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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-24
This Wonderful Opportunity

to considerable extent is possible
the household needs In exchange for the advrsng
that the kitchen cabinets marked below
give all household
what wonderful opportunity is 4
n vii your home of these
great values, together with the household
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-24
Local Men Secure Patents.

washington, ID. C.. April 24.-The
following patents have just been
granted Rock Island inventors: Ed
ward NJ Heylman. wheel adjustment
for plows, and W. r. Johnson and G. A.
Pennock. assignors 10 Rock Island
Pillow company. planting machine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-24
MUNICIPAL MATTERS
REGULAR MEETING HELD
APRIL 6, 1914.

cry council chamber. Rock Island
n April 6, 1914. The city council
=. m regular session at 3 o'clock p.
Mayor sehriver and all commits
sOners present
The minutes Of the regular meeting
Ia March % and March 80. 1914.
..-s read and approved.
nonmissioner Hart offered a resolu-
.,op that the proposed amendment TO
-. electrfcal ordinance be not con
.,s.red until after such time as the
.jscrical contractors see fit to meet
% a committee from the Electrical
walkers unions 109 and ass. Carried
b unanimous vote.
commissioner RudEren submitted
,ss following weekly payroll for week
s-sinr April {. 1914. in amount OF
s9-4os. Witch on his motion was al
ro-sd by unanimous vote:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-24

Saves the annoyance of many
trips to the dressmaker = with
this form any person capable OF
fitting at all will find in a most
useful article, exactly what is
needed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-24
Flames Destroy Canadian Town.

Ottawa. Ont, April 24.-The business
section of Bryson, Quebec, county seat
of Pontiac. was wiped out by fire yes
terday. a hotel and IS stores were
destroyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-24
County Local Option Vote
Saloons

Following the official
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-24

Commissioner Rudgren submitted
the following list Of claims for salar-
les in amount Of S3.s22 90. which on
his motion we're allowed by unanimous
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28

graduated which they lay the blame for
propriationsl
Finally the initiative referendum and recall proposed by the alder
thus curbed responsible the pope2
Ha ha! Ha, ha, ha!
No wonder you laughed
About chance these needed changes by pecemea
eye easor words that
effect.
get government reforms you MUST ADOPT THE NEW
CHARTER.
IT'S YOUR ONLY CHANCE-AND YOU KNOW IT!
And in addition
The charter
GIVES THE COUNCIL POWER TO CONTROL THE RATES SER
VICE OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANY
Provides for municipal gas and municipal lights
Creates recreation department have charge Of Fairgrounds
Creates labor welfare department
Makes minimum $225 (he workers all for the
new charter, because of these provisions
Concentrates the hands and makes him responsible
Puts the board and the board health under control
where they belong-the defiant cusses!
Do think get these changes by pecemea amendment
WHEN
In score perhaps Of them Of them
Well you've got chance get them RIGHT NOW.
MR. VOTER IT'S UP TO YOU TO ADOPT THE NEW CHARTER
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28

Oklahoma and central Texas. more
that O,2OO,OOO; New York more than
100000. and Michigan and north
east Indiana, 5.065.000 barrels. The
remainder OF the cement supply comes
from hYe or six smaller producing
centCrs.
Heavy losses from preventable dis.
eases In the cereal crops alone cost
the people OF the
Diseases Of country each year
cereals. more than twice az
much as Il takes TO
run The whole department OF agricul.
lure. This fact was brought out in
hearings before the house COMMITTEES
on agriculture. when Carleton X. Ball.
a government grain expert, told the
members that the Office OF cereal in
vestlGations OF the department had es-
timated the losses To the grain crop
from preyentable diseases each wear
10 be approximately 5000, 900
representative Helgesen OF North
Dakota added that In his state alone
the disease known as black smut"
wiped out from six TO ten million dol.
lars worth OF the farmers profits in
two TO three weeks time some years.
The loss or money by the farmers be-
cause OF cereal diseases is much more
than S35,0OO.OO0 each year, according
To grain experts. The sum named Gov
ers only the loss from disease IL the
farmers VIII make use OF the informa-
ton which scientists have already
gathered In their various experiments
The disease known as smut" is
peculiar fungus growth on the sur
face OF the grain, which either re-
duces Its value a great deal or de-
stroys IL altogether. With the excep-
| ton or corn, this disease can be pre-
vented in practically all OF the grain
crops. according 10 government cereal
experts. The best method Is TO use
seed from a crop which is known
to have had no smut in It, and the
second method is 10 use hot water at
varying temperatures in a manner
which will kin the smut and yet leave
the seed uninjnred. Great care must
lie taken In following out the hot
water method. because IL the water is
too low in temperature the smut will
not be killed and II il Is too high the
grain is injured. and termination is
prevented
The government has an office In the
agricultural department, the principal
duty OF whose grain experts is to
advise the farmers OF the use OF these
methods in preventing these diseases.
and the proper method To check the
spreading of smut through the wheat
oats and barley crops. There are still
some questions of the smut problem
which are yet undetermined, and gov
eminent scientists and cereal experts
under the direction OF Mark A. Garlic
ton are working all the time TO de-
wise methods by which practically all
OF the troublesome diseases may be
| prevented.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
HAMMOND ". PuLLMAN.

