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

Considerable of a List Already.
The proposition to create a state
utilities commission reminds some
that right now We have a good many
boards and commissions TO help run
the state of Illinois. Perhaps some
will be interested in glancing over
the list. In a report by Secretary
of State Rose for 1911 are found the
following:
Board Of agriculture.
Illinois Farmers institute.
State horticultural society.
Live stock commissioners.
Cruelty to animals, agents to en-
force laws.
Railroad and warehouse commits
sion.
State board of arbitration.
Commissioners of labor.
Department factory inspection.
Free employment offices.
Examiners of architects.
BARRIERS examining board.
State mining board.
Inspector of mines.
Mine fire fighting and rescue sta
ton commission.
Board of equalization.
Court of claims.
State board of health.
Examiners Of registered nurses.
Dental examiners.
Board Of pharmacy.
Board Of pardons.
Canal commissioners.
Internal improvement commission.
Commissioners OF uniform laws.
Fish commissioners.
Food standard commission.
Library extension commission.
Lincoln park commissioners.
West Chicago park commissioners.
State art commission
Civil service commission.
Geological commission.
State highway commissioners.
Voting machine commissioners.
Employers liability commission.
Illinois park commission.
Mining investigation commission.
Penitentiary commission.
Special tax commission.
Game wardens.
Vicksburg monument commission.
Board Of administration.
Charities commission.
One might go further. There are
boards to look after several of the
states institutions; there are other
boards TO look after educational mat
tiers.
When you consider the entire list
set out in one place you must wonder
how il is that you don't hold a state
Office. for ii seems there are now al
most enough OF them TO go around.
And each of these commissions costs
money, as taxpayers should know.
Are we getting reasonable service
out OF them?
If we are everything in the state
must be mighty well regulated by
| this time. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
Comment From Capital

from Uncle Sam through padded trav-
cling expense accounts. 1t works
this way: A government official has
occasion to go from Washington to
New York, and he buys an excursion
ticket at greatly reduced rates. When
he puts in his bill for disbursements.
however. he puts in a charge for two
trips, one each way, at the full fare
rate.
THE SHOE MACHINERY TRUST.
The shoe machinery trust resents
statements recently printed in a great
many newspapers to the effect that
il had a practical monopoly on all
the shoe machinery used in the
United States. 1t says these stories
did it an injustice" and that, as a
matter of fact. it has reduced prices
materially.
Charles K. Fox, one of the largest
shoe manufacturers in the country, in
q recent article in trade journal pub
lished in Boston says: Royalties
have been reduced a little, but the
fact that ]. L. Walker, a Lynn manu-
facturer found that he could use an6
did use the long outside stitcher is
what brought the reduction about
at least the two things happened al
most simultaneously. The soles o
shoes seem to be almost sacred
ground. If you stitch soles on any
machine but the trusts you are hit
ting them solar pleXus, and arr
warned that you are trespassing anC
must stop"
Mr.. Fox's deductions appear to sup
port his contention that wherever re
auctions have occurred it has beef
because of competition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

of the Crane company, thus returning
to them one1tenth OF what he had been
able to amass through combination Of
their efforts and his.
To provide homes for helpless chill
dren and their mothers he gave anoth-
er million dollars. To the United Char
files for the Mary Crane nursery he
gave 100000; to the Visiting Nurses
association, $25, 900, and to the Lake
Geneva Fresh Air home, $4,000.
Mr.. Cranes mind operated along the
lines Of Justice to his employees and
sympathy for the poor No Industrial
tyrant ever is capable Of real charity
Mr.. Crane not being the one, was
capable Of the other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
BY CLYDE Il. TAvENNER.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, Jan. 1S.-Now that
Andrew Carnegie has had his word
before the steel trust investigating
realized by everybody concerned that
the ironmaster threw a tremendous
amount of light on everything except
the subject at hand. When Mr.. Car
negie was asked about the control
of railroads, and pools through which
competitors were driven out of bust
ness, he answered with a delightful
little story about the Scotchman who,
etc, etc. The former steel king
proved as clever at evading questions
as he did in building up the steel
monopoly. In fact, it was apparent
that Mr.. Carnegie should not have
been summoned to testify about the
steel trust. He never was a part of
the trust, and knew nothing of its
operations. He admitted as much.
WENT AS HE PLEASED.
When a poor man is called in court
to testify concerning the alleged dis
appearance of sack of flour or a
bag of potatoes he usually is required
TO confine himself to those articles
Mr.. Carnegie, however, chose to an,
swer questions bearing on the alleged
illegal operations OF the steel trust
with dissertations on triumphant de
mocracy," or some such matter Who'll
ly unrelated to the subject
DRIBLETs.
1t has been discovered that EN-
ployes of the government fitch up
wards of two million dollars annually
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
He Oyerdjd the Thino,

