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The Washington times., 1921-01-10
BRITISH EAGER
TODEFERDEBT.
Doubtful Of Harding, Envoy Due
In D. C. Today to Ask Extern
sion of U. S. Loans.

Parleys between British and Amer
lean financial representatives over
details for refundng the British
loans of $4,000 600, 900 made by this
Government during the war may De-
gin at the Treasury tomorrow, un,
less delay in the arrival OF Loru
Chalmers, England's envoy ALTERS
that program.
CONFERENCES LENGTHY
Lord Chalmers arrival here was eN-
pected at the British embassy SONIC
time today. and the conferences pc
tween Chalmers and Secretary OF the
Treasury Houston were due 10 star,
at once. officials at the treasury
were not confident that the confer
ences would be concluded "lthlh sew
eral weeks.
While Lord Chalmers is sent 10
Washington with the British govern
ments approval of the general out
line OF the plan TO convert into long
time obligations extending twenty
years and upward. the demand
notes" now held by the Treasury,
there are certain questions, in which
the matter of the rate OF interest is
probably paramount, expected TO re-
Secretary Houston's comment upon
the English debt problem APPARENT!
indicates that the interest rates OF
the debt settlement and some other
important factors are yet TO be
worked out, and the possibility Is seen
that sharp differences of opinion may
develop, which may cause the nego-
tiations to extend into the term OF
tho incoming Administration March
officials at the Treasury were by
no means ssnguinc that the terms
which secretary Houston and his ad'
Visers have decided upon for submis.
sion TO the English envoy will meet
the latter's approval, without prob
ably extended Interchange of views
with London.
WON'T DISCLOSE RATES.
Secretary Houston. it was said, will
ment's proposal. relative to the rates
of interest which the English long
time obligations shall bear, in the
Treasury's opinion. until negotiations
with the British envoy have reached
q stage of definite progress.
Because of the spirit of fairness
which governs the Treasury in its
treatment Of the British debt, and the
fact that the British later on might
receive less generous consideration in
respect to some of their urgent
suggestions" it was the gen
eral belief among Government Off
Gals. that Lord Chalmers comes
clothed with almost absolute power
to sign for England" and get the
debt matter adjusted before President
elect Harding takes Office.
FEAR HARDING CABINET.
British representatives here dis
played a measure Of alarm recently,
and began to make speed the watch
word, when they learned that they
could not expect very great conces-
sions from the Harding Cabinet, when
1t takes over the reinS.
British spokesman. it now develops,
then began pressing the Treasury for
permission to convert the big debt
into obligations extending to the
maximum msturities allowed under
the Liberty loan act. The Treasury
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27
Caring for the People at
Washington.

Postmastsr General Will H. Hays has made
10 hit with the public in providing bureau
Of Information for the traveller in the postofice
department in Washington, in conformity with
tho laudable desire Of the president that those
who journey to the seat Of national govern
ment may be properly cared for.
Hitherto visitors at the capital had been
obliged to look up their senator or represen-
tative in order to get anywhere
The purpose of the president, in which the
postmaster general has cooperated SO hand
somely. is to make all people welcome in WASH
lngton and to place at their command all the
Information and every convenience they may
desire. "
The postofice department being the insti-
tuition that is nearest to the people, which rs
their every day convenience at home, and OF
which they are all patrons. is the establishment
to link them closer with those who serve them
At the seat Il government, and the admins
tration policy-Eha4 has been adopted in this
respect ID altogether commendable.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27
Factory 5000 Years Old.

