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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
ENCLAND's NEW ORDER

Great Britain has issued another or
der in council which provides that
neither a vessel nor her cargo shall
be immune from capture for breach
of blockade upon the sole ground that
she at the moment is on the way to a
non-blockaded port" In other words
the mere fact that a ship is carrying
goods from a neutral country, con-
signed to the central powers or their
allies, shall be sufficient cause for its
confscation as prize of war, whether
that cargo be contraband, conditional
contraband or non-contraband, merely
blockaded ION paper" or a neutral
port.
England has talked long and loudly
Of the sacredness of international law.
When Britain's antagonists in this war
have violated those ephemereal
statutes the wall Of woe has echoed in
every corner OF the world. In other
times Of English peace when belliger-
ents have infringed on England's ma
tional rights the whole power Of the
British empire has moved to protest
and to threaten. International law
has never had such a severe or sturdy
champion as Great Britain-until It be-
came England's profit to violate It.
This latest order in council is & final
blow at the international rights for
which we fought England in 1912, bot
tied the mistress Of the seas 10 a
standstill and compelled her 10 &C
cede to our demands Of immunity from
orders in council, to seizure Of Ameri-
can cargoes and impressment Of Amer
lean sailors. 1t recalls that painful
era when Great Britain made its arbi-
trary orders on the high seas and en-
forced them by the power Of its navy
until our smaller feet, under captains
whose courage has never been match
ed, forced REIMBURSEMENT Of usurped
power and returned 10 the neutral
world those rights which until now
ave never been disputed.
When the United States undertook.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
Sidelights on the European War

Zurich, Switzerland.-After publish
ing many Joking stories OF the efforts
Of George l.. Lorrillard, the recently
appointed American charge d'affaires
TO Serbia, to find the court to which
he was accredited the Viennese news
papers are now praising his Jealous
activities in aiding Austrian and Hun
garian prisoners Of war in Albania.
According to the latest reports, Mr..
Lorrillard found 500 of these prisoners
at Scutari and another coo at Alessio.
After satisfying himself that they
were in good hands Mr.. Lorrillard
gave the Albanian families sheltering
the men out of pure charity, a gener-
Gus recompense. At AlessiO he bought
up all the fish and bread in the town
and personally distributed It.
Ambassador Penfield's untiring la
bors in the interests Of the Austrians
and Hungarians scattered abroad are
also thankfully acknowledged by the
Vienna press. Between the end Of
July, 1914, and the 3lst Of December
last, the Embassy in Vienna had re-
ceived LILO letters from these unfor-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
At intervals we have stated that, Of !

At intervals we have stated that, OF
the three types OF goitre. the simple
goitre of young girls is durable by
good general medical treatment plus
patience; the cystic goitre, the largest
goitre. is incurable by any known
method except surgical excelsior; and
the exophthalmic goitre, which is only
part of a serious systemic disturbance
shown by marked nervousness, palpita-
ton, rapid heart, prominent or bullying
eyes, tremor and general weakness, Is
durable in three-fourths OF the cases
by careful medical treatment plus COM
plete rest, and in about onefourth OF
the cases the disease Is 30 severe, the
general strength and life itself is SO
much endangered. that operation must
be resorted to as a heroic measure.
Still great many people write to
ask if we will kindly recommend a
cure for goitre." AS we'll ask doctor
to suggest a good remedy for general
weakness or that tired feeling.
Sometimes even simple goitre, which
causes no symptoms other than the an
noyance of the large neck, is operated
! upon when it fails to respond to simple
treatment, rather to improve the pa
TENTS appearance than for any other
reason.
| In the average surgeons hands the
operations usually performed for ex-
ophthalmic goitre are fairly success
full, though by no means a radical
cure. such as you would expect in an
operation for hernia or weeping sinew
Thus, Of 121 patients operated upon for
exophthalmic goitre In one Of our best
| clinics and traced afterward, 55 were
reported cured; % patients continue al
times to have mild relapses under the
effects of nervous strain, though pretty
we'll most Of the time; were i'm
proved, but had still some evidence OF
the old trouble; 5 were slightly i'm,
proved; s failed TO derive benefit from
the operation; 8 were operated upon q
second time: 81 died, Of them soor
after operation. Thus the operation
for exophthalmic goitre is to be con-
sidered a fairly successful, but not a
radical or surely curative treatment.
The best outlook for patient with
exophthalmic goitre is an early course
Of medical treatment. aided by pro-
longed rest-an open-air rest cure, /!
possible, such as that commonly en-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11

