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Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

wnen ! was n roundsman at Airing
ton l was sitting down TO breakfast
one morning when there came a hurry
call for me 80 report at once at the
station. l found two or three other
roundsmen there. listening attentively
to Inspector Harker, who was giving
them instructions.
Hello. Blaney- he said as soon as
he saw me. Il want you. Come here
and listen to a statement of case we
have on hand"
joined the row in front OF the
desk. and the inspector continued:
This morning an old man named
Hennessy, who keeps a little store at
90 Union street. went to his place of
business at o'clock as usual to open
up. He kept no clerk. doing every
/ thing himself About half an hour
after he entered the store policeman
! in uniform was seen to come out of
| It, The person who saw the cop was
on his way to Hennessy's store to buy
some coffee for breakfast. He found
the storekeeper lying dead. shot
through the head, before little open
safe in which he kept his funds.
| "The man who made the discovery
ran out for a policeman and met
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
As Koreans Sroc.

Shopping in Korea is u very grave
and solemn task and occupies the mas
ter OF the house the greater part of
the day. In the market here be pur-
chases his provisions. cooking utensils.
linen suits. hats. sandals. tobacco. and
the native drink. a liquor obtained
from fermented rice. Only one article
OF the same kind Is purchased from a
single store. IL would be an oefense
against Korean etiquette TO buy a
dozen at a time as this would de-
plete the stock too quickly and give
the shopkeeper the trouble and work
OF restocking before be was ready: II
will therefore be seen that wholesale
orders are not welcomed in this odd
country; little aud often" appears 70
be the Golden Rule IN buying. Wide
World Magazine.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

there is little doubt that the house
will pass 1t again. The peonage in
which the seafaring profession has
been held for a-century and more is
at an end. Emancipation has come,
and the sailors of the world can thank
Andrew Furuseth.
AS has been stated before in these
letters, involuntary servitude at sea is
a relic, queer survival of the medic
val days of serfdom Originally, the
laws of the high seas were progressive
in comparison with working conditions
in Industries ashore They offered to
serfs the means of escape from their
bondage. They were highly advan
tageous then TO the sailors, for they
insured steady employment at set
wages, and imposed upon the masters
of vessels the duty of protecting their
employees in many ways.
But as is usual in matters of this
kind. the masters. who had power with
congresses and parliaments. managed
to throw off these responsibilities
leaving the chains on the sailors. The
result is today that if sailor escaping
intolerable conditions on board ship
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
WILSON TAXES no vAcATIoN.

WILSON TAKES No VACATION.
The return Of the presidential fam
ily to Washington from Cornish re-
minds that President Wilson has had no
vacation DuriE= the worst Of the hot
spell IN Washington he got away fcE
three days 10 visit his family and the
weather man ironically made these
days the best Washington had all sum
mer.
The president stayed on the job b.
cause he felt it to be his duty to set
an example to congress in RESPONSE
bility and industry. Had the presiden;
gone away from Washington he could
not in good countenance have insisted
upon congressman and senators re.
naming there. He had to be differ
ent from the preacher, conscious of his
own limitations, who adjured his con-
gregation not 10 do as do, but as
tell you TO do" He had TO set the ex-
ample. And set it he did measuring
up to his duty.
His course, a leading republican
paper in the northwest is graciou:
enough to concede. has helped tc
confirm the body politics in the i'm
Tression that il made no mistake in
1912 in estimating the quality of stuff
in the makeup OF Woodrow Wilson" :"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

food value; whereas if spent in the
school lunch room, with its carefully
supervised menu, it will purchase the
equivalent of 17S,OO0,O0O calories.
Women students in American col
leges and universities will have a
chance to reveal their sentiments on
international Peace" The Lake Mo
honk conference offers two prizes OF
$500 and 800, respectively, for the
best essays on the subject by under.
graduate women students in American
colleges. For men students there is a
prize of 500 for an essay on Inter
national Arbitration"
Comparisons based on butter
scoring contest so aroused the citizens
of Rome, S. c., that they have erected
diary barn and milk room on the
grounds of the local school, in order
that the children may learn dairyins
as regular part of their school work
Accommodations have been provided
for five cows. Boys and girls of thu
7th and the Sth grades are studying
the best methods of dairying undel
the direction of an extension workel
from Clemson Agricultural college.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
HEARST RoLrs AGAIN.

