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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-03-18

thought was the Berwick, SO we put
to sea to leave their neighborhood. We
put in here to land $50 passengers, for
urgent repairs.
Il believe We were followed by six
British warships when we We're near
ing the Virginia capes We could hear
them. but we could not see them. We
were showing them our heels, however,
and we ran at night with every light
out.''
One Prize Almost Sank Her.
The Odyssey Of the Prinz Ethel
Friedrich over two oceans, pursued
by three Of the largest navies of the
world, will not be complete until the
story is told how in the last few
weeks Of her voyage she was al
most sunk by the last of her many
prizes: Not once was a shell hurled
at the rover by the pursuers sweeping
the seas for her. But the little tramp
steamer Willerby of only $500 tons,
without a gun on board, came near
sending the adventurous German to
the bottom and by the tactics of ram
ming her, stern foremost.
EThe Eitel signaled us to STOP" said
Captain Wedgewood of the Wtllerby,
"but I paid no attention to her. At
first 1 thought she was just a mer
chairman like us, but even when I
saw her guns I kept on my course,
trying to get by and pass On her port
beam. But when she got. to a point
where it was evident she could ram us
amidships we did stop. By that time
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-03-18
WILLIAM P. FRYE !
SINKING Of SHIP !
Skipper OF German Raider Tells
OF Long Run Across Pa
CifiC and Around
Horn,

opinion that it was one of the English
ships, but nothing came of the matter"
Captain Kiehne said the Ethel Fried
rich sent three ships to the bottom on
the kaiser's birthday, the day on which
the American bark was overhauled
He did not remember their names.
German Shippers Story.
Commander Thierichens Of the royal
German navy, captain Of the Prinz
Eitel Friedrich, gave the following
description of his long run across the
Pacific, around the horn, and up the
Atlantic to Hampton Roads:
"Seven months ago the Prince Eitel
Friedrich left Tsingtao. Our crew was
composed Of men and officers from the
gunboats Tiger and Luchs. and the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-03-18
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CAT TAIN Of THE
DESCRIBES
Declares He Protested to EiteI
Friedrici1's Commander
Cargo Was Not
Contraband.

TAPTAIN II. II. KIEHNE, master
of the four master American
" ship William P. Frye, which
was sunk by the German aux
Hilary cruiser Prinz Ethel Friedrich on
the morning Of Jan. %, made the
following statement after the cruiser
sought refuge at Newport News, Va:
despite my protestations that was
the American master of an American
ship, the German cruiser Eitel Fried
rich sank the William P. Frye on the
morning Of Jan. %, blowing a gaping
hole through her vitals with a charge
of dynamite.
II was almost becalmed when the
German ship appeared about o'clock
in the afternoon of Jan. p. My ship
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-03-18
NORTHWESTERN " h0sPITAL
AND SANITARIUM.

A private institution which combines all the
advantages OF perfectly equipped hospital
with the quiet and comfort OF q refined and
elegant home. Modern in every respect. No
insane, contagious or other Objectionable cases
received. Rates are as low as the most eff
cient treatment and the best trained nursing
will permit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11
ObIBIENDs WILSON'S STAND IN DUMBA CASE

: prevent all in the United States. ex-
cept the government, from manufac-
turing arms and ammunition, as wen
as consider it the best internal pol
icy for our country.
Personally I think President Will
sons first and greatest duty 20 his
countrymen is TO prevent involving
our country in conflicts with foreign
powers. Therefore I think his first
and most important duty was TO in
form the American people OF the facts
in the Dumba case and officially TO
inform DR. Dumba of the facts as
President Wilson believes the facts,
and officially TO request DIR. Dumba to
cease those activities which embarrass
the president and hamper his Official
freedom OF action.
Personally I think that it was some
what hasty 10 demand Dr. Dumba S
recall and confront our country with
another crisis. But President Wilson
has taken a decided stand. We all ap-
prove Of it. German-Americans will
approve Of it. It is a stand for non
interference. even in a legal way, in
our internal affairs by foreigners.
It is a poor rule that does not work
both ways. Americans may not here
after, even in a perfectly legal way. in
terfere in the internal affairs of Mex
leo, nor of any other foreign country,
without mourning the condemnation Of
President Wilson.
It is an unjust and uuenforceabIe
rule that does work against Anbas-
sador Dumba and does not work
against Ambassador Cecil Spring-Rice
with the same promptness and equal
severity for his interference in the in
ternal affairs Of this country With
equal rapidity and severity the rule
now pronounced as effective should be
applied 20 the French, the German. the
Russian and the Italian ambassadors.
The stand Cor rule) announced is
stripped Of all verbiage-that it IS
President Wilson's duty to his coun-
try to prevent foreign diplomats. even
in a perfectly legal way, interfering
in the internal affairs of the United
States. It IS a good rule. May it he
enforced against all foreign diplomats
with great frmness and aIacrity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11
How Man Hardens His Arteries.