Ruins Of q large ammunition factory, in
which workers made stone axes for warfare
5000 years ago, have been dug up in Wales.
THE factory covered hundreds of acres,
reports S. Hazzledine Warren in lecture be-
fore the Royal Anthropological society, Lon
don. I'VE found a big scrap pile-stone axes
finished but broken by last blow" This is
one Of the earliest known instances Of men
banding together to work. What caused prim-
tive men to pool their labor? The same thing
that causes wolves to run in packs-war. Quite
likely the slaves went to. war while the prof.
teer Of that day stayed at home bossing the ak
factory The extent Of mans progress can be
measured by comparing motives behind that
Welsh stone-munitions factory of 1000 B. C..
with those behind the steel-munitions factories
OF recent years. That progress isn't much to
brag about. History repeats-basically, it new
er changes. We merely do the old things with
new devices. War seems to be as firmly i'm
planted in man OF today as 1t was 5000 years
ago. Civilization is savagery-plus intellect
Nor do the causes Of wars change. Take that
primitive stone-ax factory In Wales What
were its workers arming for? Possibly two
chiefs had row over q woman. Or one chief
said his rival resembled cross-eyed dinosaur.
But It's pretty sure gamble that most PRINT
tive wars were for possession of the best
hunting ground. Trade wars, We call such
things today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27
Berlin's New Hone.

Macmillan Harden reflects the profound
sest German hope Of the day-that France and
Great Britain may be separated widely BY most
war settlements and the dictation of future
Duropean policies on the continent. Mr.. Har-
sdsn has hkened them to oil and water, which
:cannot mix and points to history for proof OF
nus assertion that in European political chem
lietry the theory holds true. The past has
SHOWN France and England frequent foes and
srare allies. Hence the German hope is built
sstrongly on what has gone before. Nothing
could suit Germany better than for her former
senemies to tall out among themselves. This
would destroy the unity Of their purpose TO
enact reparations. and 1t might even create a
condition Of conflict that would be csru,anv.s
schance to choose an alliance and to save her
self from much Of the punishment for starting
he World war.
Mr. Harden Is not above being propaxand.
tst Propaganda is the hackbone-atmsy a. II
may boot the German empirical aspirations
and ambitions Fur forty years it was con-
dsctsd all over the globe in the spreading Of
eultur" that was counted on a. an agent to
faad German arma The German editor de-
|clarss tho split ID wider than ever" but what
pc means 10 that he hopes II h. He appre-
.edafss Tie value Of insisting the split has wild
snse = Affecting ths two countries CONCERNED.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27
Come Fair.

Tho people Of Rock Island will bite at no
us't handed out by the Tri-City Railway COM
pany u penny reduction in fares as an in
duceuent to allow the company to try out the
one-man car on the lines on this side Of the
river.
While the people have regarded the fares
which the public utilities commission has al
lowed the company to exact here a. unrea-
ssonably high. they have not demurred to the
proposition to the serious extent that thew
would had tho standard Of convenience been
reduced. Tho company has been met in the
spirit OF absolute fairness and more in all It
haA asked In Rock Island. Curtailments OF
service have been permitted without protest
ON two Of it, lines in this city. and the unjust
3itncy-bus competition has been shut out, and
y return the company seeks to oppose the put
ting OF Fourth avenue in passable condition
because 1t has tracks there and has failed In
the fulnllment of its promise to relay its tracks
ih Second avenue. Job 1t entered upon over
year ago and brought to halt in the middle
q block between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
directs
The company should show its good faith
70 the people here who have been more con-
siderate Of its we'll being than any other COM
munity on the map has ever been toward any
public service corporation, bsfors it comes ak
Ing for any more.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27
A Real Appetite.

Order Of the Golden Fleece archives are
claimed by Belgium and Austria, and the own
ership is being decided by jury appointed by
the reparations committee. Charles v was a
knight in the order when he died in 1856. The
archives show he was reprimanded for glut-
tony. Under examination he admitted he often
ate four meals day, starting with the best
part Of a chicken at a m"
Gluttony by the few in those times was
matched often by starvation fare for the many.
Perhaps the few who ate 80 much ate from
pride. because they could get it Charles great
eating would impress some rich men TO-DAY.
not with distasts for his excuses, but with
envy of his enormous appetite.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27
How WIN the World End?

