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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24
Story of Vistula River Region

I lest streams flowing toward the north
sweeps in an irregular course through
three empires. Austria, Russia anu
! GERMANY IL serves as a frontier line
! between Austria and Germany, be
/ tween Austria and Russia, and. for
short distance, between Russia and
Germany. Upon its banks lie the cit
les of Cracow, Warsaw, Modlin, fPlock'
! Thorn, Kuhn, Graudenz, Marienburg'
/ and the Baltic port of Danzig.
THE Vistula rises in Austrian 81
! lesis, and takes a circuitous route OF
$50 miles to the sea. Its source Is on
the northern slopes of the west Bes-
kiden. a spur range of the Carpathians.
The upper reaches of the river run
through a narrow, wooded valley, mar
rowing in places to a picturesque
gorge, with tree-hung sides, and
throughout its highland way is sur
rounded by as wild scenery as can be
found within the United states.
Just before reaching Cracow, the
Vistula leaves the mountains, and from
this Galician city seaward it is navi-
gable for smaller boats. Its direction
from Cracow is away from its mouth,
and it penetrates deep into the plains
of Russian Poland before it turns, not
far from Warsaw, back to German
lands. Its banks through the high Pc
lish plateau in the south and in the
neighborhood of Warsaw are high
bluffs. often sharp and faced with
loosely held earth erosions, and alto
gether difficult of passage between
bank and bank From Warsaw on it is
navigable for larger river sraft.
THE plain through which the river
passes from Warsaw TO the Prussian
boundary smooths away into swelling
lowlands. the river course becomes
tricky and wandering, while the handy
banks are forever sliding into the wa
ter. The Vistula enters Prussia 10
miles above Thorn, the strong Prus-
sian frontier fortress. Beyond this
point it cuts through the Prussian
ridge. enters low country again, where
its shifting banks give considerable
trouble to navigation. The Prussian
government has expended large sums
of money in the endeavor to win
mastery of the river. and to keep 1T
as a great trade artery.
The Vistula has a heavy traffic OF
lumber, grains and other farm produc-
lions.
Before reaching the North sea at
Danzig it divides into two arms, that
on the west retaining the name, Wis
tula. Thick sheet ice binds the river !
at Warsaw, as a general thing, from !
about Christmas time to the. first of
1t is visited by periodical !
floods of powerful Roadway in spring /
and in midsummer. The Vistula forms |
enc of the most important commercial |
avenues in Russian Poland, in addi-
ton to it's important Prussian traffic.
II is connected by canal with the Ger
man river Netze, and through it with
the Oder. II has a drainage basin
$4,000 square miles in area and re-
ceives the rivers of recent war fame,
the San, the Bug. the Pilica, Bzura
and the Wieprz as tributaries"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

George Reed, who was supposed to
be slated 10 manage the Rock Island
Three-Eye league team next season,
is said 10 be an applicant for the va
cant place at the head Of the Peoria
team. Evidently he entertains some
misgivings as TO the job here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

The shell which on exploding scat
ters white-hOt molten steel and
deadly gas, invented by John Hays
Hammond, Jr., If Il is all that is claim
ed for II, IS a Christmas present TO
the world quite in keeping with the
spirit OF the times. in Europe, at least
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

Now that the snow lies deep in the
Alps a majority Of the Swiss soldiers
ought to be able 10 return 10 their
homes. A few well directed ava
lanches should be sufficient to hold the
passes against all corners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

TERMs-Ten cents per week. BY car
rier. in Rock Island: IS per year by mali
In advance.
Complaints or delivery service should
be made 10 the circulation department..
which should also be no;iacd IN every
instance where II IS desired TO have
paper discontinued. - carriers have no
authority IN the premises
All communications OF arEumsntative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached Tor publica-
tion- No such articles viii be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones in all departments. Cen
trsl Union. Rock Island AS. 1145 and
2I4s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

THIS war is revealing the big CAPT
talists OF Europe. Queen Wilhelmina
of Holland has just contributed ST.
900 900 to war fund.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24
Dec. "a in Amerlcn
History.

lSll-I:u.-.a- 60. tnr u,vnni"iH tis"
ter. Richmond Va. seventy -
sons lost their lives. including wv
governor of the state.
1S14-Treaty of peace between
United states and Great hr'l"'',
ending the war OF 1872. sisneu AZ
Client. Belgium. Hostillties eon,
tinued for weeks owing 10 the SO"
means OF communication across ~
Atlantic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

Do not nope and mourn IL your
friend whom you dropped from your
Christmas list this year gives you an
unexpected present Get the date OF
his birthday and chalk it up on your
calendar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24
With Charity for All.
lSVracuse POST SIAM

(Syracuse Post-Standard.)
Cheer up. you common poets. Brown
ing once rhymed calais with NAL
ice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24
No Place for Sunday.

