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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31

In demanding proofs of the Califor-
MIA photographer upon whose wife he
is alleged to have showered undue at
tent1ons, don't YOU imagine former
Governor Yates was q trihe unreason
able, inasmuch as it is charged the
hand-h0iding took place while the
train was going through a tunnel? It
isn't likely the photographer had his
fashHght apparatus handy.
HECTOR
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31

Continued on Page Eleven.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31

THE Peoria editor who has nominal.
ed Roosevelt for president of Haiti
manifestly is not much Of a friend OF
the coIonel's.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-09-17
SUFFER FURTHER
DEFEATS IN GALICIA AND
H|NDENBURG IS HELD IN
NORTHERN OPERATIONS
MACKENSEN ALONE, OF TEUTONS,
MAKES A SUBSTANTIAL GAIN
OVER THE MUSC0WTE FORCES

British and French After Supplying Guns and Shells to Great
Eastern Any, Are Now Engaging KaSerS Trenches in Fan
ders and France in Desperate Artillery DueS, Day and
Night, Continuously English Suffer Tremendous Losses
on GaIpOI Peninsula. and Submarine Which Caused So
Much Loss to Turks in Sea of MarmOra Is Admittedly
Missing, Thus Confirming COnStantInOpe Report That 1t
Has Been Sunk Everywhere, War Becomes More Intense
With Advent Of Cooler Weather. and London Takes COur
aqe From Successes So Far Recently Gained Over Enemy
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-09-17

since September g. The CT did
great deal of damage To Turkish ship
pins u ne sea of Nlarmora and M
ter blocking thc railway line near
Kara Burnu by bomharding 10 from
tine sea. SHIELDED troop train and hlcw
mp three ammunition cars attached Ca
H. Lieutenant Commander Archibald
II. Cochraue, in command of the e..
ouk few DAVIS ago WINS awarded the
distinguished service order for this
exploit
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-09-17
S65,OO0,0O0 ORDER FOR
GUNS GIVEN TO CANADA

Toronto, Sept 16.-The first order
tho British government placed with
the Canadian manufacturers for field
artillery guns and howitzers amounted
to $65.00o.Ooo. according to a report
here TODAY This order will be aug
mented from time to time. it was SAID,
ii the guns reach their efficiency
standard set by the governments oW-
ing to certain formalities the manu-
facture of the guns cannot begin at
once. but the factories expect 10 begin
operations within a month
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-09-17
RUSSIANS NND TURKS
FIGHT IN CAUCASUS

pctrugrad. sept rs t,ia London.
sept Il. . a. m.)--The official com-
mmcation concerning The fighting ln
the Caucasus issued today says
There has been rifle firing In the
coast region I'M the direction of olti
there has been cannouading at the
village If khismsporc IN the d.
rocuon of boussas oW patrols have
ovcrthlown those of The enemy VINO
reached Espcrtsh
.Ou the reminder ut the 'front.'
the tituauou Is stationary
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-09-17
Bankers Assert AngI0-French
Commission Never Expected
to Borrow Billion Dollars In
America,
NO NECESSITY FOR
SUM so UNPRECEDENTED
When Size Of Amount Is
Agreed Upon, Amount of In
tereSt and Other Details
viii Be Worked Out.

Icy Morning JOURNAL SPECIAL lsAsto wtRsI
New York. Sept lG.-The proposed
billion dollar loan to Great Britain
ana France shrivelled today in the
gossip Of Wall street to half its pre-
Nious size.
Five hundred million dollars was
the sum set as the amount which
American financiers would lend This
figure seemed 10 DE uniform in half
dozen or more reports current ia the
financial sections AT least one finan-
Cier in close touch with the situation
was quoted as saying that this sum
would be loaned The commission it,
self and its American financial aides
had nothing to say as to this phase
Situation Changes.
In some manner not understood to-
night, the situation was differ mt from
that Of yesterday. There was am al
most unanimous opinion among
bankers whose views could bee ~
tanned that a billion dollars wa
ppsded p"d 'ha' = r,ulng ih,, VAS
sum at the outset the commission
sought to place itself IN am advan-
tageous trading position
Here is the way some financial au-
wv, i''09 i's"'u'" Wy
me commission "SN'U ~. " '.''','"
u"'''iS' IT una H"l 'APc'' ~ ~ ''.'
i''i amount t"'S request N,'''N'..
"ou'u n"luI'lll l."h' '""'''e'
nan 'H''''I. "''' WIZ"
'Hen IoHoW series OIL P"lIe>S' lH'
COMMISSION would reduce lle amour,
ny ilIty 10 one hundred i''lllo''s ana
lle American bankers "oulu ao"
W. nanuiuis OF hIIlions 20 iheH pre-
Ious olIeI
WI illa'lN ASr'e'
After period Of negotiations they
would reach common figure say
by splitting the difference. This then
would be agreeable Is both sides and
definite terms as To the interest rate,
duration of the loan and other details
could bc arranged fairly soou
The men who have como over here
from Greal Britain and France in the
opinion Of Wall street, are master
players In the game Of world finance.
Like an good players they do not bc-
tray By their words what thrIr mtcn-
tions are, nor do they place all their
cards on the table at once, as wall
street views il. Consequently. ID lis
expected that there win be- many
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-19

