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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04
AUGUST SALE VALUES
IN TABLE LINENS
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II < Table C1oths--puro linen
row open work-reg. S2.49...... sale I 30
70 inch Table Damasks satin double
damasl-pure linen--strpes ana norss mr.
reg. sl39 a yd............''''sae 10
inch Table Damasks-lrish
manufacture--large assortment OF ,o
patterns-reg. s110 ..........''.'saio 10
pure Irish LINEN Napkins -20x2o-paln,
daisy. maidenhair and primrose designs
inchided-reg. S2f9 doc. Sale 90
72-inch Extra Heavy Table Damasks-
double satin damask-lrish mfr
newest dcsigns-reg s10s. sals .O4
7-inch Nercerlzed Damasks-res. 81 70
Mercerixed Napkins-2iX24---
rcg al 20 dozen. sale I 10
Double Satin Dainask Napkins.
2i-inch--stripes. forals and other
patterns-reg. $40 y doz...... sale FIJI
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In New Yorks Shopping Centre
III IS a II !! \! :.
IS Y~rh Dry
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YEARLY AUGUST SALE
R1 .ANKETs AND HOUSEHOLD DRY GOODS

dhe wordsb btu prevail
brightly shines
Curtains &Dupah
neededn throughout
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04
AUGUST SALE VALUES
IN ART LINENS

7o-inch Handsome Banquet Cloths
deep Renaissance bordersN
elaborate centres Of drawn WORK,
hand embroidery. or Renaissance o.SO
iace-reg. IS oS ana S6.9s. ........J
SILK Iambrequins -Persians or c..
norals--allover or bordered Sa..
best colors-were S2-e4..........J .OI
Scarfs and SquareS-lace Cal.
trimmed or scalloped 90
emb'd corners-usually .29..,.J ~
Renaissance Doylies-round or ! 81.
so,Iare--fancy drawnwork ~,
centres-were .15................. LIZ -
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FALL & WINTER COMFORTABLEs
AT AUGUST SALE PRICES

Value. Sale.
Full Size silkoline--Turkey Red
back ............s....'''. ITO
s,in H.avi.r--tull size. 40
Figured both sidss--e-inch eateeu
border. also Persian Tops with
Turkey Red backs. % I 80
80
Handsome sateen Comfortable
figured one or both sides -
sateen borders ............... S<S Y, 40
Down Filled Comfortables-cov-
cred with best French sateen-
handsome borders 10 harmonize
in colorongs-sise 6x7 ft........SI.<9 go
EQUAL VALUES IN WHITE SPREADS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04

AUGUST SALE ADVANTAGES
in FINE RUGS
The magnitude of our sales makes II
possible for us to offer values that
competitors do not pretend to meet.
Add to this fact our midsummer price
sacrifices, and this week affords op.
portunities that may well be termed
"once-a-lifetime advantages"
ADMINISTER. ALSO BEST
BODY BRUSSELS RUGS Sals
S3xl06 n.-values sl09S and ia IN
~ ............. ....'.-.-.-s.I
AsSs E. : Of ss best ts ss
worth S1p.9S. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1870
BEST SEAMLESS BRUSSELS ssls
RUGs-ex12 fall wool -
Oriental patterns-reg. s16 $685. LILO /
f.: $s$s s..
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AUGUST SALE OF
SHEETS. PILLOW CASES AND MUSLlNS
can COUNT on
Sale prices
promptly BE here to'nnorro"
ANOTHER SALE PILLOW CASES
@sMss ,s, 10 Ssss IA. III S Sos5 liz
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AUGUST Sale of Blankets

whon A
II knowing awaited
foresghd
in theseva ues
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SALE OF SHEETS
Good Close Muslin-certre scam Sale
1890 before hemming)- 22
worth ~ cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
ROMAN ROAD BUILDERs

In England there is a move on foot
10 reclaim the old Roman roads that
lead out OF London 10 the surrounding
cities and connecting the outlying
places. Many countries OF the old
world were fortunate. if it may be
viewed that way, in having been con
quered by the Romans who were great
road builders and whose roads are
now being used in many countries of
the old world 1000 years after they
were constructed.
In looking over the roads OF Illinois
one is convinced that the Romans
never got into this part of the coun-
try. II they had. some OF the roads
would have been better than they
are today. II is a fact that We are
more than 1000 years behind the
Romans in the building Of roads, and
we still call ourselves an enterprising
and progressive people. We will have
10 get up and go some in this country
10 get within a hundred years OF where
the Romans were 1900 years ago in
the matter Of road building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
TWO OPINIONS OF BRYAN

