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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-11
old BLOCK PRINTS
Invention Is Credited to the Chi
nese in Year 592.
Books Not in Competition With Manu-
scripts Until the Middle OF the
Tenth Century.

Printing from blocks is said to have
been invented in China in 592 A. D.r
during the enlightened reign Of Yank
Chen. the founder of the progressive
but short-lived Sui dynasty. Printed
books, however, asserts writer in the
Oriental News and Comment, did not
compete with manuscripts until tne
middle of the tenth century. From that
time block printing developed very rap
idly. resulting in a great cheapening7
and wide diffusion of books and the
consequent rapid decline of the copy
lists trade. No doubt the rapid dis
semination of learning this entalled
had much to do with the great intel
lectual progress made in China during
the Sung dynasty, from 960 to 1880 A..
D., which has been called the pro
tracted Augustan age of Chinese ntera-
ture"
Disregarding the manuscript works
of the great Tang dynasty (61S-9O7 A
d., which were doubtless tenfold more
numerous and more important than the
contemperaneous literary works of the
whole western world. the printed books:
of the Sung Yuan and the early part
of the Ming dynasties up to the middle"
Of the fifteenth century have no coun-
terpart at all in Europe. They existed
in countless thousands of volumes. In
14O6 the Imperial Ming library con-
tanned printed works to the extent Of
more than 100000 chuan (books) and
more than twice as many manuscripts,
and already many printed works of the
Sung dynasty had been lost during the"
disorders incident to the protracted
wars with the Mongols. Undoubtedly
more books were printed in China than
in all the rest of the world up to the
middle of the seventeenth or the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century.
The great bulk of Chinese works.,
aside from the Confucian classics, is
historical or literary, the latter being
mostly essays, short poems, or cri-
tiques. There exists also a vast Bud
dhistic literature and very many Tao
list works.
Novels are not even classed as lit
erature, although famous ones exist
and some of them have been translated
into European languages. There Ore
also many famous dramas, some dating
from the Yuan dynasty, but these, too,
are excluded from literature proper by
Chinese photographers. The historical
records of the Chinese are of vast bulk
and represent a conscientious and
painstaking record of the political and
sociological experiences of the Oldest
civilized nation on earth. In close con-.
nection with these records proper we
should consider the vast number of
geographic treatises and especially tho
so-called gazetteers. These latter are
official publications issued by the en-
pire, province, district or even town
ship, and treat not only geography and
topography proper, but also the an
tiquities, natural and manufactured
products, and even the biographies of
Slmous men, population, taxes, astrol-
tgy, marvellous happenings, etc.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-11
TRAINED MEN FOR
ORDNANCE BUREAU
Baker Details Plan for Reorganl-
cation.
GEN, CROZIER REMAINS CHIEF
Four Divisions for the Handling OF
War Supplies Will Be Headed by
Business Men-Banker Is
Given Post.
GEN. CROZIER REMAINS CHIEF

