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New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
Leader of the Movement Through hout the World
and Chief Scout for Great Britain Tells
Why and How He Is Trying to
Make Boys Manly Men.

made Although never drilled, they had
the spirit, the common sense and the cum
ninE Of the campaigner-all those points
which go to make a soldier; it merely
wanted the extra luxury Of drill to make
such a man into the finished article 1t Is
the human. manly side which needs devel-
oping. No one realizes this better than the
Emperor of Germany
AS a basis for training your soldier you
must have in your pupil the attribute Of
character. officers getting their recruits
from among the men--or. rather, the over
grown boyhood-of the nation want men
with character but they do not get such,
because our education does not go in for
character training. 1t teaches the three
RS" and our lads, perhaps. are gaining
more book intelligence but they are get
ting less and less OF character into them
because Of GENERALIZATION. and the book
education of our British schools does moth
ing TO counteract this
OF course, education has improved enor-
mously. but TO a very large extent II has
been directed By the educators themselves.
With all due Difference, they are not al
ways the best judges Of what kind of edu-
cation is required for the different lines of
life. We see a parallel in the dress of the
women to-day. They want dress which
locks graceful and artistic. which is easy
and comfortable for walking In, and which
does not expose too much of the form di-
vine and so on They wear a hobble skirt
1t is made for them by the dressmaker,
who says 1t is the right thing, that II is
easy and graceful, and il you do not Ike
it or think other forms Of dress are more
useful or becoming you can so some
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
BY Lieutenant General sir Robert s. S. Baden
Powell, X. &. H., X. c. v. o.
n(HE general idea Of the Boy Scouts

BY Lieutenant General sir Robert S. S. Baden
Powell, X. &. H., X. c. v. o.
0(HE general idea OF the Boy Scouts
movement and training was not one,
- as seems to be inferred, that came as
a sudden inspiration; 1t was merely a MKT
ure of experiences gradually gathered in
training recruits in the army. In the army
our education has during the last few years
gone through various transitions The
method of Frederick the Great, of having a
drilled machine. worked very we'll in his
day. and he won great battles. but 1t would
not be successful in the present day, when
We want men rather than machines to do
our fighting.
IF YOU want a man to be a soldier, he
must be a man. and not a sheep" is text
the truth of which, l think, none of us can
nowadays deny.
When | began my service we were in the
transition stage, when We were still being
drilled, and when we were not allowed 10
develop in peace time what are termed the
'three C's' of the soldier, viz, Courage
Common Sense and Cunning.
think I have suffered as much as most
people in being hauled over the Goals for
playing the fool instead of carrying out
the manPuvres."
l remember especially one occasion in
Ireland, many years ago, when happened
to be very young captain in charge of a
squadron. that l saw an enemy's battery in
action. We crept along by hollow road
till we got right in front Of it, under crest
of the hill, unseen by either the battery or
its escort-which was doing It's proper duty
as was laid down in those times, /. e. look
ing TO its front" We came up to che bat
terry at about ten yards distance, and
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04

Character is the great essential to sue
cess, whether in the nation or the indiVio-
ual Yet character training Is the one
thing which is omitted In our eoucauon
1t is true that boys in our great puoAc
schools pick DIP a certain amount OF char
acter, but that is just fortuitous; 1t is not
directed. They have a certain sense OF
good form" and act up to 1t. But there
is nothing of that kind among the poor
class OF boy in the elementary schools
There Is nothing inside or outside the school
walls which trains them in character. That
is where the Boys Brigade and the Church
Lads Brigade and the Young Mems Chris
tian Association are doing good work; they
are trying TO inculcate in the lower order
of boys some sort of character by the in
stitution OF organized games and discipline.
The Boy Scouts is the newest addition
TO this group. But. Of course. II Is up
hill work done by individuals, and the dlt-
ferent organizations work in different ways
although we all endeavor to pull togeth-
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
General Own Story the Boy Scout Organization

say that 1 am glad TO be among you IN
response to the very hattering invitation 10
me to visit America. Your chief scout tehs
me there are four hundred thousand scouts
in this country. only wish l could come
and see all of you, and mean to see as
many as I can while am in America; but
I am net able to stay so long as could
wish, as I have to go on around the world
visiting other countries Of our great broth
erhood
am glad to find that you have already
won for yourselves the same reputation
that your brother scouts in other parts
have got, and that is that scout can be
counted on at any time TO lend a valuable
helping hand 10 other people. | saw some
Of the Boy Scouts of america IN the Pan
ANA Zone last week, and they asked me TO
convey to their brother scouts In the States
their hearty greeting. | have IT lch pleas
ure in doing so, and would like sincerely to
add my own.
Arthur E. stilwel is an American Of re- !
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
WILLIAM WALTER WALLER, AN
AMERICAN BOY SCOUT WHO RE-
CEIvED A HERO MEDAL FROM
THE AMERICAN SCOUTS.

