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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21
With Other Editors
Rumania's Crucihxion.

The terms Of the German peace with Run,ania.
under which that unhappy country is be made to
pay the costs Of the war Germany and the damages
to neutral nations caused by Germany in Rumanian
territory include the virtual taking over Rumanian
mineral resources, notably OIL for German benefit.
In Rumania the Germans are arranging to help
themselves, as they would like to do in Belgium
if German peace could be secured with the allies
and they have begun to help themselves in the
Ukraine, where their methods have awakened the
dreamers to the deadly realities of German dom
nance and necessitated the dispatch of troops in
large bodies to back the authority of the German gov
eminent
The peace with Rumania is peace by force
contented, but fairly illustrative Of the Teu-
tonic plan OF peace It contains the essentials OF
the tentative proposals made from time TO time by
German statesmen in order to convince the Ger
governmex gladly would see peace restored and re-
CARDS with sorrow the unwillingness Of the allied
powers TO consider righteously conceived PROPOSE
looking its restoration
When Germany has been whipped the United
States and our allies will undertake the case OF Ru
mania. In the meantime that country will suffer
all of the evils of such peace possible 10 any
country arrayed against Germany without
the crushing Of Germany's military uower.-Louis-
VILE Courier-JournaI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21
THE CLEAN PLATE.
By Barton PAYNE Arlington.

4 motherly, good-natured and
home-loving woman, Mrs. Alvira
Warden was a sort of ruling god
dess with the four gentlemanly
boarders she had retained, satisfied
and contented, year after year.
They were all bachelors. Baird
Denslow was the youngest and, be-
cause of his quiet, thoughtful ways
and regular habits, Mrs. Warden
liked him the best. He was clerk
in a brokerage house, was saving,
spent his leisure time in reading,
and never forgot some little gift as
mark of appreciation and respect
whenever a holiday came around.
Il am thinking of making some
thing of a change in my domestic
arrangements" she said to him one
evening, while Mr.. Nesbit, the star
boarder was singing to the accom-
paniment OF Mr. Dsle's violin and
Mr. Watson's saXophone. They
were a rather accomplished quar-
tette when Denslow added his flute
to the outfit.
Il hope you mediate nothing
that will disturb the pleasant cur
rent of our lives" submitted Dens-
low in his quiet, unobtrusive way.
"On the contrary" readily re-
addition to our little group which,
| believe. will be acceptable TO all.
iy daughter, Olive, is coming to.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

, day. In expressing her sentiments
as to the features Of saving and
helping she met with the heartiest
cooperation of her four admirers.
When she joined a group of ladies'
engaged in knitting socks and
sweaters for the boys over there"
the donations Of the boarders
were more than liberal. When war
flour and restricted sugar supplies
became the order Of the day there
were no complaintsh Dale. who
had a sweet tooth, ostcutatiously
took but one lump per meal, and
Watson declared that the substitute
biscuits beat the original variety
all hollow! Nesbit began to dote
on c0rnmeal and barley. Denslow
accepted conditions not only cheer
fully but as a consistent matter
Of principle.
Mother" said Olive one day,
you don't suppose Mr.. Denslow rs
getting dissatisfied with our farce"
Why, what makes you think
that?' inquired Mrs. Warden won
deringly.
Because he restricts himself 10
ope helping. The others leave
wastefal supply very often, but
Mr. Denslow always a clean plate"
Well, Olive" spoke her mother
Il overheard him tell the others a
few days ago that he considered il
a matter Of duty for every man at
home 10 sacrifice what he could
for the man abroad. You seem con-
siderably interested in Mr. Denslow.
Let me see he will be the fourth
one, won't hep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21
7TlHIlEs DAILY SHORT STORY

