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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-20
The Amendment Destroys Safeguard
of Citizens.


These and other states have reject
"a it because it destroys one OF the
most cherished safeguards of the Coni
stitution-because it is the only
amendment ever proposed to the Con-
Stitution which takes from the rights
of the citizen and adds to the power
of Congress. In the declaration Of
these rights in the Constitution OF our
GTn state is named the fright of
acquiring. possessing and protecting
property"
Ard during the ninety years of her
existence Maine has rested secure in
those rights, subject to her own laws
and the provision in the Constitution
.oi the United States, which prohibits
direct taxes. save as they are appor-
toned among the States according to
population. While this provision re-
mains il makes no difference whether
Maine has eight representatives, as
She bad once, or is shrunk to half that
number as sne is today, With pros
poet Of further reduction. No power
ful aggregation in Congress opposed
BIZ interest or for other reasons, can
raise "A hostile hand against her, for
the hard that levies must proportion
.ately pay. Let il be recOllccted,
wrote Hamilton in the Federallst
''that the proportion OF these taxes
is not TO be left tn the discretion o.
the National Legislature, but is TO h'
determined by the members of eaCl
St3te As described in the second sec
tIon o. the first article. A circum
stance which eventually shuts the door
Ia I, vrfislif.r and nnnrnSSinn -
Not an EFFICIENCY Measure.
Notwithstanding the fact that Con.
gross has fepnd no difficulty in in
rrcasinS IL" appropriation for the
Army Navy, and Qualifications, IRON
1891 To 1919 over 400 per cent there
would be little opposition t. the pre-
posed Amendment if il was what il j,
often misunderstood To he, one grant.
ing Congress this bread power ii taxa.
ton only in case of war ar nationa
emergency. Fer it was only in sucl
"xiSencics tlEt tie Fathers ever in
tended he power of direct taxation 1,
be Used as Congress has the power
today und-r The restriction of appor.
tionm"nt and til. further restriction
imposed By the Supreme Court, AS Il
taxing the agencies of the State. Thi.
wa9 the mind. not only of the framcr.
al ;he Constitution itself. but of thus
who on our behalf, in the Massachu
sets Convention Of 1888 bound the theI
Province Of Maine in its ratification
ratification effected by vote of bI
iHs TO It's. and then only by recon
mending certain amendments one .
which provided that direct take
sP1a1llI h., ia.sfu Init
itnr'rs~ arising from the impost AM
EXCISE sroi insufficient for the publ
.aas - 5uIShoI ON IoJ pue ..so!ou SIX.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-20

Somerset Zeal Ee.ato Transfera.
Following are the recent real estate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-05
ITO be Continued.l
GOOD VENTILATION.

II Possesses an Actual Cash Value In
the Workshop.
That proper ventilation in factories
has an actual cash value has been well
illustrated in the case of a firm of
shirt and collar manufacturers in Ber-
lin, Ont, where the following results
have been obtained from four years
attention to the material welfare of
the workers:
The amount of business made was
doubled, wages increased so per cent,
by cutting out contingent help" the
number OF employees was reduced 20
per cent, the absences on account Of
sickness were reduced one-third. To
the firm this meant that 40 employees
did 80 per cent more work IN one year
than was accomplished by b22 employ
ees In a similar period four years pre-
vious. To the workers 1t meant that
430 of them earned in twelve months
$4,000 more than 500 did during
previous twelve months.
DIR. G. f. A. Winslow of the Massa-
chusetts Institute Of Technology made
a study of the amount Of illness pre-
vailing among the female operators In
the telephone central at Cambridge,
Mass, before and after the installation
of system of artificial ventilation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-05

