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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
The Daily Story
A Matrimonial League-By Sarah Baxter

which girl had sent him the ,,aar !
The next day Stevenson's a,tas.
was called to red heart pinnaa l'sh
bis coattail. How it got thera \. ~, ~
not know, but supposed it had 80 -
placed there by small boy bi,o seeA
do the job. The same evening ~. y
was small social gathering a, ~
house Of one Of the league. ana -
other men on going to the coat ,o 49,
found hearts pinned to their oyerco..a
One Of these men when about n -.
on his hat found another heart IN -
lining.
Alas, this was the cankerworm ....
was destined to spoil an excellent ME-
Ned Somers, who was blespas
cursed-with two hearts at his disno..,
Instead Of keeping the fact to him.
boosted Of 1t to his companions hi.
excited the spleen Of Arthur Beer
who received no heart at all.
As for the girls, the apple Of disco,s
was also thrown among them tn
two girls who had set their hearts A.
the same man each began a secret T.
quiry as to who her rival was. Ne,,ha,
was long in gaining the reouirad T.
formation and soon after the diseor.
cry they were not on speaking forms
Evelyn Treborne had sent heart n
Andy Skinner, which he surmisea cem.
from Jenny Brown. He accused M,.s
Brown, who Indignantly denied ,ba
charge. She spoke disparagingly Of
Skinner to Margaret Stark. who hsa
sent him the heart, and this made .
break between the two girls. Within
a week after the establishment Of tha
league there were half a dozen ousr.
rels between the different persons send.
ing and receiving hearts, Including
some of the men who had not been
honored by being wanted.
Then came Trimmingham, a strau.
ger, to the place, and. hearing Of the
league and having secured the names
of the members, he wrote each one
note stating that he had received a
red heart; that she was the only girl
in the world he wanted, and II thu
heart came from her he had one to
give in exchange
For few days after this every mem.
Der of the league was in a f1utter. Five
notes went out to birmingham from
FIVE different girls, each acknowledg.
ing that she had sent him a heart
Then two girls compared notes, and
there were two expressions.
A"Well, l declarer
'The horrid thingr
That led to more comparisons, and
the league was broken up.
Meanwhile Trimmingham had left
for parts unknown. And it was well
for him that he had, for there were
five girls each and every one Of whom
was ready to stick pins into him.
Some of these young ladies afterward
found husbands. but not in the place
they lived There was one agreement
between them-"A prophet is not with
sut honor save in his own country"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
ONE OF THE ABLEST MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS- WILL NOT RUN
AGAIN.

In the midst of the struggle to line
up all democrats of the house in sup
port of the president in his armed
merchant stand. Representative Rob
ert n Page of North Carolina notified
port the administration and will not be
a candidate for denomination. Rep
resentative Page has no opposition in
| his district The announcement was
made recently to North Carolina news
papers and has caused widespread
comment throughout the United States
capitol. 1t is all the more interesting
because of the fact that Representative
Page, who is in brother of Walter
Hines Page, United States ambassador
at the court of st. James, declares this
country is no longer neutral on ac-
count of the great sums of money
loaned to the allies by United States
| financiers.
His letter to his constituents shows
Representative Pages conscientious
character in a new and startling light.
Referring to the loan to the allies,
the brother of the American Ambassa-
dor to Great Britain says:
Jesus Christ never uttered a more
profound truth than when he declared
Where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also.'
1.-THE loan of $500.oOO,00 to England
by American capitalists, to say moth
ing Of the profits of munitions manu-
facturers, has destroyed the semblance
even of neutrality in the United States
and will probably lead us into war !
have no pro-German nor pro-anything
sentiment or inclination other than
pro-American l realize very forcibly
my obligation to my immediate constit-
uency and to the American people.
will not stulify my conscience or stain
my hands with the blood of my coun-
trymen; neither will I do violence to
my conscientious convictions Of duty
thereby FORGETTING my self respect.
"And now, while, SO far as l am in,
formed, would have no opposition fol
denomination in the approaching pri-
mary, l desire to announce I will not
be a candidate for the nomination.
Other portions of Mr.. Pages state,
ments indirectly criticise the president
for asking members of congress to vote
on foreign relations that belong par.
: ticularly within the hands of the exec.
utive. In addition to the paragraphs
previously quoted, Mr.. Pages state
lment sets forth:
ITO the democratic voters of the sew
enth congressional district of NortF
Y Carolina:
Many patriotic citizens of Nortf
l Carolina are writing and wiring to me
1 to support the president in his diplo
/, matte controversies with European
t countries. Many just as patriotic arr
telling me to support resolution
a warning Americans citizens agains
d taking passage on armed vessels o
i belligerent countries. The constitu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
COARSE WORK EXPOSED.

