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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
BOUND over FOR
Theft OF REINS
Three Men Placed Under $500
Bonds Each for Piece of
Petty Thievery.
ALL DENY THEIR GUILT
Evidence Against Them Is Pretty
in Default of Bonds.

John Kelley, Frank Franklin anc
Jerry Richmeyer were apprehended
yesterday in piece of petty thievery
and this morning Police Magistrate c.
J. Smith bound them all over to the
grand jury The bonds of each were
fixed at $500. None was able to get
bail The first of the three was held
on the charge of receiving stolen
property, and the other two were
charged with larceny. All deny their
magistrate of their innocence.
1t is alleged that Franklin went into
the harness shop OF Joe Schroeder on
Second avenue, between Nineteenth
and Twentieth streets. and looked over
the lay of the land while pretending to
want to sell the proprietor a razor.
Later he came into the store with Rich
meyer and asked Schroeder for piece
Of leather which he might use as a
razor strop.
Steals Set of Reins.
In complying with this request, Mr..
Schroeder had to go to the rear of the
shop, where a partition prevented him
from seeing his salesroom. While he
was out of sight it is alleged that
Richmeyer hid a set of leather reins
under his coat and took them out with
him when Franklin had secured his
razor strop.
Kelley met them outside and took
the reins to the Office of the Rockwell
Ice & Coal company, where he sold
them for 70 cents. In the meantime
Mr.. Schroeder missed the reins, as It
happened he had only two sets on ex-
hibitiOn, and the police were cOmmuni-
Gated with. Suspicion alighted at once
on Richmeyer and Franklin, and they
were arrested. Kelley was with them,
and he, too, was hauled in. The first
two denied any knowledge of the theft,
and the latter explained his connection
with the case by saying he had found
the reins outside of the shop. Their
were not given credence, how
ever, and their bind-Over followed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
PERSONAL POINTS.

E. w. Schoede Is in Chicago.
Ralph Rich has returned to Grinnen
college.
Sewall Collins will arrive home to-
morrow from Chicago.
Clarence Ficken returned to Grin
nell college this afternoon.
w A Rosenfield was today called
to Minneapolis on business.
j. H. Trimble has returned from a
western and southern business trip.
Bradford Brinton of Dixon has
been paying a visit to w. a. Rosen-
field in this city.
Albert and Otto Langhinrichs have
departed for White Owl, S. D., to re-
sumo work on their ranch
Mrs. p. J. McMahe1 and son Ever
EFT of Chicago are visiting at the home
of Mrs McMahen's uncle, w X. Gran
dell.
w S Dean and son David have re-
turned from Aledo. where they at
tended the funeral of Mr. Deans uncle,
Lewis Wright.
Hon John MacVicar of Des Moines,
who speaks at the Rock Island club
banquet this evening, arrived in the
at the New Harper.
Fred Jones of Chicago. now engaged
in the timber business in Oregon. is
registered at the Harper. He is a
former resident of Rock Island, a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Jones, now OF
Chicago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
COMMITTED TO THE ASYLUM
Robert j. Zentgraph Is Sent to the
WatertOWn Hospital.

Robert J. Zentgraph, the young Mo-
liner arrested in Muscatine Saturday
and brought to this city on suspicion
of being insane, has been so adjudged
and committed TO the Watertown hos
pital. The young man had an idea
that he was a stakeholder in the Tri-
City Street Railway company and he
often boarded a car and refused TO
pay his fare, as he said he owned the
lines. He also had an idea that he
had discovered how TO gain perpetual
motion. Saturday he was found wan
dering about in Muscatine in a sort
of dazed condition and the sheriff's
forces were asked to take charge Of
him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
CLUB WASHINGTON DINNER
John MacVicar, Des Moines, Address
es Local Organization.

The responses received up to noon
today promise a fine turnout for the
Washington banquet of the Rock Is
land club this evening. The dinner
will be served at $50 in the main
dining room Of the clubhouse on Six
teenth street. The affair is to be en-
tirely informal. John MacVicar,
former mayor of Des Moines and now
a member of the governing commits
sion of that city, which adopted the
new form a year ago. is TO be the
speaker. He will tell the exper-
fence of Des Moines under the new
form of city government. An or
chestra will render a program Of pa
triotic music and the dining room will
be decorated in the nationf1 colors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
is NEAR TO JURY
Closing Arguments on in the
Wilmerton Case in Cir
cult Court.
SELF DEFENSE is THE PLEA
Further DeniaIs Entered by LOOney
on Suggestion of Threats by Him
Last of the Evidence.

