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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29
IN RYMEA'S BONDS
Arthur C. KahIke and Miss Olga
RochoW are Joined in
WedIock.
Is A PINK AND WHITE AFFAIR
After Short Tour Couple Viii
Leave for Fut IRE Home on
Pacific Coast.

At the home of the brides parents
on Third street were celebrated last
evening the nuptials of Arthur c.
Kahlke and Miss Olga Rochow. The
wedding was performed at 8 O'Clock
by Rev. Ernest ID. Mennicke, assistant
pastor OF the German Lutheran
church, the ring ceremony being fol-
lowed and the bride given in wedlock
by her father.
The couple were accompanied by
Carl j. f. Rochow, brother of the
bride, as best man. aud Miss Blanca
Denkmann. of Davenport, as brides
maid. ] he bride was attired in a cos
tune of creme du CHEN over taffeta
aud carried white roses. The brides
maid wore pink and carried asters
The parlors were tastefully decorated,
the prevailing colors being pink and
white. The couple were the recip-
tents of many costly presents.
Following the ceremony and con-
gratulations, the company present
partook of collation., and late in the
evening Mr. and Mrs. Kablke took a
train for the east for q short wedding
trip. Upon their return they will re-
main a short time in the city and
then leave for their future home in
Seattle, Washington, where the groom
has q cottage waiting for his bride.
Locates In Far West.
The groom is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter N. Kahlke and was born
and reared in Rock Island. From
here he attended high scho 81 and went
to college, accepting about year
ago a responsible position in one OF
the largest banks in Seattle. The
bride is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Rochow. and likewise of Rock
Island nativity and training. She is Il
graduate of the Rock Island High
schooland took course at the state
university. Both the young people arc
of the city's best, and the good wishes
of their frien's and classmates anC
townspeople will follow them to theil
new home and always.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29
MISUSES THE MAILS
Wallace n. Bowker Goes to Fill
Engagement and Meets
Officer.
AUTHOR OF IMMORAL LETTERS
Which He Addresses to a l6-
Year-Old Girl.-Makes
Confession.
AUTHOR OF IMMORAL LETTERS

Wallace FL. Bowker, foreman in the
local Burlington freight Office, was
arrested last evening at Prospect
park by Inspector b. II. GilberG, of
the postoffice department. and Chief
of Police Kittilsen, OF Moline. on a
charge of using the mails for the
transmission of literature of lasciv-
ious and immoral nature.
Bowker resides in this city at IVA
First avenue. Realizing that it would
be futile to deny anything, he broke
down and confessed everything. The
confession was later put in writing
and signed by Bowker.
Last July B)wker sent the first of
his immoral missives. Ia this letter,
the recipient, n young girl. hardly 10
years old, visiting near Bowker's
place of residence, was invited to
visit his house, his wife being absent
for the summer. The young girl. rs
soon as she discovered what the pur-
port of the letter was, turned it over
to the lady friend with whom she was
visiting. and who in turn gave the
letter to the girls father.
Parent Becomes Furious.
The parent was furious and at first
was inclined to take matters into h 5
own hands. but he was prevailed upon
by friend who is employed in the
postal service to let the law take it's
course with the culprlt. The letters
were turned over to- Postmaster
Thomas, who forwarded them to the
secret service officers of the depart
ment, and as result of this, Inspec-
tor Gilbert came to the city.
Mr.. Gilbert. who says that the let
ters were as lewd and as immoral as
any which have ever been brought to
his notice, Immediately started to
work upon the case AT the sugges-
ton of the postmaster and the inspec
tor, the girl penned a note in reply to
Bowker's last letter.
In it she stated that she had not re
sponded to his letters because she
was closely watched, but that she
would meet him at some place other
than his home. The letter was sent
| by the first mail and in the afternoon,
through the general delivery, came q
reply fixing the meeting at the ter
minal at Prospect park last evening.
| Arrangements were made to have al
officer on the grounds in citiz ans
clothes. and toward evening Inspector
Gilbert and the young girl boarded 8
car for the park. Bowker had not yet
arrived, but some time later he was
seen by the girl to emerge from a
clump of trees.
The officer kept reasonably near in
the background. Bowker advanced
ami shook hands with the girl, the
officer stepped up, asked the girl il
tn was the fellow, and receiving an
affirmative reply placed him under
arrest.
Bowker Under Bond.
Bowker was given a hearing this
morning and was bound over in
81 500 bonds, as the federal court
does not meet until October. As yet
he has not secured bondsmen. The
penalty for the offense of which Bow
ker is accused is a fine of 50, 900 or
| i've years Imprisonment or both.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29
PERSONAL POINTS.