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has made public a telegram he re-
ceived from State Senator James L.
Green, of Massachusetts, with refer
ence to the promotion of Green's
brother to a position in the Boston
custom house. The telegram was as
follows:
"As secretary of the treasury you
have full power to create Immediately
a deputy surveyorship in Boston Just
abolished and promote my brother, or
you can increase his salary to Sc per
day, which is perfectly satisfactory.
My conduct as delegate to the ma
tional convention will be governed by
the treatment accorded him. Wire at
my expense"
The secretary replied as follows:
do you realize that your telegram of
the 9th instant places you in very
awkward position? You practically
ask me to bride you to govern your
COuuuCL dS ueleSdLe W TIE udl4Uudi
convention by giving your brother a
position as deputy surveyor of Boston
which has been abolished because il
is unnecessary, or to increase his sala-
ry to Sc per day. Your offense is q
serious one and deserves to be treated
! with the contempt l accord it. l shall
not prostitute the public service yor
propose, and you can act as you please
at the national convention"
The telegram from Senator Green i!
a remarkable exhibition of one of tn,
most offensive phases of American
politics. That anyone of intelligence
should expect to influence an appoint
iment in such a way is discreditable t.
him and for him to ask it with sucl
braZen assurance reflects both on hi
intelligence and his honesty. The sec
rotary has done well to expose thi
impudent display of the spoils spiri
with reference to the public service
The people do not want to be serve,
by officials who gain their appoint
ment by such means. Doubtless Their
is good deal of this remnant of politi
cal jobbery that has not yet been ex
posed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11

The soft coal operators have kind
"" consented to advance the wages
of their employees an average Of about
five per cent. The coal operators can
well afford to do so. In fact, they
might have made the advance 10 per
cent without straining their generos-
ity The advance will be paid by the
consumers of coal, for the easiest
thing coal operators do is to trans
nit" the increased cost of production
Not only that, but there is prediction
that the per cent advance in wages
will be increased to something near
mission" says the Peoria Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
FULL HOTELS.

A federal jury in New York city the
other evening needed a place to sleep.
The Judge had instructed the mar
shall to lodge the jury in a comfort
able hotel for the night. The marshal
obediently set to work to find accom-
modations. He spent half an hour at
a telephone, calling up all the hostel
ries on his list, and found everyone
of them damned with guests, with not
a room available. He then got in
touch with the Hotel Mems associa-
ton, and its officials undertook to find
lodging for the sleepy jury. After four
hours of effort, they gave it up. There
was not hotel in New York with room
enough for those II men. Finally the
marshal took his charges to a Turkish
bath place.
There are 700 hotels in New York
among them dozens of houses which
alone, could shelter the population Of
many thriving town.
It's certain proof of prosperity
Hotels are always a good index to the
state of business. 1t is particularly
so with New York hotels. They reg.
lister not merely the industrial ant
commercial temperature Of the east
whose present prosperity is already
evident in numberless ways-but of thu
entire country.
When New York hotels are full, i
means that the metropolis is full o
men from all sections who are buying
goods and raising money and spending
money and planning for new enter
prises. It means that the bushes!
heart Of the country is functionins
properly-that there's nothing thu
matter any more with the country''
business circulation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11

auth intend to restore to Serbian do
minion that million Bulgarians which
the redrawing OF Balkan boundaries,
after the second Balkan war, ruthlessly
cut off from their fatherland when the
territory was added to Serbia? These
people never will be content under
Serbian rule; they demonstrated that
when they greeted the advancing Bull
garian armies as deliverers.
Then there are Bosnia and Here
govina, which Austria took from Ser
bia some years ago, to give their Cath
Ollie citizens relief from Serbian relig-
ious oppression, and whose Mahomme-
dan citizens as we'll have Joined with
their Christian fellows in opposition to
a transference of allegiance.
Coming closer home, Great Britain
has under its own dominion number
of small nations which are calling
under the yoke. Ireland, Of course,
has long desired freedom, but has been
denied even home rule. South Africa
and the Orange Free State would well
come restoration of their independ-
ence. Egypt might be restored to Tur-
key, or even to France, from whom
England originally took it, and the
restoration of Gibraltar to Spain would
make Iberia once again whole nation
Mr.. Asquith may have meant the
restoration of Finland to Sweden by
Russia, and of Poland to the Poles
or of Cyprus to Turkey. Perhaps he
meant that Morocco is to be restored
to home rule by France.
This Is what "The restoration o
small nationalities" would mean. 1
carried out in entirety program o
restoration of small nationalitie!
would mean the end of the British EN-
pire, for the empire is built Of small
nationalities crushed under the weigh
of power and dominated in a fashion
such as Germany has never dared.
| Mr.. Asquith, it may be suspected
after such an analysis, was only talk
| ing through his hat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
EXPOSES HIMSELF.

