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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25
REOPEN CONTEST
FOR A FIT SLOGAN
FOR ROCK ISLAND
Committee of Fifty Thousand
Club Trims List to Three
and Asks for More.
NONE Is SATISFACTORY
Something Short and 10 the Point Is
More Desired, SO Ii Sets
Forth City's Name.
NONE Is SATISFACTORY

The slogan committee of the Fifty
Thousand club pruned the list of sug-
gestions down to three possibilities
a its second session at the Rock Is
land club this morning, and then de-
cided 70 reopen the contest in hopes
OF securing an even more suitable
watch word than any that have been
submitted. While there are some
that are striking and appropriate,
noue,o them seemed TO meet fully
the expectations OF tire committee. So
f. you have an tdsa In mind I'll out
the blank which IS republished on
this page and send it 10 Z. g. Kreis,
Secretary Of the Fifty Thousand club
al bis Office in the State building be-
fore 6 o'clock next Wednesday even
ing, and IL will be considered.
WANT 4 RINGING SLOGAN.
The committee is anxious to secure
something new. original and catchy
and above all things, brief in the way
q a slogan. Il wants a fiji slogan and
On. that will fl. and should contain
EC-k Island. II II is expressed in
four words so much the better. Chi
Cago'g Il VIII" has become world ia
nous. Des Moincs. by reason of its
slogan. 'Des Moines Does Things, -
has accomplished wonders. Buffalo
Means Business" has caught on in
great shape. SO has The Waterloo
WAY Wins"
Rock Island ought 70 have a ring
Ing slogan. one that means something
and expresses it in way that leaves
an impression.
So 20 after il. The offer Of s25 in
gold still stands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25
At 7. M. G.. A.

Newell Banks OF Detroit, United
States checker champion, arrived in
Rock Island last night and today the
local checker board enthusiasts plan
ned to take a whirl at his title at the
Y. NJ. c. A. Members of the Rock Is
land checker club began to test the
champions prowess at 2 o'clock this
afternoon and tonight the performance
will continue. Mr.. Banks is ready to
occept the challenges of all corners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25
ANOTHER MOTHER is
GIVEN STATE PENSION

Another case under the mothers
pension law was heard in the county
court this morning, that of Mrs. Sell
ma Karr of this city, who has three
dependent children, whom she is I'M
able to support unaided, because of
i'll health. The children are Ruby NJ,
aged 10, David c., aged II, and Els
worth Karr, aged Is. The mother
was allowed 81 a month for each
child.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25
ACUTE INDIGESTION
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED

Many Cures Have Been Reported.
been found to be certain quick relief
for acute Indigestion. Many cases
have been reported where instant re-
lief resulted from its use. Browns
Digestit is the successful treatment
for all stomach disorders. 1t relieves
indigestion instantly and cures dys-
pepEia. Sold on positive guarantee
so cents The Harper House phar-
macy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25

county Jail for five months and "A
days past, this morning plead guilty
to charge Of receiving stolen prop
erty and were sentenced by Judge r.
W. Olmsted to ten days in jail and
assessed 81 and costs. Their SEN
tence was cut to 10 days, owing to
the fact that their stay in the county
jail had been an extended one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25
REWARD AWAITS HIM.

The medal has been locked up in a
strong box, and barring mishaps,
Johns friends will corral him some
night when he is off guard and slip
the medal TO him. OF course the flow
cry speech OF the donor may have been
forgotten by that time, but the feeling
which prompts the giving of the me
dal will still be there and John will be
weighted down with the precious med
al and the honor accruing through its
ownership.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25
SAVER OF A LIFE
DUCKS THE MEDAL
John ST. John Makes Social Call
in Preference to Facing
His Friends.
DEVIATES FROM HIS HABIT
Emblem of Honor Reposes in STRONG
Box" TO Await the Time of
Johns Appearance.

