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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-15
Advertised Letters

United States Postoftice, Rock Is
land, H., May 10, I9I8.-Adyertised
LIST No. IS: Miss Pearl Allen, Miss
Dorothy Anderson, F. E. Abbott,
Henry 5. Anderson, Lewis Aldrich,
Mrs. Clark BabcOck, Miss Ada G.
Ballard, Lee Brown, Miss Marian
Carl. Miss Mabel Carlson, Mrs.
celia Crouch. Mrs. Mary Clark,
Waymau Chapel, Alya Carey, Cen
ira Zionist Church. J. 3. DunaWay,
Newell Daily. T. Il. DohTn, Roy Z.
Dickson, F. ue Smith, Elmer Davis,
Gartus Dahl Jesse Davis, j. Davis,
Mr. ana Mrs. c. r. Dalton, Miss
Mildred Fowler, Mrs. r. Farrell,
Hans FredriCkseu, Mr.. and Mrs. T.
H. Ferueau. Mrs. Lucy Gray, Miss
Eva Goodwin, Mrs. James F. Gar
gus. Fred Garland, Miss Mildred
HaIleue, Pat HOnde, Nicholas Ha-
mer, D. G. Hyle, Emil Hoffman,
John Hughes, John Hutchinson,
Jack Howell ~, Harry Jacobs, G.
W Jackson, Arthur Judge, Ben ia
cobs. Mrs. anna KaTstens, Mrs Dan
Eavanaugh. ". G. Knight, William
kunO, J. c. Hurry, Mrs. Harry Lit
tig, Mrs Hattie Lilly, Mrs Marie
Leone, Rose Lehrke, Floyd Leland,
Egg Lesion. Mrs. Carl Mathey, Miss
Pauline MelHing, Miss Janet Nc
Lellen, Miss Ruth Miller. Miss Stel-
la Mack, Mis- Edith Mason, Miss
Hazel Moran, II. Martin, Henry Me
Ane, Robert Murphy, Pete Martin
eZ, Thomas Miller, Jim MCCaunOn,
Luis MOradO, J. J. Names, NJ. p.
MOlOuey, Miss Gene Peterson, Miss
Bertha Phillips, Mrs. Ella Pratt,
Mrs. Hattie Powers, George w.
Parker, Rex D. PaytOn, Andrew Pc
terson, Mrs. Bernard Redecker,
Mrs. Grant Ridgeway, Ethel Rain,
Mrs Susan Ref. Clifford Rodgers.
c. T. Reardon, Clifford Rodger, AL
bert Ridenour, Benjamin D. Ryan,
Mrs. John Speaks, Mrs. Minnie
SchOeman, Mrs. Orval Scheffler,
Ethel Sowles, Edd Smith, Christ
Siekmeier. ". B. Stephenson, Lee
Turnipseed, Miss Sallie Thomas,
Perry Underhill, Miss Alice Voor-
hu, L. S. Van SAINT, Mrs B. NJ
Wood, Mrs Belle Wood, Byron
Wait, Terry White. S. B. Walters,
Frank Warford. Foreign: Mrs. H.
c. Babcock, Peter Barbuletos
Franceno GennuZa, Teny MayoroZ,
Steve Reumeos. c. B. Robertson.
HARRY P. SIMPSON,
Postmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-15
DRAFT EvADERS
ARE ENTRAINED
Edward Carlson and Frank Swear
niger. Confessed Slackers, Sent
TO Camp Dodge.
TESTIFY THEY ARE SORRY
Iater's Pal Runs Away al Mothers
Request TO Escape Military
Service.

