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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-18
arms amid City
Property for Sale
OF Trade

New fivc-roorn cottage. worth $1,000.
but for quick sale viii lake $lSgO.
Five-room house for trade. price
sl,7OO.
seycu-room house. almost modern.
$500.
Good double house. Ia nrst class Local
ton. all modern, $4,000.
Six-room modern house. $500.
Eight-room house IN good location.
$1,000.
Lots in any location ana at any price
To- suit the purchaser.
10000 acres or good Sew Mexico land
al 81 per acre. FOR trade win take any
kind Of good income property. Take up
20 100000 on this.
2sO acres nrat class Iowa land. nrst
class Improvements. 500 ara acre.
Eighty-acre farm. seven miles from
Musratiuc good imprOy"u' 500 an
acre VIII take e.-y property ih on this
47-acre farm. all level. black rich
loan. &l25 per acre.
We loan money. write nrs Insurance.
and rent houses. ONE" phone west s1l.
Residence phone west 1885.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-18
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CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
john W0ITk az Co.,

Manufacturers OF Sash. Doors Blinds
and stairs. Interior finish pI all kinds
Hardwood Veneer FLOORING. aud deal
ers in Glass al ana 80 Eighteenth
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-18
Piles Cured in 6 to "A Days.

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J. NJ. SHERIER, Local FOrecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-18
A. E. MClNNlS

General Contractor and Builder.
Plans and estimates furnished VIII
sell lot and build mouse ou monthly
PAYMENTS. Prices reasonable and III
nori. guaranteed. Old phone l33l-fs
1913 Eleventh street
The evening world., 1911-12-15
All.STAR CAST AT BAZAAR.
q. w. l.. VIII Have None hut Top
liners ut Waldorf show.

When Mary Shaw turns vaudeville
manager this afternoon at the Waldorf
Astoria. ringing up her curtain promptly
on the opening OF tho professional
Woman's League Bazaar. a continuous
succession OF stars will do the turns.
Miss Shaw has frowned on all but top
liners.
Z Donald Brian Will do some of his cele-
brated waltzing, plus the kiss that has
assisted his fame. annette Kellermann
will swim on dry land. Belle Gold,
Francesca Reddlng. baroness Won
Groyso and her Philippine dancer
Dogamena; Gilmore Scott. Dorlne VII
kins and Irene Taylor. Bonnie Thorn
ton, Amelia Summerville. Melville Ellis
Charlotte sand and Lydia Barry are or
the nst.
Airline Hackett assists In the stage
management. Amelia Bingham, at the
handkerchief booth; Nllian Russell,
serving tea. and Kitty Gordon al N
Beauty Booth will compete for buslnes 5
as soon as the bazaar Is declared open
at . p. NJ. Mrs. 8. Ludlow Neidllngef
viii act a. manager.
The evening world., 1911-12-15
COURT REFUSES TO LET CHARGE
BE WITHDRAWN.

Mrs. Burden and /. Townsend Bur-
den were in the court to-day when the
case OF the butler was called. Attorney
William q. Gray OF No. 90 Wall street,
counsel for Mrs. Burden. told the May
istrate that Mrs. Burden wished To
Withdraw the charge. lie said she
thought that the butler had been pun
ished enough. The request seemed to
annoy Magistrate House.
Il will not allow a complainant 20
withdraw n charge In a felony case.''
he said. This business OF botherlng
the police and causing arrests and then
asking that the complaints be with
drawn has got to stop. Some people In
high social circles who have their bat
lers or their maids or other servants
ARE 1ted dom want to be burdened with
the cases after their property has been
recovered. They do not want to appear
as witnesses, n for that reason they
ask that the cases be dismissed.
only recently a similar case was
brought to my attention. DE Forest
Grant Of No. % East F'orty-ninth street
caused the arrest Of a servant on q
charge Of petty larceny. When the
fused to press the charge and the pris.
oner was dismissed.
Police Commissioned Waldo ordered
the arrest Of the nan as soon as he
heard OF the case and had the man
held In $1,000 bail for trial. Mr.. Grant
went on his bond.
The evening world., 1911-12-15
FREE.LUNCH INVENTOR DIES,

