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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
LAUNCH PLAN FOR
BI-S1ATE FAIRS

Ottumwa, Iowa. Jan. 1S.-The Iowa
and Missouri fair was launched here
Today when officers were elected ana
. II. Holcombe, manager OF the Tri-
State fair at Burlington, was EN-
ployed TO promote the project at OF
tumwa. The show will be capitalized at
soo,o00 at least Southern Iowa ana
northern Missouri counties will make
The fair their annual agriculture, live
STOCK and manufacturing exhibit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
DAY IN CONGRESS
Senate: Met at noon

Senate: Met at noon
Senator Brady, Idaho, took oath
of office.
Reading of newspaper editorial
attacking President Wilson was
objected to and voted out.
Senator Smith, Georgia, attacked
British blockade.
Secretary Garrison explained
continental army plan to military
committee.
Naval committee heard steel Of.
ticials on cost of armor plate plant.
House: Met at noon.
Representative London, social.
ist, denounced preparedness pro.
gram and urged adoption of his
resolution for President Wilson TO
call neutral nation peace confer.
ence.
Quartermaster General Aleshire
continued testimony before mill.
tary committee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
GUESTS FLEE FROM
CHICAGO HOTEL FIRE

Chicago. Jan. 1S.-More than one
hundred guests, many of them scantily
clad, fled to the street when fire was
discovered in the walls on the main
floor of the Chicago Beach hotel, early
today. The fire did only nominal dam
age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
Daniels Court Making inquiry.

New York, Jan. 1S.-The court of
inquiry appointed by Secretary of the
Navy Daniels to investigate the explo-
sion on the submarine E-2 which re-
suited in the loss Of five lives and in
jury to nine others, convened at the
New York navy yard today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
Wage Increase to Employees.

Peoria, H., Jan. 1s.-Three hundred
employees of the Boss Manufacturing
company, mitten manufacturers, will
receive wage increases ranging from
5 to 12 per cent Jan. 81, it was an
nounced today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
THE WEATHER
Forecast Till Z p. NJ. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline
and Vicinity.

and Vicinity.
Unsettled weather tonight, follow
ed by snow Wednesday. Rising tenn
perature, with the lowest tonight
about 10 degrees above zero.
Temperature at a. M, above
zero. Highest yesterday, A. Lowest
last night, above zero.
Velocity of wind at a. m, 16 miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity at p. m, rs; at
a. m, IA; at l p. m. today, GO.
Stage of water, SIS; fall of 3 in
last "a hours.
JIM. SHERIER, Local Forecaster,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

Ell Paso, Texas, Jan. IS. - Colonel
Bacavalles, the bandit chief captured
at Palomas, south of Columbus, was
executed at o'clock this morning by q
firing squad at Juarez. Two bullets
fired at close quarters penetrated his
heart after he had declared he was
not responsible for the robberies Of
Villa and pleaded to see General Ga
viera, Carranza commander.
Lieutenant Colonel Enrique Cisne.
ros, who was captured last week with
Bacavalle, is being marched overland
with eight followers caught with him
and according to Mexican officials. also
will be placed promptly before flrinl
squad.
Washington, Jan. 1S.--MeXico came
up in the senate again today wheI
Senator Lippitt, republican, had tn,
clerk read an editorial attacking Pres
| ident Wilson and eulogizing the lat
General Huerta. The reading had no
proceeded far when Senator Myers
democrat. interrupted it. Il object t.
: the further reading of this editorial.
he declared. Il think that it is en-
| tirely improper for the senate to pu
itself in position of criticising tn
president of the United States in ell
logy of man characterized as cut
throat and usurper."
THE senator is entirely right" de
clared Chairman Stone Of the foreigl
relations committee. while ii is prob
ably true that some newspaper writ
ers can state the attitude of some sen
ators better than they can state
themselves. | hope in the future W
will not have more of this thing al
tempted or done. | shall object
BY viva voce vote further reading c
the editorial was denied.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
GENERAL OF VILLA
F0RFEITS HIS LIFE
Most Hardened Executi0ner of Bandit
Chief Shot by CarranZa
Soldiers.

