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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
The Daily Story
A Carving Knife Affair-By William Chandler.

imam, but, finding it impossible to nro
duce any effect on him, took another
tack
| Since you are determined to fer,
Mr.. Osborne" he said, Il think vop
should give him a chance for his Hfe
IN other words, he should have Nj
choice of weapons"
BY this time the cattIemen had ratb
cred round and evinced an interest "a
+ the discussion. 1t was plain that thew
were advocates Of fair play.
You kin tell Osborne replied Mn
drough, that I'll be at his house ia
morrow morning at 10 O'Clock Find
out what weapon he prefers, and I'm
have it with me.
He will fight You with bowie
/ knives" rejoined Mac Knight
Marlborough laughed, "Au right" he
cried. III be there with a bowl
knife.
Gentlemen, said Mac Knight turn
ing to the cattlemen, there is a quar-.
/ rel between this man and Nr. Osborne.
at whose house T have recently been
entertained as guest, 1Ir. Osborne
has 8 family and cant afford to die at
present. I am a bachelor and ana a,
liberty to take any risk. II fight Mr.
Muldrougb with knives twelve inrha7
long on condition that the fight b.
transferred to me and Mr.. Osborne
have nothing further TO do with ito
That's fair, was the unanimous er.
clamation. and hIuldroueh uuwilIiuslv
consented to the change
A couple OF carving knives were pr9.
duced, each a foot long, o. ring was
formed. two of the cattJameu were
made seconds and q third umpIra
Muidroughs who was a large man.
lowered over his Antagonist. who was
of medium height. Machulzht ad-
vanced. retreated, advanced again.
danced about his opponents, his knife
jumping about as gIibly as himself
1t flashed in the sun and laft a cut in
MuIdrough's cheek from which blood
gushed. The knife flashed again. and
the tip Of the big mans nose came OIL.
Muldrough went for his opponent as
a bull after a t0reador, but MacKuighJ
was not there Nevertheless he left
a cash in Muldrough's other cheek.
While Muldrough was wondering how
it came his knife few up tn the air.
described a semicircle and fell at his
feet He was about 10 pick TT up
when his adversary put his foot 90 &c
and held the point Of his own knife at
the disarmed mans left breast The
fray was ended.
Muldrough let Osborne alone after
that, for MacKnights bought a ranch
in the neighborhood, married Rosa 0z-
borne and was a perpetual defense for
his father-in-law His skill with The
short swort had been acquired at q
German university when he was chain
pion of his corps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
BOOSTING THE ARSENAL.

Tri-city commercial organizations
can make 20 mistake ia exeFung their
united efforts TO increase production
at Rock Island arsenal which is the
purpose Of the banquet to be held la
Davenport next Monday evening. The
greater the amount Of work done and
material handled there the better tor
these three cities. OF course.
Bat tLat is not tine only advantage.
If the purpose were purely selfish tae
movement might be open to criticism
from the outside AS matters stand
80 such stigma can be attached TO It,.
The location of tho arsenal remote
from possibility Of attack bg q for
elgu enemy, central SD Jar as SOUTH
east and west coasts are concerned.
provided with water trausp CrtatioH i'm
three directions and with three great
transcontueutaI railroad lines running
past it and with plenty Of room and
an abundance Of unused power there
is no better place for the United States
TO center operations ju increasing its
military equipment.
Back Of the other considerations
there are the economies that govern
ment manufacture effects ia nearly I'll
lines. as against the system ol having
the work done by private contract. it,
is money saving proposition for the
government as we'll as good military
strategy 10 center the making OF war
munitions and Announcements here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

Dit left alone does no harm, but
dirt disturbed may actually carry dis
ease rarms v,-naf lies in behind the
ris-n ar m IN. ~ -sa v-aat-c+ bae n
t-a...--.- ,,-,.,- ~, $50. - ~. rr,,sa
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a-f-e ana oo rri-f1g in nsBfrd there
and s-5- f. mn
al. re.frer NE fsr+ hoasaofaa,f~r
++~-e g-~5rs, s,5 fs4f ;r[r-s,,ta,,1,, i,137
$50, r,~7s+s5+I. - - .,ro,,gss
z,-5 M rr57j-g, -,fs,7r v,eyar he 80
ra~na nor scattered proraizcuouslv bv
lr5uzrrrofe brt ohsolsta Fouqalzaa1ars
Er-eserTazrfr.o f. q hsbi+ HANDED
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
Sidelights on the European War

