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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-19
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Final Instructions Given to
Representatives of the
United States by Presi-
dent Wilson and Secre-
tary of State Bryan.

Niagara Falls. Ont, May 19.-The
South American mediators waited to-
day the coming of the Mexican dele
gates and the American Representatives
for the conference due to begin tomor-
row. A large squad of American. Ca
madam and foreign newspaper CORES
pondents has arrived.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01

general condition of hospitals and hos
pital treating throughout the county
in an endeavor to establish the assem-
tials OF an analysis on this subject. Mr..
Hoffman finds that the average dura-
ton of sickness, as far as can be de-
termined from the fragmentary rec
ords. was eleven days for ages under
a. and twenty-three for ages over 40,
and that the average nursing duration
for sickness for patients over 10 is
seventeen days for males and twenty
FIVE days for females. Many other
interesting facts and deductions are
presented. Mr.. Hoffman's painstaking
study of a large mass of hospital re-
ports and statistics is of distinct value.
although the most important point
emphasized. in the opinion of The
Journal of the American Medical asso-
citation. is the meagerness and incom-
pleteness of data.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01
LAUNCHING A TORPEDO.

The remarkable damage wrought by
German automobile torpedoes on the
British navy has excited widespread
interest in this silent destroyer. In a
complete article on the torpedo in war
fare by a technical expert in the spe-
ciaI war issue of the Scientific Ameri-
can the writer gives the following in
teresting description of the firing of
this submarine foe:
In the present stage of its develop
ment there are three methods by
which the automobile torpedo is start
ed on its destructive fight. First. 1t
may be discharged through the side
OF a battleship of cruiser at depth
of from II to 10 feet below the surface
of the water from a tube contained
within the hull of the vessel; second,
II may be discharged from a launch
ing tube mounted Oh the deck OF
DESTROYER; and third, IL may be dis
charged from the nose of a subma-
rine.
II is the secrecy and invisibility Of
torpedo attack which invests 1t with
such deadly moral and physical effect.
and for this reason submarine torpe-
do attack is far more effective, both
in its ability 10 get home upon the
enemy and in its disconcerting effect
upon the morale. that when II Is &C.
Iivered from a battles1ip or cruiser,
or from the swift torpedo boat or de
stroyer. Broadly speaking, the tor
pedo tube fitted in the larger ships
can be brought into use only in the
later phase % a hard-fought engage
ment. when the enemy's gunfire has
been silenced or greatly reduced, and
his ships have been so badly cut up
tat they have lost their maneuvering
power. and it is possible for the enc
my TO draw in within easy torpedo
range.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01

It is always agreeable to run across
items OF news telling of new orders
OF merchandise for export. or of fac
tories and mills increasing numbers
OF men employed.
We are getting these bits of news
frequently in these days of growing
confidence and extended commercial
activity In fact there have been so
many orders for merchandise for the
warning nations that some of our man.
ufacturers have felt that they could
lift prices a bit on their foreign Gus
toners. This optimism carried them
a bit too far, as the purchasing agents
from abroad know just how much their
money should buy.
Only a few days ago we learned that
5000 men. who have been out of work
since the war started, were put back
in their jobs at the Gary mills of the
United States Steel corporation. More
will be taken on from time to time as
business conditions warrant. Thanks
giving in Gary was a brighter holiday
this year than many homes had rea-
son to expect.
The revival of the steel business is
not combining itself TO Gary. The mills
at Indiana Harbor, Hammond and
East Chicago have taken on several
thousand extra men during the past
two weeks. The Pittsburgh district
will also soon be feeling the quickened
pulse OF new life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01
HABIT FORMING DRUGS.

