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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
RICHMOND AGAIN
. HEADS The BOARD

George H. Richmond of South Rock
Island was reelected chairman of the
board of supervisors this afternoon
upon the converting of that body in
the regular spring session. There
was no opposition, the promised at
tempt of the Moline supervisors to
name f. H. Sleight of that city hav-
ing failed to materialize. Mr.. Rich
mond made a short speech outlining
his policy as head of the body and
summing up the work of the past
year and the needs of the future. He
was loudly applauded
Upon the gathering of the body, B. F.
Stowe of Moline was named temper
airy chairman. He named Edward
Cool, Paul Wadsworth and Charles
Hogberg as a committee on creden-
tials and upon their report, all the
new members of the board were seat
ed. S. R. Wright nominated Mr..
Richmond and it was made unani-
nous. The board adjourned until to-
morrow morning when routine bust
ness will be taken up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
DAVENPORT MAN
CAUGHT IN A TRAP

Walter Harder, alias Ray Harcher,
of Davenport, has been arrested and
taken to Peoria from this city to
answer to a charge of misuse of the
mails. The arrest was made Sunday
night at the Rock Island depot by De-
tective Herman Sehnert of this city
and Postal Inspector Harry Hadsell
of Davenport. 1t is alleged that Har-
der has been sending threatening let
tiers to Lillian Russell at Chicago, de-
handing that she meet him at the
Rock Island depot and deliver over to
him the sum of 5000. The letters
were turned over to the postofice
authorities who with the local
authorities laid a trap for their send
er. He was taken to Peoria today
by Deputy United States Marshal
Sheppard. The fellow is 80 years old
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
Obituary
MARY MOLD.

Miss Mary Mold died at her home,
1908 Fifteenth street, this morning at
l0:40 after a brief illness of 10 days.
Death was due to heart trouble.
Miss Mold was born in Rock Island
Sept Il, 1859, and had lived here prac-
tically all her life. She received her
education in the public and parochial
schools OF the city. She was a devout
member of St Joseph's church. BY
her sweetness of character, unseIfsh-
ness, and amiable disposition she won
many friends in the tri-cities who sin.
cerely mourn her death. She is sur
yiyed by her mother, Mrs. Henry Mold,
this city; two brothers, George and
William of Joslin, H., and four sisters
Mrs. C.. Buckley. Mrs. F Engelmann
Miss Amanda and Miss Elizabeth Mold
/ all Of Rock Island.
The funeral will be held from St.
Joseph's church Thursday morning al
! 9 O'Clock, Dean J. J. Quinn officiating
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
FORCE PAYMENT
OF WATER BILLS
Find Too Many Unpaid Accounts
on Collectors Books at
Close of Year.
SHUT OFF FLOW OF AQUA
Man With Bank Boob sidesteps
Settlement Till Last Minute
Seeks Favor.

Difficulty in forcing some owners of
houses to pay water rent is beginning
to vex Commissioner Martin T. Rud-
gren and his clerical force, for, though
the ordinances give them permission
TO force payment by shutting off the
water of those who do not pay, they
are loath to adopt stringent methods,
and so those who do not pay are CIV
ing lots of trouble. The question of
collections was brought before the
commission yesterday by Commission
er Rudgren, who sought the opinion
of other commissioners as to methods
TO be employed in collecting the back
rentals. He stated that three notices
are sent out, and that after they have
been sent, payment is due or the water
should be shut Off Unless that order
is enforced, a collector must be en-
ployed. No definite method was sug-
gested, but the enforcement of the or
dinance was agreed upon.
MAN WITH BANK ACCOUNT.
1T is not the poor laboring man, !"
said Commissioner Bear, who does
not pay the rent, but generally the
man with the bank account that let's
it go by. We should do like they do
in MOline-make them pay or go with
out water till they do pay" An Incl
dent of last week in the city clerk S
Office shows that it is the man with the
money who expects the city to wait
| for payment One man who did not
pay till the collector informed him that
the water would be shut off unless he
/ did appeared at the clerks Office, and
after berating and belittling Commits.
sioner Rudgren because he tried to dc
| his duty and enforce the ordinance
paid his bill and departed. The shut
ting off of the water is the only solu
ton advanced this far. and it may be
seen fit to enforce it to the letter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
Personal Points

