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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
CHAPTER vi.
4 Gail For Volunteers.

A Call For Volunteers.
n IL this is from my hurried
"a notes taken at the time, which
give little notion Of the abso-
lutte chaos to which the as
sembly had by this time been reduced.
So terrific was the uproar that several
ladies had already beaten hurried re-
treat Grave and reverend seniors
seemed to have caught the prevailing
spirit as badly as the students, and l
saw white bearded men rising and
shaking their fists at the obdurate pro-
fessor. The whole great audience
seethed and simmered like a boiling
pot. The professor took a step for
ward and raised both his hands. There
was something so big and arresting
and virile in the man that the clatter
and shouting died gradually away be
fore his commanding gesture and his
masterful eyes. He seemed to have a
definite message. They hushed 10
hear it.
Il will not detain you he said. cit
Is not worth it Truth is truth, and
the noise Of a number of foolish young
men-and. l fear / must add. of their
equally foolish seniors-cannot affect
the matter l claim that I have open
ed new field of science. You dispute
it (CheersJ Then I put you to the
test viii you accredit one or more
of your own number TO go out as your
representatives and test my statement
In your nameT
Mr. Summarize, the veteran professor
of comparative anatomy. rose among
the audience, a tan, thin, bitter man.
with the witherod aspect OF a theolo-
gian. He wished. he said. to ask Pro
fessor Challenger whether the results !
TO which he had alluded in his remarks !
had been obtained during journey to |
The headwaters Of the Amazon made |
by him two years before.
Professor Challenger answered that /
they had
Mr.. Summarize desired 10 know how
IL was that Professor Challenger claim
ed 10 have made discoveries I'm those
regions which had been overlooked by
Waliace. Bates and other previous ex-
pl0rers or established scientific repute
Professor Challenger answered that
Nr Summerlee appeared 10 be confus
LIZ the Amazon with the Thames. that
il was in reality a somewhat larger
liver, that Mr. Summarize might be in
terested 70 know that with the ORR
aoco. which communicated with il
some 9p.0d3 miles Of country were
opened up. and that in so vast a space
Il was not impossible for one person 10
ind what another had missed.
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ton and guidance are in this sealed
envelope. You will open it when you
seach a town upon the Amazon which
Is called Nanaos, but not until the date
and hour which are marked upon the
outside. Have made myself clear? |
leave the strict observance Of my con-
ditions entirely to your honor. No, Mr.
Malone, | will place no restriction upon
your correspondence, since the ventiIa-
ton Of the facts is the object of YOUR
journey, but l demand that you shall
give no particulars as TO your exact
destination and that nothing be ac-
tually published until your return.
Goodby."
so he turned upon his heel, and a
minute later from the deck | could see
his short. squat figure bobbing about
in the distance as he made his way
back to his train. Well, we are well
down channel now. There's the last
bell for letters, and it's goodby to the
pilot. Wen be down. hull down. on
the old trail'' from now on. God bless
all we leave behind us and send US
safely back.
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you never feel clean again. That's why
L made little war on my own De
clared it myself. waged it myself. end.
/ ed it myself. Each Of those hicks is
| for slave murderer good row of
| them-what? That big one is for Pc
| dro Lopez. the king of them all. that |
| killed in Il backwater of the Putomayo
/ river. Now, here's something that
/ would do for you" He took out a
| beautiful brown and silver rife We'll
! rubbered at the stock. sharply sighted.
! five cartridges to the clip. You can
| trust your life to that" He handed il
| to me and closed the door of his oak
cabinet
BY the way" he continued. coming
back to his chair. what do you know
of this Professor Challenger|'
Il never saw him till today"
well. neither did l. It's funny we
should both sail under sealed orders
from man we don't know. He seem
ed an uppish old bird. His brothers of
science don't seem too fond of him,
either. How came you to take an in
terest in the affair.""
l told him shortly my experiences of
the morning, and he listened intently.
Ihen he drew out map of South
America and laid it on the table
Il believe every single word he said
to you was the truth" said he earnest
", land, mind you. 1 have something
to go on when l speak like that South
America is a place love, and 1 think,
if you take it right through from Da-
n -. = 4
most wonderful bit of earth upon this
planet
mat night, wearied as / was after
