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The Laclede blade., 1909-09-04
DEATH OF CAPT. WARD PERSHIKG
Succumed to Consumption Contracted while
Ii Service In ihe Philippines

Through a letter received Monday
by Cashier H. G. Lomax from
James F.. Pershing of Chicago we
learn Of the death of the latter's
brother, Captain Ward B. Pershing,
which occurred at Denver, lColora-
do, on Friday of last week, from
consumption. Ward was the
youngest member Of the family;
was born in Laclede March 81,
1874; attended school here until
the family moved to Lincoln, Ne
braska, in 1885; attended the pub
lie schools of Lincoln until the
family moved to Chicago in 1889;
graduated from the Chicago high
school and then from Chicago uni
versity in 1899, and was one of the
seventy-five young men appointed
to the army by President Mckinley
from civil life; passed fourth
among the seventy-fve and was as
signed to the artillery and after
wards transferred to the cavalry at
his own request so he could go to
the Philippines, where he went and
was engaged in some twenty fights
and so distinguished himself that
he was made captain of the 18th
cavalry. After his return from the
Philippines he was stationed at San
Francisco and Walla Walla, Wash
ington. When it was discovered
that he had consumption he was
sent on leave to the United States
army hospital at Fort Bayard, New
Mexico, where he did not seem to
improve, and the family had an or
der issued by President Roosevelt
giving permission to remove him
to the Oaks home, a private santa
rum at Denver, where he so far
recovered as to be up and around
and was thought to be about cured
when about two months ago he
caught cold and was never able to
recover from it. He had been in
Denver for the past three years.
The remains, accompanied by
his brother, Brigadier- General
John J. Pershing, and two sisters,
May and Bessie, arrived in Chicago
Monday. The funeral was held
Tuesday, the remains being buried
on the family lot in Oakwood GEM
etery beside his father and mother.
This leaves only four members of
The family: James f. John j.
Bessie and May. The Pershing
family was for many years promi-
nent and highly respected citizens
Of Laclede, and in their late aff1ic- {
tion have the heartfelt sympathy I
Of their many friends here. I
As n
The Laclede blade., 1909-09-04

One year ago there was but one
automobile owned in Trenton, while
now there are twenty-five with
prospects of twice that many more
being added during the next year.
The Laclede blade., 1909-09-04

After spending vacation with
home folk here. Miss Emma SEN
sintaffar has returned to Saratoga,
Wyoming, to resume her duties as
principal of the Saratoga public
schools.
The Laclede blade., 1909-09-04
YOU NAY WANT TO KNOW
Pungent Paragraphs Picked up by Our Peram-
s'buIaiing Pencil Pusher.

1
There will be no delivery of mai
on rural routes next Monday
Labor Day being q holiday for the
carriers.
One hundred and fifty feet oil
granitoid walk has been put in this
week along the east front of the F.
R. Power residence property.
Regular meeting of Phil Kearney
post Saturday afternoon at the
usual hour, to which all comrades
are urged to be In attendance.
Karl Jones unloaded two cars OF
crushed rock and one car of cement
this week to be used in building a
concrete granary and silo on the
Jones farm north of town.
E. P. Pennoyer loaded a car this
week and left to take charge of the
farm he recently purchased at
Marionville, Mo. Laclede regrets
to lose this splendid family.
Mrs. Bruins will be hostess to the
P. E. O.'s next Wednesday after
noon when the officers will enter
tain the chapter at the first meeting
after the close Of the heated vaca-
ton.
Mrs. R. Smith is preparing to
remove the house she lives in to
her vacant lots across the street
south and build new and modern
home On the old site. The founda-
tion material is being placed on the
ground this week.
All pupils of the Laclede schools,
either in the high school or in the
grades, not yet classified, should
see me for classification in the
assembly hall of the school building
Monday morning at 8:15. G. W.
Diemer, superintendent.
G. o. Orton has sold his fine
$50 acre farm adjoinining Laclede
on the southeast to Maurice Wal
ters of Parry, Iowa, at $11O per
acre. Mr.. Orton paid $40 per acre
two years ago and, notwithstand-
ing he spent $4,000 for improve
ments, makes a good profit on the
investment.
Judging from the many cartons
of whiskey and cases of beer that
pass through Laclede by express
every day from Brookfeld, there
must be an immense herd of booz-
ers in the vicinity of Milan. Some
days there is as much as two truck
loads and trains are delayed while
the transfer is being made.
Vacation days are over and the
greater portion of Laclede's juven-
lie population have their books
packed ready for school that opens
lext Monday morning. The school
premises are in better condition
han ever before and everything is
n readiness for the opening day. +,
Diemer and Miss {
Tardine have put in the past week
rranging and classifying as far as
the pupils of the high
chool and providing for the new
tudies that are to be taken up this
ear. Parents should cooperate
nth the board and faculty in their !:
forts to make this the best year !,
/ the schools history by having !,
leir children there the first day
nd then promptly providing them
ith necessary books and supplies !:
lat the regular work may be taken q
p as soon as possible. Indications
re that there is going to be an uh- ! |
sual number of nonresident stu
The Laclede blade., 1909-09-04
Some Evening Reveries.

