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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

the information. but because Uncle
Sam expected to need them and
wished to get them ready without
attracting suspicion. So, the story
goes, Argentina is to build the ships
and the United States has the right
to take them of its hands by pur-
chase At any time before they are
completed Although Senator La
Toilette caused an inquiry TO be
made into the matter, no public re-
ports have been made as TO why our
government consented TO give up
such valuable information TO a for
eign power and the secretaries Of
state and the navy have refused to
give to the senate any documents or
evidence bearing on the case.
II is popular just now to dig up
all kinds of evidence to support the
rumor that this country is on the
edge Of war with somebody and this
correspondent who sent it out may
or may not be another war scare, -
but it is worth considering.
The two ships under construction
are the Moreno and Riva Davia. They
are to be the largest ever construct
ed for any nation and equipped IN
the most modern way. They will
cost s23, 100000. II our government
should be able to acquire them in an
emergency they would constitute q
formidable addition 10 our fighting
strength.
But let US hope we will not need
them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
RESTRICTS CLERGY
Members of Catholic Priest
hood Enjoined From Bus
mess Activities.
RESERVATIONS ASKED FOR
Head of Church DEGREES in Future
Efforts Must Apply to Spir-
ituaI Work.

Bishop z. NJ Dunno has provided for
the PRONUNCIATION in the Peoria diocese
OF a recent decree Of Pope Plus /. at
fecting priests engaged IN secular bus
mess. By the terms OF the decree the
members of the clergy engaged in bus
mess in an administrative capacity
must resign their Offices within four
months after the PRONUNCIATION of the
decree.
The text OF the decree follows:
According to the teaching Of the
Apostle Paul, mo man being q soldier
20 God entangleth himself with secular
business" Gil Tim. 11:G. The con-
slant discipline and sacred law of the
church has ever been that clerics must
not assume the administration of sec
ular business except in certain special
and extraordinary circumstances and
with legitimate permission. For re-
earding themselves as raised to a posi-
ton above temporal affairs" It is nee
essary. as the sacred council of Trent
has It. Sess. XIII, cap. de reform,
that they observe with all diligence,
among other things, Those that have
been copiously and salutarily ordained
concerning abstention from worldly
business
ANXIETIEs OF BUSINESS.
And as in our own time, with the
help of God, many works have been
founded in Christian society for the
temporal welfare of the faithful. and
especially banks, institutes of credit,
rural banks and savings banks, these
works are to be highly approved and
greatly favored by the clergy, but not
in such a way as to distract them from
the Offices proper to their condition
and dignity to involve them in earthly
contracts, and expose them to the anx-
ieties, cares and dangers attaching to
such business.
Wherefore, Our Most Holy Lord Plus
x. while exhorting and ordering the
clergy to give their assistance and ad-
vice for the foundation, protection and
for such institutions, by the
present decree absolutely forbids eccle- |
5iastfcs, secular and regular, to accept |
oT TO retain II they have assumed them, |
those offices which import the cares, |
and dangers arising from |
he administration of them, such as |
hose of president. director, secretary
and treasurer. and the nike.
FOUR MONTHS NOTICE.
His holiness therefore lays down and |
orders that all ecclesiastics who at |
present hold such offices shall within |
tour months from the PRONUNCIATION OF |
This decree send in their designations, !
and that for the future no member OF /
he clergy can undertake and exercise |
any Office of this kind unless he first /
receive permission to do so from the |
apostolic see, All things to the con-
.rary Notwithstanding.
Given at Rome at the seat of the Sa- |
cred Consistorial Congregation, Nov !
IS, 1910.
c. CARD DE LAI, Secretary.
8 TecChi Assessor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
VILLAGES SHOW GAINS

Population Figures for Various
Places in Rock Island County.
The census figures which cover the
villages Of Rock Island county show
an increase in the population of Port
Byron during the past 10 years
Other villages in that vicinity also
show slight growth. Following are
the figures:
Population Of Port Byron. in 1909
was 1872, in 1910, last year, 40,
gain in 10 years, 3S.
Population of Cordova in 1900
was 414; in 1910, $50; a gain of So
Population of Hampton in 1900
was 414, in 1910, 374; a gain
of so.
Population Of Rapids City in
1900 was PIP; in 1910, $50; loss
of 50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
KILLS MAN IN TOWN JAIL
Fatal Free Fight Takes Place in
Auburn. HI, Prison Over Dime.

