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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 19U.
LEADING SUNDAY
SCHOOL WORKER
CALLED TO REST
LOSES IN YEAR'S
DIRECTORS PLAN
FOR JOINT MEET
VERDICT OF JURY
FREES MORRISON;
JURY IS REBUKED
STRIKERS' HOMES BURNED AND THEIR CHILDREN SABRED BY
MILITIA, SAY-INVESTIGATORS; TELL OF CRUELTY TO WOMEN
BATTLE FOR LIFE
T
Officials for Districts 42 and 43
- To Discuss Transfer of
Jurisdiction.
TEACHERS HAVE RESIGNED
Harry E. VanDnzer Dies After
Making: Brave Fight During
Last Year for Life.
Judge R. W. Olmsted' Criticises
Unexpected Finding in
larceny Case.
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UNDER KNIFE FOUR TIMES
At Salesman. Teacher and Churchman
He Wat Widely Known and
Generally Beloved.
Harry E;"sworth VanPujrr, teacher,
pa-reman. Sunday school and church
worker, di-M at 9:10 last evening at
hi hon.e In the Tayne flats, corner of
Sixth itfn.ii and Twentieth street.
H had made a brave ficht for life
faint an organic trouble w)iioh had
afflicted li-m f'r nearly a ear and
h!c'.i !;ad necessitated four major
oaeraror.s in that period. After one
of tiies-e he almost succumbed, being
ng i
Vont aiive 'or hours by artificial re
piration. Vet he foucht his way back j --v .;
to comparative health and after a few i ers survive. They are Will and Krank
asonths resumed his work. i l.ng. both of I.Claire.
The first operation took place July j The funeral w'ill be held tomorrow
IT last, beini; performed, as were all afternoon at 3 o'clock with services at
Lie later or.cs. at tiie Mayo Brothers' Broadway Presbyterian church in
establishment at Rochester. Minn. I: j charge of Rev. W. S. Marqwis and rn
ag after t;i third ordeal. Aug. 17. that i terment at Chippiannock cemetery,
his life was despaired of for some j Burial w ill be under Masonic auspices.
time. After recovering his strength i
heaeain took up the teaching of sales- Funeral of Alfred Taylor,
manship. which engaged his attention j The remains of Alfred Taylor will
in later years. Jan. 24. however, he.
found it necessary to return to Roches
ter for a fourth operation and since
that lime he had gradually failed.
Born in Le Claire.
Mr. Var.Dii7.er was born Aug:. 1. 1S51,
at Let la'.re. low a. ine son oi uev. .
Jacob and Mary chomo VanDnzer. He;
lage and whiie still a mere boy began
work as clrk on river boats. When
oid enough he took up school teaching
la order to secure funds to pet a high
er education. After working for four
er five years he attended Northwest
ern r.onrsal at Geneseo. from which
he graduated. Then he took a teach
er's course at the Northern Indiana
normal at Valparaiso. Returning to
this county he became principal of
the Cordova schools, remaining there i orchestra is to give its annual con
five years. Icert at the high school auditorium. A
Jan. IS. 1S91 Mr. VanDnzer came to
Rock Island to become connected w ith
Kart: Bahn5en. wholesale druggists.
At first he was an office man and later
he became tri-city salesman. He re
mained with this firm 10 years, resign-
teaching of salesmanship. His lee j P"cial Pains ln Perfecting a fine or
tores c.t the science of selling w-re in ! ganization. At present there are about
deaiand from tiie start. He spoke and j -5 ni.einbers in it.
conducted classes in several states, j The program w hich w ill be rendrr-
atnor.g them besides Illinois being
Ioa. Minnesota. Wisconsin. Nebraska
aad Kansas. During his last illness
he was asked to give a series of lec
tures at Detroit.
Active as Church Worker.
