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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02
The Daily Story
NJ nanrret Ru Inhn Y Iarnnd
My Convict-By John Y. Larned.

clothes was my next remark We
shall have to stop and buy one.
NY passenger gave me some idea Of
the sizes he had worn before mis- in
generation and at the first opportun.
Iity | bought him the necessary outfit.
He spoke of paying me for them some
DAY. but told him what | would re-
ouire would be his yindieation or, al
least, surety that he was what he
purported TO be. He managed 10
change his clothes under the wraps
and crossing a bridge. threw hts
stripes into water flowing rapidly. Aft
er this decreased my speed somewhat.
for | believed that with the start and
advantage we possessed my man would
not be retaken, at least for SOME time.
Passing through town where I had
business acquaintanGes, l procured
/ funds and supplied him with what he
would require Then stopping at
railway station, secured time table
showing trains for New York and by
taking longer route than the rails
put him on a train without his being
| Obliged TO wait al station,
Meanwhile he had given me the sd-
dress of his wife and asked me To call
iupon her to receive confirmation of his
story When he parted from me his
efforts to express his gratitude over
came him, and he could say nothing
AN he could do was TO look IT,
! As soon as he had left me / began to
realize my position in having aided
convict to make good his escape, and IL
was then that doubts began to trouble
ime. | did not so TO see his wife for
considerable time after he and part
| ed, fearing that she might hewaiched
| and my visit would put the authorities
lon to my infringement of the law
saw i'll the newspapers notices Of the
/ escape from prison of bank emba3
zler, and after the stir had qUleted
down / made the call
Some time after my call received q
letter written with great caution from
the convict. mailed at an inland city Of
South American lie was paving the
way to send for his wife and children,
which would be a difficult matter
without putting the authorities on his
track
! His plan was never carried out for
lone of the conspirators who had ruin
ed him was brought to trial for GER
itain Irregularities. and the facts of the
other matter came out, The convlCts
wife applied for a new trial for her
husband. but by this time the Who'll
matter was patent. Instead Of new
trial it was decided TO apply for par
don. This, after some delay, was
granted, and the pardoned man return
| ed TO mis- home
| l had the satisfaction Of giving the
reunited family a ride in the very
auto that had made good the father
escape.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02
RI HON. CLAUDE kTTCHIN.


tack or invasion In fact, the INVASION
by a foreign country from across the
sea and the landing Of an army upon
the soil of another, equipped with
mines and submarines, is thing OF
the past and an impossibility, and no
nation will ever attempt it. Every ma
ton capable in the least OF coping with
lis has its hand full to its elbows
Of the European war. Even II any mad
designs upon us, or il we would de-
clare war against any, not one could
send soldier or a ship against us II
could spare neither from the eXac-
tious of the present conflict, III, as SO
many of the jingoes and war traffick-
ers demanded, we had unfortunately
had an actual rupture with Germany,
which most wisely and fortunately was
avoided. thanks to the patient, reso-
lutte level headedness and big compre-
hension of the PRESIDENT, she could
have spared neither soldier nor a
ship to engage us. Great Britain or
France. by declaring war against us,
would whip herself and allies on land
in less than six months, without our
arming soldier or moving vessel
Where is the danger nowhere are
the war COLLINS to catch our people
to come from? Even the Japan COB
In specially fixed up for so many
years by Hobson and the jingoes, at
the time Of each annual naval appro-
priation bill. is now being laughed at
by the kindergarten children. Where
is the danger in the future? After the
conclusion of the present war, every
European nation will be so exhausted
in men, money. credit, and material
resources and its people so burdened
with billions of debt and taxation and
it's land so filled with millions Of
manned and crippled. and many more
millions of widows and orphans, that
not one could even think or dream of
war with the United States. the big
gest, richest, strongest power on earth,
with its 100,000.000 people, and its bill
lions Of wealth and unlimited re-
sources. fresh, untouched. unimpaired
unless our government, yielding to the
jingoes and war rafickers, would
take it by the nape Of the neck and
pull il into a fight with us.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02
THE WORD MOTHER.

