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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28

I taken ill with pneumonia and lived
| but a week in her new home.
Mrs G. Harper went to Rock Island,
Monday to spend few days with rela-
| tives.
Miss Ethel Brown returned to her
home in Viola Monday after spending
few days with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Balmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Martin and FAM
| lily left Monday and will make their
Burgess.
home the last of the week from an ex-
tended trip through the southern
states.
Professor and Mrs. G. F. Close re-
turned to their home In Woodruff Mon
day after making few days visit with
relatives here.
Mrs. R. B. Taliaferro left the last
the last of the week for her home
in Kalamazoo, Mich, after spending
a few weeks with her mother, Mrs.
Eliza Felix, who has been very i'll.
Mrs. C. n. Vertrees and daughter
Miss Lois, went to Galesburg, We'd
nesday, to spend the day with friends
Mrs. W. H. Barr went to Woodruff
Wednesday to spend the day with her
daughter, Mrs. H. E. Walters.
Mrs. Charles Graves went to New
Windsor, Wednesday to make few
DAYS visit with her. daughter, Mrs.
Frank Mann.
Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Fassnacht and
little daughter, Margaret, returned to
their home in Pennington, Wednesday,
after making a short visit with Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Fassnacht and other
relatives.
Miss Frances Croson of Joy came
Wednesday to visit her grand parents,
Mr. and Mrs. +. NJ. Baker.
The women of Mercer township are
being well represented in the political
campaign this spring. At the progress
sive caucus. Mrs. Charlotte Thompson
received the nomination for supervisor.
Miss Margaret Thomson for collector
and Miss Carrie Canum was selected
as one of the members of the township
central committee. At the republican
primary Miss Emma Couan was nomr
mated for collector. Four Aledo wom-
en- were candidates for this office, and
many women of Aledo and vicinity at
tended the primary and voted Tor their
favorite candidate. At the democratic
caucus Mrs. Phoebe Furr received the
nomination for collector. Each party
has nominated a strong ticket and
lively time is anticipated at the town
ship election held April z.
N. II. Guthrie went to La Sale Sat
urday to visit at the home of his son,
DIR. Fred a. Guthrie who Is recovering
from a surgical operation.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. p. ID. Rensenhouse Saturday,
March 81.
Word was received Monday announc-
ing the death of Walter A. Davis at
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. where he had
been in sanitarium for several weeks
taking treatment for nervous trouble.
He is the son of Mrs. S. Davis and a
brother of DIR. ]. NJ. Davis and II. III.
Davis of this city, and leaves a wife
and two sons. DIR. Davis left Monday
for Lake Geneva and arrived here
with the remains Wednesday morning.
Funeral services we're held at the resi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
LOCAL TRACKMEN
N PURPLE MEET
Chalk and Hippler Compete in
Events, Former Winning
Two Places.
Is SECOND IN THE MILE RUN
Al, Fourth In the sso-Yard Run and
Is One Of the Stars Among
200 Athletes

Earl Chalk OF the Rock Island high
,-booI won second place in the fifth
annual Indoor inte-scholastic meet OF
xo-thvestern university at Chicago
las, evening. He took second in the
rife run and fourth in the $50 yard
m Claude Hippler. former Geneseo
hizh school athlete. who was Chalk's
tszm mate. failed to land a place Hip
rle- was selected by Coach Corneal
n Mace OF Claude Kipp, who il had
bsea expected would be chosen
Over 200 athletes engaged in the
preliminary trials at Chicago Quail
fyiug heats we're held in all the events
except the two mile run. In the run
uirE events the competition was re-
eueed 20 eight men. while in the field
svsuts in which limits OF ability"
we're set the number varied
The highest number to qualify was
II the broad jump. in which fourteen
athletes bettered the seventeen foot
Init set by Omer. Several of the
hsralded stars from distant high
schools cam up to expectations.
SAN Butler. a dusky ''phenom" from
hutchinson. Kas., took the white army
by storm He placed in the quarter
nile. the high hurdles. the sixty yard
dash, the shotput. and the running
broad jump
Chalk Rated as Star.
Chalk Of Rock Island, Pearson and
A1line Of Pratt county. Kas-, Smart.
Ley. and Sweet of La Grange were
ether athletes from outside Of Chica-
20 10 show well.
The finale in the swimming events
vii be held this afternoon. The track
events will begin at s o'clock in the
cage Of the Northwestern gymnasium.
Summaries.
The summaries in the events in
which Rock Island landed places fol-
low:
Vile run-First heat-Won by Cher
n Culver Military academy; Chalk,
Rock Island. second; Altman, Crown
Point Ind. third; Angler. University
High, fourth. Time, SOB.
$50 yard run. first heat-Won by
spink. University High; Mueller. Lew
IS institute. second; Smart, Lyons,
third; Chalk, Rock Island. fourth
Tine, 2:1O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
IN MAJOR LEAGUE
TRAINING CAMPS

