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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-04
CANDIDATES EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON PUBLIC UTILITIES
 TO STATE BUSINESS MEN
aep|ies Pouring Into Office of President Jones
 by Every Mail

VIII state that l am with you in this matter This is one reason why I ran.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-04
LcI.
 AUSTIN R. HUMPHREY" :"
Worth Canaan. Ct. Oct. 2S. 1s1

Worth Canaan. Ct. Oct 2S. 1910
 In reply to yours of the 24th inst, would say I stand upon the Democra- tic platform which favOrs a strong bill with a commission to be elected by the people. and I shall work hard for such a bill. but if such bill can not be obtained I shall work for the best bill that can be had. Your bill. I find is a good one and I favor it's principles except as to method of nam- ing the commission.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-04

Pouring into the office of Andrew J. Jones, of Danbury. president of the |state Busin6s Mems Association by candidates for legislature as to their Among the many the latest to be re- eeived are given below, some of them m part, others in entirety:
 "Stratford, Conn.,, Oct 27, 1910 Your letter of Oct 24th is received I cannot say at this time that I will tsupport in full all of the principles mot thoroughly acquainted with all the fthis bill I am in favor of some acts facts and with all the provisions of Public Service Corporations and if were a member of the Legislature, I should try to aid in the passage of sEuch a measure. It seems to me how eyer that the value of such a com- mission would depend wholly on the character of it's make up: and it should be provided as far as possi- ble that membership should be limit ed to men who have not been active political workers. I think the sugges- .fion of MT. Gum of Milford. a wise one.. l. e., that men who had been members of the State central commit tee of either party within five years should not be eligible for membership. Any commission made up of men whose activity in political affairs is well known would be worse than use Hess and would always be the object of suspicion and criticism.
 ARDEN l.. JUDD"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-04
JOSEPH NJ. TUCKER"

Warren. Conn. Oct 2S 1910. Your favor of Oct. 24th inst. re- ceived. also copies of proposed Public Utilities bill. In reply will say I am in favor of such bill. and if elected to the next General Assembly will cheer fully support it, or one of a similar character.
 AUSTIN R. HITMPHREY
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-04
.
 EDW ARD l.. ROBERTS"

Southport Conn. Oct. 29. 1910 In reply to yours of the 24th inst would say: that l am in hearty sym pathy with your proposed bill and will. if elected. heartily support this bill or one as comprehensive. Wishing you all success in your good work I am,
 FRED F.. NORTHROP"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-04
"so. NorwaIk. Conn.,. Oct. 27, 1s

''So Norwalk. Conn.,. Oct. 2l, 1910
 Replying to yours of the 24th inst, I am on record as supporter of the so-called Chandler bill and am heart ily in favor of passing the Utilities bill at the next session of the Gen eral Assembly. I know that the Bus mess Mems Association have made a careful study of this matter and feel that they have drafted d bill that will meet with general approval but I am rather surprised that an asso- citation made up of business men should ask or expect me or anyone else to pledge our support to this mea- sure as a whole at this time.
 A full discussion of all it's features may bring out the need of some decld- ed changes Possibly not, but I wish to feel perfectly free to use my best judgment in this matter. If. when the time comes, in my judgment your Dill is the best to be had, I am for 1t, I am for the best.
 FREDERICK H. QUINTARD.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-04

Noroton Heights, Ct. Oct 31, 1910
 -Four letter with copies received, and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-04

"Trumbull. Conn. oct 26. 1910. Replying to your inquiry of the 24th. inst. would~state that am in full ac- cord with the principles and purposes of the bill prepared by the State Bus mess Mems Association
 If elected I shall consider it my duty as we'll as pleasure to give my hearty support to all the principles embodied in the act referred to.
 InEINoII IrI
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-04
"Goshen. Ct. Oct. 27. 1s

Your letter of the 26th inst, re- ouesting me to state my attitude on your proposed act to regulate Public Service Corporations at hand. I beg to say that I am in hearty sympa thy with the principles set forth in your proposed bill for the regulation of said corpora tions. and that it is eminently fitting that the people should exercise a reasonable control over the corpor- ations that exist by their consent
 R. F. KIMBERLY"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-04

WANT ADS. CENT A WORD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-04
FRANK BLAKESLEE."

stamford, Conn, Oct. 27. 1910. Your letter in reference to my atti tude on Public Utilities Legislation. In reply I am in favor of good bill and after a little study of your bill it seems to embody most of the need ed points in such a bill.
 ". P. RICE'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
EDDIE COWLES HELD
ON ASSAULT CHARGE
Bonds Fixed at $2OO-Other Happen
ings in the Police Court Last
Night and Today.

