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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
is WILLING TO
WORK PRISONERS
Sheriff Bruner Desires TO Safe
guard His Deputies Before
Starting.
WANTS TWO MORE MEN
And Also Demands That Work House
Be Equipped With Steam
Pipes for Heating.

u am willing to work the prisoners
in the county jail whenever the prop
er preparations are made, and reports
to the contrary are erroneous said
Sheriff o. l.. Bruner this morning,
When asked what was necessary 10 be
done before the rock pile" would be
a reality, he said that provision for
heating the room in which the prison
ers were to be worked would have TO
be made, and that tools would have 70
be supplied and permission given him
for the hiring of one, and possibly two,
additional deputies. Il do not intend
to put one man on guard over il or
10 prisoners, for in spite of the fact
that he would be armed, his chances
of being slugged or killed would be
very great, and I don't believe in need
less exposure OF a deputy"
PRISONERS ANXIOUS.
According to information from the
deputies who are in charge of the pTis-
oners, the latter are very anxious that
the rock pile be Installed. They will
welcome a chance TO get out OF the
musty prison walls and the amount of
work they would 90 at breaking rock
will not be sufficient TO cause any of
them 10 go into a physical decline. L
is also suspected that many of them
feel that they would have a better
chance of making a getaway from the
rock pile than from the prison proper.
MATTER HELD UP.
The Jail committee has iutimated a
desire that the prisoners be put to
work on the rock pile. but has refused
to make the preparation that the sher-
i'll deems necessary. and for the time
being the matter Will be held in abey-
ance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
w. G. T. u. Convention Program

Report OF Corresponding Secretary
Mrs Titterington.
Report of Treasurer-Mrs. Young.
Auditors Report-Mrs Montgomery.
Plans 10 Secure Unpaid Obligations
Before the Close of State Fiscal Year
Mrs. Kuhl
Music.
NOontide prayer.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Praise service.
Reading of minutes.
Report of credentiaI committee.
Election OF officers: nomination Of
delegates to national convention.
Report of executive committee.
Reports OF county superintendent.
Anti-Narcotics- Estelle Norman.
Franchises and Enforcement of Law
Mrs Metzgar.
Evangelistic-Mrs McGovern.
Fair Work-Mrs. Numma.
Flower Mission-Mrs. Sarah Car
nett
Health and Heredity-Mrs. Craw-
ford.
Medal contest-Dr. Otis.
Mothers Meetings-Mrs. Dellmount.
Press-Mrs. Martha Taylor.
Scientific Temperance Instruction
Mrs. Elizabeth Huntoon.
Sunday Schools-Mrs. Trowbridge.
Temperance Literature-Mrs. Litten.
How Were the Votes of Our Legisla-
tors ar Springfield Last Winter, For or
against Good Government and Right
cousness Miss Netzgar
Why Women Want the Ballot-Mrs.
Kuhl-
The Dollar Due. Amount Paid to the
Worlds National, State, county and
Local W {. T. Mrs. Young.
Memorial Service-Mrs. Montgom-
cry.
Adjournment.
FRIDAY EVENING.
Music
AddTess-Nrs. kuhl.
Offering.
BenediCtion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20