t william Randolph Hearst announced
IN a speech In New York the other
blight that he Is through with the
-hemocrsdc party. that IL is unpatri.
Bite. unProgressive and undemocratic.
Il This Is the second time Mr.. Hearst
has made ike announcement. In 1906
he bolted because he said the party
bad gone over to the trusts. But the
feal reason was that Il was evident
fc Hearst Mr.. Bryan would be the can
gidate Of the party for the presidency
y 1908. and Hearst was against Bryan
because the latter refused his support
ff Hearsrs presidential candidacy in
ls04.
Ever since Woodrow Wilson was
fiven the democratic nomination for
q president. Hearst has been opposing
bim. That he has nov published his
Opposition means that an enemy In the
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE q. TAvENNER
Congressman frem tbs Fourteenth District.

leaves the vessel while it is in an
American port or any other port, here
in the United States the civil authori-
ties must arrest the deserter as a
common criminal and throw him back
aboard his ship. He is bound until
the end of the voyage for which he
signed. The economic result, leaving
aside injustices to individual sailors,
has been to reduce the standard of
wages on ships until Japs, Chinese,
Malays and other orientals are dis
placing white men on the decks of
merchant vessels. Knowing that sail
recruit their crews where wages are
cheapest, and they are cheapest in ori-
entail ports.
But all these medieval prctices are
to be thrown aside. to follow fogging
and other forms of corporal punish
ment at sea, which practices were abol-
ished only few years ago. The La
Toilette bill ends them by number
! of important regulations:
Arrest for desertion is abolished.
Masters are henceforth forbidden to
withhold wages until the end of voy'
ages and are also forbidden to ad'
| vance wages at the start of voyages.
This latter provision will free the sail
| ors from the clutches of usurious
boarding house keepers who throns
every principal port. The La Toilette
bill also prescribes important sanitary
changes in the space allotted to fore
! castles for crews, and in general i'm
proves the conditions of labor aboard
ship.
One of the chief provisions of the
/ bill is that it requires every ship leav
ing an American port to carry a crew
GO per cent of which is composed o.
men having the rating of able seamen
! The bill provides that an able seaman
must have had at least three years
experience on the deck OF vessel a
sea. This provision will have pow
erful effect in increasing wages o
sailors. For if all the sailors having
the rating of able seamen strike fo
higher wages it will be impossible fo
the vessel owners to secure strike
breakers to operate the ships.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
EDUCATIONAL NOTES

Detroit has appropriated $4,000 for
school dental inspection and clinics in
1894.
In Wisconsin 72 towns have entered
a statewide social-center organization.
Students at Hopkins academy, Had
ley, Mass, learn to work concrete as
a regular part of their course in agri-
culture.
In a group of 25 boys taking part
time" agricultural work in five agricul-
tural schools in Massachusetts last
year, two earned more than $500 each,
Twelve more than 5000. and only three
less than 800, from their arm produce.
Notwithstanding the troubled con-
ditions in Mexico. 167 new government
schools for the native population have
been organized in the various states,
according to statement on Latin
American republics in the annual re.
port of the commissioner of education.
AS a result OF vigorous corn cam
paign waged by the Philippine bureau
of education at Manila, there has been
a uCSiucu thCl cooC III efiiC plOuuStiOh vi
corn, and a large decrease in the use
of rice, formerly the chief article OF
diet in the archipelago.
High school pupils in eight Amer
lean cities spend a million and half
dollars each school year for lunches
The American Home Economics asso
citation estimates that this amount
spent for lunches outside of school
will buy only S1,0O0.O00 calories In
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
% US[FUL A|)Or|

Every atom in existence hasi Ms special
use. they say;
There is nothing. from the m mntaln to
the smallest pinch of claw
That ts not in some way needadlt to make
up the splendid whole.
Still. I've often doubted this j
When I've seen a gentle misss
With a nose that was disiglked by Q
dark. obtrusive mole. :,
There IS nothing. absolutely nod a solitary
thing.
That is not In some way useful In the
nnal reckoning;
The bothersome mosquito mayesnne time
somewhere. somehow. !.
Serve mankind in such a way
As to earn the right to stray
IN contentment where 1t nevezA finds q
hearty welcome now.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
..MORK WELL. nnNE.-

