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THE ROCK ISEAND ARGUS. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1912. 2 DAVENPORT i Licensed to Wed. Adolph Petersen and UIh Wllhelmlne JUchter, both of .Dares port. ' ftmall Pox In City. The board of .health yesterday received a report of la ease of smallpox which vu dis covered at 518 Main street. The vlc Ftlm is a little boy and both he and I his mother have been removed to 'St. Robert's hospital. There are save raj other families In the house. o Secure a Divorce. On the grounds 'of cruelty and drunkenness, Mrs. May Orell was yesterday (ranted a decree of divorce from her husband, I Curt C. GrelL The plaintiff is (awarded the custody of the minor whUd, Ruth Grell. They were mar Hied March 11, 1910. Attorney V. JI. Petersen represented the plain tiff. Child Is Scalded. While her mother was out of the room, 2-year-old Mar tha Kindred, 310 Kant Twelfth street, got hold of a kettle of water and pulled It off the stove, receiving a severe scalding over her face, arm and neck. lr. P.endixen. who is at tending the rase, states that the chiM win recover. Four Caught in Raid. Four foreign ers were caught in a raid which whs made Sunday night at 216 East Sec. ond street. They were hooked at the police station on a charge of keeping a gambling bouse and being inmates. Those arrested were Nick Antharos- alon, George Coloftls, Jim Papas and I John Antharorslon. The first twoj .Darned were booked as keepers off liue uouKe una postea se unry for their appearance for trial ttiu morning. The other two were held as inmates and pouted $25 security for their appearance. o Tries to Suicide. r.ol Jie Randall. ! aged 19, reKldlng at &2H West Sec ond street, despondent in a love af fair, attempted to take her own lif at Suburban Island Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock, by shooting herself: In the left lung with a 32-calIbre re-j volver. She is at the Duvenjort Los- 1 pltal and will recover from the' wound. Obituary Record. After a lingering Jlluess of several months' duration, death being canted by tuberculosis. Mrs. Doris Arp passed away Sundav afternoon at her home, 1 404 Mar-! JUNE FIRE LOSS $475,251 quette street, at the agp of , 79 years. She was born Sept. 2.!T,a ui..r t lilar.e in Illinois 1832, In Schoenberg, Germany, com-; Mai-tlml's Keptu-t '? a,millaUdln1 Springfield. 111.. July 9,-Accord- year. Mrs. Arp nee Sienknecht I tnnH m Davoiit.nrt nrl us- niHrri.l to Claus Arp, April 14. 1S6S. Shei"linols lU whs 546. Of these and. would you llleve It. she met the Is survived by her husband and sev-' 2,r'"' u")k P'K, e in ChicaKO, where the raise and kept the maid herself !" De en children Hans B. Arp of West damage reported amounted to $133,-tflt Flee Press. Liberty, Theodore Arp of Denver, Col., .Mrs. Minnie Kuelper of W'al cott. Mrs. Meta Gollnl'z of Sunbnry, Otto Arp of Probsiel. Iowa: Herman iArp of Stockton and Miss Adella Arp at home. Eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild nlso survive. The funeral will be held from the home Wednesday afternoon nt 2 o'clock with Interment in the city cemetery. Mrs. Maria .Tones passed away Sunday morning at 2 o'clock at her home, 410 Went Ninth street, after a a The World's Favorite Bottled Beer What made it so? - QUALITY and PURITY, 173,184,600 Bottles sold in 1911. Bottled only at the Home PUat ia St. Lonis Anheuser-Busch Brewery St, Louis, Mo. AUSTRIAN WOMAN WHO WON PEACE PRIZE TOURING U. S.; SHE UKES OUR WAYS V ' 111 Nil Baronesa Bertna von Suttnar. The aged Baronesa von Suttner, of Vienna, Austria, the world's greatest living woman advocate of universal peace, la In America. She ca me here fur a general tour, after an absence of eight years, during which time aha received the Nobel peace prise for education work tgalnst war. The baronesa thinks America the greatest and roost progressive 'country in tha world and la especially impressed by the arneatneas with which American women are fighting for the ballot "Equal suffrage la la great, wonderful thing," ahe aaya. lingering illness of several months. at the age of 73 years. She was born in Albany, X. Y., and has lived in this city for a number of years, Yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock at ! her home, 1322 Leonard street, oc curred the deuth of Mrs. Carrie Kroe- ger, Hfter an illness of over a year, j ,ns: t0 thP r"Prt of ,he Etatc fire n,a1'" ! shal's office the numoer of fires in ' n:. uuiBiue oi V.HHUKO use uie i'a totnled :141.2C6. j The causes In Chicago were: Matches. -r,2; overheated stoves, can dies, lamps antl as jets, 5; gasoline stoves, 4; gasoline and betulne, 11; 'defective Hues, 8; spontaneous com- biiUlon. 4; lighted from other fires. 3?; iniendiary, 13: si arks. 16; care Icfficss t.f tramps, 2: carelessness of boys. 2: rubbish. IS: lightning. 