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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14
The War Today

The British by a heavy lombard
menG have again compelled the
German forces to give waY va TIA"
S0mme and Ancre regions Of
France. The Germans. accord
ing to the London war office, have
abandoned their main defeuses Of
Bapaume on front of three and
a hall miles 10 d depth of a mile,
and tie British now believe they
are i'm a position to capture that
stronghold
Norih Of the Ancre, east and
northeast Of Gommecourt. the
British have also bent back the
German line a distance of "a mile.
The British apparently are in
pursuit of the fleeing Turks in
Nesopotamia and have captured
large quantities Of war stores.
In GaIacia the Germans hare
taken several Russian positions
aad captured 500 prisoners.
4 German converted cruiser il
being chased by Japanese and
British WarShips i'm the Indian
ocean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14
Not overt Acf-
PROFESSOR rs HELD
FOR SHOOTING MAN

Blacksburg Va. March 1+-Charles
r Tawter. professor of mathematics
at The Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
has been arrested oH warrant charg-
ing him with the feLonious shooting
0f Stockton Heath Jr., lu the former.
home here early yesterday. He gave
bond for his appearance before the
grand jury
Details of the shooting sttl1 we're
lacking today. both DIT. FawteT and
his wife refusing 10 discuss the affair.
Heath is i'm d critical condition In
Roanoke hospital
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14
Ships OuCrood
by Germans
Are Od

Washington, March II.
United States Minister
Reinsch, al Picking, today
reported TO the state de
partment that China had
severed diplomatic rela-
tions with Germany and
that the German minister
had been handed his pass
ports.
Washington, March a. China
has severed diplomatic relations
with Germany, taken possession
Of all German merchant ships iH
Shanghai, about six iU number,
placed their crews on short uHder
guard, and placed armed guards
GA the vessels. Adv}ces to The
navy department today from the
senior officer fl Chinese Writer'S
gave no further details.
Caina.s severance Of relations has
been expected here for weeks. The &C
ton Of the United States in breaking
relations was received with accIama-
lion by Chinese officials and press,
particularly young China. Feeling
against Germany has run high. not
only because scores of Chinese on
the way to Europe have lost their
lives through German submarine opeT-
auous. but from memory Of the }Eais-
ar's order TO his Boxer punitive force
To make the word German dreaded I'm
nina for century and the seizure hv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14
GERARD ARRIVES
AT WASHINGTON

Washington. March Il Former
Ambs ssador Gerard arrived here to-
day and was met at the railway sta
ton by Secretary Tumulty and other
officials ANY plans aIr. Gerard NAV
have had for making statement
were changed when the state depart
ment arranged for him to say he
could make no detailed statement un-
.iI he conferred With the department
8Ir. Gerard may not see the pres
ideut for a day or two
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14
WILSON WE'LL AGAIN:
TAKES UP AFFAIRS

Washington March I4.-President
wilson was So near complete rec0v-
5.< from tbe cold with which he has
So suffering for more than d week
Ia IA ae attended TO public business to-
% ais study lie IS not expected
aFe The White house for several
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14
Destruction of Algonquin Is
Not Likely to Alter
Case, Capital View
NEXT STEP TO BE WAR
Nation Gone as Far as Pos
sible-N0w Await Armed
Ship u Boat Clash.

Washington. March f4.-Tn the
absence of official dispatches 0u
the destruction 81 the steamer A.
g0nquin, officials withheld cont
meHts but the unofficial view was
That nothing in the incident
changes the situation between the
I nited States ana Germany.
President Wilson already has
taken steps 80 place the nation iH
a state Of armed neutrality. which,
with the breaking Of diplomatic
relations with Germany, Is prac~
tfCaliY the last measure possible
short 0f war. American ships noYy
are being armed to defend them
selves against unlawful submar-
in attacks The general view to-
day is that ar1Ing II ships IL tb8
only answer 10 submarine opera
tons short OF q declaration Of war.
which may be made only By cou-
Eress.
The circumstance that the AIgou-
quin carried foodsturs which are con
trabaud and that she recently was
transferred from British 10 American
registry. q transaction Germany might
plead she would not recognize. are not
taken 10 outweigh the fact tdat the
ship was reported destroyed without
warning. Neither does the fact that
apparently no lives were lost n5t5 gate
the situation
Gone as Far as Possible.
Bat the real fact. as unom ctaIlv ez-
pressed. is that while the destruction
is very serious the American govern
mani a7T-as=Frr has #aE-err All the stems
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14
Vessel Given No Warning,
Beport-Destroyed by
Shell Fire.
FIRST SUBWAR VICTIM
Only Craft Of This Country
Lost in Ruthless Cam
paign-Carried Food.

