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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31
SCHOOL FOR AvIAToRS
Navy Proposes to Establish One at
Annapolis This Summer.

Annapolis This Summer.
Washington, March 31.-In order
to form a corps of competent avi-
ators for the navy, thus recognizing
that the flying machine will be a
factor in future warfare, an aviation
school probably will be established
at Annapolis by the navy depart
ment this summer.
Lieutenant T. g. Ellyson, an ex-
pert, who for several months past
has been receiving instruction in the
operation of aeroplanes at San Di-
ego, Cal, will be one of the instruc-
tors at the school, according to pres
ent plans.
Lieutenant Ellyson has been or
dered from San Diego to Washing
ton for conference with the depart
ment. One or more aeroplanes prob
ably will be purchased for instruct
ing the navy. personnel.
Captain Washington I. Chambers,
the head of the board having charge
OF naval aeronauts, was transferred
from assistant to the aid for ma
teriaI in the navy department to
membership on the general board.
He will continue his aeronautical
work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31
Has Millions OF Friends.

How would you like to number
your friends by millions as Buck
lens Arnica Salve does? Its aston
ishing cures in the past 40 years
made them. 1t is the best saIve in
the world for cores, ulcers. eczema.
burns, boils, scalds, cuts, corns, sore
eye, sprains, swellings. bruises. Geld
sores. Has no equni for piles Twen-
ty-fve cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31
is THE FINAL CAME
Benefit Basketball Contest at
Augustana Tonight Closes
Season.
OBJECT TO BUY JERSEYS
Members of Adelphic and Phrenokos-
milan Literary Societies VIII
BE Opposed.

A benefit basketball game will be
played by two teams picked from the
Augustana varsity squad in the gym
nasium tonight, for the purpose OF
meeting the expense which will be in
CURED by the purchase of jerseys for
the varsity five. This will be the final
game at Augustana this season. AS
the squad has been practicing diligent-
ly for the past 10 days in order to get
in shape for the championship tilt
which was TO have come off with North
western, a warm game can be ex-
pected.
One OF the teams, captained by Paul
Andreen, Augustana's giant center,
who has been the terror for all the op-
posing quintets this season, is com
posed Of members from the Adelphic
Literary society. Captain Larsons five
l. composed of Phrenekosmian Its, as
sisted by Coach Hayes and Steenbergh
Although this will not be considered
officially to be the annual rub between
the two literary societies, it will prac-
tically be so. A great deal of interest
is, therefore, being manifested in this
game by the student body.
THE LINEUP.
The lineup for tonight's game will
be:
The Adelphic "Outlaws"-Andreen,
center; NJ. Andreen and Swanbeck, for
wards; Robb and Bengtson, guards
The Phreno "Colts"-Hayes, center:
Stem and Paulson. forwards; Larson
and Steenbergh, guards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31

offered for the fastest mile, going the
distance in 1925 over a rough beach.
A 10-mile race for cars under coo
cubic inches piston displacement kept
the spectators on their feet during the
last two miles of the event Disbrow,
in the Pope Hartford, was the winner,
with Wilcox, in the National, a close
second.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31
Plan Gun LEAGUE

Kewanee, Ill, March 31-At a meet
ing here preliminary arrangements
were made TO organize a western Hi
nois gun club, with shooting clubs
from Kewanee, Bradford, Cambridge,
Wyoming, Orion and possibly other cit
les, as members. Each of the cities
mentioned already has an active gun
club of from % to 80 members.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31
DRILLING MEN
FOR THE FRAY
Rock Island and Davenport
Managers Getting Ready
for Sunday.
HAVE FIRST CONTEST THEN
leach Hopes to Get Away for Season
on Right Foot-Joe Slattery
Here for Work.

