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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

One week from today congress con
venes in special session to reform our
tariff laws and reduce the high cost
of living. II may take a little time
to accomplish all these great things.
hut IL will be accomplished as sure as
We are living. Able and capable men
have outlined the plan and an able
and capable executive Ia working hand
In hand with their efforts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

General Smith d. Atkins, who died
at his home in Frseport last week, was
one Of the best citizens in northern
Illinois Re was a soldier in the Civil
strife. a veteran journalist, being ed
tor OF the Freeport Journal, and a
time honored member Of the republi.
can party that had for a third OF a
century honored his service to the
party by continuing him in office as
postmaster at Freeport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01
A Few Slips.

How many novels have you writ
ten, Mr.. Pennington"
Seven"
And have all Of them been best
sellers?"
mo; two or three turned out to be
real literature"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01
Very SccrnfuI.

"our walters must say Thank you,
even when the tip is small"
That rule does not prevent them
from showing their scorn, my friend.
Some Of your walters can say It with
seven different infections. "-Pittsb urgh
Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01
CONGRATULATED.

Tell the gentleman" said Senator
Bunksley. addressing his secretary,
that l cannot see him today. / am
busy making history"
Say to the senator for me-" said
the caller. after he had heard the
message, that I am glad to hear he
is at last making something else than
q monkey OF himself"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

The man behind the hoe, or who ex-
poets to be behind It this spring. has
great opportunity TO arrange prelim-
inaries for the season. The balmy
weather seems TO invite the city agri-
culturist to prepare hiAplant and study
his soil for the early onion. lettuce
and radish campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01
Perhaps.

1t may be that the spade
Which shall be used TO heap
The sod on you is made;
But why sit down to weep,
Or be afraid?
It may be that somewhere
Men eagerly dig down
To find the rich and rare
Ore which shall form a crown
That you may wear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01
BY CLYDE Il. TAVENNER.

CONGRESSMAN FROM THE FOUR
TENTH DISTRICT.
Especial Correspondence Of The ArgusO
Washington, March 29.-One hun
dred dollars annually! This is the
amount the crime Of overcapitalization
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

Champaign, ul.-Dr. Ernest julius
Berg, head OF the department of cleo
Tical engineering Of the University Of
Illinois, has resigned and will assume
the duties Of consulting engineer OF
the General Electric company and
head Of the electrical engineering de-
partment OF Union university az
Schenectady, n. 7,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01
Baso Of His Claim

'Mr Addlepait claims to be a good
deal Of a ladies' man"
ION what, wonder does he base
his claim -
'T believe he has q tipping acquaint-
Rnce with several ahfable mattresses. r
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

What kind Of typewriter DO you
use IN your ohce?"
We'll. to tell the truth, never
asked her, but think she is Of Eng
Bsh descent"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01
Sounds That Wsy.

Church, citizen of Newark. \. J.,
an active book agent, claims to be 100
years old.
Gotham-But, you know, nobody b.
HsYes q book agent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

IN the PeoasOglc eGnlOluOn at MOSCOW was opposed
the ground that it would encourage pupils in
dolence
The fact is not very unusual as pedagogues
would have US think. L. s. Grant barely passed his
West Point examinations; Doniel Webster was at the
foot OF his class Sheridan Of the greatest orators
and wits OF all time, Ounce IN school.
What becomes of the brilliant men Of the schools
and coleges-the studous fellows who always stood al
the heads OF their classes and promised most
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

II the price of horses keep on ad-
vancing II will not be long until poor
folks will have to ride in automobiles
or wa IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

~ She Hasn't, She VIII Be.
Almost every American girl has
been voted the queen Of beauty at
some kind OF q festival or fair"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01
THE ARGUS.

Pub1ishsd dAily at 1854 Second ave-
nus. Rock Island. III. Entered at the
p0stefaos az second-class mAttsr.)
Roek Island Member OF the Associated
Pres
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

One lie must be matched with an
other or II will soon rain through
Owen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

The child that cries for the moon
may Hive TO covet the earth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

ru enentw q
rreconCabe is the
and life!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01
The Genial Cynic
SCHOOL AND LIFE.
BY CHARLES GRANT MILLER.

o that
very application placing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01

BY THE J. W. POTTER co.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
SUDDEN DEPARTURE
ADDS MYSTERY
To Already Mysterious Stranger,
Who Dropped Out of Sight
Last Saturday.

