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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
The Daily Story
His Decision By Dwight Norwood.

marriage never having been divulssa
to your grandparents. she determined
to send you TO friend, your supposed
mother. and it was this offer thar lea
Mrs. Bradley to present you as her
own child Before your mothers death
she sent for me and told me OF vonr
whereabouts, asking me to look out Tor
you anS if you ever needed help IN
help you, leaving it discretionary with
me to inform you of the secret Of Your
birth.
Not long after your parents death
your grandfather made lucky bust.
ness stroke that gave him capital 70
work with and from that moment he.
gan to accumulate a fortune His only
child, your mother. being dead, ha
called on me to draw up a will leaving
his property to charity. / then told
him the story of his daughters mar.
riage and of your existence.
He was DESTROYS of claiming Won
from your foster parents, but, on my
representation that such action would
bring sorrow on a devoted couple. de-
sisted. He made the will in your ia.
vor, instructing me, on your coming Of
age, TO inform you of your true origin
and that you were the possessor Of a
fortune. The will makes il optional
with you to assume your own name
and inherit the estate or to remain as
you are. in which case It goes to chart
ty. He died only year ago I have
given you but an outline of the story.
and it remains for you 10 decide
whether you will become Arthur Ste
VEINS, with half a million, or remain
Martin Bradley. without it."
1t was some time before the young
man spoke. He said.
What ] am to decide between is.
giving great pain to the dearest wom-
an and the best man in the world and
a splendid fortune My decision is
made. / relinquish the fortune"
| Had you not better think the mat
ter over? You forget that, with this
money, you might give them many
comforts, much happiness
They don't need the comforts, and
instead Of happiness ] should iniict a
frightful blow"
Then | am to regard your decision
as fnal?"
You are
The lawyer took the young mans
hand in his and said:
Il wish / had a son like you"
Ten years later widow lay dying
Her son, a man past thirty, knelt al
| her bedside.
Il have wronged you, my boy she
said Il have deprived you of q for
tune. It has been my selishness. Had
you know what 1 have done
Mother, have known your secret
ever since the day I came Of age,
gave up fortune Of my own free viii
that no break might come in our hap
py home, no trouble TO you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
William Brady,M.D.
HYGIENE Value of a Thernostat

What Is called an equabIe climate is
generally conceded salutary for the av-
erage individual. Certainly it is health
full to maintain a fairly equabIe temp
erature in the living rooms throughout
the winter months, because it is ex-
posure TO excessive warmth, more
than anything else, that lowers ones
natural resistance TO the group OF
specific bacterial infections vulgarly
known as colds" These respiratory
diseases are not cold air diseases: thew
prevail most widely in temperate elm
ates, in moderate spring and fall
weather more than in very cold win
ter, IN the southern states more than
In the extreme northern inhabited
countries. per thousand population.
The indoor plague. let lis say. rather
than colds" When you catch the in
door plague you have been handed
something very definite; but when Won
catch cold" you merely have a deIus
ion, If you think the great outdoors
has anything TO do with it.
Since the bacteria of the indoor
plague survive best when the air is
warmest, and since the human host
thriyes best when the air is fairly
cool, most people have learned in
stinctively to regulate the indoor tenn
perature by the Thermometer and tn
keep it between SO and TO degrees
Fahrenheit.
But it takes lot of patience. some
times even unseemly language. TO reg
ulate the furnace by the Thermometer
And besides there are often too manv
engineers in the family. and 100 manv
engineers will put out the fire.
a thermostat solves the problem
good thermcstat costs. Installed. from
$50 10 $50, but We venture 10 saw il is
economical, not alone in its hrgienje
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
NAVY LEAGUE HACKERS THE
ONLY True PATRIOTS.
BY United States Senator Robert NJ


