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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-15

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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.
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Thursday, April IS, 1909.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-15

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-15
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Being satisfied is a condition most
exasperating to the man who isn't
The simple life is appealing and al
Turing until you find out that the SIM
pier and more comfortable It II the
more expensive it Is.
Everybody is willing 70 become ae.
luainted with Prosperity. She neeA
not bring credentials II she delivers
the goods.
The Golden Rule is not threatsns0
with disfavor from overwork.
We feel grateful to certain people.be.
cause they are not friendly with d.
Garden making looks more alluring
In the prospective than shoveling noV
IN the present. ~
1t is mean to be suspectine every.
body. but that is the only way to avold
being surprised and then you Aonss
DO 1t.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

That Chicago clerk of the
court that read the verdict of
not guilty instead of the proper
verdict of guilty, which condem-
ned the prisoner to life punish
ment, should himself be punish
ed almost as severely as the real
prisoner. There is no doubt but
that he did it for the sake of a
bit of fun.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25
WISE AND OTHERWISE
(UNKLE ANsoN }

City engineer Thomson says
there is enough water in the Ce-
dar River water plant to supply
the city of London, and yet the
city of Seattle has gone dry. Go
where you will over the city and
you will find the lawns and park
strips brown, parched and dried.
Who is in fault for all this delin-
quency? Surely not the people;
they have willingly voted bond
after bond for water light and
all other Improvements when
ever called upon. Money was on
hand in ample time to have had
the second water pipe in
several months ago, but here we
are with multiplied thousands OF
visitors to the worlds fair look
ing upon parched lawns. All
this may be charged to general
incompetency, which the irate
people will rectify as soon as OPP
portunity affords.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

If w. T. Stead manages to es-
tablish an information bureau
with the spirit world, as he says
he is absolutely certain Of doing
through an editorial writer, who
died some years ago with whom
he was very friendly, some of
us who patronize the bureau will
doubtless hear something we had
hardly expected.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

The chain gang should be abol-
ished. The punishment for I'M
lawful acts should be for two OBJ
jects. First, to deter the person
from performing an unlawful
act again; and second, to reform
the unfortunate man and turn his
intentions to lawful and moral
ways. The chain gang does not
accomplish this, and on the other
hand it dulls his conceptions of
right and instills in his mind
that he is looked upon as a Grim
inal and consequently drops low
er in the scale of humanity.
Abolish the humiliating chain
gang and inaugerate a humane
system that will tend to lift the
man upward instead of down.
ward. The object Of punishment
should be to reform rathur than
to punish.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Even beauty does not al
ways hold the affections of a
man if one is to believe Mrs.
Higgins story. She is said to
be one of the most handsome
women in California and yet her
husband treated her like dog
and beat and kicked as though
she was homely enough to stop a
clock.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Down in New York the white
girls, who go to do missionary
work among the Cinnamon,
seem to do more for themselves
than they do for the Chinaman,
as they invariably get Chinese
husband while doing missionary
work. Evidently they go on the
theory that it is easier to
convert a husband than a friend.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

George Vandevere, aside from
being a prosecuting attorney
right is also a Sherlock Holmes
detective. If he does not clean
out the illicit rum sellers and
gamblers it will be because he
becomes disabled before he gets
to them all.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

One would suppose that c. D.
Hillman had made money enough
in the real estate business to be
above running gambling games
on his Sunday excursion boats,
but Hillman, perhaps, learned
how to do the other fellow so
we'll in his real estate deals that
he found it no burden on his con-
cience to do him with the gam
bling tables.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Tommy-Pop, what is a skep-
tic?
Tommy's Pop-A skeptic, my
son, is person who doubts ev-
erything that you're sure of.
Exchange.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

The man is yet to be born that
would refuse to loan a pretty wo-
man a two dollar bill on her we'd
ding ring, and darn few of them
feel as if they had lost very
much even after they relalize
that they have been buncoed.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Edward Everett Hale : A
Patriot" says a head line. Well,
suppose he was, he certainly
ought not to have been ashamed
of it.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Nine tons of gold came to Seat
tie from Alaska last Saturday.
Even Mr.. Gold in large quaint
les in Alaska is getting anxious
to see the exposition
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

From the senate's consent to a
higher duty on lemons we infer
that senators have provided
themselves with all the citrus
fruit they, expect to require for
handing to their countrymen. =
New York Evening Post.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

No end to the work on the tar
if seems to be in sight so declare
the senators, which is doubtless
due to the fact that so many of
the senators are there repre-
senting special interests" in
stead Of the states from whence
they hail.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Pay streak at the exposition is
not very streaked with pay dirt,
if all reports be true, and in spite
of that the pay gate is paying
like q house on fire.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Owing to a jury failing to
agree on a verdict, Patrick Cal
houn. the alleged San Francisco
CRATER and briber, will have to
be tried over again and Heney
says that he is ready to begin it
all over again at once.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

