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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-18

The language changes-pronun-
Citations change-even the defin-
itions change, for words take
on NEW meanings-ALL of
which is PROVEN by this
NEW wEBSTERIAN, which il
revised emily by COMPILING
ANEW throughout it's entirety.
1t Is Just off the press-the die
tionary of TODAY-the ONLY
compilation Of the kind that
can truthfully be called NEW.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-18
DAY CHANGED,

The dance which was to have been
gwen Saturday evening at the Coun-
try club has been changed to Friday
evening. Members are asked to note
the change in days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-18
She Didn't Chafter.

''That very quiet girl had lot Of at
tentton paid her at the club ball. How
is it she is so popular with that lively
athletic bunch?'
II suppose it is because she is a
dumb belle. Baltimore American
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-18
HAVE RETURNED

Mrs. Miles Bland and little son,
Master John, have returned from a
visit at Pittsburg.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-18
Table Of Contents

MaAxp Of the United States.
Map OF the World.
Meaning Of Gems.
Metric System Of Weights
and Measures.
Money in Circuiatiou In the u. O.
Monograph on Libraries.
Names, Origin and Meanings OF
States and Territories. =
National Debts OF the World.
Navies of the World.
Nicknames Of Famous PersonageA
Nicknamss of States and Origination.
Oats Product OF the World.
Origin and History Of Dictionaries
Parts of Speech and Grammatical
Specifications.
Pig Iron Product Of the World
Population OF States and Counties.
Population OF the World.
Presidents of the United States
Principal Cities Of the United States.
Principles OF Grammar-Orthogra
Etymology, Syntax and Prosody.
Punctuation Marks and Meanings.
Rules for Capital Letters.
Silver Money of the World.
Silver Product of the World.
Simplified Spelling Rules.
Simplified New Words Adopted.
Steel Product OF the World.
Sugar Product of the World.
synonyms and Antonyms.
Tea Expectation of the World.
Time Difference.
Tobacco Product Of the u. 8.
Tobacco Product of the World.
United States Army Statistics.
Value of Foreign Coins In u. s. Money.
Versificatfon, Forms and Rules
Wealth OF the World
Weather Forecasting
Wheat Product OF the u. g.
Wheat Product of the World.
Wool Product Of the u. g.
Wool Product OF the World.
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MASTERSOF THE WORLD

The masters Of the world mold
ed their own destinies, They grew
great step by step and year by year.
They stayed great because each
inch of their progress was a contest
with somebody else until they had
defeated by sheer ability every OPP
ponent.-Herbert kaufman.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-18
y. M. G.. A. NOTES

The Boys Bible classes will open
with banquet on the evening of Oc-
tober 9. At this time the diplomas for
the past year will be given to those
members of the classes who received
the highest grades in examinations.
There will be eighty-seven diplomas
presented by Herbert Pettijohn, boys
secretary. 1t Is planned to have fiji
teen classes for the coming year.
The boys department of the Rich
in the United States in grades on the
number who passed the examination
at the close Of last years work. The
local institution has the largest num-
Der Of boys enrolled in Bible school of
any other institution In the state.
There were 254 boys enrolled here, as
compared with 1913 at Evansville and
IA at Indianapolis. The total attend
amos for the year was LIS, .aa COM
pared with that ofaB,SIo at South
bend.
E&
The local association officers ex-
tend heary Invitation 10 delegates to
the Indiana Yearly Meeting. and 9TH
er visitors to visit the 7. NJ. C. A.
building.
Repairs are being made to the gym
nasium. in anticipation of the open
Ing. September 80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30
II AM THE PEOPLE"

