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4 V ? THE ARGUS. " Published daily at 12 Second fune Rock Iiland. IlL (Entered at tbm oitofic as second-class matter.) RM-lt UUld Xtmlm the Aao-late BY THE C. W. POTTER CO. TERJJS Ten cents per week by car rt er, la Rock Island. Con-.plalnta of delivery service should be made to the circulation department, which should also be notlHed In every - Instance- where tt Is desired to have .paper dtoxntinued. as carriers Lav no authority la tie premises. y All communi'-atior.s oi ar;uEsentat!ve character, political or relirious. must liave real Xiame attached for publlca ; tlon. No sach articles will be printed over fictitious sirr.atures. - Telephones Jn all departments. Cen ttral Union. Itock Island Its. Ill and tTja D C S fwj C Gw'N C i JO Thursday, November 20. 1313. NO DISGUISING OF THE ; MAIN EVIL. It Is a famil.ar subterfuge among the beneficiares of the underworld, iWhen trapped and exposed, and when ..... expulsion Is threatened, to point to other form of vice and attempt to locus an aroused publ.c sentiment -Upon it. In other words, the aim and rtiesign is to kick up a sand storm in ibe community that will hold close to tbe public eye the lesser offenses -while it is blinded to the greater ein. - the real enormity. There is no purpose or indention here j rto undervalue the efforts of police au- . ' thorities to put a stop to all forms of : j Rambling or of any practice that may. "approach gambling. All games of I chance euht to be abated. That goes ! without saying. I i put the point is that the public is j not satisfied or convinced that vice has been checkmated In Hock Island by the mere act of putting a stop to the gambling evil. The crusade must go. further and deeper and it must be- last ing in its effect. ; - The sourc e of ail Iniuiity la a com munity is the dive, licensed to operate as a saloon. That Is the institution in Hock Island against which the telling blow must be struck. And the telling blow will not le struck in niids or mere clean-up orders alone. The only way to eliniina:e the dive i Is to eliminate it. drive out the dive The only way to !s to drUe it out. The only way to put it out of ccmmls tion is to put it out of busine.-s. The only way to stcr it unce and for all is to refuse it a license. The mayor and the commissioner of ( public safety in K'.ck It-iand know where the dives exist. They know the character of the men who opera'e them. They Know how far these tr.cn can be trustt-d. They are family. with all these things. They know that there are certain sa- .,11. j . ,1 . 1 , 1 1 .j .i. . . keys In Oklahoma and for quail in locns in Rock Islat.4 that must be d s-1 ., ... , . . ' , , ..... . 1 . , Ill.no;? No form of beast or fowl is continued if the cifv is n be puned of; ,. . , . ., . pt-i' 1 . 1 ' . ,'SO unlike the divine one of man that evil and crime. TI.ey have it i.n their. . ,, ' . a buck-feveicd hunter can tell the power right now To sav u nether these' j . ti. v . . ! Oinerence. -uiVB i'rtr ij iir i i ui.inii .1. 1 111 1. r- T: !n the'r power tr wfhhold 'he 1: f (.(Bi-e that carries wth It municipal anction cf whateter may octur. So whether the joucr to issue li- cense is to remain solely in the bands . f the maor, or is v be assumed I ' the commission in its entirety, as Com missioner K)noMs" nance now pend.ng provides, the resonsih:lity cannrt be cM-aj e.l. s-n 1 the s IncoriTy , tt all that is hc:i:g !oue now i:l ' fcave its f.r.al OerrcTstraf.oi in the places that may be licensed to contin i(, ' to opera'e as s.i!ms hi Rock Island. That is hat the peorlc will base their judgment on. , There an be no dlsctils'r.g of the main evil ucoer any crctimstaiices. and there can be no d-Ki;r.i,- of the yesponsibility. A IIKtPrKtRI'tfi 1HTV. ' Writing in Collier's of the disap-j " gearing Republican party, Mark Sul- luvsn says: One-third of the entire mem bership of the senate will end . 1 their terms a little more than a year from now. March 3, 1913. 't While the end of the term is more than a year distast. their cam paigns for re-election will begin in i the immediate future, and will be determined by the primaries 1 ' and elections of the coming ' months. Of the 32. more than one-half are republicans, as fol lows: W. O. r.radley, Kentucky; J. H. - Brady. Idaho; E. K. Brandegee, v Connecticut: J. L. Bristow, Kan sas; T. K- Burton. Ohio; C. J. Crawford. South Pakota; A. B. Cummins. Iowa; W. P. Dilling ham. Vermont; J. II. Gallinger. New Hampshire; A. J. Gronna, North Dakota; F. I Jones, Wash ington: B. Penrose. Pennsylvania; G. C. Perkins. California; E. Root. New York; I Y. Sherman. IU1 ' nois; R. Smoot. Utah; I. Stcphca- aon. Wisconsin. What will be the political com ' plexion of the successors of these men? Can it be expeved to be republican? In tt-.t presidential election last year the republicans carried Just two