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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
DR.. GEORGE CRAY,
BOY FRIEND, DEAD
Originator of Forward Move
ment Succumbs in Evans
ton at Age of 70.

Chicago. Ill, Dec. 22.-Rev. George
". Gray. for many years a prominent
figure in Methodist church work and
founder of the Forward Moyement-a
settlement to educate boys and girls
of the Eighteenth ward-died yester-
day in his home at 1929 Human street
in Evanston. al the age of 20. DR.. and
Mrs. Gray celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary on March {. 1912.
The widow and two children, DR.. Ed
win W. Gray of Chicago and Mrs. c.
y. Segar of Evanston, survive.
DIR. Gray was born near Piqua. Ohio.
on Dec. 8. 1884. and graduated from
Iowa Wesleyan university in 1858 with
the degree of A. b. and \. NJ He en-
tered the Methodist ministry and be-
came a member OF the Rock River con-
ference. At the time he started the
Forward Movement in 1898 he was sec
Rotary OF the Freedmens Aid society.
He was also general secretary of the
American university. For many years
he had been associate pastor with Dr.
Frank W. Gunsaulus of the Central
church
The inception of the Forward Move
ment was the finding by DR. Gray of
two ragged boys in Blue Island in 1899.
Their plight so appealed to him that
he installed them in a basement room
under a saloon at Halsted and Harri-
son streets. He soon secured funds
for his charity and with a name, sup
ported by funds. he began his work
among the children of the congested
old Eighteenth ward. II was social
settlement work with additional angles
20 appeal TO children.
The Forward Movement expanded
rapidly. and now occupies a compare
lively spacious home ar 1856 West Mon
roe street. About 600 women and
children are members OF the different
clubs. one of the important features
Of the work Is Forward Movement
park. near Sa-gatuck. Mich. where
about 1000 children annually are made
happy by fortnight outings in July and
August. At the summer camp a min
iature boys republic has been in ex-
istence for many years, with DR. Gray
at the head Elections, laws. and a /
congress have taught many a young
west slider the rudiments Of popular
government and the value OF self-help. I
which was DR.. Grays maxim.
Among the many supporters of the (
Forward Movement have been Mrs. /!
Gustayus F. Swift George +. Swift, !
Henry c. Lytton. George I.ytton. Colo /,
mel Edward c. Young. f. G. Pauling, |
r. p. Ripley and d. c. Cook.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
SCI u NANN-HEINK
SEEKS 4 DIVORCE

Chicago. III. Dec. 22.-Suit for di-
vorce was filed today by Madame
Schumann-Heink. the opera singer.
against her husband. William Rapp.
Desertion Is the chargl. They were
married in May. 1905. She alleges she
was deserted two years ago They
had no children. The singer had eight
children BY TWO former marriages.
Family differences are said 10 have
estranEed the Rapps Rapp is a law
yer lie l. 40 and a man Of means.
lie is said 10 be in New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
Razed BY an Earthquake.

Since 1861 the city Of Mendoza. I'm
Argentina. has not erected a structure
above one story in height. In that year
the greatest disaster which ever befell
the place. an earthquake. demolished
the town. and the inhabitants have
been haunted ever since by the fear OF
4 return OF such holocaust The
ruins Of the great cathedral. whose
walls crashed down upon the crowd OF
supplicants who had gathered within
for protection. still stand rs u warning
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
ORDER OF OWLS
OPPOSE SYSTEM
Recommend More Police for
City Instead of Establishing
Finger Print Bureau.

At a recent meeting Of the Rock Is
land Nest 40 1877 of the order o.
owls. resolutions were adopted oppos
ing the establishment of finger print
bureau for the detection of crime in
this city. More officers FOR the police
force Is recommended instead. The
resolutions.
Whereas. az a recent council
meeting OF the commissions OF
the city OF Rock Island. the prOpO-
sitiOn 10 install a finger print sys-
TEN in the police department of
this city az a cost of about $1,000.
was presented 20 the cOnsidera-
ton OF the commissioners.
And. Whereas. the commission
or 81 public health and safety.
Archie Hart. "a the head Of the
police department. has stated. that
II any further money - 10 be- eX-
pended on the police department.
that Il should be expended 10 EN-
plOy extra patrolmeu for the bet
ter protection OF the property and
citizens OF this city.
Therefore. Be il Resolved by
Rock Island Nest No. 1897. order
Of Owls. that We commend the
stand taken by the commissioner
OF public health and safety. and
recommend its further COnsidera-
tiOn by the city council.
And. Be IL further Resolved.
that a copy OF these resolutions
be spread upon our minutes.
copy be presented 10 the city
council. and a copy be presented
20 each OF our daily new spapers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
Two Great STAGES.

