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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16
Wilson Will Personally
Read His Message Be-
fore Congress.
BILL NOW DRAWN UP
Believed to Meet Views of
Those Who Are Best Posted
on Subject.

Washington, D. c., June 16.-Presi-
dent Wilson probably will read his
currency message personally to both
branches of congress assembled in the
house. as he did his tariff message.
He finished writing the message today.
1t is of about l 200 words, and il urges
immediate revision of the banking and
currency laws.
LAUNCHED THIS WEEK.
The president expects the currency
bill TO be launched in both houses
some time this week 1t will repre-
sent the administration views, and
according to Wilson himself, will be
mo mans bill, but the result of CON-
mon counsel among currency advo.
Gates"
PASS AT THIS SESSION.
Chairmen Owen and. Glass conferred
again today and announced the curren
cy bill, practically completed, would
be considered in committee this week
and taken up and passed before the eX
ira session adjourned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16
Two Cent Fare and Maxi
mum Freight Law is
Upheld.
ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS
U. S. Supreme Court Declares
Rule COnfiSCatory on Few
Lines.

Washington, D. c., June 16.-The
validity Of the 2.cent passenger laws
and maximum freight rates of Mis-.
souri,, West Virginia and Arkansas was
upheld by the supreme court today.
No decision was announced in the Ken
lucky cases, the inter-mountain cases,
or the Gompers-MitcheIl.Morrison con-
tempt OF court case.
In the Missouri case, the great ma
jority of the rates contested by the
railroads as eonfiseatory were held
valid. Some freight rates in Oregon
also were approved. The court adjourn
ed until October.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16
CIVIL SERVICE STILL
APPLIES TO CONSULS

washington, June l6.-Secretary
Bryan, upon authority OF President
Wilson. Issued a statement announc-
ing the purpose OF the administration
TO maintain the civil service principle
in the consular service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16
Victory for Terminal.

st. Louis, June 16.-The terminal
railroad Of St Louis, won a victory
in the federal district court today
when Circuit Judges Sanborn and
Smith filed an interlocutory decree
interpreting the supreme decision in
the custer suit brought by the govern
ment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16
VARSITY SHELLS IN
CRASH ON THE HUDSON

Poughkeensie, \. Y, juno 1G.-In a
headon collision Of the Wisconsin four
cared varsity crew and that Of Penn
sylvania on the Poughkeepsie course
today. the Pennsylvania shell was al,
most completely wrecked and put out
OF commission. Wisconsin was little
damaged. None OF the oarsmen was
injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16
Creditors Buy Ships.

Chicago, Il, June 16.-Steamers
Minnesota, Minnetcnka and Mime
kahta were taken over In foreclosure
sale today for $4,000.
George Caldwell, representing the
creditors, was the only bidder He
said e new company would be organ
laad-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16
U. S. NOT LIABLE
FOR DAMAGES BY
FLOODS ON RIVER

Washington, D. c., June 16.-The
supreme court decided the federal
government is not financially respon-
sible for the flooding of more than 100
plantations on the mississippi as a
resul; of levee construction Efforts
were made to hold the government re-
sponsible for the value of the flooded
lands to about 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16
DELLA cox, ACTRESS,
is REPORTED DEAD

ST Louis, June 16.-C. a. Fox re-
ceived a Telegram from New York
announcing the death Of his sister,
Della Fox, the actress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16

