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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-01

III SffOuiu TeQulTe u StStSm VI req
ular reports from all large Interstate
corporations, to be made to an admin
istrative office. and should provide that
that Office shall have access to the rec
ords OF these corporations.
should Publish Facts.
1T should further provide that that
Office shall publish the important facts
as to corporate operations, so far as
they are Of public interest, safeguard
ing at the same time from unnecessary
publication all proper business secrets.
$50 far rs possible, the system
should be made voluntary rather than
compulsory.
''In exchange for giving this publici-
ty corporations should be allowed to
register Under such Il law so as to OBJ
tain a federal standing and the public
benefit of their position as concerns
not afraid of scrutiny.
Finally such system should rec
ognize the fact that there cannot be
both prohibition and regulation of
combination at the same time and that
If the government thus elects to reg
ul9te combination 1t must at least per-
NIT a certain reasonable degree there.
Of and recognize in law what has al
ready become an accomplished fact"
In reference to employers liability
and industrial Insurance Secretary
Straus says:
One of thelgreat needs in industrial
relations in the United States is a rad
ical change in the law respecting EN-
ployers' liability. Under our practice
no compensation can be collected for
injury or death unless such injury or
death is due directly TO some negli
gence on the part of the employer or
one of his representatives or employ
ees. In probably the majority of cases
no one is properly to be blamed for an
industrial accident. Modern industry
is becoming increasingly more danger
Gus. and certain amount of death
and injury inevitably results from
many of its processes.
I'VE should recognize that these ac-
cidents are and to a certain great ex-
tent must always be a part of the
regular cost of carrying on certain
trades; that they are as much part
Of the business economically as the
breakage and wear and tear of ma
chinery; that the expense of them
should be borne by that business and
distributed upon the public and con-
sumers like any other manufacturing
cost.
Justice demands that this burden of
industry should not be thrown upon
those members of society least able to
bear it--upon the victims themselves
and their fam ilies-as Is now the case.
= he best practice in other countries
fxds definite compensation for death
or Ainjury| based usually upon the
ea| ~ Fity of the person injured
Is enables the employers
Eitl, some degree of Ger
lifionaf item necessary to
the cost of production.
ice system this itlln
Tor injury becoHes
Nloycr as defi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-01

ers at home, says Secretary Seraus, as
mnny aliens now come to America
with little money and lack of quail
fications to do the work they expect to
do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-01

All the news all the time = THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-01

IN capital and labor.
rs experience of the
creation in dealing
Affairs" says the re-
II %iaar that the great
ward corporate reform
ugh some general sys-
y. The logical conclu-
York of the bureau thus
e imperative need of a
|lctive system for the
|ision of interstate COR
|he primary end of Sc
publicity in corporate
publicity must be of the
Ipted to the practical re-
|iAmerican public opin-
content itself with the
on of masses of facts
The government must
| digest them aud pre-
Iae public in the ,sape
Die cleal
amt cerpo3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-01

at should require system of reg
ular reports from all large interstate
corporations, to be made to an admin
istrative Office. and should provide that
that Office shall have access to the rec
ords OF these corporations.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
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IN the Glare
John Z. Dodson In 1.-THE
House Next Door,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

8 L is mixing metaphors a little to
say that The House Next Door"
u has made hit in New York.
But it is a fact that John e. Dod-
has won more praise than has been ac
corded any production Of the kind in
some time. The reason seems to con-
sist partly in the circumstance that
the play. which is by j. Hartley Man
ners, possesses genuine merit and
teaches some lessons that need to be
learned and taken to heart The theme
is racial animosity- the prejudice be-
tween Jew and gentile-and the claim
is made that the aim of the production
is entertainment pure and simple.
However that may be. the effect Of
the drama is an appeal, and very
forcible one. too, in favor of fair play
MS between the races, deeply col
ored by race or religious prejudice
The story turns on the compiled tons
resulting from the Cotswolds and the
Jacobsons becoming next door neigh
boris. Sir John Cotswold is an aged
English baronet whose pride In his an
cestry is only equaled by his ignorance
of how to sustain the family preten-
sions. In consequence of his being so
much more of an adept at spending
money than making it his family be-
come impoverished, his estate is mort
gagged. and finally he has to pay rent
for it to the Jew who has acquired it
and who adds insult to injury, in the
view Of Sir John. by establishing him.
self and family in a house next door.
The rent gets long overdue, and Sir
John is only enabled to pay it by the
1elp Of his son, who has won success
n opera and who, it develops, has
been enabled to obtain his musical ed
Ication through the generosity of this |
'anle despised Jacobson. To cap the I
.1imax the Liberal government-Sir |
lohn is a Conservative, Of course |
makes Jacobson baronet, too, in rec
ignition of his philanthropy and pub
ic service. Sir John writes to the
Times to protest that everything in
he country will soon be owned by the
ews and insinuating that the title
von by Jacobson is bought, and bought
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