Mrs. NJ. Taxman is visiting in Mus
CT tue.
Miss Mabel Friestat is visiting in
Rapids City.
Lee Watson, of Br0wnwood, Tex,
is At the Harper.
Frank Huntoon. of Manistee, Mich,
is visiting in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Rim. of Chi
cage, are at the Harper.
Mrs G Nj. Kerns and daughter are
V sitting in Ottumwa, Iowa.
C.. Duke and wife. of Dallas. Tex 4.
are registered at the Harper.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. +. West and daugh-
ter Ruth left this morning for Chi
cago.
c. ID. Hall. proprietor of the
Arlington hotel of Galosburg. is in
the city.
S. F. Boyd, general passenger agent
at Davenport for the Rock Island, is
in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Lamont Went
to Burlington on the w. j. Young
last evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Voss, of Low
Moore, Iowa, visited with Rock Island
friends today.
1. r Dillingham; and Miss l.. John
son, of London, England, were regis
tered at the Harper yesterday.
Albert f chelsdoerfer left yesterday
for Ames, Iowa, to enter college for
the study of mining engineering.
c. j. Searle went to New Windsor
today to deliver an address at the re-
union of the 1921 Illinois volunteers.
Commodore Charles McHugh and
party are expected home tonight after
a trip TO st. Louis in his launch, Mary
Nc.
Richard Mcmahon, for a number of
years past a resilient Of Chicago, is
calling on relatives and friends in the
city.
Miss Fannie Kennedy. who has been
visiting at the home IF Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Sage. left this morning for her
home in Peoria.
Hiram Leonard left this morning
for Port Byron to superintend the in
stallation of furnace in the Metho-
dist church there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bounewitz
have returned to their home in New
York City. They have been visiting
at the home of MIR. and Mrs. Charles
Oswald.
Mr.. and Mrs w. Ii. Wilson are
spending the week in Des Moines.
Mr.. Wilson has beeu appointed col
ltctor on one of the trains running
from the city 60 the fair grounds.
+. S. Nicdols and family have ar
rived in ne city from South Bend
Ind. ~ Nichols is to take a posi-
ton n the Office of the Bettendorf
Axle works in Davenport. He will
either reside here or in Davenport.
A party composed of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Ohlweiler. Mr.. and Mrs. G. +.
G 4etjer, Mr.. and Mrs. +. F. Borgolte,
DE-. and Mrs. w. III Ludewig, and f
Williams, of Wiuona. who is visiting
ut Ohlweiler's. left last evening on
the river trip to Burlington TO return
tOmOrrOw
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29
DAYS OBITUARY RECORD.
Maurice O'Connor and Edward Kaksrt,
Sr, Pass Away.

Maurice O'Connor and Edward Kaksrt,
Sr, Pass Away.
Maurice O'Connor died of the in
firmities Of age at 11:15 this msrning
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Carney, 729 Fourteenth-and-
a-helf street. He was native of
Ireland and so years of age. He is
survived by his widow and nine
children, seven sons and two daugh-
tiers.
Edward Kakert. Sr., died at his
home, 1874 Eleventh street. at S:45
this morning of a complication of
Bright's disease and heart trouble.
after a 2-weeks' illness. Deceased
was born in Germany in 1858. coming
to this country when a lad. He is
survived by his wife and two sons,
Edward and Herman. The funeral
will be held from the bereaved home
Sunday at p. m. Camp 500. M. w.
A., of which deceased was a member,
will have charge of the services.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29
FRANK HERMAN FALLS
AND BREAKS HIS THIGH

Frank, 6-year-old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Herman. yesterday sus-
tanned an injury at his home, 1891
Thirteenth avenue, which will lay
him up for some weeks.
While standing on the roof Of a
shed in the rear of his home, he lost
his balance and fell, breaking his left
thigh about three inches from the hip
joint.
DR. J.F.Myers was summoned and set
the fracture. The age of the boy and
the position of the fracture made it a
difficult one to handle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29
Bowen Promoted.

