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

! you're n bachelor, Hend1ckson," L
replied. How comes it that you, hold
ing such opinions on the necessities Of
matrimOny, are not marriedY'
THAT is because before I came to
this country | loved a girl in Sweden.
When l parted from her L told her
would send for her just so soon as
could get together the money for the
purpose. Ten years have passed, and
/ have not been successful. A year
ago / wrote her that she had better not
wait for me any longer, and since
then have not heard from her"
l was so impressed with Hendrick-
sons views that, leaving him in charge
of my plant, l went east for some
women. I visited institutions where
] might find those who needed to be
provided for, and as some of my men
were foreigners / enlisted the interest
Of the immigrant commissioners atNew
York / could have returned in few
weeks with all the women l wanted,
but 1 must have good moral ones and
fairly attrac tive, so I wouldn't take
any one without satisfying myself in
this respect. Finally l got together
the number Of volunteers 1 wanted.
apportioned among Americans and
foreigne as my men were native or
foreign born. 1 struck one woman
from Sweden, older than the rest,
whom I intended for Hendrickson.
Meanwhile my right hand man was
busy erecting cabins intended for
temporary residences for the women
until they should become wives. He
had no difficulty in getting the men to
work for such a purpose, and the
cabins, he wrote me, sprang up like
mushrooms.
When all was ready / put the wom-
en- into one passenger car, which they
filed, and took them out to Nelson.
On the way talked with them to pre-
pare them for the shock they would
receive at meeting their future hus-
bands and assured them that they
would have no difficulty in bringing
the men to the condition of human
beings instead Of that Of wild animals,
to which they had sunk
The Swede whom had intended for
Heudrickson told me that, having no
where to go on her arrival in America,
she had been attra cted by the name of
my town, Nelson being a common
name in Sweden. She said that, being
elderly, she would not likely be chosen
for wife. Indeed, she did not care
TO marry; she hoped 10 make herself
useful in some particular way. II
wasn't best, she said, that all the wo-
men should be married. What would
the world do without the old maid
aBnties? 1 told her that / had hus.
band, one of her own countrymen.
picked out for her, but she declared
that l must permit her to remain sin
gle
OF course the day of our arrival was
a gala day at Nelson. j was obliged
70 transport my cargo some twenty
miles from the railroad and hired all
manner Of vehicles for the purpose
The population met US a mile from
the town and escorted US, marching
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
Lese Majestic Not a Crime.

Mr.. Ballinger's wall for more def
mite guarantee Of government pro-
lection OF public officials against
their critics is likely TO pass unheed-
ed. Whatever sympathy there may
have been for the former secretary
of the interior as the victim OF a
concerted attack. cannot be con-
strued as a desire to exercise the
power Of the national government
in the restraint of speech. The pres
ident OF the United States in 1908.
called on the attorney general and
the law department OF the govern
ment TO prosecute the critics or other
distinguished citizens. some OF whom
were government officials and public
sentiment throughout the country.
without reference TO its opinions as
TO the Justice or propriety OF the
criticisms was prompt in showing its
resentment OF this extraordinary rs
sertion Of the federal power and the
implied restraint OF free speech,
A public Official IS not denied re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
BoiIad OvEiera.

In Social Life In the Reign OF Queen
Anne" Swift writes to Stella. Lord
Masham made me go home with him
to eat boiled oysters" and then he
obiigingIy adds the recipe: Take oys-
tiers, wash them clean-that IS. wash
their shells clean: then put your oys-
tiers in an earthen pot with their boil
low side down. then put this pot. COW
cred. into a great Kettle OF water and
let 1t boil. Your oysters are then boiled
In their own liquor and do not mix
with water"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
Criminal Neglect

