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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
HORSE LED TO VICTORY

Donal Hamilton Haines in McClure's
Magazine
Three hundred yards from the spit
ting trenches nickel jacketed bullet
caught the colonel squarely in the
forehead, and he lurched from the
saddle. A hoarse cry went up from
the laundering regiment, and the
white horse plunged wildly, one of his
riders feet still in the stirrup. The
trenches broke into yells and their
fire swelled louder. The cuirassiers
slowed; their long lines wavered, hest
tated and broke.
From the other side of the river, the
infantry, struggling vainly under the
pitiless mauling of the enemy's fire,
saw the charge through the smoke of
the guns-saw the coloners fail, and
groaned when the splendid squadrons
broke. The sweat, pouring down the
generals face, felt cold as he wiped
it away with hand that trembled.
They're gone," he muttered brok-
emily. And he's gone with them." he
added; for he had known the big
blond colonel, and loved him as the
men did.
Stung by the fire which pelted their
backs as unrelentingly as it had their
faces, the broken masses of the cav
airy rolled back over the ground al
ready heaped with their dead. Sud
denly, from the scattered fringe of
horsemen cloaking the rear of the
fleeing cloud, broke the big white
stallion. the heavy empty saddle show
ing pitifully against his white flank
An instant he stood, trembling; then
his head went up, his name shook
out, and he started back toward the
hostile trenches.
Across the river, the infantry gasp
ed; the gunners stuck their heads
from gullies and cheered; the bleed
ing, covering infantry wiped their
rifles. Something seemed to catch in
the generals throat, and something
streamed down his cheek that was not
| sweat.
The white horse had gone twenty
yards when a cuirassier officer flung
his long blade high in the air The
wavering columns slowed, jolting up
and down like rocking horses as the
men sawed on the bits. Above the
din of the firing sounded the cracked
blowing of the cavalry trumpets. A
single shining figure turned and sped
after the empty saddle, a little group
followed. a line veered round clumsily
and started back, then the whole
lurching mass pulled about and went
back through the heaped-up bodies OF
the ground, the white horse with the
empty saddle galloping steadily be
fore them.
A hoarse yell went up from every
heavy-eyed, broken-spirited infantry
man in the long lines. The two pun
meled columns broke into little drib
lets OF men, who ran down TO the
shore, plunged into the current and
started FLASHING for the opposite bank
without an apparent thought OF the
hail Of metal slashing through them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

taking out letter, read it hastily and
handed it to the captain. 1t was as
follows:
Mr.. jenkins, / am employed in the pack
ing room of the house of De Four Freres.
/ am member of an anarchist circle and
have been ordered to pack an internal
machine in box to be shipped to Ameri-
ca. Yesterday / placed one among arti-
Giles bought by you of this house. The
mechanism is set to explode the bomb In
four days. The thought of causing the
destruction of hundreds of persons has
palIed on me. / am Mortified at what l
have done and write this letter that you
may avoid the consequences of my act.
Do not attempt to open the box. II you
are at sea throw 1t overheard. ] leave De
Four FreTes at once and cannot be found.
There was no signature to the letter
nor anything by which the anarchist
could be identified. for it had been
written and addressed by typewriter.
why did you not take action to get
rid of the thing at once?" inquired the
captain sternly.
81 thought ii was hoax. Ny nephew,
Charlie Burns. is always playing prac-
teal jokes on me, and ! had no doubt
that this was one of them"
''Heave the thing overheard at once"
cried the captain.
mot on your life" interposed the
owner. There are things in that boz
which would not take thousands of
dollars for. What need for hurry? The
letter says the machine is set to fire
the bomb In four days. This is only
the third day"
II don't care IL it's only the first"
snapped the captain. I'm not going to
endanger the ship and those aboard by
| carrying an Internal machine Take II
out and heave it overheard. say"
81 protest in presence of the persons
present that IL you do I'll hold the
/ company for damages. There is no ne.
! cessity to send such valuable property
| 70 the bottom. In the first place. as
you already know. the machine is SCI
to 20 of in four days from the date il
was packed. 1t was packed the day
we sailed; therefore ii will not ex
plode till we are near the American
coast I'm not sure 1t will explode a
all. 1t may be that It's a joke pre-
petrated by that fellow Burns after all
If SO he wouldn't hesitate to put 1
clock in the box to make it worse.
wish | had him here noH TO punch hi
head. This isn't the first time be'
caused me trouble by his pN2ks."
what do you propose?" asAd cb
captain. IF yOs think ekG RAeteS
hoax you'd better open the box ana
find out whether 1t is or not"
And blow up 'your ship as well a
myself If it's a real Internal machine?
The captain evidently had no
thought nf that Ha looked confused.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
The Daily Story
AN INTERNAL MACHINERY GROVER ]. GRIFFIN
Copyrighted Literary Bur au
Copyrighted 1918. by Associated Literary Burd au.

