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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27

monarchist attempt to revive the dying
war spirit in Germany this week proved dis
NAL failure. Thousands of soldiers who fought
in the recent war marched in Berlin before
some of the men who were chieftains on the
staff of the former kaiser. Count Won Valdez
see was the principal speaker. His address
was fiery in character, but it failed to draw
the response from the crowd that he looked
for. He predicted there would come day
when all Germans would stand together for
the kaiser and the fatherland. Hatred will
stand guard in Germany. We must train our
children to use the rifle and the sword. So
long as Germans suffer under, a foreign yoke
and the French stand guard on the Rhine we
must prepare for revenge"
That was the voice of the exiled Wilhelm
longing to return to his beloved country to
keep alive the clank Of the sword. The cool
reception accorded the demonstration arranged
by the party is indicative of the peaceful
spirit of the German people. They are heart
lily sick of war, as are the people of every
other nation in the world. or course there is
no assurance that there will not be future
wars but it is Unlikely that there will be
other of the magnitude of the one through
which the world has recently passed and from
which it will not recover for many years to
come.
The disarmament conference to be held IN
Washington doubtless will do much toward al
laying the spirit over the world. Limiting
the building of armament will be the most eff
fective means of lessening the danger Of war.
With less manufacture of war material AMI
smaller armies there will be less talk of war.
Getting the people interested in constructive
rather than destructive pursuits is the surest
avenue towards permanent peace The Ger
mans. as we'll as other peoples, must quit
hating.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27
Stunned by Shaw.

George Bernard Shaw. the British writer,
says he does not intend to visit the United
States. He says: Il have no intention of going
to prison with Debs." To Garrison Willard of
the Nation he wrote: You are right in your
impression that number of persons are urg-
ing me to come to the United States, but why
on earth do you call them my friends?"
Shaw merely displays ignorance He Is
wrong in imagining that people in America
would give heed to his foolish talk. He fears
he might be imprisoned or tarred and feath-
cred What a low valuation he places tar
and feathers in this country. He does great
violence to Debs when he places himself in
Debs' class He need have no fear of prisons
for sane folks, but possibly he might find
charitable treatment in a hospital for care
OF the mentally unsound.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27
Waterways and Freight Rates.

Seattle mill, owner, operating on large
scale, says he buys his glass in Belgium and
chips il to Seattle at 30 cents box from Ant
werp, while the same shipment made across
the United States from Pittsburgh would cost
1925 BY purchasing abroad and using the
Panama canal he is able to turn out windows
for house builders and reach out from Seattle as
far as the Dakotas to sell them, at fair mar
gin and with very slight competition, thus
greatly widening a profitable field of business.
Underlying this remarkable fact is one stiIb
more impressive. High freight rates are keep
ing the industries Of eastern United States out
of far western markets, while cheap water
rates are bringing in foreign products as well
as encouraging local industry. But it is de-
pressing agency insofar as eastern products
are concerned
While the situation is a striking lesson in
the grand utility of the Panama canal, 1t is
still more impressive argument for immediate
development of waterways everywhere. Water
ways will reduce freight rates. High freight
rates penalize products in our own country.
in our own markets where obviously we should
be first. American manufacturers cannot af-
ford to suffer under this disability nor need
they co so if their purpose remains firm. 1t
is clearly beyond the theatrical stage. The
effects of the high tariff rates beginning
to tell their injurious story on the ledgers
Of every concern whose product is intended
for more than the local field.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27
Loss of the ZR-2.

