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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
The Years Benefactions.

Taking account only OF the large
sums, the benefactions OF 1910 pre-
sent an astounding total. Donations
aggregated $44.112,1S1, and requests
ss7.472.4O7, or s141. 6O4, SIS in all. This
IS about equal to s1.60 for every
man, woman and child in the nation.
Never before In the nations history
was such munificence heard OF as
marks the present age apart from
every other.
OF the total sum SCI 27S,1s2 went TO
universities. colleges and other insti-
buttons OF learning: $56.22s,24S to
charitable institutions OF various
kinds: sl7,e54.4sS to churches and
other religious associations: 1885,
$50 TO art museums, galleries. and
municipal objects; and finally, $751;
600 to libraries.
Let no one suppose that men alone
are generous giyers. Contributions
from women total $40. 7S7, 1862. sS,74s.-
722 of which went to charity, ss,433,-
ESQ to colleges. s3.o25, SEQ TO art mu-
seums and municipal objects. s2.4S2,-
270 TO churches. and s14S.020 to H.
braries. Leading all other women In
the amount OF her donations is Mrs.
Russell Sage. OF the men. Mr. Carne-
gle, Mr.. Rockefeller. and ]. Pier
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
A Chanaa in Tactics.


In days when hearts wero not CONCEALED.
Days that will come no more.
Men met with pleasure uncoDceaied
The stranger at the door.
Now when he comes no debOnalr
The wise ones turn the lock
TIL they can find IL be r. there
To sell them mining stock.
They used 20 greet him with a smile
And offer him "a seat.
Insisting he should stay awhile
And have a BIT 20 eat.
But now they wonder n the bit"
VIII be the other w6y
Through schemes he has their purse 20 ~
And what will be 20 pay.
Old fashioned hospitality
Invited him TO stay
And with the things they had make froa.
Nor tear himself away.
But now they want 10 understand
The wherefore and the WIZ
Before they offer him a hand
Or blink a friendly eye.
The times have changed. as any one
Can notice At a glance.
The stranger doesn't come for fun
Or drop around by chance.
And that's the reason. very plain.
Not vague. obscure or dim.
When one cones up who can't explain
They set fhe dogs on hlul
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
mont Morgan in the order named gave
to the various objects.
Time for the Get Together Spirit in
Rock Island Elections.

Time for the Get Together Spirit in
Rock Island Elections.
With the success of the commission
plan of municipal government in Rock
Island comes the opportunity for the
get-together spirit in Rock Island pol
tics. For The Argus own part, it is
frank 10 say that henceforth, locally
speaking, while the new law is in force,
it knows no political lines in Rock Is
a republican is as good as a democrat
in connection with the government of
the city of Rock Island, so long as he
leaves his politics at home when he
Identifies himself, or seeks to identify
himself, with the government of the
city.
What Rock Island wants now is men,
fair and square, qualified men. 1t is
through with politicians and self-seek-
ing individuals. 1t wants men who viii
give an account OF their stewardship
day by day, men of common sense
from the common walks of life. While
the names of several ideal citizens have
been suggested for mayor and in con-
nection with the discussion Of the
commissioners under the new law, The
Argus does not propose to adopt the
initiative in presenting of its own
volition candidates for consideration,
although those who come out will be
mentioned in the proper news way, of
course. The Argus has no end to
serve, no candidate to promote and
10 ambition to crafty, except
that which speaks for good local gov
eminent wholesome. clean. conserva-
tive municipal government, such as
will make Rock Island in fact the best
city on the map.
There will undoubtedly be plenty of
good men of all political shades devel-
oped during the preliminary campaign,
and it would be more conducive to har-
mony If the people should so govern
themselves in the final elections as to
consider political as well as geograph-
ical representation, on much the same
principle as is now observed in the
personnel of the board of education;
yet no man should be considered, or
expect TO claim recognition, because
of politics. The absolute elimination
of craftsmanship is the very object the
law seeks most to accomplish.
All things considered, the time is
propitioUs. as said before, for the get
together spirit in Rock Island Now is
the opportunity for the clearing away
of extremes and the bringing together
Of all interests which make for the bet
terment of the whole city and its com.
mon citizenship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Rockford rejected the commission

