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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
TENDER DIPLOMAS
TO GRADE PUPILS
Graduating Exercises of Central Gram.
mar School Featured BY Address
of Rev. David johnson.

Interesting graduating exercises OF
the Moline central grammar school
were held yesterday afternoon at 1880,
at which time 1877 pupils completed
their eighth grade work and were pre-
sented with diplomas entitled them to
admission to the high school.
Rev. David A. Johnson. pastor Of
the Central Presbyterian church, Rock
Island, delivered an address on PA
tr.otism' and several patriotic songs
were rendered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
$500 is REALIZED.

In an entertainment that was
unique throughout pupils of the Mo-
line high school last evening cleared
5000 for the Moline chapter of tbs
Red Cross. A neat sketch "The Burg
lar" and living pictures posed by at
t-active young girls, were the fea-
lures.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
Funeral Of Henry Irving Jones.

/ Funeral services for Henry Irving
Jones, Denver, were held yesterday
morning at 1890 at the home OF
George W. Champion, 1923 Sixteenth
street, Moline. Rev. P. G. Laid Off
ciated, and the pallbearers were DR..
H. S. Bennett, F. E. Bennett, F. T.
Dufva, G. S. Kerns. o. c. Blanchard
and Albert Champion. Burial took
place in Riverside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
rs OUT FOR A PLACE
ON SUPREME C0URJ

Ottawa. lll.-Judge Edgar Eldreaa
OF Ottawa has announced his CO.
dacy for indge OF the supreme 49,
for the Fifth supreme court dl .ss~
the election for which takes ass
June 3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
Obituary

Funeral of Mrs. Reynold N. Johnson.
Funeral services for Mrs. Reynold
M. Johnson, 2637 Seventeenth avenue,
Moline, were held this afternoon at
$50 at the home, Rev. R. S. Haney
officiating. Interment was made IN
Riverside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
WIFE GRANTED DIyORCE.

Judge g. q. DletZ IN Moline city
court yesterday afternoon granted a
divorce decree to Mrs Ethel Pierce,
al the same time dismissins the cross
bill of her husband. J. II. Pierce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
BOWLING

Easy picking it was for the high
school lads to make a clean sweep of
their series with the druggists Thurs
day afternoon at the Moline Y. NJ. c.
! A. alleys as follows:
High School
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
OPENING GAMES IN
TOURNAMENT PLAYED

In the opening games of the mems
Sunday school basketball tournament
at the Moline Y M. c. A. Thursday
evening, the Second Methodists de-
feated the Swedish Mission, q to II
and the First Baptists won from the
First Methodists, AZ to 6.
The 1ineups:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
MANAGERS TAKE TO
SOUTHPAW HURLERS
Official Averages Show ConCIu-
siveIy Value of Portsiders.
Pitchers Usually Counted On to Fool
Batters With Curves Which Break
Just Opposite to Those Of
Rioht-Hand Fingers.

If the value Of a southpaw Is doubt
ed, the official averages of the National
league show concIusively that the man.
ayers in the older circuit have no
doubt about their use.
The records show that no less than
thirty-one pOrtsiders worked In the
National, probably the largest number
ever gathered together under one tent
during a season.
Only q trife Over half of this number
were pitchers, IT in all; the rest
worked insthe outfe!d or on first base.
One manager, Fred Mitchell. could
have put an entire southpaw out1eld
into the field had he wished TO do so,
Williams, Wolter and Flack all throw
ing from the fork side.
The advantage Of left-handed pitch
ers has long been well known. In the
days when they were scarce they could
usually be counted on to fool the bat
ters with curves which broke just the
opposite to those of the right-handers.
AS the game progressed some smart
batters learned to bat left-handed so
they would be especially effective
against left-handed pitching. This also
added speed in the cases Of fast base
runners, as they gained a couple OF
steps In getting away from the plate
on a hit.
A few years ago the switching Of
batters to meet pitchers when a south
ro-r u,o. c,Ie+i+n+oI f@n -;rb{-
handler was figured out.
In the 1914 world series Manager
Stallings originated the idea of switch
ing batters to meet pitchers with both
left and r~ight-handed Outfielders, the
use of whom depended upon the
pitcher who opposed the team. Al
though Stallings did not have a leading
outfielder on his club, the aggregate
offensive strength of his club was much
enhanced by this switching.
Bill Carrigan and lately Jack Barry
used Del Gainor and Dick Hohlitzel as
first base, the latter against right
handed pitchers, the former against
the southpawS.
In the last worlds series both Nc
Graw and Rowland switched to meet
changes of pitchers.
Rowland used John Collins in left
field until the second game. When
Perrit, a right-hander, was substituted
for Schupp, he sent in Leibold for the
balance of the game. McGraw used
Thorpe on Il change of White SOx
pitchers.
Left-handers have always been WON
ders at first base. Some Of the great
est initial sackerS of today throw and
bat from the port side. Witness Hal
Chase, Jake Daubert, George Sister and
Walter Holke.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
THAT'S TWO" SAYS G. LAND
Familiar Cry OF Veteran American AS
ISOLATION Backstop May Be
Heard in War.

