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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-12
Bits of Scripture

John 9th Chapter-ist 10 11th verses.
And as Jesus passed by. he saw
man which was blind from his birth
And His disciples asked Him, say
ing Master, who did sin, this man, or
lls parents, that he was born blind?
Jesus answered, Neither hath this
man sinued nor his parents; but that
the works of God should be made mani
jose bon him.
must work the works OF Him that
t.ur Me. while IL is day; the night
,Dm.th when no man can work.
AS long as | am In the world, ! am
the light Of the world.
When He had thus spoken, He spat
ON the ground and made clay Of the
.puIe. and He auointed the eyes Of
f., blind man with, the clay.
Eug said unto him. Go, wash in the
pool OF Sloan (Which is by interpre-
ratru. SENT. lie went his way there
fore. and washed. and came seeing.
w.r unigunUs. therefore, and they
rr..r before had seen him that he
vna blind. said Is not this he that
sat and begged?
SOM. slIi This is he. others said,
lIa is like him; but he said, am he.
Therefore said they unto him, How
were thine eyes opened?
he answered and said, A man that is
called Jesus made clay and anointcd
my eyes and said unto me- Go 20 the
r.uI of Sloan and wash. ana ] went
and washed and received my sight
Hr.. O. Y. Holmgraiu vii preach
%. Grace Lutheran church tomorrow
morning and the evening service will
o.. omitted Rev. !. O. Nothstein. pas
f.r ~ Grace church. will celebrate
fna ornaments of the holy communion
and confirmation at the church a.
New Era. Iowa, tomorrow morning
lutheran
Zion Swedish Lutheran, Forty-htth
street and Seventh avenue. Rev. n. J.
;1rsgerg, pastor Sunday school at
80 O.. m Services at 1915 a. III. and
$50 %. M.
German Evangelical corner Twelf h
street and Twelfth avenue. Rev
+ a. Rolf. pastor. sunday school al
o q. ID. and . p. M. Services at 1896
q, u. and : 80 p. IN.
Grace English Lutheran. corner
Seventh avenue and Forty-fOurtr
street Rev Ira O. Nothsteiu, pastor
Sunday school at 9.15 q. ~. Services
&C $50 a. m Rev. O y. Holmgra.H
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-12

All the news all the time - The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-12
BAPTIST

First Baptist. corner Third avenue
and Fifteenth street. Rev. H "
Reed. pastor Sunday school al $50
a. m. Services g. 1o.45 a. m. and 7.30
p. m Morning theme. The Passing
and the Permanent Evening sub
jet, Mans Growing Act Of sin"
EdEo.sed Ban-sf. corner Forty
fourth stree, ana Fifth avenue. Rev.
e. r. Taylor. LID, acting pastor. Sun
"a. school at y.45 .. H., Joseph
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-12
METHODIST


First Methodist, corner Fifth ave
1ue and NInetee.th street Rev. 7. +
Eeviaud. pasjcI. sunday school at
$50 a NJ Epworrh league ar GEO
a m. Services al 1910 a. m. and 1:39
p. N.
Spencer -Ier.1-.al Methodist corner
Forry-tlird stree, and Seventh avenue,
Rev Charles Hawkins. pastor. sun
day sghUU. al $50 a. IN. Services al
1875 q m. and As ? IN.
Wayman African " 2 (colorec}
corner Fifth-and-a-half avenue and
Thirteenth s-ree: ". II. Saunders
pastor. Services al II a. m. Steward
esscs all day meeting. Children :
service ar 1870 p. m Preaching at
2. N.
German Methodist. corner Four
teenth street and Sixth avenue. Rec
TheophiluS Eies. pastor. Sunday school
Al s.15 a. n. Services at 1C:+5 a. N
and 7:3O p II. Epworth league at
2. m.
Free Methodist. Ninth avenue and
fifteenth street. Rev. II. c. Willing
castor. Sunday school at 9.45 a. m
Services at 10.45 a. n. and 1880 7. N
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19

FOR The Chill DREN
Chinese Nursery PIay.

