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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
A Queen of Song

1920, Died November 2. 1879
driven her to the opera house. he faced
the crowds that were waiting to seq
the great singer enter the building
and cried: See. this is the arm thai
drove Jenny Lind! For half a dollar
you may kiss It," And many person.
actually paid that price to kiss the
coachman's arm.
But great as was the singers sue.
cess. her career as an opera singer
was short, for i've years after her first
appearance. she retired from the stage
Her retirement took the world by
storm. No one could understand why
this gracious and wonderful woman
at The height of her fame should step
from public life. One day. so the story
goes. a friend met her on the sand
where she was sitting with an open
T. o.. on her lap looking out over the
-er at the setting sun. The friend
''~''e 20 conceal her curiosity any
% ger cried: Madame. tell me why
you have left the stage, Just at the
height of your career?" And the gen
re voiced Jenny Lind answered:
When. every day it made me think
} ass of this" pointing to the Bible.
and nothing at all of that" indicating
the sunset, what else could 1 do?"
The room which she occupied was
called the Nightingale's Cage and in
it she received many famous callers
The musicians and poets and story
tellers OF her day were all her per-
sonal friends. but when she died in
1887 she had left mourning friends
by the millions all over the world.
In Westminster Abbey in London
there stands. near the Poets Corner.
memorial to Jenny Lind. the Queen 81
Song.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

80 HERE'S only one place we've
never explored" Robert Lang
told his friends. land that's the
~cove beyond Crow Point"
Why can't we go exploring today?"
I'cfc Jones asked.
We'll" replied Robert" the tide
Will cbb in the early morning and
evening and there's high sandbar at
tho mouth OF the cove which can only
DO crossed when it's near high tide,
otherwise the boat would run aground,
40 the only time wo could explore
would DO Just around dinner time
between twelve and two"
Then let's take our lunch" suggest
ed Pcte's sister. janet
This plan appealed to them all be-
cause tho unexpIorod cove was large
one and less than two hours seemed
too short n tIne In which 10 explore
il thoroughly. Roberts mother agreed
10 put mp lunCh for tho party. But"
said she. "remember. unless you get
over tho sandhar before Two O'Clock
you'U DO bottled Up in the cove until
midnight"
Wen certainly remember" prom
ised Robert
I'VE oan fish up a few oysters for
lunch" Janet said. so I'll pack in a
lemon and some salt"
The three were soon on their way
which lay across the river IN the mid
die of which was a deep swift channel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

live away down in smutty, sooty
chimney, and that's why they call
~us Chimneysweeps- Our mother
and father have the longest wings
and the shortest tails you ever saw,
and little bits of beaks, and the widest
mouths, and the tiniest little feet and
legs
But then, our kind of folks don't
have much use for feet anyway. as
they hardly ever sit on anything. but
spend all their time flying. They do
not even sit down when they eat. but
take their breakfast, dinner and sup
per on the wing, and while going about
as fast as II they were shot out Of a
gun.
Whenever one Chimneysweep passes
another in the air, they say. 'Twitter-
twitter-twitter!" which in our Ian
guage means I'm quite well, thank
you! How are you today?"
And when a young man Chimney
sweep has a sweetheart. and wishes
to whisper sweet nothings in her ear,
they do not sit on a sofa in the parlor.
or even on a telegraph wire, but he
paddles along by her side. and tells
her how sweet she is, while they are
darting through the air at about a
fifty-mile clip.
Now, you may think this is a very
curious kind of nest we are in, and
in a very curious place; and when you
come to think of it. 1t Is. The nest.
If you are polite enough to call 1t a
nest. is a sort of a little half of a
basket, made Of dead twigs. plastered
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
w. S. s.

signed air, I'VE can't get home until
midnight now. No use trying to go
across by land even II we could carry
the boat because the shore near the
mouth of the cove has quicksands."
There's the little shack in the
woods" exclaimed Pete. I'VE can at
least be snug and comfortable"
They sat down then and had lunch
and afterwards escorted Janet to their
find in the woods. Robert and Pete
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04


