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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
The Rate Cases.

By the decision of the United States
circuit court of appeals i'll the Mis-
souri, river rate cases the interstate
commerce commission would appear
TO be shorn TO Il very large extent OF
its regulative and rate-making pow
ers 1t had been complained by the
various cities on the Missouri river
that they were being unfairly dealt
with because the railroads did nos
give them a through rate TO or from
the Atlantic Seaboard. The rate on
first class freight was $l.47 per hun
dred pounds, which was equivalent to
81 cents, the through rate from the
coast to ST. Louis, Rock Island, Quincy
and other Mississippi river points, plus
a charge of 60 cents from these points
10 the Missouri. The commission de-
cided the complaint 10 be well founded
and ordered the railroads 10 put in
effect Il through rate 10 the Missouri
river of S13S per hundred pounds.
The enforcement of this order has
how been enjoined and the injunction
court should ultimately reverse the
court of appeals.
The Hepburn act makes the commits
sion the arbiter of the reasonableness
of rates. Mississippi river cities have
through rates from the coast lower
than the combined local rates between
intervening points; why should not the
towns on the Missouri also have a
through rate on similar basis? Kan
Sas City, Omaha and Sioux City, all
located on the Missouri. are important
distributing points. II is true. one eff
feet of the commerce commission
proposed rate might be the encourage
ment of direct shipments from the
, coast 10 the Missouri river towns and
corresponding diminution of bust
| middle men al ST. Louis and other
! points on the Mississippi And it was
| this possibility that influenced the de-
cision of the court in the present in.
stance.
The contest in it's large aspects, re
marked Judge Grosscup, in delivering
his opinion, is between the commercial
and manufacturing interests of certain
! localities and not so much between
the shippers and the railroads. While
not denying authority to the commits
sion of establishing a Systematically
, graded and comprehensive schedule OF
rates, the court. nevertheless, denies
that such authority includes the power
1 ito artificially divide the country into
, zones tributary to given trade anG
manufacturing centers.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
Jewly Appointed United States Ambassador to Mexico
The Argus Daily Short Story
Bilhards-and Something Else-By M. J. Phillip:
Copyrighted 1909 Associated Literary

the only girl in the world-if' hid
reached that Stage-wouldD' look ut
him or. worse still. looked ut him pre-
cisely rs she looked at everybody else:
But his persistence won finally. by
the assistance of Dick Sargent. en-
gagged and consequently sympathetic.
he was assured of IL monopoly nf Miss
Welland and the billiard room duril::
Il dance at Burton'S one night. Die;
promised fifteen minutes if he bad rs
tie Purves Bland with the portiereS.
M ISIS Welland' he began eaihlesS
IL when Hand had been lured away
by Dirl, and the future Mrs. Sargent.
''you know the night of What Won
IN Would Do"
PUT you were to teach me to play
billiards You know" remarked Miss
Wclland
But | want to explain" he urged.
~ got your note" Miss WelIand re-
minded him. And Beatrice has told
me about the loss of the tickets So
that's I'LL over and forgotten"
Eeing equipped only with the slow
going mental processes of mere man.
Carrick was somewhat dazed by this
Information. For weeks he had been
preparing himself To take the enemy's
Qualifications by storm. To find that
there was 10 be no war was surprising.
to say the least.
You know all about it?' he quericd
stupidity.
YES"
And it's all forgotten%
eyes"
Forgiven too?
81 suppose So
"Then.' sad Carrick. with radIan'
smile and Il CLINT of determination il
his eye. I'VE shall take up the billiard
| leSSon-and something else" Miss
/ Welland chose 10 ignore the remark.
First we will send the balls to the
| lowci cushion to see who gets the iirsi
| shot. That is y bank
What Il funny uame"'
YES" said Carrick THE word i,
usually applied 10 the edges of Il river
also with sidewise glance. Ito in
| SiiiutionS where young men who are
contemplating mairimony hoard VI
their money
Hadn't we better join the others Z
| asked Miss Weiland irreverently.
NO; they said they'd he back fol
| us"
| Ooh. | missed that one" said the
girl presently.
"leu doa't hold the stick properly
pronounced Carrick IFS like this. >
| And he calmly took possession OF botl
her hands as they rested on the cue.
Isn't billiards very difficult tt
learn" asked Miss Weilaud.
Why"
1T takes so long to learn how t.
hold. 1be cuer' The lesson progresscl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
Judge Mack's Withdrawal.

