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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-20

nue. in honor of her daughter, Miss
Blanche French, whose marriage to
Louis Karr will take place this
month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-20
M0eller-SDifznas,

The marriage of Miss Helen A
Spitznas. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. F. Spitznas, South Rock Island,
and William c. MoeIler of Moline.
took place this afternoon at 8 o'clock
at the home of the bride. The GER
emory was performed by DR.. w. S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-20

ent in the young members. Those
who took part are: Grace Fry, Flor
ence Spaulding, Laura Anderson,
Irene Harrison, Helen Parker, Nellie
Swanson, Minnie Johnson, Josephine
Sheldon and Ralph Lindstrom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-20
Miscellaneous Shower.

A miscellaneous shower was given
yesterday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Mary French, 1925 Sixth ave-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-20
Priscilla Club Meeting.

The Priscilla club will meet Fri
day afternoon with Mrs. John Sim
mons in South Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-20

All the news all the time-1HE
ARGUS.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
BAR uNSKlLLED ALIEN
LABOR. REPORT URGES
Commission on immigration Asks Con-
gress to Consider Question
as Economic One.

Washington-Sen consider
atoms in restricting immigration
should be waived in lieu of the
economic problems arising from ad-
verse effects on wage and living con-
ditions which the large number or
aliens have had in recent years by
their entry into basic industries, ac-
cording to the final report OF the i'm
migration commission transmitted to
congress. The commission unan1-
mously urges the restriction of I'M
skilled labor immigration.
The conclusion of the commission
is that the present immigration from
Europe is due chiefly to economic
causes, but is not an absolute eco
nomic necessity any longer, and that
as rule those who now come over
do so to better their conditions rather
than to escape intolerable conditions
at home.
This fact" the report says, should
largely modify the natural incentive
to treat the immigration movement
from the standpoint of sentiment and
permit its consideration primarily as
an economic problem"
The commission then presents
number of plans for limiting immigra-
ton, among them being a reading and
writing test which is the one favored
by a majority as the most feasible
single test of all.
The commission finds that the large
number of aliens who have gone into
several basic industries in recent
years have affected adversely wages
and living conditions, and it unani-
mously recommends the restriction OF
the coming of unskilled labor. Sew
eral proposed plans for bringing
about the desired restriction are set
forth.
Efforts to exclude all British East
Indians are urged through an agree
ment with Great Britain ;the continu-
ance of the present Chinese exclusion
laws is recommended, as well as the
regulation Of Japanese and Korean
immigration by the existing arrange
ment, so long as it is effective.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
u. S. PLACES DUlEEN
FRAUDS AT $4,000, 600
Collector Loeb Charges Art Dealers
Have Broken All Records in
Custom SWindIes.

New York.-Collector Loeb makes
the announcement hat Duveen Broth
ers, the great art and antique deal
ers, are indebted to the United States
goyernmnt $5,000,000.
This vast sum represents the Gus
toms duties out of which the govern
ment has been defrauded by the Du-
veens since they established their IA
nous house twenty years ago. The
amount was arrived at by the govern
ment experts, who have been compar-
ing the book values of the firm with
invoiced values sworn to on articles
entered at, the New York custom
house. The amount claimed does not
represent the value of the imports, but
the actual amount out of which it is
alleged the wealthy Englishmen have
swindlSd this government in tariff
duties.
Careful comparisons have been made
with the consular invoices filed by the
noted firm with the customs authorities
over a period of years and the private
invoices kept in the company's books.
AZ LnO IAIu0 VI Tue d1O 1AO S@11uAS "a
the store all of the books and other
records of the company were taken by
the government authorities, who since
then have beer working on the COM
PARSONS. They declare that the frauds
they have discovered exceed those of
any of a similar character ever perpe-
trated
John B. Stanchfield, attorney for the
Duveens both In the civil and criminal
actions pending against them, has in
stituted Negotiations with officials OF
the treasury department and depart
ment of justice at Washington to COM
promise the cases against his clients,
one condition of which is that the Grim
inal proceedings against them shall be
stopped upon the payment of large
sum of money by them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
DRAFT NEW WATER POWER PLAN
National Conservation Committee
Hope TO Form Agreeable Policy.

