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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1912. 4,863 POUNDS GO ON HOTTEST DAY THREE INJURED LEADS REPUBLICANS IN BADGER STATE STATEMENT OF German Trust & Savings Bank ROCK ISLAND, ILL. IN 3 ACCIDENTS City Statisticians Produce Fig ures on Losses Occasioned by Heat. Charles Hudson Forced to Jump w'i '-; for Life, Breaks His Left Leg. FAT MAN IS NEAR DEATH BOY THROWN FROM SWING Weather Prophet Promises Relief Thunder Shower for Tonight or Tomorrow. A. J. Donnell of Chicago Hurt by Rock (land Train Foot la Amputated. Before commencing business Sept. 5, 1912. ! i 13 2 r H The city statistician thin morning produced figures which estimated that there wfrc 4.r,3 pounds of avordu pois lost yesterday by the obese cltl- rens of Rock Island and that In our j fair city th'-re were 24,9So people who belabored the weather man verbally an average of 13.95 times during tha riny and 7 f." times during the evening, despite the fart that It km Sunday. It in figured that this breaks all records for 1912 and that It will last, j The demon with figure also estimated that the number of words wasted yes terday on the weather. If printed In The Argus and placed end to nd. would reach from Seventeenth street and Second avenue to Helena, Mont., an.l return H71 times; that the time loft, if devoted to business enterprises, oull have Increased the per capita wraith of every citizen in the city 24 cents, and the wasted language would have converted 521 "Heathen Chinee." H4ll imOIVMMi. These figures themselves are stu pendous and give one an Idea of the excessive heat of the day. It was so terrific that IS fat men were seen to lone their smiles and one nearly drowned because he sat too long In one place. The clothes lines id nearly nil bar k yards were worklog over time and our ponderous citizens are today hi tiding flowers to the weather man. In an endeavor to placate hlni. One 275 pounder yesterday said that here after he Intended to read the weather n ports religiously and the next time anything like yesterday was predicted ho was going to wear a bathing suit instead of his usual "pas" and "Jamaa " i.ahc.k crop or riRotrnrs, ine tnermometer yesterday hit 97. the record murk of the year, and with j verybody loafing and nothing to dls-1 tract their minds, the weather pro duced an unusually large crop of grouches, who made everyone else miserable by their complalng. Four successive 9undays the weather man has ruthlessly ground us under the heel of oppression and one more of- fense will probably precipitate a near noi. we intend to clean out the Ire' i box and sit In It next Sundav at anifau"- rate. I'nlms the weather hnnn bluffln and predicting some more drw i .... rams, rener is m sight and the wlntrv ' l . . - blast will will shriek about the corneaa once more. PUNISHMENT METED OUT AFTER PLEAS OF GUILT Follow ing are the fine and 1ml) an. tencea meted out Raturd I to the 20 oounty Jail lnmatea who ap- ,and- He ,B survived by his mother, peared before County Judge R. W. two bro'npr8 Frank and Eupene Sher Olmsted and entered pleas of guilty: wxl of Davenport, and a sister, Lil- Nlr-k Miller, malicious mischief; 10 ,iaT1, of Savann- HI. days In Jail and pay costs. Uo,h were popular and Industrious Edward Kellerniau, larceny; 30 days I ,ad8, and have "an' friends in this ard fl and cosU. ' jr'ty who will be grieved to learn of William McCluakey, larceny; 30 ,he "ad affa,r- aays and ji and costs. ! Earl Eckard. larceny; 30 days and II and costs. ; Henry Klnley, and fl and costs larceny; five days I . Charles Jotiew, larceny tl and rests 20 days and ' Geor.. Elliott, malicious mischief; fve dava and t..iv rn.t. v. W J j. Kay rarllsle, larct-ny; 60 days and II and costs. Will Kelley, disorderly conduct; 110 and costs, to work out at $1 50 a day. Walter Pel ton. disorderly conduct; f 20 and costs, to