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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-01
INDIAN SHAKERS.


No influence from the Shaker COM
munities once so conspicuous in the
eastern states of America is respon-
sible for the strange new sect which
pas sprung into existence among the
Indians of the North Pacific coast.
This Shakerism, explains the editor Of
THE Home Mission Monthly (New
York;, lis q strange mixture Of Catho-
ttcism, Professionalism and Indian belief
and ceremonies" It was first preached
we are told, by an Indian who pre-
tended to have died and have been sent
back to life again" for the purpose Of
spreading the new faith. Its founders,
says Miss Helen w. Clark. writing in
the same magazine, were not satisfied
with the Quieter service Of the churches
they had Joined, and proceeded to find
one. for themselves. She says Of its
beginnings:
when the agent forbsde the medi-
cine men from practicing their rites,
and ordered them to secure q doctor.
they were no ready for 1t. When q
child was sick and they could not use
the tom-toms to scare off evil spirits,
they lit candles around the child and
frenzy, one Of them began to shake.
another and another vas added. and
finally shaking became very popular.
Later 1t became part Of their religion
to confess their sins with uplifted
hands. and stand In that position till
nervous and weak shake almost imme-
diately: others, son1etimes, have to
stand many hours. When the windows
are open they do not readily get into q
nenxy. 20 they prefer . light room.
me old people stand It pretty well.
The weaker ones. Many Of the younger
l00I4nn ara too ~ and have had
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-01

means will be taken to suppress them? -
was asked.
For one the hunger strike will be
broken, l think. Food will be placed
in their cells and if they refuse to take
1t and any of them should die as a re-
suit of it, it will be a plain case OF
suicide."
But won't that make a martyr Of
the wOman-just what the militants are
looking for? Some death which can be
directly blamed to the government"
was asked.
'Nct at present. Public opinion is
in such a condition that I am very
much afraid IN of these days some Of
these women will get badly hurt by a
mob. The whole movement is impos-
sible. No laws, no privileges have ever
been obtained in England by coercion"
Sir Arthur does not expect any
trouble in Ulster until they try to en-
force the home rule act.
ulster will certainly fight" said he.
They mean business up there in the
north Of Ireland"
He is in favor of home rule. but sees
no reason why Ulster should not be
exempt for seven a at least.
AS for Colonel Roosevelt, Sir Arthur
said: II is a superman If there eve
was one, and I believe he did all he
claims to have done. If he says he has
discovered a river, he discovered 1t.
You may rely on that"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-01
And They still Call Il "M.nu.s
From, the Kansas City Star.

~ ~ AAC cNal60 NASyN a
A Washington county editor who at
tended a recent banquet" in Topeka
vas much dissatisfied with the grub.
He writes: I'VE believe we could have
bought all the grub on the table, to-
gether with the paper table cloth,
dishes and the iron spoons, for 81.
Here's the bill of fare-'menu' they
called It: Two raw oysters. two
ounces Of salad, two cents worth Of
roasted turkey, one cents worth Of
chicken. two spoonfuls Of dressing,
one-fourth unc Of butter, 1 cents
worth OF ice cream. half a cents worth
OF cake, bread, n teaspoonful Of
salted peanuts. two mint lozenges. half
pint Of grape juice SO sour It set u
false teeth on edge, coffeerno milk or
cream. AS we had attended banquets
In Topeka before, we took no chance
on, being fooled. and ate a good square
meal before going to the Auditorium
and another at a restaurant just after
1t was over"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-01
spitzbsrssn'. Coal Bonanza.
From Coal Age

GAOtA WA A6O
Now that commercially profitable
coal beds have been opened up in
Spitsbergen-the NO Mans Lands
which does not hoist the flag Of any
county-several nations are vieing
with one another to hoist the standard
of sovereignty over this bleak archi-
pelago of the Arctic circle.
The coal found in ~Spitsbergen is Of
good quality. 1t averages. for the de-
post mentioned, not more than 2 per
cent of red ash and is free from slate,
burning freely in an open CRATE fire.
The prices obtained for the coal are
10 to 20 kroner in Trondhjem or Mar
vik, on the Norwegian coast, equiva-
lent to 1913 to $40 per ton, and for
direct sale to the whalers entering Ad-
vent bay the price charged was IA
kroner. or 1918 per ton. These amounts.
however, are moderate In comparison
with the prices heretofore asked for
English coal in the Arctic regions. At
Hammerfest, for example, a ton Of the
latter has seldom been obtainable at
less than 20 kroner, or $7.O2.
The Arctic Coal company, whose
headquarters are in Boston, Mass, has
staked out at Advent bay a coal field
nearly four miles long. Exploration
resulted in the discovery Of q good coal
bed in Saxon bay, at an elevation Of
about 400 feet above sea level and
another at Cape Bojan. At Green har-
Dor the company has taken over an
existing property which yields a good,
hard steam coal that can be readily
recovered and transported to vessels.
Thus the prospect for more extended
operations in the future are excellent.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-01
Storing Coal Ii. An Art.

