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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31

greater during 1919 than during
1918, there were less hours worked
at hrss during the last year. Dur
ing 1913 the flrsmsn worked az
hours at firss, while they worked
go hours at fires during 1918.
Fewer Alarms.
Another peculiar reversal -
shown by the department answer
INK fewer slarmS during 1919 than
during 1918. During the year the
nremen answered 164 alarms. COM
pared with as7 during 1918.
Among other reverssls shown IN
contrasting the activities At the de-
| partment during 1919 with those
during 1918 aro that the dremsn
used considerably less gallons Of
chemicals, laid less feet Of hose and
the trucks Travelled considerably
less miles during 1919 than during
1918, while IN the raising Of lad
ders the 1919 record beats that of
1918 BY 30 feet. The report fol-
lows:
Number Of alarms ........ ga
Gallons chemicals used. 1,0SS
Fest Of hose laid ....... $3.50
Fest OF ladders raised. -. $3.50
Miles travelled ........... 81
Hours worked at Ares.... -
Gallons gasollAe used. go. i,Sls
Gallons lubficatinS oil.... 90
Value real estate prop.
efty Observation-Disclosures
Value personal property. sos. las
Insurance ON real estate. AIS 400
Insurance on peesonal ~. 1,bS6. 900
Loss on real estate 80. f,0B9 ,46e
Loss on personal .......p s.is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31

Totals .......22,23S 1926 1888
Total placements for the year.
male and female. 1873.
Female: No. per. Per. Pos. 3
asked for app. dlle1
by emp'yrs for wk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31

Total .................. .zS3
Number Of contagious diseases,
Investigated during year -. ia
Number of school permits is
sued during year ........... I'll
Number vaccinated during year 204
Number burial permits issued
during year ......:........ 3s4
Number of female births -. 112
Number of male births Il. -. 23l
Number Of female deaths -. 14s
Number of male deaths $3.50. 185
Complaints Investigated $3.50. 3o1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31
Expenditures.

An itemixed account OF expendi.
lures during the past year. ~ corn
piled by Commissioner WITCH, fol.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
HUNS fEAR NEGROES
offer Reward for Each COIOred
Soldier Captured.
NOw Attract Great Attentions In occu-
pied Sections Of

With the American Army Of Occu.
patton. -Wherever American negroes
have appeared In the area occupied by
the Americans they have attracted
great attention among the civilians.
In Treyes. CobIenz and other places,
during the early days of the occupa-
ton, crowds assembled wherever any
negro soldiers stopped In the streets.
and 1t was necessary for the military
police to enforce the orders prohibit
ing gatherings In the public thorough
fares. Even yet ia Coblenz and Treves.
where there are number OF negro
soldiers, the negroes attract crowds Of
German children every time they APP
pear in the streets.
The German sOidier.also regards the
negro with great curiosity. According
to a discharged German soldier In
Rengsdorf. the German army, early In
the war, offered a reward OF 400
marks for the capture alive OF each
negro The discharged German soldier
said that throughout the war German
soldiers lived In great fear, and even
terror, Of the negroes, and 1t was In
order to overcome this fear that re-
wards were offered.
One evening on the front a scouting
party, consisting Of ten Germans, in
Guiding the discharged soldier. encoun-
tered two French negroes. In fight
which followed one Of the negroes es-
capped, the other being taken prisoner.
In the fight two Of the Germans left
their comrades and ran to the protec-
tlon Of their own trenches, but these,
it was explained, were young soldiers
and unframed. The reward of 40OI
marks subsequently was divided
among the remaining six Germans for
the French negro.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
He DOESN'T LIKE GERMANS
South Dakota Farmer objects 4
Nelghbors, Sells His Place and
Will Move Away.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-Refuslng to livl
longer in Lincoln township, Dougla!
county, because It Is populated almos
exclusively with persons of German
birth or descent, William Mcmahon,
farmer Of the township. announces
that he has sold his farm in Ger
many" as he terms the township, anc
will locate where the English Language
is spoken.
McMahon has felt lonely since the
election in November When the vote
was counted in Lincoln township II
was found that he had cast the only
Republican vote and that all other
electors in the township had voted the
Nonpartlsan league ticket, which is
alleged to have been backed by every
German and pro-German.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
DENTISTS CELEBRATING

