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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
NAME OF LOCAL
YOUTH WILL Be
ON HONOR ROLL
Fred Charles Schaffner to Be List
ed Among Nation = Heroes is
Word From Officials.
FATHER PLEASED BY ACTION
Government Authorities Show Deep
Appreciation of Soldiers
Sacrifice.
PLEASED BY ACT

The name of Chief Petty officer
Fred Charles Schaffner, United
States navy, who died on April Is
of wounds received while in action
on the west front in France, will be
placed on the nations honor roll.
Such is the information received
late Saturday from the authorities
at Washington by Charles NJ.
Schaffner, father of the dead hero.
The communication made a request
that a photograph of his ,sOn be
sent at once to the proper Off
Gals that it might promptly be
placed on the records and be pre-
served.
Is Third Letter.
This is the third letter received
from the war department and Mr..
Schaffner is greatly pleased with
the attention shown him by the
government officials 1t tends to
tighten the burden of his sorrow
and that of Mrs Schaffner to know
that the United States government
is not unmindful of their suffering
and pain and is proud of the eXam1
pie OF heroism which their son had
set
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06

ULdI . ? I'ooo'VVV
The results from the rural town
ships do not show the entire sub
scriptions coming from such town
ships as some subscriptions were
made through Rock Island banks
which are included in their reports.
A revised report as % the results
from the various townships viii be
later
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
The Great American

He is american. He has the idealism of
America-the humor, the kindness, the reaching
toward bigger thing, the simplicity. In his work
we find all things, from the ridiculous in "Huckle-
berry Finn to the sublime of Joan of Arc, the
most spiritual book that was ever written in the
English language, of serene and lovely beauty
as lofty as Joan herself. A man vino could write
two such books as "Huckleberry Finn and
Joan of Arc was sublime in power. His youth
and his laughter are eternal; his genius will never
die.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
He Was a Great Man; So
His Works Are Great

The road ahead of that boy on the river bank
was hard one. Before MARK Twain" a dis
tnguished, white-hared man. and the King of
England walked and talked together his path was
set with troubles that would have broken weaker
spirit 1t was truly American story-a small be-
gnning-little schoong-hard work Disaster
good humor-and final, shining, astounding success
he fought with poverty, he fought with dis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01

He made us laugh, so that we had no time to
see that his style was sublime, that he was biblical
in simplicity that he to America another
Lincoln in spirit.
To us, to every in the United States, he
just Mark Twan-well beloved, one of our
selves. one to laugh with, to go to for cheer
one to go to for sane, pointed views. Now he is
gone. the trenchant pen is still But his JOYOUS
spirit is still with US. Mark Twain's smile will
live forever. His laughter is eternal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01

We had to be told first by English writer's
that Mark Twain was incomparably great; that in
the last half of the nineteenth and in the twentieth
century he was not only tie greatest of American
writer's, but the greatest prose writer that
lived in any part of the world. He was so far
ahead of his time that he surprised the people
by views that seemed to them radical Today we
have come around to his thinking, and he has
been proven right
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
Lou Price Sale Must Stop

one OF the last things he
ef! He said Don't make editions Don't make ed
LIONS 10 sell tor 5000 and 5000 Make good books books
look at ana easy read make low So have made this
no up TO now we have been able sell this low Rising
to continue the sale of Mark Twain low New editions
VIII cost very much this National Edition. months
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01

And then at the height of his fame he lost all his
money and found himself heavily in debt, for he
no business He went back to the hated
drudgery Of the lecture platform until he paid
every cent.
Because he of high and brave intellect
because he had humor deep and as true as
the human heart, and because he had struggled
with life he great man. SO his works are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01

had to raise the little small
does not matter muc missed But the price again
lou must act at
set at popular price, do delay withdrawn and
then you will pay considerably rMarkT Twain
The last of the edition again
Mark Twain at the present Now opportunity
No" is the time to send the Mar Twam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
AS Children We Loved Him

They say that children know the nwar.lness
OF things. child knows the heart of man. A
child knows the heart of book We as children
mstinctvely knew Mark Twain was so much
greater, so much truer than anybody else that
there was no one to compare him with.
Now, grown up, know the reason why
re had the heart of child; he had the style of
master, SO simple that neither art nor technique
was even suspected for a moment; character SO
splendid that the reading of him was clear and
fine.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27
Effective Man Power

