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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
WHAT Is THE Use

Last winter a leaking
water-tank on the roof of
the house next to US gave
US a lot of annoyance, MAX
ing it impossible for us to
sleep and otherwise LAGER
ating our nerves. We
spent considerable time and
went to a good deal of trou-
BILE to have the annoyance
eliminated, as it in addi-
ton to bothering US was
wasting hundreds of gal
Ions of the city water
every night.
Appeals to the janitor
and the agent of the build
ing were without effect.
Not until we went to Mr..
John j. Murphy Of the
Board of Water Supply did
we get any action. Then
we got it quickly and eff
GENTLY, and we have felt
grateful to Mr.. Murphy
ever since. Also we feel
that the city ought to be
glad that it has such a
good official as he is.
Arthur William Brown,
an artist, lives at 233 West
Tooth street. In front of
his house is a taXicab
stand, Tor, as the sign
says, three cabs. Mr..
Brown says there are gen.
orally six or eight cabs
there or in the immediate
vicinity, keeping their en-
gines going and making
all sorts of unnecessary
noise until three O'Clock in
the morning. The chauf-
feurs have a habit of whis-
Ting to each other a block
or so away.
Mr.. Brown told us about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
AIDA" AN ITALIAN
OPERA RENDERED
AT CENTURY o. n.
By Sig.

We are beginning to think
that this G.. Verdi must be
pretty prolific opera writer
for here is another piece Of
his called aida" being put
on by the Cent. Opera in Eng
lish Assn, and a real show
we call il too. with lots of
dancing and horses on the
stage and a military parade
with a brass band, and moving
pictures Of the Nile r. by
moonlight all for the same
price as any ordinary opera.
This opera has a thrilling
plot too about how this col
ored slaye-girl (but she is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

it and said he wished he
could have It stopped.
Nothing easier, we said.
Write to somebody, even
if it is the Mayor. SO Mr..
Brown wrote some letters
here and there and was
finally referred to the Com
missioner of Licenses,
whom he went to see. The
Commissioner was courte-
Gus and attentive and
promised Mr.. Brown that
the nuisance would be cur
tailed. And there was a
cessation for an hour or
two, Mr.. Brown says. But
things are as bad as ever
again. Property holders
in the vicinity have signed
a petition to have the
thing regulated, but it con-
tinues.
This is the kind of thing
that takes the heart out of
citizens of this town. And,
worse, it inspires an irrev-
erence and disrespect for
the law and for the rights
Of others. 1t gets people
to thinking, what does any
one care about my COM
fort, why should | care
about any ones rights?
And what, they ask, good
does it do to complain
about conditions? What is
the use of kicking?
What Is the use?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

-HE significance of the Russian advance
along the line Slvxyck-Prumktrsa-
KlzauM can hardly be overestimated. In
deed it is not too much to say that II
this maneuvre continues to develop, the invaders
will in the course of time occupy thee position
Hava- Bromo- Setter This would leave them free
to invest Krvk, which is an important cheese
centre. The cutting off of the cheese supply
would peryert the morale Of the enemy and rob
them Of their aggressiveness
Except for the cheese Krvlk is not fortified;
and this brings up the question Of whether, ac-
cording TO existing international law, the town
may be bombRrded The expedent course, there
fore will be to destroy the law first and the
town sfterward. To accomplish the latter will be
a difficult undertaking. since the Austrians have
not only blown up the bridges over the Vega, but,
leaning that the Russians provided with
nontoons. have demolished the river itself.
nrvlk is an important strategic position. Tae
Russians can now turn east, if the way is not
blocked; they can advance south, if the Aus
srians do not oppose them; they can proceed TO
the west. if the mountain passes are not already
occupied or they can move north, if they desire
TO go home.
The army that invaded Hungary has been less
successful. on account Of the nature Of the
ground. cavalry operations being so hampered by
tho treacberous marshes of goulash that II often
becomes necessary for the Cossacks TO extricate
their mounts with dynamite However on 'ne
right wing the siege of Rimbim progresses
steadily. In order TO silence its outlying forts
structures Of the heXagonal portcullis type) the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Bill Irwin, pres. OF the
Scituatc Young Mems Cy-
cling Literary and Pleasure
Club got back from Europe
last week and has a lot to
say about the war. Bill
says he is tired, but he is
looking all o. k.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Doc Burgess the ". k.
dentist and Joe Wise went
to the it. ball game yester-
day also Charley Riegelman
and party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Art Train the author and
assistant dist atty spent the
wk. in Geneseo arguing
against Henry Siegel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Arthur Bartlett Maurice
the well-known wearer of
spats was down to Prince
ton yesterday to the It. ball
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Mrs. Jimmy Wadsworth,
Alice Hay that was, is the
mother of a brand-new 8-lb.
baby boy. James is delight
ed. James is the new cen
ator-elect from this state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

