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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19
CANADA is READY
& FOR WAR ACTION
Parlia ment Assemblies and
Hears Duke of Connaught's
Speech from the Throne.

Ottawa, ont, Aug. 19.-With the
opening OF parliament yesterday az
ternoon by the governor general. the
Duke OF Connaught, legislative sane
ton was asked &C. the military meas
ures the government has taken in the
emergency arising out OF the Euro
pean war.
The speech from the throne was IN
part: The critical period into which
we have just entered has aroused TO
the full the patriotism and loyalty
which have always actuated the Cana
dian people. From every province.
and indeed from every community. the
response TO the call of duty has been
al that could be desired. The spirit
which thus animates Canada inspires
also his majesty's dominions through
out the world. and We may be assured
that united action 20 repel any COM
mon danger will not fail 10 strengthen
the ties that bind together those vast
dcminious in the possession and en-
dearment OF blessing British liberty.
As representative of his majesty,
the king. must add my expression OF
thanks and admiration for the splen-
did spirit OF patriotism and generosity
tina: has been displayed throughout
the length and breadth Of the domin-
ion.H
Members of both conservative and
liberal parties seemed confident that
the session would be OF short duration
Party leaders are understood TO have
reached an understanding TO facilitate
the passage OF such measures as may
be found necessary. The most impor-
tant bills 10 be considered include one
for financing the Canadian expedition
airy forces and for carrying out home
defenses: second, a currency bill to
legalize the steps already taken to re-
lieve the banks; third, measure to
confer upon the governor general all
necessary power for meeting such sit
nations as may arise during the war.
and fourth, a bill to deal with reve-
nue. II has been suggested that an in
come tax may be imposed 10 replace
the loss Of revenue due 10 falling i'm
ports.
A military special train from the
west arrived yesterday, bringing sos
men for the Princess Patricia Light
infantry. Among them were 95 from
tIersmen from the district around
Moose Jaw. Their uniform is of the
cowboy type. The regiment will prob
ably be up 10 strength today and ready
10 move at any time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19
ALEDO

The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church held a
meeting at the home OF Mrs Jennie
Morgan Friday afternoon. There was
a good attendance and a very interest
ing program was given, one OF the
most enjoyable features of which was
a vocal solo by Miss Villa Woods of
Fl Collins, Col Dainty refreshments
were served.
Mrs Edward Cofield Of Burlington,
who has been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. W. Welch, returned TO her
home the first OF the week
Mrs. Bert Curry of New Boston
spent Wednesday with her sister.
Mrs. John Kennicutt- Her niece. Miss
Myrtle Webster. accompanied her
home for few days visit.
Miss Frances Arnett went TO Chi
cago Friday where she viii study fall
and winter styles in millinery.
Mrs. W. c. PUlver and guest. Miss
Nettie Sheldon went 10 Davenport
Wednesday to- visit friends.
The Mise Olive Lee. Irepe Stevens
and Ruth Mcclellan went to New Bos-
ton, Wednesday, 10 visit Miss Rachel
Noble.
Miss Margaret Armstrong and Az
cry Armstrong Of Joy came Thursday
TO spend few days with friends.
Mrs. Margaret Dudley who has spent
several weeks at the bones OF Mrs.
L. L. WOlffs and Mrs. Alex Macarthur,
returned toe her home In St Louis
Tuesday
. Fred Z. Back of Carthage and ].
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19
BRITISH TROOPS
IN EUROPE $4,000

New York, Aug. 1S.-English news
papers received here give details of
the composition of the British ex-
peditionary force under command of
Field Marshal Sir John French. The
field force is composed OF three army
corps, each comprising two divisions,
and there is an extra cavalry division
under the command of Major General
Edmund Allenbyy.
Each army corps is formed of "a
infantry battalions OF about 1000 men
each on a war footing. six cavalry
regiments, eight batteries of horse ar
tillery of six guns each, IS batteries of
field artillery, two howitzer batteries
and troops of engineers, signal corps,
army service corps and other details.
The British field force. therefore,
should contain ~ infantry battalions,
Is cavalry regiments. "a batteries of
horse artillery with 144 guns, 81 bat
teries of field artillery with 324 guns.
6 howitzer batteries and the usual de-
tails, according to the latest British
army list issued at the end of July.
According TO Americans well in
formed on British military affairs,
there are about $4,000 men in the
three army corps. each corps being
divided as follows:
Infantry battalions ........... $4,000
Cavalry regiments ........... 5000
Horse artillery ....... 500
Field artillery 500
HoWltzer batteries .......-..- zoo
Signal, army service. commits
sary. etc 500
The First Army Corps is command
ed by Lieutenant General Sir Douglas
Haig, the Third by Major General w.
p. Pulteney and the Second was led by
Lieutenant General Sir James Grier-
son. who died suddenly yesterday and
has been replaced by another general. |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19