Frank Swearinger. alias E. NJ.
Love and Edward Carlson, two al
legged slackers, were entrained for
Camp Dodge yesterday afternoon
by Rock Island federal officers.
Swearinger was arrested on
HAY Q with W. L. Williams, alias
W. r. Love, at the Root & Wander
wort plant in East Moline after
authorities at the plant had COM
planned.
Williams Is being held by the
federal operatives He IS charged
with eyadiug She draft. Swearing
CT testified that he threw his reg
isfration card away after he had
met Williams, who was attempt
ing to escape the draft at the re-
quest @oi his mother. Williams
mother is from Germany.
SWearinger It'd the federal Off
GERS that he knew he was doifS
wrong, and that he expected TO be
caught. but never realized that his
case was serious until he was
placed sin jail.
Carlson was arrested more than
q mon h ago at the East Moline
plant and was charged with being
q draft eyader. He has been kept
IL the county Jail waiting further
investigation on the part OF the
government.
Both men were supplied with
Red Cross comfort kits and smOk
ing Ou.Hts as the Rock Island men
have been when they eutrained.
-Eay Thrift stamps
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-15
SAYS HUSBAND is
EXTREMELY CRUEL

Extreme cruelty is the grounds
On which Louis Bronze o. this city
is asking that the court grant
divorce from her husband, Caesar
Bronze.
The suit was filed today in the
circuit court. The couple married
March Z. 1910, and separated
April /, 1918.
Two divorces were granted in
the circuit court yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Lucinda B. Kaufman
was given q divorce from Solomon
kaufman. Mrs. Florence StiEe
charged her husband, Even Slime.
deserted her. and was granted a
decree by Judge W. T. Church.
Buy War Savings stamps
PICNIC TOMORROW.
The dormitory boys of the Y. NJ.
Z. 4. Will entertain the girls of the
I. W. c. a. at a picnic tomorrow
night at 1880. All members of the
J. W. G. 4 are invited and those
intending to come are asked to
sign up at The association rooms
before $3.50 tomorrow morning. The
picnic Will be held Al the Watch
rover and a spread De served. A
merry time IS assured all who at
sehd, as games and a good program
nave been prepared.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
Continued from Seventh Page.)

~rhat'd be the end Of things. You'd
make 1t worse for the workingman
trough not KNOWN nuttin that SOM
merton an such guys do trough
He paused. and Moxon regathered
courage. This sort Of talk was
always grossly exaggerated. An en-
p1oyer could do no more than choose
the best lieutenants- Besides, there
were the state factory inspectors:
they represented the law, and one
had to trust the law.
What about yourself" he urged.
me? Like a fool married"
Didn't you get on we'll with your
no man better" said Spike. resent
the world"
well. then?'
"Well''-Spike's voice unconsciously
softened-"I near starved her, that's
all. A man can't keep a wife on your
wages. Then-the first two kids
Moxon caught his breath.
"Boys?"
"one was. oh. we'll. guess it was
q a. gSsa :Ss 1 ting Then came the strike
They both diedr" asked Moxon.
His wall-eyes were gentier. Almost,
but not quite. he forgot the re-
volver. He was thinking Of his own
first two children and of the Sac
ramento cemetery in which they lay.
Yes" said Spike, but what 1 want
to talk to you about is them mills
o. yourn- I've wanted a long time
to talk to you about them mills.
Moxon."
This reiterated use of his name
without the necessary prefix Jared
the millionaire back to q full realiza-
tion Of the situation.
II don't want to hear" said he;
Sand I'm boss"
so long as you got that gun you
eref It's only q gun makes a man
boss"
did you striker
''Sure did
Il guessed as much"
/ "An we wanted wasn't much, but
Evening star., 1918-06-02

