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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
SUMMER WHITE
HOUSE IN WEST
Glad to Occupy It, President
Taft Informs Members of
Congress.
MINNEToNKA THE PLACE
If Congress Provides and People OF
Minnesota Approve He Will
Go Next Year.

Washington, May 20.-The propo-
sition to establish a summer White
house on Lake MiBaetonka, Mimi.
near Minneapolis gas recefvedSwith
favor today by President Tat Rep
resentative Nye of Minnesota told
the president he had introduced in
congress bill appropriating Aoney
for a summer home there
CAN'T GO THIS YEAR.
The president said that while this
summers plans had been made he
would be glad to occupy a Mime
sofa summer White house next year
if congress and the people of that
state should provide such a place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
WIND STORM NEAR
HERE CAUSES LOSS
Cedar Rapids and La Crosse Suffer
No Deaths or Injuries
Inflicted.

La Crosse, Wis, May 20.-A wind
storm. which unroofed small buildings,
tore down trees and was accompanied
by terrific downpour of rain, caused
much damage in La Crosse and vicin-
ity late yesterday. A number Of
bridges in the county were washed out.
Both the lighting system and the
street car service in this city were out
of commission for several hours.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. May 20.-West
Cedar Rapids last night suffered from
a storm which did thousands of dollars
damage. The plaster factory of the
William King company was wrecked
and several residences were demol-
ished. Hundreds of shade trees were
blown down
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20

Washington, May 20
What is practically an ultimat-
um was served on the senate
today by the democratic lead
ers of the house, that there
must be a vote in the senate
this session for or against Ca
madam reciprocity, the farm
ers' free list bill and the revis-
ed wool tariff. Provided these
terms are met the house will
agree to a recess from July I
TO oct.-1.--QtheE The sens
ate will be held in session
throughout the summer.
= FREE RAW WOOL LOSES.
Warrington, May 2O.-The demo-
cratic advocates of free raw wool
had dScompletely surrendered. it was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
NO HOT MEALS
SERVED SUNDAY
This and Other Sabbath Re
strictions in Prospect for
Presbyterians.
ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RULES
Travelling, Making Purchases, ETC.,
Tabooed After a Strenuous
Fight Is Made.

Atlantic City, n. j., May 20.-TEe
report of the committee on Sabbath
observance with its stringent recon-
mendations aroused an animated dis
oussion at the morning session or the
Presbyterian general assem- bly,.
MINISTER'S OPPOSE.
Many ministers proved to be oppos-
ed to what they called an attempt to
go backward two centuries and impose
"a blue law Sabbath" on the Goth CEN
tury. They were for a sane Sunday,
they said. but not so strict as the one
the report called for. The barring OF
travelling on Sunday, the buying IF
things because ZoU happened to want
them, even if they were unnecessary,
and having no hot meals so your SER
wants could rest was declared alb
surd, and the assembly urged to ig-
more such trivial matters
TAKE OTHER VIEW.
Others spoke earnestly in favor OF
keeping Sabbath as the command
ments ordered, and the report with its
II stringent resolutions was adopted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
VOTE OR NO RECESS: HOUSE
SENDS SENATE ULTIMATUM

declared, when the house ways and
means committee today continued the
revision of the wool tariff. Mem
bers of the committee who had been
fighting to place raw wool on the
free list were said to have agreed
to a retention of a reduced duty.
FLAT REVENUE MEASURE.
Though the exact rates had not
been disclosed the tentative bill to
be submitted to the democratic eau
Gus will probably be a fiat revenue
measure, with raw wool cut so per
cent or more and manufactured ar
ticles reduced from 30 to so per
cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
Three-fourths of Grading
on Panama Canal
Finished.
RESULTS SUMMED UP
Other Work Well AIong-Land-
slides Will Not Delay Open
ing of Navigation.

