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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
A BABEL OF TONGUES.
Half a Hundred Languages, Perhaps,
In the Philippines.

Half Hundred Languages. Perhaps,
In the Philippines.
The natives of the Philippines are
known to have at least twenty-five
languages. and some students of the
ethnology of the islands have express
ed the belief that they have more than
double that number of distinct tongues
For purposes of study they are gener-
ally put in two groups:
First.-The languages Of the Negri-
tos. supposedly descendants of the alb
original population Of the islands, who
are distributed in scattered tribes in
the interior of the larger islands.
Second.-The languages of the vari-
Gus Malay tribes which make up the
bulk OF the populaton-Christian Mo-
hammedan and pagan.
1t cannot be said that the Philippine
languages possess any very consider
able literary value. The old native
manuscripts inscribed on leaves or
strips of cane have practically all been
lost American students of the islands
have found the scanty native literature
in religious writings. indifferent poetry
and primitive newspapers. The natives
themselves are profoundly ignorant for
the most part as TO their own htera-
tuTe.-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
AN ERRATIc VOLCANO.
Rose From the Sea, Formed an Island
and Sank Again.

Rose From the Sea. Formed an Island
and Sank Again.
On June 16. 1910. the Sabrina. a Brit
ish sloop of war. observed smoke arts
ing from the sea near st. Michael on
the Azores, and made for it, believing
that a naval engagement was in prog
ress. Her crew found. however. that
great tongues of fame were issuing
along with the smoke and that they
had cleared for action to fight a vol
cano.
Forty-eight hours later an island
made its appearance, having risen
from a depth Of forty fathoms in that
period. and in another day it was fifty
one feet above the surface, with a
length of about three-quarters of a
mile. BY July 4 the Sabrina's people
were able to land on this new shore.
which was then 300 feet high. with a
circumference of fully mile, with a
stream six yards wide running from
the center TO the sea.
They took formal possession Of 1t for
his Britannia majesty. hosting the
union jack on its most conspicuous
point. but by degrees the island sank
until about the middle of October IL
vanished below the surface. with the
union jack still on 1t, Ike a battleship
sinking with colors flying after fatal
Observation-Disclosures Standard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
RUNNING AMOK.
A Mania For Murder That Is Peculia

A Mania For Murder That Is Peculiar
to Oriental Countries.
The expression run amuck" is the
Anglicized form of a term used in some
parts of the orient to describe form
of homicidal mania. accompanied by a
frenzied plunge in any and every direc-
ton. In the countries where the NAL
ady originated the word applied to ii
was "amok." The corrupted form of
1t is now applied in a score of ways
without much warrant
In Malacca, Siam, Java and adjacent
regions the mem i state which causes
amok is well defined and much dread
ed. 1t is attributed almost invariably
to excessive drinking Of stmulants.
The victim first turns morose, gener-
ally remaining in this state for several
days. Then he is suddenly seized with
the mania for slaughter and starts on
his mad run with the first weapon he
can reach.
Extra precautions against these mad
ravages are taken in some of the more
civilized places, especially Batavia.
There the police are armed with what
is called catch fork. The instant the
victim Of amok starts on his mad dash
he finds himself hooked by. minion
of the law and held firmly the length
Of this odd human spear He can harm
himself. but that is the limit of his In,
sane power.-Exchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
Obituary
MRS. C. w. McMICHAEL.

At her home on Dickson street, Mi
Ian, at 1880 this morning, occurred the
death of Mrs. Charles W. McMichael
after an illness of nine years, follow
ing a stroke of paralysis brought on
by injuries received in runaway &C
cident Mrs. McMichael tnee Cora E.
Lewis was born in Richland town
ship, Mercer county. Dec. 7, 1863. Her
marriage with Mr.. McMichael took
place at Milan Feb. Il, 1854. Besides
her husband, she is survived by two
children: Ralph McMichael, Puente,
Cal, and Mrs. Warren Bradley, Chey-
enne Wells, Colo. The latter had spent
the winter with her mother. Mrs. Me
Michael also leave two sisters, Mrs.
Rella Renner, Pittsburg. S. D.. and
Mrs. Grace Lamont, Rock Island. Mrs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
W.B. M'INTYRE IS
NEW PRESIDENT
Chosen by Mems Club of Broad
way Church to Guide Des-
TIMES for q Year.
PROMISES ENTHUSIASM
Annual Meeting of Organization Held
With $50 Men and Women in
Attendance.

