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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18
HOWE INVESTMENTS

The Cincinnati Inquirer has q timely
editorial in which it calls attention
10 the fact that United States invest
ments are the safest In the world. 1t
points out that the industrial. agricul-
tural. commercial and financial acttr-
titles OF the country are busy factors
now In producing prosperity in every
direction. and the huge amounts OF
balances of trade in favor OF this couu-
try each month are creating q financial
strength never before possessed. This
strength can ba divided into two i'm
g3rtant classes. namely, purchasing
power as applied 70 commodities. and
aa investing power as applied to
gea,iy. to savings deposits and TO Sc
cosf;Ias.
In the matter OF securities the En-
quirer says that, considering the large
amount capable OF being absorbed in
this country. there Is no occasion for
the people 10 so beyond The boundaries
i the United States in search Of sound
aud profitable investments in bonds
and shares. The securities Of no other
country furnish such combination OF
safety. certalny and profit The En-
qufreF continues
State and municipal bonds gilt
lged and producing assured incomes.
shares IN the trust companies. Or in
banks. national or private bonds and
stocks OF our spIen5idIy managed and
now safely controlled railways. the
bonds and stocks Of the various pub
&c utilities; ali these now to be more
prosperous than ever before. owing TO
the improved business affairs cf the
United States.
There IS not a town. d CITY or
state in this union but which under The
growing purchasing power oI the
masses of the people Will be benefited
By tie establishment Of Industrial
plants of classes appropriate 10 the
resources Of the locality. xaa district
+ or the state. AMI which can be operat-
81 at s profit Il honestly aud ably man
aged
Every such Dlaa5. established upon
sound business principles. is an add
ion to tie industries Of tha nation,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

dispose To insomnia and nervousness
tn later life. The normal child requires
no helps Of the kind, any more than
the young animals do.
II we had our obstinate way II
would be illegal for any child under
lis to study after school hours We
know that good teaching and normal
mental culture make night study IN
necessary for common and high school
students. II the young people wish to
read, play games. have music or visit
ors in the evening. well and good but
the place for their schooI-bOoks. ia
our experience, is in school 1t is a
sorry thing to send a healthy child off
to bed with a head full of long division.
rex-regis-regem or the square of the
hyp0tenuse. You couldn't blame such
child for being peevish next day.
Ea-ly 10 bed aud-well, wen take
up the rising question another time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

After the war between the state;
( there was ruin among the planters OF
+ the south Randolph Etheredge. G
young man whose father, Colonel Eth.
eredge. had been killed at Shiloh and
who himself had been wounded al
T Winchester. returned after the surren-
/ der 10 his plantation and endeavored
/ to restore it to something like order
+ The fences had been burned Tor camp
fires; the outhouses had been torn
down for lumber with which to build
+ temporary quarters for the sick and
wounded and the negroes were scat
tered.
F A few. 1t is true. remained. but they
were so old as to be useless. Freedom
to them meant a reliance on them
saIvs al the close of their lives to
which they had never been accust0m-
ed. They chung TO the old plantation
because it was home. The young own
er made them as comfortable as he
could, but to provide food and clothing
for them was no easy matter.
James Lynch, a former overseer. had
saved money and when Colonel Ether
edge needed q loan had taken a mort
gage on the plantation for funds adj
vanced. Now that the new south was
opening he was DESTROYS OF taking the
property to himself and running it on
The free labor principle, There being
a long accumulation of unpaid interest,
he went t0 the owner and demanded it,
Etheredga asked for time. Lynch re-
fused. Etheredge knowing that his
creditor was indebted to the colonel
his father, for all that he was, re-
preached him angriIy. There was a
quarrel. and Etheredge knocked the
ex-overseer down Lynch sued Ether
edge for assault
The only witness of the scuffia was
Noses. a white haired Old darky
whom Lynch summoned for the prose
cution. When Moses took the stand he
laid q trembling hand on the rail be-
fore him and looked at the assembly
mildly
Uncle Moses" said the prosecutor,
where were you on the Goth of June
last. the day that Mr. Lynch visited
Mr.. Etheredge and a quarrel occurred
between them
Don't know no Eecb pusson."
There he u.s." pointing 10 Lynch.
Dat no Mr. Lynch Dat Jim Lynch,
oberseer We used to cal una Hard
heart Lynch
Never mind what you used to call
him Tell us what You saw on the day
be visited the Etheredge plantation"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18
A COUNSEL OF PRUDENCE

