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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
DAVENPORT

Hospital Has Fire.-Fire broke out
In the laundry building at Mercy hos
pital Thursday evening at S:l5 o'clock
and resulted in damage to the extent
OF about $50. The cause Of the fire
Is unknown. The prompt arrival of the
IRE department prevented a more ser
tous loss.
Struck by Auto.-William Watkins,
s22 Main street, was struck by an au-
tomobile yesterday noon while playing
near his home. He was run over but
not seriously injured. The name of
the owner Of the machine was not
learned.
Asks for DiVoree.-A petition for a
decree Of divorce was fled in the dis
tract court yesterday by Attorney Fred
Vollmer in behalf Of Mrs. Hazel Ma
han VS.. John Mahan. The plaintiff as.
serts that her husband has been gull
~ OF cruel and inhuman treatment,
and that he has threatened her life.
She asks the right TO resume her mai
den name of Hazel Clark. They were
married in Davenport. April c. 1910.
Permit 20 Visit Country.-Congress
man Pepper has succeeded in getting
admitted 10 this country, German
young woman, Ellen Aage. She was
excluded at Ellis island because Of a
deformity which enabled the immigra.
ton officers technically to shut her
out. She was going TO visit her sister,
Mrs. Stoppe, of Davenport. Mr. Pep
per took the matter up with the de
partment Of commerce and labor yes
terday and she was admitted
Obituary Reeord-Edward Lang
feldt received word Of the death of his
brother. Ferdinand Langfeldt. former
ly a resident Of Davenport. who passed
away yesterday morning in Chicago at
the age OF 81 years. The deceased was
born in Neustadt. Holstein. Germany
Jan. 2, 1857, and came TO this country
June 7, 1871, living seven years in the
state OF California, then coming 10
Davenport, where he lived up 20 1908
when he moved TO Chicago. The sur
vivors are two brothers. Edward Lang
feldt Of Davenport and Adolph Lang
feldt of Peoria. H. The funeral will
be held from the home OF his brother
Edward Langfeldt. 42O Myrtle street
Sunday afternoon at O'Clock, with
interment in Fairmount cemetery.
At the ripe. age of % years, II OF
which had been spent in Davenport
Mrs. Emily A. Blakemore died Thurs
day evening at the family home OF
Grand avenue. Death was due to the
infirmities incident TO one OF her 8d
yanced years. She was the widow Of
the late T. Y. Blakemore. Deceased
was born in Cincinnati, Aug 9, 1920
and was united in marriage TO T. V
Blakemorc in that city in 1889 Two
years later, or in 1871, they came t
Davenport, and this has been the fam
lily home ever since. Surviving ar,
three children, as follows: DR.. W. G
Blakemore, w. F. Blakcmore, Mrs. w
w. Brown aud Miss ). F. Blakemore
Three grandchildren and one great
grandchild also survive. The funera
will be held Sunday afternoon. Ser
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

Vegetable Compound
has done for me. /
had bearing down
pains, was dizzy and
weak, had pains in
lower back and could
not be upon my feet
long enough to get a
meal. AS long as /
laid on my back l
would feel better,
but when / would
get up those bearing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
MOLINE

