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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02
ment of non-union workmen in the
mines.
MOVING TOWARD CHINA.
America, II Said, Is Being Pushed
Westward by Ice Pressure.

1t may be news TO most people that
North America has raveled from Eu-
rope across the Atlantic to its present
position on the globe and that it is
still moving toward China.
According to the calculations of Pro
fessor Wegener of Narburg. Germany.
North America in the last twenty-six
years has moved 29J feet away from
Europe. and Greenland in eighty four
years has travelled the appreciabie dis
lance of BOSS feet. also away from
Europe. Professor Wegener believes
that this movement westward is due
to surface pressure exerted by ice
Not only does this pressure force the
continent or island upon which it is
exerted TO sink; but, just as a lot of
cakes Of ice lying upon each other in
pan of water move the lower strata of
the ice cakes sideways, SO does surface
pressure of ice force an island or even
a continent to move sideways. Green
land. so much smaller than the North
American continent and loaded down
more hea Willy with ice because of its
NORTH ern latitude. would move much
more rapidly than our own continent.
as it actually does, if Professor Veg
eners cOmputa tons be correct.
If Professor Wegener be right, then
1t is not merely possible. but probable.
that America and Europe were at one
time either one and the same continent
or so close together that even the rude
craft and mesger seamaRsbip of the
early Hebrews and Phoenicians could
carry men and women from one CONT
Bent To the other.
The average breadth Of the Atlantic
I ocean is about 5000 miles. Each mile
/ contains $3.50 feet A simple arith-
methical problem gives US the extrsOr-
binary result that. sIppOsing North
America TO have trave,ed at the same
. speed in the past as il the present il
took our continent 1856. 900 years to
accomplish the journey TO its present
site The idea is a fantastic one. IL
suggests that in about 2,O0O.O0 years
If the present speed be kept up. the
Pacific coast OF America may bump
I against Japan and China. thus obliter
atiHg the Pacific ocean or leaving II
merely chain of lakes.-New York
. World
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02

GENERAL ROBERT z LEE c. $. A. COM
MAKDER or THE ARMY or SORTHEEN
VIRGINIA.
had suffered heavy losses. May > and
3. The Second. Eleventh and Twelfth
had each lost between 1000 and 1900;
the Third corps. led by General ID +
Sickles. lost over 1000 The killed aud
wounded OF these corps. as well as of
the First and Fifth. which had been
slightly engaged. were left on the field
aud also fourteen cannon and 20CnO
stand Of arms.
Hooker tcieEraphcd 10 Washington
that nc had brought his army 90 the
north side OF the river and the old
camps occupied all winter around Fal-
mouth This dispatch reached the war
department May :. and President Lin
coin Immediately set out for the front
Only meaEer news had been received
OF what was Transporting on the battle
field
With Lincoln went the general in
chief Of the army. General II W. Hal
leck Haleck had full authority IN mil
itnry affairs Sailing by steamer down
the Potomac and up Aqua creek 10 the
army landing. the eager officials en-
tered p common box car on the military
railroad and FASTENED 10 Hookers
camp Lincoln throughout brief visit
showed very plainly his diSappOint-
ment over the failure Of Hooker in his
first battle az the head ~ the army
Against the advice ~ his chief cabinet
and military conddants he Ind appoint
81 Nd Ffrr
responsibility for this second disaster
around fredericksburg and its toll OF
1900 men.
Rockers Removal Decided Upon
Lincoln returned to Washington on
the sth. but HaIleck remained in camp
10 get the whole truth Of the manner
In which the campaign had been han
died. Halleck brought back 10 Wash
ingtou a message from Hooker to the
effect that he would promptly resign
the command Of the army He had new
er sought the appointment aud would
gladly be relieved and put back to the
comma nd OF the division which had
given him his renown as "Fightint
joe"
grown up 10 Washington which was
committed to HoOker'S fortunes and
would not counteuauce his summary
removal. s T. Chase, the secretary
Of the treasury. was for Hooker. The
general mnSt not be allowed 10 reSigI
under fire. although the president. IN,
secretary OF war and the active neaC
of the army concluded that the reverS,
at Charlottesville aud the retrea
across the river. which followed upOI
the reverse were inaccessible Gen
eral ID. y. Couch, commander of tn,
Second corps and the second in com
mand Of the army refused 10 serve
any longer under Hooker. Couch nae
directed the army during the battle o
Charlottesville while Hooker was dis
abled temporarily by a cannon sho
conclusion.
The historian Of the Second corps
General f. A. Walker. says that tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02
Nice Discrimination.

