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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
SUPERVISOR ON
TRIAL IN KNOX co.
Official Who Profited in Sale of Land
for AImshouse Site Charged
With Conspiracy.

Galesburg, ILL.,, June 2S.-The trial of
Supervisor S. McWilliams, former Su-
pervisor Harvey ]. Butt, Lou Robert
son and Charles Morris, charged with
conspiracy to defraud Knox county out
of $4,000 through the sale of tract of
land adjoining the almshouse to the
county, was begun yesterday. 1t will
take probably this week to secure the
jury, owing to The feeling throughout
the county over the transaction. Nor
ris got hold of the land while the coun-
ty was considering the question Of buy
ing it and sold it to the almshouse COM
mittee for the county for $1,000 more
than he paid for it. Mr.. Butt, chair
man of the aImshouse committee, sub
sequently revealed to the board of SUI
pervisors that he had received a check
for 1925 from Morris, and as the result
of an investigation II was disclosed
that McWilliams and Robertson, who
had acted as agents, had received a
check in like amount. The grand jury
investigation and indictments followed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
COUNTY GIVEN TWO
FAIR SCHOLARSHIPS
Commission Is to Meet in This City
July IL to Make the
Awards.

Rock Island county is entitled to
two scholarships in the agricultural
and mechanical school to be conduct
ed in connection with the state fair
at Springfield this year. One schol-
arship will go to Rock Island and
Moline and the other to the country
districts. The commission which will
award the scholarships consists of s.
J. Ferguson, county superintendent;
H. B. Hayden, city superintendent,
Rock Island, and NJ. j. Yolton, prin-
cipal of Port Byron high school. The
commission will meet in this city
July II to make the awards. The
classes at the state fair will be con-
Quoted by professors from the Uni
versity of Illinois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
union ELECTRIC
ANXIOUS TO SELL
Owners Say the Majority of
People Want But One
Telephone.
ADMIT LOSING THE FIGHT
Are Asking Councils to Release Them
in Order That They May Dispose
of Their Properties.

George B. Sucker, president of
pany. and Leroy j. Wolfe, general
counsel for the corporation, departed
this afternoon for their homes in
Harrisburg, Pa, without having
reached any definite understanding as
to the future of the Union Electric
properties in the tri-cities. There
have been negotiations between the
Union Electric and the Central I'm
a looking to consolidation of the
tri-city plants, but it is claimed by
both sides that there is no immediate
prospect of the contamination of such
a deal
1--WE have maintained our front
here as long as we can as business
men," Mr.. Wolfe said. "Were we
philanthropists we might continue in
definitely. but this the men who are
footing the bills do not propose 20
do. In the two days we have been in
Rock Island this trip we have made
1t a point to interview a number of
the merchants and we have found,
much to our surprise, that they are
almost unanimously opposed to two
telephone systems; this despite that
they were the ones who originally
agitated for competition. OF course,
1t should be understood that the men
who own the Union Electric proper
ties today did not promote the COM
pany or install the plants. We have
reached the conclusion, after a fair
trial, that we have purchased a gold
brick. While the public here has
supported the independent company,
we have not been able to get suffic-
lent business to keep our heads above
water, financially speaking. Our
connections are practically confined to
the tri-cities, and therefore our lines
are valuable only for local business
Therefore the telephone user who
must have connections with outside
points is compelled to subscribe to
the Bell. We are not the only ones
who have found running independent
telephone exchanges an improbable
enterprise, and we have been long
enough in the harness to know what
we are talking about
Don't Want Two Phones.
The average individual in Rock ISL |
and and Moline does not want two
telephones; that Is what he tells us. |
He had two for a while, and then dis |
pensed with one. Ours, for the reasons |
already stated, was the one discarded |
1t makes no difference whether we
call the Bell corporation a monopoly |
Or not, we must admit that it has de- |
veloped telephone service to a point |
where it is impossible to successfully |
compete against it.
"All we are asking now is that we |
be released from the condition in our |
ordinances in Rock Island and Moline |
that states we are not permitted TO |
sell or merge our plants. Our books |
are open to prove every assertion we |
make that we are losing money every |
day The best we can hope to do is to /
secure the return of a smalk percent |
age of our original investment. We |
have been bested, and it has been done |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
School Election Notice.

