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Rock Island Argus., 1915-11-26
ROTARTANS GIVE UP
TRIP TO EDGTNGTON

Because of the unfavorable weather
prevailing today members Of the
Rock Island Rotary club did not make
the trip to the Edgington community
fair The Rotarians had planned TO
go in automobiles, but the condition of
the country roads is such that the
visit was abandoned. George Wagner
had secured the promise of a large
number OF the members to attend and
boost for the event.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-11-26

Duquoin, Ill,-RepublicaHs in south
ern Illinois are indorsing Congressman
W. A. Rodenberg of East st, Louis and
Sheriff James A. White Of Murphyshoro
for delegates to the national republi-
Nan convention. Sheriff White has
been much in the limelght Of late as
Rock Island Argus., 1915-11-26

Streator. lll-The Crawford Loco
motive and Car company plant of
Streator was sold at auction in fore
closure proceedings for sos, 600 TO ].
E. Saunders. E. H. Bailey and H. W.
Lukins, bankers of this city. Saun-
ders has been receiver for several
months,
Rock Island Argus., 1915-11-26
Child Has SMALLPOX.

Mildred Holt, Younger daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. n A. Holt. 1914 Fifth
avenue. Moline, is quarantined at her
home as result of smallpox MIR Holt
is staying with friends in Rock Island
Rock Island Argus., 1915-11-26

Drunkenness in England is said to
have been reduced 40 per cent by the
anti-treating rules and. other restric-
tions- If the war lasts it may yet be
a sober country.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-11-26

result Of his controversy with Gov
ernor Dunno over the plans for the
execution of Elston Scott. negro, con-
victed of murder and twice reprieyed
by the governor.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-11-26

All the news all the time-The Argus,
The Keota news., 1915-07-02
An o,d.F..h,oued Idea.

II tell you," said Joshua Oldstock.
"this here new feminist movement
amt goin' to- pan out. The only femi'
mist movement that ever was any
good was the one we had when / was
a young man."
"Why." his grandniece replied.
there was no such thing as femi.
mist movement when you were young
mani"
"There want. eh? That's all you
know about 1t. The greatest feminist
movement in the world Is q good. SEN
sible woman darnin' sock and rock
in a cradle with her foot.
The Keota news., 1915-07-02
DEFENSE FOR PATTlS0N
MURDERER AND SUICIDE BURIED
At FORT COLLINS.
Coroner, Pastor and Grave Dioesrs
Only Persons Present at
slayer's Last Rites.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Fort Collins.-The Rev. w. E.. Ma
son, Coroner w. T. Hollowell and the
grave diggers Of the Grandview ceme-
terry were the only persons who at.
tended the burial Of Clayton Pattison.
two times murderer, and suicide.
Coroner Hollowell, having had the
body of Pattison left on his hands by
the daughters. who took the body Of
their mother to Denver with them, ar.
ranged for the burial Of the suicide in
the potter's field. He was adverse to
having the remains inferred without
any services and obtained the serv-
ices Of the Baptist preacher. The
services were brief, only simple
prayer being offered for the repose Of
the dead mans soul.
With the burial Of Pattison, who
murdered Robert E. Showalter and
Mrs. Pattison and then took his own
life. persons who knew him have
come forward in his defense since his
daughters have publicly denounced
the father as having failed to support
his family or contribute toward them.
An officer of the Farmers Irriga-
tion Company at LOveland. where
Pattison worked for years. made the
following statement:
clayton Pattison worked for our
company for q number Of years. l
knew him well and never saw the
slightest thing in the mans demeanor
which indicated that he was not all
right. No act Of his ever caused me
to consider him such a man as he has
been painted by his daughters who
came after the mothers body and left
the remains of the father behind for
burial in the potter's field.
Their act seemed to be rather un-
natural. especially in view Of the fact
that he was their father and that he
Is dead and cannot answer for him.
self.
"Iha daughters charge that the man
did not work and that he failed to do
anything toward supporting the family
and even compelling the mother to go
out and extort money from others. In
the years that Pattison worked for us
l know that he sent money to his wife
regularly.
mot only that, but personally I
have mailed many Of his checks to
his wife. When he had charge Of one
of our reservoirs, he left Mrs. Patti
sons address with me. and month
after month mailed his entire check
to her. She received the money, in
dorsing the checks, which were not
slow in coming back to us.
81 make this statement in defense
Of the man who is dead and cannot
answer the attacks made upon him."
The Keota news., 1915-07-02
maeky viii CLAIM, Held Forgery.

