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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-22
DAVENPORT

6iceTI n. HFnould hiIico.-AlDert A.
ArnCuid, son OF =. y Arnould, the
local contractor, vas run dowc and
killed yesterday by a construction en-
CINE al Gardenville, y. Y. according
10 word received here By relatives OF
the unfortunate victim Of the accident.
Mr. Arnould had been employed with
the Kahl construction companv for
some time When the Kahl COM
p3ny was awarded the contract in the
New York town, Mr.. Arnould accom-
pa MED them. Details as TO the manner
IN which MIR Arnould met death are
meager, but the supposition is that ne
was not facing the engine at the time
it struck him. Mr.. Arnould was born
In Davenport Oct. 10, 1886, and az the
time Of death was q years old He
is survived by the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. A. Arnould of Davenport and
four sisters. the Misses Theresa,
Aledo, Elizabeth and Marie Arnould.
Arrangements were made 10 have the
remains sent to this city for burial
ana they are expected to arrive either
today or tomorrow.
Into More Trouble.-With another
term in the penitentisry now facing
him William Conlin, alias Tom Collins,
is in cell at the county Jail today
awaiting action of the next grand jury
He is accused of breaking the glass
in the front of the Gabathuler jewelry
store at 126 East Third street. Con-
lin was given instructions to leave
the city at once and he went to Rock
Island in search of work. He did not
remain there very long and was soon
In Davenport drinking in a saloon.
Conlin told the court that he received
81 from a man to get ticket to Gin
ton but he spent the money in a sa-
loon.
Lodge VIII OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
lodge No. 1928, Brotherhood OF Ameri-
can Yeomen, will give an entertain.
ment at lie Claire hall, at which a rec
ord crowd is expected. Refreshments
will be served.
A Wise Plan.-A special committee
of the Davenport Womans club is
which it is hoped will develop into
an observance OF the day that will be
distinctly worth while. The commit
tee has held two meetings, the last
at the home OF Mrs. Seth j. Temple
and has it's plans well under way
These will include a program at Cen
Iral park I'm which the young people
Of the city will especially be urged to
participate. Miss Paula Frahm will be
manager Of the program which will in
clude folk dances. games. contests and
music. The committee consists of
Mrs. Temple, Miss Frahm. Mrs
George NJ. Bechtel. Mrs. George S.
Johnson, Mrs NJ Rothschild, Mrs. C.
r. McCandless, Mrs. A. o. Sheriff and
Mrs. Ralph w. Cram.
Small Fine.-Because they attempt
ell to break up an Arsenal car Tues
day evening. Harry Warnecke. Frank
King, Ray Mueller, Julius Gerdts and
Edgar Johnson, charged with disturb
ing the peace, were each fined 81 and
costs when arraigned before Police
Magistrate Louis Roddewig.
o
VIII Hold SerVlces.-Memorial ser.
vices for the deceased members of
the Modern Brotherhood of America
will be held Sunday. June I. Mrs. T.
J. King and Mrs. William Gelck were
appointed on the committee to deco.
rate the graves OF the deceased mem.
bers the day preceding the services
81 the meeting OF Lafayette lodge No
1921 at Prosperity hall a card party
was enjoyed, at which the favors went
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-22

Lodge VIII Acknowledgment
lodge No. 1928, Brotherhood Of Ameri-
can Yeomen, will give an entertain
ment at lie Claire hall, at which a rec
ord crowd is expected. Refreshments
will be served.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13

Special Dispatch TO the Intelligence.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Jan. 12-
As the result OF the second rise in
the Ohio river. Sunday was turned
into moving day" in Huntington, and
as the river rose slowly during the
day hundreds of men worked in the
river district removing stock from the
wholesale houses and manufactures.
Many poor families living along the
river were forced 10 leave their homes
and the second rise. coming "a a sur
prise, made il impossible for many TO
get their furniture out of their homes.
a stage of $50 was reached at 3
o'clock tonight. and the river was
rising steadily at the ate OF an inch
an hour. 1t is expected that a stage
of sc feet will be reached by Tues
day. and this will put the water into
the residence sections of the city.
Traffic on the Ohio River division
OF the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is
at a s~tandstill. and il will be necessa-
~ to abandon trains. Traffic on the
Ohio Valley Electric line. from here
to Ashland. will be resumed to-mor-
row II the rise continues.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13