Washington, May 20.-'Uncle Sam"
has taken stock of what has been ac-
complished at Panama after seven
years of hard work. May 4 ended the
seventh year of canal construction by
Americans.
ONE-FOURTH TO MOVE.
Only one-fourth of the great task OF
excavation remains to be done, for the
ground hogs" have removed 13S, ,000,-
900 cubic yards from the line OF the
canal. That leaves only 100000
yards to be cut away.
The placing of concrete in the locks
is more than SO per cent completed.
The installing of lock gates has begun.
and 20 per cent of the filing for the
gatun dam, which will feed the canal
with water, has been done.
STAGGERING IN SIZE.
The lock gates are staggering in their
vast proportion, compared with the
timber gates of the canals in this coun-
try. Each leaf. of which there are two
in a gate, is feet thick, IS feet long
and AZ to 50 feet in height, there be-
ing no less than 80 of these leaves.
Special hoisting machinery has been
installed to place these masses of
steel.
HAVE BEEN n SLIDES.
One of the unexpected obstacles in
construction was the development of
20 slides in Culebra cut within a dis
tance of nine miles, but 1t is stated
these will not delay the completion of
the canal, as the earth can easily be
removed by dredges after the water is
turned on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
STRlKEBREAKERS
AT GRAND RAPIDS

Grand Rapids, Mich, May 90
a special train brought 1875 strike
breakers to the Grand Rapids Show
Case company's plant early today.
The plant is equipped with sleeping
accommodations and food for a
month or more 1t IS stated these
strikebreakers are stalled workers
from the Pullman shops at Pullman,
Ill. who were left without employ
ment when the car shops turned to
steel construction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS AT
IA, M, after AN ALL might SESSION
The Weather

Forecast Till p. NJ. Tomorrow for
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline
and Vicinity.
Cooler and probably showers to-
night, Sunday fair and cooler.
Temperature at g. m. 81. Highest
yesterday SO, lowest last night Ga.
Precipitation .26.
Velocity Of wind at a. N. miles
per hour.
Relative humidity at p. M. 50, at
a. m. &c.
Stage Of water 2.6 no change in
last "a hours.
JIM. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
COOLER WEATHER
SUCCEEDING HEAT
Relief Comes to District East of the
Mississippf-FrOsts in Noun
tain States.

Washington, May 20.-Relief from
the hot wave was promised by the
weather bureau today throughout the
country east of the Mississippi. 1t
will come tonight in the lake region
and Ohio and Mississippi valleys. The
extreme heat will be dispelled by un-
settled weather with showers and local
Frosts are reported
this morning in Wyoming and western
Colorado.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
Proclamation
OF PEACE NEAR
Official Announcement to Be
Made to Check Fighting
in Mexico.
ANOTHER CITY CAPTURED
Stated That Madero's Army viii En-,
force Armistice IL Trouble
Continues.

Juarez, Mexico. May 20.-Dr.
Gomez, head of the rebel peace COM
mission, intimated this morning that
some time today, after comforting
with DR.. CarbaJal, the federal en-
voy, it was probable a public an
nouncement of the declaration of
peace would be made. This, he
thought, is necessary to assure those
revoIutionists who might be dispos-
ed to prosecute the rebellion because
an official announcement that peace
is assured has not been made public
This declaration of peace will con-
tain the principles upon which peace
will be effected.
RESIGNATION BEFORE PEACE.
Juarez, Mexico, May 20.-Peace will
not be declared as in effect In Mexico,
nor will the general armistice be ter
minated till the moment Senor Fran
cisco Leon de la Barra becomes pro
visional president in succession to
President Diaz
Francisco /. Madero, Jr., will not Wis
it Mexico City until Senior de la Barra
is installed in power. He then may go
to the capital to assist in tranquilizing
the country.
MAY TURN ON BANDITS.
II the rebels in lower California, or
other bands hitherto fighting independ-
emily, do not lay down their arms. Ma
dero's insurrecto army will be turned
loose on them.
No peace agreement will be signed,
but the interim between now and the
time Senor de Ia Barra becomes presi-
dent be utilized in getting the Mexican
congress 10 enact laws covering most
OF the points which II had been thought
should be contained in a peace agree
menf
SITUATION IN a TANGLE.
This is the explanation which one OF
the most prominent insurrecto leaders
gave last night Of the status OF the
peace negotiations, Madero's visit 10
Mexico City and other complications
which for a time presented a tangle
to the federal representatives as well
as to rebel leaders here, who admitted
they did not understand the situation
themselves.
NOTIFIES OF ARMIsTICE.
Noga1es. Sonora. Mexico, May 90
Provisional Governor Bonilla of Sina
loa arrived here today as special en-.
CONTINUED on Page Twelve)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
SOUTH DAKOTA
ATTY. GENERAL
NOT DISBARRED

Pierre. S. D., May 20.-The supreme
court today dismissed the disbarment
accusation against Attorney General
Johnson on the grounds the testimony
did not sustain the charges.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20

ors' association and detectives en-
ployed by it, were implicated in the
wrecking of buildings throughout
the country, constructed by nonun-
ion labor yesterday afternoon was
found to be mentally deranged and
was sent to the Allegheny county
home at MarshaIsea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
KAISER'S VISIT COMPLETED