Dentists of Kentucky are celebrat-
ing the fiftieth anniversary of the es-
Enlistment of organized dentistry in
the State at four-day meeting of
the State Dental Society beginning
Monday in the University of Louis
vile Dental department building.
On the program will be DR.. Percy
Towe, Yale Dental College; DR.. For
est H. Orten, Minneapolis; M. M.
House, Indianapolis, DR.. Frank
Rounds. and DR.. N. t, Yager, Louis
vile. f
Five hundred dentists are expect
ed to attend the meetings.
Drs. E. H. Barker, c. H. Tandy,
Oscar Flener and A. H. Turks left
his morning for Louisville to attend
he meeting.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
FORM CLOTHES TO BE VOGUE
Plump Gentlemen May Need "Staysr
to Get Away With Newest in
Masculine Adjournment.

Atlantic City, N. form clothes
will be the vogue during the present
year. So decree the National Associa.
ton Of Merchant TalIors, which is dis.
cusslng styles In annual convention
here
All delegates emphasize the form at.
ting trend of the time. Some OF them
went so far as to suggest that mature
gentlemen Of a plump, II not corpu.
lent, tendency will need "stays" to gel
away with the newest things In mascu.
line Saornment.
According to the terms Of the tradt
masculine styles for the ensuing
II months are to be sprightly without
conspicuousness; dashing without
verging on extremes; youthful in tenn.
permanent and inspirational. In place
Of the inevitable summer f1annels Ci
the past men will wear recreationalt
raiment, fashioned Of silk, fine linens
and other delicate fabrics. Even the
prOsalc sack suit Of business is t.
have a 'swing" impaired to it by 6
high waistline and a long vent back.
But it is in sporty toggery that the
styles are going to go the limit Goats
will be strapped and tabled and plat
ed. Riding coats are to have fiarinl
skirts, back vent running to the higl
waistline. diagonal jetted pockets, ant
upon both sides with an additiona
outside pocket, neatly tapped, to carr
change.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
Washington Irving.

Born only few months before
General Washington entered New
York after its evacuation by the Bri-
fish troops, Washington Irving's moth
er named him after the victorious
leader. Six years later when Wash
ington had become the president of
the young republic, Scottish SER
want of the Irvings followed him in
to a shop and, pushing the boy toward
him, said, "Please, your honor, here's
a BARN was named for YOU Wash
ington laid his hand kindly on the
head of his future biographer. "The
Life of Washington is Irving great
est historical work.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
Lakin Dueker COMING Homo.


In letter to his brother here,
Lakin Quicker says:
Dear Charlie:
Az last we have received what
seems to be definite news in regard
to our leaving here. General head
quarters is to be discontinued before
Junes15 and / thing that the approx
mate date Of leaving here is between
the 10th and 18th. If possible, l am
going to try to go to England be-
fore returning to the States, but /
am afraid l win have some difficulty
in obtaining permission. OF course,
| will continue to write to you frSpa
now on, but do not write to me after
you receive this letter unless adj
wise you later to the contrary. If
do not go to England, I will be for
tunate if | get back before the first
Of July as there is always quite
delay at the port of embarkation. If
| go to England, of coure / will be
about ten days later.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
ENLISTED MAN, FIRST,
HEADS NAVY GRADUATES

Washington, June Three years
ago, Wesley M. Hague, San Diego.
Calf, an enlisted man in the navy,
was appointed mid-shipman at the
naval academy. At Annapolis yes
terday in a graduating class Of 45S
members, he won the first honors,
standing twenty points ahead of the
next man. Secretary Daniels, on
commenting today on Hague's rec
ord, said it was the first time in the
history of the academy where first
honors went to an enlisted man, who
won the right to enter the institution
through competitive examination.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
Edith caveIl'. Las. Letter.
(Tampa Tribune.l

