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Air Raided.

This is the magic carpet the real reporter spreads
for us wherein to travel to realms of thrills hard
ship and adventure without actually leaving our
upholstered armchairs. We see through his eyes
the air raid on London:
''The cloth had not been removed from the din
ner table when certain strange sound reached our
ears-a sound not to be identified with the distant
roars of the motor buses in Pail Mall, nor with
the sharp bark of the taxi horns although not I'M
like them We were to be bombed The anti-air-
craft guns already searching the sky for the
THE little street was deserted, but in Pail Mall
the dark forms of buses could be made out scurry
ing for shelter. Above the roar of London the pop!
pop, pop! of the defending guns was followed by
the shrek and means of the shrapnel shells as
they passed close overhead. They sounded like
giant rockets, and even as rockets some of them
broke into cascades of sparks Star shells they
SCALED, bursting it seemed, among the immutable
stars themselves that burned serenely on. And
there were other stars like November meteors hur
rying across space-he lights of the British planes
securing the heavens. d. Everywhere the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-04

waste of water and mud From here you are sup
posed to operate machine gun.
behind you two mechanics have started the
engines with deafening roar, above which are
heard the hoarse commands of the captain he
grinds in his gears Then you realize that the thing
is actually moving, that the bosses the belt have
managed to find grip OH the slime-and present
ly you come to the brink of what appears, to your
exaggerated of perception bottomlesS chasm,
with distant steep banks on the farther side that
look unattainable and insurmOuntabe.
Over the Top in Tank.
at is an old German trench which the rains
have worn and widened You brace yourself, you
grip desperately pair of brass handles in front
of y0u while leviathan hesiates, to sit up
its launches . and then gently buries his
nose in the pasty clay and paws his way upward
into the field beyond.
at was like sitting in huge rocking chair.
That we might have had bump and bone-break-
ing one was informed after | had left the scene
of the adventure. 1t all depends upon the skill of
the driver The monsters are not as tractable as
they SEEM
Or this glimpse i'll Ireland:
ga ring of emerald hills is broken by little gap
to seward and in the centre is miniature
emerald isle. The ships lying at anchor seemed like
chldren's boats in pond To the right, where
q river empties in, scattered groups Of queer,
rakish craft, each with four slanting pipes and
tiny flag from her halyards. These were American
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-04
Winston Churchill, Pontiff
But Once in While This Honorary War Correspondent
Forgets Himself and Gives You Bit of the Real Thing

restless white rays of the searchlights
pierced the darkness
We feel with him at last when we
get back to New York 1.-The sense Of
relief not only the result OF
bright skies and high barometer, of
the palpable self-confdence Of the Pc
destrians, of the white bread on the
table and the knowledge that there
was more, but of the ease of accom-
plishing things | called for tele-
phone number and got it cheerfully
and instantly. | sent several tele-
grams, and did not have to wait twen-
ty minutes before a wicket while a
painstaking official multiplied and
added and subtracted and paused to
talk with friend. y
In short we want to hear more
from Winston Churchill, the reporter.
But alas, as has been remarked. he is
a pontiff. A pontiff must talk and
write like one. Not things of mere
sense, the living vibrant nerve i'm
pressions interest him, but statesman
like reserve and sweep of speculation.
A pontiff, for instance, must not be-
tray that dining with Lloyd George Is
anything out of the ordinary to him.
Certainly he must not pander to our
vulgar but very human curiosity to
peep into the room and see how the
Premier eats, how he cracks a joke,
what tricks of individuality are his,
and does he get warmed up when he
talks war or doeSn' t hef
Good form in dignitaries forbids
such betrayal So that all We are per-
mitted to glimpse of Lloyd George at
lunch is: g. the present Pre-
mier, with a characteristic gesture,
flung out his hand toward the pOr-
trait of a young man in the panel OF
the mantel. 1t was of the younger
Pitt, who had taken his meals and
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Winstor\ -ChurchiH
Author of"A Traveller IL, War Time"