Notice is hereby given that an cleo
ton will be held on Tuesday, the
2Sth day of June, A. D., 1910, in
the city of Rock Island, ILL.,, for the
purpose of electing two members of
the board of education of Rock Is
land school district. The polling
place for said election will be at
Tricks livery stable, 1912 Third ave-
nue., which election will be opened at
8 o'clock in the morning and con-
tipue until o'clock in the evening
of that day. The judges and clerks
of election residing in the first pre-
cinct of the Fourth ward will be the
judges and clerks of this election.
GEORGE w. McCASKRIN,
Mayor.
Rock Island, ILL.,, June 20, 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
INSANE MAN TRIES
TO KILL HIMSELF
Baily Doyle, Davenport, Jumps Out
of Second Story Window
Sent to Hospital.

Bailey Doyle, whose home is at 100
Harrison street, Davenport, tried to
commit suicide last evening about s
o'clock by jumping out of the second
story window at his home. He failed to
seriously injure himself in this way,
however, so he picked up brick and
commenced belaboring himself over the
head. He was arrested and taken to
the police station, where it was found
that he was insane. He has been COM
mitted to the insane ward in Mercy
hospital.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
DOZEN MEN IN CONTROL
Continued from Page One.
bill demanded by the people.

bill demanded by the people.
He suggested one session OF the
legislature for the introduction Of
bills only second in the following
year to pass bills as may have been
favorably passed upon by committees
in the meantime.
Judge Lewis Reinnacker of Chicago
gave a review of the fate of the cleo
ton bills and how at the last minute
the bills died in the house.
Resolutions amending the rules of
the house were offered by James NJ.
Rice of Peoria and referred to a COM
mittee.
Robert Catherwood, president of the
Civil Service Reform association of
Chicago told how Representative
O'Falon had secured a Job" through
Lorimer's influence.
Today Charles Mccarthy, head of
the Wisconsin Legislative bureau,
spoke Winston Churchill of New
Hampshire speaks tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
NO OPPOSITION TO
SCHOOL CANDIDATES
Ninety-One Votes Cast for Messrs.
cleveland and Anderson at
$3.50.

At $3.50 this afternoon a total o.
81 votes had been cast for H. II.
CIeaveland and A. G. Anderson, can
didates for membership in the Rock
Island board of education 20 succeed
r. c. Denkmann and DR.. ]. w. stew
art, whose terms expire this month.
AS had been customary in school
elections, there is but one pollin :
place in the city, and that is at
Frick livery barn on Third avenue.
Up to the hour mentioned no opposI-
ton had developed to the two can
didates named, and the indications
are their election will be unanimous
The polls close at o'clock this even
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
.NOMOREOF''PORK"
Taft Informs Members of Con-
gress of Future Policy on
Rivers and Harbors.
WILL CUT TO ESSENTIALS
Will Not Approve of Spending Money
for Projects TIL Engineers
Pass Upon Them.

Washington, June %. - President
Taft is after the pork barrel" To
impress upon congress and the country
generally the fact that he meant all
he said in his message anent signing
the rivers and harbors bill the prest
dent has issued a supplement. The
change was decided upon over night.
Senator Nelson OF the committee on
commerce and Representative Alexan-
der, chairman of the committee on
rivers and harbors, were informed yes
terday that the message denouncing
the method Of framing rivers and har-
bors bills meant business. They were
shown the big stick" with a few
fresh notches on the handle, hanging
over the mantlepiece, and admonished
that It was to be a fixture during the
life OF the present administration
Out OF an hours conference, In which
the congressional participants declared
they fully agreed with the president,
came the enunciation OF the following
future policy:
Cut Down to EssentinIs.
An annual rivers and harbors meas
ure cut down to provide only for the
absolutely essential projects instead
of a triennial measure with q pork
barrel attachment; army engineers TO
pass upon the projects In gross 20 de-
termine what are the most important;
provisions for projects that can be
completed IN from three to Eve or
seven years and the elimination OF
projects that string along for 30 to so
years; abandonment of projects that
the engineers find least important and
Of all for which the total appropria-
ton cannot be provided In the first in
stance.
Would Have Hurt Projects.
1t means, in fine, there Is to be no
more piecemeal rivers and harbors
The reason which moved
the president not to veto the present
act, it is stated, was that congress had
not been notified Of the policy in mind,
and that 1t would have interfered with
many meritor1ous projects to change
the system-from triennial to annual
with no possibility Of a substitute
measure at this time. Next time the
annual method will be started, and in
the future the country will know just
what everything in the line of water
way Improvement will cost at the out
set. so as to make provision accord
ingly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28