Boulder. Colo.-The defense in the
suit of Mro May Oles OF Boulder for
.one-third Of the 100000 estate Of the
late A. ]. Macky sprung sensation
when Albert s. Osborn of Montclair,
N. j., a handwriting expert, went on
the stand and declared that the al
legged contract offered by the plaintiff
as proof Of her right to share in the
estate was a forgery. The document
purports to be an agreement between
John M. Bradford, the father Of Mrs.
Oles, and Macky, by the terms Of
which Macky agreed to make brad.
ford's daughter the heir to one-third
Of his estate II he were permitted to
adopt her.
The Keota news., 1915-07-02
Planning for Revenge.

Mother. dear. do you really mean
that can marry Jack DeMutt?" ex-
claimed the fair maid. in surprise.
Il do." answered the mother. "You
have my unqualified permission"
"But only yesterday" said the dear
girl. you forbade me to even see him
again!"
"Well. I have reconsidered the mat.
ter" explained the mother. II still
have q bitter grudge against him. and
for that reason l am anxious to be-
come his mother-in-law. See?"
The Keota news., 1915-07-02
Pueblo Florist Commits Suicide.

Colorado Springs. james Dough.
erty, 50, florist, formerly Of Pueblo
was found dead in small hotel here
Indications were that Dougherty had
taken poison.
The Keota news., 1915-07-02
STATE NEWS
|oF INTEREST TO ALL
Col q r ADO
PEOPLE
'stern Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.


IL. 2e-2S.-Fnll Festival at Flaglsr.
Pt. 27.Oct. S.-Meeting international
Dry Farming Congress at Denver
George Whitney. 20, pioneer resi-
pt Of Boulder. died from gangrene.
Colorado public utilities are valued
$256,612.39O in the assessment for
h5.
The Colorado chapter Of Hibernians
al hold its third annual picnic July
et Toland.
The cornerstone for the new Ger
hn Congregational church at Love-
I'D has been laid.
Four TRUSTEES at the Buena Vista re.
Fmatory escaped. Two were Ca
red at Colorado Springs.
Despite devastating floods in east
Nebraska and Kansas. crowds OF
lrists continue to arrive in Denver.
After June 30 the penalty runs
Atnst those who are subject to the
eral income tax and who failed to
1t.
Another campaign was been started
acquaint residents Of Denver with
b scenic points of interest adjacent
the city.
THE United Workers for the Blind
III give picnic at Washington park
Denver July for the members Of
)e blind home and their friends.
Denver will be host to the governor
the state o. Virginia and his whole
|aff. escorted by the famous Rich.
ond Light Infantry Blues battalion
Monday. July s.
Capt. l.. d. G. Gaskill Of Fraser,
hown as a pioneer builder Of Colo
Ado, died at the home of his daugh.
kr. Mrs. A. E. Bailey in Denver Of
hncer Of the stomach.
The Tolle ranch. northeast Of Pu.
BIO. for the past ten years owned by
fs. Emma Tolle-May. has been sold
John j. Drinkard Of Denver. The
nsideration was $66.400.
Tuesday morning at $3.50 the first
hter was turned into the great High
me canal of the Grand Valley prof.
g, which has been in course Of con.
Fuction for the last four years.
Fuller Vreeland, %. son of B. F.
eeeland Of Denver, filed suit in the
strict Court for annulment of his
hrriage to Nellie Vreeland. his 46-
harold bride of less than six months.
Under the direction Of County Agri.
Ilturalist w. H. Lauck and four stu.
bnts Of the State Agricultural Col.
Be. farm management survey is
5ing conducted throughout Ell Paso
6unty.
Colorado railroads are rushing their
ew passenger tariff sheets for filing.
, the new rates go into effect Thurs
ay, July 1. in compliance with the
ecent order Of the State Utilities
That wild animals in the foothills
nd mountains to the west of Love-
and are more in evidence than ever
ef0re is the concensus OF opinion
mong those who spend considerable
line in the hills.
Jack" Burns beat the divorce court
o the legal separation of himself and
'ife, Nellie Burns, when he presented
0 District Judge Butler. through his
ttorney. a bill Of SALE" turning her
ver to the Denver court.
Col. George 8. Newman of Denver
, dead. The reputed millionaire.
lubman, owner Of beautiful MacRose
mi Fos xs,1,< t,,,r,
The Keota news., 1915-07-02

A few hard cases are apt to make .
lawyer case hardened.
The Keota news., 1915-07-02
His One Though

