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TIIE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 191S.
DAY IN DAVENPORT
Baker.
Nissen Appointed Field Secretary Scott County Democracy were elected
- . 1 1 .
A. E. Nissen has been appointed fieia " - -
.... c.l.- ... President M. J. Malloy.
secretary 01 me ioi u
t-bile association and from now on will
devote ail of his time to organizing
new associations and to securing new j
members for the state association, ne i
vu offered
Decker French
tion last week and today gave notice
Vice President George T.
Secretary Charles Tank.
Treasurer O'-to Hill
Executive ccmnrktee Dan. B.
. ' r a T - I- - Tl"
I ncrne. uen i-ueije, rrea uwuci, .
E.
saac
B""c , . Hcrne. Ben Luetje. Fred LIscber.
the position by President Moeller.
icb of the state assocla- ( CarroI1- j McFarland. IS!
f their names as Raymond Barbosa, Joa
j Flcris. Petro Garcia, Pete Gomes and
;G. Nancbex. Meacum'a condition
ccntinues to improve and it la bellved
he will be able to. leave the hosp.tal
within a few days." The police believe
that at least two of the suspects are
guilty of the stabbing.
License to Wac"S)-Wilhelm Shade
and Catherine Christen. Manila, Iowa;
Pcrfrrio Sanches and Maria Martinet,
Rock Island: Benj. Leaton and Lenor
Bush. Davenport.
! Petersberger, Dr. W. A. Stoecks.
Scloon License $1,000. At a spec
ial mee.ing of the Bettendorf town
council last evening. It was voted to
increase the saloon license from
$1,200 to 2.100 yearly. Bettendorf has
but one salccn and the license was re-
of Ms acceptance. Mr. Nissen will
devote all of his time to injecting life ; m.,,-,., -,- e,,-
... bsck Five Meacum &;zDSing bus-
. into the. Iowa Automobile association . . . ....
' ,,, ... r, pects. Five s.:snects in the stabbin?
and will travel into every corner or ! r -
the suite to carrv on the organisation ' f Ca. -Meacnm Suisday morning were
work. Mr. Nissen is well known in I booked by the Daveapor: police teKT
w r land are being held until the victim is
imTean UB . "V? Z liable to leave the hospi-al in the hope issued to the present holder. George
-Z.mTL th St , S that be can Identify the guilty parties, j L. Boston. This action was taken on
Official Highway association and has ;
lone ir.ore then any other one man to '
keep good roads lnttret alive in the
Trl-Cities. Mr. Nissen moved to Iowa
City a few months ago and has since '
that time been connected with a De3 ,
Moines publishing house. The office '
of state organizer is a nealy created!
one. Hoarquarters of the state asso-
la tion are now In Pavnport
HUSBAND AND SON DEAD, DAUGHTER
DYING, WOMAN HELD ON POISON CHARGE
Check and Gun Man Held to Grand
Jury After be had purchased a 33
calibre revolver with money he had
secured by pasficg a forged check.!
admitting in police court that he had ;
cashed worthless paper on three oc-1
rasions wiii'iu the pa.-t three day, t
Nick Petersen. 24 years old. was held j
to the rranii jury by Magistrate Rod-'
dewig this morning. The man was j
placed under arrest yesterday on a
charge of carrying concealed weap-1
on. He was bafily under the influ
ence of liquor at the time, a loaded
revolver is a'lfgd to have been found
in his possesion a the time of his
arrest. Thf man had a heck in hi
pocket with the forced sip-nature of J.
Vieinon. The riick was for t;o.50.
Iid you write that yourself?" he
was asked hr the mairiMraie. "Yes,
ir,"" replied the man. Peterson said
that he had cashel two other bogus
checks, one at a "barber shop in the
Son block on '.'e;t I'oTirth street." and
another at rp' saltwm. "I intended
to return the money hn I pot home.
My folks live In Milwaukee and I was
on my v. ay the re w hen I did this,"
was Petersen's explanation.
