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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-29

Co., of New York, for assistance
in floating pool.
Needer- explained that on jan
uary 10. 1908, when the packers
were consulting with representa-
tives of the First National Bank
of New York STANDARD OLD and
Jacob Schiff, manager of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co., the First National
held their notes for 100000.
1t was then brought on that
Schiff Strengthened out the fnan-
cial troubles of the packers, and
secured for them the loan of $751;
100000 which brought the Ma
tional Packing Company into ex-
istence.
Copies of notes signed by Nor
ris, Armour and Swift for this
money were introduced and iden-
titled.
Veeder's testimony leads to-
ward the belief that fear of
world combine of the British in
dustries was the first thing that
caused the, packers seriously to
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-29
TWO CENTS A DAY

1--WE profits with employees says the steel trust You
do, eh? How much?
why great sum of 900 year. is the Quite
pile isn't it? But into how many is that sliced?
Oh about 2oooooI That is year. cents month";
day for the individual workman! za;&
And how much did Mr. Morgan get his brief job
n the steel About S20OOO0OO And how much surplus
profit has the piled up addition dvdendpoft repre-
scented by betterments made with earnings by surplus cash
the treasury? About $650O0O000 II
But it's all rghthe their workmen bonus of cents
day. That's sharing proftsp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19

room and that neither the election Of
Senator Jorimer nor a story about
Father Green of Chicago and dete2-
tive employed by Chicago newspa-
per hostile TO Senator Lorimer figure"
In the conversation at any time
CONTRADICTs BURGESS STORY.
Mr.. Burgess story was that Rudolph
Weyerhaeuser, Fred Weyerhaeuser, S.
G. Cusson, an employe of the Hines
Lumber company; B. A Johnson, a
representative of the American Lum
herman; Mr.. Wiehe and the young
Canadian were In the smoking COM
partment at first and that all left but
Mr.. Wiehe, the young Canadian and
himself. and that then Mr.. Wiehe
made his remarks about Senator Lori
mer's election. Mr.. MCGOWAN insisted
that MI Wiehe was the first one OF
the group to leave the room and that
at no time were the three named by
Mr.. Burgess the only persons there,
Cross-eXamination Of young McGOw-
an by John H. Marble, attorney for the
committee, revealed the fact that ne
was unable to repeat single state
ment made that night by Mr.. Wiehe Or
any Of the others. Mr.. MCGOWAN also
made several statements at variance
with those contained in an affidavit
sworn to by him recently for one Of
the Hines Lumber company employees
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
Swindler Caught.

The fellow who tried to pass check
for S175 at the Iowa National bank of
Davenport yesterday morning and who
was foiled because OF the caution OF
the teller, was arrested in Moline today.
He had succeeded in getting rid OF
checks for smaller amounts in both
this city and East Moline II is claim
ed that he is the brother-inlaw of a
prominent Moline man. He gives his
name as Howard BurrelI and he is but
20 years old He says be will make a
clean brest of his swindling
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
2-CENT RAIL RATE
IS HELD UNLAWFUL
Ruling Applies Only TO C., p. & St.
l., Line Unable TO Earn Re
Quired Percentage.

Springfield. H., July 19.-Master-in-
Chancery Allen. of the Southern Hi
nois district. TO whom was referred tn,
temporary injunction restraining the
enforcement OF the two cent passenger
fare on the Chicago, Peoria and st
Louis railway. today fled his report
holding the two cent rate act Uncon-
stitutional as applied 10 that railway.
which was unable TO earn the required
percentage. He recommends that 4
three cent rate be allowed that raIl.
way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
HEAD OFFICERS
Get JOBS BACK
Woodman Board of Directors
Announces a Part of Their
Appointments.
FIRST SESSION YESTERDAY
New Directors, r. r. Horns and S.
S.Tanner Assume Their
Duties.

