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DIR. Richardson, the first food of man
was fruit and meat. We have yearn-
ings for this fare so implanted in our
systems that there is probably not a
human being in all the world who will
refuse to eat either of them If left to
his own devices. The vegetarian. al
though he would rather eschew than
chew the succulent steak, is always
loyal to fruit. The craving for flesh
food cannot be rooted out of man by
cult or ism. 1t Is an aboriginal in
stinct.
DR.. w. K Gregory of the American
Museum of Natural History in a mon
ograph on the primates, traces this
taste for meat back to the prehistoric
men of central Europe. The human
beings of the so-called Neanderthal
type, whose remains were found in a
valley in Germany, fed extensively on
the meat of the bison, the great cave
bear and of a variety of rhinoceros.
The bones of these animals. so split
that the marrow could be removed
are found mingled in the ancient caves
with the skeletons and skulls of prim-
tive men who slew these creatures In
crag, the ancestors of our race hurled
huge stones and killed the bears and
deer. Then they grew holder and
made for themselves spears with heads
of sharpened flint and fought the
wild boar and shaggy bruin at close
quarters What with the meat of the
animals he killed and the berries he
gathered in the fens or from tree or
bush the people of the caves lived
well and were happy in their day.
And after all what better testimony
is there to the excellence of their food
than is pemmican Of our modern day,
composed as II Is of chopped meat
and currants? Pemmican is relished
by the Caucasian in dead OF winter
as much as 1t is by the Eskimo.
Early Man Ate Oysters.
There are many things which show
also that mankind in the world prim-
eval was fond of fish.
In some regions, buried far down
beneath the soil. and along what
we're original water courses on the
.hores OF seas long since vanished,
are found heaps of the shells OF oys-
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With a stone Ratchet. Then as man
Progressed, he found that the fish
which swan the streams, when he had
learned to catch them, were we'll worth
lie eating. Thus in the words of the
Hebrew seer, it was early appointed
for man that he should suck the
abundance of the seas and of the
bundance hid in the sands"
A very limited ration indeed did
Mother Nature set before the rugged
founders of the well known human
race! However. when a bone was
wanted the cupboard was never bare
1t was at about this time that one
OF our grandfathers with a million or
so greats" In front of his name no.
ticed the woods continued to burn after
lightning had struck. and fire came
into the service of man. 1t was
found that the leaping flame, when
properly looked after, softened the
food, especially the meat and the bones.
By putting hot stones into water and
then adding hunk of auroch or rein
deer or fish the flesh softened, and
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straight to the surface, even when we
sit before snowy napery and glisten-
Ing silver in luxuriously appointed
hotels. Let the bon vivant toy as he
will with his iced grapefruit and gold
lined spoon; he is nothing after all but
an abysmal savage making his first
clutch for the fruits of the earth.
DIR. Richardson in tracing the fam
lily tree of this food which has made
the human race what it is has not in.
dClged in mere guesswork. He has
summoned to his aid all that we know
about the appetite OF apes; the meals
OF primitive peoples and the provender
of aboriginal ancestors. He seems to
agree with Darwin that every child is
born uncivilized and comes up from
savagery to culture under the instruc-
ton of parents who are guided by ira
dition and convention. Like the wise
man of old he has found the true abo-
rigine in the cradle and has made his
set appeal to phylogeny to demon
strate that he knows whereof he
speaks.
All of Us Sugar slaves.
Let US now go back to the monkeys,
for If we did not come from simian
forefathers it is very likely that our
origin may be traced to some creature
which was very similar to an ape.
The gorillas and the chimpanzees are
to-day eating much the same fare as
did the reputed founders OF our man
tribe. The ape Is a fruit eater. He
look to the trees In quest OF the
bananas and the bread fruit and the
berries. Soon he learned to use his
'front.' paws with great skill and as he
progressed and stretched himself up
ward he Strengthened out his spine,
and in course of time was able to
stand erect. When the ape went TO
the perpendicular he took on the form
OF man, II We accept a theory OF
science. All this time he was consum-
ing fruit and making 1t the basis of
all human fare. He craved fruit for
the sugar that 1t contained. The child
ciaps its hands and stretches out for
the red apple, because of its descent
from the frugivorous ape. Although
color and flavor add TO the attractive.
ness OF fruits, the substance that makes
them desirable is sugar. Sugar is 100
per cent fuel for the human body. and
~ so quickly digested that it is classed
as stimulant.
Inc hunger for fruit was so Inn
planted in man during his residence
IN tropic trees that millions OF years
later DIR. Cook was able to get the
Esklmos TO do anything that he
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BY JOHN W. HARRINGTON.

