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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
NO BLAME FIXED
FOR BOYS DEATH
INAUTOACCIDENT
coroner's Jury Sits in Judg.
ment at Knox Undertaking
Rooms.
EVIDENCE is CONFLICTING
Some Witnesses State Machine Was
travelling at Improper Speed,
Others Claim Contrary.

Frank A Andrews. who drove the
machine which struck Robert Nose"
Fisher yesterday morning and caused
his death at the hospital d short time
afterward, was exonerated from blame
by the coroner's jury at the inquest
held at Knox's undertaking parlors
this morning.
The jury, composed OF {. c. Wilson,
John T. Mcdonald, Romeo O'Connor,
Ebert Fulmer. foreman. ". c. McCul-
loch and VI. II. Stoddard. returned
verdict OF death due to injuries sus-
tanned in IN unavoidable automobile
accident
MOTHER FRUSTRATED
The Fisher boy was buried at the
Jewish cemetery in Davenport yester-
day afternoon AZ o'clock. Services
were conducted al the family resi-
deuce, 2G02 Fourth avenue, Rabbi W..
Goldman officiating The boys mother
Is prostrated a. the terrible tragedy.
and members OF the family fear for
her reason. Ever since the news was
broken 10 her she has been talking and
mUttering 20 herself, singing. laughing
and CRYING in turn. Her condition is
serious
TESTIMONY At VARIANCE.
At the inquest the witnesses practi-
cally agreed upon the manner in which
the accident occurred. although clere
was a divergence Of opinion as 10 the
speed ~ which The auto was travelling.
Peter Peterson. a gardener az the Ca
bic home on Fifth avenue. said 7he ma
chine was going "awfully fast" and
that he was afraid the driver would
not be able 10 steer the machine. Jo-
seph Sun1eil stated that the machine
was going unusually fast, as did Harry
HUI, a hoOE-kcepcr az the Rock Island
Lumber company. Charles II. Bollman
testified that the machine was travel.
ing at high rate Of speed. that the
exhaust was wide open. and that the
machine was not going a biz less than
l. miles an hour. He stated the driver
did not apply the emergency brake, but
only tried 10 dodge the bicycle
On the other hand Or. Eli Bradford
l.. Roberts Of Moline. and William
Reims OF Moline stated that the ma
chine was not going very fast.
ANDREWS TALKS.
The auto struck the bicycle on tho
left side. where the mud guard is badly
bent The top Of the machine was tori
loose by the collision with the tele
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
TO CONSIDER BIDS
ON new BUILDING

The building committee Of the Odd
Fellows lodge met last evening and
transacted business which will ali-w
them 70 give their entire time at the
next meeting to the consideration or
bids for the contract for the building
OF the $4,000 home which is TO rise
on Fourth avenue, west of Eighteenth
street The committee paid bills and
transacted other minor matters. pre-
paratory 10 the meeting Of next Tues
day night when the bids will be re-
Ceived from the various contractors
who are figuring on the specifications
a. the present time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
CLOTHING PARTNERS
IN DISAGREEMENT

Entire stock of FitzGibbcn & De
Wolf store. Moline, H., TO be sacri-
feed. Sale starts tomorrow night at
8 o'clock. Store has been closed for
the past 10 DAYS.
After a business career OF over six
years the firm of Ti;zGibbon & De
Wolf proprietors OF Moline's finest
mems clothing store have dissolved
partnership and their magnificent
stock is 10 be converted into cash
within the next ten days. 1t seems
there has been 4 smoldering disagree
ment between the partners for some
time, but matters did not reach a
crisis until about two weeks ago when
II was decided 10 dissolve partnership
and dispose Of the entire stock for
whatever it would bring The store
at Alb Fifteenth street, Moline, H.,
has been closed to the public for the
past week, and will remain closed IN
I'll the big forced selling out sale
starts Wednesday at 6 o'clock. In
side an army of clerks are busy TAX
ing inventory of the stock marking
sale and convenience 10 customers.
The high quality Of this clothing stock
and the honorable business methods
that have always characterized this
firm in their dealings with the public
are too well known 70 require COM
ment. Suffice 10 say that YOU could
search from Maine TO California and
not find a cleaner. higher grade or
better selected stock OF mems wear
and shoes.
Hundreds OF people from the tri.
cities and vicinity have signifed their
intention Of going TO Moline and be-
ing present at the opening Of this
great sale which occurs Wednesday
night at 6 o'clock and we predict that
even with their so additional sales
people. FitzGibbon & DeWolf store
will be unable to handle the crowds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

gines were overhauled and placed in
good running condition and approx
mately 100 engines are waiting to be
repaired. This includes those in the
shop and in the "boneyard."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