Man power per acre is much
more effective in the agricultural
production of this country than IT
is in any European country. 10
France. Germany. Hungary. and the
U nited Kingdom, before the war,
there was one person engaged in
agriculture to about 7 acres in
cultivation; in Belgium and Italy, to
about 5 acres; and in the United
States, to 81 acres. In the foreign
countries. cultivation is more in.
te ensive and the fields are often
small and scattered; in this county
large and contiguous fields permit
the use of machinery, draft animals
aud tractors. Production per acre
is comparatively low in this country
but the product per worker is much
greater than it is in the other
countries named.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27
Regulations.

Uncle Sam is certainly regulating
the small newspaper to a turn nova,
days The number of pages they
print the numbe Of exchanges they
may carry, the number of free copies
to advertisers and others they may
give. the amount of paper they may
consume, the fact that papers may
be sent only to paid in advance
subscribers-these and many other
regulations are to be enforced. But
there is no limit to the free space
re quested by the various COVER
mental departments and apparently
no limit to the amount of good
paper consumed by them in sending
out their dope. What the average
peanut head in the country news.
paper Office can't understand is why
there may not be some regulation
along this line also9
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27
Recruiting Marines

Orders to resume recruiting for
the Marine Corps on October Isl
have been received by Capt. F. E
Turin. who is in charge of the 18th
Recruiting District at st. Louis. -
Under the order recruiting will
be resumed at once, applicants will
be examined but will not be sent
to camp until after October 1st.
The order permits men in the
draft to apply for enlistment in the
Marine Corps. The officer in charge
then SENDS notice of the applica-
tion to the Provost Marshal General
who directs the local board to re
lease the applicant for service.
The new plan permits registered
men to get into the Marine Corps
by merely applying to the nearest
recruiting Office or to the authori
ties of their draft board for per-
mission to enlist.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27
Dedication Postponed

The dedication of Missouri's new
Capitol planned for October S, was
indefinitely postponed Wednesday
night by the Capitol Commission
because of the scarcity of railroad
coaches and inability to get reduced
rates for members of the Home
Guard.
10 a statement. the commission
said that the people needed their
m oney for activities. and that If the
Capitol is dedicated. it will be after
the war is over.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27
MUST DO OUR PART
Every American to Assist in
This Great Struggle

American farmers will not need
outside help to feed themselves,
and il is time for city consumers. in
the United States to take some coz.
ern for their own sustenance.
The time has come when by pub,
lie opinion or by local law, state
nd municipal. but most important
of all by the exsmple of men Ct
a fairs who are the leaders in their
CO mmunities, every able bodied man
must be persuaded to cease doing
tn infs that women can do as well OF
things that are ares unnecessary
from the standpoint of war and
needful business activities. In a
time like this no man has a moral
right. whatever his fortune may be,
to employ another man to render
ny service of mere comfort OF
convenience when the finest young
m en- of the United States are in
France digging bitches. saving
timber, laying rails and playing
with death, and when the finest
young women of the United States
are scrubbine floors in hospitals
and it is a sin that almost ap.
proaches the unpardonable offense
against civilization for any man oI
" oman in the United States to en-
age in d wastefIl or unnecessary
service.
We have cot to strip for war as
E neland France, Italy and Belgium
h ave stripped. We cannot win the
W ar aud maintain peace-time hab
its and conveniences. We cannot
win it by depending upon the men
" omen and children who are nov
on the farms and who are working
from daylight to black dark.
Last year in many agricultcra
regions where ordinary farm labol
" as not available on call the peo
pie of the towns and cities closed
their stores and shops and Offices
for a day at a time or for such {
time as was necessary and saved
the crops. BY concert this can bt
done anywhere without materia
loss to any business or any in
dustry.
Unselfish service is the impera
tive demand of the hour.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27
We can buy bonds.

