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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-19

use Stuart's Calcium Waters. All of these
troubles come from the blood and seek the
skin as one of the natural outlets of the
body. And if you supply your blood with
the proper materials it will convert the body
poisons into harmless substance and pass
off in Precipitation instead of ugly accumu-
lations. These waters work quick. Their &C
ton is constant, as they contain the best
blood purifier known to science calcium
Sulr hide.
You skin will become as clear and pure
as a rose, you will be delighted to see the
wonderful change that so often takes place
in just a few days.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-19
Mother Asks Police to
Find Her Two Lost Sons

Mrs. F. NJ. Jones of Casper, Wye.
has asked the Omaha police to try
and locate her two sons, Edward, Il,
and William, II, who came to Omaha
during the last week. Mrs. Jones
has been in the city for several days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14
THOSE WILD" FILIPINos.

It viii be a sad day for the self
styled opponents of 'scuttle'" in the
Philippines when the MOrOs are civ
ilized, observes the non political The
Nation No longer viii lecturers.
speaking COmpTehensively of the 5000
900 inhabitants of the islands, with an
older university than any in America,
as ignorant and half-savage, bolster
their statements by steTeOptiCOn views
labOriOusly procured among the few
hundred thousand remote tribesmen of
the SulU group. Yet even these few
hundred thousand are fast CON
verified to civilized ways. Bishop Brent
is appealing for $4,000 for a hospital
for the Moro press, for the Moro boy
scouts, and for the Moro agricultural
school-alI institutions belonging to
culture rather than to barbarism One
Of the army surgeons speaks of the
new dociltty of the people in submit
ting to health measures. At the same
time is published an address by Lieu
tenant Colonel Traub to the civil con-
stabulary, congratulating them on the
fact that their control is now so firm
that all troops have been withdrawn
from MindanaO, JoIo, and Sulu, and
that this achievement was accomplish
ed with a minimum Of hatred on the
part Of the population, which in grad
ually increasing numbers came to help
up, and, realizing the motives that ac-
tuate us, are heart and soul with US"
Can not the patriots who abhCr "scut-
tie buy q little island somewhere and
hold a village Of head-hunters as ex-
hibif A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14
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CHRONIC ACETANHIDE
POISONING,
{ By WILLIAM BRADY MI

Most people who have occasion to
take headache powders or tablets, mi
gTaine or neuralgia tablets, so-called
cold cures or grippe remedies are
aware that aCetanilide-th kicker"
in these medicines a poison cap
able Of producing serious effects upon
the heart. But it is not commonly
known that persons who take acetani-
lide-cOntaining medicines for any con-
siderable period suffer from chronic
poisoning and acquire veritable drug
habit in every way comparable with
the opium habit This is one reason
why the law requires that the quantity
of acetanilide shall be printed on the
label. But how few scrutinize the label
before downing the dope,
Phenacetin, antipyrin, acetphenet-
edin, phenylacetamide-any medicine
containing these should be taken I'M
der a doctors supervision only.
Among the characteristic symptoms
OF the acetanilide or coal tar drug hab-
it (Chronic acetanilide poisoning are
general weakness. nervous excitabilitv.
insomnia. loss of appetite. palpitation.
shOrtness of breath (the individual is
easily winded by moderate exertionD
numbness and weakness of arms and
legs, pain in the side, spells of faint
ness ana tendency to stomach dis
turbance- Cyanosis (blueness of Inns.
nails or general skin surface) is often
present The blood is weak, a destruc-
tive anemia. The face shows marked
pallOr The blood, when the skin is
pricked, has dark, brownish color
unlike the scarlet of normal blood In
some cases delirium or mania develops
and the patient is committed to a hos
Dltal for the insane
Yet this same acetanilide, under an
other name, is alleged to cure cold
in one day." to be fine for that tired
feeling" to be a good thing for tray
elers TO carry to ward off seasickness
or car sickness" to "act like magic in
cases Of neuralgia" to relieve periodic
pains"-and it certainly does relieve
pain, ache, fatigue or any other sensa-
ton, by clubbing the brain to sleep
and dangerously depressing the heart.
a rather potent medicine for simple
ailments which are not sufficient to re-
quire intelligent medical attention, A
powerful lot Of mischief can be com
pressed into a pleasant little tablet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14
WILL FINISH THE BRIDGE.

