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Washington Journal., 1913-07-26

tpitrOe Der Brio0tier unO ebenlalige
Bddermeilter Dlart. GrdBUGns tOOli9
ON collage getrofIen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
The Blot on His Past.

Haven't you anything to confess
10 me before it is TOO late" she asked.
Remember that it will be much better
for us TO part even now than it will be
after tomorrow. Think. Isn't there in
your past something that you have hid
den from me? Don't be afraid 10 con-
fess It. ] will forgive you If it is not
too terrible, and then We can begin our
married life with no shadow to darken
the pathway before us"
We'll, Bessie" he replied, as he
avoided looking into her eyes, there
is something am going to throw my
self upon your mercy. Don't Judge me
too severely. Have pity. I once car
Fied on stamp filtration with a girl
for two months"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
rHrRTEEx MISTAKES II LIFE

II is almost bromide in these days
TO give advice for or against making
New Years resolutions. II IS in hu-
man nature. however. to wish TO take
account OF stock at some convenient
and distinctly marked starting point
Judge Rentoul Of the city OF Lon
don court has named 13 mistakes OF
life. A realization that every one OF
these is true. and that II II worth
while TO try not 10 commit these mis-
taxes is enough OF a resolution for any
resolver Here are the grave mis-
takes OF life as Judge ReHtoul sees
them:
To attempt 70 set up your own
standard OF right and wrong and eX-
pect everybody TO conform 10 II.
To try 10 measure the enjoyment
OF others by your own.
To expect uniformity OF opinions in
this world.
To look for judgment and exper-
fence in youth.
To endeavor to mould all DISPOSE
tons alike.
Not to yield 10 unimportant tribes.
TO look for perfe1ion In your own
actions
To woTry ourselves and others
about what cannot be remedied.
Not 10 help everybody wherever,
however and whenever We can.
To consider anything impossible
that we cannot ourselves perform
To believe only what our finite
minds can grasp.
Not 10 make allowances for the
weakness OF others.
TO estimate people by some outside
quality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

a postage stamp affixed 20 a parcel
automatically did away with IL pro
cesses in bookkeeping and accounting
performed by employees OF the express
companies as something outside OF the
actual collection. dispatch and deliv-
cry Of parcels.
On every express shipment the fol-
lowing processes are necessary: The
clerk must look up the rate 10 be paid.
make out a way bill. make two copies
Of this way bill. and check up ship
merts daily IN two or more ways.
Meanwhile the clerks records and
wayb'ns are double checked by audi
tors II the package is a through
shipment. similar processes are neces-
sary on every express line helping TO
forward the shipment. Finally there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
THE CASE OF GEORGE w. PERKINS

there would have been no bull moose
party.
II was Mr.. Roosevelt who insisted
that there should be no compromise
and who forced the nomination of Mr.
Taft. Consequently, Roosevelt is the
one who contributed TO the election
OF Woodrow Wilson. II is true that
he is the minority candidate, but
Roosevelt made him such Roosevelt
started out 10 rule or ruin. His pug
nacious temper has always stood in
the way OF any deal unless he was
personally interested in il.
Yet this man. arrogant and conceited,
is the one George w. Perkins insists
is the logical candidate for the repub-
licsns at the next convention. The
longer Roosevelt continues in his
present course the less confidence the
public will have in him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE Il. TAVENNER
Congressman frem the Fourteenth District

