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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15

ers waited in vain for him to reappear
again. The men in the party jumped
into the stream, realizing after few
minutes had elapsed that the young
man was perishing. Within five min
utes they had the body on the shore,
but the young man was beyond human
aid.
The deceased was born in Chicago,
his family settling in Coal Valley a
number of years ago. William was
employed as a coal miner. The sur
vivors are his mother; five brothers,
George, Edward, Clarence, Frank and
Herman Hintz, and three sisters, Mrs.
Edward Lehan, Galva, and Mrs. ]. t.
Dudley and Mrs. Bishop, the two latter
of Rock Island.
The body was removed to the
Hintz home in Coal Valley. Coroner
]. F. Rose conducted an inquest, and
the verdict was one of accidental
drowning. The funeral will be at 2
tomorrow afternoon.
Drowning mt LeC1aire.
Dennis Sweeney, a clammer. per-
ished in the river at LeClaire, Iowa,
ing alone. He was seen struggling
in the water by James McCauley, a
friend, and the latter went to his
rescue, and succeeded in reaching
him. Sweeney was carried to shore
and two physicians summoned but
they were unable to resuscitate him.
Sweeney lived in LeClaire. He was
40 years of age and unmarried.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15
BROWNS BEFORE
EYES OF FAMILY
William L. Hintz is Seized by
Cramps While Bathing in
Rock River.
ENJOYING SUNDAY OUTING
Body is Recovered Five Minutes At
ter Last Disappearance, but Eff
forts to Revive Unsuccessful.

William L. Hintz of Coal Valley,
aged % years, drowned In Rock river
yesterday in full view of the members
of his family and a party of friends
who were spending the day in camp
two miles and half east of the Moline
bridge. 1t is supposed he was seized
by cramps The body was recovered
five minutes after he had disappeared
for the last time, and heroic measures
were resorted to in an attempt the re-
vive him, but they failed.
Shortly before the fatality young
Hintz was in a rowboat, having gone
for a ride by himself He was rocking
the craft and was carrying on other
wise recklessly in the water, when his
brother Frank warned him that he
might regret his actions. Frank re-
called the drowning of another brother
13 years ago in a spot not far distant
from where William was in the row.
boat. William finally was induced to
come ashore.
Refuses to Heed Advice.
He joined the other members of the
party, but he appeared determined to
get in the water, and presently he an
nounced he was going to take a swim.
1t was noticed he was perspiring, and
he was advised not to go in the water
until he had cooled off somewhat. He
laughed at the thought of any danger,
and, after removing his clothing and
affecting a bathing suit, plunged into
the stream. When he rose to the sur
face he laughingly remarked that the
water was cold. His mother, his broth
ers and sisters and others of the party
were watching him from shore. After
the remark as to the chilliness of the
water, William turned over on his back
and was thought to be swimming in
that style, when suddenly he went
down.
waves Hand, But No Cutlery.
When he returned to the surface he
waved his hand, but uttered no outcry
nor gave any manifestation of distress.
Sinking for the third time, the watch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15

Supper will be served at $3.50. Mem
bers of the church and congregation
and of the home department of the Sun
day school have been invited to unite
with the Sunday school in the picnic
The w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs.
Spencer Mattison, 1887 Nineteenth
street, tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
Mrs. A. H. Pollard will lead the meet
ing.
Spencer Memorial Methodist. - The
Y. L. A. society will meet this evening
at the home of Miss Bessie Olson,
1903 Eighth avenue
silver medal contest will be held
at the church tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock under the auspices of the w.
c. T. U.
A business meeting of the Ladies'
Aid society will be held Thursday af-
ternoon at 2:30.
Prayer services will be held Thurs
day evening at q: 40.
The Hedding College Male quartet
will render a concert at the church
Friday evening
Free Methodist. - Miss NJ. J. Ever
heart, superintendent of the Olive
Branch mission of Chicago. will speak
tomorrow evening at the church. Fiji
teenth street and Ninth avenue. Her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15
office and residence to 1s1s-1s2o Fourth

office and residence to 191s-1e20 Fourth
avenue.
LaVanway buys and sells every
thing Telephone west 247.
Let William Johnson do your tin and
furnace work. 1916 Third avenue.
H. T. Siemon wants your tin and
furnace work. 1526-152S Fourth ave-
nue..
Bear & Foster will run twice month
excursions to the corn belt of South
and North Dakota. Come and join US.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15

