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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-01-13

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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-01-13

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21

leading out from Moline. Whether
these will be undertaken by means OF a
bond issue or special tax. the commit
tee IS to determine.
At all events. a start has been made
to lift Rock Island county out of the
rut and mud and place it alongside Of
other progressive counties of the state.
IN the matter OF roads 1t is the best
get-together proposition as between
city and country and farmer and
townsman. and neighbor and neighbor,
that has been undertaken for years.
To any possible plan the board may
devise. the newspapers pledged their
hearty support
Ii ought to win.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
IT DOESN'T PAY.

In retirement so well guarded that
even his death a week ago but now be
comes generally known, a man whose
criminal career won international
fame passed his declining days, a les
son and already a legend.
The American Bankers association
is not likely to advertise the fact, if it
is fact and not romantic assertion
that it pensiOned Charles Becker on
condition that he should forbear using
his skill as a counterfeiter That he
was employed by a detective agency
after his reform is a proved tribute to
his former professional standing An
other is the tale that, after his SEN
tence to a New York county peniten-
tiary, delegation waited on the war
den begging him not to set Becker at
rough work that might impair his
"delicacy of touch" and jeopardize his
future livelihood
Becker was an artist His work ap-
preached perfection so dangerously
close that it was sought for big, bold
jobs. France, England Turkey. as
we'll as Baltimore and New York, had
reason for anxiety as to his proves.
Yet what Becker had to show in the
end for skill so uncanny and success
so unusual was the means of the most
modest livelihood under the cloud of
evil reputation. What he left to pos
terity was a saying that long before
him had passed into proverb: Crime
never pays"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21

! ed upon as likely to reach enemy des-
| tinations"
There you have It. THE lions paw
| is all the law thet's fit fer you and
me-"
England is entirely right in controll-
ing, as lar as possible, the movement
or goods in transit to enemy countries
through neutral ports; we did the same
thlng with respect to goods moving to
! the confederacy through Mexico and
the west Indies during the Civil war
But 10 seize goods moving to an en-
envy destination in a roundabout way
is one thing, and arbitrarily TO deter
mine that the entire trade TO a neu-
trail country in certain commodities
shall be cut off because that country
mas received as much of those com
modltles as 1t can well absorb. is quite
another. Look at the use OF the word
permit in the second sentence of the
foregoing extract. Could arrogance
80 further?
Or course, We recognize the fact that
england proposes to WELD this un-
heard Of power over Holland and our
trade with Holland In the interest of
human liberty and the future of free
government. So Germany, we recall.
violated the neutrality OF Belgium in
vfndication of the superiority of Ger
man culture TO that of the lesser
breeds, and disinterested fear lest the
terrifying growth OF militarism in
France and England might cause that
culture to perish from the earth, and
SO cease TO bless mankind. Now we OF
the United States are not the special,
dlvineiy appointed guardians OF either
Tree government or culture, but we
propose TO do the part that great
power should 10 Yindicate our own
plain rights TO peaceful commerce with
our neighbors under international law
And We somehow feel equal to the
Job.-St. Louis Republic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
ARE NOT AMATEURS.

CThe progressive republicans, among
whom Senators La Toilette, Borah,
Cummins, Clapp and Norris are promi-
nent, will fight to the end any move
to increase freight rates or increase
the membership of the interstate COM
MERGE commission.-New item).
The republican progressives in the
senate do not belong in the beginners
class as far as railroads and rates are
concerned. Norris was a railroad man
before he entered politics. He started
out as a section hand. La Toilette
has been studying rates for 80 years.
Cummins and Clapp could both qualify
in any court as rate experts. Cum
Minis, particularly. has been special
izing on the railroad problem for more
than 20 years. Transportation execu-
tives frequently rail at the politicians
who presume to mix up in transpor-
tatiOn problems 1t Will be remem-
bered that the express companies
sneered at Davy Lewis and his parcel
post studies. All the while Lewis was
probably the one man in the whole
country who was competent to handle
the parcel post problem The Mary
land congressman learned to read
French and German in order that he
might study government reports in
those languages, reports that had new
er been translated into English. Lewis
literally lived with the parcel post
problem. La Toilette is a man of the
same stripe. He has been accumulat-
ing rate information for a quarter of a
century. He has studied the history
not only of railroading in this country
but OF particular railroads. He has
been digging away on the physical
value problem. He has in his library
more information CONCERNING the
amount of water represented in the
present capitalization OF American
railroads than can be found anywhere.
Borah is a lawyer, and he knows the
railroad problem in its general aspects.
The republican prOgressives in the
senate believe that the solution of the
railroad problem will never be found
until some method of squeezing the
water out of railroad stocks is found.
La Toilette has long contended that
one of the most important problems
now confronting the federal govern
ment is that of ascertaining the physi-
cal value of the railroad properties in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
MYSTERY OF MIGRATION.

