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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27
CHARGE is DISMISSED.
Negro Fails to Make Out Case Against
Councilman w. A. Spruili.

In the police court yesterday morn
ing, Justice Brown dismissed the
charge of assault, preferred against
Councilman w. A. Spruill by J. A.
Carr, a negro. The councilman said
that the negro had followed him along
the streets and made threats against
him and that finally he struck the
negro.
After the case was dismissed, Coun-
Gilman Spruill swore out warrant
against the negro charging him with
making dire threats agaist him.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27
Cleared.

Steamer Charleston (Br) Davies,
Liverpool via Norfolk-Furness,
Witty & Company, Ltd.
Steamer Hans Leonhardt (Ger.)
Leinke, Santanda and Bilboa-Chesa-
peake & Ohio Coal &C Coke Company.
Steamer Carpathian (Br-) Davies,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & Ohio Coal
Agency Company.
Steamer Clematis (Beldg) Syator,
Antwerp-White Oak Coal Company.
Steamer Glen Cliffe (Br.) Clarkson
Grindstone Island, New Brunswick
Furness. Witty & Company, Ltd.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27
KNOCKED DOWN BY BICYCLE.
EmpIoye Of the Shipysrd Sustains
Painful Injuries

Ed. Nicholson, an employe of the
shipyard. was painfully hurt Monday
evening by being knocked down by a
bicycIist as he was crossing Wash
ington avenue at Thirty-seyenth street
to reach a street car. The man on
the bicycle continued on his way after
knocking Mr.. Nicholson down, and his
name has not been learned.
Mr.. Nicholson was badly bruised
about his body and limbs, and ne
will he laid up at his home in River
view for several days.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27
Sailed.

Steamers Charleston (Br.) Norfolk
and Liverpool; Snestad tBr.) Phila-
delphia; Hans Leonhardt (Ger.) San
snda and Biiboa; Carpathian (Br.)
Avonmouth; Ciematis tBelg) Ant
werp; Glen Cliffe (Br) Grindstone
Island; Bay Port, Jensen, New Haven.
Schooner Loring c. Ballard for
Plymouth.
Barges Solus for Boston; Badger for
Allyn's Point
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27
Calendar for Today.
Exports for Liverpool.

Carrying a part cargo Of exports
taken at this port. the Furness-Withy
liner Charleston steamed yesterday
for Norfolk to complete a cargo for
Liverpool.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27

-Four foreign steamers arrived in
port yesterday TO load fuel coal All
arc bound from American ports for
foreign ports.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27

A. b Giraud. who has been en-
ploycd on the local yards Of the G.
q. o. railway for the past twenty
years. has resigned hts position and
will leave today for Norfolk. where
nc has accepted a position with the
Virginia railroad. He will continue
his residence in this city.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27

AuiOmobiIss-can W. E. Rouse.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27

Continued on Fourth Page.)
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27
Ccok with Cas-

csrrisees-caH W. 2. Rouse.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27

Bazaar. April 70 to May 4
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-27
Report of the Committee.

Following is the complete report of
the committee on port charges and
usages to the directors of the Cham
her relative to the Norfolk meeting:
Your committee on port and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23

depths of abandonment never dream
ed of, and to further substantiate
the proof of the absolute domination
of the machinery Of government by
the Iawless element that has been
building it's fabric for a year or more.
The aged woman to whom refer
ence is made was jostled by ruffians
at the street corner, and when she
protested she was insulted. Her gray
hairs ought to have spared her, but
age or womanhood command no re-
spect where manhood is lacking.
Others VIII Follow Suit.
The farmer who settled his bills
and said he was done with the city
spoke with a sincerity that left no
doubt that he meant what he said.
He offered the further information
that several of his neighbors had
been astounded by the revelations in
the city and he did not doubt that
they would do as he had done.
The officer who showed most en-
phatically that he was not in SYM
pathy with the enforcement of law
further evinced the deplorable situa-
ton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
Personal Points

