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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
HORRORS IN THE BALKANS

The port Of SalOuika IS thronged
with refugees according to a letter re-
ceived at the headquarters of the fund
for starving children at 20 Fifth ave
nue., New York. The letter, written by
DR.. RosaIie Slaughter Morton, who is
acting as one of the agents for the
fund in Serbia, said in part:
II have offered my services to the
stricken remnants Of the Serbian peO-
pie because they seem 10 be more pitt
fully In need than any others; their
country has been taken away from
them and they have had to endure
every hardship of exposure, cold, hun
ger, wounds. separation from loved
ones, grief and priyation that human
beings can. endure. They have suffered
brayely and have had lesssof the world
sympathy than any other nation"
DR.. Morton enclosed a cabIeGram
from E. II. Magoon, American Red
Cross sanitary engineer at Salonflxa,
which shows that the service TO which
she has dedicated herseIf viii be full
OF danger. It read;
''Salou1ka has tremendous conges-
ton Of refugees from Asia Minor,
Thrsce, Bulgaria Wretched sanitary
conditions. hospitals, crowded, tuber-
culosis, malaria, I Rn visiting other
cities where Pellia says conditions
worse" owing 70 unemployment Gem
sus shows total number registered OF
INDECENT refugees Greek, Macedonian,
hundred seventeen Thousand, OF whom
thfrty-ouo thousand are IN EafoHil1I."
The task Of the fund a2r starving
children under tho Rusptcag OF che
Christian work I'd psGn.u ncsGeng "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

It seemed to have been launched at
the psychological moment; but in
spite of these and other propitious
circumstances, there are many tndtca-
tons of retrogression. The enforced
marching in preparationist parades
was submitted TO good naturedly by
the victims; but reflection upon the
outrage. and the accommodating reports
Of similar treatment in other places
throughout the country has tended to
convert indifference into resentment
The final impulse necessary to start
a healthy reaction came with the mo-
bilization of the militia. When the
boys began taking the oath in the fed
era1 service and departing for the
south, matters took a serious turn.
War might follow. If it did, there
would be killing and Gripping of men,
and widowing and orphaning of wo-
men and children The whole affair
took on a new aspect. Men asked
themselves if it was worth the price
If there was no other way Of accom-
plishing the desired end. Never be-
fore was there such welcome word
from Mexico as the pacific note from
General CarranZa. It may be some
time yet before this change in popular
sentiment is recognized by congress;
but there can be little doubt of the
fact, and it will be made plain dur
ing the coming campaign.-The Pub
lie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

Republican orators during this cam
paign are going to DO q lot OF deplOr-
ing alleged loss OF American prestige
under a democratic administration. If
they will go back four years they will
find that whatever prestige has Slip
ped away from Us was lost under Taft,
while the republicans were in power
Impartial students of the subject at
that time deplored the results Of Mr.
Taft's diplomacy in this connection.
Perhaps the democratic administra-
ton has not yet succeeded in getting
back all that Taft lost, but give it time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
Selected by Tavenner
To the Readers of The Argus:

The Argus generously agreed permit to make
regular under this head, the space
as my am left free to make selection
from where l will whether timely untmey; to
search highways and the byways for what may I'M
m IS of interest and value to the people.
assure my readers shall try o make the most of
opportunity. To do must forget that party lines
exist and l will just wish might be practical for
and that the principal issue cleo
ton might whether candidate belongs to this
but whether willing to
of the people or the few who exploit them
In other words my idea is to submit information
a thought l would give to the world If / myself
edited a newspaper the only mission of which was to
serve mankind; do this and nothing
When I personally write the contribution, 1 sign
when present the thought and work of others
will so Indicate CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

The quantity Of petroleum marketed
in the United States in 1915 amounted
TO 281.104,l04 barrels, valued at S179,-
4e2,S90. More crude petroleum was
marketed in the United States in 1915
than in any previous year in the his
tory Of the industry nearly d per
cent increase over that credited to
1914, and about 3 per cent in excess
OF the estimated total made public by
the geological survey on Jan. l. The
average price received at the well for
this output was 64 cents a barrel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

