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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

extra. We left Arsuriilus with -.
tensIDle OBJECT Of visiting the ss,s. 70
10 the east to establish trading s,a, ,sus
but when we had made GOOD orr ~,
we headed for the north and Tho ,'ns
or Agalegas. We were on on 9'11
MI our craft with Dlunaer ,.y 70
storehonse filed hundreds Of ysars
fore and worth hundreds Of tbops..s,
or dollars. but the voyage was o. as
Nome OF us were excited over 1, -.
the iast day. and then it was tb-ons4
rear that the cave might have 49,
discovered by some other caller
We ran into bay and drama,
chor at 10 o'clock In the forenoon a a
before midday Barcas had visited -. :.
treasure house and reported aI So.
our first move was to estabIi.s
camp on the highest spot OF the 60.
and divide our forces. I tool, a ,1.1no
or the land party and Barcas 80 Is
brig. My party removed the nlru De
from the cave and carried n bafsN uef
oown TO the beach. and his men c.s
r1ed 1t aboard and slowed II awav ~
a cer'"in evening when we knno,..s
on work ! figured the value q, -.
gems already taken out at sI5anooo
ano there was yet weeks work m -
move the rest The day had been ~.
and sitting and the work hardar ~"
usual. The cook was half an hon, L.
in rubbing his eyes open. and he nas
hardly reached his feet when his sbor,
OF surprise alarmed the rest Of US. A.
some hour during the night and :.
quietly that not a man of us had boa,
disturbed the waters had retreated ,n
every direction from the shores Of N.
island until there was only the bed .,
the sea to look at. Here and tbera
deep hole created little lake. but ono
could have walked for six or e,cb+
miles without wetting his feet. As tba
waters retired our craft had gone too
! L had lived in the east too long to
not know what was coming. We were
as high as we could get and could only
wait for the peril. 1t came as the sun
rose. We heard booming. roaring
and crashing and next minute caught
sight of tidal wave sweeping in
That wave was seventy feet high. and
as 1t rolled across the island from the
north to south its foamy crest was
only thirty feet below where we stood
There were three waves, each moving
at speed of 100 miles an hour, and
then the sea settled down to its usual
level and soon grew quiet. A thousand
acres of forest had been swept away
and the whole face Of the island
changed in moment Our spring and
our camp had been left untouched, but
there was no longer a cavern no long
er bale of goods. no longer a brig
laden with kings ransom. An earth
quake at sea. a mighty CONFUSION Of
nature 500 miles away. had robbed us
Of brig. crew and treasure and left us
on an almost desolate rock in mid
ocean to wait for the passing craft thar
rescued Us.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

ed a Suez commission in 1S47. Moth
ing. however, came of 1t.
AS the world well kn%ws, the Suez
canal was built by the man who failed
to build the Panama canal-Count
Ferdinand de Lesseps. Its original
depth was 26A feet, and its bottom
width 70 feet 1t could accommodate
ships of "a 7-12 feet. but il was in
operation IL years. beginning in 1869,
before vessels OF such craft sought
passage. BY 1890 its depth had been
increased 2919 feet. and when the
United States announced its intention
to make a canal Al feet deep and 300
feet wide at its narrowest bottom
point. at Panama, the work at Suez
was extended so as ultimately to give
a bottom width OF 134l2 feet and
dePth of SO 1-12 feet 1t was expected
that this enlargement would be COM
plete by next year. but the war has
interrupted operations.
How much larger than the average
demands for a canal the Panama wa
terway has been made is strikingly
shown by statement from Suez to the
effect that only one per cent OF the
ships seeking passage by that route
have draft of % feet.
In 1869 ten vessels passed through
the Suez canal. In 1912, 1913 ships
steamed through of 20,275.12O net
tonnage. and paying for this privilege
around S25,OOO,0OO. Seven out OF ev-
cry ten of these ships flew the British
flag. England has dominated the canal
ever since the khedive, in 1875, sold
his 1862 canal shares for s20,OC0.-
600 to the British government. These
shares are now worth close TO $780,
600, 900"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