tn the descent of our diet we
* may trace how we became
what we are. The remarkable
paper read by DR.. w. d. Richardson
on THE Diet of Aboriginal Man al
the recent annual meeting of the
American Chemical Society in Phila-
delphia gives us all food for thought
What though he. harks back over mil
l'cns of years? His observations have
a very present day application, for
they may pe a guide to- the human
race, even in the solution of. that
vexed problem, the high cost of living.
We have an aboriginal yearning for
some things which we never can out
grow. 1t is useless for mothers to
scold their children for cravings which
60 back far beyond those days when
our forebears lived in caves so dark
that they had TO feel around to find
out If anybody was grinning at them.
There is a grim atavism coming
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thickly spread with butter and piled
high with sugar or strawberry jam7
You were then the small savage re-
verting to primordial ancestors. The
primitive appetite for sugar was upon
you, the lure OF the red, sweet fruit.
Louis r. Sullivan OF the American
Museum of Natural History tells US
that the cultivation of grain was un-
dertaken by man far down in the
scale when our ancestors were strug-
Cling toward civilization. Among the
remains of the lake jewellers OF Swift
zerland, who had given up their no
madic habits and settled in homes Of
their own. the cultivation of wheat and
oats and barley began. The old and
the wise of the race decided that
bread was good for the younger gen.
Grafton, and they have been after
them ever since. They have been
wheeling and coaxing and Furnishing
small boys and girls TO make them eat
bread and not to subsist entirely on
meat or fruit. Thus cereals found
their way TO the larders of modem
humanity.
Now, be honest with yourself. DO
you really like milk? Some persons
are really very fond Of it, but there
are hundreds and thousands OF chill
dren who loathe it. and millions OF
grown up folk in China and India who
have never tasted it and never will.
DR.. Richardson insists that milk IL not
a natural food of man, although at nm
early time in history the human race
began to domesticate the COW. The
children of aboriginal man as are those
of savages OF to-day were nursod
much longer than are the offspring Of
civilized races. 1t is likely that the
primitive mother did not wean her
child for two or three years, ana he
was therefore able to gradually make
the transition TO solid food. The ma
ternal milk Is far sweeter than is that
OF the COW. In these modern times
the specialist adds considerable sugar
10 the certified milk when he tries to
bring delicate child into the pink
of condition. There would probably be
few children who would even eat their
breakfast food deluged with cream
without the aid OF powered sugar, and
sometimes stewed fruits have to be
Continued on NiRth PGOA
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nrts began to grow less powerful; the
new flesh tearing incisors. so good for
defence and meat rending. grew less
oticeable and the race OF the humans
urried toward its goal.
All the other items of human fare
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ters and CLAIMS. In the vicinity Of
New York city many acres of these
shells have been disclosed by the ex-
plorer's pick. We have read some
where Of the sublime courage of the
man who ate the first oyster. Doubt
ISIS he was like ing of the Neolithic
age and stood, that old stone man,
III the beach of an antediluvian sea,
swallowing some timid oyster which
he had disarmed by cleaving it's shell
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he Spanish caves and split neatly in
twain. Doubtless, as It was found
that man could not live without cooks.
although for so long he lived without
books. the molars and the big wisdom
teeth used in grinding up fruits and
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man started on that long road which
was to make him in some ages a
sybarite and a hover of the pleasures
OF the table. He must have done
some cooking with the long marrow
bones which Nelson found charred In
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we're added as that state which VIC
all civilization laid hold on man.
Do you like bread7 Did you always
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like it7 Do you happen 10 remember
that as a child you hated It and could
only be lured TO ess It after 1t was
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Continued on NiHth PGSA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-15
REQUIRED CAR
SERVICE WILL
NOT Be GIVEN
Trippers, Promised by Company
Before Utilities Commission,
Not to be Provided.