The United States public health
service calls attention in the health
reports Of this weeg to the need of
further control of the sale and use OF
habit-formiDg drugs.
Practically every state in this coun-
try has a reasonably efficient anti-nar-
cotic law However. even the best of
these laws are practically imperative
because of the continued and apparent
" uncomfortable importation Of such
drugs from other states.
Il is generally admitted that much
of the traffic in habit-forming drugs is
carried on by illegitimate dealers.
These dealers. however. secure their
supplies through legitimate channels
and il is this leak which needs TO be
located and suppressed.
I'D to the present time the estimates
regarding the number of drug addicts
in this country have not been based on
reliable data and have usually been
far in excess OF the actual number that
could be supplied with the drugs really
available. The anti-narcotic law re-
Gently enacted in the state Of Ten
nessee offers 20 furnish reliable
basis FOR estimating inc HuhDer OF
users of drugs of this type and the in
formation so far 10 hand seems TO sug-
gest that the total number OF persons
addicted 10 the use Of drugs in this
country is far below the frequently
quoted estimate that between one and
two per cent OF the total population of
the United States is addicted to the
habitual use of narcotic drugs.
While this statement will no doubt
be pleasing to many who have felt
that the estimates that have been pub
lished were misleading or unfair it is
pointed out that figures at best show
the existence OF all too many habitual
users of narcotic drugs and suggests
that anything that can be done TO eff
fectually reduce their number will be
well worth while.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01

Berlin-Notwithsta the war
the new University of Frankfort has
| just been opened The emperor sign
! ed the statutes of the new institution
on Aug. /, the day the German mobil-
| ization was ordered. Thus this new
seat of learning will be identified for
all time with the great world war,
| just as the University of Berlin is
known throughout Germany for hav-
! ing been born during the Napoleonic
wars The University of Frankfort
! has also attached to itself a remin-
| iscence of those days by opening its
| doors on the anniversary of the battle
of Leipzig, where Napoleon's power in
Germany was finally broken.
The opening, on Oct. Is, was With
out any special ceremony. The kaiser
sent from military headquarters a
dispatch expressing his regret that
the defense OF the Fatherland from
the nefarious attacks Of our enemies"
rendered it impossible for him to be
present.
The institution begins its career
under favorable financial and intel
lectual auguries. An endowment fund
of about 100000 has been collected.
A large Part of this was given by
members of the Frankfort Speyer
family, which is also represented in
New York. A considerable contribu-
ton was also made, it is understood,
by Jacob H. Schiff of New York. as
gifs to his native city The city of
Frankfort undertakes to make annual
appropriations for meeting a part of
1.-hiO oh
gives this university a unique position
among those of Germany, as it also
notes a departure in municipal activi-
ties in Germany. 1t has been pro-
posed by the contributors to the en-
dowment that the city should have eX-
elusive control, including the selec-
ton OF the faculty; but this was re-
jected by the Prussian legislature;
hence the appointment of professors
is made by the ministry of education,
as at the other universities. The city
government however. is well repre-
scented on the board of trustees and
has an extensive influence over the
administration of affairs.
In still another respect the Univer-
sity of Frankfort differs from the 9th
er German institutions. 1t has, name
ly. no theological faculty. An effort
was made to give 1t one. but the pro-
posal was defeated by the argument
that the number of theological stu /
dents has greatly decreased at the /
existing universities, and hence that
there was no ground for increasing |
the faculties for theological instruc- !
ton. Yet Frankfort will have more |
fannlTiaE than tho nfhRr npiUnrEiFiaS !
owing to the fact that il assigns 10 .
separate faculties some subjects that !
are grouped together at the older in
stitutions /; will have the following |
five departments: Law. medicine, phi
losophy. natural science. and econom-
ic and social science
Frankfort starts out with more than
one hundred professors and instruc-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01
The Daily Story
Circumstantial-By Donald Chamberlin.
Copyrighted, 1914 by Associated Literary Dureau

