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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
300 POOR CHILDREN ARE
ADOPTED BY OKLAHOkAN

Tulsa, Okla, July 14.-Charles Page,
reputed to be worth S5,00O,00 has
adopted 300 poor children and hopes
to swell the number to a thousand. He
has provided that at his death the
bulk OF his estate will go toward help
ing poor children and maintaining a
home which he has established at
Sand Springs, a suburb of Tulsa.
Page has financed a street car line
which runs from the village to the
home, and each day the poor children
who do not live at the home are gath.
cred up and taken out there, where
they are taught in one of the best
schools of the state.
He also has provided that any boy
or girl who may wish a college educa
ton after completing the course in his
school can select the institution he
or she wishes to attend and Page will
defray all expenses. Connected wit.
the home he runs a farm and canning
factory, where the boys and girls car
work in off hours, and every branch OF
manual training and domestic science
is taught by skilled teachers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

to 60 their ways in the sight of
nen hand in hand has been consider
ed symptom Of rusticity, newfound
connu0ial felicity or other mental in
capacity.
This attitude is, to be sure, arbi-
trary, artificial and absurd. The lady
nay insert her fingers in the crook
CT mans elbow and be quite cor
rect. In fact, she must do so in given
circumstances. Laterly usage has been
disposed to extend its gingerly sane
ton OF the Selling of the lady's tri-
ceps In the mans apposable digits.
In the dance it is permitted to take
her not only by the hand but by the
arm, waist or neck-no holds barred,
as it were. Social propriety has saw.
ed up its censure for the simple, grace.
full natural expression oil affinity in.
stinctively found in holding hands.
Wherefore is it a pleasure to cele.
hrate the fact that We have changed
all that. Acting possibly, it is said, or
recent precedent provided by. a mat
ing prince and princess of Europe
President and Mrs. Wilson have ven
| tured to walk abroad holding hands
Thus attached they have even sub
mitted to the photographers ministra
tions, that the newspapers might
spread the benefcent example the
more effectively.
When the first lady and gentleman
| of the land hold hands unaffectedIy
We need none of US refrain. At leas
we may go two by two and hand il
hand as innocently and trustfully a.
babes in the wood. At last we MAJ
assert our equality with the elephant
a magnificent and intelligent beas
that never hesitates to lay hold of hi
mate by whatever handle is handiest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
LET PREJUDICE PERISH.

1t is a sad reflection in these times
when the tendency of all human kind
is toward a better understanding
among men and nations; when all
over our great land hearts are
still filed with Joy at the reunion of
the blue and gray on Gettysburg's
historic field; when the peace propa-
ganda of Americas great secretary Of
state is meeting with the appreciation
OF the nations or earth, there should
be heard one note of discord in the
grand chorus.
The Argus cannot believe, IL does
not believe, that the radical religious
utterances that characterized the ad'
dress of H. II. Van Meter of Chicago at
the Orangemen's picnic Saturday me-
with the approval of the vast majority
of the good people, men and women
who assembled there for their annual
reunion. On the contrary the spirit
OF federation has become more fast in
the minds of the Rock Island and Mer-
Ger county Orangemen each year until
it has come to pass that Catholics as
we'll as professionals take in the gather
ings and, regardless OF the occasion or
the anniversary, enter into the spirit
of goodfellowship which happily has
/ superseded enmity and i'll will.
Yet in the face of the custom that
has been established and the senti,
ments of kindness and good will that
have become rooted, comes a speaker
from Chicago, who in abuse and
ranting blackguardism seeks to re
kindle the dying embers of hatred
and fan TO flame a passion that has
long since passed away.
Such a spirit is not in keeping with
! the sentiment manifest at Gettysbur,
last week. 1t is not in harmony with the
idea OF mankind tcGay, for Mr.. Var
Meter belongs to another generation
of thought The thoughts Of men ant
women are illumined by the sunlight o
/ higher and sweeter ideals, for they ar,
IN the day-dawn of the great
reunion where from the fresidt
Of a universal brotherhood shall sound
the refrain which moved to tears the
| grand army veterans as they met with
clasped hands where once they shed
each others blood: GLORY to God in
the highest, and on earth, peace, good
will toward men"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

