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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Evening stars: Mars, Saturn. Morn
ing stars: Mercury. Jupiter. Venus.
The square Of Pegasus is formed by
three stars of constellation Pegasus
and one of constellation Andromeda;
seen approaching the horizon due west
about p. M.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06
JOHNSON NOT TO
RUN FOR SENATE

Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 6.-Although
personally preferred as candidate for
the United States senate. Governor
Johnson said he would seek reelection
as governor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06
15,142 New Bills In Congress.

Washington, Jan. 6.-Since last
April. 11,26S bills have been intro
duced in the house and 3.S74 in the
senate. With the exception of few
measures that have been passed, all
bills are before congress. Their num-
ber will be augmented by thousands,
it is estimated, before the current ses-
sion ends The number of bills passed
at session seldom exceeds 500
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06
MORE SMALLPOX
AT NAVY STATION

Washington. Jan. 6.-There are "A
new cases OF smallpox at Guantanamo
naval station among sailors exposed
on the battleshlp Ohio. The station
has been quarantined.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06
S5OO,OOO GIFT is
MADE UNIVERSITY
Knights of Columbus Order
Provides for so Scholarships
at Washington College.

Baltimore. Md. Jan. "a check for
100000 from the Knights of Column
bus OF the United States for the Cath
Ollie University at Washington was
presented TO Cardinal Gibbons today
by Supreme Knight Flaherty. The
sum, collected in the last four years.
is TO be used TO establish so scholar
ships
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06
DAUGHTER OF COAL
KING PEERS BRIDE

Berlin, Germany, Jan. 6.-Heiress TO
one of the largest fortunes in Ger
many, Marie Won Friedlander-Fuld.
daughter of Germany's coal king"
today was married to Hon. John Pow
er Freeman-Mitford, younger son of
Baron Rosedale of the English peer
age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06

merce act that were not represented
at the meeting. Representatives of
practically all the express companies
and of several manufactures attend
ed. Commissioners or rate experts
were present from Illinois. Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06
Lifeboat From Wrecked
Steamer Reaches Shore
After Long Battle.
IS REPEATEDLY UPSET
Goes Over Again Close to Side
of ReScuer and Only Five
Survive.

NeV YORK. Jan. Give OF the miss
inEz5 Of the crew Of the tank steamer
Oklahoma which broke in two on
sandy Hook early Sunday were
brought into port alive today. They
were picked up iu a Iifeboat sunday
afternoon by the steamer Gregory
after q b.iter cold Of six hoU-s. The
rescue OF these five and their story
tha- SIX companions were lost from
the Iifeboat. accounts for % OF the
Oslahcma's crew OF IS. eight having
been rescued by the liner Bavaria end
three found dead in a lifebOat b, the
revenue cutter Seneca
The i've brought in today confirm
the story that the great tsI's Sh .
parted auidships without warning.
The weather was stormy AMI cnoT-
nous seas were breaking aboard
Wher with Eraans and sT-lEs the
vessel buckled, apparently suspend
ed on two huge waves, ~ stem and
stern. The engines could Lot ne
stopped All rushed 10 the ls-Es and
two boats got away. one FUN. This
presumably was the boat m which
the Seneca found three dead and none
alive.
IN Ptiabie Condition.
The other boat. on which uvs were
picked up. contained II when IL got
away. Six drowned after the craft
had repeatedly capsized When ,he
I've were finally taken aboard the
Gregory their condition was gitia5ie.
Both boats we're in exfreiua peril
from the moment they were lowered.
The seas smOthered them AM ihe
racing screws threatened 20 reduce
the boats 10 matchwoOd. As they
drifted away. soon 20 be separated.
they saw Captain Gunter anG others
amidships on the OklahOmu- The ne
rescued knew nothing OF sis fate IN
til they reached New York and were
surprised % see the seven others saw
I'd By t3e Bavaria. When ne Greg
or arrived about 1-50 ,. sI J. ~ ere
stiil in the boat nearing the steamer .
when the boat capsized AMI al were
thrown into the icy water.
They succeeded in rlEhti1z l- and d
all nearly frozen. climbed in
asa-l. This happened again and
again and by the tiUe they were
alongside the Gregory all were on the
verge Of collapse. when almost al
The Gregory's side the craft again
vent over. This time six sank. never .
70 appear again
Dive 20 Reach Boat.
To reach the Hfsboat. three Of the
ships officers dived into the mountain
s1z sea and brought f. within rescuing
iistaace Of the Gregory When within
. yards Of the rezcuiag vessel lr cap
ized for the Ias- time. The six men p
Eere still clingiuE 70 it. the hands Of
me frozen. He Was torn away 5y OIL
'er Buck. who carried a lifeline. and
wan with him 20 the ladder OF the
5regory, but did not climb the ladder.
Rescue Too Late.
lie found the man ne bore. dead. and
p him sink a. sea He then went /
.ack for other survivors and one by
ne brought them 10 the ladder where ]
nsy passed % the deck Two % the
aree officers. Williams and Robertson.
ad been in the water nearly TWO hours.
hnging 70 The bOb5ing Hfeboat 2
Prison Paper Appears.
Joliet, H.. Jan C.-The Joliet Prison e,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06
Grain Rates suspended.