in September the migratory birds 20
south. Why? The answer is easy. The
cold and an instructive knowledge of a
coming lack Of food drive them from
their homes. They know, also by in
stinct, that in the south lie warmth
and plenty. Most birds travel by night,
and some of them go thousands of
miles before they find place to their
liking in which to pass the winter
In March the migratory birds come
north. Why? The answer is not easy.
The birds are in land of comfort and
Of food abundance. Why do they leave
a congenial climate and a full larder
TO make the perilous Journey back to
the northern prairies and forests
Some day some man wiser than his
fellows may be able to explain the
mystery Of the spring migration. Scien-
lists have been puZZling over il ever
since it was first known that the birds
stayed in one place in the summer and
in another in winter.
The birds probably know why thew
make the two Journeys each year. They
have never told. and it is likely that
they will hold the secret for the ages
to come. "A little bird told me-" prob
ably never Will be the answer of the
man who discovers the secret. If man
ever does discover it.
Why do most Of the birds travel by
night? We can only guess 1t is said
that at night they are less likely 10 be
harassed by hawks. The birds travel
in vast focks. Thousands OF them
perish in the sudden storms which IN
the fall and spring sweep over land
and sea. Other thousands dash them
selves to death against lighthouses and
high towers and buildings Year by
year, however, they take up their trav-
els When they reach the end of their
spring Journeys they begin 10 sing II
is the nesting season and they are at
home, led. perhaps. by the north star.
which 10 them may be the light in the
window Of the old northern home
stead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
THE HUGHES OF OLD"
AGAIN.

Regardless OF his convictions on the
eight-hour law. regardless of his firm
ly established notion as TO labor and
labor's right. and regardless of his
natural temperament on the subject,
the Hughes of old" who came smash
ing and slashing into Illinois this
week with blow on blow" upon the
head and shoulders of President Will
son, Is the penalty for recognizing and
establishing the eight-hour standard,
Mr.. Hughes was the Hughes of old
in another respect. too. He vindicated
and fully measured up to the Roose-
welt estimate of him. In other words,
while he has a deep-rOoted hatred for
the labOring man, he was cautious
about expressing it until he saw how il
took We will leave il to Arthur NJ.
Evans, staff correspondent of the re-
publican Chicago Herald. who is trav-
cling on the Hughes special to prove
that. Writing from Peoria to his pa
per, Evans says:
Charles Evans Hughes struck
the corn belt" today in fighting
trim and with a new leading issue
in his ammunition chest. As an
opener for his second campaign
trip he assailed the Wilson admin
istration hammer and tongs for
the passage of the Adamson meas
ure by which the railroad strike
was ayerted.
Twice during the day. as
a feeler, Mr.. Hughes tapped
the eight-hOur law gently,
once before the politicians at
Peoria and once before the far
mers at the state fair grounds.
Each time it appeared TO ring the
bell. Both politicians and agrar-
ians responded to It more vOCi-
ferOusly and spontaneously than
to the others issues placed on dis
play, from Mexico to tariff
And so Mr.. Hughes having "rung
the bell" with the politicians Of his
own faith in his attack on the eight
hour law. Mr.. Evans telegraphiug now
from Springfield the same day saws.
so tonight Mr. Hughes Centered his
batteries upon the Adamson law. The
Mexican question was run on the side
track for the night: protective tariff
felt the soft pedal and the republican
denunCiatiOn of the eight-hOur law
and an analytical criticism of its pro
Visions And so it went.
The Hughes Of old" showed him
self in his true COlOrs all rigbt-but
he was careful to tap gently and see if
the bell was rung with the politicians
before coming forth with hammer and
tongs for what he really believed
But he did not ring the bell with
the masses at that, not by long shot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
The Daily Story
The Partners BY M. Quad.

