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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25
At the First Encounter.

great hurry and then, when Il was all
over, but Doctors bill, 10 remember
thar his former occupation had been
that Of carriage painter-to learn
that the collie was only lead collie aft
er all, Not at all a fancifu1 episode.
Quite a possible occurrence. in fact.
A mere error Of deduction based upon
incomplete data,
While il matters less and less these
days. as science marches ever onward,
just what ones parents and grandpar-
ents and other relatives had and died
of. it still does matter tremendously
what ones own past habits, occupa-
tons, environment and illness may
have been. Only by an Intelligent re
view Of these data can the doctor ar
rive at sound conclusions, and SO the
responsibility for an accurate dag
nosis- and correct treatment rests
partly upon the patients shoulders
Too many illnesses grow in dura-
ton faster than time itself At the
first encounter the patient has been
sick a month OF two. at the second,
a week later, 1t seems 10 have been
about six months since the trouble
first started and then in another week
or so it comes out that he has really
been complaining for two years about
that stomach.
"Gray Eyes Ouf of Tune.
4 very touching letter has come in,
asking our advice upon serious
question, and We would gladly give
advice, only the letter is signed thus;
Gray Eyes"
Answer Sincerity and anonymity
are Incompatible We never notice
communications.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25
The Historical Rlnehaard

Bluebeard was a historical parsonage
whose name was Giles de Retz. He
was nlcknamed sBarbe Bleue, from
having beard of a blue black shade.
Persuaded by an Italian alchemfst that
his strength could be restored by bath
ing in the blood Of infants. he had
many children enuapped for this hid
eous purpose into his castle of Cham
tocer on the Loire, The ruins of which
are still to be seen. AT last the Lor-
rible suspicious Of the country folk SIS
70 what was going on were proved. aad
the monster was burned at the stake
at Nantes IN 1440.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Iowa. Wisconsin. Kentucky, Tenues-
see. Indiana. Ohio and Michigan and
70 carry these fully equipped armies
with all speed and precision of move
nenG. The official narrative Of The
Railway War" as prepared by the Ger
man general star IS document that
vii bear mucb study by American
railway men and by those officers 81
the American army who may be called
apou 20 deal with a similar situation
The difficulties Of handling q sud-
dep enormous increase of civilian
traffic tourists trying 10 get out Of
Germany and relatives Of soldiers en-
deaToriug 90 reach m0biil cation cen
teT5 for a farewell visit. with the OPP
Grating Of troop trains hose trains, ar
tilery transport and The commissariat
are all deacr5 bed I'm The account Of the
Hrst week Of the war At the same
time meat trains were being rushed
from the cattle districts 20 the army
eanneries ana coal trains we're moving
from the coal regions TO the naval
ports How easily says the staff re-
port, might a very serious accident
have happened at amy one place on
our vast railway system. through neg
}ec1 or by criminal hand. which would
have seriously delayed the arrival %
our troops At the frontier There was
40 such accident
AT the present time the German
railway organization f5 complete 80
Belgium and north France with head
quarters at Lille. IN LuEumberE and
certain French districts with head
quarters at Charler0I in Russian Po-
land with headquarters formerly at
LODI All these districts are con-
Crolled by the military railway admin
istFatiou. as are practically all 0f the
German railways. Gigantic difficulties
have been met and solved Iu Belgium
It was necessary to free @ tunnel OF
= locomotives telsscoped under flu
heads Of steam: IG4 large bridges
have been built in conquered territory.
eight tunnels restored and Il lines
opened 10 traffic. A great part or the
Belgium mileage has been laid wfth
heavier steel. Along with the building
OF certain new lines i'm Germany and
In conquered territory numerous small
Geld railways for ammunition and
supply hauling We're laid
Like everything else German lurlua
the present struggle. tha railway fac
tor has been worked ont on scale
OF gigantic efficiency we have been
inclined 20 regard Americans as the
greatest of railway men. and in some
respects this fs true. but we have
something to learn from the German .
railway administration Recall the F.
difficulties encountered in modifying F.
2 single division Of American troops .
oil the Mexican border during the .
Taft administration and compare fri /
with the German handling of giant ar
mics through the first year of war; .
While talking preparedness, this sub
1ect Of military use of railways should
not be overlooked by Americans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

