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Lower coast gazette., 1913-09-20
NATIONAL NOTES.

The tariff bill passed the Senate by
a vote of Az to 81. LaFollette, Repub.
lican, and Poindexter, Progressive,
voted with the Democrats. The Vice
President appointed Senators Sim.
mons, Stone, Williams and johnson,
Democrats, and Senators Penrose,
Lodge and LaFollettee, Republicans,
as the Senate conferees. Stone re-
signed; Shively, took his place. The
House c%onferees will be probably I'm
dewood, Kitchin and Rainey, Demo
Gratis, Payne and Fordney, RepuDli-
cans.
Acting upon instructions from the
Minister of the Interior Of the DOmin-
ion of Canada, immigration officers
forcibly thrust Thaw into Vermont. He
was free and at the same time PENN.
less. Newspaper-men offered him the
use of their automobile. He accepted.
knowing that there was a standing
warrant for his arrest in Vermont pre-
fixed because of the possibility Of his
being deported into Vermont at any
moment. He drove into New Hamp
shire to dodge the service Of this war
rant and his possible return to New
York.
He was afraid and showed it. Three
hours after, he was arrested by a New
Hampshire sheriff at C%olebrook, New
Hampshire. Jerome fastened in a spe
cial train to Colebrook from. Greens
field, Mass. Thaw telegraphed mum
bers Of lawyers.
L. j. voreheus, of New York, viii
lead the fight against extradition.
T. r. E. McInnis, one Of Thaws
associate counsel, is one Of the fran
Lower coast gazette., 1913-09-20
FOREIGN NEWS.

Rumors are heard, then are not
heard and then heard again Of a new
revolution in Mexico with Felix Diaz
as the head revolter. Resigned once
members Of Huerta's cabinet are ru.
mored co.conspirators. Their resig'
nations are reasons enough to prob
ably connect them with any move
ment which is against the government
Of which they are a resigned part. In
Mexico a resignation precedes a can
Lower coast gazette., 1913-09-20

Guilty. He might easily have been at
a loss. The desert sands holds no
scents. There was no yerdure except
strange, spiny cactus growths, with
which neither he nor his forbears had
had any experience. They had known
nothing like the long, burning, water.
less journey, for which he had tried
to prepare himself with his deep draft
at the Wrenns'. SAKE Gotha was
headed for the north, for the cool,
sweet depth of the forest that was his
natural home.
lie took fairly good care of him
saif. Al intervals he dropped in the
shade of a joshua-tree, and after strug-
Cling to bite the cholla thorns from
his feet, he would doze for a few
minutes, then start on again. His
distemper was easier in the sun,
although his fever and the desert heat
soon %evaporated the moisture that he
had absorbed at the Wrenns'.
About three o'clock he stopped,
wrinkled his black muzzle, and raised
his finely domed head. The trail now
lay along the foot of the Hualpai. He
turned abruptly to the right, off the
main trail, and trotted into a little
canon. On the other side of a rock that
hid it from the main trail was Jim
Baldwin's tent. Jim came to the door,
at the sound of Saxt Gotha drinking
up his little spring. Jim was a lover
of dogs. He did not know Sake Co
tha's breed, but he did recognize his
promise of distinction.
"Howdy, old man!!!' said Jim. "Haye
a can of beet"
SAKE Gotha responded to the greet
ing with a puppy ganbol, and de-
voured the beef with gusto. Jim went
into the tent for a rope. When he
returned, the pup was a receding dot
on the north trail.
About four o'clock, the triweekly
stage from the Happy Luck camp met
SAKE Gotha. Dick Furman, the driver,
stopped the painting horses and invited
the huge puppy to ride with him. SAKE
Gotha wriggled, chased his tail round
one with a bark like the booming of
a town clock, and with this exchange
of courtesies Dick drove on southwark,
and the pup continued his way to the
north.
At five o'clock the sun was edging
the Hualpai. The yellow sand was
turning to delicate lavender. The
mountains were black with tops Of
fire. Hawk and buzzard sWooped to-
ward their canons. Towhees and orr.
oles trilled from tie 'chtllas. Sake
Gotha, a tiny speck in the infinite land
scape, limping with cholla thorns in
his paws, pegged along bravely. But
the world must have seemed strangely
wide to him, for all his pluck.
As darkness came on, he slowed his
race, paused and shifted, and again
turned off the main trail to a rough
path up the side of the mountain. Be.
fore a silent hut of adobe, he found
a half-barrel of water. SAKE Gotha
rose on his hind legs thrust his nose
into the barrel and drank Justify. Then
he stood rigid, with uncropped ears
lifted and nose thrust upward, shifting
After a minute he whined. The bust
ness to the north was pressing; the
pup did not want to stop; yet still he
stood, listening, shifting. At last, he
started back to the main trail; when
he reached it, he stopped once more
and once more shifted and listened and
whined; then he deliberately turned
back to the silent hut, and trotted
along the narrow trail that led W
behind it to the west.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-09-20
LATEST NEWS.
STATE, NATIONAL AND FOREIGN
STATE NEWS.

