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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-21

= w. ~ "a AS~A ~~0S
ltinues to Grow
BECAUSE, its terminal and transportation facilities
are unexceled
BECAUSE, it is centrally located with reference to
the great central American markets. the
greatest in the world
BECAUSE, when the interior waterways OF Amer
lea are developed it's factories will have
waterway connection with the great and
growing South American markets, and
BECAUSE, its citizens recognize the Importance OF
the factory in it's growth and develop
ment, and are working in better har-
mOny to promote the factories best
interests than the citizens of any of
the other industrial cities of the west.
BECAUSE, the Moline factories are expanding at
East Moline, under the most favorable
municipal conditions conceivable.
BECAUSE, of unexcelled labor conditions. The
Tri-Cities offer supply of skilled and
unskled labor to meet all emergencies.
BECAUSE, it has many natural advantages in eli
mate, sanitation, natural beauty, etc.,
which make it attractive place to live
and profitable to do business in, and it
CAN NOT HELP BUT GROW
Moline Land Co.
EAST MOLINE. ILL.,
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
Pleas of Not Guilty 4
: v Given by Jeffersons

John M. Jefferson and Frank Jeffer-
son. alias Charles Murphy, indicted In
connection with an attempt to obtain
5000 from the Union Trust Company
on deed Of trust on the Vermont ave-
nue. property. of Frank @. Carpenter.
newspaper writer and traveller. weresaf-
raigned befofS s5ustScs Anderson, IN
Criminal Court NO. /, today. Both
pleaded not guilty.
While the Indictment was being read.
John NJ. Jefferson, who Is afflicted with
the infirmities of old age. found 1t neces-
sary to sit down, standing up with an
effort when he entered his plea.
Pleas of not guilty also were made by
Ella Hall and Lille Hawkins, both col
ored, who are alleged to have made a
murderous assault on Lee Tai, a China
man, with u Ratchet or a piece Of pipe
on November II. They probably will be
tried next week. g
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
BOOMERS READY
TO AID UNIVERSAL
TRANSFER FIGHT
Senate District Committee
Hearing and Mass Meeting
Planned for Friday.

Next Friday promises to be big day
for the cause OF universal transesrp On
the street railway. lines Of the DiS.
Al 10. o'clock IN the morning : public
hearing before the Senate Dtstftct Com
rnittee, to which any resident Of the
city 10 welcome, will be held and n s
o'clock in the evening q mAss meeting
Will be held at old Masonic Temple.
Ninth and. r. streets, to which. Ike.
wise. every person In ths District Of
Columbia II invited.
The members OF the citiseng confer
ence will act as n0pr COMMITTEES, and
q street car conductor will be stationed
at the door to issue to everyone who
comes 70 the meeting Q badge In the
shape Of universal transfer.
w. A. Foster. chairman Of the com.
mittee on speakers. announces that
son and senator works Will be
among the speakers who would -
present. He promises TO Antsouncs
Chairman Charles w. Darr Will act ~
chairman Of the meeting. Mr.: parr
will also present the argument Tor the
conference at the public hearing Friday
morning.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
Success of Charity
Ball Now Assured

With theg large bali room on the
tenth floor OF the New willard con-
terted into q miniature fairyland with
gorgeous decorations and hundreds of
hidden and semi-visible lights. and
nearly every ticket sold. indications
are that the annual charity ball for
the benefit of the Children's Hospital.
tonight. will be the best attended at
fair Of It's kind ever undertaken for
that institution. ss.i ~
For two days decorators have been
at work changing the appearance of
the room. and the designs and color
schemes are unusually original.
President and Mrs. Taft are expected
70 be present; Every embassy and
resented. The list Of patronesses in
cludes the names Of the best known
persons in Washington society.
Mrs. Harold sewali, who was to have
charge OF the ball, was forced, to with
draw on account of the death Of her
father, Rear Admiral Evans. Her place
has been taken by Mrs. Horace West
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
Elected From Car,
He Sues for Damages

