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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06
Mrs, J.. L. Stafford.


Sad news has been received Of the
death at Reno, Nevada, last Saturday,
as the result of a surgical operation,
OF Mrs. J. l.. Stafford, of that city.
The deceased was formerly Miss Ber-
tina Bowman, daughter of the late f.
II. Bowman, and a native of Rock Is
land. She was 3S years OF age and IS
survived by her husband. The re-
mains will arrive in Davenport tomor-
row, accompanied by Miss Annette
Bowman. an aunt and will be taken to
the resident of DIR. +. 5. Bowman,
brother of the deceased.
Funeral services will be held there
Saturday morning, with interment in
the family lot in Chippiannock ceme-
terry, this city.
The deceased was a sweet and low
able character and her many friends
will be grieved to know of her death.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06
Elevated Tibet.

The Tibetan highlands of Asia have
an area OF 10000 square miles and
range from 1900 to $4,000 feet above
the sea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06
Food Plentiful in Paris.

Paris, Aug. 6.-Food remains plenti-
full and prices have increased only
slightly since the outbreak of the
war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06
Was Il Suicide?
NEW TROOPS ARE
RUSHING UP TO lIEGE

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06

81 guarantee that the Belgian popu.
lation will not have to suffer the hor-
rors of war. We will pay for provi-
sions and our soldiers will show them
selves to be the best friends OF a peo-
pie for whom we have the greatest
esteem and the deepest sympathy.
Your prudence and patriotism will
show you that II is your duty TO pre-
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-03-19
FALLING HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your Hairi Get rs Cent Bottle
Of Danjerine Right Now--Aiso
Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin. brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair Is mute evidence of q neglected
scalp; Of dandruff-that awful scurf.
There is nothing SO destructive to
the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair
Of its luster, its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feverish.
ness and itching Of the scalp. which
II not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
CONTEMPORARY vme--will surely
save your hair.
Get rs cent bottle Of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store. and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life, luster and luxuriance
which is SO beautiful. 1t will become
wavy and fluffy and have the appear.
ance Of abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and softness. but what will
please you most will be after just a
few weeks use, when you will actual.
ly see lot Of fine. downy hair-new
hair-growing all over the scalp. Adv.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-03-19
INDIGESTION, GAS
OR BAD STOMACH
Time it! Pape's Diapepsin ends
all Stomach misery in five
minutes.

Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good, but work badly; ferment
into stubborn Jumps and cause a sick.
sour. gassy stomach? Now. Mr. or
Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Papes
Diapepsin digests everything. leaving
nothing to SOUR and upset you. There
never was anything so safely quick, SO
certainly effective. No difference how
badly your stomach is disordered you
will get happy relief In five minutes.
but what pleases you most is that it
strengthens and regulates your stom.
ach SO you can eat your favorite foods
without fear
You feel different as soon as "Papes
Diapepsin" comes In contact with the
tomach-distress just vanishes-your
stomach gets sweet, no gases, nc belch-
ing, no eructations of undigested food.
Go now, make the best investment
you ever made. by getting large fifty.
cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any
store. You realize In five minutes how
needless 1t is to suffer from indiges-
ton. dyspepsia or bad stomach. Adv.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-03-19

Kidney Pills the swelling disappear.
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use Of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew.
eral months later he wrote: have
not changed my faith in your remedy
since the above statement was author.
lied. Correspond with Rev. r. Hes
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills. soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co..
Buffalo. N. Y. Write for Household
Hints. also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and 70.
cipes for dainty dishes. All sent free.
Adv.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-03-19
Hadn't Seen "Pede strian."

While two men were driving in the
country In an automobile the car
broke down. Finally one decided to
walk on until his companion could
make the necessary repairs and over
take him. When the car was in run.
ming order again the driver started
up, and mile farther along came to
an old negro hoeing corn near the
roadside. Did pedestrian pass this
way awhile ago." asked the man at
the wheel. mo, sab. I been right
head in dis cohn patch more n an
hour an nothin' done passed 'cept
one solitary man. an he wuz a-tramp.
in long on foot"
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-03-19
He Admired Her Judgment.

