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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
STATESMEN AND PUBLICITY

Attention has been called TO the un-
conventional method used by Sir Ed
ward Grey in carrying on his argu-
mant wira Won Bethmanu- Hollweg. the
German chancellor. Sir Edward has
allowed himself to be interviewed by
newspaper reporters The usual
method employed by a British states
man who wishes the public ear, is to
make speech in parliament or public
meeting or write letter 10 a friend,
which is Immediately given out for
publication
on the continent statesmen usually
express themselves through sams-of7-
aial papers. or papers which they
themselves own. SIR Edwards meth
cd may be unconventional. the Deca-
tur Herald suggests. but it is sensible.
IL our own country presidents have
different methods Of getting their
views before the people. Dir Roose-
velt employed all He sometimes call
esd ia stool pigeons" Washington
correspondents whom he trusted and
gave them scoops, He Is credited on
one occasion " iCh having changed his
mind over night regarding a matter
which. it had been agreed. one Of his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
The Daily Story
David and GoIath-By Sarah Baxter.

fquent murder If the husband and ia
/ Their did not die Of his wound he would
subsequently be killed.
| It remained for a weak woman 10
solve the problem AS soon as sha
could be spared from attendance on
her husband Mrs. Rogers took bag
and went out on the plain When sha
+ returned it was evident that she had
! something in the bag, bat what IL
was no one knew and no one cared
! She took it into the cellar and left IL
there, locking the door. Every day
after thar she would go into the cellar.
take the bag and 90 down into the
/ hamlet, where she would spend some
/ time answering questions as 10 her
husbands condition, but il was motto
ed that she was always looking about
her and had an eye especially OH tho
saloon.
One morning while she was thus en-
gagged Texas Bill came out of the sa
loon. smoking a long black cigar. His
trousers were tucked into his boots, hls
flannel shirt was open, exposing his
hairy breast, and his face was flushed
with liquor A revolver wBB siuug 70
each hip. and a long knife was in bis
belt. Mrs Rogers left her friends and
advanced toward him
There was something about her
movement to tell the others that she
had some intend concerning her has
bands enemy-a certain resoluta look
in her eye. a quickness in her walk.
She seemed like a David advancing TO
attack a Goliath Was the bag She
carried q sling containing a stone?
Texas Bill stood for a moment on the
porch of the saloon looking ont on the
desolate scene then staggered down
the steps and walked away from the
group Of which Mrs. Rogers had form.
ed a part She followed him. While
doing SO she raised the skirt Of her
dress and from about her waist un-
coiled a rope When she came to
within a few yards of Bill she threw
a moose in the rope over his shoulders
and when 1t fell to his elbows gave 81
a sudden jerk, pinning his arms
From this moment she moved with
Iightning-like rapidly holding the
lass0 Ia her left hand, while with her
right she turned the bag over on BuF5
shoulders. a Ioathsome thing fasten-
ed itself on TO his back Giving @
mighty yell, he freed bis arms and
Erasped what chung to him, but &c was
too late to save himself from it's bite.
Wrenching it oil, he saw the deadly
ella.
Fortunately for the woman be waa
too fntentIy engaged with the monster
TO pay any heed 10 her or ne might
have served her as he had served her
husband He went bowling down the
road. and his cries were heard #1
death relieved him of his agony
Rogers recovered. and his wife WISE
ever after known as tne woman waa
had beaten Texas Bill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