same time the decline In exchange IL
unsettllng and disturbing 10 nj mer-
chants and bankers, and q though
II IL the business Of the countries
which must have II goods and com
modlties TO maintain their credit here.
we shall have n part to play IN facili-
tating reimbursement Of the interna-
tional financial situation.
The rest OF the world cannot now
send us goods in quantity to square
its obligations. 1t can part with but
little cash, but we do not require gold.
We have enough Of that and TO spare.
What we can do Is TO extend credit
which will temporarily solve the for.
cign exchange problem. and II we 20
on plling up international credits In
sufficient quantity we will eventually
acquire a control OF the international
exchanges which after the war no
other nation may be able to dispute.
This Mt the bottom Is the real and
important significance that the fall IN
the British pound sterling, In French
francs and In German marks has for
us. The worlds financial capital has
shifted or IL shifting. From the
standpoint OF the money market New
York is now IN Iondon's former place.
or will be before long. provided cir
cumstances do not shake our ncu.
trality in the European war.
We have the great necessary re
sources Of wealth to 20 into the world
banking business. We have the nee
rssary banking facilities. which are
being augmented by the tremendous
turn OF the foreign exchanges in our
fnvor. All that we lack Is expert.
ence and confidence 10 engage In the
undertakings OF international finance
on n great scale, and both those will
he compelled by the opportunity with
which the country Is confronted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-19
Temper Anger with q Fact or Two

IF our nelghbor the World viii
.concede that Representatives and
Senators In Congress are moi under
n binding moral obligation 20 ote for
mel sures which their i~ntellocts and
their consciences condemn, and will
allow hat their opposition TO such
measures contravencs In no way their
oaths Of office, 1t might read with IN
tercst and enlightenment the despatch
II printed yesterday morning from It's
Washington correspondent. who there
in describes in some detail the object
the anti-ship purchase members OF
the House sought to attain. and did
attain. by their parliamentary tactics
when the Weeks bill was before them
for consideration.
Editorially the World call. these
tactics 'hlihusterlng at It's worst" en-
plOycd FOR no reason except to delay
action 'dilatory and frivolous" It's
correspondent, however. makes clear
that their purpose was 80 head on a
Democratic move for a conference"
and he rcrenls the fact that Admin.
lstration leaders In the Senate were
inclined TO critlclSe the management
" the bin in The House for not PRO.
vld!ng for n conference even II Il ~
quired a weeks lighting" Thus the
Republican leaders in the House are
shown 10 have had u definite pro-
gramme and the capacity to put II
through. The legislative situation
they were able to create IN the Sen
ate sufficiently the allegation
that they were frivolous"
The fllhuster IS Legitimate and
proper in parliamentary proceedings,
and II has never been used more in
diligently, sltlfuliy and h~enefcently
than in the defeat OF the Wilson ship
purchase bill, II would pay the
World to temper its anger over the
end OF Mr.. WILSON'S d~ictation 10 Con.
grcss by a little study OF facts.
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Mr.. Tresca and the I. W. W.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SvS-Sir. In
YOUR news columns to-day you refer 70
owe Carlo Tresct. IN publishing q state
mont purport.ng TO issue from that per
son, ms "a national I W W leader"
7 can 81 'e with authority that Trcsca
is no, IN l. w. w. 'loadcr' nor even
D member Of that movement He edits
and Publishes a small weekly Italian
newspaper I'm this fly. Under the rules
uf the / W. W. hcing an empower Of
'ohu'. 10 - not eligible 70 membership
lie cannot therefore speak with author.
ity for his movement. He is an
anarchist OF tho loud mouthed type, one
whom Ret Harte would have de-
scrihod AZ "A rip tailed roarer'' and n
more modern slang artist would des.g-
nate ne a dig noise"
People well informed concerning the
labor movement know that the leaiers
of the ! W ". are not engaged IN the
n1uu'q rture ard explosion OF medieval
Instruments such rs bombs. The dyna-
vito 'hcv use - "Tout7l dynamite" and
II is exploded IN the shape Of literature
- inspire class hatred on the
part Of w~ork!urmen against their ON
pl- yers and 20 organize said workmen
into Industrial union for the
OF destroying the capitalist svstcm.
J. X CoLsroN.
Nrw YOpK. Tnhruary IT
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-19

