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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27
The Daily Story
What Brought Her Home-By Ethel Holmes.

7 made insane by the heat. Could 4, h.
/ that her husband had been thus aegect-
| ed?
\ The letter trembled in her hands q.
she read on Swimming over ~.
more Of this "incoherent nonsense. % a.
she called II, the letter closed.
With million kisses. your own true
love. JACK
What caused the greatest fear IN
| Mrs. Cooks breast was the fact thai
there was not a word about the chi
dren. In this epistIe there was surely
no reason 10 be jealous OF them Pgt
II he had forgotten them his delirium
must surely be terrible. What should
she do--telegraph him 20 ask II he had
been sunstruck? That, OF course
would be absurd. She might inqulre
OF others. but when she came 20 think'
over her husbands intimate friends
she remembered every one OF them
was out Of town. Besides suppoging
there was nothing the matter with
John or suppose-she wilted at the
thought-that he had written another
woman while writing his wife and got
the letters I'm the wrong envelopeg No
Whatever she did she must keep the
matter from the world. There was but
one thing for her 10 do-go home.
In an hour after this decision sha
had left her children in care OF the
landlady and taken a train. She ar
rived in the city before dark and drove
directly TO her house. She found the
front door Unmatched and entered. The
table was set for dinner for one in the
dining room. She ran upstairs and
saw her husband in his bedroom tying
his cravat before a mirror. He turned
and looked at her IN establishment.
Great heavens What brought you
home? Anything the matter with the
children
Mrs. Cook, by this time convinced
that the letter she had received had
been written to another woman than
herself, drew 1t from her bag and
handed it to her husband. He looked
at it, and a singular, shamefaced ex-
preston appeared on his countenance.
"Who is the woman" cried Mrs.
John.
my dear, did this bring you homer"
at did"
THANK heaven!"
what do you mean?"
why, l was so crowded with busi-
ness that / have no time to write
found in your desk a bundle OF my old
letters to you, written when we were
first married. I thought I'd make
them do while you were away"
1t was now Mrs. Cooks turn 10 look
shamefaced.
do you mean" she faltered, ~that
you ever wrote that-that kind OF a
letter to me?"
Loads of them. And got the same
kind from you"
"Oh, John l was afraid" .-
Afraid of what?"
THAT you had been made mad by
the heat"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27
SHERMAN AND UNIONS.

Springfield Register: Senator Sher-
man has mission. He made that
clear in his address before the vet
eran soldiers ct the state fair We'd
nesday morning. He has become con-
WINGED that labor unions are the bane
or this country, and unless curtailed
and eventually destroyed, will over
throw the foundation of our nations
liberty and its free institutions. This
country must be saved from union
ism that Is, Tabor unionism," So
caIled-as IL was saved from slavery
IN the sixties, not necessarily by the
force or arms, but saved all the same.
and he has dedicated his life and his
talents to the mission Of saving the
country from the dire disaster he pic
tured. The senator was not entirely
clear as TO the method he would EN-
ploy TO save the country, but saved IL
must be II is evident that the distin-
guished senator has imbibed the idea
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

Hughes should be defeated. Among
the reasons set forth are these:
president Wilson has one policy
America F1rstl' Candidate Hughes
has one motto-'Safety F1rst!'
President Wilson nailed the Amer
lean flag TO the mast while disloyal
citizens threatened to punish him for
his protection of American rights.
Candidate Hughes is the candidate of
those who have sworn to punish an
American president for being an
Americani
President Wilson compelled Ger
many to dfsavow the sinking of the
Lusitania- Candidate Hughes refuses
to disavow the support of those who
claim they knew the Lusitania was
destined to be sunk!
Candidate Hughes declares that he
Is 100 per cent a candidate Presi-
dent Wilson has proved that he is 100
per cent an American!
If President Wilson is reelected
foreign governments will go slow to
NEEDLE in American affairs. If Can
didate Hughes is elected foreign pow
ers Will be encouraged to interfere in
American politics"
The presidents success IN keeping
the country at peace and the present
unexampled prosperity in the United
States are pointed to. Chief Justice
White OF the United States supreme
court" it SAYS OF President Wilson's
victory in the Lusitania issue, calls
this achievement the greatest diplO-
matte victory of the past generation
Justice Hughes descends from the
supreme court to try to tear down the
president who achieved this dramatic
victOrv!"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27
Selected by Tavenner