Springfield. Ill. Jan. 6.-Proposed in
creases In grain rates promulgated
several months ago by railroads were
ordered suspended by the utilities com
uisSinn. handing 2 hearing Fab g
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06
THE WEATHER
Forecast Till z p. m. Tomorrow, foi
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline
fnf,

MOCK isiahor davenport, moithc
and Vicinity.
Generally fair but with some cloudi-
ness tonight and Wednesday. moder
ate temperature with the lowest to
night about so degrees, moderate
southwest winds.
Temperature at Z a. IN. %. High
est yesterday 80. Lowest last night
"a
Velocity of wind at a. m, II miles
per hour.
Precipitation none.
Relative humidity at p. m. SO, at
Z a. m. SO.
Stage of water 1 foot. a rise of 3
in last "a hours.
j. NJ SHERiER, Local Forecaster
]. NJ. SHERIER. Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06

Associated Press
Exclusive Wire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-06

Prison Paper Appears.
Joliet. H.. Jan. C.-The Joliet Prison
Post. edited and issued by convicts,
made its first appearance today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04
THE VOTERS LEAGUE.

The chief reason for commending
the National Voters league, organized
at washington to analyze the digest
for public use the record of every rer.-
resentattve and senator, is that it is
the application to national affairs of
an idea which has worked we'll in the
publication of city and state politics.
The Municipal Voters league of
Chicago has increasingly guided pub
Lie opinion since it's formation; and
similar organizations are known in
western states. Where so much obvi-
ously depends upon the judgment and
in1parttality of the league, it is reas-
surfing to find among its officers
names like Prot. ]. r. Commons, Miss
Ida Tarbell, Frederic c. Howe, and
Mrs. Borden Hartman; and in it's
financial statement that it will be suI,-
ported by subscriptions from those in.
terested. The body can scarcely suf-.
fer from the accusation that it will
discourage reading of The Congress
sional Record, popular attention to
Which already comes near the irredu-
chile minimum. Instances where il
should pierce behind the outward ap-
paarrance Of things are innumerable.
In the senate's recent vote to restore
Tho mileage grab, Senator KENYON
had the stiffest of battles TO secure q,
toll call. The opposition, led by Sen
ator Martin, was based on the fact that
the grab will be an issue in many sem
atorial campaigns this year. News Of
it's reinsertion was received with tub-
ilation in the house, where the record
ed vote against it had evidently been,
secured in the hope of a senatorial re-
versal, In addition to summarizing
and interpreting The Record, the
league should be of great usefulness
in Securing publicity for caucus and
committee proceedings.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1914.
BRILLIANT PROSPECTS.

Farmers, bankers, merchants. trav-
cling men, every person in fact who
comes to Fargo from anywhere in the
state brings the same report-pros-
rects of a bumper crop.
There have been a few reports Of
too much rain in some localities in
the valley and some fields of potatoes
and other fields of grain have been
drowned out in the low spots. But on
the whole the prospects were never
brighter. The whole state is green
with the greatest crop in it's history.
1t is especially gratifying to learn
that the slope country, from the Can
adian boundary to South Dakota has
prospects for the best crop ever. 1T
was never better" is the way J.. E.
Phelan, the we'll known banker, Tut it
yesterday.
The prospects for this big crop is
already having a marked effect on
business. Everywhere there are prep
arations for an unusually heavy fall
trade. The railroads are preparing to
handle record yields and the whole
state promises to be a beehive Of in
dustry and prosperity his fall.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04
A little Girl On the Prairie.

