davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-08
FINDS Sl2 COAL
IS UNWARRANTED
Government Officials Hold
Some Prices Are Due to
Manipulation.

WASHINGTON. Dec. S. InfOr-
nation gathered from many sources
by government officials conducting
the nation wide inquiry into the
high cost Of living pointed with in
Creasing directness Thursday night
20 the conclusion that the soaring
prices OF certain necessities Of life
were due. 20 some extent. at least.
10 the manipulations Of food and
other spectators VINO had combin-
ed 10 force quotations upward
These combinations are believed
by the government Investigators to
have been criminal in character.
rather spasmodic and rather short
lived.
No Need Of S12 Coal.
Special attention is being given
just now TO alleged price manipula-
ton in the so-called coal corner
which recently resulted in sending
prices 70 a panic level Investiga-
ton OF the high price Of coal. hard
ly yet begun. has already convinced
some officials that there was no
warrant whatever for So coal in
Boston and New York other than
the activity of these alleged com
binations. Whether men who profit
cd most can be punished under fed
eral laws is said 10 be still under
consideration
With the investigation in its in
fancy. officials were unwilling 20
predict where il might lead. The
activities Of certain men. however.
are known 10 be under surveillance
and no small part OF the work as
signed the so odd investigators in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-08
Ladies Sweaters, SIS to So

We specialize in Ladies Sweaters, too-al the new
styles and coorS including the New V-neck Sailor Col
lar effects See them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-08
BATH AND LOUNGING ROBES

Better values and bigger aSSomenn Blanket Silk
oongs and plain $685. $780, $3.50 $780, $780, $780,
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
TAFT'S CHANGE.

Professor Taft, whose time while
he was president was largely spent in
defending incompetent subordinates
from the indignation of the people
(Mr. Ballinger is notable example), !,
has again stepped into the limelight
with an expression of the nations mill
ttary needs, delivered to the students
at the Iowa State Agricultural col
lege at Ames. He would have "a navy
as large as that of any power that in
addition supports standing army"
To begin with, every nation in the
world that is entitled to be called
"power" supports a standing army.
Mr.. Taft, decrying militarism, would
saddle the United States with the
burden Of a navy as large as that Of
Great Britain, which supports stand
ing army in times of peace as large
as our own corporal's guard.
There was never a better opportun-
fly since the Civil war to increase the
navy than during Mr.. Taft's term of
the presidency. AS an actual fact
there was less naval building done, or
authorized, during those four years
than before or since. Not having the
nerve TO assert himself, for what were
Just as pressing needs while he was
in office, Mr. Taft is now endeavoring
in his calm, judicial way to make diff
culties for the Wilson administration,
out of which he hopes may grow pol
itical provender for the G. o. P. ele-
plant next fall.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
REAL INVESTMENTS.

Our thoughts, our habits Of thinking
our attitude of mind-these are our
real investments in this life, and as
they are so must be our dividends. We
attribute too much importance to en-
vironment, to outside influences, in the
shaping of our characters and our
lives
Our characters and our lives, un-
fold, like the rose, from within. AS
the stream flows out from the hidden
spring, so each life flows out from the
mind. If the spring is pure, the stream
is pure; and as the mind is, so is the
life. Our every thought is an invest
ment-the only real investment we can
make-and like unto it will be our
dividends. These in the aggregate, no.
Bile or base. true or false, make up
our fortunes or our failures.
According to his thought invest
ments, each one Of us may make him
self millionaire of cheerfulness, of
charitable impulse, of human helpful
ness, or he may make himself a moral
bankrupt and a miserable pauper. For,
after all of the so-called practical
things are said-after all the gold in
the world is weighed-the real riches
of this life, our dividends of real SUBJ
stance, are the satisfaction and the up
lift we get in our hearts, and the salts
faction and uplift we give to the
hearts of others.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
sNEyER THOUGHT OF THAT~