Captain" said the third officer of
the ocean liner Tartaric. saluting his
chief. the baggagemaster reports a
box in the hold in which there is some
mechanical contrivance that ticks"
well. what offit?"
There was talk of anarchists blow
ing up the ship before we left.
should suppose that in view of such
talk it might be we'll to examine the
box with a view to discovering if it
contains an internal machine"
Where is the box now?"
"In the hold"
Get it up into the baggage room,
and I'll have a look at it,
Later Captain Chambliss inspected
the box. 1t was rectangular in shape,
about two feet long by eighteen inches
broad and deep. On the cover was the
name Ethan B. jenkins.
who's Mr.. Jenkins?" asked the cap
tain.
Nobody knew.
"Send for the purser."
The purSer came and the captain
asked him if there was q passenger
aboard OF the name of jenkins. The
purser said there was and dispatched a
steward to look for him and send him
to the baggage room. Mr.. jenkins was
a dapper little man. who looked no
more like an anarchist than Hotten-
tot.
What's in the box?" asked the cap
tain.
Articles picked up abroad intended
as presents for my friends"
SIS there clock in it?''
Not that am aware Of"
listen"
All were silent. and the ticking was
distinctly heard by all. A great change
came over the face of Mr. jenkins. He
looked terror stricken. He seemed to be
| thinking hard for few moments; then.
thrusting his hand into his breast coat
pocket, he drew out an envelope and,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

ing is the speech in full The speaker
might have named it Patriotism.
81 was only II years old when Fort
Sumpter was fired on and now my
head is blossoming like the almond
tree. l will tell you how regard
that awful contest and how the gener-
alton to which l belong looks upon it
as one of the most heroic chapters
in the annals of mankind.
81 read English history as the pro-
logue to American history. When I
reflect upon the Civil wars in England,
my judgment is with the stern, IN
faltering, pious roundheads, who, at
Worcester, Marston Moor and Dunbar
shouting: God with u.s.; and our soul
is fired with the recollection of the
chivalric deeds Of those gallant
knights and gentlemen who charged
under the silken banner of Prince
Rupert in the cause of the Stuart
King.
Gold must be the heart of that
American who is not proud to claim
as countryman the flower of the
southern youth who charged up the
slippery slopes of Gettysburg with
peerless Pickett, or those unconquer.
able men in blue, who through three
long and dreadful days held those
beetling heights in face of fierce as.
sault
1T was not southern valor nor
northern valor-it was, thank God
American valor-that valor which
caused our Revolutionary fathers tc
throw their gage of battle in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

