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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
Wooden Shoes Made in the United States

rockers to butchers blocks. We walk
on beech floors, eat off beech picnic
plates, carry beech baskets, play with
beech toys, sit on beech chairs, and
in dozens of other ways use articles
made of beech almost every day of
our lives. Its freedom from taste fits
the wood especially for articles which
come in contact with foodstuffs, and
beech meat boards. skewers, lard tubs,
butter boxes. sugar hogsheads, refrig-
orators, dishes, spoons, and scoops are
widely used.
Only one species of beech grows
natively in the United States, but few
trees in this country have a wider
commercial range 1t extends from
the Gulf Of Mexico into eastern Can.
ada, and in practically every place
where it grows it is cut for market
The total yearly output of beech wood
in the United States is approximately
500,000,000 board feet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
HARMLESS FRANKS AND vANDAL-

There are two ways OF celebrating
Halloween. one is by pranks Of a
harmless character and the other is
By vandalism. There are many indoor
servance. and then there are ghost
parades" with pumpkin head" Ian
terms out OF doors within certain
nelghborhoods that do no harm where
kept within bounds. The old-tashion-
. ed tick tack" is not as rule obiec-
stionable, although there are many peo-
pie who do not wish 90 be annoyed
even with this SO that Halloween
- parties should always know where
they are going and whether or not
their visits will be acceptable II is
never wise 10 intrude where there is
a question OF doubt
Boys who 20 out with the avowed
purpose OF making somebody mad are
overstepplng the privileges OF the oc
castor az the very outset and should
be checkmsted
Vandalism involving destruction and
the carrying away OF property should
j under no circumstances be tolerated
Mischief OF this nature. once afoot
& there Is no telling to what extremes
y Il viii go. There is nothing funny
about arousing i'll feeling. There Il
nothing smart about carrying away
gates and settees and vehicles and
putting them where they will be hard
10 find.
There is heap OF fun IN the harm
less customs OF All Halloween, bu
there is nothing creditable in destruc
ton. Let US hope nothing will happier
in Rock Island tonight that will cause
4 regret afterward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE h. TAvENNER
Congressman from ths Fourteenth District.

aud down the Pacific coast many times.
His knowledge Of seamanship was
gained, however. when he was boy
For season he pulled an car on a
salmon fishing boat in all sorts of
weather, rugged and often bitterly
hard work. Then for a time he serv-
ed as a sailor before the mast on a
bay vessel owned by his father. He
knows what it is to cross Pacific
coast harbor bar in a heavy gale with
the steering gear broken. Once he
went overheard at night in tide rae
ing out to sea and fought it for hours
before he could gain land by crossing
the current diagonally. Yet such was
the roughness of the life that he kept
his experience secret for fear of the
chatting he would receive from his
messmates.
Many other men in congress
have had exciting experiences. Repre-.
sentative George White of Ohio, when
fresh graduate from Princeton col
lege. in 1898. managed to get together
the money to take him to Alaska in
the first gold rush. He crossed the
! Chilkoot pass on the steps cut in the
snow at the time when many of the
frenzied gold seekers sunk from ex-
haustion and died. White struck it
rich in the Klondike and brought out
fortune after some stirring adve1-
/ lures
! Senator Key Pitman of Nevada is
another who has had life of adven-
1 ture. He went TO Alaska in 1900 and
became the attorney for some of the
big mining concerns On the Seward
| peninsula. He has driven dog teams
| thousands of miles on Seward PENN
sula where in winter travel is prob
ably the most difficult in the world.
Senator George c. Perkins of Cali
fornia began active life as a sailor be
fore the mast, and has sailed in all o.
the seas On earth, finally commanding
his own vessel Two or three novels
could be written around the life o.
Representative Ben Johnson Of Ken
lucky. Representative David ]. Lewis
had many experiences in the indus
trial life Of the east, since he raj
away from home when a small laC
and spent his early years as a Goa
} miner. These are just a few mel
known to the writer to have had ex
. citing adventures. There are doubt
} less many others in congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

