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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04
Suicide Laid to Film Show.

Rockford, H., Feb. 4.-Carl Olson,
separated from his bride of three
months following quarrel, committed
suicide by inhaling gas. His act is be-
lieved to have been prompted by seeing
motion pictures suggesting his own
loneliness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04
Pana Daily Herald suspends.

Pana. H., Feb. 4.-The Pala Daily
Herald has ceased publication after a
life OF 60 days. The editor, Arden
Northup. states that lack Of patronage
was the cause. The plant will be
moved away from Pana.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04
shepards Going Abroad.

New York. Feb. 4.-Mr and Mrs.
Finley J. Shepard stated today they
would spend the rest of their honey
moon abroad. They were bound for
Bremen. They intend to go by easy
stages to Egypt and stay abroad until
MAY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04

san Francisco-A fund Of 100000 is
being raised by the Chinese in the
United States and Canada for an army
90 protect Chinese interests in Mon
Eolia against the Russians. Local
Chinese already have subscribed S25.-
600 so far.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04
Illinois Woman, f1o, Dies.

Sterling, Ill, Feb. AIRS. David
Blue of Morrison. the oldest woman in
Illinois, died yesterday, aged 110 years.
Mrs. Blue was born in South Carolina.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

From noon today TO noon tomorrow
Sun sets 5:l1. rises 7:O7. Evening
stars: Venus, Saturn. Morning stars:
Saturn. Jupiter, Mars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04
Bill Prohibits Hazinu.

Austin. Texas. Feb. "A bill intro
dueed into the legislature prohibits
the hazing Of students.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04
Cardinal NaoIe Dead.

Vienna, Austria, Feb. 4.-Cardinal
Franz X Nagle, archbishop of Vienna,
is dead
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04

Kansas City-The third trial of Dr.
B. Clarke Hyde for the murder OF
Colonel Thomas H. Swope will proceed
without the discharge of the entire
jury because Of the illness of Juror
Carl V. Higgins.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04

London, Feb 4.-There was a terrific
bOmbardment OF the forts around Ad-
rianopie last evening by Bulgariaas
and Servians surrounding the city to
the number of 100000.
Almost at the moment Of the conclu-
sion OF the armistice at O'Clock.
siege and field guns from various
points commanding the forts, opened
FIRE Not even the residential portion
Of the city was spared There is con-
siderable difference of opinion as to
how long the fortress will be able TO
hold out one dispatch from Musta.
pha Pasha today, which reported a
heavy Cannonade continued through,
out the night, concluded with a proph-
ecy made by the Bulgarian stan that
Two weeks would suffice to force the
Turks to capitulate.
PROLONGED DEFENSE
Military men, however who know
something about the several lines OF
forts which form the defences Of Ad,
rianople, look for a prolonged defense
by the besieged garrison. Shukri Pa
sha, the Turkish commander defend
ing Adrlanople, has declared he will
not surrender the fortress until the
last of his soldiers are killed. Shukr
Pasha has some 10000 men, which IL
considered quite sufficient TO man tn,
forts and hold at bay a much greater
bcsiegng force.
The Bulgarians are said to hav,
10000 men in the province OF Thrafe
with $1,000 Servian soldiers, and pei
haps a few divisions Of Greeks assist
ing them. The greater part of thi
force. however is compelled to remain
a. the front OF Tchatalja and at Gall
poll in order to hold the Turkish al
mics concentrated at those places.
Is possible the allies may attack on
or both OF these positions.
ARMY HAS IMPROVED.
The ottoman army at Tchatalja ha
greatly improved during the armistic'
Soldiers are better armed than the
were sickness has diminished, SUI
plies have been brought up in grea
Quantities and fresh troops now ma
che string OF powerful forts. All wa
quiet along the Tchatalja lines at lat
hour this morning. Great drawback
10 the success of the Turks are polit
cal quarrels among ottoman officer
which must tend to undermine the e
ficiency OF the army.
on the other side OF the Balkan pei
insula, Scutari. where Montenegro
are besieging. the fortress is reporte
through a correspondent Of a Dutc
newspaper, TO have fallen. There
no confirmation from any other sourc
British and German warships passe
through the Dardaielles yesterday Il
protection OF foreign residents OF Co
stantinople. and a feet OF warships ,
other powers is anchored in Besib
bay ready for any emergency.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04
AdrianOpIe is Made First
Target in ReOpening of
HOstiIities.
IN AN ALL NIGHT ATTACK
Not Even Residential Portion Is
Spared by BeSieging Army
Fall Expected.