Roosevelt will inspect the New Orleans
Navy Yard before he makes his final
recommendation concerning it. In the
event it is found unfit for a naval sta
ton it. is rumored he intends to urge
its use as an army base. Its area OF
225 acres could be proitably utilized
for the dual purposes of the c%oncentra'
ton of troops and the warehousing and
shipping of ammunition and stores.
The extra session of the Legislature
actually lasted a few minutes over
four days.
The bill which the people will ap
prove or disapprove provides for an
election on October 28th at which the
peoples will in the matter Will De
sounded.
The convention, il approved Will
meet in Baton Rouge on November
10th at noon in the Hall of the House
of Representatives. 1t will be com
posed of 80 delegates, n from each
parish and one from each New Orleans
ward. They must possess the quail
fications required for members of the
House of Representatives.
The convention is empowered to
adopt a new constitution but is pro-
hibited from %enacting any article In
consistent with any existing constitu.
ticnal provision. This prohibition shall
not apply to any matters or actions
ap%pertaining to the subject-matter OF
the States Bonded Debt, or to any
thing connected with the subject-mat
ter of the powers and duties OF the
Sewerage and Water Board OF the
City of New Orleans.
1t is further prohibited from enact
ing any article on the subject of the
State Dept other than the bonded
debt.
All provisions now in force witt
regard to the State Debt will remain
In full force and effect.
It is also restrained from touching
upon, in any manner, the present
status or condition Of any Public Board
or commission of the State, or of any
political subdivision of the State.
It cannot discuss or order changes
of any kind in any educational or elee
mosynary institution of the State.
It cannot regulate or order changes
in the educational system OF the
State.
Parochial or municipal corporation:
are exempt from its consideration.
The term of Office, duties or com
pensation Of any existing officer are
immune from it's workings.
The question of registration is with
out it's legalized sphere.
The question Of elections is, like
wise. none of it's concern.
The levee system is beyond is lega
hand to alter.
Delegates are to be elected on Octo
Der 18th at the same time as the mai1
proposition is voted on. A plurallt.
elects.
Party nominations will be made a
a primary on October. 14th. Candi
dates must declare their intentions t
the chairman of the Parish Committee
by October 3rd. A lone candidate be
comes the nominee and the chairman
of the Parish Committee must so Ger
tify. A plurality elects in the primary
The convention is limited to 10 days
The sum of $4,000 was appropriated
to reconstruct and enlarge the Monroe
Reform School for juvenile criminals.
A bill passed, authorizes the Gov
ernor to appoint successors to United
States Senators who have resigned Of
died! appointed successors to serve I'm
til such time as the people a elect
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
THE CHRISTMAS DOLL.

There was a time We can all re
member when dolls we're mostly all
alike. They were lmpeCcable young
cherubs. faulty faulusss, stOnily
staring. whose prime little COunte-
nances reminded Us OF our own i'm
Projections. They always had extra
Iigh. blonde hair and their eyes
were never anything bu- blue. Their
cheeks were fat and rudy with a
too artificial look Of paint about
them.
These waxy. naughty creatures have
given vay 10 other dolls. character
dolls. naughty dolls testing dolls
some with the look OF mischief clever
" worked into the expression. others
with the mark OF nationality stamped
upon them. AudaciOusly wicked dolls
boy dolls, Indian dolls, dolls OF every
mood and feeling greet the child to-
day. They are certainly more com
panionable. Their advent IS but ar
evidence OF the naturalism OF the
times They seem 10 say that ideal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
sAL,E noE. Nnr srnEAn rnEEIY.

