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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-12
Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Middling, 7ilc; receipts. 22.S12; shipments. 22,203; sales, 369S; stock, 15s,6S6.
 Memphis Middling 7c; receipts, 6241i shipments, 594S sales. 1250; stock, 255,- SIP.
 Augusta Middling. 67s @6 15-16c; re- ceipts. 2633; shipments, 17so; sales, 2982; stock, 156.S56. ef St. Louis: Middling, 7tsc: receipts, 10sS; shipments, S60 stock, 36.257.
 Cincinnati: Receipts, 14S4; shipments. 1143; stock, 4025.
 Little Rock: Middling. 67se; receipts, 1741; shipments. TOO; stock, 52,515.
 Dallas: Middling, 69-16c.
 Total today: Receipts, S5,e94; ship ments s1,974; sales, 12,26S; stock, 664.- 211.
 New Orleans, December l.-Cotton flu lures opened quiet; January. 6.96c: March 7.osc; May, 7.2sc; July, 1.nc; October 7.6Sc.
 New York December 11.--Cotton opened steady; December, 6.S9c; January, 7.02ci
 nco T,t1x D,. tl-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-12
New York Futures

New York, December 11-Cotton flu lures closed steady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-12

Statement of spinners' takings of Amer ican cotton throughout the world:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-12

washed 2s@2sc; three-eighths blood. un- washed, 29c; one-quarter blood, unwashed, 25@2Sc.
 5s@5sc; fine s months, 5sQ64c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
PARKS is JAILED
FOR WHOLE MONTH.
Much Arrested Man Picked Up
for Second Time This Week
Does Not Get Of Easy.

The police are becoming tired of ar
resting James ". Parks. For the sec
ond time this week he was picked up
by Officer Dick Kell in Spencer square
last evening
He became real incensed this morn
ing when Justice OF the Peace Carl
kuehl sentenced him to the county jail
fer 80 days on charge OF vagranc !:
lie svore at the court, but the justice
did not heed him.
W. J. Sewers was arrested by officer
Sullivan and fined 81 and costs this
morning By Police Magistrate c. j.
Smith. James Monegan and Jack Ira
sis. arrested by Officer Keu. were
hned 81 and costs by Justice Kuehl
on a charge OF disorderly conduct.
Thomas Williams. arrested by Gin
name. was fined 81 and costs on a
charge OF disorderiy conduct. and John
Disbroe was sentenced to the county
jail for 30 DAYS on 4 vagrancy charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
Restless Flat pweirers.

The restiesSneSS CT the fiat dwellar
is n nationa! mystery. Why does he
go forth :neritabiy in the spring To
find another fiat and To insert his fam
lily and furniture therein: As likely as
not it is the fiat which he abandoned
five years before. Since then he has oc-
cuDied four other fats. each vast
improvement over its predecessor. and
he is now delighted with the new Tat
which he left in disgust five years be-
fore. He has spent hundreds of dol
lars in arriving at this stage of hap
piness. but he will abandon the fat
again next year and fit on in Il NOV
fng van as large as u small chapel.
We falter. appalled, at the task of c:S-
covering the flat dwellcr's purpose un-
til we consider the strangely similar
restlessness Of the sick man who lies
on one side until he can't stand il any
longer and then. with the assistance Of
his devoted family. * turned over on
the other side The change is de
lightful relief although a few hours
before he couldn't endure to lie on
that side a minute longer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11

