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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
EXPORTS PASS
HALF BILLION
Goods Sent Abroad in August Valued
at $4,000, ,OOO-World Record.
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Sept. 25.-American
exports have passed the half billion
dollar month mark. Statistics is
sued today by the Department of
Commerce show that goods sent
abroad in August were valued at
$510, 100000, which is a new worlds
record.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
HUGHES IN OHIO.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
Indianapolis, Sept. 25.-Charles E.
Hughes left here today to open his
campaign in Ohio at Dayton, where
he will deliver four addresses. Chas.
Fairbanks left today on a speaking
tour that will carry him to the Pa
cifc coast.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
AIRMEN RAID ENGLAND.
(By Associated Press. 4

(By ASSOCIATED PreSS.)
Berlin, Sept. 25.-Extensive fires
were observed to have been caused by
Zeppelin bombardment Of London
and England midland counties Satur-
day night, it was announced today in
the official report of the raid. Two
Zeppelins were lost as result Of the
fire of anti-aircraft guns.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
RUSSIANS TAKE OFFENSIVE;
BULGARIANS HOLD HEIGHTS
Hill GIG West Of Florina Captured by Russians
While Bulgarians Hold Kamaikcalan HEIGHT
Against All Assaults England Raided.

threw SO shells upon Guiscard. Air
men also dropped SO bombs at Thion-
vile and Rombach Following the
bombardment of Rombach flames
were seen to break out.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
II. s. STEEL MAKES
NEW HIGH RECORD
Three Quarters Million Shares Stock
Sold the First Hour of Trad
ing-RecOrd.
(By Associated Press J

New York, Sept. 25.-United States
Steel stock scored new high record
on the Stock Exchange today, touch
ing 119. Seven hundred and sixty
five thousand shares of stock were
sold during the first hour, which is
the highest record for the first hour
in over ten years.
BY one o'clock the total sales had
reached million and half shares,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
HUGHES IN OHIO
WAVESRED SHIRT
Tells Union Veterans. of Civil War
What Will Ruin This Country.
(By Associated Press.)

Wy nSoVC11IcU IeoS'I
Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 25.-The Unit
ed States, Charles Hughes today told
an audience of Civil War veterans,
will not endure unless each generation
stands firmly for the dignity of
American citizenship and the honor
of the flag. n
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
(By Associated Press.)

New York, Sept. 25.-Labor organ
cations, including about 100000
workers, met today to vote on the
Question of joining the proposed gen.
eral strike on Wednesday. Ernest
Bohm, secretary of the conference OF
abor leaders directing the movement,
asserted that unions representing
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
lombard BELGIAN COAST.
(Rv AsS0ciatad praSs\

London, Sept. 25.-British monitors
and destroyers bombarded the Belgian
coast Sunday between Heyst and Bur-
ges, according to Flushing dispatch.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
OLDEST PRINTER DEAD.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
Topeka, Kans., Sept. 25.--Edward
Harris, 82, the oldest printer in Kan
sas, died here today.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.

Closed to 8 up.
New York Spots 16.O5-10 up.
New Orleans 1880.
Sales 1896.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
ATTACK AT YERDuN.

ATTACK AT VERDUN.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Sept. 25.-German troops
made an attack on the Verdun front
last night near Vaux Chapitre wood.
The war office this afternoon says the
attack failed.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-25
FRENCH MAKE AIR RAID