]. w. WEIGH has returned from
Honesdale, Pa.
Mrs. Bernard D. Connolly and son
Bernard, have returned home, after
spending the winter in California.
Miss Mabel Lewis, switchboard oper-
ator at the New Harper, resumed her
duties this morning after an absence
of several days.
Mrs. Ben Walters, who has been con,
fined to her home for several days by
illness, resumed her duties as cashier
at the New Harper this morning.
Friends of Clarence wicker will be
pleased to learn that since taking up
his residence in San Antonio, Texas
some months ago, he has entirely re
gained his health and incidentally
some 80 pounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
INDICTMENTS IN
AGAINST MAYOR
AND JOHNIOONEY
Representative Citizens in Rush
to Get on Bonds of H. M.
Schriver.
FINE COMPLIMENT TO HIM
List of Others Indicted by Recent Spe-
cial Grand Jury Is Made Pub
lie Except for a Few.

With but few exceptions, the list
Of additional indictments returned
by the recent special grand
Jury was made public today
by Sheriff o. L. 8runer, in whose
hands we're placed the eapiases calling
for the arrest Of the indicted parties.
The list follows:
FOR ASSAULT TO DO BODILY HARM.
Mayor II. NJ. sehriVer.
FOR LIBEL.
John Looney.
FOR UNLAWFUL SELLING OF NEWS
PAPERS To MINORS.
John Looney two separate indict-
nents).
FOR MISCONDUCT ~ OFFICE.
officer Fred Heraes.
Officer August Kirsch.
officer Charles W. Ginnane.
Officer John Kinney.
officer Fred Gruby.
ron RENTING HOUSE OF uL-FAME.
Mary Cary.
Emma Sexton.
Theresa cavanaugh.
Albert Meyer.
Conrad Lininser.
John Blake.
William DiCkman.
Walter Yerbury.
George Sehaffer.
Ed Lamp.
Frank A. Andrews two indictments)
NJ. j. Murphy.
Elmer &. Reynolds.
Alice w. Hayes.
Sarah Rosenfied.
Anna Hartman.
J. J. TaSman (six indictments).
Meyer TaSman (six indictments).
MANY on MAYORS BOND.
Mayor Harry VI. Schriver. upon learn
ing Of his indictment. presented him
self al the sheriff's office and asked &c
have the capias served This was done
The bond required was $1,000. anC
there was a rush Of citizens from al
walks OF life 10 get on his bond
Nine bondsmen were admitted by tn,
sheriff as follows: r. +. Casteel. II. D
Mack. Major G. W HAYES, II. S. Cable
F. X Rhoads Jacob Ramser. Ira II
Bufium F. r. WEIGH and II. o. Rolls
l.. :. McCabe called up over the tele
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23

phone in an effort to go on the bond.
but was too late
No finer compliment TO Mayor
Schriver could have been shown than
the manner in which Rock Islands
representative citizens rallied to his
aid in the matter of giving bail.
The charge against the mayor is,the
result of his chastisement of John
Looney for the article published con-
corning the mayor.
TO WAIT FOR SERVICE.
The sheriff stated this afternoon that
the capiases in the above indictments
will be served as fast as the people
indicted come TO his Office. He be-
lieves that none of them will seek to
run away and that there is no need for
sending out deputies to arrest them.
They will be asked to come in and fix
their bonds. Looney and several others
have intimated that they will be un-
able to come at once and the capiases
will be held until they do so.
GARDNER GETS BAIL.
E. H. Gardner, one of the three held
for assault with intent TO murder, and
who was arrested yesterday morning
gave bail amounting to $1,000 yester.
day evening, and was released. His
bondsmen we're W. P. Tindall, Joseph
Scherrer, John Holzhammer. A. W
Billburg and Otto Seidlitz.
McCAsKRIN GIVES BOND.
Harry NJ. McCaskrin appeared in
the circuit court this afternoon and
gave bond in the sum of $1,000, his
| signers being DR.. c. T. Foster, J. F
Meyers, Thomas P. Rosenfield, S. H
[ Pierce, Harry Orman and A. ]
/ Riess.
/ Others who gave bonds we're Frank
A. Andrews, two indictments, $500
Sureties w. c. Maucker and JOSEPH
/ NJ. Schaab.
August fKirsch, $4,000. surety =
! c. Kirsch and Sam Ryerson.
Charles W. Ginnane, $4,000, sure
ty John P Sexton.
William Dickman, $500. sureties
Joseph Dickman and Charles A
. Walker.
John Kinney. $4,000, sureties, NJ
H. Sexton and T. ]. O'Brien.
Fred Herges. $4,000, sureties
John Kinney and John P. Sexton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
Der Y.

