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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27
MISSING:
GONE SINCE 1907

Il. A- Maxwell has filed petition
10 be appointed administrator OF me
estate or his brother. Harry Maxwell
This citE. who Is presumed Ia h7
dead Judse g. s Ben has set rha
hearing fer Dee. 2
Inc petition states that Harry Max
Wen was len The sum Of 500 from tee
estate 81 bis aunt, Mary Moore. which
estate Was closed March IS. 1918 The
last tae petitioner saw of his brother
Eas "a. #inoaa, MINI, in the fall Of
-7... rie later heard that the missing
man was al San Francisco and Les
angeles bus efforts 10 locate him have
.s-iea on the presumption OF death
-'1e brother Is asking that he be ap-
pointed administrator OF his brothers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27

Mrs Harry -Eearn5 entertained th5
/ Social Hour club al her home Friday
MI and Mrs r. b Jordan of Rose
vile arrived ir Orion Thursday Tor q
WISH q the home Of the formers
father Bsrou Jordan
Mrs. Aa@gie Gould and son Joe Wis
TIED relatives in Genesea from Satqr-
day until Monday
Mrs Mary LUkehart, wh0 has sp7at
the past three months In this vicinity
with relatives and friends. lett Tues
Gay morning for her home I'M Smfal4-
o4ta Ea- Charles Marshall and fam
lily accompanied her for d visit with
parents and friends there.
Mrs Gene Powell of CISCO visited
orion friends few days last week
Air- and MIS- L. Nobere OF Gales
burg spent sunday win Mr. and Mrs
Otto Swanson. Mrs. Mobags remain
ing to spend the week with d G.
i5aaCson and family
The annual rally day of the BaD-
llsl sunday school VIII be held in the
Baptist church next Sunday. A sps-
ciaI program Will be rendered.
Charles zL5ndholme on Monday
brought 70 the S-A store cafary
plant Of his own raising which weigh
ed seven pounds
Nuttlng parties are numerous AZ
present There is a good crop of nuts
ms season and 1t is now ready
70 pick
ar and Mrs Harry Cox and daugh-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27
OPEN PROPOSALS
FOR PAVED ROAD
l. f. Rutledge Submits Lowest Bid
On Improvement Planned From
Moline to Milan Road.
total LESGTH OF JOB 1905 FEET
City te Assume Is Per Cent Of the lost
According n Present Program
To Cost S24.>S5.

rs.-.7-4-- &c. --e--..s.-- 81
mas 7''-4.'- -7l --'7
40" esq Dl0 t~l paving VIII oEleA 51s
road rom the loot on Tricks MIL to
Bridge lane and thence to the Milan
read including e7nroarbae ~ fra
Rocl- ~+,-.- t-+5., 49, -.--...-. -
-. -19 .''5'5 7.l has
-. -.-.,s - --+' -''- -
go III. --' Z ''1l -'o'l "a
s----l--- ~ - 90 pay approx
100 - ~ .5 p-- --. ~ aus II .te pro
I'm "a. r. - 100 -. -.
III saa z--. -. ~ 5.5...
-r o,.7t,7r 1--..-.- -.-.-.5. -. ..-
ROAD -ro+s, .rg,-s9, ~ 49, -.
Il Is54 -.s,f g.. 100 s--. ga o''''''' .
r-nan III D-o7s--,. l-..-..- -s-.-..,
depends whether OF not the project
Will he carried ont The city will nav
foa paving the portion of the road
they own. but the civ viii rot. of
course. do any paving rTnIazz +5a other
property owners affected do their
share The city agreed to assist in
the project, rather than to stand in
the way of public improvement the
benefit Of which is apparent.
The bids were received from each
competing contractor One hid nre-
vides for a marginal og-b and sand
cushion. while the other Simply pro
vides for the pavement. Bids received
are:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27
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ME- Ha4leE's comet has been iden-
1'Aea as member of oar system for
o' sl -.a8t years, certain characterts-
iles u its orbit lead as to believe that
Il mas oeen with as az least ten or a
.it'ttlfea times as long as that Accord
ing 70 an accounts, il was a magnif-
1enl eD1ecs al the time Of the Norman
conquest Ia 1855 lis head was sanar
10 me ran neon IN size. ana IT'S tai
increased 70 wonderful length.-Cen-
Cury,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27
SIL.NIS.