Claiming that he was assaulted and
put OF a street car by conductor.
Charles 8. Paterson today filed suit in
the District Supreme Court against the
Capital Traction Company for 5000
damages He alleges he was unfamiliar
with the transfer system Of the Chevy
Chase line, and neglected TO get q trans
fer at the Rock Creek bridge loop, and
as a consequence had an alteration
elected him even though he offered to
pay additional fare to ride to the Zoo.
Attorneys Higgins, Mcneil & Evans
appear for Patteson.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
GERMAN DOCTORS
CANCER SPECIFIC
CUTS OFF TISSUES
In Experiments on Mice
Remedy Destroys Diseased
Parts in Ten Days.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1.-THE paper con-
tnininF tho significant pprtionr Of Prof.
A. Won Wasscrmann,s report, made
December II to the Berlin Medical So
ciety, on his nev-found specific remedy
for cancer and malignant tumors in
mice. has just arrived In this country,
and by the courtesy Of the Rockefel-
Ter Institute for Medical Research trans
lations Of some Of Its passages are pre-
scented.
Acccntutating and confirming the
method Of Prof. Ehrlich when he de-
wlored HIS specific salvarsan, which is
curative upon the entire class OF dis
cases caused w proatozon spirilla-lues
and frambesia. European relapsing fe-
yer and chicken spifillosis, among
others, the paper Of Prof. A. Won Was
serniann and his eminent associates
heralds tho fact that after several hum
dred chemical completes of selinium,
tcluriun AMI eosln had failed one has
heen evolved that In ten days after its
iirst injection cieaves and sloughs Off
the masses of orgunic tissues that COM
posed the tunors and only healthy tissue
remains.
This is not cure Cor human cancer,
the experiinenters say. That will be
later, II II comes. But II Is the second
demonstration In quick succession of
the school OF German chemists led by
Prof. Enrich that \ chemical may be
evolved that performs the act Of SUR
geon with infinttc nicely and delicacy.
removing only the tissue Of the disease.
Salvarsan, as reported by Prof. Ehr-
Itch and by the thousands Of physicians
who have used his famous .'606'' COM
pound for the spillar diseases, does q
double work. 1t both kills the para
sites and removes the pseudo-cancerous
organic tissue formed by their presence.
Cancer. itself q parasite. the origin Of
which the great foreign cancer research
commissions have abandoned their at
tempts to md, II definitely declared by
Prof. Won Wassermann and his asso-
ciates, Or. Franz Keysser and the
Chemist Michael Wassermann. to be
organic, and they have its curative spe-
cific for one animal species. The report
says:
remsdies are wont to be parasitotropic
ganotropic destructive OF organic It's
sue), TO use Prof. Ehrlich's terminology,
In this case they must be definitely Or
gantropic, and only for q certain part
OF the organ. namely. the newly formed
pathological tumor cells"
Whether cancer IL parasitic In Its ORR
GIN in tho fact that the tumors are
organic and their cell structure Ii de-
stroyed by the new specific, Ties the
hope Of attack on similar lines to those
followed by Enrich ana A. Won Wasgef-
mann upon all chronic ana organic dis
eases, whatever their nature"
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
Socialists Suspend '
Mayor They Elected

LIMA, Ohio, Jan. 8-Lima socialists
have made permanent the suspension
of Mayor Corbin Shook from their party
because he refused to submit his ap-
pointments to the members of his party
for approval and appointed non-sociaI-
lists to the principal offices.
The local party also reaffirmed its
mandate to the socialists who have
been rendered appointments by the So
sign on penalty of suspension.
Edwin Blank. lawyer and socialist
whom Mayor Shook appointed director
Of public safety, declares he will ac-
cept the appointment
Mayor Shook refused to defend him
self against charges of violating the
constitution and principles of the So
cialist organisation.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08

Education as means Of prevent
Ing disease IL urged by DIR. w. e.
Woodward. Health Officer. In his an
nual report made public today. De-
clartng that all diseases are to GER
tain extent probably due to prevent
able causes, Dir. Woodward recon-
mends that the Government enter up
on q campaign of education looking
toward the prevention OF disease now
classed as nom prevcntable.
The records of the Health Depart
ment for the last ffteen years show
a dirninution In the mortality from
those diseases regarded as prevent
,nble,, such MS dirhtberia. malaria,
pneumonia, scarlet fever. typhoid
fever, and smallpox. while on the
other hand, among those diseases not
a considerable. rise. In this class are
included. apoplexy, Brights disease,
diabetes, diseases OF the heart and
att is most unfortunate that any
distinction should ever have been
drawn between preyentAble diseases
and diseases that are supposedly not
preventable. says the Health Officer.
soe ars ana w iasy
to some the methods OF prevention are
yet to be understood: but probably
all diseases are to certain extent
preventable. The only means for
controlling such maladics is through
education. and in view of the effici-
ency OF education as a means of pre-
venting the spread OF communicab BILE
diseases, It seems highly desirable
that the Government should enter
upon campaign of education look
Ing toward the prevention OF dis
case depending upon the heredity or
personal habits OF the individual.
Money for Prevention.
From the standpoint Of the health
and efficiency Of the nation as we'll as
from the standpoint VI the health and
efficiency OF the Individual. It is Just as
unfortunate. and the loss is Just as
greet whether one Ia dieahled or dies
as the result Of Brixht's disease or as
the result of Asiatic cholera, and 1t IL
manifestly lust as much within the
province Of the Government to spend
money for the prevention If the former
as for the prevention OF the latter"
Recommendation Is made by the
Health Officer. that the Commissioners
continue the conversion of inhapitated
alleys into n,lnof streets and interior
parks, II being declared that the alley
problem il one Of the most important
t.eforc the community at the present
time.
: "Thc alley question: says l)r. Wood
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
Capt. J. c. Jorgensen
Buried at,Arlington