A guest comes, and there is nothing
at all in the house to eat. The host
asks, where shall we get meat for
our guest to eat?"
The reply is, Let us kill the cat"
''NO," speaks up the cat. II can see
all night; can catch mice The dog
Is an idle fellow, who only knows how
to bark. Kill him.
''No," speaks up the dog. Il guard
the house and keep away thieves The
master cannot do without me. Go
and kill the silly sheep. The sheep
must always be cared for and can nei-
ther bark nor bite"
"No," speaks up the sheep. 81 bear
wool from which warm clothing is
made. What would men do for win
ter hats if I was gone? Kill the stu
pid COW, whose hair is not an inch long
and who has much more flesh than T."
"No," speaks up the COW. Il draw
the plow which prepared the earth for
rice, and the master would starve We're
1t not for me. cannot be spared. Go
to the lion. The lion is wild beast
and our enemy. Kill the lion"
"No," says the host, 'for it is the
lion who is our guest. 1t is for him
we want the meatr'
At this moment the lion comes out
and gives a big roar, at which all the
animals run away, and the poor lion
Is left without meat to eat.-Children's
Magazine
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
wise. 4. .Chisel.. 5. Plane. 6. Wrench.
Z. Mallet. s. Anger.
The Bitter End.

The word bitter in this expression
does not imply what appears at first
glance to be the meaning. It is de-
rived from the nautical term bits or
t'bitts,' frame of two pieces of TIM.
ber located in the fore part Of the ship
for the purpose Of holding the anchor
cables Accordingly the bitter or the
bitt end Of the cable is the end fas-
tened to the bits, and when a cable is
out as far as it will go it has reached
it's bitter end
AS consequence when anything has
reached the last extremity we say that
it has come to the bitter end.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
The First Riddle.

The very first riddle on record is
that propounded by Samson to the
thirty companions who came to the
marriage feast Of his wife-afterward
burned to death with her father by
the Philistines-and for the answer to
which he promised to give them thirty
sheets and thirty changes Of garments.
"Out of the eater came forth meat,
and out of the strong came forth
sweetness" For the outcome see the
book Of Judges xiv, 1920.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
His Excuse.

"Loogy yuh, Brudder Bagusv Sc
verely said good old ParsOn Bagster on
a recent Monday morning. "What was
de 'casion for yo' 'sturbin' de whole
cong egation last night by snawtin'
dat ah-way and den gittin' up and
trompin' out'n de church wild all de
ferocity of blind hoss %
''Uh-well. to tell de troof, pahson," :"
answered the culprit, "I's amphibious. .
"Wha-what's dat yo' specified? Yo'
is what?" .>.....
"Amphibious, sab. walks in muh
sleep" p."--.Judge
a. ez..s~s1sssgzzz.s=~-.=z ssssr.-4A2-a9sssxzsBslsa
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
Voices of Birds.

There is nothing more remarkable in
this Interesting class of animated be-
ings than the voice. The scream of
the eagle 1000 feet in the air, and
thus more than three miles distant,
may be distinctly heard, and the calls
Of focks of storks and geese, beyond
the reach of sight and equally remote,
are often audible And these wonder
full powers of voice are infinitely diver
sifed in their expression and use, from
the simplest call to the most compli-
Gated and elaborate song.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
Thirteen O'clock.

The new clock of the Care st. La
zare, Paris. has an ingenious face. Up
to midday the clock face appears nor
NAL, but on the stroke of 12 the figures
change from Il to 12'' to ''13 to a.
and remain so until midnight, when
they change back again. By a clever
arrangement the figure to which the
hour hand points is automatically
shown in relief ~.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
Cumulative Possibilities.

Don't you think peace would be
promoted if nations could be persuaded
to talk things over deliberately before
going to WARP"
Possibly. But sometimes the more
you talk things over the more you find
to fight about. .'-Washington STAR
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
The "13" Hoodoo.