George B. Mcclellan OF
Princeton, who performed
the marriage ceremony for
We ed. ten years ago this
morning is in Princeton
an this writing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

THE SITUATION IN GALICIA
Apalyzed FOR our bv General Fitzhugh Rave
lin author Of "The Tactics OF the Campaign in Upper
Ralvcbistan" 'Paraget Ballisucs." etc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Clare Briggs has got a
pair OF patent leather shoes
with light gray tops ike
Willie Collier wears.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Russ Whytal was walk
ing down Fifth Av. Tues.
afternoon also Jesse Will
Jams and son.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Sulli-
van went to Long Island
Mon. eve, returning Tues.
d. m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley OF
Wash. d. c. was in town
yesterday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Harry Davis is working
for Joe Brooks these days
and playing golf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Fred Murphy of here has
succumbed to the wiles OF
Danl Cupid. Miss Gladys
Ingalls, OF Washington is
his afhanced bride. Fred is
a graduate OF Yale's col
lege. at New Haven.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Freddy Steele is on jury
duty these days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
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LOCAL NEWS


Dick Hartman spent Tues. game, he being an alumni
night down town of the college there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

wv re ARE investigating freight rates. con
VA ditions in the Department Of Charities,
Wv "a so-called trust in alleged eggs and
The hichlv nrobematical value Of
The day book., 1914-03-24

of baseball in California. The league
was in bad financial condition, the
players were not getting their salaries
and things looked gloomy. Every one
was in bad temper, and, of course, the
umpires had to suffer.
Oakland had one particularly nag
ging infielder. He had been fined four
or five thousand dollars for misde-
meanors on the field. One day he
was abusing the umpire mercilessly.
Suddenly Ferguson ran at him, jerked
a meal ticket out of his shirt pocket,
punched out forty cents and handed
it back. --.--- - ...-.s
The day book., 1914-03-24

cou1d,no Judge distance when trying
to land on the short and stocky Mil
waukee man.
LeVinsky acted like man who has
been training too much. He seemed
oVerworked and stale from the effects
of too much fighting.
The day book., 1914-03-24

Bob Moha clearly outcIassed Bat
ting Levinsky in ten rounds at Mil
waukee last night, the New York
heavyweight only having the edge in
one round.
At all departments of the game the
Cave Man showed his superiority. His
defense was practically impenetrable,
and his damaging lefts landed with
stinging effect on the body of his
larger opponent.
LeVinsky, who has been fighting
men much larger than himself, was
disconnected by the size OF Moha. He
The day book., 1914-03-24