Books have been written about the
prairie before, but none from Quite the
standpoint Of Margaret Lynn in A
Stepdaughter of the Pralrie; MISS lynn
theme, neither has she dwelt upon the
vast wastes, the oppressive silences
and the solitariness of existence there.
But rather, through the medium Of a
child's mind she has ~endeavored to
paint a picture of the human side of
prairie life and of the physical char
acteristics of the prairie as they AFFECT
people. The little heroine, who Is the
stepdaughter of the title, Is an exceed
ingly real creation-in fact, 1t Is the
quality of reality, with the literary
charm that comes from good writing
that distinguishes the olume. Few
more appealing girls have appeared in
the fiction of recent years than the
one whose moods are here chronicled.
3 Miss Lynn's plot, If a word so sug-
gestive of mechanics may be applied to
the artificial, reveals how the little
girls hatred of the prairie and all ap-
pertaining to IL gradually changes into
a feeling that prairie life a be en-
|dured, but that 1t Is never a thing for
enthusiasm, n finally evolves into a
tremendous love for the prairie.
D It is all beautifully told and in the
fathomtng OF the mind and ear of the
child Miss Lynn shows herself to be a
keen d~elineator of character. Her pages
will more than once recall to the reader
the days of a distant childhood-days
when company was coming to tea, days
when a forbidden book was delightedly
under the spare-room bed, days
when there were secret feasts on cook
les in the kitchen, days when a dare
was taken, school. days and play days.
A Stepdaughter of the Prairie will be
found a most enjoyable companion, one
with few hair-raising-and boring
experiences, but one whose simplicity
n naturalnes are certain to win for
her a permanent place in the affections.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04
HEALTHY ENLISTED MEN.

The splendid health of our seven
thousand sailors, marines and soldiers
at Vera Cruz and Of the twenty thou
sand men in the feet off Tampico,
speaks we'll for the efficiency of the
medical corps. The men. too, are exer-
cising every care, a necessary precau-
ton ashore in that and Of intense
heat. impure water and poor sanitary
conditions.
In the Mexican war of 1916 more
American soldiers died of fevers thar
from shot and shell. Today the dan
ger from disease to our troops in Mex
leo has been reduced to a minimum.
There has been a remarkable improve
n1ent in the methods employed by
medical men in the army and navy.
Oncial figures show that only two
per cent of the men are i'll, which is
about the normal percentages under
ordinary conditions.
Typhoid, which has killed off thou
sands in army camps, no longer is
feared, n malaria and other diseases
may be avoided. If wal with Mexico
must ensue the American army will
have the advantage Of an unsurpassed
medical organization. There will be
no repetition of the scourage or sick
ness which depleted many companies
in Cuba during the Spanish-American
war
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04
Maxiua&ion Laws

Navigation laws originated with the
Rhodians in GIG B. c., and the Phoeni-
clans later developed a navigation
code which contained many features
which, in modified form, are still in
use. England's first code Of maritime
laws Is attributed to Richard l., who is
said to have decreed them at the isle
of Oleron on this date in the year
1874. Further enactments were made
by Richard IL, in 1881, and by parlia-
ment in 1851. The latter act, aff1rmed
and extended during the reign Of
Charles H., was the foundation on
which Engiand's maritime supremacy
was built. A new act "for the en-
couragement of British shipping and
navigation passed on June 26, 1S49,
gave further impetus to the develop
ment Of the English merchant marine.
In the United States the first naviga-
ton laws were passed in 1892. and
they have been changed very little
since that date. Many earnest but in
~effectual efforts have been made to Sc
cure the modification OF the nayiga-
ton laws, in order to encourage Amer
lean shipping.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04
Daddy sBedtirne
O, The Patriotic Lilies
DOW Prepare For
The Fourth.

