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The evening world., 1911-04-19
DAUGHTER E[OPES
IN DEFIANCE OF
MILLIONAIRE PAPA
Ola Wilson FleeS From At
lantic City to Wed Seafarer
in Manhattan.

Mrs. Carol Baldwin Foster. nee Ola
Wilson. who Is stopping at the ST.
George Hotel. with her newly wed hus-
band, Capt. Carol Baldwin Foster. to-
| day asked The Evening World to an
nounce that she will return to Atlantis
CITY on Friday, and that her father
may come and talk II over with her
then II he likes.
oIt' Is her elopement with the cap.
| tain, who is a tail. handsome. seafaring
| man and a member of the virginia
state Pilots Association.
Papa may come and talk II over with
~ then, IL he likes" said Mrs. Foster
And II papa don't like. why ne needn't
come. He needn't think that We are
going TO talk It over with him-are we.
! carrie. dear?" she interrupted. turned
| 10 the bold sea-farer. who shrank into
a corner OF the suite. while his wife
held forth,
"IIu-hu.' said the sea-farin' man,
which The Evening World reporter In
terpreted to mean acquiescence.
And IL he won't come and talk II
over with us on Friday he needn't
come at all. lie needn't think we
are golng TO walt on his goo1 pleasure
are wee Carrie, dear?'
.IJn-hu." doomed In basso from the
corner.
1--WE telegraphed papa as soon a,
we were married last night. and asked
for his and mammals blessing anc
forgiveness. but our wire wasn't an
swered-was 1t Carrie, DEAR
"Un-hu."
papa is John p. Wilson. a million,
ARE merchant residing at No. 1925
North Park venue, Philadelphia, ant
his newly we'd daughter is twenty
two years old, In February last sh'
went visiting in Norfolk. and ther,
she met the handsome seafaring man
The courtship was swift. and he pro
posed to her while waiting at VII
loughby Spit for the boat to Old Poin
comfort. Coyly she answered Yes
ana in the Same breath suggested tina
he come on with her TO Philadelphia
$50 that papa and mamm could lool
MIN over.
Papa and liked his looks. bu
didn't like MIS- outlook.
Just a week ago. tho Wilson famil,
repaired 10 us cottage ~ Vontnor. tn
fashionable wing OF Atlantic City. OIL
sent a scented mlssive to the seafarinI
/, man, suggesting to him that II h
intended to marry her, Il was now o
never. CAPT. Foster decided that
would be now, and came from Norfolk
The lovers met on a pier and agree
20 depart for Now York on the O..
train this morning.
Miss Ola took her sister Anna into he
romantic secret, and Anna went with he
: 10 the train on which Capt. Foster wa
waiting Before the train pulled out {
the station n telegram was sent to Ola
. best friend, Miss Grace Berger, VIII
r lives In Flatbush. and when the ira
! arrived Miss Berger IA awaiting III
= clipping party.
e They repaired at once 10 the City Ha'
5 procured n license and then went to I,
house OF Rev, Or. Philip Waters. at N
~ West Fourth street, who made the
ono. a.ss ANNA wHi yStag. ~ st,ant
- CITY tomorrow to face the music,
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800 SAVED FROM STEAMER
WRECKED ON SEA ROCK.
Eight Drowned While Being Trans.
ferred from Portuguese Mail Ship
Near Cape OF Good Hope.