| ing a man who had been convicted bv
opinion II not by the courts. But whom
J it was found that If she were no, NO..
mitted to bear her burden with him
her life would still be wrecked bis ma,
| eDts begged Alex to withdraw his or
| position. The pair were married NJ,
| vately and lived, not where the mn,
/ der had been committed, but at uaI-
ems home.
Alex dropped under the stigma Of no
ing considered bis cousins murderer
| He was cut by his old friends, and bad
| IL not been for his wife not a hurnan
being would have crossed his thresb.
| old. Life to him was en- intoIerahIa
burden. He preferred death to such :
life.
One day bis wife went to the home
stead TO examine the room whera
her husband had told her he had had
an interview with Fergus with yleu
to discov ering a clew to the real mu-.
derer. She made a search Of the rom,
where the corpse bad been found and
under a Dashboard caught a glimpse OF
something yellow. Withdra wing the
object it proved to be a gold soyer
eign.
MacGregor had told of the offer OF
the gold pieces by his cousin. but had
no proof of his story. Helen. without
a word to her husband, took the so7-
ereign to her lawyer. He carried II
to the only bank in the vicinity. and
after an investigation 1t was learned
that they had received a considerable
number of sovereigns of the same coin.
age QS4S just before the date of the
murder and on the morning of the day
MacAlister was killed had paid him If
ty of them.
The piece Helen had found was the
only one that was traced up to this
time. Andy Cummings some time aft
er the murder was remembered by one
of his neighbors to have offered a gold
sovereign to be changed into silver
The attorney got out a warrant to
search Andy's premises. and five sover-
efgns. coinage of 1S4S. were found in
stocking hidden under the caves of his
cabin.
Andy was arrested. He at first ex-
planned having the sovereigns in his
possession by the statement that Mac
Alister had owed him money, but when
pressed for what the debt was for he
broke down and made a confession.
On seeing MacGregor come out of the
homestead curiosity had moved him to
60 in and investigate the cause of his
wrath. In the library he had found on
table the gold Fergus had offered
Alex. Cupidity seized him. He was
gathering them in when Fergus ap-
peared. A struggle followed. Andy
seized the poker by the fireplace. struck
his opponent on the head and killed
him.
To divert suspicion from himself he
bad told what he had seen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01
oCedar Rapids RepubIlcnnD

Cedar Rapids Repubican.)
In New York they have made big
rumpus in the school board because
one or two teachers during the past
year have asked for leave of absence,
in order that they might have time to
bring their children into the world in
at least partial quiet and seclusion.
The school board has suspended such
teachers and even reprimanded them
for such an indiscretion. We are told
there are 1900 teachers in that city
who are women and only 1900 of
them are married. The school board
does not seem to think much of mar
ried teachers and ii thinks very badly
of those who follow nature Ear enough
to bear children. The school board
seems to demand sterility on the part
of those 1900 married teachers. In
other words it is trying to compel them
to practice infanticide, in one way or
another. The teachers have been
fairly obedient to this spirit of the
school board, only 16 having borne
children during the past few years.
The whole New York situation is a
travesty on common sense, and on the
rights and even duties of women. I'm
doubtedly a school teacher who asks
for leave of absence to bring a child
into the world upsets matters some
what and the school board may rather
be rid of such a woman in the teach
ing force. Or 1t may even be better
for the woman not to teach any more,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01
NEW YORK TEACHERS AS MOTHERS

but TO devote herself to her Offspring.
But women cannot always choose
They sometimes have to help support
the families to which they belong.
That such is the case is a reflection on
New York men, or society as organ
lied, but it is a fact that has to be
considered, nevertheless. school
board cannot very we'll demand that
10. 900 women shall forego their func-
lions in the scheme of nature. Some
common sense solution of the vexed
problem ought to seem possible. In
France, we are told, there is provi-
sion made for such cases and the
teachers who honor the state by bear
ing children are not only given leave
of absence, but they are continued on
the pay rolls of the schools. But In
France they have learned the worth
of babies and they are encouraging
all who are willing to help keep up
the supplies. In New York they are
not vet concerned about the supply
of population for Europe is still send
ing over shiploads, such as they are
in part, and the women who i've on
the east side and in other submerged
quarters are producing infants at
rapid rate, and rate rapid enough to
make I'D for the deficiencies among
the $4,000 teachers. But does New
York want all of its future population
to come from the classes who are
most willing and most unconscious OF
the burdens of child birth?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01
A LONG WAR.

