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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
nusINEss oppoRruNIrY.


WANTED-Young man with capital de-
sires to meet young lady partner in
good paying business. Address "A
T. care of The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES.

TIRES GALL makes). accesxorica. lamps.
etc: cut prices: SIS Flying MerkIe
bicycles at wholesale price. S25 Cor
ange and blue enameled: 125 East
Third street. Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15

All the news all the time : rhe.
Argus as4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
ooSrnAcToHs AND BUILDERS.
john W0gE az Co,
CONTRACTORS AND
BUILDERS.

l4ngfacf urers OF sash. Doors. Blinds
- stairs. Interior finish Of aH kinds
- wood Veneer Flooring. ana dealers
JAS. al and go Eighteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
FOR REsT-HOUsEs.

FOR RENT-M1deru six-room cottage
81 Third avenue call REX Island
sss-N-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
FOR REST-RooMs.

FOh RENT-Furnished room, all mod.
ern: s2S Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
sUPERFLUOUs HAIR.

SUPERFLUOUS hair and moles on face
and arms permanently removed with
enc to six needles. Address Miss A NJ
Kittredge, Flat l.. Argyle Flats. Brady
street, Davenport. Phone Davenport
1886.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15

FOR RENT-cottazc az IfI5 sixth ave-
rue. water and sewer Apply il3
Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
MASSAGE


SWEDISH MOVEMENT - Miss \. Elm
arson graduated Swedish masseuse
siFes Treatment In private homes and
- 0oce by appointment Phone Rock
lsland zlas. once. els seventeenth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
wAsTED-FEMALE HELP.

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WANTED-Cook and second maid AT
1903 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15

FOR RENT - Modern furnished front
room: 1897 Sixth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED - To buy a driving pony;
Henry Under. Taylor Ridge. i'll.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
ron sALE-crrr PROPERTY.


FOR SALE-One or two level lots. on
paved street; nice location Inquire
1900 Fourth street Phone Rock Is
land 2454.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
wANTED-MALE HELP.

| WANTED - Two boys 16 years OF
| age; steady. Call S a. m. tomorrow
| 1923 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
FOR SALE-LANDS.

FOR SALE-Fifteen acres of land, 2 y
miles from La Junta, Col; will sell or
trade for property In tri-cities. In
quire 4121 Seventh avenue. Phone
Rock Island 1892.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15

WANTED-I@ace curtains to launder at
14fS Fourteenth street. Mrs. Duella
Titterington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR SALE-My entire household fur
nishings, cheap. Inquire 1904 Fourth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15

McENIRY & McENIRY-Attorneys
law. Loan money on good security;
make collections. References, Mitch
& Lyaa0 building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15

FOR SALE - Five-room house, near
Long View park. Sl,750, $3.50 down,
balance monthly at per cent Phone
Rock Island 1855.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15

WANTED-Girl to do general house
work at 1924 Ninth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15
ron Observation-Disclosures.

FVk RENT-TwO EtOrerooms: ideal 10
esuon Tor drug store or general mer-
en@ndisc. az Ninth street and seventh
ssenue, Inquire TaNman Bros Phone
Rock Island COZ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15

FOR RENT-Roon for light housekeer
ing: 21I Sixteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-15

eess A,sD H,S eSTSesIe cs4uH\ Uss, pypeS
ees MAPPING, Tllrs vllsyTTsY DAY AT TIE cue
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14

