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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
LANSING AND LATIN AMER
ICA,

For those representatives of Latin
American nations who seek to bring
the de faCtO government of Mexico
INTO a better understanding with the
United States, Ir. Lansing's note
states the situation as it should be
stated, sharply, firmly. in language
that cannot be mistaken.
The prisoners taken at Carrizal
must be released. Mexico must de-
clare the course of action it wishes
the government of the United States
to understand it has decided upon. ;"
The declaration. when made. must
come through the usual diplomatic
channels, and not through subordinate
military commanders" Less than this
the United States could not be ex-
pected 10 demand. More than this. by
way OF explanation and amends, the
last message of Captain Morty now
requires. The decision whether he
will plunge his country into hope
less conflict rests with CarranEa-
That understood, the whole history
of the country is warrant for the ex-
pectation thai efforts made on behalf
of peace by Latin neighbors Of both
nations will be received north of the
RIO Grande with the most friendly
interest
Slight as may have been its effect
IN Mexico, torn by anarchy and be-
d=villed by rivalries. the "a B. c."
conference at Niagara did assure
Latin America Of the good will OF the
United States 1t is no cynical or
pessimistic mood that Peru consults
Argentina; that the president Of Bra
"a cables its ambassador here to use
= Is good Offices; that Minister Cordova
ofEcuador is to consult his diplomatic
colleagues in Washington; that Min
ister Calderon Of Bolivia addresses in
quiries 10 Senior Arredondo; that the
radical president-elect of Argentina
is Practically committed in advance
80 second such efforts
Considerations practical and senti-
mental impel the Latin republics to
work for peace, says the New York
World These republics were brought
close TO ruin by the war in Europe
Their trade was shattered, their banks
driven to shelter behind moratoriums,
their merchants embarrassed. Now
that some order has been restored 10
their affairs, through dealings with
the United States more direct and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
NOT RUSHING DEATH.

Governor Dunno does not propose
that Chicken Joe" Campbell shall be
rushed to the gallows simply because
there is a demand to avenge the muir
der of the wife of the former warden
of Joliet penitentiary. Neither is the
fact that Joe is black and a criminal
swerving the governor. He is going
the limit in giving the negro a chance
TO defend the charge. Accordingly he
has again reprieved Campbell, who was
sentenced to die Friday of this week.
The execution has been postponed till
Oct Is to permit the negro to appeal
20 the supreme court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
CAN'T WIN BY KNOCKING

The New York Commercial prints
this editorial on Active Trade"
Political expediency has caused
some newspapers to make much of
every little decrease in orders booked.
or anything else that can be turned
or twisted into a sign of waning pros
perity. Such Cassandras always ig-
more everything that points the other
way. They wall when exports Of -four
decrease, but say nothing about vast
gains IN exports of other manufac-
lures.
Better than ever before is E. H,
Gary's description of the steel trade,
He sees no recession in actual bust
ness. Slight decreases in the volume
Ct new orders are Of no importance
when the daily bookings are generally
IN excess Of the total producing ca
pacity. The unfinished orders on hand
are sufficient to keep our steel mills
busy for the remainder of the wear
and we'll into 1917, and manufacturers
Of steel products are assured of prof
liable business for at least A full
year. Speculative buying should not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
HOLY CITY IN WAR

lnough only fortnight old. the re-.
volt of the Arabs against Ottoman ruIo
has attained seriousness which NAV
well cause concern in Constantinople
HaVlns taken Jiddah and Mecca. tho
reoels are now investing Medina, next
10 the Holy City itself the great oh
Ject OF Mussulman generation. Is.no
corner OF the earth to escape the eff
lects OF the war? In time, perhans
the Dalai Lama will be drawn into the
fray.
The sentimental and political signif-
canoe OF the rebels success must be
obvious. With the sacred CITY of Is
lam IN their possession and the tomb
or the prophet soon to be. if Medina
Tails, they will have control of the
strongholds of Moslem faith. They are
leo by the governor of Mecca, the
grand shereef, with all the prestige
which that leadership implies, and #
is not too much to suppose that the
government under these auspices will
make a potent appeal to the faithful
VINO have seen their rulers embroilefI
in an infidel war.
Is a new Caliph. later-day success
sorof the Prophet, to come out of
ARABIA? The possibilities of personal
ambition in the circumstances arc
such as to give romantic suggestion
TO the revolt. There is no reason TO
think the Arabs have lost their old
attributes as warriors. There is no
reason to suppose that successful
leadership and the defensetof the true
faith against the unbeliever, in this
case against German influences, have
lost their power of appeal to a Mo-
hammedan people.
The revolt altogether is one to stir
the fancy at the prospect of the add
ton % another picturesque page to the
history Of Islam
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