G. W. Streeter of Rockford is here
on a business visit.
o. Hawkinson of Lake Geneva, Wis,
is visiting with friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ Patton of Month
cello are visiting with relatives.
L. L. Cazalet and F. Obrecht of Au-
rora are here for a visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. N. Wheeler of Pc
orfa are here for a brief visit with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Mason ar
rived here yesterday from Chicago for
a brief visit.
Miss Julia Hartman has gone toTaylor
Ridge to spend three weeks vacation
with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ohlweiler and
family left yesterday for Chicago, max
ing the journey in touring car
Mrs. E A. Perry and Mrs. C, H.
Sterner of Monmouth arrived here yes
terday for a brief visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. N. Longworth and
Vaner Longworth of Bloomington are
here for a visit of several days with
friends.
Richard Hancke and little Miss Rose
Mordhorst of 521 Thirty-eighth street
are visiting friends and relatives in
Freeport.
Miss Pansy Blakemore has gone to
to take a position with the
Knox County Title and Abstract COM
pany of which her father, H. D. Blake
more, is a member.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
Lawbreakers, Through Their
Attorney, John Looney, De-
clare That It Will Not
Be Delivered.
PLANNING TO REOPEN?
Fraternity Makes Another Showing
of Its Teeth and HurIs Defiance
at Those Seeking a Cleans
ing of Moral Situation.
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS
THAT EVERYBODY IS
ASKING.

Why should S. c. Taylor be held
in bonds of $500 for assisting in
raiding a gambling house when
one-tenth of that amount would
have been sufficient in any ordin-
airy case, even if there were Ieeit-
innate charge against him?
Why the distinction between S.
c. Taylor and Jake Schaum in ia
vor of the Iatter2
Why, in the estimation of the
authorities, should a Iaw-respect-
ing citizen be arrested, locked up
without hearing, and held in ex-
cessive bonds for raiding the dens
Of Vagrants, and the latter be per-
mitted to walk the streets of the
city as free men?
Why, if for no other reasons,
could not Rock Island take steps
and that at once, to remove the
odium that has been placed upon
its name and show to the world
that the gamblers are not running
the town?
Who got the license money, ow-
ing to the payment of which the
gamblers have the effrontery to
demand and secure the protection
of the law?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
GAMBLERS RECOVER ALL OF THEIR
APPARATUS; STORED IN DAVENPORT
CALL FROM THE
FOLKS AT HOME

The following appeared in the edi-
toriaI columns of the Moline Dispatch
last evening, Moline being the home
city of Sheriff kittiIsen, and it would
seem that the sheriff would have an ex-
PLANTATION to offer:
at Is up to Sheriff kittiIsen to ex-
plain why no one of his deputies was
available to help in the raid on Rock
Island gambling houses, and on the
other hand he had men for quick ac-
ton when it came to arresting the men
who were making the raids. Nothing
had been expected of the Rock Island
police force under Mayor McCaskrin's
domination. But Sheriff kittiIsen has
a record behind him in Moline as chief
of police that warranted people In the
belief that he would shir< from no duty
of law enforcement, no matter whom it
might hit. Moline people and the peo-
pie of the county will be glad to have
the .sheriff's explanation"
Is Sheriff Kittisen going to ignore
the call from the folks at home?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
FARMERS TURN
AWAY FROM CITY
One Settles Bills and Says He'll
Not Return Until Condi-
tions Are Bettered.
"NOT FIT FOR MY FAMILY"
Aged Woman Insulted on Street Cor
ner and Officer of Law Speaks
Mind on Order League.