We know more about men, their
troubles, their trials, their Affections,
their problems. their standards, and
their morals than any evangelist can
tell us. And what we know. we learned
by actual contact in the school of ex-
perience.-Topeka Capital.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24
Whoa!


Mountain Grove, Mo, HeraldD
Frank Willoughby bought from Lum
Stubs two old grays,
Kept the old critters about twenty
days.
Traded with Lum Mills. then traded
back.
Lum seemed to prefer his old roam
and black.
Frank took them home and fed them
some ''nubs,"
Then took and sold them back to Lum
Stubs.
"YULETIDE JOY Behind the Bars"
runs a heading in a Chicago paper.
Yes. and there will be a whole lot of 1t
before the-bars also.
CENTURY Grand Opera company.
which had been singing in English.
now playing in Chicago. is 10 quit Jan.
2. Financial troubles, of course
Fatal mistake was in giving perform
ances understandable to the auditor
NOW that Alfred Henry Lewis mas
passed out. We win begin TO appreciate
his 'Wolflle" stories, among the best
contributions to the literature of the
plains. o. Henry had to die before the
publishers took him seriously
J. NJ. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

Exactly one-half, or "a, of the 4S
states have enacted workingmen's
laws during the last
four years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

1t looks as though the kaiser and
his staff were going to spend sweet
Christmas. l note that they have ar
rived in Cologne. l.. II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

Tomorrow may be prohtably spent
IN again counting our blessings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS

TO add to all our other International
woes, Gaby Deslys has gone and got
throat trouble and has to undergo an
operation. Those who have heard
Gaby sing say she has had throat
trouble for a long while.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

HOBSON probably will be one OF
the first to send condolences to the
owners of that $12,000,000 brewery
concern in Indiana that has gone to
the wall
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

The United States troops are &C
leave Colorado also 10 its fate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
rue. Rock Island. Ill tEutcred at the
postcfiice as second-class rnattcr)
Rock Island Member OF the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

All the Jews all the time-Thv AEsi4'>
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

BY NE J. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-24

Merry Christmas.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
DEGREES TO MINISTERS
MAKE UPSHAW SARCASTIC
Georgia Editor and Speaker Says Col
Iege Title Has Never Won One
Soul to Jesus Christ.

New York, Nov. 27.-"The empty title
OF doctor OF divinity tends TO create
grades in the ministry. fosters human
pride. and has never yet won a soul to
Jesus Christ" says William D. Upshaw,
editor of the Golden Age. Of Atlanta. IN
speaking OF the bad effect Of conferring
the title on clergymen.
Mr.. Upshaw, known as the Georgia
Cyclone on Clutches" is in this city de-
Iivering a series of lectures in the Old
North Baptist Church. and criticises Sc
verely the belief said to exist among
ministers of this city that no clergymen
be called pastor unless he possesses the
degree.
"A title that is earned because OF hon.
est scholarship is all right, and yet that
title ought not to be paraded by any min
lister of Jesus Christ. l take on my hat
to the young preacher who honestly earns
and modestly wears his titles. but de-
liver me from the vaingloriOus self
seeker, who, when they get their degrees,
strut around like peacocks with their
gaudy show OF fuss and feathers"
Mr.. Upshaw is not ordained. just ''con-
strained" as he puts it. He says he
never entered the ministry-he wanted tc
be free to jump on the fellow who jumps
on the minister.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
TO SPEAK AGAINST LIQUOR.
Rev. sam Small and Former Gov
Patterson VIII Lecture.