In 1912, to tame the lion Of the seas
this nation was small and weak. Tory
ism was still rampant and Madison
was fighting reluctance in his new
congress TO oppose what some Ameri
cans even then were pleased to call
Mother Country
Today we rank among the great
powers. Our strength, which lies in
England's necessity, is greater than
that Of 1872 hundredfold. There Is
no need today to go to war with Eng
land to force Reputation Of It's Illegal
DEGREES. We have at hand more ter
rible weapon with which TO back
stand for recognized rights.
International law says that block
AIDES. even of so-called blockaded
ports, must be effective TO be binding;
that paper blockade has no standing;
that a blockade wherein the blockad-
ing feet merely stands along the ocean
lanes and stops and seiZes ships bound
for "blockaded" nations is illegal and
It's results not binding but rather call
for apologies and indemnificat1ons.
England's orders in council. from the
first one. which extended the list of
contraband of war far beyond the one
promulgated in The Hague treaty.
down to this last one are fagrantly in
violation OF international law.
Having talked so much and so earn
estly of the sacredness Of international
law as it has been violated by the CEN
trail powers and their allies the United
States is bound in all consistency to
take action against the entente powers.
Annoying as have been the interior
enCes Of the Lusitania, the Arabic, the
Persia and the Sussex affairs, we can
not longer. in justice to ourselves, per-
nit them to defect our attention from
| England's violations Of international
law, which have been quite as fragrant,
though lacking in large degree the
viciousness of submarine attractions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
RURAL CREDIT.

Myron T. Herrick, Of Ohio, former
ambassador to France, has an article
in the Journal Of the American Bank
ers' Association in which he severely
criticizes the Hollis rural credits bill,
now pending in congress. He says that
if this bill should pass there would be
at Washington farm loan board COM
posed Of the secretary Of the treasury
and four appointees Of the president,
who would be charged with the duty
Of establishing twelve federal land
banks, and with the power Of estab-
fishing as many more such banks as
should be thought desirable. All mem
bers and employees Of the board would
be government functionaries.
According to Mr. Herrick the sys-
TEN proposed by Senator Hollis
would not improve land credit nor
solve the problems Of financing the
farmer. He feels that il is simply a
scheme for subsidizing special class
and to dole out government funds and
favors regardless Of the taxpayers and
Of the rights Of farmers who might
not wish to borrow. There is no
limit, he says, to the amount Of obli-
cations in which the credit Of the
United States might become involved.
Mr.. Herrick continues:
Senator Hollis proposes to launch
the United States into stupendous
undertaking, indeed No other coun-
try has brought to light such a daring
and enthusiastic agrarian as the jun
ior senator from New Hampshire. His
plans are unparalleled, when one con-
siders the possible amount of the is
sues and the fact that the bonds may
be drawn to be paid with per cent
interest in some future generation
and be used as securities to extract
deposits and advances from the fed
eral treasury, and that the money thus
realized may be invested in loans
split up into II semi-annual install
ments. But, unbelievable as this may
appear, it must not be forgotten that
the senate passed one bill and the
house another bill at the last session
of congress for a similar use of the
cash and credit of the United States
government.
Mr.. Herrick asserts that, although
the Hollis bill is known as the rural
credits measure of the administration
/ the opposition which is gaining head
/ way against it is not confined to re-
publicans. He says dissatisfaction is
being shown by senators and repre-,
sentatiyes, irrespective Of politics, in
various states where there is no pos
sihility Of the systems working tc
good effect, and he expresses the hope
that the subject Of rural credits viii,
be viewed from all its angles before
congress takes final action.
1t is certainly to be desired that nc
snap action should be taken on so i'm.
portant proposition as this of rura,
credits. AS a banker of large expert.
ence and a close student of ruraI
credits Mr.. Herrick's opinion is worth
something and his criticism Of the
Hollis bill should receive the mos
careful consideration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS,
Cause OF Apoplexy or Stroke OF
PARALYSIS.