Additional evidence of the hold
which lawlessness has taken on the
community was furnished in three
incidents of yesterday, when an aged
lady, awaiting her car in the early
evening at the corner of Eighteenth
street and Second avenue was in
suited three times by ruffians; when
a farmer, residing south of the city,
called on several local merchants
with whom he had been trading for
years, settled his bills and said that
hereafter he would go elsewhere
with his family to shop because he
did not consider Rock Island, in its
present low moral state, a fit place
for his wife and children to visit;
when a sworn officer of the law
stood on a street corner and uttered
an open declaration within the hear
ing of several citizens that when
we get through with those - -
Law and Order leaguers
there won't be much left of the or
ganization."
City Morally Abandoned.
The foregoing are submitted SIM
ply as a circumstance to bear wit
ness to the all too apparent truth
that Rock Island morally has reached
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23

the writs, indicated that they were
simply seeking to recover their per-
sonal property, such as clothing and
furnishings, taken with the gambling
outfits. When the wagons drove up in
front of the piles that had been dump
ed on the river front to be burned IN
DER an orcer from Justice J. II. Gle
land the gambling outfits were loaded
on the vehicles with the personal be-
longings of the proprietors of the gam
bling rooms.
This open defiance of the law under
the eyes of the constituted authorities
naturally inspired A w. Billburg, pro-
prietor of the gambling house run in
connection with the Park saloon on
Twentieth street, to follow suit, and
he was able to do so without interior
.ence yesterday, when his gambling out
fit, stored by Constable August Schmid
in the Roessler storehouse on Fiji
teenth street, between Second and
Third avenues, within the shadow of
the county temple of justice, was load
ed on a wagon and carted to Daven-
port. Billburg obtained his replevin
writ from Justice Nissen and it was
served by Constable Simon Goldberg.
BiIIburE Shows Fight.
Billburg is named as the owner of
Park saloon gambling house in the
search warrant secured by Attorney ].
H. Hauberg for the raid that was
made upon the resort last Saturday az
ternoon. Billburg appeared in the
court of Justice P. H. Wells yesterday
afternoon to resist the imputation
that he was the owner and operator OF
a gambling house or that the search
" arrant was justified as against him.
He was represented as attorney by
John Looney. 1t was in connection
with this proceeding that Assistant
States Attorney H. NJ. Schriver served
notice on Billburg and his attorney
that they would be compelled to de-
liver before the court the outfit re-
moved in the raid of last Saturday af-
ternoon. Billburg answered through
Looney that the state would have to
bring forth the gambling outfit itself if
it wanted to have a look at it, where
upon the hearing on the search war
rant was continued until this after
room In the meantime, with the
gamblers well organized and with
abundant funds TO fight the legal pro-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
An Oman Air Hotel.

A man from the west was looking
for q friend in New York who had
gone wrong. He heard his friend had
been sleeping on the benches in Bryant
park and went over there to look for
him. There were a good many unfor-
tunates on the benches, but the par
ticular friend the westerner wanted to
find was not there. However, the
westerner did find another man from
his own town whom he knew and who
knew the man for whom he was
searching.
where's Jones?" asked the west
erner. prodding the man be knew.
Jaw" replied the hobo sleepily, "he
amt come in yet"-New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23

Davenport mas been made the store
house for the gambling furniture re-
moved from three of the public resorts
II Rock Island IN the raids conducted
under direction of the Law and Order
league. The paraphernalia has been
spirited from the state by the sanction
and cooperation of the local authori-
ties here, further Strengthening the
conclusion that the public has reached
as to the bond between the lawless ele-
ment and the public officials.
The gamblers, through their attor-
ney, John Looney, have informed the
assistant states attorney that they
Will not return the apparatus to Rock
Issland; that if he wants it he will
have to locate it and have it delivered
at the expense of the state. The states
attorney has given as his ultimatum
that there will be no hearings on the
search warrants until the parapher
MALTA is delivered by the gamblers to
the courts where the cases are set for
hearing. In the meantime the cases of
the gamblers are before the grand jury
for investigation.
Apparatus Not Covered by Writs.
The replevin writs secured by the
Schaum brothers in the court of JUS
lice G. P Nissen did not specify any
Of the gambling apparatus removed in
the raids on their houses over the Dia-
nond saloon, on Second avenue, and
over the Turf saloon on Eighteenth
treet. The Schaums, in applying for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
No Reason for Doubt
A Statement of Facts Backed by n
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
CANNON TO BE TRIED
IN CLINTON COUNTY
Motion for Transfer of Hearing From
Davenport Is Granted the
Attorney.

