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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1914.
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MAY TRY
10 OUST SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR HERE
Understood That the Former
State's Attorney Wi'l Start
Quo Warranto Proceedings.
flCOD PLANS CONTINUING:
5,y H Will Try Remaining Caaes
M Soon as a Judge Can Be Se
cured Criticises Olmsted.
. .. i Block Business Men's association do-
Tt next move under consideration nate to the AssocUted charities. West
,4 tie Prt of M- Martll. defendant End Settlement and the Visiting
g a number of rase5 pending in cir- Nurses association, share and share
-it court, charging bribery and con-'alike a11 Prizes remaining unclaimed
Piracy, is a quo warranto proceeding " th P,rese,nt time that "00
piracy. v j merchants dispose of the articles at
B oust Georg. Wood as special prose- public auction, the proceeds to be
citor. It 5' understood. divided among the above named
jlr. Magi'.l in taking the matter be- j charitable organizations,
art court will question the right of. The annual banquet and election of
Attorney Wood to act in such capacity j offlcers w ill be held on the night of
be will endeavor to secure an in
jaaction restraining the county board
Ton paying Mr. Wood as special
prosecutor.
jlie case dismissed yesterday was
tie only one to be tried before Judge
g Olmsted, the remaining cases
ipinst Bruner and Magill having
yea transferred to Judge E. C. Graves,
chinfes of venue having been taken
H each from Judges Olmsted and
Rim sar
Judge Graves is now busy with other
aces elsewhere in the district. He
gitti at the conclusion of the last
bribery case here that he would be un
iSle to try any more cases, since his
tixies elsewhere demanded his atten
tion. Besides a great deal of court work
threnphout this circuit he is one of
the circuit court judges, sitting on the
icpellate court bench at Chicago.
This will mean that if any other of j
de cases are to be tried, some judge
from a district outside . of this will
SiTe to be called in.
Wood Wants New Judge.
Attorney Wood, according to state
cents made this morning, plans on
prosecuting the remainder of the
cues.
"I see no reason why we won't go
ahead with the rest of the cases stand
fc against Mr. Bruner and Mr. Ma-
said Attorney Wood in an inter-:
V.e over the telephone this morning, j
"I will proceed with the oi.ier cases This game will be handled like the
u soon as another Judge comes here, regular high school contests, according
What case I will take up first I do not to Mr. Roe, as the teams will be out
know, but there are still half a dozen fitted in the high school suits, pads,
indictments against Bruner and the and other football material. The or
ume number against Maglll. These , ganizlng of boy and girl basket ball
charge conspiracy, briber)' and some J tearra has already been begun, and a
IOCS.
"As for the case yesterday I have
Ettle to say. The action of the court
speaks for Itself."
1600 PRIZES TO
GO TO CHARITY
free Articles to Be Auctioned
Off in Block on Saturdav !
November 28.
An important meeting of the 1600
Block Business Men's association was
teld this nooa at 12:30 at the Rock
blind house following a luncheon. ,
Conre P. Herzoe. vice Dresident of i
tfc lum'illnii nroeMoH
It was decided that the articles re- i
naming in the "Manufacturers' Week ' ,
exhibit would be sold at auction on j
ftimr,- v- th. 9n,P.in h.rf cttld damaees. but Wilson
oon In the 1600 block, and as there
ire many valuable articles remaining.
l large crowd is expected to attend.
Tne proceeds of the sale will be given
to tn charitable organizations of the
tity to be distributed among the
orthy poor. William M. Beal. J. H.
fallen and H. W. Miller are in
tfcirge of the sale.
The following resolutions were pass
d it the session today:
- Whereas, A number of prizes In the
fnt manufacturers' exhibit display
ire not been claimed; and.
Whereas. It is the wish of this as-
Did you find
your present
at Bowlby's
Many have dene so
within last few days
SAVE YOUR TAG.
It's the great factory
sate of the world's leading
Pianos The Kimball.