COnstantlnople. Feb. 4.-The garri-
son at Adrianople easily repulsed at
tacks last night by the Bulgarians on
the north and east frOnt of the fort
Tess. according 10 an official report.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 4.-Some quar-
ters of Adrianople are in flames as a
result Of the bombardment by the Bull
Farians and ServiaLs, which was re-
Eumed with even more intensity this
morning, according TO advices from
abe front.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04

Memphis, Tenn-Advices from Beu-
l6h, Miss, say the gap in the Missis-
sippi river levee, near that place,
was increased so feet in width Mon
day. The crevasse now is LOO feet
wide.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04
WIRE SPARKS.

Duluth-Lumber men met here to
change, If possible. the shipping point
basis of the lumber prices from Min
neapolis, the present base, to Duluth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04

Associated Press
Exclusive Wire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-04

Mrs. Taylor. or Grace Walker. was
killed a year ago by an Internal in
strument made to resemble a box of
candy and mailed at the Grand Cen
traI station Opening II, she was in
slantly killed, and until today the
identity of the assassin was unknown.
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Then came the camp-cooked meal and
sound sleep in the cool, open air, for it
was never hot at night
Few camping parties have gone forth
on a vacation and returned with memo
ries of half the fun that / had that sum-
mer. I will always remember the ex-
perience as my ideal vacation"
When approached Senator Sha-
froth. formerly Governor OF Colorado,
with the question at issue, an express
sion Of pain clouded his brow.
avoid chubs." was his advice to the
vacationist.
Upon this vacation recipe hangs
tale" sighed the senator.
My most memorable vacation oc-
Cured half a dozen years ago. and the
scene was by a little mountain stream
in my state.
"A party Of us had gone camping. and
incidentally to catch trout, which had
been reported as running particularly me
that year. When / Joined the party L was
new at the sport. but none the less
confident that l could outfish any man
in the crowd.
I'VE stopped by a little stream and
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say that cutting off the nails will pro-
duce blindness. and that If a girl sucks
the backbone of deer her back will
grow curved and she will have the back
ache. These tribes are noted for their
chastity, those who fall from grace being
publicly switched.
Among the least known Indians of Mex
leo are some in the territory of Topic.
which lies on the west coast. surrounded
by Jalisco. Durango and SinalOa. Here
live the Huicholes. whom the Mexicans
call the barbarians. They have little TO
do with the present troubles. and do not
want anything but to be let alone.
They have their homes in the Businesses
of the mountains and are so warlike that
it was a hundred years before the Span
iards were able to conquer them. They
are nominally converted to Christianity.
but they are practically barbarians and
are said to be Christians only when IA
vors are to be obtained. Many of them
are hunters, and they snare deer in nets
stretched between poles.
Some of the Huicholes look much like
the Chinese. aid this reminds me that !
have seen many Japanese and Chinese
faces among the Mexican Indians 1t may
be that a part of the ancient population
drifted over from Asia across Boring
strait, and came down here through our
country. The Huicholes have a wicker
chair which is just like the Chinese cane
chair now in use. and they employ it In
their religious ceremonies. 1t may be
that the custom OF wearing long nails
which I have mentioned came also from
China.
The Huicholes are about five and one
half feet high, and their women are very
good looking. They wear short skirts
and tunics of cotton cloth which they
are left bare and the skirt is caught in
at the waist by girdle. The girdle like
the obi of Japan. is more costly than any
other part of the dress. The women wear
necklaces. and they have beads in their
ears.
The Huichole houses each contain but
one room and the entrance is low and
small like that Of the Eskimo igloo. The
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Mexico. The truth is that the Aztecs got
the most of their civilization from the
ToltecS. whom they conquered when they
came here from the north. They got
their religion from them. and also their
calendar and architecture. The Toltecs
built the Pyramids of Mexico and either
they or branch of this race, known as
the Mayans, constructed the wonderful
cities of Yucatan and those of Guate-
mala as we'll. 1 have already written of
the ruins of Quirigua in the Motagua
valley not far from the Caribbean sea in
Guatemala, which our Psychologists are
of temples built by the Mayans, who are
supposed to have gone there from Mexi-
co centuries ago.
* X
The Aztecs called themselves Mexicans
and it is from them that we get the name
Mexico. Their descendants are numer-
Gus today. but are largely poems who
work for the whites. 1t is from them
that the rank and file of the soldiers are
recruited.
Among the other Indians who have to
be reckoned with, in the Mexico to come.
are the Zapotecas and the Miztecas.
Both of these races are noted for their
given Mexico some of its ablest men.
Benito JuareZ, for years the president of
the republic. was a full-blOOded ZapOteca,
and President Porfirio Diaz had Mizteca
blood in his veins. These tribes are now
found on the southern slopes Of the CEN
trail plateaus. You may see them In
Pueblo. Oaxaca, Guerrero and Morelos.
1t is said that their ancestors date back
to the time when Militia, Xochicalco and
Zaachila were built. The Zapotecas were
never subdued by the Aztecs. and they
are now growing in independence right
along. There are a great many Of them
in Oaxaca, a state whose population is
fully nine-tenths Indian. Some are to be
found on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
where the women are noted for their pic
turesqueness and for their Independent
ways.
Indeed, the girls of Tehuantepec are
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the guide-a singularly melancholy
man-assigned us all to places where
trout were TO be had. I cast my line
tthat's the correct term. 1 Think, and
in less than a minute and half l had
landed a beautiful fish ! made a
mental note that his struggles were
not what I had been led to suppose
trout could produce. In went my line
again. and again i landed a fish. The
thing was getting simple. Within
twenty minutes i had landed ten fish.
and was about to quit for the day
when the guide came up. He stared
at me in establishment.
what in thunderation are you do
ing?" he demanded. gaping at me.
Catching trout-ten of EN-" | re-
piled proudly.
Trout be hanged" said he. "them's
clubs" 4
And when 1 returned to camp Y
learned that a man who goes trout
fishing and saves clubs is only equaled
i'm the realm of sportsmen by the man
who goes out to shoot deer and brings
home a dead COW"
Senator Shafroth paused a moment
in thought
AND So" he continued finally. my
message to the prospective vacationist
is-Avoid clubs"
Copyright. 1913. by John Elfreth watkins.l
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ing until everything was obscured The
