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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
THE CENTRAL BANK PLAN.

Frank A. Vanderlip. president of the
City National bank Of New York (the
Rockefeller bank, made a speech in
Chicago last week in which he insisted
should be adopted by congress, but
feared it would not be because Presi-
dent Wilson firmly opposed it, and the
house would not recede from the Glass
Owen administration plan because the
central bank was disapproved by the
democratic national convention u
Baltimore.
Mr.. Vanderlip made an appeal for
popular support of the central bank
and for pressure to be brought upon
congress in its behalf. He asserts that
the intellectual sentiment of the SEN
ate is in favor of the plan, but for po-
litical reasons does not care to dras-
tically antagonize the house and the
president.
Mr. Vanderlip's anxiety for the adop-
ton OF his central bank plan is similar
to the anxiety exhibited by Nicholas
Biddle, during the administration of
President Jackson, to retain control of
the currency of the country through
his central bank plan of that day.
Mr.. Biddle, who was a financial
magnate" like Mr.. Vanderlip, went so
far as to threaten Pre- sident Jackson
with the overthrow of his administra-
ton and defeat for reelection, If he
vetoed the bill to re-cha-ter the cen
trail bank which he, Mr.. Biddle, had Sc
cured the passage of.
President Jackson defied the finan-
cial magnate and his allied bankers to
do their worst. He vetoed the bill, and
made a ringing appeal to the people
for support.
The people responded and reelected
| old Hickory by heavy majority.
The democratic party has been con
sistently and persistently opposed 70
every central bank plan since the days
OF Andrew jackson, and it is not like
| ~ that any pressure that Mr.. Wander
/ lip can secure will avail to alter the
views of the democrats on the subject
President Wilson has shown that he
is as firmly opposed to the centra
bank plan as Andrew Jackson was
Like Jackson, he cannot be scared BY
the loud cries of financial magnates Of
their threats of securing his politica
humiliation. He Endorsed the demo
cratic national platform when it wa!
adopted. believes in its declarations
an ! proposes to vitalize and maintain
them as far as possible.
Mr. Vanderlip is wasting his valua
BILE time in trying to force upon tn,
country his central bank plan. TIL
people shall rule, not he financia
) magnateS,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

ployed by the special delivery depart
ment of the postoffice.
The telegraph companies are CAPT
talized at s20O,OOO,OOO. 1t is claimed
that only s5O,OOO0OO of this sum rep
resents actual value, and that the
lines could be duplicated new for
probably s2O,O00,00O.
To pay dividends on this estimated
$3.50, 900 of watered stock. it is OBJ
vious the companies must either hold
wages abnormally low or raise rates
artificially high. They are doing
both.
The great Indictment to be brought
against the private telegraph monopoly
of this country is that it fails to serve
the public The American people have
no idea of the possibilities of the tele-
graph-how it is possible to cheaper
the service so that it can be used eco
nomically by everyone for social com
municatiOn.
IN THE COURT OF BIRDS.
Have you noticed, Mr. Reader. that
the crows in your neighborhood have
been unusually noisy and jubilant the
past few days?
Perhaps you do not know the rea
son.
For several weeks Mr.. and Mrs
Grow, and the large family of little
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE T. TAvENNER
Congressman frem tn. Fourteenth District
BY CLYDE q. TAvENNEl

crows, have been on trial for Their
lives before the court of birds in Wash
ington. Yes, there really is such
court. 1t is composed of high-salaried
judges who hear all the evidence and
then decide whether the bird defend
ants shall be exterminated or permit
ted to live out their natural lives.
Some time ago charges were Official
ly fled against the crow family be-
fore the court of birds of the depart
ment of agriculture, and the crow was
officially placed on trial for his life.
A verdict of not guilty" was returned.
From the minute study of the con-
tents of the stomachs of large num-
Der of the birds the court concludes
that the crow consumes enough grass
hoppers. cutworms. white grubs and
other injurious insects to onset his
enc vicious habit, that of destroying
young birds and bird eggs. The one
positive danger these Investigators
found in the crow was when he ex-
listed in large numbers.
RAILROADS WANT MORE PAY.
The railroads, in their present cam
paign for more pay for hauling the
mails. have neglected TO inform the
public that in addition to the pay they
receive from Uncle Sam for hauling
the mails, they are also paid several
millions annually merely for the
rental of the mail cars.
The sum which the government very
generously pays the railroads for rem
tai alone in two years would buy the
cars outright
There is no more reason why the
government should pay rent for mai
cars, in addition to the pay for the
hauling of the mails, than that the
passenger should pay for seat in
passenger coach after buying his rail
road ticket
The government should not deal II
a niggardly fashion with the railroad:
or any other concern or individual
with whom it does business.
The railroads should be permitted
to make a sufficient income to paI
high wages to its employees and t
make high rate of interest on none!
actually invested; but the railroad
|, have no right to expect the govern
ment or the people to pay exorbitan
rates simply to enable them to pa.
dividends on the millions of dollars o
railroad capitalization which repre-
, sents only water and air.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
Jack and Jill on the Matrimonial Hill.

