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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-18
Wanted 20 coma Back.

you won't make any mistake in
buying this ear, Mr.. Juggings." said
the agent 1T is the best IN the mar
ket. There isn't any comeback TO our
output"
Then ! don't want IT," retorted Jug
gins. There wasn't any comeback to
the last car I had. and had TO walk
back Haven't you anything you can
show me with a few return attach
ments :'-Harpers Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-18

who died suddenly at Deer River,
MINI, after a brief illness of pneu-
monia. Mr.. Shrussbury, who lived at
$50 West Fifth street, had been work
ing in the above city for several
mChths. The body will probably be
brought here for burial. Surviving are
the wife, Mrs Matte Shrussbury of
Davenport, and one daughter, Goldie
May, al home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-18

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is not
a common, everyday cough mixture.
.. IS E.erItGrious remedy for all the
Jro-l lesome and dangerous complica-
-ie,s resulting from cold in the head,
throat. chest or lungs Sold b all
druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-18

Minister Held for Abduction
Charges OF violating the Mann act will
probably be brought against Rev. J.
d. Lewis of Alexis, H., now in the
rounty jail here, charged with embez-
element II prosecuting witnesses do
not appear before the grand jury. now
IN session, and testify 10 Rev Lewis
alleged embezzlinE operations, the IL
linOiB minister will be taken before
United States Commissioner A. G.
Bush. as II Is believed that the au-
thorities can secure a conviction as a
white SLAYER. Rev. Lewis Is said TO
have been a model husband and father
and TO have been q popular and re-
spected minister in the little town Of
Alexis until he became infatuated with
little l7-year-old girl. Elizabeth Kohl.
one of the members OF his congrega-
ton. Unable TO restrain his love for
the girl. he took $500 OF his wife's
money bought an automobile aud
eloped In the machine with Miss Kohl.
according to letters which the desert
ed wife has written TO the authorities
here. The Alexis minister even broke
open his child's bank in the effort TO
secure all the funds possible before
leaving home. getting Sl5 in nickels.
dimes and pennies. From Alexis the
clippers drove TO Nichols, Muscatine
county. Iowa, where he and Miss Kohl
are said 10 have stopped at the Rice
hoteb staying there over night and
registering under the names OF j
Johnson and wife. From Nichols the
couple went TO Savannah, where Lewis
was overtaken and placed under ar
rest for embezzlement The Kohl girl
was living with him there at the time
Of his arrest. County Attorney Thomp
son Of Muscatine county Thursday
night mailed to County Attorney FreC
Vollmer the letters from the deserted
minister's wife and other informatiSr
which is said to substantiate the
charge OF white slavery. which viii be
based on Lewis having taken the Koh
girl from Illinois into Iowa for i'm
moral purposes. The grand jury il
now investigating the case and viii
probably bring in indictments by the
middle OF next week Lewis was ar
rested at Savanna, Ill, the evening o.
Jan. S. Information on the charge o.
embezzlement was sworn out agains
him by G. d. Cannon. local representa-
tive of the Equitable Life Insurance
company Lewis is said to have alb
seconded with $91 OF the company
funds. The accused man was in Dav
export for a time, but escaped before
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-18
DAVENPORT

Licensed 70 Wed.-The following are
the marriage licenses issued in the
district court yesterday: Henry Wen
eel. Davenport, and Margaret Wenzel.
Davenport; Henry NJ Warmth, Tip
ton, and Margaret Hoyman, Stanwood:
Charles F. Brockmeyer, Bennett, and
Junie z Barrett, Bennett: Max KIink-
rath, Eldridge, and Olga Schumann,
Eldridge.
May DisquaIHy commissloner.-Dis-
qualification of Commissioner Chris
Niemand, chairman OF the police and
fire commission, is the action which
has been made imperative through a
more complete investigation into his
record since being appointed a mem
Der Of the board His disqualification
is called for in no uncertain OF concllia-
tory manner by q thorough investiga-
ton of the laws governing the police
and fire commissioners, which is a
state Institution and governed by state
laws. AS the result of this investiga.
ton It becomes imperative that a re-
hearing be granted Night Captain P
J. Phelan and all actions taken by the
board OF commissioners where Me
mAnd held the deciding vote, be tested
for legality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-18

State Survey for Co. F.-Information
comes from the Office of Adjutant Gen,
eral F. S, Dickson in Springfield that
a survey of state property carried by
Company F. Sixth regiment Illinois
national guard, has been ordered and
that a board will be named in a few
days to have the work in charge. 1t
is probable that Colonel S. o. Trip
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03
DO YOU RECALL THISf
(Stark County NeWs.)