man shooting his first grizzly or haul
ing in his first trout cannot boast more
exciting moments than l felt when l real
lied that this little shell was all that was
between us and certain death. We dawled
around the floor of the ocean for a little
while, moving this way and that like a
giant fish. Finally the sinking compart-
ments We're lightened. and we darted
swiftly to the surface. That trip lasted
only fifteen minutes. but II will always
remain as my most vivid vacation mo-
ment."
The greatest vacation any man can
ever have" said Secretary Of War Gar
rtson. shaking his finger as he spo.. lis
his honeymoon"
1t makes no difference where he goes
whether IL is visit to the mountains or
the seashore or a little quiet cottage
which he will forever call home.
Every man should try to become one
OF the summer bridegrooms. Summer is
the season of marriage, and happy is he
who. under a clear. warm sky, starts
forth on his matrimonial voyage
II have travelled a little, INDUCED in
some fishing and a little hunting. But /
Will never enjoy an excursion to COM
pare with my honeymoon In June and
July. 1900.
II don't suppose that the date OF the
honeymoon makes any great difference.
But Two ccr1c to believe TT tie man
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sort, preferably by the seashore, was the
ideal spot in which the change was to be
had.
When a man goes on vacation" he ex-
planned, he should become butterfly
a shining butterfly. He should leave be-
hind all ideas of the wOrkaday world. Let
him pack his trunk with plenty of white
trousers to keep him company and IL he
can't go to Atlantic City, then let him
HE himself to some like place.
Let him deck himself out in his most
glorious garb and go forth on the Board
walk as the sun throws it's golden CLINT
over the surface of the water, and the
sea breezes sweep away all thoughts Of
the gray business world. The band be-
gins to play and thousand pretty girls
pass and repass as he strolls along Res
taurants invite him to enjoy the products
of the sea that have only just been
caught.
I'm the morning he will go out on a
sailing trip and that night he will dance
at some hotel function. Not moment Is
wasted. He remembers this vacation
when winter has come on and mundane
affairs of business have again enveloped
him.
Il am in favor of the summer resort az
the vacation spot"
On this general subject Of the ideal va
cation Senator William Alden Smith Of
Michigan was equally as positive
IAN excursion on the great lakes, with
sfor. fer 'urchcon and d'nce~ 2. thu -,-ny
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Copyright by Edmonston)
at dawn and insisting that the whole
household do the same thing.
The farms the thing for the city
man. My happiest vacations have been
SO spent
Life on a ranch Is prescribed by Sena-
tor Ashurst of Arizona as the vacation
most beneficial to all classes. There, he
declares. the man who is seeking health
will find it.. There, also. he will find
good companions, honest. sound life and
lack Of monotony unbelievable to the
man who has not actually attempted it.
THE greatest vacation experience OF
my ltfe," said Senator Ashurst, did not
occur when I was on a vacation. 1t was
on a ranch during. the summer OF 1892.
There were half q dozen OF US. all
young fellows. turned loose on a great
plain In Arizona to guard restless cat
tie and see that they were kept to-
gether. Early In the mornings we were
up and astride our ponies. ill-conditioned
little beasts which appeared to be
scarcely able to care for themselves, but
which In reality were tough as wire.
and tireless.
I'm the bracins. dry air we would
hours at q time. The life was one Of
continual exercise and we all became as
hard as iron as well as immune to ia
dgue. 1t was ride and camp. camp and
ride. with all sorts OF diversions inter
mingled every day. No man who has
tried ranching over thinks 1t monotonous.
l-NcTt.s. - a---S~s .of.-H 49, re
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city. is that there is nothing so good
as the harvest field. He will get an
entertainment out Of running thrash
ing machine that his richer cousin
could hardly attain with sixty-horse-
power automobile. A thrashing ma
chine doesn't look exciting. but it Is.
Just as my friend Senator Stone has
suggested the city for the bucolic
youth 1 urge the country for the man
who is clogged by the city's air.
THE average man doesn't realize
never having tried the experiment.
what a tremendous amount of pleas
ure can be obtained on a quiet little
farm. Everything is new to him-par-
ticularly the farmers habit of rising
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can continent They are as straight as
a royal palm tree and their forms are
beautifully rounded. They have olive
skins, black hair and eyes and teeth as
white as lime freshly slaked. Their or
binary costume is jacket and skirt.
the former having short sleeves and cut
very low at the neck, so that 1t exposes
their beautiful shoulders and arms. The
Jacket reaches almost to the waist and
a strip of bare skin usually shows be-
tween it and the skirt.
The skirt makes one think of that of
the Burmans. 1t consists Of q strip of
red cloth several yards long. This is
wrapped tightly around the hips and
tucked in at the waist. In addition to
this every woman has a huipil for Sun
days and feast days The huipil is lace
decoration OF enormous size, which Is
worn as a sort of headdress. 1t incloses
the face or it may extend around the
neck or hang down from the head at the
back like the war plumes of Comanche
chief. On dress occasions the girls wear
also full skirts, which are often heavily
embroidered with lace.
These women do much of the work.
They are thrifty and accumulative. They
are fond of gold jewelry and like espe-
cially ornaments made Of American
twenty dollar gold pieces. Girls may be
frequently seen thus wearing small
fortune in gold double eagles, although
their feet may be bare.
The most famous ruins of this tribe lie
within twenty-five miles to the southeast
of Oaxaca City. They are about three
hundred miles south of the Mexican capt.
tai and one can go there by train in less
than day. There are fairly good hotels
at Oaxaca, and from there one can reach
the ruins by carriage in five or six hours
Or he can go by train to San Pablo in an
hour and half and stop at the hotel
there. In the latter case he will be right
at the ruins and can easily spend day
or so in moving about through them
The ruins are those of the ancient city
of Militia. They are of great extent and
the Indians say that under them lie the
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practical naval man. you'll remember
When l got aboard battleship and was
taken around 1t was to me what the first
trip to the circus is to a small boy.
Everything was Of deepest interest. Then,
too, I had my sons with me. and they
enjoyed the trip as much as myself Also
there were the members of the cabinet,
whom l met informally for the first time
and found to be uniformly delightful.
But / was speaking of my greatest
vacation day. 1t was on April g. and
when l went down in the submarine boat,
&C off the Norfolk navy yard
climbed with the officers down into the
tiny hold, and was lowered away, while
overhead l could see the waters thicken-
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Loves Logic.

