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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
Boy Scout News

With the return of 46 Scouts
and leaders the camping sea-
son for the Rock Island Boy
Scouts comes to a successful close.
1t had been planned to have a
weeks camp for the colored Scouts
of the city but because only a few
were able to attend the trip plan
ned for them was called off. The
camps this year were very sue
cessful, and over one hundred
Scouts of Rock Island attended one
of the two camps. With the ex-
ception of only a very few, all boys
earned the camp honor emblem and
passed to higher ranks in scouting.
In order to win the camp emblem
severe tests had to be passed but
the Scouts worked hard as all were
bound to come back with a highly
coveted honor
The camp was visited by the
Rock Island Rotarians, and by the
parents of the boys, and all were
highly enthusiastic over the SPLEEN
did site chosen and the good care
taken of the campers.
The food was especially good.
and the cook was the best that
could be obtained. The food was
served in DuVon hall. It was nam
ed for A. B. DuVon of Rock Island,
because of his untiring efforts to-
ward helping make the camp sue
cess. Most of the lumber for the
mess hall, together with screens
and roofing were donated by the
Rock Island Lumbuer company.
A dam was also erected in the,
creek and the boys had a splendid
place for swimming, with the ex-
ception of few days at the last
camp when the heavy rain storms
washed out a part of the work. The
Scouts are gratif1ed to J. F. WitteT,
who is also the Deputy Scout Com
missioner, for his efforts in secur-
ing the splendid camp site for the
boys of Rock Island. Splendid CO.
operation has been given BY great
number of men in the city toward
making the camp a success and it
is an assured fact that those boys
who were able to 60 on this trip
derived much benefit from their
week or ten days stay Many of
the campers have asked that
third camp be put on before school
but those in charge feel that the
boys from now on should be get
ting ready for the opening of
school which is only a few weeks
off,
A reunion Of the campers will
be held within the next month or
so, and plans for next years camp
will then be discussed. It is plan
ned to start a camp club which
will hold meetings during the win
ter months. The boys of the club
will be given the opportunity to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
BOARD AWARDS
.CONTRACTSFOR
STREET PAVING
improvement Projects in Moline
VIII Mean the Expediture
Of approximately $4,000.
(sDecia1 Moline service.)


Several paving and Waterman
projects have been ordered
by the Moline board of improve
ments. Contracts for the work
were awarded to successful bid
ders. The biggest item on the list
calls for asphalt paving on
Twenty-fourth avenue, Thirteenth
to Sixteenth streets. This will be
done by the d. ]. Ryan Construc
tfon company at a cost to the city
OF $14,447.1O. Forty-eighth street,
Second to Fifth avenue, will be
paved with concrete by the S. D.
Hicks Construction company for
$40, 6393O.
Waterman improvements will be
carried out on Twenty-seventh ave
nue., Fourth to Seventh streets. by
the Moline Heating & Construction
company for $3,698.6O. The same
firm was awarded contracts for
sewer and Waterman improvement
on Eighteenth avenue, Twenty
third to Twenty-fourth streets, for
1864 an 81 500, respectively.
Actual construction work on
these projects will be completed
this year, according to schedule
Work on the First street storm
drain, being built in conjunction
with Rock Island. and the Twenty
fifth street paving improvement,
are to be undertaken early next
month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
AGREE ON new
SCALE OF PAY
FOR OFFICERS
Police of Moline to Be Recommend
ed for Increases Ranging Up
TO $21O More Per Year.
Especial Moline servicel

The police committee will recon-
mend increases averaging slightly
less than 10 per cent for members
of the police department when the
city council meets next Mnoday
night. In their petition. the police
asked for a 20 per cent increase.
The proposed increases will
range from 1920 per year for mer-
chant police to 1910 for patrolmen.
This will give the latter a monthly
salary Of s120, not including SIS for
clothing allowance, which is the ba-
sis of pay for Rock Island and East
Moline policemen. Chief Ben De
Jaeger will draw an increase Of
$3.50 a year, bringing his salary up
to $1,750. A like increase will go
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

start saving their hickeIs and
dimes Immediately, so that by next
year they will have money on hand
for their trip without asking their
parents for it. Next years camp
should be attended by at least two
hundred Scouts and local Scout Of
f1cials are setting that number as
their goal for next season. Last
year there were Sc Rock Island
Scouts in camp, this year there
were 100, which shows that the
movement not only is growing but
also that they are taking a lively
interested in Scout activities.
All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

