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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


BABY carriage; ivory; reed: lie Four
teenth street. r. l. 35S4-X.
BED, single. springs and mattress; also
COOK stove. Call r. l. AIS.
CHIlD'S crib bed; phone r. l. 2437.
DESK; fiat top; at SIS; T. H kren
ELECTRIC coupe: tires; batteries; up
noistering, paint, first class condi-
ton; bargain. Don Sales Co.
FORD, 1917 model runabout; guaran-
teed mechanically perfect equipped
with 30x3h tires all around; X. w.
shock abscrSer; specdometer. Phone
Il. l. 2o3l.
4. GUINEA PIGS; call r. l. 1854.
HOUSEHOLD furniture; ali first class
al bargain. Call any time at 1903
Seventh avenue.
LEGHORN rooster; white; full blooded;
d243 Fourteenth street; or call r. l.
3a45-L.
MOTORCYCLES: Flying Merkle: single
sl9; must be sold this week; 3ll Nine-
teenth street
MAXWELL touring car. excellent cen
dition. Phone r. l. 1850.
ORGAN; 50. $50 Tenth avenue,
PATCH machine; Singer. for auto cur
talns and shoe repairing; good condi.
ton: 1920 Seventh avenue.
TRUCK body; large; e5I7 Eleventh
street. Phone 1851.
weight about 1880 pounds, X. /. 437S
WHITE seed corn; government tested
US Forty-third street. Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12
WANTED-TO RENT.

BY March or April; cottages five or six
rooms: modern. Inquire 450b Eighth
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12
Kansas City Provisions.

Kansas City, Feb. 12.-Butters, eggs
and poultry, unchanged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12
FOR REKT-HOUSES.

HOUSE; modern: seven rooms; very de-
sirable; will also sell at bargain COM
plete furnishings contained in same
Address III. h" care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12

knights TeaMplnr.
THE stated conclaves Of Rock Island
commandery No IS. knights Tenn
plar. will be held the second Monday
Of each month. Visiting Knights vel
come. J. w. Houder. COMMANDER: J.
l.. Hickey, recorder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12

". 3. ". v.
SI2ONEY BAY CAMP NO. s. U. 8. w. ".
meets the first and third Thursday OF
each month at p. m. at Memorial
hall. Frank Furbos. COMMANDER: II
NJ. Titterinstor. adjutant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12

s2,450 WILL BUY fve-room house on
Sixth avenue asphalt boulevard; mod
ern except heat& For other bargains
in moderate cost homes see J. A. Mo-
ran Agency, S1o Safety building. In
surance and real estate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12

ONE or two desirable lois north Of
Eighteenth avenue. on Twenty eighth
street; level: east front, price reason
able Phone r. !. 14s7 after p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12

ON monthly payments; four, tive and
six room modern houses; these houses
can be bought with small payment
down; balance like rent. For par
ticulars call z. l. 3451 or 1915.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12

8. of Y.
H. c. CLEAVELAND CAMP NO. ais.
Sons of Veterans-Meets on second
and fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month at S o'clock in Memorial hall at
the court house. l.. l.. Harms, COM
mander; Eugene johnson. secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12
WANTED-MALE HELP.
wANTED-FEMALE HELP.

GIRLS: Smith Reimers Co, 1913 Brady
street, Davenport, Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12

G. A. N.
BUFORD Post 243, q. A. r., meets reg
ularly on second and Fourth Friday
afternoons of each month at p. m
in Memorial hall at the court house.
c.. II. Church, commander; T. +. Cox.
adjutant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-12
FOR RENT.-ROOxs,

ROOMS for light housekeeping; 1923
Sixth avenue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20
Pedestrians Not Always Careful

To the Editor Of The Times:
There has been 80 much said about
the traffic regulations and the safety
u the streets one would think all had
been said that Is necessary to be SAID
or could be said, but think the most
important OF all has not been said
Jet. We all know that some Of the
new regulations are wonderful. while
some Of them are like chiid's play:
but what I consider most important
s. to educate the people how to walk
m the streets. / dare say that 90 per
cent Of pedestrians who are hurt by
automobiles are hurt because Of their
oR,n fault
People on the street seem TO have
an idea that an automobile viii DE-
hberAtely run right over them II the :
DON'T get out OF the way. while. a.
e matter Of fact, the average auto
driver has control OF his machine Al
All times, and II the pedestrian will
give him half a chance he will not hii
them There are two or three things
that pedestrians should remember al
ways when crossing a street: first
look both ways before starting aero Z
and always remember that an auto
mobile is trying 10 go behind them
and not IN front. a. most OF them
seem TO think. ] notice that almost
Invariably when ! see . paFSon cross
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20
Washington on a Whiskey Diet

