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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
HURT BADLY IN A
MOTOR COLLISION
Driver of Cycle Sustains Injury
When Machine Collides
With an Auto.

CvrieI De Muydt, a local motorcy-
clist. was thrown frcm his machine
and badly injured when il coliided
with an auto owned and driven by
Fred Schmidt. proprietor Of the Cross
Country buffet. yesterday afternoon on
Fifth avenue near the intersection oi
Thirty-secOnd street
De Muydt. who is employed as por-
ter at the Joe Huber saloon on Firth
avenue. sustained a compound frac-
ture OF the left leg. a bad liberation
on the left elbow. and was bruised IN
other portions of his body
He was rushed TO St Anthony's hos
pitai following the accident where Dr'
Joseph De Silva attended him While
the injuries are serious. unless unfor-
seen complications set in. he Will re-
cover
According TO the story told by wit
nesses the motorcyclist was proceed
ing west on Fifth avenue. travelling
between the two car tracks A car
was auproaching from the west. Mr..
Schmidt was driving his machine
hack Of the car. and thus neither OF the
drivers was enabled TO see the o'her'
When the car was brought TO stop
the two machines clashed. The auto
was slightly damaged. and De Muydts
machine suffered severely
Edward Berge and Albert Simohson
NJ Moline. who were on the street car
witnessed the accident and assisted IN
,,e,,ine the motorcyclist 10 the hosFi'
tai
N ,ba zine - The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
ORION

Miss Marjorie McCrearey of Gales
burg is visiting her aunt, Mrs. G. II.
Schneider.
Mrs. Catherine Johnson Is spending
the week In Galesburg with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sykes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivor Nelson are the
parents of a daughter, who came to
their home Sept. 10.
F. H. Streed is visiting his nephew,
NJ A. Nelson. near Woodruff.
Members of the Streed family are
home from their summer chautauqua
tour with the Jones Chautauqua sys-
tenn.
Miss Myldrid Streed is visiting Miss
Marie Weaver at Mt. Morris, Ill.
Mrs. Amos Dyal left Wednesday for
a two months visit in Smithsfield,
Penn.
Miss Bertha Rhoadamer is visiting
friends in Reynolds.
Miss Mildred Dusen berry Is spend
ing the week with Moline friends.
Miss Agnes Weborg is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Lawrence Johnson, at
Alexis.
Miss Eugene Powell has returned to
her home in Avon after spending some
time with Orion friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. V. Samuelsen have
returned from their wedding trip. They
visited in Montreal, Buffalo, Washing
ton and other places of interest.
Clarence Irwin of Colfax, Iowa, was
visitor at the E. L. Streed home.
Miles Keel has bought the F. w.
MinkS residence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
Geodetic Survey.

A geodetic survey means mapping
large areas by methods which take the
curvature of the earth's surface into
account as ordinary surveys on small
scale do not The United States coast
and geological survey, now attached to
the department of commerce and la
Dor, is charged with the survey of the
coasts of the United States and coasts
under the jurisdiction thereof and the
publication of charts covering said
coasts This includes base measure,
trianguiation, topography and hydrog-
raphy along said coast; the survey OF
rivers to the head of tidewater or ship
navigation, deep sea soundings, tenn
perature and current observations
along said coast and throughout the
gulf and Japan streams, termination
of latitude and longitude, etc. 1t Is
one of those branches Of the public
service which we do not hear much
about. but which is constantly and Out
city engaged in producing scientific
ts-Philadelphia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
SALUTE IN HONOR
SONG centennial
Twenty One Guns Fired at Ar
senal for 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner"

Twenty-one guns were fired at noon
today at Rock Island arsenal in com.
memoration of the centennial anniver-
sary of the writing of '@The Star Span
gled Banner" by Francis Scott Key.
Colonel George w. Burr, command
an at the arsenal, ordered the salute.
which was also fired all over the world
at various forts and other institutions
where United States soldiers are quar-
tered.
Rock Island generally observed the
centennial of the writing of this i'm
mortal American song. Flags were
fioated from all of the public build
ings, and many of the business houses
displayed the national banner.
Monday the teachers in the various
schools will conduct programs Of a
patriotic nature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
MAJOR MORTON ARRIVES
TO TAKE ARSENAL POSI

Major Morton, of the ordinance de-
partment, erstwhile of the arsenal al
Springfield, Mass, arrived at ROCK IS
land arsenal last evening and TINS
morning began his active duties reilev-
ing Major Hof. who for years has been
On duty at the local institution.
Major Hof will leave Tuesday for
Springfield, where he will take up his
duties.
The arsenal now employs 1000 men
with a monthly payroll OF S15o'ooo.
The work continues to keep up ana
indications are for a busy winter at
the shops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
DOG BOASTS WOODEN LEG
Animal "Good as Any With Four
Limbs, Says Owner.