CHICAGO, Dec. lj.--Full OF years and
honor Frederick Glahe. one OF Chicago.s
twenty greatest men. died yesterday.
lie Is credited with having Invented or
created the free lunch, but like all true
benefactors Of the race no did not pat
ent the idea.
Glahe came to Chicago long ago when
he was eighteen years OF age, and es-
tablished 'Fred's Beer Tunnel at the
west end of the Madison street bridge.
There a table was kept piled high with
materials for sandwiches, Glahe main
tanning that ne could give each Gus.
toner something to eat and SIN make Il
good profit. In proof that this theory
was good he left an estate estimated at
500. 900.
The evening world., 1911-12-15
HELEN OWELlE JENKINS
IS SUED BY HER AUNT,
Says Woman Who Figured in
Smuggling Cases Dismissed
Her Without Reason.

Helens>Dwelle Jenkins, the u dis
cussed and examined witness in the
suit of the United States Government
asainst Nathan Allen. the leather mill
ionsire, who was charged with smugg-
ling thousands of dollars worth OF jew
elry into this country. has now a suit
all her W on her bejewelled hands.
Mrs. Carrie Mcbride, her mothers sis
ter. has commenced an action In the
suprsme Court against her to recover
about q, 900 for breach Of contract.
Mrs. McBride's lawyer claims that in
1900 Mrs. Jenkins. In order to secure
the services Of Mrs. Mcbride to act In
the capacity of chaperone and COM
panion on her many and frequent trav-
els, entered into a contract with her to
pay her SO a week and her expenses for
the rest of her life. Mrs. Mcbride. her
attorney rays. had to give up . lucra-
tive position so that she might accept
the proposition Mrs. Jenkins made to
her. Six months after the contract was
made Mrs. Mcbride was p~eremptorily
dismissed and M reason given.
As the result of this dismissal II Is
alleged In the complaint that Mrs. Me-
Bride has suffered heavy financial loss.
as she gave up the position as super
%intendent OF a large apartment house
w6aoh netted her a good income.
The evening world., 1911-12-15
MUST
PAY FOR GOWNS,
Jury DECLARES
Mrs. Cameron Held for $4,000
Worth of Silk Goats, Satin
Dresses, ETC., Etc.