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CAMBRIDGE
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Deny Members Leave Convent
There was a wild rumor current oil
the down town streets yesterday that
Buffalo, X. V., I)c. 17. Her hus
band and fivc-year-olJ ton dead by
three runs, tirinc of their life r.f to- i Mn. of sriiirj' roii;o'!in! and hfr
rtuslon at Mount ( arnitrL rorner of i,,m,m ,i,.,.s?o .-fr. f,., th ! her husband or children. Mrs. Buffom
Fifteenth and Il.-adv Ktri-ct. hud1 ' . . ! tnlri V,,.r nilpcMnfidrs that hap HucKonf
Buffom home on outskirts of Little
Valley. N. Y.; Mrs. Cynthia
Buffom (wearing black far coat)
and Minnie Slater.
senic poisoning existed In Bcffom's
Ucdy. The chemist who made the ex
amina ion at the direction of District
Attorney Cole, Cattaraugus county, de
clared that the poison had been admin
istered over a period covering several
weks.
Petectlves assigned to the case by
Cole soon learned that Frahm, now
under arres and Mrs. Buffom were
very friendly. The state charged that
Mrs. Buffom and Frahm planned to
murder the entire Buffcm family so
that they might wed.
Soon after the discovery cf arsen!c
poisoning Mrs. Buffom was Questioned
by detectives and county authorities,
but s'outiy maintained that she knew
of no ioison being administered to
made their e;-:.;i"
was rumored t:..-:
Monday niht.
luiKhburs in fh
It
1 aai::e cause .Mrs
i Little Kal't. N. V
vicinity hud ch- rvid the i,;u-.,t -"aided
f'vr''i;a I.:iffrni o I
ageii U, hirt bi.'6-U
i.ti u r!i::rfd first dpirr:-
Krnes Frahm. a fanner of ! ,n
nngniiy liKlitcd la'o Mui.ild. siiirht
and it was :UUk.-: th.,t tl:rH an I Little Valy, aged ZZ. has bt-'-n in
air of excitenx'iit r.lout t!io t,Uce
An invetIgation yc-atcrcLiy utorning
disclosed the fa t tht tli rumor wan
an absolute fa.!: ..hood and without the
slightest founda.ijn. The Mother
Superior, when tt-V;"-! in regard to the
report, made the fallowing btatement:
"The story U au in-ution pure ar.d
simple. I cannot i rdr rstand liow any
one could orii'ir.an- sjrh a filsehood.
Xo one here wou'd have any reason
for escaping. Any person is privi
leged to leave s:r.y time she sees
fit. We come hero of our own free
w-!l nd tan leave the same ay.
Some came cn probation, and do not
remain th full time, but there were
no probationers leaving Monday. We
are all here ard are one of the hap
piest communities In the United
flares. The rumor is
Scon after this stories that Buffom
, .1 1 .lfU . .
dieted on the same chax. Mr.s. liuf-i""" u,,n u"""1 ravp Dcea
fon, ar. t Fraln.i tK;th arc held in the ! Iradp 111 bv atins cabbao and other
Ca'taraugjs j'ounty jail at Salamanca.
At the trUI evidence will be lntro-
laise. I ne place is alwava llirht.fi f
et nlghL because we pray
11 o'clock."
duced to rhow 'hat tlie two plotted tQ
kill off the entire IJi fi'om family tud
then marry.
Mr.'. UKfi'oai is taWI to have con
fessed her i art in the clcaHi of her
husband and btfore the grand Jury is
reported to have i:n;li ated Frahm.
Frahm was arrested and indie'ed im
mediately after Mrs. Buffom testified
as to the events wh'-ch resulted in the
death of Bufi'cni.
ppsiritrs the murder of Buffom
Frahm and the mother are believed.
to have poiasnid "he other four Buf
fom chi'dren. Xorrid, Laura, Herbert
i and flarenre.
absolutely xcrri died under circumstances
whi- h bafrieJ sttending physicians,
but did not warrant Investigation aj
the time .