Colonel Roosevelt's signed editorial
in tie current issue Of the Outlook, as
well as his declarations from the
stump" during his campaign, cannot
fail to impress the analytical reader as
well as the casual reader, with Roose-
velts egotlstic assumption he alone of
all men who are eligible for nomina-
ton as a candidate for president, is
the mouthpiece for the people Of the
United States. In effect the colonel
declares Il am the people." He in
dicts-indeed he condemns and as
sumes TO convict all his opponents,
republicans and democrats, as either
bosses or boss-controlled. There is
room for only one man in public life
who is the people" and that one man
. is the colonel If any voter favors any
other individual he is either boss-rid-
den or misguided.
No such preposterous claim was
ever advanced by any other man.
Never was such audacity, such AFRO
gance displayed by a candidate for
/ president in the history OF the country.
/ Read the records OF all the campaigns
which have preceded the present.
Take even Abraham Lincoln's second
campaign in which probably more VI
tai issues were thought 10 be in
VOWED than any other, and no declara-
ton or claims were made in behalf OF
Lincoln that will compare in their as
sumption OF superiority and exclusive
patriotism with those uttered by Roose-
welt in his own behalf
Anyone who takes the time to think
can not account for the attitude OF
/ Roosevelt and his declarations upon any
other ground than that his mind is
unbalanced. and that he has come to
believe he is all he claims to be. Either
that or he is the most arrant dema
gogUe or blatant and insincere poll
tician that ever appeared before the
public as candidate for president.
Theodore Roosevelt is not the PEG
pie. He either knows it or is crazy
He is not the choice of the majority
OF the people" of his own party
much less Of the people Of the coun
try. He either knows this or is I'm
balanced in his mind.
II would be a calamity II he SHOULD
force the Chicago convention TO nom
mate him It would be a still greater
calamity to elect him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30

perts carefully examine them. If
found correct they are sent to the
division in which they belong, after
which the evidence" in each case is
looked up. The claims are then ac-
cepted or rejected, as the case may be,
after which the applicant, in the event
his claim is accepted, is put on the
rolls at the increased rate. If his
claim is rejected, the applicant is i'm
mediately notified. and told wherein his
application is faulty, or of any other
difficulty that may have arisen in his
particular case.
A MISLEADING SECTION.
There is one section of the new law
that is misleading, and may have the
effect Of building up hopes among
some Of the old soldiers that they are
going to get the maximum rate of $50
a month, regardless of their age or
length Of service. This section pro-
vides that in the event the soldier
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30

is the underurban wonder of the world.
Illinois presents greater possibilities
than Indiana in interurban develop
ment
Marvellous things have been wrought
in such Illinois cities as Springfield,
Peoria, Decatur, Danville and Bloom
ington in development of the Illinois
Traction system. Other roads are be-
ing projected. Every bona ide pro-
ject of this kind deserves every reas-
enable encouragement that it can be
given. II is a business proposition
which concerns not Rock Island alone,
but every person in the contiguous ter
ritory.
The value OF interuTbans cannot be
overestimated. The subject is time
ly one and an important one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30

The Hamburg American Steamship
line will soon launch the biggest ship
in the world 10 be called The Impera
tor" A few months ago the launch
ing Of this ship would have been hailed
with delight. for the impression pre-
vailed then that the bigger the ship
the better and the safer II was, but
since the heart-rendinE disaster which
befell the Titanic. il has been demon
strated that man is not able to build
anything that can defy the elements
OF nature or fly the fag Of defiance
into the face Of Providence. The mag
nitude OF a ship. instead Of being a
guarantee Of assurance and safety.
can only add that many more human
sacrifices 10 a marine calamity that
may come and emphasize that the acts
OF Providence are still greater than
the achievements Of man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30
The Argus Daily Story
A College Freak-By John B. Peterson.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Bureau