Rockford rejected the commission
form of government yesterday by an
Overwhelming vote. Three years ago
the city voted dry" under the local
option law. Last spring saloons
were voted back with a whoop, the
people having decided prohibition
was a failure. When the commits
sion form of government was
brought up the newspapers and 9TH
er influences that had supported
prohibition were most active in ia
vor of the change in the form of
government and the people evil
IDENTIFY feared that If the proposition
carried and commission were elect
ed the city would again be made
dry" While there OF course was
in reality no connection between
the commission form of government
and prohibition the people decided
to take no chances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

meal I picked my way down the
broken ramp that led from the second
story and wandered curiously among
the ruins.
There was little to be learned there,
for most of the traces of that once
beautiful medieval city were either
overgrown with vines and shrubs or
else lay at this hour in deep shadow.
Rounding a high wall, 1 found myself
in small temple.
A tall Brahman priest bent above a
stone altar, and at the sound of my
footsteps he turned and without
evincing surprise at my intrusion
calmly advanced and slid into place a
slab of stone that served as a door,
thus, cutting off my retreat.
"Open that door, please" COM
manded sharply.
/ had spoken in English, and to my
surprise he answered in the same
tongue, and his voice was vaguely
familiar
at is too late. have sent for You,
and you have come. Do you not recog-
nize me, Brayton?" He lighted a
resinous torch and, sticking it in the
/ looked and stared and stared again,
incredulous at first and then con-
WINGED that it was Bob Pendleton him
self. His skin was burned to the color
Of mahogany; his hair was concealed
under a folded white cloth; his eye
brows were shaver, and his black orbs
rolled fiercely in their deep sockets.
Handsome he was, as he ever had
been, but wretchedly worn and enact
ated and so changed from the hand
some, buoyant fellow had known that
/ might not have recognized him save
for the deep bell notes of his voice.
His fierce unfriendliness as expressed
by the malignant glitter of his eyes
brought forcibly to my mind our strain
ed relations.
Bob PendIeton. My God. man, what
are you doing here?' gasped at last.
waiting for you. Brayton," he said,
with an odd laugh.
waiting for me?" / repeated stu
pidly. why, that is why 1 came, of
course. You needed me-"
Wanted you'll don't need you" he
sneered. But I called you. didn't l.
across five seas and the empire OF
India?"
by some superhuman power you
did summon me. I am here. If you
do not need me ] will go. Bob. do
you still hold that grudge against me?
1t was fair fight and
He held up long. thin hand. BE
STILL" he said harshly. 81 do hold the
grudge. 1 have nurtured it these years
past, and now my turn has come. She
did not Come with you, Brayton? No?
Strange. / sent her a most appealing
call, and time was when she was not
entirely indifferent TO me-"
Glowering down at me from his tall
height, he smiled cynically and turned
to the altar. which held nothing save
a small square box Of some rare wood.
/ suspected he was insane, and yet there
was a certain deadly purpose about
everything he did and said that inn
pressed me with a degree or fear
that he might not be mad.
The silence of the little shrine buried
deep In the heart of this ancient
ruined city. the roar of a tiger from
the jungle outside, the very thought
OF my utter isolation from all man
kind, my only companion this half
mad enemy.
''AE men vii be looking far me
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Life Lines
BY BAsILEUs.
WORK
Copyright. 1910.