There was a convention of mayors
at st. Louis the other day. and this
body Of representative citizens de-
clared most emphatically for extensive
army and navy preparedness; and the
more extravagant the demands the
more vociferously were they applaud
ed. But something was overlooked at
this convention-and, strange to re-
mark, 1t is something that has been
overlooked at every similar public
gathering which would carry more
weight than all the resolutions it is
possible to conceive. Why did not
some one, as an earnest of their good
faith, offer there and then a pledge
committing them severally and collec-
lively to enlistment in the ranks of
that larger army for which they were
clamoring? This done, and the public
would have had an evidence of their
patriotism that would have counted
for something, for there is nothing
more infectious than example, and es-
pecially in heroics. However, We fear
their much-vaunted patriotism is after
the manner of that of Artemus Ward
who, in the days of the Civil war, said
he was willing to sacrifice all his wife's
relations in defense of his country
Warsaw Qll) Bulletin.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
BIRD AND ARBOR DAYS.

In line with a proclamation made
by Governor Dunno designating Fri
day, April IA, as Arbor day. and Friday,
Oct 20, as Bird day in Illinois, Francis
G. Blair, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, has issued pamphlet
for the guidance of teachers and pupils
who want to celebrate the two holidays
intelligently.
1--WE must plead and fight to keep
man with his modern engines os de-
| struction and construction from strip
ping the remainder of the earth Of ev-
cry living thing that stands IN the way
of efficiency and dividends" said Su-
perintendent Blair. I'VE must fight
to keep a little fringe of shrubbery
along our streams. We must work for
larger natural preserves and parks
which shall be forever protected from
the hand of greed. We must arouse a
strong and intelligent sentiment in
favor of our wild birds and their right
to exist. We must continue to pre-
claim that every wild shrub and tree
that may give sanctuary to a bird pays
its way and to preach new crusade
and greater appreciation and bet
ter protection Of our wild trees and
wild birds"
Something besides hogs and corn on
the farm will do much to keep young
pe ,ple from the cities is to chief
thought expressed, in the pamphlet
The something" is trees and shrubs tc
soften the bleak prairie landscapes
and birds to make May days worth
while.
Sell hog and have some beauty
urged one of the writers who contrib.
uted to the paper. "A few trees make
all the difference between house and
a home"
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31

to load the sugar trust upon the backs
of the people. He points out that the
party promised the consumers of this
country that it would stand for free
sugar.
The leaders In congress declare that
by reason of new conditions it is nee
essary to call back the promise made,
that sugar must again be made to fur
nish revenue with which to conduct the
affairs of this government. This claim
Congressman Tavenner fatty denies.
He maintains that militarism and ex-
travagance are responsible for the
shift He insists that it is better that
the government at Washington econ'
omize than the ultimate consumer be
further burdened.
The people of the Fourteenth district
remember we'll the pledges made by
Congressman Tavenner and remember
ing those pledges will be in position
TO pass upon the issue involved. Con-
gressman Tavenner Is redeeming his
personal promises. He has refused to
sacrifice personal conviction for the
sake of a temporary party expediency.
As time goes by and events fall into
their proper relation 1t will become
more and more apparent that the mem
ber from the Fourteenth district spoke
with strict regard for the truth when
he said that II the congress had been
less extravagant it would not at this
time be considered necessary to i'm
pose further tax burdens upon the
people.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
Rock Island-From River to
River.
Home Corners
A TTENTION Of Subscribers-

a TTENTION of Subscribers
~ Ii you know of any former
resident of this city or county now
living elsewhere, outside OF a ra.
dius of so miles of Rock Island,
and will send the name and ad-
dress Of each former resident to
The Argus. a copy Of this paper
will be sent gratis to the name and
address given, daily from May Is
to July /.
This proposition is made in or
der to afford the most extended
opportunity for the widest and full
est cooperation in making the Fort
Armstrong Celebration and Tri-
City Home Coming to be held In
the tri-cities June 18th to oath in
elusive, a happy as well as a won-
derful historical event, and If you
will send in the names of your
friends you will not only secure for
them a copy of daily paper from
the home town for the period men-
toned, but will be likewise con-
tributing to the making of the cele-
brati0n the most successful event
ever held in the Mississippi valley.
Address Home Coming Commit
tee, Fort Armstrong Centennial
Celebration, care of The Rock Is
land Argus.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
Protest Treatment OF Jews.

