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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
CREDIT FOR THE FARMER.

The commission which has been
abroad cleaning ideas for the new or
ganization Of rural credits in this
country presents some fairly striking
suggestions before the committee OF
congress. The secretary OF the COM
mission holds that IL will be absolute
" vital thar the government give fits
guaranty 70 the bonds fioated on the
farm mortgages which come into the
system The purpose OF utilizing the
Isnd-bank bonds forIne7 postal savings /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
CANDID OPINION.

The man who cultivates a cheerful
disposition is likely to be rewarded
with a pleasing crop.
Some people will be sadly disap-
pointed If there are no procelain-lined
bathtubs in heaven.
The desire TO sit at the butt end of
a fishpole has kept many lazy man
out of serious mischief.
A man who can succeed as a book
agent ought to be able to make or I'M
make kings.
Some people find their sweetest en-
joyment in destroying good reputa-
tions.
AS long as a man is unable to get
a thing he considers it important.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

you
think that some day you'n indulge
in we'll earned ease.
Take Il now:
Don't forget that acting meanly to spite
others never pays:
Don't give up the path of honor to stray
into crooked ways:
If you think that you viii some day give
your faithful clerk raise,
Raise him now.
If you think that you will some day be a
hero IN the strife,
BE one now;
II by telling her she's lovely you can give
Joy to your wife,
Tell her now:
II your pretty secretary has begun to
make you hate
To go home at night to listen to the grum-
bling of your mate;
II on her account you like to linger at the
office late.
Bounce her now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

The wireless operator who accom-
panied the Mawson expedition TO the
Antarctic has been committed TO a
lunatfc asylum in Australia. The
memory OF the solitude of the snow
bound Antarctic IS said to have
affected his nerves to the point of a
breakdown The polar regions with
their eternal ice and SHOWS are places
only to be sought for glory and then
departed from In haste.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

In Germany. yesterday, a woman
vas fined in police court on a charge
that she had scandalized a neighbOr
woman by calling her a suffraget.
What a difference a few miles make,
In London there are women who are
daily risking their lives to gain the
privilege OF being legally known as
suffragets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

young woman who went 70 a poll
ing place in the Sixth ward to register
Tuesday was astonished when inform
ed that she was not old enough to vote,
she having volunteered the information
that she was IS. The very idea" she
shouted, 81 have a son IS" Then when
she noted the giggIe that went around
the room. she added: "Of course am
my husbands second wife"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
AN EXPLANATION.

Say. boy, who
was that lady who
stopped you a mo-
N e n t q go and
talked so earn
estly to your"
That wasn't no
lady That was me
school teacher"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
March 10 in American
History.

l734-Thomas Mexican. sisne. fOr
Declaration of Indepenas az
Pennsylvania. born; diea To- 70, d..
17T9-Ball IN honor Of Wasnins ss,'os.
en- by his officers at Miou u crssus
M. washington and DIT crss,sl
lwife of General Nathsnae, = Ito
danced upward OF three no
out once sitting down. .of tbs
lS2S-John j. Knox, comptro- Prs
! United states treasury an oes
ident Grant. born; died i' -, 40.
lso7~Thomas Bailey Aldricn. p0sI sors
thor and playwright.
1898.
AL the news al the Tune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

The University OF California insists
that eugenics is a Joke. but it is no
joke to the scores OF men and women
who have seized upon it as a means
OF making a living.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

Senator Tillman has won his fight
for the adoption OF a rule prohibiting
smoking in the senate chamber. IL is
now up TO the magazine agitators to
show that plug tobacco manufacturers
were behind the move.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

A pretty fair estimate OF the. pulling
power OF the city ought to be possible
as result Of the experiment OF Gov
ernor GIynn OF New York in offering
jobs on the farm to Gotham's unem-
ployed. So far in the majority OF
cases is has been strong enough
TO Offset the drawing power OF $50 to
S25 a month
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
A Reason.

There is a good reason for the
wearing of mems new kimono over
coats at night"
What is it?" =
Their bat wing sleeves"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
In the Mornjnd.