CAPE TowN, Union OF South Africa,
April l9.-The Portuguese mail stea.aer
Lusitan!a IL a wreck on Bellows Rock.
two niles southwest of the Cape OF
Good Hope. Eight persons were drowned
during the transfer Of over 500 pas
sengers and crew from the wreck to the
British warship Forte n a government
tug. These lost were four men. two
women and two children, occupants OF
two small boats which caps!zed.
The Lusltania was bound from Mo-
zambique for Lisbon when she struck
on the sunken rocks. There Is no hope
Of sd wing the vessel.
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nations with irregularities on TIE edges.
sling the dealer 10 place tlem mere
.a ,viIIel - VII qnufHng
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CAN'T BR0WBEAT
NE, P~RENDERGAST
WRITES TO CAYNOR
CONTINUED From First Paga)
ingly toll them. that men worked
against me-
A Few "Politieal" Charges.

ingly told them. tina. men worked
against me-
A Few "Poiitiesl" Charges.
The mar lost his Job. Why did you
force him out? Was not the reason
political?
I'm another board ever which you
have absolute control. the secretary had
been in the dty service. | think, foI
nearly forty years. He was put out i'm
nediately after You had made your new
appointing nts in that board, and his
place was given 10 a Democratic district
leader In Brooklyn. The district leadei
Is a fine young fellow. n l am glad h,
got the job.
I'm another board. when your ap-
pointecs went In. they found a Republ!-
can secretary. lie was promptly dis
pensed with. / could give two columns
OF similar instances. but ! think that
these few will suffice. Furthermore, an
analysis OF your appointments and mlne
will prove that ] have appointed more
Democrats han you have Republicans.
II welcome your quotation OF my tes-
timony in the Gervey trial. Ny crit!-
| cism OF the Civil Service Law Is a well
founded one Al every honest. practical
man. who IL familiar with the law.
knows. / have never pretended that I
would not recognize my party friends
In asking appointments. l believe that
| the hewers OF wood and the drawers OF
| water should be recognized.
"All ] have asked Is that every recon-
mendation made to me shall be OF a man
whose character IL good and who has
tho requisite qualities OF competency, !
have never asked a political Seader 10
suSslst on a few kind words and wha,
Is more I never will.
Look at :. -ur Own Work!
"The answer to your charge OF par
tisanship IL TO be found In the gen.
/ eral character of the work being done
by the Comptroller's office At the pres.
ent tinde. That stand for itself. and
instead OF attacking other officials
who are trying TO do their duty I ad'
wise you TO turn your attention TO soms
,of the departments for which you are
responsible and which are at the pres
ent time being m~ismanaged In the
grossest way.
you say In your letter that you can.
not be n party to n wrong. Who would
ever suspect you? The morning paper
indicate that the general depositors O
the Carnegie Trust Company Will be
paid 60 cents on the dollar. This mean;
that the city OF New York will realize
60 per cent. upon the $4,000 OF tht
81. 900, 900 deposited in hat company by
one OF your appointees, who Is still II
once, and whose powers you propose
10 enlarge materially by YOU new char
ter. while his very presence In tina
once Is a singing disgrace 10 the 'citl
os New York"
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Ambasssdor O'Brien tn berlin.

WASHINGTON, AprlI IN,-At the
White House to-day the intimation was
given that Assistant Secretary OF state
Huntington Wilson, who was formerly
Secretary to the Embassy at Toxic. will
he made ambassador at that post, and
that Ambassador o'Brien will be trans
ferred TO Berlin to succeed Ambassador
Hill, who resigned last week.
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IT have been told that gamblers
had . n Of honer-'toof
pride In being straight In your
case ana others IL 10 proved that
gamblers steal.

