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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

The TriumpIs o. a cal Gcniu
~ Though
footlghts
while the actual
lid raised her light quietly hustle and
fusion, she knew the
Her debut when baby she danced the Highland Fling in
the kilt
coming the meadow When she three she took in Richard
she of the child
repertoire with Keene Fritz Emmett Waller John
things for her
quickly pathetic dramatic
with little excellent
a
girlh
Titan which fell
makes her one CT he of al
the Dramatic
Divorce of md 'ott
and
Cr-H= tar o I'm 7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

an appointment with the mayor
Bellies recommendation and the fine
looking face shown by the picture sat
isfied the members. Eeing anxious to
act on the principalship that evening.
they looked ut the name and address
on the back of the picture and dis
patched letter at once
It was very much puzzled and per-
picked as well as slightly amused gen
tleman who sat at his desk In his ele-
CANT office a few days later and read
a letter appointing him to a principal.
ship of country school with an an
nual salary almost but not quite equal
to the monthly income that was
earned for him by his business.
He called to his stenographer and
dictated a letter to the school board
explaining TO them that they must
have made mistake. Suddenly he
looked again at the name of the town.
Then he lit cigar and thought Then
he laughed.
why not?' said he. 81 can spare a
month to see"
With this Delphic utterance he tore
up the answer that his stenographer
, had brought him, shut down his desk
and told his manager that he had hee,,
called out of town and would be away
for some time.
When the Silent Bell entered hel
schoolroom on the first morning after
| the holidays she found on her desk c
typewriter request to report 1T the
| principals office at once. She raj
| lightly up the stairs, opened the dool
| of the office and found herself face t,
| face with Allerton.
| "Good morning, Miss Edwards" sale
Allerton blandly. Il would like to con
| suit with yeu about some of the de
tails of this school system. l trust
may count upon your cooperation dur
ing my principalship here"
| John Henry Allerton," said Belle
"what are you doing here?'
"AIy good looks" answered he grave
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
MACHINE TO DISPERSE FOGS,
Frenchman Uses Hertzian Waves and
Four Huge Elowpipes.

Tour huge SioWpiPeS.
NJ. Dibos. a French engineer, has
been conducting series of expert.
ments on the English channel which
have given rise to the hope that New
York harbor may ultimately be kept
free of fog. Attracted by the English
experiments for dissipating fog by
means of electrical discharges, NJ. Di-
hos conceived the idea of a combina-
ton of HertZian waves.
Beneath a powerful HertZian plant
which euits waves of 10000 volts he
placed four huge blowpipes directed to
the four points of the compass. Stimuli
taneously with the discharge Of the
Hertzian waves the blowpipes. each
giving a temperature of 1000 degrees
c., were lighted. In from twenty to
thirty minutes thick fog was dis
PEELED over zone of 200 yards En-
couraged by this success, the expert
ments will be continued.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
The Commission Plan,

The Argus publishes elsewhere in
this issue synopsis of the Illinois
legislature, enabling cities of Illinois 10
adopt commission form of govern
ment, to which We call the special
attention to our readers.
The idea of this new system of
government is to reduce the municipal
affairs of Illinois cities to a business
basis, and TO eliminate party politics
and the system of ward representa-
ton. 1t is a we'll known fact that in
most cities of any consequence
throughout the United States the
present form of city government has
many serious faults, not the least OF
which is its eXtravagant system of
spending the peoples money. 1t is
claimed for the commission plan that
under it, the affairs of municipalities
can be much more economically man.
aged than under the present system
and that tire interest and rights of the
people are more carefully safeguarded
from every standpoint.
Briefly, there are five essential feat
ures of the bill-the elimination of the
ward boundaries, the abolition Of
party politics in city affairs, and the
placing within the power of the PEG
pie the right to initiate legislation, tC
pass upon by referendum vote legis
latiOn enacted by city councils and tc
recall public officials who prove incom
petent Or unworthy.
The bill provides for the election o
a mayor aud four commissioners wht
shall be voted upon by the people d
large. Each one of the members @
the council is to be superintendent o
a municipal department. For example
the superintendent of public healtl
and safety would have charge of tn,
police fire and health departments
The superintendent of the publi
works would have charge of the stree
department, etc. 1t is claimed that I'm
der such an arrangement, individual
responsibility is definitely fixed, ant
every public official is placed upon hi
honor to produce the best possible re
suits with the smallest possible eS
penditure in his department.
While we have not Yet made a flu!
Investigation as to the merits of thi
bill, we believe it contains many goot
features and that it is worthy of tn
consideration of the people. We ar
sure that our readers will find it wei
worth their time to read carefully tn
synopsis of the bill in this issue.
Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, low:
are now operating under this plar
Des Moines has just closed it's frs
fiscal year under the new system, an
the reports which come from that cit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

Statements made by the great bust
ness firm of Marshall Field & Co. are
widely published favoring an honest
revision of the tariff. Honest revision,
of course, means a reduction of duties
and the Chicago firm is justified in
saying that that is what the country
at large greatly desires. Yet the Payne
bill raises the duties on gloves and
stockings for no reason whatever ex
cept that some manufacturers who
wanted larger profits have been able
in one way or another to control the
ways and means committee. This is
plain graft.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
TRIBUTE TO EXPLORER.
Nation VIII Honor Daring of join
Wesley Powell.