15: hot ashes. 1; defective wiring. 2: ci KHrs. 4: from causes unknown, 6S. Chicago buililings damaged were: udweiser Rock Ijwellings, 111; hotels, 4; barns, 29: sheds, 28; garages, 3; stores, 16; factories, 13; restaurants, 3; sa loons. 6; public halls, 3; laundries, 2; shops, 5; warehouses, 5; lumber yards, 2; breweries, 1; foundries, 1. The total value of the buildings affected by blazes in Chicago amount- ed to $1,623,210. Their contents was valued at $1,6S2,955. The in surance on buildings, 972,895; on contents, $1,04 9,150. Mighty Mean. "She's the meanest woman I know!" "W hot's 1e matter now?" offered to give her servant $2 a week more to come to work for me. All Feel Like Fools. He The bridegroom always looks like a fool during the ceremony. Sbe How about the bride? lie Oh. the 1 bride. Mug a woman. Is able to dis semble! Boston Trsnscript. i Raised the Ante. i "Tommy." said a visitor to a bright little five-year-old. "what would you C If I gave you a penny?" i "Wish it was a nickel." was the re ply. C'hlcngo News. A. D. Huesing Distributor Island IUincit rE- IH"' 4 MOLINE New Band Organlzed-OrcaalzaUon of the American baud has been per fected In Bast MoUne, and the first public concert will be given Monday, July 29. There are 15 members In the band at the present time and all of them have had experience wita other musical organizations. Looking Over Sites. Six site for a city hall were considered Saturday af ternoon at the special meeting of the city commission, but decision to pur chase was not reached. It was ex pected that the proposition would be brought before the commission at the regular session, but It was not. Small Fire. Fire In a defective chimney In rooms over the grocery store and pool room of T. E. Skrov anos at 1621 Second avenue resulted In setting the roof of the place ablaze at 4:05 Saturday afternoon. The sand ed roof made ft difficult for the fire men to get at the fire, but after a half hour's work the flames were under control. Damage was confined to the roof and the ceiling underneath. Lightning Hits House. Lightning struck the residence of "W. H. Christl son at 1543 Twenty-fourth avenue at 6:15 Sunday evening and started a blaze that necessitated work' on the part of the fire department. The crash came in the early part of Sunday's storm, the bolt being conveyed to the house on a telephone wire. The fire started on the side of the house near the ground wire of the telephone, but was checked before any damage was done, the heavy rain proving a valua ble aid. o Dissolve Partnership. George S. FitzGlbbon Saturday purchased the interest of Harry DoWolf in the cloth ing store on fifteenth, street, conduct ed tor the last six years under the firm name of FitzGibbon & DeWolf, and he will continue in business alone. The store was closed yesterday, but will be reopened for business as soon as Inventory work can be completed. Mr. DeWolf's plans for the future have not been, definitely decided. Obituary Record. Miss Rebecca Sherwood died at 11 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of her nephew, George Sherwood, 923 Sixteenth street, after a long illness. Miss Sherwood was born in Itidgefield, Conn., in 1833, and was in her 80th year. The re mains will be taken to Beloit, AVis., which was for years her home before coming to Moline, and the funeral will be held there Wednesday. Aledo Miss Nellie Thompson has gone to Rich Hill, Mo., where she will visit several weeks with her sister, Mrs. Clark Griffin. The annual soldiers' and sailors' re union of Mercer county will be held in Aledo Tuesday and Wednesday, August 20 and 2J. These dates were decided upon this week by the com mittee, which is making plans to make this the best reunion in recent years. The first day's exercises will be held in Monument park and the program of the day will be a basket dinner and stories of old times. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scannell of Kewanee came to spend a few days with relatives. The Aledo Chautauqua committee Is planning to have only the best attrac tions on the program for the coming Chautauqua, which will be held in Aledo in August. A partial list of the star attractions has been made public which shows the class of entertain ment which the Chautauqua will sup port. Among these are: Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth, Dr. William A. Col lege. George E. Colby, the Cambridge players, Rogers and Grilley, Thomas Brooks Fletcher, Ferguson's Dixie Jubilee Concert company. This is Aledo's first Chautauqua and the com mittee is doing everything In its power to make It a success. .Miss Alice Stead has gone for a two weeks' visit in Kansas City. She was accompanied as far as Galesburg by Miss Olive Werts. Mrs. Minerva Ruse died at her home in Aledo, June 24. She was