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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

side organizations The church should
] give the bible with the loaf of bread"
The reason the church is losing is
because it has not met changed con-
ditionS The business world has
changed, as has social life but the
church has been loath TO break away
; from past customs. Chicago preachers
are talking each Sunday to a handful
I OF people while the picture shows are
crowded to the streets.
New Type Needed.
a new type of minister is needed
for the future. There was a time when
a pastor had study hours, when he
was not to be disturbed. a preacher
is in business. the business of saving
souls as much 50 as the merchant is
in business. Think of a merchant hav-
ing study hours when it would be i'm
possible for customers TO see him. The
stupidity of ministers and the stubbor-
ness of the older laymen and some Of
the fOsilized younger ones, have made
II hard to advance with the times.
Stupidity and piety are not the same"
The speaker then discussed the way
in which he became convinced that
the church was making an awful
blunder in not ministering TO the peo-
pie at all times and being open every
day in the week. He told of starting
this work in Chicago, where the doors
Of Emmanuel are open continuously
and how he feeds 1000 men free every
morning. each receiving d half loaf of
bread covered with butterine and two
cups of hot coffee.
The organization of a Comfort club
in which working girls get a good din
ner for , cents az the church at noon
each day. was mentioned as was the
giving of hundreds Of baskets of food
each afternoon TO the poor. Unique
experiences in which down and out
ers" have become contributors to
this remarkable work were mentioned.
The fact that Dr. Myers does not re-
cord facts about the unfortunates or
20 through the red tape usual with
charitable organizations was empha- I
sized. Il
Locals Donate Breakfast
At the close Of the lecture. coilec- |
ton amounting to $40 was taken 4
which VIII be used in providing break
fast for tomorrow mornings guests" /
a. Emmanuel DR.. Myers stated he
would announce to the men from .
whom the meal came
\ flash light picture of the group /
WIS taken and then the men adjourn
ed 20 the dining room where refresh
meuts were served and a lunch en-
joyed-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
LAD Is INJURED AT THE
Y. M. C.. A. GYMNASIUM

Ray Rietz, son of Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Rietz, who reside at Twenty
fifth street and Thirteenth avenue
was painfully injured at the Y. M. G.
A. gymnasium. Ray slipped and fell
while exercising at 5 o'clock last
evening, sustaining a compound frac-
ture of his right hand. DR.. Joseph De
Silva attended him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
ILLINOIS,.

ILLINOIS.
Wednesday, York Grand OPP
era company with augmented orches
ira, in Faust"
Thursday-Quality pictures, Beg
gar Child" AN Incompetent Hero,
Hop Smugglers."
Friday-Pictures. THE Vigil" Love
Finds a Way" The Strength of Ten
Saturday-"Zudora," second cpl
sode.
Sunday - Frederick Santley in
when Dire ans Come True"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
lh32SIEh}eatre

/ superior scenic investitute and com
pleteness in every artistic detail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

were married in 1910. The plaintiff
asks for alimony. Searle & Marshall
are her attorneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
MAJESTIC.

Wednesday-Cecil Spooner in Nell
OF the Circus
Thursday-'Tn Quest of the Sa-
cred" and Forcing the Force"
Friday-Clara Kimball Young in
Lola"
Saturday-Bosworth presents Jack
bondons Martin Eden,'' with Law
renee Peyton and Viola Barry.
Dec. 13-Andrew Mack in THE Rag
ged Earl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
EMPIRE.

Vaudeville-Two shows daily, 2:45
and Sis. Three shows Saturday and
Sunday Chan - of bill twice weekly,
Sunday and Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
Ore SHIPMENTS Fall Off

Duluth, Mimi, Dec. Ore ship
ments of the season of 1914 were
81, 100000 tons, the smallest since
1908.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