100 pianos MUST be
wld. New and attractive
offer SI 40.00. $175.00,
$219.00.
Factory representative t n
charge.
Go al once to Bowlby's
!
For the Santa Claus Good Fellow
Cut Out and Mail to The Argus.
I hereby agree to buy Christmas gifts for (give
number) poor children. I desire that the
names of the poor children, together with their ages
and addresses, be furnished me through The Argus
Santa Claus Fund Committee.
Signed
Address
soclatlon not to hold these prizes any
longer: therefore, be it
ResoTTed. That the Sixteen Hundred
Dec. 14 with a dinner at 6:30 at the
Rock Island house. The property own
ers in the 1600 block will be cordially
invited to attend and fhe committee
in charge is planning to make the af
fair one that will be long remembered.
SCHOOLS TO PLAY
FOR THE HONORS
Lincoln and Hawthorne Elevens
Wi'l Battle for Grade
Championship.
According to H. N. Roe, physical di
rector in the public 6chools of this
city, there will be a game staged be
tween the Lincoln and Hawthorne
school elevens to decide the grade
school championship of the city. The
teams of these two schools have tri
umphed over all of the school elevens
against which they were pitted this
season, and are now matched for the
deciding game.
Roe is jubilant over the success cf
his grade school football schedule, and
the spirit and material which was
shown by the various school elevens.
schedule will be arranged.
Mr. Roe also announces that in re
ward to the school that is the most
perfect In the various drills and
calisthenic exercise which have been
given, a bronze plaque will be
awarded to the winning school.
REPLEVIN SUIT OVER
HOGS FINALLY SETTLED
The writ of replevin suit started
i vesterdav afternoon before Justice of
the Peace Carl Kuehl by W. H. Wilson
to recover 20 hogs weighing 175 pounds
each, was settled yesterday aiternoon
in Justice Maucker's court, the defend
ant securing a change of venue. Wil-
enn claimed that his hogs were m
possession of Edward Brehmer, a.
neighbor, who resides one mile south
of Taylor Ridge.
It appears that Wilson's swine got
over Intn A field of COm OD the
Brehmer farm and consumed a con -
siderable amount of fodder. Brehmer,
refused to give up the hogs until Wll-1
would not agree to the amount asked
Joseph A. Jourdin
. . Anglesbury, Saskatchewan, Can.
Rose Mohair
.. Anglesbury, Saskatchewan, Can.
Leonard Wexell Cambridge
F-irAn Anderson Sumner. Iowa
William T. Lewis South Moline
Josephine Kroeger South Moline
James M. Spillman Peoria
Carrie E. Twimby Cedar Rapids
James J. Normoyle Rock Island
Marv O'Brien Rock Island
Camiel Lerbegle East Moline
Mary Goethals East Moline
John R. Koch Rock Island
Olga T. Swanson Moline,
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
II
Last night the junior class of the
high school held a meeting in which
j severa Important matters were de
; cided upon. Among them was a reso
I lution which places the class dues at
: $1.50 for the year instead of the usual
i dollar. The date for be class party
j was also decided upon as Dec. 11, one
' week after the senior affair. The dif
I ferent committees for the occasion
j were appointed by President Edgar
! James including those on program, ln-
I vitation, menu ana aecomuuu.
j It Is thought that the local high
school eleven will be taken to lowa
City to see the Iowa-Cornhusker game,
which will be held at that place next
j Saturday. Nov. 21.
! The Queen Esther guild of the Mem
! orial Christian church will conduct a
dairy lunch, cafeteria style. Thursday
I from 11:30 to 1:3) o'clock In the
I church dining room. The public is in
vited.
The new Lumiere typhoi
for the swallowing of If
week In powde
an antidote to the war ger
powder capsules, they ari
FORMER MAYOR
PITTSBURGH HERE
Hon. W. A. iMag.ee and Canal
Board Inspect River Work
at This. City.
