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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24
NEW INDUSTRY HAS
A GOOD START HERE

A new industry has sprung up in
Rock Island which, though small now
promises to grow into considerable
proportions before very long. 1t is the
manufacture of a cleaning preparation
called "Wonderine." A stock company
with four investors is behind the prop
osition. They are G. W. Townsend,
president; Otto f. Fiebig, vice presi-
dent; Frank F. Fiebig, secretary treas
urer, and Fred c. Finch. general mana
ger. The last mentioned invent
ed the preparation, which is
made from pure, linseed oil
into a soft, soap-like substance
which is mixed with water in using.
The output at present is entirely local,
the company having demonstrators out
showing the merit of the product
About 1000 cans are being disposed of
each week. At present the mixture is
being made at the old Peoples Power
company office on Seventeenth street
but more commodious quarters are al
ready needed, and there is a probabili
~ that a small factory building will be
erected before long.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24
Advertised Letters

Following is a list of letters remain
ing uncalled for in the postoffice at
Rock Island for the week ending June
%. 1912: Mrs. d. NJ Allen. S. NJ.
Arndt, Mrs. Robert Baker, J. W. Bish-
up. G. b. Broadnax, W. c. Brammer,
William Benell, Mrs. Nellie Carr, Ar
thur Clark, George Dannail, Mr.. Dan
cor. Giovanni De Poto. Ernest Esberg,
Richard Foge, Earl E Gregg, A. T.
Gross, Jon Geppeno, Miss Kathleen
Hooper, Mrs. Henry Hines, Miss Gladys
Hedden. Miss Ted Hartman, Huetler-
man, w. w Hanold 90, Fred Holcomb,
j. II. Hoover, NJ. Z. Hightshoe, Mrs. J.
T. Jones, Asa Johnson, w. S. Leights,
Charles H. Larson. J. F. Lynn, Miss
Clara Moore, Miss Nina Martin, vii,
liam Marian, Fred Merrill, Mrs. Min,
ME Nelson, Beart Peary, Elda Ruggen.
berg. Mrs. J. c. Sharp, u. F. Stuebe
Harry Theis. J. II. Tappert, D. NJ
Thomas, c. g. Van Austen, John Van
Buskuk, Sehar Vermeire, w. A War
rem, Fred Wardlow C2D. Walter Var.
ger. Foreign: Mrs. A. Bell, Gust La
laduky, -Achiel IIevens.
HUGH A. ]. MCDONALD.
Postmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24
BUTTON! BUTTON!
WHO'S GOT THE BUTTON

This is the heading of unique sale
taking place at l.. 5. McCabe & Co. s
big store this week that is attracting
a great deal of attention and creating
much amusement.
Neat buttons are given away with all
purchases during the week, each but
ton having a different number. At 20
different stations throughout the store
a number of valuable premiums arc
displayed, each one being numbered.
Holders of buttons with numbers
corresponding with those on the pre-
miums can claim them-you can quick
ly see the possibility of a lot of fun.
Hundreds of customers entered into
the spirit of it today, and were going
from floor TO floor comparing numbers.
Many premiums were claimed and TAX
en- away, and when the store closed
many were still looking, but said they
would come back tomorrow.
| 1t is the stores intention to add
more premiums from day to day as
| they are claimed, as the more buttons
are given out the more seekers there
will be.
Its a lot of fun anyway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24

