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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
Sea Toll of Sailors,

Intercourse between Russia and
England began in the middle of the
10th century by the White sea. 1t was
a hazardous and costly voyage. The
crews of two of the three ships with
which Richard Chancellor made his
first trip in 1858 were frozen to death,
Sir Hugh Willoughby among them, On
his second venture, in 1866, Chancellor
brought back with him a Russian am
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
prec0ci0us Talent,

Proud Father-That boy of mine is
going to be a great financier some day
Sympathetic Friend What makes YOU
think soP p. F.-Why. he is only four
years old and already has acquired
coupon thumb from clipping the pie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
Testing Fountain Pens.

Fountain pens are tested by an =
strument called micrometer Il WY
piece of the mechanism is out even :
six-hundredth part OF an inch, tpe M
crometer rejects il as faulty,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
LICENSED TO WE'D
COURT HOUSE NEWS

John Moore plead guilty to petty
larceny in county court this morning
and was given 10 days in the county
Jail by Judge n. A. Larson. He ad-
mitted stealing coal from the Empire
Coal company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
Domestics:

The good soft finish
unbleached Wilton mus
lin that should sell at
&c; 10 yards or less to
each at 71ac yard.
36-in. Priscilla dress
percales, a big variety
of colors and patterns;
you'll probably be pay
ing 1212c before long,
but for this sale we say:
912c yard.
White cheese cloth,
24-inch, bleached; 10
yards or less to each at
Sc yard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17

Judge F. D. Ramsay in circuit court
this afternoon granted Mrs. Pearl
Ziegler, Port Byron, divorce from
her husband, George Zeigler. Drunk
enness was charged and custory of
enness was charged and custody of
counsel in case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17

Mems soft Boz
som shirts and
plated b - o m
shirts, regularly
81 and $3.50, a
little mussed in
h an d | ing; soc
apiece, half a
dollar, SOC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
Fathers and Children

I'm the earlier years." says Pastor
Charles E. Jefferson in the Woman's
Home Companion, children can be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
In the New Room, 424 18th Street.

In the Ne Room4 Street..
fbar
to inchw idh
trnnm ' ~ ~ ~ $500 ~ noral,
Sc ch.
least 35e
scarce inaed th Tor this Expansion Sale
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
Ready-to-Wear,
I'd Floor:

Ladies' waists, some
a little mussed in show
ing, some absolutely
fresh and new; good
styles, good materials,
made to sell at S1.OO,
$1.25 and $3.50; all in
one lot at just Soc each.
Ladies' house dresses,
checked ginghams and
stripes; all sizes: 39c
each, 3 for $1.0O.
Ladies mercerized
cerise petticoats, made
to sell at 75c; going at
39c each.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
GROCERIES, SATURDAY,

Gran. sugar, 8 lb. for SIC, with other
groceries over $1.O0.
Process" butter, pound prints, two to
each, delivered if with other groceries,
271sc lb.
Malt" bread, with other groceries, 3
for 10c.
Fresh sweet potatoes, 6 lb. for Csc.
Best Peaberry coffee, 221sc ID.
Blue Ribbon brand canned shrimps,
15c can.
Oil sardines, 3 cans for Zoe.
Sweet pickles, Short quart" glass jars.
15e.
Fresh white clover honey, large squares,
15c.
Blue Ribbon" brand apple butter, the
trade size" 2-pound cans, I5c each.
Sliced yellow peaches full pound cans,
10c.
Garden seeds, every kind, cent = pack
ct, lc.
Nabiseo WATERS, Fig Newtons, Cheese
Sandwiches, etc; any Natl Biscuit CO..
AOc packages, one free with each sold.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17

lures Of bank buildings out OF the in'e
azines. Richmond Times Dispatch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
Third Floor:

New solid oak arm
rockers, imitation Span
ish leather seats, worth
$3.50; Expansion Sale
price, 4.98.
Jumbo rag rugs, Y
inch size, CSC.
500 yards brand new
curtain scrim, full &c.
inch, neat openwork
border, choice of cream,
white or ecru; not 10c
but 71zc yard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
Two special values in Millinery
for the EXPANSION Sale.