Fatal Free Fight Takes Place in
Auburn. HI, Prison over Dime.
Springfield, H., April l7.-While
a same of dice was in progress in
the village prison at Auburn yester-
day morning. Lee Risen, aged %,
shot and killed Henry Lindsey, aged
70. OF Auburn, during a dispute over
a 10 cent wager on throw. Risen
made his escape. and though blood
hounds were placed on his trail he
is still at large. The portion of the
prison where the game was in prog
ress is open at night for destitutes.
There was a general dispute over
the bet, revoIvers were flashed, two
shots fred. and according TO the YER
dict of the coroner's jury, Lindsey
was murdered by Risen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
PULLMAN CO. REPORT IN
Income Last Year S3S, 384,OT3 anG
Dividend 8 Per Cent.

Dividend Per Cent.
Washington. April 1.-THE Pull
man company has submitted its FRS:
report as a common carrier to tho
interstate commerce commission
The law leaves to the discretion o.
the commission the designation OF
the corporations that shall be re-
quired to report and all railways
have been compelled 20 comply, but
not until this year was the Pullman
company placed in that category.
The reason given by the commits
sion is that a special form Of report
lad 10 be prepared and that on ac-
count Of press of work this was not
accomplished until a few weeks ago.
The commission reports for the year
1910 its income from the operation
Of $3.50 cars, construction of cars
and other sources was SAG, 1894 ,073.
It paid an per cent dividend and
distributed S2O.OOO,0GO in stock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
ALPINE DEATH TOLL HEAVY
Average OF Nearly 100 Person al
Iear Loco Lives in Mountains.

Average OF Nearly 100 Person Al
Year Lose Lives in Mountains.
London, April 1.-THE Austrian
and German Alpine clubs have Just
published statistics showing that be
tween 1901 and 1910 inclusive SS6
Aipi1lists lost their lives in the cen
tTaI Alps Of Europe.
In 1909 there were IA climbers
killed and 100 in 1910, not includ-
ing IS persons who met their death
while picking edelweiss. OF this to-
tai of ISS fatalities, ~ were Ger
mans. "a Austr-1ns. 10 Swiss, and
four English. Eight were guides.
The largest number OF fatal acct
dents ia the Alps took place IN
August. II is estimated that the
army Of Alpinists now numbers 1907
600.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

Judge Alton B. Parker, democratic
candidate for president IN 1904, tells
OF a young man n Savannah named
Du Bose. who invited his sweetheart to
take buggy ride With him. The young
Girl had very fetching lisp. When
they reached Il rather lonesome bit Of
ros6, The young man announced: This
is where you have 10 pay toll The toll
& either kiss or a squeeze" "Oh, Mr..
On Both" exclaimed his companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

The Maine legislature, democratic N
both branches. has just adjourned sf-
ter a session lasting 13 weeks, during
which every pledge that had been made
by the democrats in last falls cam
psisn WIS substantially kept.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

T. is announced that the one curious
result OF Tire pure food law VII be the
DISC ppearance from the American mar
ket OF green tea and the substitution
thereof Of yellow tea Is this new.
phase Of the yellow perfl7"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
IndiHo@nN,

The chauffeur doegn't own the car,
So why should he be Sad
Because It gets an awful Jar
That puts u TO the badf
He doesn't have TO pay the bill
To have the works repaired
BY one whose charges cause a tirrin
And 90 his tears are spared.
The girl who washes up the plates
And keeps the silver bright,
Who on the dinner table waits
And sets the house to right,
Don't worry " she breaks a cup
Or hicks o fancy glass.
She picks the scattered pieces up
And calmly Lets 1t pass.
The man who rents . house and lot
And moves his family there
Don't lose his temper and get hot
Because Of wear and tear
His son may with q hAtcbet play
Upon the polished floor.
And he VIII look the orl7sr way
Or close his eyes and snOre.
II makes a difference, as they say.
Whose or receives the GAR.
II it's another's you display
Your testh ana have q laugh.
The mining broker takes, the cash
With which his patrons part.
And when TIE venture goes TO smash
II DOESN'T break his heart.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