And now Richard A. Ballinger
of Seattle Mayor fame is to re-
ceive an L. L. D. from Williams
College. Our own and only
Dick must have a presidential
bee buzzing in his bonnet.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Even before the senate began
to hold night sessions the sena-
tors seem to have all been in the
dark on the matter of tariff and
now there is not the slightest bit
of doubt of it.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

She-I always begin a novel in
the middle.
He-Why do you do that?
She Then have two prob
lens to get excited overflow
the story will end and how it
will begin. Boston Transcript.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Fighting City Engineer Thorn
son on the part of the newspap-
ers of Seattle reminds one of
some urchin throwing stones at
Mt. Rainier with the view of
knocking its cap over into Puget
Sound.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Roosevelt is cunning for ele-
plants having tired of the tame
sport of shooting lions. If Ted
dy would hunt more and talk less
perhaps he would be able to kill
a whole herd of elephants.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

A vacuum airship is said to be
under serious consideration by
the army engineers. They
should think twice, there's moth
ing in it. Washington Times.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Granted that the whole system
of the Milwaukee west of the
Missouri river will be directed
from Seattle, and if it is no one
will know of it, but the officers
of the Milwaukee.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Earnings of the Bell Telephone
companies increased So, 700, 900
in the first four months of this
year. More prosperity talk. =
Wall Street Journal,
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

idle French Money to Come
to America" Idle American
money often goes to France. =
New York Evening Post.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Long experience has taught
the people that the moral educa-
ton of the masses of the people
must be gradual. No great NOR
al attainment can be reached at
one step. Like the climbing of
the ladder we must ascend step
by step, until we reach the top.
We notice that this theory has
been exempted day by day. Men
and women are but grown up
children, and the child cannot be
educated in short space of time.
1t learns the alphabet, then to
spell and read, and so on up the
ladder of education. So upon
that line is the human mind con-
stituted. Many of our people
are incensed and Disguised be-
cause things morally do not move
up to the top notch at once.
These people do not take into
consideration the natural bent of
the human mind. The people of
the United States are gradually
improving intellectually and NOR
ally and the impatient must toll
on and wait on the natural adj
vance.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Josiah Collins? Well, yes,
that name does sound familiar.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

The bursting of the new water
main shows incompetency or
graft. Here we have a new
water main bursting before it is
fully installed. The bursting of
this main shows that it is of an
inferior quality. A tax payer
suggested that the city had paid
for a first class main and secured
a second class one and the differ
ence in the price was a graft.
Any how the pipe is a defective
concern and should never have
been installed. The people are will
ing to pay a just price for good
material in all city improvements
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

but are willing to be buncoed out
of thousands of hard earned gold
dollars annually.
The state of Washington with
the far famed city of Seattle
can be made one of the best tour
list countries in the wide world.
All we lack is macadamized roads
gridironing the state, and touch
ing up beautiful nature with a
little art and we have the best
scenic touring country corraled
right here in Washington. Our
lakes and streams are most beau
tiful; our mountains snow cap
ped; our hills and dales; our val
legs the richest of all, abound
ing in the wealth of the soil in
delicious fruits and vegetables.
Scenery not excelled by France,
Italy or Cicily. All these would
ettract the attention of the tour
list and millions of money would
be spent annually among the peo-
pie of the state. But first of all
things we must have macada-
mixed roads.
Il do hope" said a lady a few
days ago, /" that congress
will not levy a tariff on gloves,
handkerchiefs and hose and such
like, for they are high enough
now" Ibis lady did not under
stand that the tariff is only levi
ed on foreign goods and not on
goods manufactured in the Unit
ed States. If some people would
rather patronize the products of
foreign countries instead of that
Of their own country, they should
pay more for their goods. Our
advice is, buy American made
goods on which there is no tariff,
and you will contribute to our
own home industries instead of
supporting foreign laborers, and
your money will remain at home.
If there is ever a war of the
United States with Japan it will
originate in the Hawaiian Islands
The Japs are very numerous
there and are now practically
ruling that island as far as bust
ness is concerned. The average
Jap is aggressive and domineer.
ing, which will not suit Uncle
Sam. When they are in power
in business they will try to be in
the ascendancy politically, and
that will engender a sprightly
strife between Japan and the
Americans which might be seri-
GUS. The Japanese government
is bound to assist Jap wherever
he may sojourn, for a Jap is al
ways a Jap and has sworn allegi-
ance to his government, and in
case of war he is for his govern
ment wherever he may be.
From the fast pace that is 60
ing on in the way of grafitis
there should be a recall law af-
fecting all state, county and mu-
nicipal officials in the state of
Washington from the governor
down. Publicity and the recall
law would pretty effectually
eliminate the average CRATER
and thief. The voters of the
state should elect men to the
next legislature who will enact
such a law. With such law as
this the officials would attend to
their official duties, be honest
and relieve the taxnaverS' nurse.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Take this country over from
ocean to ocean, and from the
lakes to the gulf and you will
find prosperity even in the midst
of our financial depression. DE
pressions" do not decrease the
output of the various crops. The
binns are just as well garnered
with the corn and the ears are
just as large; and the wheat is
just as plump and the cellars are
just as full of various kinds of
fruit and the wine is just as ex-
hiliarating. Hard times notions
are as much in the mind as in
the mind as in reality. If you
think times are not hard they
will not be land we are not Chris
tan Scientist either). Go wkere
you will in the very best of our
bouyant times and you will find
men complaining Of hard times.
Many people have hard times be-
cause they make them. The op-
timist sees no hard times.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

