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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18
William Movers. a b

William Meyers. a Baltimore Gus
tom house inspector, was absent On
sick leave and offered as sufficient
certificate the statement of a Chris
ton Science healer that he was unable
to work. His superior officer hesitated
to recognize this statement as suffi
cient. as the law requires a certificate
of sickness from a duly qualified
practitioner Of medicine" The case
has been turned over to Secretary Cor
telyOu for adjudication.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18
Senator Aldrich and his Standard

Senator Aldrich and his Standard
Oil friends have been defeated in their
attempt to hinder the efforts of the
farmers to establish farm alcohol
plants. thanks to the determination of
the democratic senators and the aid OF
one or two republicans from the west
ern states. So the Aldrich amendment
providing that an internal revenue in
spector must at all times be present
at these distilleries was defeated and
the distilling trust and the oil trust
will now have to enter into open com
petition with the farmers distillcries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18
1.-THE supreme test of advertising ;,

THE supreme test of advertising IS
its power to create trade, not so much
in its power to divert trade" says a
business mems magazine The prob
lem that confrOnts the beginner in
launching campaign is not whether
he can wrest custom away from his
competitors who are already advertis-
ing, but whether he can build up a de-
mand for his commodities in quartz. IS
which for lack of proper appeal have
previously proved unresponsive The
right kind of publicity will make two
blades of grass grow where but one
grew before. The Argus achieves that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18
Among the amazing statements of

Among the amazing statements of
Magnate Hartman none is more Devil
dering than his claim that the Wall
street manipulators have the legal and
moral right to use the earnings of the
companies they control to buy up the
stock of other companies at a low fig
IRE and sell it at an advance. These
earnings belong to the stockholders
and should be paid TO them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18
The Democratic Victory.

The ship subsidy bill died hard. but
thanks to the democrats and especially
Senator Carmack. it is buried until the
next congress. Senator Gallinger OF
New Hampshire declared that he would
in the future exert myself to the ut
most to secure legislation on this i'm
portant subject" Republican congress
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

Mr.. CortelyOu is now secretary of
the treasury and his policy with the
frenzied financiers will soon appear.
1t is Il pity he could not see his way
clear, before assuming this Office, TO
have made restitution of the tainted
life insurance contributions to the
Roosevelt campaign fund.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

1t is bad enough for any town where
even one citizen is a common knOckeT
How much worse is it where the may
or occupies such an menviable- posi-
ton in the community?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

McCaskAn is shallow enough and
vindictive enough. and hot headed
enough at best without presenting the
spectacle of permitting fiend incar-
nate 10 dictate any of his utterances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

Remember u. Il. Reynolds candidacy
for county judge. He il experienced
capable. and worthy. and asks the Of
flee only his merits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

men of the Gallinger brand are sure to
be found on the side of substituting the
rich at the expense of the taxpayers
and protecting the trusts with tariff
monopoly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

To advance Rock Island industrially
and commercially, it is essential that
the elevation of the moral standard
should not be overlooked.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

BY the way, do not forget that those
down town tracks for factory purposes
have not yet been secured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. tEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

Yes. municipal redemption is the
paramount duty of the hour.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

81 bought a 50-cent bottle of KodoI
and the benefit | received all the gold
in Georgia could not buy. In three
months | was well and hearty May
you live long and prosper."-C. n. Cor
nell, Roding, Ga, 1906. Kodol for dys
pepsia is sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18
IN FIELD OF LITERATURE

In the current issue Of the Horseless
Age the first of an interesting series OF
articles on "A Family Motor Tour
Through Europe" from the pen of DR..
l.. II. Baekeland appears. The author
is prominent scientist, cosmopolitan
traveller and pioneer automobiles
The tour covers England, Scotland
Belgium, France, and Italy as far
south as Salerno. II is practical. com
plete in detail, and rich in scholarly
observation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18
By THE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character. political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-18

All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-14
PROF. LOWELL SAYS
THERE'S LIFE ON MARS