Where the breezes sing a soft and sweet
refrain
Through the patient and enduring pines
of Maine,
Where the Posey County zephyrs gladly
blow
She may bear the name of Sue or Jane
or Sal.
But she's commonly referred to as a gal.
In New York they dress her up in splen-
did style
And teach her that it's criminal to smile;
She passes with her head high in the
air
It cannot be denied that she is fair
And, whether she be Gladys, Grace OF
Nell,
The proud and stunning creatures called
gel.
In brisk Chicago. where the moneys
made,
She laughs when she is tickled, unafraid
She's as pretty as she's witty, she IL
proud.
She has found out how to elbow through
q crowd;
Though inclined to be cut-up. she's &
pearl,
And is lovingly referred to as a girl.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
"a GIBBET As HIGH AS HA-
MANS"

President Wilson has hung the tariff
lobby on the gibbet Of shame he prom
ised for the men who should start a
panic.
Before taking Office he announced
that as president he would have no
private troubles-all his troubles would
be public.
Those who would harass him with
private troubles-the members of the
lobby representing privileged interests
alone are in trouble. The president
has merely to drag them out in the
open, and he did it in a manner that
commands admiration for his ingenu-
ity and skill.
II is easy TO believe the presidents
statement that the lobby has ceased
TO embarrass this administration" 1t
is too busy with its own embarrass
ment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

index to guide the committee TO the
disclosure of influences exerted by
other trusts and special interests in
national government. Believing this
suggestion has value, I have written
to Mr.. Hearst the following letter:
Washington, D. c., July 10, 1913
Hon. William r. Hearst, the New
York American, New York City.-Dear
Sir: On July the house adopted
house resolution No. 1913, providing
for select committee TO investigate
lobbying in Washington. This resolu.
ton grew out Of the so-called Mulhall
charges. But as finally adopted, the
resolution provides for an investiga.
ton much broader than any inquiry
confined to the activities in legisla,
ton of the National Association OF
Manufacturers.
In short, the resolution opens the
way TO a complete investigation and
expose Of those hidden, sinister and
powerful influences of all sorts which
have come to be known as invisible
government.
Il believe that the spirit of the res
olution, the spirit of the house in
adopting it, and the spirit of the com
mittee which has been appointed by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
THE TRAFFIC ORDINANCES.

A Moline paper INDUCES, inferential-
ly, the silly idea that in the enforce
ment of traffic regulations in Rock
Island, discrimination against Moline
is shown. If Moline people are suffer
ing because Of the operation of an or.
dinance that applies to all it is be-
cause some of the chief transgressors
come from that city.
The trouble is that Rock Island
has too long delayed the action that
is now being taken, the exercise of a
policy that is everywhere dealing with
those who abuse the privilege of the
streets. 1t had, in fact, come to pass
that the repeated warnings sounded
by Commissioner Hart had come to
be regarded as jokes, not only in Rock
Island but in the cities of Moline and
Davenport, and those of the neigh.
boring cities who were forced to OBJ.
serve the law in their own towns came
over here to "cut loose" and go as
they might happen to please. With
the utmost respect perforce of cir
Cumstance for the requirement OF law
enforcement in their own cities, they
came to Rock Island with contempt
for the local provisions.
But there should be no charge that
Rock Island is discriminating When
Moline inaugurated its speed law, one
of the first men pinched was the bust
ness manager of The Argus, and the
| papers Of that city heralded the fac
far and wide. But no murmur of dis
satisfaction was heard from The
Argus. The newspaper man paid his
fine like a man and said, more power
to you"
In Rock Island ample warning wai
| given to all automobile and motor
cycle owners. But when it developed
that no attention was paid, and auto
mobiles continued to disregard pub
! lie safety in Rock Island TO the ex
tent that an aged woman wa
knocked down on leaving a stree
car, and that crowds entering anC
leaving cars were dashed into b!
auto drivers, Commissioner Har
gave a final ultimatum. and thi
he is now enforcing without bias ant
without prejudice.
And the masses Of the people vii
uphold him in his adopted policy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
The Daily STORY
CHAIN OF LEGAL DIFFICULT TIES-BY RUTH GRAHAM
Copyrighted by Associa Literary Bureak

