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MARRYING NOT 4 PASTORS JOR.
CongreEatiOnalist. Discussing Astor AZ.
fair. says Bible Gives No sanction.


BosToN. Sept. 25-"What is the re-
sponsibility OF Congregational ministers
in performing the marriage ceremony"
was the subject which caused an animated
discussion in Pilgrim Hall this morning.
The Rev. A. Y. Conrad. d. d.. presided,
and the Rev. Arthur Little. d. d.. of
Dorchester was first asked to present
his views on the question.
Or. Little said that every Congrega-
tional minister ought to be and probably
is ashamed and humliated that one OF
their number could be found to officiate
at the Astor marriage.
America" said DR.. Little. Stands dis
graced before the world by rea son Of
the enormous number Of divorces granted
for frivolous reasons"
That ministers should not have the
privilege of performing the marriage
ceremony was the sensational declarat ion
Of the Rev. Israel Ainsworth, pastor of
the Scriptures" he declared as his audi
ence sat in awed surprise. can be found
authorizing the performance OF the mar
riage ceremony by ministers Of the gospel,
and such being the case l cannot see why
we should unite people in marriage.
Marriages." declared the minister, ARE
never made in heaven. Couples are
never actually joined by the hand Of
God, But yet when we, as ministers.
perform the marriage ceremony we are
wedding them as II by the hand Of God.
times on this question and ] thought !
would take this opportunity Of bringing
this phase OF the controversy to the minds
of others"
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THEORIES or THE CAUSE.
Ministry Of Marine Rejects SpontaneOu,
Combustion and short Circuit.


PARIS. Sept. 25.-The theory advanced
by Admiral Germinet. former commander
of the French Mediterranean feet, that
the explosion was due to the spontaneous
combustion Of the powder in the maga-
zines is disputed by the Ministry Of Marine.
which says in a statement that such an
accident could not have happened under
the precautions which are taken to avoid
just such mishaps. 1t is further asserted
that the explosion cannot be blamed
upon the short circuiting of an electric
wire. as modern warships are 80 built
and equipped as to make this impossible
The Temps takes issue with Admiral
Bellue. commanding the squadron to
which Liberte was attached. who wired
the Minister of Marine that there were
four explosions on board before the
ship took fire. The Temps says that
their correspondent and other newspaper
representatives who saw the wreck insist
that the fire preceded the explosion.
The newspaper adds that it seems to
be established that the ships magazines
were not flooded, as was the case aboard
the Brennus when she took fire some
months ago but was saved from being
wrecked by prompt action in turning
water upon the explosives on board.
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telegraphed a message Of sympathy to
the French Government on the disaster
at Toulon.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2S.-.Rear Admiral
Reginald F. Nicholson. who ia acting a.
Secretary Of the Navy. sent instructions
to-day to Lieutenant C Commander Henry
II. Hough. United States naval attache
OF the American Embassy at Paris. who is
now at Brest. to return ct once to the
capital and personally. on behalf Of the
American Secretary of the Navy. convey
a message of regret and coincidence upon
the destruction of the French battleship
Liberte and the loss Of life of her seamen.
Acting Secretary OF State Huntington
Wilson also sent message Of coincidence
to the French Governm ent.
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NAN AND WIFE FOUND SLAIN,
Woman Was Daughter Of EA.GOvcrnOr
Richards Of Wyoming.

BASIN. Wyo.. Sept. '25.-Mrs. Edna
Richards Jenkins. youngest daughter Of
former Governor W. A. Richards OF
Wyoming. and her husband. George
Jenkins, assistant manager Of Gov.
Richards's home farm near Red Bank,
Big Horn county. were found dead yes
terday with bullet holes through both
bodies.
The body OF Mrs. jenkins was found in
the yard and that of her husband in bed
in their bedroom.
Two revolvers. both with empty shells
in the chambers were found In the bed
room. one Of them near the body OF
Jenkins.
The bodies were discovered by children
Of State Senator George McClelland
general manager OF the Richard ranch.
who had been sent to ask Jenkins to an
swer the telephone.
Whether il IL a case Of double murder
or murder and suicide has not been de-
termincd. The Jenkinses were supposed
to be happy and cOntented.
Mrs Jenkinss father was formerly
General Land Commissioner in Wash
ingtOn.
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DIED..