GUESTS MAJOR HOFFMAN
Pennsylvania Men of Prominence on
Commission to Prepare Plana
for Monster Canal.
Hon. W. A. Magee, formerly mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., and other promi
nent Pennsylvania men. members of
the Lake Krie and Ohio river canal
board, were in Rock Island yesterday
inspecting work on the Mississippi
river here, at Moline and Milan. They
were guests of Major G. M. Hoffman
engineer-in-chief at the local United
States engineers' office.
Other members of the board, all of
whom were appointed by Governor
Tener of Pennsylvania, were A. S. Mc
Swigan and Jas. A. Chambers, Pitts
burgh, and T. P. Sloan, Washington
county. Pa.
Their visit here was to inspect the
canals and work on rivers, with a view
to preparing plans to be adopted for
the Lake Erie and Ohio river canal,
which will extend from Lake Erie to
the Ohio river at Pittsburgh. The es
timated tonnage of the canal per year
is seven million tons, mostly coal and
iron ore.
The legislature of Pennsylvania has
authorized the inspection and the ap
pointment of the board by Governor
Tener followed.
Inspect Locks.
The party came to this city yester
day morning following the inspection
the previous day of the work at Keo
kuk. Major Hoffman escorted the
men over the Moline locks and pool
and the Rock Island rapids. This end
of the Hennepin canal was also visit
ed. The commission was particularly
interested In the waterway from Chi
cago to the Mississippi and Illinois
rivers.
The members left early this morn
ing over the Rock Island lines for
rvixoirn Fnrnuta ihov will view the
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Hennepin canal and t,he Illinois and
Michigan canal, both of which run a
good portion of the way. near and par
allel to the Rock Island.
BRING CASE TO COURT BUT
SETTLE WITHOUT TRIAL
Hogs, corn and horses figured in t
case which was up before Justice J.
W. Maucker Tuesday afternoon, ana
a large numoer or mieresiea paring
and witnesses from the vicinity oi
Keynoias came to i:ie cuy 10 iane pan
"in It. After the selection of a jury
naa oeen Degun, nowever, me yumes
got together and settled out of court
H. W. Wilson brought a replevin
action to recover 20 shoats which Ed-
wara urenmer, a ue.g-iour,
a neig-iDor, naa
penned up when he found them in nis
corn. Mr. Wilson admitted that the
animals had gotten through his own
fence, but insisted that they had not
destroyed more than 10 bushels o
corn, while Mr. Brehmer said 100
bushels of corn had been eaten or
ruined. Depredations of a boar and a
claim of Brehmer against Wilson aris
ing over horses figured in the dispute.
CHRISTMAS MORN
FOR UNFORTUNATE
Story of the Child Disappointed
in the Vision of Saviour
as a Beggar.
ANENT SANTA CLAUS FUND
Argus Preparing to See That Hundreds
of Little Ones Are Not Over
looked at Yuletide Season.
With the poetry of her child mind
open to the beautiful things that ap
peal, a little girl, so the story goes.
sat under the instruction of a teacher
of fine character and understanding
of child life. She had interested hei
pupils many times in wonderful stor
ies, and among t.iem had told them
the beautiful story of the Babe o
Bethlehem, of His birth in a lowlj
manger, of His early youth and wis
dom, of His great loving kindne
and brotherly love, of His acts of char
ity and the thoughtfulness as He grew
in years, and of His suffering and
death on the cross.
The little girl of our story became
deeply interested, especially in the
story of the Christ Child, and. wide
eyed, devoured everything that was
told her about Him and begged fo
more of the beautiful story. So inter
ested and engrossed in the life ot
such a lovely character did sh be
come that she conceived a great long
ing to see the Christ to have Him
give her His blessing to look in His
pure face that she prayed fervently
night after night with all the faith ot
a child, that He might he revealed
unto her. For she had been tpld that
the Christ Child is among us if we but
have eyes to see.
