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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-07

Springfield, IH.-Governor Deneen
issued a proclamation offering the le-
gal reward of 5000 for the arrest and
conviction of Frank Rangus, alias
Frank Hervat, charged with the MUIR
der in Chicago Feb. 90, 1912, of Andrew
Perhauc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-07
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Hill h pay me on a II
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gold filed Hunt
ing or open face
llIlDs case. Buying
QS llIN watch is indeed
V hNU saving oney;
pIIINH don't put off,
ElII but come right to
bNVs my store and
kIIl q pick out the watch
ENII i you want. Simons'
kIEI 4 Jewelry store, 800
kNla Harrison Street.
mz gs., Davenport. Tele-
phone 2374-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-07

Trenton, y. S.-Hearing on the
charges against Senator Richard Fitz-
herbert, who is accused OF an attempt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-07

Los Witnesses from wide
ly separated sections Of the United
States attended the RESUMPTION BY the
federal grand jury OF tie alleged ma
tional dynamite conspiracy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-07

Kansas City-After waiting nine
days in the Union depot for the arriv-
al of his wife from Russia, August
iirsch met her and was told the
death of his child at sea had delayed
the mother.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16

another 10000 pounds is added to her
weight. and yet, so enormous Is this float
ing hotel they will not appreciably affect
her.
Aboard the Imperator the traveller may
dine as hxuriously as I'm the finest hotel
or restaurant ashore. There is an effect
of artistic spaciousness in the main dining
saloon never before approached at sea, IT,
indeed ashore. 1t will be possible for all
passengers to dine at one time. The main
dining room is located amidships on two
decks. the upper portion forming a great
open gallery. Above this gallery, which Is
oval in shape, rises a cupola of stained
glass, richly decorated. and lending much
to the lofty appearance OF the great hall
The Imperator will carry complete Ritz
Carlton restaurant. This dining room re-
produces to the last detail those of the
famous hotels OF London, Paris and New
York. It's roof is of glass. The great
cabin is decorated with a profusion of
palms and flowers. Here may be enjoyed
the Ritz cuisine. prepared by a special staff
under the direction of the Ritz-Carlton
MANAGEMENT. What will doubtless prove 10
be one of the most popular cabins aboard
is the Rathskeller. or Cafe Verandah, fur
nished with stone pavement and half
timbered ceiling and lighted by old-fash-
Toned ships lanterns.
The great size OF the Imperator has made
Il possible to equip her with public cabins
much more spacious, It is maintained, than
any ever enjoyed on shipboard. The main
lounge is one OF the finest features OF the
new ship. II may be converted into large
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16

nIeasant conditions at all times when con-
templating a plunge in the pool. The swim
ming pool was built in accordance with the
ideas and methods OF the ancient Romans,
who were masters in the art of building
baths, and their use.
crew OF over LOO shrdlu mfwyp pup
For the care and maintenance OF passen-
eers and the ship an exceptionally large
crew is required numbering over LOO per-
sons. or particular interest Is the fact
chat n large number Of able seamen VIII
be attached to the deck personnel Honest,
careful workmanship, conveying aduluohdi
assurance of safety to the lmperator' il
guaranteed by the requirements OF tne
Hamburg American Line and the capaoih-
Nv and reputation OF the builders EVERY
noesibIe factor for attaining the hignest
nossihle safety has been considered and APP
propriated.
II Is difficult to realize the size OF the
Imperator, even by comparison win tne
largest buildings and constructions on lana
The essential structure OF the largest SHIP
weighs considerably more than one hun
dred million pounds. In addition to this
there is an enormous added weight OF fur
niture. fixtures. china. silver, glass, bedding
and other detached objects. II the ma
terial used in her construction were loaded
on the largest freight cars continuous
train of about forty-fve miles in length
would be required to carry 1t.
Such a train would stretch the entire
length Of the Panama Canal from the At
lantic to the Pacific Ocean. When the I'M
psrator's passengers and crew come aboard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
Handsome and Wealthy Herr
init Ruler Pays His King.
dom's Taxes from
His Own Pocket.