London, March Ia, 1912
p. m.-American steam
ship Algonquin has been
torpedoed by a German
submarine. The crew was
saved.
The Algonquin was tor
pedoed without warning,
according to a report
made by the American
consul at Plymouth. The
consul states that all on
board were saved.
The Algonquin was tor
pedoed at 6 o'clock on the
morning of March II. The
submarine refused assist
ance, according to the re-
port of the consul at Ply
mouth. Twenty-seven men
have been landed.
According to a later re-
port from J. @. Stephens,
American consul at Ply
mouth, the captain Of the
Algonquin stated that his
ship was sunk by shell fire
without warning.
Destroyed with Bombs.
According 10 later advices from
Plymouth the German submarine op-
euad fire upon the Algonquin from a
distance OF 5000 yards. firing about
twenty shells These were not sufici-
emf to sink the steamer. SO she was
boarded by men from the submarine.
VINO placed four bombs and the Al
gonQuin was then blown up. The
crew was given plenty of time 90 leave
the vessel.
SI.70U00O Loss.
New York. March I4-Omcers Of the
American Star line said the vessel was
worth approximately s45G.050 ana that
tina cargo consisting mostly OF food
5tuGs was worth more than $1,250.000
There We're 10 Americans including
the captain on the Algonquin. the own
aEs announced.
The Algonquin owned by The Amert-
can star line of this city, was recently
transferred from British registry. She
Was reported 90 have about eight
Americans Ill her crew
The Algonquin freiEh.er. was one
Of the first American vessels To sail
from the United States after Germany
announced her submarine campaign eft
unrestricted warfare
She carried about two thousand toms
Of cargo and was commanded by Cap
tain i. \orberE uaturaGZed amerI-
can 0E Norwegian birth.
When she left here ON Feb "a her
owners expected her fo reach the SUBJ
marine zone about March s ID was
q umad today that She went consider
ably out Of her course
Captain Optimistic.
Prior to sailing the AIeonquin's cap
tain said he had no fear that his YES
se. would be- tOrpedoed. Fl feel safer
.n sailing through the war zone on
sessel flying the American flag than Z
do trying 30 make mv way about New
fork streets and lodging taxi cabs =
he added.
List Of Americans.
Four Of the Americans On the AL
zonQuln We're born iu the United
States and the other six are natural
led American citizens, according To
the records on file here They are. "
+ Holmes. boatswaln Pittsburgh AL
Ian Hopkins. Ellsworth. Maine A. r.
FOrman. seaman. 1905 Park avenue.
Baltimore, and Frank Formason, sea-
man, Gloucester. Mass. all native
and Captain A. Nordberg,
Norwegian. Brooklyn, F. q. Yernev.
first mate. Belgian $50 Second ave-
nae, Detroit, Mich, Charles Schultz,
chief engineer. German. New York
City; Frank tombstone, assistant en-
zlneer irish, whose parents live in
Scotland; Alexander Paul. second en-
gineer Scotchman, and F. thinner
man, third engineer. Norwegian. both
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14
Latest Bulletins

Washington, Narch H. Holland
has protested t. Great Britain
against detention in British ports
0T more than "a dozen steamships
loaded with f0odssGffs and sup
plies Tor the Dutch government.
Cleveland. Ohio. March IL
tuyIeT Nowrey, pagmaster for y.
j. Rich Is Co., Knit goods manu-
faciurers, was shot and killed by
two automobile bandits IN front of
fhe Rich factory here this after
noon. The robbers escaped with
$500.
Canonsburg. Pa March IT,
Fourteen men we're killed by the
explosions i'm the mine Of the Hen
derson tOai company at Hendcr-
s0nYiiIc, near here, yesterday.
Thirteen bodies have already been
brought to the surface.
Washington. March The sen
ate In executive session today took
zap fine Colomb ian treaty.
0Iean. n. y March 18.-Six
men were killed in an explosion
which demolished the solvent fac
tory at the Howard plant Of the
Aetna Explosive company at En-
p0rium. Pa today, according to a
telephone message received here.
London. March i4--Reufef.es
Athens correspondent cables that
the eity's supply Of gas ceased to
day owing to exhaustion OF the
stock Of coal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14
Brotherhood Chiefs Keep
Mum on Action to Be
Taken at New York.
STRIKE DRAWS NEAR?
Workmen Say if Govern
ment Would Avert It
Then Take Roads.

