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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08
DAY RACES
MARRIED BY RAIN
Island City Boating Association
Stages Contests Under
Handicap.

The annual Labor day motor boat
races staged on the Mississippi river
at the foot of Twelfth street yester-
day afternoon proved interesting, as
usual, but continued rain kept the
crowds away. \ large crowd would
doubtless have attended had it not
been for the rain. Commodore vii
liam Bradley's Shark won the class B
event in fast time, and other results
were as follows:
Lemon race: free for all-Won by
Clifford p. +. II. Barnett. owner; High
ball III, c. H. Sandvos, owner. second;
Irene. Harry Coleman, owner, third.
NO time taken.
Glass a; for G-horse power and I'M
der; 2la miles-WOn by Shark. Com
modore Bradley, owner; Clifford b,
second: Irene, third. Time-lS;34.
Glass b; for I2-horse power and IN
der: 2ls miIes-Won by Shark; Ellen
J.. Emil Johnson. owner, second;
Highban III. third Time-1t:iG.
Glass c: for displacement boats; 21a
miles-Won by Ethel V, {. p. Hanly
Chicago. owner; Chap III. =. c. Kucn-
eel. owner, second; Shark, third. Time
-S:34.
Glass ID: for 6G-horse power and I'M
der: 10 miles-Won by Vixen, Arthur
Salzmann, owner; Ethel Y. second,
Chap Ill. third. Time-2G:4o
Glass F.; free for all; pa niles
Won by Vixen; Ethel V. cond, Chap
Ill. third Time-G:I4
Glass F. handicap 2ia miles Won
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08
MAY BE NO FARM
INSTITUTE HERE
Controversy Over Application
Of Civil Service Rules
Serious.
NOW PENDING IN COURTS
Statement From the State Institute
Being Sent to All County
Organizations.

That the controversy now on be-
tween the Illinois farmers institute
and the civil service commission of
sho state will result in Withholding
state funds for county institutes, AID
wit make il necessary to abandon the
annual state institute to have been
held At Harrisburg. is asserted in a
statement Just issued by the state in
stitute. II gives the stand of that or
ganization IN the controversy and is
prepared under the direction of the
executive committee and signed by
President y. y. Abbott of Morrison.
In case the funds from the state are
not forthcoming IL is probable that
there will be no farm institute in Rock
Island county, for no other means of
paying the speakers and defraying
o;her expenses have been provided.
The differences between the two
state bodies arise from the attempt on
the part of the civil service commits
sion to secure control of the institute,
on the ground that, inasmuch as its
employees ere paid by the state, they
should conform to the state rules. The
institute officers resisted, claiming that
the institutes are meant to be con-
trGled by the farmers.
In the Courts.
The matter was taken into the courts
and in q decision in the circuit court
of Sangamon county, the institute was
overruled. 1t then appealed, and the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08
LOSES 246 Men:
BRITISH CRUISER
CAPTAIN is SAFE
Only Fifty of Pathfinder's Crew
Rescued After Disaster
in North Sea.
DEBRIS STREWS WATERS
Nine expiodes Near Ships Magazine
WITH Terrific Foree-skipPer
Tells Of Disaster.

London. Sept. S-The casualty list
for the British Eeht cruiser Pathfnd-
which struck mine about : O'Clock
saturday afternoon in the North sea,
about 10 miles northeast Of 81. Abs
head. Scotland. rs officially gwen out
last night. shows that four men were
killed and IS wounded and that 2l2
nen are missing
Il IS reported or reliable authority
hat Captain Francis Martin Leake
vas saved
The mine exploded near the cruis-
s-s magazine with terrific force
Tra9lers 10 miles away felt the shock
from Eyemuuth. Il miles from the
scene. a great cloud Of smoke was
visible on the horizon
4 torpedo boat destroyer was the
frs, 70 the rescue. Il was followed by
he 81. Abb motor life boat. several
c,/sr small war craft. and fishing
boats. They found the Pathfinder had
been blown 10 pieces and the sea was
strevu with wreckaEe.
Skipper Describes Disaster.
The skipper OF a trawIer. who Wit
messed the blowing up OF the Path
finder from a distance of less thar
three miles. said
I vas on deck and the men below
getting a meal when our vessel was
suddenly shaken turned in the d.
-scticn OF the report and saw the
cruiser in a perpendicular. position.
amidst e fountain OF smoke, wate=.
and steam Its stern was uppermost.
The cruiser poised thus only for
z moment. and then came another eX-
plosion and the Pathfinder was prac-
ticslly blown 10 atoms l. went down
in less than four minutes from the
time i struck the mine. The work OF
rescue began Immediately. and with
II al hour there were on the scene
I've 6estroyers, four trawlers. and
six steam dritteTs.
Search Sea for Survivors.
We picked UP all the survivors we
could find and then remained q long
tine searching amid the wreckaEe. So
terrific was the explosion that only one
piece OF wTeckage was found large
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08

