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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-10
Monmouth, Galesburg and Canton.

Moline contest will commence at 5
tomorrow evening and the general
public is invited to attend. An admit
lance fee of 10 cents will be charged
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-10
STRONG SELLING
TUMBLES PRICES
Wheat Quotations Drop at Continued
Unloading BY Heavy Losers
In Chicago Market.

Chicago, Feb. 1o-Stop loss selling
tumbled down prices rapidly today in
wheat markets here. Attempts, how
ever, by leading shorts to collect
profits led to an excited rebound. The
selling furry began after the market
at the opening had shown a moderate
advance in response to unexpected
firmness in Liverpool based on predic-
tons that shipments from Argentina
and Australia would remain light. Dis
couraged bulls who had been unable
to unload on yesterdays decline here
seized the new opportunity and in
doing so dislodged innumerable Aop
loss orders to sell. The ensuing whip
saw covered range of 41ac.
Opening prices for wheat were 1.2S
to 1.2S1ac for May and 1908 to 1914
for July, rise of 1s@A TO 9s@Ac.
Wheat comparative steadiness had
been restored and the market stood at
about i ac under yesterdays finish.
Renewal Of export buying brought
about subsequently a further rally but
sudden transcend breaks kept the pit
nervous. The close was unsettled at
unchanged to 1sc lower, with May
1.27& Q5 and July at 1909.
Corn and oats swayed wheat. Corn,
though. displayed relative flrmness
owing to a bulge at Liverpool. After
opening 1205s to 1@1Bc up, the mar
ket dropped below yesterdays close
and their again scored a moderate adj
vance.
( Bullish estimates of the Argentine
exportable surplus tended later to
| hoist the market here. The close was
! steady at an advance of l to &c net.
/ Continued demand for lard gave
/ firmness to the provision market as a
whole. The weakness of grain, though,
acted as an offset.
Chicago Grain.
! Chicago, Feb. 10.-Wheat: No red
nominal: No. 8 red 1864, No. 2 hard
1862 @1.27; No. hard 1924 @124$4
Corn: No. yellow nominal; No. 4
| yellow 71@7234; No white 71@72A
Oats: No. 8 white 4612 047& stand
ard ASA @49l.
Rye: No. 2. 1O2 barley 6SG79c:
timothy 5.50@S.0O; clover 10000
1850; pork 19.OO@2O.35; lard 1000;
ribs 1.5O@110O.
Chicago Provisions.
Chicago, Feb. 10.-Butter, firm
creamery, 24@31c.
Eggs. lower; receipts, 2.109 cases
firsts, 224231ac; ordinary frsts, 22c;
at mark cases included 20023c.
Potatoes, lower; receipts, l6 cars;
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
= Dakota whites, 95Q122; Minnesota
and Dakotas Ohio, 93Q1O0.
Poultry, alive, lower; fowls, 1512c;
springs, lie
Kansas City Provisions.
! Kansas City, No, Feb. 10.-Butter
unchanged.
! Eggs, irsts, 26c; seconds, 20c.
Poultry, unchanged.
Kansas City Grain.
Kansas City. Mo. Feb. 10.-Wheat
No. hard, 119012S; No. . red, 1860
131.
Corn; No. mixed, 6912 q zoe; No.
white, G912@7Oc; No. . yellow, 1912 q
Tic.
Oats: No. white, 49G51c; No.
mixed, 46G47c.
Rye: 93094c
Hay. unchanged.
Peoria Grain.
Peoria. Ill, Feb. 10-COrn: No.
white. &c: No. yellow, "A bid No.
mixed, 6912 @70Ac.
Oats: No. white, 4612c.
st. Louis Provisions.
st. Louis, Feb. 10.-Poultry un
changed except chickens 10. Eggs %
Butter unchanged.
New York Sugar.
New York, Feb. 10.-Raw suga
barely steady; centrifugal 4.S3; mo
lasses 4.06; refined steady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
Too Many Knockers