Paris Correspondence Of The
Associated Press The Sacred I'm
ion" of parties after resisting the
tribulations OF a year OF war, and after
surviving the efforts OF some factions
to disrupt IC. has Just weathered an
other storm.
The parties Of the left in the cham
Der of deputies including the social
lists. radicals. radical-sOcialists and
faction Of the republican socialist par
~ repeated their attack in the form Of
a demand for more comprehensive su-
pervisfon Of the administration of the
affairs of the war department. They
asked for powers similar TO those held
by the committee Of public safety dur
ing the revoIution-the right 10 send
commissions or delegations into the
zone of operations to exercise d direct
and permanent supervision over the
military operations.
This desired authority, though not
Sc extended as the individual powers
given TO the commissaires sent by the
committee Of public safety to watch
over the generals Of the revolu-
tioHary army, was held by the more
moderate and conservative members to
amount to the same thing Some saw
in il simply another maneuver in the
campaign that has been waged for
months in the Hobbies of the chamber,
against the minister of war, and some
other members Of the cabinet. The OBJ
ject was supposed to be to put the
government into the position of refus-
ing parliament the right Of supervision
and, thus, apparently exercising a sort
Of ministerial dictation.
The campaign started with criticisms
Of the censorship of articles of poiit-
zeal nature, and it developed later in
to an assault upon the sanitary SER
vice and upon the general staff OF the
army. The socialist organ La Guerre
Sociaie, edited by Gustav Hervee. the
former anU-militarist who had ad-
hered to the sacred union" at the be-
ginning Of the war. published several
articles in which it spoke plainly of
the great losses sustained by rhe
french army at scissors, in Cham
payne, in the Eosges and north of Ar
-~+f A4+Ar "a LttS 14AEt4E Lkt1AE A4IDtILliEAl2
the value Of the results obtained. In
these articles he plainly intimated that
a change in the general staff was de-
sired, that younger generals were re
CURED to make the necessary effort.
and that by reason of the apathy Of the
sanitary department Paris was threat
ened with cholera. Most Of the papers
these articles were seized
by the police and the effect upon the
public was Negligible At the same
time, no secret was made in parlia-
mentary circles of the desire Of the
radicals and socialists 70 get rid of /
Aillerand and Joffre The chances OF |
candidates to succeed them |
we're even discussed. the name men. !
toned most often for minister of war /
being that Of Paul Doumer, former |
president Of the chamber of deputies |
while General sarrail, already can
iidate for the chief command OF the /
army before the war, was put forward |
.or Joffre's place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
(st Louis GIobe-Democrat)

{St. Louis Gl0be-fJemOcTat)
The rather wide circulation given
to a statement by one Charles Kasseu
that genius is seldom or never asso-
ciated with red hair. seems to indicate
that the matter is a subject Of public
interest We thought so year. OF. sd
ago when we printed it. although we
did not then know anything about MIR
hasselL We know just as little about
hlm now. but the statement has
passed from paper to paper until i
has at last reached our morning. con
temporary which, in its customary
innocence, features IT as an original
discovery. We thought at first the
libel was funny. but its persistencv is
beginning To make us mad, and we
now rise mp TO say a few plain truths
70 the K8sseI person and 10 the pub
Iic generally.
In the first place. as well as in the
last place, air- Kassell IS dead wrong
Considering the relative infrequencv
3f red hair she number Of great men
and women who have been adorned by
Il, Ct afflicted with IT, is really remark
able. Mr, kasseI mentions Thack-
cray, Swinburne and Bunyon as excep
tons that prove his rule We are not
informed as 10 Thackeray. but assum-
ing that he is right as 10 him, as he
certainly IS as to the other two. the
exceptions are numerous enough 20
weaken rather than 10 strengthen his
contention. But he should have in
vestigated further before setting him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