Pink tea gowns. violet silk coats. black
satin dresses. panel gowns, old ross
hats, feathers. buttons and baby bon.
nets were among the articles that Hg.
ured In a suit tried to-day before Jus.
tice Erlanger and a Jury in the Supreme
Court. The plaintiffs were Louise & Co,
and the defendant was Mrs. Maud Wolfe
Cameron, handsome young wife of Alex.
ander Cameron, Jr., son Of a well known
lawyer n himself once prominent as
a Wall street broker.
Mrs. Cameron denied responsibility for
n dressmaker's bill amounting to 5000,
but the jury, after celebrating two min
utes. returned q verdict against her for
the full amount.
Mrs. Cameron Ia a granddaughter OF
the late John Wolfe. millionaire real
estate owner. and helress to part of his
fortune.
According TO Louise & Co, Mrs. Cam
eron started an account with them
many years ago, when she was the
wife OF ]. Butler Wright. After dlvor-
cling Wright she continued the account
in the name of Maud Wolfe Wright,
and then. when she married Cameron,
she had It changed to that name.
Cameron vas n star witness for his
wife. He testified ne had opened tine
account for her With the dreSsmakers
and that they should have sued him and
not her, He said he would be perfectly
willing to pay the bill, but met with
reverses in his business some time ago
and is at present financially embar-
raised.
''Theye can be no question about who
Is responsible for this bill" said Walter
G. Low. counsel for Louise x Company.
to the Jury. THE account was In Mrs.
Cameron's name, all statements were
made to her, and she Is personally able
to pay the idnebtedness."
The evening world., 1911-12-15
|NSURGENT JURORS
DEFY JUDGE WHO
ORDERS VERDICT
Out Three Days and Still Stand
Firm, Although Facing Jail
Term in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Dec. 15.-"Insurgent''
jurors In the McDermott WIN case. who
have refused to return a verdict In com
pliance with the peremptory Instruction.
of Circuit Judge withrow. were non.
commital when they entered the Jury
room to-day. They have been ''deliber.
ating" sixty-eight hours. When they
first efused to return the verdict which
Judge Withrow ordered. they announced
they would stand on their rights AZ
American citizens.
Wives of the jurors have entered into
the discussion of the case. One, Mrs. p.
i. Smith. she would divorce
her husband II he paid a fine which she
understood Judge Withrow may assess
II the jurors hold out much longer.
II would rather have my husband go
to jail tina pay a nne of that kind" she
said. IF he does pay the fine then I
will ask for a divorce. Those men took
an oath to decide this case as they be-
right. They all have brains. They
know what is right and they want to
do 1t. Now. It is either a case OF break
ing their oaths or giving In to the
Judge.
II would be willing to eat my Christ
mas Dime alone rather than have my
husband give in to what he does not be-
lieve is right"
Parallel cases where juries were
forced to return verdicts according to
the judges instructions were cited by
Judge Withrow to-day. He said:
They nee not hurry on my account.
| am In no hurry about the matter. |
am not at liberty now to tell what /
am going to do about Il.
Il have been In Office more than twen-
ty years. To-day a nan who said ne
had voted for me four times came TO
me and declared that he would never
vote for me again because OF the in.
structions I had given the jury"
Under the Missouri laws Judge with
row has 1t in his power to imprlson ,he
members OF the jury for contemp, Of
court.
The case which the Jury took unon
Itself to decide" In opposition TO The
instructions OF the Court was "A simple
one involving only "A few hundred dol
lars in property which Mrs. Mary Ear.
rington, daughter OF Mrs. Bridget Mc.
Dermott, deceased. claimed Rev. Joh,
White unduly Influenced her mother m
leave to the Catholic Church. cutting he,
off with 81. Judge Withrow, after hear p.
ing the case. instructed the jury to bring
In a verdict for the defendant.
The evening world., 1911-12-15
bEGGARS ASK
MRS. HARTMAN
FOR s12O,OOO,oO0
All the Letters Go the Bureau
of Municipal Research
for Analysis.

"The mail OF rich people-I mean APP
peals made to the wealthy for assist
ance-is too valuable TO be thrown into
waste baskets" said w. II. Allen of the
Bureau of Municipal Research to-day.
explaining the result Of an examination
made FOR scientific purposes only" of
the begging letters sent to Mrs. Mary
Hartman, widow of II. w. Hartman.
Mrs. Hartman, who Is a contribu-
tor to the Bureau OF Municipal Re-
search, allowed us a special expense to
look into letters sent her for aid" he
added, and the result Of our inquiry
has proved very interesting. The work
has been going on for two years. and
over 5000 letters have been compiled
and analysed"
Out of 3,s07 begging letters received
from persons in the United States
alone the following were the requests:
s,203 Personal appeals ........ $50. 54l SD. ~
~ Charitable appeals ...... 1873, 26.s2
CSC Church and religious
work . ......,....... l,llI,6i7.6b
l75 Colleges, schools. gen.
eral education ..,....... 1876, 5000
IS Hospitals. health work. 2,032,0 79. lG
70 Social, historic, miscel-
laneous ............ "a, Sil. 296,0
SO Homes, asylums ......... 1881, 1884, 10
81 Clubs. associations ...... 70.56l.0O
In addition, Mrs. Hartman has re-
ceived appeals from poor people In prac-
tically every country in the world. Alto
gether. she has been asked to surrender
more than sl2O. 900. 900 OF her fortune,
which at the death of Mr.. Hartman
totaled about $780, Oo, oOO.
At the Fifth avenue Offices of tho
Hartman estate 1t was stated hat the
appeals for and were so numerous that
shortly after the death OF the railroad
KING, they were turned over to Mr..
Allen to be sorted and examined as to
why such conditions as they repre-
scented should exist. So far as can be
learned no financial assistance has been
extended By the Bureau OF Municipal
Research to the persons who wrote Mrs.
Hartman begging letters.
Have you been able to get the char
ity mail of other rich persons besides
Mrs. Hartmann was asked OF DR..
Allen by AN Evening World reporter.
Not as yet" was the reply. but
there ought to be a clearing house
" here all this sort OF correspondence Is
sent, and tabulated. Benefits can then
be worked out intelligently.
I'VE have nothing whatever to do
with these letters until Mrs. Hartman
or her secretaries have read them and
decided What action to take. The let.
ters come to us for analysis to see
what. II any, lessons they contain for
givers, appealers or the public at large
The evening world., 1911-12-15
DID SKIRT DANCE +.
ON g" TRAIN, AND
NO BLAME TO HER
Fuse Started Fire Under Seat
and She Thought Clothes
Had lgniied.

