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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
TUNNELS UNDER RIVERS.
They Are Built on q Plan Taught to
Man by q Worm.
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They Are Built on q Plan Taught to
Man by Worm
There are now many great rivers
with tunnels under them. Even when
one is sunk to such a depth and car
ried so far along as the one under the
Hudson at Storm King for the aque-
duct it excites only a moments Won
der.
Such tunnels are generally driven I'M
der the water on the same plan. and
that plan was taught to an engineer by
q worm. The first attempt to make a
tunnel under a river OF any size was
the Thames tunnel in London. which
was built by the famous engineer Bru-
mel. He had so much trouble with the
water that oozed through that he came
near giving up the job as impossible
when he happened to see a piece OF
rotten wood into which a worm had
bored under water.
As the worm ate its way into the
wood it left a deposit like lime all
around the hole. and this got quite hard
and waterproof. so that the worm could
always get out the way it came, and
the hole remained true and firm.
Brunei did the same thing. He made
large steel tubes and pushed them into
the earth. and then he forced cement
in between the tube and the wei
ground about It. so that it set as hare
as q rock. All tunnels under water are
built on the same plan now.-New Yorh
| Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
PHILADELPHIA SCRAPPLE.
How to Prepare This Inexpensive and
HIGHLY Nutritious Dish.


Highly Nutritious Dish.
Have your butcher clean a pigs
head and split it in halves. Put it into
a stock pot and cover with boiling wa
ter. Cook until meat falls from the
bones Remove the meat, strain the
liquor and set aside to cool Remove
most of the fat. all gristle and bones.
Chop meat fine.
Remove fat from liquor. place on
range, bring to boiling point. add meat
and one pound OF beef liver previous
ly parboiled ten minutes and cut in
very small pieces. Season with salt,
pepper and sage to taste. Add one
cupful of buckwheat mixed with ons
cupful Of cornmeal, letting it slip
through the fingers OF the left hand
while you stir briskIy with the right
Thicker with cornmeal until mixture
is the consistency OF cornmeal mush.
Stir until free from Jumps Remove
to back Of range and simmer two or
three hours Use a heavy vessel to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Hickory Nut Cake
(Recipe BY Mrs. Sara Tyson Roreyl

-Four ounces Cottolene; two cups -four
'cur esq whites, one ana oue-half cup
u"ar; three-g GcrterE cup water: Oh
Ip hickory nut kernels. one teaspoon,
-ul baking powder.
Beat Cottolene and sugar to q cream
Id water and -four. stir until smootl
id half the well beaten whites: the.
nuts; then the rCmaindc" of T.
hites and the baking powder. Pou.
Ito square fiat pans. lined with grease
tper to the depth of three inches an,
IKE in moderate oven forty-five minutes
Try this recipe and prove that Cotto-
ae will make just as light and tast,
IKE as butter. and at considerably les.
;pense for shortening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

new building tomorrow. Meanwhile
his shop runs on. The new shop has
been refitted with ornamental light
ing fixtures; a modern steam heating
plant has been installed in the deep
ened cellar; a shower bath has been
installed and the plumbing has been
improved by the placing of new fix
lures. The mirrors and chairs are
to be frightened and all the way
through the shop IS to bear the ap-
pearance Of newness and brightness.
The cost of the improvement will be
over $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
IsIDOR sTRAUs ON SHIP.
CHANGED THE PLAY.
Peter the Great Turned the comsdy
Into Tragedy.

Peter the Great Turned the comsdy
Into Tragedy.
1t is related that Peter the Great,
that mighty car OF Russia. strolling
incognito through the camp. came
upon party of noncommissioned off,
GERS and grenadiers enacting a come
dy. which he paused to witness.
All at once his brow became cloud
ed. In the play a soldier in the uni
form of his guard commits at q GER
tain moment a robbery. Nevertheless
the emperor allowed the play to pro-
coed. The court martial is summoned
on the stage and the thief is sentenced
to death. The spectators. composed
of officers and men, showed the most
lively concern IN the performance and
laughed at the grotesque contortious
of the condemned culprit. The anna
teur actor played his part very well.
Here come the squad that is to exc
cute him. Fire. orders the lleuten.
ant. and the amateur dropped down
dead. his heart pierced by seven bull
lets-no make believe, but dead in
deed.
Whereupon the emperor dropped bis
incognito and addressed those assem-
bled: "A soldier of my guard who
committed robbery must die. If be
did not steal why did he boast OF !.
and soil his uniform? 1t is ! who or
dered the loaded rifles given to the
men. / henceforth forbid my soldiers
to ply the trade of mummers."-Argo
laQt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
GOOD ADVICE FOR
ROCK ISLAND PEOPLE

People in Rock Island who have
constipation. sour stomach or gas on
the stomach. should use simple buck
thorn bark, glycerine, etc, as COM
pounded in Adler-i-ba. the new Ger
man appendicitis remedy. A single
dose brings relief almost instantly
because this simple mixture anti-sep-
tics the digestive organs and drains
the impurities. A. Heimbeck, drug
gist, 924 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
aIahhYn Wanted a Place.