purposes 1t is exempt from income tax
Mr.. Manly says:
1.-THE Rockefeller foundation. with
its fund OF more than 100000, 900, is
| have alleged, a subterfuge designed
to evade the income tax.
81 base this charge not only upon
the testimony of Rockefeller (before
the commission on industrial rela-
tions) that the foundation is regarded
as a private interest, to be admins
tered in direct connection with his
corporate business. but even more up
on the following concrete facts.
THE acid test of RockefeIler's real
purpose I'm establishing the fOunda-
ton is Who controls the money!
The finance committee chosen by
Rockefeller to control his 100000, 600
Gift TO the American people, were the
members Of his personal staff His
son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., his at
torney, Starr ]. Murphy, and an ex-
private secretary, Jerome d. Greene.
These same three men form a ma jority
of the executive committee, and thus
control all activities of the ''founda-
ton" Rockefeller, junior, has power
to vote all stock held by the fOunda-
ton. In 1914 the foundations tran
sactions in securities amounted to
more than s8,O00.OO0, upon which there
was a reported gain of $170,901. Two
million dollars of the annual income
of the foundation is set aside, without
warrant of law, to be expended for
such purposes as John D. Rockefeller,
senior, may designate. The entire
S100,000,000 fund may at any time be
distributed or returned to John d.
Rockefeller simply by the votes of any
eight out of the nine trustees, who are
either members of the Rockefeller
family, the Rockefeller personal staff ;
or salaried men in one of the Rookie
Teller institutions!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

/ that he is "a second Lincoln come to
| Judgment" that as Lincoln was made
] the instrument of Divine Providence
| 10 save the country from the curse of
| slavery, so he is the instrument in the
hands or the same Providence to save
the country from the curse" of "Ia Dor,
! unlonlsm-' He described them as the
| breeder Of classes" in the United
States, contrary to the spirit of our
institutions and our form of govern
ment
The senator declared that he be-
lleved there should be no classes in
THIS country, in which, Of course, as a
simple proposition, he is right But
ne did not explain how labor organiz-
atoms could be responsible for the
formation Of classes any more than
lawyers organizations, doctors organ
lzatlons, farmers organizations, or
any other organizations that propose
ana promulgate rules and regulations
for the benefit of their business, and
indirectly for lettering the world.
Neither did he comment against the
organization of captains of Industry.
nor the organization of stock ex-
changes, bankers and financiers, all
or which may seem legitimate to the
senator 10 bring about some economic
millennium.
The senator's idea seems to be that
labor unions are the sole menace to
the country, and the sole breeders of
class, so-called The only labor union
that should exist, the senator holds.
Is the union of 1.-THE people, the whole
people and nothing but the people"
or which union the senator will mod
estly, OF course, although he did not
say so, desire to become the walking
delegate" the Samuel Gompers, so TO
speak, who would direct the people
what to think and how to act
The senator's address, which the
State Register believes 70 does not
misinterpret, was delivered with an
emphasis that was remarkable even
Tor gentleman who knows how TO
impress hearers with the greatness OF
a cause he is advocating That he is
determined 10 save the country he
made evident, but Just how he will
perform that sacred mission he either
does not know. or if he does he did
not tell
Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman and I
Judge Charles Evans Hughes on the |
subject OF labor organizations are
TWO souls with but a single thought, |
two hearts that beat as one" If the /
country shall have to suffer the ca
lamity OF the election of Mr. Hughes /
as president. Senator Sherman would |
be an appropriate choice for secretary /
OF labor in his cabinet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27
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the gall-sac and the escape of its in
fected contents into the perttoneal cav
ity, there is always more or less local
peritonitis with an attack of acute gall
sac Inflammation. This makes the dis
ease a surgical one, and immediate OPP
Grafton is the safest treatment.
Chronic gall-sac Inflammation, with
or without gaIlstones, is characterized
by attacks of "acute indigestion" which
the patient invariably attributes to
some special article of food. OF course
any one might suffer from distress
after eating certain things. But when
this distress becomes so pronounced as
to demand medical relief, or when it
seems to Cypress the heart, then the
gall-sac comes under suspicion. If
you exclude gall-sac troug1e. appendi-
citis, gastric or duodenal ulcer, there
isn't much left to explain severe in
digestion >"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27
ALL GALL IS DIVIDED INTO TWO
PARTS

