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The Appeal., 1910-06-04
TRAINING DOG COPS
How Berlin's Canine Police Are
Taught Their Duty.
Clever Four-Legged Detectives Display
Remarkable Intelligence in the
Running Down of Violators
Of the Law.

Berl1n.-Good detectives are rare
and correspondingly expensive. Hence
a police administration conducted with
due regard to economy could scarcely
AFFORD to employ veritable Sherlock
homes II he could be found. Ordi-
nary detectives and policemen, on the
other hand, cannot cope successfully
with the highly developed and refined
methods Of the modern criminal. The
police authorities, confronted with this
dilemma, have lately employed, to a.
limited extent, an auxiliary possessed
OF instincts which take the place of de-
tect1ve genius. This auxiliary is the
police dog. which, in Berlin at least, is
giving almost daily proof of it's fitness
for detective and police work. The
training and practise of these four
legged guardians of the peace are
most interesting to witness.
One morning the writer was con-
Quoted by Police Major Klein, the or
ganizer and commander of the canine
police force Of Berlin, to public gar
den in the suburbs. Here we found
assembled number of men of the
corps, all selected from the general
body OF police with especial reference
to their liking for dogs. On the grass
lay the dogs attached to the North
western police station-gaunt, sinewy
animals with shrewd faces, of the Ger
man sheep dog breed. We took seats
and the drill commenced. The dogs
were required to give tongue at sig
nal and to lie still at assigned sta
tions. until the trainer, moving away
from them, summoned them by a call
or whistle. Even when running at
full speed they instantly stopped and
lay down at the word of command. All
OF the dogs leaped a seven-foot fence
with ease, even when they carried
heavy objects in their mouths. The
The Appeal., 1910-06-04
plan to Seek Treasure.

An appeal is being made in Johan-
nesburg to finance a treasure-hunting
expedition. The treasure is the sup
posed hoard Of old Chief sekekuni,
who is believed to have buried it in q
certain cave in 1879. The story goes
that the treasure consists Of two big
skins full Of sovereigns and pot
filed with diamonds. Details connect
ed with the burying Of the hoard have
been obtained from an old native, and
funds are being asked for In order to
dnsnce the expedition.
The Appeal., 1910-06-04
MILL MARRY AN AMERICAN
Miss Mathllde Townsend, Heiress.
Whose Hand Was Sought by No
biltty, Accepts New Yorker.

New York.After having been
courted by at least half dozen for.
eign noblemen. Miss Mathilde Town.
send of Washington has rejected all of
them In favor Of young Peter Goelet
Gerry, second son Of Commodore Ed
ridge T. Gerry Of this city. Mrs,
Richard Townsend, the young woman's
mother. has not yet formally an.
The Appeal., 1910-06-04

1904 the founder of the dynasty was
q swineherd. servia was part of the
Turkish empire originally, but about
that time it rose and the swineherd it
was who won independence for his
kingdom, and was set upon the throne
as its first king.
The crown prince of Servia, as is
probably known, is the second son of
the present king Of Servia, the eldest
The Appeal., 1910-06-04
WHY He OBSERVED.

It was in the last car Of the through Pullman
train.
Mamma" said little Archibald, ..that man has
wig
Sh!" cautioned his mother IN whisper.
Didn't / tell you not to be SO observing?.
Why not mammal Isn't this IN observation
cart"
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prospect gives me unbounded hope, be.
cause it promises triumph for liberty.
hope to see the day when the ideal
OF Gladstone may be realized and Ire.
land enjoy the benefits of home rule"
The Appeal., 1910-06-04

dodge the heavy dirt
train traffic continual
ly, first when distribu-
ting tho pipe. and
later when moving ma
terial.
Besides this the work
commenced with the
beginning Of the rainy
season and was CON-
pleted before it ended.
In one place the men
worked through the
pouring rain for three
weeks up to their
waists In water in a.
swamp, part of the
time on a floating plat
form or raft ~ boordo
The Appeal., 1910-06-04

