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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

PUTTING THRILLS III THE
MOVIES.

That motion pictures il the making
often require the players 70 face real
and serious danger, and even the pos
sibilfty oE sudden death, is a feature Of
the movies that few persons realize
The popular notion IS that any act in
volYing danger is .'faked''-that in a
fall for instance, the actual fall is
made By dummy and not by q living
player. This was true Of motion pic
ture making in the past. and TO q lin
tied extent IS true even at the present
time. Some Of the feats shown on the
screen could never be performed by
a living person without the certainty
Of death. But competition between the
leading producers has become so keen
and ths taste Of the public so exact
ing. that a thrilling act must as q
rule he the perfection of realism, and
this usually means that It must be the
real thing. How the players go to
the limit OF safety beyond ia
meeting this requirement is shown in
a number Of pictures appearing in the
Popular Mechanics Magazine,
One Of the most daring Of these
feats is q fail now being shown in one
Of the big plays. The actor is seen
standing on q balcony 20 feet above
the ground Suddenly he clutches at
his breast as If shot and pitches back
ward of the balcony turning over
during the descent. This entire act
is performed by 8 living actor who
makes falling his business and who is
said to have fallen a total Of more than
FIVE miles In tho past three years, in
an act like this, 1he actual tumble
would formerly have been made by q
dummy, and the effect Of continuity in
the pictures would have been given by
stopping and starting the camera at
just the right instanrs as the dummy
was substituted for the actor and as
the actor took his position on the
ground In place If the fallen dummy
Another act of d startling nature is
that of fugitive droppiHs from @ sig
nal bridge TO the top of a moving loco
motive This feat was performed
without injury to the actor while the
locomotive was running at a speed Of
II miles an hour A fight on the pilot
Of a locomotive was staged with the
locomotive running at q speed of 20
miles an hour and the pictures were
made from the rear Of a train ahead
A single careless movement Of either
Of the actors might easily have re-
suited iu the death Of one Or both.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20
Sidelights on the European War

Correspondence Of The
Associated Press.1-The war on the
French front has now developed into q
race between Lloyd George and the
German general sta1 for Calais, de-
clares Lovat Fraser, a prominent Brit
ish writer, in a letter to the Mail, urg-
ing that everything else should be tenn
poraruy laid aside in England for the
work of reinforcing the efforts Of the
new minister Of munitions.
with the Germans and their mon
ster guns at Calais, we should lose
control Of the narrow seas, writes Mr.
Fraser. IF we get enough shells and
guns In time Calais may be saved
"There is every reason to believe
that the Germans viii soon strike an
other blow at Calais. 1t is no answer
to say That they tried and failed last
November. The first battle of Ypres
was a hurried affair which developed
on bith sides without careful prepare,
uou. The next time the Germans try
10 burst through they viii throw into
the attack every ounce, and they will
only move when they are able to ad-
vance with a strength which they think
overwhelming.
The enemy regards the seizure Of
Calais as an essential prelude to the
destructiO OF England. The question
is far grayer than the country thinks,
and the attack win probably come this
summer or autumn.
This country still laughs at talk Of
invasion Not many months ago it
was laughing at eppelins. No one
laughs at Zeppelins now. Far strang-
er and more unlikely things than the
invasion Of England have already hap
pened in this war. The German talk
Of invading England is more than
dream. They began TO think about it
very early in the war, and in their US
ual practical manner began to prepare
for It, They have ready today the
transports, the Wharves, the railway
sidings, and the stores.
III they make the attempt, It ought
not TO succeed, but there is more than
a chance that they might affect a land
ing. The problem does not admit of de-
tailed public discussion. but 1t ought
to be regarded quite seriously and
gravely. The best authorities now be-
neve that the Germans will try to
land"
Mr.. Fraser is not sanguiue as to the
situation in Russia or the Dardanelles.
but believes that England must fight
out the war right at her doorstep, in
Northern France.
The Germans he observes, believe
they are winning the war, and if a
stranger from another planet aligted
among US and judged by surface indi-
cations alone, he would probably think
50 too. Take the western theatre; the
allies are stuck fast: the French, who
have done wonders on their own front.
are waiting for the British. The Brit
ish are waiting for more weapons and
more shells, and as we have now
reached midsummer, they will wait
long time. All through Europe there
is not g single big man visible. for thia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20
BLOCKADING THE BRITISH ISLES

