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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-25

Washington, July 24-With the
coming OF the late hot spell the annual
exodus Of the diplomatic corps from
Washington during the summer
months has taken practically every
foreign representative from the ma
tional capital TO the cooler north
shores Of the New England states and
the balnly breezes Of the mountains.
The departures, which began with
The exodus OF the dean OF the diplo-
matte corps, Baron Hengelmuller, am
bassador from Austria-Hungary, have
lett but few diplomats in Washing
ton, and even these are planning 10
depart as soon as the AFFAIRS OF state
permit
The annual social gayeties OF the
several elect summer colonies will be
added 10 by the presence and partici-
patton Of many diplomats. OF the
more favored, Bar lfaiDor and New
port have drawn the largest number
OF foreign representatives TO their
fold, the north shore having for years
held a special attraction for the mem
beers OF the diplomatic corps. a few
OF the members Of that body have Sc
lected summer homes in close prox-
unity 20 the national capital, that they
may be constantly in touch with what
transpires here.
The ambassador from Austria-Hun-
gary and Baroness Hengelmuller. to-
gether with the members OF their
STAFF. departed early last month for
the social gaye'ies Of Bar Harbor.
The AustrO hungarian embassy has
been established at Bar Harbor for
several successive summers.
Several Of the heads OF the various
embassies and legations here have
taken advantage OF the dullness OF
summer TO return TO their native
countries, some for visits and some
on official matters. The French am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand left
Washington late in June for France,
where they will remain until fall. The
counselor, NJ. de la Rocca, is charge
d'affaires during the absence OF the
ambassador. Directly following the
departure OF Ambassador and Nine
Jusserand the charge d'affaires remov-
cd the embassy Offices and staT 70
Buena Vista, Pa. where they will re,
main during the summer.
Ambassador and Mrs Bryce are
also numbered among those who have
taken advantage OF the summer
months for visit TO their home. They
left early I'm June for England, and
Alfred Mitchell lines, charge d'ar
flares OF the British embassy, has re
moved his staff to Kineo. Me, or
Moosehead lake. where the summer
home OF the embassy has been estab
lished Ambassador and Mrs Bryce
are not expected TO return until late
IN the fall
The German Ambassador and Count
ess Won Bernstein. the former OF whom
attended the republican national con
vention In Chicago. left immediately
following the nomination OF Presiden
Taft for Newport. r. l.. where The
summer home OF the embassy hal
been established in the Lyman cot
tage for a number OF years. Counties.
Won Bernstorn. who is well known and
liked az the fashionable resort, enter
taius extensively during the summel
months.
Another embassy that will IN al
probability be established somewher,
on the north shore is that of Turkey
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-25

early in June to occupy their cottage
there.
Once more the summer home of the
Persian legation will be established
in Gloucester, for which point the
charge de'affaires and Nine. Ali Kuli
Khan departed early in July.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-25
S;ehts Unseen.

Smith lat the clubD-Yes, by Jove,
there's very little you can teach me-
I've been everywhere, done everything,
seen everything! The Scotch Member
Young man, did you ever have the
D. It's? Smith-D. It's! Great Scott,
no! The Scotch Member-Then you've
seen nowt.-London Sketch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-25
THE RISE OF NEW YORK.
II Dates From the Time That tho Erie
Canal Was Opened.
If we seek the original creator of
landed wealth in New York we must

stNO-BODY LOVES A BALD NAN"
Every day we see YOUNG men and
women, who have grown prematurely grey.
They Immediately fall into the "Old
Age" class, because grey hairs are so
closely associated WITH OLD AGE.
Tits extremely discomforting and humil-
isting TO be bald-to be grey when the
years do not justify it. The girls laugh at
the young men so msued-the young man
soon learns to discriminate between nstu-
raj hair in its full bloom of health and
NATURAL COLOR, and shabby look
ing grey and faded hair.
Give nature a chance. II she is encour.
aged, stimulated, assisted, she will give
you head of hair that you will be proud Of
Give it to her Use
HAYS HAIR HEALTH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-25
Mature Provides,

As to the horror Of death-this the
spectators may have. But it is the
rarest phenomenon for him who is
about to die to suffer" death. I'M
medistely death impends, the end II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-25