Mr. VanDuzer since coming to Rock
Island had be-n a member of Broad
way Iresbytrr:an church and active!
ia churth counties. H? s'-rved as j
elder for 12 years. He was also as-;
sV.2D! t uperint"nd-r.t and chorister'.
cf the Sunday school, and managed and
ls-jgnt tlie tathers' training class as
lor.? as one was maintained. For a
number of years he served as presi
dent of the Hock Island Sunday school
association. bir.g brought into close
association with church workers from
all parts of the country. i
Fratrna';y h was a iiiPinbr of
k-Kk Isiand lodge No. r,0 v A. V. & A. i
M, St. Paul lode'-. Kniuhts of Pytaia- j
M'i camp :T. M. W. A. H- hHd the
r"pct anrj f.fiii.m cf fverybridy v.i.o
kaew Jjim and tie rar.c- of -.'
aiva'worl;
wlear,. : r..lr( r and S.n.day school
orer navinjr brought !ii:n :nto
brought hi :n :nto per-i
"Lai contact w ith tliou-and-i w iio will
it rrv d to lr am cf his d-atli.
J'r. VatiDuzer wa inarri d Jan. 2S,
't'J-. lo Mi.-s An.ia Waters of Mc-
Greor. low a.
!3ughtr. Ar.
cWd :ri W. a
who nirvives. with one; ' M wfr, nell, un(Jpr the auspices $2.25: Florence E. Blariief. 65c; C. 11.
na Mario. His father . ' f(ati n;Btorical soc iety. The j Stoelting Co.. $7.S5: Underwood Type
r.d his rnotiier five y-ars , ...-,.. i... nlnf c:raff- writer Co.. S3.1'0: Ginn and Comoanv.
M!
:.-ter i.ave
preceded
h in
grave. Of his !
imn.t'jii-f. family ouly
two half broth-
If you have
backache,
headache,
stomach dis
orders and
otter annoy
ing ii;s, knew
right glasses
m.'i'ht mean
to you in
tetter health,
you wouldn't
waite a n?in-
TOWC
LENSES
te is coming here for au ex
amination. Three in ten
Classes seven
tiiern.
persons
in ten
wear
need
But the need isn't apparent
bocause the neglect of our eyes
tas grown into a habit.
If you have the slightest
uspiclon that glasses niTght
help jou, let our scientific ex
amination make sure.
J. Ramser's Sons
OPTOMETRI8TS.
We fit and recommend Torle
I
Lenses.
urn I
9;
. ,. .y7 1::a
- - :." . --oil
Harry E. VanDuzer,
arrive in this city
from Ottawl tomor -
row afternoon at 1 o'clock. The fu
neral party will go direct from tie
depot to Chippiannock cemetery where
interment will be niad
ORCHESTRA WILL
GIVE A PROGRAM
Interesting Musicale to Be Ren
dered at High School Audi
torium Tomorrow.
Tomorrow
evening th? high school
,.... ar.
ranged and a large crowo is expectea.
Principal A. J. Burton is leader of
! the orchestra, and hipce he has been
'at the local high school he has taken
eu louows.
'Marche Militaire"
-Op. 51. Xo. 1
(S liHbertl.
"Symphony No. S,'
in B minor (un-
finished) (Schubert)
( 1 ) Allegro moderato.
(2) Andante con moto..
"Serenade" (Schubert).
(a i "Hark Hark, the Lark:" (b)
"Hedge Roses" (Schubert Miss Mar
garet Maxwell, soprano; Miss Kthel
Jens, accompanist.
ii "Slumber Song" (Auber): (b)
i "Love Song" (Jonas) Miss Aline ;
Martin, fir.st vioan; Miss Anrtora i.ar
Irison. second violin; Miss Alma Bull
ing, viola; Miss Bessie Freistat. cello.
J "Zal" (Trinkaus) Miss Aline Mar
I tin. violin; Mias Bessie Freistat, ac
companist.
"Panouita" (Robyn) Miss Andora
Irrison. violin: Miss Bps. ie Freistat. (
cello; Miss Dorothy Vernon, harp.
"Asa's Tou" (Greig) Strings and
harp.
