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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
narrow ESCAPE
FROM DROWNING
M. S. Ecker Plunges Into Miss
issippi-Umbrella Entangles
Limbs.

Walking along a narrow path lead
ing from 2 boathouse in the Island
City harbOr, NJ. S. Ecker lost his bal
ance last night, and tumblinG into the
river narrowly escaped drowning,
when his feet became entangled in
an umbrella which he was carrying.
Only prompt rescue work on the part
Of spectators averted a tragedy.
The near drowning occurred about
$50. Mr.. Ecker, carrying an UNI
brella in one hand and a lighted Ian
fern in the other, was welding his
way across the plank, when in some
manner he lost his balance and
plunged into the river below, the
water being over six feet deep at this
point. The ribs of the umbrella
caught the mans feet, and prevented
him from swimming. Ecker had gone
down fer the third time, when he was
rescued. After working over him for
almost an hour, signs of life were evil
denced, and today, although weak
from his experience, Ecker is little
the worse for his accident.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

New York, June 6.-Witnesses,
whose testimony enabled Mrs. Abigail
H. Bishop TO obtain a divorce from
James Cunningham Bishop, prominent
banker, are to be formed by her into
a club through which she wishes to
aid them for the rest of their lives
and to keep in touch with them, so
that in illness or trouble she can rem
der them assistance.
Mrs. Bishop was granted an inter-
locutory decree last week. She intro
duced evidence, which was not dis
puted, to show that her husband had
stopped at the Waldorf hotel with
Mrs. John Temple Gwathmey, wife of
former president of the New York
cotton exchange. Among the wit
nesses were employees Of the hotel.
Mrs. Bishop says that in testifying
for her they acted nobly, and that she
wishes TO show her appreciation in a
way in which they will all be bene-
fitted and relieved Of the possibility
OF future distress.
The Bishop case attracted wide at
tenticn in New YORK because of the
prominence Ct tie Bishops and the
sensational character of the wife's
charges. There are five children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

Mrs. Lima Schoffer. brother and sister
of the groom. They returned home in
the evening and a bounteous supper
was served by the groGn's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Nightingale. Mrs.
Nightengale is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Ellis. Mr. Nightengale Is
a Coal Valley boy and since the first
of the year has been Coal Valleys
marshal. They will go to housekeep-
ing at once with Mr. Nightengale's
parents.
Lester Sievers visited in Rock Is
land Thursday.
Mrs. T. r. Leese went to Rock Is
land Thursday for a visit.
Mrs. c. Anderson who has been WIS.,
iting with her mother, Mrs Mary Carl
sen returned TO her home in Moline
Tuesday. Justin Washburn accom-
panied the graduating class to Rock
Island Thursday.
Mrs. Kate Laury of Rock Island at
tended the graduating exercises Wee
nesday evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

George Park and daughter Ruth of
Rock Island; Mr.. and Mrs. J. McGraw
and daughter, Grace, Mr.. and Mrs.
Christ Lauson of Moline and Ben
Phillips and Mr.. and Mrs. Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vonoch and family of
Davenport, Mr.. and Mrs Martin of
Rock Island.
Mrs. Charles Buck and Mrs. Dare
Moran entertained the Kings Daugh-
ter at the latter's home Thursday
afternoon.
Those who went to the tri-cities Mon
day were John McGimpsey Robert L.
McGimpsey. J. Washburn and Mrs.
Robert Sommerson and son, Roy.
Mrs. Davis and daughter Marion Of
Moline visited a few days this week
with her sisters, Mrs. Mary Sommer-
son and Mrs. J. Knapp.
Ed Martin of Quincy spent Sunday
with his brother, II. R. Martin.
Lewis Fritzal of Sherrard called
here Monday.
The graduating class of the Coal
Valley public school held its com
mencement exercises Wednesday even.
ing. June 4, at s o'clock at the Coal
Valley opera house. Rev. R. S. Haney
CT Moline addressed the class.
Martin Sei-ers IS spending this
week in Rock Island at the superyis-
or's meeting.
JOHN S. Lees went 20 Galesburg
Tuesday morning to attend the fra
ternal convention which was held
there June "a.
Mrs. Bessie Trisssel and baby OF
Moline. who has been visiting for a
week with her father, Douglas Gregg
ana grandparents, MIR. and Mrs. Il
Conner, returned 10 her home Monday,
Miss Minnie Brandberg win enter.
tain her Sunday school class Friday
afternoon from 2 TO at her home. A
splendid program has been prepared
The Coal Valley marshal, Ed Night.
engale, stole the march On his friends
Tuesday when he and Miss Henrietta
Ellis went TO Rock Island and were
married at the German Lutheran
church at > o'clock. They were &C
companied BY Henry Nightingale and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The area Of low pressure shown on
yesterdays map extends from the
southern plateau states northeastward
70 Ontario. with the greatest barom-
etric depression over Lake Superior
II has been attended by scattered
showers and thunderstorms in the
Rocky mountain region and in the Mis-
souri, and upper Mississippi valleys
and the lake region. The pressures
are above the normal on the Atla>tic
slope, and another high, accompanied
by decidedly cooler weather, is cen
trail over western North Dakota Ow-
ing to the eastward movement of the
northern low and the approach of the
northwestern high. showers and thun.
derstorms are indicated for this vicin.
fly this afternoon, followed by cloudy
and much cooler conditions tonight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
FORCE OF GRAVITY.
II Makes You Fall Faster In Boston
Than In Mexico City.

