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Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08
SPECIAL FOR SHRINERS
Trainload Going to Imperial Council
at Rochester.

lTdlnlOdO OOlHg I'd AnpoTldi SouHCii
at Rochester.
A special train on which about
800 members Of the four Iowa Mys-
tic Shriners are expected to go to
the Imperial council meeting at
Rochester, n. Y, will leave Daven-
port tomorrow morning at 4:30
o'clock over the Rock Island road.
Kaaba temple of Davenport in which
many Rock Islanders are enrolled,
will send a delegation of about 10.
None of the local members are
smng this number, however. The
four Official delegates to the Imper-
ial council from Kaaba are Isaac
Sears, Sam T. White, John Soller
and Robert Armil. The other three
temples represented on the train are
at Cedar Rapids. Des Moines and
Sioux Falls.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08
PUPILS IN RECITAL.

A-NUMBER OF THE PIANO PU-
pills OF Miss Lena Hutchins gave a
recital last evening at the home of
Mrs A G. Harrison, S14 Forty-third
street The first part of the program
was given by Dorothy Kenworthy,
Ruth Gillespie, Edwin Thackham,
Eva Hildebrandt, Ruth Robertson, /,
Agnes Sperry, Andora Harrison. The
second part of the pogram was given
by an advanced pupil, Miss Irene
harrison, who gave a difficult pro-
gram from memory in a most credit
able way Her program follows:
Arabesque-Chamina
La NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Polonaise-Chopin.
March Grotesque-Sinding
Butterhy-Grieg.
Two Larks-Leschitisky
Impromptu-Reinho
ato-Etude-Bohm.
Friends of the pupils were present
and greatly enjoyed the program.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08
HAvILAND cINcH CLUB.

THE HAvILAND CINCH CLUB
was entertained yesterday at the
home Of Mrs. Johnson. Prizes were
won as follows: First prize, Mrs.
Kroeger; second, Mrs. Strupp; third,
Mrs. Nye; consolation, Mrs. Wehl-
ing. The hostess received a pretty
piece of haviland china. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Strupp,
SIT Ninth avenue
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08

ture and may be used as a school by
Browns Business college. Negotia-
tions are pending between Nj.
Schwecke and the college authorities.
Browns college is at present using
rooms in the Carse building on Second
avenue and within the last two years
the quarters have been outgrown.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08
City Chat
AFTER THE PICNIC.

AFTER THE PICNIC.
The picnic is over,
And homeward we start,
Dusty and weary
With sunburns that smart;
Eyes that are heavy
And feet that are sore,
Little ones peevish,
Their happines Ger,
Crying and whining,
Worn ont with their play.
This is the end of.
The great picnic day.
What's in the basket
The weary man lugs?
Uneaten sandwiches,
Butter and bugs;
Knives and forks greasy.
A slab of plum pie
That back must be taken
But no one knows why;
Jammed in with cookies,
Bananas and cake.
oh. what a mixture
That homeward we take.
Jars that held salad
Now "oozing with goo;"
a bottle of pickles,
The juice leaking through.
A tumbler of jelly
That fell in the sand,
A. cup full of beans
The variety-canned,
Where will you find
Such a mess, let me ask it,
AS this we bring home
Late at night in the basket?
Detroit Free Press.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Kerler Rug company. cleaners.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For express. call Spencer & Trefz-
Spring and old chickens at tn
Packing House market.
Wall paper. the best for the money
at L. S. McCabe & Co.
Sunday papers for sale at Olson
Grocery 1903 Thirtieth street.
Let William johnson do your tin anC
furnace work; 1916 Third avenue.
H. T. Siemon wants your tin ant
furnace work; 1526-152s Fourth ave
nue..
Loans on real estate security. Al
bert Huber, Peoples National panl
building.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08

