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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07

BOOtIegger Bound 0yer.-Davenport
police and state agents ra1ded the al
legged bootlegging establishment OF
Mike George, at Ala East Second
street, arresting the proprietor on a
charge of selling intoxicating liquor
Information was filed against him IN
the court of Justice Of the Peace Au-
gust A. Kinkle At preliminary hear
ing George was bound over to the
grand jury on charge Of bootlegging
on a bond of $500. A few weeks ago
the state agents claimed that local
police were tipping off establishments
which were under suspicion. Ray
Chinn, Bettendorf sIeuth, says that he
purchased liquor at the George place
on Aug u, and it was on this lnfor-
nation that the raid was made.
Takes Children; Then Deserts Them.
After he had taken their three small
children from Chicago to the home OF
his parents in West Virginia, Henry ID.
Asbury deserted them to live with an
other woman, according to the amend
ed answer to the answer and cross
petition filed today by his wife, Ella
Asbury. Mrs. Asbury asserts in the
document that on Jan. 2 her husband
told her he was going to secure a po-
he would provide them with a home
there. Accordingly they left DaYen-
port and went TO the city. Then As
bury told her that he couldn't get the
position right away and he wanted TO
take the children and visit with his
parents at Charleston, w. Va. He left
his wife at the home Of her sister,
Mrs. Alice Burton, BAT East Forty
thinrd street, Chicago. Later she
learned that he had left the children
with his parents. They had kept them
for a while and then sent them to her
parents, who lived in Virginia. Finally
the children were sent TO the Humane
society. Meanwhile Asbury had gone
to live with another woman in Charles
ton, an offense for which he was ar
rested in March Of this year, accord
ing TO his wife's story. Next she learn
ed that he was working in Detroit, so
wrote him for money for the support
of herself and the children whom she
had taken from the Humane society
and brought them 10 Chicago. She
never received a reply. However, on
July 81, Asbury came to Chicago and
was arrested for abandoning his fam
lily. He agreed to pay his wife $40
week for support, then left the state
and has never paid her any money.
The wife sets forth that she is now
working as a waitress in a restaurant
at 81 week and that this sum is not
sufficient to care for the children. She
asks a decree of divorce, $40 a month
alimony and custody of the children.
j. A. Hanley is her attorney.
Must Show Trackage Room. - The
Rock Island Railroad company has
been asked by the levee commission
or Davenport to furnish that organic
alton with a draft of proposed traffic
facilities the road wishes to establish
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
BY M. Quad.

the table caused the young lady IN t,..,
up. What she beheld there Wa
youngish, good looking man wjfb =
smile on his face For "a moment M, =
Clara wondered II he were a late csii
er or a guest OF the house whose rras
ence was unknown 20 her before e..
was still trying 10 puzzle it out Wbsr
the intruder said.
II came I'm by the kitchen Vrindo,
II IS amazing how careless servars,
are. They are to blame for most ~
the burglaries."
"Then-then you are burglar
whispered the girl
THAT is the name you must Vfv.
me-" replied the young man, "as have
effected a burglarIOus entrance. By 49,
way, ! Will take this along with me-
He passed around the table and IA
the mantel, and, lifting up the IDOL h.
deposited IT I'm coat pocket
"Are you going TO make me bring you
my Jewels"
"If you have a thousand dollars
handy / will take # along"
But there isn't 81 900 in the house
I don't believe father has fifty. and
certainly know that / haven't even ten
Are you the Mr. Raffes we have read
so much about I'm the papers2"
you might call me by that nHmsS
was the answer. AS your father NAV
be in soon / will take my departure
now. I will leave the window up a.
go out. and you had better cali your
fathers attention to this tempting wav
Of another burglary. ! bid you good
evening, Miss-er'-
He bowed Ike a gentleman and was
gone like a ghost
When her father returned she told
her story, and it was not for a digni-
fed Judge to get excited over H. He
was very quiet and calm, and when hs
went through to the kitchen 10 close
the window he didn't even threaten TO
discharge the careless cook. Perhaps
he had an idea that Il was some Joke,
but he didn't say so out loud.
And what followed within a few
weeks? The idol was, OF course, sent
back by the hands of a messenger boy
after a week or so, and while at the
first garden party he attended in the
early summer Arthur Devery and Miss
Clara Benson were introduced by their
hostess.
You are the burglar" whispered
Miss Clara as they turned away.
"And you were the girl who was
reading" he added.
Would you have any different end
ing than the one this story had within
a year? 1t was logical enough that the
burglar and the girl should fall in love
and do what all couples do when they
have reached that stage. One Of the
wedding presents was a check for
81 900 II was the check that the
bridegroom had received the night he
came back to the club after his first
and last burglary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
WHAT HUGHES WOULD