In his Thanksgiving proclamation,
which was as beautiful word picture
as a president ever presented to the
people, President Wilson pointed TO
the cornucopia OF abundance shower
ing its blessings upon mankind. Like
nll his public papers, this proclamation
is clothed in admirably fitting apparel
with no phrase adornment to tickle the
fancy. President Wilson has the un.
usual faculty of being eloquent and
forcible as an artist in rhetoric with
out employing emotional, sentimental
or unnecessary words or figures of
speech. In his Thanksgiving procla-
nation the president makes 1t plain
that Thanksgiving day should be OBJ.
served as a religious duty and priv
ilege
The last Thursday in November, II
observed in the spirit of the proclama.
tion. will be marked by a genuine out,
pouring of gratitude to the Giver OF
every perfect gift Who has so blessed
US as a people.
President Wilson tells us not only
of our prosperity and our power, but
he summarizes the situation in these
words:
The year has brought us the salts
{ faction of work well done, and fresh
/ visions Of our duty which viii mako
the work of the future better STILL"
The st. Louis Post adds:
Work well done-the tariff law.
Work of the future-currency bill
and monopoly smashing.
Let us hope that the currency bill
at least. viii be shifted from work Of
the future to work well done by
( Thanksgiving day. It would increase
our grateful fervor"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
Oct. 27 in American
History.

10Sz-wIHIa Penn. founder OF PeDa.
sylvauia. landed at Newcastle. on
the Delaware. and formally took
possession OF the province under a
royal grant
1s5s-Theodore Roosevelt. twenty sixth
president of the United States.
born In New York city.
19li-Rear Admiral J. II. Sands. q. $.
y. retired. veteran OF the civil war.
died: horn 1S45
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
ou. Eer n;eksr

The old fashioned farmer. who liked
nothing more than to dicker. bobs up
now and then to rub elbows with the
moderns. In a department store re-
Gently one OF the old fashioned kind
approached the clerk and inquired:
How much are yoa asking for rub
Der boots todayf"
Then. when be was told the price. he
looked wise and quened:
And how much are you gettin' p
New York Globe.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

of the seamen s
union. to end in
voluntary serTitude
at sea, is almost
at an end. Nothing
but success could
be the outcome of
a fight which for
patient persistence
is without parallel
in the legislative
history of the Unit
ed States. The
senate has put the
La Toilette bill-it
deserves to be call
ed the Furuseth
bill-well on the
way to the statute
books. 1t is al
most the same bill
that the Gus e
passed during the
last congress. and
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
THIS WoEFuL WORLD.

Some people"
sighed the d sap
pointed one. fare
30 lucky that. II
seems as IL kthey
simply can't bpse,
no matter what
happens" A
And still 4 the
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
A Coneession

Ny wife refused to recite the usus
speeches In the marriage ceremony.- .
said the worried looking man.
That showed originality" I
Yes. But IT hasn't prevented ber
from allowing the lawyer to use the
customary phrHseoIogy in applying for
aIimonr-" StsE
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
40 Wandsr sh. Won hIm.

81 wonder why he ever marra ID
herr"
'I understand It was because wftila
chsritably disposed once he made Fn
engagement to take her somewhere.
And did sho proceed on tie
strength Of that 20 rope him in?"
mo. She was ready when thetine
came 10 start"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
spreadlnu Happiness,

'T have but one rule that follow
absolutely in this life, and that Isl to
make other people as happy as posi-
BILE"
We'll" she replied. you oughtS 10
be gratifed, then, at what I heard Ia
young lady say the other day" !.
What was that?"
She said that whenever she faaw
you dancing she had to laugh"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Pittsburgh is reported 10 be arrang-
ing the finances for a boom for Philan-
sdar c. Knox for the republican nomi-
patton for the presidency in 1915.
Pittsburgh's millionaires seem never
30 be much concerned whether they
I bet a run for their money or not.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Women OF the press" says a dis
patch, are divided on the merits of
tango One half has danced il, per
haps while the other half has only
looked on. The proof Of the tango is
In the dancing.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Governor Blease says he wants
plenty OF good horse racing. chicken
fighting and honest poker playing in
my state" BY comparison with Gov
ernor Blease all those things would be
very desirable.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Don't blame the newspapers because
they print, about once a week. a dis
patch saying that war has ended in
santo Domingo. Each time Il is a d!f-
ferent war
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
oratI6ed Ambition.