His One Thought.
you can't get married on SIS q
week. What are you thinking of"
1.-THE girl"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-18

The So other cases of unlawful as
sembly" Will be stricken off Judge
Graham's court calendar in a day or
two. There are 661 cases of dis
orderly conduct expected to go the
same way in December.
The Day Book reporter got this off
his chest when the farce was over:
Let's have a song of the ivory dome
And the head where there's nobody
home.
Make US "a line on the high-up cop,
The bone-headed guy who sits on
top,
Who orders this and who orders that
From the empty flat right under his
hat.
Give us song of the ivory dame
And the head where there's NOBODY
home.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-18

MA 7 OR HGEOSE0 ~ IENO -
HAND IN STRIKE TROUBLE
Mayor Thompson TO-DAY absolutely
refused to lend a helping hand in the
striking garment workers. situation.
He said nix on taking part in any
sort of arbitration proceedings.
His stand was put very plainly to
committee headed by Jane Adams
and composed of Rev. John Timothy
Stone, Rev. Myron Adams, Former
Judge E. o. Brown and Miss Grace
Abbott of the immigrants Protec-
tive league.
LET the strikers go home and stay
a week and behave themselves" the
mayor told the committee as soon as
the interview opened. Then ! will
sit in and hear the differences"
"But in the meantime they will
lose the strike" replied Jane Ad-
dams.
''Pn have nothing to do with this
affair until the strikers go home and
behave themselves" repeated the
mayor.
A committee representing the
United Garment Workers union had
been invited in by the mayor so, as
he explained it, he could get both
sides of the story" VIM. o. Thomp-
son, former attorney for the indus
trial relations commission, looked
the United Garment Workers COM
mittee over and said: "They are here
merely to cloud the issue" Later
Thompson said, "And they have sue
ceeded in doing so.''
The session was confined to argu-
ment over the differences of the two
unions, the United Garment Work
ers and the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers, as much as possible, by
Geo. Slater, business agent of the
former body.
All sorts of appeals were made to
the mayor by Miss Adams and Miss
Abbott. The former pointed out the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-18
A SUGGESTION

A right good job for crazy folks,
With belfries full of bats,
Would be designing opera cloaks
And women's winter hats.
New York Times.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-18

Some members of the British
House of Lords sure have got the
cold feet.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-19
65-CENT ROOSTER COSTS SIG
But Owner Has Satisfaction of Hav-
ing It Back In His Pen After
Legal Battle.

Denver.-Sixteen dollars was the
amount a rooster, worth G5 cents, cost
Charles UT, a resident of West Den
yer, not counting the loss of time
spent in an endeavor to regain tho
bird.
The rooster managed to escape
from the pen in the rear OF Utts
home. II was wandering in the alley
when Ralph Nissen, n small boy liv-
Ing in the same block, caught it. Tho
boy took 1t home and refused to give
1t up when UT learned OF its where
abouts.
Realizing that the boy would not
give the bird up voluntarily, UT had
recourse to the law to regain his
rooster. He hired an attorney to
bring replevin proceedings in Justice
Rice's court at an expense of five
dollars. put up the docket fee Of five
dollars, and then hired an auto to
convey Deputy Constable Robert
Shores to and from the Nissen home.
He was out SIG when Shores turned
the rooster over to him.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-19

eat, sleep and live in the kitchen,
which is on the corner Of the house
farthest back and farthest down.
Listens to "Music" Of the Shells.
One evening, as was his custom, the
doctor, having finished dinner, was
consulting the memoranda of his calls
for the day and for the days work to
come. He heard the usual whistling
and exploding of shells and left his
notes long enough to throw open the
window, the better to hear the "mu'
Sic" 1t was cold, blowing and rain
ing.
'Tiens!" said the doctor; what a
night for the boys in the trenches"
YES" his wife replied. How sorry
feel for them"
S-s-s-s-s-s-s.s. Bang!
THAT one went to Marin's. think. "
Lucky we are safe here"
Sss-s-s-s-s- Boom!
mot Far From Here, That One"
Another one and not far from here,
either! Are the Prussians going to
lombard us forever? Why don't they
fire on the batteries? They only
waste their ammunition"
The bombardment eventually
stopped. and the couple went to bed,
to dream of screaming shells and
sugar at double price. In the morning
the doctor started on his round Of
calls, and his wife climbed the stairs,
to open the windows and let in the
chance sunshine, which comes only oc-
casionally and stays only a short time
prise to find that shell had exploded
in the house and had made matchwood
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-19
LIKE HELEN KELLER
rive.year.0Id Boy Displays Re.
markabIe Powers.
49,, Mute and Almost Blind, He 10
0 IN Fair Way to Become Famous
Result of Care and Proper
Treatment.

