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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

Copyright by Patriot Publishing company.
COLONEL J. A. oARFIELD, Z. 8. A., PED
ERAL COMMANDER AT PKEsToSBUBo, KY.
class Of men who made John Morgan
famous rs a raider, This force was
augmented by the Fifty-fourth Nir-
ginia. under Colonel John Ii. Trigg;
the Twenty ninth Virginia, under Colo
mel A. G. Moore, and battery OF field
artillery. under Captain W. c. Jeffress.
Soldiers Barefooted In Midwinter.
II was n very severe winter, and
Marshalrs men were poorly clad, many
Of the soldiers being nearly naked.
One regiment had $50 barefooted men
and not over 100 blankets for 700 men.
The army was not only badly clothed,
but in general badly armed. Many Of
the men had only shotguns and SOUR
rel rifles. acquisitions on the war de-
partment at Richmond were not filed
for want OF supplies, and General Lee
wrote that owing 10 the scarcity Of
arms he was having pixies made. which
he offered 20 furnish General Marshall
for his unarmed troops. The field Of
operations in eastern Kentucky lay
among the Cumberland mountains.
along the Big Sandy river. a poor. thin
ly peopled country. The roads ran
along the watercourses between the
mountains and were often rendered
impossible by high water and during
the winter OF 1892 were ruined by
the passage Of cavalry. wagons and ar
tillery. Captain Jeffress was once three
days moving his battery sixteen miles.
Army wagons were sometimes unable
20 make over four miles a day. An IN
usual amount OF rain fell. drenching
the unprotected soldiers. The weather
this first winter was the worst OF the
war in that region. and the scanty IA
tons and great hardships made hun
dreds OF men sick. Besides, the mea-
sizes and humps broke out in camps,
and many died from these diseases and
from exposure. The command at Pres
tonburg was over hundred miles from
the Confederate base Of supplies at
Abingdon. Va. with the Cumberland
mountains between them. The farms
We're generally small and poor. Durins
January corn was worth SO per bar
rel and had TO be hauled thirty miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

NOpyTlsIl by IscNlcN VI REVIEWS
GENERAL J. 8. C'cKRRo GoRDo'D WILLIAMS.
@. s. A., MARsHALL's RIGHT HAND MAN.
try recommended the issue OF interest
bearing notes. The government pro-
posed the issue Of national currency.
Petitions for emancipation of negro
slaves by law Of congress were laid
before the United States senate on the
18th. Horace Greeley and other radi-
Gals urged a proclamation of freedom
by the president. This day Burnside's
feet reached Hstteras. Shallow water
prevented it from entering Pamlico
sound Immediately and striking a tell
ing blow before the Confederate troops
guarding the coast should get warning
OF the movement aimed at them.
On Jan. II news OF the release from
prison Of the Confederate European
commissioners who had been seized
and held by the United States reached
London and Paris. Stocks went up
because war was averted. Conserva-
tive Englishmen had no sympathy for
the victims OF this affair" Mason and
SlidelI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

For weeks the soldiers subsisted on
mountain beef and parched corn.
On the 18th of December, 1881, Gen
eral Buell. had assigned Colonel James
A. Garfield of Ohio to command bri-
gade in his army and sent him TO drive
General Marshal out Of eastern Ken.
lucky. Colonel Garfield concentrated
his forces at Louisa, at the forks of the
Sandy. from which place he began his
advance movement on the 23d of De
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
PRISONERS TRADE
LEGS BY MISTAKE;
KNOT AVERTS WAR

John Slocum, of Boston, was ar
rested in Philadelphia as a vagrant
and locked up. When he went to
bed he unstrapped his wooden leg
and stood il in a corner of his cell.
Soon afterward Harry De Vile was
put in the same cell with Slocum.
He, too, took off a wooden leg and
stood IT in a corner.
De Vile was the first to awake In
the morning. He put on a leg and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

concerning the identity of some of
the fair ones who have called him up.
Aspen being one of those happy min
ing towns, where nearly every one
knows every one else, the mayor is
confronted frequently with a sDua-
ton that causes him to blush, far
he's sure that he's talking to one 0f
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

plants, l am at last
restored to health.
81 employed the
b e st doctors and
even went to the
hospital for treat
ment and was told
there was no help for
me. But while TAX
ing Lydia E. Pink
hams Veget table
Compound / began
to imnrove and 7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

posals OF marriage since leap year
began. True, the proposals came
over the telephone in sweetly fem
mime voices. varying in pitch, and
the poor mayor is not exactly sure
who made them. But he's enjoying
the situation immensely. and has
even admitted that he has an idea
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
MAYOR HAS PROPOSALS
FROM IS YOUNG WOMEN