shuttle trains In the hope of relieving
traffic demands.
SEES FIGHT, PoIsoNs SELF.
Bluffs, July s.-Frightened by q fight
between her husband and a man named
Wilhelm from Hannibal, Mo-. whom
Bush claims he found In his home late
last night, Mrs. Orville Bush swallow
ed carbolic acid. dying about O'Clock
this morning. Bush 10 q conductor on
the Wabash railroad.
AGED WAR VETERAN DIES.
Peoria, July s.-Captain Richard w.
Burt, So years old, for many years
prominently identified with the busi-
ness and Official interests Of this city,
a veteran OF both the Mexican and
civil wars. died suddenly at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. julius s. Starr,
with whom he had made his home
since the death Of his wife in 1891.
GIRL BURNS TO DEATH.
Pekin, July s.-While preparing
breakfast Miss Nellie Burge, aged Is,
was burned to death at her home near
here. Her clothing caught fire from
the stove and before aid reached her
she had received fatal injuries.
POSTMASTER NIPP DEAD.
Mount Carroll, July s.-William E.
Nipp. postmaster, died following an
emergency operation.
DURAND Ex-MAYoR DIES.
Rockford, July s.-Dr. George NJ
Haines, former mayor OF Durand and
one of the leading physicians Of the
county. died at Grand Junction, Col,
where he had purchased a farm with
view to recuperating his health.
FARaIHR DIES OF HEAT.
Carlyle, July s.-Frank P. Brown, a
prominent farmer, aged Sc, was over
come by heat yesterday and died today
from the effects.
DAMAGE TO CROPS.
Springfield, July S.-Practically ev-
cry crop in Illinois has been damaged
to the extent Of one-fourth to one-half
by the recent drought and hot weather
This Is seen in q crop report, cover
ing conditions to June 29, issued today
by the state board OF agriculture
" lhNCi ~hCdt, COAu nave SS-
capped with least damage. On the
date OF the observation winter wheat
was SO per cent of normal, as against
"a per cent May 1. Irish potatoes were
81 per cent OF normal. and pastures
were 62 per cent. Oats were 81 per
cent. as against "a per cent May 1.
Meadows were 55 per cent, rye was S5
per cent, and corn was about SO per
cent. Corn was 96 per cent as com
pared with the condition of 1910.
IN BATTLE WITH THIEVES.
Springfield, July S.-Earl Merry, i9
years old, and his uncle. J. NJ. Merry
farmers of WilliamsviIle, battled with
two unidentified burglars when they
the men stealing corn from
q crib. Several shots were exchanged
but no one was injured. Young
Merry heard the men attempting to
break into the crib and awakened his
uncle. They secured rifles and charged
upon the providers. The thieves were
ordered to surrender. but they begged
to be allowed to go and finally made
their escape after firing several shots.
The men were traced to Springfield,
but have not been arrested. They are
believed to be members of a gang
that has been stealing grain from farm
ers in this vicinity for some time.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08
BOYS GO INTO CAMP
FOR ANNUAL OUTING
George Wagner Is Host TO Party OF
20 Members Of Western Cath
olic Union.

Twenty young men, most Of whom
are members Of the st. Johns branch
OF the Western Catholic Union, leave
Monday for Andalusia where they
viii be the guests for several weeks
At the summer home OF George Was-
ner. This Is the annual outing on the
Mississippi for the boys. They Will
occupy q bungalow on Mr.. Wagners
farm a little above Andalusia. The
trip win be made by boat and the
boys will remain for several weeks.
A week from Monday the party viii he
augmented BY another squad Of 30
Athletic and aquatic sports will be
features Of the outing.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08

TeethinE children have more or less
diarThoea, which can be controlled BY
giving ChamberiAainis Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. All that IL
necessary Is 90 give tns prescribed
dose after each operation Of tbs bowels
more than natural and then cas-ot
oil 70 eieahEs tbs system, II Ia
safe and sure. Sold by all dFuggists
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08

IN HONOR OF VISITOR.
MRS HAROLD ASMUSSEN OF
Davenport yesterday afternoon en-
tertained a company OF 10 ladies as
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08

An the news All tne time@Th6
sIgus.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08

For sale ana recommended by ths
Harper House Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-07-08

FIeW 10 feCuperdIinB nls nedIln.
FARMER DIES OF HEAT.
Carlyle. July s.-Frank P. Brown, a
prominent farmer, aged Sc, was over
come by heat yesterday and died today
from the effects.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-03
Is the Fire Horse Doomed?