The executive council Of the Mod
ern Woodmen OF America in execu-
tive session yesterday afternoon at
the Woodmen building made a num-
Der Of important appointments for
the ensuing three years. For the
most part the appotntees succeed
themselves Other appointments
will be made this afternoon. Those
that were made yesterday are as fol-
lows:
Secretary to the Head Clerk. F.
Egan.
Assistant Secretary to the Head
Clerk-F. J. Burt.
General Attorneys-Ben D. Smith
and Truman Plantz.
Medical Directors-Drs. F A.
Smith, 3. E. Jones and E. L. Kerns
Editor the Modern Woodman-F.
o. Van Calder
Superintendent OF Tuberculosis
Sanitarium-Dr. J. A. Rutledge
CLERKS STAFF INCREASED.
DIR. Rutledge succeeds DR.. White,
resigned, as head OF the sanita-ium
Mr.. Burt has long been associated
with the work of Woodmen in this
city. His new duties will include
beside his old duties. work directly
under the supervision OF Major
Halves. The increase in the business
Of the order necessitates the increase
in the head clerks staff Other
changes will probably come about in
taC near future.
G.. J. Byrns and Dr. Rutledge are
the retiring directors of the board,
the former having resigned about a
year ago to take a government posi-
ton. F. r. Korns and s. s. Tanner,
successors TO Mr.. Byrns and Dr.
Rutledge. attended their first meet
ing as directors Of the order From
the highest official of the organiza-
ton down. the officials and depart
ment heads are practically the same
as under the former board.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
FIRE DESTROYS A
FINE WAREHOUSE
Building Used by R. G. Benson
for Storing Hay and Grain
Total Loss.
ENGINE SPARK Is BLAMED
Flames Break Out Shortly After 6
Last Evening-Train Delays
Work of Firemen.

a warehouse and shed between TWEEN
ty-second and Twenty third streets and
next to the railroad yards used for the
storage of grain and feed By R. c. Ben
son, the feed man, was destroyed by
fire which was discovered last evening
shortly after 6 o'clock. It is believed
that a spark from a switch engine
caused the flames. The loss is about
$1,000 and it is covered bySinsurance.
A small stock of baled hay was prac-
tically all that was in the warehouse
at the time. The firemen worked at
the place from the time they were call
ed until midnight, and they were called
back this morning when 1t was found
that the fire had broken out afresh.
FREIGHT TRAIN INTERPRETERS.
The blaze might have been extin-
guished before any great damage was
done had it not been that a long Mil
waukee freight train prevented the
firemen from laying their lines of hose
when they got there The train was
just passing at the time and il moved
so slowly that the fire got a good start
before any water could be put on it
When they finally did get the hose laid
the entire roof was ablaze.
The building was erected for the use
of J. W. Stewart, who was then in the
hardware business. He used it as a
warehouse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
WHOLE COUNTRY IN
FIGHT ON CHOLERA
Five More Carriers Discovered
Among Immigrants Quaran-
tined at New York.

New York. July ia cholera bulIe-
tin issued al quarantine stated one OF
the steerage passengers on the steam
er Moltke this morning showed symp-
toms of cholera
New York, July 19-The health Off
GERS not only of New York but of the
wohle country may be asked to help
repel the threatened invasion OF Ash
attic cholera. The discovery of five
cholera carriers" among 500 immi-
grants undergoing meteorological ex-
animation at quarantine has emphasiz-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
labor Leaders Freed.

Chicago. July 19.-The state today
nolle pressed its cases against Onon-
nell. Garvin, and Kearney. the Chica-
20 labor leaders, indicted for the muT-
der of Vincent Altman. The action
was precipitated by the collapse OF
the states case when Frank Pardce,
the prosecutions star witness, admit
ted on cross-examination he was an
ex-convict and an eliminate OF an in
sane asylum The labor leaders were
released.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
ed what Health Commissioner Doty

ed what Health Commissioner Doty
has said about the difficulty of confin-
ing the disease to quarantine hospitals
Of ports Of entry. A system of gen
eral observation is contemplated, SO
that even after the carriers are re-
leased from quarantine the health au-
thorities of the places where they set
tie may watch for possible transmits
sion of the disease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
Cook Jail Unssnitary.