When. the fate of the fare in
crease asked by the Tri-City Rail-
way company seemed to hang in
the balance at the special hearing
in Moline recently, the company
promised the city of Rock Island
tripper service if the fare increase
was granted.
The promise was made before
the examiner for the public until
ties commission. 1t seemed that
everything the city officials asked
for in the way of improved service
was promised.
But now
Mayor H. NJ. Schriver was in
formed this morning by John G.
Huntoon, general manager of the
company that the traction concern
is unable to provide the tripper
service promised The number of
revenue passengers under the Z
cent fare is greatly reduced, Mr.
HuntOon told the mayor. particu-
larly on the Watch Tower line. He
said that under this situation the
company cannot give the trippe-
service promised.
They were hanging on the fen
ders on the cars during the rush
hour last night, and they will to-
night.
The company has been granted
the increase it asked.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-15

7:15 tomorrow morning in Silvis
and at o'clock at the offices and
shops in Rock Island.
Ask IL Cents More.
The men are asking for II
cent? increase. They now receive
IS cents an hour They want 50
cents. The high cost of living.
they say. does not give a working
man the opportunity to earn de-
cent living.
The railway shop men, consist
ing of the six ts-electricians,
boilermakers, blacksmiths, car
men. sheet metal workers and ma
chinists-gave notice to the Unit
ed States railroad administration
of a demand for increased wages.
The demand was not needed and a
strike ballot ended in walkout of
hundreds of thousands of shopmen
on Aug. l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-15
RAIL SHOPMEN
BACK TO WORK
IN The MORNING
Understanding Here Strike VIII be
Renewed If Demands Are Not
Met by Sept. ..

Nearly 1000 Rock Island road
strikers in the Quad-cities will re-
turn to work at the regular time
tomorrow morning.
Two hundred fifty delegates, rep
resenting 500 900 members of the
six crafts of striking railway shop
men voted to return to work pend
ing a settlement on or before Sept.
?. yesterday at a meeting with the
Chicago district council held in
Pulaski hall, Chicago.
No vote of the Silvis strikers
was taken at the daily meeting OF
the federation this morning, it be-
ing understood that the delegates
70 Chicago were authorized with
full powers to act at the conven-
ton
President Wilson has been mott :
fed Of the action The action Of
the delegates at the Chicago coun-
ell was in response to the presi-
dents statement Of d few days ago
The telegram sent the executive
of the United States was coupled
with a resolution that he Invite
a committee of three from the Chi
cago district to 90 to Washington
TO sit with the grand lodge officers
in the wage negotiations with
Walker d. Hines. general direc-
tor, and that these three be ap-
pointed and invited before Sept.
-
The three men on the committee
are L. NJ. Hawver, president of the
Chicago council. J j Collins, and
J. d. Sanders, secretary Of this
distrie-.
Ready to Walk Out Sept. ,.
It is understood that the official
strike ballot Of Aug. l stands good
until Sept 2, when, should no &C
ton he taken to grant an increase.
the men will again walk out. The
International grand lodge officers
were not present at yesterdays
meeting and the men say that they
had nothing to do with getting the
employees back to work The ne
gotiations were between the Chi
eago district council and President
Wilson.
S. w Mullinax, superintendent
Of the Rock Island shops at Silvis,
was notified that the men will be
back on the jobs tomorrow morn
ing This will relieve the heavy
duty which union men not strik-
ing and who are working but
would not handle a strikers job,
of of the backs of road officials
officials of the road have been
icing foods and doing every bit of
the strikers work that had to be
done. The men viii be to work a:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-15
BETTER THAN
IN 25 YEARS
Mrs. Wells Had Almost Lest
HOpe-Gains Ten
Pounds.