The daring of an Illinoisan, John
brave successfully the dangers OF de-
scending the Colorado river through
the ehasm of the Grand canyon. is to
be memorialized by monument that
will stand on the brink of the gorge.
There is among the congressional
appropriations the sum of 5000 for
the shaft, and plans are being made for
q tribute. that fittingly will commem-
crate feat that Is almost unique. 1t
Is FOR POwell's record as soldier and
a scientist as well as an explorer that
the nation sets aside the sum of mon
ey. but the peculiar boldness of under
taking to shoot the unknown rapids of
n flume, accomplishing vertical de-
scent Of 5000 feet I'm distance of less
than thousand miles, coursing most
of the way through unscalable walls,
distinguishes his career.
The explorer died seven years ago
and already the remembrance of his
noted expedition is being lost. The
fact that, though born in New York
Powell chose to reside in Illinois. that
he enlisted in the civil war as an Hi
nois volunteer and was professor of
geology at Bloomington, while his ex-
petition started from Chicago, has at
forded interest there to the proposed
tribute Of the government.
The lure Of the blank places on the
map and Indian tales Of "a mysterious
and dreadful gorge" were the inspira
ton Of the undertaking, which was be
gun in May. 1869. Four boats. none OF
them over .twenty-one feet long. were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
The Argus Daily Short Story
THE SILENT BELL---By Amelia Delaney
Copyrighted, 1909, by Associated Literary Press.

The Silent Bell" as her brother had
named her in childhood. was that
anomaly, a woman of few words. Her
name was Belle, and the nickname
had chung to her ever after her broth
err gave 1t TO her, SO that she was
known by young and old as Bell Ed
wards. she did not lack spirit nor
temper. but seldom did she deem. IT,
necessary TO set forth either joys or
woes at any length in words.
The more surprised was Allerton on
the occasion of his great quarrel with
the Silent Bell when she stated fully
and fiuently her reasons for breaking
their engagement. The sum total of
her conversation in all their years of
association did not begin to equal in
length her speech at this time.
She touched each and every point
where they differed, and she even di-
lated on details which he had not con-
sidered of the least Importance. For
instance, that of late years he had
not seemed to care enough for her to
present her with good picture of
himself.
She enlarged upon this bit of negli-
gence until she had impressed Aller-
ton with its Cue monstroSity. That
she had not been presented periodic
ally with photograph of her lover
was nothing short of a gross insult.
AS her extraordinary burst of anger
| reached a climax on this one OF his
| 4 to
| the idea that she had really wanted
his picture and that he had been
guilty of most grave misdemeanoI
| in notNScnding 1t to her. But it was
| too late now. and the honest but clum
| sy fellow, of course, made matters
worse by saying so. They parted
each believing the other to be a mos
unreasonable creature.
| Soon after Allerton, very despondent
and bitterly disappointed, went into
| business in a distant state. He haG
not been gone long when the Silent
Bells father died insolvent. and sh,
| went to her brother Robert, who LIVED
in another town. There Belle. wish
ing to be Independent, procured n pc
| sition in school. Her brother by vir
tue Of being town clerk was also clerl
of the board of education.
At the holiday vacation the princi
pal of the school resigned. So grea
confidence had Bellies work won fo
her that the board of education asked
her to suggest some one for the place
She named man Of whose years ant
experience she could assure them, ant
at their request she wrote him aslSin!
him to correspond with the schoo
board and to send his photograph.
Her brother Robert took the mai
from their box few days afterwar
and hurried to the board meeting
There was no letter from Bellies car
didate, but there was photo ad
dressed to her. Robert hastily CAV
the photograph to the chairman of tn
board without gwen opening the wral
per and hurrisd away again TO kee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
Rheumatism Cured in pa Hours,

T. ]. Blackmore of Halter & Black.
more, Pittsburg, Pa, says: "a short
time since l procured bottle of Dr.
got me out of the house in "a hours
took to my bed with rheumatism
nine months ago and DR.. Detchon's
Relief for Rheumatism is the only
medicine that did me any good.
had five of the best physicians in the
city, but l received very little relief
from them. l know DR.. Detchon's Re
| lief for Rheumatism to be what it is
represented and take pleasure in rec
ommending it to other poor sufferers
Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second
avenue, Rock Island; Gust Schlegel
Son, 220 West Second street, Daven
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

