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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-21
IN nh STAMPS
BTYS DO DROP I'M.

The pool hall and barber shop
called Do Drop inn, 922 Fifteenth
avenue, East Moline, has been pur-
chased from Erickson & Simpson
by Axel Lundeen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-21
ERHX REFLECTED

f. B. Knox of Moline was re
elected treasurer Of the state or
ganiZation of undertakers in con-
vention al Alton, and A E. Daniel
son OF Moline was elected first vice
president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-21
HON THE MARINES,

Leo NJ Nicholson and owen B.
Phelps OF Silvis have signed up for
service with the United States ma
rines and leave today 10 begin
training at a camp IN South Caro-
lima
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-21
BOOKS WANTED.

A call for reading matter has
come from the Jewish boys in the
service. To this end an appeal has
been made for patriotic persons to
send books to the Jewish Welfare
Board in New York City. Books
dealing with Jewish history. Jewish
life and nationalIsn, essays. novels,
stories, poetry, and economies are
especially desired. according to a
report from the Council OF Jewish
Women
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-21

Thrive by Thrift. Buy
War Savings Stamps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-21

Closing out butterine.
of loss. Big bargains.
butterine al less than
Lily brand. White Flyer
Wilson. soc sellers, per
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
Justice, Punishment,
Repentance
[Boche Review1

Fortunately for the world, the
terms of the armistice were dictated
by military commanders. No paci-
fist propaganda enters into them. In
effect, they have a completely dis
armed Germany as though she had
unconditionally surrendered.
Ultimate peace must be dictated
in the same spirit and in the same
sound manner-that is, in the spirit
of justice and insistent purpose to
effect decisive results.
These results are, first, that the
freedom of the world outside of Ger
many must be made secure forever
from German ambition for power.
And, second, that the military
leaders and the German people (who
are in every way guilty with their
readers) shall receive stern and just
punishment for the awful agony
which they have inflicted upon the
world.
only SO can they be taught that
selfish, aggressive war, undertaken
for plunder. does not pay, and that
the penalty is ruin.
There is nothing of repentance in
Germany's attitude thus far, whether
of the German people or of the Ger
man government, nothing to show
that they have the least comprehen-
sion of their gross wrongdoing, moth
ing that would lead to any other
treatment of them than as con-
demned criminals.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
HIGH WAGES

THE Republican party's publ
city bureau was prompt to re-
- spond to Mr.. Gompers' state
ment that the workingmen of
America do not mean to relinquish
the wages they are earning nor the
advantages they have won during
the war without a hard fight. Re4
publcans agree with Mr.. Gompers
that the American workingman is
entitled to every penny in wages
that conditions in the business world
will permit.
The full dinner" pail and high
pay have been slogans of the Re-
publican party for so long that the
mind of living man runs not to the
contrary. 1t has been the constant
effort of the Republican party to
keep America for American-made
goods-to keep out as far as pos
sible the cheap foreign-made goods
of Europe, and so prevent our
workmen from having to come into
competition with the poorly-paid
men of the continent and Great
Britain.
The American workman would not
work for the pay Europeans accept,
and he ought not. His living condi-
tions are much better than those
abroad and his standards are higher
and should continue to be so. But
if we are to keep business good
and good business will mean good
wages-there must be some change
in the'policy at Washington which,
if continued, will permit Europe to
sell cheaply-made goods in Amer
lea on the same basis with those
turned out by well-paid Americans,
with results that are not difficult to
foresee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
NEGROES TIRES POLIT"

The following letter from a negro
lieutenant of the famous negro regi-
ment of selectives, known as the
"Buffaloes," appears in Association
Men:
The department of our regiment
in France has been excellent and
we have had few, very few Offend
ers. Our morale is still at the peak
and we have every confidence that
we will hold our own against the
Boche when we meet him. We have
received a most wonderful reception
everywhere we have gone, and
am most proud to relate that very,
very few of the men have violated
our confidence in their attitude to-
ward the inhabitants. The Buffaloes
have been tres polit" and have
made friends. / love the French.
We have entered into their most in
innate affections and we won't vio-
late their trust.
We've got the Boche on the run
and we are going to lick him good
and plenty before we give him time
to catch his breath. Everywhere
the offensive spirit is alive, pulsat-
ing waiting for the hour to strike
and strike hard, that the spirit OF
the real and true democracy will not
perish. 1t would be a crime against
God hixnsslf against future genera
tlons, against all that life holds
good and pure and sweet to permit
the Germanic doctrlnaire to sup
plant the peaceful policy of this ma
tlon; I would be happy to have mill
lions of colored soldiers over here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
Books and Magazines