lis an elaborate bookkeeping and &C
count system necessary for the divi-
sion of receipts among railroads and
companies handling the shipment.
The postage stamp replaces every
one of these processes. at tremend-
Gus saving on the entire volume of
| traffic. In fact. as Lewis points out,
If the postofice were required to go
through these processes on parcel
post shipments, the first pound par
I eel post rate would have to be doubled
at least 10 pay the expenses"
But now that Lewis has taken up a
crusade for government telegraphs
and telephones, he is showing that the
postage stamp is a veritable little
giant of business system. For while
the stamp did away with II express
processes. il would do away with 10
processes in connection with the send
! ing OF a telegram, and n addition. sup
plant 80 accounting processes now
used in the business offices of tele-
graph companies-a total of 6S pro-
/ cesses eliminated. with a consequent
saving TO the public purse.
Mr.. Lewis has presented this study
of the postage stamp TO congress to
meet the common objection offered to
public ownership of the telegraph that
the government is unable 10 operate
great public service as cheaply as II
can be done by private concern. The
private concern cannot use stamps in
its office routine. The very nature of
the business. which is transacted for
profit, demands a bookkeeping system
which shall show every minute opera
tion in the business. The government
on the other hand, being interested in
giving a maximum service rather than
taking a profit, can and does find the
postage stamp a sufficient accountant
of its hundreds hundreds of millions
of postal revenues.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

system OF socalled scientific shop man
agement is destructive of body and
spirit in the American workman and IL
Is not TO be wondered at that govern
n1ent workmen should protest against
II and that the vast army Of American
laborers the country over should back
them in this position.
When IL is taken into consideration
that machinists working in govern
ment arsenals have been discharged
for unconsciously raising their eyes
from their work when a door opened
directly in front OF them. one may
gain some small idea OF the iniquities
that are possible under such slave
driving regulations. the tendency and
purpose OF which is 20 reduce human
labor and skill to a commodity weigh
ed and timed 10 the most minute de-
tail.
In contemplation OF these possibili-
ties in the operation OF such rules OF
employ as General CroZier has been
known 10 officially give his sanction to.
10 is quite natural that all classes OF
labor should feel a deep sense OF graft
tude FOR so much as T. now promised
that there IS TO be no further expert
menU At Rock Island arsenal with a
system that Is known chiefly FOR its
atrociOus and un-American features.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
Peoria starr

George ". Perkins. who has been
one OF the organizers of the bull
moose party. declares that the old
republican leaders are in fault because
they allowed the southern delegates
10 nominate Mr.. Taft. II should be
remembered that the representation
in the southern states was organized
by Mr. Roosevelt himself when he
wished the republican nomination.
When he could profit by this crooked
work he ~ gerly accepted il. When
he found that he was likely TO be
"hoisted by his own petard" he roared
for reform. Moreover IL Mr.. Roose-
welt had been true 10 his friends, Gov
ernor Hadley would have been NOM
mated as the republican candidate and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
The Daily Story
CARRAZINI-BY RUTH E. STEADMAN.
Copyrighted. 1918. by Associated Literary Bureau

One Of the most interesting regions
in the world is the island Of Sicily.
The hoolboy who reads his Vergil IS
carried along its eastern coast with
the hero Of the poets great work. the
"Aeueid," under the smoke of Mount
Etna. He may see the enormous
stones hurled by the CyclopS at the re
treating ships where they fell. not far
from the coast. and discern in the dis
lance the Libyan shore. All these
things are still there as they were
when Vergil built about them a story
which lives today as It lived when it
was written. nineteen centuries ago.
But these regions, so full of interest
ing antiquities. have passed from their
greatness into a state OF decay. In
none Of them has the bandit -four
iShed TO a greater extent than in Sic
lily. on a plateau at the base OF
Mount Etna, where one may look
down upon the waters over which sail
ed the little feet OF vessels bearing
the Trojans. whose descendants were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
FOR so MUCH. MUCH THANKS

Not only the employees at Rock Is
land arsenal but the laboTing people
IN general OF the three cities are CRATE
fui to have the positive assurance from
the lips OF Chief of Ordnance William
Crozier TO the effect that the oper-
alton OF the socalled Taylor system
at the arsenal will be extended no
further than IL has so far been en-
pioyed- The only trouble IS that the
great corporations which have proven
the beneficiaries OF the slave making
system. and hence like il so well that
they want the government 20 adopt il.
never sleep Through the good Offices
OF Congressman Tayenner and the late
Congressman Pepper and their in
nuence with Secretary OF War CARR
son. a check may have been put upon
the further operation for the present,
but little by little. the original plan
VIII be attempted unless constant vigi-
lance Is employed.
The object obviously Of the armoG
and ammunition ring Is 10 bring the
conditions OF government employee
down 70 the low level OF the outside
Manufactures where the laboring man
must submit to slavery or starTe. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
SHE
No Chance.