The adjoining map shows
the principle motor routes and
most frequently used roads in
western Illinois and eastern
Iowa leading to Rock Island
and tri-cittes. All of the main
highways and connecting road
ways are plainly charted,
showing all Of the towns and
villages along the various
routes, making any Of them
easy to follow. The map was
prepared by the National Tour
ing bureau Of the B. F. Good
rich Rubber company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
DELEGATES AGREE
UPON SUPPORT OF
PHONE STRIKERS

Vote was taken in the weekly
meeting of the Tri-City Fed
Grafton of Labor to ascertain
the general sentiment toward the
telephone strikers. It was unani-
mously voted to support the oper-
ators and Iinemen who have walk
ed out, in every possible way, to
stand by them and help toward the
victorious end of the strike. No
other questions were considered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

to detectives and captain, meaning
a yearly salary for them of $3.50.
The sergeants are listed With the
patrolmen under the largest in
crease. The merchant police will
be paid $500 per year by the city
and the police matron $3.50.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
Keeping MIX Cool.

In parts Of the country where
natural ice is plentiful, the dairy farm
er should:
1. See that his icehouse is properly
constructed to hold all the ice needed,
IS well as to save the greatest per-
centage Of that stored.
2. Build cooling tanks, properly stu
ated, insulated and covered SO that
loss by radiation is reduced, and large
enough to hold the full milk cans but
not so large as to give too great a
volume of water to cool.
8. Use cool, running water in order
to save ice by reducing the tempera-
ture of the milk to approximately that
Of the running water before adding the
ice.
In an educational milk campaign,
carried on in the New England states
during the summer OF 1915, the dairy
division of the United States depart
ment of agriculture found more than
100 dairies where, by a little more at
tention to details with equipment al
ready possessed, the average dairyman
could deliver milk to the railroad sta
ton at an average temperature of "a
degrees f., a reduction from 63 degrees
F., and with an enormous decrease in
bacteria.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16

an avenue Of bristling masts the trans
port bears It's soldier cargo on toward
the North river till Fort Hamilton has
been blurred into the morning mist
and the masonry giants of lower
Broadway stand out against the north
ern sky.
"GIad I'm an American"
And the homecoming soldiers, off,
GERS and men alike, lean against the
rail and drink in the beauty of 1t all
as if they never could get enough. An
old-time bark swings at anchor close
by, her four masts and square rigging
in picturesque contrast to the crazy
quilt camoufiage Of half dozen ocean
barges moored near her. Ferries load
ed with New Workers. going to work
scurry by, while their passengers wave
handkerchiefs and cheer the home
ward-bound soldiers.
An officer of the aviation corps
these first troops to come back are
nearly all of the air service-takes a
long, deep breath.
"The most wonderful roadstead In
the world. It's glorious. I'm glad I'm
an American" he said.
"You said something, brother" said
a private who was leaning over the
rail at his elbow.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
FALL OF STATUE
ENDS HUN LUCK