NJ. V. Cannon, the Davenport at
torney, under indictment for alleged
embezZling of funds of the Quinn es-
tate, is to have his trial in Clinton
county. A motion to that effect was
granted in the district court in Dav-
enpcrt today. Cannon represented
to the court that he could not get
a fair and impartial trial in Daven-
port. where, he claimed, the public
mind was prejudiced against him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
WORKMAN LOSES A FINGER
George Sandow Injured at Rock Is
land Sash and Door Works.

George Sandow, a laborer employed
at the Rock Island Sash & Door works,
lost a finger and bruised another, when
his hand was caught in a rip saw
which he was attempting to manipu-
lation. Sandow walked from his place
of work to the saw = almost block
away-in order to rip piece of panel.
He was unfamiliar with the working of
the saw and as consequence was in
jured. The accident occurred at II
o'clock A physician was summoned
and Sandow was removed to ST. An
thony's hospital
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
BUYS Moline Flats

David Don of this city yesterday pur-
chased of Fay Harper of Chicago a fiat
building owned by the latter in Moline
The consideration was $4,000. The
building was acquired by Mr.. Harper
as part of the consideration when the
Harper house property was bought by
DR.. Joseph De Silva. Mr.. Don buys
the Moline property as an investment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
Nothing More to Be Said.

my wife always lets me have the
last word" remarked the meek looking
man.
'Tndeed!' exclaimed his friend in
others veracity.
''She does. really. Whenever I say
yes. my dear. you are quite right she
stops talking Immediately.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
Dead Engine Causes Delay.

A delegation of local people had a
tiresome journey to the Aledo fair over
the Rock Island Southern yesterday as
a result of the engine going dead be-
tween Gilchrist and the Mercer county
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
Fate of a Speeder.

Gunner-BigwoOd. the millionaire,
started of for a banquet and was ar
rested for speeding. Guyer-Then he
wasn't wined and toasted? Gunner
No; instead he was fined and roasted.
Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
Attention. Moose.

Members of Rock Island lodge No. 100,
L. o. o. NJ, are requested to meet at the
club rooms at 1 o'clock tomorrow
and go in a body to attend the funer-
al of Joseph Carey of Davenport
The funeral will be held from the
home, 917 West Third street at 2:30.
George G. Wenger, Dictator.
James Reynolds, Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
Her Little Joke.

'When Harold proposed TO me-" said
Maud. II told him to go and ask papa"
But you don't really care for himr'
said Maymie. "Of course not. But 1
do so love to play little jokes on papa"
Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
Genuine Genius.

Zones is n genius
81 never thought much of his
poems"
They are not the reason Tie sue
ceeds in selling them."-Buffalo Ex-
press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23

that valve of the engine blew out and
the delay was unavoidable The train
did not reach Aledo until 1880. 1t was
due at 10.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-23
BLIND POLITICIAN IS DEAD
General Charles R Brnyton Member
of Republican Committee.

Providence. R. L, Sept 23.-General
Charles R. Brayton, blind leader OF
the Rhode Island republicans and mem
Der of the national republican, com
mittee, is dead.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-03-02
CEREDo, WAYNE CO.. w. VA WEDNESDAY,. MARCH > 1e1o

Owaeso country. the Cherokee
nation and the Usage nation gas
gelds are all closer to Kansas than
they are to Mmskogee, for in
stance. 1t is not really necessary
to have pumps on much of the gas
that is being supplied the Kansas
lines at this time, as the rock or
natural pressure will carry it
across the state line and there is
absolutely no restriction in Kan
sas IS to the pressure 10 be used
on pipe lines transporting gas.
"It is plain to any man with
eyes to see that instead of keep
ing the gas in the state Senator
Yesger's bill, if enacted, will pre-
vent the people of the western,
southern and Southwestern rn section
of the state from receiving any of
the benefits of the great amount
of cheap fuel which has been
given the state. All of it, or the
greater portion Of it, will go to
Kansas City aud the other towns
at distance and Oklahoma will
be the sufferer"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-03-02
NUMBER IL
WEST VIRGINIA
APPLE CROP
Proves 10 BE the Money
Maker for the State
Grangers.