small states Vermont and ltah and a change of 3.400 votes In these two states would have deprived the republi cans of any electoral vote what ever. Is It conceivable that In any considerable cumber of these cases the new senators will be re publican? It would teem more probable that the new senate wCl be overwhelmingly democratic THE KGi SANDWICH. In the contest with the ham sand wich for popularity, the egg sandwich hss won great fame. It Is a stable In i the life-saving stations of Rock Island asd other American cities where that wireless message "one aig". trans, mined to the cook la the death knell of hunger and a sweet soothing song to appetite. Naturally the American "aig-sand-wich-eating population rises In alarm with the price of eggs. The price Is cow up around 45 cents. It is reported that 75 cents a dozen 13 asked In New York and Philadelphia for guaranteed eggs. Thick what this means to the popular-priced, five-cent sandwich which La3 come sailing over the hashery counter la response to the drop of a nickel! How can the fire-cent price be main tained if the egg Is being marketed at four, fir and six cents "per"? If the price is elevated there comes distress. Should it remain unchanged there arises suspicion ! With what mingled emotions of fear and distrust we will now listen to that cry "one aig!" A FT Kit THE MfliTHER MAX. Congressman William Gordon, hail ing from Cleveland, asks that the weather bureau be investigated. He i " 1 ,1U'"" u" I UJCieu i v me priraiutriii. teniae is supposed to Lave rpare time on his hands. Mr. Gordon isn't satisfied with the work done by the weather people at the time of that great storm n the lakes. He doesn't intend at this time to hold them responsible for the winds that lashed the lakes iti'o fury; but he does have a suspicion they might have rendered more efficient advance ser vice. Congressman Gordon has been advis- ed and fully believes that the weather People didn't send as many warning signals to shippers as they should. They vm nQt expected to keep off the storm, but they were expected to warn sailors to stay In harbor and keep out cf the storm. Perhaps the weather men like com- men mortals, knew a eood deal more about the s.Qrm u pasged than in advance. THE TSEW V. M. r. A. Bl ILIIn. Rock Island s new Y. M. C. A. build ing stands not only for good citizen ship, but locally speaking, for achieve-! merit. It represents the liberal pub-1 lie spirit of the people of Rock Inland, It is a permanent example of the ac- complishment of joint endeavor, the ! consummation of a campaign In which 1 men of all religious faiths, of all con ditions of life pulled together for a J common object. It shows that all things are possible t all men who ill. Earnestness and cooperation brought to a realization the beautiful and com modious structure that now adorns the corner of Twentieth street and Fifth avenue. It will endure as a testimonial to j that endeavor as well as one of the most devotedly cherished and credit able institutions in the city. The hunters are shooting men for If you will go onto a farm and hunt without permission a justice of the peace win settle with you upon pay- ! TTir.Tir" nf anri rnffi srk if vmi Ar ! determiued to lo this turn don't for get to take change along. The Kansas City court of appeals h decided that a wife must pay the costs of an unsuccessful divorce suit . if she has the money. In any event somebody has to pay them. I It Is hoped ?lr. Pindell will have a nicer tiire in Russia that he had get ting there. Thaw has been arrested again Why don't they give him a rest from j arrests? Despite the warm weather we are i to have a long buckwheat cake win- tcr. 'II WIRE SPARKS Birmingham. Ala. Complete ex ploration of the Aa'.bama Fuel & Iron company's mine No. 2 at Acton, la ! w.'i:h p.u txr'.csion occurred Tuesday. bhcwfd 14 :ren were killed and four hurt. Galesburg. 111. Ray Doud. & pro duce conirr.'.f s'un merchant, was found dead in a local hotel. Notes to the cwrner ard chf of police Indicated he had commltteed suicide by taking ! an overdose of a drug. He was 45 years old. New York Mayor K'.Ine has ap pointed Louis F. Roche, a senior offi cer of the department cf parks, as temporary successor to Park Commis sioner Charles B. Stover, who has not : teen heard from since he walked out of his ofSce Oct. 1. Boston The brilliant scarlet gown that Charles Francis Adams wore Uar ing the ceremony In which Oxford university conferred upon him the de gree of doctor of letters was held up by the customs officials because they could not decide what it was made of. Tu!sa. Okla. Thirty years ago Jo seph Mitchell, an auctioneer of this city, stepped a runaway team and sav ed a neighbor and his wife from what appeared to be certain death. Mitchell received word Wednesday that an es- Capital BY CLYDE Congressman frem (Special Correspondence of The