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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

London, Correspondence OF the As
ISOLATED Press --Comparin the past
year with that of Il years ago. the in
FAINT death rate in London has declined
% per cent; deaths from measles 81
per cent scarlet fever 81 per cent.
whooping cough 81 per cent, diphthe-
ria 55 per cent, tuberculosis IS. pneu-
monia z and bronchitis 81 per cent.
From all causes. the percentage or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

deaths counting adults, children and
infants has declined Is per cent during
this period.
To increased facilities for the dag
nosis of disease by laboratories, the
destruction of rodents and care taken
against infection is the low death rate
mainly attributable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22
Blaming the Farmers

Naturally the farmers are blamed
for the rise in the price of wheat. They
did not start the war; they did not
cause the European crop to be $780,
100000 bushels short; most of them
have sold their wheat Still they must
somehow be answerable.-New York
World
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

Apparatus to be fastened TO mans
feet as he lies in bed to make his legs
90 through the motions Of walking has
been invented 10 treat victims of par
tial paralysis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

YOU are living in a pretty big coun.
try. neighbor. April next the popu
ton of the United States viii be 100.
100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

CHICAGO woman Just returned
from Europe declares Germany win
win That ought to about settle it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

MEDILL Mccormick refuses to ex-
plain reason for quitting leadership of
the Illinois progressives. MednI is a
wiser chap than we suspected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22
Street Car Comedy.


Suppose you got up early this
morning and cleaned your walks?'
you know. George, every window
in my house was frost-covered and,
really, didn't learn it had showed dur
ing the night until I ran out the front
door to catch my car for down town"
ADD crime wave: Chicago oats
held up
KENOSHA Italian just out Of pris-
on after serving two years for the muir
der of his wife has obtained another
license, proving that all of
the courageous and confiding women
are not yet gone.
MANY members of the Illinois legis-
lature seem determined to convince
the electors that they chose the wrong
men TO represent them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

WOULDN'T be surprised that some
moving picture promoter was behind
the move to have Harry Thaw go by
auto from New Hampshire to New
York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

TERMs-Ter es.ts per week. by car
risr. In Rock Isssnd. - per year By raafl
In advance
Complaints Of Delivery service should
b made 20 the Circulation department.
which shorz1d also be notified IN every
fn-taEcs where 20 - desired 20 have
paper disco7tfnssd. - carriers have no
authority IN shs premise.
Al communicative % sr<ura-ntative
character political ar religious. must
have real narss attached FOR publica-
ton No su=h articles VII be printed
over n=tfsfegs signatures
Telephone IA al Department. Cen
trail rnion. Rock Island ifs. Iifs and
1ffs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

In general way the diet should be
IN no sense different from her ordi-
nary diet. a daily open air walk is
the best insurance for a normal deliv-
cry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

ADD crime wave: Chicago oats
held up
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22

Diet and Motherhood: Is diet IN
portant for an expectant mother? Her
hrst child brought her great suffering.
She is strong and in good health with
good muscle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
FACTORY INJURY
PROVESFATALTO
MOLINE RESIDENT
Thomas Mefaua, fausht in Machinery
At Roof Il famderYoorf Plant.
Passes at Hospital.
sTntCK WILL oS 4 LADDER
Victim oil Accident Had Been Resident
ri Citg Since is7B~~Leafes
large Family.