2 sort of criminal conspiracy, but /
Shall not keep him out of his position
long-that is. if some one will go back
with me to where i belong. can find
out about that If some one will tell me
how she likes the original of the pho
tograph that she didn't get"
Belle blushed. but said nothing.
Perhaps" said Allerton. smiling
but very, very anxious. you would
prefer to have me as n principal"
NO. indeedr said the Silent Bell
and then, realizing what her reply
meant. she covered her face and tried
to escape from the room.
But the principal was swifter than
she was. The school board would
have been shocked if the subsequent
brazen actions of the new ruler OF
their school could have been seen by
! them.
He. however. did not care. The 81
| lent Bell did not object, and JOIN
Henry AllertOn would have kissed hel
| at that moment despite all the schoo
| boards In the world.
$50 you surrendered. after all. with
out getting that photograph said HI
| inhumanely And Belle only nodded
and blushed. with happy tears in hel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
EUREkA!
Yes, | Have Found 1t at Last.

Found what? Why that Chamber
laln's Saive cures eczema and all
manner of itching of the skin | Lave
been afflicted for many years with
skin disease. | had to get up three
or four times every night and wash
with cold water to allay the terrible
itching, but since using this salve in
December, 1905 the itching has STOP
ped and has not troubled me.-El6er
John T. Ongley, ROCKVILLE Pa. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

A st. Louis man who has quit drink
ing says he has built fiat with the
money he saved by stopping it, There
may be some encouragement in this
even for the less prodigal man whose
reform would only suffice for chicken
house or front porch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

show that remarkable Improvement
has been made in every department..
A year ago when that city closed its
books, it was s1SO,000 in debt; this
year it has $4,000 to the good, a
clear gain of 100000 over the proceed
ing year. The Illinois measure now in
the legislature is, in all its essential
features, like the Des Moines plan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
Hunaor and
Philosophy
PUBLICITY.
~ DUNCAN n. SMITH

The actor man you cannot Judge
BY what the showbills say
Or by the way his name appears
In gorgeous red display.
He may not be the grandest scout
That ever held a spear
But still they must announce him 10
To make the crowds appear
Upon the stage he may not act,
Like others Of his type,
For sour apples or, indeed,
For lemons hardly ripe,
But would you ask him to admit
In his advance advice
That he was nothing but a dub.
Not worth the published price,?
Advance announcements, IS you know,
Are but a self made pun,
And you may gamble that II will
Be stated strong enough.
For chronic modesty is not
In this enlightened day
The ruling passion Of the man
Who figures in the play.
And does he differ very much
From those who do not act
Although In more aggressive tones
He may proclaim the fact?
You'll find that men are much the sama
Though from the stage afar.
Just let the others get your ear
To tell you who they are.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

They have most comfortable way
of getting along at Coffeyville, Kan.
One furniture store there runs a stand
ing advertisement: Marry the girl !;
we'll furnish the home" Another runs
this one: Get a divorce; Wen buy
your furniture,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

Important papers stolen from San
Francisco district attorneys office
were found in the traction company's
office. Evidently the company's cru
SADIE against municipal ownership was
extended to the documents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
Plenty Of Trouble

is caused by stagnation of the liver
and bowels. To get rid of it and
headache and biliousness and the
poison that brings jaundice, take
Dr. Kings New Life Pills, the reli-
able purifiers that do the work with
out. grinding or gripping. 25c at all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
FIELD OF LITERATURE

Inc Metropolitan.-The April Metro
politan magazine Contains one of the
most remarkable and vital series If
instructive articles ever published.
Every person directly or indirectly in
terested in tuberculosis should read
the Metropolitan magazine for April.
The April Strand.-The Strand mag
|azine-always interesting and original
lis brimful of good things for April
and contains many famous names
among its fiction contributors. Excel
lent short stories are provided by i.
Phillips Oppenheim, Morley Roberts
\. c. Herbertson, the ever amusing
nv. w. Jacobs, and other writer's. \
| further long instalment of Hall Came
White Christ brings the reader tc
a point where ITO be Continued is
particularly unwelcome. The story is
| the strongest Hall Game has yet writ
ten and it is not difficult to under
stand why the author regards it as the
work of his life. The leading article
is very live account of big game hunt
ing in Africa written by F. c. Selous
the veteran hunter who selected tn,
equipment for Colonel Rooseveits pre-
sent expedition and who is accompan
wing the ex-president as far as Nom
bassa. The hair-breadth escapes
which Selous had in the lion infested
country to which Roosevelt is jour
neying will not. We hope. be read il,
Mrs. Roosevelt. who, it is said, alread.
has some misgivings regarding he
husbands approaching trip. 1t make
good reading nevertheless. Anothr
larticle which will probably attract tn
attention of a great many people i
one on Spirit Drawings Illustrate
with some startling pictures madS
presumably by the unseen" Harf
Lauder concludes his amusing Rem
iniscences:" Dalton writes on Cur
Gus Hands at Bridge" while Harr
Furniss commences an interestin
series of illustrated articles dealin
) with The Light Side of Finance"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