Most of the important cities of the
country have recently bought automo-
biles for their fife chiefs, and some are
now buying motor-driven fre-hghting ap-
paratus. New York has ordered the
first motor steam engine. at a cost of
5000, and Fire Commissioner Waldo
proposes to substitute automobile hose
wagons and ladder trucks as rapidly as
the city's finances will permit. In other
large cities there also are signs of the
abandonment of horse-drawn fire We
hicles, and it is not too much to predict
that the coming decade will witness the
retirement of nearly every horse that
now occupies a stall in the houses of
the fire departments.
In much the same fashion in which
the car horse has passed from public
view the FIRE horse seems to be doomed
There is this difference, however, that
in the public feeling toward these two
types the car horse finally came to be
pitied, while the fire horse always has
been admired for its intelligence But
the cause of their doom is identical
The superiority and economy. of the
motor has ended their usefulness as
public servants.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-03

ing force, should the necessity arise.
Our faith in the volunteer force and in
its partially trained and equipped Ma
tional Guard is such that the necessity OF
a larger internal garrison IS not ap-
parent. Even without fear of war,
however, the necessities incident to ma
tional expansion demand more recog-
milton. \Plans for the fortihcation Of
the Canal Zone make immediate con-
sideration of the problem of additional
men imperative The War Department
is planning to keep $500 men there
Plans are also being made to enlarge the
Hawaiian garrison to similar dimensions.
and, with the increase of our system
of Notifications in the Philippines,
larger force will be needed there.
The army is incapable of standing the
draft for these additional forces, be-
sides which provision must be made for
the periodical relief of troops in the for
eign service. A demand for economy
and retrenchment, as we'll as recognition
of popular opposition to militarism, has
caused the administration to restrict the
standing army to a minimum number,
but a demand for the present maximum
is not unlikely within the next few
wears. An efficient army, like navy, is
an essential of national life.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-03
.SWEARS TO STORY;
IT MUST Be TRUE
Novel Way of Capturing Fox
Described in Affidavit.

Tarrytown, n. Y. March There are
many ways of catching fox. but the
way Abel Weeks, of Castle Ridal, cap
tured one this morning while on his way
from GIenviIle was novel. Weeks is an
old fox hunter and has killed many in
his day. AS he was driving along the
road this morning he was astonished to
see a big red fox jump out from behind
some bushes and dash up the road.
Weeks cracked the whip over his horse
and went galloping after. He overlook
the fox and he snapped his whip and the
long lash wound itself around the foxs
neck twice and tied itself into a knot
holding fast. Weeks stopped his horse
and jumped out and killed the fox. Then
he drove into town and went to police
headquarters, where he made out a
sworn statement before Police Clerk
Purdy and Westley Wood. Purdy too,
is an old fox hunter. but he said Weeks
had shown him a new trick. Weeks Is
one Of Tarrytown's most highly respected
citizens, and rs a former president of the
Tarrytown Horticultural Society.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-03
Organize for the Clerks.

There is nothing reprehensible in the
suggestion that a fund be raised for
the purpose of aiding the government
clerks in their effort to secure increased
salaries Whatever is worth having is
worth working for. Nothing comes
through inaction The clerks, no mat
ter how deserving they may be, cannot
expect to succeed without determined
and organized effort. Public sentiment
is with them and they have many
friends in Congress. This. however, is
not enough The facts as they exist
here should be brought to the personal
attention of every Senator and Repre-
sentative 1t should be made known
broadcast that the average salary is less
than $500, and that out of this meager
sum there must be met the expense Of
rent. fuel. food, clothing. medicine,
doctors bills, and the other necessaries
OF lie 1t must be remembered. too,
that department clerks are expected to
be carefully and neatly attired, and the
same fact applies to their families.
If the clerks arc not allowed under
the Executive order to do anything in
their own behalf, it should be the willing
task of public-sPiritcd citizens to under
take the work OF securing them larger
compensation. 4 generous contribution
of $1,000 has already been made to an
organization fund. and all that is now
needed is a directing head ard an car
nest and efficient committee. More funds
can easily be secured, and. if wisely eX-
pended. would unqucstionably aid in de-
veIoping a sentiment which would lead
to practical results In view of the fact
that the clerks form 50 large 4 part OF
the population OF Washington. either
one or both of our commercial organiza-
tions might well take the matter in hand
and effect the necessary organization.
What is done for the good OF the clerks
is done for the benefit of the city, There
is no task which offers such substantial
reward both to individuals in particular
and the municipality in general, as the
effort to help the clerks.
The realization of the neglect with
which these employees have been treated,
and OF the necessity for doing some
thing in their behalf. is kecner now than
ever before The way is being made
easy. All that is needed is an effective
organization to be formed.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-03
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
By FRED c. KELLY.

