Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-09


+ annual story Of millions in damage to
the fruit crop. Vow we may look for
I the prices Of said lruit TO be tilted
AMBASSADOR Gerard at Berlin has
F been handed his hat, but. unlike the
other fellow, he has been told net 10
/ be in hurry about leaving.
THE loss Of coIored American
through submarine attack appears
20 aave further cIouded the issue be-
tween the United States and Ger
many observes H. F.
+ 0NE Of the professors at Lake For
est college deCTieS against pressing
men of brains into war service. at
would be an economic waste for me to
be a target for bullets he SAYS. An
/ examination 81 the pr0f-s anatomy
doubtless would show n streak Of vel
ioW i'm the vicinity of the spine. He's
not worrying about the economic loss
TO the nation; hes lust naturally
coward.
ROCK Island theatregoers OF q gen
GRAFTON ago VIII be saddened bv news
Of The death in New York a few days
since OF Mark Murphy whose truthful
Interpretation of Irish character roles
won him world fame He appeared
each season over long period OF
years at Harper's theatre q building
now occupied by the Clemann & Salz-
mann furniture store. His associate
was Thomas Murray. The latter was
tall and his co-star short OF stature.
Their most successful play was Our
Irish Visitors They were great ia
voriles here Murray enacted the
straight characters and Murphy the
rough roles Murray was a man of
due literary attainmeuts, while Aur-
Dhs made no pretensiOus of knUwl-
edge Of any serious bent outside his
stage work. Murray was warm per
sonal friend OF the late Judge Z. NJ.
Parmeuter and they we're seen to-
gether ON every visit of the come
dams JIM Rock Island After a part
uership of more shan a quarter OF
century the team split due to tenn
perameut8I differences. Murray was
calm and digni6ed. Murphy was eX-
citabla and irritable. They simply
couldn't hitch Murray was married
in Rock Island during one Of his en-
gagemcnts here. the ceremony having
been performed by the late Dean
Thomas MacHn OF ST. JOseph's Cath
Ollie church After the break in the
partnership the comedians went their
separate ways Murray heading a com
paHy of his own and Murphy entering
vaudeville. presenting an act in which
he was assisted by his wife They
enjoyed unbroken success and were
A.ling an engagement ito New York
when Murphy was taken with his last
illness His wife survives him.
Whether Murray is st5I in theatrical
activities his OLD friends here do not
know They were rare combination
No two. equipped physically and men
tally TO afford such amusing foils in
footHght entertainment, have risen ID
succeed them. They we're among the
last OF the old school comedians TO
disappear from public view
COULD e man who married a girl
who had become engaged 10 another
De prosecuted Oh q charge Of harb0r-
ing stolen goods = asks Hector. we
would have to see the goods before Civ .
ing our verdict.
SYLVESTER Werlich has changed .
the name oil his pT0-German weekly
from The FaJIerIaud to the New World. F..
\o# is the time to subscribe. This is +
a voluntary boost for a brother way
farer who had temporarily abandoned .
his balance SEIyest was always right .
at heart, but he naturally felt people .
of his sentimental sympatHies were
not getting square deal from the
press Of the United States-aud he
was not wholly unjustided i'm bis pro
tests when one considers the attitude
0t some of the newspapers, especially .
q IeH of the New York daiIies Of strong
British ieanings-au8 he couldn't re-
strain the impulse 20 put his thoughts
i'm print. or course this undertaking
was without mereeuary prompting. but
i'm the interim Brother Werlich has
buiided profitable publishing bust
ness II we are to believe what we
hear. Folks simply would take his pa
per. AS l. was Tor sale, he couldn't
very we'll refuse 10 honor taeir sub
scriptious. and 81 would have been
financially impossible for him to have
made free distribution. Anyway. it's
q question whether Sylyest viii agree
with the remarks of one General Sher-
man some years back that war Us hell
~WE captured from the enemy a
caravan al 335 loaded cameis,' says a
Berlin report. inasmucn as ii il as
etR tSd q Gamer tt4H Eb seven UGlS WltH-
cut "A drink, you can imagine what
beautiful packages they had aboard
when they we're taken i'm hand by the
enemy.
YOU'VE permitted yourself to be
possessed By an erroneous Impression,
3. j. d. This column is open to any /
eader Of this newspaper. In fact he
doesn't have to be reader But Of
course he'd not know what was print
ad in this department unless he is a .
1eraser OF the contents of the paper. &
Tor YOUR information we might say. (
pr way of enlightenment. that there are Z
'nly two people. so far as our sub ,
scrlpuon scouts have been able TO +
ascertain. in our fair city who do not /
cad this newspaper They are both (
lHHd- Buf. as 10 YOUR awaiting YOUR Z
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