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TPIE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1910. THE ARGUS. Published Dally and Weekly at 1824 Eecond avenue. Rock Island. IlL IEn tered at the postoffiee as jecond-clasa matter. BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS. Dally. 10 cents per week. Weekly. $1 per year In advance. All communications of argumentative character, political or religious, must have real name attached for publica tion. No such articles will be printed over fictitious signatures. Correspondence solicited from every township In Rock Island county. TRADES (ffiff) COUNCIL 20 Thursday, November 17, 1910. 0 Don't get down-hearted, summer will return again. Indian Evidently Mr. Gompcrs and social Ism don't get along together. The tumble in prices came just as Banta Claus is preparing to come back. Some people are all ready doing their Christmas shopping. Wise people these. New York has answered the ques tion: "What shall we do with our ex-presidents?" Count Tolstoi has been a" brilliant old man, but he Is acting like a blamed old fool. It is pitiful. The Cook county state's attorney no longer conceals the fact that he wants to be governor. That would surely be a high Wayman. The Muscatine Journal is about to celebrate its 70th anniversary. The Journal is not only one of the pioneers Df this section but of Iowa newspaper dom. There is one man of fame In the world of sport who has never been obliged to attempt to come back, be cause he always stays ahead. That man is Michael H. Sexton of Rock Is land. For the first time since the organi sation of the republican party Bureau county is to be represented in con gress by a man nominated and elect ed as a democrat. In 1870 a man named Stevens had bern nominated by Rome insurgent republicans and the tlemoerats recommended him to their party and he defeated E. C. Ingersoll. Now, however, the county is in the district to be represented by Mr. Stone, the newly elected successor to Congressman Graff. Andrew J. Graham, whose candidacy for the democratic nomination for may or is said to have been advanced as a "result of the meeting of the party's lo cal leaders at French Lick, Ind., is commonly believed to be Roger G. Sul livan' candidate for the place. He is a banker and has been known as a prominent democrat for many years, though never an office holder except as a trustee of thet West Park system several years ago. Mr. Graham was born in Chicago In 1861. He began his business career as a boy in a fur niture store. San Francisco voters have taken a step In line with the general principles incorporated in the commission form of government that Rock Island will have a chance to adopt by removing the name of parties from the ballots in city elections. If any candidate re ceives a majority of the votes cast at the primary election he is seated forth with. Otherwise the two highest can didates are put on the ballot for the Regular election, insuring a majority of all votes cast for one or the othr. This effectively knocks out the city political machine, which is responsi ble for most of the existing corrup tion. Significant. The official election returns are not all in, hut semi-official figures relative to the socialist vote cast at the recent election are significant. The socialist vote 6howed large gains all over the country, except in the lower middle Test. Here is the vote as reported: 1910. 190S. California 60.000 28,144 Connecticut 12,000 5,133 Illinois 32,000 34,711 Indiana 20,000 13,475 JCansa3 20,000 11,529 Kentucky 4,500 4,037 Idichigan 10,000 11.586 Minnesota 15,000 10,000 Nevada 2.000 1,900 New York 65,000 33,994 Ohio 50,000 33,759 Oklahoma 30,000 21.0S9 South Dakota 2,500 2,846 Tennessee 2,200 1,878 Utah 7,000 4,327 Washington 4,000 4,706 Wisconsin 60,000 28,141 Total 396.200 251,257 In two years the socialists in those states named gained 144,943, or about 60 per cent in the whole country. At that rate of increase the socialist vote will soon loom up in such form that greater cognizance must be taken of it. The spread of socialism is due pri marily to the drifting of government away from the people and its falling into the hands of monopoly and priv ilege. Under such conditions the subtle . theories of socialism find ready re sponse among those who bear the brunt of government by greed. Social ism we consider the opposite extreme to, monopoly, and the safest and surest way to meet the issue is to apply to government the principles of democ-j racy, to curb avarice and greed and give equal consideration . to the con sumer that is given the producer. There must be more consideration of public rights and less yielding to pri vate monopoly. Democrats rejoice in their recent victory because it means victory for