"a survey Of the coast geography of
the British Isles shows some things
of tremendous interest when consid-
cred with reference to the blockade
undertaken by the Germans, the first
serious blockade ever attempted
against the United Kingdom" begins a
bulletin Just issued by the National
Geographic society, which sketches a
few Of the difficulties in the way Of
maintaining an effective blockade OF
the many-harbored, sea-encircled ma
tion. The bulletin continues:
Great Britain is q land of harbors
and highly developed ports. Its foreign
commerce clears from more than 100
seaports. that are situated upon every
sea washing the islands. To shut off
English commerce with other lands
would require an almost impossible
sea-strength Moreover, besides its
wealth of widely scattered harbors, the
United Kingdom has a particularly If
regular coastIine, which would serve
to greatly multiply the labors Of d
bl0cEader.
sI1kFAa bA Lt+h, aLEtit4 ts2sAtAE7t ara
and deeply penetrating inIets Of the
sea, the English coastIine alone
stretches for a distance of 1850
miles. To the south, upon the English
channel. lie the great seaports of Ply
mouth. southampton, Portsmouth,
Brighton and Dover; to the east, to
ward the North Sea, are the ports Of
London. Harwich. Great Yarmouth,
Hull and Newcastle. and TO the west,
toward the Atlantic and the Irish Sea,
are Bristol, Cardif, Swansea and Ltv-
erpooL Hundreds Of smaller ports
are sprinkled in between these great
harbors of wOrld-fame.
"Of these English ports, Liverpool is
said to have the best developed har-
Dor in the world: more coal is shipped
from Cardiff than from any other sea
port. Grimsby is the fishing capital of
the world, and London is more init
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

matefy connected with the ports on
every sea than any other harbor Eng
land has expended with freehanded
foresight in the improvement Of her
seaports, and so the war finds her with
adequate harbor facilities upon every
hand. with dry docks and shipyards in
every more important harbor, with
equipment to carry on great foreign
trade from more than 100 different
points.
Scotland is a still more battling
problem to an intending blockader.
Probably. its most striking feature IS
the irregularity of its coastline, and
its coast upon the east is shielded by
an intricate mass of blood, rocky is
lands. Though much smaller in area
than England. Scotland has c0astline
of 2.300 miles, or one mile OF coast 10
every 13 square miles of area, Lejth,
Dundee and Aberdeen are important
ports upon the North Sea in the east;
Inverness sends its shipping to the
north, and Glasgow. with its famous
shipbuiIding works and vast foreign
trade, lies toward the North Channel
and the open Atlantic, Few places IN
Scotland lie more than 40 miles from
the sea. and smaller ports dot the en-
tire cOastlina.
"Ireland's greatest ports, Belfast
and Dublin. are situated upon her east
coast on the Irish Sea. The restless
breaking Of q rough Atlantic over the
rocky needles OF her western coast has
retarded the development of CONNER
cfal harbors there. Limerick upon
the River Shannon, gives Ireland an
important Atlantic harbor. while
Queenstown is an outlet IL the south
and Londonderry in the north.
with its more than $500 miles of
coastine; and its welI-deveIoped har-
bors all along the way. the United
Kingdom presents a problem of ex-
IRENE difficulty to any power intend
ing to maintain blockade against it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

