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TIIK ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. SATURDAY.' MAY 2. 1914.
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MRS. JENKINS IS
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Woman Accused of Practicing
Medicine Without Authority
Freed From Charge.
NO LAW TO COVER THE CASE
State's Attorney Issues Statement in
Which He Quotes From Author
ities on Subject.
The case of Mrs. Sarah Jenkins,
acainst whom th charge of practicing
medicine without a Iioene had bwn
filed, was droji od in the court of Po
lice Magistrate Ouatafson this morn
ing on motion of State's Attorney
Flovd E. Thompson. Complaint had
practice by virtue of the act, and In
asmuch as the legislature has not
made provision for such cOiiirrgencies.
It Is not within the pow er of the courts
to effect a rrmiiiy. The case will
therefore he dismissed."
POLICE IN RAID
ON LOCAL HOUSE
Two Young Women, Landlady
and One Man Fined by Jus
tice Entrikin.
been filed in the name of the s:ate
board of health. .Mrs. Jenkins defense , mornnjf before Justice Fred Entrikin
The Moline police raided a rooming
bouse last night located at 117 Third
avenue, and a party of three women
and one man were arrested. The wo
men gave their names as Heatrice
Brody, Anna Reed and Lena Fashion,
the latter being known to the police
as Mrs. Kelly.
When the four were arraigned this
REV. HURLEY TO
ATLANTIC, IOWA
Farewell Banquet at Y. M. C. A.
Attended by Quad-City
Ministers.
Itaptists ministers of the quad-cities
attended a farewell banquet at the
Moline Y M. C. A. last evening in
honor of Rev. J. Arthur Hurley, who
has accepted a position as minister of
the Captiat church in Atlantic, Iowa.
Rev. Hurley recently resigned the
pastorate here after many years ot
successful service.
traveler wrapping hit Honk nbOnt him
nnd bent forward against the driving
storm Just entering the narrow pnss.
I would p:tlnt the light of a taper nt
midday swii through n cottage win
dow, half buried In snow nnd frost
In the foreground should nppenr
the harvest and far In the background
through the pass should he seen the
sowers In the Holds and other evl-
, dences of spring. On the right and
left of the approaching lcelergs tne
heavens should be shaded oft from the
Uffht of midday to midnight with It
stars, the sun being low in the sky.
Henry David Thoreau.
who gave the name of A. J.
$10 fine
against
was that she hart a license isu a I the man
her under her maiden nam? i'anr J Poulas. plead guilty, paid a
years ago and which she held to rro-tan(j turned state's evidence
tect her In the present case. j the three women. Justice Kntrikin
The state's attorney, in dropping fined the two younger women $10 and
prosecution, issued a statement in CORts apiece, and Mrs. Kelly, wlio Is
which he reviewed the case and the the landlady. and costs. .Mrs.
Jaws for the l-'censirg of phyt-ii Sans. Kelly was instructed to leave the city
Discussing whether the state board ot , immediately.
health has been given authority to.
discipline those who were practicing Harper Again In Jail,
at the time The latest law was enact- John Harper, aged S7 years, the
ed. he quotes from the supreme court 'well known .Moline police character,
an" follows: was drunk again last night and spent
"If it was the intention of the leg- tne evening in ine cny jan. tic was
sea tnis morning.
Charles Du Vent. 182S Twelfth ave-
vas fined $3 and costs for disor-
conduct. He was intoxicated
certain'y failed to express sn h inten- j 'a-st nicnt.
tion by "this act. If the conse- Music Features Fair,
quences of the statute, according to , aM amutiemfints at tne
its plain and obvious meaning, are like-, Mf Jn Tlirnpr
ly to prove disastrous to th- p-ople of , fpaM)re(, Dv an e aborate
tne siaie at large. s ni'i
LAUNCH CLUB TO
ERECT NEW HOME
First Steps Are Taken at a
Meeting of the Moline Boat
ing Enthusiasts.
