davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT CRITICS ARE
ANSWERED IN REPORT SUBMITTED BY
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL COMMANDANT

: these articles in the quantity re-
! quired That greater quantities of
these things were not on hand was
not the fault of the ordnance de-
partment, but of the American peo-
pie who in spite OF the appeals
/ Of the department in past years
| had not insisted that their con-
! crosses appropriate money re-
! quired to get them. With supplies
| generally inadequate for the field
! operations of even the small reg
uIar army, the ordnance depart
ment was confronted WITH the task
Of providing equipment first for
an army Of a million men. And
! bear this in mind-ordnance equip
ment is not kept in stock except
( by governments You can not go
out and buy It at the corner store.
! Nor is most Of the machinery and
! tools used IN commercial work
adaptable to ordnance work. The
same yarn that IS used in civilian
! clothes can be dyed khaki color
and woven into uniform cloth by
the same looms that only yester-
{ day stopped their ordinary work.
But a machine shop or factory
cannot be turned to ordnance work
without long preparation, War
had become more and more a me-
chanical thing, fought and car
RED on by the use OF machines.
These machines are special, differ
ent from any made IL peace time,
are increasingly expensive and re-
uuire time, time and still more
! time to produce. It takes nine
months to make 2 large gun IN a
factory already equipped Ind ex-
perienced in the work. Even with
rlfes and the smaller articles tho
special equipment In the way OF
fixtures, tools and gauges required
surprisingly long time TO provide
and until this factory equipment
is provided the manufacture Of the
article IN quantity cannot be be-
gun. How much this time Of be-
ginning is prolonged can be mag
ined when the factory has first to
be built and the machinery for It
made.
This was the Job that IN April,
1917. faced the little body OF less
than 100 regular officers that cQe-
stituted tho ordnance department
at that time. It had also to ex-
pand its own force while under
taking at the same time the work
for which Il needed the whole
strength that it finally obtained.
How did it meet the problem? 1t
called to it's aid from civil life the
best business. professional and
technical talent that it could Sc
cure. It increased its number of
officers from less than 100 to
nearly 5000 and it's enlisted per-
sonnet from about $50 to $4,000
Any one in business can imagine
something Of what such an expan-
sion of an organization involves
when made in little over a year.
II the department had not been
able to secure so many men of
high executive ability and business
experience this haSty assemblage
would have resulted in confusion
worse COMPOUNDED instead of rap
idly achieving the general effici-
ency that it did.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06

the articles sooner but saved
ocean carrying capacity By So
doing our troops, which tie French
and British so urgently needed,
were able to get into the game in
1918 instead OF waiting for the
guns and shells which it was not
expected America could produce
until 1919
The ordnance department could
not OF itself produce these things.
1t had to work through and with
the manufacturer at home and
abroad. 1t could and did direct,
encourage, assist and urge for
ward the industrial effort, but i'll
the last analysis, actual produc-
ton depended upon the energy.
skill and resources OF the manu-
facturer. But in spite Of all OBJ
stacles it made good, it got the
stuff. That is all the people will
want to know before joining with
the A. Z. F. in pronguncing the
Judgment. "WeIl done, ordnance"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06

Too much emphasis cannot be
laid upon the quality OF Aneri-
cans who responded to the call of
the ordnance department. Men
who were conducting the largest
business enterprises or who were
at the top of their professions. en-
gfneers, chemists, lawyers, laid
down their private affairs at great
personal sacrifice to assist in this
work. Younger men who were ex-
perts in some needed linc or who
were not physically fit for field
duty came also to do their part If
such a group OF men could not put
over the job successfully, from
what source would it have been
possible to get men who could?
They worked nights and Sundays.
frequently under a fire of criti-
cism and sarcastic comment more
difficult to endure than that from
guns. They were called tslackers"
and desk warriors" and their
right to wear the uniform guess
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
TWO ASK DIVORCE
In CIRCUIT COU2'

