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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30
Announces Her Candidacy.

Chicago. Nov 30.-Mrs. Grace Will
bur Trout, former president of the llli-
nois Equal Suffrage association an
nounced today that she is a candidate
for the presidency OF the National Wo-
mans Suffrage association. The as
ISOLATION will hold its convention in
Washington Dec. II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30
THE WEATHER
Forecast Till 2. VI. Tomorrow. fol
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline
and Vicinity

Probably light snow this afternoon
or tonight; warmer tonight with the
lowest temperature about IS degrees.
Wednesday partly cloudy and colder.
Temperature at a. m. 20 Highest
yesterday IS, lowest last night %,
Velocity of wind at a. m. s miles
per hour
Precipitation none.
Relative humidity at I p. m. II. at :
a. III. 50, at / p. n. today So
Stage of water at II, no change in
last "a hours.
j. NJ. SHERIER, local forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30
coprressman,s Condition Sane,

Clarinda. Iowa. Nov. 30--The condi~a
ton of William p. Hepburn. formers
congressman. who is seriously i'll %
his home here, Is reported today III
apparently unchanged. His advances
age makes his physicians apprehensiyoz
OF the outcome. He is So years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30
Legislator Given Reception.

Springfield, Nov. Members of
me legislature who are here attend
ing the extraordinary session of the
general assembly are 10 be the guests
tonight at a reception TO be given at
me executive mansion by Governor
and Mrs, Dunno.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30
CASUALTY LIST Of
BRITISH LIGHTER
Number OF Officers and Men Lost Dur.
ing November Much Less Than
In October.

London, Nov so, Q0:51 a. m.)-Brit-
ish casualty lists published during No
vember total 1899 officers and 1914
on-eommissioned officers and men in
all fields of war, bringing the total
since the beginning OF hostilities up TO
approximately 100000,
Heavy as were the losses in killed.
wounded and missing for the present
month they were much lighter than in
October, when the names of 3,lf0 Off
GERS and II, 1877 non commissioned Of
flcers and men were Included in the
lists
A statement issued in London Oct.
80 gave the British casualties from the
beginning of the war to Oct. 9, as 49,
294. The total among officers in that
period was 1898 and among other
ranks 472.001.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30
Rules Committee Meets.

The special rules committee of the
senate, of which Senator Owens of
Oklahoma is chairman, also met today
to decide on the form Of cloture to be
laid before the caucus of senate demo-
Gratis, it was to await among other
things the committees Recommended
tons that the caucus adjourn over
until tomorrow.
The house special budget commit
tee failed 10 reach an agreement at it's
meeting last night on any specific
plan. a recommendation probably
will be made TO the house that further
consideration be given to the various
budget plans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30