EF@gF was thrown 8f5HWF #FEH meet
ing mere TODAY between the ma
tfonaI chiefs III fine brafherbogds al
railroad amngoves and eastern
broflsarbao9 of9jcia1z f. discuss
nIans far fba strike vg7is, NAV he .
called SATURDAY. If tbe chiefs Mt
tile conference with the railroad
managers here tomorrow fail TO
attain the desired results
4he brotherhood heads arrived mere
today from Washington and went TO a
meeting hail where were assembled
.ea - -t-- ..s.-f---,.., ~ .t-- f,.-,.s,-...
-i9~s%a oi t1a551ll41A Oh i'AEs entering
New York and i'm charge Of the locals
of The four organizations. Agreement
was made that if any statement was
made as 10 the action taken s would
be given out tonight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14
>hina Breaks Off Relations With Germany
Bill for Ne1O
State L01US
Up to Voters

Springfield, Ill, March LITTLE
Illinois house Of representative
this Afternoon adopted the senate
resolution 90 submit the question
of constitutional convention to
the voters of Illinois at the 1918
general election.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14
eek Kings
F0lL Assured
by Vet1izeIOs

Paris March IS. (l1:i5 D. M
Former Premier YcnIzeE0s of
Greece traces ali the troubles of
his country 10 the proposal of the
entente thai eastern Macedonia
should be coded TO Bulgaria. I'm
the course of "a long statement
given to the BaYas sp0Bdent
al saloniki, III. Yenizel0s reviews
the events la Greece from the be-
ginning Of 1915 and explains and
iustifies his conduct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-14

Il am not eXagBerating. he says.
when / say that without the entenre's
proposal ia regard To eastern Mace
donna the king would never have dared
to refuse TO fuIhI out treaty oblga-
tious toward Servia.'
The former premier further declared
that he only raised the standard of re-
voI5 when it became evident that King
Constantine would never join the en-
teude. He concludes
I'm the impossible event Of Ger
many's being victorious King Coustan-
tine would set up an unbridied aut0c-
Tacy but Is Germany, as 7 am certain,
is finally Tanqujshed KING Constantine
who stepped down from a constitution
al throne to become q mere party
leader. viii have to submit 10 the con
sequences OF the defeat Of his policy
just as any other party leader when
beaten
Evening star., 1917-03-04


hunch that destiny gave
to "Old Doctor w. w.
Mayo in helping to shape
the future of his sons was
his impulse to get a
chance for more surgery
practice than naturally
drifted into his Office. He
persuaded the head of a
Catholic order tn a t
Rochester was in the
center of a great region
Evening star., 1917-03-04

pie are arriving by train,
by automobile, by car
riage, and on foot-as
varied a tide of pilgrims
as ever sought the ref
uge of a famous shrine.
Watch the registers of
the hotels, and you will
find that this country
town calls its tide of
transients from far and
near, from the great
cities of the Old World
Evening star., 1917-03-04

almost destitute of hospital facilities. The
result of his persistence was the building
in his home town of st. Mary's Hospital
All this happened when the Mayo boys
were young. By the time they were en-
titled to practise, their father had made
more than a local reputation as sur
geon in the hospital that owed it's existence
to him.
The surgery that the elder Mayo prac-
tised was as comprehensive as the all
ments of hardy pioneer community.
When the sons were graduated and ready
to begin their life-work in earnest, they
We're shrewd enough to see that here was
an opportunity for them to get a remark
ably wide contact with the field of surgi-
cal requirements. They joined their father
in his work, and enrolled themselves in the
ranks of the country doctors.
Now about what they have accom-
plished. The statement that two country
doctors doing professional teamwork
have turned a remote prairie town of the
Northwest into the largest surgical center
in the world certainly calls for the support
of definite details. Its bigness may be
suggested by statement, made to me by
man who should know, that the Mayo
organization handled about fifty thousand
cases last year. This represents the num-
Der of cases that came to them. Probably
twenty-five per cent. of these called for
surgical operations. An intimate friend
of the management says:
"The clinic at Rochester takes care of
forty or fifty operations day The Mayo
brothers personally will not perform an
average of more than twelve day"
$1,O0O,O0O Building Now Inadequate
ABOUT seventy doctors and surgeons
are directly connected with this clinic.
Among these are many of the most dis
tinguished specialists in America. A few
years ago the clinic building and its equip
Evening star., 1917-03-04