Jail till Daid. .....n ;mam., ,arceny; dv uay. and Mm00,-" . . "" uy $1 and costs Harry Terrell, 11 and costs Emma Jauxts, larceny; 60 days and fornication; 10 days nna pay costs. Gustaf Nelson, larceny cd by state's attorney. Goorge Parks, adultery I. and coats. nolle pross 30 days and Hattie MeAnna, disorderly conduct; and pay costs. Pat MeAnna. assault with a deadly HIE HAIR OP YOUR YOUTH "Rich, (lossy, lux or tact fscioatiaj hair l youth. Why should you not keep it eo continue o have it plenty ol soft youthful-lookinf lair, to drees la the many styles moet be :oroin to you that keep yoa looking rounj, attractive that please you aad 'our admirers too. Don't let the gray halm la tbeyTl make rou look old loee your charm and trMh mm. Beaidea other notice then at once sael commcsl on them too. UEPTHE HAIR OF YOUR YOUTH USE HAY8 HAIR IIEALTH 1 M Ut ml Dmt Stmrrt tr dtrtti im rmcmift f p'ttt tmd 4Ur'm mamm. S4 It fr trttl muU.-rklt H,y Smn,lum AimtI. A. J. T. M. THOMAS CO.; W. T. HARTZ. Francis E. MeGovtrn. Brands E. McGovern, I. Follette j follower and present governor, heads the republican state ticket In Wis consin. McOovern Is the man whom the Roosevelt forces united upon for temporary chairman at the republican national convention In June. He has rhomntnnot all nrnrru.lvo m.i.r 1 - " , In the Badger state, and was renomin ated for the governorship without op position. weapon; five days and pay costs. William Ahlers. disorderly conduct; i 15 days and pay cofttB. DAVENPORT BOYS MEET FOOL PLAY One Killed and Another Serious ly Injurel at Valentine, Neb. Were Clubbed. Intelligence reached Davenport Sat urday that a Davenport youth, Paul Sherwood, had been instantly killed, ; and another Davenport lad, Helmuth ; Stoltenberg, had been seriously in- j Jured, at Valentine. Neb. I Tea weeks ago Paul Sherwood. Hel-! muth Stoltenberg and Ralph Treft left I 1avenport for the west and secur-d I work on a ranch at Woodlake. Neb. ! The latter some weeks ago left his' companions, and proceeded further I west. i From all appearances, the two boys j were victims of foul play. Their wounds indicate that they were c,ubbe1- Stoltenberg thus far has been j unable to give an account of the af- Both the Stoltenberg and Sherwood ,ad" cre 17 'eurs old- Helmuth v.; l j.i. i. : . i ' ' B r ," "llu um, r-iimia , c?.nl. v nr. m ii . i ... . . htoltenberg. 224 Myrtle 6treet, and : was employed at the plant of the j Brimmer Manufacturing comDanv. f Paul Sherwood, who met such a terri- ble death, formerly resided with his ! mother and sisters at 1449 Leonard i street. He was employed all last win-1 fr at tnP Majestic hotel in Rock Is Joslin Fair to Open. me lwtn annual ra-.r r the Kock i- onetln tnmnrrnw t In.lln Hi- to.l I have been made for the affair which 1 promises to surpass the previous Z, , J"re "e lne uual jhlblfs of stock and products and in ad- ditlon baseball games and horse races besides otber amusements galore. Supervisors Meet Tomorrow. The September meeting of the coun ty board of supervisors will convene fnmnrrnw u f T urninn t 9 A'1.-hjl most important business to come uP ',at this time will be the question of submission of a five mill pedal tax to the voters. A Japanese Idas. The la'e Murttiihito. emperor of Ja - , pan. on an occaMion sDortly before nts j denth tok a railway Journey In the northern piirt of Japan and arrived at hm destination half an hour late on ac- count of a slight accident on the road. Next day the manager of the road com mitted suicide, giving as the reason for his act the fact that his bad man agement had Inconvenienced the em peror. The esse attracted a great deal of attention, and some of the leading men of Japan, commenting on the dead man's act. erHIHsed his point ot view. In the eyes of his fellow townsmen, however, his deed was commendable, for they erected a atatne In bis honor as an Ideal exponent of the Japanese