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x. tn v'.rf tho UnurA of health the ' releai
tT ft rnm-ar m rfi-inlnn a!l holders of cer- I
rj .4,.r i A nrinr In I.,lr 1 KM. nUP.
nrt to revoke such certificates, it has . derly
First steps looking toward the erec
tion of a permanent home were taken
last night at a meeting of the Moline
Launch club, when a committee con
sisting of Commodore Charges Olson
and Maurice Bockaert was named to
Investigate the possibility of securing
an adequate site along the river front
for a building that would cost at least
$2,000 and probably more. The club
already has part of the building fund
in its treasury and plans to go after
the proposition In a vigorous manner.
Electromagnets.
An electromagnet consists, essential
ly, of a cere of soft iron surrounded by
many turns of Insulated copper wire
through which a powerful electrlccur
rent is made to flow When the cur
rent starts flowing the Iron Instantly
becomes n magnet, nnd when the cur
rent Is shut off the Iron just as Instant
ly loses Its magnetism. An electromag
net can be mnde much more powerful
than a permanent magnet of steel, and
It la also much more useful, because its
magnetism may be turned on and off
at will. It is Indispensable in making
telegraph Instruments, and in recent
years It has become hardly less Indis
pensable as a kind of giant derrick
band for picking up tons of steel and
Iron and depositing them wherever
tbey are wanted. New York Journal.
MOLINEPREPARES
FOR SANE FOURTH
Success of Last Year's Sane
Celebration Cause of Early
Start This Year.
Due to tiie success of last year's
sane observance of the celebration
here the Fourth of July, plan3 are al
ready being prepared to carry out a
similar ee'.ebration this season, and a
program of interest is to be arranged.
Inaugurated In t'.ie first place last year
for the purpose of saving the younger
generation from injury, the idea proverl
such a success that those In charge
new have the support of the entire
city.
At the last meeting of the Moline
Fourth of July association, the sec
retary, C. V. Johnson, was instructed
to cail a meeting for 1914 early In
May. and the session will therefore he
held some time during the next "veek.
The program thi3 year will be prac
ticably the same as last year, consist
ing of races, games, etc.
rilm and some bad bruises, has recov
ered. Miss Ruth Loc teacher of the sev
enth grade at school Is planning an
entertainment soon when her pupils
will render the book "Little Women"
as a play.
Will Not Hold Carnival.
Kagles of East Moline, who had
planned to hold a street carnival this
summer, have given up the plan be
cause the laws of the order are strict
ly against such entertainments. Anoth
er amusement enterprise which comes
within the rules of the order will prob
ably be carried out.
CITY BEAUTIFUL
SCORES TRIUMPH
People's Power Company to
Replace Wooden Poles in
Loop With Iron.
Moves to New Office.
The fity beautiful campaign her
has scored another triumph in the a
ccptance by Commissioner Clark G.
nderson of plans submitted by th
People's Power company for replacing
After eight years in the locatio-i in ; the homely and in some cases, un
wind, he first" beean medical practice ! subtly wooden po es in the loop dis-
in this city. Dr. C. C. Sloan announced )
todav that he will open new offices in
SILVIS
II OBITUARY RECORD II
Rev. Robert Wilson.
Mrs. James Fugate has received
OVERCOME BY GAS FUMES
WHILE AT WORK ON MAIN
Xoda Wilson, employed by t'.ie Mo
line Heating & Construction company.
was overcome bv gas fumes at 1:30 are
o'clock this afternoon and was uncon
scious for two hours. He was taken
to the Moline City hospital. Physi
cians attending him say he will re
cover. Wilson, with ot'.ier employes
of the firm, was engaged in putting In
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seem not improbable, cons
large niimW of physicians and sur- '
geons throuehcut the state, and the j
temptations to obtain money and prac- j
tice by resort to dishonorable conduct,
which are suppose'! to bes't prcfe?-'
sional men. tbe responsibility must
rest with the Iog'slature and not the'
courts. If the tendency cf a law is
vicious, the stricter ifs enforcement
the sooner It will be remanded or re
pealed." Has Studied Case.
The statement conclude:
Hern-- tbe nnlf:, al Pcram rendered by the Sil- j ucwa of the uea, of ,,r bro,nor-in-
Vis GIco
present
dub. A larce crowd was
To Build $8,000 House.