The relations between Speaker Cannon
and Champ Clark, his successor. are as
amiable as those between a honeysuckle
vine and a whitewashed trellis. They talk
to each other as cheerfully as a tele-
phone girl announcing that the lines
busy.
Just the other day, Champ walked into
the Speakers Office and glanced about
for his friend Joe.
''Fixin' to move in, are your inquired
Cannon.
mo; I came in to talk to you about
your own Office for the next session." re-
piled Champ. ''Our crowd doesn't want
to chase you over into the House ofice
Building. I take 1t that you'd rather
have an office mere in the Capitol, and
I for one am going to try to get a nice
one for you"
Uncle Joe was not a little pleased He
said it would indeed be very nice if he
could have an office centrally located.
with good ventilation and acoustics. 1t
would be a whole heap better than going
over into the office building and running
next to an insurgent.
This magnanimity on the part Of
Cousin Beauchamp in trying to make it
pleasant for the retiring Speaker will
do much in making Uncle Joe resigned
to his reduced circumstances. He has
been occupying two spacious rooms, and
the room has been comfortably filled
nearly every day with visitors anxious
to have a glimpse of the Speaker.
And now he must clear out his
desk and the closets. pack up his be-
longings, take the key of his keyring,
and move to humber quarters.
He'll feel about like man who has lost
his money by investing in Honduras rub
Der stock, guaranteed to pay 46E per
cent and been obliged to give up his com
Portable home in the baw-taw neighbor-
hood, do without hired help or iron REIN
deer in the front yard, and moving TO
suburban allotment, where the trees will
give shade about 1887.
Senator Smith, Of Michigan, doesn't
like to take advantage of the special ele-
vator privileges granted Senators in the
Senate Office Building and Capitol. When
a Senator rings three times, the elevator
man doesn't pay any attention to anybody
else till he's taken the Senator aboard
and delivered him where he wants to go.
This class distinction seems undemocratic
to Senator Smith, and he never rings an
elevator bell three times unless he's in
great rush TO reach the Senate chamber
for a roll call.
This special elevator privilege is also
accorded officers of the navy in their
own department buildings. They tell of
a young man employed in the Navy De
partment who got into an elevator at the
close Of his days work one evening, in
a great hurry to get home and prepare
for the wedding of an intimate friend. 4
naval lieutenant got in the same Gle
vator, and the operator took him to
floor below where the wedding man de-
The Washington herald., 1911-03-03
Sir Frederic Villiers' View.

Sir Frederic Villiers, the distin-
guished war correspondent IF the Lon
don Graphic, in recent interview, said /:
Unless the United State; drops its
spirit of bravado and recognizes that it
IS a nation of imperfection, having for
its defense an army and navy wholly
unframed and unfit for war with any
great power, an exchequer incapable of
standing the drain that war would in
volve, and a misguided people who un-
derstand that the aim of the republic is
money-making, | foresee that republic S
downfall To-day, if Japan attacked our
neighbors to the south, there could be
but one outcome-certain, quick, and alb
solute defeat. The time is not far dis
tant when the United States will have
a terrible awakening.
Chairman Hull, of the House Com
mittee on Military Affairs, predicted a
few days ago that the United States soon
would appreciate the need of stand
ing army of 100000 men. 1t is long
leap from the present maximum of Ioo-
600 enlisted men, but the prediction can
not be rejected as unreasonable. The
present enlisted strength of the army,
staff and line, is about 1900 men. OF
this number about one-half are cavalry
or infantry, approximately twice the
number of the latter as of mounted men.
The other half includes coast and field
artillery. native scouts of the Philip
pines, the Engineer Corps, while 1900
of the number are at military schools,
recruiting, or engaged in other service
contingent to the army organization.
Our standing army is scarcely sufi-
eient to keep the military establishments
in good order and TO furnish a sufficient
nucleus around which to organizes fight
The Washington herald., 1911-03-03
The DeHelonment of Trade.