stance and oxygen is a supporter of
combustion. but these terms are only
relatively correct.
Combustion may be slow or rapid,
accompanied by flame or not The APP
pearance of flame indicates the pre-
sence of a gas or vapor which has
been raised to a temperature at which
ii becomes luminous. The total am
cunt of heat evolved during the rapid
combustion of a substance is the same
as that generated by the substance
undergoing slow combustion. but the
intensity of the heat depends upon
the time required for oxidation.
A piece of wood in forest may re-
quire years to combine with oxygen or
il may burn up in few minutes in
stove and yet the total amount of heat
generated in each case is the same.
though we can measure it in the first
instance only by the most delicate in
struments, while in the second it is
very intense.
The reaction of oxygen in the sui
phur and iron found in soft coal fire.
quently causes sufficient heat to cause
serious fires. If this heat cannot be
radiated away and the oxidation and
increase of temperature goes on until
a kindling temperature is reached,
then the gases from the coal are ig-
nited. Moisture plays an important
part in such fires. Barns are frequent
ly destroyed b. the heating of new
mown hay. Dry hay does not ignite
spontaneously. but hay that is not
cured frequently heats TO
such an extent that it takes fire and
thereby much valuable property is de-
stroyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
Sidelights on the European War

! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
Associated Press .-Major General
Desmond OCallaghan Of the Royal Ar
tillery has been investigating a num-
Der of alarmist reports which have
had wide circulation in England to
| the effect that German ordnance
agents have for years past been pre-
! pairing for the German invasion OF
England by secretly placing in fac
! tory foundations, tennis courts, and
residences, deep concrete foundations
suitab for use with the heavist Ger
man siege artillery. These concrete
foundations, according to rumor. were
always discovered in positions com
manding" London, or Edinburgh OF
Dublin All bosh, says General
O'Callaghan, who is inclined to be g
trifie annoyed at having to waste his
time on such nonsense" His report
to the public says in part:
Il have had the pleasure for the
past few weeks of assisting Scotland
Yard in the inspection of concrete plat
forms, and appraising their danger
frcm a military point OF view. Since
the discovery of an alleged gun-plat
form at Willesden, reports of similar
preparations for the BON bardment of
London have been received from ali
quarters. TO sum up my investiga-
tions there is no reason to suppose
that the floors or roofs of any factor
les, or tennis courts. constitute in any
way a danger to the public.
Lawn tennis grounds in all direc-
lions have been reported and their
tremendous solidity vouched for by
nervous communities, but all turn out
an examination to be of usual type, !
six inches and not six feet thick
1T would be waste of energy and /,
ammunition for the enemy to bring /.
over to England howitzers % the |
weight and unweildiness of his 40 cen
timeter howitZers. which are the only |
ones requiring a concrete platform.
Any of the smaller and more portable /
howitzers which are fired of their /
wheels would very much better serve
his purposes
One of the factories reported to the
police as suspiciously well constructed
is owned by an American firm. Gen
eral O'Callaghan mentions it as an
CAdiiplC. II Was ItpCINcu EN nervous il
neighbors as IAN alien company with
a German manager. employing exclu-
sively German workmen; has concrete
floor SIX feet thick; rocf is fat resting
On concrete arches nearly four feet
thick; occupies commanding position:
could be made into powerful fort
Says General O'Callashan in his re-
port:
in company with an inspector |
visited the fctorv. l was received
by pleasant-spoken American He
showed me a lis; of shareholders.
There were probably some German
names among them. Directors
Yes. we had one German director. but
he has retired. Any German work
men" None The manager then
-ook me around the building. Tha
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

