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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
Tired Of Talk.

stop talking and get to work" seems to
express the sentiments of the our country
first" conference being held in Chicago. IN
mistakable signs exist to point to a similar
state Of mind elsewhere. People are impatient
with discussion. Many Of them have made up
their minds on leading issues OF the day or
if they haven't they are willing-too willing,
perhaps-to let their regularly accredited rep
resentatives in the legislative and administra-
tive branches of the government attend to the
matter for them They want to get back to
saving wood.
This is a typically American attitude. In
one way it is q healthy sign. 1t shows that
radicalism and fanaticism have been properly
tagged and put away where they can do no
harm. There is no longer any danger-if there
ever was-of bolshevism stampeding the coun-
try. We are going to stick to representative
government and continue to do business at
the same old stand.
On the other side Of the account, however,
it must be admitted that there is danger of
snap judgment some leading public ques-
tions. Discrimination of the people to do their
own thinking may throw the job upon politi-
clans who always think first for themselves.
1t may not be advisable to continue debate
as long as anybody wants to talk but it is
unwise to close it before everybody has had
a fair hearing. AS long as there are material
points to be offered we owe it to ourselves and
to posterity to hear and consider them, how
ever weary of the whole business we may be.
The people were tired of the war a long
time before it ended, but they understood the
necessity for seeing it through to a finish. The
same obligation rests upon them now with re-
spect to the conclusion of an enduring peace
nd fba Of n oe
force its terms. The job never will be fin
ished till it's finished right
So let's stick together and see it through.
saving up our resentment to vent on the fellow
who tried to start new arguments on other
subjects.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
Where Sovereignty Is Ignored.
New York World.

The Cummins bill for national control OF
railroads is criticised and opposed Just as every
other measure in the same interest has been
and will be, and. strangely enough, in some in
stances upon constitutional grounds. Yet the
authority of congress over commerce with for
eign nations and among the several states is
one of the comparatively few unlimited powers
granted by our organic law.
It should be well known in and out of con-
gresS that the compelling reason for the Gre
alton and adoption of the constitution was the
necessity, demonstrated by chaotic conditions
under the articles of confederation, of provid-
ing unified regulation of trade and transporta-
ton. In fact that is what brought the con-
stitutiOnal convention into existence and that,
more than any other one thing, is what forced
a composition of differences in many other
respects and gave US our present form of gov
eminent.
Nothing in our legislative history is more
remarkable than the failure of congress in such
circumstances to deal thoroughly with inter-
state commerce. It did little highway build
ing under the post-road clause. but from the
ratification of the constitution in 1899 no law
asserting the supremacy Of the nation in these
matters was enacted until 1897 and then only
tentatively, when the interstate commerce.
commission was established It was this alb
surd dual system of control as between the
nation and the states which 80 wears later
broke down under the pressure of war
Most of the difficulties conjured up in oppo-
sition to such measures as that of Senator
many members of congress boldly to proclaim
/ the sovereignty of that body With that IN
derstood, the problem becomes workable at
! once
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10

country in a great spirit OF cooperation, would
be demobilized all too soon. The fine spirit of
unity which thrilled the country in its success
sive war work campaign was something that
the country needed in peace as well as IN war.
And so it is that the country learns, with a
sense of satisfaction that the war camp COM
munity service is going to have its counterpart
in peace-under the slightly different name of
community service.
In 900 communities near our camps and
training stations, and in so cities where indus
tries were carried on, the war camp community
service with its 1900 trained workers and Co.
600 volunteers, did its best to keep the country
on its mental and moral balance during the
critical days of fighting.
Now the observation-disclosures the army
and navy and government officials, as well as
private citizens, have urged it's going to
continue its mission for soldiers and sailors in
peace times for Americanization, to try to meet
conditions of labor unrest, to provide for the
best use of increasing leisure among working
people and to fill the place left vacant by the
closing of the saloon doors.
A group of some OF the most disinterested,
public-s spirited citizens in the country is spon-
sorng the community service i'll its new drive
for 81 100000. of which Massachusetts share
is only 100000. The country has learned so
much about work of this nature that it is not
necessary to urge folks to chip in their bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
Save Your Own Daylight.