She-Oh, Fred. dear. you are SO no.
BILE. SO generous, SO handsome. 80
chivalrous, SO much the superior Of
every man meet. I can't help low
ing you. Now, what can you see In
plain little me to admire?
He-Oh, don't know, dear; but you
certainly have very good Judgment
Tit Bits
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-03-19

N"o Souhtiy ueCduse VI inc
extensive advertising Il has
received and Of the enthusi-
astic accounts OF those who
have seen It; and II seems
destined to become one OF
the most popular regions for
persons who like to spend
their holidays In a some
what unconventional way
and at moderate expense.
Occupying l.40O square
miles near the northwest
corner OF Montana. Glacier
park Is right In the heart
OF the Rockies and In the
matter of mountain scenery
1t yields to no place. Doz-
ems OF magnificent peaks
crowd the landscape. some
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-03-19

Ing, was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa.
ton across the
loins that It was
difficult to move.
After using s
n
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-03-19
A cLERGYMAN's TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop Of Wig.
ton, Pa, suffered from Dropsy for q
year. His limbs and feet were swol.
len and pulled. He had heart flutter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-03-19

Psychological Moment
Crawford-What Is the best time for
\ man to get homo at night2
Crabshaw--When his wife 10 asleep.
Judge.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-03-19
Very Final.

whats the matter?"
"She has rejected me again. She
says this is final"
did she say how final?" inquired
the older and more experienced
man.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-03-19

horseback. without the aid of "funicuar" cog
railway; over and through and about 1t there
not the immense swarms Of 'trippers" that infest
the old world country hordes OF guides do not
dog your footsteps, and ravenous hotelkeepers
are not found at every turn.
Others have dubbed 1t Uncle Sans Newest
Playground" and 1t is, but It will not be that
very long. So some writer with vivid imagina-
ton must find a new name for the Glacier Ma
tonal Park. y
About $4,000 persons visited Glacier park last
summer, and In the coming season It Is probable
mny twice as many will view It's beauties and
wonders. Although as a national park 1t is only
three years old. It's name Is already familiar in
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

Radical changes In the marriage
and divorce laws of Michigan will be
made at the approaching session of
the legislature If that body should
approve OF certain recommendations
embodied in the report of the COM
mission created by the last legislature
TO revise and consolidate the state
statutes.
Advance information concerning
the report, given out by Mark w.
Stevens, of Flint, a member OF the
commission, relates particularly to
these two features Of the forthcoming
recommendations, which will be sup
plemented by suggestions looking to
uniformity in existing civil practice
and procedure and the elimination of
some of the causes that now contrib
ute to the delays of the law in dis
posing of court actions.
The commission favors the incor-
poration of a provision in the mar
riage licenses to make affidavits as
to their physical condition. Where
these affidavits conform to the pro-
posed change in the law, publicity of
contemplated marriages is urged
through the publication of applica-
tions for licenses for six weeks.
Should no legal objections be filed
with the county clerk in the mean
time, license will be issued at the
expiration of 80 days from the date
of the application.
One of the recommendations OF the
commission in regard to divorce
cases would bar prosecuting attorneys
and their assistants from representing
either of the principals in such suits.
II would be made the duty of these
officers under the proposed change
cases, to appear at the hearing Of
such suits, cross-examine witnesses,
offer testimony in opposition to the
granting of degree IL in their opin-
ion a decree should not be granted,
and to look after the interests OF
minor children involved in the suits.
The commission will also recon-
mend that in divorce cases a decree
shall not be signed by the court until
six months after a case has been
tried, but that the judge may an
nounce his decision within 60 days
after the hearing and issue a con-
ditional decree subject to modifica-
tion in the final decree.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
cANADKs HUGE GRAIN BINS
Port Arthur Paper Is Peeved at the
Mention Of Kansas City Elevators.

From the Port Arthur (Canada) Evening Chronicle
Kansas City gains the attention OF
the New York Evening Post and is
given five inches of space in that ad-
mirable newspaper by reason Of in
creasing the capacity Of a grain ele-
vator there. The Evening Post says:
"When the additions and alterations
to its huge grain elevator at Kansas
City now under way are completed the
Missouri Pacifc-Iron Mountain rail-
road will have one Of the largest
plants of its kind in the world"
The present capacity of the Kansas
City product is one million bushels.
When it gains its promised stature
and becomes "one of the largest in
the world" it will have capacity OF
2,133,000 bushels.
At the mention Of grain elevators
the twin ports at the head of the lakes
prick up their ears and take notice.
The name of Lloyd-George at Tory
garden party, or of President Wilson
at a bankers convention catches at
tention no quicker than the word "ele-
vator" in the hearing of Port Arthur
Fort William man. Toronto prides
itself on it's churches; Pittsburgh
specializes on millionaires; Chicago
has it's pork and Boston it's pork and
beans-as for us, we rise to fame on
the bins of our elevators, and he who
says zone OF the largest" about any
old two-million-bushel outfit in Mis-
souri, must withdraw the statement or
name the place and weapons.
If the Evening Post had said "one
Of the largest in Missouri" or in the
general but expressive American
phrase had said some elevator" we
wouldn't have minded it so much, but
when it describes this stunted Mis-
souri, receptacle as "one of the largest
grain elevators in the world" then IL
is time to kick. Why, two-million-
bushel elevators are so common here
abouts that the secretary of the board
of trade does not point them out to
distinguished visitors. Nothing could
show clearer than that what we think
of two-million-bushel elevators.
When we have pointed to the $500.
O0O-bushel c. n. r. elevator and the
7,S00,0 ,000-bushel G. P. r. elevator and
the $780, ,000-bushel G.. T. P. elevator;
then to the $500, ,00O-bushel Dominion
Government elevator which is only
the first unit of what is to be a 30
million-bushel plant, by that time the
air is so full of millions that the
listener would be annoyed If we both
cred him with mention of a mere two
million-bushel affair. So we just lump
the balance together and describe the
grand total of 45-million-bushel capac-
ity already standing at the head of
the lakes.
Upon the basis upon which Kansas
City got five inches of space in the
Evening Post we claim a compliment
tary writeup OF at least three columns
and in the article we would state that
in one respect we are like Kansas
City-when it is question of big ele-
vators we also are from Missouri.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Austria Wars on Belgium.