New. where they will make an extend
ed visit
George and Harold Hodgson left
Rock Island this afternoon for their
home in Decatur after spending the
past few days in the city visiting with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Strauss and
Walter A. and Charles D. Rosenfield
will sail July 80 from New York for
Europe. They expect to remain abroad
until fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Armstrong
who have been the guests of relatives
in Rock Island for the past fortnight
left this noon for their home in
Galesburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Danford and
sons, George and Harvey. who have
been visiting with relatives in the city.
left this afternoon for their home in
Burlington.
Henry Jones of Denver stopped off
in Rock Island to spend several days
visiting with friends enroute to Chi
cago, where he intends to make his
future home.
Ferdinand Cooper, who has been
spending the past week in the city,
left today for Chicago, where he will
visit week before returning to his
home in Milwaukee.
Rev. w. R. Wiley, Miss Bessie
Beeler, Miss Amelia Trenkenschuh
and Miss Myrtle Woods are in Viola
attending the district convention of
the Epworth league.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Carrollton and
daughter, Miss Elizabeth, who have
been the guests of relatives for the
past fortnight, left this morning for
his home in Madison, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles White, 10
Twenty-fifth street, have departed
for Pontiac, where they will attend
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28

at cured me-" or TT saved the life
of my child are the expressions you
hear every day about Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
This is true the world over where this
valuable remedy has been introduced.
No other medicine in use for diarrhoea
or bowel complaints has received such
general approval. The SECRET of the
success of Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy is that it
cures. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
MRS. SHERMAN IN HOSPITAL
Nature of Ailment of Wife of Vice
President Not Made Known.

Baltimore, June est was learned
today Mrs. Sherman, wife of Vice
President James Schoolcraft Sherman,
has been a patient at Johns Hopkins
hospital here since Friday. Beyond
the statement she is suffering from a
breakdown" and the case is not seri-
Gus no information was obtained at
the hospital as to the precise nature
of the illness! She passed a fairly
good night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
ROBERT TAFT MISSES RACE
Victim of His Automobile still in
Dangerous Condition.

Beverly Mass, June 2S.-Because of
the serious condition of Michael This
thwolIa, the Italian workman injured
by one of Taft's automobiles yester-
day, Robert Taft, the presidents elder
son, will not go to New London for the
Harvard boat race Thursday. The
injured man passed a comfortable
night, but is still on the "dangerous"
list. The case is in charge of DR.. S.
]. Mixter of Boston, who is here at the
solicitation of the president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
Personal Points

