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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-07
The Eternal Hills

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Touched with the dew of rose leaves.
And scorched by the glow of fire,
Your strange, wild mountains call
me,
And challenge my weak desire.
Pear-eoated, amber-hued snow peaks
Glistening like live smouldering
Goals,
Lost in the deep violet shadows
Strange mystery, wierd beauty un-
told!
Wind drifting over the pine tops
Laden with fragrance of cones,
Flowers just drowsily nodding,
Lulled by the breezes' soft tonesl
Stars slipping out of the westland,
Light fading to pale ashy rays,
Silvering the desert of dry land
The symbol of closing days.
Deep purple moon rays creeping,
Like the tinted inside of a shell.
AS l look at the wild land sleeping,
know that the city is He'll.
The above poem was written by
Helen Dorthy Case, a direct de-
scendent of William Bradbury of
Mayfiower fame, second governor of
Plymouth who Is at present in Reno,
having recently filed a suit for di-
vorce against Phillip Townsend Case,
son of William Case of New York of
the real estate firm of Thomas p.
Day.
Two years ago Mrs. Case, then
Dorothy Dambmann, took first prize
in competition with hundreds of 9TH
ers in a short story contest in New
York. Her original contribution en-
titled "A Modern Riddles Grief was
received with wonderment owing to
the fact that ii was written on a
modern theme by a girl only II years
of age. 1t seems merely a coinci-
dence that the basis of the story was
divorce of wife and husband and the
child's grief at the introduction of a
ley mother.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-07

Delighted Mamma. "Oo-pro-
fessor, what do you think of little
Arthur as a yiolinist?"
Professor. Il like the way he
puts the fiddle back into the case
Chicago Daily News.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-07

Deep purple moon rays creeping,
Like the tinted inside of a shell.
AS / look at the wild land sleeping,
| know that the city is He'll.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
TODAY The LAST
FOR PETITIONS

Today was the last day for the fl
ing of petitions asking that the
names of candidates for Office at the
coming elections be placed upon the
ballot for the Urinary election. Up
to press time the records at the
county clerks Office showed that the
following petitions had been filed:
Floyd E. Thompson for states attor-
ney on the democratic ticket; on the
republican for states attorney, G. c..
Wenger, ]. NJ. Johnston, w. E.
Whiteside, II. NJ. McCaskrin; for
coroner, c. E. Donahue, ]. B. John
son, ]. F. Rose, A. V. Esterdahl; for
county recorder, George A.. Schrader
ard Sam Ryerson; for probate clerk,
John E. Fleming; for county survey
or Wallace Treichler, and for sena-
tcrial committeeman, J. w. Simon
sen. On the socialist ticket the fol-
lowing petitions Were filed: Charles
Eannish for states attorney; E. w.
Lindbeck for circuit clerk; J. H
Richards for county recorder; G. L.
Trevillyou for probate clerk; James
F. Doering for coroner, and Charles
Mass for senatorial committeeman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
new MOVEMENT
GETS UNDER WAY
Mysterious Meeting Of 40 Citi-
zens Is Held at the Rock
Island Club.
OBJECT NOT MADE PUBLIC
Promise Is Given That Public Will
Be Let in on Secret in Course
of Next Ten Days.

Forty representative Rock Islanders
business men, professional men,
clerks and just plain citizens-met at
the Rock Island club last evening. The
object of the meeting and results have
not yet been made public. 1t is
known, however, that questions of
considerable moment to the welfare
and advancement of the city of Rock
Island were discussed and that the
meeting presages a get-together move
ment of some sort or other. Just what
it is the 40 who know did not give out
as they intimated that there are many
more to be invited to join in the move
ment before the plans which were laid
will be ready for carrying out.
HAVE FINE SPREAD.
Before and during the splendid sup
per which was served, there was con-
siderable raillery among those assem-
bled as to the reason for their having
been called together. Some ventured
guesses and not all the guesses were
bad but for the most part the assem-
bled 40 were taken unawares. Not a
man, however, but what willingly
agreed TO take hold of the plan when
II was finally preached. 1t was prom.
ised that within the next week or 10
days the project would be so we'll in
hand that it could be made public.
MEN SHOW CURIOSITY.
That men have nothing on women
when it comes to being curious was
evinced last night. The invitation to
be present at the supper did not con
tain even a hint of what the object
was and yet only four out of the entire
number invited failed to appear ant
those four were out of the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
INSULTS WOMAN;
FINEO BY COURT