The defense having completed its
evidence yesterday afternoon. the
closing arguments TO the jury in the
case Of W. W. Wilmerton, under in.
dictment for assault with intent to
commit great bodily injury on John
LOoney. are now in progress in the
circuit court before Judge w. H. Gest
H. NJ. Schriver, assistant states at
torney, opened for the prosecution.
T. II. Kelly and c. J. Searle followed
for the defense Nh SearIe was pre-
senting his argument this afternoon.
States Attorney l.. NJ. Magiil will have
the closing.
Says He Was PhOned.
W W Wilmerton was called to the
stand after the noon intermission yes
terday. He said he received a tele-
phone message the afternoon of the
shooting, but when asked by counsel
if he received a message from a per
son ne took to be the complaining wit
ness the state objected and the court
sustained the objection. The same
question was put in several different
forms. and the objection VS. the same
and was sustained. AT receiving
the message WiImerton ID he clean
ed up his desk. put n, overcoat on
and started out the door. He had his
revolver in his overcoat pocket It
had been there all the time He didn't
take any extra cartridges. He was on
his way home. AS he reached the
door he saw Looney coming down the
OIL A.
of the alley and Just a few feet out
side of the sidewalk line he drew his
gun. WilmertOn drew his gun also.
Looney, the witness said, fired
first, and in the difference
of a fraction of a second VIII
merton fired his gun. When the first
shot was fired Wilmerton said he had
taken about Two steps from the en-
trance of his Office. He then walked
to the edge of the sidewalk and got
behind a pole. Looney went back of
a pole on the other side of the avenue,
and fired: Wilmerton returned the
fire He again pulled the trigger. but
his gun refused to go, and then he re
called he had no more bullets in the
gun. He then started for his building.
LoOney moved to the south side of the
avenue, stepped out in front of Red
digs plumbing shop and took another
shot Wilmerton ran into his build
ing, and as he ran into the building,
Looney shot at him the last time. VIII
merton remained in his Office until the
police arrived.
More LOOney DenIaIs.
On cross examination of Wilmerton
it was drawn out that there was a
bullet in board in the window of the
Journal office, and he was in the west
side of the room; that there were par
-itions and a desk between him and
he window, and he could not see
LoOney coming through the alley; that
ne generally went home between
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
Ambition to BE Leaders.
Sign the Petition for Tu-
berculosis Sanitarium Fund

a the
the
following
ballot municipal election:
For onemH public tuberculosis saniaum
onemn for a public tuberculosis santarium'
public this will ci-
to in be
evening Feb. %.
Mueller health
of Rock Island following
Illinois presents its aid by of the Gan law which allows
life,
Trusting that the above
Yours truly, GEORGE w. MCASKRIN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Those Who VIII Have Charge of the
Moose Entertainment

Committees who are to have charge
Of the entertainment under the aus
pieces of Rock Island lodge Of Moose
at the roller rink on Sixteenth street
Thursday evening have been named,
and are as follows:
Entertainment - Thomas CASEY.
chairman; G. c. Wenger. w. w. Duff
fin, c. Y. Ross, T. L. Mclean, L. /.
Hance.
Reception-G. w. McCaskrin. G.
j. Searle. 3. z. Schrfver. G. w. Full
ton, w. W. Reading, W. S. Peterson.
o. Schadt, p. GreenwaIt. Alfred
Stocker, L. R. Crane, Robert Rex
dale, L. B. DrihI, J. Corken. O. L.
Bruner II. NJ. Schriver. D. C. Kelly.
William House. John Carse. J. Gam
bic. Roy A. Sears, Il VI. McCaskrin-
}. \. Greye, c. c. Jasper. !. Wfttick.
X. d. MacManus, T. G. Young. r. c.
Roantree. J. p. Quinn. w. H. ToaI.
c. J. Smith. J. Holzhammer. Ebert
Fulmer, w. D. Cochran, R. W. Oak
ley, August Bergston, Charles Sanders.
ders.
FloOr-William McNeaIey, Harvey
Sangren, c. r. Dennis. A. n. Pratt. F
b. McCullom, r. w. Mccartney. w.
y. Smith, Clifford Owens.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
De sagan's Father Is Dead.