G. rouis.-Ernest Smith, five years
IA deaf dumb and almost blind, was
w. .a.on from the city hospital three
..a-. ago after his mother deserted
~, nv the Missouri Branch Inter
.o,ional Sunshine society, and is in a
toir way of becoming as remarkable
=, ue,en Keller. according to medical
au,borities, specialists and instructors
:, tho Missouri School for the Blind.
The child, who three years ago was
mt expected to live and who was de-
n,o,ed to be mentally defective. is an
svcellent proof Of what care. the
rroner treatment and skilled attention
will accomplish. At five he displays
healthy devotion to the sports in
dulred in by boys Of his age the world
over and an alarming interest in the
carving out of mischievous pursuits.
since an operation performed sew.
eral months ago, which restored to
him in a slight measure the use Of
bis left eve. he has displayed a sense
q, touch and perception which have
cot his elders wondering. and which
has determined then to secure for
him the best advantages obtainable
N make OF himself other than an
ordinary mute.
He recognizes colors readily; is able
10 distinguish his Sunday clothes from
those of the everyday variety; he Is
quick to notice anything new in the
wearing apparel or speech Of the WIS.,
itor in the home in which he is being
cared for, and he makes known his
likes and dislikes in an emphatic man.
ner in everything running the gamut
from foodstuffs to persons.
In the opinion Of Mrs. F. w. Baum
hoF for IA years president Of the
Missouri Sunshine society, and who
resigned that post in order to devote
her time wholly to caring for blind
children under school age. the child's
powers Of observation are nothing
short OF remarkable.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-19
PUZZLED OVER NAVY
War Lessons Leave Uncertainty
as to What to Do.
American Students Of Naval AHaio
Will Have Much to Learn From
European War-May Change
Whole System.
Nv EDWARD 8. CLARK.

(stafr Correspondent Western Newspaper
Union.)
Acknowledgements was at sea
for some time to know what 1t should
do for the navy. 1t Is still at sea as to
whether or not what it Is doing and
has done are the right things to do.
Here is the trouble: The navy de-
partment made its recommendations
for battleships and smaller craft prior
to the time that any naval lessons had
been learned as the result Of sea fights
between nations now at war. mo
naval committee of the house OF repre-
sentatives amplified the building pro-
gram of the navy department, adding
thereto several ships Of war Of vari-
GUS kinds. Now it is admitted that
the sea lessons Of the present war may
tend to prove that the kind Of ships
which are to be authorized will noe
meet the requirements of the lessons
learned from the fighting now going
on.
In the navy department today every
detail of recurring sea engagements 10
being studied closely The battle be-
tween the British ships Lion. Tiger.
New Zealand and others, and the Ger
man ships Bluecher, Moltke, Derfding-
er and the others seems to have shown.
SO American naval officers say. the SUI
periority of fast ships Of the battle
cruiser class with a certain number
of big guns, over smaller ships with .
much larger number Of guns OF slight
ly smaller caliber.
The information concerning the bat
ties between English and German ves-
sells in the South Pacific, South Attain
tic and in the North sea is not as full
as it might be, but the service men
are able to read between the lines and
they get lot Of material out of
meager reports in which laymen might
not be able to find anything, even IL
they applied microscope. The result
of this study Of fighting as 1t occurs
will show later wher the estimates are
made for another naval appropriation
bill.
Some senators and representatives
seem to think that 1t would have been
far wiser this year not to have apprO-
priated any money to build American
men of war. except for few of the
smaller type whose worth for certain
duties is well known. There seems to
be belief that the great fighting ship
Of the future will be not n dread
naught, but the fast battle cruiser with
heavy long range guns.
The war is still going on and as in
all human probability there will be
more sea fights before 1t is over there
will be plenty of lessons yet to be
learned by the American students Of
naval affairs. Navy men say 1t is pos
sible when the European war ends
that there will he complete change
of ship building procedure on the part
of all the nations Of the world.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-19
"NUN" SLAVES; GERMAN SPY
Taken Into English Home, "She" 10
Liked by GirIs-Pays Death
Penalty.

