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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29
BOOKKEEPER is A THIEF
Claimed That EInpIOye of Evansville
Ind, Bank $43,12S.

Evansville, Ind, April 29.-John
w. Blauth, formerly a bookkeeper of
the Evansville Trust & Savings COM
pany was indicted by the grand jury
today on a charge of embeZzIing
$43,12S from that institution. The
indictment is in four counts, two
charging larceny and two charging
larceny and two embezzlement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

Prior to the beginning of the pres
ent century we Americans occasion
ally saw one of our heiresses married
to a member of the British aristoc-
racy. Since that time marriages Of
English noblemen have largely been
under two conditions. Those who
have been interested in keeping up
their family traditions have continued
to come to the American market for
wives. Those interested in making
ducks and brakes of their family for
tunes have selected their partners
from those on the stage, principally
OF the London music halls. The fol-
lowing story illustrates what seriouS
complications are now resultant from
these unequal marriages.:
Miss Mildred Strang. an American,
an orphan and prospective heiress to
the estate of her maternal GRANDPA
Their visited London during the social
season. Strang was not her real
name. Her mother had been divorced
from her father and resumed her
maiden name. This resulted in the
daughter being similarly known. The
separation between the parents had
occurred a few months before Mildred
was born, and her fathers name was
never mentioned to her. Indeed, when
she went abroad he had so long ago
lost all connection with his wife that
very few persons knew anything
about him or what had become OF
him
Miss Strang, Notwithstanding that
there was a cloud overhanging her on
her fathers account, was introduced
into the first circles Of London society.
She was so beautiful, so accomplished
and withaI so to the manner born that
she soon became q favorite. The gam
bling habit which prevailed among VIC
men during the nineteenth century and
which was revived by the introduction
of a game called bridge" at the be-
ginning Of the present century. was in
full blast in England during Miss
Strang's advent. There seemed to be
a weak spot in her in this respect, and
it was not long before she was heavily
in debt for money lost at cards. She
was but nineteen years old and on an
allowance from her guardian not sufti-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

Not one member of the Texas dele
cation in congress could be induced
by Senator Bailey to vote against the
reciprocity bill. It is not likely that
more than one of them will support
the Bailey policy OF protective duties
on the crude materials Of manufacture
for revenue only.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

'I thought told you not to cut your
corns with my razorT Numbered the
exasperated husband who was trying
to lose a few OF his whiskers.
"And I haven't since you told me
you were so particular with your old
butcher knife" replied the wife
sweetly.
''Wen. 1t feels that way"
'I did open can OF tomatoes with
it. Would that hurt it any2 You didn't
say ! wasn't to do that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

People who live IN New York com
plain that the place is becoming too
noigy at night. The people who make
the noise will find # difficult TO IN
derstand why men and women who
long for peace and quiet insist on
living in New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

Former President Theodore Roose-
welt has assured the country that he
will not allow the next republican ma
tional convention to force the presiden-
tial nomination upon him-an entirely
unnecessary precaution on Teddy's part.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

A Hammond. Ind, lady yearns for a
divorce because her husband likes lin
burger cheese and green onions. Il
should be easy enough for her to make
out a case of cruel and inhuman treat
ment against him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

French troops are being rushed into
Morocco and Germany is busy taking
notice. Just as there is a prospect Of
peace in Mexico International compIi-
cations across the water begin to be
discussed. How fine it would be If
absolute peace might prevail every
where for Just a week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29
The Chanae.

Maud Muller on a summers day
Raked the meadow sweet with hAy,
But that WAS long ago. 1 ween.
They rake II now with q machine,
And when the fudge would take a 81
the SPRING. IN Bill. the raker's. hip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

Easing the Bur-
den.
Tier spending
money doesn't
amount to mort
than $50 q year
How In thu
world does Sh1
live 2"
ooh, they have
a charge &C
count"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29
Your tongue is coated.
Your breath Is foul.

Headaches come and go.
These symptoms show tnat you
stomach is tho trouble. To remove
the cause IL the 1rst thing and Chan
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet
will do that. Easy to take and mos
effective. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

''What is the reason they can't ge,
along together"
- matter Of temperament"
matter Of temperature, / should
think"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29
Takina II Easy.

