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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22

- the senate IL concerned IL 20
mixed mp that everybody doubts
whether the president. either as .
candidate himself or spokesman
for some other candidate, could
define the question clearly enough
TO alter the complexion of the next
congress on that alone. The Re-
publicans do not fear the treaty as
IN issue. They are cock sure OF
winning on domestic counts against
the Wilson administration. The
Democrats. on the other hand, who
stood with President Wilson be-
lieve that the league issue will fur
nish . more transcendent question
for the voters than anything else
and will tend to submerge COM
plants on domestic policies. OF
one thing the public can be sure
the politicians have managed to
muddle the whole situation so COM
pletely that the average voter will
have . difficult time determining
what he is voting for next time.
And when he has gotten through
In November the senator's who hold
ofice untilt the following March
a year from this month-can &C.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
MANY HlpLOYES
OF +. + Y. TUaE
RETURNS ON TAX

The extent Of the. service rem.
dered to the employees OF the Root
& VanDervoort Engineering COM
pany Of East Moline, BY IN advis-
ory board. which assisted them
with their income tax returns, II
indicated by figures Just announc-
ed. It ID shown that approximate
ly 400 employees were assisted In
making out their individual income
tax returns, and the aflidavits were
taken by . notary public connected
with the advisory board. and even
the detail Of fling the returns with
the deputy collector Of the United
States was attended to for them by
this board. The prosperity Of the
Root & VanDervoort employees. -
Is class. is indicated by the fact
that Of the returns which were filed
through this ONCE nearly 800 in
volved payment Of tax, and that
the total tax payments turned over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22

-. -.
IAN OF oregon. henderson ana Pitt-
man OF Nevada, hing OF Utan, Myers
ana walsh OF Montana, Nugent OF
Ioano. Pnelan OF Callf0rnia, owen
ana Tore OF Oklahoma, Pomerene
OF OHIO. walsh OF Massachusetts.
Wolcott OF Delaware. Smith OF Mary
land. Asnurst OF Arizona, Beckham
OF kentucky, Feltcher and Tram
mel OF FLORIDA, handali OF LOUIS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
MoNDAY-THE ROCK ISLAND ARcus-MARcH r. 1920

west supported the position Of
President Wilson on the last count.
This detection from the leader
ship Of the president i unques-
tionably the most disappointing CIR
cumstance Of all to the White
house, for 1t shows the Democratic
party stampeded by the arguments
Of their Republican opponents that
defeat Of the Lodge reservations
might be viewed BY the country as
hostility to the making Of an early
peace.
The battle for the control Of the
next congress and the White house
will be waged in the north. All
but two of the Democratic sena-
tors from the north can exhibit as
good a record as Senator Lodge
and the Republican reservationists.
Can't Define Clear Issu6.
II President Wilson should be
nominated for a third term or de-
eide to campaign in behalf Of the
Democratic nominee, undoubtedly
Mr.. Wilson would direct his attack
at the Lodge reservationists ignor-
ing the votes Of the Democratic
reservationists. The issue so far
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
pAVKHuRST
MISJUDeED
IS MILITANT"


80 little strange, but some Of
Int bitter comments upon
% Emmeline Pankhurst made in
y. sd-cities during the past week
-. have been made by men and
- Of supposed culture and
's,,1tanding. They are men and
~ who read and think and
y. are acquainted with world
~ But their dislike Of the
- militant" has prevented
~ from Judging the famous
sS,eet in an unbiased frame of
~. they are not sufficiently in
.,ssted to find out why Mrs. Pank-
~ was militant. Mrs. Pank-
800 herself will appear under the
.ssnices Of the Tri-City Press club
4 lie Augustana college gymnas-
"A On Friday evening, March rs.
/ nod many opinions will be
.Aissed before she has talked
NM than half an hour.
ne ordinary mind associates
W Pankhurst with bombs and
rt,ops and forcible eating and
window smashing.
There is an old saying that there
n, reason for things in the world
|, must be remembered that when
N English suffrage leaders EN-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22

