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Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

pipes and dancing women. Banked
with flowers, fragrant with scent,
rythmic with eastern music. the roofs
OF Bagdad. in the days of its luxury,
when it bore the distinction of being
the most recklessly wicked city in the
world, presented nightly broad acres
Of widest revelry to the clOudless
heavens The license. the Incidence,
and the insincerity of old Bagdad are
gone Today the city is as CONNER
cial in spirit as New York. It has
large foreign trade. is a distributing
center for all the country around.
Bagdad is becoming more business
and less romantic-the hard-ridirg
fierce-fightIng rioters OF former days
having gone forever.
Modern methods are creeping in
with modern business. The bazars.
however. are conducted the same as
they wee in the days of Marco Polo
They GFe held in streets like tunnels,
arched w:ti brick to keep out the heat,
aud are family lighted, surging with
experts III intensive haggling. thick
with sitting air. mingled in which are
all the distinctive, discomforting odors
of the east. a potpouri of all the ason-
les of smell The individual shops are
no larger than telephone booths The
shopkeepers sit cross-legged within.
rheir wares piled high around them. |
The shouting of offers rivals the noise /
Of an American fair grounds. "Ap-
b ease your mother-in-law." the flower
Fender sings out. and the other sal as
men are as rhetorical
Rare old rugs" costly affairs, are
made in Bagdad by laying fine new
mes in the filth of the narrow streets .
beneath the tramp of men and beasts.
'he Bagdad traders in antiquities are
ut behind their confreres of Europe,
who prepare. at short notice. articles
O. any of the flown centuries.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
ARE WE OVER POPULATED.

An excursion steamer may be able
to carry 1000 persons. II they are
evenly distributed II they all crowd
over on one side. 200 might overload
her
The censuS experts are now debat-
Ing whether the United States passed
the 100000. 900 mark on Jan -. or
will pass 10 on April ? Whichever is
nearer correct. IN many districts our
country already shows symptoms OF
over population
Yes the experts say there Il room
here for a population reaching into bill
lions. N the farm lands are intensive
ly cultivated
Our cities seem 20 think that when
they pass the half million or million
mark they have accomplished some
wonderful human achievement.
Actually what has happened. says
the Joliet Herald. has been that a lot
of human sheep. dazzied by lighted
streets and fashy entertainments.
have abandoned the economic func-
tons for which they were best fitted
They rush INTO occupations already
too crowded. while the basic task OF
providing food lacks workers.
Our population speaking roughly, s
increasing a. the rate OF about 20 per
cent IN - -years. The agricultural /.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
A GOOD INDICATION.

] Difficulty the three cities have in
I keeping their school facilities up tr
the demands OF their population is a
feature which should strongly com
mend them to those who are looking
I for new places to cast their lots. II
has been the common experience OF
/ Rock Island. Moline and Davenport
for a number OF years that the need
for more and more room continually
outruns the building OF new schools.
however rapidly this work may be
done No sooner has a new structure
been opened than IL is filed and again
the problem Is 20 raise more money
20 build more schools.
Rock Island Is awaiting only favor
able conditions for the marketing OF
bonds before going ahead with a new
building which must be followed i'm
mediately by additions to others al
ready in use.
Seven years ago Davenport occu-
pied its new high school, the largest
In the state. with room to accommo-
date 1000 and people wondered why
II had been made so large. Today
there are 1.0I2 pupils enrolled.
Moline Is this week moving out OF
its old high school which Il has used
for Is years. when II was erected IL
was considered by u-any to be unnec-
essarily large but for several years
past II has been all too small.
Its new school is commodious but.
based on the experiences OF the past.
the PIow city probably will find itself
inside OF n decade called upon 10 pro-
vide more room In each of the three
cities the time seems close at hand
when II will be advisable TO maintain
more than one high school.
Need for more school facilities IS
based primarily upon growth in popu-
lation. but that Is not the sole reason.
especially IN the case of high schools. !
There IS constantly increasing ten |
dency TO make use of the public 1
schools and to take advantage OF it's /
for instruction above the /
sighth grade
This means a higher standard OF /
a more wideawake commu
lily and a better one IN which 10 live. |
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

