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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-08
THEY KNIT NO MORE.
ALBANY RevieW.l

(Albany Review
Il would be a safe bet that in not
one house in ten in the village can a
set Of old fashioned knitting needles
be found Yet 80 or 40 years ago it
was a poor home that did not have
three or four sets The art Of knit
ting is practically lost. Not one girl
in a thousand can knit a stocking or
mitten like her mother did
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-08
THEATRICAL NOTE.

The Curry-Howard show which was
TO have been here all this week showed
only Monday night. The quality OF
their performance was evidently not
satisfactory to the public. as they were
unable 70 secure n crowd for subse-
luent performances and after trying
both Tuesday and "Wednesday nights
they gave up and departed for other
FIELDS Some ~ their performers were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-08
4 STRONG NOSE.
Stark COUNTY News

lStark County NeWS)
Sylvester Dillon had a disagreeable
experience ,ast Saturday. When lead
ing a COW. the COW was nipped on the
leg by dog coming up from behind
and the bovine in attempting TO use
her horns for defense struck her own
er on the nose almost depriving the
member Of its scarfskin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-08

A CREAMY TOOTER.
Port Byron Globe.)

A Thistle has been placed on the
creamery. II you have not heard II
doubtless you do not live in the busy
part OF town. This whistle will not
disturb nervous people, If 1t is used In
case Of fire, and THAI will be worth
something. This = She only steam
whistle in town and II sounds good to
hear II. but only those close TO the
creamery can have this pleasure
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-08
THE VALLEY CLARION

sick which in some measure accounted
for the poor quality Of their show Mon.
day night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-08

ment, and she might make it two
weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-08

Frazer had her left shoulder badly
sprained and received several other
bruises about the head and body.
The evening world., 1913-03-03
COAL TAR TRUST NOW
FACES GOVERNMENT
DISSOLUTION SUIT
Action Brought in Federal
Court Against Products co.
and Subsidiaries.

The United states Government,
through the Department Of Justice and
U. s. District-Attorney Wise. to-day
filed suit against the American Coal
Products Company and its subsidiaries.
under the Sherman Antitrust law, ask
Ing Its dissolution by the Federal Courts.
The suit was filed In the United States
District Court with the complaint that
the various companies make up a trust
that operates In restraint OF trade. The
defendants named are the American Coal
Products Company OF New Jersey, the
Barrett Manufacturing Company Of
West Virginia. the National Coal Tar
Company OF Delaware, the II. +. Wat
son Company OF Pennsylvania. the Unit
ID Roofing and Manufacturing Com
pany OF Della ware. the Eastern Granite
| Roofing Company OF New Jersey. the
w. II. Rankin Company Of New Jersey.
the Commonwealth Roofing Company
OF Delaware. the Cambria Steel Com.
pany Of Pennsylvania, the Duluth Tai
Company and other companies manu-.
featuring similar products In variou.
parts of the country. The complaint
also names as defendants the follow
ing individuals: Isaac ID. Fletcher. w
II. Childs, Thomas N. Rainhard. Johr
c. Runkle. Samuel II. Bingham. W "
McIlravy. +. J. Steer. r. B. Foster anc
Hugo Henning.
The capital OF the subsidiaries rang,
In the neighborhood OF a million each
1t II charged that the companies con
The evening world., 1913-03-03
BLOTCHES
GONE after
USING POSLAM.

II you had noticed her q few days ago
with face broken out with pimples and
red spots. and could see her to-day with
face clear and fair. you would know
how Poslam acts, quickly. surely and
easily driving away unsightly skin
affections.
All skin diseases. inc uding ccscma.
acne. tetter. salt rhcun,. itch. etc. are
quickly eradicated by Poslam. Itching
Is stopped at once. Common troubles
such as pimples. red noses, rashes. etc.
respond so readily that overnight treat
ment is often sufficient.
POSLAM SOAP. used daily for toilet
and bath. will keep the skin in healthy
condition. aud improve its color and
texture. II offers the healing medica-
ton Of Poslam in q form particularly
beneficial for tender skin.
All druggists sell Poslam (price 80
cents) and Poslam Soap (pricc Is cents.
For free samples. write to the Emer-
gency Laboratories. 81 West 25th Street,
New York City.
The evening world., 1913-03-03
lNcENDIARY GETS 6 YEARS.
kess1er Owns Up to setting tO5
Fires IN Two Years.

