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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-23
PEORIA TEAM To
PLAY IN MOLINE
Fast Aggregation Representing Sian.
uai High School VIII Probably
Battle Plow City Boys.

Principal E. p. Nutting Of the Mo-
line high school has received
a contract for a game with Peoria
Manual high school which ia all prob
ability win be accepted The game
viii be played in Moline Saturday
Oct 8, the day after the Geneseo con
test. which is billed for Friday. Oct.8
The maroon and white aggregation
viii also play the Freeport eleven,
the game being scheduled for Oct "a
in Freeport. AS result, but two dates
Oct. 2 and Nov. l3-are now vacant.
and following IS the schedule as it
stood at noon today, including the
probable Peoria game
Sept 25-Kewauee at KeWauee-
Oct. Vacant
Oct. 8-Geneseo at Geueseo.
Oct. 9-Peoria Manual at Moline.
Oct. t6-Monmouth at Monmouth
Oct. 23-Freeport at Freeport
Oct 30-Rock Island at Moline.
Nov. G-Rockf0rd at Rockford
Nov. 13-Vacant
Nov 25-Davenport at Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-23
FIFTEEN START At
SPRINGFIELD RACES

Springfield. III, Sept, 23.-The 2.1o
mace 81 the Great Western racing pro
gram here yesterday afternoon
brought out a field Of 10 starters Col
lege Gent and Starved Rock we're tied
At the end Of the eth heat and di-
vided first and second money. sum
maries.
2.15 trot- Bertha Carey. hrsti Pet
er Vaughan, second; sure Mike. third
best time, 2:1214-
2:25 trot. 3-year-olds and under
George n. Patterson. first; Perry sec
end: The Exposer, third--best time.
2.22 trot-Yace C. first; DAN Fields,
second. Rose sullivan. third-best
time, 2:I4ia.
2.2o pace-starved Rock and Col
lege Gent. tied. divide first and sec
ond money; King Dillardt third-best
time, 2:oSs4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-23

The end material, aside from Lyman
is uncertain. Weatherhead. L. Curtis,
and q. Coolidge are below the standard
set by jeff Coolidge and Hardwick and
HarHard's previous end rushers- Bud
Smith, Frank O'Brien and Gil Browne.
The coach hopes TO be able to make d
good end of Nosely Taylor. Watson,
the quarter back has been in the
Haughton school two years and seemed
10 arrive last TAIL He and Boies of the
1919 freshman team are the Iikeliest
men for the place Two heavy back
field men VIII come up from last sea
sons freshman team. Enright and
Horween. weighing more than 100
pounds The freshmen viii furnish
three line candidates in Wiggin, Burr,
and Snow. Murray Taylor doubtless
VIII be in the string of Varsity quar-
ter backs with BoIes and Watson.
Harvard has a hard schedule Of
games this fall The first four teams.
Colby Massachusetts,. State. Carlisle.
and Virginia. did not play here in 1914.
while the Cornell date has been ad-
vancedt Penn state coming just before
Harvard goes to Princeton for its an
nuaI game with the Tigers. Brown, as
usual. viii be the CFimson's opponent
between the Princeton and Yale games,
the last being scheduled in the stadium
this fall on Nov. 20.
Percy Haughton VIII lose several Of
his coaches this fall, Lee Leary. the
end coach. and Bob Fisher, the 1911
captain, who coached the guards. Tom
Campbell. the ba -kheld coach viii not
be here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-23
thinks RED SOX
ALMOST perfect
President Lannin Declares American
PeHHant Winners Need Nothing
Next Year.
PAM NO ATTENTION TO DRAFT
Braves Park Ciacbed for Champion.
ship Series and All Sew England
Mag See Games.