w. DSGs5l0UST LoSak3uns-
the waters of the Pa
cihc ocean. for the
first time in all his
tory, mingled with
the waters Of the At
1antic across the 18th.
mus Of Panama. It
was not, however,
through the great
canal that this oc.
CURED, but through
the oil pipe line of
the Union Oil COM
~o~rx 20
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o.,
which was being tested with sea wa.
ter, under pressure Of 800 pounds,
before being put in service.
The installation of the only pipe
1ne connecting the two oceans has
excited considerable interest every
where, not only because it was the
only large pipe line in the tropics at
the time, but because it opened the
eastern market for the first time to
California oil.
The Union Oil company of Califor.
MA was founded in 1890 by Pennsyl.
vania oil men who had been estab.
hshed In the business In California
since 1882. It's headquarters were at
Los Angeles until 1908 and its direo.
tors are Los Angeles business men of
he highest character for probity and
conservative business energy, The
president. Mr.. Lyman Stewart, Is well
Known as a philanthropist as well al
far-sighted business man and to him
3 due the entire credit for holding
ne company together and bringing II
'afely through the rocks and shoals
u the early days Of the oil business
1893. -'o ~
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-05

I'll have word with the chief
 The chief came out. followed by a black bearded judge. who was bidding him obsequious farewell.
 As NJ. Simon moved away briskly his eye fell on the waiting detective. and his genial face clouded
 "Ah, Coquenil." he said. I'm sorry about this business"
 Sorry" exclaimed M. Paul. "So is Vaudeville sorry. but if you're sorry why did you let the thing happen?'
 NJ. Simon laid a warning finger on his lips. This is in strictest conf dence. The order came through his office, but l don't believe the prefet dc police issued it personally. It came from higher up.'
 Coquenil kept his appointment that night at the Three Wise Men and found Papa Tignol waiting for him his face troubled even to the tip of his luminous purple nose. Later, with Tignol and Pougeot, he started on ride in a taxicab, which mystified his TWO companions. During the ride. which took them into the country. Coquenil ordered the chauffeur to knock at the door of a desolately To- orator obeyed when Coquenil climbed into the chauffeur's seat and started the machine ahead at full speed de- spite the cries and imprecations of the deserted machinist, who plunged desperately after the machine. That was Gibelin," laughed the great de- tective to his astounded companions. He was the chauffeur and was spy ing on me. He'll have only fifteen miles to walk to reach Paris"
 During the return to Paris Coquenil said to Pougeot in very serious tones:
 Il may have to call on you sudden { ly. You may get some strange mes sage by some queer messenger. Look at this ring. Will you know it-a { brown stone marked with Greek char acters? It's a talisman. You'll listen to any one who brings you this ring. old friend eh?"
 Pougeot grasped NJ. Paul's hand and wrung it affectionately. They went to the room of Tignol. who announced to Coquenil. 'I have found a little shrimp of photogra- pher who has seen your murderer, all right"
 "The devilr' started NJ. Paul. ''Wherew
 Tignol pointed out of window to a balcony running along the front of the hotel. There! There are six rooms opening on that balcony" Taking a sheet of paper, he made rough dia- gram:
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ET::T:T::1 1

Now. then" continued Papa Tignol, surveying his handiwork with pride. "I think that is clear B, here, is the balcony just outside, and there are the six rooms with windows opening on it. We are in this room, D, and my friend the little photographer is in the next room. E. peacefully sleeping. but he wasn't peaceful when he came home tonight and heard me playing that flute. although I played in my best manner-eh, eh? He stood it for about ten minutes. and then, eh, eh? It was another case of through the wall, first one boot, bang, then another boot, smash, only there were no holes for the boots to come through. And then it was profanity!'
 Well, wellr' fretted Coquenil.
 Then we got acquainted. l apolo- gized and offered him beer, which he likes. Then he apologized and told me his troubles. He's in love with a pretty dressmaker who lives in this Room c. She is fair, but tickle. He tells me she has made him unhappy by flirting with a medical student who lives in this Room c. It seems the little photographer has been getting more and more jealous lately. He was satisfied that his ladylove and the med ical student used this balcony as a lover's lane. and he began lying in wait at his window for the medical student to steal past toward the dress makers room. For several nights last week he waited and nothing happen ed. Rut he's a patient little shrimp so he waited again Saturday night
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-05

