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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

the company would not permit them
% vas the higher grade workers who
Ted OF IN the strike. Many OF the
highest grade men had approximately
q f0iz-hour day. But they were fire.
guentiy being required 10 work over
time on week DAYS and 90 do addition
al gFOrk on Sundays. Fearing that the
auc-uachmonts OF overtime and sun
day work were leading 20 l2-hour
and 7-day schedule FOR the whole force.
they therefore protested. Therefore
the protesting committee was dis
CHARGED. therefore the strike.
Tho government Investigation re-
vealrd this=
That out a. every 100 men % were
working days every week.
That out % every 100 men 50. iu-
Guiding these 90 were working some
Sundays lu the month
That out OF every 100 men 81 were
working . hours q day.
That our 90 every 100 men - we're
working 10 hours day days week.
That ont Of every 100 men 80 were
earning less than 81 a day.
These are the grim figures which the
United States bureau OF labor gives us
% the working shifts Of the Bethlehem
Steel company as drawn from the com
pauys own time books. This rs the
manner in which the concerns that
have drawn down $4,000 900 % the
peoples money were treating their en-
pioyes I'm 1910. Since that time con
siderable S-hour-day legislation has
been passed. and there is no record OF
the number OF 12-hour shifts now in
force.
Norkingmeu OF the nation. are you
willing that your government shall
continue % give contracts running in
10 the millions annually 20 firms that
have rnistreated and underpaid their
employees as have these great war
trafcking concerns? n you are not
willing. then protest against H. But
let me assure You az the outset that
one protest viii not be sufficient. The
chances are you viii have TO speak
loud and often before your voice win
bee heard iu far-oE Washington.
One OF the strongest arguments IN /
favor OF "a policy OF complete govern I
ment manufacture Of all munitions OF
war is that such a policy will remove I
lu incentive FOR the defrauding OF the 4
government by private manufacturers. I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26
A Family Harmonizer.

Dear, you're looking just terrible.
You ought to get away for a few
months"
Il know / should. but it's so expen-
sive. and husband says we must paint
the house this spring. and there are
so many other little things 10 be done
that will take money"
My husband used TO talk the same
way to me, but l finally took the bit
in my teeth and did what I thought
best for my own health
Probably your husband could af-
ford it,
None of them can if you listen to
them. You'll die in your tracks if you
don't pull yourself together and do
something for yourself
"Of course. in way. you're right,
but
TO be sure I'm right. Now YOU
just go home and tell your husband
you're going to the springs. If he
says he hasn't got the money. you go
and borrow it We women must be in
dependent"
ING.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26
THE PATH OF NEUTRALITY.

Further tEht Oh the diacultcs
~hfch bsast the president and his al.
visers N r~@aiuinx neutral Was shed
~ Robert LansinE. counselor for the
stafs department. AZ q dinner tn Ncu
YORK the other evening
The Etsropean var. he said. had
raised a series % pgohiems which had
never before been solved. and the
tsnfiouaf parriaiity. and the constant
compliant % one or another % the
b~IisEererts makes the path % ueu-
traiity rouxh and uncertain.
Diplomacy today - wrestling With
novel probisms. 20 which 70 must
apply natural Justice and practical
counon sense Things have 20 %
done. not studied these days. The
motto 10 q now IL not a piece o.
advice N the department % state:
n - n command a question which
r. y week old - ancient history. Con
sfdsrfnx the customary slow and dig
ninea ways % diplomacy this touch
and 60 method OF doing business vas
n decided Innovation and compelled
radical change IN the machinery
through which our foreign Affairs are
conducted
These are critical days fo= our
country: ho~ critical only those who
are in intimate touch with Affairs can
fully realize. II f. a time for serious
thoUxht. n time OF anxiety
To-Day. when nations are svayed
with urreasonabie passion. when
prefudsce Blinds them. when they see
red when they mlstuesc their frie-ts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

