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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
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ONCE of the Chicago. Rock Island Z
Pacific Railway Company.-Chicago
ILL.,, Nov. 25. 1913.
To all stockholders or the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railway con-
pany:
A special meeting OF the stockhoId.
ers of the company will be held at the
office of the company in the city Of
Chicago, H., ON Saturday, the 31st day
of January, 1914, at 10 o'clock q. N.
for the purpose Of voting upon the &C.
ceptarce by the company of lease Of
the line of railway Of the Rock Island
Stuttgart & Southern Railway con-
pany, extending from Mesa, Prairie
county, Arkansas, in southerly direc.
ton through the counties Of Prairis
and Arkansas to Stuttgart. Arkansas
county, Arkansas, a distance Of approx
imately % miles; said lease to extend
for a term Of 999 years from Feb !,
1914, upon such terms and conditions
aS may be agreed upon.
H. u. NUDGE, President
Geo. H. Crosby, Secretary.-(Ady)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
YUMA

Revival services continue at Rose
Hill, with increased interest and at
tendance.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Anthony of Mo
line spent Sunday at the home OF
MIR. Anthony's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
S. S. Beal.
Mrs Reynold Letch and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Reiling are in Missouri al
the home of Ernest Klebe, being
called there by the death of Mrs. Klebe,
which occurred from heart failure She
leaves besides her husband, eight chill
dren. Mrs. Klebe will be remembered
as Auguft,- Letch.
William K1ebe's two children are III
with the scarlet fever in a moro Sc
we're form than another child was
afflicted.
Edna and Verna Mumwer were shop
ping in Rock Island Saturday.
Mrs. Boyd McMichael and daughter
were Moline callers Saturday.
Mrs. E. Cowel was a business caller
in Rock Island Monday.
The Joslin Aid society served lunch
at the Lowein and cellar sale.
Ward Veach of Watertown spent
Sunday at the home of Clyde Wake.
The Modern Woodmen of JosIin held
their annual meeting at WoodHfan
hall Thursday, Jan. is. There was a
large crowd and a sumptuous dinner
was served and a general good time
was had.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Setter were call
ers at Alder. Heron's home Saturday.
Mrs. D. w. Mumma was business
caller in Port Byron Saturday.
Mrs. William Cox was a business
caller N Moline Saturday.
Wednesday the friends and relatives
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Walthers to
the number of so came in upon them
without any previous announcement
of their coming. The affair took the
form of a farewell party for Mr.. and
Mrs. Walthers who will move soon to
Port Byron where they will live, hav-
ing retired from farming. A fine din
1er was served and sociability reign
ed supreme. Rev. Mr.. Aten gave a
very pleasant and amusing talk after
which he presented an upholstered
rocker to Mr.. and Mrs. Walthers in
behalf of their friends as token OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Walthers
with words of thanks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
.FREEPORT FACING
A BITTER BATTLE.
City to Be Scene of One of the
Hottest Local Option Con-
tests in the State.
THIRD ATTEMPT OF DRYS
Vets Win in Last Election by Margin
Of 1000 Votes-Are ~
Saloons in Town.

Freeort, Ill, Jan. 22.-Freeport, re-
garded as one OF the "wettest" towns
northern Illinois. is to be the scene
OF one OF the most bitter local option
fights in the state at the township
election in the spring. Dry" leaders
who for weeks have been debating
the question whether or not to under
take to vote out the saloons announced
yesterday that the first gun of the
campaign would be fired next Sunday
at a mass meeting at which John G..
Woolley will be the principal speaker.
II will be the third attempt to make
Freeport dry" In the first option
fight in 1908 the 'drys" lost by APP
proximately 200 votes. and two years
later the ''wets" won again with a ma
iority of about 1000.
The Civic league, which directed
the fight against the saloons in botn
the other campaigns, is again in
charge, and its officers said yesterday
ta@, arr :: nfident til. WITH the votes
OF women the "drys" will have an
overwhelming majority at the next
election. Freeport has AZ saloons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
rhounh. q. Wa. India.

