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The Alaska daily empire., 1914-01-17

Furnished rooms for rent. Inquire 6S4 B. 9th st. 124-tf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-01-17

Late operations on 0Donnell river, Atlin district, have proved more than successful. The outlook for the fu- ture is said to be good.
 |
 The ladies won a handicap bowling contest at skagway the other day. Mrs. Ganty, with 2O6, made the high score. The highest score made by the men was 195 by W. c. Blanchard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

! only roughly sketched The next sue
ceeding years will produce the details
II wise statesmanship were ever need
cd in Washington 1t will be in these
next few years, and the country be
/ lieves that in Woodrow Wilson the
nation has a leader who can be safely
] followed in the critical period in which
| the nation is Selling the destiny thai
seems to be held out to her.
A few of the elements which will
bring about an economic revolution
may be mentioned. European agricul
ture will be Frustrated. Nations when
have been food exporters will sudden.
ly find themselves unable to produce
their own food supplies. The Belgians
have been supplying Europe with
dairy products. Belgium is being de-
vastated by the war. Russian wheat
fields will not be planted. Similar con-
ditions will obtain in the rural dis
tricts of nearly every European ma
ton, and the result will be to place
a pull upon American farm products
for expectation that will send the
American cost of living skyward.
European manufacture will be par
aylzed for many years. Instead of
being the great exporting nation Ger
many will find herself a consumer of
foreign manufactured products. Her
world markets will leave her, and she
herself will become a field for exploita-
ton by the American foreign trader.
The same thing will be true, but in
less degree, of England and the other
manufacturing nations of Europe.
The South American trade alone is
worth $4,000 100000 a year to any
country which can capture it. Ger
many has held most of this trade, and
she must give it up. In addition there
is the trade in the orient. The indi-
cations are that the United States and
Japan are destined to divide most OF
this foreign trade.
There is another vital factor to be
considered. European Immigration to
the United States can be expected to
virtually cease. This will restrict the
American labor market, and result in
tremendously increased wages in this
country. One problem for the nation
will be to check the movement from
the farms to the factories. Each will
be bidding against the other for la
borers, but in case of a great move
ment away from the farms this nation
is likely to suffer for food.
These are some of the vast conse-
uuences of the European war foreseen
for the United States by economists.
The next few years are likely to be
the most vital ones in thu history of
the republic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
William Brady,M.D.
Oral Housekeeping.

4 clean mouth is one of the rarest
symptoms a dentist has to contend
with. Although the oral cavity in
health possesses certain germicidal
powers of it's own, under civilized en-
vironmcnt a perfectly healthy mouth
seems TO be unattainable. That is,
from tie cutting OF the stomach
teeth onward.
CaIicus. or decaying teeth, infiamed
gums and chemically diseased or en-
Iarged tonsils furnish the breeding
places for the swarms of harmless and
harmful germs that find sanctuary in
the human mouth. Food, warmth,
darkness and moisture are essential
condition for microbic culture, and in
the unclean mouth these luxuries are
never wanting.
Watch Your Teeth.
First, our old friend, the pneu-
mococcus, or all-round cold" mi
crobe, is found present in the mouth
of every fifth person, and in virulent,
ddsease-producing form. The neg
lect of a cavity in a wisdom tooth,
or perhaps the presence of enlarged
tonsils, would favor the propagation
and perpetuation of a wicked horde
of pneumococci in any mouth. And
under temporary weakening condi-
lions of external life, such as living
in badly ventilated rooms, INSULT
Client nourishment, over-crowding
and the lige, these tenderly nurtured
brigands are just as great a menace
to the host himself as they would be
to his associates If he were a care
less expectorator.
Tonsilitis and chronic tonsil trou-
BILE is notorious as a port of entry for
acute and chronic joint infiamma-
ton. particularly infiammatory "rheu-
natism."
Many throat specialists believe
enlarged and diseased tonsils in chill
iren are directly due TO infection
from decayed molar teeth. When
he mouth is closed the back teeth
are almost II not quite in contact
With the tonsils. so the idea is rea-
sonable enough.
Outside of tOothache and ulcer
lted" teeth. and the bad effects upon
digestion from insufficient mastica-
ion OF God. the septic or unclean
state of the mouth is clearly preju-
iicial TO general health by reason of
absorption Of poisonous products of
germ life into the blood.
Well. what is to be done about Il?
,eep your mouth clean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
GOLD COMING BACK.

