. He receives wages that'
in spite Of increased cost of living ar
fecting rich and poor alike, place nm
in a position Of prosperity he scarcely
dreamed of before. He sees many OF
his most utopian visions, government
ownership Of railroads government con-
troll Of public utilities and the ike, mace
concrete as by the wave of a magic
wand He knows that the influence OF
the war, on the future Of this and All
other countries will be all in his favor.
This war is neither a rich mans war
ror poor mans war, neither war OF
capital nor a war of labor. 1t is a war
OF the American people for liberty ana
all the things they hold dear. And II IS
war that is being fought by rich ana
poor, capitalist and laborer side by side
and that will continue to be so fought
until it is ended in the only way it can
be allowed to end; and this in spite OF
! German arms and German propaganda
And in spite too, of the old and bat
tered. but still active. \ wall street
war lie. A jokes 4 joke, but really
someone ought to put that out OF It's
misery!