TOT CHe EXpd1ISIUH OaIe.
A hundred new hats, the latest
shapes and styles, some small poke
effects and sailors, trimmed with
flowers and ribbons; new hemp
and satin combinations and Milan
hemps in the present close fitting
toques; hats that are chic, stylish,
pretty examples Of the new spring
models, really worth $500; going
at $3.50 each.
About $50 pieces, new spring
flowers, foliage and fruits, very
pretty, fresh, new trimming mater
ials, choice Of all at just Csc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
Toilet Sum

Toilet Sum
dries:
Hot water
bags, really
worth a dol
lar; good size,
& u a ranteed;
W lille they
last, CSC each.
c o | ga ties
tai cum pow
der, Mennen's
talcum. Jap
Rose, Sanitoi
--any of these
justly famous
h g h grade
talcum pow
d Q RS, during
his Expan-
sion Sale, one
can to each
for lie.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
Crockery and Home Furnishings

>AOSAA~Ay SAAAA L AOAAC
A thousand rolls of new wall
paper, this springs patterns, 60
ing at 2l12c a roll, 21ac.
Genuine 1Oc Climax wall pa
per cleaner, 2cans for 15c.
Clothes baskets, rs inch, Csc
wide splint quality, one to each,
delivered with other goods for
10c apiece.
Genuine Elastic Cottage ready mixed
house paints, choice of thirty different
colors: gallons, $1.45; half gallons Use
each.
Full 100-piece American semi-porcelam
dinner set, gold trimmed, for $3.50
Pure Aluminium Ware
Coffee psreol.tors worth $3.50 for
CSC each.
Round covered roasters, regularly
$1.39, for 98c.
Rice cookers, the double-boiler
kind, for csc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
FIFTEENTH STREET, MOLIN

! Fresh new black taffeta silk; ex-
ira heavy, So inches wide, worth
today $1.5O; 7 yards or less to each
at $1.19 yard.
and broken checks, TIC yard.
800 yards, beautiful new dotted
silk mulls, some small dots, some
polka dots, some plains; silk mulls
that ought to sell at 35c going now
at just 19c yard.
Black-and-White check tissue
ginghams, regular 25c values, 10
yards or less at half price, 1915
yard.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
In Whose Dis trict shall Il De?

There are three plausible theories
Ia account for the passion nov pos
>c>sing Congress to set the United
States up In business as u maker Of
armor plate. The scheme may be the
product of ignorant meddling plus
acute understanding of the political
advantage to he derived from II; II
may flow from a lack wit notion that
the cries Government ownership"
and Down with monopolies" will he
potent In the Presidential campaign:
or II may bc the fruit Of a desire to
injure the stockholders whose money
has been invested In private armOr
plate plants d%cp"ndin: on the patron
age of the United STATES for success.
Whichever explanation Of the plan
now before the House is accepted, II
j. entirely discreiitable to those who
give support Ia 1t. Government armor
plate would 30 excessively expensive.
the product IT expert knowledge
highly diluted with politics; the ac-
counts would he juggled to conceal
the overhead charges; and the wire
pulling and back scratching involved
in the passage Of appropriations for
IT, support would saddle on the Treas
ury a pork account beside which the
rivers and harhors and public build
ingS bills would he pygmies.
There Is no economic or naval rea-
son for a Government armor plant.
It's erection can he justified only by
III" elevation Of cheap politics to that
plane of supreme Importance II has
never heretofore occupied.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
Mr.. Prendergast's Challenge 10 Sen-
atOf Thompson.

Comptroller P~RLNDhWGAsT has been
obliged again To address the chairman
uf the legislative committee investi.
eating the Public Service Commission
on the subject of his methods Of pro-
cedure. In brief. he has told Mr..
THOMPSON that the persistent utter
ance NJ threats, ~innucndoes and prom
isc> of sensational disclosures involv-
ing criminal misconduct on the part
of city officers, traction company PM
rloyce> and business men Is cOwardly.
~indef'n>ihlc and intolerable, and ne
has called IN tn" Niagara county Sen
aior. II he has facts justifying the
words that have been attributed TO
him, to make these facts the basis Of
prosecutions In the courts.
Mr.. P~RK>nLRGAsr has spoken the
thought that lies in every mans
mind. For n month and n half the
Thompson committee has been the
SQUIRE" Of rumors and reports. Mllega-
tions and suggestions, that have
blnckened the regulations Of men,
dead and alive, left helpless to defend
themselves. There can be no answer
to the sly half truths, the men mis-
representations. the false cOnslruc'
tions that have flooded the town since
the committee entered On this phase
of its activities. The most honorable
man must sit silent while his fame L.
despatched and his good name AS
sailed in such cover fashion. Only
when n definite, justicinble charge Is
entered can the defence he heard,
AMI M such charges have yet been
brought forward.
These Mr.. P~RENDERGAsT demands
and II they r not brought, he and
every honest nan In New York will
have warrant to condemn the Thomp
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
A PRACTICAL SENATOR.
win the Hon. Tom Taggxrt Meet q
Great Need In the senate?