II is strange how tickle the memory
Of the first time invalid Especially
il he has been q pretty healthy fellow
mp uu now His ancestors all seem
10 have died OF old age or infancy
az least they never had what you could
really call 3 disease of any kind If
YOU know what ue mean No use
50thertng about that what the pa
tieu1 wants is a little something for
this stomach trouble.
i iz q good idea for one coutem-
plating consultation with the doctor
20 read his bible over the night before
tho page where the family pedigree
is kept And then a sort Of examina-
ton Of conscience might not be a bad
plan either. Get your past sins and
illnesses consequent thereto arranged
to good order SO you Will be ready TO
give the doctor fair history neither
ezsggerating your various feIonies
nor bellttliHE the penalties you may
have paid for them.
This Is the most difficult problem
doctor has ro contend with in general
private practice obtaining q clear and
accurate history. Somehow such inn
portant past events as typhoid fever,
pneumonia, appendicectomy and ma
mia a potu, TO mention only the men
tio1able, utterly escape the memory Of
the new patient unless the doctor firm
Ly but gently recalls them to view.
People little realize how very inn
portast q clear history is in the mat
ter Of diagnosis and sometimes Ia the
treatment. Think what calamity it
would be for patient TO develop q
sudden collie i'm the right lower quad
rant, have his appendix removed in .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25
GREAT BRITAIN FIRING ?

For all that Americans know peace
seems as far of as ever. The British
! organs Of public opinion shifted at ru-
mors that Germany was prepared tn
make reasonable terms" We are as
suTed that British spirit is unbroken,
and that British determination is
strengthening
I But q government censor cannot
suppress everything. J. A. Hohson' IS
article IN the New Republic is a clean
admission on the part OF patriotic
Enslishman that the British middle
and lower classes are disilIusioned and
are beginning to weary of the war
Ihey do not publicly advocate peace
out they are approaching a condition
where peace would not be unaccepta-
Bile
Inc romance has gone out of the
war. There is nothing in a policy of
attrluou' and exhaustion" 10 awsk-
en- the imagination. The uglv crfff-
clsms OF Kitchener by the NortheIiT
press has LETT scars Of doubt PeonIa
see ahead a long period Of taxation 81
heavy thar they must coganlatajz,
e1laase their style OF living. Enthus-
l4sil' which was easy in the early DAYS
OF the war, has been sapped.
TIE press. Mr.. Hobson SAYS. is We
aen'entiy denying that the people are
becoming tired of it all. but the in
splFea stocking up only testifes Ia ne
laet that the IRE Of The war fever i
SIN 1ng. There Is a significance in ne
ae9ion Of the radical press in fnojring
--.ons 20 break up meetings suspected
u talking peace, and in that OF MEM /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Carl Vrooman. assistant secretary
Of agriculture, strongly con
demned the action OF Mrs Scott Dur
and Of Chicago in resorting 10 a court
Injunction TO save her $4,000 herd
from slaughter for hoof and mouth d.
ssase, Her sacrifice if she had yield
81 up her blooded stock 10 the inspsc-
tors would have been not nearly so
great relatively as that made by
scores Of others who have bowed To
the regulations which obviously are
for the benefit of all, With Mrs. Dur
and's example before them Il is plain
thai other owners will be less will
Ing to have their cattle killed and the
opposition probably VIII seriously
handicap the state and federal officers
IN their work. II the efforts to stanD
cut the disease fail now Mrs, Durand
aud the friends who have encouraged
her must accept large share OF re-
sponsihility.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Whatever may be the merits Of the
controversy in Chicago, which result
ed II the breaking up of the teachers
union there does not seem 10 be a
present likelihood Of organizing the
scacol teachers Of the county in afll-
lat'on with the federation of labor
Not only does the fact that teachers
are pubic servants make their situs-
lion alHerent from that of employees
q private corporation. but their ira
altions are against cooperative asso-
cation with other wage workers
Many teachers feel thar strikes BIZ
Teachers would be most impropar
bat strikes are not essential 10 orga-
nlzatlon Tor mutual interest,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Admission by the police that there
Is q reign Of speed Iawlessuess in Rock
Island bears out the contention that
The Argus has made for months. that
this city is being literally run over"
ley Automobiles, both home grown and
the imported kind. The average driy-
er knows that the element of chance
Is heavily on his side when it comes
g arrest and prosecution. He is aware
that only few are caught and the
great majority get by and he is an
optfmist Rock Island needs better
regulation-not the kind that hits the
innocent and let's the guilty escape.
but the kind that is applied 10 all alike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Putting the annual blowing match
held at }FheatLand, near Joliet, out Of
business is perhaps the most siEuid-
cant accomplishment to be credited to
the farm tractor. Next year a dem
oustratlon Of tractors viii be held in
place OF the time honored contest he
tween men operating horse-drawn
plows, which has been in vogue since
1877.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