Funeral services for Capt. Joachim C.
Jorgensen. we'll known as the. inventor
OF the krag-Jorgensen rife. formerly
used In the United States army, were
held at his residence. SOC First street
southeast. at ! o'clock this afternoon.
MintsEment was in arlington csmetery
organization Captain jorgenseti had Ions
oeen 2 member. attended the services in
Captain Jorgensen, who had received
the Indian wars in the Southwest. was
q native OF Copenhagen, Denmark. ne
Is survived by his wife. Anna M. Jorg-
enSen. -.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
URGES MASSES TO
PREVENT Disc ASE
DR.. William c. Woodward, in Annual Report Declares
Education Surest Foe Of Maladies Which Increase
w. ed Mortality Records. m IS

ward. mot only Involves the question
VI neatth. hut involves also the matter
~ police protection. IRE protection. and
jewellers IN alleys, aid. certainly, no one
can denv that the trend Of alley life
y against all these things. Action that
has been taken toward tho elimination
famous OF Infamous Willow Tree alley.
but only very short step.
n,s ~ may be possible to find in the
be eliminated by such treatment"
Record Of Rabies.
Directing attention to the records Of
the department. which show that DUR
Ing the fiscal year 1sl0-is1l. fifty-two
persons were bitten by dogs known to
be rabid. as shown by post norton
findings OF the Bureau OF Animal In
dustry, Health Officer woodward re-
commends the enactment of q regula-
tion prohibit ng. all dogs from running
at large after dark.
force, ~ Will be imposaibie TO- prevent
unmuxxled dogs running ct large after
dark. ~ nuxxled dogs are allowed to
r rum e large At that time. says tn. the
eonSition ana Sn seems ms &c be os p pels
fectly proper one. Is to forbid all dogs
from running at large after twilight.
Such a law would be effective because
1t would enable the poundmen to i'm
pound any dog found at large after
dark whether muxzled or unmuzzled
II would work no hardships, since a
dos;if kept as q watch dog. SHOULD be
on his rnaster's premises after dark"
1t 10 recommended also that provision
be made for increasing the pound force
when the muzzling OF dogs is made
compulsory. t
Wants Trained Nurses.
Renewal IL made by the health Of
ficer that q corps Of trained nurses be
provided In connection with the medical
inspection Of public schools. Unless the
work of the medical and dental in
spectors II supplemented by the services
OF school nurses. he says, the medical
inspection service will fall far short
OF the, good OF which It Is capable.
As the result of operations of the
Health Department. under the various
laws and regulations relating to the
manpfacture. storaga. and sale of foods
and drugs, go cases were referred to
the Police Court for prosecution. Fines
and forfeited collaterals amounting to
81, 739 were collected as the result Of
these prosecutions. The number of vio-
lations OF the smoke law referred to
the Corporation Council for prosecution
was 147. resulting in fines and forfeit
ures amounting to $3.50.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
Fortune Seeks him as
He Seeks. Poorhouse

ASHTABtTLA. Ohio. Jan. s-whiie Al
bert Olson was being taken to the poor
mousse at kingsvllle to spend the winter.
q, sister. in Beioit Wis. was seeking
MIN to inform him that their father. in
Sweden, had died. leaving him q third
interest Of his large estate. He was
located In the poorhopse today, through
2 letter sent the local postmaster by
the sister, He will 20 to Bel6it. and
Olson was the proprietor Of a saloon
here until the county went dry" when
he became destitute.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.