Prayer will play its part as the
work is done, IL work is done with
prayer in the heart.
The man who is afraid to touch work
with his hands and who keeps his feet
running in ruts. can't build business
with his brains.
The man who works. not the fellow
who shirks, is the one who gets ahead !;
the back seat row is the kind you
know who are always considered desi..
Over-work is only another name for
"under-pay" and work grows more tire
some as we look upon 1t as a plague
rather than as play; work when made
play is sweet, but play when made
work Is work.
The head winds hinder when the sea
man shirks; life's voyage is smooth
sailing to the man who works.
Throw your energy into your work
and let your whims take care Of them
selves II you want TO win.
The slip-shod way Is taken by the
Jay who works only for pay: If you
watch the clock you can't get TO bed
rock"-in your work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

tive when the law goes into effect If
there are other remedies, they might
also be provided for at the same time.
The people want the principles of the
law, and these they are determined to
reap the benefit of.
The Argus, from the time the COM
mission plan was first promoted in
Rock Island, even before the law was
adopted, endeavored to maintain a
friendly, fair and consistent attitude
toward the proposition, and is happy in
the thought of having been with the
people in the battle they have fought
and won
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
The Triumph of the Commission
Form.


While the vote was by no means
normal, It was both representative and
decisive, and fairly indicative of what
it would have been had it been larger
The commission form of municipal
govern~ccH. .tCh won in Rock Is
lands sHocs-, election yesterday ap-
pealed to the people as a whole, and
had weather conditions been favorable
TO q greater vote, the greater would
have been the majority. That the full
force of the opposition was out and
doing, it is fair to presume. The in
fiuences that were hostile to the adop-
ton of the new plan were the first to
show fight, and the attack was contin-
ued all along the line until the last
vote was in. The friends Of the COM
mission plan conducted a dignified,
conservative campaign, free from bit
terness or feeling. They knew the
only necessary to awaken the people
TO the responsibilities Of voting in or
der to win the day. Those who foster
ed the proposition in Rock Island, who
started the petitions, and saw to it that
they were properly fled, who later took
a sufficient interest in the election to
see that the voters attention was call
ed to the responsibilities of the hour,
we're not moved by selfish considera-
tons or personal ambition. It is doubt
full IL a single man instrumental In
gaining the approval by Rock Island of
the new order of things, had an ak TO
grind, so to speak, or expects to be
identified in any manner with the
regimen that is to follow.
A happy phase OF the election was
the democratic nature of the men most
interested in the success of the propo-
sition. Politics was eschewed and the
partisan animosity of old eliminated.
II was the peoples proposition. and
democrats and republicans, business
men and the laboring men worked side
by side for the success of the project
While there are perhaps some phases
Of the law that are imperfect, and as
in the case of all forms of legislation
there is the chance of technical short
comings which may imperil the
law should it reach the supreme court
for ruling. in the main it is a step.
and big step. in the right direction.
II there are any errors in the law.
the best way TO find them out is TO try
il on The Argus has felt this all
along. The recall feature, for instance,
is farce in its present form, and the
sentiment in favor of the law in gen.
eral, as expressed throughout the state,
viii have the stronger effect in COM
peliing the Legislature, now assembled,
TO rectify that feature and reduce the
percentage required for recall from rs
per cent 10 80 or 40 per cent. I'm
doubtedly this may be accomplished Il
the proper move is made TO impress
the Legislature with the demands Of
the people If this clause Is changed
early in the present session. II may be
done so with an emergency proposition
that viii make ii Immediately opera
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
The Argus Daily Short Story
The Fourth Essence-By Clarissa MacIde.
Copyrighted. 1910. by Associated Literary Press

