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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
Personal Points

R. C. Spencer of Chicago is visiting
friends here.
Myer Loeb of Cincinnati visited in
Rock Island today.
Harry Wilson OF Alpha is visiting
with relatives here.
William Fell of Toulon is here for a
visit of several days.
R. H Williams of Bloomington is
visiting with friends here.
Lee Shaner of Delta, Iowa, arrived
yesterday for a brief visit
William s. Hart of Waukon, Iowa, is
here for a visit of several days.
o. R. Brouse OF Rockford is here for
a visit of several days with friends.
Roy Collins has returned home after
a visit of 10 days at Sioux Falls, S. d.
George n. Frink of Des Nfbines ar
rived yesterday for a visit Of several
days here.
Charles Jones of Galesburg. former
ly of Rock Island, is visiting with
friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. e. MardOck of Aledo
arrived yesterday for a few days
visit with friends.
Samuel Bowman left yesterday at
noon for California where he will visit
during the winter.
K. B. Miller of Chicago, who has
been visiting here for few days, left
today for Burlington.
Alvan Hunsicker of New York. gen
eraI manager of The Standard OiIcloth
company, arrived yesterday for bust
ness visit.
Congressman James Mckinney came
to Rock Island yesterday. He was
shown the sights by Postmaster H. A
J. Mcdonald and County Clerk H. B.
Hubbard
Mrs. D. F. Daniels and son, Edward
of Dallas, Texas, who have been visit
ing at the home of D. T. Taylor in
South Rock Island, returned to their
home yesterday.
Mrs. A. ]. Warner of Rochester, N.
Y, spent today in Rock Island en-
route to Muscatine to visit friends. 1t
was the first time Mrs. Warner had
been in Rock Island since 1852, when |
as a young woman of 10 she appeared |
IN a concert here, having been a vocal |
st Of some note in her younger days. |
She was Miss Kate Foster before her |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
WEATHER OF A YEAR AGO
Today Anniversary of First Cold
Snap of Fail of 1909.

A Rock Islander who is long on
weather data reminds The Argus that
just a Tear ago today we were having
the first cold spell of the fall. Snow
fell and there was a good, hard freeze
The records show that the minimum
temperature a year ago last night was
% degrees, and that the maximum
for the preceding "a hours was So In
other words, there was freezing wealth
er for the entire day. Not much like
that today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
TRIPLE NUMBER
REQUIRED SIGN

1t is beginning to look as though
practically the entire voting strength
of the city is to be represented on the
petitions addressed to the county
Judge asking for the calling OF spe-
cial election to submit for adoption the
proposition of administering the city
under the commission form Of govern
ment.
Petitions are in circulation in every
ward, ond already thrice the number
of names required under the legal per-
centage have been secured. The cit
zens passing the petitions, on COM
parison of notes, have found the re-
fusals to sign do not average one
in fifty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
TEDDY IN AFRICA
HANDSOME BOOK FREE
Adventures of Teddy in Africa Told
in Rhyme and Handsomely IL
Illustrated in Colors and All
Free for the Asking.

H. Schmidt & Sons company,
Brady street, Davenport, make an
announcement on page 5 that will
interest every child in the city. They
offer a handsomely illustrated book
entitled Teddy in Africa" mailed
postpaid to those who will fill out
the coupon at the bottom of the ad.
This is a perfectly legitimate offer
and there are no conditions connect
ed with it. For further information
read ad on page 8 this evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
ORION CHILDREN ARE HURT
One Falls Into Barbed Wire, Other
Steps on Broken Bottle.

Orion, Ill. Oct. 10 (Special)-
Two children were injured here
Tuesday. Lois Swanson, S-year-old
daughter Of F. o. Swanson, the lum-
Der dealer, while at play in the yard,
became entangled in a loose section
of barb wire, cutting her face Sc
verely and nearly severing one ear.
Eslie Anderberg, son Of Adolph
Anderberg, playing near the school
house, stepped on a broken bottle.
cutting a bad cash in his foot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
Greeks Are Released.

The IS Greeks arrested for the rob-
berry Of fur caps from the Rock Island
railroad yards were released today af-
ter the police had convinced them
selves that the foreigners were not
implicated in the robbery itself. They
had secured the caps from the men
who did the job and the police state
they have learned who these parties
were. The Greeks might have been
held for receiving stolen property, but
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
Held for Wife pesertlon.

