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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24

bearish on wheat and corn. The tone
of comment being unmistakable. East
ern cotton men are declared long Is
million corn of which 80 per cent is
supplied by sales of actual corn.
Regardless of question of a decline
in the grains are chances of main
tanned bulges appear small.
Wheat and corn certainly require
export demand assistance.
Central west mills are blending
heavily with satisfactory results in an
effort to overcome red wheat scarcity
Looks as if it will take all 1913 to
settle the tariff fight.
Unless some fresh news arrives to
blow away the bear opinions Of last
night the grains will work lower.
Cables are firm and this encourages
hope of a moderate rally.
Provision situation is unchanged
not enough bear news in product:
to produce severe dips.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
MORNING STOCK LETTER.

New York, Jan. 24-The fact that
an uprising Of young Turks following
the resignation of the cabinet may
result in a renewal of hostilities.
1t has caused a very weak London
market that morning
Yesterday was another testimony
but that is the case now almostsevery
day and there is something in getting
used 10 IT,
Said that the copper market shows
some improvement. London unques-
tionsbly vii be quite a free seller
Of stocks here this morning. and to-
days market is more than apt to fur.
nish another test as to whether the
recent rise was or was not, as most
we'll posted people believe, a more
or less precipitate retiring of beaI
contracts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
SEX AND LONGEVITY.
Woman Has the Better of Man In the
Term of Life.


Term of Life,
1t is well known fact. proved over
and over again in vital statistics. that
the term of life Of women is slightly
longer than that Of men. Just why
this is so has never been explained sat
isfactorily. One fact. however. is clear.
and that is that during early years fe-
males possess a greater tenacity of life
than do males.
The difference of the mortality rates
during the first few years of life is
striking. During the first year the
mortality among males is decidedly
greater than among females.
Although more boys are born than
girls. the proportions are reduced 10 al
NEST even terms at the end of the first
year By the excessive male mortality
Even during the first four years the
mortality among males exceeds that
among females. Notwithstanding the
fact that there are practically no dis
Elections made in the management OF
tie two sexes Both are subject to the
same conditions. are dressed virtually
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
A LEGAL CURIOSITY.
Poetic Title Deed That Stood the Test
of the Courts.

Poetic Title Deed That Stood the Test
of the Courts.
A deed for the conveyance Of a
piece of land that is one of the great
est legal curiosities in the world was
drawn up in 1881 by J. Henry Shaw. a
lawyer at Beardstown. Ill. The curio
complies with every requirement of
law and has more than once been de-
clared by the courts of that state to be
entirely valid. 1t reads as follows:
1. ]. Henry Shaw. the grantor herein.
Who live at Beardstown, the county with
in.
For seven hundred dollars to me paid to-
day
Lot two ~ in block forty (40), said coun-
ty and town,
| Where Illinois river flows placidly down.
| And warrant the title forever and aye,
/ Waving homestead and mansion TO both
! goodby.
And. pledging this deed is valid in law.
! l add here my signature. ]. Henry Shaw.
CSeaLl Dated July %. 1881.
l. Sylvester Emmons, who live at Boards
| town,
A justice of peace of fame and renown,
! OF the County OF Cass, in Illinois state,
| Do certify here that on the same date
| One ]. Henry Shaw to me did make known
| That the above deed and name were his
own,
| And he stated he sealed and delivered the
! same
Voluntarily. freely and never would claim
| His homestead therein; but, left all alone,
Turned his face to the street and his back
10 his home. ISeaLl
S. EMMONS, J. P.
Dated August l. 1851
st. Louis Republic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
WHEN SHAW WAS SHORT.
His Days of Poverty When a Shilling
Looked Big to Him.