In this country beech is the favorite
material for wooden shoes, the manu-
factuFe of which has reached consid-
cradle proportions in the United States,
according to the department of agri-
culture, which has just issued a bull
letin on the use of the wood. These
shoes, the department says, cost from
60 to rs cents a pair and are good for
two years. They are worn by those
who have to work in cold or wet
places, such as tanneries, breweries.
and livery stables, and by workmen
in steel mills and glass factories who
must walk on hot CRATES or floors,
Farmers, too, are classed among the
users.
Beech wood is put to very much
wider range of use than the average
person would be likely to suspect. The
department says beech enters into
hundreds of articles from hobby5horse
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
rRApE ANp THE rARIFF.

Now that the new tariff law is en-
acted and operative. there is naturally
much interest felt in trade conditions;
and there is natural anxiety TO know
Just how the lower rates viii ar
feet trade conditions between the
United States and other nations. What
its effect will be upon the general vel
fare Of the country is another matter
which can be determined later. when
81 has had fair opportunity TO demon
strate itself There Is OF course the
widest diversity OF opinion as TO thu:
point and doubtless another October
viii much more clearly demonstrate
its beneficial or harmful influences.
So far as exports and imports are
concerned. however, IL is now OF rec
ord that the month OF September sur
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

pareEts were both dead, and he had
no b:others or sisters; consequently he
had 80 reason for going to where his
mother had lived There was no one
be cGeed to see. no one with whom to
eat Thanksgiving dinner after he got
there He was somewhat discouraged
at the information that fresh water
fish Sere not eatable, for he could not
think of any way TO support himself
on Journey except by grub out of the
water, He hesitated whether to try it
or go back on to the ship.
ButIhere was one attraction that de-
cided him to go on. During one year
that ha had lived on land he had play
ed with a little girl named Margie.
What her other name was he didn't
know. Margie was the only being liv-
ing-if. indeed she did live-who con-
nected MIN with the past He ionged
TO see her just once to ask her IL she
remembered playing hide and seek in
the haScocks with him.
So lie started out the morning OF
Thanksgiving day to walk to the vii
lage vshere he had spent this one year.
He didn't remember much about the
route. but had been told that he must
proceed in "A notthwesterly direction
Baxter hG1 % cents left, which he be-
slowed upon Jack. After a discussion
as TO how the money had best be
spent II was decided that Jack would
need a compass even more than food.
- Cfo INT ell taasfnhf a
compass, and after farewell hand
shake Jack started on his journey.
JacE soon found that he could get on
better by inquiring the way than by
relying on his compass. for sometimes
the compass would take him across a
bay, and man he met told him how
he could go by road. About noon. get
ting hungry. he stepped into a small
restaurant and traded his compass for
couple Of sandwiches. During the
afternoon a glimmering Of memory
came TO him as to the route he passed
over, and here and there a house, O
| clump OF trees. a meadow. bridge
struck him familiarity. About dusk be
| came to the schoolhouse where he and
GdTSiG ildu leafHeu 10 rtel "Oth9 VI
one and two syIlabes, had played al
recess and had gone together 10 theil
| homes after school let out.
After that lie didn't need a compass
| or any one to tell him the way--thai
/ Is, he wouldn't have needed either hat
IL not been for night coming on. II,
pursued his way. guided rather by dis
lance than sight. and. presently com
ing TO a crozsroad. he remembers
that Margie used to live down the roa'
TO the right for about half a mile s
he turned into It and walked on
though oyerhsngipg trees darkened tn
way.
Jack had proceeded down the cross
road about quarter Of a mile whe
J he came to a house. 1t couldn't be tn
house where lIsrgts had lived, for tina
house, as has been stated. was 1slr
mile from the crossing Of the roads
At any rate. st had seemed that dis
tancG to lack sometimes when be III
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

