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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
ELECTION CROOKS.

A number OF Chicago politicians
have been indicted for alleged ballot
box stuhing and vote frauds.
The inquiry may be the outcome Of a
factional struggle but that makes il
none the less imperative that any ana
every perpetrator of ballot box frauds
be given the limit of punishment un.
der .hc law.
or all political crooks there is none
more despioable than the ballot box
thief.
The common pickpoCket is a gentle,
man compared with the scoundrel who
robs community by stealing votes.
Bslio; box frauds make government a
trayesty. They strike at the foun-
dation of the whole government sys
TEN. They are offenscs far more ser
ious than punishment provided for
them by law would indicate.
Chicago has the election commits
sion system. but II the charges upon
which recent indictments are based
are true, the Jaw is not enforced. Men
higher up cannot dodge responsibility.
The inquiry should be searching and
no guilty man should be permitted 10
escape
Il is difficult TO find any crook or
thief as despicable as the ballot box
crook
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

Little Tim CoscT0ve was newSpa-
per boy. Tim had very indistinc.
memory of his antecedents-a vague
picture of comfortable home with
woman who cared for him. putting
him to bed, dressing and undressing
him and now and again lulling him to
sleep in her arms But by the time he
was ten years old all remembrance of
her features had passed away from
him. and there was no well defined link
between that period and his selling pa
pers whereby TO make a living.
One day when the weather vas hot
Tim succumbed to the heat and fell
on the sidewalk. There he lay, his
newspapers scattered about him, till
a policeman came along and. calling
for an ambulance. sent him TO a chill
dren's hospital. Tim came out of his
collapse and one day was put on
steamer with lot of other invalid
children and sent off on the water.
Beside him on the boat sat a little
girl about his own age who fell to talk
ing with him. Like Tim, she could
remember a pleasant home. and more
distinctly. She could recall an old
fashioned house, with four pillars be
fore 1t, in the center of beautiful
grounds. One thing was indelibly
stamped on her mind-her father be
ing carried out to cemetery. She did
not know the reason why, but she and
her mother left the big house. and then
her mother was carried to cemetery
too. Later transitions came so rapid
ly that she could not remember them
all. but her clothes were wearing out,
and she did not get new ones. She
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

Secretary w. J. Bryan declines TO
answer inquiries as to his perconal eX-
penses or as 10 whether he is really
educating a number of young men as
has been alleged. Mr. Bryan is quite
correct in refusing to be questioned
about matters that are not the bust
ness OF the public One Of the few
mistakes the great democrat has ever
made was STOPPING to answer criti-
cism OF his course in accepting chau-
tauqua engagements during his sum.
mer vacation. Mir. Bryan has. how
ever, been in class By himself among
public men OF the larger sort from
the very fact that he has never been
afraid to go on record. He :. one of
the very few big Americans OF our
dsy. who have not been afraid to be
Interviewed on rev questions.
The average statesman when sud
denly asked to express himself CT new
questions pleads that his attention has
just been called or that he cannot
properly speak until he mas read the
oMcial publication, all Of which is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