so as to allow our people to COM
pete else our plants would be p ut
out of business. All imported
products the like of which we do
not produce should be placed on
the free list, because there is no
competition. The congress
should give the executive the
power to strike off the protec-
tive tariff on products of foreign
import where our people form a
combine to raise prices. This
would be an effective antidote
for the CRATER and the trusts.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

There never was a time that
people did not complain of high
taxes. Where you have an hon.
est administration of affairs you
obtain in return all the money
you pay in taxes and the more
improvements you have, of course
the more taxes. People away
out in the country where there
are little or no improvements pay
but little taxes, but people in
city where they have all the
modern conveniences must pay
taxes in proportion of course.
People in the city of Seattle pay
high taxes from tbs fact that
the city is just now at an enorm-
GUS expense in making improve
ments. The expense of these
improvements will soon end and
our taxes should be lower.
Many men who are always COM
planning about high taxes spend
ten times the amount of taxes
for whisky, cigars and tobacco.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

Race prejudice should not be
harbored nor tolerated in the
breast of any person. God made
all kinds of people and he made
them equal. No person should
be tabooed or looked down upon
because the color of his skin is
white, black or copper. Each
person should stand or fall on
the foundation of personal worth.
The difference between the ma
tons of people as to sagacity and
morals is largely on account Of
their environments. Some ma
tions have better facilities for
progress, Intellectually, morally
and financially than others. Let
the Japanese have country like
the United States for fifty years
and can you say the brown men
would not be a nation equal to
us in every respect? See how
the Negro has risen up from alb
ject slaveryin the United States,
morally, Intellectually and fnan-
cially in the short space of less
than fifty years. No one
should be prejudiced against
them on account of the color of
the skin.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-25

DR.. M. A. Matthew is quoted
as saying that there should he no
tariff levied on the necessities of
life. That is admissible as rule
but here are many exceptions.
Wherever and whenever necess-
tiles cannot be produced in this
country and compete with the
foreign product in our market,
protective tariff should be levied
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-03-11
STRIKE is PENDING IN
ANTHRACITE COAL FIELDS
IunIted Preas Leased wIre.l

Philadelphia, March 11-President
Lewis of the United Mine Workers
OF America and a special committee
OF that body, representing the dis
trict locals, went into conference
with the coal mine operators today
to settle the question OF whether
there win be a strike in the anthra-
cite field
The operators in conference in
cluded +. II. Thomas. president of
the Lehigh Valley railroad; f. ID.
Underwood, president of the Erie;
w. II. Truesdale. president OF the
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western; ;
L. F. Loree, president OF the Della
ware and Hudson; Thomas Fowler,
president OF the Ontario and West
ern; Morris Williams. president OF
the Susquehanna Coal Company; w.
A. Lafhrop, president OF the Lehlgh
Coal Company, and individual oper-
ators J. l.. Cake and Calvin Pardee
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-03-11
JEFFRlES MAY YET
MEET JOHNSON
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Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
New York, March 11.--Jim JEFF
fries came nearer making a direct
statement of his intention TO fight
Jack johnson than ever before.
There can be no further doubt that
he is trying his beat to get into con-
dition and that the question OF his
success in this effort is the only bar
rier i'm the way of challenge. He
said
IF ! ever fight again 1t will be
with the negro and then only to win
back the championship to the white
race. don't care what sort of an
offer is made, 1t would not tempt
me to go back into the ring for any
other purpose.
Referring TO the offers for a fight
with Kaufman, Jeffries said:
II won't fight Kaufman or any
other white man. would not have
thought of re-entering the ring IL
johnson hadn't whipped Burns.
Il want a white man TO be cham
pion of the world. Johnson's vic
tory gave him a technical right to
claim the premier honors and has in
spired me to see II can get into
shape.
IF Johnson had been a white man
his victory would not have interested
me any more than the ordinary fight
between two heavywelghts."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-03-11
THREE KILLED IN SEATTLE
FROM INHALlNG GAS
LunIted press Leased VIC

