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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29
The Shrinking Of Fibroids.
Government Controls Electricity.

zurich, Switzerland. - Correspond
ence OF the Associated PreSs)-The
government of Saxony has decided TO
take over complete control Of the gen.
Grafton and distribution OF electricity
IN the state. Coal fields and one big
generating station have already been
acquired, and the Saxon Landtag has
Just voted several million dollars for
further OUTLAWS. Eventually il is. ex-
pected that the whole electrical sup
ply in the kingdom will be taken from
the state system so that the govern
ment will be able to fix the lowest pos
sloie charges. At the same time the
government has no intention of pre-
venting local public bodies or private
corporations and individuals from pro-
duclng their own electrical power.
AS a beginning, the government has
purchased for million and a quarter
dollars, the steam generating station
at Hirschfelde on the river Neisse, be-
longing TO Berlin company. This
station has already capacity Of 45,-
900 kllowatts and the plant is quite
new. Moreover, il is close to one or
the coal fields bought by the state.
Later the government will erect new
works near the western coal fields,
where there are already stations with
which negotiations are now going on
TO arrange the necessary cooperation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29
AUTO IN SOUTH AMERICA

That the motor car is finding its
way into the remote sections of South
America, and that the great southern
continent will eventually offer an i'm
mense territory for the automobile
manufacturer to take into considera
ton and to cultivate, is brought out in
an article by William A Reid in the
May number of the Bulletin of the Pan
American Union, Washington, DC Even
4 in those countries where good roads are
scare the automobile is becoming
necessity for industrial purposes, for
/ in many places it is beginning to dem
onstrate its value in the transporta-
/ ton of freight and passengers where
railroads are impracticable or too eX-
/ pensive to build. In this connection
Mr. Reid writes:
| In the barren nitrate section of
Chile, where the cart and mule have
/ long done faithful service, one finds
! today number of automobiles. Dur
/ ing a recent journey through the
nitrate fields several machines were
placed at the writer's disposal ahd
| they did excellent service over some
/ OF the most trying trails TO be en-
! countered in any country Further
more, it was learned that eight motor
| trucks are to be given a trial III tie
| handling of nitrate. The two-mule
numteabo neutrality-suspicious.
/ team and cart in general use a. pres
ent cost about $500 Small locomU-
tives, costing several thousand dol
lars, may eventually be replaced by
the motor truck if it proves it's prac-
teal utility. The truck, costing from
! $4,000 to $4,000, may prove Itself more
economical than the old system; the
clearing and building of a cheap road
| for the truck will certainly be less
| expensive than the laying of railway
tracks for the locomotives and dump
cars. At any rate the experiment is
well worth watching by those inter
ested in the sale of commercial cars;
for should the 140 companies operat-
ing in Chilean nitrate eventually
adopt the auto truck the demand will
gradually grow to thousands of ma
chimes.
"a few months ago, while the writer
| "eo III 1 dI dSudy the fTSt motor Truck
ever seen in that country arrived in
Asuncion- A considerable number of
| pleasure cars, especially those of
cheaper grades, are in use in the Par
aguayan capital but the arrival of the
monster truck created a new interest
and hundreds Of citizens watched the
American agent demonstrate the pos
! sibilities OF his machine Even the
! president of the republic and several
members of his cabinet were willing
to undergo the ordeal Of riding over
one Of the toughest sections Of high
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29
AMERICAN PRESTIGE.