Notwithstanding all the modern in
ventions for heating, | tell you there
is nothing so full of geniality and so
ciability as the old-fashioned country
fire place. The neighbors were to
come in for a winter evening of socia-
bility In the middle of the afternoon,
in the best room in the house some
one brought in great back log, with
great strain, and put it down on the
back of the hearth. Then the lighter
wood was put on, armful after arm
full Then a shovel of Goals was taken
from another room and put under the
dry pile and the kindiing began, and
the cracking, and it rose until it be-
came roaring fame which filed all
the room with geniality and was re-
iected from the family pictures on the
wall. Then the neighbOrs came in,
two by two. They sat down, their
faces to the fire. which ever and anon
was stirred with tongs and readjusted
On the andirons, and there were such
times of rustic repartee and story tell
ing and mirth as the black stove and
blind register never dreamed Of
Meanwhile the table was being spread,
and so fair was the cloth and so clean
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03
TESTED AND PROVEN
There Is a Heap Of Solaee in Being
Able to Depend Upon a Well
Earned Reputation.

For months The Argus readers have
seen the constant expression of
praise for Doan's Kidney Pills, and
lead about the good. work they have
done in this locality What other
remedy ever produced such convinc-
ing proof of merit?
Mrs. w. A. PANEL, 306 Fourth street,
Rock Island, H., says: Il think Just
as much of Doan's Kidney Pills as
ever. I am willing TO confirm the
testimonials ! gave in their praise in
1909. Nearly every member Of my
family has used Doan's Kidney Pills
and We consider them excellent for
kidney trouble. We procured our
supply of this remedy at the Harper
House pharmacy and have been con-
WINGED of their merits"
when Your Back Is Lame-Re-
member the Name" Don't simply ask
fCI a kidney remedy-ask distinctly
for Doan's Kidney Pills, the same that
Mrs. Pannell had-the remedy backed
by home testimony Fifty cents all
stores. Foster-Milburn company, pro-
prietors. Buffalo, S. Y.-(Advertise-
ment)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03
BATHING IN IOWA.

(Creston, Iowa, Adyertiser.)
The proprietors Of the white City
give assurance that the natatorium
will be a place Of utmost refinement
and will be so constructed and so
equipped that the most modest woman
need not be at all backward about pat
ronizing the swimming basin. e.
Every person before going into the
pool must step under the shower bath,
thus removing all perspiration and
dirt, and each person will be request
ed TO own his or her own bathing
suit, thus insuring sanitary conditions
in this particular. The pool will be
enclosed with a wood ballister, which
will extend about two feet above the
cement wall of the basin, and it is so
constructed that the ladies will step
into the water knee-deep before seen
by anyone. It will be compulsory for
all men TO have two-piece suits and
for the women to wear the full ladies'
suit To the south of the basin will
be constructed bleachers for those
who wish to look on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03
THE VALLEY CLARION
SzBS

was the cutlery they glisten and glist-
en- in our mind today And then the
best luxury of orchards and farm yard
was roasted and prepared for the table
to meet the appetites sharpened by
the cold ride. We heartily wish for a
return of the old fire place. Our read
ers. whose locks have whitened by the
frosts of many winters, know that
this pen picture of the fire place is
true TO life.
We wonder how many of our readers
have seen a real live grasshopper this
spring. This was the writer's expert
ence, last Saturday, when in blowing
up a specimen of the largest size,
which few short distance, and when
followed by its curious observer,
proved itself one of the livelest hop
pens on record, also, as it was impossi-
bic to come near it. That the little
creature was upheaved by the newly
/ plowed sod is the only reason for its
/ appearance that, to us, seems feasible
/ Our genial friend, F. e. Saunders, of
Kewanee, who is travelling salesman
for the Fritch> Soap company, gave US
a call last Thursday although he has
been in the community several times,
this was the first time he had come up
our street. and even then his stay was
hurried, as he left late in the after
noon on a 22-mile drive to his home,
which he expected to reach at about
10 O'Clock. He appears well and hear
I ty, and reports favorably for the rest
Of the family, except his wife, who is
always quite poorly, and for that rea-
son her winters sojourn in the south
lacked much of the enjoyment that
would otherwise have been possible
He has the agency for five counties,
and with his admirable fitness for the
work, seldom fails to make a sale
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03
WYOMING ALFALFA.
(Wayland. Wyo., Gritl