Did you never hear of the ella mon
ster? Ne? Wei, the ella looks some
thing like a young alligator. When at
! tackled 1t feigns TO be dead. Its bite is
/ frightfulIy poisonous. The victim lin
gers a long while in great agony, then
dies,
There is-or rather there was-out
On the plains west Of the Missouri river
human monster as much TO be dread
/ ed as the ella. This was the desperate
who finds his proving grounds in new
countries. When America was being
occupied by a civilized people the HUI
man ella was the renegade white. He
lived with the Indians and fought with
them against their enemies. including
those of his own color When the saw.
ages wished to draw the whites into
an ambush they would use the rene
gade for the purpose. and he was not
ashamed to served them.
This human monster in another
form was the terror Of the plains when
they were passing from 1awIessness to
civilization. He delighted in cruelty.
There was no law in the country or
which he had obtruded himself to pre-
vent his murders or punish him there
for except The revolver. and since that
was his especial implement he was SO
shIIful with 1t that he had every ad-
vantage.
Mark Rogers, an Indiana farmer,
having a sickly wife. sold his farm
and took her with their children to a
region in the southwest then being
taken up by white settlers. There he
"squatted" and raised what crops he
could while his wife was regaining
her strength. A hamlet grew up IN
the vicinity, consisting OF four dwell
iBgs, q store, q blacksmith shop and a
saloon. One day Rogers was passing
through the hamlet when MAJ,
known as Texas Bill came out Of the
saloon firing his revolver about him as
a boy celebrating the Fourth of July.
Seeing Rogers. he put a bullet into his
left breast. in the region Of the heart.
He had nothing whatever against ROC
ers. He fired AT him as he would at "a
tree or any other mark.
His victim fell and lay In the road
iii some persons took him up and car
ried him home There was little or no
hope that he would survive, and at his
death mis- invalid widow and her chill
dreH would be in a destitute condition.
He fingered along. however, and one
day his wife heard him muttering to-
himself that when he recovered the
man who had shot him would have a
chance to shoot him again or die.
This BODIED no good for the Rogers
family. Texas Bill would have every
advantage in a fight, and since # was
20 be expected that if Rogers recover
ed one of the two would die every
one knew that Bill would be on the
out again There we're no courts to
punish the crime or. prevent a subse-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

. trusted journalistic friends should
publish The Gulucky. correspondent
was compelled TO telegraph the Office
and order the presses stopped. But
on the matter Of interviews AIr.
Roosevelt was strict He seldom al
lowed himself 10 be quoted.
Mr.. Taft made a good many speech
es, and was rather free in permitting
wspapermen to publish his views
about important questions. THE
president believes" was q common
preface TO Washington dispatches from
1908 TO 1912
Mr.. Wilson makes few speeches.
never talks for publication. and new
er inspires newspaper articles. Sec
rotary Tumulty drops just enough in
formation to make 1t safe for a cor
respondent 10 write that "the presi-
dent allowed 1t 10 be understood, etc. -
II is partly owing TO this reticenoe.
and partly owing TO the fact that he
reads them 10 congress that there is so
much interest in the presidents brief
messages to congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
Sidelights on the European War

Stockholm, Sweden -C Correspond
ence OF The Associated Press What
ever military strategists may decide is
the actual importance Of the Russian
/ loss OF western Poland and the fall Of
Warsaw. by the Poles themselves it is
regarded as nothing but the bitterest
tragedy Six months ago, the Russian
Poles. In spite of their losses and SUI
fering and the complete devastation of
the most productive portions of their
country still chung hopefully to the
promise which Russia had held out to
them at the beginning Of the war. With
the gradual encr0achmeut of the Ger
man armies, this assurance has way
ere6-not so much because they doubt
ed Bussia's good faith as because they
questioned her ability TO enforce the
grand dukes proclamation With the
loss Of the Polish capital it may be
said that this waning hope which alone
lifted Russian Poland out of absolute
despair, has expired.
An Associated Press correspondent
talked with representative Poles Of all
classes from the artstocracy to the
peasantry, as they fed from WARSAW
10 interior points in Russia. The up
permost feeling was one Of uI-con-
cealed resentment against the Rus
SLAMS.
In the recent retreat from the region
around Warsaw. the Russian army,
having learned a lesson from LODI,
where the resources Of the city were
converted TO German use, decided upon
policy Of destroying all property,
about whose use by the Germans there
was the slightest question 1t was
hardly TO be expected that the Poles.
homeless, pauperized and without
any idea of where or how they were
going TO live. would preserve a Judic-
tally calm view of this action by the
Russian army Explanations regard
ing 'strategical necessity" failed to
impress men who had Just seen their
own homes razed by the Russian army
and had received printed proclama-
tons the very phrasing of which they
considered an insult The procIama-
ton brusqueIy stated that Polish
cattle and men must Immediately leave
the regions along the front for points
in The interior"
These wretched persons said that
the Russian soldiers in their jealous
execution Of the orders they had re-
ceived. had left nothing behind them
except blackened and SCARED land
scape whose very soil was ruined.
Polish resentment has been fncreas-
Cd by the reports Of Gefmany's offer of
peace 10 Russia according to the
terms Of which Russia would cede
narrow strip Of Poland in the neigh
borhOod OF KaHsz to Germany. I'm
this settlement" say the Poles, Rus
sia would lose nothing and Poland
would lose everything for this would
bring Germany enc step nearer to her
plan Of Germanizing the Vistuia which
would mean the death OF Poland Is
a nation. Il seems that Poland is not
only to be the shief sufferer in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
William Brady, Nj
Country and Hospital Doctors.