Following is the program for the
county convention of the W. {. 7. L.
which opens at the Baptist church to-
morrow afternoon and which will con
tinue until the following evening:
Department Work-Mrs. Shreve.
General View by Institute Leader
Mrs. Kuhl
Vocal Solo.
Temperance Teaching in the Sunday
School. Why a Triple Pledge?-M.s $.
). {. Taylor.
Juvenile Courts Aims-Miss Ram
ser.
White Ribbon Recruits-NIiss lay
lor.
Law Enforcement; Laws of Illinois
Mrs. ". r Metzgar
How Rum. Opium and the Cigaret
Impede Missionary Effort-Dr. H. W
Reed
Mission of the Printed Page; Our
PeTiodicals-Mrs. Litten.
Latest Findings of Science as Re
CARDS the Effect of Alcohol on the
human System-Dr Emily Wright
Young Peoples Branch-NIiss sum
mers.
Meaning of the Crusade Cali 10
Women. Hillsboro. Ohio. lS7&-Mrs.
Carrie McGovern.
Adjournment
EVENING SESSION.
Devotional Service-Dr. II. W Reed.
Medal Contest, BLACK Rock
(Ralph Conner).
FRIDAY MORNING.
Devotional SerViCe-Mrs. McGoveTn.
Appointment OF Committees.
Welcome.
Response-Mrs Flora Schafer.
Reports From Unions-Port Byron,
Mrs. McGovern: yuma. Mrs. Mumma;
Moline Willard. Mrs. McLeay; Rey-
holds, Mrs. Joseph Lloyd: Drury. Mrs
Watson. Hillsdale. Mrs. Trowbridge:
Milan. Mrs. CrissweIl: Taylor Ridge.
Mrs. Eckhardt: Moline. Mrs. Mary
Metzgar; Rock Island. lY)-Miss
Summers: Rock Island, Miss Alwilda
Young.
Outlook for County-Mrs. Simonson,
county president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
City Chat
CONSIDER THE CROUCH.

He wears no simulated smile
AT every time and place.
Sometimes you see for half a mile
The frown upon his face
He isn't much on shaking hands,
His manners sharp and short:
In fact, he scarcely understands
The way TO be a sport
He very seldom buys a drink
Or blows the bunch for smokes;
He seems to want TO spend his chink
Upon his wife and folks:
The merry grafters call him close,
The lushers say he's tight:
They dub him grouchy. sore. morose,
And doubtless they are right.
But when you're broke and need a
friend.
Why. he's right there you bet;
He'll stick right with you TO the end,
Through trouble. woe and debt
He'll swear al you most heartily
CBut stake you when you're fat;
It's pretty good, it seems 70 me,
To have a friend like that.
He loves his children and his wife.
And though his face is grim,
And though he doesn't grin through
life
His friends all swear by him;
His workers love his very frown,
And for mis- goodness vouch;
And-weI, III let you put me down
AS one who loves the crouch.
Puck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
Reversible SCrim 19c Yd

Beautifully colored duplex scrfm
and etamine in a wide range OF
patterns.
Plain centres with persian Dor
ders have grown more and moro
popular in light weight drapery
fabrics.
1t was our desire to present NOR
chandise new and different, that
caused us to request from the
manufacturers, new and exclusive
designs for our fall trade.
The magnitude Of the orders
fuch as the McCabe store gives.
brought about lower prices than
many stores could mark upon even
lower quality goods.
Reversible scrim, yard .....10G
Duplex Bar scrim, yard .25<
Sterling Duplex scrim. yard. Boo
Art Wolfe scrim, yard ....4OG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20

CONTINUED iron Page OneD
for over Is years. since June, 1896, when
mis- party, the liberals. defeated the
conservatives under Sir Charles Tup-
per. Bart. known to Canadian politics
as the old war horse of Cumberland. -
from the name of his first constituency.
in his native province of Nova SEQ
tia Sir Wilfrid is a French-Canadian,
and his own province, Quebec, with its
overwhelming French population. has
always given him strong support.
Sir Wilfrid has toured five of the
nine Canadian provinces during the
campaign, and everywhere he has
maintained that the reciprocity agree
ment was purely business transac-
ton. and that the loyalty of Canada
was not 70 &c trafhcked for any trade
advantages.
CARRIED BEFORE PEOPLE
The conservative opposition has
been under the leadership Of Robert
Laird Borden. of Halifax, who first
challenged the reciprocity pact before
the Canadian parliament and after
wards carried the contest before the
people The grounds for this opposi-
ton are two-fold- On the one hand the
conservatives are high protectionists
and they contend that the present
agreement is but an entering wedge.
while on the other hand they contend
that trade under such a pact would
create community of interest be-
tween the United States and Canada
which could not but weaken the Brit
ish connection. and would eventually
bring about the annexation of Canada
to the United States.
During the campaign on the stump
and in the newspapers, the utterances
OF President Taft that Canada is at
the parting OF the ways" and that the
tie binding Canada 10 the empire was
SO slight as TO be almist imperceptibIe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
START PHYSICAL
TRAINING WORK
About 200 Are Enrolled for the
Course at the High School
Gymnasium.
REQUIRED FOR FRESHMEN
Other Glasses Have Option in Mat
ter-D1rector Corneal VIII
Supervise Grades.