Ell PasO, Texas, Jan. 1S.-Denial
that General Villa had authorized
the massacre of Is Americans at
Santa YsabeI or that he had or
dered all Americans killed, was
made here today by Enrique Perez
RuI, secretary to Villa. RuI
escaped through the Carranza
lines, arriving here this after.
noon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04

An going away said Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, the musbrat lady
L housekeeper. as she went out on
the front porch Of the hollow stump
bungalow. where Uncle wiggily Long
ears. the rabbit gentleman. was looking
at the sky one morning to see If II was
going 10 snow. I'm going away"
WHAT Not for good. I hope" ex-
claimed the bunny gentleman; and ne
turned sort Of pale behind his ears.
while his pink nose almost stopped
twiuklfng. ''I-really-I hardly know
what 10 say. Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy.' and
the bunny uncle sank into chair. sort
of trembling
uuskrat lady. ~Of course. I'm not go
ing away for good only for the DAY
Mrs. Wibblewobble. the duck lady.
wants me TO so shopping with her, and
we'll probably be out long time But
I'll be back"
I'm glad of that and Uncle Wiggily
smiled and his nose twinkled just lit
he Il wouldn't know what to do II
YOU went away for good Oh my
..Rut ] wanted to tell YOU vent on
the rnuskrat lady. that III not be here
10 get your lunch. SO T.
.-Oh. don't worry about that broke
in Mr. Longears Il can get my own
lunch all right. In fact. I think I'd
rather do that than 20 walking ior an
adventure II Will he real jolly
Glad YOU like it the housekeeping
rr,rlsI5rat lady said But I was going to
tell YOU that ] have left some things
for vcu on the dining room table You
can just help yourself when you re
ready.
Fine cried the bunny uncle
Then Nurse Jane put on her best new
bonnet and hurried over 10 Mrs W 10
b1awobble-s house. and the duck lady
being all ready. the TWO went shopping
down TO the one and two cent store
Well I wonder what I can DO 10
make The time pass until I can eat my
lunch said Uncle WiEgily. left 20 him
self on the porch OF the hollow stump
BUNGALOW Z know I'll sweep up the
leaves and getting broom he began
brushing UP into little piles the dried
brown leaves that had blown from the
trees.
= guess I'll let some Of the animal
bows make bonfires Of the leaves
tonight" said Uncle Wiggily- III stay
with them 10 see that they are careful
All. Ia, No YOU don't he cried sud
denly as some leaves tried to scatter
and blow themselves all about again
Uncle Wiggily clapped his broom on
the leaves. and then held them down
with a stone He had the leaves all
swept I'd. and he was wondering what
else he could do to make the time pass
which he heard. some one call 20 him
Well. Uncle WiEgily how comes II
that YOU are not out looking for ad-
ventures"
''Oh, is that you Grandpa Goosey2"
cried the bunny gentleman And in
deed il was the nice old goose chap
who was waddling along the path IN
front OF the bungalow No. I'm not
walking today. But won't you stop and
have lunch with me- Nurse Jane left
me some. and there viii be plenty for
both Of US II viii give me great pleas
, are TO sit il out with you
Fine cried the goose gentleman
I'll surely stay"
Then I'll go in and see what she
left and get it ready" went on the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
HARVARD WANTS
BASEBALL COACH
Snodgrass, Big Lacquer,
Has Received an Offer to
Train the Crimsons.

Cambridge. Mass, Nov. 4-Harvard's
baseball heads are having a hard time
landing a coach to succeed Fred Mitch
ell They want 4 man who can in
stall the StaIlings system OF baseball. The
management has already preached the
subject CO coaching to Fred SnOdgrass-
"Snod- has not decided yet Just eN-
actIy what he will do regarding the Of
fer II IS known, however. that he IS
considering the distance from Califor-
MIA to Boston as one OF the bars to his
accepting the duties.
Folks viii wonder Why Snodgrass IS
considered. He comes in as result OF
having been a catcher originally, and
one who possesses a thorough knOwl-
edge OF the game The Crimson ath-
letic management wants man who
has been either a catcher or a pitcher
snd who thoroughly understands those
two departments
Harvard was so successful with
year Of Braves's style baseball that II
is anxious 70 retain the system and con-
sequentIy the offer 10 coach was made
20 Snodgrass-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
BIG TEAMS PLAY
EASY OPPONENTS

New York. Nov. with few eXcep-
tions the more important eastern col
lege football teams faced comparatively
easy games today. Among the leading
elevens the Army and Navy teams ap-
peared to have the most dangerous OPP
ponents Of the day
The Army figured in the enc inter
sectional game. meeting Notre Dame
While West Point is admitted to be
stronger than a year ago. the Indiana
collegians had not abandoned nope OF
repeating the victoT- Of last season,
and reports indicated that the team IS
fully as formidable as u months ago
The Navy faced the Washington and
Lee eleven. which the army defeated
October Z by a score of Il TO :. All
three combinations involved IN TINS trl-
angle have improved considerable since
early season
Colgate went 70 New Haven in an
attempt to repeat its 1915 victory over
the Blue. but the New York state team
found Yale an entirely different u opo-
sition than that a year ago
Princeton was opposed by Bucknell
and Lafayette faced Pennsylvania
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
FOOTBALL TEAMS
FORM ALEAGUE
Army Players Have Pros
poets for Big Season; Is
Teams in Circuit.
ny TOW CLFlIFNTs.