\ systematic compaign TO the end that
prohibition may be brought about in the
District of Columbia. as well as in the
nation, will begin in Washington on Mon
day evening. when a series Of meetings
will be held. at which addresses will be
delivered by former Gov. Malcolm z.
Patterson. of Tennessee, and Rev. DR..
Sam Small, Of Atlanta. These meetings
will be followed by others throughout
the week.
Gov. Patterson will speak Monday even
ing at Calvary Baptist Church. Eighth
and II streets. and DR.. Small at I'm
manuel Baptist Church, Columbia road
and Eighteenth street. Gov. Patterson
was elected three times tC Congress, and
Is therefore well known in Washington.
He resigned before completing his third
term to become governor of Tennessee.
Dr. Small is the successor TO the late
Sam Jones in the evangelistic field.
Gov. Patterson will speak Tuesday
evening at Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church. Fourth and streets southeast.
and DR.. Small at the First COngrega-
tional Church, Tenth and G streets
northwest.
DR.. Edwin c. Dinwiddie. legislative SUI
perintendent for the Anti-SaloOn League
OF America, and Andrew Wilson. presi-
dent OF the District of Columbia Anti
Saloon League, will be in charge of
these meetings.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
A WOMANS TERRIBLE EXPERI-
ENCE!
The Way a Nation Treats Its Women.

A country's civilization or barbarism
This is the test Of its standing among
the nations of the world. Husbands should
treat their wives with the greatest con-
sideration. for the wife is often weighted
down by a crushing burden Of weakness
dizziness, or despair.
Thousands upon thousands Of mothers.
wives, and daughters in every section Of
this great country, who have regained
health, vigor, and cheerful disposition
after months of misery and even despair,
are the ones who truly appreciate the
marvellous restorative power Of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
Every woman who has reason to be-
ueve that backache. headache. unnatural
pains. low spirits. sleepless nights, irres-
ularities, or a catarrhal condition Is
caused by a arrangement OF the wOmanly
functions, owes IL to herself and dear
ones to speedily overcome the trouble
before a general breakdown causes per-
manent prostration.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
remedy that any aIling woman can safely
take, because 1t is prepared from roots
and herbs. containing tonic properties Of
tie most pronounced character.
1t is not a secret remedy because its
ingredients are printed on wrapper.
Get DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
today, either in liquid or tablet form, at
any dealer in medicines. IL you want to
better your physical condition surely and
speedily. Every ingredient in ''Favorite
Prescription" Is printed along with the
directions. II you want a specialist in
women's diseases to diagnose your case.
consult Dr. Pierce by letter, correspond
ence private and confidential. address
Doctor Pierce, InvalidS' Home, Buffalo,
n, Y,-AdY,
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
Changes in Personnel.

The Department Of Commerce an
nounced the following changes in its
personnel
In the Bureau OF Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce. the temporary appoint
mcnt Of Joseph LOeffier as expert Iclerkj
at saO0 has been terminated. and the
temporary appointment of Miss Ruth
Bevan as clerk at $50 at Chicago, ILL.,,
has been extended.
James H Terrence and Edward W
Sperry have been PROBATIONARY appoint
ed as laboratory assistant at 500 and
laboratory helper at $3.50. respectively, in
the Bureau OF Standards at Pittsburgh
Pa
Edward G. Brossett. seaman on the
steamer "Phalarope" OF the Bureau OF
Fisheries. has resigned.
Charles Medallion has been temporarily
appointed as extra laborer at $40 in the
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
In the Lighthouse Service, the tenn
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
Paplowa's Art FIawless In
Dance Carnival Yesterday
Premiere Russian Danseu Supported Brilliant Company De
capacity Audience the New National Theater with Her
Magic Feet and Wonderful Grace.