. Physical training classes at the high
school were inaugurated yesterday by
Director George 3. CorneaI. The new
member of the faculty will devote four
days & week to active direction of the
classes at the high school and on We'd
nesdays viii make a round OF the
grade schools and supervise the work
that will be done there under the direc-
ton of the teachers. There are to be
il different classes at the high school,
each with about 10 members. The
sexes will be separated, the girls be
ing trained on Mondays and Thursdays
and the boys on Tuesdays and Fridays
The work is optional with the upper
three classes but all Freshmen are re-
quired 70 enroll for the course. Two
credits each half year will be allowed
tor the time spent in physical culture.
WORK IS BENEFICIAL.
The Inauguration Of physical train
ing classes means much 20 the major
ity of the students In the schools of
the city. For years past the weaker
boys and girls. the ones most in need
Of exercise. have been crowded oct OF
the games and pastimes in which the
more athletic ones We're the leaders.
The result was that the strong ones
grew stronger and the weak ones
weaker. At the high school only ma
tural athletes took part in the games
of a muscle building nature. for they
were the only ones eligible for the
teams and the others would have been
given no attention. Now under com
petent direction the boys and girls
who are shy il their physical develop
ment viii be prescribed exercises
which will tend 10 build them I'D and
make them able 70 Withstand the
games Of life
WILL FIT Up \ GYM
For time the work at the high
school will consist mainly Of caIisthen-
ic exercises for the gymnasium has
never been fitted up for physical train
ing. This Will eventually be taken
care of however. and then the work
will be more interesting to the stu
dents and of more benefit TO them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
Buy a home Of Reidy Eros.

Buy home OF Reidy Eros.
Kerler Rug company. cleaners.
TriCity Towel Supply company.
For express. call Spencer & Trefz
Let William johnson do your tin and
furnace work; 1916 Third avenue.
Buy your Dsmson plums, peaches
and pears at the Boulevard grocery.
H. T. Siemon wants your tin and
furnace work; 1526-152S Fourth ave-
nue.
The new Delmonico restaurant will
open Thursday, Sept p. at 1906
Fourth avenue
For vacuum cleaning call Frank
Schnitger. All work guaranteed. Old
phone W 1856
Just received a fancy lot of Colo
RADIO Rocky Ford cantaloupes at the
Boulevard grocery.
Kindling wood $3.50 per load at the
Rock Island Sand and Gravel CON
pany. Old phone COS.
John Pech's aides tailoring estab-
lishment has been removed from
1s121z Second avenue TO the Math
building
II you want to sell OF rent your
property list it with William Schaar-
man, 1714. Second avenue, Rock Is
land. Ill.
4 party OF IL men left Rock Is
land this morning for Macorin. Sask
They are making the trip with A W.
Sweet, representative OF the futile
Land company Of Cedar Rapids, and
intend to look over the grain lands in
Canada.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20

have been used to prove that the
United States has Interior designs on
her Canadian neighbor, while the an
neXationist sentiments attributed to
some American public men and news
papers have aroused the cry that reci-
procity is the forerunner Of annexa-
zion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
New Shirts for Men

and r. ". Reimers Of the public utili-
tier company went over the ground
ana places for the setting OF the ne
cesgary poles were designated The
ordinance will probably be before th4
council Monday morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
Muslin Remnants
1000 Discount

All remnants and short
lengths, the accumulation OF
the past few weeks lively
selling, bleached and brown
nuslins and sheeting, pillow
casing, tubing. cambrics, long
cloth, etc, in lengths suit
able for all sorts Of uses, be
ginning Thursday at 9 a m.
and until sold, all are dis
counted Just Is 20 per cent
OF. Grab quick
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
In the HOusefurnishing Dept.

be allowed 10 place poles along First
avenue and out to Eighteenth avenue
along the right Of way of the Rock Is
land road, according 10 a statement OF
Mayor schriyer. Members OF the council
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
COrSetS