Jack and jill went up the hill
TIE hill OF matrmony;
While they were on the upward way
She was his "ownest owney.s
He helped her where the path was rough,
She still was young and slender
His words were never short or sruff,
His every act was tender.
AT last they reached the top. and there
A little while they tarried
A preacher said things. and the pair
Were then securely married.
As soon as they found out that all
Their wooing had been ended
They hastily went down the hill.
And fought as they descended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
NoaFs Nerve Tonic.

Having been dedicated TO the pro-
fession of arms. General Nogi was
taken. while still small boy, to see q
criminal decapitated and was rebuked
for shuddering at the spectacle. After
nightfall. when all was darkness and
silence. he was required to go alone TO
the burial ground and bring back the
culprits head. The ordeal was de-
signed to strengthen his nerves and
teach him TO fear nothing, living or
dead.-Frsncis E. Leupp in Atlantic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
Luck.

well, I'm convinced that it's an
III wind that blows good to nobody"
What has caused you to arrive at
your present opinion"
you know the Billingers?"
You mean Horace Billinger. who
recently got so badly squeezed in the
stock market"
Eyes. You see, we lived next door
to the Billingers for a number Of
years. Since they have lost their
money and been compelled to give up
their automobiles and discharge most
of their servants, and IN other ways
get along on as little as possible, my
wife has found that we can live on
much less than 1t formerly cost u.s."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

possibly the tele-
phone will soon re-
ceive serious dis
cussiol in con-
gress. II is argued
that the govern
ment is in a posi-
ton to er a I e
both telegraph and
I e ! e p h o n e at a
much less cost
than private COM
panies; that it
would save the
rent private COM
panies are paying
for its $4,000 Of
fees by h a V | n G
these stations in
t h e postomces;
that the kilograms
could be deliver
ed by messenger
boys already en-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

Now your legs are hidden and you shout
no more;
You're a helpless creature-you so 1.-the
before.
climb,
You must guard your actions gravely all
the time
You have lost the freedom of the care
less child
You no more may ever gallop glad and
wild
Wholly artificial, you must lace and friz
And be cold and proper-what a shame
II Ia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

Captain" the beautiful girl asked,
how did you manage to stop that
Central American revolution"
TT was very simple replied the
naval hero. 81 sent six marines ashore
with orders to dispense the revolu-
donary army. and when it saw them
coming it jumped ON a mule and hur-
Red into an adjoining republic"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
couIdn't Overlook the Chance.

Alas, the leaves are cleaning
golden in the sum-" said the rich old
maid who sometimes wrote poetry.
Speaking of things golden in the
sum-" replied her impecunious neph-
ew, don't forget that, having no
son of your own. there is one whose
affection for you could be no stronger
than It is if you were really his moth
er. Need say more?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
Crushed.

Miss Gladys. can you cook?'' in
quired the prospective sutton eau
tiously.
Il can" she answered sweetly. but
the young man ] am engaged to as
sures me that won't have to."-KaR-
has City Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

Madrid-A firing squad of troops ex-
ecuted Captain Manuel Sanchez, an
army officer found guilty of the muir
der OF Don Garcia Jalon, a land own
er. The confession of Luisa Sanchez,
said to be Sanchezs daughter, who
was sentenced TO ~ years imprison-
ment as his accomplice. brought about
his conviction. Jalon was lured to a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

Enraged at the high cost Of living, a
Boston man wrecked a restaurant.
smashing the tables, dishes and win
dows. He said he paid ~ cents for a
plate OF baked beans and only got AZ.
To cut down any Boston mans beans
Is pretty nearly a declaration of war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

AS Mrs. Pankhurst minlmlzes the
distressing effects OF militant sufrag-
ism Il is to be supposed that so far her
house has not been burned or any OF
her plate glass windows broken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
GOVERNOR DUNE AND PENAL IN
SrTTtrrTONS

Il is insinuated by some OF the crit
les OF Governor Dunrs that partisan
politics entered argely into the Pom
tiac reformatory inquiry and report.
There is no ground for such an in
situation. From the inception OF his
administration the governor has taken
a keen interest in these institutions.
He has repeatedly refused to allow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

A New Orleans man, getting up in
the middle OF the night, drank yeast
instead OF water. He undoubtedly
srose at least two hours earlier than
usual the next morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

Adolphus Busch was thoroughly
American. despite his German birth
and lineage. So he cut of his German
son.inlaw. Lieutenant Scharer from
any share IN the big estate. If his wife
should die.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

/; now let's talk of something else"
lakeland then Tom-Then-well,
we talked of something eise.-Boston
Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
Unsuitable Hate.