He Overdld the Thing.
Did you hear how young De Jones
tried to impress his future father-in-
law when the latter was up to the city
last week?''
mo. Tell me about it,
"Well, you see, the old man asked
De Jones to lunch with him at the
hotel where he was stopping
Yes
And De Jones arranged to be PACED
three times during the meal"
did the scheme workT
81 guess it did. The old man asked
him if he really thought he could af-
ford to spend money like that"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
The Greatness of Millionaire Crane.

The Greatness OF Millionaire Crane.
The late Richard T. Crane OF Chi
cago was more than a preacher Of
righteousness in mems relations to
one another. He made his deeds con-
form 10 his preachments.
Mr.. Crane employed 5000 men in
his great iron works and he regarded
every man OF the 5000 a partner in
the business. Every year for 16 years
he distributed 10 per cent OF the earn
ings of the company among HIS en-
ployes as a bonus additional TO the
high wages paid them.
Dying, he left directions that 81 .O00,.
OJo Of his 100000 estate should be
c-1verted into a pension and disabili-
l. fund for the benefit OF the employees
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

Des Moines is the latest place TO
pay its disrespects 10 indecent dane
ing. The city council there has
passed an ordinance placing dance
halls under police regulation and
providing for the arrest Of persons
who dance the Grizzly Bear" the
Turkey Trot" and the Moonlight
Waltz"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

The democratic national committee
will start out right. II meets 40
miles from the White house-and this
is not the nearest the party will get
to the seat Of government this year,
either
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily ana weekly at 1874
Second avenue. Rock Island, Ill len
tered At the postofnce as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Member OF the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
OF Course,

81 am completely tired out"
"What have you been doing?'
Shopping"
shopping? Why, I thought every
body did the shopping before Christ
mas"
Sure"
''Then why have you been shop
ping?"
Exchanging the Christmas pres
ents."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

Two years ago Senator Aldrich said
the government could reduce expenses
S30O.O0O.OO0 annually. Two years later
President Taft said the same thing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

Sure of the Future.
"Who will be president next term"
az don't know. l can tell you who
viii be president forty years from
now"
Marvellous! How can you tell that
far ahead?"
MY son is just two years old now"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
No Foresight,

No Foresight.
"She has been made widow three
times"
"And so young"
Isn't 1t strange"
"Well, her parents would send her
to a cooking school"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

This year II is different. The ice
men are kicking not at a shortage
but because the ice is too thick.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

II is suggested that when the new
$4,000 ton battleship is built it will
have to be called the 'hypersuper-
dreadnought."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