Superior, Wis.-William Billstein of
the Columbia Clothing company is the
proud possessor of dog with wood
en- leg Last winter his pointer dog
Max had one of his hind legs caught
in a steel trap. Before he was released
it was frozen and had to be amputat-
ed.
Since then various devices were
tried. but none was successful until
Mr.. Billstein obtained the services of
an expert artificial limb manufacturer.
He built a miniature limb for Max,
who is now Just as good as a new
dog" Mr.. Billstein thinks Max will
make just as good a showing in the
hunting field as any dog with all four
legs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
Ben Sommerson.

land today and visited Mayor II. NJ.
Schriver. They were in quest of in
formation relative to the local water
works.
The three councilmen announced
that Clinton was 20 install a new sys-
TEN and that they had been made a
committee to investigate the various
plants in municipalities in this sec
ton.
The visitors were shown over the
city by Mayor Schriver and r. w.
Sharp, superintendent of the water
works. The local plant was thorough
" inspected by them before they left
for Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
TALKS ON THRIFT.
SERIES OF 1914.
No. 36.-The. Safety and Service OF

BYT. D. MacGREGOR.

BYT. MacGREGOR.
s.Depositors entrust bankers with
such mower as they have today,
and are unlikely to entrust that
mower TO weak or evil hands. -
n p. Davidson of J. P. Morgan
& Co.
The value to the business public of
good banks can hardly be overestimat-
ed.
The financial lifeblood of the COM
munity flows through these arteries in
the form of loans and discounts, ex-
changes, collections and other trans
actions.
To the bank the men or big analrs
can come for consultation about trans
actions involving large amounts, while
the man of small affairs with little
knowledge of banking can turn to II
for sound advice.
The banks help to keep the local
wheels of trade and industry moving,
tide honorable men over business de-
pressions, keep local money at home
and in a score of ways help the com
munity. The distribution of interest
on time or savings deposits, amount
ing TO a large sum in the aggregate,
is a strong incentive to thrift. AS
teacher of good business system. also,
well-equipped bank is an excellent
school for its depositors.
Several times a year banks are
| thoroughly examined by representa-
tives of the state or national banking
authorities. as the case may be, and
also by representatives of their boards
of directors.
The examiners count all the cash on
hand down to the last penny. then
check of all the bonds and other in
'vestment securities owned by the bank,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
HERBERT FOSTER
PASSES AWAY AT
DAUCHTER'SHOME
,r Time Farmer and Mer-
chant of Drury Succumbs
at Abba, Iowa.
wusA NATIVE OF NEW YORK
si, Lower End Of County Since
fssf-FuneraI TO Be Monday
From the Home.

Herbert Foster. retired farmer
= merchant Of Foster. Drury town
~. and Who is well known in this
= died AZ the home OF his daughter,
:. Brogan at Abba, Iowa. Fri.
- evening after a few weeks illness.
T.hsa been failing for several months
-. "a surins the last week his death
vas expected daily
" Foster was born in Rochester,
w Nav Is, 1870 He received his
.s-c.,iou in the common schools OF
-, county and attended university at
s,-;ngheld. Ill. for two years. He
-. united in marriage with Miss
IoBise wimble. at Rochester. y. Y,
n, g 1861. and a short time later
,ne 70 Drury township. where he
-. since resided. with the exception
. sve wears when he was engaged in
a. grocery business in Muscatine, Ia
us wife preceded him in death in
1904
W Foster has held the Office of
,ozushfp collector and was member
n the board OF supervisors for a num-
bsr OF years. he had during recent
rssrs spent much time N Rock Island,
srsu visiting at the home OF his
laughter. Mrs Frank H. Wright, 1923
TEsuty-frst street.
Two sons. George G. Foster and
Pred ". Foster. both OF Drury, and
NO daughters. Mrs. Frank II. Wright
a Rock Island and Mrs. G. r. Brogan
q Abba. Iowa. survive.
Funeral services viii be held Mon.
czy afternoon al . O'Clock from the
Cd home Intermeut will be in the
Foster cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
HUMANE SOCIETY TO
CONVENE ON MONDAY

will hold its regular monthly session
in the Office of Dr. ]. w. Stewart in
this city Monday morning at 10. Many
important matters will come before
the association and large attendance
is desired.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
Pride of the Peruvisns.