William B. Mcintyre was chosen
to guide the destinies of Broadway
Mems club for the ensuing year at
the annual meeting held last evening
in the Sunday school rooms of the
church. The meeting was attended
by more than $50 men and women
it was ladies' night last highland
the entire evening was most enjoy
able. Supper was served by the men
who employed their usual precise
methods of service.
L. s. McCabe, who has been the
clubs president during the last year,
delivered his retiring address last
night. In it he told of the clubs &C
complishments and of the things
which it had hoped to accomplish. In
his short address, he made several
recommendations, which if carried
out, will make the club an organiza-
ton of great strength.
OTHER NEW OFFICERS.
Hervey E. Curtis was elected vice
president and L. 1. Birdsall as Sec
retary-treasurer.
DR.. W. S. Marquis, pastor of the
church, concluded the evenings pro
gram with an unusually interesting
sketch concerning his tour around the
world, completed last June.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
Personal Points

Albert III has gone to Deseronto,
Canada, for an extended visit.
y. C. Edwards is visiting for a few
days at the home of his parents in
Roodhouse, III.
Mrs. A. Hussey and daughters re-
turned home last evening from a sew
eral months visit in New York.
NJ c. Rice went to Chicago today
to meet Mrs. Rice, who is returning
from several weeks visit in Virginia
While at Peoria yesterday, Hon. Viii
liam McEniry received word from New
Orleans to the effect that his wife
father, John Cleary, was lying at the
point of death. Mr.. McEniry left for
Chicago at once, where he was joined
by Mrs. McEniry, and together they
left for the south.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
caviar 1t is that its constituents err
slightly on the side OF richness.
Fiogging.

The Jewish rabbis had a legend
which carries corporal punishment
back to the days OF our first parents.
which is quantity reelected IN that
modern schooIboy's play upon names,
Adam Seth Eve Cain Abel"
OF course there is, too, the warning
of Solomon, He that spareth the rod
hateth his son." or the old Egyptian
proverb, THE back Of a lad Is made
that he may hearken to him that beats
it." but If we must go on history alone
the earliest records belong to the Ro-
mans, who practaeed logging In sew
efal degrees OF severity.
There were the ferula, a tiat strip OF
leather, a comparatively mild persuad-
er; the scutica, a harsher instrument
OF twisted parchment, and the nagel-
lum, a cruel scourge of leather thongs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
TENTH AVENUE TO BE
PAVED WITH ASPHALT

At meeting of the board of local
improvements held this morning, it
was decided to pave Tenth avenue
from Nineteenth to Twentieth streets
with asphalt. The board has sent
out notices of a meeting for public
hearing TO be held the morning of
April 80. Another meeting of prop
erty owners between Thirty-f1rst and
Thirty-fifth streets and from Fiji
| teenth avenue south to the city lin
| its is to be held the same day, on
the question of laying watermains in
| that district.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

The letter T is the most important in
the alphabet because it leads all others
In perfection 1t is likewise first in
peace and prosperity and gives to
pleasure its proper form 1t Is found
in every enterprise and aspiration, and
without its valuable Offices. our stanch-
est anchor OF hope would be but a
commonplace hoe. In importance it is
decidedly the dominating letter IL has
no place in history. but is foremost in
philosophy and gives power TO the pen.
While always first in pToVOcation. ii
likewise leads in pardon and possesses
great power in persuasion. 1t IL =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
Harry Kendall ThaW.

What will doubtless prove one of
the most important OF the many court
proceedings to free Harry K. Thaw
since his Imprisonment in the hospit-
al for the criminal insane at Mattea-
wan, Feb. l. 1908, has been institut-
ed in New York. On April 10, at
noon, Supreme Court Justice Staple
ton commenced judicial inquiry in
to the mental condition of Stanford
Whites slayer. Many noted alien
lists. including DIR. Adolf Meyer, pro-
fessor of mental diseases at the
Johns Hopkins University, DR.. Fred
erick Peterson. professor of mental
and nervous diseases at Columbia
University and DIR. VIM. A. White,
superintendent of the government
hospital for the insane at Washing
ton, have recently examined Thaw
and advised his mother that he Is
suffering from no form of mental
disease and is sane.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

The Rock Island county delegation TO
the state convention arrived home this
morning. well pleased with the part
Il played in the convention, in which,
by the way, It faired pretty well, hav.
ing won one OF the delegates at large
to the national convention in Hon. E,
w. Hurst, a district alternate in NJ. j
McEniry, one of the seargents-at-arms
in the national convention in Daniel
Corken. and one Of the reading clerks
in the national convention in Hon. Will
liam McEiry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
HAMPTON FUNERAL.