Yes" said Mrs. scaddsleigh. an er
the happy ones had said good-by a i'd
started on their wedding tour, 1T has
always been by wish 10 have Belle
marry q man whom she could iookAup
10. ! think she hes done So"
Anyone can see that she has" kre-
Piled her dear friend.
Thank you so much. Harriet" !
He must be at least six feet ltszI'
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

The new clerk OF the United States
supreme court. who started as a page
4S years ago, may in the course OF
another half century or so work his
way up to a place on the bench
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

De-. Don't say that corporations have no
sbuls. The Boston q Albany railroad
has graded it's tracks at Wellesley so
that college girls who wear tight
skirts, can get on and off the trains
easily.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Sir Rufus Isaacs.. who has been ab
pointed to the post of lord chief jus
ice OF England. is the first OF the
Jewish nationality to hold this posi-
lion. He is the second OF his faith
o attain high place in Great Britain.
. be other having been Disraeli. Lord
iBeaeonsfie.d, Queen Victoria's favorite
bremier.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
While There's Life

Mrs. Matchem-Forty years old, Mr.
Singleton. and never been married
Dear me-. But surely you have not
given up all hope? Singleton--No, in
deed! / hope l am. safe for another
forty years, anyway-Boston Tran
script.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Among the South American canni
spaIs reported to have eaten an Ohio
man alive there's a great future for
vegetarianism and fireless cookers.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
sY TIE J. w. POTTER co.

TERMS-Ten cents per week by ca--
rier. n Ro-k Island
Complaints OF delivery service should
be rrads 20 the circulation department,
which should also be notified In every
instance where It is desired TO have
paper discontinued. as carriers haze no
authority IN tke premises.
All communications Of a-gumeatstive
churdcte-. political or religious. must
have real name attached for pubiics-
tion. No such articles viii be printed
ever fictitious signatures.
Telephones n all departments. Gen.
traI Union. Rock Island 145. I145 and
2Ils.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

General Apathy has no chance what
ever in New York, where Mccall
Mitchell and Sulzer are hurting vitup-
Grafton at each other
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Great Britain recognized Huerta in
the presence of a protest by the United
Estates. As well might this govern
gpent recognize the uprising in Ulster
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

a rather neat solution of the prob
lem would be to cut Mexico loose at
both ends, tow her out to deep water
and scuttle her. ..
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Z The Egyptians are eating locusts
IRnd the French are eating snails
.These are dark days for the Ameri-
Gan beef trust.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

The Methodist bishop who would
abandon the Monroe doctrine may be
large on religion but he is shy on
patriotism.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

And 'he National Association Op-
posed to Woman Suffrage refuses TO
welcome MIS-. Pankhurst as CO.
worker,
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

people who lose." said the ama4 eur
philosopher, ARE not always hapN}
know q fat woman who would nke to
lose about sixty pounds and can'tJahd
1t makes her hopping mad everystue
she thinks of It." "a.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

When a man has difficulty In finding
chance to propose he can maA e VI
his mind that the girl doesn't awanI
him.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

It nov appears that, when Mr. Je-
rome said Mr. Thaw had been indicted
in New York, he merely spoke antici-
patorily.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

bush- is IN the open, which is-where
the president delights to have his
enemies.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
The Climbers.

How few would taste the bitter cup.
How few would fret or sigh or froW,
IL no man tried while climbing Up
To push some other climber down :
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

When baby girl is born she adonce
begins TO yell for clothes and shsnev-
er gets over the habit.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Another lie OF usefulness cut short.
: A Sioux City fireman has inherited the
title of count and S45O,OOO.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Especial Correspondence of The Argus)
Washington, Oct. 25.-The long fight
made by Andrew Furuseth. the genius
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

A bad man gets vast credit for doing
a good thing which nobody would
have noticed II the doer had beam de-
cent
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Eggs are costing SO cents dozen In
Sew York. Now is the time TO be an
actor.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

The business instinct frequently
takes the form Of an easy conscieAce.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
CANDID OPINION.

