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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25
THE PRESIDENT S MEXICAN
COMMISSION.

President Wilson has undoubtedly
chosen well again in his board to ad-
Just with a like body from the gov
eminent of Mexico the troublous sit
uation long existing between the two
countries.
Three presidents Of the United
States have honored DIR. John R. Mott
of New York, named as a member Of
the Mexican arbitration commission.
"One Of the greatest men of our gen
Grafton" ex-President Taft once called
him. Colonel Roosevelt, during his
administration, publicly expressed his
admiration for the work DR.. Mott was
accomplishing. President Wilson, at
the beginning of his administration,
asked him to accept the post Of min
lister to China, and, when he declined.
held the post open for a time and ask
ed friends of DR. Mott to urge him to
accept.
DR. Mott was born in western New
York state 81 years ago, was gradu-
ated from Cornell in 1888 and immedt-
ately gave himself to the student vol
unteer missionary movement. He
later became general secretary Of the
Worlds Student Christian Federation
and a year ago general secretary of
the international committee of the Y.
NJ. c. A
He has Travelled around the world
in the interest of Christian missions
a score Of times, and is known as a
powerful speaker in the universities Of
a dozen countries.
Franklin X. Lane, secretary Of the
interior, is regarded as one of the
strongest men in the Wilson cabinet
He is SO years old, a Canadian by
birth, but a Californian by preference;
he began his career as a newspaper
man, but was admitted to the bar in
1889; was democratic candidate for
governor of California in 1902. and a
member of the interstate commerce
commission from 1905 until he entered
the Wilson cabinet in 1913
United States Circuit Judge George
Gray has a long record as an arbitra-
tor. He was a member of the Cana
dian joint high commission in 1898.
and Of the Spanish peace commission
the same year; chairman of the anth-
raclte coal strike commission in 1903.
and of the Alabama coal strike com
mission in 1903. Since 1900 he has
been member Of the permanent court
OF arbitration of The Hague, and in
1910 he was member of the tribunal
in the north Atlantic coast fisheries
arbitration. He is IS years old. was
United States senator from Delaware
1S85-1699, and was prominently men
toned for the democratic nomination
for president in 1908 and 1912.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25
PTOMAINE POISONING.

Meat, fish or sausage sometimes be-
comes contaminated with germs which
decompose the food and produce GER
tain poisOns capable of rendering one
who eats the food seriously i'll. Some
of these poisons are called toxins, and
are similar to the poisons produced in
the body of patient who has diph-
iberia or typhoid or other familiar in
lection. Others are called ptomaines,
and not all ptOmaines are poisonous to
man. In fact, only a few of the pto-
maines or decomposition products pro-
duced by bacterial changes in protein
foods are poisonous to man. Such pto-
maines as are poisonous to man pro-
duced by poisoning with such aka
loids as atropine. strychine. curarine
and other well known drugs.
The popular notion that canned
foods are more likely to produce pto-
maine poisoning than fresh foods is
founded on fact but the fact is. not
that canned foods are in themselves
dangerous, but that less care is ex-
ercised in keeping canned foods re
frigerated or protected from contain
ination after the can is opened and eX-
posed to the air.
No amount of cooking can render
food that has undergone slight putre-
factive changes harmless. 1t has been
shown that even IL hours boiling
failed to destroy ptomaine poison in
meat. The original germs may be de-
stroyed, yet their poison remain.
The presence of ptomaines in food
is not necessarily evident in taste, odor
or appearance The severest epidemics
of genuine poisoning have been caused
by the casting of meat apparently not
undergoing decom position.
Milk, cheese and ice cream are cap
able of causing ptomaine poisoning
when contaminated.
The symptoms of ptomaine poison
ing develop within a few minutes or an
hour after the contaminated food is
eaten. Severe irritation of the CASTRO
diarrhoea-is one symptom. There
may or may not be high fever. En-
barrassment of breathing, fainting or
collapse resembling that of shock is
another common symptom. A very
rapid, weak pulse is another symptom.
Drowsiness, headache, dizziness, de-
lirium, commissions or paralysis may
develop. The nature of the symptoms
depend upon the type of ptomaine or
toxin in the food. The treatment must
be determined by the type of poisoning
just as the antidote for ordinary pois-
oning is decided upon.
The prevention of ptomaine poison
ing Is summed up in three words
Cleanliness. refrigeration and the linn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