principle. The organization of a dem ocratic national house will be the first step toward a square deal for the con sumer and producer alike. Then should follow the election of a democratic president in 1912 and vic tory for the principle of equal rights for all and special privileges for none Knows He Is in Luck. Chauncey M. Depew expresses him self as well pleased with the situation of course in so far only as it af fects him personally. He is properly imbued with sorrow for the trouble his party has fallen into, but as for himself he is happy almost to the point of elation. He can wel congratulate himself. As he says, he is 77 years old and has been In active political life for 54 years, and most of that time he has held office or been the power behind the throne. Now he is allowed to re tire with, his face saved, for the rec ord will show that he goes out of pow er only because" his party lost in his state. The children -and the grand children can tell that Chauncey held on well at the front as Jong as there was anything to hold. Two years ago he was booked to make a much more disastrous ending. It wa then In the cards for Chaun cey's party to win in New York and to pass him by, thereby retiring him to private lif v and calling on some oth er man to take his place. That doubt less made Chauncey feel bad. for there was much snub about that style of pro gram. Lately they patched up a new pro gram among the patriotic in New York, and in this Chauncey was to be saved. For some reason best under stood by the manager of the universe, the colonel, Chauncey was pioued to be United States senator for another term, or so much of It as he might be able to survive. Chauncey was in great luck to fare that well in rfrange ments made at a late day. for it was more than was coming to him. Now it is taken away from his par- tv in New York to make him or any body else senator just at this time; but Chauncey can have the satisfac tion of forling and teliins: the family that he made good with fh iiatriotic powers that be clear to the end of the piece. This Is much more than two years ago he expected to be fcble to claim. No wonder he feels happy. Proposed Conference of Christians. The response to the Episcopalian proposition for a conference of Chris tian bodies on matters of taiih and order is likely, observes th? Congre gationalism to be an appreciative one. Secular papers hail It as a decided step In advance, and the demonina tlonal papers which have thus far commented on the proposal indicate a friendliness on the part of the bod ies which they represent. There will be, we think, a general disposition to meet the Episcopalians at least halfway to assume that they are both sincere and earnest in their desire for a more united Christendom and to expect that they will proceed vig orously with the realization of a plan for the conference. But if it is to be a success the commission ap pointed at Cincinati. continues the Boston paper, will do well to heed the suggestion of the Churchman, which declares in favor of commit ting the initiation of the conference to a body representative of all the elements that would participate in it. In that case we shall have the par ticipation in a free forum by'its in vited guests, but a properly consti tuted, representative gathering sim ilar to the Edinburgh conference, in which each denomination shall feel an equal responsibility for the out come. Here are the Churchman's exact words on the subject which we heartily endose: "It goes without saying that if there is to be a world-wide confer ence In which the churches of Chris tendom or any large proportion of them are to take part, they shall all have that part from the beginning to the end. It is for them all to contri bute the means, whether of mind or of money, for the conference itself. There can be no equality in the con clusion which is not contained in the premises, and unless provision is made at the very beginning for an absolute basis of equality in con ference, there will, in the first plac? be no such thing as a universal ac ceptance of the Invitation to confer; and in the second, there can be no rational hope o' successful execution of the work for whicu the confer ence is called." Nov. 17 in American History 1S13 Philip Vv'Uiiam Otterbeiu. found er of the Otterbein Methodists, died in Baltimore; bora 1728. 1804 Robert Charles Winthrop. states man and a colleague of Webster, died; born 1809. Not Sorry for Blunder. "12 my friends hadn't blundered in thlnkiu I was a doomed victim of con sumption, 1 might not be alive now," writes D. T. Sanders, of Harrodsburg. Ky., "but for years they saw every at tempt to cure a lung-racking cough fail. At last I tried Dr. King's New Discovery. The effect was wonderful. It soon stopped the cough and I am now In better health than I have had for years. This wonderful life-save! is an unrivaled remedy for coughs, colds, lagrlppe, asthma, croup, hem orrhages, whooping cough or weak lungs. 