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4 THE ROCK ISUAXD ARGUS. THURSDAY. JULY 6, 1911. THE ARGUS. r - PnVUlwJ Dally and Weekly at ltU 5 $nrm& asveeaa. Reek Island. 13. fEn tsred at the postoOoe as eeoona-claae BY-TNt J. W. POTTER CO. 2 TKRH& Dally, 1 eanta per wee. i Weakly, $x per year ta advaaoa, 4 All eonmranloattoM of ara-amentairve J character, political or r 11 gloria, aaust have raal nam attached for publloa- -! Uen. If nsh artlelM wOl be prints avar ftctftjona firutvtt. Correspondence so lid ted from avei -. township In Rock Island county. Thursday, July 6, 1911. The Chicago packers will not be obliged to ro to prison. How relieved we all feel about that. Now that the torrid wave has brash ed by, the Lo rimer Investigation may once more come In for a share of at tention. And, Fpeaking further about the weather, do you know that right In the midst of it we had a safe and sane Fourth of July? It has been decided by a Massachu sects Judge that a man is boss in bis own home. Now all that a man has to do Is to enforce the decision. The only point for the Lo rimer in vestigating committee to determine seems to be whether It is necessary for a United States senator to possess a , dual personality. HJnes is a good enough contradictor. but the trouble is he has to contradict so many people of his own credibility, as Lincoln said about his guaranty on a note, becomes "diluted." One of the newspaper correspondents ' says that Mr. Tilden of the stock yards talks like a sausage. Only those who have conversed with a sausage know how strong a simile this is. A Washington woman has applied to the courts to get her alimony increas ed because she is unable to live on $600 a month. The courts might rec ommend a course in domestic economy for the lady. It is announced that W. C. Brown is , to resign the presidency of the New . York Central railroad, return to Iowa and stand for the United States sen . ate. If Brown proves as successful a .. politician as he has a railroad man he . will win, hands down but then b . might just as well have held on to the . sure thing In the meantime. His em . Inent predecessor, Chauncey M. Depew, did, and the people called him a peach. Many stories of the late Sir William Gilbert's readiness at repartee are float log about. One of the cleverest of - these relates to his conversation with a voluble young woman who forced her attentions upon him at a musical "at home." The young woman insisted . upon discussing with him the merits of . various composers. "Oh, I do so love Sir Arthur's music," she gushed. "I . suppose he is now busy upon a new ' opera. Then there is Bach. He is an other favorite of mine. Is he still composing?" "I don't think so," re plied Sir William. "I rather fancy he is decomposing." A School of Manners. There is a great deal of sly fun be .' ing -poked at the Illinois Central rail ; road for its efforts to instruct its em ployes in the gentle art of politeness, but the fact is that no great corpora tion ever did a wiser thing nor one that is likely to bring more satisfac tory returns. Courtesy is the true spring of most of the pleasant things that grow out of our relations in life. It smoothes the rough places in diplomacy and brings - men together in a wav that makes them roanpot PHi-h nfher'n rle-hta It ! prevents the official "clothed in a little brief authority" from becoming arro gant and unreasonable in the enforce- ment of that authority. It makes the , man against whom this authority is exerted obedient to law and causes him i to forget useless envy and spite, which would make him inclined to rebellion against the constituted authorities. I The traveling public especially learns to appreciate courteous treatment from railroad employes and the latter would be sure to feel greatly relieved if the law of universal kindness and consid eration prevailed among the people whom they are called to serve. Let the good work go on. The Ileal Fan y land. ; A passenger lost his spectacles. The Messasre was em bark to Vew Vnrk J by wireless. The glasses were imnie . diately dispatched by an aeroplane messenger and safely restored to the passenger on the Olympic. The above was not written by a - Hans Andersen nor one of the Grimm brothers telling a tale of the mythical happening in Fairyland. It was a simple story of an occurrence in New York as narrated by the news dis patches. ; There seems to be no need of em bellishing the simple statement abovs 'given. The truth of the facts and the 'matter of fact mention of them are i the most forceful comment on the w'n- derful achievement of the age in which 1 we live. In the short time of five y years ago the above statement wou-d have been considered a flight of rc- jorter's fancy. Today we read It Lo i the day's news, perhaps without re fleeting on its