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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-20
THE WEATHER.
RAIN OR SNOW.

Washington. March 19.-Forecast for
Southern New England Showers,
Wednesday or Wednesday night. Thurs
day, fair, much colder; moderate south
winds becoming northwest by Thursday.
rains or SHOWS, Wednesday or Wednes-
day night. Thursday, much colder with
a cold wave; fair except local SHOWS in
Maine: moderate south winds, shifting
to west and northwest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-20
The Democratic Platform
Declares for:

DECLARES fof:-----------
Regulation of Sale of Liquor in Cities
Local Option in Towns.
EQUALIZATION of Taxation.
Bond Issue for Good Roads.
A Public Utilities Commission.
Development of Water Power Within the State.
State Bureau of Commerce and Trade.
Endorses Gov. Paisted's Administration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-20
Tuesdays D0ings
In cd Congress
IN THE SENATE

preparation bills.
Senator MARITIME introduced joint
resolution to appoint commission to
inquire into feasibility of government
purchasing Monticello, Jefferson
home.
Chairman Emery told finance com
mittee il would take two years for
Tariff Board to thoroughly investi-
gate all schedules of present tariff
law
Senator Townsend introduced bill
to provide investigation of controver.
sizes affecting interstate commerce.
Adjourned. at 4:S7, until 2 p. NJ.
Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-20
IN THE HOUSE.

Resumed consideration of excise tax
bill.
Interstate commerce committee de-
cided to appoint subcommittee to
consider bill to extend Erdman act to
coal mine owners.
Excise tax bill passed unamended,
249 to Al.
Began consideration of rivers and
harbors appropriation bills.
Adjourned, at 6.26, until noon,
Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-20
Boston Eorecas st.

Boston, March 19.-Forecast: Wednes-
day, unsettled with showers. Thursday,
fair and much colder; moderate south
west winds becoming northwest by
Thursday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

Advertising is craftsmanship of the
highest character; and with a single
exception (relgion) the greatest force
in the world" said A. o. Loomis at an
annual convention Of retail merchants
in Spokane, Wash.
1T will make you know the one
thing in a thousand that is worth
knowing; reduce the selling cost of
any commodity, and so reduce the
price Of the article itself; build
mighty institution of industry in few
years from an Insignificant beginning;
and, last and best, make the mer-
chant who uses it more prosperous,
the town in which he lives more pro-
gressive, and the land around him
more valuable"
Mr.. Loomis puts his finger on the
mutually OF interest between buyer
and seller which makes advertising
profitable, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. AS he says, advertising will "re-
duce the selling cost"-that is, the mar
ket cost-7of the community, and thus
put money in the sellers pocket.
It will reduce the actual cost-the
price Of the commodity, and so save
money for the buyer Distributors and
consumers get together on a cooper
ative basis in the columns of the daily
newspaper. The widespread appeal
which advertisements in newspapers
make receives almost daily confirma-
ton in the most unexpected quarters.
A few years ago who would have
looked TO newspaper publicity as a
means of building up a fraternal or
der? That, however, is now being done
with a well known order Until seven
years ago it was struggling along
With a few houndred members. To
day it has a membership of $4,000
and during 1912 it expects to reach
/ 400, 900.
According 10 one of its organizers,
| this growth is due to nothing else
than the newspaper advertising policy,
backed up by the organizations soil
( citors." When the man who had this
happy thought started his campaign he
found competition that faced him on
every side.
He placed in the newspapers adver
tisements showing the benefits that
accrued from membership in the or
der, and the results were surprising. In
Cleveland, o., the membership jump
ed from 800 to 1000. and in Los Angeles
one lodge has nearly 10000 members
all due TO the publicity gained through
the newspaper advertising. A siIni
lar campaign is now being conducted
i'm Boston and New York.
The policy that helps to build VI
the trade of the merchant, the
strength Of the banks, the influences
of the church. and the membership o.
fraternal orders will be equally bene
fetal to all lines of industry.
The newspaper presents it appea
every day and no one who reads cal
escape it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
A REPUBLICAN TASK.

