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Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-20

"OHara," 7 said. finishing my cof-
fee, and putting down the eHp and sau-
Ger, Il have the key witness in this
case. You and together are going
to take him with Us and have him con.
front both Murphy AID john Soy.
promise you the result viii he interest
ing"
The detective looked his parrloXfty-
Some one who knows taem?" he
asked.
Unless I am very much mistaken. :"
I answered, at is some one who knows
them both better than any other per-
son In New York. Unless Heaven is
just now engaged in constructing enig-
mas simply for the bewildermont of us
mortals. the witness ! have is the man
whom Murphy stabbed in the back, in
Buffalo, eight years ago"
But before I could carry out my
plan there were several minor mat.
tiers which claimed my attention
Ever since reading the note which
Miss Clement placed in my hands
idu DeeH uneasy concerning #Uef sale
ty. To judge from OHaras report
Chinatown had been in a ferment
most Of the night, and I feared lest
the blame for the disturbance be Wis.
tied upon the brave woman mission.
airy and some measures Of vengeance
meted out to her.
For half an hour I tried unsuccess.
fully to reach her by telephone The
Mission did not answer With MY
anxiety intensified by this repeated
failure. ordered my motor ear
around at once, and taking O'Hara
with me, made the trip to Pell street
in record time, despite Obstructive
trucks and other vehicles which Wee
encountered the hour being still
early in maddening frequency
Eager inquiry OF neutrality-suspicious.
neighbors eventually elected the In.
formation that Miss Clement, aIi9e
and unin1ured had started at das,
break, if not indeed before 10 hunt
up a brother of the murdered Ling
70. in Long Island Citv
Continued TumorroN.}
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-20

Annual Council AdiOurns Al
Berkeley SpriRgS--L Ladies
Auxiliary Also Meets
And Elects

After holding an interesting session
At berkeley Springs for the past three
days as guests of the members at that
place, the State Council, Junior Order
United American Mechanics, adjourn
ed Thursday afternoon Officers were
elected and Buckhannon was selected
as the next place of meeting, to be
held the third Wednesday in Septem-
Der, 1913 The Juniors were very
pleasantly entertained and the meet
ing was an enjoyable one throughout
Martnsburs won an Office in addition
to that held by Past State Councillor
Smith when Mr.. Thomas was made
State Conductor The election result
ed as follows:
Past State Councilor-E. c. Smith,
of Martinsburg.
State Councilor-P. P. Chapman, Of
eeredo.
state Vice Councillor - Irwin.
Of Milton.
State secretary-Brent Shriver, Of
Huntington, holdoyer.
state Treasurer-C. c. Newman. of
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-20
MIGHT HAVE TO PAY DUTY.

Cashier ]. 7. Nadenbousch was
summoned to the postohice because of
the receipt of a foreign package for
the Merchants & Farmers Bank. 1t
was opened and discovered to contain
some matters connected with the
bank and a big Cuban cigar. 1t had
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-20
GRANTED BREWERY LICENSE.

The City Council met last night aad
granted Inc Hagersto@u Brewing Co
license to operate beer warehouse
on Williamsport avenue The cum
berland Brewing Company'a license to
do business ON South Water street,
was transferred 10 College street be
tween Martin and Race.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-20

All the latest styles in millinery
now on display, also nice line of
art goods. Please give me call.
Catherine O'Connell, formerly Mrs. r.
A. Lyons. Is At
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-20
New Physical Director
Elected Al Y. NJ. c. A.

The Board of Directors Of the v
NJ ca Thursday night elected Or.
". ". Cook of Boston Mass, phys
zeal director to succeed MIR. w. G..
Barker, who recently left TO so into
business at his old nome in Connec-
ticut. The board also heard nattor-
ing reports eff work done at the asso-
citation and elected four now directors.
Messrs. z. G Iiensllaw, G. ". Me
Kown, John j Iletzel and H. I. Brant-
ncr.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-20
A HORRIBLE PROSPECT.
10y United Press.