MY goodness Eight dollars a day
FOR a room, That's an awful price to
pay. Did you find the accommodations
anything extra"
NO, they were very ordinary"
why did they charge so much,
them"
We'll. OF course they claimed the
scenery was magnificent"
Didn't you see it,"
NO; we were only there two days.
and was busy all that time writing
picture postcards"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

The New York committee on the
Prevention OF Blindness has begun a
nationwide campaign agains- wood
alcohol compounds as one OF the
causes OF blindness Men upon whom
BARRIERS use bay rum after shaving
and women who use face lotions are
warned. Statistics show. the commit
tee declares. that at least a dozen
cases OF blindness in New York were
traced directly TO wood alcohol and
that more than a thousand cases have
been reported IN the country in the
last dozen years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

Statistics just published OF the an
nual report Of the collector OF inter
nal revenue. first district OF Illinois.
comprising the city OF Chicago and
surrounding counties. show that II all
the beer. cigars and tobacco manu-
featured within that district for the
past year had been evenly distributed.
each person IN Chicago would have
received two barrels OF beer, 100 CT
gars. eight pounds OF tobacco and
two pounds OF snuff.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
Bravery.

Colonel" asked the beautiful maid
en-. what was the most conspicuous
act of bravery you ever saw"
at was the act Of a young man
saw the other day" replied the war
rior He appeared in the street wear
ing a derby hat that had been out Of
style for about eleven years"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30


gress until David
J. Lewis came
from Maryland as
a member and told
congress a b out
them II was
largely due to Mr..
Lewis keen study
OF the functions
performed auto
matically by the
postage stamp that
congress voted TO
have the govern
ment go into the
express business
for the parcel post
is express bust
ness.
When the parcel
post bill was I'M
der consideration
Lewis showed that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
Efiuence.

PA. it says here that Mr.. Wadding-
ton lives in affiuence. What does that
mean"
Living in afhuence means that the
people who do it are kept tired all
the time trying to act so that their
servants won't look down on them"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
Showing Him How.

You young scoundrelr' said the IA
Their. Selling his disobedient son by the
hand TN show you how to treat your
MOTHER
And he gave him several bangs on
the ears and then shook him until his
hair began to fail out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

A man has sued the Pullman Car
company for being bitten by a bed
bug. People who ride much on sleep
ing cars are stung so often that the
attack OF a bedbug should not make
much difference.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

Republic. Mo-Aftsr a quarrel. said
10 have been due 10 jealousy. Ollie
Blades. a young farmer. shot and
killed his bride OF a month on the high
way near here. according to a con
fession which the police say Blades
made. Blades Is held IN Jail here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

Mrs Pankhurst nay be depended
upon 10 make the most OF the iact
that the wives OF some OF the leadinS
British statesmen defeat their hus-
bands az golf.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
Too EoxY to Be Caunht.

After all. it is an advantage to
have a sophisticated husband"
In what way"
Well, it isn't necessary TO waste
time hunting through his pockets at
night"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

German pencil manufacturers are
looking 70 California incense cedar
for pencil wood. The establishment
% a pencil factory in California is not
improbable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

II has been demonstrated that over
grazed stock ranges on the national
forests can be brought back to use
Il der a system Of regulated grazing
faster than il they are left unused.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

he congestion OF the mails dur
ing the holiday season may not have
been due 10 Christmas gifts so much
as TO the letters from trust officials
seeking the grace OF the attorney gen
eraL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

The report that 10000 men were
out OF employment IL Los Angeles
proves exaggerated Only 5000 are
5obIess and some OF these would no.
work under any circumstance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
Grim and GrizzIed.

DO you think there is a heaven?-
asked the beautiful gEass widow
Yes" replied the major. 'Doesn' I
he Bible speak OF a place where
heres no marrying nor giving in mar
-iaze7"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
Dec. 80 in American
History.