Washington, June 1G-In the Mis-
souri, rate cases today the supreme
Cour. held the rates condscatory on
the St Louis q Hannibal, Kansas City
& Springfield and Chlceso Great West.
orn railroads. The court held the rates
valid as to the 81. Louis x South.
western, the Missouri Pacific, the St.
Louis Iron Mountain * Southern, he
Wabash, the Chicago, Milwaukee d
81. Pau aud the Chicago * Alton.
APPLIED BN STIPULATION.
The decision holding the rates con.
figcatory as to the Chicago Great
Western was made TO apply by virtue
OF a stipulation between the state and
the railroads, to the quincy Omaha &
Kansas City railroad, and the St. Joe
and Grand Island railway.
HELD AGAINST ROADS.
The decision is based upol the .
cent passenger law and the maximum
freight Law. Justice hughes, who p.
nounced the decision, held that ,ne
point sought to be made by the rail
roads 10 the effect that the Missouri
rates were an Interference with inter
STATE commerce and must be decided
against them for the same reasons
given by the court in the Minnesota
rate cases.
The constitutionality of the state
> cent passenger law or maximum
freight law was determined in the
Minnesota case, where the court Eela
q state had the right to pass such
laws, provided the rates imposed un
der them were not condscatory. The
same palliation was made in the Mis-
souri, case today.
PARTIAL VICTORY FOR STATE.
The decision IS a partia. victory fol
Missouri as the lower court had helC
the rates conhscatory on all roads
The supreme court today modified tn,
lower courts decision that the rail
road commissioners and attorney gen
eral Of the state may apply to tn,
court for fur5.rr action whenever !
shall appear that by reason of
change in circumstances the rate
fixed by the states acts are suGicien
to yield a reasonable compensation.
APPLIES TO OTHERS.
The Cour. also sustained the rate
of the Missouri law to the Chicago
burlington u quincy Atchison. TC
peka q Santa Re. Kansas City South
ern, Missouri. Kansas q Texas. Ch,
cago. Rock Island q Pacific CincIu.
ing the ST Louis. Kansas City a Cole
rado) and the ST. Louis q san Fra1
cisco.
In each OF these cases the decree
of the lower court in favor Of he raj
roads were reversed.
VALID ELSFWHERE.
The Arkansas maximum freigt
rate law and the ? cent passenge
fare Jaw and the West Virginia Ger
passenger law were held valid by To
supreme court.
The court also held valid the rate
imposed by the Oregon railroad con
mission out OF Portland
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16
CATTLE AT TOP MARK;
BRING $500 PER 100

Chicago, June 16-Cattle reached a
new high mark for the normal year,
when they sold today at 1920.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Evening star: Mercury. Morning
stars: Venus. Saturn. Mars. Jupiter
The lone star. due south near the hori-
zon about p. M. is the head Of the
southern constellation Centaur.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-16
THE WEATHER

Forecast Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow, fcf
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline,
and Vicinity.
Unsettled and continued warm
weather with probably thunder show
ers tonight or Tuesday, moderate
winds.
Temperature at a. H., 20. Highest
yesterday, so: lowest lest night, 73.
Velocity of wind at a. m, 6 miles
per hour.
Precipitation none.
Relative humidity at p. m, 62, at
a. m, 62.
Stage Of water, 90, a fall Of Z foot
In last 48 hours.
JIM. SEERIER, Local Forecaster.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-04
The Scott Disaster

'The five heroes of the triumphant but fatal
dash to the Pole are entitled to equal honors,
but there are two who must ever be invested
with peculiar interest to a world which appreci-
ates the spirit of manhood at its best. One was
Oates. of the Inniskilling Dragons The ia
nous regiment has won glory many fields but
never higher than that of this solitary member
in the Great Lone Land There hot-blooded
valor enough in the charge at Balkalava But
even that must give place to the courage of the
man who, sick and helpless and unwilling to be
a burden to his three comrades who were fight
ing for their lives. simply said Il am going
outside for while. and went into the darkness
of the polar tempest.
''The other was Scott himself. There has
never we think, been anything quite like his
writing Of that simple, lucid, convincing and
ingenuously pathetic mortur salutamus There
are few men temperamentally capable of thus
writing with death impatiently futtering the
tent flap. But he wrote as calmly and as col
ectedly as though he were back in London draft
ing the story for the Geographical Society. And
there could be no man possessed of nober
spirit than that which moved him to give his last
thoughts and his most earnest words to the well
fare of his surviving comrades For himself and
the few who persisted with him there was no
repinng New York Tribune.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-04
Every Day Losses