Some of these days that part of the
American association contingent fight
ing with Uncle Sans forces in France
may be startled by a familiar old cry,
one, mayhap. that will be hear despite
the sound of bursting shell, roaring gun
or flying shrapnel-"That's Two"
They will know that a second German
has taken the count. Grover Land, ia
miliar as a catcher and scrapper, has
decided to carry the fight Of his A. A.
days to a real battlefield and will soon
be seen fighting as 4 member OF the
coast artillery. The second batsman
of an opposing team to be retired al
ways was a signal for Land to raise
his .SonOrOus voice and let go That's
Two" so force OF habit may bring
forth the old diamond call when the
ball player observes a second enemy
take the count in the more serious
game cover there" Land played with
Toledo, st. Paul and Minneapolis in
the Association and has seen service
as a major Lacquer with Cleveland and
Pittsburgh. He jumped from the st.
Paul club last season to Virginia,
MINI.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

1t looks as If there were about as
many silk suits as there are wool suits
In the displays at the shops. One
hears women who have no need to
save money, saying and repeating it,
that they are not buying wool clothing
at all. They intend to look to cotton
and silk to supply them with what
they need, for this summer and they
are doing this from patriotic motives.
Wool suits are being remodeled. fresh
ened with new collars and cuffs of
satin, or garnished with fiat silk braid
In many precise rows, and we are
pointing with pride to these made-over
possessions.
In the meantime those VINO nan
facture silks are centering attention
on new beautiful and very practical
weaves, for all sorts Of wear. There
are among them some wonderful, dis
tinctive dress fabrics.
AS silks become more and more
practical they will continue to replace
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

wool. Already there is not much DIFF
ference in the designs for street suits
between those of silk and those Of
wool. In the foreground of the pic
ture there is a suit of satin and near
enough for comparison one of wool.
Their lines and style features are very
much alike. The silk suit has a skirt
with more fullnesS at the front than
usual it is plain and hangs straight.
The coat, in the mode of today, is
uneven in length with long points at
the front. Its body is extended at
one side to form part of a wide girdle
where three fancy buttons finish it.
These buttons appear again as a deco
ration on the sleeve where it flares
at the hand.
In this suit a shawl collar is supple
mented by a sailor collar under it.
This order of things is reversed in the
wool suit where a small separate col
lar on the waistcoat, overlays the coat
collar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
DADWyEWND(
[AIY TALL H1
~ MARY GpAHAM BONNER
THE Ill

ut seems a pity" said the mule,
and another mule said at once,
what seems a pity?" Now these
two mules were named Marsha Mule
and Morum Mule. Marsha had spoken
first.
1T seems a great pity" Marsha con-
tnued, ito be a sort Of mOngrel."
whats a mongrel?" asked Morum.
"a mOngrel," said Marsha, sis a mix
ture of two animals, a mixed breed.
There are many mongrel dogs I've
heard"
"Now that you speak of it," said
Morum, "I've heard of mongrels, espe-
cially of mongrel dogs. And I've heard
that usually they were far more clev-
er than dogs highly bred and highly
born"
True" said Marsha. "That often
is the case"
'Tell me-" said Morum, "why we are
mongrels?"
Because we're something between
an ass and a horse
But we mustn't feel unhappy be-
cause we are mongrels," said Morum.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