be encouraged because prices are too
far above normal.
attempts to make the public believe
that all is not we'll now are foolish
and possibly harmful Nothing can be
gained by reasoning from false
premises. We have about 40 per cent
OF all the coin and bar gold in the
world and one-third of its total wealth
With this capital and almost unlim-
tied natural resources we can hold
the lead we have gained if we are re-
sourceful and courageous. We cannot
win by knocking one another"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
Daily History CIass-lune Is.

II6-Bombardment of Fort Moultrie,
. Charleston harbor. by the British
resulted in repulse Of the feet
1so5-Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian reor.
ganizer, born; died 1872.
1914-Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
heir to the Austrian throne, aSsas-
sinated. with his wife, while public
guests at Sarajevo. Bosnia, by al
legged Servian conspirators
l915-British ship Armenian destroyed
by Germans Off Cornwall, Eng
land. while attempting TO escape
Several Americans In the crew
killed. German forces captured
Halicz, on Dniester river. in Cali
ella. getting control Of al eastern
GalieiA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

Win the Mexicans are not fighting
among themselves they are trying to
pick a quarrel with their neighbors.
1t makes little difference to the Mexi-
can who he is fighting just so he is
kept busy at his regular business
fighting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

King George sent message of ap-
probation to the sailors of the British
navy" who had fought so splendidly
fol- their country" George is pro-
crossing; two years ago he was re-
terring to my navy" and my empire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

Admiral Beatty knows by this time
that battle cruiser is not the thing
with which to fight dreadnought.
And so does Uncle Sam. Congress also
should grasp the important truth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

There's a vast difference between
the fashion pictures of the American
boy we see in the advertisements and
the dress of the American boy going
10 the front.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

The rain falls on the just and the
unjust, the righteous and the un-
righteous. One Sunday school picnic
gets the sunshine and another gets the
rain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
Wednesday. June IS, 1916.
Rock Island-From River to
River.

Fourth of July is coming but we
don't need oratoTy TO make US pa
Jriotic this year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

Colonel Roosevelt has accepted an
invitation to dine with Candidate
Hughes. Somebody is going to eat
crow. One guess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
Where Men Are Scarce.

Miss Minnie Kruger of Alpha and
Mrs. Russell of Worthington were
united in marriage Saturday. Rev.
Gross spoke the words which united
for life these two young people
Sherburn Mimi AdvanCe-Standard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

IF Carranza wants peace, as he i!
quoted as asserting, at least he mus
be credited with an original way o.
going about getting it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
NDURATIyE HEADACHE.