"1'L.der the Double Kagle" (Wagner)
DR. ANDREEN SPEAKS AT
HISTORICAL EXERCISES
r,.,.,.. ,ir.n ha returned i
' froin Des Moines, w here he was one
' of the speakers at the unveiling of the
portrait of
f Martin Luther at the state
capitol building
in that c ity. The ex-'
v. ... '. ... ,ion,rinipnt at l
strom. jieau ui mc on
Augustana
college and was chosen in
a competitive test.
JACK FROST, OFT FOILED,
TRIES AGAIN TO COMEBACK
Jack Frost has been trying raitntui
r to "come back" since the first of
the present montli. several in.."
lrnmir "Drobably frost" has been giv-
ien out bv the weather bureau, -but in
'each instance precautions fortunately-
proved unnecessary, for the tempera
ture did not reach the freezing point.
Last night the menace was greatest of
any in the last two weeks but the
skies remained cloudy and the temper-
. - ,t A a ira rk 1 1 a
ature did not uroy i
point Frost warnings are again given
out by the weather bureau for tonight
with no prospect of an early return to
normal weather.
1
CITY CHAT
(Advertisements.)
Buy a home of Reldy Bros.
For express, call William Tref.
Trl-City Towell Supply company.
R. I. 9S1. '
"Victory or Death," at Family.
Xh feature photoplay lor loaay m
the Family theatre is entitled "Vic
tory or Death." It is the story of a
;irl who follows a desperate secret
service agent who has stolen valuable
documents fro mher father. She vows
he w ill attain, victory or death, and
r -. In in V
she faces the grim reaper
tormn.
Beard Decide to Open Schools in Fall
O" September 8 One Week
Later Than Usual.
Various questions were discussed at
the meeting of the school board last
evening with, reference to the plans
for providing for the Instruction of
pupils residing in the various portions
of South Rock Island recently annex
ed to the city and school district, and
President Cleaveland was authorized
to arrange for a joint meeting with the
directors of districts No. 42 and 43. to
talk over the situation and make plans
for the transfer of jurisdiction over
the portions of those districts that
have been annexed to the city.
The teachers' committee reported
the resignations of Mrs. Jannie Mur
phy Stafford of the Ketnble school.
Mrs. Helen IafTerty Stoehr of the
I-oiiRfellow school, and Mrs. Meta
Wittig Burger, teacher of the school
for the deaf, each of whom has mar
ried during the year and who wish to
re'ire from school work at the close of
the present term.
In connection with the new system
of bookkeeping, a form of inventory
was submitted to the board by the usa
of which the several nrincinnla will h
1 pn,ij . a .,i. j
curate list of all school property. In
cluding furniture, books and supplies
of ail kinds in use in each of the school
buildings. This property list will not
only enable a careful accounting of all
school property to be made, but w-lll
also serve as a permanent appraisal of
value of all school equipment owned
by the board and supplied in the dif
ferent schools.
Open Sept. 8.
Attention was given to the school
calendar for next year, with special
reference to the date of opening school.
After considering various matters re
lating to the question, the board de-
Laided to open sc hool on Tuesday, Sept.
8, immediately following Labor day.
As Ibor day falls upon the 7th of
September this year, the opening of
school will necessarily be about a
week later than usual.
Monthly Report.
Superintendent Hayden filed his
statistical report for the eighth month
showing there were 1.S43 pupils neith-
ler absent nor tardy. The total enroll
ment was 4.455. average att?ndance
per building 3.742.075: averace daily
attendance 3.5:52.525: per cent ef at
tendance 91.159; per cent of punctual
ity !)675.
Bills were allowed as follows: It. I.
Hardware Co.. $24.07; People's Power
Co.. $41. S7; Hartz & Bahnsen Co.,
$3.93; Empire Coal & Ice Co.. $4.6S:
Schocker Paper Co.. J7.SS; K. O.
