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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
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Problems
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MRS ELIZABETH THUNR6C

be removed? "a When entertaining
gentlemen from out of town, is 1t prop
er for them to remain at your home
over night? EMILY
az There are cold creams on the
market which are not injurious, but it
is better not to use powder. as it stops
up the pores of your skin, thus prevent
ing the natural flow of the oil from the
sebaceous glands. The most satisfac-
tory and lasting way to have good
complexion is to keep the face perfect
ly clean by using pure soap and occa'
sionaIly a little cold cream or skin
food. (2) Freckles are very hard to
remove There are many remedies, but
none will Danish them entirely. (S) A
goitre should be treated by a physi-
clan "a No, they should stop at a
hotel.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: a. Please tell
me what to do for my teeth, on some
of which there are black spots. (2)
Please tell me what kind Of tooth pow
der to use. CD have very heavy hair.
1t is not becoming to me fixed the way
you suggested to one girl. Would it be
| all right to fix 1t low on the neck in
two coils? "a Please tell me how to
clean soft gun metal shoes.
ONLY TWELVE.
~ You should visit dentist. These
spots may be places that are starting
to decay or they may be tartar which,
after it becomes firmly embedded in
the enamel, can be removed only by
the dentist. CD He will also recon-
mend a tooth powder or paste. (8) You
should wear your hair in two braids
You are young enough to wear it braid
ed for three or four years. (4 Wipe
of the mud. Put few drops Of ammo
MIA in a half pint of water. Rub the
soiled spots lightly with cloth wet IL
this water and let dry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
BY ARTHUR WEST.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, Feb. 24.-President
Taft has demonstrated his remarkable
ability for appointing judges who are
notorious for their decisions against
the people and in favor of the vested
interests.
Hardly had the president returned
from New York, where he branded the
advocates of a judicial recall as ''neu-
rotics," when he named for the vacant
place on the supreme court bench one
of that very type of judges who have
created the demand for the recall. AS
result of this appointment, Mahlon
Pitney, of New Jersey, who has time
and again written judicial decisions in
favor of property rights and against
human rights, will sit in the place
once occupied by John NJ. Harlan, the
best friend the common people ever
had in the supreme court.
AN INTERESTING CAREER.
Judge Pitney has had an interesting
career, and he also had an interesting
father. His father was a judge before
him, and as an indication of the kind
of judge he was it will be recalled that
in one case, where a little girl was
crushed while playing about some
building material that had been unlaw.
fully left in the street, he ruled that
the girls legal status was exactly the
same as thief's would have been had
he been injured in similar manner
The little girl, of course, was unable
to recover damages.
Manlon Pitney was once congress
man, but he resigned that Office in or
der TO accept a state senatorship, al
obscure Office by comparison with the
one he relinquished. The reason fol
this remarkable change was soon ap
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
Hunor and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN ~. SMITH
RELAXATION.

nON'T let the task at which Won work
~ Possess your body. soul and mind.
Forget 1t when you quit at right;
Lock up and leave II all behind.
Doubt not but what it viii be there.
Where all the nighttime it has lain.
When in the morning you return,
All ready for your hand and brain.
There are some other things in life
Quite worth your effort and your time
Ear from the ONCE or the shop,
With reason tinctured and with rhyme-
The small affairs about the house.
Your neighbors, topics OF the day.
The candidate who wants your vote
And exc quite frequently the play,
That at some later pleasant date
You may from CRIME and toll be free
You grind away without q rest
For the reward that is to be.
Not for the Joy OF work itself,
Though that is part throughout the day
But for the time that is ahead
When you can drop It all for play.
That era when your pile Is made
Looks rosy as you glance ahead,
When you VIII live and take your ease
Unless, perchance, you turn up dead.
This Is the lesson, then, for you;
This is the moral clear and strong:
Take OF the pleasure that's to be
A portion as you go along.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
CAPITAL COMMENT