Petrograd, March.-An Interpolation
in the Duma has been addressed to
the government by prominent liberal
members regarding the alleged illegal
action of the authorities against the
Jews, particularly in Moscow.
On Jan. 81 the Moscow police car
ried out a wholesale anti-Jewish RAID
arresting old men and women In the
streets merely because they were Jews
or resembled Jews. and without any
formal charge. according to the inter-
pellation. The signers of the petition
denounce these proceedings as lfiegai
and unpermissable from the point OF
view of the real interests OF the state
They ask whether the ministry IS
aware of these acts, and what steps
have been taken TO eliminate the con-
sequences and to punish the guiiN
persons.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
The Daily Story
A Cryptogram-By F. A. Mitchell.

paper back to her daughter she gave
the meaning John had put upon It.
Imogene was much affected. She
told her mother that she would charge
her fiance with being in clandestine
correspondence with another girl and
if he did not make a satisfactory ex.
PLANTATION she would break her en-
gagement. Mrs. Blair told her that
Shackelford would doubtless trump up
an explanation and begged Imogene
to act without consulting him. After
a long struggle, in which the mother
strove to convince the daughter that
Shackelford wanted her only for the
wealth she would inherit, Imogene
was prevailed upon and wrote him
note breaking with him without with
out giving any reason.
So thin was the evidence on which
this conspiracy was based that Mrs.
Blair took advantage of the sea-
son, February, to whisk her daughter
off to Florida and kept her there till
the hot weather drove them home. On
their return they found Shackelford
engaged to a girl whose first name
happened to be Laura, with a fortune
in her own right.
This was conclusive proof to Imo-
gene that the paper she had discovered
was cipher love letter. Partly to
show the recreant Shackelford that
she did not love him and partly from
the dawn Of common sense within her
she accepted John Stebbins.
Some time after their marriage John
twitted his wife as to her affair with
Shackelford. She produced the cryp-
togram. John looked at 1t curiously,
forgetting that he had ever seen 1t be
fore.
What is it," asked his wife
"The combination Of safe lock"
What
Turn from zero to 6, then right to
D. then left to IL"
"Oh. my goodness gracious
But Imogene. lived TO be thankful
that she had turned down dancer FOR
a practical business man and did not
mind the way In which the scale had
been turned in favor Of the latter.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
Side1ights on the European War

Bucharest, Correspond
ence of the Associated Press) ).-Oppo-
nents Of the Bratianu government here
hold the view that the contract for the
sale of $4,000 carloads of wheat, made
between the Rumanian central COM
mission and the British purchasing
bureau in this city, will give rise to
much trouble before the transactions
covered by it will have been terminal
ed.
The quantity of wheat sold is S00,-
! 600 tons. Rumania can store in rail-
road sheds and harbor storages only
100000 tons, leaving of the British
purchase alone 100000 tons to be
! housed in some other manner. At
| present this wheat is still in the gran
aries and silos of the producers, but
the room taken by it will shortly be
needed by the new crop of about O.
440, 900 tons Of wheat alone, not count
ing large quantities of legumes, barley,
rye and oats.
| If the British were able to export
the wheat bought, the storage problem
would not exist, but there is at this
time no opportunity of doing this. The
Russian railroads offer the only route
Of export and these, owing to the mil
itary situation, are not available
The contract made by the British
bureau calls for the removal of the
wheat within six months Of the making
Of peace. Bratianu's opponents argue
that this means storing the wheat for
year or more possibly and that dur
ing this time the transaction will re-
main unfinished, with Rumania carry
ing all the risks that are involved
Even many Bratianu partisans see an
element Of political and economic dan
ger in this.
The wheat will be paid for by the
Rumanian National bank with paper
currency to the amount of 262,O0O, 600
lei, the equivalent of 10,000000 pounds
sterling, called for in the contract
The British bureau will cause the de-
posting in London bank to the credit
of the Rumanian National bank of gold
to the value Of one-third of 10000 ,O0C
pounds sterling. On this base or Sc
curity the Rumanian National bank OF
gold to the value Of one-third of TO-
100000 pounds sterling. On this base
or security the Rumanian Nationa,
bank will issue three times as much
Rumanian lei or a total of 262, 900 900.
During the war the gold stock ei
this paper currency will remain in de.
posit in London, while the Rumaniar
National bank will have issued its
equivalent in Rumanian paper to pay
for the wheat bought by the British
bureau. The opposition here says thai
this is a dangerous procedure. The
British government, 1t is asserted
could at any time seQuestrate the gol(
base of the paper currency involved
and thus oblige the Rumanian govern
ment to engage in policy or acts con.
trary to the best interests of The
country. Rumanian credit would b,
ruined for many years if the British
government seized the emission basi.
OF $4,000, 900 Rumanian paper lei, be
cause the money would then have M
other value than the wheat held il
the country.
| Critics of the British contract seen
to overlook, however, the fact that tn.
wheat held in that case by the Ruma
nian government would, under presen
market conditions. have approximate,
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
(The Public.