II you have been reading the newspapers lately you
sbouts
One automobile seized with 1850 pint bottles Of whs
key aboard.
Another automobile with 1000 bottles of whisksy for
cargo.
5,OOO-FIVE THoUsAND-pints Of whiskey taken
ginis way stations.
Two hundred and fifty gallons Of whiskey empted into
the gutter around the jsilhouse at Alexandra.
And the police do not get ONE IN TEN Of the dealers
Ia the poison.
Washington and its surroundings are on . whiskey
Diet put there by congressman who neither i've nor be-
heve as they vote
Against honest advice from honest it is pro-
posed TO put the whole country a whiskey basis.
There no limit to the ambitions Of the mistaken pro-
hbtionists even the disease they say they curing
develops worse symptoms every day they treat it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20
Lash the Rascals on the
Bare Backs
The Newly Formed Citizens Liberty Welfare Committee Has the Fins
Opportunity Yet Presented to Drive the PrUteer
National Capital Fearless Publicity VIII Help.
By EARL. GOODWIN.

committee of Washington citizens has been formed
to drive the profteers from the National Capital
hope this committee will turn out to be more Of a
driver than a whitewash association
Washington has a bad name throughout the country
because of high prices here Let man try to dispute
that assertion Magazines and out-OftoWn newspapers
have exploited this unpleasant fact and no amount Of
inside seEf-audation viii wipe away the stain made by
those moneyusting Washingtonians who found the OBJ
portunity in this awful to gnd the faces Of tie
poor"
The ONE way to regain the esteem of the country is to
acknowledge that there has been pro6teerng AND THEN
DRIVE 1T OUT.
One encouraging sign In the resolution creating the
Citizens Liberty Welfare Committee is the announce
exploited by profteers find outlet for their express
sions What have needed in Washington than any
thing else sort of administration wherein
the ordinary everyday CONSUMER is represented In the
Fuel Administration we have needed man who knows
what is to be done out of his winters eoa in the Food
Administration need TODAY who is devotng
his time to figuring out how he live with the cheapest
of meat soaring in WASHINGTON to prices higher than
those which war-ridden England pays for better meat
Ny advice to the Citizens Liberty Welfare Committee
is this:
Do not apologize for Washington but make the prof
eers uncomfortable and unpopular that they win mend
their ways or LEAVE THE CITY.
Spend your time FINDING OUT where the prohteer-
ing is
When you have found out about prufteering make
your strongest play the real for the evil and
ing condition Everyone KNOWS that the bulk Of Wash
ingon business Whoesouled and honest and that
the bad name Of the city brought about by few pirates
who have the situation In their own banda
Then when you have barred the backs Of the rascals
turn the spotlight and lash them until they bleed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20

ing the street and sound my horn
they Try to get back TO the curb.
which makes Il almost impossible to
avoid hitting them. as courtesy and
pOliteneEs demand that I should drive
behind them II possible. So think
II you, through your paper. would pub
ltsh just the following instructions, you
would be the means Of saving many acct
Gsnts in the city:
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTO DRIVERS.
Keep your car ander complete con-
troll and never pass in front OF a pc
destrian II you can pass behind them.
INSTRUCTIONS TO PEDESTRIANS.
Look both ways before leaving the
curb and always remember that Pie
auto wants to pass behind you and
not in front OF you. And do not cross
the street diRgonally at corners.
have often seen IL happen that a
number Of people. especially women,
would start across At q corner. maybe
fiVe or six together. ! would sound
my horn, and some of them would
run across and some would stand stin
and some would 20 back. Now, in
such a case what can do7
Let the people know that the auto
driver wants to pass behind them and
not in front Of them, and they will
many times avoid an accident
". .. TAYLOR
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20
By Winifred Black

