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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
Let Up Trying
tOKeop Count
of Loan Total

Washington, May 6.-The treas
ury. today abandoned all efforts to
tabulate the nations total Liberty
loan subscription because local
committees reported they were too
busy counting the great number of
pledges turned in Saturday to give
current accounts of the totals.
Some reports today indicated
that the total number of subscrib-
ers might run above 100000, the
treasury's previous estimate. 1t is
now calculated that 22,000,0O0 peo-
pie own Liberty bonds, of the first,
second and third issues.
Chicago, May 6.-Liberty loan
figures for the seventh district
made public afternoon show 2,516,-
067 subscribers for total of
S549.292,2O0, or 1925 per cent of
the quota. Quota percentages fol-
low:
Cook county, Ill, 111-62; Illi-
nois outside Cook, S139.92; In
diana. 117.01: Iowa, 156.43; Mich
igan, 1247S; Wisconsin, l46.67.
The tabulation is incomplete.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
GERMANS INJECT
POISON GAS INTO
PRISONERS MAI.

Paris, April 10, Correspondence
of the Associated Press).-Germans
are credited, in reports received
here, with injecting asphyxiating
gas into letters sent home by pris-
oners IN their camps. A woman iiv
ing ins the village Of La Sicotiere
recently was III for several days
after opening a letter from a
French prisoner in Germany.
On the same day. IL is said. an
other woman received a letter also
containing poison gas from her hus-
band Other cases have been re-
ported.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
French War Report.)

Paris, May 6.-In the course
of the night. the French made
two successful raids, one west
of Hangard, the other south
east of NOwOn, and brought
back prisoners.
After a violent lombard
ment the enemy attempted to
approach our lines southwest
of Anchien farm. They were
repulsed completely, leaving a
number of dead on the ground.
In the Champagne district a
French detachment penetrated
the German defenses in the re-
giOn north of DOivre, north
west OF Rheims. After a spir-
tied engagement, in which our
troops inflicted severe losses on
the enemy, the detachment re-
turned to the French lines,
bringing back a quantity Of
material.
In Lorraine, in the vicinity
of AbaucOurt, "A French recon-
nOitering detachment after
skirmish took prisoners with
out suffering any losses.
There is nothing to report on
the remainder of the front.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
|. W. W. AIDED
IN TRIALS BY
SOCIALISTS?
National Party Raises De
fense Fund "Wobbly"
Defendant Says.

Chicago, May 6. - Benjamin
Schrager, editor of publications is
sued by the l. W. W. and a defend
ant at the trial of 112 leaders of
the organization for violation of the
espionage act, announced today that
an agreement had been entered into
with the National Socialist party
whereby that body is raising funds
for the l. W W.
1T is realized" he said, that our
defeat in this case would mean al
most immediate action by the gov
ernment against the Socialist party
and then similar action against
some of the labor unions.
with this in mind, other kin
dred organizations have offered to
extend aid. A minority in the big
labor unions also have favored
coming to our aid. but have thus far
been unsuccessful because of oppo-
sition from high labor officials"
First News of Agreement.
This was the first announcement
Of an official nature that there had
been an agreement with the Ma
tional Socialist party. II was known
that Chicago Socialists had aided
the organization by investigating
political beliefs of prospective
Jurors. This action recently re-
suited in the discharge of an entire
venire by Federal Judge Landis on
the ground Of jury tampering.
Publishers of literature used by
the |. W. w. shortly after America
entered the war, testified again to-
day relative to increases in business
from the organization during the
period covered by the government
indictment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
BRITISH and FRENCH PUSH
GERMANS FROM POSITIONS
AT AMIENS AND FLANDERS
Official War Reports
british War Report

London. May ga success
full minor operation was car
ried out by us last night be-
tween the SOmme and Ancre
rivers. west-sOuthwest OF Nor
Ian court. Our line I'm this To-
cality has been advanced on n
considerable front in spite OF
strong opposition from the en-
emy. Over $50 prisoners. two
machine guns and n trench
mortar were captured by our
troops. Our own losses were
slight.
Local fighting took place last
night to our advantage i'm the
neighbOrhOOd of LOGON and the
Lave river. Our positions in
this locality have been imprOv-
ed.
On the remainder of the
front the situation is good
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
REFUSE TO REDUCE
PAPERS POST RATE

Washington, May e.-The senate
nostoffice committee refused today
RI consider legislation to suspend
or modify increased second class
postage rates which become enect-
i've July ! and which newspaper
publishers have attacked IN con
nection with the pending postom-e
appropriation bill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
THE WEATHER

Showers tonight and probably
Tuesday. cooler Tuesday
Temperature at a. m, So, high.
est yesterday. 81; lowest last night
65.
Precipitation. none
Relative humidity at p m 61i
at a. M, 70.
Stage Of water. 81; a fall OF q.
Ia last 4S hours
J. NJ. SHERIER. Meteorologist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
PATRIOTIC STREET CAR.

