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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

sustained. Although Watson's name
did not appear in Coney's suit, the
woman's former husband said the arch
itect's name had beer coupled with
that of his wife even before the separ-
alton.
Neither Watson nor the woman
would make any further statement as
to the cause of the shooting
Mrs. Coney was released from
custody later today on bonds sign
ed by professional bondsman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
EX-SHA ALI MIRA
LOSES IN A BATTLE
Forces Defeated by Persian Machine
Guns Directed by a German
Instructor.

st. Petersburg. Sept. Supple
mentary reports received today by an
official agency from Teheran, Persia.
establish that the outcome of the
battle at Imanzadeh, Jafar, Sept. 5,
when the forces of ex-Shah Mohanl-
med Ali Mira suffered a crushing
defeat, was decided by government
machine guns operated under the di-
rection of the German instructor of
the Persian army, Major Haaz.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
WAGON HITS CAR; a HURT

Physician. Two Children and PATROL
man Chicago Victims.
Chicago, Sept. S.-Four persons
were seriously injured today when a
wagon collided with a trolley car.
The injured:
DR.. ]. C. Guernsey, As, Olin, Iowa,
head cut, right arm bruised, rem
dered unconscious.
Jasper Guernsey. 5, injured inter
nally.
Walter Guernsey, IL, hands and
legs lacerated, bruised
Patrolman r. L. Stevens, shoulder
fractured, injured internally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

organize the rest OF the state, as
vice chairman.
HARRISON OUTLINES PURPOSE
A denial that the session had been
called in the interests of any one
individual or faction within the
party was made by Mayor Harrison
in his opening speech and at an even
ing dinner formal answer TO the
critics of its sponsors was made by
several speakers. This is a gath
ering in behalf of no individual" ."
declared the mayor. we are here
to take the first steps in a fight TO
(continued on Page Fourteea.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

From noon today to noon tomorrow
Sun sets cir, rises $50; moon rises
ga o. M; moon at greatest hbradon
east; 10 a. m. Murcury ana sun In
inferior conjunction, the planet pass
ing from east to west OF the sun Oh
the near side
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
RIDE Pixies PEAK
ON OILED BOARD

Colorado Springs, Col, sept. g.
r. o. Green Of New York and n. II.
Hsyden of Detroit yesterday shot
pixies peak" on a railroad "tobog-
gan'-a Creased board with cleats
that fit over the cog rail Of The
mountain misunderstanding from a
point above the half way house and
reaching Manitou. al the base Of the
peak, about five miles, in i've min
utes and 81 seconds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
Miss Whitney Married.

Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. S.--Miss
Dorothy Payne Whitney. daughter OF
late William c. Whitney, and Willard
D. Straight. former American consul
general at Mukden, and more recently
connected with the banking house OF
J. p. Morgan & Co. in far eastern in
vestments, we're united in marriage az
tie American church yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
SEVEN ARE DEAD IN
THEATRE COLLAPSE
FOrty-fOur Workmen Are Buried in
Ruins of EldoradO at Nice,
France, Today.

Nice. France, Sept. S.-The The
atre EIdorado collapsed this morn
ing. Forty-four workmen were bur
led in the ruins. The bodies of seven
dead workmen have been taken from
the debris. Five others have been
taken out badly injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
IN CHINA OVERFLOW
Yang-Tse-Kiang Leaves Banks an'
Transforms Miles of Valley
Into Enormous Lake.

Hankow. China, Sept. S.-Floods
resulting from the Yang-Tse- Kiang
river overlooking its banks. which
transformed hundreds of miles OF the
Yang-Tse-Kiang valley into an enor-
nous lake and caused great loss Of
life, are gradually subsiding. In adj
dition to the heavy death list many
thousands Of natives have been
made homeless and destitute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
After Shooting Chicagoan,
Woman Spends Night
in Tears.
HEARING IS CONTINUED
Robert Bruce Watson, Said to
Have Been Cause of Divorce,
Is in a Hospital.