Paris, Sept. 2o.-Hunger and suffer
ms stareathe poor in the face DURING
the coming winter here, the wet frfsid
summer having ruined the crops from
bread to Wine The news has been
published broadcast The price Of
bread, now the highest on record,
win so highcr the wine viii be
scarce. poor and hiel; potatoes. din.
to.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-20

WANTED-A man to travel in West
Virginia organizing camps of the Pat
riotie Order Sons of America. None
but those who can come we'll recon-
mended as to morals need apply, and
those with experience preferred. Salary
One Hundred Dollars per month, or a
salary and commission will be con-
sidered if preferred. For full particu-
lars, address.
Z. o. TRUMP, State Secretary,
8 20 If Kearneysvrle, w. Va.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-20

been sent by Prof. Paul Karutz, for
merly of this city, and was sent on to
Washington to ascertain if it was
dutiable. 1t would be a joke, indeed,
if this present would cost 10 or 20
cents duty.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-20

Owing to the absence of DR.. F. NJ.
Woods, there will be no service in the
Presbyterian Church on Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
Facing the Enemy's Fire

and Of the agony it was giving him.
Another queer fellow was perhaps
the best armed man in the Confeder-
ate army. Besides his guns he carried
two splendid cavalry pistols and a muir,
derous looking bowie knife incased in
a silver scabbard. In camp he would
fight any man or set of men on the
slightest provOcatiOn. Yet this man
never fired a shot at him in all his
four years service; nor did he permit
the enemy 10 fire at him if he could
prevent it.
On the battlefield he was an unoh-
i trusiye, constitutional coward. Occa
sionally he talked of his infrmity With
those whom he liked. At such times
he freely admitted that he had not a
spark Of moral courage or personal
pride when he heard a hostile gun
fired, and it was physically Impossible
for him To remain within the danger
line on such occasions. To have com
/ PEELED him TO face the enemy even IN
a mere skirmish would have caused
his death from simple fright
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

Broadway, in New York, where Sew
enth avenue ands Broadway cross at
angles; where HI the automobiles,
carriages, trucks, sstreet car lines. sub
way stations, news stands, business
men, theatre-goeuJ, bootblacks, news
boys and othersl scramble for their
rights, and see' the big policeman
there, whose nsrne commences with
NC" you would think that he was a
master Of all and the friends of none,
but out of these conditions has recent
" been brought % light an act show
ing genuine sentiment. Around about
that corner are newsboys by the hun.
dreds. A few days ago these news
boys all got together and presented
Babe Mcdonald the traffic cop
at this busy corner, with a magnifi'
| cent loving cup, inscribed, Prom your
many friends who work on this cor,
ner." This illustrates that a person
/ can be firm, can be just, can attend
strictly to official business and still
make friends.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
4 NEW ANAESTHETIC.

A dispatch from London states that
Dr. Forbes Ross has announced,
through the Lancet, his discovery of
new anaesthetic which will eliminate
pain resulting from an injury or from
a surgical operation.
Or. Ross says: Il claim I have dis
covered a local anaesthetic OF incalcu-
liable value to humanity. | know how
20 kill pain following the severest bod
lily accident or during and after the
the severest surgical operations. II is
possible today for a surgeon TO guar
antee a patient freedom from pain
after an accident or operation. Ihave
found an absolutely harmless and non
poisonous antidote 10 physical pain and
shock. which can be used without the
least fear OF local or general detriment
to the sufferer"
Or. Ross explains his process for the
elimination Of pain as follows. He
SAYS: an an operation the patient is
put under a general anaesthetic in the
ordinary way and then from five 10
10 cubic centimeters Of ! per cent
solution OF Quinine and urea hydro
chloride are distributed over the nerve
supply OF the part concerned. The ef
feet OF such an injection is 10 produce
a total loss Of the sensation of pain
From the fact that the English medi
cal journals accept and give publicity
10 this discovery with favorable com
ments. the value Of II may be con
coded There has been great advance
ment In surgical science during the
last - years which has gon,
far 70 allay fear Of undergoing ar
operation. and it IS 10 be hoped thai
this discovery OF DR.. Ross will prove
the boon TO sufferers from accidents
and from operations that he claims
for it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

