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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
MUNICIPAL MATTERS
REGULAR MEETING AUG. II. 1914.

City Council Chamber, Rock Island,
ILL.,. Aug. II. 1914.-The city council
met in regular session at o'clock p.
IN. Mayor Schrfver and Commission
ers Rudgren, Hart and Bear present.
Reynolds absent.
Commissioner Rudgren offered a
resolution that the saloon license is
sued to Lewis e. Deutsch at 313 TWEEN
tieth street be transferred to F. Emil
Jennisch. Carried by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Rudgren submitted
the following weekly pay roll for week
ending Aug. Is, 1914, which, on his
motion, was allowed by unanimous
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
Business Summary.

Standard Oil company contemplat-
ing manufacture of dye stuffs-
All private wireless stations in Pan
anna have been discontinued to insure
neutrality OF canal.
Forty ships chartered at Philadel-
phia to carry coal to Europe and South
America in next three weeks.
Administration at Washington con-
sidering placing ban on Philippine eX-
perts except TO United States, owing
to conflict between Japan and Ger
many.
Government dissolution suit against
American Can company begins today
at Chicago.
War risk insurance bill passes house
$50 to 5s creates bureau TO insure
vessels and cargo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
(ady).
For Sheriff..

1 hereby announce myself as a can.
dictate for the republican nomination
for sheriff of Rock Island county. l
am a Union man. having held a card in
he Painters union for more than %
years. l am not allied with any party,
faction or clique and if nominated and
elected will promise a fair and honest
FRED A SMITH,
1914 Fifth avenue,
(Adv.) Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

Chicago and New York markets FUR
nished By e. W. Wagner & Co. mem
bers Chicago Board OF Trade: grain.
provisions. stocks and cotton; private
wires 20 al hnsncia! centers. Core
spondents on the New York stock and
Cotton Exchanges Tr+City once IN
suite 500. Best building. Phone Rick
Island $50.
P.J. MCCORMICK. Manager.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
(Adv.)
For State Representative.

I hereby announce myself a candi
date for denomination for the Offics
of representative from tie ThiTty-third
senatorial district of Illinois. subject
10 the decision of the democratic vot-
ers at the primary election Sept. 8,
1914. / submit my past record IN the
ger eral assembly of the state for the
approval T. the voters and solicit their
support. EVERETT L. WERTS.
OQuawka, Illinois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
State Representative.

I Hereby wish to announce my can
didacy for the democratic nomination
for state representative in the thirty
third senatorial district at the COM
ing primaries and ask the support of
the members OF the party who think
me worthy.
w. c. MAUCKER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
For Sheriff.

If the tax payers OF this county will
elect me to such a responsible office
as that of sheriff, will at all hazards
endeavor to uphold the laws and dig
nifty of this county. and fill the position
with honor to myself and my man. Cid
acquaintance.
(Adv.) JONAS BEAR
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
For County Superintendent.

/ hereby announce myself as a can.
didate for county superintendent OF
schools, subject to the decision Of the
republican primaries.
(Ady.) MISS LOU NJ. HARRIS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
JONAS BEAR
For Sherin.

! herewith announce my candidacy
for the republican nomination for sber-
if, subject 10 the vii! OF the party at
he primary election, Sept. 8.
w. II. WHITESIDE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
For Sheriff.

hereby announce myself a candt
date COR tho democratic nomina ion for
sherif CT Rock Island county, subject
to the democratic primary Sept. 9.
c. S. PETIT,
(Ady). Cordova, Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
For Sheriff.

I hereby wish to announce my can
didacy for the democratic nomination
for sheriff OF Rock leland county at
the coming primaries and ask the
support of the members OF the party
who think me worthy.
CORNELIUS DONOVAN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

hereby announce my self as a can.
didate for the republican nomination
for sheriff of Rock Island county. sub
ject to the primaries to be held Sept
9Th.
(Advl. GEORGE H. RICHMOND.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
For Representative.

/ hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the republican nomination
for representative in the lower house
az the general assembly of Illinois,
subject To the primary Sept. o.
J.. X. CLEAVELAND.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
For County Superintendent.