Brutal cynicism characterizes Theo-
dore Rooseyelt's defense of his re-
fusal while president to do anything
toward carrying out the treaty obliga-
lions of the United States to guarantee
the independence of Korea, which was
gobbled up by Japan. In his book on
America and the World War;" Roose-
welt makes this explanation:
ITO be sure, by treaty it was SOL
EMMY covenated that Korea was to re-
main Independent. But Korea was it.
self helpless to enforce the treaty, and
it was out Of the question to suppose
any other nation without any interest
of It's own at stake would attempt to
do for the Koreans what they were
unable to do for themselves"
| So, then, no other nation without
any interest Of its own at stake" should
| be expected to regard its treaty obli-
cations when one party to them is too
weak to defend itself. That is the
Roosevelt rule of international con-
duct as voiced in his new book. That
is the theory he acted on in regarding
the Korean treaty as a mere scrap OF
paper.
But what, then, becomes of the col.
onel's loud talk on the alleged duty Of
the United States to have made Wig.
orous protest against the invasion Of
Belgium, carrying with 1t even to the
point Of war If necessary? What "in.
terest of its own at stake" to bring
the question down to the plane Of
Roosevelt's argument on the Korea
case, had the United States that de
manded its Intervention? This country
had no material interest in Belgium
whatever-not even a treaty. AS &
matter Of fact, by The Hague conven
ton of 1907. approved by Mr.. Roose
welt as president, the United States
had expressly stipulated that it wa:
not to be involved in the clashing in.
terests of European nations
Colonel Roosevelt is convicted of in.
sincerity out Of his own mouth. He
can not make fish of Korea and fowl o.
Belgium. By his frank and bruta
statement on Korea, he confesses Il
playing very cheap and ignoblt
game of politics in his denunciatior
of the Wilson administration for it.
course in maintaining strict neutralit,
with regard to Belgium.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11

81 think, girls" said Miss Clara
Mansfield to four other young ladies
who were slipping afternoon tea with
her, that If something is not done.
and that. too, pretty soon, we're all
booked for old maids. No young men
come to this town, and those who are
here are leaving. There are still left
enough of them to provide US with
husbands, but they have grown up be-
side us, with nothing occurring to
make them matrimonially inclined to-
ward u.s. Those men who have mar
ried have chosen wives elsewhere. 1t
provokes me to see some girl with
neither brains nor beauty brought back
here by one Of our fellows simply be-
cause she was new to him"
''No such thing, Clara" put in Mar
garet Stark. The reason why girls
from other places are getting the fell
lows away from us IS that they go for
them, while we sit here idly sucking
our thumbs. But you are right when
you say something must be done or we
shall all be old maids
"I've heard Of a custom somewhere"
said Dora Elkins, that gives the adj
vantage to the girl. If a woman wants
a man she paints a red heart on one
of her visiting cards and pins it on to
the coat or the hat or something of the
man she wants. Now, how would 1t
do for us to form league Of heart
Primers, each girl member pledged to
pin a heart to some manf'
"Horrible," exclaimed Lucy Jones,
throwing her eyes and her hands up
at the ceiling.
Better than everlasting spinster-
hood" said Evelyn Treborne.
The upshot Of the dialogue was the
formation of the league proposed, each
girl making the pledge, though it was
decided to leave out the card Of the
one pinning on the heart. Modesty
would not stand this. Besides, an anon
ymous heart would excite curiosity.
But the intent of the token was per-
mitted to reach the young men who
were to be the victims. Miss Mans
field had a brother who was wanted
by one of the young ladies-which one
she was not told-and she volunteered
to give him the notice.
One night the league was discussed
at the club by the young men. Every
man claimed that the idea was pre-
posterous and that If he received a
heart he would pay no attention to 1t.
But there was not man jack Of them
but" feared he would not receive one.
The next evening when the men stray
ed in at the club Jim Mansfield con-
fessed that he had found heart pin
ned to his hat when he took it up to
go out in the morning. He said that
the lady could send him a dozen hearts
if she liked; she would get no reply
from him At the same time he was
racking his brain for plan to find out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
Selected by Tavenner