/ Boston. Mass. Sept. 28.-Tha Red
|soz, probable peunant winners in the
/ American league this year. will 60 into
I next season virtually unchanged. Pres
ident J. J. Lannin said today that he
+ did not bid for q single player in the
#draft recently held at Cincinnati
/ "Tbe team. he added. is a perfect
/ playing proposition as now consti-
uuted."
Boston, however. has five players
/ not considered regular members OF the
team who will be candidates for places
next year. These are Pennock. for
merly Of the Athletics. and Cooper,
+ once Of the New Yorbs. both pitchers.
/ Haley, a catcher; AIcNaIly, an inheld-
/ ar. and Shorten an outfelder. They
we're sent TO the Providence Interna-
Itiouals during the season and recalled
they are now with the Boston club
and probably viii be used to tighten
/ the task of the men who expect to be
called on to face the Philadelphia Ma
tlonaIs in the worlds title tests next
month
+ The Boston games of the world s
series. provided. Of course, no miracle
! happens and takes the championship
/ out of the hands of the Red Sox, where
/ it is thought now to rest, viii be play
/ ed in the great new home Of the Bos-
+ tos- Braves, the greatest baseball plant
in the world.
This announcement was made when
+ President Gahney, through Business
Manager Hapgood, offered the use of
! the big park to Owner Lanuin Of the
Red S0x, who accepted.
This is glorious news to many thou
sands Of baseball followers through
out New England Fenway park. d
! thoroughly up-to-date establishment
notwithstanding will not seat within
$1,000 err 1900 of what Braves field
VIII. And if a section of the outfeId
is roped oil, several thousand more
can see each Of the games.
/ aPitch Alexander First
+ Chicago, Sept. 23.-Everv in mail is
bringing Pat Moran. manager of the
/ Philadelphia Nationals. scores of letters
urging him to use Pitcher Grover Alex
ander. the big right handler, in the
IESE game 81 the VI CRU X Sci les III
which the writer's are convinced, the
/ Philadelphia club viii be one Of the
Icontendfng teams.
/ The Philadelphia club was leading
+ the National league race five and one
/ halt games when the series with Chi
/ cage was started today. Even with
such a big lead and the close of the
I season only a few days away, Moran
/ refuses to admit the flag belongs 70
/ his club
/ OrvaI Overall. the old Cub pitcher
who is IN business in Los Angeles,
+ Cal wrote Moran, his one-time battery
mate. a letter OF congratulations and
urged him to pitch Alexander in the
I opener Of the series. Another letter
! from Fitchburg, Mass, Moran's home,
/ contained the following appeal.
Pat please pitch AIeck in the first
game against Boston
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-23

san Francisco. Sept. 23-Suit for d.
F0rce was filed in the superior court
against Abe Attell who lost the worlds
fsatherweight boxing title to Johnny
Kilbane three years ago at Los An
geles, by his wife, Ethel NJ Attell
Failure 70 support her and desertion
we're charged in the petition. No ALI
mony was asked.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-23
DAVENPORT TEAM Is
ISSUING CHALLENGE

The Davenport Independents are
barring no football teams in chal-
lenge issued today In a letter to
The Argus. Raymond Costigan, man
ager, states that the team is training
and ready for games, willing to meet
any eleven. Manager Costigan may
be reached at 307 Harrison street. Dav-
export or by phone, Davenport l563-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-23
columbia Rack to Football.

New York. Sept 23-FootbalI prac-
toe was begun at Columbia university
today for the first time in 10 years.
None Of the candidates has played the
game since graduation from prepare
9ry school two years ago,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-23
Sox Humbled Again,

Washington, Sept, 23.-Walter John
sen is not the only pitcher on the
Washington club The White Sox
learned that here yesterday when they
failed TO score one run off the eff
forts OF Bert Gauia and Doe Ayers.
The dnal score was . to o against the
sox, who were not disgraced. They
We're simply up against a superior
brand Of hurting.
Manager Rowland used four pinch
RiJteFs Rather be used four players
Fao didn't de any pinch-hitting for
fAe reason that the same pitchers were
working for Washington. LieboId,
felseh, Clcotte and Russell went up
10 bat for their teammates in the sew
salA, eighth and ninth innings, and
win about the same result. The only
t11erence was that three flied and
popped out. while the other fouIed out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-23

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
National IeaRllP.

New York. q Chicago, o.
Brooklyn, 81: Pittsburgh, 2-2.
American League.
Washington, 2; Chicago, O.
Boston, 81; Cleveland, 2-I
Detroit. rs; Philadelphia, O.
ST. Louis. g. New York, 81
Federal League.
Chicago. i; Newark, 4 is innings
darEnesE.1
st. Louis, As; Baltimore, 20
Kansas City, 80; Brooklyn 80
Buffalo, 7; Pittsburgh, O
The Washington herald., 1915-05-27
Shipping Partnership a Dream.