>hip> will not be permitted to en-
Ter the Danube which. IL is empha-
sized. has heen Mined
London. Nos 30, Ge.2S p. nj
Woaasir IN southwestern Serbia, has
been evacuated. Serbian troops, hav-
ing achieved their purpose Of delaying
their euemy's advance until the civil
population of the town had time to
escape. have now left the city and. ac-
oordine 10 reports. are retiring in
good order Bulgarian occupation of
fine town js apparently a matter of
only faR hours
Sa{ Campaign is Finished.
Though the Austro-German and Bull
garan campaign against Serbia is de-
srrtbed Hg the central powers as fin
ishe5 and though practically the whole
of Serbia is in their possession, they
have not accomplished, according to
The general belief here. the more inn
portaut aim of entirely crushing the
Serbian army. Though defeated and
voru out In the conflict against over
wheIming odds. the Serbian forces are
said to be still unbroken and demon
allied. and are reported TO be reorgan-
ling their shattered units on the Al
bantam and Montenegro frontiers pre-
paratoTs 10 fresh action.
H. -. WHIT pnso~l
Either bitter winter weather has
retarded The central powers in their
proposed new enterprise against the
Franco-British troops in the Strumitza
region or the rapidly developing Rus
sian menace from the direction of Ru-
mania has caused them to abandon it.
In any event their campaign has re.
Gently come to a staudstili
Other fronts during the last As hours
have shown generally revived activity
Sir John French, commanderin-chiei
Of the British forces in France and
Belgium. reports successful British ali
attacks on German positions along the
Belgian coast and on other parts of the
German western front. involving de-
struction of a German submarine over
the Belgian coast and raids on an areo-
drome and ammunition factory behind
the German lines. French troops fight
ing in the Souchez district drove tbs
Germans from a crater made by sue
ceSsful mine explosion recorded in the
German communication of Saturday
Capture Prisrend.
Berlin. NOV. so (via London, $40 p
ml-The capture of Prisrend. in west
ern Serbia, near the Albanian border
was announced today by the war of
flee. The statement says:
AT Rudnik, to the southwest of Mi
jroyitza, enemy forces have been driy-
en- back by parts of General Won Koe-
yess' army at this point, and to the
west of the Sitnica river about 1,00o
prisoners were taken by General Won
Gallwi,z.
Bulgarian forces took Prisrend on
Nov 2S They captured more than
5,900 prisoners and eight cannon"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30
Defending Armies Have Ac-
.Complished Feat Of Delay
ing Capture by Bulgars.
TOWN Is EVACUATED
Civilian Population Gains
Place of Safety-Fall of
City Matter of Hours.

London, Nov. 30 t4:I1 p. m,) -
eAccerding 10 kilograms from Bu-
cHarest. RumaHia has notified Rus
,ia OF her earnest desire to remain
neutral" says a Copenhagen dis
patch 10 the Exchange Telegraph
company. consequently, Russian
ships will not be permitted to en-
Ter the Danube which. il is empha-
sized. has heeH mined
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30
Continue Organization.

Democrats of the house ways and
means committee met again today to
assign members to the committees in
continuation of the work of organiza-
ton for the coming session of con-
gress. It probably will take seTera.
days before the assignments can be
worked out.
The committee, as a result OF
Minority Leader Mann's request for
larger republican representations on
all committees in view of the in
crease of the minority, has tentatively
agreed to add one additional republi-
can to the ways and means, appropria-
tons, military. naval and judiciary
committees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30
Increase Membership.

With regard to reorganization of
the commission. suggestions have been
made that the membership be in
creased from seven to nine. and that
the commission be divided into depart
ments. Senator Newlands, chairman
of the interstate commerce commits
sion, said today that this subject, to-
gether with the railroad securities
bill, probably would be taken up for
consideration, but, in his opinion.
such matters would be submitted TO a
thorough study by joint committee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30
Split on Question.

Regarding the railroad securities
bill difference of opinion has arisen
in the minds of democratic members
as to the extent Of authority that
should be given the commission over
railroad stocks and bonds. Some
think that compulsory publicity Of
railroad assurances would be sufficient,
while others believe the commission
should have direct regulation of the
issuance Of securities.
As result of this difference of
opinion, together with the unusual
conditions brought about in regard to
transportation requirements during
the war, there is a movement among
leading democrats in congress to turn
the whole question Of railroad securi-
ties and the enlargement of the inter-
state commerce commission over to
a joint congressional committee for
thorough investigation and report.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-30
General Belief Expressed by
Legislative Leaders That
Question Will Be Left.
TO GO ANOTHER YEAR
Legislation May Touch Upon
Subject but No Action Elk
pected at This Session.

Washington, D. c., Nov, 5Q.-Legis-
lation affecting the railroads and the
Interstate Commerce Commission, in
the opinion of administration leaders
in close touch with the subject prob
ably will not be pressed at this SEES
sion of congress.
There is pending in the senate com
mittee on interstate commerce the bill
considered at length last session TO
give the commission jurisdiction over
the issuance Of railroad securities,
There also is a movement which has
attained considerable impetus to en-
large the membership Of the COM
mission. Both subjects undoubtedly
will be given attention early in the
coming session, but it is doubtful if
either will be pressed for action for
another wear
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06
JUSTICE ONLY.

