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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10

Senator Jones. When so many of
our papers are demanding hasty and
drastic action by our government be-
cause of happenings to alleged Ameri-
cans who insist upon travelling on bel
ligerent ships and in dangerous terri
tory regardless of the peace Of their
country and the welfare of the citi-
zens at home, it is refreshing and en-
couraging to read such an editorial as
that in the Washington Post of this
morning. The editorial is as follows:
Americans travelling in European
waters should keep off vessels belong
ing to belligerents. They take deadly
risks when they travel under fighting
flags, and they unnecessarily involve
their country in disputes which may
lead to war.
The United States government will
not give away the right Of its citizens
to travel on merchant vessels of any
nationality in any waters. That right,
however. should be exercised with dis
erection by citizens. Pending a time
when submarine warfare will be con-
Quoted under established and accepted
rules, American citizens should waive
their right to travel under belligerent
| flags"
Senator Jones. l take it, Mr. Presi-
I dent. that the writer means that they
| should waive these rights not because
of fear, not because of the weakness of
our country, but in the interest Of our
country itself and the welfare of its
! citizens for our own protection.
An American citizen who, in the
face Of the terrible cataclysm now en-
! quilting half the civilized world, per-
] sists in travelling for pleasure or profit
in the danger zone and in a belligerent
ship shows that he is utterly lacking in
patriotism and wholly regardless OF
the rights of humanity. He is entitled
to no consideration whatever, and for
this country to become embroiled in
this trouble on his account would be q
colossal crime against humanity.
The president has been highly com
mended for keeping us out of the wal
in Europe. | want to give him all the
praise he deserves, but it has not beer
a question of keeping US out of thi:
struggle. The people have not wanted
to get into it. The question has beef
not to lead us into it, and l beseech thu
president now to be careful, to proceed
slowly, to make no harsh or arbitrar,
. demands, to keep in view the right
and interests of the 99999,OO0 people a
home rather than of the 1000 reckless
inconsiderate, and unpatriotic citizens
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
Selected by Tavenner
To the Readers Of The Argus:

To the Readers of The Argus:
The Argus has generously agreed to permit me TO
make regular contribution under this head to use the
space as if it were my own l left free to make my
selection where will whether is timely or I'M
timely; to search the highways and the byways for
what may impress of interest and value to the
people.
assure my readers shall try to make the most OF
the opportunity. To do forget that party lines
exist, and WILL just wish it might be practical for
them not to exist and that the principal issue on cleo
ton day might be, not whether candidate belongs to
this or that political party, but whether he is willing to
the of the people the few who exploit
them.
In other words, my idea is to submit information or
thought that would give to the world if myself
edited newspaper, the only mission of which to
serve mankind to do this and nothing more.
When personally write the contribution l will sign
it, and when present the thought and work of others
will so Indicate CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
Uncle Abner,

When campaign orator wants to
give time for applause he stops and
takes drink of water, however pain
full it may be-
Almost everybody likes red hair,
on somebody else.
Where is the old-fashioned gal who
used to make red flannel penwipers
for Christmas presents?
Since Hank Purdy has been in love
with the grass wilder down by the
crossroads he has lost four fingers at
the sawmill. His mind hasn't been on
his work.
A steam laundry can do more tricks
with a 50-cent shirt in five minutes
than monkey can with a cocoanut.
One thing l never heard a woman
brag about is her age
II every Teller would git to bed at
9 o'clock at night and git up at 6
o'clock in the morning there wouldn't
be so many sanatoriums dom bust
ness il the country.
And say. the common people seem
to be getting more common right
along.
One cent postage would make it a
lot easier fer the chumps who want
to write love letters.
There amt no woman who looks as
good at O'Clock in the morning as
she does at o'clock In the evening.
Elmer Jones of our village gave
away nine engagement rings last year
and didn't succeed in gettin' one OF
them back. 1t is costin' Elmer more
to stay single than 1t would to sup
port wife.
ROY X. M0ULTON.
~ j, nj, C.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
Uncle John Writes.