LONDON, August 30.-In answer to
for an authoritative statement of the
observations of Mars made during 1907
Prof. Percival Lowell communicated
to that publication what he describes
as 1.-TWO or three of the most import
ant results obtained" These, writes
Prof. Lowell, exceed what seemed like
~, in view of the unfavorable declina-
ton of the planet in a position so
southern as to render it practically
undesirable in England, France or
the northern part of the United States.
1T is a direct sequitur from this
that the planet is at present the abode
of intelligent, constructive life,'' he
says. 81 may say in this connection
that the theory of such life upon
Mars was in no way a prior hypoth-
esis on my part, but deduced from the
outcome of observation, and that my
observations since have fully confirm
ed it. No other supposition is conson-
ant with all the facts observed here"
Prof. Lowell goes on to say that
another result of this opinion has been
the success of the photographs taken
of the planet. These proved delina-
tory beyond expectation. I have al
ready counted Sc canals on my plates.
Such delicate markings as the Fons
Juventae and the little canals leading
to it appear Enthusiastically in the
prints. Such grosser marks as the
dwindling of the Southern snowcap
show beautifully and it looks as If
~ oh -,
much interested-the positioning of
points of the Marian to photography
by measures of photographs-was in
process of realization"
Three remarkable photographs ac-
companying LowelTs account of his
observation of the planet Mars appear
in Nature. The photographs show
with striking clearness the northern
and southern ice caps and the various
canals hitherto unknown in Europe.
1t was the evolution of these canals
that confirmed Lowell in his theory of
the presence on the planet of intelli-
gent life.
Both the photographs and the article
were the subject of interesting COM
ment today at the Royal Observatory
at Greenwich. While paying high trfb-
ute to Lowelrs contribution to astron-
omy, A. s. Eddington, f. r. S, Chief
Assistant Astronomer Royal, said that
ne was not prepared yet to accept the
American savant's theory as final.
Il can't quite see,'' said Eddington,
that Lowell has proved his case. He
has taken some wonderful photographs
and they show the evolution he pre-
dicted in his work on Mars and its
canals. But we are more inclined here
to accept the theory of Prof. Picker
ing. of Harvard University, that these
canals are not artificial at all, but are
the result of the planets natural
shrinkage."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-14
COMET A SIGN
Of REVOLUTION
Seriously Discussed by China's
Imperial Council---Great
Changes Coming.

| PEKING, August 30.-With the ar
rival of Huan-Shi-K ai, COMMANDMENTS
chief of the Chinese army, there began
in the summer palace today an unusual
series of deliberations concerning the
condition of the empire. The Dowager
Empress has assembled her most i'm
portant and influential advisers. The
arrival of Viceroy Chank Chi Tung,
who came on a pilgrimage from Han
kow, was surrounded with secrecy.
The imperial family believes, and the
! government fears, that the Chinese
race is bent upon unseating the Man
chus. The Chinese imperial family is
of Manchu origin. All devices adopted
by the throne to remove distinctions
between Chinese and Manchus having
failed, the throne now contemplates
the amalgamation of the two races.
This purpose led the throne recently
to call for suggestions from the Me-
morialists. These came in, and a
course of action is said to be ready for
PRONUNCIATION.
The four main points are: First, the
DISARMAMENT of the Manchu banner
troops, the abolition of their pensions
and the submersion of their officers
into the regular army; second, the
daughters of Cinnamon of the upper
classes will be eligible to marry into
the imperial family, and this promises
a future Chinese Manchu Emperor;
third, Chinese females will no longer
be permitted to bind their feet, thus
removing the difference in appearance
between Chinese and Manchu women;
fourth, Manchus will be required to
take surnames like Cinnamon. The
government hopes that within ten years
the two races will be indistinguishable
The recent comet was subject of
anxious discussion today. The court is
disturbed on account of the universal
belief that comets presage revolution.
The Dowager Empress is failing rap
idly. She has suffered two apopleptic
strokes in the past year. The failing
of the Empress health has been ac-
companied during the last days of her
reign by a Kaleidoscope recast Of the
departments of state, as well as a reso-
luton to prepare China for constitute
ton. Furthermore. the Empress con-
templates far-reaching changes in the
metropolitan government. She plans to
change the Grand Secretariate, which
has been destitute of power since the
days of the Ming Dynasty, into a mod
ern cabinet, and to rescue the throne
from promiscuous advisers.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06