The largest stage in the world is that
Of the Grand opera House in Paris. Ii
* 100 feet wide. nearly 200 feet in
depth and 50 feet high. The height is
measured from the level of the stage
to the flies.
The stage Of the Metropolitan Opera
House. New York city. * 10l feet
wide. 50 feet deep and - feet high and
is believed to be the largest i'm the
United States London Answers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
Wasted Effort.

"Now. Tommy" said the sunday
school teacher. suppose you had two
apples and you gave another boy his
choice ~ them. You would tell him 10
take the largest one. wouldn't YOU
40. ma'am." said Tommy promptly.
why. Tommy" exclaimed the teach
or I'm shocked surprise. Why not:
We'll" SAID Tommy. I'm Dis bunch
Il wouldn't be- necessary 10 tell him
dat. New York Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
Hence the Danger.

81 am just wondering whether IL
would be safe 10 propose I" that girl
that I have been going with"
II don't think il would"
what makes you think she would
turn me down
Il don't | think she would snap
you up.'-Houston Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
Dep-essinu Influence.

$50 Won don't like that professional
optimist:''
Not much" replied Mr.. Growcher.
There are times when ! might forget
nv troubles if he were not constantly
advising me to make Il terrible effort
70 cheer up.''-Wa shingt"n Star
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
Lenden,s Lady Mayeress.

Among the privileges enjoyed By the
lady maroreSs Of London during her
husbands wear Of office i that Of en-
tree AT court Instead or being com
PEELED TO take her place among the
ordinary guests. titled and untitled. at
court functions. she enters the palace
by Il separate entrance and is received
by ROYALTY before any OF the other
guests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22

ar work for himself. and we know that
he cannot work because he is ill., did
not invite him tn come. but he is quite
welcome No poor man lacks for
meal rs long as there is food 1t is ii
custom of the people,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22

I Many persons find themselves affect
ed with a persistent cough after an
attack OF influenza A. this cough
can be promptly cured By the use OF
thamberiains Cough Remedy. IL
should not be allowed 10 run on until
II becomes troublesome. Sold by all
druggists Adv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
Dsrrow Case DISMISSED.

Los Angeles, Cal. Dec The
final word was written in the Clarence
Darrow prosecution a. a result OF
the Mcnamara Times explosion cases
Saturday when the case was dis
missed by Judge Grant jackson on
motion OF District Attorney Fred
.ericks. barrow was charged with an
attempt TO bride Jurors Balm and
Lockwood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22

The old abandoned town lies about a
mile from the new town and is 81 mass
Of ruins. scarcely "A single house re
mining intact.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
Getting a Start.

why doesn't that dachshund come
when I call him? The idea Of Sullling
on me-
Hes coming as fast ms he can" said
the mans wife Hes got his front
legs started. Washington Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22

Francis J. Heney. the well known
lawyer and graft prosecutor Of San
Francisco. has announced his deter
mination 10 run for governor OF Cali
fornia On the progressive ticket if
Governor Johnson decides to be can
didatc for the United States senate 70
succeed Senator Perkins. II Johnson
decides 10 try for the gOyernorship
again. Heney says he will be a candi-
date FOR the senate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22

All the news ali the time - The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22

There is nothing in life 50 important
as 10 thin. before YOU act
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-22
Your

bells the last
gonaTy Sled
that attached to month
selecting short Perhaps
Whether
selecting with the least possible delay If you come here at the eleventh
that
lines just complete Just ample and Just as desirable though you
than has shown before In spite OF the
made still ready
which VIII
a
quality such sterling worth and dependable that will
will reminder friendlness affection
through
lists such time might be better and
making these last few minutes count in
will dsap
where will hours to find
ceptabl gift.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04