Republican newspapers are having
great fun eXaggerating factional diff
culties in the democratic party.
Republican newspapers are welcome
TO what comfort they may find in the
democratic situation They have a
family quarrel Of their ov-h which is
far more menacing to party success
than that in democratic ranks Quota
tions from a few OF the ante-primary
campaign speeches OF the army of re-
publican candidates for governor viii
end this republican hilarity.
And while repub scan newspapers
are trying 20 straighten out that sorry
mess Of bitter accusations there will
be demand for facts as 70 party re-
sponsibility for Lorimer who is a re-
publican for whom the republican par
~ must take full responsibility.
And then will rise up % plague the
republican party its own astounding
record Of extravagances- appropria.
tons totaling S29 900. 900.
OF course. its a little early TO open
FIRE, but the republican scribblers may
well be cautioned not TO get too giddy
over democratic facaoual troubles
which are being gradually overcome
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

made signals which cut into and con-
fused the important messages being
sent from the scene Of the wreck. 1t
was as though 20 operators had tapped
a telegraph line and sent inquiries
over It while the news OF an equally
great catastrophe was being wired
from far part of the world.
Just that thing happened often
during the Civil war, when te-
legraphy was in its infancy.
Tapping the wires was COM
mon then, owing to the momentous
events taking place, and often false
messages were sent In this manner
through a spirit of mischief. II was
a source Of much annoyance and anN.
ETY. for the government in Washington.
The tapping Of a wire is criminal
offense. Telegraph operators are on
duty on every railroad and every i'm
portant Western Union and Postal
line, every minute in the year. No te
legrapher can retain his position OF
get another one if he reveals the ma
| ture Of message.
| Restrictions producing similar re
I suits in wireless telegraphy will prob
ably be FASTENED by the Titanic disas
l ter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
Heart ana
HOfH6
Problems
MOS ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: kindly tell
me how to clean corduroy trousers.
JOHNNY.
Wash them by hand in warm ivory
soapsuds. Rinse in luke-warm water.
Do not wiring, but press the water
out as well as you can with your
hands. Hang them up, and when per-
fectly dry rub them together with the
hands to give them the original vel
vety look. 1t may be necessary to
press a little but the first time or
two that they are washed there is
enough body in them so that the rub
bling is usually all that is needed.
Ny Dear Mrs. Thompson: ~
What is the meaning of a skeleton
head drawn on postal card and sent
through the mail from a gentleman
to a lady? % If a lady wears q
gentleman's pin, and a gentleman q
lady's is it a sign Of breaking friend
ship? 90 Are willow plumes in style
this year? ANXIOUSLY WAITING.
% The meaning of such a posta,
is certainly not a complimentary one
Unless the man who sent 1t did so II
fun it meant that he did not care tc
continue friendly relations. ~ L
may be a sign Of breaking friendship
II one is inclined to be superstition:
TO that extent. CD Willow plume:
are good this year.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I go with {
boy whom I love much, but I do no
think he loves me. Will you please
advise me what to do? I go will
another boy once in a while who,
think, loves me more and whom
think l could learn to love. Would
you advise me to stop going with tn
first mentioned and go altogether witt
the second? BROWN EYES.
1t ought to be pretty hard to Civ
up a man one loved to try to low
another. If he is worthy of it
should try rather to make the on
you love, love you. This would b
possible only by making him respec
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
REGULATION OF WIRELESS TIE.
LEGRAPHY.

Had Il not been for wireless teleg-
raphy, IL Is more than likely that not
person would have lived to tell Of
the fate OF the Titanic and those on
board. The men and women who es-
capped in the open life boats could
not have survived long had not the
Carpathia or some other ship received
the call for help and come TO the res
cue.
Yet II is clearly apparent that wire
less telegraphy, especially on the
ocean. imperatively needs regulation.
The Carpathia had only one operator.
Had the message flashed into the air
by the Titanic been sent half an hour
later he would not have known any
thing about IL, as he was on the point
OF retiring for the night when the sig
nal reached him.
And when wireless communication
vas established between the Csrpa.
thia and the shore. through other
a. ps, a score or more OF amateur wire
less operators with private apparatus,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
CAPITAL COMMENT

