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THE ARGUS. FRIDAY. M ARCH 5, 1909. t. WAIVES TRIAL AND GIVES BAIL WW. Wilmerton Doe Not Upon Hearing Now and Furnishes $5,C03Bond IN LOONEY PISTOL DUEL tice Cleland' and Case Is Aired at Court House. in her apartments at 1813V4 Third 1 avenue, on the afternoon of Feb. 22.' and "heard the -first, shot fired In the duel between Looney and Wilmertgn. She ran to the: front " window .and threw up the sash. ; Looney was stand ing across the street near a telephon? J pole and Wilmerton was on the slda InsiSt wal'1 below tne window in the act 3f aimiug ai mm. A pun 01 muuac yraa to be seen near Looney from which witness judged that he had fired the first shot. Looney and Wilmerton exchanged several shots, Mrs. Lutz , said, eacn .dodging behind a Dole as the -othr ' " ;" ' I aimed. Finally Looney started io- Latter TakW Change of Venue to JuJ"d anothe,r pole farther west and HIIWCIIVU DlBl ICU 1VI UViisi w. office. As he did so Looney paused and fired the last shot of the duel. The cross examination of Mrs. Lutes was ' then taken up. W. W. Wilmerton this morning waived a. preliminary examination on TAIIAJft TFTIMnNY the charge of assault with intent to.'nmi'u I I.U I IIMUII I commit murder, which grew out of the revolver . duel on Third avenue, in which Wilmerton and John Looney were the principals'. Wilmerton was held to the grand jury under $5,000 ball, and furnished the same bail as he gave for his appearance for the preliminary hearing. before Magistrate.! Elliott;' his sureties being James Mc Namara and Hon. T. J. Medill. ONE OF LARGEST Masonic School . of Instruction EndedHcre Had a Very Large Attendance. EIGHTY LODGES REPRESENTED warehouse. He will probably open the office about April 15. During the following month, it :s expected that J the steamer W. W. will ply these 4 waters' and it win. then 'move either Just up or down the river and allow the J. S. to be seen here during June. The W. W. is at present in winter quar ters at the Kahlke boat yards and the J. . is doing an excellent business In the vicinity of New Orleans. . .. . Visitors Included Many Grand Officers Closing Session is An Enjoy able One. AGAINST H. JONES Jury Completed at Muscatine After 43 Veniremen Are Examined Two Oppose Death Penalty. TAKES TWO MEN TO PENITENTIARY IS GIVEN LAND BY GOVERNMENT Modern Woodmen Gets Permission to Use 600 Acres Near Sana torium in West. Muscatine, Iowa; March 5. (Spe cial.) The taking of testimony in the In anticipation of a rather exciting trial of Harry Jones for the murder hearing a large crowd had gathered at Qf Mr &nd Mnj Win;am VanWinkle the police station, and it was decided at Fairrt was started here today in to hold the trial In the county court thJ ence of a cr0wd tnat filled tllJ room. Accordingly the spectators and pnftrtl - thp d,str,ot onrt witnesses adjourned to the court room , The jury wag compieted yesterday in and there was a general expression of ; afternoon after three day's work aisappoinimem wnen u was announcea that the "defendant had appeared at the police station and waived exam- peremptory chaiienges. uiuuuu. .uouiwy wuiueu iu iiuve uia hearing started at once, and requested which 43 men had been examined and the attorneys had exhausted all thoir The jury s composed of five farmers, five resi- ripntc nf Mnsr.itinp and two residents that the state's attorney use the same of sma tQWns in we county Two wunesses as naa ueen caueu ior me memberg expresSed themselves as op- V ITmartnn . n a t Thin iliA rt.la'j . posed" to Inflicting the death penally for any offense, but were nevertheless PARTNERSHIP IS FORMED New Firm Will Carrv on Manufacture of Peanut Butter. Frank Bertelsen and F. J. Steele have engaged in a partnership for (the purpose of carrying the business of manufacturing the Crown brand of peanut butter. Air. Bertelsen has been engaged In this business for about a year, but will now extend the' field anl put the business on a larg?r scale. At present the product, is sold nly in the three cities. Wilmerton case. This, the state's attorney. r declined to . do, ; stating that other witnesses would be used by accepted by the state me eiaic, aim luai urai iu&- wuuiu not be'started until this afternoon, as the case had been continued to 2 o'clock.' Looney gave notice that he would ask for. a change of venue to Justice J. H. Cleland this afternoon. ' Afternoon