arbitrating industrial disputes, and 1
would not surrender it to anybody /
stand for two things: For the prin-
ciple of fair, impartial, thorough, can
did arbitration; for legislation on facts
according to the necessities of the
case. And I am opposed to being die
tated to, either in the executive de-
partment or in congress, by any power
on earth, before the facts are known
and in the absence of the facts"
Thus Mr.. Hughes takes square issue
with the conduct of Mr.. Wilson in
dealing with the railway unions, and
by inference pledges himself to the
opposite course should he be put in
Mr.. Wilson's place and a similar sit
uation arise.
There will be more life in the cam
paign as the result of the Nashville
speech.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
THOSE WOMEN MAY VOTE
FOR

A complete list of offices for which
women in Illinois are qualified to vote
has been issued by Mrs. George Bass.
chairman Of the woman's bureau of
the democratic national committee.
These officers are:
Electors of president and
and three trustees of the University of
Illinois.
District-Members OF state board Of
equalization, trustees of sanitary dis
triCt, including president.
County-County surveyor, members
Of board of assessors, members Of
board Of review.
Township - Supervisors, assistant
supervisor, a town clerk, assessor,
collector, highway commissioners,
pOundmaster or other officer elected
at town meeting.
City-MayOr, aldermen, city clerk,
city treasurer, city attorney, mayor
and commissioners in cities which
have adopted the commission form.
Where the following Offices are Gre
ated by ordinance and the manner OF
filing them is provided for by cleo
ton, women may vote for:
City collector, marshal. superin-
tendent of streets, corporation coun-
sci, comptroller, library directors.
llage-Village clerk, members of
board of trustees, library director.
SchOOls-SchoOl directors in school
districts, president and members of
board Of education, school trustees in
townships, members of township high
school board Of education.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
ENCOURAGING INDUSTRY

It is to be hoped there will be no
unnecessary delay on the part of the
CITY commission IN granting to the
heck Island Pillow company permission
it is petitioning for TO lay switch tracks
on Third avenue to facilitate the hand
ling of the output of a new plant that
it proposes erecting adjacent to It's
present group of buildings in the west
ern part OF the city. The council. If
need be, could afford to stretch point
to accommodate this growing industry,
which has taken on new life since its
reorganization a few years ago with
the injection Of home capital and home
brains in its management.
The Rock Island PlOw company to-
day is manufacturing what is conceded
TO be one of the most practical tractors
on the market. 1t is the Heider. 1t
was being made in a small factory in
Iowa This plant was taken over by
the local institution, and the machine
hereafter will be turned out in
Rock Island, adding to the already
large line of agricultural implements
in which the pillow company specializes.
The plow company has plans drawn
for a tractor factory, and building OPP
erations will be commenced just as
soon as switch track concessions are
granted by the city commission. The
pillow company wants to go ahead. 1t
should be given every encouragement
possible by the commission and by the
public It is enlarging it's industrial
usefulness to the community, which
means employment for more men and
consequent increased growth for the
city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
Day in Davenport