The Army Football league was put
on its feet and given start on Fri
day night at the Paso del Norte with
representative OF 70 regimentaI teams
present The outfits represented were:
Eighth Ohio Infantry. by Captains Haz-
leth and Limb: SD Michigan infantry.
hy Lieut. Burnam. First North Caro-
lima infantry. by SerEt. Britt: Fourth
Ohio infantry. by Sergt Orr Goth L. S.
infantry. by J. Funk. Third PennsyI-
vania Field artillery. by Lieut.. Brown.
@lst Michigan infantry. by 8Tr. Dewey:
Fifth Ohio infantry. By Lieut.. c. c.
Chambers. Eighth t. 6 Field artillery.
by Lieut. Swing. Ohio Engineers. bv
Sergt- Kniseley, Washington. D r
battery Third Ohio infantry. nv Tfert
Smith; and Second Nfassa cbussfts -
oulance company. by r : Murray. Tba
only one Of these teams that is ~ IN
doubtful is the 31st MEXICAN and n
IS only uncertain because the men I7s,-a
no uniforms as yet
Captain Limb. Of the Ffrhtb Obfo
was unanimously elected president -
the league and appointed 4 coror1f+.e,a
consisting Of Ideuts- Chambers. swim >
and Brown to draw ND bylaws ana
regulations. Five fields have bse1
selected one at Camp Stewart svs5T-
able for the Third Pa Field srfiIIa-v
ana the First North Carolina fnfantrv-
one at Camp Pershing avafIabIe -.
the Ohio regiments one al Cam CO.
ton that can be used by the 9Tfcbfersr,
teams. the School of Mines field g.
the 10th infantry and Eighth Field ar
tillery- and Rio Grande park 70 he
used for any teams With this NM,
Der, all the teams will be able To he
accommodated every Sunday. and n
anv more teams enter. il will q pos
lble % MAY doubleheaders on some OF
the fields
About the only other important thing
done at the meeting was 10 set Monday
night al l-30 for another meeting OF
representatives OF all the teams. This
viii be the last chance for any other
team to enter this league. for it is ex-
nected that everything viii be arranged
then and after the league is started
no new outfits will be taken IN
There are to be six or more games
every sunday. so that all the teams
VIII get a chance to play. and all but
the game at Rio Grande park are to
be free Tie money taken in al the
park will probably go TO a common
treasury 10 pay some OF the ueces-
sary expenses. or il may be divided
among the players. Among the diff
ferent teams there are quite a bunch
OF college men. 50 there should be soms
mighty good ball played, and ball that
viii be well worth seeing. tt is hoped
that this Army football will be given
better support than was given 10 the
army baseball
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04

DON'T overlook the Church league
Il basketball at the "Y" tonight
Last weeks games were all good and
the teams have now had more Prac-
tice and should put up four thrilling
though short contests
FL PASO Is getting a lot Of good
L advertising out Of the army
bouts at Camp Cotton. The article
by Jack Curley, published In The
Herald, giving the views Of the bouts
as seen by a stranger, has been
copied by many Of the important
papers of the country.
GREETINGS to Willie Ritchiel
~ The former champion has many
followers who believe that he can do
the comeback" stunt and regain the
lightweight crown. All E. Pasoans
may not believe it but they wish
Willie the best of luck if he gets
another chance with Welsh.
7 UNIVERSITY Of Pennsylvania foot
- ball team may play the Uni
versity of Oregon eleven at Pasa-
dena. Calf, New Years day. Nego-
tiations for the game are already
under way.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
Some of the Old Timers, on
the Other Hand Show Signs
Of Regeneration.
By r. 5. ANDREWS.

