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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14

one-hak miles of Fort Henry. a post
on the Tennessee river about fifty
miles from Paducah. Not satisfied
with looking over the country. Gen
eTal Smith boarded the gunboat Lex
ington, which had moved up the river
so as to meet the land column in the
vicinity of the fort. The Lexington
steamed up within Smelling distance
of the works and threw some shells
at It. One shot was made in reply.
A Confederate gunboat, which was
watching the Lexington, retired be-
hind the fort when the Federal gun
boat came close up.
Smith reported to Grant that two
gunboats could capture Fort Henry.
He said there was no water battery
that IS, guns on shore close to the riv-
er-unIess the prevailing high water
had submerged 1t. He concluded that
the garrison numbered 1000 to 5000
and that the Confederate naval force
on the scene need not be considered Sc
riously. The expedition returned, as 1t
had been expected to do. without other
service than a demonstration and the
gathering OF important information.
The latter brought about speedy re-
suits.
The Navy In the Lead.
On Jan. % Flag Officer A. 81. Foote,
who commanded the naval flotilla
which was cooperating with Grant,
notified General HalleciI that he could
capture Fort Henry with the four iron
clad warships in his force. He would
proceed to do this IL land troops would
be at hand to hold the fort after the
ships drove out the Confederates. The
same day Grant wrote to Halleck,
'With permission will take Fort Hen.
~ and establish a large camp there. II
On the Goth Halleck instructed Grant
10 proceed against Fort Henry in CO.
operation with Foote and his ships, to
invest the works and get between II
and Fort DoneIson. This is the earliest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
The War Fifty Years Ago

Burnside's Force In Archaeological to Abolish Mu
sic In the United States Army--Activities Begin In
Tennessee General Grant Ordered to Advance
In Confederate Territory - Preliminary Movement
Against Fort Henry, Tennessee River---The First
Fleet of Ironclad Warships - The Confederates
Plant Submarine Torpedoes In the Tennessee.
The Famous Kearsarse Goes to Sea In Chase of
Confederate Privateers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14

A divorced man or woman has no
more business TO write love story
than a sufferer has to teach elo-
quence
These statements were expressed
by Wilbur F. Crafts. Phi. D.. at a meet.
ing in Willard hall yesterday before
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Feb. 14.-Following are the quota
tons on the local market today:
Butter-Dairy, 35c; creamery. 45c.
Lard, 12kc.
Feed and Fuel.
Oats, 50c
Clover hay, SIS.
Forage-Timothy hay. $40 to s22.
Wheat, SOC.
Wild hay, $14 to SIT.
Straw, So.
New corn, 55c to 58c.
Coal-Lump, per bushel. 15c; slack,
10c.
Potatoes, 90c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
The First Fleet Of Ironelads.

The worst red flag of anarchy in all
the world is the red light" district
People who cali vice a necessary
evil" should be under suspicion of
using their heads only for hatracks.
The vice market in Chicago is as
easy 70 find as a place 10 buy shoes
or clothing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
MAKES AN ARRANGEMENT
or CITY VICE MARKETS

Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE red light"
district " Washington practically sur
rounds the capitol
Lust slavery IS far wider than the
Sred light" district
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
Nine O'clock Market.

Hogs dull; quality good; weak 10 sc
lower than yesterdays average. Light
5.S0G6.I5, bulk 6.05@6.20. mixed $50
G6.25, pigs 425@5.90. heavy 5000
6.271k, good 6.O5Q6.271z. rough $500
Cos. Workers 6.1066.15.
Cattle steady to shade up. Beevea
4 70Gs. 60. stockers 3.s0G6.OO, Texans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
srtuHIo CkIsLAND MOLINE


movement of the southern storm and
the approach Of the Alberta low will
be attended by unsettled weather in
this vicinity, with moderate tempera-
ture, and probably snow fiurries to-
night or Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
THE GRAIN MARKET.
CHICAGO Cash Grain.