KerIer & co. make rugs.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For bus and express, Spencer & Trefz.
DR.. Cora Emery Reed has moved her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15

cago."
Edeewood Baptist.-The annual Sun.
day school picnic will be held wednes.
day at the Watch Tower. Special cars
carrying the picnickers will leave the
church at $50
Prayer services will be held Thurs.
day evening at 1880.
The choir will meet Friday evening
for rehearsal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15

subject will be "slum Work of Chi.
cago."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15
Lawn SociabIe.

Helen Gould auxiliary, No. z, A. q.
S. W., will give an ice cream sociable
on the court house lawn tomorrow
evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15
bethany Sewing society.

The Bethany Home Sewing society
will meet at the home tomorrow after
noon. Members are especially asked
to attend,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15

If your liver is sluggish and out
of tone and you feel dull. bilious, con-
stipated, take a dose OF Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to-
night before retiring and you will
feel all right in the morning. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15
City Chat

The Voices of the Children.
I find no rest upon the wide, blue sea,
For little children ever call on me
The little ones I might have helped to
save,
The starving ones to whom 1 never
gave
find no rest when I lie down to
sleep,
For ever 1 can hear the children
weep
The little ones who served me in their
need.
The children whom 1 stunted in my
greed.
1 find no rest upon my rich domain,
For always 1 keep hearing them COM
plain
The children left to sicken and despair
Because 1 selfishly refused to care.
IS. E. Kiser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15

For sale by: The College Drug
Store, Chas. j.. Strate; III. V. Burt;
Chas. UIlemeyer; August Heimbeck;
N. w. Steiner; and Long View Park
Drug Store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15

Broadway Presbyterian. - Mid-week
prayer services will be held Wednes-
day evening at 1880.
South Park Presbyterian Chapel
The weekly junior meeting will be
held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
Prayer services will be held tenor
row evening at 7:45.
Central sbyterian.-Insteado Of the
regular monthly business meeting of
the Young Peoples Social league, a
special treat has been arranged by the
entertainment committee of the league,
the members of which have been in
structed to meet at the corner of Fiji
teenth street and Third avenue this
evening at 6:15. There cars will be
boarded and the young people will be
taken to some place for luncheon, the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-27
CITY NEWS

Christmas novelties of all kinds.
easy to send by mail. Philips Art
Store.
In Washington county, Penn,
several days ago, occurred the death
of Isaac G. Sacock, an aged army
veteran who has number OF distant
relatives In Keokuk and southeastern
Iowa.
John Johnson, shoemaker at
the s. Trott shoe shop. has a memo
randum book that he prizes very
highly, and is very interesting to
read. The book is record of the
river, and tells of the first ice on
the river, the last boat of the season
that passes this port, and in the
spring it states when the Ice flows
and the first boat departs. Page af.
ter page contains river notes that
he has gathered for the last five
years. Mr.. Johnson referred to the
book yesterday and found that the
river did not freeze over until Christ
mas day last year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-27
Christmas Goods

Better select now a
Suit or overcoat' Tor
both) for husband, son
or brother. We will
lay 1t aside for you un.
I'll Christmas If you
want us to.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-27
CITY NEWS.
Read The Daily Gate City.

Read The Daily Gate City.
"A special invitation Is EXTENDED
to all members OF Company ana
members of the G. A. R. to hear d
H. Shaw's address on Lessons From
Lincoln" at the Y. NJ. C. A. this al
ternoon. Special music.
Friday the water was let out OF
lcanal, the annual drainage at the
three locks. previous to the winter
season. When the water was SCI
free from the enclosure 1t gushed III
torrents through the lock gates max
ing rumbling sound like that 81
Niagara Falls. Now that all of ths
water has been removed the flsn
are seeking for new homes to protec'
them for the frigid season. Large
numbers OF them failed to pass
through the lock gates with lhe
heavy flow Of water. and were
quickly removed by boys iishihs
them out with long handled SCENES
who stated to the lockmen that tliiS
kind Of fishing certainly was snap
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-27