Raise Dog .Tax.-Decision has been
reached by the city commissioners to
raise the tax on female dogs from 81
to SIS a year. At the present time the
tax on all dogs is only 81 year out
the increasing number has caused the
city to take action.
To Arralgn Dairyman. - Rene De-
Prader, dairyman, has been served
with a summons to appear before Po-
lice Magistrate Gustafson at o'clock,
April 80, to answer to a charge OF
selling milk in Moline below the stand
ard fixed by state law, test OF milk
sold by him showing less than per
cent butter fats.
Boy is InJured.-Carl Lovestedt, an
S-year-old lad, was the victim OF an
automobile accident shortly after Il
o'clock yesterday. The boy, who lives
at Forty-sixth street and Fourth ave
nue., was returning home from school,
and he had ridden part of the distance
on an oil wagon. He dropped on the
wagon just as an automobile was pass
ing and a wheel of the car passed over
one foot. The youngster was thrown
to the pavement and his head was cut
when he came in contact with the
curbing He was badly bruised, but
it is thought his injuries will not prove
| of serious nature. A physician at
| tended
Panic at Theatre. - Patrons of the
Grand theatre Thursday evening were
thrown into a small sized panic wher
lights in the playhouse went out dur
! ing the electrical storm. There wa:
crash of thunder and the house i'm
mediately after was enveloped il
darkness. Men, women and children
unable to see and not knowing the ma
ture of the trouble, jumped from thei
seats and crowded into the aisles
Many hats were lost in the rush for tn,
headgear were trampled under foot b,
those anxious to escape. Some one Il
the house, with more presence of min
than the majority, stuck a match
Then an attache of the house, possess
ing himself of fiashlight bulb, reach
ed the end of the main aisle and threT
rays of light over the crowding pee
pie in time 10 show them there wa
no danger, and the stampede wa
checked before it had assumed seriou
proportions.
Obituary Record. - Julia Anna,
months-Old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
J. R. Newkirk, died at the home G
Mrs. Anna Davis, a sister of Mrs. New
kirk, at 424 Ninth street, at 11:3
Thursday night Death was due t
pneumonia, with which the little on
had been i'll for three weeks. TIL
survivors are the parents and on
brother, William. Short funeral SCI
vices, conducted by Rev. D. S. NJ
Gown, were held at yesterday afte
noon in the late home. The body wa
sent to Wellman, Iowa, for intermen
Word received yesterday morning b
Moline relatives brings news of tn
death of Joseph Hayward at Tremon
Ill. He was in his 92nd year and wa
to the last bright and interested in a
that was passing in the world. Hi
death occurred Thursday evening
= Herbert Thomas, Mrs Theodore Whe,
lock and Mrs. S. s. Crompton of thi
city are all children of a sister of Nj
Hayward and they plan going to TIT
mont for the funeral services, whic
will be held there Sunday afternoo
= from the home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

after which they will take up their
residence on Eighth street in Silvis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Boyne have
moved to Wilton, Ia.
Mrs. Russell Ragen has arrived home
from a visit with relatives at Fulton
Mr.. and Mrs. John Johnson have
returned home TO Lansing, Ia, after
visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Rolling have moved
to Brooklyn, Ia.
The band boys of Silvis gave q
dance at Kuhne's hall last Thursday
evening.
Mrs. Chapman will entertain the
Womans club at the next meeting.
Mrs. Cora Hill of Warsaw, ILL.,, is
visiting at the Harry Hill home.
The village board met last Tuesday
evening at the hall and decided to
pave First avenue from Warmers
crossing to Sixteenth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Allison mourn
the loss of their nine months old
daughter, Verda May, who died sud
HSIy VI pHSuihOiids ouHuay HOi HlhS
after a weeks illness. Funeral ser
vices were conducted from the late
home at 2:30, Tuesday afternoon by
Rev. George Cady of Waterfowl. The
bearers were: Winnie Wells, Grace
Hunter. Myrtle Smith and Pearl Lod
ing. Burial took place at Bowlesberg
Prompt relief in all cases of throat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
TWO WOMEN
TESTIFY
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound Did For
Their Health-Their own
Statements Follow.

New Moorefeld, Ohio. az take great
pleasure in thanking you for what your
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27

Prompt relief in all cases of throat
and lung trouble if you use Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. Pleasant to
take, soothing and healing in effect.
Sold by all druggists.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
FREES WOMAN sMUGGLER
Jury Disagrees on Diamonds in Hat at
Womens Mock Trial.