You mean that?" Spike gasped.
yes" Moxon spoke shortly. And
if you want n good job in my miiis
you can get il by applying to som,
merton day after tomorrow III
write in the meantime"
Spike was backing toward the VIII
dow. his face all amaZement.
Tanks for Icttin' me co.. he saiu;
II don't want any thanks. sara
Moxon.
But 1 can't take no job" said
Spike.
why not?"
"Ain't there strike on now
"Wcil," said Spike. II amt no
scab.''
Moxon shrugged again. "By the
way." he said, that revolver-you
see. I was interrupted in my shootins
gallery tonight. and I forgo& 70 re-
load. I only remembered IT wnen l
covered you the second time. Inc
revolver was empty
"I knew that" laughed Spike.
"What got me was; did you?"
when did you know it!
when I hefted it."
$50 you couldn't have killed II you
wanted to?" &.
could. l could "a done it, all right.
all right. with the butt.
Moxon half turned away.
"AIl right" said he. "Oniy remem-
ber / could have sent you UP the
river"
"Good-nieht." said Moxon-
Spike was already at the WINDOW:
He Sung one leg over the sill. say.
he said, with hope in his voice; nom
est now, why'd you let me go!"
Moxon was grim. or
because" he said. brusquely. 7
was sorry for you and-and for your
wife and children"
Spikes face clouded.
'Then it wasn't" he asked, be.
cause proved to you that ting about
the Workman an you millionaire
guys?"
"Not much" snapped Moxon.
20 hellv' said Spike. and he drop
ped out of Moxon's sight forever
This was what the millionaire had
written.
Dear Barton:
IT have considered the matter from
every side, and I absolutely refuse
to meet the men on the basis that
they demand. Yours truly.
JESSE l. MOXoN."
Evening star., 1918-06-02

and picked up the seltzer bottle. He
shook it. He started to squirt the
seltzer into the glass. He turned the
bottle dextrously and sent stream
The bottle fell to the floor with n
small explosion. Moxon closed on
the gasning burglar and easily
wrested the revolver from his grasp.
Turn ahont's fair play" smiled
Moxon as he covered his enemy.
the seltzer from his smarting eyes.
Now" said Moxon, his face leath-
ern mask, you knew there was no.
body else near enough to hear. Why
didn't you shoot me?"
Because it wouldn't "a done no
But I thought you thought / was
a robber and hard on the working
man." Moxon's lip curled.
so do. But where'd be the use O.
shootin' you? One Of you more or
less wouldn't help none"
''Is that why you didn't shoot?'
yep"
You know I have daughter"
"You-you weren't thinking Of
her?"
mo, wasn't" Again Spikes voice
Moxon held the revolver steady.
Because" he said. "the reason
didn't shoot you this time
He paused.
"Weil?" urged Spike. "You think
I'm a bad guy. don't your"
Yes. but there are several reasons
why 1 didn't shoot. Even II 1 had
been sure I could kill you I wouldn't t
have done it because-because OF
what you said about your family"
"Aw." said Spike. forget It,"
NO" said Moxon, that's the sort
of thing I can't forget, just as you
can't forget the-the other sort" HIS
voice became brusque. How did
you get in here?" he asked.
Spike nodded toward his means of
entrance.
"By the window there" he said. He
spoke dryly. You ought to know
that" he added.
'I do. But how did you get up to
the Window"
In spite of his desperate plight
Spike Lane smiled. I Skinned up
that there vine," he said. ITS a
regular ladder. a regular invite.
Our latchstring always out"
Moxon tossed the revolver on the
table.
'well." he said. you can go out
the way You came.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
TWO STANDARDS