WI hat is the matter with Birmingham IS a question you often hear repeated said pr. J. H. Stephens. "The only thing can see that is wrong with Birmingham, in my opinion, is that we have too many Knockers and not enough boosters. You can find someone ready to hand Bir- mlngham knock at any time, and on the other hand there are thousands of loyal citizens who are ever ready to help Birmingham by speaking 8 good word here and there, but we have too many of the knocking kind
 "It is true Birmingham is not mod ern New York, but I know of no other town in the south that is enjoying 8 greater era of prosperity than Birming- ham. One of the things we need is better streets, and the way to have them ac- cording to my way of thinking is to have street tax. There are thousands of persons who walk the streets daily en- joy the police and fire protection of the city and do not contribute one penny from one years end to the other to the upkeep of the municipality. This is not fair. Every man should pay. Then we could have streets any many other things that growlers are kicking att
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
JOURNALISM IN KANSAS
m the Oakley (Kan.) Graphic.

fIOIIl Che Odkley (kan.) Grdpnlc.
 This newspaper business is a great game. Just in the midst of an obituary of dear friend and when hot tears threaten to flow down and blot out the words you write, there breaks through the office door the radiant face of the daddy of a new boy. Tears and joy min gle in the same breath, and the giving and taking away of life are recorded on the same page.
 Before you have finished the obituary the breezy advance man for a comedy show pops in and asks you to write a scream for his Forty Fat Frolicsome Fairies and how joyous they are Before you have done with the kind words about your departed friend the joy over the new baby, and finished the snowman s ad a fellow sneaks In to ask you to suppress the story of the fight that he all the lace and trimmings on the bride s wedding gown, dressing the groom in the conventional black, and starting them off with congratulations and best wishes, you turn again to the tear side of life and
 write: "But the stately ship moves on. To the haven under the hill; And, or! for the touch of a Vanished hand. And the sound of voice that is still'' Then comes a lul and the old type- writer is content to record the common place facts knowing that just around the corner and each awaiting his turn stands Joy. Grief, Sorrow, Mirth Sar- casm, Wit and Laughter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
The Election Tomorrow

It will not be necessary to remind the voters of Alabama, especially those of Jefferson county, that cleo tion day comes tomorrow; nor will it be worth while to call for full vote. With an unusually large number of candidates in the field an immense vote is sure to be boiled.
 Every aspirant for office has friends and these friends have other friends who will solicit votes for this or that particular candidate.
 The vote boiled in Jefferson county will be record breaker. Most of the incumbents are asking for reelection, and at least half the men seeking of flee have had more or less experience in politics. All such will be able to take defeat stoically. They know how like lottery the game of politics is. But the man new in politics who hap pens to De a loSef-and the majority of them will be losers-will feel down. hearted when the returns are in.
 But today is the time for the op- timistic candidate to feel joyous. He has shaken hands with nearly all the electorate and half of the voters have indicated their intention of casting ballot in his favor. After the cleo tion most of the optimists will reflect upon the flimsiness of pledges. But some men have way of running in every election. They are chronic can didates and although they always stare defeat in the face they are never cured. It takes all sorts of people to make up large community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
Money Seeking Investment

Never before in the history of the ! country has there been so much cash l seeking safe and profitable investments as now" said T. l.. Cannon. 1 During a visit of several weeks in
 eastern cities, thrown daily with men who do things, I was amazed at the | ready cash for which there was no home demand.
 q found more information about the Warrior river and it's possibilities in permanent printed shape in the east than I do here. The men there are at least as well posted on advantages and actual values here as are the men in Alabama with whom I am in touch. Ut is not exaggeration to say that the
 many millions needed here are there, and can be brought here, by presenting in- | vestments to the right men in the right way.
 1 "A concerted move by the right men 1 to bring capital would succeed far greater 1 today than in the early days of Bir-
 mingham.
 Putting money here then was a specu- | lation, while putting in money now is an | investment that VIII pedr coiiPdrlSoL. "One hundred factories could be con vinced that they would profit more here
 than in their present location. All that | is needed is system and science in the
 art Of city building to show what is 1 here in a superior way to what Is there. 1 Unused natural advantages are liabil- ty until applied utilization converts them 1 into an asset.
 "Sit tight and hold fast is losing game l and the spirit of spread the cards on the
 table and share profits is the winning
 way.
 The money is there and can be brought There, but by whom and when depends. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
MEXICAN HATE