I hereby announce myself a candi-
date Tor nomination on the republican
tlrket for county superintendent OF
schools, subject to primaries Sept 8.
FRANK S. MCCALL,
Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
For Sheriff.

hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the democratic nomination for
sheriff OF Rock Island county. subject
to the democratic primary Sept. 9.
(Ady.) DIR. r. G. J. MEYER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
Chicago Cash Grain.

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whear-No. 2 red, 1-144&; No 7,
11I9112%: No. 2 INV, 112G llS%; No
8 NV. I1IG112@4; No. S. 1l41z' No.
= mixed 112.
Corn-No. 2 Y, sO1z a 81; No. y.
sO1z asOA4 No. y. sOd so1z; No y,
1914 a so: No. 6 y, 7s67sIz: No. W,
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No. ". s1Gs1Iz; No. m, SOG 81;
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so: No. N, 1874; No. s m, %.
Oats-No. ? u. 5Od 500: No. 3 ".
4sa4ss4; 40. / W. 49a 1914; standard,
3sz q So.
Liverpool Cables
Wheat opened Id up; closed IL to
2 up.
Corn closed l up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
For County Treasurer.

Pleasant F. Cox wishes to announce
hat he is a candidate for the office of
county treasurer. subject TO the decis-
on of the primaries to be held Sept. o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
The Snecze.

People say God bless me" after
sneezing. from the fact that in the days
of the plague this terrible malady be-
gan with violent sneezing and other in
dications of cold. The exclamation was
thus originally a prayer to be delivered
from the plague.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
Chicago Live Stock
OPENING Market.

Hogs $1,000. sc higher Left over
$500. Mixed S-55T $40. Good s-55G
s.35. Rough s.351s SIS. Light S.75I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
Washington
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN.
River Forecast.

For As hour: Only slight changes
in the Mississippi will occur from be-
low Dubuque To Muscatine.
]. VI. SHERIER, Local i'orecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
For County Treasurer

For County Treasurer.
herewith announce myself as
candidate for county treasurer, subject
to the democratic primary Sept. 8.
(Adv) II. c. HINRICHS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
Shaded shows precipitation of OF inch or more

weather In this vicinity tonight and
Tuesday. probably with showers, and |
by cooler Tuesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
Her Initiative.

"Mr. Wilgus tried to kiss me last
evening"
How dared he?"
HE didn't; I dared him. Pitts
burgh Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

Commissioner Rudgren offered the
following list OF claims for salaries,
which, on his motion, was allowed by
nm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
POLITICAL ADVERTISING.

All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
Southwest Receipts.
Local Markets

Aug. 31.-Following are the whole
sale quotations on the local market
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17

A male Cretan ibex has killed itself
in a very remarkable way at the Lon
don geological gardens. When spar
ring with a markhoor in the next en-
closure he entangled the tips of his
horns in the bars and wire netting Of
the fence. Whether or not he thought
his opponent was the cause Of the re-
straint put upon his actions, and that
a desperate effort was necessary to
free himself, cannot be known; but
with one powerful wrench he pulled
the top of his skull out, tearing the
skin off the scalp, and exposing the
lacerated brain. He dropped to all in
tents and purposes dead on the spot,
just as if a rife shot had cracked
through his skull. The probability is
that he sprang off the ground, and,
missing his footing as he came down,
threw all his weight with a jerk on
the top of his skull.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
GENERAL SAW DEATH COMING
rIndlay Gave Belongings to Chaplain;
Remained In Danger Zone Against
Protest.

London, England.-A correspondent
of the Daily Mail in France describes
the death Of General Neil Douglas
tfndlay of the royal artillery as fol.
lows:
When at dawn the British advance
continued toward Scissors the enemy
was fighting al exceptionally fierce
rear guard action. A terrible shell fire
was directed against our artillery I'M
der General Findlay. temporarily stu
ated in a valley by the village of Prise.
1t seemed a matter of moments when
we should have to spike our guns, and
General Fndlay saw the urgency for
action.
Boys his voice echoed down the
line, we are going to get every gun
into position Then, deliberately, the
general approached a regimental chap
lain kneeling beside a gunner.
"'Here are some of my personal be-
longings, chaplain he said. See that
they don't go astray.'
"One by one our guns began to blaze
away and the general had a word of en-,
couragement and advice for every man.
In vain his staff tried to persuade him
to leave the danger zone. Our range
was perfect, the German fire Stacked
and died away and with a yell our men
prepared to advance. The outburst
came too Don One parting shell, ex-
ploding in contact with F~indlay's horse,
shattered man and beast"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
Wounded French Soldiers Tell story
of Horrors Of Fighting With
Almost No Sleep.

