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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04
IL Has It's Use,

Papa" said little Arthur, endeav-
oring to correct the head of the
household, you mustn't say busted
Our teacher told US the other day
that there was no such word, and
when we mean busted we must al
wayF say BURST"
'Oh, she did, did she!" the child's
father exclaimed. well, the next
time she says there is no such word
as busted, you tell her for me that If
the water pipe ever freezes up in
the basement and foods things for
her she'll discover that there is such
a word, and that no other word'll fit
in where it belongs. either"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04
Another Cry for Reform.
he kidnaper frowned.

ne hIUHdptI ITOWHbU.
whats the matter?" asked the old
pal whom he had not seen for years.
" expected" the kidnaper answered,
"to find $4,000 in the sack I had hung
by the chimney of the deserted cabin.
but all I got was a note saying the
boy was only a step-son. Curses on
the man who declines to be father to
his wife's other husbands children!
We must move TO have our divorce
laws amended"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

Billy Sunday has signed up for a ser
ies OF revival meetings at Des Moines
next September. Billy has outclassed
about all the old favorites of the base
ball world except Comiskey, Jennings
and "Muggsy" McGraw. Sensational
pitchers come and 90, but the debate
on the question OF whether Billy's SEN
sational methods as an evangelist are
legitimate must continue as long as
Billy himself. since individual taste is
the only criterion by which these
methods may be judged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04
The Counts Mistake.

you should feel highly honored.
count" said the beautiful heiress'
mother, as she looked significantly at
the glass beside the nobleman's
plate. "As an especial mark of
favor for yourself and out of respect
for the manners of your country. I
have permitted wine to be served
upon my table this evening for the
first time in all my life"
All" replied the count, "eet eez re
gr-r-reat honaire. You cau heem
wine? l sought he was re what you
call heem wataire Eat you have boil"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

Dorsey W. Shack
leford of Missouri,
chairman of the
new house COM
mittee on roads.
That the roads
committee is to be
one of the most
important commit
tees of the house
no one who fol
lows the trend of
affairs can doubt.
And now for the
first time Mr..
Shackleford, after
a long study of the
subject, gives his
idea of what the
general road poll.
cy of the govern
ment should be.
Mr.. Shackleford
is opposed to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

now many kinds Of fairy were
there? A good many. For an elf diff
fers from a troll. who must not be
COMPOUNDED with pixy. Then in adj
dition there was the kelpie. the gnome.
the brownie, the kobold. the mis- and
the urisk "a hairy Scotch Epirip.-chI.
sago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

A French engineer rises to announce
that the Panama canal is too small.
And yet II proved too big for the
French company which tackled the job
and gave 1t up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04
Revised Opinion.

"Johnny," said the teacher, whom
do you consider the greatest man in
the world?"
81 ust to think It was pa" he re-
piled, but since ma held him up In
the hall when he got home from I'm
Gle Toms stag party last night I
can't help thinkin' she's it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04
Then She Had to Explain,

How does it come" she asked,
that you haven't named any of your
sons after a great man? You have
no George Washington or Henry Clay
or Z. S. Grant in your family. have
YOU"
'N-no," he answered" but you know
our Oldest boy is named after me-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04
SAVE A TOWN FROM FIRE
Young Women Form Bucket Brigade
in Minnehzco. Ill

Rockford. II. Oct. "A bucket
brigade OF young women saved the
business district OF Winnebago, near
here, from being destroyed by fire
yesterday. The fire was confined 70
two buildings by the exerton Of prac-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

New York-Edward J. Nally, for
merry vice president and general man
ager of the Postal Telegraph and
Cable company, has been appointed
TO the same position with the Marconi
Wireless Telegraph company of Amer
lea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

tically the entire male population who
were kept supplied with buckets of
water by lines of women. The Rock
ford fire fighting apparatus made a
ten-miie cross-country run and ar
rived in time to aid in saving the
town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

It is reported that Secretary Hous-
ton of the agricultural department
VIII do some wedding out in his section
OF the administration, after which he
Slopes. IL is understood, by intensive
% cultivation to produce better crops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

control the market in his own interest
and TO enrich himself.
Legislation that would destroy such
control without impairing credit gen.
orally would be triumph Of stateman-
shin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04
Oct. 4 In American
History.

