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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
Worry.

In we'll regulated household there
should be a fair and equitable divi-
sion of the worrying. The father,
for instance, should worry about his
life insurance premiums, his sick
and accident insurance premiums,
his income, his character and his
future existence or non-eXistence, as
he believes The mother should
worry about her bread and cakes,
her new clothes, the children's clean
Illness and health. Whatever more
worry may be be necessary should
be passed around so that every one
may have share.
The great trouble in some house
holds is that father or mother as
sumes the burden of doing all the
worrying This is hardly fair. 1t
makes father or mother very diff
cult to get along with, If not easy
to get along without Generally it
is mother who worries most. Some
how she imagines she will be hap
pier If she has plenty to worry about.
so she borrows some of fathers wor-
ries, and father Just grins and bears
it the best he can.
Rather has way of coming home
at night and wondering why mother
is so anxious to get out and CAD the
streets or hang round the bargain
sales. Home looks pretty good to
father when he arrives home from
work. II he had to stay around the
plant where he is employed and
make himself generally useful there
l6S hours q week, you can rest
assured that he too would be only
too anxious TO welcome any chance
diversion which might relieve the
monotony.
Whoever worries ought to do SO
privately. If one is afraid little
Johnnys Illness or accident is more
serious than ones husband or wife
believes, or that business is going
TO be bad next month on account OF
the backward season, or that the
sun is going to cool off and stop
warming the earth pretty soon, keep
TT strictly private, Why spread
gloom? Be a Christian. DO good
in the world. BE an optlmist Look
on the bright side and ignore the
darker side. Genuine cheer or even
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
How to Find Ont,

Kindly advise me what kind of ex-
animation is necessary to determine
whether one has tuberculosis. Is it
sufficient to tap on the upper part of
the chest and listen with the ear? Do
these symptoms suggest tuberculosis:
Anemia, frequent headache, nervous
ness, soreness in right chest, blood
pressure 143?
Answer-The patient must remove
all clothing above the waist line.
The examination must cover the en-
tire chest, fore and aft, above and
below. The temperature, pulse and
breathing must be observed All
these things must be done on differ
ent occasions, possibly half a dozen
times, in order to reach a positive
conclusion in an early Ease. The
symptoms you describe do not sug-
gest tuberculosis, but neither do
they exclude it.
Blood Pressure and T0nsils.
Have been advised to have my ton
sils removed-have had repeated at
tacks of qufnsy, But an insurance
examiner finds my blood pressure a
little high. Would that make the
operation inadvisable?
AnsWer-lt would be better to have
the tonsils removed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
SOME PROOF.

1t is possible to give definite and
specific information as to the economy
of government manufacture. Take ar
NOR plate as an illustration: There
have been 10 official estimates as to the
actual cost of a ton of armor plate.
The average estimate is S23S.64 a ton,
yet since 1887 we have purchased 217,-
379 tons of armor, paying the armor
ring an average Of $4,000 ton, or a
total of $3.50, $40 If all this armor
had been manufactured in government
plants it is entirely conservative to
say that at least S35,000,0O0 would have
been saved to the American taxpayers.
The war department, in 1913, purchas-
ed 1000 Al inch shrapnel from the
ammunition ring, paying $2526 each
therefor. At the same time precisely
the same article was being manufac-
tured in a government plant at a cost
of $15.45. The war department paid
the ring $3.50 for 3.S inch common
shrapnel when it can manufacture the
identical article for 1884 The gov
eminent has manufactured at the
Rock Island arsenal caissons for gun
carriages at cost Of S1,12S.67, for
which private manufacturers had been
paid s1,744.10, which is 54.6 per cent
greater than the arsenal cost Take
powder: the government has purchased
s25,000.000 worth of powder from the
| Powder trust since 1905, paying there
for all the way from SO cents to 80
cents per pound. We are manufactur-
ing powder in government plants for
"a cents per pound and the officers in
charge state that the more we manu-
facture the cheaper we can produce it.
A hundred similar illustrations could
be cited if space permitted. These CIV
en- are not exceptions, but the general
rule. as may be shown by the fact that
on a contract covering a wide variety
Of war materials valued at $1,000, 064
the government saved, by doing the
work itself, s979,S40; or in other words
the government saved approximately
one million dollars on a two million
dollar contract, as compared with what
! it would cost had that order been given
i the private contra ctors.
! CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
WOULD BE A GRACEFUL
COMPLIMENT.

