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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28
NEW CORPORATIONS.

LANSING. Mich. March 2s.-The
following companies have filed ar
ticles OF Incorporation with the secrs-
tary OF state: Belmont Land company,
Detroit, $25.000: principal stockhold-
ers. r. G.. Baxter, III. A. O'Dell: Auto
Body & Speciality company, Flint,
$4,000; Michigan Carton company.
Battle Creek. increase from 100000
to 100000; Moon Lake Ice company
Grand Rapids increase from $4,000
to 100000; Cadillac Ice Cream com
pany, Cadillac, $4,000; the Mineral
Products company, Detroit, $4,000.
principal stockholders, c. z. Callen-
der and Earl F. Drake.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28
Tomorrow, Wednesday, Is Opening Day
at Gately's.

Be sure and attend Gatelys opening
tomorrow and IL you received one OF
their special prize cards. distributed a
few days ago. be sure and bring II 10
their opening tomorrow, Wednesday
March 29, as the prizes will be awarded
tomorrow evening.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

Russell Ford leader of American
league pitchers last year. is at work
on new curve. Last year he had
the only splitter that would break both
why's at will.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

The BLUE ROSE Is now ready. Bet
ter get one Immediately. Mccormick
Nursery, Monroe. Mich
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

HARTFORD, Gonna bull that
Andrew Kingsbury was trying to teach
to draw a plow, turned on him and
gored him to death.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

NEW YORK-Frank Estraber is
under arrest charged with scattering
asafetida in Harlem vaudeville thea
ter. where a strike Of the actors is
on. The smell emptied the house.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28
Late Telegraph News

AKRON, Ohio-Police court was
opened with prayer here by Evangel-
ist II. p. Smith who prayed for the
thirty prisoners. the mayor. the police
and the newspaper reporters present.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28
EYEWITNESS TELLS
Of AWFUL SCENES
IN FIRE
New York Correspondent for The
Times Was Only Half Block Away
When Flames That Caused l42
Deaths Broke Out.
Saw Victims, Most of Them Girls
Leap To Terrible Death on Pave
ment Far Below.

correspondent for The Times. was in
Washington New York, half a
block from the scene OF saturdays dis
hster when the first pun or smoke is
sued from the building He was on the
scene before either the IRE depactmen
or TN epoltce. Following Is his story
from the viewpoint OF an -witness)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

Job Printing Done Right. Time,
Printing Co.. No. Is John R.-st Cal
Main 1893 or City sass
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

XENlA, Ohio-Farmers took the
law into their own hands and raid.
ing the blind tigers" at yellow
Springs. captured twenty alleged bot
leggers, who will be tried today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

$500 IN YOUR POCKET
II you buy your Easter suit at Baetz's
new $40 and sI5 Store. 81 Monroe-ave.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

For Patents and Trademarks, Go To
Barthel a. BartheL 81 Corxress-st. w.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

LONDON-Eugene Sandow, the
strong man, has been appointed pro-
fessor OF scientific and physical cui-
ture to King George.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

" omDN6LIaO "a Mouroe-avs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

BROCKTON. Mass.--An engage
ment of SO years between Miss Emily
Fanny Richmond and the Rev. Chas
Lord has been broken by the death
of the former. at the age of "a.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

NEW YORK-The will of Wilhelm
Stevenson provides that his widow
be given 500 every Christmas eve.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

BERLIN-Cards requesting women
not to wear long hatpins are posted
In Berlin street cars
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

Job Printing Done Right. Tfnss
Printing Co., No. 15 John R.-st cali
Main 1913. or City 3ass.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

MEssENGER--MAIN OR CITY-aso.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

NE WYORK-The association of
Gen. Slocum Survivors accuses Con
gressman Goulden Of the Bronx of too
much activity in getting medals from
congress for alleged heroes of the
Slocum disaster.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28
CLEVELAND-Wellington Dayl

CI4EVELAND-Wel Davis,
vaudeville juggler lost his nerve
when he was about to be married to
Miss Marie Loplant, his partner in
the act, and jumped through a glass
door He is now in the hospital, but
still unmarried,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30
Why the Sea Is Salt.