Chicago, Sept s.-After spending a
fearful night in the police station, Mrs.
Harriet B. Coney, who shot Robert
Bruce Watson. a wealthy club man.
architect and politician, was arraigned
today and the hearing of her case con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
The Weather

Forecast Till 2 p. NJ. Tomorrow, for
Rock island, Davenport, Moline,
and Vicinity.
Unsettled with probably showers
tonight or Saturday. not much
change IN temperature.
Temperature at a. N. so.
Highest yesterday 20. lowest last
night So.
Precipitation none.
Velocity Of wind at a. N. 4 miles
per hour.
Stage OF water LA, rise of 2 in
last "a hours
Relative humidity at p. N. 70,
at a. NJ e5.
M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
SUGAR NOW AT $50 MARK
Still Higher Prices Predicted in the
New York Market.

The price of granulated sugar was
today quoted at $50 cents per pound
owing TO the continued sensational
strength of the raw sugar situation,
higher foreign markets and the re-
iteration Of unfayorable crop reports.
1t is said indications are for still
higher prices, unless there is some
change ia the situation abroad.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
Mrs. A. A. M'Cormick, of
Chicago, Talks to a
Stranger.
$4,000 IN JEWELS GO
Police Searching for Youth
Who Sat Opposite Victim
at Table in Diner.

Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. Sake
Shore and Michigan Southern rail-
road detectives today reported a wo-
man giving her name as Mrs. A. A.
Mccormick of Chicago was robbed
of handbag containing $4,000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
MORE COTTON is GINNED
5zI.415 Bales Compared to S53,OI1
Last Year.

Washington, Sept. S.-The first
cotton ginning report OF the season,
issued today by Director Durand of
the census bureau shows 771, AIS
bales ginned from the 1911 crop to
Sept. Z, compared with 353,OI1
bales OF the 1910 crop at the same
time last year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
Germany's First Aviatress.

Berlin, Sept S.-Miss Nellie Beese,
8 sculptress, qualified for a pilots II
cense today, and gained the distinc-
tion Of being the first aviatress IN Ger
many
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

tinued until Sept. %. Failing to fur
nish bail she was remanded to the
matrons care. Watson, it is said, will
be able to leave the hospital within
two weeks.
ORDERED AWAY FROM HOME.
The shooting took place in front of
Watson's home yesterday, after the ar
chitect had refused Mrs. Coney admis-
sion. She was arrested after having
walked several blocks, and admitted
having shot him.
Mrs. Coney called at Watson's home
earlier in the day, and is said to have
been ordered away. She waited on the
sidewalk, however, and when he left
home an hour later, drew small re-
volver from her hand bag and shot
him. One bullet struck over his right
ear and glanced off, and one entered
his thigh. AT the hospital it was said
Watson's injuries were not dangerous.
81 have known Watson a long time,
and l could not stand it when he
turned me down." Mrs Coney told the
police. He told me to get away from
his home, because his mother was
there 1t was more than could stand,
and l shot him" When told Watson 5
injuries we're not serious Mrs. Coney
expressed relief, saying she had not
intended to kill him.
FORMER HUSBAND TALKS.
Mrs. Coney filed suit for divorce
from her husband, a manufacturer
here, last February. II was dismissed
and q cnunter suit filed hX him va
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
FORMER HUSBAND TALKS.

Mrs Coney filed suit for divorce
from her husband, a manufacturer
here, last February. II was dismissed
and a counter suit filed by him was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08

(Continped on Page Fourteen.)
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27
At PIERRE
LITTLE OF REST AND QUIET FOR
PRESIDENT WHILE AT
STATE CAPITAL.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
State Institutions and Diff
ferent Parts Of the
State.

Pierre.-Sunday, which President
Taft had hoped would, in the main,
be one of rest and quiet for him, was
far from being so. His entertain
ment began at breakfast, when he was
a guest at the beautiful home of Con-
gresham Burke. Mr.. Burke's guests
at his breakfast to the president were,
In addition to Secretary Hilles and
Maj. Archibald Butt, the following, all
of Pierre: Judge l.. E. Gaffy, Mayor
l.. l.. stephens, j. F. Nipple, editor OF
the Capital-Journal; H. r. Horner, SUI
preme court reporter, and II. L. Rus.
sell, Episcopal minister.
At the conclusion of the breakfast
the president and party were escorted
to the First Methodist Episcopal
church, where he listened to a sermon
by the pastor, Rev. A. d. Thibedean.
At 1890 o'clock he sat down to a
luncheon given by Gov. Wesley at the
st. Charles hotel. He arose from the
luncheon at 2:15 and proceeded imme-
diately to the auditorium, where he de-
livered an address.
A short drive followed the meeting
at the auditorium, and then the hos
pitable Mr.. Burke conducted him to
the dining room at the Burke home
again. The guests this time were the
members of the congressional delega-
ton.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27
SHUWS no EARNINGS.
Great Northern Claims to Have Oper.
ated at Loss in Dakota.