1777-Washington's army defeated by
British az Germantown. Pa The
Contiuentals lost 1000 men and
the British 60, including prison
ers.
1922 Rutherford Birchard. Hayes,
nineteenth president OF the United
States. born IN Delaware. o.: died
1893.
1e04-Frederiek Auguste Bartholdi
sculptor and donor of the statue
liberty Eniightening the World"
in New York harbor. died: born
1894.
An the news all the time-Tha ro,.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

A lady who deftly croched.
A horrible temper displeted
On finding. when through
That a dropped stitch OF twough.
Had spoiled the contrivance she's mesed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

Especial Correspondence of The Arguso
Washington, D. c., Oct. "A mil
lion miles of good roads in five years.
That is the goal set by Representative
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04
Annearances Aoalnst Him.

"He has great gifts as a money
saaker."
you must be mistaken He has
comparatively few friends"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. III. Entered at the
spostohice as second-class natter.)
.Rock Island Member Of the Associated
d, Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04
az lie J. w. PorTER co.

TERsis-Ten cents per week by car
rter. in Rock Island
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made to the circulation department,
which should also be notified in every
Instance where It ia desired to have
paper discontinued, as carriers haze no
Authority IA the premises.
All communications of argumeatative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
ever fictitious signatures.
Telephones IN all departments. Cen
itrai Union. Rock Island 1i5. 1145 and
i2I4s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

p. The poet who sang of the rare days
of June evidently never lived where
they have Indian summer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

That was some quake in Panama,
ibut the canal is still there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

, The Chicago man who murdered a
tango teacher may have to dance in
the air.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

Even after the currency bill passes
one dollar bills will not grow on trees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-04

An the news all the time-The Argus
Evening star., 1913-11-07
Tuesday and the Tariff.

What influence did the Underwood law
exercise in Tuesdays elections? Natu-
rally, the victors. seeking further advan-
tage. assert it was considerable. But
maybe not
The returns from New Jersey and
Massachusetts are really not quotable in
support of the democratic contention In
neither state did a majority indorse the
new law. In both had the confessed
friends of protection stood together on
that issue the law would have been over
whelmingly condemned. They are manu-
featuring states. and protection sentiment
ls strong in both.
Here is a little history In 1890 the
country voted on the Mckinley law, and
condemned It, But it voted in ignorance
of what the law would do upon sufficient
trial. The vote was taken within thirty
days after the law had been written on
the books, and while the echoes of the
debate in Congress were still loud In the
tand. Mr.. Mckinley always insisted that
his work was unjustly rejected at the
polls; that a trial of twelve months or
so would have recommended it.
In 1894 the Wilson law was condemned
ut the polls within seventy days of its
enactment: and it was Mr.. Wilson's con
tenuon that a longer trial would have
made the law stronger. though the failure
Evening star., 1913-11-07

of the income tax feature would have
initiated against success
The DingIey law, enacted in 1897, had
a trial of over q year before popular
vote was taken on it. Endorsement was
overwhelming, partly because of the ex-
cellence of the enactment, and partly
because of the recollection, still lively
throughout the country, of the distresses
endured under the second Cleveland ad-
ministration.
The Payne law, enacted in l@9, had
a trial of more than a year, but began
operations under such heavy condemna-
ton from within the republican party,
the vote against l. at the polls was no
surprise. A democratic House was
elected In 1910 largely on material that
had been furnished by republican sena-
tors and representatives while the meas
ure was passing through Congress.
The first popular expression of value
on the Underwood law will not be taken
for year. The complexion OF the next
House should show in some measure
what the people think of the new tariH
policy. unless a foreign war, started
meanwhile, or serious split in the
democratic party on the revival OF
rrvanjsm as respects the currency
matter. rises to fix attention and over
shadow all else Tuesdays vote, IN
its national relation. showed only that
the protectionists are still divided, and
nsinp their ammunition OH each other
rather than on the common enemy.
They may learn something in twelve
mon,hs At least they have that long
70 continue their studies of the folly Of
hara-kiri.
Evening star., 1913-11-07
Federal Power in War.
from the Boston Advertise