The second Quebec bridge disaster
staggers the mind. No engineering
misadvcnture is Tarer than the failure
of a great bridge. Not since the Tay
bridge collapse. in which a passenger
train went down into the waters of an
arm Of the sea in Scotland in 1879. has
either Great Britain or the United
States witnessed a bridge disaster of
the first magnitude for in no structure
is the factor Of safety larger.
The first Quebec bridge collapsed
during erection. either on account of
wrong construction of the compression
members or because of faulty diagonal
braCing. The engineering profession
of the world has watched the erection
of the new structure with a keen sense
of the importance of rehabilitating
modern bridge construction in public
confidence. The disaster should he
followed by the most drastic measures
to fix responsibility.
The action of the people Of Canada
is easily forecast. They will finish
that bridge, and so finish it that it
stand as a monument to the persist
ence of purpose of a great people, in
the face Of unprecedented difficulties
and disasters
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14

too believes that suffrage is newt
able, but that is not his reason for
favoring il. Quite as sound is his
reasoning as 10 the choice of methods
President Wilson told the suffragists
in convention at Atlantic City:
Il have come to suggest, among
other things. that when the forces Of
nature are steadily working. and the
tide is rising to meet the moon, you
need not be afraid that il Will NOS
come TO its flood. We feel the tide;
we rejoice in the strength of IT. and we
shall not quarrel in the long run as to
the method OF ii. Because, when You
are working with masses of men and
organized bodies Of opinion. you have
got TO carry that organized body along
The whole art and actice OF govern
ment consists, not in moving individ-
uals. but in moving masses"
In this the president was not only
giving proof OF his firm belief in the
cause and its ultimate success, but he
also indicated the one sure way in
which nationwide suffrage can be Sc
cured. and the way in which he can
aid in securing it. 1t is significant
that the convention resisted all pres
sure to abandon its traditional policy
OF partisan. effort in IurtheTance
Of both federal and state action. This
was in truth a victory for the presi-
dent. 1t was in way a vote of con-
fidence in the man who told the suf-
fra gists that he was fighting with
them, and showed them how he hoped
ia win
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14
TARIFF OUT OF POLITICS.

The passage by congress of the
provision in the emergency revenue
bill for a non-partisan tariff commits
sion takes the tariff question out Of
partisan politics and places it on a
strictly business basis
The law provides for a tariff com
mission TO be composed Of six mem
bers not more than three to be mem
bers OF one political party. This con
templates that the commission shall
consist of three democrats and three
republicans, thus insuriug -paru-
san action. This commission, II is
provided, shall be appointed by the
president The members shall re
cetve $500 a year and shall study the
tariff question from all angles with a
view OF asceTtaining the duties thai
shall be laid on the imports Of goods
Of every class into this country from
foreign lands.
The rates 10 be charged on imports
of every class and schedules are 10
be equitable 10 the consumers tthe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14
Selected by Tavenner