Paris. Feb. 22.-Charles William
Frederick Bosom de Talleyrand Peri
cord. fourth duke of Taueyrand and
father Of the Prince de Sagan. who
married the Countess dc Castellane,
formerly Anna Gould. died yesterday.
The duke was born in 1892.
With the dukes death Prince dc
Sagan succeeds TO the titles of Duke
de Talleyrand and Herzog du Sagan
and becomes a serene highness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
MORE BODIES AT CHERRY
Workers Are Impeded by Tons of
Debris Which Have Fallen.

Cherry. H., Feb. 22.-Three addi-
tional bodies of miners were taken ont
of the St. Paul coal mine yesterday.
Although the parts of the mine en-
which fire has been burning since the
disaster of last Nov. Is have been
walled in, the workmen engaged IN
obstacles.
Large portions of the mine have
fallen In and tons of rock have TO De
cleared out before the 10 or more
bodies still entombed can be reached.
1t may be weeks before the mine is
entirely cleared of its dead
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
POSTAL CLERKS FL
ELECT

&. W. Fitch Is Chosen President of
the Rock Island Branch.
The annual meeting of Branch 232.
United National Association of Post
ofhce Clerks, was held this morning
at the Rock Island postof1ice. The
following officers were elected to serve
during the ensuing year:
President-C. w. Fitch
Vice president-D. T. KreI.
Second vice president. G. Hazard.
Secretary-Miss Blanche Ramskin.
Treasurer-Miss Nellie Murrin.
E. f. McDole and D. T. Krell were
elected delegates to the state conven,
ton to be held in Galesburg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
AUDITORS SEEK
SPELLING FAME
Woodman Head Office Excited
Over Impending Match Be
tween Employees.
STENOGS ISSUE CHALLENGE
In Response to Statement by Mere
Man Concerning Relative
Abilities.

a spelling match is being arranged
between two of the departments at the
Woodman Office and the employees in
general are very much interested in it.
The stenography department and the
auditing department are the ones
which are seeking to try conclusions
in what the old fogies say is becoming
a lost art. The challenge for the
match comes from the fair stenogs,
who are considerably riled up over a
statement made by one of the auditors
to the effect that he believed he could
spell down the champion speller in the
Responding room. This statement
came to the ears of the admirers Of
the acknowledged champ in the stenog
department and they insisted that a
match be arranged at once. The sug-
gestion that each side be represented
by a team of spoilers met with general
approval and the teams are now being
organized.
Hickman VS.. Miss Van Horn.
o. [. Hickman is to act as the cap
tain OF the team which will represent
the auditing department. and the fea-
ture of the match will be the contest
between him and Miss Ola Van Horn,
one of the stenographers. 1t is proba-
BILE that the match will assume the
form of a spell-down between these
two, as both are expected to stand 10
the longest for their respective sides.
Miss Katherine Carnaghan will captain
the stenographers IN the match.
The two teams have not as yet been
entirely selected, but each will con-
sist of a dozen members. The match
was arranged very quietly and it was
planned to have it last Saturday with
out any publicity being made of 1t,
but the stenographers found them
selves too busy Saturday TO devote
any time to spelling. Accordingly the
match will be held sometime during
next week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
Attention EAGLES.

All Eagles are requested 10 attend
the funeral Of deceased member. Gus
Johnson. ar the home Fourth street
and Eleventh avenue. ar o'clock to-
morrow afternoon Signed:
CARL A. CRONPTON, President.
J. 7. DINDINGER. Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
FOUR NEW STAR BOARDERS
Are Added to the Number Now With
Sheriff KittiIsen.

Police Magistrate c. j. Smith sent
four men to the county Jail this morn
ing to join the ranks of the county,
star boarders. p. Burns. Joe Lansing,
James Kelley and Henry Hart were
arrested on charges of disorderly con-
duct. their crimes ranging from being
drunk to being what the police term
'moochers" which in plain ordinary
English is an undeserving beggar
Each of the four was sent down for 20
days and told that when he was re-
leased he was expected to make him
self very scarce in these parts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
A few minutes delay In treatfr

A Few minutes delay In treating
some cases Of Group. even the length
of time it takes to go for doctor,
often proves dangerous. The safest
way is to keep Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in the house. and at the FIRST
indication of Group give the child a
dose. Pleasant to take and always
cures. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
New Racquet Champion.