The soul revolts at the awful trag-
edy in New York city week ago in
which nearly 80 young girls and a
score of men lost their lives, crushed
into mangled, formless masses on the
pavements below, or burned into feat
ureless human efigies a hundred feet
above the street in the blazing lofts
where the fire broke out. All this ter
rible toll of human life was exacted
as A penalty for the criminal careless
ness of the owners and occupants of
the building who provided for the safe
ty of some 1,200 workers only three
narrow inside fire escapes absolutely
useless as means of safety in such a
sudden and terrible calamity. Moth
ing more horrible or more reprehensi-
bic has occurred since the fearful dis
aster which shocked the whole world
seven years ago, when the General
SlocTm burned in New York haroor,
or when that memoTy-torturing panic
occurred in the blazing Iroquois the
atre In Chicago.
Is it possible that the public has
grown so calIous TO the safety OF its
fellow creatures, that only such aw-
ful holocausts as these can awaken
the sense Of mutual sponsibility?
Is our boosted progress and civiliza-
ton advancing only along the path
toward wealth and retrogradins along
the way to public safety and human
ity?
Those to blame for this outrage in
New York will suffer Trust the fran
tic Erief-suicken relatives OF the poor
dead girls to see to it. But will the
lesson be needed elsewhere?
Is New York the only city where
provisions for the safety of workers
are Inadequate?
The criminals whose lust for gain.
leads them TO wiIfuIlv blind them
selves to the just precautions for the
safety of those contribute 10 their
v ealth exist everywhere. No town Isl
immune. The time has come when
such men should be hurled from their
high eminence and given The treat
nent and penalty which humanity de-
nauds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
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. H., 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 precnct-1O14
Third avenue.
Second ward, second precinct
919- Sixth avenue.
Third ward, first precinct-County
Jail building, Third avenue and Four
teenth street.
Third ward, second precinct
1434 Seventh avenue.
Third ward. third precinct-11O1
Fifteenth street.
Fourth ward, first precinct-1914
Third avenue.
Fourth ward, second precinct
Trinity church vestry, rear of 1918
Sixth avenue.
Fifth ward. first precinct-Hose
house on Twenty-second street.
Fifth ward, second precinct
Schmid's grocery store. S23 Tween
tieth street.
Sixth ward, first precinct-Hose
house on Twenty-sixth street
Sixth ward. second precinct
rear of 2700 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 II, 1911.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
The Argus Daily Short Story
The Strength Of Woman-By Heloise Brayton.
Copyrighted 1911 by Associated Literary Press.
Copyright, 1911. by W. C. ChapmanI

a number OF men were one evening
Sitting around the stove in u country
store talking about the rapid growth
of certain western towns Among
them was an old man of the name of
Nelson, who was commonly called
1.-THE boomer" since he had made sew
eral fortunes booming towns. Being
called upon to narrate some of his ex-
periences, he told the following story:
One of the towns I doomed l called
after myseif-Neilson. 1t was on the
line of a projected railroad that was
to cross another projected railroad
I bought all the property al this cross
ing that had been staked out by the
chief engineers of the two roads and
started my town.
The trouble with new towns is that
they are composed almost exclusively
of men. For awhile Nelson was the
worst place on the face of the earth.
1t was full of gambling shanties, and
/ couldn't get the men to work be-
cause they preferred to gamble. 1
got them together on several occa-
siOns, telling them w a bright pros,
pect we had before us If they would
only be respectable. but that settlers
wouldn't come in so long as they
made the place uninviting. This
would sober them for awhile, but 1t
wasn't long before they would drop
back to their former condition.
My right hand man was a Swede
named Olaf Hendrickson. l was talk
ing with him lugubriously one day
about the immortality of the town
when he said to me:
"Mr. Nelson, you can never make
a community Of men respectable with
out a fair proportion of the opposite
sex. Women are essential to men just
as men are to women, and children are
essential to both. Ny advice to you IS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

course to the law for Hbelous attacks
or for criticism which is deliberately
malicious And while it is true that
in political controversy bitterness
often is engendered which tends to
injustice in the criticism Of officials
and candidates for Office. the remedy
must be sought otherwise than by
anything which would SAVIOR of max
ing the government sacrosanct or of
menacing the utmost freedom OF
speech with the power of the gov
eminent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