London.-Geoffrey Young, a CORE
spondent, wires that the statements
of the wounded returning from the
Aisne show the terrible nature of the
fighting. All told practically the same
story.
1T began at six o'clock with heavy
shell fire." a soldier related to him,
There was a short interval at which
it stopped at about $40 every day.
Then in the night often came the
charges, and one night l couldn't
count them. 1t was awful-kill, kill
kill, and still they came on, showing
one another over on to us"
No man but had his story Of com
rades on either side shot or smashed,
of the shock of shells day after dAy,
and of the perpetual groaning of the
wounded as they lay in the wet
trenches.
Seven days and nights of it and
some nights only an hours sleep; 1t
was Just absolute hell"
No one found another word to de-
scribe it, and the sight of the men
bore it out. Muddied to the eyes,
wet, often with blood caked On them,
many were suffering from the curl
Gus aphasia produced by continued
trouble and the concussion of shells
bursting. Some were dazed, and
speechless; some deafened, and yet no
face wore the terrible animal war
look.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
SIKH THE FIERCEST SOLDIER
East Indian Trooper Has a Face Cal
culated to Strike Terror to the
Enemy on Sight.

Philadelphia.-Did you ever see a
Sikh in uniform? No? Whatever Of
fierceness your childhood fancy paint
ed upon the face of a soldier, the Sikh
has it. Other soldiers may be as
brave, or may fight more te~naciously,
or die more willingly, but for simple
fierceness Of personal appearance all
medals go to the Sikh.
He is so fierce to look at that l won
der his English officer can calmly face
him without fear. You have read how
t~rainloads of these East Indian troops
are hurrying across Canada to show
their fierce faces to the Germans.
Does not Caesar relate that the Ro-
man soldiers were frightened by the
terrible looks of the early German
tribes? Now the boot goes upon the
other foot.
A Sikh-and I've seen many regi-
ments of them on their native heath
is a tall man with black hair and a
long black beard. The beard is what
makes him look so fierce, because he
plaits it into two thick braids and
draws these back of his ears, where
they are tied.
If you think that doesn't make a
soldier look fierce, you make a sad
error, which one glance at him would
correct.
The Sikhs are Hindus, and so strict
are their religious beliefs that all the
food fhnu oot nnnct no nCnnaiallV nrp
pared according to their own rites.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17

their heads and have no control over
their acts.
1t is not an easy thing to carry a
level head through life. The majority
Of mistakes which bring failure and
disgrace are made when people lose
their self poise and fail to use good
judgment.
One of the most difficult things for
a young man to do is to keep a level
head. 1t is so easy to lose ones bal
ance, to get a "swelled head" over a
little prosperity, to lose ones I'M
bition for forging ahead by a raise in
salary. A little ease and comfort are
great tempters, great destroyers of
ambition.
1t is a difficult thing to keep a level
head when the storms of temptation
and financial difficulties are raging
about one; but it is easier than in
prosperity. There is something in
human nature which braces up
against adversely, which stiffens up
when the world goes hard and makes
one tug the harder; but somehow
ease, comfort and the thought Of
prosperity take the spring out of the
ambition. The motive to push ahead.
to struggle, to strive, is usually
weakened by the feeling of satisfac-
ton that one has achieved something
worth while, hat he has gained what
he started out to get.
In a perfectly adjusted machine
every part is made with reference to
every other part. The movement of
every wheel in a perfect ~timepiece
must be exquisitely adjusted to the
entire watch, and each must be suit
ed to every other wheel in the watch.
You would not boast of your watch
because it had a very powerful main
spring while all the other parts were
very delicately constructed and were
not intended for so much power. We
value a watch in proportion as it
keeps perfect time, for this is its pur-
pose.
Most people do not realize how
much their success depends upon their
general reputation. 1t will make all
the difference in the world to you
what people think of you, how they
estimate your ability, what your repu-
tation is for "square-dealing,' level
headedness and a good, sound judg-
ment.
Unfortunately the training and edu-
cation of the great majority of youths
are not calculated to develop sym
metry of faculty, balance Of mental
power. There should be no discrep-
ancy between the physical and the
mental training; no one faculty should
be forced out of all proportion until
the balance is lost.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
In the Quiet Cell.