The Daughters of the American
Revolution in Hannibal are going to
engage in the work ofmaking leath-
er vests for our aviators. In this
work they expect the cooperation
of the people of Hannibal generally
so far as regards the procuring OF
the necessary materials. They are
asking that the people give them
for use in this way old kid gloves,
suede tops of shoes. leather pillow
and table covers, leather post,
cards and ell other such pieces.
Those having material of this hind
thst they wish to devote to this
purpose are asked to put in recepta,
cles that the women have placed in
Strone's dry goods store and at
Stewards drug store on Broad
way.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27
We Will MAKE PEACE
United States Will Dictate
Terms to Germany

With American guns on the bord.
er ready to hurl death and destruc-
tion il TO Germany, with Austro.
Hunga on the verge of starvation
}dismemberment and with the Brit
ish and French smashing through
the Teuton lines almost at will, it
was inevitable that a cry for peace
would come from the Central Powers.
If we understand the feelings of the
7 United States and Entente nations,
our answer to the peace offensive
will be this:
We will talk peace to you when
you, the people of Germany and
Austris, come begging for it across
the bodies of the Hapsburg and the
HoheDzollerns; we will talk peace to
you when you surrender uncondi-
tionally and throw yourselves on
our mercy; we will talk peace to you
when the last vestiee of militarism
is ground into the dust, never to
rise again; we will talk peace to you
o My when we make tie terms. In
short, we will talk peace as complete
Victors aud under no other circums-
tances.
OF course, the purpose of the
peace offensive is to permit Ger
many to escape With territorial loot
and Austria to retain its integrity.
No matter low much we have sUf-
fered from the war, no matter how
allurine the terms offered may be,
we must turn deaf ear to them.
Nothiog win satisfy us but the kind
of peace we QHallta-4 s,A,.l - s
The Central Powers have chosen
an unfortun ate time for their peace
wall; Had il been sent forth at a
time when the allied nations were
on the retreat end in distress for
food and men there might have
been some sentiment for a peace
discussion But today. when the
allies military prospects are riding
high, when the submarine has been
about driven from the seas and
America is astounding the world
with the rapidity and tremendous.
ness of its military preparations,
tn ere is little likelihood that the
Allies will listen to any peace that
will permit Germany and Austria
to escape the full measure of their
punishment.
Let there be no talk of peace OF
peace discussion until Germany and
A ustria cry from the ruins of their
militaristic dynasIies:
For Gods sake give us peace-any
peace YOU wish to give us. but
peace.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27

The newspapers are having great
di ifficulty to keep their doors open.
The Pike County Post, published in
Bowling Green and the oldest pa
per in Pike County. has suspended
publication. We are counting on
staying, though the job is a hard
one. A people who want news
paper in their town support it by
the prompt paying of their sub
scriptioD; those who don't want it
never pay.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27

Five cars we're stolen from Elec
trio park, Kansas City, in one day
last week. The organization of an
Anu.Automobile Thief Association
appears to be one OF the needs of
the present day.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27
WILL THEY BACK US?
The Question Our Boys Are
Asking lover There"

In letter from Somewhere in
France" that came the other day
these lines appeared:
Il suppose you are all pretty
busy over there with war work. Do
you know that there is only orc
thing that is botherine the Ameri
cans who are doing the fighting over
h ere and that is Are they going to
back us up at homer"
This fellow who wrote the letter
has been in France for eighteen
months now. He joined up over
there while on war mission. He
is in a machine gun battalion and
has been fighting steadily for weeks
in the great offebsives. He knows
what the Hun is like. He has met
him and beaten him. He no long
er worries about the Hun. He is
worrying about US back here at
home where no shell fire streaks
the nights and 10 black puffs of
shrapnel spot the daylight skies.
Are we going to back him up. he
and The hundreds of thousands that
have gone? Not with lip loyalty
and good wishes" and whispered
hopes that Fritz has had enough
and is going to quit" and the war is
going to be over by Christmas?"
Are we going to back these chaps
with guns and steel, with wheat
and beef and with that iron deter
minetioD that makes up the second
and third lines of armies, that makes
the fighting front extend back
acress the gA'lsutieeSad into every
home and by every fireside in
America? That is the kline of back.
ing that counts.
We can't all grow wheat and pork
for the fighting man. We can't all
heat to a red heat the six and nine
inch shells that are going TO 10 the
talking to the Kaiserites We can,
all get into the olive drab and work
the bolt on a rifle
But we can all buy Liberty
Bonds. The Fourth Loan is here
The big drive opens September rs
He is poor sort of American, mar
or woman, who can't buy one bond
at least.
We are having it pretty easy
over here compared with what
those in France are facing. 1t is
costing US more to live and we are
being rationed on sugar and the
bread is not all white and a lot ol
lOafers are having to 60 to work foI
the first time in their worthless
lives. but hardships hasn't really
touched us yet
We can buy bonds
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27