John st. John steered shy of the Ar
cade cigar store, 1918 Second avenue,
last night, though he was aware of the
fact that his saving of the life of Mat
thew Chase was to be rewarded by the
awarding of a medal, purchased for
him by his admiring friends John,
casting all of the habits of years to
the winds, set out TO make a social
call rather than be forced into making
a thank-you speech, and so his favorite
evening haunt was passed by.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25

All the news all the time-Ths
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Bids will be received at the office
of the mayor, 8 a m, June II, 1912, for
the furnishing and installation of one
80 horsepower. 40 volt, 90 cycle. two
phase, variable speed motor, direct
connected to a 100000 gallon 1G inch
centrifugal pump, together with all
pipe connections and valves.
Bids must be accompanied by a
certified check in an amount Of $4,000
payable to the mayor. Plans and spec
iications on file at the Office OF the
city engineer
II. NJ. SCHRIVER, Mayor
London-Doctors in attendance on
General Booth Of the Salvation army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25
Bids for Hose

Bids will be received at the mayors
Office, city of Rock Island, until the
I4th day OF June, 1912, at a. m.
for 1900 feet of two and one-half
inch fire hose. Bidders furnish de-
scription. samples and prices.
H. u. SCHRIVER, Mayor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25
River Riplets

The launch Grandpa took party of
Algustana college students on an ex-
cursion to Linwocd this morning.
The Thomas E. Benton, port of Chi
csgo, which towed the vaudeville boat
Wonderland" up TO Savanna last
week, brought the craft down the river
eHToUte TO Burlington yesterday.
The c. ". Hill took the King g
Daughters on an excursion last night
and departed for Keithsburg today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25
Luchmann's Inn Open.

Luchmann's inn, on Watch Tower
line. now open for season. Chicken
and fish dinners a specially. A cool,
deligraful spot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25

child labor came with the advent of
labor-saving machinery into the large
manufacturing plants, where efficien-
cy upon the part of the workman was
no longer required.
NATION UNEDUCATED.
mo child can stand the continual
strain placed upon it through long
hours in the factory without physical
injury, and the constant toll and drudg-
cry is bound to affect the mind of the
youthful worker There are over
100000 children between the ages of
10 and Is at work in the factories
throughout the country, all of whom
should be in school They are receiv-
ing no education, and as a result, IN
less the practice of employing the chill
dren is abolished, the nation is bound
to lapse into illiteracy.
SOUTH WORST OFFENDER.
I'VE hear complaints of fond par
ents regarding their over-worked child
in school The school year comprises
1000 hours, but the factory year, TAX
ing the 10-hour day as a basis, con-
sists of 1856 hours. The percentage
of child workers is by far greater in
the south than in any other part of the
country. Here the boys and girls are
placed at work in the cotton mills when
they are s or years old and remain
slaves for the rest of their life. with
no opportunity to acquire an education.
Only the white children are employed
in these cotton mills, and consequent
~ the negroes are sending their chill
dren 10 school. while the whites are
growing up in ignorance"
CITES INSTANCES.
Mr. Cohen told of a 12-year-old girl
and her brother two or three years her
junior, who toiled in a large southern
cotton mill 10 hours a day. breathing
the lint-laden atmosphere, and receiv-
ing as a combined wage, 60 cents a
day. He also told OF a widow with
nine children, six of whom toiled with
their mother in a large mill 1T is
through child labor and the payment
Of small wages that the large corpor-
atoms in this country are able 10 pay
fat dividends to their stockholders
even in times of business depression =
said Mr. Cohen, and it is high time
that American citizens arouse them.
selves to wipe out this evil"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25
PLEAD GUILTY AFTER
LONG STAY IN JAIL

Robert Lafferty and Cornelius
Plunkett. who have been assuming
twin roles OF star boarders at the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-25

who was operated On Thursday for
cataract, issued the following bulle-
tin: THE generals eye is doing ex-
tremely WELL
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Ambrose Bell and Norman Merchant: You are hereby noti- fled that I have expended one thousand (Si,000) dollars in la Dor and improvements upon the Peerless, Lincoln, Clara Bell, Mammoth and Gravina, claims of the Peerless group; the Isabella and Humdinger of the Isabella group; the Badger and Hawkeye of the Badger and Hawkeyc group; the Pearl claim located in the Kotsina river drainage Chitina district.
 In order to hold said premise under the provisions of section 232d Revised Statut Js of the Unit ed States, being the amount re- quired to hold the same for the year ending Jan. 1, 1912. And if within 90 days after this notice by publication you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure as co-owners your interest in said claims will become the property of the sub Scriber under said section 2324.
 TOM LARSON. By Matt Larson, attorney in fact. First pub. Jan. i3, 1912.
 Last pub. April iA, 1912.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23
BRYAN OPPOSED TO
 MORGAN NAMING MAN