German Ruler and Family Leave
London on Way Home.
London, May 20.-Emperor Will
liam, Empress Auguste and Prin-
cess Victoria Louise left London to-
day to join the imperial yacht. Ho-
henzolIerin, at Sheerness, from which
port they will depart for home to-
morrow. King George and Queen
Mary, together with other members
of the royal families in London, bade
farewell to the imperial family at
the railroad station.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
INDICTMENTS
AGAINST COX
ARE QUASHED

Cincinnati, O.. May 2o.-Motions to
quash the perjury indictments against
George b. Cox, banker and political
Leader. were granted By Judge Dick
son today, because he found the in
d.ctments defective in substance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
PLOT COMPRESSOR INSANE

James Elliott, Who Attacked Erect
Ors' Association, Is Deranged.
Pittsburg, May 20.-James Elliott,
who, Thursday night, made an al
legged confession, in which he charg-
ed that officers of the National Erect
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20
Taft Family Represented.

New York, May 20.-Charles p.
Taft, brother of the president with
Mrs. Taft and their daughter sailed
for England today to attend the cor
onation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20

ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
From noon today to noon tomorrow)
Sun sets Tai. rises 4:33; moon rises
1:14 a. m: 4:15 a. m, eastern time.
moon at last quarter in constellation
AQuarius.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-20

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CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
Courtaut the Wolf.

Paris has forgotten the time when 1t
used to go in terror Of the wolves
which carried off women and children
from the streets and even raided the
graveyards. At one time they became
so mad with desire for human flesh
that in single week they devoured
fourteen persons, all between Mont
martrc and the gate of St. Antoine
On the vigil Of st. Martin (says Grace
James in Joan Of Arc') there was
hunted and taken horrible wolf,
(which it was said had done more,
and more cruelty, than many others
put together. That day he was killed.
He had no tail, and from that he was
called COurtuut. There was as much
talk about him as if he had been an
outlaw Of the woods or cruel cap
tain, and when he lived folk said to
one another us they went forth to la
Dor in the fields, Look out for Cour-
taut.' And on this day he was taken
through Paris in a cart, dead, with
his great jaws open, and all the peo-
pie went to see, and they made holt
day and rejOiced. because Courtaut
could trouble them no more.'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
HOLD THE RIGHT IDEALS.
Latent Courage and the Power Of Men
tai Suggestion.

We not only can strengthen mental
weaknesses and deficiencies, but it is
perfectly possible to increase the gen.
eral ability through the p~wer of sug
gesti0n, says Orison SWEET Marden in
Success Magazine. Indeed, the sus-
ceptibility of all the mental faculties
to improvement, to enlargement, is
something remarkable.
Sometimes very strong faculties are
latent until especially aroused. There
are many people who pass for cow
ards, who are Inundated because they
have SO little courage, when, If they
only knew how, they could strengthen
this deficient faculty wonderfully by
holding the courageous ideal, by
thinking and doing the courageous
deeds, by carrying the thought Of fear.
lessness, by reading about heroic lives,
by constantly thinking the heroic
thought and trying to live 1t. The
courage may be small in person be-
cause 1t has never been called into
sufficient exercise. 1t may need only
to be aroused. There arc many people
living lives Of mediocrity who might
do great things. might become mental
giants, II their dormant faculties We're
aroused their general ability improved
and enlarged.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
Rented Wedding Cakes,

There was something wrong with the
cake, the baker said. 1t looked all
right, and it smelled all right, but his
artistic sense told him it would not
taste all right.
Then fix it up with an extra coat of
icing and we will keep it for a renter
said the proprietor.
"Who in the world would rent a
cake" some one asked.
wedding parties" said he. "They
want a big cake in the center Of the
table for show, but cake of that size
good enough for wedding would cost
more than they can afford to pay, so
they order fine cake put up in individ-
uai boxes for the guests and use the
brides cake just as an ornament. They
don't buy it; they rent it. Sometimes
cake is rented a dozen different
times. After each wedding it is fresh
ened up with new coat of icing and
looks as good as new for the next oc.
casion. A good renter fetches about
s. a wedding. New York Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
COSTLY DROP CURTAIN.
The One Messoncr Didn't Paint For a
French Theater.