Cincinnati seems to have secured
the district most industriously. 1t
landed a promising fellow in Kippert,
who, under the able tutelage of Buck
Herzog, threatens to develop into a
star. Cincinnati grabbed Barham
from Victoria and further depleted
the ranks of that team by taking
Rawlings and Nerveson, and raided
Vancouver to get Ingersoll. They
seized upon Brown of Seattle, too,
but that grip was shaken loose.
The Boston Braves grabbed man
who seems a star in Willett Meikle,
Seattle Pittsburgh got Fullerton
from Seattle and Kantelener from
Victoria. Kantelener is a whizzing
style pitcher
Detroit secured Fitzsimmons from
Spokane, a corking fielder who han
dies himself like George Mcbride, but
they say he cannot hit much. He'll
man, secured by the Pirates from
Portland, is weltering hitter.
Detroit also seized upon Toots
Shultz, the ex-Penn man, who had
gone back there after two major try
outs.
The Browns got James from Port
land, and Cleveland got James from
Seattle, both very promising lads.
The Boston Red Sox team seems to
have slipped in and picked up quite
prize in Kelly from Seattle.
Besides these, others came in from
the Northwestern via other leagues.
Comstock worked out there before
going to Minneapolis, from which
team Detroit purloined him.
Bob Moha clearly outcIassed Bat
ting Levinsky in ten rounds at Mil
The day book., 1914-03-24
UNRULY PLAYERS WILL LOSE
MEAL TICKETS
BV Fullerton.
BY Fullerton.

John Shibe has new idea of disci-
plining baIplayers during the spring
training season. Managers, cannot
fine players before salary starts, and
Shibe has resorted to refusing to pag
for the meals of players who mis-
behave.
That reminds one of the story of
the Coast League in the early days
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-18
GREAT CROWDSOF
WOMEN REGISTER;
TOTAL is $500
Unusually Large Number of
New" Citizens Visit Various
Polling Places.
JUDGES IN GOOD WORKOUT
Most Strenuous Day For Township
election Boards in History Of
Rock Islsnd-Interest Keen.

All doubts as to the interest which
women OF Rock Island are taking in
The approaching township election,
when the local option question will be
the principal issue. was removed yes
-erday when over $500 new citizens"
marched TO the polling places to reg
ister.
Tie most ardent local advocates OF
-vomen's rights" had not claimed that
the 5000 mark would be passed. but
evidently the gentler sex has been
giving the subject OF politics a deeper
study than generally realized, for the
women appeared at the various pre-
cincts in great crowds and showed
surprising knowledge OF what was ex-
pected OF them
From the time the polls opened at :
o'clock until they closed AT . there was
a steady stream OF femininity calling
On the officials who were given the
most strenuous "hrst" registration day
O, their lives. IL was after s O'CLOCK
before some OF the boards completed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-18

upon the heart, liver and kidneys, thai
physicians who have made a study OF
these organs say that the moderate
use of intoxicants is good for certain
diseases.
/ would rather refer to the very
highest authority, THE Bible the
Christians guide book to eternal life.
The following references from the
bible showing the falsities of these be-
liefs are extracts from the book of
Proverbs:
Wine is a mocker. strong drink is
raging, and whatsoever is deceived
thereby is not wise"
He that loveth wine. shall.
not be rich
BE not among wine bibbers. The
drunkard and the glutton shall come
to poverty. Who hath woe? Who
hath sorrow? Who hath contentious?
Who hath babblings. Who hath wounds
without cause? Who hath redness of
eyes? They that tarry long at the
wine, they that go to seek mixed
wine. Look thou not upon the wine
when it is red, when it giveth his
colour in the cup, when it moveth it.
self Alright At the last it biteth like a
serpent and stingeth like an adder"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-18

had if the father were temperate. In
many cases where parents drink liquor
the children have poor health, and this
| fact alone causes much misery In the,
! family, and in the world.
4th. The harmful effect of intem-s
perance upon the nation. In the re-
cent war between Russia and Japan
we saw Japan, temperate nation, de-
feat Russia, a nation where fntem-
perance is very great. This should
teach America to guard against be-
coming a nation of drunkards. II we
are to lead in the worlds affairs, we
must avoid habits that will make our
people weak in mind and body.
5th. The effect of intemperance up
on the home. 1t has been said, THE
strength of a nation lies in its homes
Where the parents are drunkards
home life is destroyed. If you take
notice of the hayward children who
are sent to reform schools you will
find that in most cases drunkenness in
the home is to blame. In this city
and county hundreds of homes have
been broken up by intemperance, as
shown by the court record in divorce
cases; and in many families the chill
dren have become public charges. A
more pitiful result of the liquor habit
cannot be pointed out than its harm to
the mothers and little children in
families where the father becomes a
drunkard
9Th. The harmful example intern
perance sets before the people. AS
we all know, children are quick TO
notice how their elders act The
grown up people do not always stop
to think that their actions are being
watched and copied by the boys and
girls. Not only our fathers and moth
ers are looked TO to set good examples.
but every grown person has an infiu-
ence for good or evil that affects the
who see him. For this rea-
son our voters should be careful not
to place in Office men of evil habits
To put such men in positions of honor
only adds TO the harm caused by their
example.
eth. Last, but not least, the harm
of intemperance to moral character
and religion. We all know that drunk
enness harms the victim in body and
mind; but, great as this injury is. IL
is not to be compared with the harm
to his soul. The drunkard soon stops
caring for the welfare of his spiritual
self; likewise he loses all self-respect,
and often from being an honorable
man of principle in his dealings with
others. he becomes an object OF dis
gust, at last sinking to drunkard's
grave.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-18

