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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
BISHOP j. w
.ALSTORk

Bishop .Alstork
presides over the
Ala abana, Florida
and M | S 8 / 81 ppi
conferences. He
was born in Tai
ladega, Ala. Sep
tember !, 1852. He
studied at night
schools and worked
on the railroad
during the day as
bra keman, b a z
gageman, w q + G =
houSeman, cotton
marker and SAM
pier. Later, he at
tended Talladega
college and then
taught school.
He was called to
the ministry in
1878, and after
c o m p e t in & his
theological course
In 1882, was an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

pointed to some OF the
the denomination. He
tary for his conference
was then elected financi
entire connection, in viii,
eiSht years. He was pres
lie was the founder in
non High and Industrial
vile, Ala. and is CHAIR
trustees. He is also tr,
College, Salisbury, N. c
Academy. He is a mem
trustees of the State Nc
National Grand Master ,
cepted Ancient York Ma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
SECOND CLASS CABINS.

Four well known Atlantic liners. the
ST Louis. the s.. Paul. the New York
and the Philadelphia, are 20 be turned
into second class cabin boats. This
means that there will be no first cabin
any longer on these boats. but that for
a second cabin fare a passenger can
have accommodations which formerly
cost a first cabin fare. There VIII be
on these boats only two cabins, second
cabin and steeraEe. a return 10 the
division on the original Atlantic liner.
The reason given for this change is
that many high class Americans OF
moderate means. desiring 70 20 10
Europe do not like 10 travel on boat
second cabin divided of by railing
from the first cabin. An Englishman
would not care. An Englishman is not
ambitious TO be included in a class.
whether II be on money or on family.
10 which he does not belong. An Eng
lishman is sure OF his own position,
whatever IL happens TO be. and does
not compromise il by any economy.
As applied 20 boats, this is a most
sensible view. A second class passen-
ger is just as comfortable as the first
class passenger. except that the second
cabin passenger does not have as much
deck space 10 walk on. and that his
room is usually over the screw and
hence noisier.
But Americans are different. Hence
il is believed that abandonment of the
first cabin will attract to the above
liners a big business; that OF people
who cannot afford TO travel first cabin
on the newest and finest boats. The
result will be watched with great in
terest.
Incidentally. as boats get old. they
fail to attract paying first cabin pat
ronage The 81. Louis. for example,
its manager says. sailed from New
York recently with only six first cabin
Maintaining a first cabin
equipment under these circumstances
is pretty expensive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
THE WILSON DOCTRINE

but the consent OF the governed
In an address before the Southern
Commercial congress at Mobile after
repeating in substance the sentiments
above expressed. he said of European
interests in America:
You hear of concessions to foreign
capital in Latin-America, but you do
not hear of concessions to foreign cap
ital in the United States. .
States that are obliged TO grant con-
cessions are in the condition that for
eign interests are apt to dominate
their domestic affairs. 1t
is emancipation from this inevitable
subordination which we deem it our
duty to assist
This is not the Monroe doctrine.
1t Is the Wilson doctrine. 1t embodies
an ideal upon which all Americans
will agree. II wars upon a CONNER
cialism which may be challenged at
home as well as abroad.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
PLANS TO ARM 100000 MEN

the army were surprised at the length
of time occupied in getting the regular
commands into camp at Texas points
when the Mexican trouble became
acute. Had everything been studied
out and the details mastered by de-
partment and army heads, as con-
templated by Col. Thompson's system,
the results no doubt would have been
infinitely more satisfying.
The new scheme OF accelerating the
forward movement of militia and vol
unteers by making IL possible to arm
and equip them at concentration camps
instead of at state armories or still
less desirable makeshifts, probably
was suggested by our sad experience
at the time of the Cuban waE, when
typhoid fever and other preventable
ailments got a grip on the boys before
they could be mustered into the reg
ular service. The statement that the
general staff thinks so highly of the
new plan that it has directed other
quartermaster corps. medical depart
ment, and signal corps 20 prepare sim
liar systems, shows that the adop
tion of the Thompson plan alone would
fall short of accomplishing the thing
aimed at. All departments of the serv-
ice must be put on the same high
plane of preparation before the neces-
sary readiness for cooperation can be
attained.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
lMashlnKton Post.l