which Is devoted to the dances OF the
present day, Mile. Pavlowa Is assisted py
M. Clustine (who Is also responsible ior
the arrangement of Puppen-Fee, wnlch
she uses) In the Czarina Waltz and Paw
olwana and by n. Volinine in the I'M
promptu number, which Is given win
Mile. SvirskaIa at the piano, and Dy
both dancers in the ''Gallop Russo,
which Is the most spirited number OF this
section OF the entertainment The en-
semble modern dance numbers are also
notable for their grace and rhythm ana
the Mazurka, danced by Mile. Kuhn ana
N. Clustine, won distinctive appreciation
at the hands OF yesterdays audience.
Part three OF the dance carnival con-
sists this season OF the advertisements,
and furnishes the most enjoyable part OF
the entertainment, both from a stand
point Of artistry and variety. Mile. Paw
Iowa is seen In her exquisite Swan dance,
which she accomplished yesterday with
hawless grace and artistic expression.
and her Autumn Bacchanale, in which
she Is this year assisted by NJ. Volinine
with satisfactory result, for her compan-
Ion in the dance Is altogether in sym
pathy with the spirit Of mad revelry
which Mile. Pavlowa portrays in COM
plete abandonment OF joy.
. Nor was interest centered entirely In
Mile. Pavlowa in this third section OF
the gay festival given in honor Of
Terpsichore yesterday for the Pas de
Troi interpreted by Miles. Butsova, Grif-
ova, and NJ KObeleff; the pastoral by
Mile. Plaskovietzka and NJ. Vajinski:
Anltra's dance by Mile. Svirskaia: the
Danse Grecque. by Niles Leggierova,
Cromboya, CollInet. Verina. Florence.
Woronova, and Moskvina, and the Pers-
ian dance. by NJ. Oukrainsky. each So
licited a storm OF applause, particularly
in the case OF the Persian dance which
was the most unique number rendered.
and which NJ. Oukrainsky saturated with
an Oriental atmosphere and interpreted
with a grace that is almost sinister in
character.
But always in reviewing the dance car
nlval Of yesterday. as heretofore. ones
mind reverts to Pavlowa OF the magic
feet; Pavlowa OF the filmy, floating drap-
cries; Pavlowa in her delirium OF sway
ing. swinging motion; Pavlowa the acme
of grace, the soul Of poetry. the embodi-
ment OF Joy; Pavlowa the most fawless
expression OF the art OF Terpsichore that
has como to Us since the first invasion
OF America by the Russian dancers.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
VANISHED, IS ASTOR'S
HOPE OF BRITISH TITLE
Scandal Caused by Woman's Suit
Eliminates His Last Chance, Is
Belief in London.
BY JOHN c. FOSTER.

London, Nov. A.-Though a settlement
out of court probably will prevent the
trial of 81. 900 suit briught by Mrs. Alice
Alexandra Falcke against William Wal
dorf Astor, the eXpatriated American
millionaire. and prevent the revelation
TO the vulgar public of the details CT
the romance in which the couple have
been the principal actors. II is neverthe-
less believed here today that Astor's last
hope OF ever receiving a British title has
been destroyed.
Mrs. Falcke. q beautiful English wom-
an. claims that Astor is the father OF her
child. and in her demand for the award
OF $1,000 asserts that he failed to keep
an agreement TO pay her $4,000 annually
in four installments.
For many years II has been the desire
OF Astor to obtain an English title, but
the scandal revealed by Mrs Falcke' s
suit is expected to balk this desire. Queen
Mary objects to the presence at court Of
any person besmirched by the taint of
scandal. and this objection is likely to
be particularly marked in the case OF Mr..
Astor.
Astor was naturalized as a British citI-
zen in 1899.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
By JULIA CHANDLER MANs.

II ever you have stood in the midst Of
an old orchard when the years at the
spring and watched the delicate apple
blossoms shed their petals until they
Idrifted down softly like a pink cloud
lowered. perfuming the air as they drift
ed, you have breathed something Of that
atmosphere OF youth, with its irrepres-
sible Joy. which Mile. Anna Pavlowa
managed to convey once more to a Wash
ington audience yesterday afternoon
through the medium OF the dance.
In coming into the world, the premiere
danseuse OF the kingdom OF the Car
must have caught the soul Of spring with
with the poetry Of its drifting apple
blossoms and its lyric of love. weaving
them into the fiber of her being In such
a way that In her art they dominate all
other qualities.
Never was this spirit Of the golden
springtIme more in evidence than in the
program In which Max Rabinon pre-
sented his Incompatible star and her as
sisting ballet yesterday at the National
Thester under the local management of
Mrs WiIson-Greene, the FIRST part OF
which consisted OF the ballet in one act.
entitled "Puppen-Fee" (''The Fairy
DolrD. unfolding the fanciful story OF a
toymaker and his dolls. To the toy
makers shop came an Englishman. his
wife. and daughter. among other pros
pective customers. The shopkeeper ex-
hibits his finest wares, but the wealthy
Britisher will not buy until the toy
maker finally admits that he has just
one more doll, but warns the would-oe
purchaser that she is so unusual a doll
as to make It necessary for its owner to
ask a big price for her.
The Englishman Is delighted with the
Fairy Doll and after paying for 1t orders
II sent to his house the following morn
ing. After his departure his purchase
waves her magic wand whereupon her
friends, the dolls, all come forth to hold
high carnival in honor OF her departure.
Mile. Pavlowa is Puppen-Fee. and In
the toy-maker's shop, when the animated
dolls have their farewell dance. she gives
varied and dainty demonstrations of the
ballet school OF dancing. in which she Is
ably assisted by NJ Volinine and her
company of Russians, whose names look
very much like a jlgsaw puzzle in print,
and are pronounced-heaven only knows
how.
In the second part of the program.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
REAR ADMIRAL FIELD DEAD.
Naval Leader to Be Buried MONDAY
Rt Arlington Cemetery.