! II may always be an undetermined
question why the sea is salt, but IL IL
not an undetermined fact that our
patent laws create immensely profit
able monopores.
A case In point will serve for illus
tration. James Hodgkinson, of Eng
land, has just sold to an American
Canadian syndicate for IS, 1000, 900 and
royalty the American rights TO an
invention which will revolutionize the
salt industry OF the world. The inven-
ton makes a single fire heat salt pans
instead Of seven fires for the same
purpose, and will produce all varieties
of salt and all sizes of crystals stimuli
taneously. The inventor claims that
the process will save three out Of
every four tons OF coal now used In
salt-making. What 1t means to the
United States may be judged from the
fact that the packers of Chicago alone
use annually more salt than Great
Britain's total production
The inventor OF the process. be-
sides getting $4,000. 900 for the Amer
lean rights. will get millions more for
rights In other countries. Hardly any
one will contend that he is entitled.
on any basis of reckoning which takes
into consideration his duty TO his fell
lows and the public's rights. to SO
large a sum OF money. He would be
compensated with a sum sufficient TO
insure his own and the economic indie
pendeDce of those dependent upon
him. Not only will he profit beyond
fair measures, but others will profit
immensely, 80 that the world will
have to pay tribute to them through
out the life of the patient.
The weapon that in the hands of
patent monopolies enables them to
gouSe the public is the patent law.
Who Justify IT in the lengths to which
II goes to be consistent in their losfc
must condemn as fools the becterio-
logical and medical researchers who.
determining the cause and finding a
cure for diseases in humans, give with
out price to the world for humanity's
good the fruits OF their labor.
Probably in time II will be deter
mined that the sea is salt because
some very foolish men tried to fill the
sea beds with salt. They were no
more foolish than are those who in
sist that the material progress of the
world is dependent upon giving H.
cense to an inventor to make the
world pay tribute to his genius. That
idea is as wrong as the doctrine of a.
vine right in government
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30
Merely q Question of Fitness.

Before there were any considera
bic number OF candidates in the field
for recognition, either In the ONCE OF
mayor or commissioner under the new
form OF municipal government, The
Argus said that the question OF fitness
was the main consideration. The peo-
pie. as was stated then, are about 10
engage a group of men, one OF whom
shall be captained to manage their af-
fairs In the selections so TO be made
the people are not, under the law, to
be hampered by considerations of
politics or even Of friendship.
The people are the masters. They
are 10 do the hiring. They are not
bound by any obligation except that
which would not apply In any other
obligation between employe and en-
ployer in the larger sense
The commission form law is based
on the merit system 1t seeks to at
tain the best possible results for the
municipality and allows and requires
reasonable compensation for the same
So that there does not appear much
room for argument as To what the PEG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30
ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that on
Tuesday, the 4th day of April, A. D.,
1911, an election will be held in the
city Of Rock Island, ILL.,, for the fol-
lowing officers, to wit:
CITY OFFICERS.
One mayor for four years.
Four commissioners for four
years.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Six assistant supervisors.
One constable.
One town clerk.
Places for registration and voting
will be as follows:
First ward, first precinct-413
Fourth avenue.
First ward, second precinct-62S
Eighth street.
Second ward. first preclnct-1014
Third avenue.
Second ward, second precinct
91S Sixth avenue.
Third ward, first precinct-County
jail building, Third avenue and Four
teenth street.
1874 Seventh avenue.
luiTu warn, tHlTO pFeClQct-1 1Ul
Fifteenth street.
Fourth ward, first precinct-1e14
Third avenue.
Fourth ward, second precinct
Trinity church vestry. rear OF 1913
Sixth avenue.
Fifth ward. first precinct-Hose
house on Twenty-second street.
Fifth ward, second precinct
Schmid's grocery store, S23 Twen-
tieth street.
Sixth ward, first precinct-Hose
house on Twenty-sixth street.
Sixth ward, second precinct
rear Of 270O Seventh avenue
Seventh ward, first precinct
BIO Fifth avenue.
Seventh ward, second precinct
Peterson's carpenter shop, $40 For
ty-fifth street.
Seventh ward, third precinct
Gannon's paint shop, Fourteenth
avenue between Thirty-eighth and
streets.
NJ. T. RUDGREN,
City and Town Clerk.
Rock Island, H.. March IA, 1911.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30
HuInor and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN ~. .xRfSTH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

