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The Washington times., 1914-03-03
Wins DOuble-Header.

Company T.. Of the National Guard
League, won q doublehcadcr last night,
defeating the All-Stars. - TO -, and
Company NJ, 10 to s. The All-Stars VIII
n. Get Ccr1pany again tomorrow night
AZ the Guard armory.
The Washington times., 1914-03-03
Leach Cross Winnings
Total Handsome Amount

NEW YORK. March S.-Leach Cross,
the fightirg dentist, has flied his income
tax report, an. it shows that lie has
made S28,00 in the last ten months. In
asnuch as Cross is not the utlehoiDef
and Willie Ritchie has claimed TO MAKE
but 10000 In the same period, IL some
Sxaes pays to be runner-up TO the title.
The Washington times., 1914-03-03
Cathedral Has Some.

Several Youngsters from Cathedral
viii he lined IN for the Georgetown
meet. Brewer and Carter. who have
,ynn uojuts this season, both flollyday
boys. Coburn. Harris and Fair have
he,n selected for the schoolDoy events.
The Washington times., 1914-03-03
Wallace Is Winner.

Wallace defeated kelchner last night
,oC 10 80, in the big tournament going
on at the Royal parlors. Frank Swan
and Eddie Killeen meet tonight.
The Washington times., 1914-03-03
Lake Is in Line.

MINNEAPOLlS. Mimi. March =
Ice Lake. the former Detroit and st.
Louis tuirler. has turned down all
offers from .hc Federal League and
has signed to play another season with
the Millers.
The Washington times., 1914-03-03
Message Awaits Him.

There Is a letter for Il. Lawrence
phiIIips. matchmaker Of the Marian
s and \. g. with the sporting editor
Of The, Times.
The Washington times., 1914-03-03
By "BUGS" BAER.

the ace for high. Hope my five
spot stands up tor low.
The Washington times., 1914-03-03

All Of the Washington high schools
and prep schools have scheduled
games with the Army and Navy Props
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-14

Record Herald was to can the best
stuff in the paper
That was Arthur Evans story OF
the war in Colorado.
If this is to be R.-H. polfcy-good
night. It means that paper is going
to make it's play for advertising.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-14
PROBE NORTH SIDE FOR DOPE

Police of the East Chicago avenue
station are investigating tips given
them that there are several dOpe-sell-
ing drug stores on the lower North
Side.
According to w. L. Campbell, a
revivaIist, there are flats on the North
Side that are patronized by dope
fiends. He also says that messenger
boys act as the agents of these flats
and are sent to the drug stores for
the dope Morphine and herOin are
sold mostly.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-14


But even if Teddy did discover that
South American river, what's he go
ing to do with it?
Gee, just see the papers sIobber
over Judge Owens gTandstand play
at reform of elections.
If they didn't think Owens would
suit them pretty well, they'd kick up
an awful howl.
For a county Judge who can fire
all election officials who are not for
him, and fill their places with his
friends -
And do this all in the name of re-
form-wen, he's going some.
Owens also will decide who he will
let vote To begin with, he is going
to permit only respectable people to
vote.
And doubtless Owens will decide
who is respectable.
Great is reform! Great is bunk!
But will the name of the new po-
Htical combine be the Hearst-Farwell
faction?
Mayor Harrison was right about
that gunnan ordinance.
Prohibiting the sale of guns will
make it harder for men to get guns
to protect themselves, but the dan
gerous gunner can get all they want
outside of Chicago.
But then our newspapers must
have their little reform spasm every
once in a while.
Nearby towns will do a thriving
business selling guns for while now.
Has it occurred to YOU that that
gun ordinance so loudly tOuted by the
newspapers might have some relation
to the situation in Colorado?
That is, are some people trying to
fix it so that only the legally deputiz-
ed gunner of Big Business can get
arms by getting the license?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-14
BITS OF NEWS

Society women answer DR.. Gilbert
Fitzpatrick. Deny that "dance-cul-
ture-cocktail-cigaret tendencies" are
making degenerates of society wo-
men.
Negotiations between city and SUI
pervising engineers formally broken
by advice of corporation counsel
Awning chain snapped at Weegh-
man restaurant, so w. Madison st.
Mrs. A. Gregor, 1851 Larabee St., in
jured.
C. H. Zordy, 21s N. Kostner ST.,
and Milton Gilcard, 1852 S. Peoria st.,
struck by autos in loop district. Meth
er seriously injured.
Norman JennerVine, 1923 Maple
Square av., motorcyclist, coIlided
with auto. Internally injured. ..
Unidentified Mexican found uncon-
scious in lot 835 S. State st. Died.
Poison.
Oscar Miller, contractor, 1912 Wells
ST., got shave at Matt Baroni's barber
shop, 1925 Wells st. Missed purse.
81, 200. Baroni held.
-O-O-
HE~z- nr@--1r@V%- - $500
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
SHELBY M. CULLOM.