The Peruvians are a proud. imperial
race. living amid the grandest scenery
OF the western hemisphere and holding
high ideals of what is best in educa-
ton and the unbought grace OF life.
ON the great country estates there is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
Boat Hits Rock; Man browns.

New York.-George Kraus, p years
old. of 1O9 First avenue. was drowned
in Little He'll Gate when the 21-foot
motor boat, May B., in which he was
riding, ran upon a rock. Kraus was
sitting in the stern and was thrown
into the water by the force of the
collision He sank before his COM
panions could reach him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
PASTOR RUSSELL'S VIEWS
AT THE FAMILY THEATRE

Beginning tomorrow afternoon at 3
giving an calculation OF Pastor RLs-
sells Interpretation OF bible history
and philosophy. Will be displayed at
ne Family theatre. There viii be no
omission charge. The pictures, which
VII be given seriealiy for several days.
I'll be accompanied by Photographic
lectures. The exhibition viii be given
Under the auspices o. the International
Bible Students association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
FOR POSTALLAW
ADDED TO COURSE
OF LOCAL SCHOOL
Postoffice Clerks Petition Board
of Education for New
Departure.
INFORMATION is NEEDED
Decatur Has Adopted Plan Which Is
Working satlsfaetorliy-Nisht
Session Is Talked.

A communication from the United
National Association of Postoffice
Clerks relative to postal instructions
in public schools was read and re-
ferred to Superintendent E c. Fisher
and the teachers committee at the
postponed meeting of the board of ed
ucation. which was held at the high
school building last evening. Other
routine matters were taken up and
discussed.
The communication received from
the postoffice clerks was the follow
ing resolution:
Whereas, The records of the Rock
Island postofice show that during tie
period from Jan. / to June 80, 1914,
there were 1850 pieces of first class
mail returned to sender. and S,219
pieces of mail matter held for postage.
and the records Of the postoffice de-
partment show that over thirteen mil
lion pieces of mail matter are sent an
nually 20 the dead letter Office, both
conditions being due to negligence in
addressing. and ignorance of the pos
tai laws and regulations, and
Whereas. The volume of unclaimed
matter is constantly growing greater.
there being no systemized method of
instructing the public along postal
lines. causing a great financial burden
upon the public, and the government,
and
Whereas. The study of postal laws
would tend to curtail the large amount
OF unclaimed matter. and would cause
more expeditions delivery, and guard
against loss, and
whereas. The Decatur. Ill. board
of education has instituted the study
of the postal laws in their school
course, with great success, therefore
be il
Resolved. That branch 232 of Unit
ed National Association of Postoftice
Clerks. in regular meeting assembled.
do petition the board of education of
tie CITY of Rock Island. ILL.,. to investi-
gate the feasibility OF instituting such
course in the city school system"
Night School.
The matter of night schools was tax
en- up and after a short discussion
was turned over to Superintendent h.
c. Fisher and Principal A. J. Burton
TO take care of. 1t has been the habit
to hold night school during the win
ter months each year for the benefit
of men who are compelled to work in
the day time and who would like TO
receive instruction. The plan will
probably be carried out the same this
year as it has in the past.
Bills Allowed.
Bills received and allowed were as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
MIXED PROGRAM FOR
MONDAY CONCERT

The first of the Rosenfield Memoir
ial band concerts to be held this sea-
son in the business section of the city,
will take place Monday evening in
Spencer square. at which time Bleuer's
band will give an excellent program
as follows:
March-"Our High School" Ernst Otto
'Humoresque ...-.....-.- 'DNorah
Selection from THE Goddess of
Liberty" Howard
Serenade, Eleanor" 10000. .Doppen
Overture, "Orpheus" ....... Offenbach
Selection from 1.-The FREELY. .Friml
(a) "Traumerie" $3.50. .Schumann
OBJ 1.-The Ro ary'' .......... .Nevin
Waltz, "Danseuse" .......... Miles
Medley, ION My Way to Mandalay'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. smith
Star Spangled Banner" ........ Scott
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
W. S. Frey.

