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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-08
SEEK FUNDS TO
CARRY ON WORK
Community Gardens COMMITTEES
Asks 500 to Promote Plans for
This Season.
LETTERS SENT OUT IN CITY
Inform That $4,000 Worth of Pro.
duce Was Raised Last Year at
Expense of $50.

The community gardens commit
tee of Rock Island has launched a
campaign for $500 to carry on the
work this year.
Letters have gone out to resi-
dents of the city asking for con-
tributions, it being declared that the
sum is not large enough to warrant
house to house canvass. The heI-
ter states that with an expense OF
$3.50 last year $4,000 worth of gar
den produce was raised in commun-
ity gardens and that $500 will De
necessary this year TO carry out the
FORK.
The letter is signed by K. T. An
derson, representing the banks and
business men, Mrs. B. d. Connolly,
representing the Woman's club. Ben
Jacobson. representing the Tri-City
Federation of Labor. H. W. Cozad,
representing the Chamber of Com
mcrce and o. J. Stirratt, represent
ing the Rotary club and Business
Mems associations.
Appended is the letter:
ITO the Citizens of Rock Island:
We have caused this letter to be
addressed to you because we be-
lieve you are interested in having
the community garden work con-
tinued another year. This work was
put in operation last year and re-
suited in producing garden truck
valued close to $4,000. This SPLEEN
did work was carried through at an
expense of about $3.50.
This community garden work
met with great favor last year
among the school children. 1t kept
them out of mischief and no doubt
Ncontributed much in building char
acter of the right sort. Both boys
and girls entered into the work on
a competitive basis and showed d
surprising amount of interest in
trying to make each garden plot a
work of excellence.
Larger Sum Needed.
indications are, Judging from
our experience of last year, that this
work should be extended, and we
do not believe we will go far wrong
in estimating our financial needs for
this year at $500.
This is too small an amount of
money to make a house to house
canvass for and your committee be-
lieved that if the matter was placed
before a certain number of those in
terested the entire amount could be
raised without being burdensome to
anyone We will appreciate your
subscription for any amount If five
hundred persons will contribute one
dollar each we will have ample
funds for the coming year. If it is
not possible for you to contribute as
much as one dollar, contribute what
you can and if you are financially
able to contribute much more than
81, please do so. Any amount will be
appreciated by the school children
of Rock Island"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-08

in fashion a compromise, as pre-
viously only two names were sug-
gested to the board. The board OF
education announced that the name
Washington was decided on to per-
petuate the name of the school
building now abandoned at Third
avenue and Thirteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-08
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Phone RI. 2S5. Trefz Express Co.
r. l. Clean Towel Service. Phone
r. l. 4476.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
r. l. 4476.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-08

IN spite of its buoyancy. cork
will not rise to the surface from
a depth of 200 feet below tn Is
oceans surface, owing to the great
pressure of water.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11
PrOpagandaOf
Germans Takes
Strange Forms
Make Ridiculous Charges
Against American Amy
At Coblentz.