Realizing that for various reasons,
not the least of which was that after
the manner in which his name was
sprung upon the judicial convention
the supreme court as a republican
candidate, he would stand no show of
election, Judge David E. Mack of
Carthage has declined to accept the
nomination.
This is the decision after careful de-
as 10 the way in which the people
throughout the district have received
his nomination. based on the method
in which it was made. Judge Mack
has evinced a high degree of self
respect i'm declining TO be a party to
such a proceeding. He doubtless be-
lieves that the act of a few political
bosses. oft repudiated by their OWN
party. in converting what should be a
dignified convention, assembled for
the purpose of nominating a candidate
for the highest judicial tribunal in the
state, into a hippodrome. should be
rebuked.
1t is proper that this should be so.
Every candidate before that conven-
ton had much more of right TO con-
sidcration than did Senator Berry to
assume 10 dominate and pick whom
soever he might choose. But Berry
did not feel that way Realizing that
he could not sway the proceedings to
suit his whims, he precipitated a farce,
which, following up carefully formu-
lated scheme that took both candi-
dates and delegates off their feet, gave
the race to horse that had never
i. been entered
IL was confidence game. pure and
simple. No more clever trick was
ever worked by a bookmaker at the
size OF n race track The men who
had spent their time and money in
set'ins before the convention leaiti.
hately. found themselves shut o,t
WIN inc spectacle of Berry laughing
at the success of his game.
Senator Berry has had much at tn.
hands OF his party, and that which h,
has not earned he has taken ANYWAY
Bnt he has been plucked. pitted an,
mashed. and as a result of his selfish
ness and cunning the republican part
has no valid candidate for suprem
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
4 NOn-partiSan Bench.

Quincy Herald: 1t is lovely argu-
ment that the Canton Register and
some other republican papers of the
district are putting up 10 Offset the
Herald's assertion that the state con-
stitution contemplates a non-partisan
judiciary. They say of course it does,
and the way 10 make it manifest is TO
vote for the republican nominee and
take the Office out of politics. To vote
for the democratic nominee is to keep
the Office in politics, but to support
the republican is TO take it out. This
is fine theory, and can only be I'M
derstood or explained in the Aldrich-
Cannon curriculum of politics The ar
gument apparently is that by making
the bench unanimously Z republican
there will be no necessity of politics
at all and that the voice of demo
crat will never be raised.
But the trouble is that questions of
politics do oft come before the court,
and the democrats do not have one
quarter the representation to which
their numbers entitle them. The re.
publicans reluctantly permit the dem
ocrats to have one judge out of seven
on the higher bench, and yet in the
last election As per cent of the vote of
the state was cast for the democratic
nominee for governor.
That there is partisanship in the
| nigh court is proven by the fact that
the judges sustained the infamous and
unnecessary gerrymander of the dis
.rict made only for the purpose OF
keepins one of their number on the
pench. Furthermore, they then pro
ceeded to knife Justice Magruder. who
had the temerity to hand down a rad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
Beware of Ontments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely deranse
the whole system when entering 1t
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used eXcest
on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney
d Co, Toledo, Ohio. contains no mer-
curry and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine 1t is taken internally and
made in Toledo, Ohio. by F. J. Cheney
d Co. Testimonials free.
Sold By druggists. Price rs cents
per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

court Judge in this district. IA fact. by
the way, which in itself is not dis.
pleasing to the rank and file of the
party which has taken kindly to the
idea that this is one particular case
where the partisan spirit should be
obliterated They therefore do not
care so much about the fact that they
are deprived of a nomination as to
the methods employed in their own
councils TO convert a convention into
a joke and leave an unhappy reflection
on their organization.
The convention broke up in con-
fusion neglecting to adopt the usual
resolution delegatins authority to any
one TO provide for q vacancy in the
nomination should one occur. The con-
sequence is that it is now up to Berry,
with the aid of Billy Meese, whom he
has already called to his aid. to put
through scheme that will provide Il
successor on the ticket.
But who, under the circumstances,
would take the nomination second
handed on the Berry platter?
What self-respecting republican, wor-
thy of high Office, would be willing to
accept an uncertain nomination. with
sure defeat staring him in the face.
and contest even i'm the event of the
remotest possibility of success?
What distinguished republican now
would jump into the fray to help Berry
out of a predicament for which he
alone is responsible. and thus sacrifice
himself to save Berry's life that he
may make the race for the republican
gubernatorial nomination three years
hence?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
better after that-for a time.