jBy United States Senator Robert M
I4aFolette.l
If q man dares to intimate that be
is unwilling to swallow the whole pro-
gram OF PREPAREDNESS big army,
big navy. big contracts for munitions
Of war-that man is fool or a cow
ard or a traitor
Who are the real patriots Of the
country?
They are glorious group Of multi
millionaires who are making such
enormous profits out Of the European
war. as were never before realized in
the same brief period since time be-
gan.
They are the Morgans, the Rookie
felIers, the Schwabs, the Garys, the
Du Points, and their prototypes. who
are back of the 3S corporations most
benefited by war orders, the stocks OF
which have increased more than a
thousand million dollars above their
highest market value before the war.
They are the dollar-scarred heroes
who organized the Navy League Of the
United States
The high purpose of this noble or
ganization is 10 boom big appropria-
lions for a Sufficient number of super
dreadnaughts" Of the new winter de-
sign. the contracts for which must be
signed up before the style changes;
also standard armor plate. all blow
holes Of which are warranted TO be
carefully puttied up before delivery;
also other munitions Of war with lat
est defects guaranteed to remain lat
ent until after acceptance by the gov
ernment
God bless the Navy League of the
United States, How We thrill at the
roll-cail of those present when it was
organized:
J Pierpont Morgan; Thomas w La
mont tMorgan); William II. Porter
(Morgan). Henry p Dawson Nor
gam: Charles Steele (Morganl Paul
D. Cravath Westinghouse Electric1 ;
Gilbert H. Gary UNITED States Steel} !;
Harry P Whitney Guaranty Trust
company. agent Atlas Powder COM
pany and Hercules Powder company ;
s II P. Peil international Nickel
company; Cornelius Vanderbilt
Latkawanna Steel company: Ogden
L. Mills CLacbawanna Steel com
pany); Frederick R. Coudert (Nation-
al Surety company; Francis L. Hiue
! bankers Trust company: Daniel G.
Read Guarantee Trust company,
agent Atlas Powder company Her
cules Powder company, etcl; Frank
A, Vanderlp president National City
bank, Standard OiD; L. J.. Clark
! (American Locomotive company, Eur
opean war OrdersD; Percy Rockefel-
Ter sufficiently identified
! Shades of Lincoln What band OF
! patriots with their business connec-
tons covering every financial and in
dustrial center in the United States.
Owning newspapers. periodicals and
magazines. and controlling through
! business relations the editorial good
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
FOR BUSINESS CONQUEST

Our persistent tifnidity in going after
the foreign business opportunities OPP
ened to us by the war is at last van
fishing. A new venture on the part Of
Wall street is almost startling in its
holiness An American International
has been organized. TN
der the auspices Of the National City
bank. with capital Of s5o,G0o,oo0, in
j. spirit worthy of the hravest days OF
american business.
This corporation. il might almost be
said. aims at the conquest OF the world.
AT least its charter gives no hint of
ANY more modest intent The company
viii be empowered 10 buy and sell
Foreign and domestic securities: to
contract for franchises. concessions,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02

The day that Martin Bradley came
OF age he lighted cigar, emerged
from his home and started TO business.
He had not gone a block when man
aecosted him.
Beg pardon Mr. Fields OF Sher-
wood & Fields. attorneys. desires to
see you in his office.
Where is Mr.. Fields Office asked
Bradley.
Il will show YOU.
The man started OF, followed by
Bradley, and, arriving ar their desti-
nation, ushered him into a private Of
fee, where a benevolent looking man
sat at desk. then withdrew, closing
the door behind him. MIR. Fields ask
ed Bradley to take chair beside him.
then said:
1T has been one OF my professional
duties to keep track of you for 20
years You are Il years old today and
fortune of half million is yours"
Bradley looked both surprised and
increduIous,
I Il have other information to give
you that probably will balance what I
have told you You are not the son
/ of your supposed parents. Your name
| is not Bradley; it is Stevens"
! A cold SILVER came over the young
man He was about 10 cry out de-
NAL when the attorney went on:
! Pardon me. but / have an unpleas-
ant duty to perform in giving you this
part of the information | have for you
though the only really distressing
thing about it is that you are not the
person you suppose yourself to be,
About twenty-five years ago your sup
posed mother, Mrs. Bradley, was in
danger of losing her husbands love
They had been married 10 years, and
no children had come TO them. This
was a great disappointment to Mr.
Bradley There was crisis in their
affairs and the husband was about to
that she was about to become a moth
err
From this moment the Relationship
between them that had existed during
1.-THE first years of their married life was
restored. In due time a child was pre-
scented TO Mr. Bradley, but it was not
his son. Mrs. Bradley. in order TO hold
him, had procured the child of other
parents and led him to suppose that il
was their offspring.
The listener groaned and covered his
face with his hands After a pause
1.-THE attorney continued;
That part Of your life before you
were given to the Bradleys is an old
story, and for the present al least
need only to give you an outline. The
daughter of ambitious parents con.
traeted a secret marriage with a poor
young man You were the fruit. the
only fruit of that marriage Your IA
Their died before you were born; your
mother in giving birth to you. Her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
SNEERS FOR PEACE ADVO
GATES,

