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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

at every step of the way. For in
stance, at Linn, some Serb officers and
a company of stragglers on horseback
were met in the middle of the road by
a few peasants and ordered to give up
their horses and their money. 1t was
plain highway robbery and they re-
fused. The peasants ran away and
within a couple of minutes more than
thousand shots were fired out of the
bushy hillside, killing INST Of the Serbs.
'The food problem was terrific even
in Albania. A half pound of bread
was sold at ten dinars, about two dol
lars. AS had little money at Sturza
bought five pounds of Okla beans. Had
I not been able to get these beans, l
would today be dead man. I had just
said to myself: I can't go any fur
Their, when l persuaded a peasant
woman to sell me the beans. | ate
beans twice day, making a sort Of
soup Of them, putting in a little salt
At that l was far luckier than the fell
lows who had to boil harness leather
for five or six hours in order to make
the hot water taste like soup. l saw
men act like savages, eating pieces Of
brown paper.
There were perhaps not more than
two thousand women among the re-
treating horde with us and 1t is fact
worth recording that they were kindly
treated and given whatever comforts
were available by soldiers who were
otherwise dead to every feeling. l have
seen such men, gaunt, staggering
along, half naked, with a few pieces
of cloth for shoes, unable to speak,
with barely enough strength left to
stop near a dying horse and cut a
stringy steak from its flank, straighten
up for a moment near one of the won
ems carts and smilingly tender their
last mouthful of food to some of the
women.
The treatment of the women on this
dreadful retreat was to me the most
wonderful, the most moving, the most
heroic part of the whole retreat. These
poor women in their fight from their
homes had in many cases been unable
to bring enough clothes to cover them.
OFTEN they were without stockings or
undersNrts, or hats or shawls or
cloaks. l have seen time and time
again some freezing soldier take off
his overcoat and force it upon some
one OF these women, and seem almost
ashamed to look upon her shivering
body as he made the offer. Then he
would search along the road for hours
until he was able to strip some dead
man OF his clothes to replace that
which he had so freely given"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

The American Bible society is about
to publish the centennial history Of
the organization, and in preparation
for that event has sent out a circular,
treating with some results of the one
hundred years, and what the Ameri-
can Bible society has done and is
doing. The society has held strictly
to and greatly accomplished the one
grand work for which it was insti-
tuted-the wider circulation of the
scriptures without note or comment.
The following synopsis of the bible
society's work is given in the circular
referred to:
AT the Bible house, New York, 1t
prints the bible in 45 languages.
"The society circulates the bible in
more than $50 languages and types;
in the United States in 1914 it issued
scriptures in 80 languages; abroad it
issued scriptures in 81 languages.
1.-THE translation or revision of the
scriptures In more than so languages
has been forwarded by this society;
e. g., 1t first gave the scriptures to
American Indians in five of their lam
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
: Side1ights on the European War

Rome, ELECTROMAGNETIC of
The Associated Press. )-Henry Halter,
formerly of the Fifth United States
Cavalry, who was one of the few
Americans in the Serbian retreat, de-
clares that during the journey to
Podgoritza in Montenegro in a four
days snow storm more than fifty
thousandemen died.
"They died SO fast" he said, that
they fell every few yards all along
the road. The wagons and carts went
right over their bodies. Nobody
thought of trying to turn out of the
way, but there were so many they
could not but drive over them. The
roads were full of mudholes. At one
place l saw no less than II horses
dying in one immense puddle, unable
to pull themselves out.
II saw hundreds and thousands of
ragged men, with their feet swollen
too much to wear shoes or to walk on
them, crawling along for miles on their
hands and knees through the binding
snow, finally stopping and dying soon
afterwards. They never made any ap-
peals for help. It wouldn't have been
any use. Besides, they were too far
gone to know what they were about,
that they were dying. Their last eff
fort to keep going was merely me-
chanical operation. OF course the
great mortality all along the route was
due to the barren nature of the coun,
try we were traversing, with no shell
ter for but a comparatively few of us.
There were even no forests where we
might have felled trees and built tenn
porary quarters. Our fires for the
most part were small, with barely
enough wood to heat water"
Halter, who was on a visit to Buda-
pest when the war began, enlisted in
the Austrian army and was serving as
a bugler when, six months later he was
taken prisoner by the Serbs and then
finally was marched with $4,000 other
Austrian soldiers across the noun
tains into Albania and there turned
loose on the shores of the Adriatic to
fight for life against cholera, fever and
starvation"
We were supposed to have started
on that retreat" said Halter, with a
Serb army of over two hundred thou
sand men and about seyenty-five thou
sand Austrian prisoners. Not many
more than a hundred and fifty thou
sand OF the whole lot got over the
mountains. 1t was not because the
Austrians or the Bulgarians pursued
us, however, with much activity. We
died merely because Of disease, hun
ger and exhaustion.
The worst part Of the journey be-
gan at the Albanian frontier. The AL
banians have in times past been badly
treated by the Serbs, and they took
this chance to square old scores. They
shot KILLED, robbed and murdered us
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
The Daily Story
A Story of Hungary-By Everett P. Clarke
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Thyr0idectyne,