man iH mCNISO WY
Did you know that you drop" faster
In Massachusetts than in Mexico?
For instance. if you We're to fall from
a twenty story building in Boston you
would descend a lot faster than if you
fell from the same height in the City
of Mexico.
The principle of this is quite simple.
even if it does seem bit startling 1t
is merely that as one goes toward the
equator the force of gravity gets less
and less and theT quickness of descent
of a falling body slower; and, while
doubtless you would feel just as un.
comfortable falling that distance in
one place as in another and the results
would be just as disastrous, there are
times and things in which the differ
ence is not only perceptible, but worth
a notice.
In Boston If you were to fire hori.
Zontally with a rifle and your gun were
sixteen feet from the ground the bull
let fred would reach the ground one
second after it had left the rife But
if you were TO take that same rife to
the City of Mexico and fire it off the
same distance from the earth it would
take one and one-half seconds to reach
the ground.
So it is easy to see how when hunt
ing in different parts of the world it
is necessary TO calculate time from
this same shifting standard If reckon
ing.-New York World
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
CHICAGO MARKETS.
CBy Associated Press.)

Chicago. H., June Cattle 1000;
strong; all unchanged.
Hogs $4,000; active; 10c TO 15c high
er above yesterdays average. Bulk
$3.50 S.G5; light S406S.70; mixed S.35
aS.70; heavy S.106SG5.
Sheep 1900; steady TO stronger;
4.S5d575.
Hog prices rallied sharply. receipts
being only moderate. and bat few ar.
rivals left over. Packers and shippers
gave signs of buying freely.
Hardly enough cattle TO establish
quotations were on open market
Packers had much OF their supply d..
rect. Holders firm.
AT the sheep house. light weights
appeared steady Heavy kinds found
no outlet.
July whea. opened 9OH G9O%; clos
ed 907s 691
Corn opened 5sSs G5S24 closed $50
Oats opened 3S% d3s7s; closed 1875
Pork 2045.
Lard HOO.
Ribs ITO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
COAL VALLEY

The Sunday school classes gave a
sociable Saturday night and a neat
sum was realized.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rhodarmer of Orion
visited in Coal Valley Saturday.
Clark Nelson has gone to Canton to
spend a few weeks with his uncle,
Mr.. Nelson.
Those who spent Memorial day here
were Lewis Stafford, Mrs. Bert Snill-
niger, Ben Sommerson, Ed Brahmer,
Mrs. Mary Park and daughter, LeOta
Park, Mrs. Ed Normoyle and Mrs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
Chicago Cash Grain.