Coblenz. Germany, June 11.-fCor-
.respondence Of the Associated Press
some fantastic fiction IS published
'in German newspapers BY writer's
from Frankfort and Leipsic who have
visited CobIenz and returned home to
write whatever they may please
about the American army. Many Of
The stories they ten are new to the
officers OF the third army. who count
them as German propaganda
one writer OF a long article ia the
.Leipsic paper dealing with life in cob
LEM relates alleged instances Of RI
.dlcuious sentences imposed upon Ger
mans b. the American army courts. In
government OFFICIAL. annoyed on the
street BY drunken soldier. exclaimed
In her anger. II only the Americans
would 60 20 the devil" The military
court, he says, punished her for -this
religious wish" By sentencing her TO
ap1ear every morning for 80 days at
the headquarters OF the commanding
officer and repeating TO those present
the phrase. 7 am glad that you are
here. gentlemen. and 10 Is my wish
that Won continue 10 stay here for a
long while"
This Is all news TO the American Of
iicers- IL any woman appears az head
quarters every morning. the sentries
on DUTY there have failed 10 notice
it, It IS part Of their job 70 prevent
trespassinE By Germans at the main
entrance OF the third army headquar-
ters-
Another fictitious tale narrated by
the Leipsic writer 10 arouse German
dislike for Americans, deals with "a
case u which a wom1n. splashed by
mud from an automobile. calculated
chose dirty American automobIesl7
For this the Lei1sic Munchausen AYERS
q military court sentenced her %
climb th- fortress OF Ehrenhrier stein
daily q. -. for 90 DAYS. carrying
a pail scrubhing brush and securing
rag and TO clean six American auto
MOBILES Unon completion Of this task.
he asserted she was required to walk
back home similarly equipped.
Another fantastic tale told hr the
which he declares was imposed upon q
hotel owner whose nerves could no
longer stand the wild music" gro
duced BIZ the American hands and who
commented upon it unfavorahiT IN
punishment. the fiction writer claimed.
the hotel man was sentenced TO march
daily for 90 days alongside the band
and after its parade 20 tell Its leader.
sir. your music Dleases me to perfec-
American fnfeiligencs Officers are
endeavcring TO ascertain through what
channels the Leipsic correspondent
Obtained the alleged information
while IN Coblenz. particularly stories
about the fines and sentences Imposed
upon women Court records DO not
reveal any such cases
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11
RECLAIM LAND;
GIVE MEN WORK
Big Plan Is Proposed in
Order to Give Jobs
To EX-SoIdiers

London Eng. June Il.-HoW 70 make
discharged and disabled-or partially
.so-soldiers and sailors Independent
OF public or private charity IS one Of
the Questions that is at present occu-
pying the attention OF many people 10
England.
Thomas III. Maws0ns the wen known
arcliteci and town planuer. VINO vas
perhaps the 1lrst man 20 see the Vial
essity Of arranging for the future
or the disabled soldier and whose book
ON this subject attracted general and
serious attention has skerched out a
plan 1or giving the discharged men a
permanent and comfortable home. with
a certainty Of material profits. AT the
same time. while the disabled or par
tally disabled men are 20 benefit By
MS the project Is also open to men
who, having done their bit" are look
ing for settled home life
The proposition IS TO place these men
on reclaimed land around the English
coast There are many Places where
lne tide flows in twice a day over
eood rich land This land IS 90 be re-
ela,imeG ana given 70 the discharged
soldiers for cultivation The British
board OF agriculture has already ar
ranged TO survey these sections and
build sea walls 70 protect the land.
One place has already been started
az Melthrou. q little village near LiV-
ierpooL A corporate body known as
I the Industrial settlements, incorpora-
ted. has been formed and this society
has arranged for the Instruction Of the
settlers il the art Of differentiation
and plant growing. expert Instructors
having been engaged for this purpose.
All products OF the land wiz be sold
through the society and the settle
meuts themselves VIII be run On a
profit Sharing basis. the organization
taking nothing from the proceeds and
the soldiers dividing the money ac-
corillg 20 urearrangement.
The reason FOR asking FOR land near
large cenrers is that I has been dis
covered that soldiers who have been
used TO minein- with their fellows
IN camps and fields on the various
battlelruuts are nos willing 90 go TO
places where they nav be shut of
from comnaui0nship. except at some
expense Of time and money to reach
more crowded districts
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11

