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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-14
NEARLY KILLED BY AUTO CRANK

Struck in the abdomen by the
crank of his motor, Otto Wise, driv-
or of the Consolidated Auto com
pany's car nearly expired on the de-
sert Sunday but was saved by the
fortunate arrival of another motor
ing party.
Louis Amundson and two passeng-
ers arrived at the scene of the acct
dent Just as Wise tainted and fell
across his engine hood.
Wise had left Tonopah before
noon with the mail for Manhattan.
Ten miles out on the desert he blew
out a tire and after having repaired
the trouble. started to crank his en-
CINE. The motor back-fired and the
crank hit him a terrific blow in the
stomach.
When the rescue party arrived ne
was leaning against the ear, covered
with blood and had only time to ex-
plain the accident before he tainted
away.
Amundsen fastened back to the
city with the suffering man, leaving
his passengers to guard the mall
Wise was taken to the hospital where
it was found his injuries ere seri-
Gus but not fatal.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-14
THE RENO WAY.

The city hall was quite 4 busy
place this morning. A dozen or
more women visited the place and
spent several minutes there and
many who saw them enter the por-
tails of the building thought that a
reception or pink tea was goin On,
but such was not the case, says the
Reno Gazette of Monday. The women
we're paying a visit TO that myster-
ious room ON the second floor. where
they found Drs. Cunningham. Mooser
and Hartxell and a trained nurse
ready to receive them.
These visits on the part of these
women to the city hall are necessary
under a new regulation of the city
board of health. and each day this
week women will pay visits 10 this
room in the city hall. until all the
women of the restricted district have
been there. Some of the women are
protesting and ii is said that some
intend to fight the regulation, but
So far nothing has been done toward
making a fight.
Ii Is stated that all the women of
the restricted district who fail 10
visit the city hall under the regula-
ton will be charged with yagrancy
and forced TO leave the district.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-14

James II. Marriott. a well known
miner and merchant from OsceoIa.
was a visitor in Ely. this week. look
Ing after business matters. He re-
ports the mining prospects OF 0s-
ceola. very encouraging.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-14
FIFTEEN REMAINED
FROM FIFTY.

Although he started from Los An
geles with fifty Mexieans destined
for railroad work at Susanyille, ]. A.
Molina a san Francisco employment
agency manager. was still happy
when he left Reno Monday with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
THE WATERWAY AND THE

Annually the railroads declare there
is car shortage and It will be difficult
to haul the output OF the farms at fair
rates and within reasonable time
The fact is the railroads are unable
to handle the business of the country
They are aware OF this but seem to
make no effort to add to their equip
ment
There never was a better time TO
consider transportation by waterways
than the present. The country is grow
ing more rapidly than the carrier COM
panies.
II is a matter OF regret that the pro-
posed waterway from the lakes to the
gulf is no longer agitated Such a
route once completed would assist in
reducing the cost of living and would
add largely to the value OF farm lands.
1t surely would solve the question of
transportation.
The railroads are behind the move.
ment TO prevent the construction OF
inland canals. They want no competi.
ton. They control the freight situa.
ton and can always own enough poll.
ticians to create a schism in the ranks
Of waterway builders.
Illinois never did a wiser thing thar
when it decided to appropriate $40,
100000 TO build a waterway 1t meant
much for all the people of the state
particularly the farmers.
Opposition has nullified the act o.
the people who voted to expend thai
sum on waterways. The railroad.
worked up that opposition.
The farmers of Illinois need a wafer
way and they should increasingly labo
for it. The fact that the railways an
nually declare they can not haul tn,
crops. shows how necessary is a water
way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22

THAT husband of mine is a case,
sighed the little lady who hasn't been
married very long.
HE bought himself such a pretty
light gray suit a while ago. ] helped
him pick it and he looks awfully nice
in it
well, he has leaky fountain pen
that he clings to as II his salvation
depended on it. And the first thing we
knew he had long black ink mark on
the trousers OF that new gray suit.
Il took the trousers and soaked the
spot in milk. and then ! washed them
and pressed them and they looked per
fectly beautiful.
Yesterday morning he put on the
renovated gray suit and sailed forth.
And | want TO tell you that when he
got home last evening there was an
other ink spot on those trousers, big
ger than the first one.
when we were first married" she
continued, 'he used to get me all
worked up with his ways. That was
| before | understood him.
Now this morning, for instance. He
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
THE AsTOR FORTUNES.