One of the frequent causes of head
acne is induration in the fascla of the
muscles attached to the skull. The
cause of these indurationS, which may
be felt near the base of the skull, or
in the temporal region or sometimes
over the forehead, is not clearly
known. Personally, we look upon
them as an effect of infection of lymph
glands in the neighborhood But that
leads to further speculation. What in
fects the lymph glands?
Diseased, though not enlarged, ton
sils are suspiciously frequent finding
in these cases of indurative headache,
at least in cases where the indurations
are found on the occiput and in the
temporal region. In a number of cases
the tonsils had been hacked off with a
snare or tonsillotome, by some half
baked throat specialist" whose equip
ment was rather too good for his edu-
cation. There is nothing worse for
diseased tinfected) tonsils. the kind
that cause frequent sore threats and
rheumatism" than the guillotine or
sliCing off part of the tonsil and leav-
ing the balance and perhaps the in
fected part still in site. 1t is all right,
and good practice, to slice off the
prominent part of a merely enlarged
tonsil, as in children, but not when
the tonsil is known to be a focus of
infection
The indurative headache is gener-
ally an all day affair. 1t develops
gradually, and subsidies gradually,
sometimes not for several days. There
is not only the slight swelling and of
the indurated spots, but considerable
tenderness or soreness of these spots.
Massage is the remedy of choice for
indurative headache. Massage applied
by skilled operator will relieve an
attack more quickly than drugs. The
strokes must be very soft and gentle,
at first. such as lover might give
in fact, indurative headache seems re-
markedly responsive to the touch of
loving hands.
Application of some menthol oint-
ment or the Balm of Allah recently
eXtolled in this column, or camphor
ice or some such mild counter-irritant
seems to give relief. One full dose of
sallcylate OF soda, perhaps 20 grains.
is very efficacious in many cases.
The older physicians used TO call
this condition rheumatic" headache.
anr many patients now attribute their
attacks to exposure, dampness, change
OF weather. But, then, was there ever
an illness not well understood that the
doctors didn't t.11k rheumatic" and
the victims "a cold?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

Lies Little Fabricators.
Your girl looks just perfectly sweet
in anything you dress her in. wish
| could say as much for my Jessica."
mo, we deal in exclusive patterns.
You are the only customer to Whom
we will sell that kind of suit.
Fair and warmer, with probably
showers tonight" ~
"He led his team in hitting and base
running in 1911"
Does the razor pull? You're the
first man who has said so. But, you
know, you have pretty stiff beard,
brother"
SPEAKING OF honesty in advertis.
ing, the Farm Exchange Bulletin car
ries this one: 49,, 900 oil stock to ex-
change for something of value
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

WATER was the only beverage
served at the annual banquet Of the
alumni of Columbia university. Yet
there are those who hold that educa-
ton is not advancing in America
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
How to BE Free and Easy.

had my appendix removed II years
ago and have been troubled with con-
stpation ever since mot beforel. also
occasional pains in the right lower
siae. Am compelled to take large
dose Of physic every night which al
ways gripes. | eat but little meat or
pastry. Can you set me right? am
% years old.
Ans"er-Fake teaspoonful of agar
agar TWO or three times a day ill YOU
nave trained the bowel 10 work with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
cM0RDs NJ
DISCO DIS

REGIMENT OF Wall street men lot
service in Mexico If their country
needs them is being formed. IL Is saia
the regiment will be bear. Anu
that's not bull, either.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

WHAT has become OF the old.tash.
ioned cabaret singer who featured :.
Didn't Raise My Boy to Be Soldier
on her program!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

AS further proof that you can't 90
mncf on a name Percy Darling has
lust been lined in downstate city on
dsorderly conduct charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

AID famous triple plays: Roosevelt
to Hughes to Fairbanks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

DO Anythin. Niles" has done the
thing they all do eventually-killed
himself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
War News.

Az recent St. Paul wedding the
Swearingen. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

"AUkEGAN might manage to kee,
the orpet trial going through the heal
ed term 1t would be great advertise
ment for the city as summer resort
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28

CHICAGOAN whose ,ornou;o.
amounted TO more than a million 0ol.
lars is petitOning for a pardon from
Joliet penitenhary. II is said IN his
behalf that he has been repentant and
model prisoner. On the same tbanrr
that prompts declining scapegoats IN
buy memorial windows for cburchaS W
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-12-19
Knocks Obstinate
Coughs in q Hurry
A Simple HOme-Made Remedy
that Gets at the Cause.