As an antidote to the persistent
carping Of republican journals about
our waning prestige among the ma
tons OF the earth and the utter con-
tempt in which American diplomacy is
held in the chancelleries Of Europe, it
is well worth while to read this state
ment from Henry Morgenthau, lately
returned to the United States after eX-
tended service as ambassador 10 Tur-
key:
There should be no mistake about
this. Unless by some mischance Of
the delicate situation irresponsible
and ill-informed leaders succeed in
throwing President Wilson out of his
deliberate and firm stride, the United
States will emerge from the war with
honor and distinction.
Il may say to you that there is not
a government in Europe that does not
recognize the extraordinary wisdom as
well as the justice of the policy Presi-
dent Wilson has pursued. This is true
Of the Germans, it is true Of the Aus
TRANS, it is true of all the allied gov
ernments Efforts to cmbrOil the Unit
ed States have been unceasing and
from all directions. They have failed
because We have at the helm a man
who possesses a judicial mind and
great courage. President Wilson is
regarded in Europe as a man Of IN
shakable resolution"
America is doubtless envied through
out Europe; that this nation should
be amassing wealth and extending her
commerce while the foolish powers of
the Old World contend for military
supremacy may well excite more or
less bitter reflection. But Woodrow
Wilson has made the United States re-
spected, as any man or nation is
bound to be respected who pursues the
course Of justice, moderation and
honor.
The only persons in the United
States who are expressing worry about
the decline Of American prestige are
those who undertake unsuccessfully
to bend the presidents conduct to
conformity with their own selfish pur-
poses. The United States has main
tanned its dignity and self-respeCt in
the most trying period of world his
tory And its voice will be heard and
needed in the great task Of re-estab-
fishing peace and order in Europe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29
BLOOD WILL TELL.

Whether it's true or not is beside the
mark, but the story has been often
told that Admiral Tattersall, an Amer
lean navy officer, had an old wooden
man-of-war, flying the stars and
stripes, in the harbor OF Hongkong,
China, years ago, when wooden war
ships were tn vogue. There was war
between England and China and a
small English feet was fighting the
Chinese forts on shore. Tattersall
was neutral. He watched the battle
calmly until the British ships began
to get the worst of it, then he hoisted
his battle flag and sailed into The hot
test part OF the fight, aiding the Brit
ish. That settled ii; the English and
Americans silenced the forts in short
order. Asked, in the rigid govern
mental inquiry that followed his "un-
seemly act" why he did it, Tattersall
replied:
Blood viii tell"
And blood Will tell. The life-cur-
rent in our veins will influence our
sympathies and our acts despite our
Judgment That'sWhy practically every
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29
BAFFLED ON PLATFORM.

Never before in its history has the
republican party approached its nom
mating convention with SO confused an
idea Of the issues it should put for
ward in the campaign.
The republican leaders, suddenly
robbed Of the historic issue of hard
times" which has been used against
the democratic party even when the
republicans themselves created such
times, are now admittedly at sea with
regard TO the platform that should be
adopted and the best methods to be
used to destroy public confidence in
President Wilson.
There are now two schools Of poll
teal thought in the republican party,
one holding that the best line Of at
tack is TO argue TO the public that
President Wilson's policies have been
dangerous, leading the country near
TO war. the other holding that it would
be wiser 10 argue that he is pacifist
having refrained from.plunging the ma
ton into war.
One set Of republican leaders voted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29
HEALTH TAIL.
William Drady,M.D.
Save the Stovepipe.

There always was a strong tempta-
ton to destroy the stovepipe in the
Spring when father finally got it
down. A woman's soul was naturally
stirred to its depths by the awful
scene, and instinctively she yearned to
forestall repetition OF the event
Then, again, a stoVepipe is such an
ugly thing, even when well BACKED
and hidden from view, as much as
possible, by the Whatnot or the piano
And finally, the plumber, the gas-fit-
ter, the hardware man, in fact all the
authorities lately found it convenient
to assure the householder that no
stoveplpe was necessary with the new
tangled gas-stoVe, which, take it from
the fellow with one to sell, consumes
all the gases and does not pollute
the air of the room"
Housewives, save your stovepipe. It
is the best kind Of health insurance,
plumbers, gas-ftters and stoye-dealers
TO the contrary notwithstanding.
Where there is smoke there is
probably some fire. That is a proverb.
Where there is fire there is certainly
combustion. That is common sense.
Where there is combustion there is
some Carbonic acid gas produced, be
the fuel coal oil, gas, wood or coal.
That is a scientific fact, and it can
not be dispelled by plumbers logic.
Carbonic acid gas carbon dioxide)
must be produced when carbon burns
and 1t is the carbon in coal, wood.
oil or gas that burns to produce heat.
Carbonic acid gas is produced in the
| blood by the combustion of food (fuel)
and given off TO the air by the lungs.
| Thus the effect of gas stove, oil
stove or other burner in d room with
out stovepipe to carry off the car
bonic acid gas is precisely the same as
| that of crowd of people in the room
the air is polluted and soon becomes
poisonous.
Carbonic acid gas poisoning is very
| slow and insidious-it takes a whole
season to get in its work. But the
| effects are, nevertheless, manifest:
That tired feeling, spring fever, dull
headaches, poor appetite, anemia, sal
low complexion, lack of ambition,
| poor circulation, nervousness. irrita-
i bility, cantankerous disposition (hus-
bands, have a HEARTH and strong
conviction of the need of a good
tonic" The tonic needed is the open
air, where the victim escapes the car
bonic acid gas poisoning.
| Do not confuse carbonic acid gas
! carbon dioxide) with coal gas (car-
| bon monoxidel. The latter is a dead
| ly poison, quick one. too. Ii is
| formed when combustion is incom-
plete. when the drafts are poor. 1t
causes the blue fame you see over a
coal fire or gas fire. If it escapes into
the room it is odorless, but fatal.
| Likewise, do not imagine, as the
gas stove and oil stove man would
have you imagine, that because YOU
can't smell anything the air is not
polluted Neither carbonic acid gas
nor the very poisonous carbon monox-
/ ide has any color. Nor can carbonic
acid was be consumed"
1 Put your stoye-pipe away CAREFUL,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29

