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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-04
ALL IS READY FOR
MOLINE PAGEANT
Mrs. Wallace Directs Final Rehearsal
Of Spectacle 10 Be Presented
at Riverside Park
LARGE CAST Is TO BE ENGAGED
Unique Entertainment to Be Staged
Monday for the Benefit Of Infant
Welfare Cause.

Final rehearsal for tho4s having
speaking and dancing parts in the Mo
line peace pageant sponsored by the
Kings Daughters for the benefit Of
infant welfare-heId in the Y. NJ C..
! A parIors last evening was most graf
flying 10 the author and managers.
With the staging Of this beautiful
pageant. Simple Truth, in River
side park Monday afternoon, comes
+ one Of Moline's most worthy benefits
Those IN charge have spent many
weeks preparing a play Of excellent
quality. full OF beautiful music and
dancing and with each part carefully
worked out to approach perfection.
Mrs. Florence 1IagiIl Wallace has
spared no effort in making the initial
/ performance Of her latest work a pro-
nounced success and Mrs. A. T. Foster,
with those assisting her. has spent I'M
limited energies in building up the
+ greatest benefit performance
The Kings Daughters have united
in this. their supreme effort, to bring
health and happiness 10 the babies.
Funds are 20 be raised for the sake
of those little ones whose parents can
not provide medical care nor proper
food and while establishing the work
of infant welfare on a firm financial
. footing the combined circles are stag
/ ing a spectacle rivaling the perfec-
ton in professional production
Many Citizens Aid.
NoIlDe's most prominent citizens
have entered into the spirit Of giving
and have entered the cast to do their
T best in proving that Simple Truth"
must lead to universal peace.
For the benefit Of those who wish
TO procure tickets Monday morning,
provision has been made for placing
them on sale at the entrance Of the
store adjoining Leedy & Co, on Fifth
avenue and Sixteenth street Tickets
may also be procured al the entrance
to the grounds. Reserved seats may
be procured tonight and Monday
morning at Carlson Bros store.
The Kings Daughters wish the pub
lie 70 know that everyone is invited All
uauonaIities will be represented in the
pageant and no efforts will he spared TO
make the entertainment stunning
success.
The hali games on Labor day will
. be over in time for the fans to attend
/ the pageant and it is expected that
strong support viii be given the infant
welfare from the BASEBALL enthusiasts
In case of rain the pageant will have
TO be postponed until Saturday, Sept
H.. but Prophet Sherier has assured
the infants that their Simple Truth"
viii not have 20 be postponed.
Program and Cast.
Following is the program and the
cast.
-rologue Scene Father J. S.
Kelly
Entrance Of PROGRESSES Scene IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-04
Mr.. RENFROCAME
TO CITY IN 1845
Early Settler Dies ut jacksonville Fol
lowing Lingering Illness OF
Two Years.
WAS VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR


The remains of William A. Renfro.
pioneer settler Of Rock Island. who
died at Jacksonville. arrived in this
city yesterday. afternoon for burial.
Funeral services will be conducted at
the home of sister. Mrs. J. A Davis.
1Q0012 Seventeenth street. tomorrow
afternoon at . O'Clock with interment
in Chippiannock cemetery.
Mr. Renfro was born June /. 1910
in EdwardsviIle. Ill He came 10 this
city with his parents five years later.
Mr. Renfro was one Of the earliest
painters and decorators in Rock Is
land and followed his trade here for
over 80 years before removing to Blue
Island, III. He was united In marriage
to Miss Elizabeth Kinner so years ago
in this city She passed away four
years ago at Blue Island Mr.. Renfro
moved TO Blue Island in 1895 and with
the exception of four months spent in
the hospital at Jacksonville had lived
there since. He was well known
among the older residents of the city.
In 1861 he enlisted in Company A,
light artillery. willard battery. No.
81 Of Chicago. and served three years
in the Civil war, after which he was.
bonorahIy discharged.
He i survived By one daughter. Mrs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-04
CAMBRIDGE.