meath the daisies with their hand.
folded upon their breasts, of theil
virtues, and we think that some ot
the inscriptions should read, ''Died
Of overwork. If life is a battle tc
a man, it is more to a woman
Woman does not draw her inspira.
tion from the same source as man
Three things she needs and must
have: First, your society and
companionship; second, your con-
fidence; and third, your love. She
doesn't want to wait until she is
dead to read her virtues on he1
tombstone. She wants her hus-
band to tell her how much he loves
her. There are couples, happy in
the eyes of society, who in the
home are nothing to each other.
There are couples who in society
blossom over with courtesies to
each other, but who in their own
homes are as stolid as oysters. In
society the husband will almost
break his neck to pick up her
handkerchief if it falls, and at
home will allow her to carry the
coalhod. We sometimes marvel at
the GOODNESS with which man asks
a tenderly-reared maiden to leave
her luxurious home to cast her lot
with him upon the untried sea of
matrimony, and I marvel at the
faith of the maiden who accepts the
offer, saying: "Whither thou go
est [ will 60, and where thou lodg-
est I will lodge; thy people shall be
my people and thy God my God"
Grave obligations grow out of this
love and sacrifice and mans duty
next to glorifying his Creator is
certainly to live for woman's happi-
ness.
Be courteous to your children.
A kind manner and gentle tone
have the desired effect,
however obdurate the case, and
children are born imitators. AS in
water, face answereth face," so
5he reflection of our own lives in
hose of our children. Make home
,he most attractive place in the
world to them; give them space to
play, even if carpets and furniture
suffer a little. Certainly order
md cleanliness should be a law in
'very household, but take heed lest
'our children fear stain upon
lothes or carpet more than one
lpon their conscience.
Just a simple little thank you,"
'ut how pleasant an act of kindness
Il chivalry will seem if only re-
Varded by a gracious Il thank
ou." Politeness is never beyond
he reach of anyone, and it is the
ruest sign of good breeding. 1t is
ot more than right, and it should
g expected of everyone, to thank
eople for any kindness they may
how US, whether it may be their
uty or not. How much more
'illing we are to do
Listen to me, you pretty girl
o you know that a plain, sensible
Irl is much more in demand than
a frivolous beauty? Do you !
now that well-appointed, sensi- /;
e man does not often give his
sart or his home into the keeping !,
woman whose only attraction
her personal loveliness7 And /.
at in case he does anything so >
sh, when he repents at his leisure, >
usually tells her so?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
TO FIGHT FOR
STATES RIGHT
FOR CICARE7

Chicago, Sept. 6.--The cigaret has
a champion in the field in the Ma
tfonaI Allied Tobacco Trades assocfa-s
ton, which has applied for a char
ter to the secretary of state.
The purpose of the association, as
outlined by its counsel, is to fight
legislation considered inimical to the
tobacco industry. Cigarets are re-
garded as in peril and a campaign of
education in their favor is to be un-
dertaken.
To help protect the tobacco indus
try it appears the association is to
wage warfare upon prohibition also
In fact, the immediate business OF
the organization is to plunge Into
the Florida campaign.
An open fight against prohibition
is to be waged in Florida, where &
state wide prohibition amendment tC
the state constitution will come be-
fore the voters a year from next fall
The tobacconists declare that il
the Cuban and Spanish cigar maker.
and tobacco workers in the large
factories are denied their wines the,
will leave the state for more favor
able locations and seriously cripple
the trade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
u. s. COLORS NAILED TO NORTH POLE BY PEARH
KIDNAPER OF MARY BERRY,
HE|RESS, FOUND WITH GIRL

wright, died here at 9:30 O'Clock Sat
urday evening He had been uncon-
scious since 3 o'clock in the after
noon. The doctors and his friend
Eugent Gauthier, were present at the
bedside
Mr.. Fitch's death was due to ap-
pendicitis. He was stricken with an
acute attack while travelling from
Germany and upon his arrival here
yesterday underwent an operation al
the hands of DR.. Alquier.
Clyde Fitch was internationally
known as a playwright and had been
the author of large number of pop
ular dramatic productions since his
first effort. "a Wave of Life" was
published in 1889, three years after
his graduation from Amherst college
His second work. Beau Brummel,
was written for Richard Mansfield
and was played nearly a thousand
times by that actor. For nearly al
the stars of the modern stage Mr
Fitch wrote plays that became wide
ly known. He was born in New Yors
in 1865 and lived in the city, with +;
country place at Greenwich, Conn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06

