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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16

Those in position to know say that
there is uo particular reason for
specifying particular brick in either
instance, especially in the material for
the exterior. AS a matter of fact.
many contractors, perhaps the major
ity, never heard OF "StreiehtsviUe No.
217.' There are many good makes of
exterior brick i'm the market and if
the desire were TO secure a particular
color to match the court house. brick
should not have been specified at all,
but buff Bedford stone.
Tiffany euameled brick is admitted
&C. De one of the best. If not the very
best made. but It is also the most ex-
pensive. costing, ordinarily from 500
TO $500 a thousand. Other kinds, which
many contend would he equally salts
factory in q building Of this character.
could be had for q half or even a third
of that figure Tiffany brick is used
in expensive construction such as in
hotel Hobbies interior of banks. etc
lnasmgch as plans call for enameled
brick through practically the entire in
terror, it is evident that the extra cost
viii be considerable.
Specifications make 1t mandatory to
use only steel statrways Of style No. 6.
manufactured by the Central Archi-
tectural Iron Works OF Chicago" OF
an equivalent If approved by the archi-
tect, while all roofs are to be of rein
forced pyrobar gypsum roof tile made
by the L. S Gypsum company"
Proving thar favored firms in such
cases make excessive figures it is
stated chat on the item of steel sash
alone, in the manufacture of which
there are at least three standard man
concerns, the one named in
the specifications submitted a figure
$1,000 higher than q competitor was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16
Shaded ares shows preoipsta
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.

Showers on the eastern Rocky noun
tain slope and fro mthe Missouri and
upper Mississippi valleys TO the north
Atlantic coast have resulted from yes
terday's area Of low pressure which
now shows separate centers over the
upper lakes and New Mexico Rains
more than an inch fell at Amarillo,
Prince Albert and Des Moines. The
north Pacific area OF high pressure has
extended eastward TO Nebraska and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16

NBiAHA 3SNbs steam nHttEE ~ t%UH q
The moving municipality of Ring
lingvHIe covers an area Of 90 acres
Its population, according to the last
monthly census, consists Of 1871 PEG
pie, 735 horses. Il elephants. 10 zebras.
and 1908 wild animals.
To move their tented enterprise over
the country Ringing Brothers employ
a total of 50 doubIe-Iength railroad
cars. These are divided into five. six
or more trains depending upon the
grades to be overcome by the motive
power. One section of 20 cars is used
20 haul the parade equipment. An
other carries the portable stage, COS
tunes, special scenery and electrical
apparatus used in this seasons 1850
character spectacle Of Solomon aud
the Queen of Sheba. Attached to this
train are the sleepers on which travel
the hundreds Of dancing girls who APP
pear in this mammoth production
Ringing Brothers circus represents
an investment OF 100000 and the
daily expense is approximated at SIS
600. Large as the initial SUM may
seeem it is easily understood when
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16

DEATH CLAIMS FOR
MONTH, $94I, 9I5. 95

Only routine business was trans
acted by the board of directors and
executive council Of the Modern Wood
men Of America at the July session,
which was adjourned yesterday. The
board allowed 533 death claims, total
ling $94l,915.95- The next session
will be held in this city, commencing
Aug 16.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16
ON COUNTY RECORDS.
Warranty Deeds.

Ella n. and Albert Piper to Cert
rude L. Hance, lot ,. Herman Hauson's
subdivision South Rock Island, SI00.
William Payne to Fred Melon, lot 10.
H. IS. De SiIyis addition. Rock Island.
$500
Guyer & White to Andrew AIlmen-
dinger, part lot 2, block i. River View
addition, East Moline, $500.
Andrew L. AIimendinger to Guyer
q White, part lot 2, block j, River
View addition, East Moline, S1.00.
Martin " and Bessie o. Dean to Al
T0nse B, Meersman, lot 224. North
Highland. S100
Quit Claim Deed.
John J. Ingram to Phil Zabu, lot IA,
block 2, Dickson < Youngs addition,
Milan, $1.00
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16

All the news all the tine-The
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16
APO0R CHANCE To
COMPETE ON JAIL
BUILDERS CLAIM
Specifications Declared to Have Been
Ambiguous and Generally IN
satisfactory.
UNABLE TO FIGURE CLOSELY
Asserted That In Some Instances Ger
tain Makes OF Materials We're Tn
warrnntedly Favored.