The Laughing Girl" by Robert
w. Chambers. Her picture is the
sensation of Europe; one finds it
everywhere-everywhere except in
Italy where its Importation has been
forbidden. But who is she, this mys-
terious, beautiful Laughing Girl?
Michael Organ, Chilean by birth,
Irish by ancestry, New Yorker by
education, goes to Switzerland to
claim an inn he has inherited. He is
struck by the marked resemblance
of one of the servants to the Laugh
ing Girl. If it is she, what is she do
ing there? And who are the others
of the good looking and uncommon
ly intelligent group of domestics?
Mr.. Chambers gives full measure of
entertainment in THE Laughing
Girl" This is an Appleton book.
"Shavings," by Joseph C. Lincoln,
author of "Extricating OBADIAH"
Mary 'Gusta," etc. In his front
yard there are wind-mills, toy ones
large and small, and whizzing
weather vanes, all painted gay coll
ofS TO eaten the eye or the summer
visitor. Behind these Is the shop"
and behind this, the bracing, blue
Cape Cod sea. Inside the shop is
"Shavings," the windmill maker,
quaint, quiet, thoroughly unbus.ness-
like, but genuinely lovable. A good
plot, two pretty romances, and a
bushel of hearty laughs-a splendid
Lincoln novel equal to his best. Ill
lustrated $3.50 net, D. Appleton and
Company, New York;
Jimmie the Sixth" by Frances r.
Sterrett, author of up the Road
With Sallie," etc. A clever and de-
liciously amusing romance of a tenn
peramental but patriotic young
man. Young Jimmie Capen, the
sixth of his name. believes that
every man has in himself the
ability to- succeed at something-in
some way. Jlmmie's way tore the
traditions of Capenville, of Aunt
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
LABOR AFTER THE WAR
New York Times /

Mr.. Gompers' hopes for the well
fare and happiness of wage-earners
after the war will be shared by all
men of good will and enlightened
minds. Mr.. Gompers has right to
speak for American labor. By his
loyal devotion to the great cause of
freedom, to the war policies of the
government, he has earned the right
to speak to the American people. We
hope his brief address to the Pan
American Labor Conference at Lar
edo will have serious attention not
only in the ranks of labor, but
throughout the country. This pas
sage in particular is worthy of note:
"Our movement is not to destroy
but to construct. and all may just as
I'll understand now as at any other
time that the advantages which the
workers of America and the Allied
countries have gained and which we
hone even to extend to the peoples
of the conquered countries are not
going to be taken away from us. and
we will resist the attempt TO the
uttermost."
He would be a bad American who
should seek to deprive the workers
Vt advantages they have gained. Mr..
Gompers was moved to those re-
marks by the recent declaration OF
William II. Barr of Buffalo, Presi-
dent of the National Founders AS
ociation, that the eight-hour day
would have to be abolished and that
wages must come down from their
rAsa~>s-< acaJ~
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
THE BUBBLE
By BRIGGS

The little hoy thrilled as he pic
tured that road
Which led to Reward, in his dreami
And longed for the time when he d
certainly scale
Those peaks where the Star-clusters
gleam.
But now, as he staggers and sweats
in his rut,
Arriving at thirty-why. then
He rests at that crest which he fam
cied was best,
And wants to go back and be ten.
The little boy dreamed in that far
OF glory, and power and such;
And knew that when thirty the
Doorway of Deeds
Would open at once to his touch.
And now, when he's lived every
thing that he hoped,
And leads a procession of men,
He'd swap his success for the swim
min hole-yes,
And all the pleasures of ten.
He'd swap all the little, or much he
has got,
Once more to be one of a gang
Which often played hockey, or SIM
ply forgot
The bell when the schoolmaster
rang.
Again to be barefoot, and scrappy.
or late
For supper, with never enough on
his plate.
The boy in his manhood is tired of
men
And wants to be one of the roosters
of ten.
Leslie Alan Taylor, in New York
Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1918
NEARING THEIR END