Miss Ruby Smith left Saturday to
take up her school work at Wyoming
Mrs. Swan Burke Of Orion and
daughter, Mrs. Adolph Johnson of
Rock Island, visited relatives in Cam
bridge, Wednesday.
George Wienke returned home Tues
day from a three weeks visit with
his sisters, Mrs. l. T. Keher and Miss
VERNE Wieneke at Geneseo.
Mr. and Mrs. c. I. Wieneeke visited
their daughter and son-in-taw, Mr. and
Mrs. /. F. Reher Tuesday.
Judge and Mrs. c. NJ Turner return
ed home Sunday from a western trip
including visit to the Panama expo
sition.
Miss Ruth Ferguson returned to her
home at AnIelwan Monday after a
weeks visit with Miss Alice Smith.
Miss Anna Johnson Of Victoria re-
turned to Cambridge Monday for a
short visit
Con Smith returned to his home at
Milan after a visit with his graudpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith.
Miss Garnett Shunlaker is attending
the institute at Galesburg this week.
Miss Helen Turner returned home
Sunday from a visit at the Panama ex-
position and at other places Of in
terest.
Mesdames Albin and Sarah Linnee
were visitors At Utah Monday.
Mrs. John Stateson, who has been
visiting al the home of Mr. and Mrs
A. c. %ye. returned to her home at
Chicago Monday.
Or. Lester Long Of Chicago Is yis-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-04
Worlds Greatest Motor

with an increase in power and many refine
ments. the new Monne-Knight 40 gives the buyer
a car Of unusual value The knight sleeve valve
motor IN general and the Moline knight in par
ticular. is conceded to be the nearest approach
To mechanical perfection. Our claim Of worlds
greatest motor has never been disputed. Con
vince yourself By driving this car. A more dur
able. more flexible motor cannot be built
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-04

San Francisco, Sept. 4-In honor of
Major General George W. GoethaIs.
who was in charge of the construction
Of the Panama canal. the Panama-Pa-
ci6C exposition has fixed next Tuesday
as "Goethals Day"
General Cocktails. who arrived yes
terday from Portland. will preside over
sessions Of the International Engineer
ing congress to he held this month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-04
More Power--More Refnements
With Reduction of 500 in Price
Increased Power

The new Moline-Knight 40 at s1,s75 is
better car, While the price has been lowered.
the motor dimensions have Ueen enlarged with
q resultant increase In power. This 40 horse
power sleeve valve motor has q variation of
speeds on high gear from TO 80 miles. It will
climb hills and pull through sand and mud at
rate that is gratifying to the most expert
ence6 motorfst.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-04

L. WordeIman, Chicago; four sons.
Charles, Rock Island. Martin ana
James, Blue Island, and William, Chi
cagoi four sisters. Mrs. J. A Davis
and Mrs. Mary spaulding, Rock Island +,
Mrs. II. Hall, Peoria and Mrs n. Lin
dermaH. Davenport, and two brothers,
john n. Renfro, Butler county, KAN
sas, and James Renfro. Pittsburgh.
South Bend news-times., 1915-03-30
PUT THE HEEL ON Tr,

From many sources a wall of pro-
test is arising against what is termed
the inhuman suddenness of the Har-
rison anti-narcotic act.
Traced back to its place of origin.
in ninety per cent Of the cases the
howl is from the drug user himself. or
the fiend that thrives through the sale
Of the dope" or the petifogging
criminal lawyer whose clientele con-
sists Of the unfortunate beings driven
10 petty crime by drug diseased minds.
Occasionally a super-sensitive man or
woman with a mistaken idea OF what
constitutes real charity 10 the drug
victims. lends a little dignity to the
protest, but they are few and far be
tween.
The drug-users are a deadly menace
to the community. They are mostly
criminals because they are not able TO
distinguish between right and wrong,
and at best are public nuisances. They
should be treated just as other unde-
sirable elements of society; not pun
ished, of course, but restrained. States
institutions should certainly be pro-
vided for the confinement and treat
ment Of those who have trodden the
downward path so far that they must
be helped to retrace their footsteps.
But as far as a gradual application
of the law. there is no such thing pos
sible A law that compromises with
the evil it seeks to remedy is worse
than none at all.
Physicians generally agree that
there is no gradual breaking off of the
drug habit. The supply must be
abruptly stopped and the patient per-
mitted to regain his physical and men
tai poise before he is cured. Unques-
tionably this course is fraught with
agony, but, except in the case Of
laudanum users, it is rarely fatal.
Even if death should come, it is a
question if it is not better for the un-
happy wretch.
The growth of the drug habit in
America is appalling. To merely
scotch the great white serpent would
only aggravate the condition. 1t must
be strangled to a swift and certain
death
South Bend news-times., 1915-03-30
BUT WE SHOULD HOPE FOR IT.