Chicago, July 19-An investigation
OF conditions at the Cook county jail
was made today by Chief Government
Jail Inspector Mckee. as a result OF
com plants made 10 Washington by
federal prisoners who declare tie
building is insanitary. the food poor,
end the guards abusive. The inspeo-
tor found the jail oveFerowded and IN
sanitary conditions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19

iContinued from Page OneD
by the Lorimer attorneys that they
had located him.
Mr.. MCGOWAN declared that he re-
manned IN the smoking compartment
of the sleeper on the Winnipeg Flyer
the entire time during the two hours
and a half taken by the journey from
Duluth to Virginia. He said he heard
every word spoken by those in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
THIS FOR MEN.

OF concern to every man is this
announcement of the sale Of such
celebrated makes of shoes as Flor
sheim, Edwin Clapp and Common
wealth. It isn't a sale only of a few
broken lines but of every pair OF
mems oxfords in the NJ. & X For
example, all Florsheim IS oxfords
are sS.S5; all mems $3.50 Common
wealth oxfords are $685.; all 81 OK
fords. S2.25; all SO oxfords $2.35.
Besides you can take your pick of a
special lot of mems SO to Sc oxfords
at S1.9S; mems s1.75 canvas shoes
with elk soles S135; mems $3.50
canvas oxfords and shoes s1.15;
mems $3.50 barefoot sandals, Good
year welt. at s1.75; and mems elk
skin shoes with rawhide soles s2.75
values at $2.15; and s2.35 values at
$1.75. This is truly the shoe oppor-
tunity of the season and you should
avail yourself of il TO get an extra
pair for present use as well as sew
eral pairs for future needs. When
you come to the ". & K, be sure to
see the wonderful values they're Civ
ing IN the new store for women !;
particularly ask to look at the beau
tiful silk dresses on sale at half
price: also the women's and misses
suits on sale at half price Tomor-
row Is a good day to trade at the NJ.
& K. 90 IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
Enters Race Against Cannon.

Nation, Ill. July 19.-W. D. Oday
of Neoga has announced himself as a
candidate against Joe Cannon for nom
nation 10 congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
Held for Abandonment.

Arthur Carmak, arrested July II on
a charge of wife abandonment and non
Support, was today given a hearing in
Justice c, J. Schroeder's Office and
bound over 10 the grand jury in the
sum Of $500 bond.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
Stokes AssaiIants Indicted.

New York, July 19.-I1llian Graham
and Ethel Conrad were indicted yester-
day on three counts growing out of the
shooting Of ". E. D. Stokes June 6.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
City Chat
eALLADE OF THE GARDNER.

We sent away and ordered seeds
about a peck or So
We had a splendid catalogue that
showed us what To buy
And when we got our chosen lot we
thought Of what we'd grow
And how our neighbors all would
see and enviously sigh;
But when the months had rolled
around and thick and green and
high
The vines and stalks before the winds
of summer swayed and shook,
We learned, alas, We could not class
results with hopes that die
They were not half as large as SEEM
ed the pictures in the book.
Tomatoes, beans and all the rest, We
had them there on show
Sweet corn and peas and stranger
things we only got to try.
And some we sought through all the
plot-we hunted high and low
And never found a single trace a
sample to supply;
But what we found was not designed
to please our expert eye,
Or bear out promise made. when
ne'er OF failure thought we'd
brook
We had, you know, each page to
show will not dare deny.
They were not half as large as seem
ed the pictures in the book;
We watered well, we fortified, We
swung the spade and hoe,
Both morn and eve our labor went
our hope to satisfy.
Our longing great to gravely state
unto our neighbOrs, "Oh,
We bought good seeds and planted
right. and that's the reason
why"
I think the season favored US, twas
neither wet nor dry
And half life size" the plates az
ffrmed-how oft we went to
look,
OF hope sown fair we reaped despair
and often paused to cry
"They were not half as large as
seemed the pictures in the
book" Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
1me Of Reidy Eros.