TT may be one reason why some men
can't see why they shouldn't paint
things red is because they are color
blind.
Don't lend trouble to your friends.
II you must deal in the commodity
just give IL to them.
The most fascinating exercise in the
world is knocking. At least accom-
plished knockers never seem to tire.
One way to be happy is to keep an
appetite for breakfast.
but of most it is better TO be associat-
ed with the front end than the rear.
Probably the reason some men
marry is Because they instinctively
know that they get along better If they
have q boss.
II you are modest and retiring let
other people praise you You will
never be embarrassed by adulation.
long as Lord Percy Algernon de Mont
morency shows such a decided prefer
ence for the beautiful cloak model.
A girl doesn't necessarily string a
young man just because she has him
on q string.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30
Greatest since Christ.

John I. Hughes. of Chicago. a direc-
tor in Senator Lorimer's bank was a
witness Tuesday in favor of his chief
end went so far as TO pronounce Lori
mer the greatest man since Christ.
The Argus suspects that some OF Mr..
Iorimer's best friends VIII hold thas
this is going a little too far. There
are some who believe that Abraham
Lincoln. George Washington and pos
sibly one or two of the old world. in
Guiding perhaps Christopher Colum-
bus. should have a look in. We be
lieve Senator Lorimer himself would
be willing TO concede that Mr. Lincoln
and a few others now dead had some
claim.
No doubt he would rest content TO
be placed in the Hall of Fame as the
fifth or sixth greatest man since the
rise of Christianity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30

Walking on an avenue in Washing.
ton met lady whose appearance at
tracted me. She suddenly stopped,
looked down and blushed to the roots
of her hair. Her skirt had become
unloosened at the waist
Can do anything for you" /
asked
She looked wildly about her for a
plan and finally caught one. "Have
you pin or a bit of string in your
pocket?' she asked.
! went through every pocket and at
last found piece of corn colOred rib
bon that had bound together a package
Of cigars. I handed 1t TO her with an
expression which asked the question,
"Will that dog"
She seized it, at the same time thank
ing me with a nod which plainly
meant Proceed on your way"
If had not happened to have that
piece OF cheap ribbon in my pock-
ct, If that lady's skirt had not become
unlooSened at the exact moment /
passed her, I would now be surround
ed by an entirely different environ
ment
While I was sufficiently impressed
with the young lady's appearance-her
face was one that I would not easily
forget-the incident soon passed out of
my mind. Several months passed. One
day made a business trip to Philadel-
phia and on my return was sitting
I'm a train waiting for it to move out
Of the station. Hurrying along outside
was the girl had assisted In her diff
Guilty, and on her corsage was bit OF
corn colored ribbon tied in bowknot.
At that moment the train began to roll
slowly on fits wheels.
Two conflicting emotions stirred me
first, / inferred that the girl in meet
ing me had met her fate and was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30
LITERARY NOTES

LipPlncott's.-The fact that the April
Lppincott's contains q new com piet .
novel by Will Lexington Comfort. au-
thor OF the "Routledge Rides Alone -
is sufficient to make the magazine of
extraordinary interest to the thous.
ands who have enjoyed that "'best-selL
ing" book, but in addition that interest
is amply. backed up" by the general
excellence OF the rest of its contents.
Mr. Comforts new novel is called THE
Rising Road" and II is characterized
by the same strength of plot. vivid
scenic effects. and excellent character
drawing which earned for "Routledge"
its well deserved popularity. The
scenes are laid in an island of the
Philippines, where the Americans are
IN revolt against the American occu-
patton The leader of the FiIfpinos is
a renegade Spaniard. with whose
daughter the American hero Is In love.
The road they traverse TO happiness is
a thorny one. but all turns out happily
In the end, nor would the reader have
It otherwise.
There are seven short stories in the
issue. and all are so good that n il
hard TO pick out any that are worthy of
special mention. THE Heel OF Achfl-
les is By John Reed Scott. author OF
The Colonel OF the Red Huzzars -
'Beatrfx OF Clare" The Imposter-
etc The Other Fat Lady-and Me-
Is an amusing story Of child life. by
Kortrecht. who wrote a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30