New York. May 5.-A trolley car
OF the Manhattan and Queens
Traction corporation painted red,
white and blue. with the motorman
dressed as Uncle Sam and the
woman conductor as Liberty" be-
gan running today. This company
sells thrift stamps on cars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
German War Report).


Berlin, Sunday. May 5.-Re-
pulse of AnglO-French attacks
on the Flanders battlefront is
reported in the official an
nOuncement by the war Office
today. The statement reads:
After the strongest artillery
preparation, French divisions
attacked our positions on Kem-
mel hill and near Bailleul un-
successfully. They were re-
pulsed with heavy losses and
left over three hundred pris-
Oners in our hands. An intend
ed attack by an English diVi-
sion west of Bailleul failed to
develop on account of our fire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
NO OFFER OF.
PEACE MADE
BRiT0N
Balfour Denies Getting
Proposal-New Hun
Terms Reported.

recently by the enemy. He
added:
Ihere is no representative of
neutral nation in this cOun-
try who has made tentative or
informal suggestions of peace
negotiations"
London, May 6. - Germany's
peace emissary, according to the
Daily Mail, has been busily work
ing here but has made no progress
in any direction. There is reason to
believe that the German agent who
has been reported to be a Dutch
financier, will return to Germany to
report there is nothing doing.
A Central News dispatch from
The Hague says the Dutch inter
mediary is reported to be Jonkheer
Colyn, former minister of war.
Reported Hun Terms.
The proposals made by Jonkheer
Colyn, the dispatch from The Hague
reports, are said there to have been
as follows:
Germany to renounce all
claims in the west.
2-Restoration of Belgium.
3-AlsaCe-LOrraine to be auton-
OmOus within the German fedora
ton.
4-The status in the east to re-
main as present.
5-Austria to make certain con-
cessions to Italy in the Trentino.
6-Balkan questions to be solved
by an international conference.
All colonial questions affecting
Africa and Asia Minor to be
settled by a conference of all the
belIigerents.
S-Germany to abandon all claims
to her former protectorate of Kiao-
chau, but in exchange to receive
certain economic concessions in
China.
Jonkheer Colyn went to England
last week at the head of a mission
whose purpose was said to be to ex-
plain to the British the difficulties
caused by Germany's demand on
Holland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06

Press
Leased Wire Report
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Nj c m b er of A u dit
Bureau of Circulations
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
The Voice in the Flag

There's voice through the gloom that
speaks tonight.
The voice Of one who Is gone;
It speaks to our hearts Of morning
The voice OF our soldier-son.
A wonderful gift. no came to our home,
Bringing sunshine and gladness and Joy,
A something TO live for give sorrow
That preeious. prlneely boy.
Great the gift AS great secrifieel
Our hearts with grief are sad.
The silent rooml The vacant chair!
We miss our soldier-lad.
Yet he speaks to us through the Service
That hangs In the windows there.
He speaks to us OF glorious dawn
And morning bright and fair
Then bark! The voice in the Service Flagi
.sQh look up,--hearts that yearn.
with patient strength await, Each day
Brings nearer my return
Each night Is one less to walt
Your soldier-boy's return,
oh mother sister, sweetheart mate,
Whose eyes with weeping burn.
Look up, sad heart, through pain and
Each DAY await and smile;
When the battles Ger, the boys will
come.
with Victory afterwhile,
50. list TO the voice in the Service Flag
That hangs on the window pane
Each day is ono less to wait
His coming home again."
EMMA RoFINOT BERRY.
! Dedicated to my son,
Eugene r. Berry
Note: Eugene T. Berry is in service at
Camp Hancock
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THE FIRST MILLION