Eddie Cowles was bound over to
the grand jury by Police Magistrate
G. J. Smith last night on a charge
of assault. The complaint was made
against him by Rose Mott. The trou-
BILE out of which the charge grew
occurred sometime back but the hear
ing of the case has been continued
from time to time. The bonds were
fixed at 5000, which Cowles could
not supply, and he went to the county
Jail.
Joe Werner was fined SO and costs
en- a charge of being drunk and dis
orderly.
Last night Tom Gleason. a charac-
ter who seems to be pretty well
known to the police, marched into
the station and asked to be sent down
= the county jail in order that he
might keep away from the booze for
a time. He was accommodated with
a To-day sentence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26

I In a long series of experiments the
| model is tested with many variations
The bow is filed out by the addition
of parafine, or cut away; the slope OF
it is changed and the stern is likewise
modified; relatively more or less pow
er is used, and the economy computed.
N the end it is determined just what
sort of boat will best suit the channel
In America this method is used on
the great lakes. A large corporation
planning TO put heavy investment into
ore carrier, first sends to an expert
who makes a model in paraffine and
experiments with it on plans furnished
him by the company. Often by slight
ly changing the lines of a boat, with
out reducing its carrying capacity no.
ticeably. or increasing it's cost, he is
able to save from % to so horse power
in the power needed to attain a Ger.
tain speed, and this saving is one
which works day and night during the
whole life of the boat
This is the process the boats of the
Mississippi Valley Transportation com
pany have gone through. Before they
could be finally announced in detail
and the contract let they had to be
worked down to a condition of fneness
that by our governments method could
not be approached in less than five or
six years.
Designed experimentally at first with
the utmost skill of the engineers, they
were then tested in a tank almost a
duplicate Of that in Germany, and when
finally accepted by the expert tester as
complete, it was possible TO tell be-
fore building exactly how fast they
would go when carrying freight, how
easily they would handle, and precise
ly how much coal they must burn to
attain a given speed.
This is a revolution in American
river boat building methods. The old
style having been usually an attempt
to initiate the success of the designer
of the famous old White" in which
the designer believed that by a happy
guess he had placed the paddle wheels
exactly on the forward side of the
crest of the second wave from the
bow a hit or miss form of designing
that has no place in modern commerce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
join IN 4 FIGHT
ON STOCK TAXING
Three East Moline Corpora
tons Petition for In
functions.
DISCRIMINATION ALLEGED
Charged That Board of Review Is
Wrong in Interpretation of
the Law.

Three applications for injunctions
were filed today in the circuit court
in which it was asked that orders be
issued by the court restraining Coun-
ty Treasurer P. F. Cox, Collector
William Case and Deputy Collector
Leslie Reeve of South Moline town
ship, from levying upon the personal
property of the Moline Auto COM
pany, the Union Malleable Iron COM
pany and the Root & VandervooTt
Engineering company, all of East
Moline, in order to assure payment
of the corporation or capital stock
tax which has been levied against
them and which the collectors have
expressed a determination to col
lect.
The filing of these petitions mark
the first real fight of the corporations
against the paying of the levies on
their capital stock. A majority of
the corporations both in Moline and
East Moline will file similar applica-
tons in the course of a few days and
the fight against the tax will be made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
OBITUARY RECORD.
Mrs. Robert Knight.