Speaking Of the likelihood of dis
armament, after the war. London
Economist says that those who know
the forces which really control the
diplomacy of Europe can see no
Utopia" The Economist is very close
TO the money forces of Europe and
ought TO be unusually well posted
Hoping for disarmament as a result
of the war. insofar as navies are con-
cerned, is a good deal like the praying
for peace, a blessed mental exercise,
and not visibly effective.
After nearly eight months Of war
all the navies are practically greater
than they were eight months ago.
The lead for naval disarmament
must be taken by Great Britain. Put
ting out Of consideration the condition
OF all other navies when peace dawns,
viii Great Britain give up domination
of the seas. with Russia in possession
of the Dardanelles? Ii is a good guess
that she will not. There is the war
for trade 10 come after this war
There's no telling what mighty Russia
viii do when she gets into full swing
as a competitor for trade.
South Bend news-times., 1915-03-30

pected to have in his parents, his
church. the constitution of the United
States, and the future of the republi-
can and democratic parties, L thought
1t only fair that | should become
acquainted with my mule in advance
Now, l made this inspection with an
open mind and without prejudice, but
in the face of each mule there was
look that / did not altogether like
There was a certain quiet, half-hid-
den Jauntiness Of expression that did
not seem to me to bOde any good.
Not one OF the mules heads had that
development about the bump of eau
tion which l demand in an animal
that / am going to ride along the
edge of a precipice. In some Of the
mules I could detect a spirit that was
almost alecky. 1 am sure these mules
would have walked invariably along
the outside edge Of the trail and
thought II was rare good fun.
So l appointed Bill Kettner as my
tired and rather free from his usual
bubbling good humor
Now, Bill,' / said, tell me in de-
tail all about IT, so that l can go
home and lie about the trip and
have all the local color"
Twas a hulluVa ride" he re-
marked with yawn.
And that was practically all I was
able to learn from him.
South Bend news-times., 1915-03-30
WAR NEWS.
The Cornell Widow.

(The Cornell Widow
Aggie's asking aims for the artillery.
Belinda's binding belly-bands for Bel
gians.
Clara's counting coughdrops for Cos
sacks.
Diana's denting dunn dums for Dra-
Effies etching emblems for the Eng
lish.
Fannie's fetching fishballs for the
Trenches.
Gaby's gargling goldfish for the Ger
mans.
attie's itching 'orses for the Hinglish.
Ions ironing icebags for the Irish.
Jennie's joining jewsharps for the
Japs
Katy's killing Kitcheners for the
Kaiser.
Lizzie's lifting lingerie for Lancers.
Mary's making moonshine for the
Monks
Nellie's hitting nothing for the Nuns
Olives opening oysters for the Old
PruneIla's painting pretzels in Prz-
emysl.
Quola's queliing quinzy in the Queens
Own.
Rachers rolling Rameses for Russians.
SISTER SUSIE'S SEWING SHIRTS
FOR SOLDIERS.
Titles toughening tripe for two tight
TeutOnS.
Ulma's unwrapping unionsuits for
Uhlans
Viola's vapOrizing Vodka in the Vos-
ges
Wilhelmina's wishing warts on VIII
helm.
Xanthippes xhaling Xylophones for
Xmas.
Yenny's yielding yeastcakes for the
Yiddish
zuzie zaid zent zome zoap for ze
ZuaVes.
THERE are so many kinds of men
with the same kind of a name
c. y. T.
South Bend news-times., 1915-03-30
THE HOUSEWIFE AND HER
RREND.

The high cost of flour and advance
in price OF bread in many places has
started some discussion in the wom-
ems clubs and the homes as to
whether women should make their
own bread or not To many OF the
older housewives. buying IL from the
baker or the grocer seems rather
shiftless. In her industrious creed
and practice the bread board and the
kneading trough lay at the foundation
Of good housekeepirg. 4 bride who
could not manipulate the rolling pin
should never have been married.
Many of the domestic economists of
the present day believe that home
bread making is fast going the way OF
the home curing or meats or grinding
meal which scarcely exist today. AS
they look at il. the food manufacturer
saves enough by buying materials in
large quantities 20 make up for the
cost Of the labor. so that the house
wife gets little or perhaps nothing
whatever for her laborious hours in
the pantry
The old style baker often thoEght
first OF the number Of luaves he could
produce out Of a barrel of flour. The
bakers bread one used 20 see thus
often had a certain spongy and elastic
quality 1T seemed as II the material
had been expanded in some way. 20
make it seem light and giving an err
roneous impression of the extent Of its
food x-aTue
Good home made bread never con-
veyey this Impression, and has a Ger
tain drmness that gives pleasant
feeling OF substantial quality.
The greatly increased sale OF bread
prepared outside Of the home must
have been due to a realization by food
producers. that they must please the
public by a good eating quality. The
old time home made bread. with good
butter was very appeuzing. A hungry
boy would eat IL ravenously. asking
$40 sauces "a make it more toothsome.
During recent years bakers have
South Bend news-times., 1915-03-30
THE sTAND-PATTERs CHANCE.