naturally and without the slightest MUIR
muir adhered to the ways OF his own
ancestors, and managed to do even more.
For when yet another deputation from
Daduz appeared with another still more
amazing request, he sent them a mes
sage couched in the most gracious
terms Il am" he wrote, happy to pay
heavy sums each year in order to be
allowed to govern you. Equally is 1t
Joy for me to build you new roads, to
repair the old ones, to add churches and
schools, hospitals and mountain refugees
to those already existing. TO attend to the
welfare of your country, which, by the
way, is also mine. And now that you
demand a constitution, a constitution
you shall have. All I regret is that I
myself have none to offer you. There
fore, go In peace and select fifteen dep
uties, whom it is quite unnecessary to
say / shall have great satisfaction IN
paying out Of my own pocket, as l do
for everything else. Colt grisse euch
meme kinder!"
This document was received with inc
greatest possible glee by the willy Liech-
tensteiners, who, it is to be supposed,
are even now planning fourth deputa-
ton Well, they have nothing more TO
desire, excepting, perchance, permission
to ascend the throne zen bloc" so they
will probably plan in silence for while
longer.
The wonderful collection Of pictures
in the world renowned gallery OF the
Liechtenstein Palace, at Vienna, H. S. Fl.
Prince John has already given TO that
city, for with gathering years he seems
to become more and more generous,
more and more charitable. Therefore,
God bless him, for all the course OF his
overshadowed and kindly life; this
strange autocrat. who has borne his own
troubles without one complaint and VINO
has. in the measure of his great power,
relieved all those whom he ever knew
10 suffer Eh-Al lAC1E'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
RAoluM IN WATER AT BATH.

There is said TO be so much radium In
a glass of Bath bot mineral water, as
served daily TO. visitors who come to-day
to drink the waters in the Grand Pump
Room, Bath England, that when Sir Will
lam Ramsay. having taken glass, went
to his electroscope the instrument was i'm
mediately affected by the radio-activity he
had absorbed The Bath waters gradually
stain ell the glasses in USE but Sir Will
lam. who has been conducting an ex-
haustive investigation into the properties
of the Bath waters, states that this dis
coloration is not due to the iron, but to the
radium In the waters. These investiga-
tons have proved of great import to Bath.
for Sir William has found that the Bath
waters are strong in radium CARNATIONS
Comparison with foreign spas is impos-
sible owing to the use Of arbitrary and UNI
certain units
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16

that he has become a f-condemned
prisoner.
Strangely enough, he is extremely hos
pitable, and invites in turn the imperial
family, all the Austrian aristocracy and
many foreign sovereigns and princes to
great shooting parties on his immense
lands in Liechtenstein as well as in
Moravia and other portions of Austria
Hungary and Bohemia.
Sometimes these invitations are sent
out for a week, but whether they com
prise one day or ten the sovereign is
never seen, excepting perchance for an
instant. standing behind latticed win
dow, heavily garlanded with climbing
plants that very nearly veil the tall fig
ure lurking there Everybody who is
anybody knows that his Serene Highncss
Prince John is not doing all this wholly
from a sense of duty toward his com
peers, but that deep in his soul he has Il
decided taste foi society at its choicest
or, rather liking for being surrounded
by bright, clever, laughter loving people.
with whom he was born to consort.
At his great palace in Vienna fetes
have been given that cannot be equallcd
for distinguished magnficence ana
dreamlikc luxury; celebrated singers
have been heard there; the soft swish of
silken skirts has swept the unique mar
queterie floors in time to that music
Of al dance music, Wiener Walton.
Suppers cooked by perfect chefs. and
dished on gold and silver plate amid
regular thickets of eXotiCs, were served
at the Liechtcnstein Palace, but the
great prince never appeared. His pres
ence, though, in some peculiar fashion,
is felt by his guests wherever they may
assemble. 1t is something uneXplain-
able, Undesirable, something that
nettes the curiosity of some, while
others feel their hearts growing
heavy at the thought that this
prodigal dispenser of delicate pleasures
and royal cheer is not in their midst.
on the other hand have often heard
there whispers of "UnCanny. Never
come again. Trop impressionant." etc.
Still. the verY persons who had thus
spoken ! noticed among his guests on
the very next occasion. The entertain
ment was too faultless to lose.
1t may however, be acknowledged that
the case is one of peculiar sadness. A
sovereign prince. as well as prince of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
This Sovereign Lives as Recse Dodgng Night from Castle to Castle