'7Ie Is too lazy to walk upstairs"
IL suppose the coming down doesn't
bother him"
HE can fan down"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

To Be In II.
"She reads the sporting page care
fully"
"Daffy on sthleticsr
"Not at ALL"
''Then why the waste of timer
$50 that her husbands and sons can
not carry on a conversation at thG
table in foreign language"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

A wise Pennsylvania Judge has ruled
that it is no crime for a woman TO
have pretty eyes. In other words, they
are not concealed weapons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

England is willing that Canada should
have reciprocity with the United States.
Canada is willing and the United States
is willing. So why delay the ceremony?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29
April 20 in American
History

1S27-Deborah Sampson, heroine of the
American Revolution, died; born
1850.
1898 - Admiral Cervera's Spanish
squadron sailed from the Cape
Verde islands for Cuba.
19O4-Richard S. Greenough, noted
sculptor, died; born 1919.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

Z icon tlnuPd from rage One-l
Canada sold to US ..... 393,913,673
| Difference in our favor. 1892, 503, 703
ANY country which buys from US
try TO trade with. No tariff wall should
stand between US and such country.
1 WHAT STATISTICS SHOW.
Government statistics for the five
years ending June 80 also show these
/ things:
| Horses
+ We sold in Canada .$14,172,0 75
I Canada sold TO us.. 2,549, POI
Difference in our favor. 81 ,622 .S74
Cattle
We sold in Canada. ........S 1,578.179
Canada sold TO us ...... 1896
Difference in our favor IS 3s4,3S5
Meat and Dairy
We sold in Canada. ST., OH. OF
Canada sold 10 US ..... 904,19I
Difference in our favor .. s16,1o6. s26
Breadstuffs-
We sold in Canada .... .$31, 596,556
Canada sold TO us ..... 6,679, SS4
Difference In our favor .$24 ,916,672
You ask why Canada favors reci-
procity If il is TO give us the best of it
on these products. The answer is
easy:
First. the Canadian tariff is added
10 the price which the Canadian con-
sumner must pay. Canada desires TO re-
lieve its people from this extra price.
Second, Canada is willing TO take
its tariff on of the goods which we sell
it if in turn we will take our tariff of
Of the paper, wood pulp and lumber
which it sells US. If our tariff against
these products were removed 1t would
sell US a still larger amount Of timber
products than il now sells US. How
could that hurt the American farmer?
WHO Is HURTf
who. then, would be hurt by reel
procity? l Will tell you. The lumber
trust and the paper trust. Reciprocity
would bring Canadian lumber and pa
per here 10 be sold in competition with
the American lumber and paper. This
would give the American people cheap
er paper, and the farmer cheaper lum-
Der 10 build houses and barns. So you
see why it is the trusts are making
such frantic efforts to defeat reciproc- /
ity. They desire 10 hold a monopoly I
of the American lumber and paper 4
markets. Let the farmer be OF good /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

"Can't you get your husband to giva
up smoking?"
81 don't want to-"
"Do you like smoker
al am not particularly enamored OF
IL, but there are too many things ]
might have to give up in return"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29
EIxsd For Emeraeneiea.

81 shall always wear your picture
next my heart"
yBut suppose yop should learn to
love anotherP
"Oh, that pocket win hold Dozen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29
Saturday, April %, 1911.

II the vaudeville performer can't
get any open dates with the managers
he might try a fruit stand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29
HopeIess Cases.

Speak gently: It is better far.
But with some men you know
You throw a brick to turn the trick
That kind of argument you pick.
For IL is all they know.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly at 1884
Second svenue. Rock Island. III len
tered at the postofaee ~ second-class
nattsr.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

Client to meet these demands. Further
more, she was not to receive her estate
until she married, and il she did not
in the choice of a husband comply with
certain provisions in the will the es-
tate was to be used for charitable pur-
poses
Miss Suang was busily engaged in
staving of gambling debts when she
met young Herbert BadmantOn, whose
title. earl OF Tweezerdale. was one Of
the oldest in England. BIS father sat
In the. house OF lords when IL was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

In these times we fight for ideas.
and newspapers are our fortresses.-
Heine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

By TIVE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

1t IS comforting to observe that the
crazy people always take IA view con.
trary to our own.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