William Patterson of Chicago is
visiting in the city.
w. G. Seller of Clinton was in the
city yesterday on business.
Barnard Vonham arrived in the city
this noon from Chicago to visit rela-
tives.
Miss Della Adams arrived in the city
today from her home in Peoria to visit
relatives.
William Sampson left today for his
home in Galesburg after spending
several days in the city.
c. A. Short arrived in the city this
morning from his home in Warsaw.
Ind, to visit a week with friends.
George Tallmon arrived in this city
last night from his home in Peoria to
visit several weeks with relatives.
Mrs. W. G. Oglevee and children,
Elizabeth and Donavan, left this
morning for an outing in Michigan.
Mrs. F. H Mohler and daughter. Miss
Amelia, arrived in Rock Island this
noon from Peoria to visit with friends.
David ]. Jackson, who has been
spending the past week in Rock Island.
left this noon for his home in Mime
apolis.
Philip Corbet, who has been spend
ing the past few days in the city, left
this noon for his home in Spring VAL
ley, III.
A. A Stepzinksi arrived in the city
last night from his home in Peoria to
spend several days visiting with
friends.
H. E. Castell and DR.. B. E. Jones
have returnedfrom 10-days fishing
expedition at Front lake, northern
Wisconsin.
]. H. Ashley of Bloomington arriv-
remainder of the week as the guest
of relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cline. who
have been visiting relatives in the tri-
cities, left this noon for their home in
Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Peter Lillis left last night for his
home in Dubuque after spending the
past week in Rock Island visiting
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Allen left today
for their home in Rockford after being
the past 10 days.
Mr.. and Mrs C. E. Owens and
family of Rochester, NJ Y, are visiting
Mrs. Owens sister, Mrs. A. P. Hartz,
GA Fourth avenue.
Mrs. A. M. Chase and Mrs. A. F.
Chase have returned to Orion, after
spending several days in the city Wis
iting with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Johnson ar
rived in the city last night from their |
home in Fairfield, Iowa, to visit a
week with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Schmidt and |
daughter, Miss Gertrude. will leave |
tomorrow morning for Michigan to
spend several weeks.
C. D. Bayne, who has been visiting |
friends in Rock Island for the last |
few days, left this morning for his |
home in Bloomington.
Miss Nora Gelton, who has been
the guest of friends in Rock Island |
for the past fortnight, left this morn
ing for her home in Aurora.
Gilbert White has arrived in the
city from the east and is the guest
of his son, 1. S. White, Twentieth
street and Seventeenth avenue.
Miss Cecil Hunt left today for her
home in Cedar Rapids. Iowa, after
spending the past fortnight in the tri-
cities as the house guest Of relatives.
Miss Maude Robertson, 905 FifG
teenth street, who has been the guest
of relatives in Dallas, Tex, for the
past month, will return home Satur-
lay.
'alo, N. Y, stopped off in Rock Island
% spend several days enroute to Reno,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
No Serious Effects.

Julius Harrington, the lad injured
Saturday light by the explosion of
a revolver while the muzzle was in
the pa, n of his left hand, was re
porsed today as doing very Wen and
the physician who s<attending hiIl
feels assured that there will be no
serious effects from the wound other
than to cripple the boys hand for
some time. 1t was feared at first
that blood oisoning might result. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
OBITUARY RECORD.
Mrs. Alex caruthers.

Mrs. Alex CarutheTs died Saturday
at 4 p. m. of cancer at the home in
Coal Valley. She came to this coun-
try two years ago from Scotland, set
ting in CISCO and moving to Coal VAL
ley only last February. She is sur
vived by her husband and four chill
dren. The funeral service was held
Sunday afternoon. Royal Neighbors
of CISCO attending.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
New Advertising Manager.

c. H. Masterson of South Bend,
Ind, has been appointed advertising
manager Of the Rock Island Pillow
company to succeed w. H. VIM, re-
signed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
chases Frog; is Drowned.

Dubuque, Iowa, June 2S.-Fred Abitz.
Sr., aged As. was drowned while at his
camp yesterday. He was pursuing
frog for bait when he trtpped on
vine and fell into the river. He was
unable to swim.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
JURY ACQUlTS Mr.. JAGER
Dayenporter Found Not Guilty of Dis
turbing Public School.

A jury in the Davenport police
court today acquitted Henry jaeger Of
a charge of disturbing one of the
pubic schools of the city when, as
alleged he attacked Mr.. Graham. Que
of the teachers, after he had for2.nly
ejec:o6 Mr.. Jager's son, Harry, from
the school room. The Daveup Irt
board of education ordered the pios-
ecution of the elder jaeger
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
Donald Lee Vernard.

Donald Lee Vernard, the 3-months-
old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. Vernard
of Milan, died last night at o'clock
Of asthenia. The child is survived by
its parents and one brother and one
sister. The funeral was held this
afternoon at o'clock from the home,
with interment in Chippiannock GENE
terry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
AN OVERFLOW YARD FOR @
One to Be Located at BarstoW to Re-
lieve Congestion Here.

