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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16
WILSON URGED TO
PUSH PEACE PLAN
German Papers Print Recent Speech
In Full and Plead for President
10 Line Up Allies.

Amsterdam. Feb L. - A plea to
President Wilson to bring his infu-
ence to bear on leaders of the entente
nations so that they will accept d
peace by compromise agreement" is
contained in the comment Of the
Frankfurter Zeitung on the presidents
reply to Chancellor Won Hertling and
Count Czernin.
president Wilson's latest speech is
not warlike speech the F'rankfurter
zeitung says II is more than Its
predecessors namely; speech stFiy-
ing TO work in the interests Of peace
The sole parpose OF its warlike phrases
is 20 emphasize the strength OF un-
conquered America and add weight 10
its voice in the concert Of nations.
1.-THE principles summed up by
President Wilson under four heads are
so vague that hardly any power need
oppose them. but the speeches OF
Lloyd George and Asquith have re-
Yealed anew that the entente Itself is
still unable to find the courage for
peace by q compromise agreement.
THE view OF peace by understand
even today shared by the reichstag
majority, which would today be still
/ stronger in its attitude il not only
/ President Wilson but the other entente
statesmen would also show their prac-
! teal readiness for such a peace.
IF Mr. Wilson is able to bring his
] influence TO bear in this direction ne
should do so Immediately. The less
+ time lost in ending this terrible war,
/ the justification for which is long since
out Of date, the better It Will be for
/ the president and future generations
+ The Berlin Tageblatt, the Nossiscne
Zeitung, Verwoerts. the Lokai An
zeiger, the FrankfurteT zetilng, the
! Kolnische Zeitung, and the Weser lei
] tung of Bremen have printed Presi-
dent Wilson's address in full, The
( Kolnische Volks Zeitung. the Rhein-
ische Westfalisehe Zeitung, and the
Dusseldorf Nachrichten have printed
abridged versions.
The kolnische Eolks Zeitung admits
| that the president shows an honest
| endeayor toward peace and says:
President Wilson may have the
chance of bringing about peace con
ference il he induces his allies to AXE
a more moderate mood The geace
Germany wants is Just. hecause 1t is
based on the eighth commandment
/ CTh0u shalt not steal'O.
President Wilson's beautifully
sounding words cannot make us for
get the decisions reached at Versail-
les" the Tageblatt says. THE presi-
dent seems to wish TO continue the
conversations, but this is only possible
] If the entente modities its war aims"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16

Mr. and Mrs. E. e. McGreer near Pine
Bluff
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Neyhius. Jr. spent
sunday IN Musc2tine with relatives
The closing out sale al W L. Down
e. s home Saturday was well attended
Mission society of the Baptist church.
The sum Of $50 was cleared
Miss Lena Downey. who has been
visiting at the w. p, Downey home. re-
turned to Chicago Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs Leonard DUNCAN and
children Of Illinois City spent Sunday
al rae home Of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas
Watson and attended the funeral of
Miss Shirley.
Miss Grace Frevermuth of Muscatine
spent sunday at the home nf her PAL
cuts, Mr. and Mrs. George Freyermut4L
Mrs. Robert Workman and SON spent
from Thursday till Sunday at the home
Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs f. w. Fos-
Private A. G. Klelst departed Non
day for Camp Pike. Ark, sfte~ a 10
days furlough, Although st.ll suffer
Ing with infammat0ry rheumatism. he
was able to make the trip back To camp
alone
Ralph Reynolds. eldest son or Mr.. and
Mrs Edward Reynolds is quite III at
their home with double pneumonia
Mrs. De Witte OF Muscstine Is assist
ing in caring for him
Miss Matte 3owser is spending The
week with her sister, Mrs, Albert Work
man. near Eliza, Ill
Herbert Taylor IS visiting I'M Rock
Island From there he expects 10 de-
part for jefferson barracks, st Louis,
Mo.
Rev W A. Phipps spent from sun
day tin Wednesday at the 3 r. Davis
home
Mrs Watson and daughter Miss Ari-
zona, spent Thursday at the Edward
Reynolds home
Those who called on Private A. c.
kleist Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. }. l..
Gillett. Mrs. Thomas Watson Mrs
Leonard DUNCAN. Mrs. A. @ Warman,
Mrs T. L. Warmau Louis Suffer Mrs
NJ. Stewart and son. John Stewart, MI
and Mrs William Nussbaum, Mr. and
Mrs F. J. Kleist. and bliss Fern Bar
teuhagen Of MusCatiue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16

