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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03
Giving ImnreAsiNelY.

There are diversities of giving as
well as of gifts. To give little with a
grand air sometimes seems to make
more of an impression than to give
much modestly. The world has not
changed in this respect. Samuel Pepys
wrote in his DIARY" in 1860: There
was Il great number of merchants and
others of good quality (at dinner) on
purpose to make an offering Ito two
newly married servants). which, when
dinner was done. we did, and I did
give 10 shillings and no more. though
I believe most of the rest did give
more, and did believe that / did SO
too''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03
Light OF Publicity.

The field of Investigations and prob
able exposures which the interstate
commerce commission has outlined foI
its work in 1907 should be profitable to
the government for a square deal. Yet
ii detracts nothing from the support
which this inquiring spirit should re
ceive to urge that it is past time for
more punitive results from the disclo
sures of graft and grab that have al
ready been made.
The greatest remedial force, says the
Kansas City Star, is unquestionably
public opinion. The more that is
known of such iniquities as the misuse
of insurance moneys, the outrageous
oppression of Standard Oil. the grant
of rebates, the theft of public land and
like forms of plumber, the less immun-
fty from molestation such practices
will secure. But that is not all that
should follow, and more efficacious re-
suits is a public humiliation of the
wrong doors and, where possible, the
restitution of Illicit gains.
In other words, il a system of laws
and government could be devised
which would make it impossible for
men or corporations to steal or take
undue advantage of others, questions
of penalty would be Of trivial or no i'm
portance But such an ideal social
condition is not possible, and, while it
is the duty and the purpose of the
American people to approach it as
nearly as they can. still it is an essen
tiaI part of remedial progress to prove
the danger and the probability of reck-
oning for those who invade the rights
Of other individuals and of the state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03
BELlAMY AND MARIA.
Names Given to White House Kittens
by the President.

Samantha, a mature and motlferly
cat, long a favorite pet of the White
House, brought added joy to the hearts
of the youngest Roosevelt children by
bringing into the world the other day
pair of kittens, says n Washington
special to the New York World. The
youngsters were greatly tickled by rea-
son of this unexpected present. They
put the kittens in basket, took them
upstairs to their father and said that
as the new pets were born on Christ
mas day he must supply them with ap
propriate names.
The president at first demurred, but
eventually yielded to the insistence Of
the children. With one of his inscru-
table grins, which have often proved
puzzling alike to his friends and enc
mics, he declared that the name of the
male kitten should be Bethany" and
the name of the female kitten should
be Maria"
p. S.-Bellamy Storer and wife please
write
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03
Flags Proposed For All po.tomces.

Flags Proposed For All PostoAices.
Flags are to be provided for every
postoffice in the United States under
the terms of a bill recently introduced
in the house by Representative Cocks
of Long Island. who represents the
presidents district in congress, says
the New York Tribune's Washington
correspondent. At present only the
first and second class pOstoffices are
entitled to flags from the government.
Mr.. Cocks is of the opinion that the
little fellows who handle the govern
ment mail in country stores or remote
places are especially entitled to con-
sideration and should be furnished
with bunting by the United States. IL
the bill is enacted the postoffice de-
partment will have an additional APP
preparation for flags and every post
master may decorate the building he
occupies with the stars and stripes.
AS the postoffice at Oyster Bay Is rat
cd third class, the postmaster there,
under the present law. is not provided
with a flag by the government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03
Ellis Island, Not Plymouth Rock.

In an article in the January number
of the North American Review by DIR.
Darlington, president of the board OF
health of New York city, is this inter-
esting and highly significant anecdotes:
"A New York schoolteacher recently
tried TO get from her class some intel
ligent answers to questions regarding
important facts in United States his
tory. Vainly she labored. At last in a
moment of inspiration and desperation
she asked, Where is Ellis islandT In
stantly every hand in the room went
up and the light of intelligence gleam-
cd from every pair of eyes. The an
swer was as one voice.
I'm speaking afterward of the incl
dent the teacher said in a spirit of
mock gravity:
81 am convinced that United States
history will have to be revised. We
have always looked with veneration
upon Plymouth rock. Our future gen.
erations will know it only as legend.
Their history begins with Ellis is
land"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03

James E. McIlhenny, the Louisiana
democrat recently appointed mem
Der of the civil service commission by
President Roosevelt. who met him first
as a private in the rough riders before
the redoubts of Santiago, owns the
biggest salt mine on the planet. His
salt mine is situated on Avery island,
just off the coast of Louisiana, and it's
raw product is said to be practically
ready for market just as it is taken
from the bed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03

DIR. William Duane. professor of
physics in the University of Colorado
since 1897, has resigned in order TO
accept a position under Nine. Curie,
the radium expert. in Paris. DR.. Duane
studied under the two CURES previous
to the death of NJ. Curie While in Paris
DIR. Duane will have position in the
department of original research in the
University of Paris, the salary being
paid by Andrew Carnegie, under the
scholarship founded by him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03

Winthrop. first gov
ernor of Massa-
chusetts, and was
born in New York
thirty-two years
ago. He gradual
ed from Harvard
in 1897 and from
the Harvard Law
school in 1900. In
November, 1900, he
was appointed pri-
vate secretary to
Judge Taft, then
governor of the
Philippines, in
which capacity he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03
rhe Right Medicine for the Crooked
Lawyer.