(By Associated Press.)
Paris. Sept. 25.-During the night
of September 24-25 French aviators
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Be patient. Your burglar will come
by and by.
He has you on his list for a call, but
hasn't got around to it yet.
Your burglar has passed your house
many times and made good use or his
eyes while passing.
One day your house is to come on his
list, and he is ready for you or Will be
at midnight, and he has patience until
the hour comes.
The bells are striking midnight
that is, If there are any bells to strike.
You are sleeping soundly, but
creak of a door or the complaint or
window sash being raised reaches your
sleeping ears and rouses you up. While
you rise up on your elbow TO listen
your wife wakes also and asks you
what is the matter.
You would tell her IL you could. All
you can reply is that you were awak-
ened by strange sounds, and It is your
opinion that there is a burglar pack
ing plumber in the rooms below. And
what are you going to do about ftY'
she asks. with a gasp i'm her throat.
"Kill him!" you reply in bold Ian
guage.
She admires your decision, but you
are in no hurry to perform the muir
derous eat You know you have an
automatic pistol in the house, but Just
where il is you can't think. You put
it in some place year or two ago and
have forgotten where.
You take long time to think about
it," says your wife. IF you don't get
up / shall"
You shake your finger at your wife
to keep very quiet, and you creep from
your room to the head of the stairs.
You make no more noise than blast
in the new subway. You think you
see a light in the parlor. You are not
quite sure of It, and as your wife
comes creeping along to learn II you
have killed anybody yet you ask her
opinion about it. She replies that it
may be a light or it may not be. She
will go down and investigate and come
back and tell you.
You push her aside and whisper that
you are no coward.
You have got halfway down when
you hear the clink of knives and forks
and spoons No cat has any use for
such implements. 1t surely Is bur-
glar AS he takes a drink out OF the
bottle of port wine you can hear It
gurgle down his throat. No cat ever
yet drank out of bottle. No cat yet
smacked her lips and uttered an UNI"
after drinking. There is no longer any
room for doubt. The killing must go
forward
"If you are not going TO kill him 1
ami" whispered the wife.
You descend another step. It sud
denly strikes you that the burglar may
be the father of seven or eight chill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
FOR DOLLAR POLITICS.

In the debate which followed Senator
Owens attempt to have the corrupt
practices act taken up as soon as the
revenue bill was out OF the way Sena-
tor Penrose was particularly conCilia-
tory and plausible. The senator from
Pennsylvania was anxious that the
country should have a corrupt prac-
tees which would prevent the crimi-
nal or unduly lavish use OF money in
elections He would gladly unite with
the senator from Oklahoma IN framing
a strong measure for that purpose, and
he frowned upon corruption in either
party, but the matter he thought to be
too Important for hasty action. His
passion for reform could not entirely
override that tender legislative con-
science which compels him to consider
all great measures deliberately, calmly
and exhaustively Therefore, he
begged the senator from Oklahoma to
wait until the next term before begin
ing the. debate But if that could not
be done he offered to forego the early
adjournment and keep the senate in
session right up to election day. in or
der that the discussion might touch ev-
cry side of the question.
Did anyone ever announce a fill
buster with more the airs of limo
cence? Right up to election day! OF
course, but not for a minute after the
time when it would be too late to make
the bill apply to the expenditures of
this election. There was the point of
the whole debate Senator Owen was
for corrupt practices act to stop COR
ruption at this election, while Pen
rose and his followers on the repub-
lican side were for anything that
would not interfere with republican
plans for the accumulation Of a slush
fund with which to elect Mr.. Hughes
and republican congress.
The corrupt practices act, which has
passed the house and is before the sem
ate, is a bill to give honest politicians
and honest voters a better chance. It
stops up the holes in the present law
which can be and is obeyed as to the
letter and broken in spirit. 1t seeks
to establish a reasonable limit of ex-
penditure for political purposes in
every national election, and to provide
means by which violations can be de-
tected and punished. Without the law
millions Of dollars will be spent in the
/ spent and If one party is free to make
! that kind of campaign the other will
| follow
| The corrupt practices act ought to be
/ passed and, If 1t is not, the people
/ ought to know that it was killed by
men who wished to keep the way clear
/ for one more campaign of dollars
! against the honest vote
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
PRESIDENT WILSON'S AC-
CEPTANCE.

