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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Published Weekly.
-. IookIna Cor Spies.

co-1ecvs. VI. j.. who. in addi-
rs private practice Is LIST aid
-. suf A. our fed arsenal. reckon
:. made au important discovery
9. .,.ediuc through IT Armstrong
- bis road bug the other p. m.
80 a stranger peering into the
80 o. ihe f'rt suns, he suspected
,-as IN our midst lie called a
srs A. they came nearer TO the
- ENGAGED observer Doc. decided
.ss granger was German. Why
- a German 30 trying 20 get a
- chr island for-ifcat.ous was a
-. 20 Doc and likewise 20 his
-. ro-uauiou When about twenty
- s-,- the suns the stranger turn
- faced she attacking army. and
- NJ first recognized his old fei-
,-r,--.rrn. =. H1pp. our pop capital
=. brother EaTp explained that he
=. a-7ly giving the guns the once
t,s-e Row hard they could hit in
-. cent e vas necessary 10 bring
- INTO action 90 repuIse an English
i--,tiru o. the Mississippi Old Doc
-. This s.ory 20 the Clarion Of
- requesting Us TO print i in order
!, correct any wrong Impressions that
-trst have eot abroad concerning the
.--ife1L
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
The Old Ere Bell


Paw Paw True Northerner)
q. give US back the old fire bell
That for years and years had rang
out so well.
That when the boys heard IL they
knew there was work.
And out came the hose cart with a
Jolt and a jerk.
There were no false alarms. fire, fire!
was the yell.
When they pulled on the rope of the
old fire bell
The one they've got now has a Metho-
dist tone.
Il sounds like a church bell and
makes sinners SrOan.
And many a fireman has been left in
the lurCh.
Instead OF hunting a fire he would
hustle for church
SO let's use the old system that work
&c out so well.
And pull on the rope OF the old fire
bell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
HOLDS COURTS QUIBBLE
Arkansas Jurist Urges Simpler Grim
inal Procedure.

! Arkansas Jurist Urges Simpler Grim
inaI Procedure.
Little Rock, Ark-Vigorously criti-
cising criminal procedure in Arkansas,
and declaring that judges spend too
much time "quibbling over words and
phrases. and rummaging in presidents
discovered in the rubbish of Noah's
ark" Judge Eugene Landlord of De-
wallis Bluff, before trial judges of Ar
kansas in conference at Little Rock,
made a strong plea for simplification
Of legal procedure in the state. Judge
Landlords address followed the or
ganization of tine Association of Judges
of Circuit and Chancery courts in
Arkansas for the purpose of formulat
ing suggestions for needed changes in
the laws, for the general betterment
Of the state and for the cooperation of
the judges throughout Arkansas.
Governor Hays, who acted as tenn
porary chairman, made a short ad-
dress, in which he commended the
movement instituted by Judge Lark
ford for an association of trial judges.
Judge Robert J. Lea of Little Rock,
was elected the first president of the
organization. Chancellor Henderson
and Judge J. F. Gautney of Jonesboro
viii act as a committee to draft a con-
stitution for the new organization and
report at the next meeting in Deem
her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

bulls neck. Suddenly Mr.. B. took
notion TO balk. He did. There was
no argument. When the bull put his
noodle down and started in tim dlrec.
ton OF the farmer who held the rope,
the farmer aeroplRned over the fence
at the left side OF the road. The other
man dittoed over the fence at the
right. The owner was safe and decid-
ed that the quickest way TO reach the
stock yards was TO keep running in
that direction. The bull fell for the
rtIse and the race was on. When Bar
stow was reached, young man. wish
ing TO be useful in the situation, took
hold of the rope dangling from the
bulls head. He managed to vault a
wire fence just ahead OF the bull and
was last seen climbing into the hay
loft OF barn. Finally four men Sc
cured a long rope, strung 1t across
the road, tripping the animal when he
was making fresh dash. Then the
bulls four feet were shackled and he
was hauled to the yards astride a cou-
pie Cf planks. Some bull, don't you
thinh? HARRY G. WEIGH.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Auto Party Loses Way.