Daylight saving, whether federal act on
the subject is in force or not is perfectly feas-
ible for great many people. The Plasterers'
union has been the first organization locally
to take steps to continue it in force next season
The suggestion will be put up to the other
tri-city building trades and may lead to its
general adoption in construction enterprises
here next year and perhaps in other industrial
fields which do not necessarily interlock with
the system of chronology established by law.
There is nothing to prevent factories from
following the time saving plan and it can be
used if it is thought advisable in all outdoor
improvement undertakings. Transportation, of
course will have its hours fixed by railroad
time and it may be difficult for business houses
which have to deal with the public generally
to depart from the prevailing custom.
1t has been proved in the last two years
that daylight saving is of distinct advantage
in cities, especially to indoor workers, whom
it offers chance for more recreation, with
maximum of fresh air and sunshine along with
their work That object is worth going to
some inconvenience to attain.
Rural communities have generally stuck to
time when daylight saving was in force
elsewhere. There is no good reason why people
living in cities should not save what daylight
they when the rest Of the country goes
back permanently to sun time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
Passing of the Helen Blair.

Gone is the Helen Blair the last of the
packets, from upper Mississippi waters. No
more will its sonOrous whistle echo back and
forth between the hills Of Illinois and Iowa as
it steams into port on Wednesdays, Fridays
and Sundays. The old river will never be the
same again.
For years the packet business has been in
precarious condition. A large income locally
came from the beer that was distributed to
river points. Prohibition was the last straw
and now see the end.
OF course there were other difficulties The
automobile had become a serious competitor
for passenger trade, getting the most of it.
People no longer are willing to wait at the
landing for a boat or to travel so slowly as
old fashioned steamboat moves. They pre-
fer to jump into their automobiles and be there
and perhaps back again before the boat starts.
Then there was the matter of rousta bouts. On
a number of trips this season the Helen Blair
was deserted by its entire force of cargo
hustlers and the captain and other members
of the crew were forced to put off and take
on freight at the landings. The cost Of fuel,
too, was an important factor in Fastening the
retirement of packets from northern waters.
1t takes good deal of steam to propel a shall
low draft, fiat bottomed craft, especially up
stream and steam is not made without coal.
And so the Helen Blair has gone to the low
river where there are fewer railroads and
automobiles to furnish competition, fewer
shoals in midsummer, less ice in winter, and
more negroes for roustabouts and where the
business is better organized and followed the
year round.
Henceforth, from the present outlook the
upper river is to be left exclusively to the
government craft which keep it safe for navi-
cation, and the excursion boats that pay casual
visits to its leading ports during the summer
months.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10

the American forces and also head of the re-
QUESTIONS and claims department, was sum
moned to testify regarding it. The colonel de-
MED absolutely that there was any truth in
the reports. The only claims that the French
made was for the use Of training ground which
was cut up and damaged. If the army had
completed its training in this country it would
have had the same sort Of bills to meet and
nobody would have questioned the liability.
Compensation asked was for damage 10 pri-
Yate property
Thus another of the many hOaxes that an
Industrious force of trouble makers sprung
with such regularity both during the fighting
days and afterward has been exploded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
HEALTH : TGH X&
BY MILAN a. an Il Brady ,r1D.
AkD AUIHOa