Wheat-No. 2 100& Q101%, No. 3
r 9S@101, No. INV 1917 a los, No. 3
INV 9914 @1O3, No. 1 ms 110@113, No. 2
ms 109@111, No. MS 1860 109, No. 2 S
1O1@1O9, No. 3 s 9S@10S, No. 4 ESQ
los, VIC 90@1O6, durum 9O@105.
Corn-No. 64@64A, No. 3 W 64h
@64k, No. 3 y 64A @G4h, No. 4 61% q
62A, No. 4 W 62@G3, No y GAO
CO, sym $500, sgy 59@6OA.
Oats-No 2 So, No. W 531A @54, No.
8 W 52953, No. 4 W 4S9521a, standard
52A Q531s.
Liverpool Cables.
Wheat opened unchanged to 7s low
er; closed " up to Il down.
Corn opened unchanged; closed Is
lower.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
T0day's Market Quotations

(By wire from E. w. Wagner & Co.,
Grain, Provisions, Stocks and Cotton.
Local offices at Rock Island house, Rock
Island, Ill. Chicago office, 9S-S9- 10e
Board of Trade. Local telephones, No.
west 1900
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
Splendid Hotel
Accommodations

are provided by several hotels,
among which is the new Hotel Col
Tax, built on a commanding emf
hence, in mission style, finely fur
nished throughout, with every de-
tail of high-class service at reason
able rates.
All the appliances used in the
treatment of the weIl-known Euro
pean spas are to be found in the
baths OF the Colfax, and experienced
masseurs and operators are in con-
slant attendance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14

A few minutes delay in treating
some cases Of Group, even the length
of time it takes to go for a doctor
often proves dangerous. The safest
way is to keep Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in the house and at the first
indication of Group give the child a
dose. Pleasant to take and always
cures. Sold by all druggists.
All the news all the time.-Ths
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
(olfax
Mineral
Springs
The Carlsbad of
America

The waters are unsurpassed by
any of the worlds natural min
eral waters and unequaled in
the treatment of rheumatism,
dyspepsia, constipation, liver
and kidney troubles.
Colfax Is an AII-year Resort
with golfing opportunities
% miles east of Des Moines, on
the Chicago Colorado main line
of the Rock Island Lines, which
afford excellent train service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14

BOARD OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS
Wheat.
May. 1929, 1O2%. 1918, 1925.
July, 951a, 957s, $50. 951s.
September, 1885, 94as, 939s, 94as.
Corn
May, 6sA, 6Ss4, 6S1s, 6S5s.
July, 677s, 6SA, 67a4, 6SA.
September, 677s, 6Sas, CTS, 6SA.
Oats.
May, 52as, 52a4. 52as, 525s.
July, ass, 4S1a, As. 4S1a.
September. 417s, AZ, AIS, AIS. 8
Pork.
May, 1915, 1927, 1915. 1927.
July. 16.42, 1G.45. 1857, 1851.
Lard.
May, 800, 9.27, 800, 1922.
July, 9.37, 9.42, 9.35. 9.35.
Ribs.
May, ST., $50, SIT. SIT.
July, $50, $50, $50, $50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
Primary Movement.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
OPENING of Market.

Hogs $4,000; left over II 200: steady
to shade lower than yesterdays aver
age. Light 5.S0@62O. mixed $500
6.271k, heavy 5.9Od6.3O. rough 5.90Q
COS.
Cattle $4,000; steady to strong.
Sheep 10000; steady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
OBSERVATIONS.

460@5.75, cows 2.1O@6.5O, westerns
4.S5@700. Calves 5.75@S.50.
Sheep steady to 10c up. Natives 3.15
@4.7O, lambs native 425@6.60. western
3.4O@5.75, western lambs 4.5O@6.65,
yearlings 4.75@5.70.
Close of Market.
Hogs closed sc lower. Bulk 5000
els, light 5.7506.15. mixed 5.S5@6.20,
heavy 5.S5@620, rough 5.S5@6.00.
Cattle steady; top $50.
Sheep strong; top Ats.
Lambs strong; top 6.65.
Western Live Stock.
Hogs. Cattle. Sheep
Kansas City $4,000 5000 1000
Omaha :. 1900 $500 $500
Estimated Chicago Tomorrow.
Hogs. Cattle. Sheep
Chicago -. ......31, 900 1000 $4,000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14

JIM. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02

THE KLNDL Y MR.. MCFARLAND
Tales Told At the Ringside
~ ". a. PheEon

baldheaded
~ Also,
world fight
idol
the middle against it
Mcfarland, baler salad
anda he a broke the
Always been II do anything for
10 friendship Of money"
climb porch bank and be-
sides"
rudty," Mcfarland Down
somebody
You shall Jeff Canadian
the best fight know how Go to it like
dollar hold
old of
for smiling prosperity"
The changed; good
absentindedy inhed banged
fell him, and getting off his chest
whe the
the Welcome
assembled
old Pey round the
taking
the the finish aged bat
ntob still in the
Falan
ickIed this told I'd
wordI"
of this old face whynn did
you 60 viii be the face mOTe?"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02
Ball DOPE BY N: walker