From the Boston Advertiser. -
There is a considerable amount of con-
fusion, even in the minds of officers Of
the militia. as to what the federal govern
ment can do regarding the militia in case
of war. This confusion is probably due
to the fact that no one has yet seen the
federal government do anything at ALL
At the time of the war with Spain the
United States could not give orders to
any troops. except those who had actu-
ally passed through the hands of federal
recruiting officers However, the situation
is different today with regard to the
militia in all of those states that have
accepted the federal law which provides
that the federal government has the pow
er to ask them to demand a certain stand
ard of efficiency of the state troops, in re-
turn for a payment which Is made to the
state from the federal Treasury. Massa-
chusetts is one of these states Therefore,
If the Washington authorities ask Massa-
chusetts for certain number of troops,
Massachusetts has the right to order
whomever she chooses to report for that
duty There is still a question whether
such troops can be sent out of the country
or not some authorities holding that this
can be done, and others holding the con-
trary. but there is no question that the
Massachusetts militia are liable for serv-
ice inside the national domain.
Evening star., 1913-11-07
The President and the Senate.

The tussle is on. though IL may not be
rs fierce or prove as protracted as the
surface indicates. Let US all hope not. IN
the public behalf.
Assured by his callers. and inclined TO
the same opinion without their aid, that
Tuesdays elections indorse his policies
and his views of leadership, Mr.. Wilson
demands at the hands of the Senate a
currency measure embodying his notions
of what is necessary. He does not eA-
pect the Glass bill. which he originally
favored, for he, with others. has learned
something from the criticisms of that
measure which have been offered by the
banding and general business world. But
the bill sent to the White House must
be of nature to enable the administra-
ton to claim a triumph in the contro-
versy Mr. Wilson's prestige is at stake.
and if he loses now he will be less pow
erful than he wants to be when the
trusts are reached at the regular session.
The Senate, on its part, seems to pre-
fer the Old Freedom to the New Freedom
That is to say, some senators do, and as
there are democrats among the number
and the Senate majority is so narrow
they must be taken into account. These
men want to proceed as legislators
charged with a constitutional duty, and
not as lieutenants obeying chief. They
resent suggestions that the chief says
so-and-so. They hold that the President
should wait until his time comes-until
Congress has sent him a bill of its own
shaping for his approval or disapprova1.
Interesting as this is. something quite
as interesting is offered in quotation
from one of Mr.. Wilson's books written
thirteen years ago, before he figured in
any political calculations. Speaking OF
larger powers for the executive In his
dealings with Congress, he suggests that
members of the cabinet should share and
exercise them. Observe:
1T may be- too. that the new leader
ship OF the executive. inasmuch as 1t IS
likely to last. will have a very far-reach-
ing effect upon our whole system OF
government. 1t may give the heads of
departments a new influence upon the
action OF Congress. 1t may bring about.
rs a consequence, an integration which
will substitute craftsmanship for govern
ment by mass meeting
If the national executiv-s S are to under
take the task of guiding Congress-the
mass meeting'-each should be expert
in his particular line of duty. The Sec
retary Of State should be a trained diplo-
mat and International lawyer; the Secre-
tary of the Treasury a combined lawyer
and financier; the Secretary of War SOL
der, capable of wearing a sword without
accident to his movements. the Secretary
of the Navy sailor, with rolling gait
and the ability to keep his perpendicular
In raging congressional nor 'wester. And
so on.
In word il the mass meeting is in
capable of craftsmanship except under
executive guidance, then that guidance
must be impeccable. Otherwise, the blind
will be leading the blind, and both the
executives and the mass meeting may
land in the ditch together-"in one red
burial blent.''
Evening star., 1913-11-07
Libeling the Water Supply.