conce1t which grew up Ia the hearts OF
the people, namely, that when the Vir-
gin of Albert fell Gas fall she must, in
the opinion of all who saw the statue)
the war would end In a victory for
France and her allies. But the war
did not end, nor did the statue fall,
and the opposing armies settled down
to nearly four years of trench war
fare.
The Germans, who certainly never
miss point in their efforts to under
mine their opponents morale, seized
on the legend. Varying it to suit their
purpose they spread the story far and
wide that when the statue fell France
would lose the war. Now, the town Of
Albert possesses a most patriotic and
efficient parish priest. No sooner did
the Hun version Of the story reach
his ears than he sought out skilled
blacksmith. The two assembled the
half-ruined tower, surveyed the broken
base, and Sc braced and riveted the
statue to its recumbent position that
fall 1t could not until the tower itself
gave way.
Hun Again In Albert.
/ So for many a day every British
Tommy who marched to the front
along the road to Bapaume raised his
wondering eyes to the Madonna high
above his head and few there were
of any denomination who failed to
find in its strange attitude a species
of benign benediction. At last, during
those black days of last March and
April, the seemingly impossible hap
pened. The British line bent before
the fury of German assault, aided
as 1t was by long-continued fog, and
the Hun was once again in Albert.
When the British retired the statue
was still intact, but, whether by ac-
cident or design is not yet known, the
Germans brought down the tower, and
with 1t fell the virgin and child And
here comes the strange part of the
story, to which latest development
public attention is now directed for
the first time. Hardly yard farther
did the German advance progress.
From that day onward the green
gray hordes were pressed back, slowly
at first, but with an ever-increasing ce-
lerity which finally developed to rout.
In word the luck of the Huns
deserted them when the Virgin of Al
bert was dethroned. From being the
truculent conquerors of nearly all Eu-
rope they were forced to their knees
whining for mercy. The foregoing
facts cannot be gainsaid. Viewed in
retrospect they form enc of the most
curious and interesting episodes Of
the greatest of all wars.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
Never Want to Look Statue of
Liberty in the Face
Again.
ARE Wild TO GET ASHORE
sWhen Get the United States Under
My Feet I'm Going to Stay There"
Said One Homesicls Sol
der.

New York.-To Understand the feel
ings Of the Americans boys released
from the war and pouring back into
the United States as fast as steamers
can bring them from Europe, one must
have known the pangs of acute home
sickness.
They are downright homesick.
You read it in the hungry eyes that
peer from the troopships when the gov
eminent revenue cutter with it's little
handful of Americans in civilian
clothes runs alongside. From every
inch of space along the gunwale, from
yardarms and rigging, from the top
most pile of life RATS to the bottom
most portfolio, are yearning faces.
They know the coming of the cutter
is sign of deliverance after the trans
port at the threshold of home has been
detained at overnight quarantine off
Fort Hamilton. Now they will be able
to go on UP the bay.
Faint "Ee-yoW" Grows to Wild Yell.
At first faint "ee-yow! comes
AlOlH OHC VI bWO LAIOhJoy dllu IlCu Ilp-
Piles along the deck, increasing in vol
ume and shrillness till it becomes a
wild whoop, reverberating across the
bay. A month ago it would have served
for battle cry. Today 1t is a shout
Of boyish delight, of greeting for the
little cutter load Of civilians-the first
group Of Americans the soldiers have
seen in months.
Somewhere in that shout there is q
plaintive note, and you get its mean
ing if you are one of those first civil
ians who board the transports as the
group on the United States cutter I'm
migrant do, scrambling up "a ladder
while the boats are under way, for
the troopships lose no time in starting
their wheels at the signal from the
customs officers.
"Does it feel good to get back?" you
ask the first boy who grabs your hand
on deck.
"Good?" he repeats fervently.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16

merchant marine the far points the world Our railroads must
longer end at the We building American merchant fleet
Of twenty-five million tonsree thousand ships We backing modern
ships with modern port facilities establishing bunkerng stations all
the globe and will operate with American railroad efficiency
We will American at rates corresponding to rail-
road rateh cheapest the world Fast American passenger and
cargo liners will regularly every port Latin America the Orient
Africa, Australia
We all take off coats and work to bring these American
ships home the people American interest and community The
manufacturer think of customers in Latin America being
accessible those in the The farmer must visualize ships
carrying his wheat cotton breeding animals dairy products and fruit to
boy think Of ships and foreign
countries when he chooses calling.
British policy seeks to develop all the of the faspad
British empire worldwide inventory being taken OF the metals
fer crops and other Of British colonies that John
Bull may supply his needs far possible and may increase the
prosperity Bon everywhere by developing their broaden
ing and raising their incomes and living standards
American merchant ships American dollars Amer
factories and American ability help other nations in the
Since the Civil have learned what railroads. and energy
will do for undeved sections great West After the world war
what American ships and American and American
energy the undevpd sections Of other nations sections
mineral country of the west coast OF South America the great
asn the growing nations Of Australia and South Africa
s. like in many
ships will take into this great field OF inter-
international opportunity time for Americans
everywhere think of world trade from this angle of materials
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
MUNICH AGAIN is DANCING