Miller, premises 1870 Church street north
west. a two-story brick containing six
rooms. reception hall, tiled bath and
heated by hot water. The lot has a front
age of eighteen feet by a depth of 100
feet to an alley. 1T was purchased as an
investment at a consideration said to
have been $3.50.
For AloySiuS Wenger. premises 4:'
Rhode Island avenue northwest. d three
story brick containing ten rooms, bath
and cellar. at consideration of $500.
The purchaser will occupy the property.
No 1896 14th street. a two-stOry brick
building occupying lot 11.5-feet front by
depth of 100 feet to a twenty-foot paved
alley. for Mamie F. Phillips to a non
resident. The purchase price was said
to have been about s12.O9o 1t was pur-
chased an investment.
Aloysius Wenger purchased through
the same firm lots "a and % in square
1873, Chevy Chase, located at the cor
ner of Keokul1 street and Connecticut
avenue. The lots contain about l4.0oo
square feet. They were sold for Allan r.
Walker. 1t is the purchasers intention
to improve the property with "a modern
residence. The consideration was $1,000.
DIR. w. F. r. Phillips has purchased
from w Bladen Jackson through the
same office a frame dwelling at the corner
Of New York avenue and 10Th street. The
consideration was $500. 1t was bought
as an investment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
Asbestos a Valuable Mineral.
M Casters Magazine

From Cassier's Magazine.
Nearly all the asbestos of commerce
comes from Canada. Perhaps the chief
distinguishing feature from the point Of
view of composition as between the
Italian and the Canadian varieties Is to
be found in the fact that the former is
said to be anhydrous. However. the
Canadian mineral controls the industrial
situation. AS far back as the middle OF
the last century asbestos was known to
exist in Canada. But little attention was
attracted. probably because of non
commercial size of the deposits. A
farmer. Fecteau, discovered in 1877 the
mineral in commercial quantities, and
almost Immediately production became
valuable In 1890 the total value extend
ed a million and quarter dollars. This
value of output has never been equaled
since. unless the exception has occurred
in the last year or so. The weight of
asbestos produced in 1890 was $3.50 TONS
having an average value of nearly S12S
per ton. The value per ton has pretty
steadily declined since. Once put into eX-
portable shape, Canada's asbestos is. for
the most part, sent to the United States
The average amount thus annually ex-
ported to her neighbor during the decade
ending June so, 1904, was about 1900
TONS having a value Of about $50, Goo or
$50 per ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
Physical Fitness for Business Men
THE FARMER IN BUSINESS
By Frank A. Gotch, Worlds Wrestling Champion

had physical reserve. and they never for
got the value of keeping themselves in
condition.
The man with strength and enthusiasm
is going to get along. He will command
hearing where a better educated and
more thoroughly trained fellow will fail
He will gain audience where we'll ed
ucated man will be ordered out.
When we place all qualities in the bal
ance, and grant fair amount of native
ability. the farm boys stand to win larger
and earlier than the city-reared 1t is the
physical stamina of the country folk that
carries them to success 1t is the state
of always feeling good and ambitious that
helps them win-that makes them win,
The business man grows soft and -flabby
and he is putty, but he doesn't know il
He becomes horribly inefficient. but he
does not realize that truth. He is unable
to bear up under the strains of grilline
work. and all the while the ruddy-faced
lad from the pastoral reaches is getting
ahead Of him in the big game of life and
business.
And yet the trained city business man.
with his wealth and knowledge must sue
coed to larger degree If he will but COW
the pattern of the farm boy and keep in
shape physically.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
Helping the Tempter.
By DR. FRANK CRANE.