When awake in the morning, the
first thing do is to congratulate my
self upon the fact that I have lived
to see another day"
81 don't. The first thing l do when
I awake in the morning is yawn and
wish I didn't have to get up for an
other hour"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
HANDING Her One.

Kitty-Jack told me last night that
was the prettiest girl he'd ever seen.
Ethel--Oh. that's nothing. He said the
same to me year ago. Kitty--I know
that. but as one grows older ones taste
improves, you know.-Boston Tran.
script
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
OF What Use IaaLawyeI

ney?"
Certainly, because justice was on
the other side"
We'll, had justice been on my side,
I wouldn't have hired a lawyer
Borsszem Janko (Budapest).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

The Federal league has surely
caused a stir in the star market.
Caruso next season is 10 pull down
$4,000 per performance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

Just to prove that she will not per-
init family ties TO thwart duty. a wom-
an mayor out in Oregon has sworn out
a warrant against her husband, a
saloonkeeper. on a charge of selling
liquor to minors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

Senator Tillman is justified in be-
coming a health" crank If anyone ever
was. Since he was first so seriously
stricken a few years ago he has seen
about % other members Of the upper
house laid away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
Punk Proverb.

There is an Italian proverb which
says They conquer who believe they
can"
There's nothing to it I once be-
lieved could conquer my wife's belief
in the superiority of her family over
mine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
WIRE SPARKS

Vallejo, Cal.-The new army collier
Jupiter, the largest vessel ever built
on the Pacific coast, and the only cleo
trically propelled vessel of its size in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
Clear Enouoh.

II am willing to admit. SIR. that
nay possibly be wrong''
Then 1t is evident that you have
iound out that you are not right"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

Likely Nine. Caillaux had been read
ing Chicago cablegrams telling of the
futility OF attempting TO convict wom-
en- slayers by jury trial
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
Sure.

Who is the greatest American hui.
morist?" asked the Old Fogy.
The guy who gets up those adver-
Using posters for the army and navy"
replied the Crouch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

: Are you following those suits to test
the constitutionality OF tine income tax
Iaw7 Neither are we.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

/ the world, caught fire from Spon-
taneous combustion and is still burn
ing.
Boston-The trustees of Wellesley
college have taken up the problem of
replacing the executive offices, college
library and other departments that
were destroyed by fire.
New York-Brooklyn bridge is to
be turned into a double-decker and the
Manhattan and Brooklyn approaches
are to be reconstructed. Work will
start soon.
Washington-An administration bill
extending to 20 eyars the time for re-
payment of water users on government
irrigation projects passed the senate.
Peking-A convention to amend the
provisional constitution of the Chi
neses republic has opened. President
Yuan Shi Kai in an inaugural address
pointed out the i'll effects of the pro-
visional constitution on both internal
and foreign relations.
Port Sudan-The improvement in
the health of James Gordon Bennett,
proprietor of the New York Herald,
is such that he was able to leave for
Suez on board his yacht Lysistrata.
He had been suffering from bronchitis.
Naples-A party of 500 American
tourists arrived on board the Rotter-
dam from New York and found diff
Guilty in obtaining accommodations, as
there are 1000 American visitors in
the city, besides other foreigners.
London-The Duke Of Devonshire
authorized the statement that the re-
ports that he has sold his famous IL
brary at Chatsworth for s1,70o, 900
e..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

Especial Correspondence Of The Argus)
Washington. March 17.-Contractors
in prison labor have begun desperate
fight TO defeat the Hughes prison labor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

TERMS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. In Rock Island; So per year by mail
N advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
BE made to the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
instance where Il Is desired TO have
paper discontinued. az carriers have no
authority IN the premises.
All communications OF argument.tive
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
hon No such articles will be printed
sver fictitious signatures.
Telephones In all departments. Cen
trail Union. Rock Island 145. 1145 and
sIIs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

: London authors have formed a union.
Now II they would only go on a strike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
{ QlISIEdS5lzE
HTNiY ROWLAND
M 4eSt p BIZ t