That specifications for the new Rock
Island county jail which it is sought
TO force upon the court house square,
are Obscure ana unsatisfactory, If not
positively illegal In certain particulars.
Is the stateu1e tnmade by certain con
tractors and representatives Of firms
whose business ia TO furnish building
materials.
In several instances, it is claimed
stipuiatons were expressly made for
the use Of materials manufactured or
controlled By single firms, TO the ex-
clusion Of other materials OF equal
grade and the result was that these
were figured IN at excessive rates and
the building. rs a result. viii cost
several thousands of dollars more than
it should.
Dissatisfaction. too. is expressed
over the provisions for a footing for
the foundation. and the absence Of def
mite terms in describing the depth that
should be eZCaraJed liz an effort to Sc
cure a rock basis or what is r,iderad
a satisfactory footing. if rock is not
reached
Inspection Of the specifeatiC MS, a
copy Of which is On file ia the office Of
the city building Inspector, sh0- s. that
competition was virtually eliminated
ia the supplying OF face brick both
for the interior and the exterior. They
explicitly state that the exterior brick
shall be the new Streightsville brick
No. 2a1" and that the interior mater
ial shall be American enameled brick,
satin finish. manufactured by the
Tiffany E1ameled Brick company"
There is no alternative, and it is pre-
sumed that these items were figured
in at a stir price Naturally, the ma
terial supply firm, knowing that il
had no competition. would boost its
terms 10 get "ali that the traffic would
bear"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16

Some scientists are Of the opinion
that earthquakes are caused by the
webbing path described by the earth S
axis. It's eccentricitiss seem 10 he
most manifest at times OF these teFres-
trial troubles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16
Oh inch or mora.

somewhat cooler weather is noted In
me Missouri valley. Relatively high
pressures also prevail In the gulf sec
tons. Owing to this distribution NJ
ar pressure, unsettled. but generally
lair' weather is indicated for this vicin-
ity tonight and Saturday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16

Kansas farmers use beer kegs as adj
ditional wheels to keep their binders
from miring. The kegs are, Of course
empty The state may not be quite
teetotaI, but there seems at least to
be no reflling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16


elephants are computed at from S.
600 TO $4,000, according to their abil-
ity to perform and trained horses at
an average Of $1,000 each. The feed
ing Of the menagerie and the people
Of this great circus is an item Of ex-
pense which only thousands Of dol
lars and perfect system can accoms
plish- The gigantic canvas hotel occu-
pied By the circus people includes the
largest kitchen in the world. A force
of 80 chefs. cooks and walters serve
over 1000 meals q day. The cooking
is done on a range weighing more than
q hait-dozsn touring cars, and in cal
drous and pots of giant proportion
heated by steam. Since the majority
of this seasons performer come from
foreign lands, interpreters are carried
and the chefs see that special native
dishes are prepared for their benefit.
All told there are 23 tents in Ringing
vile. and within its confines are spok-
en- no less than 10 languages and dia-
Iects. It is q city of many TOUCHES and
endless wonders. Ringing Brothers
viii exhibit here Saturday, July q.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-16
Damage Proof.

Blinks' auto went over an embank-
meHt, rolled down 20 feet. turned
turtle, killed Bhnks, but wasn't even
scratched"
Fine. What make Is it, jim ?''-Ex-
change.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05
Bungling by Amatenrs

MR. WILSON'S address before the Cham
1gl Der OF Commerce OF the United States
justified Doctor Eliot's famous remark that
we are now governed by amateurs. When
the antitrust bill was before Congress the
President insisted that it be passed with those
provisions in 1t to which experienced busi-
ness men objected-hampering provisions de-
ilberately intended by the men who drafted
them TO tie the hands OF business and pre-
vent combinations formed in the interest of
economy and efficiency. The warnings of the
business men were unheeded and the bin is
> law
And now the President tells an assembly
Of business men that the very law. which
ne was praising few months ago as a char
ter OF liberty for the small manufacturer. is
defective because It will not permit a group
Of men TO unite their forces in pushing the
sale OF their products I'm foreign countries
Of course It is defective and it should never
have been passed.
The President has the good grace to admit
that he is learning and that he had never
before attended school in which the oppor-
tunittes for liberal education were so broad
as those In the White House But il he has
discovered that business men who opposed
BIS antitrust program were wiser than he,
hy does not he listen TO the wisdom OF the
business men who now tell him that his ship
purchase plan is worse than his antitrust
iaWl He may be learning, but he has not
Jet learned enough.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05
viii Fight for Ballot in Three States