A few years ago the nation was
much worried over the problem What
shall we do with our ex-presidents.
We have two of them on our hands
now. The death of Supreme Justice
Lamar has afforded President Wilson
an opportunity to dispose OF one ex-
president, and at the same time to
gracefully return the compliment
which Mr.. Taft paid democracy when
he appointed Mr.. Lamar to the SUI
preme bench some years ago
Many well informed men hold there
is no man, in either party, better
preme justice than William H. Taft
He is possessed of eminent judicial
qualifications, distinguished learning.
ability and experience that they hold
should entitle him to the position
without opposition, qualities which
would worthily maintain the prestige
which has characterized the supreme
court ever since that exalted tribunal
was established.
During Mr.. Tafts term as president
of the United States there were two
vacancies in the supreme court, one
chief justiceship. In designating men
to fill those vacancies Mr.. Taft entire
ly disregarded political lines and went
outside his own party in an endeavor
to appoint men supremely qualified.
He named Justices Lamar and Lurton,
both democrats and both southerners,
and, in addition, having to elevate one
| of the existing justices to chief JUS
tice he chose White. a democrat, OF
Louisiana, an ex-confederate.
The dignity and disinterestedness OF
Mr.. Taft's course in naming supreme
justices and his aloofness from party
and sectional considerations were 50
! in keeping with the high mindedness
unconsciously associated with the Of
flee of president that In the instance
under present discussion Mr.. Taft
appeals to many as logical man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
THE THREATENING DANGER OF A
MILITARY AUTOCRACY.
(San Francisco Bulletin.

lSdH + Francisco Bulletin.
A year ago a certain steel stock was
being sold on the New York Stock Ex-
change at about 80 per cent of its par
value. This week it is changing hands
at about 495 per cent of its par value.
The price will probably go higher,
though there will be speculative f1uc-
tuations. 1t happens that this stock is
war stock" But the increase in
this and other war stocks" has been
so great, and the signs of permanency
have been so numerous, as to indicate
that the boom is not due solely to war
orders. The war may soon be over
and when it is over the belligerents
will be able to manufacture within
their own borders all the munitions
that they will need. The munition ex
port business will then cave in.
There remains but one country
where American munition plants, now
so extensive and so massive, can hope
to find large and permanent market
for their goods. That country. alas,
is our own. The sale of munitions to
the United States government, while
limited by our peacefulness, has al
ways been profitable business. AS a
rule, the government has paid about
twice what the goods were worth. But
if the United States goes in for pre-
paredness, and does not provide for
government manufacture of all war
supplies, the market will be indefinite
| ly broadened. If the country accepts
with a murmur the comparatively
small pill of militarism now proposed,
it will be asked to swallow a still larg-
er pill. The process of militarization,
once begun, will be difficult to check.
because it is very easy for a citizen of
Washington, D. c., to mistake the
clamor of New York newspapers for
the voice of the people, and because
money interests still influence legisla-
ton.
| The popular demand" for such pre-
| paredness as we are likely to get, arose
| within hearing of the din of Wall
street This assertion has already
been made in this colu INN; it may be
repeated with the authority of Henry
Ford, who said to a Bulletin reporter
The only jingoes l know are in Wall
| street The further away you gel
from New York, from the men who
make money out of war, the less talk
you hear of war or of preparations fol
war"
New Yorks supposed financial in.
terests are only the interests of thiI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
Sidelights on the European War