Hearing On. Looney's preliminary hearing on the charge of assault with latent to com mit murder was brought up before Justice Cleland in the county court room1 this afternoon, the change of venue from Magistrate Elliott being made effective by agreement. As at the morning hearing, there was a. large crowd. State's Attorney Magill represented the state end C. J. Searle was present to look after the interests of Mr. Wilmerton, taking no part la the proceedings, however. J. T. Ken worthy appeared for Looney. The state asked for a continuance on. the ground that Mr. Wilmerton would decline to testify at this time, but the defense demanded an immedi ate hearing,. and Justice Cleland ruled that the proceedings should continue at once. . Tbe Flmt WlrneM. .' m Xhe state then announced that its witnesses would be Mrs. C. E. Lutes, Oscar Wahlund. W. W. Wilmerton and M. M. Briggs. Mrs. Lutes was placed" on'the stand first. She said on direct' examination that she was The Masonic school of instruction which came to a close last evening. proved one of the bear and most large ly attended of the four that ver held this year. Fully 400 Masons. reg istered for the instruction during the three days' and all of them received their share of the instruction and pleasure from the gathering. .' Among the list of those present were the names of four of the grand .officers,, in cluding the state grand master, Alex ander Bell, the five members of the state board of examiners, nine district deputy grand masters, 21 grand lec turers, representatives from CI lodges in Illinois and from 19 lodges outside of the state. There 'were 80 lodges of the order represented in all. The ClONlna; Smuton. Last evening was devoted to work in the master mason degree and in a general review of the work of the first and second degree. Later refresh ments and cigars- were enjoyed, while several FhorU talks were made by J. Wj Houder, C. E. Grove and M. T. Stevens. Charles Martin, chairman of the board of examiners, also idlress- ed the meeting pn the valui of the sessions. The refreshments and the entertainment of the evening were in charge of the entertainment committee from the "blue" lodges of this city, of which Harry Welch was chairman The committee is deserving of consid erable praise for the way in which they entertained the" many visitors and caused, then to leave the city with many expressions or satisfaction Deputy Sheriff Bruner Delivers Henry Van Lerberghe and John Stroh to . I ' ' the Warden at Joliet. Deputy Sheriff O. L. Bruner this morning went to Joliet to deliver two Rock Island county offenders . to the warden of the Joliet penitentiary. The two prisoners are Henry Van Lerber ghe, sentenced for larceny from the person, and Gotlieb Regur,. alias John Lowe, alias John Stron, sentenced for falsely representing himself as John Lowe and securing $43 on a draft at the Postal Telegraph company. ' Both men were convicted and sentenced at the present term of the circuit court. MAY TRANSPLANT TIMBER Grant is Valuable Chiefly Because Right to Build Fences Around Water Supply.'- of OBITUARY. Mrs. George F. Kramer. Mrs. George F. Kramer, 53C Fif teenth street, died at 10:45 this morn ing at St Anthony's hospital,- where she had been for the last month if ter undergoing an operation there on Fjeb. 1 for obstruction of the bowels. The first operation was not successful and another was attempted yesterday and Mrs. Kramer failed to rally from the effects. . Mrs. Kramer was born in this ciy June 27, 1850. Several years later her parents removed to Milan, where in 1S75, she was united in marriage with Mr. Kramer. The following year, they returned to this city and hid made their home here since. Mrs. Kramer is survived by her husband, three children, Mrs. Iouis I. Siemon, Mrs. Nellie Krell, and Fred L. Kramer, SOME SATURDAY SPECIALS. At E. H.' Clement's, 326 Twentieth Street Boi.i Phones. ' Fresh eggs, per dozen, 120 cents. " Yeast foam, 3 cents. Ralston's breakfast . food, per pack age, 12 cents. . Navel oranges, per dozen, 12 cents. Whole wheat . flour, per sack, 20 cents. Six O'clock coffee, per pound, IS cents. English walnut meats, per pound, 3D cents. Golden Star flour, one of the best northern flours, per sack, SI. 50. Jelly, per glass, 7 cents. two sisters, Mrs. Hannah Hammerly There were 250 members of the order ' and Mrs. Sarah Smith, her step-mother. present last evening. ACME OFFICE WILL BE LOCATED HERE Captain D. W. Wisnerd Will Open Headquarters for Excursion Busi ness in Rock Island April 15. . Captain D. W. Wisherd, who ., has chargejof; Jhe booking of the excursion steiuierBv W. W.,- and J. .