Washington, Jan. 4.-Plans for
complete reorganization of the ord
nance bureau were given out by Sec
rotary of War Baker in an announce
ment. The changes will place the
bureau under control of civilians.
Secretary Bakers announcement
says:
1.-THE secretary of war has approved
plan for the reorganization OF the
ordnance department as announced Id
General CrOzier's testimony before the
senate committee, and the plan Is
now being put in effect.
Heretofore the business of the ord
nance department has been conducted
by five separate and more or less in
dependent organizations under the di-
rectiOn of the chief of ordnance. THESE
divisions will now be consolidated.
The chief of ordnance will be assisted
by an extensive administrative and
advisory staff
1.-The principal business functions OF
the department, as distinct from the
technical designing and other scien-
tific work with which it is charged
will be carried on by four operating
divisions.
"(A) Procurement division.
"(B) Production division.
"(C) Inspection division.
"D) Supply division.
"(A)-The procurement division will
negotiate all orders and contracts for
artillery, small arms, ammunition and
articles heretofore purchased by the
various departments of the ordnance
department.
Civilians in Control.
at is contemplated that this form of
organization will make it possible to
use to the fullest extent the expert
ence of additional men trained in civil
life, who will be called to the service
for that purpose. Experienced bust
ness executives will be put in charge
of the procurement and production di-
visions, and the work of those divi-
sions will be entrusted to recently
commissioned civilians, supplemented
by further acquisition of trained eX-
perts and men of proven business abil-
fty.
THE name of prominent civilian
will be announced within a few days
to head the production division. Col.
Samuel McRoberts, formerly executive
manager of the National City bank of
New York. will be placed in charge Of
the procurement division"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-11
AMERICAN ARMY
To- Be RUSHED
TO WEST FRONT
Allied Nations to Provide Neces-
sary Ships.
DECIDED AT PARIS MEET
State Department Announces Recon-
mendatons Made at Allies Coun-
ciI-Full Equipment Will Be
Available to Forces.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Ameflcan
troops are to be rushed to Europe In
as large and constant q stream as
is humanity possible; the allied nations
will so arrange their shipping as to
provide the necessary transport; the
merchant shipbuilding program must
be rushed; there is to be closer CO.
operation of all the co-bellfgerents to
present a single and united front TO
German autocracy; the part of the
United States has been clearly defined
and arrangements made to carry IT
out.
U. S. Delegates Advise.
These are the principal results, as
they affect America, of the recent In
ter-allied war council in Paris an
nounced on Wednesday for the first
time by the state department.
The recommendations, made by the
American delegates, of whom Col. 81.
M. House, president Wilson's personal
representative, was the head, are the
result of the great council of heads
of all the co-belligerents.
A definite plan was formed for more
active utilization of American naval
forces, and an agreement was made
with the British admiralty to effect
certain plans for anti-submarine war
fare.
VIII Pool Resources.
The contribution of the United
States to pooling of war resources
was agreed upon. The arrangement
guarantees full equipment Of every
kind to be available to all Ameri-
can forces sent to Europe during 1918.
Arrangements were made to have
the United States participate in mill
tary deliberatiOn of a supreme war
council "as a step toward efficient and
centralized unity of control of military
operations"
Plans also were worked out where
by, in order to permit the United
States to visualize the problem of food
control at home, Great Britain, France
and Italy agreed to establish legalized
and compulsory control Of fOOdstutfs
in their countries.
Ships for U. S. Troops.
The extent of the military effort to
be aimed at by the United States was
clearly determined and an allied ad-
visOry board was created to advise
each nation on allotments of ships so
as to permit the American military
effort to be realized.
Through the new inter-allied organi-
zation for coordination of shipping re-
sources arrangements have been made
to devote 'the greatest amount Of
tonnage possible for the transporta-
ton of American troops"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-11
OF GENERAL INTEREST

The alkali industry in Nebraska is
one of the states most important.
Lakes are a source of supply. 1t is
estimated that Lake Jesse alone VIII
nroduce 100000 tons of alkali, worth
between 100000 and 100000.
Mime. Schumann-Heink has better
reason TO be a pacif1st than almost
anyone else in the world. One OF her
sons is in the German navy and three
In various branches OF the Oniteu
States service.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-11
Smart Boys.

The schoolmaster was giving the
boys a lecture on thrift and pointed
out how squirrels stored up nuts for
the winter. Then he asked for au-
other illustration of thrift in animals,
and one boy cried out:
"A dog"
"a dog In what way does a dog
practice economy"
please, sir, when he runs after his
tail he makes both ends meet"
The master laughed, and another
boy said:
"a bear"
"Well, what does the bear do?"
''He makes one coat last him a life
time"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-11

England is planning to spend 500
100000 within the next ten years for
reforestation in the United Kingdom.
This involves an elaborate plan for
timber planting, especially in Ireland,
where large areas have been denuded
to furnish mine timbers.
Experiments are being made to de-
termine the value of pulverized coal
for fuel on the railroads of Brazil. An
American pulverizing plant has been
built, and with American coal the tests
were successful. Brazilian coal will be
tested in the near future.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-11
HOOVER CUTS PRICE OF SUGAR
Fixes Hundredweight Charge
at $7.45.

Washington, Jan. Arbitrarily
fixing the price of refined sugar, cut
ting it far below prices that have been
charged for it by many retailers, the
food administration on Friday night
issued this order:
1.-THE price of Cuban raw sugar be-
ing cents. duty peid. as from Janu-
airy Z, at New York, the price of re-
fined sugar will be S7.45 (per cent?,
less . per cent to wholesalers.
1.-THE Atlantic seaboard area thus
comes into the interior price basis, or
a reduction of about 1 cent per
pound, or $40 per ton"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-11
iHAIG WINS ON CAMBRIA FRONT
British Troops Regain Positions on
Welsh Ridge-Prisoners and Guns
Taken in Counter-Attacks.