: munitions We have seen how the
fortunes of Europe's war have favored
the nation was best prepared with
munitions as we'll as men.
Il has been our great good fortune
that i'm simply uiudiug our own bust
ness and in pursuing a trade perfectly
legitimate We have greatly increased
our equipment for the manufacture OF
munitions. But are not too many of
these plants located somewhat inn
prudently close to points where an in
yading force, having overwhelmed. or
more probably eluded, our first or nav
al line Of defense. Might striker The
loss or destruction of important mu-
milton plants would long delay the eE-
ruIsion of the invader.
Congress will necessarily provide. in
any adequate defense scheme for mu-
nitions 1.-The most ample supply of
munitions Ut would be manitestly inn
prudent to have too many eggs I'm one
basket, 0r I'm baskets not well re-
moved from danger or smashing raid
BY sea by land or by air. The posi-
biities by air, as lately developed,
must not he forgotten.
Without thought of promotion of any
local interest whatsoever. but just as
a counsel Of elementary prudence. the
Herald suggests that in providing Tor
munition plants. or in fostering pri-
waite enterprises in that line. congress
should consider tde military manu-
featuring advantages of the middle
ives:
Foresight is a lot more profitable
than hlndsight. and the case is prem
inently one in which it is better to he.
safe than sorry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

The curfew hour for babies in
arms should De O'Clock ?. H. ANY
+ parent caught abroad with a baby after
/ S O'Clock ought to be- hailed into court
. TO snow cause. Take a passing glance
at She white, plnched. tired little face
ri She baby attending the movies at g o.
u. f7r example. There is a case Of 3
Eeuro1-c or 2 moron in the making
lip 10 the age If + years. six O'Clock
whistle should find the little tots In
their r5Ehres saving their prayers at
mothers knee The sun doesn't like 10
go down ana leave them still up
Seven o'clock Is sandman-s time
from 3 years 10 r and 10 trifing OBJ
=taela should be placed in the sand
man path by foolish parents or rela-
.5eus-ln-law. The worst possible treat
mau1 for q young ch5id.s impression
able nervous system IS after-suppeF
performances OF showing off before
visitors. Bad bold. seIt-consci0
vain little vtxeus are created ia just
that way. Hyzrer5a IS a disease which
by pzych0anaIysis may be traced to
sabcoasclous Impressions made upon
the mind ID early childhood. There is
nothing SO good fer child's mental
and physical weIL-bezng as simplicity.
Except perhaps, Tor brief few mo-
mauts on the stage how depIorabie is
the nracocicus youngster among nor
NAL children
From z to - years of age the child
should say eood night and creep up TO
--H es-t III azsF rH e7455 o. gse NINA 7- no ma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18
The Daily Story
mhn YMi+nnss- Rrr 0acar rtr~
The Witness-By Oscar Cox.

war starvin and paid so big wages
/ TO "-
Il didn't ask you what was said. /
asked you what was done Interrupted
/ the lawyer, endeavoring by his severe
( tone to overawe the witness.
How I gwiue tola SO wot war did
befo' I tole yo' wot war sa5Ig"
Did YOU see Mr.. EthereaEe strike
Mr.. Lynch"
tween de oberseer and 2lr Ether
+ edge"
Yes. you did. You were there when
lit occurred
"I seen sompn gofa GA between
Mars Etheredge and dat low down
poo white trash oheraeer.H
What did you seee"
Il sor Mars Etheredsa point ae =r.
ger oh soon at de obersaer and say DE
cunnel sabe him from ssargH
stop there. If You don't tell me
what you saw and not what sou heard
III ask his honor TO commit Eaa for
contempt of court
"His honoh's NOT sw#Ha n commit
me TO conIemtp q uuJtHne bus dat
.mis'ahle specimen oh poo white trash
Jim Lynch.
BY this time tie faces Of The ars
and the spectators wore a broad grin
the witness looked placid aaa The
prosecutor very much embarrassed
He would have dismissed the witness
but he was the only naEaaa s.a #aa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

