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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
IMPEDED BY SNOW
Transportation Lines of the
West Are Hampered by
Heavy Fall.
COAL FAMINE is WORSE
Iowa University Closes on Account of
Inability to Tet Fuel-CoId
Wave Coming.

Chicago, Jan. 5.-After a night of
extraordinary winter conditions. en-
bracing zero weather, snow. sleet and
rain, there was a general rise in tenn
perature this morning with predictions
for another cold spell in the Missis-
sippi valley and western lake region
tonight, to be followed Thursday with
still further rise in the northwest.
Below Zero in Missouri.
Lincoln, Neb., showed a mark of IA
below zero last night and Omaha 10
below. In Chicago the blizzard of last
night was followed by a slight touch
of rain, which froze as it fell. Steam
and street railroad traffic was serious
ly interfered with. Much the same
conditions prevailed in Milwaukee, St.
Louis and surrounding country.
The cold wave struck east during
the night, the temperature dropping
to about 10 above zero.
Closes University.
Iowa City, Iowa. Jan. 5.-The Uni
versity of Iowa was compelled to close
down yesterday owing to the inability
of the state authorities to obtain coal
The famine has been In progress sew
eral days, but the officials have been
postponing the inevitable until yester-
day. when it was found impossible to
keep the buildings supplied with heat.
The only building open last night was
the university hospital, which is filed
with patients.
The autRo<ities fear the small sup
ply on hand for the hospital soon viii
be exhausted.
''The result of such a mischance."
declared Secretary McKibben, would
be depiorable. as many patients would
be homeless and others cannot be re-
moved even if they had places to which
to co.
ScOur Country.
The authorities are securing Iowa
and Illinois in quest of coal, but not a
single carload could be obtained, and
the prevailing blizzard assured the Of
ficials there was small likelihood of
obtaining fuel before next week.
The costly university buildings, the
superintendent of construction assert
ed, probably would be badly injured
in case of a ''freeze-up."
Iowa City also is suffering. The
coal supply is running short and it is
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Lurton Takes Seat.

Washington. Jan. 5.-The new asso-
ciate justice, Horace II. Lurton OF
/ Tennessee, took his seat on the bench
of the supreme court of the United
States today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Illinois Senate COMMITTEES
Reports Out an Inde-
pendent Bill.
FIGHT IS FAIRLY ON
House Anxious to Work bui
Makes No Progress on Pri-
mary Legislation.

Springfield, Ill, Jan. 5.-Determined
to expedite the work, the special ses-
sion of the legislature resumed the
discussion of direct primary legislation
today. Speaker Shurtleff declared iu
favor of adjournment Jan. 25, and
urged members not to waste time
here spending the peoples money
This met with general approval.
Debate Over waterway.
The senate waterway committee had
hot debate whether It should wait
for the action of congress in the mat.
ter of federal cooperation. After sew.
eral amendments the Schmidt admin.
istration bill was reported out and the
waterway fight will soon be in prog.
ress on the floor of the senate. The
committee struck out of the bill all
that portion addressed to congress,
making it essentially a state measure
and providing for the beginning of the
work without waiting for federal aid.
The committee decided TO name its
own attorney, taking the power of ap.
pointment from the governor.
Very Much I'm Doubt.
The outcome of the fight over direct
primary legislation is as much in
doubt as it was yesterday. Nothing
definite was done this morning.
The senate adjourned until tomor
row. The house viii have another ses.
sion late this afternoon.
wranEIe over Bills.
Springfield. ILL.,. Jan. -5,=When the
house in discussing primary bills yes.
terday reached Representative Hamil
tons series Of five administration bilts
there was a general wrangle as to tLa
constitutionality OF that one of to
measures giving the senatorial com.
mittee authority to limit the number
of members of the general assembly
to be nominated. Representative Chip.
erfield led in the assault upon Whist
he considered the unconstitutional
features of these bills.
Representatives Hamilton, Hull and
others defended them.
ChiperneId is Bitter.
Representative Chiperfield said the
Illinois legislature had been pilloriei
from Chicago to Cairo and that tho
members had been charged with being
such "Dumskulls" they couldn't pass
a constitutional primary law, three
such laws having been declared uncon
by the supreme court. This
aroused Minority Leader Leo O'Neill
Browne. who declared:
at was not ignorance, it was intent.
You addressing the republicans)
didn't want a direct primary law"
When Representative Hamilton con-
cluded the explanation of his bills
Browne said these bills would never
pass in their present book case FORM
I'm for a direct plurality primary
law he declared but not for this
-
After a long debate the house adj
iourned until this morning.
p. NJ. Chiperfield. chairman OF the
special committee that has been car
rying on an investigation OF sub
merged lands. made charges before.
the house appropriations COMMITTEES
that lands valued ct from $4,000 600
to s75OOO.0O have been reclaimed
without legal warrant from the banks
and shores Of navigable rivers anG
lakes in Illinois and the shores OF
Lake Michigan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
UNGAGGED CONGRESSMAN
WILL MAKE WARM FIGHT
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Thursday; colder
tonight; not so cold Thursday. The
lowest temperature tonight will be
about degrees below zero.
Temperature at z a. m, s. Maxi
mum temperature in last "a hours, 16;
minimum in last 12 hours, s. Precipi-
tation, .4S inches Wind velocity at :
a M, 15 miles per hour. Relative hu-
midity, at p. m. SO, at a, m. 81.
]. NJ. SHERIER. local forecaster.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Sun sets 4:43, rises 7:21; moon rises
2'47 q. IN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Wreck on the 9. G. o.