Ours must be a great country or it could not
lose much. The Wall Street journal tells of
few losses that the farmers sustain, among
which are the following:
Not long ago the agricultural commissioner
of the Rock Island system published the state
ment that cornsaks made into ensage were
worth 60 per cent of the value of the grain, and
that by wasting their stalks the farmers were
losing 81 900 100000 year Another instance
can be seen in the present wasteful system of
ginning and baling cotton together costing the
planters an unnecessary $40 bale, which on the
crop of 1912 would aggregate at least $l35,000,-
600. Many good farmers have their seed plots.
and cross ferilize their seed plants with the care
shown By breeder If rae horses, But the ma
iorty shovel their seed from the bin at planting
time sell the large potatoes and plant the little
culs Applying to the crops of 1912 merely the
difference in yield estimated by the department
of agriculture between the use Of heavy weight
and light weight seed this would make DIFF
ference of S750,0OO,OOO. The department of ag-
rculture is sponsor for the statement that
100000 tons of tow could be saved from the
flax straw that is now burned. In the surplus
grain states also, after threshng the straw is
burned to get rid of it $700O00OO gone up in
smoke.
We wonder what the stOckmen between the
Sierras and the eastern slope of the Rockies have
lost since the Comstock was discovered in 1859
by failing to provide shelter and little food
for their stock. to tide over the winter storms .
Governor Bradley of Nevada lost 10000 head of
cattle in single winter.
A hundred mining towns have been destroy
ed by fire since ls49 because precautions were
taken against fire. while many valley towns like
Sacramento and MarysviIle have been repeated
~ swept by the flames The farmers of Utah
have spoiled thousands Of acres of their best
lands by overirrigation Thousands of dollars
worth of good food has been destroyed by bad
cooks. In this city hundreds of thousands OF
dollars worth Of furniture has been destroyed
and thousands of Threats and lungs nfamed by
coal smoke and no end of heat energy lost be-
cause the city has refused to enforce the ordin
ance against the smoke nuisance and million
collars worth of fruit lost because OF failure to
spray the fruit trees.-Salt Lake Telegram.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-04
The Girls Side
by BOB STANLEY

pay tribute the girl who's passed feathers with
curl upon her picture hat and fus and jewels
and all that to help romantic youth out in life
and learn the truth which floats meath Heavens dome when
they first try to make home With admiration for her grit
her the Clothes unfit for her whose form of
should be logged out in old point lace her wear
while on the street brogans that soil her shape feet and see
her smile smile, Gaunt poverty cant hide queen
bow head to such maid who's loved and cherished and
obyed and hidden from him all the tears and signs and
wants of first few years My heart goes in sympathy when
thinking of the things that she has borne silence for her
king since first he placed wedding ring upon her slender
hand and vowed and promised he would stand forever
by her grsh side though all the storms of life betde hon
her when her face Mothers Love has to place Its
stamp of Holiness that CLOVIS beneath halo God bestows upon
the head of Mothehooda blessing that and good tbs
then, unseshly she goes forgefu of herself and woes
All yes hear the complain about the he must
refrain from all the comforts he has known and pleasures he
down but then there is another side that to
to her who his bride that evenul happy day when
she gave all her joys away.
Copyright. o.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-04
The Oath Administered.

Down the middle Of the great flight
Of marble steps Is passageway.
Through this the president elect de-
sends until he arrives at a small plat
form bearing a sort of kiosk. In the
kiosk he stands. looking down upon an
immense sea of upturned faces, while
Chief Justice White of the supreme
court administers to him the oath.
Then he begins the delivery Of his in
augural address. which has already
been for some time in type in the Office
Of every important newspaper in the
country. Before that speech is finish
ed 1t Is In the newspapers and on the
street In nearly every city Of the Unit
ed States.
This part OF the program over, the
presidential party lunches in the SEN
ate wing. 1t Is II hurried meal, for In
the meantime the procession Is form
Ing for the march back to the White
House, and hundreds and thousands of
people along the route are impa tiently
waiting. Crowds throng the sidewalks
to the curbs. which are protected by
ropes under vigiunt guard by police
men. and the shabby mile OF Pennsyl-
vania avenue Is for the nonce made
beautiful by prof,ise decorations. every
building being adorned with nags and
bright cOiored bunting.
Arriving ut the White House. the
new president seats himself In the box
at the foot Of his private stand and
reviews the procession. IA task which
must he somewhat wearisome. for It
takes something like three hours to
pass aud he already has mad ia.
tiguing morning
This will end the ceremonies Incident
to the inauguration of the twenty-sev-
enth president of the United States
The fact that 1t does end here estab-
fishes u precedent which Is likely to
be followed for all time Heretofore
1t had been the custom to have the
world famed inaugural ball. and It
had become an occasion that every
one dreaded The new president and
his family approached the event. aft.
er already having spent a hard day at
the ceremonies incident to the inaugu-
ration. with the same degree Of pleas
ure that marks visit to the dentist
Time and again have incoming presi.
dents been on the verge Of calling of"
the ball They hesitated to create the
precedent Of abolishing a time estab-
lished institution. But MIR. Wilson
concluded that II he were going to
get his nine hours sleep every night
during his adminlstra ton he might as
well start In right and not stay up for
n ball the hrst night Then. again,
the ball kept the pension clerks out Of
work for two weeks. So he dropped
the gentle hint that the ball ought to
be dropped And 1t was dropped.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-04
Tribute to Bryan