James Mckenzie, the great English
heart specialist. won his fame and
asaribas his grasp OF heart disease to
experience obtained in country Prac-
llce. AS he observes in his work on
Diseases Of the Heart, The inYestiga-
tors in hospital wards and laborator-
ies have little idea of the difficulties
the general practitioner has 20 en-
counter 1.-The little have been
able to do tn this respect chat is. Inv
1erpre6ng the symptoms Of heart dis
easel has but opened my eyes to the
extraordinarily rich field for iagesti-
CATION that lies before the general
practitioner" And Mckenzie is one of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

war. but that She is TO constitute the
prize which Russia is To- pay 10 Ger
many"
In view of the present geographical
( boundaries OF Poland. and tile state o..
/ Polish feeling, the continuance OF the
/ session of the Russiau-PoHsr con-
mission appointed by the emperor to
( consider the question of Polish inae-
/ pendence has the qualities Of tragedy
/ and farce almost equally combined.
/ The commission has apparently come
/ to a deadlock. since the kind of indie
/ pendence "oicn roland wants and me
kind which Russia sees TT TO o1er are,
/ il not directly opposed All least 30 le-
mote IRON eaeh oLhef a7 10 nave ".-
+ tie IN common
/ II can see little hope of am agree
ment between tha Russian and Polish
members of our commission said
( Dmowsky. the Polish chairman of she
commission and former OF taa national
{ democratic party Of Poland. in Fl state
meut to The Associated Press.
/ II have been asked by the Russian
I emperor to give my views regarding
/ the Polish government Of the future.
land I would be fnsfncara and uureD-
reseutative Of my country If T modl-
/ fed them 10 suit the Russian members
! Of the commission Fl q compromise
is necessary. it is certainly not uE
duty at this time to- suggest IT, Sou
may be assured on one point Poland
will never be satisfied without prop
/ er degree OF independence
Asked TO explain his idea Of d prop
er degree of independence Alr Umo#-
sky said:
Il mean Polish legislature with
hoYb houses wholly Polish a1urIara
financial indanandaora and fa. end rs
r2neetav, of4ris45oe, IS par-rd nrIz
a concession Ruzzfa win never care 20
make for Poland has been a most ll-
vitne garden for exuEoita7l1r av Eas.
sian officials.
oIt is the presence Of Russian aa-
miufsfrative officials which we a15
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
GOOD BYE STRAW Hat.

The hour Of the straw hat IS come
We must bid it a fond farewell f7.
1915. The sad occasion moves thu
quincy Herald 10 pay the following
deserved tribute
A few more days and the straw
hat win no longer be with us It
seems a pity. Mankind lis NOT given
to inveuting head coverings FOR
males-or females eitaer-that are
conducive TO the retention OF hair
and a good disposition. The derby
does neither. 1t is as ugly d piece
OF top decoration as the evil gen
Jus Of fashion could dictate The
felt hat more nearly approaches
something human but the felt hat
usually is seen in hayward and
odd shapes. not at all suited to the
physiognony of the wearer and
inclined to get covered with spots.
The cap is an abumination 1t cuts
OFF the top of maukind's head with
a hot and furry fnaIity and offers
nothing in the way OF graceful
lines
The straw hat most nearly ap-
proaches the ideal Il Is light II
IS cool IL is comfortable. Above
all, for the man with poor taste in.
hat selection there is less danger
of going asuay. The straw Of al
most any shape looks fairly good
on the man of almost any shape
And they're so very easy TO tip.
But fashion. in IFS own peculiar
" ridiculous way. SAYS NO more
straw hats after Sept. Is. No
matter now bot. 10 matter how
uncomfortable Won may be. you
must don some abominatiou of
head gear in keeping with the
style
Until men work themselves out
from under the woke of straw hat
superstition theIr criticisms of
women with their furs IN summer
and few other OF their insane
fnanities are sadly out Of place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