river were more OMNIBUS than at any
time since the present rise began. and
the government weather observer here
issued a warning predicting a stage or
i6 feet by Tuesday. This is a foot
higher than reached IN 1907.
Refugees from the surrounding sub
merged districts reached here to-day n
power boats and brought more.
Tugs tomorrow will be sent into the
hooded country to aid farmers in re-
moving their families and live stock.
The river guage tonight recorded a
feet In twenty-four hours. The cold
weather to-day added 10 the discomfort
OF the The mercury reached
is degrees above zero. with q drop TO
zero predicted for tonight
Reports from Indiana river towns in
dictate that refugees are reaching all OF
them. At New Albany 200 families. are
being cared for by the county and city
authorities.
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Hundreds Homeless.

PORTSMOUTH. o. Jan f2-ft - 90
umated that several hundred families
have heen driven from their homes by
the flood here.
Portsmouth - preparing FOR the worst,
though the cold wave aud the fact that
the river late to-day seemed TO be slack
Ing up lnd tnr are'uce ~ further rains
have somewhat allafed fearr
Moving vauu ard all kinds ~ wagons
operated busily al dav long. arriving
families and their belongings 90 places
OF safety.
The poorer class found refuge in tho
public schools buildings. Along MIN and
upper Itrpt streets Tire water o. almost
uV o. The roofs - houses ana many fam
lie nrr now moving from upper Tpurs.
Hood deferses pre- holding water ont
~ The city proper. hui tho Hruadunv
lrvcr. which holds floods ont ~ the
Fast End. today gave signs - Welding
n" pr'-sur" aand S. now helnE strength
cnel with sand bags.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13

reinforced by the Muskingum at Ma
rietta, is what is holding up the river
here. The big danger lies in the
present high stage being maintained
until the rise from the upper Ohio
reaches this district.
Heavy Rainfall.
Tremendous rainfall up the Little
kanawha Valley is causing the river
to rise rapidly at all points. from
headwaters TO the mouth here. The
predicted cold weather came today
and this prevented the crest stage
at Parkersburg from reaching fifty
feet or more. With the exception OF
the - & o. :. W. road. 10 Cincinnati.
this city was completely cut off today
by railroads In every direction.
All traffic has been stopped on the
Ohio River r. r.. both north and
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13
WORST FLOOD SINCE 1907
AT PARKERSBURG; RISING.

PARKERSBURG. W. Va. Jan. 10.
-Parkersburg is tonight in the grip
Of the worst food since 1907. The
Ohio river is still rising. but very
slowly and the crest will probably DO
reached early Monday morning. The
stage tonight is AS feet and II Is
rot believed that the crest will be-
much over forty-fve feet. The run
1ing out OF the Little Kanawha river
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13
Oh MorFAr PREACHES
AT SECOND PREsBxTERIAH

Rev. James d. Mofat. ID. D.. president
OF Washington and Jefferson college,.
who accepted the pulpit of the Second
Presbyterian church yesterday after an
absence OF 81 years, was greeted by
two unusually large ana enthusiastic
audiences.
DR.. Moffat was formerly pastor OF
the Second Presbyterian church and
while located here had built up a very
large congregation. :,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13
CLARK SPROUTS
BADLY INJURED
Gasoline Tank Expiodss and Prominent
Business Man OF NIL Town
n injured

While repairing his yacht in the Dee
gan stable. Benwood. Clark Sprouts. a
prominent business man OF that city.
was seriously injured last night when a
lantern he was holding exploded. ignit-
Ing the gasoline tank. The gasoline eN-
plosion that followed blew a portion Of
the yacht out and Mr.. Sprouts was bad
~ burned. His face and arms were the
worst effected He was aided 20 his
home. where DIR. Blake attended 10 his
injuries II will be several days before
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13

south. while trains on the b. & o.
rom the east were held up by numer.
Gus slips in the vicinity OF Grafton
and Clarksburg. Fully two hundred
people have been rendered homeless
in this district. In the downtown
business district the rise of the last
two feet did great damage, many be-
ing unprepared for IL.
The county Jail is partially sui
rounded by water. Cellars as far
up town as the City building are full
of water. Reports received today
from Willlamstown, Bellville and
other towns along the river in this
vicinity are 10 the effect that great
damage has been inflicted and many
people were compelled TO escape
from their homes in boats early this
morning.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13
Industries Suspend.