There is a conflict OF authority. 1t Is
true that the opinions of people differ
widely on the motives OF William ].
Bryan at Baltimore, but there was
right for the people 10 hope that the
authorities would agree.
However, Golfers and Harper's are
at outs One is certain that William
J. Bryan is a man Of unselhsh motives
and noble impulses The other is as
sured now more than ever before that
he is the consummate demagogue
Here is Harper's reference to Mr.. Bry-
an after his Baltimore activities:
In the case of Mr.. Bryan we see
again, what Mr.. Roosevelt has made
so apparent, the defect in our institu-
tons for provision for marathon politi-
clans Of inconvenient size We have
had enough both Of Mr.. Bryan and Mr..
Roosevelt as aspirants for the presi-
dency. We don't want electors for
either Of them on the presidential bal
lots ever again. But there they are,
each with a presidential advertisement
of great price. and each with that mar
athon disposition that always sees the
tape OF private life still leagues ahead,
and means 10 keep going as long as
there is puff Of wind left in his body.
To these perennial statesmen public
questions easily become a means to a
personal end"
From this picture we turn 20 the fol
lowing from the enthusiastic Golfers
The service done by Mr.. Bryan TO
his party and the country will not be
/ forgotten. Nobody has in recent years
/ Illustrated more wonderfully the truth
/ that the United States is a country in
which men often grow surprisingly at.
| ter they have reached middle life. Mr.
| Bryan at Baltimore had all the honesty
courage and sympathy which have
made him leader of the democratic lib
eral masses, and he had a maturity, q
strength, logic, q control, which
marked him a more formidable and &
more complete figure than he has beer
before in any Of his campaigns. We
liked the boy orator of 1896. We ad
mire and trust the fighting statesman
Of 1912"
When the authorities are so hope
lessly in conflict there is no reason t
be surprised that the ordinary morta
goes astray.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
GOLD RUSH Is STARTED
Enormously Rich Placer Deposits
Found in Aniak District, Alaska.

Tacoma, July 16.-An Iditarod cable
dated Saturday says tremendous ex-
element has been aroused by news
from Aniak district, Kuskakwim val
ley. Alaska, of the discovery of enor-
mOusly rich placer gold deposits. A
stampede has begun. Hundreds of min
ers and prospectors are joining the
rush.
J. ". Pickle, who brought the news
TO Iditarod, declares Marvel creek has
shown deposits OF pay dirt that more
than justifies its name. and that like
indications are being found on nearby
streams. Pickle says operators on
Marvel creek have exposed a total
length Of 5000 feet OF pay streak aver.
aging more than 100 feet in width. The
pay dirt is said TO run from 81 10 $3.50
a square foot, which is richer than
most of the best grounds in the Fair,
banks region.
The first discoveries we're made last
fall by Harry Buhro, Labree and Fish
er. Prospecting proved difficult il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

higher wages that prevail, but the big
fact remains that high wages availeth
not Of the drain on those wages for
household necessities is such that at
the end of the week the exchequer is
exhausted.
Never in history did dollar buy so
little as now it buys. And this, too,
in face of the fact that we have land
enough 10 bountifully supply a popu-
lation five times as .great-nay, 20
times as great-as that which We
now have.
Confronted by such condition, with
household commodities still mount
ing higher and higher, it will be scant
wonder II the people concern them
selves less with the theory and more
with the condition-less with the cause
and more with the effect.
This is not the doctrine Of socialism.
II is a condition and not a theory.
Republican policies have given US
our present conditions and republican
policies needs must be held RESPONSE
BILE. and both Roosevelt and Taft have
held at the wheel while prices were
soaring. What is the answer? 1t is
/ Wilson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