Boston, Feb. 22-Quincy A. Shaw
of Boston today won the national anna
teur racquet championship, three SEES
to one
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
BIG DEERE PLANS
Capacity of Moline Concern Is
to Be Doubled in Next
Three Years.
NEW BUILDINGS PROJECTED
Track and Tunnel Concessions Sought
of Moline City Council Indi-
cate Expansion.

While there have been hints of large
expansion plans by Deere & Co, their
magnitude was not made known until
last evening when a petition was re-
ceived from the company by the Mo
line city council requesting permission
to lay railroad tracks on the south
side of Third avenue along its plant
and for tunnel rights in the streets
adjoining its present buildings and
those it proposes erecting.
1t is announced that the capacity of
the Deere plant will be doubled in
the next three years. The company is
not prepared yet to enter into details
as to what it expects to do, but the
understanding in Moline is that it
means to enclose a large sweep of
territory lying west of its main office
at Thirteenth street and Third avenue.
this TO include the property of the
newly acquired Moline Wagon COM
pany and other concerns in which the
Deere company is now interested.
Ambition to BE Leaders
1t is said to be the ambition of the
Deere interests to surpass the Inter
national Harvester company in nipple
ment manufacturing importance event
uaIly. The Moline council will act
upon the Deere petition at a special
meeting next Friday evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22
TO SEE AIR RACES
Elks Planning Big Time for Del
egates at Annual State
Meeting in Quincy.
MANY CITIES REPRESENTED
Tom Baldwin Promoting Long dis
lance Dirigible Balloon Flight
During Convention.

Quincy, H.. Feb. 22 Especially 49,
Quincy is planning for a great time
when the state convention Of Elks
meets there in May. The committees
in charge Of the entertainment have
been appointed and will begin TO per-
feet the details of the big celebration.
Among the features Of the entertain
ment is proposed long distance dir
igible balloon flight If the plans for
this scheme can be carried out sue
cessfulIy, it Will mean one Of the
greatest events that has ever been
pulled off at an Elks' convention.
Tom Baldwin. an aeronaut Of inter-
national reputation. who covered
himself with glory by his marvellous
performances at the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition, is at the head of the
plan TO hold the meet. and is conf
dent that it can be arranged. Bald
win IS q Quincy man himself and has
been working some time TO bring the
dirigibies to that city for the pur-
pose of holding a record flight con-
test.
Invite NcighborIng cities.
The Quincy Elks are planning TO
make the convention all the more
suspicious by inviting lodges from
neighboring cities outside the state of
Illinois. Davenport Elks will be
asked and the delegation from the
Iowa city is expected to accompany
the delegations from Moline and
Rock Island. Muscatine. Burlington.
Fort Madison and Kcokuk will also
be invited and arrangements will
III III 4.
to Quincy by boat Hannibal is ex-
pected to send hundreds of Elk Wis
itors and even ST. Louis viii prob
ably send a delegation. The Quincy
Elks are confident that the affair will
eclipse any other state convention Of
Elks ever held in Illinois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-22

All the news all the time-The Argus.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
LEAKESvIILE GREENE MISS
To Test New Mail Device for Trains

ward step is recorded in the matter
of exchanging mail sacks by moving
trains. Under this system only one
one station, and it is matter of Off
cial history that not infrequently, in
stead of catching the suspended sack
of mail, the hook, operated by a mail
clerk standing in the open door of the
car, would snatch up a. chicken coop
or something else not to be found in
any classification Of mail matter.
The delivery of mail from moving
trains is still more primitive, consist
ing merely of having the clerk hurl or
push the sacks out of the car as the
train rushes past the platform. Great
numbers of persons have been injured
and some killed by being struck by
the whirling and rebounding sacks.
thrown with the force of catapult.
In number of instances the bags
of mail have rolled under the wheels
of the train and have caused wrecks
or have been ground to pieces and the
mail destroyed. And these defects do
not take into consideration the tremen-
dour wear and tear on the mail bags
and pouches, one of the largest items
of expense to the railway mail service.
/. The new device has passed through
successful test of six months at
Burnside station, and this decided the
government to give the more extended
trial
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
Women of Diplomatic Set Are Smokers

