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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
TO PREVENT CRIME.

The first step in what is described
Es a program to go outside OF the
prison walls and meet crime on its
/ own ground-in the midst OF society
/ has been taken by the management of
I state prison at Jackson, Mich. An ex-
/ tension work department has been or
ganized with the three-fold purpose OF
keeping young men out of prison, OF
aiding paroled prisoners TO meet the
terms OF their pardon and of prevent
ing discharged prisoners from coming
back
Four years ago Jackson prison was
called one OF the worst managed penal
Institutions in the country. In 1909
the legislature abolished the contract
labor system and all but one or the
pending contracts at Jackson expired
July 1. 1912. The state account sys-
tenn OF prison industry came IN.
One OF the next improvements at
Jackson was the establishment, under
the regime OF Warden Nathan F. Simp-
son. Of a grade and high school de-
partment under the direction of the
state superintendent OF public instruc-
ton The school offers a diploma TO
prisoners who complete it's course and
they are then eligible to enter the
freshman class OF any college In the
state.
Warden Simpson then discovered
that the average age OF his prisoners
is sitting downward, Ten years ago
IL was twenty-eight; today II is TWEEN |
ty-three. This seemed to indicate lar \
parental and social influences. More 1
over the management discsrnsd that /
he attitude OF society toward The ex-
prisoner is such that he almost com
Delled TO md his associates among
criminals
Part OF the announced plan Is to or
anize each community To care for its
award youth and to receive back
5 paroied and discharged men, The
rison will send it's chaplain, 4. II.
Oughsr and other agents into the
Irious communities of lecture on the
use Of crime and TO effect local or
nizations auxiliary 10 the extension
,partment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
RUBE TOWN IDEAS.

II someone does not stop the com
missioner OF fire and police pretty
soon. he will have all the moving pic
ture concerns in the country on the
ground photographing comic situations
for their comedy acts.
Recently. for what reason unless II
was to buy something that somebody
had TO sell, the police department pur-
chased a two-sest automobile. Wheth-
er this conveyance is TO be used
strictly for pleasure touring to and
from the suburbs is not yet announced.
Assuredly IL can not be OF steady ser
vice. for its presence on the street LOAD
ed with cops would cause every kId
on the curb TO yell hey rube."
+ IL would be so like the motion pic
ture jay town stunt.
A car for use OF the commissioners
you'd be all right. but for the use of
the police IL would be a joke.
Now comes the information that the
commissioner fayors a fve-seat tour
ing car for the chief OF the fire de-
partment- The municipal commission
Monday very properly authorized the
purchase CO an auto for the chief OF
the fire department, and Mr.. Newberry
Is said TO desire a regulation runabout
The sensible idea, of course.
But the commissioner wants a cum
bersome five-passenger car. for what
purpose II is not stated. unless that it
may, too. be used. when not on duty
for suburban duty.
Or is the idea to convey sight-seers |
osthe IRE?
The commissioner would do we'll TO .
make a trip to Chicago or St. Louis 4
before incumbering the city with any
more pleasure craft that future ad-
will be obliged TO dis
continue.
Passenger automobiles are about as
much use 20 the police or fire depart
ments as carriages would have been in
the old days.
II In a rube idea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
OLD TIMER CALLED.

Bailey ID. Dawson. friend OF IS for.
mer presidents and OF as many former
governors OF Illinois. is dead in Chi.
cago.
He was 81 years old. During the so
years he had been a prominent factor
IN Illinois and national politics he had
formed personal friendships with
James G. Blaine, Abraham Lincoln
and many others whose lives are inter
woven in the history OF the republican
party At the time of his death he was
writing a book OF memoirs OF presi-
dents he had known.
His white. flowing beard had been
made the subject OF poems by Eugene
Field and of campaign songs by march
ing clubs and conventions. Part of
the beard disappeared about twenty
years ago. James G. Blaine had been
a personal friend OF Mr.. Dawson for
many years. When Mr.. Blaine began
the race for the presidency Dawson
trimmed his beard to the style affect
ed. Mr.. Dawson went to the James
c. King home about eighteen months
ago.
The deadlock in the Illinois legisla-
ture and the refusal OF former State
Treasurer Mitchell and State Treas
urer Ryan 10 accept pay for their serv-
ices provided a fund which gave a
home to the "old school" politician for
the remainder of his life.
A stern abolitionist, Mr.. Dawson
was the first man to predict that Abra-
ham Lincoln would be president. Since
the time of Lincoln no republican con-
vention has been held without Mr..
Dawson being present AS a news
paper man he reported for the old |
Herald the celebrated election !
II General John a. Logan TO the Unit |
ID States senate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

