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THE ROCK ISLAND' ARGUS. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 6, I9U. 4 ,; . THE ARGUS. Published dally at 1T4 Fecond ave eiua. Rock Island, in. Entered at the poetefnce as aecond-class matter.) est lata Mrakn af tba Asasrlated BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. - " TERMS Ten cents per week by ear tier. In Rock Island; f S per fear toy mail to advance. V - Complaint of delivery eervlce ahoalJ . be Tnade 1 the circulation department. ; which should alo ba notified In every .Instance where It Is desired to have paper discontinued, as carriers have no authority In tha preml.es. All communication, of argumentative e-haracter. political or religious, must bave real nam attached for publica tion. No- such articles will b printed over fictitious alsmaturee. J Telephones In all detartmente. Cen- tral Union. Hock Jslan.1 14S. 1145 and - 214S. Friday, February 6, 1914. " There la a pronounced strain of bull dog in Huerta. 'i The Peruvian revolution has had a . boor press agent. The war munition business pick up a little, anyhow. ibould It is Improbable that 3'h) were killed i m a single Hailiea battle. ' George Ade may not be welcome In the senate, which Insists that all slang j be cut out. Those who think the government of l flcials are trying to skin them on the tax are calling them Income taxlder f mlata. '- A Chicago newspaper says it Is - pleased rather than surprised to learn .' that "Home Run' John Baker Is the father of twins. Those competitors In the air race K across the world ran be assured of dropping in a good soft spot when they x crocs the Atlantic ocean. One thing, there's no longer such ' Ulng as starting a revolution in any riouUi American republic. Emphasize ;:the word "starting" and you'll get it. .- Three New York politicians were r sentenced to the penitentiary for crim J frval activity In securing the election I of certain candidates. The men high : r up who furnished the money are ' eUH free. j The Chicago politician who beat a I woman election clerk Just because he was peeved at the fair sex securing the -ballot will no doubt find that he has y adopted the wrong method of showing - Ills displeasure. THE LITERACY TEST. ' The Burnett immigration bill. Includ : Ing the much-discussed literacy test " provision, has passed the national : bouse. Bills containing similar pro - visions were vetoed by President Taft t and President Cleveland, and It is said 4rtTArpcywaL zs '.' President Wilson do-a not look with : favor upon thlg section. That there Is - great need of stringent Immigration 2r restrictions is admitted, but whether '-an alien's ability to read and write is the best test of future good citizenship - is a mooted question. Moral tests and -' physical testa are all rinht. but be-- canse a man from some benighted country across the sea has been de l yrlved of educational advantages a through no fault of bis own. should bar him from becoming a resident of this country, that is a question. ';. Thousands of Immigrants In the days ' gone bj, who came to these shores : seeking an asylum from persecution and oppression, could neither read nor write. They made pl-ndld citizens, ' and the United States never had any -" cause to regret taking them In. ' ' Ignorant, diseased and criminal ' aliens have no place In this country. Trot ambitious seekers for liberty and Independence, who lack education and who are qualified In every other way, may well be considered. EDITORIAL POLICY AND AD VERTISING. What appears In the advertising col umns of a newspaper does not convey iltorial opinion. It does not voice Ui policy or convictions of the editor la any Instance. It is the aim of every iceat newspaper to carry in its ad vertls'.ng space only such matter as is - lea-itlntatte and proper. Commercial or mercantile advertising needs no ex -Ulanatlon. much less apology. Almost uniformly the advertiament reflects the 'spirit of enterprising business men who realize that through the newspa per la afforded the only reliable and fair means of directing public atten tion, and the experienced advertiser .who patronizes the newspaper thus 4e- . cornea known. And he earns the full '-measure of public confidence and sup port that comes to fclnf :n this way. 7, When questions involving politics or public policy arise, and Issues are i developed and Joined It is pertinent :-lht newspaper readers should know "that a contract for apace does not in variably or neceasarlly carry the en--4 or em act of the newspaper carrying "it, .The opinion of a newspaper worthy cf publio confidence is not purchaaable. .'At least this la true of The Argus. IjKal It la true In all instances where Xji'.t paper la concerned. r la .view of the coming