II you chance to
have a duty that
is waiting to be
done,
Do n now;
II you're dreaming
OF q triumph
that Is waiting
to be won,
Win 1t now;
Do not II you have
the money, still
decline to pay
your debts:
Give up joys that
turn. tomorrow.
into foolish. vain
regrets;
II your wife IL sadly
yearning for the
kiss she never
gets;
Kiss her now.
II you know you
O a n relinquish
booze at any
time you please
Do it now;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1874 Second ave.
lue. Rock Island. I'll entered ne the
)ostoriee a. second-class nlsttsr)
took rsland Member OF the Associated
Press.
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

authorized the statement that the re.
ports that he has sold his famous II.
brary at Chatsworth for s1,700,0 900
are unfounded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

the world, caught fire from spon-
taneous combustion and is still burn
ing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-19

All the news az the tims-a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11

occupied by the army and s&x new ones were encountered today plugging forward to reinforce these harvest hat- ter5es which are doing work quite a important as chat of the 42-centtmetre cannon. The army is not only living on the supplies of flour and meat de- rived from this section of the country but is actually sending wheat and four back to Germany.
 The German soldier at the front fs smiling and well fed as he has one more meal daily than in peace times The lean greyhounds seen after the dash on Paris are again rounded cut into portly Germans.
 The normal soldier at the front does not sing as much as formerly partly perhaps because he has sung himself out and partly because the singing is apt to draw the enemy's fire, but he is neither discouraged nor exhauEsed There is no indication whatever that his nerves are breaking under the strain of the protracted war
 No trip to the front would be com plete without a visit to the hozpitaL Health conditions are rennarsabfy+ good, the surgeons state, even better. than in peace times. There has been considerable typhoid but th4s Is now well in hand owing to the vtgorouS use of the auti-typhofd serum. TF1a medical department is just now clean ing out three villages in the dnnme4di- ate vicinity of headquarters Tg11ich. were found to be typhoid centers. Zhes surgeons are said to pay great deal of attention to this matter.
 The Germans evidently are prspara, ing for an extended occupation. The. French have planted winter crops and are working in the fields amportant bridges destroyed during the occu- patton operations are everywhere be-, ing permanently rebuilt with steel from Germany. The roads are beIngi maintained. as usual by French labor and in some cases factories are 5beinF reopened.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
TURKS PERMIT AID
 FROM U. s. FOR JEWS

Washington. Dec. 1.-The Turkish Government, through Ambassador Morgenthau, has signified to the State Department it's willingness that an expedition be sent to the relief of the people in Jerusalem. < The expedition is being organized by Hebrew phi1anthropic societies in New York, which plan to send a ship through the Mediterranean to Pal estine.
 Turkey fully guarantees it will fa- ci1itate the distribution of all supplies sent from the United States and as- sures Mir Morgentf1au that no requ1- sitions will be made on any of the shipments by Ottoman authorities. Consequently the request is made thar the Turkish Government be notified of the name or the relief ship. which probably will be sent to Jaffa, the port of Jerusalem
 Word that Jerusalem was short of food supplies and that famine was imminent came in private despatches, and a movement was immediately started in organizing a relief expe- dftion. There are said to be 100, 900 Jews in Palestine in dire necessity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11

city, destroyers and submarines.' For ten miles along the Tyne in coming into Newcastle the passengers on the boats cannot hear each other speak because of the din of steam hammers most of which are making destroyers and submarines.
 When Sir Percy Scott expressed his doubts of the efficiency of the dread nought just after England had placed her seal on it as the premier fighting unit of naval warfare, his unorthodoxy made him the strategic heretic of his time, but this war has come near to vtndicatng his theory, for thus far not a single success can be placed to the credit of 8. dreadnought while the ex- perimental, almost despised, sub- marine has won most of the naval 1aure1s.
 France is also reported as hurrying the construction of submarines while Russia is said to have asked for tend CTS on a submarine of two thousand tons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
UNEMPLOYED ARMY
 IN LONDON DECREASED