Daniel and Mary Longman had been
married ten years and had no children.
Mary especially longed for a child.
and largely on her account Daniel
wished for one too. One evening just
about dark and before the lamps were
lighted Mary heard queer sound in
the hall just within the front door.
Lighting a candle. she investigated and
found a basket, in which was a new
born baby boy. An envelope was also
found containing 500 in bills.
Mary Longman examined the baby's
clothes, which were of fine texture,
and found an initial letter embroidered
on the slip. She also noticed two
moles on its body, one on the right
leg near the thigh. the other quite
large under the left shoulder blade.
Thinking the slip might be of use
some day for Identification purposes,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
The knights Sympathy.

I'm for the little dog in the fight
And I'm for the little man
Who goes to battle with all his might,
Doing the best he can
Against the giant whose arms are strong
Or, rather, let me explain,
I'm for the little man, right or wrong,
If l have nothing to gain.
It's the feeling of knighthood in my
heart
That makes me a partisan,
That prompts me to take the weak one 8
part,
To cheer for the little man.
Hurrah for the grit that assails dull
might;
Fate prosper fits brave design;
I'm for the little dog IN the fight
II the big dog isn't mine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
HOLDING HANDS.

Except for the brief clasp OF greet
ing. the manual contact Of human
beings has long been avoided, al
least by the sophisticated, in pub
lie This despite the fact that
holding each others hand is a most
natural manifestation Of attachment
betver1 two persons; indeed, an act
believed to yield much mutual graf
ifcn.ion when performed in seclusion.
But for boy and girl, man and woman,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

and secrecy. The
b ouse investiga-
ting committee is
confronted with a
difficult task. At
ter its investiga-
ton of the Null
hall charges, 1t
must take up this
intangible, battling
subject.
Why do not the
Standard Oil let
tiers, published by
William Randolph
H e arst, offer a
good starting point
from which tC
thread this laby
rinth? A complete
investigation o.
Standard Oil inhu
ence in Washing
ton should be ar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

Socialists in the German Reichstag
despite the opposition of the conserva-
lists and centrists, succeeded in
amending the bill covering the cost
of the increase of the army so that it
specifies the liability of federal rulers
20 pay a property income tax. Made
TO feel the burden OF taxes itself, Ger
many's royalty may better appreciate
the plight of those already overbur-
dened
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
True.

I'm inclined to believe" said Mrs.
Oldcastle, that our new minister is
a temporizer."
Il guess he u.s." replied her hostess,
"at least heard him say at the home
mission meetin' Thursday afternoon
that he never ook anything stronger
than ginger ale"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

proposals defeat at the polls. Then
anti-suffrage leaders imported her to
Washington, to Connecticut and to
New York. She is scheduled now to
do campaign work in various states
where suffragets have brought their
measure to an issue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
Slain During Holiday Festival

Clinton, Iowa, July 14.-Stanka Zuo-
visch, SO, was stabbed to death in a
laborers' camp here in holiday festi-
val of foreigners. Mike Rukarine and
Joe Ivilech are in jail, charged with
murder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
Cause of the Disturbance,

whats that dreadful, rasping noise
I hear every little while?" asked the
caller.
"Oh, that's our Willie changing his
voice" replied the hostess. "Ah, me!
How time flies. He'll soon be man
now"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
CAPITAL COMMENT