? Sunday the first clash OF the Island
!. ers and their neighbors across the Mis-
sissippi win take place in the DaVen-
port ball lot. Manager Dan OLeary
has been getting his hosts together
this week drilling them for the first
onslaught. He announced that ne
probably would use three pitchers
against US.
Max Smith, who has oeen holding
out for bonus for Rock Island scalps.
has finally agreed to terms. Though
It Is stated the bonus part has been
omitted from the contract, IL is plain
some extra inducement has been Of
Sered. Smith is expected 20 be one Of
the hurlers 70 work against US Sun
day.
PICKING TEAM TO-DAY.
Manager Carney of the Islanders
was unable today 10 give out the pros
pective lineup OF his team for the Sun
day afternoon battle. He said. how
ever, that he expected TO have the
team practically picked after the
practice this afternoon and he Is con-
fdent that It will be strong enough 70
take the measure of the Pretzels. The
arrival OF Joe Slattery and William
Stevens, the latter the new ou-heider
bought from Boise City, Idaho. has
given the Islander boss a good squad
20 choose from IN naming his team for
Sunday.
WILL LEAD THE BUNCH
Slattery is expected TO be the lead
ing first sacker in the league this year
By all odds, and Stevens is touted as
an cutfielder who viii be among the
best of any IN the Three-Eye. Fred
die Ochs is also expected before
Sunday and there is a possibility that
Willie Hunter viii arrive in time 70
take part in the game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31

senger airship Deutschland, the
highest developed Of all the famous
aeronaut's models, which after a few
thrilling exhibitions came to grief
amid the fr trees OF the Teutobur-
gian forest on June % last. The
motors and the vertical steering
plans OF the Deutschland were saved
from the wreck and utilized in the
construction of its successor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31

The Decatur Review claims to have
received positive assurance from a
leading baseball hacker of that city
who attended the doings at Cincinnati
last Tuesday, that Decatur was given
positive assurance that it will get a
place in baseball, the intimation be
ing that in some mysterious unofficial
way the national commission had Civ
en- it out that il would take care of
the city, if necessary. Some more
Misrepresentation Of the last court in
baseball, whose members are above
this sort of thing. Looks like the fine
work of Kinsella, who is interested
in keeping Decatur hanging on as long
as possible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31
TRY NEW ZEPPELIN CRAFT

successful Flight Made by Latest
Airsbip at FriederichshaveH-
Friederichshaven. Germany, March
S1.-CounL Zeppelin's new airship
made a successful maiden flight yes
serday The craft replaces the pas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31

events. II is reported that Ke-
vance, Princeton and Aledo favor
them, while Cambridge and wyo-
ming do not.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31
Even Weather Protests.

Quincy, Ill. March 31.-The base
ball game here yesterday between
the Cleveland Americans and Quin-
cys team was not played because OF
the cold
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31

Sounds as if it had been written in
Rock Island" is the comment a south
ern Three-Eye paper makes on the edi-
torial in the Sporting News reprinted
by The Argus the other day That's
the way everything has sounded to the
lkinsella faction since this fight began.
Gridley's decision, the verdict of the
national board and the finding of the
national commission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31
STAKE RACES PROPOSED

Central Illinois Association viii In
troduce an Innovation.
Kewanee. Ill. March 3I.-Two
stake races with purses OF 1000
each. will be the new features of
the racing meets in the three cities
of the Central Illinois Trotting and
Pacing association this year. A spe-
cial committee has been appointed
By the association to arrange such
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31

Manager Boyle of Waterloo has for.
warded transportation to II Waterloo
players, which looks like business out
in the Iowa burg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31

Buck Weaver, the old Cedar Rapids
catcher who has been in the higher
leagues for several years. has been re
leased by Denver on account of i'll
health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-31
THREE-EYELETS

George Manion, second basemar
last season with Jacksonville, Fla.
has been received at Bloomington
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05

