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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-16

Juice although the district served Is
small. In Joliet the light company in
I stalled ths posts and has a two year
I contract with the merchants. who are
to pay s1-25 per front foot but a.
the end OF that time the company IS
10 furnish current a; cost
Might curtaiI Service.
Business men present were then
given an opportunity TO be heard Ed.
BauersfeId declared the merchants
should shut OF the lights at 5 O'Clock
every evening. II they are 10 continue
to pay for current.
of course there would be a big pro-
test he explained. The public
would think II a shame. but the mer-
chants close their stores at 5 O'Clock
and s,es but very little financial bene-
NJ through the better street llumina-
ion. except on Saturday nights. The
,iEhts burn until n late hour every
night. although the business houses
are shut. II we are to continue To
foot the bills. then we ought TO have
something 10 say as To the length OF
time service IL on"
II 4. Clevanstine. W. p zimmerman
n
along the same line. Mayor Schriver
explained the inability OF the commits
sion 70 do anything in the premises At
the present time He mentioned the
fact that the proper time 20 take Il up
would be when the new appropriation
ordinance f. passed in the spring. He
said the city has no funds At the pres
ent time for the project
Up 90 New Council.
The commission discussed this mat
ter when the last appropriation ordi-
nance was passed explained the
mayor. We found that II would add
from $1,000 to $4,000 TO the already
heavy light fund. made so through the
OF territory and the estab
iishmert of a new plan where n light
has been placed on practically every
corner IN the city. I would like 10 see
the city assessed for part of this bur
den but believe that the matter can
not be fnteltEently handled until the
new commission is installed OF
course the plan Of having the city pay
'or all the current used might have TO
De curtafed. since under this arrange
nent property owners In semi-business
residence sections might conclude to
install posts. forcing the city TO per
pay for the current We all
Ike to see these Improvements so long
Il someone else Is paying for them"
Suggests Two Circuits.
Commissioner Rudgren explained
hat the appropriation ordinance had
,arried something like $4,000 for
'treet lighting and the plan OF paying
or the boulevard system could not be
aiken care OF without dropping the
cheme OF placing lights on every cor
Ter which was a project for the whole
'ffy at large and therefore could no;
veil be abandoned. He pointed out
hat the city has "A five year contract
With the Peoples Power company. but
aid that With the cooperation OF the
BUSINESS men he thought IL might be
'ossibIe to arrange a ne~ plan where
y a separate circuit for the top lights
a the boulevard system could be In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-16
RECOMMEND CITY
PAY FOR CURRENT
COMMISSION PASS RESOLUTION
URGING NEW COUNCIL TO TAKE
OVER BOULEVARD.
Delegation Of 20 Business Men Urge
That Municipality Assume This
Financial Burden

Steps toward having the municipal
fly pay for the current used ia the
ornamental iixht system was taken Up
st the weekly meeting OF the city
commission last evening \ delegation
OF 20 business men visited the council
and ATTORNEY George W. wengsr.
representing them. made an appear 20
the city dads. declaring that in JUS
tee che merchants should no longer
be required to pay for the lights
~ the conclusion OF bis talk. May
CT ~ VI. Schrfver introduced rcsOlu-
lion which carried unanimously. rec
ommsudinx TO the incoming admins
providing that ne least part OF the ex-
pcuse OF the boulevard system Be as
sumed by the city.
Attorney wenxsr briefly discussed
the installation OF the ornamental
posts and os their attracsiveuess. He
said some OF the business men we're
paying for current by nat rate. and
some by meter. but that since the
scrvics was primarily for beaatifea-
ton Of the city. that the municipality
ought TO bear the expense
In Other Towns
r.. then quoted from letters which
George ~. Rfnsbury. secretary OF the
Business Mems association had re-
eefved In hts Investigation OF What
other cities IN the state are doing in
shis matter. In practically all OF the !
the property owners installed the
posts ard the city settles for the eur- !
rent
n Peoria. Decatur. EIxfn. Spring /
feid. Champaign. East St Louis and /
this plan IL being foi-
sS~ed- At Ottawa. there 10 an excep
ton. the business men paying not on
" for the equipment but also for the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-16
CITY CHAT
(Advertisements.)