Whatever the Pau-American Financial Con-
terence may accomplish in the way OF removing
obstacles to commerce between the South Ameri-
can republics and the United States it is quite
safe to say that progress will be made toward
the formation Of great merchant shipping part
ncr>hip among the various governments has
been suggested. 1t is hardly to he expected even
that such project will be seriously discussed by
the conference. Though very large number OF
perfect such a partnership and put the ships in
commission would require long time that utter
failure to meet the emergency which is said to
exist would be the certain result. Vessels
needed now VIC informed and President Will
sons assertion that unless they are soon supplied
undertake the enterprise indicates clearly that this
is his belief 1t is quite conceivable that it would
be an easier legislative task to embark the United
States upon a of government ownership or
subsidy OF merchant ships than it would to enter
it into a partnership with other nations in the
shipping industry. There is no reason to assume
either that the prospect is different in of the
South American republics. Such a radical project
is not TO be considered in connection with what
appears to be practical endeavor to provide ships
to carry the commerce which our statesmen be-
lleve is awaiting of transporta-
ton.
The Pan-American shipping partnership at
present is only dream. 1t may come true in the
distant future.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-27
"A Silly Game"

There was a dramatic conclusion to the
baseball match. America VS. Australia,
played at the Agricultural Show Ground
on saturday afternoon as an item on the
program of the Police and Firemen's
patriotic carnival. In Americas second
inning a player DETECTED a fast bal!
straight for the densest portion of the
crowd. and scream was heard. The
ambulance mon rushed to the spot and
found that woman had been struck on
the head by the ball. but was not seri-
Ously injured.
Without waiting to see il any damage
had been done the players. procured an
other ball and continued the game as if
nothing had happened. A few moments
later this ball also was DETECTED TO the
upper story of the pavilion. striking a
man on the shoulder.
Mr.. Flowers. the minister for health
who was present. rushed out on to the
ground, and called out, stop this silly
game
The players promptly obeyed his orders.
and play ceased.-Sy dney IAustralia) Her
aid.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-27
HISTORY BUILDERS.
A Famous Address by John C.
Breckenridge.

l am indebted to ex-senator Henry
W. Blair, of Washington. for an ex-
tremely interesting incident associated
with the removal of the United States
Senate from the chamber il long occu-
pied. which is now the courtroom of the
Supreme Court of the United States 10
the Senate chamber as il Is today
Ex-senator Blair is one of the sur
vivors of public life in Washington
from 1873 to 1921. Both branches of Con-
Gress while he was in service-three
terms in the House of Representatives
and two terms Senator from New
ampshire-contained as able and bril-
liant body Of legislators as were MEM
bers of earlier Congress. Ex-senator
Blair tells me that it is only recently
that he had knowledge of the very re-
markable address WHICH was delivered
by John &. breckenridge who. speaking
as Vice President. delivered what may
n" called the valedictory when the SEN
ate was about to depart from the cham
Der 1t had occupied for many years.
w hen | consider the extraordinary
historic environment and the great event
with which these ceremonies were con-
nected. the extent and soIemnity of
which We're then portendinC. hut moi
within the scope of absolute vision. il
seems to me that Vice President Rreck-
inridE" was in that address giving ut
t"rance to an exalted and prophetic con-
dition of the national mind" saws Sem
ator Blair.
Inc occasion to which Ex-senator
Blair refers must have been marvelously
impressive to the Senators 1t was in
the year 1889. Vice President Breckin-
ridge alluded TO the historic events with
which the Senate which had so long occu-
pied that chamber had been associated
There must have been something espe-
cially solemn and impressive as he indi-.
Gated by his gestures the seats which wer,
occupied by Webster. by Clay and nv
calhoun. These three Senators. whose
names and services have now become =
part Of the history of the nation. were
identified. each according to his dis
tinguishinG characteristics. by Vice Presi-
dent Breckinridge Ex-senator Blair is
convinced that the young men of the
present generation would receive great
heneht If they were to read Vice Presi-
dent Breckinridge's address and were
also to learn what the occasion was
which brought it forth
1t seems to me-" said Ex-senator
Blair. as something more than the in
iividual John c. Breckenridge could have
done. Yet as belonging to him as fully
as Webster Is entitled to the credit of
his own Inspired peroration in his his
toric reply to Senator Hayne. There
IS NOR. than Breckenridge or Webster
IN this sort OF wc.K. As the mind dwells
upon the whole situation at any time
when an extraordinary speech is deliver
I'd. there is likely to come the conviction
that the thought and the manner of
he expression come from the gods more
han from the mere man who gives ut
erance to it. The civil war and its DOM
af
The Washington herald., 1915-05-27
Nebraskan Attack No Surprise.