The special privilege fellows in this
country are chuckling With gIaa be
cause England is facing the necessity
Of adopting a high protective tariff to
false revenues TO pay its war debts
Great Britain's persistent refusal to
impose high duties has long been a
source Of worry to them. Doubtless
others Of the belligerents will have to
resort to the same expedient When
foreign pauper labor finds it neces-
sary TO protect itself against Amer
lean skill and machine production Of
course il will be the proper thing to
lay another row OF bricks on top OF
the American tariff wall as means of
retaliating The fellows who want TO
keep the nations vieing with each
other in war preparation are the ones
who would like to see the civilized
world saddled with q tariff tax 10 nav
the bills
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
RED HAIR AND GENIUS

I self up as an authority. He would
have found it necessary to add Shake
speare, whose genius is admitted b.
most people, and the auburn Of whose
hair is fairly we'll established, TO his
options. Schiller, too. belongs If.
the group. Shakespeare and Schiller.
/ the greatest English poet and thu
greatest German poet What more
could red hair want? But Byron. too.
had hair of the Hbeled shade. if We
Include, as We should, the tint Gale 4
chestnut Among the geniuses Of war
We md Oliver Cromwell, Marshal New,
William Of Orange, George Rogers
Clark, SUlla and others who had red
hair. To give the list of great women
so crowned would make this i'm
promptu defense too long The west
ern hemisphere and the United States
are peculiarly indebted to the Titan
tops. Leaving Eric the Red out Of the
discussion, it was a Ted-headed man.
Christopher Columbus. who discovered
America, and a red-haired woman. Isa-
bella OF CASTLE, who made il possible
tor him 10 do SO. It was another red
haired man, Balboa. who crossed the
backbone Of the continent Of Darien
and discovered the Pacific. As to our
own country. It IS enough to mention
Lafayette, Washington's great SUP
port; Jefferson, the author OF the
Declaration, and Hamilton, the genius
Of the constitution An interesting
book might be written on the infu-
ence Of red hair upon history. Per
haps 1t will be written some day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
THE MoNTEssoRI 80.

+ Educational people throughout the
United States are now much inter
ested in what is know as the Mon
/ tessori method of teaching children.
This has attracted a great deal of at
tenJion in the last year since its i'm
PRODUCTION by the Italian lady respon-
sihle for it. such remarkable results
have been achieved by means OF 1t
that is has been made the subject OF
az exhaustive review by Miss A. +.
George, which is embodied in the an
nual report of the United States com
missioner Of education. in which it is
paid the highest praise.
Or. MontessorI's particular c0ntri-
button TO the world. according to
Miss George, has been that OF apply
ing the methods OF experimental sci
euce to the study of man. The Mon
tessoTi "didaction material" it is ex-
planned, tends to replace The teacher
at the earliest stage of education ana
to make It possible for the child TO
accomplish his first work 5ndepeud-
emily Of a mature mind. Out OF such
AfN+ 1AttA il4E 1L4f
Dr. Montessori establishes" declares
Miss George, she confidently expects
others TO bring fresh facts, and to
build up the content Of scientific ped
agogy through a method research. lin
tied by no personality. allied solely
70 human beings who develop ia llb-
erty
AS an instance of tbe crvstalliza-
ton Of sentiment aud effort in con
nectioR with the Nontessori move
ment. Miss George describes the or
ganization in May. 1913, at Washing
ton, Of the Nontessori Educational
association, formed 10 promote and
develop in America the educational
based OF the principles and
theories Of Or MontessoTi. ana to as
sist In the establishment and mainten-
ance Of schools for children. and
schools Of observation and practice
conducted according to these prin-
cples. This association now numbers
approximately TOO members.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