the speaker is to make such an inves-
tigation, 10 rout the hirelings of the
trusts and others who have special
interests to maintain, and to secure
the rule of the people.
THE way at first may be battling.
Investigators, no matter how honest
they may be, must grope until they
pick up the threads which will unravel
the tangled skein Of politics, govern
ment and big business. II will be the
duty of patriotic citizens to assist in
this important task
you have it in your power to render
signal service to this investigation
and to the country. In Hearst's Mag
azine you have printed the amazing
| series of Standard Oil letters. A pre-
vious congressional investigation did
not, in my opinion, go as thoroughly
! into tbs matter as it might have done.
That investigation seemed to me as an
observer to be more concerned with
the circumstances of your possession
of those letters than it was in the sub
ject matter of the correspondence
] itself.
Therefore, as patriotic service,
call upon you 10 offer this complete
correspondence TO the house investi'
eating committee, that it may put the
letters On record and, summoning the
Archbolds, the Sibleys and the Fora
kers, compel them on oath to tell the
complete story of the part the Stand
ard Oil company has played In nation
al legislation.
/ Without that sordid and impor
tant chapter the story of invisible gov
eminent cannot be told. Moreover, il
an investigation of Standard Oil in
fluence' in Washington, the committee
may be expected to find a basis from
which to work, following out clues and
indications which will lay bare thu
full extent of corporation dominion il
our government.
, Il am embodying this letter in an ar
ticle which goes to the clients of m!
newspaper service today.
Yours truly,
, (Signed)
CLYDE H. TAVENNER."
: l hope Mr.. Hearst will make the of
| fer | suggest. By so doing he will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
His Good Luck.

did you hire that man to paint the
floor by the job or by the hour?"
by the hour"
Gee! I'm glad I'll have to start
out next week on three months. trip
! simply hate the smell of fresh paint"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

OF 133.350 persons emigrating from
Great Britain last year, 2S,522 came
TO the United States, 1920 to other
foreign countries, and the rest TO Can
ada, Australia and other British colo
MES.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

The hoopskirt recently made its re-
appearance at a golden wedding ami.
versary. But so long as it wasn't i'm.
ported from Paris there is no immedi.
ate danger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
Lucy Price.

Miss Lucy Price has come to be
one of the country's principal oppo-
nents of woman suffrage. She first
came to notice in Ohio when her clev-
er work in the campaign against votes
for women had much to do with the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

WiIlie-My father put down a dis.
turbance last night
Billie-Is that right?
Yes. He ate Welsh rabbit
Yonkers Statesman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
How She Doea II.

Does your wife earn her own pin
money!"
yes, but / wish she wouldn't. It
costs me 81 for every one she earns
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
On the Way to Heaven.

The man who slips dollar into the
contribution box without trying to
make 1t produce loud noise as it falls
lie already half way to heaven.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

Whenever anybody buys a $6,000.-
900 parcel of London real estate there
seems to be a presumption that the
purchasers are Americans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

John d. Rockefeller says a tranquil
mind conduces to longevity. Was
John really tranquil when he was
running his competitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

Chicago wants Governor Dunno to
call another special session. Why
try to add 10 the governors burdens?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

According 10 the latest statistics few
er married men than bachelors are
harvested Fewer of them dare to be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

Vesuvius is having another eruption.
But, thank goodness, Governor Bleass
of South Carolina has quoted down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

Especial Correspondence of The August
Washington, July 12.-Invisible gov
eminent is hedged about with mystery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
THE ARGUS.

Puhl!ched daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. Ill entered at the
postoffioe. as second-cIass matter.)
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

The need of charity is always the re.
<nlt of evil produced by mems gree1-~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
July IA IN American
History.

179S-President John Adams signed
the notorious sedition law curbing
freedom of speech.
1S53-The Crystal Palace exhibition
opened in New York city.
1SG3-General Lees army retreated
across the Potomac, near Falling
Waters. Md. terminating the Get
tysburg campaign of invasion.
IS90-The Sherman silver coinage bill
became law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

Nhere IS M SGT however trivial. but
hasn't train Of consequences. "a there
is hair so small but Gusts itA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14
(Signed)

(Signed)
CLYDE H. TAVENNER."
I hope Mr.. Hearst will make the Of
fer | suggest. By so doing he will
guarantee success to the investiga-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

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 is desired 20 have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority IN the premises.
All communications CT argunentative
character. political or religious, must
have real namo attached for publlca-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones IN all departments: Cen
trail Union. West 145. ll45 and 2145.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-14

