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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
SEEK FRESH TRAIL
OF ALLEN OUTLAWS
Bloodhounds Fail to Follow One
More Than Thirty-Six
Hours Old.
NEW CLUE is DISCOVERED
Feeling Grows That Fugitiyes
Will Be Taken Without
Bloodshcd.
Especial to. The Times-l1ispatch.

sNfN-''At W. iiS ipIsPdlCn.l
Hillsville. Va, April i.-Although the
day was spent in search of fresh
trail on which TO employ tho blood
!, hounds fs... i!,o Stat. Farm, nope
could lie located. no trace OF Sidna
Allen and Wesley Edwards being dis
covered. The dogs werc given the
scent at the spot whcre the blanke
and food ware loft on saturday after
noon, but this was more than thirty
six hours old. and no longer regarded
as of practical value. w. G. Baldwin
has said that In all his long expert
ence he can recall no cas-. where a
trail had been successfully followed by
bloodhounds after eleven hours had
elapsed. and then only under the mos,
favorable circumstances. After two or
three hours. he is skeptical.
AS a matter of fact. on the mountain
slopes the work OF the dogs is no,
expected to be very satisfactury and
Of locating the outlaws by his means
L. was merely done by way OF taking
a chance with the ono additional pos
sibility of clue.
Among the thousands of reports
which have reached thu detectives since
the day of their arrival in Hilisvillc
on March 10. were TWO to-day which
seemed To bear somewhat more re
scmblancc to tn truth than the aver
age. Sc!pio Gray and Alexander Me
Craw OF the Fancy Gap neighborhood
say they saw the fleeing men yester-
day near their homes
AS the days go by the feeling that
the outlaws VIII be taken without
bioodshcd Increases. \ fight would
have hccn inevitable i'm earlier days.
Eut the determination of the two re-
maining fugitivcs must. II Is felt. be
lcssenins. Friel Allen has told OF
the mental strain, when the men
were afraid 10 move ten feet from
ions clump of bushes to another; how
they do not know If there is one
man OF 1900 eng scd in the pursuit
how they live Oh iuod which hardly
sufiices TO keep soul and body to-
.gcthcr. low they must sleep without
sufficient shelter or warmth OH the
mountain side.
Under the circumstances, il is be-
lisNed TO be not at all improbable
that the mon VIII conjure up a line
of defense, and then, II captured. SUB
init without struggle. takinS their
chances in the courts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
Special Notice

Captain Robert +. Scott'u nnrra-
tive of his explorations In the Ant
arctic, published below, wns issued
by the New York Timcn Company
yesterday ma a book, duly entered
for copyright and publicly exposed
for sale. the snme being it's arst
publication anywhere In tho world.
It's reproduction In this newspaper
Is, of course, duly authorized. Its
reproduction elsewhere I'm the United
States. in any form, except by per-
mission from the Now York Times
Company, In forhfddon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
Miraculous Escapes and
Trying Experiences
Mark Winters Work
in Antarctic.
SUNLESS SEASONON
GREAT SNOW PLAIN.
FEARFUL ORDEAL.

Explorer Describes His Expedi-
ton Up to January 8, When
His Vessel Returned-At That
Time He Still Was Pressing
Onward Toward His Goal at
Bottom of the Earth-Hc Has
Found Conditions Which Make
His Polar Quest Most Perilous,
but Already He Has Secured
Vast Amount of Scientific In-
formation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
S23 is STOLEN AT
SHINING PARLOR

Early Thursday morning, s23 was
stolen from the cash register at the
Peter Klemens shine stand, 1876 Sec
ond avenue, while the proprietor was
absent for a few minutes. There is
Nc clew to the identity of the thief
The matter has not been reported to
the police.
The robbery was one of the boldest
which has been perpetrated in the city
for some time inasmuch as the stand
which is in the alley back of the New
Harper. is in a conspicuous place and
j. passed by hundreds of pedestrians
al all times during the day.
KIemens, who had just opened the
stand, stepped across the street to OBJ
tain a cake of soap, leaving the place
unguarded. He was gone only a few
minutes, but on his return, found the
cash register open and the entire con,
tents gone. The robbery occurred
about 1870 at a time when hundreds
were passing the place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
LITTLE GIRL CHARGED
WITH STEALING; RELEASED