the greatest heat and consumes
about one-half less coal.
E. E. Lamp, plumbing, steam and
hot water heating, gas fitting. His
efficient knowledge of the busiu ess
justly entities him to your patronage.
His shop has all modern equipments.
Everything in plumbing supplies.
Maths bakery and confectionery
store. the finest in the tri-cities
Bread, cakes, pies, cookies and hot
rolls, They cant be beat. Most
people say they are superior to any
home baking. Let them serve you.
w. L. Ganserts candy factory,
Rock Islands most important indus
try. Chocolates. creams and cara
mels are sold by all first class con-
fectioners and grocers. Call for
Gansert's and get the purest and best
NJ. R. Iglehart marble and granite
works save you the middiemac's
profits. From / 5 to 25 per cent saved
on every monument and all kinds OF
ON Second avenue and see for your
self.
Bowlby's music store for higf
grade pianos and musical instru
ments. Pianos that have tone, har
mony and durability. The best tha
money will produce is to be found II
Bowlby's pianos and talking ma
chimes.
Simmons & White, new and SECOND
hand stores, two big stores. The
largest in the state. Their grea
slaughter sale will commence in 6
few days. Goods will be sold at un
heard of prices. Everything goes
1517-1519 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24
ACCIDENT TO BLAIR;
TAKEN TO DRY DOCKS

The steamer Helen Blair was forced
10 go into dry dock al Kahlke's harbor
yesterday afternoon, as the result Of
an accident which temporarily remov-
ed IL from service. In pulling out of
Andalusia yesterday morning shortly
after 10 O'Clock one OF the dog
chains" which connects the supporting
posts OF the frame gave way, causing
the center post on the boat TO part in
the middle. The steamer continued its
journey 10 the harbor. where the pas
sengers were unloaded and transport
ed 10 the three cities via the car line.
regular trips will be resumed today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24

Buy home OF Reldy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For express, call Spencer & Trefz.
Kerler Rug company for vacuum
cleaning and rug-mak!ng.
Removal auction sale every after,
noon and evening at Ramser's.
H. T. Siemon wants your tin and
furnace work; 152615zs Fourth ave
nue..
Lawn mowers sharpened and re-
paired at Fiebig's, 1919 Third ave.
nue..
Our B. B. serge at $S3 is the best
value ever offered. J. B. zimmers
Sons.
Nothing but the best of everything
at the removal auction sale at Ram
ser's.
Genuine Philadelphia lawnmowers
for sale at Charles Fiebig, 1919 Third
avenue.
Six per cent farm mortgages. Lit
ten & Roberts, Peoples National banl
building.
Our guarantee goes with every arti
Gle at the removal auction sale al
Ramser's.
A chance TO buy jewelry, diamonds
silverware. umbrellas, at your OWL
price at Ramser's.
Milan artesian water, approved b!
city and state, delivered daily
Phone West 1870.
c. A. Speidel's drug store. thu
store of quality. Qality in drug
counts for everything.
P. ]. Lee sells wall paper, paints
oils, glass. brushes, etc. at the RICH
prices. 1903 Third avenue.
Coal, coal, coal. The Rock Islam,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24

all right. Fred Bleuer, the expert
optician, can tell you.
The Rock Island Lumber and Man
ufacturing company, lumber and
building material for all purposes,
houses, barns, granaries. We will
give you an opportunity to save big
per cent. Let us be of service to
you.
Just bring your safety razor blades
to the Club Smoker, Nineteenth
street and Second avenue, and have
them sharpened true and perfect. Re-
member this machine will only be al
our store for a week.
Phil. S. Wilcher, the leading tin
and sheet metal worker. 1t will pay
you to learn about the Weir furnace
1. has the reputation of giving you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24
SCHOOL ELECTION
is ON TOMORROW
No Apparent Opposition to F
W. Blochhnger Only An
nounced Candidate.
STILL HUNT A POSSIBILITY
Always Danger OF Such q Develop
ment When Public Interest Is
Not Manifest