ment cost a million dollars;
now it is inadequate. There
is little reason to doubt that
the Mayo medical labora-
tories are the most COM
plete in America. Their
X-ray, microscopic, radium,
Photographic, and operating
departments are marvels, in
the eyes of the greatest sur
geons in the world.
Probably several thousand
physicians and surgeons,
from every part of the globe,
yearlyattend the Mayo clinic.
Many Of them often remain
for weeks at a time. Often
a single day brings several
hundred cases.
"The day was there, a few
weeks ago." said a visitor,
"two hundred new cases were
entered and thirty major
operations were performed in
the hospital proper, not to
speak of the numerous minor
ones attended to in the hotels,
which accommodate about
five hundred patients and are
considered as the convalescent
department of the hospital
itself, which has about two
hundred beds"
A celebrated laboratory
scientist told me:
Evening star., 1917-03-04

speedway vi PROFESSIONAL SucCtSS 10
- sure to provoke an instant mention
Of the name Mayo. In this connection
its preemnence is as indisputable as was
that of Abou Ben Adhem after the angel
had given that model of modesty his new
rating.
There is something in the sound of the
word Mayo that suggests Mahomet.
Then the name of the persistent Oriental
prophet leads straight to the thought that
probably the most remarkable example of
compelling the mountain to come to
MahOmet is the success of the two
country doctors known the world over as
the Mayo Brothers. They have made
Rochester, Minnesota, the greatest sur
gical center in the world.
The atmosphere of this clinic is de-
cidedly penetrating; it travels far. You
can recognize it as distinctly in Chicago
as in Rochester, if you happen to board
the right train in the big Northwestern
station. This train might well be called
the Mayo special The approved opening
of a conversation with fellow traveller is:
what are you going up for?"
Here is a conversation lately overheard
in the smoking compartment Of a Pull
uldH cdT vi lHlS Train, dDOuI al HOUR dl Ier
it had left Chicago:
"Going up for an operation? Som |.
Guess I'll not get much sleep tonight. A
man just went out who had my trouble,
and he's been telling me, for almost an
hour, what he went through He got on
my nerves with his description of the de-
tails. Horribly depressing! But my case
must be different. You see" Then his
listener was given a graphic description
of the two cases.
The Worlds Surgical Center
WHEN you alght from the train at
Rochester you see a typical Western
town, its main street wide and well paved,
and set with buildings that seem lower
than they are because of the unusual
width of the thoroughfare. Suddenly you
realize that it is unlike any other town, in
that it appears to be focal rallying point
for the world's afflicted. The train emp
ties out its cargo of stricken humanity
some with the sign of death showing al
ready in their faces, Others showing
merely the lassitude of long suffering.
Then, as you move along the street to
one Of the hotels, this sense that you have
arrived at the great Sanctuary of the
Stricken grips still harder. Literally, peo-
pie are arriving by train,
Evening star., 1917-03-04

was an amazingly healthy spot on which
to raise family!
But even the bracing climate of that
region could not entirely eliminate the de-
mand for a family physician. Babies
would insist upon being born; men would
occasionally get kicked by horses or cut
by reapers, and the hardships of a pio-
neer country could be relied upon to pro-
duce at least a small crop of physical dis
orders demanding the attention of a
general practitioner.
Two of the greatest dates in American
history are set forth in these characters:
lS6l-1S65. There is no need to change
this hyphenated legend to suggest two
OF the most important entries in the
birthday book of American surgery for
William James Mayo made his initial
demand upon medical science in 1861,
and Charles Horace Mayo raised the
Rochester birth-rate by one in 1865.
In time "the boys" came into town, at
tended school, and helped behind drug
store counters. There is no discoverable
tradition in Rochester or elsewhere that
plays them as youthful prodigies. They
were sufficiently sons of their father, how
ever, to acquire the conviction that he
was about their measure of what a coun-
try doctor should be, and that there was
nothing more worthy and worth while
than being good doctor, capable
physician and surgeon.
Evening star., 1917-03-04