significance. Let it be repeated that an order was sent from a ship at sea by wire less and the order filled by a man fly ing through the air. Are there any other fields which man's Ingenuity will explore? Will the aeroplane, like the wireless. become an Instrument of commerce? Let us reflect. Horses Still Are Necessary. If any have prepared to bid a sad farewell to the horse and to bewail his departed usefulness, let them with hold their sighs and tears for yet a little while, for faithful old Dobbin still lingers and promises to linger longer than those who would mourn his passing, says the Detroit News. According to the heavy hardware deal ers in convention the consumption of horseshoes, supposed to be In a stale of swift decline, was never so great as at present. They believe that ihe last census will show more horse in use than the census of 190C. More buggies were made last year than ever before in the history of the in dustry and horses of quality command a stiff and steady price. All this, in spite of the enormous production of power vehicles; in spite of the discs trous effects predicted by men who savr race gambling put under the ban is evidence that must confound the prophets of horsedom, past and pres ent. The meek, unlovely but useful mule. though without pride of ancestry, or hope of posterity, keeps up with the procession of domestic animals. The prophets have made themselves ridic ulous, for you can't keep a good ani mal down. Indications are all in ths other direction. In the fall of 1833 the horse business was in the dumps There had been an endeavor to brel world-beaters for the race track when suddenly prices slumped. It two or three yearB promising two-year-old? from commanding prices ranging from $5,000 to $125,000 dropped to a f hundreds. Along the public highways in Michigan and other states one might see animals commonly rated at values from $50 to $100 wearing placards stating that they were to be had al most for the leading home. Things are vastly different now BUSINESS INTERESTS OF COUNTRY HAVE CON FIDENCE IN DEMOCRATS Continued from Pasr On-i lonely republican of all its member ship. Who elected them if it were not the business men?" Judge CuIIod also referred to the great political reverses In the business communities of New Jersey, Ohio, In diana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and wound up in a burst of eloquence that carried the house by storm. CHAMP CI. ARK. JR, SOME OKATOR. In the event that Speeaker Champ Clark is selected "by the democrocy as standard bearer in the presidential election of 1912, there will be a young man who will figure in the campaign almost as prominently as the speak er himself. He is Champ Clark. Jr.. but little past 20 years, and one of the best orators in the country for his age. Young Clark's full name is Bennett Champ Clark, but in the national cap- itol his friends insist upon calling him Champ Clark Jr. Champ, Jr., has been atendlng college at the state univer sity at Columbia, Mo., but is now in Washington spending the summer va cation with the speaker and Mrs. Clark and his sister, Genevieve. Champ Clark, Jr., attracted national attention in the Interests of his father's candidacy. He debated with Reuben F. Roy, the republican candidate for con gress, and achieved such fame throughout the district in this debate that thereafter his audiences overtaxed the capacity of every hall and school- house In which he spoke. , Champ Clark, Jr., is a tall, clean cut type of boy, and as a result of having listened to his father's speeches in congress from the time he was a boy of 6 years old. Is exceptionally well in formed on political issues. TAFT STILL WITH A LDRICH. President's Taft's recent statement lt the adoption of ex-senator Aid rich's currency system, designed to put the control of American money 'ab solutely in the hands of Wall street bankers. Is the most important legls lation now pending, has resulted in the old issue being raised between himself and progressive republicans. He has represented himself and his administration as a new menace to public interest, and raised the demo crats and progressive republicans to a higher plane of public usefulness, a? the only effective force the public can absolutely rely upon to resist the ag gressive money power of Morgan and the president's efforts to serve it Both Aldrlch and Mr. Taft declare there is no intention of establishing anything like a central government bank. But nobody can read the Aid rich plan in detail without realizing that it is a central bank of Issue that he proposes. His so-called "reserve association of America" is to be the de pository and fiscal agent of the nation al government. It is to have the sole issue power. It may receive deposits from those national banks that are stockholders in it. It