The unreasonable weather Of Decen.
per made the matter Of storing the con,
supply q v problem for the anthra-
c,r9 coai OPERATOR of Pennsylvania.
Kept on hand at tidewater shipping
polnts. It has been estimated bv a
man engaged in coal shipments thai as
suS. as ~ per cent Of the annual pro-
auction OF ccal, or nearly 1000, 900 tons.
10 IN storage at this time. It is not
erafson or possible to make the OPP
upon the state Of the weather.
Io the ordinary observer, the omen
:torage plant. Of the Kind
- nothing but a series Of huge piles ~
coal. dumped haphazard. awaiting the
oay wnen the demand will cali for
As q matter of fact. the
coal g been piled according to care
fully made plans.
Breakage Is the dread OF the man.
VINO superintendents the storage ~
coal, TOT every lump that breaks means
.Tss OF money. At the typical outdoor
immense slanting truss, delivers tha
coal At the gradually ascending amer
q g Q BY means OF q movable
trough bpttom the point ctAwhich the
Goa u emptied is kept slightly above
the apex. 90 that the fall is gentle and
sne preakaee y minimized. When the
~! - removed It 10 carried to q re-
ioeding tower by another c%onveyor.
ono coal company has storage room,
Tor 100000 tons. At one OF its pIanfa
ptovleton = made Tor 100000 tons, at
mother 9 $4,000 ton4 More than
rss.vVV tons ccn b STORED at q covered
kill Haven yard Of the P~hiladelphia 4
1eeaoing q Coll ana Iron company has
= esapacity Of 100000 tons. ana that
- Aoteme . capacity Of 100000 tons.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-01
Prehistoric Of Wells.

Although the oil boom in California
is only a score Of years old. says q
writer in the Wide World magazine,
yet Indications have been discovered
that oil was worked in very early times
even as far back as the days of the
Spanish %colonists. In fact. there is one
OIL pit OF swamp dating back to pre-
historic times. Near this pit, q few
miles from Los Angeles, q large tooth
was found about five years ago and
sent to h university at Berkeley. It
was identified al that Of the saber-
tooth tiger. an animal supposedly un.
known to the country.
For many years the pit has been
came interested they found around the
pit bones that had been dug out by ig-
nOraNt wOrkmen, who had no idea OF
their interest or value.
This pit. q left by the laborers 20
years ago. is 800 feet long. 100 feet
vide. and SO feet deep. and 10 now full
OF black water to within 10 feet or 80
from the top. The scientists have Ia.
ken possession of It and are excavat.
ing FOSSILS of prehistoric animals. birds.
etc. that have apparently been collect
Ing there for hundreds Of generations.
Many complete skeletons are being ta-'
ken out OF animals that were not Known
to have existed on the American con-
tinent.
The theory Of the scientists u hat
the marDhy nature Of this land haa
been much the same throughout ~
and that liquid asphaltum Snr-
meriy covered h area as 1t does to.
mails and birds into the sticky fluid
% drink. and held them prisoners, for
every struggle to free themselves sank
them, more hopelessly into the bog.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-01
THE BIBLE WAS THE
C0L0NIsTs' CONSTITUTION
From 1.-The Influence of the Bible on Civ
ilization," by Ernst Won Dobschutz;
in ~Scribner'S.