William Waldron, who was a resi-
dent of this city until about a year ago,
at which time his wife charges him with
having deserted her. was arrested last
night by the local police on a warrant
sworn out by Mrs. Waldron. Magis-
tfate Smith held Waldron to the grand
jury under bonds of 1000. He prom
ised to make arrangements for provid-
ing for the children, in which case the
charge against him will probably be
dropped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
Nenreas Jumpe Bond.

Matilda Jackson, a negress hailing
from Des Moines, was arrested last
night by the local police on informa-
ton forwarded from the Des Moines
department Matilda got into trouble
In the Iowa capital and after getting
out on bail jumped her bonds. A de-
tective from Des Moines is expected
to arrive in the city tonight to take
Matilda back to Des Moines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
ProEressives Win.
One Of the WaI.hea WEEDS.

Burlington. Iowa, Oct. 13.-Charles
H Walsh. manager of the local street
car system and the electric lighting
plant, was married yesterday morning
TO Miss Mary Maloney at her home I'm
Chicago. Mr.. Walsh is one Of the
Walsh brothers. prominent in Clinton,
Davenport and Burlington for their
success in promoting interurbans.
There are five of the brothers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
SUICIDES TO END
Her SUFFERINCS
Miss Amelia Siemons Strangles
Herself at the Home of
Her Sister.
AILING ALL HER LIFE
Goes to Room Ostensibly to Take a
Rest, and Is Found Dead Half
an Hour Afterward.

This morning between and 8
o'clock Miss Amelia Siemons COM
mitted suicide by strangulation at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Eliza
beth Lafrenze, COZ Thirteenth ave-
nue.. Members of the family state
that for some time, in fact most of
her life, Miss Siemons had been i'll,
and took her life to end her suffer-
ing.
Miss Siemons was about as usual
this morning. At o'clock she told
her sister that she was going to her
room and rest, as she felt somewhat
fatigued. Half an hour later Mrs.
Lafrenz had occasion to go to her
sisters room. She found that both
doors leading into it had been lock-
ed. All efforts to arouse her sis
ter were unavailing. The aid of a
brother, George Siemons, was secur-
ed and the room was then entered.
The brother and sister were horri-
fed to see the dead body of their
sister lying on the floor. Miss Sic
mons had tied a cord about her neck
and had attached the other end to
a bedpost. When the body was
found life had been extinct for some
minutes.
Inquest is Conducted.
Coroner J. F. Rose conducted an
inquest this afternoon at the home
and the jury returned a verdict in
accordance with the above facts.
Deceased was born in Germany,
Feb. 16, 1873. When she was seven
years of age she came to this coun-
try with her parents. Since last May
she had made her home with her
sister, coming here from Fort Madi-
son, Iowa, after the death of her
She is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Lafrenz, Rock
Island; Mrs. Mary Wagner, Milwau-
kee and Mrs. Emma Staples of Wind
sor, Vt, and two brothers, Emil Sic
mons, Seattle. and George Siemons,
Rock Island. Miss Siemons was a
member OF the Methodist church at
Fort Madison.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
Kills a Murderer.

A merciless murderer is appendi-
citis with many victims. But DR..
Kings New Life Pills kill Il by pre-
vention. They gently stimulate
stomach, liver and bowels. prevent
ing that clogging that invites appeD-
dicitis, curing constipation. headache
chills. Twenty-Five cents
at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
Social For Boys.

Tonight at the Christian mission
on Thirty-ninth street and Four
teenth avenue there will be a social
for all boys between the ages of 10
and 1 5 years who live in that neigh
bOrhood. This social is given by the
boys class of the mission. There
will be contests, guessing games,
classical songs, etc, after which re-
freshments will be served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
HALL
HOME is LOST
Peoria Gets Institution of Col
ored Masons Located in
South Rock Island.
ACTION BY GRAND LODGE
Almost a Rough House at Peoria
Meeting When the Resolution
Is Put Through.