detail, which could easily be adjusted by
arbitration, without entailing the present
enormous expense OF armaments and with
out appealing to brute force and organized
murder.
His practical suggestions to that end are
that Their Maiesties George, William and
Nicholas" as he styles them. should agree
each TO appoInt-in addition to or In place
of the mnister-a Minister of Peace in their
Cabinets. They should declare peace for
fifteen years, during which no Increase to
army or navy should take place; on tho
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04

that looks with the same originality at even
greater schemes--and one OF these is the
desirahility and possibility Of universal
peace for the world
In his book, called Universal Peace,
War Is Mesmerism." Mr.. Stilwell suggests
that the time has come for abolishing the
brutal system of war. Most nations have
now got their fixed boundaries and COM
merclal standings; differences which arise
In the future can be only on matters Of
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04

markable character, since he has the power
OF almost mesmerizing people to see mat
ters from his point OF view, which is sell
dom, II ever, exactly the orthodox one. He
is, among other things a successful rail-
way builder, having accomplished big
work without funds raised in the ordinary
methods, but by each section OF the work
paying its own way and making profit hy
which the next section has become possible.
This emiaently practical man has a sou
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04

where else" That is what we have in re-
gard to our education. The educators tell
US: "You boys have TO learn reading, writ
ing and arithmetic, and that is all that is
necessary. If you have absurd fads about
training man to make himself a success
in life you can 30 somewhere else"
There are others. especially our self-made
men. who say that reading writing and
arithmetic do not necessarily made mans
career q success; 1t Is his character.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
ENGLISH BOY SCOUTS WHO HOLD
THE ROYAL HUMANE SocIETY'S
MEDAL FOR LIFE SAVING.

walked into it and captured II. Well, the
officer in command of the escort said that,
being a dry hot day, he naturally expected
we should kick up some dust. and merely
sat there looking around for any dust in
the distance. AS we did not happen to
make much dust he had not noticed US.
Next day IL happened, going across some
hills we found this same battery In action
again, with the same escort looking out for
dust We thought 1t pity not to oblige.
A few soldiers, under an astute sergeant,
armed with lassoes on their saddles, cut
down a few branches Of trees and rode
along at a trot in a hollow road some little
distance TO the front Of the escort. They
towed these branches along behind them,
thereby kicking up an enormous dust.
Away went the cavalry after them. and We
merely then walked into the battery again.
this time from the rear. We were Just con-
graduating ourselves on having done a
clever thing-for us--when an aide-de-camp
came galloping down and said that the
commander in chief wanted the officer in
charge of the squadron.
Well the feeling came TO me, as | sup
pose II has to many Of you as If somebody
had poured a quantity of cold oil down in
side you. / rode off with the galloper
thinking of what my next profession in life
would be after j had left the army.
When 1 got to the commander in CHIEF
he said: "Did you do this thing?"
/ said: well, sir. my squadron did
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04

er as much as possible ! only wish we
could see some authority taking command
Of the whole lot OF US and organizing US
and bringing our efforts In a proper chan
mel, so that there is no overlapping or Leak
age. II some such combine" were car
ried out, we could, / believe, get hold OF
the mass OF the boys and make them men
OF character, and thus change the whole
outlook OF the nation in the near future.
10 the Boy Scouts Of America wish to
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
A GENERALS PRAISE.

dared not look at him as ! said that
but, when did look, I found he was laugh
ing. He patted me on the back and said +;
That is the sort OF thing / want to see,
use OF your common sense"
felt myself blushing down TO my toes.
That general was Lord Wolseley
A new era had dawned. There was no
longer any regard paid TO the red tape
fetish; we realized that we were not to
follow drill books slavishly, but that we
hal to use our common sense as occasion
demanded. That system has continued TO
develop UP to the present time; we train
our soldiers, each as an individual. TO use
hts common sense, and TO be man, instead
of being merely machine. Frederick the
Great won battles by his drilled machine.
but Bonaparte won his with hordes Of con-
scripts merely by the moral Of his magnetic
leadership. In the came way you saw
In later days, In the Russo-Japanese War.
one side drilled machine. and the other
composed Of Individual men Of spirit. You
sav the Boers--whst a formidable Zoe they
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
AN AMERICAN GOOD TURN.