Doctor after examination)-Madame,
you have a constitution of iron. Obese
Patient-I have often wondered what
made me so heavy.-Judge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-25

almost Invariably benignont and peace
full. What, indeed, is there in all the
cosmos so composed and content as
the face of the dead Medical Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-25

Atlanta, Ga.-The AIexander-Tip-
pings bill, making more drastic the
Georgia liquor laws, was passed by
the state senate by vote of SO to S.
1t passed the house several weeks
ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-25

Sin has many tools. but lie Is the
handle that fits them all-Holmes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

patchwork appears a perfect whole;
that is, the Madonna and Christ, but
the st. John was so reduced to dust
that not one piece was found. The
four bronze figures which stood in
the inches are now there as before, and
the marvellous gates which were literal
ly torn apart into fragments have been
reconstructed, piece by piece, perfect
mosaic, an impossibility but for old
prints which gave the designs. The
marble pillars are practically the origi-
nal ones, and where the missing chips
and pieces could not be found the nee
essary material was taken from the
inside of the pillars themselves. The
only really new things are the doors,
which are of wood, but on the old
model.
The tower as it now stands land as it
was when it collapsed) is 322 feet high,
the shaft, an absolute reproduction, is
composed of about 1000, 900 copper-col.
ored bricks, each handmade over a
wood fire, according to antique meas.
urements. Each was tested before be-
| ing put in place, and if not absolutely
perfect was rejected. The belfry looks
! out over the same enhancing view, one
Of its peculiarities being that not a
canal can be seen, and holds the re
cast bells and the same old one which
escaped injury, the "Marangona," the
largest of ALL which was brought
from Crete centuries ago. Over the
belfry stands the original golden angel
She is thirty feet high and is made
of gilded copper with the extremities
in bronze. The total cost of the re
constructed tower as it now stand:
completed has been about 1925, $50, al
most entirely contributed by Venice
and the province of Venice.
The Inauguration takes place
April %, coinciding with the opening o
the great bi-annual International Elk
hibition of Paintings and Sculpture
which will take place April %.
1t is difficult for strangers to under
stand what the campanile meant t
Venetians, and therefore what it's re
appearance signifies to them. 1t wa
begun as far back as SSS, and was
watch tower to signal the arrival o
the enemy, Of course, from the sea. Il
1929 it had already been TRANSFORMED
into a bell tower; in 1417 1t was pre-
vided with marble belfry, and in ISL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
Double Loss in Titanic's Risks

Chicago, April 20.-IAfe and accident
insurance companies are generally dis
posed to say nothing about their posi-
bic victims of the Titanic disaster I'M
til all possible doubt as to the list has
been ended. The Mutual Benefit Life
estimates it's losses on the Titanic as
not more than $500, 0Oe, while the
Equitable Life Of New York is believed
70 be involved for not over 5000, 900. 1t
is reported that Henry Blank, a whole
sale jeweler at Jersey City, carried
$SSO.0O0 of life and accident insurance.
II would not be surprising II the acct
dent losses are even larger than the
life insurance losses because Of the
double indemnity feature in all acct.
dent policies. which by one or two
companies is made a triple indemnity.
In addition 20 the accident insurance
ordinarily carried 1t is reported that q
number Of the passengers took out voy.
age policies covering the trip just az
a man mailing a railroad journey can
take out a railroad accident policy
good for a few days.
II IS probable that practically all the
American FIRE insurance companies do
in a marine business will have a share
in the loss on the Titanic or its cargo
as IL IS understood that all the facilities
for marine insurance we're exhausted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

panies write marine insurance and will
carry the brunt of the burden aside
from the large line of London Lloyds.
Many Of the English companies will
have a double line through their Amer
lean branch.
The American companies writing
INSURANCE. are as follows: Aetna, Alli-
ance, American Foreign and Marine,
Assurance Company of America, Briton,
British and Foreign, British American,
Commercial Union, Continental, Della
ware, Detroit, Federal, Firemen's Fund,
General Marine. Girard, Greenwich,
Home, India Mutual, Insurance Company
Of North America, London Assurance,
Mercantile, Michigan, Munich, New
York Underwriters, Old Colony. Provi-
dence Washington, Royal Exchange,
st. Paul, Standard, Swiss National,
Swiss Reinsurance, Western Canada.
The heaviest loss will fall upon Lon
don Lloyds, and this greatest of all
single losses follows prolonged ser.
les OF unusually heavy loss claims
I During the first quarter of 1912, a
ships insured at Lloyds were lost, with
total of SS,543,O0O, and FIVE are still
missing. which would bring the total
up TO $1O,25O,000. This is the worst
record for the first quarter of the year
| in forty-seven years.
In the last seven months, up to April
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

