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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
How Germany Did 1t.

Senator FreyIinghausen, who deplored
alleged American ruthIessness in dealing with
German owners of property in this country,
may be able to view the matter in more phil
osophic light after the statement made by At
torney General Palmer before the Missouri
Bar association at St. Louis yesterday.
The attorney general, who got his facts when
he was alien property custodian, says Germany
confscated American and other foreign owned
property in Rumania and paid for it in worth
less stage money. German owners of Amer
lean property taken over during the war may
not get as much as their holdings would have
brought sold in the ordinary way under peace
conditions, but what they receive will be in
American money and there is none better on
earth.
Senator Freyiinghausen made the mistake
of great many others who have lately leaped
to their feet to enter protest against the way
things were being done. He spoke before con-
sulting available sources OF information which
would have made his complaints futile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
.HQart 90HOf110
14,91lDHODCOmcC
y i -MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: | am a girl
II years old and in love with boy
of 25. He was back from war
month before he came to see me.
He stayed until half past four and
told me | was the only girl he
loved. He asked me to go 10 the
fair with him and / told him
would. The next day he did not
come and | heard he had taken an
other girl and bought her every
thing. 1t made me feel awfully
bad.
Do you think he loves ME as he
says he does, or do you think he
does not care for me al all? He
planned when We were going TO be
married and where we were going
on our wedding trip. If he wants
to, shall l let him come to see me
again?
Do you think he loved me If he
stayed until that late an hour, or
do you think he loves the other girl
more than me-
How can / win him back?
BROKEN HEARTED
The young man is a scoundrel
and told you that he loved you for
the sake of making love to you.
think you ought TO confde the
whole affair TO your father or
brother so that the young man will
have the proper calling down from
a member OF your family.
l don't see what your parents
were thinking of to let him stay
until 4:30. They should have been
more watchful and ready 10 pro-
tect you from such an insult
The young man does not love
you or he would not have taken the
other girl TO the fair. He is IN
worthy OF love and so you should
not grieve because you have lost
him
Profit from this experience. little
girl. and again be very slow about
bestowins your affections. DO not
permit boys to kiss you or make
love to you. When you arc Older
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
Grievances of Steel Workers.

From the standpoint Of wages, IL Judge
Gary's figures given to the senate are correct
employees of the steel corporation have little
cause for complaint The average pay Of all
employees except the selling and administrative
force, he says. is now 1927, as against $2.ss
in 1914. Steel workers were not considered
Ill paid in 1914 and what they getting now
is more than twice as much as what they got
then. That is enough to Offset the increase
in the cost of necessities and is more than the
increase received by the average worker the
country over
But nearly two hundred thousand employees
work 10 hours and nearly seventy thousand IL
hours. either day being too long a period to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
Stock Exchanges COnfdenc.

People who work for living may have to
revise their opinion of people who speculate
in stocks The latter have been commonly
looked upon as parasiteaI, adding nothing to
wealth and setting a poor example by their
manner of spending money. Generally when
anything goes wrong panic seizes the market
and everybody dealing there runs for cover.
Such an industrial catastrophe as the steel
strike ordinarily would start a panic and the
depression would last long time.
But for some reason the present tieup fails
to have the usual effect. Stocks have slipped a
little, to be sure and there has not been the
customary volume Of trading, but on the
whole the stock market has reflected degree
of confidence in the future which does credit
to those who buy and sell and which furnishes
a good example for other people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
TIFIIE DAILY SHORT STORY