Argus.) Washington. Not. IS. "Ladies and gentlemen, the words I have just spoken constitute the written speech which I give out in advance to the newspapers be cause they wanted It. Now I am go ing to say a few things pertinent to the occasion for tr.y own satisfac tion." Speaker Champ Clark was address ing a large audi ence of distin guished Ameri ca n s , including President Wilson, on the occasion of the rededication of famous old Con gress Hall at Phil adelphia, when he paused and made CUYOE M. TAVtNNER ' the above remark. It was characteristic of him. Perhaps no man in public life has such a wealth of statistics and information at hi., tongue's end as does the speaker , n, ..., f r-nrnl.iivcc nnrt ha takes great pleasure in speaking ex temporaneously. Here are some of the things Mr. Clark said but which he had no intention of saying when he arose to speak. "From the smallest beginning we have risen to a commanding position. "In 1900 we had 5.30S.4S3 people. In 1910 our population was 91,972,266 in continental America alone, exclusive of Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Porto Rico, The Philippines, and the Canal Zone. If our population increases at that rate for the next 110 years 'in 2010 it will number 2,000,000,000 souls 500, 000,000 more than are supposed to be on earth today. It makes one think of Andrew Carnegie's gorgeous vision of "The United States of the World." Not long since Mr. Secretary of Agri culture James Wilson declared in a public address that if the Mississippi valley were cultivated for all it is worth on the average one acre would support one human being, which would give us 1.250,000,000 citizens betwixt the top of the Alleghenies and the crest of the Rockies. "In the beginning the ratio for a representative in congress was 33,000; n0w lt 18 212.500. With the first ratio and ur present population the house representatives would consist of 87 representatives. "In 113 years our total wealth multi plied 125 fold and is now rated by sta tisticans at the enormous sum of one hundred and forty billions of dollars. iwhich - if equally distributed, would give to every man, woman ana child between the two oceans. But there's the rub, for while a few are ta'e worth $75,000 was to be divided between him and his former neighbor's daughter, Mrs. Walter Mills of this city. Cleveland Miss Bertha Robbins, the missing Schoolcraft, Mich., girl for whom a search has been made since Nov. 9, Wednesday left here to return home. While her father was search ing for her in every city from Detroit o New York. 6he was working in the local Young Women's Christian asso ciation as a $4 per-week waitress. - Albany. X. Y. Receipt, "of $117,000 and expenditures of $112,000 were shown in the election expense state ment of the republican state commit "The Young Lady We asked the young lady across th e ' Mi .1 briic . I reney bUI and she said she didn't pretend Jo understand It but she did think u,ui io wj preny careim aoout passing a law just because tuei great banking icteresu wasted it so badly. Comment H. TAVENNES the Fourteenth District. rich beyond the dream of avarice, many have not the wherewithal to feed and clothe themselves. I am fain to believe that the crowning glory of the philosophy, statecraft, humani tarianism, and religion of the twen tieth century will be to devise a scheme whereby every man, and every woman, too, shall enjoy the usu fruct of his own labor and to prevent one greedy soul from monopolising the toil and sweat and lives of thousands. I say blessed be the name of the man forever, without regard to politic or religion, who establishes abiding peace between labor and capital, which should be friends and not enemies. "Should our wealth Increase for the next 113 years at the rate of the last 113, In the year 2026 it will amount to seventeen quadrillions five hundred : trillions of dollars, a cum so stupend ous as to be incomprehensible by the mathematical powers of the human , mind. "In 1S00 our territory was circum scribed by the Atlantic on the east, the Mississippi on the west, the Great Lakes on the "north, and the Floridas on the south. It did not even touch the Gulf of Mexico. Now it extends from the sunrise side of Porto Rico in the east to the Lord only knows where in the west. "In 1S00 we were a fourth-rate power, a feeble folk of little value In the world's calculations and plans. Now we are in the front rank, and there Is not an emperor, czar, king, prince, potentate, or premier who does not lie awake of nights trying to dis cover what we will do next. The pres ident of the United States has more real power than any ruler on earth, the reason being that so soon as any man is elected president he is the pres ident of all Americans of whatever persuasion, religious or political. "In 1S00 churches were like angels visits, few and far between. The ad