Pierre.-According to reports filed
with the railway commission in this
state, the Great Northern road claims
to have operated in South Dakota for
the last year at a net loss Of $10,514,
their operating receipts for the state
being given at S551,532.27, and their
operating expenses being placed at
$562,0462S.
The Minneapolis and st. Louis road
shows a good return on the profit side
of the ledger, with operating expenses
placed at $496, 3O6.67, and operating
receipts at $3.50, 953.92, or more than
$15O,000 to the good.
Ihe 800 Line" shows a deficit OF
nearly $4,000 on its few miles in the
state, with receipts of $16,732, and eX-
penses of $30,673.
The Rapid City, Black Hills and
Western, better known as the Crouch
line, shows operating receipts of $780,
953.32, and operating expenses of $50
590.56, or excess of a little
over $40, 900 for the year.
An application has been made for 3
connecting track between the North
western and Great Northern lines at
Mission Hill.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27
Cities Must Report.

Pierre.-The state auditor is send
ing out a second installment of re-
quests for reports Of the different
cities on their fire departments. The
law provides hat such report shall
be made before October 81, or the mu-
nicipality failing to report losses its
share of the fire department fund col
lected by the state insurance depart
ment from foreign insurance compa-
MES on the basis of the amount of in
surance written in each town. Each
town gets 2h per cen of this tax.
The report inscludes the membership,
equipment and dates of organization
of the different fire departments.
There are some As cities which have
not yet reported; the state auditor
having mailed requests to the various
city auditors about September /. Last
years ven from this source
amounted to $1,139 at Aberdeen, ST.
900 at Sioux Falls, $143 at Canton,
$143 at Groton, and other places &C.
cordingly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27
Deposits Show Decrease.

Pierre.-The report Of ]. L. Wing
field, public examiner, for call of con-
dition Of the state banks in South Da-
kota, on the date OF September !,
shows that there has been a decrease
Of over ST, 900, 900 in the personal de-
posits in that class OF banks since the
call of June Z last. The savings depos-
it's show an increas of $79,4S3.74
while the checking and time certifi-
Gates of deposit show a reduction OF
more than 81, 0OO, 900. The individual
accounts of different classes carried
in the 529 state banks on the first of
September amounted to $45.7S1, 624, of
which more than $4,000, 900 was car
ried in the checking or daily business
accounts of the people; over S23 ,000,-
900 was carried in the time certificate
accounts, and the balance in savings
and demand certificate accounts. At
the June call the national banks Of the
state were carrying $2S,000, 900 in
their checking and time accounts, and
with practically the same reduction in
their deposits as is shown in the state
bank accounts, the total individual de-
posits of the people in the banks of
this state will run over $72,0 00, 900,
which showing is not n which would
indicate that South Dakota has suf-
fered material damage from one year
of dry weather. In fact the withdraw
ais would not more than pay the auto
debt of the state for the time covered.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27
LIVES IN SOD HOUSE
Man of Royal Lineage Thus Re-
sides in Kansas.
E. .. Smith. Whose Ancestors Came
From England With the Pilgrim
Fathers, Is Descended From
King Charles l..

Meade, KAMA man with royal
blood in his veins lives in a sod house
on a Kansas prairie and has lived
there for twenty-seven years.
E. d.. Smith, whose farm is three
miles southwest of this place. is de,
scended from a niece of King Charles
l. of England, who was beheaded in
l649 by the British house of COM
mons.
Smiths great-grandmother was a
niece of Andrew Jackson, president OF
the United States, and he is directly
descended from John Quincy Adams.
another president. His g~randfather's
brother was Capt. Jedediah Strong
Smith, the original pathfinder of the
American plains and mountains. the
first white man who saw Salt Lake,
Utah, the first white man who crossed
the mountains and deserts to Los An,
geles and the first man who brought
gold from California to the states"
Smith m of a family OF
pioneers. His ancestors. Jedediab
and Ira Smith. came from England
with the Pilgrim Fathers and landed
in Plymouth in 1920.
When Charles III. was king of Eng.
land Earl Simonds of the Isle of MAN
was an officer of the kings household
and he fell in love with the king
niece and asked King Charles for her
hand in marriage. The king was the
legal guardian of his niece and he re-
fused to permit the wedding. There.
upon the niece eloped with Earl ST.
monds, who carried her to his vessel
and set sail for America. One of the
kings warships went in pursuit and
overlook the clipping couple, but the
earl fired a cannon shot which car
ried away the foremost Of the kings
ship and thereafter the earl and his
bride had clear sailing. They landed
in the Carolinas and from there went
to Canada.
Twin boys were born of the mar
riage and the mother, niece Of the
king, died at their birth. After the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27
They're All About TaiIors.

