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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-25
STREET CAR MEN
AT DIES MONIES IN
VOTE FOR STRIKE

Des Moines, Iowa, July 25.-Em-
ployes of the local street car sys-
tenn early today voted to go on
strike for higher wages. The com
pany was given 10 days to meet
their demands.
Union leaders said the vote on
the strike question virtually was
unanimous, but that no definite ar
-rangements would be announced
until tonight.
According to union leaders, the
men last fall were promised an
increase from AZ to SIS cents an
hour, the raise to be effective last
March. The street car company
then announced it could not meet
the mems demands without increas-
ing the fare to cents which the
city council refused to authorize.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-25

Carl Schmidt ............. Colona
Mrs. Augusta Redman .~.... Colona
Harry Earl Wood -. Rock Island
Agnes florence Lanbe. Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-25

cussed this afternoon by more than
500 Democrats attending a state
conference here.
Prominent among the visitors
were nearly 100 women, many of
whom have not affiliated with any
party and were here for the an
nounced purpose of seeing what
the Democrats had to OFFER"
A group of national figures in
Democratic ranks, headed by HON
81 s. Cummings, chairman Of the
national committee, attended the
conference, and a special session
for women was held.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-25

Marine experts characterize this
coast line as "shipping's greatest
graveyard in the United States"
Thirty thousand tons Of coal
went to the bottom OF Long Island
Sound in one week last winter An
enormous tonnage is represented
in the wrecks listed for years past
Salvaging submarine coal promises
to be one of the big after-war in
dustries. 1t will inaugurate a new
era in national thrift and the con-
servation of wasted public utilities
now practically ignored.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-25
GET COAL FROM
SEA LATEST OF
SALVAGE PLANS
Slow Production Of Inland Mines
viii Be Augmented by Million
Submarine Tons.

1t has been ascertained that
1,000,o00 tons of coal lie at the bot
tom of Long Island sound within
$50 feet of the surface of the water.
The sa1vaging of this fuel will be
developed on a large scale as a
great economic industry.
This statement from Bridgeport,
Conn, follows the announcement
Of the United States government
that the nation faces critical coal
shortage. Reclaiming the tons of
fuel now on the bottom of the sea,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-25
LEAVES TO START
CROSS COUNTRY
TRIP IN BOMBER

Dayton. Ohio, July 25.-Captain
Roy n. Francis left McCook field
at sos this morning in a Martin
bombing plane for New York,
where in a few days he will start
on a transcontinental trip to Sc
attic, Wash. Captain Francis ex-
poets to fly to Mineola field from
Dayton without a stop. He is
planning to make only one stop on
the transcontinental flight, that be-
ing at North Platte, Neb. With
him in the Martin bomber are Lieu
tenant Peter WEIGH, Lieutenant F.
Cerruti and Sergeant S. B. MADAM.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-25

A western Illinois paper for west
ern Illinois people-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-25

At the Colonial.
A large and appreciative audience
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-25
As ENROLL IN SCHOOL.

New York, July 25.-Forty-five
women students from all parts of
devastated Europe have enrolled
at the Young Women's Christian
association training school in Paris,
according to a dispatch today by
the national board of the Y. W. c.
A Twelve nationalities are repre-
sented.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-25
CORN SHIPMENTS
BARRED FROM SO
EASTERN CITIES

Boston, July 25. - Fitty-three
Massachusetts were quarantined
today against the shipment or sale
of corn to other parts OF the state
or to other states. The district IS
infested with the European corn
borer, according to Wilfred Wheel
er, commissioner Of agriculture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-25
IOWA DEMOS. PLAN
DRIVE TO WREST
STATE FROM G.. o. T.

Pes Moines, Iowa, July Is
Slans for a campaign which speak
ers said would be of "such vigor
that 1t would turn Iowa from the
Republican ranks" at the next state
and national campaigns were dis
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

The news of the death of eX-Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt was re-
ceiyed with profound regret by his
countrymen. Widely as they diff
fered in their opinions regarding his
ability as statesman, the wisdom
and safety of the policies which he
advocated, and the motives which ac-
tuated him, all admired his dynamic
energy and his enthusiastic Ameri-
canism. For years past he had been
the stormy petrol of national politics.
Whenever a big fight was raging
over any issue Colonel Roosevelt was
always to be found in the thick of it.,
and when affairs were moving along
placidly at Washington he frequent
ly stirred things up by exploding a
rhetorical bomb shell.
He was essentially a fighter, too
full of energy to enjoy peace and
quietude; a leader, too much imbued
with self-confidence to follow the
judgment of others when their opin-
ions ran counter to his own. I'm
petuous in action, forceful in lam
guage, strenuous in his friendships,
bitter in his dislikes. fearless in the
expression of his ideas and intoller-
ant of opposition, he was the type of
man who won the almost fanatical
devotion of hosts of followers and the
relentless hostility of the rest of the
people. There was no neutral class,
a voter either deeply admired the
colonel as political leader or he
strongly disliked him.
He proved his love of his country
by risking his own life for it and by
cheerfully giving his four sons in its
defense. One Of them made the SUI
preme sacrifice, two were seriously
wounded, and all did credit to the
fighting blood in their veins. The
people sympathized with Colonel
Roosevelt in his pride in the record
of his sons and the calm resignation
with which he accepted the loss OF
Quentin.
There was a striking contrast be-
tween the strenuousity of this life
and the quietness of it's ending. The
tempestuous spirit of Theodore
Roosevelt passed as peacefully as that
of a little child. He lay down to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10
AMERICAN GUNS
SHOOT THIRTY MILES