Columbia, s. C.--"I am not will ling that J. p. Morgan should pick out the democratic candidate for the presidency" said William j.. Bryan here today. "Do you know why?"
 The reason iS," Bryan replied to his own question, "that, all though the tariff question will be prominent in the next campaign, We democratic party cannot ig- nOre the fact that back of the tar fir, back of the trusts and back of the railroads stands the Wall street oligarchy, as hrartlcss a band of pirates and as deSpotic as the cZar or the sultan rvcr were. Morgan iS at their head. and that iS why I am not willing that he should have a voice in choosing dcmOcracy'S candidate" :"
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23
MoRos AMBUSH
 AMERICANS IN JoLo

Manila, Jan. 23.--Twenty-six Moros were killed today while they were attempting to ambush American troops on the. Island of JOlO.
 In the fighting, Lieut.. McGec, .of the Second cavalry, was shot twice and one American. soldier was, wounded.
 Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the department of Mindanao, in a conversation, de- clared that he believed this fight would mark the end of armed op- position of the Moros to Ameri- can rule in the Island of Jolo and more especially so in regard to the resistance against the order for general disarmament of the natives. The Moros who lay in ambush for the American troops on this occasion comprised, he said, the last of the remaining malcontents.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23
A Scream at the maIestic.

Nothing so funny has been shown in Valdez as shame on Max" Everybody laughs at the minor miSfOrtuncS of their feI- lows and the misfortuncs which overlook Max is of ihe most ludi- crouS kind. Be sure and see him tonight. Program:
 1. Overture.
 ?. "Thc Loyalty of Lon Louis Nerduga," fine military picture taken in southern California.
 3. Illustrated song.
 4. 1.-Two Sides" a Biograph story. Simple and stirs the emo- lions and plcascs with it's plain ly stated admOnitiOn to return good for evil.
 5. Loyal Love-" an American Pathe drama.
 6. Shame on Max" a side splitting comedy.
 Two shows, 8 and 9:i5.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23
JOHNSON ONLY TIPS
 SCALES AT 229 POUNDS

Chicago, Jan. 23.--By stepping on the scales, clad only in his hghtlnS togs and tipping the beam at 229 pounds, Champion Jack Johnson today has set at rest rumors from London and Paris which stated that he could never get into condition to fight again because of his excess weight. According to these re- ports Johnson weighed close to 26O pounds. After weighing the negro announced that as his trunks and shoes weighed about three pounds, his actual weight was close to 226 pounds. He pointed out that as he generally entered the ring weighing about 2f0 it would be easy to get rid of the surplus poundage.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23
ADAM SWAN:

ADAM is now the oldest nhabiant Valdez. Adam FL len and Captain Pacific Steam Whaling place Copper City. Now Adam has become and has been placed 
 open Tor business from p. everything store will be sold purchas
 to the amount of oncha dollar dozen Souvenir formerly for dol 
 nave one more oil painting 2ix3O will give 10 ehome the school entertainment Moose hall cry purchaser at bargain Friday evening will be to
 nave Just placed order lot of Tn gold and silver gentlemen come first choice ADAM, The JeveIer
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23
NotIco of Sale.

n the District Court for the Dis
 trict of Alaska, Division num-
 Der Three.
 United States of America, Libe- ant, vs. The Schooner Tekai Ma ru, her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, Respondent, and Che omon Xxi Kuchi, Claimant .--No. 477.--Notice of Sale.
 Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the Writ of Venditioni Exponas issued out of tho above named court in the above entit- led cause on the 22nd day of No- vember, 1911, to me directed and delivered, I will sell at public auc- ton, to the highest and best bid der for cash, at Unalaska, in the District of Alaska, Third division, on the twenty-fourth day of Feb uary, 1912, at two o'clock D. m. of said day, the schooner Tokai Maru,. her tackle, apparel, furni- ture and cargo.
 Dated this second day of De- cember, 1911.
 II. P. SULLIVAN, United States Marshal Third Df-
 vision, District of Alaska.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23
Notice to Stockholders.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bluff Mining company will be held on the 18th day of. February, 1912, at the hour of 8 o'clock D. m. at the office of tho secretary, over Frye -Bruhn Company's store at Valdez, Alas ka, for the election of officers for the. ensuing year.. and the trans action of such other business. as may properly come before such meeting. O. ROBERTS,
 Secretary.
 Valdez. Alaska, Jan. i5. 1912.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23
Party on Thursday.

The Woman's Guild of the Episcopal church will give a tea party on Thursday next from 2:3O to 5, Mrs. Crary and Mrs. Blum will serve. All ladies are invited and welcome. 3t
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23

If you are out of letterheads call and see our new line of bond papers. The finest ever brought 10 Valdez, ,..
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23
Baby Born Eaoh pax.