London. Jan. BY q series of pow
erful attacks launched during the
might the British have recaptured most
of the positions lost to the Germans
at Welsh ridge, on the Cambria front.
the war office announced.
In addition to the territory retaken.
the British captured a number of
prisoners and some machine guns. The
Germans were able, however, TO re-
tain part of sront-line trench.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-11
TO ACT ON RAIL WAGE DEMAND
Director General McAdoo and Brother
hood Chiefs Agree on Plan to
Settle Dispute.

Washington, Jan. 5.-Director Gen.
eral McAdoo and heads of the four
railroad brotherhoods agreed on Fri
day on a plan for threshing out all
wage and labor disputes while govern
ment operation prevails through an in
vestigation board which will report
recommendations to the director gen.
eral.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-11

A company has been formed in Por-
tugal to develop hydroelectric power
of the northern part of that country.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Continued on Page Six, This Section
Den SdiRer i'm fenen sdfe eriIt es NIT ,poem fDeb

9..en., % IA, isi7-
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

lhc evh spirit with the of with
gators and Private Interests Prejudice"
threatening to throw overheard the
standing whose bear
Fcace Armamens in Our Own
ersy The anchor OF World Peace inside
the hands OF Uncle Sam tied by Lack
Pachst and Graft The evil on the ron.
ing the Sonsress rudder The
Compulsory Military Service and the hfebet MILLIONS co.
DEFENCE-Not 4 Cent for Tribute" s-~
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
A PIoUs WISH
~ 0snsusasG I. 1aasav 1871. :

Hndnburg The Of these
lemen generals TIN
AND STEEL" The generals in the
rator The 1917
the Of
insigaoss>r'
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
1t Was Buried With Patriotic Pomp
After the Postoffice Department
Refused 1t Certificate of
Loyalty
BY Kenneth Macgowan

During first year of war William Randolph Hearst
owned ten printed English printed in
German-he "Deutsches Journal" of New York The latter
refused license certificate loyalty from the United
States government and discontinued publication in April
The fact that this German showed unstaka
bic signs of dsloyay might have for through
oversight difficulty management It might have been
If the loyalty of Hearsts ten American papers un
questionable.
Bat the ten American papers single German paper
all preached the doctrine of The
German paper occasions merely the hgh-pched
Tutonc echo of the American papers, At other times
the munitions dump from Uhich Hearsts American PAPERS
dreW their most efectiue 7Uedpons.
The differences those of deqree-1ever of polcu
Yet the government stamps Hearss "Deutsches Journal
dsloyal and gives his "New Aercan and his nine
other papers clean bill of health
License Refused by the Government
maintained the Deutsch Jour-
na and paid its losses with Willingness April TO- 1918
it announced its dscontnuance with following words:
"The NeYorker carried under its title
line the slogans An American Paper in Behalf
of American Unity and Universal Democracy"
lts efforts in behalf Of and democ
have been whoehearted and untring
The time has when this should
make its sacrifice in behalf of American
fore makes the following announcement:
"Ths New-Yorker Dsu'ehe' Journal will after
pend publication daily newspaper printed the
German language"
That was the Hearst announcement Here the
The "Deutsch Journal American
Its efforts after declaration of well BEFORE
vhoeheaed and unring in behalf of American
American and other Hearst counsels
tended divide the people of the United
AS the Deutsche
certificate of loyalty by which
eganguage of published
the deposit with translation of
each issue
For some eperhaps since its nceponthe Deutsches
na had been losing proposition
end Newspaper gossip has put its deficit
AS the result of the license "Deuhes
journal" found itself still seriously embarrassed
Finally
out of the German drive and the betrayal
journal could longer political
Journal passed and buried with patriotic pomp.
That of sacrifice
unity"
Less Trustworthy Than the "Staats-Zetung''
When the refused the Deutsches
privilege which had hesitation according
YORK did the Dusches
record 1t did back
trance into the 1t had to
1t had, this S esorto of found:
January l. 1917"The Central
victors and will
the 4hes are Prophesying o- the The final
tory OF the$~entral Powers in
February 16"Never before has war been and
exclusively wagd for the
lkulurJ aone in
moral intellectual and collectively
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Less Camoufage in German Sheet