Roy Pickup, who plead guilty to
disorderly conduct this morning in
police court, got away with SO fine,
turned around and swore out a war
rant for the complainant against
him, charging assault and battery,
and came close to getting in dutch"
with the court. The arrest of Pick
up was the result of his having in
suited Mrs. Carl orr, wife of the
complainant in the first case. Pick
up admitted that while he was under
the influence of liquor he insulted
Mrs. orr. After he had forked over
$40 to settle his case, he said that
orr and a brother had come to his
home and assaulted him, and that he
wanted a warrant. On the strength
of that, the magistrate wrote one out
and it was served on orr.
Thursday evening, orr and a broth
or went to Pickup's home, adjoining
theirs. called Pickup to the door and
when he came, struck him, telling
/ him that they would not stand for
anything like the remarks made to
Mrs. OFF. Pickup. against the odds,
picked up a revolver and drove the
OFFS out of his house and into theirs.
{ lie pointed the revolver at them, they
allege, and they kept out of his way.
. Later, Carl orr says, Pickup struck
4 him. When all the facts had been
! assembled, Magistrate Smith tore up
the warrant against orr and dis
missed him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
Obituary
HARTSEL A. HAYES

Hartsel A Hayes, 17-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin B. Hayes. died at
the home of his parents, 1903 Fourth
avenue. last night at $3.50 after an ill
ness of a week, death being caused by
tubercular meningitis of the brain. A
little over a week ago the boy COM
planned Of not feeling well. He grad
ually became worse and Wednes-
day Of last week was forced to take
to his bed. Since that time his con-
dition had shown no Improvement, and
the worst fears were realized last night
when the end came.
Hartsel was born in Rock Island
Sept. /, 1895. He received his educa-
ton in the public schools, from which
he graduated in 1909. In the fall OF
that year he entered the high school,
and was a member of the junior class
at the time of his death. He was ex
ceedingly popular at the high school
with both students and instructors
and was interested in all school, activi.
ties. He is survived by his father and
mother and one brother, Dale /. Hayes.
7 The funeral will be held from the
home tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
Rev. Marion Humphreys of the Cen
trail Presbyterian church officiating
Burial will take place at ChippiannocI
cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
VERDICT FOR BANK
IN ITS SUIT ON NOTE

The State bank was yesterday given
the verdict in it's suit in the circuit
court against c. E. Bryan for a note
for $1,000 and interest, the whole
judgment amounting to s9,44S.G5. The
jurors were out during the entire pre-
ceeding day threshing out their finding
in accordance with the instructions
given by Judge F. d. Ramsay and be.
cause of the nature of. the case, they
had a weighty problem to contend
with. The case had been on for a long
time, having been started with
Judge w. II. Gest on the bench and
transferred to Judge Ramsay upon the
former becoming i'll. J. T. and s. X.
kenworthy appeared for the plaintiff
and Searle G. Marshall represented
the defendant. The case will be ap-
pealed, it is understood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
PEDDLERS DISCOVERED
SELLING ROTTEN FRUIT

Commissioner Archie Hart caused
a load of decayed oranges to be con-
fiscated this afternoon from two
peddlers. Chester Kindedmun and
Ben McChurch of Davenport, who
were trying to peddle the fruit with
out a license. Officer Meenan and
Health officer Pratt took the load of
fruit to a dumping off place. The
peddlers were freed on the selling
without license charge and a fine
of $500 each was hung over their
heads for peddling the decayed fruit
They were dismissed on payment OF
the costs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
START IMPROVING OF
NEW HARPER HOUSE

Improvement of the storerooms in
the northwest corner of the New Har-
per building were started this morn
ing. The rear portion of the drug
store there has been taken out and
the remodeling of the room so that 1t
will accommodate the Rock Island
road ticket office has been begun.
After that Office is complete the ticket
office will move into the new quarters,
the drug store will be transferred to
the present ticket Office across the
street. and then a cigar store will be
installed in the other portion of the
present drug storeroom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
SUFFRACETS IN A
RIOT IN PRISON
Most of Clothing Torn From
Weaknesses During Clash
in London Jail.
MACHINES PULLED APART
Leaders of British NIilitants Given
Cold and Dismal Solitary
Jacobs Pleads for Wife.