1lilt Custer. J. Fender. our pop. ex.
chief Of police. and II. Copp. the latter
bang host. made q trip 10 Sterling by
auto one day last wk-. going via the
Scenic route and returning over the
Rock riv. route. ~ Sterling there was
awaiting the party q siX-coUrse din
Ter. with Crane Juice trimmings. Ser
Ing hsvin= nothing stronger on tap
s.ncs the recent election ct should be
explained THAI these sturdy citizens
-sve- indulge anything but soft
t-irksl. Full justice done the spread.
tie boys headed toward home. the
TIP being much enjoyed and unevent-
I'll Until the environs OF HillsdaIe
we're let behind several miles. Mr.
Custer, who was appointed navigator
C. the tip missed a guide post al a
fo-r-wsy crossing and the machine
Ezs driven nine miles of the route.
he mistake was not discovered until
re car hit a farm gate l. brought
renaissance from a pair OF lusty-
---zsd CANNES and was quickly FOL
oTsa b. the appearance OF The owner
G he place behind a lantern. He &C
esp;st e good cigar 10 easement Of the
e-scc1tort occasl0ned and steered the
Psiiy in the right direction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

The large cut shown above is a re-
production of what has been declared
to be the most remarkable photograph
ever taken. 1t shows a native of the
Bahama islands stabbing an eighteen
foot shark twenty-five feet beneath
the surface of the sea. This picture is
one of 10000 feet of film secured be-
meath the ocean by the Submarine
Film company of Norfolk, and the
film was shown recently under the
auspices of the Smithsonian institu-
ton at Washington. The exhibition
was by card and was attended by the
most prominent scientists in the coun-
try. They were unanimous in their
expressions that the work of the film
company has opened up the vast area
covered by the sea for intelligent ex-
ploration, and is unequalled in its
value to scientific research.
The film is full of thrilling scenes
such as the above. and it also has its
more interesting features, as it shows
miles of the sea bottom with beautiful
submarine forests, long stretches of
coral reefs teeming with countless
thousands of vari-colored fish and the
hulks of old wrecks that were sank
generations ago and have been hid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
=. Whites Solution.

= White. cur 81 X. buggy maker.
,,-ss forward with a sensible suE-
rss,,1n for the settlement OF the is
sBss Of war. he being quite a student
= he world situation. the compara-
I've strength OF the powers. etc. In
s.sad OF sending millions OF men into
,ss hsld TO be slaughtered, Tuu would
rave each Of the opposing countries
sslsc; 100 picked men. the flower OF
heir armies, and let them fight IL out
70 a finish. In this way general up
hawai- OF the whole countries would
- sverted. business would be carried
On uudisturbed. and the cost in men.
property and ammunition would be re-
6.ced 20 a minimum. General White
a course would allow a single nat.---
flirting two other nations the same
srht.ng strength as the latter. Doc
HoIlowbush, lieutenant. L. :. A.
dean OF our local army experts, ap-
proves the idea. and has agreed 10 ad-
vance II - future peace conferences
20 which he IS a delegate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
American Army the Handy Man of the Government

I years there has been such a protest
against river and harbor "pork" that,
in the last bill, only one-half of l per
cent of the appropriations were not
approved by the army engineers.
In the 112 years that army engineers
have been employed on public works
there has been just one case of graft
in which an army officer was besmirch-
ed. That was the Carter case. Even
in this case, it is a question as to
whether Carter was guilty of more
than criminal negligence. His detec-
ton was due to a report of an army
engineer who thought that Carter was
not maintaining the high standard OF
honor of the engineer corps IN hand
ding government funds. 1t is doubt
full whether any organization, military
Or civil, has such a record of honesty
and integrity for over a century as
the engineer corps of the army.
The same absence of graft" is IN
evidence in all the armys financial
dealings, whether they have to do VITA
public works or purchasing supplies
for the army.
In time of a great disaster, whether
it be a food or a fire, when all civil
authority is paralyzed, the country
turns to the army. 1t did this in the
San Francisco fire and in the St. Louis
tc-nadoes, and it has done it at the
time of the great floods of the Missis-
sippi and Ohio valley.
The army has been depended upon
not only to protect the helpless and
bring order out of chaos, but to feed
and clothe the suffering. This work
is ain the line of duty" of the army.
It seldom makes. an unnecessary
move. Its officers expect no political
honors as the result of their heroic
conduct in such disasters. The army +.
does the work just as if il were going (
into the field for maneuvers or war. i
The discipline of the army makes such Z
tasks everyday work for officers and I.
enlisted men.
A regiment of infantry and a com
pany of the signal corps have made
Alaska hapitable. The army has con.
and operated the Alaskan ca.
Bile and telegraphic system. 1t is
wireless stations and lines
of communication with the outside
world from the remotest parts of the
arctic territory.
When the Spanish-American war
left the Philippine baby on the ma
TONS doorstep, the wisest statesmen
in congress exclaimed: 1--WE have
no colonial policy. We have no facili-
ties for taking care OF the Philippines.
Our form of government is not adapt
ed 10 any colonization scheme by
which the Philippine problem can be
solved"
In the meantime the Philippine baby
was left in the lap of the army. In
an increditable short time the army,
with the assistance of some volun-
teers had pacifed the Islands.
The whole story Is told by the sim
pie statement that it requires only
IA 900 troops to maintain order among
s 1000. 900 people. many of whom were
and cannibals when the
American flag was first raised In Ma.
Mia. s...sss...ssss.. s. pssENEM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