population OF food producers remains
somewhere near stationary. OF course
food prices rise.
When you hear a boy who thinks OF
leaving some farm for some store or
factory. ask him whether ne Is going
because ne feels some particular Mt
1ess for the new work. OF merely be-
cause he wants 90 get TO some place
where there fs something doing
II the latter f. the fact. as Is US
ually the case. then tell him that he II
selling out his chances on a rising
market. The products OF which are
scarce. in order % buy into n falling
market. where there are too many
workers. That f. poor policy. II ne
has an ambition 70 rise
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

tlon you must go bit further end find
out what is causing the Inflammation
only by recognizing the cause and. if
possible removing it, can you hope TO
obtain more than temporary relief for
the trouble.
Tomorrow we shall consider some
of the cLuses.
Questions and Answers.
r T. writes: Please explain what a
psoas abscess' is. and state whether
II must be operated on.
Reply.
An abscess in the psoas muscle in
'front.' of the lower spine and back of
the abdominal cavity Tuberculosis of
the spine.) Sometimes it must be
drained, sometimes not. according to
patients condition.
l. D ). writes: Is an operation on
the knee joint for the removal of loose
eartilages dangerous to life? Can it
be done In ones home?
Reply
IL Is as dangerous as any operation
requiring opening of the abdominal
cavity. II can be done at home.
Workingwoman writes: In one OF
your health talks you said that there
isn't an old sore of any kind that can't
De cured, provided it isn't already can
Ger have had an ulcer on my leg
right above the ankle for IL years. and
nave used everything / ever heard
OF on II, and it is as bad as ever II
wish you would tell me how to cure il. /
Reply.
10 TO a hospital. If that is impossi- |
Die explain your position TO your doc /
.or and see what he can do for you 1
u that is impossible, present yourself |
o the free dispensary in your city 1
md follow the advice thars offered. |
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
The Daily Story
An Interview With President Lncoin-By F A. Mitchell

tend 10 pursue, if you have settled
! upon a policy"
| Mr.. Lincoln looked at me in so kind.
". so fatherly, way that believed
/ he would give me such information
as would enabld me 10 astonish the
world
Il shall be glad" he said, TO do
anything for you in my power"
Have you settled on your cabinet
Mr. Lincoln?'
"Oh. yes. Every member has been
decided upon"
And your policy?"
THAT has been determined, too"
There was something in his eye that
puzzled me.
Would you have any objection to
giving them TO me2"
None whatever. You are welcome
to it all. Nothing would give me more
pleasure than to give
He was G.ying TO put his hands In
his pocket-a somewhat difficult mat.
ter with boy on each shoulder maui.
ing him-to draw forth something.
but. not finding what he wanted. he
continued:
THE truth is that a list Of my cab.
met and an outline OF my policy are
in that desk over there, and ] have
lost the key"
/ cast a quick glance at his eye and
saw a merry spark in It, while the
corners OF mis- mouth were quirked up
took in the situation at once. Shut
ting my notebook, I arose. and. abash.
ed, was about to withdraw when he
stopped me.
sit down, young man. he said
Perhaps I may give you some other
points that are not locked up and the
key lost. You have come all the way
from Chicago for facts, and If you 90
back empty-handed they won't like H.
There may be something / can say 20
help you out"
He proceeded to tell me humorous
incidents of the election that had Civ.
en- him the presidency and other items
that would not pledge him TO any par.
ticular course. all Of which took down
verbatim. When ne had finished be
shook Off the boys, and, rising-l
thought that he would surely 90
the ceiling-put out his great
broad hand and with another OF his
kindly smiles bade me adieu. hoping
that I would satisfy my journals hun
CRY NAV.
That IS more than half a century
ago. The world now knows what It did
not know then-the wise patience Of
s braham Lincoln. But what has fixed
hat wisdom and patience in the hearts
IF the people Is that kindness which
he immense burden resting upon him
never prevented his exercising, wheth-
sr it was to a soldiers widow or in
a deserter's message ask
ng cIemency.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

Greece has sent up a rival route 10
Russia I'm opposition to that through
Norway and Sweden. detourins the
north end of the gulf OF BOthuia- The
southern way T. from Brindisi In italy.
where the traveller 10 the orient takes
the steamer to Egypt: thence across
the Patras In western Greece: through
the ship canal OF the fsthmus OF
Corinth to Salonil<i on the north coast
OF the Aegean sea: by rail through
Bucharest. Bulgaria. and ROumania TO
Russia The geographical situation in
the war has developed other resources
In routes which may be OF value after
the war Is over
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
MODIFIED MILITARISM.