Two significant phases have come
out in connection with the opening Of
Roosevelt headquarters in Chicago,
anent the two big conventions to be
held there next week. One is that the
Roosevelt republican rooms are to be
in charge Of Herbert L. Satterlee, SON
in-law of the late ]. Pierpont Nor
gan, and the other is that the colonel
might at the last moment, decide TO
come 10 Chicago for the conventions.
One indicates the power back of the
Roosevelt movement in the east, and
the other that without doubt, despite
all he has said to the contrary, the
colonel will be on the scene TO force
his nomination by the republicans il
pOssible,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29
The Daily Story
A Mad Woman-By Alan Hinsdale.

and, Selling the gun, wrenche9 It out
Of her hands.
"What does this all rneanT' / said
sharply.
"That miserable thing up there has
broken all our best furniture; the din
ner set Aunt Harriet gave me and the
tea set mother gave me"
"Who is he? What is he? Where
does he come fromf'
HE came into the house pretending
he wanted something to eat, but, find
ing me alone, he demanded money.
told him / had none to give him, and
he began to break things and threat.
ened to kill me with a long knife III
didn't give him all the cash there
was in the house. l told him he'd find
it all hidden under rafter in the
storeroom He went up there. | fol-
lowed him and bolted the door after
him. / ran downstairs, expecting to
faint on the sofa, but, seeing the wreck
Of our things, 1 began to get mad. The
more ruined pieces I found the madder
| got. Seeing your gun standing in a
corner, took it and, going outside, saw
the man at the window. He had made
q rope Of some stuff he'd found In the
garnet and was going to let himself
down when l shot at him and drove
him bac.-. Just think Of that beautiful
tea set that my mother
l had heard enough. I told Lucy to
90 some where and telephone a police
station, while I relieved her Of her
sentry duty. The mans face appeared
at the window again, and she tried to
| snatch the gun from me to get another
crack at him. told her to 20 at once.
and she went off, turning once or
twice to fire an angry look at the win
| dow.
After she had gone 7 spoke to the
man and told him he might as well
make no effort to get away, and be
quiet This he knew without my tell
ing him, and I had no trouble with
him till a patrol wagon came with sew
eral policemen and Lucy. The rascal
was let out of his trap and taken
away.
The excitement being over, Lucy was
quite ready for good cry" on my
| shoulder, but I think this was not so
much due to being let down as at the
loss of our belongings. which could
not be restored by Furnishing the man
who had broken them, for he had
nothing to pay with.
However, when our relations and
| friends heard the story Of Lucy's trap
ping the robber and her madness" at
his having broken up her property.
they duplicated everything he had
smashed, so that we were not only as
well off as before, but was relieved
of anxiety at leaving my wife unpro-
tected during the day. However,
when our lease expired, fearing that
some other burglar might frighten her
without making her mad and thus get
an advantage Of her, l decided to
move into the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29