gressmen could be collected, they
would make a tale of absorbing inter
est. For, as a rule. public men are
the type that leads the active life, full
Of color and adventure. This was
never better exemplified than during
the debate on the seamen's bill.
One Of the quietest men in the SEN
ate-modest, retiring, gentle Of speech
and manners Senator Harry Lane of
Oregon To see him, one would think
ne had led the most sheltered of lives.
Yet in the course of this debate, DR..
Lane began TO talk learnedly about
"snubbing Ines" and letting lifeboats
down ION the rum" and other myster.
ious things that indicated an intimate
acquaintance with the details of a
sailors life.
AS a matter of fact, Senator Lane
has lived a life filed with adventure
On land and at sea. Although he was
a practicing physician for many years
he devoted much of his leisure to the
search for adventure. He found this
principally in Alaska. He has followed
behind dog sleds, "mushing" it over
bleak glaciers and through the pri
meyal Arctic forests for hundreds Of
miles, living On dog salmon" or the
products brought down by his rife
He has prospected for gold in th'
Alaska streams. He has been all VI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

passed all precedent Septembers in
the volume of business through our
ports and custom houses. The high
est previous import maximum was in
September, 1912, but the increase of
over $24,000,O00 in September of the
present year was in part the result of
including the first three days of Octo-
Der, before the new tariff went into
effect. These three days, however,
were in part, perhaps in large part,
offset by the large volume of imports
which were delayed beyond the natur-
al time of shipment in order to give
importers the benefit OF the lower rate
after Oct /.
SO far as the iron industry is con
cerned it appears as yet 10 be a wait
ing game. The home manufacturers
are strongly intrenched and the Iron
Age, which is authority in such mat
tiers, says that "the trade is watching
for import developments, but
thus far little foreign steel has come
this way On the other hand the ex-
ports of iron and steel from January
TO the latest date reported on shows
that the exports from American mills
has exceeded by 80 per cent those OF
1912. Also September exports Of agri.
cultural commodities were $1,000, OOO
above the highest previous record for
the month.
With substantial balance of trade
still in our favor. IT seems assured that
any panicky situation which may have
been feared as a result of changes in
the tariff will not be in evidence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
The Daily Story
JACK HUNTERS THANKsGIvING-BY DELLA ELLISON.
Copyrighted. Associated Literary Bureau

Jack Hunter. sailor boy. having
come ashore with some companions on
the arrival OF his ship after a three
years cruise. following sailor customs,
proceeded to blow in all his savings
within few days.
Now. this was sowing the wind to
reap the whirlwind. for they bad all
received permission to so to their
homes to spend Thanksgiving, and,
having spent all his money instead. he
had not the wherewithal to pay for {
ticket on the railroad to anywhere.
''What'lI you do. Jack" asked Joe
Baxter, one of his mates-"go back
aboard the ship for the ordinary
Thanksgiving dinner of salt pork. with
plum dun thrown in for Thanksgiv-
ing, or walk where you are going?"
IN not 60 to the ship" Jack re-
piled. II don't like the railroads, any
way. They're dangerous. They swing
around the curves in way to make
an old salt sick, and IL they don't make
him sick they scare him to death,
which is verse. There's no sea room
on'a railroad. and when two trains are
comm together head on on the same
track there's no sheerin' of, and
there's no savin' of life by jumpin' into
the water, for there's nothin' but hard
ground below. No. sir. l want an
open sea for my meanderin's. I'm goin'
to walk"
what you going to do for grub on
the way?"
Reckon I'll fish in the streams"
Fish, You can't eat the measly
little fish that swim in fresh water"
This staggered Jack. He was born
on the ocean, his father having been
captain of a schooner, and his knowl-
edge OF the land was very meager. His
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