AS an emergency measure it is
important that as much seed as
possible should be saved on our
farms and in our market gardens.
1t has been done widely in the past
and eau be done readily asain.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27

Speaking of that $50 reward offer
ed by the Government for the ar
rest of slackers and other draft
dodgers, The Centralia Firesids
Guard says: Almost every town
has its Stacker and the reward will
bring some, of them out of the
brush"
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27
GER. SOLDIER WRITES
1--WE Have Lost All-Have
Suffered Terribly"

SIX months ago the enemy launch
ed the great offensive that was to
bring the Entente to its knees be-
fore American help could reach the
numerical balance in the Allies
favor. For four months the French
and British. calamity supported by
such American divisions as were
available. bore the brunt of the
German drives. Then the situation
changed dramatically when Foch
struck on July 18. and now, two
months later. the Allies have recov-
cred nearly all they had lost previ-
ously.
The letter a German soldier
sums the situation up well enough:
In the spring we had immense
trouble TO advance at the price of
heavy losses. To day the French,
who know how to play the game
sweep US headong before them. We
have lost all we gained before and
have suffered terribly. In my bat
talon tine companies are respective
iy s, II and 25 men strong, You
can judge from that how we are re.
treating according to a strategic
plan with trifling losses
Another writes with equal bitter
ness:
We are taking part in "a vicOri-
Gus retreat. In plain language that
means We are running away with
trlebtlul losses
More than month agn we quoted
the 0piniOn OF FGench officer tnat
the situation justified the NigEest
hopes" How much more is that
the CASE today. when FOci's hand is
Strengthened by 80 trumps Of in
e-iImable value?
Tie first is the American Army,
tIen force il training, now a
force i'll being whose irresistible
physical superiority more tnan COM
pensares iOr its lack of war prac-
tice. That such is the case was
proved at ST Mihiel.
Second, the Allied Generalissimo
has tremendous advantage in the
fact that the extension of the battle
front beyond the central Arras-
Reims sector threatens the enemy
even more eravely than an ottack
between those two points.
In the early days of July, when
France was awaiting The Germans
final stroke" We knew a blow
against Verdun CT Nancy could not
he Knockout" whatever its sue
cess, To win a decision before the
Americans were ready. HindenbuFg
was forced to initiate movement
against Paris and the main force of
the Allied armies.
Now Foch has sufficient troops
in hand to undertake operations
outside the German reserve &C
cumulation centerS.
Such operations may have no
less importance than those already
in progress against the sector be-
tween Arras and the forest of St.
GobaiD. where the greater part of
the German forces in France Is con-
centrated and being wasted in
futile counter attacks.
The German reserves have been
used up in meeting the Allied at
tacks upon the Hindenbure line.
What forces can the enemy COM
mand to resist the whole weight of
Americas new armies?
SDeakinS of that S5( reward offer
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27

Some day some bright war cor
respondent is going to invent a new
phrase to take the place of shell
torn village"
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27
ABOUT THAT SEED CORN
Good Seed Corn for Next
Year Important