Alleging ass --+f0r. william p.
See or has Sled tff for q #Force
IN circuit court against Lille Rec
Ter. It IS set forth that the couple
was married June q, 1883, and Iiv-
ed together until Oct. IS, 1906.
Ruby Wiedlund charges her hus-
band, Edward +. Wiedlund. with
extreme and repeated cruelty IN a
bill for G-voTce filed in circuit court
yesterday afternoon. Bill sets forth
that the couple was married Sept
23. 1917 and separated March 3,
1919.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
Many Young Animals Lost
Through inefficient Manage
nlent in First Few Weeks.
"COLoSTRUM IS IMPORTANT
Rioht Amount of Nourishment Is
Necessary for Good Growth and
Development Dam Should
Have Good Pasture Grass.

(By w. T. WASEL, Colorado Agricultur-
al College, Fort Collins, Colo)
It Is of the highest Importance In
horse producing that the young start
life in full health and vigor. The
foal should, as soon as being able TO
stand up, take good draught at the
"colostrum" or first milk of the mare.
This milk or colostrum has purgative
properties which discharge from the
alimentary tract the focal material
which collected within during foetus
life. If the foal does not naturally
pass the foetus matter, then give
gentle purgative of castor oil.
Utilize Natural Milk.
With the alimentary tract cleared
the foal can utilize the natural milk
which follows. The young foal Will
naturally at once gain weight,
strength and make a good growth.
The owner of the mare and foai
should know the condition under
which the dam must follow.
If the dam is not able to supply
the proper amount of nourlshment'
the foal will not make the proper
growth and development. The mare
should have q good pasture grass,
but If this is not available some con-
centrates, such as oats, rolled barley
or wheat bran with some corn should
be used.
The first few days after foaling, the
mare should be in a box stall and
small lot, with simple feed and not too
abundant.
In seven to ten days the mare and
foal may be turned to pasture; but
protect them from the inclemencles
of the weather. Keep under favorable
conditions, and the mare and foal Will
shift for themselves, but use watch
fulneSs as to the first appearance OF
different ailments. Diarrhea Is one
of the most. common troubles, ana
should be checked at once. The cor
rectxes for this are as follows: Boil
ed milk, parched flour or a Cruel.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
LICE ON CHICKENS NEEDLESS
So Saws Entomologist of University
Of Minnesota-Urges Use OF
Sodium FIuorid.

Louise infestation Of chickens is
needless and they should not be al
lowed to enter upon the winter with
such a handicap, says w. A. Riley,
chief of the division of entomology
of the University of Minnesota. Doc
tor Riley holds that the most salts
factory control measure is the use Of
commercial sodium fluorid. This pow
der is applied by the "pinch method"
The chicken is held by the legs or
wings and a small pinch of sodium
fiuorid is applied to the head, anoth-
er to the neck, two on the back, one
on the breast, one below the vent one
on the tail, one on each thigh and one
ON the under side Of each wing. An
other efficient remedy, says Doctor
Riley, is the Cornell louise powder.
'With either Of these powders avah-
able" he says. "there is no point in
buying proprietary lice powders which
cannot be more efficient and which are
vastly more expensive"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
important to Mothers
FOUNDED BY FRENCH KING
"cordon Bleu" Was Originally the
Highest Order of Nobility in
the Gallo Kingdom.

A Gordon bleu" was originally
knight of the ancient order of the
Holy Ghost, founded by Henry III
(1574-15S9), on the occasion of his &C.
ccssion to the throne Of France. The
order consisted Of 100 knights-ex-
elusive of officers-and was at one time
the highest order in the kingdom. So
called on account of the color of the
ribbon from which the cross of the Or
der was suspended. In the course OF
time this appellation was bestowed
upon anyone that had achieved emf
hence in his profession. The Com
mander de Souve, Compile dOlonne
and some others, who were Gordon
bleus, met together as sort of club,
and were noted for their well-appointed
dinners. Hence, when anyone had
dined we'll, he said: swell, that is
true feast of the Gordon bleus." Finally
the term was applied only to tirst-rate
cooks, who, after an examination, re-
ceived medal suspended from blue
ribbon. Littre says that the blue apron
formerly worn by many cooks have
helped to earn for them this fattering
designation.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
A Feeling Of Security