Soon after the Congress Of the
United Sstes had enacted the lsgis-
zation calling for the seiectipe draft,
Premier Lloyd George asked the ques-
tion, when will Americas first mill
hon arrived"
America has answered his uuestioa,
not by words but IN terms Of flesh and
blood.
The hrst million has arrived.
I And there are ether millions 10 be
drawn upon, two millions being already
III training.
The men that have gone have DEM
lonstrated their fitness Ia take places
by the side of the valiant little Belgian
arfny, the brave French and the bull
/ dog Britons.
/ AZ was fitting, the Regular Army
was first represented. Units Of the
Regular Army we're despatched almost
Immediately after the declaration of
war, 1hexe vFeza nos many 70 send
for ne w~ga aek ssiilitaristic nation.
But what we had we sent, as many as
we could spare. retaining in thia cotsn-
try only d sufficient number to form
skeleton units ard to train the new
troops
Then units of the National Guard
were sent over. These units were
atheved from all over the country.
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and, coming FROM SO many states, they
we're pirturesqueiy styled the Rain
bow Division"
In the meantime great camps and
environments wSrc erected for the
training of the skeleton units Of the
new Regular Army divisions, of the
remaining National Guard divisions
and of the new Draft army.
1t was not long before the feats OF
Americans abroad began to thrill the
people os the homeland.
Regulars and National Cuardsmeu
alike distinguished themselves. In due
time The new National Army came IN
to being and, as quickly as possible,
units OF that new army were sent
20 France. Nov they. too, have been
heard from
The record Is always the same.
whether it concerns Regulars, Nation
al Guardsrncn or men of the National
Army. The intrepidisy, the native
skin in warfare, the adaptahiIity 70
new conditions--all these factors in
the fighting ability of American troops
stamped them no matter what the gen
esis Of their organizations.
Not all of the FIRST million are among
the fighting troops. For the main
tenance of transport system in
France for the great problems of the
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accomplishment that the Navy
achieved.
The record would not be complete i
2 word were not spoken In behalf os
those great civilian agencies that have
contributed SO largely to the success
Of Americas army overseas.
The American army Is high-spiriteds
Ministering to its morale is the Amer
lean Red Cross, the Young Mems
Christian Association, the knights OF
Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board
the Salvation Army and other ageri-
cles too numerous to mention. Tbs
Judgment of historians viii give TO
these agencies a large share Of tho
credit, which it Ia impossible to APP
praiae ct this time.
As the first million takes its plaza
oy&rgess, the one regret ia that tho
AsseSxica1 navy has not yet bad aa
uyagsEGnity to demonstrate that itU
ca9sEs5 ships are the equal Of any in
the world and are manned by come
Of tbs finest sea fighters Of al time.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
FOCH'S PRIVATE
LIFE SIMPLE

Paris.-Interest in the character Of Cen.
Ferdinand Foch, commonder- in-chief al
the allied armies has resulted In reveal
i~g some Of the secrets OF his everyday
LIE
His name Il seems. Is Of Celtic origin.
''Feex" which means "fre," and he has
the blue ewes OF the Celt
Before tho war the general devoted his
time between his family and reading erd
sport History Is his favorite form. Of lit
ereture, snd he loves the works OF the
old French composers
He has a passion for antique furni-
ture. and his particularly fond or trees
and the great outdoors.
General Foch's tastes are simple He
eats spsr,ngiv. drinks wine and coffee
but no spirituous lqu0r and smokes
small cigars.
He has n habit 81 letting his cigar 20
cur. and every cigar he smokes must be
lighted five OF six times. For this reason
he keeps an electric lighter In his motor
car
Horseback riding IS the generaiissirlo's
favcritR exercise He : much attached
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