The complaint that 1--WE are not pre-
pared for defense" is bad enough in
view of annual appropriation by con-
gress of more than 100000, 900 for
army and navy purposes for many
successive years. But bad as that
complaint may be, it is as nothing at
all compared with the cry that has
arisen since the New Mexican border
raid. 1t is now said that in spite of
this enormous expenditure the army
was not prepared to do a little police
duty, such as any competent sheriff
could have performed with hastily
gathered posse. Appropriation for the
army amounting since 1905 to more
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
UNSUITABLE EPREPARATIONISTS

than billion dollars have failed to
put it in condition to protect the bor-
der against few outlaws-if the Chi
cago Tribune and other preparationist
papers are to be believed. These pa
pers say that Congress should have
been appropriating more money for
the army than it did. But how much
more money is needed to put the
United States army on an equal foot
ing with Villas? And how many times
more will be needed at that rate, to
prepare against the preparationists'
European and Asiatic bugaboos? II
seems about time for congress to make
the investigation of army and naval
expenditures asked for by Congress
man Tavenner.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
Preparing for Hay Fever.

In that eminently scientific journal,
the Annals OF Otology, Rhinology and
Laryngology, for June, 1915, DR.. ]. l..
Goodale presents a valuable article
upon pollen treatment in hay fever.
Having determined by skin inoculation
tests which particular pollen is ac-
countable for a given individuals s
trouble, Goodale proceeds to immu-
nize the victim against that pollen by
administering a prolonged series of
gradually increasing doses Of the pol
len hypodermically.
In order to find out which pollen is
responsible a number Of slight
scratches are made upon the patients
skin, and different pollen extracts
rubbed in. The specific Or causative
pollen alone produces characteristic
reaction. The exciting pollen being
thus identified, the initial dose for i'm
munization is determined by the dilu-
ton which just fails to excite the char
acteristic skin reaction In a second
series Of scratches inoculated only
with varying dilutions Of the exciting
toxin. Hypodermic doses are then CIV
en- every two to six days. The time
required for the course Of treatment
varies in different cases with the type
Of pollen sensitization and the indi-
vidual patients general condition.
Persons subject to hay fever had bet
ter stop searching for an empirical
cure" and abusing our noble, II un-
satisfactory, profession. Here is the
| logical, common sense way to over
come the malady. Hay fever is moth
| ing but "sensitization" to some par
ticular variety Of pollen, and the OBJ
vious relief lies in process of i'm
munization against that pollen.
| Now, let no one write for further
particulars. We have told all there
is to tell right here. We cannot give
the address of any specialists, nor the
cost of the treatment, nor anything
else than the facts as stated. Your
| family doctor can answer your ques-
tions, can administer the treatment as
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
Selected by Tavenne r