troops. The Serbians used neither ar
tillery nor machine guns to hinder the
crossing. They lost 120 men and
three officers in captured.
Berlin.-College courses for officers
disabled through Wounds or campaign
hardships are now being offered,
start having been made by the Tech
biological Institute at DantZig. The OBJ
ject of the courses is to fit officers VINO
have been obliged to abandon their
army careers through disability fQ
positions as mayors in the smaller
cities, higher officials in municipal ou-
.reaus. and other Administrative posts
which in Germany require certain
amount of preliminary theoretical edu-
cation. and business positions gener-
ally The courses of instruction III
clude civil and administrative law
economics, banking, theory OF lnsur-
ance. statistics, commercial branches
languages and many other suD]ec's
which the embryo business man OF
municipal official would find usefuI III
his future career. A course OF SLUG!
covering four to five months and IN
Guiding FIVE hours instruction daily Is
contemplated, tuition being free LOT
veteran officers and for such noncon-
missioned officers and men as have Tue
necessary preliminary education anu
social standing for such posts.
/ Peking.-(Correspondence of Inc
Associated Press Officers command
! ing the various legation guards nave
/ agreed to prohibit their men lrom
! wearing side arms when on liberty
| This agreement is very gratifying 10
| the Chinese officials, who have eA-
pressed some apprehension as 10 WHAT
would happen if members OF the var,
ious belligerent guards clashed anu
were able to use firearms.
| On several occasions small groups
/ of soldiers from the legation guards VI
warning countries had engaged III
/ street fights. They have also hau
/ skirmishes in moving picture sho"'
and other places of amusements'
The encounters between soldiers u
the belligerents have given rise 10 .
movement on the part OF the Ohihese
to have all the legation guards 10,
moved. This. however. has never pee"
seriously considered by the countries
having compounds in the lega'iOH
| quarter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
The Daily Story
Seven Years to serve-By M. Quad.

One day in June. 1850. was ordered
by circuit Judge to stand up and
hear my sentence, and when | sat
down again it w4s with the knowledge
that had seven years to serve in pris-
on. The crime? Well, let that go. 1
was only twenty-three years old then,
and q young man Is more easily led
off than an old one.
/ expected from seven to ten years.
made up my mind to obey carefully
every rule and regulation Of the pris-
on. No good time" was allowed in
those days, but il conducted myself
to the satisfaction of the warden for
FIVE years be would be quite willing to
ask the governor to shorten my SEN
tence. had not been in prison more
than an hour, however. when ! made
a change in my program. Such lone
liness came over mel felt such hor-
ror at being shut out from the world
that determined to escape at the first
opportunity.
I was a fle machinist, and after
awhile I was placed in charge Of all
the machinery In the prison-that is, 1
kept everything in repair, and it was
an occupation in which I delighted.
had a little shop in the engine room,
and looked after my work SO well
that I soon bad the confidence OF the
prison officials. The man who ran the
big stationary engine was a free
man" or an outsider hired by the
month, as was also the fireman. While
both treated me kindly and well, they
no doubt felt it their duty to watch
me and report anything suspicious.
My little shop had no door to it, and
while working in it l was under the
eye Of the engineer-that is. if he sat
on his chair in the usual place he could
see my every movement. Ny room
had window looking out on the gar
den Of the prison. From the first day
I entered the little shop I determined
to escape by that window.
The engineer came on duty fifteen
minutes before l did and remained if
teen minutes later. while the fireman
slept at the prison and was aroused
about half past o'clock. | had to
leave the shop at $50 to march in to
supper with my gang. To attempt to
leave by daylight would be foolishness,
as l would be seen by the guards
stationed on the walls. I must have
some excuse for lingering in my room
until after dark, and l had just plan
ned it when an unforeseen circum-
stance knocked me out. / was going
to disable the donkey engine just be-
fore 6 O'Clock. knowing that would
be called back to help repair it after
supper, when the prison authorities
gave the wagon contractor leave to
occupy portion Of the garden with
| his lumber. A great lot of it was
hauled in and piled up directly before
my window, obliging me to use lamp
to work by and cutting off my chance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12