er price by agreement among them
selves.
WHAT WILL HE Dor
Will President Taft have the nerve
to veto the democratic bill cutting the
tariff on woolens? Schedule X places
a tax of 141 per cent on wool fabrics,
165 per cent on cheap blankets, and
lab per cent on flannel underwear. An
article worth S. seeking entry into this
market would be saddled with a duty
or tax of sos. Such rates are stag
Sering proof of the greed of protection
lists. They were not written into the
law for the purpose of increasing the
signed instead to increase the profits
Of wooden trust magnates.
AN ASTOUNDING CONDITION.
The supplementary report of the
Stanley investigating committee, just
made public, shows that % men-of-
ticers and directors of the steel trust
are in absolute domination of a cor
porate wealth of S35, ,153 ,O09.
These % men, virtually control,
through interlocking boards of direc-
tors and officerships, all the great rail-
road systems, street railways, express
and telegraph companies, steamship
companies, the large industrial cor,
porations, system of powerful banks
and trust companies, and the big in
surance companies.
( The total wealth of this nation is
only little over three times the sum
/ that these % men control absolutely
Comprehend the situation if you can:
Twenty-three men shown by an official
/ government report to be actually in
control of more wealth than 100000.
| 600 of their fellow 90 American st
/ liens combined. 1t is almost unbe
lievable that such a state of affairs
could exist in a republic. The danger
/ lies in whether the people, being
warned of the disease, will permit ii
/ to go on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
The Democratic State Ticket

made that in the best interests of the
party, all the nominees from Chicago,
except Colonel Lewis and Judge Dunno,
should withdraw from the ticket.
Then, by virtue of a resolution
adopted by unanimous vote by the Pc
oria convention, the state committee
could fill the vacancies and would, I'M
doubtedly, take cognizance OF the OPP
portunities both from the standpoint
Of geography and of nativity.
The Record trusts that the Chicago
nominees for the minor Offices will see
the wisdom of this proposition and,
placing the party good before self-in-
terest, will cheerfully comply.
By so doing they will place their
party under a debt of gratitude which
i; would not be slow to pay should sue
cess perch on its banners in Novem
ber
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

you and understand that you are not
to be trifed with. If It is very evil
dent that he does not love you, re-
fuse TO go with him. Do not let him
think you are to be had for the ask
ing or willing to be treated with any
thing but the greatest respect and
regard. Perhaps when he realizes
your dignity and thinks that you are
not anxious always to lie with him, he
may find that he does care after all.
Keep on making him feel that your
happiness does not depend upon him,
and he may wake up to the fact
that his does depend upon you
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ~ What
can I do for enlarged pores? (2)
What can l do to clear the voice for
singing? I have acute bronchitis and
doctors treatment does no good. ~
What exercise will reduce the hips,
abdomen and limbs? ca Does cam
phor taken in coffee clear the complex
ion? Isl Please give me a remedy
for weak eyes. BESSIE D.
ID For enlarged pores battle the
skin several times daily in peroxide
! of hydrogen. (2) do not attempt to
give medical advice and cannot tell
you what to do for your voice where
the doctors have failed. 90 To re-
duce the hips raise the arms slow
ly from the sides OF the body, up and
over the head, then move downward,
trying to touch the fngertips to the
floor without bending the knees. To
reduce the abdomen place hands on
hips and bend upper part of body for
ward and around in circle from left
TO right. To reduce the limbs place
fingers on shoulders with elbows on
a straight line with each other and
throw arms upward, outward, down.
ward and forward 10 or 20 times each.
Do as much walking as you can, and
repeat each of the two former eXer-
cises several times night and morning
"a No. The camphor is harmful and
the coffee bad for the complexion. (5)
Battle the eyes several times daily in
a saturate solution of boracic acid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