Renenne, Miss Galena Shelton, Porter
Smith, p. W. Sutherland, Ollie Steeley
(2), A J. Tiefenthaleo.
Foreign-Miss Pearl Barnhart, A. R.
Bendinot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
FOR ROCK ISLAND PEOPLE
Rock Island Citizens Experience Fur.
nish Topic for Rock Island
DiGcUsSion

nish Topic for Rock Island
Discussion.
The following experience occurred
in Rock Island. A Rock Island citi-
zen relates it.
Similar experiences are occurring
daily.
Rock Island people are being re-
lieved.
Getting rid of distressing kidney
ills.
Try Doan's Kidney Pills. the tested
remedy.
Rock Island people testify, Rock
Island people profit.
The evidence is home evidence
the proof convincing.
Rolk Island testimony is CRATE
fully given.
Rock Island sufferers should heed
1t.
A. G. Fider, ITO Third avenue,
Rock Island, Ill, says: 4 have used
Doan's Kidney Pills and am sure
that anyone who will give them a
trial will be benefited. My back had
been causing me considerable trou-
bic and there were severe pains in
my loins which made ii hard for me
to stop. Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills
advertised, l got a supply at the
Harper House pharmacy and they
gave me prompt relief. / have un-
limited faith in them"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents Foster-Milburn company, Buff
falo, y. Y, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doal-s-
and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16
PAY pay at SiIvIs.

Employees of the main shop, round
house and car department at Silvis
received $4,000 yesterday for work
performed the last month. Thirty en-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-16

Soreness Of the muscles. whether IN
duced by violent exercise or injury, is
quickly relieved by the free appIica-
tion of Chamberlain's Liniment. This
liniment is equally valuable for mus
cular rheumatism. and always affords
quick relief Sold by all druggists.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09
THE STARS STORY
THE MYSTERIOUS SKETCH

The appearance of this rich amateur.
Judge Of the criminal court, in my
poor lodging overwhelmed me.
Mister VENUS" he resumed. "I
come then his glance fell on the un
finished sketch.
You are the author of this skotchg
yes, sir"
What is the price?"
Fifty ducats."
Fifty ducats,," said he. Here they
are"
Another minute and he was gone,
leaving me GREATNESS, dreaming An.
other hour and l heard strange noises.
looked out of my window and saw
three soldiers in full uniform with
grounded arms in front of my door.
The stairway was filled with confused
noises. Suddenly somebody tried to
open my door
an the name of the law-open,"
| arose, trembling and weak in the
knees
Seeing that flight was impossible
staggered to the door and drew the
bolt.
What do you want?" I asked the
chief of police.
He looked at the other with
strange smile and said:
hA
The smile froze my blood.
Some one showed me into a large
and dreary hall, with benches arrang
ed'in a semi-circle.
Opposite me on an elevated seat,
two men we're sitting. l recognized
Van Spreckdal by his aquiline profile.
They made me sit down, and Van
Spreckdal, raising his voice, said to
me:
christian VENUS, where did you
get this sketch?"
,IIe showed me the Nocturnal sketch
which was then in his possession
After having examined it, replied:
Il am the author Of it.
you are the author of it, asked
Van Spreckdal. What is the subiect?'
1T is subject of pure fancy"
And this woman who is being muir
dered at the side of the well-did you
imagine her also?"
Certainly"
"You have never seen her?
Never"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09
BEWARE THE UNIDACTYLOUS
FOOT AND THE NARROW JAW