and burned Thursday forenoon. Mr..
Henry carried SLIGO insurance on the
barn and $3.50 on the hay.
Miss Edna Day went to Burgess
Wednesday to visit her uncle, II. IL.
Rankin.
a union prayer service was held in
the United Presbyterian church We'd
nesday evening. The meeting was ad-
dressed by Rev. S. T. Davis, a former
pastor of the Presbyterian church of
this city, who recently enjoyed an
around the world visit to the mission
fields.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. K Marquis arrived
home Friday from New Boston, where
they had spent a week with Mrs. Mar
quis' sister. Mrs. w. II. Bartlett.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19

Edgar Black of Kansas City, Mo-,
spent a few days this week with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Black.
Justice and Mrs. George a. Cooke
and family and guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Cooke and daughter Virginia of
Ohio, went to New Boston Wednesday
where they will camp in Elmhurst
club house.
Mrs. Olive Morrow went to Rock
Island and Davenport Saturday to
spend the day
The big hay barn containing 30 tons
OF hay on r. ]. Henry's farm near
Millersburg, was struck by lightning
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19
DAY IN DA NEWPORT

Drank Wood AIcohoI-Mrs. w. L.
Lloyd, residing in the 210O block on
North Brady street, is lying in a criti-
cal condition at the Davenport hospi-
tai as the result of an attempt to end
her own life by drinking poison. She
had drunk a mixture of wood alco-
hol and bichloride. She was found in
an unconscious condition at her home.
DR.. o. p. Sala was summoned and af-
ter working with Mrs. Lloyd for sew
eral hours he ordered her removed to
the hospital. She has been under the
care of DR.. c. L. Glynn at that institu-
ton and it is said that she will proba-
bly, recover provided complications do
not set in. Mrs. Lloyd procured the
poison Saturday afternoon and went
to her home. Her two small children
were not present at the time and she
drank the potion. Later she was foaad
and the physician called. n large
quantity of the poison was disgorged
from her stomach and an antidote
used. Her condition was such, how
ever, that it was necessary to remove
her to the hospital. Mrs. Lloyd has
been suffering from a nervous shock
and it is presumed that she lost her
mental balance temporarily.
o
Supervisors Do Not Have Jurisdic-
tion-Petition of Paul Meyers and 9TH
ers asking the supervisors to improve
Paramount street from Telegraph to
Rockingham roads has been referred
TO the councils of the city of Daven-
port and the town of Rockingham. The
board has no Jurisdiction in these mat
tiers II is declared. Request for action
toward the improvement of the high
way was made at Mondays session.
S. w. Kylor of LeCIaire was again
named as one of the three commits
sioners on the soldiers relief board.
His reappointment was asked by the
other men upon the commission and
his work having been very satisfactory
to the supervisors there was no other
nomination. His term is for three
years. II. J. Frank Foundry & Ma
chine company entered the lowest es-
innate for the screens of the windows
on the lower floor OF the jail. Other
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19
PoSlam Heals
Skin Quickly
and Pleasantly

The splendid work Of healing when
skin disease makes il best for YOUR
use If YOU seek a remedy more, tnah
merely mildly efficient, which VIII tah,9
itching. and eradicating the trcubie
wholly and in very brief time. &c
cause Poslam meets all these demands
IL now enjoys the widest success anu
most extensive sales here and eDrSau.
Your druggist sells Poslam. For tIte
sample. write to Emergency Laoorg
tories, S2 West Twenty-hfth street.
New York.
Poslam Soap is a positive treat 10
tender skin or skin subject 70 eruag
tlCnal troubles Nonirritaung. -
cents and 10 cents.-(Adyl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19