Fifty years in the public service
30 OF which he held the exalted office
OF United States senator from the
great state OF Illinois is the record OF
Hon. Shelby VI. Cullom who passed
in Washington yesterday. at the ad-
yanced age OF 50 years. He was one
of the few survivors of the Lincoln
period in American history. In fact
: he antedated the great emancipation In
public life Three years before Lin
coin became president, Mr.. Cullom
was speaker OF the Illinois house OF
representatives. He knew Lincoln In
timately and il was the ambition OF
his closing years that he might with
his own eyes see the completion of
the Lincoln memorial to which he had
consecrated his best efforts.
Entering official life early he rose
rapidly from the Illinois house TO con-
gresham. and. defeated for renomina-
ton. began his career over again
through the original channels. He re-
entered the general assembly and was
once more elevated TO the speakership.
From this station he became governor,
an Office he resigned TO become Unit
ed States senator. In the latter body
he was one of the most conspicuous
members in the long period of his
service and was a member of the most
Important committees
In his public life he was an actor in
the greatest political drama the world
has ever known. He participated in
the most stirring and critical events
that any nation has sassed through.
He was associated with the giant
minds OF his time that sustained the
republic. and in his own part he play
ed we'll.
Through II all the most dominant
trait OF Shelby Cullom's character was
honesty. The fact that he died poor
is the best testimonial 10 this fact. IL
he made mistakes. II too often he was
recorded on the side OF the interests.
Il was not through thought OF per.
sOnaI gain. II was because OF
his extreme devotion to the party
whose foundation he had seen and TO
whose service his early life had been
given.
Not a man OF brilliant attachments.
he was nevertheless sturdy. conscien-
tious. faithful in devotion TO his Office
and insofar as he was permitted TO
see he did his duty honorably.
While his public career seemed IA
gored by kindly fate. he had his. por-
ton OF political reTerses and more
han his share of personal vicissitudes
and bereavements.
With II all he pursued steadfastiy
the line OF duty and he will be remem-
bered as one OF Illinois most distin-
,uished men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER
Congressman frem this Fourterntn district

In cost of long distance service: For
phoning 300 miles. last: for telephoning
500 miles, last; for telephoning zoo
miles. last; for telephoning 1000 miles.
last. 1t costs an average of GO cents
to telephone 100 miles in this country.
For the same service. the Swedish
charge is S cents; that in France, 10
cents; in New Zealand, "a cents. In
Hungary. where charges are next high
est to those of this country, the aver
age 100-mile telephone rate is only SO
cents. Similar contrasts are shown in
the 3O0-mile long distance radius, in
which the average American charge
is $50. In the Netherlands it costs
only IL cents to telephone 500 miles.
The United States ranks 10th in cost
of telephoning 100 miles or 500 miles.
The ranking is 18th in the 500-mile ra-
dius; seventh in the 700-mile radius;
and sixth in the 1,0O0-mile radius; but
last Cor more expensive) in each case,
since only six countries on earth offer
phone service for a distance of 1000
miles.
Take the subject of efficiency of en-
ployes-the number of telephone calls
handled per employee during the year.
Ranking of the United States in this
respect among Is countries, ninth.
Only in Norway. Switzerland, Neither
lands and France are operators less eff
ficient than in this country. This is
not due TO variance in skill, but be-
cause the light charges of government
telephones abroad bring great business
and keep operators and plants working
up TO capacity.
But in efficiency of postal employees,
the United States, among 16 countries,
raks second. being exceeded only by
Belgium. In other words, whatever
service in transmitting communication
is rendered by the United States, is
rendered with an efficiency exceeding
that of almost all other nations. But
our privately owned telegraphs and
telephones fall far below the standard
of efficiency and cheapness set by the
European government services.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29