II is evident from the expressions
from Germany that war lord" does
not intend to entertain any proposals
for peace. In an editorial comment
of the Cologne Gazette. known as the
government mouthpiece. there ap-
pears the following:
1T is premature to talk about peace,
and it strikes US as frivolous. No
German diplomat and no German SOL
der thinks of concluding an illusory
peace with the powers which we have
beaten and confidently hope to con-
tinue beating.
In Germany everybody from the
Kaiser to the day laborer is deter
mined to make a clean score this
time Talk in England about peace
is a bluff"
The tone of this editorial does not
inspire a very decided BELIEF that the
Kaiser is going to enter into any ne
gotiations for peace. observes the
state Register. In fact, the attitude
is one of bravado and supreme conf
dence in the ability o: the Germans
to vine every ally nation off of the
European map.
The kaiser and the officials of the
German army have so imbued the
people of that country with the spirit
of aggressiveness and enthusiasm,
that there seems II be little doubt blu.
that Germany will be the last combat
ing nation to show any signs Of weak
ening.
ANY talk of peace at the present
time is simply talk and nothing else.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01

Yesterday we said most physics are
mare harmful than helpful ii the treat
mant of constipation, and we are still
OF the same opinion today. The cure
must come through a natural diet and
regularity OF habit, aided by mental
case about the consequences OF con-
situation. II is never fatal.
II drugs are absolutely essential,
then il is worse than useless to try
to select the drug yourself, or to let
Your friends, or an advertisement,
suggest what YOU should take. The
medicine that helps one case may ag-
eravate another. A drug which would
be harmless in a case accompanied
with undersecretion of intestinal fluid
would be injurious for another case
with the opposite state of secretion.
\ pill which irritates and congests the
lower bowel might be taken safely by
one individual with constipation, but
Il would do a lot OF harm 10 another
with piles. You can't guess in ad-
vance about this, for your guess may
be wrong, and in that event your con-
situation would be all the more OBJ
stinate. The only safe and efficient
way to find cut what medicine you
should take, if any, is by consulting
your doctor. Doctors don't prescribe
by hearsay; they prescribe whatever
may be indicated by your Individual
condition.
Muscle Training Helpful.
In women, false modesty and the
corset are common factors of consti-
patton. In men, lack of exercise and
carelessness about regularity are COM
mon factors. In children, castor oil
and other abused cathartics, together
with a too refined diet, are common
factors. In every body, a too ready re-
sort 20 artificial stimulus to move the
bowel, is a prolific cause OF constipa-
ton.
Abdominal exercises, breathing OK
ercises, gymnastic work or long walks
in the open air are better than medi-
cine. The setting-up drill, or turning
somersaults, or Initiating the stunts
you see the cOntortionists doing in
the vaudeville show will improve the
general muscular system, the abdom-
inal muscles, and tend TO strengthen
the intestinal muscle. Most people
are altogether too dignifed for the
good of their health. 1t is an excel !
lent thing TO unbend occasionally and |
make a monkey of yourself-in pri- |
yatc.
Injections and suppositories are to
be avoided. unless prescribed by your
doctor for especial purposes. Such |
artificial measures are less natural |
than internal drugs.
Questions and Answers.
Mrs. V. +. inquiries: Please tell me
this new remedy called liquid
hydrocarbon oil Is good for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01
HEALTH TALKS
More About Everybody's AiIment.
Brady,N.D.