The word mother which saves
lives and spares the honor Of limo
cents in the plelodrama, has actually
restored reason to soldier in France,
whose mind had been left blank by
shell shock.
A concert party had gone over from
England to cheer up the sick, and one
of their number, well known tenor,
sang the old favorite. Mother Mach
rec" Among the audience was q
erve-shattered soldier who came out
Of bombardment not only blind but
almost an idiot. He could understand
nothing. babbied meaninglessly and
had to be treated like an infant. He
was still blind when taken to the con
cert The word mother" required
in the song and the soldier caught at
II When the song was finished, he
was still muttering the word to him
self But it proved the key to his mem
DRY. He began to recall detached in
cidents about himself and later re-
covered both his mind and his sight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02

! was running my auto leisureiy
along road in the country and slowed
up even from that pace TO turn a sharp
bend in the road when suddenly a
heavy weight dropped from an over
hanging branch into my car directly
behind me. Turning. / saw man IN
convict stripes rising TO his feet.
Put ON full speed" he said in a tone
TO indicate that he would be obeyed-
/ did not see that he possessed any
weapon with which to enforce his de-
mands. but it was evident that he was
an escaped jailbird and AS such was
likely to be desperate. As soon as
had turned the bend ! obeyed his or
der, my speed gauge registering 10
miles an hour. The man climbed over
the back of the seat and sat down be-
side me- The road before NE needed
7 all my attention, but I took time to
! glance aside at him. Now that he was
! fleeing at so rapid gait his whole e1-
preston was changed. Despite his
stripes, / saw in him a man of refine
ment. He met my gaze with an hon
est look and said:
MY friend, if YOU knew that instead
of defeating justice YOU are trying 10
undo a frightful act of injustice YOU
would be better satisfied | have been
the victim of conspiracy TO defraud
a bank of which | was cashier and was
sent to the penitentiaFy for 10 years.
My noble wife surreptitiously sent me
saws, with which | effected my escape,
/ My object is to get out of the country.
send for her and our children and be-
! gin life anew"
! While he was making his brief state
the other on him l doubt if any man
can lie to me and impress me that he
! is speaking the truth. did not know
/ that the man was sincere. but l felt his
sincerity knowledge may be defect
/ i've intuition, at least with me. is per
/ feet.
There is nothing" I replied that
would give me greater satisfaction
than to enable you to carry out your
purpose, Where shall / take your
First you must throw my pursuers
off the track. They are not far be-
| hind"
Get back there and cover yourself
up to the chin with the wraps
/ He did so, and his stripes we're con
cealed but he was bareheaded. I gave
him my cap. Seeing a man ahead of
me wearing a common wooden hat
stopped long enough to buy it, giving
/ him three times its value. Then. en-
tering upon a long stretch of compar-
atively straight and level road. / put
on the balance of my power, making
+ 90 miles an hour
do YOU know anything of the pur-
suit?" I asked
Only that my fight must have been
discovered long ago
We must have another suit Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02
TIME TO COUNT NOSES.

The Argus carried a news story in
its last nights issue to the effect that
there has been a rush for citizenship
papers among Moline factory employees
who have come to that city in recent
years from foreign countries.
Whether the movement has been in
Ftigated by the factory owners or
whether the foreigners are acting vol.
unfairly is not material. 1t is good
sign nevertheless. There will be no
better time than the present for the
United States government TO count
noses II there are people enjoying
The privileges and opportunities of this
country who stand ready TO take or
ders from foreign ruler in prefer
cnce to the president of the United
States they should be given to under
stand that they are no longer well
rame here.
Those who have been getting by
with the aid OF the hyphen some day
will be compelled to drop that little
connection II they desire TO be known
~ loyal followers of the Stars and
Stripes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02

Now, anybody with half an eye can
see how dangerous the administration
Of cathartic Of any kind would be in
Euch circumstances. A dose OF castor
oil or salts taken in the presence or
at she beginning of an attack of acute
appendicitis is liable to rupture the
appendix, spreading the infection all
over the abdominal cavity and produc-
ing fatal peritonitis inflammation of
the bowels)
SO remember, please, that Ii il a
risky business taking castor oil or
other cathartics when you are not
quite certain whether you are devotion
ing appendicitis or not.
Perforation spells purgation nine
times out Of ten.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02
WORLDS WHEAT CROP,

