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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

Senator Cullom's proverbial good
luck has not deserted him. On his re-
tlrement from the 30 years continuous
service in the senate he drops into a
fat berth as commissioner in charge
Of the construction OF the new Lincoln
monument at Washington. Congratu-
lations,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
Not BecomInu,

81 didn't think Mrs De Browne look
ed very attractive at the opera last
night" said Dubbleigh
50? Why. usually she is radiant
What did she have on:" asked Win
kletOp
"A large sized gronch." said Dubb-
Leizh--Harnar'S Weekly,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

The Bulgariaus are very modest in
their demands. considering that they
have the power to drive the Turks out
OF Europe. r. they were eXacting they
could demand that Constantinople and
the territory adjacent thereto be
transferred to them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

Possibly the 80 pie hunters that
waited for President Wilson's coming
1t the White house were under the
impression that the seven siaters'
10 endorsed before leaving New Jer-
sey were good pastry cooks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

II the news coming from Mexico is
reliable, the revolution there has been
suppressed. AMI ia stlll being carried
on with virog in various quarters. The
Huerta ~surpatior is being acclaimed
with popular enthusiasm and damned
with equal urauimi-v and viro-. You
rays YOUR money and YOU takes your
rhnLrn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
BY TIE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMS Ten cents per week, by car
rie.. in Rock Island.
Complaints q deliver service should
he made TO the circulation department,
which shoUls alec Be notified in every
Instance whore. g; 81 desired 70 have
paper discontinued. as caIf:ers have no
authority in the premises.
AL communications Of srrunentat'vs
cha-a ater. polri~ O. religious. n1s;
have real name ATTACKED for pubiica-
;!on. 10 Flrh e-'i-les will be printed
yer fictitious slr~lt-rcs
Telephones IN ell departments: Cer-
trai Union. west 10. IIf5 and 2l4e;
Union Electro. 5If5
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

Have YOU noticed how much moro
quickly 'he asphalt pavement cleans
up trar tho brick af'o- Toe e'ush' ].
IL the Inference between the modern.
smooth surface and the uneven rough
surface a. other days. There is some
thing fo- those drl'he-arInE upon the
Kind Of pavement 20 Use in new i0hs
90 tn"rk -hru. ip this
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

Two {. most detestable kinds
Of people in this world are the ones
who are ashamed Of their grandfathers
and those who boast OF the high posi-
lions their grandfathers had in so
ciety.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
Warned.

Policeman, arrest that man for
swearing in the street
4 amt heard him swearin' amy"
But he's going to in a minute I
am about to inform him that his
daughter has eloped with the chat
feur"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
a Commitment

Your glasses she said, have made
a great difference in your appear
ance"
DO you think SOP" he asked.
Yes. You look so intelligent with
them on"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

The naming Of Senator John W
Kern Of Indiana for democratic leader
In the senate reminds us that it doesn't
take as long as # once did for a mem.
Der 10 go 10 the front in that body.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
rue. Rock Island, Ill Entered at the
postofice as seccni-class natter)
Rock island Member Of the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

Willard Salisbury the now demo
cratic senator from Delaware, was
highly h0lorc6 when he took he oath
% Office Senator DU PCuf or tho
Pow der trust his associate. refused
to ersart him 20 the desk and thar
service vRE performed by Senator
Smith or Maryland \ Delaware sen.
a;or who is offensive 10 the powder
trust muat be q good man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
Cause and Effect.

80 you parted never to meet
again"
Yes"
And what happened then?~
He kissed me goodby"
All: When are you to be mar
ried?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
n iR&E Cn

"What did that wou1.n do when her
pet dog jumped on you and Bit yon:''
''She gave me Il very reproachfu'
look" replied Flooding Pete. an then
she ordered the dogs valet to give il
Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

Former Attorney General Wicker
sham Is going 10 make a trip around
the world, and he may come home with
the suggestion that the whole works be
indicted for violation Of the Sherman
a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
For an Obvious Reasnn

1t is becoming fashionable again for
men TO wear their hair pompadour,
but good many of the men who wore
their hair pompadour before will not
do so now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

heroic struggle win adverse conditions that developed
the giant nature in him.
Compare the average mamby-pamby, characterless,
staminaless, initiatveess rich boy with the sturdy
bust boy who feels that he himself
his utmost to redeem himself from poverty and to
make place for himself in world One is a weak
ling; the other a giant.
Napoleon said OF his great general. Massena, that
he showed his mettle until he saw the wounded
and the dead falling about him in battle; then the lion
in him aroused and he fought like a demon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
Contortianetth.