The gold that went from this coun'
try TO Europe a few months ago will
have to come back 10 pay for wheat.
This gold must be laid down before
shipments viii lie made. Such is said
to be the course determined upon by
exporters at the great grain centers
OF the country. The Live Stock World,
in discussing the case, says that with
food supplies short abroad and the
British government controlling the
sea, there is no likelihood of that coun-
try failing to secure the money now
within reach and as Great Britain must
have our foodstuffs she will keep open
an ocean lane in order to secure IT.
The gold that went out to prepare for
war will have to come back for bread.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
RRYAN'S VISION.

The United States is China's friend.
One day China will throw off her
crust and become one of the great
powers of the world. She has up
wards of 400, 100000 people to feed
and clothe- She has great natural
resources to develop. She will re-
ouire hundreds of millions Of dollars
for her own exploitation. To have
her as a customer is a prize almost
as rich as the whole OF South Amer
lea Assurance of our friendship TO
China has been given in our insist
.ence upon the policy of the open door
and our repeated refusal to accept
what the other nations demdnded-in-
demnity arising from damage done
foreign interests in the Boxer upris-
ing.
Now when the question of European
supremacy is in the balance and when
there is no telling how far the war
Will spread or whom it will involve
Secretary Bryan evidences our friend
ship again in proposing TO the powers
that they agree to observe the integ-
rity OF China; IN other words not to
conquer il and cut IL up.
Mr.. Bryan is serving justice anc
humanity not merely in this proposal,
but he is laying by treasure store Cor
the United States of the future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

Questions and Answers.
F. p. II. asks: At what age is it
best to have a child vaccinated?
Reply.
The earlier the better the child
takes it. Vaccination is commonly
done when the child is a few months
old.
Mrs. a. II. b. asks: Can the APP
pendix be removed under cocaine or
other local anaesthetic?
Reply.
Yes, if not too badly involved.
Justus inquiries: Should children
be permitted to drink water at
meals?
Reply.
All they want.
A. 3. T. writes: l asked my doc
tor if he would test my blood-pres-
sure and he laughed at me. Do all
doctors examine the blood-pressure?
Reply.
Try some doctor who will make the
test first and then laugh with you if it
is normal
A. r. asks: Is white pine syrup
compound good for a cough in
child ten years old?
Reply.
No, it contains morphine.
Mrs. F. E. NJ. asks: What is your
candid opinion regarding the use of
various cold and grip" tablets for a
simple cold"
Reply.
AS practically all of these remedies
acetanilide or phenacetin or
some similar Notwithstanding drug Ito
Kill the ache and pain and fever), I
should prefer to take my chances with
the cold"
Safety First" inquiries: Can one
get grip from sleeping in a damp
room?
Reply.
No. not If the room is ventilated.
Drug Clerk asks: Just what is
Ia grippe" or the grip?
Reply
heally il is a nickname for the seri- !
Dus Infectious disease called influenza:
but usually when the doctor Tor more |
often the patient himself) doesn't
know what is developing. he calls it |
srip-and changes the diagnosis later
IN. No reputable medical author rec
'gnizes such disease as grip"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