SHE LAY LOOKING AT HIM IN WONDER
was often hungry and did not have
pennies to spend for candy. She was
now living at an orphan asylum, but
she longed to get away from it, for
she was kept shut in most of the time,
she said. and she pinned for freedom.
Presently the boat landed at an is
land, and the children were put ashore
and permitted TO wander in wood,
or, better still, on the shore. At noon
a luncheon was served on tables I'M
der the trees. Tim and his new found
friend-Alice, she said her name was
played together, both preferring the
shore.
In the afternoon the steamer with
its load of children returned TO the
city. Tim told Alice of the life he led
and said that if she would like to join
him and sell papers as he did be would
give her some of his stock. He made
his home with a woman named Muir
ply, to whom he paid what lie could
for his board. She was kind woman,
and he thought she would take in Alice
lOO. hC iitti' eil - hitAh-b- - -
back to the asylum, agreed when they
made landing to slip away with Tim
and cast her fortunes with him as a
newsgir.
Alice was received under protest hy
the woman with whom Tim made his
home. She strongly advised the child
to return to the asylum. but Alice beg
1. 4 H. coll
papers like Tim to pay for her keeping.
SO Mrs. Murphy consented. Being
pretty child, Alice readily gained Gus
toners and soon sold more papers
than Tim. But Tim looked after the
finances, and soon the two, besides
paying for their necessities, were lay
ing up money. The accumulative prin-
ciple was strong in the boy. and he
was destined to become rich.
One day while Tim and Alice were
on a much frequented street corner
selling papers man across the street
beckoned to Alice to come over to him
with a paper. Several other gamins
started to get ahead of her. She he
came reckless in the race, was knock
ed down By wagon ana lay inseT1si-
! bic. Tim saw her and. throwing down
I his papers. ran TO her, took her up In
/ his arms and carried her to the side
/ walk
Alice was taken home-that is, TO tn,
only home she knew. The day ended
and she did not recover consciousness
/ Another day and another, a week,
month. went by. and still she did no
/ awaken. for her condition seemed rath
ef that of sleep than what is caIlet
comatose. There is recorded a cas-
Of person lying eleven years IL sucl
a condition. and the next longest cas-
10 that Gf little Alice. who lay uin
! years in constant slumber.
Let us pass over this gap in her liz
as she passed it. without taking co;
niZance OF it. to the awakening.
occurred in the morning about ]
c.elOck. For some time previous, s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

The attention OF those who insist
there is no such thing as luck is re-
spectfully called to the case of Sarah
Rector, a 1O-year-old negro girl who
will pay this government taxes on an
income of $4,000 a year. Sarah had
the foresight 10 select as her par
ent Greek Indian through whom she
became entitled to an allotment of
land with the selection OF which she
had nothing TO do. The biggest pro-
ducing oil we'll in the mid-continent
field was found on her 100 acres. This
is the Jones gusher, near the town OF
Gushing. II is producing $500 barrels
a day and Sarah's royalty is a dollar
q barrel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
NEW YORK LAND VALUES


A dispatch from the metropolis of
the country says the real estate value
of Greater New York for this year
reaches a total of ss,0iO,0OO,0 900. This
includes land and buildings and means
an increase of over 500. 100000 in one
year. This increase is due not wholly
to enhancement of land values, but
largely TO the construction of new
hotels and other large structures.
Greater New York alone has over
twice the value of all the farms in
the great state of Iowa, with her area
OF over $1,000 square miles. over FIVE
billion dollars has been added to the
value of Greater New York's land and
buildings, principally buildings, the
past twelve years.
Such figures are calculated to make
the Spectator in western lands feel
that he has been wasting his time;
that the increase has come Principally
from improvements which may or
may not prove to be paying ventures.
Neither should it he forgotten that
in the long run interest beats the
profits of speculation in unimproved
land. Had Columbus on discovering
America in 1892 invested one dollar in
the purchase Of Greater New York,
and placed another dollar in the saw
ings bank to be improved at six per
cent compound interest, the dollar
placed in the bank would today be
worth over three times the present
assessed value of all the land and
buildings in the metropolis, including
the boroughs of Manhattan. the
Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Rich
mond
In 1925. Peter Minuit, Dutch direct
oT-general of New Netherland, paid
the Indians S24 for Manhattan Island.
Peter would have made a bad bargain
had he agreed to let the investment
stand without interest and take all
Greater New York for it in 1903; for
az that time Greater New York was
worth only three million dollars, or
considerably less than Peters $24 i'm.
proved at six per cent compound in.
terest from 1926 to 1903
The three sources of inequality in
the distribution of wealth are rent
! interest and profit. and of these the
greatest is interest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
EDUCATIONAL NOTES

Philadelphia provides free eye
glasses for nearly $500 school cAil-
dren every year.
Required home study has been abel
ished in the schools OF Sacramento,
Cal
Five hundred and fiftv-five persons
attended the evening classes in AGA
demic subjects az The University OF
Cincinnati last year.
About $4,000 is earned annually BY
the boys in the cooperative industrial
course in the high school, at Fitch
burg, Mass.
After 10 years of service a teacher
in Schenectady. y. Y, may obtain
years leave of absence for study OF
travel abroad, receiving one-third pay
ment of salary.
a comparison OF % stdI d'hie'Ss
Of the Naval academy with $50 non
athletes. in both cases from the classes
of 1S92-19l1. shows that apparently
the non-athletes are in better ply
steal condition than the athletes.
Medical inspection is business
proposition. in town with $50 chill
dren, il is said for instance, there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
OUR USELESS BUFrALOES.
They Have Passed Away Because They
Were Economically Unfit.