"Don't talk to me about there being
nothing in this thirteen business
said the major. Here's a story Of a
man who had thirteen wives, all in one
state, and, as if that were not punish
ment enough, a Judge gave him thir-
teen years"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
Puzzled.
Puzzled.
"I can't und derstand that. man" !"

4 can't nhdefstahd tnat: man. --.
\. Why not y
Hes a lawyer. and a little while
ago he advised me to keep out Of liti-
cation as long as possible.
1T seems to me that was mighty
good advice.
Yes, / feel sure that it was, but he
didn't charge me a cent for it.n-Chi.
cago Record Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
Upset the Fruit Basket,

Any number can play this game, but
the more in number the better. The
players are all seated in a circle ex
cepting one, who is placed in the CEN
ter. The one in the center names
fruit beginning with letter A, and
then it is continued in the circle until
no more can be obtained, and then
they continue with B and G and so
forth until the one in the center says
upset the fruit basket" Then all
scramble for a different seat, and the
one in the center must try and slip in,
and the one who did not get in must
stand in the center. Then the game
begins again with the letter A.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
a Desperate Character.

'This man demands reduction in
his luncheon check. He puts up a
strong talk
what if we refuse?" said the man
ager Of the fashionable New York ho-
tel.
Then he threatens to take advan-
tage of the bankruptcy act."-Kansas
City Journal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
Forgot Himself.

Old Lady Ito beggar at door)-What's
this soiled paper? You'll have to tell
me what it says, for haven't my
glasses.
Beggar-Please, mum, it says I'm
deaf. and dumb and can you spare me
q few cents.-BOstOn Transcript.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-19
Hidden Tools.

One carpenters tool hidden in each
paragraph:
1. The ham merchant came to town
2. The sound Of thunder was awful.
3. Harry is eternally teasing his sis
ter.
4. How much is electricity worth?
8. Up lanes and down hills they
tramped.
6. Hear the wren chirp.
z. She was going to teach them all
etiquette.
g. Be sure and gauge rightly.
Answers.-1. Hammer. 2. Saw. 3.
The sun., 1913-11-02
9S6 BELLE HARBOR LOTS SOLD.
Acquired b. the West Rock wa y
Land company ut ~ sI.OOO.OOO.

The iicllc lartor- t.dcsrl"rc Company
has conveyed to tie West RuCkHway
Land COMPANY 9S5 lots vest of Rockaway
Park and extending from Jamaica Bay
tr the Atlanta Ocean subject to "A
mortgage of s?l0 0Uu Thirteen blocks
front on the ocean and the entire shore
IN front OF the property Is reserved
and Wi, hc for tn" pun lio use. y lirg"
part Of tho property has been i'm
proved aud ruilt uroA. The property is
said to Ice worth sl.op0.o"1.
There are hvc parcels one of III
lots between Lincoln avenue and Ches-
ter: another uf ~ lots. west Of Mon
tauk and east Of Norfolk avenue an
other of l6l lots east OF Park avenue
and west ur Essex another of 4: lots
extends for the width of haf Il block
alurg the west side Of tark avenue,
fr, m the hay t. the ocean. another ~
2d2 lots between Montauk aad Norfolk
avenues. ,NtcndinG from hay 10 ocean,
and another of II lots west Of Essex
avenue and east If Park avenue
The sun., 1913-11-02
BIG YEAR FOR LOT SALES.
Day and DH>tr Have sold About
5000 Lots for Total Of S5,OOO 900.