When Rudyard Kipllng reached Lon
don from India In his search for fame
and fortune he lodged in some small
rooms on vIlliers street One morn
ing a friend called. and when he found
himself In KiplinG's sitting room he was
surprised to see n handsome mirror
which stood over the fireplace smash
ed TO smithereens."
Snakes" said Kipling. noticing the
look OF astonishment on his friends
face II was doing in my chair yes
terday evening. and my foot slipped
out OF my shoe, which for comfort ]
had unlGced. Half waking. ] felt with
my foot for the shoe and began slip
ping It in when my toes touched the
leather tongue. Shaker flashed across
my sleepy brain j gave one desperate
kick, and when the shoe struck that
mirror I realized that ] was in Lon
don aud not in India"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22

Simeon ID. Tess. who is serving his
first term in congress as the repre-
sentative of Ohio's first district,
started out in life as a farmer boy.
After graduating from College he
was retained by his alma mater, Ohio
Northern university, as its professor
of American history. After this he
held several college positions and
finally became president of Antioch
college. Later he was editor of
magazine and last November was
eletced to congress. He is a repub-
lican and is SO years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
COE

Mr.. and Mrs. George HOLSTER vel
coined a little daughter to their fam
lily.
Jesse Upper OF Artesia, n. NJ, is
visiting with relatives in this vicin-
fly.
Ernest Gerkin is at Hardwick, MINI,
visiting with relatives.
Henry Hutton shipped a carload of
stock to Chicago. Fred Fillmer ship
ped a carload of hogs
Mrs. William Mil is visiting at the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
Guard Officers Resian.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 22.-Resigna-
tons of a number of Illinois National
Guard officers were announced yester-
day from the Office of the adjutant gen.
eral, as follows: First Lieutenant Gil
bert r. Knowles, company e, Fifth in
fantry; Captain E. A. Grub, company
F, Fifth infantry; First Lieutenant
Fred c. Dickson, Medical corps, Field
artillery; First Lieutenant Robert E.
Wilcox, quartermaster and commas
sary, battalion, Field artillery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
Brings $4,000 Libel Action.

La Sale, ILL.,, Jan. Gas the result
of a circular letter distributed by F. z.
Richey of La Sale among creditors of
the defunct Tonica Exchange bank, V.
]. Duncan, Ottawa, attorney, yester-
day filed a $4,000 libel suit against
him. Duncan charges Richey with
stating in the circular that he accepted
fees and advised owners of the bank
when he knew the institution was.
bankrupt. Richey, who is director OF
the state normal school, seeks election
as a trustee of the bankrupt bank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
Made a New Man of Him
Thomas Riley, unable to work,
told by his physician he was
suffering from Consumption,
was made well and strong by
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey.

al took a oevere cold and was gener-
ally run down; tried all kinds Of rem
edies without avail My physician told
me had consumption took outdoor
treatment and improved some, but not
rapidly, and was unable to work A
friend persuaded me to try Duffy's Pure
Malt Whisley, which 1 did. Thank
Cod my friend has taken Duffy's for
many years and is the picture of health)-
/ took your medicine regularly. The
first bottle improved me very much and
the second 50 restored my vitality that
could do light work. Today feel a
new man Gentlemen, can't express
my appreciation of your great remedy
in words, but my face and feelings tell
the tale of my wonderful cure. You
may make use of these few simple but
true lines"-Thomas Riley, kenwood
HEIGHTS. ALBANY. n. Y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22

Have you a weak throat! II so,
you cannot be too careful. Each cold
makes you more liable TO another and
the last is always the harder TO cure.
II you will take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy at the outset you VIII be
saved much trouble. Sold by all drug.
gists.-(Adv.I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
Geo. H. Crosby. Secretary-(Adyl

New York-Although the DaniM
consul vouched for the fact that Miss
Palamorade Terschow was a connec
ton of the royal family of Denmark
and worth more than $1.000,000, the
immigration authorities deported he-
because she had been found ylentaly
deficient.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
Aurora Gets a Rolicswoman.

Aurora, ILL.,, Jan. 22.-Miss Ann For
syth a young woman of wealth and So
cial prominence, magazine writer, was
appointed policewoman by the Aurora
board of police and fire commissioners
yesterday. Whether Aurora's first
policewoman will be required to wear
uniform was left entirely with Chief
of Police Michels and Miss Forsyth
to decide. "a policewoman is not sup
posed 10 arrest, but to assist young
people who are in need. That is my
ambition. She has the right TO ar
rest, but l do not believe that 1 will
make many arrests in a year" Miss
Forsyth, who was at one time a re-
porter on the Chicago Chronicle. is a
daughter OF the late A. A. Forsyth,
general superintendent of the Burling-
ton railroad shops. She takes up her
duties Feb. 1.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22

Madison, Wis. JAN, 1913.-M. d.
Reynolds says: This is to certify that
l have been great sufferer from
rheumatism since 1894. Contracted
the disease while working with a
snow pillow on the railroad. For sew
eral years | have been obliged to use
crutches a great part of the time.
Having used three boxes of the Meri-
tol rheumatism Powders have
thrown away the crutches and am now
almost fully recovered. 1t certainly
has done wonders for me and l hearth
iy recommend it. NJ. ID. Reynolds. III.
o. Rolls. Rock Island. Ill. exclusive
agent-(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
Fail to Pick Hospital Site.