conception of loyalty. A Funny S'imu Custom. They have very funny fashion In Slam When an Inferior comes Into the preaenca of a superior he throws . Saturday evening befell W illiam Rein-, himself upon the ground. Then the j hart of the firm which conducts the superior sends one of bia attendant FUJou cigar store. His motorcycle and forward to see whether the prostrate a delivery auto from Schroeder Broth man has been earlnc anything or has i era" meat market collided at the cor any offensive odor about him If he i Ler of Third avenue and Fourteenth b blameless to this rerpei t the attend-' eiteet. Relnhart waa thrown to the sot raises htm from the icround. but If ' pavement so violently that the ser be be guilty the atteuduut straightway j vices of a surgeon were required. Had kicks him out the rules governing the turning cf cor r.era been observed, there would have A Useful Paragraph. 'been no collision. Rlngietou trmdiugi-lt Is said that! the last word to an argument Is often i Not m,nu, should be Iost when te moat dangerous child shows symptoms of croup. Chaai- W "dderly-Would you mind letting t'rlaln's Congh Remedy given as soon ne bare that ppr? !as ,ne cnM becomes hoarse, or even Slngletoo-What do ni want It fc?:mft'r ,h croupy cough appears, will. Wedderly-I want lo s.lmw that para- Tavern the attack. Sold by ail drug- I XftAfe to Of fi islsta. Wliile standing on a string of cars which were being shunted over the tracks to the coal chute of the Rock Island road In the yards at Thirty-j first street, Charles Hudson, a switch-1 man for the road, was forced to jump , in order to have his life when the : Btrlng of cars broke. In striking the ' the ground, he broke his left leg in . several places. He was removed to f St. Anthony's hospital where the frac ture was reduced. BOY THROW! FROM 9 WHIG. Eleven-year-old Joe Cameron of 515 Twenty-second street, broke his left Brul Jtrsieruaj aueiuuuu while play- ... , , i T IHK wiiu everm companions iu n laju?, View park swing. He was removed to his borne In the ambulance. FOOT I mrSHED. A. J. Donnell of Chicago was hit by a Rock island freight from Peoria Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock and his left foot was so badty smashed that it was necessary to amputate it at St. Anthony's hospital. The accident oc cured just south of Milan. Advertised Letters Following is the list of letters re- gaining uncalled for at the Rock Is land postoftice for the week ending Sept. 7: Mrs. Bob Armstrong, Miss Yaude Adams, Miss Clara Burton, ' CUfTord Bordener, F. W. Beckler, G. . said .Mr. Collins. "And I expect it to Dermett, X. F. Baulo, Mrs. Clarke, I be democratic for many years to come, Clarence Coffman, Eugenie Correnti i but while we are in favor of demoq (1), Mr. Collem, Myrtle Campliu, ' racy, we are no longer tied down with Ftank Coher, V. C. Carver, H. Cbas-!the idea that we must vote for a man teen, V. J. Dolan, William T. Davis, Wtlliain P. Dwyer, Lizzie Ewlng, Paul Iranchitell (2), Mrs. Cora Firestone, E. Gregg. T. 1). Girolams, E. B. Hall, A. H. Uartman, Grace Harper, Miss !'. fcgie Wafer, Mat Hanson, Johnson S'.Mers, J. Janes, Calvin Hass, William Livingston. Jennie Lewis, Mrs. Nettie jEarnum. Miss K. Bradford, uouis .Ma-j !tome, Chester Malloy, Miss GeVtruue I.McCullouch, Misses McDonald, Mrs. j j Martin MacDonald. Martin MacDonald, .MISS Wbbie .mtU), '""" ! (;ujrt William McCluskey, M. L, i Demid, Jens Nelson, George Olncy, ', Miss Catharine O'Connell. Ernst Oiil-1 w(,iipr g E I'eterson. J. F. Potter, f rank Rubel. Merle Reade, I.ee Walter . . . Sanders. M. K. Souaers, Irene sanoers, . .. . ... . ji-a Bessie Shepard, Miss Agnes Stew- art (2), A. A. Sutton, Mrs. F. Smith, u mith Tntm Sullivan Charles F. srnford Mrs E. Vermer. John A. kins Willie Wood (2), James Wyer, Mrs.' Anna Williams. W. White. For- eirn: Albert Asnlund. Make Politarkin. rJ " 1 HUGH A. J. M'DONALD, 