charlie Bangs, senior at B. univer-
sity. was walking across the campus,
thinking about his commencement ora
ton on the influences of the Greeks
and Romans on modern civilization.
when be was recalled from the ancients
to the present by a nelodious feminine
voice saying:
Can you direct me to David Bar
tons room?'
Charles cap came off. and he stood
at polite attention. peering into two
liquid brown eyes. But before he sue
ceeded in making a complete shift
from the forum at Rome TO the campus
on which be stood the owner of the
eyes continued:
Il suppose it's all right for girl to
go to a students room if she's his
cousin. isn't IT,"
Certainly"
There's another thing. I've never
seen Dave. l wouldn't know him. and
l might-well. | might think some one
else was he"
The student was by this time on the
VI Tue SOliSSC telhiuS ~ a prev
ty girl hunting for her cousin. More
over, he was in possession Of the fact
that she wouldn't know her cousin
from Adam. Now, an idea occurred to
Charlie that would not likely have oc-
Cured to any one but that indescrib-
able parsonage, a college student 1t
hung on the tip of his tongue for a few
moments, then went forth:
You are
MARY Mills"
What did the scamp do but give her
a smack!
you don't mean that you are DaveY
singular, isn't it. that we should
have met in this way, right here on the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have a
fleshy nose. Please give me a remedy
for it and tell me if it will hurt me,
and how long It will take. There is a
hump in my nose. Don't you think it
will show more when the flesh is re-
duced? ANXIOUS.
The best advice can give you is to
see a good dermatologist. Your nose
might be reduced by massage treat
ment, or 1t might require use of the
knife. You might preerf to let we'll
enough alone before choosing the lat
ter. would prefer to consult with a
good surgeon, rather than take
chances with some beauty doctor who
might prove a dangerous quack.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is 1t GUS
tomary to give flowers to a high
school graduate at commencement?
B. r. T.
The custom was formerly quite
common, but is falling into disuse
Members of the class with few rela.
tives have often been made to fee
badly by receiving fewer floral gifts
than their more fortunate friends.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30
CAPITAL COMMENT

is so disabled by reason of his wounds
that he is unfit for manual labor, he
will receive $50 a month. The word
unfit has been interpreted as mean
ing totally disabled. The new law
reads the same as the old one in this
regard. Under the old law a soldier
who was unable TO perform any work
whatever could get $50 a month upon
furnishing proper proof of his disabil-
ity. The new law does not change
this section a particle Under the new
law it is simply the age and length
of service that will determine the
rate. A soldier may have served two
years and been shot nearly to pieces,
and yet he won't receive any more
under the new law than his comrade
who wasn't injured at all while serv-
ing the same length of time. Age and
length u service alone are the quail
fications under the new law. Any old
soldier, however, who was wounded in
the war, and who is unable to perform
any labor because of his wounds,
should apply for the maximum under
the old law unless his age and length
of service gives him the maximum of
$50 a month under the new law In
other words, there is nothing in the
new law to prevent a soldier from ap-
plying under the old law, providing the
new law doesn't give him as much as
he is entitled to under the old law.
RANGE OF AGES.
In all except a very few applica
tions thus far filed, the ages given
by the old soldiers range from GA tC
80 years. Only a very few were under
the first figure, so it is seen that the
old soldiers are old in fact as well
as in name.
Those of the old soldiers who have
not already filed their applications fol
/ Increase under the new law should dc
so at once, as the law provides thai
the increase, when allowed, shall date
from the date Of filing the application
/ 1t is dollars and cents, therefore, to gel
the applications in early.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30
I'ERsIsTING IN THE UNTRUTH.

The press that is championing the
candidacy of Judge Grier at least in
this section Of the district, is evidently
acting on the theory that persisting in
untruths affords an indisputable
argument. 1t is repeating the
statement that the friends of Judge
Cooke are refusing TO answer the chal-
lenge as TO the qualifications of the
present justice. From the beginning
of the campaign the strongest advo-
Gates of Justice Cookies reelection, re-
publiCans as we'll as democrats, have
stood squarely on the issue of non-par-
partisanship, qualification and avail
ability. On the other hand,
Judge Cookies supporters have not ut
tered one syllable in disparagement u
any honest compliment that has been
paid TO Judge Grier, nor have they as
sailed the character or personal worth
Of that jurist They may have criti-
cized, and most justly, some OF the
methods that have been employed and
are being employed in Judge Griers
behalf by INSCRIPTIONS politicians. In
answer 10 the claim that Judge Grier has
in nine years on the bench demonstrated
judges in Illinois. Cookies friends
have pointed 70 the fact that in
two years and a half on the supreme
court bench Justice Cooke has proven
one OF the best supreme court judges
in the state of Illinois. They have
also shown that in the brief time that
Judge Cooke has served. he has done
as much work as any of the older and
, more experienced members of the tri-
bunal. and has received $4,000 a year
less for his services than the others,
owing to the fact that the law increas-
ing the salaries went into effect while
his predecessor, Justice Scott, was
serving and his own incumbency hav-
ing been construed as a continuation
of Justice SCOTS term. he was not al
. lowed TO receive the new salary.
The papers supporting Justice
Cookies candidacy have repeatedly set
forth these further facts in answer TO
81 q AAAANAtNS g. W lis AAdA4AAN dAAOAS.
/ His associate justices have all rec
ognized him as one Of the ablest. most
. conscientious and earnest and hard
working judges that has ever been on
the supreme court bench.
The bar of the state has recognized
his worth and praised his work.
I The press Of the state has declared
for his reelection. In Chicago the
Z ReCord-Herald and the Journal have
| declared for him. In Springfield, the
capital OF the state, where the work of
I the supreme court is as carefully scru-
tinted as anywhere in the state, every
newspaper is supporting Justice Cooke
( the State Journal rep }, the News trep)
the Journal rep, the News Orep.),
the State Register (dem). and the
/ Record tdemD. In Peoria, the second
city of Illinois, all the papers are sn
the side Of Cooke-the Herald-Trans-
cript trep1, the Journal (dem.1. and
the Star indD-while in Quincy. the
largest city in Justice Cookies dis
trict, every newspaper is for him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30
Hurnor and
Philosophy
THE PREVAILING MANIA,
D. DUNCAN -. .SrsIrH