since Ned had fallen into the uncouth
appearance of a prospector, she was
not inclined to favor him.
Atwood had had some trouble with a
fire eating soItherner l never learned
what was at the bottom of it except
that Immediately after the war At
wood went south to become planter.
There he met his wife. Being forced
by the prejudice existing against north
erners at that time to leave the coun-
try, he had married the girl he loved
and brought her way with him. Some
thing that had occurred during this
troublous period had excited the ami
mostly of the fire eater, whose name
was Markham, and he vowed that the
world was not big enough for him and
Atwood both to live in.
One morning Mrs. Atwood and her
sister, walking together through the
town. met Markham. Mrs. Atwood
was terror stricken and Miss ThurstOn
naturally much troubled for her sister
and her sisters husband. The next
day Atwood received note from Mark
udul StdllLE ludl ne udl EOIle W SOlO'
RADIO to kill him and would prefer to do
so like a gentleman. If he could not
shoot him like a gentleman he would
shoot him like a dog.
Atwood naturally took the note to
his friend Chandler and sought his ad-
vice. Both were DESTROYS of keeping
the matter from the two women, but
it was impossible. Mrs. Atwood knew
that a note had arrived for her hus-
band, was suspicious and would not be
satisfied till she had been told the
whole story. Then a conference took
place between the four friends.
"YOu needn't worry, Mrs. Atwood"
said Chandler. There's more real
justice in a region like this than can
be had in the most civilized city in the
world.
Every man is expected to fight
his own battles, but where a lady is
involved the case Is different. Our
men have an unlimited reverence for
woman. If / were TO let it be known
that a man had come out here to rob
bride Of her husband l could gather
a posse at once TO run the fellow out
Of town. Just you and your sister
1 Ieaye IL to us two men, and / promise
you no harm shall come to Tom"
This assurance took away a great
/ deal of Mrs. Atwood's anxiety, and
/ she consented to do as Fred had pro
posed, provided they would keep heI
| advised, whereupon Chandler agreed
| that her husband should take no steI
/ that she did not know all about. Then
the two men went into conference bJ
| themselves.
Tom" said Ned. ''you and youI
wife and sister are here as my guests
not only my guests, but any stran
gers who come here are considered tbs
guests Of the town. You have no idet
Of the chivalry Of our men. Now,
feel responsible for your proper pro
lection while -hers. not only. to you anG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
The Argus Daily Story
A Land of Long Slightly Ralph Poindextel
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Bureau.

The thin atmosphere of high aId-
tudes is very deceptive to those who
are mot used to it. 1 remember 60
ing to Denver some years ago, arriv-
ing there In the evening. The next
morning looked through my window
and saw the Rocky mountains looming
up, as it seemed a few hundred yards
away. 1 remarked their beauty and
thought I would like to walk out to
them and back before breakfast.
When 1 spoke of this to a resident Of
the place he said:
You think those mountains are near
by, do you? They're fifteen miles
away"
Long before the railroad was built
westward from Denver through the
mountains a stagecoach one day lum-
bered up the incline, reached compare
lively level ground and finally pulled
up at hotel In Georgetown. A bride
and groom, Tom and Mary Atwood,
were on the coach, making a wedding
trip. Contrary to custom, they had for
a travelling companion Anna Thurston
a sister OF the bride, several years hel
junior. During the evening Edwin
Chandler, a classmate in college with
Atwood, who had gone to Colorado tC
seek his fortune, called and invited the
party to make him visit in his bunga
low on the outskirts of the town.
A conspiracy had been entered int
between Tom and Mary Atwood tt
make a match between Ned Chandlel
and Anna Thurston. Ned had LIVED
alone in a region where women wer,
scarce. And now he was beside him
self at being thrown in intimately will
an attractive young lady. But AIMS
had been used to plenty Of men In tn,
east, to say nothing of suitors, and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
CsprlngaeId Record.O

Through the peculiar workings of
the direct primary the democratic
state ticket, while composed of good
men, is topheavy.
The nominee for United States SEN
ator is from Chicago.
So is the nominee for governor.
And the nominee for lieutenant gov
ernor.
And the nominee for secretary of
state.
And the nominee for auditor.
The nominees deserve success.
But it would be idle to attempt to
conceal the fact that the ticket, as q
whole, would have a much better
chance of success if the nominees
we're more advantageously situated
from the geographical standpoint.
In this connection the suggestion is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

Revolutionary.
81 suppose you will be planting flow-
ers soon, Mrs. Brown
mo; 1 think not"
"Why, 1 am surprised. You always
have such lovely flowers"
81 think l shall raise chickens tRis
year,
why, thought you hated them"
81 do, but my neighbor next door is
going to plant garden"
But l don't see
"Oh, I'm so MORALLY tired of hearing
his wife brag that her husband never
loses his temper"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