Though Oklahoma is not summer
resort, ii is first to spring a Crazy
Snake story.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

Talking about high winds the repub-
lican party in Rock Island is some
what blown to pieces, too.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

Tomorrow is Good Friday, the sad
dest, most sacred day in all the his
tory of the church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

The Payne bill taxes stockings on the
ground that they are necessaries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
Had the Proof.

"Dreamboy is a true poet"
81 never read any Of his works"
"Neither did l.
"How do you know. them
Il am on intimate terms with his
tailor"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
Thursday, April 8, 1909.

A Greater Rock Island is still the
slogan that should inspire all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
Quite the Thing.

Poor Brown is gone"
"Did he die natural death!"
"Yes; he was run over by an auto
mobile"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
Classified,

what did you mean by all that
speil?'
Nothing"
Say, what magazine do you write
for:"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
So Many Do,

HE is going to write book"
"On what liner
Exposing something"
Exposing what?"
His ignorance. I guess"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
mobile.

Most of us don't mind earning our
living, but we are impatient Of the
system that makes it take SO much Of
our time to do So
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. lEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.]
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

We are apt to suspect people who al
ways agree with US and to dislike
them If they don't
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

There may be some people who mar
~ to get money. but did you ever
know anybody to marry to lose 1t?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08

Most OF us don't mind earning our
living, but we are impatient Of the
system that makes 1t take SO much Of
our time to do so.
We are apt to suspect people who al
ways agree with us and to dislike
them If they don't
There may be some people who mar
~ to get money. but did you ever
know anybody to marry to lose it?
There is plenty of food for thought
lying about, but there seems to be q
very small demand for it.
We may not admire a pachyderm.
but members Of that class do seem
| comfortable under what to most of us
seem to be distressing conditions.
| tween lie and skillful handling of
the truth, and the popularity of the OPP
orator clearly shows it.
The man who always does as he
pleases is either a brute or a diplomat.
A short answer very often makes q
long account that ultimately has to be
settled.
The thought that we had itecominS
to US does not take the bitter taste ont
OF our mouths.
1t is hard to please everybody. but
that isn't any reason why We should
ind it hard to please anybody.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-08
TERMs-Daily 10 cents per weel

BY THE J. W. POTTER CO.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07
CONFEDERATE GENERALS !.
GRANDSON FOUND DEAD
Colorado Springs Victim Identi-
fled as w. r. Lytle

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, Nov. g.
Messa ges received by Coroner Law to-
day from Evander Lytle of Murfrees-
boro, Tenn, positively establish the
identity of the man found dead in the
Antlers hotel here Friday morning as
w R. Lytle, his son, and grandson of
the famous confederate. General Lytle.
The body has been SHIPPED to Murfrees-
boro for burial.
Following an examination of the
mans stomach Jennie Mitchell, the
woman who was with Lytle at the time
of his death, was released and left at
once for Denver
Lytle is said to have been involved
in the shooting of negro in Chicago
in August, 1908, following trip
through the tenderIoin with a girl he
claimed was his sister. The latter COM
mitted suicide few days later in the
Auditorium Annex
Lytle was known here by the name
of James Cox Jr. and had worked at
different times as floor walker and
travelling salesman. He returned to
this city from Los Angeles several DAYS
ago and announced that he had in
herited a fortune from relative who
had died recently in his native state.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07
FIRE CHEF BALL
TO Be ADVANCED
Ordinance introduced to Create
Position at Salary Fitting
His Duties

OAKLAND, Nov. 6.-Because of the
intention of Nicholas A Ball to re-
sign his position as chief engineer of
the fire department. the city council
may create the new position of fire
marshal ait salary of $500 a
month. to which Ball will be appointed.
The chiefs salary is $50 month, re-
stricted by the city charter 1t is only
by the creating of another place for
Ball that the city can retain his
services
Councilman Oliver Ellsworth intro
duced the ordinance to make the new
position. He explained that the fire
chief intended to leave the city employ,
and urged the council to pass the or
dinance rather than let Ball quit the
department..
The fire marshal will have general
supervision of the whole fire depart
ment with the purchasing of supplies
and the direction of the forces at big
fires If Chief Ball is advanced to the
new place fire chief will be appointed
to assume the more arduous of the
duties now carried by Ball. Answer
ing alarms at night viii be part of
the chief engineers work. Ball has
to do that now.