Vaile. Jr., $12.25: Channon & Dufva. I
$23.46: R. I. Lumber & Mfg. Co., $8.63;
Fred J. Hodges. 70c; H. B. Hayden,
j$4.25: T. W. McClelland Co., $15.39;
jTri City Towel Supply Co., $20.15:
'Johnson Service Co., $23.59; American
I Type Founders Co., $1.86: Keystone
Type Foundry,
$4.56: It. I. Sash and
Door Works, $4.20: hvans Bros.. 5J.o;
Strayera Model Dairy Farm. $3.00;
Clara Redecker, $20.46: F. W. Wool
worth Co., $1.40; The Macmillan Co.,
$9.81; A. Flanagan Co.. $2.77; Henry
Holt & Co., $46.60; Western Union
Telegraph Co.. SOc; A. C. Stanton,
$1.73: William Anderson $50.00; Hen-
ry Darts Sons, $10.25; Electric Con
struction Co., $S.19; A. W. Diedrich.
$1.9S: R. I. Sand & Gravel Co..
$250.02: TreLs Express Co.. $31.74; W.
B. Pettit. $2.90: E. D. Jackson. $1.00;
(). Bergfeld. .77;Anderson & Renner,
$4.09; A. J. Burton. $2.89; Pittsburg
Plate Glass Co., $18.S8; Remington
Tvnewriter Co.. $2.00: A. C. McClurg
& Co.. $3.80: J. W. Butler Paper Co..
j$S.13; American Printers' Roller Co.,
ji-.su: Kramer i-rinting ana j-udusii-
ing Co.. $S.u0: Ingalls, the Jeweler,
$29.32: D. V. Heath & Co.. $7.20: C. U.
. - ;,- ,
i eiepnone i o., siy.nu; ixiuis a.
Kr imiilt 17(1 I'll- II H (' prvp and.
$32.80; Oscar Johnson, $50.00.
PERSONAL POINTS
Mrs. R. D. Mac.Manus and daughter,
Dorothy May. of Ottumwa are visiting
in the city.
Mrs. Frank L. Batchelder and hon
have returned to their home in Hough
ton. Mich., after a visit with Mrs. Bach-
elder's sister, Mrs. Edward M;ihard
on Twenty-first streeL
Ill
KJ TIIFATRF
THEATRE
7TH
AVE. and 12TH
MASTER OF THE GARDEN
Today Only
Selig drama in two parts.
Admission 5 cents.
Wanted To buy 500 heating
stoves and all kinds of household
furniture. Highest prices paid.
Phone Hedrlck, Second hand Man,
R. I. 1317-1. Corner of Tenth street
and Fourth avenue.
Dj)
ST.
Colorado military commission. Left
-Denver, Col.. May 13. Two sets of
Investigators having found that the
strikers' tent colony at Ludlow was
wilfully burned and defenseless women
and children killed by the state mili
tia, the Colorado legislature, now in
session, is thoroughly aroused, and a
resolution is now pending for the ap
pointment of a special commission of
five legislators to investigate the en
tire strike and the principles involved,
with power to subpoena witnesses
from all sides.
The first investigation was carried
on by the state military commission,
who found, after a secret investigation
in w hich state militiamen and others
were questioned, that the state militia
wilfully burned the Ludlow tent col
ony, where two women and. 11 children
perished, and looted the colony. These
commissioners. Captain Philip Van
Hise. Major E. J. Boughton and Cap
tain W. C. Danks, all members of the
Colorado militia, were named by Gov
ernor Amnions.
The report of the committee of the
Women's Peace league, headed by
Mrs. Alma V. IafTerty, which has Just
completed "an investigation of the coal
strike within the last-five wseks, ex
coriates the sate militia and the com-
manders at the Ludlow battle. Major to escape the hail of bullets from Ham
Harnrock and Lieutenant Linderfelt. rock's machine guns. Many .ran eight
"Women and children were given or ten miles in their mad terror and
WOMAN SEEKS TO
OUST MR. WOODS
Violation of Civil Service Law
Is Charged to Official by
Former Employe.
Springfield, 111.. May 13. Illinois
state officials manifested much sur
prise when the law firm of Gillespie
& Fitzgerald of this city hied w ith 'he
state civil servic e commission a formal
request to prosecute Secretary or State
Harry Woods for violation of the state
civil service law.