HENER.-On Sunday. September -. 1911. AZ F1
ROckaway. James l.. Hever.
Funeral services at ST. Mary's Church. Far
Rockaway, $50 4. NJ. Tuesday morning.
Intcrmcnt private.
JACOBSON Sunday, September a. Emma E.,
widow of the late Enoch Jacobs.
Funeral services at her late home 3ss Jefferson
av.. Brooklyn. Friday evening at O'Clock.
Interment private,
KINGDON-On June Q. at the Hotel Ritz, Paris,
France. Mary Carter wife Of the late Charles
Denis Kingdom. Interment In America.
PENNINGTON. Suddenly. at Paterson. Septem'
Der "a. 1911. Devereux Pennington.
Funeral Wednesday. September a. $50 p NJ
from his late residence. Little Falls road
Paterson.
ROMER.-On September IS. Major William H.
Romcr, aged 65 years.
Funeral at the chapel Of the stephen Mer'N
Burial and Cremation Co, sth av. and ieth I"
Notice OF time hereafter.
SHERIN Suddenly, on Saturday, September y
Clarence L. Sherin. beloved husband o'
Carrie NJ. Sherin.
Funeral services will be held al prcshytcrna
Church. Bound Brook. n. j., Tuesday, Sep
tembcr "a. go p. NJ. Trains leave New
Jersey Central r. r.. Liberty ST.. 40 p NJ
West I'D ST. 1850.
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could be seen coming from the top Of
the forward fighting mast. and this is
thought by some to have been due to a
fusing Of the powder in one Of the maga-
zines. The theory Is that the hollow
steel mast acted as an airshaft and suck ed
the smoke and flames upward as would
chimney or standpipe.
Another eye witness says part Of the
crew Of the Tiberte had gathered on
the stern Of the ship and were ready
to jump when the explosion occurred.
They we're all thrown into the air and
none was seen to come to the surface
after they struck the water.
The sailors and old sea veterans OF the
port and fremen displayed admirable
courage in rowing in and out around the
wreck and climbing on the remains of
the battleship and diving without he'll
NETS In an effort to save their comrades.
The fire ragged all day in . portion OF
the wreck and late tonight smoke is
still rising in q vast column from the
smouldering mass OF twisted iron. The
salvers were dauntlessly risking their
lives working on a live volcano which
might explode again at any moment.
~ huIuoCt VI btcdUu IduICuSS anu tukr
were gathered about the wreck this after
noon for the purpose of cutting holes
through decks and side plates in the hope
Of rescuing any men who might be lef
alive within the vessel. Many dead bodies
were taken from below the decks.
One quartermaster was found dead
and his body entirely denuded as a re-
suit OF the force Of the explosion. Hie
body had been blown upward and had
lodged on the ladder which leads up the
mast. Many fragments Of bodies which
will never be identified were brought
ashore in the afternoon wrapped in tar.
paulins and we're turned over to the naval
authorities for burial. One piece Of float
ing wreckage bore a pile Of fifty dead
bodies. A sailor who was wounded and
wedged in the armorplate had to be
freed by an oxhydric lamp.
At o'clock in the evening the salvage
boats working about the wreck signalled
that denser smoke was escaping from the
wreck and it was possible that this might
mean that another explosion had occurred
or would occur. All the salvage boats left
the wreck burriedly. This spread a panic
among the crew Of the Republique and
many Of her sailors jumped overheard.
Tho crews on all the battleships were
then ordered below decks.
All Toulon was transferred into vast
hospital and morgue Launches brought
the dead and wounded ashore every
minute. There were heartrending scenes
when women and children clamored to
see the bodies in order to learn II their
husbands, sons or brothers were among
the victims. There is consterna ton also
at various other ports. especially Brest
from which nearly all the crew of the
Liberte came. or fifty sailors who were
treated at the hospitals ashore twenty
died in the course of the day and more
are expected to die. All were terribly
wounded.
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UNDERTAKERs.

Duties" and Irving T. Bush invited tn'
delegates to he the guests OF tn, u IN
Terminal Company tomorrow mornihS
and visit the docks and terminals of tina
company.
4 feature of tn, convention is an 'A.
hhit of the proposed floating exposition
of the United States Marine Exposition
Company, The plan is to have an expo
sition steamship leave the port OF New
York in Mach next year for six months
trip. touching at the West Indies. gong
thence along the east and west coS|s
of Central and South America and ending
the first part of the cruise az San Francisco
Senior Don Crespo y Martinez, Mexican
Ambassador to the United States; Com
gressman William c. ltedheld. John ba,'
Osborne. chief of the bureau OF foreign
relations, Department Of state Jnnn
Gambler Cobb, president OF the Natlo,a'
Tariff Commission Association Rover.
p. skinner, american Consul General "
Hamburg. and Prof, John L. Stewnru
head of the department OF business
administration OF Lehigh Uni veisity'
are to speak at the dinner Tonight.
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SYMPATHY or THE WORLD.
German Emperor on the Gallant Dead
United states Messages.