campaign in rrolvlng the liquor question. In Rock Island it la proper to emphasize this Tfaot. Both aide will have access to 'te advertising columns of The Argus. ( and to the end that both sides may Lava abundant opportunity to set forth their case. The Argus will place cer tain of Its new spare each day at the disposal of each side, as has been the custom In the past, for which It wilt assume no responsibility. The only requirement Imposed will be that state ments so appearing shall within rea sonable limitations be applicable equal ly to both sides and must be abso lutely free from personalities or prej udices. The policy of The Argus will be de fined in its own way. LIFTING THE ARMS EM BAB GO. Tntll very recently there was no pos itive assurance that the Mexican reb els would be able to overthrow the Huert government. Now nobody doubts this eventual outcome. The fall of Torreon. the siege of which has be gun by troops under command of Gen eral Villa, will put the gateway to Mexico south in the rebels' hands and open the way for the triumphant march to the capital. Except for the garrison city of Torreon. all of the south of Mex ico now is under rebel control. Nothing succeeds like success, snd the rebels are piling up a great war fund. They have received about 2. 500.000 in cash, much personal prop erty in the form of stores and tattle, and they have confiscated the great ("reel and Terrazas estates. Desertions from the federal army have swollen their numbers, nd now the lifting of the arms and ammunition embargo as sures them supply of these most essen tial and most needed instruments to the waging of successful warfare. Te shutting off of Huerta's credit abroad, forcing him to Incur the ill will of his own people by levying heavy tax tribute upon them, and to leave his soldiers unpaid, is the screw whose pressure will ultimately crush him. Without money, he will find hlm- sf-ir m-itn a mutinous and deserting aVmy. and in the position of Richelieu nen. nis favor at court cone, he mm plained that "the rats desert the sink ing snip." I'ntll the condition of affairs no patent to everyone developed, it was dubious wisdom to raise the I'nlTed states embargo on the export of arm and ammunition to the rebels, because mere was absent assurance tha: these, in case we were forced to Intervene, would not be turned against ourselves. The national administration, in formed, no doubt, of the purpose of Villa and Carranza regarding Mexico and the course toward this country to follow the triumph of their arms, feels that there Is no danger of being whipsawed by the removal of the em bargo. However, should the admin istration prove to be mistaken In Its faith and should necessity force inter vention, this country should be ab'.e to shut off the Mexicans' supply of am munition, rendering their arms useless hv maintaining a blockade of all Mexican seaports and by control or the situation on the border. In the circumstances there Is no room for censure of the administra tion's action in lifting the arms em bargo. It has done the 'one thin? needed to be done to assure collapse of the Huerta regime. THE LATEST NEWSPAPER CENSUS. The 46th annual census of the pub lications of the United States and Can ada, published in the American News paper Annual and Directory, shows that an average of five new publica tions were started every working day during 1913. The suspensions and con solidations make the net gain only three a week. The total number of publications Is 24.527. There are 2.640 dallies the evening editions out-numbering the morning by about three to one. There are 572 Sunday papers. It requires 40 different languages to carry the news to the peop.e of this country. Large lists are devoted to the special publications, agricultural, religious etc., but every class, every cul. every trade, every profession, every fad, every "!snf has its printed spokes man in the 210 different lists into which they are subdivided. Only four Industries now exceed In capital Invested and value of products the business or publishing and print ing. In ten years the output increased S per cent, and it Is estimated that at present the earnings of newspapers and periodicals average nearly a mil lion and a half dollars per calendar day. Two-thirds of this amount per haps represents the Income from ad vertising. In the nature of the case no one individual can be familiar with a large part of the publishing Indus try, which is carried on in more than 11.000 different towns; each of these Is located and described, together with all of the publications. In the big book which presents the latest report of our publishing world. SKOBELEV, THE MADCAP. Millet Thought Him Almost a Reincar nation of Napoleon. A few days before he sailed for Eu rope on the trip which ended with his death on the Titanic, Frank D. Millet said to a friend In his studio: "Skobelev! How well I remember him! We nsed to call blm the Mad cap. That was when be swam the Danube against orders, dashed Into Plevna without re-enforcements and committed other little indiscretions of that sort which only a madman or a genius would attempt- "Later I came to recognize him as almost a reincarnation of Napoleon. His ambition was literally about the same as Napoleon's. He wanted Rus sia to conquer the world. I stood with blm once on the heights above Con stantinople It was in March, 1873, Just lefore the treaty of Hun - Stefano uh.