Arthur Kiethley, the Peoria lawyer
who has been disbarred through the
disclosures of Editor Baldwin of the
Peoria Star, is now the talk of the
state. and the incident should serve to
assure the legal profession every
where that there is a way within the
Keeping of the law to weed out disrep-
utable characters. Kiethley had prac-
tfced law for 25 years, and his disbar-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03

II Henry c. Frick builds a house in
New York equal to the cost of the Lon
don library site which he has secured,
the cost of the residence would be al
most S5.OOO.O 900, and it has been calcu-
lated that this would involve an an
nual rental charge, including interest,
taxes, maintenance, etc, amounting to
some 100000 a year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03
Mrs. Mary e. Farrell of Mont

Mrs Mary E. Farrell of Montclair.
n. J., is 1O3 year old. a party in her
honor was given the other night.
Among the guests was her. son John.
who is in his S3rd year In the fun
making the son made a joke that his
mother did not like. Turning to him
sharply she said: John, if you don't
behave yourself I'll have to put you
tn he'd :"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03

served until July, 1901, when he was
made assistant executive secretary Of
the Philippine Islands. He held that
office until August, 1903, when he was
made judge of the court of first in
stance. A few weeks later President
Roosevelt appointed him governor of
Porto Rico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03
Practical Illustration.

"My dear" said the caller, with a
winning smile. to the little girl who
occupied the study while her father.
an eminent literary man. was at his
dinner, II suppose you assist your papa
by entertaining the bores?"
Yes, sir" replied the little girl
gravely. please be seated. Wash
ington Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03

Walter B. Gould. the well known
Bangor (Maine) business man, has a
coin collection which probably can not
be duplicated in this county. 1t con-
sists of about 10000 of the old-fash-
Toned copper cents. dated from 1908 to
1856. They are kept in a huge glass
Jar and measure a full six pecks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03
11laIfa:plta
"The Perfect Food
"The Perfect Food"

Some food is good to eat
but not healthfu1. Other
food is healthful but not
good to eat. Ma1ta-Vita
is both healthfu1 and good
to eat. It is all of the wheat
and contains every element
necessary to the sustenance of
the human body. 1t develops
and nourishes the brain, the
nerves, the bones, the muscle
and the blood. It fills all the
requirements of a food. And
it's SO fresh and crispl Just
the best you ever tasted and
it's always ready to eat.
Now 10 cents. All CrOcers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03

Every day the need of competitive
tracks in the west end becomes more
and more apparent. The industrial
and commercial welfare of the COM
munity demand action on this project.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03

The railroads are starting out 1907
with their same old smashing record
yes, their same old smashing record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03
THE ARGUS

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. III. IEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03
HE COULD NOT BE SPARED
That is Reason Beekman Winthrop
Stays in Porto Rico.

Beekman Winthrop. governor of Por-
to Rico. was wanted very much by
Secretary Taft as his successor in the
temporary rulership of Cuba. Presi-
dent Roosevelt. however. concluded
that he could not be spared from Porto
Rico. He IS descended from Robert
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03

The Quincy Herald says, Come,
1907 Sounds very like a crap game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-03

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
u1saNf
tTRAoEsl E Gss2s coUNcIL5 80
Thursday, Jan. 3, 1907.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
HISTORY oF1ADDREss.
Temps Prints Authentic Account Oi
 Church and afafn Nrcrfurea.

Temps Prints Authentic Account Of
 Church and State Overtures.
 Paris, Feb. 10.---The Temps today prints what fl declares to be the true history of the address of the French espiscopate proposing model contracts for churches.
 bears internal evidence of being au- thentic. the ultramontaines who are in the majority in the episcopate, fav- ored the maintenance of the status quo, but agreed to submit to the Vatican the question of contracts which the moder- ates proposed. in the belief that 1t would not be acceptable there.
 Monsignor Dadolie, archbishop Of Di- jon. and Bishop Toucnet took the min utes to Rome and Cardinal Merry del Val. papal secretary of state. told them the Pope was willing to accept the principle of the contracts if absolute solidarity was shown. but that this de- cision must come ostensihiy from the episcopete; as he aouid not intervene publicly. .s
 Thefeupon. The Temps says. the ed dress was drawn up and submitted to the Pope who, with his own hand, sup plemented the clause specifying that the contract must be accepted every where "or we do not wish 1t any where"
 The document. the paper says, was then brought to Paris and issued in the name of the entire episcopate, al- though many of the bishops never saw 1t until 1t was published.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
HAITI AND GERMANY
RELATIONS STRAINED BETWEEN
 HEPuBLrC AND EMPIRE.
RefusaI of Bankers, Herman and Com pany By Direction of Court, To
 Return Money Cause Of Z RupEure.