We are not opening the charter just
now, but if there are any readers VINO
have more weight than they care to
carry round, and q blood-pressure 4
few pegs too high. and especially a
tendency TO 'biliousness" now and
then (Which is q polite way Of saying
over-eatug), with perhaps a wee bit
pain in the epigastrium like you can't
hold tiff any such there be, the
Bread and Milk club viii be glad TO
receive them into membership. The
dues are very Iow-you pay nothing
but close attention. The requirement
for membership Is exceedingly simple
you reliriousIy confue yourself to
diet Of bread and milk or crackers
and milk one day each week Since
the club was organized neither Dr..
Osler, Horace Fletcher, Upton Sin
clair nor any charter member has fled
a tentative protest against the rules
Of the order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11
THE OLD SETTLERS.

This has been a notable week il
the annals of the Ol5 Settlers ass0cia-
uon Of Rock Island county. marking
as it did. the semi-centennial auuivar-
sary Of the organization. The reunion
held Thursday was the most ImpoE-
tsut and significant ever held. both
from q historical ana a social stand
point
In recognition Of the occasion The
Argus. itself an old settler. and all
most qualifying as q pioneer present
ed TO its readers the most complete
and carefully prepared sketch oi the
association over published
30 organization, locally speaking. Is
entitled to quite so much cousiaera-
ton as that which embraces The plo-
ueers who bIaze5 the way for the de-
velopmeut Of this locality. People If
this generation with ali the modern
means Of communication and trala-
portatL0n aud other comforts ana CON
veuiences now SO common as 10 he
accepted as q matter of course. but
family realize the hardslips and haz-
ards that attended the everyday life
of those who came here when the
country was I'm it's wild state and iH-
habited only by Indians and the Wild
animals. Rock Island county then
from the modern point OF view al
least. was far from inviting TO those
who cast their lots here in order to-
make habitdli0u for those who were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11
cor CoyNTY, s 800.

In 1911 Scott county. Iowa. had IS
acres Of alfalfa. Now, thanks 10 the
work of The Farm Implement league,
it has thousands of acres, 1850 acres
having been planted during the pres
ent season. The yield, per acre has
increased considerable since the first
records. In 1912 the average return
was four and one-fourth tons per
acre, the following year four and
three-fourJbs tons, last year live aat
one-half tons and this year the yield
dropped to an average OF hye tons.
In 1911 there We're IS sil0s to be
found IN lha county This year the
number is IT'S, with q gradual iu.
crease during the intervening years.
Ia 1911 there were $4,000 acres
planted with tested seed corn. Last
year there were $4,000 acres and more
land IS devoted to the growth Of corn
this year than ever before.
Five per cent of the oats grown In
1911 were treated for smut The
use Of treatment has increased great
ly In popularity and this year three
fourths of the oats grown in the
county have been treated for the dis
ease,
The records of the-year 1914 show
why this treatment has become So
popular with Scott county farmers. In
that year the per cent OF smut ja uu-
treated fields was 1714 while that
in treated acres was. bat L per cent
In 1914 there were 1920 acres sow
with treated seed. Forty orchards
were sprayed this year
There were 400 hogs treated with
cholera serum in 1912 and that year
30 per cent OF treated hogs were
saved. Last year there were 22250
hogs that underwent treatment and
SIS per cent Of them were saved,
These figures, the accuracy of which
there is no reason to doubt. are taken
right at our door, OF course. there lis
no law compelling Rock Island county
farmers to organize and employ an
expert That is one OF the advantages
OF a free country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11

