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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-21
MAN AND WOMAN
HELDFOR ATHEFT
A. NJ. Bragg and Mrs. Mabel
Fisher Are Alleged to Have
Stolen a Coat.
TOM MATTHEWS COMPLAINS
Tells of Having Got Ready for a
Fight in a Chop Suey House
Took Outer Apparel OF.

As the outgrowth of a fight that oc-
Cured in Billy Rice's chop suey house
a month ago today. and in which an
overCoat belonging 20 Thomas Mat
thews mysteriously disappeared, A. NJ.
Bragg. alias Huntley, and Mrs. Mabel
Fisher were each bound over TO the
grand jury this morning from police
court, he being charged with having
received stolen property and she with
larceny as bailee. He went to the coun-
" Jail in default of the bond, and she
was allowed by the court to go after
bond. as she has two young boys,
neither OF whom would receive care
should she have TO go to Jail TO await
the action of the grand jury.
GOT READY TO FIGHT.
Saturday night. a month ago, be-
cause of an alteration il appeared
Z at a fight was imminent. Matthews
removed his coat AMI handed it to a
fellow TO hold for him. He was taken
from the place and had no opportunity
to recover the coat. The man to whom
he gave it took II 10 Mrs. Fishers
home. search for ii failed to reveal
II anu liz pune W freAAA al IL 81
ton Detective Sehnert and officer
Kinney. through the aid of people who
were present on the night of the dis
turbance. traced it to Mrs. Fishers s.
They gave description ample 10 iden-
tify the coat and cap that had dis
appeared as mysteriously. She produc-
ed the cap. but said that the coat was
not there. Later she told OF it being
in possession of a Davenport man. and
then she said that she had purchased a
coat from a man for IS. This morning
the police found the coat in the bot
tom of a trunk in her home
BRAGG WORE COAT.
Bragg had been charged with larceny
by Matthews. He had worn the coat
and had also cut the name from the
inside pocket. II wa proven that he
had not stolen the coat. and so the
charge was changed TO receiving stolen
property. The woman was called in as
g witness. and after che had told her
story half a dozen times, the charge
was preferred against her on motion
of Assistant States Attorney G. c.
Wenger. There were half a dozen wit
esses for The complainant, while the
defense had two
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-07-26
Duncan Church Directory

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. = Curcb
services will be held every Sun
day at II a. M, and 800 p. m.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. w.
G.. Cheatham superintendent.
Song services every Wednesday
night. Come make your Church
home with us.
J. CRAIG WATT. Pastor.
Methodist Episcopal, South
Preaching LIST and 3rd Sundays
at II a. m. 7::30 p. m. Sunday
school (M. A. Hoffpauir, superin-
tendent) at 10 a. m. Epworth
League 4 p. m, Prayer meeting
Wednesday at 8 p. m,
REV. J. ". AKER.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-07-26
Southern Pacific Bridge

Work on one of the largest
single span uplift bridges ever to
be constructed has been started
by the Southern Pacific Company
in San Pedro harbor, California.
The length of the bridge is l0|
and one-half feet. The bridge
will carry a double track and will
be operated by electric power,
capable of lifting the ponderous
mass of steel in fifty seconds, af-
fording a clear channel OF l05
feet for the passage of boat trail
ic.
The new bridge is what is
known as the Strauss trunnlon
type, differing from the Bascule
bridge of the Salt Lake Railroad,
also at San Pedro, in that the lat
er is lifted on a rocker, while the
Southern Pacific bridge will be
lifted on tail pin or hinge. 1t
is also to be double tracked. A
latch operated by a motor will
hold the bridge in place when it
is down. This new bridge will
replace the present Southern Pa
cifc Electric trestle bridges.
The Southern Pacific Company
made application to the War De-
partment a year ago for permiss-
ion to build this bridge. which
was granted on the first Of De-
cember, last, on condition that
the structure would be cOmplet-
ed within a year. The Southern
Pacific engineers have been work
ing all of these months in making
tests for pier foundations and
studying the various designs of
bridges. Test wells bored to a
depth of 100 feet found nothing
more solid in the harbor bed than
sand. Three cofferdams are now
being constructed. They will be
bound with concrete and sunk to
a depth of forty-four feet after
which piles will be driven to a
depth of eighty feet.
Following the construction OF
these cofferdams the water will
be pumped out and the interior
concreted and reinforced. Upon
the base thus formed the con-
crete piers will be erected to a
height of ten feet above low
water mark, the superstructure
to be built upon these piers.
The largest of the piers will be
22X55 feet and Will enclose 100
piles. Thirty-five hundred yards
of concrete will compose the
three piers.
The King Bridge Company OF
Cleveland is building the materi-
al from designs furnished by the
Strauss Bascule Bridge Company.
The parts will soon be shipped
San Pedro and installation will
probably begin about the first
part of September. The work is
being done entirely by the En-
gineering Department OF the
Southern Pacific Company.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-07-26

