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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06
Fire DESTROYS Cathedral.

Belleville, ILL.,, Jan. 6.-St Peters
cathedral, one OF the oldest Catholic
edifices in southern Illinois, has been
destroyed by fire. The loss is esti-
mated at $150,0o0.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

From noon today to noon tomorrow)
Sun sets 4:4s. rises 7:25: moon rises
725 p M: Venus and Jupiter seen ap.
proacking in east before dawn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06
New Mexico Admitted.

Washington, Jan. 6.-The president
today issued a proclamation admitting
New Mexico into the union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06
chiuinuton Reelected-

Chicago, Jan. 6.-Thomas NJ. Chiv-
ington was today reelected president
OF the American Baseball association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06

Met at noon Fitzgerald OF New York,
chairman OF appropriations. acted az
parlia mertarian to the speaker in the
forced absence OF Parliamentarian Crisp
~ Georgia Adjourned at l2:zs p. m.
until noon Sunday for eulogies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06
Yesterday In Congress
SENATE.
Nat AZ noon.

Not IN session Meets Monday.
HOUSE.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01
A Hitch.

An American traveller witnessed the
performance, Of civilian Tell at a small
German theater He was told by the
manager that the stage effects were ex-
tremeIy fine, and that the scene where
Tells splendid craftsmanship was ex-
hIbIted would astonish him
The American declares that he GER
tainiy was astonished. AS appeared from
the outcome the apple on the boys head
and Tells cross-bow were connected by
an invisible wire, along which the arrow
was to speed, OF course, with perfect &C
curacy.
At the proper cue the arrow did speed
half way toward the apple, and there
stuck, TO all appearance, in mid air.
In vain did the doughty Tell shake
his bow to joggle the arrow to its mark.
The son OF Tell, meanwhile, looked
very frightened, while the apple, firmly
fixed on his youthful Uranium, was bob
bling about.
The audience was laughing. and the
laugh grew into roar when one of
Gessler's guards took in the situation
and, coming forward from his position
at the side OF young Tell, calmly gave
the recalcitrant arrow a smart rap with
his spear, when It sped on its way ana
buried itself in the apple on the boys
head,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01
COURT GOSSIP OF INTEREST TO
THOSE NOT IN CHARMED CIRCLE

''sfaome." bur as the sale had been adj
vertised By the action Of the Louvre
committee, he win no doubt easily dis
rose OF the canvas IN America az q prof
f. His offer 70 the Paris Museum Of an
option to have L AZ cost price, Is gen
erous and praleew0rthy, but there 10
hardly q chance that Il win be accepted
a reputation even OF the greatest nod
ern master IL worth very little unless Il
has stood the test OF aees
remember. seeing ''Salomen when 4
was exhibited AZ the Paris Salon In
Regnauit. who WAS killed IN almost the
last "sortie'' OF the siege OF Paris By
the Germans. At the suburb Of Biizenyal,
tainted the picture when he was q stu
dent at Rome. Salome, a ragged, tawuy
girl with q saucy. impudent gipsey coun-
tenance, sits against a background illu-
rlinated BY the yellow light Of the set
ting sun. The picture shows q certain
subtlety and abounds IN qualities that
make for popularity. but they are to
my mind OF a second rate Pronoun-
cling ''Salome" as q masterpiece % say
Ing a great deal.
"salome" was purchased by the Mar
quis Landolfo Carcano for about 1900
francs. The Louvre can afford all the
better 70 do without II as Il owns two
later pictures By the same master-an
execution at Tangier, and a portrait on
horseback Of Marshal PTim-one a grue-
some thing, but finely colored, and the
ether not. coming Up 70 its great rsputa-
ton. the more one looks at II.
Copyright I0lz By c0urt Gossip sSndiasssi
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01
THE ARMY MULE.
Demonstrates Ability to Survive
Experimental Contest.