shall establish branch bank?, which. Just as under the central government bank scheme, will rush their local deposits to 'the cen tral bank thus taking money out of the community which would otherwise be loaned out for Investments in home enterprises. It may buy and sell gov ernment and state securities and gold coin or bullion. It may rediscount pap er for banks depositing with It. In short, the Aldrlch reserve associa tion is a bank with Immense privileges and powers, but without the name of a bank. Wall street will cona-ol it- It is obvious that the words "central: bank" were ommited because of the prejudice against such an institution by the country banks. Uncle Sam once tried a central bank. It was manned and manipulated by politicians and brought a panic on the entire country. Aldrich's flimsy misrepresentation, even though endorsed by Mr. Taft, will accomplish but little. Remembering its own last experience, this country will not stand for another central gov ernment bank. A DEMOCRATIC POCTKlUlg. Election of senators by direct vote of the people, which is now held up in congress by an amendment supported by Bristow of Kansas and the entire group of special privilege servers in the senate, is distinctly a democratic proposition. The report of the proceed ings of the republican national conven tion of 1&08 shows that the vote on in cluding In the platform a demand for the election of senators by the people was; Yeas, 114 and Nays 866. WHAT FREE LIST MEANS. The democratic free list bill in con gress simply means that the farmer will get his vehicles, farm tools, wire fencing, harness and shoes for less money. Is not that a good thing? CAN TOT FICniE THIS OCT. While the republican trust-buster, Kellogg, was prosecuting the Standard Oil company for the company, he was receiving the regular and "extra" com pensation from the steel trust. Direc tors of the concern that paid him these fees were stockholders in the concern he was prosecuting. What is the ans wer? Senator Bourne on Legislation Discussing means for securing ef fective legislation preventing misuse of centralized wealth. Senator Jona than Bourne. Jr., said: "The greatest problem before the country is to make the people respon sible for the enactment of laws by giving them power to legislate under the Initiative and to veto under the referendum in case the legislative branch of any state fails to truly rep resent the general welfare of the peo ple and also to make the people re sponsible for the selection of public servants under efficient primary and corrupt practices laws, thus making all public servants directly accounta ble and responsive to the composite citizen, individual unknown. The sub stitution of popular for delegated gov ernment Is rapidly accomplishing this result, thus substituting general wel fare for selfish interest as the motive power of government and goal of the public servant. What Trust Decisions Show. j.ne recent decisions or the su preme court in the Standard Oil and tobacco cases demonstrate that the next greatest problem before the coun try is the enactment of legislation which will provide broad, well defined. legal avenues through which dynamic mentality with centralized wealth can operate with the greatest efficiency. but with necessitated recognition of the general welfare of the people, the rights of employees and employers, insuring to the small stockholders their proportionate share of the incre ment incident to the operation of the capital in the aggregation of which they have participated. "Centralization of people, government and business is an economic evolution Incident to our civilization. Man can not prevent but can provide legal ave nues through which these great forces must operate with the greatest benefit to the general welfare and the least Injury to the individual. xne tegai avenues should be as broad and well defined as possible, but barriers should be erected along the roadways providing for the imprison ment of any Individual who attempts to break through them. Ascertain ment of existing methods and condi tions should be the first step; collation of opinions from practical employees, employers and economic students the second; analysis and deduction based on the ascertainment and collation ef views the third; the enactment of leg islation embodying conclusions the fourth; co-operation between lawmak ers and business Interests on the lines of ascertainment of the best legislation procurable, with resultant protection of the general welfare of the people and co-operative rights of employee and employer, the desideratum; ascertain ment rather than investigation, prose cution rather than persecution, the goal; publicity and not secrecy one of the methods; the highest possible r ward for legitimate efficiency and rig- Id obedience to the law, with personal punishment to the Individual breaking the laws, the result." lAnn Winters li Coal ) At mis tka pa mom tzt-dTrtane aaythiag a the way ef belt fast vrfrnt try and compete Bst haw abaat aart wiaar ? A Jwdioiees punlisss aew wiM save ya sneaey. fiiazer coax co.T'J t loiliee. tan Tfclrd Av-.Q 9 Officials of Alleged Wire Trust Indicted Under the Sherman. Act. - dw AfJ? , " 9 - X 1 r HLE5 rv OOKER b 1 -..