now the protective tax is either a tax
or 1t is not tax. If it is tax. then
the democratic party is putting a tax
upon the food of every man, woman
and child in the United States. IL the
protective tariff is not tax, then for
20 years in this country the demo-
cratic party has been peddling out the
finest line of staple and fancy bunk
ever set before the people of a civil
ized country. It's really nothing to us
which Of these two hot bricks the dem
ocrats pick up. They will drop 1t
quickly enough"
But the democratic congressman,
who voted for the sugar tariff, are not
the only ones who stultified them
selves. The republicans and progress
sives did tho same They claim to ia
vor protective tariff for no other
reason than for the benefit Of the
American workingman. But the sugar
tariff has never raised the wages of
the negro plantation hands of Louis
lana, of the Japanese and Chinese Ia
borers of Hawaii, of the Porto Ricans,
now on strike for dollar day, or of
the child laborers and foreign born Ia
borers in the beet fields. These pro-
tectionists must either be densely ig-
norant about labor conditions in the
/ sugar industry, or their alleged solici-
tude for labor belongs to the same
class Of staple and fancy bunk as
that dished out by the democrats. Dis
credit for support of the sugar tariff
is not confined to one party. The only
congressman who acted creditably in
this affair were the 13 democrats and
one socialist, who voted against the
bill-The Public.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31
FORCING ENLISTMENT.

A secret society with a charter mem
bership of 20 young women has been
formed in Monroe, Wis, who have
pledged themselves not to accept the
company Of any young man who IL
not member Of the national guard
The effectiveness Of this boycott re-
mains to be seen. 1t is possible that
the 20 young women in question may
not have been especially favored by
the youth Of Monroe, and it is almost
treason to hint it, but they may not
be comely maidens. However, If they
are winners and are acting purely
from patriotic motives, then they are
to be commended. For some time
earnest efforts have been made in this
city to recruit the local militia COM
pany to its full peace strength. II
appears strange that 1t Is impossible
to get this number OF young men to
volunteer their services to the state,
1t is quite true that a membership in
militia company Is not a bed of
roses. At the same time 1t is not q
hardship and many find 1t interesting,
instructing and physically beneficial.
In view Of the fact that there may be
afforded a good opportunity for the
national guard to see duty on the
Mexican border, person naturally
wonders what has become of the spirit
Of adventure that formerly fired the
mind of the young man. The situa-
ton at present approaches close to
that which prevailed Just before the
Spanish war, when hun
dreds Of youngsters of this city re-
sorted to all sorts Of expedients to
enlist. Perhaps the girls will have
to take a hand here in forcing their
"fellers" to shoulder gun.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-03-31

we'll as anybody else. II he won't ao
it, then let him refer you to some ona
who will. Surely that would be fai,
enough.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Why Some Doctors Still Prescribe n
Why are beer, wine, brandy. e,c
sometimes prescribed by physicians
for heavy colds and other disorde,ss
Answer-A physician who diagnoses
"a heavy cold" would Just naturallv
have no clear conception Of the treat.
ment. Some physicians prescribe TAN.
lets and proprietary medicines with
out knowing Just what ingredients tbev
contain. Why do they do It? Ws,l
we suppose they don't know any BET.
ter.
Glasses Do Cnre Headaches.
Several weeks ago we expressed A
desire to hear from readers who have
had experience in wearing glasses for
the relief of headaches. The response
has been lively. We only wish va
could print all the letters. While a
cured patient is proverbially uAgrate.
full and disappointed one always loves
to knock the doctors, nevertheless VIC
have received over two hundred let.
ters praising various oculists and On
ticians, and only four Of the other kind
So We conclude that carefully-ftted
glasses do cure headaches-which ia
something like the conclusion OF the
fellow who said. "The world do move"
Membranous Group Is Diphtheria.
Will plenty Of fresh air keep a child
from having membranous Group?
Answer-Membrano Group Is an
obsolete synonym for laryngeal diph-
liberia. Fresh air opposes, but we can
not say it will prevent diphtheria.
Notice to Correspondents.
The following correspondents are re-
quested to send stamped, addressed en-
velopes for private reply, together
with a repetition Of their first letters:
| Mrs. E. A, Mrs. E. H., Mrs. H. F. R.,
Mrs. ]. W., Mrs. C. N, Mrs. B., jill,
H. c., H. H, Mrs. E. ]. w, F.. K.H.
L. NJ, Harriet, Mrs. s. G. P. and T. G,