Wheat--No. red, 1OOG1O4; No. 8
red. 92dsS; No. hard, 92d "a; No. 3
hard, 909s3A.
Corn-No. 2. 59l4 d6Ol4; No. . white,
60k 660%; No. 2 yellow, 591a a so /;
No. 3, 59ia GG0; No. white, Goa q
6OIh: No yellow, 59iRG5924.
Oats-No. 2. 3S24 a 3914 No. . white,
1d41H; No. 8 white. S9q4 q 4O1. +:
standard 4lGlA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
Won Lukacs RESIGNS 20 Kinc,

Vienna, June 6.-The Hungarian
premier, ven Lukacs, came to the
Austrian capital today and handed his
resignation from the Hungarian cabi-
net to Emperor Joseph, as king Of
Hungary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

yesterday, announcing before depart
ing that he was to establish mil
itary aviation school for the new re-
public. He took with him a biplane,
flying boat, and military tractor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

recall election was held yesterday, re.
tains his office. having defeated
CharleG Lysager, 222 to 203 Peavey,
who is an assemblyman at Madison,
did not leave the capitol to manage
his campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

Recall on Mayor Fails.
Washburn, Wis, June 6.-H. H. Pea
vey, mayor of Washburn, fer whom a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
RIVER FORECAST.

RIVER FORECAST.
Only slight changes in the Missis.
sippi will occur from below Dubuque
to Muscatine.
M. SHERIER Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
June 6.-Following are the whole
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
NEW YORK STOCKS.

New York. June 6.-Following are
the quotations on the New York stock
market today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

Aviation School for China.
San Francisco, June 6.-Tom Gum,
4 Chinese aviator, sailed for Shanghai
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

All the news all the time = The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
Today'S Market Quotations

sale quotations on the local market
today:
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03
JIM CROW SIGNS
BARRED IN NEW YORK

Albany, n. Y, April 20.-Last
Saturday Gov. Sulzer signed the
Levy bill which amends the law
relating to equal rights in places
of public accommodation, resorts or
amusement. Gov. Sulzer approx
ed of the introduction of the bill
before it was presented 10 the leg
islators consideration, and says,
that it makes more stringent pro-
visions against discrimination, on
account of race, creed or color in
places of public resort.
The bill as amended provides
that no person who is the owner,
lessee or manager of place OF
public accommodation, resort OF
amusement shall deny any person
accommodations, or publish, circu
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

late, display or post or mail any
printed communication or adver-
tisement to the effect that any of
the accommodations or privileges
of any such place shall be refused
or denied to any person on account
of race, creed or color, or that
such persons are unwelcome. The
production of such notice is pre-
sumptive evidence in any civil or
criminal action that the notice was
unauthorized.
A place of public accommoda-
ton, resort or amusement within
he meaning of this article, the
bill continues, shall be deemed to
inludc any inn, tavern or hotel,
whether conducted for the enter
tainment of transient guests or for
the accommodation of those seek
ing health, recreation or rest, and
any restaurant, eatinghouse, bar
bershop, theatre and music hall.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03
The Colorado Statesman's
Position in This Election

The candidates for the various offices for the Com
mission Form Of Government having published their
manestoes this paper urges the public to give its entire
support to the and women who will carry out the
following principles:
That the candidates would come out and fearessly
express their views on the benefits to be derived from this
form to what extent they will pledge themselves to
subscribe their efforts to open the Of employment
to the people of this city irrespective Of creed Glass; color
previous condition Of servitude, that decent and
respectable livelihood may obtain they qualify for such
positions will they be honest true and devoted to the
oaths of their offices which would inspire them with that
fairness to uphold righteous and square dealing with rich
and poor alike and placing the rgor of the law those
who justly deserve to be punished irrespective Of poston
and last but not least will they do all in their power to
the moral tone Of city, that in turn citizens
may be heraded as those who striving for the
uplft of humanity and the supporters of honorable
fair and impartial distribution Of taxation according to
respective financial status where the poor shall not be
burdened and the rich escape their legitimate obligations
These some Of the things remind the people
to demand from the political aspirants in this campaign
and this paper makes emphatic this statement to the peo-
pe that but those who acquesce to the foregoing
statements and 81 will to the best of my ability
help carry out these policies successfully, should be
elected handle the reins of City and County govern
ment. This being Of the greatest campaigns in the
history of Denver, let evnce the utmost interest in the
same, and with keen Of responsibility to pro-
vide for ourseve arise with and main and participate
in practical in this election, which is the only
opportunity will have in helping to dictate how we
should be governed. Remember, Election, May 2Oth
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03