Cheyenne, Wyo.--The proudest mother in the country today is probably Mrs. Herman Carlson, of this city, who has given birth to a baby each day for three con- secutive days. The third child is 0 girl. The other two were boys.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23

See German, the dentist, over Owl Drug Store. Examination free. Phone i9.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23

Hurry up if you want to get a S3 hat or slickcr for $i at Kings.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23

One-third of on furs at Har- vey's Toggery.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23

If you want all the news all th; time read the Prospector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23
Marine.

Northwestern sailed from Seattle,
 Jan. i6.
 Bertha sails from Seattle Jan. 20. Alameda sailed for'Seattle Jan. i6.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23

Advertising in the Prosp eotor brings rssuits. Try h.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-23

Subscribe for the Prospector.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-29
CINCINNATI MARKETS

Wheat--No. red $1.05@1.07, No.
red 97c@$1.04, No. 4 red &c.
Corn-No. white 82@83c, No. 8
white 81@82c, No. 4 white 79@81c, No.
2 yellow 82@83c, No. yellow 81@83c,
No. yellow 8l@82c, No. A yellow ear
79@801ac, No. 2 mixed 82@83c, No. 8
mixed 801a @811ac, No. 4 mixed 800
soc, yellow ear 78@81c, mixed ear 76
@79c, white ear 75@78c.
Oats-No. white 1914 @36c, No.
35@351ac, standard white 34@35c, No.
4 white 32@331ac, No. 2 mixed 1870
34c, No3 mixed 33@331ac, No. mixed
31@33c.
Hay-No. / timothy $1S@18.5O, No.
2 timothy $17@17.50, No. timothy
SIS @16c, No. / clover mixed $170I8,
NO. clover mixed $15@16c, No. / clo-
yer $15@16, No. 2 clover $13@14.
Cattle Shippers $6.50@8.25, choice
extra $6@S.25, good to choice $7@7.90.
common to fair $4.25@675; heifers,
extra $6.T5@7.25, good to choice SEQ
6.65, common to fair $3.25@5.75; cows,
extra $3.35@5.75, good to choice $3.50
Q5.25, common to fair $2@4; Gamers
$2@3.25.
bullS-bOlOSHa $4.l0W4.bo, extra
SAFE, fat bulls $4.75@5.25. s
Calves Extra $9.75, fair to good
S7.60@9.50, common and large $4,000
1926.
Hogs Heavy hogs $8.55@8.75, good
to choice packers and butchers $3.50
$50, mixed packers $8.60@8.S5, stays
$4.25@675, common to choice heavy
fat sows $6.25@7.75. light shippers So
@8.85, pigs (110 lbs and less) $k@7.85.
Sheep Extra $3.65, good to choice
$3@3.60, common to fair $1.25@2.90.
Lambs Extra 81, good to choice So
@6.90, common to fair $4.2505.75,
culls $2.5004. stock ewes $S.25@4.25.
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squeezed through together in a XII
kenny tumble.
CHAPTER XIV.


The DormItory on Wheels.
or all the shocking institutions in
human history. the sleeping car is the
most shocking-or would be, II we
were not so used to 1t. There can be
no doubt that we are the most moral
nation on earth, for we admit 1t our
selves. Perhaps We prove 1t. too, by
the Arcadian prosperity of these two
story hotels on wheels, where mis-.
cellaneous travellers dwell In com.
plete promiscuity. and sleep almost
side by side, in apartments or com.
partments, separated only by plank
and curtain, and guarded only by
one sleepy negro.
After the fashion OF the famous
country whose Inhabitants earned a
meager sustenance by taking In each
others washing. SO in Sleeping Car
pathia we attain meager respecta-
bility by everybody's chaperoning
everybody else.
So topsy-turvied. indeed, are our
notions, once we are aboard train,
that the staterooms alone are regard
ed with suspicion; we question the
motives OF those who must have a
room to themselves!-a room with a
real door! that locks!
And, now, on this sleeping car, pref,
tily named "Snowdrop," scenes were
e4acting that would have thrown our
gHeat grandmothers into f1ts-scenes
which, Il, we found them in France, or
Japan. We should view with alarm as
almost uncomfortable evidence OF the
moral obliquity Of those nations.
But this was our own country-the
part Of 1t which admits that 1t is the
best part-the moralest part, the
staunch middle west. This was I'LL
nois. Yet dozens OF cars were behold
ing similar immodesties In chastest
Illinois, and all over the map. thou,
sands Of people. In hundreds OF cars,
were permitting total strangers to
view preparations which have always,
hitherto. been reserved for the most
intimate and legalized relations.
The porter was deity Transforming
the day-coach into a narrow lane en-
tirely surrounded by draperies. Behind
most of the portieres, duttering in the
lightest breeze, and perilously follow
Ing the hasty passer-by, homely Of
fees were being enacted. The popu-
lation of this little town was going to
bed. The porter was putting them to
sleep as If they were children In q
nursery. and he a black nanny.
The frail walls OF little sanctums
were bullying with the bodies of peo-
Pile disrobing In the aisle, with moth
ing between them and the beholder's
eye but clinging curtain that ex-
planned what 1t did not reveal. From
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~oulck-HlDE HiM-HuRRy.. SHE aAspED.