It Is hard to think of Henry Labou-
chere in any other occupation than
that OF hitting heads and making
faces. in a good cause. to be sure. but
still with much gusto and impisb glee.
But we are assured by q. w. e. Rus
sell in the Cornhill Magazine that
Labouchere for a tune cherished that
most bourgeois of ambitions-a place
in the cabinet or in the high diplomatic
service. When Gladstone organized
his last cabinet in 1892. Labouchere
confidently Elected that his valiap'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
JEWELRY STORE
TO Be A FINE ONE
New Quarters Of ]. Ramser
Company Will Be Among
the Very Best.
TO BEGIN REMoDELING
Removal of Wadden Barber Shop
VIII Permit Contractors to
Start Their Work.

Within a very few days, or as soon
as the Waddell barber shop has ceas-
ed to be a Second avenue fixture, J.
Ramser, purchaser of the Schmidt
building at 1925 Second avenue, is
TO begin the remodeling of that struc-
ture preparatory to the removal or
HIS jewelry establishment into it. The
improvements include the remodeling
OF the interior, the erection or an at
tractive front, and the extension Of
the store TO the rear end OF the prop
crty, giving the building a depth Of
$50 feet. Mr.. Ramser, with a great
deal OF modesty, says he is going to
have one of the finest shops in this
vicinity before NAM more moons
have elapsed. The front is to have
an attractive marble base. The dis
play window is to be large, and near
~ square. The entrance will be to
the side OF the building.
The interior will be fitted with the
best fixtures and the store room will
be arranged so as to accommodate
the store IN best manner. The rear
Of the shop is 10 be used as a work
room. Mr.. Ramser expects that the
contractors will complete the work
so that he can move in in July.
INTO NEW HOME
After n life OF 50 years in one
building, the old Schmidt barber
shop. disposed Of eight years ago to
J. A. Waddell. is to move from the
avenue to 121 Eighteenth street,
where a new home has been made for
II. Mr. Waddell expects to be able
10 remove his tonsorial parlors to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

helm is in the American Smelling Sc
curities company, the great mining cor
poration which was founded by his
father, Meyer Guggenheim. He is con-
nected with the following corpora
tons: Blake & Knowles Steam Pump
works, president and director; the
Henry R. Worthington company, presi-
dent and director; International
Steam Pump company, president and
director; the -Dunn-Gordon
company, president and director;
Power and Mining Machinery COM
pany, president and director.
George d. Widener is connected
with the Widener-Elkins traction syn
dictate of Philadelphia He is one of
two sons of P. A. B. Widener. George
D. Widener's fortune is estimated at
$5O,OOO,OOO.
Colonel Washington Roebling, build
er of the Brooklyn bridge, is president
and director of the John A. Roebling' s
Sons company. His fortune amounts
to about s25,0O0,0OO.
ISIDOR STRAUs ON SHIP.
Isidor Straus is one of the best
known merchants in the world and is
worth about $5O,OO0,OOO. Mr.. Straus
is connected with the following organ
izations: R. H. Macy & Co, L. Straus
| & Sons, Abraham & Straus, the Biz
beck Investment Savings and Loan
company, vice president and trustee;
the Educational Alliance, president
and director; Hanover National bank
director; Second National bank, di
rector.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Flat Woes.

"Was there a telephone call for me
this morningP' l asked the West In
dian bellboy.
mo. sir" ne answered positively.
"Dey amt been no such call fun you
fuh two days. sab"
Are you sureT'
"Yes. sub. positive"
well, II one comes for me this aft
ernoou say I'll be in later.
"Yes, suh-what's youah name, suhY'
Toledo Blade
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
80 RODIEs SIGHTED.