N politics and business deals
The thing is in the air
In all the modern walks are found
insurgents everywhere.
'Tis not alone in Mexico
And China far away;
You'll find II running much at large
Here in the u s A,
No party Is exempt from Il,
No odds how firmly set
The mtcrobe slyly bites them all,
And they begin TO fret.
And doctrines that they thought would
last
Forever and a day
Are thrown into the melting pot
Or rudely tossed away.
Some regulations handed down
From those who knew the trade
OF running governments well oiled
Are faded now and frayed.
They looked like wonders Ions ago.
But in this modern age.
When candid men are up a stump.
They are not all the rage.
But things pertaining to the trick
OF running states are not
AS hopeless as they seem to be,
For truth will mix with rot
Wen make improvements as we go.
But nothing wild or rash.
Meanwhile rest easy; this old land
OF ours won't go to smash
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30
THE VALUE OF INTERURBANs.

The Value Of Interurbans" TO a city
was the subject of a talk at the assO-
citation of commerce MONDAY lunch
con one day at the St Nicholas hotel
in Springfield by Alfred F. Potts. sue
cessful business man and attorney Of
indianapolis
This is a subject in which every
man. woman and child OF a city like
Rock Island should be interested In
dianapoiis has found the interurban
one Of the most potential Influences
in city building. The great system Of
3nterurbans oN Of the Indiana capital
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30

son, publicly chastised her son-in-law,
Jack Casey, when she met him on the
street, administering a severe spank
ing with a piece OF fence board. Mrs
Nanosdel asserts that Casey recently
gave a stag party in one of her I'M
occupied houses and that she had re-
peatedly told him not to do SO. Several
of Casey's companions, who were with
him when the irate woman appeared,
attempted to rescue him. She turned
on them and threatened them with
similar treatment, continuing the
spanking process until Casey promised
better conduct in the future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30

came effective Nay
II, have been filed
with the commits
sioner of pensions,
and 1t is expected
that the applica-
tons will continue
to arrive at the
rate of about 90
900 a day until all
of the 100000 old
soldiers still this
side of the final
roll call have been
heard from. AS
soon as the appli-
cations arrive they
are time-stamped
and sorted. They
are then sent to
the legal depart,
ment of the bur.
eau, where eX,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30