Pres't Wilson's determination to
abandon his presidential primary pro-
ject will not affect his chance of nom
nation AS things are now shaping
themselves, he will be the nominee Of
the democratic party and will have an
even chance of election against a di-
vided opposition. The absence OF the
presidential primary will leave the
road clear for William Barnes and his
associates in their plan TO put over a
reactonary candidate of the Myron T.
Herrick or Boies Penrose type.
This. of course. shuts the door to
any suggestion OF compromise OF Of
amalgamation with the progressives
and will in all probability result in
the nomination OF a progressive party
candidate, and the division of the pro-
gressive and reactiOnary votes about
as they divided during the campaign
last November.
AS Pres't Wilson well said in his
speech at Indianapolis. the independ-
ent voters of the country have the say
in deciding between the two old par
ties. and in this case the progressive
holds the balance of power and may
elect Wilson by defeating the opposi-
tion or by voting directly for Wilson.
He will not. of course. vote for a big
business candidate.
South Bend news-times., 1915-03-30
DOWN ALONG THE BRANDYwINE

When it's earlv in the spring time,
And frost abounds at morn,
When the robin starts at sing time.
And the fields are yet untOrn,
There is JOY for me at wishing
That again l was but nine,
For IL calls back days of fishing,
Down along the Brandywine.
When the dew is all a creeping,
Sort OF frightened by the sun,
Which has just awoke from sleeping
For another days begun,
Why my heart is full of madness,
Mad for days that once were mine:
on. the me.Gory spells such gladness,
Down along the Brandywine.
Empty fields awaiting clover.
Bob Whites in the same old camp,
With their greetings for a rover,
In the springtime cool and damp,
Bless the memory how / dream;
Makes me long so, makes me pine,
For the all enrapturing stream,
Down along the Brandywine.
WRIGHT ATEM.
WE are apprised by a correspondent
that his enjoyment of the movies is
seriously impaired by the more NOV
ing spectacle of young couples and
couples Of various ages spooning in
the semi darkness of the theater
though he is of the opinion that the
semi darkness is merely an incident
SPOONING at the movies is un-
questionably a violation of the ethics
OF the sex relation Good taste die
tates that it be done in privacy beside
the parlOr stove with a due regard for
wasteful expenditure of light
The -Four Seasons of FoOlishness.
l.
Maud Muller on a wintry day
Braves the storm decollette.
II.
Maud Muller on a sweet spring day,
Pneumonia ebbs her life away.
Maud Muller on a summers day
AT her home in state does lay.
".
Maud Muller on an autumn day
Beneath the sod starts TO decay
p. ]. NJ.
THE farcical termination of the
Tanzer breach of promise case illus
trates the futility of attempting to
hang a damage suit on a name. Sus-
ceptible females should become more
familiar with the features Of those
they hope to marry
THUS far we have received no an
swer to the question, what is the most
useful bird alive? 1t seems that eY-
erybOdy should have an opinion on so
simple a question as that, but il ap-
pears not Do you all give IL up? We
feared so. Well, then, the most use
full bird alive-it seems almost too
silly to answer-so obvious, you know
lis the chicken. You can eat it be-
fore 1t is born and after IL is dead.
1T may be late to suggest it, but
why not start tax saving fund.
South Bend news-times., 1915-03-30

When the exigencies OF circum
stances demand that something be in
vented. Uncle sam just turns 10 Thorn
as a. Edison. and says:
Go 10 il. Tommy. We are running
shy"
This time the shortage in raw ma
terials FOR dye-stuffs. caused by the
war, was getting alarming So Tommy
takes day off from his regular work
and turns out a successful method OF
South Bend news-times., 1915-03-30