nearly bursting with Joy, and recon-
pensed for their clever errand by sumpt-
uous gifts from their extremely amused
Prince John. backed out of the presence
and went on their way, to give tongue
regarding the virtues of an absolute
monarchy such as theirs
The next ruler, fortunately also en-
lowed generously with money, wit and
kindness, had scarcely assembled the
throne Of Liechtenstein and was SUN
shifting the air around his mountain
fastness-for the "feux de Joie' burnt
in his honor had been resinous and the
ancient muskets fired to herald his APP
proach loaded with pugnacious powder
when another deputation was announced
to him as coming hot foot from Vaduz
t. crave a boon.
This time the descendants of those
other ones presented themselves IN
less cringing fashion. They doubtless
had acquired during the passing OF the
years what their fathers had lacked III
elf-sufficiency, and though they bowed
peared had reflected that ruler who
could spend so much for his own ag-
grandizement would not hesitate u
grant them their fair share Of what
should come to them as his subjects
also the powder had cost them some
thing. Thus, then, after few moments
given up to courtesy they unhesitatingly
preached the wish dearest to them: HIS
serene highness was, as they had hearl
from their 'ancients,' rich-even very
rich; so they had humbly asked of him
whether. after all, the privilege OF ruling
over so prosperous and noble country
as Liechtenstein was not worth some
thing to his>serenity, their beloved SOW
ereign?"
AS long before, there was pause;
then a slightly quivering voice was
heard: You want an indemnificationE
oueried the sovereign prince.
IF it so pleases your serene highness''
came the reply quick and ready.
1T doesw answered the prince "For
this will, you see, my people, put me tr
a UNIQUE place indeed, since | will
be the sole and only reigning sovereign
who. instead Of receiving a civil list
will, on the contrary pay his subjects
for the pure and simple honor Of being
allowed to govern them
Prince John (our Prince John) quite
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16

It is not unamusing, | admit but in
unite different way somehow. Now,
for instance, the reigning prince owes
no national debt; he pays his leges
taxes out of his own pocket. and il the
budget should happen to show deficit
which is not often the case, 10 be sure
he instantly makes it up from his privy
purse-long and strong, and bullying WIN
gold. as purses always should be. lie
builds roads and schoolhouses and
churches and hospitals in their dozens
AT his own cost, and prevents poverty,
with its shaggy VOLTS ears, from pass
ing his frontiers. And why does this
extravagant monarch do all this? That's
n question.
II may he that none-or only few
persons-remember that many years ago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
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ballroom by the removal of the rugs, when
a beautiful parquet floor is revealed. AT
one end OF this saloon will be found a
stage completely equipped for concerts and
other performances. One of the notable
features OF the decorations OF the saloon
are two beautiful Gobelin tapestries, repre-
senting allegorical scenes entitled Europe
and Asia.
The Imperator's most unusual feature
will be "A magnificent swimming pool. re-
producing with great fidelity luxurious
Roman bath. This cabin is two stories, or
decks. in height and surrounded by broad
gallery. The ceiling OF the bath is carried
out in marble and bronze. For those de-
string special privacy beautiful suites are
provided including a private veranda or
deck These ocean apartments" as they
NAV be called, consist of drawing room.
bedroom and dining room.
The Imperator will be driven by Parsons
ouadruple turbine engines, which will de-
veIop 10000 horsepower and insure an av-
erage speed of 22ls knots. She will have no
recinrocating engines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16

stein"-peopled by audacious creatures
who dare to tax their prince: whimsi-
cal spot, left behind. thanks to its unim-
portance by Bismarck, when'he used his
iron broom upon the German indepen-
dent states. No national debt; no en-
forced military service. A monarch who,
far from drawing revenues from his sub
iects. actually pays heavily for the
privilege of governing them. Ridiculous
-absurd-and--- Here the dictionaries
of those would-be critics are dredged TOT
adjectives of really biting nature!
They might we'll think again, see again
also it may be, and then pause for
goodly time before going any further;
or. If they are indeed anxious TO learn
consult the more recent history Of Liech-
tenstein.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16