Wednesday afternoon the member.
/ and friends Of the Ladies' Aid society 0
/ the Baptist church met at the church
After devotional exercises and thc
regular routine Of business ana some
time passed quickly in needlework and
general sociabIuty Mesdames Richard
Bell and Mrs. William Emmerreu
served delicious refreshments. A large
collection was taken and it was a
/ very pleasant and profitable meeting.
Miss Hazel Freelaud entertained her
sunday school class and their friends
at the Baptist church Friday. evening.
when q literary and musical program
was followed by some time spent in
general sociability and the serving 0f
uarshmallows, cocoa and cake.
The social club of the Masonic lodge
viii give their first dance at their hall
next Thursday evening. Sept %
Last Monday evening Miss Marie
Walsh at the home Of her parents. MT
and Mrs. Richard Walsh. most delight
fully entertained a large company of
friends as a farewell party in honor
or Mrs Paul Lithicum.
John korb, Richard Walsh and C.
Young and families arrived home from
Aledo where they attended the Mer-
Ger county fair nsl.f7- +1s f-fr ~
auro.
Tarrz5a~, se.,--,o-- +t.
Mrs. Charles larson n r-rs,-s,,-,- s+---t
was the scene of y 49, r,f-.-.,-,
ella. gathering il heinz the 0r@ssic,
of her bfr+bda5- sn7ire-s.,,. 80.
and rooms were verv pretffIv daeorst-
ed and after some hours sna1+ ~
games contests and ,,,,,-+.. - -
luncheon was served b. the hoztssz
OF very nrarr, and -,-of,.5
gifts were. presented 10 the bonoraa es
tokens of esteem from The CHESTS n~ag-
7nr.
Tuesday af+arrro- sr-- r-.- b.
som threw omen her. 49,. e.. -
of the members .g5
friends of the Kenst7gton Frhrof5a-,.
snfarad The dfvarsfoo- ro=r. .,-'
7rv work and ,-,,-f~ <-.-Su-1
1ilftv prevailed rata~ I,,~ot,--. 80
served bv the hostess
Miss Ethel EirzDar-iar- --,,.u-,-.
rad ais guest Miss cladvz rs~dtrl ~
-tsHlwa.
The home of Mrs. William r,s5T,. ,,.,-
he scene Of a very natssa9+ e--.-I
.a+harira ~-1,.,,-.,- -1' p1le9.ll soela.
Ter friends wa~e ar+ar+as-a - ~ "
i luncheon. The aonea and IN
were of qarden a.
nd mink and ,,-t-s-- .--.7-s.-- -
nd contests we're The 1~Inrf-.l '3 49,
ions Of the afternoon WIEN M, -
iment prevailed 49, 20 '-'7'
The members and f~+ar4-
BAPTIST Young paonfe,- 49,, ~
tied to meet ar f5e - - -. r. .i-
an evening for +ba - - a.
usfrees raattrs a,,a 100 ''i''illllit !
Rov Hamneo1 ~ 49,, -a-@-.,-
-eDt an operation Is ir No.. ,L'''sf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27

Laredo, Texas. Sept 2--GeaeraI
Carlos d, Bringas ana his son. Major
Carlos Brinsas, Jr- both connected
N-irh the CarEanza army. were axecat-
ed in Mexico City Saturday. accar5ins
to an announcement at Carranza army
Headquarters in Nuevo Laredo tofav
Bo1h men, il is stated. we're alleged 10
nave falslfed their accounts ana mis-
appropriated Carranza funds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27
LalI for Rfas.

Sealed proposals viii be received
a. the Mayors oGce until 30 o'clock
m. Get 8. 1919. Tor furnishing the
city with 6-inch lump coal to be deIiv-
cred as needed 10 the following places
CITY balI city barn fire stations. litter
plant and detention hospital. Bidder
mast state from which mine coal VIII
be furnished
The city reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
WI ATCONOCHIE.
'91F.' Mayor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27

David Shea, charged with larceny. all
plead not guilty and we're remanded
to county Jail for trial on failure to
give bond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27
CRIARENzA
SAYS NOT GUILTY
DEFENDANTS ARE ABRAICyED
Joseph Doyle, James Mason and
Charles Denbam Plead Guilty in
Court to Petty Larceny.