Gladys Denton was the daughter OF
an English couple who were related TO
members Of the nobility and had lived
in anluence. Speculation on the stock
exchange took all they possessed ex-
/ cept= enough to get them TO America,
where her father made an uncertain
living. It was a dream with him 10
to get back to England and with suffi-
cient means to reassume his former
position.
When the family came to America
Gladys was but 4 years old. Conse-
quently while the father and mother
were living on the memory of their
former social position the daughter
was growing to womanhood without
the advantages of wealth. She was
not only comedy. but a lovely girl, and
when her father had passed an age
wherein he could hope to make a strike
he fancied that his daughter might
obtain a station nearer TO what her
birth entitled her by an advantageous
marriage.
This being the case, it was quite nat
uraI that every young man who came
to visit Gladys was looked upon with
misgivings by her parents. The hal
cy0n days Of the family in England
were a blank TO her. That her mother
had employed half a dozen cervants
and had ridden in her carriage was. as
far as she was concerned, ancient his
tory.
Gladys young men friends were IN
titled Americans and quite good
enough for her. Naturally, therefore,
she chafed at being catechized by her
mother whenever she made a new ac-
quaintance or an old one called on
her more than once month.
When Gladys fell in love it was one
Of those quick cases wherein a girl viii
recognize a mate the moment she sees
him And it was the same with the
man she met. They could have been
married the next day and made no
mistake. Gladys knew very well that
they could not appear together before
her father and mother without be-
trayiug the position they occupied as
lovers. She therefore did not permit
her lover to come to the house. The
only man the parents had reason to
dread Alan Edm0nds, they never saw.
But lovers cannot live simply as low
ersi they must possess each other.
Gladys, knowing that for her to con-
fess that she had met and loved man
with nothing but a salary barely auf-
Gcient to enable a couple to get on
would bring the dreams Of years crash
ing about her parents heads, would
neither consent, to marry Edm0nds
openly uor clandestinely. At any rate,
this was the case when something
happened to make matters far worse
than they were. The couple cores
ponded clandestinely. and one evening
while Gladys was inditing an impas-
stoned letter to her lover d lamp on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11

Chicago, Sept Il.-H0race L. Brand,
editor oil the Illinois Stats Zeitung,
publishes under his signature the fol
lowing editorial entitled Duty Yer
sus Right in his paper this morn
ing:
We, Americans, are talking too
much about right We are insisting
with great emphasis that our rights
must be respected. We talk too little
about our duty and scarcely ever in
sizt that duty is a higher sense than
right. We are acting the part Of the
swaggart rather than that Of the pa
triuC. Il continuation of this course
VIII lead AS into greater difficulty and
may involve US IN war.
Our president is right DR.. Dumba
is wrong
The foreigners, whether diplomats
or -obgrers. sojOuTniug Ia the United
States must obey our laws. melting
others to break laws Of our country
is Illegal. Strikes are not illegal.
therefore melting others to strike is
not Illegal Nalk-0uts as well as lock-
outs are not illegal, hence melting
others to wal6-out or to lockout is not
Illegal II DR.. DumDa melted his coun-
yryuen, who are soiourning here, to
walk our of American factories. there
by Gripping their efficiency, no ileg-
al act was committed by Dr. DumRa.
SuIr I say, our president is right
ala Dr. Dumba is wrong For duty is
q higher, a n0bleT sense than right.
Or. Dumba thinks it is his duty to
prevent communicated residents OF
the United States from manufacturing
arms and ammunition for the allies.
American Unjustly criticize DR.. Dumba
for desiring to do his duty as he sees
it. But DR. Dumba is in the United
States OF North America and the presi-
dent of this republic has a duty to
perform 1t clashes with DR.. DUmba's
duty and DR. DUmba is wrong in in
sisdng upon his legal right in defiance
of the duty which President Wilson
has toward his countrymen.
So President Wilson is right in act
ing as he thinks his duty calls upon
him TO act.
Personally / think American citi-
zens should consider it their duty TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11

canned in the home and consumed
there. 1t would seem, however. thar
the housewife would not knowingly
use, in the foods she provides for her
family, substances that she could not
use in foods for sale without violating
the law, because these substances are
Injurious 10 health.
Fruits and vegetables can be kenr
indefinitely if they are steriIized ~
heat and properly sealed, and there
IS no excuse, in the opinion Of the ex-
peFts OF the department, for running
any risk by using preserving powders
which may be injurious to health. The
use OF such powders, in addition to
the possible injury to health, encour-
ages uncleanly or careless work in
canning. Reliance is placed in the
efficacy of the preserving compound
instead Of upon cleanliness and heat
The department has issued bulletins
that give specific directions for the
preserving and canning Of fruits and
vegetables without the use of presarv
ing powders or canning compounds
These bulletins may be obtained
without cost from the department 81
agriculture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11
The irish Of the RaIkans.

