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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
BELOVED WOMAN
At CONVENTION
Mrs. Matilda B. Carse of Chicago
of Nation Wide Fame, Is
In the City.
FOUNDED WoMAN'S TEMPLE
Has Worked for Years to Meet Moral
Obligations Resulting From
Sale of Bonds.

Mrs Matilda q. Carse, one of the
most prominent and beloved women in
the state, is present at the ". c. T. u.
convention. in session at the First
Methodist church. Mrs. Carse is n
woman of nationwide fame, as it was
she who founded the beautiful and
much talked of Woman's temple in
Chicago, and she is devoting her life
to the needs of the temple She is
closely linked. in the memory of the
older workers in the union. with Fran
ceS T.. Willard. late beloved leader If
the prohibition movement. The two
women worked together for years for
the good OF fallen humanity. At pres
ent Mrs. Carse is engaged in raising
a fund of 100000 with which to pay
off the bonded Indebtedness of the
temple, and she has secured pledges
for nearly this entire amount.
Work of Years.
There is a beautiful story connected
with Mrs. Carse's work in raising this
money. 1t is of a woman who be
lieves in the spirit of the law rather
than in, the letter. Mrs. Carse con
ceived the idea OF building The temple
and interested Marshall Field and
other wealthy Chicagoans OF few
years back The need for such build
ing followed the edict issued in 1883
by the executive committee of the Y.
NJ. c. A. of Chicago. that the Central
w. c. T. L.. of which Mrs Carse was
the president, could no longer hold its
gospel meetings for drunkards i'm lower
Farwell hail Thereupon Mrs. Carse
planned on building a new structure
which should afford within its ample
walls a quiet, retired holy place where
devout souls who mourn over the i'm
morality and intemperance of the
world could meet and supplicate God
daily to save the nations homes. Be
sides il should be a humming hive of
business from whose rentals should be
realized a princely income to be ex
pended in educating the land in tenn
perance and righteousness
Panic Cnuses Trouble.
The scheme worked out nicely and
the national w c. T. u. adopted it as
an affiliated interest Money was rails
ed and the building erected. and then
the trouble commenced. The temple
incurred the enmity of a man
who held a large share of the stock i'm
the undertaking, and in order to get
him out of control the trustees issued,
in the name of Mrs. Carse, bonds in
the sum of 100000, and with the mon
ey raised in this way enough stock
was bought to assure the trustees COM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08

HucaSo Attorney, VINO opposed PrOhl-
bition in Last Evenings Debate.
sgnment III favor OF prohibition. He
oppressed upon his hearers that the
4 IA of prohibition is not to prohibit
De use of alcohol, hut rather to pro
&bit its manufacture. He claimed
Vat the fermenting of alcohol is NOR
lily and legally a crime, although the
|w chooses TO look upon it in a differ
2t light. 'Alcohol is poison he
bid, land it is against all essence of
wv to allow a man to manufacture
hd sell that which poisons and kills
&her men" The speaker gave -
&oof of this statement The fact that
4 man would undertake to manu-
#cture sausage out of decayed poison
BIS meat he would be ameaable to the
wv, and yet he can manufacture 4
Pink with poison in il and by paying
4 license, sell it.
Proved Many Points.
"a The speaker had nearly score Of
tpints bearing on the question in hand
psi, all showing that high license or
<eense at all is morally and legally
a - 81
Though both high license and prohi-
ftion were founded upon law, the higa
1cense meant special privilege AMI
pr that recson it was legally wrong.
is main points were that high license
morally wrong, legally wrong. does
bit do away with in;oXication and the
read results which follow. is contrary
b the law of political economy, is con
|afy. to the republican form of gov
that il produces white slav-
~ and causes all forms of crime. is
pntrary to religion. as the man who
manufactures alcohol both steals from
nd kills his fellow men, that it bene-
It's only those who are interested IN
he manufacture and sale. and is in
hrious 10 all others. and that when
n is said and done, high license is
eally an intemperance measure in it
Elf
He upheld his statement that the
ale of alcohol is legally wrong by
aoting from decisions of four circuit
nd appellate judges. all of whom held
bat man has no inherent right to sell
hat which is injurious to all and bene-
Icial TO none, and his proof on his
'ther points were just as convincing
D his audience.
Darrow Mark.
Mr.. barrow seemed to realize that
p such an audience of prohibition
Workers as confronted him he was
P1erely mark for M Sheen. and he
'alked on the principle that his
dances OF converting anyone or find
ing any supporters was very slim. He
|pened by saying that he appreciated
he work along temperance lines
Rhich the women of the w. c. T. IT.
re doing and have been doing for
ears, but that it was wrong for them
depart from their lecture field and
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
WHO OWNS THE AIR AND WHY?