You say she inherited her ability
TO stand on her head and tie her legs
in loopknot around her reck?"
Yes. Her father was a celebrated
band leader"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10

II Poriflrio Diaz cannot be induced
10 return 70 Mexico, perhaps a call to
Castro or Manuel, late Of Portugal,
would bring results.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
Monday March 10, 1918.

Professor Taft. on $1,000 a year as
n Yale lecturer, may wish that he
had gone into the hotel business in
Washington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10


their perpetual their
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-10
The Genial Cynic
HARD LUCK is GOOD LUCK.
BY CHARLES GRANT MILLER.

in a mansion and HI
probably heard of 1t
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
81. 40 PER YEAR.
AGED VETERAN A WOMAN.
soldiers' Home lnn~ss Posed FIT,
f Years az Nan.

10He inn3NS osEPo4eo FIFTY
Years as a Nan. So {
Quincy, Hl.The sex Of Albert D. j.
cashier, civil var veteran and an in
mate of the SC1..iers and Sailors home
here. has just been revealed by Colo
mel ]. Q. Anderson, superintendent Of
the home, to be feminine.
The woman, whose real name will
probably never be known, served three
years in the Union army during the
civil war. She was mustered out OF
the service in 1865 and a few years
later was placed on the government
pension roll. She entered the soldiers
home two years ago, and at that time
her sex was known only to, Colonel An
derson. who promised not to reveal her
secret. A short time ago she was adj
Judged insane, and as result she was
committed to the state hospital.
Revelat ton of her sex was made two
years ago in Livingston county, ILL.,,
where Sue was employed by ex-Sena-
tor NJ. Lish as chauffeur. It is said
by the ex-senator that one day his ma
chine would not run and the chauffeur
icraWled under the car. While she was
tampering with the mechanism the en-
CINE started suddenly, and the wheels
of the car passed over her,, breaking
her right leg. When the chauffeur was
taken to a hospital it was discovered
that she was a woman.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
AMPUTATES LEG
OF Pc CANARY
Mistress Calls In Surgeon When
Limb Was Fractured.

sssaf
longing to Mrs. William NJ. Walker,
wife of the manager Of the Planters
hotel, chirped inquiringly as he stood
on one leg on his perch in his mistress
room at the hosteIry. The bird had
often balanced himself on one leg be-
fore because it pleased him to do so,
but on this occasion be was compelled
to: The other leg had been amputated
by a surgical operation
L Bobby, who is allowed the freedom.
of the room and is seldom in his cage,
had been hopping about the floor when
a domestic, not seeing him, pushed a
chair against him One of his feet was
mashed, and the leg was broken.
In such eases it is usual to destroy
the bird. But Mrs. Walker was at
tached to Bobby because he often sat
on her finger OF. perched on her shout
der, so Dr.. Frederick w. Shaffer, a
veterinary, was called into consulta-
ton z
He arrived with case Of instru-:
ments and promised to save Bobby's
life. With hypodermic syringe he in
jeeted cocaine into the broken leg just
above the place where the feathers be.
gin and then cut off the limb with q
pair of bone shears,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
FIND MARKS OF AK
ON PETRIFIED TREE
It May Be Prehistoric Men.
Made and Used Tool.

