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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
AT THE MAJESTIC.

Mary Pickford in The Eagle 5
Mate" one of her most pronounced
successes, is to be seen at the Males
tic tonight This film was shown this
afternoon and admirers OF Little
Mary found il a new delight. The
Majestic presents a fine list of attrac-
tions for next week, including Charles
Klein's The Gamblers" which Lu-
bin announces with Ethel Clayton and
George Soule Spencer in the leading
roles. On Tuesday Conan Doyle's The
House of Temperley," with the origi-
nal English cast. will be given and on
Saturday the Famous Players will pre-
sent THE Scales of Justice" with a
fine cast. The remainder of the week
can be best judged by a glance at the
calender above which Will show un-
rivaIled attractions. Captain Alva-
rez." the big six part Vitagraph drama
with Edith Storey which is announced
for presentation at the Majestic the
atre tomorrow is the work of Rollin
s. Sturgeon OF Rock Island, son of
Mr. and Mrs. VI. NJ. Sturgeon, lO43
Nineteenth street. Mr.. Sturgeon
is one of the leading directors for this
big motion picture company. Cap
tain Alvarez" is Paul Gilmore's great
est success and Mr.. Sturgeon with
fine Judgment of dramatic values
which has given him the high post he
holds. saw that il would make great
er picture than il did a play, for in
the film there would be none of the
limitations as TO space and time
which the stage manager finds so
binding in the production of a great
spectacle. Mr.. Sturgeon, therefore,
wrote out the scenario in six reels and
started 10 produce the giant film feat
ure. For his romatnic drama he gath
cred about him one of the strongest
casts the company offered headed by
Edith Storey, who made famous THE
Christian" The scenes are laid in
Argentine and the situations are eX-
tremeIy thrilling. This picture, if
nothing else. helped to put "Rollie'
in the front rank among producers.
AS a result he is said to have received
six or more offers from rival compan-
les that would seem unbelievable.
Sturgeon recently quit Vitagraph fol-
lowing a misunderstandtng, but has
again Joined this big concern.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
Oklahoma Defeats Aaqies.

Manhattan, Kans., Nov. 14-Playing
aggressive football replete with spec
home easily defeated the Kansas State
Agricultural school yesterday 81 to 10.
Oklahoma consistently gained
ground with trick plays and forward
passes, while its opponents at critical
moments seemed unable to pass the
ball successfully or to withstand line
charges. The only Kansas touchdown
was made in the third quarter after
two successful forward passes.
In the last period Oklahoma rolled
up twenty-seven points, while the Ag-
ricultural team gained only three, Ag-
new kicking a goal from placement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14

object was the provocation of laugh
ter. IL is in this second piece that
Miss Burke will be seen at the Burtis
in Davenport next Wednesday even
ing. Jerry" the heroine, whom Miss
Burke impersonates, of course, is a
wild young thing from Chicago. She's
light hearted and gay and mischiev-
Gus and more than a bit selfish and
used to having her own way, but en-
tirely lovable. Anyone who knows
Miss Burke. and most American the
atregoers do know her by this time,
can easily imagine how delightful she
will be in such a part. Miss Catherine
Chisholm Cushing wrote the piece
especially for Miss Burke and she has
put some very bright and interesting
dialogue in it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
hS2Sllhh!eatre