Los Angeles, Calf. March 2s.-The
Sox regulars took a licking at the
hands OF Venice. yesterday. to 1.
because the Tigers hit in better luck
and ran bases with greater caution.
The scrap took place in the same
threatening weather that has prevail
ed all the week. keeping the attend
ance down to a minimum. In fact.
high fog" drove some of the box
seat occupants to cover in the mid
die innings. The Callahan tribo,
however, got some excellent practice
out of the affair. and that is what it
is here for.
The regular lineup was somewhat
shot to pieces by Thursdays injury
to Ray Schalk. who had to stay in citi-
GEMS clothes on account of the cut
in the knee given him by Walter
Carlisle. Nothing serious is expect
ed to develop from the injury. but
Schalk's leg was pretty stiff today
from the cut. which luckily was little
more than a scratch and on the f1eshy
part of the leg. so that no muscles
were involved. Trainer Buckner took
Schalk in charge Immediately to avoid
any chance of infection, and a few
1Gg dL A4At A1OSl C&pcClG0 " DC
the limit of the catcher's incapacita-
ton.
San Francisco. Calf, March Is
San Francisco got the break in luck
and beat the Sox H. yesterday after
noon. to 2. The luck was a ques-
tionable triple in the eighth inning,
resulting in two runs and the verdict.
Pitcher Rogge should have won. He
was a bit wild, handing out the first
run, but the locals could not hit him
safely with men on bases.
Fourier has changed his style OF
batting. hitting with his wrists in
stead Of the old swing. The result
was two hits, one a crashing homer
over the right field wall
Coach Gleason put Blackburne back
at second, where he is trying hard to
make a regular place for himself.
Berger took care of short, where he
displayed a lot of class. The bat
tie was cleanly played.
Jackson, Miss, March 2S.-The De-
troit Americans defeated the New
Orleans Southern league team here
to o. The Mississippi legislature re-
cessed and attended the game IN
body. The batteries were: Walker.
Styles and Adams and Banville for
Detroit. and Mains. Williams and
Baker for New Orleans.
Louisville, KY, March 2S.-Louis-
vile is proving an inhospitable host
to Chicago's Cubs. On the day OF
their arrival rain prevented any activ-
ity. The contest OF Thursday was
played under threatening clouds on
heavy field, and yesterday the rain
resumed operations with such insist |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
BROWNS AND CARDS
OPEN SERIES TODAY

81 Louis. No, March 2s.-The 1914
baseball season will open today with
he initial game Of the spring series
between the local National and Amer
tczn league teams. The opening
tznes. though Originally scheduled for
he National league park, will be play
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
YALE VARSITY TEAMS IN. :
FIRST SEASONS WORKOUT

New Haven, Conn, March IS
Yale's varsity baseball and track
squads had their first spring practice
on Yale field yesterday. The diamond
was in good shape and Coach Quinby
put the men through sharp fielding
drill. More than 100 men are out for
the track team and prospects tsare
much easier than in midwinter, when
comparatively few men responded to
the call for candidates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28

ed on the American league grounds
because they are in better condition.
The National league diamond, torn
up by the winter soccer series. has
been resodded. but the new earth has
not yet become firm.
The National league squad OF %
players and trainers arrived here from
the training camp at st. Augustine,
Fla, yesterday. The American team
Is expected to arrive this morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28

Reynolds has received word of the
conference between District Attorney
Marshall of New York and representa-
tives of the Metropolitan and other
tobacco companies, which are seeking
to avoid suit under the Sherman anti
trust act. Proceedings for contempt
of court against four companies have
been seriously contemplated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
THE GERMS IN MILK