parent, however, for it quickly became
known that Pitney was the spokesman,
in the New Jersey senate, of the iden-
teal interests that were represented,
until recently, by John Kean in the
senate at Washington.
After his term in the state senate
Pitney was chosen chancellor of New
Jersey, and in that position he quickly
won fame as an enemy of labor IN
ions. In the case of the George Jonas
Glass company, which obtained an in
junction against its striking employees
from picketing, Pitney wrote a deci-
sion in which he held that it was I'M
lawful for the union men "to restrain,
either by coercion or persuasion, those
who desired to continue in the employ,
ment of the glass company. This
decision was based on the assumption
! by Pitney, that the relation between
the company and the union men was
what he called Service at will"
BLOW TO FREE SPEECH.
Judge Minturn, of the same bench
wrote dissenting opinion in thi!
case in which he branded the Pitney
decision as a blow at every man:
constitutional right of free speech"
Judge Pitney held that the unior
men could not use persuasion in theil
efforts to get others to join them. l
was unlawful, he held, for one maj
quietly to talk to another on thu
street If the subject of their CONVEX
sation was about the strike This, h,
held, would be annoyance to tn,
complaining corporation.
Every judge that President Taft ha
named for the supreme court is know
to be an enemy Of the unions, witt
the possible exception of Hughes, an,
he is sworn enemy of the income tax
But If you complain, you are "neu
rotic"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
THE COMMERCE COURT.

Senator Poindexter's bill abolish
ing the court Of commerce will be
passed by congress and vetoed by
President Taft, according to the pre-
diction of John CaIlan OLaughlin,
Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune. That the court
serves only the purpose of hamper
ing Justice between railroads and
the shippers, he says, is the accepted
view in congress, but Mr.. Taft, hav-
ing been the chief advocate of iss
creation in the first place, is deter
mined to continue its existence.
when the court was created"
the Sioux City Tribune says, lit was
intended to be an appellate court To
pass merely upon questions of law
involved in cases coming before the
interstate commerce commission. II
has gone far beyond the purpose for
which it was created and assumed
functions not usually assumed by
any other appellate tribunal.
The complaint, backed by large
number of specifications, is that the
court has asserted the right to judge
not only Of the law, but of the facts
in rate cases. 1t is in reality a sec,
ond interstate commerce commission
unfortunately clad with the power Of
multiplying any act which the rea
commission may do.
THE railroads of course, viii
! fight to continue the existence of the
court. They have found it a refug'
from the decisions of the commits
sion in favor Of the SHIPPERS. A ma
jority of the courts decisions hav,
favored the railroads, and these de
cisions have been rendered not onl,
in minor cases, but in the most i'm
portant ones to come before tn,
court, including the long and shor
haul clause OF the Wickersham bill
Opponents of the court are arm
ed with an immense array Of fact
to Justify its adjustment. Should
congress decide to do so, 1t will b,
unfortunate for Mr.. Taft himself ant
for the country as we'll II he vetoe
the bill"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
x SIMPLY A CRAZY SUGGESTION :

an and makes La Toilette appear like
an ultra conservative. Such a sug-
geshon shows that Roosevelt is a
dangerously unsafe leader He would
enact law that would make Ameri-
can courts of justice the puniest in
the world and judges mere farceurs.
He would give to the people, who are
not lawyers, the power to reverse deci-
sions of courts composed OF lawyers.
Has demagogy ever gone to greater
lengths?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
SATISFIED WITH COMMISSION
FORM.