That her two grandmothers did not
hold quite the same place in her esteem
was indicated by Mildred. a little girl
of eight years. after she had beard the
story of Little Red Riding Hood
'rOh. dear me- said Mildred. II just
couldn't stand it 10 have my Grand
mamma Ryce eaten up by a wolf. and
] could hardly stand il to have my
Grandmamma Turner eaten up by
One"-Woman's Home Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02

taken at Richmond last night. Some
interesting documents, intended to
show Clayton's connection with the
militant movement were read by the
prosecuting counsel One was address
ed Miss Annie Kenney and regretted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02

troops TO succor RoSecrans and thus
raise the siege of vicksburg. IL Bragg
should march north it was assumed
that the Federal government would
compel Grant to weaken his Vicksburg
army by sending troops to counterfeit
the movement
Lee could not be swerved from his
purpose of again invading Maryland
and Pennsylvania as lie had done in
1862. just after giving TO the Federal
army under General John Pope an
other such blow as Hooker received
at Cha ncellorsville- With this end in
view he now formed a new Third
corps and placed General A P. Hill
at the head of it ''StonewalT' Jack
sons vacant place in the Second corps
was given TO one Of a division CON-
mander. General R. S. Eweii. Long
street retained his own First corps.
minus one division which went to
Hill. The division Of General George
E. Pickett of LOngstreet's corps was
operating around Suffolk in southeast
ern Virginia. II was ordered to rejoin
the corps. which 1t did. as history
records. in time for the climax at
Gettysburg
Stoneman's Raid Behind Lee.
1t had been the original plan of
General Hooker, when about to cross
the Rappahannock for the Chancellors-
Vile region. first to cut the rail COM
munications Of his opponent with Rich
mond. To this cad General George
StonennzD was to start on April II
with 10000 cavalry. ride around Lee
and create a panic in the camps at
Fredericksburg. Owing to the swollen
current of the Rappahannock on the
date fixed Stoneman didn't cross until
the 27th. two days before Hooker
started his infantry columns in the
same direction.
When the armies We're fighting at
Charlottesville the Federal cavalry
was so far away from the field as not
TO be OF any avail in the battle. Stone
man left General ". W Averell with
a division of 1000 81 berS TO remain
in the vicinity of the outposts of the
infantry to prevent interference with
its movements by Stuart'S Confeder-
ate cavalry. After some desultory
fighting AvereIl. at the call OF Hooker
when in something of panic. return.
ed to the fords of the RappahannOck.
/ Orders or no orders. Hooker consider
I ed his return a mistake as things were
! and punished him by removal
! StOneman. with the main body
pressed on southwark to RichnOnd
and accomplished some damage to the
railroads well toward Richmond. But
Lee had checked Hooker meanwhile
and the raid had no important bear
ing in the campaign. What damage
SLOVENIAN effected was soon repaired
His bedraGgled cavalcade reached
Hooker's camp at Falmouth while
, President Lincoln and General HalIecL
were there investigating Natura Il!
his report added to the disappointment
over the general management of the
campaign. With his cavalry well il
hand at Charlottesville Hooker NIGH
have discovered and foiled the Con
federate flank movement. which re
suited in a Federal disaster.
Other Events of the Week.
When in the vicinity of Richmond
General StOneman detached from hi
cavalry column the regiment of Colo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02

By Captain GRO. L KILN1ER. Lste q. 5. v.
-HR second week in May, fifty
years ago. General Joseph
Hooker was occupied in get
ting the defeated Army OF the
Potomac from the south bank Of the
Kappa hammock % the north bank. The
force which Genera John SedCwick
had led against the intrenched line at
Fredericksburg on May recrossed the
river early on the 9Th This force wis
the sixth corps. about 10000 strong II
had lost 1900 men in battle.
With Hooker on the Che ncellOrsville
battlefield there were four corps which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02

delay in supplying some chemical prep
aration she asked for. In another let
ter Clayton said he had a list of the
Cotton manufacturers of London,
whose premises l will inspect during
the next few days and report"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02
enate'Asainst Bill.