The man who waits for opportunity
TO knock finds the waiting good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

TERMS-DaiIy. 10 cents per week
Weekly. 81 per year IN advance
All Communications Of argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for pubhca-
ton No such articles VIII be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township IN Rock Island county.
s LIDO
GTRA1Esll G EsEai. [cogNcILS 20
sr cTH
Saturday, April %, 1911.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

The boss isn't round loudly proclaim.
ing who he is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

Pessimism is another name for indi
gestion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

What appear to be idle tears are
often the busiest ones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

Much Of the original sin to be oh.
served about us doesn't show many
signs or originality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29
TRUSTS STIRRING FAR
MERS TO FIGHT Ca
MADAM RECIPROCITY

Continued from Page one1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

While travel brondens a man, It isn't
necessarily fRttening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29

1t is a poor marksman who considers
a bird in the hand worth two in the
bush.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15

Miss Blanche Rhodes. who has
been on the sick list the past week.
has resumed her duties IN the Wool
worth store.
Mrs. Charles D. Snedeker. Of High
street, is entertaining her sister.
Edward ]. Peterson, local plant
clerk Of the New York Telephone
Company, is enjoying a week. EaCa-
ton. He was q recent visitor down
east"
Miss Ada A~neckstein is u]peud.ng
her summer vacation VITA her par
ents in Commerce street. Miss
Aneckstein has attended college in
Philadelphia and viii return to col
lege at the beginning Of the next
term.
Misses Anna Allen, Jane and
Myrtle Warren, Pearl Cook and
Katherine Kleckner have returned
home after spending the term at the
Normal school in Trenton. Miss
Theresa Farrell of Woodbridge, has
also returned home from the Nor
NAL school.
Miss Elizabeth Miller, of Bath
Beach, Long Island, is the guest Of
friends in this city today.
Peter Jensen, Of Woodbridge,
spent yesterday with friends in this
city.
Paul King, of South Amboy. is
spending the day as the guest of
friends in this city.
Arthur A. Quinn, of Madison ave
nue., has returned home after visit
ing friends in Railway.
Miss Anna lark, Of State street
is spending e day as the guest Of
friends in Woodbridge.
Mrs. M. J. Mcnamara, Of State
street, was entertained at the home
Of friends in Newark Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. John J.. Harper and sons.
Vernon and Dick, in company with
Mrs. Margaret T. Harper, OF 223
State street, spent yesterday as the
guests of Mrs. Peter B. Fox. In Nil
ton avenue Railway.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15

Public taste in America has progress
ed in no direction more rapidly than in
music. Not only opera, but instru-
mental music Of many kinds, is now
thoroughly intrenched in the public
interest. An amusing contrast a be
found in a letter which Bret Harte
wrote to his wife in 1879. He had
been to see "'Tannhauser." which he
deemedst the most diabolicaIly hideous
and stupidly monotonous perform
ance" be ever heard. The orchestra to
him was like a power factory at
work in the next street" The singing
was a multiplication table, he claim
ed, lugubrious, ponderous and monot-
onous. Bret Harte executed the idea
better than most of the others. Not
long ago the newspapers were full Of
foxes about Wagner. Now he and all
other great composers are accepted
simply as great writer's or great paint
ers, and Bret Harte. if he we're alive
today, would scarcely produce the
same joke-Collier's.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15
FREEZES THE LUNGS.

When Intensely Cold Air Is Breathed
IN Through the Mouth.
"I led an Alaskan pioneer who
was arossing to his old home in Swe-
den what happened when the Their
u0meter goes down to 80 and 80 de-
grees taIow zero" said a Seattle man.
"At go degrees below" he said, "the
exposed aars, hands or nose will freeze
in going a quarter Of a mile under
ordinary circumstances, but the chill
dreu go 70 and come from school as
usual uI.hout suffering from the cold,
provided their faces and hands are
protected.
.Taev Don get used to 1t. But eau
ton must be used to avoid drawing the
cold sir ilto the lungs, and 1t is dan
geuouz .0 breathe through the mouth.
More die from pneumonia brought on
bF freezing the lungs in that way than
from aug other form of exposure.
Horses are protected by breathing
bags. v.lch extend down from the
nose Of he animal about eighteen
inches and are open at the bottom.
The breath which is exhaled warns
the air in he bag before 1t is inhaled
and drawn into the lungs. And men
wear Ill ky or headdress which ex-
tends over the face and affords similar
protection.
"In the Canadian districts the north
west urunted police regulate the
treatment Of horses on the freight
wagons and stage lines in a most hui
name manner, so as to prevent them
from sulsging in this way."-Wash-
iug-0u Harsld.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15
PERSONAL n
Z. pICkUPS II