A pretty. neatly dressed shopglrl.
ABOUT eighteen a old, sat demureiy
In the third car Of: a south-bound Ninth
avenue local on the elevated at I o'clock
this morning as II. approached Fifty
ninth street.
Defective Insulation under the seat set
FIRE to the woodwork. and the smoke
The evening world., 1911-12-15

Mrs. Mary Coppers, stxty-one years.
Of No. ZIG East Fifth street. was fatally
burned yesterday afternoon In her
home. She stepped on a Lighted match
aud her clothing caught fire. She died
At 2 p. n. At the Post Graduate Hos
pitsa. -
The evening world., 1911-12-15
Pleasure rr,p for Nssaxses.

WASHINGTON. Dec. ib.-Attornsys
General wickersham. Ambassador Jus-
serand OF France IND Minister Loudon
OF The Netherlands. accompanied ~
their wives. will make n pleasure trip
TO Panama and Cuba, leaving here for
New orleans Dec. 20. sailing for Co,oa
two days later. After an inspection Of
the Panama Canal they will 90 to .
tiago and Havana. They expect to re-
turn 20 this country Jan. 10. o. nw
The evening world., 1911-12-15
Let Women Enlist in Army and Go to Var?
Sure! FOrward, the Hatpin Byiqad

German PriVy Council
Ior's Idea Of Compul.
sorry Enhstn,ent in Mil
itqry SerUice Wouldn't
Find Them Sinking,
Though Sir Gilbert Par.
ker Says They Lack
the Iron Strain"
The evening world., 1911-12-15
New Members OF the 8. T.. O.. A.

The Board OF Managers OF the Ameri-
can Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals at Its monthly meet.
ing yesterday elected ffty-eight new
members of which ten became lie mem.
bers. Among the latter are II. Fulton
Cutting, Cleveland Dodge. Ogden Mills,
NJ. Taylor Pyne. Frederick w. Whit
ridge. Mrs. George s.. Bowdoin and Mrs.
Morris X. Jesup.
The evening world., 1911-12-15
BABY CHECKED
AT STORE DOOR
/. STILL UNCLAIMED
Police Fear Bronx Woman's
Scheme of Abandonment
May Invite Others.
BOY RICHLY DRESSED.
GoJCart Is the Only Clue Left
to Trace the Missing
Mother.
BOY RICHLY DRESSED.

