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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
MAJ. STREETER
PROMOTED TO
lIEUT.-COLONEL
General Manager of Rock Island
HsArsenaI Receives Second Ele-
e. Walton in Rank.

Promotion of Major r. L. Stree
ter to the rank of lieutenant-col-
onel is announced at the Rock Is
land arsenal, of which he is the
general manager. Lieutenant-Col-
onel Streeter came to the arsenal
from Troy, \. Y, as a captain
June 20, 1917, which was soon aft
err the war declaration. This is
his second promotion in rank. He
became general manager upon the
retirement of Lieutenant-Colonel
&C. McCrum, who served in the
spacity during the war activities,
- ing left large business activi-
t-ps to serve the country in one OF
is large business branches. Like
..HCrum, Streeter's first experience
IS an army official was in this war
and practically all of his term OF
service has been at the Rock Is
land arsenal.
Tank Corps Officers Here.
Preliminaries to the preparation
ofsa training manual for the tank
corps has been in progress at the
arsenal during the last week, five
-ofacers of the corps having spent
the week on the island with that
purpose, having come from Wash
ington. In the official party were
Colonel H. z. Mitchell, Colonel G.
s.. Patton, Jr., AFOREMENTIONED
James f. Ware, Lieutenant-Colonel
Joseph W. Viner, Major Ralph l,
Sasse. They constituted a board
APPOINTED especially for the pro-
dpction of the manual, and partlc-
uIar attention was given to the
Mark VIII tank at the arsenal.
4 Series of Concerts.
Reorganization of the Rock Is
land arsenal band was effected re-
csntlygand the second of a series of
concerts was given at noon today.
Throughout the war period an ex-
csllent musical organization was
maintained, but when the reduc-
ton in the number of employees be-
gan, inroads were made in the
band, and only recently has it re-
covered from the scattering of
forces. A. ]. Fischer is the direc-
tor. When the weather is favor
able the weekly concerts will be
given in the grove near the admin
sIIaLlOn DullulIB- GH4pIOySS I'll
Joy the music during the recrea-
ton hour, and many of those who
bring their lunches assemble in
the grove to eat. Flagstones that
have been removed from walks
will be installed in the grove for
dining tables for the accommoda-
tion of those who do not eat in the
cafeteria.
B Change in Duties.
Captain c. L. Bode of the ord
nance department has been ap-
pointed recruiting officer. Cap
tain F. H Keller has succeeded
Captain r. S. Hosford as admins
trative officer Captain Ardo w.
Mitchell will be executive assistant
In place of Captain Keller. Lieu
tenant E. S. Russell has been as
Signed in charge of the proving
ground, successor to Captain
Mitchell Captain H. B. Knowlton
of the ordnance department has
been given his discharge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
DELIVERS SERMON
TO GRADUATES OF
HEDDING COLLEGE
Especial to The August

Aledo, Ill, June 4.-Rev. F. E.
Shut, pastor of the Methodist
church here, left Aledo today for
Abingdon where he is scheduled
to deliver the baccalaureate ad-
dress at Hedding college. Rev.
SHUT will return in time to board
the special train bearing Aledo and
Mercer county citizens to Chicago
for the home coming parade there
Thursday of the One Hundred
Twenty-third field artillery Of the
Prairie division. Rev. Mr.. Shut is
member of the reception COM
mittee of the Home Folks Welcome
Home association of the One Hun
bred TWenty-third
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04

events, and each will wear the let
ter of his school:
Franklin.
Age 14-Harry Speckhart, Jacob
Viner and Abe Brotman.
Age 13-William Battles, Clar-
ence March, Edward Meyers, Isa-
dore Katz, Carl johnson, Alvin Pet
erson and Manual Gariga.
Age 12-Howard Writ, Henry
Nesseler, Mural Winstern, OrvaI
Anderson, Howard Jeter, Troy Car
ter, Orion Nessler.
Lincoln.
Age 15-James Clancy.
Age 12-Herbert Lowry, Fred
erick Hetter, William Mann, Ernest
Dorm and Virgil-Woodworth.
Age 11-Richard Hoffman.
Age 10-Roy Hartman
Horace Mann.
Age 14-Herbert Greiner.
Age 13-Edward German and
Ray Roberts.
Age -BernaEd~scott and Rich
ard Bumb.
Age 11-Roy Drinkwine.
LOngfellOw.
Age 14-Glen Moody.
Age 13-James Ross and Hall
Hemphill.
Age 12-Ellsworth Spencer, Mar
win Anderson, Stanley Anderson
and Leslie Day.
Age 11-Fred Moore and Eugene
Weir
Age 10-Earl Bessell and Sidney
Wigers.
All +ba 1ows all the 1;r,a rvh..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Public notice is hereby given that
the local board of fire and police
commissioners will meet at the
room in the city
hall building Wednesday June 4,
1919, at 1880 p. m for the purpose
of conducting examinations or ap-
plicants for positions in the fire and
police departments. Application
blanks for both branches of the
service may be secured at the or
flee of the city clerk. All applica-
tons must be properly filled out
and sworn to in order to receive
consideration.
J. H. FENDER,
Dated May 81, 1919. Chairman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04