To the dem ocrats Of Rock Is
land COUNT, Con Donovan has
no strings tied - hin.-(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08

and frustrated an attempt to disable
the engines.
The Hanamet is owned by w. Katz
of Shanghai. The Paklat and the RAJ
jaburi are owned by the North Ger
man Lloyd. Both the Hanamet md
the Frisia have previously been re
ported as having been seized. The
Hanamet is suspected of carrying con-
traband. Its owner has appealed to
the American consul at Shanghai for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08
Search Sea Tor survivors.

We picked up all the survivors We
could find and then remained a long
time searching amid the wreckaEe- So
terrific vas the explosion that only one
piece of wTeckage was found large
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08

prospects are that no verdict viii be
reached in time TO get the matter
Strengthened out before time for the
fall and winter Institutes throughout
the state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08

General Gallieni. who is in absolute
control of the defenses of the French
capital. is strengthening the forti-
fications OF Paris in readiness for the
inevitable siege. General Gallieni is
90 years old and a veteran of the
Franco-Prussian war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08

buy 10000 horses and mules for tn,
British army. it was stated by horse
and mule dealers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08
STATE Exams Oct 3.

Notices Of an examination 70 be held
under the auspices Of the Illinois state
civil service board oct. 3 for the filling
of a large number OF vacancies are he
ing circulated. Candidates from this
vicinity VIII be examined at Water
town. Applications for the tests must
be fled with the state commission at
Springfield before . p. M, sept. D.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08

Liberia has proclaimed its absolute
neutrality. In other words, Liberals
one policeman isn't going to interfere
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08

by Shark; Ethel V, second; Vixen,
third. Time-6:55.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-08

East st. Louis. Ill. Sept. S.-An
for the British government was
at the stockyards here on Saturday 10
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13
CAPTURES FUGITIVE.
Will Howard. Wanted for MGnths,
Finally Jailed.

VIII Howard, negro, wanted in this
city on the charge of burglary, grand
larceny and carrying concealed wea-
pom, was captured Friday evening by
Deputv Constable King on Baugn-
mans place, several miles from the
city, after Guiding the officers for
eight months.
Howard is charged with having
burglarized the home of Josh Blalock
on the McFadden road about five
miles from Pine Bluff. His booty
totalled shotgun and about $40 in
cash. He is also accused of having
robber another negro and then flash =.
ing his pistol daring the officers to
approach him.
He has been closely watched by the
officers, who came within several
feet of him on numerous occasions.
Each time he succeeded in making
good his escape, however. He was
apprenhended late Friday night while
in hiding at Baughman's dairy. He
will be given a hearing on all three
of the charges Monday at 10 o'ci$,k
before Justice Gabe Meyer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13
RESUME COMPRISING.
st. Louis Company's Two Plants BE-
gin Work Tomorrow.

The ST. Louis Cotton Compress
company, which has been making eS-
tensive Improvements for the past
month at plants No. and 2 IN TINS
City, will begin operations Monday III
full force. New sheds have ocen
built around the press, where cotton
viii be stored and both plants were
given a general overhaullng. The I'M
provements cost in the neighborhood
OF $4,000.
F. w. Palmer, who has been con-
nected with the st. Louis compress
in Little Rock for the past several
wears has arrived in the city with MS
family and will be foreman OF the
presses at the local plants during the
coming season. S. p. Garner of PARIS
Texas. has also arrived and Will serve
as bookkeeper. VIM. Harrison VINO
has been connected with Taggart
brothers Cotton company i'll this city
for several years will enter the EN-
ploy of the st. Louis company Mon
day as bookkeeper.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13