A beautiful letter written by Edith
Cavell on the night before her exc
cution to the young nurses associated
with her at the time of her death
and for few years previously has
recently been made public. It is so
full of worthwhile sayings, so beau
tifully generous, that it should be
read wherever there are people who
admire courage and clear outlook
upon life. A part Of the letter is as
follows:
II hope you will not forget our
evening talks. / told you that de-
votion to duty would bring you true
happiness and that the knO,yledge
that you had done your duty earnest
ly before God and your own con-
science would be of your greatest
support in the trying moments of life
and in the face Of death.
"0ne more word-beware of un-
charitable speech. In these eight
years l have seen so much unhappi-
ness which could have been avoided
if few words had not been whisper
ed here and there, perhaps without
evil intention, but which ruined the
reputation, the happiness, the life Of
some one. Ny nurses should renect
upon this and cultivate loyalty and
esprit de corps"
1t was such woman as this WI o.
was foully put to death by German
command, but who "being dead, yet
speaketh." :.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
PASTOR STOPS SERMON;
KILLS NOISY JAY BIRD
Georgia Preacher Hats Service To
Get Shot Gun. 80

0GI OnOL Auns
sandersville, Georgia, June TO-
W. A. Wray, pastor of the Baptist
church here, created mild sensation
at his morning services Sunday when
he stopped in the midst of his sermon
got shot gun and killed jay bird
that had ben flying around the audi
itorium and singing while the ser
vices were in progress.
Mr.. Wray announced just before
the congregation sang hymn that
he would kill the jay bird if it sang
again. The jay began again. The
preacher stopped the services, went
to his home, got his shot gun, re-
turned to the church and fired once.
SERVICES were resumed. The jay
sang its next song in kingdom come.
Everyone here is highly elated
over the orders we have received to
prepare for packing the records and
for our return very soon.
Well, l will write again very soon.
Aftectionately,
LAKIN.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
Lust For Blood.

Mysterious deaths, in many instan-
ees by stabbing of several horses and
cows in the vicinity of South Err
LANCER and Florence, KY, are puz-
zling officials of Kenton county
Horses and cows are turned out to
pasture and are found dead the next
day. Other horses are found with
large knife wounds in their threats
or bodies, DR.. H. c. Black. county
livestock Inspector, is making an in.
yestigation.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
RHINELAND REPUBLIC
HAS DIED A-BoRNIN'

The movement to establish a
Rhineland republic has failed. DR..
Dorten, self-styled head of the ere
public" and-h his ministers" were
roughly handled in being escorted
from their Offices. One Of Dorten's
followers was SO badly hurt that it
was necessary to take him to hos
pital. Americans on the Rhine are
positive in their opinion that so long
as they are there no Rhineland re-
public will be established.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
PRODUCTION or GRiNDSToNEs
AND PULPsTONEs IN 1918.

To the man in the street the man
ufacture of grinstones and pulp
stones seems to have little connection
with the war activities. During 1918
however, this industry contributed
almost its entire output directly or
indirectly to the prosecution of the
war. This output was used in the
manufacture Of cutlery, hardware,
and tools, which were themselves US
ed directly as war materials or the
manufacture of the war materials
Large numbers of. grindstones were
also used for dressing or sharpening
tools in the industrial plants that
made the host of articles required by
military operations. The manufac-
ture of pulpstones, which is closely
related to that of grindstones, is less
patiently connection with the prosecu-
ton fthe war, but as pulpstones are
used in the preparation of wood pulp,
and as an adequate supply Of pulp
and paper was highly important, the
pulpstone industry may be regarded
as having contributed its bit by main
tanning and increasing its volume of
business.
According to the figures compiled
from reports of producers to the
United States Geological Survey, De-
partment of the Interior, the total
sales of these stones in 1918 amount
ed to 56,554 short tons, valued at
81 ,262,6 02, a gain of 2,122 short
tons, or per cent, in quantity and
Of $455, FOG, or Sc per cent in value.
The average price per short ton was
S22 in 1918, an increase of$7 over
The average in 1917. Labor short
age was the chief obstacle encoun-
,ered by the quarrymen in 1918, al
though difficulty in obtaining fuel
md supplies as well as in transpor-
alton was reported. The demand
vas good, and the stock of grind
tones on hand at the beginning of
-91S amounted to only 1920 short :
ons. Over So per cent of the mater
al used in the manufacture of grind !
tones was sandstone quarried in !
)hio, and the remained was sand :
tone quarried in Michigan and West
Iirginia. 2
The pulpstones sold in 1918 from
andstone quarried in Ohio and West
Virginia amounted to 8,785 tons
1921 pieces-valued at 1913, $50, an
Increase of nearly 26 per cent in !,
uantity and of so per cent invalue. +,
wing to the shortage of labor the ii
1pply did not exceed the demand II
nd very little stock was left over N
Or 1919. v
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11