Since taking Tanlac I am in bet
ter health than l have been for
twenty-five years, said Mrs. B.
Wells, who lives at 1926 Tenth
street, Beloit, Wis. and who is at
present visiting at 1865 Fifth
street, Milwaukee. the other day
I will certainly praise TanIac
the rest of my days" continued
Mrs. Wells. for ] honestly believe
/ would have been in my grave in
:. short while if I had not gotten
hold of it. Why, 1 have spent
enough money for treatment and
medicine to buy nice home, but
instead of getting any relief, l just
gradually got worse all the time
Ny stomach was IN such terrible
condition that [ was afraid to eat
anything on account of the awful
suffering I would have to undergo
afterwards In fact I had reached
the point where Q cup Of coffee and
perhaps a cracker was about all [
could eat, and even that would Of
ten cause me to suffer from indi-
gestiop and gas | was nervous
and hardly ever got q good nights
sleep. and just kept going down
hin until l only weighed about
ninety seven pounds I was very
blue over my condition. for / really
thought that nothing would ever do
me any good.
My family thought that a
change might help me, so / came
here to Milwaukee to stay few
weeks. Just as soon as 1 landed
here. my brother-in-law told me
about Tanlac and the great good it
had done him. and I began taking
Tanlac that very night In a few
weeks time I was feeling like
different person, and now since
taking three or four bottles of this
wonderful medicine I can eat three
I .earty meals every day and never
suffer a particle afterwards. Why,
/ nave actually gained ten pounds
already. and just feel fine all the
tine. / sleep like a baby every
night. and feel refreshed and we'll
every morning l am so happy over
the great good Tanlac has done for
me that I just want TO tell the
whole world about it. .
Taniac is Sold in Rock Island at
3engstons drug store.-Adv. !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-15
60 AFTER THAT
SKIN TROUBLE
WITH POSLAM

II any unsightlv eruption is hsowing
on your skin decide right now that you
have tolerated il long enough. Take
prompt steps toward its removal by the
use Of little Poslam.
Poslam- the concentrated healing rem
ely IS made to render quick and depend
able help TO every man. woman and child
who suffers from pimples. eczema rash
Tedness, itching and other grieyous skin
troubles. At once it soothes. cools and
comforts. Makes the work of healing
eczemas unusually short and pleasant
Sold everywhere For free sample write
10 Emergency Laboratories, 243 West Attn
Street, New York City
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-15

by the Italian government TO go to
aodane to receive General PERISH
ing when he comes to visit Italy.
A military review in General
Pershing's honor has been arrang-
ed here and he will be entertained
by King Victor Emmanuel, General
DiaZ, Italian commander in chief.
and Lieutenant General AIbricci,
minister of war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-15
CONCERN PLANS
new RAILS FOR
SECOND AVENUE

Work will be begun Monday in
laying new rails for the Tri-City
Railway company on Second ave-
nue., according to a statement today
of John G. Huntoon. vice president
and general manager of the com
pany.
Repair of the wood block paving
between the rails will also be car
ried out as ordered by Mayor H M
Schriver
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-15
ITALY PLANS FOR
RECEPTION TO BE
GIVEN PERSHING

Rome. Thursday, Aug. 14.-Gen.
eral Etna, commander of the army
corps of Turin, has been ordered
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-15

