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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-13
Aledo At a Glance

The high school is getting ready
for the county track meet to be
held in Aledo Saturday, May II.
The remains of Mrs. Martha
White, who died Sunday at Water
town, were brought here Sunday
and were laid to rest in the Aledc
cemetery Monday. She lraves two
daughters, Frances OF Aiedo and
Elizabeth of Montana, one son,
George, having preceded her IN
death five weeks.
Mrs. Fred Baker spent yesterday
in Galesburg.
Virgil Reaber went to Musca-
tine this morning for short visit
Mrs. Louis Lewis and Mrs. Pull
liam are in Rock Island for visit
with the family of DR.. Hainline.
Mrs. Edward Boggs is in the city
for a few days visit with old
friends.
Mrs. J. B. Pollock left this morn
ing for Pittsburgh, Pa, where she
will join her husband. They will
attend the graduation of their sor
James.
Mrs. Edward BigeIow and two
sons have returned to their home
in Niles, Mich, having been called
here to attend the funeral of their
father and grandfather, H. Bige-
low.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-13
Widow Cries for Joy

81 couldn't eat anything but raw
eggs and sweet milk and was so
weak l could hardly walk across
the room. I would have been in
my grave today if 1 hadn't taken
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy when 1
did. When | think now l have suf-
fered with my stomach and how
good feel now 1 cry for joy" 1t is
a simple, harmless preparation that
removes the catarrhal mucous from
the intestinal tract and allays the
Inflammation which causes practi-
cally all stomach, liver and intestr-
nal ailments, including appeadi-
citis- One dose will convince or
money refunded Bengston's drug
store and druggists everywhere
(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-13
CARRIED CUM;
IS GIVEN FINE
Oscar Carr Assessed S25 and
Costs by Judge CleIand for
Brandishing Gun.
ALSO GIVEN A REPRIMAND
Judge Declares That Concealed
Weapon Carriers viii Get
Fine or Jail Sentences.

Oscar E. Carr was fined $25 and
costs in the court of Judge D. j.
Cleland, yesterday afternoon. Carr,
it is claimed has had the gun in
his possession for the past month
and yesterday he began brandish-
ing the same, with the result he
was arrested.
Together with his fine he was
handed a severe reprimand by
Judge Cleland and the latter in
formed Carr that repetition of the
same offense would merit a fine and
a jail sentence.
Warns Gun TOterS.
81 have no sympathy with gun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-13

During the war the British air
men were supplied with electrically
heated suits, for it was found that
in the terrible cold at $4,000 feet
and higher, even the thickest of
woolen clothes failed to keep tie
pilot from becoming frozen The
electric suit consists of coat, boots,
socks and gloves. They are fitted
with electric wires worked into the
material, and these wires become
heated when current passes
through them, SO that a pilot wear
ing this suit is, as it were, sitting
in a warm atmosphere all the time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-13
ANNOUNCEMENT
BOND FIGURES
NOT YET READY

No figures on the recent Victory
bond campaign are yet obtainable,
announced ]. L. Vernon, chairman
of the recent drive, and although
the various banks of the city are
making strenuous efforts to tabufate
the total of the subscriptions, little
progress as regards final count,
has as yet been made. The work of
crediting each subscriber with his
bonds and of separating the names
of those who subscribed for bonds
but who do not get credit with the
city quota, is delaying the work
somewhat.
All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-13

toters," declared Judge Cleland to-
day. 1.-The war is over and the use
of guns iss prohibited by the city
ordinance This is one of the first
gun toting cases that has come be-
fore me since being elected to Of
flee and | intend to make the cases
very few. If fines do no good a
Jail sentence might" he further
added.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-13
What is Castoria

fASTORIA harmless OIL PgO Drops and Soothing
Sups neither Opium Morphine other Mar
guarantee For than thirty years has
relief Constipation Fatuency Wind Collie and Drhea
aying arising eo and by regulating the Stomach
Bowels aids the assimilation Of Food; giving healthy and natural Sleep
The Chldrens Panacea-The Mothers Friend.
Kind Always Bought and which has
years. Signature of Cha Fletcher and has been made
personal supervision infancy. Allow you
Countert and usasG but Experiments
endang health of Infants and CdrenRxpen against Experiment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-13
AROUSED over
PROSPECTS OF
A new COUNCIL
Community Organization to Be
Launched Saturday Is Meeting
With Encouragement.
ALLEN D. ALBERT TO SPEAK
Special Envoy of State Association
VIII Deliver Principal Talk
at the Session.

