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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1912.
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LACKS GRATITUDE
FOR HOSPITALITY
Willie Scheurbin Befriended by,
Campera, Tnrm Upon
Them and Steals.
WATCH AND FOB ARE TAKEN
Walter Hanson, Complainant, Drops
Charge Because or Thief's Wife
and ChMd.
Gratitude for hospitality extended '
to him was a minus quantity wita
20-year-old Willie Schourbin of Dav
enport, when Morris Hanson and, Ale-
dore Vennuflen of Moline, campers
on Big Island, cared for his horse and i
welfiomwd the driver to their noon
day repast. Scbeurben staid at the
Camp after the campers had gone,
secured Uie watch of Hanson and
Journeyed to Davenport. The $37
time piece together with the fob were
carted into Iowa and last evening, a
f(,w hours aftfr the robbery was dis
covered and wore recovered. Scheurbin
whs placed under arrest and brought
tr, Hoi k Island He claimed to hnve i
ffiij'id the wa'ch outside of the cot
tage. His accusers claimed that he
broke through a window and stole it.
A charge of burglary and larr-ny, a
crime punishable by a penitentiary
term, was preferred against the Dav
eiiporter In police court.
rHtRKK I DROPI-Kl).
Thin morning the case conn; to trial
before Magihtrate C. J. Smith and the
prisoner protested his innocence. He
repeated his declafntion tiat he had
found the watch, while HatMon and
Vermueh-n avrrd t,hat he had gone
back to the cottage after they left
find had taken the watch and fob.
Sehuerbin is employed by Smith
Brothers and Burdlck of Davenport,
is married and is the father of a baby.
1'or the sake of his family, Hanson
nt-reed to withdraw bis charges should
li!s property be returned and Scheur
b:n pay the costs of the ease. Scheur-
bin. when the settlement was put up wm be held Sept. 17-22. Chief New
to him. calmly replied: It s all right berry expects to be gone at the moit
.,u .... .a.ner pa.a me,rilne days. His railroad and hotel ex- j
:ost3 In the case, and Scheurbin was pnBp8 are pai(i by the city because! !
let go. Hanson artl Vermuelen are ,,t the henefit accrtilne throueh at-iTHMdRRnW TUP I AST flAY !
camping on Big Inland below the
tatial bridge lealing toward Milan.
DATE FOR OPENING
POSTOFFICE FIXED
Rock Island Fine New Structure
,.
wm i.e usea lor Xirsi
Time Sept. 17.
Tuesday. Sept. IT. the new posionVe
will lc ready for o-ratioi)K, according
t't the statement of 1'ostmaKter H. A.
.'. Mcltoti.ild this morning Over three
aviiuid.H ( furniture. SgKreKaling J.'i."1'1'
.11 Milne, have U'en received aii, I the
work of Installation has been prof-reusing
rapidly. The entire equip
ment will ho uew, with the exception
of the uiall pouch racks, which will he
tken from tin- old qtiur'ers.
Tlie-re Is tliout ll.ftini worth of fur
niture yet to he Installed, und it is x
Jie ted that tliis cotisinment w ill lm
received In a very short f itu It con
sists, for the most part, of filing cases
hiuI cabinets of various sorts, which
wie not In the stork at Washington.
and for which the contracts were let
through local concerns
With th wnlarged quarters and the
excellent working facilities at. hand.
It will not he necessary to increase th"
present force, the claim being that the bearing five per cent interest. or the grounds all day long and can Sept' 19, 1912, for furnishing mine run
postal business can be handled much ; Bids must be accompanied by cash be secured at aay hour. The barbecue roal to ,he court house and jail from
more ex;iedltely thsn is now the case, or a certified check ln amount of wag opened Thursday with a fair sized Cct lft12, to ct- 1913
hecais of the various time snd labor . 10 per cent of the contract. crowd in attendance. Last evening Tlle comnUUee reserves the right
aving devices which are a part of the H. M. 8CHRIVER. i the program failed to offer anv mnf- to reject any and all bids. Bids shall
i;ew iMiua'.rkg. i nis w:u mean a iiig
having In the ma'ter of expenditures
No Gentlemen,
- tw-
FT .?