Mrs. Margaret Knight, wife of
Robert Knight, died this morning at
the family home, 1888 Sixth avenue,
at 10 o'clock after having been i'll
since January with rheumatism and
heart trouble. Deceased was born
Dec. %, 1S49, at County DONEGAL,
Ireland. Her maiden name was Mar
garet Ramsay. She and Robert
Knight were united in marriage in
Ireland 40 years ago. They came to
the United States Immediately after
their marriage and resided in Bos-
ton for two years. They then came
west and settled in Rock Island
county and had resided here since.
Besides her husband, Mrs. knight is
survived by four sons, William G.,
Peoria; Robert j., Blue Island, Ill;
Ben c., and Samuel, Rock Island;
and a sister, Mrs. Mary Ingram, Rock
Island. The funeral will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the home and the services will
be conducted by Rev. Granville H.
Sherwood, rector of Trinity Episco-
pal church. Burial will be in Chip
piannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
TESTING SHALLOW DRAFT MODELS

One of the items in the present riv-
ers and harbors bill provides for the
expenditure of some 100000 to build
experimental types of boats for shall
low rivers. These boats are to be
built and tried out by the Mississippi
river commission to stimulate the use
of new kinds of river boats on the
Mississippi. No plan has yet been
worked out by the commission which
will allow these boats to be used in
actual service in the handling of ordin-
airy freight commodities and to be
loaded and unloaded by dock machin-
cry; and almost the only thing which
is TO be accomplished by this expendi-
ture OF a half million dollars is to test
boats under service conditions and try
10 decide what are their defects. This
work, it is claimed by representatives
of the concern, has been accomplished
at far less expense by the Mississippi
Valley Transportation company, which
has had it's designs tried out and ap-
proved by naval architects. TO deter
mine with-large models in the testing
tank, every feature which the govern
ment will be able to determine with
the actual boats and many things
which it could not work out in sue
cessive boats through long and hard
service.
The testing tank is a novelty in
American shallow river practice, but
is extensively used abroad. On an
island in the Spree river in Berlin,
known as Leck island, there is an in
stitution owned by the government for
experimenting with models and carry
ing on a general study for the resist
ance of ships in the water. On this
island is a long handsome stone build
ing containing a main tank $50 feet
long and several smaller tanks, which
can be filed with water, and the main
tank is so connected with the river
that the natural current of the river
can be made to flow through it so the
exact condition of up and down stream
towing can be duplicated. Spanning
these canals is a steel bridge on wheels
equipped with an electric motor for
testing the resistance of boats to diff
ferent kinds of channels. These little
basins are lined with earth to concave,
convex and sloping shapes before the
water is run in, and the boat is towed
through them under given conditions
by the electric machine. Not only the
size and shape of the waves are OBJ
served, but the towing resistance of
the boat is measured by a very deli
cate scale, so it is possible to compute
the exact power needed to give a GER
tain speed in a certain channel.
When the depth of channel and the
conditions on which a boat is to work
are known, a model of the boat to be
studied is then made in parafine and
this model is towed up stream and
down through canal shaped and mod
flied exactly in proportion to the main
stream: that is TO say, the channel is
as many times smaller than the river
as the model is smaller than the boat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
Peek & Dietz are attorneys for the
corporations.
Charge Determination.

Peek & DietZ are attorneys for the
corporations.
Charge Determination.
The petitioners claim that the
manufacturing corporations of Rock
Island county have been discriminate
ed against in the matter of making
out assessments and they lay the
blame for this principally at the feet
of the board of review. They say
that following a demand from the
board of supervisors for more reve-
nue. the board of review levied assess
ments against them in conformity
with the law on taxing corporation
capital stock and that the proceed
ings were sent into the state board
of equalization for its approval.
These proceedings did not contain
the proper and necessary data, the
bills state, for the state board to
really know the value of the prop
erty which was being assessed and
that therefore the corporations of
this county, forming less than one
per cent OF the total number and
value in the state, is made to bear
50 per cent of the total assessments
with the exception of Peoria county.
where a nominal tax was levied, none
of the counties has attempted to
levy on capital stock.
Question of Interpretation.
According to the petitions for in
juno ton the assessments levied against
the East Moline corporations are not
in accordance with the law which
authorizes such levies. This law per-
mits counties to tax capital stock
which is in excess of the assessed
value of the tangible property of the
corporation owning the stock. The at
torneys for the petitioners claim that
the value of the tangible property of
a company and the value of the CAPT
tai stock are one and the same, while
the county in making the levy holds
differently. If the attorneys for the
corporations are sustained it will mean
that there is no excess to tax, while
on the other hand there will be a con-
siderable amount liable
Matter of $4,000.
With the settling of the differences
of the corporations and the county
luSIe rests a matter OF some $40, pUO.
The taxes on the various corporation
capital stocks in the county reaches
about this total and most of the com
panies are simply delaying action to
see what the result of the first tilt
with the county authorities will bring
forth. OF this whole amount, however,
only about So, 900 is to go to strictly
county purposes, the remainder of it
being divided up among school dis
-ricts, roads, the state, and for other
purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
PERSONAL POINTS.