There is much refinement in the
styles appearing in new blOuses, both
for ordinary and drcssy wear, because
they are simple and depend upon fine
needlework decorations for their fin
ish. The receipt for the artistic in
blouses demands simplicity and sim
plicity is interesting in proportion to
exquisite finish and originality in the
design Of garments and their garni-
lures. Women who are gifted with
fine sense of clothes are charmed with
the return of some of the beautiful,
OldAtime ideas of decorative needle
work in the new blOuses, inspired by
work that was all done by hand in
those distant days when many women
occupied much Of their time with sew
ing.
But 1t happens that in modern YER
sions of these old ideas machine work
often takes the place of handwork.
Even at that, considerable handwork in
basting as preparation for the machine
is necessary. Among the examples of
this are blOuses in which small cord
IS introduced between two thicknesses
of georgette crepe or other sheer ma
terial by fine machine stitching on
each side of the cord. This makes
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
BAIL
STORIES

Russian soviets remind us Of left
handed pitchers.
>Kaiser's army hasn't stolen a base
on Hank Gowdy yet.
The poor, down-trodden players are
allowed but three feeds a day.
Guy Morton's pitching wing is said
to be in good condition this spring.
1t Is still possible to go crazy over
baseball, but it is no longer obligatory.
Fordham university baseball team
will make a southern trip this spring.
Owing to the war Benny Kauf Or
dered only - suits of clothes this
spring. "
Catholic University has a pitcher
whose name has been given oil as
KeronOnwetter.
Miller Higgins likes the looks of
Sam Wick, the young outfelder from
the Southern association.
Players IN the Natlohal league must
now buy their own shoe laces and pay
for their own chicken feeds.
Harry FraZoe' owner OF the heu
SoX, VIII retain the veteran hlllF
Murray. lie VIII be the cIupS scout
hurler' has been signed by the Lou
iSVilIe cluo ana VIII attempt Il ON
back
Babe Ruth started OH IN me shape
against the Brooklyn DodgerS win
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

fine ridges which are arranged in par.
allel lines, like pintucks at the front
Of the blouse and on the collar and
cuffs. Tiny crepe-covered buttons fast.
ened by loops Of the silk cord finish
these lovely blouses. There is nothing
in them but the material and the work,
but they bring a high price.
The blouse shown in the picture
above is somewhat less difficult to
make, but not less beautiful. 1t is OF
crepe georgette, but would be as effec
tive in fine French wolfe or batiste
A checker-board design is made BY
basting on small squares of the fab
ric at the front and on the cuffs OF
the blouse and having them all out
lined with hemstitching. At each sid,
of the band of decoration made in this
way on the front Of the blouse there
are groups Of very small tucks. A
narrow band OF bead trimming Is ex
tended across the front panel of this
model. 1t would not be as appropri
ate on q blouse of wolfe or batist,
made in this way.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

1--WE must think of the smart mongrel
dogs there are and we must remember
too that we are smart"
That's So" said Marsha. But
sometimes it ~discourages me and
makes me feel sorry for myself"
Dear me-" said Morum, that's too
bad"
And something else annoys me-"
said Marsha.
"Tell me what it is" asked Morum.
Il would surely like to know and if
| can comfort you any l would be glad
TO. At least let me try. Tell me what
annoys you"
Just because we're mules" said
Marsha, 1--WE aren't half appreciated.
Folks make fun of us and often treat
US very badly and that makes us very
unhappy.
We're just as intelligent as horses
almost always l consider we are as
intelligent. And we're gentle, too.
Very, very gentle. But just because
we're mules they think they can i'm
pose on us, and it's not fair"
"Of course it's not" said Morum.
We've been very happy. Are some
Of our cousins imposed upon?"
MANY of Them" said Marsha.
They treat our cousins badly, are oft
en- quite cruel, just because our cous-
ms are very, very strong and can
stand it. But that makes it worse, for
it's taking such a mean advantage of
our cousins.
Just because they won't die they
can be fed less than horses, and yet
like to eat the same as horses. Folks
only care, very often, that they have
them to do their hard work, and they
don't show they appreciate it by giving
them goodies and by being kind to
them.
mo, I've heard most shocking tales
Of the way our cousins have been
treated. Cruel men and boys have
said, Food costs a lot. They don't
need so much. Nothing kills them."'
GLOW disagreeable !" said Morum.
LUZ Jul wv lltl, Sdlu NldISlld uOtS
all he can to tell his friends how well
mules should be treated because we're
so good, kind and intelligent. And
because we will work so very hard.
"He does a lot of good that way.
He always takes good care of us. too"
"Why do folks think we are queer
looking?' asked Morum.
because w are in truth" said
Marsha.
"What do you mean by saying in
truth?" asked Morum.
81 near that it is so; we are queer
looking. We have a large head, long
ears, a thin tail apd pointed hoofs.
Our ears make us particularly queer
looking"
Dear me-" said Morum, tits too bad
they don't decide that our ears are
handsome"
"They can't decide that" said
Marsha, because they aren't"
"They might decide it just the
same" said Morum.
"True, they might, but they won't.
Don't let's worry over that, however.
Let's just think how much we can do
to help our coWsins-by showing to ev.
aryone we meet that we're very, very
nice.
ave won't become horr1d even
though people have done enough to
IS to make us horrid, but we'll show
hem that we have nice natures.
And then our owner Is doing all he
an to help the cause of the mule, the
ong-lived, healthy, Woodworking, pa
lent mule" said Marsha In a loud
piercing voice.
Matter of Disposition.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
IT IS GERMAN RUTHLESSNESS
Former Manager Doom Of Phillies
Thunderstorm at Sale of Alex
ander to Cubs.