The annual election for member of
fhe board of education will be held
tomorrow. There will be but one voting
place. Normoyle's livery stable on Third
avenue between Nineteenth and Twen-
tieth streets. which was the former
First precinct Of the Fourth ward and
which IS centrally located. The polls
will be open from S in the morning
until In the evening.
So far there has been one candi-
date discussed TO succeed Hamlin n.
Hull, who has declined a reelection.
Frank W Blochlinger, who is likewise
from the First ward and also a rep
resentative Of organized labor has
been generally agreed upon as the
right man for the Office.
STILL HUNT POSSIBLE.
There is, nevertheless, always the
possibility OF a still hunt for a less
desirable candidate than the one whom
the consensus OF popular sentiment
favors, and while 30 far no movement
has developed Of such purpose, there
have been rumors OF an eleventh
hour candidate. The people generally
are opposed TO the still hunt PROPOSE.
ton as the motives OF all under-cover
movements are questionable. and
hence II Is the duty OF all citizens
having the interests OF the schools
at heart to 20 to the polls and vote
BLOCHLINGER - POPULAR.
Mr.. Blochlinger has been openly dis
cussed for a number OF days and nc
opposition 10 his candidacy has beer
manifest and II is not evident thai
there is any, or would be under any
circumstance. He is generally popular
The danger always exists. however, il
an election Of this kind when the
vote IL apt 10 be light. OF designing
elements slipping in q member Of the
board whom the people have not hat
opportunity 10 discuss or pass upon.
II is every mans duty. therefore, L
vote.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24
MAY LOSE LIFE AS
RESULT OF BURNS
Six Year Old Girl Plays With
Matches Setting Fire to
Dress.
CLOTHING MASS OF FLAMES
Screams Attract Attention of Pedes
TRAN Who Wraps Rug
About Her.

Because Of her desire to play with
matches, Dorothy, 6-year-old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William F. McLain,
1905 Fourteenth street, is today lying
al the point of death as a result of
terrible burns sustained Saturday af-
ternoon. Her fever is extremely high
and she has been subject to vomiting
spells for the past As hours Her en-
tire left side and arm are burned to a
depth of over an inch. and her entire
body is more or less injured.
DRESS IGNITED.
The little girl has in the past evinc-
ed desire to play with matches, and
her parents had forbidden her to take
any from the house. Saturday after
noon. shortly before O'Clock, Dorothy
persuaded a neighbor girl 10 get some
matches from her home, and the pair
then went to a vacant lot nearby,
where they set fire TO some weeds.
/ Ten minutes later, the McLain girl
rushed out upon the sidewalk scream
! ing with agony, her dress a solid mass
of flames.
SMOTHER FLAMES WITH RUG.
A passerby, hearing the screams
rushed to the girls assistance, and
running up to the porch of the McLain
home, grabbed a rug, and wrapping ii
about her form, smothered the flames
/ Almost unconscious from pain, the
/ burning victim was carried into heI
house and DR.. Alfred Stocker called
The little ones injuries were dressed
and everything possible done to. allay
her suffering. DR.. Stocker stated this
morning that there was chance thai
the girls life could be saved, although
her condition is decidedly critical.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24
TANKERSLY TELLS
COLONEL DILLINGHAM;
An Open Statement From For
mer Practitioner of Law
and Member of Texas
Legislature.