| with the dispatch was successful In
conveying it to its destination. Miss
Lambert is the daughter of Rev.
| George Lambert of Elkhart, Ind.
The Armenians are people of an
Gent origin, devoted to their nation
| atty and their church. but persecution
has scattered them. like the Jews,
over the face of the earth In the
treaty of Berlin of 1878 Turkey prom
ised to give the Armenian subjects of
the sultan better treatment, but the
promise was soon disregarded and
several extensive massacres have since
occurred besides that of this year.
The Armenian church was established
early in the third century and is thus
one of the Oldest national churches III
existence. Its ceremonies are much
like those Of the Greek church, but it
has some distinctive features. and
owing TO the prosecutions they have
suffered the Armenians In Turkey
worship mostly in the nighttime. The
mass is said in the ancient Armenian.
the sermon being in the modern Their
hierarchy claims succession from the
apostles, like that of the Greek, To-
man and Anglican communions. The
secular priests may be married once.
but are not permitted second expert
ment in matrimony The Armenians
had a Furnishing literature in the fifth
century, and some of their hymns date
from that era There has recently
been a revival both of their literary
life and their religious activity.
The Syrian church is another. exist
ing in the Ottoman empire. and its
members have also been persistentls
prosecuted by the Mosiens.
1t Is difficult to understand how in d
country claiming to be civilized such il
carnival of outrage and massacre can
prevail as has been witnessed in Tur.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

with i'll gotten gains. Al this juncture
of affairs he discovers not only that
his son has fallen in love with Sir
Isaac Jacobson's daughter. but. to
make matters worse, his daughter has
fallen in love with the Iatter's son.
conditions are very much mixed. and
| the situations resulting are comieal
indeed. while some scenes are not
without an element of considerable
pathos. as when the old baronet leaves
the Jews house with his daughter on
his arm after she has decided to give
up her lover and stay by her aged IA
Their. mistaken ard blind in his preiu-
dice though he is. to the end. But
matters suddenly take a surprising
turn and even Sir John is convinced
that he has been wrong all his life in
thinking that there can be nothing
good in a jew The role of Sir John
is admirably Interpreted By Mr.. Dob
son. who has made !, character of
the part deserving OF a long survival
IN memories Of the stage.
Mr.. DGdsen is ona Of the best au-
thorities upon makeup in this country.
Once when abcut ~ make nose
to be fitted over his own nose Dodson
discovered that re putty out of which
he molded neses was exhausted and
there was no more iilse it in the thea
ter. There was no time to lose, and
the only substitute 10 be found in
town was fnJ4r 81 hzA can't n HOY ont
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

