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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04

1t should not be forgotten that the
United States government sells no
arms or munitions of war to any for
eign nation. Manufacturing establish
ments in this country make war ma
terial and sell it to purchasers from
any and every quarter without dis
tinction. England, France, Russia,
Austria and Germany are alike free to
buy. The charge that our nation is
showing favoritism in this matter is
absolutely false. and those making
the charge must be fully aware of it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04
Aug. 4 in American
History.

11S1-Isaac Hayne, American patriot,
was hanged at Charleston by the
British; born l145. Hayne was a
Revolutionary officer and was cap
tured at Charleston. Being paroled,
he was subsequently required to
take up arms for Great Britain in
violation OF the parole. Escaping
to the Revolutionary camps, he
was again made prisoner and ex-
ecuted for treason.
iSS6-Samuel Jones Tilden. Democratic
statesman. died; born 1911
1914-President Wilson offered to me-
date In Europe. Belgians resisted
German invaders at Liege and
Namur. Great Britain and Ger
many declared war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04

Davenport policemen are to be
taught methods of resuscitating vic
tins of accidents in the water or by
electric shock. The Eastland trag-
edy has taught lesson that those who
run (police departments) may read.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04

Pay no attention, strangers within
our gates, to the town knocker. 1t has
never harmed anything but itself, and
it never did have much at stake. The
organ of obstruction is the official or
gan of the town knocker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04

Dispatches state that the Haitiens
have been compelled by pressure ex-
erted by United States marines to at
least consider peace. Few had sus-
pected that the natives had been re-
duced to such an extremity as that.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04

It is reassuring TO read in the gov
eminent weather reports that they are
having normal weather in the greater
part of the United States. Other
places will get theirs some other time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04

Among the farm tractors being tried
out at Urbana this week is one steered
with reins instead of the usual driving
wheel This ought to make it easy for
the tiller of the soil who is slow about
getting the hang of these new-fangled
contraptions-if there is any such.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04

A second woman candidate for
United States senator has come for
ward in Kansas, probably at the in
stigation of some scheming politician
of the opposite sex who had it doped
out that with the two pitted against
each other mere man would have no
trouble in again asserting his SUI
nrernacy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04

Suppose the organ of obstruction
also will iht new site for the Black
Hawk inn when it is rebuilt, since The
Argus offered the suggestion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04

Rules of war, the Peoria Transcript
concludes, are observed chiefly by
those nations which are not engaged
in Il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04
Rock Island-From River to
River

The funny part of it is that the or
gan of obstruction thinks it is in
fight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04

years before the money can be spared
to replace the temporary work with
stone, but an attempt will be made to
carry out the plan, at any rate.
Mestovic was born in 1888 in Croa
tia of a peasant family and herded
sheep until IS years Old when he was
apprenticed to a marble worker at
Spalato. There his genius attracted
attention, and he was sent at public
expense to Vienna and Paris to study.
In both places his work attracted wide
comment and won him and his coun-
try fame.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04
Sequence.

Knicker-What succeeds that tired
feeling? Bocker-That fired feeling
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04

Zurich, Switzerland.-Owin to the
shortage of men in the Tyrol the mill
tary authorities of Innsbruck have ap-
pealed to all the Tyrolese communes
to enrol and train women and girls for
fire department service. Considerable
numbers of women are already being
trained, especially in the use Of the
hose and in first aid.
In Germany, the use of women work
ers in the factories has been highly
systematized. Forty per cent of the
high-explosive makers and shell pack
ers are women; so per cent Of the max
ers of tents, haversacks and similar
equipment belong to the same sex, and
in the manufacture of timed meats
and preserves rs per cent of those en-
ployed are females.
London.-A parasitic fungus which
attacks wheat has appeared in the
south of England and threatens ser
ious damage. The disease is one which
has caused damage on the continent,
but only one attack has heretofore
been recorded in England, and that
dating as far back as 1862.
The appearance of the diseased
plants is very noticeable. The flag
and young portions Of the stem assume
tightly cork-screwed form, the plant
loses its green color, small patches Of
rust break through the leaf tissue and
the plant dies.
The only remedy, it is said, is to
burn the standing crop. The govern
ment agricultural authorities are TAX
ing steps to combat the invasion.
The Washington times., 1915-08-21