-: -1 12 . r..r fi The TJntted States grand Jury has returned nine Indictments in the United States circuit court at New Tprk against officers of the American Steel and Wire company and of thirty-five other corporations and partnerships in tb steel and wire pools which the federal authorities have had for some time un der Investigation. The indictments are found under the Sherman act and charge a combination and conspiracy In restraint of Interstate and foreign commerce and are strictly of a personal nature. The corporations and firms as such are not indicted, but eighty-three Individuals operating through the al leged pools are involved as defendants. Prominent among those Indicted ar Frank J. Gould, president of the Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works company of Virginia, and Charles F. Brooker, vice president of the Ansonla Brass and Copper company and member of the Republican national committee for Connecticut. The Argus Daily Short Story When the South Wind Blew By Clarissa Mackie. Copyrighted. 1911, by Associated Literary Press. A little trading schooner had carried Lester Bid well from Manila to a group of tiny Islands that lie at the south east of the Philippines, and when the ship's dory had left him on a snow white coral beach with his traps heap ed about him be felt the first qualms of distrust in his mission. The neighboring islands were bits of dark blue blurred against the blue sea. His own Islet showed a curvlrur stretch trr bao iuo pmorncxD a iioxa com ov rUZIBLl BOFB. of coral beach with a background ot thick jungle. Tali palms waved in the breeze, and there was the luscious smell of ripened fruit. Except for the lapping of tbe waves on the beach and the chattering of monkeys In the trees there was the dead silence of complete Isolation. Lester carried his traps to the edge of the jungle and set forth to seek the legacy left him by bis friend Gil bert Olds, it took two hours to cir cle the island. Making a sort of rough camp occu pied anether hour, and when it wa's completed Lester had a small hut thatched with palm leaves and bound about with cordage from his valise. In tbe hut be placed bis stores of food and" water,, inflated the air mattress be bad brought and was ready for busU ness. He drew out Gilbert Olds last let ter. written from this very ssme south sea Island. One week after receiving this letter he had beard of Gilbert's tragic death. "Pear Lester." this last letter read. 5m 1 J V V '-.MX It 4 I have found what I came after and if I can get away safely shall be with you almost as soon as yon receive this. In case I never come back and in this part of the world one Is apt to drop out suddenly and Inexplicably leave everything and come down here and take your legacy. The pearls will be yours If anything happens to me. Ton know you grubstaked me to this ad venture, and your trust in me will not be shattered. "Below 1 have given sailing directions from Manila, and almost any . small trading captain will bring you along. There is not much danger of your find ing anybody here, for the island bears a bad reputation among the natives, and there is nothing to attract the trad ers save a bountiful supply of water to fill their empty barrels. Until 1 leave the pearls will be secreted In the trunk of a palm tree marked on the map be low. Must stop writing now, as 1 have a chance to send this letter over to the mainland. As ever yours, Gilbert Olds." it was easy to recognize the Island from the sketch Gilbert had made. "In the trunk or a palm tree" Is a very Indefinite description of a biding place, for there were hundreds of trees on the island, and many of them tow ered fifty or sixty feet above his bead. He sat down to a solitary supper thinking of bis lost friend and the meager tidings he bad been able to gather of his sad fate. The captain of the trading schooner bad shaken bis bead dubiously when Lester questioned him. "Mr. Olds fate isn't rightly known, sir, the captain had said. "He was a young chap that took chances, and, in my opinion, he lost out on one of his chances. You can't count on these PAariAnta Tt a m w4sir--e I natives hereabouts. They're a tricky crowd, and I've heard queer stories about that island. There's many a man lost his life going after tbe Rose of Dawn pearls, and tbe natives keep away from It because they say It's haunted. They will bang around It If there's a white man there. 