Aspen. Col. Jan. 20.-"Busy" is
the word that goes from central
when the mayors ONCE is called
these days. For the mayor OF Aspen,
Charles Wagner, has received Is pro-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
The War Fifty Years Ago

Decisive Action In Eastern Kentucky Colonel J.
A. Garfield IAfterward President) Attacks General
Humphrey Marshas Confederates on the Big Sandy
Line--Both Sides Claim Victory but the Confeder-
ates Leave Kentucky - Privateer and Cruiser In
Chase at Sea- General Burnsides North Carolina
Expedition---The New Secretary of War-Financins
the War the Chief Topic of the Day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
bis men, some of whom had tasted for

bis men, Some Of whom had tasted for
thirty hours before the action.
General Marshalrs forces would
have probably been compelled to re-
turn to Virginia In order to secure
supplies, even If they had not been
opposed by an enemy. The occupation
Of the Sandy valley by Garfeld's
force so crippled his resources that he
could have hardly subsiSted his troops
among the impoverished mountains.
Indeed, Colonel Garfield could not
have maintained his position a week
without the aid of the river, by which
supplies were brought by steamboats,.
General Marshall was born in Frank
fort, KY, of the distinguished fam
fly which included United States
Chief Justice John Marshall. Person
ally he was not adapted to mountain
warfare, owing TO his great size. nor
was he qualified TO command volun-
/ teers, being the most democratic of
men. So well known was his leniency
| that an officer of his staff agreed to
/ eat the first man that Marshall order
ed shot for any crime. Speaking about
army dignity and discipline, Marshall
said he regarded these things as the
decrepitudes of the military art" Gen
eral Williams was Of different mold
! proud, imperious, born soldier and
believer in discipline to its last ex-
tremity.
Garfield reported his own loss al
Middle creek as one killed and twenty
wounded. 1t IS worthy OF note as
showing the traits Of those times that
Marshall, writing from the opposite
camp on the same day as Garfield
said: 81 understand that he Garfield
will report one killed and ten OIL
twelve wounded, his usual practice
We suppose his loss to be over 25(
killed and about 300 wounded. These
are the estimates Of neighbors." Gar
field reported fighting forces, inch BY
inch, up the steep ridge. MANY OF
my men had fred thirty rounds" b,
wrote. Garfield stated his own fore,
engaged on the field as 900 and tn,
enemy mot less than $500" Genera
Buell., Garfeld's superior, reported
Garfeld's loss two killed and twenty
FIVE wounded The affair won the sta
of brigadier general for Garfield, ais,
, his election to congress. He remained
. in the field, however, nearly two year
: longer and ended the career so happil,
! begun Jan. 10, 1862, in the Whit
. House.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
War Finances.

A conference of leading bank COM
missioners of the country with the sec
rotary of treasury and finance commit
tee of congress about money to carry
on the war took place on the 18th.
This day General Burnside's coastwise
expedition sailed from Hampton Roads
under sealed orders to proceed to Hat
teras, n. G. United States Secretary
Of War Simon Cameron resigned, sue
ceeded by E. NJ. Stanton. The retire
ment of Mr.. Cameron led to consider
able comment in political circles. 1t
was said to reveal an important breach
in the cabinet counsels. Cameron IA
vored emancipation and arming the
negroes and had so declared himself
officially. This attitude Lincoln had re-
buked.
The financial difficulty was the topic
of the day. The bankers of the cOun-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
Minor Events of the Week.

On Jan. s a Federal force sent out
from Romney, Va, defeated Colonel
Monroe's Virginia Confederates at
Hanging Rock pass. The Virginians
abandoned their rife pits and two can
non in their hasty flight. Jan. 8 the
United States sloop Of war Tuscarora
entered the harbor of Southampton in
pursuit of the Confederate privateer
Nashville, which was lying at that
port. The British government gave
the Nashville twenty-four hour start
of her foe, and she escaped to continue
her career as a destroyer of United
States commerce on the high seas.
General Burnside's coast expedition set
sail from Annapolis under sealed or
ders to be opened at sea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
Suffered
EVERYTHING
For Fourteen Years. Restored
To Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Elgin, Ill.-"After fourteen years Of
suffering everything from female COM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