When a Siamese girl attains the
age Of 35 without marrying she is
labelled and placed gin a privileged
class under the special care of the
King. who binds himself to find a
husband for her
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-27
INF RE'AN S0VERE|GNTYN
DANGER, DECLARES CUAIA0|N5


tho league draft. as presented ~ Paris,
would form q wO7I nation w.,h poly
Clot and incnhcr"nt power which would
&uSmcrSc tho American republic. III
the course of his address Ii" urged
speedy conclusion Of a prarc treaty
with Germany and Immediate 'nau&a-
ration Of reconstruction work 10 AFR;
unrest
Tho Iowa senator expressed approval
of many oc The provisions Of tho ton
tativc charter of the world lraEn"
Those he attacked deal with submls$i"n
Of na:inna! qncstiona. disarmament and
provision for mandatoCics and fer re-
ciprncaI territorial guarantees.
'"Thcr" is some good in II I'm" pro-
posed crrsti;,It!on)." sad Senator Cum
Minis. There is moro that is had IN
It. As now proposed I woUld Unhcs-
ttatingly vote against It."
In presenting d"fnit" proposals Tor
= league which hc declared could W"
formed without any surrender At
American sovereignty. Senator Cam
minis said;
"Firs;-.-Wc ought 20 nEr"e. and all
cth.r nations oIEht n agree. that JUS
Unable diS7utcs--thnsr ISSUES which
can ~ dctcrrr<a"d by tho application
Of recognized law to establish facts
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-27
THE
COLLAPSE IF
BOL SHEV|5N

1.o\TsrE. ls..H @%--!'-"0n:"7 ls"n;n"
and Hy,r Mrf.<t.- rrn,xk? and ta"'r
higher officials -: III" S"".'; government
know that III game - ~. "'ic q" H."
know hon - 20 cat - =. or "hNl -
do" is the h-.!ir! expressed ny II. v
krrlini an l.u.:;:sh ;-'.I'' u""ai>;. q
AN ;utrrr..,v in ~: NsSt!IirS;,.r ca
Zettr. II" rr,.uIiy IrC:'''! n f.aEtai'd
from, RUSSIA. wi"rH L.. spent ~" gears
n close cuniacc with In E"~S:nu WORK
ing classes.
Mr. K.>,irc. who frankly admits 'h7t
no WAS =, ;,-Sf ;t;;7.:r:.~! ~ I;r!sfi"' ~
IDEAS. SAYS tina, V"IShr.i>nI =: is .'T'.-
on, mas, X i."rh:uG less thHa It "StHTN2-
ron consr!racy." lie h.Ai"r"> that "l"'I
Lcninr and T-":xAy >h"w -" slightest
sign Of waa:,"nl..g thy wiii g. t"ii" tor.
Ae a rrs,,r. no said ch"v simply x"
ahead "xUrk:n.; thar 'Harh.n"< r"""i
and round and grinding "Hc anyo"%F
they think 4 dangerous.
On or" si,"'' iie cuati:'U">. '':tr" mill
lions OF p.";.n too aSSuTb"d WIN f"E
thought O.! ltrw % get food Cor theEl-
selves. ,h":- w.v.s and chliIScn |" ihsnN
Of anything t"'yn"i thr mctHSat. ala
arc too sNhn;iS'..'! - -"NiSt. and on me
other ham: 4 taTuc"l Tow relatively wei
fed and prepared Cor ANY violence ;Eid
cruelty 20 SSlNH tit''SItS'sN'S Ls'Ali ii'T~'''N'
their privileges and slipping into the
vortex OF ta;nin" For Whatever may
have been the ortSj;,a! ;dr, o: I"iShcr-
ism. its score: now s. simply that i
conrers upon some and denies TO others
the privilege OF eating. and that all IT'S
other deeds OF violence and cruelty ar"
AZ nothing 20 the supreme cruelty or
Withholding food
Asked why the Russians do not re-
volt and smash the whole thing. MIR.
Keeling said:
The Russians have been uSed TO
tyranny ard have a scvt OF submissive
ness which makes them accept things.
but 7 can assure you that they are sick
to death OF i; and thar nine-tcnshs of
tho people who keep in with the EoISh"-
Wiki and have 10 pretend 20 ike them
would do anything 20 get rid Of them
If they knew how.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-27
Want The Name Of God
Mentioned In Preamble
0fLeague OF Nations