New York manager for all that is good
and holy in baseball. He says Jawn
croeds when croWding wins games,
eases off when the strain is a bit
players bean and roaSts the rules into
a sulker. Upon McGraw depends the
outcome of the world series, Jennings
says. Same being the final analysis of
the situation to date and being tout
for the Giants.
Horace Fogel has followed Charles
Murphy'S lead by declaring that the
Giants won the National league pen
nant through the crooked umpiring of
the National league umpires- Fogel is
president of the Philadelphia Nationals,
which team is owned by the same syn
dictate as the Chicago Cubs. Murphy
said that the Cubs lost because they
boozed, when the fact remains that
they lost because they could not play
fast enough ball TO win. Now Fogel
lays it on the jumps, the poor, old, long
suffering dfctators who have had to
dodge pop bottles and side gate mobs
all season. Coming when it does Ho-
racio's squeal is a little late. If he
knew anything Of crookedness in the
National league umpiring he should
have exposed it before the end of the
season.
Fred Clarke will lead the Pirates TO
victory next season He has adjusted
his differences with president Barney
Dreyfuss, Of The Pittsburg club, and
viii direct the destinies of the fero-
cious pirates again in 1913. Clarke,
disliked Barney's butting in when he,
Clarke was running the smoke city
team. Barney threatened to force Fred
to resign by emitting his pay check
from the envelope. But friends inter
ceded, Barney promised and Fred prom
ised- Now everything is lovely and the
pennant hangs high on the Pittsburg
pole for next year-in Messrs. Drey-
fuss and Clarke's minds.
Only four more days, barring the
weather, until the New York and Bos-
ton mines play a ball game.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02
BRUCE BROWN KILLED
IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. David Bruce
Brown, the automobile racer, died here
this afternoon from a fracture of the
skdll, caused by the overturning OF his
car on the Vanderbilt track this morn
ing.
Browns mechanician, Tony Scude-
lari, is said by physicians to be i'm
proving.
The wreck occurred while Bruce
Brown was racing a few yards behind
Teddy Tetzlaff in another Fiat Bruce
Brown had Just driven the fastest lap
or the daxs tuning I'D trials and had
set a new record Of five minutes fifty
three and eight-tenths seconds for the
7.SS mile course. He was endeavoring
to better this record and had just at
tempted to pass Tetz1aff when the
crash came.
Bruce-Brown had been in Milwaukee
two hours and twenty minutes when
the accident occurred He was greatly
interested in preparing for Saturday S
prix race, the only event in which he
was entered He had won the American
grand prix twice at Savannah, and he
had hoped to win again this year,
which would have made him permanent
holder of the American grand urix cup.
Although only % years old, Bruce
Brown was one of the best known au-
tomobile drivers in the country. He
began racing in 1907, winning his nov
ice race at the Empire City track.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02

from them, and the worlds CHAMPION
ship, with all its big returns of money,
glory and honor, gradually ebbing else
where and to other players
1t is little wonder there was dire dis
may in the Giants camp and untold
worry on the mind Of their manager,
John J. McGraW. He knew full well
that his team and himself would be the
laughing stock Of baseball fandOm the
country over should the commanding
lead they once had be overcome and
the team beaten out in the end But
that unfortunate contingency will not
arise
The. Giants, as they seem invariably
fated in hot weather to do. slumped
again this season in the midsummer
months. They did so this year by play
ing the heat instead Of baseball They
exaggerated the heated spells in st.
Louis abnormally, and just imagined
the torrid weather was too much for
times when McGraw was worried the
He was more than that. He was mad
clear through, and made no bones Of
telling his players what he thought Of
them
Then more pleasant and easy times
came The boys took a brace, and the
Cubs and the Pirates had their slumps.
Giants Are Confident.
The Giants, one and all firmly be-
HeVe they viii beat out the Red Sox
for the worlds championship. Two OF
the most prominent among them-ma-
llGASOu anu 44Cy nave COAlAS Jul
with their own signed statements that
the Giants viii win, but II viii be be-
cause John McGraW knows more base
ball than Jake Stahl- and it is on that
account that feel free to express my
opinion that the Giants win beat out
the Red Sox-
Individually do not think the Giants
are in any way superior to the Red
Sox, but when team work is to be con-
sidered, and the coming worlds series
surely viii be diverted from Individual
eft i'm Of f7raclf ion II
firmly believe, for the two teams are
evenly enough matched otherwise to
warrant that belief, then Is the time
HcGraW and his Giants viii flash, and
flash Winningly.
The Giants can be depended on, and
with Tesreau to offset Wood and Ma
thewson and Marquard to assist Big
Jeff" things look pretty smooth to
me.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02