To TIE EDITOR or THE SrS-Sr. You
SAY that Mr.. Tagsart, the new Senator
from Indiana. IL a practical An"
Yes. he is a practical business man, and
70 much the better.
That is just the sort Of man tina, is
needed in Congress. There are alto
gcther too many lawyers there now.
| believe that the itch of these gentle
men Tor new legislation has been the
principal cause OF the bedev!!nent OF
business for several years past. II II
wasn't for the Wal ! know the state
We would be in now.
There is a certain class OF doctor who
whenever anything is the matter with
YOU will ray Take something" SINH
larry. a certain class Of LEGISLATOR when
ever ANYTHING IL the matter with the
body polite will say Let ur make a
new law" " half the laws now IN
the statute books were abolished Il
would be all the better for the COM
munitv, I, NJ,
NEW YORK. March 23.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
HOUSE SOLD OUT"
Cnholy Il the Alliance Between Box
ONCE. Scalper and "COp."

To THE EplroR or THE S~UN--Sir: The
ticket scalpers are openly carrying on
their despicable business not only at the
metropolitan but at nearly every thea
tire In New York. Al Forty-second street
and broadway II IL difficult 10 get
through the crowd without being button
holed by one of these ''holdup men,. In
whose hands are tickets. usually the
best seats. for which he demands from
30 cents to 81 more than the price that
Is printed Upon the ticket.
asked one Of these scalpers II he
was not afraid Of being arrested. ] was
shocked when he to!d me that no po-
liceman around here would arrest me
I'm In with them"
DO YOU mcan.' I asked. that you
divide with the policemen In order to
carry on our trade?"
Sure thing" he said.
went TO six theatres last saturday
night and asked for seats. and was told
by the man In the box office that the
house was sold out. although there were
som box seats At 81 more than their
usual price. At the six theatres ]
visited was surrounded by %ecalpers. all
Of whom had their fists full of tickets.
I was under the impression that we had
about settled this ticket scalp.ns nui-
sance, hut ] And such IL not the case.
After the agitation against the scalpina
last year the scalpcrs, while they were
not wholly suppressed. piled their trade
cOvertly. Now they do ID openly and
before the eyes of the police. who nus
know that these men are breaking the
law. BERNARD N. SANDERS.
NEWARK. n. J., March 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
Logic NJ the Road Builder.

senator Elton Il. BRowN Of Wa.
tertown interrupted Il hearing on
Wednesday on hill designed to do
the square thing by this city TO say:
The entire highway system of the
state Is in danger of being ruined by
automobile trucks.
II had a conference with EDWIN
DUTY. Highway Commissioner. to-day.
and he tells mo there are highways
within tivc miles of where we are that
MAY be ruined within sixty days"
The centre highway system OF
the state" We take Ia mean the state
highways; and these were authorized.
designed and constructed after the
Internal explosion engine became n
fact that every road builder had to
reckon with. Were they. then. laid
out without regard to the use on
their surfaces of motor trucks: Was
II supposed by their designers that
such vehicles would avoid them. and
run across lots. Or In their unsuh-
stantial and UNIT qualities Il the
state to learn another lesson In the
science Of politico-physics. with the
later history Of which they are 40
Intimately connected?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
LET THE FAT EAT EGGS.
And They May Grow Thin on Hearty
Breakfasts Too.