RAYMOND ", PULLMAN.
Times Washington Bureau. no. 70t
Metropolitan Bank Building.
WASHINGTON. Dec, 2S.-That the
present generation is living. In a time
which might Well
The Age Of be called the zee
Cement ment age" is indi-
Gated by prelim
mary report completed during the
past week by the United States geo
logical survey. which shows that APP
proximately 92,400.000 barrels Of Port.
land cement were produced by Ameri-
can manufacturers IA the year 1913.
an increase OF nearly 100000 bar
rels. OF l. per cent. over the produc-
lion OF 1912, and the worlds record
for production by any country during
a single year.
These figures mean little 20 the ay-
erage person until he is told that
this tremendous output OF the prod.
uct which is today one OF mans most
useful building and paving materials
has increased by leaps and bounds
from less than 100000 barrels In
1895, to nearly 100 times that amount
in less than 20 years.
There are so many uses for cement
today that IL is almost impossible to
| list them. The popularity OF cement as
a building material continues 70 In
/ crease. and for certain paving pur
poses it perhaps will always remain
unriyaled because OF it's cheapness
and durability. Cement today enters
into the manufacture OF everything
from buildings and bridges 10 tele
graph poles and sewer pipes. and has
come TO be recognized as a most san
itary and lasting material which car
be manufactured at reasonable
price.
Notwithstanding the rapid increase
in the demand for cement. as it:
uses have multiplied. this IS the one
material which has played no par
whatsoever in the highcost-of-living
problem. As the amount used IN this
country has been doubled every few
years. the cost had been gradually
dropping. and the consumer today il
paying approximately half OF the
price per barrel which was quoted
for the same material in 1895. Al
though the price OF cement has beer
cut IN half during the last 20 years
the quality is perhaps better than 4
has ever been.
Engineers have developed the use
OF cement In construction work &C
point where IL is now possible &c
erect a practically indestructible sky
scraper OF this material. and build
ings OF this type are going up In large
cities in all parts OF the country. Brick
and stone payements are rapidly be
ing displaced by those OF cement. be
cause the latter pavement is sanitary
cheaper and more durable. Expert
ments are being made in various parts
! OF the country in the construction Of
cement roads, and on the farm hun
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
The Wrong Course

Grille, I've noticed the nashy guy.
The one who's chasing around with You:
Believe me. sister. he don't get byi
You want 10 chuck himr-and sudden, too;
He may look grand and he may talk great,
But take my warning and cut him out,
For the guy who's honest and true and straight
Don't court his girl by the high-ban routei
Them friends OF his that you've had to meet
Amt just the kind that you ought to choose
Fer how kin decent girl keep sweet
In crowd that's given to paint and booze7
There's too much glitter and nash and glare;
That ducks too much OF good old scout"
Believe me. sister the guy who's square
Don't court his girl by the high-bali routsi
You get some Teller that thinks you're queen
And tries to keep you from any wrong;
This present party Ia far too keen
On leadin you OF with the giddy throng;
The true-blue Teller Will treat you white
But not where the spigots Hzz and spout;
Believe me. sister, the guy who's right
Don't court bis girl By the high-ball routsl
--Berton Braley.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
AGE OF CEMENT IS NOW UPON US