9
Erne Wax Lscal
doth Imicni
Li. V. frM A
for salaries, and excellent results are
expected from the efforts of the pres
ent force, which has had the benefit !
of years of experience. j
Personal Points
R- P- Wait of Reynolds i in the
city on business yesterday.
Miss Cecelia Pry left Thursday ev
ening for Oklahoma City, where she
I will spend the winter with her sister,
I Mrs J. P. Lyle.
H. G. D. Nuttlag of Fort Atkinson.
Wis., is spending a few days with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Nutting, :
j Z6 Seventh avenue.
! Miss Mary Haalk, 612 Second street,
1 has returned from a two months' visit
with her co:sins, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Mo11er f St- Iul-
Hen Blochlinger leaves tomorrow
for Bloomineton, having accepted a po-
s'tion as solicitor with A. J. Burgess,
the special edition man. Mr. Burgess
WA"lB l" " -"""-
icfic coast.
William Bennett,
1504 Fifth-and-a-
half avenue, has returned from a 7-day
vacation trip, during which time he
visited bis parents at Savanna. 111.
and a brother at Hannibal. 111. Mr.
Bennett claims the record for Illinois
fishermen while at Hannibal, when he
caught 30 large bass and croppies in
half a day. !
TRI-CITY CHIEFS
OFF FOR DENVER
Heads of Three Fire Depart
ments Leave Tomorrow
for Convention.
Chiefs George Newberry of the
Rock Island fire department, Peter
Denger of Davenport, and J. W. Hawk
of Moline leave tomorrow morning for
Galesburg, where tiiey will board the
special which is to carry the fire
chiefs of this locality to Denver,
where the international convention
a
tendance at the convention.
Police News
Henry Thieven of Wyoming, 111., was '
f ned 12 and costs this morning for dis-
orderly conduct. Officer Herges and
Johnson had to use extremely persua- :
pr of thP 8,111 10 K to Jal1- "e waa
Kjad this morning when he woke up
and still found himself possessed of the meeting of tonight. There is to . u
his big roll of money. j bt an open air concert to which Bates' i H. S. Cable, president of the Rock
band will play the accompaniment. Island Savings hank, has returned from
Edward White was arrested late last Judge C. J. Searle, who aspires to TJetroit, where he attended the nation
evening, and while incarcerated did congressional heights on the republi- al meeting of the American Bankers
some tall talking, with the city officers ' can ticket, is to address the aesem-! association. Mr. Cable was honored
ns the subject of his talk. He paid , blage. There will be other speakers. , with a position on the executive coun
the costs in his case this morning and . Tomorrow, the closing day of the bar- ! cil of the savings section.
was n leased. . becue, will be marked by preaching'
services under the direction of Rev. 7llfT;rR Tf HAVF FIRQT
John Martinet, a Mexican, is beirg Mr. Saunders and Rev. Mr. Madiso.i. j tR ,U nHVC rind I
hld under bonds of $509 on a larceny
charpe. the outgrowth of the theft of
a sombrero from a fellow rountrymnn. commencing at 10:30. Rev. Madison I.ouis Zuger, arrested a few davs
Martinez was released from Jail last w ill preach. In the afternoon a song ago on complaint of Young & Me
Monday. H:s case will be up for pre- service will begin at 2:30. At 3 o'clock C ombs, who preferred larceny charges
iiminary hearing In 10 days.
Notice to Contractors.
Bids will be received, 9 a. m
Cor,t
"re' -
1912, at the mayor's office for con-
stmctlng sewers ln the east section
oi me oevenm wara sewer system.
Plans and specifications on file at
the office of, the city engineer.
Contractor will be paid in bonds
President, Board of Ixical Improve -
I ments
We will not
Force
Misfits
Upon You
Our garments must fit as well
p.s hold their shape.
If otherwise, you are not
obliged to accept them.
We insist that our tailors
make good in every detail.
All we ask is a fair and rea
sonable price, $25 or so.
Pay
Us
S25
Dukr ta Fia
to OnW by
C. CW
INSANE WOMAN
A SORRY SIGHT
Rcpe Around Neck and Trunk
When Officer Takes Her
Under His Wing.
TEARS CLOTHING TO SHREDS
Will Either Be Declared Insane In the
County Court or Cared for by
Her Relatives.