A most important farm duty for
this week or next is that of gather
ing seed corn. The early FREE re las
year and the drouth this year have
served to lessen the supply of good
seed. In fact, the farmers of Mis-.
souri, are about to face a seed corn
famine To guard against such a
catastrophe, the University of Mis-
souri, Extension Division is urgine
farmers to field to select enough
Seed corn TO supply them for t@o
years, if possible. If a farmer
has an exceptionally good fed
OF corn he might save seeG for his
less fortunate neiehbor. The beet
seed is thst grown in a community
in which it is TO be planted.
Selecting the seed 10 the field is
important Drying and storing also
requires care if the se,d is to be
brought thru the winter 10 best con-
dition Corn as it comes from th,.
field may contain as high as 80 pc
ceut water. This content must be
reduced to about IL per cent to
render the corn safe from injury by
freezing. Leaving the corn in d
sack or pile for day after select.
ing may injure it. 1t should be
dried promptly, and then stored il
a dry place where it will not have
opportunity to reabsorb moisture.
The all-importaDt thing just now
for the Missouri farmer is to &c,
his next years supply of seed corn
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-27

Thirteen farmers near Sweet
Springs were fined recently for
b oarGing -four Folks have got to
get down, to war bread whether they
like il or not, and we doubt if any
very large percentage of the popula-
tion banker" after it. The only
safe way is to grin and bear it and
hope for the coming Of the jubilee
when golden brown loaves and
fiaky biscuits and pie crust that
doesn't resemble leather shall once
m ore gladden. the hearts and appe-
tites Of hungry folks.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-27
IDAHO CASUALTIES

Killed in action-Ray v. Madsen
Blackfoot; Corporal Frank Zelsky
Roy; Bernard Armstrong, Sweet.
water; William J. Johnson, Occur
d'Alene; Bugler William D. Laden
Shoshone; George Pearson, Boise;
Corporal Paul A. Harmon, Bull; Del.
bert Green, Soda Springs.
Died of wounds-Edmund Con.
way, Notus; corporal Harry r. Sin.
vely, Gooding; George H. Croft, Hey.
burn.
Wounded severely-Bell F. Bren'
nan, Wendell; Edmund Burke, st
Anthony.
Wounded, degree undetermined
corporal Ivan L. Hitler, Glenn'
Ferry; D.. A. Young, Rupert; Clayton
Ellinger, Plummer; William H. And
rews, Downey; George G. Edlefsen
Briggs; Worth r. Leeright, Burley;
Cecil A. Nelson, Oakley.
Slightly wounded - Reuben =
Covert, Thatcher; Aaron J. Johnson
Richfield; Enoch Church, Weiser;
William w. Soule, Salmon.
Missing in action-Thomas L
Curtis, Chilly; Alvin B. Clark, Eagle;
Clarence e. Mock, Gilmore.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-27
SEVEN LOAvES OF BREAD
FOR EVERY PERSON IN
U. S. SAVED FROM WASTE
Farmers and Threshermen Patrlotl-
cally Respond to Call Of Food
Administration.

From information received by the
q, s. Food Administration from the
principal grain growing states, 1t is
now possible to announce with fair &C.
curacy the amount Of wheat saved last
harvest by improved methods Of han
ding. According to official calcula-
tons, efforts toward cleaner threshing
saved fully 100000 bushels Of wheat
with corresponding savings of other
small grain harvested and threshed in
similar manner In addition, other
states, though unable to furnish fig.
ures, reported greatly reduced harvest
losses.
The figure for 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 op-
portunities in this branch Of conserva-
ton were large, the quantity Of grain
recovered surpasses early expecta-
lions. It Is noteworthy also that re-
suits were secured principally through
voluntary cooperation.
No conservation measure Of the
Food Administration, 1t is declared,
has received more wholehearted sup
port than that pledged and rendered
by farmers and threshermen toward
reducing grain waste at Its source.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-27
JAMESTON

Miss Jennie Harker was caller
at the home of Mrs. Dee Roberts
Monday afternoon.
The Misses Ella and Marie Chris
Jensen and Howard Anderson were
guests at the home of Helen and
Willard Longhurst Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Bolander and
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Longhurst were
guests at supper at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clair Hampton Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Anderson and
Mrs. Dee Roberts were shopping in
Idaho Falls Saturday.
Earl Arave motored to Shelley
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dick and Mrs.
Mary Longhurst motored to Idaho
Falls Monday to do their Christmas
shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Simpson spent
Friday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Clair Hampton. The evening was
spent with games and candy making.
Miss Bertha Fielding returned
home Sunday after spending week
with Mr.. and Mrs. George Longhurst
Of Shelley.