tives by a majority Of the electors
qualified to vote for representatives
and voting on the question OF ratifi-
cation. In such case the taking or the
vote shall, unless provided for by the
state, be in the manner provided by
the congress"
Originally all power was vested in
the people by natural right for their
exercise by the direct vote. But in the
organization of the government,
through the adoption of the 1onstitu-
ton. the people, for convenience and
facility of action, surrendered and
delegated a part OF such power vest
ed in them over to legislative bodies,
courts, and administrative officials
The people reserved to themselves
what they believed was sufficient pow
er and which was at that time suffi-
cient power to preserve their direction
and control of public affairs. But
since the organization OF the govern
ment and the adoption Of the national
constitution new social, industrial and
economic conditions have arisen,
among which are the combination OF
capital. the concentration Of wealth,
and the organization of great special
interests. The corporation has be
come a rival of the government itself,
an overshadowing power to influence
and direct legislation and dictate the
administration of public affairs. Great
declarations of financial, industrial, and
commercial organizations have be
come dominant factors in the control
of the fiscal policies of the govern
ment.
Under these new and changed in
dustrial conditions the power which
the people had reserved to themselves
as sufficient to direct and control the
administration of their government
has been found insufficient and made
quate for that purpose. To meet this
new and changed order of things, to
resist the encrOachment of corpora
tiOns, the concentration of wealth and
the combinations of capital, and to re
store the power of the people to direct
legislation and the control of public
affairs, the necessity is fast coming to
be realized, not only to preserve the
direct power originally reserved to
the people, but to recover back to
them measure of the power so sur
rendered and delegated to legislative
bodies courts, and administrative Off
Gals for exercise by the people them
selves, through the direct vote
ITO Be Continued in Tomorrow
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14
The Daily Story
The Engagement Was Not Broken-By F. A. MitcbeI

Dora Atterbury was an especially
feminine young lady. Nevertheless
she was very bright. She distinguished
herself at college and after being
graduated engaged herself to Pro
fessor Ernest Ballinger, a young man
equally brilliant and whose specially
was biology. They had been engaged
some time when the professor received
a note from his fancee asking 10 be
released from her engagement for the
reason that she had decided TO study
q profession and she considered a pro-
fession for a woman incompatible with
married life. Professor Ballinger
called upon her.
Il think it best" he said, that
should release you"
There was a slight contraction or
Dora's brows at this. She had asked
to be released, but preferred that she
should be required to struggle for her
freedom.
you agree with me, presume, that
a professional woman has no business
to be married."
my reason lies deeper than that"
replied the professor, unconsciously
falling into a tone used in lecturing to
his classes. You are aware, / pre-
sumo. that there are cases of effem-
macy in men. Some psychologists
hold that this occurs from environ
ment I do not admit this. I consider
it the result of birth accident. Such
men are born effeminate-thati is, they
partake mentally of the nature of the
opposite sex
Il cannot see" interrupted Dora,
what that has to do with the matter
between us"
"Be patient and you will see. The
corresponding accident to this in
women. viraginity, renders a woman
as much Of a freak of nature as a man
who is born effeminate. Viragints take
up mems occupations naturally
do you mean to assert that all
women who enter the field of law,
medicine, business, are viragints?"
NO, but l mean that viragints nat
urally turn to mems occupations"
The views promulgated by her fiance
were evidently not acceptable TO Miss
In her features was ex-
pressed opposition to his theory, min
gled with pain at foreseeing that he
was about to apply IL to herself
81 do not agree with you in referring
these things to birth accident" she
said. Il know a young man whose
only companion IS child was his sis
ter He is very effeminate.
I'm this case possibly his effeminacy
came from environment. but l doubt II.
In the case of women who possess
traits of men we have analogous cases
in certain birds. After a certain age
the female assumes the plumage of the
male and will destroy the eggs OF her
species. This cannot result from en-
yirOnment because environment could
not alter her plumage."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14

people, of the country as well as to
the manufacturers, and will be sub
mftted to the ways and means com
mittee OF congress for its approval,
which will doubtless be given in most
if not all cases.
The establishment Of this tariff com
mission with defined duties and DOW
ers will be a great relief to the people
OF the United States The misinfor-
nation Of the political side Of the tar
III question which heretofore has been
placed before the people during po-
litical campaigns has been of a snare
and delusion" sort and has resulted
in making confusion worse confound-
ed by directing the public mind from a
study Of public affairs bearing more
directly on good government and the
welfare Of the people as a whole Tar
ifs viii hereafter be no more repub-
llcan tariffs or democratic tariffs to be
condemned by one party or the other
as the worst tariff that ever was
The tariff question will
De relegated to the new commission
just as railroad rates to the interstate
commerce commission.
The stalwart republican bosses"
who are running Charles Evans
Hughes for president as "one hun
dred per cent candidate" are by the
enactment of the tariff commission
Law deprived Of their paramount is
sue In fact, their only issue in their
present campaign The republican
platform, like the democratic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14
JUST AS EXPECTED.