Bob Pendleton and I had been
friends for years until the inevitable
woman stepped in between. For a
while we were rivals for Eleanor's love,
and then Pendleton lost out and dis
appeared entirely from our lives.
Eleanor lived only a few brief years,
and 1, who was then bereft of both
friend and wife, was more alone than
/ had ever been. My business was OF
such a nature that 1 had much leisure
more than was good for me-and
instead of returning to my home city,
where old friends and old haunts
awaited me, closed the house where
Eleanor and had spent the brief and
happy years of our married life and,
winding up my business affairs, be-
came a wanderer on the face of the
earth.
I became absorbed in the study Of
Byzantine architecture and thus at
the close of our year was lingering in
Constantinople.
One night was sitting in my favor
lite cafe dreaming over the events Of
the day when Pendleton's name
SOuhhCu 81 NlStlACllN III NY CdiS
l leaped to my feet and looked around.
The cafe was quite empty save for one
or two Turks in a distant corner, the
slipshod walters and myself.
Bewildered, sank back in my seat,
only to be assailed by the insistent
repetition Of Pendleton's name. It
seemed TO be beating against some
inner consciousness and was not, as /
had at first supposed, an actual vocal
demonstration.
Then, forgetting the bitterness he
had held against me and remembering
only the pleasure Of our long friend
ship. 1 was impelIed to go to him. 1
felt that he needed me-that somehow,
in some way, he was calling me to
come to hlm-and. following some
blind instinct, 1 returned TO my house,
placed my courier in charge of my be-
longings. packed a portmanteau and
at dawn the next morning had taken
steamer for India.
With me constantly was the sug-
gestion that Pendleton called me, and.
as if guided by this invisible thread
Of desire, / entered a new country.
At Dinaghpore / secured guides and
fastened down to the ruins of the
ancient city of Gaur.
We reached Gaur at shutdown of a
breathless day. and my arrival seemed
to signal the departure OF my fancieS
concerning Pendleton and his desire to
see me. Once more / was the practical,
level headed individual who had held
PendIeton's churlish attitude slightly
in contempt. / maFveled at the de-
fusion that had brought me thousands
of miles TO the suburbs of Gaur, yet
was bound to take advantage Of the
opportunity and investigate the ruins.
Then would return to Constantinople,
for India did not interest me at that
time
Perhaps we were a couple of miles
distant from any habitable portion Of
the city, for here the ruins of ancient
edifices were surrounded by a thick
jungle. and my guide, a low caste
Hindu Of gigantic stature, told me that
the jungle was infested with man
eating tigers
My men were well armed, and as we
had made camp in the crumbling
upper story Of what had once been
beautiful tiled temple we felt secure
from marauding beasts
Before the swift dusk fell and while
nv men were nrenaring the evening
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
HuInor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
NJ DUNCAN ~. SMITH

A WOMAN doesn't so much mind that
her husband goes down town In
the evenings occasionally unless she
imagines he doesn't want her TO go
along.
A girl is very patient with her little
brother when callers OF consequence
are within hearing.
If you have a grudge against a man
give his youngest son a six-weeks-old
puppy.
Frequently a man sees n deeply
smitten girl in the affair. while all the
girl sees is theater tickets and now
ers.
When a man has the blues he re-
CARDS sunshiny day as a personal In
suit.
When a widower takes a decent In
terest in his personal appearance his
friends chuckle and nudge and look
so knowing that the poor man feels
like joining the dear departed.
As a matrimonial asset the ability 10
bake buckwheat cakes Is worth In
flnitely more than the ability 20 write
q good club paper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
not a common. every day cough mix
ture. 1t is a meritorious remedy for
all the troublesome and dangerous
complications resulting from cold In
the head. throat. chest or lungs.
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

Uncle Joe Cannon has just been
left two and a half millions by
man he aided while in congress and
who afterward went to India and,
Hm assed fortune. This shows that
it is possible for a congressman to
honestly acquire riches while at
tending faithfully to his duties. The
field, however, has not up to now
been worked to any great extent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

Pasadena, Cal, has been having a
tournament Of roses. Here in Rock
Island we are having a very fair sam
pie of winter weather which is very
likely furnishing us with as much en-
tertainment as they are deriving from
the flower show on the Pacific coast.
Variety is the spice of life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

The death of 500 aviators would
probably not put an end to the ven
turesomeness of many other aviators.
There are too many people possessed
of the daredevil spirit to permit the
fate of 500 aviators to deter many
others taking the same chances with
fate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Jan. 4 in American
History

1Tss-Benjamin Lundy. philanthropist
and abohdonist. born; died 1899.
Lundy advocated the boycott
against all products from slave
labor.
1e1o-Darfus Ogden Mills. banker and
capitalist. died in San Francisco:
born 1925
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Have you a weak throat7 IN

Have you q weak throat7 II 30.
you cannot be too careful You can
not begin treatment too early. Each
cold makes you mare liable TO anoth-
er and the last IL always the harder
TO cure. IL you will take Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy at the outset
you will be saved much trouble Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Armed Peace ExpensIve.