The loss OF the great dirigibIe ZR-2 is the
most terrible disaster of it's kind in the history
Of peace times. Sixteen officers and men Of
the United States navy and 81 of the British
navy met death when the ship exploded and
fell in the Humber river at Hull England. The
ship had been constructed by the British gov
eminent for the United States, and was being
tested before acceptance by this government
1t is recalled now that there was rumor of
faulty construction before the craft took the
air. This is quite natural and Chould not be
taken too seriously. Such rumor has probably
been spread regarding every battleship or air
craft ever launched. Those in authority for
both governments have denied the talk Of
faulty construction The tragedy will be made
tho text for many sermons, some of which will
probably be far-fetched and silly There will
be the usual solemn talk about the accident
as one OF the signs of the displeasure OF the
Almighty
II the destruction of the monster ship has
tens the thought of the people toward the
conclusion that it is a fooIhardy policy to trust
in such mechanism for national or interna-
tional safety that much will be good. In other
ouarters~the catastrophe will even be used TO
add fuel to the flame of international distrust
There will be those who will insist that II
was piece Of bad faith on the part OF the
British government. Some Americans. no mat
ter what may be their personal feelings toward
the British, will not allow such talk to weigh
IN their thinking Just now. It is part OF the
price men pay for the development they seek
ir the fields Of science and invention. 1t rep
resents no more of the will of God than when
q company Of miness is caught in q death tran
by the sliding Of bit OF earth The people
are shocked by such tragedy, always, but they
must be careful not to read into the story
more than there is there.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27
Food and tuberculosis.

EOo0 ana luHcEGUl0SIS.
The medical theories of a gen
Grafton ago are the popular delus-
ions of today
One of the old medical theories
which has been discarded by the
profession and still retained by the
Iaity is that it is possible to force
a tuberculosis patient to gain
weight by overeating. Based upon
this vain theory, people generally
worry needlessly over the failure
of the patient to consume as much
food as an active, healthy individ-
ual requires to maintain normal
weight
Untold harm has been done by
unwise efforts to coax patients to
swallow food which they do not
want and could not possibly assim-
ilate.
The feeding of a patient with tu-
berculosis is not question to be
answered by Tom, Dick and Harry.
1t is an individual scientific prob
lem for the physician to solve in
each case according to the state of
the patient and the extent of the
disease.
n LUIGI Su1OoIS ptLlcnJ NnO may
possibly be permitted to take some
exercise-which is in itself an i'm
portant problem for the doctor
can conceivably assimilate more
food than one whose condition de-
mands absolute avoidance of all
exercise. The exercising patient
naturally demands more food than
the resting patient
The whole idea of forcing the
feeding is based upon misunder-
standing of the pathology of the
disease. Loss of weight in tuber-
culosis is a result of disease, not
a cause. Well nourished individ-
uals, that is, individuals whose
Weights normal or above normal
for age and height, may and often
do, develop tuberculosis. And in
dividuals considerably too stout are
found under treatment for tuber-
culosis in every large sanitorium.
Forcing the feeding is a risky
business. without constant medical
supervision and a rare necessity
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27
Let Us Hope.

1t is sincerely to be hoped that the COM
mttee on public expenditures on the board of
supervisors which meets Monday, to consider
patching up the heating plant Of the old Jail,
will not act in a short-sighted manner but will
consider well the fact that whatever is done to
make the present Jail comfortable, will be
subject to inspection later on and be subject
to condemnation by state inspector, due to
the extremely insanitary conditions of tho
structure.
That the committee is confronted with
difficult problem, is well understood, in view
OF The people having failed to give sanction
last fall to raising sufficient funds to complete
the lew Jail now under roof 1t is suggested.
therefore that the members consult with the
fnancers of the county, with a view possibly
Of getting such aid as would at least, put part
OF the new jail in shape While the board has
no authority to incur any debt, yet relying
upon the honor of the county it is Just pos
sibie, that funds might be advanced, some way,
to allow the board by a Encouragement of it's
own funds to go ahead with the necessities of
the new Jail, and thus abandon the old build
ing entirely.
The cause of humanity seems almost to de-
ElanG such a course, and furthermore, if it is
condemned, it surely will be, should any
case arise, the county will be out more money
In the long run. in boarding it's prisoners in
ether counties, than the expense, of making the
new structure habitable
There is no purpose here to dictate to the
committee. AS stated before the public real
lies the predicament the county board is in,
the hope being that some way may be devised
10 make use of the new building, instead of
patching up the old one in a way that would
be waste OF money
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27
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HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
DILL CARE.
WHO DrsINTERs THE UNLovED CUss.
| BEWARE!
FANTAsTTC THOUGHTS.