Tie republican national committee,
in session at Washington. has under
taken 90 pac.fy tine prosrsssiyes by
Recommending the reduction Of rep
reseutatiou from the south 20 the eN-
tent OF ~ delegates to the national
convention Of 1916. Western members
who ~, still sticking 90 the old ship
curtIy informed the. managers that a
reduction 50 trihus would not do al
all
some of the sts-drar-ers wanted 70
reduce the representation fp the basis
81 Tn, ISL. vote. which would have
given Vermont and Utah proportion
ateIy the largest representation Of all
the states. but this was held 20 be
equivalent 60 kicking tine rrosressives-
As tuy progressive OF Illinois met In
Chicago on the same day ~ the ma
'iOual :. O. D. gathering and resolved
10 20 30 alone for principle. i' Is quite
probable that some 81 those present
~ Washington would not have object
I'd 20 a few wei directed kicks being
administered 70 the moossrs IN face.
slars or south frontage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
What He Would Do.

who is that hatchet-faced woman
over there who seems TO think it is
necessary for her TO do all the talk
ing?"
Don't you know herr"
No. never saw her before. If
she's married I'm sorry for the poor
devil who is her husband. | can't
imagine anything more terrible than
being tied up 20 woman like that for
life Heavens, hear her go it! Her
voice is like a rasp. l should think
her throat would be all worn out. Do
you know what I'd do if / were mar
ried to such a woman"
No. For heavens sake tell me"
"Oh. / beg your pardon, old man.
didn't mean any offense. Il apollo
gize." .--@
That's all right. You gave me to
understand a moment ago that there
was something you would do if you
were married to such a woman. What
is it?"
I'd hasten to let my friends know it
when | took her out anywhere so they
wouldn't be in any danger of making
the kind OF break I've just made"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD.
Fill II We'll, For, Though II May ee
Small, Il is Important.

Fill II Well, For, Though II May ee
Small, Il is Important.
j; j. the privilege of limited mum
Der OF mortals 20 stand in the limeliGhi
ard be appIauded. 10 have pathway
cleared for their progress and an at
teutive audience for their highest ac-
cent Of command or exhortation. Most
OF us ell humble places. We are not
heard Of at our birth. nor when we die
We make one more in the crowded
thOrouEhfare. The hungry generations
tread US GOWN" LIES swollen current
rOars and eddies about the little canoe
we are trying 10 paddle through the
rapids and stream What i the useE'
We ask And Of what use are we?
What difference would il make II we
gave up the tight Who would notice
our vanishing. and what is one life
among so many?
In that mood Of discoura cement IL is
90 be remembered that each of US has
Tuere are others. no doubt, who can
DO the same kind Of work. but they
cannot do our work. History is full OF
tragedies due 10 the failure not alone
OF emperors. but OF peasants-not
merely Of commanding generals. but OF
privates in the ranks-and the collapse
OF a great cause has been due 10 the
fact that one inconspicuous nan in a
small place has thought it made no
difference II be ran away. - Philadel-
phiA Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE n. TAVENNFR
Congressman from the Fourteenth district

recipient OF one OF these invitations
viii accept another one.
Recently the veteran congressman
had as his guest a city member who
had never ridden behind fast horse
before: The nass had been. gradually
increasing their speed. and the nerv-
GUS membr noted that the general
stopped talking and was devoting az
his attention 10 the horses, speaking
10 them in a soothing way.
They're running away. aren't they.
general?"' cried the frightened pas
senger.
The general ginned. No" he
called back. They're no; running
away. but l cant stop them"
The guest chung to the seat for the
two miles which il took General Sher-
wood 20 get the animals under con-
troll. Then, although they were far
from the street car, the guest alighted
and footed il home.
General Sherwood is chairman of
the committee On invalid pensions,
and as such was recently in the con-
eressioual limelight when he intro
duced the first omnibus pension bill
OF the 63rd congress. During the de-
bate or that bill many members OF
both parties took occasion 10 compli-
ment General Sherwood and his COM
mitree for the judgment and care
used in granting special pensions. one
or two members declared that special
pension bills are introduced and pass
ed merely 10 buy votes for congress
men. This charge was hotly refuted
by some of the leading men of the
house. and. in replying TO the same
charge. Congressman Frank Wills,
wko l. mentioned as the probable next
republican candidate tor governor OF
Ohio. paid high tribute to his demo
cratic colleague. General Sherwood.
The general himself il his speech told
of the policy Of mis- committee.
He said: Nov, this committee
proIoses-at least, | propose, and
mink ! have the iuL sympathy Of
every member of this committeeS0 to
pension every deserving case. As
these old soldiers are passing away
-r the rate Of $4,000 year. and soon
they will all be gone, we propose, so
far IS possible. to render their last
DAYS on earth comfortable and pleas
ant"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18