Port au Prince. Haytt Feb. 1o.--The relations between the governments of
 Hayti and Germany are strained owing to the refusal of the German bankers.
 Herman and Company, by direction
 ct ,he court at Port au Prince. to re- turn to the Haytieu government large
 sums of money alleged to have been obtained franduient1y.
 Among the alleged transactions of Herman and Company with the Hay
 tien government was one which Is said
 to have proved Favorable to the gov-
 ernment This was concluded by the
 Haytien minister Of Finance. the Ger man legation and Herman and Com pany. The German minister demanded
 that this transaction ns we'll as oth-
 CTS be annulied. but the Haykien gov
 ernment in terms that the German miu-
 ister deemed offensive refused to nc. quiesce.
 The German minister at the same
 time demanded tke withdrawal of the phrase objected to. The German min.
 istsr at the same time demanded the withdrawal of the pharse objected to
 This also was refused. Fears are en- tertained here cf grave complications
 ensuing.
 The ofacial Monitor recently publish
 ed notice Of the expulsion of Mir. Man
 sour, an Anaerican citizen but Mfr. Fur
 miss, the Amarioan minister believing the cell far the mans expulsion un- justifiabie. nslxea frr the withdrawal ct the order hts M Sserar was refused and Mir. Mansour has left for New York The seal of tho Amerlcan legation has been placed on his shop
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
WOMEN HOLD MASS MEETING Protest Against Thaw Testimony. NEWS AGENCIES CRITICISED Want Reports of Sensational Criminal Cases Stopped. Mayor of Chattsassga Prsssasa and
 Purpose Was said te Be
 Protect the sanctfsy
 of Home.

s1ooga, Tenn. Feb. lo.--A mnsG mt i..ag of women was held at tho First Baptist Church this afternoon for. the purpose of protesting agaiast tho printing in the daily papers of the rs- volting details in the Thaw mus der caxe and all other criminal court procsed-| ings of like nature.
 The meeting was presided over by Mrs. R. D. Wilson. Pre~ident oe the local womans' Christian Temperance Union. The auditorium of the church was filled with women while only . few men wtre present A short ad- dress was made by Mayor W. L. Trfpx- son. {:
 The protest. 1t was stated, was unade "in the interest of the sanctity of our homes and the purity of our chiidrtn and to protest against the minute and detailed account giS en In the daily p4~ pers of the sensational and scanda1cnE proceedings of the criminal courte.~
 Mayor Frierson. in his address. stated that the reports of the Thaw trial w1a disgusting and dfsgraceful in their de% tail. He said that some of the ag counts was not legitimate news. Ha easa some of the news agencies had gone toe far in theii accounts.
 The meeting today followed a prclim- mary meeting Friday when MrH. ". 1T Tyler and Mrs. T. H. Metallic. two prominent club women. were appointed to draw up the formal protest and pre~ sent it at the meeting Sunday aftcr@ noon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
BROKE VICTIM'SNECK
BRUTAL MURDER or MEMPHIS
 FIREMAN's WIFE.
FeIIed By Unknowp Assailant And Robbed While Returning From shopping Tour With Three
 Year old Child.

Memphis. Tenn. Feb. 10.-With rob- bery as his evident purpose, Mrs. Mer- cedes Donovan. wife of Eugene V. Don- ovan, an officer of the Memphis Are department, was felled by an unknown assailant last night with a blow which broke her neck while she was return ing from a shopping tour. accompa- nied by her 3-year-Old daughter and several othel children.
 The attack occurred within a short distance of Mrs. Donovan's home in a thickly populated section of the city. She died within a short time after be- ing removed to her home. As to whether the highwayman was a ne- gro or white man. has not been defi- nitely established.
 Several suspects were arrested to- day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
P0ST0FFICE CHANGE
WORK OF CORRESPONDENCE Dr.
 VISION IS DIVIDED.
Considerable Amount of Purely Legal Labor WiIl Be Transferred to As- distant Attorney General of
 the Department.