, This campaign had no press support
further than L'Homme Enchalaa OF
former Premier Georges Cleuauaaat
the Bonnet Rouge. edited 6y MEae.
Almerayda, formerly connected with
Nerves organ i'm the days of the auar-
chisuc campaigns, and the RadGcaIe.
the organ OF the radical and radical
socialist parties.
The different groups of the left met
separately and discussed the form OF
resolution, amounting practically TO
an Interpolation to the government on
this question, with the unexpected re-
suit that the radical party. iu which
the proposition originated. was shown
to be far from united ina its opposition
to the government The result was
that instead OF the demand for the
right Of parliament TO exercising i'm
mediate supervision and control Of fhs
different services Of the army. the
groups decided upon q modified and far
miIder proposition for supervision OF
the sanitary department alone under
such constitutional restrictions as
made the proposition entirely accep-
table to the minister of war.
Tokio.-(Corresponde of The As-
ISOLATED Press THE japanese peo-
pie have given TO the memory az
Henry W. Denison. the American adj
wiser to their department OF foreign af-
fairs, the same tribute they pay 10
their own dead. When the first aunf-
Versary Of Mr.. Denis0n's death recent.
~ occurred, his tomb in the Toxic
cemetery was visited by a number OF
prominent personages who reverent'y
placed wreaths there. Among che
visitors were Baron Kato, the minis
ter for foreign affairs and yiscouut
Uchida and Baron Takahira. formerly
japanese ambassadors at Washington.
Post Wheeler, charge d'afairs for the
United States, left a wreath in behalf
or the American embassy.
Mr.. Denison was born in Vermont.
and became adviser to the japanese
minister of foreign affairs in 1850 Hs
was highly esteemed by the japanese
people, The tombstone recently ere.T-
ca for him here bears an inscription
written by the emperor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
Daily History Class-Sept. n.

1757-The United States constitution
was agreed TO by eleven states.
1s62-Battle Of Antletam, MARYLAND.
the bloodiest single days battle
ever fought on American soil Inc
struggle was between the Army OK
North Virginia, under Lee, and the
Army Of the Potomac, under Ne
CleJlan .,,
Remarkable naval battle IN the
Yalu river between Chinese and Jap
anese- The japanese feet number
ed more ships than that Of the Chi
nese, and they were swifter and
carried more rapid fire guns. The
Chinese had heavier battleships and
heavier guns. It ended in draw.
1914-The United States warned IuF-
key that the rights Of her citizens
must be respected by the Ottoman
government British drove the
Germans from their trenches north
af th-A 4iEaa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

A year ago we were being. assured
that the county was out OF debt. Now
It is necessary for the board TO anti
cipate next years taxes 90 the extent
Of 100000 and it is likely that the
process will have to De repeated a time
Or two between now and next spring.
There is nothing alarming or unusual
in this, bat this makes it clear that
It is not and has not been, so long as
the present generation remembers. the
exact truth to say that the county was
out OF debt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

Strange how the plans OF men go
|awry. Here comes the lightning and
strikes Colonel Lowden's barn and
never touches the colonel, who has had
biz lightning rod pointing slzvward for
10. these naHy moons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

When one learns that the Wholesale
price OF coal In France this fan is $15
a ton and consumers are putting up as
much as SIS for &c retail he can almost
80 about the filing Of his own fuel
bin with q light heart
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

There is an old adage about a gull
ty conscience needing uo accUser. but
far he it from The Argus to call it
TO mind at this time The organ OF
obstruction might get the idea that
someone was being abused and vilu-
Aed.n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
Speaking OF Discoveries.

The greatest discovery that any man
makes in this world Is to find himself
It's worth while and is the first essen
tial 70 any real -Marinette
wis Eagle-Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

PAINT. powder and all folderoIs
must GO is the decree of fashion
How about those giddy girls Of As who
try 10 look and act like 20?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
IrrefufahIe.

Another evidence that woman is
really much drawer than man is the
way she can keep from scratching a
mosquito bite on or near her ankle in
mixed company. - Columbus fObfo)
Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
Rock Island-Frorm River ia
River

The organ Of obstruction-we take
its own words FOR it, does NOT sell its
influence" No chance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