Sopms true; it certainly seems ts Hautevile grumbled. but how E0u account for it?'
 fouonil smiled. "Kittredge told bp had three pairs of boots. They yp machine made and the same size. says he kept them all going. so
 were all worn approximately
 b We have the pair that he wore 1 night and another pair found in room. but the third pair is miss Ifs the third pair of boots that ie those alleyway footprints. l N we shall have found Martinez's haerer when we find the man who
 e that third pair of boots, unless Stredge lied when he told that girl had never suffered with gout or knmasm."
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-05
CHAPTER XIII.
j'FRoM HIGHER UP"

iFRoM HIGHER UP"
 7S part of a days work Nj. Paul
 had taken steps for the finding
 of the auger dropped into the
 Seine by Pussy Wilmott. and lines on the morning after that la examination a diver began work ng the Concorde bridge under the dance of young detective named bet, selected for this duty by Nj. ul himself. Another man was cir ating in and out among friends of rtlnez, whom he must study one one until the false friend had been powered. And another thread was Frylng still another man along the ll Of the fascinating Anita. for Co enll wanted to find out why she had Rnged her mind that night and what
 Knew about the key to the alley ' door. Somebody 0are that key 10 asassin!
 Besides all this, and more important, Paul had planned a piece of work
 fapa Tignol when the old man ported for instructions this same fdnesday morning.
 
 Au' iishol. he exclaimed. with a Vlaa' smile. Its a fine day. all orus are singing, and we're going uo great things" He rubbed his lus exultantly T want you to do H'ue Job at the Hotel des Etran- F Where Kittredge lived. You are 'aAe room on the sixth floor if fSlOe and spend your time playing flute"
 Aylag the fute!' gasped Tignol. uVa khow how to play the fiutem tue better. Spend your time al, s. mere is no one who gets so n. ' Ill touch with his neighbors as aua a learning to play the flute"
 n srlhhed the other shrewdly. s's s after information from the s uOOr! Eh, eh? A droll idea. I'll sl n to play the futer
 aesl me at Q tonight at the Three E Sante." Ill oh 'o |et ans r.vposed to make Lloyd walk Ms s"u forth several times in a pair |p mi, vNn boots over soft earth in |s,p,a sp,sOn yard and then show the inn |re,on.' VI 'lleSe new footprints were [shss, ,,a' Tn the pressure marks and
 Ill the length of stride from p1t SsI, left In the alleyway. This Eth ,h " further indication. along e n.,,e 'ue differences already noted in ep ' no, that the alleyway footprints Sst ,y mot ms, made by Kittredge. lteetira aue by klttredge, reflected the Mge's , out by a man wearing Kit A tbe,o anu pair, the stolen pair. an mns. was a nut to crack. This Id don1., nave stolen the boots, as he How susn,s, ss stolen the pistol, to D. It was 'oh on an innocent per lat the hoa.. as essential to his purpose 'on. Hs sVV.s 0 be found in Kittredge's Tn them A'ust u have intended to re- 'en must h. something quite unfore- ping So un ua'e prevented him from
 what had prevented the as-
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 a wise on the shrimp's throat and near ly choked the life out of him. You can see the nail marks still on the cheek and neck, but he remembers dis tinctly that the man carried something in his hand"
 My Godl The missing pair of boots"' cried Coquenil Was it?" Tignol nodded Sure. He was car rying 'em loose in his hand. 1 mean they were not wrapped up. He was going to leave 'em in Kittredge's room Here it is A." He pointed to the diagram.
 Its true It must be true" mur mured NJ. Paul. And what then?'
 Nothing. l guess the man saw fl was only a shrimp he had hold of. SD he shook him two or three times and dropped him back into his own room. and he never said word" CoqueniPs face grew somber Tt was the assassin" he said. "There's no doubt about it" The detective stopped short Great heavens." he cried. Il can prove it. You say his nail marks showT'
 Tignol shrugged his shoulders They show as little scratches" Little scratches are all l want" said the other. snapping his fingers ex- citedly. Its simply a question which side of his throat bears the thumb mark We know the murderer is a left handed man. and being suddenly attacked. he certainly used the full strength of his left hand in the first desperate clutch. He was facing the man as he took him by the throat so | if he used his left hand the thumb mark must be on the left side of the | photographers throat, whereas If a right handed man had dono it the thumb mark would be on the right side"
 "Yes." said Tignol.
 Now bring the man in here"
 "I'll get him in." said the commits kary.
 A few moments later was brought in thin, sleepy little persoa wrapped in red dressing gown.
 The photographer stood meekly for inspection while Coquenil studied the marks on his face There. plainly marked on the left side of the throat, was single imprint, the curving red mark where thumb nail had closed hard. while on the right were prints of the fingers.
 He used his left hand, all right" said Couuenil. and, sapristi. he had sharp uails"'
 "Parbleuw mumbled the shrimp.
 Patiently the photographer stood still while the commissary and Tignol tried to stretch their fingers over the red marks that scared his countenance. And neither of them succeeded. They could cover all the marks except that of the little finger, which was quite beyond their reach. Coquenil remem- bered Alice's words that day as she looked at his plaster casts.
 A very long little finger-here it was, one that must equal the length of that famous seventeenth century criminals little finger in his collection But this man was living! He had brought back Kittredge's boots! He was left handed! He had very long little finger! And Alice knel0 such q man!
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and, something did happen"
 1.-The night of the murder 2,