Colonel Roosevelt has announced
that he win make six speeches for the
republican ticket, and no more, de-
spite the urging Of the national com
mittee that he take off his coat and
remain on the stump until election
day Yet republican leaders insist
that the colonel is whole-heartedly
for Hughes and is anxious to see him
elected. The truth is, Roosevelt has
returned 70 the republican party mere
y because he could not get anywhere
in the progressive party. He wants
10 be president again. lie believes the
quickest way for him to satisfy that
ambition is TO have Hughes defeated.
II this were not so he would have been
on the stump weeks ago for the repub-
Hcan nominee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

Peoria Journal: The railroad man
ayers il =inuate that President Will
sons action in connection with the
threatened strike is actuated by d de-
sire TO win the votes of the 400 900
men involved Yet these same rail
road managers have been insisting all
along that the employees involved in
the present difficulty represent but 20
per cent OF the railway employees of
the country and that their demands
are opposed by the remaining so per
cent Winning the favor Of the 20 per
cent at the expense of the enmity Of
the so per cent would seem to be a
poor way Of playing politics"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

ing but Harry Lauder records. and
they say they cost as high as 50 apiece.
But he soon got tired OF the music box
when he couldn't get any more Lauder
pieces. and he let the dealer from Des
Moines take il back when it was half
paid for on the instalment plan. Then
first thing we knew we saw an auto
standing In front OF the house. ! reck-
on II must have cost $3.50. II was sec
ond hand. The third day the owner
drove 1t he turned over in a ditch and
cracked his spine. The county's TAX
ing care of him now, and Bobby is
helping support his mother. who isn't
very well. Queer old world. isn't ii.
neighbour"
J. NJ. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

We all believe in a square deal for
the railroads as well as for other
lines of business in this country. La
Dor also is entitled TO consideration
IN previous times big business sent
its ultimatUm to the White house and
il was obeyed without parley. In the
present railroad crisis President viii
son showed himself big and independ-
ent enough 10 refuse to take orders
from either side Of the controversy
proving himself the true representa-
tive Of all Of the people. He studied
the situation, then made a proposal
The employees have accepted it. and
the owners must do likewise OF shout
der the blame for a strike. That is
all there is to il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

Orion, Henry COunty's progressive
town. is holding a homecoming cele-
bTatiOu this week. 1t opened yester-
day and will continue through Sun
day The city is gaily decorated for
the occasion. and already hundreds of
former residents of the town and its
environs have arrived to take part in
the reunion. An interesting program
for each day has been prepared. The
home folks are entering into the spirit
of the affair with a unity that insures
a warm vel leone for every visitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

Nome. Alaska. Aug. 25.-Great in
terest and some anxiety is shown here
over the non-arrivaI OF the power
schooner Great Bear, bearing John
Borden, the Chicago millionaire
sportsman and hts party. now q week
overdue. 4 storm has been raging
over this section OF Berfng sea for
more than week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

National bank returns show an in
crease III deposits for the year ending
June sol of S2.037 coo 900, or about %
per cent But. as the New York World
sarcasticalIy puts it. this IS all tenn
porary.' unless Mr.. Hughes is elected.
Otherwise, these deposits will rapidly
disappear, beginning Nov. s, next.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

Postnt aster General Burleson has
turned over to the treasury depart
ment check for $5,200,OO0 IN payment
Of the surplus in postal revenues for
the last fiscal year. This is the third
time since 1886 that surplus postal
revenues have been deposited in the
treasury, and the three times were all
under the Burleson administration Of
the pOstOffiCe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

If men and women will dance
every day they cannot grow old" says
an expert in terpsichorean art. An
other Jolly to separate the grandmas
and gTahdpas from their money
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25
Daily History Class-Aug. 70.