I Argentine corn had been purchased
in Chicago for May delivery. 1t was
the assumption that this corn was &c
be brought from South America in
light-draft vessels which could reach
Chicago by way of the Great Lakes
and the Welland canal. Later the trade
board wired Mr.. Rainey that this corn
had been stopped at the Atlantic sea
board for delivery in New England.
Further investigation led Mr..
Rainey to boldly charge that no such
orders for corn had ever been placed
in Chicago. From the customs serv-
ice he learned that Argentine corn
came to the United States IN May
through the ports of New Orleans, Gal
weston. Mobile and New York. The
New York importation was 402,4O1
bushels.
But of this importation a corn pro-
ducts concern in New York received
10000 bushels, its regular orders
from Argentine, as Mr.. Rainey learned
by telegraphing to that firm. This
left only 2S2.4O1 bushels which might
possibly be the Chicago shipment
in New York to supply New
England.
Further investigation showed Mr..
Rainey that this amount was about the
usual quantity imported each month
for the past several years by New
York traders. The mythical Chicago
shipment disappeared altogether.
Moreover, Mr. Rainey looked up the
facts about the five ships which
brought this corn to New York. and
found that not one of them could get
the Welland canal on account
If their dimensions.
These corn transactions, apparent
v made of record on the Chicago
BOARD of trade, were absolutely fraudu- !
ent," said Rainey. There was never |
my intention to deliver Argentine |
,orn in Chicago in May. 1t was never /
delivered there. 1t was never defect |
ID. 1t was never even purchased in
he Argentine republic"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

supplied
We never could know how pleasant IL -
To sit upon cushions and ride
If none of US ever boarded around
OF course we never could feel
The gladness that comes when we get .
chance
To go home and enjoy q meal
II we never had molars that ached ana
Induced US to dance about
We never could know the sweet relief
That is given US when they are out.
II we never got wearS of toiling away
How could We be joyful when
1t Is time to go home at the close Of the
day,
To escape from our fellow men
And cock up our heels and light cigars
And secure the rest require
In order to start IN the morning again
With nerve enough to aspire7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

progress than IN any other country in
the world, yet without violence or
threats. Great reforms are brought
about not so much by the efforts OF
individuals or OF organizations as by
those in8nitesimal social forces which
we designate as public opinion.
Without the backing OF public opin-
ion. no reform is possible. English
militancy in America would be as bar
rem OF results as militancy in Great
Britain. Capacity TO exercise a right
always will be the limitation upon its
conference.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

the price of May
corn by announc-
ing large Chicago
orders for the i'm
portation OF Ar
gentine corn. has
been exposed in
the house by Rep
resentative Rainey
OF Illinois, himself
a corn grower and
cattle feeder.
The newspapers
fell" for the
trick. and an
nounced in black
headlines that Ar
gentine corn was
about to invade the
Chicago market.
Republican politi-
clans took il up,
and endeavored to
Brighten the corn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
ENGLAND's WILD WOMEN

Lloyd George. who. with the single
Exception OF Premier Asquith. prob
ably exerts more influence than any
zpther member OF the British cabinet.
Says:
4 The right 20 vote would be accord
I'D women Of the United Kingdom II II
rEere not for the proceedings OF the
9viid women"
Anftancy IN England has accom-
.plished nothing except the reaction OF
public sentiment against g. The burn
ing of school houses. destruction OF the
malls. the sIasfing of rare portraits In
art galleries. the dynamiting Of
churches and public buildings and the /
OF public meetings has 4
had the effect OF convincing men and
women IN Britain that suffrage would
mean nothing but anarchy I'm q country
"a which there are 100000 more wo-
men than men. Ia
In America. women have made more
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
The InvincibIe Hero.