RTi1u-aulzee. Wis. Nov. boxers OF
l today that is. many Of them. appear
10 be old timers long before they reach
me 20 wear mark There are dozens OF
fighters who are considered all in
h the fans and critics and who have
-ot even reached the age Of p, an age
Mat should find them at their very
Fbes+ There are a few exceptions ana
+. is really a pleasure to hear aoou'
+rer, once in a while Jack Black
bu-n. the wonderfully clever negro
1fgbtweisht Of several years ago. made
+ successful come back after his stay
E, the PENNSYLVANIA prison but as
,,i5d1eveigFt. Jack, however was
.on1v q years Of age and during the
- EIGHT months he has fought some
|e,ood eastern boys and made good
showing
II remained for Jimmy Potts. the
4 Cbicapo lightweight Of decade ana a
4 half ago. 10 prove hlinselI q 80 -, o.
I'm come back Recently JneIe v - a
-res- b71bbub in philadelphia tisJic CT
- accuse a young fighter named
Eddie Knockout Fingard OF " mn
neg. through his manager, clallleu rs u
couId not get a chance 10 SnOn
wares in the Quaker 70" H. - - the
1ie-btwefgllt limit, including reoole
Welsh. champion
He Beat FinEard-
- -,-,-es The sad part Of H. Jimmy
r,C+fe Who has been running gym
nssiun in Minneapolis for the pas "a
dozen years. with his DrotneI 49, -
Thought he would do little come 49, - m
ef9nf himself: so he trained cargIu y
ma then matched himself with n, y;
<<-fngard AT Winnipeg Tor d y Io ~
-a1 Thev fought L rounds ana
lines Suumerfield Potts was declared
the winner by the papersL ~ e., q
- 90 and can boast Of being near
sHaN 40 year marx Fo-
Jimmy has been going the pace Ior
l. years. He had Iousnt a n -
- several years before. 50 that MS
SfgI,+inas career really dates back ne
,97d 30 years and he is stih able 20
- fae+ as ever. but that the one draw
bsck is the stamina in long fgnt
he attributes his condition 10 tne
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILYS FUNNY LAUGH
By HOWARD B. GARrs-

rabbit gentleman. You sit out on the
porch and read the paper"
Uncle WiggiIy dearly loved to fuss
around the house and get meal Tor
himself Not that he always did what
was right. for sometimes he made the
funniest mistakes. 1 could tell you how
once ne tried TO make rice pudding
and put pearl buttons in for raisins,
hut I Guess ne wouldn't like il known,
so I'll let that story 20
ANYHOW the rabbit gentleman be-
gan getting the lunch ready for him
self and Grandpa Goosey- There were
carrot sandwiches and other nice
things.
Uncle wiggiIy was Just sprinkling
some cocoanut maple sugar over the
cut-uD ca bbages when he heard sad
voice near the kitchen door saying
ION. dear. / am so tired and hungry.
I haven't had a thing 70 eat in two
ia, That sounds like trouble"
Uncle WiEgily said i must see about
He looked outside and there he saw
a poor old tramp dog ragged, but
clean. and the poor dog was quite thin
WHAT'S the natter" asked Uncle
Wiggily-
.'Oh. / was taken away from my nice
home" said the dog. and kept by 4
bad man. But 1 broke the string by
which he tied me. and I've been trying
to get back home But IL IS a long
way. and I couldn't find anything 10
eat Oh. dear
Not another word cried Uncle
Wiggi-y in his most jolly voice Hun
gry2 On my, That viii never do
Here
With that Uncle wiggily caught up
the tableclorh from the table rolled
in II all the good things that Nurse
Jane had left for him. and gave IL 70
There. take IL with you" Uncle Wig
Eflv said. and the dog. with 4 happy
smile. sIung the table cloth full OF good
things over his shoulder. Just like
bag. and started off with it.
It was not until the dog was quite
a wav down the road that Uncle Wig
sily happened TO think:
We'll. now I haven't a thing for
myself and Grandpa Goosey TO eat 1
forgot all about f. But no matter
There must be some things left IN the
cupboard. III take a look
He looked, but as if happened. Nurse
Jane had left not n thing in the cup
board TO eat II had all been put on
the table. and Uncle Wiggily had given
it to the poor dog.
well. now what DO you know about
that" Uncle WiEgily asked himself
sort of like a moving picture Grand
pa Goosev viii surely think IL strange
Of me 10 invite him TO lunch and then
not give him anything 10 eat I wonder
if
Just then he saw on the kitchen
table a dish filled with something
purple. and the bunny uncle cried;
''Ia. Grape jelly. I jolly well re-
member now. Nurse Jane said she was
going TO make some. Grape jelly and
bread and butter Will be fine for
Grandpa Goosey and me Think ! saw
some bread in the cupboard Yes. here
Il IS" and he brought IL out
Lunch is served" he called 70 Grand
pa Goosey. a little later Come and
have some bread and jelly" Then
Uncle Wiggily told about having given
the real lunch away 10 the hungry dog.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
"BECK'S" AMEN CORNER

