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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-13

Henry Moser. state field worker. 1920
Round table discussion of county's
need. led by the county president
1:3O-Adjournment for enrolment.
Afternoon, o'clock: Song service;
devotional. Rev. Marion Humphreys:
appointment of committees. 2:4O-
Sectional conferences; elementary de-
partment. Mrs. H. E. Sudlow adult
and advanced. Edgar J. E. Walther and
Rev. ]. NJ. Osborn 4:O0-Secondary
division problems. John L. Alexander.
Wednesday. Sept. IS, 100 p. m: Or
gan voluntary. Miss Mabel Kreutz;
praise service. led by Henry Moser;
,,aver, Rev. W. B. Slater: offertory ,
music: teen age needs. John l. Ale>
ander.
Thursday, Sept. 10. 9 a. m: Devo-
tional service, Rev. Ira o. Nothstein:
reports Of county officers, superintend-
ents Of departments, and committees ::
business: election of officers: the
Claim Of the Temperance Department
Upon the Sunday School Miss Rosa
bel Stewart: the Sunday School in
Missionary Work, Rev. y. P. Glemak,
er: general discussion OF temperance
and missionary topics.
Thursday. p. m: Devotional ser.
vice. Rev. !. l. Stevens. 2:3O-After
the convention. what? Henry Moser
S:OO-Final business: installation OF
officers, Rev. w. G. Oglevee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-13
SHOE SPECIALS AT
PRIESTER- HICKEY 8

Better place to buy shoes" Prizes
ter-Hickey Shoe company, Harper
House block.
Gentlemen try a pair of Bates
shoes" Priester-Hickey Shoe com
pany.
Union men who care to dress well
wear Bates" or Barry" shoes. They
carry the label. Priester-Hickey Shoe
company.
Ladies try a pair OF our $245 or
1926 shoes, they're the same kind
other dealers ask $500 and $3.50 for,
in ell feathers. Priester-Hickey Shoe
company.
Book straps free with every pair of
/ school shoes at Priester-Hickey Shoe
company.
Boys and girls shoes csc at Prizes
ter-Hic,-Sy Shoe company.
Mems work shoes S145, at Priester
Hickey Shoe company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-13
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION NEAR
Program for Annual Convention
in Moline Completed
Starts Wednesday.

An excellent program has been pre-
pared for the annual Rock Island
county Sunday school convention
which will be held in the Second Con.
gregational church in Nome, Sept. IS
and 10. The program for the two DAYS
follows
Convention theme: The Secondary
Division"
Wednesday. Sept. Is. 9:15 a. m:
Devotional services, led by w. l.
STANCE. address Of welcome. Rev. r
s. Haney; response. 1O:OO-Advanc
ed Ground in Sunday School Effort
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-13

Methodist conference when II was
announced that p. c. Scmerville. head
OF the English department. OF the III
nois Wesleyan university az Bloom
ingt0u, had completed the entire
course in two months
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-13
The Wundertruss
NJ. Il. BROWN, NJ. D.

p Quincy Street, Chicago, H.
Next Visit Rock Island. at Rock Is
land Hotel, Friday, sept. 20,
=. 10 y. "A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-13
Student ssats TIme Record.

Decatur, III. Sept l5.-A remark
able time record for the completion Of
a i've years theological course be-
came known yesterday in the Illinois
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
The Campaign Barrel

LONG a viii received by
n campaign committees from who have the money to give Every cause
financed chiefly by mOneyed
people churches, colleges rail
factories hotels had, and
politics financed according to the
according ability, according to his
built that and always
doing all the kicking
chiefly contribute
office and their friends who expect
people who because they desire
but do not
namely people,
apiece they assed
funds that the
contributions chiefly effect and that the bulk
the funds is always given by the first two classes
the
Taft Roosevelt
and Of entanging
legi
may, contributions 81 that
campaign committees spite protests generally pretty willing
closely
Y 4 gamblers the brewers
cathedral library
Relating trusting generally
it to a righteous
a
public
favors expected in
sold
children
the Of others
political brings the hypocrisy
congressional probe campaign
parties anybody
VIII thus
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
A STRANGE GIRL.
CBy Francis Russell GiIbert.)