IL Is quite the popular tii4Hss ia
these robustious war days, TO sneer at
Henry Ford because he would like to
bring the war in Europe to a close,
aud is willing to spend his time and
money In that holy purpose
The selfish. unpatriotic, would-be
exploiters OF the people set the pace
in sneering 81 Henry Ford and
tboughtless and little people copy
their example.
Non. If Henry Ford would go up
and down the land bswling for
standing army of million men, and
for 50 dreadnaushts to be built at
once, he would be lionized by the
greedy, would-be exploiters of the
people, and by the iIngoes that follow
in their lead. says the Quincy Jour
lnal
I A man that doesn't shout for war
preparedness in these days is sissy
and q Notwithstanding
the fact that the surest way TO bring
on war Is 10 prepare for it. If Eu~
rope hasn't proved this fact, it can't
prove any
. Why is it that the greedy eXploiters
of the people Of this country can al
ways get the call? Why ii is that they
can always manage to pose as able
men and patriots? Why is it that gen
uine patriots, that the genuine friends
Of the people. are always put on the
defensive by the greedy grafters? Are
the peoples saviors always to be cru
Gifted?
These thoughts are called ont by the
following words. which We find N
Bache's Review. we hear much in
these days of intending attempts on
the part OF kind-hearted people TO
force peace OH the warning nations.
/ These movements are altogether Chin
ericaI and more or less hysterical"
Who is there in this country that
proposes 10 force peace on the war
ring nations Of Europe? And how can
il be done? But is there any law
against kindhearetd people striving
Ito bring peace to the warning nations
OF Europe? Is that noble purpose a
thing to be sneered at and belittled
Is there any reason why Eind-ninded
people in tine United States shonld not
stand out against the savagery of war,
the wickedness Of cannibalism?
Is it necessary for the people Of this
country to have the rabies because the
people of Europe are war mad? Must
we in America drink blood because the
people in Europe are spilling it?
! This continuous talk Of war in the
(! United States is enough to make the
angels weep. In all this talk, there is
neither morality, patriotism, humanity,
nor common sense.
To listen to the talk that is going on
in this country about preparing for
war Or, as they put it, preparing for
defense against war. one would think
that war was the natural and proper
occupation of mankind: whereas it is
only a special Of modern savagery and
cannihalism Every sensible and hu-
name man should stand out against
war with all his might War stands
for human slaughter, for untold hui
man misery for waste and destruc-
ton. and Tor everything that is ab0m-
Unable in the sight Of sensible, hui
name men, and in the sight Of Cod
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02