destroyers. And in the midst of them swinging to
the tide, were the big mother ships we have sent
over to nurse them when after many days and
nights of hazardous work at sea they have brought
their flock of transports and merchantmen safely
to port.
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TINE very pontiff of all war CORE
i spOndents is Winston Churchill
naturally, being the kind Of man
the Authors League of America elects
to be its president. When he goes
"over there" he dimes with lords and
earls, Lloyd George, admirals and po-
tentates in general.
He sleeps in chateaux. He rides
about in automobiles driven by off
GERS with other officers to point things
out to him. Nothing is barred to him
naval and army bases, repair plants,
front line trenches, the inside of a
"tank."
All of which should make fine
"copy',- on occasion in his A
Traveller in War Time it does. But
this happens only when in moment
of forgetfulness MIR. Churchill pom
tifcal robe slips off for moment and
the reporter peeps out. Then we get
such glimpses as this of tanks in
No Mans Land:
"The inevitable, relentless rain had
set in again. We came to an expanse
where many monsters were clumslly
cavorting like dinosaurs in primeval
slime. At some distance from the
road others stood apparently tethered
in line, awaiting their turn for exer-
else
"Their commander, or chief ma
hout-as | was inclined to call him
was a cheerful young giant. He led
me along duck board over the mOrass
to where one of these leviathans was
awaiting us.
"You crawl through a greasy hole
in the bottom, and the inside is as full
of machinery as the turret of the
Pennsylvania, and you grope your
way to the seat in front beside that
of the captain and conductor, looking
ont through a slot in the armOr over a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02

Delicious wines. Beardsley'a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02

PLAGUE RULING
10 Take Every PrecautiOn in Pre-
venting Outbreak of Spanish
influenza In City.

Rock Island physicians met in a
body last night at the Rock Island
club to discuss the Spanish in
Huenza epidemic that is spreading
rapidly throughout the country and
talked over plans whereby Rock
island could be kept free Of the
disease.
Every precaution is to be taken
by the local doctors in preventing
serious outbreak of the plague
IN this city.
Regulations effective last Sat
urday, received by DR.. c. T. Foster,
city physician, as received from
the state department of health are
TO be followed to the letter in Rock
Island. They >se as follows:
All physicians and attendants
and anyone having knowledge of a
case of influenza shall report the
same to the health commissioner at
once.
Anyone having the disease must
sneeze or cough into a handker-
chief or gauZe to prevent spread
of the disease. Splitting on side
walks and in public places shall
be prosecuted. Those having the
disease must stay away from pic
ture shows, theatres, churches and
all places of public gathering.
Anyone caught sneezing or cough
ing Will be asked to leave public
places"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02

Henry Herman, head OF the fire
mems union. states that a meeting
is being held this afternoon a.
which time the firemen VIII decide
on their future course.
The union president and F. W.
Bender. secretary of the Rock Is
land Chamber of Commerce, held
a conference yesterday afternoon
at which time the union president
was requested to take mp a mat
ter with the men regarding the
appointment of a committee of two
tiremen to meet with a committee
of two Representatives OF the Cham
Der of Commerce and two repre-
sentatives of the city. The pur-
pose of this triangle conference
is TO give opportunity to thrash
out the entire matter and reach
some agreement by compromise o.
otherwise The secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce also offered
to take the matter up with local
manufacturers after the union
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02
CORNUNHARMED
BY FROST HERE
'ouhty crop Reporter Submits His
schedule to Washington Tell
ing Product Is Safe.

Frosts experienced thus far in
Rock island county have done but
small damage to the corn crops,
according to a report submitted by
onarIes { Campbell. county crop
reporter. TO the department of agri-
culture in Washington.
Aitnough on two nights the crop
was threatened when heavy frosts
leII' It's condition at present is 80
per cent OF normal. according to
MT. campbell. Other products
grown IN the county are also re-
ported on in the schedule sent to
Washington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02

president had stated that he be
lieves that but little good can come
from further negotiations.
At a meeting held Monday night
the board of directors Of the Cham
Der of Commerce took up the re-
quest OF the firemeu for the cir
culation of a popular subscription
to obtain funds to be used in rails
ing the fremen's wages and keep
ing the remaining fire stations
open. The board did not favor the
plan of circulating the subscrip-
ton.
Negotiations Useless.
Herman announces that he will
bring the whole situation before
the meeting OF the firemen this
afternoon, but that he holds the
opinion that the firemen will turn
down any matter pertaining TO fur
Their negotiations.
He also announces that he is
willing TO work another week and
will urge that the other men Do
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02
HOUSING HEADS
IAKELEASE ON
PART OF HOTEL
IL +. thinner, Manager Rock Is.
land House, Denies Reports
About Commandeering.
STILL CONDUCTS BUSINESS
CONFUSION Results As Arsenal
workers Flock To Take Pos
session Living Quarters.