A member Of congress from the
south, who saw service in the cOnfed-
eTacy, in discussing the question so
often put to old soldiers, " Were you
frightened" remarks upon the
strangely contradictory phases Of hu-
man nature brought cut by military
service.
He tells of one of his comrades who
was a coward at home. at school and
in camp, but in battle was one OF tn
bravest of men. Elsewhere this man
would resent no insult, and could not
be forced into any personal conflict,
and that not from any principle, but
from pure cowardice. In battle he
was the calm. brave embodiment Of the
fighting spirit
The narrator rode by his side in bat
tie for half an hour after a musket
ball had torn his foot TO pieces, vet he
made no sign, uttered no complaint
but fought like the splendid soldier
he was. until his pallor attracted al,
tention. Then only in response 10
anxious inquiries he told Of his wound
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
GREAT FOREIGN TRADE.

The imports Of merchandise last
month were neary $4,000 900 larger
han the imports OF May. 1911. The
ate Of increase In that part of the for
eigu trade OF the country was about
20 per cent
In the same month the gain In ex-
ports over the like part OF last year,
Was more than S22 100000 The rate
Of expansion was about 10 per cent
The total foreign commerce Of the
United states. not including bullion
and money. showed a gain Of $4,000.
GOO in round figures, which means an
increase OF about Il per cent.
The fine growth is over the record OF
a month OF large and fast-increasiUE
traffic with foreign countries Il Is
evidence OF a remarkable and altoEsth.
cr natural development Of the export.
and imports OF the United States. Both
broke all records Tor May. and there
is every indication that both will con
tinue TO surpass al former traffic viii
the outside world
This is one OF the many hopeful
signs OF the times in business Il Ii
one OF the proofs that the country ii
going 20 enjoy great and growing pros
perity-if IL Is given a fair chance b,
its own public officials and its pol.t.
clans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
THE SHAME OF 1T.

The Rockford Star. IN an editorial
under the above caption, takes occa-
sion 10 inveigh against the modern
popular" fashion for dresses worn by
young women. The subject is so apro-
pos 10 conditions and so forcibly dis
cussed by the Star, that the article will
doubtless impress many readers with
the need Of reform. The Star says:
Miss Mary Barton, assistant Judge
OF the Chicago Juvenile court CRITICS
ing the glove-tight gowns worn by
young girls. asks. What has become
OF the old-fashioned mother who
taught her daughter to dress in sim
PIE, sweet grlish clothes?"
The old-fashioned mother has
passed away and the up-to-date mother
seemingly does not care how her
daughter dresses.
The skin-tight waist and skirt of
today are so freakish as to attract
attention from passers-by. Not long
ago the press and pulpit hurled ana
themas against the chorus girl whose
skirt did not reach her ankles and
whose costume displayed her figure.
This garb is emulated by the young
/ girls OF today.
1T is a shameful fashion. A girl
used 10 dress TO conceal her anatomy
Now she dresses 10 reveal il. When
she sits her skirt comes up to heI
knees and when the wind blows mod
esty departs.
The veil-like dress OF the day Is
rot attractive. but offensive. Perhaps
young girls who ape the immodes
fashion do so thoughtlessly. But par
ents with common sense should let +
he known that modestly dressed CIR
becomes a modest woman"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
CAPITAL COMMENT
commissions report.
EMPLOYEES ARE UNDERTAKE..

commission report.
EMPLOYEES ARE UNDERPAID.
Both sets of Investigators found
that many employees in the factories
are miserably undergrad; that they
are usually treated with less consid-
Grafton than the machines they oper-
ate; that women are doing the work OF
men because they can be hired more
cheaply; that women are employed
even in slaughter houses; that SAM
tary conditions are abominable, and
lead TO the breeding OF disease, and
that little precaution is taken to guard
against fatalities by fire.
In respect to certain factories in
Buffalo. Rochester and Syracuse, the
testimony is simply damning. 1t
shows that women and children are
forced by the speeding up and
piece work" work systems to labor
under such high pressure, in order to
make their living, that they are man
gled by the machines they operate, and
fall victims 10 disease.
/ Out of the 81 246 workers in Buffalo
80 per cent are women. To these
must be added the small boys. The
health department shows that 1921
boys and girls between Il and 16 years
of age are at work. How many more
| there are no one knows. Many work
with no certificates, and others sell
theirs TO children under legal age
after they no longer need them. They
are quoted in the factory districts al
cents each and, find a ready sale
DR.. Arthur c. Schaefer, chief of the
bureau of child hygiene of Buffalo
exhibited $50 forged age certificates
which had been detected and taker
up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
AW0M1NyOBSERVAnONS