Mrs. James Sleight and Miss May
Sleight, of Staten Island, were local
visitors yesterday.
Mrs. f. A. Seaman spent Wednes-
day in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.. Rossi, of Lewis
street. are spending the week in
hamilton ont
Mrs DndIey browning. Of Netuch-
on enent Wednesday with her par
ente in Hfgb street
Mrs. W 7 IansIev and Miss
R1ancha T.ansIev leave tomorrow to
enend several weeks at Lake HoDat-
cong
Mic ueIaD good. of First
street is renorted on the sick list.
N{ss Helen Netzner. of High street.
is en+ertainfng a friend from out of
town
Mrs Robert lracan was a New
WI ,-tsi+or voe+ardav
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15

A Critical Shave.

John Eays Hammond once paid SIS
FOR a shave, and he did it at a time
when he was not worth much money.
He was married in a small town in
Maryland and arrived there the morn
ing before the ceremony after a dash
across the continent. One Of the things
he carried with him into the town was
a thick but unornamental growth Of
whiskers, and one thing he did not
have was a razor.
His search for a barber resulted in
the discovery of the only one in town,
an old negro who had been imbibing
too freely for several days. AS a re-
suit Of intemperance the tonsorial art
ist was shaking like an aspen leaf in a
gale.
Look heren!' said Hammond. You
are going to shave me. If you so
much as make a nick in my face I'll
eat your SAxo~tt II YOU don't eNs uae
! III give you~S
The barber, after much effort, agony
and tremor, finished the shave success
fully. But the strain was too great
for him. Just as his hand closed on
the FIVE dollar note he tainted away
New York Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15
LEPR0SY in INDIA.
The "Untouehables" Reach the Loves.
Depths of Human Woe.

Depths of Human Woe.
The "untouchables" Of India reside
IN little huts made Of palm leaves or
mud, without windows, and with a
single doorway, usually so small that
even a child must stoop in order to
enter it, containing absolutely no fur
uiture, except a few rudely baked
earthen pots and pans.
Generally there Is no bedstead of
any kind, the whole family sleeping
huddled up on the bare dirt floor,
which is commonly plastered with cow
dung. A few rags cover their persons,
and these are worn night and day.
Their financial condition precludes
eating more than one meal q day, and
this oftener than not is far from
hunger appeasing and is seldom cal
culated to appeal to the palate. For
this wretched existence they must
work hard and long hours.
On account Of the filthy condition
in which they live disease is rampant
among them. According to the last
census, lightweight out of every 1O0,-
600 people Of the depressed classes are
afflicted with leprosy. In the matter
Of education they are as deficient as
they are in every other virtue. Ac-
cording to the report Of the director
general of public instruction Of Bonn
bay. barely FIVE out of 1000 Of the
parlah children of the presidency of
school going age attend school.
In one word, these ffty-three odd
millions Of Hindus are not only soci-
ally but also intellectually, physically,
financially and morally submerged
Saint Nlhal Singh in Southern Work
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15
--. Word "Terse."

"Tersa Is a word that has an under
stood meaning nowadays. Shadwell
DO the fourth act of THE .Humorists'
G07U put this question into the mouth
of one Of his oharacters: Must stay
till ny the 9trength of terse claret you
have wet yuIrself into courage?" 1t
is probably al allusion to what is still
sometimes ga'led Dutch courage
bravery inspired by alcohol. Claret
was In those times imported in
'tierces aud .'terse' may be a con
densed form If that word; also 'terse
cl0ret' may have been a drink that
did its business without any circumlo-
cution, ike the terse speaker or writer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15
The Bath In History.