The question that is now perplex-
ing the minds of the legal fraternity
Is. Who owns the air and why? In
the good old days when folks trav-
eled on slow-going railway coaches
and heavy footed sttteamships, obese
questions never arose beyond exer-
else of ownerhip of the apple on the
highest twig when the twig grew
over n neighbor's line fence or
things like this. But it's different
now when aeroplanes of all sorts
and sizes are scooting through the
air. The air must be owned in or
der "a grant franchises TO aerial
navigation and transportation com
paaies. This is going to do away
with the old saying free as air"
1t will be Knocked into some nine
teen cooked hats as it were.
It's an old theory of law that
ground ownership ultends to the
center OF the earth. thereby cutting
the planet iato a many segmeats
as there are real estate owners.
Therefore, to settle the question fl
nally, the Leader would say that
this ownership also extends upward
increasing in extent with altitude
In other words, contrary to the ac-
cepted belief the higher the fewer"
it becomes the higher, the more. So
If you happen to own little two
by four meadow lot on this mum
dane sphere, you are liable to draw
a few fiXeu stars, section Of the
milky way. a planet or so and may
be cornfeI comet.
You'd better freeze to your earth
holdings, because you are liable to
draw prize.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
HIGHEST enIurabIe Tempera.ur..

1t is difficult TO say what the high
'st temperature is that human be-
ing can live in. 10 the kitchens Of
come OF the great hotels aud in the
tokeholds of some steamships the
temperature gets TO 40 or 145 de-
;rees. Cooks and their helpers and
'tokers have to endure that tempera-
'ure for hours ut time. aud they
'eem TO get along pretty well. The
hottest place perhaps where human
beings work is in the vulcanizing fac.
tories. where the temperature is ~.
he boiling point Of water. There are
I few who can stand this heat for n
little while nj time. but man can en-.
lure no more. New York American
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23

The most peculiar observation made.
however. was that the upper part OF
the steel tire OF carriage wheel at
tracts the north pole OF a magnet.
while the bottom part. or part in con-
tact with the earth. attracts the south
pole. This is In the northern hemi-
sphere only and Is fully in accord with
the theory OF induced magnetism. or
course I'm the southern hemisphere.
where the earth IS under the influence
OF The south magnetic pole. the condi-
tions are reversed.
A mngnet dipped Into boiling water
loses GrVat part OF its magnetism.
which IS miracnlously restored to It on
becoming cool again.
\ sharp blow given to n magnet will
cause 1t 10 lose its magnetism. Also
the application Of heat will have a
like effect.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
Vesuvius.

Vesuyius cut but "a small figure I'm
history till the latter half OF the first
century OF the Christian era. IN 10
3. G. its crater served as camp or
refuge to a band OF gladlators. In G3
\. ID. the serenity was broken by Il
violent gruubling that manifested H.
self iu a severe earthquake that SHOOK
up The surrounding region. For sixteen
Years The subterraneuu rumbllngs con
tinued at intervals, and in the year ~
s.. -. came the great catastrophe In
which HerculaDeum aud pompeii were
overwhelmed IN 1851 there was an
other terrible explosion. and since That
time Vesuvius has seldom been at rest
for many years together Exchange.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
WITH ALDRICH OF COURSE.