, stay with me permanently"
Densiow had heard Mrs. Warden
refer to this daughter more than
once. Olive Morse was a young
widow who had for several years
beeen working in good position
in a distant city.
Yes resumed Mrs. Warden.
"Olive is tired of Office work, and
l am getting old. She feels it d
duty to be near and tighten my
burdens"
There were some glum faces
when the announcement OF a pos
sible change in the excellent fare
and comfortable environment dom
mated by Mrs. Warden was appre-
hended and discussed. There were
smiling faces and perfect satisfac-
ton, however, before the fair Olive
had been installed a week. Al
that Mrs. Warden knew of superb
cookery she seemed to have i'm
parted to her daughter, for the
table layout never fell below aver
age. ana generally exceeded it. Be
sides that, there never was a more
charming hostess than the young
widow.
Mr. Dale, who had gone out to his
club regularly abandoned that
routine Watson bought a new sax
aphone. Previously an old
colthes" man, Nesbit appeared In a
new suit Denslow, who has been
an omniverous reader evenings,
welcomed the continuous musicales
with ardor and regularity.
With the declaration Of war Olive
was alive TO all new issues OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21
Questions and Answers.


Fish and Milk-Kindly tell your
numerous readers whether there is
any foundation for the old theory
that there is an incompatibility be-
tween fish and milk, sweet milk or
buttermilk. Whether the two taken
5nto the system at the same time
are injurious to any extent.
w. T. D.
Answer-The chemical character
of the gastric juice secreted at the
call of milk differs considerably
from that secreted when meat or
fish is tasted. Milk juice is not well
adapted to the digestion of meat or
fish. Hence there is physiological
objection to such a combination
besides .he natural or instructive
want of desire for such a combina-
ton. Meat or fish and bread go
well together; bread and milk go
well together. But fish or meat and
milk do not. Besides, no one has
any real need of fish and milk, or
meat and milk, at the same meal.
The Question of Fees-Please
recommend for me the best special
list in diseases of the ear, who does
not charge any more than s..
MRS. W. Z. NJ.
Answer-The fee is always a mat
er to be arranged by the doctor and
patient. I can give no Informal
ton about any physicians fees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21
How the Breakdown Happens


The most widespread disease OF
adults is cardio-vascular degenera-
| tion-wearing out of arteries and
heart, and the inevitable expression
of this wearing out, either is hard
ened arteries, Bright's disease, apo
plexy (stroke of paralysis), or Slow
! insidious heart muscle failure.
The vast majority of persons de-
veloping the earlier signs of car
die vascular disease do not consult
a. doctor at all but are content TO
experiment upon themselves with
all sorts of medicinal and non-me-
dicinal remedies. 1t usually takes
some accidental or intercurrent ill
ness to bring the patient under the
observation of physician, and
often the degeneration is far adj
vanced before this accident occurs,
so that there remains for the doc
tor a chance to keep the patient
comfortable as long as possible.
The average victim of the con-
stantly breaking down of middle
life squanders time and precious
health Orwell, on anything some
well-meaning but sadly misinform-
ed friend suggests for him. Not IN
I'll the accidental Illness, or perhaps
an insurance examination or some
other unavoidable physical investi-
cation by a pafnstaking physician,
does the victim realize that, after
all, it is something more than in
digestion" run down condition, :"
nervousness" "anemia," ''neuras-
thenia,' administration" or what
ever other meaningless title he has
pleased to apply to his trouble.
The public, fond of cracking jokes
about the doctor with his pills and
potions, consumes each year just
thirty times as much medicine
pills and potions-as the entire
medical profession prescribes. The
pill joke is rather on the layman.
OF course no physician would be
bold enough to assert that pills or
pOtiOns can cure or remove the eff
fects of cardio-vascular degenra-
ton
When you reach 35, and begin to
slowly accumulate weight, fall off
in general efficiency, become a wee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21
The Day i'm Davenport