Hygiene, even cleanliness, is a mod
ern notion. 1T is not necessary" says
Miss Margaret Macmillan in The State
and the Child" ito go back to Queen
Elizabeth, who bathed twice a year
and always in fear and within call Of
two physicians, or TO Queen Anne, who
lost eighteen. children, in order to find
people who set a bad example. The
children Of the worst areas today are,
after all, no dirtier than were the
court ladies of yesterday"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15

Liberty Council, Of this city, a
Friendship Council, Of South Ambc
can justly feel honored because
the recent state convention of
Daughters of Liberty a membe
each received q state position.1
Laura B. Antonides, of Liberty
ell, was reappointed deputy
counsellor, and Mrs. Ada NJ. w
OF Friendship Council, was appoint
on the state law committee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15
Not That Kind Of a Bishop,

A certain bishop staying at a country
house noticed that he was closely OBJ
served by his hosts little daughter,
At length she found an opportunity to
question him.
Are you really a bishop she asked.
Yes, of course 7 am-really,' an
swered the amused prelate.
well, I don't believe it," respond
ed the child, whose father was an
ardent chess player, "cos I've watch
ed you ever since YOU came, and your
head isn't spit down the middle, and
you don't walk corner ways.'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15
As They Used to View the Plague.

An old work, a little book published
in Cologne IN 1865 under the title Of
"Geistliche ind Leibliche Arzteney
Wider die Pest" gives a crude ex-
PLANTATION of the plague and its raw
ages. We learn that it is due to the
eccentric movement of the planets,
ecIipses of the moon or sun, tnunda-
lions, earthquakes, famines and wars.
Often also it follows the bad efiuvium
set up by pigs, ducks and geese. 1t is
frequently attributable to the anger Of
God for mans sins, such as injustice
in the law courts, the oppression of
subjects by their rulers, the dearness
of goods, the dance and gaming.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15
BIRTH ABRAHAM WILL
BE IN LINE July 4TH

Perth Amboy Lodge, United He
brew Order Of Birth Abraham, at its
meeting last night, decided 20 take
part in the Fourth Of July parade in
this city. They will appear in the
parade with the Hebrews Orphans
Asylum band Of seventy-fve pieces.
At this meeting the nomination of
officers took place. The election viii
take place at the next meeting. Four
candidates were initiated and eleven
new applications were received.
Armin Tomaschof has received
his commission as district deputy.
from the grand lodge. He succeeds
Herman Ellis, in that position.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15
CHEERS GIVEN
BY GOODWILLS
Honor Of Flag Day. Officers
Are Nominated.

a salute with three cheers for the
stars and stripes we're given at a
meeting of the Goodwill Association
last night on the occasion Of the one
hundred and tlirty-fOurth anuiver-
saIg of the American flag that oc-
cured Yesterday. Harry NanDOren,
a prominent member Of the ~associa-
ton, proposed the salute at the OPEN
ing Of the meeting.
The nomination of officers took
place at this time. One application
was received and three new members
were elected. The election viii take
place at the next meeting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15
E-...-Y In Scottish Mines.

Slavery fingered in the Scottish
mine ug.. The very eve of the nine
teeu-n Jury. Mr.. lakewood, in
"Jhe Good Old Times" draws a pic
tu.e .L ... Scottish miners unhappy
lot .l the asst: From about the year
l++1 uurt. 10 the miners of Scotland
were Uru-.. and sold with the soil.
Tt is stated in old chronicles that
-GIuollga.-- we're kept to trace them
if they left heir employment and to
aid -u bringing them back. By statute
law miners we're bound to work all
days Ill .-- year except Paschal and
Tu.a. emil # they did not work they
were r. n- hipped in the bodies for
the glory d.. sod and for the good of
tLe.I m.-...- Not until 1775 was the
frs. law pas. L in an attempt to better
this state Mt .ings, but It was 1899 ere
the Jaw CAV. the working miner of
Scotland u.a .omplete freedom.'-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-15
REV. Y. B. SK0V TO
ATTEND CONVENTION

Rev. Villads B. Skov, pastor of Our
5aviour's Danish Lutheran church,
VIII attend the triennial convention
of the Lutheran Synod of America,
TO be held at St. Paul, Minnesota,
next week. Rev. Mr.. Skov will leave
here Tuesday morning and will be
gone over a week. He will return
about July !. On Sunday, June %,
there will be no service at the local
church on account Of his absence.