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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08
EUROPEAN WAR no. THRER.

Ihat was right for her business
No coppers there to beat,
She could go on a hunger strike
And wouldn't have to eat.
| don't wonder she offered,
She's such a fighter to go
Into any place a foe to face
To get votes for women we know,
And as for Paris fashions
l guess they'll all be black,
And our American tailors
Can give them fits in the back.
The English christian soldiers
In trenches where they lay,
Prayed moment for victory
Then charged in the bloody fray;
But few came back alive
From a combat fierce but brief,
Bravely they trusted in God
And American canned beef.
The Kaiser says he'll take Paris
And France and England too
Shall fall on their knees for mercy
Before the war is through;
What if he should be taken
And put in showman's cage
AS the most blood thirsty tryant
Known in the present age.
Who doubts that Satan travels
AS he did in Bible times
And enters the souls of mortals
To commit the foulest crimes;
Like burning the great cathedral
In the beautiful city of Rheims
With all its untold treasures
OF the artists glorious dreams,
John Bull says he's fighting
To break down medieval caste
And allow little nationalities
To live their life at last
AS well as kingdoms and empires
That so proudly show their might
Let those who make the quarrels
Be the only ones to fight
When Germany conquered France
And took Alsaee Lorrain
And a billion of indemnity
1t made NJ Theirs complain
Twas more than all the seconds
Since Jesus Christ was born
Said Bismark our Jewish banker
Counts from creations morn.
And if France should conquer Ger
many
And soak her for twice the sum
And all the krout she can make
For one hundred years to come;
Perhaps those German Jews
Who couldn't eat some hogs.
Might tink it more betterish goot
To try the Frenchman's frogs.
Where fought the Gauls and Romans
The Franks, the Goths and Huns,
And defeated great Attilla
Where the river Marne now runs;
Near fifteen hundred years ago
One sixty thousand slain,
Another battle of the Marine
Has just been fought again.
wonder o kings and emperors
If on your dying day
rhe ghosts of the North Sea shall
come
/. To bear your souls away,
Dr. the shrieks of Belgium's children
Slain at their mothers knee
Haunt your dreams forever
On times everlasting sea.
wonder If other planets
Have such fighting race?
With Crucif1ed Redeemer
Called the Prince Of Peace
Who one time walked the earth
Nor lived nor died in vain,
We pray 0 King of Kings
Bring peace on earth again.
rs a temptest clears the air
Giving life and health and peace,
30 there must come time
When this terrible war must cease
Therell be a new map Of Europe
New history to record,
Earthly Kingdoms and empires
Give place to the kingdom of God.
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08
SUCCESSFUL MEN
CYRUS H. X. CURTIS.

A passage In story Rudyard Kipiing
was writing for Mr.. Curtis referred to
the hero, in his excitement and despair.
gulping down a glass of brandy. AS
Mr.. Curtis objects to any reference to in
toxicating liquors In his publications, he
telegraphed to Mr. Kipling asking him
to change the passage. He received the
following reply Strike out brandy,
and insert Mellins Food"
Curtis first adventure in the publishing
business was made on borrowed capital,
but his determination to push ahead and
ability to hold on soon enabled him to get
out of debt and place his magazine
among the leaders.
His ability to build is clearly shown In
his efforts with the Saturday Evening
Post. When he purchased 1t, 1t was in
a deplorable condition with a circulation
not over a hundred and scarcely no adj
vertising. One editor was all 1t could
boast but through his untiring efforts and
shrewd business management 1t now
boasts thirty editors and a million and
q half circulation.
He Is determined. enterprising. and
thoroughly self-relient Absolute honesty
In all things Is his motto.
The protection of his readers in the
nefarious advertisements is a matter OF
history in the publishing world
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08

Exports OF American Fruit.
The sale OF American fruit abroad
has amounted to about $l6,000,000 an
nually for the last several years.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-10-29
stJFFRAGISTS TO DECIDE
QUESTION OF MILITANcf
nv Trus<ad PreSS.l