can a drama that is both popular and lit
erary be made to grow and flower?
have glanced at our great English lit
erature, the richest and fullest the world
has ever known. But this literature IL
Itself the expression OF rich and varied
\ spiritual and intellectual national life; a
national life where there has always been
large surplus of power and thought and
leisure available for the purchase Of those
most precious things that cannot be bought
with money; a national life, until these
later generations, always homed even to
the poorest cottage. In some beautiful ana
remarkable piece OF architecture; always
adorned with many Of the domestic. and
with some OF the fine arts; always pro-
yiding for any art, so soon as a mustart
seed or Il was sown, deep warm aluvium
OF receptive soil
Even the simplest domestic art. the art
OF making copper kettle must have this
prepared and cultivated soil. In the farm
house where I was born every utensn, every
piece OF erockery every piece OF furniture
was a thing Of beauty You would give a
great deal Of money for it in your curiosity
shops today
We have had then in England Tor many
centuries the necessary underlying condi-
lions, the necessary soil for the production
OF national drama. When, In addition TO
these underlying conditions, we happened
to get the necessary practical condition.
when popular taste in the theater happened
to jump with literature, we obtained speci-
mems OF national drama which hold the
English and American stage today
We are perhaps losing many OF the neces-
sary conditions. But / have faith that II
today we could bring the general body of
English men Of letters to some understand
ing OF the modern theater; IL we could win
them to active sympathy and cooperation
with us; and IL we could establish national
and municipal theaterF and support them
until they won popular comprehension and
favor-if we could do these things. then a
modern national English drama would
quickly and spontaneously arise in my
country.
II Is a most difficult task that lies be-
fore us in England I cannot say that Il
is In any hopeful way OF early accom-
plishment. Our English scheme is being
tossed to and fro against a crowd OF i'm
practicable people and proposals. and we
are likely TO make much laughter for the
ungodly before IL can be put together and
made 10 work. II the launching OF a ma
tional theater In New York has been fol-
lowed by some disappointment and derislOn
and a sense Of present failure. there u.s.
Judging from the present outlook every
ground for fearing that the launching OF a
national theater In London viii be followed
by similar dashing OF hopes. and a sim
liar chorus Of gratified mockery on neither
side OF the Atlantic does the great ideal
% literary national drama housed In a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05
Health and Beauty Answers
BY MRS. MAE MARTINI. !

live about the fuzzy growth on your face
but IL is nothing to worry over, as IL can
be quickly removed IL you viii follow
uese simple directions: Buy an ounce OF
delatone from the druggist and mix lit
tie with water TO make a stiff paste.
Spread thickly on the hairy surface and
let remain two or three minutes, then
scrape off paste and wash the skin
carefully. This removes the hairs without
trifle expensive, IL does the work and Is
not as costly nor as Troublesome as the
electric needle.
Patience: Gray switches are quite ex-
pensive, and tefore buying one / would
advise q treatment for the hair and scalp
which am sure, viii soon restore your
hair TO its natural color and healthy con
dition. splendid recipe TO use Is the
folloWing Buy an ounce OF quinzoin from
the druggist and dissolve in half pint al
cohol. then add one-half pint water; and
shake well. Massaging the scalp gently
with this Inexpensive tonic promotes a
healthy growth, overcomes that dry, harsh
condition OF the scalp. and restOres the
hair 10 its natural color and softness IL
would also be well TO use the canthroX
SHAMPOO mentioned elsewhere in these
Fay: It was rude Of your sweetheart TO
comment on your increasing neshiness,
but ] do not think ne meant TO hurt your
feelings by his ungallant remark. How
ever II you viii do as / suggest you can
reduce your weight and have a fine plump
figure which he Will admire. Get four
ounces Of parnOtis from your druggist
and dissolve I'm y pints hot water, then
take tablespoonful DeIOro edch meal. YOU
viii find this the best flesh reducer you
can use, and It Is inexpensive, harmless,
ana requires no dieting
Tresses: % Evidently your trouble lies
In the soap with which you wash yota-
head. and L would advise not using Ia,
for shampooing should invigorate the
scalp, add lustTe TO the hair and correct
the gcaly condition. Cd Dissolve q tea
spoonful OF canthroX in teacup OF hot
water and pour little at a time on tie
scalp, rubbing well as you do. Then rinse
such treatments make the hair glossy
ana easy 20 handle while the scalp as-
sumes rs natural healthy condition
ADV.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05