Years ago II was a very common
thing TO hear Of cases OK paralysis OF
the throat, or heart or other part fol-
lowing an attack Of dfphtheria- The
"neighbors," in those dark days, look
ed upon this misfortune as a visitation
Of providence and said nothing about
il.
Occasionally. even today, an at
tack Of diphtheria will leave some
serious paraIvtIc condition behind
it, or leave the heart greatly weak
ened. Now come the neighbors, or at
least the chin-wagging kind, 10 explain
that the evil effects are due To the anti
toxin the doctor administered. Never
theIess, the death rate from diphtheria
is less than a third OF what it was in
the days before autitoxin was discov-
cred. and the cases Of paralysis or Sc
rious heart damage following diphthe-
ria today are SO rare as to excite more
than passing interest. This, If you
please, neighbors, notwithstanding the
universal use Of antttoxin.
The real reason why paralysis or
heart trouble still follows diphtheria
in rare instances is plain enough;
either antitoxin is used too late in the
illness, or not enough is administered
at the first dose,
Of course, a doctor has no way Of
measuring the degree Of diphtheria
poisoning the patients blood viii
suffer tomorrow; he can only see what
the condition is today, and gauge his
dose of antitoxin accordingly. But
while false economy or sad defer
ence to the prejudices Of the neigh
bors may prompt him TO use too little
antitoxin for the first dose, It is pTac-
tsoally impossible for him to give too
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20
Diphtheria and Paralysis.

much in the first dose. X, perchance,
his first injection contains more units
of antf-t0xin than there are units OF
diphtherta toxin (poison1 In the blood
at the time. the superabundance viii
at least be harmless. and IN truth Ia
yorable, since it will be right there
ready 10 neutralize any further poison
given off by any germs which may
still be doing business In the throat
A dose Of 10000 units Of antitoxin
may sound large to the lay mind. but
it is really a very minute quantity Of
antfdote, as compared with the aver
age degree Of dtphtheria poisoning in
the blood. Often enough it is not only
safe but absolutely necessary to ad-
minister 10000 or more units Of anti
toxin in the first dose. in order TO
completely antidote the poisoning OF
the disease and thus save the nervous
system and the heart from the damag-
ing influence Of unopposed diphtheria
poison. Weak children require many
times more antitoxln proportionately
than do strong adults.
He who objects to antitOxin or 70
a sufficiently large dose IN the first IN
lection, through misconception Of the
character Of the remedy, is to be pftied
If he is himself the patient If his OBJ
lection interferes with the use Of the
life-saving antitoxin in the case Of d
child. he is indeed worthy Of the worst
indictment.
Rmetin and Riggs Disease.
What is your opinion of the emetin
hyDodermic Infection treatment for
pyorrhoea?
Reply-It gives very satisfactory re
suits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20
HORSES IL TIE WAR.

The United states department OF ag-
riculture has issued the following
bulletin on horses in the war on Eu-
rope:
During the four months. September
TO December, 1914, inclusive, about
5000 horses were exported from the
United States, i'm addition to these
several thousand more have beeu pur-
chased for export by the agents of
the warning nations 1t has been fear
ed by some that there would be such
large numbers exported as to cause
an acute shortage Of horses i'm this
country. There is, however. no appar-
ent immediate danger of this
The 1910 census gave 3.lS2,769 as
the number Of horses not on farms
There has probably not been any ap-
probable decrease in that number
since then. That number added to the
21195,000 the number estimated by
the department of agriculture, on
farms Jan. /, 1915. makes a total OF
over $4,000, geo horses in this country.
and we could sell two or three times
the number already exported without
t-Ah e ICING ekAA cay "a eAAAft 10
of work horses. Three times the num-
Der exported during the last four
months Of the past year, OF 225,000,
would be less than / per cent of our
horse stock. Furthermore. the kind
of horses which have been purchased
are for the most part very mediocre
animals, which would ordinarily sell
for less than s100 per head, and are a
class of which We can well afford TO be
rid. But q small percentage Of the
animals exported are mares, and most
OF these are doubtlessIy either old
mares or nou-breeders.
The big demand for horses will
probably occur after peace has been
declared. AT that time the countries
now at war, with the exception of
Russia. will 20 doubt be very short
of horses for their agricultural and
other work According TO the best
information obtaiDabIe, European Rus
STA had, prior to the outbreak OF the
war. about $4,000, 1000 horses, and is
the only country having more horses
than the United States. This country
and Russia together have SO per cent
Of all the horses In the world. The
worlds stock is estimated 20 be about
100, 900, 900. a very large number Of
the horses in Russia viii be destroyed
in the war, and remainder will no
doubt be needed by Russia Cor her own
Agricultural and other work.
The demands Of this country, which
has one-fourth OF the worlds supply
Of horses, will therefore be large. and
will probably contsnne for q number
Of years, for the rehabilitation Of the
depleted horse stock Of any country
is e slow process. This country, how
ever. will be in position to meet this
demand II the farmers owning good
mares VIII see that they are bred.
The owners Of such mares should see
that they are bred TO high-class stall
lions and produce the kind Of stock
for which there is always q good mar
ket. The production OF superior ami
mails Of any kind is generally profit
able, while the production of inferior
ones is seldom 50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20
FALLACIEs OF PROTECTION