the others I was surely lost. I could
not convince the circle that 1 was true
to them, and the government would
have conclusive proof that | had been
capped the circle l would fall by the
government.
"All could say to the circle was that
I had deposited proofs of my loyalty to
Hungary with Shimsky. II the gov
eminent was not In possession Of them
and they could be found. was saved.
If not, the government would put me
out Of the way.
'The circle at once considered what
they had better do, but l was not per-
mitted to hear their. deliberations
They decided that there was a strong
probability that the government had
the papers I had deposited with Shin
sky, that would be arrested and my
arrest would be very dangerous to the
society. I was called into the ROOM
where the deliberations had taken
place and handed sum Of money
which I was told I was to use in i'm
mediate flight.
II left the meeting within ten min
utes Of receiving this command and, in
disguise, made my way into Italy
There I felt comparatively safe, but
Austria then held northern Italy, and
until 1 had left that country was not
sure of immunity from arrest. was
bound for America and learned when
I reached this country that no one &C
cused Of a political offense could be
extradited."
My father married an American and
never returned to Hungary. | never
heard him say whether the papers he
had deposited with Shimsky fell into
the hands of the government or not
Since he had fed the country the gov
srnment was not likely to reveal what
knowledge of him it possessed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
French LAWYERS at Front.

Par1s-The Partisan bar has been
reduced to its lowest terms by drafts
upon It for military service. There
are no longer any of the younger
members left. It was a young law
yer. or "stagiare" as he is called, who
was generally assigned to the defense
OF accused persons who had no coun-
sci. Monsieur Henri Robert, head or
the order Of advocates Of Paris, who
chooses these officially designated
counsel. was Obliged the other day to
call upon Monsieur Ernest Cartier, S.
years old, formerly at the head of the
order Of advocates himself, to defend
man accused Of q trivial offensa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

Two factors enter into the etimOlogy
OF ingrowing nail-tight, narrow shoes.
and improper cutting of the nail. OF
course there is no use in preaching
about tight shoes; those who wear
them will wear them, come what may.
We may dwell upon the right way TO
trim the nails. The function OF the
toenails, II they can be considered to
have a function in the civilized indi-
vidual, is to protect the sensitive tips
Of the toes. This being true, the nail
should not be too closely trimmed. and
when it is trimmed 1t should be cut
straight across, without any attempt
to round the corners. The starting
point Of ''ingrowing nall (Which is a
misnomer, in spite of the opinions Of
chiropodists) is often this very effort
to round off the corners.
Supposing prevention has been ig-
nored and an ingrowing nail has ar
rived. The condition is as follows:
The outside edge of the nail appears
imbedded in an inflamed. hypertrophed
or thickened mass OF granulation It's
sue, from which more or less fluid,
watery or purulent, exudes. The gran
ulations have grown up over the edge
of the nail, and not vice versa, as the
name implies. The treatment consists
in removal Of the granuIations, not re-
moval of the nail.
Exuberant granulations ("proud
flesh") in any situation may be cut
without giving pain, since granulation
tissue has no nerves. But the cutting
must be done by physician, not by
the patient or any unframed operator.
Ingrowing nail unintelligently treated
sometimes brings on septicemia (blood
poisoning) and is therefore distinctly
not a condition for the chiropodist.
The skin may be drawn away from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