Some republican editors are so
simple as to wonder as to which
side of the Alirich-Cummins con-
troyersy President Taft takes saws
the Commoner. Have they forgot
ten that in his Boston speech Presi-
dent Tart paid high tribute to
Senator Aldrich ami announcing
that the Rhode Island senator would
make the trip he is now makin.. f.
order TO set the people right added
Mr. Al1rich is the leader OF the
senate and certainly one Of the alb
lest Statesmen in financial matters
In either house I believe it to be-
his earnest desire 10 aid the people
ana TO crown bis political career by
preparation AID passage Of bill
which shall give us a sound and
safe monetary and banking system
IT would be long step toward no.
moving One political obstacle TO a
proper solution ~ tbe question
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23

ana electro maghcts The natural ones
are found as magnetic ore in the earth,
the artificial ones are made 10y stroking
pierre of iron or steel with II mag
net. and The electro magnets are caus-
ed 10y The action OF an electric current
some peculiar things have been no.
Heed i'm regard 10 magnetism. among
which are the following facts:
II has been observed That fire irons
that have rested In one position dur
ing the summer months arc or'ou h!.h
ly mngnctizcd. no doubt hayiu- hcrn
caused hy the magnetism OF the earth
Itself by the process known MS Undue
ton other iron articles that stay I'm
one position and do not come I'm con
tact with ire or other beat are often
found In the same condition. such as
Iron bars 10 jail windows and iron
ratings In trout OF houses.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
A Culinary Trnnedu.

What's the matter. dear" asked
Mr. Justwed as he came into the house
and found his wife crying as il her
heart would break.
II am 50 discouraged. she sobbed.
What bas bothered my little wife,
81 worked 400 the afternoon makiug
custards. because ! knew you were So
fond of them. and and Here she be-.
gau weeping hystericalIy again
And what. darliug|
And they turned out 10 be- sponge
cakes
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
answered lord SALISBURY. .thls

answered Lord Salisbury. "this
is not matter In which We have the
least thought OF lighting. IL the pres
ideDt refuses. why. you viii simply
have TO come home again"
The emissary went aud had his say
TO the president OF the republic. who
blankly refused TO give in. and the
diplomat retired to think things over.
A few hours later he wrote to the pres.
ideut:
Il regret that your excellency does
not see your way to recognize the just
ness OF the claims which 1 have had
the honor TO present. I have now to
say. on behalf OF her britannia males
tvs government. that unless your e1-
cellency yields on all points which [
have named 1t will be my painful duty
on the second half Of my in
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
& just Joshes 2
KEEPING 4 SECRET.

"A woman just can't keep a Sc
crct.' he declared, opposing a state
ment.
"Oh, ! don't know" conttradicted
the iiuttery lady. I've kept my age
n secret ever STAGE was twenty
four"
Yes, he replied. but one of
these days YOU will give it away. In
time you will just simply have TO tell
It,"
Well" she replied with conf
dence, IL think that when a woman
has kept secret for twenty years
he comes pretty near knowing how
to keep it."
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
Degrees Of Hunger.

I'm simply starving" cried the
hort story writer at the Hungry club
l wish they'd begin dinner"
I never saw you when you weren't
tarving." said the poet
I'm never as hungry rs YOU are
hough." the short story writer declar-
d. because write prose. "-Ne~
cork Press.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
MAGNETISM.
Some Of the Peculiar Properties Of Thi,
Strange Force

Some Of the Peculiar Properties Of This
Strange Force.
The true nature OF magnetism as
such. OF course. Is not known. All
that we can be sure OF is that mag
netic attraction does not radiate out
ward in all directions as does light.
but simply acts along limos consisting
OF closed curves aud called lines of
force. these lines connecting the two
poles and not extending very far out.
ward between them. These curves
may be found very nicely by placing a
horseshoe magnet under thin sheet
OF paper and sprlnkling iron filings on
top The filings VIII collect along the
lines.
Now. as TO the different kinds OF
magnets. there are natural. artificial
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
DIPLOMACY.
A Vague Threat That Meant Nothing.
but Brought Quick Results.

The Late Lord Salisbury some years
ago sent foreign office emissary to
make some demands Of a South Amer
lean republic. Before setting out on
his mission the emissary, to whom his
lordship had explained the exact ma
ture of the demands. desired TO be in
formed as to the course TO take If,
after he had said everything, there was
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
The Mess In the Oven.