Thousands OF people normally healthy
in every other respect, are annoyed with
a persistent hanging-on bronchial cough
year after year, disturbing their sleep
and making life disagreeable. It's 30
needless-there's an old homemade
remedy that will end such Q cough
easily and quickly.
Get from any druggist "21a ounces Of
Pinex" SO cents WORTH, pour it into a
pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain
granulated sugar syrup Begin taking
1t at once. Gradually but surely you
will notice the phlegm thin out and then
disappear altogether, thus ending q
cough that you never thought would end.
1t also promptly loosens a dry or tight
cough, stops the troublesome throat
tickle, soothes the irritated membranes
that line the throat and bronchial tubes,
and relief comes almost Immediately
A days use will usually break UP an Or
dinary throat or chest cold, and for
bronchitis, Group, whooping cough and
bronchial asthma there is nothing
better. 1t tastes pleasant and keeps
perfectly.
Pinex is most valuable concentrated
compound of genuine Norway pine ex-
tract, combined with guaiacol and is
used by millions of people every year
for throat and chest colds with splendid
results.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
druggist for "21a ounces of Pinex" with
full directions and don't accept anything
else A guarantee of absolute satisfac-
tion or monev promptly refunded goes
with this preparation. The Pinex Co.,
TT Wavne. Ind
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-12-19

Shall love be sacrificedupon the al
tar of imperial greed for power?
This is the question pointedly. ask
ed in the photo-drama War Brides,
which Herbert Brenon has now COM
pleted for Selznick Pictures at his new
studio. Although it is/impossible to
escape this question in Witnessing the
play, no attempt is made to teach Oh
preach. AS in his previous successes,
"A Daughter of the Gods" The Soul
of Broadway" and q number of other
noted film successes, Mr.. Brenon sim
ply tells the story and lets the moral,
if there be one, take care of itself.
But in "War Brides" to be seen at the
Ditmas for three days starting next
Monday, the constant clash between
the individual and the state makes the
problem obvious.
The individual in the play is Joan.
a young peasant girl, in which role
Navimova will make her first ap-
pearance on the moving picture
screen. She played the part with
great success in vaudeville, but many
incidents have been added and elab-
oratd, giving her much wider scope
for her unique talents than she has
had in any of her stage productions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-12-19
POPULARITY OF LIBRARY

The increasing popularity of the
public library is shown by the libra
rian's report for November giving the
total circulation of books for the
month as 10,74S. This Is very nearly
400 per cent. In other words. if a
different book had been taken from
the library every time a borrower
called during November. nearly every
book on the shelves of the institution
would have been put in circulation
during the four weeks.
This is n remarkable showing. 1t
proves that the people of Perth
Amboy are using the library as never
before. 1t is a gratifying sign. A
reading public must necessarily be an
intelligent public. and an intelligent
public means better city In every
respect. The tendency to read should
be encouraged.
1t is significant that the circulation
at the branch library recently opened
In Hall avenue reached a total Of
i,574 books for November. The sue
cess of this venture has been beyond
ell expectations. It is taking the
books to the people and making it
more convenient for them to get
books.
The public library is establishing
Itself as one of the most popular and
valuable institutions In the city. 1t
means much for Perth Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-12-19
THE FIRE APPARATUS

Every available piece of fire
apparatus that this city owns should
be placed in frst-class condition
without further loss of time. 1t IS
apparent that our water supply Is
entirely too uncertain to take any
chances.
Perth Amboy is Just as likely as
not TO be visited by a great conffa-
grafton which might run into a loss
OF millions of dollars. 1t would be a
serious indictment against the city
officials should such fire occur
while fire apparatus stood idle in
some house or barn utterly out of re-
pair.
The money that It would cost ia
place every piece of fire apparatus
the city owns in flrst-class condition
might be saved many times over
should a real fire break out by bav-
ing all apparatus available at
moments notice. The steam fire en-
gines should be so equipped as 20
pump salt water. Then, whether the
supply in the mains was sufficient or
not, fire along the waterfront could
p fought to some advantage bv
humping direct from the sound or
river
In the meantime would 1t not be
well for the city to consider seriously,
the proposition to lay high pressure
salt water main through the business
and Industrial section of the CITY.
absolutely Independent of the pumn-
ing station at Runyon? We ought
not to wait until after some great
nre' as was the case in securing OUT
nfst steamers. before making these
improvements.
We have had sufficient warning IN
the failure of our water pressur.
upon several occasions of late and
the city officials cannot escape blame
tor any great amount of damage done
oy nre when fire apparatus stand
idte In the flrehouses for lack of
repair
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-12-19
SideHghts On
The ROumanians