Special Cdhs Dispatches 10 THE Sun.
PARIS, Sept 25.--President Fallieres
received this afternoon the following des-
patch Of sympathy from the German
Kaiser on the, destruction Of the battleship
Liberte and the loss Of hundreds OF lives:
"Words fail me to find expression for
my deep sympathy with the national
mourning in France. The families which
have sustained such terrible blow will
console themselves with the knowledge
that the unfortunate crew died doing their
duty to their country"
President Fallieres replied. thanking
the Kaiser for his touching message.
LONDON. Sept. 25,-King George has
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COURT HOUSE EXHIBIT.
sites and Plans for New One to he shown
This Fail.

The sub-commi ttee Of Ave named by a
conference representing fourteen civic
bodies to recommend site for the new
court house. met last night at the City
Club and decided to exhibit the designs
and plans that have been handed TO it.
The exhibition will begin about November
and will be held in the Public Library.
The purpose OF the exhibition Ia to give
citizens a chance to form a preference.
Job f.. Hedges, chairman OF the sub
committee. said last night that the new
the neighborhood Of the City Hall The
site will be. said Mr.. Hedges. north OF
Chambers street and south OF Canal
street. The committee wants the new
court house TO be the centre Of dignified
and beautiful group Of public buildings.
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RODGERS AT SALA MANGA.
busy RccOnstructinE His Wrecke ed Biplan
Expects 10 Get Away Thursday.


SALAMANCA. n. Y. Sept. 25.-What is
left OF Carl p. Rodgers's biplane after
ito encounter with two barbed wire fences
on Sunday afternoon was brought here
from Red House to-day and reconstruc-
tion is now going forward as rapidly as
possible at the plant OF the Salamanca
Engine Works. The engine escaped un-
scathed. Both propellers and the skids
were broken and the planes were torn to
ribbons. Most Of the parts are carried in
duplicate in the train that is following
Rodgers. Some Of the duplicate parts
had been used before. however. and II
has been necessary to send for more.
Rodgers himself is hopeful OF a GET
away on Thursday: He will make several
test flights from here before resuming
his race toward the Pacific coast.
John Rodgers cousin to Carl P) Of
the United States Aviation Corps. who few
to-day. from Dayton to Marion. Ohio,
expecting to meet g. p. Rodgers there
telegraphed his sympathy to Carl to-
night and promised to be here o-morrow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-09-26
Tiny Fire on the Campan,s.

There was slight blaze on the third
deck Of the Cunard liner Campania yester-
day noon. A steward started a cry of
Fire" which led TO city alarm being
turned in. The blaze was put out with a
pail OF water and there was no need for
the engines.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-09-26
More Households That Ellen Robbed.

Mrs, Alvin Moss OF 2ls West Ninety
.ghth street, g. Reich OF $50 West End
avenue and Mrs. J. Beck of 1885 Seventh
avenue all employed Ellen Joseph, the
thieving servant arrested on Sunday
for robbing Mrs, Alexander s. Stanley
of 81 900 worth Of property, All were
robbed. Some of the goods have been
found in the girls trunk
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Fowler stu, At Em,srant Gan.

