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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
CENSUS EXAMS
WILL BE HELD
DURING MONTH
Civil Service Tests for Clerks in
Washington Not for Enum-
orators Here.

Some Misrepresentation as to what
Is required of q census enumeration
IN connection with the work to be
done during the coming year OF
the 10th annual census enumera-
ton, seems to have arisen by rea-
son Of the fact that a civil service
examination has been called at the
Rock Island postof1ce IN connec-
ton herewith.
These examinations are purely
for clerks, male and female, in the
bureau at Washington, and will be
held at the Rock Island postoflce
building Oct. Is and Nov. 18. Sew
eral thousand appointments are an
ticIpated.
The enumerators, It is under
stood, are to be appointed directly
by the district supervisor and are
not required to be examined by
the civil service commission. IN
der the civil service procedure the
entrance salary ranges from 5000
to $1,000 a year, and promotions
through various grades may be
made as high as $3.50.
In addition to these salaries. APP
pointeSs whose ability and qualIfi-
cations Justify such action will be
allowed the bonus OF $40 a month
granted by congress, beginning
with the second month OF service.
In other words, a clerk who en-
tors at 5000 a year, or SIS, month,
and whose services prove satisfac-
tory, will receive s95 a month be
ginning with the second month of
service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
BROADWAY PUPILS
HAVE PROMOTION
DAY TOMORROW

Promotion day will be observed
in Broadway Presbyterian church
tomorrow morning at 9:15 when
pupils in the various bible classes
will be advanced to the next high
er division OF the school.
Following are the names Of those
who will be affected:
Cradle roll to beginners 49, Julia
Carlson. Wellington DuncansOn
Mariana Gardner. Melva Deane
Freeze. Elizabeth Dwight. Karl
Rochow, Richard Swanson. ArnC
John fireman. Jr., John Morrison
Banawitz, Louis Hut Ostrom
John Clarence Reed. Mary Todd
Reed. Mabel Amelie Fee, Florence
Gregory, Jacob Junior Ramser,
Marshall A. Russ. Frederick P.
SimmOn. John Henry Hauberg. Jr..
Robert James Eckhart, Phyllis May
McCabe, John Lawson, Earl E.
Davidson. Donald X. Bebber, Lee
Roy McCUlloch.
Beginners to primary - Dorothy
Manhard. Wyona Schoonover. Mar
garet FaiTman, Ruby Dunbar. Irene
Fern Butler. William Xander
James Burk, Richard Parish, Her
bert Paul Andrews. John Gardner,
Harry WaTthy. Frederick Knabe,
Douglas Braemier.
Primary to Junior Hazel Bron-
del. Eva Krier. Gayle McCabe
DonnabelIe Kint, Sadie KossoW,
Norma Fairman. Margaret Lawson.
Primary to juniOr-Calvin Heit-
man. Edward Hess, Maynard
Thomas. Earl Krier. Norman Con-
nard, Robert Parrish. Charles
Burke, Allen Mcdonald, Verne
Johnston. Lester Entler, Leslie
Potter. Gordon Worthy, Edwin
Wharf. Robert Pierce.
Junior to mediate-Garland
Worthy. Virgie Woodwork. Mar
tine Wiese, Harry Kuschmann.
Charles Esplin, George Babcock.
James Thorpe. Louis Hall, Alberta
ElweIi. Francis Stanley. Helen
Vale, Sara Lawson, Violet FOut.
Vernalda Myers, Darsa Dwight.
Frances Morley. Ethel May Bald
win. Jane Sperry. Eta Burton,
Dorothy Schumacher. Marian Will
Hams. LuelIa McColoch, Eleanor
Huesing, Dorothy Foster. Stanley
Anderson. Richard W. Weckel
Ralph X Ostrom. Kenneth s.
Christensen. George A. Du Won.
Virgil Gross. John y. Krier. Harry
Salzmann. Willard f. Parrish, JUS
tin Thielke
Intermediate to senior - Maude
Adams. Frances Anderlich. Anna
CIeaveIard. Olive Christensen, Nell
Elwe1I. Margaret Hall. Anna Fran
ces Pierson. Elizabeth Stewart,
Angela SearIe. Catherine Schroe-
der. Mildred Timmerwilke. Doro-
thy Timmerwilke. MardeIla VII
liams, Tina Coe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
P6OQhypltpIt
Sizing Up Billy Sunday.