In an old religious book / came across,
the other day, a passage that stuck to
me:
Men have always tendency to
heighten the commands of God. which
axe themselves properly meted and adapt
I'd To- mems capabilities: in the Old Testa-
ment God did not say that Adam and
Eve should not touch the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, but only that
they should not eat of its fruit: it was
Eve herself that added the further pro-
hibition. neither shall we touch it, and
by so doing did help the tempter."
What a deal of this sort of helping the
tempter' has gone on in the history OF
morals.
II would seem as though mems re-
.igious convictions are their most intern
perate part. When they grasp a single
moral truth they must run away with it,
as a dog with a bone.
No branch of the story of human de-
Velopment shows so IRA tional, VIC ,ent
and unbalanced as the ethical.
Take the sexual feelings. which, OF
all human instincts have most to dc
with the spiritual quality of life. From
religion, from the idea of God and Oui
responsibility To- Him. come the per-
be left run loose. but should be re-
strained and ordered by disposing mind
with due regard To the welfare of other
individuals and the good of society But
for ages the prevailing idea OF perfect
'sanctity' was the utter elimination OF
the passions, and emasculated males and
non-human females were held up, and
are still held up. as examples to the
world Gods restrain yourself. became
mans kill yourself"
The rarest quality is not religious zeal
there has always been and now is plenty
of that; IL is religious seif-controi, re-
ligious temperance. of which there has
always been a dearth.
Almost every sect that has sprung ur
has signalized its zeal by adding new
commandments of men, to the COM
mandments of God. The Puritans wer,
noted for their fantastic restrtctions
Modern churches. at least some of them
will eXpel members for playing cards Oh
attending the theater. A strong effor
has been made. by the evangelical. bodie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
Do You Own Any Trees?

FROM the I1tsnur2n GrcSS-
There are so many people in all parts
OF this country who either can own or do
own small plots of timber that anything
which demonstrates the possible profit
from such holdings is of wide interest,
An eastern contemporary calls attention
to a stunning demonstration afforded
by the sale for $4,000 by George w.
Vanderbilt of the large timber on his
celebrated Biltmore estate of 5000 acres
nf mountain forest land in North Caro-
lima The timber is to be cut with regard
for the principles of scientific forestry,
all trees under fourteen inches in diane
ter are to be left and the buyers have
twenty years in which to remove the
2Jc.Oo0,O0O feet of lumber estimated to
be upon the tract.
This transaction is especially note
worthy for the reason that ii was upon
the Biltmore estate that Clifford Pinchot
afterward head of the forest service, but
then employed by Mr. Vanderbilt. began
the first work of systematic, forestry in
the United States just twenty years ago
At that time Mr.. Vanderbilt had recently
bought the entire tract for $4,000. or S.
an acre. so that the $4,000 for which he
has now sold the timber rights on ap-
parently all of the estate. except the
acres Immediately surrounding. his home
represents very handsome profit II
would figure pretty large If worked on,
! on a percentage basis. even after allow
ing for the interest charges on the orig,-
nal investment and any such sums as
are likely to have been spent upon tn.
practical forestry work in the interven-
Ing years. Few persons are so circum.
stanced as to- be able offhand to pu,
an odd hundred thousand or two into
| timber. land. but. as our contemporary re.
! marks, Mr. Vanderbilt's experience may
well set valuable example for the in
telligent treatment of small holdings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
ARCHITECTS WILL ADD
TO OCTACON HOUSE
Closed CoI0nnades Will Con-
meet New Building With the
Historic Old Mansion.

Provision is to be made by the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects for a meet
ing hall In connection with it's property,
the historic Octagon House, at the north
east corner of 18th street and New York
avenue. A year ago two houses adjoining
the property on the north were pur-
chased, thus providing an additional
frontage on 18TH street of fifty feet
Glenn Brown and Bedford Brown were
authorized to make preliminary studies of
a plan for the proposed enlargement. At
first it was proposed to preserve the old
stables. which. following the pattern of
earlier days. are of generous proportions,
but 1t was found that they could not be
used as offices or as a lobby to the meet
ing hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04

/ know of a young man in Florida who
came fresh from the farm, and who i'm
mediately jumped to the top as a sales
man of typewriters His first years bust
ness brought him more than $1,000.
1t is doubtful if he had ever seen a
typewriter before, but he was willing,
and had vim, and carried that quality
known as personal magnetism.
What this young farmer really possessed
was a sound body and good judgment.
He was determined. He felt like working.
And his muscles. accustomed to the rigors
of exercise, were not permitted to sink
into decay. No matter where he went
he kept his body in shape. He was ready
for the firing line each morning, and he
regarded each day as lost that brought
nothing but ordinary achievement.
The cities have numberless examples of
the farmer boys who came to the big
towns to engage in business. They had
lacked all the finer and better oppor-
tunities that the city-bred chaps possess
ed. But the boys from the bucolic places
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
Simple Treatment.