Buy a home OF Reidy Bros.
Kerler Rug company. cleaners.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For express. call Spencer & Trefz-
See l. Marks, the eyesight special
list, over Dolly Bros shoe store.
Let William johnson do your tin and
furnace work: 1916 Third avenue.
H. I. Siemon wants your tin and
furnace work; 15261528 Fourth ave
nue..
Loans on real estate security. AL
bert Huber. Peoples National bank
building.
K:ndling wood $3.50 per load at the
Rock Island Sand and Gravel con,
pany. Old phone COS.
Learn to dance. Graham's dancing
school, 1882 West Third street, Dav
enport Old phone North 2539-Y. Pri-
vate or class lessons. day or evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
4 ONE-DAY 81
SALE OXFORDS
NJ. & K. Will Sell Women's OK
fords at One Dollar for
One Day.
WISE TO GET UP EARLY
A Walk Out of All Mems Ok
fords and Low Shoes.

You have heard the old saying
early TO bed, early to rise, makes
a man healthy, wealthy and wise"
That applies well to the dollar sale
of shoes for one day at the NJ. & K,
so set your alarm clocks before your
neighbors and get to the NJ. & K.
first. There's a good run of sizes in
these tan Russia calf and tan suedes,
also patents, gun metals that go on
sale at one dollar. Not a pair in the
lot sold regularly for less than three
dollars and most Of them were
$3.50 and 81 Some are on display
in the NJ. & K. west window. While
this is the main attraction in the
NJ. & K. shoe store tomorrow, there
are other offerings of much interest
to everybody. For instance, all wo-
mems IS oxfords and pumps are
s3.1S; all $3.50 styles sass; all
$3.50 oxfords S1.6S; and all $1.75
oxfords are Sis. These prices ap-
ply TO Armstrong styles as well as
the other well known high grade
makes carried exclusively by the NJ.
G. X
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19

All the news all the tme-The
argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
A Crash In Crashes


the than
and Up,
prices lower Pure linen crash oweng from the best and
reliable makers,
al
fully yard
Crashes bleached.
sec nee.
bleached
width, bleached
beached
Thursday and Friday
for the savings
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19

This is an Age for Specialization

Physicians specialize teachers specialize men enerinE
caings specialize they would be successful
Makers OF clothes and corsets follow suit They aim t
produce the best possible article.
Witness the Regis corsetmakers with their reputation
for turning all domestic corsetsand to fit
curatelv many different figures possible
neglected, figure, stout or thin, is tor
gotten in great of models for th
girls for petite slender hgures PLUMP
women short and tall, any figure
Materials light heavy fancy all kinds OF trimmings
fastdious, medium, high low busts, topics
corsets long hips and abdomen pla
or fancy S1OO 81 so $500, $3.50 $500 and by
stages $500
These Regis the very climax of the corset
skl-notng satisfactory be found in thu
whole realm of corsetdOm
To make every remember all we say about thes
Regis corses, we'll sell Thursday hundred
splendid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
Put As High Value AS You Choose
Your Millinery. Remember This:


value
becoming
the the
McCabe Millinery
that duplicates will
The essened prices at this should Nners
All these shapes just half balance of
White Mians,
yellow chip shapes
half half, half until Saturday a
is Just
double there be
duplicates price.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday at Just Half
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19
TRUTH HARD TO REACH
IN LORlMER QUIZ

CONTINUED from Page One,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

| thing. Is that what Is called par-li-a
men-ta-ry?"
1T Is. 1t Is the usual FORM"
And I spose ven he tiliin' me that
Joe Cannon said the same whin he stood
In yer place"
Certainly.
"And yit wan av the cries on which
was illicted was down with Cannonism.
said I'd stand for no short talk from
the chair IL ] got in. ! said me only re-
grit was that I had had no chanst to
chailinge Uncle Joe on his native heath.
gavel in hand and drivin' his betthors.
No sintimint that I expressed in the
campaign took so well as that. And yit
here is Cannonism in its most offinsive
form. I'm told to do a thing as though
l was mental. And it makes no diff
ferince that the Speaker has points on
Uncle Joe in the matter of beauty. But
with me, pritty is as pritty does. The
chair should behave up 70 his good
looks"
IF the gentleman from Massachusetts
Will allow the chair
Il find I've made more allowance for
the chair than l should. I've done
nawthin' to the chair to excuse what the
chair has done to me. Yours truly has
ordered nobody about l got upon me
feet with feelin's of kindness for the
chair. only to be told to do thing as
though l was a page.
The chair assures the gentleman from
Massachusetts,
THE chair has lot av assurance. But
I care for none az it. l demand me
rights as the aquel av any other man on
this flure.
The gentleman is clearly out of order.
But in kindness to HIM and with his
kind permission. I'll put the matter to the
House. The gentleman from Massachu-
sets asks unanimous consent to proceed
in his own way. and without limit as to
time
Mr. Sullivan was standing with his left
hand resting on his desk. and the right
doubled in a familiar style His face was
flushed, and as he glanced around the
chamber there was light in his eye
which at other times and places had
made Paddy Ryan, Jake kilrain. Char
ley Mitchell and hers tremble in their
fighting shoes.
rs there objection?" Mr.. Underwood
concluded, in the mildest tone.
The chair heard none.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24
Bees, Crickets and Potato Bugs.