-n he outline J to me his schemes, w hich .began with jthe abeotcUoa of EDUCATIONAL NOTES "Mothercraft" is becoming a promi nent subject In the elementary schools of England. School janitors In Salt Lake county, Utah, meet together In "institutes" every year to discuss the technical side of their work. lilnner is served to the girls who come to the evening classes In the Washington Irving high school. New York City. Instead of going to public restaurants, the girls come directly from -work to the school and spend the Intervening time iu the "gynif' or reading rooms. In Denmark, the school teacher is almost always furnished with a house, barn and a few acres of land, accord ing to "W. H. Smith, a recent observer from the United States bureau of edu cation. "The tenure of office of the teacher is for life or good behavior and 73 per cent of the rural teachers are men who settle down in their re spective communities, cultivate the small farm, act as choristers in the country church and easily and natural ly become leaders in affairs." Community music is the latest in co operation. The pastor of a church in Locust Valley. N. Y.. found that the church, the school and the young peo ple's organizations were spending a total of aboutjl.300 per year for music without getting the best results. At WHEN MARSHALL WAS STRUGGLING LAWYER; Thomas R. Marshall 25 years ago. Here is a hitherto unpublished pho tograph of Thomas R. Marshall, vice president of the United States. It was taken 23 years ago in Columbia City, Ind.. In which town Mr. Marshall was then a struggling young lawyer. The picture wag only recently unearthed in a photographer's gallery in the little Indiana town. tne Ottoman empire, then extended to a conquest of India and concluded with piratical designs on England in Europe. "It wns unbelievably naive, and I should have dismissed the talk as the veriest moonshine had I not been a witness during the preceding months to the man's rise from an inferior po sition, where be was under a cloud, to a lieutenant generalship, with which be had become the hero of the war. He wns thcrthe practical hand which "The Young Lady " '9 - lift M mm Tari -i ' ' i - ! srl ' H -1 0 The young lady across the way having Informed us that her father was Interested in chickens, we asked her if he had incubators and she said she believed they were White Wyaadottea, hts suggestion they pooled their funds and secured for $100 a month the ser vices of a competent music director who spends two days a week iri Locust Valley, organizing and directing the music for the church and school, training a children's choir, giving monthly musical entertainments and developing a choral society. Pupils in tbeDickerson high school at Jersey City, went to. school from 4!30 in the afternoon to 10 o'cloek at night on one occasion lately,', in order that the adult members of. their families might see the school plant la opera tion. Over 15,000 citizens took advan tage of the opportunity offered - by Superintendent Snyder to see what the high school was actually doing. The school progrtm was carried out in the regular order, including the serving o the school luncheon about the middle of the session. Each class in the Fairmont, W. Va., high school Is named for some prominent citizen of the city. The citizen thus designated iB known as the class sponsor, the class bearing his name instead of the usual class numerals. The Bponser takes a per sonal interest in the class. He enter tains them once or twice during their Junior and senior years and assists them in different ways in their various class enterprises. In some instances sponsors have been successful in keeping boys and girls in school who would otherwise have dropped out. nussla held on Turkey's throat. He died only a few years later, miserable, wasted, futile. A strange man. a great man: I think the most remark able man I have ever known." Rich ard Barry in Century. Doubles of Famous Man. Tennyson, who resembled Dickens, bad. despite disparity of years, an al most perfect "double" in Sir Leslie Stephen. Perhaps it is similarity of occupation or interests that