{ the private practitioner in town. We
know, for we have enjoyed the
em0luments accrutng from such po-
sition. Yet il is true that the ma
jority of hospital staff appointments
are filed by patronage, pull or favor
itism In America, rather than by
I professional competition, as abroad.
The fact that a physician Is or is
not connected with a hospital is Of
little or no significance insofar as pro
fessi0naI competence is concerned
Some signauy unqualified practition-
ers are serving as physicians and sur
ge0ns on hospital staffs-serving with
out compensation, of course, but sim
ply for what prestige they can get out
Of It. Il the truth were known the
hospital specialist" would have q
hard row to hoe Much Of the medical
treatment perpetrated in hospitals
and dispensaries is d sort of ready
made system of charIayanry or treat
ment by ear, if we may SO describe it,.
The patient gets a little OF Formula
No x SO many times q day and If
Formula X doesn't quite meet the in
dicauons. why, who should worry?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS,
Plea From Br0Wn-Halred Woman.
Some time ago you delighted your
black-haired readers by giving a for
mula for a safe hair dye, writes a
newspaper woman. Won't you dear,
kind, good doctor, give a formula for
dyeing brown hair too
Answer Cort. Fruct, Juglandis,
two ounces; sodI Chloratis, one-half
ounce; Corucis Aurantii. one ounce;
Aquae, one quart. Boil to the con-
aistence Of an ointment. Pull hair
through cloth saturated with the
stutf-and live forever.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
THE CRUEL. HUSBAND.

In the October Woman's Home Com
panion Charles T. Jefferson. pastor OF
Broadway Tabernacle, New York city,
writes a sermon 10 fathers in which
he tells as follows why some husbands
deserve The whipping post
In his~home. a man shows his in
nermost self il the way tie treats his
wife. # ne is q coarse grained, self
ISL bo0r, his boorishness viii come
out in his conduct toward her. II he
is Christian gentleman. he viii have
daily opportunities 10 prove It IN his
attitude 10 her. "a he puts on airs as
the lord Of the house, ordering his
vile around as though she were d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
IN Edftar LElln Ennrrs-

The editor of the Democrat is some
times called a sport The term is not
necessarily Objectionable He loves
children for their beauty and wisdom.
He likes the crowd because of the in
sp1Tati0u. He loves baseball. bat
knows very little about it. He enjoys a
horse race, but detests the gamblers
end. He knows something of human
nature and through II understands
who is poor sport by the amount and
kind Of noise he makes-0nowa
Iowa Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
Daily History CIass-Sent. Is.

1i16-New York city captured by she
British, At the beginning of the
war the British held the harbor.
and in August. 1915. the forts at
the lower end % the city were evac-
mated
William Howard Taft. twenty
seventh president OF the United
States. born ia Cincinnati
1914-Peace trea ties between rle Unit
ed States and Great Britain.
France. Spain and China s.aned in
Washington Allies iAtrencAed
north Of the Aisne
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

It is sald mat the sultan of Turkey
does not like The way the Germans are
running his end os the war. II he bad
10 do it himself the chances are that he
would have even more reason for dis
satisfaction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

Gin the opinion OF the Waterloo
Times-Tribune sunraEists viii have
no trouble gaining male recruits to
their cause ii they succeed Jpn tying
the hands of fashion and putting into
effect a standard, practical dress for
women.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

a young Norwegian has perfected q
novel life preseryer I'm the form of q
travelling bas that can he quickly con-
verted into a waterproof union suit
that will keep the party inside 81 il
afoat This device ought to be in
great demand among transatlantic
travellers these DAYS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

Mrs. Scott Duraud might be able to
cure her cattle Of the hoof and mouth
disease by the faith treatment, but it is
just barely possible that owners of
other animals that would be exposed
while the operation was iu progress
might fall down in applying a similar
remedy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

Mrs RU6ha-I wonder why that wo-
man keeps watching me 500 Nr Rub
ba Perhaps she's trying to find out
why YOU are staring al -Pailadel-
pima Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
Result Of War Argument,

Vino lost a perfectly good half-a-set
of false teeth? These valuable instru-
mants Of food mastication were turned
into the secretarv's Office of the Ike
vance district fair Saturday afternoon
and were reported to the Star-Courier
this morning by. Secretary John Fred
riokson -Kewanee lIIlJ Star-Couriar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
Rock Island-From River to
River

The United States, when the time
comes for him to 90, doubtless viii be
able TO secure safe-c0nduct for Dr.
Dumba without straiuiHg les relations
with tho allies
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

The fellow who is SO careful Of his
best girl before marriage that he win
not le1 her carry her powder puH is
likely to turn over g new lear after
ward and compel her to push tie 20
L..gs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
Think Ii Over.


