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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

=, If you must give advice give it for
consideration instead of as a gratuity.
Charity covers a multitude of sins,
but it hardly ever smothers any.
Don't find fault, but just try to
lose it.
Some men keep their sympathies in
cold storage lest they make too great
a drain upon their pocketbooks.
Peace hath her victories, and the
grafters get their usual rakeoff.
Some men are tolerant from sympa-
thy, others for the sake Of their Jobs.
A dogs bark is worse than his bite,
especially when he is chasing a cat.
A man enjoys his boyhood days most
when he is about fifty-fve.
Some people really enjoy classical
music. but in these days of the nickelo-
leon and monograph they don't enjoy
1t often.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05
CAPITAL COMMENT

have desire to kick around, and now
that Missouri has supplied a likely
candidate for the presidency, this
plain ballad from the zinc laden hills
of Missouri has leaped into national
fame. A Washington newspaper has
offered a prize for additional verses.
Even members of congress are COM
peting. The first verse of the original
song runs as follows:
Every time l come to town
The boys start kickin' my dawg
aroun
Makes no difference if he is a houn',
They gotta quit kickin my dawg
aroun'.
Taking the above for their cue, the
poets got busy. as follows, and if any
reader thinks he can do better he is
invited to send in his contribution to
the editor of this paper:
Champs on the hunt with his ole
houn',
An he's gettin' votes in every town,
The people are gathering for miles
aroun',
To vote for him and his Ozark houn'.
La Follette's the man who has been
thrown down,
Which is no excuse for kickin' him
arOun',
And if any of you doubledealers ever
come to town,
You'll have to stop kickin' La Fol-
lette aroun'.
Every time the door bell rings
Somebody raises the prices of
things.
Makes no difference if we're as rich
as kings
They gotta quit boostin' the prices
of things.
Teddy" is the name of another ole
houn'
That's been doin' quite a bit of run
min aroun.
He's gettin to be an awful pest,
An If the people discard him it
would be for the best
A HOLDUP GAME EXPOSED.
Before you pay charges on an ex
press package again, it might be a
good idea to make sure the charges
have net been paid at the other end
The extent to which the express
companies have been robbing the peo
pie by collecting charges at both ends
OF shipment, as revealed before the
interstate commerce commission, is
amazing and outrageous.
In the case of one company alone
1t was shown that it made 5000 over
charges in one day and collected in
one year SCI, 900 as overcharges,
And in addition TO the cases Of
overcharging which have come to the
attention of the commission, it is be
iieyed that thousands of shipments are
paid for at both ends of which tbs
commission never hears, owing to tbs
fact that the victims do not know they
are being feeced.
An officer Of the company above re
ferred to admitted that the system
employed to identify prepaid package
was faulty, but had no particular apol
ogy to make.
Demand for transportation charge
on prepaid shipments must cease" de
eiared Commissioner Lane, who wa
plainly provoked THE complaint o
this practice by express companies i
} universal"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

not dare say so, but 1 DO. We are
called upon now-we of the bar-tc
say whether we are going to protect
the institution of the judiciary, and
to continue it Independent Of the ma
jcrity, or Of all the people"
The more Taft's friends try tc
apologize for that speech the worse II
appears. Those of his friends are
wisest who are keeping silent ON the
subject in public while urging Taft il
private to quit making speeches alto
gether and let "big business" attend
to his campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05
RY CLYDE n. TAVENNER,