DIVES AidI wear We'll. f1ulShdDlp S.
-Ewers' Grand Leader. best SC cigar.
DIR. Christensen, Osteopath Y. NJ.
C. A.
Sherwood will store, buy or sell
your old buggy
For better shoes that wear the
longest, Huiskamp's the place.
M. F. King has been appointed
administrator Of the estate of James
M. Cody, deceased.
Pictures should be taacr now;
only four weeks till Christmas. An.
schultz new studio, the place.
Use Ellisville coal. Order today.
Spoon River Coal Co., 12o South Third
street. Both phones. Cort c. Boyd, Mgr.
John H. Overall has conveyed to
E. S. Baker lots 4, 5 and in block
161. The property is on Orleans be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets.
The Wednesday Reading club has
postponed its meeting until Friday
afternoon, when it will be entertained
by Mrs. ]. A. M. Collins and given a
talk by Mrs. A. L. Connable ABOUT her
tour around the world. This Is the
first talk of series she is to give.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-27
Therrs0s ]
Bottle
New Stock
Renaups
JeweI,y Store
CITY NEWS.

M w. A. dance, Monday evening,
Nov. 2Sth. All rights reserved,
The county officials Saturday re-
iceived their certificates OF election
from the auditor.
All men are invited to hear j. n.
shaw's address on Lessons From
Lincoln at the Y. NJ. c. A., this al.
ternoon at 3:45.
AT the poultry show in Quincy
Fred schlotter won first, second and
third prize for pullet; first second
and third fo- cockerel; first pen and
fourth cock. Edward Aldrich Of this
city was also prize W nner Many
fanciers Of Illinois had prize fowls at
the show.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-27
Christmas Goods

Better select now a
Suit or overcoat Tor
5oth) for husband,
son or brother. We
will lay It aside for
you until Christmas if
you want US to.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-27
CITY NEWS.

Shoes that wear we'll. Huiskamp's.
-EWers' Grand Leader. best SC cigar.
DIR. Christensen, Osteopath Y. NJ.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03
THE COMMISSION
ASSUMES RE|NS

should be, the newspapers, which
are keen to criticise, are to blame
for 1t. They always roast coun-
cilmen If they make a mistake but
never commend If they do well
and the result is that many men
desirable for councilmen utterly
refuse to take the criticism and
hold Office" said Hawthorne.
Councilman Brand said he quit
with a clear conscience but he
was satisfied the job had lost him
$4,000 in his private business.
Then President Hawthorne ap-
propriated the old gavel, brought
out new one, for the new presid-
ing officer, and the old city gov
ernment passed away.
At 10 o'clock the new commits
sion assembled with the council
chamber crowded. Among the
audience were scores of office
Continued on Page Seven.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03
Funny Stories? Yes
Here They Are!

The Story tomorrow at noon and
the winner of the so prize will
Hurry you punsters and truthful >teers
funny yarns of yours the mails right that Funny
Story editor them.
Just remember this make story
one side of the sign
The Times Funny Story Editor. Tacoma. That the
to address contribution.
Here of the stories in
Editors mail today:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03

publicly indicted as a murderer OF
the human race, and the efforts to
rid the world of him are not be-
cause he is a common nuisance
which should be enough--but be-
cause the fly is the greatess dis.
ease breeder and the carrier of
more disease germs than all other
animal life put together.
The health authorities of New
York estimate that about one-half
of the deaths from typhoid in that
city are attributable to the dis
tribution of the germs by the
files. They also declare that
about three-fourths OF the young
children who die from the bowel
complaints which flies are chiefly
instrumental in spreading would
never have been sick had proper
precautions been taken against
flies.
Ridden With Bacteria.
The numbers Of bacteria upon
one fly have been proved to
range all the way from $50 to g.
100000. The average is about
100000 per fly. This repre-
sents the number Of bacteria that
enters the human system when
|one swallows glass OF liquid IN.
TO which fly has fallen.
Flies caught IN the rooms 81
patients suffering from typhoi,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03