way that could be selected for the
trials. The truck proved a wonder
worker and people land newspapers
made many favorable comments. It's
advent in Asuncion revived a move
ment previously started to place sew
eral motor trucks in service between
interior districts and the larger towns,
where f.e only means Of transporta-
ton ay consists of carts and pack
aniTS.s,
"I,olivia, one of the worlds most
diversified countries geographically,
has been using the commercial auto
mobile for several years to great ad-
vantage. Railways were not being
built with the activity that the coun-
try'S trade demanded, and trucks were
introduced on regular run from Po-
tosi to Sucre, a distance of $50 miles
where highways are far from good.
This was an experiment in freight and
passenger service, and the cars long
ago demonstrated their practicability.
Since the advent of the truck in b.
livia the roads have received more
attention than formerly; the pleasure
car has become necessity and their
number has increased, especially in
La Paz.
Peru, as everyone knows, is not a
land with many miles of automobile
roads. There are, however, in Lima,
the capital, over 800 machines, many
OF which are used as taXicabS. In Co
lombla the department of public works
nj ho Nv
ment appropriations, for constructing
highways suitable for automobiles.
Among these may be mentioned $751;
600 for road from Popayan to Pas
to; $4,000 for one from Pamplona to
Cansanare; $4,000 yearly for nigh
way improvements from BogOta to
Boyaca; $4,000 for a road from Santa
Marta into the coffee district Of that
section; and a subvention of 100000
for a road to the medicinal springs
near Barraquilla- Venezuela, nOtwith-
standing that gasoline is so cents a
gallon in Caracas, is buying cars and
improving roads. During the last fis-
cal year three auto trucks and 227
pleasure cars were shipped to that
country from the United States"
The greatest natural field for the
automobile, however, in South Amer
lea is TO be found in Argentina, Brazil
and Uruguay, aud in each of. these
countries improved highways are be-
ing extended and motor vehicles null
tiply1ng rapidly. In 1913 Argentina
alone imported 5,115 automobiles. An
automobile show is to be held in Bue-
nos Aires this year in connection with
the country's centennial celebration,
an event which will doubtless not be
lost sight of by the American manu-
facturers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29

Tomorrow is the day on which a
grateful nation pays its annual trib-
ute 10 the men who fought that the
union might endure-tO those who rest
in the eternal camping ground and to
those survivors whose ranks are thin
ming each year. Few Of the men who
fought in the Civil war are now able
to march on Memorial day. 1t is not
from choice that they ride. They
would prefer to tramp to the airs
that stirred their blood in their fight
ing days. But they are no longer
physically equal to the task. 1t will
be only a few years when the last Of
the boys OF 81 will have passed from
earth. Already the hair Of those who
fought in IS is turning gray.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29

to table the McLemore and Gore reso--
lutions, which would have warned
Americans off belligerent merchant
men; the other set voted against ia
bling and admitted that they favored
the surrender of American rights.
One set argues that the president
has gone too far with his program Tor
national defense; the other says he
has not gone far enough.
Probably the republican leaders are
not to be blamed for their confusion.
They find that the republican, indie
pendent and democratic press of the
country is unanimously in favor or
President Wilson's policy and his
handling Of the Mexican situation.
They find that the business men of
the country are in favor of President
Wilson's tariff commission bill. They
find that the country is more harmoni-
Gus today, and less troubled by parti-
sanship than ever before in its his
tory.
The more than three years of Presi-
dent Wilson's administration have
| been epoch-making. History has been
| in the making throughout the world.
There was danger that civilization it
self might be uprooted- Americas
part. at home and abroad, has been
we'll played. The spirit of patriotism
and nationalism has replaced IN the
United States the spirit OF partisan
ship and narrowness.
As the people of the United States
look back upon the past three years.
with its financial, industrial and mill
Itaristic dangers, recalling the way
President Wilson guided the nation
safely through the many dangers en-
Icountered in the world upheaval; as
the people turn then and view the
constructive possibilities of the fu-
ture under such leader. they are not
likely to be distracted by the con-
fused cIamor raised by politicians
anxious merely to be restored to pow
er, without having rendered the SER
vice that brings such recognition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29