The InVincibIe Hero.
The hero OF the story book some
Zines handles himself in a strenuous
manner. Consider the case OF this
one:
He threw himself at her feet.
He curses himself for his folly
He drew himself up proudly.
He cast himself loose from his moor
ings.
He denied himself to everybody.
He whipped himself into a passion.
He threw himself down in a corner.
He despised himself for his weak
ness.
He permitted himself to go to pieces.
But the hero OF the story book may
be depended upon to come out all
right in the end. Hence 1t is not sur
prising to read that With a mighty
effort he pulled himself together"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

/. The Industrial Workers OF the
World. an organization that is becom-
ing a national menace. f. at the bot
tom OF the threatened labor war in
Butte, Mont. The I. W. w. is flying
the flag OF anarchy and creating dis
turbance wherever II may II has been
encouraged by the Upton Sinclairs and
other benevolent reformers who are
willing TO espOuse any cause that
gives promise OF publicity and
sociological martyrdOm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

, lists say and cause all sorts of invet-
crate neuralgia, which defies diagnosis
and treatment until the X-ray discloses
the entombed malefactor and the sur
geon's chisel removes it.
The strength of an organ is deter
mined by its use" Our molar teeth
get too little exercise We deputize
the great mills TO grind our food for
us instead of doing the work with our
own grinders. And the mills remove
very vital portion of the staff of life.
namely, the outer mineral layer of the
wheat kernel, Offering us the denatur-
lied, refined, colorless substance.
which neither needs nor is worth the
trouble of masticating, since it fur
nishes no lime phosphate for the teeth
themselves. No wonder We are amaze
mic, dyspeptic, nervous. Could we
nope to be anything else on our molly
coddle diet?
Questions and Answers.
X. Y. u. inquiries: Is there any cura
for goitre and what is the result of IT:
also. can it be inherited? Would it he
advisable to use iodine?
Answer: % Yes. CD One kind
- s4e NeAoplnaImic) seriously az |
reefs the general health; the other
kind (cystic or simple) is merely un.
slightly and locally troublesome (3)
The tendency to disease OF the thyroid |
seems TO run IN some families. (4) /
Don't use iodine without the advice
of your doctor.
{. r. X. writes: Which is the mora
nutritious and healthful. white bread
Or brown bread?
Answer: White bread contains
Nightly larger proportion of available
mercy and Is more digestible for soma
'ersons. Brown bread-or better
whole wheat breads more healthfuI
or the average person. In nv opinion
@et your own individual medical ad.
User be the judge In your own case.
pertaining TO health. II your cues
Vered through these columns; IL not
ID, addressed envelope is enclosed.
dual cases or make diagnoses. Ad-
are of The Argus. Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
OUR LOVELY ca
SORROWS

II we never had
Q n o 9 o that
pinched our feet
We W o u ! d n {
know how to-
prize
The ones that ap-
pear to make
life so sweet
Because they're.
the proper size-.
II we never got
h u n gry We
wouldn't know
How joyful It n
to eat:
II We never were
beaten we never
could learn
How splendid It
is to beat.
II we never wera
forced TO travel
upon
The legs with
W h I C h we're
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
A Reasonable Expectation.

A Reasonable Expectation.
Has your son found anything to do
since he came out of college?"
Not yet"
There ought to be plenty of work
for a young man of his ability"
Probably there ts- You see. he has
been looking for place where he
could start in at the top, but I expect
him to give it up and take something
else eventually"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
POOR THING.

Maud Ju 8 I
think, l read the
other day about a
lady who had just
died. who was the
daughter of a
duke, the sister of
a duke, the moth
or of a duke and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
The Next Best ThIno

I thought she was determined new.
er to marry any man whose ancestors
had not come over in the Mayfiower."
Yes, but she changed her mind
when she met this fellow whose ances-
tors went TO California in a prairie
schooner"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

Secretary OF Labor Wilson predicts
that the jobs will soon Outnumber the
men. This will be a terrible blow to
the republican party, and its leaders
$fiiI do anything they can TO prevent
IRE prophecy OF Secretary Wilson from
coming to pass
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
The End of Her Dream,

He said good-by. then turned to go,
And left her standing there unkissed;
Shed been his wife a year or so;
He said good-by. then turned to CO.
She slammed the door and sat in woe.
II was the first time he had missed;
He said good-by, then turned to 60,
And left her standing there unkissed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
Pitiful.