The American navy has designed
built, and is now manning with blue
Jackets specially trained for land
service, the largest and most high
powered mobile land artillery in the
world" it is stated in the annual re-
port of the Secretary of the Navy, re-
Gently issued. The type of gun re-
ferred to is of 14-inch calibre, hurts
its projectile 30 miles, and can be
moved from one end of France TO the
other, on specially designed railway
cars on which the guns are perma-
nently mounted, as easily as can field
artillery.
In comparing this type of gun with
the German long-range freak guns
which fired on Paris, the report says:
They (the German guns were
built on permanent steel and concrete
foundations which were eventually
sought out by allied aeroplanes and
the guns subsequently silenced The
shells were small and specially built
for long-range flight. This fact re-
duced their military efficiency. The
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10

G. Carnell Tartar, first secretary
Of the American embassy at Con-
stantinople up to the time Turkey
broke diplomatic relations with the
United States, writes.
There is no question as to the
extreme need. The distress among
the stricken people is beyond any
power OF words to describe"
Representatives of the relief COM
mittee report from Constantinople:
IF you stop a child toward even
ing, and ask him where he is going
he will tell you 1 am searching for
place to sleep All winter long
they have slept in hooks and corners
and on the streets. with no blankets,
their clothing in rags The women
clasp their wandering children to
their breasts and their own faces
wear look of despair. To these the
relief gives bread, and in many places
soup-kitchens have been opened
where they can get Il hot, thick soup
two or three times a week. This is
one of the best means of helping
them, because they have no fuel or
utensils to cook for themselves, but
at the best it only prolongs life, it
does not adequately nourish them.
We can not begin to supply the food
needed for all these wanders, and
the mortality is very high among
them"
A diplomat we'll acquainted with
the situation said recently: We are
spectators of the death of a race
and we are powerless to prevent it.
TO such appeals every sympathetic
and generous American will answer:
Il am my brothers keeper" and then
prove it by subscribing literally to
the relief of these helpless and much
enduring people.
WM. GOODYEAR.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10
\ HEAVY LOSS

The sudden death of Mrs. p. c.
Holland is heavy loss not only to
the members Of her family but to the
State College and the whole com
munity. While she was essentially
a home maker, intensely devoted to
her husband and children, yet when
called upon to assume the difficult
social duties Of first lady of the col
lege she discharged them with a
gentle dignity, sympathetic tact
fulness, "a cordial hospitality and a
genuine friendliness that quickly
won the esteem and affection of all
alike, faculty members, students
townspeople and visitors. She made
everyone feel that she was mother
as we'll as mistress, of the president
mansion.
She will long be remembered and
deeply mOurned as fine and inspif'
ing example of that highest and most
charming type of American woman.
hood, an old fashioned lady 1t is
impossible to express in words the
deep sense of loss of those who en-
joyed her friendship or the profound
sympathy of the community for the
bereaved husband and children in
this great sorrow which has come to
them.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10

full farmers and urged by expert
enced, practical, and scientific ex-
perts. 1t will necessitate seed selec-
ton and Improvement, plant and an
imal breeding, soil development,
thorough rotation, the discriminating
use of fertilizers, the control and
eradication of plant and animal dis
eases. good business practice and
thrift, and many other things 1t
means that farming must be profit
able and that society must be willing
to pay the price. Under no other
conditions can farming expand. It
means, too, that only as many will or
need stay on farms as may be neces-
stry to supply what the consumers
will take at prices which will Justify
production. Many people speak as
if they thought there should be no
limit to the number engaged in agri-
culture or the production of crops.
The farmer must consider his balance
just as much as any other business
man. The number of individuals re-
naming in the farming industry will,
in the long run, continue to adjust it.
self roughly to the economic demand
and will increase as it expands or as
relative economies are effected"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10
MUCH VACANT LAND