What causes cerebral hemorrhags in
a person with hard arteries? Isita
usual occurrence in persons 50 a.
flicted? Is 1t usually fatal?
Answer-Too hearty eating, alco-
holic Indulgence, constipation, anger
excitement, excessive exertion Of anv
kind might cause the fragile sclerosed
artery in the brain to rupture and
bleed-that is stroke Of paralysis. or
apoplexy, or cerebral hemorrhage. II
is not a usual occurrence, but lust q
possibility in case Of pronounced ar
terial disease. 1t is fatal in about
third Of the cases.
Aspirin Depresses the Heart
Please advise me if aspirin Is hab.
It forming drug, and If it weakens the
heart.
Answer-It isn't, but some people do
form the aspirin habit. Like all coal
tar derivatives, It is depressing to the
heart. 1t is certainly not drug to be
taken without medical supervision.
Baby Has Head Sweats.
My baby, s months old, has been
raised on diluted cows milk and lime
water. What makes him sweat so at
night, particularly about the head?
Answer-Probably insufficient nour.
ishment. At s months the baby should
be taking nearly or quite undiluted
milk. Also some clear beef or mutton
broth, fresh fruit juices, and, in some
instances, fresh cream added TO the
milk. Head sweats suggest tendency
to rickets-which is due to faulty nu-
triton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
BY Henry Holmes.

"Weli. am Louis Brackenthaler Of
Bingen. Caspar Houseman sent me
shortly before he died will leaving
his property to me-"
He drew a will from his pocket writ
ten In Houseman's handwriting and
bearing his signature. All looked at it
aghast, for they knew well the tesla
tors writing, and it was his.
This new complication was too much
for the wranglers, and they all left the
premises without a struggle, As they
passed out Herr Brackenthaler stood
bowling and smiling at them, with bis
hat In his hand. and so sa"donic was
his demeanor that they were all glad
when they got away.
One would expect to find the will on
file In the surrogates office. l got the
story from a German barber at Cats
kill while he was shaving me. and as
soon as he had finished l went to the
courthouse and made inquiry there for
1t. l was informed that about once
year some one inquired about a House
man will, but there was no record OF
any such document.
But to finish my story. During the
night following the surrender Of the
Houseman people TO Herr Bracken-
thaler there came up thunderstorm
that caused the mountains to rererbe-
rate, II anything. worse than when
Hendrick Hudson's men had played at
bowls there. For a time it seemed to
those who lived on the banks Of the
river that the whole Catskill mountains
were ablaze. To this very day there
| are citizens Of towns that were settle
ments In those days who remember
| their grandparents or great-grandpar-
! ents giving descriptions of that storm.
the spot below where now stands the
Mountain House shooting up fire Ike
volcano. This is the place where the
meager ruins Of the Houseman castle
stand.
The next morning persons went 10
| this spot and found the H0useman
! house burned TO the ground, the ONLY
remains being a small part of the base
ment wall. AS for Herr Brackenthaler,
the only time he was ever seen was
| when he took possession Of the prop
erty.
The barber who told me the story
has no more doubt that Brackenthaier
was the devil and had claimed his own
than that the tonic he put on my bald
head would restore the hair that for
| merry grew there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
4 Persistent Office Seeker.