Halifax. April 1G.-The Partisan
steamed through heavy fields of ice
looking for passengers from the Titan
ic. No life RATS or bodies were sighted
among the floating wreckage, which
covered large area. The Partisan re-
ported the weather cold, and even if
any persons had been on the wreckage
they would all have probably persisted
from exposure before they could have
hppn nirknd IN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
.$420,OOO,OO

If the fortunes of the f1rst-class pas
sengers alone were placed together
they would easily make 100000, 900.
Foremost among the passengers in
point of wealth is Colonel John Jacob
Aston, who was returning TO New
York with his bride, formerly Miss
Madeline Force. Colonel Astor's hold
ings may amount to s15O,OO0,OO0. Be-
sides attending to his realty interests
he is connected with many corpora
tons.
GUGGENHEIM INTERESTS WIDE.
Next in financial Importance comes
Benjamin Guggenheim. Mr.. Guggen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
THAR ReIationship.

Grandma-Well. Charley, you're an
uncle now. and suppose you are proud
Of 1t. Small Chariey-You are mistaken,
grandma. I'm not an uncle. Grand.
ma Qn surprise)-why not? Small Char
Iey-'Cause sisters baby is girl. So l
must be an aunt-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
BUCKLED, PROBABLY.

Washington, April 16 - Inspector
General Uhler of the federal steamboat
inspection service said today he be-
lieved the Titanic plunged into the Ice
berg with such momentum that the i'm
pact buCkled it to pieces. The vessel
in all probability, he added, ran over
a submerged end of the berg, which
ripped open its bottom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Slim Chance,

-Is there any chance OF young
man escaping loss the nrst dime he
goes into Wall streetT
well. it is toss up II he escapes
the bulls and q tight squeeze If he
gets away from the Oears."- Baltimore
American
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

Continued fro Page one,
compartments"
SIGNAL OUTBOUND VESSELS.
New York, April 16.-Oficials of the
Marconi wireless telegraph said today
they had been trying TO communicate
with the steamships Megantic, Mine
awaska and Vaderland. all outward
bound, and which appear to be in posi-
ton TO get into communication with
the Carpathia. AS yet it is not known
whether the messages have been re-
CeiVed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
A Mean Friend.

"win you loan me s2r"
mo"
Then viii you loan me your revolv-
OF to commit suicide WITH"
mo. You'd pawn it and get your 81
that way" - Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
MILLIONAIREs ON SHIP.

Wealth aggregating something like
half a billion dollars is represented by
seven of the passengers on the Titanic.
If calamity befell only few of these
seven it would materially affect vast
business enterprises in the United
States and England. The seven are:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

"Dog watches are common on ships.
but what can q cat dor
''She comes In handy for pur, siH. |"
Baltimore American
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
CARPATHIA ONLY HESCUER.

ST. Johns. Newfoundland. April 10
All hope that any of the Titanic's pas
sengers or crew, other than those on
the Carpathia. was alive, was abandon
ed this afternoon. All steamers cruis-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
cook the mixture in. This lessons tn,
danger Of scorching.

Pour mixture into brick shaped
bread pans previously wet with cold
water. When cold cut in half inch
slices and saute in a well creased hot
spider. Brown on both sides. Serve
for breakfast or luncheon. This is an
inexpensive dish and is highly nutri-
tious and will keep several weeks in
cold weather.-National Food Maya.
/ nj
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
LARGEST LOSS ON RECORD.

London, April 16.-Underwriters
at Lloyd's were staggered at the
news, but it is declared insurance on
the lost vessel is so evenly distribut-
ed that none of the underwriters is
likely TO be hard hit. The loss sus-
tanned is the largest on record in con-
nection with one bottom"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

ing in the vicinity of the disaster con-
tinued on their voyages.
wRECKAGE SIGHTED.
Halifax, April 16.-The Sable Island
cable ship Nina reported this after
noon having sighted a great mass of
wreckage, but no boats or RATS from
the Titanic
London. April 16.-News of the loss
Of the Titantic and the probable
drowning of more than thousand per-
sons overwhelmed London today.
Throughout the day crowds besieged
the newspaper Offices and the head
quarters of the White Star line. Pitt.
/ full scenes were witnessed as men, wo
men and children, unable to get infor
nation as to relatives or friends, left
the crowds with tear-stained faces.
HEAVY FOG REPORTED.
Montreal, April 16.-The weather sta
ton on the Gulf of st. Lawrence report
ed today heavy fogs lay off Nova Scotia
and that violent thunderstorms broke
in that neigh borhood last night and are
travelling eastward. 1t was said sucf
conditions left little hope for the rescue
| OF any of the survivors of the Titanic
that might be adrift in RATS or boats
VIRGINIAN TOO LATE.
Montreal April 16-The Allen lint
issued the following statement: "Wt
are in receipt of a Marconi via Cap
Race from Captain Gambell of the Vii
ginian stating he arrived on the seem
of the disaster too late to be of servic
and is proceeding on its voyage to Liy
erpool"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