STEUBENVILLE. O.. Jan. 12-
The Ohio river here tonight is 81 feet
s inches and rising. with - feet OK.
pected. This will shut down thu
traction lines and the w. & l.. r. II.
II. branch tomorrow, also the indus
tries along the river. People who
were flooded out az Empire and Bril-.
liant are waiting till this second food
recedes before returning TO their
homes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13
Stationary at Marietta.

MARIETTA. Ohio. Jan. Is.-Indi-
cations tonight are hat the waters
in the Ohio and Muskingum rivers.
which became stationary here at FIVE
o'clock this afternoon. will begin to
fall before midnight. though slowly.
The crest "a forty-two feet and -four
inches
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13
weather Conditions.

MASilINGTDN. Jan. 12-The week
VIII open viii q cold wave east Of the
M'ssisSippi river. and low temperatures
VIII continue during the first haIf Of the
week win generally fair weather. ar-
cprdlnE 20 the weekly bulletin issued hv
the wcttt Or bureau to-day In the, mid
ID" west says the bulletin. "tcmrera-
lures VIII DO rising hy TueeIay. pre-
ceiling and attending The eastward move
in'ni uf % low pressure area now over
o." PACING northwest Shows viii ace
,Nfupauv this depression and hV rues-
dHN VII cover the western portion ~ tho
couutry expect tho west gulf states To
the eastward rain and snow and rising
t~cmprrattrfs may Boo expected after the
middle Of ftc week. while 100 fIe west
there VIII hs r. return o. fair ana colder
" Gather with tne eastward movement
Another high pressure area now is over
AlaekH Toward the end ~ tie week
another dIHfurHHurn Will HrufHr over
.he Tar north west accom- aulei nr Using
temperature and unsettled weather.
EVANSVILLE Ind. Ia~. r2-rTooI
HUiffInua tonight on Tho lower Ohio
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COLD WAVE
Continued from Pirs. Page.)

waiting until this second food re-
cedes before returning 10 their homes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13
obaua Strtke.

HAVANA. Jan. 1.-THE strike of the
steVedores at Matanzas, which began
January 10. partly tying up business at
the port. was settled this evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13
oovernment Prediction

NASHINGTON. Jan. Ie.-The second
Hood wave along the Ohio river between
cincinnati and Louisville. according to
the weather bureau. will not he ~ Sc
we're as the FIRST. or conditions the
weather bureau says Tonight.
D crest OF the principal Hood in the
pnlo river - Cincinnati and
Louisville. As "A result Of continued
rains FOR forty-eight hours. the second
rainy period within "A week. the river h.
again In flood In It's upper caches. but
the second flood wave will not he 80 So
we're az the first one was.
a stage of 81 or So feet f. Indicated
Tor Cincinnati on Tuesday. and on the
same day 10 is expected that the Hood
stage AZ Paducah. KY. - % feet will be
reached The flood stage 80 cairo. III.
=" Feet. is indicated for Wednesday.
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with the exception of GaIlipolis, which
Is now surrounded py water. Is flooded
within a radius OF nifty miles. All trains
Baltimore q Ohio railroads are out OF
commission. the water being several feet
deep In places on their tracks. County
bridges have been washed away and
farmers in The bottoms have suffered
heavy losses.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13

the injured man is able to leave his
home.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13

FALLfTpLfS o.. Jan. fz=Tlo ohio
river reached a. stage of % q feet today
nI De- rtii rising Every river town
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13

