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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19
NAME OFFICIALS
FOR ELECTION ON
The BOND ISSUE
Judges and Clerks Selected to
Count Ballots Thursday,
September IL.
LAST OF THE RED TAPE
Resolution Officially Calling Vote on
Ordinances Passed at Meeting
Of City Dads.

resolution officially calling the
special bond election for THURSDAY,
Sept. Il, was unanimously passed at
the weekly session of the city commits
sion yesterday afternoon. All Of the
ordinances providing for the S9l, 900
bond issue were readopted, in order
that there could be no question as 10
the legality CT the procedure, and then
Commissioner VI. T. Rudgren offered
the resolution naming the date for the
vote.
Judges and clerks were then select
ed as follows, on motion of Commits
sioner Rudgren:
First precinct - Judges, ]. D. War
mock. w. l. Aster, Edward Kahlke:
clerks, Harry McKown, Henry c. Bow
err.
Second precinct-J"dges J. c. Nc
CoTmack John Holzhammer, William
Gahagen; clerks, Frank Skinner. Bert
Yoh.
Third precinct-Judges Jack Cahail,
w. II. Schriver. Jake Lefsteln; clerks,
T. A. Young, VIII Barth
Fourth precinct-Judgcs, ]. l. Hick-
oy, J. A. Sundquist, William Ecker
mann; clerks, J. II. Britton, James Eek
hare
Fifth preclact-Judges, John Scher-
a., 8. s. Hull. Ebert Don; clerks, p.
A. Eklund, Ben Gest.
Sixth procinct-Judges Dan Corllen,
Cg-tlv Klotz, W. Corcoran; clerks,
William Guldeuzopf, Ben Rinck.
Seventh precinct - Judges. c. w
Horton, E. F. Helpelstell. a. NJ. Klove
clerks, Harry Coyne, Carl H. Tnode.
Eighth precinct-Judges, Luther An
darson, Willard Baker, w. II. Toal
clerks, W. c. Horst. Joseph Charles.
Ninth IrCcinct-Judges, NJ. w. Bat
ties, Charles Fic5ig, II. II. Harris
clerks. J. p. Sexton, William Schaar
mann.
Tenth precinct -- Judges, Robert
KuEchmann, Il. J. Schwcck", James j
Bahen; clerks. NJ. n. Moore, {. C
Eberhart.
Eleventh precinct - Judges, George
L. Schmid, Dan Brennan, c. y. Isaac
soa; clerks, J. G. Miller. NJ. II. Schil
l.nRe-.
Twelfth precinct - Judges, w. II
BrouCh, Ernest Russ, james Mirheld
clerks. Gus +. Linderstruth, George L
Vaughn.
Thirteenth precinct-Judges, 4. J
Rioss. Frank Meenan. John Snitzer
clerks, c. +. White Arthur Salzmann
Fourteenth preciuct--Judges Joshu;
Hasselquist. ]. \. Campbell, S. J. Sta
der; clerks, Alvin Anderson, Osca
Oborc.
Fifteenth precinct-Judges c. l.
AckCrlind, A. +. Nelson, Lewis Thiele
clerks. A. b. Curtis. Elmer Holmgraiu
Sixteenth precinct - Judges. Fran
B-ranCk. W. c. Peck. ". Weaver
clerks. william Johnson, r. W. Clark
Seventeenth precinct-Judges, And
Wolleuhaupt, Henry Koehler, Pete
Loge; clerks. Louis Moeller, Ere
NIu5foldt
LAST OF RED TAPE.
The action of yesterday conclude
tho red tape in connection with tn
election. The only thing remaining t
be done Is for the voters TO exerCis
their franchise. Special interest wi
center in the coming vote. because
will be the first opportunity for tn
women TO have the use Of the 5allC
under the provisions OF the law r,
Gently passed by the state Legislature
All Of the new" citizens will be r
Quired 10 register and will find pc
books at the voting booths on Aug.
and Sept. for the purpose.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19

Dysentery Is a dangerous disease bu'
can be cured. Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has
been successfully used IN nine cpl
denies Of dysentery. Il has never
been known TO fail II Is equally val
liable for children and adults, and
when reduced with water and sweet
ered. it is pleasant to take. Sold By
all Enthusiastically
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19
Only One of a Kind.

why do you think he is such a re
markable man.
Hes the only one l ever knew wha
spOnseS in the marriage service loud
enough 50 that any one could hear
him."-ChicagO Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19

