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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06
The Daily Story
of the Boxer Movement in ChnaBy John Y Larned

Some years ago Hugh Worthington.
a young man of fortune, desiring to
enter the field Of diplomacy, secured
an appointment in the service Of the
United States government at Picking,
Worthtngton was more interested in
seeing the country than in his official
duties, which were nominal, and he
Travelled over such parts Of China as
we're open 10 foreigners. One day he
fell in with a mandarin who had been
a good deal in England and spoke the
language. The mandarin Travelled in
style. being carried in chair common
in Europe until near the beginning Of
the 18th century. by two men and at
tended by several other servants
Worthington, who travelled on horse
back, on joining the mandarin rode be-
side the chair, chatting with him. The
American knew enough of China to
understand that It was infested with
robbers and was armed to the teeth.
The mandarin was an elderly person,
unused TO arms. but his servants were
prepared to defend him. They were
armed with pixies, short swords and
other weapons, which Worthington
considered next to useless in a fight
with an enemy properly accoutered.
Suddenly while passing through a.
narrow cut in the road the party was
attacked by a dozen men bent on rob
berry. They were not much better arm
ed than the mandarin's servants, but
they outnumbered the latter, who i'm
medtately took TO fight. leaving their
master in the hands Of the enemy.
Worthiugton drew revolver from
under his coat at each hip and began
a fusilade that put the robbers to
flight Upon this the servants return
ed and humbly begged the masters
forgiveness for having deserted him.
He was pTOfuse in his thanks to the
American, who had not only saved
considerable amount Of money for the
Chinaman, but his life as we'll He
begged WOrtbington to name some ia
yor that he could do him. but the lat
ter said that he wanted for nothing in
the world. Then the mandarin took
up bamboo umbrella and opened it.
Calling for a writing stick, he wrote
on it something as unintelligible 10 his
preserver as the receipt Of a Chinese
laundryman In America. Handing it
to Worthington, he said in a voice SO
low as not to be heard by his servants.
"A time is coming when there will
be a movement On the part of ou- ig-
norant and superstitious people to rid
China of all foreigners. Keep this UNI
brella and If attacked open it in the
face Of your would be murderer"
Worthington paid no attention to the
mans warning. Every one knew that
foreigners we're hated by the Chinese,
and there had always been talk about
the latter being massacTed. The Amer
lean was young. and the young take
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

little thought of danger But he wax
too polite not to assure the mandarin
that he would keep his gift as a re-
membrance of him and the episode.
An American named Preston lived in
Picking. who operated a banking house
which was branch of one tn New
York. Worthington spent good deal
of time at his house, attracted by tEe
bankers daughter, Emma Preston
When the Boxer trouble broke out
month after the foregoing episode
Worthiugten was at Prestonss house
It was without the regions Of the en-
bassies and entirely unprotected
Worthington on the first sign OF dan
ger returned to the embassy for leave
to absent himself for the protection
of the family in which he was interest.
ed. Having attained it, he was about
to start back when he noticed the UNI
breila given him by the mandarin.
The day was very hot and it occurred
to him to take it for protection against
the suns rays. AS 10 the words spog-
en- concerning It If attacked by an
enemy, he had forgotten them, but he
did not forget to take with him a cou-
pie Of revolvers and supply OF far
tridges.
AS Worthington approached the Pres
ton home he noticed knots Of China
men talking together excitedly. Some
Of them scowled at him but since
they had as much dread as hatred OF
foreign devil" they did not attack
him. He reached the Preston home
safely, but found the family I'm great
trepidation, expecting that at any time
mob would attack and murder them
The anticipated trouble occurred the
next day. The bankers residence was
well known and q crowd of Cinnamon
armed with all sorts Of implements
from a scythe to a razor came down
for murder. Worthington knew that.
though armed, he could not withstand
so large q force; nevertheless he sta
toned himself at a window over the
front door, ready to use UP his car
tridges.
The bowling mass came, stopped be~
fore the house and were about TO make
an onslaught upon it when suddenly all
their eyes were cast to a window d.
rectly beneath the one Worthiugton
occupied. Then every weapon was
lowered, every knife was sheathed and
the Cinnamon moved on
Worthington was at a loss to account
for this sudden change, but # was soon
/ explained to him. One of the family
had caught up his umbrella, as a
/ drowning person will catch st a straw.
opened it and held il at a window on
the ground floor as a protection against
stones that were being thrown In. On
it was a message signed by a man to
whom the Boxers looked as a com
mauder.
Respect this man and his family and
| his property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