Living bodies both great and small.
are usually found in definite place.
The bacteria found in milk are indeed
a mixed collection. The fact that cer-
tain organisms are frequently found in
milk does not necessarily mean that
they originate in the udder. but rather
directs the search toward the focus of
infection from which they find their
way into the secretion of the man.
mary gland. 1t is known, says the
Journal of the American Medical AS
sociation, that while the colon group
is frequently found in water and milk,
its natural habitat is the intestinal
tract of warm -blooded animals. The
experts of the Dairy Division of the
Bureau of Animal Industry in Wash
ington have been investigating the
sources from which the streptococci
may gain entrance into milk. The
foremost possibilities are: contamin-
alton with feces, which must always
be considered as a possible source of
contamination; the presence in the herd
of one or more COWS with infected I'D
der and the cows mouth, which is
known to contain streptococci. Its
habit of licking the anks and udder
provides a more or less direct connec-
tion between the mouth of the COW
and the milk-pail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
GOVERNOR IN CAMP
TALKS ON BASEBALL
Calls Players Professional Men and
Says Professional Men Do
Not Strike
By .4SSociatcd Press

Selinsgrove, Pa, July Base
ball players are neither miners. hod
carriers nor ditch diggers. Baseball
players are professional men and pro-
fessional men do not strike" declared
John K. Tener, Governor of Pennsyl-
vania, and president of the National
League of Baseball players, in an in
terview to-day upon his arrival here
to review the Third Brigade, National
Guard of Pennsylvania, now in the
camp of instruction at this place.
II am glad the strike is settled"
continued Governor Tener. However,
| do not believe the settlement ar
rived at will be permanent owing to
the belligerency of some of the base
ball magnates. A strike such as was
threatened is something new for me
and you know l have played baseball
and have been interested in baseball
affairs all my life. However, | am
preparing for war" declared the Gov
ernor with a vim. And after ] am
through inspecting and reviewing the
soldiers here | believe | will be in q
position of controlling the turbulent
factions"
Governor Tener, accompanied by
his wife and several friends, arrived
here early this morning from Harris
burg in a big touring car
The commands were inspected by
Major M. Fl. Taggart, of Northumber-
land, of the Inspector Generals De-
partment.
Governor Tener passed along the
line with Major Taggart and the com
mander-in- chief picked out soldier
whose dress was unkempt and his
arms tarnished and administered a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
SAM AND TOM-THEY BET

Thomas j. Pence, who ranks among
the best of the bulging- browed politi-
cal prophets in the ranks of the trium-
phant Democracy, has as his leading
diversion the laying of bets on horse
races. And the real, bald truth is
that If Tom had been as much of a
bonehead about politics as about cash
ing bets on horses, he would now he
holding down job as charwoman in
government building.
One morning at breakfast in the
Waldorf in New York, Tom told
Samuel q. Blythe, the writer, that he
was about to take a train for a distant
race track.
Tom said Blythe with sadness,
you haven't any gray matter hidden
in that dome of yours. There's no
hope of teaching you any sense. You
couldn't win on horse race if you
were going to be shot the next minute.
And just to show you my firm convic-
ton that you're a mushhead and a
mark in the hands of these bookies,
I'll bet you five dollars you can't pick
the winner i'm the first race"
you're on said Tom.
That afternoon Toms selection for
the first race falloped in with the
money.
That night Tom, having returned to
Washington, got this telegram from
Blythe, who was still in New York:
I'm coming home, and my moneys
in my hand. THE Popular Magazine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
A DIPLOMATIC SUGGESTION

Speaking of indiscretions, was told
q cannot say whether 1t is true) that
Mrs. y, one of our compatriots, hav-
ing met the Emperor of Germany in
Norway, where their yachts were sta
toned, and feeling that she was on
familiar enough terms, said to him,
is it not lovely in Paris? Have you
been there lately?
mo have not" answered the sur
prised Kaiser.
"Oh, how queer. You ought to go
there. The French people would just
love to see you"
do you think so?" said the EN-
peror with a smile. Thus encouraged,
she enlarged on her theme and, speak
for the whole French nation, con-
tinued, gushingly, And if you would
give them back Alsace and Lorraine
they would simply adore you"
The Kaiser, looking at her gravely,
as If she had solved a mighty prob
lem, said, "I never thought of that,
madame"
The dear lady probably imagines
to this day that she is the apostle of
diplomacy. She came to Berlin in
tending ESQ she said) to point Ber-
lin red" She took the list of Court
people and sent out invitations rigr
and left for her five o'clock teas, but
aristocracy did not respond. Berlin
refused to be painted. = Madade de
n-Lindencrone, in Harper
Magazine for August
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
AMNESTY SOUGHT FOR
MEXICAN FEDERALS
Mediators Appeal to Wilson to
Have U. S. Use Its Influence
With Carranza
BY Associated Press