being the direct cause of the death.
The jury returned a verdict of &C
cidental death. Funeral services
will be held Thursday afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
WISDOM IN JUDGES CHARGE
irish JurIst Warned Good Men and
True" Against Being "Obfust'-
Gated" by the Lawyers.

Round the library fire in the Four
Courts. Dublin, Irish barristers long
nave gathered to spin yarns OF their
profession while waiting for briets'
One of these stories was of a mover
charge to a jury given by a Gaelic
Judge, which is recalled by a writer
n the Irish World, as follows:
"Gentlemen of the jury" a judge be-
gan when counsel for the defense had
concluded an eloquent and elaborate
address. Gentlemen Of the jury, there
are two courses, do you observe. to be
adorted by counsel. The first Is sim
ole enough. If he has a middling case
ne endeavors to convince the jury
But If he has no case at all, If the
evidence is all one way and the guilt
IF the prisoner is as plain, do you see,
as the nose on his face, and no one
put a fool or a Juror could be asked
10 have a doubt about 1t, then counsel
endeayors to obfusticate the jury! For
counsel seems to think that when in
telligent men come into a jury box
they hang up their common with
their hats and coats on the pegs be-
hind them"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
GIVE DUE CREDIT TO JOSEPH
According to Biblical Record, He Was
the First to Engage in
"Profiteerins."

There is sacred, If not historical, evil
ience. that to Joseph belongs the
credit, or discredit, of being the first
profteer on record, says New York
Herald. We are told that he had
enough forethought in the face of an
approaching famine to buy and gar
ner into the Egyptian s%torehouses all
the available food, mostly corn. In the
surrounding country. The Bible tells
how much was In those s~tOrehOuseS,
and relics OF those times have been
urearthed, giving evidence that the
amount stored In each place was care
fully recorded, showing that Joseph
ives a man Of careful and methOdical
business.
But the important and significant
fact Is that Joseph secured posses
sion Of all the food TO provide for a
famine he had predicted. Joseph was
wise. He cornered the corn and held
on TO II. so that when the famine
arrived and starving people came
nom surrounding lands begging for
food. Joseph sold at a good profit
He had all the corn and other food
there was for hundreds Of miles
about. The famine even reached as
far as Canaan. the land from which
he had been sold into slavery by
his brothers. and yet he received his
brothers and sold them food-but
always at a profit. He finally had in
his possession all the gold, silver and
wen the land round about.
Joseph was the big business mas of
Egypt. He generously" surrendered
his political control Of Egypt to Pha-
rnoh. hut kept the economic control to
himself.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
Staring Down With Frank Interest.

ager of the enterprise, undoubtedly.
She was about eighteen, with smooth
brown hair pushed back from a low,
broad forehead, and brown eyes that
dropped at the outer corners wistfully,
at least so he thought at first glance,
and it softened his intent. She wore
blue linen. and all during that first
morning Edwards found his thoughts
straying from the Compendium to
the group in the yard below. He had
not dreamt there could be such COM
plexities to mere child training. Be-
fore he realized it he was smoking be-
fore the windows, staring down with
frank interest at the disturbers Of his
peace.
And don't that beat ALL" Mrs.
O'Brien exclaimed, when she brought
up his MONDAY tray, and witnessed
the invasion. "The house belongs to
old Miss Stafford and she goes in for
this social settlement work. You know
what I mean?"
81 know it WELL" answered Edwards.
ell, O1te DelOIe Ill Tic SuIlIleT
she had a day nursery in her house
and all the neighbors complained about
1t, and then she handed it over to
convalescent soldiers for awhile, and
now look what she's got in there. It's
q backyard kindergarten, amt it,"
1T appears TO be, but l don't think
/ shall mind it. Who Is the teacher?"
Mrs. O'Brien gave him a swift, sus-
picious look, knowing as she did the
susceptibilities Of the masculine mind,
but Edwards went on eating placidly,
and she told him what she knew. The
teacher had sent over to borrow some
matches the first day she was there,
and her name was Miss Stearns-
Eleanor Stearns, that was it-and she
said she was from Dakota.
"And what was she doing down here,
/ asked her." added Mrs. O'Brien.
Sand she said she'd come to 60 to
college, and I'm the summer 1t was too
expensive to go home, SO she was doing
this work to tide her over. If they
bother you, Mr.. Edwards, I'll put in a
quick complaint and chase out the
whole bunch"
But Edwards assured her there
would be no need. And mornings he
would watch the little class dance to
and fro I'm their games like swaying
flowers in the wind, and sometimes
forget the Compendium" as he lean
ed back in his arm chair, half doing
In q day dream. She had such mar.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
Why Re Left.