One night a bright vision appeared
to be In her sleep. A white-robed an
gel came to her and bending down
with His white wings hovering over
her, whispered that her prayers would
be answered that on the morrow
early she should see the Savior. The
angel told her He would come to her
home, would knock at her door, and
that she should admit Him and re
ceive His blessing. The child was
wild with delight and could scarcely
await the coming of the bright day
when she was to see the beautiful,
kind Savior. Morning came and she
eagerly awaited the expected ' knock
at the door. But she had not long to
wait, for scarcely had she started the
day when a gentle wrap at the door
summoned her to it. She threw it
open wild with expectation and
pleasure to find not a beautiful white
robed Savior but a ragged, sick, dirty
beggar. She closed the door quickly,
shutting out the unpleasant sight, and
cried bitter tears of cruel disappoint
ment. Again she prayed for a view of
the Savior, and again an angel in a
vision told her that on the morrow
the Savior would knock at her door.
and three nights in succession the vis
ion appeared, and three days she was
disappointed when she opened the
door In response to a knock, only to
find the poor beggar.
Becomes Charitable Woman.
With the bitterest of disappoint
ment the child that night complained
in her prayers that she had three
times been promised a visit from the
Savior by a vision that had appearea
to her that she had prayed each
night that on the morrow He would
come and bless her, and each day only
a poor beggar nad greeted ner when
she answered a knock at her door.
She was soon fast asleep, when sud
denly a .vision more lovely than any
previous one w-as revealed to her. A
form radiant and beautiful appeared
to her and said. "Three times has the
Savior knocked at your door and you
did not know Him a stranger, hun
gry, athirst and sick, and you minis,
tered not unto Him. He came in the
form of a beggar and you did not
know Him you did not receive Him."
'Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of
the least of these, ye did it not to
Me." The child's eyes were opened
she grew to womanhood and became
a great gooa woman, ministering to
the poor and afflicted, believing that
some day she would be ministering
to the Christ Child. The story is
beautiful its application is patent.
The Argus is making a special ef
fort this year in behalf of the poor
children of the city and is endeavoring
through its Santa Claus Fund to reach
many who approach the Christmas
season with all the faith of childhood
that Christmas morn will find them
surrounded with gifts and warm cloth
ing which the good Saint Nick has
left on his journey over the house
tops and down chimneys the night be
fore, and who are bound to be disap
pointed if The Argus Santa does not
Intervene in their behalf. Unless The
Argus Santa Claus looks after these
children there will be bitter disap
pointment among them and many a
little heart will ache, it would seem,
almost to bursting.
AH Can Assist.
The Argus has told its plan so often
you must know it. Funds are collect
ed each year by free-will offering and
put into a fund which is used to buy
gifts" for the poor children of the city
and where necessary warm clothing
as mittens, caps, shoes, stockings and
underwear, etc., but always some gift
that will please them and which they
feel is not a real necessity. A com
mittee of ladies, of which Miss DIna
Ramser and Mrs. C. T. Dugard are the
chairmen, look after the buying and
distribution of the gifts, carefully In
vestigating each family to ascertain
the merits of the case and find what
Is best to give the children of that
particular family. The Argus has a
list of over 500 children it does not
look after the grown-ups, other or
ganizations do that who are expect
ing a visit from Its Santa Claus.
Will you do jour part
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I ORDER THAT OVERCOAT NOW
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SLEPT OFF SOUSE
CITY FLOOR HALL
Milan Man Detected by Com
missioner and Dragged
Down Stairs.
Dick Fitzimmons will go down in
the history of the police department
as the boldest plain drunk ever ar
rested. Dick was caught in the act
of snoozing off a souse in the city
hall.
Dick was detected sleeping peace
fully In the hall of the second floor of
the city hall by Commissioner Martin
Rudgren. The police were called and
the united efforts of Officers Fitzim
mons and Kell were required to drag
Dick to the lower floor. Down steps
he was towed and across floors, but
he continued in slumber like a patient
on an operating table under an anaes
thetic. After much effort he was awakened.