FT-HE woman suffrage amendment to the
u New York Constitution will be submitted
20 the voters OF that State next November.
A similar amendment will be voted on in
Pennsylvania, unless all signs fail, and in New
Jersey also the capacity of women to take an
Intelligent part in the conduct of government
Will be put before the male electorate as a
Jury. SO, in three of the greatest and rich
est Of the Original Thirteen States votes for
women will be the big issue of the fall
election.
You can't make man out of a woman,
ayers Henry Watterson. and he is right; but
neither can you make a man out of ballot
All men vote. but all who vote are not men.
II is quite possible that woman can decide
whom she wants to represent her without los
ing any of her interest in the home and with
out defeminizing herself in any other way
As for mollycoddle voters the woods are al
ready full of them: better women who want
70 vote than men who can but won't
Women in Western campaigns have shown
an understanding Of political method that
has been amazing. There is a sweep to their
plans for the Eastern fight that augurs sue
cess. That they have a genius for politics
viii be amply demonstrated
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05

"That doesn't concern me-" said Villa
coldly. I'm not an englneer-I'm a soldier.
If that train doesn't move in five minutes
you'll be dead'' "a
You have heard-"mind over matter" Any
how, the train moved.
Another incident illustrates his peremptory
methods. When the rebel chief entered
Chihuahua in December of 1918 Villa called
to him priest demanding the keys to GER
tain church property which he wanted to use
for a storehouse. The priest replied that only
the bishop could turn over the keys, and the
bishop was not in the city. Thereupon villa
said:
81 hereby make you bishop. Give me the
keys"
And he got them.
Much that is ugly has been told OF Fran
cisco Villa-his communicating of women;
how he killed his best man at one of his two
weddings; his arrest of wife No. 2 on
charge of stealing money; many stories of his
ferocious temper and contempt for human
life; his brutal executions of prisoners
'"Those that 1 have executed" he said year
ago, in response to the protest of an AmerI-
can visitor, deserved all they got. Hereafter
we shall conduct the war along more civilized
lines"
A Man of Destiny
Out OF the multitude of stories of the good
and bad in this extraordinary man 1t is hard
to find the real Villa; but in recent months,
especially, he has been credited with a long
advance in his personal civilization. Perhaps
he must still be called a grossly uneducated
man, but his ignorance is not so dense as 1t
was few years ago. He taught himself to
read and he has learned something Of
geography since the time when he said to an
American:
II know El Paso is not the largest town IN
the United States I have heard there is
larger place called Chicago. But look at
this"-taking a large scale map of Mexico
and placing 1t over small scale map of the
United States
"Aha" he said, "you see that your country
is smaller than mine"
His contact with the educated people Of
his race, following his sudden rise to prem
inence, has forced some amount of knowledgs
upon him. His advisers are educated men
His generalship and strategy are praised
In the highest terms by military experts
of America and Europe. Much of what Is
called force of character helps account
for his remarkable career, In Mexico and
elsewhere there may be found great faith in
Francisco Villa as national reconstruction
list, AT least he looms large as a maker Of
Mexican events.
Men who knew him before his emergenee to
fame, when he had only a handful OF tat
tered horsemen at his command, say that
even then he was planning to be President
Whether his ambition has o'erleapt itseh
time Will tell, but In its service he avoids ths
folly OF Huerta He does not drink
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05
The Pay Envelope Is Not Responsible