All the news all the tine-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

services to The party during six years
of Tory ascendancy would be reward
ed. but before Gladstone submitted
his list of ministers to the queen he
had received a direct intimation that
the name of the editor Of Truth must
not appear there. On this point her
majesty was reported to be very
stiff" Later Labouchere was an &C
tive candidate for the ambassadorship
at Washington
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
.CARPATHIA ON WAY TO NEW
YORK WITH 300 SURVIVORS

Continued fro Page oueN
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-13
La reclamation
de Inglaterra
Nueva York. sabado.-

Aver la Embajada lnglesa inform6 al
Departamento de Estado que ell Gobierno
ingleS cree que ell conceder a los barcos
americanos el paso por el canal de Pa
mama libre de derechoS. violaria ell trata-
do de Hay -Pancefoute. va Sc les diSpen-
Sc q pago de dichos derechos, va Sc rs
devuelva, 81 Sc les cobran La ofcina
de relaciones exteriores del Gobierno in
giles ha enviadO un infofme detallado con
respecto a su actitud Los Senadores de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-13
La revolucion
dorninicana
Nueva York. sabado.-

Sc dice que eada dia crece mas la au-
dacia de los revolucionarios de Santo Do
ulingo Y que dominan de hecho la Pro
vincia de Monte Cristi FL trafco St
Ia suspendido y la penuria es grande. Ha
labido serios combates en- la Vega. En-
II Moca hubo una batalla que dur6 3
cias Y en- la cual las fuerzas del gobier-
70 prendieron $50 hombreS Los reyo.
lucionarioS Sc apoderaron de $4,000 en-
Ia oficina de Rantas Internas en- el pue
BIO de Sanchez
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-13
Revista de information
terapeutica

Nuestro buen amigo Mr. Fr Schom-
burg, nos ha remitido un ejemplar de
la excelente Revista de information
,erapautica " que Sc pubhca en- espanol.
Ell tezto de la importante publica-
ci6n que es utIisima para@los m6dicos,
IS de reputadas tirmas en- el mundo
cientiico
Damos las gracias por ei envio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-13
CABLEGRAMAS
Contra Ell
juez Archibald
Nueva York. Sabado.-

Aver aprob6 la Camara de Represenr
tantes el capitulo de cargos contra ell
iuez Archibald por 222 votos contra uno.
FL proyecto de ley sobre desacato pre-
sentado por Clayton fue aprobado por
la Camara. Este proyecto de ley dis
pone que los acusados de desacato in
directo a una Corte federal sean juzga-
dos por un jurado.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
1 III; DECORATIONS.
Great Skill Shown by the coburs
GIassbloWers.

Gr9AS SkiH ouoWu ny kH0 OVOOt y
GlassbloWers.
From Coburg, Germany, a little rail-
way only twenty-five miles long leads
into the heart Of the Thuringian forest
ranges, terminating at Lauscha. where
Christmas ornaments are made. Near
" every house and hut is the home Of
a glassblower, and the smallest child
that can use Its hands understandingiy
has some part in the work.
The blowers make all their work
from glass tubes Of varied diameter
and thickness, which are cut to con-
venient lengths by scratching them
with file and breaking them at the
cleavage. A burner consisting of two,
four or more flames issuing from tiny
gas Jets conyerges Its fires upon a
metal plate, which usually supports a
piece of dry wood or charcoal whose
slow but fierce combustion under the
blue fame of the blowplpes rapidly
melts the hardest glass. Driving the
bellows which supplies air to his blow
pipes with his feet, the operator turns
out with left swiftness balls, stars,
pendants and larger ornaments Of al
most every conceivable shape and size.
His good wife is, perhaps injecting a
spray Of gliding or silvering solution
into great basketful of the tiny balls,
used to festoon windows and Christ
mas trees, or. perhaps, with greater
skill is coloring with deft fingers the
interior OF a larger ornament.
The eldest boy may himself be a
skilled operator and perhaps excels his
father in creating miniature reindeer,
with great spreading antlers, spirited
horses, coursing hounds. fragile air
ships and balloons and, most wonder
full OF all. roses, carnations, tulips and
other flowers, each of whose parts Is
made Of colored glass of the proper
color and fused in place with dell
cacy of touch that far excels ordinary
painting.
So light and fragile are these goods
that they are packed In cotton and
cartons divided Into compartments and
to a very great extent are shipped
away from Lauscha by parcels ex-
press. So generally is this done be
tween the middle OF November and
Christmas week that the postofice
force and a number of mail cars are
furnished to meet the demand for par.
GELS transportation. National Maya
zine
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
4 Political Precsutioh And A
Public Service.