Al w. Bowen, the twin-city printer
who left here some 10 years since to
work in the government printing
office at Washington, has been pro-
NOTED to the foremsnship of the fifth
division of the Office. The promo
tion carries with it a substantial in
crease in salary. Mr.. Bowen writes
that he is very grateful to the friends
in Rock Island and Moline who have
assisted him in securing the place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29

Ed Saley pleaded guilty to a charge
of larceny and was fined $25 and costs
by Judge Luciau Adams yesterday
The case of Constable Schmids was
brought up before Magistrate johnson
yesterday and was continued until
Sent 4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29

In cases OF cough and Group give
the little one One Minute Cough Cure.
Then rest easy and have no fear. The
child will be all right in little while
IL never fails. Pleasant TO take,
always rafe and sure and almost in
stautaneous in effect b. ii. Bieber
and Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29

James White, Bryantsville. Ind. +,
says DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
healed running sores on both legs.
He had suffered six years. Doctors
failed to help him. Get DeWitt's.
Accept no limitations. B. II. BIeber
and Hartz d Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29

An English association regarding
woman's happiness has offered re-
ward of $500 for a greater blessing to
woman than Rocky Mountain Tea.
Sensible move. L. Fl. Thomas phar-
macy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29
Painters. Att.ntinn.

Me mbers of Painters union Nc.
1Sl are requested to meet at their
hall this (fhursday) evening at s
O'Clock. FRED SMITH, President.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29

o. o. Buck, Beirne, Ark, says: 81
was troubled with constipation until
1 bought DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
Since then have been entirely cured
of my old complaint. / recommend
them. :" B. Ii. Bieber and Hartz & I'LL.
eMeyer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-29
ST. LOUIS COMMISSION
INSPECTS WATER SYSTEM

The Rock Island water supply was
inspected today by delegation OF
distinguished authorities on the water
subject headed by Allen Hazen, of
New York City, who with George
Wisner, of Detroit, and Benzette
Williams, of Chicago, composes a
commission delegated to report on
the best system of supplying pure
water to the city of St. Louis.
Accompanying the commission on
the tour are several st. Louis officials:
Herman Philips. commissioner of
public work; Henry All. harbo and
wharf commissioner; Z. A Herman.
sewer commissioner, and Edward
Flad. water commissioner. The Dav-
EXPORT waterworks was also inspected.
They appear to be comPle'el upset
over the water question at St. Louis.
One of the poets down there, frenzied
by the condition of affairs, sings:
Small wonder that we take TO drink
In Brewery Town today,
With city water back as ink
and full of shreds as hay
For who would undertake to chew
This semisoIid stun,
This concentrated Chic-O-Sew2
It's too confouEded tough,
Water Commissioner Flad explains,
however, that the bad condition of
the water which st. Louis has been
getting is due TO the fact that a mud
gate at the pumping station was not
properly cared for, and not because
Chicago has sewage to be disposed of.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01
QUEEN IWkHELMINA MAY
APPLY FOR A DlVR0CE

Amsterdam. Nov. 80. - Sensational
stories of royal scandal are again cur
rent. 1t is learned from an intimate
court source that it is not improbable
that Queen Wilhelmina will apply for
a divorce on grounds of cruelty and IN
proper behavior on the part of the
prince consoTt.
Public sentiment is entirely with the
queen A letter received from well
Informed Hague correspondent states
"There is no longer any doubt that the
queens Illness is due to her consort'S
Entertainment A personal friend of Maj.
Vantes, adjutant of the royal house
hold, tells me that Vantes had the
courage to interfere once when the con-
sort had actually struck the queen. This
led to a duel, in which Vantes was dan
gerously wounded in the stomach, and
now lies at deaths door.
prince Henry has been absent from
the Het Loot palace, where the queen
still is, since the duel. He is officially
described as hunting in Germany but
1t is believed that he has been sum
moned by the Kaiser, whom he still re-
CARDS as his oberst kriegsherr tYrpoY-
most ruler in war time), to explain his
behavior,
1T is now asserted that the prince
was averse to the MARRIAGE from Inc
first. but that the Kaiser insisted o.
it.
"Dowager Queen Emma is acsrt
broken over the outcome oc tbs mar
riage. and is new endeavori.2r to eff
feet a reconciliation"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01
Or. Mary Adams Who Appeared
As Witness Against Theodore
and Laura Jackson Accused of
Poisoning Her Husband
ACCUSATION MADE BY
" ONE OF THE PRISONERS
Both Call Her A Liar and q Per-
iurer When She Declares
Bars Committed For Trial at
the Old Bailey
Charge Is Unfounded-DiS De