NNE day the girls at the blind
Hasylum at Manchester received
Jan unknown visitor. Of course.
W they could not see her face. for
all the world was shut from their
sight, but she spoke to them so pleas
antly that soon she had won the con
fldence of the girls and they loved her
at once. So great was the charm Of
this lady that people loved her as soon
as they knew her for she was sweet
and kind and good. After talking to
the blind girls for a little while, the
stranger said: Shall I sing for you"
and after the first few clear notes had
sounded the blind girls whispered TO
each other! ut must be she. 1t is
Jenny Lind. 1t Is the great singer
come to sing to US" All her life this
lady with the magic throat was dof~
for others the little kindnesses which
she hoped would make their world
brighter place for her having passed
through 1t. And so beautiful as was
her heart, so wonderful was her voice
Men and women went without their
meals that they might buy tickets 70
attend her concerts. Kings and queens
Travelled far to listen to her and mil
lions OF people the world over
breathed her name with loving awe
when they spoke of Jenny Lind. the
Swedish Nightingale.
She was born in Sweden in 1920 and
when she was seventeen years old she
began to sing IN grand opera. At once
she was proclaimed The Queen of Song,
and so great was her reign over the
hearts Of her hearers that her melodies
have been known to change the
course of lives. The story is told that
one night after her coachman had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
TFe JUnI0R COOK
BRAN MUFFINS

Beat till well mixed.
Drop by spoonsful into CREASED
muffin tins and
Bake for 20 minutes
II raisins are liked Il cupfui may be
added with the -four.
These mullins are not only very in
expensive and easy to make up but
they are y wholesome and should
be used frequently.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

Put 1 tablespoonful of vegetable oil
Gard may be used).
tablespoonsful sugar.
teaspoonful salt
into a mixing bowl and beat
we'll.
Add 1 and n cupsful bran.
and u cupsful of -four sifted
with
teaspoonsful baking powder.
/ cupful of milk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

against the inside wall of a chimney.
When our parents were building It.
they didn't run about on the ground.
and find the kind of material they
needed, but as they flew swiftly past
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
7;uzz1eCorner

THREE WORD PUZZLE
am candy. change my head am
to consider, change again 1 am a
gentle push.
FOUR LETTER SQUARE
y precious stone.
a square of glass.
A girls name,
Slender.
BEHEADINGS
Bohead to bring low and find what
ball players run for.
Bchead TO raise or lift up and find
approval
Behcad acid and find skill.
Behead custom or treatment and
ind wisdom.
Behead staff and find playing card.
Behead TO ono and find some one.
Tho letters taken off form a timely
season.
ANSWERS
THREE WORD PUzZLE-Fudoe.
Judge. Nudge.
FOUR LETTER SQUARE
O-P-A-L
P-A-N-E
A-N-N-A
L-E-A-N
BEHEADINGS
X i A Aoass..
Tart
- - Usage
M-dce
None
KITCHEN UTENSTLS-1. Pie Plate.
2. Grtddle. 8. Mtring BOtcI. f. Teapot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
BENJAMIN West, American Portrait Painter

not then to be thought of. However
the friends visit had one good out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

~ HERE are four of US, and we
live away down in a smutty. sooty
chimney. and that's why they call
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
(Jennv Lind-B

denny Lnd-Bon October 1920, Died November
NE day the girls driven
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

nNE of the first tools a workman
will need in starting construction
u nwork is a saw. There are many
w nthnr cutting tnnla Ii Ii TINA hut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
The Adventure in the CoUe

ID HERE'S only one place we've
never explored" Robert Lang
told his friends. land that's the
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Sale of German Club
For $40, 600 Authorized
Loss of Members Forces Clos.
ing Of Bernstorff's Former
Meeting Place

The German Club, or as it is Off
cially known, the Deutcher Verein at
112 West Tifty-lintn Street. which WAS
the meeting place Of former Ambassa-
dor Won Bernstorf and others who be-
came persona non grala Just before the
United States entered the war, is not
as prosperous as it used to be- as was
set forth yesterday in a petition to the
Supreme Court for permission to sell
the property.
The German club, which, mcorpo-
rated in 1874" to create for the Ger
mans of New York a central place
for social and intellectual intercourse
is suffering from decreased member
ship.
'''o 'arre clubhouse in West Fifty
ninth Street was not used at all be-
.w.cn March and September, 1913. when
it was leased to the New York Chapter
of The Red Cross for use as a conva les
cent hospital. 1t has been unoccupied
since May / last.
The petition Of the club to the Su-
preme Cenrt said that the club has an
offer of $40 900 for its property from
Louis D. Beaumont and Harmon Au-
gust. Justice Newburger gave his ap-
proval to the sale at that price.
The officers of the German Club are
Karl Neuhoff, president; Carl Rick
hard, first vice president, and August
Heckscher, second vice president.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Slav Patri, dts Address
City Hall Audience
Early Create On of Independent
State it' Europe Is
Pr vdicted