Tho Jury disagreed. otherwise Mrs. Elsie
Lamb might be facing tonight long term
of Imprisonment for smuggling her best
diamond necklace into the part OF New
York.
The necklace was sewed in the trimming
n her last years hat Looked simple
enough To the customs official, but Mrs.
Frederick Grant, lawyer for the defence
made such a strong case that she quite up
set tho jury.
II was at the meeting Of the Government
CIub Yesterday afternoon at the Hotel
Actor and ii was really only mock trial
With highly moral purpose, however that
~ teaching the women how 10 conduct
themselves as jurors and judges when po-
iit,cal duties are finally forced upon them
in this state
Mrs. Lambs case, in brief. was this. she
Tod been travelling extensively in various
,,,I6 and untrustworthy countries where
che was afraid OF being robbed, so she
"a commanded her maid TO conceal her
a,amonds in the most dlsreputable looking
hat she had.
Then she had forgotten them When she
ro,urned home sne had in all sincerity anu
horesty declared her jewel case, but-you
con see how 1t was-since she had forgotten
about the diamonds, 1t was natural iO'
hnr not to declare them. wasn't III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09

drive their automobiles. and they were ad-
mittcd. No one else will be allowed to ride
unless he Is aged or infrm
Fifteen thousand women are expected TO
march. Any one and every one is invited.
No special invitation is required. People
who are converted on the spot may fall in
line rs the parade passes
Mary Johnston. the author is organizing
A delegation OF Virginia women; Mrs. Lucia
FairchiId Fuller is organizing artists; Mrs
NJ +. Alexander. business women; Mrs
Robert Erskine Ely Dutch women; Nine
Grcgori, Greeks and Italians; Mrs. Walston
Brown. women interested in animals; Miss
A. Lcnale. musicians; Miss Frances Peters
workers In shops; Miss Josephine Beidcr-
haze. teachers Mrs. Frederick Hazard,
Syracuse women and Mrs. Edward Everett
Hale. Schenectady women.
All the suffrage organizations In this city
will be represented. including the heroic
Mems League. which bore the brunt OF the
rdicUle last year Nothing daunted. it will
turn out stronger than ever.
meeting Of the Wage Farmers Suffrage
League will be held on April . i'm Cooper
Union TO stimulate interest In the parade.
Miss Laouora O'Reilly will stir up the wage
.drncrs. other meetings are being planned.
a. well as "i-shcet posters in purple green
and white. which will be pasted up all over
the city two weeks before the parade Trum-
potcIs on the street corners Will remind
tho people. too. that rain or shine (ouly II
cane RAIN Gfteou thous nd women viii
march mp Fifth avenue on Saturday after
noon. Man T. al T. o'clock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
COAT CAME, THEN PHYSICIAN
Misfit Baby Lamb Has Terrible
Effect. Mrs. s. Deimel Says.

Mrs. Simeon Defined, whose husband
,,snd IN be interested in horses and who
90 Known on the stage as Olive Redpath'
voc in the Supreme Court yesterday and
oxn,a,ned why she did not accept coat
,hat George r. C. Boos, furrier made to
her order for $1,000. Mrs. Deimel is a
nrettv Young woman who has starred In
piavs largely reminiscent of Paris ut
zoo terrible" she explained on the stand,
,,ben she discovered that the coat did not
a. and Il made her so Ill that she had to
call In doctor.
Tbe coat or wrap was of baby lamb. and
4. u,as 20 be Just like that worn by Mrs.
pusteed. whose husband Is also devoted
90 snort Mrs. Deimel wanted her gar
,o.nt lined with old gold embroidered silk.
49, the one that Boos made for her, she
said was lined with white silk. which she
did not want
Then. too. according to the defendant
:. ,ocked the distinguished appearance"
:, Mrs Busteed's coat. For all these and
o,her reasons the fair actress refused to
saLa the coat or to pay for It, And just
60 that Boos sued her The jury will
- I'm a sealed verdict this morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
AGAINST MRS. NIC0DEMUS
Landlady Tells of Prisoner Al
legged Misconduct.