Answer-We have no blood test
which will determine the presence
of cancer in the stomach or else
where.
Raw Potatoes Wholesome.
Is it Injurious for one TO eat raw
potatoes or other raw vegetables if
one Graves such things?
MRS. J. B.
Answer-On the contrary, 1t is a
healthful practice. provided the
vegetables are perfectly clean.
Worms and AvOirdupOis.
Please let me know whether il
keeps q grown person thin TO have
worms, and what should they do
for them? MRS. M. W.
Answer-Most children or adults
who are found actually to harbor
either common round worms or
tapeworms, are not thin and often
stout. An overnourished butcher
was told by his doctor that he had
a tapeworm. Veil. den" said the
patient, "let him alone-I can eat
more" However, one doesn't have
to eat much to support ones para
sites. My dear madam, there are
no symptoms or signs which war
rant the suspicion of worms, ex-
cept finding worms or their seq
meuts or their microscopic eggs in
the bowel discharges.
Would Like 1t Served in a Spoon.
l am gradually getting stouter,
am always constipated, feel dopey
and gloomy much of the time. l
also tend to bloat after meals. l
work eight hours a day in a store
and get no real exercise. What
would you advise? MIKE.
Answer-WOrk eight hours day
in a store, sleep eight hours every
night, and out of the other eight
devote just one to daily walks or
to moderate gymnasium work, or
to swimming or digging or any ex-
ercise you prefer. Also Fletcherize
one meal a day. I am working on
the problem, anticipating a vast
fortune when l shall have found
the secret, but as yet we can't serve
exercise in a spoon, which is GER
tainly unfortunate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
Today's Anniversaries

1S6O-Sardinian troops entered the
Papal states.
Bell, Wing candidate
for president in 1850, died at
Cumberland Iron Works,
Tenn. Born near Nashville,
Tenn, Feb. Is, 1897.
1855. S. Cox, congressman for
a quarter OF a century from
two states, died in New York
City. Born at GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, Sept 30, 1924.
fS97-Coal mine strikers were fired
upon and killed by deputy
sheriffs at Hazleton, Pa.
1907-Colony of New Zealand was
proclaimed a dominion.
1914-Serbians captured Semlin,
a famous stronghold on the
Austrian border.
1915-Petrograd reported Russians
had broken Austro-German
front in Galicia.
1916-Berlin and Vienna conceded
a gain of ground to the Rus
SLAMS in the Carpathians.
1917-Kerensky removed General
Korniloff from his command
as rebel and proclaimed
martial law in Petrograd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
The Hump Nose.


An unnatural hump on the bridge
Of the nose is due neither to thick
ening and overdevelopment of the
bone or to former fracture of the
nose. With the hump, which is
high up on the bridge OF the nose,
there is often associated a devia-
ton to one side of the tip of the
nose.
The desire of a person with a
hump nose to have the hump re-
moved is not always due to vanity,
for sometimes the deformity is a
definite handicap in social or bust
ness life. In the past, however,
physicians have too frequently neg
lected such cases, and as a natural
result victims have drifted into the
hands of plausible quacks and
beauty specialists who foist upon
the unhappy victims various worth
less medicaments and appliances
whose sole virtue seems to be cost
illness.
Since these humps are cartilage
or bone deformities nothing but the
knife can alter them. And sue
cessful surgery here calls for a
thorough training and practice on
the cadaver, not for great elo-
quence or persuasive power such
as the quack brings to play.
The operation is done under 10
cal anesthesia, the surgeon work
ing within the nostrils so that no
surface scar shall be produced.
The excess bone is sawed off with
through the nostril and manipulat-
ed under the unbrOken skin of the
nose. OF course this requires the
special skill gained by long expert
ence in the surgical treatment of
nose and throat diseases, and the
operation is strictly one for the
competent nose and throat special
list.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10

plunging with savage growl.
seized the little animal, tore its
blanket to tatters, threw Fiji in the
air. and was about to seize it again
in its vicious jaws when Adrian
reached the spot and gave the ag-
gFessOr rap that sent It bowling
out of view.
You poor little exile!" spoke
Adrian sympathizingly as he took
up the trembling, whimpering ref
ugee and then the cloth fragments
scattered upon the ground. He no.
ticed a spool of thread and some
pieces Of lace. AS he placed these
in his pocket a boy passed him.
Say, mister" he observed. that's
Amy Pearce's dog. She lives just
where the road bends"
Fiji Struggled cOnfidingly in the
arms of his rescuer and there was
a reward for Adrian's kindness, for
when he located this Amy Pearce
he found himself in the presence
of a lovely creature of IS who lis
tened to his story with tremulous
agitation.
Eff was picked up shiVering
and crying in a ditch by uncle on
his last trip to the city" she ex-
planned He is a dear. true friend,
for I've trained him so that when
ever I see anything at the town
store my cousin owns, l just put a
note in the pocket of the blanket
and what I order comes back the
same way"
The bright. lovable little maiden
sat down and cried "a il her heart
would break when Adrian explain
ed where Fiji had come from, He
tried to comfort her by hoping tina.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
H0art, G3HOfn0
: 4,9IDHODCOfmcC
oy 4 Mrs. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
by TEMPLE