wifi OF many others. they will be able
to render powerful but disinterestea
aid In the great propaganda for pre-
parednes which is now flooding the
country at high tide as congress IS
about to meet
At present these patriots are devot-
ing their great talents to the making
of public opinion for a big standing
army and big navy, This is most I'M
mediately necessary. They have been
enlarEing their manufacturing estab-
ishments and building new plants to
supply the urgent needs Of the allies
at 500 per cent profit But even the
preparedness suckers Of the country
can readily see that there will come
dav when the allies will be unable to
borrow any more American dollars
with which TO buy high priced Amer
lean munitions Of war.
In order to keep the enlarged and
newly constructed American plants
running day and night, and their great
stock issues soaring steadily higher,
we shall sorely need good fat gov
eminent contracts with Uncle Sam.
Hence the necessity Of preparing
for preparedness
We have some mean, sordid, unpa-
;riotic people in this country so dis
/ courteous as 10 suggest that the gov
eminent could save large sums Of
money by building the bsttIeships in
cur own shipyards and manufactur-
ing powder and shrapneI aud guns in
government-owned and operated ar
senals and plants But such people
should be suppressed They are never
satisfied; a disIoyal, low-dOwn lot OF
malcontents.
There is too much OF this sort Of
thing already These insuTgent, rebel
lious meddlers have already gotten the
government into the undignified posi-
ton of interfering with the private
business and the prosperity OF patriots.
The government has manufactured
I q D,o-llGH tpi1EIUI4 Sut q Hiiti az q NO2t
of only $794, while at the same time
paying private firms for the Identical
shrapnel exactly $1T50. The govern
ment makes a 3I-second combination
fuse for $2.92. For this same fuse il
pays the private maker just S7.00 The
government makes a 3-inch finished
shrapnel case at a cost Of only $175.
1t pays the private manufacturing con-
Germ $3.0G for the same article The
| government makes a gun carriage for
3-iuoh riAed field gun at exactly ST.
$1,000 It pays the private manufac-
turer $3,@9S,82 for the same gun car
riage The government has manufac-
tured caissons for $1,t2S.67 and it has
paid private concerns $1,l44.10 for the
same oaiss0n. The government filed
/ one OF its own orders for ammunition
al its own arsenal which cost $1,000
064. Il saved On this order S979, $40,
/ for IT would have cost exactly S2,S79,-
/ 904 If filed by private manufactur-
ers
( This is an outrageous showing r
is rank and dangerous interference
with the private rights Of the "besy
! people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
Selected by Tavenner
To he Readers Of The Argus;

The Argus has generously agreed 10 permit nae 10 MAN.
regular contribution under this head TO use the space
as If IL we're my left free to make my seectoh
from where will. whether it is timely or untlmeiy' 70
search the highways aud the byways for what may l
press ms Of interest and value to the people
assure ny readers shall try TO make the most vi
the opportunity must forget that party hhes
exist and will Just as it might be PRACTICAL tf
them not 10 exist and that the principal issue on e
ton day might be- whether candidate belongs 10 t
or political party, but whether he IS wiling 10
the masses Of the people the few who exploit them
In ether words, my idea Is to submit information "
thought that / would give TO the world II myself
edited a newspaper, the only mission of whlch was ~
serve mankind to do this and nothing more
When I personally write the contribution, "l,l ss
It. and when present the thought and work OF others
will SO indicate. CLaDB IL 4AFH'N4'A-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
Village Philosophy.

4 elinging vine sort of woman
usually knows how to cling to her own
notion with pertinacity.
Some preachers seem to think that
the Thanksgiving sermon is an OPP
portunity to call attention to whole
lot of things we ought not be thank
full for.
If it were not so hard to pull them
selves out of bed in the morning some
folks would have a good deal more
energy TO give to their work during
the day
a good many politicians are headed
to their Waterloo on one side or an
other Of the preparedness question.
A candidate in the hands OF his
friends sometimes gets good many
pretty dirty finger marks on him
When a good man starts to tell his
neighbors about it he is backslidden.
M. G. r. in the Sioux City Journal.
THE pessimist is a man who tres to
convince the little folks at this time
of year that there isn't Santa Claus,
YOU probably have noticed that
there is to be one Schwimmer in Hen
~ Ford's sea-going party.
THE 0ttumwa, Iowa, Review pulls
this one One Ottunwa woman was
asked if she approved of the ankle
watch. Oh, yes, said she. I have
one; there it sits over there point
ing 10 her husband
NOAH Count receives his mail at
Springfield, Ohio.
CHEESE trust tries to get a grip
on Paris" Headline. There is said TO
be considerable strength behind this
movement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02

Chicago Is in bad with the side-door
sleeper gentry The closing Of the sa-
looms on Sunday was severe blow,
but when the municipal woOdpile
opened that was more than the boys
could stand Sc now they have
scratched Chicago from their timer
AIRY. The result it is said, is that
thousands Of loafers who ordinarily
pass their winters in Chicago have
gone 10 other fields.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02

Some men pick out strange means
by which 10 drive themselves nutty
Robert ]. Kennedy. a Detroit movie ac-
tor. started by initiating Charlie Chap
Nm. He soon began to think that Chap
lin was Jealous Of him. The next stage,
which was the last, was the idea that
Chaplin persistently tried to step out
o. the pictures 10 kill him. Kennedy
was sent TO the asylum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02

aspect, but as fuel saver as well. Best
Of all, it saves father-or. in these DAYS
OF equal suffrage, perhaps mother
the painful labor of rising in the cold
cold morning to turn on the drafts.
Figuring on the basis that each at
tack OF indoor plague costs a family on
the average of $50. we conclude that 4
thermostat pays for itself inside Of
30 days in this climate 1t does so by
converting the changeable indoor at
mosphere into an ideally equable clim-
ate. FIT for any invalid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02