Oscar F. Hodge, and is now firmly es-
tablished as standard theatrical at
traction. the appearance of which can
De looked forward to with pleasure
ana confidence by the skeptical the
atregoer who has learned to select his
theatrical menu with greater care
than formerly. Mr.. O'Brien's first
. Two years as minstrel star has done
much TO revive an interest in this
ume-honored amusement, an interest
created by the splendid. high class re-
hned performances given by Mr.
O'Brien and his associates and has
probably lifted minstrelsy to a greater
and loftier position than it has ever
before enjoyed. Ii is Mr.. O'Brien's
aim and ambition this season to pre-
sent an absolutely perfect minstrel en-
teriainment and with that idea in
view he has secured a company of ar
lists that would indicate a reckless
disregard for salaries. Headed by
the inimitable Neil O'Brien the list of
comedians is an imposing one. includ-
ing the temperance on the minstrel
stage of Harry Van Fossen, one of the
cleverest end men and monologists
that minstreIsy has ever boosted.
-AN+A N+ANAt - AdLltl. WIFI the
infectious laugh and mirth compelling
Jest, now in his third year with this
company, Pete Detzel. grotesque and
absurd but always funny and little
Major Casper Nowak in addition to
Doran and Strong and a score of
others. The first part scene this year
Is designed after the latest art craze
and is called The Futurist Atelier"
and as color scheme is something en-
tirely new to minstrel settings The
costuming follows the same general
idea From a musical view point the
singing ensemble is promised as am
bilious. No less than a dozen soloists
of note compromise the triple quar-
tette OF singers which includes Nick
VOerg, a soprano said to possess
one OF the most remarkable and most
cultivated voices ever heard in a
minstrel first part. He is promised
as a revelation and has created a
furore everywhere. Other notable
singers are David Morris. a phenome-
nal basso; James Barardi. tenor; Les
lie Berry. baritone: Charles r. Wright.
tenor; Jonathan Haw. tenor; F. B.
Hodges, basso; Billy Curran, tenor,
and a trained chorus and special or
chestra under the leadership of Frank
Fuhrer- For the olio Neil O'Brien has
written another of those characters
tic sketches of negro life for which he
is justly famous. He calls il Demon
Rum or Dry Town AS its title i'm
plies it deals with the liquor question
in humorous manner and gives the
star and several of his principal COM
edians wide latitude for some fast and
side splitting fun making. There is
also a big new dancing number staged
by Peter Detzel which is interrupted
by several novel feature acts includ- f!
ing the appearance of George r. Pc
duzs;i. a famous European T"r~s'e i'm I
personatOr now W
lean appeara- chose CHI :
Harry Van Fosst. a |
monologue which is p ---,cd as a
howl of merriment while the conclud- !
ing feature is in the nature of sur
prise and enIists the services of the |
entire company and some very beauti- |
full scenic embellishments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14

Nov. 12-The Rodman Rifles have
decided upon Dec. as the time for
the grand opening of the Armory hall.
AS the time approaches for the con-
vening of congress, interest in he
great Hennipen canal project is being
revived. At a meeting held of bust
ness men of the three cities here a
committee was appointed TO see that
the matter was pushed. Rock Island
is represented on this committee by
II. c. Connolly, Fred Hass, Henry
Carse, E. w. Hurst and John Cru
baugh.
Nov 13-Truant Officer Kimballs
report for October shows 20 arrests
for truancy.
Lawrence Lorch, a 15-year old boy,
has built a toy church, which has a
clock in the steeple, which keeps cor
rect time. II is on exhibition at
Thomas drug store.
Nov. 1.-THE executive committee
of the Tri-City Hennepin Canal asso-
citation at an election of officers chose
T. J. Robinson of Rock Island presi-
dent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
ILLINOIS.

saturday and Suuday-Quality pic
nres.
Nov. l6-Apollo Glee club, auspices
Ne Associated Charities.
Nov. l.. lS-Quality pictures.
Nov. 1s-"UncIe Toms Cabin"
Iov. 20. Quality pictures.
Xov. 22-Neil OBrien's Ministries.
Nov. 2S-Jenny Dufau. auspices of
- Aucustaua concert course.
Quality ptrtures-
nov. 25-Lymau HOwe's Travel Fes-
vov, Is. Thanksgiving day-Lyman
uove's Travel Festival.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
MAJESTIC.

Touieht-Mary Pickford in The
Eseie's Mate
Suuoay-Vi;asraph production Of
--sptain Aware in six parts with
Edith Storey
vouday-.When Rome Rules" FIVE
rel Psthe-
7uesday-Rodney Stone and origin
a English cast in Conan Doyle's The
gorse OF Temperley." in five parts.
Wsduesday-"The faint" a four
part Psthe-
Thursday-Lubin presents Ethel
rr,vtou. George Soule Spencer and
rs-,e Metcalf in Charles Klein's The
Gamblers"
r-idav-"The Stain" in six parts.
sarurday-The Famous Players pre-
ss,t Paul McAllister and Jane Fearn-
~ IN The Scales Of Justice" in five
ps-ss.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
AT THE BURTIS.