. "What's your name?" demanded the
desk sergeant.
Looking about him he espied Officer
Fitzimmons, and puckering up his lips
with a smack of determination he re
plied: "Fitzimmons Dick Fitzimmons."
"Give him 60 days," shouted the of
ficer of the same name.
The fellow is said to be from Milan
and bearing a different name but this
morning he was released without a
trial. It would hardly have been fair
for the police to soak him after he had
availed himself uninvited of their hos
pitality. ARRESTED ON ASSAULT
AND BATTERY CHARGE
J. D. Burton appeared before Justice
Kuehl this morning with a badly bruis
ed countenance and swore out a war
rant against Joe Exner, charging hirai
with assault and battery. It seems
that the two men got into an argu
ment Saturday evening, after which
Burton claims Exner beat him up.
Exner appeared before Justice Kuehl
this morning and asked for a contin-
IF BACKACHY OR
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat Less Meat Also Take
Glass of Salts Before Eat- i
ing Breakfast.
Uric acid In meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache and feel like lumps of
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
uisauer is irnwiea iwo or iure limes
during the night. When the kidneys
fin? Tnn mil K t hAln f-hAmi flnnh rtfP thai
body's urinous waste or you'll be
real sick person shortly. At first you
feel a dull misery In the kidney re
gion, you suffer from backache, sick
headache, dirtiness, stomach gets
sour, tongue coated and yon feel rheu
matic twinges when the weather la
bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;'
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces or Jad salts; take a table
spoonful In a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This fa
mous salts Is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with llthia and has been used for gen
erations to clean clogged kiflneys and
stlnmiltae them to normal activity,
also to neutralize he acids In urine,
so It no longer Is a source of Irrita
tion, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot In
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
llthla-water drink which everyone
should take bow and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts to
folks who believe In overcoming kid
ney trouble while it Is only trouble.
Harper House pharmacy. (Advj
Cold weather is coming and
if you place your order now you
will be prepared, and remember
my guarantee goes with every
suit or overcoat that goes out
of my shop at
g and $
HAEGE I TAILOR
IN THE 1800 BLOCK
uance until Friday at 10 o'clock, which
was granted. Attorney J. K. Scott ap
peared for the defenaant.
WORK NEAR HERE
ON RIVER ENDING
After Coming Week All Labor
Will Cease on Stream
Above Keokuk, la.,
By the end of the next week all
work on the Mississippi river above
Keokuk will be ended for the season.
Today the dredge 'Mayon" with her
fleet prepared for the winter harbor at
Milan and will be followed by the
dam construction forces, both of which
have been employed below the city.
The dredge was at work near Mont
pelier, Iowa.
By the end of the next week the
dam constructing forces above Musca
tine will be in winter harbor, but
work at Keokuk and below will con
tinue for several weeks longer, that
is providing the weather permits. The
usual occurrence is, that at points be
low Keokuk the cold spell arrives
much later than here.
It requires some time to get into
winter harbor and as a result much
caution and study of weather condi
tions is required to avoid being caught
in the Ice.
1800 MERCHANTS
HAVE NOVEL PLAN
Turkeys and Money to Be Given
on "Good Fel'owship
Day," Dec. 9.
The 1800 Block Merchants club held
a meeting at 10:30 this morning, at
which time a "Goodfellow Day" plan
was arranged. The merchants of the
club are to give away $100 in prizes,
consisting of a $20 gold piece, 50 tur
keys and many other valuable arti
cles. Starting the latter part of this week
or the first part of next week, the mer
chants will give away coupons with
each purchase of five cents or more.
When the customer has secured one
dollar's worth of small coupons, they
can be redeemed at any of the stores
in the 1800 block for a $1 coupon,
which will be numbered. The prises
will be given away on December 9,
which will be known as "Goodfellow
Day."