The Serviaus are rhe Irish of south
eastern Europe. with all the virtues
and some Of the weaknesses Of the
irish people. They are especially
proud Of their national poetry, which
they possess as no other nation pos
sesses in modern times. for they still
have their national bar5s-men who
live by making national song, not
highly cultured poets, but men Iu the
street. They 90 not go to a newsDa-
per 10 report what they hear, but TO
the next inn or coffee house, and
there take up their instruments to
reeite what they have 70 say Vtrtu-
ally our bards are ancient reporters.
The old ones sing. Those Of the pres
ent day stenograph- The Serviaa Ian
guage IS the richest and most must
cal and clear and -Njystovitab.
SERVANT minister TO England. in the
Manchester Guardian
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11
The Daily Story
A Burglary-By Edith V. Ross.

I the floor below exploded and started a
/ fire. She ran down stairs and assisted
in putting 1t out But before she eof
back TO her room her mother. VINO
/ had been collecting heirlooms, .expect-
1 ing that they would need to be remov-
/ ed, had been in Gladys room and
bounced upon the letter. The secret
was out. But what's his name nv
where's his home" Gladys didn't cara
to tell. Both her father and her moth.
er threatened and pleaded with her III
give them satisfaction in the matter
but she held firm.
Then followed meetings and com
munieations made dtf1cuIt by tn
watchfuIness of Mrs. Denton, ana tbs
greater the obstacles the more irpas-
stoned the love: the more fmpasgioBe5
the love the greater the risks taken
Finally Gladys wrote her lover that
she was to be removed.
The necessity Of seeing her az oncs
induced him to so TO her home the
same evening, hoping to find an oppor-
tunfty TO speak to her. He waited IN
the yard till every room IA the house
except Gladys was dark, then, climb
/ ing a support OF the porch. appeared
before her window She had not dis
robed. Tapping on the pane, he called
10 her to fee with him.
While they were talking they heard
the front door open and close Ed
mond, fearing to DO caught by soma
one without. entered the room from
the window. He had scarcely done 30
when g step was heard In the hall.
Gladys ran into q closet. The door
was opened by her mother, ana there
stood an unknown man.
II Gladys lost her head her lover
kept his. Her watch was On the
dresser, and just as the door opened he
clutched it. Then. darting out OF the
window, he made on. Gladys heard
his retreat and came from her hiding
place, pale and trembling.
My child" exclaimed her mother.
there is nothing to fear. The wretch
has gone, but he has taken your
watch"
ooh. mother" exclaimed the girl,
I'm so frightened"
The police were called and came sn
a patrol wagon, but the bird hsd
flown, and there was nothing more to
do in the matter.
One morning q few months later au-
other bird was discovered to have
flown during the night Gladys was
missing, and during the day q tele-
game came announcing that she bad
been married. This time there was
nothing to do but make the best Of ls.
and the young couple We're forgiven
and recalled.
1T seems to me-" said Mrs. Denton.
serutinizing her son-in-law. that
have seen you somewhere before"
Impossible" said the groom "F1l
mistake me for another"
And the secret never came out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11