Trying WalcOtt DOctOr.-In an
effort to prove that DR.. Henry
Schumacher, Walcott physician and
alleged dispenser of "schnapps,
violated a district court injunction
by selling booze in September,
1916, the state expected to call two
witnesses to testify before Judge
F. D. Let's in district court at the
postponed hearing One Of these
witnesses, Henry Soenke, Walcott,
is expected to testify, so County
Attorney Henry H. Jebens says,
that he overheard Schumacher boast
to friends that he would continue
to sell booze whether the Scott
county officials liked it or not"
Fireman Fired his
refusal to paint screens for the
windows of the central fire station
Walter E. Tichenor, tillerman on
the aerial truck, handed in his res
ignation to Fire Chief Peter Den
ger by request. The screen paint
ing episode took place last Friday.
Assistant Chief James Moses or
dered the men to pain screens for
the windows I'm a fire fighter,
not a painter, said TichCnor, and
laid down his brush Assistant
Chief Moses discharged him. His
action was later ratified by Chief
Denger. Tichenor is understood to
have taken the matter up with the
police and fire commission. They
are said to have upheld the action
of the chief.
ley, Davenport and Josephine Bush,
Davenport; Arnold Rowald, Low
den, Iowa, and Eleanor Selling,
Lowden, Iowa; Emery Misel, Dav-
export, and Florence McCubbins,
Davenport.
Obituary RecOrd.-Mrs. Malinda
Peiffer passed away at the home
of her son, Richard, 1902 Brady
street, after a long illness. The
deceased was born in Pennsylvania
June Z, 1874 She moved to this
state and to Wilton in 1871, where
she made her home until a year
ago, when she came to Davenport.
Mrs Marie Bowers, a resident or
this city, passed away at her home,
after an illness of three weeks
duration. The deceased was born
in Fort Madison, Iowa, May 10,
1856, where she made her home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

is beneath his dignity and if he has private
veyance he can't get it.
OF course there public institutions, such as
jails and hospitals where food of this sort might be
economically utilized, but usually the public which
supports them demands that the inmates be fur
nished the best there is at least protected from
abuses such as utilization of inferior produce would
open the way for.
The problem is that has puzzled the food ad-
minstratons in cities everywhere. An idealsolution
has yet to be reported.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

until coming to this city five years
ago. She is survived by her hus-
band, Fred Bowers, one daughter
Leona, at home; two sisters, Mrs
Elizabeth Kuhlmeier Of Rock Is
land, and Miss Ann Bolster Of Dav-
export.
Funeral services over the body
of Maurice Edgar Willard, the vic
tim who was instantly killed when
he was struck by a tram on the
c. B. & @. near Pleasant Valley
late Saturday afternoon, was held
from the home in LeClaire this al
ternOOn at 2 o'clock, with inter
ment in LeCIaire cemetery. Maui
rice willard was born in Hampton
township, Illinois, March q, 1875,
where he made his home until sew
eral years ago, when he moved to
Davenport, where he lived until
a short time ago he-moved to LIE
Claire. He is survived by his wife
Bessie, father A. J. willard ci
Rapids City, Ill; one sister, Mrs.
J. J. SuitOr of LeClaire; two broth
ers. Perry OF Rapids City and Roy
Of LeClaire.
conscientious ObjectOr7 Jailed.
-Ananias Beachey, Iowa City far
mer, held on a charge OF seditioG,
is lodged in the Scott county Jail
in lieu of $1,000 bonds pending a
preliminary hearing May % before
United States Commissioner A. G.
Bush. Bachey was arrested by
Deputy United States Marshal C.
B. Shepard at Iowa City after
neighbors are said to have COM
planned of the prisoners dislOyal
utterances. The government claims
to have strong evidence to sub
stantiate the sedition charge that
has been filed against Beachey.
The latter is reported TO have
voiced opposition to the draft to
participation in the war
and 10 the various Liberty loan
drives. He claims. it is said, that
he is a conscientious Director"
and that he is opposed to war Tor
religious reasons"
O.
Clerk is Arrested.-Althoug ha
claims that he was in Muscatine
at the time, John c. (Jack) Press,
former employee of TenenbOm's
grocery store, is being held by the
police on suspicion of passing two
worthless checks for $40 on May
II and r.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