When arraigne6 in circuit court this
morning Diego Charenza. charged
murder OF Salvatore scire. siciuan
I shoemaker plead mot guilty although
I the police claim they have a partial
/ confession.
sclre was shot down and killed in
his shop on the morning OF sept Ii,
and within a few hours Chiarenza was
arrested in q local barber shop. where
he was having his mustaehe shaved off.
evidently To alter his appearance.
Chiarenza appeared nervous and i'll
at east when in court and pretended
that he could not understand English.
Why, sou understood me all right
at the county jail the other dav. didn't
youe' inquired States Attorney
Thompson.
Sure, was the ready response.
Ihereupou Judge ~. T. Church de-
cIded he did not need the services of
an interpreter. as asked by counsel for
the defendant e. l.. Eagle and C. s.
Roberts VIII represent him.
Trio Plead Guilty.
Joseph Doyle. James Mason and
Charles Ueuham plead guilty to petty
larceny The former was given As
DAYS in county Jail. Mason. 10 davs.
and Deuham, - days. in addition TO a.
fine of 81 and costs each. They are
charged with breaking into the meat
market OF II. F. King In this city. Aug.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27

ll5hl doesn't make right
No baJ Il most always makes
good. Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27
tonI Plan EnaraI.

II is said that Miss Wuderuu.a is
subject 10 mental Iapses. hut never on
ans occasion before had she Ie1t home
for such length IF time. She is known
to have left liz she morning. but always
returned home before nishlalL Mem
bers OF the family were afraid that she
mad met with fouI play
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27

All thenews all the time The argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27
BEN S. CABLE is
KILLED IN AUTO
WRECK IN EAST

Byaeid, Mass sept. 81 BENJAMIN
:. Gable ri indianapolis, assistant Sec
retary ii commerce and labor, under
President TAFT. was Killed in an auto
mobile accident here today,
The aboYe Associated Press dispatch
uas received by The Argus late this
afternoon simultaneously a message
came b Hr. Cables mother. Mrs. r. r.
Gable, Of Chicago, who IS visiting in
Rock island, and to his brother, II. T..
Gable, president OF the Rock Island
Savings bank. No details we're con-
tanned ii the dispatches. Besides his
mother and brother, Hr. Gable IS sur
rIved by tao sisters, Mrs. Pope Of
Lake Forest, fll- and 1frs. Hamp Of
Colorado Springs. Colo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27

All The news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27

= number Of cases certified down
rom circuit court were up in county
court TINS morning Helrv Klvfz
mar geo Win paudering in two eases
g Saegman. charged with obtain
ING money under false pretenses. am
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-06

worshipped. OF course, lie taught the
doctrine of God in man. But He never
inferred that He was son OF God IN
any different manner than all men
were sons of God
This was the new teaching that He
brought 70 the people Of His time. Up
10 that time the Jews had worshipped
a God who was apart from men, but
Jesus taught that all men had some
Of God in them, and because OF TINS
there was a kinship Of man. inns
brotherhood of man was a new idea 10
the Jews. and one that was hard for
them TO accept, because they had al
WAYS regarded themselves apart from
and better than the rest OF mankind
Even Christ had the feeling ingrained
in him that the Jews we're to be CON
sidered first. As a matter OF fact, we
have more brotherly love in our hearts
than Christ did"
According to this latest analyst
the founder Of the Christian Churcn
was gifted with spiritual efficiency.
ale believed that all things were
nossible through the Godhead. There
was no interval between His Will and
His perception. As soon as He saw the
will of God He did it. He believed
that a great social revolution would
take place and that heaven would eX-
list on earth.
and here is where the Christian
Church betrayed Him. They help
lessly gave UP the idea Of heaven on
earth, and because it was easiest hxed
heaven up in the skies, TO be enjoyed
after death. Instead of working then
70 bring about better conditions Tor
mankind on earth. they set their at
tention 20 the state of their own souls
That il why Christians have always
been soiourners, as it were. They
have never been at home. Their nome
i off somewhere else, and their stay
here on earth is temporary. 1nat j.
What has kent back our social develop
mont. and that is why we shall nave
70 destroy these Intervening twenty
centuries.
Christ taught. too. that we are all
horn free-that is. II we wish TO De
free. lie taught that we could Tree
ourselves of sickness. and we are lus'
beginning TO realize what he meant
We are lust learning what IT means ="
forgive sin. By forgiying sin He
meant curing sin. And. now. when our
bows and girls 90 astray We forgive
them. not by Just letting them go. but
ty taking them in hand and training
them to be good. useful human be
ings."
Christ also established the ideal o.
monogamy. of lifelong marriage. sc-
cording 70 Mrs. Austin. Those Orlen-
tails were accustomed TO taking wives
and divorcing them when they chose.
she explained But Christ looked
upon marriage with a new light. lie
regarded women with more respect
than the men of his time were accus-
4 toned 10 feel. and u IS only natural
| that marriage should have meant more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-06
1t Is the Story of ar
Ann ericam Florence
Nightingale Bent ON
Serving the State
as Advocate for
tn e w e K.