OE WOOD is another product Of
that wonderfully fertile land known
- as Kansas. Joe developed back
there on a sod house ranch and he was
pitching hay before he pitched base
ball Joe is as much natural pitcher
as Mathewson is a cultivated plant.
Before he knew there was baseDaI
league Joe was slowing them over the
plate in the backlot kansas leagues
and making them break the way ne
wished. Joe admits that ne developed
all Of his own curves, although ne ooes
not pose as a self made master o. the
gentle art of flins1ng.
Woods first work was done as q
freshman in the University OF Kansas
There. in company with the otner corn
belt boys, he played on the college team
md surprised the natives by his work
Hutchinson. Kas., in the big STICK
league, captured this prize package
after he had higher EDUCATED arouhd
Lawrence for one year Joe was
and finally toWed into the Boston camp
by one of the Nick Carriers who was
scouting for the frijole consumers
JJpon Wood, the world series largely
depends, slanting It from the Bostonlan
angle Wood is but 30 New YORK
batters must not lay any odds on TINS
youths age, for he has been In the
game long enough to get the tlInolny
out of his GiletteS. Joe Will go into the
first game against the Giants, II the
Boston brew is good. What he does IN
this initial game will decide his i'm
mediate future If the OvergroWns
smash out his benders, Boston win
have to hustle 8 pitcher from the dis
card Nothing of this kind is antlc1-
pated or feared. Wood is as steady as
an eight day Seth Thomas and is as
husky as a house mover He may be
depended upon for as many games as
Jacob Stahl may request him to pitch
He may not get away with all OF his
games, but that lanky Kansan will
come out with credit.
Exhibit c. the same being Hugh Jen-
nfngs's contribution to the cause Of
contemporary baseball history regard
ing the world series. Frank Chance
picked the Giants, Clark Griffith the
Boston Reds. Now HUghie pulls some
grass to the general opinion that it is
McGraw who is the main stem in the
championship series, thereby throwing
the preponderance Of evidence on the
side of the National club. McGraw,
in Jennings's admiring estimation, is
the greatest little leader who ever
managed a baseball team or fought a
battle Jennings sidesteps the real is
sue by saying that neither team will
play up to its game and to pick a win
ner on form would be to reverse the
running. Not distributing Jake Stahl,
mind you, Hughie proceeds to laud the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02

FEW YORK, Oct 2.-If the Giants
nj were sure to make the showing
L = in every game of the worlds
series that they did against the Pitts
burg Pirates IN the last series, man
ager McGraw would have a right to
consider that he had the gonfalon en-
blematical of the baseball champion
ship Of the universe already tucked Sc
but, unfortunately, the Giants cannot
be depended on to play steady baseball
day in and day out In fact, they have
proved themselves to be in-and-outers
of the most cratic kind
Since around about July 4, with one
or two short periods excepted, the
Giants have played such tantalizing,
aggraYating game, that any of their
rooters who have seen them play regu-
larry have been lucky to keep out of
the nutty or bughouse class of base
ball fans.
But still while in the very thick of
the worst Of their slumps they would
take the most sudden and unexpected
braces and reestablish themselves In
a lead that would dumfound their
rivals who were giving them the closest
fights.
Their reyersals Of form in PittSburg
and Philadeiphia were two Instances
when they came back" and restored
the waning confidence of their friends
and supporters
were able to help themselves. The
Cubs, fortunately, took tumbles at un-
expected times and against teams that
did not look strong enough to make
the Chicago battlers crack
That they did, though, and while
punctuating the uncertainty OF base
ball by beating the Cubs at times when
the Giants were in their most danger
Gus predicaments, still those defeats
of their closest opponents came when
the Giants needed such assistance the
most and gave them the opportunity to
revive their dropping spirits and get
into their winning stride again.
With the Giants enjoying a lead OF
Is games around July 4, that ap-
peared to be impossible to overcome,
still they drifted, drifted, drifted from
that big handicap they had forced on
their opponents until they held the
paltry lead of only four and half
games They could see the pennant
thew had counted on so confidently, and
naturally so. slipping. gliding away
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02
AMATEUR TEAMS
IN BASEBALL TOURNEY