you won out. We was blacklisted
trough the trade. You saw to that
all right. couldn't get no job-an'
SO I'm here tonight"
You could have got other work"
sT wasn't good enough at no reg
ular work to keep my old woman
on it."
Again Maxon thought Of sacra-
mento.
Have you any other children'~
'One."
"a boyr
Moxon breafhed heavily; his daugh-
ter slept not fifty yards away.
Look here" he said; "a while ago
you called me robber.
yep"
"Was that Just some more hot ali? p
In Spikes grizzled face there
glowed the light of zeal-the light
Of zeal and another light. He wanted
to anger Moxon. for an angry man Is
always an easy enemy.
THAT'S what I wanted to tell you
about. You see, you're a robber pc
cause you do nuttin' an, steal from
the man that does 1t ALL.
you earn the money with my
"Now." said Spike. "but where'd
YOU get the money to buy the ma
Moxon shrugged his shoulders.
From another MILL" he answered
"An' where'd you get the money to
buy that from? You never had no
money that wasn't made for you by
a workingman. There amt none.
That's why you're a thief" Spike put
all his soul into the repetition of that
word thief" because he counted on
making Moxon's tired hand waver.
And it did. Not because OF the
epithet. Not at all because OF that.
Moxon's thoughts were still busy with
what this wretch had said Of his
children. The pointed revolver shook
the merest fraction of an inch. and
Spike saw 1t. With quick out
stretching of his hand he seized and
twisted Moxon's right wrist
The revolver clattered to the table
and Spike grabbed it and leveled 1t at
his quondam captor.
''Now. then" he whispered.
Evening star., 1918-06-02

Moxon sprang up and overturned
the chair. Stand still" commanded
Spike.
Moxon breathed heavily.
You'd better shoot" he remarked.
His tone was mocking.
I'm no fool" said Spike.
Nobody can hear YOU"
T know it,
You'd better shoot. It's Jail IL you
don't" Spike shook his head.
Then Moxon seemed to acquiesce.
"Well," said he, when a man pre-
Evening star., 1918-06-02
Pulling Down Statues.

MANY suggestions have been made
Av0 that the statue Of Frederick the
Great. which. until recently. stood on
one of the pedestals at the north front
Of the War College. should be melted up
and cast into bullets. The statue is OF
bronze. and bullets are not made OF
bronze. The modern bullet has a
GORE" of lead and its outer covering
or "jacket" is of cupra-nicke1 steel
that is. a steel alloyed with copper
and nickel. The copper in the bronze
of the statue might be used as an alloy
in the steel Jacket Of the up-to-date
bullet.
In making the suggestion that Fred
erick's statue be cast into bullets. the
American memory has gone back to
that historic incident when the statue
OF George III. one of the German-de-
scended kings of England. was pulled
from its pedestal by a New York mob
late in the afternoon of July 8, 1776.
mutilated and finally made into bull
lets for the use of the Continental
army. But bullets in those days were
lead, and the statue of George was
lead gilded over so that it represented
gold.
1t was unveiled with considerable
ceremony on August 81. ITO. and
stood on the green called Bowling
Green. at the south end of Manhattan
Island. The name Bowling Green is
stu preserved there. as well as the
Battery. which stod close to the
waters edge.
When the statue of George was
pulled down it was mutilated by men
with axes and sledges. The idea of
converting the lead horse and rider
into bullets that were badly needed by
colonial troops was taken up. and
Benson ]. Lassing, in 1.-The Field Book
of the American Revolution" writes
that the part of the statue which had
not been hacked to pieces was taken
to Litchfeld. Conn.,, where a party OF
patriotic citizens under the leadership
of the family of Gov. Wolcott cast the
lead into bullets and these were wrap
ped in the head of stout paper cylin-
ders. containing powder. making the
powder and bullet convenient for the
use of the soldier. There is a record
of the cartridges as they were made
up by the ladies of the Litchfield. as
follows: Mrs. Marvin. cartridges.
6.058: Ruth Marvin. 1852: Laura VOL
colt. S.37S: Mary Ann Wolcott, 10.790;
Frederick Wolcott. 936; Mrs. Beach.
802: sundry other persons, 2,182.
The late Samuel Hay Kaufman. in
his historic study on Men on Horse
back" which was read before the
Columbia Historical Society in 1901,
collected many interesting facts about
that first equestrian statue. which was
set up within the limits of the United
States. He wrote: "A chronicler Of
the times gives a rather quaint ac-
count of the inaugural proceedings at
tending the unveilng of this statue,
IN :he following words:
Ion this occasion the members of
His Majesty's Council, the City Cor
poration, the Corporation Of the
Chamber of Commerce. the Corpora
tion of the Marine Society and most
of the gentlemen of the City and
Army waited on His Honor. the Lieu
tenant Governor Golden. in the Fort.
at his request; where His Majesty's
and other loyal healths were drunk
under discharge Of thirty-two pieces
Of cannon. from the Battery. accom-
panied by Band Of Music"
Evening star., 1918-06-02