1--WE moved 10 town; the second Wis
ting committee was 20 be formed;
For Bellevue and Other Hospitals II
was 20 be called.
ments 70 keep pace with our growth
are the same to-dsy as when drafted
forty-four years ago.
soon after, with Mrs Lane and
Commissioner Bowen, went over
Bellevue Hospital for tho first time. |
did not know much about hospitals, and
yet was more or less familiar with
few Of the military hospitals o. our
Civil War. many Of them new. tenn
porary structures. but fresh and clean
and well organized. Ny heart sank
within me as Ne went over those wards.
Was this the celebrated Bellevue Hos
1ital. so renowned for the eXcellencs
of its medical and surgical service--so
lamentably deficient in everything else
construction, equipment, everything?
Looking beyond the clean floors and
bedspreads into the faces OF the nurses
and orderlies many OF them brought
from the islands as 'helpers-sll OF
them ignorant, many or them degraded;
walking through those terrible kitch-
ems and laundries, at every turn /
found myself more and more depressed,
more and more hopeless. What could
be done for such a place. What could
the visitors do? Suddenly il came to
me: We must have a training school
for nurses in this hospital said 10
myself; 1T is the only thing that can
regenerate it, and the visiting commit
tee shall be organized with this in
view And so it was.
In such manner does she sketch the
beginnings of things. For forty years
she has been the intelligent and sacri-
fcing guardian OF the interests OF the
weak, the old. the young, the poor, the
sick, the insane. The granting OF the
Ii. D. adds no jot or title 10 the story,
but il throws some light on the chang
ing times For Il means that the social
task to which Miss Schuyler and women
like her have brought vivid sense OF
organization and a determined ideal
of justice Is definitely comparable to
the highest tasks OF creative states
/ manship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-06
Marry Austin and the New-Old Christ
Christ Aowa" sex
Child Labor That Is All Church Dogma

in His eyes. He recognized human ex-
pedency. however. and he knew that
divorce was sometimes necessary"
Mrs. Austin spent seventeen years OF
her life in the midst OF the Mohave
Desert. and il was here that she be-
came imbued with the idea OF writing
a story Of the life of Christ. "All
great religions came out OF the desert
she said. "Moses. Mahomet, Buddha,
all of them heard the word OF God in
the wilderness country. One can't live
in desert without having some mys-
tic experiences. That is why have
been able TO understand much OF
Christ's life that has been yelled TO
others"
While living in the desert she stud
led the folklore OF the Mohave Ind
ians. and this study helped her in
wedding legend from fact when she
engaged in her writing. 81 had
traced back so many folklore tales to
their foundation that | was able to
tell just how the element Of the super
natural arose and grew in regard TO
facts concerning Christ's life" she
said. "And when all OF my sources
failed me | depended on my folklore
experience"
That Christ was not a we'll known
character even among his own people
and in his own time is shown by the
slight interest the Jews had In his
death
Forty days after the death OF
Christ all of His followers assembled
together and there were only 40 out
Of a city OF over 100000. These follow
ers of Jesus believed that He would
come back to earth again, and they
wanted to be ready for His coming
Christ himself believed that He would
return. You know the Jews believed IN
the second coming Of their prophets
and Of Jesus himself IT was asked II
he we're Elias, or perhaps John the
Baptist.
And now II IL our problem 20 hgure
out what social change will be IN har-
mony with the teachings OF Christ
HIS latest chronlcler stated. TO me
il seems that the only way OF accom-
plishing this would De by moblizing
society, by creating state OF social
aWareness.
And TO accomplish this We must push
aside the twenty hundred years OF
stultifying "churchianity" that has de-
veloped at the expense OF our Christi
anity and go back to the day Of Peter
and the Pentec)st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-06