better after that-for a time.
1t came Carrick's shot. The balls
had stopped in the form of a triangle.
A clever draw" earned him the bill
lard. Miss Carrick applauded. ut
came as though magnet were attract
ing it, she said
Ihat being ~ ball." expounded the
teacher. 1.-The same forces act upon it
as act ON me. A magnet has been
drawing me for about two years now.
And doesn't the red ball remind
you of some one? See how closely it
has stayed near your ball since we've
been playingr'
why shouldn't it?" Queried Miss
Welland saucily rs she s.lot and MISS
ed. "And, anyway. resemblances have
nothing to do with the game. You're
teaching me billiards, remember"
"Biliiard3-and something else" said
Carrick- See how the red ball sulks
at the lower end of the table. Pm 60
ing to stir it up
His ball clicked Miss Welland's cue
ball gently and doubled the corner lust
in time to be stopped by it, They
met square on its return from the
cushion and stopped. a few inches
apart.
See how near they are" said Car
rick-"no chance for misunder
standing. no opportunity for theater
| tickets TO get lost en- route from one
to the other. The red ball is the
length of their world away. That's
| the way they belong. side by side, al
| ways"
] What is it called" asked Miss Wei
land hurredly. when one ball pre-
vents the other from going. like that?'
That" said Carrick, laying down
his cue with II certain tinality and ad-
vancing around the table. is called a
| kiss
Dick Sargent is in favor of double
wedding. for" he says. "a fellow
needs the moral support of his kind in
Il crisis" Carrick is building a house
with a billiard room in it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers.

A. G. Abraham company TO A. G.
Abraham. lots l, s. east one-half lot 8,
block 5, Davenports addition, Moline;
also west one-half. north one-half and
west one-half, north one-half lot ,,
block, ., Old Town, Moline, $1,000.
John Volk to Charles r. Volk. part
lot 6. block 2, j. w. Spencer's first adj
dition. Rock Island, 81.
Carl ]. Mueller to Louis F. Henning,
undivided one-half lot Z, block 9, vii
lage of Silvis, 81.
Eugene l.. Sheppard to James Neal
ey. lots l. .. 3, 4. ). 6. block |. Donahoo
& Cosner's first addition, East Moline,
S4,50O.
Walter NJ. Lewis to C. ]. Searle,
north 20 acres west one-half, north
west one-quarter section 35-17-1w, $500.
Wood. Johnson & Young to city IF
Moline. north 20 feet lot 3G-and south
one-half section ~ lots ., /, block G,
o. Child's addition. Moline 81.
Nellie f. West to Walter NJ. Lewis.
lots 6. Z. s. block SO. and lots 3, 4, 5,
g, l. s, block SO. Andalusia $3.50
Susan n. Jordan to Charles H. Lang
man. lots Is, 1G, block I. Acme add
ton. Moline $500.
Abbie f. S. Fisher to Grossl,laus &
Nycnhuis. part undivided one-haif
west one-half and undivided one-half
west one-half, northeast one-quarte'
section G-16-5w, $4,000.
William Doonan to John NJ Gaun'
and Arthur NJ Gaunt. part northeast
ene-quarter section 1-15-3w. $4,000
Gust Dralle to Josie Z. Dennhardt
$500, lot 9, block 10, city of East Mo
line, $500.
William J. Bannan TO Victor Lebre
lot 90, block I. Paramount addition. Mo
line, $1.450.
Charles Langman to Cecilia C. 10"
dan. part lot Is. block 2. Velie's frs.
addition, Rock Island. $4,000.
Samuel ]. Ransom 10 William
Bogus. lot 1. block 3. Twenty-first
street addition. Rock Island. $40.
A. H. McCandless TO Miriam H
Maekin. part lot 90. block 4. NJ
Schnells addition. Rock Island
S1475O.
Julius Hageman to Josef Bultinck
part lot 5. block ii. city OF East Nc
line. $500.
| ]. l. Oakleaf to Carl War Josephson
south IS feet lot |, block &c. Old Town
Moline. $4,000.
| Jane S. Cable to William Hoersch
lot 10, block s. Buford & Guyer's ad
| iitioE. Rock Island 81
Rene Van Speybroeck to Henry Va
Lerberghe, north 81 feet, lot ). Mrs
l.. n Warmers first addition, East Mo
line. $500.
Moline, East Moline & Waterfowl
Railway company 10 Albert C Vinton
lot 6, Campbell park. Campbeil's isl
and. 1925.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
Hurnor and
Philosophy
1y DUNCAN n. SMITH
THEORY AND PRACTICE.