The amendment to the commission
form reducing the recall percentage
has been made a special order for
Tuesday, April %. The house should
rass the amendment without further
defav
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
Argentina,s 80 shin d Mo-

It is now announced with some
degree Of positiveness that the rea-
son Argentina was let into our nsva!
secrets in regard 10 the construction
OF two big bzttleships, vas not be-
cause Argentina need the ships or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

n there was one with soul so dead
as to find fanIt with the Easter wealth
eT Offering this year. he has not yet
been heard from. and he had better
be ulItet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
ENTERTAINERS.

EnteFtaiWne.
Don't you get awfully lonesome out
herer'
"Oh, NO: the neishbors are very in
terestfng"
How Is thatr'
"You never know when they are
going to descend upon your solitude
and privacy and they are always play
ing an interesting little game called
bring back what you borrow"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
April II in American
History

1790-Dr. Benjamin Franklin, inVen-
tor, philosopher, statesman and wit,
died; born 1706
1806-WiIliSm Gilmore Simms. author
OF southern historical fiction, born;
died 1870.
1S61-Virgtnia adopted ordinance of Sc
cession. the eighth state TO with
draw from the Union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

Protests against the American troops
on the border do not come from the
thousands Of Americans who ind them
selves tied up IN business IN Mexico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

The champagne war IN France may
be said TO be the most notable Pop up
rising since the-one in Kansas 20 years
ago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

Medcans when shooting at each
other have been officially warned not
to let the bullets 90 sideways.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
HPPrcS pirate

"YOungpop is going TO have his baby
christened Bill"
How stranger
"Oh. l don't know. The younSstec
came on the first Of the month";
puck
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

Sir Thomas Upton is a grand officer
OF the crown Of Italy and honorary
colonel in an English regiment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

Roosevelt says be Is half Irish and
half Dutch but nobody will declare
he is half modest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

Annie. Besant. the theosophist, is an
expert archer and croquet player.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

The hate which we all bear with the
most patience * the hate Of those who
envy us Cotton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
Blaze.

First Sfx-yearoId-Going 70 the cir
Gus?
Second Six-year-old-No; are you?
First Six-year- old suppose 1 win
have to take my grandfather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
Every rirna.

81 am a workingman."
"Whom do you work p
"Oh, the public"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

Couldn't Prove II by Him.
''Why does the sun always rise in
the eastY'
docs II, thoughY'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
Similarly

Similarly.
'It is hard TO tell what q man
knows by the way he looks"
Precisely. And it il equally hard
to tell what he owes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
Your tongue is coated.
Your breath is foul.

Headaches come and go.
These symptoms show that SouI
stomach is the trouble. To remove
the cause is the first thing and Cham
berlains Stomach and Liver Tablet,
will do that. Easy TO take and mos
affective. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
harNeat P1aea.

In riding through a tunnel
While darkened n the view
II there are unkissed kfsses
Just gather up q few.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
AtmonN,

Aihnony.
"She married for money"
''Did she get itT'
Eyes"
'.Then why did she get a divorceT
"For more money"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
The Ruling Passion.

The Ruling Passion.
"Do be still
"But I can't bear to be still"
"Why can't your"
because nobody would notice me II
! were still"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
Little Did She Guess-

"What made you late, JollnT"
Jones invited me I'm to have a
smile"
"Has he taken up with that silly
cheer fadT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

Hard to beat-the Baster egg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
THE ARGUS.