returned Phillip. smiling. but It IL
coming"
81 know why" put in Pellrnan, one
Of the more reckless operators OF the
railroad group. IT'S because our
young friend is on the short side Of
the market for all the real cash in the
country. There must come a panic"
They were quite content to laugh at
Kelvin he was necessarily green"
being young and new to the street
Rollins got Phillip TO one side after
the dinner.
I'm very curious about the slump
you predict" he said. 81 hope it's
true. I want TO buy some railroad
stock, and it can't so any too low to
suit me-"
Phillip looked at him in musing ST.
lence. He liked Rollins. clean. well
set up man, with a clean life and an
honest one written all over him.
You buy outright only, 1 believe.
Mr. Rollins" he observed
Outright only replied Rollins.
''Then wait. There will be some
bargains by and by" declared Phillip.
so seriously that Rollins was Inn
pressed
Kelvin had been in the market more
than a month, steadily selling all that
time, when one evening in a private
dining room with almost the same
crowd Rollins found that he had no
cash and sent down q check to the
manager with a request that he send
up the currency. The manager him
self came up with the check in hand
and very much worried.
every sorry, Mr.. Rollins" said he.
''but 1 have not the currency in the
house. We have had no currency to
speak Of for several days. 1 don't
know why 1t is. but there seems to be
a tremendous scarcity Of cash."
What seems to be the matterT
II don't know, sir" responded the
manager. Trade was never better.
Our regular customers seen to have
plenty Of money. but no currency.
don't believe l have seen a thousand
dollars in cash In a week, except what
drew myself for our payroll here"
THAT seems to be a general COM
plant" remarked Pellman after the
manager had left the room. There Is
terday my check was refused at two
hotels. l don't understand it"
81 can tell you" said Kelvin quietly.
''Within the past year nearly billion
dollars of actual currency has been
entirely withdrawn from circulation"
They were slow to understand how
this could be.
81 have seen no mention of such a
withdrawal" urged Pellman. Where
and how has this amount OF money
Disappeared"
I'm bread" declared Kelvin. THE
one commodity in this country which
must invariably be paid for in cash is
the five cent loaf of bread"
A short laugh ran around the board
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-05

II don't know" said Phillip. II rath.
er think, however. that the best way
for me to help you would be to secure
something for your father"
He's difficult TO manage. He has
been very unfortunate"
Nevertheless ! think I can place
him." he said.
IF you only could- she replied.
I'VE would all be so grateful"
Her eyes spoke her gratitude a. she
looked up at him, and they spoke of
something else-et least SO Rsnsse-
laer judged as he came upon them.
On their way home Rensselaer,. whs
had resumed his ranch bluntness In the
presence of a ranch friend, spoke of
the girl. Miss White Is q beautiful
young woman. bea uttful In mind as
well as IN face and figure" he declared
''she has developed remarkably" ad-
mitted Kelvin. "She was a little girl
In shoe top dresses when boarded at
Gheir house Even then thought her
pretty, but l never suspected that she
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-05

this country viii start aflame and will
burn and destroy itself, TO the horror
of the world"
Dinner time came. and still Ben
White raved ON. Kelvin, catching here
and there traces OF a rather close
pinch I'm money matters. had not want
ed to stay to dinner. but he saw that
he would hurt them If he refused. Be
fore dinner be went up to see the bed
ridden Ed. q youth of about seventeen,
and he came down from that interview
rather sober.
At the table. fortunately for the Wis
itors. White had another topic Of con-
versation. his gardening, but some
chance remark led him back 10 his IA
vorite topic-the crimes OF the pluto
Gratis against the proletarfat-and be
began TO accuse Phillip. as a wealthy
man for his share in the existing in
justice. 1t was In vain for Phillip TO
aver that he had not reached the plu-
tocratic stage by any means, though
he was perfectly willing TO do so.
Phillip found opportunity before he
left for a few minutes with Elsie
Things are not going right in q bust
ness way?' he ventured
No" she replied. Phillip. I knew
that you couldn't help but see it
Father seems entirely to have lost his
ambition. Ed is an invalid. and will
be. I have never been fitted for any
thing, but I must go TO work 1 must:
there is no way out OF 1t Tel me
what 1 should do"
tits a hard problem. Elsie. to ind
inches in this busy world for people
with no especial training" be told her
-Stenographers earn good pay If they
are competent and Intelligent, but IL
takes half q year TO learn. and even
then the advancement In wages is very
slow"
II know" she replied ~ shall apply
for position as Il lady's maid some
where I'd be green even at that, bat
! am intelligent enough TO learn"
Phillip shrugged his shoulders Tn
afraid you wouldn't Ike IL very we'll"
What else IL there 20 doY' she de-
manded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-05
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
u HR. WHITE came in. q man of
MI about forty five and some /
what over weight. BE was a 4
4 4 pIastering contractor in a I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-05