FOR SALE Old papers, 25c
per bundle: at this office. Good
to go under carpets, in cup
boards. kindle fires & etc.
FOR SALE Babbit Metal at
this office.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-07-26
THE LIGHT OF
THE WEST

This Pure Bred
"ENGLISH SHIRE
Stallion will make
the season, 1911, at
my barn J mile north
of Duncan. Call and
see him b. fore
breeding lie Sc
where. Or examine
his year-old colts
which are nemerous
in this valley.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-07-26

COlOnlst Rates Continue
Fares From the East to the
Pacific Cost Are Not Disturbed
Announcement has been made
by a special committee re-
presenting the Transcontinental
Passenger association that colon
ist rates from Chicago, St. Louis,
st. Paul and Missouri river points
t. San Francisco and cities in the
Pacific northwest will be the
same this fall as they were last
spring. The fall colonist period
will extend from Sept. 16 to Oct.
Is, and it is expected that the
exceptional record for this travel
established last spring will be
eclipsed.
The fare one way from Chica-
go will be be.A$33 and from St.
Louis 81 less. The rate from St.
Paul and Missouri river points
will be $25.
Colonist fares were in effect
from March 10 to April 10 last
and during that period 10000 of
this class of travellers reached
the far west over the Southern
Pacific. $4,000 over the Oregon
Washington Railroad & Naviga-
ton company and 20, 900 by way
of the Union Pacific.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25

corset from the top with the ends
tied together at the lower edge. The
long loops left at either side for pull
ing In the corset are not at the waist
line. but about ffve inches below 1t.
To have a perfectly corseted back,
the opening between the two sides OF
-, corset should be the same width
from top - bottom 1t has just a
tiny bit of a fare at either end, but
not a particle of curve at the waist.
To get this effect the point of adjust
ment must be over the hips, leaving
the waistline, or rather the place
where the waistline used to be, quite
free.
In putting on a corset properly, the
two halves should be pulled far
enough apart. so that when fastened
in front 1t is very loose on the figure.
After being adjusted comfortably 1t
Is laced. not with muscular pulls from
the center, or the lower edge, which Is
bound TO make IL tighter In one place
than another, but as evenly and grad
ually as possible. Beginning with the
loops low down in the back, or pull
in little. by little at the top, anywhere
but at the, waist-lipe. This should be
ignored and left to adjust itself
The slightest pull at that point is
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25
FEMININE FASHIONS
AND FANCIEs

Tapestry BAGS arc quite che rage.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25
Mgs.AWhat Wei Waar

Even now feminine interest begins
to awaken In serge suits and dresses
for the autumn and in cloth and vel
vet costumes. for later In the year.
For the coming season the coats OF
tailored suits will be comparatively
short, but decidedly longer than dur
ing the summer.
The jacket will be, semi-ftting at
the waist-line, but the long front. clos
ing brought down below the waist-line
will be retained. 81.
The big ,directoire reveres, either
plain in cloth or serge, or. draped in
satin or soft velvet, the square, round
or pointed sailor collar, and the long
straight sleeve will all be Incorporate
ed in the new semi-tailored suit. Many
fan coats show, a. double-breasted
front, with one side brought well over
the other. This turns back and forms
a big revere when the coat is unfas-
tened.
New skirts are just a trife wider
than they have been. But they are
still distinctly narrow, and hang per-
fectly straight, without the slightest
flare at the foot. Some of them are
made with a few fiat plaits at the
base. Most of them have a round
tunic at the front and sides, and a
wide panel at the back.
The waist-line In both suit skirts
and in dresses Is high and round.
For dresses the one-sided effect OBJ
tanned by spiral tunics on the skirt.
perhaps the rredominating feature of
the present moment.
Fichus and collars brought down
below the waist-llne In the back are
very good. The fichu or collar is al
most always white, even on a dark
dress.
For tailor-made costumes for the
autumn-a wool velvet-known as
velours de laine---is to take the place
and single revere on the waist. ia
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25