Chicago, ILL.,, April 22.-The
Negroes of Illinois scored their
first victory against Jim Crow
ism" in the State last week when
succeeded in having the Campbell
Bill killed in Senate Committee
on Railroads. The Campbell Bill
provides for the separation of
races on railroad lines. The Ne
groes of Illinois made an aggress-
i've fight against the passage of the
Campbell Bill, and are as equally
determined that all other unfrlend-
ly measures meet the same fate as
the Campbell Bill.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03

Philadelphia, Pa, April 23.--
Commencing May l, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad will put into effect
rigid health rules in the dining
car service and have notified all
walters, cooks, kitchen helpers and
dishwashers, white and colored,
that they will be obliged to under
go an examination every three
months and that only one-hundred
per cent. report on the physical
test will insure them of remaining
in the service.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03
CLUB TO ARREST
RACE PREJUDICE
Oakland Tribune)

The Northern California Branch
of the National Association for the
advancement of Colored People
has been quietly organized in Oak
land and San Francisco within the
last month to prevent the develop
ment or accumulation of race pre-
judice in California, which is now
one of the states that deals most
fairly with the colored people.
The local officers include we'll
known white people as well as
prominent colored men and women
and the organization is based on
co-orperation between the two
races. There are ten thousand
colored people about San Francis
co Bay, of whom eight thousand
live in Alameda county There
are sixty Negro business men in
Oakland. The Oakland colored
people pay taxes on one and a half
million dollars worth of property,
and the San Francisco colored peo.
pie on half-million more.
The officers of the Northern Cal
ifornia Branch are as follows:
President, Probation Officer, Chris
topher Ruess; vice-president, At
torney Lawrence Sledge; secretary,
Miss Eva B. Jones; treasurer,
James A. Hackott; directors. Law
renee Sledge and Mrs. II. E. De-
Hart, expiring 1913; attorney,
Cameron King and William N.
Kicks, expiring 1914; and Miss
Anita Whitney, president of the
California Civic League and Mrs.
! Thomas M. jackson, expiring 1915.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03
NOTES on NEGRO PROGRESS

Furlong Tract, a four block
colored section of Los Angeles,
Cal, has property value of $375,-
600. The personal property valu-
alton is $4,000 making total
valuation of S450,O00 worth of
property owned by Negroes in this
section of the city. The tract has
four stores, two churches, bakery
and boasts of many colored ma
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03

ored people in Salt Lake City, and
they are above the average in in
telligence and in other respects.
The colored women especially
strike me as being exceptionally in
telligent, more so | think than the
men. They have here an Art and
Music club which l had the priv
lege of addressing composed of very
intelligent women. They hare
two good churches with very in
telligent ministers. The main
weakness in the life of the colored
people in this city as. in some others
[ have gone to, grows out of the
fact that instead of having CONNER
cial organization to promote the
business and industrial interests of
the colored people they have club
house for which | am told they pay
a rental of $3.50 a month, where
the men are encouraged to drink
and gamble. 1t seems that they
cannot throw away their money
fast enough, but in order to help it
along they rent house for $3.50 a
mouth for the purpose of helping
them to dispose with their money
faster 1 have spoken to them
plainly about this mistake, and |
believe that a change for the better
will take place. [ met several col
ored men who have accum ulated a
responsible fortune and who are
in good business enterprises.
think it will interest my read
ers to know that there are colored
Mormons in Utah. l met several
of these. Many of them came
here in the old days, in fact Brig
ham Young brought colored peo-
pie with him to this country, and
they or their descendants have re-
NAMED.
OF course in the old days plural
wives were not prohibited by law
but have made careful inquiry
and could find no case where col
ored man ever had more than one
wife. 1t seems to have been the
custom in the old days that a man
could not take second or third or
fourth wife without the consent OF
his first wife, and [ was told that
no colored woman in Utah would
ever give her concent for her hus-
band to take second wife.
[ met one colored man who came
out here in the early days who is
now 80 years of age. He is a
staunch Mormon, and neither the
Baptist Church nor the Methodist
church can get hold of him. He
came here from Mississippi. He
is fine looking old fellow, kind
of Brigham Young. He has farm
worth $25,QnO, and lives in the
midst of Mormon colored colony
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03