BY CLYDE n. TAVENNER.
Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, March 3.-The food
dopers are still after DR.. Wiley's
scalp.
Unabashed by the tremendous pro-
test of the people last summer when
an attempt was made to drive this
really efficient public servant from Of
fee, the prisoners are back at their
old tricks.
Their latest attack on DR.. Wiley con-
sisted of sending out an absurd story
to the effect that he had grown am
bilious, and that he wanted to be the
democratic nominee for vice president
when l saw that story staring at
me from my paper" said DR.. Wiley,
you could have knocked me over with
feather i hadn't the slightest init
nation that such a report was in the
air, nor had l the slightest idea Of
going out for the Office named. The
whole story is a fabrication, and |
have no doubt that it was started for
no other purpose than to embarrass
me by making it appear that l had
developed an exaggerated idea of my
| importance.
THAT POWERFUL LOBBY.
"For weeks l have been aware of a
powerful lobby here in Washington,
maintained by the food dopers, and
existing for no other purpose than to
try TO put me in bad with the peo-
pie. l have discovered that my pri-
vate life was being inquired into, and
that secret agents were constantly on
the lookout for evidence that l had
shown favoritism to some manufac.
! turer
"The most remarkable thing in con.
nection with the whole affair is the
fact that this lobby seems to have q
direct pipe line into my Office Some
body on the inside, who knows ex
actly what goes OF in my Office every
day, carries information to the lobby
know this is true from anonymous
letters | receive, some of which con
tain information that could have been
obtained in no other way"
With the new attack on DIR. Wiley
his friends in the house of representa-
tives rose Immediately to his defense
just as they did last summer. Con
gresham Richardson of Alabama de
clared on the floor that he had heard
about the food dopers' lobby, and thai
if it became necessary for congress
to step in to protect the chemist, there
would be no hesitancy about doing it
Those who are aware of the rea
condition in DR.. Wileys office are
amazed at the patience he shows. Il
is a known fact that he is constantly
prosecuted and harrassed, not only
from without, but from within There
is little doubt that the prisoners have
their agents on the chief chemists
own payroll, and the combined efforts
Of these traitors and the lobbyists out
side are constantly bent on the effor
to drive DR.. Wiley out of the govern
ment service.
II can be announced that DR.. Vile,
is not going to quit, and that he vii
continue to act as watchdog Of tn,
nations stomach"
~HoUN DOG, HELPS DEMOCRATS.
Democrats with poetry in their soul
are coming to bat in every part of tn
United States with protests agains
abuse Of the "ole houn' dawg.' Year
ago some unknown poet Of the Ozark
wrote q few homely verses on a eel
tain hound which everyone seemed u
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05
PRESIDENT TAFT AND HIS
SPEECHES.

President Taft and his speeches re-
mind one Of a beginner at roller skat-
ing. His most impressive glides of
oratory are punctuated by terrific
tumbles.' And when a man weighing
900 pounds falls, great is the faI
thereof.
Hardly have Taft's friends finished
their awkward diatribes apologize Of
Taft's speech in which he approved
the infamous Aldrieh tariff bill as the
best ever" than a calamitous break
Is made by Taft before the New YORK
Bar association on Lincoln day.
Heres the bad break he made;
There are those OF US who do not
believe that all people are fitted for
peculiar government. The fact is, we
know they are not, Some Of US do
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

versity of Minnesota. The relic is a
family heirloom and descended to
Professor Delmare on the death of
his mother some time ago. The bit
of wood has been fashioned in the
form Of a crucifx. Its owner pos
sesses a document attesting the his
tory OF the relic and that it had been
blessed by a former pope.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

Thomas Jefferson: If some period
be not fixed. either by the constitu-
ton or by practice to the services of
the first magistrate, his office, though
nominally elective, will in fact be for
life, and that will soon degenerate
into an inheritance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

About the only Importance to be
attached to Mr.. Dicksons charges
against the other democratic candi-
dates for governor of Illinois, is the
rather belated news they convey that
he is a candidate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

For proof of the charges Illinois
democracy has been making for years
against the republican party, read the
addresses of any or all of the repub-
lican candidates for governor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05
POSSESSES PORTION OF
CROSS OF CRUCIFIXIoN

Minneapolis, MINI, March s.
What is declared to be part of the
cross on which Christ was crucified is
in possession of R. NJ. Delmare, pro-
,fessor of Roman language of the Uni
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

Too Long About 1t.
A suffering man went into seed
store.
'H-h-ha-ha-have you g-g-g-got any
cl-cl-cl-clover seed?" he asked.
whats that?" asked the hard heart
ed sinner behind the counter.
"II-I-I sa-sa-sa-said ha-ha- ha-have
you egg got-ha- ha -ha-have you egg
got a-a-a-any cl-cl-cl-clover se-se-se-
seed?"
I'VE had some when you came into
the store, but it is all gone now. Why
didn't you speak about it sooner?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05
Economics.