! sGNTEs. she was undoubtedly the
brightest, prettiest and most
\ talented girl 1 ever met" said
/ Sascha Spiridovitch earnestly. If you
/ care to listen, I viii tell you the story
of Vera Moruschkine."
Spiridovitch ran his fingers through
his curly hair. which was beginning
I to turn grey lit cigaret and began
r 1 was just p then and was study
| ing medicine at st. Petersburg, but
my studies did not prevent me from
studying the fair sex, and the most
/ beautiful girl 1 ever came across was
Vera. She was girl you had 10 ad-
{ mire and respect, but at the same time
{ there was something mysterious about
/ her.
/ l first met her in the street near the
/ MOika canal, where she was walking
I in the direction Of St. Isaac's church
/ The beauty of her face struck me and
1 compelled me to give in to my first
/ impulse and follow ner Once or twice
she turned around and 1 pretended to
he looking a some show window, and
I she struck me as being nervous and
5 excited abOEr something and evidently
raid that somebody was following
her.
She entered the church and fol-
we'd her, hiding behind the heaNy
columns She looked around cautious
ly, and it was quite evident she was
going to do something, though / could
not imagine what
pocket. saw a wooden handle and q
CLINT of steel in the faint light of the
candles on the altar and the little
lamps burning before the irons you
find in every Russian church and al
most every Russian home.
In front of an old painting Of three
saints, set in a heavy golden frame,
the young girl stopped, quickly glanced
about and with lightning rapidity cut
the painting from the frame, put il
into her muff and hurried towards the
door.
/ was dumbfounded. This was sacri-
lege. or at least IL would be cOnsid-
cred so by every orthodox Russian.
sane2 And why did she want the
pictUre2
I rushed out Of the church, overlook
her and stopped her.
My name is Alexander Spiridovitch,'
/ said, and as you see am StG-
dent These clothes are no disguise
and DO not belong to the police, so
you need not be afraid Of me. But
L saw that you took the picture 1t
is in your muff now and would Ike
to know why you took it.
She did not answer a single word,
Jsut looked at me haughtlly and
walked on
Of US having said another word. she
went over to the quay and threw the
picture into the water. Strangely I
Suddenly felt more worried about the
gril than about the picture. 1T viii
float ] said. for it was painted On
wood and it may be a very dangerous
matter If il is found and anybody has
been watching you"
She shook her head and pointed at
the empty street THE picture VIII
not float, for it was nailed on e heavy
metal backing"
We became friends need not say
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
The Herald's Daily
Story

? that Vera was no ordinary thief even
I IL SIZE mad stolen and destroyed tins
| picture. The reason she did SO was
I a very strange one, which at me same
I time threw a light on her strange
character Her mother was dreadfully
superstiuOus and had absolute faith in
! the power of the picture, which she
went to see every day in the St Isaac's
church and ask its advice on every
thing. To cure her OF this supersti-
ton, Vera resolved to destroy the pie
ties followed its disappearance and
Vera used the opportunity to preach
little sermon TO her mother
You see now she said, that that
painted piece Of wood had nothing
TO do with either yours or my fate"
And the mother had to admit She was
right 1t was strange cure. but as
/ nave SAID, Vera was a strange girl
She studied and worked harder than
any other. Sac would go without eat
ing or drinking for long stretches of
. time in order to harden herself and
strengthen her viii power AS young
as she was. she spoke eight languages
flUently and was genius in rIathe-
maucs- When she was p famous sci
ent5sts often consulted her and asked
her advice.
L loved her and devoted to her all
the time L could spare from my stud
les ana later on from my practice
She had grown even more beautiful
nd I could not help telling her so.
though / bitterly regret it now. Won
H.
of me to tell her as L did one day
that love ought TO be the principal
thing in a WOman's life.
L had praised her beauty even mare
than usual that day and altogether
behaved as foOlishly as most lovers 90.
| even think 1 went down on my
knees TO her.
Vera did not like it at all.
II am very fond of you, she said.
but it annOys me that you who know
me SO well are always talking about
my beauty. There are other things in
the world to live for besides love. If
were like most women ] should prob
ably not hesitate to become your wife
and my work, but L cannot love a S YOU
would want me TO- Love as science,
each demand everything. so L must
choose, and I have chosen science
1 was foolish enough 10 try TO make
her see that she was selfish. 1t was
criminal to despise love, + said. TO
throw away her Incompatible beauty
on dry studies.
There you are again with your
praise of my beauty 1t is all you and
the others are thinking of. But I snail
cure you Of this alteration of beauty,
this romantic longing which you think
is love"
The next day came to see Vera a
horrible and at the same time touch
ing sight met my eyes Vera had cut
off all her beautiful hair. she had
herself pulled out all her front teeth
ana across her right cheek was deep,
long cash. She had gashed it with .
razor to do away with her beauty and
Kill the love of men
mo, my friends, she was not mad,
though genius and madness are closely
related. Today Vera is one OF the most
famous women scientists I some
all the scientific world Of Europe
meet"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
IA Years Ago To-
From The Herald OF l.
ThisDate 1898 uoy