In Mrs. T. ?. O'Connor's reminis-
cences. Il Myself" where she tells Of
her early acquaintance, we get q
glimpse of George Bernard Shaw in
the days when he was struggling for
fame and fortune and when in his des,
titution IA shilling looked big and car
fares were seriously considered. In
September. 1883. we find him declin-
ing an invitation to accompany Mrs.
O'Connor to West KenSington. He
wrote:
81 walked home from my lecture at
Dalston last night to save q tram fare
think OF that and blush, Probably
shall walk home from the New Cut to-
night for the same reason. Last month
l earned f6 12s. The months rent is
70. | have another paper TO prepare
for Oct. ), equal in difficulty to the
Bath one and equally paid in the graft
tude Of posterity. ! have two books
commissioned. payment by royalty aft
er they are published-and you talk of
the Italian exhibition. Ha. ha. Do
you know what the Italian exhibition
costs? Our tickets. third class. includ-
ing admission. half crown If they
would cost a penny. One program be
tween us. a penny; the Blue Grotto,
threepence for you'll should wait out
side, as / have seen the imposture al
ready; sixpenny seats at the Coliseum.
l shilling; threepenny seats at the
| MandolinistS. sixpence: shilling seats
at the Marionettes. shillings: switch
back railway. one turn. sixpence; re-
freshments, say fourpence. as we could
! be scrupulously economical; loss of
! time reckoned at Star rates of pay
ment. half u crown apiece; total. lbs.
J I'd. So that even if | borrowed 10
/ shillingS from you to start with (Which
/ an army reserve man tells me is the
/ cheapest plan Of managing an affair OF
/ this sort should still be IS. I'd. out OF
! pocket. Two shilIings and twopence tC
! crafty the within of n giddy young
| woman who proposes (monstrous con
ceit to take my education in hand
/ My education. You n baby. still look
ing with wide open. delighted eyes a
the glitter Of west European white
wash. and advising maids. wives anC
widows with the artless wisdom OF al
Incompatible and unique naivete-edu
cate me. Stupendous project. No,
learn from everybody. and what Learn
/ teach. but l am nObody's pupil
though l should be glad indeed to NEE
my MASTER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Areas OF low pressure which are
central over southern Alberta, the ex.
IRENE north Atlantic coast and Louisi-
ana have beeh attended by precipita-
ton in the north Pacific and northern
Rocky mountain sections. the gulf
states and the territory east Of the
Mississippi Higher pressures and
colder weather are hoted in the upper
Mississippi valley and the lake region
but a rapid rise in temperature in
North Dakota. Montana and Alberta is
resulting from the northwestern low
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
Wagner's Summary
MoRNlNe GRAN LETTER.

Chicago. Jan. 24.-No. l northern
wheat on farm in northwest averages
80 cents.
Estimates of spring wheat crop to
be moved T. on farms run % 10 40 Pc
cent. Winter wheat reports to north
" estern miller are fairly good. Wheat
as a rule lacks snow covering and
farmers are afraid of a later hard
freeze. Minneapolis and Duluth have
received 142 million wheat since
Sept. l.
After allowing for duplication for
Montana receipts for seed aud interior
northwestern consumption iris iesvss
about 80 to 95 millions TO come for
ward.
The three big states raised 26S, O0O,-
600 wheat.
Morning newspaper comments are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
he same and receive the same food.

the same and receive the same food.
At the age of about FIVE years the
comparative death rate among girls be-
gins TO increase. This has been at
tributed to the fact that boys of this
age are more in the open air. The
mortality in both sexes diminishes
from this time until the twelfth year.
when it attains its lowest point. 1t
then steadily rises. being larger in each
successive year. Between the twelfth
and sixteenth years the death rate
among girls increases more rapidly
than among boys. but after the six
teenth year for several years the rate
of increase is more rapid on the male
side-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
The Whole Thinu.

81 suppose" said the absconding
cashier to the friend who had run
across him in parts unknown. that
there was a good deal of talk about me
after l disappeared"
II should think there wasw answer
ed the friend. why. man, the wealth
er wasn't mentioned at all for two
weeks"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24

their slaves. the prelates with the por
tiers Of the church and young men Of
plebeian class with noble maids
whose faces had been invisible to the
sun and their nearest kindred. and in
this common state of captivity the
ranks of society were coufounded. the
ties of nature were cut aSunder. and
the memorable soldier was careless of
the fathers Groans. the tears of the
mother and the lamentations of the
children"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
The Turk In constantinopIe,