D,v. trp.t-iey. NicodemuF. the young
woman on trial for tho murder ~ her nus.
band. before Judge Ro-dlsk' IN General
Sessions. sat silent yesterday while Ter
former landladv. Mrs. Margaret Murphy
told of another aide To- her character. Jug"
Roe9lsk, admitted the evidence over IN"
objections ~ Abraham low. COUNCIL FOR
the defence. on the ground that It bore on
her state Of mind ~ the time NJ tn" shoot
ing Mr.. LEWIS experts testified that sh"
uas suffering from hvstorlcal mania and
was not responsible
Mrs Murphy said that she had ordered
Mrs Nicodemus ont Of the house finally be
cause Of her misconduct with man. Shs
said that when Mrs. <icodemus trst came
10 her She said that she was divorced from
Frank Nicodemus because he tried 10 xii
their child. and that now she was MARRIED "
Vincent Nichol, who occupied the room ~
Mrs Murphys with her. Later. Mrs. MIR
rhv said. she saw another man. who. Gen'
We've told her. was her adopted brother
around her room late at night
Agnes Murphy. Mrs Mnr0hys hft"en-
vear-old daughter. said that she. too had
seen Vincent Nichol there. and thought
him married 10 Mrs. Nicodcmus. Agnes
was vexed when Mr.. Levy asked her II her
mother did not like drink now and th'n.
I'D have you know" she said, that my
mother is a perfect lady. and my father.
too"
On cross-exa mination all of the witnesses
said that Cienevieve was fond Of children
and that they all seemed 10 love her. The
case will probably go to tho Jury on Thurs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
CONSPIRACY. WIFE SAYS
Mrs. Charles F. Kinsman Defends
Herself in Divorce Suit.

MIS-. Lillian W kinsman. whose hus-
hand. Charles r. Kinsman. vice president
Of the Sterling Bronze Company. Is suing
her for 4 divorce. vas on the stand yes
torday and told in greater detail about the
alleged conspiracy upon which she said
the action of her husband was based
The defendant told about living AZ =
boarding house in West 18th street after
her husband LETT her, and there making the
Acquaintance Of Mrs. Ola NJ "urre. a
woman detective. employed by S{insmau.
who hsured 50 importantly in her life from
then on. Mr. Currie came 10 the board
ing house after Mrs Kinsman went there
and made herself quite agreeable
They went out together on tho invitation
II Mr. Currio. and they met friend n
The detective named Daniel + Mciinnls.
Mrs. Currie invited McGlnnis 10 2 chairs
dish partv at the boarding house, and he
brought with him one Samuel s. Ellis, an
APPRAISER. who now is tho correspondent i'm
the Kinsman suit on his way home that
night somebody used a black tack on Ellis
and knocked ont eight Of his teeth.
About that time. too. Mrs turrie was ar
ranging TO rent bungalow at Conev
Island She got Mrs. KinSmsn to go there
aud. Mrs Kinsman said. also invited EllS
10 20 there 10 recuperste at the hungalo"
after the assault on him.
Mrs Einsmau said that the first Satnr-
DAY night she was At tho bungalow she
became sick. and AT the suggestion or Mrs
Currie Ellis applied wet towel 10 her
head in her room Then came the hig
scene in the domestic drama. kinSman
accompanied by three men who were Stran-
gers TO Mrs. Knsman. rushed into her
room She tried to explain N her hus-
band. but he did not wait for an eXplana-
ton. Mrs. Kinsman denied that she had
been guilty Of any misconduct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
BROOKLYN GIRL STRONGEST
Miss Stabler Wins Test of Rad
cliffe College Students.

