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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29
TRY TO LEGALIzE
THE BOXING GAME
Prominent Sporting Men of IL
linois to Introduce Bill
in Legislature.
SPORT MUST BE KEPT CLEAN
Promoters Not to Work for Mercenary
Motives but for Sport-Whoie
State Wants Boxing.

Chicago, Ill, Oct. 29.-There have
been well-directed efforts to pass a
boxing bill, but because of the men
who have been interested in the meas
ure 1t has failed. This does not mean
that the sponsors of the bill have been
crooked" but men with ''unclean
hands" have been permitted to spread
the impression that they were con
nected with the action.
Nobody wants crooked" sports OF
any kind. With a commission similar
to the New York and Wisconsin bodies
the game could be kept clean here.
But there is a class of people who
must not be allowed to mix in the
sport.
boxing bill will probably be in
troduced at the next legislature. The
Chicago Athletic association will favor
it and the members will attempt to
boost the thing along. Not only the
c. A. A but the members of the Hi
nois Athletic club feel the same way
about it.
!. A. C. Wants Boxing.
That the l. a. c. members want box
ing is well known. William Hale
Thompson, known as the organizer of
the club, is a ring fan of the thirty
third degree. William Gibbons Uffen-
dell, chairman of the athletic commit.
tee, is another. and William H. Perry.
president of the tri-color organization,
is far from antagonistic to boxing.
Boxing is wanted in Chicago. At the
Michigan avenue athletic clubs, where
men of influence and high social stand
ing are wont to gather, it is not want
ed but demanded. A man who is in
recognized as a disciple
of clean sport yesterday voiced the
sentiment of the clubmen.
Everett c.. Brown, a member of the
firm of Brown & st. John,
former president of the National
Amateur Athletic union, a delegate to
the international Olympic meetings,
and one of the live workers at the
Chicago Athletic assertion, is greatly
in favor of legalized boxing in Chi
cago.
Must Keep Game Clean.
But-and here is emphasis-boxing
must be introduced and promoted by
clean sportsmen who are not prompt
ed by mercenary incentives. This, ac-
cording to Mr.. Brown, has thwarted
the passing of previous bills.
why everybody wants boxing"
said Mr.. Brown. There's no use ask
ng if it is popular. You need not take !
hat for granted, either, because it is |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29
HURT C. A..
SAYS PRESIDENT
Justice Declares League Suffer
ed and Seeks Peace With
Organization.
NORTHERN ALSO HARD HIT
Masnates to Attend Omaha Meeting
Determined to Stand for Peace
Want Draft Changed.

Organized baseball and two little
fellows" supposed to operate under
its all-powerful wing, are near the
parting OF the ways. Strong objections
to the methods employed by the gov
erning forces have been registered by
the Central Association. presided over
by NJ. Z. Justice, and the sentiments
of that official have been seconded by
the gentlemen backing the Northern
league, of which John Burmeister is
chief executive.
Advices from cities in these circuits
have it that both leagues are planning
to champion the Federal cause when
the National Association of the Minor
leagues meets in Omaha Nov. 10, IL
and IL
President Justice, who is an officer
of the national board of arbitration,
asserts that the minors suffered heavy
financial losses this season owing to
the falling off in drafts heretofore
filed by the higher leagues, and he at
tributes this slump to the fact that
the big fellows have laid off" fearing
the Federals would snap up the future
greats of the ball field. To Justices
way of thinking. the recognition of
the outlaw organization will be of
great benefit to the clubs of the A. B,
c and d classification in putting the
draft back on it's old working basis.
In Northern League.
The dissatisfaction rampant among
the Northern leagues has not yet
reached the bursting point, but condi-
tions are pretty well jumbled, accord
ing to dispatches from that section.
This league was reorganized sever
al weeks ago for a term of 10 years
and several changes in clubs and own
erships were made. but there remain
a number of important problems
which must be amicably adjusted by
the national board before the dove of
peace will roost quietly on its perch.
IF the national board allows our
reorganization to stand we will have
one of the strongest minor leagues in
baseball next season. said President
Burmeister. with four American
and four Canadian cities in the fold
the league should operate successful
~. The circuit as now outlined con-
sists of Fargo and Grand Forks, n. D.;
Duluth, Mimi: Superior, Wis: Win |
nipeg and st. Boniface. Manitoba, and !
Fort William and Port Arthur, On
tario."
Feds Hurt Circuit.
The Federal activities cut in on the 4
northern circuit, just as was the case |
with every other minor body. The /
Fargo Moorehead club was heavily |
when Nick Allen jumped to |
the Gilmorean fold. and there was /
marked falling off in attendance at Wi |
mona, but in the main the other cities |
played to good business.
Whether or not the national board /
approves the personnel of the 1915 .
northern circuit will be the bone of |
at the Omaha conclave. II
became known yesterday that num-
Der of the magnates who have invest
ed in the circuit will favor the Fed
eral overtures in the event the board
frowns on the -reorganized league.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29
0vertake Clemann & Salzmann
Team by Winning Three
From Plow Men.
ROCK ISLAND CLUB DROPS 2
Normoyle Rolls n and meKahn 2o6-
Averages Are Boosted BY Scores
In Island City League.
Island City Teams Standing.