"a B lovely tall lilies in the garden had just begun to blossom Their
open windows.
1.-THE lilies were. having a long talk together last night" said
daddy.
"Oh, do tell Is what they wereta talking about" asked Evelyn. II wonder
ed II they ever talked, as they always seem too stately and too dbgnhed to
talk" '' 1900. ..' ":S
"They are stately and dgnifed ven when they are talking" replied
daddy "But it seems to me that you III using pretty big words for q little
girl your SIZE" 80
"Rut daddy" chimed in Jack. "yu must tell us what the lilies talked
about. I would love to hear"
"You see" continued daddy; there are just six of them out in the garden
now. But there are about twenty more to come out So tn sx ones which
were out talked very. very softly o Is not tt awaken the ones still sleeping.
And that Is why they talked in the evening, for If they had talked during the
day time with the aid of the sun, the others would surely have awakened
I" think said n Of the six lilies, thatwe art very lucky
"'Whyr asked a second.
"Dont you known questioned a third. It's because we come out just
at the Fourth of July season. By tomorrow a great many more O. as will be
awake, and the next day still more, and then-then-when the wonderful
Fourth Of July comes we will be wide awake, and oh. 81 big and straight
YES said the first. And while we car See the stars and stripes flying
from the houses ourEoots are in the soil, which is feeP
"FWhle the smell of gunpowder is being enjoyed by thousands OF little
we are blended with the gunpowder'
Tomorrow we will have to begin and awaken the Others said a fourth
""Yes' said a fifth, that is true
I'm the meantime said the sixth lily who had been listening to the
others talk all this time, let's sing III patriotic songs
And they all began. They waved about singing very softly, so that
peopepasang could not have heard more than a very faint rustic. But they
sang all the songs that belonged to the free earth in which they were proudly
rooted.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04
EXTRACTS FROM ULYSSES"

Old age hath yet his honor and his
toll;
Death closes all; but something ere
the end,
Some, work of noble note, may yet bs
done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with
Gods.
The lights begin to twinkle from the
rocks;
long day wanes; the slow moon
climbs; the deep
Means round with many voices.
Come, my friends,
'Tis not too late to seek a newer
world.
Push off, and sitting we'll in order
smite
The sounding burrows; for my pur-
pose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the
baths
OF all the western stars. until I die,
1t may be that the CULTS will wash US
down:
1t may be we shall touch the Happy
Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we
knew.
Tho much is taken, much abides; and
tho
We are not now that strength which
in old days
Mov'd earth and heaven. that which
-, we are, we are: ~
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but
strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, n not to
yield.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04
Canadian Island HamIats-

d Exchange: Queen Charlotte City,
on the south end of Graham island,
with a population. not exceeding $50 is
n Of the largest, settlements on the
Queen Charlotte islands in the north
Pacific. At Skidegate village, about
three miles east Of Charlotte, there are
a few houses. and oil works of the B. C.
Fisheries Company. Alliford Bay, on
the southern side. of the inlet. is a
small hamlet owing it's existence to
the canneries of the anne company.
Skidigate Indian village, near the en-
trance to the inlet of that name, is
populated almost wholly by Indians.
Masset, and MAIDEN harbor, on the
north coast, and Queentown on Mas
set inlet are some of the other villages
on Graham island, while Pacof, Locke
port, Ikeda and Jedway are settle
ments on Moresby island. Ranching
is confined to the northeastern low
land Of Graham island, though a few
small ranches are worked on some OF
the islands in Skidegate inlet.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04
A REMARKABLE VICTORY

"A wonderful victory of Governor
Hanna at the recent primary is the
talk of he state. The Bismarck
Tribune puts it well as follows:
""Now that the smoke of battle has
cleared away somewhat, a RETROSPECT
tive of the scene of the political
arena during the past few months is
interesting. Probably the campaign
conducted by Governor Hanna was the
most striking in the history Of any
state in the union, and has caused
no end of comment.
tMr. Hanna made no political
speeches. had no organization and
kept his campaign expenses far with
IN the limits prescribed by law. His
campaign was practically completed
before he announced his intentions
to be a candidate for office. His de-
meanor was very qauiet and unas-
sunaing. and he relied entirely upon
his record for support. merely say
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04