Newspapers at Peoria find it neces-
sary to assure the people from time
to time that the city reservoir is not
being used as swimming hole Rock
Islands reservoir is surrounded by a
fence that would be hard to negotiate
going in and still harder TO climb com
ing Out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

baroness Won Hutton, a. former
Pennsylvania girl, has been fined five
pounds for having Travelled more than
five miles from her place Of residence
in England Her late husband was a
German Funny what some Ameri-
cans will put up with merely for the
privilege of living abroad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

Perhaps MI Hughes really thinks
this country ought now to have 500,
600 troops down in Mexico, shooting
and starving the people into submis-
sion, but it is not likely he will come
out and say so during this campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

After contemplating the picture of
one Of the first or those super
women" who has enlisted in the cause
of upbuilding the race by selectiVe
breeding, one wonders if the ladies of
the eugenic future Will be expected to
wear their hair like that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

They have wisely decided not to let
Mr. Fairbanks know the worst till
Aug. 81 BY that time this Bermuda
high probably Will have drifted past
and the people and thermometers may
be able to survive the shock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

Next winter is to be one of unusual
severity, say those who have closely
examined the new crop Of hair grow
ing on last years jack rabbits We re-
serve the right to take the omen for
what it is worth, h.. at that the jack
rabbit method of forecasting may be
about as reliable as any.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
@ @ @ 9 G G 9 c @ @ O Q @ @ o c
DO YOU KNOW THAT

. The hand that carries the food
. to the mouth can also carry dis
. ease germs?
. Health first is the highest form
= of safety first?
Q tuberculosis and poyegty go
. hand in hand?
. The L. S. public health service
. will send a booklet on flies ana
o disease. gratis TO all applicants
. The breast fed baby has the
. best chance?
. Physical fitness is prepared
. ness against disease?
. Cockroaches may carry dls-
. ease?
Q @ G . @ G @ @ G . @ 9 . @ o O O
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

John Dietz Of Cameron dam fame is
trying to get n pardon from the gov
ernOr OF Wisconsin, though to the
average newspaper reader II seems he
has been in prison scarcely as long
as it took the authorities of the state
10 place him under arrest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
A WANING WAR SPIRIT.

That there has been a distinct slump
IN the preparauOnist movement is now
evident TO the casual observer of pub
lie opinion. The movement was well
organized and literally financed. and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
Daily History CIaSS-Aug. 7.

'1795-Joseph Rodman Drake, Amer
can poet. born; died 1920
1S9S-Spain accepted teryns OF peaeo
imposed by United St9tes-evaoasn,,
ton OF Cuba. cession 4 Porto INV
and virtual surrcnderfof the FninR
pines.
l914-French invaded AIsaee.
l9l5-tSermans eapturqfd Ivangorod -
the Vistula abov& warsaw; ai'S
occupied serock, ~ the NarS~'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

Mr. Hughes took no. chances OF or
Tending any faction at Chicago. He
declined all invitations to attend
luncheons. Pussy-footing Is right
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

The-addrcss of Senator James Ham
ilton Lewis delivered Saturday was a
clear-cut- exposition OF tileissues from
the democratic standpoint Republi-
cans will use up a lot Of gray matter
irving to answer him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
Germans Take English From shake
Spa.ra

Berlin.-A summary of Shahespeal
can performances in Germany the pas
season discloses that all the plays dear
ing with England's history were IN.
performed with the exception OF Henry
Nv. and Richard III. each OF which en-
joyed but three performances. ln0
Merchant OF Venice led. with 81 per
formances and Hamlet was but one
behind. with 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

MRS Edward Heating, wife OF Con-
gresham Heating of Colorado, has
written paper entitled, IF l We're
President" There are just about
100, 900 900 more who could write the
same kind of a paper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
THINGS TO FORGET.

eff you see tall fellow ahead of a
crowd,
A leader of men. marching fearless
and proud.
And you know of a tale whose mere
telling aloud,
Would cause his proud head to in
anguish be bowed,
It's a pretty good plan to forget it.
If you know of a skeleton hidden
away
In a closet, and guarded and kept
from the day
In the dark; and whose showing,
whose sudden display
It's a pretty good plan to forget it
If you know of a thing that will
darken the joy
Of man or woman, girl or a boy,
That will wipe out a smile, or the
least way annoy
A follow, or cause any gladness to
cloy,
It's Il pretty good plan to forget it. +"
THE above verse is being circulated
by a candidate running for a state Of
fee, on the back of his campaign
cards. Dope it out for yourself!
DR.. Hirschberg says: "YOu can
not have a sane thought based on
any possibility of nature, which is
born in you, or which matches it.
self in your mind Thanks, Doc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
nM,osrLYs
SCoRD
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
COME AGAIN!