The Illustrations were
produced at an inn
mense cost and are Of
a character that has
heretofore Ape ar ed
only in the highest pric-
ed sets of books. The
title ILLUSTRATED"
is therefore peculiarly
appropriate and this
fe ature, practically
lacking in all other die
tionarie;s, is of inesti-
mable value.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

where there are over 600 subjects beautiful
by 3-color plates, nearly so subjects by mono
tone, and 16 pages of valuable charts in two
colors and the latest U. S. census. Six con
secutive coupons and the. INSTRUMENTATION.
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The Detroit times., 1912-09-03
Editorials By the People
An Admirer Is Our Critic.
Editor on The Times:

To the Editor Of The Times:
have taken your paper for quite
number OF months, and l think II
the best daily paper Of all. | got one
OF my neighbors TO take II, telling
him how good IL Is, and he prizes II
as much as | do.
have been very much Interested
in the way you are campaigning for
Woodrow Wilson. | think he Is a
good man and II elected. as l expect
he will be. hope he will make good,
as a leader of our great nation and
push every reform TO the limit OF his
power. especially temperance reform
measures, which are so much needed
In this fair land OF ours at the pres
ent time. Right at this point l wish
to call your attention TO the fact that
the newspapers, The Times along with
the rest, seldom mention the Prohibt
tion party, or its platform. A per
son who did not know the facts,
would think by reading the dailies
that there were only three parties In
the political field. Republican, Demo
crat and Progressive. whereas, the
Prohibition party has platform, with
planks that are sound; not rotten,
knotty or wet, but dry. Consequent
iy, enduring. Therefore, conisder
IL the only progressive platform in the
field today, and while our numbers
may be small, compared to the other
parties. yet our principles are sure to
prevail in time. as certain as God
sits on His throne In heaven, ruling
and overruling the affairs OF this
world, which are in His hand. So
pray, and hope, that the day may
soon come when our people will get
their eyes opened to this monstrous
evil, intempcrance, the licensed sa
loon. and by their vote adopt such
measures as will forever put the H.
censed saloon out of business. Now
Mr.. Editor. would be pleased if you
could see your way clear to print this
article in The Times, at your earliest
convenience.
JOHN McCARROLL,
Birmingham, Mich, Aug. 81, 1912.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-03
From Another Point of View

The running horses have-ief Windsor. a. least
We morning
OF disturbing
andsit N o
The police edging the ring
havew September,
M overdue
a we
Is t-- for you?
the
complete file of the London
the bull
that good turn deserves another
side things
many of he press visit Windsor.
shaking
fail to state whether the other
The Detroit times., 1912-09-03
The Slogan of Despair
ny nERrON BRALEY.

ny BERTON BRALEY.
Whats the use?" the gutter cries.
Fear and failure In his eyes.
whats the use? It's all frame
There's no hope to win the game"
SO he lays him down and dies.
Yet. II he had been more wise.
Ho might well have won a prize, :
And he wouldn't need to claim
Whats the use!'
Courage tries and tries and tries,
Cowardice but turns and flies.
One reaps honor--one reaps shame.
only mortals weak and tame
Cry aloud this lie OF lies
What's the use.'
What's the use? The use Is plain
While there's vigor in the brain,
While there's strength to walk or
crawl
While there's vision large or small
While there's grit to stand the strain
While there's pluck to bear the pain
And the bitterness or bane.
No one has a right TO call
What's the use!"
What IL all our hopes are slain?
Gone our palaces In Spain?
While a dream can hold its thrall,
While there's any chance at all,
Who Is there Will cry again
Whats the use!'
The Detroit times., 1912-09-03
ANOTHER LIFE CLAIMED
BY DETROIT RIVER

The Detroit river claimed another
victim, Monday afternoon, when Louis
Paschke, OF Chicago, 81 years old and
rooming at No. 166 Elizabeth-st. east.
was drowned by the upsetting of his
canoe. The accident occurred near
the dock Of the Detroit Motor Boat
club. A number OF people saw the
boat capsize and several went to the
rescue. A man who was with Paschke
was saved. He declined TO give his
name and disappeared soon after
reaching the shore. Harbormaster FL
lison recovered Paschke's body ana
sent II to the county morgue.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-03
POLITICS AND STATE PRESS

number. Give voters short ballot
and then they will use 1t whenever
they ought to.--Adrian Telegram.
Rufus S. Skeels is the winner in the
big five-cornered battle In Oceana
county to succeed Samuel Odell In the
house. This was one of the hardest
battles fought in the state and Skeels
put up a most determined campaign.
He is man Of great positiveness and
fought every step in the road.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-03
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