ISI3-General Rial, with force Of
British and Indians, 1000 strong.
attacked the American post at
Black Rock, y Y. After defeat
ing 200 militia and Indians IN
der General Amos Hall, Rails
troops burned Buffalo.
1S6I-Banks in New York, PbiladeI-
phia and Boston suspended specie
payments on account Of financial
stress brought on by the war.
19O3-The IroquOis theater burned in
Chicago; 5s3 lives lost
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

Especial CORES pondence OF The Argus.)
Nuscatine. Dec. 2S.-The postage
stamp is a wonderful little institution.
but its marvels were never thoroughly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. Ill entered at the
poSronce as second-cIass matter.J
Rock IsIaLd Member OF the Assoefated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

MY parents were poor when 1 chose them,
l stayed out OF school when I could;
I've talents, but nobody knows them:
I've never Yet proved that they're good (;
I'm weary OF constantly giving
The service Need forces me to:
I'm weary OF earning my living,
But what IS fellow to do?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

I long 20 give up scratching gravel.
I'm longing for comforts and ease:
long for the pleasures Of travel.
long TO do Just as ! please;
I long II sc over the water
To daily seek pleasure anew,
To marry some millio-sire's daughter
Rut what IL a fellow 10 DO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

The are 16 naples in the United
States. most of them being eastern
species. The most valuable. not only
because of the product of its sap but
also OF the lumber, is sugar maple.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
TrioIets on Parting.

We parted when the sun was I6w,
And darkness seemed TO fall on ms:
All, that was years and years ago,
We parted when the sun was low,
Perhaps-perhaps twas better so.
For / am still footloose and free;
We parted when the Sun was low.
And darkness seemed TO fall on me
SHE
We parted when the sun was low,
And I'm unwedded still, all me.
I wonder II twas better SOP
We parted when the sun was low,
II seems a thousand years ago
Perhaps We quarreled foolishly:
We parted when the sun was low,
And I'm unwedded stiIl an mel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
FOREST NOTES

More than 100 million board feet OF
timber was given away free By the
government last year TO settlers and
miners living in or near the national
forests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

The forest service collected 10000
pounds OF tree seed last year for use
in reforestaion work. The total area
reforested was about 10000 acres.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
UpAqALNST It

I'm weary OF toiI;ng aud saving
And drifting on year after year:
I'm weary OF Silently shaving
And never receiving a cheer:
I'm weary OF working and waiting.
I'm weary OF poverty, too:
I'm weary. as l have been stating.
But what IL q fellow TO do7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

There IS promise OF a large tUrpen-
tine Industry in the west and south
west. the raw product being supplied
by the res!nous gum Of western yell
low pine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30
~ THE :. w. POTTER CO.
TERMs-Ten cents per week 5y car

TERMs-Ten cents per week by car
rier. IN Rock Island
Complaints OF delivery service should
Re made TO the circulation department.
vaich should also be notified IN every
instance where - IL desired 20 have
pager GseontinTsd az carriers naTe 10
authority IN the premises
All Communications OF representative
character. Political or religious. must
have real name attached for pubiiea-
tion- No such articles viii he printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones IN all Departments Cen
trail Tnioa. Rock Island I4s. 1I4s and
sitL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-30

What ripens fast does not last
Shakespeare.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-05-22
DUFFY BRIBERY CASE
WILL COME UP NEXT
Former Inspector Sweeney to
Face Graft Charges.