The funeral of Alem H. Hampton
was held from the home, 737 Seven
teenth street this afternoon at ?
o'clock. Services were conducted by
John Buford post, G. A. R., assisted by
Rev. T. E. Newland of the First Meth
odist Episcopal church. The active
bearers were Capt. H. A. ]. Mcdonald,
J. G. Hazard, John K. Scott, Clarence
March, William Colburn and W. H.
Jordan. The honorary bearers We're
Major c. W. Halves, P. F. Cox. F. A.
Pollard, H. E. Harris, c. D. Gordon,
Ezra Wilcher and George Bailey. Bur
ial took place at Chippiannock GENE
terry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
WEYMOUTH FUNERAL.

The funeral of Perry e. Weymouth
was held from Knox's undertaking
parlors this afternoon at o'clock,
Rev. S. G. Hagglund of the Swedish
Lutheran church officiating. The
bearers were William Happier, Rob-
ert Ransom, Ed Carlson, Otto Carl
son, Charles Swanson and Peter Nell
son. Burial took place at Chippian-
mock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
Find Body Of Infant.

The body OF an infant child, wrap
ped in a handkerchief and enclosed in
a paper sack was found in a slough
on the south side Of the government
island yesterday morning by sol
der. The body was removed to Rose s
undertaking parlors in Moline. II is
understood that no investigation will
be made and no inquest will be held
by the coroner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

in the emotions and virtues. Patriot
ism. passion, patience. pity and poetry
acknowledge it as their very own. No
point or picture or port was ever
made without it. 1t leads all others in
power. permanency and preciousness.
Purpose has no meaning without it,
and pyramids are built upon its base.
GALAXY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
Arrest Hunted Man,

Glen Meyers. wanted in Muscatine
to answer 10 a charge of stealing some
hogs last summer, was arrested yester-
DAY by deputies from the sheriff's Office
and turned over 10 the sheriff of Mus
catine county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

McMichael was member of the Pres
byterian church and of Rural camp.
Royal Neighbors of America. Funer-
al services will be conducted by Rev.
NJ. G. Hanna at the Milan Presbyterian
church at p. m. Monday. Interment
will be in Chippiannock cemetery,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

Diarrhoea should be cured without
loss Of time and by a medicine which
Ike Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy not only cures
promptly but produces no unpleasant
after effects II never fails AMI is
pleasant and safe to take. Sold by all
druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
LOCAL DEBATERS
WIN z CONTESTS
Teams of Bethany and Lombard
Colleges Lose Decisions to
Augustana.
FORMER AT LINDSBORG
Judicial Recall Is Subject Discussed
in Rock Island-Vote Is Two
to One.
Especial to The Argus. }

Lindsborg, Kan, April 2O.-Augustana
won over Bethany college in a debate
here last night. The subject discussed
was:
Resolved, That all corporations en-.
gagged in interstate commerce operate
under federal charter. Augustana
had the negative. Lyman Weld, Yer.
ner Swanson and Evan Anderson are
the three who fought for Augustana.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
Sullivan Contingent Was Regu-
lar at Party Convention
H-H Not in It.
NOT A LEG TO STAND ON
Preferred Rump Meeting and Refused
Overtures for Peace and
Harmony.
Regular Delegation to
National CONVENTION

AT LARGE.
ROGER c. SULLIVAN.
ElMoRE w. HURST.
FRED J. KERN.
GEORGE w. FITHIAN.
HARRY NJ. PINoELL.
n. N. WHEELER.
FREE p. MORRIS.
JAMES n. WILLIAMS.
JOHN M'GIILEN.
ROBERT M. SWEITZER.
ROBERT HUNT.
3. 2. WEBER.
WILLIAM q. SCOFlELD.
SAMUEL ALsCHULER.
BEN =. CALDWELL.
WILLIAM 3. BRINToN.
DOWN THE STATE.
District delegates from all congress
sionaI districts, those from the 14th
being p. II. Herman, McDonouer
county; S. S. Hallam, Warren county;
alternates, NJ. J. MeEnlry, Rock island
county; Albert p. McHenry, Hender
son county.
RUMP NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Carter II. Harrison.
Henry 7. Rainey.
Judge John &. Owens.
Owen p. Thompson.
A. M. Lawrence.
j. M. Gray.
Walter Watson.
A. E. lsley.
No district delegates from the 14t'
congressional district.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
Especial to The Argus)