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful OF habit. producing drugs.
Such medicine is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp Root.
It is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
It is not a stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
It is not recommended for everything.
It is natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney. liver and blad-
der troubles.
A sworn statement of purity ls with
every bottle of Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root.
If you need a medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug stores
In bottles of two sizes. medium and large
However, if you wish first to try TINS
great preparation send ten cents to Dr'
Kilner & Co., Binghamton, n. T., for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
merton this paper.-Adv.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

In Minnesota the losses due to stom-
ach worms are probably the heaviest;
next to them probably is the toll TAX
en- by lung worms. Any treatment for
lung worms is unsatisfactory and
sheep afflicted with them should be
disposed Of promptly. Diseases caus-
ed by stomach worms can be treated
to good purpose by the use Of l per
cent solution of copper sulphate, lOO
cubic centimeters for the older sheep
and half that quantity for lambs. The
solution Is given in the form Of a
drench and should be repeated once
or twice at intervals of ten days, care
being taken not to get the fluid into
the .Windpipe of the animal rape
worm can be expelled by the use or
aspidium, otherwise known as the ex-
tract Of male fern.
Prevention should be emphasized
in the matter Of sheep diseases. Farm
ers and breeders should exercise ev-
cry possible care when buying sheep
to avoid bringing infested animals in
to the country. Newly purchased an
imals should be kept by themselves
and confined to single fields for the
first six months. In this way the
spreading of disease to original fiocks
can be reduced to the minimum. Now
that the sheep raising industry is be-
ing stimulated in Minnesota, it Is ex-
ceedingly important that all breeders
inquire carefully into the history OF
flocks from which they may purchase.
All imported stock should be closely
inspected by "A competent veter-
marian"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
W. N. u, CINCINNATI, NO. 4e--1e1e.
OCEAN LIKE ANOTHER WORLD
But Different in That There is NO
One to Explain or Explore
Its Mysteries. /

The ocean was calm and clearTsO
very calm that it reflected, as If from
a solid surface, every vapor that noat-
ed along the heavens; 1t was like sail
ing into a new world "a creation
whose laws and boundaries must re-
main forever unknown to us. How eX"
citing to Imagination So many fam
tastic forms reveled beneath the trans
parent crystal, huge rocks looking like
castles, exaggerated by the watery dis
lance; bleak Alpine landscapes stretch
ing far away; and then the monsters
of the deep moving in the solemn
majesty of silence - living things,
without one sympathy for the earth
about them; without a single feeling
that we can comprehend-it may be,
if our eyes do not weary, that, in fancy,
we gaze deeper down, and strange, I'M
earthly forms are succeeded by deeps
on deeps-the very eternity of waters!
where we can see nothing but the
blue abyss !-dOwn-dOwn-dow 1t
is a fearful thing to pass over their
mysteries-a great lessOn.-A. M. Hail.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

The first dose eases your cold +! Don't
stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and
snuffling! A dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours un-
til three doses are taken usually
breaks up severe cold and ends all
grippe misery.
Relief awaits you! Open your
clogged-up nostrils and the air pass
ages of your head; stop nose running 5
relieve the headache, dullness, fever
ishness, sneezing, soreness and stiff
ness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only a few cents at drug stores. 1t
acts without assistance. Tastes nice.
Contains no quinine. Insist on
Pape's ADV.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

These materials are simple and can
be used most successfully. Constipa-
ton, another ailment, may be relieved
by the use Of castor oil.
Acquires Taste for Grain.
At the age of two months the foal
should acquire taste for grain. AS
soon as the colt begins to' eat readily
q pen shouts he built, making it high
enough to keep the dam out, and the
foal will pass below. Thus, it will
soon get the habit of feeding from the
regular feed trough. Keep the ration,
and especially the oats, well supplied.
BY using this system the colt at
weaving time will be easy to wean,
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
"PREVENTION" FIRST
is BEST FOR SHEEP
ParasiticaI Diseases Are Difficult
to Overcome.
Stomach and Lung Worms, Mango and
Ticks Are Most Troublesome ALL
Enthusiastically Avoid Buy
ing Infested Animals.