necessary to the we'll being Of a girl?
Even church costs money, and the
girl who can't keep up in bible class
and Young Peoples society expenses,
to say nothing of dressing so that her
associates will not be ashamed OF her.
soon discovers that she is barely toll
Grated.
Why, even carfare is q big item
when one has to ask father for it, or
get mother to wheedle 1t out Of him,
Such a girl practically has no chance
of making suitable marriage. She has
no means of meeting desirable young
men. She cannot dress to attract
them She is uneasy in the company
of strangers, because she has had so
little practice coming in contact with
people. She doesn't know how to
| judge or treat a man.
A girl so situated either becomes
a sort of nun, because she has no
means OF getting away from the isola-
ton Of her home, or she joins that
restless colony which giggles around
street corners where boys and young
men congregate to stare and make
remarks.
OF course I am talking about homes
where the income is inadequate to
cover the expenses of the family-and
there are a great many such homes.
Many home of seeming prosperity is
run on debt and many a home never
knew an easy moment until the boys
and girls began to help along"
It is true. also, that many girls
spend some of their savings in junk
earrings"
The love Of f1nery is IN the aver
age feminine heart, and is not at al
confined to the little shop girl with
her imitation jewelry. After all, she
is but initiating other women who car
better afford 10 display their taste fol
gewgaws, and if 1t were not for womeI
of means and prominence who estab
lish the style for-we will say, ear
rings-the little shop girl wouldn't b,
wearing them either.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
His Time Comino.


Jack Johnson waits with patience
For one to show him why
He should not still be on the bill
As scrapper great and high.
He picks up every challenge
And. looking at the text,
In accents clear that all may hear
Proceeds to murmur. Next"
It seems like easy money.
And quite lot of that,
For him to keep at one large sweep
The title in his hat,
For him to keep the honors
And be the fighting king.
To take fall from one and all
Who meet him IN the ring.
For. having put It over
When Jeff could not come back.
He cannot see since then why he
Should ever fly the track
He feels his bullying muscle
And feels his oats well
And thinks the thing that he will spring
VIII be too sad TO tell.
That's Just how he is feeling.
But there will come day
When some new pet his goat will get
And with the champ get gay.
One cannot last forever
In any sort OF game
A better man the black will can,
But what's the fellows name?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21


'If women really want to do good in
this world, here's the way TO do it:
Never buy a dress that costs more
than $40, nor a hat that costs more
than SO. Half the girls who leave
school and home to work are working
for junk-for earrings"
Thomas R. Marshall, governor of
Indiana, is reported to have said that
The newspaper article containing his
remarks was embellished with pic
ture of the governors wife. And the
picture shows the governors wife
wearing earrings.
It is true that a number of girls en-
ter the Industrial world in order tc
dress better than they could If they
remained at home and depended upon
! fathers wages. Father himself has
suggested, indeed expected, his daugh
tiers to provide their own clothes a:
soon as they possibly can. He knows
only too we'll how pitifully inadequate
his earnings are in supplying the
needs OF a family.
| Does the governor Of Indiana under
stand the lot of a girl in such a famil!
who stays at home and tries 10 exis
on what she gets there?
Does he know that she is PRACTICAL!
shut out from almost every recreation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

and that in one instance sick children
add to the family income by cracking
with their teeth nuts for table use.
The report of the commission was
so startling that one New York news
paper was loath TO believe that such
conditions could exist, and employed
expert Independent investigators TO
go over the ground covered by the fac
tory commission. These special in
vestigators found that the conditions
in many factories fully justified the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
Fools the Snakes.