James Burdett, chairman of tho
commission, who was appointed by
Governor Dunne soon after the govern
or took his seat, stated that the com
mission had taken the request under
consideration, but declined to forecast
what the decision would' be.
"We regard the request as extreme
ly grave," was all Mr. Burdett would
say.
Messrs. Gillespie and Fitzgerald ask
the prosecution on t'.ie immediate be
half of Mrs. Estelle Smith Baird. a
former assistant state librarian, vhom
Secretary of State Woods released
from her position Nov. 15, 1913, upon
cl. .rges. Mrs. Baird was acquitted by
the state commission. The c harges in
cluded incompetency and neglect of
du'y
After her acquittal, Gillespie & Fitzz
gerald asked the secretary to restore
her to her position as the civil service
law provides, but the secretary did not
act in the matter. His failure to com
ply constitutes what the law firm in
' is a plain violation of the .aw.
If the secretary of state were con
victed his office would be automatical
ly vacated.
5,
CAMBRIDGE
J
Roy Poppleton left Tuesday for Ke
wanee, where he took his new posi
tion In the bank.
Ruth Sberrard visited last week
with her sister, Mrs. Charles Lang
man, and family in Rock Island.
The Wednesday club was entertain
ed at the home of Mrs. H. C. Wein
rich Wednesday afternoon.
Oscar Dahlgren was a business call
er Tuesday in Kewauee.
M. J. Peterson spent Wednesday in
Peoria.
C olson was a business caller
in Peoria Wednesday.
C. L. Kettering received a Carlos d
of Overland machines and unloaded
them- Wednesday.
Rev. Mr. Palaver and daughter vis
to right: Capt. Philip Van Hise, Maj. E.
sabre scars that they will carry to
their graves; a 16-year-old girl was
kicked in the breast by a commanding
officer, and others were maimed by
having gun butts dropped on their
feet." is one declaration in the report.
Another reads: "There is no ques
tion that the coal companies have vio
lated every law on the statute books
for the protection of their employes.
From the commencement of their resi
dence in this land of the free, these
people from other lands have been
made the victims of unbearable op
pression." The women investigators paint a
picture of cruelty against women in
the Ludlow fight, after declaring that
! the battle itself was not started by'
i any firing by the strikers, but by the
exploslon of three bombs that Major
Hamrock admitted were his own sig
nal for the battle to begin.
"The utter unpreparedness of the
strikers for fighting," tlfTeport says,
"is demonstrated by the fact that
many of the women and children in
the Ludlow tents were still in bed and
were compelled to flee for their lives
half dressed.
"Fifty of these hunted women, we
beg to state, were about to become
mothers, and one unfortunate actually
gave birth to her baby while trying
ited with relatives and friends near
Grinnell, Iowa, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Harris and
son visited at the florae of his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carlson. Mr.
Harris is still working in Rockfo'rd.
Mrs. Mayme Selleck spent Wednes
day in Galva.
John L. Hull was in Galesburg last
Wednesday.
Mrs. II. F. Jennings and Eva Hier
were callers in the trl-cities Monday."
Mrs. A. J. Ross visited relatives and
friends in Kewanee Monday.
Mrs. Merton Stackhouse and little
sou visited with relatives in Rock Is
land last week.
J. U. Hull was a Peoria business
caller Tuesday.
William Sherden spent Monday in
Galva.
Mrs. Hattie Colburn. after spending
jiome time in Cambridge left Tuesday
for Rock Island.
Lillian Carlson visited at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Carlson.
C. A. Alsene and son August, spent
Tuesday in Davenport.
J. D. Stiers was a business caller
in Rock Island and Davenport Mon
day. Mrs. Roll in Fesler who underwent
au operation in Davenport, returned to
her home ntr Cambridge Wednesday
accompanied by her husband.