Klove's Colts evened up matters last
evening at St Julien alleys, walloping
the Plow team in three straight games
and are now tied with the Clemann &
Salzmann quintet for the first rung in
the league ladder. All OF the Colts
rolled a steady game. averaging well
over 500 pins in each confab. II.
Erickson led the winners with a nice
count OF ga pins. grabbing 100 in the
final game. Volkmann was high man
on the Pillow team with 4s2 pins.
Clemann & Salzmann's team won
two out OF three hard fought games at
the Rock Island club alleys. After
taking the first game in a rather easy
manner. the league leaders captured
the second contest by a margin OF five
pins. Both teams rolled in excellent
form. OF the Club team both Normoyle
and McKahn went well over the 200
mark in their last game. Steinhauser
led the attack of the c. & s. team with
544 pins.
AS q result of the excellent scores
rolled by the players as a whole last
evening their individual averages will
be boosted to a considerable extent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29
CHINAMAN FIGHTS DIVORCE
Denies Marrying White Woman Named
as Correspondent.

Washington.-Moy Sing. the first
Chinaman to be sued for absolute di.
vorce in this district. has filed an an
swer 10 the charges made by his wife.
Nav Sing. Before her marriage Mrs.
Moy Sing was a worker in the Chinese
mission at San Francisco.
The celestial, who is employed as a
cook IN n private family. denies that
he married the white woman who Is
named as correspondent in New York.
while his wife was visiting friends In
California. He claims that his wife de-
serted him. and when he had gone to
Chicago TO seek employment she de-
clined TO join him. although furnished
with an opportunity for free transpor-
tation. Moy declares he then came to
this city to be with her.
France emDIoys as 240 r,ino ,.,o-a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29

Recent experiments indicate that
round timbers of all the pines of En-
glemann spruce, Douglas fir, tama-
rack and western larch, can be read
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29

the most popular indoor entertain
ment known. Practically every one of
the red-blooded Athletic association
members will welcome a boxing bill,
and not ask for it on a silver platter
but work for its popularity"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29

Howard KIove. secretary OF the league
is preparing the individual averages.
which will be ready for publication in
a day or two. The scores:
At ST. Julien Alleys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29

According TO a new law in Iowa.
all packages of food must be plainly
marked with the exact weight OF the
contents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29

lily treated with preservatives. but
that the frs, hemlocks, redwood and
Eitka spruce, in the round, do not
take treatment easily. This informa-
ton should be of value to persons
who contemplate preservative treat
ment of round posts, poles or mine
props.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29
DAILY RlvER BULLETIN.
River Forecast.