ficuIt one, or that am convinced
A young Lieutenant told as today that
wc were being eeased In" to real
work.
We did somo gardening ~ we'll IS
drilling today, for the Captaih said he
wanted our barracks and the ground
nearby to look better than any other
in camp. When we had finished our
Ffs'ssiscsre lya stue wtass aal sound
cd IL veg very welcome The Cap
tain said he wanted word with the
nen, so we were all assembled.
Let me tell You something. he
began, 'I'm not asking you to do
thin gardening because am partic-
sslsrly fond OF flowers or because am
IA particular lover of landscape beauty
but am concerned in company pride
Ycu men don't know what that means
yet. Those Of you that have been
to high school or college know some
thing OF what am driving at You
wanted your athletic teams 10 beat
anything going. You were proud OF
your school, proud OF It's traditions.
This company of which you all
are members has no traditions yet.
Neither has any other company on
this reservation, The record is abso-
lntely blank and there are no hanai-
caps. Therefore. the thing to do is to
get OF to good start and to make
fine traditions / want this company
to be the best in camp. =
II was just like o school day We
were all boys again. You could not
have checked the cheers. The Cap
tain locked very pleased. But he held
up his hand and said Il told you
minute ago that / wanted this com
pany to be the finest In the camp.
But l think you might Just as well
know that every other Captain is tell
ing his company the same thing"
The humor of the situation dawned
upon all Of us. There was loud
laugh, which probably wasn't very
military But the Captain did not
care He told US to get In line for
mess and to keep the company tradi-
ton in mind as we ''policed" the mess
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conTsiinsary and ordnance depart
fnents thousands, yes hundreds of
thousands Of troops, must be kept far
from the firing lines.
But even the fton-cornbatant forces
have the genius for warfare that char
seterizes every body Of American
troops. An instance 81 this Is already
cited ia official battle records, as ID
the annals Of Gczscral Carey's scratch
army
Supplementary tire work OF the Ar
my Of the United States, in all Of the
three coordinate branches, are the
American Marines. And what rec
ord they have writtenl
Then there is tie record of our naval
accomplishments When the report of
the FIRST year Of naval activity was
written it was proudly stated, and
gratefully heard, that On the eastward
voyage not single American life ha&
been lost due to eneny operations. II
was tremendous task that the Navy
undertook and IT was a tremendous
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many Of the army ideas. suppose
shalt soon become an enthusiast. Cer-
tainly am beginning to lose my re-
sentiment.
II does not seem possible that so
few hours could work such great
changes. Yet there are men here to-
day who are upright Ia bearing and
proud, men who. when they came
only day or two ago. we're sIouasrg
and Iistless.
Ii seems as II the atmosphere 90
electrified. officers are CONSTANTS
speaking OF it. They call It rtraeio
and are predicting great emtaxn swr
the National Army
AS write there is the first nrsn "a
TAPS" What q beautiful call II txs
But it means something, and / ~ a
soldier must ehsY.
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hall Policing" means cleaning up.
II Is agfite interesting Ia the early
morning az the grounds are ''policed.
| The men cover every inch Of the
ground and leave It scrupulously
clean.
We vent at the policing OF the
mess ball today withsa new spirit. II
! is quite wonderful what the Captains
/ little talk did / noticed men picking
up cigarette stumps without being orr
dered to do II.
The company Is full now and wa
have been told that non-commisssoned
offlcers win be named from among
US. There are some men with milf
| tary experience and / suppose they
will got all the places.
The army organization becomes
little more plain to me, even after
this short time, The saluting, which
at first seems so unnecessary, has
| taken on q new meaning. One OF tho
| young Lieutenants was explaining it
| today He snid 1t had come to tbs
modern army from the knights OF old.
! They wore helmets that covered their
| faces completely. A junior knight
passing a senior--the Lieutenant
didn't put it quite that way. but that
| 10 what he meant---would raise the
| visor of his helmet aad speak word
of greeting. That salutation 10 the
origin OF the salnte. The Lieutenant
explained TINT so much stress ia
placed upon II because 1t was now
considered more than mere OK
change Of greetlnng; In fact Ia an
oath of allegiance OF a soldier TO his
country and his commander. / like
that idea The army Is different froEa
any other kind OF an organization. 3
, can soc that. The officers have poweg
TO send us to certain death-what q
tremendous responsibility Il 10
important that we view them differ
emily from mere employers.
! feel already that l have imbibed
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Sept. 8.
There ID something tremendously
fascinating about this camp. IT'S
1hugeness oyerwhelms you at first. But
since the first two days we have had
little opportunity to think OF anything
but the tasks at hand
We get up at an unearthly hour
haif-paat five--and from then until
after the flag ceremony. of which ]
have written, it Is case of work all
the time.
At first my muscles were sore and
was very tired But tonight did
not mind 1t go much
The soldiers day is long and diff
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
WHY no YOU FIGHT1
ny LOUIS j. WORKMAN
Publisher Of the Fort worth Star-Teiegram