ploysd viclence to bring their
cause into onAcial notice, Il was
only After Ill other means had
been exhausted. The fight for the
vote TOR women had been going on
for years. It, was brought about
by q situation which was becom-
ing increasingly intolerant to
women. A subject race beginning
to think for itself Was not calmly
to accept conditions forever. The
women wanted to benefit their lot
and they realized that suffrage was
an instrument to that end.
The treatment for the militant
women during those years just
preceding the war was not . nat
tering commentary upon the au-
thorities who opposed them. The
brutal handling Of women by the
police was q matter of record.
And when all is said and done
what great harm was done by the
militants? Their bombs did moi
explode and the only casualties
suffered were injuries in their own
ranks. The greatest outrage they
perpetrated and their most unfor.
givable offense was the outrage
upon English proprfety. Then the
war came and . whole nation wa
diverted.
Bring your prejudices to the An.
gustana gymnasium next Friday
night. And before condemnins
Mrs. Pankhurst altogether, read an
unbiased account Of her life. Il
may be Illuminating.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22

cupy the rest Of their terms trying
to interpret the mandate Of the
election. So the voice Of the peo-
pie can't make itself heard or felt
much before March 1891. and Sem
ators Bor1h, johnson and the So
called battalion Of death" have
triumphed-America will remain
tied to = policy Of isolation 1t least
one year longer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
r. 4 v. BONUS IN
FORCE 8 MONTHS

A gratifying announcement has
been made to tho employees Of the
Root & Van Dervoort Engineering
company Of East Moline, to the ef-
feet that the IL per cent accumula-
tive bonus, In force since March 20,
1918. has been extended for another
three months period.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22

b. The advisory board amounted -
q. o6S.7l.
In addition to the large number
Of returns fled through Tie ad-
visory board. many Of the employer
made out their own tax reports
and filed them direct with the COLI
lectcr's once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Bids VIII be received at 9 p. m..
March 81. 1920. for constructing
culverts In Rural and Bowling
townships. Certified check for
$1,000 must accompany bids.
c. c. OPDYCKE.
ALBERT HOFER
W. J. CAUGHEY,
Road and Bridge COMMITTEES.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
THERE IS

No better CONNECTION than AbFa-
hams Pecan Roll. Money or skill
cannot make 1t better.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
Turpo Helps
Prevent Flu

Snuff a little Turpo up the nostrils
several times day, this helps pre-
vent the flu germs from getting a
lodging or breeding place. Turpo
will also help relieve the conges-
ton caused by influenza and pneu-
monia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
PARTIES' LINES
HARD TO TRACE
IN TREATY. ROW

Continued from Page one.)
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
Poor Man s Court
Badly Needed

The phrase, 1T depends on your law
YER" says the Arkansas Democrat CLit-
tie Rock, Demo- has come very near
TO being closer TO the truth than the
cherished boast that 'all men are equal
In the eyes OF the law" This comment,
widely supported by the press OF the
country liz made in reference TO Charles
Evans Hughes plea for "a poor mans
court as an obstacle In the broad
road TO bolshevism,'
The newspapers are virtually unani-
nous In their frank admission that
riches can buy legal victories by means
OF employing experts whom the poor
cannot afford, and there is n sustained
pal or philanthrophic organizations TO
provide free legal counsel. Says the
New York Mail und):
Justice Hughes sane, constructive
and soundly reasoned plan for the
maintenance OF the unimpaired spirit OF
men, Is earnestly commended to those
OF our fellow citizens-happily small
minority--who. under the guise OF
supporting free institutions, Ignore the
essential principles OF liberty"
The Springfield Republican Und.), ad-
hitting that municipal governments are
lat present incapable OF trust urges
the consideration OF taking over the
Legal Aid society's philanthropy as an
Immediate possibility" and the Roam
for the office of public defender, declar-
ing that 1T is n needed step, The
San Antonio Light Und) points out
that available free legal advice would
not merely assist In court, but might
serve TO warn uniformed people away
from legal entanglements and thus keep
many cases out OF court, The Indian
apolis Star Qnd. Rep,) mentions the
free clinics and free hospital beds as
an example OF what has already been
nj
"The legal profession should not be
behind their medical brethren In work
for the benefit of the community. In
the long run. what Is done for the help
less members. Of society Is for the good
OF all classes"
Speaking from successful experiments
In It's own city, the Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune (Rep) urges the
countrywide expansion" OF the idea,
"for Il is common knowledge that the
man OF the short purse does not feel
himself an equal before the law as ex-
ecuted with the man OF the long bank
balance" As concrete example OF
what the poor man suffers the New
the average tenant. trying to obtain the
benefit OF the new rent laws. expect 10
contend, singlehanded, against the land
lords highly paid lawyersP' The New
York Evening World (Dem.) points to
the results Of this unfair condition:
mo one can say how many poten-
TALLY sound American citizens we're
marred In the making by becoming ON
Filtered toward the law and the courts
through some ingrowing grievance that
might easily have been dispelled II they
could have had n few minutes talk with
n clear headed, sympathetic lawyer"
While the Charleston News and Cour-
Ter (Dem) heartily approves the plan,
II remarks that at VIII not be an easy
matter TO bring about" and the Ohio
state journal Columbus, Rep.) express
ses q doubt that II Thaw or Bergdoll
had been forced to resort to "a poor
mans court" they would not have got
ten of 30 easily
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
Tragedy ofPast
Lesson for Church