There were few surprises in the
primary of YESTERDAY It was pretty
generally conceded that Colonel Low
den. for years popular among the
rank and file of his party and with
unbounded finances at his disposal,
would win the republican nomination
for governor. In Chicago he had the
advantage Of an alliance with the
city administration. which forced his
opponents to look to the counties out
side Cook for their main support. II
was to be expected that Governor
Dunno would run ahead Of William
B. BTinton, the Dixon manufacturer,
the latter entering the race at the
18th hour, with thesresult that the ma
jOrity Of the voters in the state knew
comparatively little about him.
But outstanding above any feature
Of the day was the further dem
onstrated displeasure Of the eleCtOr-
ate with the state primary, the aver
age person objecting, and you cant
blame him, to declaring his politics
when he enters the polling place The
average citizen rightly feels that the
secrecy of the ballot should alike be
guaranteed in the primary and in the
election.
The smalIness Of the vote through
out the state also may be taken to
indicate a contented state of mind
among the people. 1t is an unusually
light vote for a presidential year,
when, if the people are restless and
demanding a change in administra-
ton, they register their dissatisfac-
ton at the first opportunity They
proved their apparent contentment by
remaining away from the polls yester-
6av
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14

Miss Atterbury did not af su q.
this result ~ her annouDcar,@-'. i.Ee
the breaking OF her engager.e,. oi
the reason she had given for brl 49,. va
IL. She began 70 look troubla6 eihg
"The upshot Of all this gbe s.,s -.
presume. IS that / am a freak M :.
ture." y na-
THAT does not necessarily fall.
replied the professor imperturbabt.s'
Not necessarily. but Il Ia ev,a..
from what you have said that yog ' sss
slider me such" - V'h-
My views are not the vlawa %, -.
Psychologists. and not an woraer ~ "a. ~
adopt mems pursuits are 1870
though l believe that most of ~.
are" 'Asa
You have not answered BY o...
ton" q'e'-
What question:"
whether or not you regard mo =,
freak" .
you did not ask such oys.,t..
You said that you presumed H. + y.
shot Of my theory was that vos w., ~
freak OF nature"
do you or do you not 50 regard
me?" s''a
MY opinion can have no eyec.
the truth. II your intention 10 faks \.
a profession is the result Of birth ar,y
dent, so be IT, Ny dictum would nd,
prove or disproye the fact"
There was silence for some r9orns,,.
during which the young lady was an
sorbed IN thought
Gould you love such a wcms,
freak?" she asked presently.
Men love their opposites. No ma.
can feel toward another man al nj
ward a woman"
1t seems impossible" replied Oar,
with quivering lips, TO pin YOU doTs
10 anything. III I am one Of these bor.
rid freaks you speak Of. how is Il thai
you could have loved me thus far2"
You forget that heretofore | hay.
not so considered YOU"
But you do now?"
Not at all. Your desire 70 tale M.
a mans profession causes me 10 sus-
pect Your taking up the professlor
would he additional evidence Yo5,
practicing the profession would-lr
my opinion. mind you-be as roa
proof as it IS possible TO attain IN your
individual case"
you suspect the verge OF tears
The professor took her in his arms
Science gave way 10 tenderness. ana
the debate ended IN a multitude Of
kisses
Miss Atterbury preferred to do awsy
with all suspicion that she was 1
freak by taking a husband instead ofa
profession. lie afterward confessed
that he had arrived al no definite con
clusion upon the subject they had been
discussing and only promulgated hls
theory 10 avoid losing her. Whether
or not he was correct. they lived hap
PLY together ever afterward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14