Dec %, 1915,-Editor Union: Thir-
teen weeks ago l fell and broke my
hip. Nine weeks | laid packed in
sand and as helpless as kid, but
Clara, c. L. Amrine, her man, Edgar,
and the two little girls, did all in
their power for my comfort. My three
boys came to see me. One came over
two thousand miles, not for the mon
ey they expect to get, but out of re-
spect for their old dad The women
came in and strewed flowers over my
live corpse. The men came with CT
gars. For all these | feel thankful,
l don't have but one enemy and that
shows what fools we mortals be.
JOHN RANKIN.
Vermont Ull.) Union
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
Pointed Paragraphs.

POINTED Paragraphs
There's often a slip after the cup
goes to the lip.
A stitch in time may close the
mouths of nine gossips.
Deeds speak louder than words IN
real estate transaction.
The coat does not make the man
not even a coat of tar and feathers.
It's much easier to convince others
than it is to convince ones self.
Listeners hear as little good about
others as they do about themselves.
There is glory in any little thing
that you do simply from a sense OF
duty.
The wise man never loses his repu-
tation by attempting to answer fool
questions.-Chicago News.
From an interview with Miss Dor
othy Newell: For several years my
friends have complimented me upon
my beautiful back, though goodness
knows it never was of great use to me
except as something to put clothes
over"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10

If propagandists for peace, for pre-
paredness, for woman suffrage, against
woman suffrage, for the war college,
for aeroplane associations, European
war relief, boosts for the allies, vindi-
cation of the Germans, ct cetera, con-
tinue to load The Argus with literature
every day-well, we will just have
to get bigger, waste basket.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
Daily History Class-Jan. 10.

la6o-The Pemberton mill at Law
renee, Mass, collapsed, killing and
manning 525 persons.
lso3-Lyman Beecher, father of the
Famous family. died: born 1875.
lSlo-Marshall ?. Wilder, humorist
and author, died; born 1860. Fight
Ing at Scissors was checked by
hood in the Aisne. The French
carried spur 1872" northeast of the
AiA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10

Germany having yielded to every de-
mand and conceded every contention
raised by President Wilson in the mat
ter of submarine warfare and having
done so graciously, it remains to be
seen what the Washington correspond
ents of the metropolitan press will hit
upon now as basis Of belittling the
present national administration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10

In this glad leap year it is to be
hoped that the dear girls will give as
much thought to the selection of the
bridegroom as they do to the selection
of the trousseaus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
Rock Island-From River to
River.

Speaking of disloyal Americans and
breeders of strife. how about Repre-
sentative Gardner Of Massachusetts?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10

Christian civilization is making rap
Id Roadway in China. News comes
that Chinese are also burning church
es and slaughtering people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
WORKMEN DIG FOR
BURIED TREASURE

Vancouver. B. c., Jan. 10.-Work-
men employed by the bank Of Montreal
continued digging today in an effort
to unearth $4,000. part Of the $271,-
O0C stolen from the banks branch in
New Westminster in 1911. The bank
officials have information that the
money had been buried near this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
,yibeS and jobs.

Modern costumes seem to have taken
all the novelty out OF the masquerade
party.
For pitching Quoits in the parlor,
pretzels make fine substitutes for
horse shoes.
A fuzzy hat, late in its life, looks
as if it had the mango.
A striking example of faith is that
displayed by the hen who persistently
sits on a collection of China eggs.
There seems to be an air of indie
pendence about a pompadour haircut.
Some folks haven't any favorite
songs, poems, colors. birds, flowers, OF
bits of sculpture, but they have de-
cided notions about makes of automo-
biles. CHARLES LEEDY.
HAVING been driven out of Iowa,
l note" writes F. o. E., that one of
the Davenport liquor concerns has
wisely engaged Office quarters in the
Safety building in this city. Safety
first, as it were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10

And just as before it's the merchant
who does the advertising who gets the
bulk of the business in the new year
revival
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
TrOt Her Ont.

personally" says Judge Fisher,
Il would object to skirt reaching
much above the ankle" All, but he
never saw Florence,-Chicago Trib-
une
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10

The Philadelphia man who. though
having two legs. couldn't get a job
and so preferred that his injured son
should die rather than have leg am
putated, illustrates the danger of leav-
ing responsibility to incompetent par
ents. II is hard to draw the line, but
it is a great pity that the operation
couldn't have been performed that
would have saved the boys life. That
children often need TO be saved from
their parents is truth already estab-
lished, but not recognized as fully as it
is bound TO be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10

1t looks as if it were going to be a
hard year for the G. o. P. There isn't
enough calamity to make campaign
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Antit0xill.