Cambridge. Mass. April S-Miss Eleanor
Merritt Stablcr. OF Brooklyn. II Radcliffe
Colleges strongest woman. BESIDES OK
ceiling In the usual strength tests IN com
petition on Saturday. she did the ladder
climbing. fence waiting. horse work and
swing jumping exercises we'll The cham
uion s, captain Of the sophomore gym
uasium team. and I'm \ contest for 30"
all around championship Of kadthH'
finished fourth. with - points.
Miss StabIcrs nearest competitors ~ '''
strength tests were Miss Edlih Ldnnah'
Miss Mildred Clark and Miss Eleanor
Browne AL local students Miss Gertrude
Nichols and Miss EDITH Bonnot "'r" tea
~ ~ points for the AL around champion
shin" AZ Miss Nichols VIC" tho 'lr'
clearly last year she still retains tho honor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09

Detroit. April S.--Nrs. Bertha snSoe''
of this city. who says that she - Inc
only legal wife Of Walter J. snyder N"'
was stabbed TO death in New l ORR '''S
yesterday. retained counsel here To-Day
70 enter, claim in her behalf I" me
dead mans estate. She says II Is worm
so5 600 The claimant SAYS she married
SNYDER eight years ago and has never
been divorced.
"He left me to run away with his ann
itv. Her name was Jane, " said MIS-
SNYDER. Three years ago I went DICK
IN live with him in Hartford. Ky ana oS
began 10 hear him speak OF gin
named Mary Harms. In fe" weeks
he eloped with his stenographer' 'iele"
Garfield. of New Britain. ] started
non-support suit after that, but never
obtained a divorce" Mrs. Snyder lives
nth her mother at No. 1910 Vermont
avenue. this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
PATHos FAILS TO SWAY JUDGE
Counterfeiter Sent to Prison. Despite
Plea of Daughter S Schooling.

Chicago. April S-Despite his plea that
he resorted 10 counterfeiting silver dollars
10 support his daughter in school, James
Rice was sentenced to-day TO imprisonment
for ten years in the federal prison at At
lanta. Rice already has served eleven
wears for similar offences.
Seeing the prisoners daughter weeping
in court, Federal Judge Lands said IT was
pi,iable TO impose the maximum sentence,
hut the counterfeiting was so expert as to
require it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
MUFF HAD GREAT CAPACITY
Shoplifter Stuffed Twelve Chiffon
Waists Into II.

The jury in Judge Malone's part OF Gen
eral Sessions yesterday found it hard 10
believe that twelve chiffon waists even II
they were worth 500, could be crammed
into a nun. At the request of Allen q.
Wellman, the Assistant District Attorney
Miss Amelia de Santo, a store detective.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
WOMAN HELD FOR DEATH
Of SNYDER IN BATHTUB
Sent to the TomhS Without Bail
to Await COrOner's Inquest
on April 10.
WILLINGLY FACES CAMERAS
Leaves Police Station Wearing
Easter Hat, and Sticks to
Story That Man Stabbed
Himself in Scuffie.

Mrs Mary Snyder. who says she was
the wife Of Walter ]. Snyder. advertising
manager Of Sports Of the Times" who
died Sunday in bathtub at his apart
,ncrts. No. go st. Nicholas avenue.
after being stabbed in the breast with
nsir Of seven-lnCh scissors, stuck to her
story all day Yesterday. declaring that
she held the scissors while Snyder seized
her hv the wrists and drove the blades
into his heart. Coroner Hellenstein sent
Ter 10 the Tombs to await the il Guest on
April Is
Or. otto T. Schultze's autopsy yester-
dav showed that whatever weapon 1t
vas that entered Snyders breast. 1t
raeged between the third and fourth
libs. about an inch and three-Quarters
10 the left of the breast bone, and sew
eyed an artery in the outer wall of the
heart. Great force must have been re-
,,lljred 10 drive even a moderately sharp
instrument through the rib cartilage,
according TO DR.. Schultzc.
At first Mrs Snyder said she grabbed
the shears potulantly, because her hus-
hand insisted on scattering her head and
shoulders with cold water from bath
sponge, and then he seized her wrists
and jerked so hard he drove the
blades into his body. Yesterday how
ever. she said they had not been quar-
rolling. and the whole thing must have
been a horrible ending TO what her hus-
nand intended as joke. All this hap
pened before the noon hour, she said.
II was 2:3O o'clock when a doctor found
snyder dead in the bath. She said she
had no idea that he was seriously in
jured until he tainted and fell into the
tub.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
PLEADS FOR RIoHEsoN LIFE
Counsel Will Try to Save Murderer
from the Electric Chair.