river the British engineers were put
ting the finishing touches 10 pontoon
bridgc--a bridge they finished Il'co,n-
pletc, In about two hours. Our TROOPS
| were already preparing to cross. So
swiftly uoes the British army move
next morning we found our troops had
melted away in the night. Even tho
ppntoon bridge had disappointed
That night we found quarters in tho
Hotel dc Paris. little Inn where
smells had torn away part OF the roof,
ana wheer even In our bedroom, we
! mad TO plaster up tho windows. drilled
with rifle bullets. 10 keen out tho
draught TWO German onlrers Nbose
names. Won der Goltz" and Won Reut-
,cr. were scrawlcd In chalk OH the
bedroom door, had had tho room he
Tore us. and there were many evidences
oi hasty departure. The landlady
tea us that morning twcnty-six Ger
iran officers had breakfastcd, compcl-
Eng her and her husband a.id all their
servants to be up at dawn and to servo
them with the best the town could
provide before they took the field.
Next morning we crossed the river
by boat. We found the quarters OF tho
town on this side OF the river IN n much
worse state. The British shells had
'orn great holes in the houses, some or
wpich wcro completely battered down
s.
:oiny Of whom had not had time to
get away, took refuge in their cellars.
rho Germans had jntrcnciicd them
selves III some of The houses, closing
tho shutters and making loopholck.
through which they fired. There were
horrid sights In the streets. ] counted
about thirty-nvo German dead with
LlackcninS faces, some minus head, a
leg, or an arm. Tho villagers were
Dragging the bodies away for burial. 4
saw The smoldering ruins OF q fine
chateau In which the Germans had In
stalled their machine guns and which
had been shclled and set on fire by the
british.
me streets revealed traces of despcr-
ate nshting at close quarters. Pools
or blood still stained the gray cob
blestones. The townspcople ted mo
of British soldiers firing down tho
narrow streets at Germans cnsconccd In
houses Many of the townsfolk had
picked UP helmets and arms which had
been left about the streets. but which
had all been cleared away by the time
We appeared on The scene. We were
tod that the Germans had occupied
La i'crte for a few days The officers
mostly paid for what they took, some
tines with Belgian money, but there
was some Dlundcring by the soldiers
Some shopkecpers who had had the
sense TO place themselves directly I'M
~ INC Protcctipl OF the German mil
itary commander had received from
him notice In German something to this
effect: These people have nothing more
to give. Please do not touch"
That afternoon tThursday) we left
La Fcrte. Outside the town we found
on hill the grave OF Highlander.
L do not remember ever to have read
a moro touching epitaph than that
which the dead mans comrades had
written in pencil on the rough wooden
cross. made of strips torn from an
ammunition box. This is it:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
Want. city to Acquire park.

10 the Editor of The Times Dispatch;
Sf'-Whlie every other section OF the CITY has
It's pubic park, the Southsde has no free nla u
space, The city should own Forest Hill park
rms property is so held by,its provisional own,
ers' the street railway company, that 1t can he
acquired, no doubt, at very small cost-if indeed
the railway company would not transfer 1t era ,
tuitousiy The sale contract under which tho
company acquired 1t prohibits it from being used
ior any other than park purposes. The land
cannot be cut up and sold building lots The
railway company can profit by IT only as a pa ri,
that attracts passenger traffic
PROBABLY no other city in America would hsy
so long overlooked the opportunit., thus pre-
sented to acquire tract of 10S acres Of the
most beautiful and picturesque park property in
the united states. Expert engineers who laid
OUT the park some years ago pronounced Forest
fiill, with its magnificent groves of oaks ITS
beautiful lake, picturesque glades and deils a nd
us twenty springs of pure clear sparkling lithia
water the finest natural park in the United
States. ~
Forest Hill Park leased TO an amusement
company several years ago. but might be ac-
CURED by the city at small expense Colonel
j. 81. Livingston the head of the amusement
company holding the lease indicated his will
,ingness more than year ago to release the
property IL the railway company desired to
transfer 1t to the city.
with the gradual growth of Richmond this
park property must inevitably be taken over by
the city. Why not now? G. r H.
Richmond, October l2. 1914.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
What Will II Profit?