Adyerting TO an editorial by that old
stand pat newspaper, the St Louis
Goba-Democrat, in which our heavy
trade balance against Europe is dis
cussed, with the war blockade held
up as 9 yindication of the protection
theory. The Public says:
fF'rom SO prominent protectionist
source this admission is important.
We now have proteotionfst authority
for 3 fact that has long been obvious to
all not protecftonfsts; that we have
protective tariff conditions In the
country In spite OF tariff reduction
The Hobe-Democrat's admission con-
stitutes clear confession OF the fact
that protection Is a fraud.
THAT the war has artideiaIIy check
ed imports is no cause for eongTatula-
ton. No goods would be imported az
any time If Americans did not want 10
Guy them, and they would not want To
buy them it It were not evident that
these goods offered the best value for
money spent Now comes the Globe
Democrat and considers It cause for
congratulaaion that Americans are
hindaTed by the war from getting as
much for their money as under ardi-
nary circumstances they could get
That such a state OF affairs must be
harmful Is the only reasonable con-
cIusson. That Il has not made the coun-
try prosperous, but, on the contrary,
has made conditions worse. is attested
by hundreds OF protectionist organs
and profeceionst politicians who have
for the past year been telling about the
Industrial depression"
The Public hits fayorfte proeee-
Zionist fatIacy deserved waiiop, COM
ments Peoria Journal. No worse fate
could befaii q people than 70 be cdt-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

Cotton is said to be fetching 80 cents
a pound IN Germany at present. which
is three times the price a syndicate
could have bought it for IN the United
States about the time syndicates were
quietly reaching out for the southern
surplus last year. The quotation is
particularly interesting in view OF the
general maritime situation. In fact,
If it we're not for the general maritime
situation cotton would not be bringing
80 cents In Berlin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20
WORK FOR ALL IN so DAYS, PREDICTS CLARK

Immediate and countrywide pros
perity was proclaimed here at San
Francisco this week by Champ Clark.
speaker OF the house of representa-
tiyes. IN an address before the Com
merciaI club Of San Francisco.
Il predict that within sixty days
every person in America desiring to
work will find employment at fair
wage-a great destdaratum. he said.
Nobody viii eyer be able to esti-
mate the damage done 10 American
business by the European-Asiatie-
Africa war" tho speaker continued,
but business is rapidly rtghting
itself. and I believe we are on the
verge Of long era Of prosperity.
We are beginning to harvest the
biggest aIl-araund crop that ever grew
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20
July 20 in American
History.

lS61-Congress or the Southern Confed-
eracy convened at Richmond for
the first time.
1866-Austrfan-Italian naval battle Of
Lissa, IN the Adriatic; italy
feated.
1870-Beginning Of the FrancO-P rus-
Sian war. French troops marched
to the frontier, and Napoleon's dec
laration of war was received and
acted upon IN Berlin. The war grew
out OF dispute over the succession
to the throne Of Spain.
i906-Peaee between Guatemala and
the Salvador Honduras alliance
signed on board the United States
cruiser Marblehead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

Whales. which long ago were re-
ported % have been driven out Of the
North sea by mines and other devices
Of war, are now having hard time
of it In the Adriatic. one Of them be
ing attacked by an italian destroyer
the other day and killed before it was
discovered that it was not subma-
rine. 1t IS getting so that a well mean
ing cetacean scarcely knows where to
find q safe place to lay its head.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

This newspaper does not feel that
il has been called to go to the front
for the Second avenue asphalt, al
though It may have its faults. and still
it is reasonably certain that the ma
terial used on that thorOughfare would
possibly stand as good a test as that
which is insisted upon in place Of
brick by certain Ninth street paving
directors and which If adopted might
pave the way to removing some Of the
existing obstacles. And The Argus has
no pTeiudices against the new mater
ial, either.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20
II YOr COULD KNOW.