apt to result in tightening of the
corset 80 that the questionable in
ward curve will result. Whenever
possible, the lacing should be done
by someone else.
When the laces have been manipu-
lated until the back presents the cor
rectly parallel lines and milady her
self Is one animated straight line, the
loops are securely tied, and the very
exacting process of getting into the
corset Is over.
The new corsets are not only COM
Portable. but with this method OF lac
ing them they are decidedly loose.
Among the extreme devotees OF
fashion the object is to appear abso-
lutely uncorseted. French women are
wearing corsets that extend not more
than an inch above the waistline,
which the corset makers insist must
be as large as 1t can possibly be made,
and the Partisan modistes often sug-
gest adding an inch or two to the size
of milady's waist
II you want to have a fashionable
figure during the coming season, the
lines Of the form corset must be per-
fectly straight without even a sugges-
ton of waist. and'ft must be laced
from the hips and not from the cen
ter OF the back. t
Il
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25

of summer silks, taffetas and satins.
Either plain goods, stripes or figures
Is correct.
For the afternoon semi-tailored suit
silk or cotton velvet is proper and
for morning suits and dresses navy
blue serge Is god from one years end
to the other.
For daytime wear the colors are
quiet, as one would naturally expect at
this season OF the year.
Paris, the city of fashion, insists on
black and white and dark crew blue
for the fall, AS matter OF fact, Paris
is always partial to those colors, and
while a new shade may appear and
hold for season or two, It is always
shown, against q background of black
and white that will eventually push
forward and Gust the newcomer.
This. season, the very vivid, trans
parent currant red Is putting forward
its claims as a popular favorite for
evening wear. And there are several
shades OF royal purple that will be
used great deal with white for din
ner dresses, or with gold and crimson
for evening wraps.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25

Nature has never abhorred a
vacuum more completely than the
fashionable corset-maker abhors the
waist line, once 80 all important.
The newest corsets, the ones worn
by modish women are logger below
the waist, considerably shorter above
and straighter IL possible.
The most radical change of all ia
that they are laced in an entirely diff
ferent way from the manner recently
In vogue.
To have a thoroughly up-to-date fig-
ure milady must be even more curve.
less than she has been for the past
season.
A perfectly straight line from the
bust to the lower edge OF the corset
must be had. This effect Ii obtained
only by the new emthod of lacing.
No woman who has any regard for
her figure takes on or puts on cor
set without unlacing II from top to
bottom. In this way each time she
dresses her corset Is carefully pulled
In and nodded to her figure.
Heretofore the waistline has been
the objective point In the process OF
lacing corset, and the particular
woman has had no less than three
different laces, one at the top, one al
the bottom and third at the waist
The waist line was always attended
to first, and after that lace had been
properly adjusted the one at the bot
tom was pulled into place and finally
the one at the top.
All this Is done away with In the
new corsets. In place OF three faces
only one Is used. 1t Is yards and
yards long and Is threaded into the
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25
Here's wholesale lntermafrIase.

PORT HURON. Mich. Aug. 25.-
Four members of the Moran family, OF
Wales township, have married four
members OF the Lashbrook family. OF
the same township. during the past
two years The last to obtain H.
cense and wed is Willard Moran, who
married Gertie Lashbrook, Thursday.
Willard Is a cousin to the three pre-
viously married Morans, while Gertie
holds the same relationship to those
who were married. from tn Lash
brook family heretofore. Samuel
Moran, who married about two years
ago. Is q brother to Lena and Eldie,
who married respectively Almer and
Chance Lashbrcok, brothers to Sam
uels bride, formerly Miss Ellen Lash
brook.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25
IN SOCIETY

st. LeoS church altar society will
give lawn social, Friday evening,
on the Eocnds OF thei residence of
Mrs. w. Fitzgerald, No. $50 Warren.
ave. west
Mrs. II Steinberg, No. 15s Colum.
blast east, announces the engage
ment of her daughter. Miss Bessie
Steinberf, ~ Albert A Foreman. A
reception vii be given for the be.
trothed couple: Sunday evening.
The eagaeement is announced OF
Miss porothea Mcdowell Jones,
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
MacDovell Jones, OF Harrisburg, Pa,
TO Warren Jay Wilton. son of Mrs @
Jay Vhton, of this city. The mar.
riage vii take place In the brlde-to-
be's bme,, Thursday, Sept. 21, and
will b. quiet family affair.
MIS- Marie Perrault. the Detroit
artigt who is spending the summer
with her parents, In this. city, after
severl years study and studio work
In Blland. a few days ago received
q pON CuIu ITOin the great DutCn d.
fist, Josef Israels, written a short
time before his death, Aug IL. Mas
Pernult was favorite with Israels
and the post card signed Yours al
fectbnatelv, Josef Israels' will ever
be ne OF Miss Perrault's priced pos
seasons.
o.
nere 10 much interest and antici-
patton OF good time, in the second
jolt Masonic excursion of the sea-
son which will take place, Wednes-
day Aug. 80, to Bots Blanc. There
Is Keen rivalry among the baseball
clws OF the Masonic league, and as
thre will be Ave deciding games
plged on the island the day OF tho
exiirsion, the team members are
INCH excited and each lodge is de-
teinined to win the cup. A fine pro-
gam OF sports Of all kinds for men,
wpmen and children will be part OF
TIE days amusements. A COMMITTEES
o eleven, representing each of the
eeyen blus lodges OF the Masonic
tmrle has the excursion arrange
nents In hand. Boats will leave the
. htes-st. dock at s:45. 1880 and 3
o'clock.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25
UltImatum ls Approved.