In view OF the prominence given By
the newspapers Of the country 20 the
statements OF the army and navy and
Natio7al Security leagues, and in
view OF the attention which is being
paid TO their arguments. 70 may be
well TO sum up briefly and distinctly
the main contsntiOns OF those no
believe that the agitation Is neither
wise nor necessary. They are:
I. That a mere Investigation Il not
the sole object OF the agitntors. Their
remarks ars always 10 the effect that
an enormous increase in army and
navy IS necessary and that the IN
suit
2 That a sensational. pubic In
vestisation OF the sort advocated Is
not the best way TO get at the facts.
but that full and complete information
can be obtained in a less spectacular
manner from Official documents and
from men Of authority in the depart
ments involved
g. That already the main contea-
tons % the agitators have been proved
unsound. Admiral Fletcher has testi-
fed that the navy is efficient. the
statements Of Representative Gardner
a. 10 the lack Of ammunition. tor
pedoes. etc. have been proven mis-
taken. the department has announced
its purpose 20 make a regular and rea-
sonable increase in armament: our
present expenditure Of nearly $3.50
100000 per year represents an IN
crease Sf f4O.O00.OO0 per year on our
navy and % SIS 900. 900 per year on our
army over the expenditure when
Roosevelt was president
4. That our relations with other
countries have not changed in any
way and that there IS no danger OF
Invasion" That an attack on Amer
ica after the war would be impossible
by reason OF the exhaustion OF the
combatants. and by reason OF the in
creased pressure which win be brought
10 bear against militarism BY the
moral forces OF the world. and by the
forces OF labor and OF trade.
3. That complete disarmament by
the United States alone IS advocated
By no one. but
s. That a regular and orderly up
building OF our ornaments for police. .
for phiianthropic and for sanitary
work Is the best program to follow in
the immediate future
2 That an enormous increase In our
army necessitates cOnscription which
IS unAmerican and which the people
Df our country viii not accept.
$. That the ancieat argument that
armament IS an insurance against war
las been forever exploded by the
present European upheaval
?. That the hurry and excitement OF .
he present agitation is dangerous in .
hat IL arouses hysteria and unreason-
sbie fear and may create hostility to-
ward friendly nations What country
must we build aEainst2~ Is the ques-
ion Immediately asked by those who
10 not understand the present nerv-
BUSINESS.
10 And that now. when we are face
o face with the greatest opportunity
,ver given 10 = natiOn-the opportun-
" 10 insist on a righteous and perma-
lent peace perhaps on universal dis
will be criminal TO
.estroy our moral prestige and intel
ectual leadership by committing our
enves 20 the policies which brought
n war in Europe and made Il more
erTible than ever before
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
How Metropoli pifer.

Boston is fighting an outbreak Of
burglaries and holdups." which shows
wherein Boston, with all its draw
backs, is superior as a place of resi-
dence to New York. which isn't max
ing any effort to fight them-Philadel-
phia Inquirer
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

r.. az the republicans have main
tanned all along. all prosTessives are
republicans at heart and the progress
sive movement has utterly collapsed.
Why all this complaint from the G.. D.
r. because President Wilson has seen
fIt to name a couple OF prosressives
On the federal trade commission?
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
Feb. 2 in American
History.

i65l-Sir William Phipps. or Pbips, IA
nous colonial governor OF hassa
chusetts. born. died IG3j
lsis-Treaty of pence between l"'
United States and Mexico signr"
Mexico ceded California and ~"
Mexico TO the United States 10 GO"
sideration or Sl5.OO00OO and releaSe
OF ull debts to United states ch'
zens
1S9+-Phe famous war corvet hea''
sarge which vanquished the con
retierate cruiser Alabama In 1854
wrecked In the Caribbean Ssa.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

II - barely possible that the habii-
ity OF seizure by the British helped to
determine the owner OF the Dacia TO
take a chance. In view OF what has
happened 20 some OF the merchant
ships which have gotten near the Eur
opesn coast
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

Sometimes even the Chicago police
show a fash OF intelligence. sunday
they let the unemployed parade. send
ing out a platoon OF officers 10 clear
the way for them The marchers
found 70 80 rnOsotOnous that they
probably will not be so anxious TO
turn out next time.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
81 eIorIous MissIon.

Many immigrants come to America
in order to enjoy opportunities to ac-
quire the education that a literacy
test would demand In the division
OF wcrld responsibilities Europe may
be left to do the fighting, while Amer
lea attends to the schooling-Wash-
iugton Evening Star
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
Recruits for Kitchener.