The varnish is soon worn fn1m the
railing in front of the bar, butsehurch
pews seldom need repairing.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Congregationalists and Episcopal
ans never know how much worry they
cost the men who get up newspaper
heads.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

1t isn't always the man that klives
longest who lives most
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

Every weed and every splinter hasa spe-
cial purpose here.
Though that purpose may at pre- Hnt not
be adequately clear;
There's a reason for each atom; THAT Is
underneath thS sky,
But that fact brings little cheerR
10 the man whose path Is dreaEf
For the reason that an atom hasH found
lodEment In his eve.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue., Rock Island. III. d5ptered a. the
eostofice as second-class -natter)
Rock Island Member of the Associated
PrenA
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

AL the news all the tine-The Argus
Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27
The. Daily Story
TWO MAsoUERADING COPS by RYLAND BELL.
hted by Assn
sYLAND BELL.

Copyrighted, 1913. by Asscciated Literary Buresu.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-07
BISMARCK LANDS
ESTATE EDUCATORS
Hot Fight for 1914 Conven-
I }tion Ended this Morning
- Here in 1915.

.t,ss part s. Si'e Graad r iSpRss' aslsr. On
s!sinarck this morning was awarded
i&e next meeting Of the North DAB sta
[Hlucations association. Grand
iGatherins, but the convention voted
t3 go. to the capital city in lsll.
Grand FORKS, however. is in line
Z the 1915 convention and is prac.
,tkaiiy, unopposed for that meeting.
Travis Is President.
Al yesterdays session. Prof. Clyde
NJ Travis Of the. Mayvihe. normal
Aehool was chosen president to sue
coed ]. Nelson Kelly Mr.. Travis
Eas not opposed. for the election, Miss
Minnie J.. Nelson I having withdrawn
nal, school was chosen vice president.
,defeatirg 7: r. Edwards Of: Minot.
Superintendent Edwafds, however.
;N4s chosen vice 4. president. , The
Grange In presidency. will be the only
one made. Mr.. Kelly. becomes q
~ <hoer Of the executive board Of
k.de. association.
: Local Teachers Return Tonight. !,
The convention will come to a close
with this afternoons program. A
nun1oer OF business matters were dis
posed of this morning. tho most inn
psrrant being the. selection, of the
next meeting place. A large number
OF the teachers. including the ma
3ottty Of the Grand Forks contingent,
vii! leave Fargo for their homes to-
night. - -. 4
The, delegates to the convention
we're entertained last night when two
receptions were given. One was CIV
en- by the business men of Fargo at
the Commercial club rooms, and. the
other was given at the Masonic tem-
ple.. -.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-07
alfalfa GROWING
IS MORE POPULAR
Report of Commissioner Gil
Breath Shows Advance
of That Crop.

Bismarck. y. D., Nov. 7.-There has
been considerable interest aroused ov.
er the state in the business Of alfalfa
raising and since it has been DEM
onstrated that 1t car be successfully
done many farmers have one into it..
That the growth has been an excep-
tionally healthy one is shown by the
report that has just been compiled
by Commissioner Of Agriculture and
Labor w. c. Gilbreath. The report
for 1911 showed that there were A.
744h acres sown and the same re-
port for 1912 shows an increase to o.
423N acres. In every county where
there has been a start made it has
become a favorite crop and the farm
ers who have gone in for it have be-
come enthusiasts.
In a report recently issued the total
acreage Of all crops. including tame
grasses in the counties of the state.
are given. Cass leads with 626.316.
while Grand Forks is second with
542,363 and Barnes third with 492,-
200. Morcer is credited with the
smallest acreage. having only S8,647
and only leads Dunn by about ten
thousand acres. the latter county hav-
ing a total of $3.50 acres.
Oliver which is one of the newer
counties and little heard from claims
an acreage Of 484.805 acres while
Burleigh, the county in which the
state capital is located. has a total
Of 17O,9O6. The total acreage in the
state is said to have been 14,187.34l
ard a fraction for 1913.