born In Bever county, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1833. January S, 1549 she waa united in marriage to Robert Mars In New Castle, Pa. After living there a few years they cam overland to Rock Is land and later came to Vlt la, where Mr. Mars Was killed In a saw mill on Pope creek, south of Viola. Aug. 17, 1858. To this union were born four children, two of whom are now liv ing. !rs. Mars was married Oct. 13, 1859 to David Ruse, who died Aug. 19, 1904. To them seven children were- born, five of whom are living in Aledo. She Is survived by four grandchildren and two great grandchildren, also two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Grosjean of Rock Island and Mrs. Marie Serbine of Mv quoketa, Iowa. Funeral services were held at the home, Jtroe 26. Rev. A. E. Moody officiated, assisted by Rev. J M. Jones. Interments was made in Aledo cemetery. Mrs. A. H. Tost, son, John, and daughters, Etta and Gladys, of Los Angeles. Cal., visited here the first of th weok with Mr Mra W H i tioan and left Wednesday tor an ex- i tecded visit la Egyt with Mrs. Tost You can smoke a pipe; you will smoke a pipe if you'll just follow the lead of an army of men who tried out Prince Albert and found it good and true. Do you realize that the greatest Americans arc pipe smokers; that they know the comfort, the satisfaction, the real joy that comes right out of a pipe? Will you get this pipe question off your mind now! father, who is a Baptist missionary in that country. Mrs. Edward Dool of Calexico, Cab, and Mrs. Guy C. Scott of this city, took little Miss Isabelle Irvin of Calex ico to Alexis, Wednesday, to make an extended visit with her grandmoth er, Mrs. Gamble. Those from out of town who attend ed the funeral of Mrs. Minerva Ruse were a son, George W. Mars, of Min dea, Neb., a filter, Mrs. Sarah Gros jan of 'Rock Island, Mrs. Rebecca Gra ham, John W. Graham and Frank Watson of Rock Island, Clarence Wil liams of Sherrard, Mrs. Sarah Ruse, Mrs. Kate Oswald and son, Harold, and Harry Ruse, all of Monmouth, Mr. and Mrs. Alien Greer of Burgess and Mrs. Amelia Griffin and Mrs. II. F. Greenwood of Viola. Roily Reed and Miss Lna Ethel Norton, both of New Boston, were united in marriage by Justice James R. Spence at his office in Aledo, June 27. Rev. J. B. Pollock went to Viola to attend the Young People's Christian convention. This is the weather report for June as given by William B. Frew, observer of Aledo. Temperature: mean, maxi mum, 79.9 degrees; mean, minimum, 56.8 degrees; mean, C8.3 degrees. which is 1.8 degrees below the mean for the preceding 1R years, during which the highest was 74 degrees in 1S98 and the lowest 65.8 degre.es in 1302. Maximum, 92 regcees on the 26th; minimum, 41 regrees on the eighth. Greatest daily range, .10 de grees on the 22nd and 26th. Precipita LIVED ON RAW EGGS Mr. Richard's Experience With Dif ferent Diets. Peaches and Buttermilk for Three Years. Ocilton. Md. Mr. Georee Richards. Of this place, during the past 12 years, has probably tried more different diets than the average person would ever use in a lifetime. What he has to say about his experi ments, must therefore be highly interest ing to anyone sutierinc from indigestion or stomach troubles of any kind. He 6ays: "For more than 12 years. I suffered with stomach troubles, and paid hundreds oi dollars for doctor bills and medicines. 1 was also operated on for piles. I lived on dried peaches ani buttermilk lor nearly three years. The only thing lhat would not give me pain was raw es. I was a physical wreck. I could not sleep, and was as near crazy as a mao could well be. I must say that after taking two 25-cenl packages of Thediord's black-Draught, it did me more good than all 1 ever spent for other medicines. I have been working daily on the farm ever since, and I am as hard as iron." This purely vegetable remedy has been in successful use for more than 7r years. Tryiu Bulbe sure that it's "Thedford'a." go to P f lis 1P Sf i Jm . fl!9rmh Mi You ' P goto P national joy smoke If you have an old jimmy somewhere, get it out; if one, quick, and fire up . ) Get the personal experience; know Albert will not bite your tongue, because it can't I The sting is removed by a patented process! ' For the boys who roll 'em themselves, "P. A." is a revela tion, an education! You never got such flavor, such fresh, ness and sweetness in a cigarette in all your born daysl Does that listen to you ? Buy "P. A. " anywhmrm afloat or amhorm in 10c tint or Sc bagM, or in pound and half -pound humidort. Buy it whilm you'rm pipo- hungry or cigarmttm hungry. (' juwt groat rolUd up with "P. A." makin'ml R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO Wimton-Salem, N. C tion, 2.09 inches, which is l.f9 inches below the mean for the preceding 11 years, during which the