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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-16
DELEGATES NAMED
Rock Island Republicans Hold
Caucuses in Seven Wards
Last Night.
CANDIDATES ENDORSED
Ticket to lie Nominated at ConVen-
ton Scheduled Tomorrow Even
ing at Turner Hail.

The republican voters of the city last
evening, at caucuses held in each Of
the different wards, named delegates
TO the township convention to be held
Friday night. At the convention candi-
dates for town clerk and assistant su-
pe.visors will be nominated
FIRST WARD.
Lawrence Swanson presided at the
First ward caucus and Andrew Etzel
acted as secretary. The following del
egation was named John Swanson,
julius Leberman, L. J. Eastman, Fred
Kahlke. Frank Worth, Fred Sehnert,
William Gahagen, Thomas Manuel, An
drew Etzel. Lawrence Swanson, and
Frank Skinner. The delegates were in
sjructed to support the candidates. Of
William Cahagen for assistant super
visor and E. !. Eastman for constable
SECOND WARD.
AT the Second ward caucus the can
didacy OF John G. Swanson for assist
ant supervisor was endorsed by a un
animous vote. Delegates were named
as follows: Charles Oberg. William
Pratt. William r Carse. John G. swan
son. s ID. Folsom, C l. Beardsley. II.
w. Hendren. L. Kramer. II. Rosenfiel5.
James EckhaTt, Phil Wagner, and Carl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-16
SAVE COSTS.
BY Paying Your Taxes Now.

There are but a few more days
left before costs begin.
JOHN T. NOFTSKER,
Township Collector.
1912 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-16
ARCUMEnTSENDEO
Fate of County's Demurrer TO
Bill for Injunction Is IN
Judges Hands.
VERDICT is EXPECTED SOON
Case Is That of Cooper SaddIery-
Hardware Company Seeking to
Evade Corporation Tax.