Mrs. J. A. Kirkland. J. E. Wester
luud and W. H. Conser attended a
meeting of the Henry County Medical
society, held in Kewanee last Wed
nesday. Mr. Conser appeared on the
program.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Xewman of
Wymore, Xeb., arrived Wednesday for
a visit at the home ot Volly Poppy
and other relatives and friends in
Cambridge and vicinity.-
Miss Holland, the nurse who has
been caring for Otto Holt the past
fortnight, left Tuesday for her home
in Davenport.
The Misses Starra and Garnet Shu
niaker visited Friday and Saturday in
Kewanee.
Tle Misses Myrtle Stoughton, Ora
Coneghy, Florence Iarson and Anna
Hulstrom attended the interscholastic
meet held in Kewanee Friday.
"Miss Edith Roberts and Miss Myrtle
Pratt went to Galva Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Lockey
visited last Wednesday at the Albert
Doye home, near Galva.
J. V. Sherrard has purchasedTa new
Overland touring car.
Mrs. George Fitch and three chil
dren of Peoria, arrived Tuesday for a
visit at the home ot County Clerk
Fitch.
George W. Cowden of Galesburg ar
rived in Cambridge Wednesday for a
short visit with his parents and oth
er relatives and friends in this
vicinity.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Campbell
in Moline Monday, May 4. a daughter.
J. Boughton and Capt. W. C. Darfks.
others huddled in wells and holes for
IS hoiws without food.
"Wholesale looting followed the
massacre, and one of the pictures
painted for us by homeless women
was that of the soldiers carrying
trunks to the station, dancing with
stolen blankets about their heads to
the music of a stolen accordeon and
grabbinfs here and there in the tents
for valuables."
The report of the military investi
gating committee appointed by Gov
ernor Ammons declares that little
Frankie Snyder was accidentally shot
while .escaping from the Ludlow tents,
but the women declare that the boy's
father told this story "under the same
compulsion that induced one striker to
dig what he. thought to be .nis own
grave." They assert that the small
boy was shot while sitting in his
father's tent with his baby sister In
bis arms..
Far from being exaggerated, the
women find that the published ac
counts of tftie happenings in the strike
regions tell only half the horror and
declare that the militia who fought
at Ludlow was hastily formed "out
of the mine guards, mine employes,
itinerant gunmen and slum sweepings,
together with desperadoes under com
mand of Linderfelt in Company B im
ported assassins who masquerade as
sons of Colorado in the uniforms of
the national guard."
CIRCULATION FOR
YEAR WAS 64,490
Report of Board of Directors of
Library for Fiscal Year
Made to Council.
The circulation of books at the Rock
Island public library according to the
annual report of the board of direct
ors, filed with the city council yester
day afternoon, was 61.490. .February
was the busiest month, the circulation
being 7.33G.
Receipts for the year amounted to
$12,444.54. The expenses were $6,
S25.07 and the balance on hand April
30, was $5,619.47. The fines for the
fiscal year were $175.80.
The report further shows that on
April 30, 1913, there were 25,273 books
on the shelves of the library. A total
of 930 volumes have been received
during the past 12 months, 712 of
which have been purchased, the re
mainder being gifts. Three hundred
and fifty-nine were withdrawn, making
the total on hand at present 25,814.
Mrs. Campbell will be remembered
here as Rose Record, a daughter of
A. M. Record.
Mrs. L. A. Keagy and her sister,
Mrs. L. F. Din.:ck, left Tuesday for a
visit with relatives in Chicago, aTfer
which they will leave for a visit with
the former's daughter. Mrs. D. Par
sons Goodrich, at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Melvin Anderson shipped car
load of hogs and Swan Olson a load
of cattle to the Chica; market Tues
day. Afr. Olson accompanied the ship
ment. .Varti Scott went to Rock Island
Wednesday where he attended a meet
ing of the state camp, M.W.A.
Mrs. Elmer Ellstrom of Moline ar
rived Tuesday for a short visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Wright.
Anthony Hagg spent Wednesday in
Reck Island.
Family Theater Rock island
Today
KINEMACOLOR PICTURES BEAUTIFUL
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Pictures In nature's true colors. We control the exclusive right of
the tri-cltles for these wonderful pictures. .