! didn't know whether or no she lived
! in Philadelphia where l saw her fol-
! the second time. whether she lived in
/ Washington or some different locality
| from either. Why had L not left the
train and rushed after her? Because
had but a few seconds TO decide the
matter, and in that brief space of time
my mind was chiefly occupied with
reasons why l should not do that very
thing. My business required that
should reach home on that train. If
got out and followed the girl quite
likely 1 would lose her IN the crowd.
A new element had entered into my
being. A girl had fallen In love with
me, so / believed, at first sight, and
was wearing a token by which l might
recognize her. Probably she lived in
the United States, in which at that
time there were more than 100000
people. / had no other informa ton
concerning her except that she was
wearing a bit of ribbon that had held
together a package of cigars. Was
not this quite enough to awaken IN
me a strong desire to find her? The
romance of love is fed by the imagina-
ton. l lived. as it were, In air castles.
The girl wearing my ribbon was tbs
princess that the prince was hunting
all over the world and TO whom he
was at last led by the fairy. True,
my first meeting with my princess was
especially unromantic. Nevertheless l
wished that some kind fairy would
conduct me to her.
One day / told my friend Calkins
uHl fTrRa II Hafn 20
me with great interest till had hn-
ished, then exclaimed:
$50 you're the man that was wanted
by Corn CoIored Ribbonr"
What do you meanT
Some months ago-I don't know
how long-I was reading the personals
in a newspaper and came across one
signed Corn Colored Ribbon"
"Who? What7 When2 WhereT
exclaimed excitedly.
(which one of those unintelligabIe
questions do you wish me to answer
frstr' asked Calkins.
"An Of them"
81 remember nothing but that q lady
who had met with an accident adver.
tised for the address Of . gentleman
who had assisted her, and the address
was signed as / have told you"
"caikins." i said hercely, you VIII
remember in what paper and when
you saw that sd. or die"
Then my doom is sealed" laughed
Caikins, for I can remember neither"
Could there be anything more tan
tAilzing-a lovely woman trying to End
me. / trying to find her, and all our
efforts averted?
"Oh. why have I not read all the
personals" cried. "in all the papers
every dayT
Because you couldn't have done any
thing else" replied CaIkins. land. not
having time 10 make a living. you
would have starved to death"
Cant yen suggest semethingT
Yes; forget all about st. woman
who would advertise like that is prob
ably an adventures anyway"
IF you say that again III strangle you"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30

Dixie Rose" Then there are Through
the Window" by VIII Irwin; The
Avoided Visit of Carolyn" by Maude
leila Herrick; TT" by Nan Maury
! Lennon; Light Running" by Mark
2. Wilcox. and The Mote In the Eye,
by Gertrude Morrison.
Edwin L Sabin, contributes a humor-
GUS and memory-invoking sketch called
/ Tn Defense OF Spring" Forbes Lind
say, in "A Harvest of Tares." com
ments on vital situation of interna-
tional importance. Colonel Willard
French is twice represented, by Speak
ing OF Observation-Disclosures Fires,
and Parting with Politics" Joseph
NJ. Rogers writes OF styles in Amuse-
ments." and James NJ. Flanders, of
The Great Power of Little Book"
Among the poems are two by John
Kendrick Bangs, "Shakespeare's Birth
day" and "A Woodland Easter" and
others by Sara Teasdale. Hilton R.
Greer, Charles Hanson Towne and Jo-
seph W. Dorr The usual Is pages of
new humorous matter close the num-
Der. which Is in all respects praisewor-
thy.
Scribner's.-General Francis Vinton
Greene, the author of "The Revolu-
tionary War and the Military Policy
Of the United States" which the
Scribners publish in May. was well
fitted to write such a book since his
military training has been long and
his military experience wide The
son of General George Sears Greene,
he was born at Providence, r. l., in
1850. Twenty years later he was
graduated from the United States
military academy at West Point at
the head of his class and entered the
engineering corps where he rapidly
became distinguished. Throughout
his life he has been a constant stu
dent Of military matters and OF civil
history; and to his experience of
Military affairs in this country he
has added the experience OF 4 mill
tary attache of the United States le-
cation. AS such he accompanied the
Russian army in the Russo Turkish
war of 1873 and was present at the
battles of Schipka and Plevna. Then
before devoting some years to en-
Payments in civil which g-ew log
ically from his training as an engir-
eer. he put in term as professor of
military engineering at West Point.
With the Spanish-American war he
reentered the army as colonel of the
list New York infantry: was made
brigadier general of volunteers IN
May. 1898, and major general in
August of the same year. Hc has
already written such notable con-
tributions to military history as his
Russian Army and It's Campaigns
in Turkey" Army Life in Russia"
THE Mississippi Campaigns of the
Civil War The Life OF Gens1a al
Greene" Lincoln as Com
mander-in-chief." etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30
To Discourage RED Devil" Racing