Experimental Contest.
FSun the New Iok Pres.
II the first verdict reached by the
officers Of Col Getty's experimental
regiment out in Wisconsin Is a forerun-
ner OF what is TO follow, lovers OF the
old and picturesque features Of military
life and warfare may take heart. For,
through the formally expressed opinion
Of Capt. Faviil, one Of the company
oAcers OF Col, Getty's command, the
army mule has demonstrated its ability
to survive In an experimental contest
with the automobile truek-at least for
one thing.
This provisional and experimental
regiment OF regular troops, under the
command Of Col Robert n. Getty, has
been brought together to test new
equipment of various kinds that may
revolutionize the whole organization OF
the army. Its three battalions make up
what is probably the largest and best
equipped regiment ever modified by the
United States Army. One OF the chief
tests to be made by this command. in
its march from Dubuque, Iowa, to
Sparta, Wis, where It Is to maneuver
for several weeks. Is that OF the matter
of the value OF automobile trucks versus
the army mulR as a means Of maintain
ing a line of communication with the
base Of supplies. From the Officers for
NAL statement it may be gathered the
test thus far Is concerned only with that
part Of an army train moving with the
troops and does not include the matter
Of keeping up the line Of communication
with the rear. Whether the coming
maneuvers will put any different face
on the matter remains to be seen; but
meanwhile lovers OF the mule will re-
joice, admirers Of the auto truck will
root and societies for the suppression Of
profanity will grow mournful over
the ascendency OF one Of the worst
enemies OF their cause.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01
Public pebts-A COmpsrison.

The sum of S25,ooo,ooo, which the
British Chancellor intends to devote
out OF the ending fiscal years surplus to
the reduction Of the "oonsols" debt, is
but drop in a bucket, for the indebted
ness of the British Empire, exclusive of
the money set aside for teminsble an
nuities, totals thirty-ohe hundred million
dollars. But Lloyd-George has been
attacked for causing an increased ma
tional Indebtedness, and therefore takes
pride in paying some off, if only frac-
ton of per cent OF, the total. Yet
all administrations over there, since
1857, when the Indebtedness was $780,
100000, have set themselves the task of
reducing the debt, and up to 1899 had
shaved of a thousand million dollars.
But ever since Great Britain has been
struggling with the consequences of the
Boer war.
France has an enormous debt, so great
that exact statistics are difficult to OBJ
tain. Figaro recently printed pro
visional" statement, placing the French
public debt at sixty-fve hundred mil
lion dollars, and the annual interest
charge per capita of the entire popula-
ton nigh on to S..
In this country comparatively little
attention is given to the national fund
ed debt. The reason is quite plain. It
is the smallest obligation carried by
any of the great powers. Time was
when we made rapid progress toward
its entire elimination, so rapid, in fact,
that the country was in danger of con-
tracing the national currency too
strongly. Among its other purposes Of
existence our public debt is main
tanned to give security to national bank
notes. This puts US in peculiar posi-
ton, namely, that of reckoning a LA
bility as an asset. The annual interest
on our public debt, something like $zz,-
100000, is a third of that of the British
Empire.
The United States is fortunate in the
matter of the public Indebtedness. Our
funded debt could be wiped out without
any hardship if our hnanciers could
but find substitute for government
bonds as a guarantee for national bank
circulation that would be just as ac-
ceptable to the people
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01
CALoRICs AND CRIME.
Eject of Hot weather ON Crime n
Puzzle TO Psychologists.

Eject of Hot Weather on Crime n
Puzzle 10 PsycholoEists.
From the Richmond virEiniEn.
Psychologists have long wondered at the
apparent relation between hot weather
and crime. Ancients would probably have
said that the blood was overheated; that
the bile was disturbed; that the vital
forces were out OF the normal; that the
stars spelled battle, and murder, and
ire and birthstone, so that helpless
humanity had nothing to do save to re-
spond.
Whatever the scientific reason, the fact
seems to remain. No one ever knew of
cold wave and a crime wave 10 coin
eide. It Is always when the mercury
climbs that crime ststistics' climb also.
There seems to be a strange afinIty be-
tween lawlessness and calorics, and this
despite the fact that there is nothing
more heating than playing tag with the
police.
Richmond's Monday Hocket, coming on
the heels OF the first really ardent days
OF the summer, was composed OF ninety
nine offenders. There was an illuminat-
ing catholicity about the charges. They
ranged from felony to a mere logged re-
fusal to move on when the bluecoat
gave the order. They included brous.
Iu2Its, 0runkeneSSs diSOrQerly conduct OF
practically every description. Almost
every man who had II IN him to get into
trouble apparently mopped his brow and
started for II on the run.
After all, the real explanation is that
the longer the mercury grows in the tube,
the shorter grows the human temper. A
vast irritation settles down upon people
who strike out blindly at a condition
that cannot be relieved. Hot weather is
bad enough. When there is added to the
physical discomfort the added prod of
some officer of the law. some SUCCESS
ton Of restraint, a hysterical impatience
makes a sort OF hot-weather defiance
which is like the blowing on OF safety
valve.
We wonder, too, how far the crawling
sensation Of heat operates to fray the
tempers Of the police. Very uncomfort-
able they look, and very "touchous -
What would in cool weather call for
word OF admonition. in hot may mean an
arrest. A cooling shower would do more
to put the disorderly population back into
peace and amity with the law than all
the sermons any one can preach, or all
the arrests the police as a whole can
make
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01