lS19-James Watt. engineer ana :"
ventor died
lSS9-Francis Bret Harte, poet aul1V'
noted for his delineations O
western life. born, died l9V-
l9l4-The French evacuateu
hansen. Alsace A Zeppelin crow
bombs on Antwerp. Belgium
lol5-Teutons captured brest lHo' "a
Sixty two allied aircraft raidea -
miles IN the German lines N NNs"
ish Prussia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

Mr. Hughes has a vision OF what the
country needs. Visions are made OF
very hlmy stuff What the country
wants is not visions but explicit lines
OF policy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

Tho DAYS when Wall street could de-
cree a panic have gone, never 10 re-
turn as long as the federal reserve
law remains upon this government
statute books
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25
Il !! Il
7 4 L K s
* eYWlLLIA1 BRADY.MON

itation of the diet to strictly fresh
foods in the summer time, especially
avoiding animal protein and substitute
ing vegetable proteins, will insure the
household or camp against this dan
ger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

The president is stronger than the
politicians think him." says William
Allen White q Kansas editor and gen
eral magazine writer known far and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25
Rock Island-From River to
River.

An Auroran who wants to he elect
cd state senator advertises: My am
bition has been TO be useful and re-
spected citizen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-25

Continued on Page Sevea.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-10-19
well to resent.

Both, perhaps, were sensible Of some
relief when at length the train thun-
dered in from the East, breathing smoke
and flame. Whitaker helped his wife
aboard and interviewed the porter in
her behalf. Then they had a moment
or two alone in the drawing-room, in
what was meant to be their first and
last parting.
She caught him suddenly by the
shoulders with both her hands. Her
eyes sought his with a wistfuI courage
he could not but admire.
you know I'm grateful :"
Don't think of it that way-though
I'm glad you are"
you're a good man." she said bro
kenly.
He knew himself too well to be able
to reply.
You mustn't worry about me, now.
You've made things easy for me- I
can take care of myself, and I
shan't forget whose name I bear"
He muttered something to the effect
that he was sure of that
She released his shoulders and stood
back, searching his face with torment
ed eyes. Abruptly she offered him her
hand
"Good-by," she said, her lips CULVER
ing-"Good-by, good friend"
He caught the hand, wrung it
clumsily and painfully and
realized that the train was in motion.
He had barely time to get away
He found himself on the station plat
form, stupidity watching the rear lights
dwindle down the tracks and wonder
ing whether or not Authorizations were
phase of his malady. A sick man
often dreams strange dreams.
A voice behind him, cool with trace
of Irony, observed:
"Pd give a good deal to know just
what particular brand of fOOIishness
you've been INDUCING in, this time"
He whirled around to face Peter
Stark-Peter quietly amused and very
much the master of the situation.
"You needn't tkink," said he that
you have any chance on earth of escap-
Ing my fond attentions, Hugh. I've
fixed it up with Nelly to wait until I
bring you home, a well man, before
we get married; and if you refuse to
be my best MAXWELL, there won't be
any party. You can make up your
mind to that"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-10-19

great beyond Is enough to drive all
other thoughts from a mans mind"
There's to be supper In honor Of
the circumstances, at the Beaux Arts
tonight" supplemented Max. You'll
come, Of course"
'T'll be there-and furthermore, I'll
be waiting at the church q week hence
Or whenever It's to come off. And
now I want to congratulate you" Whit
aker held Drummond's hand in one of
those long, hard grips that mean much
between men. But mostly | want to
congratulate her. Who Is shef"
Sara Law" said Drummond, with
pride in his quick color and the lift of
his chin.
1.-THE greatest living actress on the
English-speaking stage" Max an
nounced, preentng himself Importantly.
my own discovery"
"Of course I've heard-but I have
been out Of touch with such things"
Whitaker spologized. when shall I
see herr
"In honor Of her retirement" Max
answered, fussIng with a gardenia on
his lapel. "She retires from the stage
finally, and forever-she says-when
the curtain falls tonight"
'Then I've got to be In the theater
tonight-if that's the ease" said Whit
aker.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-10-19
CHAPTER vi.
The Late Extra.