American citizens generally are
aware that the 1915 wheat crop of the
United States will exceed one billion
bushels-the largest in the history of
the country They may not be IA,
miliar with the fact that the world s
wheat crop will be the largest in
history, exceeding four billions OF
bushels.
Fifteen years ago Sir william
CrOolles startled the world with the
prediction that the wheat supply was
likely to run short, or at least would
not keep pace with the growth in pop
ulation, This prediction has not been
confirmed because of increased pro
duction per acre and the enlargement
of the producing area
The yield of wheat in the United
States in the ten years prior to 1900
averaged thirteen bushels per acre.
while in 1912 and 1913 it averaged
ffteen-anda-half bushels per acre, an
increase of 20 per cent. In Russia the
yield increased from nine bushels in
the decade ending with 1900 to thir-
teen bushels in 1913; in Austria from
sixteen bushels to twenty, in Great
Britain from thirty-one to thirty
four, and in Germany from twenty
four and-ahalf bushels TO thirty-five
OF particular interest TO American
growers this year is the Canadian
wheat crop, which is d record breaker
Canada is said TO have q wheat har-
vest so large as to be unwieldy. It is
arriving a Winnipeg at the rate OF
2.000 cars day, or double the guam
I tity OF a year ago, The crop is esti-
mated at 1886 ,25S, 900 bushels, of which
there will easily be an eXportahle sur.
plus of 250,000.000 bushels Wheat ex-
ports from Canada last year amounted
to 100000 bushels, which included
some left over from the previous crop.
Last year the United States exported
some 340,000,000 bushels,
This year Canada not only seems TO
be crowding the United States out OF
the export trade but is actually selling
wheat 10 American millers in spite OF
Il l0-cent per bushel duty. In order
TO obtain market for her great crop
| Canada is selling her product for a
fraction over 10 cents under the price
of American wheat and the Canadian
grain is said to be superior in quality
TO the American,
This condition will be agreeable to
practically everybody except the
American wheat growers. At least two
! thirds of the American crop must be
for home consumption and the Cana
dian competition should tend to keep
the price down in this country in spite
of the European war. With the mar
rot nrice OF wheat around q dollar
bushel the growers will reap an
ample profit and the consumer will be
given some consideration Should the
Dardanelles fall into the hands of the
allies the bottom probably would drop
out Of the wheat market and those who
| have been holding their product for
war prices" would be caught with q
large surplus on their hands and they
would be deserving Of scant sympathy
! Dollar wheat should satisfy even
those who are inclined 70 be grasping.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02

London Correspondence Of The
Associated Press. Wireless teleg-
raphy has opened polar sea ro1te
from central Russia to Great Britain.
Wireless stations established By the
Russian government in the arctic keep
the vessels advised as TO the channels
freest from ice. Acting on their In
formation. two large vessels chartered
by Siberian trading company have
Just arrived at Grimsby with carg0eg
from the Yenesei and Obi districts ~
Central Siberia. valued at $l.750043
The Obi and Yenesei are huge rivers
with great depth of water. taking
steamers Of any size But it was not
until lately that their navigation was
put in practice.
Owing to the use Of the trans Slber-
ian railway by the Russian government
for war supplies, there are 3.0oo 600
tons of wheat tied up in Siberia. be-
sides enormous quantities of other pro
duce. If this can be got out. it viii I'M
prove Russian exchange. which Is now
serious problem among the allies
Next year the company proposes 20
take about thirty steamers over the
new White Sea route, laden with Siber-
ian products. Even If the war ends be-
fore this time. it is pointed out tina, the
Siberian railway viii be mere or less
tied up with back business and the re-
turning troops
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02