REV. STEPHEN r. TRoWBRIDGE.
CHANGED to be at Adana when the at.
tacks on the Christians In that vicinity
began.
He was an eyewitness OF the shoot
ing Of the Rev Daniel Minor Rogers
and the Rev Henry Maurer, fellow
missionaries from America. He risked
his own life In trying to prevent a
fanatical follower Of Mohammed from
killing an Armenian Christian. He In
terposed his body between the MUIR
derous Moslem and the Armenian and
threw his arms about the latter to
protect him. Nevertheless the Turk
fred and succeeded In killing his In
tended victim Mr.. Trowbridge in.
seeking to protect life and property
was repeatedly exposed to the fire go
ing on between Moslems and Arme-
mans, and several bullets from Mos
lem rifles Whizzed past very close to
him. He says that the government
authorities did scarcely anything to
stop the rioting. pillaging and burning
in Adana, and when they did anything
at all ii was to fire at Armenians who
were resisting Turkish plunderers.
Mr.. Trowbridge was formerly assist
ant pastor of the Central Congrega-
tional church in Brooklyn borough.
New York.
The Armenians in their extremity
look for help to the foreigners in Tur-
key, especially the Americans. Many
heroic acts have been performed By
the Christian missionaries ii Turkey
and the foreigners attached to lega-
tons and consulates Sometimes their
efforts in behalf of the oppressed ma
tiges have met with success, but more
often the odds against their being
able to give these poor human beings
aid have been too great to overcome.
Great praise has been bestowed
upon Miss Rose Lambert sunerintend-
ent Of the united ornhanage ana mis-
sion at HadInl, conducted under The
auspices Of the Mennonites. She has
been in the THIadiin field longer than |
any other missionary there and during
the fortnight ia which the Christians
ef the place were Isesfased By murder
Ing and laofiny Ioha ;aaetsal tribes.
men was most d work faI. thu (
lefense Of those ii peril She talez |
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
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Current of Events
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Exceptional interest pertains to the
lew minister to the United States from
Venezuela. Senior Pedro e. Rojas. who
has just presented his credentials to
President Taft. because Of the new
regime that was inaugurated in Vene-
Euela on the departure of President
Castro. The government at Washing
ton and Castro's government bad come
to the parting of the ways, and we had
no diplomatic relations with Venezuela
during the last few weeks of Castro's
despotie rule. When he left the coun-
try and was succeeded by Gomez our
government fastened to dispatch thithe
er as a special commissioner William j
Buchanan. whose mission resulted in
re-esta blishing good relations with the
South American republic and paving
the way for arbitra ton of the ques-
lions at issue regarding the property
rights of Americans who had invested
money in Venezuela and had, as they
not received fair treatment at
the hands of General Castro and his
minions. The reception of Senior Rojas
marked the complete and formal re-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

Minor. They also be-
feve that he had plotted the death of
all the foreigners at Constantinople.
The chamber of deputies had deter
mined on an investigation of the mas
sacre at Adana, where the native
Christian population was well nigh
wiped out by the carnival of loot and
crime which ragged for many days.
The persecution of native Christians
and the dangers to which Americans
in the country have been exposed have
excited much interest in the United
States and have resulted in protests
being lodged with the American state
department against the conditions pre-
yailing in Turkey, conditions which
many think ought to cause activity on
the part OF the American government.
Our government has sent two cruisers,
the North Carolina and Montana. to
Alexandretta, a port near the disturbed
districts which has an American consul
late, and has also dispatched there the
revenue cutter Tohoma. under COM
mand Of Captain j Quinan.
An American l1ragoman rescued six
ty persons from Deurtyul and brought
them to Alexandretta. Deurtyul. which
was besfeged for some days. made
brave effort to hold out against the IA
natics
One of the most heroic acts recorded
in the long list of thrilling deeds per-
formed by Americans in the course of
the massacres was the attempt of the
Rev. Stephen r. Trowbridge. an Amer
lean board missionary at Aintab. to
prevent the murder by Moslem of an
Armenian Christian Mr.. Trowbridge
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

THE speech of
h A t t or n e y
G e n e ra !
George w. Wick
ei'sila N at the din
ner of the New
York Bar associa-
ton recently has
occasioned much
discussion be-
cause of the diff
ferent interpreta-
uonS put upon
certain language
he used. He took
occasion to refer
to prosecutions of
corporations be-
lieved to have vio-
lated the law and
commended t he
work of the Roose-
welt administra-
ton in it's vigor
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

PEDRO b. RoJAs.
establishment of diplomatic relations
between Venezuela and the United
States. In welcoming him President
Taft said:
The feeling of sympathy and good
will which has existed since the in
dependence of Latin America and
which | trust viii continue and grow
stronger with the coming years be-
tween the republic OF Venezuela and
the United States OF America natural
" calls for close intimacy and friend
ship between the two countries and
peoples
Senior Rojas is about sixty-fve years
Of age, has resided in New York and
was among those driven out of Vene.
zuela by Castro
In case, the daughter born to Queen
Wilhelmina OF Holland should not live
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
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OF Footlights
Robert Hilliard In "a
Fool There Was
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"A Fool There Was based on sThe
Vampire" Iy Kipling, is one of the
strongest plays seen in New York In
several seasons and is social study
of the highest type. 1t is tragedy
tragedy of domestic iffe-and con-
veys Il lesson us plain as is needed
in these days. when there is SO much
danger of the marital tie being loose
one. 1t is fortunate that SO good a
play is in the hands of so capable and
forceful an actor as Robert Hiiiiard,
who certainly does some of the best
work he has ever exhibited in his in
depreciation of the leading male role.
that of the erring husband. who gets
under the power of an adventures
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