Il should hate to live after all my
friends were dead"
Il don't blame you. It's always hard
to borrow money from strangers"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
WIRE SPARKS

hington-Secretary McAdoo has
awarded gold medals of honor to 1G
members of the life-saving service for
bravery at the wreck of the steamer
Rosecrsns at the mouth of the Colum-
bia river
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

|. Daily are the complications of do
nestle life increasing. An eastern
Judge has ruled that husbands and
wives have no right to open each 9th
ers letters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
Neatly Turned.

jack hear that you called on your
girls father How did you come out?
Tom-So so! said to him, Mr. X,
love your daughter" He said, SO do
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

washington-The overcoat that Lin
coin wore the night he was shot in
Fords theatre is in possession of John
NJ Kirby of this city. After the death
of Lincoln his clothes were used by a
sculptress who made the statue that
now stands in Statuary hall. 1t was
not known what became OF the over
coat until Mr.. Kirby made public the
fact that he had the garment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

TERMs-Ten cents per week BY car
rier, in Rock Island.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made TO the circulation department
which should also be notified in every
instance where It IL desired 10 have
paper discontinued. as carriers have nc
authority in the premises.
All communications OF argursentativ tive
character. political or religious. mus
have real name attached for publica
ton No such articles Will be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones in ell departments. Cen.
trail Union, Rock Island l45. I145 and
2l45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

There are a lot OF American and Ma
tionAl league players who will either
have TO pay the income tax or make
admission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
Pride.

Nothing makes q woman prouder
than to find out that she had a gov
erneas when she was a child.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

a careful perusal Of the Massachu-
sets newspapers leads 70 the conclu-
sion that four men will be elected gov.
ernor OF that state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

II cost Boston man $4,000 TO call
a girl his "booful baby in black and
white Looks as II it's about time to
try Jail sentences.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

It's fairly appalling to think what a
superb chief clerk Of a board of cleo
tons is going to waste in Victoriano
Huerta.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
The Point Of View

she-They have been married for
ten years and act like lovers yet
He-Heayens, how sIckening!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
Nov. 4 In American
History.

1T52-George Washington. then a ms
jor in the service OF Great Britain.
was initiated into Lodge No. 4.
Free and Accepted Masons. at
Fredericksburg. Va. As Washing
ton was not yet twenty-one years
Of age, he was admitted by spe-
cial dispensation.
1625-First boat through the Erie canal
arrived at New York
19OS-Dr Charles W. Eliot resigned az
president Of Harvard university.
All the news all the time - The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

Dallas, Texas-Mrs. Ellie NJ. Lake,
widow, held as an accessory in the
murder of Miss Florence Brown on as
sertions made by Meade Barr, who
confessed the killing, denied she had
any knowledge of the crime. She at
tributed Bars attempt TO implicate
her to revenge for her refusal to &C
cept his advances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
They Are Wrona.

Too many people seem to think
good nature exists only to be imposed
upon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
BY CONGRESSMAN CLYDE H. TAV.
ENNER,

Especial Correspondence Of The Argus)
Washington, D. c., Nov. Govern
ment ownership of the telegraph and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

Pretty little maiden, yesterday a child.
Free from affectatien, merely running
wild:
Kicking up and laughing. climbing fences
What lot OF changes have come over
you!
glee.
Yesterday you lightly sat upon my knee;
Yesterday you kissed me when 1 went
away;
have found a woman in your place to-
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
He Has No Wife.

Fate generally gets the blame for
what Is q mans own fault.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

South Bend, Ind-Attempts were
made to unravel the mystery in the
suicide of Edwin P. Allen of Chicago
at the Oliver hotel. His brother,
Charles d. Allen. who arrived to care
for the body. said the decedent was
literally supplied with money. The
body will be taken to st. Clair, n. Y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

Columbus. Ohio - Governor Cox
granted a reprieve until Dec. 10 to
Frank Kinney, sentenced to be cleo
trocuted Nov. G. Kinney's plea for
committeeman of sentence is before
the pardon board
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

fat and slain after he won $1,000 in
card game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

MISUNDERSTANDING Daniels an
nounced that the question whether the
great naval dry dock at Pearl harbor,
Hawaii, should be completed would be
submitted to congress in December
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue. Rock Island. III. entered at the
postofice as second-class matter)
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press.
BY THE :. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-04

All the news all the time = The
Argus.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-10
VA.LDEZ
The hes,st Of the yosd telt
Yu11h xlisnals