Chicago HaralG-t
That the coming congress will take
action toward adequate preparedness
for national defense cannot be doubt
ed. President Wilson has voiced the
convictions Of The nation. The dincul-
tlas-rhe gers-wuiCb may con-
front us should the European war end
otherwise than in complete exhaustion
of the c0mbarzats are too plain for
any save a wiIlfuHy duh or traitorous
mind TO ignore
We have controversies with the lead
ing nations now ia arms They have
been zmothed over. but they may fame
into fury again at any moment. Ex-
cept in the improbable event of COM
ptete exhaustion and universal coll
lapse. The end of the war Will leave
gha victims with war hardened ar
mics of enormous size ana with naval
forces probably little impaired and
even increased
Cast the mind back to 1865 and CON
slider how respectfully the United
States was heard-aow its mere fat
sent a European royal parsonage to
execution for the reason that the
United States had ar The moment over
100000 war-traiaHd soldiers and the
most powerful steam navy aaoat TO
back demands for redress Of cherished
grievances.
The end Of the European war may
easily see the situation OF so years ago
reversed That's q fact we cannot
safely forget
I'm the planning for very adequate"
preparedness popular attention nat
uTaIlT fasteHz upon men The trained
mfud Of the expert thinks no less Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18
WON BY EARD WORK

Congressman Tavenner comes out of
the midwest conference held ln the
three cities last week. national char
aeJel IAa attention which by persist
a11y ana 1aFa "oFN he has drawn 20
Rock Island arsenal with the result
that large percentage Of the members
q both houses now have "a better idea
oa Its advantages and opportunities
Ehan ever before. is an achievement of
which DE may wall Ne proud Through
OUT -g addresses delivered hV dis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

/ Congressman CLYDE H. Taveuner
representative at Washington of the
Fourteenth district. authority on the
/ cost Of manufacturing munitions O.
war. and widely known as the impIac.
liable enemy Of the war trust was one
. of Jae Democratic Day speakers yes
-araar. and made one o1 the best adj
dresses ever heard here from a con
. gresham.
. Dir. T8ranner spoke from the plat
form III the speakers tent at 3 O'Clock
+ i'm the afternoon. and at that unusual
hour kept large audience of men and
women interested while he detailed
some phases of the fight he is waging
in the effort 10 get congress to give
Uncle sam the chance to manufacture
|his own munitions and save millions
of dollars annually.
The congressman declared he was
trying 20 do what he could ia the in
terest of peace. He said unequivocally
ne was NOS in favor Of armed 5nterven-
ton in Mexico. for he did not believe
in sending American troops there to
police the gold mines and plantations
Of rich Americans who have gone
down there 10 take chance"
One Of the most Illuminating sec
r0ns OF the address was where the
congressman showed that General
Dupont for a number Of years was
.r--=4s4-s-- g-E -E-z ----s- s---- - e
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

Is a silk elastic stocking or a non
elastic. fitted. laced stocking prefer
able for one with varicose or swollen
veius2
Anzwer-A well-dtted, uon-elastic
laced stocking. or rather a pair for
each leg. we think better
Belt For Who0ping- Cough
Please tell nae whether belt worn
about the abdomen is helpful for q
child with whooping-couEh How
should it be madeo
Answer-Yes. Make it of linen.
five inches wide and two or three
inches short of reaching around the
abdomen at navel, eyelets and lace
behind. over the undershirt. on each
side a two-tnch wide elastic insertion,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

How often anticipation exceIs realf-
cation. Judge Root kindly presented
us with q fine large radish the other
night which we intended enjoying for
supper but when we cut it open it
turned out 70 be as hollow as a polite
jan's promise-Lusk CWyoJ Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

The old frigate Franklin, the flag
ship Of Admiral Farragut on which he
made his trip to Europe at the close
Of the Civil war. is about to be sold
for junk at the Norfolk navy yard. And
SO the naval preparedness of one ma
donal emergency may 20 10 the melt
ing pot in getting ready fer another.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18
ShaResneare. tEe NafuraIist.