-HE Bolsheviki of Russia are
nearing the end of their string
Il They have played fast and loose
with the country which they nave
pretended to govern, and the conse-
ouence is that the nation is in ruins
They have pretended to be the
friends of the poor, but they have
brought the poor to starvation. They
have murdered the wealthy and
have plundered ever man and wom-
an who showed evidences of having
money or property. The working
man of the United States, with his
piano, his talking machine, his
bathroom, his conveniences and his
comforts, would be fine picking for
the Russian Bolsheviki, who mark
for destruction everybody bearing
the earmarks of being above beg
gary. Russia, with allied help, will
come presently into her own. The
halfway course between autocracy
and anarchy is the only safe path,
as Russia must find. The Romanoffs
were one extreme, the Bolsheviki
are another; half way between the
two lies democracy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
STAR SPANGLED BANNER

The music to which the words of
The Star Spangled Banner" written
by Francis Scott Key, on vessel in
the Chesapeake Bay, during the War
of 1912, was. played on a flute by a
Harrisburg soldier, George ]. Heis-
ley, and the notes were arranged by
Ferdinand Durang, an actor, both
serving in a Harrisburg company on
the way to Baltimore for service.
George ]. Heisley, who was the
father of Mrs. Carolina NJ. (Heisley)
OFT, wife of Colonel Leander N. OFT,
and grandfather of Colonel Fred
erick NJ. Oft, was born in Frederick,
Md, November 20, 1889, and died
in Harrisburg, Pa, June 81, 1880.
He was a mathematical instrument
maker and was in business at Second
and Walnut streets, the family haV-
ing moved here in 1911. He had been
a member of the Maryland militia,
and after coming to Harrisburg join
ed Captain Walkers Company, First
Regiment, First Brigade, Pennsylva-
MIA Militia, and served in that COM
mand in the defense of Baltimore.
While on the march from Harris
burg to Baltimore the words of Keys
Star Spangled Banner" were set to
music by. Ferdinand Durang, who
was an actor by profession. George
Heisley aided in this, having his
flute and tunebook with him, play
ing the air, "Anacreon in Heaven" +"
1t having been found to be adapted
to the meter. Durang and his broth
er, Charles, afterward rendered the
air at the Holiday Street Theater
in Baltimore for the first time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
THAT RAILROAD CAR
LFrom the New York Tribunel

[From the New York Tribunel
That railroad car, somewhere in
France, wherein the a marshal of
France read the fate of a nation
to German delegation seeking
peace is likely to pass into history
along with the Appomatox apple
tree. 1t is an unforgettable picture
in its simplicity and directness.
When General Foch entered the
Versailles conference he was de-
scribed as entering alone, without
staff or attendants. The picture in
the railroad car is of a peace with
this democratic straightforwardness
The terms of the armistice are
the essential part of the negotia-
tions. But simple physical facts
take a more powerful hold upon a
peoples Imagination. And for the
people of Germany as for the people
of the world, now and in the years
to come, the unforgettable fact will
be that the, German delegates,
through the petition of their govern
ment, went to France to beg peace.
They who had been so arrogant
crossed the line blindfolded-a rou-
tine military precaution, yet not
without its part in the historic pic
ture. Since Henry w, Holy Roman
Emperor, went to Canassa and wait
ed in a courtyard for papal abso-
luton there has been no more utter
and humiliatipg act of submission
by great power.
That scene in a railroad car, with
its import and consequences. is the
most wholesome event in the his
tory of the German nation. May
1t significance sink in and remain to
warn and humble.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
NEARING SUNSET HOUR