An audience VT Carpatho- Russians,
Jrgro- Russians ar u Russians filled the
aldcrmanic chant sr of City Hall last
night to hear add rasses by noted Slav
pat, lots who have just arrived in the
United States and who came here to
carry the message f q united Siav and
slavophie state in Europe, to include
the old Russian Em tire, the Slav peo-
pies and the territol 'ies of the former
Austro- Hungarian En- ,pire.
Those who addres ted the meeting
we're Dr. D. A. MARI sof, president of
the Carpatho- Russian delegation at the
Oeace conference and formerly mem
Der of the Gaician Die t; DR.. A. G. Bes-
Kid, delegate to the eace conference e
Of Ugro- Russia, now Incorporated as
m autonomous state within the indie
pendent Czecho- -Slovakia. and DR.. D. N.
Wergun, formerly editor Of the NO
voye Vremia" and pre- tident of the
committee of the Carpath o-Russian ref
ugees in Kiev.
The speakers dwelt on the struggle
Of the Slav peoples for liberty and
union and predicted the ariy creation
Of an all-Slav state in Europe. They
Urged that this state ally itself with
he United States for the preservation
of the peace Of the world.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

information received here, the Mexican
President is sad to have informed the
governors that 1t was imperative to
pacify the country if American inter-
vention we're not ultimately to be 'ex-
pected. A plan will be outlined at the
meeting for the organization in all
the Mexican states of rurales, home
guards and militia, it was added.
Those who are openly hostile to
Carranza profess to see a different
purpose in the move than one to -pacify
the country. The first. they contend,
is to place Mexico on war footing,
so far as possible, and to supplement
the federal troops with an army
organized in the various states, and
the second, it is charged, is to make
the unpacified condition Of Mexica SO
apparent as to Justify suspension Of
the Presidential elections next summer
when Carranza's term expires. There
is warrant in the Mexican law, it is
said for postponing elections when the
country is not fully at peace.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Berlin Denies Letter
Urged Sinking of Fleet
sSMost Secret Communication
o. U0n Trofhn to ron Reuter-
Is Made Public bv Germany

BERLIN. Dec. (By The Associated
Press}.--The government last night
published the text of the letter from
Rear Admiral Adolf Won Trotha, chief
of the German Admiralty, written to
the German Admiral Won Reuter-, who
sank the German waships in the Scapa
Flow. This letter dated Berlin, May g.
and marked Most secret" is reported
to be in the hands of the British Ad-
uriralty.
The German government. comment
ina. on the letter in relation to the
cha rges emanatine from London. saws:
'sIt is prehensible how the Brit
ish, Admiralty can claim by the length
and. contents of the letter that the de-
stru 'tion of the ships in Scapa Flow
occrt red at the behest or with the
Know edge of the German officials"
Fha primary purpose of the letter,
it is declared, was to quiet the crews,
which had become impatient, and ad-
monisk them to stick to their posts.
Not a single line of the letter, it is
added, .suggests, or even hits at, vio-
lent SOY ltion of the problem respecting
the feet $ future fate. and it is asserted
the lettt II was p ainly based on the
German officials conviction that the
Issue woa Id be adjusted through nego-
tiations.
The Won Trotha letter, according to
a recent La ndon dispatch. was found in
the safe ot the Emden at the time OF
the salvagi, ,g of that cruiser. 1t was
described az containing no actual in
structicrs fs the scuttling of the YES
sells, althoul h it contained the cen
tence: "Thef r surrender to the enemy
remains out If the question"
The British admiralty did not say
this in proof that the German govern
ment ordered the scuttlng of the war
ships, but me, ely proof that the Ger
man governme Mt was able to communi-
cate with Won Reuter-.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Wilson Won't
Recall Treaty
From. Senate
Continued from pagc ,