death rate from diphtheria is no sur
prise. although it might appear that
anti-toxin treatment is not as effective
as generally supposed.
The important point disclosed by
these figures is that none OF the child
hood maladies should be lightly re-
garded by parents. And it is well for
the parents OF afflicted children to
bear in mind that even though their
own children may suffer but lightly
from such diseases as whooping cough
and measles, other children may find
them fatal IN view Of this possibility.
the parents who wilfuiIy or carelessly
allow their children TO expose others to
disease are guilty of conduct nothing
less than criminal II is better 10 be
overeareful in dealing with these chill
dren's diseases than not careful
enough
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06
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Why would it not be a good idea to
begin taking Colonel Edward NJ House
at his word? There is this to be said
in favor Of the idea, that, revolutionary
as it is, persons who have tried it have
never gone wrong.
Some newspaper commentators,
however, will by no means accept
such an idioticalIy straightforward
and simple way out of their troubles;
and whenever Colonel House reap
pears on the surface Of affairs after a
long dive under them these common
tators insist on viewing his statements
through glass darkly.
Colonel House does not lie to news
paper men, which is a fact not uni
versallv true Of persons in the public
eye He is given to Withholding in
formation from them, but on the rare
occasions when he let's a line or two
dribble out the line is correct He
has uttered perhaps as many as II
sentences for publication in the last
1--WE years. II is not a large number,
but there was not lie in any of
them,
Colonel House has been visiting the
men at the helm of war, and he has
reported to President Wilson every
thing that he thought the president
needed to know That much is certain,
because when he was in Europe he
said so himself The assumption
that ne had gone there as a special
presidential envoy TO talk peace" was
pure guesswork. Evidently he was
not going to confine himself to con
versation about the weather when he
saw AsQuith, Lloyd-GeOrge. Kitchener,
Poincare. Delcasse, Viviani Won
Jagow. Bethman-Hollweg and Zim-
norman, all of whom he did see. Ger
tainly he was going to talk about the
war and communicate with the presi-
dent about it; probably he was going
to tell those whom he visited things
that the president had told him, or
ask them questions. the answers to
which he would send to the president.
What phase of the war was he going
to talk 10 them about? Why, peace,
and on that stately guess the whole
theory was erected and has grown
into such an article of faith that
Colonel Houses rather heated de-
malls cannot disturb it, Yet there
are several other sides Of the war con
corning which the president might
desire either to get or to give infor-
nation.
Colonel House is man whose
words are few, and when he does con
sent to drop one it is worth its weight
in gold; not only because he tells the
truth. but because his Judgment and
insight are very great. II was the pre-
eeption of this fact that bound the
president TO him. The president re-
lies more on his Judgment than on any
one else's, because he has found it al
ways right: and with this keen tudg-
ment and insight goes a wonderful
clarifying power Of statement and an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06
HOUSE, THE PRESIDENTS FRIEND