The little Aston baby is born worth
millions OF dollars because of the AS
tor familys land monopoly.
We have discussed the baby's oppor-
tunity which wealth gives. and the
probability that the possession of such
wealth will be a detriment rather than
a blessing to the newcomer.
Now let us briefly discuss the ORR
gin Of all this Astor wealth. 1t comes
from the land II is a striking ex-
ample of land monopoly and landlord
ism
About a century ago the early Astors
gained possession OF land which in
time was the heart OF New York. True.
the family was keen enough to hold
TO this land when they realized how
rapidly it was increasing in value.
But why did It increase?
Was II due to the labor of the AS
tors?
No.
1t was due TO the fact that hundreds
OF thousands OF other people came
there 10 live. They added to the pop.
ulation OF me city. Children were born
by the thousands. In this great city
towering business buildings were erect
ed. II was the advent of all these
people. their struggles. their contri
buttons 20 the business OF the city that
made the Aston land valuable and that
made the Aston family immensely
wealthy. because they chung TO the
land. monopolizing Il and waxing very
wealthy from the advance in price
due 10 nothing they had done. but tc
the arrival there OF more people. tbs
birth OF more babies and the growth
OF the business OF others all around
and about this Aston property.
SO il IS with the landlords Of Lon
don. So II is with landlords and lane
monopolists everywhere.
Such land monopoly which make,
the few rich az the expense Of tn,
many: gives one baby $1,000 900
while Withholding proper nourishmen
from tens of thousands Of other babie;
all about it: piling up fabulous for
tunes with unearned increment-tha
is one Of the gravest and greatest prob
lens Of the age
II must be met with conscience an,
with courage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
DIR. WAUGH MoDIFIEs HIS

Some days ago The Argus reprinted
from a medical magazine a contriDu-
ton by Dr. William Waugh, an alien
ist and neurologist Of Chicaso. IN which
the author claimed that under the
veneer Of civilization there persists
in the feminine heart that primal devO-
ton 20 brute mascdlinity. which makes
her love the hand that smites her
The doctor claimed that the woman
loves the man wlo beats her. rather
than the man who condUues Ler faults
or treats her vito consideration Uni
tenderness. II your wife eNcItes your
jealousy. beat he. Il She brtrays yen.
kill her" lie prDiss"d to represent
the mental and mU'dl attitude CT ay-
erage women.
The article. because sensational. at
that saved Il from the liability Of a
bad influence on men of brutal IN
stincts Was its extravaganza Of asser
ton. Since its publication. DR.. Waugh
has received a number Of commune
cations from women who tell him that
his statements are false and that they
are an insult 10 womanhoOd.
DR.. Waugh now mOdifes mis- state
mentS aud takes back most OF what
he said OF a sensational character
which invited attention 10 his theories
and conclusions. He now limits his
statements by saying that some won
en- would improve under a beating
but very few" He says that womer
love mastery and even brutality IL
men The mastery must not spring
from cruelty Of disposition. but from
inherent strength OF character" Thi,
statement is contradictory. A mastery
that does not spring from cruelty o.
disposition" but from strength OF char
acter. does not involve brutality Wha
! DR.. Waugh means 10 say is simply tha
women love strength. superiority AM
masterfulness IN men. This is true
but women do not love brutality IL
men. II some women submit 10 II. /
Is because OF their weakness. thei
X feeling 81 dependence or their inabi
~ 20 free themselves from the des
+ pousm under which they live.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22