vent of the preacher into a community was the event of the season, some times of the year. Now the average citizen lives within less than 4 miles of a place of worship and preachers and priests are as plentiful as candi dates in a republican primary in Phila delphia. These facts are not to be despised even by statesmen, for the wisest man that ever lived 6aid: Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people. "The majority of the men who fought in the Revolutionary war could j not read and write. According to the last census less than 8 per cent of the white people were classed as illiterate. "If I had one prayer for the Ameri can Republic which I knew would be answered, it would be that every American citisen should be sufficiently educated to read his ballot intelli gently on election day and sufficiently courageous to cast it as Decomes an American freeman." tee. Among the larger contributions were: J. P. Morgan & Co., $15,000; William Rockefeller, $10000; Andrew Carnegie $5000; Senator Elihu Root, $2,500; Chauncey M. Depew, and John D. Archbold, $1,500 each. New York A dispatch from Pan ama states that Colonel George W. Goetheals. when asked if he would accept the post of poiice commissioner cf New York, if tendered by John Purroy Mitchel, mayor-elect of New York, now on the way to Panama, re plied that no overture had yet been re ceived by him and that, he added: "Should the offer be made me, I have my answer ready." Across the Way" way what she thought of the cur Ukooiffi HENRT HOWLAND Perhaps you think your case A hard one and a sad one; lerhaps you think the race A long one and a road one. Tou may be one of those Whom Fortune long has slighted. Or one who sadly knows What love Is. unrequited. Perhaps you play a put That is not werth the playing; Hope may have left your heart And be far from you straying. Tou may be one whose nerves Are shaken by disaster. Or ono who dally serves A hard and cruet master. Perhaps In gloom you sink Because the sky Is murky: But cheer up. brother think! Tou might have been a turkey. Distinction. . "Ah, but you," she said, "have never done anything to attract public atten- ! ticn. The man I marry must have done something worth while he must, at least, be a man whose picture has been published in the papers." "Oh, if that's why you have refused me, it's all right. You may as well change your mind and say yes. I've tad my picture in the paper, all right." "When?' "It was last fall." "I never heard of it. What had yon done?" "I stood near a ball player who was receiving an automobile as a prize for being the best base renner." MAKING THE MOST OF CHANCE. A GOOD "At the banquet last night niggs ley talked for an hour and three quarters." "Heavens! How did he ever find enough to say to keep him going that long?" "He didn't say much, as a matter of fact, but his wife wasn't there, so I suppose ho thought he yould be wasting an opportunity if he failed to talk until be was physically exhaust ed." The Usual Result. Ttiere was a little man and he had a lit tle run: His bullets were made of lead, le&43, lead: He saw what he tlnvught was a doer and he shot: That's the reaeon why his guide Is dead, dead, dead. Sure of That Much. "Who was it wrote 'Distance Lends Enchantment to the View'?" "I don't know, but Til bet he never sat on the gable end of a boose and watched a ball game that was goln' on two blocks away." Push. "Old man Gudgeon says push was ttA In m- tVtat cnak!ot film tn h.enrtmA ; a millionaire." "I guess he's tight about that. He has pushed a lot of people to the wall." Surprised. Do you mean to tell me you really live In Chicago?" "Yes. You speak as if you thought It remarkable for me to do so." "Why, I supposed people merely stayed In Chicago until they got money enough to live in New York." One Cause of Failure. The man who has an exaggerated Idea of his own importance generally is a failure because of his Inability to get other people to accept bis own es timate of himself. A 8ure Sign. When a man's wife neglects to open bis letters before he gets heme he can be sure that she has lost interest la hlm. Why Nobody Cared. "I don't owe anybody lc thia tows a solitary cent. "That must be why nobody In this town 1 Interested la your welfare." Parental Effort. are you working 3 bard "What forr "1 want to provide for nay Loy'a fa tore. replied Farmer Corntossel. ! want to lay by enough yealtb so thai j j can leave Josh this flraot a o.f tIMUBEW(M Cpoxse," Washlagton Str. The Daily Story THE TALEBEARER BY GENEVIEVE HOWE. Copyrighted. 1313, Toy Associated Literary Bureau. ' "Mrs. Waters. said Mrs. .Tltnber-lake.- "I have called to ask you which side you're going to take in ref ierence to Mr. Perkins. Are yon going to advocate his remaining the pastor of onr church or our getting some ont elser Mrs. Tlmberlake bad not called for cny such purpose. She bad made up her mind to oust Mr. Perkins from his pulpit and had laid her plans to do so without Mrs. Waters' assistance. Mrs. 