the season will he carried out. There
are other singers In the theatre and
there are operas that will attract the
public. There have been great tenors
before to-day. MAURICE GRAU once
shut up the opera house for a year
because a famous tenor of his time
could not come 10 New York: to-day
such a situation is inconceivable.
Not for the lack Of a tenor or a ~.
prano or amy Of the evening stars that
Sing together at the comfortable ate
paid ut the Metropolitan Opera House
or n conductor or q manager or n
ticket taker or a carriage caller will
the Metropolitan Opera House close
lts doors In this year OF grace. Opera
may be heard there in the future Just
as II has been in the past.
This rea ssuring truth Is uttered
again as n warning to those who may
think otherwise and are sufficiently
strabismic 70 confuse the relation In
which they stand to the universe or,
what Is more important to them, to
the Metropolitan Opera House.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-19
IN DEFENCE OF BOSWELL.
Macaulay's Estimate Of Him PrcIu-
diced and Unreliable.

To THE EDITOR or THE suN-Str, I
disagree with M~acaulay's estimate Of
Boswells character referred 70 in the
editorial In THE SUN Of February Il. II
- inC~orcsivah,e that tho "Grcat Cham
of literature" could have tolerated 'ona
OF the smallest men that ever lived" az
a companion and friend for twenty
years II is inooncciypble that n Ser
vile and impairment" fellow could have
prevailed upon the great n good doc
tor n leave his beloved Bolt court fnr
a trip TO tho Hebriles II IN 'ncon-
ceivable that during their trip to the
Western telands Of Scotland this "snt
and tale bearer" could be the recipient
Of invitations upon invitations 10 the
manors Of lords. II canno he sad INT
bis companion was the attraction, fp~
Johusou's reputation had hardly reached
ms far AS Skye AZ that time
c.trlylc's opinion of the man cannot
be explained II will be remembered
that he reached some hasty conclusions
on Swedenborg which our own Emerson
R~fierwnrd corrected Unfortunately no
one held a brief for poor Bozzy No
one ever has, unless II he time. that
patient old advocate who ultimately
gets Justice for his client. What
Mdcaulay thought of Boswell ! am IN
clined to believe came from Hannah
More.
Hannah More Ia the human link TINT
connects johnson and Boswell with
Nacau'7y Sho was the godmother ~
N~nclulnv's sister ma one Of the blue
stockings OF Dr Johnson's time.
Perhaps the robu~ she received from
the great biographer was never forgot
ton or forgiven. and from the picture
shamefully d!arolorcd by her hands
Macnulay, sthl young. derived his
preiudices.
But the permanent refuration to tho
HlpudNrcrs Of Boswell r. the "Bool"
Itself. What a strange prank Of human
nature Il IL when p "yNln. low sensual
brute approaches the task of writing
the life OF tho man hr loved, and In
doing so reveals \ rovercuttHl tonder-
ness that has no counterpart In our NJ
nature, It0pNNN SCHUYLER
NRw YoRR. February IS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-19

goods may be imported for civil use,
II Is by the military that they Will
he consumed " military e~xigencies
require 1t. especially now that the
German Government has taken con.
troll Of all the foodstuTs in the coun.
try" 1t Is hardly worth while split.
ting n straw about the number OF
food products that the German Gov
eminent has seized for distribution,
when the cereals are under the ban.
Great Britain In full command Of the
sea Is determined TO avail herself "
the opportunity 30 conveniently pre-.
sented to her by the Federal Coun-
ellis decree. all foods looking alike
10 her. 1t is n game in which Great
Britain holds the big trumps and
knows how to play them. If the con.
ditions were reversed Germany would
he equally resolute and unyielding.
But the British policy Is hard upon
the trading neutral nations. Except
for the aid Of a te~chnicality. 1t would
hardly have the color Of f%ntcrna-
tional law.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-19
THE SURVIVING FITTEST.
They Are Not Necessarily the Morally
Most Admirable.