Silvis Ill, Oct. 3.-Editor The
Argus: When 1 surrendered fully
to God at first there was one thing
I was not willing to do and that
was to be a book agent, but God
said, you have got to sell Rev.
Sundays book of sermons" Fin
ally I said, 81 will" then God said,
you don't need to. only wanted
you to be willing" I. however,
got prospectus. Later I read his
life and book of sermons. l
thought some Of going to Des
Moines to hear the noted eVangel-
Ist. Also I thought Of going to
Chicago to hear Rev. Mr.. Sunday.
To go to Des Moines and back
cost sill. To go to Chicago only
cost a Rock Island railroad pass.
And 50 God sent this second John
the Baptist. who is by the way, a
Presbyterian-Meth to Rock Is
land.
Now I do not know Just the
people of Silvis idea Of this Billy
Sunday campaign and we are COM
manded not to Judge, but It looked
as II they were going in classes or
cliques and just so the ammonia
class and soft-soap class and 9TH
or classes got there 1t didn't make
any difference whether any one
else got there or not, or whether
there would be a spiritual awak-
ening or not.
Well, I was left out of these
classes "a couple of times and
while God had expressly com
manded my relatives and friends
to como after me in their Ford
runabouts. etc, I was at home
during Il good many OF the meet
tngs. / went down to hear this
reformeF, however on the first
Tuesday afternoon he was in Rock
Island, and | don't think he minds
my saying l was disappointed
when | first looked at him, as We
always are when We first sec and
meet the worlds truly great pse-
pie. We expect SO much and We
must always grow into liking and
admiring people as we get &C
quainted. The people we know
are the best looking to US and
most every one, like Martha,
Though l prefer Nary shines
best at home. | saw that Billy
was not young any more. his health
especially, not the best, and
didn't like him IN that light suit,
because he did not look anything
like the picture In the book. If he
had not fallen PROSTATE to illus
trate the revival spoken OF in the
bible l should hardly have be-
llieved he was what the book repre-
scented.
But being brought up a Presby-
terrain and being mostly a Meth
odist and knowing the fruits of
other campaigns l wanted to be-
lleve he was all right, and so l
just thought l would do a little
proving and go back. l Just said.
Dear God, If Billy isn't just ex-
, actIy what he ought to be make
him just what You want him to
be- Make him appear at his best,
Dear God. and make his voice SO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

weakened the resistive powers or where pro-
longed nursing has made too great demand
upon the mothers system.
Later. during the most critical period of
woman life-"the change of life various
serious disturbances are apt to occur neuras-
thenia and even insanity manifest themselves
The weakest point of the body is where the
breakdown IS most apt to occur. and it is only
by the aid of strengthening and revitalizing
tonic and blood builder ike ''REOLO" that the
resistance can be maintained. and this danger
Gus period bridged over successfully.
Later on, when old age approaches and there
Is an ever increasing lack of vitality the
exhausted tissue must be given renewed life
and activity to enable the body to utilize to
the utmost. whatever vitality and energy ii
still retaina
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

he can make the people hear. May
he not claim the promise they that
be planted In the courts of the
Lord shall be fat and fourishing.
They shall renew their strength
from day to day and mount up
ward as eagles Dear God, l want
him to look like he did in the
book"
Now. Rev Mr. Sunday says Di-
vine healing is swallowing a pole
cat, but as long as l have got the
bible to the contrary, l don't have
to agree with the noted evangelist.
Well, l went down to hear him
again and he just preached a won
derful sermon. l beseech you by
the mercies of God. And God, Who
has numered the hairs on our
head and sees not a sparrow fall
to the ground without his notice,
made this second John the Baptist
or Moody or Luther put on that
black suit, adding some patent
leather slippers. We always get
more than we ask for when we
pray. and so Billy looked like he
did in the book and l heard nearly
everything he said and have new
er heard a sermon yet without get
ting a message, even if couldn't
understand one word.
Well, in regard to the people of
Silvis: We have got a Methodist
and a Baptist church here but no
body seemed to think it worth
while to pray for Silvis and the
Sunday campaign. That is except
myself, so I organized a cottage
prayer meeting with just two peo-
Pile We only have four now, but
we have been storming the very
battlement of heaven to get an out
pouring of the Holy Ghost that
will reach from the tri-cities clear
through Silvis and the world and
the results, shall they not reach
and endure throughout all etern-
ity? We are to prove all things
and I have proved that Rev. Will
liam Sunday is an instrument in
Gods hands for righteousness.
(Malachai 2:10)
MRS. CHARLOTTE LEASURE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
Renew Your Strength