price They are playing my own game
for me-"
Il presume you know your own bust
ness" returned Galleon dryly, but re-
member that have warned you"
And remember that have warned
your retorted Kelvin. BE sure you
keep my cash In a safe place, and do
not intrust 1t to a bank. In normal
times a bank is a safer place than a
hole in the ground for money, but not
In these times"
Except for the one srifie that cur
rency is little tight, l see NO cloud
on the horizon"
II am a better financial weather
prophet for this one time than the
Wall Street Journal" declared Phillip
confidently. In a very few days
will show you a cloud that will cover
this entire district like a blanket of mid
night. l know something, tell you"
This was the fourth or fifth time
since he had first come into the Of
flee that young Kelvin had ventured
such dire predictions, and in spite of
the fact that, except for the growing
scarcity OF actual currency. there was
no hint or trace of trouble to come,
Henry Galleon began to be trifie i'm
pressed by them, so much so that he
began speaking Of the matter to 9TH
ers of bis kind. In the Offices of
Raleigh & Raleigh, of Wilde &
Co, of Booker g. Watson and of
r r. EIdridge. the other brokerage
concerns that were acting as Kelvin's
agents, Phillip dropped the same seed,
and from these Eve centers. aided by
Rensselaer,. there gradually radiated
q note of inquiry. Was the market in
a really healthy condition? Was there
an impending break? No one could
tell.
In the meantime Kelvin steadily sold
his twenty stocks In 1000 share lots.
He became known as the "cash bear"
and there were a dozen conflicting sto-
ries as 20 how be had got his money.
Young Eldridge took q great fancy
to him and before be had been or
the market q week had him In at Ker-
rvs for dinner with q lot Of the big
guns Of the market 1t was discovered
that Kelvin distinctly knew how to
comport himself In any company. The
only thing of note he said duriAg that
dinner was that he confidently looked
very shortly for the biggest crash in
the history Of the street They heard
this remark IN amused silence, but In
the main they liked him Rollins, one
Of the conservatives of the railroad
group and of vast experience, was
the only one who studied Kelvin Sc
riously.
ION what do you base that queer
prophecyf' he wanted 10 know.
'Pm not ready to sen you Just yet"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-05

, agency on West Third street. He
leaves his widow; one son. Frank OF
Peoria; one daughter, Mrs. A. Sher'
raft of Waterloo, Iowa; one sister, Mrs.
Richardson of Sparta, Wis, and two
brothers, Fred and Albert Of Chicago
The body was sent to his old home al
Sparta, Wis, for burial
o.
ObItuary.-A telegram received yester-
day by NV. Boies company, undertakers,
states that John c. Keok died at his
home In Chicago and that the body
would be brought here for burial. De
ceased with his wife and family re-
sided until about 10 years ago at Gil
Brady street Mrs. Keck was a physi-
clan and was widely known in the
| community.
Richard Deiclegit of Bettendorf pass
ed away Sunday at Mercy hospital at
ter an illness of five weeks duration.
He had been employed for several
months at the foundry Of the Betten-
dorf Axle company and was a member
IN good standing Of Bettsndorf lodge
No. 429 of the NJ. 3. A He was born
Germany, and came to America April
l. 1910, locating IN New York city at
first and coming to Davenport a year
ago.
Sunday afternoon at 6 O'Clock occur
red the death of Luther J. Plummer at
the family residence, 1928 West Fifth
street, after an illness Of q few days
duration. He was born Oct. 10, 1883.
in Marshall county, Illinois, and had
been a resident Of Davenport for about
so years. He leaves to mourn his
death three brothers, Theodore and
Benjamin of Chicago and Strawder of
Davenport, and one sister, Mrs. Har-
riet Laramee of Memphis, Tenn.
Harold Chrisman passed away at
the home Of his parents, 10 Harrison
street, after a short illness, death COM
ing at the age of months and 25
days. He was born in Davenport Feb.
s, 1911
Alexander Elk died Sunday at St
Lukes hospital after an illness from
typhoid fever. He was born in Penn
sylvan1a Nov. &c, 1885.
Mrs. Mary O'Brien Mooney died Mon
day at Mercy hospital at 10 o'clock af-
ter an Illness of a weeks duration, sur
rounded by her children and grand
children. She was born in Mayo, Ire
land, Aug. 1, 1882, and came to Ameri-
ca In 1851. In 1854 she came to Dav-
export and made her home here. Ten
years ago she went to Mercy hospital
and since that time she had made her
home there.
Perry Alfred Stansbury died Monday
at the home of his sister, Mrs Hattie
e. Lake, One-half mile from the city
limits on the Slough road, after an ex-
tended Illness, death coming at the age
OF 65 years and 8 months. He was born
IN Insell, Alsen, Germany. His wife,
Mrs. Elsie Jorgensen, preceded him in
death several years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-05
MOLINE