CoLPAx, Cal. Sept. 25.-Fowler, who
damaged his aeroplane yesterday whom
he was forced to land near Emigrsnt Gap.
some twenty miles east Of this city, was
still there late this afternoon and did not
intend to start until morning.
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The explosion on the Liberte was so
violent that it wrenched the great iron
stanchions from their places on the quays
about the port.
Eye witnesses ashore say that at the
time Of the explosion on the Liberte they
saw a great block of iron fall on ships
pinnace that was on It's way to the shore
to pick up the men from the Repubique
who had been on leave. The boat with
it's entire crew sank at once. The COM
mander of the Rdpublique, who was on
board at the time ni the explosion. sig
nalled,danger AT ohce ana put out his boats
to rescue as many men AZ they could.
The commander of the kepublique says:
My ship was shaken from stem to
stern. For an instant there was "A dead
silence and then thick choking smoke
poured over Ms prevcting our seeing
what had happened When IL blew over
we saw the wreck What bcCame of the
boats we put over it il impossible to say.
A splendid example of naval discipline
was shown 10y sailors ON tn" LihcrtG wno
sprang overheard NJ the first explosion.
Hearing the bugle's sound to quarters
they clambered back aboard their shin
and perished with her"
On board the hmpcraii", the Rrpuh-
halIe, the Justice and the Foudrr. wher4
several men among III" crews were killed
there YVES something hk" Il panic. The
Foudrc is attached 10 the gunncry schpo
and was anchored two miles away from
thu Iiber,a In spite oi IN" distance the
commanding officer Of the Foudr" wa.
wounded on deck and two men we're
killed. al his side.
Witness, ashore have bean found
who saw that before the explosion ON
board the liberte smoke and flames
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-24
The High Cost Of Living Reduced

Much has said about the high of living, it's
causes, and the possibilities of it's reduction But lit
tie has been said about the most costly leak the false
economy existing today in nearly every household,
Much foodstuffs bought with but point in
How cheap can get it?'' without thought of quail
ity after cost" One of the serious baking
powder.
By the of perfect baking powder the housewife
derive much economy from any other article
used in baking and cooking. In selecting the baking
powder, therefore, should purchase
that retains its original strength and always
mains the same thus making food whole
and producing sufficient leavenng to make the
baking light.
Very little of this eavening gas produced by
cheap baking powders, making necessary
BILE the quantity ordinarily required good
suits
You cannot experiment every time you make a cake
biscuits the strength of your baking powder
to find out how much of it you should use yet with
most baking powders you should do this for they
put together careessly they uniform, the
quality and strength varying with each purchased
Calumet Baking Powder chemically pure ingred
tents tested strength Experienced chemists The
o
Sealed artigh Calumet Baking Powder
strength is not affected by atmospheric changes.
In you to
biscuits any cheap
wholesome food baking
leading
complies
The goods moderate in price and lady purchasing Ca
her satisfied with 1t return it and
have her refunded.
The manufacturers Baking Just pre-
edition of their handsome cook book will gladly
Baking Powder Chicago, cook
book"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-24
GRAY HAIRS BANISHED.

The old idea OF using sage for darkeD
ing the hair Is again coming IN Vogue
Our grandmothars used to have dark
glossy hair at the age OF seventy i've,
while our mothers have white har before
they are fifty. Our grandmothers used
TO make sage tea" and apply 1t to
their hair. The tea made their hair soft
and glossy and gradually restored the
natural color. One objection to using
such q preparation was the trouble OF
making 1t, especially as 1t had to be
made every two or three days on account
Of 1t souring quickly. This objection has
been overcome and by asking almost
any first-class druggist for Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur the public can get q su-
perior preparation of sage, with the ad-
mixture Of sulphur, another valuable rem
edy for hair and aczlp troubles Daily
use of this Preparation win NOT only
quickly restore the color Of the hsir but
win also stop the hair from falling out
and make 1t grow. 1t is sold by all
druggists for soc and 81 90 a bottle, or
ls sent direct by the Wyeth Chemical
Company, "a CoTtlandt ST. New Yorh
City, upon receipt OF prics. q
For sale and recommended by the
Harper House Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-24