President Wilson's speech of accept
ance, which is printed in the news
pages of The Argus today, is commend
ed to the careful consideration of
every American, whatever his party
utilization. To fail to read it is to disre~
gard a statement of fact which cannot
be ignored if one desires to cast an in
telligent vote next November. 1t is a
masterpiece among the many admir-
able executive addresses that have
been delivered since MIR. Wilson en-
tered the White house and few who
read part viii fail to read it all. 1t
grips the interest.
No other president, hardly excepting
Lincoln, has faced so many perpleXlng
problems as has Mr.. Wilson. Questions
Of grayest import have been thrust up
on him continuously and from every
angle almost from the very beginning
OF his administI alton. The vital pTln-
cipIeS of a free government often have
been at stake and the complications IN
yoIyed have been endless. To have
met and to have settled them all fairly,
wisely and finally with adequate con-
sideration OF their effects upon all con-
cerned and for all time would have
been beyond the power of any human
being.
In his review OF the work of his adj
ninistTation the president is not boast
full He freely admits mistakes, but hs
makes clear the fundamental principles
which have been his guide in handling
the issues Of greatest moment and in
doing so he provides key by which
those who read may more fairly judge
Of his acts.
Probably no president since Lin
coins day has found his pathway so
beset with obstacles placed there by
political enemies who, with no higher
purpose than a desire for a return to
power have sought persistently and
Systematically to misconstrue his acts
and discredit him generally before the
people. The resources of a vast and
powerful political organization which
for years had fattened at the public
crib We're prostituted to this purpose.
The critic, the Jnaligner,' who had no
constructive program, nothing beyond
his criticisms to offer-has usurped the
avenues OF publicity. He is before the
people now and will be till the end of
this campaign
President Wilson in his speech of ac-
ceptance offers no apologies, for none
Is needed. The record of his admins
trat1on is sufficient. for 1t has gone far
Their than any other since this govern
ment was founded IN extending to the
people of all classes the rights, the
liberties and the justice which the
trainers Of the constitution meant to
guarantee. This administration has
not concerned itself simply with the
problems which circumstances have
forced upon #, but IL has made an un-
squaled record for constructive work
and il is upon this that it is entitled 10
be chiefly judged.
The citizen who is honestly seeking
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
The Daily Story
The Bold Burglar BY M. Quad.

dren and that Il will not be the sov,r.
thing to hustle him into eternity al !
seconds notice and leave the klddlss -
the mercy Of this cruel world ~
should be given a chance 10 reform
Hello, old mani Are you oopo,..
downstairs 20 help me pack I'd M
plumber"
It was the burglar who spoke ana,
there was no fear In bis tone
Are you down thereZ' you tirnidIv
inquire.
"Of course 7 am" ne replica "
have been here about half an hour Ana
you have heard nothing Till Just noe,
Won't you come down and greet roes,
"If you don't leave the house Wnl
whistle for the police!"
But you have no whistle Not one
man in a hundred carries one. N var
did whistle for the police you wouls
get no response from them. II las
rainy night and they are leaning m
against the bars Of saloons. You havs
no pistol handy and you do not Keen
a baseball bat I'm the house. Beside
YOU are not p hero. Your wife wonA
have been down here ten minutes aRo
but you wouldn't let her come. Ara
you going to stand there all niRht ~
are you coming down here and helm
me sort over the silverware? Most n
II is plated ware, and ] don't care M
lug that around with me-"
Orchard, I will never live another
day with you!" whispers the wife.
That seems to solve the problem. and
you take a seat on the stairs and eX
claim to the man below:
"Old fellow, I am going 20 shout
from one of the front windows. and
I'll get you a sentence Of ten year Il
1 have to sell the house 10 pay the
lawyer"
"I would II I were you, but you
won't" came the answer, with laugh
added to IL. "In about ten minutes I
shall be ready TO move on, and you can
go back TO bed or come down and talk
It over between yourselves. / hope
there will be no family row following
this visit of mine, for ! have a con-
science about such things. II you had
the common prudence you'd lock your
windows and / should not be here. All
| had TO do was 10 raise the sash. Il
was as easy as eating a banana. ! was
in your room half an hour before COM
ing down here. think ! made a thor
ough Job of II, and / shall not come
back under year. estimate the value
of the plumber at about a thousand
dollars, but you should explain 10 the
police and the boarders that the loss
is fully $4,000. That will give Il dig
nifty. I am going now, but don't dis
turb yourselves on that account
shall drink the rest Of your wine. take
along about a dozen cigars and be a
mile away before your hair ceases TO
stand on end Good night 70 you! Au
revoir, lady! Your burglar has gone"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
PEAS VS.. BEEFSTEAK.