Terrible scenes were witnessed in
Constantinople when Mohammed II.
captured the city in 1853. When the
cOnIuerOrS entered they slew 1000 and
made slaves of all who took refuge in
the sanctuary of ST Sophia Gibbon
records the fate of the 10000 prison
ers: Male capiives were bound with
cords. the females with their wells and
girdIes The senators were linked with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
Jan. "a Following are the whole
sale quotations on the local market
today:
Creamery butter. 331zc
Dairy butter, Bic.
LARD. l2lsc per pound.
Fresh eggs, 24c.
Storage eggs, 19c.
Potatoes, soc to soc.
Cabbage, /" ~er pound.
Onions, 75c Per bushel
Feed and Fuel.
Timothy hay, SIS to $50.
Wild hay, Sl2 TO SIS.
Oats. SAC % 35c.
Corn, 40c to 45c.
Coal-Lump. per ton, 81 Is: slack.
steady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
Whsat.

Wheat.
May. a2ss, %, 92ss, 92Ts.
July. 9o'.. 9O1a. 1913. sO%.
September, Ss7s. SO. ssh, Ss7s.
corn.
May, 51Ss. 50. 519s, 51s4.
July. 52i2, 52Ss. 52s. 52la.
September, 53ss, 53Ss, 53Is, 53Ia.
Oats.
May, 33d, "a. 33i2, 3S&
July, 1873. 34ts. 1885. "a.
September. 1894. 1873, 1885, 33s4.
Pork.
January. 1850. 1875. 1850. 1870.
May. 1882, 1905. 1882. 1902.
Larc.
January, 1907. 1920. 1907. 1917.
May. lO12, 1927. 1o12. 1920.
Ribs.
January. closed 1912.
May. 1912. 1922, 1910, 1929.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24

inquiry and less favorable political
news and a decline in conso-s.
At 100 p. m. the market was duh
and steady
Corn: Lower on the rains in Ar
gentine and the lower American ca
bles. The market was dull at the de-
cline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24

The air pressure is greatest over Utah
and Nevada. The eastward movement
OF these conditions will be attended by
fair and warmer weather in this vi.
cinity tonight, followed by unsettled
weather Saturday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
WIRE SPARKS.

Memphis, TeXas-Beach B. Epting,
charged with completely in the killing
of Al G. Boyce, ,Ir.. at Amarillo last
September, was found not guilty. He
testified he as servant went to Anna.
rillo with Sneed, and that Sneed mis-
led him"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24

Kansas City-Trial OF a libel suit
brought against Bishop David H.
Moore of the Methodist Episcopal
church and Mrs. George o. Robinson,
president of the Methodist Home Mis-
sionary society. by Mrs. Carrie e.
Cope began in the federal court Each
defendant is sued for $4,000 damages.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
LIVE STOCK MARKET.


Opening Of darket.
Hogs. $4,000; left over. $500; shade
up. Light. 7.25dT5O: mixed. 1850
$50; heavy. 7.35d $50; rough. 7.10a
$50.
Cattle. $4,000; weak.
sheep, 5000: steady.
Nine O'eiocN Iarket.
Hogs steady TO shade up. Light. 7.20
d7.5O. bulk. 7.4Oa $50; mixed, 1859
$50: pigs. 5.I5G7.SO: heavy. 7.OOd
1921: good. 715d 1921; rough, 200
Oils: Workers. 7.40G7.50.
Cattle slow and weak. Beeves, 500
G9.O5. stockers, 4.s097.50; Texans,
ATOG5.6O; COWS. 2.T0QT2o; westerns,
5.c0G7.2O; calves. 7OOG11.0O
sheep, steady. Natives, 4.7596.25;
lambs. 6.75G9OO; westerns, 4s5G
6.25, western lambs, 6.75ds0O.
Close Of .sSrke.
Ecgs closed shade higher. Light 7.2O
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
ERVATIONS.
TOddy'S Market Quotations

67.5O. bulk 74Oq7.50, mixed 1850
$50, heavy 7.OO@7521a, rough 1000
7I5.
Cattle. dull and weak, top 9.O5.
Sheep, --eady, top 6.25.
Lambs steady, top 800.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
Western Live Stock

Western Live Stock.
Hogs. Cattle Sheep.
Kansas City $500. 5000 1000 5000
Omaha .......... 1850 1900 300
Estimated Chicago Tomorrow.
Hogs. Cattle. Sheep.
Chicago ...... $4,000 800 1000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24

(By wire from 2 r.. Wagner & Co.,
Grain, Provisions. Stocks and Cotton.
Local Offices at Rock Island house. Rock
Island. III Chicago Offices 9S-99-lOO,
Board OF Trade. Local telephones. No.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
SUM MARY.