Is there any danger of untoward
action from a dose of diphtheria
antitoxin administered to person
who has been previously injected
with lockjaw antitoxin (about year
previously?
Answer-Yes. Once injected with
horse serum the individual may be
"sensitized," and suffer severity
from hives or erythema or asthmatic
shocks, if given more horse serum
weeks or months later. But in such
a case the doctor may inject a few
drops as a test, and if no unpleasant
reaction follows inside of two hours
a full dose may be safely admin
istered.
Cough Medicine.
! II not asking too much, will YOU
please repeat the formula you
printed some time ago for an old
fashioned cough medicine?
Answer-it was something like
this:
citrate OF soda .......... l ounce
Llcorlce powder ........h ounce
flaxseed meal 2 ounces
| ot'Ieiln INSTRUMENTATION. ounces
ohiorolorm .........,.....B ounce
water. 800. enough to make one quart
First boil the fiaxseed in the water.
SURFING it in gradually. While it
is cooling add the citrate, then the
i1corlce and glycerin. After it is
cold add the chloroform. Shake oc-
caslonaiyl through the day. Keep
tlghtly covered, Next day strain
through muslin. The two-hour dose
u.s. teasponful for child, teaspoon
full for adult
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS
Some Iowa Surprises.

1t is few towns that could find such
talent within their bounds. Madam
Gibson Solem was at her best. She
sang the Perfect Day and THE Land
o. the Leal" with such deep sympathy
that it impediately gripped the aud
fence. She surprised her audience by
giving them two very difficult readings,
which she interpreted with no small
degree of skill. Miss Flossie Price sur
prised her friends by the marked i'm
provement of her solo work. Miss
Clara Hoyt of the Methodist univers-
ity of Oklahoma sang a cycle of three
numbers. concluding with His Buttons
Are Marked U. S." Miss Hoyt also sur
prised her friends by the improvement
since her graduation from Northwest
ern university.-Iowa exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
THE CHRISTMAS CLEARING HOUSE.

Ma sent out sixty Christmas gifts
And she got forty-nine.
No wonder that the lutte has riffs
Or that ma doth repine.
A losing game, doth ma aver
In accents rather sad
Exchange of presents has left her
Eleven to the bad.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10

Member Audit Bureau of Calculations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10
THE ARGUS.

BY THE J. ". POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-10

Rock Island Member Associated Press.
Full Leased Wire Report.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-30
Denounces United States on
the Charge of Causing the
Death of 14O MeXicans

Mexico City, June 30-Carranza made public today
his reply to the ultimaum of the United States The Mex
lean reply is nsoent in tone and defiant He the
Americans of killing 140 Mexicans unwarranedy and Of
violating the peace of Mexico He makes counter propo
sas but they couched in language which it is not be-
lieved here will be acceptable to the United States
Washington June 3O.-From what is learned here re-
gardng the alleged reply of Caanza to the United States
it thought the expected to happen and that there will
be early rupture of the relationship between the Unit
ed States and Mexico.
The wording Of the reply, said to be insolent is in
keeping with what is known of the movement of the Mex
ican troops which gradually closing in the Amer
cans in Mexico
1t is believed here that the president will either
fuse accept the insulting note of Carranza, that he
will send back reply that will preciptate the expected
conflict.
Keeping Secret
San Antonio June 30.-Extraordinary precautions
being taken to prevent the exact roungs and sched
ues of numerous special trains from becoming known
Funston has asked the secretary of to observe the
utmost secrecy
Line Is Not Cut.
Columbus, June 30.-Scouts who have been over the
ground investigating affairs report evidence that the
Mexicans have cut Pershing's line.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-30
CrOwding Pershing In.