News ms been received here OF the
ts=ih o. " 5. Frey, formerly Of this
county, al Sterling His demise fol
loEed few DAYS after that OF his sis
Ter. Mrs. Gilman Parker. who lived in
the state OF Washington Both were
reared as children on a farm l. miles
southwest OF this city. near Taylor
Ridge. He had lived at Sterling %
years His widow and two children
are left. The funeral was held yester-
day, with interment at that place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
Isaac 7. Smith.

Isaac 7. Smith. who had been an
engineer on the Rock Island road
since 1852. AID was placed on the pen
soa list one month ago. died of pneu-
aonia yesterday az his home in EldOn,
I0Ea. aged 90 years When he retired
hs had a passenger run between this
cfy and Eldon- He was well known
Z Rock Island. The survivors are his
wife and three children. The funeral
VII be held tomorrow at Eldon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-12
CLINTON ALDERMEN SEE
THE LOCAL WATER PLANT

CoHncilmen Haas. Dexter and Tuck
e. Of Clinton. Iowa, were in Rock Is
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-12-01
YEGGMEN ROB SAFE
NEAR SPARTANBURG
Two Explosions Heard, but the Yegg-
men Were Not Disturbed in
Operation.

Spartanburg, Nov. 26-4The post Of
flee safe in the store OF A NJ. Smith,
at Duncan, S. c., station on the
main line of the Southern Railway 10
miles west of Spartanburg, was rob-
bed last night BY yeggmen, who made
clean job and have gotten away with
their loot, amounting to 1855 in
stamps and money approximatlng
1926. Nitro-glycerine was used, and
though two distinct explosions were
heard during the night by citizens OF
the place, tie robbers were not dis
turbed in their operation and nothing
was known of the robbery until this
morning when Postmaster Smith
opened his place Of business. The post
office authorities were promptly mott
fed and have had the cooperation OF
the authorities of both Spartanburg
and Greenville counties during the day
in their efforts to get trace Of. the
robbers.
At noon today two men giving ter
names as Charles Brown and J. c.
Ross, were arrested by Spartanburg
officers near Duncan, and are being
held in tie local jail under suspicion.
The officers believe they may be spot
ters" :or the men who did the job.
portland Ned the famous yegg-
man, blew open safe in the same
,postoffice several years ago and was
convicted of the crime.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-12-01
FULL CREW BILL
Submitted to People and Rejected by
Heavy TOte-Let the Railroads
Run Their Business.

st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 29-Complete
official figures show that in the ref
erendum vote at the election on No
vember 3, the people o. Missouri re-
jected the Full Crew bill, passed y
the State legislature and signed by
the governor, by one Of tae greatest
majorities ever registered in the State
on any question, tie vote being 324,-
OS5 against and 1888 for, or ma
jority of 164,492, more than. two to
one in opposition to the bill.
This is said to be the first time a
regulation affecting railroads has been
submitted to direct vote of the peo-
pie of any State. Railroad officials
are much pleased with the result as
indicating that the people are not in
favor Of measures which oppress4the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-12-01

railroads without any resulting bene-
fit to them.
A striking feature Of the vote was
that TIE farmers voted almost solldly
against the bill, little support being
given it outside the three largest cities
in the State, and in st. Louis it was
beaten by 1S,417 votes.
The purpose of the bill was to re-
quire the employment on certain
trains of extra trainmen for which ey-
pe-leaced railroad managers declared
there is no need from the standpoint
of safety or otherwise and whose en-
ployment would have cost-tthe fail-
roads of Missouri a half million dol
lars year.
The people Of Missouri seem to have
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-12-01

We don't know if it is on this or
der somewhere all the time, but here
is how it was Monday evening of last
week at the sounding of the fire alarm.
A lady ran to the phone. She ran
running as they all do. Phoning she
wanted to know where is the fire."
"False alarm" came the answer.
Geo. Long," you say? "No, false
alarm Where, does he live" asked
a little child who heard it. A boy
came running over and thought they
said Laurens was burning. His father
wenY DOWN town next morning and
asked everyone he met WAS 11aurens
burning last night" They do get
things mixed over the phone.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-12-01
.eThe Idler" Versus the Reporter.