He's a good natured little rascal
but he rarely blows his nose. You
might imagine he and his little broth
ers and sisters hadn't a nice warm
house and a nice warm bed 10 sleep in
and nice warm underclothes to protect
them from winters fingers. Your no.
tions are wrong, though. Tommy's
house is piping hot. When the doctor
goes to see Tommy or some other
member of the family he nearly suf-
locates. it's so hot inside. And as for
Tommy's sleeping room, it's the warm
est place you ever saw. His mother
keeps il just as warm as she can, and
nary a breath of cold air gets in while
Tommy sleeps.
He sleeps with his brother. of
course And his brother catches cold
every time Tommy has the sore
throat. Tommy's mother can't under
stand it. She thinks the weather
around here is something fierce.
Interesting. the appearance of
Tommy's tonsils. at the height of one
of his encounters. Swollen up most
too big for his-throat, and little white
spots on them. But we never worry.
He has such tall temperature that
we feel sure he is in no danger. If 1t
were only 100 degrees with that throat
we'd send for culture tubes and
package OF antitoxin right away. But
at 104 we are sure he'll be better in
the morning.
He Carries His Own Microbes.
Safe and snug in the crypts of
those tonsils Tommy carries his mi
crobes. and he is a geDerous child. He
swaps pencils. gum, candy with all the
kids. lie lets them take a pull at his
all-day sucker. Nothing stingy about
Tommy. There are always more
germs where the gifts came from.
Those .crypts are veritable culture
tubes with all the environments mi
crobes require.
Tommy got his susceptibility from
his mothers fear of air. He got his
from his fathers side. He
got his crypts from repeated attacks;
and the germs. finding conditions in |
TOmmy's home quite ideal. decided /
TO remain permanently in the crypts |
Tommy's father is opposed to surgery. |
so / suppose Tommy will go on boost
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

In New York state during the eleven
months OF this year, ending Nov. 30,
there were killed by wheels $50 per
sons. SCI by automobiles, 152 by troll
leys and LAG by wagons. During the
same period % persons were killed at
railroad crossings in the state. This
puts the automobile FAR in the lead as
a peril 10 life This peril Gems TO be
on the increase as the increase in the
number OF machines multiply. The
record for the eleven months in New
York is 1877 ahead Of the year 1913
And the important fact TO remember
Is that with due care practically all
these accidents might have been
spared.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
Drady.M.D
TonSiIitiS Tommy.

ing business for the doctors for years
to come.
Questions and Answers.
And Col. r. D., too, is worried. He
writes. in a beautiful, scholarl.r hand
resembling Egyptian hieroglyphics: |
am an old sufferer from chronic bron-
chitis. | suppose l have germs in my
tubes-"bugs in grandfather's chest"
as my niece puts it, after reading one
of your talks. Have you any sugges-
tons to offer for the management of
my 'bugs?"
Reply.
Be bit reckless about getting out
for your daily constitutional; don't
let dark cloud or a gloomy barome-
ter stop you. And, Colonel, haven't
you noticed how dietetic errors-little
excuses of the table, you know, due
to your niece's fine cooking-make
your cough worse temporarily? Why
not have your doctor edit your diet :?
Or If that seems too hard, join our
Bread and Milk Club as a probationary
member-no dues, just one day week
of plain bread and milk diet.
p. T. writes: Please give me your
opinion of Postum as a substitute for
coffee.
II is certainly harmless substitute
for beverage which is quite as harm
less when taken by adults in modera-
ton.
Elsie writes: / would be grateful
for suggestion. How long is one
kept off the feet after an operation
for the removal of a bunion?
Reply.
Usually about two weeks.
Matted Milk Malnutrition-Kind
state whether Matted Milk is a good
food for baby. Is il free from germs?
Reply.
The particular brand you mention is
not materially different from other
brands. Matted milk is permissioble
Tor temporary feeding-say. during a
few days attack OF intestinal trouble
or other acute Illness under the doc
tors instructions-but for regular
feeding IL is inadequate. II invites |
anemia, and finally rick. /
cts. AS for germs. it probably con- |
tains none which need worry you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
Dec. 9 in American
History.