Parasitical diseases of sheep are
hard to fight and overcome. DR.. G. p.
Fitch, head Of the division of veteri-
nary medicine of the University Of
Minnesota, believes that the ounce
of prevention is worth more than the
pound of cure. He says:
"Most diseases of sheep are caused
by parasites such as stomach and lung
worms, mango, ticks. and tape worms.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
PROTECT BERRIES IN SHADE
currants and Gooseberres May Be
Planted Among Fruit Trees for
Needed Protection.

In gardens where the available land
is limited in extent, currants and
gooseberries may well be planted
among the tree fruits and left there
permanently. The shade of the tree
protects the fruits from sun scald, and
the foliage is usually healthier in such
locations than when grown where it
is freely exposed TO the sun.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

and then they do not miss their dams.
The foals are usually weaned at the
age of FIVE or six months old. At
weaving time increase the ration, and
the fOals will make good growth,
and later mature into good grade Of
horses.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
.PRUNE BLIGHTED APPLE TREE
Proper Way is to Cut of Dying Por.
tions When They Appear-5urn
All Cuttings

Pruning the blighted or dead por-
lions of apple trees may be done at
any time of year. The proper way is
to keep cutting off the dying portions
as soon as they appear, and where it
Is practical to do so, cut little lower
than the part affected. The parts cut
sut should be burned.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
ESSENTIAL FOR APPLE CROP
Orchard Should Be Cleaned Up and
Trees Sprayed to Prevent Wormy
and GnarIed Fruit. -

Were your apples wormy and
gnarled this fall? If they were, 1t
means that you should clean up your
orchard and spray the trees well next
spring. Cleanliness is one Of the res
ouirements for a good apple crop, as
well as other things.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
ASPIRIN FOR HEADACHE
\ Name ''Bayer" is on Genuine
Aspirin-Say Bayer

Insist on "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"
In a "Bayer package" containing prop
er directions for Headache, Colds,
Pain, Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Rheu-
matism. Name "Bayer" means genuine
Aspirin prescribed by physicians for
nineteen years. Handy tin foxes Of II
tablets cost few cents. Aspirin is trade
mark of Bayer Manufacture of Mono
aceticacidester of Salicylicacid.-Adv.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

Cuticura Soap for the Complexion.
Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear,
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Trio.-Adv.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

Girls that are not born awkward
usually dance themselves that way be-
fore they are twenty.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

Many things-mice in particular
are much more powerful dead than
alive.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
Suitable Vehicle.

"Why doesn't your literary friend
buy a motor-car?" 81 guess it is be-
cause he is hack writer"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

Out of the frying pan of courtship
man slips into the fire of matri-
mOny.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
Jared Him.

Jared Him.
81 don't like her singing; her notes
come from her chest"
swell, ought they not?"
mo, they ought to stay there.
Boston Evening Transcript.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

Among the few possessions of
shiftless man you will nearly always
find q worthless dog.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

Philosophy Of a blockhead-"h you
would look spruce you must never
pine"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

WORMS or Tapeworrn but cleans out the
mucus in which they breed and tones up
the digestion. One dose sufficient. ADV.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12
Her Own.