ten how to WELD a pillow he uncovered
% acres of ground without feeling the
after effects.
Thompson started work for the local
railway company seven years ago and
for the last five years has been identi-
fed with the Long View line He has
not missed day except those which
the company gives each employe to
take as rest days Practically every
patron of the Long View line is ac-
quainted with Mr. Thompson.
He has accomplished what he plan
ned. Mr.. Thompson said today. Il
consider an education one OF the
greatest factors in the life OF Rnyons
and | intend that ell my children shall
receive an education My daughter.
Matilda, graduated from the high
school last year but my boys are
still attending school Next fall I will
send them to some good college or
school where they can learn all that
is 60 be learned This summer the
boys will help me on the farm and
win only be doing their bit like thou
sands Of other boys VINO are leaving
high school In April to work on farms
in order that Uncle Sam might have
sufficient crops TO keep on the war
Il have succeeded in giving my chill
dren the greater part Of an education
and | think in March I will return
to the farm where I spent most of my
time before coming to Rock Island
Mr. Thompson, as some know. owns
an automobile, and he may tour back
to the Simple life" on rubber tires in
stead Of on rails the way he came
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16
AMERICAN FLAG TO
REPLACE SHAMROCK

Chicago, Feb. 16.-American flags
instead Of Irish shamrocKs will be dis
tributed at the annual reception and
ball of the United Celtic American so
cities Of Chicago this year on ST. Pat
rick's eve. Efforts to obtain sham
rocks proved unayailing on account
of transatlantic shipping conditions,
it was announced today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16
Heel .Skirz Diseases

It's unnecessary for You to saliier with
eczema, blotche3, ringacrrn, ra-he5 and
similar skin troubles. 4 little zemo,
o5s1iaed q any drug store for 35c, or
S1C0 Tor extra large bottle, ard promptly
applied viii usually give Instant relief
from itching torture. It cleanses and
so0thes the skin and heals quickly and
effectively most skin diseases.
Zemo Is d wonderful, penetrating, dis
appearing liquid ard IS soothing to the
r7cst delicate skin. It IS not greasy. is
easily applied ard costs little Get it
today and save all further distress.
The Z. y, Eoss CO., Elevci-Gd. o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16
Some folks lave queer 1asta N

spirit OF patriotism and makes the
work a success.
Rock Island has done well IN the
past, but the need now is greater than
ever and the city must do more and
do better than in the past. Here is
the opportunity to do each one his Or
her part in the real work Of the w41
and the community and it is up TO
every one to do all they can. to do
it. Cheerfully. do It willingly and d.
it literally. so that the war work NAV
net lag, and the local work may not
be neglected.
The campaign viii be made next
week. The question for every one
TO answer for themselves is What can
I, what ought TO give to help win
the warp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16
NOSE CL0GGED FROM
4 COLD or CATARRH
Apply Cream in N0strils To
Open Up Air Passages.

An What relief Your clogged nos
tr5is open right up the air passages Of
your head are clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking
shutting. mucous discharge, headache.
dryness-no struggling for breath at
night, your cold or Catarrh is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up Get q small
bottle Of EIy's Cream Balm from your
druggist now Apply little Of this
fragrant. antisepuc cream in your nos
trils, let it penetrate through every air
passage OF the head, soothe and heal
the swollen, indamed mucous mem
brane. giving you instant relief Ely's
Cream Balm is just what every cold
and catarrh sufferer has been seeking.
It's just splendid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16

