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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR RENT Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms; 229 Sixteenth
street, very central
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR Modern furnished room.
Inquire IT'S Seventeenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04
Executors Notice.

Walker, ingram: & Sweeney,
Attorneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR RENT Modern furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. SCI TTen-
tieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR RENT Modern furnished room
for gentleman; board if desired
74S Seventeenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR SALE-Eight room house. strict
ly modern, close in: at a bargain.
j. ". Stewart. Safety Bldg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR SALE-Six-room house, with
summer kitchen; cheap if taken al
once; 1926 Sixth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04
Miscellaneous.
Abstracts OF Title.

ABSTRACTS OF title prepared or on
tinued to date covering any real es-
tate in the county. Prompt and ar
curate service at reasonable rates.
Rock Island Title Abstract COM
pany; J. ]. Ingram, president; W. J..
Sweeney, secretary. 209-2l2 Central
Trust and Savings bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04
For SaIe-City Property.

FOR SALE - A bargain in a new
stucco house for quick sale. Call
r. l. Gal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR SALE-Minnows. Lindley Bros,
1910 Tenth street. Phone r. l..
I5I7-Y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04
Supert1uous Hair.

hair, moles, warts, on
face and arms, permanently removed
with electric needle. Address Miss
A NJ kittredge. 1 Argyle flats.
Brady street. Davenport. Phone 500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

For Rent--RoomS.

FOR RENT large modern furnished
room: CSC Eighteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR RENTING or three furnished
light housekeeping rooms, with gas;
546 Twenty-fourth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR SALE-Nice, new, modern, two
story house on Twenty-eighth
street; never occupied; easy terms.
H X. Walker, Robinson building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04
Motorcycles and Bicycles.
Painting and Paper Hanging.

PAPER cleaning; reasonable. II. Ne
Gun. Phone r.. /. 1861
WALL tinting, paper cleaning, and
painting work guaranteed. Phone
1858
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR SALE - Five-room cottage, on
FOrty-frst street; partly modern;
price, $500; easy terms if desired.
H. K.<Walker, Robinson building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR SALE-PartIy modern six-room
house; close business section; price
reasonable; further particulars. Ad-
dress Bargain" care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

LOST Saturday afternoon on Six
teenth street between Fifth-and-a-
half and Sixth avenues, stickpin,
reward Return 70 1915 Fifth-anda
half ayenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR RENT-Modern two or three
room furnished apartment; gas free:
telephone service. 100 Twenty-sec-
ond street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR SALE-Ford roadster body; just
new; first class condition. Phone
1912
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04
For observation-disclosures.

FOR SALE - Bargains in used cars;
Don Sales company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04
Lost and Found.

Of four keys on ring
al the power house near arsenal
bridge Owner may have same ny
calling at this office and paying
for aG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

fOh KEN large mOdeTh luThlSneu
room 63G Eighteenth street.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished room.
Inquire us Seventeenth street
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms; every
convenience; PIT Fifteenth street.
FOR RENT Modern furnished house
keeping rooms; 1920 Second avenue.
FOR RENT Modern furnished room;
private family. 514 Sixteenth street,
phone $40.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
Housekeeping rooms. 905 Nine
teenth street
FOR RENT Modern furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. SCI Twen-
tieth street.
FOR RENT Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms; 229 Sixteenth
street, very central
FOR RENT Modern furnished room
for gentleman: board if desired
I4S Seventeenth street.
FOR RENT-Two or three furnished
light housekeeping rooms, with gas;
546 Twenty-fourth street.
FOR RENT-Onc, two or three newly
III tiiSiift housekeeping fODfhS, liz III
parties only. 1910 Fourth avenue.
FOR RENT-Furnished light house
keeping rooms; upstairs and down
stairs; 307 Third street
FOR Modern furnished front
room; private family. 1872 Seven
teenth street. Phone C60-I.
FOR RENT-Modern two or three
room furnished apartment; gas free;
telephone service. 700 Twenty sec
ond street.
FOR RENT-Two modern furnished
rooms with lavatory in room: close
in; references required 527 Nine
teenth street. Phone 1861.
FOR RENT-Two or three modern
furnished or unfinished rooms for
light Housekeeping: 1892 Seventh
avenue. Phone 3699K.
FOR RENT-To one or two gentlemen,
modern well ventilated nicely fur
nished rooms, private bath. 1929
Second avenue. Flat c.
FOR RENT Nicely furnished sleeping
rooms; also two rooms for light
Housekeeping; 513 Twenty-third
FOR RENT-Three modern furnished
rooms for Housekeeping. Also nice
cool sleeping room. I'll Twenty
ninth street.
FOR RENT-Two modern furnished
light housekeeping rooms; private
family; near car. 1105 Fourteenth
and d half street.
FOR RENT-Four rooms, two upstairs
and two downstairs; water sewer
and gas for cooking. 1919 First ave
nue.. Phone 2O06.
FOR RENT-Modern front room for
gentleman; private family; good
home for right party. Apartment
204 Sala fats. Phone 2535.
FOR RENT-Large, modern furnished
front room, with aIcOve; for light
Housekeeping; 7O2 Twenty-6rst
street; 3641-K.
FOR RENT-Desirable sunny room,
running water; excellent location;
with board, 725 Twenty-third street.
Phone r I. 1897.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. Also one
furnished room; gentlemen prefer
red. 70S Seventeenth street. Phone
112S
FOR RENT Reasonable, a very well
furnished front room, lavatory in
room, instantaneous heater for bath,
and every other modern convenience,
at 933 Seventeenth street.
FOR RENT-Three newly papered,
clean, furnished light housekeeping
rooms, $40; electric light, water,
gas; on car line. 1880 Fourteenth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR RENT-Onc, two or three newly
furnished housekeeping rooms, right
parties only. 14lO Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR RENT-Furnished light house
keeping rooms; upstairs and down.
stairs; 307 Third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR SALE-Will sacrifice new Over
land; extra equipments; phone Mo
line 2607.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR SALE-New cottage, just com
pleted; partly modern; near Eigh-
teenth avenue; price, $4,000; rea-
sonable terms. H. K. Walker, Rob-
inson building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04
Wanted-Mis ellaneous.