Miss Billie Burke did" two new
plays in New York City last season.
The first. THE Land of Promise was
a serious drama. "a drama with pur-
pose" the second, Jerry" was the
lightest of comedy. a play whose sole
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
Persian Stamps.

The stamps of Persia show the lion
and the sun-the lion as a symbol of
power and the sun as an emblem of
the ancient fire worship of the Per
SLAMS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
Western Normal Wins Title.

Ypsilanti, Mich, Nov. Il. The
Western Normal football team won
the Michigan normal schol champion
ship yesterday by defeating Michigan
Normal, 10 to O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14

port" said Mayor Mueller, and the
police have received orders to stop
them for all time"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14

ager Greenberg of the Orpheum. Pc
oria. ILL.,. TO play that house and then
coming direct to Rock Island, opening
Sunday, matinee, Nov. %, for four
DAYS only.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
COLONIAL THEATRE.

Nov II. I5.-E. X. Lincoln in The
Iitdest Rebel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14

from J. NJ. Buford and will erect a
handsome house there.
Nov. 9-The paving of Seventeenth
street from Second avenue to the city
limits is being discussed, now that
Second avenue has been paved from
Twentieth street to its western ter
minus
Health Commissioner Eyster be-
lieves that with good weather the
progress of the inspection of diphthe-
ria could be stayed. There is no
change in the existing conditions of
threatened epidemic.
B. Winter has completed the exter-
ior of his Third avenue block, which
is one of the handsomest in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. J. Sears rejoice in
the advent of a son.
Mrs. and Mrs. a. w. Aster's home
was gladdened by the arrival of son
yesterday.
Nov. 11-Messrs. Earl Raymond and
Walter Workman started on a voyage
down the Mississippi this afternoon.
The interior of the Armory hall has
haap radpcOratad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
Shiftino the Blame.

Annie-Do you like his dancing ?
Fannie-Yes; but 1 wish HE wouldn't
tread on my toes so often. Annie
What size shoe do you wear?-Judge.
All the news all the time-Ths
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
EMPIRE.

vsrdeyillo-Two shows daily. 2.45
- SIS. Three shows Saturday and
s-saay. Change Of bill twice weekly.
s-,day ana Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
At THE ILLINOIS.

Kibble and Martins scenic and dra'
nstic production Of Uncle Toms
Cabin" Will be seen al the Illinois,
Nov. Is. KibbIe and Martins com.
usny carries all the special scenery
and effects required 10 give a perfect
PRODUCTION Of this old, ever popular
play. The company embraces over
sfty people. a chorus OF over twenty
colored men and women. ponies and
81 man-eating bloodhOunds. 4 special
rain Of cars is employed in transport
hg the production.
With a complete equipment Of new
scenery. all new wardrobe. almost an
entirely new company and with all
lev features. Neil O'Brien and his
Great American Ninstrels viii be the
attraction az the Illinois one week
from tomorrow. This is O'Brien's third
rear a. the head OF his own organiza-
tioa which during that time has been
ably conducted by his young manager,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-14
TWEEN Y-FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Argus Files of 1880