The anvil chorus seems to be par
ticularly busysin both great political
parties at the present writing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

genius Is tnat your divorce case doesn't
get a column notice.
Most men are willing to let their
light shine, but some Of them present
you with an appalling monthly bill
The man who tells his wife what he
pleases seldom pleases her.
Some men are worried lest they
shouldn't get what is coming to them,
while others are kept awake nights for
fear they will get it.
Women can never be truly emanci-
pated while their gowns hook up be-
hind.
A woman who can spend an after
noon at a church bazaar can outtalk a
senator trying to prevent a veto.
There are plenty of people who can't
live without work-done by others.
Some girls are so sophisticated and
fascinating that 1t just seems that they
are born widows.
Some mems appearances are star
ting, and others disappearances are
sensational.
The trouble about promising to do a
disagreeable thing is that you cannot
forget Il when the time comes TO do 1t
Have you weak throat? IL SO, you
cannot be too careful. You cannot
begin treatment too early. Each cold
makes you more liable to another and
the last is always the harder to cure.
If you will take Chamberlain Cough
Remedy at the outset you will be
saved much trouble. Sold by all drug
sists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

Wonder II 1t will develop that J.
Pierpont Morgan is behind the rise
in the price Of butter?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
HEART aid
HOME ..
PROBLEMS
F

Secrets Of health: First, keep warm;
second, eat regularly and slowly;
third, maintain bodily habits; fourth,
take early and very light suppers;
fifth, keep a clean skin; sixth, get
plenty of sleep at night; seventh,
keep cheerful and respectable COM
pany; eighth, keep out of debt:
ninth, don't set your mind on things
you don't need; tenth, mind your own
business; eleventh, don't set yourself
up as an authority; twelfth, subdue
curiosity; thirteenth, avoid drugs.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am bride,
and at the point in the marriage cere-
mony when the minister asked, who
giveth this woman away" a sign was
raised reading: I'VE could, but we
won't" l nearly tainted, and the wed
ding reception and beginning of the
wedding journey were spoiled for me
l was not afraid of anything they could
tell, but the joke, for which It was in
tended, only upset me and made my,
self and everyone else miserable. Dc
you not think such customs are bar
barous and should be abolished?
BRIDE.
This cannot be called a custom. as
it is INDUCED in only by thoughtless
people and such jokes cannot be toe
strongly condemned. They have re
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

In China the sun rises and sets in
Sun these days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
Verv Probable.

The years may come. the years may go
That ia, I venture true.
Why / confess do not know,
Though oftentimes they do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
WilIina.

do you think you could stand pros
perity?"
mo. 1t would kill me, but it would
be a pleasant death"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
Jan. 20 in American
History

1T32-Richard Henry Lee, Virginia
statesman, born; died 1874.
1734-Robert Morris, financier of the
Revolution and "signer" of the
Declaration of Independence, born
in Liverpool; died 1906.
1s06-Nathaniel Parker Willis. distin-
guished poet. born; died 1867.
1S14David Wilmot. congressman and
author of the "Wilmot proviso,"
born: died 1868.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

/ One of the penalties OF not being a
genius is that your divorce case doesn't
get q column notice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

All the news all the time.-Tbs
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20
eY THE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMs.-Dally. 10 cents per week
Weekly. 81 per year in advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made 10 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 e-gumentative
character. political or religious. must
lave real name attached for publica-
tion. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones in all departments: Central
Union. West 145 and 1145: Union Elec-
trio. 5145.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

The man who tells his wife what b
pleases seldom pleases her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

Most men are willing to let their
light shine, but some Of them present
you with an appalling monthly bill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-20

Some men are worried lest they
shouldn't get what is coming to them,
while others are kept awake nights for
fear they will get IT.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

In the court of criminal appeals
at Austin Wednesday the case of S.
J. Adams, alias S. B. Gray, appealed
from Potter county, was affirmed.
Gray was convicted there on a
charge of obtaining $4,000 from g
bank on a forged draft. He was Civ
en- five years in the penitentiary.
The case is of interest here because
of the fact that Gray was tried on
separate charges of theft of ami
mails and swindling and given sew
en- years in the penitentiary in each
case. He was taken to the peniten-
tiary few weeks ago to begin his
sentence, both eases having been
affirmed by the court of criminal
appeals.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25
been killed in the six cases.