How came such greasy mess in
he OVEN" said fdgety old spinster
q her maid Of all work.
Why" replied the girl. "the candles
fell into the water, and put them into
he oven to dry."--London Taller.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
\ CLEVER VIEW.

Poor chap: Everything he earns
goes on his wife's back"
We'll. If YOU had seen her at the
opera you wouldn't think he earn
ed much. "-Exchange.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23

If a magnetic needle be placed over
a rapidly revolving plate of copper. al
though 1t be separated from II by a
thick plate OF glass. the needle will
reyoiye in the same direction as the
plate.-EXchange.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23

Teddy. after having drink of plain
oda water. was asked how he liked il.
Not very we'll" he replied 1T
nsies too much as though my foot had
one asleep in my mouth" Success
Iagazine.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
IN THE INTERIOR.

Our forest reserve may be seri-
ously endangered by the smolierine
fires in the Department of the In
terior.-New York Evening Post.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
M iIdew.

An easy method Of removing mil
lew Is to place the article in n warm
wen for few moments and then
hrush IT,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23

When you forget there are others
you are nearing n burned bridge.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-23
BLUEFIELD
EVENING LEADER

Published every evening except
sunday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26
PETITION OF WOODEN MEN.
National Association, Headed b,
Maine Man, Appeal to Congress.

At the request of Senator Hale of
Maine the following petition signed by
the wooden manufacturers in all parts
Of the country, together with the state
mcnt of Gordon Dobson Of Pittsfield,
president of the National Association
of Carded Wooden Manufacturers, was
given a place in the pages of the Con-
gre Ssional Record.
To the Ways and Means Committee:
The undersigned, engaged in the
manufacture or sale of wooden goods,
recognizing the unfairness to large
portion of the wooden industry in the
method of collecting the duty on wool
be collected on an ad valorem basis
unless, however. a specific duty can be
made on basis more just and equal
according to the value of the different
grades Of wool; also that we are not
in favor of reducing the duty on woods
as general proposition.
Mr.. Chairman: Wool clothing is es-
sential to the existence of civilized
man in temperate and cold climates
he better he is provided with WOO
clothing. the better able is he to ward
off disease and death. We appear here
in behalf of the most important of the
two great branches Of wool manufac-
turing, that known as the carded wool
en- industry. 1t is the most important
| in respect to the number Of operatives
| EN- ,loyed, wages paid, and the capacity
to provide the people with durable and
| warm clothing at low price. The
Dingley tariff law places the cardeC
| WOODEN industry at serious disad-
vantage in performing this essential
service for the people, and at the same
time that law confers important special
favors upon the other branch of wool
| manufacturing, known as the "worsted
industry" This discrimination against
the one and the favors conferred on the
other will be made clear by brief
outline of the technical conditions.
Worsted is made by combing. which
separates the long fibers from the
shorters. and them converting these
long fibers into yarn and cloth. On the
other hand, carded wooden goods are
made by carding the wool without sep
aration of the short fibers from the long
and then converting the carded wool
into yarn and cloth. In the nature of
things. the longer stapled wool is used
for worsteds, the shorter woods for
carded wooden goods AS result of
these conditions worsted is, as a rule,
more expensive than carded woolens.
Worsted is adapted more particularly
for high-priced clothing, carded wool
ems for less expensive clothing. Now,
the woods suited for carded wooden
goods carry a large amount of grease
and dirt as they come from the sleeps
h.rk ~, 1nr ,F
and dirt than the worsted woods or
dinarily carry. 1t is by no means UNI
usual to find the wool suited for card
ed wooden goods with four pounds Of
grease and dirt to every pound of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