Washington, d. c., July %. - Am
bassador De Cana, of Brazil, and
Ministers Suarez, of Chile. and Naon,
of Argentina, the three mediators in
the Mexican affair, appealed to'Presi-
dent Wilson to-day to have the Unit
ed States use it's influence with Cen
eral Carranza to obtain a general am
nesty for those who supported the
Huerta government.
1t was the first formal call of the
three mediators since the conference
at Niagara Falls adjourned. They
were accompanied by Secretary Bryan.
They expressed the view that Franz
cisco Carbajal Provisional President
of Mexico, who succeeded Huerta, was
ready to turn over the government to
General CarranZa, but wanted guar
antees that there would be no whole
sale executions, arrests or contisca-
ton of property.
They told President Wilson that
Carbajal could not surrender uncon-
ditional and that unless these guaran-
tees for the protection of the lives
and property of those who supported
Huerta were given, the Carbajal gov
ernment would concentrate all its
military forces and resist until the
utmost any effort to invade Mexico
City.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
A PRACTICAL BEAUTY HINT

The use of cosmetics and other arti-
fetal aids to attractiveness is as old
as the human race. To Darwin and
students of anthropology in general
decorative applications We're a feature
of selectlon-of attraction and sexual
selection. The cheek covered with
rouge the heavily elaborated eyebrow
and the colored wig, it appears, origi-
mated at an early period among courte-
sans. 1t has been remarked that time
has taken the taint from the tint" and
the wide employment of artificialties
to day would seem to indicate the
truth of this observation. The host of
advertised - edicaments, the beauty coll
umns which grace or disgrace almost
every metropolitan newspaper, the dis
play windows of the various depart
ment stores catering TO large femi-
nine clientele, bear further witness to
the fact. The average man of rational
clean mind does not approve of cos
metic innovations In his own feminine
people. He would prefer to see these
radical departures from the natural
confined to the chorus lady and the
public tangoist. The physician always
warns against the use of cosmetic
preparations, because most of them are
dangerous. To him the natural and
healthy has always seemed to he typical
of beauty. Even the editor of the lay
press, however, has seen the ridiculous
in the beaut-' column. and the follow
ing satrical excerpt taken from a
Southern weekly contains what is in
the opinion of The Journal of the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
WONDERFUL SPIDERS WEB

From Wide World Magazine.l
The roads of Paraguay are about FIVE
meet overhead at a height of some
eighteen feet thus forming a tunnel
of very uniform dimensions. In the
clear parts of this tunnel that is,
where it is not choked up with the
giant nettle-it is full. from roof to
stretching clear across the road, the
big trees usually being chosen as
anchorages and the total clear span
being thus more like eight yards than
FIVE.
The main cables or framework of the
nets are composed of five or siz strands
of thick yellow web, and are almost as
strong as cotton thread The rest of
the net is made up of single and double
strands of the same stout material,
which is as sticky as it is strong Every
yard or so one of these nets extends
across ones path, making 1t necessary
to hold cutlass or a fairly stout stick
at arms length in front as one walks.
The makers of these troublesome but
picturesque distractions are large,
highly colored, gaudy-looking spiders
with bodies that look as if they were
about to explode, they are so blown out
and glossy.
At intervals. in some more open
notice a different kind of web. far more
irregular in shape. but far larger than
the others. Not content with the space
available in the tunnel, these webs are
the ground to the very tops of the sur
rounding trees, with clear spans fire.
quently twenty or thirty yards fom one
tree to another.
From these main cables smaller ones
extend to the ground-a drop of fifteen
~ twenty Yards-and the spaces in be-
tween are filled up with a mass of webs
spun in all directions
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
Tried to Pass Team
on Middletown Road
AutOists Are Hurt