w dN IaAN, ~ gC.S vi ~
Pancake" Pete, sheep herder,
whose luxuriant whiskers. extending
to his waist, and which in variety of
tint and shade almost rival the aurora
borealis, had, few mornings ago. an
experience that proved the unitarian,
as well as the aesthetic, value of his
hirsute adornments. The sheep, start
ing out EARLIER than usual, had gone
a considerable distance before he had
finished his breakfast. Hastily finish
I ing his meal, and not waiting to reach
/ for a cup, Pete picked up a large basin
in which he had melted some snow,
/ took a drink, and started after the
band A quantity of water had splash
/ ed over his whiskers Pete had not
/ gone far until his whiskers were froZ-
/ en- into solid mass a couple of inches
thick. As he reached the crest of a
ridge a shot rang out and a bullet
struck the mass of whiskers squarely
over his heart But the impenetrable
slab turned the steel missile aside
like a Harveyized armor plate, causing
it according to Pete to imbed itself
at least an inch in a sandstone rock
by his side. The shot was fired at a
coyote by a neighboring herder who
had not seen Pete approaching.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03

dergo an operation but really in or
der that he might rest.
Mr.. Waymau, he said, vas sensitive
about going TO a sanitarium TO take
the ''rest cure" He believed that if
he should do so people would believe
that he was insane.
DIR. MJ18RAT RELUCTANT WITNESS.
Dr. Murray's conduct prior to his
taking the witness stand in the coro-
ner's Office was not indicative of his
being willing witness. His failure
10 appear il response to a subpoena
had ueCessitated several postpone
ment5 Of the inquest. Nevertheless,
when he did take the stand he told
his story with no manifestations of re-
luGtance. He even volunteered infor-
nation.
1t was brought out also that while
DR.. Murray had been avoiding an ap-
pearance before Coroner Hoffman he
had not been silent about Mr.. Way
man. He admitted on the stand that
he had told several persons the story
about Wayman asking to be taken
to a hospital and killed.
Dr. Murray took occasion while IN
/ der oath to resent an aspersion that
[ had been cast on his impartiality in
/ the case. He said he had been ap
/ preached by a private detective and
asked if he was working for some OF
| the insurance companies that carried
policies on Mr.. Waymans life, and
he made it a point to deny under
oath that he was working for any in
surance company. The significance
of this lies in the fact that at least
one of Mr.. Wayman's life insurance
policies might be invalidated if it were
proved he had committed suicide.
JURY RETURNS "OPEN- VERDICT.
The testimony of the Wayman fam
lily physician apparently did not have
a preponderance of weight in the
minds of the jurors. After brief de
liberation they returned what il
known as an open" verdict. II die
not attempt to decide whether the for
mer states attorneys death was due
to accident or suicide. 1t merely sum
med up the facts and left the conclu
sion to others. The verdict in full
was as follows:
The decedent died at his home
1894 Constance avenue, from shocl
and hemorrhage due to the bulle
wounds of the chest, said bullets fire.
from a revolver held in his own hand
From the evidence presented we, tn
jury, are unable TO determine whethe
said shots were fired with the inten
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03
MILLIONS ASKED
FROM A RAILROAD
Officials of Rock Island Believe
Union Pacific to Be Behind
Iowa Suit.