ey for the house and your part to run
it. One thing let me impress upon you
i won't board. l was obliged tC
board before [ was married. 1t was
bad enough as a bachelor; it will be
worse as n married man. Talk of re-
spectabiIity. Is it respectable for half
Il dozen families and a dozen bach
elOrs and spinsters to herd together
under one roof? 1t seems to me if
were woman l would hold my head
much higher living in privacy even If
! did have occasionally 10 go to the
door to admit the wife of multimil-
iionaire whose wealth grew up like q
mushroom il ii single night"
Your arguments are very plausible.
but I'm going to board. This house
can be easily rented, and the income
from it alone will pay our board"
You mean your board
And yours too" decidedly.
Not at all. I'm not going to board.
do not decide upon the expediency OF
that plan of living for any one but
myself"
Mr.. and Mrs. Starkweather had not
yet bridgcd those years between the
y
amicably in double harness. In other
words. they had not yet learned that
domestic differences must be settled
or misery must ensue. Nor had they
learned how dependent they were on
each other. Quite often down in the
bottom of their hearts each wished for
4 return to the freedom of single life
They had now reached one of those
crises which in the case of some cou-
pies are impossible, cases in which a
separation takes place and the pair are
never again reconcileG.
Mrs Stark weather determined to
board. and Mr.. Starkweather deter
mined to keep house. The wife en-
gagged quarters for herself, and the
husband. having rented his house. took
Il smaller one, removing such articles
of his furniture 10 it as he required.
There was no quarrel between them,
nor did they consider the subject OF
divorce. They remained together
where they We're till Mr.. Starkweather
had got his new quarters In order
Then the wife insisted on seeing that
her husband wanted nothing to make
him comfortable. A married sister
had attended TO all arrangements, but
Mrs. Starkweather would trust no ona
hut herself TO make the final DISPOSE.
tons.
Mr. Starkweather suggested tina.
they so there together Saturday after
noon and remain till Monday morn
ing. Then the lady could go TO her
quarters and he would go to business
He offered 10 have dinner sent in
from restaurant. Ii was in the mic
die of the afternoon that the couple
met at the husbands domicile 10 pass
the last period theY expected TO BASS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
The Daily Story
A Family Afair-By Sadie olcott.
Copyrighted. 1919. by Associated Literary Bureau.

Mr. Starkweatber came home after
business. His wife met him at the
door. and by her lugubrious expression
he knew that something had happened.
whats the matter, sweetheart"
annie has gone"
That's too bad"
1.-THE third servant have had within
two weeks"
II suppose you'Il have to try an
other"
board"
1t was the husbands turn to look
rueful. He detested boarding.
Haven't you always said that your
mother insisted on your learning do
mestic scienceT"
"She did,
"And that you rather like cooking?"
Its the only thing l do easily"
"WelI?'
We'll, it's very plain what you mean.
You suggest that 1 do the work my
self"
This was received in silence.
I'm surprised that you are willing
TO have your wife go into the kitchen
and make a servant of herself. And
how would / be able to take care of
this big house? But, granting L could
do it all, what would become of us
socially? The doorbell rings. Mrs.
Brinkerhoff. who keeps ten servants.
calls. l go to the door from the kitch-
en- with a working apron on and my
hands covered with dough. What do
you think of that?"
Il think that it would remind Mrs.
Brinkerhoff of the days Of her child
hood. Her mother kept a small hotel
and did the cooking for her guests.
The daughter was chambermaid."
We'll. if my husband is willing to
make a cook and housemaid of his
wife 1 am not willing to so demean
myself"
The servant question is yours, my
dear. 1t is my part to provide the mon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
The Importance of sergnitv,

Come, come. dear" said Rouerr
Ferguson, addressing his half distract
ed wife. you mustn't let the noise the
youngsters make distress you so. Re-
member that children have to get rid
of their surplus energy, somehow.
We mustn't let ourselves be too ex-
acting. Always remember that it is
sign of advancing age when one is
unable to keep from becoming nerv-
GUS because of the rackets that are
raised by children. Why, I-great
heavens! What was that?"
Nothing serious, dear, I'm sure. I
think, perhaps, Willie has pushed over
a part of your sectional bookcase, or
dear mel There goes the rest of
it"
BY the jumping-say, I can't stand
this any longer. Those kids have got
to be sent somewhere for awhile or
I'll be ready for lunatic asylum. It's
all right for you. but how can you eX-
pect a man whose nerves are under a
strain all day to stand this sort of
thing every night? If they've broken
anything, by George I'll take the
hides off of 'em!"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