- AaAS AS VI GAAO AAD VII Wv
ilization," by Ernst Von Dobschutz;
In S~cribner's.
The influence OF the bible on public
life in the time of Puritanism is illus
trated best by h records of the first
plantations In New England. When,
In June. 1888. all the free planters of
the colony of New Haven assembled
suit about settling civil government
according to God" the first question
laid before them by John Davenport
was: Whether the scriptures do hold
forth a perfect rule for the direction
and government Of all men in all duties
and men as we'll in the government of
families n commonwealth as in mat
tiers of the church."
This was assented unto by all, no
man dissenting, as vas expressed by
holding up of hands," The second
selves bound by that covenant that "in
all public offices, etc, we would all of
us be ordered by those rules which the
scriptures holds forth to us" This was
answered in the same way. Therefore.
1T was voted unanimously that the
word of God shall be the only rule to
be attended unto in ordering the affairs
of government in this plantation"
Before they go on to select officials
from their number. the chapter on the
institution of the 20 elders (Ex. xviii)
is read, together with Deut. /, 10 and
II. and l Cor. vi. IL, and one of the
planters declares that he had felt
scruples about it, but these had been
removed by reading Deut. xvii, is at
morning prayers. When a difference
arises between two members of the
colony they refer it for arbitration to
brethren. in accordance with 1 Cor.
vi, II. A prisoner is pressed to con-
fess his crime by reminding him Of
that passage Of scriptures: He
that hideth his sin shall not prosper,
but he that confesseth and forsaketh
his sim shall find mercy" When a
murder has been committed they SEN
tence the guilty to death according to
the nature of the fact and the rule in
the case, He that sheds mans blood,
by man shall his blood be she'd"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-01

that is the reason why those who
shake have no desire to drink. It takes
its place. A missionary said: Take
alcohol out Of whisky and the dance out
of Shakerism, and the Indians would
not care for ether He is right; 1t IS
the intoxication that draws"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
PAYMASTER HELD
UP FOR BIC ROLL
st. Louis Shoe Company EN-
ploye Relieved of $4,000
by Men in Automobile.

st. Louis, Mo-, March Two arm.
ed robbers held up John Lucas, pay
master of the Brown Shoe company,
yesterday afternoon. and robbed him
of about $4,000. The robbery took
place in front of a factory and branch
office of the company.
After getting the money the bandits
leaped into the automobile used by
Lucas and escaped. Pointing their
revolvers at the chauffeur they COM
manded him to drive east and north.
There they left the automobile and
took a street car bound for the north
ern limits of the city. Before boarding
the street car they warned the chauf-
feur not to follow them.
Lucas and another employe Of the
shoe company went to bank In tho
afternoon and drew the money, with
which TO pay the factory employees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
REPEAT CHARGES
IN CALUMET FIRE
Witnesses Tell Congressman
Man With Alliance Button
Gave Alarm at Hall.

Calumet, Mich, March Persons
who testified before the inquest last
January that a man wearing a "Citi-
zen's Alliance" button started the
Christmas eve panic at Italian hall, to-
day repeated their assertions before
Representatives Taylor of Arkansas
and Casey of Pennsylvania. The des-
cription of the man varied greatly, as
it did before the coroner's jury, which
disregarded this line of testimony in
reaching an open verdict. Attorney
Hilton was present, but was not allow
ed to question witnesses, as the full
committee at Houghton had agreed
that Prosecutor Lucas of Houghton
county and the committee members
should do the questioning.
Houghton, Mich, March THE de-
fense of Sheriff Cruise against charges
of non-administration of justice during
the strike was begun before the
congressional investigators today.
John Hid, the first witness, employed
as mine guard at the Quincy, said
he was one of three guards shot by
strikers at that mine Dec. 10.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
BOSTON IS TOPAY
SPEAKER $4,000
Tops All Salaries Ever Paid in
National Game-Banquet
to Returned Tourists.

New York, March More than
three hundred guests will attend the
banquet tonight at which the White
Sox and Giants will be guests.
1t is understood Iris Speakers con-
tract with the Boston Americans calls
for $4,000 or $4,000 annually and
that he received $4,000 for signing.
This tops all salaries ever paid in the
national game.
Federal league promoters today an
nounced they had signed Mike Doo-
Ian, formerly of the Philadelphia Ma
tionals and Steve Evans of the St.
Louis Nationals. Doolan will play
with Baltimore and Evans with the
Brooklyn Federals.
Oakland. Cal, March Hal. Chase,
first baseman. joined the Chicago
Americans today.
Chicago. ILL.,, March 7.-If John T..
Connery's reported effort to purchase
the controlling stock in the Chicago
Nationals Is successful he will have.
Il is said. as partners a number OF
fans. including Roger Sulli-
van Fred Block and Harry Gibbons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
City Council of Freeport
Passes a Limitation Law
Upon Petition.
REALTY MEN COMPLAIN
Hereafter Consent of Abutting
Holdings Must Be Obtained
Under Pain of Fine.