50c, $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all druggists. V' jjnittm ramar rear- Tf'T'Vf 8 S5' 4Oft a? "-.its - " Vi S JijjuV iff MONTEVIDEO Uruguay. Troops are being sent into the Interior almost daily by the government in the elort to quell the rebellion that threat ena to lead to serious civil war. The insurgents already have captured M co Peren a town 125 miles north of Montevideo. The trouble originated in a contest between two factions for the presidency. The governments can didate Is Jose Battle y Ordonez, and a large number of the inhabitant are opposed to him and support the pretensions of Dr. Bacchinl, who recently resigned the post of foreign minister at the request of President WiUiman. The four year term of President Williman come to an end March 1, 1911. ALL STEEL TRAIMS Milwaukee Road Planning to Inaugurate Complete Change First of the Year. ON FAST PASSENGER RUNS Southwest limited. Operating Be tween Chicago and Kansas City, to Be Kqnipped. Beginning Jan. 1, 1911, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway com pany will inaugurate a complete change in its fast passenger train equipment. The Southwest Limited, running from Chicago to Kansas City; the Pioneer Limited, operated between Chicago and St. Paul, and the Over land Limited, between Chicago and San Francisco, will be made up en tirely of steel cars. The Milwaukee will be the first road in the west to take this progressive step in railroad ine. When the Southwest Limited is placed in service residents of the three cities will be given their first opportunity of seeing a solid steel train from baggage coach to sleeping cars. Steel coaches will not be an in novation here, as they are in use in the fast Rock Island trains, but a complete train of steel coaches will be something new. All three trains on the Milwaukee will be equipped simultaneously. Seven coaches are now used to make up the Southwest Limited. Other roads which have adopted all steel coaches in their fast passenger service are the Harriman and Pennsylvania lines. Complete In Appointments. The new steel coaches will be com plete in all their appointments. They will be lighted by electricity, a gen erator in the baggage conch furnish ing the electric current. Thi3 genera tor will be operated by steam from the engine. While in operation the generator charges storage batteries in each coach for use in emergency, as when a change of engines is made. The Milwaukee controls its sleeping and dining cars and the steel ones will be of the latest pattern. The sleeping cars will be constructed with the idea cf providing the best of comfort for passengers. Berths will be longer, wUl-r and higher than those in stand ard Pullman car3. Decision to change the passenger train equipment has made it necessary to purchase a new type of engine to draw the heavy steel coaches. Several moguls of the latest Pacific type have already been bought. These engines are larger than the 1600s now in use on the Rock Island. They are calla ble of hauling the heavy trains over the country at a speed of 65 miles an hour. Oglesby Is Acting Governor. Springfield. 111.. Nov. 17. Lieu tenant Governor John G. Oglesby is acting governor of Illinois in the absence of Governor Deneen, who is visiting his farms in Montana. Famous "Pint of Cough Syrup" Recipe X No Better Remedy at any Price. 1 T Fully Guaranteed. T Make a plain syrup by mixing one pint of granulated sugar and V2 pint of warm water and stir for two min utes. Put '2 ounces of pure Pinex: (fifty cents worth) in a pint bottle, and fill it up with the Sugar Syrup. This gives you a family supply of the best cough syrup at a saving of $2. It never spoils. Take a teaspoonful every one, two or three hours. The effectiveness of this simple remedy is surprising. It seems to take hold Instantly, and will usually ntop the most obstinate cough in 24 hours. It tones up the Jaded appe tite and Is just laxative enough to be helpful In a cough, and has a pleas ing taste. Also excellent for bron chial trouble, throat tickle, sore lungs and asthma, and an unequalled rem edy for whooping cough. This recipe for making cough rem edy with Pinex and Sugar Syrup (or strained honey) is a prime favorite In thousands of homes in the United States and Canada. The plan has been imitated, though never success fully. If you try it, use only genuine Pinex, which is the most valuable concentrated compound of Norway white pine extract, and is rich in guiaicol and all the natural healing pine elements. Other preparations will not work In this recipe. A guarantee of absolute satisfaction, or money promptly refunded, goes with this recipe. Your druggist has Plnex or will get it for you. If not, send to The Pinex Co, Ft. Wayne Ind. REBELLION IN URUGUAY IS SERIOUS i t ' : '-(" i4 l?fli:4l!.