Rock Islands progressive citi-
Zens are aroused over the prospect
of new community council for
which plans are being formulated
Ey representative of all the lead
ing organizations of the city.
This movement for the establish
ment of community councils
throughout the state is meeting
with enthusiastic encouragement
Nearly fifty councils have already
been organized within the month
and the call for information as to
tile purposes of this new movement
is an evidence that Illinois will
shortly have a fourishing council
i'll every progressive city and com
munity in the state.
The plan of the councils provide
for equal representation from every
organization in the community. Nn
organization loses its identity, but
through the council has a more
forceful medium through which it
may suggest needed reforms or i'm
provements that will benefit the
whole people of community.
Community councils will give
purpose to the energies of a town.
Tney will be a medium Tor securing
the best possible advice on all
problems affecting community. II
will put the progress of a COM
munity on a practical businesslike
basis. They will eliminate self-in-
terest and one-sided development.
Community councils will incul-
cate loyalty, federation, kindness,
fairness and community interest,
which will insure community well
fare. They will mean to a COM
nIunity what scientific management
means to business longtime plan
ming, constant watcnfulness, striv-
ing for the best in all departments
and a thorough coordination OF
them all.
Brings All Together.
Allen D. Albert, who will visit
this city as the special envoy of the
state organization of community
councils of Illinois, said recently
at a mass meeting to organize a
community council:
Il have been asked repeatedly,
What can a community council do
to improve a town? You know we
have a good deal of prejudice here
and some of our people are so hide
bound in their dislikes for other
people, as well as all advance
movements that they will never
work with any other organization
These two facts alone convince me
that a community council in the
midst of just such people will be
their mutual salvation.
Did not the recent world war
prove an object lesson to the peo-
pie of this country? Did you ever
hear of any religious, party or 9TH
er differences interfering with the
prosecution of the work for the
success of the war? Be it Red
Cross. stamp or Liberty loan drives.
we worked as one family. That
is the spirit that the community
council is trying to preserve, so
that it may be utilized for the bene-
fit of your own special community
needs"
The sun., 1919-03-02

must limit myself to a part Of that writ
ten to N. Martin Kahle, who had writ
ten book against him, denying the OK
istence of God.
~ shall leave you," he says, ITO your
opinion and shall remain Of mine. shall
ALWAYS be convinced that watch proves o
Matchmaker and that the universe proves
God" And later: Furthermore, il
ever you understand anything about pre-
ordained harmony-if you discover how,
under the law of necessity, man is free,
you will do me a service il you will pass
on the information to me. When you
have shown, in verse or otherwise, why
so many men cut their throats in the best
Of all possible worlds I shall be exceed
ingly obliged to you. I await your argu-
ments, your verses and your abuse: and
assure you from the bottom Of my heart
The sun., 1919-03-02

that neither you nor l know anything
about the matter. have the honor TO be,
&c., &C."
have not even referred TO the famous
letters to Frederick The Great and others
concerning the Frenchmnn's sojourn ut
the Prussian capital. These are partic,,-
larly interesting for the light they throw
on Wilhelm's illustrious ancestor.
NJ. Tai!entyre has managed TO convey
in idiomatic yet elegant English great
deal of the spirit of the original French
no easy task. His schen.e was altogether
worth while and he has so succeeded in
presenting material that was hopclcssly
hidden as to make it new and vital.
VOITAIRE IN his LETTERS, BEING \
SELECTION FROM HIS CORE.
SPONDENCE. BY s. G.. TALLEETYaS. C..
Il. Putnam 3 Sons. $50.
The sun., 1919-03-02
BY BARRETT II. CLARK.