The ente;prising manager Of a thea
Ter called upon the famous French art
!St Jean Louis Ernest Aleissonier or
one occasion and asked him to paint a
drop scene for Il certain theatcr and
name his own terms.
'You have seen my pictures, then?"
asked MeissOnier
ooh. yes" exclaimed the manager,
"but it is your name l want! 1t will
draw crowds to my theater."
"And how large do you wish this
curtain to Beg inquired the artist.
"Ah, well, we will say Is by IS me-
ters."
Meissonier took up a pencil and pro
ceeded to make calculation. At last
he looked up and said, with imper-
turbaDle gravity:
II have calculated and find that my
pictures are valued at $4,000 francs
per meter. Your curtain. therefore,
will cost you just 21,GOO,O0O francs.
But that is not all. 1t takes me twelve
months to paint twenty-five centime-
tiers Of canvas. 1t will therefore take
me just 100 years to finish your cur
tain. You should have come to me
earlier. monsieur. am too old for the
undertaking now. Good morning."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
Arabic Numerals,

An Illustration Of what mankind
owes to the labor saving Arabic nu-
merals compared with preceding forms
Of notation is shown in adding 1S4S to
1913, the sum Of which Is expressed in
only four figures, or 1906 Meantime
in Roman characters we would have
to denote 1913 with the capital letters
MDCCCNLVI1l. Repeating these let
tiers explains why Cicero complained
Of the sweating toll Of all addition.
On that account Homer's total of Aga
mcmnon's fleet is not the correct
sum of the different contingents to it
which lie gives of the Grecian states.
Herodotus is worse yet when lie gives
the total figures Of Xerxes' army after
enumerating the quota Of the various
nationalities which composed it. Like
wise what a life insurance company
would now do without Arabic nu.
merals may be imagined.-Dr. viii.
liam Hanna Thomson in Designer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
American People
Fettered by Laws.
BY ROSCOE POUND. Professor o,

ROSCOE OF cheaco
H OF LAW ARE ABSOLUTE, ETERNAL AND OF uNVER-
~I SAL VALIDITY AND THAT LAW IS FOUND NOT MADE,
I wv THE PEOPLE BELIEVE NO LESS FIRMLY THAT IT
THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER
TO WHILE THE LAWYER THE STATE ENFoRcEs
BECAUSE IT THE PEOPLE LAW Is LAW BE-
CAUSE STATE RESPECTING THEIR DESIRES HAS SO
WILLED
1t is becoming commonplace to assert that LAWLESs
PEOPLE, and the copacncy with which the charge is received
goes way toward establishing it.
1t should be remembered however, that also LAW
RIDDEN PEOPLE, and the complacehcy with which we sustain
burden suggests that lightly upon and confirms the
charge of lawess But such suggestion would be superficial
Where else would democracy, peculiarly sensitive such
subjects questions Of and social welfare to be
made LEGAL QUESTIONS and tried incidents Of private
litigation?
Where else would the public look patiently the every day
spectacle of law PARALYZING ADMINISTRATIONS
Almost every important of police of administration en-
counters injunction.
Not long states the collection OF taxes from
railroad companies needed the everyday conduct Of PUBLIC
BUSINESS TIED UP BY THE ORDER OF COURT Ap
paeny shall leave the COURTS rather than to the gs
ture determine the permissible limits of concerted action BY
laborers in industrial disputes.
No people give much power their No people make
vital problems of and society into legal questions
and commit them to the judiciary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
Sarcastic Cabbv,

A certain nobleman, who may be
called Lord x, bears the reputation
Of being somewhat stingy in money
matters. On wet afternoon he hired
a cab to take him to Victoria station.
Arrived at the station, he handed the
cabman shilling and of course was
met by the inevitable demand for an
extra sixpence.
Certainly not" said the other
promptly. "You came the longest way
as an excuse to extort money. Why
didn't you go through St. James
park?"
The cabman saw he had no chance
and said sneeringly:
Zoos st. James park is closed.
That's why"
Nonsense" said the other sternly.
Its right, though" was the grave
reply. "They say that Lord X. dropped
shilling coming across tile park last
evening, and the gates are closed until
they find it."-London Tit-Bits.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
The Tombiabee.

