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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1911. FATHER KIDNAPS f.rCLELLAN CHILD That Is Belief of Chief of the Bock Island Police De partment. MARRIES A SECOND TIME Wife Xnmber Two Beooines Attached to Roy and He Is Stolen to Satisfy Her. Chief of Police James W. Brinn has information that be states con vinces him that Orville McClellan, a rears old, who disappeared mys teriously from his home, 4413 Fifth avenue, Monday, Is with his father, John McClellan, who has been a res ident of Logan, Kan., since his di vorce from bis first wife four years ago. McClellan has since married again. When the Erst Mrs. McClellan. mother of Orville, obtained her divorce there was no mention in the decree as to which of the parents should have the custody of the child. Mrs. Mc Clellan states that her husband did not manifest any interest in the fu ture of the little boy. and according ly she took him and has since pro vided for him. STRANGER EMPLOYED. The story is that the second Mrs.' McClellan became attached to Or ville, and that it was she who induc ed her husband to Fwure the child. It is claimed by the local police that ' both McClellan and his wife were Jci Rock Island the day Orville dropped out of sight. The theory is that a! stranger was employed to kidnnp ! the boy and delivrr him to Mr. and I Mrs. McClellan. who !rnmediate!y left the city. The mother of Orville I is bordering on prostration on ac-! count of the disappearance of her' child, and the police are bending every effort to locate him. WORKMEN BURIED UNDER EMBANKMENT John Seeley and George Faoles Have Xarrtnv Kseape in Moline Today. John Seeley and George Faoles. lab orers employed in excavating for the foundation of the new Y. M. C. A. building, at Tifth avenue and Ei?hL eenth street, Moline. cearl3- lost thii lives at 3 o'clock this afternoon when they were caught under a collapsing embankment of earth. They were bar ied under four fet of dirt. Forty of their fellow workmen set about dig ging them out and had them rescued in 10 minutes. Both men escaped with minor bruises. Pelz Bound Over. John Pelz, who was charged by Frank Koln with threats to commiC murder, was arrested late yesterday afternoon at the camp which he in habited south of Milan and this morn ing was given a hearing by Polio Magistrate C. J. Smith. Evidence wa3 given by several men who had heard the threats. According to their testi mony the prisoner waa crazed by drink. Pelz was bound over to the grand jury under bonds of 500. He went to Jail. qr TUjlf? S2 Hf? If? TUf J JL IJLJL-s UtJLsls JlJLI V Ww$ M$W& !!! v : ift Mclntyre With the Peoples "National I : v sTk--v'.v::i William B. Mclntyre, optimist and philosopher, has decided to cast his lines in new places. Mr. Mclntyre is to become a banker.. That is to say, he is to become a bank official. With oth er improvements attending the en largement of its scope of usefulness in connection with the entry into Its new home, the People's National bank has provided for another assistant cashier, in addition to the present assistant cashier, G. O. Huckstaedt. a light hand man to Cashier Carl HellpensteU. Tht long time and well known official of the bank has tominated Mclntyre to fill the bill. And Mclntyre has accepted. He will enter upon his duties next Saturday. Mr Mclntyre has seen every angle of life's endeavors. He has been in mercantile bus-iness and he has been in the insurance business, having more recently filled with distinction the po sition of field manager for the Ameri can National Insurance company of thi3 city. And the insurance bus iness is the next door neighbor to the banking business. As things go nowadays both enlist the services of experienced boosters. And Mclntyre is a booster. He knows the game from AtoZ. And he has never boosted any thing that was not worth while. He believes in the uplift, in the virtue of honest value. He is conscientious and for what is of merit he is willing to push. He believes the world is full of good: the only problem Is to pet it to the front, where all may share in it. He has been a student of the philoso phy of life. There is nothing in the world fo smill hut that it may be turn ed to good account, and there is always opportunity for the climber and al-v.-ays rcom at the top. So says Mc lntyre. The same rule that applies to every day life may be adapted to finance. Every man may be a banker. That is the Mclntyre idea. And now that he is to be a banker himself, he proposes unselfishly to show others how they may become bankers. He will have a deek in the new bank beside his imme diate superior, Cashier HellpensteU, and he will also have the freedom of the cy and surrounding country. And after he has learned the busi ness he will be told to go out and boost and that will be all that will be necessary. Fcr he has a host of friends who will boost with him and will take kindly to his winning ways. Meanwhile congratulations are in order both to Mclntyre and to the Peoples National bank. Cool Summer (garments FOR WOMEN, MISSES, JUNIORS AND CHILDREN Washable Dresses, Coats, Skirts, Waists, Petticoats In a larger variety of styles than in any other tri-eity store. Prices are con spiciously reasonable an inspection will convince you. Lingerie Dresses $3.9S to $35. Wash Skirts $1.25 to $7.50. Tub Dresses $1.25 to $7.50 White Cloth Skirts $5.9S to $12.98 Linen Coats $1.93 to $11.25 ?M8 In Sailor Collar and Low Neck Waists We show an extremely large variety of styles priced 98c up to $3.98. You will find it interesting to inspect our showing of House Dresses, Trap