TIE other dav woman went to an
4 eminent consulting physician TO
get a diagnosis Of her case that had
been puzzling her family doctor ana
a couple OF specialists for the past
year or two.
They had talked Of malignant
trouble and discussed a possible op-
Grafton. The patient was in the prime
Of life. had everything 70 live FOR.
money. a beautiful home. a couple OF
children and many other causes for
thaakfulness. Nevertheless. she had
steadily faded before their eyes, she
was thin, did not sleep. her appetite
was poor, and she could not stand the
sound Of a closing door.
Her husband, in despair, suggested
the eminent dlagnostician and it was
agreed that he should look the
woman over and discover the cause Of
her impending death By inches Now
the great doctor was wonderful
man and the best Of his gifts was
common sense, the next a sense Of
humor ard the third a conscience.
he tapped the woman with various
little hammers to get reactions he
took her blood pressure. he analysed
G
20 her heart and lungs with a curious
hoselike arrangement. and ali the
time he looked as grave as possible
as he gave the results OF his investi-
CATIONS to the nurse in attendance,
who iotted them down.
His Prescription.
And the poor woman looked dis
tressed as she waited 70 get her death
sentence And. finally. after the long
o. .
prescription and handed it to her. Her
husband, who knew enough Latin TO
read prescriptions, looked at it to try
and fathom the remedies intended TO
combat the mysterious disease. But
the prescription was not in Latin. II
was IN English and as follows.
Have an object IN life. Have at
least two interests outside your home.
so Il the theater at least once a week.
Do noe discuss your case-you haven't
any case
At first theiindignant pair were INF
clined TO bel Indignant, then they
realized that instead Of being given
six weeks or a year Of life. as they
had expected. she had a fair chance
for the Psalmists three score and
ten" And so they nohly forgave the
doctor for not prescribing medicine,
and set to work 10 carry out his pre-
scription- And az last accounts the
woman was doing magnificently.
That's all to that story and it shows
how times and doctors and women
have changed. Not long ago the
greatest compliment you could pay
woman was 10 say that she was a
home body" which meant that her
life was bounded by the four walls
Of her home and all her interests cen
tered therein.
Rocking Chair Wore Grooves.
and sometimes she was sufficiently
strong souled and stout hearted 10
bring up a creditable family Of chill
lie and die In the fun triumph Of a
Christian faith as a good many OF
the old tombstones had It. But very
often she did not survive normally
the continual round Of cooking, wash
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11

. ing, ironing. sewing. sweeping, dust
ing. etc. was too much lt made her
queer. and sometimes they had 10
take her ont or the rocking chair
floor. after her days work was done,
rocking and br0odiug over her ne.
and take her TO an insane asylum
As we motor past the outwardly
peaceful farmh0uses OF the rural COM
munity. how seldom we realize the
horrors that have been embalmed be-
meath those picturesque leaves What
slow consuming tragedies have mad
their beginnings in br0odinE minds
that never came in contact with out
side influences For nothing taxes
the heart out OF a man or woman Ike
living In q rut 1t is not the degrade
ton Of jail that breaks a man s spirit
az often as the consuming monotony-
The best minds become duh IL with
drawn from contact Win otner minqsi
thew demand constant mental friction
10 retain any degree OF luster- And
not only do they lose their luster. out
their uoise and sense Of values and
begin TO develop queer streaks-
And so It was with the poor little
fhom ebody" Of the past genera tlou-
Size was faithful even unto death, but
she never really learned TO administer
the affairs to which Providence had
called her She did not really know
how 10 save her babies hives 10
Judge by the number Of little graves
we see beside hers in old cemeteries
She often bore ten OF a dozen children.
but il was seldom that more than half
survived. She knew little about feed
Ing them. OF the value OF fresh arr
and am afraid q great many Of them
were sewed into their clothes during
the winter
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11
N. M. TO BE DIVIDED
INTO SCHOOL DISTRICTS

santa Fe. y. IL, June 11.-Plans for
staudardizing the work and courses
Of study Of the New Mexico high
schools were completed today by the
state board Of education Since no
funds are available 10 provide for in-
spection OF schools. it is being arr
ranged 20 divide the state into dis
tricts. with each state educational in-
stitution conducting the school inc
spection In its district and reporting
10 the state superintendent OF instruc-
ton
The board also designated the new
Spanish text books which VIII be put
into use next fall The selection was
based upon a special Investigation
made By Jose D Sena, clehk Of the
supreme court
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11
Middle Glasses Union" Forms In
London To Buck Game Of Grab Z"
And It Is Ready To Fight Too