the wonderful happenings of the day,
| sat late with McArdle. the news edi-
tor, explaining to him the whole situa-
ton, which he thought important
enough 10 bring next morning before
the notice of Sir George Beaumont, the
chief 1t was agreed that | should
write home full accounts OF my adj
ventures in the shape of successive
letters TO McArdle and that these
should either be edited for the Gazette
as they arrived or held back to be pub
ilshed later, according to the wishes
of Professor Challenger. since we
could not yet know what conditions he
Shit otAti' II W tIIpSe uiEeCllDHS which
should guide us to the unknown land. /
In response to telephone inquiry we
received nothing more definite than a
Illumination against the press. ending |
up with the remark that if we would |
notify our boat he would hand US any
directions which he might think it /
proper to give us at the moment of I
a second question from us I
rallied TO elicit any answer ut all save
a plaintive bleat from his wife 10 the
ELECT that her husband was in a very
violent temper already and that she
hoped we would do nothing to make it
worse. a third attempt later in the
lay provoked a terrific crash and n
message from the Central
exchange that Professor ChalIenCer'a
'eceiyer had been shattered After
hat we abandoned all attempt at com
And now, my patient readers, | can
ddress you directly no longer From
oW onward (if. indeed. any continue
ION or this narrative should ever reach
oul II can only be through the paper
'hlch ! represent. In the hands Of
he editor | leave this account OF the
vents which have led up to one OF
he most remarkable expeditions of all
me, SO that If never return To Eng
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a sportsman and a traveller is, OF
course, world famous" said the chair
man. AT the same time it would
certainly be as well to have a member
of the press upon such an expedition. .
Then L move" said Professor ChaI.
! Ienger, that both these gentlemen be
| elected as representatives of this meet
| ing to accompany Professor Summer
| lee upon his journey to investigate and
| to report upon the truth of my state
ments."
And so, amid shouting and cheering
our fate was decided. and found nv
SeIr borne away in the human current
winch Swirled toward the door. with
my mind half stunned by the vast new
project which had risen so suddenly
before it. As l emerged from the hail
L was conscious for a moment of y
rush of laughing students down the
pavement and of an arm welding a
heavy umbrella, which rose and fell in
the midst of them. Then, amid q mix
lure or groanS and cheers, Professor
Challenger's electric brougham slid
from the curb, and l found myself
walking under the silvery lights of
Regent street, full of thoughts of
Gladys and of wonder as to nv fu-
ture
suddenly there was a touch at nv
elbow l turned and found myself
looking into the humorous, masterful
eyes or the tall, thin man who had
volunteered to be my companion on
this strange quest
Mr.. Malone, / understand" said ba
We are to be cOmpanions-what? NV
rooms are just over the road in the
Albany. Perhaps you would have the
Kindness to spare me half an hour for
there are one or two things that l bad
~ want to say TO you
Lord John ROxtOn and turned down
Vlgo street together and through the
dingy portals of the famous aristocrat-
lc rookery. At the end of a long ORA
passage my new acquaintance pushed
open door and turned on an electric
switch A number of lamps shining
through tinted shades bathed the whole
great room before US in ruddy radi-
ahce- Standing in the doorway and
glanc1ng round me. l had a general i'm
preston of extraordinary comfort and
elegance combined with an atmos-
phere of masculine virility. Every
where there We're mingled the luxury !
or the wealthy man of taste and the
careless untidiness of the bachelor
one by one he took out a succession |
OF beautiful rifles, opening and shut |
ting them with a snap and cIane
ana then patting them as he put them !
oack into the rack as tenderly as a
mother would fondle her children
This is BANDS ST. axite express -
said he. Il got that big fellow with
T. He glanced up at stuffed white
'hlnoceros. Ten more yards and he
YOU'D have added me to his collection.
On that conicai bullet his one chance
hangs
It's the weak ones ADVANTAGE fair
Hope you know your Gordon for
es the poet Of the horse and the gun
nd the man that handles both Now
eres a useful tool-.47O. telesconic
ight double ejector. point blank m
D three fifty. That's the rife used
gainst Peruvian slave drivers three
ears ago ! was the fail of the ! ord
y In those parts, | may tell Won !
lough you won't find IL in any blne
ook. There are times. young felab
men every one Of us must make n
and Tor human right and Justice or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
NOTICE.