All the circumstances point to torpedo from
a German submarine the instrument which
damaged the American steamer Nebraskan off the
south coast of Ireland and it this proves to be
the there will be occasion for surprise
in this country, even though it light enough
when she hit for the vessels nationality,
painted on her sides, to be plainly discernible.
There no doubt about the identity of the Cush-
ing and the Gulfight when they attacked, and
the Nebraskan simply another American ship,
with the difference that she was returning to a
home port in ballast.
We sent one protest to Germany when she
established her war zone, against the destruction
of American life and property, and this was
scorned in the cases of the Falaba. the Gushing
and the GulAght Then the Lusitania
tragedy and the murder Of more than 100 Ameri-
cans. Then we sent another note, which has not
The Washington herald., 1915-05-27
Won't Somebody Gag Walsh?

Chairman Walsh, of the Industrial Commission
needs little cloture, and the President is the
man to apply 1t. Indeed, the Chief Executive in
directly reprored Walsh the other day by refus-
ing to follow the doughty inquistor's example
and give out private correspondence, acquired
ner, in order to make political point and iniure
cause still under Judgment.
From the very first day that Mr. Walsh took
his seat as chairman of this extraordinary smell
ing committee it plain that he was unfit for
the place Without the slightest indication of DOS
sessing judicial attitude, he came into the hear
ings with evident bias. and without even a casual
suavity OF manner at once INDUCED in person
aiities so gross that it became self-evident that
he viewed himself hostile investigator of
capital. which he mad prejudged as being in the
quircr after facts and figures.
Indeed Walsh resolved himself into nudge
jury and the prosecuting attorney whenever great
leaders IN the industrial world were before him,
and his strongest accent was on the prosecuting
attorney side OF the case. Consequently. he has
gone beyond the bounds of propriety too often
tor the President to ignore the situation The
matter has become public scandal; it reflects no
credit on the administration. and certainly has
proved the Missourian to be the Presidents weak
est appointment
j.. All this may be said without taking brief
TOR any one of the men whom Chairman Walsh
has attacked in so truculent and OUTRAGEOUS a
manner, At the least. they American citizens,
and should be spared the official and of6cious
violence OF an inuusitor whose abhorrent public
attitude Is as unfair as II is uncalled for
Moreover, il further evidence of his unftress
he needed, can ANYTHING be more damninr than
the round-robin rebuke of his own associstes?e
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-27

Secretary al Commerce RcdhcId says that in
tho tune since the storm broke in Europe we have
PASSED from tho position OF a heavy debtor nation
/" !hat ul a creditor nation The adverse balance
at 5000 oOo,ooo ha> been wiped out, and at the
close al business last Saturday tho Untcd States
Wa creditor nation to the extent OF $4,000 600
~ the close "i the fiscal year this huge sum will
he increased to 81 600 600 ooo Statistics in Sec.
rclary Rcdhcld's office prove, OF course that the
change brought about by largely increased
exports and the practical cutting off of imports
= result OF the war. and in TACT, Secretary Red
-heid has never denied this. Certain enthusiastic
Democrats, however. will continue to claim that
al this has been accomplished "in spite OF the
war"
The Washington herald., 1915-05-27

In six and hall months the government OF
the United States through commission has sue
occded in taking away from the Union Station
Plaza property owner>-rnany of them poor
people who have been kept waiting two wears
for settlement ni their caims-thc sum OF SsSo25,
OF which amount SI3o65 has been paid to the mem
hcrS OF the commission in salaries and expenses
Shall any after this that the administration
is not practicing economy The work is not vet
completed; more money is to be taken from the
property owners. and more paid to tho commission,
though 1t is still expected that an appropriation
viii not be necessary to meet the expenses of the
cheese pairing. Ii pcrchancc anything should be
Left over. it should he expended in erecting a
monument to Rare Ben Johnson, OF Kentucky.
father-n-aw OF the commission
The Washington herald., 1915-05-27