(Southern Churchran, Eplscopalianl
The responsibility OF the church IL
great. Through her spokesman she
must lift this crucial issue above the
plane Of small partisanshlp, anu out t ~ -
the fog of lazy partisanship, and out OF
liver II. too, from the fatalism which 10
nrone to let a tremendous moral ven
ture 90 to wreck because certain tea-
lures OF 1t may be profoundly dlsap
pointing. The power of Christianity rs
represented by the church has got 10
make men see that for the salvation OF
ali that we hold most dear. some way
must he found to deliver human society
henceforth from the physical ana spirit
ual havoc of war, and that no speclous
objections TO this and that can Keep US
from being blood-guilty II we iah 10
try to find that way.
The treqedy OF the past has been that
80 often the church has failed preclsely
in this point. II has given no clearer
vision than the crowd already had' ~
has spoken no sure message OF counsel
such as belongs TO those who see from
the mountain tops. 1t has echoed the
nitiful catch words OF small pride ana
unconsecrated nationalism. III mas let
nations blunder into wars TOT lack Oh
th4 courp geous and discriminating cru,
clam which Restraints national SINS, ana
for lack of the shaping Of great ideal
toward which all the forces OF good VIII
would be consciously and continually
working. ~,
ish offer in the trenches round 1pres,
What have the churches done to stop
war or preach the gospel Of Christi The
bishop Of. the archbishop Of
ali those conventional, patriotic, can
non blessing. banner baptizing hum
bugs. Godi They make me tired!
Thousands of other men feit the eh Sa.nS
way. They realized that the chnreh
had gone on. like the rest OF the peo-
pie, talking of war as though II were
romantic thing. and doing little to show
It's real deviltry and organize some co"-
structive purpose to prevent u. c,-t.
tian must face the responsibility OF
creating a new influence for the time
~ come The monGtroua agony bnu
loss and brutality OF this latest Woilu
convulsion has made plain how destIuy-
five war ia OF that quality Of life wnich
Ins,s stooa FOR. II has shown also. II
we have eyes TO see. that there IS hoth-
ing but stupid disaster in any policy
which seeks safety In selfish isola uon,
and that the world has got 70 ma lts
salvation in some policy OF internatloha
brotherhood which viii shape for COCO
those interlocking destinies which no
people In this complex modern time can
nossibiv eacape Men may differ IN
their politna. and differ In their oe-
tailed views Of such a specihc measure
ms the league OF nations But In one
thing Christian people dare not diner.
Every single one OF US has in this same
matter the same duty. II Is 70 make
sure that no partisan catchwords anu
M ErraIl diHcouraEements shall prevent
MS from thinking through 20 some con-
Etructiye answer this question: Whu
ought ]. as a Christian, want thls
ClwiAtian nation 70 do In order that tle
relationships OF the nations hencefof-
SaTd may be shaped not by the laws
Of Rem, but by the spirit Of Christi
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10

fairs at the foreign once, who is n
warm admirer OF Lloyd George, very
strongly advised NJ. Paleologue against
the step. But the two are old rivals
Berthelot, once bitterly hated by Glenn
enceau, grew more and more In the
Tigers favor at the time the latter
was trying TO conciliate England-dur-
ing the peace conference. Mr.. Pale
ologue seeing his star decline. began
to lean more and more towards Pom
care.
Paleologue is remembered as the
French ambassador at Petrograd at the
time the Russian revolution broke out
in 1917. Just a few days before the
revolution France sent special mis-.
sion to Petrograd--H. Doumergue ano
Gen. De Castelnau-to try 70 stlnen
the cars backbone against the pro
German intrigues and to report on the
likelihood of Russia's withdrawing
from the war. M. Paleologue assured
them so confidently that everything
was fine, that the car ana the pro-
ally parties were stronger than ever.
that they sent report TO that effect
on the very eve of the revolution.
That the man who was SO roundly
mistaken about Russian affairs when
he was In the Russian capital should
now be the director OF frances Rus
sian policy in Paris, is only one anon
ally OF European politics.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
INSURlNG SUCCESS