Buy a home of Reidy Bros
For express. call William Trefz
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Independent Express & Storage
R. /. 9S1.
Wear 81 lunion made) hat Mems
Fashion Shop, Harper house block.
Pay taxes at room 50, State Bank
Building. Open Saturday evenings
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-16

Urbana, IlI.-Efforts to secure Inn
proved train service between Urbana,
Bloomington and intervening towns
failed when the public utility commits
sion dismissed a petition by Leroy,
Mahomet, Mansfield, Farmer City,
Harris, Ford, Woods and Downs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-16

stalled IL the city took over the mat
ter. and in this way the lower lights
could be shut OF at specified hour
thereby reducing the expense. He said
II the city paid for the current. a sug-
gestiOn would probably be made. to
reduce the present five light plan TO
three and he thought that in this way
the light bill might be cut TO $4,000
or $4,000. in which case the city
might be able TO grant the request Of
the business men.
Others Form Plan.
Commissioners Hart, Bear and Rey-
nOlds expressed themselves as looking
on the proposition in a favorable at
titude. Commissioner Rudgren sug-
gested that some OF the $50 arc light
lamps might be substituted for $40
tungstens and in this way a material
decrease in the light item be secured.
After the resolution was passed rec
ommending 10 the new incoming com
mission that a portion OF the light bill
be paid by the municipality. Attorney
Wenger thanked the commissioners
for their position. realizing that a big
step toward shifting the burden 10 the
city had been taken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-16

East Dubuque. Ill - James Foley.
who has been regarded as the leading
candidate for appointment as post
master at East Dubuque. announces
that he will withdraw from the race IL
the friends OF Miss Mamie Helistern
will send her name 20 Washington as
a candidate for the position
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-16
Profit-Sharino Plan.

Instead of spending a lot of money
in expensive advertising, we give this
money TO you in the form of free pre-
miums. Exchange labels for these
gifts. The premium book will tell
YOU all about it. Just mail the labels
TO US and the premiums will be sent
by mail. prepaid Remember 10 say
Dundee brand" when ordering milk
from your grocer.-(Adv)
Mile. Henaudiere has been awarded
the order of the Leopold by King Al
bert of Belgium as a reward for her
bravery under fire while serving with
the Red Cross ambulance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-16
$50 REWARD

for Information as to where
abouts Of Mr.. George w.
Huntley. who disappeared
last Thanksgiving evening.
Last seen at WATERFOWL.
Notify telephone r. I. 1245
or Hrs. q. W. Huntley. 712
Second avenue. Rock Island.
m
New Britain herald., 1915-03-02
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

While it Is as certain as anything can be before 1t happens that Prcsi- dent Wilson will be rcnominatcd for tho presd ency next year by the dem ocrats. there is no certainty as to who will be the choice of the republicans. The Washington correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle says that it looks as if Supreme Court Justice Hughes will be forced into the convention as a candidate, although it is known that Still no man, when it comes to a showdown, will refuse a nomination for the presidency, if he thinks he has a fighting chance to win. TO be president of the greatest country in the world is an honor that has come and can come only to few men,
 Even at this early day there are men who are supposed to be pluming themselves for the republican na- tional convention and among them are the present governor of New York, MI WIlIIIldl ttS well e1o ooS'A~o Hughes, who has also served in the same capacity. The latter was not a popular governor, but he was conscientious one and was also what politicians do some thinking about, a winning one Senator Borah has his eye on the place and so has James R. Mann, the republican congress sional leader. Governor Hadley may have some support because of a de- sire to draw back to the fold the progressives who may still have a grievance and feel that they should be recognized. Then there are Sen- ator Cummins and Senator La Toilette who have been looking at the White House with longing eyes for several years Ex-President Taft has been winning much praise since his retire. ment from office, and while it does not seem as If he would undertake an- other presidential campaign, there arc republicans who would like to see him head the national ticket again. Then there Is Colonel Roosevelt who would probably like one more try at the of flee. The collection is large and va ried and good enough to suit any one.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-02
TO TRY STARVATION NOW.