1 Postmaster ' INSURANCE RISKS AT OLD RATINGS Report of Expert Inspectors as tO Condition in KOCK IS land Favorable The Western Underwriter, a publi cation devoted to Insurance, is author ity for the statement tbit Rock Island will remain in the third class as fr as insurance ratings go until another re adjustment is made in four years. This is the resu.T or the recent Inspection tour of E. R. Town send and J. D. Sunberry, Insurance ex perts. They visited both Rock Island and Mollne within the last month and found conditions very satisfactory in this city but were not so well pleased with Mollne. As a result of dropping 1 Mollne from class three to class four, Mollne policy holders will have to pay Ian aggregate of about 140,000 or 50,- ouo addition each year on their va- rious kinds of Insurance. The L'nder- writer says In part: "E. R. Townsend and J. D. Suffber ry, inspectors for the Western Vnlon, have completed examinations of Rock Island and Moline, 111. Rock Island is placed in the third class, while Mo llne Is In class four. The pian which i is being adopted ' in Rock Island of placing fire plugs in the center of the blocks called forth favorable comment from the Inspectors." AUTO AND MOTORCYCLE IN HEAD ON COLLISION Another evidence of the need of fcicing automobile road rules and traf fic regulations is the accident which RESOURCES Loans and discounts , .,.,,.$ 131,725.00 Municipal and otha Vonda. , .., 188,188.63 Arorutd inUrut pid en bonds l 691.83 Fixtures ,,,,,, ......... ......... 100.00 Cash and due from banks 108,220.75 What is Going On at the National Democratic Headquarters iSpoclal Correspondence or The Argus.) New York, Sept. 7 Jacob S. Col lins, president of the Real Estate Bank i and i ruse company 01 bvjuhii, I in calling upon the officials at demo- cratic national headquarters, declared there was a new situation in the coun try that he had never witnessed before. "The south is democratic, of course," Must because he Is a democrat. "We are in favor of the man and the principle nowadays. "I have never known the south to be so enthusiastic over a candidate on the democratic ticket in the past score of vears as thev are over Governor Wil- Ron 0j --ew jerSPy. Ag an pvjd(.nCe of our enthusiasm, vou w, find the ,pading democrats of fje Bnuth ralsln? monev ,o send national committee. We real- that thi. ricmnnatlr enmmittee do its share in 1912. i a tew oays Derore i ten nome a business man ralk'd at the bank and said he wanted to send $100 to Mr. Rolla Wells, your treasurer; $100 to this man was a good deal of money, for he Is not what we would call a well- Wil-!to"do man- But he Bald that ne felt 11 j hls du,T to contribute to the national j cause, and he sent bis check on to ! New York. rfi 1 it,.! Bre mMiy examples ui inai '-in(l. an3 tola Is a strong indication of what we may expect in November." Callers at political headquarters dur ing a campaign are of all sizes, shapes and dftscrlptions. Many of them come from curiosity; some are sure that they have the only plan by which success may be attained. Many have really valuable information and receive all due attention. It is not often that the various door tenders misjudge the character of the caller, or fail to see that the really important visitors meet the men they dsire. But one energetic democratic going to make In the campaign, and booster not only fooled all the door that is, Wilson and Marshall will car tenders, but private secretaries of the j T Ohio. You can use all the adjec vaiious committee heads as well. jtlvcs you please and make this predic Thls caller was dignified, well i tion Just as strong as you can, for I Kroomed. nomnous and carried a deep i am as certain as a man can be that air of mystery with him. He would give his name, but that was all. He said he had information to impart that was of vital importance to the success of the Wilson and Mar shall ticket. Haughtily he waved aside the secre- j tarles and door tenders and demanded j t- see the executive heads In person. i REPORT OF THE CONDITION e - OF - PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK ROCK ISLAND. ILL. At the Close of Business September 4, 1912 I RESOURCES Loans and discounts $ 724,991.87 U. S. and other bonds 131,966.54 Banking house . . 