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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1911. ALLEGED FORGER IS HELD TO JURY Port Sandidge Passes Worth less Check at Saloon and Fails to Make It Good. with a view to straightening the street, tame up in the circuit court today before Judge W. H. Gest. The petitioners question the legal right of the city to make the change. Ken worthy & Kenworthy appear for the property owners and City Attorney J. F. Witter represents the city. CLAIMS MERELY OVERDREW FINE BLACK TEAM IS RUNNING ABOUT WILD Ot Into Fight With Bartender and Is Given iJrubbing Ends Up in Jail. Have Ueen Cavorting Along Watch Tower Road Evidently Es caped From Pasture. His head swathed in bandages and his face bearing the marks of a battle. t-orz hanciidge was arraigned before For the last three days, a span of fine, black horses, has been cavorting a?ong the Watch Tower road, unharn essed and unhampered in their going and coming. People who have seen FREE-FOR-ALL IN DIAMOND SALOON Mixnp Occurs at Downtown Bar in Which Ten or More Are Participants. NO ARRESTS ARE MADE And Xo Serious Injuries Rave Been lie ported Despite the Use of Knives by Fighters. A battle royal was pulled off in the Diamond saloon last night at 11 : o'clock in which salt cellars, beer bot- Folice Magistrate Smith this morning il,iem caTe maae inquiry as to tne j ties cuspidors and knives were for working a confidence game, the name of the owner, but thus far, brought into play with telling effect, charge being made by Mack Olvnn, !Tb ey hav not heen -ocale- This j one man was stabbed, another was who asserts in his complaint that San- i morn,n matter was reported to fctruok Cn the head vith a beer boUe didge passed a worthless check for $7 the 1"!ice derartmt and mlormauon land had his finger chewed, and near on Aug. 22 and since had made no ef-, that a fcorse was fiown Wilh sickness Iy every one of the 10 or more who forts to mato c-oorf tho c,Dr a veterinary to tne scene, fcvi- i w i mil v u w i.. trair didge was bound over to the grand alone, six applications were received at the county clerk's office bo that, from present indications. the orange blossom market will take a shoot skyward. circumstance. I-a'e this afternoon it was learned t!iat the horses belong to N. K. Kelly, who lived until rT'i,tly nar the eera ("ry. Rfforts to loca'e him had fail ed, however, although the police dei hl f,l to con'imic them until he is found and put iu possession of his animals. PRISONERS TAKING jury under Jl.em, bonds. Sandidge U the same man who has just served . .days in the Scott county basuie for a like charge and from the evidence this morning, he has worked the game at least six times. He excused his action by stating that he was unaware of the fact that his account was over drawn. GETS IVTO A FIGHT. On the above mentioned date, he asked that Mr. Glynn cash the cheet. and on recommendation of Mmard Taylor, Glynn's bartender, it was done. Yesterday Sandidire was out rid ing with Glynn and in the evening ;it a restaurant asked Taylor to eat with him. Taylor did so. When ih- hill was presented amounting to "."i cent;-, Sandidge refused to pay. Taylor be came enraged. Words were follow ed by blows, and according to the testi-! mony, Sandidge struck first. They were separated and later in the fjlynn saloon. Sandidge again starter) a fish' with Taylor, who battered him harily before they were aea'n separated. For , his part in the affair. Taylor was us-: sessed J3 and ct-s for disorderly con- ' duct. ' MIXnO IX VOTIIKR. It was Sandidee who presented Mr. j Miller of Oskaloosa to Mr. Giynri ;ind it appears that both of the men passed wnruiiees cnecKS. jvimer-s tamiiy rx-'f,f pbale out there? eci his case. Sandidge claimed to have represented a cigar establishment. It is known that he has operated in Iowa City Davenport and Mar.halitown. dently the team escaped from a field ! bearing marks of the conflict. wnere it naa oeen placet lor pasttir- ; , ate and the owner is unaware of the! today From what can be gleaned of the affair, an ex-policeman started in to 'beat up a fellow and after finishing i with him, went after his friend. OTHKRS TAKE A HAM). J At this juncture, other friends of :the pair decided to step into the fray : and hostilities were opened in earn j est by the hurling of a beer bottle, i which grazed the heads of several and 'crashed against the wall, throwing ; splinters of glass all over the place. Others crabbed salt cellars and eusni- A I IKl&fi FDR WflRK riors ar"- tne r was th,k wilh fl-vng 3Unl tnissiles. The whole bunch went dowii to the floor in a heap, kicking, hitins Strange Spectacle of Men Pleading and swinging their fists with deadly to lo Allowed in l.alxr 'effect. When the smoke finally clear ed away, the principals made a hasty! exit, and it is believed that no one ! was severely injured. No arrests were i Contrary to expectations, the rock ' made, pile is a strong drawing; card to the! 