That immigrants are keenly inter
ested in schooling for their children,
or at least conspicuously obedient to
school attendance laws. is the declara-
ton OF DIR. p. p. Claxton, United
States commissioner of education.
THE least illiterate of our population
are the native-born children of foreign
parents" says DR.. ClaNton. in a bulle-
tin on education for immigrants just
issued. The illiteracy among the
children OF native-born parents is three
times as great as that among native
born children of foreign parents"
DR.. Claxton reviews the whole prob
lem of education for immigrants. in
and out of school. ITO the people of
no other country is the problem OF
so much importance as to the people
OF the United States. No other coun-
try has so many men, women and chill
dren coming to its shores every year
from all parts of the world.
Many of those who have come to
us in recent years are from countries
having very meager provisions for pub
lie education. According TO the fed
erai census of 1910 more than % per
cent of the foreign born population of
three states was illiterate. from Is to
25 per cent OF five states, from 10 to
15 per cent of IL states, and from 5
to Is per cent OF 81 states. In only
one state was the percentage of illit-
eracy of the foreign-born population
less than 5.
Most OF the immigrants in recent
years have little kinship with the older
stocks of our population, either in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
STAND UP STRAIGHT.
Keep the Chest Wide Open and Avoid
the Great White Plague.


the Great White Plague.
The best way to avoid consumption
IS to stand up straight. according TO
the Bulletin Of the American Medical
association. The writer says:
The first essential in the avoidance
Of tuberculosis OF the lungs. or con
sumption. is TO keep the lungs strong.
so that II the germs are breathed they
can do no harm. One OF the most i'm
portant things in keeping the lungs
strong is TO keep the chest wide open
so that the lungs can be properly used
II the body is dropped or stoops or II
the shoulders are allowed TO drag for
ward (round shoulders or IL the head
IS carried forward instead OF well back
over the shoulders the chest must be
fiattened. the breathing must be shall
low. and the lungs. not being freely
used, become weak.
lit is I'm this type OF chest that tu-
berculosis usually begins. The con-
sumptive IS usually narrow chested.
with dropped shoulders and with the
head craned forward.
while the development OF n strong.
we'll formed chest is one of the most
important factors in preventing tuber-
culosis. the same thing is 20 be desired
II the disease has once started. Not
only should we live in the open. but
we should stand up straight and learn
TO throw n big chest so that the
lungs can grow strong and the fresh
air be taken in
The runner. the singer or any one
who Is obliged 10 make sustained ef-
fort is taught TO stand aud sit With
the chest high. so that the lungs can
be used 20 the best advantage. and II
every one would do the same thing
there would be less tuberculosis be
cause there would be fewer weak
lungs"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29

I would advise" said Doctor Wise,
That YOU stop eating meat;
fake lots of outdoor exercise.
Avoid things that are sweet:
And starchy food be sure TO shun,
Eat very little bread;
Start out at night and take a rua
Before you go to bed"
followed his directions till
They chose a grave for me to fill.
Your system Graves" said Doctor
Graves,
More tissue-building stun:
Your ribs bulge out like barrel slaves
You do not cat enough;
But let all kinds of fruit alone.
Eat meat three times a day:
That's what you need TO give you tone.
You'll build up right away"
The treatment which he gave me almost
Induced me to yield up the ghost.
Eat what you please said Doctor
Reyes:
81 know just how you feel;
Here are some pills; take three of these
Just after every meal;
Don't sit in draughts or have cold feet,
And shun the air al night;
1t doesn't matter what you eat,
IN pull you out all right
Like Wise and Graves. he failed to cure,
But sent his bill, you may be sure.
I tried all three but steadily,
Kept getting worse and worse.
Until. at last. IL seemed to me,
I'd have to call the hearse,
And then. one day, forgetting that
Deaths dew was on my brow,
gave up fretting and got fat,
And am banting now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29