yard, we have got so nearly an un-
limited area of Il that no man can
forsee the end - that industry in
Alaska.
There are 20 or 80 dredges in the
Seward peninsula There is one
dredge at Fairbanks, and another in
the Circle City district. There are
or 10 dredges in the Klondike, which
is an identically similar country. They
operate about $50 days per year. They
usually work up until November, be-
ginning some time in May. They are
working gravels at Dawson, which is
an Older camp than Fairbanks, that
carry so cents per yard. And in some
cases they are working gravel by
dredging as low as 40 cents per yard
at. q profit in the Dawson country. We
will eventually. when our transporta-
ton gets better, be able TO work grav-
els of that tenor in Alaska.
One great thing is that nearly the
whole area of Alaska is gold bear
ing. There are placers and quartz.
It has been said, and l believe that
statistics and explorations of the geo.
graphical survey show il, that you
could go from the extreme southeast
of Alaska, at Ketchikan, where there
are important mines. along this route
by way Of Hams, clear out to Nome
distance of 1000 miles in a straight
line, and that in every 20-mile section
along that route you could develop
gold mines. II is infinitely greater
than any other area of gold country
that has ever been found in the
world"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

face of the son of a hundred kings
that valor which animated Wesh-
ington at Princeton, Brandywine,
Monmouth and Yorktown-that valor
which upheld his famished men amid
the unspeakable horrors of Valley
Forge-that valor which sustained
the soldiers who followed Arnold
on that cruel winters march
through the woods of Canada
and in the Christmas storming OF
Quebec, where Montgomery fell i'm
mortal-that valor which nerved An
drew Jackson and his raw militia on
the ever glorious Sth of January,
when they humbled to the very dust
the towering pride of that mighty
monarchy upon whose dominions the
sun never sets and utterly routed the
veterans of the peninsula, who had
snatched from Napoleon's brow the
iron crown of Charlemagne-that val
or which at Buena Vista, Cherebusco
and Chapultepec filed the world with
its renown-that valor which wrote
Davy Crockett's name above Leonidas
for freedom-that valor which begirts
this land as with wall of fire, for
bidding all the nations of the earth
to touch the ark of American lib
erty lest they die. Callous indeed
must be the man who cannot find
something to admire in the colossal,
benignant character of Abraham Lin
coin or in the splendid career of Rob
ert E. Lee.
"The soldiers of the north and the
soldiers of the south were Ameri
can freemen all fighting like heroes
| for what they considered right; as
such l honor them. To both alike
are applicable the words of Ken
tuckys soldier poet:
On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead
30, my countrymen, it is an ex
cellent thing to be an Americana
great, glorious thing!
when l look into the faces of my
children my heart swelIs with in
effable pride to think that they are
citizens of this mighty republic, one
and indivisible, built not for a day
but for all time, and destined under
God to be the dominating influence
of all the centuries yet to be-dom
mating not by force of arms, not b!
the mailed hand but by Influencing
men everywhere by the wholesome
ness of our example to adopt our the
DRY of government of the people, b!
the people and for the people"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

The visitin state to London of Presi-
dent Poincare of France, following
closely upon King Edwards visit to
Germany, is interpreted to mean that
the kings presence in Berlin was
merely a personal compliment to the
emperor, whose daughter was being
married, and that the close political
friendship between England and France
IS 70 continue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
Their Duties.

l think the Lord. when he made
Man strong and with mate supplied
him,
Had TO desire TO see her fade
And droop through laboring beside him.
To him. think the Maker said:
Go forth and toll; be strong. be fear
less,
So that she. as you stride ahead.
May deem you wonderful and peer
less"
And unto her who fingered near
I think He whispered: Your fair duty
Is only to inspire, to cheer
Him with your sweet voice and your
beauty"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
His Version of II

at is better to have loved and lost
than"
Never to have loved at ALL" the
beautiful grass widow interrupted.
Nav" replied the old bachelor,
than TO have married"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
She Learned Quickly,

You promised" he complained a
few days after the wedding, "to be a
mother to my poor little children"
II know" she replied, but that was
hood line was limited to being presi.
dent of a motherhood club. There's
no justice in holding people to con-
tracts that they enter into blindly."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

Speaker Champ
Clark at the Get
tysburg celebra-
ton. Returning
congressman and
others who heard
the speech are
praising it highly,
and it is TO be
printed for distri-
button as a public
document. For
the benefit of vet
Grams who were
unable to attend
the Gettysburg re-
union and for 9TH
ers who might
like to read an
inspired utterance
which j an ex-
ample of the best
oratory of our
times, the follow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
Elegant Discourse.