Washington, Feb. 10.--An important change in the administration of the work in the Postoffice Department will became effective on the 18th instant when the division of correspondence, now attached to the office of the First Asslstant Postmaster General will be divided and distributed among other bureaus of the Department.
 First Assistant Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock recommended the change in his annual report and it has been approved by Postmaster General Cortelyou. Commenting on the pro- posed change, MT. Hitchcock said.
 Tt is of the highest importance to the people who use the malls that this change should be made. A consider able amount of purely legal work nov devoiving on the division of corres- pondence should be transferred to the Assistant Attorney General for the Postofice Department. This work em- braces matters of the three classes:
 "First-The consideration of ques- tions in regard to the mailability of alleged obscene. scurrillous and defam- atory matter; second, the preparation of decisions as to the delivery of mail, the ownership of which Is In dispute: third, the formulation of answers to inquiries concerning the construction 10 D6 p1dCcu uPNA PSSN0~ a0"S 0AN rvs ulationS.
 "All of these cases require careful study and application of the law and for an exact and comprehensive knowl- edge of many branches of the law. They should fall properly within the province of the principal law office of the Department.
 "One function now exercised by the division of correspondence belongs ap- propriately to the ThIrd Assistant postmaster General. This is the en- forcement of the statute relative to the limit of weight of mail matter. In the present situation 1t Is almost im- possible to determine where the Juris- diction of the Third Assistant Post master General ends and that of the First Assistant Postmaster General be- gins. Experience has demonstrated the undesirabiliIy of 0 divided responsi- bility in such cases.
 Another function of the division of correspondence to be transferred is the management of the box rent and the key deposit business. This will go to the division of salaries and allowances where it formerly was conducted"
 The distribution of the division of correspondence w'll relieve materially the work of the office of the First As sistant Postmaster General and will en- able Mir. Hitchcock to devote great CT amount of time to consideration of the postal service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
DUTIES OF
 THE FATHER Roosevelt Breaches on
 Home Life. MUST BE GOOD BREAD WINNER Wife Must First of All Attend to
 Home.
MUST BE GOOD BREAD WINNER
Other Vacations May Be Taken Up In Addition But Never In Substi- .ution for the Calls of
 Motherhood.

Syracuse. N. Y., Feb. 10.--Mrs. E. Il. Merritt, of this city, president of the New York State Mothers Assembly IS m receipt of a letter from President Roosevelt In which he defines the places of the father and mother in the home.
 The letter was written in response to one asking suggestions for the council of mothers recently held at Newberg, and the state convention to be held in the fall. The president says:
 ''For one of your topics how would it do to speak of the place of the father In the home? Now and then people forget that exactly as the mother must help the breadwinner by being a good housewife So the father in his turn If ne is worth his salt must in every way pack up the mother in helping bring up the children.
 After all. the prime duties are eis- mental and no amount of cultivation, no amount of business force and saga city will make the average man a good citizen unless that average man Is Q good husband and father and unless he q successful bread winner. is tender and considerate with his wife and both loving and wise (for to be loving and weak and foolish is utterly ruinous) In dealing with the children.
 T think it crime for the woman to shirk her primary duties. to shrink from being a good wife and mother. Of course the woman should have the same right as the man to train her mind, to better herself and occasionally a woman can and ought to follow some special vocation in addition to tnever in substitution for) her home work.
 "But, just as the highest work for the normal man is work for his wife and children so the highest work for the normal woman Is the work Of the home where heavens knows the work Ia amnle enough.
 "But I also feel she can do the hest work in her home If she has healthy outside interests and occupations and in addition and does firmly believe that she cannot do her full duty by her hus- hand If she occupies a merely servile attitude toward him or submits to III treatment and that sine Is uuite as bad mother if weak and foolish as ifshard and unloving"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
NEW TREATY IaaPossIBLE.
Labor Immigration Not Question '
 tween Two Nations

LnbOr immigration Not Question Be.
 tween Two Nations.
 Tokia, Feb i0-The JIji in a leading editorial anent the San Francisco inct- dent. expresses disbelief in the possibil- ity of the adoption of new treaty mu- tually restricting labor immigration as a solution of the public school contro- versy.
 The Jiii declares that it is aware that a large number of Japanese are going to San Francisco from Hawaii, and that this immigration is causing jeal- ousy on the port Of white labor, but it contends that this Is due to the im- perfect provision of the existing law, which might be remedied by an agree ment on the part of both governments, but which should constitute an entire ly separate subject of discussion as not concerning the present San Fran cisco dispute In which latter Japanese stands upon her treaty rights.
 The Jiji judging by statements at- tributed to officials of both govern metnsf draws a conclusion that if a satisfactory adjustment of the difficulfy is reached, the credit is solely due to the admirable efforts put forth by Pres ident Roosevelt.