If those In the business are Wiling
TO give It up the arm OF Justice VIII not
s,rike unless they re-ente II.
Gambling seems Ia DO so profitable
am Informed they pay a p per cent
rebate 20 victims who make complaint.
Il parole you in the custody OF the
Deputy Commissioner OF Police. IL he
reports that you again break the law
shall sentence you to not less than
ons or more than two years in prison
and Q fine OF 1900"
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After the cases had been adjourned
Judge Rosalsky sat back to await the
export OF the April Grand Jury, with rs
l,iiy grist OF indictments. John Hill,
secretary to Deputy COMMISSIONS HI,
tyid him about the experiments he
you'd have made Ia court had tho cases
zone to trial.
Cant you show me now?' asked The
Judge.
Mr. I'M hurried 10 the anteroom and
rame out with a fun supply of crooked
arc boxes. lined and shaded cnrds and
crooked dice. lie set up the brace faro
D0x on the Judges desk and slipped
out double cards as the Court indicated
vhst cards should be concealed or eN-
,,s~A lie locked the secret spring In
che box and defled the Judge to find
Tho cheating device.
shaved dice rolled out OF Mr.. Ilils
hands and fell with Just the number
on top that the Court asked to see.
The Grand Jury came In, saw VIVA
Was going on, walked to the front ant
surrounded the Judge and the demon,
Z stator. Word went through the build.
ing and Part III. was soon damned Il
the doors by curioua lawyers and other
who wanted TO see the show. II wa
4 half an hour before Judge Rosaisk,
Was ready 70 receive . report OF thu
iAtx or the tpry IL a ~
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No Friend of Hts.

From the Ptt,Durg POST
lis Mrs, Gaussip a friend OF yours7
mo: she's a friend Of my wtfe's."
Isn't that the same thing
"Not 4 all. She feels very sorry for
my wife"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-23
By Munhall

song of blood clear through their
ranks. The news of its singing flashed
along wires and across pulsating, cleo
trifed spaces. In every city in the
United States that mighty, rousine
song was caught up. and the land VI
brated with one accord to its rhythm
and grew wild with its frenzy. In one
day America had an emperor. and its
national song had become the Mar
seillaiser
At midnight Phillip 1. sat in the
observation tower he had caused to
be built upon the roof Of the White
House watching. waiting. Even the
sudden harsh clatter of a beil within
the apartment did not disturb him
from his statue-like rigidity. Sam
rose and picked up the telephone from
a little table in the corner.
ITS General Rensselaer,, subj" he
said. HE wants to see yo' all on very
'pawtant business.
'@Tell them to let him come up" di
rected Kelvin without turning his
head. he had accomplished in success
sion all his specious aims until now.
From ocean to ocean for seven days
there bad existed a state of tense. taut
strain. What violence, what carnage
what hideous saturnalia of bloodshed
might break forth at any moment NO
one knew, but in the meantime he,
Phillip Kelvin. who but a few brief
years before had possessed not a dol
lar and scarce a friend. was still en-
peror of America! Emperor-PhilIp
/. What vast conquests might yet lie
before himi
His preparations for handling this
present situation were excellently laid.
In or near every center of population
were massed well drilled soldiers able
to combat and 10 quel any insurrec-
ton There might be q revolt more or
less systematized. but ii could do very
little against the systematic resistance
that Kelvin had devised He had
planned wisely for a reorganization OF
social conditions. and when the coun-
try was once more reorganized upon a
self sustaining basis. where every man
had an equal chance for sustenance
and moderate accumulation. the larger
dreams might materialize. the real vic
tories might begin
The conquest and annexation Of Can
ada and Mexico would come next and
coextensive with this the building up
Of the largest navy IN the world Eu-
rope, that vast tissue of states bound
by a fimsy 6gment called the bal
anee OF power" could be disintegrat-
ed by a single shot. thrown into a tur-
mol of cross purposes that would rem
der its individual masses easy prey.
With each new victory would come
more strength, and his imperial prog
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-23

ress might sweep on and on until the
entire world. from pole to pole and
from occident to orient. might be
bound together under his resistless
sway, linked in a brotherhood of uni
versal peace and prosperity and equal
ity, with himself as the benign dicta-
tor!
Crisply up the steps came Herbert
Rensselaer,.
How CHASTITY it is up here" said he.
"Why don't you have some lightT
THAT is a peculiar question for the
commander in chief of the imperial
army to ask" replied Kelvin with a
smile.
Rensselaer, himself smiled
at would make your wherea bouts
rather conspicuous" he admitted. but
under the circumstances 1t might be
well to turn on the lights and leave
them burning. We shall be away from
here IN a few minutes"
Forest Lakes7" asked Kelvin with
quick interest. "At last! We should
have made that expedition a week
ago"
MY organization was not perfect
enough" Rensselaer, objected. "But we
are quite prepared now. At every half
mile between here and Breeds, by the
time we are moving. there will be sta
toned a detachment large enough for
protection. Each detachment as we
come up to it will close In and follow
behind as. I wish that It were not
necessary to take you there. You
should be here, where you can direct
your campaign"
II don't admire the trip myself" con-
fessed Kelvin. but outside of Henry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-23