dont Wilson'S statement that the United
States is still technically at war with
Germany, ut least until Germany as
been forced to sign the protocol ana
carry out the terms of the armistlce
and the treaty.
The position taken by the Republican
leaders is that the peace terms IN
posed on Germany in the treaty actu
aly we're imposed when the armistic
was concluded, and they recognize tn
responsibility of the United States
ioin with the Allies in enforcing then
Passage of peace resolution such
as introduced by Senator Lodge, 1t
was pointed out, would greatly en-
barrass the Allies in their moves t.
force Germany to terms. The rcsolu-
ton. if passed, would establish at least
a technical state of peace between the
United States and Germany, even it
President Wilson refused to approve
it. The United States, to all intents ond
purposes, wou d be at peace with Ger
many and would not be q party t.
forcing Germany to sign the protocol
or carry out the peace terms imposed
upon her.
The action of Frank L. Polk, head o
the American Peace Commission in
Paris, this week in sdmmoning the
German peace de e'egates hefore him and
notifying them that the United State.
would stand by its allies and give
them every assistance in bringing Ger
many to terms was heartily indorsed
by the Republican leaders in the
Senate.
Congress is prepared to stand be-
hind Comm ssioner Polk in assuring
Great Britain, France and Italy that
the United States will cooperate witt.
them in any move against Germany
either military or economic, in the
present crisis, they declared.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
No Chance of Mexican
Var, Cr0,ueU Declares
Situation Same as Before the
Jenkins Episode, Says Baker
Aid; Army Is Short of Men
Special Corrsapondence

SUFTeSQOVQCUCe
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. s6.-"There is
no chance of war with Mexico" said
Assistant Secretary of War Benedict
Crowell, who attended the launching of
the United States Army transport Cam
brai at Hog Island to-day. Mrs. Crowell
was the sponsor.
"We are back now where we were be-
fore the Jenkins episode" continued
Mr. Crowell No mobilization orders
have been issued, and the War Depart
ment has made no move in preparing
for war with Mexico.
There is no significance to any re-
ports Of mobilization of troops at Camp
Meade or any other place. Any mob
ilieation of troops at this time is usual
it being the time Of year that soldiers
are sent to the South for training. The
rehabilitation of the Remington Arms
plant has nothing whatever to do with
the Mexican situation.
mo preparat ons are being made to
get on war basis. We hope to get
more men in the army, but do not
look for any emergency arising in the
II dustrial situation that will require
the large use of Federal troops. How
ever, there is no use hiding the fact
that we are short of men in the army
at present. We are down to an army
of 100000 men, and of these almost
100000 are in EuroDe"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Revolt Plot Reported
Inside Soviet Russia
Peasant Uprising Declared I'm
der Way and Army Forming
20 Overthrow Bolsheyiki-
Neg Fork Tribune
WnaAinnfon R,tr.nM

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Systematic
preparation for revolt against the
Bo'shevk government in the interior
Of Soviet Russia is being made by a
new organization embracing all par
ties, Swedish press reports reaching
here reveal. Evidence oe the new or
ganization already has developed il
Petrograd. Some of the leading men,
bcrs Of the new movement hold impor-
tant posts in Soviet Russia.
The Swedish press advices indicate
t at there is considerable alarm cit
by the soviet because of tho r'ovomnn'
nd that the soviet authorities are en-
deavcririE. to locate the organizers OF
anov nent.
From Helsingfors ord has come of
peasant uprisings IN {; lumber Of places
which have been suppressed by soviet
CON missarles. Revolts are said to
have broken out in several directions
and insurgents are said to have
marched southwark to join volunteer
army, 'nece stating the Bolsheviki de-
taching a regiment from the front to
meet the new movement.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

accent an appointment by a European
power to any of the commissions pro-
,vided for by the treaty without the
consent sof the Senate. 1t is doubtful
if congress has such authority over
the freedom of action of an individual.
In any event, the exercise OF such au-
thority would seem to be undesirable.
'.Reservation D---Though perhaps I'M
necessary. is essentially an interpreta-
stion and as such not seriously obJec-
tionable.
Preservation lois an ungencrous
and unnecessary but not destructive
Interpretation.
Would Strike Out II
Preservation 1l-Should be stricken
out, 1t would neutralize the whole
disarmament agreement and would thus
open the wav to another riot of compet-
tive armaments. For the present
phrase ology of this reservation. should
be substituted an Affirmative declara-
tion of policy, for example, that the
United States will press for the pro,
gressive reduction Of armaments by all
nations
right which Article 16 has left doubt
full. 1t ought, therefore, to be re-
tanned. \.
Preservation 10, because of its
vague and bro:.d wording, ought to be
redrafted.
Reservation XIv-Thc labor sec
tion is one of the most important pro-
visions of the treaty. Since, however
Congressional cooperation is essential
to any full participation by the United
States in an international labor pro-
gram, acceptance of this reservation IN
some form is probably necessar
Preservation 1A-The first half Ito
the words and assumed noD has the
effect Of Gratrsitous insult to the
British dominions. AS such, it ought
to be stricken out. The second half is
merely an Interpretation and as such
3 not Objectionable"
Among those who signed the state
ment addressed to the President were
Edwin Bjorkman, Allen 7: Burns
Stephen P. Duggan, Robert H. Gardi
ne.., Learned Hand, Carlton J. II
Hayes, Frederick c. Howe. Paul u. Kel-
loge, Mrs. Henry Goddard Leach, Owen
R. ovejoy, John r. Moors. Ralph Fl
Rounds, Mrs. V. G. Simkovitch, Mrs
F. Louis Slade, Edwin f. Slosson, Mrs
Charles l.. Tiffany and Miss Lillian d.
Wald.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Kuma1lia Faces Revolt