Ell Paso, June 3O-With large
forces of Mexicans gradually hem
ming Pershing's force into narrower
sphere, and with the United States
rushing it's forces to the front as rap
idly as ever, with large equipment,
and these troops being disposed to pa
troll the border all the way from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific ocean,
there is nothing in sight to indicate
peaceable settlement of the differences
between the two countries.
The surrender of the prisoners held
by Mexico is taken to remove the
most acute aspect of the situation, but
no military officer here can see any
thing indicative of peace and none of
them is working on any other basis
than expectation of early hostilities.
There is, of course, nothing official
to indicate what the course of this
country will be in case of hostilities,
but speculation runs to the belief that
all along the line there will be move
ment considerable distance into Mex
ico, to force fighting away from the
line, while one or more
big drives will be started with Mex
leo City as the objective.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-30
Menacing Attitude.

Columbus, N. M, June 30.-Accord-
ing to reports received here, 10000
Carranzista cavalry has been mobil-
lied at Bustillo on the Mexico North
western, 10000 men are at Villa Ahu-
mada, 1000 are at Guzman, and Gen
eral P. Elias Gales of Sonora is NOV
ing large bodies of troops toward the
Sonora Chihuahua border
If these reports are true, the en-
veloping movements Of the Mexicans
around General Pershing's army is be-
coming more and more pronounced.
Army officers say, however, that the
American commander is readjusting
his men to meet every move.
A company of New Mexico militia
will leave here for Deming to stand
guard at the hanging of Jose Range,
and Juan Castillo and two other Viii
lista raiders at Columbus, who are
to be executed today.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-30
Married for 33 Years
And Has 80 Children

Frank Valley, the popular proprietor
Of the Pioneer Employment Agency
Of this city, is surely a man after
Roosevelt's own heart, for he has been
married for thirty-three years and is
the father of thirty-three children.
He was being congratulated today
upon a recent visit Of the stork to
his home and also upon his numerous
progeny, when he remarked that ne
Lad been married before and had other
children.
When pressed for an explanation he
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-30
Better Mail Service Is
Assured for the Valley

Ell Centro and Imperial Valley are
to obtain better mail service, if the
plan of Superintendent Roberts of the
Western division is carried out
At the meeting of the board Of di-
rectors of the Ell Ceftro Chamber of
G mmerce last night a letter from
Chief Clerk F. w. Moore of the rail-
way mail service at Los Angeles tell
ing of the departments plan was
read.
At present trains No. 80, arriving
at Ell Centro at 5:35 p. m., and No.
35, departing at $40, do not carry a
railway postoffice, but merely collect
closed mail pouches from the various
stations. The letter from Chief Clerk
Moore says:
'The object of this service would be
tc improve the facilities for the dis
tribution of mail in transit to and from
Imperial Valley points, and also the
facilities for interchange Of mail be-
tween points in the Valley. By hav-
ing postal clerks on these trains op-
portunity would also be afforded of
posting late letters on the train, which
in many cases is a valuable privilege.
In order that we may have full infor-
nation on the subject, / would appre-
ciate any facts or statement you may
wish to offer the department in con-
nection with this subject"
The directors last night instructed
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-30

related an early and very productive
matrimonial venture in Kern county.
He was married there when he was
21 years of age and after happy
and quite busy married life of four
teen years his wife died. During that
time his wife presented him with three
pairs of twins in as many years and
after that eleven single births-sev-
enteen in all. His Ell Centro family
consists of sixteen children, making
grand total of thirty-three.
Can you beat it?
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-30
lnSOlent Reply from CarranZa

tation of these supplies, and, as never
before, the need of good roads
throughout the length of the Pacific
coast cannot be overestimated. 1t is
q fact that the United States would,
in time of war, depend largely upon
the Automobile Club for guidance in
its motor truck transportation. This
has grown with the de-
of Southern California and
for fifteen years its touring bureau
has been filing data and maps on the
highways of the United States which
cannot be duplicated elsewhere in
America.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-30

strength to the organization and put
ting more cars at the call of the Of
ficials in time of war.
Every county in the state can do
it's share in preparedness" by edu-
eating it's voters to pass the $15,000,-
900 state bond issue in November and
complete the now unfinished network
of state roads, and in this way pre-
pare the entire state for the rapid
transportation of men and ammunition
in war time.
Touring cars as well as trucks
would be invaluable in the transpor-
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-30
AND
PREPAREDNESS"
BV Fred l.. Baker