It's a grand old world TO be Twin in when
the grass begins to sprout;
It's the finest world that I've ever seen
when the leaves ara a-comin' out;
It's a bully world In the fair June days
when the colts kick up their heels:
It's fine old world when the little chicks
get TO scratchin for their meals,
And I'll tell you. boys. it's a good old
world long about this time o. year.
When the turkeys fat and the ak is sharp
and Thankssivin' day is near.
It's fine old world when the spring
works done and the crops begin to
grow:
It's grand old world when the days are
short and the fields are white with
snow:
It's a, bully world in the summer time
when YOU smell the sweet new hay;
It's dandy world when you've sold your
wheat and the profits put away.
And I'll tell you. boys. it's q great old
world when the girl you love the
best
Sits alone with you where the hghtsis low
with her cheek agin your vest. ,s-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

It's a splendid world when a fellows
young and timber and full of vim
And a good square meal is the finest
thing that body can show to him;
It's great old world in the summer time
and a fine old world in fall;
It's a bully world when you've saved so
much that you don't need to care at
all;
But I'll Tell you. boys, it's the dearest
world and the faIrest and sweetest
world .H
When you look down into your young
wife's lap where your first little child
Is Curied
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

II anything additional TO Huerta's
action in imprisoning the Maderist
members OF the Mexican congress and
in arresting all his conspicuous oppon-
ents was needed TO prove the Wilson
Bryan estimate OF Huerta, the lacking
- proof is supplied in Felix Diaz' flight
from Vera Cruz TO the American con-
asulate and thence 70 an American war
ship for protection. Diaz knows
4 Huerta. They we're together in the
tssme business OF assassination and
lone would trust the other as far as a
gun can carry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
A LaudabIe Intention.

Now that you have become a mill
ionaire, what do you propose to do
with your SOM"
1T is my intention to try as hard as
] can to keep him from accommodating
the idea that Broadway is the only
proper place in which to put money in
circulation"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
Nice TO Have Around.

"She seems to be very fond OF old
Rooey. notice that he is always
hanging around her"
mo. she doesn't care for him at
all; but she probably finds it agree
able to have him near her because his
sight has become so poor that there
never is any danger that he may see
how her wrinkles are accommodating"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
Oct. 81 in American
History.

lT75-Generai Washington ordered the
military arrest OF all public officials
in New England who did not favor
the Revolution. This was In re-
taliation Of similar step taken by
the British authorities.
1s64-Sevada admitted to the Union
Is19-Generai Joseph Hooker. Boted
civil war leader. died: born 1914
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

> kOhN
as being like a
club filed wit h
good fellows, he
set before the peo-
pie a new view OF
their national leg
islature.
Pretty nearly ev-
cry one of them, .
added Kent, refer
ring TO the mem
bers, has had TO
lick at least one
man" This appar-
emily is not a very
lucid explanation,
but every red
blooded man will
understand what
Kent was driving
at.
If the varied ex.
Deriences of con.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

California to see her mother because
she tired of convent life. Her grand.
mother, Mrs. Rhoda Bissell Thomas,
who is a daughter of Gov. Bissell Ct
Illinois, is unable to explain the girls
disappearance, and says that she had
been surrounded by every comfort of
convent life since she entered the in
stitution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
Gold and the EsmaIs Heart.

1T was Graw, wasn't it. who asked:
What female heart can gold des-
pise?'"
Il don't know; maybe it was. But
l can tell him. Any female can des-
pise gold if 1t is necessary to do so
in order to get a,title."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
That for His First wIfe's Cooking.

Il wish you could learn to cook as
my first wife did" he complained.
III you had the ability my first hus-
band possessed" she replied, our in
come would DC sufficient 10 enable US
20 hire the best cook in the country"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
The Irony of Fate.

uC VI chCs
What is your understanding OF the
irony of fate?" asked the bashful
young man.
Well the beautiful girl replied, "if
two fellows should fight over me and
1t shouldn't get into the papers I
should think that was about it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
A Miracle.