German earns 80 cents.
Where a Briton works 100 hours,
a German works Ill hours.
Where Briton pays s120 in rent,
"a German pays $1.47.
Where a Briton spends $1.20 on
food and fuel, a German spends
$1.41.
Necessities BeyOnd Reach.
BY revising its tariff upward on
sugar. wheat and meat, the German
government has put these necessities
almost out of reach of the laborer.
The only possible explanation for the
fact that the wholesale price of sugar
per hundred-weight t112 pounds) is
s3 .76 in England and $500 in Ger.
many. is the latter governments high
duty on sugar.
AS TO the consumption of meat in
lGermany, consular reports show that
Increased protection has resulted in q
corresponding reduction in the pei
capita consumption. Between 1901
| and 1905, for instance. according te
Ithe report of the United States consu
lat Dresden. there was decrease O
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
BRITISH AND GERMAN WAGES
COMPARED IN BUYING POWER

over % pounds per head in the amount
of meat consumed in Germany, and
according TO the British consul at
Frankfort the increase in the duties
on meat in the new German tariff of
1906 was followed by further fall in
consumption of five pounds per head
in that year.
Bread Prices Soar.
Most striking of all is the effect of
protection ON the price of bread in
Germany. The German duty on wheat
is $2S4 a quarter t4S0 pounds)
Between October, 1905, and March
1908, the price of rye bread in Ber.
lin increased 80 per cent. A 32 pei
cent increase in the price of bread
becomes a serious matter when it is
considered that is the average wage
in the skilled industries of Germany
Last year the wheat harvest wa.
short. and the price rose all over The
| world. But who suffered most, free
trade Great Britain, or projections
Germany?
In Britain the price of wheat ros.
to $S.52 per ,quarter of $50 pounds
in Germany to Sl156.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
TO
TAKE PLACE OF
TURF SPEEDERS

Paris, Sept. 6.-Prince Radziwill
toe well known sportsman who long
h5s been enc of the greatest enthus-
lists of the French turf, never had
any use for automobiles. nor for av-
iation. either. He didn't even believe
uBtil last week that flying machines
oodld fly.
On the first day of the aviation
meeting at Rheims. nevertheless, the
fine old man allowed himself to be
taken bodily to that city, where he
was so impressed with what he saw
thai he ran off at once, to telephone,
and in his impulsive way got into
COZ munication with his stables and
gas directions to sell every horse
they contained. including the polo
ponies. which are about the best on
the continent and worth $1,600
a p,eee on the average.
Pfince Aadziwill said that he
would never need the horses agar
and then he went TO the flying field
and ordered a Wright machine from
the Aerial society and another from
the Bleriot workshops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
TRAIN HITS AUTO;
THREE ARE KILLED
Wolverine Express on Michigan Cen
tral Strikes Touring Car
Head-on.

Bay City. Mich. Sept. 6.-The
Wolverine express on the Michigan
Central going at full speed, struck
a touring car on the crossing neal
the city limits at noon yesterday
killing three of the occupants of the
automobile, probably fatally hurting
another and seriously injuring the
chauffeur. The dead:
A. A Robinson, Detroit, manager
and owner of the Commercial Sup
ply company.
Mrs A. A Robinson.
Msr II. T.. Tremaine. this city, Sis
ter of Mrs. Robinson and Wife of the
former local manager of the Ham
mond Standish company.
zsa The. injured esss-sz.sssslsa-s---sss
Amy Tremaine, daughter OF Mrs.
Tremaine, taken to, Bay City hospital
not expected to recover.
Oliver Pike, chauffeur, will recoy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
IroREIGN LETTER NO. Z.
RY TAV.


tSpet nl Correspondence of The Argus')
Mnchester. England, Aug. 20
Briti'h real wages, as measured by
the rates of weekly wages and whole
sale food prices. increased between
$50 md 1906 Is per cent. In the
san 1eriod German real wages in
crei only 10 per cent.
s the British board of trade,
usln official figures. contrasts the
condiions of the workingmen in Eng
land Inder ''free trade" with those
OF u workingman in Germany un-
der ? election
Our Increase insignificant.
Ing dentally, the board of trade
SHOWS that while wages increased s
per % tin England and 10 per cent
IN g Ge1nany. the increase in wages
IN tn United States in the same per-
soa as 3 per cent
Ht are a few other contrasts be
twee tree trade England and high
protection Germany, as brought ou
by the board of trade:
Where Briton earns Sf.20 in wages
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
Haskell to Taft.