These figures show that the rail
road gets more for hauling coal than
it does for hauling merchandise, and
l. is ridiculous TO suppose that it costs
the railroad any more to haul a ton
of one kind of material than it does
another A ton is a ton after it is
once loaded onto a freight car.
The only explanation for the higher
coal charge is that all competition
has been suppressed in the coal carry
ing trade, whereas the roads are still
forced to fight each other for their
merchandise patronage. Coal is
charged all the traffic will bear" and
it will bear a great deal because the
railroads control the coal fields and
the transportation, and fix the tidewat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
April II in American
History.

lsO5-GeneraI William Eaton. q. 8. A,
with a motley force. including
Americans, captured DerEe, TripoI,
after sharp battle.
1913 - General Zebulon Montgomery
Pike. U. S. A, killed by the explo-
sion Of a magazine at the battle OF
York. Canada: born 1TT9
1s22-General Ulysses Simpson Grant,
eighteenth president of the United
States, born: died 1895.
1SS2-Ralph Waldo Emerson. tran
scendental philosopher and author,
died; born 1893.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
Loot Home and Beat Woman.

Bloomington, April PA posse is
in pursuit ohtwo robbers who entered
the home of Mrs. Sarah Daniels. near
Hallyille, Dewitt county, early yester-
day, and brutally dubbed her when she
refused to reveal the hiding place of
money. A daughter who had been
strapped to a bed by the robbers man
aged TO escape through a window and
alarm the neighbors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
HuInor and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN ~. SMITH
PlNING FOR A RUN.

T ISTEN, boys!
- What manner Of noise
Is that?
Is II the cat
Scratching on a tin pan?
Is II a man
Dropping change into a toy bankf
Is it tank
Leaking on a tile floor?
Is It the snore
OF a section boss
Or nails rafting across
A sheet of tin?
What is the din
Anyway?
All wrong; your guesses display
Ignorance.
That noise is the tense,
Nervous At
OF the dark horse
Champing at his bit
Once every four years
He hears
The noise Of the fray.
Smells smoke far away
And pleads to be entered q.
At least for place
In the presidential race.
The favorites dance in glee,
Free
AS june bugs to come and go
And TO show
Their fancy gait.
He must wait
TIL the others have had their fling
Before he can get In the ring.
He knows his metal;
He knows his skill
And his ability to fill
The bill,
And. indeed,
He Is sure of his speed.
He is IN fine trim,
But the race is not for him.
He must patiently chew hay
And wait his day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
Not to Move Lombard College.

Galesburg, April 27.-At a meeting
OF the trustees of Lombard college
here yesterday it was decided the
school should remain here. Ryder Di-
vinity School, branch of the college,
will be removed TO the University of
Chicago. For some time it has been
rumored Lombard would be removed
from Galesburg or consolidated with
Knox college. A president will be
elected at today's meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

And now the imreruoUs Teddy.
tickled to death at the challenge for
fight. coRes back at his old time
friend and iilustrious protoge, Dear
WILL" with charges of hypocrisy, dis
loyalty, ingratitude, baseness, false
hood. misuse of power and insincer-
ity. Let the fur fly. II the demo-
Gratis fail to win next November, they
ought 20 be put of the map.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
No Tourist.

when do you leave for Pasadena?
1--WE go to Palm Beach instead"
Really? l thought you preferred
Pasadena"
81 do. Butt you see, they are adver-
Using special rates out there, and L
can't bear to be classed with the cheap
Johns"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

nois Horticultural society, doubts the
coming of a peach crop in Illinois this
year. All through central Illinois he
finds peach trees dead or so badly in
tured by the severe winter weather
that they will be unable TO produce
any peaches. Plums appear TO be in
the same condition. Cherry and pear
trees give promise of an average crop.
Apples appear TO have been uniniured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

Teddy forced Taft on the people
with the fun knowledge that he
would prove a one-term president.
Now Teddy is endeayoring TO force
his four year substitute out, in order
that he may get back for an indefinite
period
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

ril ga fine ex-
ample of how the
railroads of this
country put on
the screens" is re-
vealed by a study
of the statement
of earnings issued
annually by the
Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western,
one of the anthra-
cite coal carrying
70 a d S. The fol-
! o W i n g figures
show the charge
per ton mile, of
hauling anthracite
coal and general
merchandise, ever
a period of four
years