Somebody suggests that the real
reason for the heavy advance in the
price of gasoline is found in the fact
that war has reduced the oil trusts
export trade, thus compelling the trust
TO make up the deficit by assessing
higher prices against home consum-
ers. There is a strong flavor of truth
IN the suggestion. Incidentally, It Of
fers a striking example Of a giant
corporations ability to pervert the
old-fashioned law of supply and de-
mand by raising the price as the de-
mand is lowered, instead of lower
ing it. Z
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
THE DEMOCRATIC TOWN
TICKET.

No explanations or apologies are
necessary in presenting the demo-
cratic town ticket to the people. It
Is admitted to be one of the most uni
formly representative that has ever
been nominated in Rock Island town.
ship irrespective Of politics. The can
didates are all long time residents of
Rock Island. Those for supervisors by
a peculiar combination Of circum-
stances, it develops. are without ex-
ception natives Of Rock Island.
The ticket from every standpoint is
worthy the support Of the people of
Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
THIS CoUNTRY's DANGER.

Editor H. N. Wheeler writes in his
paper, the Quincy Journal, as follows:
This country. during the last year
or so, has been flooded with bunk
about 'preparedness'-the bunk orig
mating and furnished by the people
who want to make Millions in putting
this country on war footing.
Il have never believed that this
country was in the slightest danger of
attack from Europe l have 30 stated
repeatedly, and l wish to go on record
once more along the same line. II this
country gets into trouble with Eu-
rope, it will be quarrel of its own
seeking and its own making. No Eu-
ropean country has any designs on the
United States Of America. We are in
no more danger from Europe, and in
no more need of preparedness against
Europe than Brazil is, or Argentina or
Chilli.
THE Mexican situation is different
matter altogether. That country never
has been, and is not now, prepared for
a republican form of government. 1t
never has had, and it has not now, a
republican form Of government. l
have for years believed that the Mexi-
can situation was one which would
have to be solved by the United States.
I believe that this country. sooner or
later, will have to take charge of the
Mexican situation. In my Judgment,
Mexico has nothing but trouble and
Encouragement and distress to look
forward to under Mexican rule l be-
lieve that It would be fair and wise
and proper thing for this country to
take charge Of that magnificent terri
tory naturally. and give 1t peace, pro-
gress and prosperity. This, for the
good of that country first; for the
good Of this country next, and for the
good of the whole world.
Villa Is a mere incident of trouble.
When it isn't Villa it will be some
body else. AS between Villa and Car
rama, we believe that Villa is the
ADLER, the more patriotic and the hon
ester man Of the two. But all the
Mexican leaders are selfish and ambi-
tious. None of them, in my Judgment,
will give Mexico peace and prosperity.
"In puttering with Villa, we are
simply trifling with an extremely seri-
Gus situation. l should like to see
this country take possession of Mexico
for the good Of that country, for the
good Of this country. and for the we'll
being Of the world.
II believe that the truly patriotic,
peaoe-loving people Of Mexico would
welcome American Intervention and
control I believe that this has got to
come sooner OF later, and the sooner
1t comes the better I think 1t will be
for all concerned.
II wish to go on record thus, so that
I may refer TO 1t In the troublous times
that are in store for Mexico and when
our country finally proceeds to take
that country in hand for the good of
all concerned"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

Apparently there isn't much left Of
the progressive party in Kansas, ex-
cept Victor Murdoch, Henry Allen and
William Allen White, and these men
have decided not to vex republicans
by placing a progressive state ticket
In the field. They announce that they
will nominate presidential electors
and congressman, but that these will
be withdrawn if the national con-
ventions, to assemble in Chicago, get
together.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
THOSE THAT KNOW.