Why should we be in such a hurry
to make big appropriations for the ar
my and navy? Why should congress
make such wild rush 10 tax the
people more? Where is the necessity
or the wisdom? If there ever was a
time in the history of our government
when the administration, congress,
and the people. should consider with
deliberation, and without excitement
and without haste. a military and ma
val construction policy it is now. Just
stop and give a moments calm thought
To the situation:
LIST. Our navy and army is strong
er. better equipped, with more ANNA
pition and in every respect more eff
cient than ever hefore-50 per cent
more in money and numbers than
ever before; more dreadnaughts under
construction than ever before-niue in
number During the two years Of the
Wilson administration congress auth
orized the building Of dreadnaughts
10 cost over $70.000,000; the last two
years Of Taft's administration dread
! naughts costing about $26.00o,000 were
authorized. This ought to satisfy the
dreadnaught lingo and trafficker. GER
tainly till we construct other more
useful and necessary craft. The dread
naughts authorized in the last con-
/ gress will not be completed until three
or four years. and the dreadnaughts, If
I authorized by the coming congress,
cannot possibly be completed within
four or five years-and the war COB
/ Inns could eat us up alive by that time.
/ Relatively. considering the require
ments and demands Of the present war
/ upon all other navies. we have the
strongest and most powerful navy on
| earth-suficient to defend our coun-
( try and protect our rights on the seas
! or elsewhere against any nation or
any possible combination Of nations
/ during the continuance Of the present
European war. After the war terni-
mates, what nation will have the de-
sign or the power to attack US?
End. We are III less danger from a
foreign foe than ever before in the
history Of our country. Even if we
were not, has less power to harm OF
strike us than ever before. We are
now absolutely in no danger Of at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02
William Brady.m.D.
The CathartlC and the Appendix

If there is one cut and dried path
illogical idea fixed in the lay mind it
is that a good physic is good medicine
no matter what ails you.
And if there is one domestic mis-
take which may be said 10 cost life
much more oftener than it saves a
life, it is this very obsession.
Contrary to the almanac theory, doc
tors nowadays do not invariably begin
the treatment of an illness by admin
istering q physic Nor do they begin
the examination by inquiring about the
bowels.
There is at least one fairly popular
ailment which is made distinctly worse
by phyisic, and that is acute appen-
dicitis There are other conditions
which are aggravated by physics too.
but in the case Of appendicitis the re-
sort to aperients without medical ad-
vice is far too often the straw that
turns the scales against recovery.
Why? Because if there is any rem
edy appropriate FOR the treatment Of
acute appendicitis 1t is absolute rest.
That means not only rest in bed, but
an absolute fast for at least As hours,
aud exquisite care to avoid every un-
necessary exertion. even turning in
bed.
What is the purpose OF this ply
sso-ogical rest?" 1t places the intes-
tine in splint-as nearly as such a
thing may be accomplished in life. II
endeavors 10 prevent the spread of in
tfammation from the localized infec-
tion in the appendix If the infection
car be absolutely localized for IS
hours. the patient viii recover. as a
rule-no always. by any means.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02

their work and turning the money ever
to their families
Wisconsin has passed law to meet
this very emergency. aud il is en-
Enthusiastically approved by H. c.
Baker. director Of public safety at
Racine. Wis. and former president
Of the Wisconsin Police Chiefs asso-
citation
In the cities of Wisconsin, like
those Of other states. when man was
sent 70 Jail his wife and children were
helpless Deprived Of even what little
the erratic husband and father provid,
ed for their support they were thrown
upon charity or the city for an ex
tremeIy meager livelihood But that
was before. the legislature passed the
bill that instructs the sheriff 10 find
jobs for all married men jailed for
minor crimes
A printer. recently sentenced to
40 days in jail for drunkenness ana
failure TO support his family. illustrates
the working Of the Law Every pay
day the man spent his weeks earnings
in the saloons and gave his wife not a
cent for the support of herself and her
two small children.
When sentenced the man was work,
ing in a job printing plant only two
| blocks from the Jail He was per
mitted to continue his work. coming
"a, al - tho tai2 ~ -aar for ft,nch and
returning direct from work to his cell,
Then the sheriff locked him up for the
night The next days program was the
same and SO on for 40 days, On Satur-
day, carrying an order from the Judge,
the wife went to his employer and took
/ his wages of S2250, For the six weeks
he was imprisoned she did this, and
was able to pay up ha- various house
hold bills and outfit herself and the
children with clothes for the winter,
| After 40 days of no drinking whole
some food and regular habits, the man
came out Of the jail a healthy citizen
his system thoroughly cleansed Of al
cohol. Then he was put on the black
list. that is. forbidding saloonkeepers
10 sell him drinks Under the old sys-
TEN he would have lain idly in a cell
associatlng with worse criminals and
come forth perhaps worse than he
entered His family would have
either starved or obtained Sc or ST a
week from the city. The new law turns
them into q happy family. saves the
man his job and saves the city the ex-
pense Of another family on the poor
list. OF course, going back and forth
TO work the chance to escape is al
ways there, but not one prisoner has
yet taken advantage Of it, They always
show up al meal time
The sheriff finds jobs for those men
who had none when arrested. and
makes them work. Contractors. needing
a gang in a hurry phone rim and he
delivers the men.
Ever, body profits. The prisoner
gets q new chance his family does
inc, have to depend on charity and
gets three or four times the amount
| the poor bureau would pay. and the
city saves money in providing for
the man and not the family. The
sheriff by wholesale buying can feed
the prisoners for an average Of Is
cents day. and while the fare con
tamq no frills, it is sufficient to keel
a man going Hf heavy work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02