Mr.. Thompson Seton has told me tha'
tile American Boy Scouts are very Keen ."
doing their good turn daily.
He asked one boy what good he had oon'
that day. and the scout replied: i 50" /.
foreigner yesterday trying to get tieke'
at the railway station depot. he called ~
but he only had u louis GO francs) 10
French money. -.
'rhe ticket seller abused him, and saiu.
Get out of this, and II you cannot orns
American money and talk sense yor cannO'
get ticket
$50 | went 10 the stranger and one'e'
him change for his louis In Amerles"
muney Il guessed that about 50 wouiu y
right change), and l told him the right "s'
TO pronounce the name of the place =.
wanted to go TO. and so he was able 10
back to the ticket Office and get his t0N.
THAT was on Sunday Next day WEN
10 a money changers TO get my LOUIS
changed into dollars. The man told y.
that had given 90 cents too much as ~
rate Of exchange was not so hlgh
thought It was. SO / lost 20 cents WeA IA
shjling) for doing my good turn, but ~
not mind felt so pleased at having oo,
the poor chap a good turn that th0''
the pleasure was worth 20 cents" ~,
That American boy was right. 'h's "a
most scouts now see that doing s0
turn TO some one gives one as much piesn
ure as a good game OF cricket or foo'p~..
Perhaps few OF my readers viii re'aem -,
her. as ! do, that in the early stages Oh ~,
existence there were kindly critics ""
nrophesied that the test OF this our orsss
ization, would occur in our third or =.
fourth year. II mushroom grown, q
would fizzle out within that perioo' ,,s
sound. we might go on to do really "a
th,rg for the country. We have now passes
that PERIOD we have entered on the .,I, n
wear of our existence In greater sue. 80,
than ever and with everything PROMISES
well for such development.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04

other hand. that each year one-tentn OF
their armed forces should be d!sCanded In
this way he considers that the world VIII
gradually become imbued with the IDEA OF
PEACEFUL arbitration. instead of maintaining
the present apprehension OF war
With facilities to travel and communica'
tion peoples should get to know each other
personally, and so breed a mutual friend
ship and sympathy which would go a very
long way 10 preventing the war ieellns
from ever arising between them.
II there is anything In it, 1t is In the d.
rection that the Boy Scout movement IS
already able to do something. l hope BE-
fore long to sec a tangible development IN
this direction. We have exceptional opror-
tunity. owing to the fact that our scheme
has been adopted In nearly every foreign
country.
International peace can be built on only
one foundation. and that is an internationai
desire for peace on the part of the people
themselves In such strength as to sulds
their governments.
II the price of one Dreadnought were
made available 10 us for developing TINS
international friendliness and comradeship
between the rising generations | believe We
IN the scouts would do more toward pre-
venting war than all the Dreadnoughts pu'
together.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
GIRL FINDS A HAWLEY
WILL; GETS MILLIONS

New York, Feb. 13.-Developments
at Babylon, l. l., seem to indicate
clearly that Edwin Hawley, the rail-
way magnate who died suddenly on
Feb. 1, made a third and binding will
last September. These developments,
moreover, point to the fact that the
bachelor millionaire included in this
last testament provisions whereby
Miss Margaret Cameron, his protege
for nearly 20 years and known gener-
ally as his niece, was beQueathed Eff
hngham park. his splendid country es-
tate at Babylon, as we'll as his fine
city mansion at 10 East Sixtieth street,
New York.
Besides these two magnificent
homes Miss Cameron will inherit a
large part of the vast fortune amassed
by the railroad financier, who since
the death of E. H. Hartman three
years ago had been generally regard
ed in Wall street as destined to be-
come the successor of that wizard of
transportation.
In spite Of the emphatic denials of
the lawyers for the millionaire's es-
tate and members of the family, it
was declared that Miss Cameron, &C.
companied by Mrs. Walter S. Gran
dell, whose husband was a nephew of
Mr.. Hawley and one of the three ex-
ecutors OF the estate, visited Efing-
| ham park last Tuesdav and with LITTLE
| effort found the will which, according
to the same reports, was found to
have been witnessed and signed by
Henry Peterson, for a considerable
time one of the chauffeurs at Effing-
ham park, and John Williams, super
intendent of the estate. The report
that Mr.. Hawley and Miss Cameron
had been engaged was denied by Mrs.
Nettie Hawley Seymour, a sister OF
the railroad magnate.
about last November I told him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
THROW OUT THE LINE.
Give the Kidneys Help and Many
People Will Be Happier.