It was a few months la"er that' Buf
fcm was tak-n mysteriously 111 and
died.
The other children were also strick
en later, and now, with her mother in
Jai! charged with murder. Iaura, 14,
until
Local Democrats Are Organized.
The Scott County Democracy as an
organization as formally launched at
a meeting held in the McCulIougi
building. M. J. Mallov. the Xanolnn
of them all when it conies to party !is lo ly dying at the little cot age
leaders, was elected president. Per- i '"'hick fr years has been the home,
manent headquarters mill be maintain-; the Bufioms.
d on the fourth f oor cf the Mc-1 Mrs. Buffom was arrested In Buf
'ullough building. It was announced j fal D' operatives of the Thomas J
that Sam AUchuW of Chicago, former I O Grady detective agency. Before she
candidate for governor of Illinois and i ws taken to the Ll tle Valley Jail she
a splendid ora or. Las been secured ' 'a allowed to go to the home where
for the principal s;eakfr at 'he Jack-! her daugVer wai ding. She dropped
son day banquet to bf held at the Dav
enport hotel on Jan. V Kx-Congres.
man M. J. Wade is l.-o expected to
be present and ais CunKressman Pep
per, in case he recovers sufficiently
f re or. Lis present illness. The toas'
master 1.1 be announced later. It Is
Intended to make the banquet a Sec
ond congressional district afalr and
not to have It include the 'entire state,
as it first proposed. Officers of the
Mrs. E. H. Reed and daughter. Mrs.
Fred II. Hand, visited In the tri-cities
last Tuesday.
Ida Johnson left last Monday for a
visit with relatives in Calesburg.
Agnes LIndburg entertained the
members of the M. I. W. club last
Tuesday evening and a pleasant time
is reported.
Word has been received in Cam
bridge that Justice and Mrs. John P.
Hand arrived at La Jolla, Cal., where
thcr will spend the remainder of the ;
winter. Mr. Hand stood the trip j
falr'y well.
John S. Peterson, who resides north-!
west of town, waa taken to St. Luke's j
hospital In Davenport last Monday J
cveniue'by Dr. Westerlund and his j
brotter, Albert Peterson, where he un-
Uer wnt an operation for appendicitis.;
At !att reports Mr. Peterson was get-;
ting along nicely.. j
Mrs. Walter Fragd, who has been !
making her home in Manchester,
lo-"a. since last spring; returned to
Cai:ibrJd.Tj last Tuesday evening. Her
uusband came across country, arriv
ing here Wednesday.
If. l White visited in Davesport
t Wednesday.
iiuth Sberrard visited with relatives
Rock Island the latter part of last
week.
Mrs. Arvid Anderson and two chil
dren left last Monday for a visit with
relatives and friends In Galva.
Mr. and Mrs. Camp of Chicago were
guests ot the litter's shUer, Mrs. J.
M. Bristol in Cambridge the fore part
of last week. t
The Wcdnesd;$- club will be enter
taised at the home of Mrs. G. G. John
son Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 17.
Miss Elizabeth Seaton visited
friends in Bishop Hill last week.
Little Miss Irene Talbot has been
quite sick for the past few days.
Wallace Stein of Osco was a caller
In Cambridge Saturday.
Esco Johnson of Osco was a Cam
bridge caller Saturday.
L6t Monday evening a few friesds
of Mrs. Wfiliara Lockey surprised her
at her home, it being her birthday.
The evening was spent in playing
progressive dominoes, Mrs. Harry
Palmer receiving first prize and Mrs.
Marguerite Hutchinson receiving the
consolation prize. Light refreshments
were served. Mrs. Lockey was pre
sented with two pretty plates to re
member the happy occasion. A pleas
ant time was enjoyed.
Mrs. Fred Carlson and daughter.