TN theory / don't care for money
1 If can have small supply
To keep my family from starvation
And some few extra trinkets buy
Enough to live in easy comfort, p
A luxury just now and then,
But still find I'm chasing dollars
The way notice other men.
We speak of money as the ''needfui,s
And very truly now and then
1t is a useful thing and handy
To have on hand five or ten. -
As to a larger pile, we scorn it
And look at it somewhat askance
Unless we have a chance to grab il,
And then We wrestle for the chance.
The man who hasn't any money
And none inclined to reach his mitt
Philosophers very largely
About the vanity of it.
He thinks he's happier with nothing,
But still at that you'll find him rash
Enough 10 jeOpardize his pleasures
IL he can trade part for cash.
In theory as we look things over
We think how worthless tits and vain
In practice when they hand il 10 us
We don't reject it or complain
1t is a fact. and | believe it
AT least that's what I've heard them
say
That those who have contempt for money
Will meet it easily halfway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

ically dissenting opinion, and he was
retired at the earliest opportunity.
If the republican argument is car
ried TO its legitimate conclusion, the
voters would turn in and make the
bench almost solidly democratic in its
the democrats are not asking that
They do insist. however, that two
judges out of seven is not excessive
representation for party that has in
variably cast at least 40 per cent of
the vote of the state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
PERT PARAGRAPHS.


The more expensive a joke is the
funnier it is as long as the other fell
low is putting up for it.
Sometimes the pen is migntier than
the long and elaborate petition for par
don "a.
The man who has large and Varied
assortment of afffnities should be some
thing of an authority on the course of
true love- .s-s:ssg'
A case of kidnapping is sure to. rouse
the ire of parents when the kid maps
until after O'clock in the morning.
And then, besides, it can't be noticed
| that things TO eat taste any better now
that they cost so much more.
direct relation to hard times even II,
you are out of job.
The ultimate uonconsumer has to 20
about with pad on his neck.
Marrying for position is often done
on mere superstition.
The letter that never came was prob
ably identical with the one that never
went.
Don't mourn for past pleasures.
That they are past 10 the best that can
70 said for some OF them. s.si! s,siss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
Twas a Glorious Victory.

There's rejoicing in Fedora. Tenn.
mans life has been saved. and now DR.
Kings New Discovery is the talk OF
the town for curing c. V. Pepper o
deadly lung hemorrhages 81 coul6
not work nor get about he writes
land the doctors did me no good. but
after using DR.. Kings New Discover?
three weeks, | feel like a new man
and can do good work again" Fo'
weak, sore or diseased lungs, Coughs
and Colds, Hemorrhages. Hay Fever
LaGrippe. Asthma or any Bronchia
affection it stands unrivaled. Price q
cents and 81. Trial bottle free. Sold
and guaranteed by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
CIVIL SUITS BALK PAROLE
Cases Involving 100000 Pending
Before Dou2herty Can BE Freed.