A permit was granted today to Carl
Hergstedt. a local contractor, to erect
an JS.noO residence for O. M. Loosley.
The building will be on the bluff at
Forty-ninth street and Fifth avenue,
and will be of colonial design.
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Jail is Cleaned.
Kast Moline's city jail has nnder-
eone a much needed cleaning and has
i lpfn whitewasncd thr'nifrlwiui Tlio
-I have made a very careful and ex-! work was don und?r supprvision o
hatisti- e comparison of the author!-; PoUcc t-hlcf G!,.lln ( 0alev.
ties in this state upon this question, I t
and am confident that the d-ffnd.int in I Browning Season to Open,
this case, by virtue i,t having practic- ; The baseball season at Browning
ed medicine prior to July 1. Is ( field openn tomorrow wi;eri the Olymn-
no; amenable under section 9 of this) ics and Tigers clash. Mayor Carlson
act. and is In no way obJizated to the i Is slated to pi'eh the first ball, while
state board of health for her author- Commissioner I-. O. Jahns will he at
Ity to practice. She is license.! tot the receiving station.
law. Rev. Robert Wilson, who died at
his home in Homestead. Okla. He was
a menther of Company I, lC6th Illinois
volunteer infantry and enlisted for the
civil war at Rock Island. He will be
remembered by many of his old com
rades of this city.
Deceased was horn in Madison, Wis.,
in 1834. and was 80 years of age. He
had been a minister of the Methodist
church for 45 years, and was a mem
ber of the G. A. R. at Homestead.
a valve on a gas main in front of a
local printing plant.
New Church Monthly.
"Trinity Chimes" is the name of the
latest addition to the roster of church
publications In t'lis city, being a
monthly religious magazine in the in
terests of :lie Trinity Kuslish Lutheran
churi h.
CHEWING GUM COMES FROM MEXICO
William Wright.
Friends of Mrs. O. J. Root, form
erly of this city, will grieve to learn
of the death of her father. V.'illi.nn
Wright, who also made his home here. '
Ie;;th occurred at the hoco of Mr.
and Mrs. Root in Kagle Rock. Cal.
Deceased was taken ill at Lansing.
.Mich., where be and Mrs. Wright were
hpeniing the winter. They immeu-
ilv went to California for the sak-
of Mr. Wright's health but he failed to
improve. Ieft to mourn are the widow,
one daughter and one sou. !
Consenting Siience.
"ln yon lie'.ieve th:it silence gives
;-otisent. Iubli!ey?" risked 'Jos'ing.
"Why. jes. The i'ul saying says so.
Why';" s;iid I nihliW.
"Then you may coirgr::u!:te me on
my engagement to Miss Miincybnus. I
wrote to her nsking her to marry me
six months ago. ami I haven't heard a
word from her since." Judge.
Russel Ragen and family are mov
ing to Barstow.
A new grocery store will be opened
in Silvis soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nelson Hood
the parents of a daugh
ter, who arrived at seven o'clock
Thursday evening and who was wel
comed by just half a doaen sisters.
The little lady has been named Muriel
Jane.
Mrs. Kittie Pine has arrived from
an extended visit in Independence,
Mo., and Kansas City.
Mrs. Jessie Brown of Osborne, 111.,
visited relatives here last Thursday.
Conrad Xelson who is traveling car
jnspector for the railroad and who has
his headquarters in Xorth Dakota,
spent Wednesday here with his fami
ly, who will move there soon. Miss
Josephine will remain here all of next
month.
Last week Miss Adelia Leonard en
tertained Mrs. May and daughter of
Minneapolis.
School will close here May 20 for
the summer vacation.
Another parent-teachers' meeting
is being planned for next Friday even
ing and will be held at the McKinley
school building.
Mrs. Ladore of Fifth street, who fell
down stairs sustaining several broken
tin Sohrbeck building Monday.
A Luckless Caterpillar.