Government officials have not
Communicated the Rock Island
house, according to its manager
A r. thinner, who today said. THE
mouse was not Communicated nv
the government as was originals
reported 1t is occupied under
lease, nothing more
BUSINESS at the house will be
conducted as in the past. the gov
eminent not taking all of the
rooms Lease by the government
OF rooms in the place became eff
lectlye yesterday
Rooms controlled by the govern
menJ We're reserved for workers
from the east, and application for
IAem IS without avail unless the
person has authority from Colonel
II T. Hillman, Rock Island arsenal
rommandant. It is said that the
mouse was leased TO give an outlet
from congestion in housing. and
mat incoming workers will be as
signed TO the place. Already the
rooms are being occupied by men
so assigned
Al rooms remain as previously
utlllzed. There viii be neither
Allchenets nor apartments.
Causes Confusion.
Some confusion resulted after !
the announcement that the govern /
ment would place its employees in /
the rooms. and people housed in |
other parts of the city ffOcked to /
Inc hotel TO take possession. ONLY /
awaited them.
Edward Truss, special agent for
the ordnance department. is now at
the hotel, and he viii be the gov
crnments representative during the
existence Of the lease.
Mr.. thinner said today that he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02

Polishes. Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02

All the News All the Time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02
HUNDREDS BARE
HEADS TO PRAY
hock Islanders Respond to Proc
LamatOn Issued by Mayor
William McCOnOchie.

Hundreds of barred heads faced
the east as prayers were silently
ana reverently said today by Rock
islanders who obeyed the procla-
nation issued Monday by Mayor
William McConochie in which the
people OF the city were asked to
say a minute of silent prayer at
Il: 10 for the fighters of the allied
nations who are a the front
The waterworks whistle will
sound each day at the appointed
hour. People are requested to
keep the prayer saying custom con
unually on their minds that the
city may proudly claim no viola
tons of the proclamation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02
PREDICTS WAR Is
TO LAST 5 YEARS

A prediction that the war would
continue for a period of four years
was made before Liberty loan
workers at their MONDAY session
at the Rock Island club today by
Sergeant Jim Stanley, a member of
the Princess Pat Canadian fighting
troop. who has seen three years
and nine months service in France.
He speaks at the Illinois theatre
tonight under the auspices of the
local loan committee.
Sweeping Compound, Beardsley's
Nearly Beer. Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02
Sweeping Compound. Beardsley's

Nearly Beer. Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02

t ~Utiu tease the cafe, having no in
~ OF conducting it himself
ny NpeSes 1t to be Teopened, but
w tease mas yet been made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02
ARSENAL WORKERS /,
TO SEE WAR FILM

Members OF the arsenal workers
clubs will have the pleasure Of see
ing the picture. The Firehy Of
France" starred by Wallace Reid.
This is an intensely absorbing
picture of love and war and &C Us
full OF daring deeds. u will be
shown at the Rock Island club TO-
night and at the Davenport club to
morrow night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02
FIREMEN CLAIM
THEY WILL ACT
Union President Tells Chamber OF
Commerce That Negotiations
Are Futile.
MEET TO DECIDE MATTER
Bender Wants Triangle Conference
Herman Is for Giving City
Weeks Notice.