a authority on strategy estimates that
"A the Germans or the allies could lose
100000 men in one terrific action without
losing the whole fight. True, he admits this
would be a tremendous loss to either side,
but it would not be final from the strategic
standpoint. He then goes on to say that the
result will be exhaustion, not victory-that
these sayages of civilization will fight until
they have dropped and can fight no longer.
beautiful prospect! And what is the
issue? Boiled down to cold facts, the issue
is expressed in the dollar sign It ia a
gigantic struggle for commercial supremacy.
for territorial control. for treasure and az
grandiZement But who will profit, of this
generation. The widows and orphans of the
thousands killed are little interested. If
these savages fight to the point of physical
, and financial exhaustion it will take at least
two generations for reconstruction before
1.-The commercial advantage gained begins to
be realized by the victors So that all this
q Dloodshed and huge cost is for the benefit of
posterity, and has no fine principle behind if.
For We must maintain who think in straight
lines, that the sign of the dollar is not prn-
Sciple. but an gnoble ambition.
Into this struggle Europe is throwing first
her young and vigorous men, then her men
"a little older then her boys and patriarchs
Z The nations will be reduced to women and the
masculine remnant, the blood and bone and
sinew OF the best having been DESTROYED.
Out OF this masculine remnant must come
posterlty, and. permitting imagination to leap
: bounds into the possible and beyond the prob
able. that remnant will not be best fitted IN
& repopulate the stricken cities, towns and
farm lands. What sort OF next generation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
The NIiddleman's Protest

IT WAS only the expected that happened
when New York grocers green and
not-so-green, united in earnest protest against
the citys establishment of free markets The
city's entirely laudable purpose was the
reduction of the high cost of living, but the
grocers insist that one incidental consequence
has been serious reduction in their chances
ofliying at all.
Moreover. they declare that the free-market
plan, as now conducted in the metropolis is
large and ornate fraud, of which that I'M
fortunate individual, the ultimate consumer.
is one victim and they themselves are others.
They say that short weights and measures
are being used; that inferior articles OF food
are being sold; that cold storage eggs are
being substituted for strictly. fresh,' and
that, generally, the guileless seeker of bar
gains gets poorly-plated gold brick instead
1t may be So Life is made up Of one
condemned thing after another" as some
philosopher remarks, and these efforts to get
rid of the middleman never have been at
tended with much success. He made his
entry some cons before the dawn Of civiliza-
ton, and he has been on the job ever since
An expensive luxury, doubtless, and dis
agreeable fellow i'll many aspects. but some
how we don't seem to be able TO get along
without him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
THE TIMEs-DIsPATCH ana Breakfast
are served together with unfaIlinE regu-
lsrity In the Rest Homes of Richmond.
Is Your morning program completef
\ The Best Team Did Win

IF ONE thing more than another stands out
l of the series of baseball contests for the
worlds championship that the Boston Braves,
on their home grounds, brought yesterday to
triumphant conclusion, it is that the best
team won. In fielding In pitching, in bat
ting, in strategy, Stallings's men have demon
strated their superiority over their rivals.
The Braves were out for blood--and they
got it.
In the first game they took the Athletics
measure and destroyed the confidence that
before had been so valuable an asset II was
a crushing blow to pride and prestige when
the mighty Bender, like any recruit from
the bushes, was battcd out of the box That
game and its result were the handwriting on
the wall. Few competent critics doubted
thereafter what the outcome of the series
would be.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
Here lies Private 49,
No. Highalnders.
Killed in action.
He was q good pal.