iof Yourself" by Orison SWEET Mar
den, The Results OF Peace" a psy'
Geological study by Horatio w. Dres-
ser; Lessons In Practical Psychoi'
ogy," by Edward b. Warman, A. NJ.
Human Energy: It's True Source.
by William Walker Atkinson ara
Are We to Have Another French
Revolution" by BENJAMIN Fay Mills.
There is also clever short story
In the Governors Shoes" by Lieo
p. Macarthur, and q long poem by
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. William r.
Towne's Views and Reviews in this
issue explain What New Thought
cac Do For You." and how to go
into the silence"
Strand.
The Strand Magazine for Septem-
Sar contains recently discovered
story by "Ouida," entitled "The Mar
riagc Plate" This story, we are In
formed, was written many years ago
but for some reason or other was
never published. The manuscript re-
NAMED in the hands OF a friend who
place6 IL at the disposal OF the Strand
magazine. II Is a most characteristic
story, which exhibiss all "Quida's"
well-known powers of description, and
also the passionate love OF animals
which Is SO often conspicuous In her
writings. Other fiction In the Sep
tember Strand includes stories by y.
Temple Thurston. Arthur. Morrison,
Richard Marsh. Bart Kennedy and
ctner well-known writer's. How Busy
Mea Work." Is an article contributed
by John ID. Rockefeller, Sir Thomas
Lipson, John ID. Crimmins, Edward
Bck. Lord Strathcona and others. A
welLillustrated article on the Metropo.
Titan Museum of Art will appeal 10
all lovers OF pictures.
AInsiee's.
Harold MacGrath. has a charac-
teristic novelette, OF romantic adven-
ture in September Ainslee's entitled
THE Rebel Nightingale" The
Nightingale" Is an American prima
donna. beautiful, vivacious, and, OF
course, with a wonderful voice. The
action takes place In ever-alluring
Paris. and the lovely ItalSn lake
country.
| e,'ther fiction in this number is "The
Little Birds OF Santa. Maria By
Mabe; Barnes Grundy. an exquisite
love story OF Venice; THE Criminal" !"
( by Virginia Kline, a strong, vital,
dramatic stage story; The Bambiro
and the Wop," by Charles Neville
Buck. delightful In color, strong and
appealing In plot: The Test" bv
David Ross. a gripping little tragedy
with a surprise to II; The Bad Un,"
by Darlington Phelps: "Anti-climax,"
by Anna Alice Chaplin; The Reckon
ing" by Nalbro BARLEY; The Mar
Quis." by Andrew Soutar: Hap Hag-
gerty." by William Slavens McNut,;
An Instrument OF Light" by Jean
nette Du Mont.
! The Society "reminiscences" CT
Frederick Townsend Martin add \
visit to the pope at Rome and trip
to Spain.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-03

Senator William Alden Smith Is re-
ported to have said that the next
United States, senator from Michigan
will be either Republican or Dem
ocrat. This declaration may or may
not have a soothing effect upon one
Theodore NJ. Joslin, Of Adrian.-Ad-
rian Times.
We need simplihcation of our pri-
mary and election code. We need the
least possible red tape. We need the
plainest possible rules and regula-
tions. Blackstone himself couidnt
follow the existing trail without stub
bing his toe.) We need the fewest
possible voting dates. We need the
short ballot"-everyone Is familiar
with all that this term means. And
then, Then IL the voter fails to vote
when the most sacred obligation OF
his citizenship demands II. We need a
law that will compel this non-voter 10
be a good citizen by making him come
90 the polls; or we need law that
will penalize him for his failure.
Michigan should delegate this great
fundamental problem to speciai
commission In the workmen's compen-
sation case. Then the primary prin-
ciple will be vindicated.-Grand Rap
Ids Herald.
The primary is like safety valve.
Il is of little value until 1t is needed.
but when Il Is needed IL Is needed
very urgently The people will use
the primary to the utmost whenever
there is a real need of IT. In the
meantime 1t should be kept in good
working order and the elective ofices
kept down to the lowest possible
The Detroit times., 1912-09-03
Goats.

When Gov. Marshall took as a text
for his opening address In Maine the
question why should the consumer
always be the goat?" he proved that
he had not forgotten how to. make
Democratic campaign speech
The average American is a politl
cal goat and knows It. He is in the
wilderness. He is loaded with tho
sins of a pampered class. He has
been wearing the collar OF Mark
Hanna and the bell OF privilege. He
has Jared sumptuously on tin cans
that somebody else has emptied. Ae
has beer chased and reviled by his
interiors.
II ali the goats can be persuaded
to 30 to the polls next November and
vote their true sentiments, there
need be no doubt as to the result
New York World.