GAS | sat there in the great waiting
room with its pleasant array of palms,
potted plants, and wicker chairs and
tables, counted hundred and sixty-one
patients. Only the new candidates are re-
ceived in this great hall, which resembles
splendid hotel lobby. My count was made
at seven-thirty in the morning"
All Information to the Profession
None to the Lay Public
THIS is enough to suggest the wholesale
scale on which the business of surgical
practice is carried on in the establishment
of the foremost country doctors in
America. By what means could two
young country doctors build so immense
surgical practice?
The answer is so simple that it sounds
like a platitude. BY sheer ability, by
uncompromising professional thorough
ness, by the consistent following of an
ethical policy so high and unassailable as
to compel the respect and approval of the
entire medical fraternity. At the outset
of their hospital practice the Mayos de-
termined that their only contact with the
lay public must be at the point of the
knife, so to speak, and that everything
in the nature of publicity should be con-
fined within the ranks of the profess
sion They early adopted the policy OF
making every case that came to them
yield the maximum of surgical and scen-
tific knowledge-first to themselves, and
then to the profession in general. Here
is where their professional thoroughness
brought them rich results.
To-day, for example, the Mayos are
known as great goiter specialists. How
was this particular reputation obtainedr
The first case of the kind that came to
them was studied with unsparing thor
oughness. Its special features were made
matter of detailed and elaborate record.
The operation was successful. This pa
Evening star., 1917-03-04

as well as from every
part Of America.
The breakfast-room
of at least one of these
Rochester hotels is no
place for a bashful
man. The morning
meal there is best de-
scribed as a kimono
party; and its con-
versational revelations
are marked by less
reserve than even the
toilets of the break
fasters.
The professional and
personal genealogy
of the Mayos is with
out a suspicion of met
ropolitan taint. The
"Old Doctor" father
of the Mayo brothers,
was a country doctor
of the old school. How
he happened to locate
on the open prairies
just outside Rochester,
no one seems to know
possibly because it
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TWO
COUNTRY DOCTORS
By FORREST CRISSEY

"HE question of how far and fast
the country doctor can go on the
speedway of professional success is
sura to rro,olya instant r,aptiop
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-10

To be summoned unexpectedly from
the routine of soldier camp life on
the border of the United States to
the nations capital, and there to be
in constant association with the Pres
ident, the members of his official fam
ily and notables whose names are IA
miliar in all the world is an expert
ence that comes rarely in the course
of human events. Hence the soldier
and civilian friends in the Valley of
Captain George B. Comfy, in command
of Troop M, United States cavalry,
are sincere and profuse in extending
their congratulations. Captain Com
Iy accepts these with becoming mod
esty, but the fact is evident that ne
is justly proud of the honor, and all
the more because it came unsolicited
by himself OF his friends. 1t might
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-10

energetic officer usually is.
From 1903 to 1907 he was instruc-
tor at West Point. He has been sent
three times TO the Philippines, and
was on duty there when he was or
dercd to CaleXico, nearly year ago,
and placed in command of Troop NJ,
United States cavalry. He served as
first lieutenant under Major Barton,
now in command at Camp John II.
Beacon, when the major was cap
tain, on duty at the Sequoia National
Park in California, in 1902. Made
a captain in 1911, he was stationed
FOR time at the Standing Rock,
s. D., Sioux Indian agency, and from
there was detailed as aide to General
Kobbe at st. Paul.
The tribute of Major Barton, on
learning of the promotion that had
come to Captain Comfy, is worth years
Of service to obtain. Major Barton
said:
Captain Comfy is one Of the best
young officers we have in the United
States army. He will be a credit to
the military branch Of the government
at the White House, where he will be
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-10
Captain Comfy of CaleXico
Is Ordered to Washington
as President Wilson's Aide

happen to any person il the Valley
without occasioning more surprise.
Captain Comfy on Monday received
a message comprising a brief order
from the adjutant general of the al
my, instsucting him to report at once
at Washington, where his new duties
would place him on the presidents
staff. He is arranging his
affairs with a view to leaving Satur-
day for Washington. Who has been
named to succeed him is not known,
but It will probably mean the trans
fer of a captain now in the service
at some other point.
Captain Comfy graduated from
West Point Military Academy in 1900.
His career in the army has been
about as varied as that of the active
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-10
:. 3OSEPAUS VA. DANIELS, SECRETARY u. S. NAVY

stationed for four years. AS men,
ber Of the Presidents military staff,
he will be, in effect, a superintendent
of some of the public buildings in
Washington, and will have important
as well as pleasant duties Of q social
nature at the White House.
During my service as a captain in
the army, extending over fifteen
years, I have had great many lieu
tenants, all of them good soldiers, but
Captain Comfy was the most efficient
OF them all. He is unusually popu-
lar with both officers and men, and
he handles his command with abso-
lutely no friction"