Continued from Page One.)
Taft, preparatory to becoming one ef
the vice presidents OF Morgan's First
National bank OF New York. AS in the
case OF Leslie n. Shaw, Frank A. Van
oerip, George 3. CorteIyou, the late
Paul Morton and Controllers EckeIs,
Dawes and Ridgely, Mr.. Nortons spe-
cial fitness for high finance was not
discovered until he took q government
position.
What is there about service with the
government which so particularly fits
a man for Wall street? Do Morgan and
Rockefeller give out these high-salaried
positions TO government employees fer
services rendered by them while they
are n the government service, or is il
because OF Il realization that men like
q secretary 70 the president and likely
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

The Associated Press dispatches
from New York yesterday told Of the
retirement from the staff OF that great
news collecting and disseminating
institution OF Charles s. Diehl, the
experienced and popular assistant gen
eral manager. with headquarters in
Chicago, and Harry L. Beach. also of
Chicago, superintendent OF the central
division, and q live wire in the service.
They are to assume control of the San
Antonio Light, q prosperous daily news
paper in the Texas field. Both. as yes
terday's dispatch from New York stat
ed, are highly trained newspaper men
who by their talents and labors have
contributed IN a marked degree to the
high state of efficiency of the Asso-
ciated Press. and the members Of that
organization throughout the land
will join in wishing for Colonel Diehl
and Harry Beach the full measure of
success and prosperity that they de
serve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

Governor Foss Of Massachusetts
has done a iUdicious thing in veto
ing bill to appropriate $500 for
a celebration Of the attack on Fort
Sumter He says that if any ami
yersary is TO be celebrated at the eZ-
pense Of the state. It should be the
end Of IL, rather than the beginning;
peace, rather than war should be
celebrated The attack on Fort
Sumter is to be deplored and cele-
bration OF a calamity would be in
the worst possible taste.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
HuTaor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN ~. .ssssTH

WHEN a man marries for money he
sincerely hopes that his wife won't
find it out, but he has another guess
coming.
The difference between a hired girl
and a maid is usually about three
dollars a week.
History may repeat itself. but the
history lesson doesn't.
No logical minded boy sees any use
In earning money when dad will give
him all he wants.
The people who lose time often find
that 1t rises, phoenix-like. from the
dust in the shape of a hard time.
Lots OF people would be better
natured If they wore larger shoes.
There is plenty OF work in the
world. but SO many Of rs seem to
have drawn the wrong jobs.
There Is much difference IN tenn
peraments. A beautiful spring day
that suggests apple blossoms TO one
mind may suggest fshworms to an
other.
( This Is the asonSEhen psraBsgar-
den donrishes best i'm his mind.
Divorce seems 60 he .sortSof stop
or on some,of the popularsmatrfmonial
lines.
HcrsP referenos.
HE IS stamped with the dollar
mark" ~
as he2"
eyes"
Ell am. SO dfsappointedr'
you astorr1sh me- Why?"
"BecausesI thought ne hnd at least
the million dollar mark.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
Better Than Traps
Exterminate All the Rats and Mice
On q Single Night

Get rid IN G thorough way OF the
rats and mice that infest your prem
iseS. Don't catch one occasionally IN
q trap, but xiii them all of in q night
with Stsa-ns' Electric Rat and Roach
Paste.
1t has been the standard extermin-
ator fer the last thirty years. and
never fails to XIII OF rats, mice. cock
reaches, vaterbugs, etc.
Ready for use. easy TO handle, and
sold under money-back guarantee.
Sold everywhere Be sure to get the
genuine; 25c and s1.oo. Stearns' Elec-
trio Paste Company, Chicago III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
April l in American
History

1s33-The United States treasury build
ing burned at Washington.
19O9-The last detachment Of United
States troops withdrawn from
Cuba
1910 Robert ". Patterson, president
of the Chicago Tribune company,
died in Philadelphia: born 1850
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

Several titled Frenchmen are on
their way TO Mexico. where they IN
tend 20 assist in putting down the
revolution. When they have attend
ed TO that they viii probably come
back this way and go into yaude-
Vile
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
Do Not Forget These
Democratic Township Nominal
tons.