Pittsburg, Jan. 81. N. Barto, bag
gage master, was instantly killed, four
other trainmen seriously injured, and
a number of passengers slightly hurt
today when a passenger train on the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
conner conobine ENDORSED.

London, Jan. 5.-At a special meet
ing of the Boston Consolidated Copper
company today the agreement for an
amaIgamation with the Utah Copper
company was ratified
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Two Killed in Auto Accident.

Chicago. Jan. 5.-Louis d. Cone and
wife of Chicago were instantly killed
here today when their automobile was
hit by an Illinois Central train.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
SUGAR Goina Back.

New York, Jan. 5.--All grades OF re-
fined sugar advanced 10 cents per 100
pounds today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

Baltimore & Ohio railroad collided
with a freight at West Alexander.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Taft Again Hesitates.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The announce
nent was made at the White house to-
lay that Taft's combined special mes
sage on the interstate commerce and
antitrust laws would not go to con-
resS until Friday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03
EDISON THE OPTIMIST

Boston Globe: Those are most delightful dreams in which Thomas A. Edison revels. Scl- ence and social labor, he believes, will complete lv transform the world and dominate the future The problems of fue of cheap motive power of aerial navigation, of supplying abundant food and clothing to every one and of cheap, warm and comfortable housing for all the world will be solved, and Gin 200 years, by the cheapenng of commodities, the ordinary laborer will live as well as the man does now who has $2OO,OOO annual income Automatic machinery and SCI entific agriculture will bring about this result. Industry will constantly become more soclal and interdependent. There will be no manual labor in the factories of the future. The men m them will be merely superintendents watching the machinery to see that it works right.
 Edsons advantage over the famous dream CTS of the past-Plato, Sir Thomas More and other Utopians, including even Belamy and Howels-is in fact that he possesses some sort of scientific basis for his visions, some sort of scientific reason for the hope that is in him. The world needs such dreamers in its business. ''The plan is seemly and noble, but details are melancholy" :" says the Yankee Buddha. But Edi- son sees not only the 'plan," but also the de- tails. And meanwhile, until Edson's two cen turies shall have elapsed, it is probably best for ing cost of living, which they say is only tenn porary, and to follow the example of VoItaire's $ Candide, who after life of many vcissitudes came to the conclusion that all he could do was ''to dig in his garden.''
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03
MIR. TAFT AND THE NEWSPAPERS