What's the use to worry and fret
And try more trouble TO borrow
For we know after the sun has set
Today will be yesterday tomorrow
R. r. III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

LENORE Ulrich uses two col
umns to tell of how she became
"|famous.7 We could do 1t In one
Notwithstanding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
IFS the Emblem OF the Demos.

G. B. Tolman Of Port Byron Cream
cry, has a wise mule. The animal has
lately been lame. Several examined
the hoOf but could not locate the cause.
The other day the mule while loose
went TO L. B. Sallows' blacksmith shop
and acted as though it wanted to get
in. This was hard to understand for
whenever 1t is necessary TO get the
mule shod, it takes several men to
drive the animal into the shop. When
Mr.. SalIows saw the mule at the door
he opened it, and the visitor walked
in, raised its lame foot and Mr.. Sal
lows pulled out a nail-the cause of
its pain. This little story is vouched
for by the men who had charge of
the animal and Mr.. Tolman thinks he
has a mule that knows more than some
men.-Port Byron Globe.
WHILE standing near the govern
ment bridge last evening a stranger
alighted from a jitbus, approached and
dryly asked, Say, stranger, would il
be proper to write home and tell the
folkS~that l Forded the Mississippi"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
Rock Island-From sRTver-to
River.

Why worry when there's always
someone's else. to do it. for yoU7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

T. r says he likes Hughes Case
Of have to" as an exchange suggests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

The public is about to be given an
other opportunity OF satiating its taste
for boy and girl cases." A 17-year-
old boy and girl at usual result. Now
the girl is dead most of the day and
night, with the Olney were in each
others company and the boy is in Jail,
and the newspapers are again begin
ming to fill their columns with the
nasty details.-Mathervil News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
INST Part of the Time.

FOR new president of the Vacilla-
tors club-the weather man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

BRITISH government has just
passed a bill requiring publishers
of newspapers TO deposit 100000
900 kOpeks in order to open
newspaper in India And to think
we had Just decided to start a
cOIyum over there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

GANG of swindlers in Iowa cleaned
up 100000 in few weeks. Go wes
young mani Go west
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
Another aDry, Argument.

We have seen freak eggs, but the
strangest looking freak ever laid was
shown us by P. G.. Hardisty this week
1t was a crooked bulb two inches long
and three-fourths of an inch in diam
eter at the largest part. The smaller
end was exactly like the mouth of a
bottle, with the rim around and a cork
in it. If the cork had not been in we
should have guessed that the hen had
patterned after some bottle she saw
sitting near her nest in the barn Mr..
Hardisty will put it under a hen to
see if it matches out a bottle of egg-nog.
-Blandinsville Star-Gazette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
THE PEST PESTIFEROUS.

If there is any special bore
We fOndly yearn to spank, it's
The guy who takes a northward roam
Then sends this word by postcard
home:
I'm sleeping under blankets"
Peoria Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

If there's an equal to this gink
That we yearly long to kick, it's
The guy that takes a southern fight
Then always has the nerve to write
Down here we have no crickets."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

HUNDREDS who stood by and
watched the robbery of the Bur-
rOughs Adding Machine cOmpany's
motor pay car, in which the
thieves got away with S33,000,
thought they were witnessing
movie scenario. Imagine their
disappointment when they discOv-
cred il wasn't q mnXin Mt ALL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07
If Action Were Fitted to Words.