VIENNA, Dec 6.--Rumanla is ex-
periencinr troubles in the occupied re-
gions of Transylvania, acco riding to
spatchcs from Bucharest. These
messages declare the situation in Tran
sylvania is serious, particularly in the
vicinity of Hermanstadt. 1t is re-
ported that $4,000 troops have been
recalled from the Bessarabia front
arA thrown into the Hermanstadt dis
trict.
=. appears that in Harmanstadt an
independent government had been set
up All the members of this govern
ment were arrested by the Rumanian
all being made. including many clergy
men.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Russians Protest China's
''Violation" of Covenant

iRKUTSK, Dec. 3.-An assembly of
the Cossacks, zemstvos, cooperative
societies, exchange committees and
representatives of all political parties,
held in Chita on November 80, unani-
mously adopted resolutions protesting
against what was trmed the violation
by China of the autonomy of Outer
Mongolia.
The resolutions declared China's ac-
tion violated the Russian MoDgolian
covenant of 1915, menaces the security
of the Siberian frontier, increases the
difficulties of supplying Siberia with ne
cessitles and violates the principle of
national elf-determination.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Carranxa Troops Reported

WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.-Private ad-
vices received here to-day from Mexico
said Carranza troops at Pachuca, State
of Hida go, fired on the fol overs of
General Obregon while the general was
making public address in the interest
of his candidacy for the Presidency.
No details were given.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

eiared to be virtually military forces.
lt shmmons Germany to reduce knr
Eorces sstrictly to the limits OF the
treaty.
( Customs Issue Diseossed
The council to-day took under con-
sidcrati"r. Gormany's express wish that
CUSTOM. payments on goods entering
Germany by land be made in gold, as
had already been done on goods sent
BY sea. The decision was postponed
until the peace treaty is put into force.
1t was explained that the Allies de-
ciined to accord such an advantage to
Germany, holding it incompatib g with
shs delays she was raising regarding
sne putting OF the. treaty into force
and with the unfavorable economic
measures she was practicing, especially
her prohibition upon importations Of
numerous articles.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Sonora Catholics Pray
For Prevention Of W01

7ARTDO. Tex. Dec. 6.-Prayers for
prevention Of war between the United
State and Mexico have been ordered
80 I in all Catholic churches in the
archdiocese of Sonora, Mexico, by
Archbishop Mora of De- Rio, Sonora,
according to the Mexico City newspaper
Excelsior" copy of which was re-
ceived here to-day.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
.Iapan to Continue Aid

IRKUTSK, Dec. 3.-Relations be-
tween Japan and the All-Russian g v
ernment are unchanged, ard Japan will
continue to render assistance to the
government and Siberian army, accord
ing to NJ. Kato, the Japanese Amba. sa-
dor to Siberia, who gave an interview
to newspaper men here to-day.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
killing of Sailors Upheld
Won Hindenburg Said to Have
AnprOyed Course in Berlin

BERLIN, Dec. 8 (By The Associated
Press) First Lieutenant Marloh, who
is being tried on q charge of having
ordered executed twenty-nine sailors
on March II last, succumbed to press
ure and violated his love Of truth and
order to save the fatherland accord
ing to witnesses tcstfying in the case
to-day. Some Of the witnesses implied
thAt Masioh acted also to shield Gen
cral keinharat. former Prussian War
Minister.
General Re:.Aardt was especially
il ,med by one witness. Another de-
ares! rhat Lieutenant Marloh had told
in. that FIELD Marshal Won Hinden-
-. had said the shooting OF the sail
IS had "savod Berlin from great mis-
Y,frDuen
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Warlike More Believed
Behind MEXICAN ParIe~

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The confer
ence of Mexican governors, called by
President Carranza for December 20
is said by advices from Mexico Cjtv
reaching here, to have wider aspects
than first was indicated.
In issuing the call. according to