The case OF a little girl, charged
with stealing two silk skirts valued at
S11.74 from a local store, came up for
hearing in Magistrate c. ]. Smiths
court this morning. A representative
of the firm appeared and on his sug-
gestion the girl was released on pa
role, her mother being placed under
bond with her and acting as surety for
her conduct in the future.
1t was a pathetic scene as the moth
er exhibited her hands calloused from
hard toll and explained how she had
always worked and tried to care for
Ter offspring. 1t was the sadder, too,
because the little girl suffers the in
trinity of having only one hand, her
right having been lost in an accident
when she was small. She, too. felt
deeply the faint of her crime and wept
convulsively.
After Assistant States Attorney En-
gelson and Justice c. J. Smith had ex-
planned carefully to her the result of
further misdemeanor on her part, she
was allowed to go home with her
mother
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
LABOR APPROVES
EFFORTS TO RID
CITY FREDLIGHT
Industrial Home Association
Sends Letter to Mayor H. M.
Schriver and Hart.
ENDORSE THE MOVEMENT
Workingmen Liable to Lose Building
If District is Allowed to
Exist.
The announced determination Of

The announced determination of
Mayor II. NJ. Schriver and Commits
sioner Archie Hart 10 purge the city
of it's undesirable element of Ihe red
light district, wins the appreciation of
the Rock Island Industrial Home asso-
citation, the central body Of the labor
ing forces of the city. The associa-
tiCn has prepared and forwarded to
the mayor a communication in which
the efforts already made in the way
Of raids is commended and the hope
expressed that the reform movement
is not merely sporadic. Attention is
called 10 the loss entailed upon the In
dustiaI Home association through the
proximity of the red-light district, and
the fear expressed that If it is not
eradicated the home will be lost TO or
ganized labor.
TEXT OF COMMUNICATION.
Following is the text of the COM
munication:
To the Honorable Mayor and Com
missioner OF Public Health and Safe
ty.-Dear Sirs: We, the delegates to
the Rock Island Industrial Home asso-
citation, the central body representing
Rock Islands organized labor in man
agement of the Industrial Home build
/ ing and its financial affairs, and also
as citizens and taxpayers, do hereby
heartily commend and endorse your
efforts TO purge the city OF the unfor-
tunate and so-called undesirable ele-
ment, or habitues of the red-light dis
trict; do most sincerely hope this TO
be an honest and sincere effort on
your part, for a thorough and perma.
nent radiance OF this element, and that
these unfortunate undesirables be not
allowed to gradually come back and
resume their operations.
The presence OF some Of these IN
fortunates in close proximity TO our
home and headquarters has greatly de
preciated the value OF our property and
woefully and alarmingly reduced our
revenue during the past several years
TO the extent of several thousand dol
lars per annum, thereby creating a
constantly increasing deficit and bring
ing US face TO face with probable ulti
mate loss Of our home and herdquar
tiers. thereby making US helpless and
innocent sufferers from an evil that we
are not in any way responsible for and
that can and should be eradicated by
the vigilance and cooperation of YOU
respective departments.
Yours very truly.
c l. MCDONALD.
Secretary Rock Island Industrial HCmt
Association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Personal Points

Henry Gaethje has returned after a
trip to Chicago.
Mrs. Irene observation-disclosures is
home after an eastern trip.
John Siedenfuss has returned after
a seven-weeks' visit in the west.
Miss Rose Neufeld is spending
couple of weeks at Geneseo and other
points.
DR.. and Mrs. F. Potter leave tonight
for an extended trip through Canada
and the east.
William Jackson returned yesterday
after a seven weeks visit at Lake
Wequetonsing, Wis.
Keith Dooley returned last night af-
ter a three weeks visit with his
brother Delmar at New Orleans.
Svante Udden, 1000 Thirty-eighth
street, left yesterday for Texas,
where he will make his home in the
future.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Jones, 1928 Fifteenth
street, left yesterday for Waukesha,
Wis, where she will visit for a month
with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vollertson and
daughter, Miss Dorothy. left for their
home at Ell Paso, Texas, today, after
visit in the city.
Mrs. William H. Bolles and chill
cren, Adelaide and William, 2734
Seventh avenue, are spending a few
weeks at Cincinnati, visiting rela-
tives.
Or. w. E. Martin, accompanied by
his wife and son Edwin, left today
for Chicago on a 1O-days' trip. Sever
al days will also be spent at Lake Ge-
neva, Wis.
George Schneider. Jr., has returned
to the city after a three weeks So
journ On the shores of Lake Geneva,
Wis. One week ago he had a 6-pound
bass on the hook when the line broke.
Ray Robinson has left for Colo
RADIO Springs to spend his vacation
with his sister Ethel, who is spend,
ing the summer at the springs. He
was accompanied to Kansas City BY
Paul Stookey.
Frank Olson, formerly of this city
and now of Chicago, is in the city
visiting with friends. Olson was for
merly one of the tonsorial artists ir
the Harper barber shop, but is now
foreman of the tonsorial establish
ment in the Great Northern hotel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
CHILD DROWNED
WHILE PLAYING
WITH A TOY BOAT
Little Victim Was Daughter of
Henry Horst, Rock Island
Contractor.
SISTER IS ONLY WITNESS
Sody Recovered After Search of Three
and a Half Hours--Attempt at
Resuscitation Falls.