'Timberlake had a mania. She could not bear to see nny one enjoying a comfortable position. This was sup plemented by a special faculty for get ting others out of comfortable posi tions, and it is an undisputed fact that persons are drawn to do what they do well. Mrs. Waters had been recently mar ried and was very happy with her hus band in their own little home. This was not pleasing to Mrs. Tlmberlake, nnd she was seized with a desire to oust Mr. Waters from his wife's affec tions, though in Justice to her it must .be admitted that a certain sympathy for his wife was the first cause of her applying herself to the work. She had seen a man who resembled Mr. Waters entering the home of a married lady living opposite her own house at 3 o'clock In the afternoon. Mrs. Timber lake was instantly seized with com miseration for Mrs. Waters. The ten derness of Mrs. Timberlake's heart welling up in her bosom, mingled with Indignation against the recreant bus baud, gave birth to an irrepressible de sire. 'She ought to know it," she said to herself. "It's a shame that such a nice little woman as Bertha Waters should be so treated." And thus it came about that. Mrs. Timberlake's peculiar trait having been aroused and fortified by the ten derness of her heart and her sense of justice, she could not rest till she bad imparted what she had seen to the injured wife. She would give Mrs. Waters some intimation of what she had seen the first time they met. But to restrain herself till then was liko endeavoring to hold the lid on a cal dron of boiling water. She determined that as soon as she had finished cer tain household work she would call on the injured woman and tell her what she ought to know. It occurred to her that she might make a pretext for cnlling of the work she had undertak en with reference to the minister. The result of all these noble ftnpulses that guided Mrs. Timberlake was that with in twenty minutes after she saw, or, rather, thought she saw, Fred Waters enter Mrs.. Malnwaring's house she posted around to his home to Inform IiU wife of fhe fact. But to return to the meeting of the two ladies and the dialoi.ie which was opened by Mrs. Timberlake asking Mrs. Waters which side she would take iu the. Impending crisis In the church. "I haven't been a member of the churcii long enough," replied Mrs. Wa ters, "to warrant my taking any part in the matter. Fred prefers that I shall keep out of all contentions." "Very wise. Your husband has al ways had a reputation for being pol itic." The word "politic" nettled Mrs. Wa ters. She understood it, when applied to social matters, to mean one who will draw out all the information pos sible without imparting any. Howev er, she made no reply to the innuendo. "By the bye," Mrs. Timberlake con tinued, "I was not aware that you knew the Mainwarlngs." "I don't know any one of that name." "Don't know that pretty Mrs. Maln- waringl Why, I supposed you were very intimate with her." "What made you think that?" "Your husband knows her, doesn't he?" "Not that I am aware of." ; "Ohl" Mrs. Timberlake made the ex clamation as if she would retreat from delicate ground. She turned the sub ject by remarking that she thought it was colder and there would be snow. Eut Mrs. Waters did not propose to leave the matter of Mrs. Timberlake's allusion to her husband without an ex planation. She was not long in getting the simple statement that Mrs. Timberlake had seen the gentleman enter the la dy's bouse in the middle of that very afternoon. As soon as she bad Im parted the information she added, with all the fervor of her compassionate soul: "I'm awfully sorry for you. Mcv. Waters. I wouldn't have told you. but I thought you ought to know It." Having thus sympathized with the lady for having such a husband. Mrs. Tlmberlake took herself away, con scious of Laving done an admirable ac tion. When Fred Waters returned to bis borne In the evening. Instead of finding his young wife ready to meet him with the marital kiss, the maid banded him a note addressed to him In Mrs. Wa ters well. known handwriting. It in formed h'Ti that the writer bad con to her mother, to remain unni ne comi clear himself of a grave charge that had been made against him. His wife would not have listened to It had It lceu made In the nature of a charge; it had come out unintentionally as a bit of information. It was then given, after which the writer continued by raying that she did not see how be could pvssibly disprove the statement, siuce be was seen, not by some gos siping old maid, but by Mrs. Timber lake, the mother of grown children and a woman respected by all who knew her. Thank heaven!" muttered Waters. "For once the poor, gossiping old maid Is not called upon to endure the re- spousibllity