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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-03
LAY ASPHALT OVER CID
BRICK DAVENPORT PLAN

As a result OF the recent junket
taken by Davenport aldermen at their
own expense with a view OF ascertain
ing the best method of resurfacing old
bricI, paving. il is likely that consid-
cradle work of this kind will be done
in that CITY this fall The junketers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-03
PASS FAvORABLY
ON new PROJECTS
Board of Local improvements
Recommends Four Propo-
sitions to Council.
WARM SESSION Is COMING
Matter of Paving Twentieth Street Be-
tween Seventh and Eleventh
Avenues Up Saturday.

The board of local improvements at
a session today in the office of Mayor
Harry NJ. Schriver passed favorably
upon three projects and made arrange
ments for public hearing on a fourth
The board recommended the adop-
ton OF an ordinance by the city coun-
Gil for the installation of a sewer on
Thirty-first street, between Fifth and
Sixth avenues. The project for the
laying of siX-inch water mains on
Sixth avenue between Thirty-frst and
Thirty-fourth streets, was adopted by
the board and recommended TO the
council. The laying OF mains on Ninth
and-a-half street and Tenth street, be
tween Eighteenth and Twentieth ave
nues. was also given the o. X. OF the
board, and will receive consideration
of the council at the meeting Tues
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-03
4-HOUR RIVER TRIP-4

Every Sunday afternoon on the
steamer Helen Blair up the river
through the government lock and Rock
Island rapids. Leaves p. m; returns
$50. Fare only CSC. No crowding,
chairs for all.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21

carried on along the Meuse and in
the direction Of Metz, mas been under
constant bombardment for over three
weeks and today several of the forts
in the outer ring of the city's defenses
are reported in official dispatch from
Berlin to have been reduced.
Credence is given the German claim
because it has been known from other
sources for the week past that the
outer redoubts which had been bear
ing The brunt of the German shell
fire had beer seriously damaged and
that the French commander was con-
templating their abandonment and
withdrawal Of the batteries to the
inner circle, where the main resist
ance upon which will hang the fate
of the stronghold is to be fought.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Germans Hold Their
Positions Near Ostend

London, Oct. 21-The imminence of
German aerial attack on London
is pointed out by dispatches today.
kilograms from Rotterdam and Am
sterdam stated that German factories
where Zeppelin dirigibles and aero
planes are constructed are working
night and day. Airship and aero
plane sheds are being built in Brus-
sells, antwerp and other points in Bel
gium. A Copenhagen correspondent
of the Times reports that it is learned
from reliable source that airship
sheds are being erected at Tondern,
in Schleswig, and Rostock, near the
Baltic sea. These dispatches tended
to increase the fears which already
prevailed among the people of Lon
don and South England. Every night
the city is darkened and the most
powerful searchlights owned by the
government sweep the skies.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
TEST OF CACTUS
FOR CATTLE FEED
Note California DRY

Wonders never cease, especially in
the Imperial Valley and the latest
wonder is Anderson's Imperial Cac-
tus. One statesman said, how truly:
81 consider the new spineless cac-
tus Of more Importance to the world
than the discovery of new conti-
nent"
Wher one takes into consideration the
miracle plant, says Robert Herndon,
manager of the Imperial Sales Com
pany, one is astonished to find that
the farmers of the valley have not
planted thousands of acres years ago.
Some of the largest ranches in the
country are rapidly putting in more
and lrore acreage each year to this
wonderful plant.
Truly it will work wonderful part
in the development of the country in
the future. 1t furnishes a food and
drink for man and beast, beautiful
golden fruit for man, pure distilled
water and green nutritious food for
beast. No wonder the desert Indinas
looked upon it as a god.
The Mexicans make a great many
foodstuffs from cactus, not to men,
tion their national drink.
The Imperial Sales Company an
nounces that many people are being
shown at the test, and the orders for
cactus are increasing daily, as the
farmers are anxious to get the crop
lin now before winter.
\ DIR. Knowlton reports that the cows
are showing marked increase in
amount of milk given and that the
feeding test is turning out very sat
isfactorily.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
No Change Today.