cha he thought he would try rising
ln%Is higher. The submits of the range
ahGt under him, unfolding a variegated
os Of landscape, He dipped the planes
slightly, intending to follow the ranges
descent and again they answered to
.'is desire. The tower doomed before
I'm as suddenly as if it had been shot
N out of the earth. He must turn,
and quickly, to avoid disaster; he must
t,rn, or he would be across the white
posts in the enemy's country.
Obi" groaned Marta and Mrs. Gal
land together.
In an agony of suspense they saw
the fragile creation of cloth and BAN
boo and metal, which had seemed as
secure as an albatross riding on the
lap of steady wind, dip far over,
eareen back in the other direction, and
hon the whirring noise that had grown
Y It'll it's flight ceased. 1t was no longer
q thing of winged life, defying the law
IF gravity, but thing dead, falling un-
dor the burden of a living weight
The engine has stopped" exclaimed
Nesterling, any trace of emotion lin
his observant mperturbability that OF
satisfaction that the machine was the
enemy's. He was thinking of the ex-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13

do! What fun" she cried as the
car started.
| THE field -marshal was Partow, their
chief of staff?" Westerling asked.
yes" said Mrs. Galland. Il remem-
Der when he was young infantry off,
Ger before the last war, before he had
won the iron cross and become so
great. He was not of an army family
"a doctors son, but very clever and
skilful."
Getting a little old for his work."
| remarked Westerling. But apparent
| ly he is keen enough to take per-
sonal interest in anything new"
Wasn't it thrilling and-and ter
rible!" Marta exclaimed.
Yes, like war at our own door
again. replied Mrs Galland, who knew
war. She had seen war raging on the
pass road. "Lanstron, the young man
said his name was" she resumed after
pause. mo doubt the Lanstrons OF
Thorbourg An old family and many
of them in the army"
The way he refused to give in-that
was fine!" said Marta.
Westerling, who had been engrossed
in his own thoughts, looked up.
Courage is the cheapest thing an
army has! You can get hundreds of
young officers who are glad to t;Sle a
risk of that kind. The thing is, and
his fingers pressed in on the palm of
his hand in a pounding gesture OF the
forearm, Ito direct and command
head reorganization
"If war should come again" Marta
began. Mrs. Galland nudged her. A
Brown never mentioned war to an off
GER of the Grays; it was not at all in
the accepted proprieties. But Marta
rushed on: so many would be en-
gagged that it would be more horrible
than ever"
"You cannot make omelets without
breaking eggs" Westerling answered
with suave finality.
THE aeroplane will take it's place as
an auxiliary" he went on; his mind
still running ON the theme of her
prophecy. which the meeting with Lam
stron had quickened. But war will,
as ever, be won by the bayonet that
takes and holds a position We shall
have no miracle victories, no
There he broke off. He did not &C.
company Mrs. Galland and Marta back
to the house, but made his adieus at
the garden-gate.
I'm sure that shall never ruarry a
soldier!" Marta burst out as she and
her mother were ascending the steps.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13
A 6nFREDERIcK PALMER

tiCn his new assignment; he was gong
to the general staff at the capital Mrs;
Galland murmured her ngratulatlof1s
in conventional fashion. =
Marta's chair was drawn back from
the table. She leaned forward in a
favorte position Of hers when she was
intensely interested, with hands
clasped over her knee, which her
mother always found aggravatingly
tomboyish. She had mass of lustrous
black hair and a mouth rather large
in repose, bit capable of changing
curves of emotion. Her large, dark
eyes, LUMINOSITY deep under long
lashes, if not the rest of her face, had
beauty. Her head was bent, tile
lashes forming line with her brow
now, and her eyes had the still flame
of wonder that they had when she
was looking all around thing and
through it to find what it meant,
Some day you will be chief of sian.
the head of Gray army" she suddenlg
exclaimed.
Westerling started as if he had been
surprised in secret. Then he flushed
slightly.
Why" he asked with forced care
lessness. your reasons? They're more
interesting than your prophecy"
Because you have the will 80 he,
she said without emphasis, in tire in
personal revelations of thought, 4Rog
want power. You have ambition
He looked the picture of it. with RI
square jaw. his well-moulded fea1 re-
close to the shoulders or a sturdy
neck, his even teeth showing IS Ii
lips parted in an unconscious gmise
Marta, Marta! She is Is q ~
plosive," Mrs. Galland remagtea ago
getically to the colonel.
s'I asked for her reasons, I l1cEgAz
it On myself-and it is not q tsd cg}s.
pltnent," he replied. Indeed, he fa5
nesvsrs received one so thriliius
His smile, smile well please@ ~ -
itseiEremained as Mrs Gallan5 IaC5,
tGsnaak of other things, and TT ing :
illxaatisfaction disappeared on e
MaIta's cry at sight of the spot r.
thA,-sky over the Brown range. 2tl
WAS out on the lawn before the ee5lf12
had risen from their seats.
Gan, aeroplane! Hurry" sho aaj-
How fast the speck grew
Naturally, the business az gy
watching for every invention 81
might serve its ends, was TIL f-9s
SatIon Of flight. Captain Arthur Lar
st1'Un, pupil of pioneer aviator, hal
been warned by him and by the CHEZ
of staff of the Browns, who vas looh-
ing on, to keep in a circle close to the
ground. But he was doing Sc well
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13