Jacob William Stephens, young man
of about "a, whose home is given as. in
Indiana, but who the past winter lived
with Riley Cotton, near the waste weir,
caused a stir here last Saturday morning,
when he left his suit case and cloihing
on the banks on the Coldwater Creek,
at the Johnson farm, short distance
west of the bridge, and disappeared.
II was at first believed he had drowned
in the creek, but this theoryrwas dis
carded after Joseph Andrews, assisted by
others, had dragged the creek all day
Saturday.
The suit case and clothing were taken
in charge by Sheriff Fisher, but up until
last night no clew had been obtained of
the mysterious disappearance of the
rather mysterious stranger, for stranger
he was here. Hardly anything was
known of the fellow. He had worked on
the ice here last winter, staying with
Mr.. Cotton, but had never divulged in
any way his past or his home, further
than that it was in Indiana.
Local officers are inclined TO believe
the fellow has been in trouble some
where and, fearing he may have been
traced to this vicinity, used this method
of eluding his pursuers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
NOTES FROM THE NEWS.

Milo Warrick of Clarkson, O., and
his wife have just celebrated their
eightieth wedding anniversary, which
was also his one hundredth birthday.
He is the Oldest undertaken in active
work in the world.
Hughey Golden, the thirty inch midg-
ct mascot of Princeton athletics, is in
Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, for
an operation which is expected to make
him grow. He was injured on the head
rs a baby, and, while mentally all
right, has never grown up" He is
sixteen years old.
It's worth $3.50 foot to fall from a
balloon if it's worth a cent, according
to Edwin Clayton, an aeronaut, of Fort
Worth, Tex. He fell 1000 feet when
his parachute failed to work and is
suing his employer at the above rate
for $4,000 He broke his hip and both
feet. dislocated his knees and injured
his spine, but plans to go up again this
summer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
ATTRACTIVE FLOOD
SOUVENIR

One of the most attractive souvenirs Of
the recent Dayton flood, and by far the
most valuable of its kind arriving at this
office, is a 4S-page affair in handsome
cover and containing 40 fine engravings
just issued by a newspaperman, who was
in the very heart Of the flood and FIRE
zones in that distressed city. Introduce
ing the pictures is graphic, though con-
densed, recital of the disaster, the after
math and the hopes Of Gem City resi-.
dents. Since the booklet was issued by
one who knows the full situation and has
kept in instant touch with events and
conditions, it is undoubtedly the best
collection of pictures obtainable. Agents
are wanted, but mail order, with 10
cents in money or stamps enclosed, will
take the souvenir to any address. Clar-
ence b. Green, Editorial Department
Herald, e" Dayton, Ohio
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
DESPONDENT AND
TIRED OF LIVING
f. M. Gordon, Retired Farmer
Deliberately Hangs Himself.

Francis M. Gordon aged 81 years, a
respected and retired farmer residing in
Forest Heights, just north of this city,
committed suicide some time during
last Friday night or early Saturday
morning by hanging himself in the hay
NOW of barn OH his property.
He arose some time about midght and
went to the barn, where he climbed
upon some 'baledIstraw, tied a rope to
the rafters and then stepped off the
straw into space and eternity. His body
was lifeless when discovered by his wife
and neighbors, and was cut down by Cor
oner Ayers.
The deceased was born in Hooking
County, this state, in January. 1855. He
is survived by his wife and three chill
dren-George Gordon and Mrs. Charles
Searight Of Hopewell township, and
Basil Gordon, of Berne, Ind.
Funeral services were held from the
home Tuesday morning.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
JAPAN HOLDS ACTION
VIOLATES TREATY
viii LOdgs Formal Protest After
Land Bill Is Signed.

Tokyo, May 6.-Despite the adverse
turn Of events in California in regard
to the alien land law, the government
is disposed to place complete conf
dence in the efforts of the authorities
at Washington to bring about an ami
cable solution Of the question.
The "Hahno" expresses keen ap'
preciaton Of the exertions of Presi-
dent Wilson and Secretary of State
Bryan to Induce reason in the Cali
fornians."
The method of procedure by japan
after the bill is signed has not yet
been decided on, except that formal
protest will be lodged against what is
held to be a violation of the spirit if
not the letter of the treaty between
Japan and the United States. The
police have cautioned the newspapers
against any wild utterances.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
JUDGE DONNELLY FOLLOWS
MIR. GOEKE'S LEAD