Discussing the problem of land
settlement, the Secretary of Agricul
ture in his annual report says that
with wise foresight and increased
employment of scientific practice,
under the stimulation of intelligent
agencies, America can take care of
and provide for a very much larger
population under even more favor
able circumstances and in greater
prosperity.
Interest in land for homes and
farms increases in the nation as the
population grows. 1t has become
more marked as the area of public
land suitable and available for agri-
culture has diminished. says the
secretary. 1T is intensified at the
present time by reason of the sugges-
ton and desire that returned soldiers
and others who may wish to secure
farms shall have an opportunity to
do so under suitable conditions. 1t
finds expression, too, in discussions
of the number of tenant farmers and
in its meaning and significance.
THAT there is still room in the
nation for many more people on
farms is clear. The United States
proper contains about 100000
acres of land of which an area of
lao, 100000 acres, or 60 per cent,
is tillable. Approximately 367 ,000,-
900 acres, or 80 per cent, of this was
planted in crops in 1918. In other
words, for every 100 acres now titled
800 acres may be utilized when the
country is fully settled. OF course,
much Of the best land, especially that
most easily brought under cultivation
and in reasonably easy reach of large
consuming centers, is in use, though
much of it, possibly IS per cent, is
not yielding full returns. Extension
Of the farmed area will consequently
be made with greater expense for
clearing, preparation, drainage, and
irrigation, and for profitable opera
ton will involve marketing arrange
ments of high degree of perfection
and the discriminating selection Of
crops having a relatively high unit
value.
Increased production can there
fore be secured in two ways, namely.
through the use of more land and
through the adoption of improved
processes of cultivation of all land
and of marketing. The latter in
wolves the general application of the
best methods used by the most skill
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10

German long-range guns, while they
had "a certain moral effect, were
without great practical military
value. The American naval guns
fire projectiles approximately seven
times heavier than the shells the Ger
mans used against Paris"
Other recent achievements of the
Navy Department, as shown by the
report, include a special mme-loading
plant with a capacity of more than
1000 mines a day. This plant has
been established near Yorktown, Va.
About 1900 acres of land we're
needed for the enterprise.
In Brooklyn tire Navy Department
has built what is said to be the larg-
est concrete storehouse in existence.
The navy has installed in Annapo-
lis the greatest high-power radio sta
ton in the world and in Washington
has constructed two office buildings
for war expansion, one for the Navy
Department and one for the War De-
partment, which considered as a
group, exceed in volume and floor
space any office building in the
world regardless Of type; indeed, it
is thought that no existing office
building is larger than either of these
two Time records were broken IN
Tie construction of these buildings.
The total floor space of the two build
ings is approximately 100000
square feet, or more than II acres.
The several wings, If Joined end to
end, would form a structure q
miles long. so feet wide and three
stories high. A complete circuit of
all the exterior walls would require
journey of four miles.
That American inventive genius
intends to take no chances with a
foreign foe is indicated by the fact
as stated in the report, that the Ma
tional Consulting Board has consid-
tleu ulbIt IMAM llOtuVN IuedSr Ill
yentions and devices submitted
In his report the Secretary of the
Navy pays the following tribute to
the efficiency of the civil service sys-
tenn:
Under the law all navy-yard
workmen must be recruited through
the civil service, and the department
desires to express it's qualification
and appreciation of the manner in
which the civil service commission
met the emergency and by the crea-
ton of almost a new organization
and the fearless cutting of all need
less red tape has done all that was
humanity possible to meet the nayy's
demands in the shortest practical
time"
1t is not mentioned in the report,
| but it is fact that the forces Of ar
! tisans, labOrers and other civilian
employees at navy yards and naval
stations in United States increased
! from about 10000 to more than 100,-
600 during the 10 months Of Amer
ica's participation in the war.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
RESUMES PEACE-TINIE BASIS

The peace-time organization OF the
college of agriculture is now round
ing into shape to succeed the special
measures and work recently necessi-
tated by war conditions, and includes,
in the quarter opened December 80,
leading emphasis on short courses in
dairying, soils, animal husbandry,
poultry, farm mechanics, and allied
lines of work.
To accommodate students who did
not enroll the first quarter or were
unable to complete the regular work
of the first quarter, the second quar-
ter, opened December 80, provides,
on Il peace-time basis, instruction In
agricultural subjects and in the
fundamental sciences required in in
the four-year course in agriculture
such as chemistry, physics, botany
and bacteriology.
The return of peace, marked here
by the RESUMPTION of the normal lines
of work, finds several new divisional
heads in the college OF agriculture
among which are Howard Hackedorn,
succeeding William Hislop in the ami
NAL husbandry work; e. G. Wood
ward, succeeding A. B. Nystrom in
the dairy division; and r. G. Mitch
ell, succeeding Mrs. H. d. Whitaker
as chief of the poultry department
and manager of the All-Northwest
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10
AN MY BROTHERS. KEEPER!