returned to Washington from a series
Of visits along the North Shore.
=
Miss Mary Louise Slack. of Leesburg.
is attending house party on the
Severn. Her brother. Lloyd F. SLACK
w. Selden Washington. son Of Law,
renee Washington. has just returned
from two weeks vacation IN .ns
he was the guest Of Miss Camille
Stream.
James Dudley Morgan is at the New
port, in Bar Harbor. Me-. for an IN
definite stay.
Col. and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson
are taking a short cruise on their house
boat, the Everglades. and will visit
Newport before their return to South
They have with them as their guests
Miss Daisy Holm and Miss Hilda
Sykes. Colonel Thompson will speak
at an entertainment to be given FOR
the benefit of the SOUTHAMPTON Hos
pital on Thursday evening next at the
Garden Theater.
Baron Won schoen. Of the German
embassy. has returned to Washington
from .Lenox. Mass, where he has spent
most Of the summer
The Minister from Sweden and Nine
Ekengren entertained at dinner Isl
night at the Louisburg, In Bar Harbor
and met Mr.. and Mrs. J. Louis Ketter
linus Mr.. and Mrs Larz Anderson. Mr.
and Mrs Charles C, Glover, Mr.. ant
Mrs. NJ. Taylor Pyne, Mr.. and Mrs
Warner NJ Leeds. Mr.. and Mrs. Henr,
o. Tallmadge. Mrs. Mellon, Miss Ger
| trude Myer and Count Claes Bonde.
Joseph Fl. Choate presented, yesterda!
stockbridSs Coli Cup to Roger n,
The Washington times., 1915-08-21
BABY WELFARE CENTERS

which Care for Infants
~
WASHINGTON KITCHEN ASSOCIATION
II
II. -
Saturdays b..
Tuesdays Thursdays sndsa 1890 to II.
to T.
INSTRUCTIVE NURSE SOCIETY.
Washins Kitchen Assocaionj -
hours
Fridays 2:1 to $50
FRIENDSHIP
Instru Visiting Society
andsa Saturday. to D.
West $40 Tor
cH1LpRENs INCLUDING RABIES. -
Conference hours
3 m. ,-,.
Seventeenth and Eight
..nh strecs.- Conference housD from m.
N Tuesdays
Noel House. Observation-Disclosures hours Tues
da m
m attendance
CREEK PARK
without mothcrs AIann M
be Teiephohe
arrangements . q = -
The Washington times., 1915-08-21
QUAINT COSTUMES
At CASINOS BALL
Dazzling Scene at Annual Event
When Society Disports at
Narragansett Pier.

NARRAGANSETT PIER, Aug. 21.-
Through a forest of cedar trees and
into woodland bower Compos Il CT
oak leaves. hydrangeas, and box
hedges, hundreds of dancers. members
of the various summer colonies in AMI
near Narragansett Pier, marched last
night, arrayed in fancy costumes, at
the piers annual costume ball at the
Casino. the most brilliant event OF
the season. Fluttering through the
air as favors. were toy balloons. rolls
of serpentine and vari-colored feath-
ers while other souvenirs of the ball
were French horns. quaint rattlers.
and celluloid balls. Miniature clowns
heads were presented to the men for
bouton! !cres
Prizes OF silver cups We're offered
for the best costumes displayed at the
ball.
About three hundred members of
society from many cities assembled
or the plaza of the Casino for dinner
before the ball while others gathered
around small tables in the ball room.
At the committee tables, for dinner.
which was decorated with pink glad
whose guests We're Daingerfield Lewis.
Miss Henrietta Wickes, Mrs. Carroll
Van Ness, Mrs. c. V. Cusachs, wife of
Commander Cusachs. U. $. N; Harold
Condor, Capt. Frank w. kellogg, Y.
S. N, retired; Miss Henrietta Wickes,
w. B. Gates. William C. Marrow. and
Mrs. Marion Ashdown.
Mrs. Kane was a garden girl In a
| smock OF large lowered cretonne over
white petticoat She wore n garden
| leghorn hat and carried a basket filled
with garden tools. Some of the other
diners, members of Washington's Sc
lect circles. were Rear Admiral II. T.
B. Harris. L. S. N, retired; Mrs.
| George Bradley. Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome
n. Bonaparte. DR.. and Mrs. Alfred r.
Hopkins, Capt. Frank w. Kellogg, Y.
s. N, and Miss Marguerite Barbour.
the latter gowned as a little girl In a
| short smock, socks black baby slip
pers. and a black tam o'shanter hat
and carried toys.
| William Marrow wore the hunting
suit Of the Chevy Chase Club, while
Captain Kellogg was Chinese man
| DARN.
The members of the committee Of ar
| ransements included Dr. A. +. Hop
kins. William C. Marrow. both of this
city; Henry b. Kane. Philip s. p. RAN
doiph. and John r. Fen.
The Washington times., 1915-08-21