THOSE THAT KNOW.
Those that have suffered know how to
smile.
Those that have grieved know how
to cheer.
The tortured hearts are the ones worth
while,
They know the meaning of living
here.
Those that have lived through their
nights of woe,
Have known the grief that we now
may feel
And wear the scar of the hurts we
know,
Can comfort us in way that's real.
There's something warm in the friend
ly hand
OF those that know what it means to
weep,
We feel somehow that they understand
And we lean on them and our faith
We keep.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
Daily History cIass-March T.

1599-Sir Anthony vandyke, FAMOUS
painter, born: died 164l.
lS2O-Duel between Commodores' ameS
Barron and Stephen Decatur u"s
n. Decatur was mortally wouhoe"'
l9l5-The Austrian fortress or trEen'
ysl, Galicia. which had been SUI
rounded and under siege ey hu'
SLAMS since October. 1914. sar'e"
dered TO the cars army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
Selected by Tavenner

cent, remains to be seen. Personally,
am Just skeptical enough to doubt
whether 1t can stand 30 hard a test.
Yet If they force war upon the coun-
try, and that is what they will do if
left free rein, the poor man will be
called upon to give his life. For my
part, human life seems much more
sacred than the Rockefeller or Nor
gan millions"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
Ingrowing Nail.

the edge Of the nail by carefully an
piled q. 0. adhesive plaster straps OF.
tending sDirally backward outside. nm.
der and around the great toe. n,
course this maneuver is useless unIe.s
the shoes are correct-straight inside
sole lines, fairly broad, rounded toss
It il a waste Of time treating this con.
dition If faulty footwear is persistentlv
worn-that is why ingrowing nail IA AZ
hard to cure, short Of surgery.
The groove In which the granu,a.
tons grow may be kept filled With apv
simple astringent, such as powdered
alum, nitrate of lead this should ha
used for only four days., or fannie
acid. Scraping the nail is seldom hen.
eficial and often institutes severe In.
fiammatory reaction.
The surgical cure consists OF mali.
ing an incision in the skin outside tha
outer edge Of the nail and removing
an ellipucal wedge Of tissue. Il ,sa
simple and effectual means of curing
very painful and troublesome condi.
ton.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Thyroidectyne.
What Is thyroidectyne and is II good
for exophthalmic goitre?
Answer-It is a product obtained
from the blood of animals which have
been Observation-Disclosures ia. the
thyroid gland has been removed. Ths
product is Of doubtful value. Person
ally, we think 1t is useless. Still, It ia
prescribed by good physicians.
A Treatment for Ringworm,
Is there any new treatment likely To
cure a chronic, obstinate ringworm?
Answer-Have the doctor paint the
lesion with half-strength iodine. then
freeze it with whichever agent he pre-
fers Carbon dioxide snow, ethyl chic
ride). Freezing destroys the parasite
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
Rock Island-Frcn River to
River.

no NOT litter the
IL streets with waste
paper. Destroy it or place
it in the proper recep-
tacles, thus contributing
to the municipal commits
sion's efforts in behalf of
clean streets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

If We are to believe figures that
have been through the Atlantic cables.
the more money the German govern
ment takes out of it's banks, the great
or is the sum left on deposit In the
name banks,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

THE minimum wage on which an
American workman can support wife
and three children for year is $685.,
according to an expert This does not
include an automobile and two months
ut the seashOre, however.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

The New York World remarks
that as a politician Senator Lodge
must find 1t difficult at times to rec
ugnize Henry Cabot Lodge the his
torian
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
Child Labor Bill May Be Killed in
Senate.
(By ellison Gardner