ing that he had done as well as he
could and if the people wished him
to be their executive for another
two years he would be pleased to
serve in that capacity.
Two weeks before election, and when
his opponents were waging the hot
test Of the campaign %endeavor, Cover
nor Hanna packed his trunk and SAIL
ed for Norway to participate in the
centennial celebration of that people,
and to present to the Norwegian peo-
pie the statue of Lincoln, as a gift
from the people of North Dakota.
He simply put it up to the people
to choose-and they did. Notwith-
standing the fact that the oposition
flooded the country with literature
opposing his candidacy; notwith-
standing the fact that speakers and
diligent workers we're abroad in every
section; Notwithstanding the facet
that his chief opponent had a special
train at his disposal and swept across
the state for TWO days Immediately
prior to election day-yet the people
stood s~teadfast for the man in whom
they had faith and gave him a hand
some plurality, one which was a COM
pliment, indeed.
Mr.. Hanna is to be congratulated
his record"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04
A Novel Of Surprise.

Herbert Harrison's A Lad Of Kent
announced for publication on April
20, but carried over until May 6 is a
novel of surprise. More than once
during a reading of it will that emo
ton be aroused. In the first place that
so finished a piece of work should be
an authors initial venture in the fic-
ton field, is, of itself, not according to
tradition. Again, the ingenious as
sembling of incident and the adroit
method in which the characters are
handled admirably maintain that
quality of suspense strived for by the
author and which is the essential Of
every really good adventure story.
And finally the incidents are seen to
contribute in a perfectly logical fash
ion to a wholly unexpected and salts
flying climax-unexpected that is, pro-
vided the readers curiosity aroused
to the breaking point, has not made
him take a surreptitious peek at the
last page.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-04
Work of 3 uffaloes.

Not many people know the civilizing
part played on the North American
continent by the buffalo. Yet literally
the buffalo trails across the primeva'
woods were from the first the trails
taken by Indians in migration or other
travel and afterward they we're tia
paths followed by tie white settlers
1t Is a striking fact that wDe the
great buffalo herds moved from place
to place over mountain ridges and
through trackless wilds they instinc-
lively chose the best path. 1t is said
that the line Of one Of the railroads
in the Allegheny system. has been ex-
amined by those who are wise enoug!
to detect the signs of the old trails
and that the railroad, surveyed by the
work of engineers to find the path of
least resistance for the steam horses,
conceded at nearly every point with
the track made long ago by the buffalo
herd. In n or two places where the
railroad tunneled as the easiest way
under a difficulty the buffalo trail was
found to lie directly over the tunnel.
The buffalo used to move in such
mighty herds that the herd would con-
tinue for days in the sight of a travel
er who was meeting it. The phrase
stamping ground" m from the
bare places made by the buffaloes
when they stopped and camped in
their fashion. The young and the
mothers were put in the center Of a
huge circle of buffaloes that stood
paving the earth for yards bare Of all
vegetation. They sometimes thus took
the defensive against some foe.
A buffalo wallow was where the buff
faloes one by one would lie down i n
the mud near a stream and bury them
selves in it till each was thickly coat
ed with mud. When this dried the
animal was protected from insects.
The salt ticks obviously named) were
places where the buffalos went to find
salt. These springs were supposed to
be ocean water imprisoned in the
rocks of the earth which here and
there found vent to the surface and
made deposits of salt. The buffalo
trails focused in these salt ticks. The
old maps made by the first explorers
used to show every buffalo lick, be-
cause these were the co~nverging points
for the trails. The term is still found
in maps and postal guides.
One still finds in deep woods signi-
icant open aisles Of thin growth
which show where for long years the
buffalOes used to tramp through and
destroy every vestige of vegetation
till the forest grew weary of trying
to cover their tracks. They tramped
the ground hard, for they went plung-
ing heavily along, very rapidly. 1t is
said that when a buffalo herd got a
brief start even a fast horse had trou-
BILE to oVertake it. The herd would on
occasion plunge straight down the
steep side of a gorge and up the other
slope as if there had been no obstacle.
The buffaloes traced out the practical
portages between river heads and
seemed everywhere to know the best
paths.-Christian Science Monitor.