Judge Michael Donnelly of the Third
Appellate District, writes the Ohio De-
partment of Agriculture that he will pay
the expenses of the boy to Washington
who raises the most corn on one acre of
ground. Rules of the Ohio Department
of Agriculture to govern. Boys entered
in any local or county contest will be
considered as entered for this prize trip
also. The Third Appellate District is
composed ofthe following counties:Allen,
Anglaize, Crawford, Defiance, Hancock
Hardin, Henry, Logan, Marion, Mercer,
Paulding. Putnam, Senaca, Union, Van
Vert and Wyandot. Boys here is an
other free trip for you. Get after it.
A little word this Summer may win you
the honor of going to Washington, at the
expense of Judge Donnelly. Write the
Department of Agriculture, Columbus,
Ohio, for entry blanks and rules. En-
tries close June /.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
WOODROW WILSON
HUMAN BEIN'

He ain t no marble statue that is hard
and stiff and cold,
He amt no superman nor no Colos-
sus;
He amt no new Apolla with chariot of
gold
Who's come to give us sunshine and
to boss us;
He don't make no pretensions that he
needn't eat or drink,
He has nose to smell and eyes for
seein';
He amt no proud archangel and amt
no missin' link,
For he's told us that he's just a
human bein'.
He has to do his breathin' just the same
as you and /,
He puts on trousers and shirt and
collar;
He eats when he gets hungry and he
drinks when he gets dry,
If he sat down on a tack l guess
he'd holler;
He amt no royal creature that gets
drowsy on a throne,
He likes to look at things that are
worth seein';
shaves himself alone,
And he eats like any other human
bein'
He amt no highfalutin' decorated
figure-head
That folks can talk only when they're
kneelin';
At night he takes his clos off and like
us, he sleeps in bed,
And he laughs sometimes and has
the sense of feelin';
IT s'pose he sometimes sneezes and
must use his teeth to chew,
And when his vittles get to dis
agreein
/ guess he has his gloomy thoughts, the
same as me and you,
For he's told us that he's just a
human bein'
Chicago Record Herald.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
Coz Would Defend Green Bill.

Columbus, o., May 7.-Governor Cox
praised the Green workmen's compen-
sation act and stated that he wei
coined the fight inaugurated by the
Ohio Equity association against it.
1T will be a summer well spent
in convincing those interests that
the same public opinion which pro-
cured the passage of the working.
mems compensation law without one
dissenting vote in either house Of the
general assembly, will determine the
result at the polls in manner as un-
satisfactory to the liability company
,as the present Green bill is" said the
governor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
CORN BOYS SHOW EN-

lam glad to talk to boys who are so
bushels better than a man" This was
the striking sentence with which the
President of the Board of Trade at
Harrisburg, Pa, began his address to
the Buckeye Corn Boys enroufe to Wash
ington, in December, 1872.
The average corn yield for men in Ohio
is IS bushels per acre. The Corn Boys
last wear averaged IS bushels. Twas a
famous victory. 1t indicates possibilities.
1t discloses the need of intensive farm
ing. The resources of an acre of dirt are
vet to be determined The Good Book
has suggested that A little child shall
lead them. That is what the Corn Boys
are doing for their fathers.
The Corn Boys contest pays i'll many
ways.
Ohio cultivates three million acres in
corn.
The average field is planted in rows,
three stalks in a hill A four ounce
nubbin on each stalk will produce the
average Weld of corn we now get in Ohio.
A profitable ear of corn ought to weigh
| fen ounces or more. Nubbin farming
does not pay and exhausts the soil.
If the Corn Boys shall have the means
of adding one bushel to the yield of each
cultivated acre in Ohio, 8, 200, 900 bushels
of grain would be added to the prosper
ity of our state and one and half mill
lions added to our pocketbooks and bank
deposits. If the Corn Boys could be the
agency whereby one ounce in weight
would be added to each ear Of corn pro-
duced in Ohio, 10000, 900 bushels would
be added to our harvest. One ounce to
the ear and one bushel to the acre are
small in themselves, but they add tons
and train loads of commerce to state.
Increasing the average crop yield OF
the field is a cold brass tack business
matter for farmer and business man, pro-
ducer and consumer The Corn Grow
ing Contests have done more to keep the
boy on the farm than thousand tons Of
talk from would-be experts, who try to
cure ills while you wait and listen.
Raise the average, is the advice Of the
Ohio Department of Agriculture.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
VAN VERT MAN
PENSION CHIEF
SaItzgaber, n Bryan Democrat, IL
President Wilson's Choice
A Splendid Selection.