Bacterial infection of the gall-sac
from some hidden septic focus is not
necessarily followed by the formation
of gallstones. Sometimes the sac be-
comes acutely or chronically infiamed
without the presence of gallstones.
The gaI-saC is a sort of perfume
atOmizer, but less useful 1t is a lit
tie bulb as large as a pigeons egg,
which contains an ounce of bile-to
say nothing now of germs, stones and
things-and squirts this bile when re
quired into the duodenum or upper
bowel, through a narrow tube or duct
which empties into the common bile
duct just as the perfume atomizer
forces air into the common tube lead
ing from the perfume bottle. All gall
is divided into two parts-Caesar was
mistaken when he said three Part of
the gall flows directly from the liver
through the common duct into the
bowel, and this part is really quite
sufficient for all huRan requirements.
But somehow or other this gall-sac is
thrown into cheer and amuse the
surgeons. no doubt. 1t draws off a por-
ton of the bile, a very trifling portion
of It. from the common duct, and
shoots it into the bowel occasionally
just to keep busy, so far as we know
at any rate, the gall-sac is never
missed when removed from the BODY
Acute Inflammation of the gall-sac is
very painful and serious condition.
The patient becomes septic, that is, has
high, irregular fever, chills, sweats,
and these are the characteristic symp-
toms Of septicemia or blood poisoning
from any cause.
The pain and tenderness is felt Just
to the right o. the pit of the stomach.
under the end of the ninth or tenth
rib. The danger is perforation and
general Deritonitis, or as the old tim
eTs called II, inflammation of the bow
els But even without perforation of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27
OTHER MONROE DOCTRINE

The Saturday Evening Post reminds
US that the president whose name is
immortaLzed in the Monroe Doe
trine" was the author of another doc
trine even more important, of which
little has been heard. 1t is the doc
trine of international peace through
a minimum Of preparedness" instead
OF through a maximum Of armament
the policy OF most world powers.
The doctrine is exemplified by the
treaty made between the United States
and Canada in Monroe's administra-
ton. BY the terms of that treaty, the
countries have ever since been pre-
pared for war" as follows
Each country has maintained on the
great lakes a navy consisting OF three
gunboats not exceeding one hundred
tons, each mounting one 1S-pound can
non. The land boundary has been ig-
nored.
Those little gunboats have been fust
as effective as uperdreadnoughts
would have been,- because they were
evenly matched. Our three l8-pound
cannon have kept us prepared against
Canada, and her three 18-pouud can
non have kept her prepared against
us. just as well as If each nation had
mounted a thousand 16-inch guns. Bet
ter, In fact.
When world-peace comes, II ii ever
does, 1t will doubtless be along this
line. Would the present war ever
have started il every European navy
had consisted OF three 10O-ton war
ships each mounting one small gun.
and If every international boundary in
Europe had been fortified after the
of our northern frontier?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