UTHERES no logic in love-" said Or.
Il. Mitchell Wilson. the Denver
eugenist. as he drank in the salt-im-
pregnated air Of an Atlantic City pier.
DR.. Wilson, gazing absently at a school
Of porpoises tumbling in their graceful
way in the blue ana sunlit water, chuck
led and continued.
Two young people sat on the beach
the other night. Moonlight whitened the
sand. The sea In the moonlight was like
frosted silver. The young girl. mystically
beautiful beneath those calm rays. said:
How do you know I can make you
happy?'
Because groaned the young man.
you make me so miserable"
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a floor of cement. The decorations of
Militia make you think Of Pompeii. Some
of the floors are in mosaics, and many
of the structures are wonderfully carved,
reminding one of the crumbling temples
and fort at Delhi in India.
X
Mexican tribes live in the northern part
Of the country. Chihuahua has, for in
stance. the Casas Grandes. which lie near
the railroad on the way from Juarez to
Terrazas. These Casas correspond some
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unloading. having the famous speed boats
pointed out to me and interesting my
self In every imaginable thing
Il can't describe to a man who hasn't
experienced 1t himself what a thrill the
first sight of great city gives to the
man who has lived all his life in a small
town. But the thrill is there, and any
man who has lived in seclusion will doubt
less feel as did If this summer he makes
his first trip to some metropolis
Atlantic City, the Boardwalk and
white trousers was the prescription of
fered by Senator MARITIME of New Jersey
The senator was positive that bucolic
lives needed a swift and sudden change"
and asserted that the modern summer re-
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YOUNG ASTEcs, ANEAL, FART Of FEXTcoS FUTUPE.X