to carry the humane plan out. giving
money. counsel and service without SC
much as an expectation of gain to them
selves. or any material return for their
outlay.
Men had ceased by that time to dream
that colonization would make those rich
who fathered it and paid its first bills.
BY the end of October, 1872. the first
shirIoad of settlers was off for America,
Oglethorpe himself at their head: and
by February. l7S3. they were already
busy building their first settlement on
Yamacraw Bluff, within the broad
stream of the Savannah
The colony had in its charter been
christened Georgia. in honor of the King.
who had so cordially approved Of its
foundation: the settlement at Yamacraw
OGlethorpe called by the name of the
river itself, Savannah.
His colonsts were no mere company
of released debtors and shiftIess ne'er-do-
wells. Men had long ago learned the
folly OF tn: mistake. and Oglethorpe
was too much man of the world to re-
peat the failures of others.
Every emigrant had been subjected to
a thorough examination regarding his
antecedents. his honesty, his character
for energy and good behavior. and had
been brought because lie had been
NJ
Italians skilled in silk culture were
introduced into the colony. Sober Ger
man Protestants came from Moravia
and fr- Salzburg. by Tyrol. and were
given their separate places OF settlement
as quiet. frugal. Industrious. pious folk
as the first pilgrims at Plymouth.
Clansmen from the Scottish Highlands
came, and were set at the extreme
south. as an outpost to meet the Span
lard. Some of the Carolina settlers who
would have liked themselves to have
the Highlanders for neighbors tried to
dissuade them from going to the spot
selected for their settlement
They told them that the Spaniards were
so near at hand that they could shoe,
them from the windows of the houses
that stood within the fort.
why, then. We shall beat them cut
of their fort. and shall have houses
ready built to live i'm cried she men
In kits. very cheerily. and went on IL
their settlement
TOmOrrOw-The Great A~r.L..s.-
The Washington herald., 1915-05-27

Charles Becker the former New York police
lieutenant twice convicted OF murder has been de-
MED third trial and but three expedients that
may possibly save him from the electric chair now
remain. strange feature of Becker's case is that
several OF the New York newspapers. usually ac
tive the side of mercy have been persistently
clamoring for his life. Becker is not guilty OF ac-
tual killing. He has been twice convicted of order
ing the assassination OF RoSenthal the gambler
4 deed for which he paid the four gunner who
put to death in Sing Sing. But il he were
lack the Ripper" the demand for his life could
not be more inSistent. This cry for vengeance is
probably because OF any peculiar atrocity
connected with the single crime OF which Becker
was convicted, but rather because in the public
mind all of the infanes OF the New York police
System" have been centcrcd or the man most
conspicuously guilty at the time they were OK
posed Many a man guilty OF far worse crime
than Bcckers has been accorded clcmcncy but
circumstances have made the former police Of
hcer shining mark, and there is no one to plead
his cause but his devoted wife.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-27

At 90 James Oglethorpe had come bacl
| to England Q7lS. to take upon himself
the responsibilities which had fallen t.
him by reason Of the death of his elder
brothers: and in 1722 he had entered tn.
House OF commons. eager as ever tc
learn his duty and do II.
He kept always a sort of knight
quality, and the power to plan and hope
and push forward that belongs to youth
He was Tory. and believed that the
Stuarts should have the throne from
which they had been thrust before he
was born: but that did not make hin,
disloyal. He was an ardent reformer;
but that did not make him visionary. fos
he was also trained In affairs
His clear-cut features. frank eye, erect
and slender figure bespoke him every
inch the high-bred gentleman and the
decisive man of action.
In Parliament he had been made one
Of a committee to inspect prisons; and
he had been keenly touched by the mis-
cradle plight Of the many honest men
who. through mere misfortune, were
there lansuishinS in hopeless imprison-
ment for debt.
He bethousht himself of the POSSIBLE
ity of giving such men a new chance of
life and the recovery OF fortune in Amer
lea; and the thought grew into a plan
for a new colony.
He knew how the southern coast lay
vacant between Charleston and the Span
iards at st. Augustine. There were good
lands there. no doubt: and his soldiers
eye showed him. by a mere glance at q
map. how fine a point Of vantage It
might be made il fortified against the
alien power in Florida.
And so he made his plans
1t should be military colony, col
ony of fortified posts; and honest men
who had fallen upon poverty or misfor-
tune at home should have a chance. II
they would work. to profit by the under
taking. though he should take them from
debtors prisons.
Both King and Parliament listened
very willingly to what he proposed. TIL.
King signed charter. giving the under
taking into the hands of trustees, who
were in effect to be proprietors (June.
1850: and Parliament voted 10000 pounds
as its subscription to the enterprise;
while men Of as liberal a spirit as Ogle-
thorpe's associated themselves with him
The Washington herald., 1915-05-27

yet been answered. unless the attack on the Ne
braskan was Germany's answer. Fortunately no
lives were lost, circumstance not due to lack of
intent, as the crew received no warming. There
has been no change in the status of affairs since
February 10, when we notified Germany that she
would be held to strict accountability" for the
destruction of American life and property, and
so far we have been given no reason to expect
that Germany will change her policy of ignoring
demands.