They say Nicholas, former emperor of Russia
is to be allowed to leave for Switzerland provided
he will promise not to attempt to return to the
throne. No doubt the pledge will be readily forth
coming. Unless reports are false the Russian
throne would have been vacated several years ago. if
Nicholas had had his way about it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21
The Light IN
the CLEARING
By IRVING BACHELLER
copyrlrht1si7 Tho Bobbs-Mor1lI 60.

phries' or Mr.. and Mrs Ho-.
DuhkleDerR These were fba ~
pie Of whom she talked u5c- p51'
heighDors came in and wbeg ~ =.
was not talking Of the Bavnsgeg aiiy
observed that She always said 81,
| and Mrs. Horauce DunL@lb..al.5,.
/ Ihey were the couversaffopof s.
| aments Of our home. "Aq NJ IN
Horace Dungelbarg says" IN ~ 81. I +,
said to Mr.. Horace Dunkeih,-5l 4
were phrases calculated TO esfsf
llsh our social standing. es9
posed that the world was paonla5
by Jones. Lincolns, Humphries 80 ~
Dunkelbergs, but mostly bvNDrrl.1
elbergs. These latter were - "a.
rich people who lived In Canton III
lage. va WI
l know, now, how dearly A..
Deel loved her brother and mo
must have been "a great trial M H..
woman Of 40 unused 10 the nrsrst
or children and the tender oT5r@-
OF mother. Naturally I turrss
from her 10 my Uncle Paabo5, =
a refuge and a help in time 81 from
bic with increasing fondnesg r.
had no knitting OF sewing IN h.
and when Uncle Peabody Eat IN r.
house he gave all his dime In ,.s
ana We weathered many a storm r.
gether as we sat silently FIN bls =
forite corner, of am evening wber.
l always went 10 sleep I'm his armq
He and ] slept in the little rom
upstairs, under the shingles1-s
uncle used to say I ia a small he'd
and he in the big one which had
been the receiver Of SO much via
lence. So / gave her only a ouali-
fed affection until I could SEE he.
meath the words and the face ana
the correcting hand Of my Aunt
Deel.
Uncle made up the beds in orr
room. Often his own bed would %
unmade. My aunt would uDbraid
him for laziness, whereupor ~
would say that when he got IN he
liked the feel of that bed so much
that he wanted to begin next night
right where he had left OFF.
l was seven years old when In
Gle Peabody gave me the water
melon seeds. l put one OF them I'm
my mouth and bit IL.
1t appears to me there's an aw-
full draft BLOWN down your throat ~
said Uncle Peabody. "Tou ain't M
business eatin' a melon seed"
"Why?' was the query.
Cause il was made to nut IN
the ground, Didn't You know il
was alive2"'
Alive I exclaimed.
ALIVE. - said he, "Ill show ve."
He put a number of the seeds in
the ground and covered them. and
said that that part of the Garden
should be mine. I watched it every
day and by and by two vines came
up. One sickened and died I'M dry
weather. Uncle Peabody said thar
| must water the other every lav. 4
did IL faithfully and the vine
-hrove.
What makes FL grove" 7 asked
The same thing that makes YOU
grow" said Uncle Peabody. you
can do lots of things but there's
only one thing that watermelon
Fan do. II can Just grow See how
{ reaches ont toward the sunlight
n we was 10 pull them vines
lround and try TO make 'em grow
.o"ard the north they wouldn't
mind us. They'd Green back and 60
'eachin' toward the sunlight aeIu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21
ElllEsAlIT1N 1EANLdN8
BY W Ill AZ. i BRADY RAD nD.