Arguments on the county's demur-
rer to the bills for Injunction fled by
the various con Germs OF the county
which are fighting the collection o.
the corporation tax, were completed
this morning IN The branch circuit
court, and Judge T. D. Ramsay took
the matter under sdvisement. The
arguments this morning and yester-
day afternoon were in the case Of the
Cooper Saddlery and Hardware com
pany Of Moline against the county
Of Rock Island. Il has been agreed
that this shall serve as a test case
and that the decision in his one will
be accepted IN each OF the others
nearly a score in number.
A CLERICAL ERROR
The main points contained in the
bill asking that the county be perma-
tax which the board of review levied
upon the capital stock Of the various
corporations, are three in number.
The first is that the board of review
was not q legal one inasmuch as the
records show that W. R Carey was
chairman, while as q matter Of fact
George H. Richmond was chairman.
The mistake in the records was due
to clerical error, the one who wrote
them having used Mr.. Carey's name
through force of habit as Mr.. Carey
was chairman of the board for many
years. The second is that the prop
critics of the corporations were not
properly scheduled in making out the
levy and the third is that the board
showed prejudice in making the lev
les
CHARGE PREJUDICE.
This latter contention is based upon
the fact that when the board of SUI
pervisors found that the county was
in need Of more revenue, it adopted
a resolution calling upon the board
of review to cover everything availa-
bic for taxing and later on the board
of review decided to tax the corpora
tons when it was brought 70 the at
tention of that body that no taxes
had been levied upon the capital stock
of these corporations. In addition to
these there are various other reasons /
contained in the bill for injunction.
Attorneys B. D. Connolly and George !
W. Wood appeared for the Cooper
Saddlery- Hardware company and w.
R. Moore for the county.
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the Indians. II you think I'm clever at
scout work you ought TO see the Sioux
try their hand At 1t. There isn't a ten
year-old Sioux boy that couldn't beat
me-"
Maybe So" agreed Cans. doubtfully.
but as there aren't any Sioux war par
ties within a thousand miles Of here
you're safe to keep the local champion
ship. old man. You've taught US both
a thousand things about scouting. but
we're still as far behind you as YOU
say you're behind the Sioux"
why isn't scouting taught TO every
one?" unused Dale. 1T would be a
grand thing for either army Just now
II 1t had a trained and efficient corps Of
Boy Scouts instead OF having to rely
on men who two years ago knew no
more about such things than they knew
about flying. ! believe some day this
country OF ours will wake up to that.
And then there'll be a body OF Boy
Scouts trained who'll be worth their
weight In gold in case OF another war.
Even now we three chaps could do
better service for-what's the matter,
Maxi" he broke off.
Max Clark had halted and had dropped
on ono knee. He was studying the sur
face of the dusty road. almost Invisible
In the dim evening light. To his eyes.
trained by years of scout work in mid
night black forests. the Dad appear
ance told a dozen stories as plainly as
II they We're printed In inch-long letters.
what Is itT' asked Dale again.
Max looked UP. pointing to a spot In
the road.
Seer" he said as they bent over 10
look. See there. And there again.
Take a look and try what you a make
out OF It,"
In the dust the two others straIning
eyes could just discern amid wheel
tracks and footprints tie pressure OF a
re Their oddly shaped shoe.
Its the mark of an academy fatigue