latter the manner of Lewis Carroll.)
wish / were a long tailed grumph
A-grimpling down the glebe
With ne'er a though or jarph or bumph
To jimple up my jebe.
I'd like to wander DER the wabe
Ard gambol with the cooks,
To linger longer in the labe
And frolic with the frooks.
I would I were a spotted snog,
A lingo or a Eat,
A wanky woz, a mottled mog
Cor something else like. that.)
I'd like to be a slimpy stub
And swim the swuggly smig
To grake the cork and Clip the glubs
To wargle in the wrig.
fain would be a rocked rurk
And bloggy in the bib,
Or / would be a norrid nurk
And kuffie in the klib.
I'd like to be a quimpled qu1ng,
A wob, or jimpled jite.
G'd like to be most anything,
In fact that couldn't writeD
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27

The hrst six months of the Harding admin
tstration have been productive of great benefit
to the nation in the estimation of Senator Can
per of Kansas. one time progressive and still
an outstanding figure in congress. But he
does not agree with many Republicans VINO
are willing to sit back in full complacency
and rest on the laurels already self-imposed
The senator retains the idea that there Is
much yet to be done. lest 1928 may prove to
be another 1912" Interesting among the Kan
sans pointed assertions is his remark that
"Partyism never sat more lightly on the
people" And he interprets this situation as a
forerunner of what may happen to political
fences few years hence IL the major parties
dc not so deport themselves as to re-defne
the lines in no unmistakable fashion The
senator says the people want things done ire
spective Of party principles. They want a
government worthy OF the name, with a grow
ing impotence hard TO satisfy. but which must
net be disappointed. All Of which is very
true.
A mans politics generally is easy to dis
Germ, but there comes q time when other things
It For example. consider the farm
ers Right now they would not care a whoop
which party pulled them out OF the mire, so
|nng as they were pulled. Unfortunately Meth
" party can satisfy them in that respect. And
he larger body of general taxpayers would not
,e particular as to which political organfza-
ion sponsored a genuine program of tax re-
=
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27
HEALTH TAH[ MS
BY W.!lh IL! !s. - 5R RAJ! r1D.

nowadays under medical superVis-
ion.
wholesome food OF good variety
well prepared and attractively
served. is the desideratum. not
great quantities of milk. eggs. or
eny other particular articles. In
cidentally. there Is no virtue in raw
eggs which is not present in eggs
cooked as the patient prefers. And
milk is a rather Indifferent nutri-
ment, as compared with bread and
butter. potatoes, peas, beans, cheese,
macaroni, bananas, sugar, and GER
calls generally.
Appetite should be fostered and
preserved by making the food al
tractive not destroyed by crude eff
forts to fill the patient with mess
of stuff which. the system will be
unable to metabolize.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Pyridine Cured His Asthma. But
Question-If you wish to confer
a great favor upon asthma suffer
ers, recommend pyridine. Pour a
little in a saucer and sit alongside
and breathe the vapor. I had
asthma for 90 years, and it never
failed to bring great relief to that
dreadful oppression. I changed eli
mate in 1898 and have not had an
attack since.
Answer-Pyridine has long been
used for the relief of asthmatic at
tacks. 1t is produced by the dry
distilIation of old bones, also in
some tobacco smoke. If the heart
is weak, great caution must be en-
ployed when using the remedy. 1t
often proves disappointing
Mole to Cancer.
Question-Is there any danger of
a mole, not quite as large as a
dime, on ones skin turning to can
Ger? When I happen to strike it /
find it becomes sensitive.
MISS P.
Answer Yes. Sometimes such
trifiing LESSONS ultimately become
malignant. Why not have it re-
moved by your doctor, now a
trifiing, painless operation, and
stop worrying about it?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27