iSO7-Cnited States ports cioseu "
ships sailing under the BRUSH ""-
Ships In foreign ports oru''.e
home. This embargo on trade va
ordered by congress rs a retaiiat,oa
for Insults TO the United States ""-
by British cruisers.
1SsI-John Weiss Forncy. editor anu
publicist. founder of the fhi'''s.
phia Press. died: born IN iahe"0
ter. Pa. 1917.
ISS6-W. Ill. Vanderbilt. heir ana ~. -.
cessor TO Commodore Nander'"''
died: born 1921.
I9O5-Louisa Eldridge tAunt Louisa
well known actress, died. po'N
1920.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

In reporting upon nine cardinal rea-
sons for the existence Of industrial I'M
rest in the United States the Industrial
commission has made promising be-
ginning. II IL is as successful in pre-
scribing remedies as it appears TO be
in diagnosing the case the country
will owe a great obligation TO it and
TO those who are responsible for its
inception.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
POORLY FINANCED SCHOOLS

IL has been apparent to everyone
who gets his Information from ac,nsI
visitation OF schools rather than from
books and magazines that our poorest
schools are not In the country hut In
me villages and small cities. saws the
Illinois Educational Press Bulletin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

ton of the presidents message ought
surely 90 into the archives of the
White house. But it ought 10 be slip
ped in without the president seeing
it. II might cause him pain, and he
has enough 10 think about just now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
Chicago university

4 Chicago university professor
says that one can starve comfortably
If he will merely swallow a small bal
loon which can be inflated in che
stomach when that organ becomes
FESTIVE. Undoubtedly there are great
many persons in the country now who
would be glad 10 try the experiment
If someone would provide the bal
loonE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

Even if the request of the pope for
a suspension OF hostilities for the
Christmas holidays were granted it is
probable that the contending forces
would put in the time getting ready to
fight some more instead OF getting in
TO the spirit o. the season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

The tulip bulb growing industry.
long a leading one in Holland, is said
TO have been ruined by the war. Eur
Ope is a poor field for Horticulture
now-unless il be devoted to the pro-
duction of flowers for the dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
Facts That Strike Home.

The factory investigating commits
sion in New York has learned that of
$4,000 women workers in New York
City 500 receive less than $3.50
week, and that after years of eXpe-
rience half the women do not attain
SO nor do the majority of men reach
SIS. Does this make you any better
contented with your job?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

There seems to be a needless amount
CT agitation as 20 which side Of the
streets The cars should stop on. and
regardless o. what rule may be adopt
ed with reference 10 the matter there
will be plenty OF fault-hnders. The
Argus earnestly hopes for its own part
the subject will be settled soon and
settled permanently.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

| floors are certainly of concrete, but
only six inches thick. The roof is Ger
tainly fiat, but of glass"
Paris.-Correspon of the Asso
ciated Press)-The American Ambu
lance Corps of Paris has done much
during work az the front, but thus far
there has not been a single casualty
among the staff, composed OF doctors
bearers and automobile drivers. III
tie girl from a village in the hring
zone was killed by shell while
watching the American ambulance
men placing a wounded man in an
automobile, yet no one else was nur|
\ British ambulance next TO one OF lhe
American cars was struck by sheh
and blown into fragments. killing VI
wounding the entire crew, but none ol
the American party nearby was
touched.
Some doubt has arisen as to wnelH'
er neutrals should expose themselves
to such danger. but the difficulty mas
been with the leaders of the American
ambulance to keep their associates ou'
of the range of fire. The American
ambulance train is often cheereu
when it appears close up to u.
trenches. The men stay at the ir0us
a week or ten days, and are then re-
Iieved by others from Paris. A repair
car accompanies the ambulances a.
the front. and any accident to ma
chine is thus almost immediately re-
paired. Enough duplicate parts are
kept in stock in this repair car u
construct 4 new machine outright
Havre.-(Correspondence OF Ihe
Associated Press) 1.-The order OF Leo
pold. the Victorian Cross Of Belgium,
i conferred on Mile. Renaudiere u
Schaerbeck for bravery under ilIe
while serving with the Red Cross an
bulance In a number OF dIiIcu'
fights. Mile. Renaudiere went ou' On
the field to seek and bring IN Beisiss
in defiance Of shot ana
shell. Her name now appears as cne'
alier of the Order Of Leopold on me
War office records by order oil AAHe
Albert.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