Rev. L G. Huggett left this morning
for Las Cruces
G. Z Grayson went south this after
noon 80 miles into Mexico on hunt
Ed MCKINLEY. Of the C. H, who
has been laying off, reported for work
yesterday.
F. b. Houghton, general agent OF the
Santa Fe, returned this morning from
Albuquerque
Dr.. P. NichoI returned yesterday
from Three Rivers, TularOsa, La Luz
and Las Cruces.
George W Davis went down the G..
H today for a roundup of the politi-
clans Of the valley.
Mrs. r Sprinz. who has been seri-
ously III for some weeks. IS reported
William GreenwaId, of company +.
18th infantry. left today to Join his
regiment at Manila
A platform meeting OF the First n.
F. church viii be held tomorrow
morning at II o'clock.
Peter Gilbert was passenger on
This mornings nOrthbOund Santa Fe.
after few DAYS in the city.
A. L Conrad travelling auditor OF
the santa Ee, returned to his head
quarters yesterday, at Trinidad. Colo.
George ArmiJO, having given uD the
Idea OF locating at Chihuahua, re-
turned TO Albuquerque this morning.
Walter Baird returned home tn Las
several days in the city visiting his
father.
Collector Moses Dillon came in to-
day on the g. H, after a trip to Lock
hart, Texas, where he has been attend
ing court
People residing on 81 Paso street
ana lower santa Fe are complaining
OF last driving. in fact, Of the racing
Of horses in their neighbOrhOod.
MAJ T. T. Teel was among the de-
partures today on the G. H.. Tor Iasca.
IeNas, where ne goes with six Next
cans to do some work on his mining
claim
The Campbell Real Estate company
today decided TO NJ. Hughes in eonsid-
Grafton of S140O lot I6 of block I41.
Of CampbelIs addition with improve
ments thereon
The city registration is moving
along smoothly Up to p. m. today
registrar Howe had registered the
names of 1893 men who claim to be
awful citizens of FL Paso.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
DR.. PARKHURST
By Immigrants Who Were Oppressed il

| ~ CONSIDERABLE of the social IN
rest TO which. for lack Of a better
~ name, we have given the name
Socialism, is due TO the disappoint-
ment experienced by d large class Of
the recent immigrant population who
had suffered under the oppressive con-
diuons existing in their own country
and who immigrated TO America ex-
pecting not only to better themselves
by this means. but to attain quite cas-
lily and promptly to a state of comfort
and comparative luxury. We are bound
TO sympathlze with them in view of the
mistaken antiCipatiOns in which they
INDUCED when leaving home At the
same time they are hardly justified
IN blaming US for their disappointment,
and stlll less are they justified in try
ing 10 oVerturn our institutions in or
der to make good the misunderstand-
ing of their own by which their disap-
polntment was OccasiOned.
Under ordinary circumstances it is
NOT 10 be expected OF a stranger enter
ing house that is not of his own
building, that he viii proceed to recon
struct it and refurnish 1t because. find
ing It modelled and furnished in a stvIe
mat IS not according to his own liking
we are not Directing to their coming,
ana II they are Intelligent. Well-be-
haved and able-bOdied we are glad to
have them come, for there is vet room
Tor them, but we have right to expect
that they will take things as they find
them and that they will expect to
reconcile themselves to our ideas and
methods, instead Of insisting upon our
reconciling ourselves to theirs.
Stimulated by Elaboration.
II they will candidIy consider the
matter a moment they certainly viii
assent TO 1t that this way of Stains.
the case is reasonable. Nor shall we
cr1ucise the rank and file of these Deo-
pie for their MISUNDERSTANDING of the
situation, nor for the passionate and
even turbulent way IN which they 60
about trying to upset and reconstruct
the institutions which on their arrival
they found existing here. They brought
with them the passions that had been
developed in them at home by the con-
dluons under which they had been
reared, which had been still farther
stimulated by the inflammatory exhOr-
tations Of such men as Marx, KrOpotlziD
etc.
The pupil becomes like his teacher. and
the ground yields according to the seed
that was sOwn in it. All of this we
ought as good Christians to remember
and to deal with our immigrant friends
with all generous consideration. at
the same time we are not Socialists. and
we are not going to reshape American
institutions in a way to accommodate
imported ideas. Socialists living over
here may as well adjust themselves to
that fact, and the more quietly they do
II, the better and the pleasanter it viii
be for all concerned.
1t is in accord with the spirit OF
Christianity that those who have more
should do all that is generous and rea-
sonable toward helping others to
betterment of their own situation. bur
II IS neither generous nor reasOnab BILE /
nor to the advantage Of either the rich |
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
BUTTE z ~ S q o. &C. o. z5z zs sz