CHICAGO. Oct. 29.-Whether mil
;tant political methods were to be
adopted by Illinois s~uffragists was
the big subject to be decided when
the annual threebday convention or
the Illinois Equal Suffrage association
opened today in the Congress hotel.
Opposition to the reelection Oh
Mrs Grace Wilbur Trout as president
developed several weeks ago n cen
tered about this one idea. Mrs.
Trout's opponents declare she has not
made the association the powerful
force in Illinois politics they expect
ed and accuse her of being too easy
goinov One of their specitc OBJ
ie~ctions to her candidacy for re-elec-
flor is the fact that she did not press
the fight to have women granted the
RIGHT to vote for county commits
%sioners.
The general topic of the conventino
was allow to utilize the ballot for
the public good" Among the speak,
ers during the three days session will
be Mrs. Ella F1agg Young, superin-
tendent of the Chicago schools; MRS.
Medill Mccormick. Mrs. Raymond
Robins, wife of a Progressive sena-
torial nominee in Illinois, and Mrs,
Margaret Haley, of the Chicago
Teachers Federation.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-10-29
NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE

In the Sixth Judicial District Court
of the State of Nevada, in and for
the County of Humboldt.
In the matter of the estate of John
Sibbaid, deceased.
J.. r. Harvey, administrator of the
estate of John Sibbald, deceased, hav-
ing fled in said court a petition for
an order of sale of all the real estate
belonging to said estate or so much
thereof as may be necessary for the
purposes set forth in said petition:
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given
to all persons interested in said estate
to he and appear before said Court, at
the court room thereof at the court
house in Winnemueca, Nevada at 10
o o'clock a.. M, Saturday, November Il
A.. D. 1914, to show cause if any they
have why said petition should not be
granted and said order made.
Dated, October 26, A. d. 1914.
J. w. DAVEY,
Clerk of said Court
BY JAMES RITCHIE, Deputy.
Nov. 10.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-10-29
BRIEFS

Mrs. G.. U. Hall returned last ev-
ening from a two months visit to
relatives and friends at Jefferson
City, Missouri.
Mrs. Hebard, of Chadron, Nebraska,
accompanied by Mrs. Smith, wife of
a banker Of that town, is visiting with
the family of her son, William
Hebard.
Mrs. George s. Nixon arrived in
town from Reno, on Southern Pacific
No 20 this morning, in response to
the announcement of the serious ill
mes Of Mrs. Jane Harp.
Gerhard Miller cam in from Will
low Point this morning, accompanied
by his sons, Gerhard, Jr, and Law
renee Miller.
John G.. Taylor is in town today
from Lovelock.
Constable Scott Butler, of Ger
ZACH, is in town today.
John Etchart, the ~well-known Col
conda sheepman, is in town today.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-10-29
PROCLAMATION
BY GOV. ODD|f

State of Nevada, Executive Depart
ment.
Whereas, On tie 31st day of Octob-
err. 1864. the state of Nevada was ad-
mitted into the Union by proclama-
ton of Abraham Lincoln, president of
the United States, and
Whereas, o such day the people of
Nevada assumed the burden of state
hod in order, among other great pur-
poses, to insure the three-fourth vote
or the states of the Union necessary
to secure the adoption of the amend
ment to the Constitution abolishing
slavery, and
Whereas, Saturday, the 31st day of
October, 1914, will be the fftieth an
niversarv of that most momentOus
event in the history Of this state,
Now, therefore, I, Tasker l.. eddie,
Governor of the state of Nevada, by
the authority vested in me, hereby
proclaim Saturday, October 81, 1914,
a public holiday to be observed
throughout the state by the cessation
of all public business and to be de-
voted to appropriate exercises com
memorative of that great historical
event ana the liluStTlous thdidStCiot
national and state. who participated
in the admission of Nevada into the
Union. / further recommend that
such anniversary be signalized by
the organization of a Socity of Neva-
da Pioneers, to enroll the names and
biographies of the pioneer citizens of
this state, and that all records and
matters appertaining thereto be kept
TO, the use and inspection of the pub
lie in the archives of the Nevada His
torical society.
In witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand and caused to be affixed
the great seal of the state of Nevada.
Done at Carson City, this 9th day OF
October, in the year of our Lord, 1914.
TASKER l.. ODDIE,
(Seal.) Governor.
GEORGE BRODIGAN,
Secretary of State.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-10-29
WANTED TO Z

On Al ranch property. $1,000, for
term of from three to five years. Adj
dress. III. Fl. ALEXANDER, Jungo.
If.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-10-29
WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE LEAD

with the latest and most dependable
preparations and goods or the market
Drop in the mex time yon want some
thing up to thu minute.
EAGLE DRUG CO
The Rexai1 Store
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-10-29
WEATHER REPORT

Highest temperature yesterday, "a.
Lowest this morning, 30.
and vicinity-San Francisco, Oct. ";
Generally cloudy tonight and Friday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26
DAVENPORT MAY
EMPLOY EXPERTS
Mayor Favors Asking Aid of
New York Municipal Re-
search Board.