When l married Lucy she was the
personi6cadon Of modesty, tirnidity,
shyness. She was equally mercurial.
One moment the world to her was a
garden OF roses, the next q universal
cemetery.
| was clerking on $40 month when
l married her, and we went to live in
cottage standing by itself on the out
skirts Of the city. The nearest house
was half mile away. or course we
couldn't afford to keep a servant 80
Lucy was cook and housemaid. Fortu-
nately her mother had taught her how
to prepare viands for an ordinary meal.
and 1 usually got home from business
in time to help her with the dinner.
Our only trouble was Lucy's loneh-
ness while l was away, as / was all
day except Sunday. We had not
thought of this when we engaged the
cottage. Indeed, we were too young
and inexperienced to think of most OF
our necessities. Every morning when
l left my wife she would cling TO me
so that it was hard to get away from
her. But in the evening when l re-
turned the happy smile on her face and
light in her eyes were delicious.
Our cottage was two stories and a
half high. The half story was nothing
more than an open space under the
roof. 1t was approached by rude
staircase and entered by trapdoor in
its floor furnished with bolt under
meath. We would have used it for
storeroom, which means a place for
family accumulations, but nothing had
as vet accumulated Indeed, we hadn't
enough to furnish the house.
One day on returning from business
I had reached a wood through which L
usually made a short cut to the house
and was passing through it when l
heard a shot, which seemed to come
from the direction of my home. ran
through the wood, but before emery
ing from it heard another shot, fol
lowed by the sound of the falling Of
shattered glass. Visions Of my little
wife being murdered lent me additional
speed, and, clearing the wood at a
bound, | had a view of my house.
Under a window in the garnet stood
my wife with my fowling piece in her
hands, pointing it upward. Her back
was toward me, SO she did not see me.
You miserable, contemplate thingr
she cried to some invisible object. Il
Just wish you'd give me half chance;
I'd teach you how to break up my
china set that my mother gave me for
q wedding present"
For heavens sake, Lucy" I cried,
! "whom are you talking to?'
She was so angry that either she
didn't see me or wouldn't notice me. l
saw the frightened face of man for
a fraction of a second at the window
in the garnet and heard simultaneous
report from my shotgun, followed by
more falling glass. sprang to Lucy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29

for next year. Better stand fathers
annual attack of alteration than to
take any chances with the health of
the household
The Shrinking of FibrOids.
Is it possible to shrink or cure
fibroids by medicinal and electrical
treatment? 1 have some pain, but
never any hemorrhage,
AnsWer-Yes, in some instances. 1t
seems that fibroid tumors sometimes
undergo natural evolution at the time
Of the menopause. But such treat
ment is eflcacious only in a minority
of the cases treated. 1t is only a poor
alternative for surgery.
FishwiTeS Still on the Job.
l am told to avoid stretching, for
lear the cord will be wrapped around
the baby's neck.
Answer-Stretch all you like and
never mind what the old fishwiyes say.
That is pure Imagination.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29
Rock Island-Frcm River to
River.

Evelyn Nesbit has marriedzher-danc-
ing partner. Jack Clifford This is
interesting to the public chiefly be-
cause it gives the young woman an
other name-one that disassociates
her from a series Of tragedies that the
reader has grown heartily tired OF
seeing in the newspaper columns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29
Facts Not Worth knowing,

In order to brighten the lives of
manned soldiers a European manu-
facturer is making artificial legs with
castors on the bottoms.
A Poughkeepsie dealer has invented
an expanding milk can for use dur
ing rain storm.
1t is claimed that Bertillon first got
his finger print idea from a roller
towel in a railway station.
Owing to the unhappy faculty an
umbrella has for fitting either a tall
or short man it is impossible to get
jury to try man on the charge OF
umbrella kidnapping.
Although opposed to propaganda, A
Brooklyn citizen is starting one to
compel subway guards to separate
their chewing tobacco from their con-
versation.
ARTHUR BAER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-29
Daily History CIasS-May 20.

l7S6-Patrick Henry, patriot orator OF
the Revolution, born; died 1893.
lSo6-General Winfield Scott, Z. s. A.,
retired, hero of the War Of 1872
and Mexican war, died at West
Point; born in Virginia l1S6.
l9lo-The German government replied
TO the United States note OF May
Ii on the LuSitania case. asserting
that the liner was an armed ship
destroyed in self defense.