Owing to the congestion of it's local
yards and the unav7ilability of needed
additional room here, the Burlington
road is planning the laying out new
yard at Barstow. One of the company
engineers is now at Barstow survey
ing the site of the proposed yard. The
Barstow yard will be used merely to
relieve the congestion in the tri-cfties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28

accident happened about 10 O'Clock
Saturday evening on the levee north
of the Hotel Harms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
Mere JOY Ride.

Omaha. June 2S.-The Glidden tour
lists started from mere this morning
on the 159 mile run to Des Moines,
which, in view of the hard schedules
Of the past several days, was looked
upon as a mere joy ride
Two extreme road conditions char
acterized the tour yesterday, very
good and very bad. While the bad
going affected the pilot cars most, all
contestants had trouble with wet gum
DO at the start.
All pilots slidded to the ditch. but
only one, the car from Kansas City,
was unable to get out. For 80 miles
the cars fought deep, treacherous mud
when suddenly dust yroads appeared
ahead and the rest of the trip was
made over the best of roads, hard and
dusty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-28
Penalties Increased.

Having lost time IN the mud, sew
eral cars hurried over the good roads
and met with, accidents. AS a result,
the following were penalized: Pre-
mier No 2, Is points, new spring clip;
Chalmers No. 5, 20 points, new part
steering knuckle; Glide No. 10, rs
points, Tightening fan belt and new
front spring; Cino No. 10, points,
cleaning magnetic; Moline No. 101, 3
points, taking gasoline; Lexington No.
103, 10 points, adjusting carburetQT
and tightening lamp bracket.
The contesting company wi lch
threatened to enjoin the tour was re
fused an injunction by Judge Seehosn
of Kansas City A petition signed by
the other contestants asking that the
plaintiff be disqualified from entering
any contests held by the American
Automobile association is being con-
sidered by Chairman Samuel Butler
and will be acted upon.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-05
NELLIE BLY, B0BS
UP IN BIG LAW SUIT
Was at One Time Most Talked of
Woman i'm the WOrld-Beat Rec
ord i'm Circling the Globe.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-After living
in the obscurity of New York's women
Of millions for generation, Nelly
Bly,, once the most talked-of newspa-
per woman in the world, is about to
be brought forth under the spotlight.
She will have to make a legal fight for
the five millions her husband Robert
Seaman, left her.
ROllo j. Hough, an Oakland at
torney, is coming to New York in be-
half of Mrs. Emma Seaman Bennett,
Of Berkeley. and Mrs. Elizabeth Sea-
man Johns. of Oakland, who claim
that their uncle was unduly Influenced
by his wife to leave them out of his
will.
Nelly BLY, achieved fame by beat
ing the 'around the world" record
For New York newspaper she went
out to lower the time made by Jules
Ferne's imaginary traveller in around
the World in Eighty Days" The en-
tire country followed her eagerly from
day to day vast sums were bet on the
outcome, and for months she was the
most talked-of woman in the land.
After sensational newspaper career.
Nelly BLY, married Millionaire Seaman
and nothing has been heard of her
for years
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-05
OLD GOES OUT:
NEW COMES IN
ONE COUNCIL GIVES WAY TO OTHER
Last Meeting of Old Council Held
Last neutrality-suspicious.
Made Tonight.

The old council met in the council
chambers Monday night and canvass
ed the vote of the recent election,
passed a few bills. let a small sewer
contract and heard the reports of
Building Inspector Wise and City En-
gineer Doolittle. then adjourned sine
die, and this evening the new coun-
Gil will convene for organization. At
the meeting tonight it is likely that
several of the city appointments will
be made, but there is no accurate in
formation concerning them as the
mayor refuses to divulge what he has
up his sleeve.
1t is understood, however. that
Police Chief Tom Story will be re-
appointed, also City Engineer Doo-
little and probably Street Superinten-
dent Martin Schictel. At the meet
ing Monday evening Building Inspect
or George Wise presented a petition
signed by over forty leading business
men asking for his reappointment,
but action was deferred until the
new council convenes. The personnel
of the police force may be altered
somewhat but the men whose names
are to be offered for reappointment
are withheld from publication by
Mayor Armbruster. The mayor claims
that he will not attempt to pay off
political debts in these appointments
and that those who have done their
duty as patrolmen in the past need
fear no attempt on his part at vim
dictiveness.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-05

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