The old city government has
passed away and Tacoma is on the
commission plan.
At 8 o'clock this morning the
old council assembled, paid a few
bills, held short love feast and
then adjourned sine die.
Gib's Last Speech.
Councilman Giblett made HIS
final speech after nine years of
service as councilman. He thank
ed the president and congratulated
the councilmen, suggesting that
while the newspapers had often
deprecated the old council it had
done lot of good work all the
same.
President Hawthorne thanked
the council. He agreed that the
council had done a lot of good
things.
IF the council is not what IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03

The most dangerous animal or
earth>i Is the fly! That is the CON
clusion, not of sensation mongcrs
but of cool-headed and cautious
scientists. That little, -insfgnifi
cant, pesky house fly is a thOus.
and times more dangerous to you
and your babies than all the man.
eating animals Of the world could
be.
Roosevelt in his hunting trip
through the darkest jungles of AT
rica never faced the danger that
is now besetting the men and
women and children of America
The blood-thirsty denizens of that
dark continent do not harm the
human family az much in a cen
tury as does the fly in one single
summer. The poisonous reptiles
of India are harmless playthings
I'm comparison. Railroad accidents
kill and MAIN many, but the fly
is tGn-fold more destructive.
Hitherto the fly has been re-
|gerded rs a harmless nuisance and
considered to be an annoying
creature with its persistence and
excessive familiarity. That was
the way the last generation look
ed upon the household pest.
Thr Fly a Murderer.
Nov. however. the fly has been
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03

fever, smallpox, scarlet fever, tu-
'berculosis and other diseases have
been examined under the micro
scope, and In nearly every in
Stance it has been found That they
were not only covered but filled
with the specific bacteria Of these
diseases.
Cleanliness the Cure.
From the sick room, from the
rotten filth OF the garbage pail,
from the heaps of refuse, manure
and offal of all kinds, the death
bringing fly walks on the butter
the bread, the meat. the fruit up.
ION the table, leaving everywhere
the disease germs its furry feet
have gatherd up.
From the outhouses 1T goes te
the baby's bottle; from the scum.
covered pools it hurries to the
family dinner table. And the vic.
|tims are victims needIessly, for II
takes but little precaution and
little expense to rid the house OF
flies. and put the same effort upon
the part Of evrybody to rid the
country Of the fly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03
.X X-W|FE OF
Weller ON
STAND

Mrs. Louise Weller, divorced
wife of Charles Weller, was call
ed to the witness stand this morn
ing to testify in behalf of the
in the murder trial.
The woman made a strenuous
denial of Wezler's statement
made on the stand yesterday to
the effect that she had threatened
to lead sporting life. Her tes-
was a direct contradiction
to his in several details. She de-
clared that when he left her after
she had sued for divorce ne did not
leave a cent of money. Weller
stated that he left 500 with her.
While the woman was on the
stand, she did not look at her ex-
nor did he as much as
glance at her. Both looked in
opposite directions, until Mrs.
was leaving the room.
Then the accused man turned his
head slightly and glanced at her.
Judge Chapman today refused
to admit as evidence a number of
postal cards written to Lottie
Freeman by Weller. The prose-
cutor stated that he wished to re-
tute the contention of the defense
that Weller was a law-abiding
citizen. The postcards, he says,
we're written in such language
that they are violation of the
federal law against sending inde-
cent matter through the mails.
Continued on Page Eight.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03
TACOMA GIRL I'm NEW
YORK, ABDUCTED?

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, May 8. - Harry
Levinson today pleaded guilty to
selling girls for immoral purposes
and told the court he wanted to
turn states evidence and go before
the grand jury. Justice O'Sulli-
van warned LevinsOn that he
would receive no mercy through
turning states evidence, but that
he was liable to be punished and
might be sent from 5 to 20 years
Imprisonment
Levinson answered that he knew
this, that he had considered the
matter carefully and that he
wanted to tell all he knew about
the white slave traffic. He de-
clared that he had been a white
SLAYER for years.
He said his testimony would i'm
plicate a number of persons, some
of whom are prominent.
District Attorney Bonds is to-
day trying to establish the con-
nectOn between white slavers and
a school of occult sciences run by
Pierre Barnard. Barnard claims
to be a Hindu. He is known as
''On" Barnard. Barnard was held
in bonds of 81, 900 today by JUS
tice Breen On charges of abdustion
made by two of Barnard's pupils,
Miss Zelia Hopp and Miss Gertrude
Leo, each 10 years of age.
Miss Leo lives at Tacoma, Wash.
sons school was raided by po-
lice last night. The officers found
a score of men and women dressed
in tight fitting gowns, wriggling
about the floor. "On" explained
that the motion was part of the oc-
cult science he was teaching, butt
the the police dispersed the Hin
due disciples and took "On' him
self to q cell.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03