"VICTORY OR DEATH"
In four parts Som big feature 7 reels in all. '
Main Floor 10c. Balcony 5c.
STOLE FUR FROM STORE
Took Goods From Young 4. McCombs,
but Later Dropped Them Oliver
Whitted Pleads Guilty.
"There seems little use for the coun
ty to spend its money for the prosecu
tion of criminals, when a jury will re
fuse to convict in plain a case- as
this," announced Judge R. W. Olmsted
last evening when a verdict of not
guilty was returned in the case of Har
ry Morrison, charged with larceny.
The jury got the case at 4 o clock.
and returned a verdict of acquittal at
6:15. The defendant was charged with
the theft of a set of furs and a trav
eling bag, valued at $57, from Young
& McCombs April 4. Witnesses swore
to seeing the fur sticking out under
Morrison's coat. However, before he
left the store, he dropped it. The de
fense alleged that Morrison had been,
drinking and that he picked up the
fur without any intention of theft, and
then put it down again. C. S. Roberta
was his attorney.
It is understood that Morrison was
one of the leaders in me aixempiec
jail delivery, and that it wag in his
cell that various tools were found and
where the start was made to dig
through a wall to liberty.
Whitted Pleads Guilty.
Oliver Whitted, charged with bur
glarizing the store of John and Theo
dore Ellingsworth, Port Byron, March.
16, 1914, stealing meats to the value
of $16.05, plead guilty this morning to
petty larceny, and was given 10 days
in the county jail and fined $1 and
costs. J. Clinton Searle was his at
torney. Thomas Cace On.
The case of John Thomas, colored,
alleged to have broken into the home
of John Gast, March 3, 1914, and taken
a revolver, stick pin and other valua
bles worth $16.60, was then called for
trial. E. L. Eagle and C. S. Roberts,
his attorneys, were not In court when
the suit was called and Judge B. S.
Bell consented to act as counsel' for
the defendant until their arrival.
Following the Thomas case Walter
Howard and Ray Skinner will be put
on trial for burglary, alleged to have
been committed Feb. 19, 1914, at the
Edward McEniry barn, when a double
set of harness, valued at $110, was
fctolen.
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Mrs. John Lawson and daughter'.'
Mrs. John Hebbeln, were Aledo passen
gers Tuesday.
Jack Winn was a Rock Island visitor
the latter part of the week.
Miss Mabel Nelson spent the past
week visiting relatives in East Gales
burg. Miss Mary Purvis was a Rock Island
shopper Wednesday.
Miss Ethel McCardle is HI.
Henry Moffitt and Mr. and Mrs. John
Boden and daughter Amy motored to
Sherrard Saturday.
John Blane made a business trip to
Viola Tuesday.
Iuis James has returned home
from an extended visit in St. David.
Mrs. Clara Baker met with a very
painful accident Friday when she ran
a needle in her knee . She was taken
to Rock Island, where the X-ray was
used, and later removed to the home
of her daughter in that city. Dr,;C.
M. Murrell accompanied her to Rock
Island.
Mrs. Andrew Garrett and Mrs. Ar
thur Roseen were in the tri-cltles
Thursday.
Ijester Lee, who has been employed
in Rock Island, has returned to Math
erville. Mrs. John Lawson and daughter,
Mrs. E. A. Sherrard, were Rock Island
passengers Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schroeder and
son .Wilbur and Henry Moffitt motored
to Coal Valley Sunday, where they
spent the day with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hebbeln and the
latter's sister. Miss Hazel Lawson,
were Cable visitors Sunday.
Matherville played the first game ot
ball on the local diamond with the
Moline Tigers Sunday. The visitors
defeated the home boys by a score of
2 to C. Matherville has a strong line
up this year, and with a little practice
ought to make one of the best teams
in this part of the country. " .
C. A. Olson was in Rock Island over
Sunday.
Eminent orthalmologlsts have an
nounced that the eyes are not In
jured by watching motion pictures, but
often gain some benefit.
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