Nature is a curious Torce. There Is
n caterpillar In Australia. It looks for
food under leaves and twigs In the
usual way. As It snrc lies, a parasite,
specially equipped by nature for the
'purpose, drops on ita neck and fastens
Itself there. In a week or two this iit
Me parasite seed begins to germinate,
drawing its nourishment from the very
lifebiood of the Insect. The latter,
feeling sick, buries itself about two
inches into the ground. Eventually a
pale green stalk about twelve inches
high, at the summit of which is a most
extraordinary flower, somewhat resem
bling the top of a bulrush when in
eed. appears. The poor caterpillars
refuge in the ground is of no avail, for
its whole interior has to make room
for a vegetable mass of root-s. Sucked
as dry as a bone. It is actually con
verted Into a stick of wood. Johannes
burg Chronicle.
frier with a new type of iron no!e A
series of blue print plans were sub
mitted to the commissioner of streets
and p: blic improvements sorao time
ago. and after a careful consideration
it has met wiO t.,n approval of Mr.
Anderson.
The pcycr company has already or
dered the new poles and the work of
lulling down Die wpo.bn devices and
rnsferriug the wires to the new iron
poles wii:. bo carried on during ths
summer.
In the House of Commons.
In the days of Burke, Pitt nnd Fox
members of the house of commons j
TO HOLD ANNUAL EXHIBIT
IN LOCAL GRADE SCHOOLS
The annual penmanship', drawing
and construction work exhibit will be
held in the Moline grade schools next
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, in
stead of th exhibits being posted in
a central location as in former years.
Last ye?r the public library was used
ani space did not permit of a suffi
cient exhibit therefore the work 13 to
be shown ia the schools this year.
The plan for the display varies
somewhat in each of the buildings, but
the scheme will be generally to open
the exhibits -for public Inspection in
nsed to relieve the tedium of debate w, . . . . , ... . .
' , , . . . .. although tho exhibition will be open
bv sucking oranges and cracking nuts " . . . , , v ...
" L k.i, ! to visitors during school hours, it will
Willi; l.tlll lull iruj,iu vi, i ic in u ...
and Brougham made his great six
hours' speech on law reform in 1S2S
with a hatful of oranges by his side
for refreshment. Joseph Hume found
solace In pears, which be took from
his bulging pockets and munched by
the hour, leaning the while against his
favorite post. Xo wonder oranges were
so popular, since their vender (one of
them, at any ratei was a picturesque
girl who used to sit with her wares in
the lobby, attired In a "sprigged mus
lin gown with a gnuze neckerchief" or
in the-glory of "clean white silk stock
ings. Turkey leather shoes and pink
silk petticoat, becomingly short."
Westminster jsiK
not conflict :a any way with the work.
EAST MOLINE WILL HAVE
BOY SCOUT ORGANIZATION
The boys of St. Mary's parochial
school of East Moline have organised
a Boy Scout club with William Rum-
j ler as scout master, and Maurice Ver
Bugge as captain. There are 15 boys
in the organisation at present and the
regular work of the Boy Scout clubs
throughout the country will be car
ried out. A fort is to be erected near
the school to .be known as Fort St
Mary, and the boys will have this as
their headquarters.
How many people In the United . timber.
States chew gum? No accurate gov- j hogany
The wood Is or a reddish ma- j
color, is quite hard, heaw.
eramental statistics being available, a compact in texture, and line grained.'
conservative estimate may place the j Door sills and frames of this remark-!
number at 10,00f,'r.i, dividing them
into two classes, the Inveterate or
habitual chewers and the occasional
chewers. I'nder the latter class may
be placed school children, who are not
permitted to chew gum during study
boure.
According to the census of 1910
there were in tbe United States '27.
7S0.hi9 persons between th ages of
6 and Z'l years in the 4 states and
tbe District of Columbia. Of this num
ber 17,300.201 attended school, at least
occasionally, and may be classed as
potentially occasional chewers, leav
ing a balance of l,4.".f,3:r, as poten
tially inveterate chewers of gum, all
under tbe age of 20 years, of course,
all of these may not have been gum
chewers; equally, of course, inveterate
Xum-chewers can not be confined to
persons tinder the age of 20. These
figures may be taken, however, to
abow that the estimate of 10.000,000
able wood have been unearthed in the I
pre-historlc ruins of I'xmal and found '
to be in an excellent state of preserva-!
tion. The wood is in demand today I
by cabinet makers, who employ It in j
the manufacture of high grade furni- j
ture and household fittings. !