The police of three parishes are
hard at work on the case and they
are receiving the assistance of ne
groes, who are panic-stricken. Many
believe that religious mania is re-
sponsible for the killings, some fea-
lures of the crimes indicating some
thing of that character In no case
has there been the slightest attempt
to conceal the crime, such as burn
ing the house or trying to conceal
the bodies OF the victims. In the
first Crowley killing the murderer
attempted to wash bloodstains from
the floor, but did not disturb the
bodies of his victims. In the second
case the bodies of the victims were
carried from the rooms in which
they were killed and deposited in an
orderly manner on a bed. Always an
AK was used, and usually it was
found on the premises or on nearby
premises by the murderer. In no
case was there an attempt to con-
ceal the weapon. In no instance was
there any indication that any of the
victims had any forewarning of
their doom, and no tangible clues
were left
Negpo servants in Crowley are in
panic and few of them dare be
found on the streets after dark. The
more superstitious believe that some
supernatural agency is at work
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25
five FAMILIES YIELD
VICTIMS TO MURDERER
Twcnty-Six Negroes Have Been
Slain in Last Few Months in
Vicinity Of Crowley, La.
Associated Press Special.

Crowley, La, Jan. 25.-The SER
les of awful butcheries of negro
families in this and neighboring par
ishes, in which twenty-six negores
have been slaughtered in their sleep
within a few months, has thrown
the colored population of Crowley
into almost a panic, and unless some
thing is done to stop the murders 1t
is predicted that Coontown, the me-
gro quarter will soon be depopulat-
ed In every negro house in Crow
ley lights are kept burning all night
and the adult members of the fami-
ly remain awake during the night,
fearing the risk of visit by the
assassin who murders his victims by
wholesale with an ak sparing ne1th-
er women nor children.
Following the murder of moth
er and her three children last
Thursday night, comes the news OF
the killing of family of five at
Lake Charles on Saturday night,
making twenty-six persons killed in
six families within a few months.
The first of these killings occur
red in Rayne a few months ago,
when mother and four children
were killed in their beds, each hav-
ing been Drained with an AK in their
sleep There was no clue to the as
sassin. Next came a killing at LAT
layette, when four persons were
slaughtered under similar circum-
stances. Then a father and mother
and one child were killed at Crow
ley, the details of the crime being
similar to the first two. Then fam
lily of four were Drained in their
beds with an ak at Lafayette. Last
Thursday night mother and three
children were murdered in their
sleep with an ak, and on Saturday
night at Lake Charles a father,
mother and three children were
Drained with an ak in their sleep
! One arrest was made on account
of the first Crowley killing, but the
Suspect was discharged for lack OF
evidence, There appears to be nc
clue to the perpetrators of any Of
the three killings in this parish. Il
is now believed that most of th'
murders, If not all of them, wer'
done by maniac All the killing
were done with an AK in the night
with no evidence left of struggle
/ No motives for the crimes have bee
| lunearthed, and in at least MAORI
ty of the cases the victims were re
, spectacle and inoffensive negroes
/ Most of the victims were womel
and children, only two men havini
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25
A PRETTY SENTIMENT.

Recently there appeared in the
Waco Morning News a pretty senti-
ment which is worthy of a reading
by the Banner readers. 1t recalls
memories and touches in some de-
gree the heart when the picture Is
painted before us. 1t says:
NC matter how rough, how rag
become, he was once little child,
his head nestled on the soft, white
bosom of a loving mother, and the
holy sacrifice of pain that she made
when his life was ushered in can not
have been in vain. There Is always
somewhere in the recesses of his
soul a spark of manhood left that
can be famed into flame. if patti
emily the blower is applied, some
where in the memory of the heart,
recollection of dear mother still
family fingers, and the benediction
of her prayers and her holy adora-
ton for the little miniature man,
all pure and pink and free from
stain, has not been entirely forgot
ten, for it has kinship with Almigh-
ty God himself. If there were no
derelicts upon the sea of life, no
stumblers where the road is rough,
no gaunt and hungry faces, no
worn and weary bodies, no souls de-
pressed with sin and shame, this
would be heaven enough, Gods plan
would be complete, and the story
would be ended. They are all part
of the ultimate plan and are not to
be despised, but they are needful
and we, having something to spare
that they have not should let our
sympathies have sway, and by the
exercise of real, helpful interest,
do our best to bring to pass the
mothers hope, her sweet dream as
she crooned a lullaby over her
darling, asleep in her ten
der arms ''--Greenville Banner.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25
HUSBANDS BLAMED FOR
HIGH COST OF LIVING.
The Cincinnati Housewives League
Makes Report.