(Correspondence of Associated Press.)
 London, Dec. 11.-There is now less unemployment among male workers than there was before the war, due largely to the vacancies created in the industrial ranks by those who have Joined the. fighting forces. But there has been a very great increase of un- employment among women. In Lon don alone 10.4o6 registrred with the Central Body in the last four months as needing employment. In the same period last year only 5S6 were reg fstered. Among dressnakers mil liners, 1aundresses and charwomen distress is keenest. For tie relief of unemployed workwomen twenty-two workrooms have been opened in as many London boroughs and they are under the control of the Central Un- employed Body. It is estimated that the cost of running them will be $500, 900 a year. Of this $32o,OOO will be provided out of the queens fund the balance being met by grants from the local government boards.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
POLAND INVASION
 LOSING STRENGTH

Petrograd, Dec. 11-The attack of the Austro-German army in Poland ap- pears to have lost its impetus with the exception of General MacKenzen's army which is unofficia1ly reported between Lowicz and Warsaw and only about 15 miles from the Polish capi- tai.
 The other armies are advancing but little if any and the attempt from the south of Cracow seems entirely repulsed, according to reports. Neith- CT the siege of Cracow nor of Przemys1 has been relieved, it is stated, which was the main aim of the Austro-Ger- man offensive.
 The situation now appears to hinge on the Russian or German ability. to rush in reinforcements first since four weeks of incessent and hard fighting has told severely on both sides
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
GERMANS FEED SOLDIERS
 AND SEND GRAIN TO HOMES
 FROM FRANCE WHEAT FIELDS

.HeadQuarters of a certain German army in France, Dec n-Forwarded
 by automobile courier to Berlin, thence to London, All a. m.-A correspondent of the Associated Press spending a week in the field of operations, also has been the guest of Generals Won Heringen, formerly war minister and now commanding the Seventh army; Von Zwehl, the capturer of Maubauge. and Namur.
 Several hours were spent in the trenches in the picturesque old town
 where German rif1emen and French legionaires plan and play grim prac4
 ticaI jokes on each other from posi- 1ions a scant 100 yards apart. A race of German trogoIdytes was found in
 one place on this front. Men, horses, supplies, hospitals and so forth. were housed in hillside caverns, formerly
 stone Quarries which were absolutely
 protected by a 50 foot stone roof from
 even the most powerful shelIf1re Tho morning was passed in an artillery observation stand opposite Rheims
 where a powerful telescope by means of which the fire of the artillery is directed, brought the observer within 100 yards of the city and the cathedral
 and enabled him to see that the cathe- dra1 and its towers were standing fair Fly 1ntact-although blackened by fire
 A trip of inspection was made
 through a; labyrinth of Notifications land approaches all along the Aisne at it's nearest point to Paris, where the lines are normal two or three hun dred yards apart The soldiers arc
 well supplied with blankets food, wat CT and clothing and are in good spir- it's despite their long residence in che trehches. Desultory infantry fire is always in progress and machine guns m A on both sides has thrown tons c6 iron but there have been no great
 fights in this section of the front
 Of all of the Impressions of the trip one of the most striking is that left grain stretching for miles in every
 direction throughout this granary of northern France. Over hundred German threshing machines, the larg- est size, are working in the region
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
SAYS ENGLAND IS DONE
 BUILDING DREADNOUGHTS
(The Associated Press)-

London, Dec 11-England will probably never lay down another dreadnought says one of the foremost ship builders in this country who for obvious reasons, cannot be. quoted. All the dreadnoughts according to this authority, which have been laid down will be rushed to completion, but no. orders will be given for any more vessels of this type This policy was under serious consideration when the Audacious went to the bottom and the recent loss of the Bulwark has only served to confirm the opinion that the batt1eship as a lighting craft is doom ed.
 All new construction in the British shipyards consist of heavily armed cruisers of great coal carrying capa-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
SLOW BUT SURE.
 VIEW OF KAISER