Israel Kessler. a confessed incen-
diary, was sentenced to prison to-day
by Judge Dixie In the County Court.
Brooklyn. for not less than six years
nor more than thirteen and half.
X essler made his confession at a time
when the District attorney believed he
would become a states witness and
bring about the arrest OF others. He
was allowed to plead guilty to arson
In The third degree.
The clothing store of Isaac Stern at
No. 6O4 Jerome street, under "a tenement
house. was burned Jan. Il. Fire Mar
shall Brophy found such stock as was
on the counters soaked with benzine.
Certain indications suggested the work
Of Kessler. who was arrested the mex;
day at No. 211 East one Hundred and
Third street. Manhattan. He owned up
to setting los fires In two years. lie
came to this country from Russia seven
years ago.
The evening world., 1913-03-03

year ago. was filed in the Surrogate $
Once in Brooklyn to-day.
Campion was the r.an whose hands
were frozen to the steel bars a; the
front Of the building. Il took ten days
work to get his body out and h'a wife >
mind became unsettled BY the horror
she has since recovered. In will q.
three lines Campion left all he iad
about 5000. to his widow.
The evening world., 1913-03-03
JEROME TCF|CHT
NEWEFFORTF FOR
= THAW'SRELEASE
State Engages Former District.
N Attorney as Special
Counsel.

Announcement was made from Albany
to-day that Attorney General Carmody
had retained Mr.. Jerome to represent
the State in the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings brought by lawyers for Harry
Thaw. Mr.. Jerome will appear before
Justice Gegerich Thursday to fight the
effort that will be made to gain the re-
tsase Of the prisoner from Matteawan.
That important changes are being
made in the latest plan to get Harry
Thaw out Of Matteawan by means Of .
writ OF habeas corpus was hinted to-
day when DR.. Charles Kennedy. the
lawyer physician. representing Stanford
Whites slayer. decided to postpone his
visit TO his client.
The writ of habeas corpus Is return
able Thursday before Justice Glegerlch
In this city. and there Is but little time
Tor the necessary preparations that
would begin the proceedings with any
hope OF success. DR.. Kennedy declined
10 say why he had postponed his visit
10 Matteawin.
clifford Baer. counsel for John Nichol-
aon Anhu,. Thaw's counsel. who was
given a $4,000 retainer and vino was
accused hy DR.. Russell. the former head
of Matteawan, with Offering him any
part OF 1t as a bribe. said to-day that
Anhut was In the city and was ready to
answer any questions put to him In the
Investigations that are now in progress
a. the result o: the bribery charge.
"Mr. Anhut has not been subpoenaei
to appear before either whitman or
Attorney General Carmody." said Mr..
Baer. "As to Thaw having other law
ysrs, there Is nothing unusual In that.
People often have "a number OF lawyers
representing them without counsel
knowing that other legal representatives
are In the case.
No matter what effort may he made
in the Supreme Court TO prove Thaw a
sane man and get his liberty from the
asylum. the State will be amply repre-
scented In opposition.
GRAND JURY MAY HEAR ThAW's
VERSION.
Enar Chrystie. counsel for III,
Grievance Committee OF the Par Assoc
citation. held conference with Mr.
Whitman to-day ana then left for Al
bany 10 interview certain witncsse.
called in the Investigation which
brought out the charge % attempted
bribery against Anhut. Mr.. Whitma'
and Mr.. Chrystie have both been fur
nished with copies of the minutes OF tn,
Investigation.
II IL probable that when the Crane
Jury takes UP the bribery case o.
Thursday Thaw will be called before II
The Distr'ct-Attorney, however, vii
make Il clear to the Grand Jury tina
he has been adJudsed an insane man.
The evening world., 1913-03-03
EQUITABLE VICTIMS WILL.

The will OF william Campion. the
watchman who was killed In The Mer-
camille Safe Deposit vaults in the
Equitable Building when II was burned
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CLUBWOMEN STIRRED
BY MRS. yOUNC'SCASE
Determined She. Shall Not Re-
Iinquish SUPPLEMENTARY
of Chicago Schools.