dreds OF uses have been found for
this material.
The dement's used by the govern
ment Ia Its various operations. includ-
ing the construction of the Panama
canal and the large irrigation dams
built by the United States reclama-
ton service in the west. are all tesc
ed carefully by the United States bu-
reau OF standards.
One or the most significant fea-
lures about the increase ia the use OF
cement during the last ten or twelve
years Is its increased uuse In sanitary
engineering From 9 public health
standpoint cement is one OF the most
important building materials now In
use. Not only does II offer a surface
which is sanitary and practically wat
erproof. but II has come TO be one OF
the most valuable agents employed
by municipal authoritiN under the di-
rection of public health officers in
the work OF ratproofng cities.
This work is most important for
the interests OF all large cities, but
more especially the large ports such
as New York, San Francisco, Philadel-
| phia Boston and other places. The
infection or the bubonic plague is
known TO be carried by rats, and the
most effective feature OF a campaign
against this dread disease is the con-
struction OF ratproof buildings OF &C.
ment and other materials in which
the pests cannot live Since the fire
OF 1906 most OF the new buildings put
up In San Francisco have been con-
structed along plans which have made
them thoroughly ratproof, and cement
has perhaps played q more impor-
tant part In this work than any other
material.
The fact that cement can be manu-
featured so cheaply is unfortunate in
one respect. because the cheapness OF
the product often makes manufactur-
ers So careless that preventable waste
often bankrupts plant From 1
TO 10 per cent of the raw material. II
is said, is wasted IN the form OF flue
dust in many Of the kilns in which
cement rock is prepared. In a mum
Der OF the European plants and In
some OF those In this country this
dust Is caught and saved. and thus
the manufacture OF the product is
made more profitable than It other
wise would be.
The ngures compiled by Ernest F.
Burchard OF the geological survey
show that the leading cement-produc'
Ing center Is IN what is known as the
Lehtgh district, which includes east
ern Pennsylvania and western New
Jersey. where last year more than
q. GOO, 900 barrels OF the product were
manufactured. Illinois and northwest
| Tpdfopo yrpdnpad fora thap ODO O(O
barrels: California and washington,
on the Pacific coast. nearly 100000;
iowa and Missouri. S.500.0o0: Ohio and
western Pennsylvania. 100000; the
great plains states. including. Kansas,
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
1T IS UP TO YOU, Mr.. VOTER TO GET
OUT AND VOTE FOR THE NEW CHARTER

If in the course say things about
tain people them, bear them malice
There's Mayor Marx Before we're through shall
take pains something about hum that very much Ike ese
a something punished Germany But hate Oscar No.
not for a moment.
He's good scout is the msyor-but quite quite
thinking
For instance he says: charter get
things by piecemeal amendment"
Lets laugh Bit just mayor topped against the
charter about pecemea amendment of
the old charter
city election separated from the state
campaign instance
Wilson Taft that that Oscar
Marx delivered the noncomm speech for month at the rate OF
times a night
our So might
Marx what he really intended do Office and have forced of
talking spring city years.
didn't far until the charter provided for them
Then there's the partisan ballot
parties nothing municipal
campaign, far a principles concerned
Each party wants the jobs
That's all
There's the smaller council.
necessary the
wheels a wheebarrow.
Try to hold accountable, and he blames the other.
Argue large them
reply that neither
would 500 you representation
One capable the Of his ward well as 100
could.
Then there's the Board Of Estimates
Why does everybody laugh whenever it mentioned
its sessonsl Did hear these
1watcdogs treasury barking bad Engsh often favored with
alcohol o the floor of the council chamber
you have, you will vote for its abolition.
There's the initiative there's the referendum there's recall
that M Citizen competent
government representatives refuse accord
by the initiative whether the council
the referendum
can recall city official that betrays
powerful these popular that where they
they almost used
The public officials obey the popular willard keep their jObA
Now about that piecemeal amendment
The get amendment present by
nS submission to the people by the common council
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY UNDER THE OLD CHARTER.
Ha, ha! Ha ha hal Ha-hawi
Spring elections proposed the aldermen depend
national state and county elections them through
what they themselves stand fort
The partisan ballot proposed by the aldermen cgs po
ntical machinesf
The aldermen abong cutting down to one for
each ward, unaing half their NUMBER
The Board Estimates wiped by the aldermen of whom
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
He knaW.

A Frencnman. being troubled with
the rout. was asked what difference
there . between that and rheuma.
tism
"One very great difference" replied
Monsieur. Suppose you take one wise.
put your fingers in, and turn the screw
till yor can bear him no longer, rat ID
rheumatism. Den s'pose you give him
one turn more. Eat is govt
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
Kept Tab.