"
The Anacostia Citizens. Association
viii meet on Wednesday evening.
when there will come up for discus
sion questions relating TO street I'm
provements and street car transfers.
The association 10 trying to ascer-
tain whether Commissioner Judson
has made up an estimate for the paw
inG and widening Of Nichols avenue
between the Anacostia bridge and
Talburt street. a. was promised. and
also whether any steps have been
taken toward bringing members Of
the Senate and House District Com
mittees to Anacostia to look into the
situation with reference to the Inn
provements to Nichols avenue and the
subsequent underground installation
Of trolley wires.
Citisens Of Congress Heights have
appealed to the Anacostia Citizens
Association to aid them in their
transfer tight. Their complaint 10 that
they can board only the Center Mar
ket cars at the Heights, and when
they take . transfer ut First and e
streets southeast to the Union sta
from that branch Of the Anacostia
line.
Henry Ridgeway, who died at his
home ncar Silver Hill, Prince George
county. Md, on Thursday, following
d long illness. was member Of Ana
costa Tent. No. Z, Knights Of the
Maccabees. He was thirty years old,
and wife ana six children survive
him. His funeral took place on Sat-
urday. and he was buried In the ceme-
terry at Silver Hill.
Acting Sergeant G J. p. Weber and
Policeman Karl scherer recovered SIS. 10
that was reported by George Frederick.
Of Congress Heights. as having been
stolen. He told the police he had placed
the monty In savings bark, which
had beer taken from his house. The
policemen located two boys in the Con-
gross Heights School who, after much
questioning, admitted having taken thu
bank nnd It's c,ntents. They had
smashed the receptacle. taken ont the
money. and had hidden 1t in deep
ravina In Pencote woods. Tho police.
men went to the rayine and found the
money intact, only 10 cents having becl
used by the boys.
Mr.. Frederick was 80 pleased at the
recovery Ut bis money that he refused
to prosecute any one, DO no arrests
were made.
James Page, 1850 w street. fas re-
quested the police to assist him In locat-
ing gold watch fob. with gold bar AMI
charm
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
Girl-Wife Disappears.

TOLEDO. Ohio. Jan. s.-John Queen.
aged seventy. q wealthy farmer. to-
of 81 ,0OOSfor the recovery OF hts child.
wife who has now been missing nine
days and whom he says was Kidnapped.
He married the girl three months ago.
The police believe the girl IL being
held for ransom. Queens heart 10
broken.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
Requiem Mass for
Mrs. Mary e. Hoffman

Requiem mass for Mrs. Mary r. Hoft-
man, bookbinder in the Government
Printing ONCE. who died suddenly IN q
store while on her way to work, was
held this morning at o'clock In Holy
Name Church, interment being In MI.
Olivet Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
Gets Clerkship.

Gustave Il. Bittner has been appoint
ed clerk at the Mckinley Manual Train
ing School in place of Nelson M. Nc
Herman. who recently resigned to take
4 place on the faculty Of the school.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
TYPEWRITER THIEF
STILL IS AT LARGE,
POLICE IN SEARCH
Another Machine Stolen
From Lawyers Office in
Alexandria.
WARRINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
t AI.ExANDRIA VA IAN q