Medical scientists of prophetic
bent of mind keep telling us from time
to time what is going to become Of
the human race in case we don't mend
our ways, habits and fashions. The
rpan Of the future has been pictured
as everything from giant to "a
dwarf, with only one eye-and that in
the center of his forehead; an enorm-
GUS heart no legs worthy of being
called legs, a bullying brain in a large
head, a small body and no toes And
that is by no means the end of the
list.
Some picturesque predictions regard
ing the man of the future are purely
imaginative and need not be consider
ed seriously Others are worth think
ing over and teach a valuable lesson.
For instance, DR.. Richard c. Newton Of
Montclair, N. j., calls attention in the
current number of the Popular Science
Monthly to "the small jaw and irregu-
lar teeth of Americans" which he
says the writings of Bogue and others
have proved are due to the simple
fact that the teeth and jaw bones have
never been developed by chewing hard
foods as nature intended us to do.
But this is not all" says DR.. New
ton. by reason of the absurd pointed
toe shoes, which men and women both
wear, man is becoming practically a
unidactylous animal That means that
we cultivate our great toes and let all
the others atrophy for want of USE
when they are not doubled up or twist
ed over each other so that standing
on the feet for any length of time, not
to mention walking, is exceedingly
painful and sometimes impossible.
Often, however, the pointed-toe
shoes have been worn in early child
hood and the poor little toes in con-
sequence have never developed and
are only rudiments of what they should
be. In the classical foot the second
toe is longer than the first; the third
toe the same length as the first and
the fourth and fifth toes are well
shaped and free from corns and
spread out and take good hold of the
ground when the person to whom they
belong is walking. This is an exceed
ingly important point. Our toes
should spread apart like an animals
paws when we put our weight on the
forward part of the foot in stepping
out with the other foot
There should be plenty of room in
the shoes for the toes to do this, and
it is largely because the toes are
confined in pointed shoes and
cannot spread out that Americans are
such poor walkers.
For good walking the human foot
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09
DIFFERENT COMPLEXION.

A stranger in Boston was once in
terested to discover, when dining with
friends, that the dessert he would
have classed as cream layer cake at
home, was known in Boston at Wash
ington pie The next time he lunched
at a restaurant he ordered the same
thing; but the waiter put before him
a rather heavy looking square of cake
covered with chocolate. A puzzled eX-
preston came over his face as he
said reprovingly; 81 ordered Washing
ton pie, waiter"
THAT is Washington pie, sir"
Well" expostulated the disappoint
ed man, Il did not mean Booker T,
want George. -Everybody's Magazine
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09
BY ERcKMANN.cHArRAlN.

Opposite the Chapel of St Sebalt in
Nuremberg there stands a little tavern
tall and narrow, with a toothel gable
and dusty windows, whose roof is sur
mounted by a plaster Virgin 1t was
there that | spent the unhappiest days
Of my life. | had gone to Nuremberg
to study the old German masters; but
in default of ready money ! had to
paint portraits-and such portraits,
From portraits | descended to sketch
cs, and from sketches to silhouettes
That abominable landlord had com.
pletely sutpefied me. ! could do moth
ing but silhouettes, and my sole de-
sire was to have some money to rid
myself of his odious presence. Light
ing my lamp and enveloping myself
in my gray gabardine AGAINST the
midnight chill, l drew upon paper a
rapid sketch of the Dutch School
something bizarre and strange, which
had not the slightest resemblance to
my original conception. Imagine a
dreary country inn inclosed by high,
dilapidated walls. These walls are
furnished with hooks seven or eight
feet from the ground. You see, at a
glance, that it is a butchery.
But on the right, one corner of the
sketch remained a blank. l did not
know what to put there Some
thing suddenly seemed to writhe there,
to move! Then I saw foot, the sole
of foot. This foot was joined to
leg-over this leg, streached out with
effort, there soon fioated the skirt of
dress. In short, there appeared by de-
grees, an old woman, pale, disheveled,
and wasted, thrown down at the SIDE
Of a well, and struggling to free her
self from hand that clutched at her
throat.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09

and ankle need a more thorough de-
velopment than they are now allowed
to attain. Every one of the ten toes
should be allowed to grow to its prop
err size and should exert its due pres.
sure on the ground when we walk
jump or run. The natural foot is a
perfect arch, and its two columns
the ball of the foot and heel-should
be on an exact level, which means
that the heel of the shoe should not
be over a hall-inch in height. The
heel of the shoe should also be large,
in fact nearly as broad as the broad
est part of the sole. The inside of the
shoe should be three-quarters of an
inch longer and a half-inch broader
than the foot that it is meant to
cover. incidentally, people that wear
such shoes and learn to take hold of
the ground with their toes do not fall
down and break their bones in slippery
weather
"A friend of the writer, a middle
aged man who has had his share of
falls on slippery steps and icy pave
ments every winter, last winter es-
capped without a single hard fall be.
cause he was wearing low-heeled,
broad-toed shoes, which the shoe.
maker assured him were size too
big for him. Here is hint for stout
people who are afraid to go about in
slippery weather.
Just as our jaws suffer from non
development which is the foundation
of our adenoidss mouth breathing, poor
digestion and maLassimilation, not
only because of our poor and irregular
teeth, but because we do not get
enough oxygen in our systems when
we are growing for proper develop
ment, so we suffer from weak and NAL
formed feet because these have not
only not been developed by exercise,
but have not even been allowed to
grow to their natural size.
1--WE shall not get perfect manhood
or womanhood until we obey natures
obvious laws and allow our children's
feet and jaws to develop as they were
intended to do"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09