WTHs ). w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

Many q man who wouldn't have a
titled son-inlaw at any price would
like to be able to anrord one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

THERE are plenty Of people who give
advice. but few who have sufficient
confidence in it 10 take their own.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17

The woman who can make twenty
cent coffee taste Hike the forty-flve cent
criticize need never be out OF Job.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-10-20
Letters From Uncle Frank

which I believe will be the case,
cannot see why this valley should not
add millions year to the value of it's
dairy products by turning to cheese
making.
But I want to call to your attention
especially to the close relationship that
exists between the production Of hogs
and butter. and here the average price
of hogs year after year is about I cents
while the cost of prooucing them does
not exceed half that. The dairynan
therefore. who is combining alfalfa and
milk fed hog raising with the dairy bus
mess is surely on the royal rad t.
prosperity.
For the young man, especially, this
combination offers one of the greatest OF
opportunities, for he can star; in with
a few first grade cows and hogs and
make them give him good living, while
the~natural increase will furnish prof,
far outrunning interest" and Imperial
valley is just the sort of country
would choose if l was a young man
hunting a place to make good. Affection
ately yours
UNCLE FRANK
p. S.-I have been very much wor-
ried about the welfare of Aunt Susan
at the approach of another one OF
your long winters and l wish you woul j
home and have the bill sent to me.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-10-20

El Centre, Oct. ~, ISL.
Nv Dear Nephew.-I wrote yesterday
with special reference to the dairy bus
mess and l feel now that l have lett
much .unsaid that ought 10 be said to
give YOU comprehensive idea OF the
local situation.
You have been familiar with the dairy
countries in the East, and you know that
even with the comparatively heavy eX-
pense of production i'm that country and
the comparatively low price of dairy pro-
ducts such districts are always highly
prosperous.
What. then, can one expect from a
country where expense IS reduced at the
same time the price Is raised and inc
climate is favorable to exceptionally
heavy production?
You are a young nan, ana more lHan
to myself, to you the lonS future is a
matter of much concern Il, therefore,
should be OF great interest to You to
know that the Pacific slope is building
up consuming communities more rapid
Is than producers of tNt trst essentials
of life. and l cannot sec the end Of this
order of development.
Particularly in the dairy business, it
appears to me that population aust
tend to outrun producti1a, and that here
will. for more years Than either OF Us
Will know. he a steady rise in demand
Unless time should develop some line
u productivity paying greater revenue
Imperial Valley press., 1911-10-20
ANDY ANXIOUS TO TESTIFY.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Andrew Car
negie. who is home today from his an
nual visit to Scotland declares he is
anxious to be called imemulately be-
fore the Congressional committee which
is investigating the operations of the
steel trust
Il am willing to tell the committee
everything l know" said .ir. Carnegie,
and auLed, (which is not so very much. -
Congressman Martin Littleton. who is
a member of the steel inquiry commit
tee. was a fellow passenger with the
ironmaster on the Celtic and informed
Mr.. Carnegie just what information was
wanted from him.
an regard to his advocacy of Lloyd
Georges poor mans insurance bill as
measure to be taken up in America
Mir. Carnegie said:
Mr.. Lloyd George visited me at Ski
DO and l was highly impressed with
his insurance scheme. Undoubtedly il
would be a good thing for America, but
it is unlikely that American congress-
men are ready to consider il definitely
believe the conditions of the masses of
our people must soon be improved il
the nation is TO avoid serious trouble
and class warfare.
Agitation among the laborlng class is
general and there seems to be much un-
rest all over the world | believe all our
present troubles will soon be peacefully
adjusted"
Imperial Valley press., 1911-10-20
NOTICE FOR PuRLIcATIoN

(Not Coal Lands.-101697)
Department of the Interior, u. s. Land
office at Los Angeles Cal, October ~
1911.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
3. Plaisance, of IIollenbeck Hotel, Los
ANGELES. CAL. who, on October IA, 1907
70. 01G97, for NE IA, Section 1, Town
ship l6 s., Range II T., S. b. Meridian
lot. A. SW IA NV IA. Section /, Lot
|, Sc IA NE IA, Sec. 2, II. 16 S, r.
IA E. resurvey, has filed notice of inten
ton to make Final Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before
the Clerk of the Superior Court of I'm
perial County. at El Centre. California
on the goth day of November, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses:
A. l.. Jameson, of Los Angeles, Cal.
j. c. Hartman, of Camarllo, Cal, ]. w.
Jones, of FL Centro Cal, Henry j.
Burk, of El Centre, Cal.
FRANK BUREN,
Nov. II. Register.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-10-20
Esls7 soozE ENFORCEMENT