involved. It has been shocking
revelation Of the contempt In which
we are held by the men who make
the law of land and sea and air at
Berlin.
We have not lost from mind the
tragedy Of the Lusitania, more awful
in it's immediate results, vet no whit
worse in principle than this Of the
Arabic. Indeed, it must be kept in
our thought that as between the
Lusitania and the Arabic cases the
principles Of humanity and of law
and Of international usage make the
latter far the worse. The Arabic
was sailing from, not to, the shores
of a belligerent. She was carrying
no munitions.
In short, the Arabic presents the
complete case that the President
outlined in his last Lusitania note
the unforgivable case. If the Off
cial facts shall bear out this present
presumption, then will be presented
to this country the final necessity
that it shall back down or show the
stuff of which it is made.
Is it possible that we will back
down?
No American believes it.
The Washington times., 1915-08-21
WHEN IS A JlTNEY NOT A
JlTNEY?
When is jitney not a jitney?

When is a jitney not a jitney?
That is a, little problem in ,defini-
tion and transportation that is
troubling the Quaker City. The jit-
neys were ruled out there after they
had established such a fourishing
business that the street car COM
panies began to feel the loss Of
patrons.
Next the adaptable jitneys went
bravely forth as "sight seeing cars" F"
BY paying a nickel Philadelphians
could see the scenery between their
homes and Offices morning and even
ing at scheduled periods.
The city solicitor is sore beset.
The sightseeing car is an estab-
lished institution in Philadelphia, but
there is no legal definition of what
constitutes a sightseeing car. Mean
while the jitneys jitney merrily on,
even in the face of rise of a cent
gallon in the price of gasolene.
The Washington times., 1915-08-21
Use OF PROPRIETARY FOODS.

foods 1 sthat they are expensive anu
add unnecessarily to the expense OF 'he
0 TSe third objection to their general
and frequent use. without milk, Is that
they give the mother orsr;ime;
FED often seem TO thrive very well
Both starch and sugar are fat-mak-
ing foods and the BABY Ia ve:E, apt 10
grow fat on such diet and to Iook me
may have been gained 1t 'he eHnense
of other things. Too many such bahies
later show a lack of healthy growth OF
bones and muscles; or rodIly aser w.nknes nesns ss
due to a deficient diet in he early
months OF mis- liie! 81.
MIX supplies all the essential food ele-
ments: Fats. proteids. sugars, ana
there ia no other single food baby
can digest which will do this. Conse-
, ouently. II Is n safe rule that when
clean fresh cows milk can be had. II
il. after breast milk. the best food for
the baby. such milk Is to be supple
mented during the second year win
ordinary cereal gruels and other foods
| as already directed.
Make No Experiments.
| Under special circumstances the tenn
| porary use Of one or another OF the
infant foods may be advisable. In trav-
cling. or in hot countries or In otner
situations where fresh milk cannot be
had. condensed milk may be used for
the time being. In certain cases OF
sickness, a physician may prescribe one
| Of the cereal foods to be used alone for
a short period. but IN all such cases the
return to cows milk Is as soon as pos.
sible.
Under ordinary circumstances 1t IL
most unwlse for the mother to make ex'
periments in feeding her baby with any
of these things. and 1t Is n safe rule
to stick to the simple rules in feeding
which have been formulated by physi
clans whose experience has included
thousands Of cases.
| Mothers everywhere are invited tt
send their names and addresses on {
postcard to the chief Of the Children
Bureau. Department Of Labor. asking
for the publication called Infant Care.
which contains simple directions TO
the care and feeding of the baby. 1t Il
sent free to all who ask for 1t. This pub
lication also contains references to Ger
tain standard books concerned witt
the care and feeding OF children, whicl
can be purchased.
The Washington times., 1915-08-21