"The American army has become the
all-around handy man of the govern
ment," said Secretary of War CARR
son a short time ago at the graduation
exercises of the West Point class OF
1914. After giving this entirely novel
description of Uncle Sans soldiers
he continued:
| But l do not suppose that even
YOU, who are in and out of the army,
have had brought home to you the
extent to which this is so, and feel
sure that the country does not realize
! il ar all. You may be called upon at
any time to do any kind of service
| in any part of the world-and if YOU
would not fall below the standard
your fellows have set, you must be
ready and you must do it, and you
must do it we'll"
He went on to tell some of the varie-
gated things which the handy man
of the government" enormously sup
posed TO be merely fighting man, has
been called upon to do since March 4,
1913. when the speaker became secre-
tary of war. These included the fol-
lowing:
Rescuing lives, maintaining law ant
order and distributing food, clothing
and medicines during the floods In
Ohio and other states last year, per
forming similar offices after the Ne
braska tornado; fighting forest fires
in California and in the Adirondacks;
patrolling the Mexican border and
practically eradicating lawlessness
there; establishing law and order al
ter the Colorado coal strike, and re-
storing the chaos there to normality;
and, last but not least, the occuPa-
ton and governing OF Vera Cruz.
The secretary of war did not exag-
gerate in his speech. The Ameri-
car soldier is indeed the handy man
of the government.
For instance, there IS such a de-
mand on the army by the civil branch
es Of the government that often 1,00e
out OF the 4,72s officers are on civil
duty. In the engineer corps there are
o25 officers for one regiment. though
SO are all that is required for the
corps. /
The other rs officers are detailed
to work on rivers and harbors, on the
Panama canal, or on other public |
works which have no more to do with !
the military establishment than the
bureau of animal industry-some |
officers are even assigned to duty with |
the agricultural department.
To the diplomatic corps the army |
furnishes military attaches. who have
given such eminent satisfaction that |
the suggestion has come a number of
times from the state department that !
retired army and navy officers be en-
ployed in the diplomatic service. The |
at West Point and in the |
army especially fits men or diplomatic
service. and the state department is
calling upon the army for
officers to assist in the handling of |
delicate questions.
Just now attention is riveted on
the achievements of army officers
In constructing the Panama canal.
The medical authorities of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
MIR. Green's Barbecue.

iSlaEk county News =
The barbecue held in Toulon last
Saturday. which was promoted by
Walter Green, colored. was a decided
fake, and parties who came from a
distance felt that they had been great
y imposed upon. Four-ffths Of the
attractions advertised failed 10 be on
hand for some reason unexplained to
the public. and there was an utter
lack OF management and system. The
people were charged 20 cents admis-
sion 10 a COW pasture. saw nothing
after they got in, and we're then COM
PEELED TO pay for their dinner. provid-
ed they wanted any. II was a hold
up. Some few states have what IS
called a pure" advertising law. and
Il one advertises something he fails TO
produce, to the injury OF the public. he
can be made TO pay for his transgres-
sions. Any one with an ounce OF
brains who couldn't manage an affair
better than the one pulled OF here
Saturday should be locked up for safe
keeping.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Catching the $50.

