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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
FESSING UP.


"'TwiXt you and me-"
Said Ignatz Grady,
my family tree
Is pretty shady"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
my family tree"
Said Henry Hutts,
at seems to me
Was full of nuts"
Youngstown Tel.
"My family tree
Mused Harry Jigg
1T pears to me,
Was but a twig."
If YOU would become a bond
holder keep a hen, advises an edi-
tor of a weekly publication. But
to get the hen-aye, there's the
rub.
RIAS Johnson, a respectable col
ored farmer, came into the Herald
office and thanked the owner for
past favors, paid all he owed, and
left carrying a recent for the Her
aid until 1919. Rias Is living on
Salem plantation, and is very
thankful for the blessings which
came his way last year, and IS
trusting in the Lord to direct his
efforts that he will do equally as
well this year.-From the Yazoo
City (Miss.) Herald.
ONE congressman complains
that there is not enough to do il
congress to keep him occupied.
We would suggest that he secure
a half acre of ground in a conven-
lent location and put in his Idle
hours helping to increase national
production.
Putting the o. X. on the D. l.. Saw
ing Law.
(Matherville News).
The new daylight saving law
went into effect Sunday morning
without a hitch. The Rock Island
Southern car was on time and all
the services of the church were at
the regular hours.
WHILE New York City was ring
ing bells and dropping literature
bombs and Chicago was blowing
whistles. sirens. etc. and holding
mass meetings in celebration OF tho
opening of the third Liberty loan
campaign, O number of little Illi-
nois towns were selling bonds, a
half dozen or so having oversub-
scribed their quotas before noon.
WHICH do you suppose will do
the most toward whipping th ;
kaiser-Chicago and New York'a
usual "big town" manifestations or
the selling of bonds as done by tha
q. Q. backwoods townss 30 do we.
HAVE you bought yourss
ak +.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
SAME AS A CENT THIRTY
YEARS AGO.

A. W. Ransom of Mitchell, S. D.,
carried a $3.50 gold piece for 80
years. Recently he bought bread
and gave it to the baker for a cent.
The baker gave it to the bank as a
-3sod eql OF II luss Eueq eQl 'au9o
office as a cent and the postoftlce
gave it to a customer for the same
value. Mr.. Ransom traced 1t to
the postoffice and then offered a
reward for it's return, and now has
it back.-Columbus (O.) Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

Rain on Liberty day, breaking weeks of drouth.
is as welcome it would have been any other day.
Anything that helps the earth produce food for
and beast will aid the allied cause and what does
a little personal inconvenience amount to when
human liberty is at stake?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

Combating German kultur where 1t crops out is
like treating symptoms instead of of disease
a method medical science long ago found to be futile.
If the world is to be made safe for democracy the
sinister influences which spring from Germany must
be curbed the source and that is the job the allies
have before them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO.
Just q Letter.

And how are they getting along
now? And did the money make
them unhappy HIM Ex-
ouse me. l didn't mean TO smile.
but
this morning, lt'a on my desk
here some-ah. there II ID. I'll read
you some of &C.
i've been meaning to write you
for the longest time," shesaya, "but
life Is so very full now And I've
found out what you wanted Il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
The BOYS Who Come Back.

American soldiers already being invaded
nome and they expressing great establishment
that this country is not more fully alive TO its war
RESPONSIBILITIES than they are finding it. They can
not understand why there so many idle ones es-
secially among men who are within The draft age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

Under normal conditions the deposed car of
Russia and his family ought to live comfortably on
the allowance OF 1854 per month the Bolshevik have
voted them If, however, they are paid in Russian
counterfeit paper printed in Germany, Nicholas may
have to continue to saw wood on the side to keep
the wolf from the door.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

E. E. B. gives us the following
which appeared in a recent edition
of the paper that prints a. t. n. a.
t. t. with the query, can you guess
what kind of an automobile the
federal officers must have used in
making that trip" We pass the
buck on to the readers, some OF
whom no doubt can furnish the de-
sired information Here it is:
The raid of Mixers camp was
made by United States Marshal V.
Y. Dallman and Deputy Marshal
John H. Coburn and Deputy Mar
shall Kennedy. The operatives
were forced to secure a boat and
row to the island, making the trip
to the island. which is situated
near Blossomberg, in an automo-
bile
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