Knicker-Does Jones understand the
purchasing power Of a dollar: Booker
Yes What troubles him is the pur-
chasing power Of his wife.-New Yogk
Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

Wanted to Know.
"What do you think about Jones?"
what about him?'
"He lets his wife take in sewing to
support him"
"The miserable dog! Has his wife
any unmarried sisters?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

Sunny Jim Sherman has been sent
TO Oklahoma to help Taft. Now Ok
lahomans can see what a genuine
representative of the interests looks
like.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

Advice For Others.
1--WE shall have to take up collec-
ton to send her to the sanitarium."
whats the matter with herr"
Health broke down so she cannot
work at her occupation"
"And what is her callingr
"Wrfting health hints for the maya
zines"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05
March S in American
History.

1770-Boston massacre; citizens killed
by British soldiers.
1s32-Isaac Israel Hayes, arctic ex-
plorer. born; died 1881.
l905-Judge John II. Reagan, sole sur
vivor OF Jefferson Davis Confed-
crate cabinet. died: born 1873
l91O-Louis James. the, actor. died at
Helena. Mont: born 1860
Santiago, .Chile-General elections
we're held throughout Chile. No disor-
ders are reported and the entire coun-
try, it is announced, is tranquil.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

Mr.. Roosevelt believes in the re-
call so far as It pertains to taking
back what he said about running for
a third term.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

Sweet words are those heard from
Washington that sugar is to be
placed on the free list.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05
Nothing to Hide

Nothing to Hide.
"He tells his wife at night everything
he has done through the day"
doesn't skip an item?"
mot one"
''What an uneventful life be must
leadr'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

Unfortunate.
you have heard
Of the man with
the hoe?"
why, yes"
well, he turned
out to be a rake"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

It's going to be rough going for the
rough rider this trip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

The greatest knocker in the world
is opportunity. Do you answer?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

Give me seat and will make room
10 lie down--Spanish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

TERMs.-DaIly. 10 cents per week.
Weekly. 81 per year 10 advance.
Complaints of delivery service should
be made to the circulation department.
which shonld also be notified in every
instance where It is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority in the premises
All communications OF s-gumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures
telephones In all departments: Contra
Union, West 1l5 and 1145; Union Eleo-
trio 6145.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1925
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill len
tered 1t the poston,ce as second-clas.
matter.l
Rock Island Member OF the Associated
Press.
BY THE,J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05
Explained.

Explained.
"What is meant by empty honors?'"
81 suppose they are those that have
no effect on the grocer when you try
to use them to get him to extend your
credit"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

Compensation
Oh, art is longl
But what of that
II it is also
Good and fat?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-05

mo education is worthy Of the name
unless it is a preparation for life"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
FAST F|END IS GUILTY;
No VOTE FOR ACQU|TAL

PORT ORCHARD, Wash, Feb.
6.-Mrs. Linda B. Hazard, the
fast specialist, accused of starving
to death Miss Claire Williamson,
Is in the custody of Sheriff Howe.
Her attorneys are arranging for
her release under $4,000 bail,
pending an appeal to the supreme
court from the verdict of man
slaughter returned against her
last night.
None For Acuuittal.
The jury deliberated 20 hours
The first ballot was five for first
degree murder, four for second
and three for manslaughter. At
no time during the balloting was
there a vote for acquittal. Man.
slaughter is punishable by pen
itentiary sentence up to 20 years,
jail sentence up to one year, a
fine up to $1,000, or by both fine
and imprisonment.
by Match Light.
The lights went out as the clerk
began to read the verdict at 6:35
last night. A bailiff struck a
match. and Mrs. Hazard heard
her fate in it's flickering light.
Judge Yakey refused her attor-
neys' request to place the bail at
only $1,000. She broke down.
She started to tell the newspaper
men that she was the victim of
persecution and misrepresenta-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
WHAT REAL ISSUE IS N
THIS RECALL MATTER
ENEMIES OF TIMES TRY TO MAKE
BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.
CAPITAL AGAINST