Hits Curb to Avoid Coillslon.-Quick
thinking coupled with quick action on
the part of Martin Ahine, driver for
Fred Young, averted an automobile
collision at the intersection Of Elev-
acknowledgement avenue and
Nineteenth street Both cars were
loaded with men, women and children
and had the collision occurred some
one would have been injured Anime
was driving north on Nineteenth street
and as he approached Eleventh-and-
three-quarters avenue a large Mitchell
car swung into the street heading
south. The Mitchell driver cut across
the street In front of Airline. To avert
collision Anime turned his car into
the curb Airline was driving $4,000
Midland car and it was damaged to
the extent of $500. Passengers in the
Midland were shaken up, but not in
jureG.
Explosion Injuries Three. - Three
boys were seriously injured while
holding a premature celebration Of the
Fourth with toy cannon in Stephens
park They are Rudolph Ebeling, aged
IA, $40 Sixteenth avenue, ring and lit
tie fingers Of left hand shot away and
arms badly burned; Harry Wahe, aged
10, 532 Sixteenth avenue, cut in top of
head; William Miller, aged Is, 430 Six
teenth avenue, little finger of left hand
broken and hands and arms burned.
Others who were assisting in the eel
ebration, but who escaped injury. were:
Frank Krone, William Owens, Helvig
Peters, Ernest Buckles and Arthur
Cornelius. The cannon belonged to
the Ebeling boy and was a homemade
affair. He and his companions assem-
bled behind some bushes in Stephens
park, bent on spending a patriotic af-
ternoon. The cannon had been fired
few times when the accident occurred.
Ebeling was holding the cannon and
Miller was tamping the powder with
small stick, when suddenly there was
an explosion. Screams of pain from
the trio apprised their comrades that
they had been injured. The lads hur-
ried to a doctors office, where they
were given medical attention. Ebeling
was taken to the city hospital and the
other two boys were sent to their
homes. Others in the crowd who es-
capped injury say the force of the ex-
plosion knocked them down.
Obituary Record.-Mrs. Mary ]. Nc
Kee, aged "a years, died at a. m. Sun
day after long illness with paralysis.
Her husband Patrick died June "a,
1905. They were pioneer settlers in
the county, having resided on a farm
west of the Rock river bridge for the
last 80 years. After the death ofsher
husband she and the four surviving
children took up their residence at 1925
Twenty-etghth avenue, this city. The
remains were sent to Warner ILL.,, for
interment..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-05