"Was she self-possessed when you
proposed to herr"
"Yes, and-er-she is yet"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

How many a man fools himself
when he thinks he is fooling his wife.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-12-12

Were it not for the things we are
going to do life would not be worth
living. ~.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
DEGNAN DENIES HE GAVE GIN
 TO BRADLEY

A denial of the story that he gave Howard J. Bradley two drinks of gin before Bradley started on the auto mobile ride on which Miss Anna E. Degnan met her death, was made yes terday afternoon by James Degnan, brother of the dead girl, when he ap peared before the coroner. Despite Bradley's story that he had the gin, Degnan said he never touched liquor and he was sure there was no drink iLg in his home that night.
 Bradley resumed the stand and re- peated that he had been given the liquor by Degnan. He said he and Miss Degnan had decided to be mar ried the last week in this month but that the engagement was being kept a secret because they did not have money enough to furnish home.
 The inquest was continued until tomorrow morning when Mrs. Eliza beth Degnan, mother of the dead girl, will testify.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
Every Ono Talks of Eats

Food Is still the topic of prime in terest and one of the principal fac tors in Gerruany's internal and for e1Fyn politics Ii Is almost certain Ilar Germany would not have signed the peace treaty and would have made good It's bluh 10 defend the Eastern Provinces with armed fCrcs if the masses had not been insisfen fly demanding food and peace. the com mon sense oh tho masses telling them that they couldn't get more food un- iii they got peace
 Food conditions in Germany ap- parently touched bottom during the 1as1 part of March and the beginning of April Since then conditions have shown a gradual, steady improve ment in drst-line, due to the timely arrival of American food It is no ex- aggeradon 10 say that American food beat Rolshsviz1n in Germany
 Cheering. too, to inc German peo- pie has been the gradually increas- ing leakags of food from neutral countries into Germany. For the first riuns since the early part of 1915 you see D1shcarts hazped with oranges and lemons at the POtsdame- PlatZ, for instance The first oranges to reach Berlin sold like hot cakes for s2 apiece; tho first lemons for about s1- The price has dropped rapidly untf1 today oranges and lemons can be bought in quantities for from 25 10 40 cents.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
VETERAN OF
 IO2 ND ENLISTS
 FOR THE A.E.F.

Felix Lombardi of 42O Warren street, Bridgeport, Conn.,, a veteran of Co. I, of the 1O2nd Infantry, with which he served in the following bat Hes and engagements: Cremin des Danes, .Chavignay, Lorraine front, battles of SChiesprey, Chateau Thiar- ", St. MihieI front and Nerdun front; was wounded in left shoulder by shrapneI and also gassed and who was discharged from hrs company as cor pora: with character 'ENCelent' and physical condition Good on April 29. 1919, at Camp Devens, Mass; re- gently applied for re-enlistment at the Army Recruiting Station, 925 Man street, Bridgeport, Conn; passed an excellent physical examination, not withstanding his having been wounded and gassed and signed up for another hitch in the doughboys. Corporal I,ombardi being a previous servlce man. was given his choice of either a one or three year period. He chose the three year period and stat ed his desire to serve in the infantry arm of the service in the American Expeditionary Forces.
 The following named men were also accepted and forwarded to their destination:
 volney Smith, 5s Park avenue,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
Hide, Food Arpenr..

The signing of peace caused a small panic in the Illicit food traffic. and brought great quantities of hid den foodstuffs to light, which were thrown on the market at greatly re- duoed prices, compared with the ex- orbftant fancy prices demanded be- for peace was signed Coffee. tea and cocoa in commercial quantities lrave made their appearance in the larger cities. Tea can nov be bought for from s8 to s14.5O per pound. Cocoa. which four days ago cost S12.5O per pound, and which q week ago still sold for S7.5o per pound. to- day retails in Berlin at around $4.50. Real coffee can again be bought quite freely at from s3.5o to $4.5O per pound.
 The curious result of the appear ance in the market Of long-vantshed ed foodstuffs at falling prices has been paradoxically to increase the general cost of living, since the German peo- ple are again beginning to consume foodstuffs which they had grown ac- custoned to doing without.
 You can get anything you want to ent or drink in Berlin and the prin- cipal cities of Germany If you are