The fruit, tbe sapodilla pear, was j
once very popular In Itln-American
ECCENTRIC DEQUINCEY. .
He Often Greeted Visitors While Half
Dressed and Bare Footed.
De Quincpy'a habits were so simple
as to be almost ascetic, and he subsist
ed uion the lightest possible diet. UN
digwtivp trouble and neuralgic suffer
ing, whli-b first led to his taking opium,
caused him early to lose uis teeth,
and from the extreme delicacy of his
system be could eat nothing less capa
ble of mastication than bread, no that
article -with a little soup or coffee was
markets, but the constant demand for! I't to comprise his whole dinner.
the gum and the consequent tapping
so reduced the size and quantity of
the fruit that it has become almost a
negligible product.
Throughout the rainy season, while
the nap is up, the tapping is done. by
the "chicleros," whose only implements
are a machete and m nleco of mne !
The rope Is fastened about the waist
and slipped around a tree, leaving the
chicleros bands free to make the V
shaped incisions spirally all around the
trae. The sap runs along the incisions
and is collected in cups at the base.
Inveterate chewers is very conserve lit looks like milk at first, but soon
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tive.
The latest statistics published by
tbe department of commerce show that
during tbe calendar year tbe
United States imported 13.4ol.3l6
pounds of chicle, valued at $5,119,500.
'gw the word "chicle" to most people
In this country might be Greek, but It
Isn't. According to tbe pamphlet on
Mexico recently Issued by the Pan
American Union at Washington. D. C,
tbe word "chicle" is of Aztec origin,
4 and la tbe name given to tbe sap of
the aapote tree, Lotaalrally known as
the aapota tapotilla. It is this sap
which is tbe basis of practically all
tbe cbelcg gum used In tbe United
Btatea.
Tb Artec of Mexico are said to
baT. been tbe first gum-cbemers on
this, or for that matter any other con
tinent, Tbe followers of Cortex re
ported that tbe Indians cbewed a gum
to quench thirst and relieve exhaus
tion. They obtained It from the sapote
tree by tapping, and today tbe manner
of fathering tbe nap ia in close analo
gr to tbe process of gathering maple
sugar In New England. Tbe tree is
indigenous to tbe northern countries
of South America, Central America,
and especially in Mexico, tbe last nam
ed furnishing about six-sevenths of tbe
entire supply consumed annually in
turns to a yellowish color and thickens
to the consistency of treacle, it Is col
lected and boiled in a rather primitive
manner In large kettles, and when It
has reached the proper consistency It
is kneaded and the surplus mcisture
expressed. It Is then molded into
large loaves and Is ready for shipment.
When It reaches the factories in the
United States it is mixed and boiled
In large copper kettles to a required
consistency, flavoring extracts such as
vanilla, peppermint, or wlntergreen
are added with the required amount of
sugar. It Is then whipped into a dough
and removed to tables and kneaded in
iwuttu sugar, ronea into sneets. cut
to desired sizes, wrapped by machines
In attractive paper, packed In fancy
boxes, and Is then the chewing gum
of commerce. It is estimated that
30O.00O.000 packages of gum are sold
annually in, the United States, each
containing on an average five pieces.
These placed end to end would extend
a distance of 71.023 miles, or nearly
two and on f half times around the
world. If in their elastic state they
were stretched into a thread one-sixteenth
of an Inch In diameter, this
thread of gum would extend a distance
of 437,875 mileo. or from the earth fo
tbe moon, wrap three time around
that a t M I f init 1 , a U f mulhi..