(By ellison Gardner)
Washington, According to the
legislative program the Heating
Owen child labor bill is to go
through the house and be held up In
the senate. The debate over child Ia
Dor has been one Of the most interest
ing of the session. In opening 1t, DAY.
Id ]. Lewis Of Maryland, chairman Of
the committee on labor. in charge Of
the bill, alluded to his own experien-
ces as a child worker in a Maryland
coal mine. Lewis could not read or
write until he was 81 years of age.
Now he is regarded as one of the best
informed men in the house.
Il do not care" he concluded, ito
hear from the doctors on this sub
Ject. 1t is enough to know that as a
representative Of conditions sought to
be remededied by this bill 1 was de-
prived of the priceless privilege Of an
education in my youth and that other
children ought not to be deprived Of
it in our time, when the art of the in
ventor and the achievements of the
great masters of industry and the
progress Of this world have made it
easy for men, without such children,
to win sufficient bread and raiment
for the support of their families. What
Is our civilization worth if we still
have to employ the children of this
country in manufacturing enter
prises?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
A Dame With the Goods.

Wanted-Work by young woman of
considerable experience in several
lines. Address X T. 2, care Panta-
STRAIGHTFORWARD Paragraph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
Francis Joseph Ruler 81 Years.

Francis Joseph has been emperor
OF Austria for g. years. which is
longer than any other ruler In mod
ern times has been on Q throne
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS

WHAT is Sausage?'-Newspaper
headline. "Doggone if / know" an
swers Ignatz.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

MRS. Charlotte Perkins Gilman is
advocating the short-haired woman as
short cut to suffrage. 1t would elm
mate the peril of hair pulling matches
at that.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

ENGLAND has sent 1900 actors to
the firing line. They ought to be hard
to hit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

EARNINGS of the Bethlehem Steel
company for 1915 were $50 per cent
greater than in 1914. One of the chief
reasons for war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22
Ad Famous Self.Made Men,

Young Morris heirs take reins at
packing plant; they looked like clerks,
but they walked right through to the
front Office says Chicago newspa-
per-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

WILLIAM Earl Dodge, a New York.
or. has gone to Palm Beach to learn
to fly. He selected the proper spot to
get his education.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

THE English government has pur-
chased 100000 cans of Irish stew in
this country. That ought to make the
boys fight II there is a fight left In
them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

T. l.. E. asks that the name of Scott
Perkins be enrolled in the Solid Ivory
club. The other day Perkins, who is
a negro, stopped two loads of bird
shot with his bean. 1t never scratched
him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

I'VE didn't tell all we knew Of
Thompson" Miss Mcdowell warns.
It's Just likely she has discovered that
the Chicago mayor stole green apples
back yonder. But Maize says you've
got to come across"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

THE pilot of this column can speak
freely about the Willard-Moran fight,
having inside information not older
than three days from the stables. A
friend Of ours is the husband of a sis
ter of Tom Jones, Wizards manager.
Our friend and Tom are not on the
best of terms, but Tom does still rec
ognize his sister. In fact he writes
her letters. Toms sister tips off the
dope in the letters to her husband and
her husband passes the info to US lin
confidence). The most recent epistle
from Jones says there is nothing to it;
the only worry Willard has is that he
might fall on Moran and crush him.
So we're giving it to you Tin conf
dence) the way it was given to US.
But hold onto your money. We're
about due to pass through a tunnel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

Turn a Mouse Loose, for Instance.
How can you break the silence in a
crowd?" sweet young thing asks the
love editor Of the Chicago Tribune,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

RAGTIME music, when refined, has
place in the Sunday school, accord
ing to a Chicago minister. Now the
question is, when is ragtime music
refined?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

"BE wise and spare the fat" says
a public notice in Berlin. In America
nobody loves a fat man. It's different
in Germany, it seems.
MISS Marie Junk is resident of
Colfax, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

NAT Goodwin is to be seen in a
moving picture entitled THE Marriage
Bond" In which Nat will probably
demonstrate how to catch 'em and can
EN-. A clever idea would be to have
all his living ex-wives in the cast.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

MORAN Wins Legal Battle
We wouldn't advise you laying any
money on him for Saturday p. m. on
the strength Of this information. how
ever.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22

HUNDREDS of people who like to
get fooled are due to lose money next
Saturday evening in Gotham. The
separation process in the main will
take place at the admission gate. Then
there will be others who will be soft
enough to take long odds on Moran
on the theory that It's good bet even
II they lose.
J. NJ C.