London, March 9.-The convicted
suffragets, bitterly resenting the ac-
ton of the authorities in lacking the
hard labor clause on to their prison
sentence, have set Holloway prison in
an uproar.
Led by Alice Wright, the Albany,
n. Y, girl, who came from Paris to
assist in the window breaking cam
paign and whose work was so telling
that she was given two months SEN
tence, whereas the majority of her
accomplices got only 80 days, the
suffragets have defied the prison Of
ficers.
When the women were ordered in
to the disrobing room to take of
their street clothing, battle and don
the prison garments, they rebelled
The female attendants of Holloway
prison are chosen for muscular abil-
ity rather than for good looks, and
they started to make the prisoners
obey the prison rules. While details
are difficult to obtain, it is said the
riot that followed was the worst in
the recent history of the prison.
CLOTHES TORN OFF wARDREssEs
Most of the clothing of two of the
addresses was torn from theil
bodies and they had to use letters tC
subdue the suffragets and make then
take their baths and put on the pris
on uniforms.
Afterwards when the suffrage
leaders were ordered into the work
room to sew on bags in accordance
with the prison rules and the termI
OF their sentence, another row fol
lowed.
The prisoners had learned of thu
intention of the authorities to prose
cute all the leaders of the street riot
ing under the conspiracy act ant
we're exceedingly angry. At givel
signal all of the suffragets jumpe,
up; those who were working at ma
chimes tore them apart as much a
they could without tools, and for
time the entire workroom was in a
uproar. Finally the Weaknesses re
gained control of the situation.
The suffragets were returned t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
A. D. HUESING TO
BUILD new SHOP

A. D. Huesing today announced his
intention of spending some $4,000 in
erecting an up to date and modern
bottling works and garage at the cor
ner of Fourteenth street and First ave-
nue.. The contract for the same has
been let to Henry W. Horst, who will
break ground and commence opera
tions at once so as to have the build
ing available for the heavy business
of the summer months.
George P. Stauduhar. architect, drew
the plans for the new buildings. They
are to be of brick, factory type con-
struction, one story in height with a
tar and gravel roof. The bottling
works will be S0x1OO feet on the
ground floor with a concrete founda-
ton and floor. The garage will be
40x30. Modern machinery will be
placed in the bottling works and a
spur from the railroad will furnish
admirable shipping facilities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
POSTAL OFFICER
AT WORK ON CASE
Henry Hedsel, United States
Inspector, Investigating
Mail Robbery.
NO CLEWS DISCOVERED YET
Lost Pouch Contained Letters Sent
Out From This City to Points
in Iowa.

Postal Inspector Henry Hedsel ar
rived here last night to make an in
vestigation of the robbery of the two
mail sacks from the transfer trucks
at the Rock Island depot platform
Thursday evening. Thus far no trace
has been secured concerning the sec
ond sack that was taken. 1t was one
which contained Rock Island mail go
ing out to cities along the Rock Is
land by way of Cedar Rapids. 1t con-
tanned no registered mail, so far as
the postofflce knows, but much i'm
portant mail from the Modern Wood
men and Rock Island Pillow company.
1t is known that there was little of
monetary value in the sack. AS to
the mail taken from the sack that was
discovered yesterday morning, large
portion of it was rendered worthless
by being torn and trampled in the mud.
SOME DIsAPPoINTMENTs
One postal card, addressed to girl
out in Iowa, will never reach its des-
tination. 1t was picked up in the rail-
road yards and the name was practi-
cally blotted out. Dozens of other
pieces of first class mail will never
be delivered. AS far as Rock Island
is concerned, only outgoing mail was
destroyed. OF course that is bad
enough. Chief James Brinn recovered
large bundle of mail in the morning
and several people put in claims for
portion of it. But none of it is to be
turned over. personally, and if the ad
dress is still legible, the postal au
thorities will take care of it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
TRICKY DENTAL
SOCIETY LAUNCHED