'ACCIDENTAL DEATH' IS VERDICT OF JURY The coroner's jury which inquired into the manner by which the Grace family of Davenport was asphyxiat ed Monday night, returned a vredict last night of "accidental death." The finding was a surprise as there seemed plenty of reason to believe that it was a case of suicide and mur der. The jury chose to believe that Roy Grace, the young husband, had returned to his room in which his young wife and infant son was asleep and being intoxicated, had turned on the gas and went to bed. That theory, however, does not ex plain to the skeptical how it happen ed that the door was blocked shut with a chair and why openings through which gas might have es caped from the room, were closed up. It was also known that the young wife had openly threatened several times to "end it all" because of her husband having been cruel to her on several occasions. Seen at Jail. ATTACHES GOODS OF BASEBALL CLUB prisoners in the county jail, and not a thine which is dreaded. Thoi strange siglrt of prisoners pleading! to be put to work on the "pile" was. seen yesterday, when they implored' to be allowed to get out in the yard I and work, as a relief from their past! confinement. Say guy, said one man to the deputy, "ain't there no chance to get put next to that heap On the level I want to blow out and do the black smith spiel with one of thos cute little hammers. I don't want to warm a chair in this old joint while) the rest of the guys are out there1 under the blue." Twelve men are! hammering away this morning, and for the most part they like the work. One man, however, lived up to the generally accepted and proverbial idea as regards a hobo's aversion to JOY RIDE WINDS UP WITH CRASH Personal Points T. R Reidy arrived home last night from Colfax, Iowa. Joseph Coulter and Thad Taylor have returned from a three days' vis it at Dubuque. Major Charles Keller has left for Niagara Falls where he expects to remain for three or four days. Max Ziffrin left yesterday to visit in I-a Crosse and to attend the na tional brewers' congress in Chicago. Marjorie and I,uey Scott of Ashviile, X. C. are. visiting their grandmother, ! Mrs. D. Cook. Jno Fort y t hird street. j Ky., is visiting at the home of hi ; J father. Or. K. F. Han hojomew, Till Thirty-fourth street. j Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Herzog. 2.r.21 j Seventh avenue, leave tomorrow j (morning on a trip through Wisconsin. i They expect to be gone about three j ! weeks. Two Moline Men Spend Night inj TOURING STATE IN dan .Nursing isacuy i$ruis- ed Pates. lit I tribal UF BILL ! WERE DRIVING IN A RIG . toil of any kind and asked deputy H. E. Casteel, In whose name the i Siemon if he could not be allowed ground on which Island City ball j to hire another man to take his place park is located, filed an attachment i out there, to which he was informed this afternoon against the goods anrl that there was nothing stirring, chattels of the Rock Island KasebaHj club for $"r,o owed for rental ef the; Carelee5 Handling Causes Collision! With .Another Buggy anel Tears j Wheels Off letter. fiporge F. Ie of Initiative and Hef. erelieliint l,eague Makes Speech in This City. Simon & Landauer Davenport, Iowa. N TOTH1NG ought to keep you from buying one of those medium weight fall overcoats unless it's the fact that you have one already, otherwise there's no argument. This "warm one day cool the next makes a coat of this kind indis- re rs pensable they're snappy enough to own r even lr the weather isn't snappy, they swagger, stylish coats you'll look good in. Rich looking patterns, lots of Scotch fabrics with combi nation or plain collars; full box and semi-fitting Chester fields, Raglans, Gabardine Slip -ons and Cravenettes. Now shades of brown that you'll