BY THE J. w. POTTER co.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-26

time dream that what to them was
merely an outing for the toilers Of
the metropolis would in the not dis
tant future assume worldwide proper
lions.
1t is a coincidence that the men
who laid the foundations for Labor
day selected the first Monday in Sep
TENDER. Why they did so they do not
know except for the fact that at
that time of the year most of the
Industrial institutions OF the country
are either about to resume operations
or have done so, and with a year OF
steady work and good wages as the
prospect the toilers felt more In =
mood to jubilate.
The first celebration in New York
took the form which has been the
accepted one for years. namely, a
parade of the union forces Of the
city. Following this another fea-
ture, speeches by leading labor ora
tors, was also found ON the pro-
gram
Following the New York outing in
1882, the same organization, encour-
aged by the success of the first affair,
held another one two years later. The
wage-workers In other parts Of the
country started celebrations of the
same kind
In 1886 the American Federation of
Labor went on record as favoring a
day Of this kind and instructed the
Al
stituents and secure as early as pos
sible legislative approval of it. This
gave the movement It's real start.
To Colorado belongs the credit Of
first putting the stamp of executive
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-26

Corn-No. 2 white SIC, No. white
S01a oslo, No. white 1914 @79c, No.
2 yellow 79@791sc, No, yellow 1874
@79c, No. yellow 77A @7Sc, No. 2
mixed 79@791sc, No. mixed 1870
79o, No. mixed 761a @7Sc, white ear
79@S1c, yellow ear SO@S2c, mixed ear
79@S1c.
Hay-No. 1 timothy $19@19.25,
standard timothy $18@1S.25, No.
timothy S17@17.5O, No. timothy SIS
@16, No. 1 clover mixed $17.50@1S,
No. 2 clover mixed S15.56@16, No. /
clover $14@14.50.
Oats-No. white 431A@44c, stand
ard 421s @43c, No. white 42@42kc,
No. white 42@4211sc, No. 2 mixed 49
DAB 1zc, No. 3 mixed 421s @43c, No. 4
mixed 411a gaze.
Wheat-No. red eS@94c. No. 8 red
90@91c, No. 4 red 6S@87Rc.
Eggs-Prime firsts 23c, firsts Gle, or
binary firsts 171ac, seconds 1870.
Poultry-Springers, 2 lbs and over.
1Sc; under 2 lbs, 1Sc: old roosters.
SIC; hens, over lbs, 14c; light, lbs
and under, 131ac; ducks, under lbs,
100; spring ducks, lbs and over, 12c;
white, lbs and over, lie; turkeys,
lbs and over, 18c; old toms, 1Sc;
young, 18c; culls, SC; spring turkeys,
212 to 31s lbs, 25c; geese, case.
Cattle-Shippers $750@S, extra
$8.25@8.50; butcher steers, extra $7.25
@8, good to choice $6.75@7.75, COM
mon to fair s5@6.50; heifers, extra
$7.10Q7.25, good to choice $6.50@7,
common to fair S475@6.40; cows, ex-
ira S6@6.25, good to choice $500
$50, common to fair S3.75@5.25; can
| ners $3@4.
Bologna S5.25W6, extra 500
| @6.25, fat bulls s6@6.25.
Calves Extra SLIPS, fair to good
$S@11, common and large $4.500
| $10.5O.
Hogs-Selected heavy $4,000, good
to choice packers and butchers $3.50
@9.25, mixed packers $9.10@9.20,
stays s4@@6.S5, extra $6.90@7, COM
mon to choice heavy fat sows $3.50
| @765, extra SIZE, light and medium
shippers $9.25@9.30; pigs Clio lbs and
less) S4@8.65.
sSheep-Extra light $415@4.25, good
to choice $3.75@410. common to fair
s2@3 65, heavy sheep $3y25@3.75.
Lambs-Extra S7.75, good to choice
| $7@765, common to fair $4.50@675,
culls $3@450, yearlings $3.5090.2a,
stock ewes s3.50@4.50.