Peoria, Ill, Oct. 13.-Tha progress
sives and "standpatters" OF Prince
Hall, grand lodge of Colored Masons.
now in session in this city, resulted in
wordy warfare last night, and for
time IT seemed that the Masonic
ship was about to be wrecked.
1t all happened over resolution
that was introduced by one OF the pro-
gressives and was strenuously oppos-
ed by the standpatters. The resolution
which caused all of the trouble is as
follows:
Whereas, The most worshipful
Prince Hall grand lodge has made a
proposition TO purchase the Prince
Hall Masonic home, located at Rock
Island, therefore be #
Resolved, That the Prince Hall
Masonic lodge hereby authorize the
trustees Of the home to transfer the
home and all OF its property located
at Rock Island, to the Prince Hall
grand lodge"
PrOEressives win
The progressives wanted to transfer
and the standpatters were strenuously
opposed TO any such transfer and the
fight was on for true. After two
hours Of fierce warfare the progress
sives finally won amid great applause.
The report Of the obituary commit
tee showed that the lodge had sustain
ed A deaths during the year. In the
report Of the grand secretary, r. E.
Moore. 1t disclosed the fact that the
grand lodge was organized AZ years
ago at Springfield. Ill, and that OF the
II men who composed the original or
ganization only one was now living, l.
H. Kelley, OF Alton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
Notice to Coal Dealers.

Sealed proposals will be received
at the city clerks Office until D.
m, Monday, Oct. II, 1910, for sup
plying the following places with
lump coal as needed, towit: city hall,
fire stations, city barn, scale house
and RESERVOIR. The city reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
NJ. T. RUDGREN, City Clerk
Rock Island, ILL.,, Oct II, 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
NOTES FROM The
M'CABE SALE

iFs7fgW F7W;
The new Phipps tailored hats have
achieved wonderful popularity.
One hundred complimentary lunch
es each day during the 41st years
Opening sale.
The big third floor furniture and car
pet sections are reveling in an over
wheiming increase of business
The enlarged and improved shoe de
partment is enjoying its full share
of increased popularity and expanding
sales
The known high quality Of the Nc
Cabe linens has never been more
prominently recognized than during
this 41st years Opening sale.
The high quality of the service in
our tea room brings to it throng each
day of discriminating people who con-
tinue to compliment its superiority.
The unadvertised bargains at these
October sales are being heralded by
mouth from friend to friend, from
neighbor to neighbor and city to coun-
try.
The free ice cream sodas, the coffee,
the sandwiches, the lunches and all the
delights for the inner man, help to
make this 41st years Opening sale a
memorable occasion.
The avalanche of bargains inaugu- |
rating the McCabe stores 41st years I
business in Rock Island is being her
aided 10 the uttermost parts of the |
adjoining counties. Take your friends. |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13

The pleasant purgative effect ex-
perienced by all who use Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
and the healthy condition of the
body and mind which they create,
makes one feel joyful. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13

they were innocent of any wrong in
tent and 1t was decided to let them go.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
Leaves Wife md Children.

Klingberg was a laborer, and is sur
vived by a wife and children. Misses
Helen Huntoon and Mildred Stephens
were passengers in the car that ran
down Klingberg.
The coroners jury returned YER
dict recommending that Chauffeur
Dolph be held to the grand jury for
involuntary manslaughter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
AUTO KILLS A MAN
Andrew Klingberg, Hit by G. H.
Huntoon Car, Dies at Mo
line Hospital.
CORONER IS INVESTIGATING
Chauffeur Admits Driving at Rate of
30 Miles an Hour Two Blocks .
from Scene of Accident.

Andrew Klingberg, aged Sc, run
down last Saturday night at Fifth ave-
nue. and Fourteenth street, Moline, by
the G. H. Huntoon touring car, died
of his injuries yesterday afternoon at
4:30 at the Moline city hospital.
Coroner ]. F. Rose today impaneled
jury to conduct an inquiry into the
fatality. Fourteen witnesses were
heard. Dwight Rolph, chauffeur of
the Huntoon car, admitted the ma
chine was going between So and 40
miles an hour two blocks from the
scene of the accident. He said he
slowed down before the man was hit,
but he could not tell how fast the car
was moving when KHngberg was
struck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13
The new Phipps tailored hats have
achieved wonderful popularity.