Among the applicants answering the
advertisement OF Klein e. Klippert for
a stenographer was Miss Rose Will
liams of a suburban village. Both part
ners were old bachelors, and when
the advertisement was inserted Klein
said to Klippert;
There probably will be a hundred
girls come tomorrow, and as / know
more about human nature than you
do l will see them and pick out the
one we want"
But as / know more about stenog-
raphy than you do it should be left to
me-" was the reply OF the partner.
They wrangled over the matter for
10 minutes and then agreed that both
should receive and question the ap-
plicants. When Miss Rose entered the
office each partner said to himself that
she would do, no matter whether she
knew anything about stenography or
not. Each tried to impress upon her
mind the fact that he was fatherly
and kind-hearted and wished to run
an orphan asylum. Klein wanted to
offer her $40 a week, and Klippert
wanted to offer So more, but they final
ly settled on SIS to start with When
the terms had been settled and the
applicant had departed. to reappear on
his chair for a couple of minutes and
then said
LAS my room is rather the largest
and lightest. l am willing TO make
place for the young lady. Did you no.
tice the lines of sorrow around her
young mouth? 1 shall speak very
gently to her"
There is a fine, light space in my
room for the young lady" replied
Klippert, and l will take her in there.
There is a sad look about her eyes, as
if she had some great grief, and !
shall not expect her to do much work"
They disputed for half an hour over
the point, and next day Miss Rose
was given the hall between the Office
rooms of the partners.
At half past l o'clock Klein called
the stenographer into his room and
dictated a letter and then said:
Miss Williams, your work has prov
ed so satisfactory that your salary is
raised to SIS per week"
She expressed her thanks and back
ed out. but scarcely had five minutes
passed when Klippert called her in to
ask if she was satisfied with her sal
airy and to add before she could reply:
You take hold Of the work so well
that l shall make your salary $50 a
week"
Klein had been in the habit OF leav-
ing the store every afternoon at half
past 4 On this occasion he hung about
until ;. Klippert and the employees
left at half past 3 Klippert saunter-
ed after the new stenographeT to see
what car she took lie had just ascer-
tanned when he encountered his part
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
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sembling earthworms, but paler in
color. Seat worms are one-half inch
long or less, white. resembling bits
of white thread.
It is inConCeivable that any medi-
cine which can he taken by a human
being can dissolve the worms in the
bowel" Medicines purporting tn do
anything like that are plain fakes
If the medicine fails TO produce the
worms in the excavations be sure it
has not dissolved any.
The treatment of a genuine case
Of worms in a difficult matter, and
only the family physician is capable
of managing it safely and success
fully.
The prevention OF worms in chill
dren or adults is also a difficult mat
ter, but must be managed by the pa
lent or by parents. The eggs are
swallowed in water or food contain
mated by the excrement from a pre-
vious case of worms; also the eggs
are taken into the mouth from the
fingers Of the victim himself, thus
keeping up a continual replenishment
of the supply. The prevention is
therefore very rigid cleanliness, espe-
cially cleaning the finger nails. Chill
dren must be impressed with the i'm
portance of thoroughly washing the
hands before eating anything any
where. The earth about most towns
and villages is polluted with the eggs
or larvae of worms from human
sources.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
THE BANE OF CHILDHOOD.