The ranking OF the United States is as
follows:
In the cheapness OF carrying letters
by mail. second. being exceeded only
by Japan, where the letter rate is one
cent and a half.
In the average charge for kilograms,
last, telegraph service being cheaper
in Luxembourg. France. Japan, Norway,
Belgium. Netherlands. Sweden, New
Zealand. Great Britain. Switzerland,
Germany. Italy. Denmark, Austria
Hungary. and Russia, In the order
named. Most of those countries nave
government relegraphs. The average
message charge in Luxembourg is nine
cents. In the United States IL is A
cents.
In point OF average charge per local
telephone call, 18th. being exceeded
only by Luxembourg and France. The
cheapest telephone service is that of
Norway. where il costs the people an
average of four mills per call. In the
United States the average cost is FL
cents. or slightly more than sending
letter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
TOO LARGE FOR THE TEAPOT

II may be necessary for many big
fellows in Germany 10 wear muzzles.
The kaiser himself has on occasion
talked too freely and the crown prince
is as indiscreet as a girl gossiping
with her chum. and now comes an
eminent professor in the University Of
Berlin. who declared in a speech that
the three evils that must oe stamped
out in the Fa;herland are the people,
press and parliament
IN earlier days such speeches were
duly censored before publication and
never got beyond the banquet hal, b. .
nowadays with almost half OF the par
,,liament made up Of glib-ton5Iea so
.eislists as smart as Steel traps. thor
,soughiy candid expression creates n
much larger tempest than any teapot
can hold
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
A Dramatic eIunder

81 shall never believe the critics
again." she said.
why not?" he asked.
They said this play was realistic"
We'll, it seems realistic to me-"
Then you are not very observing.
Six months are supposed to elapse be-
tween the third and fourth acts"
THAT doesn't prove that it isn't real
istic."
Yes it does. clearly. The hero mar
ries the heroine at the end of the third
act, and when the curtain rises on the
fourth he is picking up handkerchief
that she has dropped"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
EDUCATION OF IMMIGRANTS

blood. language, methods of thought,
traditions, manners, or customs; they
know little of our political and civic
life and are unused to our social
ideals; their environment here is
wholly different from that to which
they have been accustomed. Strang
ers to each other. frequently from
countries hostile 10 each other by
tradition. of different speech and
creeds they are thrown together,
strangers among strangers, in a
strange country, and are thought of
by us only as a conglomerate mass of
foreigners. With little attention to
their specific needs, they are crowded
into factories. mines. and dirty tene-
ment quarters. too often the prey of
the exploiter in business and the DEM
agogue in polictics.
Immigrant education is not alone
the question of the school education of
children. The millions of adult men
and women, and of children older than
the upper limit of the compulsory
school attendance age, must be looked
after; they must be prepared for
American citizenship and for partici-
patton in our democratic industrial, So
cial and religious life; they must be
given sympathetic help in finding them
selves in their new environment and
in adjusting themselves to their new
opportunities and responsibilities. The
proper education of these people is a
duty which the nation owes TO itself
and to them. 1t can neglect this duty
only to their hurt and it's own peril"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29

TO the enterprise OF the people and the
confidence they have in their ability
10 utilize them for the benefit OF their
city.
They have fully awaited themselves
OF the opportunities a; hand. Any city
the people OF which do this Is bound
20 grow. not every one as rapidly as
Birmingham. but TO a degree proper
tionate TO their opportunities.
Rock Island. too. has natural re-
sources and opportunities. Its citi-
zens should make the most of them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
BIRMINGHAM THE BOOMER.

The city OF Birmingham is one OF
The wonder cities OF the 10th century
IL had a population OF only $4,000 in
1900. In 1910 its population increased
2S5 per cen. the census OF that year
giving IL a population OF $4,000. the
largest percentage OF increase Of any
city in the country.
Inspired b. ics rapid growth. the
citizens OF Birmingham aspire 10 make
better record during the present de
czde They are not satisfied with pro
vidinE pig iron acne from The vast
quantities OF iron and ore which ma
tire has stored In the region round
zbogt. but are going 20 convert the pig
lrcn into steel thus manufacturing
The finished produc-. 80 that the peo-
El-,se viii realize the maximum OF the
s,rest natural resources they possess.
srgLs Age-Herald believe rfat the time
xii come when there viii be H;tle
merchant ore for shipment outside the
estate. The production OF pig iron al
Birmingham last year amounted TO
p more than 1000. 900 tons or IN IN
{. crease OF 200. 900 tons over 1912. not
outstanding -he fact that duI-ness
IN tie pig iron market prevailed dur
csng a large part OF the year.
- That Birmingham IS booming IS due
not only 70 the natural resources With
which r. Is blessed. but more largely
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
Jan. 20 in American
History.