A pound of peas contains more meat,
more nitrogen, more muscle building
material, more energy than a pound of
beefsteak.
If taken as the sole food, 10 ounces
of peas (dried) would be a sufficient
daily ration for a workingman This
would mean that he would have to get
outside of six pints Of thick pea soup.
Fresh, young, green peas are very
easily digested, being practically all
nourishment. They are preferable for
many invalids to beef, because vegeta-
BILE protein does not so readily under
go putrefactive decomposition in the
intestine as does animal protein, and
the production of poisons in this way
is the common cause of autointoxica-
ton.
Either peas or beans, which are about
equally nutritious, are meat taken
with some form Of fat admixture, there
being little or no fat or oil in them
Butter, milk fat, pork, salad oil may
be added to the dish.
In the Franco-Prussian war the Ger
man army had ration called cribs
Wurst, or pea sausage-it wouldn't be
German if it were not sausage. 1t
consisted OF a mixture of pea meal.
fat pork and salt, cooked and so treat
ed as to prevent the decay of the veg
etable protein. 1t was highly nutri-
tious. 1t was known as the iron ra-
ton. The Germans always have
known a thing or two about food
A powdered pea soup is now used
as an army ration in the field 1t is
composed of powdered peas and beef
extracts with salts and herb extracts
for havoring- For campers 1t is an ex-
celient concentrated food
IL peas or beans deserve the repu-
tation of being difficult to digest, il is
due TO the facts that they are hearty
food and little goes a great way,
and that the outer skins are indigesti-
bic II these outer skins are rubbed
on carefully after a short soaking. the
objection is removed. Thorough cook
Ing also renders them more quickly
digestible. A certain amount of fiat
ulency after a meal OF peas or beans
is natural and should not be consid-
ered evidence OF indigestion
Peas' beans, corn meal and brown
sugar are four cheap, nutritious and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
Day in Davenport

10 plans made at theadvlsory meet
ing held Thursday night following the
weekly prayer service at the church
Some of the country aims Of the
ongregationailists are 10 establish
memorial fund-the usage OF which
will be decided on later-tO add 10 the
church member ship with half a mil
tion new members. to establish bene-
fit fund of 100000, and 70 awaken
wider interest among the young pe0-
pie, 10 secure life workers and min
listers. The local church Will support
and assist as far as possible IN all
these aims during the coming year. l.
was also decided TO take up az the
weekly prayer meeting on Thursday
night the study OF "Our South Ameri-
ca Neighbors," this topic having been
recommended for the churches.
Obituary Record Mrs. Julia slnnei
Spauling, wife OF +. G. Spaulding, S2o
East High street, passed away at the
Mercy hospital as the gesult Of an op-
GRAFTON for appendicitis performed
week ago. Mrs. Spaulding's condition
was thought TO be favorable immedi-
ately following the operation. The de-
ceased was born IN Rock Island, July
city, graduating from the high school
She was united in marriage 10 p. g.
Spaulding on Oct. /, 1859, i'm her home
city. She was a faithful member OF tho
Presbyterian church I'm that city ana
was a woman of beautiful character
and beloved by a large NUMBER o.
friends Surviving are her husband
one daughter. Elizabeth, and two sons
kingman and Tom Spddldus. The tun-
eral will be held from the home sun
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. Inter
ment will be made in ChippianooH
cemetery. Rock Island.
Clarence Roehs passed away yester-
day at his home two miles north OF
Walcott, after an illness lasting sihcs
Saturday. He was the son Of MT. ana
Mrs. Henry Roehs and was born Jui3
s. 1908, I'm Scott county Besides hi'
parents he leaves the following DFolh-
ers and sisters: Evelyn. Loueila, her
man. Elizabeth, Clara Herbert hus3
and Marshall. Funeral VIII be helu
Sunday afternoon at o'clock rom
the home. Burial Will beln Waioo"
cemetery.
Mary Dunbar passed away AZ Merc,,
hospital yesterday She resided - ~
Scott street. The deceased was hoIu ~
1878 in Quincy. Surviving are one sis
ter. Elizabeth Wagner, and her par
ents. MIR. and Mrs. Conrad Helsser'
Fail to Place Warning signals MIA
IL Injured Because the improFeueHe
company failed 10 place red llgbt y.
excavations at Bridge avenue ana 90
Pleasant street, Arthur b. helpe''
1902 East Pleasant street, was snsh4-
ly injured. when he umbled into
hole near the intersection The pohes
were notified Of the accident ana ~
lights were placed 40 the eNca'a'i0'''
Marriage Licenses Arthur
Wrage aud Lillian Fave itosienoAcu.
both of Buffalo; Herbert Lang an"
Esther Carlson. both ~ clinton,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Between the lines of Herr Won
Batocki's appeal to the women Of rurai
|Germany to share their food with those
in towns may be read one great diff
Guilty in the way Of the German Food
Regulation Board No government can
ever be sure that some farm mother
has not given her child glass Of milk
heYOnd the scale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
A Modern Slave of the Hearth.