Great Falls, Mont Gong to prove
that men inhabited this part Of the
world in prehistoric times and even
then used axes and showed Judgment
In telling trees, Solomon Abbott of
Shelby, north of this city, has devel-
oped startling evidence in this section
Not far from the Sullivan ranch and
near the junction of Cut Bank creek
and Two Medicine creek there is a
butte, probably $50 or 500 feet above
the surrounding country and about
seven miles in circumference 1t has
cut banks so steep at every point that
they are impossible for cattle and
horses and at but one point is a fence
needed to keep the animals on top OF
the butte.
The butte Is absolutely devoid of
timber, but at one time on the summit
there grew a fine straight pine tree
two feet in diameter and not short of
80 to 100 feet high. This is proved by
the fact that the tree now lies full
length on the ground, cut,into two foot
lengths. the ak marks discernible in
every cut of the wood, which is now
petrifed
To fell the tree uphill, as was done,
1t had to be chopped on the side to-
ward which it was to fall almost en-
tirely, and the petrified stump shows
that this was done. Every one of the
cuts, which hint of commercial pur-
poses for the wood, gives indisputable
evidence of the woodlands ak
Abbott is a pioneer and is believed
to have been the first white man to
have climbed to the top of the butte
He found the petrifed tree just as it is
today, and the wonder is in what age
was the tree cut and what sort Of peo-
pie did it and with what sort Of an ak
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
4 49,
TO HELP ARMERS
UNCLE SANS AIM
Trying 70 Ultimately Reduce
Cost Of Living,
TO STUDY CREDIT NEEDS.
Department. Of Agriculture Begins
Movement, Financed BY Education
Board, Rockefeller PhiIanthropy.
Splendid Results Expected.

Washington. The broadcast investi-
cation yet undertaken by the depart
ment Of agriculture designed ultimate
" to solve some Of the great problems
of farm life. is being planned for the
rural organization service, which has
just been established by Secretary
Houston. The secretary and DIR. T. N.
Carver of Harvard, who is at the head
Of the new work. are confident Of
splendid results 8 & 5
& The rural organization service will
work in closest cooperation with the
newly created division of markets,
which will devote its energies primar.
LILY to problems connected with the
marketing OF farm products at a profit
In many instances it is not the lack of
a market that prevents the farmer
from turning over a profit, but inabil-
ity to utilize, the means for reaching
the market
Secretary Houston. DR.. Carver and
students of farm economies in general
long have felt that the weakness Of ag-
riculture was disorganization This
Reorganization is the natural and of
ten necessary result Of the vast mum
Der of farm units, each one a separate
business enterprise Also It, is the re-
suit of the isolation Of farm life and
the fact that the farmer has learned
to cooperate with nature better than
with men
The rural organizat ton service win
be financed by the general education
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
CONVICT is NOW a LORD.

3 f = 3 = j \
Will Succeed to Title and Large Es-8
tates on Release.
Leavenworth, KAMA telegram has
been received at the federal prison an
nouncing that Convict Fred Grey, by
the death Of an elder brother in Eng
land, would succeed to title and a
large estate.
He will become Lord FREDERICK Grey.
and will leave for England to assume
his honors on his release from the fed
eral prison.
Grey was received at the federal
prison last fall from Texas, where he
had been convicted for using the mails
to defraud He has been the black
sheep Of his family, having spent most
Of his time since 1902 IN penal insti-
tutions of this country.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
DOG GUARDS DEAD MATE.
Companion Run Down by Car and Had
to BE Shot.

to Be Shot.
Kansas City.-For twelve hours a
Newfoundland dog stood guard over
the body Of bird dog run over the
other evening by street car at indie
pendence and Indiana avenues. The
bird dog was so badly hurt Policeman
Lasley had to kill it. When wagon
was driven up in the morning to take
the dogs body the Newfoundland was
still standing watch. Considerable
coaxing and sharp commands had to be
used before the men could go near the
spot
The two dogs have been seen togeth-
er frequently by persons living in the
The Newfoundland was
close by when the car ran over It's
mate. Immediately after the police
man shot the injured animal the other
dog took up the watch When the Off
Ger attempted to go near the dogs body
the Newfoundland resisted. Rather
than disturb this "grieving companion"
Policeman Lasley allowed the remains
to lie all night on the street corner.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
keep BABESC !,
WARMING ISSUED
.GhildIen's Bureau Tells How
to Reduce Death Rata.
COULD SAVE MANY LIVES.
Bulletin Tells Why Babies Cry, Get
Sick and Die-common Sense Essen
tial-communities Wipe Out Infant
Mortality to Large Extent.