to join me in striving to protect
him, don't you?" and Hector bowed
silently and two days later reached
Cresson.
He kept himself completely out
OF the way of Hal, but learned that
his cousin had a suite of rooms at
leisure complete, usually spent his
week ends at Roxbury and to that
picturesque little town Hector
transferred his abode. Judging
from the information Hector re-
ceiVed Miss Deveril was entirely
worthy of the choice of any man.
She was the daughter of one Of
the most reputable and favorably
known residents of Roxbury, Judge
Joshua Deveril. The latter was
quite prominent in tNe public eye.
Roxbury had its bad quarter in
which a full compliment of the dis
solute and criminal lived. He had
been stern and exacting in striving
to wipe out this black spot in the
community by severe court SEN
fences, and this had brought to
him the enmity and hatred of the
vicious element He was possessed
of considerable wealth and his
daughter was a popular social IA
voFite.
From q distance his first Satur-
day evening in Roxbury Hector saw
the pair together. Never in his life
had he gazed upon a young lady
who in face and bearing so attract
ed him. The next day the pair
was joined by another young lady,
dark. flashing beauty. with whom
Hal seemed to divide his attentions.
Hector learned that this was a Miss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Measles and PathG

Would you advise anyone to give
a baby that is broken out with
measles a tepid bath twice a day
with an alcohol rub afterward?
What do you think of a doctor that
would advise a thing like that?
Does a measles patient have a con-
tract a cold to develop pneumonia
or not? (Mrs. o. F. Al
Answer-Yes, I would advise
such treatment. l think the doctor
must be a good one. Neither a
measles patient nor any other pa
tient has to contract a cold, what
ever that means, in order to develop
pneumonia. Pneumonia is caused
by invasion of the lungs by certain
germs, not by weather or baths or
air.
Complexion and Liver Spots.
What color is the skin when one
has liver spots or torpid liver? Is
there a cure for such a disease?
IN. d. M
Answer-The augmented or dark
ened patches on the skin common
" called Liver spots" and more
properly called chloasma, vary in
color from yellowish to dark brown,
but have no actual relation with
the liver. In most instances they
are caused by prolonged sub-oxida-
ton, slow metabolism, false dig
nifty, ADMINISTRATION, call it what
you please. One good remedy is six
rolls night and morning Another
is two miles of oxygen twice a day
on the hoof Another is daily set
ting up exercise at home
Too Much Mustard.
| am fourteen years old and very
fond OF eating mustard. Kindly tell
me if it is in any way harmful.
Miss A. HI
Answer-It is in several ways
harmful. II is an irritant TO the
stomach, to the urinary tract and
to the stomach. and TO the pelvic
organs. Mustard is not advisable in
the diet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
THE DANGER OF BEING ALIVE.
Theory Without FAeG

The sky-high theorists / have re-
ferred to need not feel embarrassed.
They have excellent company. Our
esteemed medical profession is full
OF their fellows.
Professor Metchnikod, whose the
cries about longevity have been so
widely quoted and misquoted did
not attain the scriptural three score
and ten He ascribed his own ap-
preaching demise to heart muscle
failure, and unfortunately he ex-
planned that condition by asserting
that he had Inherited it. There the
great savant jumped the track, for
there is not the slightest scientific
ground for the belief that heart dis
ease can be inherited.
Like many another investigator
who has attempted to show us how
to live long and well, Metchnikon
began too late. 1t is strange how so
many OF US ignore hygienic study
until we are about middle aged.
Then we take it up eagerly. With a
man, it is when his hair begins to
disappear; with a woman it is when
her figure begins to grow baglike. If
these hateful tendencies of middle
age would only develop at. say IL to
Is, what a tremendous advance that
would be for practical hygienei
Metchnikof assumed, without
positive data. that people in the
Balkans attained unusual longev-
ity; in the Balkans certain prepar-
atoms of fermented soured milk are
esteemed as beverages. Ergo, the
NEAfah-IKnF h4 hula ri ~,
strain OF Tactic acid bacilli (Which
cause the souring of milk favors
health and longevity Actual data
have not borne out the belief that
people attain greater longevity in
the Balkans than in America, for
instance; in fact, the data would
suggest that ones expectation of
life is greater in America.
Buttermilk, sour milk, and the
various special preparations of
feTN ented milk tMetchnikof him
self advised the fermenting of boil
ed SKINNED milk, and pint of that
daily as a beverage) are no doubt
wholesome and healthful beverages
for those who like them, but the
sum total of all available evidence
does not indicate that these bever-
ages have any relation to long life.
There is some reasonable ground
for the belief that the Tactic acid
produced in fermenting or sOuring
milk frequently serves to inhibit or
oppose putrefactive decomposition
in the intestine.
The one great fault in modern
health and hygiene propaganda is
that mere theory is too frequently
published abroad as established
fact. When a theory is thus exploit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
Today's Anniversaries