Boston, April s.-The first move to save
the life of Clarence v 7. Rcheson' the
confessed murderer OF Miss AVIS Anneh'
,vbo Is sentenced TO die in the electric chair
during the week Of May 10, was made to-
day. n,,u,a
Tho former minister's attorney. William
, Morse. had a short conference with H.
e HamIln. executive secretary following
u,,,oh q was announced that on April %
Eel IN Richeson will appear before
Governor Foss and argue on the question
Of referring a petition to the executive
council.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
SUFFRAGE HATS At 2SC.
BUYERS at This Price Must Agree
to March in Parade.
PLANS FOR DEMONSTRATION
Line of March Will Move Up Fifth
Avenue on May 4, Ending with
Mass Meeting.

Here YOU are pow-suffrage hats IN
dozen, Como early and avoid the rush.
They are perfectly good hats. you under
stand. and the only reason they're so
CHEAP is that they're special bargain
for the parade. Even a male creature,
such as most wholesale mllliners are in
this badly arranged world. can be per
suaded 10 make concessions to twenty-five
Thousand suffragettes. You can't have one
Of these fashionable 2S-cent hats, how
ever. unless you pledge yourself 10 march
I'm the suffrage parade on May 4. Your
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
walked 20 the bathroom to stanch the
flow of blood
Regrets Delay Of Doctor.


flow OF blood.
Regrets Delay Of Doctor.
Il washed out his union suit because
his other suit was in the wash, she
said "Oh! how wish I had sent for a
doctor sooner. The hallboy tried to get
several doctors for me when Walter
tainted. but Or. O'Neill, Of No. 80 st,
Nicholas avenue, was the only one that
responded That's just how il all hap
pened. / think he must have meant to
brighten me when he pulled the scissors
so hard against his chest. / am innocent
and / can't see how they can charge me
with this crime" At this point Mrs.
Snyders passionless manner softened a
bit. and tears welled up in her eyes.
She dashed them away with her hand
kerchief. and in minute or so she was
herself again.
About a month ago the comely Miss
Caulfeld appeared before the janitor o:
the apartment at No. GOi West HON
street. and exhibited number OF well
colored bruises on her face and arms
and said they were marks Of Snyder
brutality. For some time the occupants
Of the place had heard violent uproars
emanating from the Snyder apartments.
The janitor helped her get her trunk out
and Miss Cauneld, with her pet orindie
bulldog, left the place for good. Two
weeks later the present Mrs. Snyder
moved in.
Miss Mary Caulheld, good looking
blonde, stynshly dressed, said at the
Hotel Ascot yesterday that her sister
Helen Caulfeld. had left the city early
in the morning after reading the news
~ Snvder's death I'm the papers. she
came 70 her Miss Caul6eld said, about
six weeks ago. with hardly enough
clothes TO keep her warm and WIN
story of cruel mistreatment at onNder
hands She told me that be was CORE
snonding with Harms woman. ny
sister has gone into New York state
sor,ewhere- | shan't say where. That $
all know about the case she said.
Helen Caulfeld is the daughter OF Jonn
= Garfield, well-to-do builder or Ne"
Rrjtain. Snyder eloped with ner ''"'"
hartford IN 1900. leaving his "'te' VINO
mos BERTHA Yeager. Of Detroit MIS-
c.rder aftervsrd went back 70 her
home in Detroit