The European war is now taking to bring hostilities to an end quicker than they otherwise would, according to the plans formulated up to a day or two ago. When Germany ar ranged submarine blockade around the British Isles the question arose as to what the answer of the Allies would be. It came yesterday when it was announced that if they can prevent it there will be no com modities of any kind allowed to leave or reach the shores of Germany This means that starving process has been added to the ordinary man. ner of warfare which has been in progress ever since the war started. This plan is likely to cause the war on water to be more flercely contest ed in future than in the past. The fact that an embargo on foods is to be maintained as much as possible will add more suffering to the con- fict than anything else could have done and will affect women and chil- dren. That does not strike the aver age person as being just right.
 The war is proving very expensive for the Allies, the figures given out by the English government alone being $7,5OO,OOO daily and likely to increase another million a day. This is for England and France alone, no state ment of cost coming from Germany or any of the other countries en- gagged in the war. It has been point cd out in this paper before that the countries engaged in the war, prin- cipally the larger countries, will find themselves in the end confronted with an immense debt, not to speak of the amount to be paid for damages to the defeated side, making in all a sum that will take many years to pay, during which the countries will be obliged to levy tax that will oc- casion much hardship on the people There is no escape from this course and the longer the war continues the bigger will be the bills.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-02
Farmers As Spectators. (NeW York Worldly

It will take something more than Joseph Letters testimony to convince the American people that the only spectators in wheat at tnis time are farmers. All that he says about the risks of the market is undeniably true, and it is those risks which caused the Wheat-growers to dispose or their stocks long ago at prices which they have always regarded as satisfactory.
 There are somc bonanza farmers who cultivate whole townships, and here and there farmers of smaller de- gree no doubt gamble in wheat, just as others profit by horsc-tra ding, but the numbers of these is comparatively small. Most farmers prosper, if at all by selling their products promptly at good prices, and they have neither the means nor the disposition to carry an old crop into new year.
 According to the census Of 1910, of the 6,361,50 farm operators in the United States only 3,o4S,722 were owners Tenant farming throughout the wheat belt has increased amazing ly during the last thirty years. The size of farms is steadily diminishing. The average income of American farmers was reported in 1913 at
 
 the percentage of farm property mortgagcd increased from 2S to 33. We shall not find great many plungers or slow sellers in popula- ton such as this.
 Even a better answer to Mir. Letter is to be seen in the apparent failure of big New York bakers to establish high prices for bread. They were not in touch with farmers when they decreed the six cent loaf They had heard from the whcatpits, of Chicago and Liverpool and they believed con- ditions were ripe for a colossal profit. They aTe weakening now. not because the situation has changed but because their own judgment as to the temper of the people has changed
 Finor, Joseph Letter has never been regarded as d wheat expert in Chicago. He is the only big operator there who eevr undertook to corner q new crop just as it was coming to ma r<et.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-02
The Hot Stove TrawIIc.

ttoy K. MoultOn in SylaCuSc JOurnaD Around the stove in the grocery store Fifteen or twenty or maybe more Get together each winter night To set all the Country's ills alright. And all the grave affairs of state Are thrashed out neatly in joint de-
 bate.
 They talk in a learned way for hours Of our relations with foreign powers They talk religion and outdoor sport And slam the acts of the supreme
 court.
 Financial system, of course, is wrong And each one has said so all along But each one has got a different way To straighten it out and save the day Before they settle it dead to rights Groceryman Jinkly turns out the
 lights.
 Though he cant see exactly why he
 should. So he hurres them home at the hour
 of ten,
 A crowd of anxious and earnest men, With many grave questions in the air, That they might have solved if they'd
 fingered there. The nation is left to it's sad fate, And all of the grave affairs of state Must slumber until they meet once
 moro Around the stove In the grocery store.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-02

cdied in part, since many of these same sons and relatives are sending
 money through the American Board and it is being distributed by means of Treasurer Pct and the massion- aries on the ground. More than ESQ., 900 has been sent in that way al- ready. Mr. Partridge declares that the situation financially will be worse than at the time of the massacres in 1S95-9G, because then the financial agencies of the country were not entirely abolished. He also says: Wheat is now so cheap that money for relief will go farther in supplying food to the hungry than almost ever in history"
 Americans are greatly trusted and even honored by all parties in Tur- key, apparently; and the missionaries know what actual conditions are bet ter even than government officials or investigating committees. That they believe the worst is yet to come, even With distress so appalling now, is pret- ty good evidence that relief funds should be sent to tho helpless non- combatants in Turkey.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-02
Must Have Mus, Of Some Sort.
 (Atlanta ConStitution.)