The old monk was right; the fight
Ing man who sought the cloister was
right. Seclusion is the only life, out
calm arches of the corridor, and be-
of the dust, the bad smells, away from
the deeds of dospotism and the strong
smell of blood, The quiet cell, the
yond the garden with swallows darting
around the sundial and the old fiow-
ers always young and fragrant, and
afterwards the still blue evening and
the complin bell; no voices, only whis-
pers to blend with the murmuring of
insects and gentle figures, with their
faces hidden, moving apart, thinking,
dreaming and with the required pass
age or the sought-for line obtained.
returning to their cells to take the
pen again-that is how great works
have grown.-From Granite" by John
Trevena.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17

From music on the march to poetry
on the battlefield is only a step.
Poetry has relieved the tedium be-
fore the action. Mr.. Hutton, in his
Life of Scott, gives the illustration:
when the Lady of the Lake reached
Sir Adam Ferguson he was posted
with his company on a piece of
ground exposed to the enemy's artil-
lery, somewhere, no doubt. on the
lines of Torres Vedras. The men
were ordered to be PROSTATE on the
ground; while they kept that attitude,
the captain, kneeling at the head,
read aloud the description of the bat
tie in Canto vi, and the listening SOL
diers only interrupted him by a Joy
Gus huzza when the French shot
struck the bank above them"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17

the sense of some tremendous power
that holds one in terror of self-reve
lation; caprice and shyness, as mex
plicable to one as to the other! Fol
instance:
Best get ready for the picture show.
Ida
I'm not coming, Frank"
Jaw, why not, now? You said you
would. This is the last night of the
week, and there won't be another in
town for an age"
Il don't care; I'm not coming" she
anwered, snatching her hand away as
he pulled at her wrist coaxingly,
Leave me alone!"
why Ida!" exclaimed the boy, look,
ing in wonder at her flushed face, 81
- didn't mean-honest, l didn't-sayi
You aren't mad at me?"
But the girl had flung into the house,
leaving him standing outside and gap
ing after her. He could not under.
stand what was the matter with her
AS he stood there Mrs. Norris came
u with the big watering can. She had
a box of a~sters, which she was rails,
ing from seed; or, rather, it had been
Ida's but she had ceased to care for
the tender shoots.
Say, Mrs. Norris, Ida's all right,
isn't she?" asked the boy.
The old woman looked at him, purs.
ing her lips. Il guess there's nothing
wrong with her." she answered, and
began sprinkling the plants. There
was a wise smile on her lips, and her
face was family flushed.
They're too young, JIM she said
that night to her husband, when the
old couple were alone.
Outside, at the Barton end of the
piazza, Frank was waiting. He had
meant to go to the picture show alone.
He had wished that he had some other
girl to take with him. They would
stroll past the double house together,
their voices slightly raised, and Frank
laughing. The thought pleased him;
but he only sat sullenly at the end of
the piazza, his chin OF his hands, star
ing out into the dusk.
Ten yards away the girl sat by the
window in the living room. She was
alone. too; her father had gone out
upon some errand, and her mother
was making up accounts in the kitch-
en-. From the corner of the window
she could just see the Barton end of
the piazza. She had a book in her
hand, but she was not reading.
She had been trying hard not to
cry, and she vas exceedingly angry,
because 1t was not about Frank Bar
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
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THEIR FIRST LOVE
BY Il. NJ. EeeERT.