all the following diseases or any of
them: Nervous prostration, rheuma-
tism, tonsilitis, gallstones, feeble-mind-
edness or Observation-Disclosures, first
stages Of lung trouble. and govt. A
nurse claims to use it with big sue
CESS in such cases unknown to the
doctors in charge. She says she has
cured five of the different ailments in
one family.
Reply-It is liquid petrolatum, pc
troleum oil. 1t is a simple laxative
and that is absolutel all. Nurses are
taught nothing about the treatment of
diseases. When they claim such abil-
ity you had better not trust them. BY
the way. this same pure petroleum oil
gees under dozens of other names, as
well, Russian oil, mineral oil, etc.
Z. B. H. asks what causes night
mares.
Reply-Pleasant dreaming is physi-
illogical, but you can't remember the
dream in the morning. When you re-
call the dream it means you have
slept less soundly than normal In
some nervous conditions your dream
is projected into the walking state,
and that is sleep-walking or somnam-
bulism. True nightmare is vivid
dream traceable to some previous ter
rifying experience or to a physical dis
turbance of health. Bad ventilation,
indigestion, worry. mental shock, or
fright will often produce nightmare in
which you are crushed by a great
weight or threatened by some mon
strous thing and powerless to cry out
or defend yourself-and it's a deuce
of dream to haveI
Mrs. c. II. asks: What causes boilso
Are they local infection or from the
blood? What can one do TO prevent
new crops OF boils?
Reply-Local infection of skin with
ordinary pus-producing germs To
prevent new crops, a course of vac
cine treatment is often necessary.
Great care in the handling and dress
ing of boils may prevent re-infection.
z. c. writes: Is there any cure for
the kind of rheumatism where the |
joints are enlarged by a deposit? !
Some doctors state there is a lack of i
red blood cells. VIII dieting, hot /
baths. massage effect a cure or allay |
the disease?
Reply-Most joint diseases are ac-
by deposit of new tissue !
We don't know just what disease you !
mean. The lack of red corpuscles in
he blood is probably an effect OF the
same factor which causes the joint
rouble. Anaemia alone never causes
oint disease. We cannot answer the
asst question without knowing what
disease you have.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-01

The lawsuit between the MacGregor
and MncAHster estates had been de
cided in favor OF Fergus MacAlister
cousin to Alexander MacGregor. who
had been long In possession OF the es
tate. Both were bachelors, and. mel
Their having children. the property
would have gone In any event to Mac
Alister had his cousin continued to live
single. But Fergus had heard that
Alex was about to be married. and.
since there was a doubt rs to wbeth-
er he or bis cousin was legally entitled
to the estate. he had commenced suit
to gain it.
MacGregor was too honorable to per-
NIT Helen Cameron to become his wife
till 1t was decided whether he would
be rich or poor, and when the case
was decided against him he released
her He made preparations TO leave the
homestead to his cousin. and when all
was ready and he was about to leave
Fergus drove up to the homestead.
alighted and went into the house.
Andrew Cummings, a cobbler. was
passing that way at o'clock in the
evening. He noticed MacAlister's
chaise before the gate, and at the mo-
ment Alex MacGregor came out evil
IDENTITY In a rage and passed down the
road. MacAlister did not return to his
home to dinner. and. since it was
known that he had gone to the home
stead during the evening, a servant
was sent to find out If possible If he
was there He found his master lying
on the floor of the library dead. His
skull had been fractured, apparently
with an iron poker that showed signs
Of having inflicted the blow.
Alexander MacGregor was suspected,
but It was not till Andy Cummings
told of what he had seen that Alex
was arrested. His story was that just
before leaving the homestead his cous-
in had come in. The meeting was a
trying one to Alex, who had just been
dispossessed- He had upbraided his
cousin, saying that he had not a cent
in the world and knew not where to go
for a lodging. Fergus had taken out
a handful of gold pieces and offered
them to him. Alex had scornfully de-
clined to take them and had left the
house in an excited state Of mind.
MacGregor's misfortune was too
much for Helen Cameron. who. despite
her fathers commands. visited him in
Jail and sat beside him during the trial.
declaring that she would marry him.
whatever the verdict might be. Since
no one saw the murder committed her
lover was not convicted, but there were
few but believed that he had killed his
cousin. Indeed, there was special
t. OP
the way, for at Fergus death he came
again into possession of the estate he
had lost
For a time Alex refused TO permit
Helen to make the sacrifice of marry