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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
Recent Reports Show Hundreds
Suffer With Kidney Troubles
and Don't Know It.

There are scores of nervous, tired,
rundown people throughout the city,
suffering with pains in the back and
sides, dizzy spells, weaknesses of the
bladder Frequently causing annoy
ance at night who fail to realize the
Seriousness of their troubles until
such conditions as chronic rheuma-
tism, bladder troubles, dropsy, dia-
betes or even Bright's disease result.
All this is due to weak, inactive kid
neys. The kidneys are the flterers
OF the blood, and no one can be well
and healthy unless the kidneys work
properly. It is even more important
than that the bowels move regularly.
II you suffer with such symptoms
don't neglect yourself another day
and run the risk of serious compiled
tions. Secure an original package
OF the new discovery. CroXone, which
costs but a trihe and commence its
use at once. When you have taken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03

TO go with other young men If you
were not engaged TO marry him, just
as he has a perfect right to go with
other girls under the same circum-
stances. All you can do is to be
very sweet and pleasant when you
see him, and casually ask him to
drop IN for visit when he fees like
IT, If he wants TO come, he will; II
not, just forget him.
C2)-The electric needle is the only
sure cure.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am a mar
ried woman and l love another man
He used to be my schoolmate. My
husband is a very busy man and
dosen't stay home much, while my
old schoolmate calls often. Shall
let him continue his attentions?
cannot live without him. l dread
the thought of going into court for E
divorce. Would it be proper to elopt
with him and live abroad the rest o.
my life? IN DOUBT.
You cannot get a divorce from you
husband, and if you elope you viii
end Just like several thousand othel
married women who think the!
can't live without some certain maj
who isn't married 70 them. You'll
find you'll have TO keep on living
after he has decided he can &c
along very we'll without you, and /
will be living death for you.
Do your duty to your husband. Asl
him to let you help him, to make hi
work easier, If possible. Interes
yourself in something wholesome AM
show this man that he ought to hid
his head in shame for tempting
respectable married woman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
SOCIETY WITH MISS SCHMIDT.

THE YOUNG PEOPLES SOCIETY
Of the German Evangelical church held
an enjoyable meeting last evening at
the home Of Miss Martha Schmidt, $40
Ninth avenue, which was attended by
a large number of members. No spe-
cial business was taken up, the cleo
ton of officers being put over till the
meeting in January. Games and con-
tests were played, with favors going
to Miss Marie Loeser and Edmund
Vogt The hostess served nice lunch
during the evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
FAREWELL PARTY.

A COMPANY OF IL GIRL
friends gathered at the home of Miss
Ruth Carlson, Thirty-second street
and Sixteenth avenue, last evening for
farewell party for Miss Hattie Smith,
who has been making her home for
the last two years with her uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Olson, and
who leaves Thursday for her home in
Trinidad, Col. The evening passed
pleasantly with games and contests
and musical numbers were given. Late
in the evening Mrs. Carlson served
nice refreshments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03