in order that 1t may serve some OF the
largest business interests in the city
The railroad company desires 10 par
allel certain spur tracks with which
the Milwaukee road reaches clientele
east of the Lagomarcino-Grupe COM
pany's place Of business. ". d. Pc
tersen of the levee commission said
today that officials Of the Rock Island
who were in the city recently talking
over the proposition Of facilities ex-
tension will be required to show that
it is possible to extend traCkage east
ward from Front and Brady streets or
the fruit company's building. Rock
Island officials who conferred with
members Of the levee commission were
A. B. Ramsdell, assistant central man
ager, Des Moines; Dan Coughlin, su-
perintendent OF the Illinois division,
Rock Island; NJ. Lucas, trainmaster,
Rock Island, and James Hayes, diyis-
ion engineer. The Milwaukee Is anx-
ious to give spur service TO Armour q
Co, the Davenport Bag & Paper com
pany, the John +. Kelly Grocery com
pany, the Martin Woods company
French & Hecht, and several other
establishments.
Arrest an Alleged Bank R0bber.-
Charles Butcher, alleged safe crack
er, wanted for implication Of SZl,gV09
theft from a Montreal bank in 1917
and for the theft Of a large sum Of
money from the Durant, Iowa, post
Office, has been arrested in chicago
He is held to the grand jury for So
600 The Durant robbery occurred IN
1915.
To Erect $4,000 Buildlng.-second
street between Iowa and Rock Islana
streets is TO be improved as a Dusl-
ness locality by the erection OF a S4o,-
600 establishment for the Wolfer Caa,
lilac company. J. WOlfer, manager "
the company, today made known ms
plans for building. Weir 4 lies VII
construct the new auto block. Inc
building will cover an area Of "a 2!
$50 feet. Material used will be pflh-
cipally brick and terra Gotta llo
large display room will be hnlsheu w
tile with mahogany furnishings Ml.
Wolfer says that the establishment
when completed will be second "
none in the entire state GaraglHs
facilities will be provided in the new
location. A solid front Of plate glass
will enhance lighting effects. buliu,
ing work will begin immediately ana
will be completed some time lh lu'
autumn. Mr. Woifer came 20 DaFeu-
port July l to become associated WIN
the business life Of the city.
o
Obituary Reconciliation Iicket'S
aged 5S. passed away at his home
1857 West Second street. atter
long illness. The deceased was poLn
In Oquawka, III, Dec. S, 1883. InS
survivors are hts wife, Mrs LiLIiSg
Ricketts,. and the following sisters anu
brothers.: Mrs. Lizzie Thomas, Ml-'
Ellen Mcclellan, Miss Dora RlcAeuS'
James and Joe Ricketts,.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
NAyALISM AND MILITARIsM.

(Speech of Congressman John n
Tillman. in the house OF representa-
tives, Tuesday. Aug. %, 1850
Mr.. Tillman. Mr.. Speaker. / prefer
to take the risks OF war rather than
burden the country with the taxes nee
essary to provide the naval and mill
tary equipment called for by the naval
and army bills. as agreed upon in con-
ference. hence l shall vote against
both measures. Our people will not
quietly submit to the expenditure
which these bills impose. The cost OF
armament necessary to satisfy these
demands is prohibitive.
There is no such thing as being pre-
pared for war. In support of their po-
sition, advocates OF these bills assert
that Belgium was not prepared to re-
sist Germany, hence was overrun
Belgium, even if she had bankrupted
herself, could not have been prepared
to resist successfully this invasion.
Mark what stupendous sums we are
asked to appropriate this session. to
say nothing of future budgets-$267, :
100000 for the army and $315,00O, O00
for the navy-more money than all the
nations of the old world together ever
appropriated for these purposes in
any one year prior to the beginning OF
the great war. These foreign nations
are militaristic, and while disclaiming
navalism and militarism we are leap
ing at one bound into the midst OF
navalism and militarism.
Last year congress appropriated for
the navy $4,000, 900 and for the army
S101 900 900, enough, it would seem
TO satisfy the most rabid lingo. One
battleship costs now $15,000,O00, and
its upkeep requires a million a year
If it escapes a mine or a submarine
it is ready for the scrap heap in g
few years. In the great sea battle OF
JutIand the Queen Mary, the new Eng
lish cruiser, costing S15,0O0,000, was
sunk with all on board in just six min
utes. These ships are too expensive
to fight with.
Before embarking on militarism and
navalism we should wait till the close
of the great world war now bleeding
Europe white, and then the nations
of the old world will gladly join US in
an agreement to limit ornaments
Europe is already heartily tired OF
what the German crown prince char
acteriZes as the most needless, sense
less struggle Of all the centuries. If
the war continues much longer it is
estimated that it will cost all the bel
igerents over 100000 900 900, stag
gering, colossal debt that will bank
rupt the eastern world.
The war between the states cost
less than 5000 600, 900, and the Ma
poleonic wars, lasting over 20 years,
cost only $15.000,000, 900. Does not
every thoughtful man believe that be-
cause Of the great financial burdens
Europe must henceforth bear because
of this war that we will be in no dan
ger of attack? Two year ago, when
Europe was on her feet, was an arm
ed camp, comparatively free of debt,
we seemed to be in no danger Of at
tack and heard no clamoT for bigger
military and naval establishments. If
we were in no danger then, how can
we be in danger now, when Europe is
on her back, has lost in killed 5000, 900
of her first-Iine troops, with captured,
missing, sick, and wounded amounting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
100000 CHILDREN FREE.