Joliet, H., Aug. 31.--On motion of
the prisoners attorneys yesterday,
the board of pardons in session here
postponed the hearing on the petition
of Newton c. Dougherty for parole
until after the civil suits in Peoria.
There are now pending in the Peoria
county court suits to the amount of
100000, which the board of edu-
cation is seeking to recover from the
former superintendent
1t is believed by counsel for the
prisoner that these cases, which were
thrown out of court last spring and
later reinstated, will either be nolle
pressed or defeated. When the civil
matters have been cleared up Dough
erty believes that he will have bet
ter chance for freedom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

1t will be even a greater joke if Billy
Meese attempts to write into the pro
ceedings of the IMacomb convention
resolution giving any power TO fill the
vacancy caused by the withdrawal Of
Judge Mack The convention was TOO
mnch. amazed with the entire proceed
ing to think of doing anything but ge--
ting out of the room and leaving town.
1t is doubtful if even a resolution
passed 10 adjourn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
Did Well.

Were you ever in love?" asked the
gay and care free young woman of the
confirmed old crouch.
Sure | was.
''When was that?''
Before | was old enough tc know
any better"
WAS she pretty?"
"oh. she would pass in a, crowd"
How did you act?''
well. | managed to keep out Of the
asylum"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

A British scientist alleges that
woman is going 70 lead man to de-
struction unless she quits wanting ~
do things that men have hitherto been
doing without her assistance. Ths
women have been warned. Now II
they insist on destroying the race
they needn't expect any sympathy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
The Reason.


The night is chilling,
Cold and dank.
The grass distilling
Polso, rank.
The moon is setting
Meath a veil,
And | am getting
Cold and pale.
Why am ] sick with
Discomfort
And writing quick. with
Anguish rent?
Am | q felon
Fleeing fate?
No; watermelon
That 1 ate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
FOUR CITIES PLAN FIRE AID
Bloomington, Peoria, Decatur and
Springfield TO HelD One Another.

SpIhs.iSb NJ IItip Vic iHOtnef.
Bloomington, Ill, Aug. 31.-The
recent fire at Decatur has led the fire
department chiefs of the cities of
Bloomington, Peoria, Springfield and
Decatur to plan a system of aid for
each other when needed. The four
cities are connected by trolley and
engines and other apparatus can be
shipped from one city to another in
two hours time or less. By equip
ping fiat car. apparatus could be
speedily loaded and forwarded to the
city in need of aid without loss of
time. A system of cooperation will
be evolved which will be of mutual
advantage and give each city the ben
eft of the apparatus owned by the
other three. The scheme has the ap-
proval of insurance companies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

There are only two men in Japan
who pay tax on an income i'll excess
of $4,000. There are only 23 who
pay on an income of over $4,000. But
the average man pays an average tax
of 50 per cent of his entire income 10
the government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

About how many people in Chicago
know the difference between ordinary
corn on the cob of the restaurant
and the delicious sweet corn OF grand
mothers table?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

That Chicago man who says ms
wife tampered with the alarm clock
so that it failed to wake him and ne
lost his job adds one more to the list
of human woes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
Adequate,

Brown is going to marry Miss Hus-
tie" - are
why. 1 thought he didn't. care for
athletic women"
We'll. but. You see. she has demon
strated that she can earn enough to
support u family" yes hsg 70
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

Hartman should have only the most
expensive diseases, and the doctors
probably will see to it that he Mas only
that kind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

AS to the floating population of Chi
cago, Il large proportion OF it may 3a
seen in St. Joe. Michigan City ana
South Haven every day
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
Expensive Economy.

"Why don't you smoke y pip. in
stead of so many cigars?"
what forT'
ECONOMY
"Not for me. l tried it once an6 on
the strength of the $3.50 I'saved the
first week. my wife spent S10.''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

President Taft is doing light
summer job of governing between soii
games.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

.Iudse David E. Mack is evidently 4
much wiser man than Senator .. +
Berry took him TO be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

Some one says that submarine yes
sells are safe. They are at least
burglar proof.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

The seriousness of that Macomb
Joke is just beginning to be realized
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
UI nm llrnl,e ;

81 am broke a
"What are You going to dor"
81 don't know" }s
81 can tel you"
"Well?"
''Go TO work and get mended.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
THE ARGUS.

~ THE ). W. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31

The more expensive joke is the
funnier it is as long as the other fell
low is putting up for it.