PennEy wanna doctors at their state
meeting refused TO adopt a resolution
eondemaing into2jcauts. giving fur
ther confirmation to the suspicion that
the average physician prefers 10 con
serve such rules Of hygiene as he pro-
mulgates for the exclusive benefit Of
others
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

il Ia hardly likely that the big Chi
eago packers win be found enthus-
}azticaI!y subscribing to the allies war
loan. Doubtless they viii consider
their little contribution Of $4,000 900
Of meat so England quite sufficient
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Success IN floating a new loan IS
now regarded by the warning nations
rs an accomplishment that viii put
more pep into the borrowers cause
and be more damaging to the morale
Of The other side than the winning Of
several battles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Dispatches from Rome leave one in
doubt whether the Italians are fishing
or cutting bait Il is reasonably safe,
however. 10 guess that they are doing
one or the other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25
Daily History CIass-seDt. Is.

Daily History CIass-SeDt. Is.
lol3-Baiboa discovered The Faeihe
ocean
lII.5-EIlan Allen faaGaI If rae IA
nous Green mountain boys cap
tuFed by the British while engaged
IN an attempt 10 capture Montreal
$50 british troops relieved Lucknow
ana saved the garrison and non
eombatants from a sepov massacre.
iO''''-Opening Of the Hudson FultoE
celebration in New York city.
- I4-General Won Hindenberz's co..
hmn invading Russlu disasuous'i
beaten at the crossing Of the Nl5
men. near Grodno.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

The Boston Braves and the Detroit
Tigers are talking of arranging "a post
season SERIES also. This is q poor
season 10 start 81 consolation cup class
In baseball
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

So long AS Germany does not bug
from outside nations and keeps the
money 5n tae empire there is no good
reason why it should not succeed in
floating loans indefinitely from its own
people. When the war is over, how
ever, it probably VIII be found that
fits capitalists VIII have the govern
ment m0rtaaged, soul and body.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25
Both Satisfied.