Woman Is tired of a home that is too
large. where the third floor gets dirty
while she is cleaning the first, of "A
home that cannot be left lest 1t should
be burglarized, of a home where there
Is always slate wrong or a broken
window or a shortage of coal. She is
tired OF being inundated on the domes-
tic hearth.--W. l.. George in Harper 5
magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Score one for Charles Warren Fair
banks, vice presidential candidate on
the republican ticket. When asked
what he would have done with Mexico
he says Recognize Huerta." We know
where he stands. Now will Mr.. Hughes
speak up and put his party fully IN
line with an assassin?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
DaiN History CIass-Sept. 2.

1666-The great fire I'm London Cen -.
near the Tower; continues NV
days. destroying 1900 hou''''
five-sixths or the CITY.
,o,t r,.a.o,, ,,,,,,,s landed an china
.. at.aa,, ~ c,r,,ous az Klau'
chau. Russians defeated Austfl'H'
before Lemberg, Galicia. 'eiil'"
advance was thirty mil1s ii'D
Paris Won Kluck.s army rfo'H'N
the river Aisue,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

The Rockford Star says that on
half the world knows not how the 9TH
er half lives" and this might be proved
by two items of news: Railroad en-
ployes fighting for an eight-hour day
and extra pay for overtime" Wander
bilt mansion TO be reftted at cost of
half a million dollars" The Wander
bilts make their money out of railroad
stocks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Mexico is anarchy-ridden and must
be cleaned up by the United States.
Yet the Boston-Owned Cananea Cop
per company reports the biggest six
months production in its history.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Governor Hiram Johnson of Califor-
MA in an address to the progresslVes
at their national convention or 1916,
declared: Remember Barnes, Penrose
and Crane IN 1912! We left the con-
vention because the bosses were In
control. They are still in control"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

for facts upon which TO base his decis-
ion next November Will not fail to read
and consider President Wilson's speech
Of acceptance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
T. Il
! I A L K s
Rs1 MLLNr1 BRADY. n0f7

very pa1atable foods which housewives
do not utilize sufficiently. The very
cheapnesS of these foods causes many
housewives to overlook them in the
quest of something really nice for her
table. IL these staples were sold in
pink and green cartons, with fancy
brand names and outlandish health
claims made for them, people would
buy them at any price.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
youthful Folly
Question - Please tell me how to
cure the losses resulting from youth
full folly.
Answer - Perhaps you consider a
physiological condition evidence OF
disease. Tell me your trouble and I'll
try to set you right
Visitors and Infantile Paralysis.
Question-Is there danger in receiv-
ing boarders who come from a dis
trict in which infantile paralysis is
epidemic.
Answer-Yes. A health certificate
should be required. especially from
every child under 16. Your own health
officer should be consulted in every
case.
Water Won't Make You Thin.
Question: am a stenographer, 26,
% inches tall, weighing 100 pounds.
Have been losing weight lately Moth
er thinks it is because / drink hot
water mornings. but that seems to be
the only way / can keep the bowels
open-l am inclined to constipation.
What do you suggest?
Answer - Mind your mother. but
drink the hot water just the same.
Tell her ii is the doctors orders
that offsets everything else. you know.
We have letter about gaining weight,
and one about constipation. Which do
you want? Perhaps either would cor
rect your troubles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Robert Bacon's candidacy for the
republican nomination for United
States senator from the state OF New
York shows that Wall Street in this
campaign is in politics up to its neck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Grief over the naming of a receiver
for the Boston & Maine will be temp
cred by the remembrance that the road
is a second cousin to the New YORK,
New Haven G. Hartford.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Wait until you can read the two
speeches of acceptance side by side
and you'll get an even better measure
of the fitness of the rival candidates.