Both Mr.. and Mrs. ID. w. Fitting,
1910 Market street, were thrown from
their automobile into a ditch on the
road between Highspire and Middle
town late last night and both were
more or less seriously hurt. The Fit
tings were on their way from visiting
a friend in Middletown and Mr.. Fit
ting was driving.
Half way to Highspire the Fittings
We're about to pass a team when the
horse bolted, and Fitting tried to turn
out of the way. The car slid into a
ditch and overturned. Both Mr.. and
Mrs Fitting were unconscious when
picked up. DR.. Campbell, of Middle
town, dressed their injuries temporar-
lily and sent them home.
Several ligaments of Mrs. Fitting
ankle and knee were torn and she re-
ceiVed a bad cash below her chin and
numerous other body bruises. Fit
ting's thumb was broken and he re-
ceived bruises about the face and
body.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
WATER MAINS TO
DESTROY THE PARK

contractors are permitted to do about
as they please in destroying park prop
erty there is nightly little comfort in
the restoration provision.
Mayor Royal declared at the meet
ing of the City Council when this mat
ter was under consideration that there
would be a howl" from the people.
They have a right to howl. in the
opinion of those who understand what
is going on, and the howl" should in
crease until it becomes a cyclone of
protest against this utter Indifference
to the parks and the resorts of the
people.
The Choice of the People
Thousands of people enjoy the river
parks from one end of the city to the
other and there is no more attractive
section than that represented in the
district between Paxton and North
streets. Here are some of the finest
trees in the city and it is certain that
the roots of many of these trees will
be injured in the construction of this
water main, which, many insist, should
have been laid in the street Commits
sioner Lynch is quoted as having fa-
Vored the street as the proper place
for the main and Mayor Royal is also
Stilu " nave tApIcSSeu the same
opinion, but beth voted against Com
missioner Taylor, the head of the park
department, and the contract to rip
open the park was awarded.
Not the First Time
This is not the first time that the
parks have been subjected to damage
and destruction through the operations
of careless or Indifferent officials and
contractors. Unless the people stop
this sort of thing" said a prominent
citizen to-day, they might just as well
stop all appropriations for parks and
abandon them entirely. 1t is just as
necessary to practice economy in the
care of the parks as it is in the ex-
penditures of any other department"
The substance of public comment
to-day was that if the people are tired
of their parks and care nothing about
their appearance, then they should say
so in no uncertain terms. IT, on the
other hand, they are opposed to the
constant damage of these Fairgrounds
and resorts by careless contractors and
Indifferent officials. then they should
also make their protest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
Roosevelt Wants to
Talk on Panama Case
By Associated Press

Washington, d. c., July ga re-
quest from Colonel Roosevelt for an
opportunity to appear before the Sem
at foreign relations committee in op-
position to the Colombian treaty was
considered to-day by the committee
without action, however, as Chairman
stone was unable to marshal quo
rum. Colonel Roosevelt wrote Chair
man Stone he wanted to tell why he
opposed paying $25, 100000 to Colom-
bia for the partition of Panama.
81 replied to Colonel Roosevelts
letter personally, saying that l would
submit the matter of hearings on the
Colombia treaty and his appearance
before it to the committee said Sen
ator Stone. Il don't know what he will
do about it,"
The Missouri Senator said he had
not set n date for another meeting of
the committee, but that he would try
to get the members together soon. The
text of Mr.. Roosevelts letter he would
not make public because it was ad-
dressed to the committee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
Plans For Chamber
of Commerce Picnic
Are Nearly Complete

Members of the various committees
in charge of the arrangements for the
annual outing of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce, at Inglenook, on
Klinedinst and D. L. M Raker We're
eagerly hunting for baseball players.
These men will captain the teams,
and a real baseball game is scheduled.
The uniforms will be especially attrac-
tive. The two teams winning out in
the quot tournament will be awarded a
Bair.
There will be rifle shooting, three
legged races and other sports. The
big program begins al o'clock. At Z
o'clock an old-fashioned country
chicken dinner will he served. Fl. f.
Hope will be in charge of the racers.
Other features will he assigned to-mor-
row. To date 100 members have signed
uD to go along