An ignorant iaymau giI sVa TOYS
without c1mpluctiou tay after day
and week ars- week drugs which q
doctor would hesitate about taking I'M
DEG any circumstance ~ requires
nothing more than a circular thrown
at his door. or an cxtrssagant, lying
alvertissmeut endorsed by The drug
-st Who hopes Co prout on the sale.
to persuade the poor deiudsd sucker
there's no other suitable ~oTd-io
pat down bis good money for a bottle
o. worthless or harmful dope.
T. - nothing less than a national dis
grace that our national legislature.
having been literally shamed into max
INK some shoW % willingness 90 pro
trct the public. foistsd upon the coun-
try a so-caIlsd pure food and drugs
act. which has served chiefly 60 help
pateur medicine manufacturers ia their
business. You should Know. q you
dcut already know. that the words.
Guaranteed Under the Food and
DRUG Act. June 20. 1906" on label
are no guarantee OF harmIessness or
purity % the product. but simply an
assertion that the produce does not
contain certain poisous unless they
are mentioned on the label. No noe
trum or drug Is 40 dangerous o. worth
less that 90 cannot be thus -guaTan-
teed. and indeed the most deadly in
gradients need not be mentioned on
the label. only a small list Of poison
Gus ingredients must be mentioned on
the label under the law
The Cure Verse Than the Disease.
In the United States hye hundred
million dollars = spent annually Tor
medicine. Most OF the medicine Is
consumed By individuals who would
get well as soon or little sooner
without H. \ good share OF IL - taS-
en- BY people who like the effects Of
alcohol. opium. acstanilide. choral or
other ingredients. Some OF IL - con-
sumed by uufortunates who are rem
eered insurable By the pOisons they
swallow. Many OF the most pit!able
and hopeless wrecks We see are In
debted for one part OF their trouble
20 disease. and for nine parts % the
habit Of i4kins perfectly harmless
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26
CTo be continued.)
TALKS ON THRIFT
BY =. o. MAcGREGOR.

Some OF our readers have asked us
20 publish more stories OF the actual
success OF thrifty persons. Following
are three new ones that have come 10
our knowledge:
a ST. Louis police sergeant. during
50 years on the force. with a salary
never more than Sis a month, saved
$4,000. and invested in real estate
which yielded him an income of Sl53
a month. enough 10 retire on and grow
old gracefully.
Dennis and Daniel Sullivan. Irish
twin brothers. worked for two years
as bell-boy and doorman. respectively,
at the Hotel st. Regis, Fifth avenue.
New York, and saved enough from
their wages and tips to buy a couple
OF taNicabs and go into business for
themselves.
We have several other brothers. -
said Denny. home in Ireland. and as
soon as We can make the money wen
have the whole lot OF them working
with US in partnership. Sure. an
there's one family OF Irish brothers
who started restaurants over here the
way We intend to start in the automo-
bile business, and ii they made money
we can"
Mrs. Annie Baseiey. OF Southern
California, though she started out poor,
can now write her check for a very
large amount as she has become al
most a millionaire from her huge
chicken farm. She began in a very
modest way, living in a little cottage
on single acre OF ground. At poul-
try show in Los Angeles she bought a
rooster and half a dozen hens of the
best breed. This investment OF her
savings came high but It was worth
while as Mrs. Baseley's subsequent sue
cess amply proved.
The motto OF millions OF thrifty. in
dustrious, happy citizens of the United
States is. Live respectfully and save
a little"
This is an excellent rule. and IL you
can save a good deal. SO much the
better
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

Doubtless many worthy peraous VIII
be- scandaiizesi By the 1ssortiou on che
part % y Peuusylvauia educator that
he prefers dime novels 90 Chance.
Shakespeare or Dickens 49, tEs foluda-
ton for q literary education. The
truth b.. however. that thc yognE men
are rnorv uSciy Co acquire a taste f1-
realms through THE former class tHau
thrpgxh the latter class % literature
and once the taste o. formed o. 81 far
more likely TO change for tle better
tAan for the worse
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

nation Is AVAILABLE
a. 20 conditions OF
labor in that armor
making concern s
plants. The in
quiry was made by
the United States
bureau OF labor in
1910. under the d.
rection OF Ethel
bert Stewart, a
special agent OF
the labor bureau
at the time. who
uDre lAr ItNA ~ L-tA
OF being one OF the
most experienced
economic investi-
gators in the cOun-
try.
When this strike
began there we're
no labor organiza
tions In the plant:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

n ts Interesting Co learn that the
CoGsrc4a % Religious Liberals iu scs-
sion at Philadelphia passed resolution
eaiIinE upon men % all nations 90 ~
fuse % take up arms. bat &C. 81 also
Interesting 90 turn 20 the experience
% government which prove that fl
time q danger 70 the nation tls fei-
Tow Who refuses O. dEbt. uinc times
cut % tcu. "a actuatrt b. his fear.
and rot his c1nviCtidus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26
Feb. 20 in American
History.