Paris. Jan Edmund Thery, the
French economist, figures that the
maintenance Of Europe's armed peace
footing in the last % years cost $685.
coo, coo ,00e, which excluded from pro-
ductive industry 1S5, 900 officers and
{, 500. 600 men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Just as peairahle.

Just as Desirable.
What is better than being born with
a silver spoon in your MOUTH"
"Silver spoon?"
eyes"
"I don't know about its being better.
but I'd as lief be born with the trust
coupons in my hand"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Judoina From Experienee.

"Do inanimate things have any
tboughts?"
do they7 That furnace OF mine has
reason"
"You think SOP"
"How could It do so many devilish
things at the wrong time IL II hadn'tr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Thinkino Of Investina.

"If I should wiring the neck Of my
neighbours boy would IL be against the
law?" asked the long suffering one OF
his attorney.
Certainly"
ct was afraid OF that. But would the
fine be more than a million dollarsr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

it would have been close TO 5000 ma
jority.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
A Hint.

"They say thnt silence speaks louder
than words sometimes"
Eyes. and that's the kind OF counsel
I'd advise you 10 listen TO-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

How do you do, commission form
of government; good luck to you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

The legislature of California is in
session, and we shall soon hear Japan
csc war rumors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Bad Disposition.

There's always one trouble about
tine show mes"
What's thatl"
They are never willing to learn"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
FilIinq q Want.

Filling q Want.
"There ought TO be a smaller coin
than n cent"
"What would you buy with ftp
al wouldn't buy anything. II would
only be used, in fact. by millionaire
tightwads to tip the waiter"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Had Some Friends.

How Is your book going7"
"well, the first edition was gobbled
up before 1t had been out a week"
Great Who took itr'
my creditors"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Ihnx Generally Do

HE doesn't know very much"
Doesn't he?"
mo"
"What does he teachf'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

The people know what they want,
and they are bound to have it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
Good SUGGESTION.

Glow do you keep out of the down
and out clubF"
Il keep paid up membership In the
I'D and ms"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weakly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill len
tered at the postof1ce as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

az THE ). w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-04

When a man has the blues he re-
CARDS a sunshiny day as a personal In
suit.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
PASSENGERS ROBBED.
Bandit Celebrates Christmas by Lcot'
ing Missouri Pacific Train.

Bandit Celebrates Christmas by Lcot'
ing Missouri Pacific Train.
A bandit celebrated Christmas
night by going through Missouri Pa
cific train No 112 and holding up more
than one hundred passengers, from
whom he took only money and
watches.
The man boarded the train, which
was from st. Joseph, bound for st.
Louis, aa Leavenworth Junction, in
the outskirts of Leavenworth and
left it at Northwestern Junction, ii
Kansas City, Kansas, after securing d
large amount of money and valuables,
and shooting one man who attempted
to resist him.
enworth Junction, the robber opened
the rear door of the Pullman car and
confronted the astonished crew with q
revolver, after which he robbed them.
Cautioning the conductor and porter
to keep still, he went through the car,
taking up collection of watches an0
wallets. Finishing with the Pullman,
he continued through the chair cars
and the smoker until he had held up
every passenger.
The train left Leavenworth Junction
shortly before 10 O'Clock, and by the
time the man had finished his work it
had reached Kansas City Junction
Here he dropped from the steps of the
smoker and disappeared.