apertures here and there disembodied
feet were protruding and mysterious
hands were removing shoes and other
things.
Women In risky attire were scoot-
ing to one end of the car, and men in
shirt sleeves. or less, were Fastening
to the other.
When Mallory returned to the
"Snowdrop." his ear was greeted by
the thud Of dropping shoes. He found
Marjorie being rapidly immured, like
Poes prisoner. in q jail OF closing
walls.
Sic was unspeakably Ill at ease.
and by the irony OF custom, the one
person on whom she depended for pro-
lection was the one person whose
contiguity was most alarming-and
all for lack OF brief trialogue. with
a clergyman, as the tertium guild.
When Mallory's careworn face APP
peared round the edge OF the partition
now erected between her and the
abode OF DR.. and Mrs. Temple. Mar
,or,e shivered anew, and asked with
all anxiety. @4.5
"Did you find Minister"
Perhaps the Recording Angel over
looked Mallory's answer: Not q
damn minister"
When he dropped at MarJorie's side
she edged away from him. pleading:
"Oh, what shall We do?"
He answered dismally and inef-
fectiveIy: Wen have to go on pre-
tending to be--just friends.T
But everybody thinks we're mar.
fied.T VA h&3 ~
That's sol" he admitted. with the
imbecility OF fatigued hope. They sar
a while listening to the porter slip
ping sheets into place and humping
pillows into cases. q few doors down
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the diagram showed nobody assigned
to number three.
Then I'll take number three" said
Mallory, poking money at the porter.
And still the porter could not under.
stand.
Now. femme onderstan' you-all,"
he stammered. Does you both move
over to numba three, or does yo'-yo'
lady remain heah, while Jest you pre-.
ambulates?"
Just / preambulate. you black
hound!" Mallory answered. In q
threatening tone. The porter could
understand that. at least, and he
bristled away with a meek: "Yessah.
Numba three IL yours, sab"
The troubled features OF the bar.
fed porter cleared up as by magic
when he arrived at number three, for
there he found his tyrant and tor.
mentor, the English invader.
He remembered how indignantly
Mr. Wedgewood had refused to show
his ticket. how cocksure he was Of
hts number, how he had leased the
porter's services as sort OF private
nurse, and had paid no advance roy.
alties.
fTo BE cONTrNUED1
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KILLS WIFE AND SELF.

Sandusky, O.-Because she sued
him for divorce and alimony, Frank
j. Nath, IS years old, laborer, served
with the papers, attacked his wife,
Mrs. Anna ]. Nath, 80 years old, with
a razor when he returned from work,
and cut her throat from ear to ear.
Believing he had killed her, Nath
slashed his own throat and died in a
few minutes later. Mrs. Nath was
sent to the Good Samaritan hospital
in an automobile Surgeons who ex-
amined her say she has little chance
for recovery.
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THREE DROWN IN LAKE
BOAT GOES OVER DAM AND occu.
PANTS ARE THROWN INTO
THE WATER.
Man Who HeroicaIIy Rescues Two o.
Them Runs Away and Does Not
Let His indentity BE Known.

Youngstown, O.TEree were drown
ed in Lake Glacier at Mill Creek park
when Dominic Dalise, who was guild
ing the boat, allowed it to float toe
close to, the edge of the dam where
the boat hung until I'VE who were in
in were thrown out.
The drowned: Dominic Dalise. 30
years old; Louise Oliver. years old,
and Cora Ellis, IL years old.
A hero, who effaced himself imme-
diately after the incident. took a run
ming leap from of the steep bank and
swan out, saving Myrtle Oliver. 10
years old, and Laura Oliver, - years
old, as they were struggling in the
water. He then ran from the scene.