CHICAGO. July 26-Plans for a
demonstration in favor of Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young, who rendered her resigna.
ton as superintendent Of Chicago's
schools because of the opposition to some
members Of the board of education. will
be completed today at meeting Of wom-
en- at the Woman's City Club.
Several woman suffrage and teachers
organizations called emergency meetings
In response to the appeal of Mrs. Grace
Wilbur Trout, president of the Illinois
Equal Suffrage Association, to clubwom-
en- to protest against conditions which
caused Mrs. Young 20 resign.
Ask Mayor to Investigate.
All of them passed resolutions deplor-
ing her resignation and requesting Mayor
Harrison to investigate.
A committee Of influential women. led
by Miss Jane Adams and others, plead
ed with Mrs Young to reconsider and she
consented to give the question Of recon
sidering her resignation three days
thought.
Various womens Headquarters are
humming with the work Of planning, let
ter writing and resolution creating. Every
clubwoman in the county has been writ
ten to use her influence to retain Mrs.
Young in school work.
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EAGLES OF AMERICA
FLOCK TO BALTIMORE
Fifteenth National Convention
to Be Held There First
Week in August.

BALTIMORE. July 26.--.All the hotel
accommodations of the city are being
rapidly taken by the members of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles. who will hold
their fifteenth annual session here during
the week of August 4, and with the res
ervations already made, it is expected
that they will be filled completely dur
ing convention week
The officers of the National Aerie
Will be here for a week before the
convention begins. most Of them hav-
ing already arrived. Headquarters are
at the Hotel Herman. and the sessions
of the Grand Aerie will be held in the
Maryland Theater. although the Acad-
envy of Music has been engaged for the
week for the work of the degree
teams. seventeen of which will COM
pete for the $4,000 in prizes which have
been offered for the best exemplifica-
ton of the ritual of the order These
contests will continue through the en-
tire convention week.
More than a thousand ladies are eX-
pected to accompany the delegates, and
their comfort and entertainment will
be looked after by committee OF
100 ladies. members of the families OF
the Baltimore members of the organ
iZatiOn. who will have headquarters in
the Eagles Home. over the Maryland
Thpafer
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HEADS NEW HAVEN ROAD.
Howard Elliott Will Begin His Du.
ties September /.

NEW YORK. July 26.-Howard
Elliott. president of the Northern Pa
ciffc railroad, was elected president and
director OF the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad at meeting OF
it's directors yesterday. and a new plan
adopted for the administration and
operation Of the entire New Haven
system.
Mr.. Elliott will assume his duties as
president September 1, succeeding
Charles S. Mellen, and will be elected
chairman at the October meeting Of the
changes in the bylaws Will be made
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The garden is used not only to teach
agriculture, but botany and chemistry as
well. TIL c
Garden Is Used kitchen stove
for Several Purposes. introduced as
an instrument for the demonstration OF
lesson in physics-the effect OF the
draughts of air on the fire. 1t becomes
q chemical laboratory when biscuits are
baked or tomatoes canned. The carpen-
ter shop is q practical proving ground Tor
mathematical accomplishments.
No seven-year-old child would ever re-
member, even II he understood. q lecture
on polarization OF the corn flower, but
the experiments Of Withholding the pollen
from the corn silk proves to him. SO that
he can never forget 1t. the theory OF the
fertilization of the corn.
But it must not be imagined that such
experiments were confined to corn. There
were the potatoes. The children learned
by comparison of blooms and fruits that
the potato and the bull nettle belong to
the same plant family, but first they no
ticed that both were beset by the pestifer-
Gus potato beetle. Later. they found to
their great surprise that the tomato was
a cousin in the same family. Then they
were prepared to hear. what they could
not see, that all were related to the dead
ly night shade. Coming to them in this
way botany held the pure JOY of original
research and discovery.
The potato beetles had to be fought
with poison. the plants were sprayed with
paris green. They brought in a bit of
chemistry, but it also nightly interested
the children in the beetles. a terrarium
was one of the first bits Of equipment
added to the school. The boys made
shallow box and filled 1t with earth, and
there they placed for observation and
study every insect they could find. every
larva and chrysalis. A plague of cotton
caterpillars demolished the tiny cotton
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Tyree Heads Photographers.

KANSAS CITY. July 26.-Manly w.
Tyree of Raleigh. N. c.. first vice presi-
dent of the Photographers. Association
of America, has been unanimously
elected president of the association.
He represents. the section of the as
ISOLATION that has been working for
a changed organization. Atlanta, Ga.
was given the 1914 convention. w. H.
Towles. Washington, D. c., was made
first vice president.
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Estimating the Attendance.