cause the Union Pacific had to depend |
upon the Southern Pacific to get
from Ogden to San Francisco and up
freight and passengers from the east
to it at Kansas City and Omaha. In
SO finding, the court concluded the
Union Pacifc's line from Ogden
through Portland to San Francisco
was impracticable.
of the court to the testimony for the
railroads that the purchase was made
not to throttle competition but to pre-
vent the Union Pacific being bottled
up at Ogden. 1t was said that Mr..
Hartman, acting for the Union Pa
cific, first tried to purchase from the
Southern Pacific the old Central Pa
San Francisco. In this he failed.
Then he entered into negotiations
with G. P. Huntington for the pur-
chase OF a large block of the South
ern Paciflc's stock. In that, too, he
failed. After Mr. Huntington died,
efforts were renewed. The Gould in
terests were said to have been a RI
val bidder. This time Mr.. Hartman
was successful The motive of the
Union Pacific, it was insisted, was
merely to have a friendly outlet to
| San Francisco.
The government also complained
that the two systems, the Union Pa
| oifio opd tba Southern Doo{6o unra
competitors for business from the At
lantic seaboard and interior points of
/ the country on the one hand and to
Portland, Ore, on the other; between
| the Atlantic seaboard on the one hand
and Colorado and Utah common points
on the other; between Portland on the
one hand and Utah, Colorado and Ne
vada common points on the other; be-
tween San Francisco on one hand and
Portland on the other; between San
Francisco on the one hand and Mon
tana and Idaho common points on the
other; between New York and inter
ior common points on the one hand
and the Orient on the other.
i In each of these subordinate com
plants the majority of the court
found that the business of each of the
railroads to the respective areas in
question constituted so small a per
centage of their total traffic that il
would not be taken as the basis fol
a substantial restraint on interstate
commerce.
The test which the majority applied
in the subordinate complaints and il
the test determining whether the rail
roads were competitors was denounc
ed by Judge Hook as probably allow
ing the Union Pacific to purchase law
fully control of all the great parable
railroad systems of the United States
Another complaint was addressed
to the construction of the San Pedro
Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad
company. Defendant Clark and hi
associates started to build a road Il
connect Los Angeles and Salt LAX
City and so did the Union Pacific
Because of the alleged impracticabil
ity Of constructing two lines through
the canyon known as Meadow Val
ley Wash" one road was built, tn
court found, each group of promoter
: taking one-half the stock. The Ell
, tire court found nothing violative o
4 the Sherman antitrust law in the UI
4 ion Pacific's control of this road.
q The government complained of tn
q purchase by the Union Pacific of cor
q trolling stock in the Northern Pacifi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03

of that stock. The court found no
proof that any control was thus OBJ
tanned over the rival Santa Fe.
Thus defeated in the circuit court,
the government brought the case to
the supreme court, Attorney General
Wickersham, Frank B. Kellogg and
Cordenio A Severance appeared for
the government A long list Of attor-
neys headed by P. F. Dunno Of San
Francisco and N. H. Loomis, Of Oma-
ha represented the defendants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
q. Y. p. U. ANNUAL MEET.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Baptist Young Peoples union was held
last evening at the home of DR.. W. H.
Reed, 80 Fifteenth street, when Off
GERS for the year were chosen as fol-
lows:
President-Robert H. Hoffman.
Vice President-Miss Mary Maxwell
Recording Secretary-Miss Bessie
Sangren.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss Dor
othy Sangren.
TreasUrer-Miss Nell Kahlke.
The reports from the various off
GERS and chairmen of the committees
were received and showed very pleas
ing progress. a pleasant social hour
followed the business session.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
FIGHT FOR
MERCER DECISION
Government Suit Against the
Union Pacific Railway Is
Started in 1908.

Washington, Dec. 3-The govern
ment's fight agair5t the Union Pacific
merger. which resulted in a supreme
court order yesterday for its dissolu-
ton, began in 1908. In that year At
torney General Bonaparte filed in the
United States circuit court for Utah
a petition to split the transcontinent-
al railroads brought together by Ed
ward H. Hartman. This powerful
combination was alleged TO be in viola
ton of the Sherman antitrust law.
Hartman, Jacob H. Schiff, Otto H.
Kahn, James Stillman, Henry H. Rog-
ers, Henry c. Prick and William A.
Clark were named by the government
as the creators of the combination
and the supporters of it's existence.
! The allegations set forth in the petit
ton stretched over the development
of the entire nation and went far in
/ to the years of the past. Circuit
Court Judges Sanborn, Van Devanter,
Hook and Adams were called to pass
on the suit.
The governments case was built
largely around the purchase by the
Union Pacific railroad company in
1901 and 1902 of 46 per cent of the
stock of the Southern Pacific com
pany referred to as ordinarily a con-
| trolling interest. The main line OF
the Union Pacific extended from Kan
sas City and Omaha to Ogden. By
subsidiary companies, it reached Port
land, Ore, and thence, by steamers
San Francisco and the Orient. The
Southern Pacific had a line by sea
and land from New York to San Fran
cisco and Portland by way of New Or
leans, and owned the Central Pacific
extending from the terminus of the
Union Pacific at Ogden to San Fran
cisco.
Two weighty questions were pre-
sented by this phase of the case. The
first was a question of law-does the
company of the controlling corporate
stock of another result in a combina
ton in violation Of the Sherman anti
trust law? No case seemingly haC
L. arisen which decided the point. judge
, Hook reached the conclusion tina
since it had been decided in tn,
: Northern Securities case that tn,
, holding of the stock of two compan
les by a third was a violation of tn,
law, therefore the holding by one o
those two of the stock of the othe
must likewise be a violation. Blu
1 Judges Adams, Van Devanter an
Sanborn did not pass on this ques
, ton because they decided the cas-
1 against the government on the secon
question.
The second question was whethe
the Union Pacific and the Souther
Pacific were competitors for San Fra1
cisco business. The government pre-
sented witnesses to show the tw
companies before the merger mail
tanned rival soliciting agents in tn
: east and that they were commercial
: regarded as competitors for tram
e continental business. The coul
L reached the conclusion that the que
g ton Of whether they were competitor
d was not to be decided entirely as
b matter Of fact governed by testimon,
but was partially a question of Law
AS matter of law, it was held thu
the two could not be competitors b
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
MUSIC STUDENTS IN PLAY.