to escape. made some cautious f.,
quiries and found that 1t was all crse.
stuff and might be left there fonr :.
five years to season.
1t was bitter disappointment
The prison had been overcrovdoa
and a new wing was being built Ths
took thirteen months, and | was nm.
Of the men transferred to IT. VA
put in cell No. I. which was the la,
on the left hand side and at the %,
ner of the building. knew all abon,
this wing before We occupied it. Thu
east wall, which contained the win.
dows, was still In the prison ysna
while the north wall ran along n nnh.
lie street. Under the window neares,
my cell was piled lot Of wornout ma.
chinery and refuse lumber.
| had no sooner entered nv cell th.r
/ determined to make 1t the basis a,
operations.
AS the cement was not fully hard.
ened. as | knew, decided to tunnel
out.
That week | spent in raising one a,
the fagstones In my cell. which vss
about three feet square, and then
started the hole. I went down perpen.
dicularly two feet and then drifted
down toward the north wall at slant
so as to strike the foundation. I was
however. greatly troubled to get fresh
air down in my tunnel, and the cramp-
ed position In which I worked kept ma
sore and lame. While working A,
night I had to be in bed regularly OF.
cry hour as the guard came around
and every morning the stone had to he
replaced and the crevices filed In with
breadcrumbs.
/ knocked OF work the next week.
and 1t was well l did. as the guard
came creeping along TO the different
cells at odd times during the night.
and l should certainly have been
caught. 1t got so at last that couldn't
. work in the tunnel over fifteen min.
utes before the want Of air drove me
out. and along toward the end nv
health failed me and l lost strength.
l dug under the stones and upward
about foot on either side and then
was sick for five weeks. Before
got to work again June had come, and
it was a dark and rainy night cd the
22d Of that month that I took fare
well leave Of my cell and crawied into
my tunnel l had three or four feet
Of earth to dig away. and I was al.
most perishing for want Of air as I got
| to the crust.
! 1t was about half past Il when l
crawled out OF the tunnel into the
storm and luckily no one was abroad
70 catch sight of me.
lost no time in getting away from
| the neighborhood of the prison. and
long before my cell was unlocked in
! the morning I was safe with friends
| Yes. was hunted and q reward was
offered for my capture, but they never
got me.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
Daily History CIass-Jan. IL

1877 Birth of John Hancock ieaue,
of the Revolutionary coiohiSVs aAN
a signer of the Declaration OF -
dependence; died 1898,
1s65-Geueral Robert L, Lee was
urged to assume the roe OF a'''"
tor in the Confederacy
l9lJ-Mrs. John Mood. once nov"
actress of the English ami Aine-
can stage, died: born lsSS. i's"
water forced the allies to fet'ea,
south OF the .Aisnc. northeast
Scissors the Germans lanneaea
series Of attacks on the helsHts y
Vregny aud drove the French paeA'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12

Orsova. Hungary Correspondence
Of the Associated Press -Whenever
the Germans have a task to accomp-
lish. whether in military or civil life,
thl ' hand it over to experts at the
work in question. That explains why
the crossing of the Danube at Ram
was placed in the hands OF soldiers
fromthe North Sea coast, who were
brought through three kingdoms be-
cause no other man in the central
powers were so thoroughly fitted to
cope with the conditions that existed
here
Ordinarily heavy storms do not
kick up an ocean-like surf on river
especially at points where the river
is less than a third of a mile wide, as
it is at Ram $500, but it occurs there
nevertheless. The sailors of the
Danube declare that of all the winds
that blow, no other is Of precisely the
same character as the storm which
they call the "kosava" 1t blows
from below upwards scurrying
across the surface Of the water and
then twisting skyward, raising big
waves and producing surf of really
respectable proportions. Even the
larger craft are much inconvinced by
it, and small boats have no place on
the river when it breaks.
To meet these conditions, the Ger
man commander summoned a detach-
ment Of German pioneers from the
North Sea. Most of them were born
and brought up on the waterfront
and were familiar with the handling
of boats in surf and high tides from
their childhood. With them came a
number Of surfboats AS it turned
out, the kOsava did not set in until
after the last boatload of troops was
safely over, but the pioneers help was
nevertheless valuable.
! The crossing at Ram was less ex.
! pensive than that at Belgrade. The
| pioneers, as was the case at Belgrade
suffered the most, but one consider
able detachment Of troops landed with
out losing man killed and having
only three or four wounded. The
Serbians, completely fooled by shan
maneuyers at other points along the
Hungarian shore, were looking for
the main crossing at Orsova, where
they had concentrated most of theil
available troops.
The crossing at Orsova, which TOOK
place few days later. met no serious
opposition. The Serbians had com.
pany on the Island of Ograndina, but
their fianking fire was Intellectual. Or
the Serbian shore they were surprised
completely, and the pontoons had
nearly reached the bank before they
were fired on. German officers tolo
the Associated Press that a halfway
adequate enemy force could have
/ either stopped the crossing entirel,
or else made it terribly costly AS il
was. five battalions were brough,
across with the loss OF Ave dead and
seven wounded The cross ing was III,
work of untried Landsturm men. who
4 had been employed as communicate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
Finally Meets His Match.