Schleswig-Ho independence OF
1S4S-50, at the age of Sc years.
Death was caused by the infrmities
of old age. Deceased was born Dec.
19, 1924, in Schleswig-H olstein, Ger
many, and has been a resident OF
Scott county for many years. Mr..
Claussen's wife died a number OF
years ago. Surviving are the follow
ing children, Mrs. Henry Pasvogel,
John and Henry Claussen of Daven-
port and several other relatives. The
funeral will be held Sunday after
noon at o'clock at the Runge fun
eral parlors under the auspices OF
the German veterans.
Clarence ]. Hubbard died yesterday
morning at o'clock at Mercy hos
pitaI where he had been for four days
at the age Of 80 years. He was born
in Casey, Iowa, June 80, 1879, and
came to Davenport four years ago.
Surviving are his wife, Anna Hib-
bard, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. AL
fred Hubbard of Earlham, Iowa, two
sisters, Mrs. D. j. Forbes of Peoria,
Ill, and elena Dreschler of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, and one uncle, Murl
Hubbard of Indianola, Iowa. The
funeral will be. held at the home,
1854 Leonard street, Thursday after
noon, at o'clock, under the aus
pices of the Eagles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-23
Now his voice was trembling.

Now his voice was trembling.
She shook her head.
"Sam, take it."
The blood that had left Elsie's face
suddenly surged up crimson as Sam
approached her, but except to clasp
Der hands over her breast she did not
move, nor did she take her eyes from
Kelvin. He himself turned. half
nauseated. but the word or an emperor
was out. She shuddered as Sam put
his enormous hands upon her. but she
defended the key as best she could
with her puny strength. There was a
brief struggle. then Sam sprang from
Elsie and inserted the key In the lock,
though Rollins by that time was In
his automobile and speeding away to-
ward the Maryland line.
Elsie staggered back a pace against
the wall for support. still with those
large eyes fixed upon Kelvin. Across
them and saw die there every last
lingering trace, from every corner of
her heart, of the love and affection
that had for many years been a part
of its fiber. She sank fainting to the
floor. Two or three ran to revive her,
but Lillian was not among them.
In the midst of that confusion Henry
Breed found his voice. You shan't
have itP" he cried. You shan't have
my money. III resist to the last ditch.
You can't get into the vault. I'll hire
a million assassins to KILL you IL
was TO be emperor was to be en-
peror!" His face was scarlet. and
there were necks Of foam upon his
lips.
bis granddaughter put her hand
upon his shoulder. Never mind.
grandfather" she said contemporary.
Remember that it's all In the family"
She giided up TO the desk before
Phillip. My emperor, 1 salute you"
she said. smiling up at him. and from
his desk she picked up the dagger.
Here it Is. your talisman that twice
threatened your life. Do you remem-
Der how once, holding its point up like
this, you declared that in this sign you
would conquer? 1t represented then,
as IL does now, the tips Of ten thou
sand glittering sword points. of a mil
lion glittsring bsyonetA- i believed in
you then. as ! do now, and declared
that !, tpo, would reign. In this sign
we conquerF' and with a hysterical
laugh she raised the dagger aloft-
Kelvin looked down upon her in sud-
den fury. He had not forgiven her
for enticing him 10 the forgetfulness
OF his great principle that TO acquire
success he must have no entangle-
ments with women; he had not for
given her his entrapment into a mar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-23