For Assistant Supervisors-John Nc
Shane, Andrew Math, S. J. Stader,
Frank Meenan, Joseph Lerch, William
Trefz.
For CCnstable-Frank King.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

The president wants reciprocity
and tariff board legislation at the
special session, the difference be-
tween him and the democrats being
over the elimination Of the board.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
One Execution,

GAN the world loves n winner"
at isn't unanimous"
"No?"
"No; there's the loser, you know"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

The long deadlock IN the New
York general assembly is ended, with
the election OF Justice James A.
Ogorman, member Of the supreme
bench of the state since 1900, 70
the United States senate to succeed
Chauncey ". Depew. Justice O'Gor-
man Is Tammany leader. an able
jurist and a high minded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

to have valuable secrets which may be
useful for speculative purposes:
Going or coming. the path between
Wall street and President Taft's imme-
date circle is short and much-traveled.
Attorney General Wickersham, IT will
be recalled, was formerly sugar trust
attorney; the presidents brother, Hen
~ P. Taft, is on record as sugar trust
attorney; ex-Secretary Of the Interior
Ballinger was formerly adviser for in
teresJs having designs upon Alaska
coal lands; Secretary of Commerce and
Labor Nagel was formerly attorney for
the Waters Pierce (Standard) Oil com
pany, and Secretary OF War Dickinson
was personal attorney for the late Har
riman and general counsel for the Hi
nois Central railroad.
BIG LAME DUCKS.
That President Taft should ere
ate soft berths on the national none
tary commission for Senators Aid
rich, Hale, Burrows, Money, Flint
and Taliaferro, when the members
of the finance committee could per-
form the work for nothing, is not
nearly SO serious as to have them
remain about the senate. Conscious
~ or unconsciously they are bound
10 lobby for the viewpoints from
which they look at things-view-
points which the people voted down
last November. 1t was the voters
intention to return these men to pri-
vate life, not award them a private
graft.
CHANGE SUGGESTED.
The democrats may decide to
add a clause to the reciprocity
agreement authorizing the president,
by executive act, TO reduce the tariff
duties of this country, on any item,
whether included in the Canadian
agreement or not, whenever Canada
is willing to put them on its free
list. This would not interfere with
the pending pact. but it would be
an invitation on the part of our gov
eminent to Canada to unite with us
inultimate free trade. There is a
growing conviction that there is no
more reason for tariff wall be-
tween the United States and Can
ada than there would be for one
between Indiana and Illinois, or any
other two of our states.
PRESIDENT IN NO HURRY.
President Taft doesn't want the /
democratic house to do anything in .
extra session but pass the reciproc-
ity bill. Schedule k he feels, /
should remain as it is until revi- |
sion can be based on the results of .
an investigation by men appointed by
himself. The president has appar- /
emily forgotten that the people have .
said they want the tariff revised this .
time from the democratic, not the I.
republican, viewpoint.
SCHEDULE "E<" HAS GOT TO GO.
Chairman Underwood of the new.
ways and means committee, upon
hearing that the wooden interests
are preparing to march upon Wash
ngtOn in force, declared that while
hey would be treated fairly, the
wooden interests might just as well
make an assault upon Gibraltar as
upon the house.
In other words. schedule *" tax
ng womens clothing 49, per cent,
rs per cent and blankets,
c. per cent, has got to fall.
The mere thought of it is enough
o make any man with red blood in
lis veins feel like jumping in the
iir and giving an imitation Indian
Var-WhOOD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
Both Buav.

what is Jennie's husband doingf"
"Practicing law"
"And what is Jennie doingT
"Practicing economy"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
Tho Reason.