You look like man OF more than
average ability" said the prison re-
from advocate. Tell me. why are you
shut up here?"
Because" the unfortunate gentle
man in stripes replied. 81 had a fool
OF a lawyer who had conscientious
scruples against falling back on mere
technicalities."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
HEALTH.TALKSN
William Brady.M.D.
The Last of the MoIars.

Our teeth are crumbling away even
| faster than we may imagine. DIR. Eu.
gene S. Talbot, a noted stomatologist-
which in plain English means a com
bination medical man and dental ex-
pert-has tabulated the reports of
| thousands OF examinations of the
mouth and discovered that AZ per cent
OF adults over % years OF age are shy
from one to all four third molars. or
wisdom teeth" In other words. the
human jaw is undergoing a rapid pro-
cess OF evolution.
If one compares the facial angle
the angle made by the line OF the face
with that OF the jaw-in profiles of the
different races, the gradual recession
OF the lower jaw in the profiles be
comes apparent as the scale OF racial
standard is followed upward from the
lowest human type, the Malay. TO the
preeminent white man. The Apollo
Belvidere profile. deemed the perfect
face. shows a right angle. Some faces
recede still more. so that the weak
chin is completely over-shadowed by
the bulging frontal eminence-and
these are the very people who have
struggle cutting their wisdom teeth.
Mongolians live almost exclusively
on vegetarian diet, principally rice.
This requires thorough mastication,
hence the Monaghan jaw remains |
prominent. Negroes IN Africa live on
a natural diet: IN America they par
take Of the artincIalities and refine |
ments In our national diet. and the ne
gro type OF facial angle varies little
from the average white mans profile.
Evolution OF the Jaw. therefore. ex-
plains why we experience such diff
guilty In cutting wisdom teeth. There
s scarcely room IN the jaw for the
bird moiRrs 10 erupt: indeed, many OF
hese useless teeth remain buried in
he Jaw bone-impacted. as the dent.
DIR. Brady will answer all questions
Ion is OF general interest II will be ans
I will be answered personally il stamp
DR. RradV will nnf nraanrfha To- A, afy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
Where the Blame IInu.

"One-half of the world doesn't know
how the other half lives. you know"
Well" she answered, its the tg.
norant halfs own fault. Everybody has
a chance to go around and find out
when the for rent signs are put up."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

2 William Randolph Hearst says he is
not to be a candidate for United States
Senator in New York this year. We
could hardly expect William 10 give
bis time TO a mere political Office
While he has the Mexican problem on
bis hands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
Tn. TroubI, wItb H,r,

His constant boast is that, "beanks,
He always says just what he thinks..
And yet he might not bore
IL what he thinks he'd say. and them
Have mercy on his fellow men
And not say any moro.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
His View OF II

But" the new tenant objected. you
wrote that there was a great view
from the room / wa. TO have"
We'll" replied tho landlord, don't
you see that picture OF Niagara Fall,
on the billboard across the streetf"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

the grandmother Of a marquis.
Ethel-My goodness, what a poor,
dull place heaven must seem to her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

Some OF these days. when they
really need them so badly. the rail-
roads OF the country will wish that
they had ben having a lot OF up-to-
date steel freight cars made right
nOU
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

SIR Thomas Upton expresses conf
dence in the Shamrock ". II Amer
ica's yachting cup is to go across the
sea We do not know or anyone We
would rather have 10 fall 20 than Sir
Tom. For there is no better sport
than he.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

TERMS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. in Rock Island. 50 pc year oy mail
IN advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made to the circulation department
which should also be notified In every
Instance where 80 Is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have NO
authority IN the premises.
All communications. OF arEumentasive
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
tion- No such articles viii be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones In all departments. Gen.
trail Union. Rock Island 145. I14s and
ei45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
Wednesday, June H. 1914.