breeds re semblance, for Professor Schroder was so like Huxley that even their Intimate friend Grant Duff mistook one for the other, and Sir Laurence Alma-Tade-ma was scarcely distinguishable from bis brother artirt. Du Maurler. The theory, however, hardly accounts for the ludicrous resemblance or Kd round Yates and the late shah of Persia. London Chronicle. Real Pleasant. Widowed Father to his ten-year-old daughter) Do you know, Minnie, that your governess is going to get married? Minnie I'm so glad to get rid of the hateful thing. I was afraid she was never going to leave us. Who Is she going to marry? Widowed Fa ther Me. Loudon Telegraph. - Just Accident. "I don't see what claim you have for this accident insurance." said ' the agent. "You were thrown out of a wagon, I admit, but. on your own statement, you were not hurt." "Well, wasn't it by the merest acci dent I escaped Injury?" suggested the claimant. Puck. A Wider Field. "I think I'll be a trained nurse. I see many nurses marry millionaires." - "I would earnestly advise you to try the stage. Of course some million aires go to hospitals, but more of them go to the musical comedies." Louis ville Courier-Journal. Humors of Aviation. Fair Damsel Aren't you afraid when you go up in the nir? Aviator Well. I most admit I sometimes feel a sort of groundless apprehension. Pea rten's Weekly. Washington Four thousand dollars' worth of unfinished $10 gold notes dis appeared from the government's money factory. Across the Way" HENRY" HOWLXND UNI1NG1R0UBLE When you start out to Inquire Whether Brown called you a liar. You may In" your Indignation Think you're dcing something- bravely To preserve your reputation. Sut live heed a moment gravely; When you etart on suoh a mission Wildly threatening to send Tour defender to perdition Tou are not a hero, friend Tou are merely hunting trouble. When you start out, gentle lady. To discover naufhty, shady Things your husband haa been doing. Or of which he Is suspected. Tou may think you are pursuing Bins that ought to be detected. But the truth you aoek may hurt you And in setting; forth to get 8weet reveng-e for outraged virtue Tou may find to your regret That you've merely hunted trouble. Those who search for sorrow find it; Every door has hid behind It Trouble In some shepe or guise; It may be imaginary. Thin, Inconsequential, airy. Bus he finds it there who tries. W hat a world of useless sorrow Might be headed oft tomorrow ' If by prayer or through petition 'Twere arranged eo that Suspicion Should have neither ears nor eyea. Practical Suggestion. "Whatever are we going to. do with, nine chafing dlshee?" exclaimed the bride when she and the groom had at last been permitted to look at the pres ents. "We might exchange two or three of th' n for a couple of skillets and per-ha-va trade the rest in on a sack of Hoc. 'and a peck of potatoes." Ho May. "A man who deliberately avoids mar riage eo that he may not be called on to eupport a family is the personifica tion of selfishness." "He may be that, but he may also be sparing both the public and himself a lot of unprofitable trouble." A Penalty. "Beautiful married women," says one of the phllosophettes, "are not happy." This Is one of the penalties of a so cial code that makes It ungentlemanly to tell a married woman that she la beautiful. He Should Remember It. scientists nave round tnat a grass hopper can jump 200 times its own fv .. . . - .... length. This fact should be remem bered by the collegian who thinks he is going to be needed In the world be cause he has broken the jumping reo ord. A Kind Retort. "If I ever have a son I hope he will Inherit his father's brains, but I should want my daughter to have my beauty." "Why should you wish your son to have such an advantage?" No Chance. "Brooks says he and his wife hardly ever engage in conversation." "What Is the matter?" "The lady is generally so busy doing a monologue that conversation Is out of the question." A Sign of Progress. "Do you think people are really ma- aing any progress? That we actually gain in Knowledge and worthiness?" "Certainly. Why. hardly any wom an bleaohes her hair now." How Could She Halo It? "Do you ever think that your mar riage was a mistake?" "Tea. often. One of the men whom I refused is getting as large a sal ary as my husband Is drawing." It Seems Strange. One sometimes 'wonders why It Is that the first words of some people's babies do not happen to be: "Get the coin." There's a Reason. "He seems to be able to dress migh ty well. "Yea. He travels and has Dense account" ' an ex- tne Duchess' Philosophy. The old Duchess of Cleveland lnvlt-' ed a relative to her husband's funeral' and told him to bring bis gun with; Mm when he cume. adding. "We an old. we must d.'e. but the ilieunnts must