of an inspiring address before a large
and enthusiastic audience in the audi
forum of the Palmer school Monday
night. The head of the Palmer school,
in his first evening address before the
Chiropractfc lyceum now in progress,
pointed out that this was the advan-
tage the science of chiropraCSic had
over medicine and that the difference
in the two methods at the basis OF
the two science combating disease
was responsible for the amazing sue
cess of chiropractic. Last evening DR..
Palmer's subject was Stimulation In
hibition or Restoration" The pro-
gram as announced was carried out
in detail. An added number was the
talk on "Goodfellowship' given by Jer-
ry Green, sergeant-at-arms of the
school. DIR. H. E. Vedder began the
morning program with a lecture on
! Making a Business of a Business
telling how the chiropractic practition-
er could better succeed in performing
the duties of his profession. A lee
ture on "Chiropractic Analysis" by ].
c. Wishart, d. c., Phi. c., was the
other morning lecture. Lectures of
the afternoon were by E. A Thomp-
son, d. c., on "Spinographic Expos
ures and Lectures" and by DR.. B. ].
Palmer on Major Toggle RecoiI
Work on Clinical Cases.
O.
Tennis Tourney Finished.-Semi-
finals in the mixed doubles of the
Outing club tennis tournament were
played off yesterday afternoon and
with the finals in this event the tour
nament was brought to a close. Wal
ter Kelly is the winner in the mems
singles event and Walter Kelly and
John Hansen in the mems doubles.
The tennis tournament on the Arsenal
Golf club courts begin next Monday.
Entries in the different events, COM
prising mems doubles and singles and
mixed doubles, ladies' singles, will
close Friday of this week.
ShiE Onions TO Cubans.-Four car
loads of the red globe onions for
which the little district around Pleas
ant Valley is famous have been ship
ped to far off Cuba by the association
nsent this season. The cars were con-
signed directly from Pleasant Valley
% ~" SiS' TIC III Sl IOAA5 dlSIduCe SNIP
to Havana, where they will be used
in hotels and restaurants, furnishing
the noticeable favoring that is so dear
to every Spanish-American palate.
Exonerate McOuff In Brymer Death.
McDuff was relieved of
all responsibility for the death of Ray
mond Brymer. the Galva youth who
was killed Saturday night by the in
terurban. Inquest was held in the
Bettendorf town hall. the jury's YER
dict being That Brymer came to his
death by being struck by an |. & /.
car. The body of the dead man ES3
been shipped to the home of his par
ents.
Mayor Delegate Canadian Meet
Mayor Alfred c. Mueller has been ap-
pointeG ex-officio delegate to the
Irrigation congress, to !
be held at Calgary. Canada. Oct. to |
3. Notice OF the appointment was re-
ceived today by the mayors secre- |
tary. Carl Sommer Cities having a |
population of over $4,000 are entitled !
to 10 delegates, same to be appointed |
by the mayor. !
Blazing Roast Brings Firemen.-A |
calling at the home OF II. !
Behrens. 912 Brown street, Monday |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19

Received Medal from Her State Recognition of Services
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19

Licensed to Wed.-Victor L. Plath,
Davenport, and Emma E. Thiedeman,
Davenport; w. R. Dixon, Davenport,
and Mary a. Powers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19

bids were: Schneider Co., SOC; DAY.
export Machine & Foundry Company,
$50; II. & II. Rohlff, $40.
Bonds of kahl Bros, and Littig
Bros, who were given contracts for
work in the Princeton and Cadda
roads were approved. Work was or
dered upon bridges and II in the
northeast quarter of section and the
southwest quarter in section z of
Pleasant Valley townships. The first
will entail an expense of $3.50; the lat
ter $435. In the future payments for
the construction of driveway culverts
will be paid out of the road fund.
Prior to this time this expense has
been met with money from the bridge
fund. Supervisors decided that this
expense properly comes under the
head of maintenance of highways.
%
To Visit Three Farms-To investi-
gate hog cholera losses in Scott coun-
ty, Dr. a. H. Logan of the department
of agriculture at Washington, d. c.,
and Prof L. E. Wiley of Ames col
lege arrived yesterday and were taken
on a tour through the county By Agri-
cultuFlSt u IL. Bliss OF the 1arm
league. The investigators made a
probe into conditions on the ClNrles
Lau, w. e. PAUL and Grant Robe son
farms. On the Lau farm poor results
were obtained from state serum,
thought to be due to the vaccine be-
ing kept too long a time before used.
Perplexing conditions alo were found
on the Robertson and PAUL farms.
Outbreaks of cholera on the LoN.s
Kistenmacher farm on the Locust
street road was reported. Kisten-
macher has a herd of 90 head which is
reported as badly infected. Prof. VIII
ley states that the loss through Iowa
this season is considerably less than
last year, when the loss ran 254 per
1000 head.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19