"The night of the murder?"
 That's it. He saw a man pass his window. and he was sure it was the medical student. He stepped out soft ly and followed him as far as the win dow of Room c. Then he sprang upon the man from behind. intending to chastise him. The man turned on him like flash. and it wasn't the medical student"
 "Who was it? Go onw
 He doesn't know anything about the man except that his hand shut like
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-25
AUTOMOBILE HITS RIG
OF w. D. SCHMIDT
DavenpOrter and His Wife Are Hurled
to the Pavement While Unknown
Autoist Dashes on.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Schmidt of
Davenport while returning to their
home Saturday evening in their rig
after a visit on this side of the river,
were struck by an automobile which
hurled them from the rig and came
close to having serious results. For
tunately no bones were broken and
the worst injuries were serious bruises
sustained by Mr.. Schmidt. The col
Iision took place about 8 o'clock on
the Rock Island arsenal just after the
rig had left the first bridge. Mr..
Schmidt turned out of the car tracks
after leaving the bridge in order to
let a street car pass and the auto
which must have been following the
car pretty closely turned out also and
crashed into the rear of the rig. Be
sides hurting the occupants to the
paving, the buggy was smashed be-
yond repair. Regardless of the dam
age he had inflicted and of the pos
sibility that the victims might be ser
iously injured, the auto driver sped
onward and his identity is unknown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-25

several days. left this morning for
| their home.
| Miss Nellie Fuller returned Satur-
day evening after spending a week in
Rockford with friends.
Mrs. Margaret Kellerstrass and
daughter, Miss Nellie. 925 Nineteenth
street, left this noon for Boulder,
| Col. where they will spend a month
visiting relatives.
G. c. Blakslee, president of the
local Y. NJ. c. A, will leave tomor-
row for Lake Geneva, Wis, where he
will attend the 22nd annual con-
vention of association directors.
Harry Fox, formerly a resident of
this city, now making his home in
Chicago, has been in the city for the
last few days visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. P. Fox, in the Sala
flats.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Marvin and
two daughters, Ella and Marie, left
this morning for their home in Mar
ion, Iowa, after spending the past
fortnight in Rock Island visiting
relatives.
Mrs. G. B. Williamson and chill
dren of Pueblo, Col, stopped off in
Rock Island to visit friends for sew
eraI days enroute to Indianapolis,
Ind, where they will make their
future home.
Mrs. NJ. D. Tomilson and daugh-
ter, Miss Myrtle, of Erie stopped off
in Rock Island to spend several days
with friends enroute to Sherrard.
where they will make an extended
stay with relatives.
Lester and Barton Morrison, who
have been visiting friends in the
city for several days, left this morn
ing for Des Moines, where they will
spend several days enroute to their
home in Lincoln, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Heffner have
returned home after attending the
funeral of Mr.. Heffner's brother, L. r.
Heffner. at Ogden, Utah. His death
occurred at San Francisco. Deceased
formerly was resident of Boards
town.
H. E. Brown, former principal of
the Rock Island high school with his
wife and son, Merritt, left this morn
ing for Kennilworth, where they will
make their future home. Mr. Brown
will assume his duties as principal
of the New Trier township high
school next month.
Mrs. John Martin of Quincy, who
has been visiting with relatives in
Cascade, Iowa, for the past fort
night, stopped off in Rock Island to
visit friends for several days. She
was accompanied by Mrs. William
Cooley and Leon Barton of Cascade,
who will visit at her home
Captain James Normoyle, quarter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-25
SYLVAN STEEL MILLS
RESUME OPERATIONS
Had Been Closed Two Weeks for
Inventory and Overhauling-
Employees Get Increase.