The furs Of Alaska, a resource yield
ing $780, 900 a year, vary in value
from that OF the squirrel, to the black
fox pelt, which brings as much as
$1,250 The greatest American fur
market is still at ST Louis, Mo, and
the largest in the world al London.
Boxelder county, Idaho, not many
years ago a mere desert, has this sea
son, for the seventh time in eight
years. won the grand horticultural
prize at the Utah state fair. The
word boxelder has not the same signi-
fieance in New England as in the west
where the tree by that name is one OF
the commonest of all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02
FAMILY DESERTERs

One OF the most distressing forms
81 cases which come before our
criminal courts is that OF the men
accused of wife and child abandon
nent. Naturally the courts have ne
sympathy with men Of this stripe.
and yet 10 sentence these men to
.erms in the Jail means that the wife
and children will be wholly without the
support which the work of the head Of
he family should give them. Many
lines las the suggestion been made in
aeck Island that there be evolved some
manner Of compromising the men for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02
Selected by Tavenner

To the Readers OF The Argus:
The Argus generously agreed to permit me 10 maze
regular contribution under this head to use the space
as it were left free to make my selecuon
from where WILL whether 1t is timely or untlmes' "
search the highways and the byways for what may I'M
press a Of interest and value to the people
/ assure my readers / shall try to make the most o.
the opportunity. TO do so must forget that parry he
exist and will just wish 1t might be practcal if
them exist and that the principal issue on eleS>
ton day might be- whether candidate belongs 10 TINS
that political party but whether he is willing TO serve
the Of the people or the few who exploit hem'
In other words, my idea is 10 submit Information OF
a thought that would give to the world If myself
edited newspaper, the only mission Of when was 10
serve mankind; to do this and nothing more.
When / personally write the contribution, Will sign
it, and when present the thought and work OF others
will so indicate CLYDE H. TAVENNER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02
FIRESIDE TIME.

FIRESIDE TIME.
TITS dull sight
To see the year dying,
When winter winds
Set the yellow wood signing;
Signing, OH signing.
When such time c0meih.
[ do retire
Into an old r0em
Beside a bright fire:
Oh, pile 4 bright fire.
And there | sit
Reading old things:
Of knights and lorn damSeIs
While the wood sings,
oh, cheerfulIy sings.
ANON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02
Daily History Class--Nov. 2.

1715 - Marie Antoinette. consort IL
Louis XVI Of France, born in vi
emma; guillotined by the revolution
lists in Paris Oct. 10. 1898.
1927 Lieutenant Frederick g Schwat
ka. soldier and explorer, died.
born 1873,
l9ll-Fleet of over 100 United States
battleships. cruisers and auxiliary
vessels on review at New York.
914-Great Britain closed the North
sea 10 neutral ships. Turks and
Russians fought along the frontier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-02
Another Dark Secret,

Not wishing to bring ridicule upon
others misfortunes or anything like
that, but purely through curiosity, I
Jump up to ask how do deaf and dumb
mutes talk in the dark? Last evening
noticed two men using the sign Ian
guage while passing under an arc light
at street intersection in a denselv
shaded residence district When they
passed on out Of range Of the lights
rays could scarcely distinguish them
and wondered what became of their
conversation o. y. K.