YOU publish this explanation they ought
10 thank you for capital advertisement
Their action Will not induce amateur
swimmers To give ibitions. for a man
who fears suspension will be afraid TO
charge the expenses. This charming rlle
allows only third class rail and SO hotel
expenses n n man is compelled To stay
in a strange town for a night, but ] need
hardly say that there are always other
expenses In addition 20 the fare and hote
oil. I did not object 10 give my time
20 the sport in order 10 smuse others
but. having a limited purse. could not
AFFORD 10 lose more than s65 during the
season on these affairs. As my Channel
attempts this year cost me over sl250
the association possibly thinks / could
have well afforded 10 sacrifice all. "
does not appear TO be the best way TO
encourage swimming when n man who
has spent hundreds OF dollars on the
sport Is turned out as ! am. Since
have been attempting the task Of swim
ming the Channel l have found that IL
is not all who profess friendship that are
sincere. II | am never relnstated II will
moi worry me. for after what has hap
pened ] am Just little tired of amateur
ism In the Southern Counties Happily,
the Channel Is still open. although per-
haps these officials would like TO bar me
for that My real friends will he glad
10 hear that / am not downhearted. My
weight Is 229 and II Is not all fat"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06
RARE COLLECTION
Of choice MODELS
New York Navy Club Has Ex-
cellent Display of Types of
Vessels.
VALUABLE ADJUNCT
TO HANDSOME ROOMS
Drawings of Various Ships
Loaned Model Maker by
Navy Department.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Owing to the
generosity of the navy members Of the
New York Yacht club, there has been
recently hung In the great model room
a collection of models executed n short
while ago that forms one of the most
valuable adluncts to the clubs famous
room. The models consist of reproduc-
tions to s0nle of the types of the most
famous vessels of the United States
navy, beginning with the Bon Homme
Richard of Paul Jones and ending with
the Salem. representative of our new
est class of naval vessels, the scout
cruisers
The models have been hung imme,
diately under the gallery that extends
around the model room Of the club, each
one filling medallion space and form
ing friezc or necklace of cleaning ef
figies Of orr great sen fighting machines.
The models are on scale of one.tenth
of an inch to the foot, so that the OBJ
server can instantly perceive the rela-
tive difference in size between the
Monitor and the Merrimac, the Con
necticut and the old Maine, or any
other combination that seizes the fancy.
There are twenty models IN all, com
prising the Bon Homme Richard, 1866;
1850; Hartford. 1858; Kearsarge, 1861;
Monitor and Merrimac, 1868: Chicago,
1855; the old Maine, 1892; Olympia,
1892; Kearsarge, 1898; the new Maine,
1901; Oregon, 1893; New York, 1894;
Brooklyn, 1895: Eagle formerly yacht
Almy), 1890: Connecticut, 1904: Wash
ington, 1906; the uncompleted Salem,
1907, and the new South Carolina, 1907.
The drawings of the various ships
were loaned by the Navy department
to the model maker. Mr.. II. F.. Boucher,
which thus lnsures replicas of the ships
that are absolutely accurate in every
detail, even to the smallest gun-mount
or the placing of a boat davit. The
earliest vessel in the collection is. of
course, the Bon Homme Richard, which
is followed in the next column by the
Constitution. both being representa-
tives Of the old full-rigged sailing
ships without any steam at all.
The Kearsarge and the Hartford rep
resent the type of war vessel during
the Civil war, when fighting craft still
relied in great measure on their canvas,
but AT the same time were supplied
with a moderate amount of auxiliary
steam power. The Mississippi is also
shown with paddle wheels ard auxiliary
steam. n type of which there were at
one time four or FIVE representatives in
the navy The Chicago stands perhaps
for the first vessel of the old white
squadron. while the old Maine was the
first battleship designed for the So
called "new navy Then come types
OF the most modern vessels, the Vir-
ington.
That the collection is up-to-date is re-
vealed by the fact that the scout
cruiser Salem, whose model comes last
in the chain, has not even been
launched.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06
MOTOR GIANTS WILL
CONTEST FOR HON0RS
Speed Kings Will Face Each
Other Next Month in Or
m0nd Race Meet.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service:
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.--A. Leo Guinness.
the young English amateur autolst. who
is one OF the most successful motor
racers In Europe and Demogeot, popu-
larly known as the Speed King since
winning last January the two -mle-s
minute race on Ormond Beach Florida
in the worlds record time Of .Ss 40. are
both 10 compete In the Ormond race
meet next month. Guinness Will drive
the 0-horsepower DarracQ car that
Demogeot used year ago. II was pur-
chased by Guinness last summer, and he
has won several races with II in Euro
pean track meets the past year. Demo-
geot will drive the llO-horsepower Dar
racq with which Wagner won the Van
derbilt Cup last October. That car was
one OF the interesting exhibits at the
he shipped TO this country early in jan
uary. II will form a pnrt OF the Darrecq
exhibit In the Madison Square Garden
show, and with II Will be the Vanderbilt
tody OF the Automobile club Of France.
George NJ. Macmillan. manager OF
the Darracq agency in this city. re-
turned from Paris few days ago. He
said: "As Demogeot did so well there
last year. il was decided 20 give him
the privilege OF coming over again. and
he will try to break some Of the long
distance records on the beach tracks.
Guinness was very much disappointed at
not being able 70 arrange his business
so as TO come over last January but he
fully expects 10 be here this season. and
he Will enter all Of the short distance
events. trying for new records In the
kilometer and mile trials we'll as in
the two mile "a minute race. In addition
to these TWO cars, the Vanderbilt Cup
winning Darracq OF 1905 now owned by
Samuel r. Stevens. may be entered.
do not know what other foreign cars will
come over. but before / left there was
possibility that two or three other fast
machines would be represented"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06
SWIMMING EVENTS.
Second Set of Races to Occur in Near
Future.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
NEW YORK, Jen. 6.-On January IL
the New York A. G. will have tts second
set Of indoor swimming races the events
70 Include 50yard novice. 50-yard
handicap and a water polo game between
the New York A. c. champion team and
an all star team. c. NJ. Daniels the
worlds champion. will make an attempt
TO lower his record at 25 20 seconds In
the 50-yard event and as the novice
event is at the same distance. an inter-
estlng comparison will be provided In
the work OF the senior competitors and
those who have their first race to win.
This Will not be so marked one might
suppose. as not many OF the more ex-
perienced men will better the time made
by the winner OF the last novice race, r
G. NJ. Richards of Yale who swan in
the fast time OF q seconds fiat
As several new wonders are reported
TO be practiclng for this event at Prince
ton. Yale and Pennsylvania, each OF
whom is capable Of bettering Richards s
figures, the feature of the programme
promises To be the novice race.
Champion Daniels also may take pat,
in the 200-yard handicap. as there are
several records easily within his reach
on the way TO the 200" at any time he
chooses TO go after them
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06
WOLFFE IS BARRED
FROM MANY EVENTS
Will Not Be Allowed to Swim
With or Against Bud
ding Amateurs.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