While waiting for Arnold Benefits next
paper on our cornices and hotel BARRIERS
one may find the opinion of Emily Grant
Won Tetzel in relation to Americas posi-
ton I'm the musical world instructive-di-
yerting, at all events.
She signs: Everywhere the worse is
made to appear the better cause; We starvc
and strangle our own prophets, import for
oign ones who cannot prophesy for our
needs, send them packing as soon as We
have found out how their wheels go round
kill them sometimes. too (see Mahler)--
and then wonder why no national opera,
no American symphonic composer SPRINGS
up. when We take any wormy young
aspirant. shut him up in a darkened room
and say: Here, Sammy American, Is SIT
worth of music paper, ink and pencils
turn us out an opery or band piece be-
fore night and I'll give you $4,000! AND
Sammy cannot do 1t, after all we nave
bought for the little pup-the opera houses,
conductors, scrapers, hangers acrobats,
blowers and those who inhale deeply to
make a loud noise on notes with words at
tached-not English.
Alas for sammy with his stiffnecked,
intolerant Puritan ancestry, where an
emotion was the same ethically as adul-
terry: with his frostbitten, poverty-strcken
present. ground between the millstones OF
surging. disconnected masses of anarchis-
rio scum OF creation and the damned but
idolzed dollars Of the upper classes
whose ideals and attachments, whose eX-
amples and possibilities. whose idle, rapid
badnesses and eXtravagances, overburden-
ing the overburdened. overshadowing those
slck for the lack OF sunshine, mark them
for swift destruction when. up through
Sammy ground to flinders. rise those
masses 10 seat OF the sore-and who will
have pity on them in that day?
America! America Thou that killest
the prophets which are sent unto thee!
We cannot blame, we can only pity the
man born blind, for he cannot see; the
man horn deaf, for he cannot hear. The
solution for art is far. far ava, and no
one not willing to be martyr should at
tampt TO cultivate the fine arts save as an
avocation after he has acquired a voca-
t,on assuring him an income, and then he
a, his ultimate best will be cursed by the
true appellation 'dlettante. Change or
country of environment, are remedies not
su,tad 10 the disease. for You cannot
change your race blood any more than
wagner and Semmy Karpeles can change
their noses. Let us be happy and useful
IN some other way. for those paths are
closed to US; let US achieve along some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16

there ruled over Liechtenstein a SOW
ereign called John, like the present one,
and not altogether unlike him as far as
wealth and heart go. He, too, had held
the reins gently over the backs of his
people; so dangerously so, indeed, that
one fine day a deputation from Vaduz
waited upon the prince, and, with deep
est respect, bowling to the ground every
other minute the while, expressed
scarcely above their breath, so great was
their awe-that he was the mightiest
prince throughout the length and
breadth Of the world, that they them
selves were nothing but inconsiderable
earthworms, scarcely worthy Of crawling
upon his vast lands; but that as it was
a known fact that his richness was as
great as his renown, they ventured to
implore from him a universal remittance
of taxes and some other trihng ex-
penses, burdensome to them, poor miser
ables, but to his serene highness a mere
speck of refuse gold.
His serene highness stood before them.
tall and handsome, and very mighty
looking, as naturally he would Yet
there was a curious twinkle in his eyes
as he listened to those round faced rep
resentatives, whose bucolic shrewdness
was not wholly unknown to him. There
was silence, which seemed, even to
these good. patient Liechtensteiners, to
be somewhat too prolonged, for it must
not be forgotten that an attitude OF deep
obeisance is to stout bellied vassals Of
any country whatsoever, fatiguing.
At last the august lips, strained a
little by the forceful repression Of a
smile. opened, and n voice ever so
slightly sarcastic. but not enough to
pierce its kindness through spoke the
following words: Il am, as you say, my
children rich. very rich even. and the
honor of governing so docile people as
Yourselves should suffice me- without
adding thereto that Of receiving your
.kreutzer.' Therefore I will henceforth
govern YOU for mere love, and | hope
that you will repay my services as your
ruler i'm the same coin"
When a Liechtensteiner can be moved
To applaId. he does il entirely. and with
A volume of sound that has but few
rivals on earth. But the now unpaid
sovereign prince stood it with as much
enuanimity as n well bred warhorse does
the roar Of cannon. The deputation,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
ELECTRIC CHICKEN FEED
Current Fed Poultry Promise To
BE HiQhly Profitable.