boot" announced Ray. Il can tell f. ON
the turn Of the sole" .
Going uphill toward the academy. o.
course supplemented Dale. And.
from the way the toe presses the
wearer vas in a hurry"
And a triie lame In the left foot
added Ray. See, the mark of the right
sole is much heavier"
Max Clark stood by with the air OF
n teacher who listens to two rather
clever pupils reciting a lesson.
Not bad by this light" he drawled
approvingly. That all?"
"Y-es,' hesitated Dale.
~ guess So" agreed Ray, "A fellow
from the academy, a little lame. going
up the Hill In a hurry"
II don't see anything In that" added
Bob. ito make you stop. Max. and get
the knees of your best trousers all dusty,
A hundred fellows from the academy
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Nov. them" said MAJ. stin .hoidiaS
the wrig Cling Noble at arms ieHStK,
while Bob Dale shut the door behind
them. We're going TO have q quiet Ut
tie ak" i..
what dye mean by thisr" sput,srsd
Noble. "1Taslnz d.
Were not going to haze YOU said
Max. I'VE want to tell you wha you
did this evening. That IL all. and To-
What | did this evenlngY" echoed
Noble. glibly. though his fat face grew
pasty. II stayed In my room. studied
to-morrow's lessons. wrote a letter TO
my mother and got into bed at o -
You neaked out right after supper"
calmly cOntradicted Max. carried some
thing you'd stolen down 20 IElln at the
Prospect House, got tho cash for II
came back here a few minutes ago. got
In by the visitors entrance and were
half undrosscd when the hurry all
came"
Mobiles plump legs gave way uncer
him and he collapsed into a chair.
"You-you splcd on mo-" he painted.
you three. with those Internal Indian
scout tricks OF yours-you spied on ms.'
so great In the school was the repu-
tation OF Max Clark's scouting lore hat
no miracle seemed to the boys too
word-nus FOR q, 30 achieve. Ana rher
.NooIo nov nenIu !" cspe', sesount os
the various moves whteh ne mad oeen
a, sun l'lhs 10 v'Ner TO uIu not uouot
,ne Woo 'his'Ianle s'ory was aetunny
nh"wh' 30 certain was ne OF ,his thst
no dd not oven atteinp' 10 ~ OF W
prasrh tnc euslr OUT.
NhRt-wh are you going 20 doI
ne whlmpcFed' for heaNenls sake
don't CIV" mo away II nccccd inc
money Keen quiet about mis- ana I'll
divide ~ whh you.
Max clark checked an impnisive for-
ward movement from Ray, and an
swered;
! we aren't the sort that tell, II you
had a spark OF you'd KNOW
that. Ana you'd Know We don't SON our
fingers with stolen money, either.
"What-what 40 you want tnen''
whimpered Noble ITO hold 10 over me
and make mo do your lessons for "
say Observed Ray Cans. u can't
breathe In the same room with thie
beast. Tell htfn. Max. and lets get rid
of him."
we want you." AID clark, 10 leave
this school. And TO leave N tomorrow
Do you understandf'
"Oh, Ia that anr' exclaimed MONA
much relieved.
"Sos. We can't nave the academy's
name smirohed- And We don't want 10
bring dtAgracc on your annly 30 were
letting you 90. Your conscience. IL
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motion In tho Academy just because you
got n black eye? I suppose. for a
broken nose. they'd have rung the alarm
bell and telegraplcd for the militia"
Tho little old man glared In impotent
fury at the perfectly grave faces of his
two tOrmentors.
what Is tho matter7' asked Max
Clark, speaking for the first time.
The tacituIn young Wostsrner had an
air OF authority when he chose TO exert
II, And now II served 10 defect the
gatekeeper's wrath from two other
and to end their batting OF him.
1T was this way" explained the
little man. Ten minutes ago there was
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ARomance ofThree School.
fellows Who Went to the
Front i'm the Civil War.