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OBITUARY
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Funeral of Mrs. Nancy Batchelor.
The funeral of Mrs. Nancy A. Batch e-
' lor was held at 10 o'clock this morn
ing from the home, 1928 Ninth avenue.
Rev. O. T. Dwinell, assisted by Rev. T.
Fry, Muscatine, had charge of the
services. Interment was in Chippian
nock cemetery.
Funeral of William Callahan.
The funeral of William Callahan was
held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from
the home of his mother, Mrs. Anna
Callahan at Coal Valley. Rev. Wil
liam Baird had charge of the services.
Interment was made at Coal Valley
cemetery.
Funeral of Mrs. Nye.
The funeral of Mrs. Angie Nye, old
Rock Island resident, was held at 2
o'clock this afternoon from the home,
728 Fourteenth street. Rev. M. E.
Chatley of the Memorial Christian
church had charge of the services,
which were private. Burial was in
Chippiannock cemetery.
It Is said that the residents of is
lands and small peninsulas live long
er than persons who dwell on the
mainland.
All the news all the ttir.e The Argus.
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WOMAN CHARGES
HOBBY IS CRUEL
Rock Island Wife Files Suit for
Divorce, Asking Alimony
and Custody of Child.
Charging that her husband, Alexis
Taylor -ated here with extreme
cruel once he nearly sev
ere' of her hands, Mrs.
Ge, s city, this
morninb "y H. M,
McCaskrin,
court for a div
Mrs. Taylor stat
she was married to .u.
4, 1904, and that on April
struck her with a strap, uu iue ena
of which was a piece of sheet-iron,
which nearly cut off one of her fingers.
She stated that on June, 1910, and on
divers other occasions he treated her
with cruelty, beating and bruising
her.
She stated that her husband earned
$2.50 per day at the Rock Island Stove
works and that the court should
grant her alimony with which to sup
port herself and 1.0-year-old daughter.
Myrtle. She also asks the custody of
the child.
CHAPTER MASONS
HAVE FINE TIME
Aledo Royally Entertains When
75 Companions From This
City Give Degrees.
Seventy-five members of Rock Is
land chapter No. 18, Royal Arch Ma
sons, went to Aledo last evening to
confer degrees on a class of three
candidates. hTe trip was made on a
special interurban car leaving at 6:15
and returning at 12:30.
Following the degree work a lunch
was enjoyed. The following officers
of the local chapter exemplified the
secret work, H. A. Clevenstine, high
priest, acting as master of ceremon
ies: High Priest G. H. Walters.
King J. W. Houder.
Scribe E. H. Ash.
Secretary L. C. Dougherty.
Captain of Host C. A. Hallgren.
Principal Sojourner A. D. Welch.
Royal Arch Captain T. E. Janken
son. Master of Third Veil J. D. Thomp
son. Master of Second Veil O. W,
Schwenker.
Master of First Veil J. S. Rozanskl
Sentinel C. W. Horton.
The Rock Island Commandery quar.
tet, composed of E. E. Russell, J. G.
Woodbury, A. G. Carlson and E. H.
Wilson, sang during the evening and
the music was much appreciated.
CLELAND ARRESTS MAN
FOR DISTURBING PEACE
Ben Dubbler, residing one mile
southwest of Milan, was arrested by
Constable D. J. Cleland of this city
this morning on a charge of disturbing
the peace. It is charged that he
whipped a neighbor. He was arraigned
before Police Magistrate C. J. Smith
this afternoon and went to county
jail in default of bonds in the sum
of $400 for his appearance for trial
Saturday afternoon.
IPERSONAL POINTS j
C. B. Knox has returned from Col
fax Springs, where he has been tak
ing treatment fcr the last month. He
is much Improved in health.
Nicholas Littlg has returned to his
home in Chicago, having been called
here by the death of his brother, John
Littig. He was accompanied home by
hU granddaughter, Grace Olson. .
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