Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08
FOREIGN NEWS

London, Aug. S.-One of the mos.
! interesting features of the prepare
tions for the celebration at the end of
the year of the close OF the centenary
of peace between Great Britain and
the United States, is an oil painting
of the plenipotentiaries who conclud-
ed the treaty of Client, on Dec Il,
1914. This undertaking in group por-
traiture has been placed in the hands
of Amedee Forester, the Anglo-French
painter. whose work, especially as an
illustrator in black and white, is well
known.
The figures OF the plenipotentiaries
have been painted from exact por-
traits in this country and America,
with the exception of the figure of
William Adams, one of the British
representatives. who in his lifetime
resolutely refused 20 have his portrait
painted. The penalty of that obstin-
acy is that in his historical painting
Mr.. Adams is relegated to a shaded
corner in the background. where he
might be anybody. The interior in
which the plenipotentiaries stand is
that of the old Carthusian convent at
. Client, in which the treaty was signed.
Berlin, Aug. S-More than half of
the complaints by women of having
been held up and robbed are fictitious,
according to criminal statistics of the
Berlin courts. This has been brought
out in a typical case just tried. \
young woman, after a quarrel with her
lover. was found, her clothing torn and
her hair disarranged. lying in the
edge of one of the small lakes in the
Grunewald, a wooded tract west of
Berlin. She said she had been as
saulted, robbed and thrown into the
lake, and gave description OF her as
sailant which fitted her lover. The
man was arrested, whereupon it tran
spired that he was not near the
Gruenwald at the time of the alleged
assault. The woman finally confessed
that she had torn her own clothing
and jumped into the water She was
sentenced to two months imprison-
ment as an example to the numerous
other offenders of this type.
Stockholm, Aug S.-National de
Tense problems are keeping parlia-
ment in session during the summer,
because conservatives, liberals and So
cialists are unable to unite on solu-
til.
The socialists desire a decrease in
the present cost of maintaining the
defense. Conservatives and liberals
argue for a larger appropriation, but
they are split on the navy program.
The conservatives want dreadnaughts
and the liberals a navy Of lighter
draft vessels. especially adapted for
work in the Swedish archipelago. The
socialists are against the building of
any more warships at all.
Another cause OF wrangling is the
proposed increase in the training per-
iod of conscripts. The conservatives
are firm for extending the eight
months period to one year, while the
liberals will not concede more than
nine months and ten days.
London, Aug. S-Motor delivery
vans of one of London's largest to-
bacco firms have been equipped with
wireless apparatus in order that help
may be rushed TO needy smokers on
receipt of the signal s. o. S.-mean-
ing, Send on Smokes"
This firm claims to be the only one
in the world using the wireless in its
delivery system. The firm communi-
Gates through n station on the roof OF
the building. Aerials are placed on
the vans, manipulated by an operator
inside.