Rockford. H., Jan. 22.-After reject
ing five of the sites offered by Rock
ford for the state epileptic colony the
state board of administration visited
three others yesterday, but gave no in
dication that any would be selected.
Two sites are north of the city and
the other is seven miles south. Final
decision is expected in two weeks, ac-
cording to Fred ]. Kern, chairman of
the board.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
Women Aaalnst "prYU crusade.

Joliet, III. Jan. 22.-Following a
mass meeting of ministers and citizens
Tuesday night, the members of the
HARDWOOD Equality league of Joliet, an
organization of suffragists, including
many prominent women, yesterday re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
High School Boiler ExpIodes.

Warren, IL, Jan. 22.-The boiler of
the heating plant at the high school
here exploded yesterday while school
was in session. No one was Injured,
but considerable damage was done to
the building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
Three Months Eraa.

Subscriptions 70 Indian River Farm.
er, for truckers. fruit growers, general
farmers and folks who want to know
about Florida. Address Indian River
Farmer, Vero. Fla.-(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22

Bingham. Utah-Two miners were
cut on from escape by a fire in the
tunnel OF the Boston mine OF the Utah
Copper company here. All efforts to
rescue them have failed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22

fused to cooperate in any way with
the prohibitionists who began their
campaign at the mass meeting. The
league refused even to indorse the
movement to abolish saloons in Joliet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22
Kewanee for Church Rally.

Kewanee, ILL.,, Jan. 22.-The central
Illinois conference of the Methodist
church will be invited to meet in Ke-
wal e in annual session next Septem-
Der. This decision was reached yes
terday by the local church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22

Heinrich VoeIkers VIII Filed-The
will of the late Henry Voelkers was
He'd for probate by Attorney Henry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22

2 Has a PoreuPine.-Edwin Plagmann,
f401 West Seventh street, Is the owner
OF live porcupine. It was captured in
BacIIus, MINI, by z. J. Courtney and
DIR. A J. Feers. DR.. Feers sent II to
d is parents TO give TO the parks. They
hid not care to accept It and it has
now passed into the possession OF
Master PIaRmann
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-22

: Lose 500 In Fire-Fire in packing
on the third floor Of the Sicllles &
Preston building, Fifth and Rock Is
land streets, supposed TO have result
ed from spontaneous combustion. caus-
ed the loss of approximately 500.
THE department used no water nor
chemical in extinguishing the blaze. as
the use OF liquids would have resulted
in much loss by rusting OF the iron.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-02-05
ORGANIZATION CAMP AIGN
BEGINS ACTIVE WORK
NEXT SUNDAY,

It's on, The Everett organization
campaign, a campaign that promises
to arouse every dormant rebel to
action. The dues collecting commit
tee met and territory was mapped out
and assigned to each subcommittee
Every comrade in Everett should aid
in this campaign, there is room for all,
every comrade should be an active
worker, and effective piece of machin-
cry in the Socialist organization See
that delinquent neighbor or friend of
yours, get him to pay up his back
dues, if he is too far back and can't
pay up, get him to join as a new men,
Der, and REMEMBER after you get
him into the organization again, see
that he stays. Call on him Sundays
and take him to the local meeting;
show him our headquarters and get
him acquainted with the comrades
Many comrades We're out last Sunday
visiting delinquent members and all
report encouraging prospects. Com
rade Chris Sole secured the back
dues of one comrade and MANY others
promised to do likewise
The Sunday evening local meetings
are increasing in attendance and at the
last meeting Sunday, February /, a
program committee was elected to-ar-
range a program for each local meet
ing. The local elected A. B. Davey,
Chris Sole and Carl Ulonska members
Of the county committee, and COM
rades Hodgins, Wright and Putney
were elected to the City Central com
mittee Literature was sold and many
comrades rented books from the IL
brary At the next meeting, Sunday
February s., Comrades G. Crosby, r. J.
Olnger and W L. Carman will give
short talks on Organization" TO be
followed by a general discussion on the
subject. Important national and state
referendums will be discussed and
voted upon. Comrade, it is your duty
to attend these meetings. Let us see
you there next Sunday.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-02-05
WILL ORGANIZE LABOR
BUREAU IN ARLINGTON