1 suppose they're waiting for somebody to dis cover the pearls, snd when they're found, why. If s all up with the finder, or all down. I should say. for. of course, they'll throw him to feed the sharks." There was a chance, a bare c ha ace, that Gilbert was yet alive. He might be a prisoner on another island, per haps suffering torture rather than dis close the biding place of tbe pearls. Lester thought about these things while the sun sank and a glorious moon arose to light the world with silver radiance. A little breeze sprang op from the sooth, and Lester leaned against the trunk of a palm and turned his face to Its cooling touch. Then be beard it. Faintly, sweetly, tt was borne on the wings of the wind and swept over bis bead in sighing, tuneful melody. This was the ha noted Island of tbe natives. Was ;t the s&irit of Gilbert Olds seeking to bei4 communication i ! witn oil inenu i After an Invigorating cup of coffee i Lester made a thorough examination ' of the island and found many traces : of Gilbert's occupation. There was his former camp not thirty feet away from the site of Lester's thatched hut. There was a good sized tent pitched here and many utensils scattered around. There were traces of tram pling bare feet in the sand around the tent door, and Lester counted that there must have been a dozen men be sides Gilbert Olds, for the tatter's foot prints were easily distinguished from the others, for be had worn shoes. There was no doubt that Gilbert Olds bad been attacked by natives from the neighboring Islands and carried away ; to death or captivity. A careful search of tbe most prom! nent palms along the shore did not re- ! veal one thai had a hollow trunk or j that In any way seemed to offer "a j hiding place for some of the most j splendid pearls of tbe east. Early in J the afternoon the wind sprang up again from the south, and almost lm-) 1 mediately Lester , beard the sighing: ', music of tbe night before. I j He shook off the feeling of uncannl-' ness at the arrange sound and tried i i to place Its source. Of one thing be j j was certain that t hovered over the t j tall palm beneath which he had sat the night before. He stood beneath ; its slender, tapering trunk and looked wistfully upward at tbe thick tuft of branches above bis bead. If be only , had the steel spurs of a telephone j wire man the mounting of that tree would be a small matter. All at once there stood plainly be fore him as If written on the sand a picture In a long forgotten geography of bis youth. It was a drawing of a soutb sea Islander climbing the bare trunk of a palm tree. Tbe man bad tied a long scarf about tbe tree and his own waist, and then, bending back ward, his bare feet pressed against the tree, be braced himself against the scarf and slowly ascended It was a difficult feat to perform, but Lester was no mean athlete, and there was a thin cashmere blanket that would form an excellent brace for tbe ascent. He kicked off his shoes, twist ed the blanket into a rope, tied himself to tbe tree with plenty of slack and tried. He failed utterly. While he rested, bruised and scratched, another Idea came to him. and be immediately put It into practice. His bag also pro duced a long coll of flexible rope which bad seemed to him a useful ad Junct to his traveling kit In the trop ics. A half hour's play with this re sulted in bis lassoing a thick bunch of tbe top branches and pulling It taut Now, with the rope In bis hands and tbe brace once more in place, Lester gradually drew himself up to tbe tuft ed top of the palm, where he rested panting among the branches, while tbe weird music played almost In bis ears Now that he was up here It was easy to find the source of the hidden melodv. An aeollan harp fashioned from a cigar box and some strings from Gilbert's mandolin was cunning ly concealed In tbe branches where ev ery puff of tbe south wind resulted In a strain of music. Why bad Gilbert placed tbe barp there? Was It a pre caution against his possible capture by tbe natives, and did it indicate the palm tree which contained the pearls? Lester believed it did. He found tbe pearls easily. Just be neath the tufted top a square outline was cut In tbe trunk. Lester thrust the blade of his knife in one wedge and pried it open like a little door. The pithy trunk bad been hollowed out, and there, wrapped in an oilskin bag, were the pearls which had cost a score of lives since tbe fame of their presence on the Island bad gone abroad. With tbe pearls In bis bosom Lester slipped down from tbe tree just as the sun sank below the horizon. Later when the moon was rising be sat watching Its silver track across the sea. As be watched something black bobbed Into tbe radiance and stayed there, gradually coming nearer, nearer. until It came Into tbe little