Seattle, March ll.-ThTee men are
dead in this city today as the result
Of inhaling Illuminating gas, apar-
emily turned on through mistake.
f. F. Hicks and W, w. Jarrett,
sailors from the cruiser Milwaukee
we're found dead in their room at the
New England hotel early this morn
ing and Charles II. Humphrey, en-
ployed at an automobile garage was
found dying from asphyxiatlon In his
room on Ninth avenue at 1 O'Clock
this morning.
Hicks and Jarrett had attended
theatrical performance and returned
10 their room about IL o'clock last
night, leaving a call with the land
lord for 5 this morning.
When the bellboy entered their
room TO awaken the men he found
the room full of gas and the TWO
men dead in bed.
Deputy Coroner Hin investigated
the case. He found two empty beer
bottles and an unopened bottle OF
wine In the room. The men had
evidently turned the gas cock TOO FAR
around when they retired, allowing
the gas 10 escape.
Humphrey fell asleep last night
while a small "quarter-in-the-slot
gas heater was burning in his room
The gas supply soon burned out ou'
meanwhile a woman entered the
bath room and dropped a coin in the
meter. which started the flow oi gas
anew in Humphreys stove. tie was
diving when discovered by one Of the
roomers in the house.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-03-11
TEN YEARS INSANE BUT
RESUMES LAW PRACTICE
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New York, March ll-After spend
ing ten years IN hospital for the
insane. former Judge John Ulrich OF
Plainfield, n. J,. was freed today.
The Judge dramatically demonstrate
ed his sanity on Lineolns birthday
last, when after strenuous pleading
he was permitted TO deliver a speech.
and showed that his mind had re-
gained its old-time brilliancy
The physicians at the asylum close
ly watched Judge Ulrich during the
delivery OF the speech and decided
that he has become perfectly ra-
tional Judge Ulrich will resume his
law practice but will be careful to
avoid the oyerwork, which brought
on his beclouded condition OF mind
formerly
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-03-11
LEFT TWO HUSBANDS,
BOTH 0ISC0NS0lATE
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A0AlAth lNas A<SAoNA WAA'sl
North Yakima, Wash, March IL.
Each claiming TO have been the
legally welded husband OF Emlh
Parker prior TO her death, Lambert
Laqua and James Isaac, two Yakima
Indians, are eontesting in the sups-
rior cOnrt here for One-half OF the
proceeds OF the estate left by the wO-
man. After her death an allotment
Of 80 acres OF land on the Yakima
indian reservation was sold, and
brought $4,000 Half OF this sum
has been paid 10 a daughter OF the
woman. The other half Of the estate
Is being held by the Indian agency
at Fort Simeoe.
Laqua claims that he was married
to Emma Parker in April, 1895, and
was her husband up to the time OF
her death In 1904. Isaac sVeFs that
he was Emma's legal husband, aaf
he wants the s456s, which repre-
sents half Of the estate.
The Indian agent says he Is ready
10 turn the cash over as soon as the
court has decided 10 which allegei
husband 1t belongs.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-03-11

tain nearby caught fro from the
candle, and the flames spread fast.
The girls tore down tho blazing cur
talns and threw flaming bits OF up
holstery out OF the windows In the
meantime others Of tho young ladles
brought water TO extlnguish the
flames. while the campus fre de-
partment was summoned.
Tho student fire apparatus same
short work OF the blaze.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-03-11
NORMAL SCHOOLS
Continued from page one)

OF Trade in regular monthly meeting
assembled, 80 upon. record In favor
OF maintaining the present normal
schools being conducted by the state
al Monmouth, Ashland and Weston,
until the question OF the number OF
such schools 10 be- kept running can
be submitted 10 a vote of the people.
and We further request that Marion
county representatives and senators
labor 10 bring about the results out
lined in this resolution"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-03-11
STANFORD C0-EDS
GOOD FIRE BRIGADE

Stanford University. Cal, Maren
1.-THE co-eds occupying tho Gam
ma Phi Beta house today are ce-
eeiving the congratulations OF their
friends upon the presence OF mind
displayed yesterday In extinguishiny
blaze which for a time threatened
to destroy the building.
When the girls discovered that the
electric lights In the house could not
be turned on. a candle was lighted
and placed near window. A ean-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-03-11
TACOMA HAS GREAT
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and finally, in desperation. pulled a
pen knife from his pocket and ad-
yanced toward her with the words.
I'm kin you; III XIII you"
AT this iuneture the policeman
entered and Klein collapsed com
pletely.
Women from the highest ranks Of
Tacoma society are being drawn to
the courtroom out OF sympathy and
curiosity and the session assumed the
appearance Of a large reception.