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THE nOCK ISLAND ARGUS. THURSDAY. MAY 14, 10U
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MURDERERS ARE
FREED BY A TRICK
Criminals in San Juan de Ulua
' . Released When Using
Others' Names.
ARE MENACE TO VERA CRUZ
.Mexican Army Recruit," Toe III to
Appear, Art Made Victims f
' Hoax Aided by Guard.
: Vera Cm. Mexico. May 14. A
friendly Mexican army officer lias in
formed Gen. Funslon that seventy
murderer. Imprisoned In the fortress
prison of San Juan de Via. were re
leased by mistake by the Americans
and are in Vera Crua or with the
bands that are plundering the country
beyond the American outposts.
: The information, which came direct,
has been confirmed by Prof, t'ousachs
cf the Annapolis Navy academy, a
linguist whom Rear Admiral Badger
And Gen. Funston have put In charge
of the investigation.
- The results so far are that it has
been discovered that before the occu
pation there were 106 men charged
with murder in San Juan. There were
also several scores of political prisoners-and
several hundred other men
w ho were held there simply to become
recruits in the Federal army.
Take Names of "Recruits."
: Among these murderers were many
desperate bandits and professional
criminals most dangerous to any com
munity. i When the United States opened the
prison it freed the political prisoners
and as many of the "recruit" prisoners
as were able to go. A great many of
them, however, were too weak from
their experiences to leave at all.
I The seventy murderers who gained
TWO WOMEN i
1VUIU
OPERATIONS
GENERAL MURRAY '
INSPECTS BORDER
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ABOLISH SALOON
IS PLEA OF WET
Model License League Head Ar
gues People Are Not Actually
Opposed to Liquor Trade.
URGES NEW BALLOT FORM
GMmore Advocates New Plan for Ref
erendum on Four Methods of
Dispensing Alcohol.,
Major-General Arthur Murray.
Major-General Arthur Murray, de
partment commander of the western
department of the army, is now on a
tour of inspection of the border posts.
He will report to the war department
in Washington relative to the present
position of troops in hit command,
s-iiothitr strategic or not, and whether
militia reinforcements are necessary
to take charge of the border line u
the regular troops are ordered over.
;?SgT-
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable
Compound.
Chicago, UL "I must thank you with
all my heart for Lyriia E- Pinkham's
-ivegettoie com-
pound, i usea to go
to my doctor for pills
and remedies and
they did not help me.
I bad headaches and
could not eat, and the
doctor claimed I had
female trouble and
must have an opera
tion. I read in the
paper about Lydia
E. Finkham's Vege
table Compound and I have taken it and
feel fine. A lady said one day, "Oil, I
feel so tired all the time and have head
ache.' I said. 'Take Lydla E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, and she
did and feels fine now." Mrs. M. R.
KAftSCHNiCK, 143S N. Paulina Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
Tb Other Case.
; Dayton, Ohio." Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound relieved me of
pains in my side that I had for years
and which doctors medicine failed to
rehev. It baa certainly saved me from
an operation. I will be glad to assist
yoa by a personal letter to any woman
in the same condition." Mrs. J. W.
Shzber, 126 Cass St., Dayton, Ohio.
'. If yon want special advice
write to JLydla E. Pfnknam Med
idhae Co. (confidential) Lynn,
Mans. TFour letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and beld In strict confidence
Advertlaement.
their liberty simply took the names of
recruits whom they ternnea into si
lence. It has not been disclosed but
it la believed that some of the Mexi
cans keepers and guards aided them.
Th, nwmiit who were left were put
in the cells and ticketed as the dan
gerous prisoners and not until the in
vestigation was begun did any of them
say a word.
Hard Task Still Remains.
The task of separating the innocent
from the thirty-six remaining murder
ers is most delicate, for all of them
now claim to be substitutes. However,
the work is progressing slowly.
The recruits do not want to leave
the prison and when they are freed
they volunteer to remain and work for
their keep.
The old fortress is now a model of
cleanliness. The wet underground
cells are closed and everything else Is
as sanitary as It can be made. The
food Is real food and the treatment
humane.
The recrulta who have gone to work
are only allowed to toil four hours a
day because of their physical condi
tion. They express their gratitude for
their treatment and any time It is
suggested that they can go Into the In
terior as refugees they raise a protest.
It means they would have to go back
into the army.
Widow of Sniner" Aided.
Mrs. Martinez, widow of the wealthy
Spanish "Sniper King." who was killed
by American sailors, is a passenger on
the Mexico, bound for New Orleans.