Nov. S-Mrs. Mary Blanchard has
purchased a lot in Rodman's addition
from ]. NJ. Buford and will erect a
handsome house there
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

any legal steps against them for fear of their vengeance.
 "One night as Hester and a gang of them were returning from a wholesale murder their wagon broke down near the home of my uncle, a farmer. They reused him up without any pretense of conceal ment of their identity, and commanded him to get tools and assist them to re- pair I remember his saying that when he went out he did not expect to return, nor did any of the family expect to see him return alive. The f1ends would often times murder from sheer love of it.
 But the nerve of one lone man worked their ruin. A young Irishman, McPar- bored into their secrets. Then he sprung the trap, sent the leaders to the gallows or the penitentiary. for life and wiped them out. But it ruined his health
 "He is living in Denver today, and wa. active in the Harry Orchard case
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Mckenzie of Illinois, and they look as much alike as twins-although Mir. Mo Kenzie is said to look more alike than the President. according to the wit of the House press gallery. who is an Irish man, of course.
 As Representative Mckenzie was leis- urely strolling through the lobby of a Washington hotel one evening last win ter a stranger approached him.
 Pardon me. MT. President he said. with frown of concern, '1 know you are most democratic in your habits and the people admire you for it, but really, sir, this is too great risk for the ruler of the United States to take, thus wan dering about the city at night, alone and unattended by even a single guard. You owe it to the people to be more careful''
 Mir. Mckenzie bowed in acknowleds- ment, and. laying his hand upon his shoulder in friendly way. thanked him for his kind interest. and, promising to
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BANANAS AND COFFEE CULTIVATION.
 TYPIcAI or COR DoBA REG ION

Luz, which is literally in the clouds. When clear the panorama here is
 unrivaled.
 Crossing Winners bridge over a deep
 gorge is one of the thrilling moments
 of the journey, when one suddenly looks down 2.O00 feet. At last Boca del Monte
 appears and the traveller is on the Mexi- can high plateau. He is already 250 feet higher than the City of Mexico and still clim ping. It seems almost incredible that
 he left the tropics that same morning. On the left rises the lonely peak of Malinche, IA, TAO feet, covered with snow. Here you find corn and wheat fields, and
 especially apple orchards, for which this section is celebrated.
 The pulque district is then entered. Mex ico is the land of cactus plants, and of these the most conspicuous is the ma
 guey, which name covers some thirty
 odd species found on the plateau. The
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had reached the climax of his sermon, according to the Ohio representative. one of the male members of the congregation was drowsing The preacher. raising his voice until it penetrated every corner of the church, exclaimed:
 Where shall we place Hoseag"
 The sleeper reused himself partially and straightened sup with a tired air
 At this moment the preacher fairly shouted, "I say, where shall we place Hosea?'
 By this time the sleeper had fully awakened. and, taking his hat in one hand and rubbing his eyes with the other, he started toward the door. remarking meantime in a loud voice:
 He can have my seat. I'm going home"
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much time on the range, enduring hunger and thirst or sharing our food and blan- kets together. Some time after my re- turn east I got letter from him, say ing he was in deep trouble-in jail, in fact-and begging me to help him. That wouldn't be hard, he assured me, "for," he wrote, they've jugged me for shoot ing woman, but she was only my wife,
 ..And the coloneI,'' concluded MT. Chand- Ter, never failed to- chuckle heartily as he recalled that cowboys grotesque ar gument for his legal rights
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his departure from Mexico and death by the sea was devoured by fire from heav- en- his spirit ascended to heaven in the shape of a peacock, and the Aztecs believed that he would some day return to Mexico
 It is thought that this Quetzalcoatl, VI acted as the teacher and guide to the Indians. was really a white man who had been shipwrecked on the Mexican coast.
 Climbing up beyond Maltrata over end less curves, one gets a unique view of what one has left behind and below. More than once fully half dozen tracks are visible beneath with bridge after bridge is negotiated the heaviest grade on the road, the per cent one at Alta
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be more careful in future, passed on, leaving the stranger in an ecstatic trance
 I didn't have the heart to tell the fel- low the brutal truth and spoil his even 1ngs for the rest of the winter, at the lodge and the corner drug store and the table when there's company for dinner" remarked MT. Mckenzie with a smile later. ''I never do with these strangers and tell and tell and then re-telI again that glorious experience. living over again with each telling those blissful moments when the President laid his hand on his shoulder.
 Hes got a-mighty poor imagination if by this time he isn't vividly recalling how he said, Look here. Woodrow, etc., and the President replied, All right. Jim, just as you say, etc But I think the recording angel will take care of that little fib.'
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'Votes for Women!"