Vienna, via London-Austria Friday
declared war on Belgium. The Bel
gian ambassador was handed his pass
ports at the foreign office, all diplo-
matte relations were broken Off and
the way cleared for Austrian troops to
join the Germans in the operations on
Belgian soil, if necessary.
Until this action Belgium was the
only one of the allied powers at war
only with Germany. France, England
and Russia had heretofore made
declarations against both Austria and
Germany.
The Austrian declaration of war was
accompanied by the explanation that
Austria was going to war because the
Belgians were giving assistance to
England and France.
The American minister in Belgium
will look after the interests of Aus.
tria.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Wounded Bird upsets Canoe.

A MANNED sparrow, which fell upon
Mrs. Floyd Nesbitt's hat, and got en-
tangled in the trimmings, nearly
caused her death by drowning on Lake
Oscawana, New York state, one day
recently.
She was padding alone in a canoe,
when the bird landed on her hat and
was caught. Mrs. Nesbitt, frightened,
jumped to her feet and overbalanced
the canoe. Her husband, who was on
shore, swan out and brought her to
safety.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

Lansing, Mich.-The Michigan rail
road commission has allowed modi-
fed set of express rates. founded on
the new national rates approved by
the interstate commerce commission,
to go into effect in Michigan, begin
ming October /.
Several important changes from the
interstate commerce commission rates
have been inserted for the Michigan
interstate rate card.
Some time ago the /. G. c. issued
a new set of rates for the express
companies. Small packages up to 70
and 100 pounds were the beneficiaries
of a lower rate than before, while the
larger packages were boosted in some
cases and held stationary in others.
The express companies applied for
permission to use the new rates in
Michigan, but the Michigan railroad
commission refused for several rea-
sons.
The chief objections were regard
ing minimum rates and the new zone
system which accompanied the rates.
The companies had divided the coun-
try zones, using squares where the
postoffice department had used cir
cles in the parcel post zone location.
The minimum rate under the new card
was go cents per 100 pounds, which
imum of so cents per 100 in vogue
here. The companies recently notified
the commission that they would
adopt the minimum of the present
for the new rates, if they were allow
ed to use them.
In the zone proposition, Michigan
was partly in two of the districts.
The line of separation ran across the
state through Grand Rapids and
Owosso. Consequently under the pro-
charged more for service north to
Saginaw than he would for the same
distance south, Saginaw being in an
other zone. After considerable argu-
ment the express companies agreed
to change the zone limit, as far as in
terState business was concerned from
the Grand Rapids-Owosso line to a
line running east and west through
Cheboygan, which virtually puts the
whole of the southern peninsula in one
zone.
The permission of the railroad COM
mission is by no means permanent, as
il has the right to change the rates at
any time. Shippers have been asking
for some action regarding the new
rates for two or three weeks, and the
commission decided to let the rates,
with the changes made for Michigan,
stand test.
Since the new rates have been in
effect in the eastern states, such as
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the ex-
press companies assert that the ship
pers of packages have been benefited
by an average reduction of from IL
to IS per cent.
The rate for packages over 75 to
100 pounds is of much Importance
to Michigan, owing to heavy ship
ments of ice cream and of parts of
automobiles.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

There we're 2,ss2 deaths and 6,142
births in Michigan during July. ac-
cording to figures given out by the
secretary of state. A decided increase
in the number of births and a decrease
of deaths is noted as compared to the
previous month. There were 557
deaths OF infants under one year Of
age. tuberculosis caused the most
deaths.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
FARMERS OF STATE STAND TO
WIN MILLIONS ON ACCOUNT
OF GREAT WAR.
BIG CROPS AND HIGH PRICES
Hog Cholera Has Become SO Serious
That Experts From M. A. c.
Are Being Sent to Var
ious Counties.
[By GURD M. HAYES.l