tia age. that is. males from Is 10 ~
years, inclusive In 1900 the males
of militia age numbered 16,1S2.702. The
figure for 1910 exceeds that for 1900
by 4,2sO,9s2. While the total popula-
tion of the country has increased cur
ing the decade 81 per cent. males Of
militia age have in the same period
Increased PCS per cent. and, as con-
sequence they constituted a somewhat
greater proportion of the total popuia-
ton in 1910 than they did in 1900.
OF the total population Of both sexes
and all ages in 1910, 22.3 per cent
were males OF militia age. the CORE
spending percentage for 1900 being
21.3.
The fact that males OF militia age
increased more Rapidly than the total
population is accounted for in part by
immigration, which has been during the
last decade. 10 a greater degree than
in earlier years, predominantly male.
Among immigrants the proportion Is
to ~ years OF age greatly exceeds the
proportion in those ages among ma
tives, and consequently the northern
and western states to which immi-
grants chiefly go have, as compared
with the southern states, a greater
proportion OF their population males OF
militia age The eastern divisions,
J however. lose some portion Of their
adult male population by migration
westward. and an effect Of this west
ward migration appears In the higher
/ percentage shown for the states OF the
Rocky mountain and Pacific coast re-
gions.
AS compared with the general aver
age noted above for the country as a
whole. OF 1928 per cent. males Of mill
tia age in 1910 formed 22s per cent
OF the total population in the four
northern divisions taken together. IS
per cent in the two for western divi-
sions. and 1919 per cent in the three
southern divisions taken together. The
per centage in the individual northern
states are with few exceptions close
to the average for the country as a
whole; in the far western states they
are generally considerably above and
in the southern states generally below
this average
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22


went down and out and across a field
to Farmer Goodwin's. The soil in the
field was soft, and | noticed tracks
heading for the house had left. They
skirted the field and were seldom WISH
BILE. | did not stop to examine them
/ wished to report the murder before
it was discovered by any one else.
Farmer Goodwin lived two miles
from Mr.. Morton. and when got there
he and his family were sitting down to
breakfast. | wished him to come with
me at once, but he said that II Morton
was dead nothing could he done, and
he might as well eat his breakfast |
was obliged to wait for him and was
on this account delayed an hour. dur
ing which time / was walking the floor
with impatience and suspense. When
at last he was ready to 90 with me |
could not help running ahead of him.
When we came TO the field | had
crossed ! saw a man named Robbins
coming. He was STOPPING now and
again to examine something. When We
reached him we learned that the MUIR
der had been discovered Having busi-
ness with Morton. he had gone to his
house and, no one answering his knock.
had entered the house His first glance
at me was one OF suspicion. He was
examining tracks pointing from the
house They were not the tracks had
made shortly before. being a hundred
yards from them The look Robbins
gave me ratified me. looked at the
tracks. but scarcely saw them.
/ noticed Robbins glance at my feet.
The tracks he was examining were not
the same as | was now making. but
about the same size. He told us not to
walk on the former. since if left un.
touched they might serve for a clew
He went back to the house with Us,
and we held a consultation as 10 what
should be done | proposed to get out
horse and ride 10 the county seat. six
miles distant, and notify the sheriff
Robbins said that Goodwin had better
go instead. My heart sank within me
for | knew that the suggestion was to
hold me. and that meant ! was under
suspicion But Goodwin wouldn't go
and. since Robbins wife was very Ill
he consented TO my going
On the way so terrified was ! lest
he tried and convicted of. the murder
that seriously considered fight But
I knew ! would he taken and nv at.
tempt would he snre to convict me.
rode slowly TO the county seat. for
dreaded TO get back to the house with
that terrible corpse IN 1t and to Rob
bins. whom | knew suspected me.
found the sheriff, and together We rode
back. he talking TO me all the while
about the situation at the time the
murder was committed When told
him that at my going to bed Mr. Nor
( ton and | were the only persons al
/ home J saw his brows contract and
4 from that time forward knew that be
was examining the with a view to i'm
| plicate me.
When we reached Morton's house tht
| two men had left were OH the porcf
| and several other persons were Ioiter
/ ing about AS we rode toward them
, noticed that none of them looked a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22

the farmers. although it is not likely
that many of them would have relish
ed hearing themselves praised, and all
vital issues avoided. according TO all
traditions Of political speakers when
addressing farmers. Governor Wilson
knows that farmers nowadays want to
hear logic. rather than well sounding.
empty words.
NEGLECT UNCLE SAM.
He told them, accordingly, that
while they had been busy feeding the
country. they had neglected another
and very important part of their, bus
mess, namely, that which they ought
to attend to as members of the big firm
of Uncle Sam and company. AS a re-
suit of this neglect. Mr.. Wilson said,
the other members of that firm had
assumed a controlling interest, and had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
The Argus Daily Story
Under Suspicion-By Edgar Knowton.
Copyrighted. 1912. by Associated Literary Bureau