ID UTE Is a small outcropping of
81 Hades in the mountains of Mon
tana 1t has, however. been so
greatly mitigated by its patient inmates
during the last few years that peopIe
now live there from choice.
Butte Is not the largest city in the
country, but claims to be the largest
city for its size. 1t is situated a mile
above the sea and is surrounded bv
copper mines and smelters which pro-
duce an atmosphere in which MOSQUITOES.
flies and tomato plants cannot live.
When a man has successfully mastered
the air of Butte and can breathe If
without cOrrOding his dOrsal vertebrate
he can live in gas tank for days without
discomfort. When the wind is in the
wrong direction and the air is white and
FUNGUS. Butte citizens burn sulphur
matches in their homes and breathe
them for relief.
The air of Butte has had no effect
upon the city, however, except to make
1t as bald and guiltless of vegetation
as Bill Nye's head once was. The only
vegetation in Butte to speak of is con
fined in Columbia gardens in lieu of a
zoo, and is pointed to with pride by the
citizens as one of natures wonders.
Butte has 10000 citizens. of whom
10000 work in the mines and smelters
and the rest boost Butte To hear a
Butte man talking of his city is like
hearing a field mouse conversing in
hoarse roar. A Butte man is almost the
only species of American who can talk
him curl up and ask questions.
Butte Is surrounded by pillars of
smoke by day and columns of fire by
night and cannot be overlooked by the
passerby. 1t has more millionaires per
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
On Social Unrest-Due to
Disappointment Experienced
Their Own Country.

or the poor that all public and private
? assets should be thrown into a common
( pool and each individual be allowed to
pick out Of the pool given sum per
capita
Immigrants Without Bank Account.
That is crude way Of stating the
case, and very few would be willing to
accept it as fairly representative. but
II IS at any rate a rough way of put
ting into words the cOnfiscating i'm
pulse that lies at the heart or very
near the heart of this whole SOcialistic
business. You have a dollar and I
have nothing Now let US pool our is
sues and divide up You know we are
brothers, and it will be a Christian act
In you and mighty convenient for me-
The larger part of those to whom the
Socialist heresy appeals are mill hands
and mine workers. for those are the
employments to which the majority Of
the class of immigrants, just men
toned, devote themselves; that is to
say, people without bank account, and
whom a policy of cOnfiscation would
not affect impOyerishingly but only lu-
Cratively.
The largest single element of our
American population is the farmers.
who eau b. trusted not only to show
no sympathy with Socialism, but to be
It's stout Opponents. fer although they
are labO-ers, they are capitalist la
bOrerS: they work with their hands,
but they have substantial assets in the
shape OF real estate ana Wltnal nave
Intelligence enough to understand what
the Socialist platform means when it
proposes the collective ownership of
land whenever practicable"
SOciulistic Attempts to ''NntiOnaIize."
The census of 1910 shows that more
than half of our population is rural
and that more than half OF our terri
tory is farm land. It also shows
that the capital value of such farm
land was a little over forty billion
dollars a gain of twenty billion in
the previous ten years, with an aver
age value of sixty five hundred dol
lars per farm. Now, it is that prop
erty that our recent arrivals from cen
trail and southeastern Europe would
like to ''natiOnalize" is poIiti-
cal economy for raid
Against intrenchment Of that kind
1t is of no use for the disciples OF
Marx, Lasalle and Bakumin to butt
their heads, not in this country Mod
lticatiOn of our national policy is well
enough for them and for any one else
to work for, but not for any disturb
auce of the foundations and struct-
ural lines of that policy BY striving
Tor so much. they excite the resent
ment of the whole staid body of our
American citizenship and lose the
chance of winning anything.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
TWO POSSES PURSUE
CONVICTS IN HILLS
Public Meeting Called by RayyIf1S Poo
PIE 20 Consider Carey's Charge
Ihnt Ihey AssIaf Cnnr-icf.