The city OF Burlington, Iowa, has
given the commission form of gov
eminent a fair test and finds it very
satisfactory. Rock Island is always
interested in noting what other cit
les are doing under the plan of gov
eminent which is proving successful
in many Illinois cities.
The Burlington Hawkeye says:
Not quite two years have elapsed
since the inauguration of the i'm
proved system, but in that brief
period the advantages of the new Or
der of things have been clearly dem
onstrated. Revenues have been in
creased, expenses lowered, the tax
levy reduced, the city debt cut down,
the floating debt funded at a lower
rate of interest, interest obtained on
bank deposits, bills paid on presen-
tation. discounted for cash, many
economies OF administration effected
and more business-like methods of
transaction of city affairs have been
| introduced.
have been inaugurated as described
in some detail in the official review
of the work done-a report which
was due the taxpayers and the voters
generally. The objections raised
against the commission form of city
government IN the campaign preced-
ing its adoption have been melted in
hn of 4
have passed away in vapors. The
criticisms and fears were unfounded
the predictions are unfulflled. Bur
lington has tried the commission
plan and knows something of its ad-
vantages. Such defects as it has, il
any, are minor, and easily remedied
We have the substance and are not
/. worried about the shadows. There
is no apparent disposition upon the
part of our citizens to go back to
the old ward system. Burlington il
marching forward, not backward. II
! is making great progress in the
, placing of municipal affairs upon q
business basis. And that is a tan
, gible inspiration in the upbuildine
! Of our material interests in every
, department OF industries, manufac.
! lures, trade and commerce.
> Enhanced municipal credit; hon.
esty of administration; absence oil
5 anything like graft; public scrutiny
of every official act; prudent econo
> mics; q progressive and public-spir
tied policy; due regard for the mora
well-being OF the community
= these are factors that are real cap
[ ital and a real power in the upbuild
: ing OF any city. Burlington nov
realizes that the commission plaI
fosters these potential influence.
as was not possible. or at least
never was attained. under the IRE
sponsible ward system with it's in
evitable temptations to barter anC
trade. intrigue and corruption. Tn,
commission plan, OF course, can b,
] crippled. or even wrecked, by dis
. honesty and ineficiency OF officials
? but In such cases the primary re
I sponsibility always rests with tn,
voters. Even the constitution of tn,
United States will not avail II tn,
q voters neglect their duty, but It is
: great bulwark OF public safety; ant
0 in like manner the commission plal
!. for cities Il favoring environ
a ment."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27


Dear Mrs. Thompson: Would you
not advise a married woman with two
little boys (even though she does not
love her husband) to stay al home and
take care of her family rather than
pass her time with young man whose
delight is to say things that he knows
hurt her feelings, and then repeat the
stories to friends for his own amuse-
ment? Would 1t not be for her own
good and the good of her children to
scorn the young man instead Of letting
him hatter her In the belief that he
cares for her? HUSBAND.
You are entirely right. A married
woman with children has reached a
deplorable state when she spends her
time with another man The honeyed
words that fall from the lips of such a
man mean worse than nothing. Any
day he may turn from her and forget
it all, while she will carry the stain on
her reputation and character through
life.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ~ Should q
young lady arise upon being intro.
duced to a person OF her own ageT CD
l have been corresponding with young
man for about two years. Occasionally
he sends me little things. Is is proper
to thank him every time? This gets
rather monotonous. GERTIE.
% No. ca You should be courte-
GUS enough to acknowledge each gift
and thank the donor.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Q) Are pow
der and prepared cream injurious
How can one obtain beautiful com
plexion? Cd Can freckles be removed
permanently? (3) How can goitre
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

Here is the way Congressman Will
liam Mckinley comments on the latest
escapade of the national pest: MIR.
Roosevelt himself has urged the most
powerful objection to a third term, and
only a few months ago, in a letter to
Editor Moore OF Pittsburgh, stated
that he would regard his nomination
for a third term as nothing short of a
national calamity"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

AS was expected, Roosevelt now
says he meant three consecutive terms
when he took position against a three
time president. Such an excuse. in
view Of the language he employed, is
merely another insult to American in
telligence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

Paris-The court of cessation has
handed down an important decision
hearing on diplomatic immunity. Re-
Gently the appeal court decided that
charges made in 1909 against Chris
TOPPER J. King, American consular
agent at Lille, in connection with the
sale OF shares in a Mexican mine,
must be abandoned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

Los Angeles-F. Ira Bender, third
man brought to trial as q result of the
alleged attempt to dynamite the coun-
" hall Of records. was discharged by
order OF Judge Cabaniss. The assist
ant district attorney said testimony on
which the state depended had proved
untrustWorthy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