Pa. are there any miracles, nova
days."
Yes. heard of one last night. A
young man who had inherited mil
lion decided not to go to New York to
spend IT,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
Mere suppoaItlon.

why do they call lit her coming
out when girl enters society,""
Il suppose it means that she is
coming out of the innocent state in
which she supposed all men were
brave and all women true"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

Inventors have perfected a wireless
telegraph that will destroy battleships
miles away Now some inventor will
perfect a device that will destroy the
battleship destroyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

Drastic methods TO suppress crime
are being taken by Chicago. No wo-
man is permitted on its police force
who will not acknowledge that she
Is at least 20 years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

TERMs-Ten cents per week by car
r.er. In Rock Island
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made TO the circulsticn department,
which should also be notified in every
instance where IT IS desired TO have
paper discontinued, as carriers have no
authority in the premises.
All communications Of argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ticn. No such articles viii be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones in all departments. Cen
trail Union, Rock Island 145. 1145 and
2145.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
Wen Trained.

How long have you been naVriedy'
$50 long that | can't remember when
had win Of my own. Detroit Freo
Press,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

The king Of Bavaria wants an in
crease in salary. Which goes to show
that kings Of Bavaria and kings Of the
diamond have some things in common.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

Rear Admiral Charles E. Clark pass
ing through the Panama canal on his
old ship Oregon. is justice personified.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

Human life is no longer held cheap
ly in Kentucky. A murderer there,
on his second trial. has been con
victed and fined one cent and the
costs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

The United States desires a free
hand in dealing with Mexico. And it
may prove the one ordinarily used for
solar plexus purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

At least Mrs. Pankhurst's coming
has afforded new light upon the real
nature Of moral turpitude.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
Well Mated.

They seem to be such a weIl.matsa
couple"
Yes. He always agrees to every
thing she says"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
PLACING the Blame.

Mr. KDagg-It may be true. IA ron
szy. scn we're TOO yonng to marry me.
Mrs knaEg-IDon't try to shift the
blame: you were too old for me. Gig
ea9o SewA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

One queer thing about it IS that
nobody can tell when Senior Huerta
himself will be seeking safety on a
gunboat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
Astrolooy for Today.

Favorable for those who earn their
wages in the forenoon. An unlueky
day on which TO do any fury bribing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

There can be no gainsaying General
Diaz's wisdom in acting on the law
OF flight before It got action on him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
Friday, October 81, 1918.

II isn't the income tax that IS both
ering most people. but the outgo tax. !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

(specisI Correspondence OF The Argus,
Washington, Oct. 29.-When Con-
gresham Billy Kent the other Gay
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

There Is nothing At ali IN life excent
shat we Dnt there-MmeL swelchina.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. Ill Entered at the
postofhce as second-cIass matter.)
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31

BY. THE :. W. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-31
VANISHES FROM CONVENT
Great Granddaughter of Gov. BisseII Be-
Iieved Seeking Mother.

Springfield, Ill, Oct 31.-Miss Emily
Thomas, who on Saturday disappeared
from the Ursuline convent in this city,
is believed to be tramping her way to
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-07
TAKES HIS SIXTH BRIDE.
Groom, Seventy five, and Fianoee, Six.
ty-five. Tie Knot Without Minister.

Beaver, PA remarkable marriage
contract was entered into by DIR. Aske-
Ion Mercer, seventy-fve years old, of
Beaver Falls, and Sarah L. Calgrove,
sixty-flve, of Wetzel county, w. Va.
When they obtained marriage license
here they Informed the clerk all they
needed was certificate, as they could
dispense easily with all bridal attend
ants and clergyman.
Guided by this information, the clerk
issued a license for DIR. Mercer and
Mrs. Calgrove to marry themselves I'm
the presence of witnesses.
DR.. Mercer said he had been married
five times, and in each instance he and
his bride had performed their own
ceremony, always in the presence of
two witnesses. The wedding was per
formed at the home OF the bridegroom
as arranged
DR.. Mercer gave the date OF his last
marriage as May 3, 1904, and his last
divorce on May 4. 1908. He has fig
ured In several court cases here caused
by his marital difficulties.