It is fact that any physician can easily verify
by looking over his Case Records-that the
majority of women patients who come to him
are more or less run down and devitalized.
and that his remedies frequently fail to pro-
duce permanent and satisfactory results-un-
less they are supported and supplemented by
a course of tonic and systematic strengthening
treatment for the whole system. ike "REOLO."
during the period of delayed development or
maturity. when the first symptoms of anaemia,
or nervous and digestive disorders develop.
A little later, when motherhood. both prospec-
tive and present arrives, a strength builder is
needed to overcome the debility and maintain
the vitality during this wonderful period of
woman's existence. A strength remover is
especially needed where motherhood has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
16799
DIED

IN New York City alone from kid
ney trouble lastyear. Don't allow
yourself to become a victim
by neglecting pains and aches.
Guard against trouble by taking
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04

The first recorded discovery of
iron in America was in North Car
DINA in 1885.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-04
GOLDMEDAL
hh!RL EM On
W. SA

The worlds standard remedy for kidney,
liver, bladder and uric acid troubles.
Hollands national remedy since 1891
All druggists, three sizes. Guaranteed.
Took for the name Gold Medal on every
box and accept no imitation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

low bolshevism The radical leaders, who
planned to make of England second
Russia, were repudiated by their former
followers.
The British workman knew, as the
American workman knows, that his per-
sonal welbeing could not be advanced
through the destruction of property and
capital and the incentive to individual en-
terprise.
MO ONE will attempt to deny that
Y there are sore spots. even danger
spots, in American social and indus
trial life. There are milltowns which are
thoroughly un-American and where the
soil is fertile for the sowing OF the seed
OF every manner of discomfort and dis
order. 1t is in such places that the I. w.
w. an American form of bolshevism. has
spread its propaganda and created situa-
ton always full of peril.
But these sore spots are not sufficiently
numerous, nor is any of them of sufficient
size, to constitute a national peril. They
exist mainly where workers are morgan
lied, or organized into secret fraternities
which have no recognition from national
organized labor.
American organized labor stands four
square against bolshevism and all that
bolshevism implies.
A MERICA'S labor problem is not how
"A anarchy and red socialism may be
combated, but how liberal justice
NAV be done labor without breaking down
the framework of American industry.
Organized labor, result OF the war
and the part it played i'll the winning of
the war, has made tremendous advances,
both in union strength and in individual
betternients for workers. The unions are
unwilling to surrender any of their in
creased strength; the workers are unwill-
ing to give up any of the better conditions
they have achieved.
Employers are showing a new willing
ness to go halfway, and more than half
way, in meeting the aspirations of labor.
The spirit of antagonism is less today,
perhaps, than ever before in the history
of American industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
Plans for National Routes.

Interstate connecting motor truck
parcel post routes now are operating
with regular scheduled runs extend
ing through from Portland, Me-. to
Chicago. ILL.,. and from Chicago to
Montgomery. Ala. Proposed routes
betting the nation through the north
western, middle western and south
western states.
The shrewd farmer. a. indicated in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
Not Fertile Soil for BOlSheViSm.

THE WORKERS want wartime wages
to continue, and there is general
recognition that so long as wartime
prices of necessary things prevail wages
must stay up.
But the difficulty and the danger, recog-
nized by employer and employe alike, is
that high wage scale will avail the work
er nothing unless he is to have employ
ment And if the wheels of American in
dustry are to be kept turning the Amer
lean employer must have an offset to the
high wages he will be called upon to pay.
The only answer in sight is increased
efficiency, both the part of the worker
and on the part Of industry as whole.
IN THE part of the employer there
must be less lost motion, less
waste reduction of overhead ex-
penses, elimination OF dividends ON capital
issues which represent no capital invest
ment The employer must provide ma
chinery of the highest possible efficiency,
and shop conditions which make for the
health and contentment of the worker.
The worker, as his part, must abandon
the old idea OF limited output ana IluSC
become convert to the theory of guam
tity production. He must qualify himself
to get the utmost out of the better tools
which the employer must provide, and in
stead of resenting speed-up methods must
speed up of his own accord
EMPLOYER and employe must find
some method of adjusting differences
as they arise without resort to the
strike and the lockout. For if America is
going to compete for world trade with a
wage-scale higher than that of any of her
competitors, there must be no unnecessary
days of idleness in mill or mine.
1t is because the great body of Amer
lean labor is intelligent and has under
standing that there is hope for solution
of a problem which in any other land
would seem insoluble. 1t is because the
great body of American labor is intelli-
gent and has understanding that bolshe-
vism will find the soil of America barren
to its seed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