Guthrie, Okla, Sept. 6.--Governor
Haskell has addressed a letter TO Taft
wherein he charges that the govern
merft is aiding the violators of the
prohibitory law in Oklahoma. first by
allowing advertisements to be sent
through the mail; second by not con.
forming to the law in issuing fedora
liquor licenses; third through the
abuse of protecting interstate com
merce. Haskell appeals for remedia
action by congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
DIES IN MIDST OF TALK
While Convcrsing With lOung Wo-
man, Man Drops to Floor.

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 6.-While
talking to young woman friend in
his home, $50 Brush street, Alfred
Bushby, 26 years old, threw up his
arms in middle of a sentence and
fell to the floor dead. His compan-
ion. Miss Elise Gingrich. AZ Park
street, % years old. threw water into
his face and summoned assistance,
but the young man was beyond aid.
I'VE had been spending the eve-
ming together said Miss Gingrich
"and had gone in to look at some
of his pictures. We were talking, am
he had his arm around me. He was
saying something, and suddenly
stopped, threw up his hands and fell
over"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
Thomas DonneIIy is Un-
der Arrest at Ba-
ton, n. N.
ESTATE IS AT STAKE
Twelve Year-OId Girl Is Spir-
tied Away From Home of
Relatives at Toluca, III.

Ration, n. M, Sept. 6.-Thomas
Donnelly of Toluca, H., is under ar
rest here, charged with kidnapping
12-year-oId Mary Berry, heiress to
a $4,000 estate and bringing her
to Ration.
Donnellys was taken into custody
three days ago, but it was not until
late last evening that he was turned
over to j. E. Houston, special mes
senger from the governor of Illinois.
and r. S. Burt, editor of the Henry
county Times of Toluca, who were
empowered to arrest him.
Left wealth by Father.
Mary Berry is the daughter of
John Berry, who was killed in the
Dutchman mine at Blossburg, n. M.s
three years ago. She is the grand
daughter of Patrick Berry, who drop-
ped dead on Johnson's S mesa last JAM
uary. s
The combined estate left the girl
by her father and grandfather is val
ued at $4,000 Patrick Berry. Jr.,
an uncle of the girl. was appointed
guardian three months ago by Judge
Chavez, but no notice of this APP
pointment was served upon Mrs.
Mary Farley of Toluca, daughter OF
Patrick Berry, Jr.
DonneIIy Takes Girl.
|e---bast week Ratrick Berry, Ir-sswents
to Toluca and had a talk with Th0ni-
as Donnelly, at whose home Mary
Berry had been living. her expenses
having been paid by Mrs. Farley.
The result of this interview was that
Donnelly brought the girl to Raton.
and telegram followed from the To-
luca sheriff demanding that Donnelly
be arrested.
| Sheriff Hixenbaugh arrested Dom
lrelly, but released him on a $500
bond. Hixenbaugh agreed to have
Donnelly on hand yesterday SO that
he might be taken back to Illinois.
but failed to produce his man in time
to catch any of the trains.
i After the trains had left Hixen.
baugb informed the Illinois officers
that they could have Donnelly. Scar.
+, ing that some trick was about to he
worked upon them, the Illinois meI
telephoned to Governor Curry for ad'
vice and assistance.
4 \ Governor Takes Action.
He promptly told them to seize
i Donnelly, no matter where they
!, found him, and take him back tc
Illinois. He then notified the dis
trict attorney to take whatever action
was necessary in the premises and
intimated he would remove any New
Mexico sheriff who tried to prevent
Donnelly's return to Illinois.
| Donnelly was located in barber
shop and seized. Mary Berry will be
returned to Illinois and again placed
in charge of her aunt.
The fight for possession of the
girl by New Mexico relatives, it Is
alleged, is inspired by the desire 20
control her estate and receive pay
ment for rearing her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
DORANDO MAN OF LEISURE
Italian. Now Married and Settled
Down i'm Home in Carpi.