The old man who acts as postmas.
ter is often accused OF reading the
postcards that pass through his
hands. He denies It. A lady called
at the shop and ordered q ham and
a cheese. Two days later the lady
called and asked why these two ar
ucles had not been sent.
oh replied the merchant, calm
~. Il saw by the postcard yo' got yes
uday that 20 friends wasn't coming.
SO nachelly thought yo' wouldn't
need them things"
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
POPULAR SONG SUGGESTION
"When He Wrote a Poem on
Spring, His Friends All Knew the
Worst"

You might prove TO man who owns
a stable OF running horses that the
game Is as straight as q string.
AS we understand the situation. a
little OF the new charter IL about all
the politicians could stand at a time.
Yes, Phyllis. you are quite right.
The amount OF the water tar and
hydrant maintenance should be In
cluded under the head OF running ex-
penses.
One OF the Rothschilds Is reported
to have paid $1,000 for a flea. upon
learning which fact the fellow who
owns a dog can SIT down and start
figuring
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
Wake That Dog.

Wake That Dog.
During a recent burglar scare In a
Yorkshire town an eccentric old man
bought q dog that was warranted
good house-guard.
When he retired for the night the
dog was fastened Ia the kitchen.
In the early morning a neighbor
went 10 awaken him, and heard the
old man say 10 his wife:
Get up. Bet, and waken that dog;
there's burglars In the house"
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
The Limit.

Mary James master is eccentric.
He always writes her a note instead
Of telling her what 10 do. The other
day he sent home some note paper
with the usual die-sunk address print
ed on It. Mary took 1t In. The first
thing she noticed was note at
tached to II addressed TO her.
We'll, this Is the last straw" said
indignant Mary as she read the note.
die Inside This Package"
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28

What views OF the hotel would you
advise me to have published?" asked
the proprietor.
Not mine" murmured the dis
gruntled guest. My views wouldn't
be NJ for publication"
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
Right

The cost OF living is like a lady
dressing for the theater."
at is?"
Yes. II seems as though neither OF
them will ever come down"
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
WHAT'S THE REASON?
BY JIM NAME &.

A man will bundle tightly UP
And then. at that, he'll freeze
When sauntering round the city
In the winters chilling breeze.
The ladies dress In fiimsy things
In summer. spring and fall:
And In the winter they don't seam
To mind the cold at all
P. S.-But, just the same. wen bet
their knees are shiyering.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
From Another Point of Wen


hoping
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28

In it's statement In pamphlet form
the telephone company appears to
have exhausted the subject as COM
pletely as IL has It's subscribers.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
SAYINGS OF FAMOUS MEN
Captain bob" Palmer--Search
him, boys"

In few weeks now all the second
Cobbs Will have been advised as TO
which minor League they Will go back.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28
how,a Your skeleton3

Every one has some secret sorrow
said the philosophic friend.
Yes, even the latest and jolliest
OF us has skeleton In his midst"
The Detroit times., 1914-01-28

Times Washington Bureau. 40.
Metropolitan Bank Building.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-16

REPAIRING AND UPHOLSTERING
with best material ana ny expert help.
Send us your worn FURNITURE Our best
Gluck, 800 Woodbine street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-16
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE
By associated Press

BY Associated Press
G. philadelphia, June 16. = Wheat -
Steady; NO. 2, red, export, 99kc@$ 100;
NO: Q. l. Northern. Duluth. export. 5000
Corn, = Steady; new No. 2, yellow,
local. local sa@SshSS foSs1 81 NJ @SSo; do' Kiln dried
Oats = Steady; No. 2. white. 47@
Bran : Market weak: winter, per
ton. s2S..OO@ $3.50; spring, per ton,
Refined Sugars - Market firm;
p0Wtaeted. powered 4.4oc; fine granulated. 4.Soc;
410c. -
vds4tte Butter 49, The market is frmer;
Ny western, nen;s creamery, extras, Csc; near
Eggs - The market is firm:
Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts.
fre free cases. se.45 per case; do. current
western. extras. firsts, free cases. ;s.45
per per case; case; do, firsts. free cases. $s.15
q oI4No. t1Es Poultry ary - Firm: fowls, % 1sM .s
sBE3iRss kSss9s R!sssas sSsSs sssss
ddsSeks dss! seela old 1l2sg1144c: ducks; young 2
Dressed Poultry - -sfes; Steady; i'WfSS; fowls.
de 5sF Saat.sSsssy.. t. Sssd ~ ols$$sS 81
roosters. l2c; roasting chick
lS@dsc; capons. large. .2s@25c; do.
small. @20c;. turkeys. fancy. az @26c:
40. fair. 20@23c; ducks, @1Sc; geese.
Potatoes Firm; old, per bushel,
soc q s1.OO; new, per barrel, $1,000 4.50.
Flour-The market is steady; winter.
sylvania, $4.15 q 4.So; western western. ss'25@
4,4o; patents. $450@475; Kansas
straight, jute sacks, $4.15@4:3o;. spring.
@4:40; patents. s45o@l.75.
Hay = The market is weak; tim
othy, No. !. large bales. -s18.O0@1S.50:
No. l. medium bales. -$17.50@ 1900: No.
1900
Clover mixed: Light, mixed, s165o@
100; No. l., do, s16.00Q16.50; No. ..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-16
Woman Called witch"
Has Man Arrested on
Charges of "Sorcery''