Some fate has checked the flight Of
every leader in the worlds history
who has permitted ambition to lead
him to attempt dizzy heights where
man had not perched before. The
crash is coming TO Roosevelt, and it
be, my countrymen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
Saws Train Exceeded Local Spec,

Sterling. Feb. IA Coroner's jury
investigating the death Of former State
Senator Virgil Ferguson, killed Feb.
IS by Northwestern train, brought in
a verdict declaring that the train was
exceeding the legal speed limit when
Il killed him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

Speaker Champ Clark says Roose-
welt will and should eventually be sent
to st. Helena, an end devoutly to be
wished by every lover Of American in
situations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
Feb. 27 in American
History

1s07-Henry Wadsworth .LoDgfeliow.
poet. born; died 1882.
190s-Professor Samuel Pierpont Lang
ley, secretary OF the Smithsonian
institution and a scientist Of world
wide reputation. died: born 1894.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

If Teddy possessed ordinary hui
man judgment, to say nothing Of
other good qualities, he would have
accompanied his family to Panama,
instead of staying home to fight his
own promises.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

Colombia invites Secretary Knox
to come but hopes it will rain cats
and dogs when he lands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

Mexico can now sympathize with
the republican party in the United
States-revolution all the time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

Boise. Idaho. has also adopted the
commission form. Come on in,
Boise, the waters fine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

AS a rule the man whose hat pre-
cedes him In the ring respects the
referees decision.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
lnconsiderate.

s{vk6e is your tailor, isn't hep
go ever again after the way he insult
me-"
asked you to pay your billY
"Worse than that. Made me pay it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
TERMs-Dany. 10 cents per wee

TERMs.-DaIly. 10 cents per week
Weekly. 81 per year in advance
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made to the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
instance where It is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority IN the premises.
All communications OF s-gumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
telephones In all departments: Central
Union. West 145 and 1145; Union Elee-
trio. B145.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
II Is Safer

X Is Safer.
A cat upon a king may gaze
And not have fits or spasms throw,
And one who not a cent can raise
May wander through an auto show.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly at 1923
Second avenue. Rock Island. III len.
tered at the postonsce as second-class
matter.I
Rock Island Member OF the Associated
PreEA.
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

He Knew.
"My son, hundred cents make
dollar"
mot a hundred of mine, dad. They
never get together to that extent"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

Eluoidated.
81 hate a fatterer."
'T see.'
'What do you see"
"a flatterer is one who says nice
things to the other girls"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

One way of being popular is to knock
the town crouch.
You need to know what a young
mans outgo Is as well as what bis in
come is in order to get line on him.
Being in love is as unsettling as an
April snowstorm In July.
1t is never too late to mend, but some
times 1t is too expensive.
When a woman makes speciality of
being clever it is a sign that she is
either hemely or out Of the matrimo-
NAL market.
The mans work is likely to be punk
who prefaces it with long line of
bunk.
It is as uncomfortable to be ahead of
the times as it is to be behind the
times. but not so hopeless.
Some persons are so methodical and
inelastic that it worries them If their
hens lay more eggs than they have dg'
ured Oh
a stitch in time often saves a hitch
In the proceedings.
An attack Of the grip is often fol
lowed by persistent cough, which
/ to many proves great annoyance
Chamberlain Cough Remedy ha
been extensively used and with goot
success for the relief and cure o
this cough. Many cases have beef
cured after all other remedies ia,
failed. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

'Needlework is a soothing and COM
Portable occupation for those who have
no need to do it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

Poor Fellow.
"He is connected by blood with al
most everybody in town"
at is nice for him to have so many
relatives"
"Oh, don't know"
"Why"
at leaves him hardly anybody to Dor
row money Of"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

aeropiane and lower him to earth
unframed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27
Sure.