Including he Moss estate property
sold last Tuoslay 34i lots f." S5h> 80.
Joseph T. Day and J. Clarence Davies
have handled successfully durinG the
last yegr salty of B-onX property ILi r"-
eating about i.0OJ !rIa with tota, pro-
tctds Of over Sj.0uH.oUr
About the midd;" of last November
the" disposed of tn Forster Schri.;t
property. along broadway opposite Van
tort,andt Paris li3 'o'e foY something
around $500 400. iIer inning on DrCora-
ton Day and continuing f1r two solid
wocks came the Morris iHrk salt in
ruGrd iiEures 800 lot tur -. .SUr. .uJG---
aud now the NoSs t.stnt. sale.
Spectators and small investors III
the Moss property sale had the m
dNrsemcnt ~ n number of shrcwd oper-
aturs and hL.lieis including uu tess
expert "A jude, ~ Va!u = and conditions
than tho recognized dean of the real
estate procession. i. Humainc Brown.
Another important d., olOpncut and
cant property under the hammer was
that the total amount rcaliL. for tie
81 lots was sllo.oOo below III" Nalua-
tion placed Upon them 10y the tax as
SCISSORS. Those familiar with real ts-
tate reports of the last four or five
years know that there is nothing extra
ordinary about the sale of n property Y
for less than the tax book valuation.
Such instances have usually come IT,
The sun., 1913-11-02
SELLING REFORMS PLANNED.
Real Estate Exchange Of Long Is-
land Proposes Agents. Licenses.

Members If the Real Estate Exchange
Of Long Island at a meeting OF the
board of directors last week discussed
the proposed plan for registration ~
real estate agents II seemed TO ne the
genera, opinion that the members ~
the exchange as well as their clients
irregular methods of salesmarship as Is
possible to achieve. Certain OF IN"
members Of the exchange had already
taken steps to care for this matter. one
firm having laid plans for the employ
ment of inspectors as protection =
its clients The exchange is a UNI -
the Diet, rmination to place the work ~
the realty men upon far higher plane
than II has yet occupied.
Another matter discussed was the pro
posed amendment to the State Const'-
tuition giving the Legislature power 30
enact legislation looking To the placing
of condemnation PROCEEDINGS under the
direct supervision Of the Suprcmo Couir
and to the granting of the power q
condemnation to the State or city, Whllt
the exchange took N definite action in
The matter. the general opinion was
that the amendment would be a hciD
rather than a h!ndranc. to tho work -
the exchange in It's effort to encourage
the deN clopmcnt Of Long Island
The meeting was presided over Nv
James Frank. president. The eNchanr.
, is planning an active campaign to bring
the advantages and opportunities of the
island to the attention Of tho hpm,
, seeking public NJ New York city
The sun., 1913-11-02
BROOkLYN DWELLING SALES.

The Duross Company has sold AS
Third street, Il four story and basement
dwelling on lot 22xlOO. for j. George
Partiin to Eleanor Renwick. who will
occupy IL.
Frank A. Seaver has sold the dwelling
at 1856 Fifty ffth street for Louis Olsen
to the American Machine and Foundry
Company.
Frank Richards has sold in the Arlng-
ton section. East Brooklyn the follow
ing dwellings on Sunnysids avenue: li9
10 the Rev. a. Baker. l5l to John q.
Reiber, l63 to George W. Bayley, III to
W. Wallace Brown, III to Catherine NJ.
McKeon and l79 to Mary b, Filbig
James Il. Fisher has sold for Mrs
Ellen Ward the detached dwelling. on
plot 5Oxl5o, AZ 100 Ocean Parkway, to
Cornell Partos.
II. b. Manner has sold the dwelling
at All Ocean Parkway to NJ. Marcus. and
the dwelling at 32l Ocean Parkway to
NJ. j. Lora.
Il. r. Newman has sold FOR John John
ston the three story and basement DWELL
ing at 2s5 Garfield place to Mrs, Richard
Markey.
Fred NJ. Smith has sold for the Ma
teria Construction Company 4i6 Rogers
avenue. a three story brick tenement with
store on lot l9xlOi, to Mrs. l.. Baar.
Thomas Kilcoyne has sold the two
family Queen Anne cottage at 1885
Ffty-fourth street. for Mrs. Rosenthal Of
Topeka, Kan. to n client for occupancy
also the two family cottage at 1884 Fifty
third street for the =. W. Connolly Build
ing Company to r Levy, and n one fam
lily cottage Mt 1929 Forty-elRhth street
for Mrs Scott to NJ. Goldberg Of Man
haitian, who will occupy the dwelling
The sun., 1913-11-02
WESTCHEsTER IN PAINTINGS
ny Noted Artists at the C"untr,
Life Permanent Exposition.