"Of all the per sonal experiences Col. Roosevelt de- lights to recount and I've heard him r e c o u n t many" said Representative Chandler of New York, "I think the one he most en- joys telling is this:
 '' When [ was ranching out west, he said, there was a cowboy with whom I spent
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the aid of spirits

lHe aIu oI splrlts or djinns or other mil raculous or supernatural agencies. celes- tial or diabolic. Wonderful, isn't it?
 But it isn't one bit miraculous or mar vellous after MT. Fordney shows how he turned the trick It's just as e-e-e-easy,
 '' Twas very simple,'' explains MT. Fordney. with a smile There were three candidates-a democrat, a progressive and a republican, myself. There were four counties in the district The democrat carried two of them. beating me by a
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A Political Puzzle

To be beaten ir every single coun- ty in your district, and then to be triumphantly elect ed-who says the age of nrircales has passed:
 For this was the paradoxical feat a c c o m plished at the last congress siona1 election by R e p T e s e ntative Fordney of Sagi- nav, Mich.. and that, too, without
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small plurality; the progressive man wasn't in sight at all there. In the other two counties the progressive candidate beat me by a nose, while the democrat hardly knew he was in the race.
 When they came to count up the total vote I had won over both by a neat plurality. That's all-but, you see, | hadn't carried a county.'
 What's that? Oh, yes. we've all heard about Columbus and his egg trick.
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Wilson's Double.

Every President seems fated to have somewhere in his neighborhood a "doppelganger." !" as the Germans call it: in English, a "double"-some one who resem- bles him so close ly that he is con tinually being mis- taken for him.
 President Will soh's double is also in public life He is Representative
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0bIiging.

R e pr e sentative Robert Crosser of Ohio does not be- lieve in tiring his auditors, and in this c on n e c tion tells the tale of a rather "long-wind- ed" preacher of whom he knew. This preacher one Sunday had elect ed to give his con gregation a lengthy discourse on the prophets.
 Ru the Nrx~ L.
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Single e-Handed.

"No one can to- day realize the ab- solute reign of terror that, a gen. eration ago, hung over my section of country like a pall," said Repre- sentative Lesher of the S i K t e e n t h Pennsylvania dis trict. 'Men who recall it still speak of it with a shud- der. It was the Mollie M a g u ires. Every one, high
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FETfAc BRIDGE ssA<fS SsA<fS ONE Or HE NO5T DANGEROUS POINTS
 ON TIE RAILROAD.

The Spaniards were convinced that pulque was responsible for the degener- acy found among the Indians and many vice-regal edict was intended to stamp it out. Mexican pulqueria, or pulque saloon, ts one of the most repulsive things to be seen anywhere on this con tinent. The intoxicating properties of pulque are very small, but it's cheapness makes it possible for the natives men and women, to swallow it in colossal quantities The pulque problem of the
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best known is the American aloe, which yields the pulque liquor that enters so deeply into Mexican customs and life.
 In Aztec times the maguey leaves were made into paper, much like the Egyptian papyrus. But even then pulque tippling was a national vice. It can be traced back to the Toltecs, from whom the Aztecs inherited it when they conquered the valley of Mexico. There is an old tradition symbolizing the downfall of the Toltec empire through pulque-
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and low, lived in constant dread of that
 fiendish gang of foreign cutthroatsf Their open highhandedness was wellnigh in-
 conceivable; for no one dared to take
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What Lies Between che Seacoast City and the Mexican Capital. What Our Army Will See if It Marches Inland = Wonderful Scenery and Many Historic Spots A Journey by Rail to Mexico City.

v Mexico marches
 from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, it will Journey from the sea to a plateau from a tropic to a
 temperate zone eli mate; through all the varieties of vegetation imagi- nable; past villages with aboriginal GUS
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toms, towns with Spanish architecture and traditions. points of historical inter est from the conquest to the present day; monuments of 8 long-forgotten civiliza- ton and landmarks of modern industrial life.