In order to attain the objects of the i'm
overwhelmingly, offices. meeting hall.
exhibition hall and banquet hall-the
plan which the architects regard as the
best is a simple treatment reproducing
the proportions of the two upper stories
of the Octagon with a recess in the angle,
making it a part of the garden where
statues and memorial tablets may be
placed.
Closed colonnades will connect the new
building with the Octagon, which is de-
signed to be used for exhibition pur-
poses and will be shown only on the
garden side. Under the meeting room
will be banquet hall, with reception, hat
and cloak rooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
Bomb Explodes After So Years.

Petropavlovsk Corr. Pail Mall Gazette.
A citizen Of this town was wont tc
show his friends bomb which was
thrown into the town when the British
attacked 1t during the Crimean war, and
to remark that English bombs are not
much good, as this one failed to ex-
plOde.
The relic was kept in the bathroom
servant pat it into the empty Russian
stove of huge size. Suddenly the bomb
burst the other day. wrecking the house
but causing no casualties. 1t had the best
of the joke after fifty-eight years
The incident has caused much amuse-
ment here. one local wag remarking that
the English bomb burst to seal the An
slo-RusSian friendship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
ments of the spectrum; while green Gains
the nerves and ancoura Sllaen

ments OF the spectrum; while green Gains
the nerves and encourages sleep.
Unfortunately, these effects are not al
ways to be relied upon. Some kinds Of
lupus yield to the influence of blue, while
other kinds find blue only aggravating
and are much more benefited by red. In
general one may say that red has eXcit-
Ing properties. Put a spider and wasp
under colorless bell glass and they will
live in peace; give the glass a tinge of
scarlet, and the two insects will rush at
each other and engage in mortal COM
bat.
In savage countries the most bellicose
tribes are devoted to ruddy colors: the
red in the trousers of French soldiers
shows that civilized people share the same
prediction. This tradition, however. is
worth further examination. for Ii would
certainly seem to be the better policy to
bring a blush into the ranks Of the enc
my. When the virtues OF the different
colors are more fully aScertained. DIR.
LaumOnier foresees a reign Of reason in
which every part Of our civilization will
share Hospitals will have wards of vari-
GUS colors to suit divers maladies Schools
and colleges will be painted green, a col
or favorable to study; while on the stock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
COLORS THAT HEAL.
The Right Hues For Hospital
Wards.
From the London Standard.

From the London Standard.
Perfumes, colors and sounds affect us
differently, says the Journal des Debats,
according to the state of our health. A
whole system of therapeutics has been
founded on this fact Since the days of
Pere Hue the Chinese have enveloped
smallpox patients in clothing of car
mine color. In Tonkin and Australia
bandages of the same color are used on
children suffering from measles. while
Spanish parents not only put their little
patients in wrappings of this brilliant
hue, but make them drink strip of pome-
granates because of it's color
Dr. Laumonier. writing in the Revue,
assures the world that there is some
sense in this. Red light has a good eff
feet on several skin diseases; blue and
violet spell death to bacteria: yellow pro-
tects the eye against the Injurious efe-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
Unique English Churches.

From the London Chronicle.
The two Essex churches of Willingale
Doe and Willingale Spain. which have
been repeatedly robbed within the past
few months, are probably unique IN Eng
land, for, though they serve different
parishes, they stand in the same church
yard. Local legend relates that this has
resulted from relentless quarrel be-
tween two sisters. Unluckily the ro-
mantle story does not square with the
types and dates of the architecture. The
southern and more ancient of the two
churches belonging to Willingale Spain.
is a small rubble early English structure
Of Henry HIS reign. But the church
belonging to WilHhgale Doe-the curl
Gus name of which seems corruption
of Willingehall d'Eau-is a decorated
stone building that appears to date from
the time. Of Edward III. .'"' -" 49,