The Late Extra.
Impulsively Whitaker got up to fol-
low Max, then hesitated and sank back
in doubt, his head aWhirl. He was for
the time being shocked out of all ca
pacity for clear reasoning or right
thinking. Uppermost in his conscious
ness he had a half-fOrmed notion that
it wouldn't help matters If he were to
force himself in upon the crisis behind
the scenes.
Beyond all question his wife had
recognized in him the man whom she
had been given every reason to believe
dead: a discovery so unnerving as to
render her temporarily unable to con-
tinue.
This, then, explained DrummOnd's
reluctance to have him hidden to the
supper party; whatever ultimate
course Of action he planned to pursue,
DrummOnd had been unwilling, per-
haps pardOnably so. to have his rO-
nance Overthr0wn and altogether shat
tered in a single day. He had lied,
lied desperately, doubtless meaning to
encompass marriage before Whitaker
could find his wife, and so furnish him
with every reason that could influence
an honorable man to disappear a sec
ond time.
On the other hand, Max to a certain
IL was ignorant of the relationship be-
tween his star and his old time friend,
just as he must have been ignorant of
her identity with the one time Mary
Ladislas. For that matter, Whitaker
bad to admit that damning as was the
evidence to contrOyert the theory,
Drummond might be just as much in
the dark as Max was. 1t was only fair
&c suspend judgment. In the mean
The audience was getting beyond
control. In the gallery the gods were
beginning to testify to their normal In
tolerance with shrill whistles, cat-calls,
sporadic bursts of hand-clapping and a
steady, sinister rumble of stamping
feet. In the orchestra and dress circle
people were moving about restlessly
and talking at the top Of their voices
In order to make themselves heard
above the growing din.
Abruptly Max himself appeared at
one side Of the proscenium arch. 1t
was plain to those nearest the stage
that he was seriously disturbed. There
was a noticeable hesitancy in his man
ner. pathetic frenzy in his habitually
mild and lustrous eyes. Advancing
halfway to the middle of the apron, he
paused, begging attention with pudgy
hand. 1t was q full minute before the
gallery would let him be heard.
Ladies and gentlemen" he an
nounced plaintively, Il much regret to
inform you that Miss Law has suf-
fered a severe nervous shOck'-his
gaze wandered in perplexed inquiry to-
ward the right-hand stagebox, then
was hastily averted-'and will not be
able to continue"
Wave upon wave Of sound swept
through the auditorium to break, roar
Ing, against the obdurate curtain Max
with difficulty contriyed to make him
self disconnectedly audible.
Ito be continued.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-10-19

