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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-02
HUNS FACING
CRAVE CRISIS
HSREDSGAIN
Disorder Spre a. ds Over
Germany Situation Is
Held Threatening.

London, April 2.-Describing
the outlook In Germany. the
Berlin correspondent of the
Nail says the crisis which is
rapidly approaching seems GER
tain 10 be gTaver than either
the January or March OUT
breaks.
~BOlSheFism is working in
Germany by propaganda rs it
did in Hungary and is wreck
ing industry and removing Op-
mRqriunides for work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-02

Carrying his home county. a Re-
publican stronghold, with a major
ity of 430. and coming out OF
Adams county. the home of his op-
ponent, George II. Wilson, with a
majority of 2.730, States Attorney
Floyd K Thompson, Democrat, OF
Rock Island. went to victory yes
terday for judge OF the Illinois su-
preme court for the Fourth judicial
district.
While Associated Press figures
give Thompson a majority of more
than three hundred, his friends to
day believed that official returns
will place the Rock Island man 5
lead at about five hundred.
George H. Wilson Republican,
of Quincy, spent much Of his time
in Rock Island county during the
campaign in the hopes of putting
the contest on a straight political
basis. but Thompson's show
ing in both Rock Island and Mo-
line indicate that the electors re-
fused to follow the Wilson cry and
the Rock Island man came out OF
both townships with a heavy ma
iority.
Beyond Early Estimates.
Early returns indicated that
Thompson would carry Adams
county, the only question being the
amount Of the majority. II was al
first placed at from 1900 to 1000.
based on the initial returns, but
complete figures available today
carried the Thompson lead in Will
sons home county way beyond the
original estimate.
The election of Mr.. Thompson
marks the third successful politi-
cal contest he has entered. In 1912
he was elected states attorney and
in 1915 he was reelected at that
time gaining a complete victory
over his Republican opponent and
being the only Democrat elected To
Office in the county.
The official count was started al
1870 o'clock this afternoon In
County Clerk Henry B. Hubbard s
office for Rock Island county. 9th
er counties, it was expected, would
make their official tallies today so
it is expected that by tomorrow,
official figures will be available.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-07-18


ed from overseas; where he has been
in the service the past year. F.s SIT 5.=S &.
Otto Meyer, who. has been attending
business college at Little Falls, has tax
en- q position as stenographer at Velva
N. D. 81. $.ss5s T. .. p ,= HUI S
NJ. E. Vincent, Daniel Kind, Mrs. OF.
to Krousey and Mrs. Roy Motenson
were blueberrying near Randall last
Saturday. g.. :. ID Il ..< . &. Z: +. :.
The Ladies' Progressive Circle Of the
Congregational church was entertained
Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Roy Mortenson, south Of town. @1
j. H. Katzenberger and Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Pulvermacher were Little Falls
visitors last Wednesday. =.
Mrs. Helen Van lille Of Little Falls
has been visiting relatives here the
past week. --s
Kenneth Adams and Miss Florence
Adams of Long Prairie visited h7ce
Tuesday at the home Of their sister,
Mrs: J. j. McRae, Jr. =
Mrs. Joe Maloney and son, Jack, left
Friday for their home at Bowdle, s. D.
Anton Kasper Of Little Falls was a
caller here on Thursday.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-07-18
GREEN PRAIRIE

July l6-Sunday school at 1880 Sun
day morning. Everyone invited.
John Eckerson returned. Monday
from a business trip to St. Cloud.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wittwer of Clough,
were visitors here Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Fl. Campbell and
children of Culdrum were guests at the
William Edden home Sunday.
Carl Nelson was St. Cloud visitor
Sunday, returning home Monday.
The social Aeeting Of the Farmers
Club will be held Friday evening. Re-
freshments will be served. EVERYBODY
| welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Anderson and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carlson of Little
Falls were visitors here Sunday at the
home Of Mr.. and, Mrs. August Ander-
! son.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Cannon were
Randall visitors Saturday evening.
Mrs. Eugene Eckerson and Mrs. John
Eckerson returned Monday evening
from few days visit with relatives in
| St. Cloud.
Erick Thelander, Mary Nelson and
Miss Ethel Johnson Of Darling and Miss
Gertrude Balquist of Minneapolis were
the guests Sunday at the home Of Mrs.
Olaf Larson.
Mrs. Berg and son, Walter, and Mrs.
Charles Gedney of Little F lls spent
Sunday here the guest Of Mrs. G. E.
Cannon and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bailey and
daughter, Joyce, and Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
eph Smetava of Minneapolis spent
Wednesday here, guests at the Eugene
Eckerson home.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-07-18
4 < 4 !, I ( I I 4 i
ROCKVILLE news
Dunk Bolts, Reg'r Correspondent
!. George Bingham.)