Chiro2ractics in lyceum Work.
Laboratories have never brought out
an ldea that has stood the test of 100
years while the deductions that have
been made by clinics are fixed factors
that remain for all time said DIR.
b. }. Palmer in giving the Keynote
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-19
SorroWfree in HAMBURG = Word

Sorrowfree in Hamburg - Word
has been received from Charles
Sorrowfree in a cable from the Amer
lean consul at Hamburg, to Secretary
Of State Bryan at Washington, D. C.
Mr.. Bryan sent a dispatch to Mrs
Sorrowfree stating that her husband
was still in Hamburg, but would sail
for home soon. Mr.. Sorrowfree has
been visiting relatives il Hamburg
and other places in northern Germany
for the past three months and was to
have sailed on board the Imperator
when that liner was taken of Word
has been anxiously awaited by Mr..
Sorrowfree's family here but with
many other Americans he has been
bottled up at Hamburg and unable to
communicate with them or to get out
of the city. Arno Petersen received
n cable from William Haase from
Brussels Friday last which is the
most recent word that has come
regarding Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Petersen. who were with the Haase
family in Brussels for time. They
had gone TO Cologne and Mr.. Haase
stated he could not get into communi-
cation with them as wires were down.
Mr. and Mrs. Haase expected to re-
main in Brussels.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-03

Readers of It's authors previous books
Will be prepared 10 give respectful at
tention To american POiicv by john
BIGELow. Major United States Army. re-
tired ,SCribner'sb. The object OF the
little volume Is to promote Pan Ameri-
Canlsm 10y promoting what may be called
Pan American patriotism ana by show
Ing the basis Of ideas upon which the
solidarity of what the subtitle calls
The Western Hemisphere in Its Rea-
ton Ia the Eastern" may he supposed
to rest. These ideas, the ideas which
have governed and which the author
holds should continue To govern Amer
lean Policy" are named after the states
men who have formulated them. "The
WASHINGTON Precept,' "The Monroe
Doctrine" and The Bolivar Idea" The
Washington precept is the warning con-
tanned in the Farewell Address against
what have come To he commonly known
as "entangling alliances" although that
term is not employed in the address
itself Every reader will consider that
he knows beforehand what Is meant
by the Monroe Doctrine. although his
confidence is likely to waver before he
finishes with Major Blgelow's exposition
of 1t. The Bolivar Idea of "America
for Americans" is more distinctly than
either Of the other ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
basis Of n-American sm. although in
fact its author did not in practice nor
even In theory extend II to North or
"Teutonic" America at all. hut only To
Latin America. An isthmian Latin
American conference at Panama. and
there used to be an istnm.an Pan-;.el-
lenic conference at Cornth, was The eN e
tent of the l.iberator's dream, But even
then he lived long enough to acknowl-
edge II was only dream. and his first
pan-American Congress was failure
lie himself complained that his asplra-
tons could never he fulfilled by reason
of the badness OF the human material tc
work withal. On his deathbcd he cN-
Gained: america Is ungnycrnable
| those who served the revolution hav,
! ploughcd the sea" Whatever has beer
practically done toward cmboiyng Pan
Americansm Is represented In the build
ing at Washington, where It Is 50 mani
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-03
ANOTHER NOVELIST FROM
TIE GREEN ROOM