I8e y0ung woman VINO checked her
~ woke Old baby yesterday II
AoOms 4 Fianis2n's department
stess. q wtstehsster and Third ave.
naes. Bronx. hasn't returned. The de-
p8Ftmsnt Stors doesn't thlnk she will,
me nurses At Bellevue, where the BABY
10 BOW. fear she won't. and the police
are certain Of It. Detectives have been
instructed to ind her. Experts in suci,
matters declare the method Of aban-
Comment to be absolutely original.
II didn't think there was anything
nsv under the sum-" said ]. q. Flani-
gan. manager Of the department store
The young lady put m over on us all
right. They've left 'em on m%iilionaires'
front-door steps. In ash cans. In rail-
road stations and with soft-hearted
mon on street corners. but this is the
nrst time in my experience where q
woman checked her baby at a depart
ment store as a of losing II. It's
funny, too. that some one didn't think
Of II before. It's the easiest thing In
the world"
The department store Is in the
midst OF a residential section. Women
wheel their babies down In go-carts
and the management mas provided a
checking system. Sometimes as many
as fifty baby carriages are lined up on
the sidewalk while the mothers do
their shopping inside.
Yesterday a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wom-
an approached Frank Rudderman. who
u in charge of the baby checking.
WOMEN CLERKS TOOK CHARGE
OF THE ABANDONED BOY. .
i''Please give me a check for my baby.
lin going shopping" she said. and Rud-
dprman took the go-cart n baby.
That was at go. About $50 the baby
besan to cry and was taken inside. The
mother could not be found. sympa.
thstic girls fused over II and played
"w.ioopee up to keep It quiet. One
young woman who IL going to be
married shortly declared 1t was Just
too cute for anything md blushed.
The baby continued to cry unit! some
one discovered a well-nlled milk bottle
lying In the so-cart. The crying
stopped.
A call to the Morrisania police station
brought Policeman Dugan and the pa
troll Wagon to the department store. a
crowd began to collect. Blushing furi-
ously and uncomfortably the policeman
attempted to get the go-cart into me
WAGON without spilling the child on the
sidewalk. Several Of he crowd began TO
guy him.
Pick the kid up shouted ONE II
won't bite you"
A stern looking woman who appeared
to be a s~uffragette demanded in the
name of the constitution tina the police
man inform her Immediately what he
was going to DO to the poor little In
FAINT"
I'm going to drown him. Of course,
replied the nettled policeman. while the
crowd set up a howl.
10 identifying marks were found on
the baby. wtho was elegnn. y dressed In
expensive unaerclothing and n white
fur coat. The baby was sent to Belle
we and the cart st!l stands In the
station, the only clue the detectives
hsve to work on.
'It's too bad. too bad" sighed the
lieutenant at the desk. Now that this
easy way OF abandoning children 10
known they'll all be doing it.
The evening world., 1911-12-15
Have Proved Bravery in
Rolling Pin and Broom.
stick Battles, and Abil.
ity to Endure Suffering
BY Smiling in Tight
Shoes.
Marguerite M0Oers Marshall,

IVA
Sir Gilbert Parker. the famous Eng
ibh writer. recently told " that women
lack the iron strain" He added: Men
night the wars and tall and rise again
with bloody heads and press on. Women
cannot do this"
And. as usual. In Germany arrayed
against England. Straight out Of Dus-
seadorf comes the c~onfounding Of Sir
hilbert. by no less q person thar Priyy
Medical Councillor witzel. At a meet
ing OF the Patriotic women's Union the
other day DR.. witzel firmly advocated
compulsory military service for women.
lie declared they should be enrolled In
me military hospital. transport. provls-
lonins and clothing services. and should
be mobilized with the other auxiliary
troops In case of war.
The one woman in America entitled
10 speak on the woman soldier PROPOSE.
itlon Is Mrs. Sofia VI. Loebinger, militan.
editor of The American SufYragctte.
THEY SHOULDN'T sHIRk WAR
DUTY, SHE AGREES.
And. unlike most radicals. Mrs. Loeb.
niger is ready to carry her convictions
10 their logical IL startling end.
of course women ought to 60 into
the army!' she exclaimed yesterday.
L personally hope there won't be any
more wars.
"Sut II wars come, ONE have
no more right 70 shirk the defense
OF their oountry's nag than men.
"ror h q matter, ONE have
been an uEoficial part OF the army
Tor many years. The Bed Cross
nurses are a. truly . factor In
every natton's lighting equipment
% the annon or h cavalry. They
run ~ many risks and perform a.
Valuable service a. any other sol.
disf1."
still. they do not actually fight I
objected. ID you think II possible Or
right for women to do that?"
YES firmly maintained Mrs. Loeb
niger. Why not2 Fighting to-day ID
becoming more and more a matter OF
mental rather than physical strength.
1t Is the wisdom OF the general and the
skill of the gunners which win.
hut even in physical strength
I think regiments Of women could
be found who would compare IA
vorably with the sua regiment Of
mon. Physical trainers repeatedly
tell MS women are growing taller
and stronger and men weaker.
Think of the girl swimmers who have
repeatedly beaten men In recent trials
AROUND New York. The end of the
physical supremacy OF man came when
the field Of athletics was opened to
The evening world., 1911-12-15
Magistrate House Refuses to
Permit Society Leader to
Withdraw Larceny Charge.
THEN SCOLDS THE c
Says They Try to Avoid APP
pearing as Witnesses After
They Recover Property.