La Sale through q
misun d erstanding.
when the forests Of
the state were re-
siistricted last July.
The correct local
applicat ton OF the
name. however is
TO the Salt noun
tains, called BIZ the
Spa nish "a Sal =
mountains. evid lent
IL reference to
be deposits
found ID the re-
iorl. Besisl IS the
rang at I3141,tain ms
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

town and creek Id this part Of
Utah have the same name
This national forest IS IN charge Of
Acting Supervisor John Riis. the son
Of Jacob RiIs, the New York author
end refor1ner. He entered the service
as forest guard some years ago and
worked bis way up through the ranks
ct assistant ranger and forest ranger
to that :aesisag forest supervisor
his FL sssai forest which has it's So
nerTisals haaf Ssals,sfes.s af Moab, Utah.
IS leeate1 q district No with dis
Iricf headquarEe at Ogden.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16
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graphed the first description that was
received at Constantinople of the dan
gers amid which the American women
missionaries at Hadiin were placed
The first dispatch which related how
desperadoes had for days been killing
and looting. robbing shops and plum
dering and burning homes. was borne
by messenger who was shot down
and killed on his way to the telegraph
Office. The second messenger charged
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

order to permit q
compliance with bis
Wishes. as 1t is real
lied that he would
be q valuab Bile man
IN that capacity TO
become eligible for
q efaaplaincy It viii
be necessary for
him to become an
ordained minister
Lieutenant Titus
was born in Clin
ton Ia. IL 1879 and
at ten years Of age
was given BY bis
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

The victim finds her snares as hard to-
escape from as those of the enchant-
ress of old so much feared by the
| mythic heroes whose adventures form
| the subjects of much ancient lore IN
/ this case the adventures cared MOTH
| ing for the man whom she lured--she
had already ruined the lives of several
men before him-and she. deliberately
set out TO break up his home for the
pleasure which abnormal creatures such
as she seem to find in such diversions.
The foil to her character is presented
by that of the wife. whose devotion to
her Iife's partner is such that even
after he has proved false she takes
him back and endeaVors to make
man of him again. In the last scene
the adventures once more an1aears
and plies her Wiles. but to no avail.
Tor under the great emotional strain
her victim, whose health has been I'M
dermined by his designations. dies at
her feet as he is seeking to decide be-
tween her destinations and staadfasf-
ness to his pleading. high minded and
loving wife.
"A Fool There Was which is pro-
auced under the ra;sa;. sssnett es Fred
eric Thompson at the Liberty theater.
IS play which approaches social prob
lens in the right sort of way. and its
popularity is a good sign Robert Hill
Hard has been famed in his day not
only as an actor. but as billiardtst.
swimmer and one might almost add
as financier. At least he made s25. O00
as broker in Wall street as quite
young man before he went on the pro
fessional stage. Asked enc day why
he gave up a position which promised
lucrative results. he said, Because
would sooner make a dollar on the
stage than SO In business AS an.
amateur Mr.. billiard used TO act with
Edith Kingdom, now Mrs. George
Gould. in societies In Brooklyn. His
hrst appearance on the stage was AZ
seven years old in the drawing room
of Philip Hubert. the architect. and in
company with his daughter. Marie.
who afterward became Marie Hubert
Frohman
Maude Adams has begun rehearsals
IN New York for the single perform
ance OF Joan of Are'' which she is fa
give in the stadium of Harvard uni
versltF on the evening of June %
There will be over 1000 persons. in
Guiding supernumeraries, In the corr
pany There will be fifty super e;.f,
tains. two chief stage managers. ten
ordinary stage managers. large
corps Of electricians. property men
masters of costumes, masters OF tbe
horses that will be used in the battle
scene and four skilled armorers.
Ihe single performance Of Joan q.
Arc win be given for the benefit or
The Germanic museum and uns3er fho
auspices OF the German department. Of
The use of the stadium
was granted some months ago to Miss
Adams by the president and fa.Iavss
# the college e
a special scenic setting adaptable
'nly TO the stadium, which seats ~
Oo persons, will be used. The whata
Effect is planned to resemble tho sat.
ing Tor the Passion play nj Oberan,-
nergau.
After the performance tha ,v,,a,a
production will be dismantled and rs
PARTS dispersed An English vefsio,,
II schlllers "Jungfrau yon Orleans,
VII De used, and the incidental unsi5
when VIII be- an important feature
WI bs TAKEN IN most part from Rec
hoFen,s symphony, the Eroica..
Honest.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16