National Conservation Committee
Hope TO Form Agreeable Policy.
Washington. - A plan to bring
together the opposing advocates of
federal regulation of water power
and those who stand for state regula-
ton, Oh a water power policy upon
which both can agree, is being constd-
cred By the executive committee OF
the National Conservation association,
of which Clifford Pinchot is presi-
dent
The object of the plan, which was
drafted by Philip P. Wells, counsel for
the association, who as former law Of
f1cer of the forest service had large
share in devising the system of water
power regulation in national forests,
is to afford a water power platform
on which both sides of the controversy
may unite to protect the public inter
esta and at the same time encourage
the development of many millions OF
horse power now going to waste in tbs
mountain streams of the far west and
the great rivers of the central and
eastern parts of the country.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
SOLON TEST|F|ES
IN LOR|MER CASE
Robert E. Wilson Makes ExpIa'
nation at Inquiry.
JACKPOT STORY is DENIED
Illinois Representative Before Senate
Subcommittee Declares He Voted
For Senator at Dying Sher-
ifs Request.

Washington. - Chairman Burrows
of the senate committee on priv
ileges and elections, announces that
the case of Senator William Lorimer
will be submitted to the senate before
the Christmas recess.
The announcement was made at the
conclusion of the testimony of Robert
E. Wilson of Illinois, the alleged dis
tributor of the Jackpot" of the last
Illinois legislature. Wilson, after be-
ing much sought after, followed the
footsteps of his predecessor on the
witness stand-Lee O'Neil Browne
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14

by entering a general denial to all the
charges that he personally prof1ted by
The election of Lorimer to the senate,
pr that he gave out the Jackpot
money in 5000 packages to White,
Link, Beckemeyer and the other
t5uthern Illinois jack-potters."
Memory Is Bad.
Mr. Wilson's testimony was marked
by the disclosure that his memory is
hull on many points and sharp on only
! few main pertinently personal is
sues.
He remembered clearly that he
made no offer Of money to any taem-
Der of the Illinois legislature III St.
Louis hotel bathroom. He remem-
Dered also clearly that he had no
knowledge that a United States COM
mittee was in Chicago on investigation
bent, and that his services as a wit
ness were badly needed. His absence
from Chicago at that time was unpre-
meditated and wholly separate from
a desire to avoid testifying.
Sheriffs Request on DeAiftbed.
Mr.. Wilson's memory was clear as
we'll that he voted for Mr.. Lorimer
finally because of the dying injuno-
ton of former Sheriff Thomas Barrett
Of Chicago to do Lorimer q favor If It
ever lay in his power. Barrett died
five years ago.
Wilson admitted that be had been in
st. Louis on July Is. 1909, the occasion
Of the notorious bathroom incident,
and thought that perhaps ne had gone
into the bathroom with M. A. Shepard
But he had forgotten all about what
he had talked to Shepard about.
Our conversation was so immatori-
al that do not remember what it was
about"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
gATHTuB TRUST HIT.
Thirty-Two Firms and 16 individuals
Indicted for Conspiracy.

Detroit, Mich-The anti-monopoly
campaign of Attorney General Wick
ersham shifted to Detroit this
week with the result that indict1
ments were returned by the federal
grand jury against Is firms and 81,
individuals alleged to have secured
control of So per cent. of the annual
output of enamel ironware, bathtubs,
sinks, lavatories, ETC., in the United
States.
Against each firm and each individ-
ual there are two indictments, con-
tanning six and four counts respec-
lively, under the Sherman antitrust
law, charging in substance that the
defendants control IS per cent. of the
output of enameled iron ware, tubs,
sinks, lavatories, ETC., and that they
have conspired to restrain trade and
fix prices. 1t is alleged that the con-
spiracy was formed at Mount Clemens,
Mich, last April and the criminal
cases grew out of civil suit brought
in the federal court at Baltimore.
The two indictments against each
defendant contain six and four counts
respectively and charge that the de-
PENDANTS, controlling IS per cent. of
the annual output, combined to re-
strain the trade Of manufacturers and
of jobbers of plumbing supplies by re7
fusing to sell to jobbers handling the
goods of so-called Independents, by
the fixing of resale prices, by the di7
vision of the United States into eleven
zones and refusing to sell to jobbers
who would not maintain the resale
prices established by the alleged
agreement of the defendants.
1t is charged that the effect of thefe
resale prices is to make the price of
the articles manufactured by the com
bination the same throughout the,
United States, and to eliminate the.
competition of jobbers as well rs of
manufacturers.
The indictments charge also that
the defendants compelled the tobbers
to enter into uniform contracts and
that all the defendants refused to sell
to any jobber unless he would sign
such contract.
The defendants will be required to
appear at once in the United States
court here and give bonds for their
appearance.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
FILLING THE SOIL IN AFRICA
Agricultural Operations Are Carrief
on Extensively in All Parts
of Country.