Misrepresentation of the Potomac river
water for the purpose of promoting trade
IN bottled waters is properly condemned
by the directors of the Chamber of Com
merce, in adopting a committee report.
All authoritative.medical opinion is favor
able to the water now supplied to the
people of the District. The filtration
process which it undergoes is rated by
scientists as an effective method of elm
mating most deleterious factors, and there
Is no warrant for the assertions that
are made from time I'd time by promoters
Of commercial sources of supply that the
public health is endangered by the con-
iinued use of the river water thus treat
ed. 1t is obviously impossible for the
majority of the people 10 use any other
drinking water than that which comes
from the Potomac river. and to cast
soubts upon its wholesomeness is a cruel
imposition which deserves the most en-
phatic condemnation.
Evening star., 1913-11-07
China.

Just what is happening in China is
rnatter of the keenest interest to those
who are concerned in the development Of
the new republic there The precise de-
tails Of recent happenings are somewhat
obscure but enough is known to indicate
that President Yuan is pursuing some
what the same tactics as those employed
by Huerta in Mexico. He has, it is re-
ported virtually suspended parliament.
sending large number Of the legislators
TO prison. just as Huerta did at Mexico
City The reason given officially is that
these deputies have been engaged in
reasonable plot. Actually IL is reported
their treason consists in an effort to cur
tail the power of Yuan. who has. II Is
whispered. ambitions that go far beyond
the constitutional limits imposed upon
his office Yuan Is evidently man of
determination and resource and Is deter
mined to crush opposition to himself.
Whether he is a patriot or merely seek
er after the highest honors is matter
of dispute between his partisans and his
critics. While China is thus torn by in
ternal troubles it is being subjected to
external pressure that must inevitably
have the ultimate effect of greatly re-
dticins its international prestige. 1t has
Just agreed to treaty with Russia
whereby Mongolia becomes semi-autono-
nous under nominal Chinese suzerainty.
but actual Russian influence. Tibet has
meanwhile practically passed from
Chinese control into British dominion.
Thus on both the north and the south the
former Chinese empire is being curtailed.
In a comparatively few years extraordi-
nary changes have occurred in that part
of the world Prior to the war with
Japan, less than twenty years ago. the
Chinese dominion extended over Tibet,
Evening star., 1913-11-07
Praise for Blair Lee.
From the Springfield Republican.

Aiom Tue spfIIf&DeiQ RepuDllcan.
The democratic majority in the United
through the election of Blair Lee from
Maryland as the successor of the late
Senator Rayner. This accession of
strength is necessarily pleasing to the
President, inasmuch as Mr.. Lee is a
strong administration man. Senator Ray
ner's death was severe blow, in view
OF his talents and experience. and 1t was
doubly so in the special session. because
he was temporarily succeeded by a re-
publican, by appointment from the re-
publican Governor of Maryland. Sena-
tor-elect Lee belongs to the progressive
wing of the democratic party, and it is
further to be noted that his election Is
directly by the people. in accordance
with the amendment to the federal Con-
stitution. BY his personal attachments,
ability and character Mr.. Lee helps to
vindicate the popular election of United
States senators in Maryland.
Evening star., 1913-11-07
The Street Car Strike.