w Fl. Lee ct Wichita. kan. to rear
Lee was then d captain in the Saliva.
ton Army Titus possessed natural
gift for playing the violin and flute
and was q good singer. At fifteen he
began to sing ard march with the SAL
vationisfs lie was IN SALISBURY, Vt.
ID 1908 wien The spanish war broke
out and enlisted ii Company Il. First
Vermont yolunfeers. with the Intention
81 going 10 Cuba he regiment never
went beyond Chic ma sc
Ia November uf tint year he was
discharged and went west ID preach
to Indians and COW boy s lii April
1860, be enlisted Ia He asked &
e Nichols. Wichita real estate deal.
er, to act as his ian and had to
pawn bis gold watch fer s: Is Al
naoney to nay fer he gilarsi iaias
paEaers. Later Ms hals took the ss-sete il
ont ct f,;l nm and sent It tas fha vtss1ss.t.
soldier III Manila.
q speause oT Titus aef of ira very ii !
Psisin PRESIDENT II 1 lSilllssy sl,sss ii IS
him ts Din Ifres ss.ssssI fssss.sss
vel ne IlsEa a EsEelsza etIssts & 90
ST. sss voted
y fssss 81 sss sEfslled his lfiTst
Tie y Il5tarE aeaslenlv
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-16

"iefAhnes a. in seeking TO en-
fore the law thoroughly against all of
tenders. He continued:
The work of the present admins
fratien is none the less important than
was that Of the last in continuing to
enforce the laws of the country. But
the methods which were necessary to
awaken the business community to a
recognition of the existence and vitali-
tial.
1t may be. it probably is. true
that in the movement to impress upon
the whole business world the meaning
and force Of certain laws and the ne
cessity OF attention and obedience to
them some suits were instituted and
some prosecutions commenced with
ont sufficient consideration and with
ont adequate cause When such condi-
lions are found to exist the present
administration will not hesitate to
withdraw the suits or dismiss the pros
ecutions. .
Some have interpreted this pro-
nouncement as meaning letup in fed
erai warfare on corporations, others
as notice that the work would be ear
Eied on just as vigorously and thor
oughly as before, but with less noise.
the latter not being necessary, now
that public sentiment has been SO well
aroused.
Mr. Wickersham's appointment as
attorney general was somewhat crit
1cised on the ground Of his former cor
poration connections. Some, however,
explained II ON the theory that Presi-
dent Taft IN bis prosecutions Of big Of
tenders wished to have d man III
charge who was thoroughly versed on
the laws pertaining to the subject, and
Ii is generally conceded that Mr.. Wick
ersham is such d lawyer.
When his name was first mentioned
10 connection with the Office 1t was even
asserted il certain quarters that Mr.
Wickersham was corporation lawyer.
The impression probably arose from
the fact that ii recent years he had
been counsel for the subway company
and was also conspicuous IN the litiga-
ton Of the Chicago Traction company
and II similar cases.
j Lieutenant Calvin 2. Titus, Four
feenth infantry. the first man to scale
the walls of the Chinese city at the
battle of Pekin. Aug. IA. 1900. has re-
considered his intention to leave the
army and President Taft has revoked
the acceptance OF his resignation
Lieutenant Titus resigned several
months ago 10 order to devote his en-
tire time to religious work. mainly In
connection with the =. M. G. A. 1t
was accepted to take effect July I.
1909.
Lieutenant Titus has indicated his
desire to be made q regimentaI chap
aRin The acceptance was revoked In