The Fraternity Journal of Sewa-
nee University has this reference to
Tom Roberts, until recently city ed
itor of fhe Kcntutkian:
T. D. Roberts, LIST Lieutenant, Co.
/, 371st Infantry, 93rd Division,
wounded and gassed in the Argonne,
is now city editor of the Hopkins
vile Kentuckian, and is trying to
reconcile Kentuckians to bonedry.
ness. He often signs for the sylvan
quiet Of the Argonne, which seems
simple in comparison with his pres
ent task.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
GOVERNOR BLACK IN
TOWN MONDAY AFTERNOON

Gov. James D. Black, who spoke
at Cadiz Monday, came to Hopkins
vile at 3 o'clock and spent short
while in the city, leaving at 5:S2 for
Todd county. Gov. Black is in good
physical trim following a recent Sc
we're cold and was highly pleased with
his prospects in counties where he
has been. He has number of
speaking appointments ahead, in
one at Glasgow.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
WHEAT CROP LARGEST
IN HISTORY OF THE u. S.

Wheat production of 1926, 000,-
600 bushels this year, combining the
winter wheat and spring wheat crops,
was forecast by the Department of
Agriculture. This will be the largest
wheat crop harvested in the history
of the United States. Some reports
of rust and smut in various sections
of the country have reach the depart
ment.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11

Kaiser Bill and Crown Prince, two
German dogs that were so chrlstened
by Private Robinson Cleve and Daniel
Nelson of the Five Hundred and Thir-
ty-nlnth engineers and Three Hundred
and Seventy-second infantry, who cap
tured these dogs from the Germans.
Both these colored soldiers were
wounded In action and returned to
this country aboard the transport
George Washington.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
FARMS FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS
eIH Providing for Big Subsidies to Be
introduced In ParIla-
2 r ~ nent

LOndon.-PIans have been perfected
for the introduction in parliament of
q bin granting subsidies amounting 10
millions Of pounds sterling for the
purchase Of small farms for men dis
charged from the British army, accord
ing to announcement here. The meas
ure VIII be given precedence In par
lament, Il is said While the govern
ment win bear the cost Of the work
Al is said, local authorities win %
asked to assist IN carrying oul Dc
taiis
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
Doc Attacks Alrplane.

Tulsa, Okla.-A bulldog seized the
propeller of one Of fleet Of Eve air
planes from Fort Sill just as they were
leaving. The machine was wrecked
and the dog killed. The fleet had to
delay their trip back to the fort until
q new blade had been installed.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
$4,000 TRACTORS U.
S. 1919 OUTPUT

More than $4,000 motor tractors
for farm used will be manufactured
in the United States this year, ac-
cording to the estimate of the United
Staes Department of Agriculture.
Some 10000 of these tractors, repre-
senting, 100000, will be sent
abroad and will be used to increase
the crop productions of nearly every
country in the world.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
WINS FAME and
! WAR DECORATION
lnzac Colonel Wounded and Or.
dered Home EnIists and
Fights Again.
IS RECOGNIZED IN FRANCE
General eends for Him and Gives
Him Commission - Decorated
With Order of St. Michael
and ST. George.