River Forecast.
Fer As hours: A falling tenoeh0'
the Mississippi will continue no"
low Dubuque to Muscatine.
j. Nj. SHERIER, Local Fore'as''
Great Britain has more thar o'0Ss
600 union workers.
All the news all the time-The Nsu''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29

All the news all the time-Ths
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29

Paris.-The wheat crop, which at
the beginning of the war gave the au-
thorities anxiety. has been safely gar
nered. The agricultural department
estimates the yield at 60.000.OO0 to
SC. zoo. 900 metric hundred weight.
which is more than 10 per cent below
the yield of 1913. France consumes
so. 900, 900 hundred weight, and. since
100000 hundred weight is required
for seeding. the shortage will be from
10. OOO, 900 to 3O,OOO.000 hundred weight.
With the duty on cereals suspended
this shortage will be easilp made up.
The beet root crop. which is very
important in the north of France. fur
nishing the raw material for great
many sugar refineries. has suffered
from the German occupation. The re-
flneries may be unable to work for
some time. In consequence there has
been an advance OF three cents per
pound in the price of sugar and the
public has been warned that fur
Their advance Is possible.
Next to the beet crop, the most i'm
portant product in the region of the
military operations is champagne. All
of the Champagne province was tenn
porarily in the hands of the Germans
and the heavy fighting of the battle of
the Marine extended over the entire
length OF the wine growing country.
The damage to the crop seems to be
less than was expected Around Es-
pernay IN particular :he vines seem TO |
have been Intentionally spared by Tie
Germans as well as the French. but /
In other regions the terrible artillery |
fire that ragged for days worked great |
havoc among the vineyards. Some re-
ports indicate that around Rheims the |
crop is entirely lost. while further 1
south 1t has suffered comparatively
little.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29

France employs 375.24O mine work
ers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-29

POLITICAL ADVERTISING.
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One'a Ancestors,

How many male and female ances'
tors were required to bring you into
the world? First, it was necessary
that you should have a father and
mother. That makes two human be-
ings Each OF them must have had a
father and mother. That makes four
human beings. Again. each of them
must have had a father and mother
making eight more human beings. So
on we go back to the time of Jesus
Christ. Sc generations. The calcula-
ton thus resulting shows that 139.'
235, 7.4S9 ,534.976 births must have
taken place to bring you into this
world-you who read these lines! All
this since the birth Of Christ-not
since the beginning of time.
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but DR.. Norton claimed he knew moth
ing.
well. I'll be darned!"
Don't; there's no occasion for 1t
now-you're out Of politics. The first
thing knew was when heard DR..
Norton say. He's coming to. all
right"
Soon Hayes picked up his hat to go.
He stood for an instant. as II inviting
Wright to speak. AS he did not do
SO, the visitor asked, thinking Of Clio
ria the while: .....
''Is there anything you want to know.
now that you're going on vacation.
or would you like me to deliver any
messages?"
mo, none" Then after pause. 1T
is better 3d."
well. I'm off," remarked the doctor.
He spoke carelessly, to hide his re-
Rret, for at heart he keenly sympa-
thized with the man who was making
SO strong a fight for principle that
love itself had to give way before it.
Then he added. apparently as an after
thought, by the way, believe that
offer for your paper still holds good"
Wright laughed. the little world
weary laugh he had sometimes permit
ted himself since he and Gloria had
parted in Judge Giibert's office.
my vacation has started" he an
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5 The Daughter Of David Kerr
9 -===-= By Harry King 7oo1s
0 illustrations by Ray Walters
~ 3vEH 5@i g##@a d

Don't ask me. I've ceased to be a
political prophet. DO you think it'll
be a boy. doc?' they ask. I don't
know says I. shaking my head pplemn-
like. I'm going to get that wise about
politics. don't prophesy anything
now until after 1t happens. But
never thought I'd live to see the day
that Belmont would go against us. I'm
out OF politics."
Wright smiled isn't that what they
all say-the day after?"
Its the truth this time. My wife
has done nothing but read the riot act
to me for the last two days"
II imagine Mrs. Hayes is a purist in
politics."
well, can't blame her." the doctor
admitted. "She's been poking around
down III the river wards, and that
surely was raw frame-up they hand.
ed you. She got onto 1t, and she's
dead SORE"
Wright had discussed the affair
with DR.. Norton and had also told Ar
thur Morrison what little he knew.
This was the first intimation coming
from the ring that they even knew OF
the occurrence. The newspaper man
was curious to know the ring version
of 1t. DR.. Hayes remark afforded him
the opportunity to approach the mat.
ter cautiously.
What was Mrs. Hayes connection
with that-ah-little episode?" he
asked. II gathered from DR.. Norton
that in some way or other she knew
something about It,"
DR.. Hayes stared at him in amaze.
ment. Miss Kerr had never uttered a
word. yet he readily believed, as did
the others. that both Wright and she
were the only ones who could tell the
story. The woman in whose room they
had been found was still in delirious
condition at the city hospital and
nothing could be learned from her.
Although Kerr had ordered the police
to bring in Ryan and Kelly. the search
had been unsuccessful
What" gasped DR.. Hayes, don't
you know how you got out Of that
mess and why the thugs didn't finish
you"
Wright shook his head. His visitors
manner puzzled him.
81 don't know a thing. think some
one helped me in some way or other.
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grandfather. and at 40 the politics OF
his great.grandfather. At so he has
nothing that can be called politics. but
merely set of prejudices of no use
to anybody" Thus Bernard Shaw 10
an admirable example of confusion OF
thought. What are pre1udices? Opin
ions for which there is no warrant in
reality. It Is. OF course. commonly OBJ
served that the opinions of 20 are
formed upon wide and deep knowl
edge Of human nature. Men OF SO
are recognized by all the younsO
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SYNOPSIS.