liko, tans that art1 now, oxfords and blacks that arc always in good taste prices from $12.50 to $35.00. Ones we're selling the most of because they're such exception.nl values at $20 and $25. E9 park. This rent is due in two in stallments and neither has been paid to date. The sheriff has been di rected to levy on the stands and property of the club which is eiill at the park. Fighting Street Problem. The plea of property owners on Second street for an injunction to restrain the city from making cer tain alterations in the street lines I days, however. Battered and bandaged heads were much in evidence behind the bars at ithe police station this morning when the police court session was called by Magistrate C. J. Smith. There were three of the bandaged heads and from River Carrying Debris. iidm;ck, a Mraiier was tea to asK As evidence of the rapid rise in the I lf a lodge meeting was in session. Mississippi and its tributaries as a re-!Two of ,he trio of battered fellows, .-u!t of the recent heaw rains, consid- August Long and Ed viIde f Moline, erable driftwood and other debris be- ere tJirown fron their rig last eve in making i's , appearance in the i ning at about 7 o'clock and their heads river opposite here todav. The river i?'ere bruised as a result. There may rrntinues to rise anrl it is evnectert to have been a little headache, tOO for iro no in a iumo when the crest of t i according to the Btory of some who flood released bv the breaking of the !sav lu' i.. tuey naa nirea a dam at Hlack River Fa'.ls, Wis., reach-! n" ln ,he afternoon to come to Rook here. That will require several lb,a,lu ana were rurnlEg to Moime Si -Ov 2Tf I Correct and Becoming Styles in Separate Skirts Popularly Priced $2. so to $13.00 If you are needing a new separ ate skirt, the most logieal thing vou can do is to visit The Bee Hive Skirt Department. It mat ters little what your tastes may be for we show a c o m p 1 e t e range of all the correct styles and materials. New Tall Skirts at $2. so to $4.98 The completeness of our show ing at these moderate prices explains the growing populari ty of this section of our store. New panel and two-piece skirts with the side fastenings and patch pockets in plain serges and mixtures are very much in evidence. S2.50 to $4.98. l 5 r - ft 1 B-:- -tit i I ' ' I B -. .1 tilU? ! I I I 23 Xclr flixture Skirts Hlack Panama Skirts As pictured vTJ.S .)r.A fire a ' :,. . ... $ I I" nn. $" '. a!i' heie si here 1 w on! i! !c Flr.e :?v Tana- S3.9S qua. n a wih niceiy em t ;:. ier -.i p.inf!? a t f: v n and ! a k. spc ;i-U at $2.98 JVelv Corduroy Skirts More of these popu lar corduroy skirts in l-!a k. na; y. brown and lorona at $3-98 when an accident, due nrobably to ! their careless driving, sent their ve hicle crashing into another at the cor rer.of Thirty-first street and Fifth ave nue and threw them to the pavement. WHKELS TORN OFF. The other rig is the property of C. H. Stephens of Davenport, one of the oldest engineers now in the service of the Rock Island road. His wife had tied the family horse at the corner and had gone to the depot to await her husband's return from the road. While she was waiting, the accident occur red. The wheels of the Stephens' ve hicle were broken and before they ar- rived at their home, it was necessary to temporarily repair the damage. TKI.I.S IMPltOB.BI.K STOKV. j Vilde claimed this morning that a I street car, going around a curve had; ; knocked their rig to the side and thatj the horse had dashed away. There is no curve in the line near Thirty-iirst Georgo K. I,ee of Springfield is touring the state in the interests of the Initiative and Referendum league of which is the pe-retary. lie is cam paigning in the interest of the bill which was defeated at the last meet ing of the legislature and which pro vided for the governing of the state by the people in a more literal sense. The bill is to come up atrain at the next session of the legislature and it! is the aim of Mr. Iee and the league to so arouse sentiment for it that it cannot fail of passage. Mr. I.ee spoke at Market square on the sub ject Monday nipht. two am lines BTO SYSTEM ADOE Bell Telephone Company Gets 125 Phones at Coal Valley and 60 at Lynn Center. ALREADY IN OPERATION eomplished in the United States. Too much governmental red tape Beerns to have discouraged foreign development. Consular reports show