a strange disagreeable taste because
of the use Of some substitute. Bicycle
tires have been replaced by coils of
steel.
The streets are as clean as ever and
with stores as beautiful, although filed
with articles the prices Of which would
have been unbelievable four years
ago.
The suffering seems to fall heavily
on the. poor people. Food now is more
plentiful because the signing of the
armistice brought out stocks which
have been held in reserve. The people
are perhaps paler than their wont, but
the street crowds appear to be warmly
dressed.
The city has resumed dancing, which
has occasioned terrific editorial out
burst from a portion of the press. For
mer Imperial Chancellor Won Hertling's
organ, the Bavarian Courier. says:
sour enemies will be robbed Of the
last vestige of pity if they hear OF
this. Are they not right?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16

London.-All the world knows the
story of the Madonna which was as
lodged by German shell fire from lts
perch on the tower of the parish
church at Albert during the first mao
rush of the Huns through France In
1914. The statue did not fall, nor was
# greatly damaged, but the base was
so shattered that it hung precariously
over the main road from Amiens 10
Bapaume. which passes under the
very walls Of the beautiful old churcn:
For some reason, when the red tide OF
war swept westward through Albert
the Hun did not complete the destruc-
ton of the tower, and the statue still
maintained its strange poise after the
invaders had been rolled back at the
battle of the Marine.
Days of Great Hope.
Those were the days of great hope.
France was fighting with skill and de-
termination. Britain was steadily In
creasing her small but wonderful
army, and the Russians were advanc-
ing almost at gallop through East
Prussia. In fact, there were optimists
who thought Germany would sue for
peace before Observation-Disclosures,
1914! Some hint Of the trend Of popu-
lar thought was given by the quaint
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
RETURNING YANKS
A HOMESICK LOT

"Gosh! Nothing ever felt so good in
the world. You can tell 'em all when
1 get the United States under my feet
it's going to stay there. Some bird
said when he got back from the war he
never wanted to look the statue OF
liberty in the face again. That's me.
In a little bit she's going to see me
coming home for the last time"
1t was Tom O'Donnell of Chicago
who made that long speech. He was
one of the third constructional COM
pany aerial service, who came home
on the British boat Orca, and he and
more than 10000 other "Yanks'' re-
turned from Europe this week and are
now at Camp Mills, L. l.. waiting to
be mustered out.
AS these troopships come through
the Narrows into the upper bay the
sun is rising like huge red ball above
the roofs of Brooklyn, silhouetting its
spires and towering buildings and CLINT
ing across the ripping bay. Through
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
WIFE SLAIN IN CARS ARMS
Former Valet Tells of the Murder OF
the Entire Romanoff Family by
the Bolsheviki.

London.-A dispatch to the Elk
change Telegraph from Amsterdam
says the Kiev newspapers publish a
story given by the valet of the former
empress of Russia of the murder of
the entire ROmanoff family by the boil
sheriki.
The valet said on July IL all of the
members of the family were taken to
the cellar of the convent at Ekaterin-
burg and placed against the wall and
shot one after the other. According
to the story, the murderers granted the
last request of the former Emperor
Nicholas that his wife, who was Ill,
should die in his arms.
According to the valet, the Grand
Duchess Tatiano was only wounded by
the shots of the rifiemen and was
killed by blows from their rifle butts.
All the bodies were burned in the out
skirts of Ekaterinburg.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
Women War Workers Must Be Safe
guarded During Reconstruction Period
By MRS. RosALIE LoEw WHITNEY