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Evening journal., 1914-09-10
Russia Driving Home HerAffack in fhe East
CFrom the New York TribuneJ

been extremely vague and meagre,
and the Germans have given out ex-
aggerated reports Of their successes
ana ignored their reverses. The Ber-
lin War Office has never yet admitted
oefeat by the Russians at Gumhin-
nen, and it has not yet conceded that
Lcmberg is in the hands OF the
enemy. But the Russians made no
conceelment of their serious setback
at Allenstein, where they evidently
lost about 10000 prisoners-not TO-
600 or 10000, as was reported by the
Berlin wireless service.
The latest summary from Petrograd
of the situation in the East bears all
the earmarks of veracity. In East
Prussia the army of occupation has
plainly been pushed back. In the
northern half of that province the
Russian forces hold Tiisit and are
close up to Koenigsberg. which Il
practically Isolated The advance
/ line runs from near Koenigsberl
southeast for fifty miles toward Ras
teiburg. in the Lake District. In thii
! direction the Russians arc now abou
| forty miles northeast OF Allenstein.
The army which was defeated wit
heavy loss about two weeks ago cam
north from the Polish border towar
Allenstein and Oster0de. II is nov
Evening journal., 1914-09-10
The Mexican Situation
(From the New York sunl.

Mr.. Wilson's remark about the title
claimed by Governor Carranza is par
ticularly significant, as his most
powerful rival. General villa, de-
clares a Provisional President cannot
be a candidate for President at ma
tional election, which is a fundamen-
tai principle. II is no secret that
Governor Carranza wants to be Pre-
sident as much as General villa
wants another to hold that office. All
the Washington Administration seems
to desire is an executive in Mexico
whom it can recognize. If Villa can
be placated Governor Carranza will
suit Mr.. Wilson.
Whatever the personal peculiariues
Of the First Chief may be, he has
managed to keep at the head of the
revolutionary movement and seems
to be the logical candidate for Presi-
dent Whether he would last long If
elected is another matter. There are
apprehensiOns that he is more of a
fgurehead than anything else and
would be regarded by malcontents as
an easy ruler TO overthrow. But a
beginning must be made in "cOnsti-
tutional government" in Mexico
Therefore the proposal to hold a gen.
eral election In November according
10 precedent will probably be adop-
ted. Il must be clear that the Ad-
ministration at Washington canno
J afford to relax fits vigilance in dealing
| with Mexican affairs.
Evening journal., 1914-09-10

Mr. Wilson is right when he says
there is no provisional President in
Mexico at the present time. The
Government is military and the head
of it is General Carranza, who has
never ceased to call himself First
Chief of the Constitutionalist Army.
He has surrounded himself with a
cabinet" but there is no constitu-
tional sanction for such a body. All
Mexico is under martial law and by
no means free from disorders. There
are still Federals under arms, and
plotting against the authority of Gen
eral Carranza has been reported.
The pressing need of the country
is an interregnum Government of a
civil character, and as there is no
Congress to establish one the military
leaders must contrive It. They have
been summoned to the capital for the
purpose. The question of calling a
general election will come up. Under
tire constitution only Congress can
discharge this responsibility. Appar-
emily It will fall to the military
chiefs. The conditions are anoma.
lous. There must be a general cleo
ton if Mexico is to have peace. Doubt
less the Constitutionalist lawyers
will be able to legitimatize any pro
ceeding that receives the approval o
the Generals in conference. Law
sometimes has TO be made for grea
emergencies
Evening journal., 1914-09-10
snnrH AMERICAN TRADE.

~uDHUs far Wilmington has done nothing OF pract-
i cal to obtain its share of the vast volume
OF South American trade that has been lost by the
beIiigerant European Powers and that may be had
by the United States for the intelligent asking Other
American municipalities are preparing to go after IT,
Wilmington should be in the of that great trade
invasion.
American bankers already are taking steps to es-
tabsh direct financial relations with the South Amer
lean republics thus eliminating London and the other
European financial centres from transactions between
the two Americas. American manufacturers and mer-
chants including those in city who have
things to sell that needed in South America and
who need things produced there, should lose time
taking advantage of the present tradegetting oppor
tunity. It is that may not occur again within
fifty years because titanic struggles such as the one
now raging in Europe few and far between If
the United States is to wres from Great Britain and
Germany the trade supremacy they heretofore have
enjoyed in the lower half Of hemisphere this is the
time of all times to accomplish it,
How hard British foreign trade is being hit by the
war is shown by cable advices which arrived from
London yesterday. The British Board Of Trade re-
for August show that.mports compared with the
corresponding month last year show decrease Of up
s65O0OOOO while exports fallen on near
~ s1O0OoOOoo The imports of sugar have dropped
than $75oO0O0, Of which the loss Of $4,000 OOl
falls on Germany alone. Manufactured articles show
decrease Of s25O0OOO in imports.
In exports. coal IS down S1OOO0O0O and manuiac
tured articles S750o0O0O OF the latter S12OOOO00 wa
lost ships and munitions and ss0,0O0O0O o.
cotton and woolen fabrics. Il is pointed out by IN
Board Of Trade that the decrease in exports is du
largely to the fact that certain classes Of exports
prohibited during time.
II that be the situation in Great Britain which cor
trolls the sea in the present think what the los
must be to Germany. whose and merchant fee
have been practically driven from the high +,
he duration OF the war There should be no America
Evening journal., 1914-09-10
PRAISE FOR CANDIDATE MILLER