London.-The story Of colonel OF
Australian infantry who was wound
ed in the GalliDoli campaign and sent
back to Australia. but who concealed
his rank and re-enlisted as a private
10 serve with the Australians in
France, has added to the esteem in
:, which Australians are held In London.
Col. Charles Melville Mac Naghten.
the hero OF the story. Is hailed as q
man az gallantry and grit.
He was the son of Sir Melville Mac
Naghten, chief Of the criminal invest-
CATION department of Scotland yard,
says the Daily Mail, and was practic-
Ing law In Australia when the war be-
gan. He was the major in command
Of the First brigade which landed at
Anzac Cove on GalllpOll peninsula.
Within two days he was wounded
three times. After recovery in Eng
land he returned to Gallipoll and led
his battalion In their immortal charge
at Lone Pine.
Ordered Back to Australia.
After the evacuation of GalllpOli he
served for a time in Egypt and was
sent from there to England, suffering
from wounds and fever. Surgeons re-
fused him permission to return to ac-
tive service, and he was sent to Aus
tralia as second in command of an
Australian training camp.
One day he slipped away from the
camp and Joined a replacement bat.
talon In Queensland under the name
of Charles Melville, and soon after
ward was back In England training on
Salisbury plain as Private Melville.
He was quickly promoted to be cor
poral. and one day was asked by his
commanding officer:
Corporal, do you think you could
drill this company
Having commanded a brigade, the
corporal put the company through its
PAGES like the veteran he was.
Recognized by Officers.
Back in France again, he was rec
Ognized by officers who had known
him In GalllpOli us the daring and
brilliant soldier they had called |
sighting Mac" General Bir1woOd.
with whom he had served at Lone
Pine, sent for him and gave him a
Not long afterward
Colonel Mac Naghten was again sent
as an invalid to England, where he
was summoned to Buckingham palace
to receive from the king a decoration
as companion of the order of st,
and st. George, which had
been conferred upon him several
years before for his gallantry at Gal.
lipOll.
While serving In the ranks in
France as Corporal Melville" he had
been personally congratulated by the
general for vaiOr al
MesslneS ridge.
Mac Naghten's fighting days are
now over and he Is compelled to rec
OgnIze this fact, for, as one of his
men put 1t. "he ls riddled like a
colander and 1t is only his fighting
spirit which keeps him alive"
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
HANDLEY-PAGE ENTRY
TO TRY SEA TRIP SOON

Harbor Grace, Newfoundland,
June THE Handley-Page trans
Atlantic entry, commanded by Vice
Admiral Mark Kerr, probably will go
up for its first test fight on this side
tomorrow or Monday, it was announc
ed at the Handley-Page hangar here
tonight 1t was asserted that the
transatlantic flight probably will be
attempted some time next week.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
DIES At
HONEY GROVE.
F. M. Harmed, Prominent Citizen.
Die. Saturday Of conesr, East.
OF Town.

F. M. Harmed, of Honey Grove,
died Saturday night at his home from
cancer. He was sixty years old and
one of the leading citizens of his
community.
Burial was at the Ebenezer Church
Sunday. The Rev. ]. 7, Watson, of
this city, conducted the services.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
PEACE DELEGATES ARRANGING
TO STAY UNTIL FALL

American peace delegates in Paris
have extended the lease on their ho
tel until fall. This is believed to
mean that the peace congress will
last for several months. Just when
President Wilson will return is not
known, but is is believe dthat he will
be in America by July l..
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-11
Tractor and Sled Solve
Blocked Line Problem

Cottonwood Fails, Kan.-When
the recent heavy snowfall block
ed the electric line between this
city and Strong City, Frank
Hoel, living here, quickly solved
the transportation problem. BE
attached his big tractor to a big
sleigh, Is feet long, anu carried
passengers between the two
towns. From eighteen 70 thirty
five people were accommodates
On each trip.
) eiGas@sse0eS0SS oeeo8aaee
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-18
cracler, Climbing In U. 8.

Thanks TO the "See-America-1rst'
movemeut and the difficulties of Euro
pean travel due to the war, many
Americans are finding out that they
can have all the thrills of seeing and
climbing glaciers without paying the
Swiss %innkeepers and guides a stn
toll. Right here In the United States
easily accessible but little known gie-
ciers show the awe-inspiring crevasses
and wonderful changing colors b a
one who has ever had frst-hsnd ex-
p~erlence with these slow moving rivers
Of Ice can never forget
Among the national parks easily ac-
cesslble by railroad, that furnish the
sport Of glacier climbing, are Glacier
park and Rainier national park. 1t
is Alaska, however, that offers the de
luxe glacier sightseeing. This little
known land not only has the largest
glaciers-big enough to make Switzer'
lands pride look insignifcnnt-but
also the most easily accessible. In
fact, during the summer season the
cIcurslOn stcdHcfs run iikhI up ~
the face of the glaciers that descend
to salt water, and thread their way In
among the bergs that have broken off.
One of the sights along the seacoast
is that Of the iceman hitching his
gasoline launch to a baby berg and
towing II to a convenient place to cut
out his supply.-Fred Teiford, In Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine.