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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15
TEACHING USE OF LIBRARY.

Knowing now 70 use a library is so
important in the estimation OF the
United States bureau OF education that
Or. Henry r. Evans of the bureaus
editorial STAFF has been commissioned
20 find out what the educational in
stitutions OF the country are doing as
10 instruction in the management and
use OF libraries" The results OF this
Investigation are made public in a
bulletin just issued, on Library In
structiOn in Universities. Colleges and
Normal Schools"
Out OF 40 institutions OF higher ed
ucation replying, 81 gave definite If
brary courses. or 1G6 normal schools
replying TO the bureaus inquiry, 80
reported instruction in library meth.
DDS
Separate library schools have been
established at the following institu.
tons; Simmons college. Boston: ives
isyan Reserve university, Cleveland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15
The Daily Story
Happily Fooled-By Louise 3. Cummings
copyrighted. 1913 ny Associated Literary -sBres9

Lucy might have in the end been -.
vided for -" ' pFO
month or two later ano,bo.
lo2ue took place between VI, 49,, :. VA
Phillips about what the formsr - = =
soaring the children OF" N"''ea
Pa" said the lady. II tbint -.
ever damage ! did when ! sro'I "a :
Lucy about Tommy may have ~. J"
l met them coming home from -
the other day. and they were ra,,a'
together. Tommy was carrv,.s.
cy's books. She looked put ont a. ~
she saw me. And Tommy handoe sD s.l
her books and went Off IN anoths. I :.
rection Tm sorry said anyth,p, :.
make them feel emba rrassnen, 80
things should never 6e sugoev,o,s -"
tween children II taxes au.- :.
freedom. the sweet innocence N ,b srs
hood"
Il expressed a wish. and yo,, ,...,
upon it, which was the wors, ,sss-
you could have done. Don't mir.
more about it. BY the tine tha ~
get old enough TO marry thevT 80
have changed and each will ns s..u
some one else"
The last conversation between ,h...
fond parents was in this vlze ~.
Phillips had arisen and was sssrs,..
before the glass shaving. His rt,'
had gone forth in wrapper and curl
papers to waken Lucy:
"Oh. my goodness gracious. paw
What is it?' turning sharnly nil,
a razor in his hand and one.half NJ,
face lathered. the other side smooth
His wife staggered to chair.
Lucy is not in her room"
where is she?"
'She isn't in the house"
"Not in the houser'
mo" patheticaIIy she's m,
away"
How do you know"
The lady extended-a bit Of paper
from which she read:
Dear Mamma and Papa-Forgiv. nj.
We know we're doing very wrong. but
too dearly for anything.
what does 1t mean"
II don't know. If Lucy wasn't "a
very young | would think she had
eloped"
"She has eloped; of course she has.
Don't you see she says We love each
other and all thatT'
A maid entered with a telegram.
Mr.. Phillips. laying down lis razor
tore off the corner and read:
We are married. Are we forgiven?
THOMAS HARDING
Mr.. Phillips as he looked up from the
message was model for a comic art.
list His suspenders were down be.
hind. half his face was covered with
iather. and on it was the smile Of one
who had been sold. but to his especial
satisfaction.
Ma" he said, u thought you said
they were kids. But Lucy's got for.
tune"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15
RESOURCES. WASTED.

Waste OF the mineral resources OF
the country goes on at the rate OF
sI.OOO.OOO a day. according TO Director
John A. Holmes OF the bureau of
mines. who says in his annual report:
At the present increasing rate
at which we are using and vast
ing it. oua one supply of a number
OF these resources viii be either
exhausted or largely depleted
while the nation is yet in its
youth.
OF She several lines OF mineral
industry in which this waste calls
for investigation. only two-of the
most especial emergency and i'm
portance-are included in the urg-
ent needs of the bureau OF mines
namely. the waste and losses in
coal mining and in petroleum OPP
erations.
4 million dollars a day is a tidy
sum TO save II the United Etates
had that 10 invest in its army and
navy for the next few months there
would be enough to divide up with
the arnor ring and ammunition trust
and still have funds TO build up a
establishment which would
cause any foreign nation TO pause be
fore knocking a chip from Uncle Sam
sh""ids-,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15
PEN PICTURE OF RUSSIA

eXander bought 350.0O0.O00 acres OF
land for them. permitting them to buy
II from the government on easy terms.
He thereby carried into effect the
most extensive piece of agrarian legis-
lation in history.
Each village conducts its own in
ternal affairs through town meetings
and not through elected or appointed
officials Their lands are held on the
common ownership basis. and is APP
portioned out for cultivation from
time to time.
with the bulk of its crops raised
by the peasantry. and for the most
part. employing most primitive means
of farming, Russia is still able to pro
duce a very large proportion of the
worlds food supply In 1913 it gave
to civilization nearly a fourth OF its
wheat, a full fourth OF its oats, third
of its barley and more than half of its
rye. That gear its wheat crop was
2OO. 900 900 bushels greater than our
own. its oat crop equalled ours, its
barley crop was three times as great
as ours. and its rye crop twenty-five
times as large as ours.
THE latest authoritative informa-
ton on Russian educational condi-
tions, that for 1908. shows that only
211 out of every Thousand people in
the empire could read and write, and
there were two illiterate women for
every illiterate man. With our hun
dred million population, in 1912 we
had an enrolment of 19,21S,000 school
children. With her population OF
172,0O0,000 Russia's total enrolment
was 100000. and % of these were
boys for every 10 who were girls.
~And yet the first woman civil en-
gineer in the world was a Russian,
and the educated woman of Russia
enjoys a freedom equal to that of her
kind in any other country in the world.
They are even allowed to become pro-
fessors in mems universities, and af-
ter twenty years of service are retired
on pensions, which continue during
the lives of their husbands, If they
are married and are survived by the
heads of their houses.
The car of Russia is a well paid
ruler He receives the revenues from
the Russian crown lands, and their
area is equal to that of one-third OF
the United States. Several years ago
Russia has more horses than any
other nation on earth, with 35.00O,000,
as compared with our 24,00O,000; more
sheep than any other nation, with So
100000. as compared with our $4,000
900; nearly as many cattle, with ST.
100000, as compared with our $4,000,
COO
the imperial treasurer is reported TO
have advised the car: Your majesty
need have no fear of ever coming to
feel the sting of poverty. Financially
you are solvency itself. With one
hand you could buy out the American
multi-millionaires. Morgan and Rookie
Teller. and still have enough left to
talk business with Boron Rothschild |
1t is said that the car was displeased |
at the fiippancy of the holder of his |
purse string. Whether the story is |
apochrypal or not, it does not misrep- /
resent the cars wealth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15
Farmer Turns Tables.

Down on the farm at Cherokee, Iowa
Alexander Erlick read the city papdrs
and found out all about the ''fexy
slickers" who lie in wait for the limo
cent farmer.
by heck!
He rubbed a little hayseed in his
hair, put On his best pair of rawhide
boots, packed the old carpet bag and
went to Chicago to meet some affable
stranger who would take him down to
the lake front to see the German sub
marines come up for air.
He met Thomas ,Pieske and Nicho-
las Kirchgesner in a saloon near the
stock yards. He waited patiently, but
they did not offer to sell him the Lo-
gan monument or the LaSalle street
station. so he offered them jobs down
on the farm.
Hard work? Early rising? Oh. no
indeed. That was in the olden days,
but not now.
All the modern farm hand had to do
is drive the automobile down to the
general store for fresh eggs for break
fast, count the money left by the COM
merchant on his daily visit
and then dress up and take the neigh
bors' girls out riding, he explained.
Pieske and Kirchgesner decided
that down with the cows and chick
ems" was the life for them, and each
handed over $40 for railroad fare to
Cherokee and then went home to have
their suits pressed and their shoes
shined.
When next they met Elrick he gave
them the cold shoulder. They had him
as a "bunco man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

: Now, what are the factors which
invite these troubles?
( Crowding, inadequate ventilation,
overwhelming. alcoholism, coddling or
wearing an excessive amount of
clothing, fear of night air, avoidance
of moving air (drafts). uniustifiabl
suspicious of the weather, and over
eating. But all of these factors are
merely predisposing. Without the
aid of local abnormalities in mouth.
nose or throat. the pneumococcus
would have a pretty slim chance of
starting anything.
Questions and Answers.
]. c. asks: l Could a decayed wis
dom tooth cause frequent attacks Of
influenza or grippe? >. Are influenza
germs found in outdoor air or do they
abound only in indoor air and dust?
3. Would dry air. as in Texas or Colo
RADIO. be healthful for one with in
fiuenza?
Reply.
!. decayed tooth is common pre-
disposing cause of infection of the res
piratory passages. >. The influenza
germ abounds neither in outdoor nor in
indoor air nor in dust. but in the sput-
UNI or other secretions of patients with
influenza or carriers. 3. Dry air is no
better for the health than moist or
damp air. The only reason people i'm
prove in dry climates is that they are
less afraid to live outdoors there. If
you can get rid of weatherphobia there
is no reason why you should not i'm
prove as rapidly at home-no matter
where you live
Mrs. w. H. writes: read with
much interest your articles on respira-
tory diseases. DO you consider it wise
for a person with a bad cold TO go out |
in very cold or damp weather? How |
would you treat pneumonia? Is witch i
hazel and saXolite a good skin tonic
E nd wrinkle remover? Is cocoa butter |
a good flesh food to use with this?
Reply.
The person with bad cold"-which
may be anything from coryza to CON
by all means spend /
as much time as possible out of doors.
no matter how cold or damp il is. We
would treat pneumonia by placing the
patient out OF doors, in tent or on a
porch, and the colder the weather the
better his chances for recovery. Out
side OF massage, and dietetic or other
suitable means of increasing weight.
lothing viii eradicate skin wrinkles
certainly not the mixture you mention.
'ocoa butter is a good material to
Intricate the skin in massage AS n
iesh food 1t is useless.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15
Dec. IS in American
History.

1864 B,,-I.sa.- oi .l.- cattle ., 90
Vile Tenn between the
crates HudVr Geuerai J. .
ana the Fellcraf army ied ny w"
erai George II Thomas ~.
l9il-The fur seai treaty. olhul-- snd
United states Russia. 'iap@"
Greet britain. went into ehees
Whitelaw Reid. editor ana u.p
mat. United States ambassador -
England, died in London born -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

TERAIs-Ten cents per week. by car
rier. IN Rock Island: 50 per gear by mail
In advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made TO the circulation department
which should also be notified in every
Instance where IL Is desired 70 have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority iu the premises.
All communications OF arsumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publiea-
uon- No such articles viii be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones in ali departments. Cen
tral Union. Rock Island As. 1145 and
z145.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

For the purpose. II is stated. OF pre-
venting the killing OF hunters and to
conserve the supply of deer the legis-
lature OF Wisconsin is asked TO pass
a law prohibiting the killing OF does.
II hunter waits long enough before
shooting TO tell whether Il is a doe or
a stag evidently he will be able to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

Every few days a report comes from
Kansas swelling the total value of the
states crop this year. The prosper
ity of the Sunfiower state has come
to be a great comfort TO your Uncle
Samuel in his hour of tribulation and
worry over the disruption among his
neighbors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

The reported effort of the Germans
to inform the Hindu soldiers in France
by means of messages in Sanskrit
dropped from the clouds that a holy
war has been proclaimed by the Mo
hammedans shows to what lengths
each army is ready to 20 TO heaye a
monkey wrench into the others mill
tary machinery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

The Carnegie foundation searching.
as Ponce de Leon did for the fountain
OF youth, for the key TO everlasting
peace, has turned the job over to
number Of college graduates. In view
of what is now going on throughout
most of the civilized world they can.
not do any harm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

Special rights to Americans in Tur-
key. revoked recently, have been re-
stored for 90 days. BY the end of
that period somebody besides the
Turk may be defining rights of for
eigners in what is now the domain
of the sultan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

Chemists of the federal bureau OF
mines say they have hit upon a pro
cess which will cheaper the produc-
ton of radium to one-third OF the
present cost. Who knows but some
day IL may be necessary TO prescribe
penalties for the carrying OF radiuIn
by unauthorized persons. as is now
done in the case of those who carry
concealed weapons?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

Nineteen states now require, and
others are expected to do so soon.
that public school teachers be able
TO pass an examination In agriculture.
This does not mean, however. that the
farmers vocation is to be taken away
from him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

Colonel Cocktails prompt bringing
of the British 10 time for violation
OF neutrality OF the canal zone sug-
gests that he has talents which even
the building of the Panama canal did
not call into play.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15
Ore of Wars Lessons.

(San Francisco Chronicle)
The story is told of a wounded Brit
ish soldier who insisted on the doctor
extracting an aching tooth before prob
ing for the bullet. This confirms the
popular verdict that of all the ills
that flesh is heir to there is none COM
pares to a refractory molar.
EVER feel the joy of having made
small child happy at Christmas?
Well. IL you haven't, you have missed
one of LIES real thrills. There are
babies Of the poor all around you that
may be forgotten the coming Christ
mas unless You help. Send a dollar or
two 10 The Argus Santa Claus fund
and square yourself with your con-
science.
GROCERS clerk in Michigan on a
salary of 50 per has saved enough to
retire. Eight guesses as to what he is
retiring 10.
MAN in Kansas ate Ii bananas in
II minutes.
SOME one has suggested steel hoop !
skirts TO protect the dreadnoughts.
STATISTICIANS have figured that !
Walter Johnson will receive SO for 1
each ball he pitches in the champion |
ship games next season Miserable .
pittance when il is considered a sin
gle discharge of an ordinary siege
gun costs $1,000
J. NJ. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

4 Chicago yachtsman has died from
eating lobster. He was a fresh water
sailor, IL appears.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of The
Associated Press. colombo Harbor,
the principal seaport of Ceylon and its
shipping had a narrow escape from de-
I struction in the early days of the war,
/ according to mail advices just re-
ceived here. A German spy set fire
| to an anchored vessel which contain
ed. more than fifty tons of dynamite.
/ The only means of saving neighboring
| shipping and harbor works was to
sink the burning ship and this was
done by a squad of volunteers at a
considerable risk.
All mention of this incident was
apparently sdeleted by the English Gen.
sor in the cable news dispatches at the
time.
Dunkirk. -(Correspondent of the AS
sociated Press).-A troupe of Goum-
iers, or Algerian native cavalry, ere
ated more interest here on their way
to the front than any Of the French
African or British Indian troops, be-
cause their equipment is entirely
Moorish excepting their rifles. High
backed Moorish saddles, built with all
the comfort of rocking chairs, are
girthed upon wild looking Arab
horses. The men wear blue robes,
boots of red Morocco leather and
white bowl-like fez, about which is
wound a band OF brown yarn. The
color of the men is light, although
well tanned by the sun, but their
hair and eyes are jet black. One OF
the officers is native who won men
ton in the dispatches IS times and
received the cross OF the Legion OF
Honor in the Algerian wars.
Paris.-( Correspondence of the AS
ISOLATED Press).-The government, in |
arranging facilities for the religious |
services of the sects in the army, as
previously announced. did not forget /
the Mussulman's. For the fete Al /
Louch or Feast of the Lamb. which |
fell on Saturday. Oct 81, the military
At each place a live
sheep was provided for the rites where
arranged for the instalid-
ton of provisional mosques wherever
it was possible. and when no live ami
maj was available a quarter o. NUT
ton was furnished. great many
Africans in Havre and Saint
Brieuc were thus able to celebrate the
great Mussulman fete as USUAL After
he additions the faithful knel; bare ,
loot. according TO the rites, on carpets
spread in school houses or in the
,curts of buildings, wherever premi-
SEES were available. and after long =.
prayers returned to the hospitals
where the fete continued with the par
iciTation of those whose condition
them from LEAVING their
,eds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS

THESE are the days that old man
Brown incurs the everlasting i'll VIII
Of Willie and the other kids of the
neighborhood by scattering ashes on
his sidewalk.
WIPE in Chicago is suing cross
eyed husband for separate mainte-
nance because she says he is h1rt.
Husband explains he does not mis-
behave in the presence of women, but
that his eyes act up in such fashion
that those of the opposite sex who
come within their range imagine he
is Hirting. That's the trouble with a
crossed eye. 1t may be looking right
the seat next you.
ILLINOIS woman who has Just Gel
ebrated her 1O2nd birthday boasts
that she never has worn a corset.
Only time she was squeezed good and
hard was when John got her promise
to wed him.
BUFFALO clergyman, with an eye
to business, is advising his young peo-
pie to do their Christmas popping
early.
IF George Fred Williams had spok-
en- earlier probably his friends at home
would have raised the necessary. He
now explains he could have been ruler
OF Albania for $4,000.
GEORGE Bernard Shaw is writing
a series of articles under the title,
Common Sense About the War.
Christabel Pankhurst, daughter of EN-
incline, arrived in Chicago yesterday.
First thing she did was to hop on
George Bernard for his war views.
Said he was writing uncommon sense.
We are disappointed in Christabel.
We thought she would cut up more ex-
citingly than taking wallop at an old
man On the other side of the sea-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

Petrograd. Correspondence of The
Associated Pressl What saw at the
headquarters of the Russian com
the Grand Duke Mich
olas. would convince a blind man that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. III. entered at the
postcfice as second class fnatter)
Rock Island Member OF The Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

London-(C Correspondence OF Inc
Associated Press. Most OF LonpOn'
Christmas turkeys come IN oruinAs
times from Servia, Hungary hus'L
Italy and southern France ana an 7
these sources will yield only 1rae.nM
of their usual supply this year =.
shortage is expected 10 bring w
responding increase in prices
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15
Sidelights on the European War

| Russia has made great strides In 10
years." writes a correspondent OF the
Russkoe Slovo. "At headquarters there
is not a single individual who Is not
absolutely necessary for the work to
be done. The silence of monastery
reigns there, and you can distinctly
hear the pulsebeats of the army. Work
begins in the early morning, frequently
before daybreak.
q dined with the grand duke.
was a truly Spartan table. There was
no intoxicating drink-only water-G
this quick, quiet meal. Everyoooy
wore the sort of expression which IN
dicates there there is not a minute 70
be lost. that all the time must be ulll-
lied to the full. In spite OF this, Tue
atmosphere was democratic there was
no air of official Importance aDou.
anyone.
1T is clear that in our army lnefe
have been revived the resourcelulness
of Peter the Great, the iron WIN =.
Souvaroff, and the dash of Skooeien'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

BY The J. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

BUFFALO clergyman, with an eye
to business, is advising his young peo-
pie to do their Christmas popping
early.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

SOME one has suggested steel hoop
skirts TO protect the dreadnoughts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

GROCER'S clerk in Michigan on
salary of 50 per has saved enough to
retire. Eight guesses as to what he is
retiring TO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

MAN in Kansas ate IL bananas in
II minutes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-14
TRUST POLICY IS
TOLD TO CABINET

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-President
Wilson yesterday gave the members
OF the cabinet his ideas on the gov
ernments relation TO big business, the
field that antitrust legislation should
cover and the spirit with which he
believed the task should be approach
ed
Peace and not war. feeling of
friendly conciiation rather than of
hostile antagonism and yet a con-
structive program that will eliminate
uncertainty about the law and stim-
uIate the growth of legitimate busi-
ress-these are the fundamentals of
the presidents plan of action. to be
embodied in the message which he
will read at joint session of con-
gress next week.
So far rs known the cardinal fea-
lures of the presidents plan are:
0ne-Supplementing the Sherman
antitrust law to reduce the debat-
able area around It.
Two-The prohibition of interlock-
ing directorates.
Three-Location of individual re-
sponsibility and the fixing of person
al guilt of all violators.
Fourth-The creation of an inter-
state trade commission to perform
the functions not only of bureau of
information but to determine by it's
investigations whether DEGREES of dis
solution or mandates of the court are
carried out.