126,000.00 Furniture and fixtures - 25,440.34 Cash and due from banks 279,560.28 BSaSBSSB I8BM81.10 So impressive was his manner that the guardians of the portals wavered, and the man stalked into room after room, bowing right and left to the various employes. In a hushed voice he announced: "I have a slogan that you must print on your letter heads, on your envel opes and you must print millions of cir culars. If you follow my plan you will have the entire country rocking with laughter." And carefully drawing from his pock et a paper, he read the following rib- cracking Joke that is to start the en tire Pr.ited States laughing: "An Englishman arriving In this country and meeting me. an American, there the caller inserts his name) said to me: " 'I am Just here from England and not knowing anything about your poli tics, I want to ask whether or not you have a democratic president.' "Without the slightest hesitation I replied 'We have not now, but we Wil-pcn.' " Nodding his head in approval the caller made his way to the next com mittee room where he went through the sam procedure. And some people think that It is all fun conducting a presidential cam paign. . Senator Atlee Pomraercne of Ohio was a caller at national democratic headquarters on his way to Maine, where ne will stump the state in behalf of the democratic tiaket. "Perhaps the public Is just as woary of pre-election predictions as I am," said Senator Pommerene. "A pre-election prediction means nothing nowadays, for as a rule they nre so wild and unreasonable that the public has lost all confidence In them. We who are making a special study of political conditions cannot help, how ever, from giving our best opinion. At least I try to give my best opinion. "From all the Information that I have been able to gather, and J have been exceedingly careful in compiling the data, I want to make Just one pre diction, and this Is the only one I am Wilson will sweep Ohio. "Some of my most conservative friends have placed Wilson's majority at 150,000. To be frank, I do not ex pect that big a majority, but I am sure that it will be over 60,000, and If Ohio goes democratic, as it will, it means that Wilson Is going to carry the country." $1,286,959.03 LIABILITIES Capital stock $ 100,000.00 Burpfoa 20,000.00 Undivided profits 168.49 Special deposit , 125,000.00 Individual deposits 145,762.61 200 PE0RIANS WILL BE HERE THURSDAY NIGHT The trade extension of the Peoria Association of Commerce is due to leave Peoria Thursday morning over the RocTt Island, make stops every where between tho Distillery city and Bureau, where dinner will be eaten, and then between Bureau and Rock Island, where the night stop will be made. They leave Rock Island at 7: SO Friday morning and are due to arrive back home at 6:40 in the evening. At the end of their itinerary and progrnm, the Peoria organization invites tho cit ies which will be visited to "Come and see us." The purpose of their trip is to further acquaintance with custo mers and business friends and to ad vertise Peoria. VARIEGATED. SELLING. Mark Twain Liked It Bscause It Was So Refreshing. Writing In the Ilnrttinl Counint on "Mnrk Twnln." Dr. Edwin V. Parker of Hartfoiil m:i id ; "In 17ti.' ai-cordhiji to my moniornn dutu. a notable sHlltn nmtiii tixk plme at the. Asylum 11(11 Omxivm tlonnl church, in which runne thirty persons, under their ivspTtive cap t Ins. tool; part. Among these con testants were Dr. Burton. JihIkc Car penter. Charles E. Perkins. Mr. Clem