There are but few better known
men in Houston than Marshall Tank
ersly, former practitioner Of law
and at one time during the days he
was in politics great political pow
er in this county. He is a former
member of the legislature and he and
his parents were pioneers of this
city.
In a letter to Colonel Dillingham;,
Mr.. Tankersly has the following to
say regarding the new vegetable ton
ic, PLANT Juice" now being intro
duced into Texas:
My Dear Sir: / have been af-
flicted with asthma and catarrh of
the stomach for the past 10 years.
This has been accompanied with a
bad cough which troubled me very
much in damp weather. l have been
getting worse every year. | read the
notices in the papers about Plant
! Juice and what it was doing for
/ other Houston people. ! did not give
much credence to the testimonials as
/ every patent medicine, Peruna and
other kinds, have long lists of en-
| dorsements. | have tried Peruna and
/ the others without getting much
benefit from them. About ten days
ago ! was feeling particularly bad
and depressed when a friend came to
me and said: 'Tankersly, try this
Plant Juice" everybody is talking
about 1t won't do you any harm
and may help you / decided to fol-
low his advice and went and bought
bottle. I have taken it and am
ready to start on the second bottle
To make 1t short, the medicine has
acted upon my liver. spleen and kid
neys in fine shape and has purified my
blood | don't cough as I did and
have been greatly benefited. am
going to take another bottle and II II
helps me as much as the first, then
am going to continue with Plant
Juice until 1t cures me, If such IL
possible. Very truly.
MARSHALL TANKERSLY,
1913 Mckinney avenue "-Chron.
icle, Houston, Texas. April 3. 1912.
PLANT Juice" is the greatest rem
edy of the age for nervous debility
anu SlOAudIA AEOuOAS- II - q ulIeIl
corrective for arrangement of tbs
liver, kidneys, stomach and blood
Any man or woman who suffers will
constipation, bitter taste, poor ap
} petite, pains in the side, fiatulency
who are sallow, feverish, dizzy. have
dull headaches, highly colored urine
loss Of appetite. depressed, or, IL
fact that condition commonly ex
pressed as all run down" will fnt
immediate and permanent relief il
Plant Juice" Ills purely vegetable
is great vitalizer and reconstructiy'
t agent. A positive money back guar
: sntee goes with every bottle. See th'
: daily demonstrations at the New
} Harper House pharmacy, now locatet
! northwest corner Nineteenth stree
2 and Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24

Brown Corners, colored, who died last
Monday morning at Saratoga Springs,
y. Y, will arrive tomorrow morning,
and services will be held at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning in the Second Bap-
list church. Burial win be in Chip
piannock cemetery. Mrs. Corners was
IS years and months old She leaves
besides her husband, William K Con-
ners. a son, William H. Corners of
Rock Island, and a sister Frances Of
Brooklyn, n. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24

Mrs. Katherine {. 3. Corners.
The remains Of Mrs. Katherine Z
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24
DATE FOR TEACHERS
INSTITUTE IS FIXED

The annual teachers institute Of
Rock Island county will be held this
year as usual at the Rock Island high
school the dates being Aug. 26 10 80,
inclusive. Lotus D. Coffman OF the
Eastern Illinois Normal school at
Charlestown, will be the principal in
structor at the institute and Miss
Frances Fox, head of the primary
teachers training school of New York
will give special instruction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24
Button! Button! Who's Got the Button?"
Specials in the Drug
SundrieS Section

''VNIiIovs- Brand toilet waters, Ev-
ening Jasmine, Adorable Violet and
Jick odors, 75c size for 53c
Derma Viva liquid beauty powder,
soc size for .............3 SIC
35c Coupons on Madam Isebells IA
nous soc powder free again Tues
day, making the cost to you
only 80. LOG
Lily Gycerine soap, 10c kind. 6
cakes for ............. Zoe
Package or absorbent cotton for 2e
coIsates Dental Powder, can 15c
Spearnint tooth powder, Csc size,
can ....-..-..-... ...'..' lie
Egyptian deodorizer mosquito and
germ killer, Csc boxes, for. -. Ice
Splice Manicure sets. consisting OF
nail file, orange wood stick and EN-.
cry boards, set ........1 Zoe
Air Float talcum powder, 1oc size
Tor ..........-....... C
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24
DELINQUENT GIRLS
SENT AWAY SCHOOL

Goldie Gudekrist and Josephine
Mitchell, the two Davenport girls who
were arrested at o'clock Friday
morning, were sent to the Iowa jul
yenile home Saturday. The applica-
ton for their detention there was
made by Probation officer Ditzen and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-24
City Chat
2eidY Bros.

Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For express, call Spencer & Trefz.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-29

sands of handbills were distribut-
ed. -
Suffrage speeches were made
last night at one of the Alschuler
meetings, and at subsequent
meetings of the several candi-
dates of both parties the women
will make addresses. Literature
is being distributed on street
cars, suburban trains and thea
tiers.
The Polish Woman's Alliance,
which has heretofore not dabbled
in politics, is lining up with the
sufragists in the present cam
paign. About ten thousand wo-
men are in the alliance in Chi
cago, with headquarters at 1887
N. Ashland boulevard.
Mrs. Raymond Robins, presi-
dent of the Women's Trades
Union League, and an active srf-
fragist, was enthusiastic over the
victory in Michigan, and predict
ed that it would have a bearing
on the vote in this state.
Pretty soon we are going to
be surrounded by suffrage
states" she declared, "and then
the men of Illinois will be so
ashamed to think that they have
not given the vote to their women
that they will turn in and give it
to us"
TL.A
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-29
= ** +, + **&+ ! y
= T. LEMON BUNS x

= = = y = = = = = = y =
|. Rub four ounces of butter into
twelve ounces of sieVed. -four in a
dry, clean bowl. Add two ounces
of Gator sugar, one teaspoonful of
baking powder, a pinch of salt,
two ounces of carefully cleaned
currantS and the grated rind of
one lemon. Beat up one egg with
the juice of the lemon and about
half teacupful of sweet milk.
Add this to the dry ingredients;
mix to rather stiff dough, add
ing little more. milk if neces-
sary to moisten the mixture. Lift
with a fork in twelve portions on
to a creased baking sheet and
bake in a quick oven for ten or
fifteen minutes. }
-O-O-
If they can't get the filth off the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-29

If they can't get the filth off the
streets any other way, why not
get the fire department out and
turn the hose on it?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-29
That Lorirner v,

That Lorimer vote doesn't
mean Lorimer has his seat nail
ed down. That vote yesterday
was merely a committee vote.
The final vote will be by the en-
tire senate.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-29

The pussy willow says 'mew,
new" she's calling for a milk
weed stew.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-03
Reply Coupons.

Tie man who boasts that he never writes letters has been prodded into epistolary activity.
 "It was curious little square red stamp inclosed in q letter l received from England that drove me to it., ha said. "The stamp was marked three pence. It was totally unlike any stamp or souvenir had ever seen and I didn't know what use to make of it. The postman was also nonplussed, and only at the main postoffice was the fiddle solved. 1t was a reply con- pop. English stamps would have been no use for mailing a letter in New York, but the coupon could be eS' changed for United States stamps With a reminder like that thrust un' der ones very nose the most coa scienceless letter writer is bound to re ply"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-03
Condition Report Causes
 A Rise in Cotton
The Condition Figures Were Lower
 Than Expected.

Washington, Aug. 2.-fhc condition of the growing cotto nerop of the United States on July was l6.a per cent of normal, compared with S04 per cent on June g. this year, S9.l per cent on July p last year, 75.3 per cent in 1910, 7l9 per cent in 1909, and S0.6 per cent the average normal condition on July 9 for the past ten years, according to the third cotton condition report of the season issued by the crop reporting board, bureau of statistics, department of agriculture, estimated from reports of it's correspondents and agents and announced at noon today
 The area planted to cotton thls year as previously reported by the depart ment of Agriculture in it's prellmin- ary estimate is about 34,097,00o acres, or 93 per cent of the acreage planted last year.
 Comparisons of conditions by states, with the percentage of last years acreage, planted this year Ill each state. follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-03
UNlTEDS AND ALL-STARS.
 MEET HERE TODAY
CRACK RtLh TEAM FROM THE CAPITAL CITY WILL TUY ID FAKE iG0NORS FROM
 LOCAL BOYS
PampIin Will Be on thp Mound fer the Locais-s ;siting Team Has
 Record.