Mrs. Martines is an American, and
was a refugee aboard the Espiransa
when her husband was shot. He was
a prominent merchant, with a home
near the American consulate. He and
his wife were well known In the for
eign social set.
The effort of some sniper to "get"
Colonel NeviHe of the marine corps
during the fighting led to the discov
ery of Martinez. Every time the col
onel showed himself at a certain cor
ner a bullet would whlxz by him. Fol
lowing the direction, Martinez was
seen seated on his balcony reading a
newspaper.
Closer watch bhowed that once
in a while he would raise an automatic
revolver up under the paper and take
a pot shot at a sailor or marine. They
"got" him through the stomach with a
SDrinrfield. He lineared for m. week.
and spent most of his time begging
tne American surgeons to save mm.
He would not trust the native doctors.
Notice.
Bids will be received at the may
or's office In the city of Rock Island
until 10 a. m.. May 20, 1914. for audit
ing all city accounts. H. M. Schrlrer,
mayor. (Adv.)
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5,918,098 y
jLdfjl Gallons r Sold m 1913
ijriir 1,536,232
1,536,232
Gallons More .Than 1912
me
plants and apparatus makes it possible to pro
duce the utmott in lubricating efficiency in
POLARISE onm grade tor motor cars, motor
tracks, motorcycles aad motor boats of all types
aad makes.
Probably 63 per cent of all motorists ess It.
POLARIKE maintains the correct lubricat
ing body at any motor speed or temperature.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
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Washington, D. C. May 14.-Abolish
the American saloon and sell liquor In
a way more to the liking of Americans
this virtually was the kernel of an
address yesterday afternoon by T. M.
Gilmore, president of the National
Model License league, delivered at the
convention of the National Wholesale
Liquor Dealers' association.
He maintained that the majority
of the people favored neither the sa
loon nor actual prohibition, and he ad
vocated a referendum plan which
would divide the purveying question
Into four parts whether liquors should
be dispensed from saloons, from ho
tels of 20 bedrooms or more, from
cafes without bars or screens, or from
groceries and drug stores In original
packages.
In support of his contention that the
prohibition wave was a demonstration
against the saloon rather than against
the liquor trade In Itself, he argued
that the prohibitionists, in drawing
their laws, "Invariably provide a law
ful channel through which the con
sumer may obtain all the wine, beer
and whisky he may desire.
Denies Liquor Outlawed.
Mr. Gilmore maintained that:
No place In the country actually has
outlawed liquor.
While so-called prohibitory lawi
have proved destructive to distillers
hrpr and other Honor interests, i
citizen of a prohibition state may order
liquor from another state and drink as
much of It as he wishes.
Prohibition of this sort merely in
Jures a legal business without doing
what some of its adovcates say it
will do.
The saloon, he said, was an institu
tion largely peculiar to America and
created for the purpose of serving peo
ple who are in a hurry.
Saloon Causes Antipathy.
"I think the antipathy to the saloon
la dim to tha bar. the screen, the
nernendlcular drinking, the treating
habit, and the exclusion of the women
of the family; and not to the commodl
ties the saloon dispenses," he explain
ed.
"If this is true, then it is undoubted
lv the nart of wisdom for us to make
such changes In our methods of dis
tributing our commodities as the pub
lic desires us to make. We know that
the people of so-called prohibitory
states are In favor of the purchase and
inn of Honors, because thev have made
provision for it In their laws, and that
the people of these states, whether
right or wrong, are not wHIIng to have
thf American saloon, as thev have
known it. reestablished as a factor In
society."
The sneaker said there is no good
reason for standing out against this
sentiment, and. therefore suggested
the use or a ballot similar to the one In
New York, whereby the citizens of any
state could register a legal order re
garding the physical mode of liquor
dispensing.
In this war. Mr. Gilmore contended.
the actual sentiment of nine persons
out of ten on the drink question could
be gained. .Now, it was either a sa
loon or no drink at all. which, he be
lieved, was an unfair attitude.
NOTICE.
Proposals for the Erection of State
Institution Buildings.
Proposals for plumbing, heating, and
sewers.
State of Illinois. Board of Adminis
tration. Springfield, 111- May 11, 1914.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Administration in its office
in the capitol building. Springfield,
111., up to 3 p. m. Monday, June IS,
1914, and then and there publicly open
ed, for the erection of buildings at
state Institutions and for plumbing,
heating and sewers for same, as fol
lows: Psychopathic building for men at the
Elgin state Hospital. Elgin, III.