As result of bis being injured Fri
day IN the Root & Vanaervoort plant
East Moline. Thomas HcCanu died in
the Moline city hospital at SIS tais
morning. Ills injuries proved more
serious than al first thought Mccain
began to lose strength yesterday morn
ing and the end was a question Of tine
from then on-
The accident which resulted in death
occurred @aea the victim was caught
between IL eraHe aud crane carriage
shortly before noon Friday Mccain,
an expert miiIETighf. vas on a ladder
closing water valve overhead. He
did not notice approach Of the crane
tilt TOO late lie was caught and
piuched above the hips and the right
kidney wac injured.
An inquest vac conducted by r. c. ],
Meyer. coroner and q verdict ia ac-
eoFdance with these facts vas return
IT.
Thomas Mccain was born In Hart
ford. Conu., In 1856. At the age Of u
be came #est and settled in Moline
In 1870. He grew to manhood taere
ana was married to Margaret c.
0Melia, III Rock Island May I, 1873,
Mr. McGanR bad been engaged as an
engineer and steam filter al various
times. He was a member Of Stewart
camp. No. 45T, NJ W A., the Sons Of
Veterans and IL St Mary's church
Leaves Eight Children.
Surviving him are the widow and
eight children, five SONS and three
daughters Robert f. Of Rock Island
James d. If Chicago. and John S. Jos
eph 7. aud Franris f. Of Moline are the
gons Daughters are Mrs n, Quade
Mary A. and Katherine NJ, all Of Mo,
tire. One brother James. and one SIS
ter. Mrs. Joseph Sparks, also OF Mo
line, are left to mourn
Funeral arrangements will he an
nounced later
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
FLAMES DESTROY
STOCK or GROCER
Ferdinand Elek's Store ut S00 Ninth
Street IL Scene of Early
Morning tire.
INSURANCE PROTECTS LOSS
Blaze Had Probably Been SmonIdeFug
for Several Hours Before
Discovered.

The stock and fixtures Of the gro
Gerry Of Ferdinand Flick, 500 Ninth
street, is a total loss as result Of a
fire at an early hour this morning
which Quilted the entire store room OF
the one-story brick building. The
cause Of the fire is unknown and the
less will reach So 500 fully covered by
insurance, The building is owned by
James AIeQuaid Of Milan
The fire was discovered by Fred Z
Winger. q neighbor, who was awak-
ened ut sis by the smell Of smoke
and he traced fits origin 10 the grocery
store When the department arrived
after d record run, the entire rear END
of The store WAS ablaze inside and the
part Of the floor where The fire started
had already collapsed into the base
merit. carrying stock and fixtures with
It. The dremen had the blaze under
control Ia minutes after their arrival
ut the store. but they worked for near
II an hour going over the ruins thor
oaghly
! Rtt &AltlIc tBkF4 A8A 81 iliG SAtt = ~ as
Quilted and in the rear. where the
flames spent their fury. the ceiling and
floor were burned out. \ tin roof pre-
vented the flames from burning
through at that point,
Similar Fire Three Years Ago.
About three years ago the store,
then operated by another suffered
from a similar blaze in the night To-
day Chief Newberry visited the store
again In an effort to learn the prob
able cause Of the blaze hut without
success. The store Is wired for cleo
trio lights, but no evidences of crossed
wires were found 4 stove In the rear
of the store was examined. hut It was
found that the fire had died cut Al
though d quantity Of matches vas stor-
ed in the rear, It was impossible 10
trace the origin IN this source, as the
goods had already been consumed
when the fremen reached the store
Mr. Flick, the proprietor, stated nc
closed the store M 1880 last night
and that everything was all right at
that time The fire had probably burn
Ell several hours before It was discoy-
cred,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
Commas II No Helm.

III spite OF the fact that be had a
small but accurate compass in his
possession, Arvid Carlson. q resident
OF Rock Island lost HIS bearings while
In Moline Christmas night. He was
picked up policeman IS pilot, how
ever. and was harbored at the police
station His family was consulted over
the telephone aud they told the police
70 keep Arvid in dry dock antil Mon
day, This morning Magistrate Franz
Gustafson gave his clearance papers
sgspeading dock charges.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

All the news all the time he
Argus.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28

as ssE ! 4 commerce crippled, non-cona batants moiested. neutral countries invaded. and premium put on torture: all because of a pistol shot. Civilizatio.,, with one step has gone from the twentieth century to the remote age of barbarism. and by the single act of youth hardly out of his adolescence. Or, was this boys act the real cause :? Can it not be traced to another and deeper one,-the distrust of nations! Old diplomats will tell you all the. na- tions now involved in the struggle were looking for this same war years back. The Bosnian youth was but a. puppet in the hands of Fate.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28
Dreadnought Locomotives.
(New London Telegraph.