The most Horthsray port In the world open to nav igatlon tire year 'rounu.
 The logical entrepot to the great interior of Alaska; the salt water terminus of the gov- ernment wagon road lead- Ing into the Tanana val- ley and the Yukon water shed.
 The seat of government of the Third Judicial di- vision of AIasta. The heaUq uafters of tho Aaaska Road Commission, oY tho Telegraph and Ca bic systems.
 It is 86 nn1fes nearer tho Interior than any other coast city.
 it js tho hoAdquarters of the largest Meet Of small craft m Southwest ern Alaska.
 It has ths largest popu- lation of any community in Southwestern Alaska.
 It has the best public schools and an accredited high school with a four- year course.
 It is the only sea coast town offerIng direct com- muntcation with the in- terior by wagon, summer or winter.
 Valdez offers the near- est and most direct route to the Matanuska coa! fields.
 It's harbor is the most easily defended oh the Pa cific coast and can ride the navies of tho world.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-10
The Hoodoo Number.

This year. whose number is 'l3, is surely acting rather mean. Disasters tread each others heels until the sad Onlooker feels that Jonah. from his ancient berth. has certainly returned to earth. There must be something true. ods fish, in- that .old-fashionrd superStish: thirteen is hoodoo- ed, sure as fate--this year cant have it's luck on straight. On Britain's shore the sutfragette IS keeping all men in sweat, and cen the king is sore and sick. eX- pecting every hour a brick. The Balkan people and the Turks are shooting up the whole blamed works. The kindly king of Greece was slain by some cheap skate who'd gone insane. In Mexico the bullets soar and people wade around in gore. And here at home the floods roll down. Submergine many a pleasant town. and ry- clones shrirk across the plain and leave wrecked cities>in their train /: Death and his angels grimly roam and celebrate their harvest home. And so. however much we wish to srorn the ancient suprrstI>h. we d like a year of better famr--nnr with no hnOdnO on it's name.
 WALT NJ \SON.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-10
Elephant Police.

The sight of six pairs of ele- plants simultaneously at work cap turing a half dozen struggling, trumpcting males is an imposing one. Like a pair of animal police men arresting a prisoner, the great
 beasts sidle alongside a victim, take him between them and jostle and squeeze and worry him, tail first, to- ward tree. Every inch is contested by the herculean fighters until near ing stout tree or stump the little brown elephant catchers slide from
 their mounts to the ground, crawl under the ponderous animals, slip cable slings about hind foot and take a turn around tree.-Strand Magazine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-10
' FalrSI -,"-T7 .seaD|A. Ba|M
 AEt M Hh,
'vvtt, k,scs Teaohtss toon Aftst oonferohqo With PdfU'hts--
 Lyons Chairman Board.

The Valdez school board and
 the Reservation school board met in joint session last evening at the office of c. F.. Bunnell. Di- rectors Lyons, Caswell and Heck ey were present from the Reser- vation board and Directors von
 Gunther and Bunnell represented the Valdez board. Director Will COX is in Cordova.
 As formerly an organization was effected for the purpose of enabling the two boards to act in con- njunction in matters pertaining to the general welfare of the schools. John Lyons was chosen president and C. E. Bunnell was selected as secretary
 The matter of the election of teachers for the ensuing year will not be disposed of until after the boards have heard what the pa irons of the school have to say relative to The conduct of the
 school during the past year, and have had an opportunity to listen tn ihc suggestions that may be advanced at the conference Mon day evening.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-10
Easy to Locate tho Poles.

Suppose a person who was igno- rant of astronomy and the method of taking observations should set out to find the north pole. How would he know when he reached it :?
 By setting up d vertical rod and measuring its shadows at frequent intervals as the sun passed around the sky. If these shadows all re- mained of the same length during the suns course through the heav- ems. the Ignorant" explorer would then know he was at the pole. If the lengths of the rod's shadows va ried during the twcnty-four hours he could not be at the pole, and the direction in which the shadows fell shortest would indicate the way in which the boreal point lay. Of course such observations could only be made during the "arctic day. that is, when tho sun is above the horizon in the northern attitudes.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-10

Dame Fortune seems to smile on some people without Inc 1nr- malty of an introduction.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-10
Oysters Killed by seaweed.

Extensive ravages are often com mitted by seaweed spores in oyster beds in very curious fashion. The weed grows on the shell of the oys- ter and is of an oval shape, solid at first and afterward filled with wa ter. It often attains the size of a hens egg or even of a mans fist. Left uncovered by the tide, it splits and loses its water. This is replaced by air. which is imprisoned by the next rise of the tide. The seaweed now acts as balloon, raises the oys- ter from the bottom and floats with it out to sea. Hundreds of thou sands of oysters are thus lost.