Colonel John T. Thompson OF the
ordnance department, doubtless has
been taken aback by the avidity OF
the publicity boosters in taking too
much for granted as regards the plans
he has worked out for the mobilization
and equipment of an army OF 100000
men at a moments notice in the event
of war on a large scale
Il is a heartening thought that an
army officer of high attachments
should consider It practicable, under
existing conditions, 10 put our mill
tary system in a state Of prepared
ness that would make a force of half
million men ready for service at
the front Immediately upon the presi-
dents call TO arms. but II is mistake
to conceive the idea that the plans
have been advanced beyond the theo-
retical stage, as would appear from the
headlines and context of articles in
the press. II is not probable that the
has an ample supply OF
any of the units of war material requi-
site for the fitting out of so large an
army on the moment.
The plans are yet TO be authorized
and the machinery made and assem-
bled. a formidable undertaking when
il is considered that. as now provided
for. it is barely possible TO throw a
corps of 10000 men to any OF our bor-
ders. The best informed officers in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
JUST ACHING TO FIGHT

aged man 10 whom war is physically
distasteful and economically repug-
nant, there are a dozen youngsters
fairly yearning for a chance to shouI-
der musket 1t was so in the begin
ming, and. probably. il ever shall be so.
The country whose young men are
not, by instinct fighting men is a
country doomed
OF course, in our superior wisdom
We know that war is a terrible thing
brutal and barbarous and wholly I'M
necessary. But the generation in it's
tens or early twenties does not know
it. 1t never will know it. Why? Be
cause the most ardent advocate Of
peace takes a fine delight in the fight
ing spirit manifested by the youngster
al his own table. The philosopher be-
fore the world is man at home, if the
place where he lives is home.
So. as long as there are legions just
waiting for a chance to enlist, there
will always be the possibility of war.
The intervals of peace may lengthen
new attitudes toward conquest may be
developed; a broader and more real
brotherhood be attained. But don't
put the last sword in its scabbard I'M
I'll the boy who wants to be soldier
has disappeared from the face OF the
earth. There will be no war then, be-
cause there will be nothing worth
fighting about.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
tSt. Louis Republic.)


DO you think we'll have war with
Mexico?" The question was asked
hopefully. eagerly. The Questioner.
YOU see, is - years old. Millions of
others like him. aged anywhere from
l. 10 25, read the headlines yesterday
morning COMPRISING President Will
sons ultimatum to Huerta and asked
the same question in just the same
way To them the cost in blood and
treasure" is merely a phrase. To them
war means music and marching. sleep
ing under tents and action. There
may be little of patriotism in their
viewpoint-as least of patriotism as
maturer years conceive IT. IL is the
sport of the thing. the trappings, the
danger. the chance 10 be heroes that
appeal 10 their imagination. II is
youth dreaming the dreams that youth
will always dream.
Now We who have come well ito
the zone of caution have learned to
appreciate comfort and can pause 10
count the cost-we can listen with at
tentive, approving ear to peace propa-
ganda And when a man is as old as
Mr.. Carnegie. for example, he doubt
less has little trouble in believing in
the practicability of universal peace.
But for every old man who actually
believes that the day OF universal
peace is coming, and for every middle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
New York world

Perhaps it will not be necessary for
President Wilson to Issue the promis-
ed formal statement describing the at
titude of his administration toward
Latin-America. On the 1Ith Of March
he said:
We can have no sympathy with
those who seek to seize the power OF
government TO advance their own per-
soaal interests and ambition We are
the friends OF peace. but We know
that there can be no lasting or stable
peace in such circumstances"
At Swathmore. Pa. speaking OF the
conquest OF America for freedom and
seIf-government. he said:
81 would like TO believe that all this
hemisphere is devoted 10 the same sac
red purpose. and that nowhere can any
government endure which is stained
by blood or supported by anything
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
WHERE 1T l. WORKING FINE

In his address on commission gov
eminent az the Kansas City Y. NJ. c. A,
Richard J. Higgins declared that COM
mission government has made a saw
ing OF 100000 for Kansas City. Kan.
and yet had increased the efficiency OF
the public service
But that is not the biggest thing the
new rule has done for Kansas City.
Kan, as Mr.. Higgins said. The big
thing the new rule has accomplished
for Kansas City, Kan. Is in creating an
interest in municipal government on
the part OF the people who are AFFECT
ed by the government. Commission
government places responsibility for
the condition OF civic affairs upon the
people. and when that responsibility
is thrust upon the people they assume
it and take pride in big achievements
Under the old ward rule Kansas
City. Kan. was controlled b. the poll
ticians. and the people took no inter
est in the government A distinctive
feature of the new rule Is that the poll
tlciane have little influence in civic
a1airs.
That's the reason Kansas City. Kan
could not be-induced TO go back TO the
old ward rule.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