man must have unusual poise 10
stand on one foot on little board in
The midst Of a little river Of mud ami
water, attempt TO cross to the other
side Of the road. and at the same
time balance a suit case in one hand
and an END Of a cot In the other
Many soldiers are dDiag that very
thing these days, as they pack their
grips and move 10 other barracks,
preparatory to the arrival of the next
contingent OF national army men,
Fifty pigeons VIII soon arrive at
Camp Dodge to be used IN the signal
corps service for practice work. The
carrier pigeons have proved them
selves very valuable in war work by
delivering messages. Though carried
far away from the starting point the
carrier will with unerring instinct fly
straight back special coop is now
being constructed near the signal
corps headquarters to receive the pig
cons when they arrive
The running water Of the trench IS
and tho thick sticky mud Of the west
-. .,..-,;a.+sz go
cru ''"n1 " e'7 W p''o''1 =
Dodge Monday, Several ciFlilans got
tast IN the mud ana u looked Iof q
while as though they would nave TO
commander q mule team TO pull them
out
snow paaAs became running streams
Which gusAed along the ooaf2 walk
on Main street, Fleld SHOES were Jhe
only thing to Withstand the eondi-
/ tion of the streets.
A big kitchen and fine new mnch
counter has been installed in the Oak
obtained at any hour of the day Of
night
An uor, in the oromnarr street
reol,ae+jro nonrorn for tEe hostess
bo1sa resulted in d qao4lv auanfttg
Es.ng cont out bv nes 1fofnas wom-
an rba big aranlera 7era~z an ideal
niara FIR n9nrora narties
Pageing. soldiers when relatives come
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16
NO EXEMPTION FOR MEN WITH EYE, EAR,
NOSE OR THROAT TROUBLE TO BE GIVEN
IN NEXT CONTINGENT OF MEN FOR CAMP

Camp Dodge, Iowa, Feb. 16.-Mili-
tary authorities at Camp Dodge were
in a Communication from
the surgeon generals Office not to re-
ject men certified for service for the
EightFeighth division found by medi-
cal officers TO be affected with ear.
nose or throat diseases or deformed
feet.
This means that the medical Off
GERS at Camp Dodge are to accept ex-
aminations made by local boards as
regards The above subjects Only In
such cases where the selectives are
fncapacitated for duty will a certif-
cate Of physical deficiency be granted
The instructions received also say
that defects which may be remedied
by physical operation viii not cousti-
tute grounds for discharge
The $4,000 selectiyes scheduled to
report at the cantonment Feb % from
Minnesota and Iowa will come under
the above ruling
He could pillow a field and cultiva.a
corn.
He knew how to fatten cattle.
AS a farmer he had made a huge
success Of life.
But he never read the new papers
or magazines, nor tried to keep
abreast Of the times. They change
too durn fast, anyhow" he told him
self.
So when this big soldier. who had
lately arrived at camp walked into u
regim9utal exchange at Camp Dodge
and saw a huge service flag hanging
over the counter. be didn't know what
it was.
A young French officer who had
stopped in for a glass Of milk looked
up curiousIy. aud then undertook TO
explain.
An, that means that someone from
this place is in the army" he said.
Does the star stand for you?' he
asked OF a soldier behind the counter
mo, that's for sale the other ex-
planned blusbiag
All, / have seen him flying from
every building when ! was in New
York" the French officer declared
with a sweep of his arms
Well. l swan remarked the big
American, chewing vigorously upon
straw.
soldiegs in the officers training
camp are getting theirs
When these young men receive their
shoulder straps, they surely viii
have earned them
The candidate may have had years
Of experience. or he may never have
touched a rifle before this winter, bu,
he must take the setting up exercises
the long hikes, and the sham battles
Every day, no matter whether it's
20 above zero. or about 20 below, one
sees these soldiers marching far down
the road on the way TO camp, or drill
ing in the hill near the entrance.
Civil war veterans would feel quite
at home If they could visit camp aad
hear the tfe and drum corps
The famous spirit Of 1776 couldn't
have been drummed out more Justify
than the spirit Of 1918.
One can hear. Marching Through
Georgia" and The Girl 7 Left BE.
hind Me" for blocks when the ma.
tional army men play.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16
COZ

Sunday at 1880 o'clock Mrs Guy
Getty Of C0e township passed away an
her home, having been i'll only week
with heart trouble and other complica-
tious She is survived by her husband.
Guy Getty. and seven children: Mrs.
Grace simpson Of Coe township. Fred.
Frank Leo, Evalyn Raymond and an
infant daughter three months old, all at
home. also her mother and three sis
ters and "a large number Of other rela-
tives ANA friends. Funeral services were
held at Fairfield church Tuesday at 2
o'clock. Rev Mr.. Miller Of Port Byron
officiating a large number IF friends
attended aud paid their last respects to
the departed VINO will be sadly missed
in the home Interment was in Fair
field cemetery,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16

Grip Follows the Snow
LAXATIVE BROMO QUINfNE Tab
let's taken in time will Prevent Grip
Z. ". GROVES signature on box. soc
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-28
WHEN THE WAR ENDS