7 ONDoN, Eags June 1.-THE middle
l. class union has arrived. and all
that IS needed now is a brotherhood
OF menaced millionaires to complete
the circle
Amid much oratory. a hall fun Of
people and an atmosphere Of determ-
nation, there was inaugurated in
London the first chapter Of a serial
organization for home defense Of the
great middle classes. The union in
tends to bucE the game Of grab. no
matter whether played by the pluto
Gratis and profiteers or the labor
unions
While IN Germany. the bourgeois
teachers. doctors. laWy ers- shopkeep-
ers have gone on strike against spar
tacus terrorism. in Great Britain the
middle CLASSES are girding up for
battle. They say they don't intend 20
be eLterminated for the gre tification
OF either the upper OF lower lasses
without a fight In the words of Ken
nely Jones, member Of parliament
and first president Of the London
middle classes union. the purpose iss
To set in motion a noup0litical or
ganization formed to combine for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11

common protection those members OF
the community who. working with
brain and pen. have no other medium
through which they can safeguard
their domestic and political interests
In other words. the union IS 20 be a
clearing house for all grievances
against the government labor unions,
Z pr0fiteers, landlords or others inclined
TO be selfish and unjust toward the
middle classes. Proclaimed objects Of
the alliance are:
Fsfst. TO obtain the removal or IN
fair burdens imposed upon the middle
classes. such as Income taxes OF which
most labor classes are exempt. etc.
Second to organize the middle
classes TO enable them by active CO.
operative action 20 protect their in
terests when threatened by legisla-
tive or Industrial tyranny.
Third, TO scrurinize and watch all
LEGISLATION to insure that the middle
classes are not uuiustly exploited. and
70 SCI ure amendments to laws where
the interests OF the middle classes are
unfairly prejudiced-
Fourth TO support, BY legal action
sr necessary, the Interests Of any
member who raises questions OF gem
classes as q whole.
"Since the armistice we note the
hureaucrats trying to entrench them
selves more deeply than ever" says
Jones. we see the government
spending a million pounds a week In
out Of work donations TO those who.
by reason Of the nations necessity,
we're able to extract grossly eEtrava-
CANT wages during war time. We see
the organized workers threatening
the industrial life Of the nation if
they are not allowed 70 stabilize war
wages in peace time and granted
shorter day in which TO work for d.
Make no mistake. the middle
classes, organized and determined
have cooperative powers for their
own protection not less effective than
those possessed by organized work
ars"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11
Ants The Only
BOLSheUiki To
AChieUe Success
Are Not Hampered By
Mans Intellectual Dis
sessions and Ideals.


Washington, d. c. June 11-Thous-
anyone who has read Henri Fabre
must be aware Of the comedy and 70
nance and tragedy to be found with
out stirring from the birds. plants
and insects Of his own back yard. yet
It would seem a far cry TO peer into
an ant Hill TO see why sne c0mmunistic
state is not adapted to man.
Yet William Morton Mueeleh, a
noted zo0logist, seems to touch upon
what might be termed the Biology
Of BOlsheVism-"
lie writes as follows:
though in most respects man and
the insect differ enormously, both
nevertheless display some remarkable
convergent slmilarities- They are the
only two successful and dominant ami
NAL types Of the present age, and, so
lar as they are social not only have
had TO encounter the same obstacles.
but have learned 20 overcome many
Of them In the same manner.
insects More Successful
"The social insects, however. have
been more successful than man In or
gaining stable communities, because
they have frankly trusted and fol-
lowed their instincts and have there
fore carried their social organizaltn
10 its logical or perhaps we had t4t-
ter say instructive, conclusion Where-
as mans Intellectual processes and the
ideals and dissentions 10 which they
give birth forever prevent q defini-
tive solution Of economic problems and
keep him in a state Of active and
ceaseless evolution
Ants are TO be found everywhere.
from the arctic regions TO the tropics,
from timberline on the loftiest noun
tains 10 the shifting sands Of the
dunes and seashores, and from the
dampest forests to the driest deserts
Not only do they outnumber In indi-
Viduals all other terrestrial animals,
but their colonies. even in very cir
clmscribed localities, often defy
enumeration.
Their colonies are. more over. re-
marka1ly stable, sometimes outiasting
a generation Of men. such stability
Is, Of course. due 70 the longevity OF
the individual ants, since worker ants
are known to live from q to years
and queens from IS to Is years.
Grows Like Nation.
The ant colony OF society may be
regarded as an organism which, like
the individual insects Of which 10 con-
slsts. grows and develops % a fixed
adult size. and the size 10 which e
grows is Characteristic Of the species,
just as IS tho size OF airy Individual.
colonies Of only a few dozen indi-
Some ants always form dimlnutive
riduals, whereas the colonies OF other
species. when mature. may comprise
thousands OF hundreds Of thousands.
The growth Of these colonies obvious
~ deuends on the quantity and quail
itv OF the available food supply and
on Cts distribution for immediate con-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11
]. 6 IS HOLDING
MANF0R MEXIG0
Authorities Here Arrest a
Man Wanted by Mexi-
can Government.