WHEN SHE REACHED THE APPOINTED PLACE
SHE FOUND HIM WAITING.
campus? I've been expecting you, but
didn't know exactly when you would
be here"
why, wrote you that l would ar
rive this morning. Didn't you get my
letter."
No"
well. l declare! l posted it the day
before yesterday"
Didn't get it. Where are you stay
ing?"
'Oh, I'm not staying anywhere. l
only came for the day"
well. I'll try to make it pleasant for
you. This being Saturday morning,
haven't but one recitation, and I've
just come from that, so there is no
reason why l shouldn't devote myself
to you. Let me see-would you like to
go through the college buildingsI"
Ever so much"
Now. David Barton was Charlie
Bangs chum, and vice versa. David
had been caught in one of those boy
ish amusements so dear TO the college
student and so annoying to the faculty
and had been the day before sent TO a
neighboring village to rusticate for the
rest Of the academic term. In this view
Of the case his Chum's action toward
the cousin had some palliatiOn, for
David had not reported his escapade
and consequent punishment to his par
ents and proposed, if possible, to keep
them in ignorance of both. This would
have been a salve to Charles con-
science if he had had any conscience
in such a matter, but since he had not
no salve was needed Nevertheless he
had a double reason for foisting him
! self on Miss Mary Mills as the real
/ and only David Barton. her mothers
[ sisters son. In the first place. IL gave
! him pleasure; In the second. he wished
to prevent the young lady going back
/ home and giving away the fact that
/ David was persona non grata within
/ the college precincts.
Charlie felt, as he expressed 1t after
1 wards. like Canadian bOatman steer
| ing a canoe down a rapid. The avoid
anCe of giveaways required the exer-
/ else OF his wits. Had it not been that
he was in position to break the thread
I Of the dialogue whenever he chose
he would have been overturned doZ-
en- times When the young lady began
TO speak of a person he should have
known all about-certanly his own
father and LDother-he would call her
attention to dormitory presented 10
tne college by member of the class
of 81. or a clock tower in memory of o
man in 90 who died while at college
or a library building erected By sub
scription Of the alumni. When the,
were in the anatomical museum ant
she asked him a question about lou
grandfather he pointed 10 a skeleton
Of an oraug outang standing besid
that Of a man and beaded her of b.
saying:
Look at his bones"
Whose bones? she asked. smiling
Certainly not those Of our grandfG
Their, for | saw him alive and well
week ago"
Il mean the orang outang. III b.
you can't tell which is the ape an
which is the man"
But she could and did. and by til
time she had forgotten all about the
| grandfather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30
Loses Leo In Crash.

Rossville, May 30.-As the result of
an accident to an auto in which she
was riding near here, Mrs. Fred Smith
will lose her right leg. The limb was
broken below the knee when the ma
chine coliided with a telephone pole
some days ago, and the bones falling 10
properly knit, amputation was decided
upon TO save her life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30
HEART aid
HOME :.
PROBLEMS

Dear Mrs. Thompson: ID To
whom in Washington should a person
write for information about patenting
a new invention? Would it be nee
cessary to furnish a model. or would
a description be sufficient? a.
Where would l send the manuscript
for a novel, and what is the average
price for good one?-
SUBSCRIBER.
G)-It is Necessary to retain pat
ent attorney before making applica-
ton for a patent. The attorney
would represent you in presenting
your case to the patent office Gen.
orally speaking, it is necessary to
furnish a model of any mechanical
device that is to be patented: (2)-
Manuscripts should be submitted to
book publishers. You might get a
start with the publisher who has pre-
viously issued books of the general
type you have in mind. Send stamps
to cover return postage. Publishers
pay authors in royalties, giving them
ten, fifteen, or twenty per cent of the
returns from the sale of novels.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Dbl am
a blond, seventeen years old, and my
hair is getting darker. What will re-
store it to a golden color? (2)-
What colors are most becoming to a
blond? B.
G)-I would advise you not to
bleach your hair to make it lighter.
Try to be contented with natures
way. (2-Light or dark blue, and
/ in case your complexion is very clear
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30
Assault Proves Fatal.

Edwardsville, May 30.-Dr. E. NJ.
Herrin, veterinary surgeon of this
place, is dead as the result of injuries
inflicted some time ago when the doc
tor was assaulted by a man believed
TO have been Alonzo Hogan of Collins
vile. The attack occurred in Collins
vile and the assailant came on the
doctor from behind. Hogan is being
held.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30
Socialists Get Action.

Canton, May 30.-Canton has num-
Der of socialist aldermen and in the
absence OF the mayor they are doing
all sorts of things. They disregarded
the mayors choice of presiding Of
fcer pro TEN. ignored the committees
he had named and did things up gen
orally with a high hand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-30
Why Judge Cooke
Should be Reelected

His prr~onaI character II with
out a bIemish.
His judicial record IL clean and
eOmmendabIe.
His decisions have been based
on inv and common sense.
lie has the respect and conf
dence of his associates on the SUI
preme bench.
The press and lawyers of the
state admit his legal ability and
moral integrity.
His defeat means six republic
ems and only one democrat on
the state bench.