The Socialist local at Arlington has
united with the various labor organi-
cations to form a Labor Bureau asso-
citation and they intend to have labor
temple there at no distant day. This
association will do for working men
service quite analogous to that which
commercial clubs perform among
business men. 1t will have a library
and reading room, employment agency,
information bureau and make itself
generally useful to it's members and
the laboring public generally. All
union and bona fide workers will be
welcomed by a constant attendant
and craft periodicals, industrial litera-
ture and the party papers may al
ways be had at the temple.
A convention of all the organizations
interested effected a temporary or
ganlzation last Tuesday night and the
second meeting will occur at o'clock
Sunday afternoon. Chas. NJ Robin
SOil Mdo bhOSCn Cudll anu "A. H.
Coburn, secretary. A committee was
appointed to secure building, another
to plan and install the equipment a
third will prepare the constitution and
bylaws and there is a publicity COM
mittee. The membership already num-
bers over fifty, comprising shingle
weavers, loggers, millmen, carpenters,
BARRIERS, painters, printers and others,
and it is the intention TO furnish a hall
in connection with the temple for the
meetings of all the various labor or
ganizations and the grange.
This seems to be the direct odteome
of the recall fight which stirred Arl.
ington so profoundly a few weeks ago,
The Arlington bourgeoise boasted of
its triumph on that occasion, but if
the workers learn to unite upon the
industrial field as they did upon the
political arena quite likely that same
bourgeoise may soon be wailing, "An-
other such victory and we are un-
done"
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-02-05
CAPITALIST PAPER SHOWS
MILITIA IN TRUE
CoLoRS.
Send the News Out to the Gear of
Russia.

We used to call these citizen-soldier
boys lady killers" and-smile.
The smile is now a sob. A SOB IN
COLORADO, where women and chill
dren are ridden down and sabered by
mounted militiamen.
We taught our gallant citizen
soldier the art of war. We put on him
the uniform of force. We gave him
the weapons of death.
Then we turned him over to GREED
to act as policeman for PRIVILEGE,
to shoot down the wages of the op-
pressed.
In is years the only call for our
state militia has been in labor wars"
and in the end these soldiers have not
only turned against the workers-that
was natural to expect, perhaps, be-
cause that appears to be the job OF
the citizen-soIdier. But they have also
turned against the wives and daugh-
ters and brains of the workers and In
a civilized land, under orders of their
officers, have changed themselves into
cruel, savage beasts.
Our newest lesson comes from Colo
RADIO. Down the streets rode these
American Cossacks who but yesterday
looked at service in the state militia
as a joke, a diversion from the monot-
ony of work. They saw only the gilt
ter of gold lace, the flash of bayonets
in parade, the smiles that the fair give
to the brave.
Today they hate and lust for blood
and the cruelty of power nerves their
arms.
The "lady killer" who won with
smiles, who attracted by his plumage,
has become real.
The sons of women, taught in the
profession of war, garbed in the uni
form of force, now war upon women
hungry, needy, desperate women
hungry, iII-cIad, shivering little chill
dren.-Seattle Star.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-02-05
THE COMPETITIVE SYSTEM A
CHASTITY SYSTEM OF UNI
VERSAL DESTRUCTION.

The late Prof. Hysiop of Columbia
College, New York, in his work on
ethics, thus refers to the struggle for
existence: "It represents the CHASTITY
spectacle of universal destruction, the
triumph of mere force, and the embodi-
ment of everything which is opposed
to the ideal. Under it the universe
seems one vast system of shambles
for the destruction of the weak and
the preservation of the strong. The
only right respected in such sys-
TEN is might and power But it is ap-
parent to everyone at a glance that if
any morality is to be maintained at
all, it cannot come from the imita-
tion or application of the struggle for
existence and the indiscriminate war
fare which it exhibits. Morality con-
sists rather in putting limits to this
struggle for existence, and hence can
not be derived from it. The struggle
for existence is worse than a travesty
of morality. 1t is the very antithesis
of it,"
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-02-05
OUR TENANT FARMERS.