The boyish pique shown by President Taft in his reference to newspaper criticisms of his ad- ministration in his Newark speech is pathetic, and his reproachful insistence upon his desire to "make good" is sadly ingenious. It is the hurt protest of a man who is doing, as he thinks, the best he knows how, and who feels it keenly that the newspapers will not accept him at the face value of his good intentions.
 Yet how can they? There is nothing clearer in this country than the need of proper regula- tion of wealth, natural and undeveloped wealth as well as developed wealth in closely controlled industries. The newspapers that demand such regulation have no private axes to grind They are voicing the demands of their readers as they see it, and that is their duty.
 Quite as clear is the fact that however good Judge Taft's intentions may be-and the gener- al disposition, in spite of everything, is to give him credit for good intentons-in seeking to carry out those intentions by surrounding him self with such counsellors as Aldrich and Can non he is attempting the impossible. Before real progress can be made the chief obstacles to progress must be removed, and these chief ob- staces are the very men upon whose Judgment and advice the president relies. Members Of his party, who voice the peoples aspirations and desires get but cold comfort from the president. They are objectionable to the organization, " and Taft is with the organization, body and soul.
 It is plain enough that the president is of the old school which places party above principle. The presidents principles are clean enough, and somewhat sluggishy progressive. But he counts preserving "party solidarity as his chief duty, and that means the perpetuation of a party organization that is rotten to the core.
 No man ever entered the presidency from whom more was hoped. No president ever fin ished his first official year amid wider or more deep-seated disappointment. Good intentions are well enough, but everybody knows what hellsh road is paved with them A desire for progress which seeks achievement by the aid of sworn enemies of progress is pathetically futile thing. Judge Taft is sacrificing progress to party solidarity, real achievement to the per petuation of party organization that is banded together to block achievement, and the welfare of the people to the wishes of a cabal of vice regents of special privilege.
 The newspapers would be traitors to the peo- pie if they did not cry out against such blunder- ing use of the high opportunity that has come to Mr. Taft to be of service to the people,
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

Finance is making money for yourself out of other peoples.
 Intelligence is much more comfortable to live with than intellect.
 Most people can be convinced more easily with club than with logic.
 A woman can admire man for his virtues, but love him for his faults.
 A man would rather brag about how well he can make his furnace work than really have to do it.
 Procrastination is the thief of many good time.
 The spirits fail to materaize at temper ance seance.
 Be sure of your aim before attemptingto slap mosquito.
 Scare man into being good and he will boast of his virtue.
 Honest men do what they can; dishonest men do whom they can
 When a man bushes, woman IS apt to won der if he isn't a lobster
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03

States and Toronto is in Canada, but they are only a few miles apart, so the comparison is very instructive.
 The best creamery butter was 35 cents in Buff lafo and 27 cents in Toronto. The difference was about the same on the best dairy butter. Fresh eggs were 3S cents in Buffalo and B cents in Toronto. Full cream cheese was 17 cents in Buffalo and 13 cents in Toronto Live chickens were 17 cents in Buffalo and 12 cents in Toronto, and turkeys were "A cents in Buffalo and 15 cents in Toronto. Dressed chickens were IS cents in Buffalo and IA cents in Toronto, and dressed turkeys were 26 cents in Buffalo and 15 cents in Toronto. Beef was about the same in both places and dressed hogs were a little cheaper in Toronto than in Buffalo.
 You could buy cabbages in Toronto for 1.25 a barrel but they cost $1.50 to $2 in Buffalo. Potatoes were 30 to 35 cents in Toronto and 45 to AS cents in Buffalo. Beans were $1.9O to $2 a bushe in Toronto and $280 in Buffalo, Ap- ples were $1. .50 to $2.50 barrel in Toronto and $25O to 1850 in Buffalo.
 One would think, perhaps, that it would pay the Buffalo people to do their shopping in To- ronto No; they can't. The tariff won't let them.
 Is there anything about the increase in gold supplies that will account for those differences in cost of things to eat? Not thing. Is there anything in the theory that too many people live in the city to account for it? Not thing; because you will remember, this is 'the great est food exporting country in the world. y Prices can't be due to scarcity so long as that state ment is true.
 Then it must be something else. Remember why Buffalo people can't shop in Toronto and get the benefit of its lower prices? Because of the tariff Doesn't that seem to help throw a little light on conditions?
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03
THE HYDRA STILL LIVES