We simply reiterate the fact that dirt
.is harmless so long as it isn't stirred
up Sweet as an immaculate house
may be to the tired housekeepeT's eyes.
it is no protection whatever against
the germs Of disease. II is filth you
cant see with the naked eye that
brings home the measles. Clean look
ing people carry colds" Perfectly
pure looking water conveys diluted
sewage. The finest tasting milk you
ever drank may infect you with tn
.berculosis.
Housewife, spare the broom!
QUESTION SAND ANSWERS.
Bronchitis.
Elizabeth asks: a. Does bronchitis
lead to consumption? 81 If so. how
long before II reaches the lungs? 90
What will help catarrh Of the nose and
throat2 IA What viii relieve short
ness Of breath? 10 What viii help
bronchitis?
Answer-lI) No. but consumption is
often mistaken for bronchitis if the
examination is not thorough. % A
self-addressed, stamped envelope sent
to the conductor Of this Train of
Thought IA Proper treatment of the
bronchitis, tuberculosis, pleural eff
fusion. anaeuia or heart disease which
cause it. 80 Open-air life and treat
nent determined By the kind OF bac-
terra present and the detection of their
depot of supply.
Yermin.
Kindly advise what to do for bed
we'll, vermin. They have overrun cur
cottage, which was closed for some
weeks.
Answer Fumigate the rooms with
formaldehyde. Inject a / to 500 solu-
ton Of bichloride Of mercury (poison)
into all crevices and joints Of beds,
furniture, and walls and floors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
Heavy End Of Hirhrar rmnrorero,,,

The road commissioners OF Jordan
township are positive that thew are
about 10 sell the bonds voted for the
recent road Improvement of $4,000.
Just as soon as the money for the
bonds comes. the work Will be started
jordan is anxious 10 have these roads
improved, hence rushing the work Of
selling Misunderstanding (nl.) Stand
ard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17
CHORDS AND
DTSCORDS

LOREN n Gallup is a member OF
the Peoria county board OF supervis-
ors. He is said 10 be a hard man TO
beat in an election day race.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

MORE Pinsk hitting by the Germans
II the east. NJ r
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

HE Tried to Separate Two Friends
in a Fight
Thought He Could Beat the Train
over the Crossing"
"Mistook Rat Poison for Headache
Medicine"
His Last Words We're That His
Side Would Win the War"
Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded. "
He Rocked the Boat"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

What Has the Onion Done for Youl
East Moliue.-Dere frien sent you
a pome not long ergo but you haven't
put it in the paper and don't see why
you don't fer its got most Of the PONIES
you use skinned r city block and be-
sides i'm good at writin poetry fer j
Wuz told so by my techer when went
to school a long time ago. She know
ed what she WIZ talking q bout two.
fer she used to write PONIES herself
my Dome that i send you wuz on the
onion and th0ght it wuz the strong
est peace ever writ in fac it brGut
teers to my eyes as red it over j red
it to my folk two and they went. mabbe
bekause they felt sorry fer me. i dunno.
you see them onions is very poplar
round heer they grows in big paches
across the river in joowee. and bein
q nabur of that state thot it would
be fine jest to say so in a pome now
yew get that pOme NV mine and / wud
like few see it in your paper If yew
don't print my pome i know y0u don't
want no more Of nay poetry, respy.
BILL E.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

0Ts. He is said TO be a hard man 10
beat in an election day race.
Tip to Chinks.
After a mete0riC career in the gem
eraI merchandise business, Jacob
Kerr. the man Of surprises" is back
in the metropolis gloating perhaps
over his pile, and wriukllng up his
physiog in an effort to decide
where next TO drop down and further
repIenish his Golfers with the shining
shekeIs The cheap John merchant
and the negro barber have had their
brief day among US, and now Castle
ton is on the waiting list for a Chinese
laundry Manifestation correspond
ence Of Stark county (II) News.
MANY actors are falling at the front
IN Europe. It may be that they were
recognized by seme of those who in
the past had been obliged TO endure
their stage performances.
THAT offer Of one of the steel mag
mates to give some OF the profits on
war munitions manufactures to the
government sounds dangerously ike
an attempt to bride your Uncle Sam
uel We doubt that the old chap viii
fall for it.
Mrs. Nable Sharp Herdien has Just
been chosen director Of the Chicago
College of Music. Mrs. Herdien leaves
soon Tor Worcester, Mass where she
viii sing in the Children's Crusade
Kansas CID Star-Courier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

FOR heaving's sake, just 98 days
until Xmas. d. Y. s. e.
CHICAGO made good as a summer
resort. The thermometer went to SO
there one day this week.
OTTO Graf is secretary of a poIiti-
cal organization at Hamilton, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

BIZ THE ]. ". POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-17

Rock Island aemb Associated Press
Pull Leased Wire Report.