There is talk of converting the Car
Isle Indian school into a military
training academy. Isn't there danger
that it would turn out Sitting Bulls.
Geronimos and Rain-in-the-Faces, who
would join young bucks who have
bad habit of occasionally leaving the
reservation ?-MHwauke Sentinel.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
New Pointers for Mars.

The equal suffragists maintain that
when the women OF all nations are
granted the same political rights as
are vouchsafed the men, world con-
ficts as we now know them viii be
come things of the past With wo-
man installed in the Office of secretary
of war. perhaps she will permit the
army TO be equipped with no weapon
more formidable than a hatpin.-Bos-
ton Traveller
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
In the eothamlte Sense.

Ebert Hubbard points out that the
''yokel," as defined by the dictionary.
Is "a person who lives in one place,
who is satisfied with his conditions
and surroundings, who does not care
TO see the rest of the world and who
regards his own locality as the center
of the universe" a '.yOkel,' there
fore. must be a New Yorker.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02


Marshall Mimi; SterIn
and Jefferson Bedford Cen
trevle. Corydo Abdul fc.
and
Ia Col Macomb
Rsnto nd BurIn
MINI; Princeton. ILL., Austin, Min Freeport
Prophestown. H. 1l'2lS 1859
SEPTEMBER.
saida, Col; Kewanee worthing MINI;
kakee MurphysbOro.
SEPTEMBER. 1907. TO JUNE, 1908.
IA oomi ingto
Charlestown 24323 4l5lS
SEPTEMBER,
Jacksonville "a /; pokane.
Springfield. MarshaIown. 423l
SEPTEMBER
Boulder Col; Ia
viue and
Pa 51O70
sEPTE MBER
pIo a6 o. a wIaha sad FsH 12sdo o. Erie Pa ssss s5s
SEPTEMBER. JUNE.
o. Wheeling. Va
McBeespOrt
wikesBarre. Pa. 126661
SEPTEMBER, JUNE.
andSc Scranton. "A
W.
Vile JohnstOwn $4,000 10000
Totals .......... s189ss s5a7oO5
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

Probably the people OF Illinois would
have been Just as well satisfied IL the
factions OF the state legislature hal
staked whatever issues are keeping
them from the transaction Of the
states business upon the action % the
groundhog.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

Chicago's symbol Is the handsome
goddess with q will" across her
breast. She should change it to -
spend" She is now above the sew
enty-million mark, and still throwing
it away.-Phiiadelphia Public Ledger
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

The Turks are also engaged in a
'dry~ campaign. but the immediate
purpose of Il Is to capture ths Suez
canal. which probably viii remain wet.
even n they succeed
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

Perhaps. as has been suggested.
Carranza's desire TO get back TO Mex
leo city was inspired by curiosity 10
see n there was anything there that
the two latest presidents overlooked
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
Patient "a Learn

Correspondents who have had trou-
bic with the British censor are now
discovering that anything about the
kaiser's bad health invariably gets
through.-Chicago Herald.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

The necessity of telling their ages
may prevent Chicago women from reg
istering for IN election. but % course
" would have no effect II 10 were aD-
Piled 70 Rock Island women.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

The United States supreme court
has reasssrtsd mans pTerosative TO
place the blame on the woman even
In the so-calIed white slave cases
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

The Germans claim 70 have taken
500. .0So. 900 worth % French wool II
they get much more Of II France viii
be In the market for a wig
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
MAN who is running for mavor m

MAN NAO Is running Iuf mayor m
one of our largest cities boasts of long
list of societies to which he belongs.
He is a knight of almost everything
If he is elected some of his present
friends may discover he is also a
knight of the double cross.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
Obituary Item.

At the ripe age of IS. Mr.. William
Lonson Coley. a native and lifetime
resident OF Westport, passed away on
Sunday evening. This removal OF one
OF our most honored citizens calls for
cordial recognition.-West Conn,
Herald.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

Treason To ones city is only one
degree less reprehsnsibBe than treason
20 ous's country.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

February has not shown Us anything
yet that f. calculated 20 mako us sad
thar January o. sOue
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

The man who always can hnd What
ho II looking for Just where he left u
ought 20 be a happy individual
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
Fie. You Cynic!