Old Tom Parker, a colored ~servitor,
had been in the service Of a certain
family for a long time, and SO when
he made the surprising announcement
that he was "gwine to quit" his EN-
plOyei was for a moment startled into
silence. When he had finally regained
his cOmpOsure, he asked:
"But why do you wish to leave
Tom?
I'D rather not say, subj" replied
Tom, politely.
"But come, come. I insist upon
knowing"
swell, sub. eff you must know, rs
been heah now TO- mo- than twenty
yeahs, an sub, rs absolutely sick an
tired at de sight Of 20 family"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
The House
Next Door
BY SYLVIA FROST
Copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News.
paper 81 ndicate.)

Edwards Lad rented the back suite
of rooms on the second floor of the
oid-style house on Irving place because
they promised complete isolation and
security from interruption. 1t would
take At least four weeks To revise the
Compendium" and he could not afford
to leave town.
We'll. there isn't n soul TO disturb
YOU here, sir" Mrs. O'Brien promised
him. Sure, anybody that can get
away this kind Of weather is batting
it for the seaside, and them that's left
haven't got the strength TO make any
noise. You'll have the place to your
self"
Fortified by her assurance he had
moved in and found ii a haven Of
solitude for the first week. Then on
he second Monday morning, just as
he had settled himself TO work In the
narrow glass-incloSed porch that ran
across the back Of the room. he heard
an amazing sound. High and shrilly
sweet it arose from the yard next door,
and above the small voices there was
q clear soprano leading.
Her come three kings a'roving, arrow
ing, a'rOving,
Here come three kings a'roving,
With a rancy, fancy, tee"
Edwards pushed back his tortoise
shell-rimmed glasses irritably and
strobe to the windows. Down in the
adjacent yard he beheld a ring Of
about eight youngsters holding hands
and dancing back and forth as they
sang. A green table stood under the
IN tree, with eight small painted
chairs around it, and one large willow
armchair. Standing up was the man
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
RAINBOW IS OF REAL VALUE
Spectrum Analysis Shows What the
Distant Stars Are Com
posed Of,

While 1t Is true that the beautiful
colors displayed by the rainbow are
due to the passage Of light through
raindrops. the popular conception that
the drops are directly in line between
the sun and the bow Is incorrect. The
light enters the raindrop and is re-
fracted back to form the bow. In this
passage through the drop the different
colors are produced which, blended,
make our ordinary white light.
Two persons standing side by side
see two different bows, though they
present the same appearance.
Untold centuries after men had
viewed this wonderful display Of color
in the sky 1t was discovered that light
thus separated into Its component
parts had a story Of great interest to
tell. BY passing light through care
fully prepared prisms and charting the
lines, by heating to incandescence va
riOus substances and passing the light
through the same prisms to the chart
1t became possible to trace and iden-
tify the substance incandescent at the
source Of light. Thus by spectrum
analysis not only the suns light but
also that Of the stars as well is made
to tell the story of the material of
which they are composed.
Speaking broadly, 1t has been found
that these bodies separated by tremen.
dOus distances from us are made of
substances known as component parts
Of our own globe. The rainbow, long
the mystery of the sky, has proved the
bow of promise in leading to q very
definite analysis Of all light.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12