Nothing that published time this
paper has stirred the editorial
Thursday advocating the the recall against
Seymour and Weeunde the getting
gether for the good of Tacoma
The enemies of this newspaper-and have and
proud of the select bunch collected this townhowed
with gee
They're still bowling
Instead accepting opportunity to show unse
this
the three big projects will be ready for
the things that need the best
brains of all things lot hard
toman, shoulder to-shoulder fghtng for.
The Times hoped to clear the deck for that time.
election the recall OF
believed that he hadn't enough
Justify a recall. NA
1t believed with the elimination of Collins and the taking
Weeks river job that Benjamin
rendered harmless believed also from Weeks statement
that he would Justify in the the confidence the
people who elected him.
The Times anxious recall eIectiOnH that
possible
For this realized that the recall
That the reactionares the
unpopular that they could kill IL.
We need that recall The Times believes that should be
tended the corrupt judges We've
books
And showing big spirit at this time will further block
the attempts of the reaonaries kill than single thing
the people do
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
ISIS" Hopkins to Leave
Stage for One Year

isis Hopkins is going to quit
for a year-beg pardon, we mean
Miss Rose Melville. She's been
playing isis" for so long that
Rose and isis" have become more
closely related than the Siamese
twins. They are as one-it's
Roses means of Identification, one
might say, and likewise a Ber-
tillon description could not any
more exactly fix isis Hopkins "
identity than just the words Rose
Melville"
You could no more separate
the two than you could that little
cherry tree from the papa OF this
country, or mention Reno and
leave either the divorce court or
Jack Johnson out of your realm
of thought.
It's 13 years now since Miss
Melville first brought the quaint
Hoosier girl with the pointed pig
tails into the public view. And
she's still a popular girl. Few ar
lists have attained the distinction
of keeping alive a character year
in and year out. Joseph Jefferson
was one. He played Rip Van Win
kle for a quarter of a century.
Phoebe Davis played in Way
Down East" for Is years. isis"
is perhaps destined to reach an
even older age, for Miss Melville
merely promises to retire ''for a
year, anyhow"
That doesn't sound at all like a.
real farewell. Miss Melville has
made several such farewell tours
with ISIS" but always came back.
Miss Melville played in every state
In the union except Maine.
"And it wasn't because Maine|
was dry state, either" Miss Mel
Vile told the Times interviewer.
Its Just one of those inexplain-
able managerial intricate routings|
that has somehow left out Maine"
Miss Melville may be said toI
have birthright to the role oil
ISIS" for Rose herself was born
in the same little town where thel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
WITHDRAWAL
FIXED BY
FRIENDS

(By United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, d. O., Feb. g.
Withdrawal of Senator Robert M.
LaFollette from the race for the
republican nomination for the
presidency is possible. Following
a conference of republican pro-
eressives here today, friends of
LaFollette prepared a statement
proposing that he would retire
with grace on the ground of ill
health. The statement Is not sub
mitted to LaFollette and for the
present Is withheld.
LaFollette's friends who par
ticipated in the conference acted
on the belief that his health dill
not warrant his assuming the re-
sponsibility for decision on the
matter and thought It better to
take In into their own hands.
AT the LaFollette headquarters
here 1t was asserted that no Of
fetal statement could be made but
it was made clear that LaFollette
had not been personally consulted
and might yet veto the action Of
his friends.
Senators Clapp of Minnesota
and Bristow of Kansas and Wal
ter Houser, LaFollette's political
manager drafted the announce
ment OF the Wisconsin senator's
withdrawal, which for the present
they withhold.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
Portland Firm Gets
Pt. Defiance Contract