U. s. Attorney General Thomas W. Cra~--
has lately returned from a visit to the Faaer,
prison in Atlanta. He inspected the prison f~or.
the roof to the lowest cells. paid midnight wish.
to the inmates, watched them at recreation a.,
work. at their meals and at rest during : ,,;..
Sunday.
He went back to Washington with the car.
viction that some way should be found by wht,1
Federal prisoners might earn money, a part -
which should go to their families.
lone great trouble with the present system,
said the Attorney General, SIS that the famiEex
of prisoners often suffer more than the convict
If we can put prisoners to work making some
thing for the Federal government which will nor
enter into competition with free labor We can
then give the families some of their earnings.
This system has been tried and proved success
full in State Institutions"
1t is eminently to the credit Of Attorney CEN
eral Gregory that he has lined himself up with
the movement for greater consideration Of the
needs of prisoners families. 1t is not right for
the State or for the general government to work
a convict and make money on his labor without
sharing the proceeds weith his family. The State.
or the nation, cannot afford to be unjust and
the present system is certainly characterized by
injustice of the most obvious kind.
The approval by Attorney General Gregory
Of the plan of giving a part of the earnings of
prisoners to their families secures endorsement
for this theory from an exalted source and
should hasten the day when this righteous prac-
tice obtains in every State and Federal prison.
It is nothing more than justice.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06
so FAR, so GOOD.

Somebody got busy yesterday. Somebody
with a realizing sense Of Raleigh's school needs
and the present opportunity told his personal
affairs to go hang and got out and hustled Tor
all of Raleigh.
Somebody used the telephone and the pony
express and talked and argued with other men
and got them stirred up. Somebody put In a
whole hard days work for other people-and
he got results.
1t doesn't make any difference who he was.
1t is enough that he took hold and that as a
result of his unselfsh activity other men of
capacity and leadership have thrown them
selves into the undertaking and that the chances
for Raleigh to strike a new gait in its treat
ment Of it's school children have been substan-
TALLY improved.
The call for the mass meeting Wednesday
night means ceaseless activity for the friends OF
the schools. The purpose Of the meeting Is to
ascertain the will of the people as to what they
want to do in the crisis that now confronts
them. The school board will do what the people
say do. But it is highly important that the
people realize the true condition. Raleigh is
behind other cities in it's school plant. Judge
r. w. Winston, who came here from Durham,
says the Raleigh school plant does not approx
innate in value that of Durham. For some rea-
" h0ACA AA0o NV wv S0hAA0 SAC WV
Of It's school children. No reasonable person
familiar with conditions in other cities can
maintain for a minute that the Capital City in
the matter Of school building plan is not sur
passed by the other chief cities of the State.
And then there is the safety of the children.
This is more important after all than any other
consideration. Raleigh children should be
given the safest buildings that can be provided.
The start should be made with Murphey school,
which is the oldest of the three frame buildings
now in use and the damage of which by fire has
made speedy action of some sort necessary.
The friends OF the schools and of progress
should lay their plans to capture the mass
meeting and to put it on record in favor of a
modern building for Murphey school. 1t Is our
conviction that that is what the people want and
that they will say so if the facts can be gotten
before them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06
ALL FOR $1.7O

There has never been offered in North Caro-
lima so much good reading for SO little money as
we are Offering under the following propositions:
year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an eight
page weekly newspaper.
The Commoner, an able monthly journal.
published by William Jennings Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic. sixteen page
North Carolina home and farm weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy Cents you
can get all these papers one year.
T.. @. MOORE, Manager.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06

A tremendous quantity of foodstuffs was sent
abroad during the last year according to the
statistics of the Department of Commerce, and
the men who made the prices for the consumers
Of this country made the most of the conditions
favorable to their purposes. They had a good
excuse for lifting the figures and they availed
themselves Of 1t.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06
Nxcl1 NaH'4 Ma4
Judd Mortimer Lewis in Houston POst.)