No accurate estimate has been made of
he number of visitors who will be In
Baltimore. There will be more than 1000
delegates and probably three times that
number of visitors. There are ! 500 local
lodges of the order i'm the country and
each is entitled to send at least one dele
gate. Then every man who has served as
president Of a local organization Is en-
titled TO a seat in the convention, and
hundreds of these. especially from the
country within a days travel of Balti-
more. are expected. In addition to these
there will be hundreds of members of the
order who will come just for the trip and
the fun they will get out OF 1t, although
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they will not be entitled to seats in the

they will not be entitled to seats in the
meetings.
All kinds of amusements have been pro-
vided for the visitors. The big steamer
down the bay. and after the parade on
Thursday. which will end at Broadway
and Bank street, a hundred or more troll
ley cars will take the paraders to River
View Park. where there will be big crab
feast, which will be served By 100 negro
mattresses, each wearing a bandanna
headdress as badge of her office.
Prominent Men to Attend.
A number of distinguished men will at
tend the meeting. Among these will be
Theodore A. Bell of California, who led
the fight against Bryan in the Baltimore
convention of last summer, who is chair
man of the committee on the state of the
order; John J. Kennedy, treasurer Of the
state Of New York; member of, the order
finance committee: William j. Brennan.
Of Pennsylvania head of the Clark forces
from Pennsylvania in the democratic
convention and a bitter opponent of A.
Mitchell Palmer in the conventions;
Thomas ]. Cogan of Cincinnati. who
headed the Harmon delegation from Ohio
in the democratic convention, and who
will be elected the next president of the
order. He is now the vice president Then
there will be big Tim Sullivan of New
York, who is ON his way home from Eu-
rope; Conrad H. Martin of Kansas City.
chairman of the board OF trustees, and
John ]. Bohl. a grand trustee, who has
just been appointed by President Wilson
postmaster Of Stamford. Conn. The only
Baltimore member of a national commit
tee is Edward Hirsch who is chairman
of the press and publicity COMMITTEES.
which Office he has held for dozen
years.
This will be the second meeting of the
Grand Aerie in Baltimore. its 1904 meet
ing having been held in this city. That
was the year Of the big fire, and the Wis
itors will see a very much changed city.
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Fire causes $4,000 Loss.

PHILADELPHIA. July 26.-The plant
OF the Hinde-Dauch Paper Company. at
Gloucester. N. J., was almost completely
destroyed by fire last night. The flames,
which started In one Of the storehouses.
spread rapidly to the other buildings,
causing q lost estimated at $4,000.
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Registered in Stars London Office

Special CsbIegram 70 The Star.
LONDON. July Matte NJ. Stott and
Mrs. Robert j. Rochstein have registered
in the London office of The Washington
Star.
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Self-Discipline
Is the Only Kind.

pulled a girls hair, for fun, and once one
boy I'm the carpenter shop spanked an
other with a board-but each time there
was only a chase through the yard.
laughing struggle and a return to work.
One day the school found that during
the night somebody had climbed the fence
and had destroyed two Of the little boys
gardens-had torn up every plant by tho
roots. The children were In tears, ana
We're fea-euliy indignant. Investigation
proved that the vandals were two young
boys living not far FROM the school.
Their father agreed that they should
come to the school and apologize Tor their
mischief They came and when they nad
muttered q few shame-faced words the
teacher told them that 1t was now all
right that they had done the manly
thing. and nothing more need De sara:
But wouldn't they stay a little while ana
see the school? They stayed little
while, and before night they, too. had
gardens of their own and from that day
on were a part of the new school.
The children who came In from the
farms and who had been TO school would
not relinQ,lish their text books. and want
ed to read in the readers as we'll az In
the fairy tale books but 1t was only
few days until they had discovered the
truth that an education is not to be found
in books alone. but in eveII little activity
OF a busy day.
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crop, but It added greatly to the store Of
knowledge gained from the terrarfum.