with some Of his officers in a mar
row way, and at a particularly
had place, just where the crossing
was the worst, they met a laborer
weighted down with a heavy load
upon his back.
Burdens Of Today.
The officers who were with Ma
poleon made as if to push the
laborer aside against the wall and
walk dry-shod and safe beyond
him. But Napoleon held up his
hand, stood back and let the la
borer pass.
Gentlemen" said Napoleon to
his officers, gentlemen, / pray
you, respect the burden"
Now Of all the things that were
ever said by Napoleon, who said
so much and said it always so
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20

very well, this is the one that ]
like best, and when 1 think Of Il
almost change my mind about
the great eonquerOr and the great
tyrant and the great light-O'lOve
who divorced his wife because she
couldn't bear him q son-snd like
him as well as admire him, after
all.
Respect the 5urden"-oh, If We
would only all Of US do that!
met a woman on the street
yesterday, old ard faded and al
most shabby in Ter dress. She had
a great chance in life when she
was young, they say, for she was
beautiful and very talented, but
she married the wrong man, and
he broke her heart and left her.
Then she gathered her children
close to her breast and raised her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20
Respect the Burden of Unhappy Humans

head and faced the world, proud
and not afraid.
And one Of her sons has gone
to the war, and the little girl she
loved so dear is dead, and her
money has gone, and she isn't al
ways gay, and sometimes she
speaks harshly when you try to
talk with her, but, oh, I can see
upon her back the burden, the
black burden Of despair and dis
couragement and disillusion she
must have carried on her aching
shoulders year in and year out.
Step Humbly Aside.
Heaven forbid that should dis
pute for one instant the passing
Of the way with her. No matter
what she says, or how she acts to
me now in this dsy Of her age and
her disappointment, l shall re-
spect the burden and stand aside
and let her pass.
l know a man who started out
in life ambitious, light Of heart,
careless, happy creature, beloved
by everyone who knew him-be-
loved by too many, for that was his
mistake. He didn't care for respect
so long as he got love. And one
day one Of those who pretended to
love him led him into evil, and he
made a great mistake and had to
suffer for 1t in disgrace and humil-
istion, and he who began life with
such bright prospects is what the
world calls a failure now.
Come this way, good brother. I
will not dispute the path with you,
no matter how narrow it is. | will
respect the burden" and step
humbly and contritely aside-and
let you pass.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20

wv ERE hearing a great deal
w about Napoleon these days.
Small wonder to that
When storms are abroad, the sea-
gulIs sing Of the sea, and when 1t
is mating time, the ring doves COO
Of love.
This is, Of course, the time when
we not only think, but speak much
Of great conquerors and great gen
erals.
What a lot OF strange stories
they tell about him, the little Cor
sican upstart-poor, meagre, ugly
disagreeable, bad tempered-a IA
vorite Of no one, even at school
pimpled, undersized-andy yet, and
yet.
II is all like a strange romance
isn't It, this story Of his wonderful
life? Even 20 the tales Of the
De6QIlIul WOutu WIN iOHCO i'm
and whom he loved for a day and
rode away and forgot, after the
fashion Of his kind and his dispo-
sition.
He seemed to love his family,
for he chung to them through good
and evil, and some Of the things
they tell Of him make him seem
almost human.
Beyond the Alps lies Italy"
an every private knapsack
there may be a field marshal's
baton"
He seemed to be always say
ing things, as well as doing them,
didn't he-the great Napoleon?
But Of all the things he said
there is one that ! like best Of all.
Do you remember it?
1t was the time that he walked
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20