Ralph E. Williams Of Oregon, mem
Der Of the republican convention sub
committee, voiced a most cruel and
disheartening commentary yesterday
on the latest pronouncement from
Oyster Bay.
"Roosevelt's receptive attitude has
been known and discounted for a long
time, and will have little bearing on
the convention. 1t has been generally
understood that he would take the re-
publican nomination If he could get
It,"
It must sting the gallyant colonel to
find himself discounted instead of
rated at a premium, but he might as
we'll get used to it, AS military critics
put it, he has lost the advantage of
surprise. Everybody knows him now
as perennial and yociferous candi-
date for the White house. The only
way he could astonish the people would
be by staying at home and keeping still,
and there is small danger Of his adopt
ing that method.-Chicago Journal
| Oem.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11

ployed for incipient or early tubercn.
losis. This method Of treatment gives
Is per cent of cures, better record
than the best surgery can show
though OF course surgery is the rssor,
Of the worst cases. The damaging ela-
ment in exophthalmtc goitre ia the az.
cessiye secretion Of the thyroid gland
which produces all the alarming symn.
toms. The enlargement Of the neck
may be 80 slight as to escape even
physicians notice, yet the patient sut.
fers the nervous and circulatory symn.
toms in a marked degree. And the dis
ease is seen in men and women. and
from the age Of three years to the ara
of so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11

In February, 1872, a member Of the
supreme court of the United States
was nominated for president by a ma
tional convention of the labor reform
party When notified Of his nomina-
tion the justice said. BE pleased to
thank the convention for the unex-
pected honor which they have con-
ferred upon me. The chief magistracy
Of the republic should neither be sought
nor declined by any American citizen"
Those were the words Of David Davis,
Abraham Lincoln's close friend. lie
had been appointed to the supreme
court by Lincoln and he had served as
one Of the executors of the estate Of
the martyred president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
The Daily Story
The Houseman Inheritance-By Henry Holmes.

CaSpar nUuseman mauy years ugu
ny to the United States, bringing his
wife and children with him. and set
tied at the base Of the Catskill noun
tains in the very region where Rip Van
Wrinkle lived. Why Houseman settled
In such a place where SO little is to be
got out of the ground is not apparent.
Houseman brought means with him
from the fatherland and put it all into
a home directly back Of the present
town Of Catskill. There is nothing
now left of his house except a few
stones that formed the basement. So
no one can say what it was like. but
tradition has it that he fashioned it
after a Rhine castle near whose ruins
he was born and reared. At any rate,
the description that has come down to
US indicates that 1t was a much finer
place than was usual in America at the
time It was built
Houseman's wife died soon after he
came to this country, and soon after
her death he married a widow with
children. This made two sets of chill
dren, Houseman's and those of his sec
ond wife, living together. No sooner
was he married to the widow than she
began to poster him to leave his prop.
erty, which was all In his Catskill
home, to her children, cutting off his
own offspring. BY this time some OF
his children We're old enough to loob
out for their rights. and the conse
Quence was that the poor old man was
besieged first by one family. then by
the other, until-so it is said-he was
well nigh driven crazy.
From all accounts that have come
down to US. it seems likely that these
two parties pulling upon him in oppo
site directions did affect his sanity
| At any rate. when the old man haC
| been driven into his grave by the i'm
portunities OF these different claimant:
and his will was opened great sur
| prise was in store for his survivors
II read:
give and bequeath my estate to IN
| devil.
| Of course this brought about law
suit as TO the disposition of the prop
erty, for such will was not legal
Houseman's children claimed the prop
| erty, his widow claimed IT, and her chill
dren claimed 1t. The case came up be
fore old Nanderdicken. a Dutch iudg
| who could speak no English. The law
| yers could speak nothing but English
and the claimants only spoke German
The consequence was that the cour
broke up In fearful row, the judg
in his wrath stating that the propert.
rightfully belonged to Satan and h
hoped Satan woul,Aset 1t.
| The two families remained under tn
same roof. for neither would surrende
the occupation of the property. The.
were quarreling one day, their voice
extending nearly to the river, som
ten or fifteen miles away. when a maj
was seen standing at the gate quietl
surveying the premises. The dispu
'ants ceased to wrangle. and Mrs
Houseman asked the stranger what h
| wanted
1 have come over from Germany,
he replied, TO claim an inheritance
Is this the property OF Caspar House
man, deceased?"
| at is"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11

tunately situated persons, and de-
spatched 10000 of them. Although the
embassy had handled in this period
5000 letters, of which 1880 belonged
to American citizens, or 1000 less
than those of Austrians and Hungar-
ians. The remaining 2O,0SO letters be.
longed to Belgians, French, English
Italians and Japanese, all of whose in
terests are under the protection of the
American embassy.
London-A new feature of London
life is the appearance of the red
caps, or military police, wearing car
covers OF scarlet, an outward sign ri
stiffened regulations and a call to can.
tlon which the troops are quick to rec.
.ognlze. The red caps" frequent the
railway stations, theatres and public
places where soldiers are most likely
10 Ioregather for the purpose of dis.
covering those who may have forgot
ten the duration of their leave Of ali
sehce from duty at the camps or the
front.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
Pointed Paragraphs.