WANTED roomers in modern
home. 10l6 Nineteenth street. Phone
3602-L
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR RENT-Modern furnished front
room; private family 1872 Seven
teenth street. Phone C60-h
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR SALE-Electric fans; S. up. Call
205 Sala flats. Phone r. l. 2943.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

FOR SALE-HousehoId goods of all
kinds. 2S37 Sixth avenue. Phone
New Britain herald., 1916-01-24
WALL STREET AND WILSON.

As but one or two of the partisan
 New York papers carried the story that the picture of President Wilson was greeted with faint applause,
 quickly smothered by a series of
 catcalls and hisses' when shown be-
 fore a group of Wall Street brokers
 at frolic dinner last week, the na-
 tlon Is anxiously awaiting a denial
 of the affair. If some one of the big
 men belonging to the brokers asso-
 c1at1on does not come forth and brand
 the tale as a malignant lie then the
 people of the country must necessarily
 rest secure in the conclusion that these men of money actually did hiss and jeer at the picture of the Presi- dent of the United States, the while they waxed in glee and vociferous ap- plause at the appearance on the screen of certain we'll known musical comedy stars and burlesque queens ] It is a sad commentary on the deli l cate sense of propriety supposed to ! be possessed by men of culture when | they go into rhapsody over the like | nesses of stage stars and grovel in 1 discourteSy when the picture of our 1 President is shown. Surely they l must have some excellent reason for making manifest such odious differ ences in their likes and dislikes and, | if so, the entire population of the | United States would like to "get in'
 on the secret. But possibly there is no secret to it; probably every intelli- 1 that Woodrow Wilson is a traitor and | a spy. Then, if that is the case, he | should be shot at sunrise by Wall l Street.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-24

washington. D. C., Jan. 24-"One of tbe finest coin collections in the world is housed in the home of private col lector in Pskof, a city midway between Dvinsk and Petrograd, upon the War saw-Petrograd railroad, along which the Germans are endeavOring to ad- vance. and the collection is one of the most valuable things to be found in tbe country around this city, gateway to the immem orial lands of the Slav', according to bulletin issued today by the National Geographic Society. M. Plushkin, the proprietor of Pskof S principal drygoods store, is the owner or and gatherer of the collection which is easily the most interesting thing in the hoary city, once repub- lie and the rival of Novgorod the Great.
 'M. Plush kin lives above his store, surrounded by his wondeful collection of coins and many other curios and antiquities which he has gath cred dur ing twenty years. The other treasures of this strange collector are of a cha otic variety, and fill several of the rooms of his home. The coin collec- ton is the only part of his museum which contains a wide assortment of valuable articles that M. Plushkin has attempted to order and classify. Nu- mismatologists everywhere know this collection, and consider it one of the best and most complete in the world, better than a similar collection to be found in the Hermitage.
 E'There are any number of Russian coins in the cabinet. Among these are examples of the earliest coins of Rus sia, the oldest of which do not date further back then 9SO. There are hars and half bars of silver valued at two roubles and one rouble. There are ancient coins of Pskof, Novgorod the Great, Kief Kazan, Tver and oth- CT towns, each with it's distinctive stamp. One of the old roubles is coin eight inches square, a formldable piece of wealth. There Is another rouble in the collection, made ot bronze, which weihs seven pounds. In this old money 40 roubles worth todaN about $20, would weight thelr happy possessor down like a sack of potatoes' Papal. Mohammedan and JeWish colh3 the latter bearing the stamp ol Solo- mons temple are represented toRe'n- o, with concave coins of old Byzan- tium suuarc Swedish coins or prasS' remarkable coins used by the repuo lie of Pskof and some Chlncse coiiiS "i tho wear 2O00 E. (. Rare speclnlehS Of the coins of almost every ~ot'~N or Europe arc found in the collection One of tho oldest was started upon it's career in the year 2300 B. C., and has seen more than 4000 years of OK itcnce, or has become quite old as most things gO.
 "The collection also contains num- erous specimens of the paper money of various nations. The examples of
New Britain herald., 1916-01-24