Van SpreCkdal rose Indignantly.
do you remember having thrown
this woman, Theresa Becker, into this
well, after having strangled her to
rob her of her money!"
MOI" | cried, mo! l do not now
this woman; l never saw her before,
May God help mel"
Day broke: This was a market
day; it was Friday. Finally it was
broad daylight and the vast murmur
of the increasing crowd, housekeepers
who assembled with baskets on their
arms, coming and going, discussing
and marketing, told me that it was s
o'clock
Now, while looked, a mana
butcher-passed inclining forward
and carrying an enormous quarter of
beef on his shoulders; his arms were
bare, his elbows raised upward, his
head bent under them. His long hair
hid his face from me, and yet at the
first glance | trembled.
A sudden idea, an inspiration from
Heaven flashed across my mind. !
put my hand in the POCKET of my coat
my box of crayons was there! Then
I rushing to the wall, began to trace
the scene of the murder with super
human energy No uncertainty, no
hesitation! knew the man. he was
there before me.
At ten o'clock the jaher came to
my cell
GO, bring the judges. l wish to
make a revelation" cried, as | put
the finishing touches on the mysteri-
Gus parsonage.
A few minutes afterward the two
judges appeared, I, trembling, with eX-
tended hand, said to them:
There is the murderer"
What is his name??'
Il don't know, but he is at this
moment in the market; he is cutting
up meat in the third stall to the left
as you enter Trabaus street
Soon steps were heard echoing un,
der the archway. | should have dis
tinguished the step of the murderer,
walking between the guards, among
a thousand others. | raised up my
head, my heart feeling as if an iron
hand had clutched it, and fixed my
eyes upon the closed door 1t opened
The man entered,
Van Spreckdal showed him the
sketch in silence.
Then the murderous man, with the
large shoulders, having looked, grew
pale-then, giving a roar which thrill
ed us all with terror, he waved hii
enormous arms and iulhped backward
to overthrow the guards There was
terrible struggle in the corridar
which lasted only a minute. FINAL!
the assassin re-entered, with his hea,
hanging down, his eyes bloodshot, an,
his hands fastened behind HIS back.
"Who could have seen me" he sale
at midnight"
| was saved!
How could a crime committed by
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09

man that | did not knOw-at a place
that | had never seen-haye been re
produced by my pencil, in all its
smallest details?
Who knows? Nature is more audaci.
GUS in her realities than man in his
most fantastic imaginings.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09

1t was a. murder / was drawing. The
pencil fell from my hand.
The next morning l got up very
early. | was dressing when two little
knocks where heard on my door.
Come I'M"
The door opened. An old man, tall,
thin, and dressed in black, appeared
on the threshold This mans face,
his eyes set close together and his
large nose like the beak of an eagle,
surmounted by high bony forehead
had something severe about it.
Mister Christian VENUS, the paint.
err" said he.
Yes. Who am l addressing"
"The Baron Frederick Won Spreck
DIAL"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09
Stearns' Headache Waters (Shac)

Many people they refreshing nights sleep for they
simply drive the pain, leaving head
kinds always
choral and other habtforming
STEAMSHIP
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09
Refreshing as a Nights Sleep

One the
the headache quickly
The
Ia wholly to users of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09

Little Bobby Mamma, make sis
ter stop fighting me-
Mamma-"What's she fighting you
for?'
Little Bobby Cause when l ate
all my candy l took hers"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09

Visitor-"Do you and your twin
brother always agree, Tommy"
Tommy-'No, ma'am. We had a
fight last Sunday"
Visitor-"And which whipped"
Tommy Mamma"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-02-27