If the apparent verify of reports shall be JUS
titled by the event, President Wilson is going to
have a pretty good cabinet There seems to be
"A unity of understanding that Mr. Bryan will
have a place-that of secretary of state The
treasury portfolio is credited to number of
different men, but there seems general belief
that Daniels of Virginia will be secretary of the
navy.
OF course Mr.. Daniels doesn't know much
eXperimentally about water-salt or otherwise
But it will be remembered that Colonel Dick
Thompson of Terre Haute Indiana, made an
excellent secretary of the navy in Hayes time
He didn't interfere at all with the boys of the
department And they say at Washington that
is the best kind of cabinet officer
They will hardly find better man for the
treasury than Mr.. MacVeagh has BEEN and can
hardly hope to equal the excellence of Mr.. Hitch
cock as postmaster general. Mr. Wickersham
has served his country admirably as attorney
general.
But the selection of Mr.. Bryan for the place
usually co nsidered most honorable in the gift of
the President will meet with approval every
where. In the first place, he is the big man of
his party. In the absence of Bryan one can
easily believe that the Democratic organization
would have gone to pieces with the passing of
the Cleveland era. But he has held Democrats
together, and moved them up a good deal nearer
the progressive line than ever they were before.
Aside from that, Mr. Bryan is man of ripe
thought, recognized the world over as a leader
of men. acquainted as any with the affairs of
international dealing, and with a shrewd sense
and polite pen They will not fool him greatly.
and they will not bluff him at all. Any man
who could discipline a Democratic national con-
vention- land he certainly did that-will not be
frightened by any power earth.
1t is to be hoped, though. in the interest of
peace, that both he and Mr. Daniels may not be
required to sit at the same council table. Their
views on many important subjects rather fail to
coincide
But there is a sort of pathos in the fact that
cabinet position is the best that the biggest
man in his party can get. 1t was the fate of
Clay, and it the fate of Blaine. And these
were the leaders of their people in their respec-
tive days. But the world will with few dissent
ing voices ndorse the selection of Mr.. Bryan for
the best place possible under the admins
tration.-Ogden Examiner
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-04
Then And Now

Colonel Nelson, of the Kansas City Star, who
is struggling just now with the judge bent upon
committing him for contempt, has received the
following letter from Theodore Roosevelt:
Dear Colonel Nelson: What an extra
ordinary series of events the courts are per-
petrating at present. Apparently the reac-
tionaries have made up their minds that YOU
and the other men like you, can be cowed 1t
seems to me like tying down the safety valve
in order to prevent an explosion. What Lin
coin said about the bred Scott decision would
undoubtedly render him liable to be jailed
for contempt of court if alive and in Idaho
today, and of curse his offense was a thou
sand times greater than yours-besides hav-
ing the further resemblance that it was
great public service instead of an offense."
That would be strange reading to those who
were told that its author once undertook to sup
press the New York World and the Indianapolis
News Indeed. he actually sought to establish
the proposition that criticism of public official
was equivalent to reasonable utterances.-The
cOmmOner
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-04
The Capitol Ready For Inauguration
Day Ceremonies