For every child that has worms
forty children are unjustly accused of
having them, and fed worthless or
needless worm medicine" One pop
ular worm powder" contains moth
ing that would annoy worms in the
least, being a mere mixture of rhu-
barb, soda and sugar. harmless
enough, a pleasant laxative, but
nothing more Yet hundreds of de-
| luded mothers administer such rem
edies upon a mere suspicion of
worms, and presently, when the
slight illness is past, attribute the
recovery TO the alleged worm medi-
cine, although no worms are seen at
any time. This is the height of alb
surdity. 1t is worse when the worm
medicine is nauseOus dose. A sick
child deserves reasonable considera-
ton, even if he has worms
No symptom or group of symptoms
warrant diagnosis of worms. The
only evidence worthy Of consideration
is the discovery of worms or their
microscopic eggs in the excavations
Short of this, parents do a child an
injustice in plying him with worm
medicine, pleasant or unpleasant.
AS we have so often insisted, the
grandmothers' worm signs are all
" OIlS. nausea, fOuIlIlJS, ulSGToSS IN
the abdomen, coated tongue, heavy
sweettsh breath, flushed cheeks, fe-
yer, bright eyes, white lines about
the mouth, nervousness, twitching,
picking at the nose, mild delirium-
these symptoms are familiar enough
in children subject to acute acid in
toXIcatiOn or acute intestinal indi-
gestion from dietetic errors, but they
do not signify the presence of worms.
About one in eighty children having
such attacks does also happen to have
worms, the other seventy-nine are
innocent of the charge For that
matter. two out Of every three chill
dren who are really found to harbor
round worms or seat worms (pin
worms, thread wOrms) never exhibit
any suspicious symptoms Of any kind
whatever. So, there, grandma!
Round worms are usually from
three to six inches long, closely re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
STRIVING FOR GOOD ROADS,

After hearing pleas from the editors
Of Rock Island papers. and represen-
tatives Of mercantile interests IN be
half OF better roads IN Rock Island
county, the board Of supervisors yes
terday afternoon authorized the ap-
pointment OF a committee Of the board,
OF which the chairman is 70 be a mem
Der, 10 look into type, ways and means,
and method OF financing and report at
the December meeting proposition to
be put upon the ballot in connection
with the township election next spring
The committee will determine the kind
Of roads and method Of placing the
proposition before the people. but will
not attempt specific locations. The
plan is 10 construct two main roads
leading out from Rock Island, and two
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
GROWING OLDER.

A little more tired at close of day;
A little less anxious TO have your way;
A little less ready 10 scold and blame;
A little more care for another's name;
And so we are nearing the journeys
end.
Where time and eternity meet and
blend.
A little less care for bonds and gold;
A little less zest than in days of old;
A broader view and a saner mind
A little more love for all mankind;
A little more care of what we say;
And so we are faring a-down the way.
A little more love for the friends of
youth
A little more zeal for established
truth;
A little more charity in our views;
A little less thirst for the daily news;
And so we are folding our tents away
And passing in silence at close of day
A little more leisure to sit and dream;
A little more real the things unseen;
A little bit nearer to pilgrims ahead;
With comforting visions Of those long
dead;
And so we are going where all must
go,
To the place the living may never
know.
A little more laughter, a few more
tears,
And we shall have told our increasing
years;
The book is closed and the prayers
are said,
And we are a part of the countless
dead.
Thrice happy, then, if some soul can
say,
II lived because he has passed my
way"
From The Eagle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21