Albany. y. Y, MAY 2..The senate
judiciary committee reported adverse
" the bill which would compel incor-
pcration OF the New York stock eN-
change The measure was recon-
mended by Governor Sulzer and has
passei The lower house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02
The War Fifty Years Ago

President Lincoln Personally Investigates the Federal
Disaster at Observation-Disclosures Removal of the
Commander In That Battle, General Joseph Hooker,
Decided Upon--The Removal Delayed For Fear the
Confederates Would Threaten Washington and Phila-
delphia---6eneral Robert E. Lee Secretly Preparing to
Do So--Federal Cavalry Raid Behind Lee and to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02

feelings Of Couch were shared by near
~ ali Of the commanders Of the army
and that Couch. when consulted by
President Lincoln. advised the immedi.
ate substitution for Hooker Of General
George G. Meade Couch declined the
chief command for himself and asked
70 be relieved from further service.
He had been considered for the place
before Hooker received the appoint
ment at the hands Of the executive.
Lee to Invade Pennsylvania.
While the disposition Of Hooker and
the Army Of the Potomac was puz-
cling Lincolns government the other
side was confronted by grave prob
lens Hooker's defeat was balanced
by the loss to the Confederates Of
'Stonewalr' Jackson. who had accom-
pliShed that defeat. he died on May
10 from complications which aggravat-
ed a hattie injury by no means dan
gerous in itself
General james Longstreet. the peer
Of Jackson as a marshal. had been alb
sent from the battle OF Chancellors-
vile. but he was Immediately sum
mOned to Fredericksburg TO consult
with Lee As a second equal of Jack
son could not be found. Lee decided 70
form the Army OF Northern Virginia
into three corps instead OF two-Iack-
sons and Longstreet's Against the
advice OF Longstreet be proposed an
other invasion Of the north as far as
Pennsylvania. revival of his project
OF the previous year.
The possibility that Lee might re-
peat his campaign Of 1862 across the
/ Potomac was thought Of in Washing
ton. and il was q good asset for the
Jealous and influential party which ad
vocated second trial for Hooker. He
was credited by all with vigorous and
skilful handling Of the army aside
/ from his conduct in the Charlottesville
] crises Of May 20 >. On the defensive
| he might do better Action upon the
I case was delayed for one reason and
another until signs became positive
that Lee would march across the Rap
pahannock. Then a change Of com
manders was thought 10 be dangerous
Hooker was retained on the ground Of
eXpediency.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02
Lamar Given Post.

Washington. d. c., May William
Harmony Lamar of Maryland has
been appointed assistant attorney
general of the pOstoffice department
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02
Coal Miners Strike.

Cardiff. Wales. May Twenty
thousand coal miners today laid down
their tools at various pits in South
Wales as a protest against employ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02
A Man of Metal.

els he a man of mettle%'
We'll. he is credited with iron nerve.
a grip of steel and heart Of gold"-
Baltimore American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02
Grant Closing In on Vicksburg.

One argument used by Longstreet
against another invasion Of the north
in the east was the desperate Confed
crate situation on the Mississippi
river He considered that VickShurg
was doomed to fall unless the COnfed-
crates started a fire in the rear Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02

to succeed Russell Goodwin of Au-
rora- IL, resigned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02

The senate. "a to S. adopted the re
port, killing the legislation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02

AL the news all re ume-Tne Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-02
Other Events of the Week.

When in the vicinity of Richmond
General StOneman detached from his
cavalry column the regiment of Colo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12
CITY Men Needed on the Farm.