Freeport, H., March THE city
council at its regular session by a
vote of 10 to 4, passed an ordinance
placing restrictions on the erection of
churches in residence districts.
The ordinance provides that mo
church shall hereafter be erected on
real estate situated in any residence
district in Freeport, nor shall any real
estate be used for church purposes
unless there shall be first obtained the
written consent of the owners of all
property abutting upon the real estate
upon which such church building is to
be erected or that is to be used for
church purposes"
The penalty is fine of not less than
s25 nor more than S1O0 and each "a
hours that the premises are so used
is made a separate offense.
Aimed at Christian Church.
The ordinance is. presumably aimed
at the Christian church, which last
week purchased property in a choice
residential district. Rev. E. T. Cor
nelius, the pastor. says the church will
go ahead with it's plans, as it denies
the validity of the ordinance and in
any event it does not apply to his
church, he says, though in what re-
pect he declines to specify.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
CHARLES zUEBL|N
SCORED BY CLARK
Replies to Criticism of Profes-
sor of Counting of Votes on
Mulhall Verdict.

Washington, D. c., March T.
Speaker Champ Clark signalized his
Gath birthday by denouncing from
the rostrum of the house an address
by Charles Zueblin of Winchester,
Mass, former professor of sociology
at the University of Chicago, assailing
the speakers counting of votes on the
report of the committee that .investi-
gated the Mulhall lobby charges.
Democrats, republicans and progress
sives cheered the speaker when he
finished. He branded Zueblin's state
ments as untrue, outrageous and a
reflection upon the integrity of the
house" He quoted figures of the Null
hall vote and pointed out that any
member wishing to vote had four op-
portunities to do so, and added: 81
have been lied about so much I am
sort of used to it,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
IS HELD TO JURY
FOR CHURCH ROW
Frank Tannenbaum, I. w. w.
Leader, Charged With In
citing Others to Roit.

New York. March Frank Tannen-
baum, member of the Industrial Work
ers of the World, who led a crowd of
men>fnto local churches Sunday, was
held to the grand jury on chargesAof
inciting to riot and forcing his Gay
into a building. Joseph Ablers and
William Green, followers of Tarnen-
baum, were sentenced to 80 days in
Jail for disorderly conduct.
Ernest Bohm, secretary of the Cent
raj Federated Union, said he would
present figures on the unemployed. to
his organization next week. He said
he believed the number out of work
was little above that usual at this sea-
son of the year
Hearing of the cases of 100 follow
ers of Tannebaum was resumed today
before Magistrate Campbell. The men
demanded separate hearings and the
ably take several weeks to dispose
elected to remain in jail, although
sympathizers offered to go his bond
for $500.
Albany, n. V, March THE New
York legislature was asked by Gov
ernor Glynn in a special message yes
terday to enact a measure for the aid
of the unemployed. He asked for the
creation a new bureau of employ
ment in the state department of labor
1t would have branches at various
points and an advisory committee COM
posed of prominent employers and rep
of labor would be ap-
pointed by the labor commissioner for
each Office.
Sacramento, Cal, March Fifteen
members of two armies os un-
General" Kelly's force and
a seeding faction, camped today in
railroad yards awaiting an answer
from Sacramento officials to their de-
mand for food and transportation to
continue their journey to Washing
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
20 POSTMASTERS
NAMED IN STATE
Louis A. Stoll Given Aurora Job,
While Joseph Kramer Wins
in West Chicago.

Washington d, C., March -
Twenty Illinois postmasters wers
named by President Wilson yesterday
in a batch of nominations sent to the
senate. They are:
Joseph \. Roesler. Ashton; William
Vollbracht, Camp Point; Fred III.
Henckler, Columbia; Arthur F. Hiland,
Dekalb; James y. Hall, Delavan; Bert
c. White. Downers Grove; NJ. B. Do
Ian. Durand; Gustav l.. Burmeister.
Elmhurst; John L. Schmidt. Hinckley;
Henry Stable. Plano; Thomas Mercer,
Sandwich; Charles Z. Wescott, Shelf
field; NJ. l.. Briscoe, Westfield; VIII
liam Baskerville. Coal City; Charles
NJ. Wright. Gilman; George Hoffman,
Crete; Louis A StoIl, Aurora; Z. p.
Hectorne, Avon; David Schein, Wa
terloo, and Joseph Kramer, West Chi
cago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
new WARRANT IN
H0LLAkDER CASE
One Issued at Instance of
Father of Murdered Girl,
but Not Yet Served.

Aurora, Ill. March up to 1890
today the new warrant issued last
night charging Anthony Petras of the
murder of Theresa Holiander had not
been served. States Attorney Tyers,
in whose absence the warrant was is
sued. and who had just returned from
Peoria. said there already was one
warrant for Petras, the coroner's jury
warrant. and there was no necessity
for another. He is opposed to serving
the warrant. which was sworn to by
the father of the slain girl. who re-
tanned an attorney to take action and
hurry the case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
RAILROAD WINS
in AN INJURY SUIT
Woman, Claiming to Have Been
Shot in Mine Strike, Fails
to Recover Damages.