MR.. S. G. TALLENTYRE has FOL-
A'A lowed an interesting scheme in his
new book, Voltotrs iw his Letters, Being
. Selection from His Correspondence.
Many classics which are not read now
adays require selection and editing, and
no such voluminous work as the ten thou
sand letters Of Voltaire has the slightest
chance Of being read by any one but the
student. 1t is ridiculous to claim that the
reader must go to the original text or
even to the TRANSACTIONS of this remark
ably vivid correspondence: Mr.. Tallen-
tyre has proved that it is not only an in
teresting and valuable experiment to dis
entangle series Of letters illustrating the
development, or at least the course of Vol
taire's life-he has shown us what would
perhaps never be made evident, at least
to the layman, that behind the cynicism
for which Voltaire is to a certain extent
celebrated there was a great humanita-
ran, q passionate seeker after truth and
justice. Possibly voltaire owes his repu-
tation abroad to that ungovernable spirit
OF raillery with which he seasoned his
hndest acts, his noblest efforts, much az
Bernard Shaw has done over two cen
turies afterward. It Is difficult to per-
suade some people nowadays that Shaw
burns with an ardent desire to help the
poor, educate the rich and better tho
world, simply because he chooses 10 rem
der his message to that world in highly
palatsble form.
Indeed, there are many close parallels
between Voltaire and Shaw. Both en-
deavored with might and main to tell
the world unpalatable truths; Voltaire's
difficulties lay in the way of opposition
from the State, Shaw's in the stupidity
Of censors and critics. Voltaire saw
the end Of his troubles only at the end Of
his long life; Shaw is in imminent danger
Of finding his common sense SO widely 40
eepted that he may have to spend his last
years as an Anticipated specimen of late
Victorian responsibility.
You cannot read this highly entertain
The sun., 1919-03-02
Voltaire the Man as Disclosed by His Letters

ing book without coming to the conclu-
sion that Voltaire, in spite Of his frail-
ties and delightfully."- human lapses from
greatness, was great man-one Of the
great men. His tolerance, his philosophi-
cal resignation to every manner Of wrong
so long as that wrong affected himself,
and his indignant efforts to right the
wrongs of others are the subject OF the
greater part Of the letters in this col
lection.
A sample Of the human Voltaire the
man Of business, the flatterer, is found in
letter to Swift written in 1927. He
asks permission to dedicate one Of his ef-
forts to the Dean and toward the end Of
the brief letter adds: "Might I ask you,
at the same time, to use your influence in
Ireland to procure me few subscrip-
tions to the Heariade, which, for want Of
such assistance, has not yet appearedf
The subscription is only a guinea, pay
able in advance. I am, sir, with the
profoundest esteem, your very humble
and obedient servant"
One Of the finest examples Of tactful
kindness have ever seen is the letter to
the actress, Mile. Dangeville, who, in the
words Of the translator, spoiled Voltaire's
tragedy Of Br1txs. After the perform
anee he wrote the following:
Prodigy, allow me to present you with
a copy Of the Henriade-a very serious
work for your age-but she who can play
TuEie cannot be incapable Of serious read
ing, and it is only right that should lay
my words at the feet Of her who bestows
her beauty on them" He then skilfulIy
refers to the performance and adds: ut
will owe its success to you. But to achieve
that success You must not hurry any of
your lines" &C. "Don't be discouraged
Remember you played to perfection at
rehearsals: and yesterday You needed
nothing but confidence. Yet your very
difidence does you honor" Finally:
Farewell: it depends on yourself to be
divine tomorrow"
What is most inspiring in these pages
Is the great mans attempt to secure lib
erty Of speech and press for others, in
many cases those with whom he radically
disagreed. The case of Hevetius is tho
most interesting. Says Mr.. Tallentyrc:
when, in 1859, On me Mind Helve-
tiu'sl was burnt by the public hangman in
company with Voltaire's poem On Notaral
Lar, though he had soundly hated and
roundly abused) Helvetius's masterpiece,
ne fought for its right to live tooth and
nail, up hill and down dale, on the es-
sentially Voltairean principle: T wholly
disapprove of what you say--and will
defend to the death your right to say it,
Voltaire's letter to HekeliUs and other
young authors reveals lirnitless fund of
sound sense and sympathy.
should like to quote many letters, but
The sun., 1919-03-02
"The Sky Pilot in
No Mans Land"