Do not wear a corset that is I'M
comfortable. How much do you
know about your corset?
You ought to know everything
that the shape is right for your
figure, that the boning is flexible,
that the materials are the best
and that 1t is comfortable.
If you buy the Regis you will
have all this and more-you will
build a youthful figure that will be
both envied and admired; you will
get more corset service from a
Regis than any other make, you
viii have more real corset COM
fort that you had ever expected
from any corset.
These are things worth knowing
and remembering
To fully impress these facts on
your memory and that you may
buv and wear a Regis corset, wen
sell for the balance Of this week,
three days, three.
Regis dollar corsets for 49,. CSC
Regis $3.50 corsets for. $ OF
Regis $3.50 corsets for. 81 70
Regis $3.50 corsets for So so
Regis $500 corsets for. 81 s.
Regis $1,000 corsets for. SO so
If you could buy dollar bills for
SOC or 75c. how fast would you
come? Sure enough, all the rest
OF this week, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
We cannot promise fittings all
the time but well do the very best
we can.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
Fall Millinery Opening Thursday, Friday
.>~.-9-~S. and Saturday, 2 Sf? Ss asd %
Lillian Russell, says, 1.-The hat make mar your
beauty.

/ lillian Russell. says hat make your
beauty.
Do not buy hat simply because you like II, or
eye because it is becoming to when you know
you nothing else in your wardrobe that will har-
monte with it. should be the dramatic finish"
of the costume.
There is no article of dress to which a
ualy gives and should give much thought. and In
the purchase of which is quite apt to be
travagant
To save time and economic, choose first the MIL
liner whom you have confidence. consult with her,
explaining to her costumes with which
wish 70 wear the hat conscientious experienced
and capable miIliner will allow you make mis-
take when you rely on her
We show models from Burgesser, Phipps, Fisk,
Gage, Elzee, Gerhardt and others
Burgesser Phipps especially emphasize Tailor
and Semi-dress hats; Gerhardt and Ezee specialize
more dressy models Our showing covers the entire
range.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
IS Scebe g. CO.
-0ROCK ISLAND ILL. EssaasdGa 4SsssssssS g.
The Newest Suits and Coats For Women

every hour almost, mark the departing summer
and the advent of autumn. Such beauties they
each set of arrivals more handsome than the
till IS almost lost In admiration.
Where there is such variety that is desirable in
wonen's outer is the case this season, ii is
hard find one feature much more prominent
that another furnish keynote If forced 10
choose we should say becoming" Is the keynote.
Manufacturers and designers have combined the
many style features in a way that is becoming to
Most every woman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
CANADA ON EDGE AS DAY OF
RECIPROCITY VOTE NEARS

CONTINUED fro-1 Page one.1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-25
UNDERWOOD GOES
 INTO EXCLUSION

Washington, August 24.-(Special Jos car Underwood returned to Washington this afternoon from New York. where he was the guest of prominent Italians at a private dinner last night. Immediately after reaching Washington he went into entire seclusion for a much needed rest No newspaper man in the city was able to break through the seclusion he had drawn about himself.
 MT. Underwood is in fine condition con sidering the strain he has been working under almost continuously for more than six months. But now that the busy ses- sion has closed he realizes the need for rest. He will spend few days in Wash ington planning work for his clerks and experts in the ways and means commit tee during the recess.
 The charge that Underwood tariff bills are being drawn without great care and without expert information is not at all well founded. It is conceded that MT. Underwood is one of the best informed men on tariff questions in Congress and he has been wise enough to gather in- formation from all other expert sources available.
 There will be no let up in the office of the ways and means committee during the recess, and it is more than probable that Mr Underwood will spend a great deal of the recess in tariff Investigation here and elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-25
DAYS RECORD IN
 COUNTY COURTS