That experts from the municipal re-
search department of New York City
NAV be called to Davenport to solve
some of the problems which confront
the local government, is the announce
ment made by Mayor Alfred c. Muel-
Ter upon his return from Gotham after
a months visit.
The mayor favors the establishment
of 4 purchasing department for DAY.
export from an economic standpoint,
and the advice of the New York ex-
perts would be invaluable, it is
claimed.
The New York bureau made a sur
vey at Cleveland, Ohio, where such a
department has been established, and
although the cost of maintaining same
amounts to $4,000 a year, the saving
in discounts alone for last year was
over $4,000.
For instance" said As>yor Mueller
in speaking of the matter, "the local
fire department and the street depart
ment purchased grain this morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26
FORMAL OPENING
OF BEACH FRIDAY
Municipal Bathing Place Will
Be Turned Over to Public
for First Time.

Commissioner Jonas Bear this morn
ing announced that the formal open
ing of the municipal bathing beach at
the foot OF Seventh street, which was
completed Saturday, would be formally
opened Friday morning, weather per
hitting.
The past two days were not favora-
BILE for bathing. for it was with a
"Br--r-r' that the average citi-
zen walked about in his summer toys.
with the weather of today, thought
to be indicative of a mild tempera-
ture within the next few days. how
ever. II is thought that Friday will be
o. X for the opening.
But bathers of a superstitious belief
will wait until Saturday for their first
plunge at the new beach. evading the
Friday hoodoo." There will be no
set program OF events.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26
CHILDREN CAUSE
OF TWO CHARGES
Neighborhood Squabbles Are
Aired Before Justice of the
Peace Carl ]. Kuehl.

Children OF Mrs. Minnie Barton were
the cause of two trials In police court
yesterday afternoon, in which a neigh
borhood squab5le was aired. before
Justice of the Peace Carl J. kuehl.
]. c. Taylor was tried on charge
of disorderly conduct, as was George
Barton. Mrs Minnie Barton was com
plainant in both cases, but as the
charges and counter charges made
during the trial fell with the speed OF
rapld-fring artillery gun, Justice
Kuehl felt justified in dismissing the
men with words OF caution TO all i'm
plicated TO conduct themselves differ
emily in the future.
Il is said that the treatment of chill
dren in the neighborhood started the
trouble
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26
SALTS FINE FOR
Aching KIDNEYS
We eat too much meat, which clogs
Kidneys, then Back hurts and
Bladder bothers you.

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
Ike the bowels, get sluggish and clogged
and reed a flushing occasionally, else We
have baekache and dull misery in the
kidney region, severe headaches, rheu-
matte twinges, torpid liver, acid stomach,
sleeplessness and all sorts Of bladder dis
orders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
srtive and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces OF Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take tablespoonful in a glass Of water
before breakfast for a few days and
your kidneys viii then act fine. This
famous salts IS made from the acid Of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
Ethi1, and is harmless to flush clogged
kidneys and stimulate them TO normal
activity. II also neutralizes the acids
N the urine 50 IL no longer irTitates,
thus ending bladder disorders
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes q delightful efTervescent lithia-
water drink which everybody should take
nov and then 20 keep their kidneys clean,
thus avoiding serious complications
A Tell-known local druggist says he
sells lots Of Jad Salts 20 folks who believe
n overcoming kidney trouble while it is
only trouble
Harper House pharmacy.-(Ady)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26
JEWELRY PRICES ARE
AFFECTED BY THE WAR