national theater and raising the whole level
OF theatrical entertainment throughout the
country to some moderate level OF rational
enjoyment-in neither England nor America
does this noble and reasonable idea appear
TO me in any prospect OF any immediate
fulfillment
There is always much comfort in having
companions in misfortune. II the promoters
and well-wishers Of a national theater in
New York are feeling bruised and sore
from the immediate failure OF their enter
prise, let them watch the progress Of the ma
tlonal theater movement IN England and
take cheer in the thought that, IL they are
shipwrecked on lonely shores OF depreciation
and neglect, sister British ship is steering
straight for the same rocks. They win
soon have companions in their misery.
Indeed. in building up a great national
enterprise OF this kind there is sure to be
much confusion and Misunderstanding and
a large measure OF failure at the outset
have faith that in England our task
may be ultimately accomplished and
brought to a successful issue. But this is
not possible till the necessities and diff
oulties OF the situation are clearly seen and
vigorously handled by men Of insight judg-
ment, knowledge, and authority. TIL such
men are IN possession ana guidance OF our
national scheme IL is bound to fail. Our
best hope in England lies In the fact that
we still have underlying conditions in our
national life that are in some degree favor
able to the enterprise. / have already in
dicated what those conditions are.
We are here at the very heart OF this
whole matter II you do not accept what
affirm about these underlying conditions,
this prepared soil, as the first necessity for
any growth OF worldly national drama. then
every word have spoken must be without
meaning or effect.
] will not ask you to accept what say.
will stand aside. and call in the master
mind OF modern Europe on all these mat
tiers. Let me quote a passage from Goethe
which I will beg all who are interested in
this question to study again and again till
they perceive how great a bearing II has
upon the fostering OF a national drama.
Goethe says;
II a talent is TO be speedily and happily
developed the great point is that a great
deal OF intellect and sound culture should
be current in a nation. We admire the
tragedies Of the ancient Greeks. but We
ought rather admire the period and the
nation in which their production was pos
sible than the Individual authors; for
CONTINUED on Page seven.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05
Caught Here aad There.

I hate botany. It's the only thing about
flowers that / don't like"
Fletcher Oh yes that's the man NH,
Keeps telling us We must domesticate our
My manuscripts make me think OF car.
homlng instinct"
Yes, dad wants me to go to work. He
says 1 ought 70 find something TO do be-
sides him"
Everything I do Is laid 70 me-" was the
poutlng complaint OF a little tot who h
too frequently into mischief
Yes, ! have a grandpa an a grandma
too said little Archie the other day- "but
they amt mates"
ZONES Is suffering from a sort OF alpha
beIc uerangement-not enough VS. and Ks
ana TOO many l. y. UH,"--BOston Tran
script.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05

CcOntinued on Pase seven)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05

Anxious Ann; You are right Too
Inuch powder Is apt TO clog the skin $
pores and cause blackheads and pimply
eruptions. If you try my spurmax recipe
l am sure you viii find 1t Just the thing.
dissolve four ounces of spurmaN In half
pint hot water, then add two teaspoonfuls
glycerine, shake well and let cool Apply
this inexpensive lotion TO face, neck and
arms with palm of the hand, rubbing
at the freshness and clearness of the
skin IL Is also very fine for removing
Mrs. c.: Even at your age the face
should be soft and velvety. Worry often
causes wrinkles, but a good massage
cream used regularly. Will correct this
of almozoin from the drug store and dis
solve in half-pint cold water; add two
teaspooniuls glycerine; stir, well and let
stand over light Massaging with this
cream jelly soon corrects faulty complex
ions, and blackheads, large pores and
wrinkles soon disappear This recipe Is
inexpensive and unfailing
Mrs. ]. c.: Liver spots and sallow COM
pleXion are due to internal conditions, and
what you require is a good tonic and sys-
best Old-fashioned remedy you can use
Ii is easy 70 prepare and costs little. Get
an ounce OF kardene at the drug store and
dissolve in one-half pint alcohol, adding
one-hElf cup sugar, then enough hot water
to maize a quart. A tablespoonful before
purities clearing the skin and restoring
the whole body 10 its normal, healthy con-
dition.
Optic; The structure OF the eyes Is very
delicate and because OF their sensitive
ness should receive careful attention when
they become dull and listless or sore and
inflamed. A tonic Is as essential for good
eyesight as IL As for strong, health,
body and clear mind, and n you Will spend
a few cents you can make your own and
soon overcome your troubles. Get an
ounce OF crystos from the druggist and
dissolve. in a pint warm water then with
a medicine drOpper put one or two drops
in each eye. This is harmless and quick
~ relieves soreness and smarting and
gives a sparkle 10 the eye,
Myrai 1t Is right you should be sensi-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05