NM HEN they say gasoline is up it does not
Wv get my goat, when they say diamonds
have gone up 1 do not skip a note, when 1 am
told that champagne is high-priced and hard to
get you will not notice that my eyes with briny
tears are wet. Red rubies and green emeralds
may mount up
TAMPERING WITH TRIPLES. to the sky, and
still I will not
sob a sob or wink the other eye; but when they
raise the price on spuds and boost the price of
beans, and take the last red cent I've got to
buy my turnip green's, then 1 will rise on my
hind legs and scream in such a way my shrek
of pain shall rend the air way up to Hudson
Bay. For diamonds are not good to eat nor
champagne good to drink and, with no car, for
gasoline / have to spend no chink; but 1 need
spuds and / need green's and j need meat and
bread, and while those things are In my reach
I shan't shoot of my head. And the high cost
of living in my dreams don't caterwaul, and the
cost of high living docs not worry me at all.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06

Jane Adams, returning from Europe on a
peace mission, will be given a public welcome in
New York. Miss Adams has interviewed the
crowned heads of Europe in an effort to bring
about peace. 1t was a nervy thing, but it takes
a woman sometimes to accomplish a real under
taking,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06

All around through the State the counties are
moving for new court houses. Wake county has
erected one that is remarkable for it's size and
cost. Is there any good reason why the temples
of learning should be incomparably inferior to
the temples of justice? 4
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06

The United States has been hunting a chan8
to help Mexico and it seems that it has fou39
an excellent one in the simple expedient Of hold
ing old Vic Huerta in this country and not
allowing him to cross over the border and
further complicate a situation that is already
complex enough.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06

Raleigh has made the streets comfortab BILE for
the horses. Ought it not to begin to give the
children up-to-date and safe school houses?
Isn't a child as deserving Of being made safe and
comfortable as a horse?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06

This city is growing rapidly. It has all tho
conditions for the making of a great city. It
needs modern school buildings because its chill
dren are worthy Of the best. 1t also needs them
because good school buildings will help Raleigh
to grow. People casting about for a new place
at which to locate will give scant attention 10 ,
city which houses it's school children in crowded
wooden quarters. Good school houses are just
as good an advertisement for a city as good
streets. Raleigh is a good town and there is no
reason why every one of its public facilities
should not be good.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06

Whatever the facts the appearances just now
Justify the conclusion that it is the Germans
who have just begun to fight.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06
OUR MOUNTAIN MARVELS.

That North Carolinian who has never spent
time amidst the mountains of his State has
failed to see a part of this great State which is
a marvel in it's attractivencss. Offering invitation
of beauty to the world it is largely people from
other States who enjoy the hospitality of prodi-
gal nature, in winter and summer coming in
great crowds to a section blessed by the lavish
ness of it's offerings.
North Carolinians should know North Caro-
lima better, and in especial the men and women
of the Coast and Piedmont sections should know
Western North Carolina. In the Swiss Alps
there is the playground of Europe and in the
Blue Ridge there is section after section which
should not alone be the playground of North
Carolina, but the playground Of all the United
States. A type of the playground Of the Blue
Ridge is what may be termed the Mount Mitchell
section, where scenic beauty crowds on scenic
beauty along the route from Black Mountain to
the top of Mount Mitchell. Here 6,711 feet
above sea level the visitor can look out from this
highest point east of the Rockies over a vista of
great mountains, growing fainter and fainter
amidst the blue as distance engulfs it.
Wonderful are the mountains Of Western
North Carolina. Their beauty and their guaran-
tee Of health are calling to homes amidst them
people from all parts of the country. On noun
tain side after mountain side residences con-
tinue to be built in increasing number, and the
fame of the North Carolina mountains is being
hcralded far and near. They are worthy of all
that can be said or written of them, and thew
give another reason why North Carolina offers
advantages which should increase it's population
by leaps and bound. With a sea coast and q
coastal region unsurpassed, with a Piedmont
section that is teeming with life and activity.
with a mountain section Of unsurpassed beauty
and of the greatest opportunity, the wonder ia
that North Carolina does not grow quickly tn o
vaster stature among the States. But time wo,ls
for it, and North Carolina goes forward.
me State looks to Raleigh to lead. but this
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06
ing Tonic
(Ephesians IL: $50