impersonaI and an objective way Of
looking at situation which makes his
views on any question things of gold
en- value.
This being the case, Colonel Houses
few words on his return from Europe
are worth a ton Of language from 9th
err returning tourists. Let US get them
together:
There is a general spirit Of hope
lessness, or at least no spirit OF hope
fitness for peace. Every one in
England and on the continent is tired
of the war, but there is no 1essening
Of popular support among the masses
of each warning nation. 7 cannot say
that there is any feeling that peace
near.
I don't think the United States ever
had the job Of peacemaker.
4 did not taIk. peace. and that was
not my mission abroad. That report
was the biggest piece of nonsense I
have heard"
What he did while he was abroad
will come out when he and President
Wilson are ready His statement that
he did not go there to talk peace is
conclusive; what he did we do not
know, but it is pretty certain that It
was important Whenever he goes
anywhere it is assumed that he was
sent by the president it is equally
possible that he goes at his own sug-
gestion and for his own purposes, ap-
proved by the president. Colonel
House is no messenger boy; he is
man who plays part in events. In
stead Of assuming that he is merely
q pair Of legs for the president it
might be well to assume sometimes
that he suggests ideas and plans that
commend themselves to the president.
He is such q very noiseIess person
age that perhaps he is underestimate
It seems incredible that any man
should be in politics and not want
anything. From the time when it be-
came known that he was the presi-
dents next friend everybody has been
trying 10 find out what ne wanted.
He doesn't want anything-not in that
sense. It is strange, but it seems to
be true, that here is a man Of char
acter who wants simply to benefit the
country
He does not seem to be q reformer
or philanthrcpist: vet. as he once
said in one Of his rare lapses into
speech, it is mot men but measures"
that enlist him. Most surely he is
not a reactionary." He appears to
be new sort Of collector; an anna
teur Of legislation and policies. He
has not been active in business for
some years; some men collect pictures
or found libraries; here is a million
aire who finds another interest in his
more leisureiy years. In imagining
such man one would think of him
as an energetic busybody, putting his
finger into every political pie: but Col
onel House is a discriminating con
noisseur- II pictures were his hobby
he would not spend all his time rush
ing around art galleries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

initiative appears in the enactment by
our recent legislature OF Law pro-
hibiting the leasing Of space IN hotels
or cafes for the purpose OF collecting
tips from the patrons. The Law was
aimed At the so-called tipping trust
in Chicago, which buys up the wash
room and check stand privileges in
hotels and cafes, hires boys and girls
10 serve in these places at low wages
and pockets all the gratuities bestowed
Oh these employees by the generous
patrons The Law has already struck 2
snag ia the form Of an Injunction is
sued on the plea Of Chicago hotelkeep-
ers whose liberty Of contract" is in
volved
II is an evil thing that q parasitic
monopoly should thrive on the gen
crosby Of persons who believe that
they are bestowing Iargess on servants
"a petty graft that excites disgust as
we'll as anger. But the idea Of resort
ing to law to correct such an evil is q
! confession Of subserviency which is
far from dattering The tipping
trust has been repeatedly exposed tn
+ the newspa pers Of Chicago. certainly
there can be no general ignorance OF
] it's operations If the public resents
/ the diversion Of its gratuities from the
/ pockets Of the broom boy or the check
I girl, il has a very feasible method of
showing IT, Let it simply withhold
the tip, suggests the Peoria Journal
I This suggestion. Of course, brings US
. to the core of the thing Because peO-
pie have not the backbone to deny the
+ servile palm, they rush 70 the legisla-
+ ture and ask that it pass a law
Without in any manner symDathizing
! with the graft of the tipping trust
we hope that our latest freak legisla-
tive enactment falls by the wayside
+ The person who gives up a tip as G
. grudging concession TO custom and
I appearances deserves all the petty
/ fines assessed his servilitv.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

Not pa'pitation, nor pain in or near
the heart. nor fainting spells are the
usual Indications of heart disease.
These symptoms are much more fre-
Quanty caused by anaemia, digestive
disturbances or masked exophthalrnic
goitre (over-actiyity Of the thyroid
gland.
THE indications Of failure in the
heart, Of loss Of the efficiency oe the
heart, are rather distant from the
heart itself, as a rule That is, the
synpt ms are not such as would make
the patient think his heart is affected;
perhaps q mere falling off In physical
or mental capacity to cope with or
binary atrains, perhaps breathlesnass
on slight exeTtion; perhaps DISTURBED
sleep; perhaps symptoms Of Stomach
trouble" kidney trouble" or "oron-
ciaI trouble"
To know that there is no valvUlar
defect or damage IN a heart is no as
surauce that the heart is not seriously
diseased; to say that there Is no or
ganic" change, but only a functional
disturbance. is a very difficult thing
for the doctor who examines the pa
tient The first time, at any rate.
In order to estimate the condition
Of a heart which is under suspicion it
/ Is necessary to examine not alone the
heart itself. but also the patient in
general For the vital question to be
answered in every case is, Has the
heart normal efficiency. For instance,
( the careful examination Of a 24-hour
/ specimen of urine not rarely tells the
physician as much as he can learn by
/ listening TO the heart action with q
stethoscope, or by questioning, or OBJ
serving the patient under examina-
ton,
! The most serious heart troubles are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS TELL.