| W. NJ. Hodgson returned last night
after brief visit at Cedar Rapids.
Guy w. Hardy, publisher of the
Canon City (Colo) Record, was in the
city yesterday.
H. B. Richmond of Prophetstown is
visiting in Rock Island, and is regis
tered at the New Harper.
Mrs. w. A. Aldrich, 1880 Twenty
third street, returned home last night
after visit of week in Chicago.
Mrs. E. G. Frazer has gone to Indian
apolis for a visit with relatives. She
will attend the wedding ceremony to-
night Of her niece, Miss Nora Taggart,
daughter OF Thomas Taggart.
Miss Leona Miller and Covart Web
man of Brooklyn, n. Y, are guests at
the home of their cousins. Mr. and
Mrs. A c. ELS, 4110 Fourteenth ave
nue., who will entertain tri-city friends
in their honor this evening.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Kreu, us Seven
teenth street, have returned after a
visit of several weeks at New Orleans.
Nashville. and other southern points.
They visited at Nashville with their
daughter, Miss Helen Krell, who is at
tending Belmont college there.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Collins and son
will leave next week for Sioux Falls.
S. D., where they will make their
home for several months. Mr.. Collins
will superintend the erection of the
packing plant for John Morreu & Co.
V. c. Hall and Sewau D. Collins will
also be located at Sioux Falls during
the erection of the plant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
NEW PATRIOTIC ORDER.
Society of Colonial Descendants Or.
ganized In Washington.

Society of Colonial Descendants Or
ganized In Washington.
The Society OF Colonial Descendants
has been organized. with headquarters
in Washington. and expects to have
chapters all over the United States.
Brigadier General Carl A. Woodruff.
q. s. A.. retired. is governor general.
and DR.. Joseph G.. G. Bulloch. rela-
tive Of Colonel Roosevelt. Is deputy
governor general A permanent home.
to be known as Colonial hall, will be
erected in Washington.
Its objects are TO preserve the spirit
of the colonial fathers and mothers
and TO perpetuate the principles for
which they stood. George Washing
ton chapter of Washington has been
formed for men. Martha Washington
chapter is 10 be formed for women.
The organization is after the style
adopted by the Society OF Mayhower
Descendants.
All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
CENSUS ENDS SATURDAY
Supervisors Secretary to Be Here
Thursday and Friday.

Supervisors Secretary to Be Here
Thursday and Friday.
The census taking period will end
next Saturday. William Schaarmann,
deputy city supervisor, has called a
meeting of the district enumerators
for this evening for a further confer
ence on the work. R. R. Wallace. dis
trict supervisor, telephoned from his
Office in Hamilton today that his sec
rotary, Miss Matte Swanson, would
spend Thursday evening and the en-
tire day Friday in this city aiding in
the gathering in of the odds and ends
in order that no names shall be over
looked in the final count. She will
meet with the enumerators and lend
them every possible aid in an accurate
and complete canvass of their districts.
She will spend Wednesday evening and
all of Thursday in Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
CLUB TO talk
EWHOMEPLANS
Meeting of Membership Called
to Ratify Sale of Sixteenth
Street Property.
FOR TEMPORARY QUARTERS
9oyal Neighbors to Be Given Posses
sion of Present House by 18th
of Next Month.