Peoria. April 2O.-There was but one
side TO the democratic state conven-
ton which closed last night. There
was but one convention duly accredit-
ed and organized and that was the
one which met at the Coliseum. The
skating rink gathering was without
ssmblance Of form. 1t had no func-
tions. At best il had in addition to
the H.-H. Cook county delegation
that was In contest with the Sullivan
delegation frop the same county, less
than 90 dnwn state delegates. The
counties which went with the H.-H.
rump convention were the following:
Calhoun. 2 Douglas. .; Green, 3; Kan
kakee, /: Kendall, /; Jefferson, S; Jer-
sey. 2 Jasper, {: Henry. 6: Macon. -:
Morgan. 10. Nassac. .. Menard, (;
Dupage. .: Macoupin, 4 Piatt. 4 Put
nam. /, and Scott, 3.
BEATEN At EVERY POINT.
So that with the H-H. delegates
seated In the Coliseum convention
even had they been entitled 70 seats
the Sullivan forces, otherwise the state
organization. would have dominated
the convention by 300 votes.
The H-H. meeting had no roll call
and no regular order OF procedure
Al one juncture In the meeting gray.
haired delegate from Livingston coun-
~ marched down the aisle followed
by several others and he was heard
10 remark.
This amt no way TO do business
making delegates out Of all these yere
visitors. they was nine Of us here
but we're going back where they do
business right" and he headed for the
Coliseum.
SULLIVAN PLAYS FAIR GAME.
The sullivan forces in Cook county
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ROOSEVELT ASKS SUPPORTERS
NOT TO VOTE IN CONVENTION

Col Roosevelt at 12:4O issued this state
ment:
"A clear majority OF the delegates hon.
estly elected to this convention were
chosen by the people to nominate me
Under the direction and with the encour-
agement of Mr.. Taft, the majority of the
national committee, by the so-called
steam roller methods. ana with
scandalous disregard of every prin-
ciple Of elementary honesty and
decency. stole eighty or ninety
delegates. putting on the temporary roll
call sufficient number of fraudulent
delegates to defeat the legally expressed
will Of the people. and to substitute a
dishonest for an honest majority. The con-
vention has now declined to purge the
roll OF the fraudulent delegates placed
there by the defunct national committee.
and the majority which thus indorsed
fraud was made q majority only because
1t included the fraudulent delegates them
selves, who all sat as judges on one an
others cases.
IF these fraudulent votes had not
thus been cast and counted, the con-
yention would have been purged of
their presence.
This action makes the convention in
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no proper sense any longer a republic
an convention representing the repub-
lican party.
Asks Supporters Not to Vote.
Therefore I hope the men elected as
Roosevelt delegates will now decline to
vote on any matter before the convention
l do not release any delegate from his
own obligation to vote for me IL he votes
at all: but under the actual conditions
hope that he will not vote at all.
THE convention as now composed has
no claim to represent the voters OF the
republican party. II represents nothing
but successful fraud In overriding the
will Of the rank and file Of the party.
Nominee Beneficiary Of Fraud
Any man nominated by the convention
as now constituted would be merely the
beneficiary Of this successful fraud: 1t
would be deeply discreditable to any man
to accept the conventions nomination un-
der these circumstances; and any man
thus accepting 1t would have no claim
to the support of any republican on party
grounds, and would have fortified the
right to ask the support Of any honest
man Of any party on moral grounds.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
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MEXICO MASSES TROOPS
NEAR AMERICAN BORDER
Authorities in Texas Adopt
Measures to Protect Citi-
zens of This Country.