Vincent St Clair Berry, S-months-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Berry,
1907 Thirtieth street, died yesterday
afternoon at o'clock as the result of
diphtheria contracted last Saturday
The child was born in Rock Island
Aug. II, 1911. He leaves his parents
and two brothers, Vernon and Leland
The funeral was held this afternoon
from the home and the services were
private Rev. w. G. Oglevee was in
charge. Burial was in Riverside Gem
etery, Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
Books In the Middle Aaes.

In the middle ages books were ex.
changed for horse or half a dozen
sheep. When anybody needed stock or
other property he often pawned the
books that he owned. and in the town
of Oxford were at one time twenty
chests filed with valuable books. Lat
er the book fairs helped to relieve the
situation. No doubt there is a golden
mean somewhere between the scarcity
of the middle ages and the overproduc-
ton of today.-Argonaut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
FUND FOR SCHOOL is
RAPIDLY GROWING

Pledges for the new St Joseph's
parochial school are coming in fast,
and at noon today over $4,000 had
been secured. Dean J. J. Quinn ex-
pressed himself as highly pleased with
the progress made thus far, and there
is little doubt but that the entire
amount desired, will be secured by the
end Of the week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
AUTOMATIC PHONE TO
SEEK FRANCHISE HERE

The directors of the newly organ
lied Automatic Phone company,
which has been given a franchise in
Davenport, met yesterday in Daven-
port and decided to ask the voters of
Rock Island for a franchise here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
Tennis the Game Of Kings.

Tennis is the game of kings. The old
est of existing ball games-it is men
toned IN the Arthurian romances-ten-
mis- was originally the pastime of the
kings and mobiles, and It was long be-
fore its descendant-tawn tennis-be-
came popular with an classes. The
game reached England from France
and Italy, and by the time of Henry
VII we find q royal tennis court at
Windsor Henry VIII. was an expert
at the game.-LondOn Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
The Quarrel Discreet.

"why do you employ such elaborate
circumlocution when you tell a man
tnat you doubt his veracity?"
81 find it better to use the longest
words possible. If can compel man
to consult the dictionary to ascertain
just what l mean both our tempers get
a chance to cool."-Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
All the news all the time-The Argus
The Economical Cooking Fat

There is both economy and solid salts
faction in cooking with Cottolene. Not
only is it more economical than either
butter or lard-one-third less being re-
quired-but it can be used in fine cakes
and pastry with every bit as good re-
suits as butter, and for frying it excels
lard or other cooking fats.
Unlike lard, Cottolene makes food
wholesome, nourishing, digestfble. It
is made from Cottonseed Oil, the use
Of which DR.. Wiley so strongly has
commended.
Cottolene shortens your food-length-
ems your life, and saves you money at
The same time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
FRANK ACKLEY.

Word was received by G. w. Ackley
this morning of the death of his father.
Frank Ackley, at Los Angeles, Cal,
who died yesterday morning at 6
O'Clock after an illness of two months.
Mr.. Ackley WAS born in Keo6uk,
Iowa, II years ago, where he remained
in business until % years ago, at that
time removing to st. Louis One year
ago he removed to Los Angeles, which
place had been his home since. He
was married in Keokuk to Miss Fran
ces Mackey in 1866, his wife preceding
him in death nine years.
He is survived by two sons. G. w.
Ackley of Rock Island and J E. Ack.
ley of St. Louis, one daughter, Mrs. s.
D. Hardaway of Orlando, Fla, three
brothers and one sister of Keokuk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
NO VERDICT YET IN
KILDUFF MURDER CASE

The second trial of Mrs. Anna Kill
due, on trial for the murder of her
husband, went to the jury this morn
ing at 11:3O. No report had been
made at a late hour this afternoon.
The first jury failed to reach a YER
dict after delving over the testimony
for period of As hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
USE CAN OPENER
TO ESCAPE IAN

In escaping from the Payne county
jail at saltwater. Okla. L L smith
and two nSgroes A. J. Stone and
sam Ellis. used = can opener 70 cut
a hole In the tin roo1 or the build
ing. Stone = charged with assault
and battery, Smith with robbery and
Ellis with shooting with intent TO
Kill. Ellis vCs captured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
The Rast Mas Easy.

She-I am weary of being a bachelor
sirl. He-Well-er-do you know I'm a
bit sick of being a spinster man.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
SooIdina Not Successful.