L wants to be proscrastinated az de
mex corner" said Mr.. Erastus PinkIy.
You want to be whatY demanded
the conductor.
Don lose your temper. / had TO
nook in de dictionary nays'f befo' |
found out dat .proscrastinate' means
out or "-Washiz-.~-, GA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
No Reflected Glory for Him.

After all, what's the use marrying
g woman who has the ability to make
herself famous?"
well. wife of that kind, you
know, may make a man known to
posterity."
Nothing of the kind. Consider the
case Of Nine. Du Barrys husband. I'll
bet forty dollars that nine out of ev-
cry ten people honestly believe there
never was a Mr. Du Barry"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

The more Mr.. Lamar, the alleged
wolf of Wall street" is seen the
smaller he becomes in the estimation
OF the public If he cannot be prose
cuted under some criminal statute, it
would be a wise thing to forget him,
as he appears to thrive on the notori-
ETY. he is getting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

they disagree, and If the par
ty is to govern successfully when
the views of the minority are in con-
fiict with the views of the majority
1t is the duty of the minority to yield
when it has signed such concessions
as it can.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

II is not so much fun being the
husband of a queen at that. Queen
Mary of England put the ban on wom-
en- riding astride because she did not
want George to see them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

II takes two things to build town.
civic pride and money. civic pride
comes first. A rich man who has no
civic pride never helps a public move
ment. He hangs back and forces 9TH
ers to do what he himself should do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

The gunners jumped from their shell
ter and damned the shells into the
cold breaches of the guns. The sup
porting column awoke, and its front
was suddenly lighted by a thousand
flashes of fire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
July IL in American
History.

1771-John Rodgers, distinguished in
the early history OF the United
States navy. born; died 1893.
1S13-A spirited British attack on the
American post at Black Rock, be,
low Buffalo, was repulsed by the
garrison under General Porter.
1S63-Federal troops were repulsed in
desperate assault On Battery
Wagner. the SsfnripRI Confederate
defense en- Morris island, S. c.
SsS4-SorhszSion AZ Chicago Of Cleve-
n land and Hendricks.
N0-Henry Dexter, art patron and
LiIanthropist. died; born 1912.
All tNsuews all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

A Paris head waiter states that his
tips average $50 a week, and says
that agility and self-control are a
walters best points. The customer
who doesn't tip never sees the agility
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
Enouoh to Hold Him for Awhile.

1.-THE average weight of mems
brains" ventured Mr.. Henpeck, lis
about five ounces greater than wom-
ans"
And the average brick" replied his
darling, weighs a good deal more
than book of real poetry"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

7 A correspondent refers to business
opportunities in Mexico. They are in
truth of incalcu,able value with peace.
but worth less than nothing under
present circumstances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

How long do you think we ought
to be away on our wedding trip?" he
asked
'Well, let me see. I shall have
fourteen different costumes to tSKe
along. Oh, guess about two weeks"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

The attitude of the European pow
'ers in refraining from Intervention in
the Balkan internal strife is commend
able. The former allies have shown
themselves unworthy Of sympathy and
proved worse barbarians than the
TnrkR
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

Philadelphia, Pa.-The state supreme
court, by four to three decision,
ousted five of the county judges ap-
pointed for the Philadelphia courts by
Governor Tener under an act passed
recently by the legislature. The act
was declared unconstitutional
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
His Ace.

You don't mean to say that she
is going to marry that man! Why, he
isi old enough to be her father"
~'Yes-but still young enough to be
her errand boy"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
Queer.