- S., of., the Acme packet line," will again have his headquarters in this city this year. Last year. It will be remembered, near the -close of the season, his office was transferred from Rock Island to Quincy in order that he might he nearer the scene of tue fall operation of the boats which is on the lower river. With the opening-of the boiit ing season on the upper fiver in view however, his office will be returned here, and he will again take , up his headquarters at the packet landing Mrs. Jane Christy, and two stepbroth ers, Charles Christy of Milan and Samuel Christy of Des Moines. The funeral will be held from the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the services will be in. cnarge of Rock la land chapter No." 2G9 of the Order V.f the Eastern Star, of which Mrs. Kramer was a charter member, as well as one of its most prominent workers. Mrs. Kramer was also a member of the Loyal Americans of the Republic. ' Burial will take luce at'Chippiannock cemetery:: "'' 1'?, . ' V- .' " 7" 'Veetermarck. Dorothy Alice Wilhemina, daugh ter of .Mr. and - Mrs. Nes P. Vestermarck, 3102 Eighteenth avenue, died yesterday noon from .intestinal troubles. The- little one was born Sept. 15, 1907. She is survived by her parents and four brothers. The funeral will be held , from the South Park chape) tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. W. G. Oglevee will con duct the services. Burial will take place at Chippiannock cemetery. The United States government has recognized the value of the fight which the Modern Woodmen have taken up against tuberculosis in a manner which is highly pleasfng.to those who have charge of the battle. The recognition comes in the shape of a grant of land of some 600 acres adjoining the Wood men sanatorium, which is located near Colorado Springs in Colorado. . While the society is not given the land out right, it is given the right to fence it in and to use the timber on it, but this is not its principal value. The sanatorium is in a valley, and It gets its water supply from the moun tain streams which flow down from the mountains on the west. The priu-1 cipal streams come from Cedar moun-i tain and the government tract of CC0 acres is on this mountain, and takes in the sources and nearly all of the beds of the streams. It is very impor tant that the water supply of the sana torium be of the purest kind, and the government recognized this fact in granting the rights to the 600 acres. By fencing it in, the streams will be kept absolutely free from the many cattle which roam the prairies in that region, and as they will be unable to contaminate them by wading in them, a constant supply of pure snow water from the mountains is assured. (iivrn Timber RlghtM. The government has also granted to the society the right to take timber from the tract and transplant it pn tne sanatorium grounds, which is a valuable concession, as the Woodmen land is not well favored with trees, and many of them are desirable. The concessions have been made through the secretary of the interior. BEN HERSHEY IS BROUGHT TO TOP Boat Which Has Been on Bottom Government Harbor All Winter Finally Rescued. in . The tow boat Ben Hershey which has been exploring the bottom of the river in the government harbor below Davenport since December 29, ft which time it sank, was raised today after considerable hard work. In some unexplained manner several large holes were torn in the hull of tho boat and it sank, leaving its second deck several feet under water. Divers McCabe's Specials for Saturday. -tr-RESH Cut Flowers, special for Saturday Carna- 7 tions, 33c dozen; Roses, 38c dozen; Tulips, 30c, . . ' dozen; Daffodils, 40c dozen. ' . White cambric petticoats, 15 to 18-inch", tuclce'd and embroidery trimmed flounce, values up to 12.00, for Sat urday selling, $1.00. " . . . Women's house dresses. The popular one-piece house dress, the practical garment for morning wear, good assortment of colors and sizes, Saturday, 1.45." , Shirt waists. Women's colored work waists, made -; of daisy cloth, Saturday, 511 day, 37c. Women's dress skirts. Black" and colored . dress skirts, made of panama, serge and fancy mixtures, 5.00 values, Saturday for '2.95. 