4 war to the death means the death
of millions of the subjects of the great
European powers. The effect upon the
United States would be most pro-
found. The very economic texture of
our nation would be changed. From
a nation which is an exporter OF raw
materials, we would suddenly become
the great supplier of finished manu-
featured products. And this spells a
prosperity for the United States and
a period of swift development the like
Of which the great American captains
of industry of the past decade have
never dreamed.
With a single bound Industrial
United States is likely to cross pc
riod of development that might other
wise have taken a half century. Old
political questions and issues, such as
the tariff and trusts, will vanish from
sight. as though wiped from n slate
with a wet sponge. If the signs do
not fail the issues of the next presi-
Dental campaign will be questions
raised by the new industrial eXpan-
sion-problems of employment and
conditions of labor. the housing of
workers, the food supply of the nation,
the adjustment of the rapidly rising
cost of living with the rising scales
Of wages. Methods of raising govern
mental revenues will probably also be
come political issues. since the day of
the import tariff as a revenue pro-
Queer is probably at an end.
The future as it appears to the econ
omists in Washington can as yet be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
A Word From Tavenner,
The Man on the Job
To the voters of the Fourteenth Cor

To the voters of the Fourteenth Con-
sressionaI District:
As your congressman, ! have been
on tho job every minute, answering
practically every roll call.
have endeavored 70 conscientious
W serve my district and my party, SO
that the voters who elected me would
not have to apologize for having done
so.
am now a candidate for renomina-
ton, subject TO the will of the demo-
cratic voters TO be expressed at the
primaries on Sept. 9Th, and will deep
~ appreciate il IL you will take care
Of my interests while I remain hero at
ny post Of duty and take care Of yours,
which Il is my duty to do, especially in
view Of present existing conditions
throughout the world, which may at
any moment require emergency Iegis-
IatIon for the welfare of our own coun-
try. Under these unusual circun1-
stances, . will be especially grateful
for any acts of my friends in my be-
half.
CLYDE n. TAVENNER,
U. S. Capitol,
Washington, .. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

''Good-by," he said. ''good-by for aye;
TITS sad to leave you So
All, will you not forgive me. pray,
Before you bid me go?"
ALAS" she said. 'ft is too late;
1 must deny your plea;
I can't forget the words of hate
You have addressed to me-"
He left her IN tho moonlight there
And, signing bitter signs,
He wandered forth, not caring where,
Too loving to be wise.
She placed his letters ell on file
To keep for future use,
If 1t should ever be worth while
For her to cook his goose.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

of the European
war. Unless some
thing now unfore-
seen halts the
s I ru lie it is
bound to continue
to the bitter end.
There is no prom
Use that the con-
fiict will be a short
one. On the one
side is Germany
and on the other
E n 6 l a n d. a n d
neither nation will
accept defeat I'M
til impoverished of
men and money.
1t would not sur
prise military men
of Washington If
the struggle were
to continue for
years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

mails next week will be routed by way
of Liverpool and will leave New York
on the steamships Laconia, at 1880
o'clock a. m, Wednesday; Philadel-
phia, at $50 a. IN. Friday, and Finland
at $50 a m, Saturday, according to
announcement by Postmaster Camp
bell. Chicago mail for these steam
ships will be closed twenty-four before
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
BUSINESS BANDITS.