There was a time when the British
Parliament required that all of the dead
should be buried in wooden shrouds. in
order to make business for the sheep
raiser That was what commonly was
called fostering trade by the govern
ment The next step was that foreign
possessions were sought to direct more
trade to the mother country. All efforts,
however, on the part of Great Britain to
restrict manufactures in its various
colonies, by making its commerce sub
servient to enrich Englishmen. have
not only failed, but have terminated dis
aStrously to that country. 1t is true that
France still endeavors to keep foreign
trade out of her colonies and dependen-
cies, but taken all in all, the colonial
trade policy has ceased to exist.
Yet it is even to-day a passion with
some of our statesmen to talk of foster
ing trade. Let it be said right here that
commerce does not need fostering; it
needs only to be let alone. Men will
trade without any help from their gov
ernments. They will seek customers !;
they will push the sale of their goods;
they will seek business at home and
abroad. All they need is the largest
practicable liberty of action About all
that governmental agencies can do for
the promotion of trade is to remove the
obstacles that have been erected BY other
governmental agencies Occasionally a
government has forced the trade of its
citizens upon some people or some coun-
try it can dominate. The trade of Eu-
rope with Asiatic countries was once
stimulated by this method. Partly due
to enlightenment, partly to the greater
capacity of Asiatic nations to take care
Of themselves, and mostly due to the fact
that the rivalry of nations defeats their
efforts to force their trade upon other
nations, there is now comparatively lit
tic of that sort of governmental promo
ton Of commerce
Our manufacturers are sending their
lcnts out for btNiness, while statesmen
ze and debate, and the owners Of
hips are extending transportation
The Washington herald., 1911-03-03
The Extra Session.

An extra session of Congress is by
no means to be deplored. 1t will enable
the Democratic majority in the House to
organize promptly and to formulate at
a session devoid of general legislation
its policy regarding the tariff. Elected
as protest against monopolistic COM
binations and the consequent increased
cost of living, it has its line of duty
plainly marked. 1t is to lower the price
which the consumer is compelled to pay
for the necessaries of life, even if, in
accomplishing this result, it lessons the
enormous profits now enjoyed by the
men who. control the output of these
articles.
Confronted by a Republican Senate,
it would be futile for the Democratic
House to attempt radical revision of
the tariff. On the other hand, a rea-
sonable reduction of duty, so that the
consumer will be benefited without Sc
rious overturning of the commercial
world, would, in all probability, meet
with approval in the Senate. Under
these circumstances, there is no menace
in an extra session. The difference of
political opinion between the House and
the Senate is, in fact, most fortunate.
1t ought to mean the enactment of tariff
legislation upon broad and patriotic
grounds, absolutely free from partisan
bias This is what the country desires.
1t has no interest either in Republican
or Democratic advantage. 1t wants re-
lief from the present intolerable situa-
ton and it expects that the leaders
will be stateSmanlike enough to find
some ground upon which they can stand
together for the public good.
If this is not done, the extra session
will be a failure If the House insists
upon a radical reduction, to which 1t
knows the Senate will not give assent,
or if, on the other hand, the Senate de-
clines to consider any revision what
ever, the people will be no better off
than they are at present, or when they
registered their dissatisfaction at the
polls last fall. 1t is a great opportunity
for both parties to rise above the level
of the petty politician and relieve the
nation from the vexatious and cmbar
RAISING problem of an increased cost OF
living.