In many notable instances city men
are succeeding as farmers. If they do
not know all about raising grain and
handling live stock, they are able, as a
rule, to apply business methods to
their undertakings.
Successful farm management must
include a knowledge Of buying and
selling. In this particular the city man
is apt to be ahead of his rural neigh
Dor. 1t Is essential to know what con-
sumers require. what the usual retail
prices are on farm commodities, and
the facilities available for transporting
and selling. The man of city expert
ence understands these things, and he
goes in for a line of produce like
onions, beans, potatoes, ducks, chick
ems and carnations and asters. on
which he gets big profits.
1t would not be like a city man to
raise wheat at seventy-five cents a
bushel and twenty bushels to the acre.
when he a get ninety cents a bushel
for onions and $50 bushels to the
acre. This illustrates the whole idea,
and no truth is more striking than the
fact that city men are needed in agri-
culture.-From G. G. Bowsfield's MAX
ing the Farm Pay"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12
He Found Out What the Yellow Flag Was For

TT is notorious that street railway
/ companies in Washington, as in 9TH
er cites, have a good deal to trouble
with rail joints and with the street
paving along the rails. The pound
ing wheels and the vibration of the
track seem able to- break down or
break up almost any kind of pave
ment which the railroads lay. The
result is that repairs are made fire.
quently necessary.
For several weeks repairs have been
making to the tracks of the Mount
pleasant cars along Connecticut ave
hue. Yellow clay has been piled high
up on both sides of the track. Strong
men have been working there with
c%rowbars, sledges, picks and other
tools. At the ends and along the
sides Of the repair work has been
quite a procession of flags, mainly
red to war Of danger, but some of
them green to indicate safety, and
marking where teams or machines
might pass.
At each end Of the construction
work by day flutters in more or less
harmony with the red and green flags
a yellow flag, and at night lanterns
with yellow globes let their light
shine there. The question was put
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12
What Middle Statue Of Buddha Said to Teacher

IN HREE Chinese students entered the
Y. M. G. A. Educational institute
not long ago to study. among other
things, English, American history and
geography. They are young men III
whom the Chinese government Is tax
ing an interest, It having sent them
here to acquire the English language
in the shortest possible time. They
haven't been here very long, but
they're strong en- English already. as
will appear from this exclusive story
told by Myron Jermain Jones, director
OF education OF the Y. NJ. c. A.
Dr.. Jones took the education of the
three boys as a personal matter. He
gave them all the time possible. and
mingled his plain language teaching
with several highly polished courses
in ethics. philosophy, philology, apollo
getics. etc. He dipped into the Gospel
OF st. Mark for some OF the great
social teachings there, and gave the
three Chinese students a lecture that
they would scarcely be able to get
anywhere else in a months journey
The boys listened attentively while
DR.. Jones went over and over and
over this big subject. Their faces
we're as immobile aa Bvddha statues.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12
Says Goddess of Liberty Will Fall Some Day

newspaper Offices and arranged with
a motion picture concern. He gave II
out publicly at the Langley exercises
that he intended to climb up the
Washington monument and jump of.
This, he conf1ded, was what is known
in New York and other sporting cen
ters as "a stall" Bridge players
would call it "hnessing." Bridge
jumpers would call it good business.
in order to get the attention Of the
police centered in the wrong place.
The Fly" went to the capitol in the
afternoon with his false friends. He
climbed up a column on top OF the
dome, using a piece Of steeple jacks
rope to aid him in his efforts. Pre-
viously he had handed his pocketbook
and valuables to his false friends who
accompanied him. When he descend
ed they had gone. He had not heard
from them this morning when a Star
reporter askedNhim what the interior
Of a goddess of liberty holds out to a
seeker after truth.
81 went all around the inside and
saw the rust. 1t was very dark, and
l used up a box of matches in there.
Then | crawled up on the base of the
statue. A cop yelled to me to come
down. I slashed the ropes l had, and
a pair of newly-weds picked up a
piece to use as a souvenir.
When | slid down the cop pinched
me. He pinched this ~newly-wed. The
girl cried. | said to the man,: Say,
you must be just married by the looks
of you He got red in the face, and
the cops all laughed so that they let
him 20. | went down to the detention
room in the capitol, and, of course,
they let me go. You see, l had done
nothing seriously wrong"
A rap on the door interrupted this
story. A bellboy handed in a tele-
gram. 1t was money from New York,
replacing that which the false friends
had taken with them so hurriedly.
well, l guess l can have breakfast
now. So long"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12
Barker Rules on Road Law,