pILLY" SUNDAY got hold of a funda-
- mental truth when he told the women of
the Philomusian Club that the pay envelope
ought not to be blamed for the evil done by
men and women. But it is blamed When
bank clerk defaults, and it is disclosed that
he was getting $1,000 year while handling
millions, some shallow thinkers will ask,
what can be expected IL the banks do not
pay their clerks big salaries?" II they would
think little deeper, or If they had memories,
they would know that bank presidents. draw
ing large salaries, sometimes are defaulters
also. They would know that there are big
criminals and little criminals according as
opportunity offers itself to the criminal in
stinct; but that honesty does not depend on
the size OF the salary
Every one who goes wrong is willing to
shift responsibility to some one else, and GER
tain sociologists have made It popular lately
TO blame low wages when a girl lapses from
virtue. o. Henry has famous story on the
subject that is as moving to the emotions as
IL is false in morals. Hundreds of surface
emotionalists call it great. But the wrong
doer who examines his own heart must con-
Tess that he fell because he was weak. When
the. test came he was broken reed, and the
responsibility rests on his own head.
This is the kind of moral and political gos
pei to preach If there is to be any great up
lift.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05
WHISKY is A POOR PILOT

TO che Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
Sill desire to take exception TO your edi,
torlal In today's paper headed whisky Is
foor Fliot' In which you make the assertion
that the Board OF Commissioners Of Navigatien
have decided to revoke the licenses OF Delawars
River pilots who get drunk. The question q
pilots being intoxicated has not been taken up
py the Board OF Commissioners OF Navigation
according TO the secretary, with whom con-
iefFed this morning, nor have the commissioner
passed any regulations concerning this cues
tion- The law OF 1903 provides that should ans
PILOT become intoxicated while IN charge Or
vessel he shall for the first offense lose his Z
eense for the period OF 10 months and for lhs
second offense be forever afterwards depfsea
or his license; therefore such action as yea
claim the commissioners took yesterday e ~
pernuous. ! consider your editorial most pn
fair to body Of men consisting OF 7s pilots.
the majority OF Wnom do not liquor 10 ~
form, JOHN r. VIRpkN,
President Of the Pilots Associate
philadelphia, February 3. 1915.
[The EVENING LEDsER had no intentien
be unfair 70 one Of the most courageous noa.sI
of men IN the community when IL commsa1z-
on the recent action Of the Board of pef
inisaioners Of Navisation The fact th<t
-" penalties drunkenness among the piio-s
the general conformity q the pilots to ne s.
inaieatea that public opin.on sustatus fhe sl
aent meaa 81 these c0lanlus thats whisky q
teaf p-iQk'r1alter SMASHING AEpoEfi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05
Farm Boy. AZ Needed in lhe Cilr

IAEIAWARE farm boys can do much
- worse than come TO Philadelphia 10 work
- trolley car conductors and miIlhands, and
an Improvement in the rural schools OF the
stats would have little effect upon the migra-
ton of the alert and ambitious TO this city.
Yet khs Delaware Commissioner Of Education
ras been bewailing the employment Of the
boys here instead Of on the home farms. He
pasnt q know that labor goes where there Is
demand for it, ana he ought 70 be diplo-
msslc enough 20 refrain from making any
ieaieus comparisons between different oe-
eaiaans. trolley ear conductor Is as
ns 8 citizen - . man behind the plow.
4 Nan running & machine Ia a mill Is en-
RE same kind o9 work IS that when
fn4n turnins s7indsfons Ia a
n karn
afats boys = 10 have the eneFgE
sH - seI ou6 nto the world ana
I'zr H2 eaefe Hsses are sood ana
aaltfa ~ a1Fancemsnt are
aeA edIf - Tee neYs
as n sr 500 Hslh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05

kinds OF toilers are needed. The cities would
become stagnant II II were not for the in-
fusion of fresh blood from the inexhaustible
reservoirs OF the country, and Delaware can
fulfil It's mission IL IL sends every year sew
eral hundred alert youth to thlsIclty. And its
public school should be so conducted as to
train the boys to hold their own with the
best when they do come here. The larger
Philadelphia grows the better demand will
there be for the products of the Delaware
farms, and the annual migration to this city
benefits both the folks who stay and those
who 20
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05
American Traditions Upheld

TIME margin Of victory was narrow, as an
l. Lticipated. but the House yesterday upheld
the Presidents veto of the immigration bill.
with its constructive literacy test A snob-
bish policy at its best and a vicious one at
its worst, the spelling-book test will not be-
come an American principle. The best of
our traditions has been upheld and the door
of opportunity is still open to men and women
Of character who wish to avail themselves
Of Il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05
Beware the Hands Of Esau