Ray sabins writes from Alexis that
ne IS vel pleased with his new pozi-
ton Mrs sabins. however. is mt
READY TO leave Port Byron and viii
continue to conduct her boarding
L mouse as she has done in the past
Port Byron Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Berlin .-,r-..-..s..... ... --e.- Al.
---...-,,
'''' 4 1a7. .4s 7t..+..'- Country
residence i'F iAs crown prince aa Toe
IJungfernes, a broad arm of tHe Hazel
at Potsdam, has now been completed
/ IN the rough and will be ready Tor oe-
. cupancF by next spring The erection
! OF the palace was rendered necessary
1t is explained. by reason Of the lie
crease in the princes family The am-
peror supplied the money for building
it, and IT viii remain the property of
the crown. to become the residence sa
future crown princes.
The palace IFS really group af
buildings ceuferfug uBan NOT lass than
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Toxic. = 1t is considered probable
that a number of enterprises pro
jecled by the government calling for
tthe expenditure of $4,000 600 this
year viii he postponed at least i'm
part on account of the revenue fall
. ing short OF the expected amounts. The
new minister Of finance. T. Take1omi
/ is quoted in the newspapers as pre-
dieting that the European war will
cause decrease in revenue Of about
s5,o99o00, as compared with the esu-
mates for the present fiscal year.
In March of 1916 Japan must re-
deem sl5,000.000 worth Of short-term
railroad bonds placed in London early
this wear As difficulty would be
found in Issuing a new loan in Eu-
rope the government viii probably
float domestic loan.
The general financial conditions
caused by the war have forced jap
auese banks to reduce their yearly in
terest ON fixed deposits to 4 per cent.
Before the war the rate was & per
cent
The deficit caused by the war is be-
ing made good i'm part by supplying
munitions TO the allies and by occu-
pying markets hitherto held by Ger
many The great need, however. is
for ships Every shipyard in Japan
Is at work building vessels, but not
enough can be turned out. The re-
m9val Of the Pacific Mail steamers is
q great blow To exporters.
Russia is steadily increasing owing
10 the decrease N the Russian supply
from France, Germany and Italy.
Enormous quantities of japanese tea
and camphor are likewise sent m
Russia. 4 heavy consignment of su-
gar is awaiting shipment to England
Toxic. 49, The Chemical Industrial
investigation society IS working in
conjunction with the government In
an effort to obtain an independent
3othe supply of phosphorus and NV
iro-chlorate Of potash or substitutes
Tor these materials which are indis
7ensible in the manufacture of
matches an industry OF large propor-
non In Japan. Before the war these .
materials were imported almost en-
lrely from Germany. The supply hav-
1g been exhausted and importations
laFing ceased the match industry
aces a serious situation.
gaw.-The Glasgow Herald /
which has been making an exhaustive
comparison of war prices of various
commodities in Germany and Eng
and, finds that most drugs and medi-
ines are from two to ten times dearar
England than in Germany. sail
vic acid and salicylate Of soda are
even times dearer than in Berlin
Acetanilid costs six times as much in
riasgoW, and antipyrine IS offered in
5eFlia at a tenth the price here.
Berlin.-The big day Of 1915 for the
ana bitants of the little Thuringfan
lty OF SchmaIkalden was the 5fh of
MS month marking the Tooth anal
ersaTy Of the birth there OF Kari WI
EN-, author Of ~D1e Wacbr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25
CHORDS AND
DISCORDS
THE yALLEF CLARION.

Among the notabies IN our midst
since our last issue were J. willard,
+ Kansas farm hand who got famous
+ by knocking the championship out Of
q black man in Cuba, and the agent
+ Of a right smart opry house show that
+ is coming 20 these pts. before spring.
/ We did not learn the name Of the lat
ter, but if you viii watch these col
+ umns youu find out as soon as we do
The Gel. coal miner. got J. Rookie
Teller TO dance TO their music the 9th
/ err night. Turn about is fair play
/ say we. The miners have been dane
ing TO Johns music for many yrs.
C. GAZETTEER, oar pop. bortieulturist
and baudmaster, has wound up his
concert seas. at Long View pix, and
is busying himself these dys. getting
the ducks and such ready to face an
other hard whit
It's shocking TO see so many Of our
good cts. falling into the fast life
after they annex an auto. For in
stance. All Dawson, one of our prom.
neighboring bankers, was picked up
by the police last wk.
Our friends. the Germans. mieht as
well now hunt their holes. The French
soldiers have had their sal raised five
cents a day.
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The wealth IN these pts. has suited F.
some, while others say it is unseas0n-
lsIy some folk.
Il. Casey. who is making his home
town famous over tae stale ia prose
e9slns BARRIERS who violate the laws.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Inexnloded sos nan. Austrian shell.
The lives of many italian soldiers
were spared when this giant Austrian
shell which fell IN the Italian camp.
failed 10 explode, Note the size Of the
shell Ia comparison with the height Of
the man-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

One result Of the war 81 England is
the extremely low rentals asked Tor
shooting preserves rhis YEAR One
prominent agent who usually dis
poses Of 100 to 200 shooting rights a
year now has 900 on hand Most Of
the 1915 sportsman are elderly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Berlin.-The big day Of 1915 for the
N Aaoltants Of the little Thuringfsn
eily OF Schmalkalden was the 5th of
lAls month, marking the Tooth ami
tefsaTy OF the birth there of Karl VII
helm. author of eDta ~. y -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Mary Ptekford. ct al, are to he
SHOWN. up by our local actors and
aeloFlnes next mo- when they put on
a picture il our home town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Saturday. September p, 1915.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