London, Nov. 3O.-In anticipation OF
this being the last appearance in pub
lie of Theodore Jackson and Laura
jackson (Ann O'Delia Dis De Barr be-
fore their 'committal for trial at the
Old Bailey, the Marylebone Street Po-
lice Court was packed today.
The principal witness during the day s
proceedings was DR.. Mary Adams,
whose testimony, the female prisoner
declared, at the last hearing, would
prove that the present charges We're the
result of a conspiracy on the part Of
her rival, Cyrus r. Teed, who has
been referred to during the proceedings
as the founder of sect known as the
"Kareshan Unity"
The female prisoners cross Xamina-
ton of DR.. Adams led to several scenes
during which Mrs. Jackson denounced
DR.. Adams as the murderess of her hus-
band.
. According to the evidence of DR.. Ad-
ans, she left Ohio in 1899, and got
mixed up with the prisoners at Glen
Reho, a suburb of Washington. She
further testified that the prisoners OBJ
tanned money from her under false pre-
fences and lured her to New York.
She accompanied them to England,
Paris and Cape Town. Finding that
the trend of Dr.. Adams evidence was
unpalatable. the female prisoner sud
denly shouted
Your husband died of poison, didn't
he?"
NO" replied Dr. Adams
At this point the male prisoner
jumped to his feet.
You are murderess," he shouted.
Mrs. Jackson calmly motioned her
husband aside and then stood to cross
examine Dr. Adams, who denied that
she was ever accused of numbering her
husband.
While at Cape Town the Jacksons'
establishment was so notorious that the
soldiers mobbed the house. After fur
Their testimony had been presented in
regard to the male prisoners malprac-
tees, the prisoners both denounced DR.
Adams with shouts of liar" and per
jurer,"
The prisoners were committed fol
trial at the Old Bailey.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01

office. followed by the CRATER. The re-
porter doesn't know what took place
| behind the closed door, but it did not
take long for it to happen. The pair
reappeared in a few moments, the
CRATER smiling and the graftee wear
ing a disguised look. "All right, all
right" he said. And he pushed the
CRATER out the main office and sank
into his office chair with the remark:
THAT cost only a quarter"
He had never so far as he knew,
seen the CRATER before, and he is not
the kind of a man who likes familiar
ty. But he had to stand for the en-
dearing terms and the pats on the
shoulder and at the end give up his
good coin. We've all got to stand for
it," he said, "and l got away from
that one cheap"
The committees are dreaded more
than the single grafters. Where cents
win satisfy the single man, the com
mittees want dollars. They invariably
represent clubs with large memberships
and they have been delegated by the
club to wait on the candidate and
urge a little contribution for the pur-
chase of some new furniture for the
club rooms 1t is truly wonderful the
amount of furniture that some clubs in
Worcester need to make the members
comfortable. If the candidate is easy
and gives a good donation, he is all
kinds of a fine man to sit in the alder
manic chamber and the committee will
report his generosity to the club and
every man will vote for him. On the
ballot for the coming election there are
names of IA Republican and Demo-
cratic candidates for the Board of AL
dermen. and every one Of them has al
ready been assured that he has well
organized clubs working for him.
The star committee of the lot that
is working this year is made up of
three young men who have good Jobs,
but who have learned it Is easy to get
money without working very hard in
political campaigns. They have played
their game on Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike, as the reporter for The
Spy had no trouble in chasing them
into both camps yesterday. Their
game is novel. They carry written
credentials that they are authorized
representatives of a club containing 100
members and these members all agree
to stand by the candidates recommend
ed TO them by the committee. The re-
porter ran across eight candidates that
We're seen by the committee since the
dawn of Thanksgiving Day, and every
one of the eight was promised every
member of the club would vote for him
if he did the right thing by the club
notwithstanding the fact that no man
can vote for more than six aldermanlc
candidates and have his ballot counted.
The influence of this committee comes
high. Fifty dollars is what a recon-
mendation will cost; but up to the
present time according to the candi-
dates, the influence is still on the mar
! ket.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
WITH SEVERAL VIC ms