are known as stock dividends" by
several Of the companies, the total
net value of these stock dividends
being about s24 100000, making the
total profits of the trust for the last
six months the neat little sum Of
$46,611,6
Last year the Standard Oil company
of New Jersey, as the controlling cor
poration and the only one which dis
tributed to individual stockholders the
profits of the Standard Oil business,
paid dividends to the amount Of
s39,335,32O. For 1906, the last year
for which the old Standard Oil COM
pany published any statements, the
total profits were SS3,122,251, so that,
over the 40 per cent dividend, there
was a surplus Of $43,7S6,951.
SOME OF MOST PROSPEROUS.
Some of the most prosperous of the
Standard Oil subsidiaries, notably the
Atlantic Refining company, have not
as yet paid any dividends since the
dissolution. When these companies
declare their dividends the present
holders OF the old stock OF the orig
inal New Jersey trust will be still
further enriched.
! Before the Standard Oil company
was able to get a grip on the country
that would permit the piling up OF
such huge profits as these, it was nee,
! essary to settle with the chairman
of the republican national campaign
committee. who. in 1904, was George
B. Cortelyou. Mr.. Cortelyou testified
recently that the Standard Oil com
pany was one of the largest contri
butors to the republican fund o.
$2,000,00O that was raised to cleo
Mr.. Roosevelt president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
THE ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN
YEAR

The best country on earth can never
be really good place for anyone to
live in, until il is a good place for
everyone 10 live in. This thought
briefly expresses the moving spirit Of
1912.
Favored as no other nation ever
was favored, a veritable land of milk
and honey, yet. for the great masses,
The United States has been sinking
u the levels Of the old world.
Il Is true that there are milnonaires
and mulu-millionaires galore. but. for
the vast proportion of our people. the
cost Of bare living has become a posi-,
tive burden.
Campaign orators may boast Of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
Hurnor and
Philosophy
JUST HAPPEN ALONG.
., DUNCAN ~. ssgTs

IRON nowhere comes a topic
= For story. rine or jest
look a: books and pictures,
And nothing they suggest.
And after vainly searching
And looking everywhere
When time has come for writina
grab one from the air.
It seems there are no topics
But what are stale and fiat,
Each one used three times over
And maybe more than that.
The list has been exhausted
They were at best too few
And now the writing person
Can think of nothing new.
The census and the ladies,
The cowboys in the west,
The one who meets temptation
And bravely stands the test,
The man Of little breeding
Who loves a lady fair
And so try the air.
And were we not surrounded
AS by a silent sea
With topics universal
How rotten IL would bel
Enough to make a fellow
Discouraged. dazed and blue
To sit down at the writer
And try for something new.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

by the supreme court decision show
that dividends of 242S per cent were
paid. This is equal to 1856 per cent
for the whole year, and proves that
the dividends on the trusts vast cap
italization were increased S.56 per cent
by the action of the supreme court.
STANDARD OIL DIVIDENDS.
The cash dividends made by STAN
dard Oil companies for the first six
months Of the present year aggregate
S22,Gl1 ,628 Besides these cash divi-
dends there was a distribution of what
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
AW0MANyO OBSERVATIONS


ments that made me decide in favor !
of It. l always wanted TO own a place |
with some apple trees of my very
picking my own apples and munching
as many as l liked, fresh from the
tree / hoped to even store away bar
rel or two of them in the basement
this winter. l had visions of apple
jelly, which my husband dotes on.
But this particular year, when l had
hoped for so much, the apple trees
have gone in for a rest, and the litS!
fruit they do condescend to grow will
be spoiled by those boys.
I'm not the only sufferer, either.
Anybody who has fruit trees, or frui:
of any kind, suffers, l hear. Why.
one of our neighbors, who has a big
place with all kinds of fruit trees, had
to invest in shotgun, and the other
night he scared us out OF senses by
firing of that gun at some marauders,
Il used to think that I only had
to get away from the city to find peace
and quiet, but I've about made up my
mind that it's more wearisome to live
in a place like this, where you have
outside property to protect and where
there aren't any policemen TO help
you protect 1t.
I'm the city. if anybody enters your
house and steals anything, no matter
how trivial, he's called a thief and
punished accordingly, if you can catch
him. But out here person can come
into your grounds and take your fruits
and think he has a perfect right to
do it. AS one OF those boys said to
me yesterday when l caught him at
our apples:
We'll, guess l have right to
take a few!'"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