Florence and son, Russell, spent last
Wednesday In Kewanee.
Born to Dr. and Mrs. O. W. Eaton
Nov. 11 a nine-pound son.
Mrs. Alex Carlson went to Woodhull
last Friday afternoon to spend a few
days with friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Olson of Gales
burg spent Friday at the home of
Clarence Olson. The trip was made
in a car.
Mrs. Martin Ho-necker of Osco spent
garden truck on which arsenic had ! Friday In Cambridge.
Ray Brown was a business caller
in GalvA last Tuesday.
H. L. Ancevine was
Osco Tuesday last.
Mrs. Wlnchel was a Kewanee caller
last Wednesday.
William Glass left last week for Los
Angeles, Cal., where he will spend the
winter.
Mrs. Arthur Anderson and Mrs. Ar
thur Johnson visited in Kewanee last
Wednesday.
At the tegular meeting of the Mystic
Workers cf the World held last Mon
day evening the following officers
were elected fcr teh coming year: Pre
fect, F. A. Elm; monitor, J. C. Doug
lass; secretary, August Hull; banker,
S. W. Ptoppleton; marshal, Medie Pet
terson; physicians, Westerlund and
Conser; warder, Margaret Scott; sen
tinel, Frank Bjorkntan; supervisor,
James Wright. J. M. Pratt, F. A. Elm
and S. W. Poppleton were chosen dele
gates to the Mys'ic convention to be
held at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, next June.
J. V. Olenius. Mable Smith and Mar
garet Scott were chosen as alternate
delegates.
Arthur Grann of Mineral spent Sun
day with his mother and sister.
Mrs. Harry Williams of Galva visit-
PARCEL POS"
was a hard drinker and to this she
a tributed the Illness which resulted
Nearly every dealer
can now sell you a
tvyenty package box
of clean, gssar, fo&sStfafoii
W&IGLEYS
for 85 cents
to her knees at the bedside of the rap
idly sinking chiid and sobbed and
mcaned untii she was led away by
the sheriff.
It was not until some time after j
Mrs. Buffcrr.s' husband died and the
three children were stricken that Lit
tie Valley authoritie bee an an inves
tigation of the mysterious and closely j
linked deaths Then it was
been sprinkled to kill bugs wes el'di.
late.i in Little Valley. Xo eTplana ion
as to how Mrs. Buf.'om escaped I".l
uess was offered.
Then Defective O'Grady claimed he
fcund that the poison had been ad
iriuistered in food and that the ar-
l senlc poisoning had come from horse
liniment.
It was while the three Buffom
ch'ldren were seriously ill that Dis
trict Attorney Ccle obtained author
ity from Justice Wheeler In Buffalo
to exhume "he lody of the husband
ind father. After receiving the
chemist's report that arsenic had
caused the death of Buffo mand also
retorts from doctors that the children
were suffering from arsenic poisoning,
Ccl? publicly let it be known that he
be.ieved the story circulated that the
poitc n had been on garden produce.
And all the time he conducted an In-
ves Igation of his own. Miss Minnie
Slater, a detective, posing as a nurse
rnd using the name Margaret Stone,
worked ten weeks in the Buffom home
and secured much of the damaging
evidence.
Mrs. Buffom left Little Valley but
was kept under surveillance by
O'Grady operatives. She was arres
ed in Niagara Falls. New York, after
making what detectives declare is a
ronfesslon that her husband was mur
dered. This confession, it is said, was
obtained in Queenston, Ont.
a visitor in
You can send this seire-to-be-welcome
delicacy to
all you want to "remember."
It's a big gift in long enjoy
ment it's ii$t$e in cost to
you. Get it for youp&eiil
CAUTION !
The great popularity of thtt
than, pan, hmalthful
is causing unscrupulous per
sons to wrap rank imitations
that are not even real chew
ins gum so they resemble
genuine WRiKLEVS. The
better class of stores will
not try to fool you with these
imitations. They will be
offered to you principally by
street fakirs, peddlers and
the candy departments of
some 5 and 10 cent stores.