II seems strange how details Of
GeTmanys PLAN to invade England
via the air manage TO leak out with
such regularity, in view of the gener-
al shortage of other news of military
preparations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

Russia boasts of the youngest sol
der in the present war. What he lacks
in years he makes up in name.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

AS was expected. the county board
yesterday afternoon ratified the seIec-
ton Of John Upton as chairman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

TERMS-Ten cents per week. by car
rier. in Rock Island: So per year by mai
in advance.
Complaints Of delivery service should
be made 70 the circulation department
which should also he notified In every
instance where 50 il desired To have
paper discontinued. a. carriers have no
authority ~ the premises
All commTnice tious OF arEumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached FOR publica-
tion. No such articles VIII be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones in ala department. Cen
traI Union. Rock Island I45. l145 and
sIs-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
How Some of Us Suffer.


(San Francisco Chronicle).
The suggestion that American tour
lists in Europe should have photo
graphs attached to their passports
will not be welcomed by those who
| insist on using pictures of themselves
taken at least a score of years ago.
For passport purposes such photo
graphs would be useless. Some peo-
pie have a mortal dread of the unre-
touched contemporary negative.
DRAMATIC taste has deteriorated
TO such extent that a stage swear word
barely brings a smoker these days.
PEDESTRIANS on the automobile
spinways might profit by following the
lead of a Maine woodsmsn who wears
a cowbell to avoid being mistaken Cor
a deer.
CONSTANT reader, who we infer
is a Harp, takes issue with the state
ment that 10000 Irishmen are fight
ing for the allies. IF there were that
number against the Germans" he
adds. the war would be over"
WILLIAM Faversham. the actor
ranks the theatre with the pulpit. The
minister who is obliged TO subsist
whole year on a salary hardly as large
as that received by an actor for a sin
gle performance may take issue with
the comparison.
], N C.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

Congress has taken hold Of the foot
and mouth epidemic Now let the
country rest easy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

PREDICTION is made that art will
benefit from the European war Art
in execution probably is meant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

PROHIBITION party in Cook coun-
ty is making overtures to progress
sives for a union. That's the way it
should be according to the latest
bunch from Oyster Bay
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

NO excuse for further business
skidding. The president says the
road is clear and firm. Let's all get
underway now, but be careful not to
exceed the speed limit. That's what
gets us all in trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

By -HE }. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

TO such extent that a stage swear word
barely brings a smoker these days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

WOMAN rules in at least one Chi
cago family. Carter Harrison says he
has left tito his wife to say whether
he shall again be candidate for
mayor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09
LIKE A BIG SNAKE.

has now almost reached the North sea
and, taken in conjunction with the
fighting which extends across the Bel
gian frontier, to the northward of Lille,
makes a gigantic front sprawling like
a snake half across Belgium and across
practically all of Northwestern France.
Though separate conflicts. the siege
of Antwerp and the battle of the Aisne
are thus becoming more and more
and the allies are making the most
desperate efforts to crush each other
and smash through the ever lengthen-
ing western wings.
1t is contended that the Germans
failed in their great effort to drive a
wedge through this region and the lat
est Paris communication contends the
situation is stationary though most vio-
lent fighting continues.
If Antwerp falls it will prove the in
effectiveness Of modern Qualifications
against modern guns. for Antwerp Is
the last word in ingenious barriers.
To the east the situation on the East
Prussian frontier is becoming more
like that in France after the German
invasion and retreat. Being driven
from Poland the Germans are making
ments from Koenigberg will doubtless
give battle which will determine
whether the Germans will again in
wade Russia in this region. Round
about dispatches reaching London
from Petrograd say that a new Rus
sian army has arrived at the frontier
near Posen, while another is marching
toward Thorn.
All reports of the surrender of
Przemysl appear to be premature as
were various reports about the Begin
ming OF battle at Cracow.