Throw Out the Life Line
The kidneys need help.
They're overworked- get the
poison filtered out of the blood.
They're getting worse every min
ute
Will you help them?
Doan's Kidney Pills have brought
thousands of kidney sufferers back
from the verge of despair.
Read this case:
Mrs. Ellen Hockinson, 1880 Sixth
avenue, Moline, ILL.,, says: about a
year ago l had considerable trouble
from my kidneys and 1 was annoyed
by rheumatic pains through my
limbs At that time l began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills and they
brought prompt relief. In a few
weeks / was entirely rid of the trou-
BILE and l then publicly told of my
experience. l do not hesitate to
verify my former statement and
again advise other kidney sufferers
to give Doan's Kidney Pills a
trial"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buff
falo, N Y, sole agents for the Unit
/ ed States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
| and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
OBSE RVATIoNS.
THE GRAIN MARKET.
Chicauo Cash Grain.

Wheat-No. 1OO@1O1, No. 3 r
ga @1O094, No. INV 1O06106, No. 3
INV 9961O3, No. 1 ms 1OS@112, No. ms
1O6@11O, No. 3 ms 1O4Q1O9, No. 80
d11O, No. 3 S 99@1OS, No 4 9O@1O4
VIC 9O@1O7, durum 90d1O6.
Corn-No. 63s4 664A, No. 8 W
64AG65 No. 8 y 631a@644, No. 4
611a 6621a, No. 4 W 62A 963H, No. 4
y G124 a63, sym $4,000, sgy $500
cog.
Oats-No. 2 52d5 21S, No. 2 W 1914 a
"a, No. 3 511A@51%, No. 3 W 52@52%
No. 49G51, No. 4 W 4S@521a, stand
ard 52%q531a.
Liverpool Cables.
Wheat opened rs to IL lower;
closed q to rs down.
Corn opened unchanged to Is lower;
closed Is to Il down.
Chicago Receipts.
Today. Contract
wheat ............ 81 j.
| Corn 800. .539
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The southwestern storm which has
moved to the coast Of Texas, and the
northwestern low which overlies the
Canadian northwest and Washington
and Oregon, have been attended by
rain or snow on the west gulf and Pa
cific coasts and by light snow in the
Missouri valley. The northeastern
area of high pressure and fair, cold
weather is central over the lake region
and the crest of the Rocky mountain
high has advanced to Colorado The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
OOenind of Markef


Hogs $4,000: left over $500; steady.
Light 5.S5@6.2O, mixed 5.95@6.3O,
heavy 5.9596.S5, rough 5.95@6.1O.
Cattle 1000; slow and steady.
Sheep 10000; steady.
Nine O'clock Market.
Hogs slow, steady at yesterdays av-
erage. Light 5.S5@6.25, mixed $3.50
$50, pigs 4.3OQ59O, bulk 6.1O@6.25,
heavy 5.95Q6.35, good 6.1O@G.35, rough
5.95GG10, Workers 6.15@625.
Cattle slow, weak Beeves 4.sO@
$50, stockers 3sO@6.0O, Texans 4.6O0
5.75, COWS 2.1O@65O, western ASIA
100, calves 5.75QS.25.
Sheep steady at Mondays closing.
Lambs western 4.25@4.6O. lambs native
3.40G3.6O; lambs 4.SO@6.65, yearlings
470@5.5O.
Close of Market.
Hogs closed shade lower. Light SIS
G6.25, mixed 5.95@6.3O, heavy $3.50
$50, rough 5.95d6.1O, bulk 6.1O66.25.
Cattle slow, weak; top $50.
Sheep steady; top 400.
Lambs steady; top 6.65.
Western Live Stock.
Hogs. Cattle Sheen
Kansas City $50. 81 900 II 900 10, 900
Omaha $4,000 6,4OO 600
Estimated Chicago Tomorrow.
Hogs. Cattle. Sheer
Chicago -. ......46,0OO $4,000 $4,000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

Butter-Dairy,. S5c; creamery. 45c.
Lard, 1215c.
Feed and Fuel.
Oats, soc.
Clover hay, SIS.
Forage-Timothy hay, $40 to s22.
Wheat, soc.
Wild hay. s14 to SIT.
Straw, So.
New corn, 55c to 5Sc.
Coal-Lump, per bushel, 15c; slack
10c
Potatoes, 90c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

All the news all the time-Tae Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

FOR ROCK ns4AN
the lowest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

JIM. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
BOARD OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS
Nubaaf