that in most of the bad camps tho or
ganizations had come from the south
ern states, and why they should have
been thus affected is one of the things
that the pneumonia board will try
to find out. More colored troops
came from the south than from other
sections. but pneumonia was far less
prevalent with them than with the
white troops from the same sections.
Health charts of every camp estab-
lished in the United States show a
close correspondence between tho
lines of measles and the lines of pneu-
monia. That is quite generally
known, but another fact gives ground
for thought. In almost every camp
where measles and diseases that fol-
low it hold high records other dis
eases are also higher than in the good
camps.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
ONTANA is a right smart
MI ways from around the CITY,"

SVS Her war being the same as
ours. 1t seems as II we who stand on tho
curb and thrill when our drafted men
march by ought to feel kinship OF
interest in the send-offs given to the
sons of the land of shining noun
tains" when they hit the trail that
leads to a trench. Tho glimpse re-
vealed per letter also visions the
drastic but entirely effective patriot
ism with which Montana shows up
her bond slackers. and which would
be a mighty fine pattern to follow. ex-
cept that we don't need it here:
Thirty Of our boys are leaving for
camp tomorrow. Before we system
lied our heartbreaks we just let them
wade away in a drizzle Of tears. but
we have learned to belt in our cour-
age and start them off in fine style.
Now. we take big Italian flag which
the knights of Columbus purchased
for their doings and choose four
bearers, who carry it on the principle
Of queens train. Ahead of 1t goes
the flag of flags, flowing from high
STAFF, and behind both march our SOL
diers-in-cocoon. each stepping out
like the hero he is going to be. and
all of them wearing white badges.
There is a loudly inspiring band. and
ahead of everything in the process
sion rides our Judge Pyper on "the
finest horse in Montana" that cake
walks down to the station-with the
Judge sitting up like a king, a red
sash across his shoulders and his
spurs shining. The citizen end of
the parade looks like a human census
of the town. Tonight we are going to
have a demonstration announcing the
results of our third bond drive. and
the names Of all men with bank ac-
counts who have not subscribed will
be flashed on big screen in the
street."
Yes, sir, 1t sure would be a fine
example to copy-except praise be.
we don't need to!
~
The park was lighted by lamps that
trailed golden banners of light across
ShO PhSAos ONS SA0Ao 90 ho AiASOAs
and the shadows were extra big and
black. A party of young women
four. counting by numbers-caught
sight of an arm reached out from
murkiness of a bush into q streak of
light. and. naturally. they scooted.
All except one. who stood her ground
and called out to the darkness:
Say, you. what are you up to un-
der that bush? Come out here and
give an account Of yourself before I
call the police"
A small boy crawled from under his
sable blanket. One hand held a tin
can:
"Pm juster catchin' fish bait. The
grass is fuller angleworms tonight
I ainter doin' no harm"
To illustrate. his hand shot out in
the grass and caught a wriggle,
which he dropped into the can.
"Oh. is that it? Well, I'm sorry
fused at you-only you came near
soaring my crowd to DEATH"
The boy grinned with the sponta-
neousness of his kind when judicially
managed. The woman's apology was
accepted.
1t didn't occur to either Of them
Evening star., 1918-06-02