7 Just dropped In"
police spread net over city"
"He threw up his job"
Her singing brought the house
DOWN"
I'll take the first car home"
"They turned the corner"
"He jumped his board bill"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

WILLIAM G. Shepperd, valued cor
respondent of the u. p. at the Mexican
border, we learn, has the measles. How
old is Shep?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-07

VILLA is dead again.
o. d. X. n G. T. r.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-19
ADMITS U-BOAT
SANK STEAMERS
Berlin Note Insists Vessels Were
Legal Victims.
ASSERTS SUSSEX HIT MINE
Germany Says Submarine Was in
Vicinity When Explosion Occurred
on Vessel, and That Steam
er Was Torpedoed.

Berlin, April IA (by wireless) The
German reply to the American note
concerning the damaging or sinking of
five steamships contains the statement
that the steamers Englishman, Eagle
Point, Manchester Engineer and Ber-
windvale were destroyed by German
submarines. Evidence is presented to
show that these vessels were torpedoed
legally in accordance with the rules of
war
The note states that a German sub
marine torpedoed a steamship in the
vicinity of the place at which the chan
mel steamship Sussex was damaged by
an explosion, but that evidence at
hand indicates that the vessel tor
pedoed by the submarine was not the
Sussex
The commander of this submarine,
the note says, made a sketch at the
time. This sketch has been compared
with photograph of the Sussex and
has been found to show dissimilarities
in build, arrangement of stacks, etc.
responsible for the damaging of the
Sussex. In the way of confederation,
it is stated that German naval forces
destroyed rs floating mines on that
day.
Regarding the cases of the English
man, Manchester Engineer, Eagle
Point and Berwindvale, it is stated
they were signaled to halt, but disre-
garded the signals. Thereupon warn
ing shots were fired.
The statement is made that the sub
marine commanders assured them
selves before sinking the ships that
their destruction was justified and
that the crews were safely in boats, no
man being left aboard the vessels.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-19
FOUR GERMANS TAKEN IN PLOT.
One Confesses He Made Containers for
Bombs to Be Placed on a Ship.

One Confesses He Made Containers for
Bombs to Be Placed on a Ship.
New York, April 14.-In the arrest
on Wednesday of four Germans on
charges of placing fire bombs in ships
carrying munitions and food from this
port to the allies the police believe
they have the men higher up in the
organization of German plots than
Capt Robert Fay and his associates,
who were arrested last October.
The specific charge against the men
is that they acted in concert with 9TH
ers in manufacturing liquid fire bombs
and placing them in sugar bags on the
steamship Kirk Oswald of the Fabre
line, which caught fire last May while
going from New York to Marseilles.
Those arrested were: Ernest Becker,
Sapt Emo Bode of Glen Ridge, n. j.;
Capt. E. w Won Kleist, Hoboken;
Capt. Otto Wolpert of Bloomfield, N.
J. According to the officers who made
the arrests, Bode confessed that he
was the agent of Capt. Franz Won Pa
pen. Becker has confessed that he
made the containers for the bombs
and gave them to Won Kleist.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-19
THREE MEN KILLED IN
THE CORONA AUTO RACE
Bob Burman, Veteran Driver, Dies of
njuries-Mechanici and Guard
Also Perish.

Corona, Cal, April 11-"Wild Bob"
Burman of Detroit, Mich, Mechani-
clan Eric Schrader of Chicago, and
Track Policeman w. H. Speer, dead,
and five spectators injured, three of
whom may die-that made up the
tragedy that wound up the third an
nual Corona road race on Saturday
Burman suffered a fractured skull,
several ribs were crushed and both
legs were broken. Burman died in the
city hospital at Riverside, where he
was taken from the track. Mrs. Bur
man was with her husband soon after
the accident and remained with him
until he died.
Incidentally Eddie O'Donnell, in a
Dusenberg car, won the $4,000 prize,
making an average speed Of 86.5 for
the sol miles Joe Thomas in a Mercer
was second and Eddie Pullen, Thomas
teammate, trailed in third. Tetzlaff and
Durand finished fourth and fifth re-
spectively
Burman's car blew out tire in the
ninety-fifth lap as it was rounding
curve at a speed estimated at 100
miles an hour The speeding machine
skidded upon a culvert, turned COM
pletely over and crashed past two tele-
phone poles into a throng of specta-
tors. Schrader was dashed to the
ground and sustained fractured skull
and a broken leg. He died five min
utes afterward.
In its wild flight Burman's Peugeot
wrecked an automobile beside which
Speer was standing. The policeman
was terribly mangled and died few
minutes later
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-19
Vegetation as Index Of Land Value.