CHAPTER III.
u HR. WHITE came in. a man OF
/" about forty-f1v and some
what over weight. BE was a
4 4 plastering contractor in q
small way. and although he bad done
no work for a month be bore the
marks OF his trade upon every gar
ment; even his hair and his mutton
chop whiskers seemed rather TO have
been mortar bleached than to have
grown naturally gray.
Hello. Phillip said he. shaking
bands. $50 you we're our Kelvin, after
all. / didn't think anybody poor
enough to know US could become plu-
tocratic enough 70 stop at the Espia;
made in these times"
II don't know why not" returned
Phillip. cit seems 10 me that these times
offer as many. IL not more. opportuni-
ties than ever 70 acquire wealth. IL is
perhaps true. however. that nowadays
IL a man has the lighting ability TO get
a start at all be has energy 10 go on
up. for the big fight IS IN getting out
OF the rut That explains. perhaps,
why we have practically no middle
class left TO Us. We have only the alb
normally rich. the people who spend
all their money 10 live like the abnor-
maliy rich and the very poor.
something has 70 be doner' sudden
" exploded Mr. White. The rich are
growing richer and the poor are grow
ing poorer every year"
Both Kelvin and Rensselaer, smiled
in recognition OF that ancient bro
mfde."
conditions must be changed entire
w. went on White. There never was
any monarchy in the world where the
condition OF the laboring classes was
worse than today nor where the pow
or of money was so unlimited. Look
az Henry Breed! Tsa' one man alone
owns an enormous share OF all the
property IN this coua:ry. and the Unit
sd States government is not strong
enough 10 collect from him that $2e.-
100000 fine. It has been held up In
the courts for fifteen years. Some dag
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-05
DAVENPORT

Smokes In Bed; Fire.-A man with
a lighted pipe in bed on West Front
street, between Brown and Warren
streets, caused a blaze. The fire de-
partment was called and when it ar
rived found the house wen Allied with
smoke and fire. The blaze was, how
ever, quickly extnguished- a second
call was sent in from the White Way
laundry on Brady street. where fire
had started from spontaneous combus-
ton. The fire confined itself chiefly
to the walls and the loss was about $50.
Former Davenporter SuIeldes.-In g
telegram which has been received at
the local police station inoniring as to
whether or not there are any relatives
of George KiIlian residing IN the city.
news is brought of the mans suicide
Sunday. He hanged himself with a
rope and was found dead at his room
ing house. The police conducted an
investigation for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether any Of his kin resided
here or not, and were unable to locate
any. II was learned, however, that
Killian vTorked for the Independent
a.. company until last Septem-
be. hen he left for parts unknown.
He was a member of the Brewers
union, and the head >ofnces at Cincin-
natl have been notified Of his death.
Injured by Baseball. -. Charles T.
Klndt is confined to his home as the
result of being hit by a baseball on
the shin several days ago. While the
blow from the ball did not break the
skin, pus formed underneath and 1t was
necessary TO lance It. He is resting
easier, and It is expected that he will
be out again soon.
Two Killed by Heat.-Matthias La
Franz. who was employed on the
Ehrcke brothers farm, two miles south
Of Blue Grass, was Frustrated with the
intense heat and fell TO the ground
dead shortly after coming In from the
field Monday evening about z o'clock.
Deceased had only been in America
for the past six weeks. coming here
from Germany, where he was born He
had been working for Ehrcke brothers
for the past two weeks. In 1897 he
was united IN marriage TO Miss Dora
Voss, and from the union the following
nine children survive: Willie, Max,
Fritz, Emma. Martha. Albert, Carl, ia
cob and Otto, also one sister in Blue
Grass.
Heat of Monday afternoon claimed
another victim, causing apoplexy. which
resulted in the death of Henry Al
phonse Leach. who resided at 323h
West Third street. He was for many
years a travelling salesman for the Du-
buque Casket company and had also
conducted the Leach Free Homestead
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-05
A Painters Retort,

Shortly after Franz Lenbach had
painted the portrait of Emperor VIII
helm 1. privy councillor called on
him 70 express the emperors satisfac-
ton. There was only one criticism to
Inake-would the professor be so kind
as TO psint more distinctly the buttons
on the uniform, which were only tndi-
Gated vaguelyf Lenbach looked at
him a moment over his glasses and
said: "Look here. Mr.. Councillor,
paint heads, not buttons Och NAL nur
koepfe. aber keine knoepfeD Tell his
majesty thatp' The emperor when
this answer was brought to him
laughed heartily.