PRAISE FOR CANDIDATE MILLER.
From the Dover State sentinel
In the nomination of Hon. Thomas
w. Miller for Congress, the expected
happened. 1t was evident to competent
observers that Mr.. Miller would be
nominated. He has made an excellent
Secretary of State, and doubtless will
be equally successful in the position to
which the Republicans have called him,
and intend TO elect him. He is not a
novice in Congressional matters. As
secretary of the Hen. William IL. Heald
he had ample opportunity TO become
well acquainted with the ways and
usages of Congressional procedure. 1t
goes. without the saying, that he avail
ed himself of that opportunity.
1t is certain that Mr.. Miller Is sound
to the core in his Republican politics
That is the important matter at this
iuncture in national politics. By reason
Of her small territory and sparse popu.
lation. Delaware's one Congressman
counts for no great, compelling inhu.
ence in national legislation; for that
reason the man who represents this
State in Congress should always be one
who votes right on the great issues like
those which so seriously affect the
home life of all citizens, and so greatly
disturb the business of the country.
In all these desirable qualities Mr.
Miller is exceptionally well qualified.
Evening journal., 1914-09-10

While the Germans have been
manoeuvring in Northeastern France
to find an opening for crushing as
sault on the position of the allies. the
Russians have rapidly driven home
their attack in the East Up to date
Russia has accomplished much more
than Germany has. since the Russian
armies occupy a much larger area Of
hostile territory than the Germans do
and have practically disabled one Of
Austria-Hungary's armies. The Ger
mans in the West have driven the
Belgian army into Antwerp, where it
Is relatively safe from attack. But
no large French force has been Grip
pled. on the other hand, the Rus
slams. after routing the Austro-Hun-
sarians in Eastern Galicia, are now
sweeping westward toward Cracow
and are simultaneously attacking the
two other Austro-Hungarian armies
which have invaded Poland east Of
the Vistula.
The official war news sent out from
Potrograd has been EXCEPTIONAL,
candid and trustworthy. Thanks t'
IL the public knows far more abou
the operations in the eastern wa
theatre than it has been permitted e
learn Of the operations in the West
French and English bulletins hav
Evening journal., 1914-09-10
An Imperial Gamble
mon the Van street JOurnalD

Il must strike those familiar with
the national game Of draw poker that
the German Emperor is betting all he
can get together on a single hand.
He thinks that the capture Of Paris
would have the same moral effect
upon the world that it did in 1871.
For this reason his best troops are
concentrated on that single objective.
These troops, moreover. amounting
to many hundred thousand men, have
been directed, with a rabid hatrednOt
shown elsewhere, against the little
British army on the left flank of the
allies. which numbered 10000 men
at the start. 1t probably does not
number more than $4,000 now. But
IL is still an army. If it was bad
tactics for the French to invade AL
SAGE at the opening of the war, what
is this terrific sacrifice Of German
lives. to satisfy an obsession of ram
cor which blinds the Kaiser to the
Russians. beating on the gates OF
Berlin?
A glance at the map Of France will
show that the part which contains
Paris is but a small portion. France
is not conquered. But every minute
and every soldier wasted in the at.
tempt to invest Paris spells ruin tC
Germany. II Paris were captured
the world would not be impressed
The British fleet still keeps the seas
The brilliant cOunter-strOke OF the
Evening journal., 1914-09-10

