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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1913.
ALL INDICTMENTS
AGAINST SHERIFF
AREHELD FAULTY
Judge E. C. Graves Suggests
County Prosecutor Confess
' Motion to Quash.
COURT PAPERS ARE ILLEGAL
to have escaped Aug. 19. 1S12; Fred
Anderson, assault and battery, Police.
Magistrate Smith's court, sent to jail
July 5, 1911, alleged to have been re
leased Aug. 6, 1911.
SME PRINCIPLE IWOLVKI).
It Is claimed that the same princi
ple is involved in all or the escape ;
cases. In the case of Rowley Brown,
in which the sheriff was Indicted for
false pretenses. Judge Graves also al
lowed the motion to quash, and with;
it will fall all the other false pretense j
indictments. It was after arguments j
were made in the Harry Manwaringi
case that the court suggested to .the!
connty prorecutor that he confess all i
the rest of the indictments.
TWO COMPANIES
WILL BE FORMED
Davenport Men Receive Incor
poration in This State and
Will Split Organization.
tank, voted at' the special bond elec
tion. He asked t e commission to visit
Moline where his company has Install
ed a tank.
OBITUARY
REASON PUBLIC POLICY
Will
State's Attorney Thompson Asks That
Grand Jury Be Reconvened
November 12.
rtirrrn rTfTn ttttxt
! ANOTHER OFFICE
This afternoon State's Attorney F. E. I
Thompson petitioned Judge E. C.
Craves to reconvene the present grand
jury for the purpose of considering fur- j
ther indictments against Sheriff O. L.
Bruner.
All of the '.s indictme jts returned
fcCHinst Sheriff O. I.. Bruner are
fai'ty. .1 tdge E. C. Graves in circuit
court this morning, after he had quash
ed some s!x or seven of them, siiggest
'd to State's Attorney F. K. Thompson
that he prepare a motion to confess
In the remaining cases. The county
j.r'Keiutor bus takn the matter u.i-
I'T advisement and it may be a day or
two before this is done.
.Iiiflyp (Ira ves belU !n all of the cases
ihat the court papers on which the in
ilir l iiif-uin were linked ere neither
N'Cul nor siitficifn' He stated that
the mittimuses Issued out of justice
court were faulty and that they did
not show venue, and therefore the
prisoners were not priperly detailed
at the county J;iil and the acts of
Sheriff Ilriiner in relation to tliem
ro'jld not be iiuestiotied on the indict
ments returned.
Yes'udH.v the indictment aaiuft
linitier (harmed with the escape of
Edward Oitens, whs 0"ahed. Other
Indictments quashed by the court to
day were the-escape cases of Madge
Smith, charged with mavhem, con
victed .lime 12, 1!J2, alleged to have
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MRS. CARR1K TOBEY.
Mrs. Carrie Tobey died at S:15 j
last evening at her home, 2200 Seven- i
teenth street, after a lingering illness, j
Complication of diseases is ascribed as '
the cause of death. j
Mrs. Tobey was born May 25, 1840,
in Round Grove, 111. She was married
Mean No Change in Manner f j March 20. 1870 at Conio, 111 . to Charles
TODey, woo preceoea uer in aeam 14
years ago. Two years later she moved
to Sterling and for the last year has ;
been residing in Rock Island. j
She is survived by three children, j
C. C. Tobey and Mrs. Grace Jones I
i of Rock Island and Marshall V. Tobev
of Fort Benton, Mont.
The body will be taken to Como for
burial.
Conducting Business but Wi
Legally Be Separate.
I'I NKHtl. OF MR. SCHMIDT.
The funeral services over the re
mains of Mrs. Mathilde Schmidt.
1602 Second . avenue, were held at
the Turner hali at 2 o'clock this after
noon. Many friends gathered there
and following the services followed the.
cortege to Chippiannock cemetery
where burial wag made.
escaped .lul
ceny. sent
With the addition to the staff of the
new federal industrial commission of
I Mrs. Crystal Easlinat Benedict, well
known Wisconsin suffragist, women in
'governmental affairs have scored an
I other victory. The commission is
about to take up a study of the causes
for industrial unrest in the L nited j changes
A license to incorporate in this
state was issued to the Tri-City Rail-
i way company by secretary of State
Woods of Springfield today. The pres
ent corporation will be split and legal
ly operate as two separte companies,
but will in reality be the same as at
present.
For years, ever siace its organiza
tion, the Tri-City Railway company
has been incorporated as ao Iowa con
cern, and for several years past plans
for "incorporating in this state were
considered by officials and directors
of the company. The principal office
of the new company is to be located in
Chicago.
BICi CAPITA!. STOCK.