Interpreters of portents are certain to
nave explanations ready for certain
9henomena that have been observed in
three different cities within a short time
an invasion of potato bugs in the neigh
7orhood of Providence. r. L.. plague Of
ricketts, at Austin. Tex. and a swarm
If bees in 18th avenue. New York, are
all susceptible of acceptance signs of
unusual things to happen. The coinci-
hence of these three visitations on the
same day must mean something. No
self-respecting soothsayer can ignore
them. Usually history deals with locusts
n this matter of natural warnings of
the untoward.. and there has been no
historical record of potato bugs and
crickets as conveyors of occult truths.
But why not potato bugs? Grasshoppers
are definitely established as signs of bad
times. No Kansas farmer will ever
scott at the suggestion that the long
legged insects are harbingers of evil. The
potato bug Is in itself condemned nui-
=ance. The cricket is not rated as an evil
influence while the bee is a friend OF
man, only asking respectful treatment
and consideration for certain social
.diosyncrasies which are held sacred. Dc
these swarms mean hard times or q cold
winter? Do they signify republican or
democratic success? Have they any re-
lation TO the awful fate of the Canadian
reciprocity pact? There Is plenty OF
material for lively debating in this trio
II strange happenings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24
SPANS TROUBLES.

From the Providence Journal
At Barcelona everything Is tranquil, ac-
cording to the dispatches from Spain. 1t
is incredible that insurgency can make
much progress SO long as Barcelona
stands pat.
From the Lewiston Journal.
crisis. Alfonso might as well be presi-
dent of q trust as be king.
From the indianapolis Star.
Maybe those revolutionists will yet
make Alfonso walk Spanish.
From the Knoxville Sentinel.
Spain is becoming jealous of her neigh
bors and wants to get her name in the
papers.
From the Providence Evening Bulletin
Alfonso of Spain is losing that youthful
look in the pictures, and perhaps II is
neither his fault nor Father Times.
From the Atlanta Journal.
1t does look like SPANS throne would
have to be upholstered, even II 1t doesn't
fall.
From the Syracuse Post Standard.
Alfonso has another revolution on MS
hands But Alfonso is getting used TO
revolutions And he doesn't deserve them
half as much as some of his predeces-
sOrs.
From the New York Tribune.
The writing of insurance on the sta
bility of the Spanish throne gives Lloyos
! a new distinction and suggests that even
Bourbon kings are, after all, as common
mCrtalS''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

practically infallible. She has an instinct
that governs In such cases more reliably
than even a scientific system OF thumb
prints and anthropometric records. AT
the same time. in this case, the sugges-
ton is advanced that the mother. having
collected q life insurance on the ground
OF the supposed death of her son. is
actuated by a selfish reason in denying
this man who now asserts that he Is her
SON. Furthermore. the claimant may be
himself moved by hope of financial gain.
Yet il would surely seem that man
coming out of prison and looking around
for somebody to claim as parent could
fnd. If dishonest. a more profitable pros
pect than this woman in Michigan. The
country is full of parents who have miss
ing sons roaming somewhere about the
world. and surely there are more inviting
opportunities for a shrewd imposter to
seek an establishment than in this Niles
home This case illustrates once more
the superiority of truth over fiction.