MaNmilian Franz fr.oderanC, tic
mural painter. has undertaken tlr
painting "f a seen" entitled "Th" Land
ing of the IlUGucuots at New H..
Ch"llo" tor the Country Life pormano'
Exposition ~ IN" Grand Central IC
mlnal, the first historical painting ~
its kind To- be made by this artist. t.
painting is supposed t. bc a true l".
production Of the landing so fai as
history records.
Another contract has just been
Nv ardcd to IN" Morgan brothers ~
New York city for the painting OF five
panels To occupy one entire side Of the
space in the Grand Central Terminal
one viii h" the picture of the Hudson
River from Nonkcrs north. another of
the Putnam division showing tho wi.
lages and hamlrts as far north as LAX"
MHhopar. IA" third of the Harlem div
sion Of the N.w York Central north
To Mount +. 500. the fourth the line
If the New York, Westchcster and Bos-
ton Railroad AZ far north as GedneN
Farm and White Plains, and last
panel showing the shore line aloug
Long Island Sound from New Roche c
to Greenwich This exposition. whurn
is the first of its kind to be inaugurat"d
in this country will portray countrv
life especially in WestChester county.
The sun., 1913-11-02

NAY MEAN IMPROVEMENT

Sale and Improvement Of the prop
er,y at 1919 To- 1859 Lexington Gfcnuc.
northeast corner Of seventy -siNth
street. is Indicated in the formation
yesterday at Albany ~ the lc;9 - 1859
l.~NiuSton Avenue Company. with {. y.
Meier. Gertrude y N.nd rhr,k and
Mty T.. RuSs'i, aS directors. Daniel
Il. Freeman h". tn" title to tn" cor
ner. which he acquired d year aG1 las;
June.
On the sit" .rc sin small dwellings,
with total frontage of l0... feet on
Lexington dNcnuc aud 80 feet on SoV-
entN-siN;h street. The prop rtv is en-
closed on It's other Two sides by the
holdings of the Marist Iir,jlrcrs. who
conduct ihcr" 81. Ar,!'s Academy. Tn
academy prnper;> extends t. til cor
n"v II S'."ltN-scNsnth stree; AMI IN
cludss a single lot ON seventy sixth
street.
None of those interested IN the Sew
cnts sixth street corner could h.
rcac he'd yesterday.
The sun., 1913-11-02
Great Brltain's problems and much n.

Great Britain's problems, ana much d1e.
satisfaction Of the masses Is no doub,
due to bad housing conditions am o,
the opinion that the most impor,an.
problem will work out its own salvatloi
as soon ~ the other land reforms ar
we'll under way.
"In the towns as in the country. the
soil Is in comparatively few hands
British townspeople are leaseholders
and tenants, but not freeholders. The
leasehold system is a British inst,,u-
tion. In foreign countries the hous.
and the soil on which 1t stands 20 TO.
gether as a matter of course, and in
many countries It is Illegal to separate
the one from the other. The lcaseholA
system has many grave disadvantages
by dividing the house from the soil on
which 1t stands It introduces divided
ownership In single object. and there
by causes friction and wastefulness
The interests Of the owner Of the so,l
or Of the owner Of the lease and those
Of the tenant or b-tenant are no,
Identical. but antagonistic.
The leasehold system discourages
thrift. Wherever the freehold system
obtains the workingmen are thrifty. II
Is significant that in France. in Cor
many and many other countries two.
thirds OF the families absolutely own
the houses in which they live. The
working man who has house improves
1t and endeavors to accumulate In ad-
dition some liquid capital. The German
working masses, for instance, have
Fl .000, 100000 In their savings banks,
while British workingmen have less
than one-quarter Of that amount. A
the ownership Of freehold land and
houses Is widespread among the German
working masses they own probably
about 5000. .000.0 900 Of capital, while the
capital Of the British working masses IL
estimated to amount only to from
$500. 900, 900 to &, ,000, 900, 900.
Owing to the wastefulness which IN
indissolubly connected with tho lease
hold system that system Is responsible
for excessive rents. An investor IN
house property may be satisfied with a
net return Of 8 or per- cent. upon his
capital However. in view OF the very
heavy waste involved in lawyers and
surveyors expenses, rent collecting, re-
pairs and the losses arising from un-
paid rent and empty houses he has 20
exact rent which comes frequently
to about 10 per cent. on the capital cost
of workngmens dwellings.
Investigation has shown that there is
widespread desire among workingmen
to become the absolute owners Of the
houses in which they live. That desire
is only natural and many theories are
advanced as to the best way to help him
in this laudable desire. The plan OF
building and selling small houses To
workingmen on long time payments has
been successful In Belgium and Ger
many and is now being tried In tho
United States. where for very little more
than ordinary monthly rent man can
become the owner of dwelling Of the
most modern character with little
ground. and in many cases an added
feature of life insurance goes with II.
The sun., 1913-11-02
BUSINESS PROPERTY LEASES,