Charley Doom, once manager of the
Phillies and a man who did much to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
HAUGHTON GOING TO FRANCE
President Of Boston Braves May Take
Charge of Athletic Work In Army
for Y. M. c. A.

Percy Haughton, president Of the
Boston Braves, who made his name as
an athletic director when coaching the
Harvard university football squad,
may go to France later in the year to
take charge Of athletic work in the
army over there for the Y. NJ. G. A.
4 he does he will pay special attention
0 developing army football next fnll.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

develop and bring
out Grover Cleve-
land Alexander's
great skill as a
pitcher, calls his
sale by William
F. Baker. to the
Chicago Cubs lit
tie short of Ger
man ruthlessness.
He is quoted as
saying:
II was thunder
struck when |
read the news.
Money can never
replace wonders
like Alexander
and Killifer. AL
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
BEAUTY OF FORBES FIELD

Barney Dreyfuss, president Of
the Pittsburgh baseball club,
values the beauty Of Forbes field
at more than $4,000. He has
refused that amount for permis-
sion to place advertising signs
in the field, and even turned
down an offer to put a huge
clock, with an advertisement on
1t, above the score board. Drey-
fuss has the pleasure, each
spring, of turning down similar
offers, but this year the amounts
offered we're higher than ever be-
fore. Forbes field is the only
National league park lacking
these unbeautiful advertising de-
vices.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
RIDE IN SPECIAL CAR

According to President Harry
Frazee of the Boston Red SOI,
it won't be so bad for travelling
ball players this season after all.
Instead of having to seek berths
hit or miss through the length OF
the train, the railroads will, ac-
cording to Frazee, provide one
special a for a travelling club.
Said a will be attached to the
rear of the train and will be
switched off and on as the clubs
schedule demands. This will be
glad news to club secretaries,
but they will still have the job
of delegating the athletes who
shall sleep in uppers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
Vidal haa Fine Record.

Eugene Vidal, chosen captain of ths
1918 football team at West Point, has
an enviable record as an all around
athlete in the University Of South Da-
kota. He was the mainstay Of tha
Coyote eleven for three years. was has
ketbail captain and a star track man.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

exander was the
greatest pitcher in the history of the
game, and it is a matter of much per-
sonal pride to me that l was RESPONSE
bic for his development.
Selling Alexander, TO my mind, is
something like the practice of the Ger
mans in demolishing a cathedral or
destroying priceless works of art"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

Champions of the golf links are Civ
ing as good an account of themselves
on the field OF battle as they did when
they welded the golf stick. j. l. G.
jenkins, the British golf champion. Is
one of those who has made good in the
army. Joining the British army AZ
private shortly after the war started
he has risen to captain. jenkins has
been wounded several times since ha
entered the fray.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
Matter of Dispositlon.