New York.-District Attorney Whit
man now plans to put Sergeant Peter
J. Duffy on trial next. Duffy, who is
alleged to have collected graft for
Sweeney when he was in command of
the Sixth police inspection district is
under indictment for bribery. a felony
carrying "A maximum penalty of tif-
teen years.
1t is the district attorneys intention
to move for Duffy's trial Immediately.
The district attorney. after Duify's
trial. expects to put Sweeney OH trial
for grating and after him the ,other
three convict inspectors.
The grand jury is soon to take up
the question of graft collected in the
Tenderloin by an inspector who for
merly ruled there, much after the man
ner that Sweeney. Husscy. Murtha and
Thompson ruled in Harlem. This in
spector not only protited through wink
ing at violations Of the law on the part
Of disorderly houses. gambling houses
and saloons, but he shared in the prof
it Of all ''snide' gambling games where
everythin. was fixed for the victim to
be fleeced.
This inspector is also said to have
shared in the huge sums of money that
wire Taper swindlers obtained from
out of town men. and in his investigs..
| ton Of this inspector District Attor-
ney Whitman has come across fresh
evidence against high police official
whose chief sources Of illegitimate rev
enue are the wire tappers and the
| fortune tellers who are permitted t.
evade the law.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-05-22

Minot friends of Miss Alletta ia
cobson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin jacobson, Of this city, who is
graduating this month from the Min
neapolis School Of Music, will be
much interested in an item which ap-
peared in the Minneapolis Tribune,
Sunday. Miss Jacobson gave her
graduation recital Monday evening,
and her program and announcement
of the recital in the Tribune was ac-
companied by two-column cut. The
program and article follow:
Aletta Jacobson, soprano, who is
said to be gifted with an unusually
beautiful voice, very elastic and warm
in color, will appear in graduation
recital tomorrow evening in the hall
Of the Minneapolis School Of Music
Miss Jacobson is a pupil Of William
H. Pontius. Her programme includes
a number Of attractive pieces, several
! Of which are designed to show hel
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-05-22
WAITER MARRIEs HElREss.
Check and Blessing From Traction
Maonate. Father Of Bride.

Boston. George \. Lamassee. the
handsomest waiter in Boston" has
captured an heiress. Miss Nancy Red
ding. daughter Of Michael J. Redding,
II Baltimore traction magnate and
president of the Democratic club Of
Oriole City. The couple We're married,
II has just become known. at the BOs-
ton Cathedral OF the Holy Cross on
May |.
I.amassee halls from Providence. He
was captain of walters at the Folies
Bergere restaurant. New York city.
Then lie came to Boston and got n job
a month ago in the CopleyPlaza hotel
in the Back Bay. He waited on Miss
Redding at the latter hotel. and It was
a case of love at first sight.
Though Mr.. Redding. 1t is said. Of
ten told his daughters he would rather
they be welded to wOrkingmen than
idle society youths. he gaze gasp,
It's reported, when told Of Miss Nam
cys quick match He barely got here
in time to attend the wedding. but he
gave the pair a check and blessing.
Jack Redding, the brides brother, was
best man.
Iamassee will manage restaurant
in an amusement park partly owned
by his fathcr-in-law at Oil City, Pa.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-05-22

This unique drama is an Indian voice
from the world-famous Custer itrag
edy, singing from the heart the In
dian love of hearth and home. In
dian phraseology is naively rendered
into simple English with native In
dian grandeur and plaintive desert
sweetness. The book is beautifully
illustrated, the art work being from
the pen Of z. J. Wilkinson. Expense
has not ben spared in the production
Of this 100-page de luxe edition which
is strictly limited to 100 copies. Those
desiring copies should Immediately
send regular orders to the publishers,
The Bismarck Tribune Co., Bismarck,
N. D. Price, $3.50, postage prepaid.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-05-22

Z FHrrg i 81 .
D. F. Burns, whose farm north of
Surrey is money maker, was in Mi
not Sunday. "Dave" said he had sown
100 acres of wheat and expects to
have in about 400 acres of crop this
year. He doesn't depend entirely on
large quantities Of garden vegetables,
potatoes, cream, butter, poultry, etc:
During the spring he disposed Of AZ
pure bred Rhode Island Red roosters
at a good figure. Mr.. Burns is plant
ing his corn this week. Two years
ago he grew corn that averaged so
bushels per acre and from four acres
he fattened 10 hogs and two beeves.
MIR. Burns cleared nice lot of money
last year and it is drawing interest
for him at the bank.