Rock Island fremen again asser:
that it is up to them to make a
final decision in rs wage dispute
with the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02

One lot figured MarQuisette cur
+sips with lace edge. s. quality.
sale price, 1896.
one lot Of Marquisette curtains
18th hemstitched or lace edge.
s325 quality. Sale price, $50.
Wolfe curtains with insertions
md lace edge. $275 quality. S2.25.
Wolfe curtains with hemstitched
or lace edge. $175 quality. Sl.25.
Lever laces for curtains; all-oVer
.+tarns in white only $1.9S to
= Is qualities, yard S1.75.
Tace-edged Marquisette, 36 inch
90 wide 35c quality, yard CSC
E4enred SwIsses in a number OF
-ettv natterns. 1212c quality,
yard 1Oc.
Voiles with borders IN a variety
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02

likewise for the purpose OF giving
the city time TO obtain other men
on the force
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-02
New curtains and draperies
are priced especially for this sale
h,aIIer 1naries hofer.

of Datterns. 36 inches wide. CSC
quality, yard 29c.
Fancy colored Marquisettes in
blua pink and green. SO inches
wide SIC quality, yard 4sc.
New cretonnes in an assortment
of pretty patterns for sun parIors
and he'd rooms. Yard soc to S1.50.
Sunfast Mattresses in beautiful
patterns in blue, rose. green and
brown so inches wide. Yard S1-9S
to 1875.
Colored Marqusettes with small
narrow borders Blue, pink, green
ana brown Very popular for over
drapes. Yard soc.
saxony and F1let nets in a new
va@t IA OF patterns. some plain.
otbers figured Yard 95c to SI.75.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-29
And Spain. Too!

Although neutral Spain may not be
in the war, the Spaniards are certainly
in it. The French have been perfectly
we'll aware that hundreds of Span
iards Joined the Foreign Legion, at the
beginning of the war; so that Paris
was not taken the least by surprise
when 800 Spanish soldiers paraded in
French uniform to receive decorations
for valor The Spanish colony patri-
oticaIly welcomed them with fiery
speeches, while the French loaded them
with medals. Three received the re-
ward of the Legion of Honor, and
scores the Croix NIilitaire and the
Croix de Guerre. Since, from strict
ly legal point of view. the Spanish
DICTIONARIES have imperiled their ma
ssneutrality, it will be interesting
to know what Berlin will have to say
about it; or rather about the sc sink
ings of Spanish ships and the Sc pro-
tests made by Spain, which friendly"
Germany has consistently ignored
Christian Science Monitor.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-29
THORNAPPLE
Special Correspondence

SpoCldl correspondence
Edith Mayou visited at the Jensen
home Sunday.
Alice Peterson has been on the sick
list the past week.
Miss Jessie Shultz spent the week
end with her parents.
Myrtle Hansen spent few days last
week visiting with Bruce friends.
julius Jensen and Carl Berg, OF
Bruce, were callers in Thornapple Sun
day.
The T. S. A. Club met with Mrs
Abbey Wednesday. Quite number
attended
Mrs Nelson, of Island Lake, who
has been visiting at the John Alstead
home the past week, returned home
Tuesday.
Byron and Orval Trott, Emil Jensen
and Francis MayOu are up in their
camp north of Bruce enjoying the
sports of hunting.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-29
SEVEN LoAvEs OF BREAD
FOR EVERY PERSON IN
u. S. SAVED FROM WASTE
Farmers and Threshermen Patrioti
calIy Respond to Call Of Food
Administration.

From information received by the
q. S. Food Administration from the
principal grain growing states, it is
now possible to announce with fair ac-
curacy the amount of wheat saved last
harvest by improved methods of. han
ding. According to official calcua-
tons, efforts toward cleaner thresling
saved fully 100000 bushels of wheat
with corresponding savings of other
small grain harvested and threshed In
a similar manner. In addition, other
states, though unable to furnish fig
ures, reported greatly reduced harvest
losses.
The figure fer wheat alone is equiv
alent to seven one-pound loaves of
bread for every person in the United
States and represents food that form
erly was either an absolute loss or
was recovered to only slight extent
by poultry and livestock. While OPP
portunities in this branch of conserva-
ton were large, the quantity of grain
recovered sllrpasses early eXpecta-
tons. 1t is noteworthy also that re-
suits were secured principally through
voluntary cooperation.
No conservation measure of the
Food Administration, it is declared,
has received more wholehearted sup
port than that pledged and rendered
reducing grain waste at its source.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-29
BRUCE
.Om the Bruce Newsletter