Vet another novelist oc<uow ,i q
early arpr' utictship i'm tr' .rt - ''.
actor. Victor BridgCs who's. t.....r
Name shoes Go'anl has jus, hr.o 'l.
lishod. relates 4 lively cNp'ric'Irr Boo +.
days of the gre n room.
II was on the stage for fec ,.ar- 100
through som" delightful wI..tp u .
aged TO make enough To live r
miracle beonus" | We % shocrnrN
actor ana had no theatrical .utar,~' =
help mo, | think the oulN tur ( ..
made a hit was when was p' wing ..-
part of the tor,urel I'm Version Of y p
Dame produced by Charles Cnr'Wripl Z
was made up TO look as urpl asiu zee
possible. and among many otND %
| had TO rack the NJ ne Nr,f
operation had been performed. aud l-
WAS lying a crumpcd, u1r-'"i r
lightly clad heap ON the floor n.' -
Narcc, and prot' ud.up To he ., ....
serve hrutallv. stand. he','I.'
The FIRST mattu,e ~ is'Iu tpr
! brought out this rot''r can rs .,1.
mand. a dear old lady win Nt,..i H.
net strings. who was s.ttluG 900 o..
row of the stalls, l"nprd TO mr. gee.
darting up to the foo,ligh'S. hlH' '...
an umbrella, yelled furious, "if
q chair, YOU uGly lit'lr swine
1T was my solitary SUCCESS
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.s.. III. ,,...,,,.,oo. ,v.r>
10, - n,a.n. v,o.,.d ~ thew nade NJ
~ ~ ,',,,,,,. ,s CO., a ha,nr,c,on
&C.. ~ nros.ssor hin,se,f
who,, the Madison Administration
nm mo in tho claims of Adams 70 an I'M
nor,n n, ONCE were manifest though they
wor. nal partIsan but public claims.
even in the case of that Administra-
,,on. For the diplomatic service he was
peculiarIy, almost uniquely fitted by edu-
cation and by experience. one gathers
that he would have been consoed for the
loss of his Senatorship by the mission
to Russia, which he had visited In his
boyhood as secretary dnd Interpreter to
Dana, the special envoy to that country.
IL the mission had been reestablished
under Jefferson. That would have been
a recognition and good one or the
solid political services which as an IN
dependent outsider ne hao rendered tne
Administrator. Inc nomination was ih
fact made within three montns OF the
Inauguration OF Madison.' MS ihstruc.
lions are given mere In iuii ana wouio
prove Instructive reading 10 the preseh.
officials OF the state department oi
whom IL is hishiy inprooaoie tnat any
one could frame oocumeh' sho"nas
an equal knowledge OF the state OF the
world.
The questions the Minister OF Huss'a
had TO CONSIDER were essentially those
with which the senator from Massa.
chusetts hao had 10 ueai. BRUSH hava'
arrogance was inoeeo IN evidence III INC
Baltic, Denmark was sun smarune
under the victory or Neison ana 'ne
North. whicn was there looked upon
ana according 10 our present au.nori'y
quite justly. as an outrageous piece VI
freepooting' denmark hau mus every
disposition 10 uisophse oreat Dri'aih'
But IN sooi'ioh she was uhoer pressure
from Napoleon, inoeeu wen, IN terror Vi
him' ana strcuy eNeculeu ms orue'S "
seek ior cohceaieu pri,'sh soous vi
pottoWs' me H'os' oosious means y,
eonceahns britisn 'rainc was 10 can
IL AMERICAN as .he peop'e oi '"e Da''ic
couio NOT reauiis ois.,nsui'h oet"eeh
the TWO nationaiities' nehce on MS al
rNal III Copen"asen' aver 'ons anu
ureary voyage from view iorh. the
aihercan "iihis'er iou"o soi"e io''y Vi
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up Of the Winter Palace-and the Car.
Working on the imperial yacht. he won
favor through the use Of varnish so
smooth that ION IT," he said, "a hea
could not get purchase for leap" En-
p.oyed In the palace. he managed. even
though the usual precautions had been
redoubled by definite suspicion OF the
plot. to smuggle in, bit by bit, 125
pounds Of dynamite. which he kept In
a box under his bed in his own quar-
tiers in a basement beneath the impe-
rial dining room. Sitting over this mine,
he would chat with his fellow workmen,
any one or all Of whom might have
been spying for the Government. Sud-
denly the order came transferring Ste
pane and his three fellow employees to
another part Of the palace. The explo-
sive could not possibly be removed.
In one hurried hour Of immeasurabie ten
sion he put the nnai touches to his desperate
design. II was the night Of
February 6. isss.
at In ready" said stepane.
For what hour?" asked the other. com
posediy.
The crack Of dynamite answered
him
The iishts Of the winter Palace were in
AL otHei 'bhse
seemed to vanish with them. After the one
anrighting clap the entire city covered in
chains Of silence; a silent terror niled tho
skies. st. Petersburg lay strangled
in the dark.
Then tho whole population poured Itself
upon the wreck; a multitudinous rueh from
every quarter Of the town. Rescue was
imme dinteiy and everywhere afoot. Her.
and there In the palace . lamp was re-
kindled. and torches waved in the crowd.
shadowy forms were seen lifting and drag
ging things formless and insnimate.
Wan as clay. stepanc with Jeiiabov beside
him. looked on his masterpiece.
Then . voice near TO them was heard
pcslins above the tumult;
Praise TO the Lord! The Csaf u cafe.
Praise 10 the Lord"'
Newgate. Botany Bay. the Spanish
Inquisition, Fouauier- Tinville. the Man
Eater Of the Terror" are also investi-
gated By Mr.. Hopkins in his hunt in the
spirit Of the Sunday supplement" after
the romance OF fraud"