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THE ROCK ISLAND 'ARGUS, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1914.
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STATE'S WITNESS
IS JAILED ON A
PERJURY CHARGE
Magill Causes Arrest of William
Mitchell Soon as He
Leaves Stand.
CLAIMS DATES WERE MIXED
Remain Behind the Bar Over Night
Sute Declares Object Wa
to Intimidate Others.
William Mitchell. Davenport. wiU
nes for the prosecution in the Bruner
MagiH case, was arrested yesterday af
ternoon, on a charg of perjury on com-r'-alat
ct" U M. Vagill. The charge is
hated on oonvetsation Mitchell alleges
he tad with At'orn-y Magill relative
tr. th? release of his brothers, Thomas
and J. R. Mitchell, frcni custody.
Mitchell's arrest i ordered on a
warrant issued within an hour after
Mitchell had stepped down from the
witn'ss stand. The move created a
mid fetis-aticn around the court house,
where interest in the trial is intense.
Mitcliell. in his sworn testimony, as
Maeill sets cut in his bill of complaint,
declared that h wrnt to Moline 10 to
15 days after June 27, 1912. and held
crnvrrsatirn with the former state's
attorney there, and later in the fore
noon again with Magill and Bruner in
the court houv in Rock Island. Mit
chell's testimony was to the effect that
Magill said it would require HO to get
bis two brothers out of jail.
Hazy on Details.
In the course of his story Mitchell
raid he stopped in a barber shop on
Sixteenth street, Moline. and inquired
the way to MagHl's house from a col
ored porter there. He could not name
tne man or describe his appearance.
On the strength c! this statement Ma
rMl left the court room and arranged
tcr Tom Turk, employed in the Evans
thop on Sixteenth street supposed to
tare been the only one on that street
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Mitchell did not recognUe Turk
either with or without his glasses on,
and Turk did not recognize Mitchell.
Thereupon Magill swore out the war
rant for perjury. In default of $l.nO
bail. Mitchell was committed to the
jail over night. The case was set for
Justice Carl KueM's court at 9 o'clock,
but owing to the inability of State's
Attorney F. E. Thompson to be pres
ent, it was continued until 1 o'clock, at
which time a change of venue was
taken to Justice Jamea W. Maucker's
court. The state asked a continuance
unti tomorrow afternoon, which w-as
granted, Mitchell's bond being fixed
aeain at Jl.ooo. J. I,. Vernon, H. E.
Cast eel and C. J. Larkin signing it
and securing his release.
William McEniry, assistant state's
attorney, in asking for a continuance,
made a statement in which be said:
$1,000 Bonds.
"This is a most extraordinary pro
ceeding. The defendant is charged
with having committed the crime of
perjury in testifying in a criminal case
now pending in the circuit court. If
the regular elected state'? attorney
was prosecuting the case in the cir
cuit court, it would be his duty to in-
vestigate most carefully the proofs as
to whether the defendant Is guilty of
perjury or not. and if. upon such in
vestigation, he satisfied himself that
the defendant was guilty of perjury,
it would be his duty to move the court
to strike the testimony of this witness
from the record, and if he satisfieff
himself upon the investigation that
the witness told the truth as be un
derstood it. Tt would be his duty to
dismiss this proceeding pending be
fore your honor.
"The peculiar situation, however,
arises from the fact that a special
prosecutor has been appointed by the
circuit court to investigate and prose
cute specific charges, and this pro
ceeding has arisen by virtue of this
defendant testifying In the circuit
court, in a matter where the special
prosecutor is prosecuting. Notwith
standing the special prosecutor hav
ing been appointed, that does not re
lieve the state's attorney of his full
duty to prosecute all criminal charges
that in his judgment be thinks should
be prosecuted."
Time was asked to get a transcript
of testimony.
At the conclusion of the motion. At
torney Charles B. Marshall, who rep
resented Mitchell, said:
"This is nothing more than a cold,
bold bluff to intimidate other wit
nesses in the case."
M PERSONAL POINTS
Miss Mary Kane. 905 Nineteenth
street, will leave this evening for the
northwest where she will make her
home. Miss Kane has been a success
ful dressmaker in the city for a num
ber of years.