German navy fizzled out at the first
attempt. The far-famed Zeppelins
look suspiciously like a bluff. They
are to drop bombs down the tunnels
of the British battleships Unless
there is some way of hynotizing a
British battleship, not yet disclosed,
this sounds like putting salt on a
birds tail.
And what is the use Of all this? To
secure his dynasty. this hippodrome
Frederick, this padded Napoleon, can
gamble with the lives OF millions OF
men as counters, better than HIM
self. braver, and incomparably more
useful. The reflection upon modern
civilization, the exhibit of this war
of culture against barbarism,' is
perhaps the most astounding thing
the world has ever seen. The Kaiser
is like a dog with a stick of dynamite
tied to its tail. You can neither STOP
T. nor let it run, but at least the eX-
plosion will dispose of the dog.
From the Reichsbank down. every
( bank and every business in Germany
/ is necessarily insolvent Her mer-
/ chant marine is no mere, and hel
/ foreign commerce will take years tC
/ build up again Whether she takes
/ Paris or not, Germany was beaten il
/ the first week. She is beaten now
and her true friends will tell her so.
To revert to the first smile, tn
Kaiser is ,bluhing on a pair of kings
against the worlds full hand.
Evening journal., 1914-09-10
TICKET MAKING.

From the Newark Ledger.
Ticket making of the two political
parties is an interesting matter. Slate
makers, or those who are more or
less interested in politics. call meet
ings. and the field is looked over for
the good men," They are selected and
placed on the ticket subject to the
voters at the primaries. The process
goes along smoothly, unless there is
opposition or two candidates for the
same Office. AS usual "the best man"
is chosen.
The convention at Dover is TO name
the big candidates to be placed on
the ticket Now comes the lection
eering time. The two political par
ties are ready for active work. Each
party undertakes to make the voter
believe that their candidates are the
good people wanted, and If placed
on the ticket will make a winner.
In each party there is supposed tC
be workers. Some of these workers
are expected to do all sorts OF work
| There is an element that must b'
fixed" or given instructions as tC
how to vote.
We are not going too deep into th'
working machinery of the party
There are many things that canno
be told, and would make sad readinl
if they were.
The principal factor Of every elec
Evening journal., 1914-09-10

The investors in railroad securities,
OF which the larger part are indi-
viduals of small means, including a
great many women, and fiduciary in
stitutions, like insurance companies
and savings banks, have entrusted
their money to railroad directors and
managers, and in the face of failure
10 obtain increased rates and the
continued falling of gross and net
earnings, have been advised by the
railroad managers "tO consider and
some of the managers have been
sufficiently courageous to advise in
vestors ito act' in their own interest.
The railroads have conducted a de-
cent but unsuccessful campaign for
Increased freight rates, and appar-
emily no further action is contem-
plated, at this time, but investors de-
mand from railroad managers, not
only consideration, but action on
their behalf.
If the railroad companies expect
the politicians to act in a courageous,
impartial and statesmanlike manner
in dealing with such questions, they
are looking to the wrong source for
encouragement or help. The Presi-
dent of the country and a few more
legislators may gain that requisite
courage after long experience, but
something more is required fom rail-
road managers. They must press
forward the fact that they were un-
fairly dealt with in the recent rate
decision; that the Government itself
could not conduct the railroad bust
ness on a return of 4.22 per cent on
the capital put into the railroads
that It is an unreasonable and con-
fscatory return; and. what is still
worse, that return since the decision
was rendered has been constantly de.
creasing. The time has come for the
railroad managers to petition the
President and Congress.
Railroad employees who are depen
dent for their present and future
wages must not rely on politicians
for help. They must appreciate tha
with earnings continuously decreas
ing. with so many of them out Of EN-
ployment and so many OF them work
Evening journal., 1914-09-10
Railroad Investors Want
Managers TO Protect Funds
From the Philadelphia News Bureau.