that there are not as many tele phones in all of Great Britain as there are in New York alone. The Hell system now connects over K.ooo.fioo telephones, about one mil lion of which are farmers. By its recent alliance with the Western Un ion its long distance facilities have been more than doubled as it. i3 now a common practice to telephone and telegraph oicr a circuit simultan eously and without interference. efit of 125 pupils, pi Is were present. Thirty blind pu- New Auto Truck. The firm of Ierch & Greve, Joining the procession of progressives, as it. applies to business men, has plaed in, service one of the prettiest, auto de livery trucks in the three cities. j Tri-C'ity Residents Have Access ' 'jr,(H)t I'lioncs in Near Viciu- ity at Present. t! CASH DRAWER IS RIFLED BY BOY. The farmers' telephone system at Coal Valley has signed a contract with the Central Union for lony; dis tance connections and the toll lines j were put in operation yesterday. I The Uynn Center company was j also connected up with the Bell sys- When the clerical force of the', tem a day or two ago. This will add Carse & Ohlweiler company opened I 125 telephones at the former place the office on Eleventh street between aud 60 at the latter to the' already Fourth and Fifth avenue this morn-; large rural system surrounding Rock ing, they discovered the drawer of the cash register lying in the middle cf the floor and the whole offiee in disorder. Investigation showed that $15 in change which had been plac ed in the drawer had been taken. En trance was gained either through the transom over the door or a cellar j Aledo, window. It is thought that the rob-j bery was the work of boys in the neighborhood. Sues for a Divorce. Mrs. Cora M. Haines of this city to day started proceedings in the circuit court for a decree of divorce from her husband. Ira E. Haines. The couple were married Jan. 14, 1S97 and street, so no credence was placed in i ! they separated Oct. 5, 1911. She de- the story. He afterwards retracted the i sires the custody of the two children. Murphy and Larson represent her. : crashing of buggies and in order to ; clear the case, there will be a bearing j this afternoon in police court and if Ithe men are found to be to blame, they ' . will be charged with criminal careless-' ' ness. j ikk r;oon nic:K. j : This afternoon on promise to pay aM ! 'expenses caused by the accident for! I which they were responsible, the pris-' oners were released from custody, i I Testimony showed that they were driv-j ing slowly but because of their condi-j ition were careless. i Banks Closed Tomorrow. Tomorrow. ( ouunbiis day, being a j i legal holiday, the banns of Rock Island will remain closed. OCTOBER TO RIVAL "MONTH OF BRIDES ! tt i 1 1 Skirts for Stout Women !..'.! :.- U('i:i:r:i who . .r-.r a .. si aS a pcr.e; t i t r :r.-,i !. rue rule cvjie ;i wi;h a l ihr ir rr i w :ico o'ffic Inrge sr'ec' .iiremcr.ts. j'ty in being ion of extra Hie Bee Hive Cor- shcTlTJ Brady 2N If rre-cnt Hate Keeps lp Jum Will Have to Take a Hack et , U Ireent Mnntiu . I 'I J v - . . . ( - i . . . .etr if-niir in iius tuuniy r:as ' tbTc been a larger number of in-' ; ticpid mariners anxious to embark1 ! on a life voyage on the seas of matri-! ' mocial v enture than during the pre-j sent a'.oTjtn. So far this month there' have been V,G licenses granted, in; i ten days. Tee average number iss j 'if J in a month is about To. so thati , it can readily be seen that at the! p-esent rate a new record wiil be, vti , panioDsi.ip. Monday afternoon, The Just Wright Shoes for men are in a class of their own when it comes to shoes at $4, $4.50 and $5 If you are not a wearer, get in quick vhi!e the stock is full. Ask to see "Gloomy Otis" and the new one, "Cc; tsum." Open tonight. Dolly Bros FOOTFITTKRS. 