F. C. Johnson and Dewey Mas?lle
of this city returned this morning
from Chicago, where they spen. sev
eral days. They made the trip on
their motorcycles, leaving them at the
Tuor factory for repairs.
Edwin Dice, court reporter, left to
day for a six weeks visit in the east.
He will spend a month at Marysville,
Pa., with relatives nd then will go
to Atlantic City to attend the annual
meeting of th National Shorthand Re
porters' association. He is to give a
paper, his theme being "The Rela
tion of Local and State Organizations
to the National Association."
II
OBITUARY
Funeral of Carl Albright. .
The funeral of Carl Albright was
held yesterday at 2 o'clock from
Knox's chapel. Rev. F. J. Rolf of the
German Evangelical church had charge
Of the services. Interment was in
German Lutheran cemwtery.
Come
to the 1600 block where business is good an(
trade with merchants that work hard to reduce
the high cost of living.
BUEHLER BROS. HAVE
Pork Shoulder Roasts, per pound 12c
Pork Steak, per pound 14c
Pork Loin Roasts, per pound 14c
Jowl Bacon, per pound 1212C
Smoked Spare Ribs, per pound 11c
Cervelat Summer Sausage, per pound 17c
Pickled Pigs Feet, in vinegar, per pound. 6c
Choice Corned Beef, per pound 10&
Limburger Cheese, 2-lb. bricks, per pound . . . 1 3c
Brick Cheese, half or whole brick, per lb 15C
Milk, large size, two cans for 15c
Milk, small size, 3 cans for 10c
Sauer Kraut, per can 8c
Salmon, per ran 8c
BUEHLER BROS.
1600 BLOCK
Rock Island
NOSTRUM TRAFFIC
IS UNDER THE BAN
Government Prosecutes Num
ber of Shippers of Mis
branded Goods.
Washington. D. C. July 17. The U.
S. department of agriculture has re
cently issued a large number of no
tices of Judgment Involving shipments
of drug products adulterated or mis
branded in violation of the food and
drugs act.
A shipment by the William Radam
Microbe Killer company. New York,
N. Y, from the state of New York into
the state of Minnesota, consisting of
5;!9 boxes and 322 cartons of Radam'B
microbe killer, was alleged to be mis
branded. for the reason that state
ments appearing on the labels'of the
packages regarding the curative and
therapeutic effect of the product were
false and fraudulent. This case was
one of the first brought by . the gov
ernment under the Sherley amend
ment to the food and drugs act, passed
Aug. 2". 1012. The purpose of this
amendment is the more effectual pre
vention of interstate traffic in that
class of preparations or patent medi
cines purporting to be "cure-alls." A
circular accompanying the shipment
represented the medicine as being a
remedy for practically every ailment
to which the human system is subject.
In this case, after a jury had 'foimd
for the government, the court ordered
the goods destroyed by the U. S. mar
shal. A product called "Fernet Milano,"
shipped into Michigan by Pasnuale
Gargiuio. doing business under the
name and style of P. Gargiuio & Co.,
p.ew York, N. Y., was alleged to be
misbranded. The product, offered un
der the name of another well known
article, Fernet Milano. was merely an
imitation and the label failed to ber.r
a statement of the quantity or propor
tions of alCohoI contained in the arti
cle which was shown to be Z'i.l per
cent by volume. The article, further
more, p.vas so labeled as to create the
impression that it was of foreign man
ufacture, when as a matter of fact It
was made in the United States. The
defendant pleaded guilty and the court
impesed a fine of $tn.
The William A. Webster company,
Memphis, Tenn.. was charged with the
interstate shipment of quantities of
adulterated and misbranded wine of
cocoa leaves, acetanilid and sodium
bromide compound tablets. "Anti
vomit Tablets." aspirin tablets, cold
tablets, quinine tablets, salol tablets,
and sodium salicylate tablets: and
misbranded bismuth and calomel com-1
pound tablets. The company pleaded
guilt- and the court imposed a fine of
$lf. with cost.s of $12.95.