Silence is sound put to sleep
Set bad example and it will hatch
out mischief.
Courage is thing that enables us
to forget our fears.
Patent leather shoes never remain
as black as they are polished.
Human nature makes us attribute
the success Of others to chance.
The man who can look his wife in
the eye at 2:30 a. m. and explain to
her satisfaction why he did not get
home earlier is an exception.-Chi-
cago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
WITH OTHER EDITORS

got five Of these, so It is charged, by
trading votes with the socialists in
Milwaukee whereby the socialists can
didate for mayor was elected over the
regular republican candidate. LaFol-
lette is practically eliminated from ma
tional politics and the republicans have
reason to feel encouraged on that
account - Bloomington Paragraph
(Rep.O
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
HelnfnlneSS.

Every man and woman ought 10
prize above almost every other quality
the capacity for self help, and yet eF-
cry man and woman will at some time
or other be sorely in need OF the help
OF others and at some time or other
will find that he or she can IN turn
give help even to the strongest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11

Employees of the largest rubber tire
making concerns in England are get
ting up petitions to the government
that a duty be imposed on foreign
made tires coming to that county.
They claim that after the war the Sc
curity Of their employment and Of fel
low workers now with the troops will
be threatened if foreign tires are al
lowed to come into the country free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
Getting the News.

There is no news in this settlement
to speak of We did hear of a man
whose head was blown off by a boiler
explosion, but we didn't have time to
learn his name. Anyhow, he didn't
have no kinfolk in this county, so il
don't matter much.
While going to prayer meeting the
other night, guided by faith and a
lantern, our preacher fell into a dry
we'll about twenty feet deep. | dom
know whether he got out or not, as l
had to be a-going about the time they
went for a rope. to let down to him
Adams (Tenn) Enterprise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11

THE same person who runs to a
newspaper Office to ask suppression
Of an affair in which he is involved is
first to condemn his newspaper for
doing the very thing that it refuses
to do for him. Ever notice it? Trou-
BILE with most people who allow them
selves to get mixed in shady affairs is
that they forget that the newspapers
do not make the news.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
Daily History CIaSS-ApriI II.

1I9-Edward Everett, American ora
tor and statesman. born; died lSo9.
lSl4-Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte OF
France signed the act OF abdlta-
ton of the throne This followed
defeat I'm battle.
iolS-German converted cruiser kroh-
prinz Wilhelm, former ocean liner
which had sunk fourteen merchant
vessels. arrived at Newport News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11

do you want a business man for
PRESIDENT" is the tenor of an adver-
tisement in New York papers. This
must be the publicity end of Mr.. Du
Points campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
IaFOllette Eliminated.

Senator LaFollette's presidential as
pirations have received a cold bath in
Wisconsin. Out Of &c presidential
delegates he will get only 10. And he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
Hen Hicks Says

We once knowed a Teller who wore
long coat with whiskers to match
who would talk two hours on the
wantonness of hypocrisy and then fill
the house with the aroma of cloves
when he returned home to his family
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11

Professor Muensterberg says the
war will end in the spring. But the
professor says a good many things like
that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11

THIRTEEN autos were stolen from
in front Of Chicago theatres Sunday
night. Doubtless most of the owners
are hoping they won't come back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
Dead Ones Don't Count.

For Sale.-Saloon Located at en-.
trance Of largest cemetery in Chicago,
but not wholly dependent on GENE
terry trade.-Chicago Daily News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-11
Asleep at the Switch.

Lost-knitting in toilet room OF
court house; reward Return to Tran
script office-Adv. in Peoria Tran
script.