ton vests in the president all diplo-
matte questions, and /, as one member
of congress, am willing that he should
exercise this prerogative.
Il do not think that congress or any
other large body of men can success
fully negotiate matters of diplomacy
with other countries.
When the president demanded that
congress pass upon resolution warn
ing American citizens against taking
passage on armed vessels of belliger-
ent nations l suggested the following
resolution:
Whereas the constitution of the
United States vests in the president
all matters Of diplomacy.
Resolved, That the senate and
house of representatives, in congress
assembled, hereby express confidence
in the president in the exercise of this
prerogative for the protection of the
lives and liberties of American citizens
and the honor and peace of the repub-
| lie
1.-THE president is not satisfied with
Ii an unreserved expression OF cOnfi-
dence on the part of congress, but de-
mands vote upon the warning OF
American citizens to refrain from US
ing armed vessels of belligerent coun-
tries, asking that it be voted down.
This shifts to the conscience and
convictions of members of congress a
responsibility that the constitution i'm
poses upon the executive. Having the
responsibility thrust upon me, / claim
the right to exercise my own judgment
and convictions and not have them die
tated by some one else.
II do not believe that an American
citizen should insist upon the exercise
of any abstract right that will leopard
ize the peace of this country. To vote
against a resolution Of warning places
upon me the responsibility for the
death of all Americans, who, in the av-
lsence of such warning, may lose theil
lives by the destruction Of an armed
vessel of some one of the warning pow
Iers, and perhaps thereby plunge this
country into war.
81 cannot gain the consent of my
conscience, much as l would like tt
crafty the president, and meet wha'
seems to be the demands of my con
stituents, regardless of my conscien
tious convictions, to in every matter
vote as the president requests, thereb!
assuming responsibility for the loss O
a single American life, or even indi
rectly stain my hands with his blood
"In this instance l am sure l am il
possession of facts of which a partia
press has kept the people l represen
in ignorance.
The concluding paragraph of Mr.
Pages statement reads:'
81 can never express the depth o
, my gratitude to the DEMOCRATS of thu
: seventh district for their support ant
| friendship. l would not be in any de
, gree worthy of this if l did not main
| tain my self respect and intellectual
integrity by retiring instead of re
manning your representative withou
: either"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
ASSERTS WOMAN NEIGiIBOE
SHOOTS HIM WITH BIG GU,

Sterling, Colo-O. b. Luce, a home
steader, is suffering from a bullet
wound in the arm, which he declares
was inflicted by Miss Fritizie MacKay,
former Denver hairdresser, who
owns an adjoining homestead.
Luce stored his household goods in
the MacKay cabin. Recently he re-
moved the goods, but, it is said, re-
fused to surrender the key to the
cabin to Miss MacKay.
Luce and the young woman met, and
when he refused to give her the key
she drew a As caliber revolver and
fired at him, he says.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
Perfectly Respectable.

The Review society reporter seems
to have gotten the facts mixed in the
John Jordan party last week. 1t seems
it was a surprise party on Mr.. Jor-
dan in honor of his birthday. Fred A.
Snyder, his Sunday school teacher
was at the head of it and the surprise
was omplete-Albany Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
Daily History Class-.March II.

15fETorquato Tasso, Italian po''
born: died 1895,
1884 Robert Treat Paine, one Oh -
Si.aerS Of The Declaration o. -
dependence, born: died lsl4'
lST4-Charles Sumner. statesman
the anti-slavery era, died III Na a,,
ington: born In Boston Jan .. To-.
l9lJ-B British auxiliary cruiser pe' !.
mo sunk by mine or torpeae .
British waters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
The Negligible Groom.

A very quiet wedding was solemn
lied Thursday forenoon at the Luth-
eran parsonage in Amboy, when Miss
Carrie E. Herwig, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Herwig Of Franklin
Grove, were united in marriage. Rev
E. W. Kuethe performed the cere-
mony.-Amboy News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
William Brady,N.D.
The Pre- TuberCulOuS State.

velop the disease Which ones?
The ones who take cough cures"
Or. Fossils Ancient Remedy" Faith
er Shyster's Food for Fools" ''Tuber-
cle-buncombe,' and the remedy that
cured me-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
Rock Island-Frcm River to
River.

no NOT litter the
~ streets with waste
paper. Destroy it or place
it in the proper recep-
tacles, thus contributing
to the municipal commits
sion's efforts in behalf of
clean streets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11

WOMEN should study law to be on
an equal plane with their husbands, -
advises Chicago woman barrister. The
average husband feels that his wife
already knows too much law; at least
she usually closes the argument.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11

Get the treacherous and inhuman
Villa, dead or alive, and the complica-
tons involving peace and quiet in Mex
leo and its relations with this coun-
try will be largely removed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11

According to an official statement
from the men who make the clothes, a
gentleman must spend $4,000 year on
his wardrobe. Here we have brand
new definition of gentleman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11

And we'd be willing to make small
bet that Mary Pickford doesn't get as
much money for writing those news
paper articles as Jess Willard does
for writing his-emphasis on writing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11

Nearly every town in Germany now
has policewomen.
One-third of the wage earners in
New York are women.
St Louis has a poicewoman who
receives salary of SOS per month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11

If the Germans put as much energy
in their work afterwards as they are in
their war it isn't going to take them
long to recuperate and reconstruct.