Berlin, Oct. 81 (By wireless via Say
Vile, N. Y.)-There is no change of
Importance in the positions of the
troops in the French and Belgian the
atre of hostilities, says an official
statement.
A formal protest has been sent to
France and the neutral nations against
alleged violations of the rules of the
Geneva convention by the French. 1t
is claimed both non-combatants and
soldiers in the French army have
been guilty of acts of cruelty against
the Germans.
Over 100000 men have been killed,
wounded or made prisoners by the
Germans since the war commenced,
according to figures published today
in the Kreutz Zeitung.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Claim Russian Repulse.

Vienna, via Berlin, Oct. 21.-An Of
ficial statement says:
"The battle in central Galicia has
increased in force, especially north of
the Zawadowka river, where our at
tacks are progressing. Attempts by
the Russians to regain Magierow
Heights have been repulsed. In the
course of fighting many of the Rus
slams were captured, including one
Russian general.
"Tho Austrians have occupied
Stryj, AZ miles southwest of Lem
berg; Kuczurmare and Sereth Tin
Rukavina), after strong Russian re-
sistance.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21

tate the movement. Continued Ger
man occupation of Ostend has not
been seriously considered, as it is
maintained that the French or Brit
ish ships can dislodge the enemy at
this point at will.
The important news from the north
is not whether Ostend is in German
or French hands, but that the Ger
man sweep Of the French North Sea
coast has been effectively checked.
According to the attaches of the
| official staff of a high French COM
mander, who were in Paris on a spe-
cial mission, Dunkirk is considered
safe end Calais in no danger of con-
sequence.
1t is admitted that some inhabitants
of the coast cities gave way to feel
ings Of apprehension when Ostend
was occupied by the Germans and
commenced an exodus, but the fears
have now been allayed and most of
them have returned to their homes.
The French are still advancing on
Lille in great force and the situation
is considered favorable, although the
war office today admitted that the
Germans are holding strong positions
in front of Lille in the direction of
Armcntieres, Fournes and La Bassee,
all of which latter places are held by
the French and British.
Offsetting the advantage held by
the invaders at Lille is the extremely
periloIs position of General Won
Kluck. The leader of the "invasion
Of Paris" has failed utterly in his
enveloping movement against the ar
my Of General D'Amade. In his at
tempts to cut through the lines of
General Sir John French his troops
have met with disaser and his fight
ing front now has beer turned back
at either end until it forms an arc.
his center facing the southwest and
his right facing west, while his left
flank has been bent back until the
morning sun-when it shines in these
days of heavy mists-beams into the
eyes of the soldiers in the trenches.
Worse still, his lines of communica
tion through Belgium have been cut
and his retreat now would be at
tended by losses so severe as to de-
mand his surrender for the sake of
humanity.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Takes British Merchantmen.

London, Oct. 21.-The, admiralty an
nounces advices from India that the
German cruiser Emden has added sir
more British merchantmen to her al
ready large list of depredations. CAL
cutta cables that the steamers Ben
moher, Troilus, Clan Grant, Chilkana
and Ponrabble have been sunk in the
line between Chagos and Maldive ISL
ands and that the steamer Exford is
missing. The Emden is first class
cruiser with a speed of "a knots.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Another Steamer Captured.

New York, Oct. 21-News of the
capture by British warships off Scot
land of another Standard Oil steam
er, The Platuria, has reached here by
cable from her captain. The Stand
ard Oil Company has requested the
state department to make another pro-
test, claiming the seizure is in all
respects identical with that of the
John d. Rockefeller and the Brin-
dilla.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Won KLUCK'S ARMY is IN
THE GREATEST DANGER

Paris, Oct. 21.--Seven distinct and
violent attacks of desperate charac-
ter were directed by the Germans at
points along the whole battle line ex-
tending from the Meuse to the sea in
a tremendous effort to relieve the
constantly increasing pressure of the
allies front, but all their efforts were
repelled. 1t was the most severe test
to which the entire line Of the French,
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Republicans and Democrats
Alike Rally to Johnson

Roosevelt and Taft was CALIFORNIA;
best known Republican nationally.
With such staunch party men as
Knight and Spellacy supporting John
son Republicans and Democrats by the
thousand have picked up the cue Of
-partisanship and have made the
reelection of johnson about as GER
tain E thing as possible in the world
of politics.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Strenuous Attacks.
(By Franklin P. Merrick)

Paris, Oct. 21.--An official French
statement this afternoon shows at
tacks by the Germans on the allies
to be increasing in violence. This is
attributed to the arrival of troops for
the reinforcement of the Germans, in
an effort to reach the French coast
ports. The brief statement follows:
Throughout yesterday attacks by
the enemy were particularly violent on
Nieuport, Dixmude and La Bassee. All
were repulsed with great energy by
the allied army. Along the wings the
situation shows no change"
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Austrians Bottled Up.