From the cross hung his sreatcoat,
the back all torn by "a shell.
we proceeded in the direction OF
Chateau Thierry. y few miles out
side we came across a small British
convoy returning with batch Of 100
German prisoners including eight. Of
ficcrs and Red Cross doctor The
british convoy consisted only of
sergeant and six men. They told me
mat they were returning to fetch sup
plies, when the detachment of Ger
mans came out OF tho woods and stood
Willingly accompanied the ludcrously
small British force, for they were stary-
ing and had surrendered to get food
they were starving, and had surrcn-
dered to got food.
We presently deserted n lonely f;eure
hobbling, along the long, white road
when We came up ii was q corporal
OF an Irish regiment. He had been
wounded In the foot, and was using his
rifle as a crutch. Where are you
going" ! said. Sure, I'm going 10
the front" he replied 'Eow do YOU
expect TO get there? It's about fifty
miles away" ".ih, now, If / can ret
TO the next village maybe I'll be find
ing n wagon to give me lift; if moi.
III go on tramping." gave him to-
bacco and Il little money, and left him
hobbling along. chccry and content ~
skirtcd Chateau Thierry, and from
there rctraced my steps to, Paris. On
my way back traversed the battle
held or MeauX, where peasants were busy
win great funeral pyres. There were
miles and miles OF trenches, marking
The German positions, strewn with
thousands and thousands of empty
cartridge cases. About 6 O'clock on
sunday evening reached Lagny. where
round enormous crowds OF sightseers
from Paris I'm the. happiest, OF moods
walking to and fro over the pontoons
bridge across tho aIarnc, loud in their
admiration for the skill OF the French
engineers who had built 1t. inspecting
with intense interest the shattered
bridges across the river, -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14

AS who hunts lions may
"Perfumed be supposed to acquire an inti-
Collars" mate knowledge OF therhabits OF
Ne,ve.t Iro,, the king OF beasts, It Is reason
'SS'N "" able to assume that Senator Reed,
as the .pursuer OF trusts and
trust masnates. is an authority on the appear
ance or tho latter. In recent debate on the
'ClaSton omnibus trust BILL Mr.. Reed attacked
that measure In it's present shape as without
any value One of his assertions WAS that mo
rude sheriff or Federal marshal can lay his
ealloased hands on the pcrfumed collar of a
trust masnate. or course. United States
senator is ant,honorable man, and Mr. Reed
would not attribute to trust masnatas the
habit OF wearing perfumed collars on mere
hsfrsay, File comes from Missouri. a State
whose people must be Shown" and therefore
he must have seen these remarkable collars, the
use Of which is, after their manner Inonopeiizea
NbS trust magnates. Perfumed collars, however,
fuE OF US have over seen ever oven thought
possible, but In Missouri they may wear articles
OF mems attire that are in advance OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
Refugees

LOW would you like to burn down your
own house to make room for cannon
balls in the air. and then, looking back over
your shoulder at the flames, white-faced,
fearful, penniless, too old or too young to
earn the starvation rations of q soldier,
become refugee from that land that was
your cradle?
How would you like TO be the King of the
Belgians, fleeing into Holland for your life,
perhaps--at least fleeing before a hopelessly
superior force, from imprisonment. possibly
indignity? And how would you like to be
one Of the least Of his subjects. fugitive with
100000 others of your little nation, sheltered
for day or two in Holland, but threatened
with expulsion because Holland could no
longer feed you?
That's the reality of war for the noncom-
blatant NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. yes, underdrawn!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
America for Me-.

%" hf ths air. Is mans town. there's power in
her hair; :"
to study Rome; =
But when il comes 10 living there 10 no n,.,.
like home
seems to lack
looking back.
But tho glory Of the present is TO make tho
future free IN & =
Is TO be.
oh. It's home again and home again. America
for me! -
rolling sea,
the ocean bars,
Is full Of stare.
Henry van Dyke,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
Love Insurance Now on the Market

HERE were mighty few risks and hazards
of this life, the world had thought. that
some venturesomc person or corporation was
not willing to insure against mischance.
Ihere has been fire insurance, and life insur-
ance. and burglary insurance, and marine
insurance. and casualty insurance, and acct
aent insurance; insurance against storms and
hurricanes and insurance against disease; but
up to few days ago nobody had offered to
insure feeting and inconstant love
Now the final chasm has been bridped
The Society for the Promotion of Family
Happiness has been organized and applied
for articles of Incorporation. It's objects are
these:
10 aid members in the training and
discipline of their children and to pre-
pare children for the practical duties or
married life.
To help married couples lead proper
lives, fN'
To prevent differences from arising
bclW cen married couples
10 improve tho mentulitics OF those
about ~ be married. SO that there will
he fewer foolish marriages ~
Membership in the society is expected TO
guarantee happiness. Among its subsidiary
purposes, according to the veracious New
York Herald, is to aid "in granting amnesty
10 husbands and heads of families who have
run away from the high cost of living and
loving. The distinction the Herald makes
between Husbands" and 'heads OF families"
implies delicate tribute, it is likely, to the
feminist movement. But let that pass 1t is
enough we are to have some agency that will
make love perpetual and every marriage an
unending dream of bliss. Whatever premium
is charged will not be too high
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
TIE RcHMoND Vac WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ID aal4
win II be. with an the best men killed on N