ing on half pay, and things becoming
worse. they must unite With the rail-
road management, or they VIII be
sacrificed with the investor. Ihey
must also realize that while every
other business is permitted to adjust
its prices to current conditions, the
railroads are bearing increased taxes
and burdens of all kinds without any
hope of relief. Therefore, a reduc-
tion of wages certainly confronts
railroad employees within the next SIX
months, if conditions do not improve
soon and materially.
The investor requires cooperative
action by the railroad homogeneous
and their employees. A Joint lnsis-
tance must be made upon the Presi-
dent and Congress that he shall have
treatment and that the interests OF
the railroads must be protected. Half
measures with regard to railroad
rates under existing conditions, and
improper payment for the carriage
of mails and parcel post are within
the power of the Government to re-
medy. and prompt and full action
must be demanded. ANY thing less
cannot but be unsatisfactory.
If full redress cannot be had the
time has come for the railroad mana
gers, the employees and the investors
and those dependent on them, to act
comparatively for their best interests
and refuse to be any longer the VIC
TIM Of the so-called reformer, the
scbeming, ignorant politician, the
yellow press and the undertaking
magazine. Il Is time for those in
terested to speak and act in order tC
effect Justice to the railroads The
Grant of reasonable proft-makinl
freight rates would increase the AZ.
per cent. return on the money in
vested in railway securities, and en-
sure substantial results to labol
which are now seriously menaced. 1
the contest should develop the fac
that the people with money in rail
roads, the employees who get theil
living from railroads and the genera
public, are opposed to sever govern
ment restriction, regulation and con
troll, so much the better for all con
cerned.
Evening journal., 1914-09-10

is fifty miles from Lemberg to Pre-
mysl, and ii that fortress falls or is
masked the way will be open to Cra-
COW. Once the San River is crossed.
the line which the AustrO- -Hungarians
defeated at Lemberg are now holding.
the rear Of the Austrians fighting in
the Lublin district will be reached and
only a swift retirement will save
Francis Josephs generals.
If the Russians reach Cracow by
September 20 the first stage of the
march to Berlin will have been fin
ished much earlier than any conser-
vative military critic could have an
ticipated. The Russians will have
cleared their southern flank for a dis
tance Of nearly three hundred miles
The northern flank has been cleared
up to a line running straight south
from koenigsberg to Cracow and there
will be no longer any obstacle to a
forward movement through the mid
die Of Poland across the Prussian
border. An invasion through the
Province of Posen between the cities
of Posen and Bromberg would take
in the rear the line of Prussian for
tresses on the Vistula River and
would compel Germany to abandon
East Prussia, West Prussia and Posen
| and to rally all her forces for the
defence OF the line of the Odor.
The Russian armies have shown
unexpected dash in marching and
fighting If their Galician campaign
/ is crowned with success in the next
fortnight, October may see them well
beyond the Vistula on the way to
Berlin.
Evening journal., 1914-09-10
EDITORIAL OPINION

WHY IT LOOKS LIKE A LONG WAR.
From the Kansas City Star.
It does not seem possible that all
these vast armies OF Europe are sim
ply going to emulate the antique king
of France who marched up the hill
and then marched down again. They
are not likely to fight and then quit,
leaving national boundaries, national
cultures and national wclfares IN the
relative positions they occupied before
the fighting began.
If one stops to consider what might
be the result of a final victory of one
side or the other, it looks like. a life
and death struggle. If Germany wins,
win it still be true that the sun never
sets on English possessions2 Will
l France still count as European
"Powerg' If Germany is defeated, will
! German unifcation remain unbroken
| Will Prussia retain the headship of the
! German peoples? Will the work begun
by. Frederick the Great and carried far
| by William ! and Bismarck endure
VIII not Russia and a great Balkan
Slav State in the southeast make the
map of Europe and the history oi
Europe uncertain for generationsf
Whichever side. has your sympathlcs
and engages your sense. Of justice. You
know that there is the sternest kind oil
work ahead. 1t does not seem possible
that the work can be very quickly
done If the prospect is mot almost
lmiraculouslv changed il is hardly pos
sible that one of the great nations m
volved can quit without surrenderne
its greatness. viii any such quit un'
less it has tof
Evening journal., 1914-09-10

summer. And then paw took me ont
TO the woodshed and licked me awful
hard. If the editor makes a mistake
folks say he ought to be hung, but II
doctor makes any mistakes he bur
les them and the people dassent say
nothing. because the doctor can read
and write Latin.
"When the editor makes a mistake
there is a lawsuit and swearing and a
big fuss; but if a doctor makes one,
there is a funeral, cut flowers and per
feet silence. A doctor can use a word
yard long without him or anybody
knowing what it means, but if the
editor uses one he has TO spell il. If
the doctor goes to see another mans
wife. he charges for the visit, but ii
the editor goes he gets charge Of
! buclshot.
when the doctor get drunk it is a
case of being overdone by the heat,
and if he dies, il is from heart trouble;
when the editor gets drunk it's a case
OF too much booze, and if he dies, it's
the i'm jams. Any old college can
make a doctor--a editor has TO be
born