A LEAGUE of nations as insurance
~ against war was a plan fire.
quently emphasized by leaders
of the French revolution. The
theory was given voice many times
by many men during the debates
in the constituent assembly in 1870,
and Danton. Mirabeau, Robespierre
and others who took leading parts
in that epochal period spoke OF
"the free consent Of peoples" or self
discrimination; the merger Of nations,
obliteration Of the boundaries Of ma
tions, states and provinces and OF
just and equitable government, based
on French academic and revolution
airy ideals, which would include man
kind.
Recently Prof. Aulard, in an address
before the Sorbonne. reviewed the ef-
that were made in the legislative as
semblies Of France during the revolu-
ton. His address, entitled ''The So
ciety of Nations and the French Revo-
luton" was published in the Peace
Review. a French magazine, and a
translation of a part Of that address
follows:
Excerpt From Review.
when President Wilson, great
American and great citizen of the
world, proposes a society of nations
he proposes a system sprung from
historic American ideals and in the
application of which the United States
furnishes an example. Puritans.
grants to the English colonies Of
North America preached universal
fraternity, even to the savages.
when the thirteen colonies pro-
claimed themselves Independent and
formed themselves into a union to
dependence they created, not fusion
Of thirteen peoples, but confedera-
ton to assure their independence and
preserve to each people it's autonomy,
it's laws and it's customs. This was,
and even now Is, a society of nations
such as we would establish on a
larger scale to assure peace to all
humankind.
.The basic idea of society Of ma
tions is that they shall observe toward
each other the same moral rules which
individuals must observe toward each
other; that, being members OF the
same family or the same society. they
must aid each other; and that where
differences arise those differences
shall be- adjusted by recourse to a
bitrament Of war.
1.-The idea of which President Will
son is the principal champion today
is not alone an American conception;
it is also French, as it is also English.
Dutch. German and Swiss. 1t was
formulated and propagated by French
philosophers in the eighteenth CEN
fury, who, though having no monop-
oily in the expression of this IDEAL
were certainly it's most brilliant adj
vocates.
French Applied It In Part.
ut was formulated. propagated
and in part applied by the men of the
French revolution. That revolution
from It's commencement was a fusion
of peoples--a fusion of the peoples of
France into one people. first by re-
gional declarations and then by the
national federation of July II. 1899.
Separated by the different character
and structure of their institutions and
by differences in manners and mate
rial interests, Proyencals. Alsatians,
condemns, Burgundians. Gascons and
others-all these peoples. in spon-
taneous movement. set their hand to
the work OF forming q nation. They
swore that henceforth they would be
not only one family. but one nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

Edouard de Billy. deputy French
high commissioner in Washington,
has made good progress in the past
few months in placing before the
American people the condition and
viewpoint Of the French in war and
In the peace to come. Though France
has not been bled white. he says. she
will appeal to her allies for help in
rebuilding the factories and farms
which the Germans. have destroyed
and for assistance in constructing q
purchasing ships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
MORE MOTOR TRUCKS TO CARRY
FOOD DIRECT FROM THE FARMS
Community Centers as Distributing Agencies
Enter Into Plans of Post Office Depart
ment for Extending Service

the statement of James ]. Blakeslee,
fourth assistant postmaster general.
before the House committee on post
Offices and post roads, has availed him.
self much more generally of parcel
post facilities than the city man. The
rural delivery patron has received on
the average eight pieces Of mail to
one sent by him.
This indicates that the farmer found
way to buy what he needed from
the city merchant. whereas the city
consumer is just being introduced to
ways of buying what he wants at a
cost lower than city prices from the
rural producer. And<one of the city
mans chief introductions to the coun-
try seller has been through the rural
motor truck service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
LEAGUE OF NATIONS" DATES
BACK TO FRENCH REVOLUTION
Theory Often Voiced in Constituent Assembly
by Danton, Mirabeau, Robespiene-
posed to Call All Peoples Mankind