will 1t be. with all the best men killed Off nj
their prime?
This is all dream--all conjecture. Pos
sibly II is far too pessimstic but there is
enough of reality in 1t to make one shudder
for the awful days OF reconstruction and the
pi,iful days when the nations take their CEN
sus of .able-bodied men. The astonishing
the astounding fact is that, with all our col
ieges, all our training, all our pretense of
civilization. such a holocaust could come on
millions of people by invitation without the
slightest hesitation. Nations waste lives and
waste silver dollar And yet we boast OF
reason and souls!
The Importance of Antwerp's Capture
e FFORTS of French and British writer's to
IL minimize>or depreciate the Importance OF
the capture of Antwerp by the Germans are
alike futile and foolish. Not only was it
great feat OF arms-the reduction of this
supposedly impregnable fortress after SO brief
stege-but it affords reasonable guarantee
of the German line of communication through
Belgium and releases for the battle line along
the three rivers considerable force OF men
and guns.
II 1t is followed, appears highly
probable, by the capture of Ostend Germany
VIII be in possession of a great strip of Bel
gan coast, and an attack from the north by
q SoihUlucu 'DTlLlSn anu Belgian force on the
army of General Won Kluck, which had been
apprehended, will have been rendered vr-
tually impossible.
But, at the same time, it is we'll not to take
too much stock in this rehabilitated phrase
that describes Antwerp "a pistol pointed
at Englanfs heart" AS The Times Ds patch
said on Monday, there is little danger of Ger
many attempting to invade England, 80 long
as the British fleet controls the channel and
the North Sea. Antwerp cannot be used for
such an attack without the invasion of Hol-
lands neutrality, as the River Scheldt, which
is Antwerp's outlet to the sea, passes through
that country. The Belgian port, further
more. possesses no superiority for an attack
on England over Cuxhaven or Helgoland
already fitted out as German naval bases
Opinions differ as to where the sympathies
OF Hollands ruling classes lie, but if the
Dutch should prove unwilling the Kaiser will
not risk wantonly a repetition of his expert
encc with Belgium. The Dutch army num-
bers 100000 men, and is quite able to offer
effective resistance for a time at least. even
to Germany's victorious hosts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
The Voice Of the People

Letters TO the Editor ahould not be over
Eoo words In length and the name and adj
dress OF the writer rsusf sccomNnny each
communication, not necessarily for pubitca-
Uon' nut ss an evidence of good faith, write
on one side OF the paper, and incIosc stamps
IL manuscript In TO be retursed, Partisa.
letters concerninE the European war Mil not
be published. -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
SONGS AND SAWS
WIN Teddy DO,

oh. what will Teddy Roosevelt do?
And what Will Teddy say?
Now that Progressives. onco true-blue
Flee fast across the way
Forsake the straight and narrow path
And join the faithless men of wrath
That he's been wont to hay.
Oh what will Teddy Roosevelt say?
And what will Teddy do?
He can't forget that awful day
He has such cause to rue,
When he. unwillingly. was led on
The skids that ran TO Armageddon
And TO Salt River too.
One thing. we know. T. r. Will say
And say it Witt VIM
That those who take the primrose way
And leave his warriors grim
Should with old Ananias stand
And lead the Ananias band
In its unholy hymn.
Yes. that at least Il. r. will say