spection and maintenance in good con
dition are indispensable to efficient
protection.
(2) Do lightning rods on building
increase the danger of being struck
Answer: Yes; but a properly rodded
house may be struck several times
without injury, whereas a single stroke
without protection afforded by the rods
may cause disaster.
go Should lightning rods be put up
with or without insulators? Answer:
without Buildings with metal roofs
or wherein any metal construction en-
ployed is properly connected to earth,
are already partly provided with light
ming protection. If rods are added to
such buildings the rods should be put
in direct metallic connection with the
roof and other metal work about the
building wherever practicable. All
down spouts should be led into metal
pipes going iuto the earth to give the
proper earth connection, or the spouts
should otherwise be well grounded by
use of wires or cables. Insulators are
entirely unnecessary and it is proper
to have extended metal work in build
ings, like heating and water pipes, all
electrically connected together and all
well grounded This latter result is
gained incidentally through Connections
made TO water pipes, since the latter
usually pass through the earth outside
the building.
(4) Are gilded or otherwise expens-
i've points of platinum or special metal
or of fanciful construction necessary?
Answer: No: not in the least. Sharp
needlelike points are effective in dis
sipating small sustained electrical
charges. but such electrical manifesto
tations are perfectly harmless, The
imagined superiority of such fanciful
points is utterly valueless when the rod
is struck by a real lightning flash. The
useful qualities lightning rods must
possess are lnfusibility, mechanical
strength and security of installation,
and permanence and durability under
prolonged exposure to the weather.
Stout bluntIy-pointed iron rods three
eighths or one-half inch in diameter
rigidly and securely fastened so as to
project l 1-2 or feet above the struc-
ture to which they are attached satisfy
all the requirements.
go What material is best for con-
ductors or rods?
This question can not be answered
fairly in single statement.
Because of its availability and cheap
ness, as well as its electrical proper
ties. iron is one of the best materials
for rods. Iron. however, Fusts and de-
teriorates under prolonged exposure to
the weather. This is only partly over
come by galvanizing; hence galvanized
iron lightning rods should be of ample
size mot less than one-quarter inch in
diameter) carefully installed and sub
jected to systematic inspection and re-
pair.
Two-strand cable galvanized fence
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11

The career of Freddie Welsh, now
lightweight champion of the world
/ helps 10 prove the old saying, Per
sistence wins"
Freddie is Is, istic graybeard. He
has fought ninety odd battles--some
Of them desperate encounters-and
now lor the first time may be called a
champion.
II has been tough old fight for
Freddie Many time he was on the
verge OF quitting 1t seemed well
nigh impossible 20 get bout with
Ad Wolgast or Willie Richie But at
last he cornered Willie and carried off
tho laurels
Though born in Wales. the new
champ might also be called an Amer
lean. He came to this Gentry as
fsatherweight wrestler in 1905. Up TO
that time he had never boxed. Get.
ting a job in physical culture school
conducted by Joe Knipe, the old anna
teur heavyweight champion. he rub
bed aspiring athletes and grappled and
picked up a few pointers in boxing
Then the ring bug bit him. Between
sweeping out and doing odd jobs about
the gymnasium. he practiced the les
sons he saw Enipe give to his pupils.
After a few weeks of janitor duty
ne was put on in private exhibition
with Joe Mazzier. 1t was not an aus
picious debu'. Welsh displaying little
boxing ability. The kid had confidence
in himself however, and he quit his
school job and sought fights at New
York clubs. He defeated opponents
at the Navarro a. c. and at Browns
in impressive style. Then he beat it
for Philadelphia, where boxing was
becoming.
Jack Michigan. the famous promo
ter. started him off in a six-rouEd affair
with Young Williams, and he won.
The next season Michigan sent him
against various boys. Welsh kept win
nirg and with each fight he learned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11

something about the delivery and eva
sion of punches. Successive battles
made his name a prominent one IN
the lightweight class in less than two
years He built up a great reputation
in the years that followed.
In his early career he fought bril-
liantIy against such boys as Eddie
Lenney, Jimmy Dunn, Dave Deshler
and Tim Callahan. He went back to
Wales in 1907 and won eight straight
bouts with the knockout. Upon his
return he boxed all over America.
He beat Maurice Savers and drew
with Charlie Neary, two high class
pugilists, IN 1905. He lost to Packey
Mcfarland in Is rounds at Milwaukee.
Then ne humbled Phil Brock and drew
with Mcfarland in % rounds at Yer
non, Cal.
Later he trOunced Abe Attell. feath-
erweight champion then, in 10 rounds.
He also whipped Frank 'Carsey. Harry
Trendall, Young Erne and knocked out
Ray Bronson, who had stopped Nc
F'arland.
Other men he defeated we're Henri
Piet, Johnny Summers, Jem Driscoll,
Matty Baldwin and Pal Moore. He
again boxed a draw with Mcfarland
in London, in 1910. In 1911 he lost
the British lightweight title to Matt
Wells. Nineteen-eleven was bad
year for him and he imagined himself
"all in" athletically speaking. When
he fought and licked Matty Baldwin
and Willie Richie in that year he was
at the bottom of his form.
During the past three years Welsh
has had an in and out career. He lost
only once-to Jimmy Duffy of Lockport
but his boxing was not consistent.
He made poor showings with Phil
Bloom, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Gro
yer Hayes and Young Saylor.
In the past year Welsh has beaten
Johnny Dundee. Frank Whitney, Mick
ey Sheridan. Joe Rivers, Leach Cross
and Willie Richie.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
NEAL OvERCOMES
ROCK ISLAND MAN
n,vs.Or Operator IN Best
suilding Collapses While
In Route to His Home.