Human nature seems to be pretty
much the. same everywhere except in
Hogville. Z. ~. 81 ~
The Horse Doctor says when he gives
the people of this community ''hopeV
he expects pay for it. ~ e." -
The Hogville jail is now doing good
business. Several men who have al
ways claimed they always do the right
thing have got caught.
Daniel Mathewsla yesterday was raw
ing about having his rights and from
the run Of his conversation it was con-
coded by his auditors that he wanted
to overstep the line and take a calf
which he had taken up as a,.stray and
which the whole crowd knew belonged
to the Widow of the Bear Ford neigh
borhood.
It has now been developed that lot
of valuable time was wasted around
the stove at the postofice last winter
by members Of the Hogville Loafers'
Club who laid big plans for bumper
crops this summer. The past few weeks
of hot weather has developed this fact.
Zero Peck at the postofice yesterday
tried to convince Yam Barlow by argu-
ment that there is no such thing as
luck, but to certain extent was unsuc-
cessful. Yam says he knows there. is
such thing as bad luck but he is I'M
able to say for sure about the other
kind. Yam has been in jail several
times. Zero contended that what peo-
! pie call good lucks and bad luck is
simply management and bad manage
ment.
! Mrs. Zero Peck sent Zero to town
! yesterday for number of household
articles and he forgot about half Of the
list. He has not gone home yet, being
afraid to 60 until he can think Of them.
In the meantime he is not having very
much to say and seems most of the time
, to be in deep study.
! The postoffice did not close in Hog
vile July 18th. The Postmaster said
the postoffice was about as cool place
as he could find at that time OF year,
and. too. the fish are not biting to do
any good.
Alexander Moseley lost another dog
Yesterday. This leaves only ten. Alex
saws he will not recruit any more until
there is change for the better as he
does not care to sacrifice any more than
he now has. His dog graveyard is fast
filling up.
The two moonshine still house propri-
etors-Bear Ford and Petunia Ridge
stills-are reading the proceedings OF
congress with a great deal Of interest
these days. By some Of the reports
they are made to wonder NHow longY,'
Persistence more often makes fel-
low bore than a success.
Prof. Cape Allsop has lately begun
practicing mind control. Miss Petun1a
Belcher says if it is his own mind he
is trying to contTol he should not have
much of a task as it is a weak sort OF
thing. Cape quit going with Petunla
a while back and began going with the
Widow of the Bear Ford neighborhood.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-07-18
SWANVlLLE

July l6-Harry Jackson, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Blue and c. A. Stone,
who have been camping at Pillsbury
lake the past week, returned to their
homes in St. Paul on Tuesday.
Mrs. J. Pennie was a Little Falls Wis
itor on Saturday.
Mrs. Ida Parks of St. Cloud was in
town the past week looking after her
residence property. -
Rye harvest is about completed in
this locality. Koenig Bros. and Mesch-
ka are making preparations to begin
shock threshing.
Miss Lillian Johnson of Pillsbury is
employed at the B. B. Cox store.
The Swanville and Burtrum ball
teams played here sunday afternoon:
The score was 9 to in favor of Swan
vile. The Swanville team is getting
into practice again after being disband-
ed for nearly two years. Several OF It's
members have been in the service.
The lawn social which was to have
been given in the park Saturday eve
ming has been postponed.
j. j. McRae, Jr., who has been laid
up with an infection in his left arm is
recovering.
John and Herman Muske, John Co.
field and Ed Bursinger were burberry
ing several days the past week.
A. Kind and sons, John and Erven,
Ira Chambers, Herbert Balm and Rod
ger NEcRae, who are employed at car
penter work at Greenwald spent Sunday
at their homes here.
Carl Wallander, who is employed at
Crosby visited at his home here the past
week.
Arthur Cook, who has been in the ser.
vice overseas the past year, arrived
home Tuesday. -
Rev. N. p. Grace left last Friday for
the twin cities, where he will transact
business for some time.
Miss Elizabeth Trampe, who is EN-
ployed as clerk at the 'Golden Rule
store here, visited on Sunday at tie
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Trampe of Culdrum. r
Miss Dora Zeimkowski is visiting at
the home Of her brother, Wallace, at
Gle1twood.
James Clear of Grey Eagle, and sis
ter, Mrs. Joseph Tatro, Of this place,
who were called to Madison Lake by
the illness of their brother-in- law, re-
turned home last Saturday.
Miss Hough will give a canning deGl-
onstration at Odd Fellows hall next
Monday, July 81.
G.. W. Massey Of Little Falls is tran
saeting business in this locality this
week. .>=>@a..
Mr.. and Mrs. s. S. Scott and children
of Severance, N. D., arrived here Tues.
day for visit with old friends Mr.
Scott conducted barber shop here
few years ago.
MI. and Mrs. E. sBraatz, Mr. and Mrs.
10. H. Hitzemann, Marcus Lenox and
family, P. A. Balm and family, M. E.
Vincent and Vim. Baffensparger were
blueberrying in the vicinity of Randall
last Sunday. -.
w. H. Cox and son, Harold, Mrs.
John Thompson, Mrs. E. A. Flood and
Miss Hazel Cox were blueberrying at
Randall last Saturday. = s-- ~'-' .c.5*@
The brick work on the new school
house is nearing completion.
Mrsss Barbara Kemp and family visit
ed relatives at Burtrum last Thursday.
Miss Lena Ahers, who is employed.
at Campbell, MINI, visited at her home
here the past week. She came to see
her brother, John, who sscently retura-
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-07-18