\ number of articles in the retail
jewelry trade have been affected by
the European war. Watch crystals
have already advanced % per cent as
the supply comes entirely from Swift
erland and Germany. Wholesalers are
s applying but three crystals in any
enc size to retailers on their orders at
tic present time. Opera glasses and
eyc-glass lenses have also gone up in
price Bohemian garnets are scarce
and the cuckoo clock and Swiss watch
trade is badly demoralized. Cut glass
articles have advanced 10 per cent al
ready on account of the fact that pot
ash used in making the glass is mined
in Germany. Pewter-ware has seen an
advance of so per cent in price already
and the retailers have been given in
structions before placing their orders
On account of possible further adj
vances. All cameo jewelry is carved
and cut in Italy and prices on this
are expected to soar before the war
is over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26

chase TO furnish a site. The problem
is to use as little ground area as pos
sible so as to leave ample Fairgrounds.
Rough sketches are being worked out
by the board members hut no architect
has yet been employed. II Is hoped
that the new building can be gotten
ready for use at the beginning OF the
school year Of 1856.
The intention is to make the new
building one of three departmental
schools in the city. this one to take
care OF all the seventh and eighth
grade pupils in the west end. including
those from the newly added section
south OF Eighteenth avenue. Among
the leading features will be depart
ments for the teaching OF manual
training and domestic science and an
auditorium which may be used for as
sembling the pupils and also for even
ing meetings by people OF the south
western section of the city. II has
not yet been decided whether 10 make
the structure two or three stories in
height.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26
NAB A SALESMAN
IN A LOCAL CAFE
Knight of the Grip" Creates
Disturbance at Harper Ho-
tel and Is Fined SIS.

William Linstedt, a travelling sales
man, created a scene in the Harper
house cafe about 10 o'clock last eve
ming and charges that he used pro-
fame language, attempted to strike
walters and conducted himself in a
disorderly manner. were preferred
against him this morning by Herman
Meserndorf, a waiter at the hotel.
According TO the story the com
plainant told Linstedt entered the
cafe, refused to take his hat off and
when asked 10 do so by the head
waiter. cursed him and finally attempt
ed to clean out" the place. The charge
was also made that he attempted to
assault the manager of the hotel
Linstedt was arrested by officer
Rolly Berry a short time after the
trouble started and this morning adj
mitted that he was intoxicated. He
was fined So and costs, although he
denied being disorderly. The head
waiter and cashier also testified
against him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26
HARTMAN OUT AS
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
Resigns as Official in South Rock
Island Because in An
nexed Territory.

d. L. Hartman, 2426 Eighteenth ave
territory that has been annexed to the
city of Rock Island, has resigned as
school director in District No. AZ. Mr..
Hartman says in his letter to Ernest
Hussey. clerk of the school board:
Owing to the fact that the territory
in which | reside has, without ques-
ton, become a part of the city of Rock
Island, and not desiring to act con
trary to the school laws by serving
as a member of the school board, by
reason of this condition of affairs,
hereby tender my resignation as a
member of such school board, to take
effect Immediately.
My work with the school board has
been most pleasant, harmonious and
profitable, and it is with pride that !
step out knowing that the past year
has been one of the most profitable
and prosperous school years in the
history of the district. II was always
my aim, in all my deliberations and
acts at our meetings, to place no OBJ
stacle in the way to prevent the school
from being one of the best in the coun.
ty. | trust that your new director will
be inclined to have liberal ideas and
work in harmony with you"
only one school will be maintained
this year in South Rock Island, be-
cause the children of the annexed ter
ritory will go TO the city-schools. Miss
Bertha Edwards has been engaged TO
teach the primary grades. while Miss
Louise Yeomans. who did such SPLEEN
did work last year with the seventh
and eighth grades. has been retained
to take charge of the four upper
grades. which will give the two teach
ers about an equal number of pupils.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26
MACOMB MARKS
DATE OF BATTLE
Celebration Sept. II VIII Be
Shared in by All Mill
tary Tract.