Dies Moines, Iowa, May 3.-The Polk
county board of supervisors yesterday
authorized the starting of a court &C
ton seeking to collect $15,559, 40 al
legged to be due the county from the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail-
road company, a subsidiary of the Rock
Island system, and an Iowa corpora
ton.
p. II. Martin, treasurer of Polk COun-
ty, made formal demand on the rail-
road company officials for the money,
Immediately following action OF the
board. By a contract entered into be-
tween the board of supervisors and a
aw firm Of Council Bluffs the latter
are empowered in the name of the
ton in case the company refuses 10
make an immediate settlement
The circumstances and nature of the
action lead local railroad men, who re-
fuse to be quoted, TO believe the Union
Pacific is back OF the move. They say
that the Union Pacific will attempt TO
buy up the Rock Island property at a
small sum. The Union Pacific thereby
would secure entrance into Iowa.
/ The Council Bluffs attorneys came
. TO Dies Moines and asked to be allowed
TO put a proposition to the board.
They told members that. after work
covering more than a year, they had
uncovered that the Rock Island rail
road for five years mad purposely omit.
ted from taxation moneys, credits and
STOCKS worth $3.50, 900 600.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03
RELIGION AND FISHING.
port Byron Globe. }

Dear Friend: ! have a little time
just at present and thought of my Port
Byron friends. We have been in lis
kilwa now nearly two months and
have good idea Of the town. It is a
nice place, up-to-date, but we have a
poor paper-that is, TO compare it with
the Globe
We have good library that cost the
people Of this place s25, coo to put up.
One farmer gave $1,000.
Then we have waterworks. That is
about mile out of town They have
a dam between two hills, and a spring
furnishes the water for sprinkling.
The water is piped to town from
there. Then We have six churches
just five too many to suit our judg-
ment One good church would be
o. k, and then they, as you in Port
Byron, could have a man and pay him
! a good living And the people would
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03

all be better off and all feel more
friendly toward each other.
This town also has a high school
that cost $4,000. 1t was built by two
townships. The city is in two, so both
built it. 1t is an upto-date school.
Manual training and cooking is taught.
On the third floor is large hall that
is for any public meeting
The Hennepin canal is about one,
half mile from town. We have been
there three times since we came here
Fishing is good there.
The streets are oiled in town, to
keep down the dust, which is a fine
thing. You better try it.
The stores close at o'clock each
night except Wednesday and Saturday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03

A GOOD TEAM.

WAN Like, Iowa, BIaue.
The groom is the son Of the well-to-
do and much respected farmer, John
Gosch. A young man who has early
in life established traits of honesty
and industry, respecting his parents
and leading a moral and upright life.
The bride is a lOvable young lady in
which good health and exercise has
lent them their freshness of youth and
amiable disposition, having the infiu-
ence Of kind and respected parents to
add to her position in life.
With youth, good health, morals and
parents and friends is about all that
is needed to make q happy home and
a prosperous future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03
COST OF LIVING NOTES.
TWaukRgan Sun.l

Mr.. and Mrs. Ray P Lee, who have
lived on the north side, Chicago, for a
number Of years, are 70 spend the sum-
mer with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. J. Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Benedict, who
have lived not far from Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee, are 10 spend the summer with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome
Biddleccm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Werden, who
near the Lees and Benedicts, have
come TO Waukegan for the summer, 10
reside with their parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Giles Farmer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03

night the year round, and they tell me
they have done so for 1-5 years.
We have two saloons here, and they
just had an election last week and
voted in their favor by 80 per cent.
We do not see the bottles that we did
in Port Byron on the streets-that is,
empty ones. The saloons close at 10
o'clock and you cannot get it after
that time or on Sundays
This is all can tell you that would
interest you. If any of my friends in
Port Byron happen this way, be sure
to stop and see us. Yours truly,
H. HAGEBOECK.
All the news all the time - The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03
CLAIMS WhYMhN
ASKED FOR Death
DR.. William K. Murray Causes
Surprise by Suicide Testi-
mony at Inquest.
IS INVITED TO OPERATE
Physician Declares the Patient Wanted
Him to Cut Vital Organs las
Friend"