The local man of The Herald and
News seems to be very much prejud1c-
ed against football, and very muc1
in favor of t1e movies. Well, there is
no disputing about tastes.-iIhe
Idler,' in The Herald and News, 2Oj-
After writing the above, '"The Idler"
says, but 81 am not going TO have any
argument with any one about item, .
the moving pictures. That's the way
of some people, want to say all they
wish but don't want the other fellow
to argue. They say enough to make
tie other fellow talk back but he
must not. '"The Idler" Quilted" into
this. Well, to be talked ABOUT SHOWS
that something is being accomplished.
Now, as ''t1ere is no disputing about
tastes" the reporter would like to
make his position clear. He has his
little place in the community and
doesn't like to be "held up.
1t is human nature for man, woman
and child to crave some kind Of amuse-
ment and recreation. The Rev. DR..
VIM. E. Evans recently spoke in the
city of Columbia His subject was
The Mission of Mirth." In reporting
tae address, the State wrote the fol-
lowing:
"Mirth, DR.. Evans said, was given to
man by God to aid him in his efforts,
to increase his JOY and happiness and
to impart to others the spirit of soul
filed with sunshine 1t is an attri-
butte Of man, therefore, that should
not be suppressed, but expressed. In
contrast to gloom and despondency DR..
Evans showed how mirth was the
great restorative that caused man to
feel, DO and work better, while, per-
haps, many agencies Of trouble and
anxiety were initiating against the
general well-being Of the man. The
lesson conveye;: by the speaker was
that mirth promoted good deeds"
Some of the moving pictures pro-
woke unto mirth, and as it is mans
nature to want amusement-and he is
go;ng to have 1.-THE reporter thinks it
far better to go to the moving picture
shows than to rooms where men drink
whiskey or to rooms where they play
cards for money. 1t may be that the
reporters taste is not of the right sort
to suit some people, just like it is
natural for bunch of liars to laugh
at an honest man when they fail to
make him tell lie to suit their pur.
poses. 1t does not make them any the
less liars, but truthful men know him
TO De above reproach.
The reporter would not want any
one to think that he likes all of the
pictures. Some of them are bum. But
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-12-01

he advises as editors advise their
readers to skip what they don't like.
What you don't like some one else
does. The Literary Digest for Novem-
be-, in speaking of Motion Picture
Education" says that "Mr. Edison has
been led by is young on to devise
sort of revolutionary scheme OF
econdary education that "his plan IS
to utilize the motion pictures 70 teach
all sorts of elementary facts" The
article goes on to state:
'"I-e materials of the new educa-
tional device consist of wonderfully clev-
er motion pictures of natural phe-
nomena in motion. They portray with
startling vividness the workings of
pumps in which we look through
transparent ais and see the valves
opening and shutting, and tie water
rising with each piston stroke. There
are transparent working models of
steel converters in which the whole
process developed by Bessemer is seen
in vivid detail. Other films snow the
development Of the nouse-fy through
all it's different stages. Tie cater
pillar encloses itself in the chrysa!is,
ard later emerges a beautiful butter
Ay. BY means of motion pictures TAX
en- through powerful microscopes the
minutest forms OF plant and animal life
are seen, the development of cell
growths becomes a vivid reality, and
one watches in every detail TIE fer
nation of the most beautiful and in
tricate sorts of crystals"
The above are not the only good
pictures. Those persons who saw
"The Power of the Angelus," at the
Arcade, and "The Reward of Thrift, at
the Opera House last week, felt fully
repaid FOR going. They forgot that
they lad ever seen picture that was
not elevating or instructive We single
out these two pictures from many on
the same order.
Up in Anderson they are preparing
to begin the work of filming an An
derson county picture which Will be
made of a fox hunt, in which Mr.. T.
J. Roberts, the champion fox hunter
of The country, is to play Leading
part"
Yes, if the reporter could induce
young men to go to the picture shows
rather than to the other places men
toned, for their needed amusement
and recreation, he thinks the heart of
many mother, wife or sister would
want to thank him, whether they spoke
to him or not.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-12-01

realized that eventually they would
have to pay the cost either in increas-
ed freight and passenger rates, de-
creased service, Or deferred improve
ments and registered empnatlca 'ly
their disapproval of such class legis-
lation.
Bills similar to that rejected by the
people of Missouri have been lntroduc-
ed ina number Of other States and
Lard fights made for their passage
but now the people Of one State have
been heardlfro It is h0ped that leg
islators of other States Will recos-
nize that such legislation is not de-
sired by the mass Of voters.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-12-01
Only One "BRoMo oUlNlNE''

To get the genuine, call for full name, LAXA.
TIVE BROMO OUININE. Look for signature of
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