Extensive agricultural operations
are carried on in all parts of Africa
In the Zambesi valley" Livingstone
said, lit was no uncommon sight to
see men, women and children hard al
work in the field, with the baby lying
close by beneath a shady bush" He
found the people in this section rails
ing large crops of sorghum, millet
beans and ground nuts. They also
had patches of vans, rice, pumpkins
cucumbers, cassaYa, sweet potatoes
tobacco and hemp. Maize was grown
the year round. Cotton was generally
cultivated. Three varieties were OBJ
served, two foreign and one native.
Every family of any Importance had
a cotton patch carefully cultivated.
Bishop Mackenzie came into this sec
ton of the continent as a fellow mis-
sionary of Livingstone When the
good bishop beheld how we'll the
fields of the Manganja were culti-
waited, he remarked, when telling
people in England what were my OBJ
jects in going out to Africa l stated,
among other things, that l meant to
teach these people agriculture; but
I now see that they know far more
about it than 1 do" Early travellers
IN South Africa were amazed at the
wonderful proofs of industry and the
extent of the cultivated land sur
rounding the great towns of the
Bechuannas In 1913 a Mr. Campbell
paid a visit to Lithako, the great
place of the Balatpin AS he ap-
preached the town he passed through
extensive corn fields spreading on
both sides of the road His Hotten-
tot companions were amazed at the
extent of land under cultivation
Monroe N. Work in the Southern
Workman
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
Faint Praise.

Allan A Ryan, the well-known ex-
pert on flying, condemned. in a recent
interview in New York the new type
of monoplane-the dangerouly frail
monoplane to which is harnessed a
Gnome motor of enormous power.
These machines" said Mr. Ryan,
ARE killing off so many young men
that, really, if you wanted to praise
them, you'd have to balance your
words as cautiously as the man with
the two-cent cigar.
This cigar the man said, regard
ing it closely, has one very good point
and one very bad one. The good point
is that it contains no cabbage. The
bad one is that it contains no tobac,
CO."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
Got Wrong Impression.

They were man and wife, says the
Cleveland Leader. They were also try
ing to catch an East Cleveland car as
it rounded the turn in front of the Will
hanson building. She was the first to
see what she took to be their car and
started in hot pursuit But her hus-
band saw that twas a Shaker Lakes
car, and began to yell Justify: Shaker
Lakes!" the woman seemed to run
faster than ever instead of slowing
down. Didn't you hear me tellin you
that was a Shaker Lakes carr" he in
quired, breathlessly, and a bit Crouch
lily. She looked at him and gasped:
Il thought" she said, that you were
trying to get me to hurry. 1t sound
ed as if you said: Shake your legs!'"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
RAIN THREATENS ALL FRANCE.
Practically Every Stream in the Coun-
try Is Out of It's Banks.

aris.-Torrentia downpours con-
tinued throughout France and the
food situation hourly grew more
serious. Practically every stream
in the country is out of its banks.
Hundreds of villages are being sur
rounded by the waters and are being
provisioned by soldiers with boats.
Immense damage has been caused in
the valley Of the Loire by the break
ing of the dixie near Nantes. The wa
ter flooded farms and villages. The
floods also invaded the lower quarters
of Nantes. The Rhone is again rising
at the rate of two inches an hour,
overlooking its banks and driving the
people Of the neighborhood to the hills.
The railroad lines are cut at many
places and mails are being delivered
in boats.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
THEY GRnM
Good Humor and CheerfuIness From
Right Food ard Drink.