Gun-toting has been made an objectionable
offense In Kentucky. Never will a gun-toter
sentenced to prison be pardoned by him. says
Governor Edwin II. MORROW The gun-toter is
the potential man-killer. To give him good
lesson before he has chance to kill someone
Is much cheaper for all concerned than good
lesson after he has committed murder. Gov
ernor Morrow's crusade for disarmament
should be studied by more backward communi-
ties In other sections of the nation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27

you marry a bald-headed carrot
and have tiger lilies in the flower
garden? Will you be Mrs. Charlie
Wheelbarrow
Estelle couldn't see the freckles,
for her eyes were shut and her
head buried in a blue silk shirt.
Her hands were reaching for red
curIs that were gone and could not
be pulled
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27

mo as used in farm-lighting plants,
and by some central stations, the
current flows uniformly throughout
the entire cross section of the wire,
With alternating currents there IS
a co-called skin effect" which
causes the current to>be crowded
somewhat toward the surface OF the
wire. In the case of radio surTent
at very high frequency (of the or
der of a million cycles per secondJ
and large wires, the current is prac-
tically all close to the surface or
the wire.
O. How many civil war widows
and children are there on the pen
sion rolls? Why don't all such
widows receive pensions? M. b.
A. The pension bureau says that
on June 80, 1921, there were ISL
225 Civil war widows and minors
on the pension rolls. Not all civil
war widows receive pensions pc
cause there are many things when
may prevent, particularly the tact
that the marriage to the soldier dld
not take place prior to June "a
1905.
@. How is fig leather made?
F. A. R
A Very ripe figs are used for
fig leather. Wash and mash them
to fine pulp, spread on platters
and dry in the sun or in the oven.
When dry, dust with powdered SD
gar and roll up like jelly cake. Cut
in suitable pieces and pack away III
jars
@. What shrubs grow well in
shaded locations? D. S. ".
A. The snowberry, coral berry,
sweet scented shrub, dogwCOd and
triburnum are well suited to shady
situations.
@. If corn was native to Amer
lea, how does it happen to be men
toned in the bible? L. B. P.
4. The corn mentioned in the
bible was not Indian maize. which
is the corn referred to as native 10
America
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27

paid to anonymous letters.)
@. How much tobacco is con-
sumed in the United States? q. 8.
A. According to the "Indepen-
dent" the tobacco consumption in
this country in 1920 was 914 ,000,-
600 pounds. The bureau OF inter-
nal revenue says that the total re-
ceipts from all tobacco taxes dur
ing the fiscal year 1920, were $685.
sos, 1884.
@. Is hay-fever inherited? E. L.
A. The president of the Ameri-
can Hay-fever Prevention associa-
ton says that observation of AIS
cases showed that in more than
one-third of the cases, the sufferer
had relatives of first degree, ia
Their, mother, sister or brother, who
also had the disease.
@. Is it unlawful to use the Red
Cross as a trademark? II. K.
A. 1t is unlawful for any one to
use the Red Cross emblem for the
purpose of trade or as an adver-
tisement, except those persons,
corporations, or associations which
were actually using, or whose as
signer was actually using the said
emblem, sign, insignia or words for
a lawful purpose prior to January
5, 1905. .
O. Does electric current flow
through the wire, or on the outside
exclusively? L. T. NJ.
A. The buerau of standards says
that in the case of direct current,
as supplied from dry or storage
batteries or a direct current dyna-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27
WHEELBARROW CHARLIE.
BY Addie Graves.