u,,ram J. Bennett. who resides AT
"a. FYf,h-and-a-hslf avenue, an eieNa-
:. o,e,stor in the Best building. Is
- ,,e arst heat victims in Rock
taad this year.
p,eomins IL as result Of the high
-,,e-ature at neon today, he endeaN-
en- 70 walk 10 his home. lie pro-
.ssssd bu; two blocks. 10 the corner
Seventeenth street and Fourth ave
= when he was unable to walk fur
ter. ..s.s ..5t h.. ,r.s
-, 70 his home in the ambulance
a., geclsred that he WAS unable TO
~ :, the suns RAYS and that he
ID 60 10 further. ali OF his energy
-.--,snrlv having left ain.
wife ne is in a serious condition. II
10, thought that be will succumO.
-. q, the other hand it IS expected
he sbou, again by the middle OF
10 week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
OBITUARY
Annrst Rurcr1-n.

The death OF August Burgman, -
- ef age and a resident OF this CRY
ar inc past 90 years occurred at $40
~. morning az mis- home. 2jo5 Thir-
nth avenue. lie had been suffer
u. for over one year with paralysis.
~. Burgmsn was born Feb $. 1864.
m svedea. where he spent the early
,-,rs OF his fife He came 10 this
eogu-ry when still a young man. NOV
NJ 70 Rock Island in 1889. aad had
Ers5 here since. He was united in
marriage with Marie BjorkIund in this
civ Dec. Q. 1891 For over Il years
= mas employed ~ the Rock Island
,-zenaI shops a. machinist. He was
reu known here and leaves large cir
de Of friends.
Those left 10 mourn his passing are
his.Eidow and one son. Glenn. ar home.
md sister. Mrs. r Pearson OF New
Windsor. III. The funeral services
viii be conducted from the nome Mon
say afternoon a $50. Rev. Ira Moth
stein ofHcis tins. with intermeut in
Ctipplsnnock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
From the Argus Files of 1889

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bollman OF
South Rock Island announce the birth
Of a -irl baby.
Carrier pigeon carries news OF VIC
tory of John l. Sullivan over Kilraln'
in their worlds championship match
in Mississippi, from The Argus Office
10 John Russell, owner of the fleet
winged messenger in Cable.
July 10-The Franklin Hose COM
pany at its annual election of officers
chose the following last evening for
various positions: William Gahagen,
Arthur Raible. Charles Bladel, Charles
Eugel and William Roth.
Work on tearing down the Method
ist church, to make place for the new
structure, was started today.
July li-Captain c. w. Durham pur-
chased the Albert Warren property on
First avenue and Eleventh street, the
consideration being $500.
Henry Hagger of this city, employed
by the Rock Island Lumber company,
was killed. and William Brahman, also
of Rock Island. seriously injured when
a building in which they were work
ing in Moline collapsed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
LICENSED TO WE'D
Chicago
frank Noelk
Miss Marie olaa Peterson
Shoeless Horses.

While experiments are being made
to produce horseshoe suited TO mod
ern roads. writes n correspondent
wonder whether anybody remembers
the book written by the Rev. j. C.
Wood. the famous naturalist. in which
the argument was put forward that
horses should not be shod ut all. He
declared that the hoof could adapt it
self To any kind of land surface. that
although II would become soft when
the horse was out on grass land II
hardened when the pasture was stony
or pebbly. and that the practice OF
mailing OH shoes and pairing away the
frog or sole of the hOOf was a clum-
- and useless expedient. He gave as
proof photographs Of the hoofs OF
horse driven shoelesS by doctor who
had city practice.-Mancheste Guard
ian.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
THE PERFECT SPELLER.
Test Him by Having Him Write Thin
tumble From Dictation.