One hundred complimentary lunch
es each day during the 41st years
Opening sale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13

The big third floor furniture and car
pet sections are reveling in an over
wheIming increase of business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-13

The high quality of the service in
our tea room brings to it throng each
day of discriminating people who con-
tinue to compliment it's superiority.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-23
MILLER FEARS
FOR THE RIVER
.pEs MONIES BOOSTER THINKS
HULL's DEFEAT MAY HAM
PER NAVIGATION PLANS

Des Moines. June 22.-That the
work of making the Des Moines river
navigable will suffer an irreparable
loss in the defeat of Capt. J. A. 1. HUI
is the belief of members OF the hlVer
Improvement association.
A. C. Miller, who has been prom
inently identified with the work from
it's outset, said yesterday that whlle
the work of surveying the stream
would be pushed he had little hope OF
securing the necessary appropriations
for either dredging the bed or 1nstal-
ling system of locks and dams.
"The engineers engaged on the
work will soon decide whether the
lock system or the common dredging
scheme will be used. The survey Is
nearly completed and when the re-
ports are in 1t will be up to Congress
man Prouty to secure more approprla'
tions.
at took ten years for Captain Hull
to reach q position where he couId
command the attention Of congress on
the river work He was strongly IN
favor of making the stream navigaole,
as he realized the enormous value OF
the work to Des Moines and Iowa.
II have little hope that Congress-
man Prouty will enter into the work
as did Captain Hull. However, we
will keep the work before the publlc
and let them see how Judge Prouty
Joins in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-23
Weather Bureau Says Hot
Spell At Last Is Broken;
General Rains Predicted

says the bulletin. Much needed sun.
shine and increased warmth favored
all portions of the corn and winter
wheat growing states.
ut is becoming dry in portions OF
Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. but over
the remainder Of the districts there is
sufficient moisture for present needs.
Over the northern tier Of states, en-
bracing the spring wheat region, much
needed warmth prevailed.
Middle West Needs Rain.
But little rainfall occurred. espec-
tally in wisconsin, Minnesota, the
eastern portions of the Dakotas, and
northern Iowa, where the soil was al
ready depleted Of moisture. The hot,
dry weather OF the last week over
these districts was trying to vegetation
already deficient in vitality on account
Of previous adverse conditions.
along the Atlantic coast districts
from the Carolinas northward. warmer
weather was the rule and vegetation
made good progress, but the week was
mostly cloudy and wet. and warm
sunshine is much needed"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-23
ENGAGEMENT is RUMORED
" Gay Gossips Believe That Ethel
Roosevelt VIII Marry News
paper Man,

Oyster Bay, l.. l., June 22.-.'Is Miss
Ethel Roosevelt engaged t. be mar
ried?' This is the question which
Oyster Bay folks are asking James
Thomas Williams, one time Wash
ington newspaper correspondent and
later member Of the civil service
commission, who was Miss Roose-
velt's guest at luncheon yesterday He
arrived on the noon train an. Miss
Roosevelt was at the station in a run
about to meet =, She greeted him
as James" They mingled little with
othel mem bers of the Roosevelt fam
lily during the afternoon, and went for
long walk after luncheon. Mr.. VIII
liams left for New YORK early last
evening. Miss Roosevelt brought him
down to the station in her runabout.
During the Roosevelt administration
Mr.. Williams was welcome visitor
to the White House. During the last
national campaign he served as pri-
vate secretary to Frank H. Hitchcock,
Republican national chairman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-23
FREIGHT men
GO ON STRIKE
EMPLOYEES OF MANY ROADS ASK
HIGHER WAGES AT DUBUQUE
TODAY.

Dubuque, June 22.-(Special.) )-The
freight handlers, billing and checking
clerks in the Milwaukee, Illinois Cen.
trail, Burlington and Chicago & Great
Western freight houses in Dubuque
are out as the result of the refusal Of
the companies to accede to higher
scale Of wages. The men claim they
are being paid an average of $1.65 per
day, while similar employees in Chicago
and the Twin cities and other places
are being paid an average of $2.25 per
day and up. They ask an average of
about So. The Great Western replied
by locking it's men out Tuesday after
noon. Wednesday morning the en-
ployes of the Milwaukee and Illinois
Central reported for work but de-
clined to go ahead unless the increase
was granted. AS a result they were
laid off. About 100 men are affected,
all being members of the local order
sof the International union. Clerks
from other departments and Italians
have been put in service, but are ac-
complishing little. The freight of the
city is tied up and the companies are
discouraging shipments except those
which are important.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-23