Hank Simmons was a patriot who
loved his native land;
Whenever danger threatened he would
shout TO beat the band,
He was a staunch defender of the
honor of the flag,
And of his country's martial strength
he dearly loved to brag.
A glorious example to his fellowmen
was he
OF what pure, unselfsh, noble pa
trtot should be.
The martial spirit he proclaimed from
morning until night,
Till folks began to hope for war to see
Hank Simmons fight,
With Just q few good men like him,
most everybody felt
That we could lick the universe with
one good solid welt,
At last the evil day arrived when war
became a fact,
And everybody looked at Hank to see
how he would act.
Of course you think Hank shirked
and hid and Jared his neighbors'
pride.
Well if you do you've struck It
wrong-he fought and bled and
RODY MPHEE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06
JOINT FLORAL PARADE.

Why wouldn't it be a good plan
for Rock Island and Moline to make
their Fourth of July floral parades
aext year joint affair?
For instance, each city could start
its parade at home, moving towards its
neighbor, the two lines TO pass at a
fixed central point, and continue IN
der way, the Moline procession pass
ing through the business section Of
Rock Island and returning home. and
the Rock Island paraders traversing
the principal thorenghfares of Moline
Thus a friendly rivalry could be
worked up between the cities in the
matter of attractive floats. etc. OF
course this is merely a suggestion,
II is believed 1t could be carried out
with good results and general salts
faction among the people Of both COM
munities
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06
Brady.n.D-

those which involve the heart muselt,
not valvular troubles. When the mus
Gle is fniltrated with fat or degener-
ated in any way. then the outlook Is
serious enough. There would De no
murmur TO be heard by listening ever
such a heart, as is the case IN val
vuIar disease; nor would the patient
necessarily feel any discomfort il or
about the area OF the heart; but he
would show distinct loss Of heart ef-
flciency, and that IS the problem for
the 6octor to solve in any examina-
ton.
1t is quite safe to say that the best
diagnosucian could not decide wheth-
er or no a heart were seriously dam
aged simply by listening to the heart
beat with a stethoscope. He must
take into consideration the many re-
lated functions and know all there Is
TO be known about the patient, else
his opinion Ia of little value. Nowhere
is the snap" diagnosis, the otf-haad
opinion, fraught with greater chance
Of error than In the physical examin-
alton of the heart.
Tan Lazy 8Ette 2hVn5 hiVnsA9
Please give directions for increas-
| ing the weight, writes & person who
signs her letter "A Lady"
Reply-On receipt Of stamped, ad-
dressed envelope suggestions will be
mailed you.
Cataract
Is there any remedy which offers
even a faint chance of helping q case
| OF cataracts in which operation can
not be done and the patient is al
most blind?
! RepIy-In certain cases some happy
results have followed medicinal treat
ment. In India, where cataract is
very common, 8 few cases of very en-
| couraging results have been reported.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06
Sidelights on the European War