THE SKY PILOT IN NO NAYS
LAND is an arresting title for a
story, but Ralph Connors new novel fails
to live up TO the promise in the name.
Viewed from almost any standpoint, this
book Is disappointing. 1t lacks the
strength, sincerity and simple emotion
that made Ralph Connor's earlier novels
likable and has no new values to substi-
tute in their place.
The narrative starts interestingly with
the description Of the young man posed
on rock preparatory 10 his dive into the
water. There is an instant of thrill when
he plunses and cannot be seen to come
up. Yet he doesn't thrill US any more,
either when he's doing his work as mis-
sionary III Canada or serving as chaplain
in France. The Incidents that should be
dramatic are mechanical. The visibly
worked up feeling leaves us cold. We
are moved chiefly by resentment that any
one should--h.ake a literary convenience
out of the great tragedy,
Barry Dunbar, the sky pilot, is q prig
who fails to win our sympathy, and the
other characters are conventional figures.
The pilot gives no appearance of having
been thought out at all, and tho whole
effect is one of haste and lack Of planning.
1t would not be fair to judge Ralph Con
nor by this latest book Of his.
THE SKY PILOT IN NO MANS LAND
BY RALPH COHNoR. Georgs II. Doran
Company. $3.50.
The sun., 1919-03-02

Robert Cortes Holidays dog Tristram
Shandy, who is being much lionixed, is 10
be reehristened I.auecnce Sterne.
The sun., 1919-03-02
ASK FOR
The Flamingo's
Nest

A romance you will read with
delight, and recommend to
your friends, for 1t breathes
the very spirit Of the tropics.
The sun., 1919-03-02
MEN in WAR

is universally recognized as
one of the three greatest
books of the last few years.
1t has just been Released by
the Post Office Depart
ment, and is again on sale
everywhere at 81. so per copy.
The sun., 1919-03-02

THE SKY PILOT IN NO MANS LAND
BY RALPH CoHNoR. George H. Doran
Company. $3.50.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-21
Praise For Daniels.

Josephus Daniels continues tc
show that as level-headed Demo
crat he can improve the navy ser
vice in little and big things as nc
secretary ever did before. Now he
has ordered that epaulets, cooked
hats, gold covered belts and highly
ornamental special full dress coats,
heretofore worn by naval officers on
special occasions, shall be abolished,
The discarding of so many articles of
uniform will result in economy of
space on board ship, ease in travel
ing and a great financial saving to
officers, the secretary said. Those
officers whose very life is strutting
like turkey gobblers will deeply re-
sent this, as they have other sensible
orders of Secretary Daniels, but the
plain sensible men among them will
heartily approve it.-Owensboro
Messenger.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-21
CONSTIPATION


Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Pearl Paw
rick. Of this place. writes: Il was
very constipated. had sour stomach
and was 80 uncomfortable. went To-
the doctor. He gave me some pills.
They weakened me and seemed to
tear up my digestion. They would
grippe me and afterwards It seemed
I was more constipated than before.
/ heard of Black-D raught and de-
clded to try 1t. found 1t just what 4
needed. It was an easy laxative, ana
not bad to swallow. Ny digestion soon
Improved. I got we'll Of the sour stom-
ach, my bowels soon seemed normal,
no more gripping, and would take Z
dose now and then. and was in zoos
shape. "a
cannot cay too much for Black
Draught for II II the finest laxative
me can use"
1'hedford'g Black Draught has for
many years been found of great vhlue
q the treatment Of stomach, liver ana
bowel troubles. Easy to take, gentle
and reliable IN ifs action, leaving no
bad after-effects, 1t has won the praise
Of Thousands Of people who have Slsed
T. NC-1SS
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-21
Advice Soldiers Need Not Take.