New sttckum on Uncle Sans envei'
opes, tasting and smelling like mint
sauce, has created fresh popularitE
for roast lamb and mint sauce, butch
ers say.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
CHORDS AND
DISCORDS

"A TEN dollar bill will finance
your introduction to the great game OF
golf, says Miss Elaine RosenthaL
women's western champion. But, like
society, the Palm Beach suit and the
automobile the upkeep's the rub, is Il
not. Elaine?
CAP Won Papen appears TO have
DGmbaed also.
Think Ii Over
Henry Ward Beecher wrote: Let
America bind up the wounds-n0t
make them; quench the fires Of var
not kindIe them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

I The Indian population of the United
States 81 the end q June last year
totaled 331.250.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
- - - - Appetite.

I can't understand why it has been
necessary for the Rock Island road to
borrow SO much money to pay Oft in
terest ON its Indebtedness. I recently
patr0Hized its diner service to Cali
foruia. s. r,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

BILLY Sunday has decided 10 go 70
Europe to preach. He ought TO issue
special invitations for has initial meet
ing to the bulHes who have been keep
ing the Old world afame with rapine
and murder the past year and show
them the hole in the platform where
he says the devil h0vers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
Ear g saason Romanea shatterea.

In Cook county. HI, Mary Juslynska
is suing CzesIaw Hiezl0wskt fof
$4,000 damages for alleged breach Of
promise to marry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

PLEASANT Buzzard receives his
postcards at London. Ohio.
PARs0N DarneIL who is Temporal
lily detained at the federal prison in
Fort Leavenworrb. Kan. Tor viola
ton of the Mann act comes forward
with court declaration that he never
welded Ethel Sturgeon, yet in the
same breath he petitions fer annul-
ment OF the alleged marriage" The
brother apparently is in the wrong
pew He ought to be receiving men
tai treatment.
NEWSPAPER publication continues
to be one Of the fav0rita pastimes Of
orr Idle rich; that it, its great sport
until the public gets next and IT'S
all going out and nothing coming in
TWO Of the pioneer papers Of Boston
have just been sold at auction.
DISCOVERY has been made in New
York that the perfect 36' in Amari-
ca is larger than the French IS. The
American girl viii have 10 be shown
THE American Defense society at
tacks Henry Ford's peace plan, charg-
ing he would bind the arms OF his ma
tion 80 insure against war. Henry
win likely come back gith another re
duction in the price Of his cars. Honk.
hopk saws Hen
in. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

I like TO sit and dream all day
in d cool spot.
Of notes 10 meet ana bills TO pay
I little wot.
Ny troubles all to protest so.
I discount care
At the brooks bank. For now. you
know.
I've interests there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15

Wednesday, September Is, 1915.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-10-08
RULES OF THE CONTEST.
(Continued.l

T. The contest will open publication of this adver-
tsement, and will close November 20th 1915, but the final
count will not be made until two three days later in order
to give letters containing remittances posmared
not later than November goth time arrive and participate
8. Subscriptions may be paid far in advance de-
sired Copies of subscription list showing dates Of
expiration will be supplied free to all nominees for prizes
requesting them
g. The vote will be canvassed each week and the result
published showing the standing of each of the nominees
the day previous to our day of publication.
10. All nominees will be deemed to be contesting for
the automobile The person receiving the highest number
of votes the final will win the car the person re-
cevng the next highest number will win $50 god per-
receiving the third highest number IF votes win draw
down $25 gold and until the prizes all taken.
IL. A locked ballot box will be kept in a convenient
place in the front of Office and letters addressed the
Record Ballot Box Cedar City, viii be deposited therein
received Residents may deposit their votes in per-
if they desire Address only envelopes containing votes
to the Ballot Box Remttances should be directed to The
Record.