In the circuit court Thursday suits were filed as follows:
 T. A Johnson vs. the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company for $10,000 for alleged personal injur- ies sustained by the plaintiff at the hands of the defendant company on August II, 1911.
 Mrs Kate ]. Esterman vs. the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power company for 5000 for alleged injuries received while she was passenger on one of the defendants cars, the injury being charged to the negligence of the eompany's employees in starting the car too suddenly.
 gins sues Henry P. Wilson for $25,OO0 damages for alleged assault and bat tery. Wiggins sets out that the de- fendant assaulted him in front of his store at East Lake and gouged out one of his eyes, causing permanent injury.
 The Aetna Accident and Liability company filed suit against the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power com pany for $500, claiming that this amount of policy on an automobile belonging to the Corey Highlands Land company was recovered of 1t on &C., count of damage to the machine aris- ing from a collision of an electric car with the automobile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-25
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds of conveyance of the following real estate transfers. in which amounts of $loe0 or more were involved were filed in the probate court Thursday:
 $77500-Robert Jemison Jr,, to David Rob- erts, .Ir., lot 23 in survey of the property of the Mountain Terrace Land company.
 $7000-R E. Tyler to Beulah c. Tyler, part of lot 6, block 653. in Elyton Land company's survey.
 Sl5o0-J W. Wolf to John H. Glasgow, lot ,, block SD, survey of Woodlawn.
 $1S00-A E. Smith to w. H. Sadler, Jr., lot 13, block 1, in Hood & Fulton's sub division in Woodlawn.
 $17oo-Mrs. Lettie Stewart to c. A. Me- Gee, lot 10, block 15, in Avondale Land company's survey.
 $l250-Solon Jacobs to Gus A. Pope, Jr., lot IT, block 46, survey of the property of the Corey Land company.
 $5000-Charles H. Chaser to Lou Ella Sellers, lot II, block 1, in Webb X Woods s South Highlands addition.
 s1OO0-Mac D. Gray to Mrs J. J. Odom, land in sections % and 32, township r, range l west.
 S1500--M A. Andrew to Joseph S. Church, lot II, block 1, in M. A. Wild smiths survey, and part of lots 16, 1T and IS, block 13-F, in East Lake Land com pany's first addition to East Lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-25
FOUR MONTGOMERY
 POLICEMEN RESIGN

Montgomery, August 24-(Special.)-- Former Police Sergeant H. T. Ragland, Detective Ed Graham, Patrolmen Sow ell and Seals of the Montgomery po- lice department, have submitted their resignations to Chief of Police ". H. Taylor, to take effect at once. No req sons for their actions are assigned. oth CT than that they are anxious to take up other lines of work.
 The police officials in question are among the best known of the depart ment. hence a general speculation that is going the rounds as to whether or not only ulteriar motives are back of their action. It has been commonly rumored in the city that the oppressive and restraining hands which have been placed upon them under commission government are objectionable to some of the "older heads of the force, but the men in question have had nothing to say regarding this flea ture.
 During the past few days the police department has been considerably lime lighted by newspaper notoriety, an ag itation which is believed by many to be significant of probable probe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-25
|STOVALL TALKS OF
 CENTRAL CHANGES
General Agent Is Back From Vaca- tion Spent in the Lake
 Regions

E. F. Stovall, general agent for the Illinois Central railroad, returned yes terday from his vacation spent on the lakes north of Chicago He returned through the latter city and conferred with the officials there as to the consolida- ton of offices between his lines and the Central of Georgia.
 MT. Stovall said yesterday that he had not been advised as to the new policy to be pursued, but that he was of the opin- ion that it would be finally decided to re- move the Illinois Central offices to the Brown Marx building There. he was of the opinion. additional space would be secured.
 ''I was told in Chicago of the contem- plated trip recently made to Birmingham of some of our officials" said MT. Stovall
 .,rhey could not postpone their trip, so I was unable to meet with them. l am of the opinion that when final details have been arranged there will not be any joint positions created as between our of fcials and those of the Central of Georgia. The occupancy of the same office rooms is without special significance. '1 am not of the opinion that seymour Shears of our line, for instance, will be jointly employed by the two lines. I an, sure that our organization, both freight and passenger, will be kept segre- gated from that of the Central of Geor gis. However, the final settlement of the nroposition has not been arrived at, nor will it be for some few weeks I am told
 '"rhe consolidation of office quarters will be matter of economy for both companieS"