John Cook had been married II
years, during which time, except the
first few months after the wedding, ht
had never been away from his wife fOl
more than a few days at n time. But
after 10 years living together there
came a brief separation. They had not
been able 10 go to the country during
the summers, for Johns income would
not admit Of an outing. But all Of q
sudden his business sprang up. and
when August came around 10 was de.
cided that Mrs. Cook and the children
had better spend a few weeks in some
rural district where there was pure
air. John could not leave his bust
ness, which was increasing every day
so he packed them off without him.
Mrs. Cook had exacted a promise
from her husband that he would write
every day. The first day after her de-
parture he kept his promise. He wrote
the following brief letter:
Dear Ellen hope you and the chill
dren arrived safely It's very hot here
but l presume you are rejoicing In
cool breezes. I dined in hurry last
night at a restaurant and went back
to the office, where / remained till IL
o'clock. l am Obliged to work nights
in order to keep up with the rush, so
you see that l haven't much time to
spend writing any letters that don't
pertain to business. Ia Tia. Kiss
Tommy and Nellie for their
AFFECTIONATE FATHER.
THAT" said Mrs. Cook, looks as if
he were very busy and that the chill
dren are the only ones who can draw
from him any expression Of affection"
The next day Mrs. Cook looked for
ing that it would be signed your af-
fectionate husband" instead of 1.-THE
children's affectionate father" But to
her surprise no letter came. nor did
she receive one the day following or
the next or the next. It was not till a
week after the arrival of the first let
ter that another came. This one was
an overlooking with affection as the
first was devoid of it. Its beginning
was as follows:
Dearest Nell-It is three days since
have seen your dear face or kissed
your sweet lips. 1t seems three years
no, not years, ages. If ever l get
back to you l VOW l will never consent
to be separated from you again. Last
night l wrote you II pages, which, l
presume, you have by this time re-
ceived and digested. Yours written
yesterday is here, and l have read It
a dozen times already. I woke up in
the middle of the night and got up to
read it again.
Mrs. Cook had read thus far when
she stopped and shuddered. What did
this remarkable burst of affection
mean? The newspapers had noted that
the thermometer in the city had how
cred around SO degrees and the humid
ity varied between 80 and 100 degrees.
There had been many cases OF sun
stroke, ands several persons had been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

I was told by a chemist that if hens
are fed a teaspoOnful of elsenzucker
(saccharated oxide of from mixed
with their food each day, the yolk of
the eggs would be rich in iron which
is more readily assimilated than me-
dicinal iron Is that correct?
Answer-Yes. And incidentally, it is
probable that all the iron in the blood
comes from food, not from iron taken
as medicine, organic or inorganic
Fresh fruits. whole wheat, fresh vege-
tables and green stuff from the garden
will supply ali the iron the body re
quires.
Hands Perspire.
My hands are always perspiring.
VIII anything stop it?
Answer doubt whether any local
or internal remedy will relieve it, but
If you viii take a reasonable amount
Of exercise regularly every day, and
cool or tepid bath, the trouble will
leave you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

and driven back to a depth of five miles
along a wide front Berlin and Sofa
insisted for time that the great Won
Mackensen had turned defeat into I'M
questioned victory by a wide turning
movement that hooked well around
back Of the right flank of the Russ and
Rumanians, graYely imperiling these
entente armies in southern Dobrudja.
As this is written Berlin unreservedlv
admits that Russ and Rumanian arm
les are on the offensive, that these
forces are beating at Won Mackensen's
flank, while Sofia insists that the en-
tente armies are forcing the fighting.
Apparently the great battle, Ger
many supreme effort in the Black sea
region, is entering its second phase.
The report from Won Mackensen that
ne had routed the entente armies by
his "encircling movement" seems 10
have been premature, to say the least
His trick was so simple that 1t is the
one principle OF tactics that even a
Hottentot adopts, that of attempting a
flank operation when his center is too
savagely pounded However, it failed
and he is again facing an army-that is
forcing the fighting.
Reinforcements in men and g7,ns
will tell the tale The front is too
narrow for any strategic moves on a
big scale, as it lies narrowed between
the Danube and the Black sea. With
Turks coming up to Won Mackensen's
aid and the Russ hurrying across Ru-
mania II looks as If success would rest
in the end with the force that, to quote
a noted Confederate cavalry leader.
gets there fustest with the mostest
men,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27
NATION NEEDS Will SON.

Daniel c. Roper, chairman of the
organization bureau, and Vance c. Nc
CormiclS, chairman Of the democratic
national committee, have Just issued
q workers manual for use in the cam
palgn. 1t is being sent to all demo-
cratic state and county chairmen
throughout the United States and will
be supplied TO all men who under
take actively TO serve the cause OF
Woodrow Wilson's reelection.
I'm this presidential campaign" the
manual says on its Introductory page,
the national democratic committee
desires to cooperate with you and with
your state and county committees in
meeting our respon sibiIities as demo-
Gratis for the reelection OF President
Wilson and the full democratic ticket.
We would not in any wise interfere
with the plans OF your committee, de-
string only to Join you and them in
team work for our common cause.
THE first thing TO be done is to list
the voters IN your precinct and ascer-
tain the comparative strength of the
presidential candidates
ITO aid you in this work, we are
furnishing you with this workers
manual, containing a few OF the many
reasons why President Wilson will be
reelected and space for listing the
names and addresses of the voters in
your precinct. with their politics. oc-
cupation, nationality and choice for
president
This election" the Introductory
continues, marks a crisis In the his
tory OF our country. The peoples
right and ability TO govern is being
bitterly contested by reactionary re-
publican interests which would cast
into the scrap heap all the Wilson |
legislation Of the last four |
Years. You know better than I can |
tell you the tremendous importance |
Of This matter. We are counting on |
youi"
The manuel <fersefy summarizes /
MANY reasons why Woodrow Wilson |
should be reelected and Why, Candidates
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