Charleston, w. Va, March Cir
cult Judge Dyer directed the jury to
bring in a verdict for the Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad, defendant in an ac-
ton by Mrs. Anna Hall, who sought to
recover $4,000 damages for injuries
alleged to have been suffered in the
miners strike last year. Mrs. Hall al
legged she was shot in both legs from
an armored train. This was the first
of a number of similar actions growing
out of the battle of Holly Grove.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
TRY JAIL EDITOR
IN TREASON PLOT
Crown Prince Frederick Viii
helm of Germany Resents
Interpretation.

Berlin, Germany. March Finest
Meyer. ''jail editor" of the socialist
newspaper, ''Vorwaerts, was brought
70 trial today on charges Of treason
for libeling Crown Prince Frederick
Wilhelm The article satirized the
farewell issued By the prince when lie
left the command Of the Deaths Head
Hussars at Dsnzig. Hans Leuess, edi-
tor OF a weekly, was Thursday SEN
fenced. TO six months on a similar
Charge. 4 third suit against another
paper is pending Every paper in
Germany bears the name of the man
who takes responsibility for all arti-
eles contained in the publication. He
Is commonly known as the Jail edi-
tor"
Meyer was sentenced TO three
months imprisonment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
CARDINAL GIBBONS OUT
AGAINST PROHIBITION

New Orleans. La. March I'm a
public statement today Cardinal Glib
bons, who is visiting his brother.
said:
While / am an ardent allocate of
temperance, / am intuitively persuad-
ed that prohibition cannot be enforc-
ed in this country. II is calculated to
make hypocrites, and lead TO the
manufacture Of Illicit whisky. replac-
ing good with bad. at the same time
robbing the government OF a legii-
mate tax"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
Head Carranza Commits
sion Wires for Services
of Missouri Doctor
TO MAKE EXAMINATION
nglo-American Inquiry Body
May Abandon Plans to Con-
duct Investigation.

Kansas City Mo-, March 7.-Senor
V1zcarra, commercial agent of the
constitutionalists, made public the fol
lowing telegram signed General
F'raustro, President of the Mexican
Investigation Committee, ,'tL~Please
inform by wire if there is any expert
medical legal authority there who
could come at once to exhume a body
and how much he would charge" re-
ferring to the Benton case
''It is evident" said Vizcarra, "the
commission seeking the services of an
expert who is entirely unprejudiced,
and for this reason preferred a ply.
sician from some other than the bor-
der city,
Vizcarra Immediately made an offer
to the chief physician of the local pub
lie utility corporation
Washington Still Waits.
Washington, D. c., March 7.-Sec-
retary Bryan said the Anglo-American
commission appointed to examine the
body of Benton still was in Status
quo. In official circles it is under
stood the commission will make no
further attempt to accomplish its
task.
Half Million Pesos Offered.
Los Angeles, March ALBERTO
Terrasas, son of General Luis Terra
zas, head of the famous Chihuahua
family, said he had no fears, at pres
ent, for the life of his brother, Luis II,
held for ransom by General Villa He
confirmed a report that his father had
offered the rebels a half million pesos
for the release of Luis.
60 FederaIs Killed.
Brownsville, Tex, March Sixty
federals, including six officers, were
killed in a battle Wednesday near
Monte Morelos, state of Nuevo Leon,
according to rebel reports.
The rebels lost two killed and seven
wounded, including two captains.
Higher Exchange Rate.
Mexico City, Mexico, March THE
rate of foreign exchange here has
reached a new high point of $50 for
100. The prices of stuffs are rising
spondingly.
Fresh Haiti Troubles.
Washington, d. c., March Fresh
revolutionary disturbances have de-
veloped in Haiti and the >battleship
South Carolina has been ordered from
to Port Au Prince.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-07
VINCENT is HEAD
EDUCATION BODY

New Haven. Conn, March THE
Religious Education association elect
ed G. (. Vincent, University of Mime
sofa, president; J. T. Brown. Chicago.
vice president; Henry Cope. Chicago.
general secretary; a. W. Harris.
Northwe tern university, chairman Of
The executive board: c. MSStuart, Ey-
sriston. Ill, recording secretary, and
Mss Jane Adams, Chicago, one Of
the new directors.
Among the new state directors is
W. c. Bagley OF Illinois.
Seeretary Cope suggested Buffalo
ior the next convention, the subject 10
be Child Welfare"