What it costs does not matter.
Victory is worth any price that be paid for it.
Losing the is unthinkable Of course It will not
bs'lOst ..
But speedy victory depends upon the cooperation Of
The people have cheerfuIy subscribed and over
subscribed for the last Liberty Bond issue.
They have given all that asked by the Red Cross
AL and more-and viii be ready to give again as soon
a. there is need for more money.
But they must give steadily and regularly
And the best way to do this is to buy War Thrift
Stamps War Savings Stamps.
There is always an opportunity to buy them.
If everyone buys all the Thrift Stamps he or she can
there win be steady and heavy flow of currency into
the nations war chest.
This money is only lent to the Government to be
paid with excellent interest later
But the Government needs it
It needs it to feed and clothe and the men who
noby fighting for victory in France.
It needs to supply them with ships to Cross the ocean
The nation is on war basis There are no burdens
that imposed by such condition that ought not to
be met cheerfully
And War Thrift Stamps, far from being burden
are very great asset to those who buy them
Remember that our soldiers and the soldiers Of our
allies stand between and the hdeous Of world
domination by the HOhenzollerns.
They rshdng their lives in the fght-howing that
We must win at ali costs.
Here at home there is but one thing to do-support
them unitedly and Loyalty.
Loyalty Week cannot be better concluded than by a
great sale Of War Savings Stamps
Buy them for yourself and for your family.
Encourage your children to buy them.
Make the income from them to the Government three
times greater than it has ever been before.
The more quickly we provide the country with the
be won and the world rid forever Of the that
threatens it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20
The NelU Camp FOLLOWERS
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX


che POetssS " IN FrHnea)
Copyright 1915 Star Company
the old wars of the world there camp followers
Women of ancienr who gave themselves for him,
- Women of weak ills and strong desire.
And, like the poison ivy in the woods
That winds itself about tall, virile trees
Until it smothers them, so these
Ruined the bodies and the souls of men.
More evil were they than Red War itself
Or Pestilence or FAMINE. Now in this war
This last most awful ca mage of the world
All the old wickedness exists as then.
But as foul stream from fostering fen
Is met and scattered by mountain brook
Leaping along its beautiful bright course
So now the force
Of these new Followers of the Camp has come
Straight from Gods Source
To cleanse the world and cleanse the minds of men
Good women, of great courage and large hearts,
Women whose slogan is elf-sacrifce,
Willing to pay the price
God asks of pioneers now play their parts
In this stupendous drama Of the age
AS Followers of the Camp.
They come in the name of God our Father,
They come in the name of Christ our Brother,
They come in the name of All Humanity
To give their gold, their labor and their love
To help the suffering souls in this war-ridded earth.
The New Women of the Race
The New Camp Followers
The Centuries shall do honor to their names
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20
Once OUers
The Baby Crying
in the Car.

Copyright Istsuau HswIs SERIES.
travellers
about mother
say baby should home" IF she
give good warming It would keep still" Il"
hat l It somsthinE to about"
surprising especially those who
parents should make remarks OF this SorI
Think of The poor point Of dStrAetioa.
everything she To Soohe the child Her
ache Only By the greatest SeontoI ShO
abb to keep CRYING herself.
who add to the anguish Of
ary little mother
Next time you the
mother.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20

CONDUCTOR 421, Capital Trac-
ton line, Chevy Chase cars.-I have
a memorandum in my little red note
book to say that this conductor has
a pleasant manner and never gets
mad, no matter how the crowd pushes
and shoves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20

HERE'S one for the Pubic Utaitiss
Communication aud DOC BEELER,
lOh0 . already at tvoTk on tie DO
700 Of re-roHttHg cars aud strdiqht-
eatAg out useless Curves:
why does not the street car com
pany route its cars directly from
the Union Station through g street
TO Fourteenth street. Il Is positively
stupid to turn all this traffic around
through F street? Why can't we
have through service from the Capt.
tol and the Union Station on G, and
eliminate this foolish detour with ifs
curves and delays? Il annoys one
who has business at the Treasury
and the departments beyond 70
have his tine wasted in this manner.
If Lincoln Park cars were turned
into G street at Fourteenth, the
whole matter would be aecommo-
dated. Surely a thing as simple Is
this may be done
ROBERTS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20

Perhaps It was taking . ride with
the letter SENATOR DUNCAN
FLETCHER wrote to a Mr.. john
ston in Apalachicola, Fla. That let
ter came to me-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20
HEARD AND SEEN

DOC VAN EMoN'S nsw soda
fountain Is working.
WILL MURPHY, the wel-lnown
retired builder. was out on the street
fixing his big automoblls one day
last week as was going By ThiF-
tenth and East Capitol streets. He
has a htvver, too, but that NEVER
needs fixing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20
Angelus COMMITTEES
Meets Tonight
at the
Chamber Of Commerce,
GIL Twelfth street Northwest.