UndeF our present antiuuated hank.
ing laws 4 financial panic. attended 81
Al industrial breakdown. Il possible Il
any time. Any number Of causes NAV
bring ABOUT an impairment At business
eanfidfnce. A general rush to realize
sWpon credit instrumrnts wruld rcsult.
| and no means would be at haze, nrsler
! our defsctixa banking svst.p, 81. ca4e,,
! the industrial end. commercial catas-
trophe which would Inevitably follow
The general welfare. as ven a ire
stability OF business and financial life.
| ii fi1ndamentAlly dependent upon the
establishment az 4 banking system
which viii not breed parlics and which.
in the event Of q financial crisis. would
1e eiESckiea HI atayiHR In favaFsa. -,
The overwhelming victory Of the
Democratic party has also added u no.
hticaI significance to the problem Of
banking reform. The panic Of 1899
occurred ii the second Cleveland ad-
ninistration. It was caused by the
Bland Allison and Sherman silver pur-
chase acts passed by Republican Cong
resses, and was precipitated by the ex-
travagances and fiscal folly of Harri-
sons administration. The occurrence
Of this panic, however. was at once
seized upon by Republican leaders and
indefensibly put forward as al, arpu-N
ment against the tariff and CONNER
cial policies OF the Democratic party.
Since 1894 it has been, uniustly it is
true, but no less effectively, used by
interruptions politicians and agents of
protected interests in discrediting the
Democratic effort to secure a reduc-
ton in tariff rates. During the cam
paign which has Just closed. both the
regular and progressive Republican
factions. in an unsuccessful effort to
scare the wage-earner. spread broad
cast the unwarranted assertion that
the election of Woodrow Wilson would
be attended by an industrial depression
and period of unemployment such as
followed the panic Of 1893.
The Democratic party has important
work to perform. The occurrence of |
a financial panic during the admins
tration Of Woodrow Wilson, arising
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

J We carry. ut all times q c0mpletn nno q
Perfumes Sachets. Talcums. Cold Cream.
etc. be ow We give you q partial Hat az
the many really god preparations which
are aswAys iiciu lei in our stock.
PERFUMEa > Wa have Hu,,nuss ,nd
RE ers bulk er'mmes ~ 6nr III 0tInte
CT e. VI r oas o the higher T eel sxtr sctn
~ res rom 3rlH.t 40 1 so or tore We
,rarTv Hnnais 10 =. esvn i;>,srrns Vioi~t
waters m pasrkApes rnsinx in prize from
26c each TO Sl.lU sacl,.
COLD GREAM--Wr have D.erett 4
msdells in lOc. and 500. tiihes and ian,
llihlnuts Marve'ous Coid. Cream in 30
tubes and 90: j%rt Besides these We have
d. s. Prtnxide md Nyaia Peroxide
retnis wlIit are 9resselsts III 26c. lara.
AMI 'end's Exc. Vanishing Gre IN in DC.
and Soc jars
IN ZACH EPs-4 W. bape. Hu.ahhsa I.ls,ns
aud Vinlst and Pivers As,tteA IN biijk ard
Ei.ine, Azurea ana lie Trefie Saehsts In
ounce bottles.
IN TAtGUMS We will name the follow.
ine: coleate.a Violet. EcIat. CaslmeTe
Bonquet and Esctylis. Mennen's plain, no.
I r. md violet in nssh and white Riyeris
IN h.sh enl white; HHdnnts YioleE, Roger
q Gailets Vio'e'. Pivers Axurea, Talcolette.
Carnation, Arbutnss and others too nu1ner.
Gus 10 mention here.
Hudnuts and Roger Il Gallets Violet Rice
Powders in white and flesh. Hudnuts,
Roger 9 Gallets, Swan Dawn. Elder Down,
Dorm, and many other face powders.
All sorts Of Nail Powders and .Pastes,
Cuticle Acid. En"mels and 4 full line Of
Manlcure Scissors. Files, etc, eto.