ITH the handwriting on the
wv wall quite distinct and easily
interpreted certain Demo-
cratic officials at Washington are
endeavoring to extend their little
day of power through a prolonga-
tion of their various activities.
These organizations-com
boards and whatnots-propose a con-
tinuation of their activities during
the reconstruction period. With the
signing of peace these agencies
automatically would go out of exist
ence, and conferences are now be-
ing held to determine what legis-
lation is necessary to make the new
plan effective and what activities
should be pooled.
Through this neat little arrange
ment the worthy Democrats" who
have been assuming autocratic
powers during the period of the
war would continue to circulate on
their swivel chairs and incidentally
browbeat and otherwise hector all
who come under their sway and
who do not happen to sneeze when
they take snuff. OF course, it will
be contended by these chairmen and
their subordinates that the very
future of the United States depends
upon their remaining in their soft
berths, but a new order is coming
in the affairs of the nation and the
arbitrary bureaucrats will discover
within few weeks that the Amer
lean spiri: will not brook autocracy
either in war or peace.
ANY attempt to continue their Jobs
through the camouflage of new
coordination of the War Industries
Board, the War Trade Board, and
the Fuel Administration and the
Food Administration will be
promptly met with determined
resistance in the Senate and House.
These self-constituted supermen
may imagine that the country will
be deceived by their pretense OF
supreme usefulness, but their dream
of perennial power is about over
and they are due for an awakening
that will be as abrupt as the ending
of the war. Many little men found
their way into high places during
fAa period at war pranarations and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
ALONE

Somewhere alone to-day he sits
In shadows brooding, cloaked and
isolate
The king whose soul was darkened,
and whose heart
Had only room for saVagery and
hate
Somewhere. unpitied by world that
roars
Onward and upward to it's destin-
ed goal
And in his ears the echoing of lost
And deathless desolation in his
soul!
Somewhere the object of all free
mems scorn,
The butt of slaves, the outcast of
a dream,
He walks in night; there is no light
of morn
For him, no hope to enter with it's
gleam!
He has gone down because around
his throat
Fingers of little children clutch
and cling,
And ravished women's fingers;
faces float
Before him, and spears of con-
science sting!
His power has vanished like the
dust that blows
Upon the tomb of Caesar, and
upon
The island of the sea that once
seemed rose
OF warlike ardor to Napoleon!
Somewhere, disgraced, bowed down,
a living curse,
He wanders lonely as a leper
might
This king that matched the devil
and grew worse,
And now lies cringing at the feet
of Right!
baltimore Sun
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22

hostilities, but their day is near the
sunset hour and no turning forward
of the clock of their official exist
ence will suffice to accomplish their
partisan purposes or crafty their
personal ambitions.
We are close upon the hour OF
constructive readjustment and that
job demands high capacity and
large experience So far as those
in office are competent and have
demonstrated qualities of leadership
they should not be disturbed.
On the other hand, those who
are simpl:' holding positions
through the grace of Democratic
administrator and whose promi-
nence has been due to their partisan
activities must be given their hats
and shown the door. They are not
necessary, a has been suggested
through their publicity representa-
tives, as guides for the country over
the period of transition from war to
peace without dislocation of indus
try and commerce. Indeed, these
little men who are so anxious to re-
tain their grip on official positions
are more likely, through their lack
of experience, to dislocate industry
and commerce, instead of conserv-
ing and upbuilding the great busi-
ness and labor interests of the
country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
ONLY A BUGABOO

"HE sllliest fear that has arisen
to startle Europe in a decade
- is that the ex-Kaiser will be
able to get back into power. Will
helm is as dead as a kippered her
ring. He is as defunct as though he
were dead and buried six months.
He is in class with Jack Johnson
the day after Willard knocked him
through the ropes.
Napoleon came back, it is true,
but Wilhelm has nothing of the ro-
manticism, the picturesqueness nor
the magnetism of the great Corsi-
can, and stripped of armies and au-
thority the former emperor is help
less and hopeless. When he crossed
the Dutch border he passed along
the road toward that gate across the
portals of which is written "Aban-
don hope all We who enter here"
Scorned abroad, hated at home and
6AaArfl11 hR hia neIltana.ntA- - ~ -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22