pers, Kimonas, Dressing Saques and Childrens Dresses, for were exception ally well prepared to meet every requirement. The Season's Lolvest Trices Nolv Trebail on Women's Suits, Silk and Cloth Dresses Trices Reduced One-Tourth to One-Half SODINI BECOMES ILLINOIS LESSEE Chamberlin, Kindt & Co. Re linquish Control of Bock Island Playhouse. ARE TO BE NO DARK NIGHTS Klaw & Erlanger Bookings to Be Interspersed by Vaudeville, It Is Announced. Announcement was made today that the negotiations for the trans fer of the lease on the Illinois the atre from Chamberlin, Kindt & Co,, to Harry A Sodini have been closed. Mr. Sodini gave out the following statement: "As soon as I can have estimates of the cost prepared, work on the re decorating of the interior of the Illinois will be commenced. A com plete new set of scenery will be In stalled. I have been told that the seats in the first floor section of the house are uncomfortably small. If I find this to be a fact, new chairs will be provided. "There have been various rumors current as to what would be the pol icy of the Illinois in the event that I became the lessee. I have refrain ed from talking for .publication un til all contracts were signed up. The deal was closed yesterday afternoon. OM.Y K. & E. BOOKINGS. "The theatre proper is the only portion of the Illinois building that I take over. It may not be known generally that I am the lessee of the Barrymore, in Moline. Theatrego ers here, after seeing the class of attractions that was offered at the Barrymore, can understand what I mean when I promise that the same grade of productions will be played at the Ill:nois during the five years that I am to control the policy of tliat house. In future or during the period that I hold the lease on the Illinois, only Klaw & Erlanger book ings will be played there. In future Shuberts and others affiliated with the independents will not be repre sented in the bookings at the Illi nois. Those who are at" all familiar with conditions in the theatrical world realize that first class road at tractions are scarce. For confirma tion of this statement I refer you to the experience during the past year of the Grand. Davenport, and the Barrymore. Moline. Both of these bouses, the Grand particularly, se cured prr.ctically every production booked through Klaw & Erlanger that left the larger cities for road tours. But when an attraction was announced in either of these the atres the public was assured that it was not traveling under false colors. IMJEPENDKMTS SHIT Ol'T. "On the other hand, just figure out the number of standard shows that played the Illinois during the season Just closed. The Klaw & Er langer bookings were denied the Illinois because the lessees of that house had broken with that concern and cast their lot with the independ ents. That condition would con tinue at the Illinois so long as It was controlled by the. interests that have relinquished their lease to me, or so long as they remained in the camp of the independents. "Under my arrangements with Corner 2nd and 'Brady Sts. 11 Tinhpntonrt Taffeta Silk Coats $9.98 to $25. Lingerie Waists 50c to $6.9S White Serge Coats $9.98 to $271, Tailored Waists 98c to $3.98 Pongee Coats $5.93 to $25 Klaw & Erlanger about 30 attrac tions will be offered during the com ing season. These will be the best on tour. There will be no doubt as to the genuinity of any of them. But 30 nights of business will not make the Illinois a paying proposi tion for me or for anybody else who might seek to follow such a policy. Chamberlin, Kindt & Co. were criti cised for booking repertoire compan ies, and burlesque, and other cheap trash. They were forced to do this in order to make expenses. Now, instead of repertoire and burlesque, etc., I propose to play vaudeville on those dates when the house is not engaged for one-night shows. In other words there will 'be no dark nights in future at this playhouse. TAl'DEVILtE TWICE DAILY. "The vaudeville policy will be two performances daily, matinee and night. On dates when the house Is to play one-night stands the vaude- vlll bill will be transferred to the Majestic, on Eighteenth., street, the Majestic to be converted into a mov ing picture house. In this connec tion, I might say for the Information of my Rock Island friends that the Barrymore was busy all during the past Beason, moving pictures being presented on days when the house was not otherwise booked. Klaw 6c Erlanger readily approved of this plan, and they offered no objection to playing vaudeville at the Illinois on dates when they had nothing to offer. ORPHECM CIRCUIT BILLS. "Orpheum vaudeville bills will be played at the Illinois, my Rock Is land and Moline houses to be on the same circuit with Peoria. Each bill will consist of eight to 11 acts. I am confident when the people see the new program at the Illinois in work ing order they will "be satisfied and better pleased than they were in the past." NO AGREEMENT jjEACHED Master and Journeymen Tinners Hold Another Meeting. Master and journeymen tinners and sheet metal workers of Rock Island and Moline held a joint con ference at Turner hall in this city last night in another unavailing ef fort to adjust wage differences. The journeymen first demanded a mini mum wage of 4 5 cents an hour and a closed shop. The bosses offered 35 cents and an open shop. Then the journeymen offered 40 cents with the closed shop. There the matter rests. The men still are on strike. IN THE PARADE OF CITIES Officials in 75 Localities Are Invited to Participate. Officials of 75 surrounding cities, towns and villages have been Invited to be represented in the parade of