Buckeye Congressional Delegation
Holds Caucus and Decides upor
Committee Asslgnments-Two Men
Nominated For ohio Postmaster.
shlps-Guthrle Of Plttsburg Likely
To Be Named Ambassador TO Japan.
Washington. May s.-President VII.
son named Gaylord NJ. Saltzgaber for
he appointment as commissioner Of
pensions. The appointment was an
nounced a few hours after the presi-
dent had given hearing to a commit.
tee representing the Ohio Democratic
delegation which protested that the
delegation candidate, DR.. Gentch Of
New Philadelphia, had not received
the consideration to which his In
dorsements entitled him. Peculiarly
enough, too. the appointment was first
announced by the president himself
to Senator Burton, instead Of to Sen
ator Pomerene, the Democratic sena-
tor from Ohio.
President Wilson made one Of his
unexpected calls at the Capitol. The
first senator for whom he sent TO dis
cuss patronage matters was Senator
Burton, and to him the president
stated that he purposed naming Saltz-
gaber for the pension commissioner
ship.
Next the president sent for Pome-
rene and broke the news to him.
Pomerene and the entire Democratic
delegation had lined up for DR..
Gentch. Three weeks ago, soon after
visit of Harvey C. CARRIER to Wash
ington, it developed that Saltzgaber
was a candidate for the job and that
he had the inside track. Immediately
Representative Ansberry, from whose
district Saltzgaber halls, filed an In
dorsement OF the new candidate, and
Representative Cooke and one or two
others in the delegation hastened TO
let the president and Secretary Lane
know that they would be delighted
with Saltzgaber's selection.
Senator Pomerene told the presi-
dent that the Van Vert man would be
acceptable to him.
The Ohio delegation in the house
caucused and decided on the commit
tee assignments which would be ask
ed for each member. They are as fol-
lows: Allen, postofflce and postroads;
Bowdle, irrigation; Gard, judiciary;
Cooke, interstate and foreign COM
merce; Ansberry, ways and means;
Post, chairman Of elections No. l.;
Sherman, chairman of pensions; Clay
pool, no choice; Brumbaugh, public
lands; Key, agriculture; Sharpe, for
eign relations; Francis, no choice;
White, appropriations Ashbrook,
chairman of enrolled bills; Whitaker,
chairman of public highways, a new
committee; Bathrick, rivers and har-
bors; Gordon, no choice; Bulkley,
banking and currency; Crosser, af-
fairs of the District of Columbia.
The delegation also adopted resolu-
tions urging that the house take re-
cess of month following the passage
of the tariff bill and approving the
budget system of appropriations.
President Wilson appointed the fol-
lowing To be postmaster at Claring-
ton, o., John w. Sanford; at Ply
mouth, o., o. s. Earnest.
The nomination of Former Mayor
George w. Guthrie Of Pittsburg, chair
man of the Democratic state commit
tee. to be ambassador to Japan, has
been decided upon.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
FIND DEFECTS IN
IMPORTANT ACT
Agricultural Commission Bill Re
peaIs Sections Of Statutes
Sub-DepRrtments Hit.