rant or law and against the plain
provisions of the charter. Clerks
in the light department and the
linemen who have been supersed-
ed by new men declare they have
been deprived of their guaranteed
security in employment, provided
by the charter, but up to this af-
temoon, no one had taken any
steps to contest the action of the
new officials.
Fawcett Makes No Excuse.
Mayor Fawcett makes no bones
about his part in the affair. He
says the new sanitary officials ap-
pointed were "for him" in the
election, and that is all there is to
it. The new men were given their
commissions and they took their
places today but they took them
over the protests of the old men
who may yet start something to
compel Fawcett to show cause
why they were removed.
DR.. Brown, the new health Of
ficer, says If he had been doing 1t
he would have preferred to have
kept some Of the old men at
least. But the men are in, and
1t will be UP to the old ones 10
go to court to stop the alleged
desecration of their rights If they
want to hold their jobs.
Roys Still Mum.
Commissioner Roys of the de-
partment of public safety today
refused to make any announce
ment of his plans for the police
department. From the COM
meut on the street sentiment
seems to rather incline to favor
Thomas Mallory for chief, but Mr..
Roys will give no intimation Of
his position, saying that he will
do nothing until the business ses-
SON tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03

The foregoing is the protective
cloak of civil service adopted by
the people in the new charter, to
prevent the building of political
machines by public officials, and
the disrupting of municipal SER
vice by replacing tried and ef-
ficient men by those who are ex-
periments.
Under this charter the city is
now working. Yet the following
changes were made today in the
various departments by the in
coming officials:
DR.. e. M. Brown succeeds DR..
Ia Casa as health officer.
e. A. Anderson replaced Jerry
McCullop as registrar of health.
Dam Wissdnger, Charles M. Bed
ford, e. D. Grant, B. T. Gallagher
and Joe German all replace the
old sanitary inspectors.
B. w. Collins takes the place of
City Electrician Lauzon.
S. C. Davis supersedes w. F.
Daniels as chief clerk.
George Wood succeeds Joe
Riley as line foreman.
Peter Dabroe succeeds H. F.
Whitney.
A. Christofferson succeeds Jesse
Poyns as storekeeper.
William Kettle is installed as
assistant storekeeper.
J. r. Preble is appointed Green
river gravity en- engineer.
Andrew Tuel is appointed barn
boss.
Jim Lee is made street COM
missioner.
A. F. Metzger becomes chief
clerk in the office of commissioner
of public works.
Violation Of Charter?
Under the charter provision en-
ployes of the city hold that out
side of the heads of the depart
ments. taking in the health Off
Ger, water superintendent, city
electrician and street commission
er. all of these places made vacant
by official edfct of the new Of
fcials and filled with other men
have been SO filled in violation of
the charter and in utter disregard
of the rights of the old employees.
For the last two days there
have been threats of a contest on
the part of the old employees.
The sanitary inspectors all insist
they were removed without war
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03

Gertrude Leo is the daughter
of Mrs. Mary Leo, Sixth and Ta-
coma avenue. She is about 20
years of age and has been in New
York for some time. When teIe-
phoned by the Times today her
relatives knew nothing of the
trouble she had become involved
in at New York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-03
. . . . 900 Q Q Q Q {
GOODBYE, MAYOR JOHN.

D Mayor John w. Linck re-
D tired from public office this
D morning.
D "The people glory in the I
D rising sum-" said the mayor,
D quoting from Pompey, as he
D pointed to Mayor Fawcett
D on the acceptance of the Of
D fee by the latter.
D When asked what he in
D tended to do the exImayor
D said simply: Have fun
D Mr.. Linck will retire to
D his family fireside and put in
, his spare time hoeing the
D garden and incidentally won
, dering whether to run for
, justice of the peace, the leg-
D islature or the superior Z
D bench next fall.
D = = r n n = n n a n = n Z