I you were hired to make a plan for {
building. Suppose you were to have
it finished in two days and you were
| lying around for a half of a day sc
| intoxicated that you could not hold g
pencil or pen. The consequences
would probably be that you would
lose your reputation as a good archi
tect and man of your word. So it is
| in all other professions. A man can dc
better business by being temperate.
Sixth-Because it makes a better
citizen. A good citizen is always a
person who is temperate in the use OF
intoxicating liquors. Every person that
is born in the United States is a citi-
zen of the United States and foreigners
are citizens after they take out natur-
alization papers.
There are two classes of citizens.
The good citizens and the bad citizens.
A good citizen should not be influenced
and he should not influence others err
roneously-
The first thing a person thinks of
when he sees an intoxicated person is
that he is a bad citizen, and so he is.
But the so-called bad citizen is not only
always the one that does the most
harm. II is the so-called good citizen
who is a moderate drinker that does
the most harm.
For instance: a man passing by
drunkard who is dressed in rags, ly-
ing in the ditch scorns him and passes
on, and he would not be like him.
But suppose he meets a well dressed
moderate drinker who invites him in
a saloon, and he accepts the invitation.
He too, probably is in the same posi-
ton as the fellow lying in the ditch,
the same man that he scorned, so |
say beware Of the moderate drinker."
Seventh-The last but not the least
reason is that it makes better Chris
tians.
do the most good TO humanity. And
TO do the greatest good TO humanity we
need to abstain from Intoxicating
liquors and tobacco and not use them
in any way. shape or form.
Many people who all themselves
christians are deceived by this vile
stuff. Some drink it to keep them
warm, some TO keep them cool, and
others take IL to cure certain sickness
es, which are all false beliefs.
| do not refer at all TO hygiene, al
though ! know what IL teaches. In my
monthly report on hygiene / have ex-
cellent markings.
know while hygiene tells US what
bad effects Intoxicating liquors have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-18
(BY EVELYN MILLS.)

Mans nature requires control, not
! the people, but by each person holding
rein over his own desires. To the
extent the people of a town or state
yield to laws made for the good of
all, they are called civilized and the
restraint each one of us holds over
his own habits and impulses shows
how much advancement he has made
away from savagery toward higher
things BY controlling ourselves we
become temperate in appetite, in
language, in personal adornment and
in all other natural yearnings.
When we speak of intemperance We
usually have reference only to the
drinking of intoxicating liquors. Other
kinds of intemperance are so over
Swallowed by the monster of drunk
enness that ordinarily only this is
meant when the word is used and in
my remarks l shall use it in this
sense
In summing up this great ques
tion of intemperance, it may be said
that the reasons for leading a tenn
perate life are seven in number:
1st. The evil effect of intemperance
upon the person himself Some of the
personal effects of intemperance in
drinking are loss of employment,
weakening of health, and lowering of
standing in the community.
End. The harm of intemperance to
the local community. II each person
led a temperate life "a vast sum of
money now spent for poorhouses. jaiis,
police and court expenses would be
saved. In other words, crime would
be greatly reduced. More, and better,
homes would be built, fewer families
compelled 10 live in tenements, less
grocery stores fail in business, etc, II
temperance were the rule.
Sd. The evil effect of intemperance
upon future generations. The child
whose father Is Incorporate comes in
to the world with greater natural
appetite Tor liquors than II would have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-18
(BY ALVIN ROHR)