le>So-GeAei,l4 i.dlle, l,OUert oOu'
noted Federal soldier. died II
Newark. o.; born there 1927. Wood'
commanded the famous expedition
to relieve Fort sumter In April
1861, which precipitated the ou'
break
1S9I-Dayid L. proudfit. well known
poet and author. died: born 1917
I909-Rev. Theodore Cuyler. noted MN
lister and author, died; born Isl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

London. (COrreS pondence OF me
Associated Press "A letter received
by an English family from daughter
serving as q Red Cross nurse in Elan
ders gives a thrilling glimpse of a
girls life on the NieupOrt-DiXmude
line.
We had a lively day of Smelling on
Monday" she writes. 'sAt about 1880
whiz-bang, another, and another, and
vet another Just then the Belgian
doctor came in and told US we had
better 20 into the cellar We went
down into the cold, damp cellar and
stood about on bits of wood and coal,
and listened to the continued whiz,
bang and crash of big shells. The
noise was pretty near deafening, and
they must have pumped in about 100.
Out of all that lot luckily we only got
two wounded men-a priest, wounded
by a flying bit in the face, and a sol
der. Il was extremely lucky that on
that day the trenches opposite our
house were not occupied or there
would have been many killed and
wounded
Continuing her letter on the follow
cannonade is stin going on. There
must be a tremendous battle. l am
hoping they are gaining ground, and
that We shall soon move on down the
road. l should just love to move for
ward into Brussels The weather has
been truly awful lately, nothing but
rain. I live in knee-high rubber boots
and my oil-skins / am sure 1 viii
never be able to get back to hobble
skirts and fashionable Sides as our
American nurse says.
I'VE are thinking of going 10 Furnes
for the afternoon, Just for joy ride.
We have been hard at it for nearly
fortnight without a break. so we think
of going in. You have no idea what
a pleasure a trundie into Fumes is,
when you have not done a thing but
remain in two smelly. dingy posts. day
in and day out. I will tell you what
the pleasure consisted of: Getting
into a motor-ambulance that has seen
its best days, and trundling over
broken. holey roads that nearly jolt
ones inside out; probably at least
once. and perhaps more, sticking in
the deep mud. and all having TO ger
out and push and shove TO get the
car out, and eventually arriving at
Furnes and having a mad rush around
the shops and grabbing all stores we
can find. but it all seems so new and
interesting after a desolate town.
Then a mad rush back again. over
the same bunny. holey road and home
TO our tumbled-down cottage. Yet You
have no idea what a great treat it
seems to u.s.
london fCorrosno,5o. - ~.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

II viii BE- just a. well % avoid
I-unchias building projects lu the
faith that prosecution Of the master
plumbers vii reduce the high cost OF
plumbing The sensible course TO take
iu view % experience aIoue the same
line. viii BE- % prepare FOR stiil heavier
aascssueuta Litigation. you know. o.
costly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

Germany has prohibitsd uao BY Bel
xiaa wOaasn % the caps % soldiers %
their country a. female hsadEear. On
this country such an edict would b.
cogaidersd primn facis evidence % q
conspiracy 90 play into the tentacieE
% the millinery octopus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

Most people are willing 20 accept
the statement that tho war o. costing
gzs.90O.O00 a day. but when the sta
tistieian attempts % tell as that the
American farmer IN producing wealth
"a fast a. they are burning 70 up I'm
Europe-wcii. ask the first farmer you
meet what be mink about D.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

They are talking % submitting the
passenger rate Increase 90 the people
a. % % were a political question What
voter feels that De is possessed OF suf-
fcteut knowledge on the subject o.
give an Intelligent verdict And what
arr we paying our Legislators for DO it
. not 90 give them time and means
20 study such matterss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

sven ~ these days % big peace
foundations % isnE often that peace
makers are a. well rewarded a. tie
Esntl@m@n Who take down $4,000 Tor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

Evidently Nevada has found that
when ~ eliminates tle short order ll-
yores. puEilism and race track Eamo-
tag q destroyed The ouIY inducements
which woaid BRING strangers to tle
sfnfa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