Word has been received in the city
of the death of Tom Smith, who for
merly lived in this city. Smith was
blacksmith with strong pugilistic ten
denotes and was in trouble good deal
of the time. Leaving here, he finally
settled in Aurora, where he operated
a shop. He killed man there in a
fistic encounter, but got off and after
wards nearly killed another. Pneu-
monia finally bested him and he died
and was buried a couple of weeks ago.
Mt Pleasant Uowa) News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
In Effete Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 10.--Dear Chords and
Discords: l have been doing the Chi
cago theatres the past week, includ-
ing grand opera in my rounds. l
waited two days to get a seat for the
"Follies,' while l really felt lonesome
when l walked into the Auditorium.
Yet Chicago boasts of it's patronage Of
the artistic in music, etc. I asked a
friend for an explanation. Its mere
ly matter of Clothes" he said. You
see, Ziegfeld leaves little to the i'm
agination. At the Auditorium it seems
the historic correctness of the costum-
ing, together with the spears and other
paraphernalia, interferes with the per
spective" I was told today also when
a person is seen entering the art in
stitute he is followed closely by a
plain clothes officer. HECTOR.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
Selected by Tavenner
To the Readers of The Argus:

To the Readers of The Argus:
The Argus has generously agreed to permit me 10
make regular contribution under this head to use the
space as if it were my am left free to make my
selection from where will, whether it is timely or I'M
timely; to search the highways and the byways for
what may impress me as of interest and value to the
'' ~'
people
| my readers | shall try to make the most OF
the opportunity. To do forget that party lines
exist and WILL just wish it might be practical for
them not exist and that the principal issue on cleo
ton day might be- not whether candidate belongs to
this that political party but whether he is willing to
the of the people the few who exploit
them.
In other words my idea is to submit information
thought that l would give to the world if | myself
edited newspaper, the only mission of which to
mankind; to do this and nothing more
When personally write the contribution will sign
it, and when present the thought and work Of others
will so indicate. CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12

Utah and Vermont will each have
eight delegates in the national repub
lican convention, a number exceeding
only those of Arizona, Delaware, Ne
Vada. New Mexico and Wyoming, each
OF which will have six delegates, and
OF Alaska, District of Columbia. Ha-
wall, the Philippines and Porto Rico,
each of which will have two. Wouldn't
1t be proper to give additional honor
ana voice 10 the only stalwarts Of
1912?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
On Sober Second Thought.

Eph Wiley says his attitude toward
the increase in the price of crude oil is
the same as that of every other man
who has no crude Oil to sell.
Buck kilby says his observation of
men leads him to conclude that the
insane prisoner at the county Jail who
thought he was a rabbit wasn't far
wrong in his deductions.
Tank Beverly says he will make no
new resolutions for next year. Tank
SAYS those he made last time are as
good as ever.
If you wish to know the exact num-
Der of "boobs" in any given locality,
count the spectators who have turned
out to get look at a great man.
JAY HOUSE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12

Inc director OF hygiene of New
lork's child board of health has de-
ciared that since the organization be-
gan work eight years ago the death
rate among babies has been reduced to
30 IN 1000 in New York. while 10000
infants have been saved from the
grave
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
Drady.M.D.

spurious cheer goes a long way to-
ward the making of happy, healthy
family.
Take invoice, you who worry. How
much has worrying netted you to
date since you first stocked it?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
The Sad Tale of Bob.

Bob, the pony belonging to G. C..
Tickle Of this city, died last Tuesday
night in the hospital by getting chok-
ed on an apple being moulded and
pneumonia set in and being sick only
one day and half.-Burlington On.
c. Dispatch.