One might infer from the accounts
Of the woodmen head camp proceed
ings that the steam roller may be how
ering IN the vicinity OF Toledo. Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

Edwin Chick Burleigh. new United
States senator from Maine. owns 100.
600 acres OF land in his home state
Republican. Editor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

Judge c. J. Daugherty. ~ years old.
feet inches high and Weighing ~
pounds. Is a candidate for mayor In
Fort Worth, Tex.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE n. TAvENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth District

Especial Correspondence OF The Argus.)
Washington. d. c., June ia trick
OF corn dealers in the Chicago grain
exchange in attempting to depress
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
June IL in American
History.

lI1o-Battle between British regular
soldiers and patriot militia at Bun
ker Hill, near Boston.
1S6O-The mammoth steamer Great
Eastern sailed from England on
her first trip to New York.
1SS9-John Gibbs Gilbert, noted actor
died: born 1910.
Pig iron production in Russia in 1919
was the lowest on record, being Abs
900 metric tons, or $50, 900 tons greater
than in 1911. The steel ingot output
for 1912 exceeded that for 1911 py
100000 tons, being 4,41S,O0O tonA-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1870 Second ave-
nue Rock Island. Ill CEntersi At the
postofnce a. second class Tnatter.)
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press
6Y TIE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

DR. Brady will
II
will
dress all letters William
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

BY THE }. w. POTTER co.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-04-08
Hollis and Harvard

New Hampshires junior United
States senator. addressing the Harv-
ard students at Cambridge, Monday
night. did not mince his words in his
criticism OF his alma mater. He ex-
pressed himself as quite sure that
Harvard is not representative Of the
United States. nor OF New England;
that she is too conservative; too
hidebound: that she lags behind the
times; that she does not lead, but fol-
lows. In fact Senator Hollis was
probably nearer the truth in his criti-
cism of Harvard than his attempted
introspection into his own mind. He
makes careless use of the word
"snob" when he applies it to himself
for supporting Bryan in 1896. 1t was
not snobbery. but the slip of men,
tai cog. that influenced Mr.. Hollis
and many other Democrats in their
espousal of Bryan and his free-silver
propaganda A mistaken sense OF
party fealty, based on the fact that
Bryan had secured the regular nom
nation. may have been the impeling
motive but their persistent adher-
ence to that mistake even after ii
had become generally apparent, was
nothing short of blind folly.
Senator Hollis is older now than he
was in 1896. He is more mature
and more shrewd. He must not be
taken too seriously when he says, as
he did at Cambridge Monday night,
that he has been an ardent admirer
and disciple" of Bryan ever since
first he heard the noted Nebraskan
speak. Henry is palpably posing
when he talks like that. No one
knows better than he that William
j. Bryan. is a shining example of I'M
fitness for public Office or political
leadership. The ,Sixteen-to-Oue doc
trine of 1896 might in time have been
excused on the ground that its apos-
tie had been erratic-that he had been
for the nonce, the victim of men,
tai alteration which had eventually
become. as he himself pronounced it
dead issue" but time and oppor-
tunity, instead of writing Mr.. Bryan
down as merely erratic, have added
merciless demonstration of his ire
sponsibility and Incompetence His
conductor more accurately. his
lack of conduct-of the State depart
ment hopelessly augments the mul-
titude of sins even which charity can
cover. Had he remained faithfully
at his post and failed in an earnest
endeavor, he would at least have de-
served credit for trying; but he has
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-04-08
EAST RUPERT

Mr.. Engrem of Rutland was in
town for day last week.
John Dennison and wife Of Rupert
spent the Sabbath with relatives here
Frank Danforth Of Brattleboro is
helping his brother. Charles, during
the sugaring season.
Mrs. Rosa Tobin has returned to
South Dorset. after spending the win
ter at Charles Towsleys.
The farmers are not making as
much sugar as usual, the weather be-
ing so cold and unfavorable.
Mrs. Potter. who has been working
for Mrs. Charles Towsley, for three
weeks, has returned to her uncle's. in
Pawlet.
The prayer meeting last Thursday.
which was held at the school house,
was well attended. also the service
held Sunday afternoon
Miss Emily Danforth who has been
very i'll for several weeks, is slowly
improving. Miss Hawkins, trained
nurse, of Dorset, has been caring for
her some of the time.