In thi. series Of articles the mother
has been continually urged to remem-
Der that there Is nothing else 30 I'M
portant to the baby's healthy develop
ment az that he shall be properly REQ.
This means that he should have the
right kind of food. in suitable amounts.
at regular intervals. with nothing be-
tween meals except plenty OF pure. cool
drinking water.
The right kinds OF food are breast
milk throughout the first nine or ten
months. with a little fruit juice. After
weaving from the breast the principal
food Will be fresh clean cows milk
diluted with thin cereal gruels Stiil
ly added to the diet in small amounts.
as advised In FORMER articles OF this
series. The mother has also been warn
ed Of the special dangers surrounding
the baby In hot weather. and has been
urged not to overfeed the baby at any
time, nor to give him anything ex-
cept these simple articles Of food. FOR
fear Of bringing on an attack OF sum-
mer iarrhea.
In addition to these rules for conserv.
ing the baby's health. the mother
should know something about the vari'
Gus Infant foods" which are on sale
everywhere. and which are so widely
advertised throughout the country.
Two Classes of Food.
These patent or proprietary foods fal
into two general classes. namely con
densed milks, and cereal foods. Con
densed milk may be sweetened or un
| sweetened In addition. there are drie'
! and evaporated milks.
The cereal foods are OF two prin
cipal classes. .nnmely. those intende
to be mixed with milk and water. an
| those intended to be mixed with watc
only. Most of these foods contain larg
amounts of starch and sugar IN var'
| GUS proportions.
This latter statement gives no sroun,
| for the objection which may be mad
foods is that they are expensive an.
| proprietary foods aIore, without i the ot
that they are not. like fresh milk. com
plete foods. sinve they hnxe An es
cess of one food element and corr:
spending deficiency OF others. This CT
lection does not apply to the use 9
small quantities Of the cr"al foods
the modification of cows milk. just q
any other form Of sugar or starch MI
be used.
The second general objection to thes
The Washington times., 1915-08-21
REDUCING OUR NAVAL POWER

It would be hard to find anybody,
even among the most unreasoning
pacifists, willing seriously to argue
that our naval power ought to be
sharply reduced at this time. But
that is just what has somehow hap
pened to it in recent years.
Congressman Gardner produces
tabulated figures to show that at
target practice in the spring seven
teen battleships made ninety hits
out of 1926 shots. So long as the
Navy Department refuses to publish
official figures the circumstantial de-
tails by Mr.. Gardner will be ac-
cepted as reasonably reliable. 1t is
worth while to analyze these.
The battleship New York in sew.
enty shots scored twelve hits, while
the Texas, with the same 14-incf
guns, made only eight hits. The
Texas, then, is only sc per cent eff
cient as compared to the New York
anu IHc INc" 1Oih 10 dDOuC ~ pei
cent efficient as compared to the rec
ord of 80 per cent or thersabout!
which we have been won't to imagin,
our best naval marksmen to bi
making.
Inasmuch as the shots that hit arr
the ones that count, it would seen
that the New York is equal to abou
one fifth of a properly fought battle
ship in action efficiency and tn
Texas is about one-seventh.
But this isn't the worst of it. Tn
New Hampshire is credited with on
hit in twenty-eight shots, whicl
gives her about one twenty-fifth tn
execution power of a 90 per cen
hitter. The Minnesota, Vermont, an
Louisiana each got two hits il
twenty-eigh shots, making ther
just twice as useful as the Ne,
Hampshire.
The best hitting batteries wer
those of the New York. They score
approximately one hit in six shots
Taking that very bad record as tn
standard. we find that the loves
twelve ships in the record mad
The Washington times., 1915-08-21
FREE AS THE AIR

"Free as air" is an archaic smile.
"Free air" is an inducement held
forth to passing motorists by
garages, conveying the subtle as
sumption that all air is not free. The
scroplane, abroad, even before the
war, caused aerial traffic regulations
tU be formulated in France and Bel
gium.
Even in Washington, events dis
close, there is a "No trespassing''
sign, figuratively speaking, suspend
ed in the ozone. This "keep off" re-
striction refers to amateur wireless
operators. Considerable trouble was
caused for seversl days BY an in
!genious, and ingenious, maiden who
had q proclivity for wireless con-
struction instead Of dolls.
She is not to be deprived Of her
pastime so long as she, like the chill
dren who play in the parks, observe
the rules. She, and other amateur
aerial operators, may use the atmos-
phere so long as their messages do
not exceed a sending wave length
of 200 feet.
The economists used to talk about
"free goods" meaning ',:ter, wild
fruits, and other natural resources
that abounded on every hand. "Free
as the air we breathe" was an ex'
travagant sort of descriptions; now
it may or may not apply at all.
The Washington times., 1915-08-21
Many Washington Problems Would
Be Solved BY Enfranchisemelt of
Reaidenta