"Do YOU know the origin OF the
name of the Tombigbee river" asked
the well informed man. "Well," he
went on, ut is Choctaw, every syl-
liable, only the word is not "Tomblg-
bee;' it is Tomb Ik-bi,' two words
the T. being short in each instance.
Long ago Choctaws inhabited the Sec
ton now embraced within the states
Of Mississippi and Alabama and trav-
ersed by the stream that song was
about. Nearly a century ago White
mana carpenter-came among the
Indians. He lived on the banks OF
the stream and among other things
made rude collins for burials. Indians
at that time 'buried" their dead upon
m arbor supported by poles, but they
gradually came to the white mans
custom of burying in earth and went
to the white man carpenter to get
their boxes. From this incident, l am
told. the stream received its name,
'Tom-bi' meaning box and 1k-bf
meaning make or maker, only they
added the word box which signifies
river or creek, so, literally translated,
the combination means the river
where lives the man that makes box
es.' Time as we'll as the Anglo-Saxon
disposition to round corners IN pro-
nuntiation Anglicized Tomb 1k-bf
into 'Tombigbee.'- Eagle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
Flirting Evil Is
Running the Nation.

First Conversational Church
Haywood. NJ
LIFTING IS POTENT CAUSE OF THAT coARsENess AND
\ eEsTIAL vULcARiTv DOING so MUCH At PRES
! EMIT TO IMPAIR THE BEAUTY AND DIMINISH THE POWER
! AMERICAN HOME LIFE, DEGRADING MARRIAGE TO THE
LOW LEVEL CONVENIENCE AND TO THE STILL
LOWER LEVEL sENsUALITy FlRTAToNs FOSTER THE So
you don't know what daughter keeps or what
time Of night she turns in your when gosps get busy will
sound about as pathetic as the wheeze from ewsharp
Flirting UNDERMINES THE HOME. And when home lte
with its snctie calm and deep joys and ceases to
have its charm for us in the greatest breakup and cas-
trophe in history will follow.
In respect to this menacng evil good rule for youth is RE-
SYST THE BEGINNING OF FLIRTING. Filtration the FIRST
STEP TOWARD SELF DEGRADATION.
The man or who i Matching serpents brood that
will one day wake into life to hiss and sting he rearing wild
beasts of prey erward will turn upon him and rend him
Shake it its BIRTH LIMITATIONS DWARF MANS VIEWS
OF LIFE FAR MORE THAN THEY BROADEN THEM
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
Al1lusen1entS
GRAND

There will be an all new program ON
at the Grand tonight.
Whitetield and Ireland in CAB and
song. will pres sent a neat, clean com
edy singing and talking act.
Suren, the famous English Comedy
Magician, will also be on the boards.
Miss Nelson will sing Red, Red
Roses, a beautiful song of the class
to which she is particularly adapted.
The Grandscope program is an OK.
ceptionally fine one, and includes the
great and widely known drama HUI
man Hearts, in photo play, in which
the famous theatrical star, Hal Reid,
plays the leading role.
"A Jar of Cranberry Sauce" and
almost Hero" two excellent CON-
edy subjects, will also be presented.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
The Unfit Movement.

When he left the house Saturday
morning Burton yanked at the door as
If he would pull it off its hinges
When he couldn't open it he started te
grumble until his wife came to his as
sistance.
"What'n blue blazes is the matter
with this door?' he grumbled, giving
it another powerful yank without be
ing able to open it.
1.-THE trouble with you, John, DEAR
the wife ventured, lis that you are al
ways down on everything-down in
the mouth, down on the world. Let
me try it."
With a gentle tug upward on the
knob she easily opened the door.
John was about to sputter out a sar-
castle remark when the force of his
wife's logic sank in his thick skull.
Il get IT, he exclaimed. II get the
lesson"
That afternoon when his wife visit
ed his Office she saw over his desk a
little motto with the words, "Me For
the Uplift. youngstown Telegram.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-05
A Sion of a Crowd.

A very fat, putting, elderly woman
stepped up to the box office Of the
Chestnut Street theater and, placing a
coin on the ticket window, said:
"Give me a ticket to the gallery"
"You are at the wrong window,
madam" said the ticket seller. 1.-THE
gallery ticket Office is to your left as
you go out Of the door,"
The old woman walked down the
steps and, advancing few feet, glanc-
ed around inquiringly and then let her
gaze wander to the iron fire escape
which wat suspended above the side
walk
Going back to the main box Office,
she said:f
"Say, me boy, OF can't get in there;
it's crowded"
"Crowded"'
"Sure, it must be-" she said. "They
have the steps pulled up."-Philadel-
phia Times.