Helen, six-year-old daughter of Hen
~ Horst, 1O49 Seventeenth street, lost
her life in the waters of Rock river
this morning about o'clock. While
seated in a skiff and playing with a
toy boat, she lost her balance and top
pied over into the water, which is
about five feet deep at the point where
the accident occurred The body was
not recovered until 11:30, when
searchers brought it to the surface,
about 100 yards further down stream.
The little girl in company with her
sister and a number of other compan-
ions were playing at the rivers edge
at Indian slough, just west of Sears,
where the family is camping in bum
Galow. Helen was sailing a toy boat
or a string and when it broke away
from her she leaned over to get it and
fell into the waters without uetering
a sound.
SMALL SISTER WITNESS.
E. N Lundberg, a mail carrier who
was standing nearby, noticed the girls
absence and asked her little sister
where Helen was. There she is in
the water" replied the little one point
ing into the stream. Immediately
Lundberg shouted for assistance and
waded into the water. After diving re-
peatedly and failing to find the body
he ran for aid and soon big search
ing party, with nets and hooks, drag
ged the river. So swift was the cur
lent that the body was carried BLOCK
down stream, where it was located al
1870. Physicians who had been sum
n,Cned, worked over the child in ar
effort to restore life by means of arti
| fetal respiration, and it seemed fol
/ a while as if their efforts would be at
tended by success, as the little CIR
opened her eyes for the fraction OF
second and seemed to stir, but this
sign of animation was merely fast
in the pan and the body became colo
shortly after noon.
Besides her parents, four brothers
and three sisters survive.
INQUEST Is HELD.
The coroner conducted an inques
this afternoon and the jury returned
a verdict of accidental drowning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
DESERTS FAMILY
TO NAWAY WITH
14-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Joseph Stropes, Son of Wealthy
Taylor Ridge Farmer,
Now in Jail.
TIRED OF WIFE AND BABIES
Infatuation for Mere Child lmpelis
Him to Take Step-Under
$1,000 Bonds.

Infatuated by a 14-year-old girl and
tired OF living with his family. Joseph
Stropes, 5G4 Dearborn street, South
Rock Island. three weeks ago abandon
ed his wife and three children 10 join
soulmate, Muriel Stenet of Buffalo,
Iowa His dream of bliss was rudely
shattered yesterday, when a deputy
sheriff apprehended him al Buffalo snd
arrested him on a charge of wife aban-
donment. This morning he was taken
before Justice Clarence J. Schroeder
and given the alternative OF supplying
his family with $40 a week or going
to jail for the limit. He was bound
over TO the grand jury under bonds of
$1,000. and is now sitting behind the
grated bars meditating upon his folly.
SECRET MEETINGS.
Stropes, who is the son of Hugh
Stropes, wealthy Taylor Ridge farm
err, had been receiving letters from his
14-year-old affinity and had been meet
ing her clandestinely for some time,
according TO testimony introduced this
morning at the trial Previous to Mon
day, Aug. 8, Stropes had received a
letter from the Stenet girl. stating she
would meet him in Rock Island His
wife in some manner got hold of the
damaging epistle and followed him to
his meeting place, at the Rock Island
depot, where a stormy scene took
place.
WIFE A DETECTIVE.
AS the husband and his 14-yearold
charmer stood at the depot, an angry
wife. with a baby in her arms. con-
| fronted her better half and demanded
to know where he was going.
Il am going to the show with Muir
iel,' was the reply.
IF you go with that girl, / will go
to-" cried Mrs. Stropes.
you shut your mouth and get out,
am done with you," was the husband s
reply, according to the testimony of
Mrs. Stropes, and the pair left in the
direction OF the river
Since that time Stropes has been
living in Buffalo and having a good
time with the girl, while his wife and
children were forced to go to Carbon
Cliff to the home Of the father, Robert
Brusso.
When he left, Stropes gave his wife
81 and kept about $40 for his own
pleasure.
TIRED OF WIFE.
When asked for an explanation OF
his conduct this morning, he said: 81
am tired of living with her. l love
Muriel."
you are the lowest man ever met, -
said Justice Schroeder. you, married
with a wife and three children, the
Oldest years and the youngest s
months, leaving them without food or
money, to chase around with 14-year.
old girl. You ought to be ashamed OF
yourself. You ought to be in the pen
itenuary."
The couple were married in Daven
port December 81, 1905, the girls maid
en- name being Hattie Brusso. Stropes
is "a years of age, and has been EN-
ployed at the Velie Carriage company
In Moline up until the time Of his
flight with the Stenet girl.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Obituary
MARTIN SCHIILINGER-