A tornado Is q meteorological brain
storm. II comes mostly In June when
political conventions and other convul-
sions Of nature are plentiful and Is posi-
lively the worst thing that can happen
TO the weather. Men who have looked
the tornado in the eye and have felt its
fierce embrace are able to enjoy cloud
bursts. sunstroke. frost bite, typhoons.
and London ever afterWard
The tornado makes its lair In the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri valleys as a rule.
II Is q grizzly gray greenish cloud with
to earth and through which II sucks up
the scenery with avidity. This funnel
whirls at the rate OF 100000 revolutions
a minute, and as Il proceeds across the
country II picks up farmhouses. chickens,
locomotives, churches, haystacks. school
houses. blackberry patches. and national
banks and carries them away. This shows
the natural viciousness Of the tornado.
II has no use for these things-it only
carries them away TO cause annoyance.
After mixing them up thoroughly, filing
the schOolhouses with locomotives, i'm
pallng the haystack on the church
steeple. picking the feathers from the
chickens and mixing them with 3 bills,
II deposits the mess In the next county
IN a forty-acre stand OF wheat. folds up
its funnel, and goes away to take an
other bite out of civilization somewhere
else. You can follow the path Of tor
nado across a whole State by the things
which aren't there. Even q city detective
could do IL.
Tornadoes rise in the Southwest and
proceed Northeast. like Senator Bailey,
leaving horror and despair in their wake.
Like Nero and other pituess monsters,
they are frivolous by nature. and love TO
produce quaint obituaries All unique
horrors. such as blowing wheat straws
through hired men, turning orphan asy-
lums inside out, stufiing cows into pianos
and tearing the clothes on OF the dazed
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01
MOST ExTRAVAGAET WOMAN.
Deprived II 100000, 900 Estate By
CouFf for Five Yenrn.

Court for Five Yeara.
Prom the New TGk worid afF-
A woman who inherited a fortune estI-
mated as high as SloOOooOO. and began to
spend It in such manner as to gain a
reputation as the most ex1avagane
woman in New York" is about to have
her estate restored TO her by the courts
which lve years ago deprived her Of It.
Extravagance is merely excess. and
doubtless there are women on incoms
Of 1900 who are as open to the charge
as others with incomes or 81 100000. But
taking the work IN its general sense,
a woman who can really deserve to be
called the most extravagant Of her sex
In the worlds most extravagant city IS
entitled to a unique distinction
To win IT she must meet the competi-
ton OF steel kings wives, comic-Opera
prima donnas and the widows or other
women folk Of mine-promoters, traction
magnates and wheat operators. Being
extravagant in terms Of millions IS not
the easy thing it may appear. least
OF all for women. Cleopatra, who dis
solved the pearl In vinegar, possessed the
art, and some OF the women OF ancient
Rome and OF Versailles knew f. But to
most mortals it would be a dificult mat
ter to squander a million a year on
purely personal Indulgence
Can the woman who said that $40
a day Is not too much for spending
money" be thought to possess the genius
necessary for real extravaganceg That
would amount to less than $500 year.
relatively pittance to women whose
larger incomes allow them to spend far
more IN the economical qualification OF
their whius
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01

An apple tree Is the result OF q graft
from the tree that Is known to be a pro-
Queer Of certain kind and flavor Of
apples. II the seed were planted and one
relied on It to produce a select grade
Of fruit the result would be dIsappoint-
Ing, for the reason that from the seed
the most remarkable varieties will be
shown, notes Harper's Weekly. Perhaps
they will be miserable little crabapples
or misshapen, bitter fruit or a useless
conglomeration. The seed somehow or
other haTks back to its origin, notwith-
standing years Of cultivation. The varie-
ties OF apples known to-day are a result
Of careful selection and constant grating
of the better kind from year to year
until the present development has been
attained.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01