Washington, Oct. 21.-Acting Sec
retary of State Lansing today lodged
with Cecil Spring Rice, British am
bassador, formal protest against the
seizure by British cruiser Of the
American tany steamer John d. Rock
feller.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Verdun to Fall.

London, Oct. 21.-Verdun appears
to be doomed. The French fortified
position which is the main support
of the French right wing army and
from which the offensive operations
of the defenders of France have been
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Germans Hold Ostend.

Flushing, Oct. 21.-Ostend still is
held by the Germans. There is des-
perate fighting between the allies and
Germans, but thus far the allies have
been unable to gain any ground.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
COAST STORM HITS
VALLEY WITH WIND

The storm which has for two or
three days been reported moving down
the coast reached the valley last
evening in the form of strong west
breeze, which has continued up to the
present. There is increasing cloudi-
ness, but there is little prospect Of
rain here.
Showers in Prospect.
Los Angeles, Oct. 21.-The local
forecast is: Probably showers for the
next "a hours in Southern California.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Kaiser Reported Sick.

Barcelona, Oct. 21.-An Amsterdam
correspondent telegraphs that EN-
peror William is reported seriously
i'll.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Germans Suffered Greatly.

London, Oct. 21.-British men-of-
war and Belgians are reported to
have done great execution in German
trenches on the coast. The Germans
were observed with searchlights, max
ing trenches in the night, and the
ships were able to get the exact
range. At daybreak the ships opened
heavy fire.
At least one German aircraft was
brought down by the guns of the
ships off the Belgian coast.
London, Oct. 21.--The Press Asso-
oiation announces:
at is learned from semi-official
source that German aeroplane was
destroyed off the Belgian coast by
British warships Sunday. Monday q
Zeppelin was destroyed. The British
men-of-war also destroyed six batter
les of German artillery and killed or
wounded 1900 German soldiers"
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Vote California Dry
No Receptions.

Washington, Oct. 21.-It was de-
clared today On high authority that
the president will not hold the usual
formal reception at the White House
this winter. The decision is said TO
be in consequence of the death of Mrs.
Wilson.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Showers in Prospect.
COTTON AID BILL
is LOST IN CONGRESS

Washington, Oct. 21.-By a vote of
1913 to 93 the House this afternoon
defeated the Hardwick bill, author
izing deposits of $250,OOO,OOO to be
obtained by issuing treasury notes
in southern banks to be loaned on cot
ton ard tobacco. The House also re-
jected the proposal to sell Panama
Canal bonds to raise a fund. This
caused the southern members to aban-
don hope of cotton currency legisla-
tion at this session.
Vote California Dry
Amiable Girl Dead.
Imperial Enterprise: A letter re-
ceived by Miss Rose Gallagher from
Banning announces the death on FRI
day last of Miss Ruth Smoot, who
formerly resided in Imperial with her
parents. Miss Smoot had been in ill
health for the past two years and
her parents left the valley in the
hope that her health would be benc-
fitted, but of nc avail. She attended
the high school here and afterward
was in the employ of the Imperial
Telephone Company as bookkeeper.
Miss Smoot was a devout Catholic,
and while here was a faithful COM
municant of that faith and an active
worker for all that was good in the
community. She was about % years
old. Her parents are Southern peo-
pie and located in this state about 10
years ago. In addition to her parents
she leaves several brothers, who are
ranchers in the valley, to mourn her
loss. The remains were taken for bur-
ial to her old home in Pomona.
Vote California Dry
Secretary McAdoo Ill.
Washington, Oct. 21.-Secretarv
McAdoo, who is i'll of nervous indi-
gestion, is reported better this morn
ing, but his physician has ordered him
to remain in bed two days.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-21
Portuguese Revolt.