Agricultural field products were
produced in West Virginia dur
idg the year 1909 to the amount
of slS, 362, $50. The value of the
fruit products amounted to $2,.
332, 631.2D, while the value of
live stock amounted to s44,6lS,
500 80.
These figures are gathered from
reports made by the assessors in
the several counties of West Vir-
ginia to tho department of agri.
culture and conpiIed for the
year by Secretary ). NJ. Milan.
hese statistics show that in
terest Ia agriculture in West Vir-
ginin is increasing aud the value
of the crops was larger in 1909
tEan In the previous year.
Corn wac king among the prod
ucts Of the field and there was
produced over 10, 600, 900 bushels
of corn in the state during the
past year Of value of over $S, ,O0O,-
600 The value of the hay crop
was about one-balf as large.
The apple was hing among the
fruits prodnced in West Virginia
in 1909 and the reports show that
there were 3,128, 3O6 bushels of
apples produced IN the state with
a value Of 81, 1887, 1888. 60.
In the live stock reported to !.
the department Of agriculture il,
ia shown that there were 285, ,4O6 .
horses in the ste valued at s22,-
$685. 500 t h accompanying
statistios show tho crops produced.
on West Virginia farms and the,
value of same.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-03-02
ALL EYES TURNED
TO OKLAHOMA
West Virginians Watch
Ing Gas Bill Fight I'm
New State.

Vest Nlrelnl ans who are In
sympathy with the proposed plan
of Governor Glasscock to con-
serve the natural gas supply in
West Virginia by eDacting legis-
lation limiting the pumping pres
sure or placing a production tax
on the commodity, are watching
with interest the fight now being
waged in Oklahoma, where q
similar situation exists.
Oklahoma, which is rich in oil
and gas resources, once enacted a
law to prevent the piping of nat
ural gas out Of the state, but this
act was declared unconstitutional
The second law, however, was
enacted after it had been present
ed by stste senators who lived in
the heart of the oil and gas belt.
1t had the endorsement of Has
kell and Attorney General West.
The new bill, which will also
be tested In the courts, provides
that natural gas may be conduct
ed In sound wrought iron cast
ings and pipes tested to 400
pounds to the square inch; that
the gas shall not lhave a pressure
of more than 800 pounds to the
square inch nor have pressure
otherwise than the pressure at
the wells. II is made unlawful
to use any device for pumping or
any process that shall increase
the natural flow of the we'll or to
increase or maintain the flow of
natural gas through pipes.
The new law is intended to
strike at the plans Of certain com
panies who have plans to concen.
trate and pipe gas from Okla
homa to st. Louis, Kansas City
and other Missouri and Kansas
towns, but there are several OBJ
jectlons. Secretary Perry, Of the
Mid Continent Oil and Gas Pro-
ducer's association, says:
'Three hundred pound pressnr,
is not enough in winter to carry
gas TO Oklahoma City, but 800
pound pressure is sufficient at all
times to carry gas to the Kansas
state line, where all the pumps
necessary can he put on the line
ard all the gas in the northern
end of the state transported to
Kansas City or any other place.
PRESSURE LIMITED NOW.
''There is not a gas field of any
consequence in the state that is
not closer to the Kansas line than
it Is to Oklahoma City, Gutherie,
Shawnee or any other towns in
the southwest that are using gas.
Uniting that Senator Yeager is
correct that 800 pounds will carry
the gas to Oklahoma City a dis
tsnce of 116 miles from Owasso
Is 1T not equally and palpably
true that 300 pounds pressure will
carry twice that amount of gas
from Owasso to Caney, Kau.,
distance of 56 miles. How is
Senator Yeager going to get
around that?
'It is the fault of nature that
the gas fields Of the state are
located closer TO the Kansas state
line than to any trade center of
Oklahoma. The gas fields of
this state are really continue
tion of the gas fields of Kansas
The Hogsh ooter district, the