William F. McCombs, Woodrow Will
sons campaign manager. is a young
man without much experience In poll
tics, but as Wilson's campaign is not
To be a political campaign and is to
be managed on honest. straightfor-
ward. legitimate lines, there is 10 rea-
son why young and intelligent man
who is energetic and honest, should
not give it all the management that is
necessary. The people Of the United
States will have more confidence in
the campaign than they would have II
it were managed by scheming politi-
clans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

SHE SOUGHT PEACE AND QUIET,
But
81 wish I could understand what
boys see in green apples" remarked
the woman who moved out to subur-
ban home in search of peace and quiet.
I'VE have a few apple trees on our
grounds, and On them are a few
very few, hard green apples. They
are intensely bitter and one bite would
cure any ordinary adult of a wish
for more.
But those apple trees are proving
the bane OF my life. Every boy in
the community has them spotted, and
my time is taken up chasing them.
Why, l don't ever dare go down town
TO do some necessary shopping, be-
cause II l do the whole swarm of
youngsters will be over here and there
wouldn't be an apple left by the time
got back home.
when We bought this place the
apple trees were one of the induce
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

Standard Oil COM
pany Is revealed
for the profit fig
ures of the dis
solved" companies
for the first six
months of the
present year, end
ed July l.
During the sew
en- years prior TO
the dissolution suit
the Standard Oil
company of New
Jersey paid to its
stockholders divi.
dends aggregating
40 per cent Tor
each year. The fig.
ures for the first
half year period
under the new
plan brought about
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

New York, July l6.-Joseph Have
lock Wilson, otherwise known as the
Grand Old Man Of the British Labor
Movement" has been touring America.
Wilson is most interesting charac-
ter and he deserves the title that has
been given him.
Away back in 1856 he organized the
National Seamen and Firemens union
10000 members were enrolled in the
organization. But, although the union
went forward IN membership BY leaps
and bounds. It was compelled to fight
for everything IL got until 1911. That
was The year OF the great seamens
strike, when co English ports were
tied up. It was a bitter struggle. but
thanks 70 the generalship OF Wilson
the seamen finally won, and secured
a substantial increase in wages. Today
his organization, OF which he is the
president, has a membership of $50, 600
men.
Wilson, while a member OF the Lib.
eral party in parliament, is also an
opportunist, and believes in supporting
anything and everything that will tend
TO alleviate the sufferings of humanity
and bring about more desirable coudi.
tons for the working class.
He is most democratic in his ideas
and much prefers TO mingle with the
men OF his craft than TO attend 10
the routine Office duties. He believe.
( that labor leaders, term which he
very much dislkes-should always b.
in close touch with the rank and file
/ that they may not forget the hard
/ ships with which they have To con
/ tend, and that they may know how
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
United in Illinois
~

There Is not a rift in the sky any
where, said Judge Dunno, There
are no troubled waters in sight this
time. We will have real harmony in
Illinois. know what l am talking
about and l know that all the factions
are going to work shoulder to shoulder
in Illinois from now until the election
day in November. In my mind there
is not the slightest doubt of my
election. | firmly believe that the
democrats will win all along the line
in Illinois this time, from the Cook
county ticket to the legislature and
the state ticket.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

wet, shallow gravels. The real worth
of the strike could not be determined
until this summer.
A. A. Zimmerman and Fred Labelle,
former Fairbanks miners, are report
ed TO have struck the richest pay dirt
uncovered. They are expected to
make big fortunes quickly, as the
ground will be easy to handle.
Aniak is difficult of access. Freight
taken in by the Kuskakwim river must
be transported up Aniak in polling
boats or small gasolene launches.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

Colonel Harvey Of Harper's Weekly,
who Was the victim OF the celebrated
throw-down by Woodrow Wilson, has
not permitted disappointment TO pois-
on his honesty. He frankly admits
that Wilson is going to be elected.
Colonel Wattersou OF the Louis
vile CourierJournal, has not yet
gone so far as to stake his
reputation on the outcome. but
has reduced the Taft vote in
Kentucky by one by reason OF
the declaration that as choice between
the republican nominees and the devil,
he is with the birthstone trust.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
Satisfaction For Him.