II you could know the half of all i
yearn to be to you, dear hearts
Each day that dawns I struggle to be
strong and do my part.
Yet when at last the night comes
softly down [ humbIy pray
Lord, grant me still to prove my ten
der love just one more day."
Just one more day to strive to rise
above small troubles. petty care.
That my cramped soul may break its
earth-forged bonds, at last to
dare
To face the future and 10 gladly live,
with courage new,
Loyal, and cheerful facing toward the
light for truth and you.
And yet, I feel in spite Of all the
heights which I can never scale,
In spite Of ali the many tests in which
I daily fail,
That my deep I0ve-more deep and
pure and strong than I can ever
show
You somehow, through my failure,
doubts and fears, VIII come to
know.
The dreary clouds can't hide the sun
for aye. it glimmers through,
The sweet, wet violet, struggling
through dead leaves, still show
its blue.
And so I trust. though oft I strike
Loves chord with clumsy hand
You'll feel the melody 7 tried to play
and understand.
MABEL A BUENELL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

whistled on the streets and within the
short space of "a hours thereafter
was being whistled upon the streets
Of Galesburg- The author resided in
Chicago when he wrote and produced
the song the first time.
At this time the. members Of the
centennial commission are bending
their energies TO secure all possible
Information which will put them in
touch with the work of other early
authors and historians and composers
who were residents of Illinois in the
early days, and anyone having such
information will kindly send same TO
Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber, secretary,
Illinois centennial commission, Spring
field.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

izens OF . country which buys every
thing and sells nothing" The block
ade-whtch the Globe Democrat par
ailels with q protective tarin-has
helped a few American industries and
made millions 20 a few Americans,
but II has crippled hundreds Of
American industries ard made living
q bard problem for millions Of com
mon people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20
CHORDS AND
DISCORDS

BEATS His Wife; Police Hold
Him. Headline. If they had held him
until his wife had returned the COM
pliment their job would have been
complete.
HARRY Thaw says he will devote
HIS time TO looking after his property.
The lawyers having had the first look
Harry had better take lantern along
ONE of the warnings to men on the
Chicago bathing beaches is not to
duck strange women" This is not
quite understandable inasmuch as po-
lice advice heretofore has always been
to the contrary.
VILLA has engaged an aeronaut at
SIS per week. In Mexican money, Of
course. He'll have TO live a long time
before he accumulates enough to in
duce q quarrel among his relatives
over his estate.
COUNT Won Berngtorff says the Lu-
sitania incident will not be repeated
This should be comforting to those
whose loved ones persisted with that
torpedoed liner a few months ago.
YOUNG man shot Ia a drunken brawl
in Chicago the other night apparently
does not take much stock in the eff
cacy of the Illinois liquor cure insti-
tuition Of which his father is presi-
dent. Or has he been parading as q
horrible example?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

Even the disIliers are turning
against John Barleycorn. for they are
finding It more profitable 10 make de-
natured alcohol % au war contracts
with foreign governments than it IS
to manufacture the kind customarily
used 70 I'LL those who are athirst.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

The steamer Steel City, which has
Just completed the trip from LaSalle
to New Orleans in IS hours, break
ing an river records. had 25 Chi
ca goans on board on the way south
It is scarcely TO be expected that the
craft would have made that time If it
had carried a cargo of lower muzzle
velocity nolasses, for instance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

Miles City. Mont, shouts "yippee-
lppeeippee" and let's 'er buck annual
" at the roundup and frontier day
celebration. Among those present
this year were the governor, 500 pio-
neers (count them 500, 500 cowboys
wearing chaps and few assorted
hordes of Sioux, Cheyennes and Crows.
May the old-timers be ever with them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

out Of the ground and. after all, agri-
culture is the root Of all prosperity"
= merchant marine and rural cred
It's Mr.. Clark said, Were the most
important questions for the next ses-
sion Of congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-20

The Argus has no objection TO being
termed the evening organ" II II
pleases anybody 20 indulge the term
especially as the effect is to designate
IL as the only newspaper in the even
ing field in the city.