Through strange oversight, no nrovision for regimental bands seems to have been made for the new army Kitchener is recruiting for England. Himself the embodiment of silence and lack of emotion, what the Brit ish troops might suffer through the a absence of musical accessories does not seem to have occurred to him all though it appears his long military experience would have taught him the value of music in war.
 The oversight is to be rcmedicd, it is reported largely by public sub scription. Full bands are to be pro vided in some instances. But the more frequent arrangements is to b. simply for fife and drum corps. Anyone who has listened to the stirring mel ody thrown out by this continuation does not need any elaboration 10 know the part it may play in the fighting.
 It is curious how the taste of the average soldier runs, when it comes to the music which is to supply him inspiration by which to fight and, perhaps, die. In the Spanish -Amcri- can war none of the more or l ess stately national hymns" were in vogue. Instead that rollickinE bit of rag '"Therc'H Be Hot Time in the old Town Tonight" furnished the "pepper" for most of the fights of consequence. In the British-B -Bocr war they used to hum, while rammtng down cannon ball, "llcrc's Another Lump of Sugar For the Bird. or "A Little Bit off tho Top. T. is said that in the far eastern war the Russians did some of their best fight ing to the tune of a nondescript bal lad, the substance Of which was
New Britain herald., 1915-03-02
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions us discussed in ex- office.
A SnaDShOt Of Paris.
(Ncw York Letter to the Cincinnati
 Enquirer.)

 Enquirer.)
 What did you see over there ?' The question was put to buyer just back from Paris. His smiling face sobered suddenly.
 More human misery than l could ! have imagined possible" ne said, and some way or other it didn't seem decent to explain that the question had been prompted by interest in French fashions. After a while, how eevr, he did show a casual interest in the mission on which he had gone to France.
 II went over to sec what was doing in clothes" he admitted, but how is any one to keep his mind on clothes over there? I'd been reading papers, but I hadn't even a suspicion of con ditions. and when I came up against the war-came near enough actually to realize the horrors-it got me and got me hard.
 "I couldn't think of anything else, and I take off my hat to the French dressmakers who have kept their bus mess going. How on earth they've had the pluck to go ahead with their work and turn out even as much as they have turned out I can't under stand. It's rather splendid, you know, for it hasn't been done carelessly or callously. Not by a long shot
 Correspondents can write about the way Paris is chirling up, about the opening of theaters and restau rants and all that; but I know Paris, and you can take 1t from me, Paris is n mighty pathetic proposition right now You can't turn around without running up against something that hurts. Every one I knew had things to tell--well, l was glad to get out and leave some one else to finish up for me.
 'Lovely things? Why, yes; plenty of lovely things. Materials are beau- tiful in spite of the war, though I'll tell you right here there's a bigger variety of attractive materials in New York than in Paris We've a big share of the best foreign stuff-orders filled before the crash came-and then we've the domestic stuff to fill out with, and its mighty fine stuff at that.
 But Paris had enough attractive materials to go on with, and she has a way of chucking them together and handing out color and using things in unheard-of ways. So all of the houses that are doing anything at all have good models to show; but mo- body has created anything, not even Cherut or Premet or the younger fry that have their names to, make. Pianissimo. Foot on the soft pedal. That sort of thing.
 "NO wonder The guns arc mak- ing tho noise over there. You'll see plenty of nice weara ble things, you know. when the imports are shown here but nothing that will make you sit up. The milliners have put more things across than the dressmakerS
New Britain herald., 1915-03-02
First Robin u Fat Fellow,