London, Oct. 21.-A royalist revolt
against the Portuguese government IN
Braganza district, Tras os Monte, is
reported by Reuter- dispatch from
Lisbon today. The attempted revolu-
tion vas quickly suppressed, the gov
ernment pursuing the soldiers, who
mutinied in sympathy with the Roy
alist plotters. A ringleader named
Baca is reported arrested
Vote California Dry
For Numbering Artist.
Salinas, CAL, Oct. 21.-Unless new
witnesses are summoned unexpected
ly, it is believed the prosecution in
the trial of George Kodani, a Japa-
nese, self-confessed slayer of Helen
Wood Smith, a landscape artist, at
Carmel-by-the Sea, will close before
night.
The courtroom of Superior Judge
Sargent is crowded with members of
the Carmel literary and artist colony
and by San Francisco artists. 1t is
believed the defense will open tomor-
row and it is probable the case will
go 20 the jury tomorrow night or
Thursday morning. Self defense, and
not insanity, it is now believed, will
be Kodani's defense. Kodani is stolid.
Vote California Dry
Fighting at Naco.
Washington, Oct. 21.-Desultory fir.
ing at Naco, Sonora, continues, ac-
cording to a report to the war de-
partment from Colonel Hatfield. There
is no change in the situation.
Vote California Dry
Says Mrs. Carman Confessed.
(By Robert C. Cranston)
Mineola, N. Y, Oct. 21.-Cecelia
Coleman, a colored woman employed
in the Carman home at Freeport when
Mrs. Bailey was shot there, testified
at The trial of Mrs. Carman today
that Mrs. Carman confessed the mur-
der to her. She also was aware that
on the evening when Mrs. Bailey was
murdered Mrs. Carman went out the
kitchen door. Then she (the witness)
heard shot and Mrs. Carman re-
turned to the house with the pistol
in her hand. The state had reserved
the Coleman woman as their star
witness, and she struck severe blows
at the defense, Mrs. Carman watched
closely during her testimony and at
times there were traces of tears in
the defendants eyes, but in no other
way did she show any traces of emo
tion.
3, Vote California Dry
No Receptions.
Washington, Oct. Pit was de-
clared today On high authority that
the president will not hold the usual
formal reception at the White House
this winter. The decision is said to
be in consequence of the death of Mrs.
Wilson.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-31
FEW CAUSES FOR POOR GRAIN
Fungi and Bacteria in Seed and Soil
lnjure and Destroy Roots Of Plant,
Says an Expert.

The introduction of harmful fungi
and bacteria into the soil is an i'm
portant cause of deterioration of
grains after continued cropping, de-
clared H. Bolley, professor of bot
any, North Dakota Agricultural col
lege, in a recent address at the Col
lege of Agriculture of the University
of Wisconsin. Professor Bolley is
one of the most eminent plant path
ologists in the country, his early
studies on the potato scab and flax
wilt, and his later investigations of
the diseases of cereals having made
him widely known among scientists
He believes that fungi and bacteria
resident in the seed, and in the soil
injure and destroy the roots of plants
and otherwise affect succeeding crops
The remedy for this is not primarily
fertilization, nor a naturalization o.
soil toxins, but the combating Of
fungi and bacteria and by means OF
sanitary measures such as seed Sc
lection and disinfection, and crop 70
tation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-31
HIS PERIOD OF ENJOYMENT
Farmer Surely Had Earned Rest, But
He Waited Just a Little
Bit Too Long.

Once there lived a farmer who
worked so hard he was too tired to go
to church on Sunday. says Frank Tel
ford in Farm and Fireside. His hired
men refused to stand for the first
and last call to breakfast at 3:45 in
the morning and left before the end
of the week. His wife MIXED the
COWS and hoed the garden because
help was so hard to keep. The farm
er voted against hard roads, and when
he was elected to the school board
hired for teacher a young girl just out
of high school, because she would
take the job for $50 a month. In
short, he squeezed the dollars so hard
the eagle screamed. He would steal
acorns from blind pig.
When the farmer was fifty he had
a half section of good black land in
the corn belt and money in the bank
He moved to town to enjoy a hard
earned rest. But his stomach was Sc
tired of corn bread and bacon that Il
went on a strike and the farmer ate
milk toast. He could predict a storm
before the first cloud appeared, by
the creaking of his joints, and he had
to call for help to turn over in bed
One day his doctor said he had made
enough money to buy a new touring
car and the farmer died of heart dis
ease.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-31
Didn't Hurt Them.

One day while in Trenton, a man
from a small town happened to collide
with bunch of hygienics. and among
other things they referred to the water
supply of his home town. 1T isn't as
good as it might be-" said the Jersey
man when questioned as to it's quality.
There is something like 100000
microbes to drop, but it is the best
we can do at present" What do you
do to safeguard yourself against water
of that kinda" queried one of the by
gienics, with look Of concern. you
surely take some precautionary meas
ures." ooh, yes" smiled the Jersey
man. First we filter the water and
then we boil it, and then we drink ap
plejack."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-31
Travellers Tea.