harbor. Lester stood at the water's edge to greet tbe man in the slender canoe. You got here just In time. Gilbert." be said coolly. "My trading schooner Is a day ahead of time. I see her drawing into the harbor now." "Thank heaven!" panted Gilbert Olds as be fell exhausted on the sand. "You got the pearls. Lester?" "Inside my belt," returned Lester, bis bands In those of his friend. "You were captured and have escaped from one of tbe Islands, old man?" Yes; there are fifteen canoes and about a thousand sharks In my wake. I hope your schooner Is not far off." Lester answered tbe ball of tbe trad ing captain and ran up the beach to collect his things. When be csme back Gilbert stood at tbe water's edge. "You'll tell me all about it some day. Gil." he said affectionately. "It's one of those things that will never be told. Lester," said the other 8iowly. .-rDe pearls were not worth . " the price I paid." July 6 in American History 1747 John Paul Jones (JohiuPaul), dis tinguished American naval com mander, born In Kirkbean. Scot land; died in Paris July 18. 1792. 1759 Commodore Joshua Barney, gal lant naval officer In the Revolution and war of 1812. born; died 1818. 1802 General Daniel Morgan. Revolu tionary hero, died: born 1736. 1905 The remains, of Paul Jones for mally delivered to the United States government by France. Not the Same. Solicitor lerons examining) Now, didn't you tell the prisoner that you doubted bis veracity r Witness No 1 merely told Mm 'e wns a bloomln' I far. London M. A. P. Each day Is a stone in tbe great temple of life Aim to hew tbe stone ,Dat u w1" b foor aqoare to every 'lnd lb.it blows. Humor and"" , Philosophy I Rr PVACAA M. SMITH THE RESTLESS AGE. GOING and com Ins, Shifting about. Hltbcr and thither. In and then out; Hera for a moment; Do not know where They'll b tomorrow; Little they car. Now In Milwaukee, Now In 8pokana Or for om city Taking the train: Back to New Jersey, OS for tbe west, Stop In Missouri Just for a rest. Chasing the bubbles. Grabbing the cash. Running a corner. Going to smash; Saving a trifle Just for a stake. Losing It mayba All on a shake. Dabbling la business. Digging for gold, Down In the tropica. Up in the cold; Here for a minute. There for a day; Some new excltemeat Up and away. Motion and action. Hammer and claws. Going and coming; Never a pause; Booming to settle Down for a wage In one cramped vineyard Oh. what an agel Knew His Weakness. -rTere is a penny. Willie. Now run along to Sunday school, and be sure to go down Washington street, and not by way of Auburn avenue." "Yes, ma'am." "Be sups to go the way I told you. Do you bear7' "Yes, ma'am." After he had gone a friend of bis mother wanted to know why she had been so particular to have" him take Washington street. "Hera use there is a gum slot machine on Auburn avenue," replied me snow ing mother. al..:.... ' . l.m.nJt ,nlt. M Bee jruu ua,v "Yes. Beauty, Isn't It?" "It Is. From Jack V .. , . "Yes." VA "I suppose he loves you very dearly." "Well, anyway, he loves me very ex pensively." Slothful. "He Is crazy to go back to tbe land." "Will be make It?" "Not unless they bring the land to him." The Conceited Man "She la an unusual girL" "Unusual in what way?" "She has no poetry In her. She yawned lo my face when 1 read my verse to ber." "Ob. she's not unusual. She's mere ly frank." Longing. Somewhere the snow Is snowing And cooling off the air. And don't you wish you knew the plaoa And could be landed there? Slander. -- "Miss Jenks is very pretty." "Yes, but did you bear what they say about her?" "Mercy, no! What Is Jtr "They say she has a college degree and reads Maeterlinck." A Long Wait. "Will yon love me always?" "I can't tell you tonight." "When will yon tell me?" "At the dawn of eternity." PERT PARAGRAPHS. After you have proved that yon can succeed there ere plenty of people to be found who always knew you could. Tbe less we see of tbe handicraft of some persons tbe more we admire It One of tbe things that go to the making of a good husband Is a good wife. The man wbo likes bis own company better than be likes that of others isn't hard to please. Being contented Is a babit that most men acquire sooner or later In life. Some women are born pretty, and others scqulre prettlness at a large ex pense to tbelr better halves. Tbe man wbo beads a revolution to occasionally tbe man who loses bia bead. The reason that most of us are dead sure we would like to tie lien Is be csnae It Is something that we never have tried. Don't worry ovpr your foes, watch out for your fool friend bol The world's rnosf SMccesfiil medi cine for bow-I complaints Is Chan berlain's Colic, (h ln and I)larrh.-- Remedy. It h if-lirved more pain and sufft-rJnjj and navel more lives than any oth"r twIUUki in use. In vali:aM fr rhtMrri and adults. Soli by all druzsUU. t