In this story Mr.. Palmer, the
noted war correspondent, has paint
ed war as he has seen it on many
battIefields, and between many ma
tions. His intimate knowledge Of
armies and armaments has enabled
him to produce graphic picture OF
the greatest OF all wars, and his
knowledge of conditions has led
him to prophesy an end Of armed
conflicts. No man is better quail
fled to write the story Of the final
world war than Mr.. Palmer, and
he has handled his subject with a
master hand.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13

"One-Sevsnth the Allotted Span Of
Life!" He Mused.
clock. 1t had barely turned four. He
picked up the final staff report OF OBJ
servations on the late Balkan cam
paign, just printed. in book form.
glanced at it and laid it aside. Already
he knew the few lessons afforded by
this war done on the cheap" with
limited equipment and over bad roads.
No dirigibles had been used and few
planes. 1t was no criterion, except In
the effect of the fire of the new pattern
guns, for the conflict of vast masses Of
highly trained men against vast masses
of highly trained men, with rapid
transportation over good roads. COM
plete equipment, thorough organiza-
ton, backed by generous resources, in
the cataclysm of two great European
powers. - -
ITO hn continucdy
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13

and lrongray hair, intensely and SOL
EMMY serious, lacking sense OF
humor, he would have looked at home
with his big, bony hands gripping a
brna dswoYd hilt and his lank body
clothed in chain armor. He had
mastiff's devotion to its master for his
chief.
Since Lanstron became chief of in
telligence OF the Browns information
seems to have stopped" SAID Wester-
ling, but not complainingly. He appre-
ciated Bouchard's loyalty.
Yes, they say he even burns his
laundry bills, he is SO careful" Bou-
chard replied.
But that we ought to know" Wes-
terling proceeded, referring very in
sfstently to a secret of the Browns
which had baffied Bouchard. "Try a
woman he went on with that terse
hard directness which reflected one Of
his sides. There is nobody like a
woman for that sort of thing. Spend
enough to get the right woman"
Turcas and Bouchard exchanged a
glance, which rose suggestively from
the top of the head of the seated vice.
chief of staff. Turcas smiled slightly,
while Bouchard was craven as usual.
you could hardly reach Lanstron
though you spent a queens ransom,'
said Bouchard in his literal fashion.
Il should say mott" Westerling ex-
claimed. "No doubt about Lanstron's
being all there! | saw him ten years
ago after his first aeroplane flight un-
der conditions that proved it. How
| ever, he must have susceptible subor-
dinatas."
We'll set all the machinery we
have to work to find one, sir" Bou-
chard replied.
Another thing, we must dismiss any
idea that they are concealing either
artillery or dirigibles Or planes that
we do not know of, continued Wester-
ling. THAT is Pigment of our appre-
tensions. The fact that we find no
truth in the rumors proves that there
is none Such things are too important
to be concealed by one army from an
other"
"Lanstrop certainly cannot carry
them in his pockets" remarked Tur-
cas-. Still, we must be sure,' he
added thoughtfully, more to himself
than to Westerling, who had already
turned his attention to a document
which Turcas laid on the desk.
"The 12Sth Regiment has been or
dered to South La Tir, but no order
yet given for the 1920, whose place it
| taxes" he explained.
Let it remain for the present."
| Westerling replied.
After they had withdrawn, the look
! that passed between Turcas and bou-
| chard was a pointed question. The
| 1920 to remain at South La Ti1'! Was
there something more than "newspa-
per talk in this latest diplomatic
crisis between the Grays and the
Browns? Westerling alone was in the
confidence of the premier Of late. Any
exchange Of ideas between the two
subordinates would be fruitless sur
mise and against the very instinct of
staff secrecy, where every man knew
only his work and asked about no one
else's.
Westerling ran through the papers
that Turcas had prepared for him. If
Turcas had written them, Westerling
knew that they were properly done.
of his executive clerk, he looked at the
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13