Dear Mrs. Thimpson: I am %
years old, and although l have met
and been loved by many, I could
never return any of their affec-
tions. A little over a year ago,
however, at a house party in the
south l met an officer Of the United
States army and ! loved him. He
told me he loved me. too, and after
/ came home we correspondent for
nearly year.
About q month and a half ago
he came to see me and was our
house guest for a week. During
this week he again told me he
loved me and asked me to marry
him. l said would and accepted
ring.
Toward the end Of his visit here
/ was rather hurt when upon en-
tering the music room l discovered
him kissing my sister, whom
love devotedly. After she left the
room l asked him why he wanted
to marry me, if he found pleasure
in kissing others. l also told him
that / would release him from our
engagement If he ever thought he
loved any one else better than me.
He answered:
Il may kiss a million women,
but deep down in my heart I love
you, and you are the only girl in
this world l would have for a life
pal" l noticed in particular that
he did not promise not TO do so
again and in fact he did kiss her
again.
After he left. the wedding day
set for the first of November, he
wrote every day. My sister. how
ever. kept laughing and ridiculing
me for wanting to marry a man
who would make love 10 others,
saying she only permitted him to
kiss her to show me how tickle he
was.
Perhaps she was right, and as
my pride would not endure this
ridicule I sent the ring back, tell
ing him goodbye forever. He
wrote twice. asking me to be SEN
sible and think things over before
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
Brad'sBtO Verse
THE MICROBE.

The scenes of our childhood are
STEPPED with infection, the moss
covered bucket is teeming with
germs, the cot of our father is deer
in detection, the dairy breeds in
Intestinal worms. The wide
spreading pond swarms with skeet-
ers that bite US and bring us in
fiictions too awful to tell; the deep
tangled wildwood has critters that
fright us; and fat, husky microbes
cavort in the well. The scientist
finds them by millions and tril-
lions; the more he discovers the
keener his bliss: on the lips of our
sweethearts they pitch their pavil-
ions-we're even denied the sweet
boon of kiss. They wade
through the victuals, they swim in
the water; we're almost forbidden
to eat or to drink; they pinch US,
they scratch us, they lead us tc
slaughter; such dear little limo
cent pets. l don't think. Our fore
fathers lived through EN-, scrappy
and healthy. as il they'd not been
in existence at all; but we Of this
age are so scared and so stealthy,
they boldly attack, and We in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
TlHIlE5 DAILY SHORT STORY

grew set and vicious looking. She
finally fell back upon resentment.
In fact, she dropped the mask OF
urbanity completely. and when
Adrian called the following morn
ing she was not at home. and be-
fore the week was out he knew
that she had dismissed him as a
sultor and that wallace Tregor
was now her favorite chevalier.
Fiji was lost to Blanche and she
lost to Adrian. When he came to
think matters over sensibly, how
ever. he was convinced that he had
scored a lucky escape from a siren
with bad temper and of fitting
loyalty. He did not exactly fancy
being pointed out as a discard
speedily superseded. He held but
one further communication with
Miss Worden. 1t was TO indite a
formal note stating that neither
time nor diligence should be spar
ed to recover the lost Fiji. Later
he went for a week of rest and re-
organization of his disturbed facul-
ties to the little town of ElmwoOd.
The road he now traversed was q
part of his regular daily hike. He
strobe along, swinging his walking
stick, when a scudding figure fash
ed past him. It was that of tiny
animal wearing a blanket made Of
some light material. This did not
so completely cover the creature
that Adrian could not make out
color and form.
Fiji" he shouted. and started
after the flying animal. but when
he had gone hardly fifty feet,
through the open gateway of a
= rrnhnnse. a great mastiff came
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
Educators Underpaid.
springfield Register).