A meeting of the membership of the
Rock Island club has been called by
President w a Rosenfield for this
evening at o clock at the club home
the purpose of which is to ratify the
sale Of the property to the Royal
Neighbors of American, and to devise
ways anG means of providing new
home for the organization.
The recent sale gives the Royal
Neighbors the whole club property,
the north so feet having been pur-
chased for the society by the Rock
Island Industrial commission as an
inducement to have the fraternity per
manently locate its headquarters in
this city, a condition that was fulfilled
at the head camp meeting in Chicago
two years ago. BY the terms of this
sale by the club the society is to have
possession of the club house at Six
teenth street and Third avenue May
Is. The plan is to remove the office
force of the society from the Safety
building into the club quarters as soon
after that date as possible, slight re-
modelling of the building to be made in
the interim.
Have Funds to start.
The sale of the Sixteenth street prop
erty gives the club the necleus of a
fund with which to carry out the long
cherished desire of the majority of the
membership for a modern club home.
Mr.. Rosenheld, on taking the presi-
dency of the organization, announced
it as one of his purposes to get a new
cII1h hOuSa Starrpd durin5 hic admins
tration. He has done his part thus
far, and should have the solid support
of the membership in forwarding the
plans to a final completion. An option
has been given on the lot owned by
Charles McHugh and J. E. Montrose
on Eighteenth street between Second
and Third avenues, and the details OF
this proposition will be placed before
the membership for consideration also.
Two Locations offered.
Another question which it is ex.
pected will be settled this evening is
the securing of temporary quarters
for the club. At least two desirable
locations in the business district have
been offered, and it will be left to the
membership to make a selection
II the event that the plans as far
as they have progressed meet with
the approval of the club members. it
is hoped to push the new home pro-
ject with a view to having the build
ing in readiness for occupancy by next
winter. A scheme of financing the
enterprise has been worked out, and
this will be laid before the members
at their meeting tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
WILL INSPECT RESERVE
Captain w. F. Purdy, Head of State
Naval Militia, Here Tonight.

Captain W. F. Purdy, in command
of the Illinois division of naval reserve,
will be here this evening for the an
nual inspection of the Rock Island
division at the Armory. He inspected
the Moline division last evening. Cap
tain Purdy is seeking to strengthen
the two local divisions in numerical
strength and otherwise. He declares
them to be the poorest division in the
state service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26

The will of Julia Lord Taintor gives
5000 to Bacon academy and $1,000 TO
the First Ecclesiastical society of Col
chester, Conn. and beQueaths her per-
sonal property to the wives Of her five
brothers, who are named in the VIII as
follows: Isabella COmstoCk does
Belize, Isabella Ryan Taintor (Smith's
Belize, Isabella Spencer Gim's Belle,
Annabelle Taintor CEd's Belle and
Georgiana Taintor Charles BELIEF.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
At the Eanles' Ealr.

The program for tonight at the
Eagles fair at the roller rink includes
a solo by Miss Donna Sullivan and a
sketch by Jack Hamilton, Black face
comedian. Miss Sullivan and Mr..
Hamilton are appearing at the Hopp
theatre. The fair continues through
Saturday night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
HE WOULD ACCEPT PARDON
Walsh, However. Has Nothing to Do
With Move 10 Secure Release.

W alSn, however. Has Nothing to Do
With Move TO Secure Release.
Leayenworth, Kan, April 26.-John
R. Walsh, the banker, would accept a
pardon from the president if rendered
him, but the aged fnancier has in no
way had anything TO do with the cir
culation Of a petition for his release.
This statement was made by Warden
McClaughry Of the federal penitentiary
at Fort Leavenworth, where Mr..
Walsh is confined.
The old man is bent and worn"
added the warden, and since coming
here has grown nervous and looks
much older. 1 know he would gladly
accept a pardon"
No statement could be obtained from
Mr.. Walsh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
Brinn Funeral.

The funeral of Bartholomew Brinn.
Sal Twenty-second street, will be held
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock from
st. Joseph's church. Dean J. J. Quinn
will conduct the services and burial
will be in Calvary cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26

to Manistee, and received the follow
ing telegram yesterday:
mo damage to fruit in western
Michigan. Damage reported in today's
papers applies to southern Michigan.
Rained nearly all day today. Temper
ature raising from "a degrees this
morning to 46 degrees at s o'clock to-
night. Do not think fruit will be dam
aged here"