"All criticism" said Professor
Brander Matthews in one Of his bril-
liant Columbia lectures, us, to a GER
tain extent, personal and biased" He
paused and smiled. THE Tailor and
Cutter, a weekly paper" he resumed.
said in a recent leading article:
"'Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus," Mere
dith's Evan Harrington" and Kings
ley+s ALTON Locke" will be great
classics when the ephemeral novels
OF today will have long since per-
ished.'"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27
HOUSE FOR GROWING CHICKS
Good S~erviceable Shelter May Be
Made on the Colony Plan by A.
tering Big Packing Case.

Houses are needed for the chicks
that are too large for the brooder. A
cheap, serviceable house may be made
on the colony plan by altering a good
sized packing case. The top and one
side are removed and a slanting roof
is built; the whole box Is covered with
tarred paper. The front should be the
size of the case. SO that 1t can be TAX
en- out for the purpose Of cleaning. 1t
may be fastened In position by hooks
or buttons.
These coops are easily handled and
can be moved from place to place with
slight trouble. The total cost would
not be more than fifty cents. The
floor should b. kept sprinkled with a
small quantity Of we'll Stacked lime and
some broken straw for the chicks to
roost on at night
The colony house in position, see
that the chicks have a good supply of
grit. charcoal End fresh water. A good
deal depends on ones self how the
chicks turn out. II neglected and all
kinds of waste food that has become
sour is thrown to them and allowed
to remain, poor returns must be ex-
pected.
In starting with poultry 1t is ever
well to remember that chickens re-
ouire the best Of attention from she'll
to maturity If good results are to be
obtained.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27

Poultry Journal. First three feeds
daily should be cooled potatoes made
into a crumbly mash with cornmeal
scalded with skim-milk and water.
Fourth or last feeding for the day
should be a full feed of whole corn
with a little buckwheat given every
few days for a change. Give at each
feeding all they will clean up In
twenty minutes. Do not leave food
standing before them. Give first feed
as soon as it is daylight in the morn
ing and give last feed at night just
before roosting time. Supply charcoal,
crushed shells and gravel. Give both
milk and water for drink. This ra-
ton dates back to the early days"
If 0 try it, please report results.
Another ration, of about the same
period, is practically the same, except
that the nut meats of c%hestnuts and
sweet corns are added to the night
ration of corn for the last ten days
of feeding.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27

Feed them whole corn at night. es-
pecially on cool nights. They need a
cropful to keep up the bodily heat
overnight.
Give them table-scraps and green
food at noon. For green food We use
%cabbages. mangelwurtzels. sugar
beets, chopped apples, etc. Onions are
also relished, but they are liable to
favor the eggs.
Fowls should have plenty of fresh
water, and we lever warm 1t. They
like a cool, fresh drink the same as
we do.
Provide a dust-bath so they may
help to rid themselves Of lice. Use
plenty of liquid louse-killer and keep
the whole pen scr%upulously clean.
II a variety of food is given there
is no need of fear about plenty Of
eggs. Do not feed whole grain in
hoppers. Only the ground food, beef
scraps and bran Is fed there.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27
Freshmen Win Bag Rush.

Brookings.-In one of the most inter
esting class fights in the history Of
South Dakota colleges, the Freshman
class at the State College won the bag
rush against the Sophomores. The
fight lasted twenty-five minutes, and
only the superior numbers of the fresh
man class enabled them to carry the
three bags across the opponents goal.
Several hundred town people, besides
the students witnessed the sport, also
the cnorus from the Golden Girl, which
was playing in Brookings. The bag
rush was a great success from all
standpoints, and aside from a few bat
tered ribs and riddled clothing but few
injuries We're sustained by the parti-
cipants.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27
GOING AFTER WINTER EGGS
Few Simple Suggestions on Care and
Feeding That Will Bring Good
Results II Followed.
fBy w. w.