Rawlins, WyO-, Oct 1.-two posses
today are pursuing the ESCAPED con-
victs who are stiu at liberty. in an
effort to drive them together some
where in the hills southwest Of Raw
Inns Marshal Hayes is leading a force
Of men on the trail Of Richardson and
Burke, while another party is pursuing
Dalton, Turner and Wilson. The con
klcJs are all desperate criminals. and
h-NllnS citizens belicve they will fight
TO the death if cornered-
posse went out today in search of
BackSJrum. who was left behind by
richardson and Burke, either wounded
or exhausted
After leaving Backstrum the two
continued their flight toward the Colo
raldo line, taking turns riding a horse
they had stolen.
A mass meeting of citizens has been
called for tonight, TO consider the
charges made by governor Carey last
night that Rawlins people were aiding
the cOnNIcts TO escape and that DO
Ltlcal motives were responsible for the
outbreaks IN the penitentiary. Cover
nor Carey was invited today to attend
the meeting, but refused
complete order has been restored at
the penitentiary and the cOnvicts are
locked in their cells.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.
Chicago News.)

tChlcagO NeWS.)
Never judge man by his coat; he
may owe the tailor
The pitcher that goes to the box too
often is knocked out
All the worlds a stage. but it lacks
an asbestos drop curtain.
Is IT a blow to spiriJualism when
man strikes a happy medium?
When a woman drives a horse why
does she whip him with the lines2
A woman. can be just as proud Of
her store hair as if she raised it her
self
Some men do their best and have
others to do those who are second
best
The chap who takes things as they
come doesn't get as many as the otbe-
fellow.
II IS human nature to be dfssatis-
NEG; either with what We have or with
what we haven't
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
QUAKER SOLICITATIONS.
philadelphia RecordA

Philadelphia RecOrd)
1t takes 20 men to make a score ex-
cept in a baseball game
The striking walters argue that
none but the brave deserve the fare.
A man may be mighty close and still
have far-away look in his eyes
Success is merely a matter of profit
ing most by the feWest mistakes
Don't you take things for granted
unless you are sure they belong to
you.
some people have no higher ambi-
ton than to be numbered among those
present.
PATIENCE is virtue, but that doesn't
alter the fact that verv often If ig n
necessity
HoaN-'Ay chauffeur is writing a
Dook- JoaE-'AutO biography"
HoaX-"W Well, it ought to be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
GLOBE SIGHTS.

fAIculSOu GlODe-
Some men strut and call it dignity.
Most people get over their hurry
when they begin jawing.
Some people seem to classify every
duty with the solemn variety.
If you question that politeness pays,
observe how well an agent gets along
Every poor man figures he would do
Great Good in the world If he had
plenty of money.
You can tell how to begin to look
for some men by not starting at their
place Of business.
It takes the defeated candidate a
long time to learn it, considering how
quickly others find it out
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
M GOOdand BadROads By Walt Mason
UNCLE WAITS
DENATURED POEM
Tuesday, October Fifteenth, 1912

TILE road that leads to Spytown causing complaining.
ers wet that road IS like the named Dismal with
wagonload the
thrown into panic their sink clay
and
travellers have broken backs else driven the Sleepy
handaPs rather Why our burg thus standing still prizes
to Rustele excellent inviting; and valley, bridge
sktng broken axeee Of
horses founder the
what's the matte
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
One-Sentence Philosophy
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

New York PFess.)
Scandal flies on wings; truth crawIs
on its knees.
You can sow a crop of lies without
the slightest fear of losing any.
The devil doesn't care a hang what
the cost of living is in his place: he's
willing TO foot the bills.
Breakfast in bed is about the same as
a brisk walk in a sleeping car.
The way for a man to please his wife
is TO make her think she's pleasing
him
It's pretty hard to ,eu from his looks
whether a northumberland is a ferret
or a bulldog.
A man can never Just lay his tongue
on witty thing he wants to say or
an excuse he wants to give.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15

population than any other city. and. Is
prouder of its University club and
Women's club building than it is of its
wild westemess. It has the LARGEST
smelter IN the world and has also a
chimney, which Is so high that the man
IN the moon sneezes every time he
passes over it. The bank deposits of
Butte average $4,000 for every inhabi-
tant, but most Butte people carry more
than this for small change.