Anything that interferes with good
health Is apt to keep cheerfuIness and
good humor in the background A
Washington lady found that letting
coffee alone made things bright for
her. She writes:
-Four years ago l was practically
given up by my doctor and was not ex.
pected to live long. MY nervous sys-
tenn was in bad condition.
But was young and did not want
to die SO began to look about for the
cause of my chronic trouble. used to
have nervous spells which would ex-
haust me and after each spell it would
take me days before could sit up In a
chair.
Il became convinced my trouble was
caused by coffee. l decided to stop 1t
and bought some Postum.
'"The first cup, which made accord.
ing to directions, had soothing eff.
feet on my nerves and liked the taste,
For time nearly lived on Postum
and ate little food besides. am today
a healthy woman.
My family and relatives wonder IL
4 am the same person was four years
hgo, when I could do no work on &C
count OF nervousness. Now / am do
Ing my own homework. take care of
two babies-one twenty the other two
months old. / am SO busy that hard
ly get time to write a letter, yet do
It all with the cheerfulness and good
hunor that comes from enjoying good
health.
Il tell my friends it Is to Postum I
owe my life today"
Read 1.-THE Road to Wellville," In
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above IetterY A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are genuine time, anu full Of AuMam
bn4eRNs&
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
LONDON WRECK INJURIES FORTY
Clerks on Way to Their Offices Suffer
in Accident.

londonderry persons were seri-
ously injured, a number of them
fatally, in collision on the London
Northwestern railroad at WiIlensden
junction.
The second section Of a train from
Watford plowed into the first sec
ton, which was standing at the juno
ton.
The train was occupied chiefly by
clerks who were coming in to their
offices in the city. The three rear
coaches of the standing train were
wrecked. Many persons suffered
broken arms and legs and there were
several fractured skulls. In many in
stances the victims were 50 pinned
beneath the wreckage that there wSs
difficulty in extricating them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
DIETz FAMILY TRIAL BEGINS.

Cameron Dam Defenders Are Ar
raioned in Haywood Circuit Court.
Hayward, Wis.-The case of John
Dietz, his wife, Hattie Dietz, and
son, Leslie Dietz, came up before
Judge Wickham in the circuit court.
They pleaded not guilty to the eharge
of killing Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp
October 8 last.
Attorneys for the defense filed aft,
davit OF prejudice against Judge
Wickharn and all of the other judges
in Wisconsin except those in the First
and Thirteenth districts.
Judge Wickham accepted the affl-
davit in so far as it related to him
self and ordered it filed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
WORLD FAMOUS sAvANT DIES.

Zooloeist, Succumbs to Pneumonia.
Chicago.-Prof. Charles Otis Whit
man, head of the department of zool-
ogy at the University of Chicago
since 1892, and known as one of the
greatest American biologists, died of
pneumonia at his residence in this
eity
Exposure last Wednesday in feeding
the many pigeons which he kert for
the purpose of his Investigations
brought On the attack.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
How Victor Hugo Wrote an "Ad."

How Victor Hugo Wrote an "Ad."
1t may not be generally known that
Victor Hugo used to draft the adver
tisements of his own books instead of
leaving the task to his publishers. His
correspondence with his Belgian pub
fishers gives the following example of
the great novelist's advertising style:
After the middles ages, the present
time: Such is the subject of Victor
HugO's double story. What he did for
Gothic art in 'Notre Dam de Paris
that he has done for the modern world
in Les Miserables.' The two books
figure in his scheme of work as two
mirrors rejecting the whole human
life"
An encouraging example to those
young authors who cannot make up
their minds how much modesty is
enjoined by the best literary tradi'
tions!
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
VENDING GIVEN LIFE TERM.
Jury Finds Louisville Man Guilty Of
Killing Alma keIIner.