Correspondence of Associated Press)
 Stuttgart, Germany, via, Amsterdam, Dec. Tour progress is slow but sure,'' declared the Emperor William in a speech at the headquarters of the Wurtemburg Sappers, as reported by the Tagbiatt. The emperor, accom- panied by the crown prince, reviewed the Sappers, and declared in con- gratuIatory speech that without sap pers there would be no progress made in the present war; Both the kaiser and the crown prince wore new uni forms.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
GERMANY WAS READY
 FOR CHRISTMAS TRUCE

Berlin, Dec. Il, by Wireless Tele- graph to sayvil1e. l.. I-Included in the information given out by the Ger man official press bureau yesterday was the following:
 Immediately Germany received the suggestion of Pope Benedict for a truce among the warning nations dur ing the Christmas holidays. an affirm ative reply was sent to the Vatican. The reply, however, was conditional on the acquiescence of all the other beIftgerents in the Pope's sugges- tion-s
 washington, Dec. 11.-Senator Ken yon yesterday offered a. joint resoru- tion requesting the be11igerent nations of the world. including Shinto Japan and AEohammedan Turkey, to declare a truce of twenty days for the proper celebration of Christmas. with the hope also that such cessation of hos tilitfes at said time s4nay stimulate re- fection upon the part of such nations as to the meaning and spirit of the Christmas time to the end that there may cornA again On Earth, Peace, Good Will Toward Men g
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
RED CROSS LOAN
 NEEDED IN CHINA

Correspondents of Associated Press1
 Peking, Dec. 1.-The minister of agriculture and commerce, H. E. Chang Chien, has again written to Paul s. Reinsch. the American minis ter, asking if he will urge. the Red Cross Society to proceed as quickly as possible with the loan for the Whai River Conservancy project. Another terrible flood has occurred, worse than usual and thousands of lives are being lost from pestilence and starva- ton as well as drowning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
LIMITATIONS OF IRON
 CROSS NOT TOLERATED

rCorrespondenee of Associated Press. )
 Berlin. Via Amsterdam. Dee. H. Cardboard irnitations of the famous iron cross have rAcent1y been sold ex- fensively oh the streets in Berlin and were worn by almost all school chiI- dren as well as by many adults. The police. have now dAcreed that the wearing of such decoration is Illegal and they will hencekorth arrest any person found wearing them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
MISSIONARY PRIEST
 WILL TELL OF WORK
 AMONG THE AFRICANS

Religious customs of the natives of the Guinea Coast of West Africa, their marriage and funeral ceremo- nies, their fetish rites, will form a DOT ton of the lecture to be delivered Sunday evening at thePlaza theatre by Rev. F. O'Rourke, s. M A. re gently returned from Nigeria where he spent six years among the natives Father O'Rouri1e has entitled his Iec- ture the White Mans Crave be- cause the average length Of time a white man may stay there and live is three years, and few survive the fourth year of continuous labor there Father O'RourAe has had six years experience among the natives
 Nigeria is country of which little Is known here, although the Catholic missions have been established there for more than half a century There are four bishops and a large number of priests and nuns. Father O'Rourkes s talk will be illustrated with pictures taken in the field which will graphi- cally portray the scenes he will de- scribe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
Germans Seize Five Ships.

GeTnaans SedAe -F1ve Snpa-4
 Christiania, Norway, Dec. 11.-The e Prize Court at the German port of Swinemunde, on the Baltic, has an nounced it's decision in the cases of five Norwegian steamers seized by German warships. according to word which reached Christiania yesterday. Both the ships and their cargoes were declared lawful prizes, and were con f1scated.
 The vessels were loaded with wood en pit props, consigned to English mine owners. The ship owners have appealed to Berlin, claiming viola ton of international law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-11
w1lsDn,s Me@age Censored.

Paris, Dec n-A detailed account of President wilson's message to Con- gress, sent by the London Daily Tele- Eraph's Washington correspondent, ap- bears in a Paris paper this morning with one paragraph cut out by the eensor.
 It is impossible to tell from the con- text which was 8 summary of the Presidents utterances. exactly what the paragraph was.