While "Deuhes keep our at hoa
for Americas sake also urged
mems sake.
May g. 1917-"And it that, in presence of th.
submarine it almost
supplies the and catastrophe
in order help
weeks must defeated"
The "Deusches Journal
against onscrpton and England
simply directly
can' to the American-born: e
July ENCOUNTERS AND ALIENS MILITARY AGE
SHOULD FIRST GO TO THE FRONT.
Manifesty there is to conscrpton in
country because the onscripted
question of the of our country
There First, sending Europe Of
who
Of foreign slackers here in this
States Its Opposition to Fighting Boldly
The "Deutsch American pleaded for home
defence nothing rather
Germany, and it not afraid put the thing boldly:
April II, 1917.-"NO ALLIANCE NO TROOPS"
Hearsts German followed periodicals in their
campaign for eternay ON
this terrible war; the Deutsch to talk Of
"this war"
The declaring the shipment of food to the
laden Dutch boats Gemny neighbor
The Deutsches Journal the
as the submarine blockade and the Lustana:
April @s, 1917"lt would be to VIII
barge against Great Britain the
against the peaceful Scandinavian Holland praise
Like "The American wants to end the
portions of Belgium
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

Preached Same Sentiments as the
"American'' and Was Sprouting
Bed for Campaigns Hearst's Eng
lish Paper Used Later

Millions OF hearts, millions of human ideas
so and earh iron and light and all that for other
to whether
or not IN Europe Nobody knows better leading
statesmen or England that Prussan mitm
what
would perish if England were
England stands to-day the anti;
Christ of a
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Plenty of Evidence After We Entered War

But whatever such belief
indicated
go national loyalty
at stake There plenty of evidence at hand
To begin with Hearsts
oeptemo 49, l917when
further political
methods
followed by The New York American
America F to keep home and
Allen sackers mpugn England II
urged the negotiation Of
ana the
threatened with Mexican oaon
Greek neutrality 1t imaginary Ger
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

OIL Of dhu battle of freedom
American nd Barrel hBnangc
He %.n
d h nRma.nm With.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-05

said the singer, when she arrived
at the next ''Y" hut Tho boys kept
taking short cuts that seemed to
necessitate going over the tops OF
young forests and across huge
bitches and shell holes. II they
wanted to amaze me, they sue
ceeded- held on desperately and
hoped for the best"
The tank landed her in a division
of engineers. who promptly trotted
out the greatest luxury they pos
sessed. Offering It delicately but
firmly, although it was not Saturday
night They isolated Miss Horis-
berg In a little shack beside the
railroad and backed up a perfectly
good American locomotive. TO which
they attached q hose with its bust
ness end in the shack And thus,
for the first time In France" Miss
Horisberg had all the hot water she
wanted for a bath and shower.
Thus refreshed. the singer went
"a By camionette-ealled q fiYVer In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-05
MIS-. Abrahamson President.

Mrs. l.. G.. Abrahamson of this
city was reelected president yes
terday at the convention of the
Women's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary societies of the Rock rs
land district of the Augustana
synod, at Aledo, III. other offic-
ers were named as follows:
Vice president-Mrs. c.. G. An
derson, Orion. Ill.
Secretary-Mrs. Johansen, Rock
Island
Treasurer-Mrs. Jules G. U.
Mauritzson, Rock Island
Junior secretary-Miss Amelia
Anderson, Aledo.
Auditing committee-Mrs. Frank
ShalIene, Moline and Mrs. Andres
Kempe, of Rock Island.
1t was recommended that all so
cieties in the district partake in the
work Of providing a war kitchen
in France. The convention also
pledged 500 for a war orphan and
voted SIS for the support of a
student medical missionary.
After the business session in the
afternoon, the following addresses
were given:
The Importance of Junior
Work''-Miss Amelia Anderson.
Aledo.
India and the Necessity of Mec-
ical Missionaries" Mrs. c. W.
Foss. Rock Island.
"Augustana Women's War Re
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-05