BOSTON. Nov. 30.-A fire in a little
shop occupied by q tailor here today,
caused the death of one man, and indi-
rectly entailed a series of accidents in
which a woman received injuries, a
nostoffice letter box was smashed, and a
iiguor saloon window and its contents
were demolished.
The fire was in the shop of George D
Andrews. on Warren Avenue. An
drews was burned to death. 1t is
thought that he lighted fire IN MS
store bv the aid of kerosene.
The other casualties happened Whlle
Engine No. Il was responding to the
alarm from the tailor shop blaze The
apparatus struck a post, breaking 10
niecee letter box, and was thrown
agsinst the front of a liquor store. A
heavy brass rod protecting the Win
dow was broken into several pieces, one
of which struck Mrs. Catherine Ma
han pedestrian, causing injuries
which sent her to the hospital. The
Honor store window was broken and
the heavy piece of glass wrought havoc
among the bottled goods displayed
there The damage TO the saloon was
almost as heavy as that from the IRE
at Andrews shop. which is placed at
$500. Ia M NOS
not married.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01

creatures toiling up and down these
streets. Only last week load of coal
came to this house. A woman was
harnessed into the thills and drew with
all her might, and two more women
pushed behind. They unloaded the
coal and carried it into the cellar just
as men would at home.
My husband is taking lectures il
economics and his professor said the
other day that the money the men In
Germany spent in beer and liquor was
almost exactly what the women of
Germany earned, so that the women
supported the drinking and incidence
Of the men. There is a great deal of
deformity here, too and it is said that
it is due, almost without exception, to
the women's working so like beasts.
1t is a very common sight here to see
woman and a dog harnessed into a
milk cart together, or to vegetable
cart
l should think all the women and
dogs would emigrate to America Halle
is a big enough place to support an
excellent theatre in which performan-
ces are given eight times a week, once
on week days and twice on Sunday
and we have very fine concerts. They
saw that the Halle people are very IN
teiliEent r;usic critics and ! Judge this
is tG'1e. They certainly do not hest
tate to show tn@ir displeasure when a
f9lsA note occurs.
The university Of F2y}3 is one cf t1a
oldest and finest in Germany, There
are about 1000 students In al Gh2 CO.
partmcnts. They keep the town lively,
especially in the early evening. attcT
1t is too dark to study and not yet
time to go in to supper There are some
fine shops here and they are thronEec
with students at this time of the day
We board in a German family and
do not hear a word of anything but
German. Everything is done for us.
These people seem to know whenever
I want the blinds lowered or when
1 am going out or coming in, by in
stinct. All the room work is beautt-
fully done Still the food is very diff
ferent from ours and on the whole
Halle is not an ideal place in which to
spend ones life.
This Germany Is a very foreign
country-very much governed-and
has keen eye on foreigners. My hus-
band has already been called to the
police station twice to report on our
income. We have both had to make
out a whole family register. The Off
Gals know, now about us, pretty much
all we know about ourselves. Travel
| ers staying in Germany one week, ]
heard have to pay a travellers tax ts
the government If you do not attend
all these calls you are fined nine marks
($225) They seem determined to get
something out of you somehow"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01
THE WASTE OF GOLD IN
BOOK BINDING is GREAT

Few readers are aware of the amount
and value of the gold-leaf which is
used on the bindings of books. A re-
cent visitor to the bookbindery Of Har-
per & Brothers was informed that so
rich in value is even the waste of this
filmy material that the ''planing-off
table" is furnished with a sort of
wooden hopper covered with wire
screen through which the tiny particles
of gold used in the decorations of the
book covers sift and are carefully col
lected. This costly waste is then sold
to regular brokers who deal with jew
ellers and bookbinders for such ma
terial. The waste, on the average,
comes to about IS per cent. of the en-
tire amount of gold used, so that it will
be seen that the gold so saved in an
extensive bindery must amount to a
large sum in the course of year. 1t
was stated at Harper & Brothers, in
reply to a question, that the waste of
gold on the cover of THE Right Of
Way" which is not at all garish in ap-
pearauce, had amounted to several
thousand dollars.