I earth again. If the physical energy
the United Kta;es.
i ne sapote tree is us jany rouna in i used in cnewing tnis amount or gum
groups, frequently grows to a height ' could be reduced to foot-pounda and
of 4" to CO feet, is generally very I mechanically applied. It would furnish
tra.gbt. and lias a b.ng. clear length j a power beside which that of Niagara
which nakc it most desirable fur j fail would dwindle into insignificance.
In reference to his manner of dress
bis daughter has snid:
"His dress, unfortunately, he neither
cared for himself, nor would he let
others care for It. I say unfortunately,
liecnuse his carelessness gave rise
among punctilious people, nun ecus torn
ed to eccentric habits, to an imprea.
sion of poverty for which there was r.r,
foundation. It might be that a thought
occurred to him in tbe midst of some
of his irregular processes of dressing
f HiHirewmng 11 suouiii say some
thought did generally strike him at
that time!, and he would stop with his
coat Just taken off. or not put on, with
out stockings at all. or with one off and
one on, and becoming lost In what
grew out of this thought, he would
work for hours, hardly even noticing
the coffee whl-h was bis chief support
at such times.
"In the midst of this absorbing work
would arrive visitors, of whom there
were many, probably from such n dis
tance that they could not be turned
back wltbont sight of the ohioct nt
their long pilgrimage, npon which my
father, with the unaffected courtesy
which wss one of the great charms of
his character, would npprnr at once
ratli-r than keep them waiting while
he put on his stocking, or whatever
may be wanting or which was Just
likely in the wrong place, giving Hs
to awed Impressions of poverty with
some, while those who could withdraw
their unaccustomed eyes from the n.i
ueoness or the land, as exjiouiided by
Bin reer. might have seen In bis sur
roundings signs of scrupulous neat
ness, sufficient comfort and refinement
enough to reassure them on this jx.lnt.
nis presence at home was the sig
nal for a crowd of beggars, among
whom. Itorrowed babies and drunken
old women were sure of the largest
share of tbe sympathy he refused to
none." From Caroline Ticknor'a
"Hawthorne and His Publisher."
Winter's Short Days.
If I were to paint tbe short days of
winter 1 should paint two toweritis
Icc-iwrgn approaching each other like
pr'jinoutoiicN for morning and evening.
with caveruotia recess? ajutl u solltarr
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And Other Valuable Prizes.
DT TJ 17 fT T O TSJ Q Vlace an; number from 7 to 15
1 IV JO V-i X 1 KJ l O jn the t ight vacant diamonds
shown here, or on any similarly arranged sheet of paper or mate
rial of any kind you wish to uc. in such a maimer that any
way the numbers are added (including the number in the center
square) the total will be 33. Thesame number cannot be used
more than once.
Costs You JVothing
COXTHIIONS To the correct or nearest correct solution we will pive absolutely free an bt
light piano; to the ue-xt best a genuine diamond ring; third lCHt. a fji H U credit check; fourth
beat, a gold watcn t choice of ladles' or gem lemon's siz ; tif.li l,t. a silver uie-h hand !.-U'. f"d s
on down to the smallest prize, a JJ.".(hi credit check go .l to j.pplv on the pun liaso price of a pl
ane Every one sending hi a reply will receive a folio of muhio or bound Inw.k of 71 photographs
.r musical -lel. rltles. In the event .f a tie for nnv of the prize, the nwar.N will be made t the
one prosenting thetr Holutlon dlspla.vol lu the ino-it ttracilv niamior and of the irro:'.lot nder
tlslng value to u. Therefore cimtoMtants entering this contest will ..-hso tiudorst.-iud that the
olntH that will Ik considered In judging sohiUons fr the prize will, firvf. ho tviToctHv. then
iieatuess and attractive nrruugeiuent. Only one person lu a family may entvr. aud if uuder ae,
": wiva mrnt' name.
WKITK VOI R NA.MK AND AUDRKSS I'l.AlNKY ANUAIVll VOI P l I TIl)
VKRT1SKK." CARK OK T1IK ARUUS - A'NU AU' 11' SOLI HON
un.- u'ih"!- na Var'.? 1914-,.an.J 811 -""-ra must bo received by that time. All contest
ants ill be notified of the results by mail within about five day8 after the contest closet.
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