More important than any news of German 17-inch guns or British super ] dreadnoughts is the announcement i that one of the great transcontinen-
 tai railroads has engines pulling a mile of loaded freight cars. These huge locomotives are in use ir1> the state of Washington, between Spo- kane and Leavenworth. They are described as having seventeen driv- ing wheels apiece, and two separate boilers. .
 Two years ago James J. Hill sug- gested, as his ideal of power and transportation efficiency, locomotive e capable of hauling 100 loaded cars. These are hauling 134 cars apiece the equivalent of about 500 cars Of the ordinary European type. Their very power has proved to be a source of trouble. There are no side tracks long enough to accommodate Ntheir trains, and there are few cars strong enough to endure the strain of the enormous pIll, so that the trains are constantly breaking in two. These defects, however, will be remedied Eventually it is likely that the whole equipment will be rebuilt to fit the new giants
 It is expected that before long en- zines of this type will be pulling freight over the "big hilI'-the Cas- cades divide--to the Puget Sound ports. If they prove practicable for that heavy mountain work, similar en- zines will probably be installed on other trunk lines in the mountain regions. That would presumably tend to cheapen transportation costs and help the railroads to compete with steamships in transcontinental busi- ness.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28
Strong Headlights.
(Norwich Bulletin. )

It ,doesnt make any difference where they are encountered it is in- possible to look upon the glaring. dazzling headlights of automobiles as anything but unnecessary and dan gerous. 1t doesn't require much ex- perience on the part of an auto driver to understand just what a handicap such lights are when they are en- countered head on, or how entirely needless they are within the limits of a city where the streets are lighted. They obliterate the vision of the pe- destrian the same as they do the auto drivers and while they have been the cause of a mum Der of serious and fa- tai accidents, it is the exercise of ad- ditional caution, or possibly good for ture snore than anything else, which has prevented the list from being larger.
 Hartford tolerated such blinding lights until the requirements of safe- ty made action necessary and they were stopped The Bridgeport TeIe- gram understanding the importance of such actinn believes that regulatory measures should be passed to keep such liehts shut off or turned down within tho city limits.
 It is wise precaution not only for
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28
Will Reply Be Favorable?
(Ansonia Sentinel.) )

There seems to be a well defined opinion in Washington that the Ger. man reply to the American note will be favorable and conciliatory and that it will go long way toward meeting the American wishes for warning and search of passenger ships that meet German submarines. The United States does not ask that Germany give up it's submarine warfare on mer- chantmen altogether. 1t merely de- mands that Germany exercise the right of search and make arrangement for the safety of the crews of ves- sels that it sinks which are carrying contraband. This is quite another thing than the request for the total abandonment of submarine warfare.
 Germany can without loss of self respect or any material damage to her naval campaign, comply with the rules of international in this regard. The submarines now, when it suits their fancy, stop and search merchantmen and then sink them after allowing the crews time to take to the boats. If they can comply with this rule of in ternational law once, they can do it again. :-....-..
 What the American note Ansists upon is safety for Americans travelling on the high seas under the protection of we'll understood international law. That is the entire substance of the ultimatum that President Wilson has sent in friendly way to Germany. It is good news indeed if Germany is now inclined to grant the substance of our request and. to modify her naval cam paign to meet an emergency that would never have arisen if she had clung to the rules of war that have been in use for upwards of two hun dred years. It is to be hoped that the optimism of Washington is we'll found ed. Heretofore there has been no real indication that Germany will re- cede from the illegal position she had taken. If she yields now it will be under the pressure of powerful forces within the empire which see how potent would be the economic power of the United States wholly exerted again her even if we took no active part in the present war.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28
The Important Submarine. lBridgeport Farmer