tEul1plIEH ptplhllhH
A story comes from India 10 the effect
that clergyman who kept school for
native boys introduced cricket 10 them,
in order TO foster manly spirit. and
they were keen on It. After a lot. Of
difficulties he managed 10 get fair
team into shape, and II was decided to
challenge n neiFhboring school
match was finally arranged. and
the clergyman impressed on the young
STEERS that they must do their best TO
win. To encourage them he gave than
is rupees for new bats or other tackle.
and left II To themselves to spend the
money on what might be considered
useful.
When the great day came. the team
turned out for the match. on the face
OF every one Of them shone the light Of
a duiet confidence in their success. but
they carried oil their old tackle.
why! exclaimed the clergyman.
what have you done with the IL rupees
gave your Where are your new
bats?"
wei. sir" replied the captain, you
said we were 10 win tho match. 80 we
spent II all on the umpire
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10

Cachin- Frossard proposal. The result
will probably be as many communist
and socialist" parties as there are
shades of socialist opinion.
The ideal resultant the tendency 10
that way-would be for each socialist
to form a separate party of his own In
no other way could the rigid orthodoxy
OF every member be assured.
Some individuals might decide to form
two parties, since their views appear to
change back and forth from day TO day.
No German" National Entlrty.
All references to Germany as a ma
tional entity are more or less absurd.
To say that Germany" is encouraging
the bolsheviks, that Germany Is break
ing the treaty, that Germany" Ia re-
fusing TO disarn1. etc. Is to talk In terms
that have no precise Significance at the
present time. Germany has practically
ceased TO exist.
There Is a German" government. but
Il exists merely because nature abhors
a vacuum. 1t has practically no au-
thority. It cannot collect its taxes. IL
does not control it's own army. 1t lives
on the sufferance OF all parties, from red
to black. and does not dare TO take
step that would be unpopular with any
one Of them.
BEFORE this German" government
could promise coal 1t had to arrange
with the allies to bride the miners. IL
has promised disarmament but II Will
NOT dare to take any effective steps to
carry out the promise.
Ali that the German government OF 70.
day is doing is to sit on the lid. But u
is not heavy enough to hold the lid
down once the pot begins to boil.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
LLOYD GEORGE "HoMEslck"

Americans in America seem to be
making up their individual minds as
between participation or nonparticipa-
/, ton in Europe's affairs. An American
observer in Europe can't decide. one
minute he thinks that a courageous.
disinterested word from an American
representative at one OF these summer
resort conferences might save the
is persuaded that, as the minister said
Of Huck Firms father, you might re.
form him with a club, but he didn't
know no other way" a
OF course, Europe would be bound to
listen to America-because America
reason. Our absence from the council
table puts the other nations in the po-
sition Of a club whose treasurer mas
mysterlously failed to show. up Tor
meeting. In the absence OF America,
Great Britain is acting as chief finan-
But Mr.. Lloyd Georges home fences
need mending. Recent labor victories
in bye elections testify to It, The Brit
ish public is getting restless at the
ter and his suite, while Ireland Is In
ferment while labor is sovietizing'
while the miners are voting strikes
and while Persia, Mesopotamia ana IN
dia are constantly demanding sttenc
realizes this, and is anxious to get out
OF some of EngIands foreign entan-
clements" He is letting Egypt 60
he wants to make peace with Russia,
and he would be ready, II appears. 70
revise the Versailles treaty. downward
IL only there were a way OF letting go
Of the tail without being In danger OF
the teeth.
France to bear the principal financial
burden, and Mr.. Lloyd Georges home
sickness is source OF deep concern
in Paris. ,,..,
The French socialist party Is splitting
UP. Two OF the most powerful OF the
erstwhile moderates, NJ Cachin and
Frossard, have visited Lenine and come
out squarely for the communist interna,
.ional. 1t seems that Lenine stipulated
certain conditions on which the French
socialist party would be admitted to that
exclusive association, one OF which was
that it must change its name to com
munist" party. There's something In
a name, after all!
The right socialists had already quit
to found national socialist party The
remainder is disputing widely over the
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10