of making trouble. Mr. Waters, never having seen or haxd oi the Mrs. MainvrarLoz referred to.' was only troubled that his wife had been made a dupe. It occurred to him that it might te well to forestall lu fu ture any suoh information given his wife. He had uo respect for a tale bearer, be the person man or woman, and did not propose to enter a defense against such a person to his own wife. He dined alone, telling the tuatd that his wife had gone to visit tier mother and her returu was uncertain. Then, lighting a cigar, he strolled away to his club. Mrs. Waters, tboush. she could not conceal from her mother that there was trouble on her mind, resolutely de clined to tell why she had come. Her husband usually returned to bis home about 5 o'clock in the afternoou, and an hour more would be required for a telegram denying the charge to reach her. No telegram arrived within that time or double that time. Indeed, no mes sage whatever arrived that night. Mrs. Waters., not having slept any, went downstairs In the morning expsctir.g that the postman would bring her a letter. The postman's whistle and ring were heard, as usual, but no letter from Fred. The trouble that had been brought about by the information "she ought to know" had increased and multiplied overnight. First, her husband. If In nocent of the charge, would surely have denied ntonce. Surely be must be guilty. Then came fitful flushes of terror lest something bad happened to him the night before and he had not reached home nt all. Perhaps he had been run over by an automobile. Heavens! Could it be that he was ly ing mangled and bleeding in a hospi tal? If he had not been killed a tele phone would have been sent to her nt home. But she was not nt home, and no one there knew where she was. The contingency, though remote, was appalling. There are two powerful agents tho one silence, the other nonresistanee. Both these seized upon Bertha Waters. Her scheme of withdrawing as a digni fied wife should withdraw from a hus band who had been proved unfaithful had been a failure. She. could not stand this anxiety for another day or even another half day. She must re turn. She arrived at home at midday. The first-question she asked her maid was whether her husband had been at home and been given her note. An swered lu the affirmative, she did not demean herself by askiug how be had received the note, but she did ask whether he had slept at home. She was Informed that he had, and the ma Id did not mention that he had looked especially gloomy or had been heard pacing the floor at mldulpbt. On the whole, his wife could not discover that he had been especially moved. She began to dread facing him after what had occurred. She concluded to call him up by telephone at his office nnd hear what be had to say. This was the brief dialogue between them: "Did you get my note?" "Yes." "I suppose since you have not de nied that the inforuiatiou Is true it is true." "I'm not In the habit of denying the stories of talebearers, especially to my own wife." "Do you call Mrs. Tlmberlake a tale bearer because she has told me what she considered I ought to know?" "I 'do." "Is her story true or untrue?" "I decline to answer." "Why?" "Because when she told you the story it was your duty to have asked her to leave your house." There was no reply to this for some time, when Mrs. Waters asked If he would be homo to dinner. He replied that he would, provided no mention would be made of Mrs. Timberlake or her story. After a slight hesitation the promise was given; there was n click, ond Mrs. Waters;, leaving the telephone, was obliged to content her self till o'clock, when her husband would be home. She bad mode up her mind from, hl.i action that there was nothing In Mrs. Timberlake's story, and her anger began slowly to rise against that lady as a blood red sun climbs the eastern sky on the morning of a hot day. The Wnterses dined together some what coolly, and after dinner the hus band voluntarily denied the charge that bad been made against him. Be fore retiring Mrs. Waters called up Mrs. Timberlake on the phone. "My husband informs me that lie doesn't know any woman of the name of Malnwarlng." "Ob. he doesn't? incredulously. "Xo, he doesn't." "I'm so ghid there's nothing In it. Perhaps it was a mistake." "I think It was." "Good by," "Goodby." Since then the ,Vsterses and the Tlmberlake do not speak a they pass by. Nov. 20 in American History. 1777 Fort Mercer, the last defense of the Continentals on Delaware river, was evacuated by the garrison. Tho eighth United States circuit court, sitting as a court of appeal, ordered the Standard Oil corpora tion to dissolve. Causs Foe His Lev. "Did you ever really love any rlrt before you met me?" asked the beauti ful one. "No." replied tbe titled foreigner; "yon are the first girl 1 have ever known who bad money to ber own right" Judge. ' '