The Bengal grOsbeak builds a nest
shaped like bottle and always Sc
lects for its support a long. 1.-the limb
oyerhanging a stream Of water. The
entrance is beneath. and, from the sit
ustion and peculiar shape. it is sbso-
lutely impossible for a snake 10 gain
admission % the nest One naturalist
records seeing fourteen attempts on
the part Of serpents to get at the nest,
but the hungry snakes always fell OF
into the water.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

great factories of
this country under
conditions that
the people of the
small town would
not believe posi-
BILE, is being devel-
oped by the New
York state factory
investigating COM
mission.
Abram l. Elkus.
chief counsel for
the commission.
declares that in
many instances
the investigators
are finding in the
wooden mills won,
en- workers whose
fingers are worn
until the blood
runs from picking
knots O1lt Of cloth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
Tha Rulinn Passion.

Mrs. J. l. Story in her "reminiscences
tells of a lady relative who had all
her life been afraid Of damp sheets.
When she was dying Mrs. Story en-
tered the room. 10 find the fireplace
barricaded with a large assortment Of
bed linen. She was having her wind
Ing sheet warmed
Il never have lain in damp bed
clothes While l was alive" said the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

q large crop Of rubles. Having first
sown a comparatively small amount,
they got back each morning their cap
ital with some addition, much 10 the
delight Of the farmer. Then they SOW
ed a big sum and got back-nothing.
The farmer began to blame the gypsy
for advising him TO SOW money. The
gypsy answered. well. it's nobody 5
fault that there was a sharp frost ear
Is this morning"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

There was a pretty ceremony of
placing two new stars on the flag at
he Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia
last Friday, which was Dag day.
These stars represent Arizona
and New Mexico, the two new
'tates. But with no killjoy desire, it
must be observed that these stars
nave no right 20 be on the flag until
The Fourth of July
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
June FL in American
History.

IU1I-Csptain John Smith, famous Viz
GINA cOlODist. befriended by Pocs-
hOntas, an Indian princess. died In
London; born 1919
lG39-Increase hather, famous New
England preacher, born; died 1923.
1873 - New Hampshire ratified the
United States constitution. the
ninth {, thus insuring its adop-
tioD
10OO-Americap marines under Major
Waller ambUshed on the road from
Taku TO Tientsin: American CON
suIate at Tientsin destroyed by
Boxers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

A story characteristic OF Teddy is
told Of his last visit 20 Springfield
Some one suggested 10 him, so the
story goes that he visit Lncoln's tomb
while here. Roosevelt Is said 10 have
replied Who is there out there to see
me?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

A British physician has secured a
verdict of $4,000 damages against an
other doctor who called his method OF
treating cancer "quaCkery." The best
medical authority il not in a position
20 handy charges IN the matter of
cures" for this battling disease
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

She Knew.
You never can trust man"
You must have been disappointed in
love"
mot exactly"
Then why this pessimism?"
81 did washing for one"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
Extraordinary.

Extraordinary.
"She is a remarkable woman"
"ln what particular"
81 had occasion to go through her
house today, and it was spick and
span"
We'll, what OF itT'
''She didn't ask me to excuse its IN
tidy appearance or apologize for the
dirt"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

a coEent writer in the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald sized it up correctly when
he declared that the Chicago conven-
ton was a fight between the steam
roller" and the "calliope" Personal
tiles are self-supplied
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

The Kaiser's squadron's visit 70 our
shores would have been a great event
in the newspaper headlines, but it is
entirely submerged in the tempestu-
GUS waves which beat around the
walls OF the Chicago coliseum
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
A REWARD FOR DUTY.

Every man on this earth has a
chance 10 become popular II he attends
20 his duties in a straightforward man
Ter and even in his business mingles
kindness and courtesy. II you should
Stand at the corner Of Fortythird and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

Many say that national political con-
ventions are about 10 disappear. but
the Chicago hotelkeepers refuse TO
look any such calamity in the face
until 1t registers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

The national game is striking out
the national campaigns in the national
capital But when the teams begins
90 slide down politics will come into
its own again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21
The CROP Failed.

The sharp wittedness OF the Rus
sian gypsles is illustrated by a story
told I'm the Journal OF the Gypsy Lore
Society. a gypsy induced a farmer to
Join him IN sowing money, promising
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-21

Edgar-Ethel. I've left my umbrella
downtown. Ethel-WeIl7 Edgar-Fm
afraid you'll have to lend me the gold
handled umbrella you gave me on my
birthday.-Detroit Free Press