Of the country have been asked to do
this thing?
Well, let's look into the matter.
Robert W. Service has a poem which
depicts the htwiiderEnent of the sea-
soned soldier when he realizes that
some day the war will be over and he
VIII have to 70 back TO his sissy job"
and 'the bald-headed boss's call
That is she feeling that will come to
the American soldier later. Today,
tor the most sart, he is still wonder
Tag how his life as soldier is going
90 turn out. But the seasoned soldier
is beginning TO wonder how it win be
when he goes back. "All of us Won
der how it win be whsn we have to 90
back again, says Service.
One thing is certain: 1t will make a
great deal al difference In how it will
be IL the Germans win the wzr And
il wall make a difference not only for
the young men who went, but also for
the young rnsn who stayed at home.
There you have q hint to the answer
TO our question. Most of the young
men who sre now in the array are
coming back to their jobs. They are
going to take up their dreams again.
But how vain their dreams viii be If
they are liviHg in a world dominated
'by the Hunl There is where the an
swer CONNECTS up"' with the young
mans dreams and plans.
Let the Young soidier think of the
Things he dreamed OF uedtsg and of
being before he was c.,lieh to war.
Let him think of the home he en-.
pected to extabliah and the life he
expected to 1--we. And then let him
lnpw this: II Is for the right to lshea
TO bring those fine dreams to realixa-
tion, withcnt interference from the
tyrauaieaI power that seeks to raale the
world, that he goes forth to fight.
He fights for the flag and for the ma
tionai ideals watch Il represents. But
he 49, sgsse. for hisso avn dreams, for
sastla j I ~ yssg-Ss.sfi olGsae- So LIN
gN0 ~ aigNe ~ ave ltis own
ilfc ia frcea0m His fsghtiug is 10 b.
part Of the realization OF his dreams.
Ard II win be well or i'll with him
when he comes back home again in
accordance with how he conducts him
sell dssrisg this greatest struggle in
all history.
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Confessions OF A Conscript

This Is the seventh diary
called his civilian
frank
which,
in training. diary
National civilians
soldiers naion
e writer Ted Wallace uxuFycvng young tie ox
settled convictions
purging a rcd-b ooded patrio
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

/ a little more than year ago the
average young man who Is now ia the
American army had no idea he would
ever be soldier.
lie was JUST starting in life. Some
had not yet found their level and had
not discovered the line of work to
which they would be willing TO devote
their Lives, Others had carefully pre-
embarikiag upon u. But ali had their
frcariis. All saw visions Of the life
lhead, and with hopeful gaze looked
but upon the world arcund. There IL
fpthing 50 big 10 the average healthy
minded young man as the things CON
hected with his own HE. And II is
tafe 20 say that the average young
american who is now In the army
thought rnoHtiy of himself and the Life
nc expected TO live.
Youthful drean1s are the most splen-
lid things In the world II Is sad, prr-
haps, that SO many are destined never
To be realized But even when they
are not realized It Ii better 10 Isase had
them. The youth Of America dreauat
Bsich dreams waen the stewn voice Of
rational duty callHsa to war. The
voung n1an Was required by the ma
ton to abandon his dEeasls and 10
take UP 4 task he never ehoxlgssf would
be thrust upon him. Many, perhaps.
were bcwiidesed cAscr the sudden
change in their lives. Soma, no doubt
ere still bewildered ard Iook back at
their dreams with aiKh.
Why have the ycssFig naen Of the
country been asked I'd give MP eresy-
Iking for the presens and devote them
selves to the natian's cHase7 Why
have they been aSsSsa 10 i7ave OH
dreaming and toifine to realize thair
dreams, ard 60 forth into foreixn.
lend TO fight and to yield up their
ycnng lives, If need be2
70 make the world safe for denoc-
Tn9 see ready reply. Toshs sure.
n Huf afaer All
cneraliaasiois. II does not al-
connect up" with tbs naind AZ
oush who has been occupied with
avn dfeMmzs and plans. What Is
eoEacxN@S sanSon tho young men
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" When I get home OF eventide,
God viii remember and provide

''My poor tired fighter guips little
over the last mouthfta, rises. and, look
ing down az me FROM his great height
saws very Simply Never fear for me,
madam; cd helping me, I'll carry on
sAnd as / remove the last of the
dishes and the half-fadN1 flowers: as ]
scrape up the crumbs an dfold the cloth
I keep thinking, That's right God help
ing us, wen ali carry on