carry out the teachings of Christ ard
now we must go back to the beginning
back to where Peter left of, II we
would realize them"
This is the conclusion OF Mrs. Mary
Hunter Austin, who has just finished
the most unique life of Christ that has
ever appeared She has devoted life
time 70 study for the work. And now,
after tearing away the mass Of super
stition and untruth that surrounded
the figure, she has introduced to the
world a strangely human, likable Jesus
Christ. She has thrown into the dis
card the fantastic legends that grew up
in the Middle Ages, and she has dis
proved the popular fallacy concerning
immaculate birth. She has searched
with the untiring perseverance OF the
scholar through the original sources,
and in the great Libraries Of Rome and
Paris and London she has ploughed
through the almost endless mass Ct
writings concerning this obscure car
penters son. As if the CruclhXiOn had
taken place but yesterday IN Union
Square. she has written her story. And
the great truth that the Church has
ignored for twenty hundred years, the
subordination OF personal instincts to
the welfare of the race, is the message
she has brought forth.
when the social desire in US be-
comes stronger than the personal. then,
and then only, will the Heaven that
Christ preached be realized Mrs.
Austin declared. She was sitting in
her little study that used to be the
breakfast room OF the old Washington
Irving house.
"Now It is only in great crises that
human beings act in the interest OF
society. The idea Of woman and chill
dren first IN time OF peril is an eX-
ample Of racial instinct, but We must
learn to act always for the good OF the
race. If woman should enter mar
rage for the benefit OF society and not
with an idea of pleasing herself she
would be sure that the husband she
chose was capable OF serving the race.
We shouldn't have then the divorce evil
that exists now. And II men IN ouSl-
ness would eliminate personal greed
and work for the good Of the race as
whole We shouldn't have child laooi'
nor adulterated food. nor underpa'd
employees, nor any Of the evils that
now trouble society. We know, for IN
stance, that child labor IS wrong, but
society is not yet modified so that II
can rid itself Of such wrongs"
Among the first ideas which society
must get rid OF are the Church tradi-
.ions that have been handed down 10 US.
I'VE must stop doing things because
they were done this way before US,
she exclaimed. I'VE must get away
from the mass OF legends that the
Church has chrystallized into a creed.
The Church, she added, IS responsible
for many OF the beliefs that have held
, mankind back.
Christ taught that sex sins were on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-06

4, level with other sins. But the
Church made them much worse. In the
ewes of the Church woman who had
committed a sex wrong had reached
the abyss of evil. At present some OF
us have gone TO the other extreme, and
do not look upon sex sins as sins at
all. But Christ put them on leve!
with other broken laws. And Christ
did not teach a double standard OF
morality. He believed that sex sin was
no worse in a woman than in man.
In fact, Christ made no distinction OF
sex. Women went to Him when He
travelled about the country preaching,
and they attended His meetings and
took an active part His mother, for in
stance, was a very capable woman with
a great deal of spirituality, and while
she took no part in her sons work
while He was alive, she became proml-
nent among the early Christians. You
know she is credited with writing a
hymn. and don't doubt that she
wrote it,"
Jesus entire career was limited TO
fourteen or fifteen months, Mrs. Austin
has discovered That is why we know
so little of Him." she continued. His
disciples didn't know much about Him.
However, we have no reason 70 think
OF Him as the respectable mendlcant
the Church of the Middle Ages made
Him out TO be. And these conceptions
of the pale Galilean' and the weep
. ing. bleeding Christ are all wrong.
Christ and His followers were joyful,
cheerful individuals. Christ always
saluted His friends with Cheer up
which is certainly not what one would
expect from a man OF sorrows And
he wasn't so poor, either, as we have
been led 10 believe.
THE meek and lowly Christ was
fastidlous in His dress. The fact that
the Roman soldiers gambled over His
clothes when He was crucified shows
that they were al least not rags. And
after Jesus His real name, BY the
way. was Joshua had been dead some
vears we find that two of His nephews.
sons Of His brother Jude, owned forty
acres Of land. That was a great deal
because the land there was very fer
tile.
Nor were the followers OF Jesus
penniless men. We find that they were
hardworking men who owned their
own ships and had other men working
for them"
Mrs. Austin then took issue with the
nopular idea OF an Immaculate concep-
ton. The idea Of the virgin birth
grew up after the death OF Jesus she
declared. Christ never spoke of be-
ing born in a miraculous manner, and
,bera is no foundation for such a be-
lief He was one OF rather large
family: He had four bro hers and two
sisters. and there IS nothing to show
/ TIA, He was born in a different manner
than the others. Christ never pre-
tended 10 be god. either He never
sneahs Of Himself as a divinity TO be