Apprehended as a fugitive from JUS
dce upon the request OF the Mexican
government. through ARRANGEMENTS
made with the state department at
washington. Eduardo Juarez, a citi-
zen and former official Of Mexico,
was taken IN custody Tuesday after
noon By the United States marshars
force. and is held incommunicado by
the federal authorities in accordance
with the terms Of the, treaty between
the two republics pending his remov-
al to Mexico.
Complaint was filed BY the district
attorneys office several days ago
upon request Of the Mexican embas-
sad0r at Washington that Juarez be
arrested and held for removal 10 Mex
leo 10 answer the charge Of embez-
cling funds from the Mexican govern
menr
The procedure under the law and
the treaty is, that the man be ar
rested and detained without bond.
The Mexican government has 30 days
in which 10 produce proof Of the Of
Tense. No provision is made for
preliminary hearing in this sort Of a
case.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11
LITTLE TALK OF MEXICO
IN PAN-AMERICAN MEETING

The washington conference Of the
American congress was Of great
value to the country as affecting
south American trade, but had prac-
tica11v no bearing on Mexican trade.
according TO a report received by
manager Karl NJ Roberts. Of the
cham Der OF commerce, from J. A Hap
per. Washington representative Of the
chamber
The only results seem 70 have been
q protest By the Mexican representa-
tiVes against the talk Of cur speaker
Of the house." AR. Happier added in
fact. Mexican trade was hardly mem
toned during the conference, but the
general work OF the conference
seemed TO be OF value toward estab-
fishing closer relations b. tween the
United States and Central and south
America"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11

sumption. or its storage for the future
use Of the colony.
The ethnic history Of ants parallels
that Of man TO the extent that these
insects we're originally flesn eaTinE
hunters, then shepherds OF food pro-
ducing herds, and finally agricultur-
ISIS. and that they have been com
PEELED to pass throueh these stages or
forfeit the advar = res Of living in
populous and stationary communities.
Ants feed on a great variety OF
substances, but in all cases only the
liquid portions Of the food are taken
into the alimentarv tract II the food
is solid. minute particles Of 70 are
rasped Off BY means OF the tongue
and pressed into q small pocket In
the floor OF the mouth The juices
expressed from the mass are then
sucked back through the gullet into
a diiated portion Of the allmeniary
tract. the crop, and the useless pellet
is suit out.
''Ths crop is closed behind By a
complicated valve. which separates
It from a short. bag like stomach the
walls OF which have permeable linz
ing. SO that IL and the succeeding por-
tons Of the alimentary tract. the in
tesrine. are able 10 digest and absorb
any food which may be permitted 20
enter them through the valve.
-The crop and the true stomach
have been called respectively the So
ciaF and Individual stomarhs. be
cause the LIQUID food stored Ga the
former is in great part distributed by
reconciliation ~ other ants. when
ever they signify their hunger by
urotrudinE their tongues and making
sunDficatorv gestures with their feel
ers. and because none OF the food in
This receptacle can be used hv the iu-
dividua1 unless &c passes through the
valve into the true stomach"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11
War Fund Balance To
Make Better Citizenship

Cleveland. Ohio. June 11.-Cleve-
lands city War board. q cooperative
civic organisation which financed the
citys share in war contributions. nas
5n1ropriated $4,000 Of fits unexpected
Balance to carry on citizenship Work
among the hundreds Of foreisners
who have taken out first cltizenshlp
paners here since the signing Of the
armistice-
"Our drive" said chairman AQleyf
announcing the appropriation. will
hs to turn out 10000 real American
citizens among the many foreigners
who are eager to know this country
and Cts Institutions"