St. Cloud is to have medicine fac
tory, the Vouk company; having been
Incorporated there for the manufacture
and marketing Of medicines. The con-
Germ is capitalized at $4,000.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-07-18

Miss Alice Johnson has gone to Osh-
kosh, Wis, for a visit with her sister,
Mrs. F. A. Lindquist. Mrs. Lindquist
recently underwent an operation.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
SAWDUST
AND
SHAVINGS'

There are those who believe that
Pitt. has broken his pick.
Major Greene may be a county
attorney in name but, certainly,
not in fact.
This weather may be the coal
barons' loss but it certainly is the
pub1ic's gain.
Wonders never cease. Wiscon-
sin ratified the national prohi!ti-
ton amendment. -
Slaughtering time for Duluth s
herd Of bristly blind pigs rapidly
is drawing nigh. Not only does
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
B0XCAR DETECTIVE Dill
SHAKES BURNING THIRST
Mrs. Bendick Donates Thanksgiving Goose to Cor
poration Sleuth-Polish Matron Neglects to
Meet Up. A." i'm the Cleaning.

Dill, eff you can give me some
thing to drink"
Mrs. Bendick quickly brought
forth the family booze bottle and
detective Dill again proceeded to
copiously moisten his whistle.
Detective Dill admired some
geese that were in the woman s
yard.
"You like goose, Mr.. Dill?" in
quired the poor woman.
eyes, was the reply.
II get you one, was the prompt
response.
"No, don't do it now and here,
the neighbors might see me" said
the daring Dill. "You kill it and
bring it to me at the Omaha de-
pot.'
Mrs. Bendick did so. Dill had
the goose for his Thanksgiving
dinner and, when he said grace,
silently offered a little prayer for
the good Mrs. Bendick who gave
him the big, fat goose. After de-
tective Dill had gorged himself on
the Bendick goose, he strolled
down Tower avenue, smoking a
long cheroot, and boasting to all
his friends over the big goose he
had for his Thanksgiving dinner.
"Boxcar detective" Dill also is
credited with being a gay old
blade. A certain Polish matron
could tell, if asked, how Up. A. D,
as he signs himself, tried repeated
ly to get her to meet him in the
cleaning at the corner Of Banks
avenue and Seventh street. The
lady was not in the habit of meet :.
ing strange men On the corne' :,
therefore Dill had his tryst in
vain.
Later, Din got even by catching
the woman in the railroad yards
and having her arrested by detec-
tive Moore, which arrest resulted
in a fine Of S..
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETS

visits to schools. Visits to homes by
nurses aggregated $50. Fifty-four
children were treated at the office Of
the Central high school. Children
received attention during the month
of December as follows: Eye glasses,
3; eyes treated, s.; adenoids removed,
4; tonsils removed, Z; both tonsils
and adenoids removed, 1; teeth treat
ed, 125.
Hundreds of children were out with
contagious diseases although the
number taken from class rooms was
small. Besides Influenza, there were
some scattered cases of diphtheria.
Nurse Joerns had devoted much of
her time to watching schools where
diphtheria developed. DR.. Pennie has
greatly facilitated the routine of ply
steal examination work among pupils.
The schools now are without free
dispensary. Supt. Hoke recommends
the equipment of dental and medi-
cal dispensaty in one of the centrally
located school buildings. There still
is lack of funds for glasses.
The truant officer reported the in
vestigation of 28S cases in December,
all of which were completed. They
were divided as follows: Truancy,
80; personal illness, 1903; quarantine,
3; want of shoes or clothing, 10;
illegally employed, IA; home indiffer-
ence or neglect, 80; assisting at home,
10; cases not classified, 8.
The renort of the committee on
maintenance of buildings and grounds
contained the following, viz:
"The factor of extensive night &C
| tivities such as Americanization meet
ings, recreational meetings and night
| school work, etc., necessitates a con-
siderable expenditure for heat, engi-
neering, janitorial and Institutional
services. 1t has gotten to point,
especially during inclement weather
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25

Cross will be inaugurated. At pres
ent, the schools are making 1900
utility bags for women in the burned
districts.
Lessons in patriotism and Ameri-
canization are being taught by means
of a manual prepared by the Red
Cross.
The director of manual training re-
ports that the organization is more
complete than at any time during the
year. The class for retarded pupils
at the Bryant school which, until
December was without teacher, has
been opened with q good attendance.
This class is planned to have an en-
rollment of thirty, with one-half OF
the class taking academic work while
the other half takes woodwork.
The manual training room at the
U. S. Grant school has been opened
and now cares for classes from the
Franklin, Grant and Munger schools.
In Home Training matters, equip
ment has been secured for the Cobb
school cooking and sewing laDorator-
les. They will be ready for occupancy
soon. In the meantime, sewing class
es in the Cobb school are being in
structed at the Washington school.
The U. S. Grant laboratory is being
used and is greatly appreciated
Franklin and Munger pupils are be-
ing instructed there.
In order to conform to the Smith
Hughes bill, students in the senior
high schools will be given credit fol
outside work in home economics te
an amount ranging from 10 to IL
per cent. Weekly records will be kept
and work inspected when possible.
During December, medical inspec'
tors made 80 visits to schools. A
total of 339 children was examined
Five nurses made an aggregate of 124
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25

SUPERIOR, Jan. 22.-(Special
to the Rip-saw)-A couple of
weeks ago, detective Martinson,
representing the 500 Line, caught
the bunch alleged to have stolen
Is gallons of whiskey from a box
car. This cleverness on the part
of Martinson saved the face and,
perhaps, the job of P. A. Dill,
"box car detective" for the Oma-,
ha road.
Thousands Of people in Superior
cannot understand why "box car
detective' Dill is not more sue
cessful in catching booze burglars.
They say that he knows strong
drink when the bottle is open and,
when it comes to stuff. for his per-
sonal use, he has a very long and
clever nose for finding it.
Last July, when Superior had
been desert only three days, de-
tective Dill thirsted greatly. His
thirst and his nose for means to
satisfy the same led him to Mrs.
Sislo's door.
"Give me a drink of brandy"
he asked the hospitable lady. She
promptly and cheerfully complied.
"Can I 60 to the yards and get
some wheat?" asked Mrs. Sislo
after the Dill throat had been
properly gargled.
eyes, 60 down to the yards and
help yourself" was the Dillian re-
ply.
Mrs. Sislo started cheerfully for
the yards to sweep wheat, which
was against the policy and wishes
Of detective Dill's corporation en-
ployer.
The good woman barely had dis
appeared into the yards to sweep
wheat when detective Dill hurried
into her house and hunted up the
brandy bottle from which he took
heavy snorts.
Mrs. Sislo was in the habit of
picking coal daily in the railroad
yards. The superintendent issued
orders against the practice. De-
tective Dill dared not arrest Mrs.
Sislo for fear that she would tell
tales on him, therefore he induced
detective Moore, a new man, to
arrest her. She was fined S. for
trespassing in the Omaha railway
yards. y
Last November, Mrs. Joe Ben
dick was sweeping wheat in the
Itasca yards. Entering the open
kitchen door Of the Bendick home,
detective Dill is alleged to have
turned the place upside down in
a hunt for booze. He finally found
the family booze bottle in cup
board and took therefrom several
big drinks.
Mrs. Bendick came back to her
home just as Dill was leaving it.
"Don't arrest me, Mr.. Dill!
Don't arrest me!' exclaimed the
frightened woman.
ell not arrest you," replied
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
5 43,289.78