Rev. and Mrs j. w. Hadden went
up to Ladysmith yesterday to spend
Thanksgiving at the home of their SON
Captain A. A. MADDEN.
Mrs. F. G. Bien and daughter, Kath-
leen, spent few days the latter part
of last week with her mother, Mrs. L.
Campbell, at Ladysmith.
Just as we were ready for the press
yesterday, word came that Lloyd Hay.
den, of Apollonia, had died Of pneu-
monia early that morning.
The District Sunday School COnyen-
ton held at the Congregational church
last Sunday afternoon failed to draw
the merited attendance for several rea
sons. The recent epidemic caused its
postponement several weeks ago.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-29
FAIRVIEW
Special Correspondence

Ladysmith business callers this
week were: Mrs. Charles Sorenson,
Mrs NJ S. Deerwester, Mrs. ]. M.
Delhi and Misses Hazel Deerwester,
Meta KObs and Edna Delhi.
Ora Deerwester is home on short
furlOugh from the Great Lakes naval
training station. He has been hunting
and got his deer already.
Dick Deerwester and Harold Delhi
went to Meadow Dam to hunt yester-
day.
A few young folks enjoyed the first
skating this year on Muskrat lake,
Tuesday evening.
NJ. S. Deerwester left Monday for
Ohio to visit his father, who is quite
sick.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-29
Pershiae Boom Started.

Columbus, Ohio. Nov ga cam.
paign for the election Of Gen John J
Pershing commander-in-chief Of the
American expeditionary forces in
France, to the presidency in 1920 was
formally launched in Ohio by the in.
corporation of the Pershing Republic
can league Former United States
Senator Dick of Akron and 4 other
prominent Republicans of Akron ana
Summit county are SPONSORS for tho
movement Mr. Dicks name heads the
list of the Is men who signed the ar,
ticles of Incorporation.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-29
Family Quarrels Blamed.

Chicago, Nov. rs Frequent family
quarreIs were said to have caused
Stephen Marosi, a Hungarian, to kill
his wife, turn his revolver on her aged
parents, probably fatally wounded
them, and then put a bullet into his
own head Neighbors said Marosi had
not been home for two weeks. He is
said to have told his wife to kiss him
goodbye as he was starting ''on long
journey As she complied, he fired a
bullet into her temple. Her parents,
rushing to her aid, were deliberately
shot down
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-29
School Notes

Schools closed Thursday for the
Thanksgiving vacation.
Miss Sygne Olson returned to school
Monday, after being sick for several
weeks with the measles.
The students of the Tony school have
organized patriotic society. Miss
Josephine Omark was elected president
of the society and Lenore Schneiders.
secretary.
Miss Josephine Stooldryer was en-
rolled in the eighth grade Monday.
There are now ten pupils in the eighth
grade, the largest class they have had
here for several years.
The Domestic Science girls and the
highschool girls gave a luncheon at the
schoolhouse Tuesday afternoon. The
sum of $3.50 was realized which will be
used to buy records for the Victrola
Don't forget to attend the Christmas
program to be given at the opera house
by the school children. The play,
Akin Her Father. will interest all
This is only one of the several plays
to be given, also several piano selec-
tons and Rotations. If you want to
laugh come and see "The Slight Mis-
take
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-29
Christian Science Services

Christian Science services are held
every Sunday from IL 100 a. IN. to II 100
m. at /. O. O. +. hall
The subject for next Sunday, Dec
1, will be: Ancient and Modern
Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and
HypnOtism, Denounced.
All are invited.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-29
RIVERSIDE

Special Correspondence
Emil House and wife of ElrOy, are
here visiting the formers folks and
hunting.
Adolph Beyler came home from
North Dakota last week
Rev. Lambright will preach at the
Cox schoOlhouse Sunday, Dec at
2 80 p. m. Sunday school will be held
at 80 p. m.
Dolph Shepard is building new
blacksmith shop.
Eula Phillips visited Mrs. Margaret
Hasse a few days last week.