Porter Bros, a Portland con-
tracing firm who did a lot of
work for the North Bank road and
other big railroad contracts, have
landed the contract for building
the n. P.'s Point Defiance line,
according to report from Port
land today.
The figures is not given out.
Local officials of the railroad re-
fuse to discuss the matter, as the
negotiations were carried out at
|St. Paul.
Nelson Bennett and other local
contractors were after the job.
The work is estimated to cost
about $20,000.000. 1t involves
big short cut around the water
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05

ueSQayS.
5000 to cell and close door.
& s:01--Cell doors locked.
Visitors-Attorneys daily, 9 to
A. Public same hours, Tuesday
Eand Friday. Former prisoners re-
Turning to see friends-nothing
doing.
Packages and letters sent in
will be opened by sheriff. Opium
sent In brings punishment.
No profanity.
No splitting on floor.
Black hole with bread and
water for those who break Jail
rules.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
Snead Murder Trial
Witness Searched

day, will use the "mnwritten law"
in an effort to justify the shooting
and every effort is being made by
Snead's attorneys to seat a jury
of married men.
The defense will claim that A.
G.. Boyce, jr., aided by his father,
stole Mrs. Snead away from To-
cal sanitarium and that the
younger man later eloped with
her to Winnipeg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
Bath, Bibles, Discipline,
Yours at County Jail

When you arrive at the county
Jail after this, you'll get a bath
and a Bible.
Then you'll be handed the fol-
lowing list of rules as drawn up
by Jailer Longmire, and approved
by all the judges:
700 A. M.-Get up, shake out
your blankets, sweep out your
cell, make your bed.
7:45-Breakfast - If you're
late, go hungry.
Mornings-Clean up corridors
Scrub 'em once week. Clothes
washed Saturdays. Baths We'd
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
Recalling The Recall

a halt proceedings
that
praised He choice he
failed in points. The Times said
Blu / S admits that Mr. Seymour is
against him petty
which would be to taxpayers, and black
eye to cys stable community
the difference between the Times in this and
both in Tacoma Seattle their
town home and abroad to pay political grudges
candidate
insufficient; that recall established
Had this recall in six months there
another, equally trivial grounds.
editor forcefully "Let's
the free till really
It. blunt edge"
And does sound nspring the work all together
for the big hsyRor terminals Yet stu the
city hail. CL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
PENSION
FOR FIREMAN

w. o. Phillips, lieutenant at
No. engine house, has been re-
tired. He will draw $42.50 from
the city exchequer as long as he
lives.
He is the city's first life PEN
sioner.
Phillips has worked as a fire.
man for 20 years and five months.
He is 67. The firemen's pension
board this morning retired him.
1t also paid long list of claims
for doctoring. Last year $4,411.96
was paid out of the pension fund.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
bELLM0NOPOLY
COMPLETE NOW

The failure of the city of Taco
ma to secure the Home telephone
here opened the way for the Bell
people to make the monopoly CON-
plte in the Northwest.
The Northwestern long distance
company, made up of the Home
companies In the various cities,
got out of the tolls of the receiv-
er last May, but when the Sunset
company grabbed the Tacoma and
Bellingham lines here recently
they put the Northwestern again
in the hands of receiver, there
by making the Bell monopoly
complete.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
THREE.CENT.P|ECE
VS.. FIVE Gent FARE
Shall we have 8 cent pieces?

Shall we have 3 cent pieces?
The council hesitated this morn
ing. Cleveland has three cent fare.
Other cities are after it. One
argument against it is the pennies.
Cleveland has had bill intro
duced at Washington to have three
cent pieces coined and asked the
Tacoma council to endorse it.
Weeks opposed it. He thought
1t would bother street railway
companies.
Freeland and Woods favored it.
Petit asked to lay it over until
it can be looked into.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
.DADDRANk; MOTHER WASHED
GETS EDUCATION IN PRISON

start for Monroe reformatory-to
become a man.
81 never had an education, or a
chance to learn what was right
or wrong" the boy said. my
father drank. My mother sup
ported us by washing. My friends
we're convicts' children, convicts
brothers. That was my educa-
tiop.'
The boy pleaded guilty tc
breaking into a Jap store at Fife
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-05
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire
FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. s..
Because of bitter feeling evil
denced on all sides, every person
entering the court room here to-
day where the work of selecting a
jury to try ]. B. Snead, millionaire
banker, for the murder of A. G..
Boyce, ST., is in progress, was
carefully searched for firearms.
The defense, it was learned to-