Correspondence OF The AS
ISOLATED PTess.) - The matrimonial
mobilization, precipitated by the call
10 arms last August, is far from com
pietei in consequence there are thou
sands Of women wearing mourning
who are legally debarred from the
rights Of q widow.
Two thousands FIVE hundred mar
riages OF soldiers called to the coIors
were celebrated in Paris alone during
the first two weeks following the out
break of war. Several thousand more
were obliged to leave for the front
without regulartzing a situation that
has become hopeless for many women
and Children and viii become hopeless
for many more.
The prosecutor Of the republic did
what he could by ordering mayors to
disregard the rules; parliament helped
by authorizing marriages at the front
even by proxy. but red tape had
wound marriage so tightly in its tam
gle that even with carte blanche from
their superiors the mayors were I'M
liable to satisfy all demands. War will
have had the effect of remedying this
but in the meantime inCalcuIabIe harm
has become permanent.
Doctor Chervin stated before the So
ciety Of Statistics that 10000 families
in Paris are in an irregular situation
before the Law and society. A large
proportion Of these would have been
regularized if less difficulty were plac-
ed in the way of marriage. A great
many persons are unable to produce
the birth certificate required ~ their
own and their parents. Many others
hesitate in the fact of the inevitable
posting Of their names 10 days before
hand on the walls Of the mayors office,
thus giving choice opportunity to the
gossips of their quarter
A vigorous campaign has begun
among members Of the institute TO
hasten legislation that will remove ali
routine obstacles to marriage. Join
ing their efforts to those who are fight
ing against the depopulation Of France
they are confident of overcoming the
apathy of parliament.
NeuyilIe sous Montreuil- CORES
pondence OF The Associated Press. b.
Madame Henry Saint-PauI de Sincay
of Paris. who vas Miss Mary Louise
Logan daughter Of Major John A.
Logan, r. S. A, killed in the Philip
pines, and g-anddaughter of Major
General John A. Logan who served IN.
der Grant in the Civil war is conduct
ing one OF the largest war hospitals in
Belgium in the monastery Of the Car
thUsian monks here.
Seven hundred BeIgians, 500 of them
non-combatants who, with the tenacity
Of the Flemish race, stuck to their fire.
sides until they were mutilated by
shells or sticken by disease. are re-
covering here in the quiet OF the cIois-
ter. a hundred of them are children
from Is months up.
There are altogether hundred civ
ilian wounded. most Of them seriously;
the rest are in various stages OF diff
feTent diseases. many Of them recov-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06
ONE MARRING INCIDENT.

II was unfortunate that the Tri-City
Railway company should have per
mitted itself to shoulder the blame for
the only incident that marred the har-
mony of Rock Islands first Fourth of
July floral parade.
Those in charge of the procession
state they had assurances the street
cars would be held until the floats
passed through Second avenue. a con-
cession that had been made on all
former similar occasions.
The fact that the cars were not
halted and were operated along the
thoroughfare. necessitating a number
OF the floats to be drawn aside and
breaking the line, occasioned much
severe criticism OF the company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06
July 8 in American
History.

174z-JOllA ..ul jones tJohu PAUL. e-E-
tinguished American naval com
mandeF. born; died 1872.
General Daniel Morgan ReTo.a
tfonary hero. died; born 1876
1S83-Guy de AIaugassant master n
the French school Of Daturalsti-
writer's. died born 1880.
1eJ5-The remains Of Paul Jones lot
mally delivered TO the United states
government by France
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

We owe Europe only $500 900 900,
or sS5 per capita. for all she has in
vested here. This leaves US SIS each
more than Lloyd George led us to be
Iieve we had. and now is a good time
to put it in an inside pocket.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

Young women who inhabit roller
chairs on Atlantic City's board walk
have taken up smoking as they are
rolled along Feeling that they should
give some reason for so doing, they
blame 1t on the mosquitoes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

India's population Of SIS 900 600 tells
at once what field for foreign com
gnerce lies there. The department OF
commerce has just issued a handbook
for the assistance and instruction Of
American merchants who look in that
direction
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

Constantine the Great founded Con
stantinople in $50 A. D. making the
city now 1,5S5 years old. The interest
of its history is surpassed by that of
very few other places.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06
DANGEROUS CHILD DISEASES

A startling thing discovered by a re-
cent report of the Chiidren's Bureau of
the federal government is the deadli-
ness Of certain children's diseases
which have not usually. been consid-
cred as dangerous. Figures for 1913.
compiled from these sections OF the
country where the collection OF vital
statistics is compulsory, show deaths
from the common diseases of child
hEsc7 a fellows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

The shortage of ammunition in
Russia must be making the poor fell
lows at the front regret all those
bombs they used to waste so lavishly
on the car.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

Uncle Joe Cannon has $35 cigar.
given him by the American association
of piano dealers. Not having smoked
it. he is unable to say whether it's as
good as it should be at that price.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

Evelyn Thaw Is reported to have
made s108 900 last year She paid a
high price for her advertising, but 1t
brings enough to keep the wolf far
away
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-06

The Bosphorus at its widest point
measures 9,S38 feet. or l as miles.
Elsewhere It narrows to as little as
one-sixth of that distance