GERMANY announces that be-
cause there was a funeral in the
city that day, Paris was not bonn
barded by the Hun long-range gun
Wednesday. Aren't those Germans
getting just too tender for any
thing?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

ing the waterway. irrigating canals
and water power plants. Paris
alone will utilize 100000 horse
power from the projected plant 81
Genissiat. In the department OF tae
Ain. where q dam 10 yards hlsh
will be- built.
Switzerland, as well as france
~ interested IN the waterway W
the Mediterranean, since t WIZ
thus have an outlet by water x
the sea at the south as we'll as a.
the north.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

Rock Islands verdict on the saloon question last
TUESDAY probably will relieve the government of the
expense of maintaining submarine chaser feet on
the Mississippi river at this point this summer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

WHAT we've been waiting to hear
is Hindenburg' excuse to the Ger
man people for not being in Paris
Easter Sunday. But then, the leu
tonic mind is slow to act and maybe
he's trying to think up deep one"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

To keep a man out Of the mud black his boots.
Our allies already have formally thanked for de-
nyng ourselves in order TO supply them with food.
Food slackers who this at liberty to draw
their own deductions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

Lessees Of a number OF saloon properties In Rock
Island planning to open restaurants after May
It is reported. The drys have been telling US all
along that If we had less to drink we should have
more to eat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

Thanks to the activities of federal agents the
Suitcase is being restored good standing in Rock
.Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

II you cannot fight for Uncle Sam you can at
least let your dollars work for him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
Watson, From This Doesn't 1t APP
pear Somebody Didn't Pay His
Pauer Bill!

(Reynolds Press).
John Bailey was given a berth
in the Mercer county Jail last week
to await the action of the grand
jury. The man is q years old and
a worthless deadbeat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

SPEAKING of the wild, wild
women" whom we have heard SO
much of in the last few months. did
you know that Ben Wild lives in
MatherVille?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

ACCORDING to government fig
ures there are 100000 people in
the United States between the ages
of 90 and 40 who can neither read
nor write. They don't know what
they're missing!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

The Bulgar attitude toward Servia has nowhere
been succinctly expressed than in the Hymn
of Hate" written by Ivan Arnaudo secretary to the
Bulgarian department of education:
The Washington times., 1918-08-14

GoIdenberE's Furniture store-~Aeross the street"
The Washington times., 1918-08-14
PROPOSED DRAFT
STOPS RECRUITING

Suspension Of enlistments in the
army and navy until further orders
also means no commissions will be
granted civilians during that period,
according to further announcement
by the department Commissions,
however. will be granted to those
who win them in the present training
camps.
The suspension of enlistments was
ordered until some definite decision
can be reached regarding the pro-
posed extension of the draft law.
, Under present proposals 1t will in
clude men OF eighteen to forty-five
years
President Wilson and his Cabinet
held a long conference yesterday aft
ernoon to discuss the proposed draft
extension. 1t is known that they
agreed that the proposed law should
be applied so as to mean the least
possible reduction in the productivity
OF Industries Of the nation.
voluntary enlistments in the army
and navy were stopped for the sole
purpose of steadying industry" Sec
Tetary of War Baker announced.
Without such a precaution many
men now engaged in vital work. who
may never be called into active mill
tary service, would have an induce
ment to leave their places" he said.
Everybody can better serve the
country by retaining their positions
until the call comes" he added.
The Washington times., 1918-08-14
AMENDMENT TO
SPEED WAR WORK