No matter how much 1t may be against
her wish. Mrs. william A. VI. Burden. OF
No. 5 East Seventy-third street. will
have to appear as "a witness ut the trial
OF her former butler. william Parsons,
who was In the YorkviIle Police Court
to-day charged with the larceny OF two
evening suits and with intoxication. Mrs.
Burden wanted to withdraw the charge
OF larceny. but Magistrate House would
not permit II.
Parsons was arrested last night In the
Burden home. He had become turbu-
lent and several rooms had been
wrecked when Policeman Wich Of the
East Sixty-scvonty street station was
summoned. Parsons had refused to
leave the house. saying that to an I'm
glishman his home was his castle, and
he considered the Burden residence his
home. The policeman persuaded him to
leave, but the butler would not do 80
until a taxi was called. When III went
he carried a large portmanteau. In this
were the two evening suits he was &C.
cused OF stealing.
!. Townsend Burden OF No. So East
Seventy-eighth street had been sum
moned by Mrs. william A. NJ. Burden,
and he went to the station with the
butler and the policeman.
The evening world., 1911-12-15
PROVED vAlOR WITH
HATPIN AND BRCOMSTlCk.

t's 'he" Z . - spAh0 h1RObAil ~
the papers OF a woman who stuck hat
pins into a masher or knocked down a
burglar with a rolling-pin. or even ter
rori2cd her husband with q broOmst.ck.
Do YOU suppose that a lot of mere men
could stand up against u battalion OF
SUCH women. properly armed?
Not only could women soldiers be
found who were naturally as strong as
men, but they would keep themselves
In better condition after enl!sting."
And you think women are brave
enough TO fight?' / asked.
Women are Drawer than men," said
Mrs. Loebinsers gravely. IF they were
not, no man would ever be born into
the world: Every one of the millions
OF mothers has faced death in as ter
rible a form as ever %confronts the SOL
der. Nor Is there any martial music
or hope OF glory to nelp her. She must
go down into the valley OF the shadow
alone; but she has never faltered.
TIGHT SHOES SHOW CAPACITY
FOR SUFFERING.
"As for wounds, disease. hunger and
the other perils besides death which
COUlEolt the oOiultII "DHltn COulu I'M
dergo them at least as we'll as men. In
fact, most physicians will tell you wo-
men have the grea,er powers OF ply
steal endurance.
"A woman may be suffering tortures
from a pair of new shoes, but she Will
smile sweetly on all beholders, whereas
a man would be srumDling. curs.ng or,
at best, maintaining a sullen silence.
councillor Witzel especially recon-
mends that women be recruited for the
provisioning and clothing services.
That seems to me a very sensible idea.
We Know so much more than men about
buying and getting ready food and
clothes! For centuries women have
been housekeepers. and why shouldn't
they fulnl this function for the army?
A regiment is nothing but a lot OF hus-
bands and sons.
|, do you suppose, II women FED
N clothed u army, the soldiers
o have to eat etnbalmed beef
n wear shoddya We would know
enough not to be cheated BY sls-
honest contractors"
WOULD WEAR TROUSERS AS
FIGHTERS, OF COURSE.
by the way. what would women
soldiers wear?" ! questioned.
Trousers, Of course" said Mrs.
Loebinger. a triie impatiently. They
couldn't do anything in skirts. / think
they would devise a new uniform, SER
%viceabie. comfortable, attractive. This
might be a real service, for evidently
Uncle Sam hasn't yet discovered the
ideal uniform. He's experimenting con-
tipually."
"WslL II any country raised q woman