PARIS, Aug. 25.-The French cab
met today unanimously approved, at
q special meeting, the Anal * vote
which Germany Will receive covering
the Moroccan Developments. II will
be taken to Berlin at once by Ambas-
sador Cambon for presentation to the
German government.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25
TREE KILLS EARMER.

ANN ARBoR, Mich, Aug. 25.-
Rumble wontey, aged II, four and
fatally crushed under tree which he
was telling.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25

The Russian tendency is seen in
the new form Of short tunic. which is
gathered simply with a waistbelt. and
has a sack effect.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25

Ecru mousseline de sole has super
seeded white for separate collars an
cuffs.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25

High feather decoration is an au
tumn millinery keynote.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-25

II is predicted that velvet win pia
a leading part in forthcoming mill
merry.
The evening world., 1911-11-07

Church Lands Mr.. Pulitser.
At a meeting Of the Young Peoples
Union OF Mount Olivet Baptiet Church
In West Fifty-third street Sunday after
noon a resolution of respect for the
strong personal character OF the late
Joseph Pulitzer was adopted.
The evening world., 1911-11-07
SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
WILL BE ORGANIZED SOON.
Columbia's Trustees to Erect
Building Made Necessary by
Mr.. Pulitzer's Endowment.

At the conclusion OF q meeting held
Yesterday the trustees OF Columbia Uni.
yersity made the following announce
meat:
in ~onsequene OF the recent death
OF Mr.. Pulitzer and the obligation now
resting upon the trustees to go forward
with the organization OF a school Of
Journalism as planned and endowed by
him there was considerable Informal
discussion OF the subject. steps will be
taken to carry forward the organization
Of the school and the erection OF the
necessary building as speedily as posi-
Bile. A meeting of the Advisory Com
mittee named by MIR. Pulitzer In his
agreement with the university win prob
ably be called during the next few
weeks"
The evening world., 1911-11-07
PtOUGH|NG FIELDS
WITH DYNAMITE
STARTS IN JERSEY
Progressive Farmers Watch a
New Experiment in Open
ing Hard Soil.

Farming by dynamite, preparatory 10
the passing OF the plough. was success
fulky demonstrated to-day under the
auspices Of the Dupont Powder Com
paxy In the presence of more than one
fithred progressive far1nore. who had
by spectal train gone to the experiment
grounds In Bidwell avenue. Jersey City.
Dynamite has already been used as a
means of removing tree stumps In a
neI6 before ploughing, and crops grown
near the spot have been found TO h
better results than those from the SOL
notsso disturbed. The first step in what
meg be the beginning OF a revolution
in Warming methods took place under
thu direction " the Peter Henderson
CoSbpany, who had chosen a particular
ly lard field 20 try the experiment.
.Itles were dug at intervals of about
twenty feet. each hole being ABOUT
thirty inches deep. quarter sticks OF
dynamite were placed in the holes and
wired in series TO a main exploding
rack bar. As the handle was pressed
the soil was tossed about ten feet In
tDd All dnu lVprfnfu ~ " ''F'' "
I'VE and a radius diameter of twenty
feA.
. a. the reques; OF the farmers who
we6e eagerly studying the effect OF the
xISosions, only three discharges were
made simultaneously. the aim being to
proSons the test over the entire field.
All the ~ploughing could v been done
IN a few mute by connecting the
sticks OF explosive and tearing the field
Apart In one discharge.
The planting by dynamite was also
I demonstrated, the only difference In
the method being the amount Of cx'
pldeive used and the greater scattering
OF soil over the surface. Several yount
trees were set with amazing swiftness.
his explanation to the visiting
farmers, Robert Nichoi. representative
Of the Dupont Company, told OF tn
man idea In the new method of tillinl
the soil
Turning by dynamite does not aaon'
mean a saving of time and money" m
SAT-. but Ii the agent in a great dis
cotery tested and proven by us. Thu
sol Il treated In 4 scienuic manner b!
tho bursting dynamite. Every explosion
The evening world., 1911-11-07
SCIENTIFIC METHOD FOR PICK.
ING AFFINITY.