BY Addie Graves.
Copyright. 1921, by the Wheeler
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The four girls stood in the open
gateway of Aunt Car'lena's" sum
mer boarding house
iii bet you marry Hiram Green
inside of three months" exploded
Alice.
az can see. in his eyes, that you
will" added Marie.
And 1 see it in the set of his
Jaws" continued Jessie.
And" supplemented Marie, 81
can also see it in your own eyes"
me marry 'Wheelbarrow Char
from some feegle minded institu-
ton. am going to call up the Sc
lectmen and have you returned to
where you belong"
You can't do that. Hiram hap
pens to be the first selectman OF
this town." informed Alice.
His hair is like his carrots;
His cheeks are like his beets;
With wheelbarrow he peddles
All kinds of greens for eats.
Hes like a tiger lily
With freckles on his nose;
The girls are interested
Just in the things he grows"
sang Marie Manter.
For Green is his name,
And Green is his natter;
For green's in his fame
With a big pertater.
And Cupid's to blame
For a very good air.
sang the other two girls,
None of the four imaginative
misses noticed a curly, redheaded
young man stink out the back door
of the hall that reached through
the house. A merry twinkle of the
eyes was all the revenge visible, if
anyone had been about to observe
the consequences of the scene
staged by the conceited young la
dies. But Hiram stroke energeti-
cally down to the Hunter garage.
Say, Bob, have you got a good
Tin Lizzy' to sell this morning."
81 got a brand new one-came last
it?"
Yes, right now. Hadn't intended
to get one till next month. Changed
my mind. You know l got a Ii
cense-used to run Uncle David's
truck last winter in the city. No
one knows it around here, though"
"All right. I'll give you a num-
Der of this wreck-fix it up on the
next mail"
In less time than it takes to tell
1t, Hiram's car was loaded with gar
den truck and back to the gate
where had stood four girl vacation
lists. Aunt Car'lena" preceded four
pop-eyed gigglers to select dainties
for dinner. Catalogues, water
melon, green corn, tomatoes, GU
cumbers~ and bright red horticul-
tural beans filled the arms Of the
crowd, who gazes at the luscious
fruit and fresh vegetables with
longing.
"Gobble. gobble. gobble,' craned
the old turkey, casting a knowing
ook at the burden bearers.
Marie, confused with laughter.
dropped the cantaloupes she was
.rying to balance, cracking one.
You just told the truth, old Sui
an. I can hardly wait to gobble. {"
"It wouldn't be SO bad to VISIT
7ou, Eseefle, when you marry Hi
am. Just think of what a feeder
le would be. All these things.
peaches and honey, chickens and
cream, with endless variations. |
hree times a day, ass days in the
rear. With so hives of bees, YOU
should manage to have an eternal |
Estelle grimaced, IF he could |
.hange his carrot top and erase his
rockies as quickly as he could turn
. wheelbarrow into q car, he might
tand some show"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27

FROM which you may deduce, IL your de-
Queer is operative, that the task OF colyuming
nails on us today Doubtless our condition will
be even wo Monday, for the doctor took
the last splint off arm today, leaving us
free to wander whittier we listeth-to go and
break the blamed thing again II 1t so please
us. We ought to be glad, considering our
eagerness to be rid of that combining sp1int
two weeks ago. but man is a peculiar animal.
Perhaps we've worn the splint SO long that a
real affection for it has grown in our heart.
Again perhaps the fact that Monday ends our
vacation from attending to few other minor
duties at the Office has something to do with
our feeling of regret-perhaps.
Study in Metaphors.
[From the Aledo (IH.) Democrats
1t would seem that he who cuts adrift
soon enough from the LundinT Thompson
Small machine is but saving himself
= from the abyss of political ruin and
disaster.
THE Hearstaminer asks its readers to say
which of its comics they like best. and why
They are told to address Comic Editor, Herald
and Examiner"
We are addressing our communication to
William Randolph Hearst-hes the most comic
Arthur Brisbane. We like Arthur's comics be-
cause the artist seems charmingly uncon-
scious of his own humor.
This Is an pected-er-Pleasure.
(Received by The Argus)
JOY Ill, Aug. %. 1921.
q GenlIeInen: IN your Aug 2uth- paper
you had a writeup in your Tombstone
page about Judy and his All-Star ball
nine which said that on Aug. oath. he
would die and need a Tombstone. But
being I didn't die you may use the
Tombstone for the Joy Regulars. Judys
All-Stars beat them to in a fast
game; they died at so D. m, Aug. oath.
1921. With many thanks to Argus for
I am your
JUDY
SPEAKING of Arthur Brisbane here is
of his greatest comics: eff the public has
brains. it will regulate profits If not, it should
be 'profiteered' for its education
Space restrictions forbid appropriate coma
ment
WHY so FORMAL, DARLING?
Dear: l am enclosing another poem which
I would like to see in your column.
Sincerely yours,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27


8: Mexico may as well realize that If duty
calls we will fight till the last oil well expires
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27
Argus Information Bureau

(Any reader get o
Hkin Director Washington
the
letter.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27

One way to revive the waltz is TO call it
the scandal walk
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-27

THE first dispatches concerning the ZR-2
disaster stated that according to the sale con-
tract, the monetary loss would be borne in
England The loss of American lives, however,
will be borne in America.