With the opening of school today it is peril
nent to again suggest that educators, as rule,
are underpaid.
There is no more vital factor in national
progress than the school teacher. It is a hard
grind day after day for the teacher, with neces-
sary time for reading and study while the
struggle with a small army of children is a
heavy physical strain.
Certainly a good teacher, as that term is
generally understood, cannot be overpaid
The other day, it so happened that at the
time contracting firm in New York, which
has heavy roll of employees, was teIephoning
to the unemployment bureau for a gang of la
borers to be paid 1920 per week, a college
president was reported trying to get a pro
lessor OF mathematics at $1,000 a year, or $19 %
per week.
As an accompanying feature a professor in
the University Of Chicago is quoted as saying
the union movement is growing so steadily
in favor among teachers that an average Of
one such union is admitted every day into the
American Federation of Labor. His partial
explanation of this social and professional /
Phenomena was that some janitors are paid
more than school principals, plumbers more
than teachers, and the average driver of a milk
wagon more than any assistant professor in
the University OF Chicago 1t is unreasonable
to conclude that college professor capable
OF drawing close comparisons between men
and women in different occupations would
make such assertions if he had not the facts
and especially the figures to support them
Just why teachers are underpaid has never
DSeH Satisfactorily explained POSSIBLY the
greatest difficulty is in classification of teach
ers and the problem of rating their value but
treating the subject as a whole we believe it.
is rare exception where a teacher is being
paid what he or she is worth
We do know beyond q reasonable doubt that
throughout the country thousands of high
class. self-sacrifcing. tireIess conscientious
school teachers are being miserabIy under
paid.
A comparison today of teachers salaries
with the salaries drawn by men doing nm
skilled labor is astonishing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10

ANY reader can get the answer to a
ton bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director
address and enclose two-ceut stamp for re
confidential. the replies beng sent direct
paid to anonymous lettersl-
Q. II a man standing on the rear
end Of a train running 60 miles per
hour. should shoot at another man
standing on the front of the train
with pistol discharging a bullet
having a velocity of so miles an
hour, would the bullet be able to
ovetske the man at the front end
of the train? c. r. z.
mark if aimed correctly. 1t would
already have the initial velocity of
the train of go miles an hour. The
discharge of the gun would give it
an additional velocity of so miles
an hour and it would reach its
mark virtually as quickly as if
both men were on the ground.
Q. What is the record of Pres
ident Wilson's attitude toward
woman's suffrage? NJ. n. D. w.
A Shortly after his Inaugural
ton he declared that he had given
no thought to this subject. In 1914
he congratulated the suffrage lead
ers in Nevada on the winning Of
that state. In 1915 he voted for
suffrage in New Jersey and in De-
cember of the same year he had an
open mind" on the federal amend
ment In 1916 he caused the prin-
ciples of suffrage to be recon-
structed in the party platform. In
1917 the president said he stood for
suffrage and the federal amend
ment. In 1918 he declared the
adoption of woman's suffrage es-
sential Lately the president wrote
to the governor OF Virginia urging
a special session of the state leg
islature to ratify the federal
amendment without delay in order
that the women should not be de-
priVed Of the vote any longer than
necessary.
O. Does the color of paint have
anything to do with its lasting
quality? E. c.
ards says that white paint is
shorter lived than paint Of any
other color because light rays are
attracted to the white to a greater
extent than to darker colors. and
decomposes the paint. Otherwise,
color has little effect on wearing
quality.
@. Is cottonseed oil. used as a
substitute for olive oil, injurious
to the health? E. 3.
A. Chemical analysis shows no
injurious substance in cottonseed
oil. In cottonseed itself there is