East Lansing. Michigan farm
er stands to win millions of dollars
through the upward impetus which
Europe's calamity has given to crop
prices. Estimates made here indi-
cate that if current prices hold, as at
present seems likely, farmers in this
state will reap profits of from $8,OOO,-
600 to $10,0O0,OO0 on oats, wheat and
rye alone. This is the calculated
gain over what these crops brought
in 1912, which was fair year and
varied but little from the average.
The 1914 oat yield for the state has
been forecasted as 55,000,o0o bushels,
upon which the price has jumped an
average of IL cents a bushel over
what it was in 1912. If the prices
hold, which crop experts say is more
than probable because OF the demor-
alizatien of European agriculture,
oats will return Michigan farmers at
least $6,600,000 more than they did
in 1912
II is expected also that Michigan
will harvest something like 100000
bushels OF rye, upon which the price
has increased "a cents a bushel over
1912, when rye was selling at II cents
a bushel on August 81 Today it is
listed at about 90 cents a bushel.
This item of rye is counted on to
fatten the wallets of Michigan agri-
culturalists by something like S1,368,-
600, if not more.
Wheat is another crop which it is
figured will net the farmers of the
state a nice profit. Wheat prices at
present are an average of four cents
a bushel above what they were in
1912, and on an estimated Michigan
yield of 100000 bushels, wheat is
counted on to bring the growers
about $4,000 more than 1t did two
years ago.
Another source Of gain is expected
to be had from sugar beets, while
potatoes, beans and other crops are
commanding top figures. From all
sources, it has accordingly been estim-
ated that the war will place from $751;
100000 to $25,OOO,OOO more in the
pockets of Michigan farmers than
their crops brought in 1912 or 1913.
1t was added by estimators that this
figure will very likely be considerab-
ly swelled If the war drags out for
any great length of time, while there
is but small likelihood that prices will
drop any this season.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

Ravages of hog cholera, which
caused a loss of more than a mil
lion dollars to Michigan farmers a
year ago, is again working such havoc
among state swine herds that the
Michigan Agricultural college has
dispatched DR.. Leo r. Himmelberger
to Schoolcraft county to assist farm
ers in that district in their fight
against the epidemic. Farmers in
many other counties are reporting
losses running as high as fifty to
ninety per cent of their herds.
AS part OF the effort to save Michi-
gan hogs, the college is also furnish
ing farmers with serum to help check
the disease. So far, however, Branch
county is reported to be the only
district where a successful fight is
being waged. This is being done by
a staff of experts of the college, the
federal bureau of animal husbandry
and the state live stock sanitary com
mission.
Calls for assistance received at
East Lansing indicate that the loss
from the cholera in Michigan this
year will probably total as high as
in 1913, unless conditions change sud
denly for the better.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
BRIEF NOTES OF WAR

London-A Central News dispatch
from Brindisi, Italy, says that Brit
ish destroyer sank an Austrian de-
stroyer off Corfu after a 1O-minute
fight.
London-virtually all the wounded
men brought back to England from
the front will be disembarked at the
Southampton docks and from there
sent to the various hospitals In the
country.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

shall be done by the German people
for those East Prussians who are
obliged to leave their homes. With
this end in view, charge my ministry
and the various state authorities to
assist in the work of relief. Take
thorough measures for this purpose
and report to me what has been done.
(Signed) WILLIAM REX"
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

Washington-The Japanese em
bassy here was Friday notified from
Toxic of the blockade of Klauchau
from 9 a. m, August 27
Paris-In the list of French casual
ties made public Friday was the
name of Fernand D'Allleres, who ran
against Joseph Caillaux, recently in
the election for membership in the
chamber of deputies and was defeated
by M. Caillaux. Later he and NJ.
Caillaux fought a duel. The casualty
list gave M. D'Ailleres as among the
wounded in the fighting In Belgium.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Troops of Gar Advance in
Great Numbers on
PruSSianS
ARMY OF SEVEN MILLION
MEN Is M0BlLlZED
Kaiser Directs Telegram to His Min
istry Pleading for All Assistance
for East Prussians in Path, of
Russians.

Washington-Th French embassy
here received Sunday the following
cable from it's foreign Office in Paris:
THE Russian army has taken AL
lenstein and invested Koenigsberg. A
general battle is being waged in Cali
cia along an immense front between
the Vistula river and Lemberg."