The work or fight" amendment to
the man-power bill, adopted by the
Senate Military Committee, is likely
to find considerable opposition from
friends of organized labor before it
becomes law.
Persons who enjoy deferred classifi-
cation in the draft who refuse to work
when physically able. will at once be
made subject to the draft, under its
provisions Supporters of organized
labor may contend that this means a
virtual conscription of labor and anti
strike law
The amendment, however, is less
drastic than that which had been sug-
gested by Senator Thomas of Colo
rado. Members of the Military Com
mittee believe IL will speed up war
work and alleviate the strike evil to
q great extent
Moreover, II Affects organized labor
no more than any other persons on
the deferred lists.
The new army bill provides for a
much more liberal Interpretation of
the deferred classification rule. The
word Industry has been replaced by
occupations and employments" With
the greatly increased age limit, many
men not directly concerned with war
work will probably be placed in the
deferred classes.
The amendment applies to them
quite as much as to the so-caIled
workers" This is likely to allay
much OF the objection that il Is an
attempt to conscript labor
The Washington times., 1918-08-14
KALLIPoLIs eRoTro PICNIC.

Chesapeake Beach looks like a cir
Gus ground today. for members of
KaIlipolis Grotto of the Ancient Or
der Of the, Yelled Prophets of the
Enchanted Realm. nearly 1000 strong,
today are holding their annual out
ting and frolic at the resort. The gala
program will be started this after
noon with q grotesQue parade along
the boardwalk in which Prophets,
Earbed as monkeys, will take part
The Grotto Band will head the pro-
cession. movies of which will be
taken.
The Washington times., 1918-08-14
Odd Lots of Mems
Summer Furnish
ings

Mems "Onyx" SILK Fiber Hose,
in black, white. gray. suede. tan
and palm beach. Double toe and
sole, high spliced heel 0SO
Mems Luxedo Union Suits, OF
fne quality checked nainscok:
also OF plaid madras: athletic
style. odd sizes. Worth QQo
S1.25 WV
Mems Porosknit Underwear,
mostly shirts. white and ecru col
ors; seconds OF the regular IS0
75c value .............-... 1ON
Mems Ribbed BaIbrIEEnn and
white Cotton Union suits, short
sleeves, full length legs: some
are slightly imperfect 81 TX
Worth Sl.50 ,........... O4sAO
Menu Lawrence Mills white
Came Cotton Underwear, short
sleeve shirts, ankle length draw
ers; odd sizes; slightly i'm Tx
perfect. Worth 800. .tOS
Mems Sse and soc Bath slippers,
OF fast color terry cloth. CQC
Pair ................ '@ON
Clearance of Mems 8 q m m =
Caps, values worth $l.OO Coo
and S1.25 ...........'.'.'. WV
Geldsnbers's-First Floor.
The Washington times., 1918-08-14
Mussed Undermus-
Inns. At Clear
ance Prices

w o m ms White PettIcoatS,
short or full length; good quality
muslin with hem and tuclIs; draw
string top; well made and 400
unished .................. wv
p Women's Muslin Drawers, with
hemstitched hem and tucked ruff
ne; open and closed styles; 0Oo
mostly all lengths. .OON
Envelope ChemISe. of fine quality
nainsook, with neat embroidery
around neck and sleeves; full cut
sizes; well made; broken HHO
sizes WV
Corset Covers, OF nainsook, with
embroidery edgings around neck
and sleeves, also trimmed with
lace insertion and ed ging; 0S0
sizes UP to 44.............C .CON
W-Omen's NIEhtEowns. OF pink
nainscok: slipoyer style. with XII
mono sleeves; edged with narrow
lace: cut generously full and long.
Only a limited quantity Too
Each -.-..s1."
Floor.
The Washington times., 1918-01-18
SICKNESS INCREASES
ND.C., REPORT SHOWS

There has been an extraordinary
Increase of disease and ckness In
this city for the last week, according
to the figures OF the Health Depart
ment in its weekly report.
Diphtheria, scarlet fever, tubercu-
losis. measles. and whooping cough
have increased at an alarming rate. IL
shows. Diphtheria shows an increase
OF one case a day for seven days. a
total OF twsEty-one cases in a week.
as against fourteen cases last week:
scarlet fever thirty-nve cases. as
against twenty-six cases OF the pre-
ceding week; tuberculosis thirty-nine
cases, as against fifteen cases for the
preceding week. and whooping cough.
nine cases>last week. as against three
cases the preceding week.
The Washington times., 1918-01-18
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The Washington times., 1918-01-18
GARNER BLOCKS
WAYFOR ACT|ONON
NOLAN PAY BILL