The May Department Stores Company
has leased the seventh loft in 81 to a.
West Twenty sixth street, for n term of
five years from February I. 1914. The
premises will he used as offices and head
quarters for its purchasing departments
Douglas L. Gilman & Co have leased
the store at Sag Madison avenue to Mar
garetta c. Anthony
The Cross e. Brown Company. with
Crist Herrick, has leased the pa rlor floor
store in sl6 Broadway to the Eastman
Machine Company
The Duross Company has leased the
building at 251 West Thirty-fourth street
10 James Weber for three years also
leased the store at 259 West Thirty fourth
street to LoOckerman & Jameson, and the
two stores at 42s-430 West Thirteenth
street to H. Jalien for Ave years
Thomas NJ. Rosenthal Company has
leased to George Sacks Company the store
at l0l West Twenty ninth street, and to
Schwartzman 4 Pike n loft in l44-l5a
West Twenty-seventh street.
Moore Schultz & 90. have ieased the
store at l7d2 Amsterdam avenue to Daniel
Reeves.
Pcase Eiiman have leased tor a
term OF years In the Liberty Tower, So
Liberty street. to Alexander Hunter, a
suite OF offices at an aggregate rental
Of about $4,000.
The sun., 1913-11-02

light however, In connection with sales
of individual properties in nelghhor-
hoods where values are receding.
When 345 lots extending over an area
of several blocks are sold for between
Is and 20 per cent. less than the as
sessed valuations. the discrepancy may
fairly be attributed to the lowness of
the selling prices rather than to excess
sve assessment.
I'VE naturally have felt a good deal
of satisfaction over the outcome of this
sale" said J. Clarence Davies and Jo-
seph =. Day yesterday, speaking for
themselves and for the sellers If the
property. $50 far as we know. this was
the first time that any large offering Of
real estate has been attempted In the
week before election. but the result has
sustained our judgment that the time Of
a sale is the least important element in
its outcome provided the property itself
is right and the public Is fully and
truthfully informed concerning 1t,
"rhe result Of the Moss estate sale is
only another demonstration that the
public will buy real estate when it feels
that II is being dealt with honestly and
fairly. The day of high sounding prom
ises about future values IL past, An
nouncements concerning the Moss sale
were peculiarly matter of fact. They
simply told the story of the property &
location and surroundings and what
might reasonably he expected as to its
future. based upon the history If other
sections similarly situated Hryonl this
the advertising emphasized the feature
IN which the public was interested above
all else,
I'VE feel that the property went at
bargain figures and that every state
ment as to It's probable future value
will be amply fulfilled, The completion
OF the Jerome avenue extension within
two or even three years will make these
lots just az accessible as the upper end
Of Washington Heights or the already
populous Hunts Point district OF The
Bronx. There Is apparently nothing to
stop their rapid development, and t,
any one familiar with this ncrhborhood
and the character Of Improvement 70,
which 1t is suited II must he obvious
that the average price of sl.64S IA lot
affords margin for large and early
profits"