The plea of the American Commit
tee for Relief in the Near East to the
people of the United States to CON
tribute $30,000,000 to save the lives
of nearly 100000 starving and
destitute Armenians and Syrians
must meet with a prompt response.
1t is a challenge to every man,
woman and child to answer the ques-
ton Am ! my brothers keeper"
Because we have helped to free
these long suffering races from OPP
preston, by oyerthrowing the mill
responsibility has not ended. If we
had been content to leave the negroes
of the south to starve to death, after
having freed them from slavery, the
war of the rebellion would have been
fought in vain, as far as our colored
wards were concerned. 1t is obvious
ly useless to knock down brute
who is abusing a woman or child
and then to self-complacently stroll
away and allow the helpless victim
to die from the injuries received or
from starvation.
These noble little nations of the
Near East have suffered indescrib
able prosecutions because they wor-
shipped the same God that we
worship and remained loyal to the
same religious doctrines in which we
believe. Because of their steadfast
adherence to the faith of their faith
ers, they have been shorn of their
property and homes and driven out
like sheep into the deserts and by
ways of the earth to perish. All that
they ask is enough food to sustain
life until they can care for them
selves and enough money to secure
seeds for next years crops and neces-
sary farm machinery, cattle and
devastated lands.
There is no room for doubt as to
the urgency of the need. The appeal
Help or | perish is justified by the
facts. Leslie A. Davis, U. S. con-
sular agent at Harpoot says:
Notwithstanding our effort, it
was impossible to reach all and many
hundreds were constantly being
turned away, owing to insufficient
| funds. while in scarcely any instance
was the relief given adequate for
their needs. All that anyone ever
received was one small piece of bread
day and in many cases this had to
be shared with others 1t is to be
| borne in mind that very few of these
people have any way of earning, as
owing to the existing conditions there
| is no work to be obtained.
THE majority of these unfortu-
nate women and children are now in
such a wretched and helpless condi-
ton that they can not long survive If
| help is not received. In fact, many
did die last winter for lack of food.
| Present conditions are more critical
! than ever"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10
VIM. GOODYEAR.

Edward c. Johnson, the new
director of the state experiment sta
ton and dean of the college of agri-
culture at the State College, has
made a distinctly favorable impress
sion. He is energetic, foroeful and
very evidently a man of broad vision,
intensely interested in the problems
of agriculture and the betterment OF
rural life. Best of all, he appears to
be imbued with the ability and de-
sire to cooperate with his fellow
workers, a qualification sadly lack
ing in his predecessors. The three
virtues most essential to the success
full management of this very import
ant office are ability, energy and a
spirit of cooperation and the great
est of these is the last.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10

sleep, his active mind filled with
plans for the approaching political
strife, and awoke to find himself on
the other side of the river of death
at rest forever.
WM. GOODYEAR.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10
gazed upon the colored box

gazed upon the colored box
Adorned with flowers name
That spoke of shadowy moonlit walks
And sacred words from hearts aflame
| opened, with an ardent hope,
And found-six cakes OF Violet
Soap!
Walter Blair.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Regis-
tered Shire horse; seven years old;
weight, 1900. VIII sell or trade for
Ford auto or stock cattle. j. r.
Fulfs. Phone M22X6. dec6tt
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-10

INSURE WITH McCLASKEY.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-04
RETURNED HEROES
TO GET OVATION
When All Leflore County Soldiers Are
Home, Royal Welcome Will Be
rendered Them

AS more Greenwood and Leflore
county soldiers are returning home
daily, many of our citizens have been
wondering why the people of this COM
munity have not given them a big
ovation, in the form of an elaborate
dance, reception or some other enter
tainmenJ as a token of appreciation
and welcome back. The fact that {
royal welcome IS due our Leflore SOL
diers, has not been overlooked by the
citizens Of the community, who have
merely deferred the matter until all
of the county members of the A. E. F.
have returned to their homes. While
MANY of our boys are back with US
again, there is still greater number
to return.
General March has announced that
every soldier will have returned home
by the latter part of June and it has
been suggested that a fitting and
proper time to give our Leflore county
boys a rousing welcome would be July
A.. BY this time it is believed that all
of our soldiers will be at home and
can enjoy the fete.
An entertainment which will eclipse
any thing that has been given in Missi-
ssippi is being planned for the return
ng heroes. Nothing will be left un-
. done to show the boys how this coun-
ty appreciates their services and how
e ad the people are to welcome them
,, D4ck.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-04
You Do More Work,

You are more ambitious and you get more
enjoyment out of everything when your
blood is in good condition.. Impurities in
the blood have very depressing effect on
the system, causing weakness. laziness.
nervousness ard sickness.
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restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
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how it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite. you will then
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GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
is not a patent medicine, it is simply
IRON and QUINnJE suspended in Syrup.
So pleasant even children like it. The
blood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON
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critics never fail to drive out impurities in
the blood.
The Strength Creating Power of GROVES
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