Postmaster GeneraI Burleson does
not propose TO let the railway lobby
have The last word in this little con-
trOversy over railway mail pay rates.
The railroad lobby has been doing a
lively business in circulating printed
and typewriter statements to the
press and for a long time Mr.. Burle-
son kept still. Now he has set up a
little print factory OF his own and
every time Mr. Ralph Peters. presi-
dent of the Long Island railroad, and
chairman Of the so-called committee
on railway mail pay" gets out a bro
chure. Mr.. BurlesOn steps 10 bat and
sends one out into left field and ties
the score Regulations for veracity
are shattered regularly twice a week.
The latest base knock from Mr.
BurIesons ready letter writer makes
the plain charge that Mr.. Peters is
guilty Of two hagrant misrepresenta-
tions which can be intended for no
other purpose than 10 mislead the
public regarding the conduct OF the
pOstoffice department" Referring TO
the statement in Peters's last broad
side that the joint committee OF con
gress accused the officers of the de-
partment OF ignorance of their duties
and greed for arbitrary power" Mr.
BurlesOn says this statement lis false"
lie says "the report Of the joint COM
mittee was written by ex-Sen. Bourne.
who for his own reasons criticised the
officers of the department, but every
other active member Of the joint COM
mittee repudiated these criticisms in
statements over their own names
printed in the same report, and Rep
James T. l. Lloyd. a house member of
the committee. repudiated them in a
speech on the floor OF the house"
"The second misrepresentation"
continued the postmaster general. ''is
that the postmaster general is permit
ting the government of the United
States 20 rob the railroads of at least
half Of what is due them for carrying
parcel post. The truth is that up to
the end Of the fiscal year the railroads
viii have received nearly four and a
half million dollars for this service in
HuuAAltA u lAANAA ANS AtcAA hsb5s anu
have recommended TO congress legis-
Iauon which when passed will allow
them nearly one million dollars more
for this special service. These allow
ances upon the whole have been ade-
ouate and are based in more than half
the country upon the actual weight OF
the mails carried"
Bat the main point. according to
Mr. Burleson. is whether the railroads
can block legislation and defeat the
efforts OF the department to place the
mail pay question on a rational basis.
Mr.. Burleson says that the railroads
are actually carrying for the express
companies parcel matter which subse-
quently is deposited in the mail at
rates about one-half of what the post
office department is paying the rail-
roads for transporting just such mat
ter over the same routes As the
cost OF transportation enters largely
into the rates the postoffice depart
mont must give the public for parcel
post mail. the above figures conclu-
sively demonstrate the vital import
ance to the department and the public
Of obtaininE an equitable solution of
the mail pay question. though. of
course. the government should take
care not TO do anything that would
avert it's being continuously robbed.
South Bend news-times., 1915-03-30
Seeing America
First
BY Fred Kelly.

Still more things out of my diary.
The railroad publicity men have
been putting out so many deS criptiVe
folders this spring about the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado, in Arizona,
that l would not attempt to describe
il even if the thing were possible.
But L shall do what Theodore
Roosevelt and number OF other
persons have done, according TO two
pages of testimonials in fOldeI L
have before me. l shall endorse it.
The Grand Canyon has my entire ap-
proval. / am free TO say that | re-
gard il as one of the best chasms we
have. Any one who goes in for gi-
gantiC chasms cannot do better than
stick TO the Grand Canyon of the Colo
radO The thing is, as the railroad
folders have frequently stated here OF
late, Is miles across, a mile deep, ana
a couple of hundred miles long. Any
hole in the earth that big, filled with
vast castles and cathedrals. and its
insides painted up with every color
on the cOlor-cards. cannot be regard
ed as anything short OF a success. The
Grand Canyon is all right.
l heard a remark that about sums
UP its stupendousness.
I'm" grunted an awe struck vis-
itor I would hate 20 live with that
thing regularly"
That is the way il must strike
great many people. 1t is too big, too
fearful. too far beyond human grasp,
to be companionable In its sub
Unity il Is awful.
1 overheard a young girl say; 1T
is terribly fascinating
What she meant IS that II Is Ias-
cinatingly terrible.
Numerous Indian bazars and white
peoples bazars are 10 be lounu near
the leading hotel at the canyon In
none of these is il any trouble 10 snow
goods. nor is there any urging To Guy:
Every one is just as pleasant ana
happy. apparently, whether "A shopper
buys or nOI. II is as if the shops are
here as a form of hospitality rather
than for commercial purposes
| spoke of this 10 a man VINO mas
been living near the canyon Tor
great many years.
Yes" he observed with an under
standing nod. people are not usually
petty out here. It's not easy for
fellow 10 be small and live alohSsiue
of that big thing yonder.
And he pointed with his thumb at
the Grand Canyon.
a visitor at the canyon Is supposed
TO hire guide and a sad-eyed burro'
and make a trip down preclpltouS
rfver. distance OF seven miles, part
IN along "A passage that looks over
sheer drops into space OF few thous-
and feet.
/ frankly did not make this journey
for a number of reasons. one was
that Bill Kettner. congressman
from san Diego. Calf, with whom 1
am travelling. agreed 10 go down IN
person as my proxy. and let me know
exactly how everything looked. BIZ
has good powers OF description and
narration, and I saw no reason for
firing out an extra mule 10 carry me
down alOng those precipices when l
could get the facts all from Bill.
Besides. 1 walked over and bad a
good heart to- heart look at the burros
from which / would have 20 make a
selection II / went Inasmuch as the
exigencies OF the jaunt require one
TO place more confidence in one OF
these mules than one IS ordinarily ex-