national platform, contains a plank
favOrfng a tariff commission, and the
party claims to have favored such q
commission for years but never has
had the courage to enact the law, as
II was considered by the party bosses
as their chief gun for offensive and
defensive purposes. and they wanted
TO keep 1t in perpetuity as means to
obtain big contributions from special
interests and monopoIies. But now
the tariff no longer exists as a parti-
san issue and the bosses and their
zone hundred per cent a candidate"
Will be disconsolate
All Mr.. Hughes speeches on the
tariff question as he swings around
the circle" are so much waste paper"
The special interests and the mon
opolies that have not already been
bled to the limit viii look askance OF
the collector" as he pleads with them
TO save the party of high protection.
with the understanding that they Will
be given an ample protection for their
wares
What viii the bosses like Smoot,
PenroHe, Gallinger and others do now
that they have lost their entire polit-
ical capital? What viii their 'one
hundred per cent candidate" Mr..
Hughes. do now that he is shorn mot
of his whiskersj but of al issue that
he has kept so conspicuously TO the
front?
But the people will be glad The
tariH has been taken out OF politics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14
WILSON AND SUFFRAGE.

With that genius peculiarly his
own, President Wilson has turned one
more political trick of his opponents
to his own advantage Between the
woman suffrage planks in the two ma
1iOnal platforms there is little or no
choice. OF the two declarations. the
republican platform is the more
evasive. Both Mr. Hughes and Pres
5ident Wilson have gone beyond their
parties in favOring equal suffrage. II
is for the suffragists, therefore, to
choose between candidates rather
than between parties.
Mr.. Hughes, by his daring advocacy
Of federal as opposed TO state action
on the issue, made high bid for the
support of women voters as we'll as
that Of unenfranchised women and
the male voters who favor equal suf-
frage and are not especially concerned
as 70 the methods OF securing ii.
President Wilson declined to adopt
similar eZpedienCey, and steadfastIy
stood by his fixed belief in state ac-
fion, with which his party platform
comedies. Quite as interesting is the
#ay ln which the TWO men resolve the
problem. Mr.. Hughes has become con
WINGED that suffrage is inevitable.
therefore he favors it, and concludes
That lt might best be settled bv fed
Fral action How he expects 10 i'm
press this view upon his party which
has not such convictions, is not
known.
President Wilson. on the other
hand. believes in the rlghtness OF the
principle Of equal suffrage. He has
proved 10 by casting his vote for the
cause over q period OF years. He,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14
HAPPY DAYS IN MERCER.

These are happy days in Mercer
county. Conducting one Of the finest
fairs in the state of Illinois. the re-
publicans Of the county Yesterday
likewise stripped the party orchard OF
the choicest marketable plums-be-
fore the frost
Graham grabbed the nomination for
congress, Wells slipping quietly but
quickly into Grahams shoes in the
legislature, while our old time gum
shoeing friend, Charley Samuelson,
again copied the nomination for the
state board Of equalization.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-14

l am boy of Is and have hay fever
when | am in the east. but do not have
II when l am at home in Montana. I
know it is not the weeds because we
have lots of weeds where l live. Can
you tell me what causes it?
AnsweT-Hay fever is always caused
by some kind of pollen. The particular
plant or weed which causes your at
lacks probably does not grow near
your home in Montana. Here are some
of the plants known to be responsible
in different cases: Bastard feverfew.
dock, plantain, canary grass, careless
weed, Johnson grass, Cocklebur. giant
ragWeed, common ragweed. marsh ell
der, goldenrod, and according to some
observers, timothy hay, though this is
doubtful Determine by experiment
which plant is your nemesis, then eth
er avoid the plant or have your doctor
immunize you against its pollen.