7 OOK out for speed cops when you
20 for the Sunday motor trip
There are four motOrcyclists from
the provost guard assisting in patrol
ing the county roads 50 If an army
moto1cyclist pulls alongside you,
don't imagine that he is merely
wanting the fun of a race.
SOMETHING in the nature Of big
- league" football Will be served
out at Rio GIande park on Sunday
afternoon when two crack national
guard elevens will battle on the
gridiron. On the dope, the game
looks like one Of the best ever Of
fered the football fans Of the south
west
7 United EMPIRE soccer players
- hope that some of the other
teams will show signs Of life and
arrange for games. The Empires
want to play some Of the Pennsyl-
vania guard teams and would also
like to hear from the 10th infantry.
The Michigan troops also made a
noise about having some soccer
players and the United Empires
would like to hear from them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
az "BECK."

CLEVELAND Indians are to have
- a new manager. Lee Foil has
resigned and owner Dunn has prom
ised to name the new leader by the
end of this week The Cleveland
newspapers are anxious to have
Foil reappointed and their support
may result in Foil again heading
the club.
mick" YOUNG, one time pTesi-
~ dent of the National league,
died in Washington, D. C., this week
at the age of 70 years He was
famous figure in baseball, both as
player and leader, 80 years ago He
managed the Baltimore club IN the
late '7O's and was named president
of the National league IN 1881. He
held that position until 1908, when
he was succeeded by Henry Pulllam-
7 OS ANGELES today pays tribute
l. TO Frank Chance and his cham
pion Angels. One Of the stunts
will be a race around the bases be-
tween Barney Oldfield, mounted on
one of the old fashioned bicycles
with one big and one small wheel,
and a ball player. Unless Barney IS
in training, we'll plug with the ball
PLAYER.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
FIVE COLLEGES FORM
LEAGUE FOR TENNIS PLAY

New York. Nov 4.-Yale. Harvard.
Princeton. Pennsylvania and Cornell
have formed a new tennis league. The
first matches VIII take place next
spring
Each team viii play each other team
in the league a match Of at least four
men. four singles and two doubles; II
possible, a six man match Will be
played
An intercollegiate league champion
ship banner Will be awarded the lead
ing team at the end Of the season The
league will be under the auspices Of
the intercollegiate Tennis association
The captains OF the league teams viii
form an executive committee.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04

and the goose gentleman said his
friend had done Just right
Nothing could be better thar bread
and Jelly said Grandpa Goosey- He
started 10 eat some, but as he took one
bite he exclaimed
"Oh dear, Something must be
wrong, This Jelly is full OF skins and
seeds, Taste it,
so it is Uncle WigEily said. taking
= bite, 7 wonder what Nurse Jane
has made This is queer jelly, Very
queer
That isn't jelly at ALI" suddenly ex-
claimed Nurse Jane. coming in just
then why you funny rabbit, What
YOU gave Grandpa GOosey was the
seeds and skins Of the grapes had left
over after making the jelly I was
going 10 throw them away"
.Oh. my" said Uncle WiEgily and
Nurse Jane laughed Then she brought
I'D the real grape Jelly from the cellar.
and Grandpa GOosey and Uncle Wiggfly
ate that until Nurse Jane could 20 to
the store and get a real nice lunch for
them.
Then they ate that too. and felt very
happy. but they could not help laughing
when they thought OF how they had
taken the skins and seeds Of the grapes
in place of jelly SO this teaches us
that anyone may make a mistake. but
try not to do IL twice. And IL the piece
Of cheese doesn't try TO jump through
the cracker box and scare the jam
tarts il bites the bread and butter
I'll tell you next about ncle Wiggily
and the white rat-Copyright. 1916, by
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
JAP BILLIARDIST
IS FOND OF GOLF

san Francisco. Calf. Nov 4.-koji
Yamada famous japanese billIardist.
claims that he frequently plays %
holes Of golf in a day. and that he can't
get enough Of it one reason he plays
So much golf. aside from his fondness
for the game is the fact that he says II
is great for his cue eve
snort Koii saws he is never IN better
fettle for 4 billiard battle in the eve
ing
The keenness of eve after such q
session on the links Is truly reHaf X
abIe and 1 find that I can improve my
table game greatly by these rounds Of
golf Yamada said