Milan has shown its hand also. 1t
mas specified brick as the material
with which to build its new school
who'd thunk that the combination
mad extended its vicious tentaeles ~
me suburbs2 The pupils ought to boy
colt the new building.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-09-16
MARY PICKFORD SHARES
THRONE WITH BABY KING

At Asbury Park. N. j., mounting
the throne of popular acclaim to-
gether the King of the Babies and
the Motion Picture Queen" ruled
a vast throng or spectators at the
annual Baby Parade held there.
While it might be difficult to guess
who the Baby King was, there will
be many who will jump at the con-
clusion that the Motion Picture
<xueen was Mary Pickford. Are they
right? They are.
In letter to the Famous Players
Film Company, in whose produc-
lions "America's Darling appears
exclusively where Paramount Pic
lures are shown, Mayor Clarence
Hetrick of Asbury Park, said: "Be-
lieving Miss Pickford to be the idol
of the children as well as the grown
ups of the world, it affords me great
pleasure to request her presence at
this Silver Jubilee of the Children
as the CUES tot Asbury Park"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-09-16

From the moment of her arrival
at the resort until her departure,
she was the very center of vast
crowds OF cheering and applauding
| admirers. There was a time when
! Woodrow Wilson, then Governor of
| New Jersey, was the guest of honor
at the Asbury Park Baby Parade.
Did the children know that he was
| there? They did not. They did not
even so much as glance at him, pass
ing along the mile concourse to the
Ocean Grove Auditorium where the
judges were assembled.
1t was very different with Little
Mary, and many ines she was
called upon to leave the special box
constructed for her on the parade
grounds to give wee youngster the
bappiest moment of his life by the
bestowal of smile, hand clasp
or kiss.
Significant features of the parade
were the numerous representations
of Little Mary's various screen Gre
ATOMS by the children; principal
among were Tess of the Storm
Country, Hearts Adrift, Such a Lit
tie Queen, and Mistress Nell.
An interesting aspect of the event
was the fact that Mis- Pickford OBJ
tanned the addresses of three chill
dren who paraded and in whom she
detected screen possibilities. It is
the plan of Adolph Zukro, president
of the Famous Players Film Com
pany, to give these children an op-
portunity to appear with his little
star in celluloid.
After the parade then thousand
people gathered at the Ocean Grove
Auditorium to see Mis- PickfOrd in
her latest Paramount Picture,
rags" The audience shrieked it.
self hoarse in cheers for the little
favorite, and in fact, seemed to con-
slider her the most charming child
of them all.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-09-16
ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOLS.

Another season of instruction for
the youth of the community is be-
fore us.
Let us meet it as becomes an en-
lightened people who seek to give
their offspring an education which
will enable them to successfully
cope with the many obstacles that
will beset their pathway through
life.
"But that is up to the teachers
what can We do?" you say.
We may perform our own duty in
the premises by extending to the
instructors our loyal support and
encouragement, both by act and
word.
We may impress upon our chill
dren the necessity and Importance
of absolute obedience to the will of
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-09-16
SPECIAL DAYS AT
MONTANA STATE FAIR.

Special days for the Montana
State Fair, September 2O-25, were
designated by the directors in their
final meeting before the state fair
opens next Monday. BY the 1915
plan there will be six days of horse
racing, three days of auto racing
and three days of aerial performan-
ces by DeLoyd Thompson, the
worlds greatest aviator.
Monday will be Helena Day and
Horseman's Day; Tuesday will be
Great Falls Day and Northern Mon
tana Day, Aviation Day and Good
Roads Day; Wednesday is designat-
ed as Governors Day, Live Stock
Day, and Agriculture and Horticul-
ture Day; Thursday has been set
aside as Butte and Anaconda Day,
Missoula and Western Montana Day,