This mystssioas Earth On watch yoa live.
ultimately win become completely covered
with thick ice. That's the prediction, not Of IN
Ice man, but Of . competent scientist, Joseph
McCabe, in . recent hook It's one Of many
theories others include predictions that the
earth may end by colliding with star-or ex-
plode from internal heat AcCabe's theory 10
Of unusual interest, BY reason OF its bearing
on the notion you probably have. that the eli
mates changing.
The world, says McCabe. already has had
lve leo Ages-dar1ng which glacial caps Of
loo moved down from the North pole like i'd
vanctng natirons. melting before they reached
the equator.
The interior Of the earth, under the 50
mfle-deep crust on which you live. is supposed
to be q molten mass. But it's cooling stead
ily. Finally. McCabe predicts, will come an
Ice Age that will be permanent
From the astronomical point Of view, our
globe il already dead, or has, at the most,
feeble pulse Of vitality. The heart Of our world
(the SUM is 100000 miles away. As long
as the sun maintains its vitalizing stream above
q certain level. We live. Will the heart fail?
VIII the cold rigor Of death one day rob earth
Of its color and movement? The question is
not II, but when"
Time was, says McCabe, when the whole
world was tropical. Successive Ice Ages
brought winter as a permanent institution
about 100000 years ago. The last Ice Age
left permanent ice-sheets at the poles, 1000
years ago, and brought q broad temperate iad-
tude and changing seasons. The date at which
~ kn o<o he MI tn 1oo Pvv1a.
nently covered with ice is about 100000 years
hence. No immediate cause for worry. But
the earth, in terms Of those enormous periods
by which science measures time, grows stead
lily colder How would you like to be the last
man alive on earth. retreating before the adj
vanciuE ice?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27
The Daily Short Story

OF q drunken man coming up the
stairs, then a rush of stronger,
swifter footsteps, and the cripple
Jean burst into the room, into1i-
Gated with Joy, followed by rejoic-
ing and sympathetic neighbOrs. and
even strangers, brought by the lit
tie mans enthusiasm.
ITEMS! little one! Here are silks
and satins, horses and carriages
servants and mansions, for you!
What! asleep, little one?" and in
spite Of his citation he tiptoed across
the room to the pale, still figure on
the rude couch-so still one could
almost fancy-ah, no! not that!
Merciful heavens, not that. :.
Dropped unheedd was the bag OF
gold. Forgotten all the JOY OF
riches. Silent the rejoicing neigh
oors-for the little Marie had passed
to the House OF Many Mansions,
through the Gates Of Jasper, the
Streets Of Gold.
Awestruck and abashed, the
crowd passed slowly from the room.
leaving the stricken husband. three
starving. whimpering children pite-
ousiy crying for Just a crust Of
elltterlng gold coins.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27
THE FEATURE FILM
By BERTON BRALEY.
A million bucks for scenery,
For terraces and sraenerx

~ BEB1UN BkALEY.
million bucks for scenery,
For terraces and greenery,
A million more for furniture and dress:
A hero tall and staggering,
Whose salary is staggering;
A heroine whose pay is nothing less:
Ten thousand "supes" or thereabout
Who rush and surge and tear about
And play the part Of soldiers or q mob;
A host Of ladies glamorous
As sirens who enamor MS.
And use but little clothing for the job;
Directors proud, oracular,
Who draw a'wase spectacular.
Press agents, CLERKS and manaxers ralore-
This personnel 90 various,
With pay-checks multifarioua
VIII jump the cost half million mora.
With all this gold '0v're lsvishinx.
This feature should b raxishins. !.
But it's IN awful mess. and 30 rsmains:a
Because. with millions sunk in it
For crowds and scenic Junk in 1t,
They DIDN'T use ten dollars worth Of brains!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27
APPLES OF DUST.
Copyright, 1921, by The Wheeler
Syndicate, Incl