We'll" said the millionaire's bril-
liant son, who has achieved success by
his own efforts, II have one great sat
isfaction."
What is that?" asked his admiring
friends
AT least done of you can say that
you knew me when ! didn't have a
nickeI"-Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
~
Chicago Inter Ocean.

Judge Dunno, the democratic nom
inee for governor, will come nearer
receiving the solid support Of all
wings of his party this fall than has
been the case in Illinois since 1892,
when John P. Altgeld was elected
governor.
Both the Sullivan and the anti
Sullivan wings will make an honest
fight for Woodrow Wilson and Judge
Dunno, with slight drawbacks here
and there that will not materially
affect the democratic campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

and when to extend aid and sym
pathy.
Wilson has been president Of the
British Seamen's union practically ever
since its inception, and by his excel
lent judgment and strict adherence
to the fundamental principles of the
brotherhood of man, has done much
thereby earning his title of the
Grand Old Man of the British Labor
Movement"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
Trying to Beat the Game.

Every note that prima donna sings
costs me at least a dollar" said one
musical manager.
We'll" replied the other. get man
to write her song with only whole
notes and rests ID it"-WashingtOn
Star
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

Uncle Joe Cannon Is keeping mighty
still these days. He injected a re-
mark the other day in the midst of a
hot political discussion that will be
useful In the future in giving him the
public ear" He declared he was In
favor of "a law making $1,000 the
minimum salary for reporters"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
July 10 in American
History.

lSJ0-Margaret Fuller Ossili. advanced
thinker and author. drowned in a
shipwreck OF Fire island: born
1910.
1S61-Blll authorizing President Lin
coin to accept 100000 civil war vol
unteers was passed.
lSs2-Mary Todd Lincoln. widow of
the martyred president, died; born
1918.
lS97-Generai Joseph Conrad. a noted
veteran Of the Army Of the Cum
berland. died: born 1890.
All the news all the tine-:ne Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
A Man Of Nerve.

Hell called TO see you last evening
Ehe-Yes: He-Yes; the servant told
the you were not in. She-Yes; l was
so sorry to have missed you. Hell
thought you must be | heard you
laughing upstairs in such grief strick-
en- tones that | almost wept myself
out Of sympathy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

The man who raves loudest of the
liberties Of the people is usually the
one who dictates what make of tooth
brush his family shall use.
But cheer up. The country has sur,
vived lot OF presidents
The hardest man to forgive is the one
who does us a favor and then reminds
US of it
Never cry over split milk. II proba
bly, would have sOured.
The only kind Of faith some persons
seem to have an abundance of is faiti
In their own i'll luck.
The Optimist who is always on the
job gets to be as eXasperating as tho
most persistent kicker.
If women would agree not to tall
politics we might allow them to vote.
A tat purse anu Iuii stoIhAcn are
pair that can make q dark landscape
glow with hues Of the rose.
The love that many a beautiful CIR
marries for is the love of luxurious sur
roundings.
A merry little sunbeam may be al
right. but il makes small headwa.
against Il battalion ~ thunderclOuds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

Good Business Woman.
"BoruS talks an awful lot, doesn't
hep
Yes. His wife is thinking of utiliz-
ing him in her work"
Going to send him out to solicit
washing for herr"
No; something better than that"
what is itF
"She is going to rig a piston con-
trivance to his jaw and attach it to the
washing machine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

1t is a common observation that diff
ferences of taste, understanding and dis
position are no impediments to friend
ship and that the closest intimscies
often exist between minds each OF
which supplies what is wanting in the
Other-Lord Macaulay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

Governor Woodrow Wilson will be
notified August Of his nomination for
the presidency. but II would be just like
some New Jersey busy-body TO tell
him beforehand and spoil the surprise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

Tho Common Brand
"Is he quick in repartee:'
"No; he is a long distance humorist."
"What kind is that?"
"He thinks next DAY of something
bright he might have said"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

The Cuban revolution has blown up.
So has the Mexican revolution. But
neither one made as much noise as the
busting OF half a dozen presidential
booms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

A young woman in New York, who
has a fortune OF $lO,OOO,OOO, is about
TO marry an American. Some Of those
New York girls will do anything to at
tract a little attention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

Emile Fischer. Swiss socialist,
has inherited S1.3O0.OOO. Now his
brethren will have the opportunity to
see wealth divided as IL ought TO be.