Sealed bids will be received o. "
Office of the county clerk OF RocA =.
and county at the court house W. W.
Thursday. the Slst day OF August ~.
at , o'clock p m, for auditing tns
counts of the 1--WE retiring county ~ ",
GERS. as follows; Circuit clerk Slss 1,,
attorney, recorder OF deeds. coIv-s
and probate clerk. from the hrst ~ ~
day Of December. 1912. 10 the
Monday OF December. 1915. bias y,
also be received at the same TINE -
auditing the accounts OF all couo.
officers from the FIRST Monday 10
cember, 1910. to the first MONDAY
December. 1916. The right IS reSei'''
TO reject any or all bids
MARTIN SEWERS,
NJ. A. TITTERINGTON.
w w. CAIN.
HERBERT r COOK. Jh,
FLORENCE %. SLElGhA
Finance Committee OF the Boaru
Supervisors.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
For Representative.

l hereby announce my candidacy for
the democratic nomination for minor.
ity representative in the state legisl
ture from the 33rd senatorial distra
and solicit the support of my friend
at the primaries sept 10, 1916.
w. Z. MAUCKER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
For Representative,

l hereby Announce myself cand'
date for the democratic nomination 70
representative in the gener. assembg
from the Thirty-third senatorial dir
trict subject 10 the democratic pr
maries Sept. IS. 1916.
EVERETT l.. WERTS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
Political Announcement.
advertisement
For States AttOrney.

hereby announce my candidacy 10
the republican nomination for state
attorney of Rock Island county an
solicit the support of my friends. Pr
mary Sept. 10, 1916.
CHARLES S. ROBERTS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
For States Affnrner.

With malice toward none; will
charity for ALL / respectfully ask .
denomination for the Office of statei
attorney, Sept Is. 1916, and electi@
by united republican party this fall
HARRY NJ McCASKRIN
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GEORGE W. GAM3LE
For Coroner.

/ wish 10 announce my candidag
FOR the republican nomination FOR CO..
oner and respectfully solicit the SUP
port of the voters ut the Septembs'
primaries. AL NJ. DIXON
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hereby announce my candidacy ~
the republican nomination for corons
and respectfully solicit the supper
the republican party. az the Septenps
primaries.
JOHN G. MILLER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
For Circuit Clerk.

l hereby announce my candidacy IN
the republican nomination for circsa
clerk of Rock Island county, subisa
to the decision Of the primaries, Sep
Is. 1915.
GEORGE ". GAM3IE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
JOHN G. MILLER
For Member State Board OF Equallrb
tiOn.

| hereby announce my candidacy y
the republican nomination for IL
Der of the state board OF equalizavs
from the Fourteenth congressional ~
trict, subject to the primaries OF ssp+
Is. FRED ". YOUNG.
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r. w. OLMSTED. Attorney
Notice Of Publication