(By w. w.
The laying hen is usually search
ing for what she needs to make eggs.
She takes what she wants In the
way of food and let's the rest alone,
II you compel her to take what
she doesn't want or take nothing, why
of course she will take what you pro
vide, rather than starve to death, but
she won't lay as many eggs.
Therefore, we like the hopper
method of feeding. We always pro-
vide a self-feeder hung on the wall
just high enough SO the hens can eat
what they want without wasting it IN
the floor.
A better method Is to provide q
platform 16 inches or SO above the
floor, SO the fowl can jump up and
down for the feed and water they
desire, and then go back to the litter
to work for the grain that is scat
tered in it.
In one apartment of the s%elf-feeder
Is grit; another, charcoal; another.
oyster shells: another, equal parts OF
finely cracked corn, wheat, barley n
oats; another. beef-scraps; in still an
other is placed dry bran.
You might think that the hens will
eat too much. but they won't; they
will eat only what they want.
Scatter the whole grain. such as
wheat, barley and corn in the litter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27
SHIFT
II Your Food Fails to Sustain You,
Change.

One sort of diet may make a person
respondent, depressed and blue and q
change to the kind of food the body
demands will change the whole thing.
A young woman from Phila. says:
For several years l kept In a run
down, miserable sort Of condition. was
depressed and ~arprehensive OF trouble.
I lost flesh In a distressing way and
seemed in a perpetual sort Of dreamy
nightmare. No one serious disease
showed, but the '~all-Over' sickness was
enough.
Finally. between the doctor and t.
ther, l was put on Grape-Nuts and
cream, as it was decided l must have q
nourishing food that the body could
make use of.
THE wonderful change that came
v e me was not, like Jonah's gourd,
the growth Of q single night, yet 1t
came with q rapidity that astonished
me.
During the first week l gained in
weight, my spirits improved. and the
world began to look brighter and more
worth while.
"And this has continued steadily, till
now, after the use of GraperNuts for
only q few weeks, I am perfectly well.
feel splendidly, take a lively interest In
everything, and am a changed person
In every way" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little book, The Road to
Wollvillo" IN nkxs. ssThere,s 4 REASON. +"
Ever read the shove letteRl \ new
enc apnears from time e tire. Thov
are genuine. trues an1 ] - humnA
interest.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27

death of his wife Earl Simonds went
In the War Of the Revolution one
of his twin sons was a Tory and
fought with the English. He was
drowned in Lake Champlain while
escaping with other British soldiers
after the Battle Of Bennington. The
other son, Gordon Titus Vespasian
Simonds, fought with the Revolution
airy army. After the war he mar.
ried Miss Jackson, a cousin OF Pres
ident Andrew Jackson. Their daugh-
ter married Ralph Smith, grandson O:
Ira Smith, who had come to Plymouth
Colony with the Pilgrim Fathers.
Ralph Smith had two n Ira and
Jedediah Strong Smith. Ira was the
father Of e. d. Smith, the Kansas
pioneer who lives in a sod house. E.
d. Smith came to Meade, Kan, twen-
ty-seven years ago.. The doctors said
he was dying with consumption. For
a year he had been living on whisky
and eggs. Meade Is nearly 5000
feet above the sea, its air is pure
and bracing. 1t healed Smiths lungs
and he took a land claim here. built
a sod house and sent for his wife.
and their three children were born in
the sod house. Mr.. Smith is pros
porous, he owns nearly a section Of
land, has a herd of milch cow and
an irrigated garden and orchard. He
and his family love the old sod house
and have no wish to leave 1t. It IL
large. roomy and comfortable. cool in
summer and warm in winter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-27
Salve to Conscience,

It was at a concert, where the re-
moval of hats was not obligatory. still
the woman with a conscience wished
to be accommodating. She turned to
the woman sitting beside her and
said:
Does my hat bother your"
mot in the least" said the other
woman sweetly, SO the woman with q
conscience settled complacently back
to listen to the music while persons
on the back seats twisted their necks
out of joint trying to see around her
hat.