Sanitary dairy barn at Watertowa
State Hospital, Watertown, 111.
Six (6) cottages, three (3) barns,
and one U) addition to school building
at the St. Charles School for Boys,
St. Charles. 111.
Separate bids for the erection of
the buildings and separate bids for the
beating, plumbing and sewers will be
received.
Plans and specifications may be ob
tained upon application to Hon. James
B. Dlbelka, state architect. 29 South
L Salle street. Chicago. 111.
The hoard reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
FRANK D. WHIPP.
Fiscal Supervisor.
(Adv.)
Hot, hard, disheartening work to stand
all day over a tubful of dirty clothes,
' Mrs. Willing Agrees With Anty
Drudge About Fels-Naptha Soap
Bin. Willing! tell you, Anty Drudge, I don't
mind working when I can have time to rest
after my work is done. Every woman should
certainly know abont Fels-Naptha Soap."
alary Drudge "That's the way I feel, and I try
to tell srsry one about the Fels-Naptha way
tt doing things; it's so easy and so pleasant"
Dreaming in ouuy w,...7 ;
your face and rubbing the skm off your
hands, isn't it?
But there's a better way the "Fels
Naptha Way" and it's a joy to see the
beautiful work Fels-Naptha Soap will do
for you. It washes clothes snowy white,
without hard rubbing or boiling. Dis
solves grease, makes dirt and stains dis
appearand all this in cool or lukewarm
water.
Freshens paint, whitens woodwork,
cleans dishes and makes glass and sil
ver shine. Fels-Naptha Soap does the
hard part of your work.
Follow the
directions
on the Red
and Green
Wrapper.
IT'S THE GREAT
FACTORY SALE OF
Klmballs
at Bovviby's Music House
Which makes Piano buy
ing Easy Prices smashed
Terms easy.
R. M. Brown,
Factory Representative.
Xl'-flkiooD anUfapia HMhi
Better boy
Fels-Naptha
by the
carton
or box.
mi at CO.
FHrLADBLFITlA
DAY IN DAVENPORT
Gives Decision For Vinegar Com
pany. Judge Daum yesterday after
noon gave decision In favor of the de
efndant In the case of the state against
the American Vinegar St Pickling
works on a charge of food adulteration.
Ha held that the evidence of the state
only tended toward proving the offense
against the sanitary law and not food
adulteration and directed that a new
charge be filed under the former stat
ue. The defendant was represented
by Scott & Scott and the state by As
sistant County Attorney Waldo Beck
er. The defendant pleaded not guilty,
seeking to show that the visit of the
authorities resulting in the charge
against the company was instigated
by disgruntled employee. One of the
mooted points about the case, involv
ing the sanitary condition of the pick
ling vats, was in regard to the number
of dead sparrows that had been dis
covered 1n them, all of the testimony
of the state failing to bring out more
than one sparrow.
Gypsies Invade -the City. Roving
bands of gypsies have descended upon
Davenport in great numbers during the
past week or so. and have been a con
stant source of trouble to the police.
Citizens have registered numerous
complaints as to thefts perpetrated by
the wanderers. In many instances
the gypsy maidens have appropriated
various sums of money and articles of
value while in the act of telling for
tunes, and so clever are they that de
tection has not been made until sev
eral minutes after their departure.
One band was driven out of the city
jsterday, and again during the after
noon the police were notified that an
other troupe had stolen various articles
in the west end of town. Officers were
sent out to round up the offenders.
Licensed to Wed. Ray Buster and
Nellie Newton. Davenport; Milan C.
Bui?, Manila, P. I., and Dorothy Haas,
Davenport; William H. Walter. Dav
enport, and Marguerite B. Stevens,
Davenport; George Chawi. Rock Is
land, and Sophie Challberg. Daven
port; Carl L. Doherty and Laura Mels
ner, Dubuue.
Funeral Per Sailor to be Held Fri
day. funeral services for Frank De-
Vorick, the 18-year-old Iowa boy who
loet his life la the taking of Vera Cms.
wm be held at Blakesburg, Iowa, to
morrow afternoon, according to advice
received by Quartermaster J. H. Brady
In charge of the Davenport navy re
cruiting office. Mr. Brady and E.
Grimes of the local office will attend
the funeral.
Cheasm Is Orator en Memorlst Day
Andrew I Cheieto, Davenport attor
ney, ha been selected to deliver the
Memorial day address at the tnonir-
ment at X'.eventh and Main streets.