Scoiding Not Successful.
Many women have attempted to scolf
affection into the hearts of men. but
we have never heard OF one who sue
ceeded. Record Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
RIVER RIPLETS

II required the combined efforts OF
just 80 men to get the wrecked Pack
ard automobile, which was smashed
in the accident on the government is
land some time ago, on board the Hell
en- Blair for shipment to Muscatine
yesterday afternoon. Owing to the fact
that the wheels were broken, the car
could not be rolled up the gang planks,
and the men were forced to half lift
and half drag it up the incline and on
board the steamer.
The Blair left at 4 o'clock, with its
usual heavy cargo of freight
The interstate improvement boat
Alice, port of New Boston, locked at
the foot of Nineteenth street yester-
day morning, resuming the return jour
ney late in the afternoon.
The L. S. Mac made trip to the
government harbor at Silver lake yes
terday carrying two barges of coal.
| This morning it returned to take out a
cargo of provisions, on quarter boat
$40.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23
The Blair left at o'clock, with its
usual heavy cargo of freight.

Licensed to Wed.
James r. Barnet ............. Moline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23

Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Parrish,
Jr.. OF New York. are busy fitting up
a new apartment in Paris. They
have also taken a house at Deau-
VILE for the summer where they
VIII entertain many OF their Amer
lean friends. They sailed from New
York recently ard paid a long visit
TO the Spanish nobleman Count
Leopold de la Maza at his country
place la Nava" near Seville. Count
Maza has frequently entertained
King Alfonso and the young Queen
there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-23

Burial will take place at Calvary Gem
etery.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-14

think you're saving the happier you
feel about it,
$50 you planted vegetables?"
prompted the caller
1--WE did," answered her hostess. 1--WE
hired q gardener at So day to put
in the seeds because we thought 1t
would pay to have it done scientifical-
ly. I found out afterward that the
gardener was a tinsmith out of job.
The tinsmiths were having strike, or
something, and he was a union man,
so, not being able to tin, he took to
gardening to kill time. Possibly he
wanted to get near to nature. But
I think he must have had an unsym-
pathetic disposition and then-well,
probably they were nonunion seeds,
because they came up a month later,
looking as if they begrudged the ef
fort"
The visitor appeared scandalized at
the others ignorance. "Of course,
DEAR" she said, suavely, you must
have realized that it was due to the
cold weather that your seeds didn't
come up. You shouldn't have put
them in until later
1--WE put our potatoes in later" said
the hostess, land they grew so that
Edward and I felt sure they, at least,
would repay us for our trouble.
watered them twice day and they
grew four feet high" She sighed.
did they decay In the ground?"
inquired the suburbanite.
mo, indeed" said her hostess.
There was nothing to decay. We
had company to luncheon one day
and l went out to our own potato
patch to get some potatoes to bake
I was sure they must be ripe and
had planned special treat l pulled
up the stalks and dug a foot deep
and sifted the ground and I got FIVE
potatoes the size of French peas" She
smiled ruefully. And the cats ate
our parsley" she added
I'm so sorry" murmured her
friend, with a superior smile, but,
after all, l suppose one can't expect
much from a city garden. You'll
have to come out to our little village
to live and then you can enjoy your
own garden stuff"
I'm sure we should" assented the
city dweller, politely, "but, you see,
I've already resigned myself to buy
ing our vegetables. They seem so
cheap, now that I've tried raising
things myself"
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-14
TIDAL WAVE WRECKS BOAT
United States Submarine Aground Oh
California Coast and Is Badly
Damaged.

jacksonville, Cal, Oct. 14.-G. A.
Schroeder of Milwaukee and T. J..
Turbett of Newark, N. j., seamen on
board the United States submarine
FL, were drowned when giant wave
swept over the little craft which later
went aground near Port jacksonville.
The extent of the damage to the sub.
marine could not be determined. Low
tide left it upright in the sand in
three feet of water.
Schroeder and Turbett were on
watch at daybreak, with another sea.
man named "Blinky," when a rising
sea tore the submarine from its moor
ings to buoy. Before the seamen
could get control of the steering gear,
the deck was engulfed in wave and
Schroeder and Turbett were carried
overheard.
The third seaman saved himself by
grasping the railing. He was badly
bruised and almost drowned when res.
cued few moments later by his com
rades. The body of Turbett was
washed ashore. Schroeder's body has
not been recovered.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-14
HYDRO PLANE IS WRECKED
AVIATORS CLING TO DISABLED
MACHINE FIFTEEN HOURS.
Engine Explodes, Machine Catches
Fire and Drops Like
Plummet iHto Bay.