The Shakespeare club spent a most
profitable afternoon At the home Of
Mrs George Champion who gave O.
splendid paper showing much re-
search and care in preparation on the
subject, Distinction Between Moths
and Butterflies"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

The air raids over London continue
10 add women and little children to
the list OF those killed ia battle Thus
the last and greatest conflict of the
world haze made necessary a Eeadlu5t-
ment Of the old notion about the glory
and chivaIry Of battle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

The next thing IS to bear the iuaiC-
tons Of Dorothy Dix. Beatrice Fairfax.
ct al when they get 10 going on the
pre-uuptias affairs OF EGe president
and the future first lady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

The American rights TO "Erminie, .
which ran 1856 performances in this
country under the management Of Ru-
dolph Aronson. and is called the most
popular opera ever sung on this side
OF the water, were bought for $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18
Oufnous

a letter In q square envelope mark
ed private came for yeu tas morn
ing. announced Mrs. Waite elaac.nE
at her husband scrutiniziagIv
rs that 500 Who #as It from
came the reply.-Harper Mage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

i-C0rrespondcnC 0i The
/ Associated Press Difficulties which
+ beset educational leaders i'm their bat
( tie against Chinese superstition are il
+ Illustrated I'm O recent riot at PeiJsal
caused by the conversion Of a Buddhist
monastery into q public school
For several years the Sunchiug mon
astery had been used in part for school
purposes. In Difference TO the super
stitiou of the villagers, however. the
school committee did not remove the
idols of Euauin and other buddhas
from the monastery until such step
became necessary TO make room for
more pupils.
The monks were indignant and in
splred a number of hags TO circulate
the report that Butdha Kuanyin had
by means of inspiration ordered them
to- ask the cowtrymen TO resist the
removal Of the images from the mOnas-
terry temple.
Fired by the monastic warning, ex-
cited c0untrymen organized a mob
and destroyed all the public school
furniture and books The mob then
moved against ETessrs Tsai and Tung,
members of the public school com
mittae and destroyed their homes All
the shops and public buildings I'm the
village closed to avoid the fury of the
mob, but no further damage was
done
The rioters all reside within the iur-
isdtction eli Shanghai officials who are
now attempting to locate the leaders
Of the mob. Buddhist m0nasteries
throughout China are falling into ruins
and their temples are badly neglected
I'm many cases they are used as tea
houses or shops. Sometimes they. are
even used as stables. Natives make
fun of the monks and give them little
support. But in time of illness and f. i
nanciaI troubles the more ignorant
Chinese turn TO the monks and priests
who sui hold sway over a consid-
cradle portion of the c00ue class.
Melbourne, Correspond
ence Of The Associated Press Much
TO the qualification of the Australian
government the first issue Of the com [
m0nWealth proper war loan Of $780, /
600 600 consisting of $4,000 GOO. ap-
plicauons for which expired upon /
Aug. 81, was largely oversubscribed. (
Upon Sept. 3. in the house of repre-
sentaUves, amid cheers from the mem (
bers. the prime minister. Andrew Fish I
er. read a letter from the governor Of
the Commonwealth bank in which the
latter announced that the number Of
2 applications received for the issue
was nearly 1900 and the total amount
applied for was just short of $685.
000 600
1T is evident" Mr.. Fisher said adj
dressing the house, that the amount
subscribed will be substantially over
10 millions. which Is practically two
Of the lender; interest to be free Of
The Commonwealth bank and var
lous private banks, were large sub
scribers to the issue: also two in
surance companies; the Colonial Sug-
ar Refining Co. 1.-THE so-called sugar
trust" Of Australial the Broken Hill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18
WITH OTHER EDITORS

Renewed lnsistence that Ambassador
Dumba be recalled instead of DEPART
ing on leave Of absence should con
vince Vienna that Uncle Sans spinal
column is Of the uItra-rigid varfety.-
Pittsburgh Gazeue-Times.
Something warns us that the unex-
piored wilds of darkest Quebec have
heretofore hidden from the ewes Of
man an almost weIlnigh practically
unknown river, but are those trout
man-saters ?-Boston Transcript.
After the way the people in the min
ing district carried on over him. il
would NOT be surprising to hear that
John D.. Jrr had decided to move n
Colorado and run for a place in the
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Mr- Bryan says that Lincoln. Neb, IS
the finest place Of residence in the
world, and the Wilson people hone
nothing Will occur to cali Mr.. BRYAN
away from home, - Kennebec fael
journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18
Matrimonial Ente.