Annoyed beyond endurance by ac-
cusations alleged to have been made
by Washington Stout that she was be-
witching the community of Pleasant
View, Mrs. Lillian Miller, young
widow of that place, to-day charged
Stout with praticing sorcery. A war
rant for Stout's arrest was sworn out
before Alderman A. M. Lands, of the
Sixth Ward.
Up to three weeks ago Mrs. Miller
says she held the respect of every resi-
dent of Pleasant View. Recently, she
contends. she has been summed by the
little folks and has found that ugly
stories are afloat. Reports were cir
culated, says Mrs. Miller, that she was
responsible for the illness of certain
children and that chickens died be-
cause she "bewitched" them.
The stories were investigated and
Mrs. Miller learned that Washington
Stout, who is said to be nearly so
years of age, started the ugly reports
Neighbors say that Stout makes tea
and that by drinking this tea he goes
into trance. Mrs. Miller says she
has stood the annoyance long enough
Constable James Johnson went in
search of the alleged sorcerer, but up
to late this afternoon he had not been
found
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-16
Minister Who Said He
Was Kidnapped Is Again
Reported to Be Missing
By Associated Press

Detroit, Mich, June 16.-The po-
lice department after working on the
case nearly all night, said to-day they
were absolutely without a clue as to
the whereabouts of the Rev. Louis r.
Patmont, the Westville, ILL.,, dry
worker who disappeared last night
from his temporary home here where
he had been staying since his alleged
kidnapping in Illinois in March. The
minister's wife and friends also said
they had heard nothing from him
since he attended church services last
evening and started for his rooming
place couple of miles distant.
Mr.. Patmont and his wife have
been living in Detroit most of the
time since he was found in a cellar
of house near Columbia, ILL.,, where
he insisted he had been held in cap
tivity by kidnapers. His disappear
ance at that time resulted in a ma
tion-wide search and when he was
found he gave out sensational ac-
count of his abduction and alleged
harsh treatment.
The missing man was to have left
early to-day for st. Louis to attempt
to identify man held there on sus-
picion of being one of his kidnapers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-16
Congress Prepares to
Push Administration
Antitrust Bills Through
BY ASsocinted Press

Washington, June 16.-With virtu-
ally all hope for an early adjournment
of Congress abandoned, Democratic
leaders in the State prepared to-day
to push to completion the administra
tons program of antitrust legislation.
This course was planned as the result
of a conference between President
Wilson and leaders among the Senate
Democrats at the White House last
night at which the legislation the
President wants enacted before ad-
journment of Congress was discussed
The only measures on the program,
the. enactment of which will be in
sisted upon, are the antitrust bills
alreeuy passed by the House or SINH
lar measures. 1t was generally agreed
at the conference that Congress should
be kept in session until the antitrust
program is put through, despite the
anxiety in Congress for an early adj
journment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-16
City and County Officials
Planning Their Vacations

The time has arrived when city and
county officials begin taking their va
cations.
Superintendent of Schools Frederick
E. Downes will leave July for tour
throughout the New England States.
He will remain for two weeks. Coro-
ner and Mrs. Jacob Eckinger and their
son, Joseph, will begin a sojourn at
Atlantic City July /. City Solicitor
Daniel S. Seitz has removed from his
home, 1911 North Second street, to
his summer cottage at Overview,
seven miles from this city. Captain
of Police Joseph P. Thompson will
leave for his vacation the latter part
of October. NJ. Harvey Taylor, Super
intendent of Parks and Public Prop
erty, said that he will leave for a
trip at the close of the summer work.
Joseph B. Hutchison, Chief of Police.
is spending his vacation in Grand
Rapids Mich, where he is attending
the annual convention of the Inter-
national Chief of Police Association.