its of ores, coal and oil has been found
by Professor Jakob Koenigsberger. At
ter taking tests in many boreholes
with the most varied local surround
ings, he found that the rate at which
the earth's crust grows warmer at
lower levels is far from uniform. He
gives the average rate at about Ga feet
for one degree Fahrenheit, but near a
sea coast it requires as much as 200
feet in some cases to get one degree
higher temperature. 1t was found, how
ever, that over coal deposits the rate
is only AZ to 90 feet. Oil heats the
earth still more rapidly, causing gain
of one degree for every Is to 20 feet.
1t is believed that Professor Koenigs-
bergerls Investigations will prove Of
great use in prospecting for mineral
and oil deposits, since it will be posi-
BILE to determine by taking the tempera.
lures in a borehole several hundred
feet deep whether it is approaching val.
liable deposits; and it will not be
necessary to waste large sums of mon
ey in boring very deep holes without
discovering anything.
1t is a costly and unpromising strug-
gle that Prussia is waging to convert
the Polish provinces into German terri
tory. 1t has cost the government not
less than $4,000 for every German
family brought into the two provinces,
and the Communication of the Polish
population is making no progress what
ever notwithstanding the settlement
of Germans in the two provinces from
other parts of the country. This con-
clusion is warranted by the annual re-
port just published of the settlement
commission, the public board having
charge of the work of buying Polish
lands and parceling it out and selling
it to Germans. From a total OF 5000
acres of land bought in 1905 the pur-
lchases of the commission dropped last
year to only 22,076 acres, and of this
latter amount only 1870 acres were
bought from Polish owners. The total
cost of the governments land pur-
chases since the year 1856, when the
commission began its work, has been
above $90,0O0,0O0 During this peroid
, 1850 families, consisting Of 1,200
persons, have been settled on the land
parceled out by the commission. More
than one-fourth of these families, how
ever, were already living In the two
provinces. Making an allowance for
this fact, it appears that the number OF
,, German families brought in was only
14,72S. and this number includes near.
| y 5000 families of Germans from Rus
STA Many people think that the sue
/, cess of the commission has been very
!, disappointing considering the huge sum
of money spent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

boosted an angel as its crown Of glory,
which was later destroyed and replaced
by the present golden one. In all
these centuries the campanile has been
the protection Of the city, through it
no enemy could approach Unexpectedly,
while the peal of bells called the citi-
zens to arms or to thanksgiving, as
the case might be.
Berlin-The emperor visited Cuxhav-
en- before leaving for Corfu and held
conferences there with high naval Off
| GERS; and he has now decided to estab-
| fish a war harbor there. At present
the only naval harbor on the North sea
is Wilhelmshaven, which is not capa-
cious enough to accommodate more
vessels than are comprised in the first
squadron. AS it has Just been decided
to transfer the big new cruiser won
der Tam" and several others from the
Baltic to the North sea, it becomes
necessary to increase the harbor facili-
ties on that coast of Germany. The
change is dictated by the fact that
Britain has the larger part of its naval
strength in the Nerth sea, and 1t has
come to be an axiom with German
naval men and laymen as well that the
German navy will find its chief use
in that sea if it should ever come into
action.
That race suicide is encouraged by
socialism is the opinion Of Professor
julius Wolf, the economist of BreslaU
university. He attempts to prove this
by studying the election returns o
different parts of Germany in compari
son with the birth rate. He found tina
the birth rate in Berlin in 1908 wal
! only 239 per 1000 of the population
and that &c per cent of the Berlin
: voters supported socialist candidates
in the previous year For the Who'll,
province of Brandenburg, the birth rat'
was 2S.4 and the socialist vote wal
40.6 per cent On the other hand
in the province of West Prussia tn,
| birth rate was 3S.5 and the socialis
, vote only seven per cent, while il
Posen the figures were 297 per thous
and and nine per cent respectively. Pre-
fessor Wolf does not confine himsel
merely to demonstrating his opinion
with statistics, but also tries to shoy
that the irreligiuos or atheistic opir
} ions of most socialists are unfavorabl
to the production of large families. TIL
2 socialists meet Professor VOLTS view
by pointing out that a comparison O
. the two almost purely agricultural prC
I vinces of West Prussia and Posen wit
: Berlin is unfair and misleading, sine
!, it is a well known fact that socialis
opinions spread most easily in crowde
= cities with large industrial establish
o ments, where the struggle for existenc
: is sharp. Moreover, this struggle itsel
8 say the socialists, makes for fewer ma
a riages and fewer births.
( A new method TO discovering depoi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