Sp'cinl Dispatch ~ Tho lni"IiIEr:I"'r.
FAi.TIMuIsr:. Md. t'"N. 2j.-~Hn" OF
III" most .mnurlm:i :criurcS "f ~" ir"-
t"siar' EriS''"ual i'rori':'::'l nod her"
tn-hay. ....mr IN III" form "f " rrS"'-
4, ion THIS had !" do WITH H. r'.tn ~
th.' ir1Eur "f nations.
Il Wiz p"i:,t"d out :nat IN ia" rIAn
alr~al;- adopted as III" basis If III"
league thcr" VAS No mention Of me
1i,mr cf tod. nor Deity. 10 D. i"'''M
III il. The following WAS presented
and adnpl", unanimously. as Il Ir"-
ample 10 IN" IoaEu" Of nations. The
secretary WA; instructed To send Il
COPY nr III" resolution IN President
Wilson. with tho request HAT hr pre-
son; il al tn" peace conference" upon
his return tn France. THO Paper read:
Aid /" prcarnh" ~ '"aEu" VI ma
items. in I;.nE tn" ruler of Tho uni
vnrsa. maker If nil things. j'lhr" Of All
men. 10 life UP his c"untrntncr upNn
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-27
RIO Danger, Says Owen.

w,StIiE,;T,rE. feb. cG.--~Srna'"-
t,x,r If nklnhnr~a. DEMOCRAT. speaking
to-day IN tho senate. Declared 'hA1 .whi'"
nh, ,,rrrnr. M nrH1nH"G constitution "r
the league ~ nations Is wise. $"uAH
and i,;&t" in IL" fundamental prlnclp!rS'
The. senator who VAS Just returned 'rhH'
France. ur:yd III" ..,:ratn tn ro"arirr me
LEAGUE u!a:, construct ivriy rath"7 lha:'
"rxcIling ,agu" suspicious and ar"usinS
t;,n hostility q: our people on III" theory
,n,r his instrument : full "t pitfalls
and ,lHng"rrua.
'rlc i,..al... o. tn" wrrii. declared soma
trr owen. $ tao iu;'rr' AMI. III" ~
E,rnir,nsa and security vi our poop" ~
,,,, ir,,nurlan: chat We Ghnuid fail al ms
,.oninrfuli,. nus piciril: tim" I" adopt u
plan which vii! safeguard In" future az
II" wo-lh.
NO ;h"ueh;fu !uar. certainly M
,,,n,,rl,rrI Statesman acquainted WIN
,hr raliibilit? Of himS"lf and OF IN"
..lj.hiliIy o. other representatives, Nuui1
,y,,rr, that thus cirst formula nf y dra't
wui:IL IL, perfect. i is MT l"rri"ct' DIX
il is a beginning and contains man!
things nf ,aiur. Md II ran h. p"ri'c'r''
so ns ~ rnmrlcI"!% safeguard tn" world
a.-ainS; war. and At -" same ''Hi" c"f''
,.,.inly sntcrunri IN" sovereignty ana
,hsnl,rr independence" 81 each one 81 '''
men, nrr nations"
H"riviu= Ia critics who assorted ''ia'
article !. Of tho proposed conSti'E.'"'.
mouli authorize III" supreme roun0'' 80
the lna.-ur ~ invade III" "or"EeiEh'E "a
the tinted states. Senator owen G."
,.Irrrd h. was sur" Great Britain t'"h"'
Irnl,. and .la,Gtn did nat contemplate