Plans are soon to be formulated to
organize the Illinois company, the cap
ital stock of which will be betweeo t
S2,5co.Oitfi and $3,000,000. The capital
stcck to secure a license to incorporate I
public policv; that the company should I
porators are J. F. Porter, K. E. Weeks
and J. G. Huntoon. all of Davenport.
The object of the Illinois company
is to be similar to the present One
to maintain and operate street rail- i
ways and electric and ether motive
power.
When asked today why the Illinois
company was formed. Mr. Huntoon I
stated that it was only a matter .of j j
public polity: that the company should .
be incorporated in Illinois as in Iowa, j
He stated that there would be no;
changes in the manner in which the ! j
company conducted its business, and J j F Fulscher groceryman, residing j
that as far as the public was concern- i . , . . , , . ,
3 i.c y . E-ijjh. an(i T)nvie street. Davpnnnrt. ;
ed there would be no uotleeaoie j i
He stated, further, that theirs UD al lue P01" revolver.
KCNKHAI. OF MR. K."IS. j
The funeral services over the remains '
i of Mrs. Margaret Enuis, 2713 Eighth !
avenue, will be held at Sacred Heart ,
church at. 9 o'clock tomorrow morn-'
lug. Rev. J. F. I.ockney will conduct
the ceremony and burial will be made j
in Calvary cemetery. !
BOLD HOlMP AT I
FEJERVARY PARK
F. Fulscher, Groceryman of;
Davenport Victim of Two ;
Bandits.
V 22: Jacob Ohutski. lar-j States. Mrs. Benedict was engaged new company, it is hoped, will be or-; last evening at 8 o'clock by two1
fmm Police Magistrate i because of her knowledge of the segal '. eanized bv .Ian. 1. 1914. and that like-j masked men at the southwest corner,
Smith's court to jail Aug. 17, 1IM2, and side of industrial disputes.
! ly the same officers of the Jowa com
pany would lead the newer one.
Ninety-nine Successful Men
out of every hundred began their careers
amid most discouraging circumstances.
But the habit of thrift enabled them to
save part of their earnings so that they
could grasp the business opportunities
which later presented themselves.
Open a Savings Account drawing 4 'n
interest you will be prepared when bus
iness opportunities come to you.
Make Our Hank Your Bank
CYCLE HITS DOG;
DRIVER THROWN
E. C. Eberhart Hurled Over
Handle Bars 10 Feet in Air
Badly Injured.
of Fejervary park. He was relieved :
of $53 in cash, a gold watch and other j
articles. i
Two suspects, Henry Thiess and J.
Madjaski. have been arrested. Fill-'
scher has identified them as the men i
who held him up. They have not had ;
a hearing. !
E. C. Eberhart, 2224 Fourth avenue,
narrowly escaped death this morning
at the corner of Sixth avenue and
! Fifteenth street, Moline, when his
! motorcycle, traveling at high speed,
! collided w ith a dog. The rider was
.hurled over the handle bars 10 feet
into the air and landed on his back
with terrific force. Spectators rushed
to his assistance and carried him to
a doctor's office, where he was given
medical attention. The motorcycle
was completely wrecked.
I The accident occurred about 7:30.
Mr. Eberhart was riding east on Sixth
avenue, when a dog rushed directly
in front of the speeding machine.
BELGIANS RETURNED j
TO NATIVE COUNTRY!
James G. Board, inspector for the i
immigration department, arrived in j
the city yesterday afternoon from 1
New York city and left early this j
morning, havirfg in custody Edmund I
Regrouch and C'elina Rosroes, w ho are j
to be deported to Belgium. Alfons
Vens, charged with murder, acted as;
interpreter for the Inspector. j
CLARENCE ISAACSON IS
NEW SECRETARY OF ELKS
C. N. Isaacson was elected to the
office of secretary by Rock Island
lodge No. ?80, B. P. O. E., last night
to fill the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of J. J. Hasley. Mr. Isaacson
has been acting secretary for some
time past and is well qualified to
fulfill the duties required. A number
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Ti. E. CAST EEL, President. M. S. HEAGY, Vice Pres. IL B. Simmon, Cash.
Southwest corner Second, aven ue and Eighteenth street.
Eberhart was unable to turn the ma-iof new applications for membership
chine and the collision threw him off. j were received and acted upon.
Both knee raps were broken and in In the near future a big social stunt
addition the victim was badly cut and I will be given, although the exact na-
bruised.
II
POLICE NEWS
ture of same has been
thus far.
kept a secret
Your Profit Account
Your living expenses represent so much business
transacted with merchants and others on which they
make profits.
Whv not make a profit, too, on the money you
handle? The "way is simple:
Just keep a savings account with the German
Trust & Savings Bank, watch your opportunities to
economize and "cut corners' in your expenditures
and as time goes on you will build a profit account
representing cash in bank.