These rank imitations cost
dealers one cent a package
or even less and are sold to
careless people fcr almost
any price. If you want
WrigUy' Iook before you
buy. Of what you pay for.
Be SltfiiE f IPs
PS
A'V We am
Inseruna th
above cauoon aoMiy
to protect our custoaierai who
are continually writing ua that thrr
fiarv Kmvi itHyitM hv imiraTiom which
tbey purchased thinking they were WUGUET'S.
Chew it after every meal
Give regular help to teeth,
breath, appetite and digestion
ORION
5
Miss Dessel K'rkland of Woodhull
spent the week'a end with bar cousin.
Miss Myldrld Streed.
The citizens of Orion will hold a
found, j special election Saturday to vote on
the slate charges, that traces of ar-
''S. 3iT?al!unt 1
If w; I l 1 i erale b price k "s a necessily to J
L'AQJd 1 ' - ifr" lLoevvlwr-u:- 1.II-50.S2. ij,
the question of a new school house.
K. L. Streed spent Sunday In C res
ton, Iowa.
Boone Oliver has bought Frank Mel
ton's dray, taking possession of same
at once.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dilley are mov
ing to Davenport this week.
Mr. and Mrs. HI wood Bothwell
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John
Nye of near Osco.
Mr. and Mrs. Phemer South, daugh
ter. Gail, and son. Elisha, were In the
tri-cities Saturday. They drove over
In their car.'
Joe Oliver came from Osco to spend
Sunday with the home folks.
Professor Nolan was in BlggsvUIe
riday and Saturday, returning Satur
day evening.
The bazar held at the Lutheran
church Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day was a success In every way.
Miss Condon was shopping in the
triitles Saturday.
SCALY PSORIASIS ON
MS
AND
LIS
Many school children suffer from
constipation, which Is often the cause
of seeming stupidity at lessons. Cham
berlain's . Stomach and Liver Tablets
are an Ideal medicine to give a child,
for they are mild and gentle In their
effect, and will cure even chronic con
stipation. Sold by all druggists,
(AdT.)
Small Dots Grew Larger. Scales
Formed. Looked Horrible. Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment Cured.
Troop H, eth V. 8. Cavalry. Cam?
McCoy. Sparta. Wis. "1 was troubled
with psoriasis for nearly to ynars. Ior-
tfaws ot my nam and limbs
ware aOtocted mostly with it.
It appeared in scaly form,
bins li liif out la very mull
dot and gradually crew
larger and white scales formM
wbeo about the size of an
ordinary natch-head. The
looks of It wsa horrible. wtaJch
mads it very unpicaaaat far
mo. It Itched a littla at tuaea.
" I tried several remedies, bat the trouble
seemed to grow worse Instead of better, and
I tried Bveral treatment which cured mc
for a month, but It always broke out axaio.
On day a friend saw the advortteemeat ot
Cotfrura Soap and Ointment in the paper
and I seat for a sample. They helped me. ao
I purchased two mora bores of CuUcur
Oinuneot and coma Cuticura Boap and
tney completely cured me. It took three
months for Cuticura Boap and Ointment
to complete my cure." (Signed) Walter
Mahony, Oct. 22. 1912.
Although the Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment are most succcsff ul in the treatment ot
aJtocOoom ot the tkln, araJp. hair and hands,
they are also mast valuable for everyday us
in the toilet, batb and nursery, because they
promote and mnir"'" the health of the skia
and hair from infxory to age. Sold every
where. Liberal sample of each mailed free,
with 32-p. Skia Book. Address post-card,
r Cuticura, Dept. T. Boston-
en who sbave and shampoo with Co
tteura Soap win find i t best for skin and scsj;
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c-1 last week with her mother, Mrs.
Maigaret Hutchinson.