When travelling there is great COM
fort in ones own cup Of tea. For this
poignant need of a traveller a charm
ing little tea box of mahogany, con
tanning a small silver tea caddy and a
little tea ball, reproduced in miniature
and a teakettle, has been placed upon
the market. 1t is very simple in its
arrangement, compact and easy to
pack and makes a really practical gift.
There are many places in America,
and in Europe also, where good tea is
a luxury, and many an unsuspecting
American woman is astonished when
she pays her bill for what she con-
siders a very simple repast. She usu-
ally finds that her cup of tea cost
more than very elaborate dessert,
and so the new idea is a great econo-
my as well as a comfort when on the
train or on the steamer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-31
| & n
Time Card No. 143

Effective Sunday, Dec. 7. 1913.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. sc. & N o. Linn. 11.56 p. m,
No. 51--St. l.. Express 5:35 p. m.
No. 99-Dixie Limited. 10:41 p. m.
No. 95-Dixie Flyer 8:43 a. m.
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ar. 7:08. a. m.
No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail 5:33 a. m.
No. 91-Evansville Ac. 1905 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & St. L. Linn, 5:25 a. m,
No. 52-St. Louis Express. 9:5l a. m.
No. 9S-Dixie Limited. 7:03 a. m.
No. 94-Dixie Flyer. 6:54 D. m.
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 p. m.
No. 54-St. L. Fast Mail 1910 p. m,
No. 90 Evansville Ac. 4:l5 p. m.
Nos. and 81 connect at st. Louis for al
pOiuts west.
No 81 connects at Guthrie for Memphis and
pulnts as far south as Erin. and for Louisville
Cincinnati and the East.
Nos. IS and IS make direct connections at Guth
rie for Louisville. Cincinnati and all points north
and east thereof. Nos So and IS alyb connect fol
Memnhis and way points.
No. % carries through sIeeperTto Atlantis. Ma
con. Jacksonville. St Augustine and Tampa. Fla
Also Pullman sleepas 70 New Qtleans Connects
at Guthrie for points East and West No % WI
not carry local passengers a. points north q
Nashville Tenn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-31
WlNTERING THE LIVE STOCK
Profits Are Greatly Reduced by Cling
Ing to Old Cows and Sheep Long
Past Their Usefulness.

The keeping OF old cows and sheep
long past their usefulness will largely
reduce the profits of the dairyman and
farmer The better method would be
to have them served, give shelter and
feed and when fresh sell the COW with
the calf. They may be cheaply win
tered on fodder, wheat straw and sec
ond-crop clover hay. Old sheep should
have been sold in the early fall for
what they will bring It seldom pays
to winter them. Before the cows come
fresh they should be given a little
grain, say four quarts of wheat bran
and one quart of haxseed meal well
mixed together Divide into two equal
parts; give one part in the morning
and the other half in the evening to
each one. This feed will loosen the
hide and greatly improve the appear
ance of the stock. Card and brush
them off every morning. This will re.
move the loose hair. The buying of
thin cows and milked-out cows from
dairymen who cannot afford to winter
such stock, is found to be a profitable
business by farmers having plenty of
rough fee, such as fodder, straw and
second-crop clover and stable grasses.
The mild winter has been a great ad.
vantage to dairymen and farmers short
of grain and feed, as much less food
was needed to keep the stock. Econ
omy must be practiced; no grain or
forage should be wasted. Fodder fed
to cattle under cover, having the sheds
heavily bedded and lined on the north
side to keep out the cold winter winds,
may be wintered in good condition.
The fodder will last longer and feed
more stock where fed in small quaint.
ties in connection with straw and sec
ond-crop hay.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-31
EARLY knowIedos Of Cancer.

The Egyptians recognized cancer
as a growth within the tissues of the
body, and CELSIUS elaborated upon this
when he discovered that some growths
were malignant and some benign.
Then in $50 b. C. Leonides declared
that the only hope of cure lay in Grad
icating the growth entirely from the
body.
Today the fact remains that cancer
is a growth within the cell tissue OF
the human body, but the cause Of 1t Is
little better understood.