German Trust & Savings Bank
ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
Burglars had slim "pic-kin's" last
night, visiting two places and secur
ing just 21 cents. At the J. J. Kelly
barber shop, 2608 Fifth avenue, a pass
key was used to open the front door,
and ten pennies were taken from the
cash register. At the J. F. Kirkman
meat market, 3001 Fifth avenue, an
entrance was effected in the same
manner, as was the case at the barber
shop, 11 cents being secured. The
police were notified, but thus far then
have been no arrests.
Two men were arrested by Officer
Berry la.-t night in the Rock Island
Southern yards, as they were about
to cart away 600 pounds of coal, which
they had put up in sacks. A charge
of trespa.se was preferred against
i them, and $2 fines were assessed. The
August Van Horisbrock.
Pete Esau, whose case had been con
tinued for a long period, was ar-
. ralgned in police court this morning
! and bound over to the grand jury un
j der $500 bonds, the charge being as
, sault with a deadly weapon.
Officer Van Rickey of the Minne
apolis police department, departed for
I his home city at 11:10 this morning,
taking w ith him Louis Williams, the
man wanted for assaulting several
small girls.
PASSES THROUGH CITY
FOR WINTER QUARTERS
Two trains carrying paraphernalia
land animals of Ringling Bros, circus,
passed through Rock Island at 6
o'clock last evening over the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railway,
bound for winter quarters at Kara boo.
Wis. There were over $0 cars in the
I trains.
CRIMINAL DOCKET TO
i BE TAKEN UP THURSDAY
The criminal docket is to be taken
up Thursday morning in circuit court.
The case of James Porter, charged
with murder will be taken up first.
Found Delinquent.
James Broadfoot. aged 12, was found
delinquent by Judge B. S. Bell yes
terday afternoon and was ordered to
Gleuwood.
Paving Case Up.
Objection to the approving of the I
assessment role of the Eighth street
pavement, Silvis, are being heard this
afternoon in county court. A. B John
son appears for the objectors and
L. M. Magill :or Silvis.
MI
Her Talk Not Dead.
understand that your wife is a
student of the dead languages." '
"Yes," replied Mr. Meekton, "But the
studies are of no particular advantage, i
When she talks to me she insists on
using lauguage that I cant fail to un
derstand." Washington Star.
All the
Argus.
news an tne time Thi
Will Submit Bid.
Charles Pillsbury. reireentinr the
Chicago Bridge and Iron w orks, con-
ferred w ith members of the city com-1
! mission today relative to submitting a
I bid for the construction of the elevated I
Autumn
Weddings
Engagement Rings, daintily
fashioned and set with diamonds
or gems of your choice.
Wedding Silverware and Cat
Glass, beautiful new creations in
these wares that will make the
bride rejoice.
Remember this store for
Autumn wedding gifts.
No trouble to show and sug
gest and. ad vise.
Selections will be put away
for you if you wish.
FRED BLEUER
.'SWELER ;02 Second Avenu.
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n Our
Suit
and Dress
Section
Two very im
portant specials
which should prove
of great interest.
The sample line of ladies' dresses purchased from one
of New York's best dressmakers at a price which gives
them to you at a less figure than the ordinary wholesale
price.,
Velvets, Crepe dc Chine, Serges, Cloth and Serpen
tine Crepes in new colors and plain blacks. .
This is how wc mark them as long as they last.
$15.00 dresses for $9.75
20.00 dresses lor $14.95
$25.00 dresses for $16.50
$29.50 dresses for $19.95
$35.00 dresses for $22.50
$39.50 dresses for $25.00
1 1 vl
Ladies' Suits
We have culled from our ladies' suits of this season
all the one and two of a kind (naturally the best and
quickest sellers, because they went first) and marked
them 'way down for a speedy clearance. You'll under
stand that we want tliem out because we can't lit many
people in these goods but if your size is here you'll get
a bargain.
They're made of Eengalines, Bedford Cords and Man
nish Mixtures. The colors are Navy, Taupe, I'.lack and
Brown.
The models are good, in fact, the best wc had this sea
son and the making beyond question.
$20.00 suits are $13.75
$22.50 suits are 14.95
$22.50 suits are $18.00
$29.50 suits are $19.95
An Extra Special
One rack of ladies' coats in black and white diagonals,
plaid backs and plain and cut Chinchillas in Oxford,
Cambridge and Stone Grays Everyone of this season's
1 est styles.
XT ft en rrtac fnr trt m
$19.95 coats for $14.95
$22.50 coats for $18.00
Head-to-Foot Outfitters
ForMan,Woman&ChiId
T?ock Island,! lu