er was given without any apparent
thought of embarrassment. Dealers
patronized by fashionable dwellers
here carry a large stock of women's
cigarettes.
1t is not a rare sight to see the
wife of a foreign diplomat smoking
complacently as she sits on the
lawn of her home on a pleasant eve
ming Some foreign women promi-
nent here have been known to smoke
cigars.
Though these facts put the Wash
ington situation in a light slightly
different from that of other Ameri-
can cities, the local clergy fail to
find any defense for the habit.
THE habit of cigarette smoking
among women is, to my mind, thor
oughly pernicious one from any stand
point" said Canon Mays of st. Thomas
Episcopal church.
Father Eugene Hannon of the
Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, was unusually severe in his
criticism of the cigarette habit among
women He said: The habit is OBJ
noxious all around and in women, de-
spite the fact that the law from a
gospel standpoint is the same for both
sexes, cigarette smoking is worse with
women than with men because of the
example they set. Society demands a
different ethical code for women for it's
own protection"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
Treasury Department Old Folks Home

the Secretary of State for a complete
list of the officials and clerks in his
department, together with the ages,
when appointed and compensation re-
ceived.
Quite a number of the venerable
women clerks before that had been
proud of telling their ages and boast
ing of how much work they could per-
form, but on having to give the figures
for the scrutiny of the senators it was
common talk. around the department
that considerable looping off Of
years was done, and ever since that
information was called for women gen.
orally in the government service, who
are approaching the sundown of life,
have been mighty mum when it comes
to discussing ages
At the last session of congress num-
erous bills and resolutions were in
troduced with a view of trying to
reach some solution of the problem of
what to do with the aged employees
of the government. Many speeches
were made on the subject, but the
more the question has been discussed,
the more confused became the con-
gressmen who take enough interest in
the matter to be willing to go on rec
ord as being in favor of establishing
q civil pension list.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
BROWNE FREED BY JURY
Returns Verdict of Not Guilty
in Bribery Case.

Lee O'Neil Brown was acquitted al
Chicago on the charge of bribirg c. A.
White to vote for William Lorimer as
United States senator. The verdict
was reached after the jury had been
out twenty-one hours. Browne was
iunching at the Briggs House when be
was notified that the jury was ready
10 report and hastencd to the crimina
court building in an automobile. States
Attorney Wayman and Attorneys
Erbstein were waiting. A moment
later the jury filed in.
In the confusion that followed the
reading of the verdict, Browne leaned
from his seat and embraced Attorney
Erbstein. II thank God" he cried, az
tears streamed down his cheeks. =
owe my life to the lawyers who de-
tended me, for a verdict of guilty
would have meant death to me-
Browne was indicted in May foy
bribery, the charge being that he paid
Charles A. White. State Representa-
tive from O'Fallon, ILL.,. $1,000 IN the
Briggs House in accordance with q
promise he made to pay that amount
providing White would cast his vote
for William Lorimer for senator.
Lorimer's election followed dead
lock in the state legislature that had
been prolonged for five months in
which Former Senator John J. Hor-
kins and Lawrence B. Stringer were
the opposing candidates and unable to
obtain the necessary vote
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

IN CERTAIN parts of the city where
i society is familiar with the foreign
habits of the diplomatic set and where
cigarette smoking is so common among
women that it is no longer a matter
of much comment, there is a strong
feeling that the anti-cigarette agita-
tors have been unfair in directing
their criticism at one or two individ-
ual women smokers.
The practice, it was pointed out, was
not confined to any special few,
but was quite general among fashion
able women. AS a regular feature of
practically every ultra-fashionable
dinner party here cigarettes are equal
ly provided for the women. The old
custom of the women leaving the men
at the table to smoke has almost en-
tirely disappeared.
At recent amateur theatrical per-
formance a purse was stolen from a
prominent feminine member of the
younger set" The loss was adver-
tised in the papers and among the
contents of the purse was jeweled
cigarette case. The name of the own