President Automobile Club of South
ern California.
If preparedness" means industrial
efficiency as much as it does eff
cient military organization-and the
American viewpoint seems to be in
clining that way-then Southern Cali
fornia is the best prepared territory
Of its size in the world in one of it's
most important features.
I refer to the motor-driven vehicle.
Throughout all stages of the pres
ent "great war" the motor car has
played an all-important part, many
times meaning victory to the fore
sighted possessor of such equipment.
Many engagements lost would have
been won had the losers the advan-
tages of up-to-date motor car assist
ance and highway equipment.
Southern California is exceptional
ly well supplied with motor cars and
is rapidly equipping itself with good
roads. Guns, men, food and ammuni-
ton can be hurled to the fighting
front by automobile under favorable
circumstances when other means of
transportation are ineffective.
However, mental preparedness is
another factor which must be taken
seriously into consideration, and par
ticularly in regard to the owners of
automobiles and commercial trucks.
Should the call ever come for the mo-
bilization of Southern CALIFORNIA; s
wonderful array of motor vehicles, the
motorist must be ready to respond
at once.
If any community in Southern Cal
ifornia should suddenly be in need of
assistance because of an invading
force, theiwomen and children of that
community could be moved from out
the danger zone in very short pc
riod of time by automobile alone
Consider an emergency where time
for a mobilization plan had not been
formulated.
At the headquarters of the Auto
mobile Club of Southern California
there is tabulated and alphabetical
list of the entire membership of the
organization, numbering some 5000
automobile owners. With battery
of telephones put into immediate serv-
ice, these motorists, or large ma
jority of them not engaged ip ACTUAL
defense activities, could be accurately
directed from one point to another
throughout the southern part of the
state.
Furthermore, the Automobile Club,
through it's branch offices located in
Santa Barbara, Bakersfield, Pasadena,
Long Beach and the Imperial Valley,
could effectively marshal the largest
body of automobiles to be assembled
in America within given time. In
time of war, the club would be one
of the governments most important
allies.
Every motorist should join the club
for this reason alone, lending more
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-30

D. c. Bitter, commercial secretary, to
write Chief Clerk Moore, urging the
adoption of this plan, and offerin gthe
cooperation of the Chamber of Com
merce in placing the arguments for
the railway postoffice before the de-s
Club of Calexico has taken up the plan
and has urged the department to pro-
vide this additional facility for mail
service. The civic and commercial or
gsnizations Of other valley towns are
to be asked to join in the movement.
The board of directors of the Ell
Centre Chamber of Comemrce last
night received letter from Irving
Jaquay, urging that immediate steps
be taken to hasten the construction of
the new bridge to span New river near
Seeley as a final connecting link in
the State Highway. In his letter
Jaquay declared that considerable time
would be required to prepare the
plans and let the contracts for the
bridge and that the preliminary work
should be done now in order to have
the bridge completed by next winter.
The board directed the secretary to
urge all possible haste in this work
in a communication to be sent to the
supervisors, as the construction of
the bridge is considered among the
most important projects to be carried
out this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-30
Coming Home.

Washington, June 30-Safe depar-
ture for nearly 1,4OO Americans from
Mexico were reported to naval Off
cials.
One thousand are en- route to Gal
weston from Tampico, IT'S on the trans
port Dixie and 225 On the oil tanker
Wylie.
At Vera Cruz the battleship Ne
braska, after having transferred sew
eral hundred Americans to the Ward
liner Monterey, now has 361 more ref
ugees aboard.
State department reports said that
many Americans are objecting to be-
ing transported to the United States,
wishing to remain on shipboard, in
the hope that conditions will permit
them to return to their Mexican homes.