On Lower Ohio.
CINCINNATI. o, Jan. 1.-THE Ohio
today. and continued 10 rise steadily at
the rate of two inches an hour. In
the lower parts of the city and in Day
ton. Newport and .CovinRton. suburbs
hNe hundred persons have been made
temporarily homeless by the invading
waters. In the kentucky towns. school
houses and churches have been thrown
open Pnc are nlled with refugees The
property loss Will reach into the
thousands.
Cincinnati commission merchants and
warehouse owners whose places OF bust
Tered heavy loss. Hundreds OF cellars
have been God and in some build
ings facing the wharves the water IL
up To the second story.
The Panhandle and Louisville and
Nashville railroad freight houses are
half buried In water. and all trains run
ming into the Grand Central station are
being routed into the city.
Streets Flooded.
The Hooded streets along the river
on both the Ohio and kentucky sides
were filled with row boats. skiffs and
lunches all day. carrying out refugee
and their belongings. Steamboat traf-
Tic on the river has been practically
abandoned. the water being 80 high that
many Of the boats are unable to pass
under the bridges. The swift current
u a bar to up stream traffic.
The river which divides New
Tort and CoVlngton and flows into the
ohio opposite Cincinnati. Is out OF its
hanks. Many factories along the banks
OF this river have been put out OF com
mission by the floods.
Ihe government forecaSter predicted
today that the rise would continue for
thirty hours. assuming a cessation q,
rain. The f~orecasterS office Is kent
open day and night and frequen bull
Iet!ns are Issued on the flood situation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-13

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Jan. 1e-Between
seven hundred and a thousand families
have been driven from their homes along
the water front here during the PAST
twenty-fOur hours by the rising waters
OF the ONO. The stage at this point. M
: O'Clock tonight. according 10 the local
weather bureau. was 50 =. with n rate
Or rise Of foot an hour. \ stage Of
. feet Is predicted by Tomorrow morn
ing and or ~ feet nv Tuesday evening
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EVANSVILLE IND. Iar. 12-rTooI
'niifions tonight ou Tho lower Otio
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-11-07

WASHINGTON.-The light in the
w tower OF the Postofice Department
building in Washington no longer
aolds out to burn. II is not to be sup
posed that President Wilson and bis
postmaster general, Mr.. Burleson. pre-
ter darkness to light. but why the
'glim was doused" is just as much OF
mystery to the people OF this town
~ Is the reason for its lighting when
Mr.. Taft was president and Mr.. Hitch
sock was postmaster general.
There is huge open space above
the clock in the postofice tower. 1t
Is chamber with nothing for walls but
tour corner pillars, which support the
higher reaches OF the pinnacle. One
night during the Taft administration.
and without any preliminary notice, n
glaring. dazzling white light shot out
over the avenue from the darkness OF
the tower room.
That light burned nightly all during
the incumbency of Mr.. Hitchcock and
tor some time after Mr.. Burleson took
command. Then 1t suddenly was ex-
unguished, a night landmark disap-
peared and people who have asked
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-11-07
Little Girl Steals Auto Ride Clad Only in Mighty

THlCAGO.-It was kind OF shivery in
~ the cool October morning to be
dashing around in an automobile with
only just a mighty to cover pink skin.
But o! Such fun to be stealing a ride
without daddy knowing Il!
As the automobile spun down Jack
son boulevard and stopped at the
crossings in the loop William ]. New.
man, a contractor, living at 1881 West
Jackson boulevard, wondered why
pedestrians looked so strangely at hrs
automobile and smiled with so much
amusement.
Margaret, his three-year-old daugh-
ter, was having the time OF her life
When daddy had kissed her good-by in
the morning she had crept out OF her
little bed and stole downstairs. While
her father was bidding the others
good-by she slipped out of doors and
crept into the rear OF his automobile,
all unnoticed.
Margaret hid under the blankets un-
til he reached downtown and then her
curiosity overcame her discretion. A
little blonde, curly head peeped up and
then two little bare arms reached up
to the seat. In a moment the naked
feet were crossed under her Turkish
wise and she was having a Joy ride
through fairyland.
Her father stopped on North Curtis
street and was gone long time. She
stood up to see If she could see him
returning The little mighty was slip
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-11-07
Crippled, Seeks Aid