forage successfully where the draft horse finds the pickings too slim. He takes pot luck with any owner cheer fully and keeps fit upon it.
 In peace the mule is mans most faithful servant, although the gent lest of his kind is not entirely free from original sin and the oldest may experience unaccountable sporadic outbreaks of devilment.
 In war the mule retains his char acter as a hard toiler, good scout and a homely figure about whom the poets and painters at the front do not grow enthusiastic. Although he is unsung when living and not greatly honored he is not unwept when, at 30 or beyond, he lies down, sighs peacefully rather than regretfulla and gives up his Spartan spirit.
 If there is a. hereafter for animaly the mules paradise is a series of Elysian fields with fences that only a good jumper can clear, with colts to chase, with something alive, and pre- ferably two-Iegged, to kick and with plenty of rough, plain victuals and .sa few goats to play with in sportive moods and negro drivers rot brutal yet not too indulgent for human companionship.- Courier Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-24
SEE HOW MEXICANS DIE.

With their backs to an adobe wall two Mexican cattle thieves and mur- derers of an American ranchman paid the penalty of their crime yes terday morning at day break. They were brothors,-Bernardo and Fede- rico Duran,-and both went to their deaths cursing Americans. The eld- CT. just before the fatal shot was fred defied his executioners, braved himself for the ordeal and with much bragadocio shouted to the group of Americans watching the ceremonies: Watch and see how Mexicans die! If I had a rifle some of you would go with us.' All who were watching saw. The bandits died like defiant men, to be sure; but with the stigma of murderers and cattle thieves branded on their foreheads.
 The Duran brothers were indig- nant because their two lives had to be given in exchange for that of Bert Akers, an American, whom they shot in cold blood after having stolen his cattle Tt is unjust to kill two of us for one Gringo. It is giving two eyes for one tooth." was the contention of these two. They could not figure how a "Gringo" could be worth two Mexican bandits, showing what a cheap value they place on American lives in Mexico. On this side of the border We are wont to reason that the lives of all the Mex ican outlaws from here to Helangone are not worth that of the commonest American who ever drew the breath of life. And there are lots of req sons for the presumption. There can be no comparison between a people who harbor in their hearts anarchy and blood lust and of folk generous to a fault, quick to forgive, and who demand a life only when a life has been taken. We console ourselves with the thought that the Duran brothers were ldDOTlnS unuer raise that they were poor, ig- norant misguided creatures, good for neither God nor man, the killing of whom was rather a blessing than a loss to humanity. They died as we have seen lots of Mexicans die,-cat- tie thieves and murderers Why bN,,1I 1oI endings?
New Britain herald., 1916-01-24
A Jane Addsns Man.
Waterbury American)

A Massachusetts Progressive oc high quality, Frederick T. Fuller, of Walpole, associated in political work for the Progressive cause with Charles Sumner Bird, has left the Progressive party on account of what was done at Chicago, at the meeting last week. He thinks the party has fallen away from it's original ideals and is be- traying it's original objects. Reviewing those ideals and objects as they ex- isted in 1911 and 1912, he says that the party at that time was "unfortE- nately given a mushroom growth by the adhesion and heavy contributions of the fanatical followers of a popular idol" and this element now controls what is left of the organization. and are ready to pervert the party to their narrow object, or destroy it if they fail. Rather oddly when he comes tox specify, it is to complain that "everv- thing is made to give way to a cun- ningly stimulated popular hysteria. in favor of preparedness" and that "our entire social welfare program has been thrust into the bankground. IJa wants the Progressives to make glorious opportunity of European ex- haustion for the attainment of mutuAT disarmament and the substitution of law for war.
 We don't quite see where this man is to take refuge. Perhaps with Mir Bryan and Jane Addams.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-24
SHOULD BE FRETFUL.