OREGON automobiles who killed
COW at night contended that if the ami
NAL had carried tail lights, as he main
tanned it should, the accident would
nave been averted. While the cow
may not have borne lights it had it
on the auto in the matter Of horn
equipment. having two against one
on the machine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
Bat It's the Life.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Johnstone
were Sunday after church callers a,
Prospect, Hill. Their North ranch 90
miles distant is no bar 10 their fas,
flying Ford People at the OUT sta
tions should have automobiles they
annihiIate distance and some cash, but
If one can afford it it's fine Cheyenne
Wells fColo) News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
SAFETY FIRST.

When Fitz puts up his finger on the
crowded avenue,
You'd better stop the motor till you
learn what next to do:
Be you Jitney, Ford or Veiie, makes
no difference to Fitz,
II the cop upon the crossing ever grabs
YOU in his mitts,
ROBERT REHDALE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02

Vienna. Austria Correspondence
OF The Associated Press. THE Wen
nese are proud of the fact that thew
have dealt leniently with the English.
French and Russians in The capital
Only suspicious characters have been
interned, and among enemy aliens
at large in the city there is far more
freedom than in Berlin and most OF
the other German cities. The visitor
from Berlin, for instance, is surprised
TO find that any language may be spok-
en- freely over the telephone. Nothing
but German is permitted in Berlin. and
even mispronunciation of a German
word may be followed BY a polite but
firm request from the telephone op
orator to Speak German. please" The
second offense means a severed connec-
ton.
Aside from the freedom OF the teIe-
phone the Viennese mix without much
friction in the cafes with the Young
Englishmen, Frenchmen or Russians
The Cafe de Paris has been renamed
the Nachtfalter. but the Carlton bar re-
tains its name, and the English
French and Russian language is heard
there without exciting any protests
from the Viennese who may be pres
eni. In fact. when the pianist PLAYS
some popular English song. such as
'aou Made Ne Love You," the Wen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS,
Rafh and Eeyar

Please explain in detail why patients
with fever are given icecold baths. This
seems a cruel practice.
Answer--NeYer knew of such a treat
ment. The Brand bath treatment Of
typhoid fver is d good treatment. The
bath Is never below 90 degree F.. and
II IS usually started at IS or 90 de-
grees, which is quite comfortable. then
gradually lowered during the Is or
more minutes by the addition of pieces
OF ice or colder water, but the Their
mometer in the tub is always under
the nurses eye and the water never be-
comes colder than 80 degrees, which is
by no means cruel Active friction of
the skin throughout the bath maintains
reaction, and as matter of fact pa
uents enjoy the apparent ''ice- cold
bath. But remember, baths are not
given TO bring down fever, but to rouse
the dull nervous system and enliyen
the depressed circulation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02

Mayor Thompson of Chicago, who
made the boast that he would drive
every crook out of Chicago failed dis
mally His chief of police, Healey,
now wants 400 more policemen to &C
complish the task It looks like he
wants a policeman for every crook.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
Shop Early

Buy your Christmas
presents early-Early in
the day and do it now. That
will be your biggest gift of
the holidays to the work
ers behind the counters
and on the delivery wag-
ons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02

There are other things beside gold
in this world For instance, there is
silver. Indian nabobs like it SO well
that the price has gone from 80 cents
on ounce to 56fs cents in the last
week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02
African In the Woodpile!

SAYS The Burlington Gazette II Is
strongly suspected that the boosters
for the moving picture, The Birth OF
a Nation. may have some of the col
ored brethren on the publicity pay
roll.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02

A noted Chicago artist calls Marcel
van Dresser the most beautiful grand
opera singer on the stage t0dPJ, What
Mary Garden and others have called
the critic has not been recorded as yet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-02

TO change the topic to a very pleas
ant one, is there anything more 10 be
admired than a Rock Island girl with
her long winter coat trimmed with fur
at top and bottom