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
1t is but poor consolation to the peo.
pie In Washington to take up for agita-
ton and acton the principles Of the
half-and-half arrangement. the water
power of the Potomac. the municipal
ownership OF the trolley lines and other
matters Of a like nature that have been
given a certain amount OF public city
,, while the people of the city cannot vote
/ or say something in the matter.
1t is so Inconsistent with the demo-
cratic form Of Government which the
United States processes, and with the
principles fundamental to the present
, those In Washington to lack voice in
| matters Of their own affairs. that it Is
hard to believe that the circumstances
| exist. II the matter Of the franchise is
taken up as cnergetically as the mat
| ters which have been thrown at the Dis
| ters which affect certain utilities, II is
safe to say that the people would have
q vote by this time.
/ The vote accomplished, the matter Of
bringing happy solution to the use Of
power from the Potomac river, and for
that matter the Pawtuxent, and other
important developments In the District,
could be all the more speedily accom-
+ plished, and with more satisfaction to
all concerned. The present state is one
! TO be deplored. where the people have
naturally SO much interest in their at
fairs. and where the average citizen IL
naturally so wide awake and intelligent.
| and an effective boycott should be d.
rected to matters that disregard their
intelligence and rights 80 arbitrarily,
and means taken to enforce a granting
p coNNor
The Washington times., 1915-08-21

Hovey, OF Providence. r. l., following
the finals for the cup. in which Hovey
beat Walter r. TuCkerman. Of this city,
IS up and I to play. Hovey has won the
cup for the last three years. Choate
was at his best in the presenta ton.
Tea was served and there was a large
and thoroughly representation gallery
Of society persons at the clubhouse.
Mrs. william H. Bliss was a luncheon
hostess yesterday in Bar Harbor.
Thomas Hutchinson. of this city, Is
among the autobilists who arrived at
the Windsor Hotel. Elizabethtown. N.
j.. yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. r. Sipmson o. this
city, are at the Nara -ansett Hotel in
Providence. r. l.. where they went by
automobile.
The Washington times., 1915-08-21

forty-five hits in 44S shots, or one
in ten. II the eleven worst marks
men were brought up only to the
standard of the New York the eff
cheney of eleven vessels would be in
creased two-thirds.
Perhaps the theory on which our
fleet is now being managed is that
the ships are to be made such at.
tractive targets that the enemy will
bankrupt himself Of ammunition end
then our jolly tars can swim over
and take possession of his vessel!
The Washington times., 1915-08-21
What Every Mother Ought
TOKnOW About Her Baby

With the publication Of todays article proprietary Foods
under auspices the Baby Saving Committee OF the
Council the seventh Infant Welfare has been reached
These articles are published Edition Of The Washington
Times each Saturday.
The accompanying table gives list of local organizations pre-
nared to extend to mothers having the of children
such advice and be emergency
There for such consultations The list should be clipped
and saved for reference.
Copes of The Times containing previous articles in the
series NAV be obtained counting of The Times IN the
Munsey building Pennsylvania Following list OF the
previous topics treated
luv TO- Care Baby in Summer; July H. Preparing
Modified Milk" July a. The Babys Second Summer July o'
Babys Summer Cohes August The Babys Vacation August
a. Destroy the Fly.
usE OF PROPRIETARY FOODS.
The Washington times., 1915-08-21
Book Reviews

ITALIAN GREEN BOOK. Edited and pub
lished by rscr-Levrauit. 81 Rue des
Beaux-Arts. Paris.
One Of the most important in the series
Of diplomatic documents following the
European war has Just been published
by Berser-Levrault, whose series CT
maps. books and pamphlets have already
attained the distinction Of primary his
torical records for student of history.
The production has the authority Of the
French Institute Of Florence. The same
publishers are working on an ambitious
series to be known as Page DHistoirs
19l4-1915."
AND ENTERPRISE. Published by A. H.
Martens & Co. so Broadway. n. Y. For
free distribution.
Misconceptions of Canada are swept
away by the authors Of this primer of
Dominion affairs. Its climate, wealth,
resources and future are thrown into
true perspective in a striking manner.
In view of the efforts being made in
the United States to extend foreign
trade. the chapter on "Purchasing
Power" is Of especial interest As a
, customer of the United States. Canada
is today second in Importance, being
exceeded only by Great Britain For
the fiscal year ending June 80. 1914 (ex-
Guiding Cubs). Canada purchased moro
goods from the United States by $sS,-
10000 than did all the Central and
South American countries combined.
The rapidly increasing financial in
terest of Americans in Canada Is shown
by the fact that from December. 1911.
/ to July, 1915. inclusive, it is estimated
| that over $l3oOo0 900 of Canadian high
grade securities were sold in the United
| States.
Separate chapters are devoted to
, agriculture, manufacturing, banking.
railroad ding variety of resource. climatic
conditions. and laws governing security
! issues.