p "-@'' f+Aa'#f1 'fAAAal
= steinbeck left on the s. 30 for q
business trip 20 Princeton.
e. =. n Lay left this morning on the
49,. 80, Iof Chicago. where he viii spend
Ns day On business.
az. and Mrs. Charles Viewer left this
, -t.,I-lAg On the $50 for Chicago, where
VII spend two weeks.
misses Wayne and Elizabeth Faux.
-eu this morning on the $50 fol
extended tour Of the east.
= Aunson left this morning on
D '.'' Tor Chicago. where he Will
~, business visitor today.
- ialer Gregory left this morning on
-, p'9o train for Chicago. where hs
spend several days.
q, as Laura Under left this morning
'ls $50 for her home In Princeton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Hotel Diversions.

Hotel Guest Gelephoning from his
room)--That the clerk"
Hotel Clerk-'Yes. this is he"
Guest-"Say, there are n couple of
rats pulling a fight of in my ROOM
Clerk-''What floor are you on?"
Guest-"Third."
Clerk-"What rate are you payins?"
Guest-"Seventy-fiv cents"
C!erk-"Well. old man. you can
hardly expect to see a bull fight for
that money" -MILT CUSTER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Stuna On q Hat

Tie ed. Of The Clarion while vacst-
.1g Lssi wk- bought him new straw
la II z large city a few hundred miles
ZTsy. We paid - cents for same.
sAa thought we had a right smart
a-rgsin- The clerk VINO made the
.l.s said the hat regularly brought
t-5L We believed him until we met
J. Goldsmith. one Of our old reliable
s,o'e fclks. He showed us the same
az OF sale IN his place for so cents.
4aea Ve vowed we would 20 bare
-saoed before We would again violate
.ls Injunction 20 try the home mer-
cant frs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

I world concede that the sanitation OF
the Panama canal zone is one of the
| greatest achievements of modern med
| ical science. New methods of coping
with tropical diseases have been de
veloped along the Panama canal which
are being copied all over the world.
While the army medical officers have
been wrestling with the Panama canal
problem they have not been unmind-
full of dreaded diseases at home.
Applying military methods to the
typhoid prophylactic, they have driven
typhoid fever out of the army. They
have used the army as a clinical pa
tient with which to prove to the medi-
cal world that typhoid may be success
fully combated in this way. Such won
derful results have been achieved in
stamping out typhoid fever in the ar
my that the time is approaching when
the civil government will require ty-
phoid as well as smallpox vaccination.
The Inauguration of such a system,
will save more lives than smallpox
vaccination.
The construction of the Panama ca
more to the fame of this country
among civilized nations than any of
its achievements since the foundation
of the government. Great engineers
of other countries insist that the lay
mind cannot comprehend the magni-
tude of the project or the consummate
skill with which it was accomplished
Already there is in existence library
of books on the Panama canal, yet, 1t
is insisted the story has not been told.
Nevertheless, measured in dollars
and cents, or in the amount of earth
that has been moved during the 10
years in which the canal has been
built. army officers have been doing
more work on this country's rivers and
harbors than on the great canal. In
round numbers the government has
spent about 1000, 900 year since
it has undertaken the work of build
ing the canal, and for the same period
its expenditures on river and harbor
work, under the direction of army en-
has been little over $35,0O0-
600 per year Last years contracts
for river and harbor work amounted
to s45,OOO,OOO.
For this money the engineers moved
233 100000 cubic yards OF earth, while
the total excavation in the Panama
canal for 10 years was 221,O00,0O0
cubic yards. This amount of dredg-
ing is equivalent to a canal 40 feet
wide and 9 feet deep. extending from
Va, on the Atlantic coast, TO
San Francisco. on the Pacific coast
Greater than the supervision and the
engineering features of the river and
harbor work have been the efforts of
the army engineers TO eliminate
pork" from river and harbor improve
ments. They have constantly insist
ed upon the development of a system
Of improvements rather than the dis
tribution of river and harbor appro-
priations for political purposes. In the
early days of river and harbor appro-
priations, Mud creek received as much
as New York harbor.
reports were scorned in the
beginning by congress, but in recent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Sees Big euslness Boom.