Ell PASO, Tex, June 22.-The military
chessboard Of northern Mexico presents a
series Of likely complications along the
American border. judging from the plan
of campaign as outlined by Mexican
federal officials.
Passengers from Chihuahua predict
that the insurrectos will put up no fight
at Bachimba. but will fee toward Juarez
and the American border. Adjt. Gen.
general, both OF the Texas militia, are
here at the orders Of Gov. ColQuitt to
take such measures as will prevent Amer
lean citizens from suffering In case OF the
fighting across the river.
II is stated on reliable authority that
the Texas military establishment has de-
termined no longer to wait on the federal
an emergency will act OF Its own accord.
Mexican Federals Mobilizing.
One campaign on Juarez has begun.
More than two thousand men are being
mobilized west Of here under Gems. San
jines, Jose de la Luz Blanco and Giuseppe
Garibaldi. Two columns with artillery
will be directed toward Juarez and third
sent southwark to prevent rear attack
by rebels from Chihuahua. E. c. Llorente,
Mexican consul. said last night that
while the federal government was plan
ming to retake Juarez the town would be
bombarded on a line parallel to the
American boundary and bullets would be
aimed away from the United States.
There are those In Ell Paso. however,
who believe no fighting will materialize
across the river. This belief Is founded
on constantly recurring stories from
Chihuahua that the rebels are quarreling
among themselves
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SEE DANGER IN EFFORT
TO MAKE ANY SWITCH
Little Enthusiasm Among the Dele
gates Is Noticed Today.
ROOSEVELT CALM IN DEFEAT
Does Not Regard Action Of Conven-
ton as Blow at Himself, But
Insists That He Has
Been Victimized.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

CHICAGO. June 22.-'President Taft
demands his denomination. and we will
give it to him"
This is the answer the leaders make
to the heads of delegations who suggest
compromise candidate. The President
refuses positively to listen to COM
promise. and the leaders recognize his
right to insist upon a vindication Of his
administration.
The primary object Of the Taft men,
the elimination OF Roosevelt, being ac-
compl1shed. they Immediately found them
selves confronted by another proposition.
namely. to nominate a. ticket to win
next November. There was grave doubt
In the minds OF many OF them whether,
under existing conditions OF factional
strife. President Taft could carry the
country at the election In the fall.
But there was danger in attempting to
switch. Roosevelt Is IN the discard. to
be sure, but the Taft men hesitate to
draw lest Roosevelt might be dealt to
them again. For twenty -four hours they
talked it over and over again. up one
side and down the other, until finally
=
announcing firmly that he insisted on his
own denomination.
Delegates Not Enthusiastic.
There is not much enthusiasm among
the delegates today. One-half Of them
feel outraged over the contests, and the
other half are disheartened over the
havoc the colonel has wrought in the
party.
'This was case of the regular troops
against the Boy Scouts. and the regulars
'w1n,'" said Representative Dwight Of
New York.
1T was the steam roller against the
cash register. and the steam roller won"
said Lafe Young of Iowa
The rank and file OF delegates take very
little stock in the third party talk, and
do not think it will get anywhere. They
say that by the time the organizing meet
ing is held, six weeks hence, local con-
ditions will be under consideration, and
third ticket talk will fail to appeal to
republicans.
The only thing to do, they say, is to go
Der as best they may. and try to induce
the disgruntled Roosevelt men to stay on
the reservation and put through a re-
publican ticket.
Colonel Not Cast Down.
How does the colonel take his defeat?"
you ask. Well, he absolutely refuses
to see anything personal in it. He does
not regard it as a blow at himself. but
simply insists that he has been victimized
and not rebuked. He is clipper and lively
and far from cast down.
He intends to KEEP pounding away on
the charge Of fraud, although his closest
advisers urge him to drop that cry. and
tell him that 1t has been overplayed
already.
At o'clock this afternoon 1t was
stated that the Roosevelt delegates
would answer present on the roll call
for nomination. the idea being that they
would then be relieved of the charge
Of bolting. and yet be free to act in
the future as they see fit.
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Contests in Mississippi and Washington
Decided by the Chicago Convention
After Long Delay IN Assembling.
PROCEEDINGS TRANSFORMED
INTO WILD SCENES OF MIRTF1
Point Made That the Steam Roller Is Exceeding the
Speed Limit Is Gravely Ruled Well
Taken by Chairman Root.

CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, June 2a-This mornings
session republican national convention marked by the
ceety with disposed of the from Mississippi and
Washington the hary of the spectators in the galleries The
demand roll call the Wash
ngton great SURPRISE thought that they would
those reported All the TAFT
delegates made seated Hugh
abert Of Minnesota argued the minority Wash
ington that the question Defeat
Roosevelt
While awaiting the report Texas from the cedenta COM
ttee Roosevelt started which finally
stopped bv the singing singer the band gallery
She switched TO america" and the crowd joined her.