The two houses had formed one in
more spacious days, but where the
stout brick chimney reared itself
through the center of the frame build
ing a brick wall had been built in, ex-
tending from the cellar to the roof,
and converting the one home into two.
The only symbol of communion be-
tween the disunited parts of what had
been organically one was that, on
windy days, smoke from a stove set
against the chimney on either side
would issue down the 1ue into the
stove in the adjacent room. And
sometimes, too, if any one listened at
the sheet iron, one could hear words
spoken upon the other side.
When Frank Barton and Ida Norris
were children they had played at this
game; but that was long ago.. The
intimacies of the old house we're not
evoked by childish play any more
Both were UNNECESSARILY old-each
was twenty.
The double house stood in a small
town, just such a town as may be seer
almost anywhere in New England,
neither rich nor poor, and proud OF
its history. Greenfield folks prided
themselves on being ordinary. Ameri.
cans. immigration had hardly
touched them, for there was only one
factory, and the French Canadian
hands had something of the colonial
tradition about them.
The Bartons and the Norrises had
lived there for fifteen years, and had
known each other for fifty. Sometimes
the elders looked at each other from
their opposite sides of the double pi
azza and smiled, when the boy came
home, carrying the girls schoolbooks
for her, while she stepped at his side
with all the assurant ownership that
a small girl feels for her childish
sweetheart.
But that was years before. The
change of adolescence had set a bar
rier between the young peoples lives
Frank was in the local bank now. Per
haps he earned S12 a week. Ida stayed
home and helped her mother.
The thing that happened came ali
in a moment. The girl had pictured
it a thousand times, the boy never;
but it was just as surprising to each
One moment they were friends, chat
ting together IN the piazza, wonder
ing whether the rain would kill the
gypsy moths that devastated the shade
trees; and the next they were looking
at each other in amazed wonder.
What is more inarticulate than love
at twenty? The strange helplessness
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
BATTLE SEVEN NIGHTS OF HE'LL

leave England. Under Lieutenant
Blakeslee's care the members of the
party were assembled in Berlin FROM
various portions of Germany with the
assistance of the American consuls.
Their pro-German feeling is account
ed for by the fact that, while interned
in the German empire, they heard only
one side of the war question. Art and
music students and governesses pre-
dominated.
The party left Berlin in a special
train, and all said they had been shown
every courtesy by the German Off
Gals. At some places the Germans
waved flags and handkerchiefs and
even cheered. A great crowd of par
ents and relatives greeted the return
ing travellers on their arrival here.
Another party of English women
and girls Of about the same number
will leave Berlin at an early date IN
der the care of an attache of the
American embassy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
STANDS OFF 5000 GERMANS
Only Thirteen Survive After Fifty
Have Fought With Large Body
of Enemy.

On the Battle Front, via Paris-A
French lieutenant, NJ. Verlin, is the
hero of the day as the result Of an
affair in which he vas the main figure.
The lieutenant and fifty men of his
company were accommodating ten
miles in advance of the main body on
the Disc river when they encountered
5000 Germans. The Frenchmen took
refuge in nearby woods and from this
shelter fired volleys until only thirteen
of their detachment remained alive,
and of these four were wounded. The
party then crept away.
The Germans hesitated to attack the
woods for fear of a trap.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17

uOW often it has happened in our
III great international baseball con-
tests that a team which everybody
telt sure would win, has lost the game
through the fatal fumbling of the ball
or a slip through the fingers at a
critical moment. Perhaps everything
up to that unfortunate tumble or slip
t~oreshadowed victory, and then in an
Instant all was lost because perhaps
through an overwhelming sense of
fear of losing the game some players
brain became confused.
Just so, in the great life game, a
simple slip has often proved a fatal
mistake; something which seemed a
mere trifie has resulted in dire defeat.
1t is not enough to be scientific and
efficient and l~evel-headed the ma
iority of the time; we must be so all
the time.
Give us a man who is not easily
thrown off his guard, or off his bal
ance," is the cry when danger
threatens. The man who can think
clearly and act wisely when others
get excited is the man who is every
where sought to save the day in a
crisis; he is always wanted for i'm
portant positions, because in emer-
gencies, which are always likely to
arise, everybody feels safer in his
hands.
There is something superb, some
thing we cannot help reyering and
admiring in a person who can stand
perfectly calm, unmoved, and serene
when others become excited, lose