be shot" Sir Algernou West s Reminiscences. The Daily Story VERA NICHOLAEVNA BY DONALD CHAMBEBLHT.' Copyrighted, 1814, by Associated Literary Bureau. When I was a young man I was sent to St Petersburg by my employers to establish a depot for the sale of the chemical goods they manufactured. I had letters to the American ambas sador and, desiring to see something of Russian society, accepted such invi tations as he secured for me. Society In Europe Id different from ours In America in this that the sovereign Is its recognized head as well as the head of the government. In order to see so ciety in St. Petersburg I roust see the Count Circlls. The ambassador was very good to me and put me on his list for an invitation whenever there was a function of Importance coming off. One evening at a ball at the Winter palace I was in the refreshment room partaking of the delicate viands there when I Baw a girl whom I had noticed for her beauty of form and face, bet vivacity and general attractiveness. I had asked for an introduction to her and had been promised one later in the evening. We were all standing in the supper room, some eating, some drinking, and since it was crowded I was pushed very near the object of my admiration. Shf stood with her back to me pledg ing an elderly man whose many deco rations marked him for an important personage. Each held a glass contain ing wine. Feeling something touch me. I looked down and saw the girl's left hand. In hef right she held her glass, while her left hung beside her. In the crush it had been pressed against me. The man emptied his glass and turned to a table near him to replenish it. While he was doing bo the girl turned her head, gave me an appealing glance and lowered her eyes to her hand. Partly catching her meaning, I looked down and saw some thing between her thumb and finger. I dropped my hand against hers, and she placed a tiny phial within my fin gers. This had scarcely been accom plished when the gentleman turned to- SITE If ADK A SPBEJ FOR THIS WTJfDOW. ward her with a bottle of champagne in bis hand, filled her glass, then filled his own. , ' I have narrated bare fact; my as tonishment 1 have not attempted to depict The girl sipped her wine, the man tossed his off, then set down both glasses, offered her bis armband, 6he resting her fingers lightly upon it they went to another apartment Instinctively I slipped the phial into my pocket, concealing so far as pos sible what I did, for I knew that the girl must have passed it to me to get rid of It, and I surmised that she might be watched. With a Tiew to getting an explanation from ber I went to the person who had promised me an intro duction and asked him to introduce me at once. He went off to look for her and returned saying that she was in company with a minister of state and he would not think of intruding upon her at such a rime. Unfortunate ly very soon after this she left the pal ace. Before leaving myself I Inquired who she was and learned that she was the daughter of a colonel In the Russian army, one of the nobles who in Rus sia stand between the imperial family and the common people, a class that have no voice in public affairs and that are as Ai?fb opposed to the autocracy of the czar as those who are beneath them. Her name was Vera Mcho laevna. I went to my lodgings, and as soon as I bad entered and locked the door of my bedroom I took out the phial I had received to have a look at it It contained a colorless liquid. I was tempted to touch my tongue to the contents, but dare not Being a chem ist. I resolved to analyze the liquid and the next day did so. It was "lucky that I had refrained from touching my .-ongue to It for it wns a deadly poison. I was for some time a prey to oon llcting emotions. Had it not been for the personality of the girl and its effect upon me I would not for n moment have been tempted to meet her with the likely result of being drawn Into a dangerous position. Visions of dun geons, of Siberia, of the scaffold haunt ed me. On the other hand, I could not banish her from my mind..-1 was hor ror stricken that one so young, so beautiful, should ' be implicated and longed to prevent her going a step fur ther and becoming an assassin. 