About 25 dentists from the three
cities met at the Rock Island club last
night and organized the Tri-City Den
tai society. The following officers
were elected:
President-C. L. Silvis, Rock Island.
Vice President-Ralph Human, Mo-
line
Secretary-John Mckee, Davenport.
Treasurer - Carl Mueller, Rock Is.
land.
The aim of the society is to bring
the various dentists together for an
exchange of ideas and discussion OF
matters of interest pertaining to the
profession. Meetings will be held
monthly, alternating among the three
towns. The next session will be held
in Rock Island Monday evening, April
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
Personal Points

Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Cable have re-
turned from their trip to Panama.
Francis ]. Meehan is spending sew
eral days with his parents at their
home, e29 Second avenue.
Grant Hultberg has gone to Chicago
to attend the Ericsson day banquet OF
the Swedish-American Republican
club. tonight.
H. E. Casteel, c. r. Nourse and A.
l. Richards went TO Colfax Springs,
Iowa, today to spend a few days at
the springs there.
Miss Dora Frey, 1920 Seventh ave-
nue., has returned home after a six
months visit with her sister. Mrs. j..
P. Lyle at Oklahoma City.
Miss Gertrude Wingmuth, who for
the past three weeks has been serious
ly i'll at her hcme. 293S Fifth avenue,
is again able to be about.
Stanley Eye, 2O15 Ninth street, has
returned home after spending the past
six months visiting friends and rela-
tives in Los Angeles and Pomona. Cal
]. G. Huntoon OF this city has
been called to Annapolis because Of
the illness of his son, Frank, who is
attending the naval academy at thai
place.
Paul Buffum, formerly OF this city
and now located in Galesburg, Ill, is
spending several days in the city Wis
iting relatives. Mr.. Buffum has EN-
barked in the automobile business in
Galesburg.
! Arthur Salzmann, John WITCH. j
Oren, A. c. Stouffer and Frank Dona
hue left this morning for Chicago &c
compete in the bowling tournament
there. There we're accompanied by
II. w. Clemann..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
FAILS IN EFFORT
TO KlDNAP CHILD

An attempt on the part of Mrs. P.
Coensgen of LaSalle to kidnap her own
daughter from Mr.. and Mrs. William
Porter, West Third street, Davenport,
last night was frustrated by the Dav-
export police and Mrs. Coensgen was
given an opportunity to leave Daven-
port with the alternative of prosecu-
ton for disturbing the peace. Mr.. and
Mrs. Coensgen had allowed the Por-
tiers to take their 3-year-old daughter
Marie, because they could not care for
her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
At Central Church.

At Central Presbyterian church to-
morrow the first communion service
in the new church will be held. In
dividual communion service will be In
troduced for the first time at this sac
rament. Mrs. r. r. Reynolds will sing
He Was Despised and Rejected"
from the Messiah, and the double
choir of the church will also sing sew
eral selections. The sermon will be
preached by Rev. Marion Humphreys.
Rev. DR.. z. A. Bess, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church at Clinton, Iowa,
preached at the church last erening
at the services preparatory TO com,
munion tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
TRANSFERS FIGHT
FOR RIGHT OF WAY

Several teamsters participated in
near race riot this morning on Third
avenue near Twentieth street, and as
a result, one of the combatants, a
negro, bears a badly discolored OPP
tic. The fight waged fiercely for sew
eral minutes and was the outgrowth
of a wordy war over the right of way
into some coal yards. A cry that
the police were coming precipitated
a hurried departure from the scene
by the fighters. There were no ar
rests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