=, Va Ciat Case blew IN from the north
- Ek- wearing a straw hat. not find
uine 20 buy a new one on account
:. rushing business. He says pros
-. were never brighter IN his line.
= he believes our country Is on the
se Of an unprecedented wave Of
S.o''efiiy. We al hope your prophecies
e'-e tue. Clate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Throwing the Bull at Rarstow.

Editor Clarion: There has been so
much war news thought you'd like TO
have little bull mean little about
a big bull. He's one of the kind that
you tie outside. I met him in Bar
stow this week. He was on the way
TO the stock yards from a nearby farm
when l saw him in action. He was
accompanied by his owner and an as
sistant. The owner was leading with
rope. The rope was around the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

stepped on broken pop bottle and cut
a long. deep sash In his foot. About
the time he was able TO hobble around
a mule kicked him on the knee which
laid him up for day or so. and Mon
CAV morning while ringing a hog the
animal bit him on one OF his fingers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Help For the Kaiser.

II this war keeps on the Clarion is
likely 10 lose some of the best men Of
its force. Read the names and draw
your own conclusions as TO which side
they will be On: Hank Lienhard. WI
helm Frederic Sohmacht. Charles
Adolph Zeising and Wilhelm Emil
Kahle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
JAY M. SEE, Editor.

into spring fries. and when the old
hens become veterans because they
have been pets or escaped getting their
heads knocked on for getting into
other peoples gardens, they are
shipped TO Chicago and served in the
restaurants as ..springers."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
oeser;s 1900 Block.

.. WINS. long a ginger ale dispenser
= ne 1900 block, has heard the call
= -ytn g, and is now successfully op-
lang there. He is missed in his
% =, Aagnts. bur what is the 1900 blocks
loss IS 10Th SITS gain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Chicago Chickens Finish.

Chicken. are nice thing to have
about. They look nice. They are
useful. The ROSTERS wake us up in
the morning and tell us when there
is 20 be a change Of weather. while
the hens lay nice eggs and hatch
broods Of down chicks that develop
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Swell Cream.

tGrano. y. D. Tribure).
The bride wore a beautiful suit of
new silk. draped in shante lace, while
the groom was attired in 4 suit of
blue surge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
c. Oscar a Modest Soul.

IIerTe Haute SpcCatOTl.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Oscar Dix have Just
bought a five passenger touring car:
&C o D. being the initials TO be
placed on the car, in order not to ap-
pear too conspicuous. the letters will
be somewhat concealed by scroll work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
High Cost of Living Note.

tLanark. Ill, GaZette).
Carload Of soft coal screenings for
feeding hogs s2.75 per ton at G. VI.
Wales & Sons west yards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Have We Been Missing some.hinea

Port Byron Globe.)
Steamer Hill carries the finest or
chestra on the river and in addition 10
seeing the circus. there will be dane.
ing aboard the; boat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Strong Combination.

For sale-A large quantity OF rough
rock suitable for concrete foundations.
A couple OF bushels OF winter onion
sets. VI. J. Yolton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
Weather Indications.

No, Hortense. not for a month at
least Don't be alarmed. Wen have
plenty OF r. V. ID. weather yet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
ousser's Tough Luck.

-LshiEn. Iowa, ArgusJ.
- :. DUgger has been having hard
80 - 4stely. Last Thursday while wash
MS buggy of IN the river he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29

Aug 26-The consolidation commit
tee OF the Rock Island Improvement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Argus Files of 1880 :

I Or. &. c. Truesdale chairman and T. ]
Medill, Jr., secretary. The local com
! ;nittee viii meet with one in Moline.
l. 5. McCabe has leased the room
in the Plummer building. so long occu.
/ pied by the Pioneer shoe store. He
expects to convert it into n handsome
store.
Superintendent Schnitzer yesterday
put an additional car on the blue line,
making the same number that is run
IN the red line, and extending the
double service, ~ minutes, down as
far as the-plow works.
Rev. G.. W. Cue departed today for
Milwaukee to attend the G. a. r. en-
cau'pment.
Aug determination of the County
Veterans association is completed.
New buildings are to be erected on
Second avenue, to add to the improve
ment the paving gives the street.
Rev. \. r. Medium and family have
returned from their vacation spent
near Chicago.
Two hundred and fifty people we're
present at the Sunday school picnic
held at the head of Twenty-siXth street
by the Broadway and South Park
churches.
Aug. 29.-Final meeting is held of
r. ~ =.