AS typical species of American
fauna the buffalo had his place in our
history. but take him by and large be
was a rather useless beast. with no
adaptability for civilization. He served
his purpose on the plains when men
led a nomadic life there and existed on
his rife. But as soon as the range
land. over which the buffalo ''roamed
in countless thousands" became fit for
settlement the buffalo was decidedly
de trop.
Very little Of him was fit TO eat He
was worth bullet when there was no
other meat TO he had. but people &C
custOmed to modern steaks and roasts
would ind him not overappetizing
anse the noyelty wore of. In word.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

science has been giving me a good
deal of trouble since | left him"
'Oh, dear, what did you do?"
You see, | began by telling him
that / had always longed to have my
name honored BY posterity, and that
after thoroughly considering the mat
ter l was convinced that the only
chance for me was by being mention
ed in the histories of the future as
his son-inlaw.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

merely subterfuge on the part OF num-
erous eminent and digHifed foHr-flush-
ers to see which way the wind is blow
ing before they so on record.
Not so with Mr.. Bryan He has
never been afraid TO speak and has
been so often right and so seldom
wrong that he Justly gained rank as
a prophet to an extent that when the
political destinies of his party and his
country were i'll the shaping at Balti-
more last year he absolutely held the
whole thing in the hollow Of his hand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
the bu1aro was economically unfit, and

the buI1ato was economically unfit, and
he went the way of the unfit.
Had he been conserved he might now
be affording opportunity for big game
hunters to enjoy themselves in moder-
alton. They are really the only per
sons who have suffered by his disap-
pearance To preserve the buffalo as
a specimen in our ZOOS is proper. He
is n curiosity and has a historical
value But entirely too many tears
have been shed over his destruction.
One steer was and still is worth a
dozen bison.-Seattle post-Intelligencer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
ILLINOIS TO CELEBRATE

Springfield, Ill, Sept. 26.-Plans that
are in embryo by the Illinois centen-
NAL commission for the celebration of
the centennial anniversary of the ad-
mission of Illinois to statehood indi-
cate that the demonstration will be
the greatest ever witnessed in the
Middle west.
The anniversary does not occur I'M
til 1918, but to assure an exhibition
commensurate with the importance of
the occasion, the last general assem-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

bly, created the Illinois centennial COM
mission and the members already are
preparing for the display.
That every man, woman and child
may participate in the festivities, the
centennial commission proposes eel
ebration in every county of the state.
Suggestions in connection with the
plans are solicited by the commission
of which Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber
of the State Historical society at
Springfield is secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
pAsTARDLY DECEPTION.

What did papa
say?" asked the
a GUS girl,
when the young
man returned TO
her. He gave
his consent, but
TO tell you the
truth nv con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

would be an annual saving of $3.50
Ii by thorough medical inspection the
durable physical defects that handicap
school children could be remedied.
There are now about 40 psyche
logical clinics in the United States,
according 10 DR.. J. f. WaEin. of the
University Of Pittsburgh The first
OF such clinics, for the purpose of
studying and classifying mentally TN
usual children, was established Al
the University of Pennsylvania in
1896.
School officials in Beverly. Mass
recently calculated the money gain for
their pupils in vocational education
They found that an expenditure OF
$500 per boy in industrial training
had raised the capitalization of the
boys economic value from $4,000 &c
$4,000 or $4,000
I'VE are destroying the eyes Of q
large number CT school children by
the burden Of continuous, close vol
TO which they are subjected" says
DR.. F. Park Lewis, of Buffalo. He
suggests as remedy. in addition Il
the use of eyeglasses, reduction II
the amount of work dependent direct!
upon the printed page Let us have
more thinking and fewer books" ht
declares.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