TT WOULD not be fair TO accuse Finance
| i Committee of Councils, or Mr.. John p. Con-
nelly. the chairman Of that body, or Mr..
Charles seger, who has introduced resolu-
tion asking Director Taylor to furnish infor-
nation which has been for months available
| in his official reports and has been shouted
| from housetops day after day, Of betraying
the interests of Philadelphia. For Finance
Committee must needs walt its chairman
to be called together, and MIR. Connolly,
chairman, must needs wait for the Control
lers report, and Mr. Seger must needs have
time to find out what every intelligent citizen
in town already knows.
There can be no March election now. There
can be an April election and subway construc-
ton this summer however, If the obstruc-
tionists quit obstructing. Mr.. Connolly has
the Controllers report. 1t may be assumed,
therefore. that his conscientious scruples will
not cause him further to hold Philadelphia
back to penallze the citizens and continue for
an indefinite period the exchange ticket out
rage. Mr.. Seger, too, get hold Of Di-
rector Taylors report at any time, and he and
other Councilmen who have not heard of the
transit plan, have a full two weeks in which
to master it's contents, for 1t is very simple
and not at all intricate. So there is nothing
in the way of favorable action for an April
election, unless OF course, new bogeys
discovered and new excuses for thwarting
the ambition Of Philadelphia.
The people love to be fooled. The trickster
tricks them over and over again and they
rush to him with their votes just the same;
but that is because the people are credulous.
Once let them understand that they have
been duped and their interests traded off:
once let them see betrayal in its nakedness,
and they crush to smithereens the man who
has victimized them. There is a suspicion of
trlckery about now; any further delay and
1t will ripen into conviction.
Let there be no mistaking the facts. CitI-
zens are offered a universal hve-cent fare and
quick transit between all parts of the city.
At the end of 80 or so years the entire new
system would belong absolutely to the city
and not dollar would be owed on it.
The dilatory attitude of Finance Committee
means that thousands of citizens must be
mulcted in the sum of six cents the day more
than they ought to pay; that practically the
entire population must waste precious min
utes in going to and from work. hanging on
straps; that Philadelphia must lag behind
other great cities and do without modern IA
cllities.
The city is unanimously for rapid transit,
except for few gentlemen who apparently
are strongly represented in Finance Commit
tee. These few men inside stand up against
the hundreds of thousands outside who know
what they want and intend to get it. It is
an unequal fight. Sore heads and hang
are invariably crushed Anti Philadelphians
will do well to become PhiadeIphians in
a hurry. There is work to be done and the
jugglers must get out of the way The voters
have asked for a chance to vote, and they
intend to have It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05
Discovering Cornmeal

THE war in Europe is likely to teach the
l. Europeans the value of cornmeal as
human food, The demand for It has already
boosted the price OF corn In the American
markets and is likely to boost 1t stil higher.
This is unfortunate for the domestic consum-
ers OF corn bread and boiled mush, but there
will be eompensations. After the war is over
the Europeans who have eaten corn and
found It good will continue to eat It, and the
fields OF waving corn on the American farms
VIII be transformed into gold mines The
yellow kernels will CLINT with the real lustre
of wealth.
But even though cornmeaI is dearer than II
was few weeks ago, 1t is sim cheaper than
wheat nour. Necessity may teach some
Americans that they can reduce the cost Of
living, even now, by using more eornmeal.
And that win be another form in which the
compensation will manifest itself
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05
LIFE

Forenoon and afternoon ana night-Forsnoon.
whatl
Tie empty song repeats itself No moFe7
fcs. that 8 Life make this forenoon sublime.
This afternoon psalm. this night a PRAYER.
ans 4itna 2 eoaQaefed. ana thy crcun ia won
saaaeaza nesi4az zllt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05

That Russian girl aho bas heeu 10 y bat
tlsa Is olose rlVel of lhe American summar
eii ~ survived % en1akamsals
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05

When she has an art SO perfect that YOU
cannot tell it from nature, why should Emmy
Destinn seek 70 be nsturalized7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05

II Is All right 70 wage war on Canada, but
the United States Is not 4 good place from
which % do e.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05

There is a real emergency when men are
out OF work and It requires real money 10
help them.