Jefferson City.-Attorney General
John T, Barker ruled that county
courts in counties having a highway
commissioner shall appoint but two
additional members of the highway
board, which will select the i~ntercoun.
ty seat roads which will be dragged at
state expense. His attention had been
called to the fact that in many coun-
ties the county court has appointed
three, so that the highway board will
be made up of four members instead
of three as the law c~ontempiates. The
courts, he says, should appoint three
in these counties having no highway
commissioner. Where there is a high
way commissioner only two.
The last legislature enacted the IN.
terconnty seat road drag law. This
law provides that each county may Sc
cure SIS a mile for the purpose of
dragging. one road from its county
seat to the county seat of adjoining
counties. This would give to Cole
county, for instance, four dragged
roads, these beng to Moniteau, Usage,
Galloway and Miller county borders.
There was appropriated from the state
road fund 1925, O0O to drag i~ntercoup.
ty seat roads.
The law provided these shall be Sc
lected by three commissioners TO be
appointed by the county court. The
county court Of Cole county appointed
i. B. Bode of Obage Bluff, Allen STARK
OF Centertown end Henry Ittner OF
Brazie as commissioners to select the
~intercounty seat roads in this county,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12
These Revised Versions.

Mayor Woodruff of Peoria turned
with disgust from a revised version
of Mother Goose" He said:
when one wishes to give a child a
present - Hans Andersen or
Grimm or 'S~lovenly Peter - one
finds these books all revised, all
spoiled.
Give me original versions. l don't
like revised readings, which are usu-
ally as unsatisfactory as the young
wife found them.
This young wife, after a stormy
scene, cried:
"It was different before we mar
ried. All, yes, you loved me then
I'M now!'
81 loved you now and them said
her husband, calmly. Revised YER
sion. don't you know"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12
MUST BE HANDLED TENDERLY
Violin and VioIonceIIo Both Extremely
Sensitive to Changing Atmos.
pheric Conditions.

The violin and violoncello are most
sensitive to atmospheric conditions
and suffer from atmospheric varia-
tons quite as much as the tender vo'
cal cords of the singer.
Those who have attempted to make
the violin an ornament by hanging it
upon the wall have had reason to re-
pent taking such a liberty. The vio-
lin loses it's varnish and gradually its
pitch and timbre. The artificial heat of
rooms in winter makes its tone raul
cous when it does not obliterate it en-
tirely.
Metal cases, o covered, are
equally unfit for it. A strong, well
vanished wooden case, even though
it be not especially attractive to the
eye, suits the susceptibilities of the
violin much better. Certain qualities,
sometimes unsupported in the wood,
play an important part in the falsif'
cation of notes, causing progressive
deterioration.
There was a time when manufactur.
ers applied to their product several
coats of paint. e., a concentrated
solution of bichromate of sodium pot.
ash in boiling water. The wood soon
acquired a yellow tone, and under the
action of lights after drying, the color
darkened and took on the aspect OF
the very old paint.
For commercial purposes this was
all very well, but what happened to
the purchaser was that as SOC as he
began to use his instrument exposed
to the light the bichromate worked on
the gelatin which the manufacturers
employed to color the wood and pre-
vented the penetrating Of the varnish,
while some element in the bichromate
of soda was converted into stone. The
violin suffered petrif1cation, which i'm
peded its tones and rendered 1t use
less.-Harper's Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12

to many fellow-travelers: what does
the yellow flag mean?" Day after day
the answer was: "Give it up" You
got me now," or st stands for small
pox."
Those yellow flags were getting on
the scribe's nerves, and on n Of
the few pleasant days in early April
he got on a car determined to pay an
extra fare to find out the significance
of those strange flags. He walked
over to a stalwart colored laborer,
who was cracking concrete in the
excavation, and asked him: What
does that yellow flag mean?"
The man looked amused. There
was pity in his eyes and his voice as
he replied:
Boss, dat am de sign TO de kyars
to go SLOW"
Simply crushed!