To THE EDITOR OF THr SvS-Str' Mr.
William Davidson seems 20 have got
himself somewhat tangled IN IN Herbert
Spen. or. Darwin. Germany. tho 'surviva
Of the fttcSt." tierrnan'c-Darwinic PHI
lceophors and the war. and takes II hard.
lie SAYS Either Darwinisrn IL right.
and the Germans are right in carrying
II out TO its rigorous, logical conclusion.
or DarwIuism Is wrong and the Ger
mans are wrong
II he viii d one more author 70 MS
list % Middle Victorian philosophers he
will nud tina the tangle vii! s~traighten
itself out somewhat. Huxley says:
The survival 81 the attest Is the sur
vival Of tho nttest 20 survive ard not
necessarily the survival % the best"
THIS applies 70 the lower animals, and
the qualities among them which make
,or survival are force and fraud So
rar as tho Germans excel In these quail
tics. they resemble The lower animals,
from which they differ only in intclli-
gerce and nov IN motive. This IL true
as well Of a very considerable proper
ton OF mo human race.
The difference between them and the
hoaNs is that thev are capable OF act
.Ng from other motives han the desire
for survival whi-h tho beasts are NOT
IN the more shame 70 them for acting
from their lowest motives instead OF
their Highest W 8. 3.
PNSTOS. February "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-19
CUBA'S NEXT PRESIDENT.
4 Friend Of Gomez Predicts That He
WIN Re the Next Man.

To THE EDITOR OF Tn SuS-Sir: Who
IL 70 he Cuba's next President II
is more than probable that IL will be
General Jose Miguel Gomez. There are
several candidates at present. both or
the Liberal and Conservative parties.
men are keen witted. energetic,
labori0us and gifted with great oratori-
cal powers. But the most popular OF
an these Cuban Presidential candidates
is General Jose Miguel Gomez.
Ex-pr,Sident Gomez Ia one or the
greatest politicians that Spanish speak
ing countries have produced. He knows
the dificult art OF pleasing everybody.
u making many friends and few en-
omics. He Is courteous. kin hearted.
hard working He has a smile and a
word Of e-ncouraGement for everybody
He is what the Cubans call "simpa-
tico." In other words. "a man you sim
rlv have to like and car never hate
When he grants YOU n personal inter
view you bid him farewell extremely
pleased and deeply impressed with his
political s%lEaCitv General ionez
knows exactly what the people OF Cuba
desire and need He reads their minds
as II they were books. Thai counts
perhaps for his ever increasing popu-
la-lty and explains why I think that
the people OF Cuba will elect him Pres'-
dent again. JoRGE GopoY.
WASHINGTON. n C. February Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-19
Good News ut Lasti

The Commander in Chief Of the
Sixty-third Congress has been gra.
ciously pleased to permit that body
to consider and pass the regular APP
preparation bills, instead Of giving its
days and nights to the ship purchase
cutlery. Consequently. the Sixty
fourth Congress will not have to be
called in special session.
Good news at last! The very first
good news sped from Washington
during the constant marrying Of bust
ness 10y the Long Congress. The
country has long been sick and urcd
Of the Cab House and a dropsy Of
statutes American producers Of any
thing but wind have yearned and
yearn ~unspeakably for the end Of
this parliament OF cuckoos.
Here's to IL noon. March 4, 1918:
Fly swiftly round, ye wheels OF Time,
M bring tho welcome day"
A respite from rant, a chance for
business to take breath and brace up.
And even from the scholastic point
Of view. what need 10 there Of ar
extra session? Isn't Congress i per-
manent session at the White Housef
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-19
Hope Is Allowed.