Events of the war of 1912 and espe-
Macomb and Commodore Macdonough
will be recalled at the military tract
celebration of the battle of Plattsburg
to be held in Macomb, Friday, Sept. IL.
The city of Macomb and the county in
which it is located, Marlborough coun-
ty, were named for these two men.
The celebration will be participated
in by the citizens of the many counties
which are contained within the bound
aries of what is known as the mill
acres, approximately, which were ap-
propriated as bounties in quarter sec
lions to the non-commissioned officers
and men who volunteered their SER
vices in the war of 1912. 1t is from
this apportionment that the tract de-
rives its name. The counties included
are Calhoun, Pike, Adams, Brown.
Schuyler, Hancock, Marlborough, Full
ton, Henderson, Warren, Knox, Peo-
ria, Stark, Mercer and parts of Henry,
Bureau, Putnam and Marshall coun'
ties.
Invitations to the Macomb celebra
ton have been extended to United
States Senators Sherman and Lewis,
Governor Dunno and his official fam.
lily. representatives of the army and
navy, Congressman Tavenner, the de.
scendants of Macomb and MacDon,
ough, and other distinguished celebri-
ties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26
BETTENDORF SOON
DESERTED TOWN?
Big Shops Will Be Closed and
May Not Again Be
Operated.

The ultimate fate of the Bettendorf
Axle plant, which was recently pur-
chased by eastern interests is causing
much uneasiness in Davenport. Off
GERS in charge now admit that the
shops are to be entirely closed short
". They have been in only partial
operation for some time. Whether
they will ever reopen is a question.
some believing that the purpose is to
do the manufacturing of the company's
products in the east from now on.
\ report that the plant had been
sold TO the Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway company for shops is
denied.
II the Bettendorf shops are finally
closed the town of Bettendorf. which
has sprung up during the last few
years, will be almost wiped off the
map and the industrial prestige of
Davenport will suffer a serious blow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26

1t is safe to say that the prices paid
will not be the same.
with our levee improvement we
have unlimited opportunities but we
must look to the future in handling
the problem, l spoke to the New
York experts in regard to our levee
proposition, and it was something abb
solutely new to them.
They were greatly interested and
asked me to contribute an article in
regard to same for The American
City" bulletin which they publish
and send all over the United States.
will begin to prepare t.e article in
q few days.
Their advice on our levee propo-
sition would be of vast benefit,
believe.
81 also visited the offices of the ma
tioral board of fire underwriters. I
informed Prof. Ira Wilson, formerly of
Columbia university, that We were
compiling building code, and he stat
ed that he would be delighted to re-
ceive copy and make suggestions as
to changes and revisions.
This department prepares model
building codes for various cities
throughout the country"
The mayor stated that the cost of
bringing experts to Davenport from
the municipal research bureau of
New York would probably amount to
$4,000, but believes the money would
be well spent.
This bureau is making a study OF
municipal government and problems
in every branch, and employs only
recognized authorities for the various
department heads. The bureau is
maintained by public subscription,
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. contributing
$4,000 annually. The bureau charges
only bare expenses for making sur
veys of various cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-26
OLD SETTLERS To
HOLD A REUNION
The 49th Annual Meeting to Be
Held at the Watch Tow
er Tomorrow.

The 49th annual reunion of the Old
Settlers association of Rock Island
county will be held tomorrow in an all
day session at the Watch Tower. The
event will be held jointly with the
Rock Island County Historical society.
This latter organization is compare
lively new and as much of the work
of the society deals with the old set
tiers the joint meeting was decided
upon Those attending are urged to
bring their lunch baskets, tea, coffee,
sugar, cream and dishes being fur
nished by the association.
The session will open promptly at
8: 80 in the morning.
The outing is a public one and all
those who wish to may attend. All
residents who came here prior to 1857
are eligible to become members of the
association and are urged to do SO.
The program follows:
Forenoon.
Registration-Reg with Secre-
tary j. H. Cleland and receive badges.
Prayer-Dean ]. ]. Quinn. ST. Jo-
seph's church, Rock Island.
Reading of minutes of the last meet
ing.
Address of Welcomes. w. Searle,
president of Rock Island County His
torical society, Rock Island.
Response-George w. McMurphy,
president Old Settlers association,
| Hillsdale, Ill.
Naming of nominating committee Of
three by chairman.
Afternoon.
| Election of officers.
! Unfinished business. New business.
Reports of officers.
Report of deaths-Miss Lille Brom.
ley, Rock Island.
Recitation Harold Vestermark
Rock Island
! Valedictory-Retiring president
Inaugural-Newly elected president
Address of the day-E. H. Guyer
I Rock Island
Reading-Miss Bromley.
Voluntary speeches.
Singing-"Auld Lang Syne"