AN INTERESTING MEETING OF
the Music Students club was held yes
terday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Henry Matthey on West Sixth street,
Davenport, when the playlat, Max and
Moritz." which was given May q al
the Watch Tower by Mrs. Matthey and
Miss Meta Lerch. was repeated. Mrs.
T. d. Starbuck was at the piano and
Mrs Matthey took the part of Moritz
and Miss Lerch that of Max. The play
is a potpourri Of grand opera airs, in
GLIDING short selections from most of
the opera, the score being very well
compiled The English translation of
the libretto was read by Miss Grace
Ames and the performance was full of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
SUPPER AND Bazaar.

THE LADIES OF THE GERMAN
Evangelical church have been work
ing diligently for many months past
in preparation for their annual bazar
and coffee to be held Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons and evenings.
They have a large line of fancy arti-
cles and will serve luncheon during
the time Of the sale, the proceeds of
which will go towards the building
fund of the new church. The affair
will be held in the basement of the
new church, corner of Twelfth street
and Eleventh avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03

company. The court declared 1t was
only necessary to say the Union Pa
clfic had. sold that stock.
Still another complaint was the pur-
chase in 1904 by Defendants Harri-
man, Rogers, Stillman, Schiff, Kahn
and William Rockefeller of 100000
600 in face value of the stock of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee rail-
way company and the investment in
1906 by the Union Pacific in per cent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03

discussed after which the meeting re-
solved itself into a surprise party
for Miss Putnam, whose birthday it
was. There was the usual birthday
cake and candles and the honoree was
given a number of pretty gifts. Mrs.
Frank Dufva, 1911 Fifth avenue, No
line, will entertain the club Dec. 16
when the study of Charles Kingsley s
book, Hypatia, will be taken up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
PHI DELTA PSI MEETS.

THE PHI DELTA PSI CLUB WAS
entertained by Miss Clara Math at her
home, 1907 Sixth avenue, yesterday af-
ternoon. The pleasant afternoon was
passed by the ladies over their fancy
work and a lunch was served. Miss
Lillian Eichelsdoerfer, 1917 Twelfth av-
enue, will be the hostess in two weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
TO GIVE Mcdowell PROGRAM

THE MUSICAL DEPARTMENT OF
the Moline Woman's club will meet at
tae studio of Miss Mary Lindsay DIV
er in Moline tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock. An interesting Mcdowell
program has been prepared and will
include papers on can Appreciation of
Mcdowell" by Mrs. Otto Seifert and
american Musical Critic" by Mrs. NJ.
]. Murphy. Vocal numbers will be
given by Miss Emma Suckow, Miss
Virginia Tunnicliff, piano numbers by
Miss Mary Oliver and Miss Edith DIV.
er and Mrs. F. G. Allen, and violin
numbers by Mrs. Victor Frykman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
INITIATE OFFICERS TOMORROW

VASHTI SHRINE NO. %, WHITE
Shrine of Jerusalem will hold a spe-
c!al meeting at Masonic Temple to-
morrow evening at 1880 o'clock at
which time initiation and the installa-
ton of officers recently elected will be
held. There will also be exemplifica-
ton of work at this time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
ACME SOCIETY IN SESSION.