Washington. The children's bureau
Of the department Of labor has pre-
pared a comprehen bulletin devoted
to babies. It is the first general con
ribution that Miss Julia Lathrop and
her assistants have made to the gov
ernment's educational publications. It
tells all about babies and their troubles
Why they cry and get sick and die
And then it tells what a relatively sim
pie thing it would be to reduce the
great procession of little white collins
if mothers would only use common
I sense and keep their babies clean.
81 It points out the tremendous strides
that have been made in New. York and
Philadelphia since communities have
been making concerted efforts to wipe
out the causes Of infant mortality. ~
81 Here is one of the opening para
graphs
The efforts of city health officials
have resulted in the last ten years in
reducing the general death rate in cit
les below that of the rural districts
and villages. Babies die of diseases
which to large extent are prevent
able, and when welfare work is di-
rected toward saving their lives the
response is Immediate and decided. In
certain large cities, such as New York
and Philadelphia, the result of sys-
'tematic baby saving campaigns has
been shown in reduction Of between
80 and 40 Der cent in the deaths of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
SCIENTISTS NEARING
LIES BORDERLAND
Tests Tend to Show a State
This Side Of Death.

Baltimore. Investigations in
the laboratories Of the Johns Hopkins
Medical school seem to Indicate state
intermediate between life and death,
since life i'll many organisms may be
suspended by freezing in liquid air and
by other processes and then may be
resuscitated
Bacteria, the lowest plant organisms,
have enormous powers Of resisting
death. Bacteria Of various diseases
are seen in the laboratory frozen in.
liquid air at temperature of 800 de-
grees F.
There are instances Of the lives Of
frogs, rats, snails and fish being sus-
pended by this freezing process, yet on
being t.thawed OUT after several weeks
they revive.
These animals are perfectly normal
when placed in a refrigerating jar I'LL
ed with liquid air at certain tempera-
ture. After a short time the animals
appear Hfeless. A month later they
are removed and on being massaged
show signs of life, often reViVing com
pletely.
Recently successful efforts were
made in the medical school to revive
the apparently dead heart Of an ami
NAL. AS explained by DR.. Alexis Car
rel, who recently lectured before the
student body here, in about five cases
out Of ten the heart of a chicken took
on renewed energy several hours after
death. Immediately after death the
heart was frozen and preserved. a
few hours later it was resuscitated by
massage.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
RIDES ON A PORE oIsE.

Young Bather So Frightened That She
Faints In Water.
Venice. CAL ride on the back OF
q huge playful porpoise caused Miss.
Violet Nathan of Minneapolis to have
hystericssWhile in bathing
While large number Of bathers
We're enjoying the surf near Mater Pier.
avenue a school of porpoises suddenly
appeared and began to frolic with the
bathers. All except Miss Nathan fed
to the beach When she observed the
monsters she started to flee, but a big
porpoise in a playful mood swan up
and rubbed against the young woman.
She screamed and jumped
The porpoise then swan directly
under Miss Nathan, ans she Wasecar.
ried several feet astri of the crea-3
lures back. v.
She called loudly for hel2, tainted
and fell off.
David Moreno. a life guard, rescued
Miss Nathan, and she was revived
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
TO TRY FLIGHT TO ENGLAND.

Aero Yacht to Start by July 1, Says
Boston Official.
Savannah, GA Batson aero yatch
will start by July 1 for a fight across
the Atlantic ocean, according to the
statement made here by a representa-
tive of the company.
It is the purpose Of the Batson inter
ests to fly from Savannah to New
York with letter from Mayor Rich
ard J. Davant to Mayor William J.
.Gaynor. Then the trip will be extend
ed to Washington where, with a letter
from President Wilson to King George,
the start on the transatlantic flight
will be attempted.
Captain NJ. A. Batson, u. S. A., re-
tired, is the inventor and designer of
the new air craft His officers express
confidence Of winning the prize of $780,
600 offered by Lord Northcliffe through
the London Daily Mail for the first
transatlantic fight.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
HEART MAY STOP ATlNG.
Physician Says Ten Minute interrup.
tion 10 Not Dangerous.