II5G-H Henry Lee. Light Hosss Z a
RS" Revolutionary soldier ia a.'a,st
General Robert f. Lee. the .V1 I'm.
crate; born i'm westmoreland s0''
~. Va: died 1918 90
15Gl-A Albert Gallatin. stateslD.ssp .-s.,s
rotary OF treasury under '''sf
born: died 1919. s,rs.
1S2o-rimothy Pickering. Ne" ss,su.
land statesman. died 40
Mass: born l743 sffh
1913 William Mckinley. twe.. lar,
president OF the United sta's ssut
al Niles. o.: died mt Ruua'
II, 1901. ..,a,sr.
1891 William Window. ,,,esl
secretary OF treasury uhuv, -
dent Harrison. died; born -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
one way to Clean Windows.

There are 50 many best ways TO
clean windows that one hesitates 20
offer her method unless very sure IL is
the way. Three or four ounces OF
emery -four in n heavy canvas sack
about six inches square viii clean and
polish windows with greater ease than
anything else know. Simply rub the
bag over the window IL also removes
streaks from any glass.-Women's
Home Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29

Government owned steel railway
mail cars are in the way OF becoming
an actually. The pending post Office
appropriation bill contains an item of
500. 900 for building steel mail cars
for an experiment This sum will
huilI IS cars As Il is now the gov
'ornment pays so much rent TO the
railroads for the use Of cars often
build Of wood that as a business propo-
sition Il could well AFFORD 10 build for
itself all the steel cars needed for the
service
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29

Telephone & Tele-
graph company 10
stave OFF govern
ment ownership by
its alleged willir e
ness to submit TO
any government de-
mand, the move
ment for govern
ment phones and
telegraph is gain
ing constantly in
strength.
Here are some
new and striking
facts showing the
position of [ h e
United States as
compared to all
other civilize d
countries in the eff
ficiency of mail. tel
egraph and tele-
nhOna serViceS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29

Tonight at the beautiful new Mason
ic temple at Eighteenth street and
Fifth avenue occurs the great charity
hall for the beneat OF the Associated
Charities and the Visiting Nurse as
ISOLATION. In the object for which II
Is to be given and in a brilliant social
way II promises 70 be an event in
local history. Il Is worthy and II is
the hope OF The Argus that IT may
prove a grand success in every re-
Epect
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
A Woman's Reason.

Would you marry man who was
younger than yourself?"
Il might. A good deal would depend
on certain circumstance.
what circumstance is that?"
81 should want him to agree to let
his whiskers grow and use some kind
of hair restorer regularly so that he
might become bald as soon as possi-
bic"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29

The confirmation OF the senate ap-
proving the appointment OF Henry NJ.
Pindell as United States ambassador
20 Russia will be generally approved
BY the people OF Illinois without refer;
encs to party or faction. The Peoria
editor is an American gentleman in
the best sense OF the phrase. clean.
capable and courteous. and his excel
,ent work in behalf OF Woodrow VIII
son f. Justly rewarded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29

The appointment OF Louis Funken-
stein TO the position OF collector OF
Internal revenue under the income tax
provision OF the new revenue laws. is
an honor well deserved and which is
causing rejoicing among Mr.. Funken-
stems democratic friends. He is a
hard working party member. is honest.
painstaking and well qualified for the
duties OF the ONCE TO which he has
been appointed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
Bells Of eruaes.

The famous peal OF bells in the bel
fry at BrugeS Is played on the principle
OF music box. with an enormous
drum weighing 1000 pounds In the
drum are 10000 holes for brass pegs
which touch the tracLers md move the
wires communicating with the bell
hammers. The airs are changed once
each year. but TIE drum must be
wound up every two hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
The Point of View.

IF whisky were as cheap as ws-
ter few men would consider 1t worth
drinking" said the philosopher
Perhaps you're right" replied the
man who could drink or leave it
alone, but the greatest trouble would
be tina. nobody would consider It
worth making
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
A Sion.

When pretty woman comes down
to breakfast in her kimono 1t is a
sign that there is somebody to whom
she wishes 20 exhibit the dimples In
her elbows
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
Startirc RInhx

His wife has literary aspirations. /
believe"
Yes. She always takes pains to
properly punctuate the orders she
writes for the grocer"