MISS EVA HASSELQUIST, AT HER
home, 3427 Ninth-and-a-half avenue,
last evening was hostess to members
of the Acme society of Grace Lutheran
church. At the business session the
balance in the society treasury, sos,
was donated to the church general
fund. A social hour followed the bus.
mess meeting. contests we're enjoyed
and refreshments served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
FFART a,,d
HONE
PROBLEMS
b. MS rLIzAHETE
T I'm NCCRT
~ MS ELIzAhErH
TECRIpSCN

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Please give
me a good recipe TO quit loving the
boys. (2)-Is 1t possible TO love more
than one boy at once? (3)-Which is
tho best for a girl 10 have: true
girl friend OF a true boy friend? "a
is a girl OF Is too young TO go a
long distance with a boy of 20?
LOvESICK.
Q)-Well, this is certainly a new
question. Common sense is the only
thing / know of. If you haven't that,
my dear, ask your mother, or your
aunt, or some steady old person, to
stay with you all the time. Never
go out without taking along some
body like that and never see any
I OF the boys unless you have the safe
icompanionship Of a staid elderly per
son. That will keep you from dem
frustrating your love, anyway.
(2)-But it's puppy love. (S)-Both
and many Of them. (D-Yes, indeed
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Dim a
girl OF 20 and have been keeping
STEADY company with a young man
He always treated me well. A few
weeks ago I was invited to a party
by another young man-we were old
friends. accepted the invitation
thinking nothing Of my friend. But
he came quite late in the evening and
saw me with another fellow. l fell
quite ashamed and somewhat embar
raised, but he treated me well ant
asked to call on me at certain time
i told him ] would be delighted &c
have MIN call, but on account o.
business he failed 10 come. Now he
is keeping company with another
girl. How can l win him back? e,
Give me a sure cure for supertiu
GUS hairs on the face and arms.
LONESOME.
Dim afraid this young man II
indifferent TO you. Or. he may b.
"touchy.' You had a perfect RICH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
glQrll:!ZEzZH!Y

humor and was we'll acted. Miss Nor
ma Wiess and Miss Gertrude Brani-
gan opened the program with a Tran
telle," by Moszkowski. Following the
program the members and guests who
numbered so, were asked to remain
and they were served to lunch and
spent a social hour
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
CELEBRATING GOTH BIRTHDAY.

TODAY IS THE GOTH BIRTHDAY
anniversary Of B. F. Knox and the
event is made the occasion for a quiet
celebration at his home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
sEvENs HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTY

THE SEVENS NET WITH MRS. G.
A. Shallberg in Moline last evening
and studied the last 10 chapters of
the book Quentin Durward. Mrs.
Frank Oufva was the leader and she
and Miss Grace Putnam led the even
ing discussion on the work Unusual
words and passages were studied and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
APPLES! APPLEsl APPLES

Go to Lanin's orchard. three miles
south Of Milan for your winter apples.
-(Advertisement.)
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-10-24
Republican Candidate for Governor
of South Dakota
Seventeenth Century Wagons.

The Introduction OF stage wagons
In England about the middle Of the
seventeenth century led TO many
abuses. In London they were known
as hell carts" OH account OF the hot
time they gave the unfortunates inside.
Their drivers were said 70 be seldom
sober. never civil and always late" and
their size-copied by other vehicles
was such that when they broke down
all traffic behind was necessitated to
stand stock still on most beastly deep.
wet ways till IL pleased them to jog
on" During the reign Of Charles III.
parliament passed an act concerning
the size Of carts and wagons, with
extremely heavy penalties for infringe
ments. but when tie act came to be
applied II was discovered that the mod
ell prescribed hy il was impracticable
to such an extent that the judges gave
directions not 10 enforce the act.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-10-24
MARSH HAWK.
BY Or. w. 3. Bell, BIOLOGIST,
North Dakota Agricultural
College.