N The efforts of the Los Angeles brew
ers 10 get a legal footing in Imperial
valley and the scheme of portion ol
the people of Imperial to deliver thai
town over to the brewers is meeting
with resistance not only in Imperial, but
throughout the valley, and newspapers
on the coast are taking cognizanHe OF
the situation.
In Imperial a number of the leading
merchants are outspoken against the
proposed betrayal of the valley to the
brewers and the other men who fol
years have been trampling the law under
foot. and enthusiastic meetings are be
ing held with DR.. E. S. Chapman, heac
of the Anti Saloon League, and Other
able speakers to direct the move nent
In Brawley last Sunday the severa
churches passed this resolution:
Being face to face with a great peri
menacing this valley, and realizing tha'
each individual in Imperial county is on
neighbor, and that no action on the Ii
quor question can be taken in any in
dividual community in the county with
out directly affecting every other com
munity therein; and considering the fac
that the people have been enticed TO tn
valley by reason of its attitude ag1ins
the liquor traffic. and that the establish
ment of saloons in any locality wouiC
be an injustice to every other locality
and to the people generally; there ore
BE it resolved. that We. as 8
church body. in the interests of justice
and morality, do hereby enter on
strongest protest against the establish
Of in arf al Tfp1nari.i
county;
BE it further resolved, that, in tbs
name of God in the name of human
ity and in the name of our growin'
children, we earnestly solicit the voter
of the valley to use their votes and in
fluence against the impending peri,
whenever and wherever opportunity af
fords.
These resolutions were unanimously
adopted on the 18th day of October, 1911,
by the various churches of Brawley."
The Pasadena News publishes an ed
itorial on the situation deplorins the fact
that there is a possibility OF breaking
down the prohibition laws in Imperial
and giving testimony that booze is not
builder OF business. The Redlands
Facts publishes this editorial with COM
mendation. The San Bernardno Sun
reprints an editorial from the Press with
commendation. saying it lis of equal
force in any community in the comomn-
wealth."
Twenty OF the most prosperous cities
of Southern California, which have ou
lawed booze. fave their eyes on the
win surrender to the brewers and other
law -defyers and thus betray Traperial
valley to the debauchers of society
Imperial Valley press., 1911-10-20
WILSON TO MAKE TOUR.

TRENTON. n. j.. oct 20.-Fohowina
an address in Somerset county today
and a big political rally in Essex coun-
ty tomorrow, at which he will be the
speaker Gov Woodrow Wilson will
leave on a western tour which will en-
brace Wisconsin and Texas.
Governor Wilson will speak from the
same platform with United States SEN
ator La Toilette at the first national
conference of social centers, to be held
At Madison, Wis. during next week
Governor Wilson's topic will be 1.-THE
Necessity of Organization for the Main
tenance of Democracy The direct OBJ
;ect of the conference will be to ad-
vance the social center movement, which
IS the opening of schoohouses through
out the country for free and open dis
,ussion of political and economic sub
jects.
Governor Wilson is greatly Interested
IN this method of giving the people OF
every community an opportunity to get
together in the school houses after hours
o discuss the public affairs in which al
are interested, said one of his lieuten-
ants. ''He believes it to be the best
way to get everybody Interested in clean
politics.
THE movement was started by Ed
ward J. Ward in Rochester, n. Y, in
1907 and has grown to such an extent
that the governing authorities in sew
aral states have officially authorized the
dse of school houses for this purpose at
public expense.
Mr.. Wards work in New York state
attracted so much attention that he was
.alled to the University of Wisconsin.
Subsequently the people of Oregon sent
or him 10 address a conference which
vas attended by the mayors of all the
titles of that state. on the benefits to
oe derived from social centers.
"A similar conference was held in
Texas last spring and the movement is
low under way there. California and
Wisconsin were among the first states
o pass laws authorizing the school
iouses to be lighted at public expense fol
.arrying on this work.
From Wisconsin Governor Wilson will
20 to Dallas Texts, where he will ad-
lress the democrats of that state in fur
-herance of his campaign for the pres
.ential nomination on the democratic
ticket in 1912.