Martin Schillinger. former mayor Of
Moline, and an old settler of Rock Is
land county. died at his home In Mo-
line, ASP Eighth street, at 11:15 today
of bright's disease. after an extended
illness. He was the oldest Odd Eel
low in the county. He was born in
Germany. June 8, 1884, coming to this
country with his parents in 1876. He
came overland TO Rock Island in 1855
subsequently moving to Moline in
1868. in which year he was married
to Miss Carolina Watros. Besides the
widow, one son. five daughters. a
brother. a sister and three grandchil-
dren survive. The funeral will be
held from the home Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
bunk under the bar until the next
week.
WEEKLY SOCIAL FUNCTION,

bunk under the bar until the next
week
WEEKLY SOCIAL FUNCTION.
The event was not special occa-
sion. In fact, one girl complained that
the evening was unusually dull Such
scenes are enacted every week. The
one redeeming feature is that they do
not solicit patronage and retire to a
secluded nook to indulge in their all
night orgies.
PRIZE FIGHT LAST NIGHT.
To give the evenings fun a little
variety, the bear" and beer last
night were mixed up with a prize fight
between big Ham" Butler, the local
COlored hope" and another dinge
from the local port. The boat was
damned with ladies" and gentle
men" of the type seen on the excur-
sion earlier in the week and their
kind attendance was so much appre-
ciated that the sparring exhibition
announced, was turned into a four
round battle for gore No extra pads
did they wear on their paws, nor did
they try to score on points. Each en-
deavored to put over a haymaker, and
the shouts and plaudits of the crowd
showed that the match was duly ap-
preciated. 1t is understood that an,
other evening prize fight has been
billed already for the near future. Fol
lowing the fight, the performance mar
rated above was repeated, IL any.
thing, with more disgusting details.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
M'CASKRIN BEGINS SUIT
AGAINST A NEWSPAPER

Harry NJ. McCaskrin has filed
praecipe in the circuit court in suit
for $4,000 against the Port Byron
Globe and the owners, w. d. Hall and
A. Saddoris. McCaskrin charges the
paper with libel for accusing him of
being indicted on the charge OF lin
citing a riot" while the Indictment re-
turned is for assault with intent to
commit murder"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Police News

The case of Henry Brown, colored,
who has been running rooming house
at 26O6 Fourth avenue, was continued
one week. Brown promised to get out
of the business, and in that event the
case will probably be dismissed.
James T. Morton and John Morgan,
who were arrested during carnival
week. were given a continuation OF
five days when their case came up for
hearing this morning. Philip Wells
appeared as counsel for Morton and
asked for a change of venue at the
next hearing. Eugene Forkins and
John Martin, also of Chicago, who
were arrested at the same time, were
dismissed. A street car man came
down from Chicago to vouch for them
and to take them home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
COMPANY A Men Shoot,

Company a men will tomorrow
shoot at the local range on the Watch
Tower grounds to enable those who
have not qualified as marksmen, to
attain that coveted title. The new
men are showing up well in the rife
work and it is expected that a number
will make good tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
WATCH TOWER CAR
DERAILEDAT SWITCH

Car. No. 307 on the Watch Tower
line was derailed this afternoon at
2:30 at the switch near Center Station
when the car, north bound, jumped the
switch and careening wildly, stopped
lust before a telephone post. That no
one was injured and the car not badly
damaged was due to the distance of
the post from the switch and the slow
speed of the car.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Buralar Scare at NIqht.