(Ephesians ii: $50
I'D Y grace we are saved through faith; and
~ not Of yourselves; it is the gift OF God; not
OF works; lest any man should boast.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06

Lasting fame awaits the man who suggests a
solution Of the Mexican puzzle that will work.
All sorts of combinations have been offered but
none that give promise Of fitting the conditions.
II every Mexican didn't carry in his bosom the
possibility Of revolution, the remedy might lie
in bringing Mexicans to the United States, giving
them a course in citizenship and returning them
later to their country as missionaries Of a SEN
sible view of what life is for. The United States
could better afford to spend a huge sum Of
money on Mexico than it could afford to spend
a huge sum Of money plus som thousands Of
American lives. There is some better way than
Intervention out Of the difficulty involved IN
this c~ountry's proximity to a very troubled and
troublesome nation. ~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06

Diogenes with his lamp hunting an honest
man was in about the same predicament as
that of newspaper readers-trying to get a lno
on just what the condition is in Mexico City.
One report says things are as bad as they can
be, and right on the heels Of that comes another
saying that conditions are not as bad as they
have been painted.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06
COURTESY PAYS.

One Of the big railroads of the country is
arranging to hold courtesy meetings for its en-
ployes. This leads an exchange to say with
great timelincss that if safety first is a good
slogan Courtesy second is just as good.
We have dealt with railroad people who were
not precisely the soul Of courtesy. In fact there
seems to be something about the railroad BUSH
ness that rather makes those engaged in it feel
that maybe they are a little better than other
folks. It is not always that way, but it is some
times that way. For one thing, it often hap
pens that there is no competition; the mere
person is then at the mercy of the railroad man
with whom he is dealing. But when there is
competition very naturally the prospective trav-
eler goes to the other line. For courtesy is
something that a man has a right to expect from
those with whom he does business.
That the railroad heads have seen that there
is danger Of their subordinates failing to show
the proper appreciation of the patronage of the
public is shown by the circumstance that one Of
the railroads has arranged to have 'courtesy
meetings. Courtesy is a splendid Investment
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06

The State looks to Raleigh to lead. but this
city has long been a tail-ender in the matter
OF school buildings. 1t is time to strike q nev
pace.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-10
Sawdust to Make Our Farms Fertile

others may take one from the soil for
fifteen or twenty from the air.
When English colOnists settled on
the Atlantic coast from New Eng.
land to North Carolina, the abund-
ance Of wood suggested to them that
there might be profit in the sale of
ashes. In 1921, less than fifteen
years after the founding OF James
town, the Virginiens were selling
ashes at frem $50 to $40 a ton for
export to England. The burning OF
ashes was a favorite business under
taken by negroes who had run away
from slavery in the South and had
settled in Canada. No capital was re-
quired, as wood was free; and,
though the income was small, the
work was easy and served to attract
a good many people. AS late as 1898
Canada exported annually 1929 bar
rels Of potash and pearlash, the
equivalent OF more than 10000 bar.
rels Of ashes.
The potash In wood ashes is taken
up by the soil more readily than In
most other forms, because the grains
are generally extremely fine and the
minute particles are easily distrib-
uted through the soil in convenient
form for assimilation by plants.