II is moro than probable tha, the biggest crowd Of the season will be at FCIest Park this afternoon 70 W tGess the game besween the United Clothing team of the Little Rock City League, and the All-Star team of this city. The Eniteds have been playing fast ball this season and some of it's members bid fair to be discovered" by some of the big league scou 5 if the said scouts are obserV ng enough. Anyhow they play high class ball and will make the locat outfit hump 10 stay neck and neck.
 The All-i5tars alS9 has several celebrities and eX-leaguers on it's lineup and Manager Gerald TripleJt is confident mat his team will put up a good game. The All-Stars is composed of the pick of the players who formerly caVor.ed in the City League, wh ch ven to pieces after the league le ders. the Schlitz, lost game.
 An int resting feature of the game today will be the using of Pamplin in the box for the All-Stars Pamplin Wla on the bfapilG pltcnlHS $ all, lI fac, he was the whole staff. During the City League season his team mates never won a game. One game was ft9fe ted to them by the non-ap- peaIance of tae Schlitz bunch Pamplin has been beaten every time he pitched but nor because of poor work Cn his part. He never had sup pert and the newspaper men failed to hi. wher needed. The youngster, however, is considered by many, the best of local twirlers and his admir- CTS predict victory for him Il the game tais afternoon,
 Manager Triplett sta;ed yesterday that he would bring other teams here if the fans came out in force and pre- vided enough "gsks' to cover the eN- penses of the visiting team.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-03
GOVERNOR D0NAGHEY
 WILL TAXI THE STUMP
WILL ADF0G8IEz a"A>HtttTHf < CLAUSE ANp LIE-NIpE
 PROHIBITION.
Niil Do His ac~t far lf,tsmg5,fe State Ticket ana Predicts Vie
 tory fer Ho0tire4 Nilsson.

HitGc Rock, tu2 2 .s0a-Ea F. .lian aSHsN announcs q 1i5 a5,.ao5n Hal Ae Wi4} enter ittD-tee ta-. aaHpaisn II about tWo Waeaz s8 uzaNE .aaeeaps untll Che election. Il das already Fr- eelAed humber Q limitations from Yallo9ts 3lnts, and NijI a5aae 0Hl =6i= eWh linefafY, a!tlo4eu aeliI& in conldhs lan =N.fb the a,a4e CaHp4I2a contmiytee.
 The &efe8aaf announces taat =hs= VIII do his best fer ha 44.s4ss= =1E the Democratic stale ticker. ard 10 roll Up q Ms maio.i5e for W5oIf & Wilson. Ite thinks tAe pars #5I6 tol the latg sJ majority this wal ill the h steH et fae set1e. a4d -,a confident Of natiohal victory. Ilc all= nouhces tha he will adNoealr =4u l..e stump tAe Grand-tas her clause. tue siXty-day legislative session. sJajr- wide ITohibifioH and t.9z c9t 06 lar= tory tax exemption amendmehj He Il advocate the adoption of fhG T.-J. Bill believing ha il or me think like 1t is tha only iution for he states present fjnaueial eondl@ ton. He will advocate the recall laf all off cers except l3o mdi,iary. as he says tha he has had no complaint about our judges
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-03
CROWDlNG TO SEE TENNYsON
Congreaa>lon Would hot Leave West minister Ab5cy Without Glimpse
 Of the Great Poet.

Sir James Knowles accompanied AL ems at Westminster abbey and he d@, scribes in ''Fennyson and His Friends" the scene when the crowd identified the distinguished visitor. "Thers was an immense congregation that day ,n the abbey and when the service was over VIC stood up waiting st long time to pass out through the rails. But in stead of dlspersing by the outer door the people all turned eastward and flocked toward the altar, pressing closer and closer up to the sacrarium. The chances of getting out became less and less, and turned 10 Tenny- son and said: I don't know what all this means, but We aeeH. SO hemmed in that it is useless to movc yet.
 "Tben a man standing by nc whis- pered: I don't think they will go, sir. so long as your friend stands there. or course I saw at once what was happening-it had got to be known that Tennyson was present shd the solid throng was bent on seeing him. Such a popularity had never occurred to me or to him, and justified his nervous unwillingness to be seen in crowded places.
 'I vas obliged to tell him what was going on, upon which he urgently in- sisted on being let out some quiet way and putting an end to the dilemma"