fortune to fall from the porch rail-
ing at his home, breaking his left
arm at the elbow.
]. Brown and family of Osborne
visited relatives here.
Mrs. w. c. Daily is visiting rela-
tives at Wilton Junction, Iowa.
Mrs. H. Hobson is visiting at Glad
brook, Iowa.
Rev. F. NJ. Osborne has arrived
home from visit at Louisville, Ky.
Rev. A. Smith held quarterly meet
ing service at the home of E. w.
Thompson here last Monday.
Mrs. George Tutberry has as
guests the Misses A. Flanagan and
Helen Garner of Chicago.
John Richards and mother are
spending the week in Chicago with
relatives.
Miss Ella Carey of Chicago is Wis.,
iting relatives here.
Mrs. William Richards has return
ed home to Wales.
Bessie and Nellie Fry of Freeport
visited relatives here and at East
Moline last week.
F. lillian is spending few weeks
at Blue Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-23

rage avowal: he had not forgiven her
the death of that love which he had
seen die out of Elsie Whites eyes.
For some time to come" said he
with quiet suppression, II expect TO
reign alone"
Then, your majesty" she said to
him mockingly, 81 have only to ask
you that you guarantee me safe exit
from the palace"
His face flushed at this first trace of
ridicule to be heaped upon his preten-
sions to royalty. but his voice was
grave and even enough as he strove to
establish dignity. you have my word
for that" said he.
"Then." she cried as she sprang
back from his desk toward the door
that was still open, 81 shall keep this
little souvenir until have a chance to
present 1t to you again" and she
thrust the dagger into her belt do
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-23
SilVis

Miss Bessie Gallagher Of La Port,
Texas. is visiting at the home of
Mrs. Mary Phelp.
R. S. Silvis has arrived home from
South Dakota, where he went to visit
relatives and look after his property
interests.
Miss Mary De Donker had as
guests last Sunday afternoon the
Misses Louise and Sadie Cash OF
Geneseo.
Bernice Kirkpatrick is visiting rel
atives at Princeton.
Ethel SIeet entertained a number
of her young girl friends last Sat
urday afternoon on her ninth birth
day. Outdoor games were followed
by a fine supper. The young hostess
received some pretty gifts.
G. E. Plat of Coal Valley was a
visitor in the village the past week.
Mrs. Richard Bell is visiting rela-
tives at Sherrard.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Hartline enter
tanned a number OF their friends at
a card party Thursday. Mesdames
c. Sanjoy and r. Mus captured the
prizes. Refreshments were served.
Mrs. w. c. Daily has as a guest
Mrs. L. Saching of South Dakota.
r. K. Thorpe and family enjoyed
a visit from Mrs. NJ. Engle of Dcs
Moines, Iowa.
Fred DeBourcey, who resides with
his brother, Guy, here, had the mis-
fortune to fall from a 30-foot tank
while at work at the railroad shops
last Tuesday. He was rendered I'M
conscious and badly bruised and cut.
Roma Osborne has arrived home
from a visit at Lafayette, Ill.
Miss Elsa Sutler and mother have
returned home to Wilton Junction,
Iowa, after visiting friends here for
several weeks.
Mrs. A Harper was paid a visit
last eek by Mrs. S. Rose of Victor,
Iowa.
w. Wilson and wife of Des Moines
are visiting friends here.
Saturday Herbert Brown and fam
lily departed for Chicago, Cleveland,
East. Liverpool and Newark, Ohio, to
visit relatives two weeks.
George Bath of Rapids City visit
ed relatives here last week.
H. McClaire and family are visit
ing at Lincoln, Neb.
William Barmaster had the mis-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-23
CHAPTER XIII.