Bloomington Photography
The European war. although scarce
" started, has served TO give business
to prey upon the consumer and these
freebooters are scrambling wildly to
get rich as quickly as possible at the
expense of the people. The cupidity
Of these robbers is limitless and they
can be found in every department of
the business world from the trust
magnate down to the small retailer.
\ good illustration of the manner in
which the business bandits work is
furnished by the sudden rise in the
price OF sugar during the past few
days. The report has been circulated
that Great Britain, which formerly
secured its sugar from Germany, had
placed an untimed order to purchase
sugar in New Yark, regardless of
price. The British foreign office has
notified the New York consulate that
Great Britain is not buying any sugar
at all.
Representatives of Chicago packing
concerns say that the prices of meats
are not going up any faster than the
price OF raw materials, but officials Of
the United Master Butchers associa-
ton state that the wholesale price OF
pork loins has been raised 10 cents q
pound in ten days, and the present
price is unjustifiable. Frozen pork
lOins, worth II cents when put in stor-
age, are now being sold wholesale at
q cents. The packers are charging 20
cents for pork from 11-cent hogs"
Thus, whether or not the prices of
meats are not going up any faster
than the price OF raw materials, the
fact remains that the packers are
pocketing millions.
But the magnates are not the only
ones who are using the European war
to further their own interests. This is
a time when the retail dealers will
have a splendid opportunity to test
the cupidity of the jobbers and the
consumer that OF the retailer. The
jobber who is not money mad win
protect the retail dealer as far as it
lies in his power TO do SO and the
retail dealer of character will protect
his customers in the same way.
A retailer in Bloomington, who is
doing his best to protect his Gus
toners. had occasion to order a small
COHblBLIueNt OF imported goods during
the past few days. On this small or
der the difference in quotations be-
tween the two jobbers was $50. In
other words, one jobber was seeking
TO protect his customer; the other was
deliberately trying to exploit him.
If a citizen OF Bloomington would
take the trouble to call at a dozen of
The local stores he doubtless would
find that the price of sugar varied in
about a dozen different ways. depend
ng upon the degree in which each
dealer felt he owed a duty TO his Gus
omer.
In European counties serious riots 4
nave occurred where dealers have at I.
tempted TO charge eXorbitant prices 1
Tor foodstuffs and dealers and shop .
keepers have been arrested and their |
places or business closed by the Do 1
lice Unfortunately, under our sys-
TEN or government. such practices
have an unrestricted Ieeway.
II !s encouraging to note. however.
that the nation. state and local com
nunites are becoming aroused and fl
IS more than possible that our own
government may more closely scurti-
lizs the operations OF business han
Its in the future
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

AR Barnes and II the Boss" is as
bad man as the colonel has made
him out Albany ought to be the very
place for the colonel to have the case
tried as the people there would be
supposed 20 know Barnes for his
worth without taking sides either
way the effort for a change OF venue
seems to us 20 be favorable to Mr..
Barnes. says the bloomington. ILL.,
Paragraph, republican.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

It is identically the same gang OF
conspirators that has been doing its
level best all summer to produce dull
times that is now attempting to take
money out OF your pockets, under the
-pretense that such robbery IS justified
by wars across the waters FOrtu-
nately the American people have a
president in Washington who is spar
ing no effort to run the rogues 10
earth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

Attorney General McReynolds has
succeeded in enecting q dissolution Of
the New Haven and Boston & Maine
combine. They viii hereafter be oper-
ated under different management.
This is another victory for the Wilson
administration. one By one the
bresstworks Of predatory interests are
required 10 surrender. and their man
ayers are required 10 promise 20 do
business on the square"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
Aug. IA IN American
History.

ISl4-Battle of Fort Erie. Canau"
The American garrison under Cen
eral K. p. Gaines repulsed feS''
attack by the British.
1S5S-First Atlantic cable meSsasN
The cable was from Valentia. Ire
land, To Hearts Content. \. +. lno
first message OF ninety words llo,'
Queen Victoria TO President Dur
chanan. took sixty-seven minutes
to transmit.
lSo5-General John u. lmbodeh' 40
mons Confederate cavalrymhn' Wv"
at Abingdon. Va: born ISL
All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
PRAYER.

Prayer.
do you ever pray" asked the good
man who was endeavoring to rescue
the community from wickedness.
Yes, sir" replied the man with the
heavy mustache. Il always pray when
the markets going against me and
when I remember after Leaving home
in the morning that l have left COM
promising letters in my other coat"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
Thines That Can't Be HeIoed.

Il never permit myself TO be dis.
turbed over things that can't be
helped"
L thought | heard you worrying
little while ago because your son was
spendicS more than his allowance at
college,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
Political Privilege In NORWAY

an Norway people who are not
vaccinated cannot vote at an cleo
ton"
How about people who have had
their teeth filled? Are they permit
ted to exercise the rights of fran
chise in Norway"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15

II you are charged exorbitant prices
for the necessities Of life these days,
do not blame the local grocer or mar
ket keeper. Some one higher up in the
marts Of trade is taking advantage Of
the foreign wars TO steal from you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
She Didn't Carr

MAY ! call you, MabeI?" he asked
at their second meeting. pretending TO
be badly smitten.
IF you wish to; but my name is Ger.
trure."