Supt. Hoke's report showed an en-
rollment of 1921 for the month of
November as compared to Is, liza for
the same month year previous, the
total increase being lib.
The night school enrolment for
October was 1879, as compared with
an enrolment of 1871 for the same
month in 1917, an increase of eight.
The old part of the Cobb school
was occupied January 2. On account
of much sickness among the teachers,
great many substitutes were re-
CURED in December. Fewer perma-
nent changes took place during the
last week of December than at any
time since September.
The effects of the 81 days of clos
ing, because of the influenza, were
reported as being quite visible in the
schools. Every effort is being made
to concentrate on the most important
subjects so as to have as few inter-
ruptions in daily class work as pos
sible. 1t Is hoped by the teaching
force that the work of the first SEM
ester can be completed by February
FL, the date of closing.
Authority was given to open night
classes in elementary blueprint read
ing, ship construction and ship fitting
at the Washington, Denfeld and Ship
yards night schools.
During December, three teachers
left the denartmnnf NJ art md indus
trial work to 60 into reconstruction
work with the army. New teachers
took their places with little loss of
time.
1t was reported that the organiza-
ton of classes in the junior and SEN
ior high school classes needs chang
ing in order that groups of students
in commercial work, for example, can
remain together in applied art.
Prior to February %, campaign
for membership in the Junior Red
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
INVITE THE WHOLE GANG.

Acting on the rumors that King
Armour is to appear at a trans
Mississippi farmers congress to
be held this year, the editor of
the Columbus (Nebr.) Telegram
offers a helpful suggestion that
some descendant Of Jesse James
rr Captain Kidd be also invited.
Nothing like doing a thing right.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
UNUSED READING TESTS
DISCOVERED BY FIR0VED
SEVERAL RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED AND
NEW TEACHERS ELECTED TO POSITIONS.

America Book Company Charged With Unfairness
to Organized Labor-Bayview Heights Patrons
Complain of BUS Service-COmmttee Reports
on Morgan Park Entrance Matter-Treasurer
Colman's Monthly Report Shows Overdrafts.
Supt. HOke Presents Comprehensive Report.
Director Davis Leaves for California.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25

or other public educational purposes
and together with the right hereby
given to any person or persons to go
to and from said premises from or to-
any other place upon and along any
of the private roads or passageWays
upon the property of the Morgan Park
company, as freely as they may go to
and from any other school building or
playground in the city Of Duluth for
any purposes in connection with the
uses of said premises as herein linn
tied; provided, that this shall not be
construed to be a dedication Of any
Of the private roads or passageways
upon the property Of said Morgan
Park company as and for public
streets or highways, but shall only
permit the use thereof as herein ex-
pressly set forth
From the facts as above set forth
It is evident the board of education of
this city has no just cause for contro-
versy with the Morgan Park company
respecting the means of ingress and
egress afforded to the Morgan Park
school building. Traffic each way on
the main street entering Morgan Park
is kept separate, with the street car
tracks in the center of the roadway.
At the beginning Of this roadway the
property or one side Is owned by the
other side by other parties. Only the
Morgan Park side of the roadway is
improved. All traffic has to go on
this improved side of the street car
tracks, on a paved road as wide as
many of the paved streets in the city,
and there is also good concrete side
walk. 1t is fair to say that the reason
for this condition of traffic at this
point is wholly the fault of the city
OF Duluth which could, if it would do
so, cause the side of the street not
owned by the Morgan Park company
to be likewise improved.
Treasurer Colman's report for De-
cember was presented as follows:
.....- . General Fund.
Overdraft Dec. 1, 1888 78,428.SS
December disbursements. 167,O25.86
$245,454.74
December receipts ..... 112,112.77
Net overdraft .......s113,341.O7
Building Fund.
Overdraft Dec. 1. ......$ 63,68289
December disbursements. 47,408.39
Net overdraft .......$ 16,274.5O
Sinking Fund.
On hand Dec. 1, 1918. .$161,079.06
st. Louis county appor-
tionment ........... 3S,824.15
s1ss,so3.21
December disbursements. 6,997.44
Bal. on hand Jan. 1. .$192,905.77
Net overdrafts in general
fund and bldg. fund 149,616.47
Balance on hand in all
banks ...........$ 43,2S9.30
Bank Deposits.
Am. Elk. Natl Bank. IS 32,625.77
City National Bank. 49,. 2,175.63
Northern National Bank 5,503.24
First National Bank -. 7,902.44
5 48,2O7.OS
Less outstanding checks. 4,917.78
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25

The soup bone press and the
politicians are always ready for
any reform that doesn't solve any
problems.