At the conclusion OF the Mexican
war Kincaid came north and was en-
ployed as a rider on the pony express.
Countless fights with the hostile Sioux,
adventures with the Apaches and other
Indians are Kincaids remembrances
of this period of his life.
In 1858 Kincaid went to Missouri
and raised horses near Bonneville The
Civil war broke out and to escape mill
tary service he took to the brush At
night, If the coast was clear, the young
mans sister would display red, white
and blue lights from the house and
Kincato would come in for dinner
While at the table one evening he was
surprised by detail OF ten men from
General Fessendens command and en-
listed for service.
Following two years OF soldering.
Klncaid and his partner came west
and engaged in transporting horses
across the plains for the federal cav
airy.
In 1865 Kincaid's father was gov
ernor of Nevada and the son came
west again. Kincaid's father also was
a federal representative of Alaska.
The later years of his life Kincaid
punched" cattle. drove stages, rode
line," logged in the northwest and lived
general outdoor life.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-11-07
GIRL OF SEVEN CLIMBS Full
At One Time Women Were Forbidden
to Ascend Japan's Sacred
Mountain.

Tokio.-Mount Full, a dead volcanic
mountain nearly fifteen thousand feet
high, famous around the world for its
graceful contour, has been climbed
this summer by Japanese girl. seven
years old, who made the trip unaid-
ed by her elders Considering the
youthfulness Of the climber. this is a
record.
Another ascension will be made be-
fore the summer is over, for II all
goes we'll with him, Sajuro Ota, eighty
nine years old, will accomplish his one
hundredth ascension. With the close
Of last summer his record was eighty
three. August saw him complete his
ninety-fourth trip to the summit.
From time immemorial, Full, the
highest mountain in Japan. has been
considered a sacred peak, and until
about forty years ago women were not
allowed to make the ascent Even now
much religious sentiment is attached
to the mountain, and group after group
of pilgrims from all over the country
visit the little shrines on the snowclad
summit, murmurlng in their ascent up
the long slopes "Rokkon Shojo," mean
ing May our six senses be clean
and undeflled."
Aside from these pilgrims, all
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-11-07
Pioneer Indian Fighter,

GAN FRANCISCO.-Willlam Klncaid,
~ pioneer Indian fighter and veteran
of the Mexican and Civil wars, applied
lately at the Central Emergency hos.
pital for aid
A resident of nearly every state this
side of the Rockies, Kincaid has seen
the making Of the west With perfect
memory he recalled historical events
that had occurred during his lifetime.
Kincaid was born in Santa Fe, N. M.
Ills mother was a Castilian, his father
an American. The aged man speaks
both languages, as well as a number
of Indian dialects.
When fourteen years old Kincaid ac-
companied his father to Mexico and
fought with the United States army at
Buena Vista and other memorable
fields. He was present at the capture
of the Mexican general Santa Ana.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-11-07
Shrieks of Locomotive Whistle StartIe the Capital

people sinking to their deaths in the,
river-another Titanic tragedy right
at the ctiy's gates
And still the whistle shrieked. 1t
was $40 o'clock, and the weird notes
OF distress had been coming to ths
city for nearly half hour
"Oh! can't somebody save themT'
almost cried a woman as she took O.
taxicab in front Of the Willard for
the scene Of the tragedy"
No, it's not wreck" decidedly an
swered an individual on the other end
Of the telephone, after the territory in
which the whistle was sending out
distress signals had been located.
please don't bother me-" continued
the voice, exhibiting tones of anger.
About million people have asked
me the same fool question"
Further inquiry elected that a whis-
tie on one of the locomotives In a
railroad yard on New Jersey avenue
had broken, and couldn't be stopped
from shrieking until 1t had made its.
run to the station.
Despite the alarm and "corrobo-
rated" stories of the tragedy, no con-
tributiops for the sufferers we're col
lected.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-11-07

ping off her shoulders, but she did not
notice. A crowd gathered around. One
little hand rested on her knee as she
steadied herself.
Little September Morn!" observed
laughing girl, who paused with sew
eral others to look at her.
Morning." replied Margaret. catch
ing the last word.
Just then daddy came in sight. His
eyes popped wide open as he caught
a fash of ten pink toes diving to the
depths Of great green blanket.
There was a hasty explanation in
excited baby talk. Mrs. Newman was
standing at the telephone on the verge
of collapse from anxiety when it rang
and her husband called.
Get her into some clothes the first
thing you do and then bring her right
home" were the mothers orders. All
the way Margaret was dubious, but
there we're no spankings and only hugs
and kisses when she was on her moth
er's knee again.