III a man Is attracted by a woman
Il is on account OF the existence In her
Of something which he himself lacks.
For the true union It is necessary tina.
there come together a complete male
and a complete female. In brief. II
a mans nature Is three-fourths macu-
line and one-fourth feminine. then he
ought TO marry a woman who IL three
fourths feminine and one-fourth mas
culine.
There Is a scientific method for de-
termining the percentage OF masculine
and feminine In ones nature, and before
marrying every one should be carefully
analysed In this fashion. II the other
party to the contract does lot show
a prepondcrance of the qualities in
which the first Is deficient, there will
be no even balance and the marriagl
will end in disaster. The formation vi
n complete unit, what tho law calls COM
patibility what In the language OF tie
affections is recognized as supreme
love, must be the basis OF every mar.
rage that Is intended &c make for the
Improvement OF the race.
Then, after the children are pro.
duced under auspicious circumstance,
there should be nc let-up In the State,
efforts to improve the breed
added MIR. Aud. There should be q
chain of laboratories where the physl.
cal, mental and moral characteristics o,
the children may be recorded and
The evening world., 1911-11-07
weii-mated have no right to become
D~arenta.v

parents"
But what do you mean by we'll
born?'" I asked. You are not re-
fcrring to social rank?'
mot at ALL" replied Mr.. Aud. by
well-born | mean born nt. normal, eff
Client. There are children who at birth
are defective in body, mind and soul.
Frequently these children reach their
own particular stunted form of matur-
ity. AS things now are. they marry
and another generation OF detectives is
the result.
There should he a national Bureau
OF Marriage. which would concentrate
It's attention on the individual fitness
OF the persons coming before 1T for the
married state, and on their mutual ft-
ness. that Is. whether they ought TO
marry each other"
And what are the disabilities Cor
which you would prohibit people from
ever marrying?' l asked.
NO marriage license should be given
10 a person possessed OF n contag.-
Gus disease, such as consumption. or a
mental faint. such as imbecility or in
herited insanity. nor TO a confirmed
drunkard or habltual criminal"
But how would you determine whetA-
or people were fitted to marry eac.i
other?"
That" declared Mr.. Aud, is a mat
ter OF afinity. a word which has been
much misused Of late but which Is ,ne
right word for the lasting attraction OF
the sexes for each other.
science has established the TACT tina
avery man has in him a certain per
centage Of ~femininity, and that every
The evening world., 1911-11-07

loosers the sub-soil. which n plough
never reaches. This makes the earth
porous and tenacious. so that 1t con-
serves moisture and makes crops less
susceptible 90 prolonged dry spells. Tho
quantity and quality Of the yield Is
Increased because the roots take nour-
lshment without wasted energy. I
expect to see this safe. a $ and
scientific way Of tilling the land become
universal. We are IN at the birth OF a
new era IN farming"
The evening world., 1911-11-07

By Marguerite Mooers Marshall.
tho most important problem
confronting the world te-aay 70 the
breeding Of . bsstsr race Of msh
and women. II 10 particularly IN
American problem, bsoauss IN this
oountry there exist. u rightly used.
All the elements for the production
OF . higher humanity. Here . few
generations would 10 sunoisnt 70
s6sgt the purpose ainsA at, TO
reach IN goal Of safsty in . puri-
ned sos Yss We continue 70 sx-
pend . million sad . quarter DOL
lars annually On plant Ana animal
life, bat not . cent 70 insure the
proper psTpstuation Of Ourselves"
Thus declares Robert c. Aud. F. z
g., editor OF the Encyclopaedia Digest
author Of THE Soul Of Society" and
s~cientist OF standing. Stewart & Co
have Just published . series Of syn
opses by Mr.. Aud on How to Brse,
the Human Race" and yesterday
asked him to discuss his interestinl
theories.
II think" no observed. that sver
one will admit that the mas of me
and women fall below the standar
they should reach. physically. mental
and morally. In other words. the hu
man stock II not suficiently well-bret
There are two basic rules which u
ciety must observe II II 10 ever to evoly
into q higher state.
WANTS NATIONAL BUREAU o
MARRIAGE.
"lIsH ana women Who srS not