-yit-;i The Argus Daily Short Story A Football Giant By Arnold Tracy. Copyrighted. 1910. by Associated Literary Frees. "I have called," said Captain Ben Tucker of the Parkinton football team to Mis Ethel Storm, "on a matter of a very delicate nature." "Indeed," said Miss Storm, opening a pair of big brown eye9 enfiladed by long black lashes. - "Yes. extremely delicate. Indeed. I scarcely know how to begin." There was a pause, during which Captain Tucker was pumping tip hla courage, or, rather, hunting for a way to state his case that would be leant offensive. Finally, with a last ahem, he went on: "You are aware, I surpose, that hi a few days our team meet9 the Stanwig team in a final try for the season's championship." "I am." "You may be also aware that there Is one man on whom depends our suc cess or failure." "Who is this AJax?" "Perhaps you have beard of Miles Stanford." "I am acquainted with him." "I am pleased that you admit the acquaintance. It is a step forward. Now we shall get on. Mr. Stanford Is suffering from a mental malady which renders him unfit for putting forth his best efforts on the gridiron. Though the game is near at hand, I can't get him to practice with any spirit. lie gets the signals mixed, doesn't remember anything he id told, end often when he might seize the ball nd carry It untackled to goal he stands on the field in a day dream. When I shout to him he starts as If suddenly awakened." "And "may I ask," said the girl, open ing wide her beautiful eyes, "what all this has to do with me?" Captain Tucker, having led up to the subject in question, being now face to face with it, was abashed. The girl would not aid him. "He's dead in love with you, and you are standing him off. Why the dickens can't you give him a sop till after the game? Then I don't care what you do with him." Miss Storm controlled a desire to laugh. The affair between the petite Miss Storm and the gigantic Mr. Stan ford was being watched by the numer- GAVE HIM HXR BAND. s friends of both with interest and amusement. And Just before the big game was to come off. as bad luck would have It. Stanford had taken it into his head to propose to her and she had cast him into a slough of despond ency by refusing him. "Mr. Tucker." she said gravely, "are you aware of the breach you are mak ing of ' "Oh, for heaven's sake, don't play me. I'm not in that game at all. Just now I'm absorbed In winning this match between our team and the Stan wigs. If you don't help us or stop standing in our way. whichever you choose to call It, the Jig's up. We can't beat them with Stanford in his pres ent condition, and if you'll only go soft on him for three days the cham pionship will be ours." The girl stood looking at him with an expression that neither he nor any one else could read. The expression on his own face was one of infinite vexa tion. "Mr. Tucker." she said at last, "you overrate my Influence with Mr. Stan ford. I should be happy to aid you if it were In my power, but unfortunate ly Mr. Stanford Is his own master." This was said with such icy severity that Tucker did not feel warranted in pursuing the subject further. "I re gret," he said, "to bar felt.lt neces 1 1 ,ll I I U K tan ,it sary to trespass apotf your private af fairs and trust you will consider my interest In the co&lng match, as well as the good of the whole team, an ex cuse and forgiv me." "Ton are forgiven," said Miss Storm, putting out her hand. Tucker grasped it thankfully and in his gratitwd for being forgiven squeezed it so hard in his brawny fist that be called forth a cry and was obliged to ask to be forgiven again. Then he went away feeling that he had failed In his mission and the championship was' as good as lost. During the next few days the cap tain nourished a faint hope that after all Miss Storm would relent and he would notice In the practice games a change for the better In Stanford. But the great hulk of a man lumbered over the field like a ship in the rollers without a breeze. There wa nothing to do but play the game and take the consequences. The captain and all the team expected that their enemies would have a walk over. But what could they do? Stan ford would hot only fail to be the tower of strength to them he should be, but was liable to be a positive In Jury. Every man of the team went on the gridiron with despair written In his face. The Stanwlgs. on the con trary, had got wind of the fact that something was wrong with their op ponents and were buoyed with hope. The consequence was that during the first half the