awoke with a start The gray OF
the morning was just coming on.
Something had happened.
And yet there was nothing in the
surroundings to tell me this Every
thing was as it had been The house
was perfectly still. too still At any
rate. the Stiffness seemed awful. What
prompted me to get out of he'd and go
TO Mr.. Morton's room | don't know.
But shall never forget the sight |
saw there-a CHASTITY face aud the bed
clothes heSpatiered with red spots.
He had been murdered.
My first impulse was to cry for help.
Help for what? Mr.. Morton was dead
Who had killed him? Then the idea
first occurred TO me that | was the
only person in the house at the time
of the murder. except the man being
murdered and the murderer.
had gone to work on Mr.. Morton
farm several years before. He was a
married man. but his wife had left
him. and he lived alone He was a
harsh man. but somehow he had taken
a fancy to me and kept me with him
One day neighbor said to me that
he believed Morton quite capable OF
leaving his property to me in order 10
keep it from going to his wife. This
suggestion | now remembered, and II
sent a cold chill through me. for if he
had made will in my favor 1t would
! be regarded as an incentive to tbs
crime on my part.
What should | do? Go at once to III
nearest neighbor and announce tn,
murder? | dressed myself and put oil
a pair of old shoes that l had worn tn
evening before to rest my feet. theI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
Aug. 22 in American
History.

-Stea mboat invented by John
Fitch. made a trial trip in the Del
aware river. at Philadelphia. Fitch.
AMONG others. contested Robert
fultons clair.s as pioneer steam
boat inventor.
1s46-Sants Re taken by the American
army under General Stephen Watts
kearDey.
1S5l-Yacht America Won information
al cup al Cowes, England
l8s6-Calvin Ellis Stowe. theological
writer and educator. died: born
1907
19oo-Seyere earthquake shock felt in
southern Illinois. Tennessee and
Kentucky.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


woke me up at daylight
q" Mary he said, I've got to get
down town early today-very early.
l think I'll have to hustle
Nov. when | was first married I'd
have gotten up and hustled. But now
just open one eye and humble and
turn over. He gets up and dresses,
and hits his shins against things and
mutters. and pretty soon l hear him
out in the kitchen
Then l go TO sleep and wake up
about six o'clock. which is my regular
time for getting up. dress and
sniff coffee in the kitchen. There l
bread and jam and some cold meat.
reading the morning newspaper,
while the coffee is boiling away on the
stove.
Sit down and have some break
fast says he, with an inviting grin.
and he pours me out some coffee as
thick as mud-ugh!
Not until l make some decent
coffee, l tell him.
Then I go about getting a decent
breakfast. Meanwhile he slips of
somewhere. When breakfast is ready
! call him. No answer. Then I hunt
him. And, will you believe it'll find
him lying on the bed there, sleepins
| like baby! He'd forgotten all about
/ being in hurry.
Now if | wanted to get exasper
ated l could. And could wear my
self out trying TO reform him. Blu
I'm not going TO do it. He's too OLE
to change, and he's too much Of {
dear to be cross with. l go along m!
own way, anyway, and we're boil
.happy-which we wouldn't be if
tried to make him over according I,
conventional ideas. But you neve
know how queer a man can be til
you marry him-never,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL

forgotten all about the farmers, or had
come to think of them merely as per-
sons whose function ii is to feed the
rest Of the country, and incidentally.
help feed the trusts.
The New Jersey governor then went
on to tell the farmers just how the
high tariff rates affected them. He
told them while the farmer does not
produce any of the things that derive
material benefit from the tariff, he
consumes all of the things, which, I'M
der the protective system, are taxed
Does it matter nothing to the farm
er that President Taft vetoed the tar
if bill?' Mr.. Wilson asked. why,
every ploughshare; every tool and i'm
plement the farmer uses, to say moth
ing Of the trust made harvester, is
dearer because of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff tax.
FARMER HERE PAYS MORE.
The American farmer pays more for
his trust made tool than the Russian
peasant pays for the same tool. made
in the same factory out in Chicago.
And yet they tell the confiding farm
er that the tariff is not a tax. The
farmer pays more for the clothes he
wears, and gets less for the wool that
goes into them, because of the Payne
Aldrich tax. This tariff tax encour-
ages the Use of cheap substitutes and
discourages wearers of clothing from
demanding all wool materials"
/ Governor Wilson suggested to the
farmers that they break into their own
house, and get more of the rent that
is due them. He will not get this rent
II he continues to allow himself TO
be bluffed by the special interests that
have taken possession, the governor
said He also told them he belieted
in the development of a postal express
and the establishment of an agricul
tural banking system, similar to the
one now in successful operation in
! Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
The fact that Roosevelt is opposing

The fact that Roosevelt is opposing
the reelection OF his sontn-law Nick
I.ongworth. still a republican, fors con-
gress. is taken by the bull moose TO
indicate that Teddy is consistent The
fact OF the matter 10 that Teddy's at
titude simply bears out what has
already been conceded OF him-he is
for Teddy first. last and all the time.
And woe unto even the member of his
own family who does not agree with
him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22

well rou n d e d
phrases, that they
were the creators
of all national
wealth." that they
were the "bulwark
of the nations
prosperity; that
they were of the
oldest and most
honored of all pro-
fessions or indus
tries" or that ION
the shoulders of
the farmers rests
the nations des-
tniy."
II would have
been easy to talk
TO them in that
vein, and such plat
itudes might have
been pleasing TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22

WE Know men whose idea OF being
perfectly wild consists in partak-
ing of the free lunch
Some persons have the oh-be-cheer-
full habit so badly that they can ac-
tually enjoy their friends misforunes.
The man who reads n patent medi-
cine almanac without finding out what
ails him must be hard TO suit
There Is woman on our street who
says she enjoys rainy day. for it
makes her feel as weepy as a funeral.
The woman who plays whist for a
prize doesn't let little Willie play mar
bles for keeps.
The kind of trust that a woman
objects to is the sort that makes her
husband indorse a note for careless
friend.
Some men are millionaires as long as
they have nickel In their pockets,
and others see the poorhouse looming
up before them every time there comes
rainy Saturday.
Be happy while you may. Soon you
must listen to the campaign speiler.
Some men are born fools. but never
find it out until their wives point it
out to them.
1t is cheaper to buy your tomatoes
than TO raise them. but it isn't half so
much fun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
The PlundsreF.

The PlundereF.
A thief is Time
And void OF shame.
With frost and rime
He steals the fame
The spark of youth
That in US blaZed,
And without ruth
He leaves US dszed.
OF conscience void,
He slips along
(Himself is cloyed
OF mirth and song),
And withered, scar.
Our joys lie dead.
Sweet things and dear,
Beneath his tread.
And as we writhe
He mocking stands.
His cleaning scythe
Within his hands.
A harvest rare
Is his. in truth.
Nor does he care
For age or youth
Old Times a thief.
He steals away
The moments brief
OF love and play.
Leaves in their stead
The gray of years.
The silvered head.
The scars of tears
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
Woman Captures = BURGLAR

Eau Claire, Wis, Aug. 22-Mrs. Ida
larnhart' a widow, found two burglars
ransacklng her dining room of silver.
ware and other yaluables. She seized
one man and held him while she tele-
phoned for the police. The other man
FED but was found later. The prison
ers gave the names of Douglas Ward
and Henry Stewart
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22

II Roosevelt says his own son-in-law
must be slaughtered for running on
the republican ticket. what hope Is
there for Charley Searle, as a repub-
lican congressional candidate. despite
his admiration for the strenuous one?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
Another View of It,

Don't do that any more, you blamed
hobo, you"
"What'n yoa give me il l don't?
am open to negotiations"
We'll. here's my proposition. Take
it or leave it. Don't do that any more
and I'll give you nothing. Do it again
and I'll give you thirty days. l am a
police Judge"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-22
Psrseverina.

"Do you think Fan will succeed In
capturing Charlie?"
We'll, think she'll keep after him
as long as her ammunition holds out"
Ammunition:
Yes; powder and paint. you know"