When it is proposed to bring tract
of land under cultivation for the first
time, information as to the soil and
climate is always an urgent desidera-
tum, in order that the farmer may Sc
lect the crops and methods of culture
best adapted to the locality. In the
absence of other information under
these heads, the types of vegetation
growing wild on the land are obviously
of much significance. In recent years
the United States bureau of plant in
dustry has been developing along sci
entific lines an "indicator-plant" meth
cd of classifying lands in the arid and
semiarid portions of the United States.
During the last fiscal year work of
this character was carried on in south
western Utah, southern Nevada, south
ern California and southern Arizona.
In all these regions the native vegeta-
ton was found to be indicative of
whether the amount of alkali present
was sufficient to injure crop plants
under irrigation.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-19
How to Be Happy.

There are two ways of being happy;
we may either diminish our wants, or
augment our means-either will do
the result is the same; and it is for
each man to decide for himself. and
do that which happens to be the
easiest. If you are idle, or sick, or
poor, however hard it may be to di-
minish your wants, it will be harder to
augment your means. If you are active
and prosperous, or young, or in good
health, it may be easier for you to aug
ment your means than to diminish
your wants. But, if you are wise, you
will do both at the same time. young
or old, rich or poor, sick or well; and.
if you are very wise. you will do both
in such way as to augment the gen.
eral happiness of jamin
Franklin.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-19
WHY HE FELL FROM GRACE
Altogether Complimentary to
Ex-President Taft.

John Cottonwood had not been q
| success as a total abstainer, though
| he had given the Indian agent In
| charge many promises of better life.
Finally a Jail sentence of ten days at
hard labor had a wholesome effect
The effect was not permanent. Cot
tonwood was brought in to the agent,
if not red-handed at least very red
eyed. Il am ashamed of you, john
How did it happen?" asked the agent.
Have l your permission to explain?'
courteously inquired the prisoner at
the bar in a musical voice. go ahead.
at happened to me that my wife sent
me to town with rs cents she had
earned washing that might buy some
groceries," 'Well?" 81 was walking
down the street thinking how now
was able to pass the bad place where
liquor is sold by the one-eyed Japanese
at the back of the poolroom to In
dams" YES" when l arrived at
the busy part of town ] saw great
crowds. / hurried to find why the
whole city had come out upon the
streets. came to the steps of the
First National bank which were
crowded. l saw a friend there stand
ing. | asked of him why so many
were collected. He explained that this
was a feast day for the reason that the
Great Father from Washington, Presi-
dent William H. Taft, was to pass that
way this day. Many had been assem-
bled since early morning. l was
happy man. All my life had I wished
to see the Great Father. | joined the
throng and waited. All the day we
waited. 1t was very hot. Many auto
mobiles passed. The dust was like
thick smoke. In the middle of the day
came a great shouting. The music or
the bands was loud. My heart stopped.
My eyes were to see the Great Father
An automobile came up, then another.
In the second one was an awful bulk.
l trembled. NO l said to myself. that
shape cannot be Great Father from
Washington But it was l could not
endure the pain I felt. The next thing
knew was nothing. | am here.
have no more to say" sorrowfully con-
cluded the culprit.-Kansas City Star
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-19
Beginning Insurance Early.

Consul Kelley reports from Rome
that in many Of the elementary schools
of Rome and of some other cities in
Italy system of mutual benefit insur-
ance has been established among the
pupils. The pupils pay small weekly
contributions to the general fund and
in return receive certain payments in
case of sickness, accident or death.
and at the same time lay the founda-
ton for old-age benefits.
While the plan is still in it's infancy,
so far as Rome is concerned, it has
been adopted in many of the public
schools of the city, and this system
of insurance appears to be growing
rapidly, Pupils are encouraged to con-
tinue the insurance until they may
join an adult society.