San Francisco.-The fate of a Ger.
man spy disguised as a Belgian nun
in England was told succinctly in a
letter received in San Francisco by
Miss Alice Robinson from her cousin.
Miss Ada Grant of Boston, Lincoln
shire county, England.
The letter said in part:
Did tell you that we had taken in
Belgian nun as a companion, though
We were taken in as well? One night
we heard a noise in her room, and.
going up quietly, we peeked through
tho transom, and what we saw | shall
never forget. There was the sister
In German uniform, shaving.
My sister phoned for the police. and
after struggle the man was arrested
A little later a shot was heard that
announced the last OF him. Our feel.
ing are better imagined than described
for we had really got to like the sis.
ter"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-19
REACH STREET AT NIGHT.

Of the furniture and woodwork OF the
top story. A Kansas whirlwind is the
only rival of a shell turned loose in n
house. The doctors house was mix
ture of plaster, rugs, beams, stones.
planks and tiles.
The marvel is that the wind and rain
had prevented the doctor and his wife
from knowing when their home was
hit
War No Longer Circus.
When the war first came to Pont-a-
Mousson it was like the arrival of a
circus. The sleepy little town was for
once awakened from its lethargy and
furnished with a big excitement. The
soldiers filled the street, crowding the
shops and flirting with the girls, who
Gradually this has all changed. Food
began to rise in price. Many articles
became totally lacking. There was no
work, winter came on, and military
discipline drew the lines closer and
closer until now one is virtually pris-
oner. And the Germans are still here,
bombarding us nearly every day and
constantly threatening new invasion.
Slowly the somber cloud Of death
and misery has been drawn down until
there is scarcely family which has
not lost father, a brother, or a son.
As I walk through the market see a
bent old mother confiding her misery
to an equally miserable young widow.
The saddest are the young widows,
with one or two little children. Each
day ] see two or three more young
women In mourning. The whole town
seems sad. inexpressibly sad. A bat
TALON OF chasseurs was made up al
most entirely of men from Pont-a-
Mousson. Two-thirds of this battalion
have been lost
Southern Soldiers Criticized.
The French soldier from the south
of France is said usually to be less
courageous than his brother from the
north and east This has been shown
many times. am told, in the battles OF
August, September, October and No
vember.
At Morhange, in the early days of
the war, the French advanced against
n superior force of Germans, unsup-
ported by artillery. There was COM
plete German victory, and every
French officer was made prisoner or
killed. The remnant of the French
army fed in disorder for SO kilometers.
1t Is asserted that the rout was caused
by the failure of the southern soldiers
to stand up to the fight.
In the early part Of September the
Germans swarmod out of Metz and
hurled three army corps against the
French force that had been ordered to
protect the "Crown" of Nancy. The
French troops were composed Of two
army corps, the Twentieth and an
other. The Twentieth corps is com
posed of soldiers recruited from the
north and east, and other corps OF
men from the south. from the Midi"
A series of unfortunate events
Drought the Germans up to the Bots
de Champenoux. in front of the pla-
teau Of ArmaEce. There Is a rumor
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-19
IS CHECK ON DEATH IN WAR
Progress in Surgery and Sanitation
Reduces the Fatalities in Mod
ern Warfare.

Amsterdam.-Contrary to the popu'
lar impression that modern wars re-
suit in a greater number of deaths
than those of the past, the opposite Is
true, according to an article repro
duced in the Tijd 1t is pointed out
that this is largely due to the progress
In surgery, the use of efiicacious anti
septics, the great development OF mod
EN- army sanitation and the high ell
c!ency Of the medical troops.
beginning with the Seven Years
war. the number Of deaths in battle
and from wounds received have de-
creased in the following percentages:
seven Years War. 40; Napoleonic
wars, 50; Crimean war, Is; Italian
war, 10; Franco-Prussian war. IA
,Ainese war, 10; Anglo-Boer war. y;
Nanchurian war. %; Turco-Bulgarian
campaign, -; Turco-Servian cam
falgn, 10; Turco-Greek campaign, 8.
The tendency OF modern wars to
Snow constantly diminishing number
O. deaths is indicated by some OF the
most important battles of these and
o'aer campaigns, as the following list
q percentages of the losses through
ceath during or after the action
SHOWS Porodiro 20, Austerlitz %;
aterloo, II; Solferino, -: Mukden,
~ Liaochang, 10: Lule-Burgas, ~;
21'alia 10. NTnnaStir Z
The absence of all reliable data on
me losses so far sustained in the Eu-
F2f@an war makes even an estimate
impossible.