Before Yuan Shi-Kai will be owned Emperor of China there is a Ertain little job to be performed in e southern portion of that country
 here an uprising is in full bloom. sey call it an uprising" for dip Imatic reasons, but it has all the rmarks of a full grown revolution ] d one that might, materially change II present plans. At least this much ] n be said for it, it has postponed Idefinately'' the turning of China |on a republic back to a monarchy. Ind, it may go farther than that; it say be the means of determining for surety whether the Chinese people salIy voted for a return of the sonarchical form of government. here has been always some doubt as this. In this country, where they Ee very apt in sizing up a man, this larticular individual, Yuan Shi-Kai, Inc now occupies the presidency of |sina, is rated as a pretty shrewd
 sd clever man. No matter what
 opens he has the Chinese people here he wants them, coming and hing. He is now president. If he an overthrow the revolutionists of be south he will be emperor,-once
New Britain herald., 1916-01-24
GOODBYE MOVIES"

It now appears that in the not far distant future, provided the Hughes Smith bill advocating Federal cen- sorship of motion pictures passes the National Congress, there will be an abundance of fat political jobs dis bursed among the elect. The bill is now before the Committee of Educa- tion of the House. It would do away with the National Board of Censor ship, an organization that performs it's service gratuitously, and like boards which have been set up in three different states of the union. Woe betide the movies" if they ever fall into the hands of the pork-peelers at Washington.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-24
Owner of D1yeoods Store
 Is Fam0us C0in Collector

Russian paper money are particularly complete, some of the early specimens being unusually interesting. Among the early bills are a few as large as the ordinary diploma or legal document Upon them are preserved the sisl"- lures of all the emperors and em- presses who have ruled in Russia. Col lectors, and curious visitors, from many lands have journeyed to the forsaken, decayed little town of Pskof and braved the inadequacies of it's hotels in order to inspect M. Plush
 kin's renowned cabinet of coins.'
New Britain herald., 1916-01-24
Discovered. (BriStOl Press, !

After much searching the Sebethe river has been discovered and re- ported by government engineers. They would have found it earlier had they sought for it in the terri tory of scheming politicians where it is plainly and conspicuously out lined on their maps. Former Con-
 gressman Lonergan occupies about the same degree of relationship that of discoverer-to it that Form CT President Roosevelt does to the Riv-
 CT of Doubt in Brazil. It is located somewhere in Connecticut, although numerous people who live along it's alleged route never heard of 1t.
 It's discovery was timely and coin cided with a characteristic and yearning desire on the part of New Britain's more or less faithful friends of the administration for a nice, big, fat, juicy appropriation to be given under the guise of canal from Bristol to that city and the Connecticut river, said Sebethe being the innocent little waterway picked out for expanding, not only its own proportions, but also the political prestige and fortune of it's discover CT and promoter. A politican Is as | fond of digging in" as an European | soldier, and the Sebethe seemed an | excellent place to do it. The eloquent 1 MT. Lonergan secured a survey of the 1 stream, and then transferred his ca 1 nal construction activities to the 1 planet Mars, presumably. for they
 are no longer known in Connecticut. l Now the engineers, after wading | along the stream without even get l ting their feet wet in a freshet, re- port the scheme as wholly visionary. | So the river, the canal, the appro- l priation and the prom oters get | aboard the barge that floats down 1 stream into the land of the forgotten 1 The New Britain-Sebethe canal | has provided much mirth, but it has
 a serious side. It throws on the
 screen one of those incidents that
 people should take note of and re- l member. It shows that the outrag- : eous and capacious "pork barrel' of l Congress is no myth, no creation of | imagination. It is as real as if Is | discreditabIe. It stands for the wick ed waste of millions of dollars year. ly, through appropriations for os- tensible river and harbor improve ments, but actually for the purpose or improving the political fortunes
 of congressman. They know that far
 too many localities estimate the value of a representative by his ability to get som ething for his
 district" The inevitable results are just such instances as the absurd Sebethe canal scheme, one which merely happened not to work. The
 only creditable thing about this one
 was its rejection And yet it was
 just as appropriation worthy as hun- dreds of others. It would be a plor- ious day for the U. & if it's multitude Of associates and promoters could re-
 ceiVe the same sort of treatment.