every month we hold a week day card
party and dance.
Social Club.
"The club is social, not religious.
but believe IL does as much good as
a sermon, for 1t promotes friendship,
and that, after all, is the basis Of real
religion"
The club was founded by the
Downies in response to a pathetic ap-
peal of a young man, published In the
newspapers. saying that he desired
friends and found the right kind al
most impossible to get.
All persons attracted to tire club
aren't the church loving type. Many
of the men are the fellows who used
to be seen in the saloons. But they
behave.
Romantic Side.
Numerous marriages have resulted
from the meetings.
Organized informally not long ago
with a membership of six, the mem
bers now number several thousand.
There are no dues, no officers,
though Mr.. and Mrs. Downie are the
unofficial father and mother OF the
club.
Downie Is a prosperous real estate
man
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
Separate Booths for Women

Russell A. Wood, candidate for repub-
llcan nomination for secretary OF state.
today asked Secretary OF State Langtry
to act under section 2i2 OF chapter Ssb
OF the Acts OF 1918. and order the pro-
vision by town and city clerks Of sepa-
rate voting booths for women on cleo
ton day In November.
II find that there is reluctance on
the 7 It OF a great many women TO par.
ticipate in the primary and national
election because OF the present facii-
ties for receiving the vote" he said.
"There Ia q distinct aversion to going
to the small, inadequate polling booths
that are characteristic OF our cities and
waiting In line and later going into
overcrowded compartments realize
the time Is too short 20 bring this about
by primary day, but the plan Ia feaslhIe
for election In November
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
HAD SIX NAMES
constantlnopie Was Called ByEantlur.
Polls, New Rome, STEAMBOAT and
Tsaroprad.

ISaro0rdu'
ernest P. Horwitz in Asia)
Let us look into the historical records
OF the year 325, when Constantine the
Great after much hard hghting, had
succeeded in uniting the Roman empires
, OF the east and west under one Inn
perial scepter. The universe which he
ruled needed a universal faith. so that
the heterogeneous elements OF that vast
unit might be in measure Cemented.
And 80 It came about that Constantine
the Great sanctioned the Christian
church, cruelty prosecuted by his pre-
decessors. Byzantium. where the court
resided, was henceforth known as Con-
stantne's city, or Constantinople.
The last Christian ruler at Constan-
tlnople was also n Constantine. He was
genuine old Roman fighting lHavely
for freedom, faith and country against
the alien Turk. But in the end, Tartar
inroads and onslaughts could no longer
be averted. In the year 1853, one OF
the saddest dates IN history, the Otto
mans conquered New Rome" as Greek
Catholic churchmen term CONSTANT
nople. The proud crescent suppladted
the humble GROSS, and the Tartar ruled
the Aryan.
The sultan renamed Byzantium, but
cpriously enough. the Turkish narne.
L
name is Romantic or modern Greek-a
significant concession to tho prevalence
OF Greeks and to the predominance OF
the Greek language in medieval Polls
(The TOWN. ms the Greeks style the
sultan's capital. They had an express
sion esten poln, into town" which tho
Mussumans clipped and corrupted 10
STAN boul' II remained for the Rus
SLAMS. who always coveted Stamboul to
coin a sixth name. They called tho old
Ionian city, Tsarograd, tho CITY Of the
Tsars." Even tho bolshevIki have re-
tanned that naughty imperallstic word.
Byzantium tinople--Polis--
New Rome STEAMBOAT Tsarograd!
What a vast sweep Of history Is con-
jured up before our vision: tho early
Greek colonization. the Roman empire
at its height, the ascent Of Chrlaten
dom. large Greek population on the
Golden Horn, the power OF the Greek
church, the advent OF Islam and finally,
Muecovlte aspiratlons
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
MURDERED FOR MONEY

Paris.--U. N. S)-"Bluebeard" Ian
dru, who is charged with the murder
OF ten women, obtained about 5000
from his victims, the prosecution will
charge when he Is brought TO trial.
have received In cash. the remaining
half having been derived from the sale
OF jewelry and clothing belonging TO
tho women whose bodies he lie supposed
o have burned