By an order dated May 20 the War
Department organized a board, con-
.sisting Of Coils.
Pneumonia Board Deane C. How
for Army. Russel. Victor c.
Vaughan. Lieut.: Col. William c. Welch
of the Medical Corps. N. A.. and Surg.
Rufus Cole. U. 8. A. all famous sani-
tarians. for the purpose Of investi-
eating the nature. causes. prevention
and treatment Of penumonia in the
military camps.
The horrible recollection Of condi-
tions In the camps and cantonments
last winter and early spring insures
a grim interest in the operations of
this board. Then the Army medical de-
partment was caught not unprepared.
but unequipped for the emergency of
safeguarding the health Of million
and half of men thrown pell-mell
advanced hospitals and without a
sufficient number Of nurses. This
summer and fall 1t is not unlikely
that the medical officers will have
to take care of as many as they did
last winter, and they want to be
results for which they were not re-
sponsible through any neglect or
shortsightedness on their part. They
were expecting that that would hap
pen which did happen. They fore
saw the causes and knew their effect.
Studies OF camp locations with re-
gard to health conditions exhibit some
unexpected facts. The death rate
varied in them from 2.3 per thousand
a year in Camp Logan and nearly the
same low rate in five other camps.
all less than 3, up to 31.5 in Pike. with
two others each above 25. The board
is trying to find why these differences
should be. They found the good
camps intermingled with the bad
camps as far as location was con-
cerned. But on examination of the
troops in the camps the medical ON
Gers made the surprising discovery
Evening star., 1918-06-02
Around the City
to waste sympathy on the fish. And.
of course. worms don't count.


Three women were 1unching in an
Office building.
The one with Theda Barra hair ex-
planned that she had just washed 1t
and couldn't do thing with it.
The elder and plainest Of the party.
who must have considered that 1t
was up to her to be clever. told what
a good idea 1t was when you dried
your hair in the sun to pull the crown
out of a wide-brimmed old hat, and
draw the hair through 1t SO that the
eyes would be shaded.
You might think I got that from q
woman's page. but I didn't. read
1t in an old Italian book. It seems
that a certain princess. famed for her
beauty, used to do it in 1494-5ust
two years after Columbus discovered
this"
The third. girl almost young
enough to enjoy bursting the bag her
sandwiches were In for the fun OF
hearing it pop. interrupted mere
written history to supply up-to-date
facts:
THAT'S nothing. Ny grandmother
used to do that"
dAoAAid.
+ +
Nothing is more refreshing than q
choice bit of idiocy after. a days
work that requires q double portion
of brains. Which accounts for the
hereby quoted proposition:
'If somebody gave you million
dollars this afternoon would you
show up in the morning." -:
The answers were what dear Mr..
Venus would call various"
One big youngster, who was keep
ing up with the Joneses. admitted
that a sudden million might possibly
induce him to phone to the chief for
a day of. Another. hobnobbing with
nine inconsistencies Of hens. stepped
out of his chicken run long enough
to make it distinctly understood that
it would take more than any measly
little old million to keep him from
helping to get the best paper ever out
on time-a statement indorsed by ap-
plause.
There was the usual exception. Of
course. There has to be. otherwise
what would become Of the general
modatingly provides? You have to
keep important things like that in
mind.
All day Exception had shipped
f1imsies with the relentlessness Of
that other fate who does business
with shears. And now he was scan
ming a first issue. hot caked from
the press-which was what the others
were doing also, because-confidentia
If your own stuff gets by all right it
doesn't matter about the rest of the
paper-really.
And. as Exception read. it needed
no seventh daughter of seventh
daughter to diagnose the lines in his
face and the good things mentally
and humanely they stood for.
For that matter, even the one in
significant side comb in the crowd
whose imagination wasn't elastic
enough to picture a raise in salary
and who didn't know Exceptions
everyday name could have predicted,
without cards or crystal ball, that the
big half of any fortune that should
ever come his way would go toward
the honest helping of that universal
relative, our brother man-and while
she was considering Exception had
already gone on record.
If he had million dollars he
would buy a bean orchard and hoard
1t for soup like his landlady used to
make.
Which shows that it is always desir-
able to be prepared for the best.
NANNIE LANCASTER.