A plan for making the use Of news
papers as guides for contemporary bis.
tory compulsory in public schools has
been advocated in Louisiana, and W,
understand that the Legislature there is
looking upon il with favor. But the
enactment OF such . law would force
upon educational authorities to choose
between journals, which might involve
some controversy, especially outspoken
on the part Of such newspapers tia,
were passed by as not mirroring with
exact truth and impartiality events
worthy to be embodied IN contemporary
history. Yet the process Of discrinii-
nation in itself would induce a higher
standard Of production BY publishers.
No doubt Of that, because Endorsement
by school authorities would be a prize
worth winning.
We believe that a rightly planned and
administered school curriculum would
find teachers and pupils taking more
direct and discriminating interest
in the newspaper than they show
nowadays. Children ought to be
taught to select this kind of ma
teriaI as much as they do how to make
dresses or tool chests, or to discriminate
between good and bad fiction. There is
but seldom that cooperation between
Journalists or editors and educators
which would make each more service
able to the other.
Writers have the right to expect to
look for and find their best material
for articles about civic issues in inter
views with educators, whether state,
local, or national. On the ether hand,
the educator has the right to insist that
newspaper men should conserve and
not destroy intellectual and ethical
ideals, created or REINFORCED in the
schools, and that the newspaper read by
the child shall neither vulgarize nor
deceive with statements that are in
accurate, whether consciously or uncon-
sciously.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01
Bryan and the Deadlock

Both national conventions this yeai
demonstrate quite clearly that this i.
fight Of the people for political free
aom. The strength of Roosevelt n
he Republican primaries, the third
party movement, both were the result
3 belief of thousands of citizens
hat he is the champion against privi-
ege and that he in reality is ''Volks-
tribun," called upon to eliminate the
Neign Of the corrupt bosses. This is not
1eznt as a discussion of the merits Of
bis claim; our purpose is to show
where the political wind blows from.
AS for ourselves, we believe that the
Roosevelt adherents are mistaken and
that their confidence is misplaced, but
nevertheless it is their unrest, their de-
sire for betterment. which has caused
the sad split in the ranks of the Repub-
lican party.
And now at Baltimore Mr.. Bryan is
winning all his victories through the
identical belief of the Democrats that
he is fighting their cause. Whatever
Brysn's former errors, no one can say
that he is not honest in his convictions
or that he has not the courage of these
'convietions. That is why he so easily
overturned the Wall Street-Tammany
coalition, which undoubtedly had pre-
pared, through Mr.. Murphy, to run the
convention His resolution not only
was a death blow to the unit rule, but
II squardy paved the way for a bolt
in case 4 Observation-Disclosures candi-
date should be nominated.
That is the trua reason why, early
Saturday morning, during the night
session. Murphy's little stratagem failed,
when, by swinging the New York dele
CATION to Clark he meant to stampede
the convention in favor of the Speaker.
The other delegations, after Mr..
Brysn's def" did not dare to follow
suit unless they were ready to face the
wild accusation of the Commoner that
they had sold themselves to Wall
Street, It was master stroke on the
part OF Bryan, but IT put his party in
dilemma, as his support of any candi-
date means the antagonism of the anti
Brysnites.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01

citizen. leaving him arrayed in his poll
tics ten miles from where home would
have been II II had been let alone. In
the old days. when cyclones infested
Kansas a great deal. the State was full
OF mournful farmers hunting for mis-
placed houses. barns. cellars, and sorting
out tangled fences and county lines.
When a tornado visits a town Il only
stays minute or two, but II Is men
toned for years. and every one remem-
bers dates by II. A tornado once over
took Bill Nys and carried him several
miles in the direction IN which he wasn't
going. breaking one leg and causing him
20 speak OF Il in terms OF the utmost
hostility for years afterward- Tornadoes
can be avoided by lodging behind a
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01
Get Together, Democrats!