According to Professor Herbert B.
Adams, the American agriculturist is
rapidly becoming a mere tenant
farmer.
The census of 1880 showed that
there were 1,O24,601 tenant farmers in
the United States. That number must
have increased considerably in six
years, and at the present time our
American "peasantry" probably out
numbers that of Great Britain and
Ireland combined. At any rate there
are in Ireland today only 1922 ten
ant buildings; in England and Wales
together but 414,SO4, and in all Scot
land S1,1O1 The state of Illinois alone
has 10000 more land tenants than
Scotland. France has today 5000, 900
small rural proprietors and 100000
large proprietors and owners of real
estate in towns. Altogether, both
great and small, the number of land
ed proprietors in the United States is
not quite 100000, and yet we have a
greater population than France by 12.-
OOO, 600 and many times as much land
as that country.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-02-05
Grows Arrogant and Brutal In COlOad
UNIFORMED LADY KILLERS,

OUR GALLANT CITIZEN SOL
DIERY IN COLoRADO-A procession
of women and children, marching to
Miners union hall TO hold n meeting
of protest against the Imprisonment of
Mother Jones, was ridden down by
Gen. Chase and his militia cavalry.
Three times the cavalry charged into
the thick of them, using their sabers.
Women and children scattered in all
directions, many of them taking refuge
in front yards and vacant lots. Some
of them fled to cover into the Jesuit
church. Many afterwards displayed
SWORD CUTS.-News Dispatch from
Colo.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-02-05
So per copy. $l.0o per year.
HOW MUCH MORE WILL THE
sWoRKINGMAN STAND?
Wotaen Stabbed With 5ayonets and
Beaten With the Butts of Guns.

Worse outrages have just been per-
petrated in Trinidad, Col, than the
brutalities inflicted on the strikers of
Lawrence, Mass.
In both instances the Stars and
Stripes floated bravely over the scene
of carnage.
The wife of Bernardo Verna, strik-
ing miner, carried the American flag
in her hands at the head of a peaceful
parade of women who were marching
through the streets of Trinidad in pro-
test against the Imprisonment Qncom-
munAcado) of the venerable Mother
Joneb in a military prison-an unfit
place for a law-abiding woman of 50
years!
Then came Americas Bloody Sun
day." rivaling its Russian precedent.
A reporter for the Scripps-McRae
papers tells the story, in part, as fol-
lows:
EVEN THE SOLDIERS ADMIT
THAT IT WAS AN ORDERLY PA
RADE.
1t moved peaceably down streets
which were filled with sympathizers.
Across the street was Gordon of cav
airy. Near them were infantrymen
with guns. Cheering the women on
were other women and children on the
sidewalks.
Across that parade rode John Chase,
adjutant general of the state, with
power at present over the liberty and
safety of every person in its border.
He is above all courts and above COM
mand by any superior save the gov
ernor.
He ordered the parade back. The
flag moved forward. The soldiers
spurred their horses in dash to cap
ture that flag, for they knew that the
women who marched would follow it.
Those Cossacks struck with their
sabers!
Mrs. Verna held desperately to her
silken banner. SHE WAS KICKED
AND BEATEN and CRUEL BAY
ONET WAS THRUST INTO HER
FLESH.
The bayonet was drawn from he
leg, red with blood, leaving jagge'
wound In her pain she dropped tht
flag and a gallant soldier CELEGRAT
ED HIS VICTORY by bearing the
trophy away.
In the meantime, many others haC
been wounded in the charge
Women were kicked. Butt ends O.
guns were dashed against the bodies
of fleeing women, who moved to-
slowly to suit the militia.
ACROSS THE FOREHEAD OF
MRS. JOHN HAMMOND IS A DEEI
CASH, THE RESULT OF A SABEI
CUT.
Rosa Carter, Is years old, was OF
the sidewalk Soldiers beat her wit
their fists. Her crime was that sh
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-02-05
ASK HIM WHY NoT?''

Comrades, If you are dealing with a
merchant who doesn't advertise in
your paper, ask him why he does not
do so. Reciprocity is no more than
fair play. II you patronize him, let
him in turn patronize the Common
wealth. Our advertisers get good re-
suits. BY inducing your dealer to ad-
yertise in your paper you help his busi-
ness and he helps your cause. Isn't
this a fair 4Aehange7 Speak 10 him
about it right away, and II he's amen
able TO reason. Wen call on him and
get his advertisene