10 a. m. Saturday, 450 yards Persian challies, quan tity, limited, per yard, 354c. . . .. 3 p. m. Saturday, 600 yards short lengths Toile du Nord dress ginghams, 15c value, per yard 8c. ;: . Saturday, all day, 20c cotton and linen Torchon laces, per yard, 8c. , -.: Fancy Dresden and floral taffeta ribbons, values up -, 45c, Saturday all day, per yard 25c. Ladies' white hemstitched handkerchiefs, hand-em-. ... broidered initials, Saturday, all day, each 5c. 2 p. m., outline pillow tops, with floss to work, com plete for 10c. . . Tapestry pillow slips, finished with tassels, new de signs, Saturday all day, each 50c. Oriental striped pillow slips, Saturday each 25c Fresh strong moth balls, lb. 5c. Pure castile soap, 1-lb. bar, 10c. , Belt buckles, assorted styles, choice Saturday, 25c. . New belting, all latest shades, special for Saturday, ' per inch, lc. White and marbled table-oilcloth, slightly imperfect, per yard, 10c. Mill lengths flat-iron, checked apron ginghams, per yard, 5c. ' Women's 13.00 patent leather and vici shoes not all sizes; find your size and save 1.00 all day, pr. 2- Two o'clock, till closing time, misses' double knee fast black hose, according to size per pr. 8, 7c, 6c. At 3 o'clock, fine cambric muslin, 31 inches wide, . per yard 5c. 58-inch full bleached table damask, Saturday, . per" yard, 19c. : . 30-inrJi fancy drawn-work center pieces, linen depart ment. .Sttturdav, each 45c. - Japanned steel mail boxes, worth 50c, special Sat urday 25c. ; v Pure white handled tea cups, with saucers, special set of six cups and six saucers, only 29c. Colonial glass water tumblers, optic pattern, Satur day, special price, set of six for 19c. Preston carpet beaters, heavy braided wire, worth' 19c, special Saturday 9c , . .. - SoKd oak chiffoniers, 5 large drawers with locks and brassitrimmings,$4-85- Bamboo music stands, 38 in. high, 4 shelves, 85c - ' J 2x5 ft. Smyrna rugs, all-wool and reversible, 1.45. MUSICAL PROGRAM IN THE EVENING have been at work during the last week renairine the null and when it. was made -watertight three powerful pumps took the water out and brought Captain A. O. Day. the boat to the surface. The boat is the property of the Van Sant Naviga tion company ' and was chartered bjf. Spring O'coats The Spring Overcoats we are show ing win admiring approval from men v i v r " who are the most critical in dress. As the good dresser Is not a' guesser he knows. Semi-box Coats, half-form fitting, cut not too short , but a -just right length;" the longer Chesterfield and theAnta styles; some are silk-lined; all are beauties. -( , ,' Fabrics are worsteds, cheviots, cov erts,'' and-1 unfinished worsteds, " in greens,, tans, grey, and black. H.: S. & M," and Clothcraft styles predominate. Prices range. . - ' V $10, $15, $25 ito.$327":' . Prices alw.ays as low as quality will ' admit but we never allow .a price to tQpcb a point where quality ceases.' : TsTew Spring in Hats, Top and Graveiiettes Styles Coats Rain Coats : Should It rain every day or even ; if It never rains you can find splen 'did use for one of these coats, because they are top coats as well. Unlike the average "raincoats," our garments are -not made of dreary fabrics, neither; are they" fashioned .along dismal lines I . they reveal a.style-and quality very . unlike others of their kind.,. l 'Shown in varied models and fabrics ' o suit all tastes and at prices neither -' too high nor too low to obtain quality. 'j !j:0;$i5,$i8.! . J ' ' . . ' r . ' '. , v. " , We . have-many surprises in store"" ifor-tbV man who affects to believe a raincoat cannot be presentable as well as dependable. ' ' (mid) V ImMVv New Spring in Hats, Top and Cravenettes Styles Coats Spring Hats ; Some one said: "Put a good bat on a man's head, a good pair of shoes on -his feet, and It doesn't make any dif- ference about the balance of his ' dress." - Be that as it may; a man's hat Is the most conspicuous feature of his entire outfit. ; The spring styles are ready. Hats for men of all ages. The very smart-'; est, swell, chic styles for young men, middle aged or older men, are here in all the various blocks and colorings. The choice selections of such celebra-. ted makers as Knapp-Felt, "Stetson, and others.. -. : 1 " - . v . - - v v A "' - ' 1.00 to 5.00 we iuiuk. we are sue ui Baxius uiai there Is not another such showing" of correct hats in this vicinity. :