Mathewson a great compliment and
also heaped tributes all over the name
Of Ed Walsh. Part of his CONVERSE
ion runs as follows: i:
"Of all the baseball pitchers 1 ever
faced the hardest to- hit is Ed Walsh.
At least, he is the hardest for me to
hit. Il
~ don't say hezis the greatest pitch
.ers in the world I think Christy
Mathewson is the greatest. Il.
So DO you get that say he is the
greatest; not was the greatest. K.
"'Some people try to tell you that
Christy is dead one. There is no
question but that he has slowed up,
but maintain that he is the greatest
pitcher in the world. ii:
HE and Walsh are hard to hit for
exactly opposite reasons. s
"Walsh has you out before you try
to bat. To tell you the truth, he over.
awes the batter. He is big and strong
and has terrific speed and wonderful
break. Walsh is spitball artist, pure
! and simple. You know exactly what
he Is going to throw and what to be
prepared for, but you can't hit the
ball. He gets your goat. :.*
"Mathewson is exactly opposite IL
method. Christy tenderly leads you
astray, so to speak. You are always
sure you can hit him-but you can't
No other pitcher in the world has sc
many resources" III
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-02-27
Moterg Gives Long Lease

Contractor, John Moberg has Civ
en- the Northern Automobile Co., a
long lease Of the garage property,
which the above company now occu-
pies. Moberg showed his faith in
Bemidii when he consented if nee
essary to enlarge the present build
ing to meet the demands of the grow
ing business of the Northern Auto
mobile company.
In speaking Of the matter c. w.
Jewett of the Northern Auto Co.,
stated that large amount of terri
Tory had been contracted for and that
sub-agencies would be placed in a
good many of the towns in this ter
ritory. The business would be con-
centrated in Bemidji, which would
give customers in the different
towns a first-class service and as TOR
the service of the Bemidji customers,
would make it the very best.
Referring to the automobile busi-
ness in general, Mr.. Jewett said:
There are a lot of good machines and
in closing an agency do so after the
most rigid and careful examination
and comparison. am partial to no
make of machine and simply aim to
give our customers the best valuation
for the money I rely upon my me-
chaincal training to keep me from
marketing a mechanical mistake
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-02-27
Fable of the PetuIant Child.

Fable of the PetuIant Child.
There was Once Petulant Child,
whose Father was Druggist.
The Child was always Crying for
Something. When it could not Think
Of Something to cry for 1t would Wall
for an excuse to weep. <Et< Il
On the Whole, it was a Peculiar
Child. One night it cried for the
Moon. It's Papa endeavored to Argue
with it, to impress it with the Impos-
sibjlity of getting the Moon. Foolish
Man. --
Suddenly a bright Idea struck the
doting Parent. He said: "Although
cannot give you the Moon, I can get
you Something Just as Good" So he
gave the Petulant Child an Orange
Whereat the Child swatted him with
the Fruit and Made his nose look like
the Morning After at Spion Kop.
The Doting Parent swore softly
but Diligently, FOR several Moments
Then he said: after all, + am Glat
I did not give in to you and Get 20,
the Moon Q.
Moral-The substitution Evil is no
Always such Dark Shade of Blacl
IS it is Painted.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-02-27
PURE. FOOD LAW NOT MODERN
csnturIss Ago Tradesmen Who Adul.
E tsrated Goods Were Most Severe
! .~ X. IA ly Punished. M.

Pure food laws are not quite 20
modern an invention as We may be-
lieve. DR.. Reisner has made dlscoy.
cries in Palestine that seem to in
dicate some sort Of supervision Of the
food supplies delivered to the palace
nearly 5000 years, ago. Labels have
been found that were once; affixed to
- jar Of pure olive OIL" We may
wonder what tests were employed and
what would happen to the man whose
oil was found to be not pure. Prob
ably something unpleasant, for there
was no. Supreme court In those days.
We know what happened in the mid
die ages to the enterprising tradesman
who ;adulterated his goods. In 1444
Q Nuremberg merchant was burned
alive for mating foreign material with
his saffron and the saffron itself was
/ used for fuel. Probably that artistic
touch impressed the matter upon his
memory. q. : :.:..> .fs-.r:s.: r'&l
III Some Augsburg bakers who used
false weights and bad -four were
ducked in a muddy pool, and through
faulty knowledge Of the human re-
spiratory system, or sheer careless.
ness, they came to the surface dead:
In 1882 wine merchant was or.
dered to drink six quarts of his own
adulterated wine, and as he died soon
after it is evident that the adultera-
tion must have been serious. It is
true that he had to finish the draft In
a given number of minutes, and q
small number at that, but in those
days they had a pleasant way OF
weighing the scales and loading the
dice upon the side OF. justice.
= Civilization has changed all that
Nowadays we shiver with apprehen.
sion lest, a rogue shall be punished
San Francisco Argonaut. -" s>a5