tRochcstcr Democrat and Chronicle.)
 The hello girl must havo got the wires crossed. When reporter picked up the receiver last night in the telephone booth someone said pleasantly.
 I've seen the first robin"
 You win" began the reporter
 "I don't care if you saw Captain Kill" began somebody; "I want to put an 'ad' in that paper an I'm go- in to do il. I've been tryin' to get you for-what's that? First robin :? First nothin'."
 T beg your pardon, but l did see the first robin today. near Medina, and l wantcd-'
 'Aw, come on," said the intrud- CT don't you know there aint no 1lrst robin? Robins live around here all winter, in evergreen trees and swamps. Anyway, l want to get this d'---"
 He shuffled protestingly off the wire about then, and the pleasant voice said:
 Hello, is that you? Who was 'hat? l wanted to tell you that we sa" the first robin. near Medina. Three of us were in cutter and we saw hlm near the road. It will be a Hull year, l think, for he was comfort ably fat.
 Dld you ever hear before what that preposterous fellow said about robins? Someone is always taking the Joy out of life. When we get to Know everything there won't be any amusement in life, will there? I did see the first robin"
New Britain herald., 1915-03-02
FREE BOOK ON STOMACH ILLso

Geo. IT, Mayr, of 154 Whiting St., Chicago, Ill.,, prominent druggist has published a guide to health. in which he shows how he cured himself and brought relief to thousands of other sufferers from constipation, biliousness, indiges- ton and intestinal troubles by the use of French healing oils. One dose usu- ally convinces. The most chronic cases rarely need over three doses. This book will be mailed free on request Mayrs Wonderful Remedy is sold by leading druggists everywhere with the positive understanding that your money will be refunded without question or bubble if ONE bottle fails to give you absolute satisfaction.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-02
Poverty, Disease and Despair III
 Turkey.
( EXchanEe.)

Through Secretary of State Bryan, in Washington, the following cable message has reached the American Board, in Boston, from w. w. Peet, of Constantinoplc, treasurer of the boards Turkish missions. It is ad- dressed to Rev. James l.. Barton, D. D., foreign secretary of the board, and reads as follows:
 "Widcspread, growing need has been produced by stagnation of busi- ness and by war conditions. De- mands from missionaries both for help for needy people and for medi- cal work for soldiers have increased. In addition typhus and typhoid are spreading rapidly. The Turkish Red Cross cannot give relief. Can you not secure means to meet requests and to combat disease, Morgenthau ap- proves"
 This message, coming as it does with the authoritative endorsement of the American ambassador, only emphasizes reports which have reached the American board from widely separated parts of the Turkish empire. pr. F. D. Shepard the wise and famous physician in charge of the boards hospital in Antab. a large city in Central Turkeu, writes that the mass of misery is heart i break klng. as he and his staff face It day by day with no funds with when to relieve it. All work in the city IS at' standstill; all draft ami mals, all food animals such as sheen and goats, all food supplies of wheat, rice, corn barley, cheese. grape sugar, olive oil, etc, have been taken Tor the army. People with money in the banks cannot get it be- cause or the moratorium. The whole community is reduced almost to beg gary.
 In Harpoot some one h,,ndrod anu hlty miles to the north of Ain tab. the hospital is full of sic,, sol dlefs, the number of patients In the building never having been SD large. Important drugs from anonu the medical supplies have been re. qulsltloned by the government At Van, near the Russian and por- sian frontiers tho boards hospital Is filled with wounded and at the TO. quest of the government Miss Mc- Laren, of the mission, has been givon permission to serve as nurse in tho military hospital, looking after four wards.
 Erzroom, nearer tho Black Sea coast has utilized the buildincs of the Boys and the Girls Roardi,u schools for wounded soldiers in ad. dition to the hospital and Dr. Cosc
 has made to summon Dr. Clark of Sivas. with nurses. a pharmacist and an orderly from the Sivas hospital to help out in Erzroom.
 Tn Siyas Rev F. C pa,,t,i1
 writes people who never in tboir lives before had to beg arc now ro duccd because sons and relatives ; tho Tinted States who have bear i no way of getting it to them. ,Tb,s difficulty is now by way of being rem