When the digestion is all right, the
action of the bowels regular. there is a
natural craving and relish for food.
When this is lacking you may know
that you need dose of Chamberlain s
Stomach and Liver Tablets, They
strengthen the digestive organs, i'm
prove the appetite and regulate the
bowels. Sold by all (Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19
CoIored Women Meet

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 19.-Discus-
sions of woman's suffrage and child
welfare will feature the 18th annual
meeting of the Illinois State FEEDER.
alton of Colored Women, which con.
yenes today in this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19

The STUDENT always get these two
terms mixed. What is the difference
between matrimony and patrimony!
The Professor-Matrimon is engineer
ed by the mother and the necessary
patrimony is supplied by the father
Kansas City Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19
erocers Picnic Thursday.

The annual picnic of the Davenport
grocers will be held Thursday after
noon and evening at Zum Alien Dorf,
Davenport. Over 1000 tickets have
already been sold
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19

II your liver is sluggish and out of
tone, and you feel dull, biliods, consti-
pated, take q dose Of Cnamberlain's
Stomach anc Liver Tablets tonight be-
fore retiring and you win feel all right
in the morning. Sold by all druggists
-(Ady.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19
Combined Course at Browns a
Winner,

The combined course taught at
Browns Business college IS especially
designed TO TT students for all around
Office work. It will pay you TO inves-
tigate. Office at 1923 Second avenue
open every evening this week
(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19
OBITUARY
NAPOLEON BREECHER.

Those who came to attend the
Funeral services for the late Napo-
leon Breecher were held at O'Clock
this morning from the home, 2215
Fourth avenue. Father J. F. Lockney
officiated. Interment was made in Cal
vary cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19

Be sure and take bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy with you when starting on
your trip this summer. 1t cannot be
obtained on board the trains or steam.
ers. Changes of water and climate
often cause sudden attacks of diar.
rhoea, and it is best to be prepared.
Sold by all Enthusiastically
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19

ter, Mrs. R. c. Bimson at the latteT'a
cottage on Black Hawk hill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-19

All the news al! the time-The Argus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
MARRIED LIVE LONGEST
Reasons Given Why People Who Wed
Make Best Insurance Risks"

From Chicago. Where they evidently
have an Industrious Bureau of Vital sta
tistics, there come in one day two pieces
of news that possibly are related One
Is tosthe effect that on Thursday $50
marriage licenses were issued a num-
Der that broke the city record by thir-
teen, says the New York Times. The
other relates to the relative longevity
In Chicago, of the married and the single.
The death rate of bachelors there, 1t
seems. Is 1913 per 1000, that of married
men only 15.3-a difference of 29.5 per
cent. In the other sex the respective
figures are 14.3 and 10.3-a difference of
40 per cent This showing may account
for the violent rushing into matrimony
that occurred. supposition that is made
the more probable by the presumable
subsistence of Junes well-known incte-
ment toward the great plunge.
But are the longevity figures as favor
able to marriage as they look-in other
words, is the greater ago at death of the
married an incident or an effect of their
state?
Before answering that question, one
must remember that, as rule. though
with all too many exceptions, the people
who marry are what an Insurance man
would call selected risks" Those des-
perately or even seriously i'll. IL single.
usually remain so at least until recov-
cry while either men or women who are
in any way abnormal encounter difficu-
ties, of not insuperable obstacles, even IL
they feel the mating impulse. and abnor-
mality is not long lived The chances
are Therefore, that it would be unsafe
to draw from the above statistics the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Alabama Crawfish Might Produce
Weekly Profit OF "a SilOer Dollars

Springfield Mo-, July 19.-tSpecia1.)-
lovers of this delicacy in st. Louis is the
business of two Greene county farmer
boys. Frank and Freddie Woods. They
utilize large pond on the farm of their
father, two and a half miles north of
Springfield. The boys are believed to
have the only crawfish farm in Missouri.
Four thousand Of the crustaceans are
marketed each week, They have a
standing order with st. Louis fish
house for 1900 crawfish to be shipped
every Monday, Tuesday and wednesday
and for 500 on Thursdays and Fridays.
Last year the boys sold 10000 crawfish in
St. Louis, for which they received $3.50
per 1000 This year they expect to ship
between 10000 and 100000.
The propagating, catching and shipping
of .crawdads. as they are familiary
known to every youngster who knows
anything at all about them. is interest
ing A large spring supplies the water
for the pond covering several acres This
lake is grown thick with peculiar moss
which is found in no other part of the
county.
Feeding upon this moss is a shellfish
of the periwinkle species. Upon the
periwnkle and the moss crawhsh feed
in countless numbers.
The crawflsf are caught with small
hand seine One of the boys follows the
edge of the pond with one end of the
seine, while the other wades out to arm
pit depths with the other end. single
drag with the seine will often reward the
boys with a catch of more than 200 sal
able crawfish. The market requirements
are for crawflsh at least three inches in
length Many of the crawfish are eight
and nine. inches long.
Since the crawfish are raised in spring
water and feed upon vegetables and live
animal foods, their flesh is very sweet
and succulent. The Woods boys have
received letters from the ST. Louis COM
pany to which they ship, stating that
their crawfish are superior to any re-
ceived In ST. Louis and for that reason
depend upon the boys for their supply.
SEEMING for crawfish is done at night
An acetylene lamp is used by the boys
to detect the presence of the "crawdads''
feeding upon the moss near the banks of
the pond There they can be seen by
the hundreds feeding on the periwinkles
and the vegetation that grows thickly
In the water. Not more than an hour is
required each night to fill an order for
1000 of the creatures.
They are packed alive in baskets with
wet moss and they reach their destina-
tion by express in good shape. Crawdsh,
like Holsters, are boiled alive, but they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

time. -Four years ago C. r. West took
charge of the school. At that time there
was only one teacher and the school
was conducted in dwelling house. There
were 10 or 20 desks, and some benches
There was no blackboard, and the only
means of keeping the 20 or 80 pupils warm
In winter was a fireplace. Discouraging :?
Put yourself in the place of the teacher
and see what you would think of the
prospect It was fortunate for the school
that MIR. West had the courage and the
patience and the force of character to
undertake what he did, and his success
has been phenomenal.
The house was repaired. a stove put in.
and year by year the number of teachers
was increased until now there are four
instead OF one Each of the four has q
first grade license. During the first year
OF Mr.. VESTS principalship at Bessie s4O0
was given by private subscription and
was spent on the building and on equip
ment. The next year $3.50 was spent
During the past school year the Sloss
company remodeled the house, built an
additional room and put on weather
boarding. By personal subscription more
money was secured, and the schoolhouse
was PdlilAcd. IHcIt are trees IN the back
yard and the grounds are surrounded by
a wire fence.
Bookcases valued al s2S and books worth
$50 were bought last year. One of the
older girls, Nellie Kemp, was librarian.
Pupils from each of the rooms were as
signed an afternoon on which they might
get books from the library and they were
required to return their books within one
week Just this one matter of the library
with the pleasure and the profit of read
ing the books and the sense of RESPONSE
bility entailed in caring for them and
returning them on time-to have accom-
plished just this one thing-is worth any
persons effort 1t is really appalling
how many children there are who have
no reading matter save their textbooks.
who own no books who have access to
none. This idea of having libraries in
connection with the public schools is
meaning much to the children for 1t is
giving to the many who want it an op-
portunity that was unknown In Jeffer-
son county's sountry schools a few years
ago.
Next year the Bessie school will spend
$50 more for books. Cement walks are
to be laid and the grounds are to be
sodded. The course will be extended to
include the ninth grade and a manual
training club will be organized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

trouble Don't waste time on uncertain
remedies. Any druggist has Calocide
compound in stock or he can get ii IN
a few hours from his wholesale house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
EDUCATIONALM MATTERS AND
PROGRESS IN NEARBY TOWNS
NUMBER FIVE-BESSIE