.7S7-Francois Gui2ot, historian,
orator and statesman. who
established the primary
school system in France,
born at Mines. Died Sept.
II, 1874.
IS22-Rutherford B. Hayes. 18th
president OF the United
States, born at Delaware.
Ohio. Died at Fremont,
Ohio. Jan. 10, 1898.
-S94-Admiral Benham presented
with a gold medal at Phila-
delphia for his heroic action
at Rio de Janeiro.
-9l2- Ham burg-American liner
Amerika ran down a British
submarine of the English
coast, drowning IA officers
and men.
-914-Russians defeated Germans
in heavy battle on East
Prussian frontier.
L915-French aviators dropped
bombs on German emperor's
headquarters and railway
station at Luxembourg.
Roumanians defeated near
Hermanstadt and withdrew
to passes.
L917-British won on an eight-mile
front north Of Langemarck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

OF percussion, the man dealt him a
blow with a cudgel and Hector
went down like a shot.
Hector opened his eyes to find
himself lying on a comfortable
couch in the DeVeril home. Two
men were standing near, one of
them palpably a physician, for he
was saying: "A painful burn on the
arm and the shock, but that will
soon pass by.E The other advanc-
ed 20 the couch. He was Hal
Preble.
We'll! Well!T he rallied. Been
playing the hero? The good peo-
pie here found a letter in your
pocket in which / was mentioned.
guessed who you we're and wired
me. Whatever put it into your
head that 1 was going to marry
Lois DeveriI?''
Aren't your cried Hector in
an eager gasp.
NO, her friend, Marcia Lowell.
whom, as an Intermediary, Lois has
helped me to win, is the happy one
with myself" There were two
other happy ones before Hector left
Roxbury. He did so TO arrange
with his uncle for a double we'd
ding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

put in at fstiguing labor without physical in
jury and retarded mental development of the
worker resulting. AS usual there is much to
be said on both sides in the controversy.
The workingman who got good wages and
had a steady job used to be considered for
tunate, but lately there is a growing DISPOSE
ton to concede him also the right to be treated
a human being. That seems to be at the
bottom of the trouble in the steel district
though a more suspicious moment for forcing
the issue might have been selected
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
Private Liquor Stocks.

Nothing in the federal law will interior
with possession of stocks OF liquor for pri
vate use if the clause agreed upon by the sen
ate and house conferees is adopted. Here i
the way it is worded
1t shall not be unlawful to possess
liquors in ones private dwelling while
the same is occupied and used by him
as his dwelling only and such liquor need
not be reported provided such liquors
are for use only for the personal con-
sumption Of the owner thereof and his
family residing in such dwelling and of
his bonahde guests when entertained by
him therein; and the burden of proof
shall be upon the possessor in any action
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

Marcia Lowell, from the city and a
close girl friend OF Miss Deveril.
Upon Monday morning Hal took
the train for CresSon and Hector
had clear field for investigation.
Several times he passed Miss Dew
eril upon the street and returned to
his hotel to dream about this para
gon of grace and beauty, secretly
envying his cousin his great for
tune.
By the middle of that week Hec-
tor had made up his mind that a
report was due his anxious uncle.
He wrote a letter stating that the
latter need have no apprehension
as to the eligibility of Miss Deveril
as a niece-in-law.
That evening Hector decided he
would not prolong his stay. He,
however, coveted one last glimpse
of Lois Deveril. 1t was after
dark when he strolled by the Dew
eril mansion. He skirted the lawn
and posted himself behind a bush.
Peering past it he could see the OBJ
ject of his interest seated at the
piano. Then Hector Warne saw
something else that thrilled him
into vivid action A man stealthily
approached the side OF the house.
He carried a round, sinister look
ing object from which trailed d
fuse. He lit this, placed it under
a veranda and started to leave the
spot.
In a fash Hector comprehended
that he must be some of the Grim
inal enemies Of Judge DeveriI. He
rushed forward, seized the squirting
end of the fuse and jerked it loose.
There vas-ta fare the sharp snaz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
Mr.. Hoover's Views.