The New York Journal shows that
railway earnings for the fiscal year
are 100000 900 greater than for last
year, and that it will cost the com
panies less than $50,0000OO to install
the eight-hour law. Why, then. does it
insist that the passage of the eight
hour law is a tax upon the public? Are
not the stockholders able 10 pay $50
100000 increase TO the men out of a
100000, 600 increase in earnings with
out boosting rates?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

Mr.. Hughes tried to win votes among
union labor men at Toledo. Ohio, yes
teTday. II appears the men there have
excellent memories, for they asked him
about his decision when on the su-
preme bench in the Danbury hatters'
case. The nominee did not attempt to
answer those who interrOgated him on
this point. However. when urged to
say whether he was in favor of union
labor or not, he was finally forced to
admit that he was. Yes, he is in favor
Of anything that he imagines Will win
him a vote just now. But should he
happen to be elected president-welI.
you know what would have happened
had he been in the White house during
the railroad crisis. There would have
been q strike
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

King Constantine is reported to have
sprained his ankle in escaping the
flames which laid waste the beautiful
forest of Tatoi. His accident must
seem a mild counter-irritant TO cares
Of state
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

At Decatur, Ill, upon an order Of the
superintendent, an American flag sur
rounding q likeness of President Will
son, hung above the door of the shops
OF the Alton railroad, was removed.
Three hundred men employed in the
shops announced that if the flag was
not replaced they would strike. The
flag went back. OF course if the pic
ture had been that Of Mr.. Hughes there
would have been no objection on the
part Of the railroad officials. This in
cident ought TO tend TO convince those
who have been unable to fathom senti-
menr on the presidential election as TO
how the wind is blowing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

In a Pennsylvania town it was pro-
posed to have Sunday baseball. The
burgess declined to license unless the
people approved, SO boxes were placed
in the churches on Sunday. The re-
suit was 909 favored and 200 opposed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

When former Justice Hughes sus-
tains the child labor law, as he did in
his St. Louis speech, what legal ground
has he for questioning the validity of
the eight-hour law? Both are based
on the same principle-the constitu-
tional authority of congress to regu-
late labor engaged in interstate COM
meTCe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27
Rock Island-From River to
River.

Mrs. Z. B. Merryman Of Portland,
Ore. yesterday saw her fifth son enlist
in the United States army. Who Will
say that mother favors war?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

Soon the young men Of the adver-
tisements who have been about with
colander underwear will be climbing
into union suits, in which we will see
somewhat less Of them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27

Some brides want the word ''obey'
stricken from the marriage ceremony.
Others bide their time and strike 1t
from the conjugal relationship with a
rolling pin or q skillet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27
Daily History Class-Sept. 27.

~WJ FFFNNVT N7N+NS VT -
iI42-Samucl Adams, noted patrlot u
the Revolution. born IN Boston'
died there 1903
i7S3-Don Augustin Iturbide, Mexican
revolutlonist against spain. mill
tnry dictator and emperor. born
or spanish parents: executed foF
treason I'm 1924.
Iso0--Raphael Semmes. confederafe
naval officer in command OF com
merce destroyers. born; died 1917.
1915-GermRn counterassaults checked
the allies I'm France. Turks. &c.
feated at Kut-el-Amara. retreated
toward Bagdad. Austrians recap
tured Lutsk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-27
IN THE DOBRUDJA.

Petrograd and Bucharest stoutlv
maintain that Won Mackensen's BuIEar-
German forces in the Dobr-udta were
soundly whipped in a six days battle