! (BY ALVIN ROHR)
/ Webster defines temperate as
moderate in the Indulgence of the
natural appetites and passions"
But since the subject was given by
the Woman's Temperance union l VII
confine my subject to the use of in
toxicating liquors.
A temperance union seeks not only
TO moderate the use of intoXicants but
to Danish it from our land. My seven
reasons for leading temperate life
are as follows:
First-Because it pays financially.
A man that drinks or smokes eXces-
sively generally has his money spent
before he gets home from his work on
pay day.
His wife and child go without many
things. while he is spending his money
for the vile stun which is unnecessary
and that will do him no good.
For instance when a person who
drinks gets home, he has not got a
cent, while the one that does not drink
has all his money and paying for
home or despositing it in the bank.
Second-Because il makes a better
father. A man that is temperate makes
q better father because he has more in
terest in his children. and his children
have more interest in him. He does
not give them everything they want,
but he gives them all they need. He
does not spend his time in saloon.
but goes home to his wife and children
and makes them happy and they make
him happy No matter how good a
father is he can be a better father by
being temperate.
Third-Because il makes better
neighbor. A temperate person makes
a better neighbor because he that is
a total abstainer is generally courteous
and polite TO his neighbors and he sets
a good example for them and also their
children.
Fourth-Because 1t makes better
employee. A good employe is generally
a person who does not use intoxi-
cants. He is a person that can be re-
lied upon. For instance. an incorporate
person when he is sent on very impor-
tant errand by his employer, has not
enough self control TO say no when
invited in a saloon by some idler. Where
as his employer loses financially and
also loses his good reputation by the
employees inattention.
Fffth-Because il makes a better
business man. A man who has some
trade should be temperate because II
helps him in his business. Sup
pose you were an architect and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-18
FARMERS TO MEET
FOR CONFERENCE
Institute Workers From Two
Districts to Assemble at
Galesburg, March "a.

A conference of farmers institute
workers in the Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth congressional districts will be
held at the Galesburg club rooms in
that city next Tuesday, March "a. In
the announcements sent out over the
signatures of W. H. Ashdown of Port
Byron, director for the Fourteenth dis
trict; Frank s. Haynes, director for
the Fifteenth and II. A McKeene
state secretary, appears the following:
Every resident of either district
whose desire it is that the fundamental
facts of agriculture and the science
and art of home making be so dissent
mated as to become common knowl-
edge, to the end that larger crop
yields per acre, on a permanent basis,
may be obtained; that more and bet
ter live stock may be produced; that
healthful and happy homes may be
more numerous; that schools may
more fully meet the needs of the pu-
pills, and that the business of farming
may continue to be the greatest gen
eral prosperity producing agency in
our state, are invited TO attend and
have a part IN planning the farmers
institute work of these districts for the
coming season.
"AIl necessary travelling and hotel
expenses of the president and the sec
rotary of each county farmers insti-
tute. also the president of each county
department of household science. and
of the county superintendent of schools
will be paid by the Illinois Farmers in
stitute upon itemized bills approved
by the director of the district
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-18
ELECTION NOTICE.

Progressive voters of Rock Island
township: There vii be a meeting of
voters of the progressive party (for
social justice) at suite 513, Safety
building Rock Island, Illinois, at 1880
D. m, Wednesday, March Is, for
the purpose of nominating candidates
of the progressive party for township
officers, to be voted on at township
election to be held April z, 1914.
Women voters as well as men are re-
quested to be present.
]. c. SEARLE,
Secretary VIM. NJ. WALKER,
Chairman of Township Committee.
-(Ady.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-18
SeUen Reasons For Leading Temperate Life


a the Rocks T.. U.
by
Evelyn Mills and Alvin sor
Squire and Oliver Herbert Peter
L.
talk which he also number
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