Chicago. May 3.-Dr. William Z.
Murray. family physician for John T.
". Wayman, made three sensational
statements under oath as a witness
ct the inquest in the case of the for
mer states attorney yesterday. He
said:
l. That in his opinion MI Way
man committed suicide.
.. That the act of self-destruc-
ton was committed during an
explosive period" in an attack
Of neurasthenia, or nerve bank
ruptcy.
3. That this neurasthenia was
either induced or aggravated by
criticisms the nature Of which the
witness did not disclose.
These statements were supple
mented by DR.. Murray with a still
more sensational declaration. He
said that some days before he shot
himself Mr.. Wayman had come 10 him
with a proposition that the doctor
take him (Wayman) to some hospital
and there perform an operation in the
tpui nt VI WHICH, lue puy 5lCldn WOuIO
cut some vital organ so as to cause
death.
ACCIDENT, DR. KR0HN SAYS.
DIR. Murray's testimony was not
corroborated and it was not received
with favor by Mr.. Wayman's friends
or DR.. Murray's fellow physicians. DR.
William o. Krohn, the nerve special
list, who was directly in charge of Mr.
Wayman's case at the time of his
death, on the contrary, declared that
In his opinion Mr.. Wayman had shot
himself accidentally. He gave an &C
count of a conversation in which the
former states attorney asked to be
taken to hospital which was quite a.
variance with that given by Dr. Muir
ray.
He said that in this conversation
Mr.. Wayman had asked that he be
taken to a hospital ostensibly TO un
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03

ltion INSTRUCTED. Notes are played
with accuracy and precision, no matter
how many there are. She scattars
them like billiard balls or retains and
sings them as demands require.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03

Are you frequently noarse? Do you
have that annoying tickling In your
throat? Does your cough annoy you
Al night, and do you raise mucus in
The morning? Do you want relief
Il so, take Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy and you will be pleased. Sold by
all Enthusiastically
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03
BY THE BILLIARD EDITOR.
lErening Wiscnnsin

tEVenlng WISCONSIN,
AT no time is the technique Of Miss
Kissinger mechanical, nor her percep-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03

The very best range on the
nlarket-positively guaran-
teed to pay for itself in the
gas it saves. We show a COM
plete line. We connect stoves
free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-03

When you make your rug selection here you
know that you have seen the fnest-the big
gest and most complete line shown any
where. 1t is impossible to describe the won
derful patterns and color effects in our line
of over 500 patterns. Our quality is always
the best-besides we save you from $3.50 to
$1,000 on every rug. Worth going after
don't you think so? Come in and look, even
if you don't intend to buy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-08-22
Peralatenca Won.

Jones, former man about town, had
become so poor that often, donning his
shabby evening clothes, he had either
to bono his friends for n dinner or go
hungry. Thus Jones dropped in on a
former crony one evening and said:
Il thought I'd just drop in. knew you
were giving a dinner, and 1 heard that
your guests were just thirteen. So, rs
your wife is superstitious about that
number, thoughtful, hal-Td just
drop In"
But" said the host, you're quite
wrong, Jones. We are not thirteen.
We are Just twelve"
Jones, as he drew off his shabby old
overcoat, said:
swell. I'll stay anyhow, If only to
laugh your wife out Of her supersti-
uous whim."-Washington Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-08-22
Music a Human Necessity.

Perhaps the contrast between Ger.
man and American life which most
sharply impressed me was their pos
session and our poverty Of good music
available to the masses Of the people.
Like most American men, do not
know one written note Of music from
another and perform on no instrument
while my singing is a genuine test Of
friendship. Yet love music, real mu-
sic, as / imagine most Americans do,
and am always pleased when able to
hear 1t.
have stood an hour in a driZzling
cold rain in Georgestrasse, Hanover.
listening with deepest appreciation to
the noble music provided by the bri
gade band from the steps Of the I'm
perial Opera House. have found, in
cafes and theaters and other public
resorts Of all grades and classes, really
excellent music provided for the en-
tertainment Of patrons and have got
from 1t a cure for physical weariness
and mental depression and n renewal
Of my faith in the nigh destiny Of man
kind. have been made conscious
that music is quite as essential to the
well being OF normally constituted
human being as food, raiment and shell
Frank Putnam in National Maya
zine
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-08-22
This Never Happened.

My dear husband" said the confd
ing young wife, you said some awful.
ly strange things in your sleep last
night"
Did 1? What did sayT' asked the
man. getting ready for almost any
thing.
you talked about full houses and
'aunties' and 'kitties' and edges and
lot of unrelated things like that
What did 1t mean, dearT
My DEAR" answered the culprit
gathering all his faculties for the su
preme effort of his life, 'it didn't near
as much as you suspect. AS a mattel
of fact, had been playing poker al
the evening and the things ] snid In
my sleep were poker terms which
shall be glad to explain to you at 6
more convenient time"
My husband is perfectly honest, aft
er allr' sighed the lady happily. And
she went to sleep and never referred
to the subject again.-Cleveland Plair
Dealer.