BOARD OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS
Wheat.
May. 1929, 1925, 1915, 1915.
July, sc, &c, %, 9514.
September, 81, "a, 1914. 9S1s.
Corn
May, 6SIa, 621a, 677s, 6S1s.
July. GS. 6S. 671a, 677s.
September, GS1s, GS1s, 679s, 6s.
Oats.
May. 52lz. 529s, 521s, 529s.
July, Asa. 4SH ,475s, AS.
September, AZ, AZ, Az, ass.
Pork.
May, 1912, 1918, l612, 1915.
July, 1850. 1922. 1880, 1892.
Land.
May. 925. 9.25, $40, 800.
July. $40, $40, 9.35. 9.35.
Ribs.
May. s.75. SIS. S.72, S.72.
July. S.S2. $50. ST., $50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

friends are married and I have seen
enough of married life through them
to have no desire to enter that state.
Neither myself nor any member OF
our family takes any stock whatever
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

approach of the northwestern low will
this vicinity, with probably snow fur
ries tonight or Wednesday and warm
er tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

that believed he was married to Miss
Cameron. He denied this very posi-
lively and with some Indignation. 4
have 70 desire to marry anybody. nc
said, adding: Most OF my men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
TOday'S Market Quotations

(By wire from E w. Wagner & Co..
Grain. Provisions, Stocks and Cotton.
Local offices at Rock Island house. Rock
Island, III Chicago office. 9S-S9-1OO,
Board OF Trade. Local telephones, No.
west $500
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Feb. 13.-Following are the quota
tons on the local market today:
Eggs, Soc,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-13

in the reported claim OF Miss Cam
eron to having found will left by my
brother" Mrs. Seymour said in con
clusicn.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-12
FALL|ERES FINDS
CABINET MAKING
DIFFICULT
French Statesmen Hesitate TO
Step Into Shoes of Premier.
Just DepoSed For TraffiCing
With Ancient Foe,
IBy Morning journal Special Leased wire.l

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire. |
Paris. jan ll.-Ircsidcnt Fallleres
has dcoidcd 10 offer the premiership
to Leon Bourgeois tomorrow but as
NJ Bourgeois undoubtedly viii de-
cline for reasons of health, the presi-
don't must look elsewhere for man
capable of forming a cabinet ana m
suring republican majority.
NJ. Bourgeois is at present in the
senate. lie has held the position oi
premier, minister oi foreign affairs.
minister of public instructions, MIN
ister Of the interior, minister Of jus
tiro and president OF the chamber oi
deputies.
1t IS doubtful whether NJ. Deloasso
would accept the premicrship 1t IS
believed that NJ. Dclcassc NJ. Poin-
cairc. and NJ. Millcraud, cX-minister
Of public works, viii enter the me-"
cabinet i'm some capacity.
It is a long time since 81 mln'siaii'
change has excited such iut"ns" i7-
tercst in France. The general trend
of opinion is that there must be more
united action IN parliament If the
government hopes to carry out It's
policies
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-12
Fifty BELOW TEMPERATURE
RECORDED IN MO\TN\ !

Helena Mont. Jan. l1.-Malta, fiji
ty below zero: Iiavre thirty-tMo be
low: billings. twenty Helena. cigh-
teen ana sheridan, wyoming eigh-
teen below. are some of the low tenn
pcramres which accompany the latest
cold wave over this region Ia the
midst of this Arctic visitation Butte
had a record Of twenty below and
Gardiner fiity above. Missuul1 s.
minimum was tWcnty-fuur above.
Progress made Yesterday toward
THE uncovcring Of the snowplow and
the bodies of Engineers Allen and
3tuillport at Gtlta ON the Great
northern railroad was undoue today
ny another slide. The snowplow is
sad tn bee burning underneath tho
SNOW.
Hundreds of broken rails have hr.n
found by track walkers ON the Nprtn-
,ru pacific according to reports from
Livingston and vestbound trains tr.
from eleven to thirtN-siN hours lat..
tottt-tWo inches ot snow fell ln the
t,,utt-iour hours boz the Bitter Root
mountains in western Montana unf
th. suovpluws ot the Milwaukee aud
Northern Pacific roads lind great dii
ucuitr u kecpiu- the lines op'1.
stock men in southeastern Mo1tant
ar, facing losses OF range cattle. IN
.om. counties hundreds uf tons o' nay
I- lr.ne t.d tn stock.
TI, weather bureau ut Helena 30
ST. rt.. uo Indication ui warmer wealth
90.