Washington, D. c., June %. The
safety Of W. P. Pittman is asured
through the prompt action of Secre-
tary Knox. Having in mind the fate
of Cannon and Groce. who were prac.
tically murdered at the hands Of Eel
ava, he acted promptly and warned
Madriz against any hasty action.
Through the United States consul at
Managua word has been received that
the life Of Pittman will be spared.
The capture of Pittman reveals re.
markable career full of experiences
and adventures in almost every quar-.
ter of the globe.
Billy" Pittman. as he is remem.
bered by those who knew him dozen
years ago, has been a soldier Of for.
tune, with an uncomfortable love for
adventure since he was boy. When
16 he ran away from his home, 17S
Spring street, East Cambridge, and for
six years he kept his whereabouts
such a mystery that he was given up
by his mother, two brothers and sis
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-23
Pennsylvania
REPUBLICANS
ENDORSE TAFT
PLATFORM DECLARES THAT THE
PAYNE-ALDRICH LAW WAS REVi-
SION DOWNWARD - TENER is
NAMED FOR GOVERNOR.

Harrisburg, Pa, June 2Z.-State Sen
ator Crow as temporary chairman OF
the Republican state convention made
a speech predicting victory for his
party The temporary organization
was made permanent and the platform
reported by the committee was adopt
ed
The platform endorses and COM
mends the Taft administration for It's
record of accomplishment, recites var
ious measures passed since the Lresi-
dents Inauguration, de .lares the tariff
law is in accord with the Republican
national platform, cites as one of the
effects of the measures the half billion
dollars increase in the wages OF work
ingmen and insists that the revision
was downward The remainder of the
platform was devoted to state issues.
John K. Tener was nominated for
governor, John l.. Reynolds lieutenant
governor, Henry Houck secretary OF
internal affairs and G. Fred Wright
treasurer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-23
cREsToh GIRL MISSING.
Grace Whited, II Years Old, Left
Home June and Has Not Boon
Seen Since,

Creston, June 22.-(Special) -
Grace Whited, the adopted daughter
Of E. A. Whited Of Atlantic, disappear.
ed from the home Of G. w. Talbot.
where she had been living for some
time, June 2, under rather mysterious
circumstances, and has not been seen
since. She was about II years Of age
and was adopted by the Whiteds from
an orphans home in Council Bluffs.
She did not leave any word when she
left. 1t is said that she was last seen
with an unknown man in an automo-
bile the night Of her disappearance.
No trace OF the girl can be found.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-23
CAMBRIDGE CAPTURED BY
THE GOVERNMENT FORCES OF PRESIDENT

ter for dead. In that time young Pitt
man had almost completely encircled
the globe.
William P Pittman is now q years
old. a man Of wonderful physique,
standing six feet one inch in his
stocking feet and weighing more than
200 pounds. AS boy he attended the
Thorndike grammar school in East
Cambridge and even then displayed
rare courage and physical prowess.
Pittman ran away from Cambridge
while his mother, Mrs. Rachel Pitt
man, widow, was on visit to her
old home in Newfoundland. Although
every effort was made to find the miss
ing boy, not word was heard from
him until 1906, when he met his moth
er in, New York. Even to his mother
he did not tell the whole story, but
! the following year he returned home
for the first time in seven years and
to an intimate he told his expert
ences, which are now told for the first
time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-23
EXAMINATION BEGINS
Applicants for Teachers Certificates
to the Number Of Sixty-three
Being Quizzed.

The annual examination for teach
ers' certificates begun in the high
school this morning. The session
opened at 8 o'clock and continued un-
til noon. The afternoon session be-
gan at / p. M, and was not finished
until late today. Sixty-three applica-
tions were received this morning.
The applicants are representative OF
the county's schools and the local
high school is fairly well represented.
The studies this morning in which the
applicants for teaching took part were
reading. orthography and didactics.
This afternoon arithmetic and geo.
graphy were studied. The studies in
which the quiz will be made tomorrow
are: history, physiology, grammar,
music and writing. superintendent
Elizabeth Burgess Is conducting the
examination.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-23
SECTION MAN KILLED
GiImer Zimmerman Falls From Car
at Hteman and Loses
His Life.

Abba, June a. Especially -Gilmer
Zimmerman, Is years old, was run
over by an ash car at No. 8 at Hite-
man, about $3.50 Tuesday afternoon.
He was brought to the Abba hospital
In the ambulance. His left arm was
cut off, both legs were broken and
he had internal injuries. He died
about $3.50 p. M. He was working for
the Wapello Coal Co., as section man
and was on the front end of the car to
set the brake when he fell in front OF
the car and was run over His father,
G. w. Zimmerman, lives 21a miles
south of Lovilia. He was boarding
with his sister who lives at No. 5
Hiteman.