Someone IN New York mailed a
letter to GEORGE H. GALE, Of the
Telautograph Company, IN Decem-
Der %, 1917.
Well, Mr.. Gale got It Monday
morning at $3.50. Wonder where it
had been.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20

Ell soHREINER has a new au-
tomobile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20

LOU STRAYER and GEORGE
MILLER were Marlboro, Nd, viSi-
tors lately.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20

Sayings Of WeIl-lnoWn Men.
HARRY JARBOE: Five kings
started this war, and you know that
whenever there are five kings in the
game there's sure to be trouble"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20
AS Long as the Boys in France
Fight You Must Buy
War Stamps
War Stamps
It Is Little Enough That You Compared to the
Work They Are Doing.

While the war continues it must be paid for.
What it costs does not matter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-20

victory IS worth any price that can be palt
Losing the war is unthinkable, Of course.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
MAY RELEASE u. s. AIRMAN.
Swiss Will Examine Ashenden, Who
Lost His Way.

GENEVA, July 1.-The ease of
Lieut. George Ashenden OF Chicago,
who, while attached to a French fly
ing squadron, recently landed in Swiss
territory, will be examined by the Swiss
authorities, and, according to preee-
dent. they may hberate him. as they
have done one German, one Italian
and one French airman, retaining the
machines.
The Journal Democratic of belmont
publishes details OF the landing of the
American aviator. The lieutenant in
a French biplane, fitted with four Max
inns, started with large squadron with
the object of attacking the German
fortress of Metz, wtere' an Hefa
battle took place. AS a result 81
motor trouble Ashendcn became sep
arated from his squadron and was sur
rounded by enemy airplanes. lie was
under heavy fire, but managed to es
cape from the Germans. Later he lost
his direction and eventually was forced
to land in Switzerland
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01
CALL STRIKE ON
WESTERN UNION
Konenkamp, Union Chief, Calls for
Walkout Monday, July 81Notifies
Railroad Men.

CHICAGO, July is. j. Konenkamp,
president OF the Commercial Telegraph
ers Union of America, announced last
night that he had issued q call for
strike of members of the union en-
ployed by the Western Union Telegraph
company, effective at a. M, eastern
time, Monday, July s.
The announcement declared that the
grievances to be adjusted are the rein
statement of union men who are alleged
to have been locked out by the company
and to enforce the. right of the men to
organize.
The announcement in part follows:
official announcement of the strike
order has been sent to the order of Rail-
road Telegraphers and the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for
their information and guidance.
The grievances to be adjusted are
those set forth in President Wilson'S
letter to the Western Union Telegraph
company, as Cd the reinstatement of
over 500 Western Union employees locked
lamation of April 8, 1918, and (2l to en-
force the decision of the National War
Labor Board, dated June l. 1918.
III lills lelJef 10 the western tnioH
President Wilson asked officials of that
company to cooperate with him by ac
cepting the labor bsard's decision.
This the company declined to do
Similar letters addressed to the posta
Telegraph company and to your unior
brought forth an expression of their will
ingness to comply with his request.
The strike against the Western UnioI
alone is necessary because of that com
lpany's determination to destroy our or
ganization,. As Americans we have n,
fd6slie as be 2dbjettg 81 fyFatiiny and thii
strike viii be justified to the boys at tn,
front because of its purpose 1t is th'
last resort to preserve our organization
! from annhilation"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-01

versity. The reason given for this po-
sition was the conviction of Indiana ru-i
raj minister's that Germany is, the worst
enemy of civilization, and of every
church of civilization, of all religion
everywhere, that is worthy the name of
religion; that the victory of the bar
barous Huns would be literally the
victory of the devil and the triumph of
that pagan monstrosity created by the
Kaisers savage and sacrilegious mind
and called by him sthe good old Ger
man gott; in short, that every church
in America is fighting for its existence,
just as every other component of civil
izafion is fighting for its existence, and
if Sunday work in saving crops will
help overthrow this bestial menace. it
become veritably churchly work to
do
This conference of thesrnral churches
of Indiana was held at Purdue univer
sity under the auspices of the depart
ment of agricultural extension.