1 thought of her working In the mines t Kara or dragged to the scaffold, and while doing so I considered niuklua v s www ni mm mmn G SMt 9,V her acquaintance and using the ir I possessed to compel her to di from political crime. Nevertheless I did nothing at th. time and would have done nothing w not fate thrown a second snd a mbJ greater temptation In my way. Moots, passed, and. having finished my in St. Petersburg, I applied for nw passport and started for A merles At the railway station I climbed lm , compartment of a car, taking a spm by the window on the opposite smI from which I had entered. There,! but one other person in the comptrt. ment. and the light was insafflclent fa me to see him or her distinctly, for I could not make out whether i looking at a man or a woman. A Ion ulster reaching from the chin to tb ankles concealed the fizurp w . thought I saw a slight adornment the felt hat indicating that the wear er wns a woman. The passenger was looking ont of the window, apparently watching for somt one. Presently the guard shut U door, but my fellow traveler did act -cease to watch. The train was am. ing out of the station wben I hexni . gasp more like that of a woman tbas a -man, and, looking out I saw a mas running to catch the train. The traia gathered speed, but from my position I could not see the man chasing it. The passenger put her head out th window, but soon withdrew It and fell, back on the cushion. "Did he catch it?" I asked. There -was no reply for a few mo. ments: then suddenly the btber perton. starting up, threw open tbe ulster tod revealed the figure of a woman. Great heavens! She was tbe fir) who had handed me the phial at the Winter palace. "He Is on the footboard. When the train stops he will come to arrest me. That means for me the mines. Death Is far preferable. I am going to die." She made a spring for 'the window, but I caught ber. Sacrifice very great sacrifice rarely comes when we are in our sober senses. It takes us by impulse. Look ing backward, I wonder how I could have done what I did then, and I shudder.. I defied the czar of all the Russias. I persuaded tbe girl to tire me her ulster and her bat while I transferred to. her my fur overcoat, my traveling cap and a steamer rag for a lap robe. With these articles, the cap drawn down over her eyes, she was well covered and. sitting in i far corner, could not be told' from a man. I put-on ber ulster and ber hat and wben tbe train stopped was alt ting by the door, while Vera Klcho laevna sat where I had been, pretend ing to sleep. When tbe train stopped I knew a search was being made, and presently the door, of our compsrt metit 'opened,' and an officer, of,pollcs looked id. " ' ' "l am lost f 'rI-. cried- In .a falsetto voice. ' .' -. . ' - ''; . The oflieer Wanted no better evi dence that I was his quarry. L, was ordered to get out of the car, the door was closed, and my captor told the guard that the train could go on. My object was to deceive the officer as to my identity as long as possible, and this was not an easy matter, since I was a man and be was looking for a woman. I wrapped my ulster abont me and kept my hat well down over my face. It was night and this helped me. Luckily I wore no beard. I was taken to the jail of the town in which I was jcaptnred and locked up. As soon as the key was turned on me 1 muttered: "Thank heaven, she may be savedr The next . morning the mistake wsj discovered. I was sent to St. -Petersburg charged with assisting a political prisoner to escape. I wrote to tha American ambassador to help me, bat had little expectation tbat my letter would be given him. It was not so I languished in a dungeon. I wrote again to tbe ambassador, "but my letter was not permitted to ( reach him. Some unknown person In formed him of my condition, where upon he worked hard for me. He would have failed had he not made , 1 1 . I .. Ka t . r Tbo personal apput'auuu m u - emperor was at the time asking for JJ concession on the part of the United States in a matter pending between the two governments, and a bargain was finally struck by which tbe con- i-nacinn wn m.-wlp OD the ODe slo'- while I was granted a pardon on the other. Afijr several months spent U captivity 1 was released, given m.v passport and told to leave Russia V the first train. From my parting with Vera Men Iaevna. wben 1 was arrested, till t! present I have never seen her nor heard of her except Indirectly. On day long after I reached America Russian came to see roe and told n tbat for tbe sacrifice I had made to tM cause of freedom in Russia. If H" any favor to ask of him. it "J granted so far as possible. I told H that I desired no recompense except w know where Vera Nicholaevna was. To this he replied tbat it was the nil Impossible favor I could ask. for Nicholaevna was lost to tbe worm, ber Identity bad been buried. Feb. 6 in American History. 1778-Beginning of tbe French a!!iaD with the Revolutionists. formally reeoguized the I""'" ence of the American conla. government of which was revois tionary. There was no ecutl ' bead, and congress was lS32-Grneral John Brown Oorvi ; ; noted Confederate soldier, vm States senator from tie"J' ex-governor, born: died 19W" 1012-ieneral J. B. Weaver, mau and presidential candW-1" lso and In lStC. died: from j All the news all the UmeT The Ait