Parkintons did them selves great injustice, while the Stan wlgs played better, than they had ever played before. Tucker Just before the game opened had sworn like a trooper at Stanford, using terms of sovereign contempt, hoping to touch his pride. It had simply concentrated his atten tion on the game Sufficiently to pre vent his making any blunders. The second half was about to begin, with 6 to 0 in favor of the Stanwlgs. when Captain Tucker heard a voice behind him say: "A lady at the grand stand wants to see you, Stanford." Turning, Tucker saw Stanford walk away. "Come back here!" shouted the cap tain of the Stanwlgs. "Time's called." "Go on!" thundered Tucker. Stanford proceeded, watched by his captain. Tucker saw , him go to the grand stand, and on drawing near It he was beckoned to by Miss Storm. "Great heavens!" muttered Tucker. "Can it be that she's going to set him up?" lie saw Miss Storm smile on Stan ford, whisper something to him, give him her band and send him away. The big man came running with the lightness of a gazelle on to the field. Tucker passed the word among his team that something had happened, and they lined up with a supreme con fidence, every man in condition to do his best. Strange it is how under certain cir cumstances what Is not known be comes known. It was probably not five minutes between the reception of Stanford's summons and the beginning ' " JAa, Ty,y.m"''yr:vr' rips 1 1 Capital, $200,000 Surplus, $100,000 OUR RECORD The State Bank calls your attention to the fact that since the opening of our Savings Department Sept. 6, in about two months' time, we have added $226,842.00 in Savings deposits divided among 540 new accounts. State Bank of Rock Island Successor to Mitchell & Lynda. 2d Ave. and 17th St. 1 or tne second half, yet It was knows everywhere ou the oval that a change had come over the conditions pertain ing to the game. In the first place, a large number of Miss Storm's friends sitting about her saw Stanford ap proach her. listen to her whispered vJbrds and receive the pressure of her little band. They saw, too, a sudden gust of Joy sweep over bis face. Then they followed him with their eyes as t. 1 ,aa tn.-A ,u he bounded toward the center of the -i tm, . . . - gridiron. Ihe news was disseminated . ,,,.. . . . ... by a hundred voices, which In turn 1 . 4 n n t,.,n4.nJ . EU1U lb iu a. 11UI1U1 cu uiuii't nuu BU Jlt till it was common property that a great advantage had come to the Parkintons. What that advantage was only the inner circle knew. Parkinton rooters yelled themselves hoarse: Stan wig rooters' voices seemed to have been smothered. "What is It, Stanfordr Tucker ask ed just before the ball was put In play. "If this game Is won," replied the Hercules, "I'm In paradise; if It Is lost I'm in the other place." "Then It's won, by thunder!" From the reopening of the game Stanford, who had during the first half attracted attention because of the oselcssness cf a man who might be Infinitely useful, converged the eyes of all present. Scarcely had the game recommenced when he got possession of the ball, and, warding off a tackle on his right with his free arm and launching his ponderous body on an other tackle, he got beyond the en emy's line and, like a mountain sud denly equipped with wings, Jew to goal. Again, when two wedges were ram ming each other, Stanford by what seemed the effort of a Titan forced his way through the mass before him nd with a few contortions ridding himself of the dingers made a sido run and another touchdown. The yell that went up from the root ers of both sides was like a dozen thunderstorms. And so the game went en. In half an hour the score, which had been 6 to 0 for the Stanwlgs, stood 12 to 6 for the Parkintons. Stanford, who con sidered the gane won, permitted his mind to drift upon the blessedness In store for him. One of the enemy, tak ing advantage of his Inertness, passed the ball to another, who passed it to a third, and this man took it to goal. "Wake up!" yelled the Parkinton rooters. Stanford did wake up and, since there were but eight minutes left, made the best use of them. As If to atone for her negligence, he swung himself about, his enemies going down before him like pygmies. Finally, when time was called the game stood 14 to 10 in favor of the Parkintons. Hercules, Instead of bearing the world on his shoulders, was borne on the shoulders of the world. Stanford was carried off the field by his com rades amid the confusion of a break ing In on the gridiron by a multitude of spectators. Captain Tucker considered what could with propriety be done to show Miss Storm the appreciation of him self and his team for having saved the game. He had met with an Icy recep tion on trespassing on her private af fairs and had no mind to trespass again. lie called a meeting of the team and asked for suggestions. The result of the deliberations wa that the same evening Miss Storm received a box Inlaid with mother-of-pearl con taining ten pounds cf candy. Tthlncr to mark the donor accompanied ic, but Miss Storm knew very we'l that it wfi the gift of the winning team. There is more catarrh In this sec tion of the eountr.