imposed which are believed to safe
guard such insurance.
The effect of this disaster will be
to increase greatly the demand for in
surance and thus bring in an enlarged
volume of premiums, which will help
losses. 1t is understood that one Lon
don insurance firm placed s2,250,00 on
the Titanic The insurance on the cargo
is estimated to be at least 100000.
None of the accident insurance COM
panies of the United States will resist
payment of double indemnity on lost
passengers of the steamer Titanic, &C
cording TO !. ]. Muma, Chicago mana
ger for the Travellers Insurance COM
pany. Mr. Muma disputed the contents
of a dispatch from New York to the
effect that some companies would not
pay double insurance.
There is no chance in the world, "
he said, for a reputable casualty COM
pany to dodge its contract for double
indemnity, and there is no disposition
to do so, as the companies feel morally
as we'll as legally bound. The insurance
contracts of this company and of others
are specific in providing double in.
demnity for deaths on common car
riers.
Il have just received a telegram
from John L. Way, vice president of
the Travellers Insurance company
dated at Hartford, Conn, in which he
says:
THE Travellers has over $1,000, 00C
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
Large Photograph shows street In front Of Y

In order TO cover the vessel. II is
not probable that any of the Ameri-
can fire companies would write more
that $4,000 on the hull, as they have
n strict limit on the amount at risk
on any one vessel. the excess being
automatically reinsured under treaty
contracts. They may have as much
more on the cargo.
The insurance companies know now
where they stand on the hull. but many
may not know for some time as TO
the liability on the cargo. as insur-
ance may have been issued in India
or remote parts OF the continent and
not yet reported to the companies.
All the English fire insurance COM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

l, there have been 101 losses, amount
ing to $27,5OO,OOO, but the risk on the
hulls of two of these, the steamers
Delhi and Oceana, were carried in the
insurance fund of the Peninsular and
Oriental. Londan Lloyds, however,
had $3,75O,0OO on the specie in the
Oceana, which is now being salvaged
in over eighty feet of water.
The London Lloyds' losses are divided
among large number of groups, each
with a number of subscribers. so that
It is widely distributed. Under a re
cent act of parliament the subscribers
are compelled to undergo an annual
audit, and other restrictions have been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

Washington-The senate passed q
hill authorizing issuance or patents
on homesteads covered by irrigation
projects. The measure goes to the
house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

New York-Argument on the hab-
cas- corpus plea for the release of
Harry X. Thaw has been set for April
81 before Justice Keogh at New Ro-
chelle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20
NEWS
Wa relatives Of passengers leaving Of

accident at risk on Titanic passengers,
and the net loss will greatly exceed
all previous calamity records. Losses
which would embarrass many compan-
les will be paid by the Travellers with
out effort or delay"
Mr. Muma cited instances where
double indemnity has been paid on
risks that met death in steamboat and
taxicab accidents and asserted that
travellers incur only four per cent OF
the gross number of accidents.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-13