what to ,ne homes of our cave jewellers,
save that they were built on the level
snort, the first apartment houses on rec
ord. The chief building Is 500 feet long
from north to south, and 200 feet wide
from west to east, covering an area Of
sisted Of three separate piles, united to
lower buildings. The apartments varied
in size. and the walls in places were forty
o or fifty fee feet high indicating that t, the
buildings were in ruins at the time Of
the Spanish conquest. and very little is
known Of the people who built them, al
though some suppose them to date back
to the MoQuis.
In Chihuahua we have the Tarahu-
mares Indians, some Of whom still live
In caves and who are sometimes known
as the American cave dwellers. SINH
lar homes are to be found In the Sierra
Madre mountains, the entrances being
protected against the weather and wild
beasts by stone or mud walls. Some OF
the caves are very large, and are reached
by ladders, or by stairways cut out in
side the house. Others Of the houses are
OF stone, and some are OF adobe, with
roofs of thatch.
The Tarahumares, both women and
men. are noted for their long. flowing.
jet-black hair. The men pull out all
the hairs from their faces. They say that
whiskers are a sign of wickedness, and
they believe that the devil has always 4
beard These people are said to be the
greatest runners on record. and instances
are known Of where men have run ITO
miles without stopping. They go on
slow trot and keep it up for hours The
women can run as fast and as we'll as
the men. and both men and women have
moonlight races and other athletic
sports. They sometimes race by torch
light.
The Pima Indians, who are found In
the same locality, are much like the
TerahLmares and the Tepehuannes. An
other tribe nearby let their finger and
toe nails grow, in Chinese fashion. They
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chambers wherein are stored the treas
ures Of the ancient Zapoteca kings Some
of the ruins are striking. The Hall of the
Monoliths, for instance. has walls five
feet thick and columns of enormous
size. The lintels over the entrances are
solid blocks of stone eighteen feet long.
four feet high and five feet thick. and the
from the floor and extending, 1t is said,
six feet below it, They are as big around
as whisky barrel.
Next this is the Salon of the Monoliths,
which is 100 feet long and % feet wide.
Its walls are 10 feet in height, and it has