The decision Of one of the larger
automobile manufacturing combina'
tons, affecting IL affiliated companies
to withdraw from the field OF automo-
bile racing is an indication Of a pur-
pose 10 establish new ideals in the
industry. The automobile OF the fu-
ture is 10 be improved along lines of
servfceability. comfort and conven-
fence. No further development OF
speed is required. The incentive of
the race track not only is unnecessary
but tends to the undesirable cultiva-
ton Of the speed mania which does
not confine itself to the comparative
y safe stretches of the track but
spreads over every common highway.
Leading associations of automobile
owners have sought 10 discourage ex-
cessive speeding and thus to remove
some of the prejudice which sows tt
self in offensive legislation, and have
frowned on racing meets as contribut-
ing largely 70 this cause of complaint
1t is an indication Of the growth Of
this sentiment for sane and safe auto
MODELLING, IL the manufacturers who
hitherto have been the chief hackers
Of these meets for advertising purpos-
es have now become convinced that
the red devil which can achieve q
record in killing time even at the cost
of killing human beings as well is
not necessarily the best type of an
automobile to offer the public.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30
Might Be Dead Today.

Garden City, Kahn a letter
from Mrs. James Hammer Of this
city. she says, II firmly believe that
/ would not be alive today, If il
were not for Cardui. / had been a
sufferer from womanly troubles all
my life. until / found that great
remedy I feel that I can't praise
1t too highly" Are you a woman.
suffering from come Of the troubles
10 which a woman Is peculiarly IL
able? II so, why not try Cardui. the
woman's tonic? You can rely on
Cardui II is purely vegetable, per-
fectly harmless, and acts gently but
surely. without bad after effects
Twill help you. Ask your druggist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30

II. n. Kohlsaat, editor of the Chica-
ga Record-Herald has laid down a
principle that governs newspaper Of
Offices generally. Mr.. Kohlsaat pre-
fers a jail sentence to violation of
confidence. He knows OF 500. 900 hav-
ing been raised TO procure the cleo
ton OF Lortmer. but declines to violate
a confidence by telling who gave the
information. Having made the
assertion in his paper. he should be
prepared TO substsntiate it without
disclosing the name OF his informant,
and he probably is. IL able TO escape
appalling possibilities of more OF those
decayed memories, which have been
epidemic at all OF the Lorfmer hear
fngs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30
The Pessimist.


Old Tom Traverse. gray and cranky,
Wouldn't smile II he were paid.
Finding fault his occupation,
His amusement and his trade,
No one did thing TO please MIN.
All day long he had the blues.
Wasn't that disposition
That a man would want to Loser
Didn't like the way the neighborB
Moved the grass or cut their hair.
II he did a man a favor
Crowded about IL as a bear:
Never tried to make excuses
For the person who was down:
Always knew the man would only
Be a burden on the town.
Didn't Ike the way the people
Voted on election day,
Nor could he abide reforners
Who had worked the other way.
Didn't like the way the women
Wore their gowns or combed their hair;
Had no use for politicians.
Not one was On the square.
30 he fused around and grumbled
Without method. without end.
And you may be very certain
That he didn't have friend.
Such lovely disposition.
But its one that / would hate
To observe my little children
Break their banks 10 irnitate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30

That coronation procession should
march several miles out into the coun-
try and back by another way so as to
extend the opportunity to those thrift.
Britons who are selling seats along
the way
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-30

Now Il appears the Mexican insur-
rection was caused by one-man rule.
Since President Diaz has agreed to
step down the insurgents will quit
fighting. How much that reads like
the late unpIeasantness IN the house of
representatives, L. S. Al