finchingly upon a quite new world of
things.
II is all an intangible dream of beau.
tiful ideas CONG true, this visit To Il
city caught fast in the mid-oCean --
childhood land made real, delicious
Couplet clipped from the pages of Il
book of verse
Even the tropical rain Is wdardly art.
istic-"liquid sunshine" the Islanders
call it. Down it comes In the daZ,
cling mellow light to be caught by
tanning breeze and whirled ia flicker.
ing mist like the fine, white flames
of Northern SHOWS that but tendcrly
caress the cheek in passing.
Honolulu has no doubt such dry. ma.
terial facts as population and area,
streets and public buildings, but you
must open your geography to find this
out. TO me II Is but a country of &c.
NAL hospitality where the lovely
meaningful word Aloha" rings out
continuously, where the voyagcr Is
greeted with It and strewn with
wreaths OF flowers from whence we
depart nowcr.laden with its musical
sound in our ears. ! know only that
1t is a fairyland of birds and blossoms.
fruit and foliage, of tossing waves and
melting sunshine, Of glittering rain.
drops like matchless diamonds flash.
ing in the suns rays, of poetry and
moonlight madness. A land Of haunt,
ing fragrance touched ever so gently
by the iingeT'tips Of God.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-13
WOMAN TOURIST WRITES IN
ECSTATIC PROSE ABOUT HAWAII

ncr of ones soul; IL II we're bit Of
reverence caught In a tear. dcscrip.
ton of this Eden would he simple
thing, but words are naught but futil.
ity.
Under the tropical sun, feathery 70.
liage, like filmy lace hung out to dry,
waves fantastically in the haunting
breeze; broad, fanlike leaves of the
palm rest haughtily against "A calm
sky. Humming birds dart gaily in and
out amid the honeysuCkle matches,
and brilliant yellow-cOated bees softly
kiss the heart of the hibiscus alertly
nodding In the scented air. The gOr.
geous purple of the 'bOugainvillea vine
looks down right royalty from the
tops of high trees, and stately pOinset.
tia blossom flames a welcome. The
sauCy "mynah," a brown bird, wing.
tipped, twitters impudently his long.
standing complaint against the natives
for transporting him from India,
though he Is king of the birds in the
Islands.
The long wave.drenched, white.sand
beaches that stretch out to sea are
Ideal. Fair maids in brilliant beach
costume wading, beneath a kindly
sun, knee.deep in tapping waters -
striking out with bold confidence to
greet mighty breaker that catches
them and filings them back TO safety;
the foaming surf dashing high; feecy
clouds floating in an azure maze; the
surridcrs on nat, polished boards,
standing - long brown arms akimbo,
swarthy bodies upnung in perfect bal.
ance, swept ashore by dashing waves
- all a poetic picture too bewildering
for tongue or pen.
In Honolulu the dark.skinned chill
drcn OF the drowsy Eastern sun are in
the majority. One looks out upon his
fellow Americans whi2zing by in auto.
mobiles; upon the natives in their
quaint phaetons drawn by numbering,
long-legged horses; upon the Chinese
trOtting past a-foOt and, now and
again, u giggling, kimonoclad Japan.
csc mother with glistcning black hair
aud rosy checks, glidcs timidly past.
her Infant riding piCka.hack his won,
derinB round eyes staring out IN.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-13
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lanae Entertain

Mr. and Mrs. Robert LANCE Entertain.
Mr., and Mrs. Robert LANCE enter
tanned on Tuesday evening in honor
Of their sister, Mrs. Danford of Kauai.
The entertainment took the form of
cards and was charmingly informal
and delightfully."- hospitable. Mr.. aud
Mrs. Harrington won the prizes FOR
the men and women, and MIR. William
Love got the consolation prize. The
house was prettily decorated with
spring flowers which are in such pro
fusion Just now. Mr.. and Mrs. Lange's
guests were Mrs. Danford. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrington, Mr. and Mrs. Cock.
burn, Lieutenant and Mrs. Preston,
Judge and Mrs. Stanley, Mr.. aud Mrs.
William Love, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Danford. Miss King. Miss Hewling.
Miss McCorine- Mrs. Emil Waterman.
Captain and Mrs. Game, Mr.. David
Anderson and Mr.. Ewart of Kauai. A
delicious supper was served at eleven
o'clock.
Miss kamakea Magoon's Luncheon.
Miss kamakea Magoon honored
Miss Grace Robertson, whose engage.
mcnt has just been announced, by
having luncheon for her. This love.
ly party took place at the Colonial
Hotel, which Is so delightfully."- ar.
ranged for social functions. The
table was extremely pretty, low
crystal bowl being most artistically
filed with pale pink enchantress car.
nations and long stemmed violets.
Scattered gracefully over the stain da.