The war will end when victory is
achieved for the Allies. Until this
end comes the United States needs
the military service of every citizen
able to render it. Until German mill
tarism is crushed the world must re-
main an armed camp. This war is
intended to make future wars impos-
sible whatever the desires of some
predatory people.
when the object of the war is ac-
complished there will be no danger OF
further wars, points out the San
Francisco Bulletin, eff there is no
danger of war there is no need of ar
mics and navies. If as a result of the
miseries of this war we and our child
rem are to be saddled, not only with
the tremendous debt and mourning in
half our families, but with the cost
of bigger armies and navies than ever
before, and years of all our youth
wasted in military training, then this
misery will have been endured in vain
And it seems to be the view of some
men high in authority in Washington
that this wretched militarism shall
continue forever"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-28
SINGLE TAX AGAIN

Missouri will vote again at the Gen
eral Election in November upon the
Single Tax Amendment to the State
Constitution On the ballot a compan-
ion amendment will appear, provid-
ing for a Homestead Loan Fund.
The single tax amendment provides
all public revenues of the state shall
be derived from taxation upon unim-
proved land values based upon assess
ments made on and after June l, 1919,
cosand from taxes upon liquors. tobac-
cos, incomes and inheritances. 1t abol-
ishes all constitutional limitations on
the rates of taxation and provides for
classifying all rights of way of public
utilities for taxation.
The homestead land amendment pro-
vides for creating a fund in the state
treasury for loans to citizens of the
state for purposes of buying perma-
nent homesteads and erecting perma-
nent buildings. All such loans are to
be secured by a first lien upon the
property, and t obear 8 per cent in
terest, convincing one year from
the date of the loan.
The homestead land amenment is
intended to be an extension of the fed
eral farm loan plan, but it will reach
a class entirely outside the provisions
of the federal law 1t is planned to
aid tenant farmers and citizens of the
towns who are wage earners with
small capital, to secure homes. The
loan shall not exceed $4,000 to any one
person.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-28
OH, JOY!. FEWER TEXTBOOKS
Government Urges That No Change.
of Books BE Made,

Columbia fathers may have fewer
new textbooks to buy every year from
now until the end of the war
The Government has ordered text
book publishers to cut their produc-
tion so per cent, and advises that dur
ing the war no change be made in text
books, except in instances where they
are clearly unsuited to the needs Of the
school.
AS in the good old days. books will
be passed down from the older child
to the younger one, and the same read
er and speller will be dOg-eared and
thumb-marked until it is finally worn
out.
The Priority Board Of the War In
dustries Board has rated paper mills
as an essential industry, but it also has
not rated textbooks as essential.
Prof ]. L. Merriam announced a few
days ago that the University High
School will not use textbooks at all in
either history or English this year.
Instead the pupils will contribute to a
reference library which all may use.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-28
CASUALTY LIST

The total casualties on two Arm!
lists today were 629. On a Marin'
Corps list twenty-one names were re
ported, divided as follows: Killed il
action, 4; died of wounds, z; wound
ed in action, severely, 3; wounded, de
gree undetermined, 4; in hands of enc
my, 3; total, q.
On the Army lists the names were
divided as follows: Killed in action
IA missing in action, 1S9; wounded
severely, 24S; died of wounds, 25;
died of accident and other causes, 6;
died of airplane accident, /; died oi
disease, II; wounded, degree undeter,
Rined. "A; total. 629.
The Missourians on today's lists are:
Killed In Action.
CORPORAL WILLIAM Rios, 1434
Chestnut street, st. Louis. Louis Rios
is next of kin.
PRIVATE SAM G. LINDSEY, 1905
Walnut street, Kansas City. Miss Ma
bel Lindsey is next of kin.
PRIVATE SIDNEY E. EMBREY,
Cooper County. Andrew A. Embry is
listed as next of kin.
Missing i'm Action.
PRIVATE LAURON BOGGS, Gillion.
Mrs. Artie Coons is next Of kin.
Wounded Severely.
PRIVATE CHARLES W. SCHMITT,
5431 Bischoff avenue, St Louis. Mrs.
Emma Schmitt is next of kin.
PRIVATE CLAUDE E. NASH, Ford
land. James E. Nash is next of kin.
PRIVATE ROLLA o. BROWN, 1614
Myra street, Moberly. Mrs. Annie W.
Brown is next of kin.
PRIVATE WILLIAM ]. BURKE,
1913 Michigan avenue. st. Louis. John
Burke is listed as next of kin.
MARINES
Killed I'm Action.
PRIVATE CARL F. MUSBACH, Lib
erty. Sophia Meth is listed as next of
kin.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-28
REAL WOMEN POLICE NOW
SEEN THROUGHOUTLONDON