Sad waa the sight which greeted the
eyes of Officer Herges yesterday after-!
?iron wnen ne responded to a call from t
c,,tf. ,- rrti,
md found a dishevelled woman trying
to. push a trunk through an alley. One;
end of a rope was noosed around her
neck, while the other end was wrap-1
ped ariund the trunk. She was at-;
ttmptirg to topple the heavy trunk !
along and as she did bo, the rope was 1
wrapped around her neck and grad-
ually, 6he waa being drawn down to it.
When the officer reached her, the wo-
man was entirely exhausted. She was
taken to the station and ia being held
there today. It was learned tnat sne
I Is Mrs. H. Fleming. Either she will
j be taken into the county court for the
purpose of deciding her sanity or her
! folKs will care for her at home.
j WAVTS TO SELL LACE.
1 Last r.ight in her cell at the police
station, the woman played havoc with j
eery breakable or tearable article in I
It Finally, she began to shred her
j own clothing ar-d to all who tried to ,
e J ' i n f h TttVc "
oflerlng the lace off of her petticoa.a '
a 5 cents a yard.
MUSIC IS FEATURE
OF BIG BARBECUE
Colored Folks at Exposition
rarK wm .Bring enter
tainment to End.
vin Wi ii iw ii tar-iwi w n j
,
Preaching Services Will Be Held ;
Morning, Afternoon and Evening I
Expect Large Number.
j
with music as the feature attrac- j
tion of the barbecue at the Exposition ,
grounds at Ninth street, south of '
avenue the colored folks
who are in charge of the affair expect;
that hundreds of negroes will attend
1'nion services, coupled with a song ;
service will be the morning program '
,tiie platform Is open to all pastors of
any creed and all are Invited to parti-
cinate hi tie service.
, . . . . .
i r-r.i. mininin.
At 7 o'clock in the evening a sacred
song concert will begin, lasting until
i 7:45. The Bates' band will accom-!
pany the singers. At 7:45 Rev. Mr.!
Saunders will preach. I
Meals and lunches will h nervA i
! cal entertainment and but 75 peoplu
; attended the entertainment.
AUTOS COLLIDE IN
MIDDLE OF STREET
A serious accident
was narrowly
averted last night about 8
30
w lieu
two automobiles collided with each
mwr l lue corner or rourin avenue
, . ; .k r .euine
Tire company waa badly smashed. The
loft front wheel was taken off and
the axle bent. The other auto escaped
without mishap and without stopping
to see the extent of the damage
wrought upon the disabled car, the un
known driver made tracks for scenes
far away.
The Davenport machine was coming
east on Fourth avenue while the other
,o K 1T .K c . .V.
..u,,,stUu.UUu.c.rUtu
street. The Davenport driver, seeing
that a collision was Imminent brought
his car almost to a stop In the middle
of the street, but the other machine,
which was tearing along at a terrific
tat of speed, could not be checked,
and the two came together.
Obitutry
WILLIAM A. FORD.
William A. Ford, 616
Fortieth
street, died at 8:50 o'clock last night adding to the complexion, differing in It '"as testified that Cor.terman was
bringing to an eJd suffering covering this respect from cosmetics. The re- BO close to one official that he was
a period of a year and a half. He ,fult is a perfectly natural and healthy ab!e to have other gambling games
was afflicted with cancer and under- young complexion. Mercolized wax. clcsed while Cotterman's was allowed
went an operation July 10. after procurable at any drug store fone lo run without interference,
which he went to Colfax Springs for ounce is sufficient) is applied at night The grand jury summoned several
treatment. It was ln vain, however, like cold cream and washed off in the Bloomington bankers and questioned
Mr. Ford waa employed as lumber morning. them regarding deposits of money
buyer and inspector for the Moline The correct principle in the treat- made by certain policemen and city
Plow company w ith whom he had : ment of wrinkles Is to tighten the officials.
been ever since removing to Rock Fkln, which naturally Irons out the The investigators, according to tes
IMand from Parmi. 111. 11 years ago. lines. A face hath, remarkably ef- timcny they have te'ore the grand
He was born in Carlisle, 111., Feb. 12. fectfve in this direction, may be made jury, had visited ecores of places
1SSS. Surviving him ar the widow, ly diseolvlne one oirnce powdered where open gambling was allowed.
and four children George of Suough
ton. Wis., William of Rock Island,
j Walter of Moline and Miss Maude
; at home. In addition he leaves a
; sister and two brothers in other parts j
i of the state. The fuaeral services
I w ill be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow
j afternoon from the Spencer Memor
ial church. Rev. C. E. Hawkins ofliciat-
in. Burial win take place at River-
side cemetery In Moline.