Herbert Hoover is. or should be, one o
the best posted of men on international affairs
He is free from political bias and has been il
position to get at first hand facts and i'm
pressions which the great majority have re
ceived second hand, if at all. Under the cir
cumstances what Mr.. Hoover says about thu
treaty of peace and the League of Nations il
Of Importance to every American. In an ad
1ress in California this week he made thes,
statements:
am not one OF those who are i'm
patient of honest debate. The debate of
the League of Nations is building the
very foundations of the league. 1t is
bringing home to every household in the
country the necessity and possibility of
providing for the safety of the world as
a whole, without great armies or navies.
1t is often overlooked that this was
not a conference to settle the wrongs
committed by allies or neutrals, but by
the enemy only. 1t was German wrongs
that were on the operating table
No one could be more disappointed
than the American delegation that some
great wrongs-the result of the secret
treaties that had been written in times
of complete desperation among the or
lgllaI all1eS-Were not eFdQlCdIeQ at the
conference.
Our delegation could have found
cause to withdraw from the conference
on many scores. We would have been
Withdrawing. however in the face of the
enemy, and Germany would have been
victorious, by this division of the allies.
There is no obligation for the United
States to engage in military operations
or to allow an interference with our in
ternal affairs without the full consent Of
our representatives in the league.
The treaties themselves cannot be
carried out without the league. II the
league is to break down we must at once
prepare to fight.
II We believe we can see our neigh
bors return to another so years war
through the breakdown of this treaty
and still maintain our progress it is the
egotism of insanity.
We imposed democracy over Europe.
Are we to refuse our counseIs to peoples
now struggling to realize our own ideals?
The American who lacks time, inclination
,r facilities for doing his own thinking on thi:
subject can do no better than to let Mr. Hoover
10 it for him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
SOMEWHAT AT FAULT.
BY T. B. Anderson.
Copyright, 1919, by the Western
NaUS0a0ar TTuiOOA

Newspaper Union).
Hector Warne was the reliable
standby of old Mark Seaton. but
Hal Preble was his fayorite. They
were cousins. close and affectionate
as own brothers, but were direct
opposites. Warne was staid, de-
pendable, of rather a serious turn
of mind. Hal was naturally a row
er, loved changes.
81 want to have a talk with you.
Hector" said Mr.. Seaton one day.
Il have heard from Hal He is at
Cresson and fear is in love again. .
Hector smiled quantity. Hal was
in love, and always with a new OBJ
ject of choice. half a dozen times
a year.
at have always feared that some
scheming adventures would get
hold of Hal" continued Mr.. Seaton.
81 have been making some inquiries
and learn that for month past he
has been regularly calling upon a
Miss DeYeriI, who lives a few miles
from Cresson."
And she is the siren you dread =
"I don't know it for q tact" re-
piled the uncle, but want to know
and intend to. That is why I am
going to ask you to sort OF look Hal
up at Cresson, and particularly to
20 to Roxbury and find out what
kind Of a girl this new fame Of his
is"
'I don't like the task, said ec-
tor quickly. Playing Tie spy is
not in my line"
NO. but you think enoUGs Of Hal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

pulls equally on each and this is
the force that causes each to fall.
Q. Out in space where there are
no planets, is there any north anG
south? o. F. B.
A. North and south are terms
used with relation to the earth S
poles. In space, beyond the in
fiuence of the earth. those desig-
nations would not hold good.
@. Why is the sun hotter at noon
than five hours later? r. R.
A. When the suns rays strike
directly they produce more heat
than when they strike indirectly.
just as direct blow has more
force than an indirect blow. At
noon these blows from the sun are
most direct.
Q. How many conscripted men
were there in the Civil war?
A. c. u.
A In the union army there were
5000 conscripts, $4,000 substitutes
for men who were conscripted. and
$4,000 substitutes sent by men who
were not conscripted.
Q. What has the government
done with its great supply of auto
mobiles and trucks? G. s. L.
A. The mass of these cars have
been turned over TO other agencies
OF the government, such as the
office of public roads and rural en-
cheering. or late sales of small
numbers of cars have been held at
various points. Some such sales
are still to be advertised and held.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