word, and he still retains his love Of
outdoor life. For many years he was
editor Of a journal devoted to news
about hishbred horses.
This fall the general was laid up for
a while by a slight illness. The doc
tor told him he was sound as a nut
and only needed a little more outdoor
exercise 10 keep him fit. Il was then
General Sherwood realized that In
the past year he has allowed his con
gressional duties 10 cCnfine him too
Closely. As a consequence, he has
brought back with him 10 Washington
this winter a team OF housekeeping
racing horses that have no match in
the national capital The figure of the
general flying over the speedway be
hind these spirited animals is becOm-
ing a familiar sight in Washington.
The general Is filled with as much
good-natursd mischievOUsness a. any
active boy. He knows that II is rather
terrifying 10 anyone unaCcuStomed 10
horses TO ride in a light gig behind
a pair that are stepping OF miles
about every two mint ties aud ." sec
onds. Yet he has taken TO inviting
his colleagues one by one our for rides
each afternoon. II is seldom that the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18

The sweetest hour Of all ! know is not tho
hour that brings NE praise,
Nor that bright hour when mornings
glow makes golden all the winding
WAYS
IT'S that glad hour when. being freed
from Circumstances CALLING moose.
take my baby up and read the simple
rhymes OF Mother Goose.
know the happiness that springs from
courage which IS proudly shown.
] know the joy that profit brings to those
who strive for gain alone,
But sweetrs; sladneSS is my need when
he VINO keeps my purpose good
Enchanted listens while / read the rhymes
! learned in baby
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE.
They Display II In an Acute Form In
Tomsk, Siberia.

They Display II In an Acute Form In
Tomsk, Siberia.
In Through SIberia-An Empire In
the Making" by X. L. Wright and
Bassett Digby, the authors tell Us that
the city OF 9omsk has two morning
dailies. ANY important news that
comes over the wires during the day is
struck or on handbiIls, which are sold
IN the streets as ''telegramms-" At
the time Of the Russo-Chinese crisis
there came early one morning the star
ting report that the Russian minister
at Picking had been assassinated.
"One OF the papers at once rushed .
handful through the press. but before
II was distributed came the official de
mails from St Petersburg and Picking
IN keeping with the best journalistic
traditions OF the occident. the editor
had tie denials printed on q second
handful
Then he called all the newsboys
into the inner Office. explained the sit
uation with the utmost candor, handed
out supplies OF each bin 10 the eager
lads and told them TO run the streets
crying Horrible Assassination until
the Horrible Assassinations' had sold
out Then, after resting up for ten
minutes. they were TO open a chorus Of
Startling Sequel and proceed TO soil
out all their Startling Sequeis.' And
they did"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
THE COMMISSION FORM.

The Quincy Herald Is strong adj
vocate Of the commission form OF mu-
nicipal government as a substitute
for the aldermanic system under
which that city is still operating
Critics OF the commission form OF gov
eminent. il says. delight in pointing
in Springfield is that the commission
where the new system has proven IN
successful. As a matter OF fact. the
only charge that really can be made
IL Springfield is that the commission
crs have not at all times worked IN
harmony. Otherwise the system has
been successful How like Rock Is
land in experience. II also seems
that the opposition in Springfield is
lodged in the very class Of men who
are opposing II in other cities. the
advocates OF the old style political
rule Of municipalities. The forces OF
reaction in Springfield a. elsewhere
are lined up against any system
which takes away from the politicians
the right to govern the city.
The Springfield Register. a news
paper which stands for better govern
men- in the state and also in the city.
has the following 10 say OF the com
mission form OF government after sew
eral years OF experience with it in that
city;
Citizens all over the country are
turning 70 the non-partisan form
OF government. Look what has
just happened in Pennsylvania.
In that one state Il cities with
varying number OF inhabitants
from 5000 20 nearly 100000 each,
have adopted government by com
mission. They have discarded
their mayors and dual councils.
substituting a salarisd board Of
five administrators, whose job Is
10 run the city exactly as they
would business corporation.
The new scheme Of things puts
into the hands Of the citizens alb
sOlute power 20 pass or repeal or
dinauCes. through modification
Of rI- initiative and referendum
Tn. uuu-uart san ballot WILDE en-
UlCy-d in ali municipal elections.
The cities that have adopted
the commission government did
30 under an act passed BY the lat
est Peunsy lyania legislature. That
30 large number OF municipal
titles should have ayaiied them
selves OF the new law a. the
earliest possible moment is a note
worthy sign Of the time. The
progressive doctrines Of the west
are fast making converts in the
east
Philadelphia. with its million
and q half population. = demand
ius the commission form as an es-
cape from the aldermanic plum
derbuud sucu as Springfield for
in.rIy had Du smaller scale
The commission form rightly ad-
miuistered is al right II j. the ideal
system Of municipal government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
Isn't II Good?