! Washington. D. C. DEC. 19-How
| Roumania has Jared in times gone by
IN the course of wars between her
/ neighbors Is striAingly shown In a
| statement prepared for the National
geographic Society by Ralph A..
GraVes the distinguished writer and
traveller
For thousand years the country
was the skuttlecock in the game OF
political battledore and shnttlecock
staged by the rival sovereigns of
europe, Russia. Poland, Hungary,
Austria, Turkey. Once Peter the
Great established n protectorate over
the Roumanians. Then came Gather
me the Great with a plan to annex
tnem TO Russia. Austria, afraid
lhat such course meant Russian
territorial expansion in a direction
that threatened her, objected so We
hemently that Catherine reconsidered
and Moldavia and Wallachia were
placed, in 1774, under the suzerainty
or Turkey. In 1861 the two princi-
pa1tles decided to unite under the
name of Roumania, in accordance
with an agreement reached by the
Powers following the Crimean War.
Ihelr autonomy guaranteed, the
Roumanlans selected an army officer.
Col Alexander Cuza, as their prince
der the title of Alexander John /.
Prince of Roumania.
In 1855. the ruling element In
Bucharest decided that they wanted
a change, SO they politely invaded the
princes bedroom one night, gave him
a certificate of abdication to sign.
and announced that there was a car
riage waiting which would convey
MIN to the station where he was To
take the night express for Paris He
obeyed and disappeared forever from
public gaze.
thereafter, provisional govern
ment elected the Count of Flanders.
brother to the late King Leopold of
belgium. But Austria and the other
Powers protested so vigorously that
the act was reconsidered and Prince
Charles called. as previously stated
When Carol assumed the throne it
became one of his principal aims to
free his country from the suzeraintv
OF Turkey When the conflict he
tween Russia and Turkey was i'm
pending in 1875, he first attempted
to have the Powers guarantee the
neutrality of Roumania during the
war; but they were too busy with
their own affairs, and his efforts
failed"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-12-19
THE WATER SUPPLY AGAIN

Ii IS pretty hard for the ordiror,.
CITIZEN to follow the reasons of tho
oiiiciais OF the water department in
attenpting to explain the shortage of
water. which has become spcb .,
serious matter in this city, First va
are told that the demand for water
mas increased SO rapidly that the
water department has been unabIe tn
construct the wells fast enourb. that
the board has authorized the buildins
OF large number of additional wells
out progress has been slow for vor,-
GUS reasons, but that as soon as tbee.
~eis are finished the supply Will be
adequate. In the meantime we are
to be patient and get along the hes,
way we can.
Ahother explanation is that the
supply Of water at Runyon is INSULT
cfent. II this latter EXPLANATION ,s
uue' we cannot see how the driving
OF additional wells is going to benefit
very much. II the ground storape s+
kunyon is already being sucked dr.,
.ne ADDED wells are naturally going 10
hasten the drying out process. with
rhe logical conclusion that there viii,
soon be no water at all.
There is reason TO believe th..
neglect is largely to blame for tbe
present predicament In which the
city finds itself For several vears
past the ground storage wells have
0een slowly clogging up. These
erouhd storage wells consist Of n
pipe driven into the ground with y
une metal seive at the bottom of the
pipe through which the water is
drawn out of the sand. GRADUALLY
this seive clogs up with sand and IN.
now from the well diminishes. II ,s
admitted by officials of the water de-
partment that some of these vve,,s
are clogged up altogether.
Just how many wells are or vvaro
out OF commission we do not knovv
It has been said that when the citv
was SO short of water a few weeks
ago. as many as sixty out of the
elshty-five We're clogged up. This
water department officials deny. IT
u admitted. however. that some of
the wells have become useless bpt