Sergeant. the French for which is
sergent. the italian sergente, comes
from the medieval Latin word ser
vIens, meaning a servant, vassal, OF
vassal soldier who seems to have
acted as an orderly or striker. Tel
this to your sergeant some warm da,
when he crItIcises your appearance OF
parade In his coarse. unfeeling man
ner. 1t will soften him. It may ever
melt him.-New York Evening Post.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-21

the hotel. Tho two incitors remained
almost an hour on the spot and at.
tempted again and again to have the
ever increasing crowd break loose
The main speaker, the man with the
beard, declared quite frequently that
he was Pan-German and represent
ed himself moreover as property
owner out of the Province of Posen,
which may be true, for he had the
appearance of an agrarian from the
east Of the Elbe In most FORUM
ate manner the soberness of major
ity of the public prevented more Sc
rious happenings, so that finally the
incident stuffed off into a harmless
issue. Nevertheless, such law
breaking occurrence inspired by
these Pan-German elements cannot
be too sharply SCORED, because it can
have serious effect on our already
tired people. We appeal to the Ber-
lin people to give over to the police
such fellows who storm out in ex-
cess against foreigners so that the
police can properly penalize them"
With all their demonstrations and
cries of eve won't sign" l think
with General Maurice when he says
"The Germans will bluff awhile,
whine awhile, and then sign"
With the warmest of personal re-
CARDS to all my friends, and with love
to you, l am, Your affectionate son,
HERSCHEL A. LONG.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-21

Brick Is the most common kind Of
building material in Saloniki and In all
New Greece. Wooden structures are
rare, on account of the shortage OF
timber. Stone is little used, except
Tor underground walls and founda-
ions. Ordinary walls are built with
both plain and hollow bricks. The
former, being more solid. are generally
Ised for the building Of lower stories
while hollow bricks are commonly en-
)loyed In the upper stages. The prin-
.ipal kind Of roofing used is made OF
lat thing.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-21
LIEUT.. LONG
IN GERMANY
WRITES ENTERTAINMENT OF
GERMAN IDEA OF THE
PEACE TERMS
HATE TO RETURN STOLEN cows
Because the Babies of the Huns Need
The Milk of Belgian and
French Cows.

Russian Prisoner of War Camp.
Chemnitz, Germany.
~ no 4n.0
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-21
Most Valuable Garnets.

The oriental garnets are the most
valuable and beautiful. They come
principally from Pegu; and the town
of Siriau having formerly been the
chief mart for them, they are hence
by corruption known among lapldaries
by the appellation of Sirian-garnets.
They appear to be the carbuncle Of the
ancients; their color is crimson, verg-
ing into a very red violet; they are
transparent. and hava a concholdal
fracture.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-21
Don't Go Near The Water.

This is a good time of the year to
keep the small boy away from the
Ohio river, or if he must go see that
he is accompanied by a grown mar
who is a good swimmer. The tins
will come when the city will patro
the water front during the summer
months, for the benefit of bathers
with life-savers.-0wensbOrO Messen
ger.
One of the disadvantages of deer
water is that people sometimes gel
drowned in it.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-21

The work OF a Swiss Investigate,
suggests that absolutely pure cope
may have light-gray color like tina
Of most other metals, since 1t is found
that copper which has been ten times
distilled in vacuo has only a pale rose
color, while the yellow color Of gold
becomes much lighter under similar
treatment. ...-..s,assE m
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-21
Opportunity to Be Seized.

A porter in London was engaged In
cleaning a luggage van, when the. door
swung back, striking him violently on
the head. "Ohl Pat" he exclaimed to
an Irishman standing on the platform,
II believe I've cut open my head"
swell, begor, now's the time to get
something into it." was Pats witty re-
ply.