Z TIRE are two photographs the same girl one showing attire costing ian even $780, and the other of they mg
i u oman with Just as pleasant smile in an omtc costing SA
to heg government for the purpose of living a srNngn illustration mhed feneb between speedy spend
ing" and sensible buying
onmWhsew are here to snI the public said the snem management "mdh is 0rbusnesn furnish expensive
aHeb persons wmm cana ffod it, we not vhht enc nee cNnnnna and we furthermore pndc reIhe
pm. mistaken notion that is impossible to obtain dependable omh mnchdEea ara medium Cost Neither
many outfits are daily sold that exceed $500 in cost The price lists given are correct and each ahe car be
duplicated the cost named Other torres here and eewhme could make similar comparisons FRANKLY now as
never before it pays to shop"
IF the wmg woman who was mpedo @n the $500 rhHt had hena satisfied with the HHa array she would
than December invested in four Unite States Treasury departments savings certificates she would have on Jan l.
nr am wen $@m m mSm@ you'll .mis $3.50 inner purse as ZACH of the hrS o@ savings certificates would
kmka the moerphsH and exclaimed:
Doesn't she look hamgm that sensible medium uudo outfit and how mich Lmr II will be npannhe
than the head phs~1 hy gn"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12

Vicious resources for entertainment.
Some days they would model in clay,
ana on others colored papers would
nutter about like butterflies under
their fingers. Then again, they would
nave a story day, and gather gravely
around her under the tree. or else they
would dig along the borders, and try
10 coax the naSturtiums and sweet
peas to brace up and bloom rightly.
IL seemed that she was living in the
house all alone except for the care
taker, and at night he saw a lone light
In the second floor back room that he
knew must be hers.
Perhaps even he had not realized
now that little daily group had woven
itself into the fabric OF his personal
happiness until he missed IL one day,
and Mrs. O'Brien told him Miss
Stearns was III In the old house.
Sure she's gone and visited around
In them families, and caught some
thing, measles, I think it Is. or maybe
it's worse. And not a soul to do for
her. Mrs. Duplessy, the caretaker,
says she can't be expected to care for
her, and who the DEVILS going to, she
don't know. Old Miss Stafford's gone
10 some rest place in the mountains
and nobody knows where the girls
OH are. She'll have to 60 to Belle
vue, / told her, and I'm going to call
up the ambulance now"
mo, you're not, Mrs. O'Brien," Ed.
wards ordered sternly. IL will take
the responsibility Of providing for her
In the interests of-Of-humanity."
1t seemed a good explanation to him
self as we'll as to Mrs. O'Brien. Not
once did he 60 into the house next
door, but he footed bills for two train
ed nurses, a doctor and a cook, and
Mrs. O'Brien acted as guardian angel
until there came a day when Edwards
received a summons to attend the
convalescent in the garden.
81 had to tell her everything" Mrs.
O'Brien told him innocently. "She's
the kind you can't deceive"
He found her alone, sitting I'm the
big willow chair, in a new gray silk
kimOnO, embroidered in blue birds and
sprays of cherry blossoms. She held
out her hand to him shyly.
"Oh, Doctor Edwards, / didn't know
you lived mex door," she exclaimed.
He sat down beside her, smiling guilt
lily, telling her how Miss Stafford had
lured him to the old neighborhood be
cause 1t was quiet. And then they
both were silent, struck by the same
suspicion. Up at the university class
es had Miss Stafford noticed the doc
tors eyes lingering on his most at
tcntive student, or heard Eleanor's
praise Of him? Had she deliberately
relied on p~ropinquity to close the deal?
as Mrs. O'Brien would have said.
IL never, never can repay you for
all your Kindness" Eleanor said, soft
ly. ut was wonderful Of you. Why
did you do it?"
He leaned forward and tool her
hand between his palms tenderly.
II think j must be like your kiddies,"
he said, gently. And sang under his
breath the words Of the game they had
first played under the IN tree.
I'm rowing here to get married,
married, married"
Mrs. O'Brien came to his window to
shake a table cover and retreated hast.
lily at sight of the two.
"The old schemer," she laughed to
herself. Amt he the wise one, plan
ming to get her all this time, and me
thinking he was one Of them troubling
philanthropists."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
notice Ut heasisg et.,iuh 10 llmit
To probate Foreign Proceedings.