How do they fish for pearls, dadY
Well, some wives threaten and 9th
RS nag."-Louisvllle Courier. Journal
The Denver star., 1918-01-05
French Ideals Negroes
Hope

Frances treatment of her
Colored soldiers is much fair
er and just, and undiscrimina
tory than the United States
treatment Of her black legions
that there is no comparison
In the French army today
there are two Colored gener-
ais, four colonies and one hun
dred captains, and lieutenants
too numerous to mention
This is a much better showing
than is made bv the United
States. which country has not
even an officer as high as a
colonel in the regular army al
though the United States pop
ulation numbers more than ten
millions of black folks. There
is absolutely no color line ov
rr here in France. Here mer
It alone limits a mans posi-
bilities and opportunities.
The Denver star., 1918-01-05
Birth of Nation" Mayor
Defeated

Boston. Mass, Andrew q.
Peters, the Good Government
Association candidate tor Nav
or of this CITY defeated Mayor
lanes M. Curley yesterday bN
a plurality Of oo74. The COLI
ored people are especially
pleased with the results as it
was Mavor Curley who was
responsible for the playing of
the Birth Of a Nation, here.
The Boston Branch of the Ma
ional Equal Rights League
ssued an appeal for the de
eat OF Mayor Curley, which
did much toward the election
of Peters. Mayor-elect Pet
ers' wife is a lineal descend
ant of the great abolitionist,
William Lloyd Garrison.
The Denver star., 1918-01-05
Yonr brother.
CHARLES BALTIMORE.

Neutrality-suspicious. Presi
dent Wilson will depend
whether hve more Negro sol
diers news of whose convic
ton at San Antonio reached d
Washington this afternoon,
shall be hanged for participa
ton in the Houston riots.
The cases Of the original thir
teen executed were not refer
red to Washington, as the lr
cal army authorities had full
power, but to avoid any posi-
bil,ty of miscarriage OF jus
tice the president will review
the evidence. The FIVE sen
fenced to the gallows were
Bah Collier. Thomas Nc
Donald. James Robinson, los
eph Smith and Albert ID
Wright. all of Compa |.
Twenty fourth infantry, regu
lar army. Ten others receiv
ed long terms at Leaverworth
prison.
The Denver star., 1918-01-05
'6od's will, Not Mine Be
Done' says Corporal
Baltimore Of unIucky Is

Washington. The First
Separate Battalion. Of this
CITY, the Colored unit OF the
District Of { olumbias S Nation
al Gnard before being muster
ed Into the federal service.
has departed for Camp Stuart
Newport News, Ma. At this
point it becomes a part Of the
377nd regiment. to which the
old Ninth Battalion of Ohio is
I'd Before receiving or
ders to proceed to Camp Stn
art. Maj. James Walker, was
re,iFed. He was retired some
weeks ago but the War De
partment finding it had retir
ed him irreguIarlv. reinsiated
him.and now re.ires him repu
larIv. l his retirement OF NJ
jorSWalker, and the failure to
advance another Colored man
to that rank, and the probable
RETIREMENT Of Maj Fulton. of
the Ninth Ohio,if not already
done, leaves little doubt that
captaincy will be the highest
Commission a Colored man
vii receive. 1t is expected
lthso.<h-e372nd Regiment viii
ship for France soon, though
nothing definite will be given
out as to how soon.
The Denver star., 1918-01-05

free circulation wi h the main
current. But the freshet of
freedom is now overflow,ng
its bed and purifying all the
stagnat waters in its onward
sweep to the ocean of human
liberty and brotherhood. For
tunate indeed are we to be
borne forward upon its bene
hcient bosom at such q time
as this.
The Denver star., 1918-01-05
CoIored Troo s soon TO
go to France.
Will Colored be First
To Enter Berlin?

Chambersburg, Pa Fred
er(ck Baltimore. 2os West
street a brother Of Corporal
Charles w. Baltimore, who
was one Of the thirteen sol
diers of the Twenty fourth In
fantry executed in Texas for
completely in the Houston riot
has a letter whice he received
from Corporal Baltimore a
few days before he went to
his death.
The letter was mailed at
San Antonio. Texas. on the
same dav it was written De
bemher 10, which reads:
Fl. Sam Houston, Texas.
Oecr mher 10, 1917.
Dear Brother:
| write you for the last
time in this world. | am to be
executed this morning.
know this is shocking news,
but don't worry too much as
it is Gods will. Meet me in
heaven. was convicted al
the general courtmartial held
here last month; was tried foi
tor mutiny and murder!
|; is true went downtown
with the men that marched
out to camp. But | am inno
cent of shedding any blood
But it is Gods will; SO don,
worry. For God so loved
the world that he gave his on
ly bepotted Son. that whose
ever believeth on Him shall
not perish. but have everlast
ing life
| am going to meet father
and mother and all the rest OF
the family gone before.
Goodbye: meet me in hea
ven
Yonr brother.
CHARLES BALTIMORE.