| l held it up between me and the win
| dow and saw enough of it to convince
me that the donor had written her mi
tialS and her address. l could make
out the initials f. D. c.. but the ad-
dress had been too family written to
be legible through the scratches. How
ever, tore off the message and hid it
under my pillow, and when the ward
was deserted except by the patients it
contained / got out of bed and, going
to an electric lamp. held the paper up
between me and the light Then L read
the address, SO Prospect avenue.
/ was as full of glee as If / had dis
covered a gold mine, for, though no
city or town was given, l was sure of
where Prospect avenue was 1t was a
prominent dwelling street in b.. a
suburb of the city in which / was at
the time I lived in B. myself and
was employed in town, coming and GO
ing every day. I had myself dropped
newspapers into the very box that this
woman had dropped the one that had
reached ne.
1 had new light on the subject in an
other respect. The postscript read, III
can be of service to you let me
know" If an elderly woman had writ
ten this she would have been likely to
let it stand. II a young girl had writ
ten it she would naturally be fearful
that it might bring a compiled ton with
some man and would be inclined to
erase IL. Indeed, il would be like a
girl TO write IT and then erase it. I
I'D not doubt that when ] recovered
and kept a watch on CO Prospect ave-
nue. in the town or Il. 1 would see
young girl going and coming.
But we seldom do things as we think
we will do them. When I was dis
charged from the hospital 1t was in
early autumn. and my physician sent
me of to the mountains to recoup Sc /
fore assuming my regular duties. BY
the time / returned 70 Il. sotIe
months had elapsed, and. on makingsin- !
quiries as to who lived al CD Prospect /
avenue, / learned that the family had
gone abroad FOR the winter. But II
learned that the name was CarletdH
and that f. u. G. stood for Edith
Carleton. a young lady OF eighteen
asked different persons whether sh
was comely or homely and receiveH
different replies. Some said she We
plain and some that she was neithe< |
good nor bad looking, some that she
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

for course in English that Will meet
present-day requirements.
In this course English composition
will be limited to subjects for speaking
and writing which can be made to ap-
peal to young people. according to Dr.
Hosic. In both composition and liz
erature there will be a shift OF en-
phasis towards those subjects and &C
tivities that are OF greatest value in
actual ltfe-for example. oral express
sion-snd towards modern books and
periodicals. II is not 10 be inferred.
however that the supreme values in
herent in the worlds literary master
pieces will be overlooked"
A fairy heavy task in character
training as well as in the mechanics OF
English is put upon the teacher by the
makers OF the new couyse. Broadly
speaking says the report. cit should
be the purpose OF every English teach
er first 10 quicken the spirit and kindle
the mind and imagination OF his pupils,
and TO develop habits OF weighing
and judging human conduct with the
hope OF leading them TO higher living;
second. 10 supply the pupils with an
effective tool for use in their future
private and public life. e. the best
command OF language which. under
the circumstances. can be given them"
The report then gives an outline of
the proposed English instruction from
the seventh grade through the high
school
This revision OF the high school
course in English Is part OF a complete
reorganization OF secondary education
planned by a committee OF the Ma
tiOnal Education association. Prelim-
mary statements for the different sub
jects have Just been issued by the
United States bureau Of education.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

Beside his fragile aeroplsne
The aviator stands
His clothes bear many a greasy stain.
Likewise his face and hands;
He hears the people cheering him.
Wherefore his chest expands.
He takes his place upon the seat,
And orders: Let her go!''
With each foot braced against a cieaS
He leaves the earth below,
And for a while the people watch
Him darting to and fro.
He proudly circles in the air
With growing confidence
And gets to cutting didoes there,
Thus showing lack OF sense:
His engine bucks, and. 10, he lands
Upon a picket fence.
Cracking. crunching and futtering
The wreck becomes complete;
They pull him from beneath the thinA
And set him on his feet:
His teeth are gone and liquid food /
Is all that he can eat.
thanks to thee. my worthy
friend.
For the lesson taught this day:
He that would reach a worthy end
Should kneel each night and pray
For strength. when things are going
right,
To keep from getting gay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

Advices from London say that the
British government is much annoyed
over reports that British money is up
holding Huerta as the Mexican dicta-
tor. The government is probably sore
because il leaked out AS matter OF
fact II certain interests in London
and New York were not financing
Huerta for the attainment Of selfish
business ends. he would not last a
week Deprived OF pulque. peppers
and cigarets. the federal army would
insurge at once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
The Daily Story
AN ACT OF KINDNESS-BY ALAN c. TROWBRlDGE.
Copyrighted 1913. by Literary