Down in Home in Carpi.
Milan, Italy, Sept. 6.-Dorando
Pietri, the Marathon runner, has an
nounced that he has abandoned
sports forever. His last race in the
United States netted him $4,000, and
this. with the other amounts he won,
gives him a fortune sufficient to re-
tire and enjoy leisure the balance of
his life. Dorando has taken bride
and settled down at Carpi to enjoy
the money he earned in America.
He was married to his pretty young
sweetheart, Signora Teresa Dondi,
and they are residing in a little villa
which the runner built with money
earned in races. They were in love
when Dorando was pastry baker
and before they thought he would
make fortune in the United States
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
95,00O,OoO SOULS
IN UNITED STATES

New York, Septic -Statisticians em-
iGently qualified to form estimates be'
lieye The hited States census of neTt
year will show population of 9o,G0e.-
coo TO 95,e0O,00o. They would not be
surprised if fsurcs ran as high -
100000, 900,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
Dying, Does Not Repent.

New York. Sept. 6.--Still unre-
pentent for her act, Elizabeth Clara
Becker. the woman who Saturday
killed John A. Gunther, Jr., a gar
age proprietor, with whom she lived,
and then shot herself, died today
Her last words expressed satisfaction
that Gunther was dead. She said
she shot him because he was untrue
to her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
FOR HONOR OF GIRL
I. N. Chapman, Railroad Offic.
ial, Is Killed Defending
Name of Daughter.
is CHARGED WITH THEFT
By Department St6rc Proprietor Who
Sought TO Force His Attcn-
tions OH Her.

Huntington, w. Va, Sept. 6.-Onc
of the most sensational shooting af-
fairs in the history of Huntington oc-
Cured today when |. y. Chapman,
supervisor of the Huntington division
of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,
was shut down, fatally wounded, by
Earle budding, a business man #
this city.
Some time ago, Chapman's daugh-
ter, who was employed in a depart
ment store owned by budding, was
arrested on the charge of theft.
Attentions to Girl.
After the arrest of the girl, DuI-
ding refused to prosecute her and
she was consequently discharged. IT
was alleged by friends of the girl
that the charges were preferred by
budding as a result of her refusal
to listen to his attentions and dam
age suit against budding was thre IT.
ened Today budding went to Chap
mans Office to endeavor to effect q
settlement.
Claims of Self Defense.
He alleges Chairman attempted tC
kill him with Il hatchet and he shot
| in self-defense. budding surrcn'
| dered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
CLIMBING RECORD
MADE BY AMERICAN
Walter =. Bond Asccnds Mount Blanc
IA Nine Hours, Bcst Time
Since 1865.

Geneva. Switzerland, Sept. g.
Waller S. Bond of New York, has
climbed Mount Blanc from Chamonix
in 81 ours He thus broke record
of 9shours and a half made by More
head, an Englishman, in 1866.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
HARTMAN HAS A
RELAPSE; REPORT

New York. Sept. 6.--An afternoon
paper gives currency to statement
today that E. ii. Hartman suffered
relapse late last night and that for
time his condition was very SER
ious. Inquiry at Harriman's home
was without result. inquirers being;
referred to the Union Pacific Offices
in this city. These Offices closed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
Attentions to Girl.
Races On; Four Hurt.

Lowell, Mass. Sept. 6.-The automo-
bile races started this morning ana
within an hour two machines had run
into and injured four persons, one 4
mechanican. seriously.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
A STEAMER IS WRECKED

Laurentian Reported Ashore Near
Cape Racc-Passengers Safe.
New York, Sept. "a dispatch
from North Sydney. Cape Breton, to-
day. says the steamer Laurention,
Boston for Glasgow. is ashore near.
Cape Race and wrecked. The pas
sengers are safe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
Postoffice Clerks Meet.

St Louis, Mo-. Sept. 6.-The
fourth annual convention of the Ma
tional Federation of Postoffice Clerks
began here today. How to obtain
IS hour week of work Is to be dis
cussed. sissss s = =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06

London, Sept. 6.-The Reu-
ter Telegram company has re-
ceived the following, dated In
dian Harbor, Labrador (via
wireless telegraphy) to Cape
Ray, N. F.: Stars and Stripes
nailed to north pole.
"PEARY."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-06
CLYDE FITCH DIES
AFTER OPERATION
Attack of Appendicitis Proves Fata
to American Playwright in
France.

Chalons-Sur-M Marne, France, Sept.
Clyde Fitch, American play