cities, one of the features of the Rock Island Moose lodge celebration planned for next month.' Each may or, or village board president has been requested to be accompanied by a float illustrative of the resources and advantages of his locality. The parade of cities will take place June 6. Kinney Will Probated. The will of the late Margaret C. Kinney of this city was admitted to probate yesterday afternoon by Jud.e 1?. S. Bell. The instrument waa drawn and dated Jan. 9, 1902, and it divides the estate between two daugh ters, Mrs. Juliana A. Wells and Mra. Hellen A. Wright, C- R. Chombeilain is named as executor. its m in NEW MATRON FOR BETHANY NAMED Miss Elizabeth Parsons of Dav. enport to Succeed Miss . Meda Smith. CHANGE IN EFFECT IN JUNE Retiring Supervisor Called to larger Field of Work in Indiana. Miss Elizabeth Parsons In the Sol diers orphans' home, Davenport, has been appointed matron of Bethany home. Rock Island, to succeed Miss Meda Smith, resigned. Miss Parsons will take up her naw duties early in June. She has been connected with the Davenport home for the last 12 years and during that time' has ac complished much good through her earnest efforts for the orphaned chil dren under her charge. Miss Smith, who on Monday observ ed the sixth anniversary of her resv dence here as matron, will go to In diana in June and will take up her duties in a much larger and better equipped field. She has had the mat ter under consideration for several months, but because of the close re lation with the work, hesitated to make the change. The offer which she has accepted is a flattering one and includes a large Increase in sal ary. It is in the northern part of the state and Miss Smith has before been identified with the work in that vicin ity. 14 YEARS rV WORK. Before taking up her duties here, Mrs. Smith was a matron of the or phans' home In Davenport. Her ser vices in this vicinity has extended over 14 years. Her new duties will be similar to those which she dis charged in the local field. JURY IS SECURED Attorneys Agree on 12 Men to Hear Evidence in Frank Corcoran Case. START TAKING TESTIMONY Magill Secures Permission to Add to List of Witnesses Child First on the Stand. The jury in the Frank Corcoran case was completed yesterday after noon in the circuit court. The taking of the state's evidence was started at once. Caroline Rind, the little gtrl whom it is alleged was Corcoran a victim, was the first witness. She was followed on the stand this morning by her 12-year-old brother, Allen Rind. When George Rind, father of the chil dren was placed upon the stand by the etate. Attorney C. E. Sturtz for the defense objected on the grounds that his name was not among the list of witnesses endorsed upon the back of the indictment. State's Attorney Li. M. Magill thereupon made a motion for permission to have the name and several others added to the list. Jl'DGH SCORES DEFENSE, The defense fought the motion and after It had been argued by the at torneys, Judge F. D. Ramsay ruled that the motion be allowed. lie said that he deplored the practice, becom ing too common, of neglecting to give proper notice of who the witnesses were to be In the criminal cases and he said that a late statute apparent ly encouraged such laxity, but leaving it to the judgment of the court to say whether or not the names might later be inserted. "Because, however," he said, "the defendant in this case is accused of what seems to me the most heinous crime possible, a crime destroying the sacredness of marriage and rendering useless the name ot 'mother.' I am not disposed to deprive the people of the right to introduce all the evidence they may have. Were it in a less important case, I would deny the motion of the state, but in order that the people may get justice. I will allow It," THOSE OS THE Jl'HT. The Jury which is hearing the tes timony is made up almost entirely of Moline citizens, there being but one from Rock Island and one from South Moline. All professed, when examlr. ed by the attorneys, to know nothing of the case. The regular venire of Jurors was exhausted before more than half a Jury was secured and yes terday afternoon several especial ven ires were summoned. At that less difficulty was experienced this time In securing a Jury than was the case when Corcoran stood trial before on the charge of crime against children. On that occasion the attorneys work ed for three days before the 12 men were secured. The Jury which is hear-1 ing the evidence in the present case comprises the following: II. Johnson, Alex Herstedt, Charles Aswege, R. F. Harris, J. S. MfcCurdy W. E. Sunblade. Frank Peterson, Sanford Peterson, George- E. Gibbs and" Charles Chapman, Mo line; J. Chrlstianson, Rock Island; George Benson, South Moline. The state rested its case th!s af ternoon and the defense put Corcor an on the stand as the first wit ness. Grass Fire. ! A rass fire between Third and j Fourth avenues and Twenty-fourth: and Twenty-fifth streets, made a run of the fire department necessary last' night at 8:25. There was no damage.! i Rock Island, III. Mid-Summer Millinery HE dainty ar VASEKIT IS SENT TO JAIL Foreigner Believed to Be Suffering From an Assault. Joe Vasekit who was picked vp by Rock Island police Monday night be cause he had disturbed west end cit izens, was this morning sent to the county jail for five days. It was al most impossible for the police author ities to understand the prisoner or make themselves understood for the man can talk little English and be & summer gown makes ex acting demands for harmony in details. 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