Two other caFes against th? same
company alleged the shipment of a
quantity of -neuralgic pills, and diar- I
rhoea calomel pills, which were, adul- J
terated and misbranded in both in-'
stances. The labels stated that Whs j
pills in each shipment contained re-!
spectively 1-20 and 1-10 grain of mor-
phine sulphate, each, where as a mat-
ter o fact the morphine content was
much less than represented. In each
case the court imposed a fine on the i
defendant company of $10, with coEts
of $12.95.
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when they were struck by the Mis
souri River express on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. T;e
dead are:
AUGUST TYLER, undertaker at
Genoa.
PAVING PROJECT
PASSED BY BOARD
The board of local improvements
at a session this morning passed tlid
Fortieth street paving project and or
dered an ordinance prepared and sub.
mitted to the council. The territory
lies between Fifth and Seventh avenues.
DAVENPORT MAN IS
ARRESTED IN CITY
Sergeant Arthur Kinsley and Officer
Gus Kirsch arrested William Wilson,
Davenport, on a charge of larceny. It
is alleged that Wilson stole a bicycle
and attempted to sell it to a Belgian
residing in this city. He was turned
over to the Davenport police, upon
whose information be w-as arrested.
THREE SLAIN BY A TRAIN;
HURLED FROM A BRIDGE
Chicago, III.. July 17. Three per
sons were killed last evening three
quarters of a mile west of Genoa, 111.,
SCHUETZEN PARK THIS
WEEK
CREATORE'S BAND
Kindling wood, slate roof
ing, good furnace for sale,
cheap, at Dart residence,
7th ave. 22nd st.
"Hello"
Here We Are
Again
Bartenders' Stag Picnic at
the Hole in the Fence, Sun.
day, July 19.
Large New
Potatoes
1 Per Ph. 25c
AT
700 12th St.
For Saturday
Monday and
Tuesday
Sweet corn, per dozen 10c
Fresh tomatoes, per
basket 15c
Fancy cucumbers, each ....5c
Fresh wax beans, 2 lbs. 15c
Fancy apples, per basket, 15c
Large eating peaches,
per basket 15c
Eating plums, per basket, 15c
Large ripe cantelopes, 3 for 25o
Large ripe watermelon,
each 35q
Sweet oranges, each lc
Regular 40c oranges, per
dozen 29c
Fancy' lemons, per dozen.. 2 9c
6 cans Pet milk .-25c
2 tall cans salmon 25c
2 cans corn or tomatoes.-. . 1 5c
2 lbs. gingersnaps or soda
crackers 15c
Fresh creamery butter,
per pound 27VaC
6 boxes Noiseless matches, 19c
3 cans peas 25c
2 pngs. Cornflakes 15c
2 pkgs. Grape-Nuts or Shred-
ded Wheat 25c
Regular 40c brooms 29c
10 bars Lenox soap 33c
Regular 30c Peaberrj' coffee,
per pound 25c
Regular 25u coffee, per lb., 19c
Golden Rod coffee, per lb., 25c
Regular 20c cake chocolate, 15c
Regular 25c can of cocoa. . . 1 9c
Regular 25c bottle Snyder's
catsup 19c
Regular 60c teas, per-lb... 39c
Jersey Cream flour, per
sack $1.33
Gold Rim or Northwestern
flour, per sack $1.39
20 Its. best cane sugar
tor $1.00
We carry a full lineif dry
goods, shoes and furnishings at
lowest prices.
Brady Sells for Less.
Phone, R. I. 443 or 869.
D.-livery to any part of city.
MISS MAY ROBINSON.
MRS. F. J. BENTON.
They are said to have been watch
ing the passing of an Illinois Central
railroad train on a bridge which spans
the St. Paul railroad right-of-way and
failed to hear the whistle of the ex
press. They were hurled from the
bridge.
PLANS FOR KEOKUK
BRIDGE CONSIDERED
Plans for the new Kokuk-Hamilton
bridge which is to be erected at Keo
kuk, were discussed at a conference
held this morning at the postoffice
between Major George M. Hoffman of
the U. S. engineer's ofllce tnl Tk
dore Gilman of New York, fecmiH
of the bridge company.
The improvement will involve, ti
probability, an expenditure of wm
hundred thousand dollars. ThtWt-
will be used for wagon, railrotl e:l
interurban purposes.
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