To THE EpIroR or TIVE SvN-S,r. Toll
A. NJ Coles: Yes eggs are permitted.
in any way most acceptable according
to my diet list,
For breakfast. grapefruit. stevcd
prunes. baked apples. all Of course with.
out sugar. Egg. any kiud Of meat
except liverJ, tsh, all cooked free ~
-four. potatoes. bread or crackers. -
Gluten bread pla!u or toasted and hut
tered. or gluten gems corrections FOR
making which are ON gluten nour pack
ages.) Drink. Tea ur coffee without
any ugar. pure water" II one wants
a cereal. gluten porr'dCr j. prescribed.
! have a hearty breakfast. Is I eat no
luncheon. abandoned thai habit and
II j. a habit some years ago On. ho
sumner I was too lt2y To- 20 OF, fn-
luncheon and when cooler weather came
I found that dii not want n. also
noticed that ! had ~ more acut. .ndi-
g"stion. I had suffered NJ times from
that complaint and 90 .cludcd that I had
been oNereailug,
have found two meals a DAY sum
cirnt.
Many abuses Of eating come from
habit. and the change from had habits
10 go'd ones II not at al, d ificult
When my wife was ii young girl her
mother wa advised to stop the use ~
cream and sugar in tea and coffee. The
children, simply to initiate her. also took
them clear, And now no member 81 that
family can take tea OF coffee except
without sugar al cream
Take olives--hut never mind all that.
Let NJ. toles and other "ra'tiet" 20 to
II OIL the diet and ] believe they will
he mighty glad, =. j. NJ
BROOKLYN. March -,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
kurOpatkin's Test.

With the Russian offensive bet wecn
wilma and pwinsk. which according
to I'etrOgrad dispatches has already
pierced the German line and is being
vigorously pressed. the nam" of Gen
eral KIRnPATklN j. not associated
In the dispatches; but ~ he was
latcly appointed To- high command In
the army of the north the pre>uml'-
tinn Is that the veteran j. in charge
of the operations. Time has brought
General kUEnrArkIN his opportunity
and his revenge.
Relieved of his command in Man
churia after the disastrous battle Of
Mukden. although by II mastery re-
treat he had saved the army. KrRo-
PATKIS was disgracrd and relrgn,"l
to ~obscurity. The imperial order ap-
pointing General ILNEviT'H as his
successor contained not one word of
appreciation for the services rendered
Toy II soldier who had stood ~ the
head of his profession before the war
and was less to blame for the failure
Of the Russian army than IN" bureau
cracy al ST. Petersburg. When 1T
goPATKIN published his History OF
the Russo-Japancsc War" il was M
once rontiscated by the Government,
1t has been said that the n%arratiy"
| was "a dismal retrospect of unpre-
paredness, INSTRUMENTATION and cross
purposes" KuWrATKIN did not spare
| his corps commanders. BILDERDrNG
had done nothing hut blunder M
Lao. Yang: and ORLoFr bolted with
his force of 10000 men, abandoning
a strong position; but the author ad-
mitted that the Russian troops en-
gagged were raw and poorly trained.
| As the campaign went on commanders
failed to cooperate with n another.
! and KuROPATKrN declared that his
| orders were often diSrcgar,icd. GEr.
| PENBERG failed him In n great turn
Ing movement STACKEIBERG went his
own way at Sandepu: and 'tilc man.
| ner in which General kAvLBARs dl'
rected the operations of his cavalry
lat Mukdenl wa %ineffecti>" and IN
happy" According to the commander
In chief K~AuLBARs vas hopelessly in
competent and sluggish. But KuRo.
PATKIN accepted responsibility for
the Mukden disaster, admitting that
he had neglected tn make his reserve
strong enough for the decisive mo-
mcnt Of the battle.
In other respects the "IIistory'
was such a revelation Of the lncapa
city Of the Russian troops for wal
and the corruption Of the Govern
J ment In equipping the army and
transporting II TO Siberia that II tenn
pest broke on the authors head. III
was persona nOn grnta not only f.
the Emperor but t" almost every off
Ger who had served under him. An,
yet he had told the truth--in II bnlc
manner that was almost brutal. I'll,
own reputation was ruined, and HI
seemed to have no future In the army
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
gentlemen In the Elevator.

70 THE EpjroR or THN SUN-Sir; SOM"
years ago YOU published "A series NJ
letters upon what constituted a real
p.utlemin. rs I remember the matter
not definitely settled.
y letter in THs SUS. ~"Tncovering in
the Elevator. answers the gentleman
absolutely. You may walk all
over a hotel with your wife or any
other lady with your hat on nj any
angle. a cigar In YOU mouth pointing
toward the zenith. talking AZ the top
@: your voice and making yourself gem
orally objectionable but ~ you remove
YOUR bat in an elevator. No matter how
crowded u may hc. with really no room
tor your hat anywhere but on your
head. YOU become . gentleman At once.
Nrw YORK. March 30. MANSERs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
son committee and its chairman ~
a~ssassins OF reputation whose purpose
Is not to serve the public but to pro-
mote a private ambition.
Nance fOs the Schools.