IN electric chicken farm is now in process
Of construction az Great River. Long ISL
and Its proprietor Is Dr. Rudolph c. Lie
nau. a dentist. OF Brooklyn DR.. Lineau is
also vice-president Of the Aquarium So
ciety.
II the electric chicken farm turns out 70
| be al that the doctor believes that it will
be. roasting and broiling poultry in the
future will be much cheaper and more pientl-
! tul than in the past This is for the reason
that under the Li4nau system chickens are
expe1ted to ripen for cooking purposes
Within half the period that has heretofore
been required 70 bring them to table per-
lection.
DR.. Lineau frankly admits that the pro-
posed Great River farm will be the outcome
Of experiments made in Europe to the end
of determining the effect of treating small
chickens that have Clipped their shells
within week to practically continuous
doses Of high frequency electricity. He
states that in such cases the birds have
taken on from SO TO 40 per cent more weight
within given period than have their nom
electrified companions
The conditions that surrounded the two
classes Of birds were IDENTICAL" said DR..
Lienau, a few days ago. They had the
same food. the same foster mothers, the
same runs About 5000 volts of electricity
were used in the alternating current, which
was so directed that il swept the basking
runs Of the treating birds. The cost OF the
treatment. as practised by DR. rhorne
Baker. OF London. England, from whom /
obtained most Of my ideas, was about
cents a bird. reckoning from the day It
was begun until killing time.
II may add that at Great River. where
I have purchased three acres OF land, am
installing some improvements on the orig
mal system, as far as feeding the cleo
tricity to the chickens is concerned
The dentist produced some figures indi-
eating the alleged remarkable success al
tanned by the process Of electrihcation.
The figures he said. were taken when the
chickens had reached the broiling age. AZ
the start they were as much alike as pos
sIble so far as weight was concerned.
From these figures 1t was made 10 appear
that the electric chicken farm undoubtedly
will have IL on the ordinary way OF breed
ing poultry
The system" said the dentist "of course
calls for a considerable outlay as pre-
liminary, but subsequently the system is a
profitable one" ''..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
Prince Johann Won Liechten.
stein Unseen the Year
Round, Even by
His Subjects.

lronvr4ght, 1912 by the Brentwood Company
-LAYING hide-and-seek between
lofty SUBMITS sun-smitten dur
u ing the summer and in winter
dinmed by bellying snow clouds that
roach down TO the tips Of upended for
ests. is the principally of His Serene
J,ehness Prince Johann Marie Franz
p,acide Won und zu Liechtenstein, Duke
~ Troppau and of Jagerndorf, possessor,
besides many other hOnors, Of such high
orders as that of the Golden Fleece, Of
81 Hubert and of the Grand Cross Of
the Catholic and Sovereign Order Of
Malta, whereof he is bailiff. He is also
an honorary member of the Viennese
Academy Of Sciences; for he is pro-
foundly learned. a thorough art con-
noisseur. and altogether a man Of such
merit that his like would be hard to
End in any land. Yet he lives the year
round unseen even by his subjects.
This enormously rich and even in his
declining years extremely good looking
sovereign leads the life of an absolute
recluse-of a monk one might almost
say. were it not that his cells are great
castles. Neither his friends nor his
vsssals are ever quite certain where he
Is. for when he intends to change his
abode temporarily nobody is warned,
and, travelling at night in a coach, with
RELAYS of admirable horses, he easily
goes from one frontier 10 the other of
his realm, or even further, without
single person being the wiser, excepting
his postilions and groOms.
This may smack Of fairy stories or OF
some quaint legend Of the Middle Ages,
and vet it is absolutely and completely
true. From his early youth Prince
Johns health has been delicate in a
way. though it did not prevent him from
growing up to tall and handsome man.
hood. Nor did this state Of affairs in
terfere with his mental wellbeing, since,
as l said above. he is one of the most
brilliant men one can imagine. Never
theless, il is entirely owing to this al
most natal lack of complete "bien-etre'