While we are considering educationaI
matters and the advantage of good train
ing. there comes. as an illustration, the
story of the butcher ont at Bessie mines
There is a great deal of difference be-
tween a professional butcher and an un-
trained meatcutter. One cuts a tender
beeksteak and good roast while the
other cuts some sort of a piece of meat
There are several of these professionals
in the Birmingham district. One is with
the Woodward company. He is a Ger.
man, and according to the custom in that
country, he was taught a trade and n
profession. BY trade, he is a butcher, and
his profession is teaching, When he came
to America, his inability to speak Eng
lish handicapped him as a teacher so
he followed his trade Many a person
has enjoyed the good meat he sells. with
out knowing that ii was training in Ger
many and the obstacle of the English
language in America that combined 10
furnish him that meat
Another OF these trained men is the
one already spoken Of Antoine Wesley.
He came from Bohemia, and he has
charge of the Sloss-S Sheffield Steel and
1ipH tOtiipdHy illdlftl at lotsSte tlhHt1.
He knows how 10 handle meat and how
to cut it, and the result is that the peo-
pie who live at Bessie can get the hest
kind of cuts. He has more than local
fame, for travelling men who stop there
often get him to cut them pieces of meat
to carry home. Just think what a dif-
ference is made to scores of people oy
this man being sl1ilfful instead of being.
incompetent. through lack of education.
At the Mines
There is evidence at Bessie of a great
deal of study and planning. in the first
place, the location of the town was for
tunate. 1t is on the Little Warrior river
and on the Frisco railroad, 20 miles from
Birmingham. Inside of the mines the
Sloss people have the best system of
fans, and the air is kept as pure as it
can be kept. There is only one opening
and 1t is operated up to capacity the
greater part of the time, running about
1900 tons a day. Most of the coal is used
for coke 1t is washed at the mines and
then shipped to the company's coke ovens. |
There are $50 or 500 men employed at
Bessie, and dozen new houses are under |
construction at the present time.
An additional advantage to which the
residents are looking forward is the rail-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
SOME OLD SONGS
Score of Chant Sung in Temple of
Jerusalem Still Extant

Though the oldest piece of English
music in existence, ''Sumer is icumen in,'
is quite modern in comparison with a
score of the 'Orestes'' of Euripides, dat
ing from the fourth century B. c., which
was exhibited at the International Ex-
hibtion of Music at Vienna some years
ago Even more ancient is the chant
1.-The Blessing of the Priests" which
was sung in the Temple of Jerusalem
before the captivity. and is still ia use
in the Jewish synagogues in Spain and
Portgual. says the London Chronicle
Home. Sweet Home"--the song of a
homeless American-once moved Robert
Louis Stevenson to an outburst of pas
sionates protest. But it was the music
rather than the words that reused his
Indignation. You will find the passage
in ACROSS the Plains''-.,I have no idea
whether musicallysthi air is to be con-
sidered good or bad; but 1t belongs to
that class of art which may best be
described as brutal assault upon the
feelings. Pathos must be relieved by
dignity of treatment. If you wallow
naked in the pathetic, like the author
Of "Home, Sweet Home" you make your
hearers weep in an unmanly fashion,
and even yet while they are moved they
despise themselves and hate the occasion
of their weakness.
When Mr.. Roosevelt was in Africa
three years ago he heard THE Star
Spangled Banner Cor rather. the first
two linesl, sung by some native children
in Uganda. 1t was sung from copies
written phonetically by an American
and this is how the two lines
were rendered:
S o Sc ka nyu 81 bal di mo nsel laiti
Watt so pnlauli wi eli adj twayi laiti
slasi glremi
This was meant to sound as:
Oh say can you see by the morns
early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twi-
lights last cleaning.
Perhaps 1t did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

stantiy;s the feet feel delight
ful. Gorns and cailouses
can be peeled right off. 1t
gives imm ediate relief for
sore bunions. sweaty, smelly
and aching feet. A twenty
five cent box of Calocide is
said to be sufficient to cure
the worst feet. II works
through the pores and re A
moves the cause of thei|
Don't waste time on uncertain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Expedition Organized

DR.. de Fillipis expedition to the west
ern Himalayas and Karakoram is now
completely organized. The scientific ap-
paratls is being collected at Genoa and
will leave for Bombay with the expedi-
ton in an Italian liner on July %.
The government of India will appoint
an officer of the Indian trigonometrical
survey to accompany the expedition and
take part in the survey work. and finally,
the expedition has secured The services
of Joseph Petigax the well known AL
pine guide of Courmayour, who accom-
panied the Due D. sAbruzzi in all his
enterprises. Professors Marinelli and
Amerio will only start from Italy in
March. 1914 and will meet the rest of
the party in the spring at Leh Q1adkh).
The Italian government has given every
possible assistance to the enterprise by
officially appointing the greater number
of its members and by providing the
necessary scientific apparatus. The gov
ernment of India is giving all its sup
port to the expedition. Besides hand
some subsidy and the loan of survey
officer, 1t has promised special customs
privileges for the scientific equipment.
The list of subscribers is headed by the
King of Italy. who gave s20O0 the gov
ernment of India subscribing $4,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