Tha C@nssso ErOcsry clerk who die
covered q 5000 government eol1
an1ocz potatoes watch had been ship.
ped from Niunssota proved that there
ts-or Was-moGsy On ngufs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

=, DOESN'T rlaks Ereat deal o. dif
ference 10 thoas who are sunE with n
ship Whsthsr o. w1s t8rpsd1ed accord
ias 20 iatsruafl1uaf Law or not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26
Sidelights on the European War

the South American passenger SER
vice ana was then noted for its lux
urious accommodations and steadine--
in rough weather. Luxurious fittings
are now cleared away, but nothing
has been lost on the side Of comfort
There are 1900 swinging beds for
the wounded. who receive every care
possible in land hospital While SUP
gical operations at sea are generally
avoided on hospital ships, unless of a
minor kind, the operating theatre OF
the Asturias is so well equipped that
many serious cases are handled there
The Asturias is painted white
with green stripes and carries huge
square cross painted in red amidshlp-
on both sides. At night, the red cross
is Illuminated by electric lights and
can bbe seen clearly from a long DIS
lance. Besides the doctors and or.
derIfes there are 20 women nurses
aboard.
London. pondence Of The
Associated Press All the machine
guns captured from the Germans by
the British troops in France and Fian-
ders are being brought 70 England for
distribution among the new army
units at their training camps TIE
guns are very similar TO those used
in the British army, and are being
used for instruction purposes.
Correspondence Of The
Associated Press. THE boycott OF
French, English and Russian products
throughout Germany Is 70 be made
more complete. a long list Of sucn
products has been sent 70 the railway
restaurants. which after using up the
supplies in stock. are not 10 repeal
them. They include q table water
which although obtained near the
Rhine was bottled by an English com
pany, English sauce, Russian candies
and Cheshire cheese.
Petrograd.- (Correspondence Of the .
Associated Press.) Police reports IoI
the past year from Warsaw show taa'
the number of suicides there has de-
creased one-third, Notwithstanding ne
thousands Of starving refugees "no
have crowded the city since the ne
ginning of the war
The number of suicides last year
was GIL, as against 1908 for the pre-
yious year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26
xi.
BY CONGRESSMAN CLYDE n. TAv'
ENNER

Especial Correspondence OF The ArgusD
Washington. d. c. FEB. 24--Thanks
20 an Investigation OF the Bethlehem
steel company's strike in 1910. infor-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26
Dra6y.n.D
The Medicine Habit.

or highly recommended" patent med.
Iclne.
Questions and Answers.
Take Fresh Air What simple rem
eds would yuu recommend FOR ordinary
cold IN the head? We have 70 COCO
sionaily. though not bad enough 20 In.
tsrfcse with our work
Reply-Coid fresh air out OF doors.
Careful personal isolation-be sure
you don't pass 70 on 10 your friends
or fellow workers indoors. A simple
cathartic. a short ration Tor a few
days. and cold fresh outdoor air are
the best remedies We know.
Cracking joints: A woman OF 90.
not very strong and still not sick
enough 20 consult doctor. complains
that her Joints crackle and snap as
she turns IN bed or moves about the
house. The spine particularly makes
a loud click. so do the knees, the el-
bows. and other joints.
Reply-H0w sick must one be be-
fore II Is worth while 20 be properly
advised II Is a serious mistake wait
ing until you are sick a-bed 20 have
the doctor. He can prevent much i'll
ness which can't be cured. The condi.
ticn Is evidence Of malnutrition. either
from a fault in the diet. or a defect in
assimilation, or some unrecognized
disease which interferes with good
nutrition You need complete ply
steal examination.
Excessive Salvation: What Is the
cause OF an excessive secretion OF
saliva ] have so much saliva that
II night II rolls out OF my mouth and
vets the pillow am a woman OF 43.
and this has bothered me about a year.
Reply-Toxemia. often from kidney
disease. Again IL sometimes signifies
arterial disease. Have the blood pres
sure taken and have a chemical and
microscopical urinalysis.
DanduIff and Oily Hair: Please sus-
gest some remedy for dandrun and
oily scalp.
Reply-Suggestio for relief will
be given If Won will send stamped ad-
dressed envelope
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