The Board Of Education hus not
enough to do. Having brought the
organization and management Of the
city's hundreds Of schools to such -
pitch Of perfection that they run
themselves. those powerful ~intellects
are free for activities OF u less
prosaic nature than providing pro-
grammes Of study. supplies and the
conditions II comfort and efficiency
for the hundreds of thousands of
pupils and the thousands Of teachers.
For a beginning they have invented
names for several hundred schools.
As any n knows who has tried to
fnd a satisfactory name for a baby,
a boat, a hotel, u Pullman car or q
new street, this Is q task for brains
oiled with imagination. In this in.
stance II Is attended with peculiar
difficulties. since 20 many people Of
70 many minds must be suited: and
the people r tiutcky about their
schools. Paci6sts protest against
names Of military suggestion. Israel
Putnam" suggests u fiippant familiar
ity. Lazy" In Richmond THE Bull.
frog" was suggested. hut "Green
Ridge" won. Likely enough the Max
Mueller and the Baron De Kalb are
in Irish neighborhOods. the vittorIa
Colonna has an Austrian attendance
and the Father Sylvester Malone
teaches German children. The Wash.
ington Irving High School II notori.
ously given owe TO the Of every
un.American propaganda. in spite OF
Its identification by an honored Amer.
lean name.
Even the most beautiful ideas fail
Of unanlmity In support. but In this
romantic project only n member
permitted ugly practical considers
lions to invade the sweetly solemn
scene of christening. His name must
be given. that public Indignation may
ind It's proper mark. The maker Of
cparse suggestions Of economy and
common sense was FREDERICK BsrCK,
BAUER. He begrudged the S6O.OOO II
would cost 10 put brass name plates
on the buildings. He scoffed Ut the
borrowing Of names from the GENE
terry headstones. All that can he
said In his favor Is that he IL u new
member. having served in the hoard
only a few weeks. He will grow In
grace. We trust. and come In time tG
a proper appreciation Of the seriou,
business Of free" public education.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
TINKER BUTMAN'S HENS.
Their Adventures Lead 10 Revelation,
Of Vermont Yankeeism.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-S'r. We
were waiting In the Town Hall IN Wind
sor. Vt, FOR the sclectmen and others
Of the board OF civil authority tn count
the ballots on. Town Meeting day. when
Roswell Consnt. civil war veteran and
just elected to the office OF lister. told
this story:
"Remember or Man Draper? WAL,
he lived dow to the South I'm on
Bridge street, next door to Tinker But
mans. One day Tinker Butinan WAS
~ork!n' in his Gbrdin an he see or Man
Draper Jest comm outer the house an
says to him. MIR. Draper, ef | ke,ch any
o your hens In my gsrdin I'll Kill EN-
an throw ON over the fence.
Wal. oi' Man Draper. lie speaks
up kinder gentle like an says: MIR. But
man. - .ou kc,ch any o my hens in
your gardin you can kill EN- but I hev
jest one suggestion to make ! amt
boardin' 20 home ] board at the Wild
der leddy's jest the other side q your
place. an ef you'li Jest throw them hens
over into the wilder leddy's yaN I'll
tell her to pick EN- up an dress en-
WAL. Tinker Butman said that was
all agreeable TO him. Wal. nex dag
there WAS "A couple o. lead hens In the
widder leddy's yard. an she come out
an fetched en- into the house an
dressed en-. Next day there was an
other. an the ~idder Teddy she fetched
that one into the house an dressed II.
WAL, the mex day Tinker ButnlAn
he see or Man Draper again an up an
says. M. Draper. I've killed three o
your hens an hrowed EN- over into the
wilder leddy's yard, an ] give YOU
20 know that ef I ketch any more o
you hens in my gardin I'll do the amt
by en-
'Waal. or Man Draper, he speaks Up
kinder gentle like. IN says. Mr.. Butman
that's all right but In a friendly sper.
rt ! hev jest tew suggestions to make
fust. l dom keep hens. an. secondly. ei
you'll take the trouble TO yourr
you'll md EN- three short"
My friend Gordon 5. Griswold OF New
London, 10 whom ! repeated this story
says II would not ring true In Connecti'
cut. because no Connecticut Yankee II
Diapers place would have ''let on be
fore all OF Butman's hens were dead
on the other hand, Ethan A.. Chittende'
Of Rrattkeboro assures me that Il 1T,
the Vermont Yankee perfectly. becaus.
the latter would hav yielded TO tn,
earliest opportunity TO rub (, into n!
| neighhor. W.
NEW YORK. March 90.