The submarine grows in importance with each passing week of war. AIT reports seem to show that the great fleet which the allies brought to the Dardanelles is all but interned to avoid under water attacks. Yet, in this part of the world there must be many less submarines than surface craft, several millions worth of battle ships, cruisers and destroyers. The submarine is essentially a weapon of defense. 1t does it's best work close to its own coast. It is a weapon which should be multiplied in the United States. Five hundred mod ern submarines would be an abundant guarantee against invasion.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28
I'VE HAVE WITH Us,-'

General Victoriano Huerta, former Dictator of Mexico, after a sensation
 al dash from his Long Island estate ostensibly to visit the fair at San Francisco has been apprehended on the Mexican border, and, today is an- ernment The charge against Huerta is conspiracy to incite a revolution against friendly country. an act against the neutrality laws of the United States
 Those who know him we'll, have been looking forward to this day for some time. Down in Washington, where more Mexican revolutions are matched than in any other incubator, the agents of the Carranzista forces and the agents of the Villa regime have kept an eye always on the for mer Dictator. These men knew that Huerta was not farming on Long Is- land that what was supposed to be a sojourn of leisure was indeed plan to recoup his position as Dicta- tor of Mexico. Huerta is no farmer. He was not raising eatables. He was raising an army.
 By this time Huerta must nave enough of the Wilson administration. He must know he cannot do things which Americans are prohibited from iva, lon ~. peeved, he must realize he cannot lead an expeditionary fore out of the United States and into Mexico.
 Whatever complaint Huerta launches will avail him nothing. With this government he is persona non grata. When he was head of the only government Mexico has known in the last two years he was not rec ognized. It would be unreasonable for him now to think that he, either as a tourist, or as Long Island far mer, can remove the cloak of disap- proval this Administration flung over his shoulders.
 The United States Government by. holding back Huerta has extended helping hand to Caranza and Villa. If these two gentlemen can read the handwriting on the wall they will get together now and cement their fac- tions, thereby making for United Mexico. Had Huerta gone in he would have united them,-possibly in death. Now is their chance to help themselves, the people of their na- tive land, and their friendly neigh bors on this side of the border Bet ter late than never
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28
should Becker Die?
(waterbury Republican. )


 It is confidently predicted by the New York World that Governor Whitman will not commute the sem tence of former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker who is shortly to be electrocuted for instigating the rnur- der of Herman Rosenthal, the gamb- Ter. MT. Whitman has already given the question consideration and decided that after being twice con- victed by jury trials, the second con viction having been unanimously sus- tained by the court of appeals, there can be no substantial doubt of Becker's guilt.
 In a way it seems harsh that the last resort for Becker, the appeal for executive clemency, must be made to a governor who as prosecuting attor-. ney was instrumental in having him found guilty, but that is an accident of politics and should not interfere with the due and orderly process of law
 The worst thing that could hap pen in the case is not that another man should be executed, but that the real murderer of Rosenthal should escape punishment. The human tools of the murder have been de-
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28
COMMUNICATED.
Takes Exception to Eviction by Con- stable Stark.

eaIn regkard to story published in recent issue of the papers of the city: Constable Starl. is said to have said that I became abusive when I appeared in the house from which he was evicting a woman and her chill dren His statement is false I do not wish to be connected with so revolting an act, but if the facts must become kEpwn. l appeared on the scene after being summoned by a badly fright cned girl who said that two men were frightening her mother and her brothers. asked the constable if he was justified in taking any such action at that time oI night and his answer was very abrupt He was in clined to pick a fight with me and put me out of the place by force. I think that the constable's action was dis t.fct violation of. any justice that ever, obtained and was most high-handed. INcan see no necessity or defense for an eviction at that time of the night and deplore the circumstances that called for the frightening of women and children while they were barely awake. cid not become abusive, merely asked a question and was treated as disrespectfu1ly as the un- fortunate victims of the constable's action.
 K MORRIS G. DUBoWY.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28
The New Haven Smell.
(Waterbury American. )