Ginnie and of Mary Louise to rib
bons, but 1t took him from the Vir-
ginia town to Paris, where he found
friends among the sturdy middle
class as we'll as among the aris-
tocracy to whom old Cousin Caro-
line introduced him. illustrated,
$3.50 net. ID. Appleton and Com
pany, New York;
Architecture, the magazine pub
lished by Charles Scribners Sons
has been devoting considerable space
in recent numbers to buildings be-
ing erected by the government. In
the November number there are
illustrations showing housing for
War workers in Washington built
by the United States Housing Cor
poration; shipworkers' homes at
Groton, Conn, for the United States
Shipping Board; the U. S. A. Cen
eral Hospital, Denver, Col, and
Seton Park Buildings, United States
Government Office, Washington, d.
c., Waddy B.. Wood, architect.
That the American soldier has
been adopted without question by
the French people has been told
in many dispatches. Emanuel
Bourcier, in a little article, Les
Boys Make Friends in France"
shows how this is being done, espe-
cially through the influence of chill
dren, who have met with invaria BILE
kindness and generous treatment
from our soldiers.
THE Story of General Pershing,"
has just been written by Everett r.
Tomlinson and is promised for early
publication by ID. Appleton and Com
pany. DR.. Tomlinson has spent
many months verifying facts which
he had accumulated, and in gath
ering new material from the rela-
tives, friends and associates of the
General. The story it is said, will
be a popular and absolutely authen-
tic account of the life and personal
history of our record breaking lead
er, to be enjoyed by both young
and old.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
Our Part in Peace

(From the New York Tribune)
There can be no regret or self
blame for the fashion in which
Americans have fought in the war
once the nation accepted its respon-
sibilities. There can be regret that
these responsibilities were so long
unrealized. There must also be in
every fair-minded American q hesi-
tation to offer cock-sure opinions
to the Allies touching the solution of
the wars problems. Are we enti-
tied to rush in with advice and urg-
ent demands in a dispute which for
two years and a half, while Britons
and Frenchmen we're dying by the
hundred thousand, our governmental
head assured US was no concern Of
ours? Did our leaders show such
vision and wisdom. in analyzIng the
causes of the war and determining
its issue as to warrant our speaking
with confidence in the settlement of
its problems?
Is 1t ours to set ourselves up as
seers and prophets? Or should we
rather be helpful aids to those who
bore the burden2
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
President and Conference

We believe the unwritten law of
the republic which forbds the
President to go outside of its ter
ritory while holding office essen
TALLY wise and desirable. With
present day methods OF communica-
ton he can remain in absolutely
close touch with a peace confer
ence without being in actual pres
ence. We, moreover, feel that 1t
is time TO" certain national mod
esty. We ought not to attempt to
dominate such a gathering, crafty
ing to our pride as it might be to
do just that. We have had 100, 900
casualties. Great Britain has had
100000 and France 5000, 900. In
proportion to participating popu-
lations, Great Britain has had fifty
boys killed where we have lost one,
and France has suffered at higher
ratio.
Because our services were of very
great value in turning the scale we
ought not to arrogate to ourselves
q dominance of the situation. Meas
ured in results our efforts turned de-
feat into victory, but, on the other
hand, the heavier British and
French casualties represent a saw
ing for upon a corresponding sacri-
fee had circumstances compelled us
to make the battle alone-as we
should have eventually had to do
with a victorious Germany.
With our President at the peace
conference the world would ma
turally believe we expected to as
sumo a leadership in the recon-
struction of the map and that, we
think, we have no right to ask for
ourselves or for the chosen head
of our republic.-Boston Exchange.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

State Treasurer H. M. Kephart
used to be a member of the House
of Representatives and likes to tell
of his experiences as a green" legis-
lator.
Robert S. Conklin, State For
est I Commissioner, became con-
nected with the state government as
a clerk in legislative halls.
w. Harry Baker, secretary of
the State Senate, entered that body
as a page boy twenty-five years ago,
and knows more men active in po-
litical affairs in Pennsylvania by
their first name than any one else.
Justice e. j. Fox has been again
chosen head of the Easton ehantAz
of the Red Cross.
DIR. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary
of the State Game Commission, has
been in every state in the union and
most of the provinces of Canada.