I ner. They eyed each other suspi,io,,.
| ly for a minute and then lied 80
had q ready excuse on his tongr,
Next morning at the store the Ee5Ior
partner called the Junior partner ip,a
his room and Rravely said.
Mr.. Rlippert. ] should be grtevsa
to know that you we're following NJ
/ Williams 10 the car, but the rnore \
think Of n the more suspicious vo,,-
conduct appears"
But what we're you doing thersg
was promptly asked
business unconnecfed with the sfo,.
called me 10 the spot
Same here"
Each one had been wondering bow
he could circumvent the other ana 4,
vito the pretty stenographer out -
lunch. The thing was finally rof1sJ
by the senior partner. who said.
Il would suggest that neither OF -.
ask the young lady 20 lunch. she
might misconstrue our action"
Just what I was about 10 suRgas,
We will go out together, as hereto
fore"
But things rankled IN the mind ~
the senior partner. As a matter ~
fact. he had gone 10 the car hair an
hour ahead Of the girl 10 make sure
that she took the right one for homo
The junior partner had come upon hin
and wronged him in thought He dld
the only thing he could think OF 10 ger
even. He called Miss Rose I'm ana
raised her salary 10 S22 a week
The junior partner was not az all
satisfied with the situation. He had
TO see that the bOOkkeeper, who was
known to be a masher, didn't do tina
same There he had met hts partner
and had been looked At distrustfullv
In wronging him the partner wronged
Miss Rose, and he called her in and
dictated a fictitious letter and added
II am pleased 70 say that our work
was never so we'll done before. and I
wish 10 inform you that your salary
has been advanced 70 S25 per week"
Miss Williams came 10 her place on
Wednesday On Saturday afternoon
there was a half holiday. On Saturday
afternoon also Mr.. Klein met Mr. Kiln
pert in the village where the stenog-
rapher lived. Each wanted 70 ask the
other what he was doing there. but he
didn't ask Klein finally took Kip
pert by the arm and walked him 10 the
car, and when both we're seated and
headed for tho city he said.
"Klippert. it's hard times in bus
mess"
You bet"
we don't need a stenographer."
mot In the least +"
we can save>that S25 per week.
Every cent of it."
And on Monday morning Miss VIII
liams received letter from the firm
that owing TO her inexperlence her
services would no longer he required.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
LAW OF LIONS PAW.

One may freely concede that Eng
land Is in some respects "the freest
country IN the world" and that she
has set a unique example in giving all
nations an opportunity to compete
with her for the trade of her own
colonies without ignoring the further
Tact that in International trade rela-
lions she has known-speaking gem
erally-no law but her own will. When
1t pleased her to be liberal she has
been liberal, and when it pleased her
to be arrogant she has been arrogant.
Hosea BiglOw summed ii up adequate
ly:
The lions paw is all the law,
Accordin' to J. b,
Thet's fit fer you and me"
Historically, England has special
ICED in International bad manners. AS
late as 1874 a treaty with Holland
confirmed the right" which has been
strenuously insisted upon for more
than a century. to compel Dutch war
ships in the English channel to lower
their yards and topsails in salute of
English ships, without receiving a sa-
lutte in return. A London dispatch
published Saturday afternoon wildly
reveals this same spirit in its latest
Great Britain has forbidden the ex-
port or various articles of European
neutrals on the ground that they have
this year had moro than an
ordinary years supply Lord Robert
tCeciD said it was not logical to for
bld such exports from Great Britain
and 10 permit them from neutral
sources. Lord Robert explained that
one neutral nation, taking normally
l6'oo0 tons OF coffee, already has i'm
ported $4,000 tons this year. so all fur
Their imports to that country are look
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21

The farmers OF the United States
carry indebtedness in the shape Of
mortgages TO a total OF three billion
five hundred million. One-hfth Of that
enormous total is held by banks as
Investments of their own funds or as
collateral. For many years there has
been an agreement IN all party plat
forms that the farm business, the bus
mess OF feeding the world. was in
need Of more certain. equitable and
reasonable source Of working capital
The federal farm loan act Of the pres
ent democratic administration fully
meets that need. Ask the first farm
er you meet If he wants q change.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Balm for Runinna

What will relieve the aching and
burning pain of a mild bunion. when
no undue swelling, redness or broken
skin is present?
Answer-Stop wearing pointed, out
turned soles and high heels Wear
heels not higher than one inch, and
shoes with straight inside sole lines,
so you can toe straight ahead or
triflle inward when walking. like a
good Indian. Smear over the skin
little liniment, consisting of dash of
menthol, methyl salicyIate. capsicum
and aconite, in base OF white petrola-
tum and lanolin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21

A dispatch to the Chicago Herald
from New York states that several of
the railroad chiefs who were bitter in
their condemnation Of President Will
son after the enactment of the Adam
son eight-hour law have announced
that they will vote for him in NOvem-
Der. It was only necessary to give
the gentlemen time to cool off They
long ago came to the conclusion that
the country and all Of its interests,
big and little, capital and labor, were
pretty safe in the hands OF a man Of
the high character and fair and fear
less calibrs of Woodrow Wilson.