81 suppose he has many enemiesT
mo; think not"
That's queer"
mot at all. His wife is an orphan
with no relatives"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
Her e Estimate

Her Estimate
isn't she n dearT'
'She is too much Of an extremist"
Extremist How is thatT'
"She'd use a sledge hammer to break
an egg and a cambria needle to pitch
hay to an elephant"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

Let every citizen vote and then the
new commission form of municipal
government Will be started right and
heIt right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
An Exchange

Ever see a woman sharpen a pen
Gil, Maude?"
mo. Why?"
"Just wondered"
Ever see a man sew on button,
Jack7"
mo. Why?'
Same reason"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

One Of the curious things about the
insurrection in Mexico is that only
few of the insurrectOs appear TO
be generals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

Mere money-making is futile,
Mr.. Roosevelt tells the students in
Berkeley, Cal. Most people find the
mere effort futile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

The biggest fourfusher in the world
is the man who tells you what he would
do IL he were in your place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
Dofnsd.
ais she smart ?"

81 don't know. 1t doesn't matter
She is swell locker. which is a sub
stitute most any girl would sigh for"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
Tho ONLY Exclamation.


"Mr. and Mrs. Brown are on ex-
cellent terms"
you don't tell mel"
"They are, really"
when were they divorcedT'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
The Difference.

A little maiden fresh and sweet
AS any dew washed rose
IL playing near the city street
In lace and silken hose.
Her locks are cleaning from the care
OF nurses skllfui hands
And lustrous ribbons Haunting there
Hold down the curling strands.
She looks across the street and sees
A baby boy and girl
At play beneath the sheltering trees,
Where vagrant breezes whirl
The leaves and grasses in a heap
OF waste upon the ground.
Upon the mass the babies leap
And rustic round and round
Their clOthes are soiled with bits Of eartn
Their hands arc streaked with crime.
Their voices ring wien Joy ana nlrth.
They have d gleeaome dine.
Their merry faces smudgy are.
This morning they were clean.
But Barbara must Sigh affair
The street lies broad between.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

Careful.
'Do try to be good
81 mustn't try"
"Why?"
az might succeed"
"Well?"
"That would ruin my reputation"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
Your tongue is coated.

7 Jul LVIIE w 10 NVNINIs
Your breath is foul
Headaches come and go.
These symptoms show that your
stomach is the trouble. To remove
the cause ia the first thing and Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
Will do that. Easy to take and most
effective. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

WHEN a man marries for money he
sincerely hopes that his wife won't
find it out, but he has another guess
coming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
RUSHED ISTO EACH OTHER's ARgs-

TO make some move with view 10
inducing respectable women 70 come
in here, marry these men and establish
families
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

The difference between a hired girl
and maid is usually about three
dollars a week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

The people who lose time often find
that 1t rises, phoenix-like. from the
dust I'm the shape of a hard time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
THE ARGUS.

BY TIVE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01
RECIPROCITY WITH
CANADA BUT A START
IN TARIFF REFORM

(Continued from Page one.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

Lots OF people would be better
natured If they wore larger shoes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

History may repeat itself. but the
history lesson doesn't
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

In earning money when dad will give
him all he wants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

March went out like a goat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

There is plenty OF work in the
world. but SO many Of rs seem to
have drawn the wrong Jobs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-09
BELIEVE BURGLARS
 CAUSED THE FIRE

Yesterday officers and others in- terested concluded that the fire which destroyed K. D. WestalPs store and house on the macadam road at mid- night Thursday night as reported in The Graphic yes erday morning, twas caused by burglars. It is elieved from the cfrcumsfances that the burg lars rifled the cash drawer, securing about S35, which MT. Westall had left there ,and then set fire to he build ing. MT. Westall failed to take his cash from the store for the first time since he has been n business.
 The store and house were to al losses. which amounted about s5,00O with no insuranse The dwelling was valued at about $2,500, the store building at about $500 and the stock about $2,006 Only a small part of the stock was saved.