And 1t is about this time of day that
the people OF the United States become
practically country without an &C.
tive government for a short period.
There is no president of the United
States. there is no vice president. and
the house Of representatives does not
exist.
Vice President Sworn In.
But the country is not long without
a vice president. however. for the first
order Of the ceremonies Is the swear
ing in of the new incumbent of that
office by the president pro TEN. Of the
senate.
and calls the upper house to order.
That body finds itself In special SEES
sion. convened by the president at
noon March 4 Ito receive such CON-
municatiOns as may be made by the
executive" There Is no executive as
yet. but presently there will be.
Meanwhile since breakfast time one
third Of the senate has lost its Job and
corresponding number Of new sena.
tors (Of course some Of that third re-
elected) must be sworn in. This IL &C.
complished in double quick time by
the vice president. who administers
the oath to them In punches and who.
when the task has been successfully
accomplished, says:
"The sergeant-at-arms will now ex-
ecute the order Of the senate relative
to the Inaugural ceremonies Of the
president Of the United States"
Under the direction of the sergeant.
alarms a procession is formed. It 10
led by the marshal of the supreme
court and the marshal of the District
Of Columbia arm in arm. These OFF,
Gals are followed by the justices of the
supreme court, after whom come the
president and president elect and the
incoming vice president, and in this
instance, there being no retiring vice
president. the president pro TEN. of
the senate. escorted by the committee
on arrangements. Next in line are
the diplomats. headed by the ambas-
sailors, and following them are mem.
bers OF the cabinet, representatives of
the coming house and high officers Of
the army and navy. The spectators,
descending by the stairs from the gal
leries, Join the parade. four abreast
The march proceeds southwark through
the main corridor Of the capitol and
then, by way Of the rotunda. to the pill
Jared marble portico on the east.
From the portico wonderful spec
tacle is presented. Along the middle
part Of the east front Of the capitol an
immense platform and grand stand
have been erected, with rows on rows
Of chairs for occupancy by those who
have been fortunate enough to obtain
tickets.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-04
Hundred Years of Peace

The movement now foot in England to
celebrate in 1914 the centennial of the war be-
tween English speaking people progresses I'M
abashed by war clamor now resounding across
Europe. Whatever other countries may have
fought, those where the tongues native to Eng.
land and this country is spoken have avoided
international ostilities since the signing of the
Treaty of Client. soon to be a hundred years ago,
The golden age thus about to be rounded off
has it's limitations The civil war stands as the
reminder how one set of English speaking men
fought each other but fifty years ago. The wars
of India and Africa tell another story. They
indicate that British domnions and warfare have
not become entirely associated
In the main, though the rule is mightier than
the exceptions. Mutual forbearance in the mat,
ter Of the Northwest boundary, of the Southern
Confederacy and of the Venezuelan dispute has
done mighty and cumulative work in rolling up
the years of peace.
1t is perhaps unfortunate that the English
have not taken thought that the peace circle of
century will shortly take in other lands beside
the English speaking. The confederacy of the
hundred years peace will, dating from 1915. in
clude France and several countries of north
western Europe. York Evenns Sun.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-04
Standing Pat

a magazine writer describing Immediately
recent conditions in England presented two pic
lures.
One was of 10000 people literally starving
because they could get no work to do,
The other showed an estate of the Duke Of
Westminster possession of which was obtained
by his ancestors at the time of Queen Elizabeth
at cost of go or 800 per year, and which still
pays taxes on ancient farmland basis while In
fact it has become fashionable residence see
ton and worth on rental basis 800 600 or
more.
In these two pictures is 70 be found the way
III which one country ana IT'S government nave
made and are making the poor poorer and the
r.ch richer. 1t seems t. have been and still IS
az easy way. Al! that WAS and is necessary IS
to stand patio keep right on doing things just
the same as they We're done in the time OF Queen
Elizabeth That's al-Rural Weekly
Boys, if you find yourself saying, Il don
caren very frequently, call a halt on this att
tude. Get out OF the rut Put spur under
your ambitions Resolve to fight against bad
habits bad companions any other injurious
things Know that you have to live your own
life what YOU do or leave undonc has its effects
upon your existence. No team could ever win
a game of baseball if they enter the contest with
81 ont care" spirit; You must carr all the
time in everything you do. what is worth do
ing at all is worth doing we'll If you plant
II don't care" you will harvest "cares." 81
don't care'' will never get you anywhere
Good Citizenship.
The girl who only has one man to choose
between usually is married the quickest.