- than all other dis eases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incur able. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and pre scribed local remedies, and by con stantly failing to cure with local treat ment, pronounced it incurable. Sci nee has proven catarrh to be a constitu tional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca tarrh cure, manufactured by F. J. Che ney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the market. It In taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It ec'.s dlrec;- ly on the Mood and mucous snrfucs ! of the system. They offer $10 for any case it fails to cure. Send for circu lars and testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75 cpnts. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Humor and . . Philosophy TV M. SMITH PERT PARAGRAPHS. nv,n . . . . TfcO ' T laugh at a man because he ll : U . 7 . , . - ..... t ignorant of the simplest details of 1 , . . . ; your business. Maybe he knows hi i . ! O n. Foreslghted ones take their appe tites on long daily walks to get It In training for the holidays. One reason why the world Jaugbi with you Is that it was going to laugj anyway whether you did or not. Keep your trouble to yourself and let your Joys out on long time loans It you would be popular. Some men may never hare dared be as funny as they could, but others never were as funny as they thought they were. It is usually easy to believe the most disagreeable things about one whom we dislike. When the people marry for a Joke they don't have any difficulty la de ciding which the Joke Is on. Riches ere a curse, we are told, but were they suddenly throat upon us w would try to be reconciled to our doom. They Have Their Way. 0 HOME !tt ,FtvC O'CLOCK tOtt 1.1 AM TMLt: rxij By 11 fors "I am going to shift bosses the ftri. of the mouth." "Getting a new 8tenogTaphel Need of Haste. "naven't you changed the labels on these egg baskets by mistake?" asked the inquisitive clerk of the Intelligent grocer. "The ones marked 'strictly fresh' have been in longer than the others." "Don't worry." said the grocer: "the others will keep." Smart Thing. "Ethel." "Yes." "What do you do when you meet fresh young man?" "A real fresh young man?" "Yes." "I put him In a pickle right away." Getting It by Proxy. "He must lie a great traveler." "He has never been ten miles fron 1 homo." i "Hut he seetns to know the wholf ; world." "He never mioses a moving plctnr i show." i Without tH Attachment. "I have just been In the footbal ; game." ! "Any one killed ?" I "No." "Must have been fully as exciting ffj j a gann? of clieckers." Some Harmony. "I had a loml ef wood stolen fron my Jet Ut nluht." "Musical thieves, evidently." "How do you make that out?" "Isn't It the lost cord?" Good Reason. "You say mamma spanked yon?" Th-li'ih." "Why did she spank you?" j "'Cause Plie didn't know what ell ! to do with me." Folly at It Flies. Th little f.'ilnon on 1'i enrnf-r linn miny attrnrtlorm no doubt. The music is tueilow, an1 you're a ro follow An Ion? n yonr mony hoM out. Th Iauihtir In loi:l fiml ohtrualvo As foolish or-p, iett; th'lr r"ora. Put when you are tuf-ted don't hope' ti pet trusted. It'a you on the Jump for the door. You mpt with a bunch of companion! Who re out on a tit of a tar And pper.d money maybe you need for tti tinny And mre than yon know you ran apart And when In the mll?t of carousal You imuxe to take ntock for a bit The Jentlnar Is grating and not elevating, A recond class showing in wit. It ry In tho end to be aober And keep the stuff out of your brain. Tou find that th boozer Is alwsya a loaet Kxamples ari plenty. and fliin. Confine your libatlone to water. Just take a bis iw! at the pump. And nothing; la clearer than that you aa nearer Euccess than some lialf pickled chump There's nothing so punk In tho morning; Or quite so pathetic I know Aa when you awaken to find It has tak Your wap-s. with nothing to show. Keep out of the tolls of the monster; Have some sn-all rejtsrd for your nimi It's raster hitting the bullseye than quit tinx When one you get caught In tha gam Croup is most prevalent during tb dry cold weather of the early wlnt months. Parents of young childre should be prepared for lt 11 that J needed la a bottle of Chamberlain' Cough Remedy. Many mothers at never without it In their homes an lt has never disappointed them. Bo by all druggists.