III explorers, and numerous gentle
men armed with permits TO
Ik4kg9kS carry concealed hardware have
49, been in attendance at the Lyric
theater during the last few weeks, eager
to see how Emmett Corrigan. as a hold-up
man from the west, nightly gets" Jameson
Lee Finney as the cowardly badger man.
1t is in highly dramatic scene that Lay
lock (Mr. Corrigan) whips the single, ex-
terminating bullet into Leland (Mr Fin
ney). Leland, to gain a reward offered for
the capture Of Laylock, turns him up
to a set OF rascally police, but Laylock' s
friends buy him off the Island" where he
has been sent for detention purposes. When
Laylock gets loose he decides that Leland
his signed his own death warrant. Very
quietly Laylock enters the room, where he
surprises Leland, and very quietly he ex-
plains the purpose OF his call. II Is then
that Lelands lack Of nerve becomes Bit
terly apparent. He begs for his life. Lay
lock grimly hands him revolver. at the
same time time drawing his own.
81 will give you a chance. Mister Blood
Money" he says. but the fingers of Leland
become inert, and the gun drops weakly to
the table beside which the badger erouches,
He refuses the duel.
Laylock contemporary puts away his
own gum anu turning MS pdGh on A4elduQs
walks away from him nearly the width OF
the stage. Seeing this Leland catches up
the revolver from the table and aims at the
westerner. Then there is a lightning whirl,
so quick the full detail cannot be grasped
by the audience, a sharp bark from the big
pistol. and Leland topples over-finished
for all time-or until the next performance
Of The Deep Purple"
There has been any amount of speculation
as to how Corrigan works the trick
IAN army officer who was in the audience
Tuesday night met me after the play" said
Mr.. Corrigan yesterday ''and said he was
positive used my left hand to shoot with,
as otherwise it would have been impossible
for me TO get Leland, at the angle at which
he stood. do nothing OF the kind ] shoot
with my right hand, always. The gun, a
regulation army revolver, is tucked away
in front OF me just under my vest. That's
the way the gun fighters OF the west carry
their weapons today. The old hip-pocket
play has been discarded, because it is too
slow in ian emergency. Nowadays they
carry their pistols In a sort Of holster under
their waistcoats. and this gives ample time
for quick man to get action.
IL am always watching for the possi-
bility OF a hitch which might interfere
with the proper movement, and on opening
night at the Lyric 1 was particularly care
full TO give the gun plenty OF oil I'm all it's
parts, 50 there should be no slip-up. / have
been killing Leland for five months. and on
only one occasion was there any difficulty
In getting the drop on him. That was due
70 an accident. In order 10 fool him. EN-
ploy my right hand ia toying with my neck
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05
How
Corrigan
Handles His Gun

EW YORK, Feb. 4.-Local gun
toters." visiting 'smoke-wagon'
exploders. and numerous gentle
men armed with permits to
carry concealed hardware have
been in attendance at the Lyric
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05

Myrai It is hight you should Be sensl-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05

ENRY ARTHUR JONES lectured
on Thursday. January %, at Earl
hall, Columbia university, on
''The Aims and Duties Of a Ma
tlonal Theater." Assuming that
the Neuv T,haatar NJ Neuy N,rlr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-06
OLD MAN KILLED BY AUTO
Feared His Little Grandchild
Might Be Struck.
nv Telegraph TO The Tribune.

Somerville, y. J., July 5.-Charles
Hess. aged sixty years. of Woodhaven
J.. l., was struck and fatally injured to-
day by an automobile belonging to the
Superior Thread and Yarn Works, OF
Pluckemin. He died ater at Somerset
Hospital
Mr.. Hess was spending a few days
with his married daughter who is board
ing at q farmhouse along the Pluckemin
road about three miles from this bor-
ough. He took his two little grand
children out for walk. The children
stopped to play in a small brook by the
roadside and Mr. Hess stood on the op-
posite side of the road watching them
K. O. Bogart. one Of the managers Of the
thread company, and driver were ir
the car.
As the automobile neared Hess one of
his grandchildren made move to come
toward him According to Bogart and
James Bascn, the chauffeur, the old man
started across the road when the car
was within ten feet of him. He was
struck 10y the wheel guard and hurled
from the road.
Bason was arrested on 2 charge Of
msnslaughter