SHARP wall, as of an animal In
IA sudden torture. burst from the
\ lips Of Henry Breed. He
a n started forward. shaking and
trembling. the veins on his leathern
old face starting out like whipcords.
He raised both his clinched fists and
opened his mouth TO speak. but no
words came.
Speech was supplied on the instant,
however, by Sumner Rollins by
heaven. no!" be cried. Il knew that
you contemplated some folly, Kelvin.
but never that you had in your crazed
mind a crime so great as this or I
should either have impeached you as a
traitor or bad you imprisoned as a
lunatic. Hear me, you men! Let no
word of this proclamation get be-
yond this room as you value your
lives"
Arrest that man. shouted Kelvin.
ARREST me If you dare.' cried Rol-
Inns Il am going from this room a
free man. and l viii show you that
patriotism aud the love OF liberty in
the United States are neither dead nor
asleep. In every village and upon
every farm there still dweils the i'm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-23

Led and his gra nddaughter ana pos
sibly DR.. Zelphan | am the only per
son In the world who knows the exact
location and the combinations of his
vault and its billion and a half of
cash. The greatest fear have is that
Breed may have changed the combina-
ton Of his locks"
81 doubt IL he was able to do So" re-
turned Rensselaer, HE left here, upon
the day OF your proclamation, appar-
emily in a state OF almost complete
paralysis, attended by DR.. Zelphan, my
aunt, JenS Nelson and Elsie White"
by Elsie White?' Phillip repeated.
ITS queer that she went along"
Herbert shrugged his shoulders.
Breed always liked her, and when
Lillian left. with the threat to Join
George Blagg. Breed turned to Elsie
like a child and insisted that she should
not leave him"
Kelvin WINGED. and a great longing
came over him. He. too, would have
liked to have turned to Elsie White
''like a child" but he was forever too
late. His time for&hat was past.
Everything seems dead" Rensselaer,
suddenly exclaimed. ITS getting on
my nerves, this thing of waiting and
waiting. Seven days ago. at exactly
10 o'clock noon, George Blagg's army
Of a million was suddenly to pour
out Of the ground, from New York
to San Francisco and from Duluth
to New Orleans. a wild. ferocious
horde that. frothing at the mouth, was
to sweep all law and all order before
1t. to grind it into dust. and to leave it
but a red memory. We were prepared
at that hour. Every regiment of our
army stood at arms and ready. For q
hundred and eighty hours the army
and you and 1 have been waiting.
waiting. waiting, all at that high ten
sion, and nothing has happened-noth-
ingP
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-23

mortal spirit of our forefathers. Ke1-
WIN. I am going out of here to face
you with an army which can defeat
any politically made army in the
world. an army fighting for the sacred
and undesirable causes OF home and
country and freedom. / shall issue
such a call that every unyidated de-
scendant Of every true American Will
swing into line 10 sweep this colossal
folly back into the fourteenth century.
where IT belongs, and TO make a by
word and a laughingstock OF the name
Of Phillip Kelvin-emperor"
The guards who had advanced to-
ward Rollins had hesitated upon his
outburst. and in that moment of his
righteous fury. standing stern and stall
wart with his eyes flashing. he was
commando enough to have halted
any underling. Now. however, the
guards looked to Kelvin, and he struck
his knuckles impstiently upon the ia
bic. Elsie White upon Kelvin's plunge
into his proclamation had stepped back
to the door. where she now stood di-
rectly back OF Rollins AS the latter
spoke she had put her hands behind
her and quietly turned the key. Now
she plucked Rollins by the sleeve
Hurry Cor she whispered
She pulled open the door and thrust
Rollins through # before he had more
than half conprehended her intention;
then she slammed IT shut. turned the
key IN the lock and slipped the key
into the neck OF her gown just as the
guards and Sam threw themselves
upon the door
Miss White. viii give you thirty
seconds In which TO produce that key"
came the cold voice OF Kelvin.
She looked back at him steadily. but
made no move. Kelvin drew his watch
from his pocket A tense silence set.
tied IN the room. Finally he slipped
his timepiece back into his pocket.
"WuI you give 1t up:" he demanded