Married, at the church az Allen by
Rev. Amos Ross. Oct 3. Levi Red Owl
Of Kyle and Miss Sadie Wblrlwind
Horse of Allen. Their many friends
wish them all kinds Of happiness
Martin Is. d. Messenger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

Carter Il. Harrison. former mayor of
Chicago. apparently mas NOT lost hlz
punch. as his political enemies pre-
dlcted lie came out in q speech yes
torday, bitterly attacking Mayor
Thompson and others responsible Tor
the closing Of saloons ia Chicago on
Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18
DaIIv HIsforY cIass--0of- b.

1595-Edward WiusIow. famous COVER
nor Of Plymouth colony. born died
1855
7S1-Commlssioners appointed bv Gen
eral Washington and Lord Corn
wallis drafted articles for the ea-
pitulation Of Yorktown
1813-Germany celebrated the centE-
nary Of the defeat Of Napoleon 81
Leipzig.
Russians won a battle on the
YistuIa. in Galicia. British sub
marine E-3 sunk In the North sea
by a German Warship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18
NntIsIng ATnre E2or,an.in

George H. Vance and Miss Lola Lem
me grew up together" in Chicago.
They liked each other as lad and Iassie.
and when they grew older they liked
each other still better and then tha
little god Of love did the rest What
more romantic. thought they. than to
De we'd at Pine lake, where the birds
sing and the whispering breezes tell
Of loves sweet content-La Porte
tIud) Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

why We Say @Drink Like Fish,
Des Aoiuest Iowa Eighteen barrels
of beer and $1,000 worth Of real Tor
reeI) whisky were consigned TO the
depths of the Des Hoines river here
today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

L NJ WRIGHT. a minister Of the
gospel ia san Francisco. is said to be
never wrong.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

Married, al the chufen al Allen pS
Rev amos Ross oct 8, Lew Hed owl
OF Kyle and Miss sadie "hirlWlnd
Horse Of Allen Their many friends
wish them all kinds Of happiness
Martin Is. D. Messenger.
WILLIAM schWlnaer and Peter
haehL nave been added TO the baFen-
10 assign Jhese men 70 pac5LS q war ar
sa-n711 oelofe one Oh me newspaper
'1-1e-.A OoaL47 Of lt-e CITY
age soaihathef $ ilea oL preparedness
as witness the shooting OF four men al
d poli51eat committee 11eeJins IN
charleston. p. q. last week. one 7a1d-
l7-7 ~ '1-Dh y" '-a- me 1asl-s- --lss li4-=ilt
nave o75" II S14 oo-ol 7ah 1ooh place
--'l115 1-5 progress OF d con eo1lo1,
may 15 lul s-i7. "sa1 10 s.a7 Lsi.-
ma s'1al1 -4ti.a y sit7 state ilalg
INFAMOUS oS one t9le biease.
tE> or more ealiaFen are required
'7l51s 5oo can g oal3lS 1of MEMBERS lp
Ill lA9 Ill'1oA7 Ea.l.51s ei23- Governor
-t'l't7 - pt5si4sAe- mere $ one eAeia-
7lee organization #aeFa money or So
elal PFes1lse count Tor Haagal
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

LII Russell saws the nose is the
hour hand Of the face Except in the
nay fever season, when It becomes the
second hand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-18

DOC Dumba is quoted in London as
asserting the Germans VIII war on the
United States. The more one hears of
doc the more he is convinced Austria
Hungary was pretty short on diplo-
mats when it sent him 10 Washing
"a
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-01
FRIED CHICKEN DAY EVERY DAY.

Today is Fried Chicken Day, accord
Ing to advices from the Missouri Poul-
try Association.
Such information in Columbia, how
ever, seems foolish and inadequate,
for Columbians have been eating fried
chicken for weeks.
In this fortunate city, fried chicken
cannot be confined to one day week
much less one day year. Cause they
just eat it all the time, Sundays and
week days as we'll.
Nevertheless. no one can object to
setting aside September to pay trib-
ute to the toothsomeness of that
crowning achievement of the alliance
between the culinary art and the
science of poultry husbandry. The
fried chicken is certainly worthy of
the honor.
Let us eat!