New York, Jan. 24-Uprising of
young Turks following resignation of
cabinet made result in resumption
OF hostilities as they refuse to sur
render Adrianople.
American stocks in London weak,
5-s to l 5-s lower.
Henry P. Davis, one Of J. p. Morgan
Co, will continue his testimony be-
fore Pujo committee today.
Reported that charges against Chair
man Wilcox have been filed with Gov
ernor Sulzer. blaming him for delay in
signing of subway contracts.
United Pacific and Southern Pacific
representatives still comforting in mat
ter of dissolution plan.
Copper market shows improvement
with good business reported at 163a
cents a pound for electrolytic.
/ Domestic buying is still quiet.
Intero-Borough Rapid Transit will
! increase wages of motormen and con-
/ ductors 10 per cent approximately.
Corey to be cross-examined when
/ Pujo committee meets today.
/ st. Louis-Iron Mountain & Southern
declares semi-annual dividends of 2
per cent or same rate as last year.
/ Liverpool. Eng, Jan. 24-Broomhall
wheat: Market opened easy Influenced
by lower American cables and the
/ increasing Argentine shipments.
/ The forecast is for liberal worlds
shipments this week and plate offers
are larger with stocks there showing
a rapid increase.
During the morning there was some
little covering by shorts and prices
advanced Is 10 IA from the low.
With reports Of q better continental
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24

San Francisco-A coroner's inquest
into the death of Mrs Donald Jadwin,
who was murdered by her husband on
Jan. Is at the family dinner table. re-
Vealed no motive. Mrs. Jadwin had
separated from her husband because
of his intemperance, but the family
had hoped for a reconciliation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
COPENHAGEN
MEN SPECIALISTS

I'll 18th street,
MOLINE.
Open only on
" ednesday al
ternoon and ev-
e.siug. ? 70 9:
Friday eve. { 70
8. and sun q z Y
morning. 9to u.
On other ds IS.
.>all at Daven-
port
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24

rAN oEr AND
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
THE GRAIN MARKET.
Chicago Cash Grain.

Wheat 2 r 1.0SG114. No. 8 r
02d1Os. No. 2 II a1495i4. No. 5 h
aOd94. No / ms 9Oi4 a91la. No. ms
STitGS9. 40. ms s4dS7. No. 2 spg
s7aS9, No. spE s4U 81, No. I spg IS
ass
Corn No. 2 492a d5o. No. 3 AN a
4sis No. - goa 504. No. y Az a
4Sis. No. ASA G47l4. No. 49q
4eil. No. y fGH4Tia.
Oats No . " 35d3594. No. "
3cai d331e, No. W 3lQ31t4. standard
a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24
liverpool Cables.

Wheat opened Is to IA Off; closed
Is on.
Corn opened Il on; closed IA off
Chicago Receipts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-24

90 to rs degrees above zero.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-09
Peters Busy Ruling.

Sneaker Peters was forced, again
and again, to rule on the admissibiilt,
# testimony sought by the defense
His conception of the situation was
admirable, no point being too close u
the line for him to distinguish ans
yule in manner, leaving little oppor-
tunity for protest,
The main point of contention was
over comparison of conditions
This was one of the strongest carus
of the defense, and as such, met VIII
protests from the prosecution and IN
sistence from Messrs. GulliVer aho
Pattangall.
1.-THE issue declared Speaker fet'
ers, firmly, lis not whether tue Id"
has been enforced but whether ther|
has been wilful neglect in enforce
ment. You may make no comparison
with particular times or adminlstra
tons"
He felt that. in expression OF oplh'
ions. comparisons might be desirable
but he requested that these compari'
sons be kept within the bounds o.
"better or worse than common
Some latitude he declared, must ne
allowed to witnesses, but he hoped TINS
attorneys would hold the questions
within legitimate area.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-09
Maxor Curtis on Stand.