Miss Marjorie Jones. whose hob
by before the war was artistic pho
Biography, has turned her talents to
a useful war work. She now goes
out to Industrial war service cen
tiers which the Young Women's
Christian association has establish
cd a. various muultluu cautonments
throughout the country and taxes
pictures of the girls who are work
ing there. She feels that with her
specialized photography she can
show 10 the public the patriotic
spirit which prompts these girls 20
work in these huge, rough MUM
ton environments.
Miss Jones became a photograph
or quite by accident She was liv-
ing in Chicago when she first be-
came interested in the subject Il
seemed very strange that she
should take up the work because
she had had no interest at all in
pictures. did not like them. in fact.
Then one day she saw some ar
tistic pictures which a woman had
made They were pictures in which
the elements of light, shade, color
and composition had been consid-
cred just as they would be in a
painting. They were the first pic
lures Miss Jones had ever liked and
she liked them because they were
not only a likeness but they eX-
pressed personality at the same
time.
She wanted to learn how to take
such pictures, but she could not be-
come a student and so she simply
watched the woman at her work
When a picture was being taken
Miss Jones watched and tried TO
take one, too. and she compared
her results win those or the spe-
cialist and finally she acquired the
skill.
Tho desire to make only heauti-
full pictures kept Miss Jones from
taking up photography as PROBES
sion. Then when the war came she
found that her hobby as everyone
called it, could be a distinct war
work The national war council
wanted a photographer to do just
the sort OF thing which She is do
ing showing through the medium
Of the camera the patriotism which
inspires girls who are making
shells and doing other dangerous
kinds of war work. Miss Jones
qualified for the job and she gave
up her individual work for this big
ger war work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-05

Hortsberg was a manifestation Of
their appreciation of the ''Y' work
as well as Of their delight at chape-
rouing an American girl through
the war zule-
Her novel tour started IN a speci-
men of that quaint bat useful type
Of army vehicle known popularity as
q ~bathtub," ghe rAk1sh con voy of a
motorcycle. Having swallowed
enough 6uat white In this, she was
Transferred TO q more prosaic umou-
sine, IN which she arrived al an aVi-
ators camp. She sang hsr way into
the affections of the fiyerz. who took
her by Airp4ane to her next stop.
This 0oacert was for the boys of the
first American tank division in
France and. not TO be outdone by
the Av1ators, the tankers insisted
that they mast treat 'er rough" by
a ride ia . travelling fort to the
next stanN.
TT wasn't as comfortable as the
a1rHlAna. but It was more thrilling"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-05
PERSONAL POINTS

Forrest c. Baumbach. who is sta
toned at Fort Leavenworth, is
spending a short furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G Fl. Baum
bach, S31 Twenty-first street.
DR.. Joseph DeSilva has returned
home after attending the Missis-
sippi valley tuberculosis conference
held at st. Louis, Mo.
Joseph Coyle, nephew of Andrew
Sinnett, 1924 Fifth avenue, has been
made a corporal in the S. A. T. c.
at the University of Iowa at Iowa
City, according to word received
yesterday He has been at the in
stitution a week today.
Mrs. Louise Hartman and son
Lester of WiIliamsport, Pa, are
visiting at the David Hallopeter
home, Ais Nineteenth avenue.
Mrs. Mabel Hallopeter of Ais
Nineteenth avenue has received
word of the safe arrival overseas
of her son, Private John l.. Halo
peter.
Mrs. f. P. KeT, 1880 Fifth ave
nue.. returned home Thursday from
Linwood, y. j., where she was call
ed by the serious illness of her
step-father, Arthur Judson, former
Iy of this city.
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Hanna and
Mrs. Hanna, 2209 Fifth avenue, are
parents of son, born Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-05

Oct. Sugar shortage is felt in
the city. Housewives are unable
TO get the requisite amount for their
daily needs. Wholesale dealers say
the refneries are not turning out
more than enough to supply half
the demand. In the present state
of things people will have to be
contented with half rations of su-
gar until the supply picks up.
Mrs. Marquis. during the absence
of Rev. W. s. Marquist of Broad
way Presbyterian church, arranged
for a delightful surprise on the oc-
casion of the anniversary of his
birthday. On his return yesterday
he found most of his congregation
at the parsonage to welcome him.
1t proved to be a most enjoyable
evening for all.
James Maroney. the youngest en-
gineer on the Rock Island road,
was married last evening to Miss
Annie Murrin at St. Joseph's Cath
Ollie church. The couple left last
evening for a visit at the worlds
fair.