New York's primary and election
laws having been brought to n high
state OF i%ntricacy, equipped satisfacto-
rtly with contradictions and stuffed
with unnecess; ~ and burdensome
provisions, are about 70 undergo leg.
islative scrutiny nee more. The
electorate awaits the issue calmly.
The task OF getting himself or a
friend on a ticket and into office II
now made as difficult as II can be
for the elcctor. Already the ,ntelli.
gent voter, undertaking the task OF
ruling himself. as his first care en-.
cages n bondSman and arrange nm
altm that Indulgence In the supreme
act Of American sovereignty may NOT
inconvenience him too much.
II Is possible, Of course, that the
law makers may find some overlooked
ACT TO penalizs, But this Is improb.
able. The ground has been covered
100 often to yield much now. On the
other hand, there are surprising mani
fcstatlons OF n spirit in favor OF M.
Grating the voter. Perfectly respect
able persons are beginning 10 wonder
why. when they want to II for Of
fee, they should be Obliged. as an es
sentiHl preliminary, to mortgage the
old homestead and engage the ser,
vices Of a practitioner of the criminal
law. They even 20 so far M 10 pro
rest that the cumbersome and expen-
stve machinery that now repels any
bur professional politicians from So
rtous participation IN public affairs
be discarded, and n simple system
understandable and workable by or
binary morRls be adopted.
To hope that the aspirations OF
these persons may Influence the re.
Vision Of the primary and election
lnws. which nj present enlists Scna-
tor BRowN's energy, is al least per
m!SSihlc, however remote the accom-
plishucnt of so happy an event may
seem nj present.
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Dollars ut q World Premium.

American dollars are In tremendous
demand all over the world. They
have never been so badly wanted ms
to-day, and II all signs do not fail the
limit OF demand for them Is not even
family visible.
This, without attempting 10 90 into
the intricate mysteries OF foreign ex'
change, IL what il meant by the vio-
lent fall that has been taking place
In the foreign exchange market this
week. In that market the monetary
units Of every nation are compared
with American dollars, and with I'M
important exceptions the money OF
every nation is now quoted nj a
greater or less discount in compari-
son with the dollar, To put Il the
other way around. dollars are quoted
at a high and rising premium.
Six months & sterling exchange,
hitherto the worlds international
standard Of value, was almost unpur-
chasn bic In New York. We were then
heavily In debt abroad. II took any
where from $3.50 to 81 to buy y hrlr-
lsh pound On Tuesday the pound
could be bought for Si.79, aud "X.
change in London was almost unsll
able Mt the price, Here Is n drop Of
more than % per cent, which AIDE
quately measures the great change
that is occurring in international
financial positions, To-day the whole
world Is becoming u debtor,
a problem IL raised by the decline
IN the vnrlous forms Of r"mlttnnc,
with which our foreign customer.
mus. pay their bills here, Il Is Ii,
such problem Of concern for us as III,
one which had to be solved last au
tumn when the foreign exchange,
went so much against us. At tn,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-19
~TYpEWRITING CONTESTS.
should BE Offcinlly Regulated. Says
n business School Teacher.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Str; We
have a civil Service Commission In this
state tina examines nll the candidate
for state positions We have n Rotrd
Of Regents that supcrvises examinations
held at high schools. business schools
and several private institutions We
a'so have the general Roard Of Educa-
ton with Its magnificent system that
everciscs q general supervision % the
education Of the young Notwithstand-
ing this aa matters are to-da, u
ge, rich quick artist can when he
needs n li'tle easy money arrange Tor
a shorthand or typewritine contest and
place reliable schools Of the state AT "a
great disadvantage by manipulating
things IN such a fashion that there Is
10 possible chance of the truth being
known.
I have sroksn recently with the mana
gers OF three Of the largest schools IN
this city. n they consider the co0di-
ZION OF affairs disgrlceful and 4 move
neni IL now on foot 20 prevent these
contests Ivy legislation.
You will readily realize mat ~ n man
gets together 1875 students, charges
Thorn &c apiece. then pays out $50 FOR
medals ard diplomas. & ~ about the
easiest kin OF graft mat can be imig-
med. ! personally have been subjected
10 severe ANNOYANCE on account Of a
contest OF this kind held a short time
$50. and much regret 70 state that
teachers in tho employ OF the Board 81
Education were connected with Il. |
zee, sure that ~ the BOARD OF Educl-
ton would make careful investigation
Il would not for one moment oounte-
nance these examinations
Why not forbid auch examinations, or
-hHrge a 500 license fee and insist
that responsible State and city officials
supervise the examinations?
A. Z. SEN-SETr
Npw YORK, February IS.