LONDON, Jan. 5.-Jobez Wolfe, inter
viewed concerning the swimming situa-
tion, said: eat last the fatal mlselle
has arrived. and for twelve months am
debarred from swimming with or against
amateurs, yet | think / am good an
amateur any OF the gentlemen who
have suspended me. When called upon
by the iengthiy- named General Purpose
Committee of the Southern Counties
Amateur Swimming association j did my
best To explain away what appeared TO be
erroneous Ideas of my position In this
matter and certainly thought that what
said would be accepted. I knew moth
ing whatever about the law which II is
alleged ] have broken-I think IL only
came into existence this year-and in
formed the committee that / had charged
and received nothing more than my out
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06
Observation-Disclosures

of-pocket expenses. But ! was not be-
lieved. Perhaps IT Will be interesting for
swimmers TO know that last swimming
season ! appeared at twelve galas, for
which l received the princely sum OF S45.
The amount Of money that spent In
obtaining that sdo $1I0. am com
mercial traveller. and several times had
TO come back from all parts OF England
and Ireland, once or twice wasting three
days OF my time ] think you Will agree
that | have not made fortune out OF
II. Now the association can congratulate e.
Itself upon having found 81 victim TO their
new rule and made an example OF "A
well-llnown and prominent swimmer.
This is al least one method OF showing
the swimming world that such body
as the S. c. 4. S. A exists, and, sir, II
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06
FOOTBALL RECEIPTS.
Much Smaller IN Wisconsin Than in
Previous Seasons
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Jan 5.-The
football receipts Of the University OF
Wisconsin during the season just closed
amounted TO about one eighth of what
they have in previous years. The total
receipts were Si3s620. as against S33. 900
for the preceding season. The largest
amount received from any single game
was Sl063 20. the contest with the Uni
versity OF Illinois. The next best sea-
son financially was that with the Uni
versity OF Iowa, which netted Wisconsin
s10I5 60. The total disbursements for
the season were s2675.1S The big falling
or In the receipts was due to the de-
creased interest caused by the abolish
mont OF games with the other largo
universities OF the Middle West and the
adoption OF other reforms
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06
Maggie Is Captain.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

DETROIT. Mich, Jan. Paul Ma
coffin. known 10 his team mates as
Maggie" has been elected captain OF
the football team Of the University Of
Michigan for 1907 by the unanimous vote
of the football men, M@-rfn is a junior
ct the university and cl.-- rs Washington
D. c., as his residence. In his freshman
year he played substitute halfback. and
IN 1905 won a place on the regular team,
playing with great success both that year
end during the past season. He is 2l
years old and weighs l65 pounds.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06
Chess Match Purse.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-A purse OF $1,000
has been subscribed for the chess match
for the championship of the world be-
tween DIR. f. Lasker and Frank j. Mar
shall. DR.. Lasker now holds the title,
and both players are willing 10 meet.
the match will be held early In the year.
The Brooklyn Chess club has accepted
February % and 90. the dates set by the
City OF London Chess club for the inter
national cable match for the Sir George
Newnes trophy. now held by the Brook
lurn
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06
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