Sweet Gladys. being tender-hearted.
Ceased wearing birds upon her hat
The day the anti-hirdites started
To show the cruelty of that.
Her furs ere long began 10 gricve her,
Fen as the feathers had before;
The seal. the sable and the beaver
Should yield their warmth to her no
more.
She next decided to quit eating
The flesh of fowls and fish and beasts;
No more should ewes go sadly bleating
Because their lambs composed her
feasts
At length she reached the deep convic-
ton
That woolen clothes with sin were
fraught:
The fiocks must suffer and affection
In being heeced, or so she thought.
In time she even gave up Cruel
Because to rob the grubs ard birds
OF what they fed upon was cruel.
To use her own sweet. simple words.
To take the silk worms web was evil,
From cotton, too, she sadly turned.
Because God made it for the weevil.
This from her conscience Gladys
learned.
At last. with only leaves to cover
The charms that once had made her
proud.
She turned from friends and home and
lover.
And fed, bare footed from the crowd.
But soon she gave up fruits and berries
To leave them for the worms inside,
And then. relieved of all her worries,
Lay down upon the grass and died.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
Another Troublesome Question.

announcer lFOupleSonc QueSt!oh'
Say, paw, how do you pronounce
l-s-t-h-m-u-s?"
"Ithmus"
81 thought it was istmuth.'"
NO, no. 'issmuth.'
Nav said it was 'issmuss"
"Confound it, 1 told you it was
itsmuth
Our teacher don't pronounce it
that way. She says It's itsmuth' or
else
oh, what's the Ue calling it any,
thing but Panama? Everybody knows
that means the same thing. Don't
bother me now. I'm trying to find
how much steel will have to go up
to make me even with the world
again"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
A Sure Thino,

1.-THE weather man says It's to be
clear today"
''Tll bet he's wrong and l can
prove it."
Howl"
by leaving my umbrella at home"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
A Severn Gaze.

"Binksley seems to enjoy living out
In the country"
He can't talk or thi2k Of anything
else. At lunch yesterday he even or
dered a piece OF suburb pie"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
Generally Sreakino,

Now, Willie" said the Sunday
school teacher, can you tell us who It
is that fees WHEN no man pursueth."
"A fellow that's in front Of a bull
Dogs one that does it, all right"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

Holland continues to add to its ter
ritory by building great dikes There
are several ways TO make the dirt fly
and the waters obedient and the Hol-
landers have mastered them all prof
itably.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
Sweet salt

The Professor-Life itself is but a
chemical combination Of the constitu-
ent atoms OF chloride salts The Girl
Well. it's sweet 10 ME. anyway-Puek
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
a World Beater,

He could beat his friends at billiards,
He could beat at bowling. too;
As a beat he'd badly beaten
Nearly every one he knew.
He could beat at golf and tennis
And IN guzziing at a feast,
But he couldn't beat a carpet,
Or he never did. at least
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
By TKE :. W. POTTER co.

EEMS-Tcn cents per week by car
-ier. in Rock Island.
Complains Of delivery service should
he riads to The circulation department,
which should also be notified III every
if:sta5cc where # = desired to have
PAPER discontinued. as carriers have no
authority IN the premises.
All communications OF arguu entativ-
chu-acter. political or religious. must
hfve real name attached for pubIica-
top. No suci, articles will be printed
ever fictitious signatures.
Telephones y all departments. CEN
trail Union, Peck Island AS. 1145 and
:I45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. IL Entered at the
postohice as second-elass matter)
Rock leland Member OF the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

Joy is not essentially bad. but good.
while grief is essentially bad.-spinoza.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

While II would give the Mexicans
great satisfaction to shoot lot of
Americans. their own countrymen
form very good substitute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

ngton-Co.onel Dan c. King
man, senior colonel in the army en-
gineer corps, probably will succeed
Brigadier General William T. Rossell
as chief of engineers Of the army
when the latter retires on account of
age next month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

ed thai his brother was beaten with
a strap because he would not join in
school singing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

A Philadelphia scientist has started
for Hawaii to study the habits Of tree
snails. How did a Philadelphia man
ever get the idea that he could catch
a snail?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
Sept. 26 in American
History.