The signing of the federal child la
Dor bill by President Wilson marks
the end OF a long, hard fight for the
protection of the working children of
the country from the consequences of
too early toll.
The house passed the measure in the
first half of President Wilson's first
term, but 1t reached the senate too
late in the session for il to be enacted
into law. This session IL again passed
the house and when there was shown
some disposition to put the bill over
until the December session the presi-
dent himself went to the capitol to
urge its passage before congress ad-
journed. 1t passed the senate by a
vote of SO to II.
The bill prohibits the shipment in
Interstate commerce Of the product
any mine or quarry where children
under 16 years are employed, or of
any factory or cannery where children
under IA are employed, or children
under 16' are allowed 10 work at night,
or more than eight hours a day. About
a quarter of a million children are af-
fected by the new statute, according
10 the figures of 1910, who in that
year were found at work in mines and
factories. IL is easy 10 see what an
army OF children there will be, as the
years go by, freed from the curse OF
labor.
II is really a second emancipation
proclamation that President Wilson
put his hand and seal TO when he
signed the Heating child labor bill.
From the point OF view of human well
fare, IL is perhaps the most impor-
tant act Of his administration
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
Selected by Tavenner

to the startling total of 100000, and
burdened with a debt that VIII Keep
the faces of her people in the dust
forever?
Oh, but we must have preparedness.
Against whom? Will preparedness
avert war? 1t did not in the case OF
Germany; on the contrary, 1t provok-
ed war. In the early days in Arkah-
sas, the man tactless enough to have
a pistol in his hip pocket was usually
the first man on the grounds to get
into a difficulty.
Note the enormous sums appropria-
ted now and about to be appropriated
under the various preparedness meas
ures, and distributed as follows:
Navy, $313,384 1924.
Army, 1857 ,596. 530.10.
Fortifications, $25,747 $50.
Military academy, 81 ,225, 043.57.
Nitrate plant, 500 200, 900.
Army and navy deficiency, $34 ,523,-
O00
The appropriations for defense last
year were:
Navy, $149,661 S64.SS.
Army, $101 ,974 1857.
Fortifications, $4,000 ,216.9o.
Military academy, 81 9,813.37.
The increase for preparedness over
bills of last year is as follows:
Navy, $163, 1922, 52436.
Army, $165, 622 ,33423.
Fortifications, 1851 1910.
Military academy, SIS, 230.20.
An astonishing total of 1862, 49,
1921 appropriated this session.
Thus by leap and a bound we as
tonish the world by a military and a
naval program exceeding many
millions the aggregate sums opri-
ated in any one year Of all the coun-
tries of all the world combined prior
to 1914.
Already Japan insists that this pro-
gram means aggression upon our part
toward her and the east.
What will our war-hating, peace
loving constituents think OF these big
scale preparations?
A bond issue will be necessary, and
a revenue bill taxing everybody is on
its swift way to passage.
But the friends Of this preparedness
program say, I'VE do not want these
big guns and these great ships to fight
with; we want them to bluff WITH
and so we are asked to touch the re-
Iuctant taxpayer with the Midas fin
ger of the state and bleed gold from
him to pay for equipment, for gold
laced admirals, and saber-rattling
generals to sport with and to bluff
with.
I favor reasonable preparedness.
These measures go beyond that
made my campaign against nayalism
and militarism and am keeping faith
with my people in voting against the
naval and military bills on final pas
sage. No question of party regularity
is here involved. The prasident-and
l am his loyal friend and supporter
distinctly states that the preparedness
issue is entirely non-partisan. The
republicans are for these measures al
most to a man and have sought at
every step attending their considera-
ton to increase the size of these ap-
prOpriations. / am voting against
both the army bill and the naval ap-
preparation as increased by the senate
and stand with the democratic leader.
Mr.. Kitchin, and a respectable minor
ity of my party in this opposition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE

The Associated Press used the
wrong word and gave credit to the
wrong parties when it said in dis
patch TO The Argus that: THE Adam
son eight-hOur day bill, exacted from
congress last week by the railroad
brotherhoods as the price for calling
of the nationwide strike order for to-
morrow, was signed by President Will
son today in his private car at the
Union station, where he stopped on his
way from Shadow Lawn, y. J., to
Hodgenyille, KY"
The fact IS that the Legislation which
passed congress and was signed by
the president was not "exacted" by
any one and less by the labor unions
OF all the influences that prevailed in
the passage Of the eight-hour law. The
trainmen leaders "eXacted' nothing
from congress. They did not appeal TO
congress 10 act in the matter. They
made no demand on any man or set of
men but the managers of the railroad
Conference Had these responded with
any reasonable concessions the train
men would have continued operations
and doubtless a final agreement would
have been reached The managers
chose not 10 do this. Seeing the gray
by Of the situation, President Wilson
Invited both sides TO confer with him
as the representative of all the people
San arbiter-that should have been
Needed by both sides and was needed
ey the trainmen Representatives. The
obduracy Of the railroad managers was
responsible for the imminence OF
disastrous strike. that would have in
bred the interests of the whole peo-
pie Of the United States, and brought
calamity upon the country President
Wilson patrfOtfCaily and c0ura geOusly
stepped 10 the front and made a direct
snd persuasive appeal 10 congress.
That body willingly and periodically
responded and a disastrous strike was
Iverted. The president could have re-
NAMED silent, congress could have dis
bgreed and passed no legislation and
he people who would have suffered
lrnmeasurably would have placed the
blame upon the railroad managers who
refused 70 listen 10 reason. But Presi-
tent Wilson heard the voice. OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
Il z
Z 4 l. K s
Things In the Butter.
X By MLLIAM BRADY.MOn

Things In the Butter.
The thought that such Iuxuries as
butter and ice-cream may convey dis
ease germs is unpleasant but true
There are more things in the butter
than a star boarder ever dreamed OF.
Mike is well known to be an ideal
culture medium for germs. Harm
less germs, called saprophytes, are
present by the millions in milk. Even
the cleanest and most desirable grade
or milk, certified milk, contains as
many as 10000 germs per teaspoon
fuL-haFmIess germs. The ordinary
milk peddled by milk dealers con
tains from l00,0 900 to 100000 germs
per spoonful, and then some, when
the milkman is a dirty fellow.
Occasionally disease germs are
carried in milk. The streptococcus
OF septic sore throat, the typhoid
bacillus, the tubercle bacillus and the
diphtheria bacillus are carried in
milk. The streptocoecus and the
tubercle bacillus come from diseased
animals; the diphtheria bacillus and
the typhoid bacillus from contamina-
ton of the milk by human carriers
Of these germs.
Most OF the germs in milk rise
with the cream and survive for a
time at least in the butter. Hence
1t Is a great comfort to know that
the butter is made from clean or
certified milk or from milk from tn
berculin-tested cows, or at least from
milk from dairy which is conducted
In a Clearly way. tuberculosis has
been produced in rabbits by the injec-
ton OF butter from tuberculous COW.
tuberculosis germs have been found
IN market butter by numerous in
Vestigators. However. no one has
produced positive evidence that hu-
man beings ever acquire tuberculosis
from butter. There is nevertheless
scientlhc reason for the belief that
many cases of scrofula tuberculosis
OF the lymph nodes in the neck) are
caused by tubercle bacilli from the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
Chicago Herald).

Our republican friends, who, pri-
vately at least, have been greatly dis
turbed over the character of the cam
paign being made by Mr.. Hughes and
the resultant lack of enthusiasm. were
feeling bit more cheerful yesterday
over the news from Nashville.
In that city he met a discourteous,
heckling audience, and, stung by
Kisses and Interruptions, showed a
flash of his old fighting spirit He
silenced the hecklers and turned ILL
hammered criticism into applause by a
clean-cut declaration of what he
would have done" in Mexico and by
taking a position directly opposed to
the method preferred by Mr.. Wilson
for dealing with the railway strike
situation. Said Mr.. Hughes:
Il stand firmly for the principle of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07

done when the people have made
known their desire for his service in
their behalf The averting of the i'm
pending strike was a response to
popular demand. II that had not been
listened to and obeyed the wheels Of
industry and commerce would have
ceased TO revolve and the people would
have had to endure a calamity of gil
gantic proportions. The wisdom and
courage OF President Wilson saved the
people from the catastrophe which
they pleaded they should be saved
from. That is all. But IT is a great
victory for the people.