Pubk: Greek mythology tells of the Leneau Hydra, monstrous dragon which had nine heads with a formidable antagonist even for Hercules, and to make matters worse, the beast had a habit of substituting two new heads for every old one incapacitated. The destruction of this monster was one of the "twelve labors'' of Hercules, and Hercules might have gone on hacking heads indefinitely, increasing his trou- bles with every hack had he not cauterized the Hydra's wounds That checked the head sup ply and, ultimately, the Hydra. It is long jump from Greek mythology to the house of representatives, but nothing is more certain than that the Hydra privilege and private monopoly will grow another head in place of Speaker Cannon as soon as the latter is re- moved. So much is printed about the revolt against Cannon and Cannonism that it is nat ural to think it personal controversy. We are apt to overlook the fact that Cannon is import ant as political figure only because of what he represents, not because of anything he is. The revolt against Cannon is not a revolt against an uncouth congressman from Illinois, whom the newspapers have "unclejoed'' into the lime light; it is revolt against the brazen safeguard
 ing at Washington of private interests at the expense of public rights. Cannon is doomed, apparently, but Cannonsm will go right along in other hands if it is given half chance. Just when virtuous persons are whooping it up and congratulating each other and the country at large on the "overthrow of Cannon and Can nonism," the Hydra at the capital will take ad- vantage of the opportunity to grow another head In other words, the interests and infu- ences which have kept Cannon in control-kept him because the results he produced were so em- inently satisfactory-will slip some sleek, high ly respectable republican Pecksniff into the speakers chair as Cannon s successor and the game will go on. The only way to check it will be to cauterize the Hydra wound with an un- mistakable demonstration of public opinion.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03
ANOTHER COMPARISON

The cost of living in this country is high, we are told because of the great increase in the SUD- ply of gold, the measure of values.
 The cost of living is high, We are told, because too many people live in the cities and not enough on the farms, so the country does not produce enough to feed itself This is par ticularly entertaining reason, especially when we hear the man who gives it explaining to an other audience directly after that the tariff has nothing to do with the cost of food products be- cause this is the greatest food-eXporting country in the world.
 Now whatever effect the increase in gold sup plies may have upon prices-and it has some effect because gold is proving itself to be about as unstable a basis of values as bimetaIlsm pos sibly could be, and those who urge this reason are proving that Mr. Bryan was right in 1896 when he said that to increase the supply of basic money would increase prices-whatever effect this process has is worldwide, and is not con fined to the United States.
 With these reasons in mind, here are few comparisons of prices between Buffalo and To- ronto recently made. Buffalo is in the United
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03
7he Dream and The Deed

The Dream is the babe in the love-lit nest, And the rollcking boy at play; The Dream is the Youth with the old old zest For the rare romance of day. Then the Deed strides forth to the distant
 goal
 That has dazzIed since life began; For the Dream is the child of the rampant
 soul
 But the Deed is the man! The Dream is the peak that is seen afar, And the wish for the eagles wings; The Dream is the song to the beckoning star That the world-waif fondly sings; Then the Deed comes crowned with the
 strength and skill That doth perfect golden plan; For the Dream is the child of the Sovereign
 Will
 But the Deed is the man! The Dream is that mask that would make men
 fair,
 And the boast that would count them brave; The Dream is the honors that heroes wear And the glory that high hearts crave; Then the Deed gives battle to pride and pelf As only a conqueror can; For the Dream is the child of the better Self But the Deed is the man! No song was so sweet, and no star so bright As the Dream of the Nazarene; From Virgins bosom to Calvary's height, It sang and it shone, serene Then the Deed proclaimed Him King of His
 Kind
 As the blood of the Martyr ran; For the Dream was the child of the Master
 mind
 But the Deed was the Man!
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03

make what action he does take vastly more eff fective I am by inheritance and education republican. Whatever good have been able to accomplish in public has been accomplished through the repub ublican party. I have acted with it in the past, and wish to act with it in the future."
 Again the query: What will Roosevelt do? Will he be regular, like Taft Aldrch and 'Un- cle Joe,' or guerrilla" like LaFolette, Clapp, Bristow, Deliver, Cummins and millions of western republicans?
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03
h The Halls of Congress
Special Washington Correspondence.
BY TAV.