way station which the Frisco has prom
ised. The board of revenue has completed
good road from Bessie to Graysville.
connecting with Birmingham at one end
and with Walker county at the other.
The reservoir at Bessie is on the sum-
NIT of a hill. There is heavy pressure.
and the pump is kept running all night.
The town has an organized fire brigade.
The School
Perhaps the most distinguishing feature
OF the Bessie school is the remarkable inn
provement it has made in a short space of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

are first thoroughly pudged in salt water
After being boiled the shell is easily re-
moved, leaving the white, flaky hesh
which can be eaten at once or prepared
in various ways for the table. Many of
the restaurants in St Louis serve craw-
fish soup, which is said by epicureans to
be very appetizing.
The crawfish multiply In the pond
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Thanks Victor Emmanuel

King Charles of Roumania has written
a personal letter to King Victor Eman-
uel thanking the Italian sovereign for his
good offices with the powers on behalf
of Roumania. The King is quite sat-
isfied with the London award as regards
Silistria, but in case of further trouble
lin the Balkans, Charles says Roumana
will feel bound to revive her claim to
a frontier line extending from Tutrakan
to Baltchik. 1t seems probable, however,
according to my informant, that Austria
will succeed in conflding Roumanian pre-
tensions to a small accession of terri
tory on the Black Sea coast. Roumania,
1t Is stated, will formulate her demands
Immediately upon the outbreak of war.
The desire for the attainment OF Mace
donian autonomy is by no means extinct
among. the Macedonians themselves, who
are opposed to the partition of their coun-
try and still adhere to the principle of
''autphomy not anatomy" They now de-
sire the fulfillment of the clause of the
Scribe Bulgarian treaty, providing auton-
omy and only sanctioning an arrange
ment with regard to the contested zone
in case autonomy should not prove capa-
Bile OF realization. 1t seems possible
that more may be heard of this ques-
tion at a later date, Should external pres
sure be applied to Bulgaria with view
to concessions to Servia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

conclusion that marriage deserves all
the credit the figures seemingly gave it,.
Doubtless marriage and length OF davs'
tend to go together, but probably they
are both the seffects of several causes
rather than ono the cause of the other
Hazardous occupations and adventures
appeal more to eelibates than to the
married, but it is unlikely that anybody
ever married to escape risks, of the SORT
directly menacing to ffe That marriage
often gives new relzation of danger
and new fear of it has Illustration in
Mr.. Kipling's great story of the cavalry
officer who become afraid to ride in
front of his troop after he had a wife
and child-and fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
VATICAN TO HONOR
AMERICAN PRELATE
DIR. Kennedy to Go on I'M
pOrtant Mission
CHARLES is THANKFUL.
Expresses Appreciation of Efforts of
Victor Emanuel in Behalf of
Roumania-Himalayan Ex-
pedition Organized
CHARLES is THANKFUL
BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT

Rome, June Especially .)--Most Rev.
DIR. Kennedy, rector of the American COLI
lege in Rome, who is now in the United
States visiting friends and relatives, is
mentioned as likely to be chosen for an
important mission in South America, con-
templated by the vatican. This mission.
it is understood will pave the way for
further honors which Pope Plus and the
heads of the vatican inner council have
in store for the popular American prelate.
The way to the cardinalate is most fire.
quently special assignments of this char
aeter, and 1t would not surprise those
best informed in Rome If DIR. Kennedy
should prove to be the additional Amer
lean cardinal which it is known Pope.
Plus has already determined to name,
thus giving an American representation
in the sacred college which, while un-
precedentedly numerous, is at the same
time but commensurate with the grow
ing predominance of America in the ac-
tive life of the church
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Quick, Easy and Positive
Cure for All Foot Torture

The following is said to be the sur
est and quickest cure known to ,science
for all foot. ailments ''Dissolve two
ablespoonfuls of Calocide compound in
basin of warm water. Soak the feet
in this for fully fifteen minutes gently
rubbing the sore parts.H The effect IL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

without being cared for in any way, and
all that the two Woods boys receive is
clear profit. The industry takes up lit
tie of their time and the work OF catch-
ing the erawfish and shipping tSem 10
market does not interfere with their
school work ami their chores about the
farm. With their recent contract they
are now making $3f a week