A LEAGUE Of nations as insurance
~ against war was a plan fire.
quently emphasized by leaders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
BY ). r.. HILDEBRAND. :

TINE Post ONCE Department is
the instigator and Washing
ton the experiment station OF
a project which looms large
in the program of keeping down the
cost of living.
This project-nation-wid extension
of motor vehicle truck routes--now
awaits action by Congress. The de-
nartment considered that results
achieved with 100000 appropria-
ton available only since last July
justified asking Congress for $S.Seo'-
900 to develop the service. The House
cut this down to 100000. but a fight
will be made in the Senate to restore
a part, at least, of the original esu-
mate.
Community centers Enlisted.
Agitation for community centers in
washin gton to serve as RECEIVING
stations and distributing agencies Ior
products brought from farms by the
motor truck routes running out "
esnecialiy among citizens associa :
tions. but many Washingtonians, ana
the majority OF citizens not directly
affected outside of Washington, re-
main ignorant of one OF the mos nos
significant developments OF the Fos.
Once Department Within the p'''
year. - ,ore
spectacular arrangement q carrylhs
mail by aeroplanes, but few are aware
that even fixst-class mail they re-
ceiye often is brought into Wasnins
ton by these motor trucks. YET .ne
parcel post service the trucks render,
especially in conveying foodstuHs
from farms to homes, has impressed
itself upon a considerable NUMBER Oh
Washington citizens.
Ton Of Food Day.
The original route to Leonardtown,
now extended to Scotland. Md. which
handled around ten pieces OF man,
averaging 100 pounds, day when II
first started, recently has frequently
required several trucks per day 70
bring in the shipments, with food-
stuffs alone In excess of ton day.
This Washington-Scotlan route re-
ported 100000 pounds of business IN
November, with gross earnings OF 3D.
1852. Other routes out of Washing
ton are to Winchester. Gettysburg,
Bel Air and Rock Point In November
that to Bel Air carried 126.507 pounds,
earning S1s,S24; that to Gettysburg
carried 4s,404 pounds, earning 81
O46.21, and that to Winchester. So, TAI
pounds. earning $4.313.79. The latter
two are comparatively new. With an
average expense OF $1,400 per month
the net earnings Of all these routes
loom large, especially when the less
ened burden on rail transportation Is
considered.
But the motor vehicle routes as de-
yeloped by the division Of rural mails
no longer is a Washington expert
ment Already there are twenty -seven
routes in~ all. with an average net
monthly earning of $3.193.19, operat-
ing with fifty-one trucks, ranging
from one-half-ton to three-ton ma
chimes.
Plans for National Routes.
Interstate connecting motor truck
parcel post routes now are operating
with regular scheduled runs extend
ing through from Portland, Me-, to
Chicago. ILL.,. and from Chicago to
Montgomery, Ala. Proposed routes
sweep clear across the United States,
betting the nation through the north
western, middle western and south
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
Capital Issues a Problem.

H. -
llating capital issues? The capital is
sues committee has gone out Of bus
mess, and it is feared that unless
some steps are taken many wildcat
corporations will organize and many
thousands of persons will be vic
timized.
field of the Department of Commerce
has a Recommendation that more for
eign trade advisers be appointed and
stationed in foreign countries. and
this is understood to have the ap-
prevail of the President. But this
merely scratches the surface OF the
question of further development OF
foreign trade.
6. The natural resources of the
country? How are they to be con-
served? How Developed
z. The supply. distribution and
availability Of raw materials?
8. What must be done in the 4natter
Of the reorganization of the govern
mef,t departments, looking to q more
eficient and economic administration
Of the governments affairs?
g. What must be done for the most
efficient rehabilitation of the Army
and Navy until those services are left
on q peace basis?
10. What must be the military poll
icy Of the future?
In regard to the last two questions
the general star and Secretary Baker
of the War Department are under
stood to be working out plans for
submission to the President and to
Congress. ~
It Is apparent. however. that large
number OF vital questions relating TO
tho coming of peace have not boon
dealt with, and no steps have 1T
hesn taken to deal with them.