Test Him by Having Him Write Thin
tumble From Dictstion.
One occa sionalIy comes across supe-
rior person who tells you he can easily
spell any word every printed in a die
ttoDary- II ever you meet this type OF
man just ask somebody to dictate the
following tumble to him and see how
many mistakes he will make:
Antinous, n disappointed. desiccated
physicist was pee!ing potatoes in an
embarrassing and haraSsin@ way. His
idiosyncrasy and privilege Was to eat
nIayonnaise and musseIs while staring
at the PIeiades and Selling peoples tri-
cycles and vclocipedes. He was an
errinG teetotaIer and had been on &
pfcayune jnmboree. He rode a palfrey
stallion and carried n salabie papier
mache bouquet OF asters. phlox. mui-
Iein. hrysantbemums. rhododendrons.
fuchsias and nastuTuums.
He wore sibyl's Respondent tuF
quoise paraphernalia, an ormolu yash
max and astrakhan chHpareiOs. He
drank crystallizable and disaEreeable
curacao tuleps through 4 sieve. He
stole some moneys and hid them under
a peddIer's mahogany bedstead and
mattress.
Like a fiend in an ecstasy OF gayety
l rushed after him into the maelstrom,
or melee. and held him as in wise.
could not feaze him. however. and he
addressed me. with autOcracy. in the
following hnbecile words. which sound
cd like q soGloquy or supersedinG
paean on an oboe: You are a ratable
iunamoth. a salaamins vizier, an equl-
noctial cory phee and an isosceles d..
guerreotype New York Mail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11

Edwin Baker. 81 years OF age. died
u bis home in Illinois City yesterday
sf,srnoon at > O'Clock He had been
frFsring for aloUt FIVE weeks with
htsrt disease Mr.. Baker was q ma
tive OF this county. being born at Hi
rOis City in 1857. and had resided
here since He was carpenter by
trade and a member OF the odd Eel
on and WoOdmen lodges of that city.
he IS survived by his widow. on
laughter. Hrs. Charles Smith OF Dur
at Iowa three sons. two Of whom
IRE in Iowa and one in New York.
The funeral services will be conduct
ID tomorrow afternoon from the FRS
Methodist church at Illinois City. In
isrment will take place in Illinois City
cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
(From Crop Correspondents News
letter.

CFrom Crop Correspondents News
letter.
A correspondent writes: Would
you please publish in the News Letter,
in concise and simple language, an ar
ticle on lightning rods for farm build
ings by some one in authority and fully
capable to write on the subject"
This request can not be fully an
swered in Il short note in the News
Letter. but the information given be-
low seeks to answer in a definite and
specific way the most important ques-
lions involved.
"a Do lightning rods really protect
buildings? Answer: Yes; but the rods
must be of proper character, properly
installed, and properly grounded in
relatively moist earth. Periodical in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
NOTICE.

I-pon the 18th day OF July. at
%. m. a public auction sale for cash
"a highest bidder viii he held at the
store of u. J. Zinren, $50 Twentieth
street. Rock Island. Ill. OF the fol-
lowing uurcdeemed pledges; one
cluster diamond ring. and ono solid
gold chain with English coin charm
which were left with said Zinren as
pledges on April :. 1918. and which
have been held nv said ZinTen Tor
over a year after the loan and the
interest secured thereby became due.
a. =. ZIPI'itEN. PIedgee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
WOMAN FACES A
LARCENY CHARGE
Mrs. II. Osborne Will Be Given
Preliminary Trial Before
Justice Carl Kuehl.

Mrs. II. Osborne. residing near the
corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty
third street, will be given prelim-
mary hearing in justice court Monday
on charge of larceny
c. A Faber is the complaining wit
ness, and ne alleges that Mrs. Osborne
held his trunk in default OF his paying
her a bill he owed for board and room
at her house.
He further alleges that she opened
the trunk and sold or attempted TO
sell some of its contents. She was
released on her own recosnizanee until
Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
A Hint to the Leash of u..