A Boston minister says the Lord is
sending the kind of people into the
world that it needs most. The short
age of puddin'heads and jackasses is
evidently greater than anybody ever
sed.-Houston Post.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

BILLY Lorimer must have slipped
considerably in the past year The
Chicago press even failed to accuse
him OF being behind the candidacy OF
Lee O'Nen Browne for speaker Of the
Illinois house.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
Sidelights on the European War

Petrograd.-(C Correspondence of the
/ Associated Press How a Russian
/ regiment entrenched on the Rawka re-
pulsed 13 consecutive attacks in a
! single night is told in recent dispatch
/ es from the front.
/ The enemy came on in close col
umns. but were moved down to a
man." says one account After the
/ 10th attack had been thus stopped the
bodies were piled up so high that the
Russian rifiemen were unable to
shoot
Men were sent out TO heap hastily
all the bodies so as 10 form embras-
ures for machine guns, and the next
three attacks were repulsed from be
hind the shelter of the enemys own
bodies. All the Russian officers ex-
pressed great admiration for the cour-
age and pertinacity of the enemy"
Amsterdam.-(C (Corresp spondence Of the
Associated Press.)-Hermann Hoff-
man. political editor of the Hamburg
er N8chrichten. and for many years
chief confdant of Bismarck. is dead
at Hamburg. He was the author of a
biography Of Bismarck.
Another of Bismarck,s close friends
once wrote testify of Hoffman: "He
comes every week to see Bismarck.
and prints whatever the prince says
TO him. quite Indifferent to whether it
is a well-considered statement or the
contrary
Cardiff Wales.-CC Correspondence of
The Associated Press when the
new Welsh army of 10000 takes the
field they viii go to battle to the
sound of a Welsh male choir. which /
has been substituted in its regiments /!
for the customary brass bands.
The choral organization is known 4
as the welsh Army Male Voice /
Chorus and its members include 4
some of the finest singers in the
Welsh valleys, men who have compet-
ed in scores Of the famous esiteddfods.
or minstrelsy festivals.
London, Correspondence of The
Associated Press. I'm response to
the demand for mouth-organs for the
use of the British soldiers and sailors.
one of the larger instrument firms
here has ordered 10000 from switzer-
land. All of them are for a single
customer, who intends to distribute
hem among the various ships of the
feet in home waters
Another firm has sold 1000 mouth
organs since the beginning of the war.
md has placed an order for 1000 more
I'he only sources of supply now are
switzerland and the United States
Petrograd- Correspondence of The
associated Press.) THE war has an
fascination for the Rus
ian school girl. hundreds of whom
ave run away in boys clothing and
rfed TO enlist as volunteers Not a /
aw of them have got into the lines.
DO, as the medical examination is only
negligible formality in many place :.
Among the wounded in the battle Of
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

London Correspondence of Iae
Associated Press.) THE japanese az
ministration in Korea has been mas.
ing Strenuous ende5yors 10 stamp Out
the housefly and its attendant JUS. ae
cording 10 an official report receiver
here. The American slogan or 's"at
the Fly was not considered suHcleA'.
" forcible TO stimulate the Oriental
imagination. so the administration p"
upon the idea of buying flies from lu'
popul2ce. using the slogan sell lAa'
Fly" The official report which 7
headlined Purchase Of Flies from Ma
tives by Government Ofioials.' doe
not state the price paid or the resu'
of the crusade
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
CHORDS AND
DTSCORDS

LIKE many of our poorer peasants
of the old country she started upon
the journey of life very young, says
the Hebron, Ind, News.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
Hen Hicks SAYS

II tn husbands that make such a
fuss over their wives in public would
save little of their honey for home
distribution there would not be so
many divorces.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
How Things Change.

We city folk remember the former
contempt of the farmer for the passing
automobile. And now the farmer,
when ne comes to town, has his own
opinion about the pedestrian who gets
in his way.-Cincinnati Times-Star.
AMOS Pinchot's real grievance
against the Associated Press likely
is the refusal of that agency to
load down its wires with one of his
bull moose speeches.
IT is reported money has almost
ceased TO circulate in some parts of
South America Further north it ap-
pears to be having a hard time getting
around. too.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

IF we are to believe the totals given
in the dispatches it begins to look as
though each warning nation was try
ing TO starve the other by unloading
prisoners.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02
Billy Sundays Conversions and
Collections Run Into Big Figures

closes IN June Oh
OF held
made ana the cash
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-02

KAISER tells son he may reauisi-
ton his cook" Now We may, expect
talk in England and France of interue-
cine warfare in Germany.