LEWIS FrtERAL.
The funeral of George, 3-year-old !
I son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Lewis, who '
was killed by a fall from a sidewalk, j
will be held from the home. 1437 For- !
ty-second street, tomorrow afternoon ',
at 2 o'clock. Burial will take place
at Chipplannock cemetery. I
rrreRAL of khj. kirsch.
A change has been made in the time ':
Bel for the funeral of Mrs. Marv R.
Kirsch, 3:30 being the hour instead of
2:30. as previously announced. The
eprvirea will be held from th hnmo
1016 Eleventh avenue, tomorrow af-
ternoon.
rrjfEJUL or mrs. miller.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Miller was
held from St. Joseph's Church this
morning at 9 o'clock. Dean J. J. Quinn
officiating. Burial took place at Cal-
vary cemetery.
.
AOTO RUNS DOWN
DAVENPORT YOUTH
Harry Hartman, a Davenport boy
residing at 1326 I'ninn street no run
down by an automoWle this morning
on Man,uette 8treet and he ig now ,
a precarlous condmon at M hofJ.
pital A rjb jg brokea gnd ,nter
lrt are apparent. The machine
h- . ran nvar .
. i v as
owned and driven by George Wash
burn of Orion, who has given bonds
for his appearance in case any action
is brought against him. The boy was
riding on a wagon, and just as the
auto came up from the rear, he jump
ed off his "ride" and ran under the
machine.
SHARPSHOOTERS GO
TO COMPLETE COURSE
Accompanied by Captain Ed Duna
vin, three members of Company A de
vvi uvvu iui V UivilgU lO
shoot the expert rifleman's course on
Camp Logan range. A number of the
Moline militiamen are also making;
'he trip and the Itock Island and Plow j
City boys will join forces. Labor day
Captain Dunavin qualified on this
course, and established a new record
for tDe range, making his points in an !
nour anl a half.
H. S. CABLE IS HONORED
RY AMFR'PAW RAWiYPRQ
HEARING NEXT TUESDAY
against him is to have his preliminary
hearing Tuesday before Magistrate C
. , M - -
; .T Smith u ia i.i
i,.., m r
ui"io. nm enoris tnus far nave heen
'utile In securing a bona fide bond
and be is in the county jail
Notice to Coal Dealer.
ppaled bids will be received by the
t'l'dersigned until 12 o'clock noon.
U fiIed wi,h 11 C- 1,arrls. chairman.
H. C. HARRIS.
E. H. SLEIGHT.
EZRA WILCHER,
Jail Committee.
Bids Will Be Received
at the mayor's office in the ritv nf
Rock island untll 9 a m SeDt 27
1Q19 frvp alum in Yta naaA v.
reservolr for the pPriod of one vear
frnm rf.to um. ,.... .
barrelf by the fcag an(j , buk
Signed,
H. M. SCHRIVER,
Mayor.
A New Principle in
Complexion Treatment
(From Society World )
rraQ m a ra IninHm,. ... V. ...
...ju, .uuo nucil UB-
habitually. They clog the
pores
bdq eventually lorm a permanent.
soggy, stifling film which interferes
with eliminatlve action and makes
the skin sickly and pasty. There is
an application mercolized wax
which acta upon an entirely different
principle. While perfectly harmless,
1 contains active ingredients which
remove by absorption the dead and
Calf dead particles of scarf skin, as
well as unhealthy matter in the nores
: Thus It takes away from Instead of
- j saxoiite in one-half pint of witch hazel.
Leading Styles for Fail
ti
Lecture by
JEANNE SAVARIE
Ihe well-known lashion
Authority for Paris
Illustrated . by sixty
new and charming Paris
and American costumes
and gowns shown on
living models.