Amateur teams will compose the
baseball tournament of the Os-Aple
Jubilee. according to the decision of
president Burt Orndorff, and Art
Woods, president OF the City league.
has been appointed as the executive
chairman of the baseball committee
which will have the tournament in
charge. He will have the entire base
ball end of the Os-Aple Jubilee under
his control and has already started to
arrange for his teams. Lieut.. Dean
Halford, of the 22d infantry, has been
appointed vice chairman of the base
Dali committee and other members of
the committee already appointed are
Lieut. Max B. CARRIER, Harley Kiefer
and L Perkins.
There will be four teams in the three
days tournament, two of them being
from FL Paso. Art Woods plans to
have one of the teams made up of SOL
der players, the nine men on it being
picked from the ball playing material
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02

of all Of the army forces stationed in
Ell Paso- The team will not be made
up alone of the 22d infantry players,
like the one already in the City league,
but players will be selected from the
two regiments of infantry, the three
regiments of cavalry. the artillery bat
terry and the signal corps.
Besides the army team, FL Paso win
have a team composed of the cream OF
the civilian players OF the City league.
On this team chairman Woods intends
to use the players of the Globe Mile
team as a plan to work on and the
weak spots of the team will be filled in
With players from both the Bakers and
Skeletons. AS the Millers are prominent
in the City League championship race,
the team will Be allowed to wear the
Globe Mills suits.
Other teams to be represented in the
tournament will be Pecos and Hurley,
which have already signified a desire
to send amateur teams to Ell Paso to
take part in the games.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02

fast, heavy men and likely to develop
into a great back field And Princeton
starts the season with Pendleton.
Baker and De Witt, the same back field
that played on the team that beat Har-
ward and Yale last year. Al three
colleges are particularly well provided
for in the back field.
In fact, this season is apt to be
known as season Of great backs, for
there is Capt Thorpe of Carlisle, Capt
Mercer OF Pennsylvania, Capt. Wen
dell Of Harvard, Capt PendletOn OF
Princeton and Capt Spalding Of Yale,
without considering your Brickleys,
Minds, Bakers or Philbin-
The line proposition is entirely Diff
ferent Yale seems the best equipped
with Ketcham. an aIl-Ameriean center.
and Bomeister. an all-American end,
and the rest of the material is fair out
Weighing either Harvard or Princeton
Both BomeiSter and ketcham are
good players, but there were quite a
few followers OF the game that did
not agree with Mr.. Camps selection OF
these two players on his alI-American.
not because they were not first rate
players, but because Of the improperly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02

FEW YORK, n. Y, Oct 2.-Taking
nj the opening game between Yale
L y and Wesleyan as criterion, the
extra down given the offence in this
seasons football games proved that
the rules committee had not gone too
far by Strengthening the offence
It was feared by some coaches that
the big college teams would be able to
rush the ball at will against the smaller
elevens, but the result of the Yale-Wes-
leyan game has shown that such is not
the case The rule allowing the for
ward pass to be thrown any distance
gives lighter team better oppor-
tunity on the offensive than ever be-
fore.
Field Goal Still Important.
The change in the score of a touch
down and a goal to seven points has
not abolished the use OF field goals In
the Tale-We Wesleyan game, both teams
scored by a drop kick, and Capt. Butler
of Cornell won his own game by a goal
from placement Carlisle, as usual ran
up a big score in it's opening game
Therefore no deductions can be made
as regards the rules. but a decided con-
indian material. which is Of the best
quality. Capt. Thorpe, the greatest all
round athlete in the world. did not play,
neither did Powell, another veteran. but
Welsh. the quarterback, ran his team
in splendid shape, and gives promise OF
adding his name to the list Of great
indian Quarterbacks-
The Carlisle team has two new games
on it's schedule this year, one with
West Point on November 9, and another
with Cornell. The team, will be worth
watching. and with Warner as coach,
will make the most out of the new
role
Big Teams Have Weak Lines
The provisional varsity elevens as
constituted at Harvard, 7ale and
Princeton show a decided strength in
the back field and an equally marked
weakness in the line.
Harvard has a pair Of remarkable
backs in Wendell and Brickley, prob
ably the best combination that has
played at Cambridge for a great many
years. Yale has three veterans in
SpaIding, Philbin and Camp all of them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02
ARCHDALE AND BILLIE BURKE
MEET And MAKE RECORDS

Columbus, O.. Oct 2-Dudie Arch
dale and Billy Burke met on the grand
circuit track yesterday in a brilliant
contest that brought records to both
The Archdale mare won the race tax
ing rank as the best of turf history for
four heats by trotters. The time total
is a second better than that made on
the Columbus track last year in the
Soprano-Grace conflict.
Billy Burke's part of the perform
ance was an opening mile in 1903 IA,
the best trotting time anywhere this
year. He broke turning home in the
second heat, and Dude Archdale won
easily.