Hardening OF the arteries. unlike
hardening Of the heart, is very pop
HIar a8ijc1ion which We must all come
to sooner or later, preferably later A
Hsrd-hearted man enjoys nobody s
sympathy but hard-arteried man
merits at least q little friendly advice.
He doesn't know where he IS going
bat he is or his way. What obstacles
can we throw across his path?
Grabam-Stewar an English prac-
1l5iouer. suggests few Of the com
mon factors Of arterioHcIerosis. He
Says LabituaI constipation. causing
carouic roxeula, or salf-poisoHing, is
an important factor Then he goes
OLA to- list more Iamiliax causes: Too
much meat, the use Of alcohol as a
beverage, too much work with 700
little sleeper burning the candle at
aoua ends hurried eating, a habit Of
huudrum occupation without daily re
Iazation-or, ia America at any rate,
the year round hustle, broken only by
the annual vacation, instead Of a little
relaxation every day.
Lie insurance companies oppose
the progress of arterioscler0sis in
many q case by bringing home TO the
applicant the fact that he isn't so hale
and hearty as his full blood and big
appetite lead him to imagine. Every
man over so. whether interested il
life insurance OF not. ought as mere
investment in health assurance, TO
submit To a complete physical exam
nation regularly once year. an ex-
animation as carefully made as any
life insurance test. an examination,
moreover. which, unlike many life in
sarauce examinations made for I'M
progressive companies, devotes much
attention to the applicants condition
ana none to the nature of the com
p]aiut his graudmothers died of. You
know, a good, goth century life iusur-
auce company doesn't care d scratch
Of the examiners pen what your grand
parents died of or whether Won ever
had any grandparents, but some com
panies sti}l do delight in tracing back
the family pedigree-for what reason,
it is hard 10 say.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11
0TEsTI0Ns 80 ANsWERs
Ground Itch.


Johnny Reb asks what is good for
ground itch.
Answer-Ground itch. the skin le-
sion which marks the entrance into
the body of the bookworm, responds
favorably To a solution Of salicylic
acid Us grains} in alcohol Il ounce
applied on cotton pledgets five min
utes twice a day for several days.
Intestinal Indigestion.
Ny little girl. aged four, has fire.
queut attacks Of what her grandmoth-
er calls worms" but the doctor calls
it intestinal indigestion VIII you
please advise me about this?
Answer-GladIy, if you viii furnish
the stamped addressed envelope-we
certainly are penuri0us.
Something We Can't Help.
Is Brady your real name2 asks "a
Fool At Forty" Isn't 1t too bad p
your articles are otherwise so instruc-
tive and interesting. But that Irish
cognomenI
Answer-somebody wished it on
father and he handed 1t down to us.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11
Sidelights on the European War

Cbristiania.- - Correspondence Of the
Associated Press Unusual impor-
lance may be attached TO the forth
coming elections Of members of par
lament. for which the different par
ties have already adopted their plat
forms. The storthing, as the entire
Norwegian legislative body is called,
is elected every third year, direct by
the people, with women now entitled
to vote under the same conditions as
men The election viii take place
this fall
In common with number Of other
countries, an issue in Norwegian poll
tics this year is the question Of ma
tiouaI defense. The war crisis a year
ago found the country very poorly
prepared to meet any emergency. The
army and navy were by no means up
to the standard required by the mill
tary experts, and the people have but
lately realized how largely the coun-
try is dependent upon foreign coun-
tries for food supplies. The latter
circumstance is due to the fact that
in the last two or three decades farm
ing has diminished. the young people
Of the rural districts having passed
more and more freely into the indus
trial work in the cities
Consequently. it has been increas-
ingly difficult for the farmers TO get
help. and the situation has made com
petition with foreigners almost out Of
the question. For grain, -four and
sugar, for instance. Norway has been
dependent on imports from the United
States, Russia and Germany. The war
brought about a great eurtaiIment in
these importations and has impressed
the Norwegians that something must
be done to make their country more
self-suppOrting.
The conservative and liberal lefts,
in their platforms for the coming cleo
ton, have made their chief demands,
therefore, for the strengthening Of the
national defense to the full extent that
the country can economically bear,
and for an increased duty on imports
of grain and -four so that Norwegian
farmers may be able to regain their
lost ground in competition with for
eign products
The party that is at present in pow
er. however, asserts that there is no
need Of strengthening the defense OF
the country at present They point
to the fact that the government has
been able TO conduct the country safe
ly through situation when every
thing was ablaze around it. So far as
the protection Of the farmer is con-
cerned, they propose a guarantee that
the government pay the farmer
stated price for grain or establish a
state monopoly in this particular
trade
The national committee Of the party
in power has recommended coopera-
ton with the socialists rather than
the demand made by the arm
ament advocates. The socialists in
Norway still adhere to the doctrine
that the international socialistic fra
ternity IS able TO prevent war between
nations. and instead Of increasing |