Now that the soldiers starting from the front the first effort
that should the of who have
work their return either to other work OF to
domestic life under favorable conditions
general throwing out Of women from the work
which they have been engaged either in the munin or other factories
national capital and other centers The
splendid military regulations governing the rehabilitation OF the men
in the army should govern rehabilitation of the womans
My opinion that who have into business either Tor
patriotic industry OF kind BY
they WILL retaining their position exclude the men
given positions for the service of the United States and
who will return when peace is established
There controversy The readumen will work gradu
a and as WHOLE that they will echew
domestic life.
important duty during this period is to help In
eyery way and that such legislation will insure
the protection women great foundation of humanity passed
and properly administered
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
Bavarian Capital Changed Little
by Long War.
People Paier Than Their Wont, but
Appear to Be Warmly
Dressed.

Munich.-Munich looks much less
changed after four years Of war than
those who knew it would have thought
possible. The city appears far livelier
and gayer than three years ago. Part
Of this impression is unQuestionably
due to the profusion of Bavarian-Ger-
man flags everywhere, emphasized by
the red banners of the socialists.
Although fairly dark in the evening,
because coal must be saved, the streets
are crowded during the early hours.
Restaurants are open and fairly pal
atable imitation of beer is served.
Every postage stamp one ticks has
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
War Has Taught Japanese to Develop
Their Resources in All Directions
3, ANDRE BElEssoRT. Professor IN Par. Lyss.

Japan nation which has directly benefited by the present
conflict the Japan but the has enriched her
far more than of Port Arthur of Mukden Japan has
learned to depend herself She has kicked all her former props
with the the has done develop her industries than
ten wears of would accomplished Certain industries such
the textile industries chemical products and the manufacture
glassware European paper have expanded tremendously in the
last four years
Japan has created that which lacked whilst that wncn II aeaoy
IS developing to an extent benefits of world
would for In order give adequate Idea
this only glance at the Statistics which prove
the profits of the textile industries have increased by
beginning the while the profits the chemical indus
tries increased by 133,500 yen.
Once started this Japan resolved acquire complete
independence This proved by the fact that although before
the war japan the manufacture of artificial dyes
products she has taken these industries COM
pe in hand companies have been formed with the appreciation
direct the japanese definitely to check any
attempt Germany eventually make her in these
directions. .sEa
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
ESSENTIALS FOR Sue
CESS

Successful parcel post market
ing of butter requires that ex-
treme care be taken to insure
the delivery of a satisfactory
product to the customers. The
following are a few of the i'm
portant considerations in mar
keting butter successfully by
parcel post:
1. A uniformly high-quality
product should be produced.
2. 1t should be properly packed
in neat and attractive packages.
8. The shipping container used
should amply protect the butter
from deterioration and damage.
4. The packages should bear
the address of the sender and be
properly addressed to the Gus
toner.
s. The most expeditions mail
service from the mailing Office
should be used to insure the de-
livery of the butter in the best
condition.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
Thinks That He Will See Again

ted States food administration to send
whole wheat to England instead of
flour.
"Our flour mills were about to shut
down, throwing thousands of skilled
workmen out of employment at time
when rehabilitation threatens to dis
rupt many industries" prominent
miller told the International News Ser
vice. Americas action in sending us
wheat represents the highest type of
world service. And it shows that the
American miller is not selfish"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-01-16
Hero Blinded by High Explosive Shell
Believes His Sight Will
Return.

Philadelphia one doctor out
of twenty-and himself believe that
the sight of Lieut.. Frank Schoble, Jr..
can be restored.
"a thousand doctors may tell me III
not get my sight again, but l know
that in a few months I'm going to see
again. cried the youag lighting man
when told mis- case was hopeless.
The lieutenant was leading his men
in a picturesque ravine in the Argonne
forest in France when a high explosive
shell blinded him.