Ito be continued.J
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-05

centre Of the table. Shaded candles
In silver candlesticks OF candelabra
are used on the table At teas the
cups Of tea may be handed to the
ladies by men who are present, or
by the ladies officiating at the table.
Men generally stand about the
room. or near the tea table. talking
10 friends and making themselves
useful.
Servants should be In attendance
10 remove soiled china and to bring
fresh tea and to be prompt Ia any
service required OF them.
When private house Is not
sufficiently large for tea for debu.
tante, II Is sometimes more con-
venlent to give an entertainment OF
this sort at a place where spacious
awing-rooms may be hired for the
occasion. When this method Ia
chosen the table In the tea-room or
"supper-room" is not presided over
by girl friends OF the debutante.
The tea Ia served by servants who
stand behind the table and pass the
cups to guests.
When teas are semtformal affairs
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-05
eeping the Lungs Free.

Il into your embrace, gradually raise
the body and raise the arr1s, still
with hands crossed, above your head,
as you reach the standing posture,
This deep circular motion Of the
arms. beginning, as have said. by
bending low and sweeping the arms
in large circle, finishing with hands
crossed above the head. sweeps the
lungs with generous stream Of
fresh air.
Sixth OF the series which makes
deep breathing easy, or at least plain
TO those who have regarded 1t ns
hazy name, Is pushing upward or
the diaphragm by pressing the
clenched hands In front OF the aodo-
men and pressing inward and up
ward. Still better is the device OF
drawing long towel about the
waist, crossing It in front, and,
grasping each end, pulling 1t upward.
This exercises the insu6lciently usea
muscle Of the diaphragm, and presses
the accumulated air upward out OF
the abdominal cavity Breathing ex-
pansIvely while drawing the ends or
the towel forces the air out OF ao-
domen and chest in great volumes.
The best method is TO snuff the
air, so to speak. Take short. deep,
limitations in rapid succession until
you have silently counted ten. Let
this be followed by one deep e1hala-
ton. This develops thousands OF un-
used vesicles OF the lungs,
In tho difficult squattlng exercise
lower the body as much as possible
while keeping poise. Simultaneously
raise both arms as high as possible
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-05

women who breathed as they should
All those who were natural breathers
we're remarkable for power or beauty
or both. -Four were great singers
Two were millionaires who had risen
from menial positions. Another was
a famous pugliist.
The physician discovered that as a
rule the chest capacity is an index
to the powers. mental and physical, of
the individuals The great men Of
most times and countries have been
men OF large chest and the habit OF
deep breathing. Daniel Webster.
Oliver Cromwell, Martin Luther. M.
poleon, were deep breathers.
The power bred by deep breathing
is the result OF stimulating action OF
the lungs, the heart, the liver and thu
kidneys. Deep breathing increases
efficiency Of the vitn organs seventy
five to one hundred per cent, because
1t causes the vital organs TO do their
work well; whips them, so TO speak.
into greater effectiveness. When the
vital organs are doing their best the
health is sound. When those organs
are neglecting their duty, deep res
plration drives them back to their
work.
four Darfunctorv 'ssIgha" do not
constitute deep breathing. II must be
done regularly and with specific
method.
Following the advice OF the Ma
hatmas who have come to this coun-
try to teach the inward and outward
poise Of their word.old religion, many
women have undertaken deep breath
Copyright. 1911
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-05

White kid gloves are worn.
When a tea is given for debu-
tante some of her young girl friends
are invited TO come without their
hats" TO receive and to pour tea.
These friends do not stand with the
hostess TO receive" The duties OF
some OF them are 10 move about the
rooms and make themselves useful
10 guests. asking them 70 go TO the
dining-room for tea and showing
them necessary attentions. Two
young girls are delegated by the
hostess 10 preside at the tea table.
In the dining.room large table is
spread with a fine white damask
cloth. Al one end is complete tea
service: al the other end Is service
for chocolate. The young girls who
pour the tea and chocolate are
seated at either end of the table.
They wear gowns OF some pale color,
slightly open at the neck They do
not wear gloves at tea table.
The refreshments usually served
are tea. chocolate, dainty sand
wiches. cake and bonbons.
There should be flowers In the