"Has Brown real faith in his cause"
Certainly. He has real money in
it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

Well Rid of II.
YSomebody told him that a second
hand automobile was as good as q
new one provided he got one that
wasn't worn out and that he could
save half the purchase price, so that
twas the kind he got.
eeIt ran beautifully while he stayed
around town, and he kept thinking
how much smarter he was than other
men. Then he ventured into the coun-
try, and when he had arrived at thirty
miles from nowhere the engine stop
ped running. After fooling with it an
hour he dropped his wrench and, mop
ping his brow, exclaimed: 81 wish
could see the man who sold me this
old rattletrap. would give it to him. u
What, asked a sarcastic friend;
"the machine?"
NAV; he wouldn't take that as q
gift"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-27

One way of being popular is to knock
the town crouch.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-03-30
nj Ar r G Q
CITY BOARD OF HEALTH
Important Measures Adopt
ed Affecting many
Homes.
New Iberia. La. March ., l0l2.

New Iberia. La. March -, W..
The City Board of Health met this
day at the Call OF the Chairman, with
DR. j W X Shaw in the Char and
Dr kinE aud Messrs lndest and Della
houssaye present-DT. Carstens alb
sent
Reading of the minutes of the last
meeting was dispensed with on mo-
ton duly made, seconded and carried.
The Chairman reported that the
General Clean up Day on the
18Th had been q success and that the
CITY was now cleaner than it had
been for number NQi years. That in
the inspection Il had been found that
there were cont lnua1fX bdibg~bulIt by
ctlizeus, ne ew<<eWers to drain INTO the
Main or st6rm sewers, aud recon
mended Eat the Board prohibit the
buildlnggof any more cess pools and
the sewtrng into the storm sewers,
and thai all parties BE- required to use
sceptlc ,anks where seWering into the
Bayou
AfterSdiscnsSlo it was moved by
Dr.. King, seconded by MIR. Delahous-
saye and carried that the use of the
stofm sewers for sewering from clos
eta kitchen sinks etc. be prohibited
from this das,~~also the draining of
cets pools into the ghtters, and that
nolcess pool shall hereafter be built
unle less approved by the CiNy Board of
Health; and that no surfsce closets
shalfN4 built unless same conform to
the plaus Of the City Board of Health,
and shaFl>1irst have the approval Of
the Board wt4leh planse<wlll be fur
nished by this Boafd.
The Chairman stated that he would
present to this Board at their next
meeting full report Of the result OF
clean up day and the inspection;
and that he had appointed an addi-
tional Inspector for short while to
assist the Sanitary Inspector IN max
ing hts inspection which action was
approved by the Board. The Chair
man also reported that the greatest
difficulty in enforcing the sanitary
| laws and having premises clean, had
| been among the resident property
| owners. who paid no head to notices
from the Board. The Chairman was
| inst ucted to call upon the City Attor-
ney and request him to notify all non
resident property owners to immedl-
ateIy clean up their premises IN this
! CITY. otherwise that same viii be un.
! dertaken at Their expense by this
] Board
! The Chairman reported cases OF
small pox, one had been quarantintd q
/ and the other properly fumigated q,
/ also two cases of scarlet fever which
/ ,,o,c ,,,nnattV rnGio cd
ON motion of Mr.. Indest, seconded
! hy Mr.. Delahousaaye and carried
unanimously the vouchers issned by
the Board of Health 20 the former
/ President, DR. Young and to Mr.. II.
! o. lndest, representing amount due
them as per increase in ihtir salary
made by ttst Board on April Sth, 1911,
be presented TO the Mayor and Board
ot Trustees OF this City tor collection
It was reported that parties ha'
been dumping garbage and rubbisi
taken troio their premises on empt.
lots without permi @sion from the own
ers and the matter was ordered Inves
tigated
On motion Of Mr. Indest, eeconde
BY pr. King the meeting adjourned.
DR. J W. K SHAW, Presiden
j, {. VI. COMPTON, Secretary
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-03-30

The graders for the IbeEla, ST.
Mary aud Eastern railroad are
working this way 9th the road
bed having reached ! polnt about
a mile above town i VIII be
only few mere days when they
will he on Third street. Track
LAYING will foI'ow9 closely upon
completion Of the dump, When
the pew ene comes through, we
will bel a straw hal Of last year
crop that the pubNc will receive
better sefycn IN the shape II a
regular schedule. FranklinW atch
man.