CO OPERATIVE STORE CO.
ihe
MAYOR RESIGNS
IN GAMING QUIZ
Bloomington Grand Jury Hears
.
Detectives Charge Vice
Is Winked at.
FIND PROTECTION FUNDS
Bankers and Officers Cited to Tell of
Tribute Levy on Dis
orderlies. Bloomingtjon, Sept. 14. This city's
gambling clique was thrown into a
( panic last night, when Mayor "Al"
1 j
iiiuurti remtiieu
gned to the city council.
Mr. Moore said dissensions among
aiaermen
made his resignation the
best course for him to pursue. j
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ed mavor for the unexpired term.
Earlier in the day the McLean conn -
ty grand jury issued a subpoena for
the entire Bloomington police force
to appear and testify regarding gamb
ling and general vice. Every member
of the department, excluding Chief
Lang, will be asked to tell the jurors
why vice and gambling have been al-
lowed to flourish.
j The reform element of the city has
j been making for weeks an investiga
tion of the politlcal-police-gambling
' "ring," alleged to have controlled af
fairs. Investigators are said to have
appeared before the grand jury aad
testified that two high officials worked
band in hand with the gambling and
-ici
element, allowing the evils to
.flourish without molestation
It was
m.h t.I r.fr.i...iD
at open violations of the law.
iik;k -fhotkctiov" i.kvifd.
It was learned that, the investiga-
tors accused Charles Bender, part
owner of the Merchants' Club, a gamb
ling place, of being the mayor's repre
sentative in-the collection of protec
tion money from gambling places.
Practically all of the gambling in
the city was controlled by a clique
of politicians and gamblers. Tina
clique refused to let outsiders open
rf,on-9 for gambling purposes.
Two investigators, representing
themselves as eastern gamblers desir
ous of ru-ir.ing games in Bloomington,
are said to have sworn they had
several talks with Moore and Lang
about being allowed to operate the
games.
I.KtMl Jl'KY CITES BXKF.IH.
J. Ralph Cotterman was mentioned
hV the investigators as being the "big
man" ln the operation of the games.
.' They are allejed to hava testified that
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Store That Sells Wooltex
two city officials received a part of
the "earnings" from the games.
STOl'PKl gamks KKt EVri.Y.
j All gambliug in the city was order-
I ed stopped by the mayor and police
chief within the last three weeks.
i "I was elected on a liberal ticket,"
saia -Mr- Moore ln ms resignation,
"and I endeavored to give those who
jvoted foP ,ne lne kind of adtnillistra.
tion they wanted. I do this volun-
tarily, thinking it best at this timo
for all parties concerned."
Trains Are Delayed.
Trains No. 13 and 11 on the Rock
Isiund (:alne jn consolidated two hours
said
late last 'night due to a peculiar acci
dent, which happened between Shef
field and (ieneseo, when a steam pipe
on the engine of train No. 13 broke and
the engineer in search for the cause
crawled back over the tender and
, half w ay through the train before he
I located it. In the meantime, trail 11
' was flagged and the two trains were
consolidated at Geneseo.
crown s evening School.
'
1 Brown 8 V cMZ " start
. two new classes in evening school,
The first class will begin next lion-
day, Sept. 16, the second class Sept. .
23. Start with the first class if you
can. The principal will hi; in thi; of
fice every evening this week to meet i
those who wa.it to talk it over before
cnterinq. Come to the college any
evening between 7:30 and . o'clock.
BROWNS BCSIXESS collkce.
Opposite court house, Ruck Island, ill. !
Licensed to Wed. I
Elmer Lines Waterloo, Iowa'
liss Blanche Murphy Waterloo, iua
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;i:JCHANCE AND SAFETY DEPOSIT BUSINESS j
and Winter"
At
ILLINOIS THEATRE
2 O'clock
Friday Afternoon
September 27
GO
Tickets free of charge
on application at our
ready - to - wear
depart
ment.
j John Cain Crel Springs, III.
j Miss Clertrude Metcalf . . .Clolconda, 111.
! Paul East DoWltt, Iowa
' Miss Stasia Ilertig DoWltt, Iowa
! Mathias Carlson PeWttt, Iowa
1 MIsb Iva Lowry DeWltt, Iowa
. ,
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