their cells and shortly afterward the
prison governor ordered all of the
in the disturbance placed
in solitary confinement. where it is
understood they still are.
Solitary confinement is extremely
severe under the rules of Holloway
prison. The solitary cells are under
ground and are extremely cold and
dismal places
While friends of Miss Wright fear
she is undergoing the solitary" it is
impossible to ascertain the facts.
Press representatives made formal
application to the prison commission
ers for an order to see the young
American girl The application was
CURLY refused.
under no circumstances VIII any
one be permitted to see the woman"
declared the secretary. she is a
hard labor prisoner and under our
rules a prisoner whose offense is such
that the committing magistrate con-
siders the hard labor provision nee
essary is entitled to no privileges and
cannot be seen by any one until she
has completed her term
FEARED MRS. JACOBS SANITY.
The spirit animating the smashing
suffragets was we'll illustrated by
Mrs. Eleanor Jacobs, wife Of w. W.
Jacobs, the writer of humorous
stories. Mrs. Jacobs told Magistrate
Fordham, who sentenced her yester-
| day to one month at hard labor, that
she broke windows because she con-
sidered it her duty as the mother Of
five children.
1T Is the only way we can protest
against the action or rather the In
action of the government" she said.
The magistrate was so astonished
that he thought Mrs. Jacobs mind
must be affected and he offered to
postpone the case for eight days in
order that she might be examined as
to her sanity.
my mind is quite sound" said
Mrs. Jacobs. 81 have done my duty
to my children for IL years and
think my daughters, when they grow
up, should have equal rights and re-
sponsibilities with my sons"
Mr.. Jacobs plead with the mag
istrate for his wife, saying she was a
good wife and mother and that her
health, which was not good. might be
permanently affected IL she were kept
in prison. The magistrate expressed
his sympathy, but said there was
nothing for him to do but pass SEN
tence.
The report that Miss Christabel
Pankhurst has been arrested is un-
true.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
LADDER IS ADDED TO
WAGON EQUIPMENT

Commissioner Archie Hart has in
augurated ladder system in the No.
fire station which already has proved
its value, both to the city and to the
residents of the east end of Rock Is
land. An extension ladder has been
added to the equipment of the hose
truck, to be used when the depart
ment responds to fires which have
started on the roof of the house. The
object in the addition is to save the
hook and ladder the long and unnec-
essary runs to the east end. Already
two calls have been made and in them
the hook and ladder has been saved
eight miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
FREIGHT HOUSE
FOR ROCK ISLAND

According to an official of the Rock
Island road, the Improvement budget
of the road for the coming year in
cludes an appropriation of $4,000 for
a new freight house in Rock Island.
The new structure is to cost between
$4,000 and $4,000 and will be So feet
vide. 200 feet long and one story high.
1t will be modern in every way and
of the latest approved freight house
style.
The Rock Island road and shippers
of this city have long felt the need
of a freight house and have at divers
times asked the road to do something
to relieve the situation here. There
will be reason for congratulation all
around if the information given ont
proves correct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
MRS. ELIZABETH JONES.

Mrs. Elizabeth Jones died at 11:4O
this morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Black, S34 Ninth
street, death being caused by apo
plexy superinduced by the infirmities
of age.
Mrs. Jones was born in Logan,
Ohio. Oct. IA, 1922. She was married
to Charles Croker, who died in Mus
catine, Iowa, July 1. 1873. She was
married to W. E. Jones Sept. u, 1881,
Mr.. Jones having been called by death
Aug. 1, 1901
She Is survived by daughter, Mrs.
Fred Black of this city, 10 grandchil-
dren and two great-grandchildren
The funeral will be held from the
Black home Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Burial will take place at
Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
MOTION TO DISMISS is
MADE IN BlLLBURG CASE

The Billburg gambling case in the
county court was taken. under ad-
visement this afternoon by Judge r.
w. Olmsted following lengthy argu-
ments by attorneys on the motion OF
the defense to dismiss. The motion
followed the city's resting its case.
The grounds are that the county
court does not have jurisdiction. The
jury was excused until o'clock Mon
day afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09
MRS. PALLEENRO.

Mrs. Vargine Palleenro died at her
home on Forty-frst street and Four
teenth avenue yesterday afternoon at
o'clock after an Illness Of six months
with Bright's disease and dropsy. She
was born in Belgium. coming to Amer
lea several years ago. and had made
her home in this city since. She is
survived by her husband, three daugh-
tiers and one son of this city and three
children in Belgium. The funeral will
be held from ST Paul's church Mon
day morning al 3 O'Clock, Father Van
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-09

township election Of April 2 without
having their right to do so questioned.
The second registration day falls on
March 26.