as in the raw sewage, and sometimes
more, but this organic matter has been
sufficiently changed or oxidized to rob
it of its foulness. In other words, its
chemical composition has been so al
tered that it is no longer capable of
undergoing rapid putrefactive decom-
position.
Although it may appear inconceiv-
able that the chief object of sewage
uTifcation-preventio of the fouling
of streams-can be attained by such
invisible changes in the nature of the
organic matter, nevertheless the dis
charge from efficient sewage-disposal
plants may be permitting a stream to
enter without fear of causing a nui-
sance. The work of publication also
proceeds in the stream itself, as it
does in the soil and in the publication
works, until the oxidation is complete
Oxygen for that purpose is sufficient
ly abundant in a reasonably clean
stream, but If the stream is overloaded
with putrescible sewage there will not
be oxygen enough and the stream will
become putrid. If all the putrescible
organic matter should not be removed
from the sewage by the publication
works the remainder, if 1t is not too
large in amount, will be purified in the
stream. So the publication of sewage
has come to mean primarily the remov-
al of the tendency to putrefy and not
the total oxidation and removal Of its
organic matter.
CHIORTDEr OF LIME, E-E-EE.CyrrvE
The report gives detailed descrip-
tons of different methods adopted for
disinfecting sewage and states that of
the disinfectants which have been suf-
ficiently Investigated, chlorine-chlor-
ide of linen the form of bleaching
powder is the most economical and
efficient
The application of three parts per
million OF available chlorine in the
form of bleaching powder to a trick
ling filter effiuent effects satisfactory
disinfection. The removal of bacteria
from the effluent averages over 95 per
cent, and the cost of disinfection
ranges from 81 to $3.50 per million
gallons of sewage, depending chiefly
on the size of the plant Crude sewage
may be disinfected by the application
of five to ten parts per million of avail
able chlorine. the amount depending
on the character of the sewage, at a
cost of $3.50 to $3.50 per million gal
Ions.
A copy Of the report may be obtain
ed on application to the director Of the
geological survey, at Washington, D. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-24

at which sewage can be purified. From
the old-time sewage irrigation field,
with it's maximum capacity of purify
ing possibly 10000 gallons of sewage
on an acre in "a hours, to the present
day trickling filter capable Of dealing
with two or three million gallons a
day on an acre of filter surface, the
march of improvement has been steady
and continuous.
The later Investigators have found
that efficient publication can be accom-
plished without carrying the process
TO the point Of complete oxidation.
The liquid flowing from a modern
trickling filter, according to Mr.. Phelps,
looks to the unframed eye like the or
iginal sewage; indeed, there is almost
as much organic matter in the effuent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-24
COURT HOUSE RECORD
Real Estate Transfers.

Robert Lee to Joseph Woodbury.
part southwest quarter section 1, II
2w, $780,
John A. Swanson to w. ]. Carlson
lot II. block 8, c. G. Films addition,
East Moline, $4,000.
Andrew Anderson to Willis A,
Schartz, lot 1852, Emma D. Velie adj
dition, Moline, $4,000.
Matthew F. Archer and o. ].
Brien, Jr., lot 8, block 2. Archer &
Brien's addition, Rock Island $500.
Matthew F. Archer to owen j.
Brien, undivided half of lot 4, block
2, Archer & Brien's addition, Rock
Island, 81.
Owen J. Brien to Matthew Archer,
undivided half of lot 6, block 2,
Archer & Brien's addition, Rock Is
land. 81.
Richmond Robinson to Austide and
Anna Barbon, lots IT and B GrennefG
addition, South Rock Island, south Y
section 2-17-2w., $500.
Clara A. Peterson to j. B. Oakleaf
lots % and 20 Mineral Springs park,
Moline, $1.O0.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-24
SEWAGE PURIFICATION
United Geological Surve

AS the population of the cities and
towns becomes more and more con-
gested, the public health requires that
some methods be adopted that will
change the chemical composition of
the sewage so that it will not putrefy
when discharged into warehouses;. In
some places it is even necessary to
disinfect the sewage so that all disease
germs will be destroyed. Distinction
is demanded because of the possible
pollution of water supplies and of she'll
fish beds. The methods adopted for
sewage disinfection are described at
length in a publication issued by the
United States geological survey, as
water supply paper 229, entitled The
Distinction of Sewage and Sewage Fill
ter Effiuents,' by Earle B. Phelps.
Sewage publication as practiced to-
day is but the artificial and intensive
application of the processes used every
where by nature to reduce putrescible
organic matter TO inert inorganic mat
ter. 1t is well known that if any or
gsnic matter such as garbage or a
dead animal is left exposed upon the
cradle period, giving on nauseous
doors in the meantime After while
the rotting is complete, the odor disap-
pears, and the material becomes min
eral matter exclusively. The process
is scientifically defined by saying that
the organic matter has become oxi-
died, that is, oxygen has united with
the organic matter 10 produce the de-
sired result. The process of sewage
publication is precisely the same ex-
cept that in the publication work con
ditions are provided under which ma
ture is assisted in her work and the
result is accomplished in much short
er space OF time.
CAPACITY OF IMPROVED FILTERS.
The Improvements made in the meth
DDS Of treating sewage have therefore
not involved the discovery or appli-
cation of new principles; those estab-
lished since the world began are util-
lied. The constant aim OF the exper-
imenters has been TO increase the rate