a ring at the Visitors Bell. I answered
It. The hallway was dark. I opened
tho door aud some one scuttled In past
mo without a word. II was n of the
boys. 1 could tell that by his uniform
In tho one glimpse I got OF him In tho
starlight. But he held his cap over his
face.
ION OF tho feliows' Al tho Visitors
EntranoeI'
Just that. Some one that had
slipped bounds and didn't dare try to
come In by tho main gate for fear OF
the guard sporting him, SO he camo
around to tho Visitors Entrance, know
Ing tie hall there Is dark after $3.50 and
thinking he could get In past me. I
made n grab at him and he she'd
me in the eye with his fist. Before I
could scramble to my feet again he
had run down tho hail In tho dark and
got to the dormitorles.
Did you rocognize hiT7'
Never a bit did |. 1t was too dark.
But he was In uniform. lie had his
overcoat slurR loose around his shoul-
ders 80 I couldn't oven guess mt him
from his figure. on. II l could get
hands on tho young
rs that what caused all the excite
ment?" asked Ray.
at sure Is. l got UP and hurried of
! N toll tho I.res,dont. lie had tho hurry
| order given and he's m~arahalling all the
| boys I'm tho Assembly Room for the roll
call
Gonna on" sa,d Bob Daio 10 tho 9TH
R,v cama n, once pre.an,,v Nav
clark. who had been study1ng tho
oorlhsn pathway lcadlng IN from the
main road. iolned them.
Just az thought" he yhispered IA
the three walked together toward tho
assembly room, Johnny Noble. His
| footprints arc tho last on tho path. And
they lead straight UP to the door,
1T was n clever trick for getting In
| without being caught. hut what a cur
to hit n poor old man like that!'
II am afraid" drawled Max. that W.
shail have to get rid OF Noble. I've been
brought up among red mon whose worst
sin Is scalping an enemy. I don't care
TO he In the same school with q thief
and a person who beats defenseieAs old
~gatekeepers. Wen have n private SEES
sion later with Noble and persuade him
to leave tho Academy"
They reached the Assembly Room Just
as tho double line OF questioning, half.
dressed boys was forming for the roll
call. In the front rank stood Noble,
barefoot and clad only In shirt and
trousers. lie had tho air of having JUS
been awakened from a sweet sleep. ant
he bllnked dazedly In the bright light.
In ifoht OF the hair-dresSed rank
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ashamed as a cat stealing Its first
canary"
Mobiles been having n whole raft OF
spending money lately" supplemented
Dale. "You know he's always been
broke. His father allows him almost
no cash In spite OF all the ilashy civilian
clothes he sports. Yet ! saw him give
out a ~ten-dollar bill when he was buy
ing some things down at the store yes
terday. And he had other bills like 1t
In his pocket. 1t looks ugly"
They were drawing ear the gates OF
the Hudson River Military Academy. n
school that stood second only 10 West
Point for rigid discipllne. Al THIS hour
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He displayed n withered visage under
one OF whose eyes a half ring OF pur-
pie was beginning to form.
"Shame!' cried Bob. In mock SOL
eihnity. Fighting again! And at your
age! IT'S a horrible example to set US
young fellows"
Fighting" yelled the gatekecper IN
senile fury. 'Me7 ] never was In .
fight in all my whole life"
Don't sIulrm out OF IT," soothed Ray.
with apparent effort at coincidence. "a
fair fight is no disgrace. II you don't
tackle a chap smaller than yourself.
And | don't believe there's "A man In
New York state smaller than o are.
So you're on the safe side. what's be-
como of the fellow you foughtY Is he
In the hospital? And Is all this COM
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to 60 for the Academy, newspapers.
And We were the only ones allowed out
OF bounds. I still don't see what all this
rigmarole has to do with"
Maybe I can tell YOU" replied Max.
THE gates were closed at eight. No
one could get out. II Is" Che glanced up
Mt the stars to read the hour 1T Is now
Just before ten. These footprints were
made less thar half an hour ago. See
how the dirt -crumbles at the edge Of
the toe-ma.k. Just enough to-"
Some n taking French leave. sh,".
muttered Ray. And In a rus'i to get
back from his hour of hockey? That's
bad II he's caught. Prexy said he'd ex-
pei the next"
II wonder who 1t was2" broke In Dale.
"Why. Noble. Of course" answered
Max. as ~assuredly as though he could
see the boy in question. "Johnny
Noble"
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"All scouting Is" assented Max
when you NOW how"
80 Fatty Noble sneaked out of bounds
and went to the village for something.
and then ran back at full speedH" COM
mented Bob. How will he get IN, do
you suppose?'
I'm more interested in why he went
down there said Ray. II overheard
Prexy say last week that he had missed
two or three pieces OF silver off his own
sideboard. lie wondered II one Of tho
servants had taken them. and he was
talking OF having a detective sent for.
Old Islln, down at the Prospect House,
has a name for handling more valuables
than he buys over the counter. I saw
Noble %sneaking out OF Izlln's place tho
other day and he looked as guilty and
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because the marks show he's lame?'
asked Dale. THAT roves nothing.
After yesterdays hike, there are at
least "A dozen Of the fellows more or
less lame from those new tight boots
they've made US wear. Paynter and
Orrin and Flagg and Walt Stevens
and"
But how many Of the lame chaps
are five feet seven inches tail and weigh
about a hundred and seventy aud have
a bad habit of toeing-!n that all the
drlll masters abuse can't cure7" de-
manded Max Clark.
"Noble, Fatty Noble!" exclaimed
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Dale. THAT nts him to . t. Hut
how?'
Look a. the marks again. Measure
the length OF the stride. Then look how
deep the pressure in tho dust is, COM
pared with your own After the a
rye told you how to size up a mans
height md weight from his f~ootmarks.
that ought to help you. As for the
toeing in--is there another fellow In tho
whole Academy. besides Noble, who
could run with his toes as far turned
In a. that without failing over his own
feetY"
IT'S a. simple - daylight" cried
Ray.
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may have passed UP this hill to-day"
What time are our gates shu,7'
catechized Max.
Eight o'clock. OF course" answered
Dale.
And nobody without a permit can get
In or out after that hour7' pursued
Max.
Certainly not. You know that. I'm
less he climbs the ten-foot wall with
glass on the top and runs the guard
besides"
How many were granted permits to
leave the grounds t%o-night7"
"Oniy va three. TIE permit was read
by Prexy at supper. We were allowed
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tho big main building was generally
silent and dark. Tonight II blased
with lights and a hum of excited voices
reached tho ears OF tho three boys.
The trio broke into q run and q mo-
ment later they were at the gates, Tho
wide portals swung open and unguarded.
although al night they we're usually not
only barred but guarded by q sehoolboy
sentinel.
whats upf' demanded Ray of q
little Old liveried gatekeoper who was
fusslng about the entrance. IT'S II . IRE
orr
'Its worsc.' snapped the <atckecper.
Look at any face, will your
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PRIZES FOR BOY SCOUT ESSAYS