1. + + I. + I. = /. + /. !. = + /. /. + !.
In few days now the marsh hawk
will be seen in North Dakota coarsing
up and down the fields, meadows and
sloughs, flying low and looking for
mice and gophers. 1t is particularly
important that attention be called to
this valuable bird at this time for ere
shoot geese in accordance with the
unfortunate provisions of the recent
amendment to the game laws. The
unfortunate feature of this amend.
ment is not simply that it permits
the shooting and frightening of the
lean, hungry and fish favored north
ward flying geese, which are on their
way to their nest grounds. In spite
of game wardens and intelligent pub
lie sentiment thousands of other birds
are sure to be shot by both the sue
cessful and the disappointed hunters
because of the Unsuitable desire to
shoot son ething which is alive and
on the wing.
The marsh hawk is especially likely
to fall a victim to this sort OF reCk-
less, thoughtless shooting. Large
numbers of hunters who do not dis
criminate between the different kinds
of hawks still believe that every hawk
should be shot at sight and act &C
cordingly, frequently not even going
to see what bird they have killed or
wounded. The fact that the marsh
hawk flies slowly, low down over
marshes and meadows, intently look.
ing for mice and gophers makes it an
easy target for concealed gunners. 1t
is no indication of skill as marksman
to be able to drop marsh hawk under
these conditions. 1t indicates instead
ignorance of the usefulness OF this
bird or culpable desire to kill some
thing regardless of it's value.
The marsh hawk should be known
and spared by every man or boy who
carries a gun. 1t is easy to recognize
anywhere within gun range by its
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-10-24

slow, easy regular fight, slender body
of fairly large size, and especially the
white patch of feathers on the back at
the base of the tail. The male bird
is ashy gray above, with rusty spots on
the underparts. The young and fe-
male birds are a darker brownish
black above and a brownish rusty
streaked with black on the breast.
The food of the marsh hawk con-
sists so largely of meadow mice and
gophers that every farmer should take
an active interest in its protection.
They are needed on the farm. The
| farmers OF the United States now lose
many millions of dollars worth of pro-
duce each year from mice and gophers
and North Dakota farmers undoubted-
ly suffer their full share. The great
service Of the marsh hawks, which are
constantly at work catching these
pests, should not be underestimate.
| Il is the constant killing Of these pests
and thus preventing their naturally
rapid propagation which counts in
the long run in holding them in check.
The balance which tends everywhere
to be reached when natural forces are
left undisturbed must not be forgotten
nor disregarded il we hope long to es-
cape more serious injury from these
foes to agriculture. II the natural
checks were removed from mice and
gophers the loss occasioned by them
would be doubled and trebled in very
short time. The experience OF older
states where hawks have been killed
OFF clearly shows this. Poison can be
used to supplement the work OF the
hawks, but is can never serve as
substitute because of the time and ex-
pense of applying it and the futility
OF the effort unless united in by all
the residents in large districts. Even
then many are sure TO escape as poi
son only kills those that eat II and the
work would have to be done over and
over. This is where the marsh hawks
do their good work in that they are
eternally at their task OF catching mice
and gophers.
DR., A. x. Fisher, in a report OF the
biological survey, United States de-
partment of agriculture, thus sum-
married the status Of the marsh hawk:
Although this hawk occasionally car
ries on poultry and game birds, its
economic value as destroyer OF NAM
NAL pests Is so great that its slight
irregularities should be pardoned. I'm
fortunately however, the farmer and
sportsman shoot IL down az sight, re
gardloss or ignorant of the fact that 1t
preserves an immense quantity of
grain. thousands Of fruit trees, and In
Vulnerable nests Of game birds by de-
stToyihg the vermin which eat the
grain, girdle the trees and devorr the
eggs and young of the birds"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-10-24
Below Best Prices
Tyner Garage Co.
Webster South Dakota
Fate of Alcibiades.

The brilliant. witty and dissolute
Alcibiades had one Of the most extern
sive experiences in exile that ever fell
to the lot of man. While in com
mand Of the SiciIian army he was re-
called to stand trial for the destruc-
ton of the buSts OF Hermes, an out
rage that had taken place just before
his departure. Knowing that his
death had been determined on. he es
capped to Sparta. where, by adopting
the manners of the people, in strange
contrast to his former style of luxury,
be became immensely popular. He en-
gagged in military operations against
the Athenlans and succeeded so well
as to excite the envy Of the Spartan
leaders. who expelled him. whereupon
he went to Persia and lived there with
a magnifcence that astonished the
Persians themselves. He was recalled
to Athens with the same capricious'
ness that marked his ostracism and
was appointed commander in chief OF
all the Athenian forces; but. failing in
an important expedition, he was again
sent into exile and was finally assas'
sinated in Persia.