Washington political circles are no better in formed now as to what attitude Theodore Roosevelt is going to take in the approaching congressional elections than they were month ago. Standpatters, progressives and democrats are straining their ears for sounds that will in- dicate which side of the fence the strenuous ex- president and rhyno hunter is going to be on as regards the Taft and LaFollette factions of the republican party. But so far not an mixing of information appears to have been received from Africa
 Pending information from the correspond ents awaiting Roosevelt in Cairo, both stand patters and progressives are claiming Roose- velt's sympathy The progressives are unable to see how Roosevelt can indorse Taft without indorsing Aldrich and Cannon. The three are inseparably linked.
 The president, Senator Aldrich and Speaker Cannon form a triumvirate. They cooperate even on the smallest things, and each of the tri- umvrs publicly pays tribute to the wisdom and statesmanship of the>other two
 If Colonel Roosevelt should go so far as to endorse the Taft-Aldrich- Cannon admnistra- tion, as John A. Stewart, president of the New York State League of Republican Clubs, asserts lie will do, it is difficult to see how he can retain his present hold of those western editors who have recently been voicing their dissatisfaction with the Taft administration. An endorsement of Taft by Roosevelt will in all likelihood mean that Senator Robert M. LaF'ollette will step into T. R. $ place as the logical one to rescue the re- publican leadership from the control of the trusts and special interests.
 But will Roosevelt endorse the work of Taft? In their eagerness to arrive at some conclusion, both standpatters and progressives have gone over his record with fine tooth comb Here are some of the things they found:
 That as an assemblyman in New York state, as civil service commissioner, and as police com Roosevelt was regarded less as al republican than as an independent. He was the at least, in those days, a believer in free trade He co-operated freely with Mir. Cleveland when the latter was governor of New York, and he opposed the nomination of James G. Blaine in 1884, Caricatures of that period represented him as mugwump, grouping him with George William Curtis and Carl Schurz. Yet none the less he was essentially party man, and after Blaine received the nomination, Roosevelt supported him. His own explanation of his attitude at that time was interesting and may be now carefully weighed by anyone who may desire to try to prophecy what Roosevelt is going to do when he returns to American soil He said:
 q intend to vote the republican presidential ticket A man cannot act both without and with in the party He can do either, but he cannot possibly do both It is impossible to combine the functions of a guerilla chief with those of colonel in the regular army. The one has great
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03

The president of the Carnegie organization has been doing little figuring on his own ac- count and now announces to the world that phy- scians have become too numerous. They're harmless lot of fellows; and, besides little mat ter like that will readily adjust itself The same old prayer for deliverance from the college pro- lessor will still go up to heaven.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03

It didn't take live chamber of commerce very long to discover that one of the greatest needs of the Globe district was gasoline motor service between Globe and Miaml And the committee appointed will deliver the goods.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03

The friends of Mir. Oldfeld are insisting that he make the race for mayor on an independent ticket. Mir. Oldfeld in the past has served the people well and would undoubtedly make good chief executive.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03

It might be good idea for the chamber or commerce to take up the matter of city ticket and give us Globe ticket indeed. The task IS well worth the while and prompt action should be taken
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03

Secretary Rohrabacker has every indication of a live wire but he must have the support and cooperation of the people generally if the city is to make the progress desired.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03
MORNING SMILES

She-You used to talk eight languages, re- member
 He-Yes; before I was married.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-03

q was sorry not to come to your wedding, madame, but was not in Paris. "
 "Never mind. You must come next tune.