The strongest man before the Demo
cratic Convention at present seems to
be Woodrow Wilson. At least he has
been gaining steadily since Mr. Bryan
broke the Wall Street ammany coali-
ton and announced fearlessly why he
had changed his vote from Clark to
Wilson, despite his instructions from
his home State Mr.. Wilson's gain in
votes has been almost uninterrupted
since the first ballot. He had then
5z4 votes, and on the twenty-sixth he
had 4o7, a gain of eighty-three. Mr..
Clark, with 40 votes to start on,
reached his maximum on the tenth, but
that was owing to Murphy's favor, who
switched almost the entire New York
delegation over to him. This gave him
> total Of $50, but this number has
dwindled down to 465, where it remains
At present, and Mr.. Clark no longer has
majority of the convention.
Il cannot be denied that Mr.. Wilson
has made a fine showing since Kansas
fearlessly left Clark for his banner.
AEisng the delegates voting for Clark,
or Underwood are scores who
lson's nomination, believing
he candidate with whom the
ave success at the Noyem-
caarT4e - k,,-. -.
rank and file, too, and
in the convention are
who are showing their
illness, who are not like
le appeals Of others for
ciate what prompts the
ear to be so very care
their standard bearer.
1 they have chance
indicate, owing to the
b in the Republican
by the Roosevelt fac
y try their utmost to
electors with man
Judgment, would be
defeat Mr.. Taft. No
sir right to their own
the meantime what the
ested in. is to see a
minated who has the
and the general inter-
L at heart, and who
lssure such prosperity
enjoyed aninterrupt-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01
The chief Regulate.

From an Exchange.
David Belasco, In an interview in New
York, condemned a certain ultra-modern
type Of society woman.
This type" which luckily isn't num-
erous," he said, ''lives on notoriety. To
a woman Of this type a lawyer said one
day:
Yes, madam. can get you the
divorce you desire. For 500 can get
you a divorce-and get It without pub
licity, too
"She wrinlled her smooth, white. we'll
powdered forehead IN a frown; she bit
her rouged and over-red lip In annoy
ance.
But what would It cost" she asked,
with publicityT I"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01
what a Man Is Made OF.

From BeslisA
The average man has ''ingredients"
to make fat for seven bars OF soap, iron
for a medium-sized nail, sugar to FIX a
small bowl. salt TO NIL = shaker, lime to
whitewash a chicken cook. phosphorus
to make twenty-five hundred match
tips, magnesium for a dose Of magne-
STA, sodium to neutralize a pint and a
half OF water, potassium to explode a
toy cannon, sulphur to rid a dog of
of eggs.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01
OTHER EDITORS VIEWS.

Ffun the Chicago Tribune.
Golfers weekly has Illuminated Mr..
Clark's mentality. He has not taken
himself very seriously as a candidate
for President, and in this at least the
country can agree with him.
From the Pitt5burE Chronicle Telegraph
As militant publicist, fighting fairly
within party lines, Col Roosevelt has
achieved as high distinction as can come
10 any man. As a disappointed candi-
date for once, boiling the ticket OF his
party, he begins to dwindle Immediately,
and the finish Of his performance in
this character may readily be foreseen.
From the St. Louis GlobsDsnozat
Vacation days are near; there ara
places where one can even give the cam
paign spellblnder. the slip.
From ths PhfadelpAia Telegraph.
1T win be mer.' he said. TT must
have meant one OF those things thar
wears Whlskers and bleats.
Ffosa. the sprinra.ld Unioa
Possibly Teddy win run-but whitherT
Fsv@ the chizsO NsvG
Irrespective Of what happens to Roose-
welt. the movement for eIeetinF Presi-
dents according TO- the dictates OF nobody
but the people must 60 on.
FsOz the clndnn.ti rms.
New York vel knows that Comptroller
Prendsrgast e an authority on the Zen
Gomnand1nls,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01

Mr.. sulzer's bill establishing equal size
Of barrels for the purpose Of Interstate
and foreign commerce has been passed
by the House. The New York statesman
contends that q barrel is not merely a
cylindrical container bulging in the mid
die. and that It should r. ! unit Of meas
ure
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01

Five Juvenile offenders in q small Mas
sachusetts town have been ordered by the
court not to leave their homes on July &
or on any Saturday until Labor Day. Talk
about crueltyi
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-01

An outlaw who invaded a private re-
ception in London and assaulted one OF
the guests was hustled out Of the house
with excusable severity. In her strug-
giles ct was q woman she lost a diamond
brooch. Here Is an obvious lesson that
outlaws should wear lawbreakers clothes
when on. outlawry intent.