ton e Not Dangerous.
Paris. The following very interest
ing statements. some Of which are con-
isidered striking By the leading lights
OF French medical science. were made
by DIR. Alexis Carrei Of the Rockefeller
Institute For Medical Research. New
YORK, at MS first official lecture at the
Paul Beaujon hospital .55ss
# u. e'arrel announced that he was
now able TO operate in the chest cavity
with as much ease and safety as in the
abdomen. 1t Is now simple cut, I, he
said. and we open the thorax and OPP
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28
JURY BOX BENEATH TREE.

Justice, Elected From City Hall, Holds
Court on Lawn.
st. Louis. With his desk under "a
big oak tree and the jury box arranged
under another tree near by, Justice.
Frank Ford of Upper Alton held court
In the yard of the town lot in Upper.
Alton
Justice Ford was elected from the
village hall several days ago by the
city officials, who allege that heis hold
ing office illegally and has no right to
city quarters
Ford had child abandonment case
to try, and he arranged everything
outside under the tree, where his desk
and law books still remain. just as they
were piled outside by the. police who
elected him.
Twice little showers caused Judge,
jury and witnesses to run to the near
by store.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28

children under two years in the wards
where the work was concentrated. 2
The bulletin complains Of shortage Of
funds, and it commends the motto Of
the New York health. departm ent,
Public health is purchasable: within
Datural limitations a community can
determine its own death rate
Here are. some Of the principles laid
down for raising babies:
The baby nursed By: its mother has
approx imately ten times the chances to
live that a bottle fed baby has.
Clean milk is Fundamentally neces-
ssary Cities should not tolerate the sale.
Of dipped or loose. milk. The bull
letin continues:
he ideal is. nothing short of clean
mill for everybody But the need for
the prompt remedy of bad milk condi-
lions is more urgent in its relations to
the welfare of babies than to that of
adults, since dirty milk is largely re-.
sponsible for the occurrence Of diar-
srhea and enteritis, the most frequent
causes of death among infants The
remedy lies in the intelligent and ef-
fective inspection Of farms, the means
OF transp ortation and the shops where
milk Is sold q
The bulletin advocates the establish
ment Of municipal milk stations such
as are now maintained In some cities.
The milk station. 2 It says. sis sim
ply a room suff1 GENTLY large to accom-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-28

board, one Of the philanthropies Of
John d. Rockefeller While backed by
practically unlimited funds, however,
the work will not be done on an ex.
travagant scale The general educa>
ton board so far has appropriated
only enough money to make a begin
ming and to effect an organization of
thoroughly competent men.
The southern education board, a
branch of the general board. for sew.
eral years past has been cooperating
with the department in its farmers
cooperative demonstrate ton work in
the southern states This work has
met with phenomenal success and has
solved many farm problems for the.
south
Effective organization In marketing
crops will ultimately bring the farmer
"a much larger return for his work and.
also reduce the cost Of living to the
consumer by removing the middleman
wherever practicable.
'1The farmer is quite capable Of TAX
Ing care of himself If he can be put In
possession of the necessary informa-
tion," says Dr. Carver. Generally
speaking, the farmer must do his own.
organizing and not depend either upon
financial agencies or upon govern
mental agencies for the doing Of the
actual work The government, how
ever, has facilities for collecting, tabu-
lating and spreading information which
neither individual farmers nor groups
of farmers possess.
TT is not only necessary that the
farmers income should be increased,
but that country life should be made
sufficiently attractive to induce the
farmer to remain In the country even
when he has large income. In the
past 1t was generally true that the
more prosperous agriculture was the
faster farmers have moved to town.
This problem is IN some respects
more difficult than the purely economic
problems Of marketing and credit.
There must be some effective organiza-.
ton Of rural interests to support an
educational system In our rural schools
at least equal to those found In the
city schools. There must be organiza-
ton for rural santa ton, which Will
make country life so much more whole.
some than city life that people WIN.
seek the country rather than the city
for these reasons. =