By Maude s. lillian.
"See! See! Monsieur, $4,000
francs for me; mon Dieu, do You
hear, for me! The little Marie will
shed no more tears, no more shall
she hunger, no more shall she
stand at the wash-tub till she
drops, with the little ones scream
ing around her. Yes, monsieur!
the Grand Prix lottery. l took the
money she had put aside for food,
and she, the little Marie, thought it
lost. All! how she cried, the petite.
But no more shall she weep. The
doctor said she must have rest,
good food, change of air, or she
will die. So took the money and
bought a share in a lottery ticket,
and see what fortune is mine! Fifty
thousand francs!"
The little man rushed about i'm
parting his good news to all and
sundry, for everyone was willing
to listen to his tale Of good luck,
most Of them with envy, but some
well pleased that 1t was great. For
Jean Berrier was one Of the unfor-
tunates with sick, a dying wife.
who had struggled and shaved to
put bread into the mouths of her
husband and three small children
ever since he. Jean. fell from the
scaholding Of a building on which
he was working and broke his leg.
six months ago-struggled and
worked till the little body had sue
cumbed to the strain, and for weeks
she had lain without the strength
to crawl across the floor to the now
empty pantry.
and to crowd her misfortune.
the-little hoard OF francs she had
saved against such . time had mys-
teriously disappeared.
No bread had passed her Inns for
two days now, and the little ones
were whimperiag with cold and
hunger. while Jean-where was he,
Had anything happened to him !
Never before had he left her for
30 long! And she was tired oh
30 tired Of waiting for him r.
was getting dark and cold-so
cold! She would sleep and forget
the cold. ees
There was . stumbling noiss A
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27

and almost doctors are fond Of that

and almost doctors are fond Of that
caper.
Any young woman contemplating
the study Of nursing ~ . calling
should discuss the matter with her
family doctor or any doctor Of
standing IN her own community. He
Is in . position to advise her what
to do.
Questions and AnswerA
Raw Onions = Kindly tell me
whether there are benefits or dis
advantages derived from eating
raw onions, and Il. any, what they
are. H X.
Onions supply certain
desirable elements to the body,
such as iron and lime. Green or
raw onions contain vitamins. On
ions are somewhat laxative, diu-
retic increasing excretion through
kidneys), expectorant, increasing
or aiding expectoration In bron-
chitis) and soporiic. Raw onions
delay the emptying of the stomach;
the delay permits more thorough
admixture of the digesting food with
the gastric juice. which means
more complete stomach digestion
and less work for the intestine.
Therefore raw onions are something
valuable in the diet of persons with
intestinal disease. Raw onions in
crease the hydrochloric acid secre-
ton in the stomach, and should
therefore be avoided by persons
with diseases in which there is ex-
cessive hydrochloric acid in the
stomach.
Stammering-In reference to
your treatment for stammering and
suffering l wish to inquire il 1t
applies to that kind of stammering
in which one loses all the breath
before being able to articulate. Ex-
element makes it worse. N. A.
Answer-That is just what it ap-
plies to. That is the usual difficulty
with stammerers and Sufferers.
But let's not call it my treatment"
l offer only some general advice on
the subject with certain exercises
which have been found useful in ov-
grooming such faults. All of which
have CLEANED from various compe-
tent medical authorities.
Sulphur and Molasses-I have
been told that sulphur and molasses
is a very god blood purifier to take
in the spring-three days, then stop
three days, then take three days
again for three times. Please tell
me the proportions. Can 1t have
any Ill effects? B. N.
Answer-No ill effects. Both sui
phur and molasses are merely mild
laxatives. No effect on the blood.
Mix molasses and flowers of sui
phur in about equal quantities, and
take a teaspoonful for a dose.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27
The Diary of a Pale Blue Ass.