Birds. too. were studied, and the chill
dren learned of the way the BIRDS bodies
We're made to
Children Learn facilitate Night
of Habits Of Birds. h, "S Why ws,s so onS
others hop. Birds and beetles were ale
ways discussed. however. from the eco
nomic and not the scientific angle. The
first question was always: Is he our
enemy or our friend? They learn that
the lady bug is as friendly az the potato
bug is unfriendly; they see with their
own eyes how the angle worm helps
loosen the soil to aid the plants 60 find
food, while the cut worm destroys the
Young plants.
The liberal sciences are not neglected
The beginnings of orderly accounting are
made when each child keeps u painstak-
ing record OF the day the peas We're
they were first cultivated. how many
times they were hoed, when the first
bloom appeared. when the first peas were
picked, and finally. how many peas We're
picked before the plants died and were
destroyed. Also. what was done with
the peas. How many pecks We're there
in the pod. How many pints, when they
were hulled. How many were coo1el
at school. How many taken home How
many sold.
Then there are other books to be kept
histories to be written in other ways
than by keeping tables OF dates and
pecks and quarts Each child draws q
picture Of the sprouting bean and IL is
put in a book. and as the stages Of the
bean growth are pictured the book grows
until, at the end. the child writes the
story of that years bean crop.
The pride taken in these account and
record books is far greater than that
taken in an ordinary school in the month
1y report card, for the competition goes
on daily and the child sees for himself
if his drawing of a sprouted bean is bet
ter or worse than some other child's. No
teacher has To mark one 81 per cent and
the other 81 per cent. The children grade
their own work.
* x
What of diSciplinac There IL mona ox-
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1t would be q pity to stop them. and We
can manage the planting somehow"
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Birds. too. were studied and the chill
dren learned of the way the birds bodies
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What of discipline? There is none ex-
cept that of self-discipline imposed by
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There were two girls. thirteen and
fourteen years old. who had been to
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The garden is used not only to teach
agriculture, but botany and chemistry as
New Ulm review., 1913-05-14

The faculty Of the High School
arranged . picnic for tho Seniors last
Friday afternoon. there being half
holiday st school. The young folks
enjoyed the afternoon at Hunters
Rest and had . regular old-fashioned
good time.
Thirty one young people will COM
plete the course at the High School
this year. They have chosen DR.. c..
O. Merica OF Redwing % the speaker
at their graduation exercises Friday
evening. May 3Oth. Miss Erna Holz-
inger will be Valedictorian and Erwin
Haenxe will deliver the Salutatory.
GRADUATES
Latin Course: Clarence n. Hess,
Erna F. Holzinger, Benjamin Seifert.
English Course: Matthias Antony,
Carrie Backer, Kurt Bell, Rose
Bouchard, Elmer Cordes, Elsanora
Dirks, Agnes Esser, William Fritschs
Clarence Gissske, Anton Gruenenfel.
der, Heurietts Hauenstein, Waldemar
Huevelmann, Emily James, Harry
Joern. Theodore Klippstein, Harkin
Massopust, jeanette Nellie, Walter
Pfaender, Bernard R0lwes, Alfred
Ruemke, Mitchell Russell, Walter
Schleuder. Margaret Schoch, Leo J.
Seifert, Earl Setter, Elvira Sell, EIms
Stolz. A few others may complete the
required number of credits and, if so,
will have their names added to the
list.
New Ulm review., 1913-05-14
Track Team Goes To NOrthfield.

Next Friday, May 10Th, the New
Ulm High School track team will DC.
part for Northfeld to participate IN
the Carleton college 1nter-scholastic
Track Meet on Saturday, the 18th
This meet is given annually by Car.
Teton to the high schools of the
state. About twenty schools are en-
tered and the competition promises to
be unusually keen. .
Track is q new line of endeavor II
the local high school and Coach Lewis
has been hampered by lack of en-.
thusiasm. The cold, wet spring has
also been big handicap to the run
ners. In spite of the adverse sea-
son, however, the boys ought to give
q good account of themselves.
The team is strong in the field
events but rather weak in the runs
In the shot Russell is the most prom
Using and has hurled the iron pill
over forty feet in practice. He is
also working with the hammer. Mas
sapust looks like a point winner in
the discus throw and slams the FIVE
pound plate pretty close to the hun
dred foot mark. Hess is also show
ing form in the weights. Fritsche
looks good for about ten feet in the
pole vault and is going to make a
desperate try for the record of 10
feet 11s inches. Cordes and Bell are
high jumpers, and will clear the bar
at we'll over five feet. Vogtel and
Cordes are the best bets in the dashes
while Huevelmann and Joern seem
to have the best claim to distance
runners. "
About eight men will be taken to
the meet and they hope to bring
hack some Of the "tin.Ware