Further obstacles in the way of
the Nolan minimum wage bill were
raised in the House today, although
opportunity will doubtless be given
for vote on it in the course OF the
session.
Leader Kitchin asked unanimous
consent to vacate the special order
under which the Hayden bill stands
at the head of the unanimous con-
sent calendar. Objection, was raised
by Congressman Garner. He wants the
bill to stand there to block other
than war measures
This aroused Congressman Nolan.
who said he would refuse all unani-
nous consents hereafter. Mr.: Gar
ner said Mr.. Nolan could get his bill
The Washington times., 1918-01-18

With his case in the best possible
light, DR.. Garfield had acted for
the public good, to prevent suffering
among the poor. to prevent the shut
ting down OF electric lines, light
plants, and gas plants, supplying
domestic consumers; to help the War
and Navy Departments win the war
as they had not yet fully disclosed
their reasons to him for requesting
his action; to expedite shipments to
Europe of arms, munitions. and sup
plies. now piled on docks and
crowded In warehouses at the ports:
to relieve congestion of coal on rail-
roads-leading to the ports; to con-
serve the supply of coal: to over
come the shortage due to weather
conditions during the December
blizzard. and finally where some
manufacturers had no coal aud
others had ample supplies on hand
for continuing work, to "equalize
conditions" so that no one manufac-
turer would have an advantage OF
another.
The Washington times., 1918-01-18
OCCOQUAN PRISONER
MAKES His ESCAPE

Raymond Clancy. TWENTY-FIVE years
old, who has served several prison
terms, escaped from Occoauan prison
and 10 believed to be roc ming the
streets OF Washington today.
His escape from the institution last
March gave him three weeks free.
dom, in which time he committed a
series OF thefts, according to his con.
fession last April to the police here.
He formerly lived in X street north
west.
The Washington times., 1918-01-18
PRIORITY Of COAL
DISTRIBUTION IN
D. c. ANNOUNCED

Here Is the order in which coal
needs OF Washington consumers are
to, be met under the shutdown order
Of Fuel Administering Garfield:
Railroads are to be supplied first.
HouseholderS are to come second.
Hospitals third.
Charitable institutions fourth
Army and navy environments nth.
Public utilities sixth.
Telephone and telegraph plants
seventh
The United States Government
eighth.
Manufacturers Of perishable food,
or food for immediate consumption,
ninth.
The District government, tenth.
Remaining Tonnage.
Any tonnage remaining after these
preferred deliveries have been made
may be applied In filling any other
contracts or orders.
Householders are second only to
the railroads. The railroads take but
little supply here, and none of lit
comes from the Washington dealers
Orders for delivery OF washington's
supply in this order Of precedence are
absolutely upon "sll persons selling
Luoi IN Whatever capacity.
Coal saving in Washington as a
result of the shutdown order will
be limited. This city will be the
least affected and benefited of any in
the country. because OF the absence
OF direct fuel saving. The order is
expected to have a marked effect In
all of the industrial centers where
shortage has been acute.
Consumption Here.
Because all of the activities of the
Government centered here are not af-
fected, consumption will go ahead as
usual in Government buildings. Saw
ingB by the utility concerns will be
slight. Closing of all manufacturing
establishments and OF stores and
theaters and places of amusement
will bring the principal saving here.
As result an increase In stocks
Of bituminous coal on hand will prob
ably now be certain. The supply
of anthracite will be but slightly af-
fected. Household consumption will
continue as before, dependent upon
the weather, and the schools will be
kept open.
The Washington times., 1918-01-18
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The Washington times., 1918-01-18
HIGHER TELEPHONE
RATES OPPOSEDB
BOARD OF TRADE