! trifie short winded on exertion,
have stomach distress in the form
of excessive belehing, "gas," full
ness after meals and numerous
others symptoms attributed, in
almanacs, to the liver, you are very
likely on your way to the grand
breakdown of cardio-vascular te,
generation. What are you going to
do about it? If you value your
health at all you are going TO select
physician who isn't at all bash
full about stripping patients for ex-
animation or about making them
pay for his time and advice. You
are going to visit him at regular
intervals for physical examination
and endeavor to absorb such adj
vice as he will give you about your
mode of life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

Andrew Jackson, great-grandson
and namesake of the famous gen
eral and president Andrew jackson,
who fought in the War of 1912 ana
won the battle OF New Orleans. is
now sergeant in the United States
army ready TO serve in this war as
his distinguiFh ancestor did IL ne
war OF 1912.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21
(Continued fom0rrowJ


Cleveland, Ohio. May 2l.-AH
agreement 10 build 100 vessels. to-
falling in cost Sl00096000 Is
reached between Charles M.
Schwab, director general of gov
ernment's shipbuilding program
and Great Lakes ShipbuiIdiug COM
pany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

President Carranza has imposed an import tax
of $3.50 upon each pair of shoes sent into Mexico.
-dexicans should worry, however. Not many of them
Pave the two fifty let alone the balance of the price
BESIDES they live in country where it seldom
EuOWs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

Report has it that the French smashed the 70
mile guns of the Germans with new cannon of p
inch calibre, winch is as much of a marvel in size
and power as the Huns cannon is in range. So it
is again Germanys turn move in the big gun
game
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

Billy Sunday at least put dent in the armor of
Chicagos iniquity He recruited $4,000 people there
for the Christian army and got $4,000 in the free
will offering The Windy city has been hit that
hard since the big fire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

Ninety-three per cent of the employees of the
american Sugar Refining company subscribed to the
third Liberty loan. Their contributions, however,
win not be used TO sugar coat the pill we are pre-
pairing for the kaiser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

General Pershing reports that baseball has
helped Americans understand the strategy of war.
Can it be that the people in the bleachers have
been lending their support to insidious military
propaganda all these years?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

Sim Fem leaders wasting their time asking
for help from this country. The tale about the
alliance some Of them formed with German agents
has deafened the ear they are trying to reach
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

Evidently the Hun does not subscribe to the pro-
verb The better the day, the better the deed" He
has been waiting it is said for a fog or mist to
renew lis offensive
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-21

Spain has another kick TO make regarding the
sinking of one Of her ships by a German submarine
Those parts of the world that are not fighting the
Hun with guns are fighting him with protests
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09
PETERSBURG is WINNER.

Petersburg, Va, March 2.-In the
triangular debating contest of Hamp
ton Institute, st. Paul school and
the Virginia Normal and Industrial,
Institute, this city, staged in the
audience halls Of the several schools
last night, the strong teams of the
local institute won II signal victory
over each of the competitors.
The proposition was that "In Amcri
can High Schools courses in Military
training, should be made compulsory"
The home teams upheld the affirma
tive and the visiting teams the mega
tive. Both Hampton and ST. Paul
brought TO the contest wei trained
representatives; whose grasp Of the
subject and splendid teamwork were
highly instructive TO the large audi
ence in attendance; but they were
hardly match for uhe formidable ag
grcgations Of the local institute.
The personnel of Pctersgurg's
teams were as follows: Affirmative
Clayton w. Robinson, Otelia n.
Shields, james w. Barbour, alternate
Negntive-Langston w. Curl. SUSIE
A. Sheppcrson, Elizabeth V. Coleman
alternate. Pctersburg's affirmative
won the decision over Lawrenceville's
negative. and her negative won also
over Hamptons affirmative.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09

tine. A Negro soldier must not
mistreat white citizen, but white
soldiers can mistreat colored citizens
and thore is nothing to it under this
administration, SO Rev. Branch told
them.
See the Galveston New Idea. Rev,
Branch wants the colorcd press TO
join III in tho just contention. The
coiorod press should do this by open.
ing up an open investigation to the
public and let the world know the
committee has not lied
The committee last week called on
the Colored Ministers Alliances of
Galveston, Houston. Dallas, and TT
Worth, Texas, Boston, New York,
Chicago, Sichmond, Philadelphia, St.
Lou S, Kansas City, and Nashville,
for help that they may be joined with
request to be givcn a hearing by
the officials. 1t must be made cam
paign matter for colored voters in
the United States at the proper time.
Some of the officials Will not hear
the race.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-03-09
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