H D. White went to DaveEport Sat
urday ind brought Mrs. White home
from St. Luke's hospital where she
underwent an operation for appendi
citis, iter many friends are glad to
know that she is getting along nicely.
Judge and Mrs. C. M. Turner re
turned home from Chicago Wednes
day evening.
C. R. Larson was a business caller
in Osco last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Peterson vis
ited in the tri-cities last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Jennings visited
a few days last week in Sterling.
William Attwater was in Rock Is
land on business last Tuesday.
Rev. Mr. Kluker was a Galva caller
last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hunter and Mr.
asd Mrs. Abraham Funk were callers
In the tri-cities Wednesday last.
Mrs. Lillian Anderson spent last
Wednesday in Kewanee.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wiencko and son,
George, visited relatives in Geneseo
Sunday. j
Mr. and Mrs. William Lockey and ,
Ottis Kapple visited at the L. A. Boliu j
home in Kewanee Sunday.
Vernie Grant and Mourice Wiencke
were Geneseo callers Saturday.
Mrs. Stein and daughter, Mable, of
Osco were Cambridge cullers lust
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. William. Lockey at
tended the funeral of their cousin in
Kewanee last Wedsesday.
George Baugb was a Rock Island
caller last Monday.
Miss Samuelson and Mrs. Phillips of
Woodhull were Cambridge callers last
Wednesday.
Sadie Stranberg of 0co visited
Monday and Tuesday at the home of
her aunt, Mrs. Gran.
Mrs. Stranberg and son of Osco
vieited in Cambridge Thursday.
Stephen Malcolm after a short visit
with his brothers, Charles and Gene.
left last Tuesday for his home In Belle
Plaine, Iowa.
II
TAYLOR RIDGE
J. M. Kell of Davenport was a visit
or in this vicinity Sunday.
Kdua 1 hart man was a Rock Island
caller Friday.
.Mrs. Lawrence Weiss spent last
week with relatives in Orion.
.Mr. and Mrs. Herman llofer spent
several days last week in Chicago
where they attended the stock show.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crawford were
Rock Island callers Friday.
Mrs. Charley Crabs of Reynolds vis
ited Saturday and Sunday with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. James Bowes.
The third number of the Lyceum
course was given at the M. E. church
Friday night by the Misses Wheeler
and Norton. Owing to sickness It was
impossible for Mrs. Accola Pooler to
be present.
Rock Island passengers Saturday
were Mrs. Charles Jahn, MIhb Mania
McLaughlin, Mrs. Ramsay, Mrs.
Charles Dunlap, Misses Julia, Anna
and Nellie Hintermelster, Mrs. Andrew
Musgerson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cham
bers, Adolph Hofer and family. Miss
Katherine Tuhr, Mrs. Ernest Tuhr
and Mra. James Bowes.
No
The finest of beef, apples, currants, raisins,
spices, cider, and other "goodies' that's
MERRELL-SOULE
ne Such
Mince Meat
"LIKE MOTHER-USED TO MAKE
No extra work, no high cost, no
risk of failure when you make
None Such Pie
MERRELL-SOULE COMPANY
SB. CJSr.NEW VORK
If . I . r ( VrxA PrAit.irti ilnr. 1 t&I
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Colds Cause Headache and Grip. i
Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets re-j
move the cause. There is only one:
"Bromo Quinine." it has signature of!
E. W. Grove on box; 25c. (AdT.) j
The old. old story, told times with-1
out number, and repeated over and !
over again for the last 36 years, but it :
in alwava s. le'nims nrv tn thnA In ',
search of health There is nothing In ! I
the world that cures coughs and colds jt
s-nrT
usC
Naveri Fuel Company
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
iCOAL
as quickly as Chamber'aln's CougL i
Remedy. Sold by all druggists. (act.) j
Telephones, Davenport 171; Bock Island 699.
428 Brown street, Davenport.
227 Twentieth street. Rock Island.
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