Mayor Oakley c. Curtis OF Portlanu
took the stand, at 5.25 p. NJ, and said
that, barring the 18th and 18TH OF
March. conditions have been good.
He further declared that conditions
now are the best ever-apoVe the
standard. He named two ministers
who had advocated to him that peer
saloons be opened to avoid the sale OF
so much whiskey He refused, say
ing that he wished to have nothing 10
do with the liquor business.
on cross examination he admitted
hearing of several places reputeo 70
he saloons. At the so-called Hal
loran place" he had observed men
going in and out occasionally. Later,
A question from the States attorney
brought the remark from the mayor
hat his knowledge of the city was
about as good as anybody sand lot
better than some Who've been here.
lJe declared he had been in but one
saloon in Portland, since he had been
mayor
In mis- position as mayor, he assert
ed he would not act against the
lietor dealers unless upon written
COMPLAINT. "They can't make me the
goat" he declared. He considered the
citizens as much responsible as the
officials.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-09
Pres. Wilson, Regardless of PreCe.
dents of Over 100 Years, Person
allyDelivers Tariff Revision Mes
sage to United States Congress.
Distinguished Company ent--The President Is
Pleased with His Reception by the Members.
DIRECT SENATORIAL ELECTION.

Washington, April S.-Direct cleo
ton of United States senators by the
people was authorized and made COM
pulsory. today. when the Connecticut
Legislature ratified the Constitutional
amendment submitted by Congress
less than year ago. Ratification al
ready had leon given by 50 states.
The situation that results throughout
he country, where many Legislatures
have adjourned until 1915, is such as
to leave confusion in the mind of
members of the Senate as to how the
early steps toward direct election of
senators will be carried out With the
proclamation of the secretary of state
announcing final ratification of the
amendment is required by law, Sena-
tors Bristow and Borah, leaders in the
direct elections fight in Congress ex-
pressed the opinion, today, that the
amendment is for all practical pur-
poses now part of the Constitution.
ANY man who may be elected to
the Senate hereafter must be elected
directly" said Senator Borah.
The new amendment gives to the
state Legislatures. however, the right
to prescribe the methods for electing
senators. Many Legislatures have ad-
tournea and will not re-convene until
early in 1915 a few weeks before the
terms of over three years senators
expires. 1t IS expected that in many
states the Legislatures will adopt the
plan authorized in the new amend
ment and direct the Governors to APP
point senator's temporarily until the
people can elect men at regularly
called elections.
Special sessions of the Legislatures
will be urged in many states, so that
the necessary laws can be passed be-
fore the general elections of 1914 In
some states, action has already been
taken, or will be before the Legisla-
lures end their present sessions au-
thorizing the people to vote for sena-
tors at next years election.
Pennsylvania was the 34th state to
ratify the amendment, Tennessee the
S5th and Connecticut the seth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-09
Opening Of Baseball Season of
1913, Today, at Brooklyn, NY.

On Thursday, in the National League
circuit there will be openings with New
York with Boston, Cincinnati with
Pittsburg, at Chicago with ST. Louis and
a second game of the Philadelphia
Brooklyn series in Philadelphia.
In the American League cities,
Thursdays games Will be New York
at Washington, Philadelphia at Boston,
Chicago at Cleveland and Detroit at st.
Louis.
The league champions of last year, the
New York Nationals and the Boston
Americans, under the same leadership
and with forces practically intact, are
boastful of carrying off pennant hon.
ors, but there are many clubs if not
all. which are equally confident of dis
placing them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-09

New York, April s.-Major League
baseball scheduled to continue for $50
consecutive days before decks are clear
for the world championship battle of
1913, is due to begin, tomorrow. The
start. however, will be confined to
single game-in Brooklyn's new base
ball park-with the other major league
cities held in leash until Thursday for
the general opening in both leagues.
1t was by special dispensation of the
National League that the opening in
Brooklyn was advanced a day, this year,
in view of the fact that magnificent
new stadium has been erected there.
The game, tomorrow, will be with the
Philadelphia club and indications are
that record crowd will be seen at the
opening ceremonies if the weather does
not interfere.