ness aIuOHs f1dNdud AONSi hSSPSAS .
Smoke johnson and his white wife
have been barred.
ROCKEFELLER institute is late.
Newspapers discovered months ago
that lockjaw was greatest scourge in
war zone. For instance, the London
censor was stricken the first day he
got on the job.
CONAN Doyle now regrets in an in
terview that he suggested the block
ade of England by submarines in one
of his stories. The modesty of these
authors is almost pathetic
SPAIN in buying war supplies in the
United States is not experimenting
She had opportunity to test their viz
tues in 1898.
ROOSEVELT has finally succeeded
in breaking into the European war via
III Metropolitan.
CHICAGO girl has tasted "a days
for the purpose Of improving her com
plexion. That's what she told re-
porter. He, very youthful, said he did
not see how she could improve IL If
the paper had detailed a veteran on
that Job ne would have come back
with the number os pounds she had
lost.
KANSAS is % years old Sc does
not look II.
THE GAME.
You play the game with your fellow
men
With honor and circumspect care
You sit in at cards with a hand again,
And an utterly honest air;
You're, oh. so careful to play your
game
With the world so honest and
straight
But how do YOU play your game with
her
Who is sharing your love and your
fate2
How do YOU play your game with her?
Are you honest and true and right?
Are YOU careful and kindly and tender
and square,
And pleasant and sweet and bright?
Do you keep your score when you play
at life
With the woman YOU think you love
AS a man should do with his trusting
wife
While the angels keep tally above2 /
It isn't the game you play with the
world.
But the game that you play with her,
That counts when the records at last
are furled
And you rake the chips in whlr.
Have you PLAYED her fair, have you /
played her true,
Have you dealt the cards four-square; /
Have you known what she was and .
meant to you,
Have you always treated her fair?
Baltimore Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26
AND
DISCORDS

GOLD does not produce color blind
ness among Havana hotel keepers
Smoke Johnson and his white wife
have been barred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

Five sections OF Canada's new We'll
land canal are now under construc-
ton and 5000 men are employed. The
canal will cost s5o.000,0o
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

London, Correspondence OF The
Associated Press. 1.-The British Red
Cross hospital ship Asturias, which
the allies assert was subjected to a
submarine attack, is by far the finest
hospital ship in the British service. II
plies between Havre and Southamp-
ton. In the old days. the ship was in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

ATLANTA must have excitement
Now that the Frank case hysteria has
temporarily subsidized. a war has begun
on Uncle Toms Cabin" At that, one
can see justification for the latter move
ment if one Of the companies that has
shown in these parts of late has in
vaded the southern city. The last per
Torrance we saw the bloodhounds
barked throughout the evening in pro-
test, as we took It. against the on
slaught on the beautiful story by a
bunch of hams.
REV. James Morrison DarneII ought
to be about ripe for q dip in vaude-
Vile
FRANCIS Sayre has turned down
offer of q 10000 job at Wisconsin uni
versity. Hardly to be expected Grand
pa Wilson would consent TO the littlest
Sayre getting so far away from him.
TESTIMONY coming out before the
interstate commerce commission these
days is the principal obstacle to the
railroads campaign in Illinois now in
progress 10 get the people to back a
request to the Legislature 10 permit
an advance in passenger rates. When
the railroads get on the square with
their stockholders and the public they
viii find the people ready TO do their
part.
BILLY Sunday has been praising
John =. Rockefeller. This may sug-
gest another foundation.
What II Depends On.
a mans as old as he feels, they say,
but the age he feels depends a good
deal on what he's been doing.-AIil-
waukee Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

ROCKEFELLER institute is late.
Newspapers discovered months ago
that lockjaw was greatest scourge in
war zone. For instance, the London
censor was stricken the first day he
got on the job.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26
What II pepends On.

A mans as old as he feels. they say.
but the age he feels depends a good
deal on what he's been doing.-AIil-
waukee Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

BILLY Sunday has been praising
John z. Rockefeller. This may sug
gest another foundation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26

CONAN Doyle now regrets in an in
terview that he suggested the block
ade of England by submarines in one
of his stories. The modesty of these
authors is almost pathetic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26
THE ARGUS.

Pssii-H-< daily 80 1874 Second ave-
na-. Rock Isian1 IN Battered 81 the
posto-es a. sscon1-eisss natter