Opposition to higher rates for, the
telephone company and whole-hearted
support to the movement to bring the
ballot to Washington Is the stand to
day Of the Board OF Trade.
At the meeting of the board At
the Willard last night the report OF
the public utilities Committee sub
mitted by Edward Z, Clement. which
recommended an increase in telephone
rates. was rejected after q spirited
debate
In submitting the report OF his COM
mittee, Mr.. Clement called attention
to the greatly increased telephone
traffic since the country's entry into
the war, and in asking for approval
of higher rates urged a more restrict
ed use OF the wires.
Report II Killed.
by parity OF reasoning" declared
c. F. Consaul, in objecting to the
adoption of the report, ait would be
right for the street car companies to
raise the fare to 10 cents because on
account OF their reduced service more
people are walking"
Cheers and applause greeted Mr..
Consaufs objection, and the report
was killed by a heavy majority.
ChampioniEg the cause of represen-
tation for the District in Congress
and in the Electoral College, Senator
George E. Chamberlain Of Oregon
told the members OF the board to Ego
out and get it."
The chief objection to giving the
people of the Capital the vote is that
IT Is violative OF tradition" declared
the Senator. ~But all progress In the
worlds history has been accomplished
by the violation of tradition"
Reports Adopted.
Reports OF the various committees
Of the board were presented, and with
the exception OF the report OF the
public utilities committee were
adopted without discussion.
A service flag with ffty-four stars
in honor OF the members OF the board
In the uniform Of the United States
was presented TO the board by the
membership committee william 7.
Galliher, president of the boardt ac-
cepted the flag in behalf OF the or
ganization.
Other speakers were Joseph W.
Folk, former governor Of Missouri
and chief counsel of the Interstate
Commerce Commission; D. ]. Callahan,
director Of the war savings campaign
Int he District, and Homer Rodeheaver,
who brought a message from Billy
Sunday expressing. the evangelist's
regret that illness prevented him from
being present.
The Washington times., 1918-01-18

up through action of the Rules Com
mittee.
Efforts are on to get a special
rule for the consideration OF the
Nolan bill.
The Washington times., 1918-01-18

, of order shut Oft debate. But it was
not so in the Senate.
A fierce protest against the order
opened with a resolution introduced
by Senator Hitchcock, calling on the
fuel administrator to suspend the or
der for five days, that protest may
be heard, investigation made, and in
| formation presented"
On the Hitchcock resolution and a
similar resolution from Gallinger,
the Senate debate brought out no
defense of DR.. Garfield and none of
the Administration in general. There
were pleas for fair play, for with
holding condemnation until the Fuel
Administrator could be heard. II
was said there must be a grave
kind. without full knowledge OF
which he could not have acted,
though it might be impossible for
him to take the public into his con-
fidence. This was the logic Of the
defense, as 1t was made by Senator
J. Hamilton Lewis, who is often call
ed the Administration whip" He
asserted that he spoke only for him
self, and he was still plead
ing for delay to allow the Fuel
Administrator to be heard. when
the Senate was informed that
DIR. Garfield would soon be in the
Capitol in person. Then. after Sen
ator Lewis had been tainted with
the fact that there had been no de-
lay to give the country a hearing,
the debate, was postponed until 4
O'Clock to allow the Fuel Admins
traitor to explain.
DR.. Garfield did explain for
more than an hour before the Sen
ate Committee on Manufactures,
answering questions asked by Sena-
tors Reed, Vardaman, and Jones.
Reed treated him with "diStin-
guished consideration" and "all the
courtesy due to an enemy" forcing
from him finally the admission that
if the question were economic only,
he would not attempt to defend his
action. DIR. Garfield did not show
his usual power of presenting a case
coherently. He was helped some
what by sympathetic questions from
Senator Vardaman, who has not
been on the side of the maximum of
compulsion in administering coal or
anything else. Neither in fact has
Senator Jones, but at the close of
very distressing hour. Jones asked
the Fuel Administrator half dozen