Philadelphia, Oct. 14.-Aviator Mar.
shall B. Reid and Henry c. Dustin, a
eutenant-commande in the navy,
were found in Delaware Bay after
clinging for more than Is hours to
the wreck of the hydro-aeroplane in
which they started to fly from Cape
May to this city.
The engine of their machine ex.
ploded while 1t was flying at the rate
of 40 niles an hour over the bay, and
both men and airship plunged like a
shot into the water.
An oyster boat picked up the men,
who finally had moved to a buoy Of
the wreckage, which had been kept
afoat by its pontoons.
when we were about II miles
from Cape May. flying about $50 feet
in the air and making 40 miles an
hour the engine behind us exploded,
said Reid, describing his thrilling
escape from death.
Waves Extnguish Flames.
THE four cylinders blew out to.
gether. The aeroplane caught fire
and we dropped like a plummet. Right
down into Delaware Bay We went, but
the flames were extinguished by the
waves
1.-The pontoons kept us afoat and
we drifted around in the bay for fif-
teen hours and forty minutes. Then
we bumped into stake driven in the
bottom of the bay to indicate the po-
sition of an oyster bed and we made
fast to It and waited for daybreak. We
were picked up and landed by an oys-
ter patrol boat which also took the
wrecked machine ashore Both Dus-
tin and ! escaped without a scratch.
"The only explanation | can give
for the accident is that the gasoline
used was of too high quality. The
pontoons saved our lives and proved
that hydro-aeroplanes are much safer
than the ordinary flying machines. If
that accident had happened over land
there is nothing in the world that
would have saved u.s."
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-14
Traced by Hotel Realsers.

Indianapolis, Oct, 14-Hotel clerks
and boarding house keepers continued
to hold the boards in the dynamite
conspiracy trial. 1t was expected that
the government would consume at
least another week in building the
scenario of the industrial drama. r.
]. Rutherford, hotel man of Omaha,
Neb., testified to the presence there
in 1910 of McManigal. Hotel clerks,
by means of registers exhibited to
the jury, traced McManigal. Hockin
and j. b. Mcnamara to Toledo, Gin
cinnati, Utica N Y, and other cities.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-14
BALD JACK" TESTIFlES THAT
POLICE LIEUTENANT WAS
DANGEROUS.
FRETTED OVER THEIR DELAY
Alleged Collector for Policeman De-
clares Man on Trial and Rosen-
thai Were in Partnership and
Quarrel Led to Raid.

New York, Oct. 14.-"Bald jack
Rose, who says he was Police Lieu
tenant Charles Becker's collector on
graft from gambling houses, told his
story on the witness stand at Becker's
trial for the murder of Herman Ros-
enthal, the gambler. He declared
Becker told him he wanted Rosenthal
murdered, shot, croaked or dyna-
mited"
Becker told me-" said Rose, that
Rosenthal meant to do what he had
threatened after they had quarreled-
to squeal and break him. We have
got to put Rosenthal, he said, where
you nor | nor anybody else will ever
have to worry about him again."
Rose said he protested at this, but
Becker was obdurate. At Beckers or.
ders, he continued, he saw Jack Zelig,
a gang leader, in the Tombs, and got
the gunner to kill Rosenthal.
Becker told me to tell the gunner
he would frame them up if they did
not kill Rosenthal," Rose declared
Delayed "Doing the job"
Rose said they had delayed doing
the job" and Becker had insisted that
they hurry it along" He told of a
plan to kill the gambler at the Garden
restaurant 1t failed he said, because
of suspicion that private detectives
were present and guarding Rosenthal.
Becker got hot at this" Rose add
ed. "He kept asking, Why all this
stalling? Why don't you get him?'
One day he said: Now, this is going
on too .ong. Either you are stalline
them, or those fellows are stalline
you
Il told Becker that a detective had
scared the boys off at the Garden
restaurant" Rose continued. Ode.
tective, he said; walk up and shoot
Rosenthal in front of a policeman
Get through with it; get it over"
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-14
WHAT THE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES ARE DOING

Republican-President Taft left
Beverly on the Mayffower en- route to
New York for the great naval review
Democratc-Gov. Wilson is en-
route home from western trip.
Prog ressive-Col. Roosevelt speaks
at Chicago
Socialist-Eugene V, Debs spent the
day at Terre Haute, Ind
ihitionist-Eugene w. Chafin is
touring New York state.