Being in for siege of typhoid fever,
that would receive better care there
than anywhere else. Indeed, it was
necessary in my case. for l was board
ing at the time and had no home to
go TO. For several weeks ! was too
i'll TO realize, much and after that con
valesced very slowly. My nurse was
an unattractive person, who did not
seem to me TO be fitted for her calling.
She was snappish. tyrannical and de-
void of that sympathy that a nurse
should show for her charge.
How l wished that had a mother
or sister to come in and see me once
in awhile, to take my hand in hers,
smooth my hair and look down with
kindly eyes into minei But my mother
had been dead several years and my
only sister had family of her own in
a distant city to look after and could
not come to me. Not having either of
these comforts. my next wish was that
my nurse would keep away from me.
When l became well enough to read
I was given newspapers and periodi-
Gals. 1 knew where they came from.
for / had seen the boxes at railway
terminals with a notice painted on
them, Please deposit newspapers
here for patients in the hospitals"
Many bit of reading matter had
thrown into one of these boxes after
being done with it. but too much occu-
pied with my own affairs to think
about the possible comfort it might
give to some discouraged invalid.
One morning / was given n newspa-
per 10 read. and on the margin of the
first page was written in pencil, the
handwriting being feminine, the fol-
lowing:
My Dear Invalid-How pity you con-
fined in a hospital this bright morning
when 1 so well and so contented! 1t
seems that I must go and spend a part
of the day taking your burden and giving
you my comfort. Keep up a good heart
The writer had signed her initials !
and written something below it, which |
she had marked out. evidently on sec |
ond thought, by running her pencil |
over it.
I strained my eyes trying without
success to read the postscript through
the lines that had been drawn over it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
Her Confidence,

Il was awfully shocked today" she
said. Il heard something terrible
about Mrs. Wimperleigh. Really,
can't believe it is true. l am sure
there must be a mistake somewhere
or else somebody has deliberately
made it up. Nobody can possibly make
me believe she is that kind of a per-
SON"
L don't know" replied her husband.
what you may have hear 4, but If you
believe in her, why don't you go to her
and tell her the story SO that she may
set herself right in case she has been
slandered?"
. What. John >Poodleson, DO you
think l would let myself be seen going
to that womans house? ! shall cut
her dead the next time l meet her"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
Nov. IL in American
History.
I1l5LOry.

1S65-Preston King, statesman. drown
ed In Hudson river; born 1906.
19O6-Major General William Rufus
shaftcr. u. 8. A.. retired, com
mander Of the expedition which
captured Santiago, died; born 1885.
f911-John l.. Carncross, noted old time
negro minstrel, died in Philadel-
phia; born 1894.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
NoDEaSIzISe ENGLISH STUDY.

That the teaching OF English in the
high school needs thorough reorganiZa-
ton TO bring Il into touch with mod
ern social and industrial demands is
frankly stated by Professor James F.
Hosic, of Chicago Teachers college.
in a report just published by the United
States bureau OF education The re-
port contains preliminary suggestions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
Pride.

why is she so stuck up? AS far as
I have been able to find out her fam
lily isn't anything great"
oh. no. II isn't on account OF her
family. Two young men had ter
rible fight over her a couple of months
ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

Don't give up.
You have tried
many things, but
the trouble is that
gu S / m p ly
haven't ruc k
the thing for
which you are
fitted"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
Busy.
~.
e Damon and

Pythias?''
I've kind of forgotten now whether
they were a champion bowling team
or whether they were a battery
some club got from the Texas league.
/ wish you wouldn't bother me. Can't
you see that I'm busy readin' about
what's goin' on in Wall street"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
Very Similar.

Hazard. the banker. reminds me
very strongly of Charles Reade."
How do you figure out a resem-
blance?
"A large measure of his success
has been due to Other Peoples
Money"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
Aerial Note.

The Cynic-If he fails. my dear.
you're not to scream or faint, because
it's just what we all came to see Tie
Lady-But thought he was going to
take up a passenger.-Liee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
An Exception.

"An the world loves a lover, you
know"
Not when he's loving the girl who
threw you over for him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

$50 You think that Mrs. links is a
failure as a hostess: g
Yes. She couldn't even entertain a
hope properIy."-Bunalo Express.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
As True as Ever.

In spite OF what the skeptics say
The ancient adage holds good st!ll;
Where there's a will there is a way.
That is, IL It's a woman's will.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

Don't lose any sleep over Huerta
In spite OF all this big talk from his
camp. he may be getting ready to slip
away from the country any night. It
is a way they have in Mexico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

There's nothing for which I'm
fitted. I'm a failure. 1 tell you.
don't believe / could get rich even if
] started a chicken farm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

Connecticut IS in doubt about hang
ing a woman Better settle IL by Civ.
ing the woman the benefit Of the doubt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

The man who thinks November is
always a bleak and unpleasant month
is probably bleak and unpleasant him
self
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

surely rap your knuckles--B Benjamin
franklin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue. Rock Island, III Entered at the
poston1ce as second-class uatter.)
Rock Isiand Member of the Associated
Press
BY THE =. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12
NO HOPE FOR HIM.

There's no use" he sadly said. I'm
q dead failure in life"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

Huerta evidently will have to be
shaken loose
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-12

TERhS-Ten cents Per-week by car
srier, in Rock Island
Complaints Of delivery service should
be made to the circulation department.
which should also be notified IN every
Instance where Il IL desired 20 have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority IN the premises.
+. All communications OF arEuzentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones IN all departments. Cen
trail Union. Rock Island I45. 1I45 and
zIl5.