One queer thing about a woman is
that she viii live with Ard depend for
her living upon a man who Is never
able To dc aDythiI.s to suit her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

Marinette, Wis.-Four men and a
mule fell more than 80 feet here when
a section of tramway at a sawmill
dropped. The mule did a double SON.
ersault. No one was seriously hurt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

Calgary, Alta.-Eight high officials
in the Alberta government land titles
Office at Calgary were arrested follow
ing the disappearance of large sums
of money during a period from 1906
to the present. Many valuable records
have disappeared.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

Though the Filipino has adopted
baseball as his national pastime, they
tell US he isn't fit for independence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
WIRE SPARKS.

Glenwood City, visa sting over
the eye by a poisonous insect two
hours later resulted in the death Of the
S-year-old daughter of Frank Nordell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

: Washington is to have dry Sundays.
And under a democratic administra.
ton, too. How time changes things.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

Tonopah, Nev.-The furnace heat of
Death Valley has claimed another vic
tim in Peter A. Busch, mine oper-
ator, well known in southern Nevada.
He was found dead beside his auto
mobile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE II. TAvENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth District.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, D. c., July 9.-Like oNe
clear bugle note above the songs of
peace and reunion was the speech of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

until it can be passed on by the people
at referendum, according to an an
nouncement by officials of the Cali.
fornia Association of Investment
Companies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

Los Angeles, Cal.-Sufficient sigma
lures have been obtained to hold up
the recently enacted blue sky law
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

Boston-David D. Farnsworth, a
writer who formerly lived at Syca-
more, Ill, was pardoned by the gov,
six months sentence for killing Thos.
Hagan while firing a gun in the dark
to brighten supposed chicken thieves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
THE ARGUS.

Trhlished daily ct 1924 Second ave-
nus. Rock Island. Ill Entered at the
pesioHsce as second-cJass matter.)
Rock IslnDe Member of the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

The price of oil may go up again.
Rockefeller's garage burned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
81 THE J. W. POTTER co.

TERMS--Tcn cents per week by car
rier. in Rock Island
Complaints Of delivery service should
ee made to tho circulation department,
which ricuid also be notified in every
Ansts ace whore u is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority IN the premises.
All communications CT argumentative
character. political or religious. must
fGve real name attached for puDIlca-
ticn. No svch articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones IN all departments: Cen
trail Union. West 145, 1145 and Pas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

pews all the time-The Argus.
Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1913-06-12

WTICE To WATER USERS
9<sie Engineers Office. Salt Lake
r|ts. Utah. May rs. l9i3.-Notlce
4 hereby given that John II. Hlg-
<hnon. whose postofflcc address IL
1hnnyside. Utah. has made appllca-
Ibn In accordance with the require
0Hnts OF the Compiled Laws OF
Nm. 1907. as amended by the ses-
on Laws OF Utah, 1909 and 1911,
10 appropriate two CD cubic feet
az water per second from Dugout
IIeek and Pace Creek. Carbon eoun-
vi Utah. Ono cubic foot per second
~ said water will be- diverted from
Mgout Greek at point which lies
i<fty-two feet east and 1894 feet
I'M OF the north quarter corner OF
- 10. Twp. "a South. Range 2
b.. Salt Lake base and meridian.
y balance OF said water will be
<<ert0d from Pace Greek al a
nj nt which lies $50 feet east and
b. feet north OF the north quar-
~ corner OF said Sec. 10. The wa
III so diverted will DO conveyed by
"a hns OF two bitches aggregating
t<s2 feet In length and there used
On April lat TO October 3lst, IN
tfiye, OF each year, TO irrigate
|< acres OF land embraced In Sec
~ Twp. IA South. Range IL East
~ Lake base and meridian. As
'tr ch OF said water as may be nee
r|hry viii be used during the en-
year for culinary purposes. This
~ lication Is designated In the
|1ie engineers office as No. bO34.
Az protests against the granting OF
"a application. stating the reasons
|refor. must be made by affidavit
a. duplicate and filed In this office
#lhin thirty (3O) days after the
APPLETON OF the publication OF
~ notice. W. ID. BEERS, State
|Iglneer.
Pate OF first pub. June 3. 1918,
20 OF completion OF pub. July o.
Ia