Gloria Kerr. . motherless girl. who has
spent most Of her life in school. arrives
EerT e i, % the poitical as b boss f OF the town town.
learning OF his real character. Kendall.
sotiatins With Judge Gilbert. Kerr's chief
fear. the opposition of Joe Wright, editor
sistnnce of Judge Gilbert in Introducing
to hsp him put ti hsns ths tbs a1s
It appears they are on intimate terms.
%et se Sers Gs nyis
stay with them pending the refurnishing
OF the Kerr home. Wright begins his ight
uInns of his paper the Belmont News.
Kerr; through his henchmsn; exerts ev-
cry influence 70 hamper Wright In the
si ssettiement work. @ W Kerr p't and his iientenants
decide to buy Kerr's paper and ask the
easGr to MEET them e. GlesI 81 snst 9se Se
nation Gloria meets Wright. He proposes
and is accepted while waiting to be called
sell his paper and declares he will fight to
a finish. The Belmont News appears with
. bitter attack on Kerr. Gloria calls
any explanation from him. Broken-heart-
ed. Gloria decides to plunge more deeply
learns for the first time that her father is
the head Of notorious gang OF political
r. f' the room oe over " Eila's. Gloria hnds
tempted assassination by thugs in the pay
awes them by announcing that she is
KerIs daughter Ella threatens M It nsos to 81 give i've
falls unconscious on wrisht's body.
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swered, land I'm not talking business.
But you can tell Judge Gilbert for me
that the Belmont News is not on the
market for his clients"
"All right, I'll tell him." Hayes re-
piled as they shook hands. Here's
good luck to you on your vacation"
Wright smiled grimly. the thought
that good luck would perch upon his
standard was sorry hope. He refused
to bind himself to the truth with any
f1eeting consolation such as that.
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ont of town for a week. but he wrote
,stters And the maiden's sister
started kidding.
"What?" exclaimed sis another let
Tor from Rob? When do you expect
10 marry him, dear?"
"oh, very soon!" cried the little
one encouraged by such q display OF
sympathy. Robert has only two
years more in the preparatory school.
And then he will go to Harvard and
be graduated with the highest honorS'
After he gets his degree he Will go
ont west and make his fortune, ana
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well and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds. feel very grateful that
I found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter II you wish. l
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge of Gray Co. Yours truly.
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan.
Correspond with Judge Miller about
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills. SOC. per box at
your dealer or podds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv.
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Alert Perception Needed.

You say that man who occupies
a position Of serious public RESPONSE
bilities needs a sense of humor?
Certainly. The more grave and
dignified he assumes to be. the more
he needs a sense of humor. He must
be able to recognize numerous things
instantly, SO as to avoid saying them" "
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my breath was
short and l had
chills and back
ache. I took the
pills about q year
ago and have had
no return Of the
palpitations. Am
now SO years old,
able to do lots of
manual labor, am
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LOOKED INTO GOLDEN FUTURE
Proof That Moore Was Right When
He InduIGed In hhapsodies Over
"Love's Young Dream"

A little girl In Linwood is just about
old enough to have beau. and she Is
perfectly crazy about any pompa-
doured, green-hatted. bare-necked. tall.
skinny lad that-well, let US tell our
little incident without adding ad1ec-
tves.
The nsiosn's lovely boy friend went
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CHATTER xxI-contInued.