Makes Report.
Associated Press Special.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 25.-Re-
plying to the request from the state
of Ohio to explain the high cost OF
living, the Cincinnati Housewives
Cooperative League, through its
president, Mrs. j. w. Films today
made its report public and gave the
following as the chief cause of the
present exhorbitant prices as anal
yzed by the league for the edifica-
ton of the Department of Agricul-
ture:
Trusts, selfish greed and hun
ger for big profits. Speculation
prices fixed by gamblers, rather than
by cost of production. Husbands
not as helpful in home management
as they should be. Lame laws-re'
fusal to grant women the right tc
vote"
In tracing the high cost of living
down to the husbands Mrs. Films
speaking of their tendency to evadt
domestic tasks, said:
Half of them don't know the
price of sugar or how long an in
candescent light will last, and, all
unknowingly, they greatly add t.
the already increased cost of living
Husbands should keep household ac
counts, as well as the wife, and 4
the end of the month both should
balance up and see if they agree
/ I don't see why husband shoul'
not know when the flour is gettini
low. as well as the wife"
The league has already started
boycott on butter, declaring the,
will eat BUTTERFLIES bread" until tn
| price comes down.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25
CASE AT MIDLOTHIAN
SCHOOLS DISMISSED
George Potts Stricken with Menin-
gifts Tuesday Night.

County Health Officer Berry was
advised over the telephone Wednes-
day afternoon that q case of menin-
gifts had developed at Midlothian
The victim is George Potts, who be
came i'll with the disease Tuesday
night. The public school there was
closed for an indefinite period.
II is reported that the committee
in charge Of the quarantine at Mid
lothian has dismissed all the guards
on the public roads leading into tho
city, retaining only guards at tht
depots.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25
Stockholders, Meeting.

The stockholders of the Texas
Mortgage Banking company met in
regular annual meeting Wednesday,
January "a, and elected the follow
ing directors for the ensuing year,
Dr. D, G. Thompson, r. J. Cole, G..
w. Simpson, R. X. Erwin and I, M.
Williams. The directors then elected
the following officers: r. J. Cole,
president; .. G. Thompson, vice
president; l. M. Williams, secretary.
The usual dividend was declared
and ordered paid.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25
THE DANGER OF LA GRIPPE

Is it's fatal tendency to pneumonia
To cure your Ia grippe coughs take
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.
n. E. Fisher, Washington, Kan.
says: II was troubled with a severe
attack of la grippe that threatened
pneumonia A friend advised Fo'
Iey's Honey and Tar Compound ane
| | got relief after taking the frs
few doses. took three bottles
and my lagrippe was cured" Get
the genuine, in the yellow package
For sale by the Curlin Stores---CuT
lin Drug Co. North side, Curtin
Pharmacy, West side square. DIV
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

We realize that the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram is ready to go to ex-
IRENE lengths to accomplish its pur-
poses One can tell as much from
the language used in it's paragraphs.
However, we never dreamed that II
would attempt to defend the manner
in which elections have heretofore
been conducted in some of the coun-
ties of southwest Texas.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

Street Commissioner Callens
states that sixty loads of trash were
gathered up by the city wagons last
week and hauled to the dumping
ground. The work is not yet finish
ed On account of the great amount
of trash gathered from the premises
of citizens the wagons were not able
to get to the colored portion Of the
city last week, but are this week
making the rounds of that section