You will have more discretion and
know how TO meet such situation.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: When I
was at a show the other night ! met
a girl a year younger than | am,
and when the show was over ! took
her home
have seen her once since then
and she is angry because another
girl told her something that was
not true, but what she told her wss-
disgraceful.
% How can I win this girls
favor again.
~ How can ! make the other
girl keep quiet because ] do like
the one girl greatly. WALTER.
ID 1t seems to me that IL
would be useless to explain that
your character is good Actions
will speak louder than words in
this case. Prove yourself 10 be
gentleman and the girl will realize
that she misjudEed you
81 Do not Try TO make the girl
keep quiet. X will not be neces-
sary If you do the right thing and
earn a good reputation and strong
character. There are other fine
girls and even II you cannot win
this won at present. you should be-
able to find some one else.
Dear Mrs. Thompson We have
been married three years and for
the last two years have been uu-
able to agree as We should. lMo
we're married at Tie ages of is and
FL and as We cannot get along ana
more We have planned on a divorce
and we both agree on that Pot
We would like 70 know on what
grounds IT, obtain a divorce7
WAITING
You have no cause for divorce,
as far as ] can see. Your husband
should leave you ard then after
SIX months or so you can sue for
divorce on The grounds OF descr-
ton,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
HEATTH TAI ks
BY WILLIAM !.!l ~. 5!R!1AE,Ip!V no.

ed without fact to substantiate il,
the result is inevitably disappoint-
ment and loss of faith by the publ 4;
in the promulg.tions Of medical
science. And since the layman is
usually incompetent to judge as to
the soundness of novel hygienic
teachings, it is essential that these
should be weighed and interpreted
by a competent judge, a scientifical-
ly trained health expert before one
accepts them as of practical value.
1 hope it is not immodest of me
to say that 1 am a scientifically
trained health expert-it is my
speciality. In these talks l am en-
deavoring to interpret hygiene for
the lay reader. to distinguish fact
from fancy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

william T. Foster secretary OF the steel
mems strike coumittee, has turned out to. be
surprisingly harmless. in view of the things
he has said in his published writings Before
the senate labor committee he proved exceed
ingy docile and completely renowned the
l. ". ". leanings he formerly took such pains
to emphasize, MI Foster explains that he
has changed his mind in the light of later ex-
perience. This being the case it would have
looked better if he had voluntarily made known
his position some time ago. instead of waiting
till he put in a corner. He owed that much
to the people who were following him and
who may have been doing so under misap-
nrnhensinn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
Household Hints

gently. shaking the pan over the
fire till the sauce Is thick, and stir
in the beaten yolks of two or three
eggs just before il is served d.
Eggplant and Tomatoes, Escal 1
loped-One large eggplant. three
large onions. four large ripe to-
mstoes, one sweet pepper, butter.
Peel eggplant and tomatoes; cut
them up. Put layer OF eggplant,
then onion and tomatoes in a pan
large enough for baking Cut pep
per out before serving DO not
use any water.
Bake an hour or until eggplant
is tender.
Eggplant Cakes-BOil until quito
tender, then mash and add bread
crumbs or shredded wheat, pepper.
salt onions and butter: put in "A
pan and bake until brown. Or add
little -four or meal as you like
best. Make into little cakes and
fry. These are delicious
Fried Eggplant Pare and cut in
slices half an inch thick. sprinkle
with salt; cover and let stand for
an hour. Rinse in clear cold wat
er; wipe each slice dry; dip first
in beaten egg, then in rolled
cracker or bread crumbs. Season
with pepper and salt and fry
brown in butter