NAsNNfkNARAAs A.s JAN. D.
A THIEF, with q penchant for typewr.t.
ers 10 giving the police OF this cit,
some worry. In the past month, three
machines have been stolen from tho Of
ices Of lawyers here. Early last even.
ing the office of Lewis Machen, at Kin,
and Washington streets, was entered
and valuable machine stolen. Less
than q month before, the office OF
Charles E. Corgan. In room adjoin-
ing that of Mr.. Machen.s was entered,
and the typewriter taken, the thief
leaving no clue. Last Monday night, a
machine was taken from the office oil
Walter U. varney, on Fairfax street
almost directly across from polio,
headquarters. 80
The thief also has been active IN
Alexandria county. six or eight ina.
chimes having been taken from lawyers
offices. One also was stolen from a
minister at Falls Church.
Chief Goods has requested several at
torneys here to take particular caution
70 sec that their offices are NO. left un-
locked. and to take every precaut,on to
prevent further complaints OF this ma
ture. He asserts that an arrest Of the
thief may follow within TIE next few
days.
The January term OF the corporation
court, Judge Louis G. Barley, con-
vened ut II o'clock this morning. The
session was devoted to the calling OF
the docket and the setting Of cases for
trial.
In the United States court for the
Eastern district OF Virginia. the Jury
continued us deliberations in the dam
age suit Of r. G. L. Mcncure against
Joshua Ofutt, for an assault alleged to
have been committed on the attorney
outside the court house at Rockville,
Nd, last spring. -
In Observance OF the week of prayer,
services will be held at the various local
churches. commencing this evening, as
follows: Trinity Methodist Church, 7:a
tonight. the Rev. John l.. Allison, D. D.,
Church, officiating; Tuesday night, at
the First Baptist Church, the Rev. q.
"A. Luttrel. pastor Of the Trinity Meth
o e Church officiating; Wednesday. at
Rsv Hairy csnser ps Ssar'a 81 the the
methodist Episcopal Church., South
Thursday, at the Methodist Episcopni
Church. South. the Rev w. F. watson.
toSSVA VI tuC r lT0tl bdptlSt Cnurcns Fri
day, at the Methodist Protestant
Church, the Rev. w. e. Langford, pas
tor OF the Second Baptist Church.
The degrees of the order were con-
ferred upon twenty-five candidates lat
last nights smeeting Of Alexandria
Council. No. 4. Ancient Order az Hffers
mans. The work wes exempliffSd by One
council fr6m Washington.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cordelia
Posey were held from Demaine's under
taking establishment at Q O'Clock this
afternoon. The Rev. w. F. Watson
OF the First Baptist Church, officiated
ana burial was in Bethel Cemetery.
The funeral of James l.. Baumgart.
ner, tr., the four-year-old son Of Mr.
and Mrs. James Baumgartner who died
In Boston, Mass, will be held from
the family residence. 11S South Payne
street, tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
Officers for the ensuing year will be
elected at q meeting Of the chamber OF
commerce to be held this evening
The Washington times., 1912-01-08

Regi Berry. colored. sixteen years old.
was arrested Yesterday Tor alleged par
ticipation In game Of craps. The
police released him when he deposited
s. at tina stal;on "a
The Washington times., 1912-01-08
ScrOfula

May develop so slowly as to cause
little IL any disturbance during the
whole period of childhood.
1t may then produce dyspepsia, ca
tarrh, and marked tendency to con-
sumption, before causing eruptions.
sores or swellings.
In the treatment Of this serious dis
ease do not fail to take the great
blood purifier and tonic.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
In usual liquid form or in checolatsd
tablets known as Sarsatabs.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08

Officers for the ensuing year will be
elected at q meeting Of the chamber Of
commerce to be held this evening.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08

James Page. $50 w street. fas re-
auested the police to assist him In locat-
ting q gold watch fob. with gold bar and
charm
The Washington times., 1912-01-08

The funeral of James L. Baumgart-
ner, IT., the four-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Baumgartner. who died
In Boston, Mass, will be held from
the family residence, lis South Payne
street, tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1912-01-08

Posey were held from Demainess Under
taking establishment at Q O'Clock this
afternoon. The Rev. w. F. Watson
OF the First Baptist Church, officiated
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-02-22

trial department, has issued a foldt l
for wide distribution calling attention
to the superior advantages offered in
the states traversed by its lines for the
profitable development of this industry
The big home demand for poultry
products with prices higher than on
other markets, and the ideal conditions
prevailing in the south for raising
chicks at low cost are two of the good
arguments set forth in the folder. 1t is
fact that every southern city of any
size imports annually thousands of
dollars worth of eggs and chickens.
Eggs will average throughout the year
at least five cents more per dozen than
in the north. The southern poultry
man has market near his plant and
does not have to consider long hauls
and uncertain markets.
For the small poultry raiser who is
satisfied to make a living only at first,
gradually building up his business
with his profits, the initial cost of a
poultry plant in the southeast should
not run over $500, according to an esti-
mate given in the folder. Many pros
porous southern poultrymen began on
as low as 500 first capital. Several
acres of land, small laying house and
runs is about all necessary for poultry
raising on small scale in the south.
east, and such plant will make
healthful, pleasant living for the fami,
ly and under intelligent management
will in few years result in large
industry.
The Southern Railway Company is
very much interested in the develop
ment of the poultry industry, as it is
in other industries and activities of the
people served by it, and Land and In
dustrial Agent M. V. Richards at
and Western Agent Chas.
5. Chase, Chemical Bldg, ST. Louis,
are prepared to give all possible assist
ance without charge to prospective
desiring to locate in the