gr"atest was 7.81 inches in 19n2, and the least, 1.30 HISTORIC BLACKGUARDS By Albert l'ayson Terhune, (Copyright l.y the Press Publishing Co. New York World.) Guy Fawkes: And the 'Gunpow der Plot" BIG, beard e d man, known a a "John son," aroused some Idle curiosity by bid ding in at auction the lease of a vault or coal cellar un derneath the House of Lords in Lon don. Johnson ex- OUY FAWKEJ plained that he was the servant of Master Thomas Piercy, who lived next door to Parliament House, and that he wanted the vault as a storage place for fuel. James I. was king of England. He had succeeded Queen Elizabeth In 1603. He was a scoundrel In a weak, stilted way. He persecuted the Cathr olics, broke his solemn state prom ises, lied out of difficulties and in other ways made for himself a host of enemies. Parliament, for the most part, backed the king's wishes. Hence Parliament shared his unpopularity. A band of daring, if unscrupulous, men resolved to rid England of King James, the royal family and Parlia ment ra well by the very simple means of destroying the whole lot at one blow. Their plan waa to fill the cellars of the House of Lords with gunpowder. Then, on th day when the king and his family should come to open Parliament, to set a match to the powder and blow up every one In the building. Robert Catesby, Thomas Piercy and eighteen others were In tha conspir acy. They chose as the actual assas sin a brave, heartless soldier of for tune whoee real nam Is said to have been Guldo Fox, but who Is known to hfBtory as "Guy Fawkes." No one knows whether Fawkes was to re ceive money for his deed or whether be consented to do It through hatred for King James. In the early autumn of 1601 the conspirators began to cut a hole through the nine-foot wall between Plercy's ho'ise and the Parliament cellars. Then, hearing the cellars were for rent. Fawkes hired them. After that the work went on easily ind safely enough. Thirty-six barrels cf gunpowder were rolled lno the cel lars and were covered with masses of wood. A trsin of powder was laid. Everything was ready. Parliament was to meet on Novem ber 6, 1604. The king and most of the royal family were to be there. At a signal Fawkes was to light the pow der train and was then to escape br ' pipe hidden away you haven't, buy a load of "P. A." P yourself that Prince CO. inches in 1911. Prevailing wind, east. Number of clear days, 14; partly cloudy, 13; cloudy, 3. Thunderstorms, 4th, 20th and 30th. Hall. 20th. ship to Flanders. The other conspira tors were to kill or captrue any mem bers of the royal family who did not. chance to be at Parliament's opening.1 No one betrayed this plot, which might have changed the history of the world. Yet It was discovered.' The discovery came about In an odd way. One of the conspirators which one1 was never known was a friend of Lord Monteagle, a noted English statesman. He sent Monteagle an anonymous letter, begging him to keep away from the opening of Par liament. Monteagle, not sure whether or not the warning was a joke, show ed It to the secretary of state. The secretary laughed at It as a hoax, but was induced to show It to the king. James (who was so cowardly that the sight of a sword used to make him 111) fell Into a frenzy of fear. On the night of Nov. 4 he ordered Par liament house searched. As the searchers neared the cellars they met Guy Fswkes coming out. He waa seized before he could dart back and the place was ransacked. The sight of so large & ptle of wood roused suspicion. The wood was cleared away and the gunpowder barrels were discovered. Fawkes, raving with helpless fury, strove In vain to set fire to the gunpowder and to die with his enemies. He was overpowered and dragged before the king. There he made surly, con temptuous answers to all questions and refused to betray bis accom plices. But torture at last made him speak. The conspirators were seised and roost of them were executed Fawkes last of all. An old chronlole gives the following account of his farewell to the world: "This very tall and desperate fel low . . . made no long speech, but (after a sort), seeming sorry for his offense, asked a kind of forgiveness of the king and the state for bis bloody Intent." All Europe shuddered over Eng land's narrow escape. The fifth of November was ordained by King James "to be observed forever as a day of thanksgiving." For centuries tnerearter Nov. 5 was celebrated throughout England much aa we cele brate July 4. Amid bonfires and noise Guy Fawkes was burned In effigy. Even now the cellars of the houses of Parliament are regularly "searched" In memory of a government's old-time peril. So, for more than three hundred years after his death, Ouy Fawkes has had the honor cf an annual "Day" a privilege denied to most heroes and accorded perhaps to no otha blackguard. o