TIC develop talent for writing md to encouege Dung people to hk for the lessons in
will award weekly a series Of valuable prizes for the chest essays mote over $50 words long written
by any shoo pupl on the shct of the six preceding instruments of tss story
Read eahw weeks Instruments; then write the Impressions you have gathered from thm
The oyc condition atnhedt to this contetE tatth eteachr% or parent of each competitor
is asked to WRITE at the bottom of the essay, Hnet teef that is original ad was written
without assistance.
Penmamship, punctuation, spelling ad composition will be considered in making the
weekly awards Essays based on the first weeks insament should rrch this Office during
Ten gold watches ant ten silver watches will be awarded each wk.
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Just to Be Funny.

- EPORTER-And how large were
the diamonds that YOU say were
stolen from your prima donna?
Press Agent-About so big.
Reporter-About the size Of ch~estnuts.
ehf-Toledo Blade.
Affabls Stranger-d beg your pardon.
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Bulldog Mes are killing big game along
the International boundary. according to
Commissioner Hello Clementson
OF Minnesota. Two moose were killed
near a lumber camp on the east fork OF
Rapid River. and IN his opinion large
numbers OF fine animals have lost their
lives.
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but isn't this Miss Greenleaf7
The Lady-No: | am Miss Redpath.
A. S.-Ah. excuse me! ! must be color
bllnd.-Boston Transcript.
why do you call our country place
The ~Balkans?'"
"Oh, il gives me nothing but trouble
Louisville Courier-Journal
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one of tho novelties of the season Is
the portrait ring, To all appearance the
clrclot Is AN ordinary slgnet ring. with
tho seal massively set. At one side,
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however. Is a spring which. wAsu
causes tho top of the seal to
leap back. tho signet in reality forming
A miniature box. A Tiny portrait on cop
per In colors or monochrome Is then d.
closed TO view.
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a cantaloupe train believed TO be ~
thu world has ever seen paAsed
through Tucson. Ar!z,. recently from chs
Imperial Valley. The Frain consisted Of
$50 cars, was a mile and a half In length
and contained more than one miuioa
pounds OF oa~ntaloupes.
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Z The Fifteen Yea Old all" repeated la nj That woud
49, let all three Of us In. I'm the youngest and I a fifteen last
month. IT'S hard hck to have to grind away here at school n dg tut lessons
whom chaps no older than ourselves are In the thick of the war;
81 WISH" drawicd Mx Clark. a ianky. tall youth M was walking between
his two chums with tn silent trdess tread Of m Indian. 81 wtshm my father had
stuck to trapping and posi-. trading instead of striking 1t rich last year and send
Nc M to this Eastern school, II ne rad ia be at the front this minute. But
nor in IN months lighting than ten years schooling"
made and It showed nov strongly he was moved. The three ooy'-ah students
o. ts Hudson river Military School-were ploddins u p the long hill from tho
railroad station. whs they had mi to got the newspapers brought in by the
might train. Like all the rest of America in those early day Of 1885, the academy
was eager Tor evrys scrap Of available new rom he eat of var. And the Three
1nNparabls. o Dale. Cans and Clark wore ncknamed. had been detailed to-
uAht to bring home the papers
Tn rather glad your father struck here And II you hadn't come to the
II nch' a ou say Max" observed Academy We would lever ave known
Bob. IT he hadn't you wouldn't be the nrt thnS about scouting. Ray nd
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The Evening Worlds Great
Adventure Story for
Young People.
Copyright, 1911. by The Press Publishing Co, THE New York World.
CHAPTER
Eoofprinfs and What Theu Meant.