Notice of PublicatiOn-Ch ancery-
State of Illinois, Rock Island county
S.
In the circuit court, September term,
1916. IL
Donetta Bengston VS.. Elmer n
Bengston; in chancery, 774S
AfhdaYit OF non-residence of Elmer
y. bengston, the above defendant. hay-
ing been flled in the clerks office Of
the circuit court of said county. notice
is therefore hereby given to the said
Nonresident defendants that the com
Elainant filed her bill of complaint in
said court, on the chancery side there
or, on the seventh day of August IqIe
and that thereupon summons issued
out or said court, wherein said suft 10
now pending returnable Oh the third
Monday in the month OF September
next as is by law required. Now m
less You. the said resident defend
ant above named. shall personally be
ana appear before said circuit court
on the first day of the next term there
or TO be holden at Rock Island in and
Tor the said county. on the third Mon
day I'm September next. and plead. an
swer or demur TO the said complain-
ants bill OF complaint, the same and
matters and things therein charged
ana stated Will be taken as confessed |
and a decree entered against yo,u ac-
cordIng to the prayer OF said bin.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE.
Clerk |
Rock Island. ILL.,. Aug. Z, 1915.
JOHN X. SCOTT,
Compliments Solicitor.
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Administrators Nnfice
Estate Of Rudolph Koch. deceas

Estate or Rudolph Koch, deceased.
The undersigned having been an
pointed Administrative of the estate OF
Rudolph Koch. late of the county of
Rock Island, state of Illinois. deceased
hereby gives notice that she will an
pear before the Hon. Benjamin Bell
Judge OF the probate court of Rock Is
land county, at the probate court room
in the CITY of Rock Island, at the
January, 1917 term, on the first Mon
day in January next, at which time all
persons having claims against said es-
tate are notified and requested TO at
tend LOT the purpose of having the
same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate nav
ment to the undersigned.
Dated 9TH day of August, A. d.. 1916
NJ. THERESA TALBOT.
Administrators
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Legal.

Continued Next "Wednesday
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-30

this afternoon replied to charges Of
Mayor Thompson last night that
Rodriguez is a ''faker" and a tool Of
a Pullman Palace Car Co. lawyer. 3"
In a meeting at the home of Mrs
Bertha Goldstein, 1927 Hirsch av.,
secretary 18th ward WOman's Civic
league, Rodriguez said:
I am perfectly willing to have any
act of mine as an alderman discussed
and I am ready to answer any qUes-
lions about my personal connections
with corporations. AS a business
agent of the painters union and as
a delegate to the Chicago Federation
of Labor, which is now fighting the
Pullman Co. through a strike of the
underpaid car washers, and perhaps
as a personal friend of Eugene V.
Debs, former president of the Amer
lean Railway union and arch-enemy
of the Pullman Co., I'm ready to an
swer anything except the sort of
cheap sneers and insinuatiOns now
being handed out by Mayor ThOmp-
son.
Records OF the state utilities COM
mission of Illinois at Springfield
showed in June of last year that Vim.
Hale Thompson was the holder of
1,O89 shares of stock in the Com
monweaIth Edison Co. The market
value of this stock was at that time
above $4,000. So we find that Bill
Thompson's financial pals and bust
ness crOnies. are Sam insult, head of
the public utilities monopoly of Chi
cagO, and ROb't T. Lincoln, Pullman
Co. directors chairman, and ChaUn-
cey Keep of the Marshall Field es-
tate, all sitting as directors of this
corporation in which the mayor then
held $4,000 worth of stock.
IT'S time to bust the bubble of the
brag the mayor makes that he set
tied the car strike. He didn't want
to be umpire. It was forced on him
by the political strategy of Bill Ma
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RODRIGUEZ .RETORTS TO MAYOR SHOWS
HOLDINGS IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