Rear Admiral Wells L. Field, U. S. ".
retired, died yesterday morning at his
home, 1883 1 street northwest following
a long illness. He was sixty-eight years
OF age. Funeral services will be held in
the Church of the Covenant Monday
morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be
in Arlington National Cemetery. He was
a member of the Army and Navy Club.
A native Of st. Louis, Rear Admiral
Field was graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1867. He served with the
mosquito feet in the Spanish-American
war. and later took command Of the
U. s. s. Justin. He leaves a wife, Mrs.
Ruth c. Field. one son, Wells L., and a
daughter, Sallie Field.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
BRIToNS NEED WARM CLOTHES
American Women Appeal for Ala
in Behalf of Wounded.

Over go wounded soldiers Of the vari-
Gus warning countries have been treated
at the American Women's War Hospital.
at Paignton, England, during tbe last
month. The women have sent cut an
urgent appeal for wooden underclothes
with which to equip these men when
they are released.
The mile of pennies being collected for
the Belgian relief fund now extends to the
distance Of 800. Over s. OF this sum has
been collected by one little girl, Eliza
beth Sawtelle, who is going to all her
friends with an appeal to help the chill
dren OF distracted Belgium.
Another novel scheme for the collec-
ton of funds for the Belgians was put
into operation yesterday in the form Of
small barrel banks. Each bank, when
filled, will buy one barrel Of -four
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
Col. Seibert's Funeral Today.

Funeral services for Col. Louis p
Seibert, civil war veteran who died at
his residence, 1895 Eighteenth street
northwest, Thursday. will be held at the
residence this morning, after which the
body will be inferred in Arlington Gene
tery. Col SeiSert was eighty-hve years
old and died from a stroke of apoplexy.
Col. Seibert was born at Worms. Ger
many. March q. 1891 He came to Ameri-
ca and at the outbreak of the civil war
he enlisted in a New York cavalry regi-
ment and was made first lieutenant He
was present at the battle OF Gettysburg
Col. Seibert leaves a wife and two
children.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
ARMY ORDERS.

Capt. Glen =. JenkS. Ordnance Department, il
detailed as q major in the Ordnance Department
to complete a period Of four years detail in that
department.
Cart. LlciAn B. Moody. Coast ARTILLERY Cons.
is detailed q major in the Ordnance Derart.
neut Mai Moody will proceed TO the WatertOWn
ArsSnal Watertown. Mas. take station
The examining board at Fort Monroe. Va for
the examination Of officers Of the Coast Artillery
CorpJ for rTuusotion. appointed in paragraph :.
Special Orders. No. 03. Decemper =, 1915. Var De
partment, is dissolved
board Of ohncers is appointed TO meet at
Fort Monroe. Va. for the examination Of such
captains Of the Coast ARTILLERY Corps as may o,
ordered before it to determine their fitness for
promotion. Detail for the board: Mai William z.
Smith. Coast Artillery Corps; Mai James VI.
Williams. Coast Artillery Corps: Mai George A.
Nugent. Coast ARTILLERY Corps: Capt. William VI.
Smart. Medical Corps; Capt. Henry c. PnlSbury.
Medical COrps.