1 Hit 7 Second Aruw. I'horve West 707-K. Island. Manager Beverlin gives the follow ing list of these connections: Erie 300; Hillsdale, 75; Port Byron, 75; Cambridge. Sou; Orion, L'50; Coal Valley, 12 5; Lynn Center, Co; Alpha, 200; .New Windsor, 2uo; iola, L'5(j; l.r.Ou; total :i, 535. mwv imiom:s m;un. There are now at least '-', ihii) Bell connections in and around the three cities or one for about every six of the population. This, however, in cludes a large number of branch exchange telephones toiies and hotels, hence the "devel opment" as the experts say, is not oui'e complete. The census takers figure about five people to a family. When this ter ritory reaches the point of having a telephone for each rive persons, ex cluding private exchanges, it will he i nearly "saturated" with telephones, i There will still be room for growth, however, for many professional and business men will have two tele phones each, fne in the residence and one at. the business adduss and the well-to-do rt sidents will have exten sion telephones in various parts of the house and in the grirage. Farm ers will eventually have them in their barns. aiii: MKin nirnniKMKMv The Bell system is stringing a new I copter circuit to Sterling and is con- 'Ftructing a new pole line to Gab-si-, burg. They are erecting a new tirp-i 'proof building in i'avenport fo- long' .' distance work exclusively. As was' ; announced some time ago. they h; vo : prrfc terj their inventions for iui-; ; proving long distance t ransrn ision land have made service oiiirnercia! ! as Tc.r west as Itenver. It is conf idently predicted that within, another' i year one may talk from Rock l-Tiai.d ! to San Francis o. j i.Ktmx; "run woiti.n. , ' The Bell system s-ems to be rnak-; ! ir.g strenuous efforts to meet the der ; mat:dB or the put ie- tor ett-r and more comprehensive .servb-e. Reports j from England and the continent, in i dicate that th" government owned ; telephone servieo over there is far ;leiii:id what our privately oned Itubiic btrvice corporations have ac- NEW: COAL CONCERN HERE Huzcl W. Ooinitany Incorporates With $.),0OO Capitalization. (Special to The Argus.) Springfield, 111., Oct. 11. Secre tary of State Rose today issued a li conse to incorporate to the Hazel W. Coal Mining company of Hock Is land with a capital stock of $30,000. The object is general coal rock and building material business. The in corporators are Charles E. Fearons, E. C. Walsh, Jr., and H. M. Walsh. The officers are: President E. C. Walsh, Jr. Vice President C. E. Fearons. Secretary J. F. Hill. Treasurer H. M. Walsh. The main office of the company will bo in Rock Island. The coal supply wiii o m e from a mine located a mile south of Maihersille on the Rock Is land Southern line. 25-Cent Lunch. The Rock Island house is specializ ing in a 25-cent lunch, served dally from 11 to 2. Trv it. h ' - - --'- miiniiiMii i PRESTOI OrentPHt dirt chaner ever mat. inl fur liund. hutli unl hu hold une. l'ri'inium coupon in can. All dealers. U)c. Not On a Gold Platter. ' Not on a gold platter, not on your fin-type, not under any consideration would I accept the republican congres- I"'1Vi,,e sional nomination." was the way M. M. In fac- sturgeon nut it to an Argus renreberi- tativo this morning. "I am thankful to any of rny good friei.ds who have meii tioie ci me or thought of me in this connection, but not fur mine. I've got other plat s in view and I Lave no time for politics." (egg) , Dental Society Meets. ' Dr. Eou's '''Strom last evening ad-' ' tiresr.rd the members of the Rock Ju-! land County licnta society at their; onat'eriy meeting in the Eik:-' lodge1 rooms in Molin, talking to thetn on i : the siJIjec, "Tile Innu ii'e that Ii. ; a e j Conditions of i be Mouth, Nose and Throat Have I pon Individual! Welfare." An open discussion by the- members prescut followed the le"-. it lire. j LASTS LONGER OIVE5 MORE MEM Test Our Coal See how much you save. Your watch will show that the coal we sell burns longer. Your thermome ter will show that it gives more heat than most coal you purchase. Buy your coal now, prices are normal. All grades of coal and coke. Rockwell Ice S Fuel Co. 125 Twentieth Street. Old phone 591. New phone 471. Raise Big Sum. ' Final reports from the Molin0 tag da v norfcr n; for Rethany home re port that the total contributions re-! cejvd Saturday in that city amount, t-o ? I ,2 1 bringing the total amount to more than $i,0''u. Taft Talks to Deaf and Blind. Vancouver, Wash., (t. 1 1. Pres ident Taft's speech here today was t.r.-inF'atei) into : icn languages by S'lperi:!' n-ieiit t'irk of the sf&te hool for d'-af and b.ind for the ben-; BEACH'S Peosta Soap SAVES the CLOTHES and U Montgomery Campbell DYERS AND CLEANERS It need not. matter how dainty or delicate your garment. It need make no differen-e what it rt color we can safely and af isfai torily clean it he soiled. Send your garnientn when oil ed and inus&ed to iu. Call Went 015. 1909 Second Avenue