Isn't II good. oh. fellow man.
To be free from thoughts that are
coarse and mean.
To be doing the best that brave man
can.
With eager heart and a past that's
clear7
Isn't It good when the mornings bright.
To have work to do that is worth your
while:
To be free from fear and TO have the
right
To begin your task with a hopeful
Isn't It good. when the mornings bright,
To have work 10 do that is worth your
while;
To he free from fear and to have the
right
To begin your task with hopeful
smile2
Isn't II good when the sun is low,
That you've done good work and done
IL well?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
,ntEr> t>D rmEINM.

President Wilson SAID il uis recent
address To congress
Social justice CONES first. Law
g. the machinery for its reaii1a-
ton and i@ vital only as II eN-
presses and tmbUdir- i'.
Would tE.t the courts 30 considered
law and Justice when statutes are
brourE. 20 them with demands that
.,... Bc iuyaIidated because OF some
.tr.aiug tecHuicaIity which does not
.,onceru the Law vitality
The very fact that the higher courts
80 frequently declare laws unCuu-ti-
tutioual over mere bubbles has
caused the discussion of the recall OF
judicial decisions. a very dangerous
experiment TO embark H..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
In Dublin,

A traveller VINO was in Dublin not
long ago noticed in the post office
there a number Of boxes into which
letters were TO be dropped. On one of
them was this eign: For Foreign
Letters" on another. For Domestic
Letters" and on another. For Letters
Too Late for the Next Delivery"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
Dec. l8 in American
History.

1SO2-GeorGe -. Prentice. poet and
Journalist. born at Preston, Conn:
died 1870.
1s7S-Gold fell to par in the United
States for the first time subsequent
TO 1861 Highest point, 2sJ, reach
ed July II. 1864. when the COnfed-
crates were at the gates Of Wash
ingtOn.
19I2-Wnl Carleton. poet and lecturer.
died in Brooklyn. y. Y: born 1915.
Human experience. like the stern
lights Of q ship 1T sea. liuWines only
the path which we have passed over
Coleridge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18

ism is giving away to reality, that
sham and sawdust and the primness
OF snug morality are no longer the
fashion in dolls or humans
And Yet TO the child of those days
a bespsngIed, stupid-eyed, blonde doll
face vas as much a thing of life and
blood as the bit OF rag with a knot
in IL Is 20 the child OF the slum in
every age since poverty was born.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18

j Saac X. Sler-
wood. OF Ohio He
Is a veteran Of -
battles Of the civil
war and i the
only union officer
left in the house.
In fact. there is
only one other
grand army man
in the house
In site of his IS
years the hOary-
headed general Is
sun ds straight
and slim as a sap
ling. and his only
infirmity Is a
bOthersOme deaf
ness. G. @ n . r q /
Sherwood has al
ways been a
sportsman IN the
best sense Of that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
roluca 70 Have New Bank.

Springfield. Ill. Dec. 1S.-Auditor of
Public Accounts Brady yesterday is
sued permit to Jonas T. Ball. Will
lam {. RithmilIer and John J. Don
nelly TO organize the Toluca State
Bank. at Toluca. Marshall county
with a capital stock of S35 200.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
z sy.

II I were dealing with those Eng
lish suffragettes who go on hunger
strikes I'd soon break up the scheme"
How would you do it,"
Whenever they started anything OF
that kind I'd slip a plate OF pickles
inside the cell door"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18

"Oh, dear, /
hope not" she re-
piled. II have
kept all your let
tiers, and you sure
" wouldn't go
away without do
ing s N e t h i ng
nice to get me 10
the newspapers,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-18
Emb arraSsinG.

Mamma" said Mary. eight years
cid. I'm glad I'm not a boy"
what makes you feel that way?"
said mamma.
We'll. think IL ! were boy ii
would be 50 embarrassing to propose"
abe repHed.-Indjan News