The smallest bird cannot light upon
she greatest tree without sending
shock TO its most distant fiber. Every
mind is at times no less sensitive to
the most trifing words, Lew Wallace
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
PERSONAL PONIES

" ". Battles and daughter. Mrs.
Norman G. Griffiths. and son Norman.
EFF Thursday for iron Mountain,
Mica for several weeks visit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11

July 9-The frm ~ Lon & Briggs
has dissolved partnership. Both mem
bers are 10 continue in business sep
arately. Mr.. Don remaining at the old
location and Mr.. Briggs opening new
store in the Harper house block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11

After two years absence. Mrs. Ans
tin Gray is seen again in Newport.
much to the JOY of her many friends
in the fashionable summer colony.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11

July attorney William McEniry
gave the principal address at the
Fourth of July celebration held here.
The board of education awarded the
contract for the new No. ) school to
Messrs. Ritchey and Beck. the bid be
ing s1O,755.
July Atkinson Il Dion signed the
city's contract for the paving of Sec
ond avenue The estimated cost is
$4,000.
A. the brides home on Big island
Yesterday afternoon quiet wedding
took place. the participants being j.
Y Beatty and Miss Clarinda L. McIay
Ct this city. The ceremony was per
formed o. Rev. J. l.. Beatty of Ep
worth, Iowa.
The Rock Island Turner society has
decided to hold its picnic at Huber's
garden July 90. the proceeds 10 be
donated 10 the Johnstown food suf-.
ferers.
John Ohlweiler. Jr. and family are
camping on Big island.
July S-B. H. Kimball has completed
the task of taking the school census
OF the city. The following are the
totals: Males between and q. p
lO7: females. 1894. The report indi-
Gates an increase OF 100 families N
two years. principally in The Fifth and
Sixth wards.
The annual county teachers insti-
tute opened this afternoon. under d.
rection OF County Superintendent J. II.
Southwell Ninety-four registered FOR
the session.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-11-21
Although Defeated, Still
Wants To Be Counted In.

Alleging that the inspectors aud
clerks of seven out OF the thirteen
election precincts in the county have
made errors in tallying the votes palled
in their respective precincts--ln other
words having displayed incompetency in
cratic candidate for member Of the as
sembly. last Saturday filed application
for a recount OF the ballots cast In the
precincts of Phoebe, Caliente, Panaca,
Hike. Spring Valley. Atlanta and
Deerlodge--in all of which he received
minority vote.
The applicant alleges that he has
reason to believe that sufficient mis-
takes were made by the inspectors
and clerks in the foregoing named
precincts to change the result OF the
official count made last week when he
was found to have been defeated by l..
Fl. Beason. Republican nominee, by a
plurality of OF six votes.
The application has been made under
the provisions of Section 1913 OF tha
Revised Statutes Of 1912, which states
that a defeated candidate has the right
to call for recount when the success
~ful candidate receives a majority OF ten
votes or less.
After application has been made to the
county clerk, the section provides It
then becomes the duty of the board Of
county commissioners to meet immedI-
ately and canvass the ballots. How
ever, the date had not been fixed when
this was written. but 1t is likely that
special meeting of the board will be
callen In day or two.
Some attorneys are Of the opinion that
the section under which this action is
brought has been superseded by a
later statute.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-11-21
Is WALKER PRocEEDiNc
UNDER OBSOLETE STATUTE

Some Nevada attorneys are of the
opinion that the proceedings undertaken
by Frank Walker, late candidate for
assemblyman, for a recount of the votes
cast In certain precincts of the county
are illegal for the reason that Section
1913 of the Revised Statutes of Nevada
OF 1872, has been superseded by the
election law passed at the last session
of the Legislature.
This opinion is borne out by the Car
son News, which says editorlally
The new election laws fail to make
any provision authorizing boards Of
county commissioners to recount in
the event of the majority OF can
didate being ten or less votes in favor
of the person declared elected. The only
remedy is to sue in the district
court for recount to be made by the
district judge for county offices, the old
law having been expressly repealed.--
Carson News.
The section of the new law applica-
BILE to this case says recount can be
mad only IN the event Of a tie vote. The
only other remedy being proceedings in
the nature of contest and in which
event there must be substantial reasons
alleged.