The New Haven railroad has re- cefyed a pretty thorough overhauling at the hands of various agencies, but one phase of it's turpitude not even Howard Elliott has been able, or will ing, to eradicate. That is the odor of the disinfestant used in it's cars. One hour on New Haven train en- titles the traveller to 30 days of. fum- igation, but even then he will hardly be justified in mingling in polite so- ciety with the same suit of clothes on. Whatever the mixture is, it is a triumph of chemical cussedness. It is as pervasive, as enduring, and we'll nigh as disagreeable as the perfume of the well-known skunk May heaven work change of heart in the New Haven sanitary department, or speed the perfection of the long dis tance jitney bus!
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28
OPPORTUNITY.

Opportunity need knock but once on the door of Thomas A. Edison. At the first tapping, the old gentleman opens the portal and gives hearty well come to the stranger who is turned away from so many places every day in the year, every minute in the day. It is because of this incessant vigil ance that the name of Edison will be written on the pages of history as the greatest inventor of all ages.
 K pie could think only of their misfor- tune, Thomas Edison can see and grasp an opportunity. On December g, last, when the inventors huge man. ufacturing plant was burning, an em- ploye informed him glass jars con taining diamond points for disc rec ords would certainly be destroyed as no one could See them in the smoke.
 That employe was Opportunity call, ling to Thomas A. Edison. The wiz ard of Electricity saw what Oppor luH1Iy4 pT0S6uIGu.--d. CIIdACS5 aEIQ SlSO to the world something for which the world had been waiting a long time. And today Thomas Edison announces his latest invention, a fireman's lamp, the light of which will penetrate smoke or steam and make it possible not only to find and remove articles of great value, but to save lives at fires.
 This new lamp of Edison's may be the means of revolutionizing the world in many ways. For centuries shipping interests have been clamor- ing for a search-li light whose rays will penetrate fog, making travel on the high seas not only safer but doing away with many delays. Edisons lamp will probably solve this proD- lem. It will have it's place on railroads and in mines. The lamp will also find it's way to the battle fields of Europe for use in night re- connoitering. Thus, an opportunity grasped at the proper moment event ually proves of great reward to the man who takes heed
 .
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28

the city but also for the narrow country road. Lights are necessary Upon all vehicles and autos especidlt ly, but there is no need of the bright est light that can be found. It .op- crates against rather than for safety and where there are times when they do no harm because no one is en- countered going in the opposite direc- tion there are many others when they make travel as dangerous as if there was no light at all. Tn the interest of common safety every strong head light should either be- abolished or equipped with a dimmer. @
New Britain herald., 1915-06-28
Hope at Last
tsouth Horwalk sentincl

(South Eorwalk Sentincl)
 At last the Great White Plague shows signs of coming defeat al the hands of the enemy The death rateI from tuberculosis over the country ad large is showing a decided decrease, This. however. is over a long period of years. In 1880 the rate was 324 per 1000 population and in 1918 i was 146.6 per 1000.
 This gain in life-saving does pol come from. any marvellous "cure. ". br simply from long. gruelling strugv gle in educating public opinion id] matters of hygiene. II means ths nearly twice as many people now Dc lieve in the value of fresh air. syu1 shine and nourishing food in thefj everyday life as in 18SO.
 146.6 per 1000 is not cheerfull rate to contemplate, even though 't is better than 326. It means that ona1 out of every ten people of ones ac1 quaintance is going to die of tpbefj culosis until if improves. But the facj that it is improving means that tha same procedure must continue tp lAd followed with more and more kign
 The national association for the stud and prevention of tuberculosis re, ommends increased care in respect
 milk, building regulations. dust and fumes from industrial processes, coin@ pulsory notification to health author, ities of every recognized case. cleanA' ing by vacuum wherever possible, dis-{ couragement of marriage of irltected! persons and isolation of patients.
 Some of these methods may causq inconvenience, or even sorrow Bu every good thing demands its. pricey Sacrifice is worth while if it means| the extermination of tubcrculosis.