Nothing OF personal nature hao
been allowed to help contribute to this
success. No mention had been made
in the News of the assault on its edi-
tor in Mike Noonans lodging house.
because to Wright 1t had appeared as
a personal matter. The day previous
Gloria had denounced him and cried
aloud for vengeance. He recognized
that had Gloria not been mixed up in
the affair the result might have been
the same, but the personal element
was what made him hold his peace.
The news that the day had been car
ried for good government was only a
temporary intoxicapt. There were .
few moments Of exhilaration when his
real feelings were submerged in the
general rejoicing that David Kerr had
been given more severe setback
than he had ever before received.
Then came the ebb Of the tide, leav-
ing him on the desolate shore Of dis
heartening uncertainty. The past was
q nightmare and the future blank.
The tumult and the cheers had died
away, the brass bands at last were
stilled, his sitting.room with two win
dows on the street and its own private
entrance had been cleared Of tobacco
smoke, and the reception he had held
when 1t was learned the election had
gone his way was at an end. when
Joe Wright sat himself down alone in
the quiet of the first hours Of the
morning to take stock Of his future.
Gloria? What of her?
It was always Gloria, Gloria. Gloria.
running through his mind, knocking at
the door of his heart.
Always Of the Gloria who had
spurned him. he thought, for he knew
nothing of the part she had played in
the lodging house. 1t was not stu
alton to contemplate with eQuanimity
this living in the same town with
the woman he loved madly. We're Bel
mont of some size, city like st. Louis
or Pittsburgh. there would be the prob
ability that their paths would seldom
cross, Yet in Belmont everyone knew
everyone else and never a week passed
but what they all met at least In pass
ing.
It would be impossible for him to
avoid Gloria altogether. He was frank
enough to acknowledge to himself that
he would undoubtedly seek those
places where there would be some GER
tainty of his meeting her. To be In
the same town with her meant that he
could not give her up. Yet he knew
that any overtures he might make
would be worse than useless. He felt
that her prejudice was such that there
could never be established that bond
without which matrimony is unholy.
The rufiled rool may again be calm,
the misted mirror may again be clear,
yet he believed in her ignorance she
would feel that when two hearts but
once have broken troth there is no
alchemy that love distills can make
the past to live again and the dead
present as though 1t had not been
The harder he tried to fight against
his conviction Of what he should do.
the more Wright was convinced that
there was but one course for him to
pursue: it would be best for him to
leave Belmont. This would be not for
q week or q month. but for all time.
It would be necessary for him to dis
pose of the paper, but this he could
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Political Opinions.

"As rule the son of 20 years today
holds political opinions little in ad.
vance of those OF his father. At 80 he
genarally adopts the politics Of his
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He Understood.

"And observe that we never let hir
play except in the minor"
Il understand; he is so young!"-
lie Rire.
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How man does hate to make lov
the time.
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Marriage is never a failure-but one
or both parties to 1t may be.
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then we shall be married. Oh. all
seems SO beautiful"
Dream on. kid" exclaimed the old
er sister. tenderly. DO you want to
go to another picture show with me
this evening? There's long time to
wait. and we've got to put in the time
Plain Denler.
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JUDGE CURED, HEART TROUBLE.

took about 6 boxes Of Dodds Kid.
ney Pills for Heart Trouble from
which I had suffered for years.
had dizzy spells, my eyes puned,
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Haw-HaWl

City Guy-What kind of dog do
you call that?
Farmer-That's huntin' setter.
City Guy-Whaddeya mean, huntin'
setter?
Farmer-He hunts bones. and then
sets and eats 'em.-Yale Record.
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Wrono Label,

Grocery Clerk-What is 1t. auntief
Colored Auntie-Missus sent me for
two cans of medicated milk.
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Ii you wish beautiful, clear whit
clothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At a
good grocers. Adv.
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Many things would go without say
ing. II people had wisdom enough to
let them.