May 2l-Today should have been a red
letter day. or something Of the sort, but I re-
call no unusual sensations. Babe farewell te
a bunch Of good fellows scattered all the way
from Chicago to Kansas City on the United
Press leased wire. Sorry to lose you," clicked
the man at Chicago. Good luck, Mae.
drummed Little Jack" at Springfield.
period to 20 years Of telegraphing! Well
Home early tonight and back to town with
Inc Lady Who Hates, etc. to do some shop.
ping. Shopping is an awful thing.
May 22-Up late, feeling lazy. Did not &c
to church because dislike wearing nv winte,
clothes in the summer time. Took the YOUNG
Ruf1lan to the office at noon to get the mail
COntrlbs apparently worked overtime Saturday
rs the mail was heavy. Not too heavy. how.
ever to carry. We (the Y R and II indulged
In mild dissipation with two ice cream cones
Sat on the back porch tonight and lis.
tened to brown thrush in a tree near the
garage Paraphrasing an old familiar song
No voice that I've heard g like the song q,
bird. Bed late and dreamless sleep.
May 2S-Up early to help the Lady Who
etc, and to perform what may or may moi
whether one is afflicted by necrosis Of the
cranium-i. e.. NOV the lawn Did the lob en-.
Enthusiastically; so much so, in fact, that had
II not been for an uncomfortable blister On
my thumb probably would have moved the
adjoining lot To the ofice at noon. Buili
0SAA.O seAoco WHICH ulO not suit me- but finally
evolved colyum that at least filled the Allotted
space: Home early. The Lady, etc. enter
famed score of other ladies this evening
am afraid Of women but enjoyed the sherbet
and waters Bed at L.
May A-Up at 1880, breakfasted With the
family and to the ONCE at g. Columned in =
oesuitory fashion until 2 O'Clock when
reached the Last line. which liked. It was
quotacon. wish l might be as we'll pleased
WIN my own lines as I am with the lines OF
otnels. what percentage Of The Argus read
els' l wondered idly. actually read the grave
yala gao every day and how many would miss
II inc tomo were sealed? More than we
suppose perhaps; for. as = man said after get
ing nd OF . wart on his nose, 81 miss II he.
cs"se I've oad 1t so long I've sort Of cot used
70 IL Home early. Rather . dull day.
Nay 2s-Up At s. once at .. Started ,,iv-
e ees,ns toward the upper end Of the county at
.eo. roads, what sins are committed in
ny name! ~ shall set down the eyents
e 2. tnis Gay II some early day when the pro
.e.s palmul Home ut $50.
Er ~, e Salied 1t 1880 Had q merry evening
untii I0.S0 Bed at 1880. -. The coIvum h.d
to be written SOME time. WY VII ">A
AS 1t is visioned to rs from ou- vsr,...
point on the bank OF the Pape ~ St-s:miats
ING IunoinS o. the allies debt to the United
Ss..ee means that John Doe and Richard Roe
'asnAs' VIII be asked to carry the hod,
We have wirelessed Lenine for q hal. NJ
-f11ding". 49, ~, ~ 'ns
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-27
NJ Gaming q tAe Nuse.

IL V01&A8 u - n ukU0h
A nurse asking for advice about
gaining weight remarks that she
accepts none but 12-hour cases, -
meaning that she refused to work
more than II hours q day. At that,
she works about four hours longer
than . woman should work. And
she does hard work. too.
Yet there q NO other calling or
profesSion-I myself do not con-
slider nursing . profession. but
rather . calling-which . woman
can follow, short Of the most sacred
Of all callings, motherhood, That
wins for q young woman SO much
love and respect az that of nursing.
It Is q hard life with mighty little
Of the glamour which surrounds the
nurse in the world of folderol nc
ton and youthful romance, yet q
noble one and full Of such thrills
~ never can be felt vicariously in
the imagination.
Young women who seriously wish
to study nursing should understand
that practically every good train
ing school today requires a COM
plete high school education a. q
preliminary qualification for adj
mittance to the prescribed course.
Here and there a hospital or other
Institution may admit young women
who are not high school graduates,
but l would not advise a young
woman to seek training in such an
institution. II you are not prepared
to qualify for a first-class training,
don't try to find a short cut Bet
ter to be practical nurse without
any pretenses to the skill of a
graduate nurse. We have plenty of
places nowadays for Intelligent,
Trustworthy women who are pre-
pared to do practical nursing.
The young woman intending to
study nursing must have good
health, otherwise she cannot cope
with the work pupil nurse is call
ed upon to do in the two or three
years Of her training.
Two years is an ample time for
the thorough training of good
nurses, although a few hospitals
with excessively highbrow notions
have adopted a three-year course.
This represents one good year Of
life wasted, so far as all ordinary
medical and surgical and obstetrical
nursing is concerned. A good many