IL. Thanks to a strong constitution in
a tough body (now that its malignant
demon was exorcised) he found it easy
to pick up a living by one means or
another. Indeed, he played many parts
in as many fields before joining hands
with a young Englishman he had
grown to like and entering upon what
seemed a forlorn bid for fortune.
Thereafter he prospered amazingly.
When at length he did make up his
mind TO go home, he was in Melbourne
with Lynch, his partner. Whitaker
passed old friends in the street. They
were George Presbury and his wife
Anne FOrsythe that was-self-eyident
tourists, looking the town over between
steamers. Presbury, with no thought
in his bumptiOus head of meeting
Hugh Whitaker before the day of judg-
ment, looked at and through him with
out hint of recognition; but his wife
was another person altogether Whit
aker could not be blind to the surprise
and perfectly that shOne in her eyes,
even though he pretended to be blind
to her uncertain nod; long after bis
- alone was visible to her he could
feel her inquiring stare boring into
it.
The incident made him think; and
he remembered that he was now
man Of Independent fortune and of
idle hands as well. After prolonged
consideration he suddenly decided,
told Lynch to look out for his inter
.ests and expect him back when he
should see him, and booked for London
by Royal Mail boat-an in half a
day From London Mr. Hugh Morten
crossed Immediately to New York on
the Olympic, landing in the month of
April-nearly six years to a day from
the time he had left his native land.
He put up at the Ritz-Carlton, pre-
cisely as any foreigner might be ex-
pected to do, and remained Hugh Nor
ten while he prOWled around the city
and found himself Now and again in
the course of his wanderings he en-
cOuntered Well-remembered faces, but
always without eliciting the slightest
CLEAN of recognition; circumstances
that only went to prove how thor
Oughly dead and buried he was in the
estimation of his day and generation.
Nothing indeed, seemed as he re-
membered it. But his ultimate and ut
ter awakening to the truth that his
home had outgrown him fell upon the
fourth afternoon following his return,
when a total but most affable gentle
man presented himself to Whitakers
consideration with a bogus name and
a genuine offer to purchase him
drink, and promptly attempted to en-
mesh him in a confidence game that
had degenerated into a vaudeville joke
in the days when both of them had
worn knickerbockers. Whitaker pri-
vately admitted that he was out
classed, that it was time for him to
seek the protection of his friends.
He began with Drummond. The lat
ter, of course, had moved his offices.
Whitaker found him independently es-
tablished in an imposing suite in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-10-19
He Knew In His Heart That She Was
His Wife.

other players, Her voice was clear.
strong and vibrant, yet sweet; but
Whitaker paid no heed to the lines she
spoke. He was staring, fascinated, at
her face
Sight of it set the seal of certainty
upon conviction: She was one with
Mary Ladislas.. He had forgotten her
so completely in the lapse Of years as
TO have been unable to recall her fea-
lures and coloring, yet he had needed
only TO see to recognize her beyond
any possibility Of doubt. Those big,
intensely burning eyes, that drawn and
palhd face, the quick, nervous move
ments Of her thin white hands, the
slenderness of her tall, awkward, i'm
mature fgure-in every line and con-
tour, in every gesture and infection,
she reproduced the Mary Ladislas
whom he had married.
And yet Max was whisper
ing over his shoulder:
Wonderful make-up-what?"
''Make-up!" Whitaker retorted.
"She's not made up-she's herself to
the last detail"
Amusement glimmered in the mana.
gers round little eyes: You don't
know her. Wait till you get pipe at
her off the stage" Then he checked
the reply that was shaping on Whit
aker's lips, with warning lift of his
hand and brows: Ssh! Catch this,
now. She's wonder in this scene"
The superb actress behind the coun-
terfeit of the hunted and hungry shop
girl was holding SpellbOund with her
inevitable witchery the most sophisti-
Gated audience in the world; like wheat
in windstorm it swayed to the modu-
lations of her marvellous voice as 1t ran
through passage-at-arms with the
termagant. Suddenly ceasing to speak,
she turned down to chair near the
footlights, followed by a torrent of
shrill VituperatiOn under the lash of
which she Quivered like a whipped
thoroughbred.
Abruptly, pausing with her hands on
the back Of the chair, there came a
change. The actress had glanced across
the footlights; Whitaker could not but
follow the direction of her gaze; the
eyes of both focused for a brief In
slant on the empty aisIe-seat in the
fourth row. A shade of additional pal
lor showed on the woman's face. She
looked quickly, Questioningly, toward
the box of her manager
Seated as he was so near the stage,
Whftaker's face stood out in rugged
relief, illumfned by the glow reflected
from the footlights. 1t was inevitable
that she should see him. Her eyes
fastened, dilating, upon his. The scene
faltered perceptibly. She stood trans
fixed.
In the hush Max cried impatiently:
"What the devil!" The words broke
the spell of amaZement upon the
actress. In a twinkling the pitiful
counterfeit of the shopgirl was rent
and torn away it hung only in shreds
and tatterS upon an individuality
wholly strange to Whitaker: a larger,
stronger woman seemed to have start.
ed out Of the mask
She turned, calling imperatively into
the wings: Ring down."
With rush the curtain descended
as pandemonium broke out on both
sides of it.