Louisville, Ky.-Joseph Vending
was found guilty by jury of
the murder of eight-year-old Alma
Ke1lner and his punishment fixed at
life Imprisonment
81 either killed the little girl or !
didn't" said Vending. They should
either send me to the electric chair
or set me free"
Witnesses testified, however, that
Vending, then janitor at ST. Johns
Catholic church, was seen in the edi-
fee on the morning Alma Kellner
went there to mass on December 8,
1909. The child was never seen again
and months later charred parts OF her
body were found beneath the church
music room.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14

SO pulled | could hardly see and my
feet and hands were terribly swollen.
Doan's Kidney Pills were advised and
| began taking them. 1t required only
short use to restore my kidneys to a
normal condition"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
EAST IN GRASP OF sNowsToRM.
Traffic Is mpeded-Much Suffering
Among New York's Poor.

rdTIC is lHlPCuCU-mNSII ONiS'i"S
Among New York's Poor.
New York.-Greater New York
and the surrounding country is en-
shrouded with a blanket Of snow.
varying in depth from five to eight
inches, impeding traffic of all kinds
The storm, which had all the char
acteristics of a baby blizzard, orig
mated in Tennessee and came north
over Kentucky. After giving promise
of going to the st. Lawrence it swept
over the eastern country to the At
lantic coast.
1t took in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Delaware, New York, Connecticut and
the center of it was given as Norfolk!
Va. 1t varied from a couple of feet
in Tennessee to six or eight inches in
other places.
Canton, N. Y, reports temperaf
ture of II degrees below zero.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
In a Sick Room.
Don't whisper.

Don't whisper.
Don't wear squeaky shoes.
Don't wear starched clothing, or stiff
silks
If the nurse cannot wear rubber
soles, an old pair of shoes will at least
make less noise than a new pair.
Dishes containing broth or medicine
brought into a sick room much be ar
ranged so that they will not rattle.
The only exception to this is the
clinki.E of ice in pitcher or glass,
which is nearly always pleasant to the
ear of the sick person.
But q spoon hitting against a plate,
a saucer rafting in another dish, are
narrowing to the ears of the invalid
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14

sPOHN'S DIsTEMPER CURE will
cure. any possible case of DISTEMPER,
PINK: EYE, and the like among horses
of all ages, and prevents all others in the
same stable from having the disease. Also
cures chicken cholera, and dog distemper,
Any good druggist can supply you, or send
to mfrs so cents and $l.00 bottle. Agents
wanted. Free book. Spohu Medical Co..
Spec. Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
RICH GIRL WEEDS CHAUFFEUR.
Couple Elope and Keep Wedding Sc
cret for Several Weeks.

Washington. The elopement
of Miss Blanche Malone. daugh-
ter of Lee L. Malone, wealthy coal
operator of Fairmont, w. Va, and AL
Sanders of Baltimore, who was for a
time a chauffeur for the Malone FAM
lily, was disclosed when friends of the
o1uple received announcements that
their wedding had taken place Oct
90 last Miss Malone was a student
at the Mount Vernon Seminary in this
city.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
Ancient cIty ModernIzed.

Tarsus, the ancient city in Asia MI
nor, where the apostle Paul was born,
is now Illuminated by electricity. The
power is taken from the Cydnus river.
There are now in Tarsus $50 electric
street lights and about 600 incandes-
cent lights for private use.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
Cuts Of Mans Nose.

Muncie, Ind.-In a quarrel over $1.92
which Charles Conway said William
Meyers, aged sixty-three, a well-to-dc
contractor, owed him, Conway Tues
day stabbed the elder man II times
cutting off Meyers nose and fatally ~
turing him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
Labor Head is Slain.

San Franciscan riot between
200 union and nonunion workmen
wednesday Domingo Navarro, presi-
dent OF the Ship-sealers' union. was
shot and killed by Augustine Navarro
leo a nonunionist. A number OF
others were badly beaten.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
Discouraglng.

George" said her husbands wife,
81 don't believe you have smoked one
of those cigars 1 gave you on your
birthday"
That's right, my DEAR" replied his
wife's husband. I'm going to keep
them until our Willie wants to learn
to smoke"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-14
Sheriff Held Without Ball.

Cairo, Ill.-The inquest over the
remains of Night Sergeant MILFORD
French, who was killed Satur
day night by Sheriff Alb Bankstor
of Pulaski county, was concluded and
the jury held Bankston without bail
for wilful murder Bankston is in
the Springfield, ILL.,, jail. The feeling
against him is very strong here.