Oklahoma City, Okla, April 2l.
In the regular session of the
Legislature which recently ad-
journed, bill was introduced,
providing for School for Incor.
rigible Negro Youth, carrying with
it an appropriation of $4,000 for
buildings and maintenance. The
bill went before the proper CON-
mittee and was returned with a rec
omendatiou that it be sent to the
printer. Boley, Muskogee and
Brownsville were candidates for
the location of the school, but the
bill died with the close of the Leg
islature.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03
chinists, laborers and contractors

The trustees of the Tuskegee
Normal and Indus trial Institute
have received $4,000 from the
estate of the late Solomon Phillips
of Uniontown, Pa. AT a recent
meeting of the Executive Com
mittee it was decided TO spend
about 100000 at Tuskegee this
summer in improving the steam
heating plant.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03

of which he is the leader. [ am
told that the Mormon church treats
the colored people we'll. Twill, in
my next letter, discuss the Nor
mons fur ther, and call attention
to their creed, and so forth.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03
Continued From Last Week

Continued From Last Week
I am convinced that the Nor
mons are not an immoral people.
No immoral people could have
such strong, fine bodies as these
people have, nor such vigorous
and alert minds as they have. 1t
has been my privilege to address
schools and colleges and universi-
ties in nearly every part of Ameri-
ca, and | say without hesitation
that | have never addressed col
lege anywhere where the students
were more alert, more responsive,
more intelligent than is true OF the
students in those Mormon collees.
l was hardly prepa. ed for the over
generous and raptuous reception
that was given me at the State
University, the students OF which
for the most part are Mormons,
and had the same experience in
addressing the private schools and
other institutions conducted by
Mormons.
I met, for example, one of the
daughters OF Joseph I'll. Smith, the
successor to Brigham Young and
now the head of the church. l was
told that the other As children were
lust as healthy and strong and
alert as she is. Just how many
wives President Joseph III. Smith
has or had l do not know. L am
not going into the subject of plural
wives, but l am simply stating
facts and giving my impressions.
The Mormons have G1st-class
schools of every character, and
they are pushing the matter OF
technical and industrial education
to a stronger degree than we are
in the South among the colored
people. In fact, time and time
again l was told that they learned
their methods for the most part
from Hampton, Tuskegee and
similar institutions. l was nearly
taken off my feet when [ went in
to a class in the university and
the teacher showed me a large
piece of pasteboard with the pic
lures of our students at Tuskegee
at work in the various industrial
departments. They said they were
taking this as their model.
The Mormons have recently be-
gun a systematic effort to give
their young people training in
gymnastics with aview of strength
ING their bodies. Here again the
colored people, especially in the
schools of the South, can learn a
GREAT lesson. Everywhere in our
colored schools we ought to have
systematic and consistant training
in gymnastics.
There are about thousand COL
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03
SavinQ Time.

1t will always be a problem how
much time in a year is saved by the
man who is the first to get off the
train as it runs into the terminal
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-03
MormonS Mis-
represented

Washington Tells About His Visit to Salt Lake City
Mormon explain Detail About the Policy They Per-
sue. Lesson For The Negro
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-09-18

mot in your American daughters
American ways--but in your womanly
daughters honor.
Train your daughters don't let
them grow up. Take advantage of the
greatest privilege that has been given
you as a woman. Make a comrade of
your daughter and give her the bene-
fit Of your experience and knowledge
Talk to her frankly, confidently, about
herself and her opportunities and
temptations. Your daughter can be-
come your sweetest, dearest comrade
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-09-18
Supplied 600 Mem With Hobs.

The Commercial club has placed
between eight and nine hundred men
thru its free employment agency.
Tuesday was the first day that more
men reported than could find jobs. The
work is being wound up so rapidly
that farmers from now on will have
more applications for jobs than can
be filled.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-09-18

If she does not, yours the fault. If
she errs morally, yours the blame
you are responsible.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-09-18
Electrical
Advertising

exerts its influence at a time when
no other advertising medium can Get
your message to the people.
Have you ever considered this big
fact---Mr. Business Man?
This particular time when electric
advertising works best is just the
time when people have their MINDS
at rest---open to whatever impress
sion you care to make on them
through their eyes.
Telephone 20 for expert electric
advertising counsel.