The Sylvan steel mills of the Re
puclic iron and Steel company resumed
work today after a Shutdown lasting
two weeks, during which time some
500 men were out OF employment. The
shutdown was for the purpose Of TAX
ing inventory and for overhauling ma
chinery. There are sufficient orders
on hand at the mill to warrant the
running Of the 10 and - inch mills
both night and day and this will be
done. as the result Of n wage con
ference at the headquarters OF the
company in Pittsburg, the majority Of
the men who returned to work today
viii receive an increase in their wages.
the amounts ranging from 81 to 10
Per cent. The puddlers received the
greatest advance. Their scale in the
year past called for 5.62la per ton and
this year It will be $6121A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-25

master department United States
army, who with his family has spent
the past two years in the Philippines,
is making a visit 10 his parents in
Rock Island, enroute to Fort Leaven-
worth, where he has been assigned to
the duty he had before going abroad.
Miss Madge McGinnis, 2542 Eighth
avenue, has as her guests Misses Essie
and Nell McGinniss, st. Louis; Grace
McManus, KeOkuk; Kathryn Malloy,
Independence, Iowa, and Mrs. Wallace
Rogerson, Chicago. The party will
spend the month of August at the Nc
Ginniss summer cottage at Lake Min
netonka.
Miss Mary McDonough, a former
resident of Rock Island, left last
night for her home in Pasadena, Cal,
after being a guest for the past fort
night at the homt of James Hall, ia
Tenth street. Miss McDonOugh was
in attendance at the American Wo-
mems league convention that was
held at st. Louis, Mo, last month
and was one of the delegates from
California.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-25
WOMAN TRIES TO
JUMP I'M RIVER
Falls in Faint, However, and Is
Found by Bridge Guard-TaI1en
to Mercy Hospital.

Miss Elizabeth Quistorff of Daven-
port was found in a semi-unconscious
state at o'clock yesterday morning
by the guard on the government bridge
between this city and Davenport. The
Davenport police were communicated
with and she was given into the care
of Police MatrOn Hill, who later had
her removed to Mercy hospital, where
sne is now. The woman has regained
consciousness but still seems mentally
deranged. She stated that she had
gone to the river with the intention
of casting herself into the waters, but
instead of doing so she lost concious-
ness and fell in a swoon on the bridge
1t is thought that she will recover her
mind and that her suicidal tendencies
will be lost.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-25
FALLS FROM CAR
H. w. Nagel Lies at St. An
thongs Hospital With
Fractured Skull.
COMING IN FROM TOWER
Accident Took Place About 9:15 Last
Night-Vfotim Is Unconscious
and May Not Recover.

H. w. Nagel, whose home is in Dav-
export, where a sister resides, met
with a serious accident in this city lasT
evening, one from which death may
result. He fell off a Watch Tower car
on which he was riding in from the
resort, and in striking the pavement,
his skull was fractured and he was 9TH
erwise seriously cut and bruised about
the face. Just how the accident took
place is somewhat of a mystery, as it
happened before any one could prevent
it in any way. Nagel was on a car
which was pretty well crowded, and he
was among those who were standing
on the running board. When the car
reached Seventh avenue and Four
teenth-and-a-half street, Nagel appear
ed to let go his hold on the car, and he
was precipitated to the ground. The
car was going at a pretty good rate of
speed, but it was stopped at once and
immediate help was rendered the pros
trate man. a lady passenger who was
seated near where Nagel had been
standing, stated that she noticed that
he appeared pale and that she thought
he must be very sick. 1t is thought
that this is what caused him to lose
his hold and fall to the ground. The
physician who attended him states
that there was no sign of intoXicatiou.
Is StHI Unconscious.
physician was summoned at once
and the man was removed to the hos
pital, where the examination showed
how seriously he was hurt. lie was
still unconscious, however, and appar-
emily there is very little hope of his
regaining consciousness, for a time at
least. His parents, who reside in Bush
nell, Ill, have been notified of the con-
dition of the young man, and they are
expected TO arrive shortly to give what
aid they can ir caring for him
He is an employee at the Rock Island
freight depot in Davenport, and is
about % years old.