"DS q '>N~SN'bE'
sta OF SyuLi IN tAt
Dvunvy ol hleIIeO.e
In the maJterof the estate of John briscoe,
deceased.
The State Of South .akota sends gree Ing 10
Ida Brlscoe. Vaughn Briscoe, Jonn Jim brls-
coe. and Ruth Brlscoe, LelrS at law and next
OF kin OF John .BIlecoe, deceased and to all
whom these presents may come.
Notice Is hereby given that Ida Briscoe, by
her attorney, e.. j. Hammer, has Tiled with the
Judge OF this court q veretied petition in writ
ing setting forth that salu deceased lett an es-
tate in Sodth DakoLa cDnolsil ing OF real proper
~ when she aDegrs 70 be not exceeding IN
value the sun VI Len InOusaGu Dollars; anu
LnaJsald estate las been guy prUDaLeu III Lne
probate court OI JACKSON County, Missouri az
hansa SClLs ana "a as ne. .naL probate proceeu
inSs ue auIniCteu a. tIIIS sUaue as "a ptUDGoe %
,aiu.esLa.e wt.DOuO VIC IOs uIGf auhIu.o.l"uD.
tIl~. .he =. VA uaJ Va DecelAu A 40. y, az o ciuck
yea IA vi uAIs court. OU-wIU: oI Lie Deceu4uvI
W me RIVER, in Lne COUNTY Oh MeIletLe, nav,
Deem appointed ao Tue uine ana place fOi hear
lAg saIu peLILlou, Wien ana where ans person
inLcieslGu MAJ appear ana SHOW cause az.
SaAu DeIiLion oAOuiu no. 90 sIau.eu.
Dducu "a. Nu.yI RIVER, SOuUlI DahOId UlIio Oh
uay vi DIceIIJer, 1919,
G.. r. MANSON.
County Judge, MeiietUe county
Attest: a. Z. nOnLEIr, 4JGo
lsEAkl CIerk Court.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-12
THRILLING TALE
OF WAR TOLD BY
FIGHTING PASTOR
CONTINUED From Page j.

all armed and told me to lead the
way. did Presently we were in
the front line American trenches, but
in spot that was not occupied at
that moment, told them that far
Their on was d dugout full OF good
supplies-and II was. too.
We'll, we single fled il to the door
of that dugout ! stepped to one side
and asked them to enter, They feared a
trap. and made me go tirst-just what
I wanted | took one long leap; land
ed well inside yelling at the top OF
nv voice. and fell into the arms OF
which a rookie became fighting man,
course. the Germans flung up their
hands and began their kamerad
stunt. The German captain told me
later that the worst part abont we
Yanks was that we could tell such all
fred lies with straight faces, And !
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-12

guess he was right But, fellows, !
had to lie.
"One of the most amazing things to
me over there was the rapidity with
which a rookie became a ghting man,
and the best fighting man the world
ever saw. ] had little fellow in my
regiment-about feet high-who was
operating a one-man BrowningLwhich
as YOU know shoots from the hip
lust 60 days after the date he was
called into the army One night this
little fellow was out scouting IN No
Mans Land He had orders not to
listen to that kamerad stuff We had
lost too many men trying to be polite
to the Boche. Shorty was knC ckink
along watching and listening for raid
ing parties when he ran jam into
a bunch of seven Germans. who, too
were out scouting. When those fell
lows saw my little Yank and that
Browning, they threw up their hands
and began their usual squeal. Holle1
kamerad at me if you want to. ! got
my orders not to listen. and besides
there's too d-n many of you fell
lows; kamerad don't go here he
yelled at them as he moved them
down with that Browning"
Chaplain Holloway was using a
gold-headed cane, presented to him by
the boys of the 321st Infantry He said
that when first shocked and gassed in
the second Somme battle he was
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transferred from his regiment to Y. M.
c. A. work in which he was engaged
on the morning of November 10. While
he did not say so. his listeners gath
cred that the Y. M. c. A work he was
performing that memorable day before
the armistice. in the Argonne Forest.
when after days without food, the gas
got him for the second time, was the
work OF a regular fighting man
A great big husky sort of a man,
Chaplain Holloway counts himself
lucky that he had the opportunity to
go across lucky to have been there
with our boys, sharing with them in
many memorable battles the hardships
of war lucky that he was wounded ;
lucky that he got back, and. he says,
lucky to have been one of the greatest
fighting army the world ever knew.
Chaplain Holloway was entertained
N Macon last week by several of the
ministers of that city. During din
ner that was given him there some
one asked if he would ever regain
the complete use of his vocal chords.
With a very expressive twinkle in his
eye. he said:
lone of my brother ministers re-
piled for me saying, Gas was never
known to stop a Methodist preacher
and Holloway has just got to get back
the use of his vocal chords-or starve;
it's with them that he makes his
living"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-12
Episcopalians Call
Waycross Rector

The vestry of Calvary Episcopal
church has extended a call to Rev
Robert McCalIum of Christ church
Waycross, who has been chaplain at
Camp Hancock, and has recently been
mustered out of service. He will act
as pastor of Calvary church until the
Rev. James B. Lawrence returns from
France. Calvary church will have
regular services after this Sunday
Sunday school as usual today.