I mands are coming in every day fol
squads OF trained women to take the
place Of men who under the last draft
have been called to military service
In less than a year the service has
doubled.
So far the women have not been
given the power Of arrest but this has
not stood in the way Of their work in
the least. II is significant that not a
single demand has been made for
truncheons, either. In the most dis
orderly districts Of East London the
men on duty say that the women work
ing with them seem to have an in
stinct for an impending row and pre-
vent 1t before it gets going.
Fewer Missing Girls Now.
Before woman is put on the force
she must have served for a month in
her district as dummy" Dummies
are sent out merely to learn their
neighborhood; they have no authori-
ty.
They simply keep their eyes open
and make the reports, attend police
court and have daily lectures on evil
dence, first aid, civil and criminal law,
especially relating to women and
children. D ,trolling, domiciliary visit
ing. and inspecting houses and lodg-
ings.
Eminent professors and criminolo.
gists give lectures on psychology and
other subjects connected with their
duties.
In London the number Of missing
girls has been amazingly reduced;
the authorities attribute it directly 10
the preventive methods of the police
women. Looking through a sheaf of
their reports one is struck by the repi-
tition Of: Advised her to go home.
She went"
So when busybodies tell you lurid
stories about the temptations of Lon
don which our boys have to go
through, just think of these hundreds
OF clean educated Englishwomen al
ways on the job.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-28
By MARGARET WALTER

written for Reciprocal News ServiceI
LONDON, Aug. 2.(By maiD.-I have
been running across the woman polics
not welfare workers but regular Do.
lice almost everywhere during ths
last month.
They began to permeate London
just about the same time that oul
American boys took the town.
The women's police came into be-
ing when women began to be employ
ed in great numbers in making mum
itions. At first the policewomen Just
acted as welfare officers and had an
eye to the outside lives, the housing
and protection of the munition girls.
Then little by little children came
under their care.
Finally they were organized as a
special department under the ministry
of munitions and trained to assist
the metropolitan police in any way
desired.
Up to the present only educated
women have been enrolled, because the
demands have been of so varied a
nature that highly specialized train
ing has been required. A great many
Of the women are trained nurses;
the largest proportion are school
teachers. Nearly all have Joined be-
cause they wanted to be identified
with new methods of education in
which preventive measures are re-
garded as more important than crime
punishment.
Help Soldiers Wives.
In troubles between soldiers and
their wives the women police have
proved not only invaluable to the gov
ernment but godsend to the women.
Dazed and bewildered by the new con-
ditions under which they are obliged
to live, deprived of their mates and
suddenly caddled with the responsible
tiles of the head of a family, many
mothers would have completely col
lapsed had it not been for the help OF
these educated policewomen who have
taken upon themselves the duties of
friends and councillors as we'll as
Provincial towns hare already be-
gun to see the advantages of having
women on their police forces and de-
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-28
THE CHURCH OF THE FUTURE

Some notable utterances were made
by the president of the British Meth
odist Conference at its recent annual
session in discussing the church OF
the future. Stress was laid upon the
ideal of the Church as one not OF
sect, or credal form, or magical sue
cession of priestly orders, but as one
of spirit and life. THE prime essen
tial is the Spirit of Jesus steadily
crystalised into character and mai
tested in the service of mankind"
There were three primary notes Of
the Church of the Future. The first
was the spirit of sacrifice. The Church
has won her greatest triumphs in
those periods when, like her Master,
she has freely poured out her life for
men. By the Cross she has conquer
ed. The going forth of those millions
of our soldiers represents a sacrifice
the like of which has never been seen.
What irony if the battlefield called to
a profound depth and unfolded greater
qualities than the Christian Church!
The second note was unity-unity of
spirit, springing from real corpor-
ate consciousness of God. Sectarian-
ism was doomed. What was wanted
was the vision and communion of the
Universal Church. This was needed
for the full development of broadmind-
ed individual life within it, and as a
witness to the world of true catholic
oneness and brotherhood among Inen
The third essential of the Church of
the Future is authority. SIZE must
be reckOned with in the counsels of
the nations as to such things as war
and moral right And at home too,
Why should the attitude of the brew
ers cause British Governments to trem-
BILE whilst the voice of the Church is
largely ignored?