IAS4N w EIEGL 4Il"LL1lDOlN
| The very day the strike began Bill
ThOmpson's police chief, Chas. c.
Healey, went before a council COM
mittee and asked for S45O,OOO cash
to pay for guns and police to qUell
strike disorders. Not a protest
against this came from Bill ThOmp-
son. So far as the mayor was con-
cerned Chief HeaIey had an absolute
ly free hand to buy rifles and fill the
streets with police to help the trac-
ton companies run the cars.
81 predict John L. Whitman will
have his official head chopped off and
thrown into the Bill Thompson civil
service garbage can, along with the
heads of Bemis and Sachs. That
Whitman is one of the few really
great prison managers today won't
count any more than the fact that
Sachs was running a good sanitarium
or the fact that Edward Bemis is one
of the foremost reliable experts on
public utilities.
cat the very time the mayor issued
his order closing the saloons, a
house he owns was tenanted by peO-
pie who were later raided by the po-
lice and convicted of running an inn
neral place."
Rodriguez said that any allegation
he made against the mayor he would
be glad to have challenged by Dan
lei G.. Roberts, the Thompson candi-
date for alderman in the 18th ward.
Rodriguez and Roberts debate Sat
urday night in Lowell school, Spal-
ding and Hirsch SITS.
SEVEN CENTS STARTS SAVINGS
ACCOUNT AT FIRST NATIONAL
A man stole cents from the news
stand of Sam FTankleder, Monroe
and Dearborn, at the entrance of the
First National bank
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osCURO

Mr.. and Mrs. d. B. Tennis 81
Polly were week sad visitors at T..
+. Jones.
Attorney Seth Crews and family
are Entertaining a relative from
Chicago.
II y. Jones took a party Of pros
ppciois across the mai psis TO the
mines in h's auto last Saturday.
A large number of Three Rivers
people were in Oscuro Monday on
I, siness, several Of them staying
for the dance In the evening.
Mr.. Alec. Mills and family were
in town Monday Miss Lou aud
Master Herbert are victims Of the
w%hooping cough, but we are glad
to report tina, both ATE e vering
The Sew and So Club met ut
the home Of Mrs Leila Black Satur
day, After a short but entertain
Ing program the hostess served re.
freshments which were enjoyed by
all.
The dance at The school house
Monday nigh, in honor Of Mr.
Crews guest, Mr.. Thompson, was
well ATTENDED and was an enjoy
bale affair. Good music and lunch
con helped materially to make IL a
success
II l. Blsney came neal meeting
with a serious accident last Satur
day when his auto slipped down a
grade on the state road a few miles
east Of Oscuro. He escaped how
ever without injury to himself or
his car.
Shakespeare? says whats in
a name?" The Socialist leader OF
this place a for school trustee TO
succeed himself, on a 20 called citi-
zens ticket and WAS defeated by
VIM. Sterling. The vote stood 81
to "a
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BAPTIST CHURCH
CREv. ]. N. GARDNER. PastOrl

Sunday, April 9th viii preach at II
A. NJ. subject "Need Of Faith"
At 8 p. m. the subject will be Urea
%sures!' was to have preached Oh
Treasures Sunday, March goth, but the
HISTORIAN came in late Sunday evening
aud wanted to have n union meeting Of
both Churches 10 we let him take that
service.
The subject Of Faith" Is M everybody
should be interested in. This Is the
second " a series Of sermons on this most
important subject There will be three
more.
Sunday School will meet at 10 q IN
Everybody welcome
Senior and Junior y, Y. Pisa 7 p. IN
The W. M. u. met with Mrs. Roselle
" Wednesday afternoon. Il being the fret
Wednesday in the month which Is person
al service meeting Il was spent IN sewing
for the poor and a social time was also
observed apd delightful refreshments were
served The meeting next week wall be
with Mrs. Roy Textor and study the hrsl
18th chapter of Deut.
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METHODIST CHURCH
(REv. 2. d. LEWIS. Pastor,

"Thc Blind Spot" will be the subiec,
u the morning sermon at the Methodist
Chuach Sunday. True Happiness, and
How to Obtain IT," will be the topic foI
consideration at 8 p. IN. Sunday school
at 0;I5 m. Junior Church at 3 p m.
Epworth League at Prayer meeting
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock The LIST
chapter Of the Epistle q james will be the
Scripture lesson Read II and bring your
bibles with you Everybody invited TO
all these services.
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Rev J NJ. Gardner will lecture at Angus
Tuesday April 18th, on the Philippines
and At Alto Wednesday evening He will
preach at Captain Thursday evening, Ft.
Stanton Friday and Saturday evening.
aud Captain again Sunday morning and
q vening on April 10th.