Lincoln Steffens, in Eyerybody's Maga- zine.
 Hate your" said wild young Mexican officer to me one day on troop train. "The Mexican hate for you Gringos would put joy into the supreme passion of rape, fire into the flames of arson, virtue into robbery, and crown of glory on death and defeat at war with you.'
 When I laughed in the face of his hate and remarked that it was too we'll ex- pressed to be deeper than his mind, he choked: Both, both with our heads and our hearts, we hate you.''
 Yes" said a thoughtful member of Carranzas cabinet circle. there is hatred among us for you, and it is dangerous. But also it has reasons for being, and the reasons can be reasoned with-and in time removed. If there be time
 True The enmity in Mexico against the Colossus of the North" as they call the United States. is all sorts of i hate held by all sorts of people there. It is reasonable and unreasonable; it is thought and felt; it is open-eyed and it is blind; it is suspicion and experi- ence. It is racial, religious. economic. and it is historical
 l They have their own ideals, and, bet l ter or worse, they prefer theirs. We sure of the superior excellence of ours, l we continue to thrust ours upon them Tour ideals, our ideas, our virtues. and also Gas they see) our vices, and oul methods, and our corruption, and all for their good This is the height of our of | lending; our philanthropy.
 'If'' said Mexican statesman to me at Eagle Pass last fall, If you Ameri- 7 cans would look across the border there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
Turning Point for Birmingham

The Confederate reunion or l9Vo marked a turning point Tn Blrmlng- hams civic and commercial actlvlties'
 Notwithstanding the fact that the country has just come through manic which brought acute depresslon to all branches of business and par .Iuzed for a time nearly all industrial onerations, the reunion had scarceiy adjourned when this city started on oreat stride forward. The veterans and the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy were entertained Tn way that called forth unstinted pralse from the visitors. Everybody was elated over the success of the reumon; and though Birmingham had been the reunion host city in 1894 and had en- tertained many large crowds on va rious occasions, it rose to a hlgher level of hospitality and festive gran deur in 1908 than ever before.
 The fact is that Birmingham had inst discovered itself. Civic ambition and civic consciousness were every where in evidence. The people saw what could be done and done hand somely when public pride was aroused and when cooperation and confidence were dominant.
 The psychological effect of this new spirit was clearly manifest. The Chamber of Commerce started the ball rolling by building a home of It's own-the present spacious seven- story structure on First avenue. Steel frame skyscrapers, already ln course of construction, were hurried to completion. Millions of dollars were expended on new buildings in the business district before the end of that reunion year, and not including the millions expended in industrial plants in the district, the amount ln- vested here in steel and brick and wood within the years 1908-09 totaled approximately $15,O 5,O0O,000.
 A fresh building boom IS now due Birmingham. Past due, some will say, The reunion next week may be another turning point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
wAsHINGToN,s 'DIN AND JARy