ens. Mr. Twichell. Charles U. Clark. General Hawley. Miss Trumbull. Miss Wythe. Miss Hurlmnk ami Miss Stone. At last there were left stniitlliig only Dr. Burton and Miss Stone, am) t'iJ gallant doctor took the first oppor tunity to ninUe nn error mid so t leave Miss Stone the winner. i'.ttt tills notable ontest was pre ceded by a preliminary speech in which Mr. Clemens wittily criticised the supposed necessity of having any uniform and orbltrnry way of spelling words.' .Anions spvernl ainn-iiii Illus trations of his arzr.ment was one as follows: i have n correspondent whose letters are always n refreshment to me. there Is such a breezy, unfettered originality nliout his orthography. He always spells Kow with a larjre K. Now. that is just as good as to spell It In the conventional way with a small one: It is better, for It sug gests to the mind a new. grand and Impressive crentnre.' 'Nevertheless, in the contest thnt ensued Mr. Clemens produced no 'su perb effects of vnrlgated spelling.' but stood up among the last five. If my record Is rijrht. only Mr. Clark. Miss Keep. Dr. linrtou and Miss Stone out lasting him." MOTION OF THE EARTH. It May Easily Be Demonstrated by a Simple Method. It Is quite possible to prove that the earth revolves on Its axis by a simple experiment and without having re course to mathematics Take n good sized bowl, fill it nearly full of water LIABILITIES Capital stock Surplus Undivided profits Circulation Deposits """"" iimxiiwm.m $390,931.10 nu'l place It" upon the floor of a room which Is not exposed to shaking or jarrintf from the street. Sprinkle over the surface of the wa ter a contius of Ivcopodtnm powder, a I white substance which can be bought j at almost any ilruw store. Theu upon the surface of this coating of powder i make with powdered charcoal a I straight Mack line. say. an Inch or twn j Inches iu length and lying north and I south. ! Having made this litlle black mnrlc with the charcoal powder on the sur-fa,-e of the contents of the bowl, lay" j down upon the floor a stick or some other straight ol.iect. so thnt It shall be exactly parallel with the mark. Leave the bowl undisturbed for a few hours and then notice the position, of the black mark with reference to the object that It was parallel with. It will be found to have shifted Its di rection and to have moved from east to west that Is to say. In a direction opposite to that of the movement of the earth on its axis. The earth In simply revolving has carried the water and everything else. In the bowl around with It. but the powder on the siuface has been left behind a little. The line will always be found to have moved from east to west, which Is good proof that every thing else hps moved the other way. Courage Is resistance to fear, mas tery of fenr Dot nhsence of fear. NOT SALTS AND PILLS. "CASCARETS" If constipated, bilious headachy, stomach sour, take a Cascaret. You men and women who can't get feeling right- who havo headache, coated tongue, foul, taste and. foul breath, dizziness, can't sloop, are bil ious, nervous and upset, bothered with a sick, gassy, disordered stomach, or have backache and feel worn out. Are you keeping your bowels clean with Cascarets or merely forcing a ptssageway every few days with salts, cathartic or castor oil? This la im portant. Cascarets work whil you sleep; cleanso and rogulato tho stomach, re move tho sour, iindlKi-stod and fcr n entlng food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all tho constipate waste matter and poison In the lnter tines and bowels. A Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning -a lOcotit box from any drug store will keep your etomach sweet; liver and bowels regu lar and head clear for months. Don't forget the children. They love Cas carets because they taste good do good never gripe or sicken. 100,000.00 50,000.00 2,421.20 29,400.00 1,105,137.83 51. 286,959.03 , S