Residents in the neighborhood Of
Seventeenth street and Tenth avenue
had a burglar scare last night. Prov
lers were seen about several houses
and at one house entrance was at
tempted but was frustrated. No one
reported any loss and the matter was
not even reported to the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

with two broken ribs and other in
juries. He was one of party of four.
They came upon bridge which was
unsafe, and when Reed Lane of Dav-
export. who was driving, attempted to
stop. the emergency brakes failed to
work. The driver then tried to turn
out. and the car turned turtle. Lane
was slightly injured. The other two
jumped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Held Under Bonds.

Len Roberts, arrested yesterday on
charges Of running a disorderly house
and for selling liquor at the American
cafe, of which he is reputed TO be one
of the proprietors, gave bond in the
county court in the amount of $500 on
each charge. His sureties we're f. A.
Pierr OF Moline and Ed Simmons Of
this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Hurt In Auto Accident.

Tom Mccarthy, a member OF the
Mccarthy Improvement firm of Daven-
port. was injured last night in an auto
mobile accident out of Grinneil, and he
is in the hospital there now, suffering
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
TREMANN'S PUT OUT
FINE AUTO TRUCK

Henry Tremann's Sons have put on
the street a beautiful auto delivery
truck of latest style for their. meat
market
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

All the news all the time - The
Argus.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
Learn to Swim.

OF the thirty-third victim OF drown
ting In the waters near St. Louis this
season his mother said: HE was q
wonderful athlete. He could do any
thing except swim, and I'm sure
don't know why he never learned" It
Is evident that this mother was not
,Rverse to her sons learning to swim.
Unfortunately many women are op-
posed to boys acquiring this useful
art, fearing accidents while learning.
This Is unwise.
II one travels at all, it impossible
10 avoid the water. With two-thirds
Of the earths surface covered by wa
ter the chances are numerous that ig.
norance of swimming may be fatal.
Swimming is one of the most health
full and enjoyable of exercises, with
advantages of still greater Importance.
The drowning of good swimmers IL
exceptional, while the loss of life Of
those who cannot swim and get into
deep water is the rule Swimming
should be taught in all the schools.
and those who have not acquired the
art as children should learn 1t at
once.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
Gys NE
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pEOpLE


A good coasting sled, which cali q
Yankee bob, can be made from two
hardwood barrel slaves, two pieces OF
: BY 6-inch pine, piece Of hardwood
for the rndder and few pieces OF
boards, writes William Algie, Jr., OF
Little Falls, II. Y, In Popular Mechan.
les. The by~6-inch pieces should be
q little longer than one-third the
length Of the slaves. and each piece
cut tapering from the widest part,
inches, down to inches, and then
fastened to the slaves with large wood
screws a. shown In Fig. l. Boards
/ inch thick are nailed on top OF the
pieces for seat to hold the runners
together. The boards should be OF
such q length as to make the runners
about eighteen inches apart
A Pinch shaft OF wood, Fig. 2, is
turned down to inch on the ends and
put through holes that must be bored
in the front ends OF the 2 by 6-inch
pieces. A small pin is put through
each end of the shaft to keep 1t in
place. The rudder is 1h-inch hard
wood piece which should be tapered
to one-half inch at the bottom and
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23

Howard. wake up! confound you!
You've got to get out-there's some
body coming"
He shook him roughly. but his old
classmate made no attempt to move.
Quick. do you heart" exclaimed
Underwood impatiently. Wake up
some ones coming"
Howard sleepily half opened his
eyes. He had forgotten entirely
where he was and believed he was
on the train. for he answered:
Sure. I'm sleepy. Say-porter,
make up my bed"
His patience exhausted. Underwood
was about to pull him from the sofa
by force, when there was a ring at
the front door.
Bending quickly over his compan.
ion. Underwood saw that he was fast
asleep. There was no time to awaken
him and get him out of the way. SO.
quickly. he took big screen and ar
ranged It around the divan so that
Howard could not be seen. Then he
hurried to the front door and
opened It.
Alicia entered.