The Indfanapolis street car strike fol-
lows the inevitable course OF deVelop-
ment First comes the strike, tnen tiie
importation of strikebreakers In the COM
pany's effort to operate the lines In ac-
cordance with the requirements OF the
franchise. followed by rioting as the
strikers try to prevent the operation OF
the cars, with show of police authority
in futile endeavor to restore order, ana
finally the ordering of the state militia
to the scene. This Is the almost universal
type of street railway labor trouble. Thus
far no way has been found to prevent the
completion of the cycle from strike 10
martial law, with incidental deaths and
woundings and the breeding of bitter
feeling The street railway company Is
public utility which, regardless OF labor
conditions, should be safeguarded by the
public authorities. 1t is Impossible 10
stop the operation of the car lines or a
city without causing inconvenience and
loss and even suffering to great numbers
of people, Apart from the question of
the possible forfeiture of franchise by the
unavoidable stoppage of the cars under
strike pressure. the. public welfare de-
mands that the street railway service be
maintained without interruption. And
yet in practically every instance where
a dispute arises between the operating
company and its employees the lines are
either stopped entirely after few days or
else they are operated in such conditions
that to ride on them is to run the risk
of injury or even death at the hands of
strikers or ''sympathizers." 1t should be
made severely punishable offense In
every city of this country to interfere in
any way with the operation of a street
railway vehicle. If laws were passed to
this effect and were scrupulOusly en-
forced there would be an end to the con-
slant rioting that accompanies the sus-
pension of work by employees of street
railway companies. To call out the mill
tia to keep the peace in such circun1-
graceful confession of lawlessness on the
part of the community If the public
were safeguarded by means of such
statutes as those that have just been
suggested a different mode of settling
labor troubles than the forcible suspen-
sion of street railway traffic and the i'm
position of the greatest burden upon
the public would have to be found. A
system Of compulsory arbitration sug-
gests itself. At present people who
have no part whatever in the dispute,
conditions under which work is done by
street railway employees. and who are de-
pendent in their daily life upon the trans
portation lines, are forced into the af
fair as a determining factor.
Evening star., 1913-11-07
Red Cross Home.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
The proposed home of the American
Red Cross at Washington, designed as a
memorial to the women of the civil war
is making hopeful progress toward reali-
zation. The appropriation of $500, 600 foI
the building. by Congress, has left $500,
600 to be raised by the Red Cross. a
third of that is assured by the gift of a
hundred thousand from James A. Scrym-
ser of New York, while Jacob Schiff has
given a like amount for a town and
country nursing fund.- The establish.
ment of the home would strengthen and
coordinate the various activities of the
Red Cross Society, and the ball has beer
SO hopefully started that it is likely tc
keep o. rolling until the desired sum is
obtained
Evening star., 1913-11-07
Cruel Congress.

oh Congress doesn't care a rap
About the ordinary chap!''
Exclaimed man, with visage long,
Who sings a melancholy song.
1t gives its thoughts to tariff rates.
And banks and small aggressive states,
But there is nothing in it's plan
To soothe the individual man,
My roof may leak, the cook may leave
The furnace smoke may bid me grieve
My home may be circus ring
For folks who want to dance and sing,
And life seem one prolonged mishap-
But Congress doesn't give a rap"
Evening star., 1913-11-07
Borrowing and Spending.
rom the Omaha World Herald

AS Cassandra warned the Troians-
ineffectively-against the admission Of
the wooden horse within the walls Of
Troy. so James j. Hill, her modern pro
totype. keeps warning the people of the
United States against wooden horse
more to be dreaded than that of the
Greeks--the fast-growing mountain of
private and public debt. Excessive bor-
rowing going hand in hand with
''frightful spending Mr.. Hill warns the
country. is carrying us nearer and near
er the prec.pce, and less spending for
purposes that can wait less borrowing
on any terms. are the conditions upon
which our salvation depends
Evening star., 1913-11-07
Income Tax Troubles.
From the Utica Press.

From the Utica Press
AS was to be expected, and perhaps
unavo.dably, the attempt to enforce the
new income tax law is meeting with
many troubles, embarrassments and
complications. The people know little
or nothing about it. and are flooding the
Treasury office with inquiries which the
agents find difficulty in answering sat
isfactorily. 1t is going to be very hard
to enforce this statute as 1t ought to be
enforced. because so many loopholes are
already manifest in 1t and 1t is capable
Of so many different interpretations.
Evening star., 1913-11-07

Mongolia, Manchuria and to some extent
Korea Now none of these Is actually
subject to Chinese authority. while what
remains of China itself has passed
through a cataclysmic change and has
been transformed from one OF the most
absolute of monarchies into democracy