Mr. Cbesem, who will take at his topic
a patriotic subject, will speak at 11
r 'clock.
the plaintiff June 2, 1911, and is alleged
to have been in a badly decomposed
condition.
Township Graduation Program Is
sued. The program for the graduation
exercises of the schools in Davenport
place for the event will be Vander
Veer park, Davenport, and the time
will be the afternoon of May 20. A
large attendance is expected at the
commencement exercises. The pro
gram follows: Selection, Orphans'
Home band; eong, "America," by all;
recitation, Viola Gay; flag eong. No. 6
schoo'.; concert recitation. Leonard
and Carl Roggenkanip; blue jay song,
Blackhawk school; declamation, Lor
etta Fremd- Felecton bard; re ta
tion, A Littie Flag of Bunting." IC ia
Mosier; drill work, Utica Ridge school;
Farmer's Creed, John Garner; Making
the Flag, No. 9 school; recitation,
"Germany, a Model or a Warning."
Alfred True; address, A. P. Volkman;
address, G. R. Bliss; presentation of
diplomas. Superintendent Ronge; talk
on birds, J. H. Paarmann; song,
"Iowa," by the assembled schools.
Railroad Official Dies at Vinton.
Davenport railroad men have been ad
vised of the death of I. Mitchell, agent
the Rock Island railway, which oc
curred yesterday at his home in Vin
tou. Mr. Mitchell has made numerous
visits to Davenport, and ig well known
here. He had spent many years in ti e
service of the Rock Island.
Obituary Record. Miss Abb:e C.
Mitchell died at the home of Mrs. T. C.
Dalzcll, 832 Kirkwood boulevard. Miss
Mitchell bad been an Invalid for more
than a yew. She was 74 years old.
She was .an aunt of Frank H. Perry of
Davenport. She was born In Clear
mont. N. H., Dec. 9, 1840. In 1840, her
mother, then a widow, and her children
moved to Iowa and located near the
present town of Mitchellville. - Mitch
clMHo was named in honor of the
family. After the death of her mother
Miss Mitchell moved to Des Moines,
where she resided until 1877, when she
returned to Clearmont to take up her
residence with her sister, with whom
Lie lived until last May, when she
camo to Davenport. She Is survived by
her sister, Mrs. Dorothy Blake Perry of
Cloarmont and a number of nieces and
cphews, of whom Frank H. Perry of
davenport Is one. The body was taken
to Dee Moines, where funeral services
will take place. Burial will be in Green
wood cemetery at Des Moines. Mr.
a.nd Mrc. Frank H. Perry accompanied
thJ bedy to Des Moines.
John Kracht, 329 Weet Third street,
Las received word of the death of his
father, Henry Kracht, which occurred
at his home In Clinton Monday night.
Mr. Kranht departed today for Clinton
to attend the funeral. The decedent
v&s born in Germany, but had made
his home in America for 32 years, al
ways In Clinton county, where he had
been a farmer until his retirement,
when he moved to Clinton. He is sur
vived by his wife and seven children,
Mary and Elizabeth in Chicago, John
'cf Davenport, Henry and Harry on the
farm near DeWitt. and Alma and Ther
essa at home. There are also three
brothers, one in Germany, Hans in
Davenport, and John, a farmer, resid
ig near McCausland.
Frank Meinke, 37 years old, died at
2 o'clock this morning at his home.
1209 West Third street. He has been
illng for three years, and has beta.
confined to his bed for the past three
weeks. Mr. Meinke was born is Dav
enport March 20, 1877. He has spent
his entire lift in this city. Surviving
are his mother, Mrs. Margareta Mein
ert, and four sisters, Mrs. John Lane,
Mrs. WMlliam Roenfeldt, Mrs. George
Westphal and Mrs. Clara Nlemeler, til
of Davenport. The funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon from the home, 1209
West Third street, with burial la Oak
cale cemetery.
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District Court.- Petition for divorce
has ben filed bv Ma'y Emma 3
nard against Liyman H. Sheppard. The
couple have been married over 18
years. Cruel and Inhuman treatment
are grounds for the petition.
Aaknr 2.0on indwet neint D.
Snakenberg. the Lone Tree Sanrgs
baak ja nied tult lor the recovery ui
interest and principal on a note given
by the plaintiff In the purchase or
farm implements.
Alleging negligence on the part of
the C. R. I. ft P. Railway company in
not sufficiently Icing oars containing
berries shipped to the plaintiff, the
Tri-Clty fruit and Commission com
pany, has filed suit for $1,058.80 dam
ages asainst the transportation com
pany. The Bh'pment was received by,
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