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 A writer for the Washington Star for gets for the moment that he is writing about Washington and writes in familiar style as follows:
 Budding tree and robins note uncon- sciously turn the thoughts of nature-lov- ing Washingtonians to sylvan haunts along river. wooded creek or tapping es- tuary within the environs of the city, which are the source of unbounded de- light as soon as the first warm days ap- near. Here the din and jar of the city are forgotten, and soft winds and rest full stiffness, broken only by the wash of water on sandy beach and the occasional note of bird, refresh and invigorate the weary spirit
 Din and jar in Washington are confined pretty rigidIy to Capitol Hill after the pansies bloom our of doors and of their own sweet will. Even in Congress the scene often is one of droning, bore dom and nostalgia
 At the time of the year TOT cdHoelHS lHo tricky waters of the Potomac offer first rate, but highly dangerous, excitement for natives and for nonresidents whose busi- ness makes them 'shut-ins' for the sum mer in a gleaming, silent, sun-cursed, or, in difference to local pride, sun-kissed, city where the footsteps of the occas-
 onal pedestrian can be heard upon the pavement as if he trod the floor of a deserted banquet hall.
 Din and jar? Gin and tar would be nearer truthful description The gin to overcome loneliness, and cause the bib Der to forget, in the joys of the fizz the tar boiling from the asphalt. To get away from the temptation of the gin and the terrors of the tar; to break monotony a Washingtonian might trust his life in a shallop shooting rapids at a gallop. He might, by midsummer, vel come the deeps for their dangers. But If anyone wishing to find restful stiffness in summer should leave Washington and confess the nature of his quest he would risk landing in lunatic asylum where his ears would be assailed by the hubbub of the violent ward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis
 patch.
 Did you ever hear of the Broadway Man? Well, he is a little, hustling, jumping, cracking, executive live wire, a sort of general doctor to the ills of that well known street that begins at the Bat tery and ends away up in Albany. David Robinson's his name. He works with every department in the city and with some of the state ones. MT. Robinson Is New Yorlzs way of securing public serv- Ice and handling grievances for business houses, property owners and just plain citizens. group of active business men wanted better paving and some little im-
 provements and they formed the Board way association They made MT. Robin son secretary and general manager. His
 office handles upward of 75 complaints a day The most prolific cause of annoy ance has been the subway construction. The dismayed little shopkeeper who is summoned to court for not keeping his
 berries under cover gets as prompt at tention as the man whose store is wrecked by cave-in or explosion. In most cases an amicabl adjustment results, and the
 member who pays his SIC yearly dues easily gets a couple of hundred dollars 1 service. Sometime ago lot of mis | guided enthusiasts tried to abolish cleo. 1 tric signs on, Broadway. But the little i secretary of the Broadway association leo 1 the hosts against such an outrageous | campaign and won out. Imagine tht 1 greatest tliproughfare in the world
 stripped of it's dancing lights, it's inter nationally famous jewels that are the de light of the denizens as well as of thu visitors from afar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
CHINATOWN IS PASSING

was one suspected gambler left, and ne was asleep, his head pillowed on a gam ing table.
 Today there is no gambling in China town. That is a statement worth em- phasizing. The activity of the police de- partment is responsible.
 Consequence of this. Chinatown is threatened with extinction. In another year, those who know say, there will be hundreds in the district where once there were thousands. The Chinese theatre is gone Stores are closed, missions are working at half time and with reduced forces for gathering converts. It was a sorry day five years ago when mission ary couldn't step outside the door and save the souls of at least half dozen white girls. Today the only white women who are in Chinatown are married to Chinese.
 Chinatown is near effacement because of the closing down of gambling. The Chinese is the worlds natural gambler He will wager on the number of seeds in an orange, on the number of grains in an ear of corn-on anything, in fact that affords the chance. Unless he can gamble he does not stay in his home. Absolute ly without home ties, and willing even to sacrifice his business, of whatever it may consist for a chance to be where he may bet something on something, he packs up and gets out when gambling is denied him.
 New Yorl's Chinatown is fast losing it's citizens. They are going to Newark and Jersey City to play fantan and poker. The grocery stores, tea houses and res- taurants, except such as are retained for the benefit of the sightseer, are closing because they are losing patronage. It used to be that thousands of laundrymen from various parts of the city. and even from neighboring cities, visited Chinatown on Saturday and Sunday nights to gam ble, do little shopping and perhaps smoke a pipe of opium Now they go across the river to gamble. And where they gamble they spend their money for groceries and clothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
HOTEL LOBBIES
Importance of One Lettcr.

was somewhat surprised when I learned that my friend and neighbor. pr. J. H. Terrell, was a candidate for the county board of education said J. B. sandifer of Woodlawn. "In looking over the list of candidates, I noticed that j.. Il. Farrell was a candidate, but did not connect him with my friend the doctor, who spells his name without the use of the first letter of the alphabet. It was an unintentional error, I am sure, yet it might lose Dr. Terrell some votes. It is a small matter in a way, yet important that it should be cor rected in justice to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08

said, "But my dear follow, you don't quite understand" The officer an- swered, q understand you are a Ger man spy. Are you coming, or shall l drag you?"
 Somewhat ruffled, Senator Lewis assumed his grandest manner, told his name and was about to launch into a brief recital of the honors and dig mites conferred upon him, when he was cut short. He finally persuaded the incredulous officer to accompany him to his hotel, where explanations were made, the officer apologized and Senator Lewis made his famous bow to signify that the apology was ac- cepted.
 The next time he investigates Uncle Sam's artillery, the refulgent states man will doubtless take good care to have his coming heralded in advance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
HE NEVER KNEW TT
from the Atchison Globe.