1777-I'rinmphal entry of the British
army commanded by Sir William
Howe into Philadelphia.
!S2II-Daniel Boone, pioneer hunter,
founder and defender of kentucky,
died: born 1879
l30l--John q. Nicolay. biographer OF
Lincoln. died; born 1892
l91l-General e. f. Masterson. former
United States senator and noted
civil war veteran. died at sea; born
1887.
All the news all the time - The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
WIRE SPARKS

jefferson City, Mo.-Two men were
killed and three injured by the caving
in of pit for the foundation of the
new capitol.
Washinston-Former Senator Oba-
dian Gardner of Maine has been Sc
Iected by President Wilson for the in
ternational joint commission having
jurisdiction over boundary disputes
between the. United States and Can
ada.
Ossinning, n. Y-Five convicts at
Sing Sing prison quit unloading coal
barge, overpowered a guard, jumped
into the Hudson river and attempted to
swim to the other shore, but shots OF
guards brought about recapture.
Washington Three members Of
the progressive congressional cam.
paign committee, Representatives
Fa.coner, Woodruff and Hinebaugh
will visit New York to confer with
progressive leaders on plans for the
coming campaign.
Granite City. Ill-Professor c. r
Sayre, principal of local school, was
arrested on charge of assaulting
John Hall Pupil. Samuel Hall charg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

New York-Alban Jasper Conant,
the painter to whom Lincoln sat for a
portrait before he became president,
celebrated his SO birthday anniversary
in a studio he has occupied more than
30 years. At Springfield, H., in 1860
he painted the famous Smiling Lin
COIN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

All the news all the time - The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26

st. Paul-The obtaining Of new in
dustries was an issue before the
American Association of Commercial
Executives in ann al session. En-
nett Hay Naylor, in paper on 1T +
Industrial Survey of the City" warned
ne delegates against the bonus
hunting, f1y-by-night industry"
Washington-Logan W. Page, di-
rector of the Office Of public roads, has
extended from Oct IS to March 2,
1914, the time in which school chill
dren living on farms may submit es-
says On the repair and maintenance
Of earth roads in competition for a
gold medal and two silver medals to
be given By the government.
Kansas Ci,y-Revision of the con-
stitution OF Missouri was recommend
ed by the committee on constitutional
and statutory amendments a the Mis-
souri, Bar associations meeting. OBJ
jects desired are: To provide add.
tional funds for rural schools and for
roads; TO increase the debt-,aking
power of municipalities and 10 smpn-
fy legal procedure.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-09
WAIVED EXAMINATION

The first information filed in this
years ago was filed this morning in
the superior court by County Attorney
McManus against ]. G. Bennett, alias
G. F. Brandt, charging him with
cheating under false pretenses.
Bennett is the man who was arrest
ed Friday evening after an exciting
chase id which citizens and policemen
took part. Friday afternoon Bennett
had given check for S2S to the Frank
LeBron jewelry company for watch.
and later had given another check to
the Ewers-McCarthy clothing store
for an overcoat. Investigation showed
that neither check was good and the
police were put ON Benefits trail.
The defendant was arraigned in the
superior court this morning on the
information filed by the county attor-
ney. He waived preliminary examina-
ito nand was ordered held for the
grand jury. in default of $500 bond
Under the new law in which the in
FORMATION was nleQ, The lnIOImaIlou
can now be filed In the district court
and the defendant tried and sentenced
at once. Under the old law 1t would
be necessary to hold him for the
grand jury which does not meet until
February.
Howard Webster, colored, was ar
raigned in the superior court this
morning on a charge of misdemeanor.
An information filed by Virginia Day
against Webster charged him with dis.
turbing her peace and quiet by using
bad and indecent language and by act
ing in a disorderly manner. Webster
was given sentence of thirty days in
Jail.