Through Errors They viii Have Lesa
Power Than Before-Four Measures
Practically Annulled by the Com
mission Law-New Board Likely To
Be Badly Hampered by a Lack Of
Laws.
Columbus, o., May SIN just what
condition the laws governing various
departments Of agriculture are left by
the enactment of the Cunningham bill
creating the agricultural commission
and conferring upon 1t the duties Of
sundry departments, is a subject Of
conjecture in the attorney generals
office.
A number of sections sought to be
strengthened by amendment have
been repealed by the Cunningham
measure, and instead Of strength being
added the reverse has been brought
about.
In some instances provisions of re-
pealed sections are partly cared for
in the commission measure, but in
others the section has been dropped
without a substitute being made.
These omissions are being discov-
cred in the process of codification. AS
this work is only begun the full ex-
tent of repeals has not yet been de-
termined.
In some instances amendments pro-
vided in measures which have been
annulled by the Cunningham bill were
sought by the department affected in
order that more effective work could
be done. Now, it is said, many pow
ers will be taken away instead OF
greater power being added.
Four measures, which it is said
practically are annulled by the COM
mission act, are the Acker law, pro-
hibiting the importation of diseased
cattle into the state; the Etling bill,
providing for the inspection of jacks;
house bill 230, by Boggs of Belmont,
regulating the manufacture and sale
of insecticides and fungicides, and
senate bill 88, by Cahill of Preble, re.
quiring the licensing and inspection of
agricultural lime. Other measures
also probably have been annulled.
Unlike the industrial commission,
the agricultural commission will not
have arbitrary power in making rules
and enforcing them, but must act in
accordance with statutory provision.
Consequently, if a statute has been
repealed the commission will be pow
erless to act along lines now provided.
When the asricultural commission as
sumes control over the various de-
partments il is feared that it will find
itself badly hampered by lack of laws
to govern in an effective way.
The departments superseded by the
agricultural commission are the state
board of agriculture, board of live
stock commissioners, board Of control
of the agricultural experiment staticn,
dairy and food commissioner, commits
sioner of tlsn and game, state board
of veterinary examiners and the state
board of pharmacy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
GOOD ROADS TALK
INDUCED in at Meeting OfTrustees
and Road Superintendents.

The township trustees and road super
intendents of the county held Good
Roads meeting at the court room last
Saturday and discussed the road condi-
tions Of the county and their repair. The
meeting was we'll attended and very
enthusiastic one. Commissioner Fred
Heiby presided and briefly stated that
the object of the meeting was to take up
the matter of devising means to better
repair the pixies of the county.
The meeting voted almost unanimous
ly that the trustees in every township,
in making out their budget reports this
year, should stretch the pike repair
levy to the limit. Mr.. Heiby, OH behalf
of the Commissioners, stated they would
increase the pike repair as much as pos
sib1e
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
Bunched NeUS Paragraphs

royal household of Greece. The ureeA
legation received a cablegram an
nouncing the birth of daughter to
the queen.
While trying to avoid arrest at Gin
cinnati, Frank Smith, known as the
Fort Wayne Kid, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded by Detective
Richard Odgers.
! Fire of unknown origin caused a
small panic in the Aragon hotel at At
1anta, Ca, among it's 200 guests. The
telephone operator stayed at her post
and notified all the guests of the fire.
Deputies Marion Ramsey and John
Sloan were killed and Deputy Marshal
Mark Potter was wounded seriously
in a battle with moonshiners on top
of the Cumberland mountains, near
Pikeville, KY.
AS Union Pacific eastbound train
No. 2, the Overland limited, was near
ing Church Buttes, Wyo., Fireman
Hurley discovered that Engineer Al
fred Nelson was missing from his
| post. BODY not IOund.
Charles Carlson, "a, of Milwaukee,
aviator for the Silver Lake Aviation
company, near Akron, o., was instant
| ly killed when he was crushed be-
meath the engine of his aeroplane af-
ter falling from height of 200 feet.
Pope Plus X has SO far recovered
| that he has resumed receptions.
General Tamcrede Auguste, presi-
dent of the republic Of Haiti, is dead.
He was i'll but a short time.
Suffragets burned the freight sta
ton Of the Midland railway at Brad
ford, England Loss half million.
Onion growers of northern Ohio
predict a shortage of onions for this
falls harvest. Thousands Of acres of
onion grounds are under water along
the shores of Lake Erie.
Representative Ashbrook of the
Seventeenth (Ohio) district annouQces
he has decided to take no part in
the movement for the referendum on
the congressional gerrymander.
death by the accidental discharge
Of her own gun" was the tragic fate
Of the Countess of Cottenham, wife of
the Earl of Cottenham, England. She
had gone hunting alone.
At Newark, o., James Merry, Will
, liam Longsellow and James Baker
pleaded guilty to cracking the safe In
the Buxton iewelry store at Granville,
o., and were each sentenced to 10
years in the pen.
Movie" exhibitors throughout the
United States win try to find Catherin
Winters, 8, Of Newcastle, Ind, daugh-
ter of prominent physician, who dis
appeared recently. Her picture will
be flashed on motion picture screens.
Finley ]. Shepard and his bride,
who was Miss Helen Gould, returned
to New York from their eight weeks
honeymoon abroad.
Children of schools in New Bruins
wick, N. j., have raised S1,095 for re-
lief OF teachers and pupils in the Ohio
and Indiana food Districts.