From the AtchlSOn Globe.
 An Atchison Failure died lately and did not know he was a failure. For him there was pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and he always expected to reach 1t. He began life with high ambi- tions. He really expected to be President. but every time he ran for office he was defeated. Then he went into business. He got out at a loss and began making investments. They never turned out we'll, but he could always see something ahead which was to make him rich
 He lived in world of promise. and died the other day at the home of a married son. He was penniless, and for years had been dependent, but he slipped into the unknown world happy man; he believed he was going to walk through pearly gates, on gclden streets, and that those whom he had loved in this world would be awaiting hira there> playing harps, and with jeweied crowns upon their brows.
 For the Failure there was no such word as fail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
What Is Fame?

It is related with a great deal of gusto in Washington that Senator James Hamilton Lewis, whose sarto- rial perfection, along with his pink whiskers and grand manner, should have made him easily recognized, even by any army officer, was recently mistaken for spy and arrested while examining a disappearing gun at Fortress Monroe.
 According to the more or less ve- racious correspondent of Chicago newspaper, the senator, who is a member of the naval affairs commit tee. wanted to find out how Uncle Sam's big guns work. While on a visit to Old Point Comfort he went over to inspect Fortress Monroe. Strange to say, no one knew who the distinguished gentleman was, al- though, it does not appear that he wished to remain lncOSn1CO, SUCH d desire being somewhat foreign to the senator's nature and habits. He watched closely while the big guns were being put through their paces' and then, choosing moment that Aeemed reasonably safe for such 3 pAocedure, he is said to have knelt or the asphalt and peeped into the mech /anism of disappearing gun.
 Before the senator had satisfied hi: curiosity, which was quite excusabl' under the circumstances, grufl voice said: "I think you had bette
 ome with me, old party" and al
 lfficer tapped him on the shoulder Senator Lewis rose gracefully to hi i feet and with one of his best smiles disclaimed any acquaintance with tn man who addressed him. Not at al impressed, the. officer replied, 'Com on" Thereupon the senator is al legged to have laughed merrily an'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08

| Dublin. the Irish capital where the re-
 cent shinn Fein riots caused the loss of
 many lives and damaged property to the
 extent of about sSo,OOOOOO is located on [ the shores of the Irish sea, 3Si miles northeast of London and 70 miles from Holyrood, the nearest English port. The city has been the scene of many con flicts, it's legendary history going back to the third century of the Christian era.
 The Black Monday of 12o9 signalized one of the most tragic events that ever oc-
 cured in Dublin. During the Easter holi-
 days of that year the Irish of the sur
 rounding mountains rushed down and at
 tackled the inhabitants of Dublin who
 were celebrating Easter, and Killed 300
 of them. The place of this massacre is
 still known as Bloody Fields In the
 sixteenth century a daring young noble
 man, Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, hearing that
 his father had been beheaded in the
 Tower of London, raised a large army
 and marched on Dublin. The frirhtened
 citizens admitted him, but when he tried
 to leave the city he found the gates
 were locked. He. made his escape, car
 rying number of children as hostages and thus obtained the release of all his
 followers. This rebellion was uuelled,
 and the leaders were executed at Tyburn
 Lord Edward Fitzgerald and his beauti- full wife figured in another rebellion in 179S, about the time of the French revolu-
 tion. Lord Edward died of wounds re-
 ceived when he was captured The revo- lution of 1903 was led by the famous Irish patriot Robert Emmet, who was captured while trying to make his es- cape after failing to take Dublin castle. The following day he delivered a speech on the scaffold which is immortal Dub- lin castle, which has figured in so many Irish uprisings, was originally built dur ing the first quarter of the thirteenth century. It covers about three times as much ground as the capitol at Wash ington