They continue to break the records
and make the dirt fly at Panama. In
the month of March the total excava-
ton was 3,SSO.337 cubic yards, or
nearly four hundred thousand cubic
yards more than the best previous
months record, which was that of
March a year ago. AS March is part
of the dry season, conditions were
favorable for work. although there
was a little more rain this year than
last. This rate of progress indicates
at what an early date we might expect
the canal to be completed if there were
no other problems involved than that
of making the dirt fly says the New
York Tribune. 80 long as we were
working on the original plan Of -ea
level canal the time Of completion was
estimated by the rate of excavation.
since it was obvious that all the other
departments of the work were minor
and subsidiary, and could easily be
finished before the digging was done.
But now, with the lock and dam sys-
tenn adopted, the question of excava-
ton becomes subsidiary to that of con-
struction, and the time which it will
take to complete the canal depends
upon the time which it will take to
build the locks and DAMS"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

Instead of organizing night riders TO
destroy the crop or intimidate the
farmers they have adopted more
civilized method in California now that
they find a big surplus of raisins on
hand. A general appeal is made for
people in all parts of the state to cele-
brate April 30 as "Raisin day" when
everybody is expected to join in con-
Stunning the surplus by making rasins
figure prominently in all three meals.
The reason for the appeal is that 10000
tons of the last yield remain uneaten
and it is hoped that the decks may be
reasonably we'll cleared of this ham
pering incubus. 1t may not be
generally realized that the Golden state
each year produces 10000 tons OF
raisins. or 10000. 900 pounds Think OF
the pies and puddings which this
means!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

While they are talking over the
proposition of national income tax
in, Washington the French Chamber of
Deputies has passed such bill. 1t
has many inequalities. however, and is
meeting much opposition in the Senate
For instance the bill would require n
Paris artisan who earned 81 1000 a year
to pay less than 80 cents in taxation.
come would have to pay more than SIS.
and a business man with an income IT
$4,000 would be assessed no less than
ground for criticising such a measure
al lacking in equity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

The special occasion for this talk u:
$1O.000,0O0 set of mirrors as means
of communicating with Mars comes
from the fact that next July will find
that planet 100000 miles nearer the
earth than it has been for few
not far as distance is reckoned among
the stars but it is worth taking adj
vantage of when talking with solar
neighbors. Nobody who uses tele-
phone or sends wireless message has
any right to sneer at the talk of estab-
fishing signal system with another
planet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

1t Is pointed out that the death OF
first time that governor of that state
has died while in office since 1918, al
most century. Probably no state as
old as that has had a similar record
Between 1875 and 1918 no fewer than
four Connecticut governors died while
in office, record in it's way as unusual
as the later record OF the other kind
Governor Lilley was only so years OF
age and his death closed remarkable
career in which he reached success by
hghting his way over many obstacles
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

In speaking of next falls celebration
along New Yorks chief river some CT
the papers mention Henri Hudson.
though Hudson was an Englishman
who spelled his first name as English
men before and since his time have
always spelled it. AS he was in the
temporary employ of a Dutch trading
company some people have felt 1t
necessary to indulge in photographic
anarchy at his expense
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

A section of the tariff bill of special
Importance to Maine is that involving
the wooden schedules, and the views OF
Gordon DobsOn of Pittsfield, the pres;-
dent of the National Association 0!
Carded Wooden Manufactures, are
therefore worthy of careful considera :
ton. These views, voicing the cond-
lions and needs of this great industry
gress which appears in the Congress
sional Record and which the Journal
publishes on this page this morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26
Maine Gossip
Once IN a While

Once in a while the sun shines out,
And the arching skies are perfect
blue;
Once in a while mid clouds Of doubt
Hopes brightest stars come peeping
through.
Our paths lead down by the meadows
fair,
Where the sweetest blossoms nod and
smile,
And we lay aside our cross of care
Once in a while.
Once in while within our own
We clasp the hand of a steadfast friend;
Once in a while we hear a tone
OF love with the hearts own voice to
blend;
And the dearest of all our dreams come
true
And on life's way is golden mile;
Each thrsting flower is kissed with dew
Once in while.
Once in a while in the desert sand
We find spot of the fairest green;
Once in a while from where we stand
The hills of Paradise are seen;
And perfect joy in our hearts we hold.
joy that the world cannot defie:
We trade earths dross for the purest gold
Once in while.
Nixon Waterman