fHG-0EHE Fifteen Year Old call is out in Virginia" grumbled lob Iahe
my father ays 81, in a letter that ran the blockade and came to
me to-day via England"
THE Fifteen Year od'c call" repeated Ray Cans That would
@Z2 Let III thru Of LIS In LIN he nuuZest. M I wa hfteen last
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-10-23
ANOTHER MAN WRONGED GIRL SAYS PASTOR
HARD BLOW TO DEFENSE
in M'NAMARA CASE

LOS ANGELES, Oct 23.-Judge
Bordwell in ruling on Juror Mckee
in the Mcnamara case today held that
the holding of an opinion as to the
cause of the Times explosion, which it
would take evidence to remove, and
which was formed from reading the
newspapers alone is insufficient to
disqualify juror. This is the first
serious ruling adverse to the defense.
In the first Is minutes of todays
session the court allowed the chal-
lenge as to Robinson and Mcintosh
and dismissed them.
In rendering his opinion Judge
Bordwell said: "As long as a juror
states that his opinion does not go
to the guilt or innocence Of the de-
fendant and he says such an opinion
will not bias him in reaching a ver-
dict, the court has no discretion but
to hold the juror qualified under the
CODE"
The ruling caused CONSERVATION
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Minister is Handsome.

BOSTON, Oct. 23.-Rev. Clarence
Virgil Thompson Richeson, pastor O.
the Emmanuel Baptist church of Cam
bridge, who is charged with the muir
der of Avis Linnell, shows little in
dications outwardly of depravity OF
criminality which would be expected
in a man charged with such as aw-
full crime as is placed against his
name today.
He is thirty-five years old, over six
feet tall and built like an athlete. He
has a strikingly handsome face. His
broad high brow is crowned with a
thick mass of curling black hair, a
witness to his intense virtility. His
nose is large, well shaped and shows
a dominate personality. The mouth
is wide and in the thick lips there is
a sign of sensuality but no trace of
cruelty. The chin is large, strongly
marked and the jaw is the jaw of a
fighter.
His eyes are black, magnetic, and
give whole character to his face. All
his life he has been a fighter, stern,
ruthless, when the occasion demand
ed.
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among the attorneys for the defense
and both Darrow and Scott argued it,
but they finally submitted and the
work of filling the seats was begun.
Scott was so bitterly disappointed
that he virtually charged the court
was bias and was severely rebuked by
Judge Bordwell.
The ruling means that the defense
will have to peremptorily challenge
Mckee and must conserve it's chal-
lenges for future use in cases of the
same kind.
The defense tried hard to get Judge
Bordwell to reconsider his ruling in
the Mckee objection, but the only
concession was that if they could
produce the authorities that would
show him wrong, he would reopen
the case
William Oliver was the first witness
examined afterward by Darrow when
the tedious task of qualifying more
jurors to fill the eight empty seats
were started.
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DAKOTA STILL
IS INSURGENT

PIERRE, S. D., Oct. 23.-Taft has in
vaded South Dakota and although the
state is in progressive control, was
accorded a warm welcome. He break
tasted with Congressman Burke and
talked privately. Huron is his next
stop and at Aberdeen this evening he
will make another speech.
Senator Crawford here said: ''Taft
will have hard fight to carry South
Dakota in the next national conven-
ton. I believe La Toilette will get
at least six of the ten delegates
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-10-23
PAR0LED BANK WRECKER
DIES IN CHICAGO HOME

penniless newsboy, and had become
the greatest financial power in the
city before his immense failure which
was due to the lending of depositors
money to bolster up his railroad and
coal properties in eastern Illinois. At
the time of the failure the other Chi
cago bankers averted a panic by as
suming his liabilities.
The family believes death was due
to Walsh's brooding over his down.
fall.