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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
POLICE CAPTURE WOMAN
MASQUERADING AS a MAN

Clad in regulation male attire, Mrs.
rorothy Sheldon, in company with her
husband, Robert Sheldon and a male
companion, Z. P. Moore. was arrested
in the Thirty-first street railroad
yards last evening by the police, after
an exciting chase. A report was re-
ceived that three suspicious looking
characters had been seen in the yards,
and several officers were detailed on
the case. When the trio spotted"
the police they made dash down the
tracks When the party was captured,
there was an extra woman and a
missing man. The woman carried a
suitcase and when this was opened,
the mystery was explained. A light.
ming change had been made during
the interval between the time the
party was sighted and the time
of the capture. II was learned that
the trio intended to bum" their way
out Of town on a freight train. All
were arraigned in police court this
morning and given 20-day sentences.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
House Mover Tells His Side

Rock Island, Oct 14-Editor The
Argus: Since l have been misquoted
and misjudged several times in regard
to the house l am moving from Nine.
teenth street and Fourth avenue to
Ninth street and Seventh avenue,
which now stands in front of the Brad.
ford home on Sixth avenue, / desire
to make the following statement:
! was granted permission from the
city commissioners TO go south on
Nineteenth street to Sixth avenue,
west on Sixth avenue to Tenth street,
south on Tenth street to Seventh ave.
nue. to destination. My desire was to
go west on Fourth avenue, but objec.
tons were raised to this route on &C.
count of Fourth avenue paving being
new and not being put down on a ce.
ment foundation. also on account OF
the long interference of street rail.
way from Seventeenth street TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
Don't Attack
Your Fat

Drugs that attack fat are dangerous.
The right way TO get thin is TO stop
fat from dlgesting.
A way has been found in mild anti.
ferment. It is put up in tablets called
6erledets, and the ablest physicians
employ it.
Instead of dieting, take one eerIedet
after meaIs-to compel fat-formins
foods to pass out undigested. Then
the body which must have fat, feeds
on the stored.up tissue.
The result is the same as from semi.
starvation. Fat disappears, weight
comes down to normal All in a natural
way.
In every case this result is guaran
teed by a warrant in each box. The
risk is entirely ours. Won't you try
this harmless way which thousands
have employed?
eerIedets cost 81 per box at drug
gists Write US if more information ID
wanted.
Ber;edets are sold and recommended
by Thomas Drug Co., w. 7. Tartz. VIII
liam Ullemeyer, August Heimbeck
Jeriehc's Drug Store. Meline, III.
THE eERLEpiTE CO.. Distributors
! North American 5Idsy Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
TWO CITIES Want
new STATE HOME
Charities Conference Develops
Rivalry Over Institution
For Epileptics.

Rockford, ILL.,, Oct. 14.-Rivalry for
the location of the proposed state In
stitution for epileptics developed in
earnest when Governor Dunno ar-
rived here to attend the charities con-
ference.
Freeport sent a delegation of 40
citizens, who were closeted with the
governor and state board of admins
tration for an hour, presenting the
claims of that city. Rockford men
had the governor out early in the day
on an automobile trip showing him
desirable sites.
The governor announced he had not
yet conferred with the administration
board on the question of location OF
the colony. The board members will
investigate prospective sites for some
time to come.
In his address at mass meeting
last night Governor Dunno insisted
there must be no backward step IL
the management of the state institu
tions.
1.-The state government under this
administration must be progressive in
every branch and every phase" the
governor said. 81 insist with all the
force in me that they be lifted to the
highest plane of humanity, efficiency
and economy attainable.
Let it be once and for all lastingly
understood that these institutions
we're created for and will be maintain
ed primarily and ultimately for the
benefit of the patients and inmates
and not for the comfort and profit OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14

the employees or individuals and cor
porations which furnish the supplies
and material to maintain and build
them
The governor said coarseness, rude
ness and brutality must be welded out
of public service of our state insti-
tutions and that scrupulous honesty
and painstaking economy are de-
manded
Other speakers at the mass meeting
were Graham Taylor of Chicago and
DR.. Katherine Bement Davis of New
York.
A policy of publicity as to happen
ings in state institutions was urged
by A. L. Bowen, secretary of the char
tiles commission, in his report at the
annual meeting of the board of admin
istration. The report was generally
Endorsed.
Fred ]. Kern, president of the board,
declared newspapers would rather
publish the truth than falsehood, and
that they try to verify what they print.
"If we put truthful account of all
that happens in our state institutions
where they can get it, we need have
no fear they will circulate falsehoods
about u.s." Mr.. Kern said.
Laxity in the prevention of child
blindness was denounced by Dr.
Thomas A. Woodruff of Chicago at the
meeting under the auspices of the
State Association for Conservation OF
the Vision. He said one-fourth of all
blind children in schools for the blind
are unnecessarily so. He advocated
laws requiring better training of mid
wives and their registration and the
creation of state commission for the
blind
Baby eyes can be saved at the rate
of two for a cent" DR.. Woodruff said
1--we don't do it, because as a com
munity we are still ignorant and care
less about the health of the individ
ual''
Dr. w. A. Evans presided at the an
nual meeting of the Illinois Associa
ton for the Prevention of Tubercu.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
SMALL FIRE STARTS AT
ROCK ISLAND PL0W co.

Fire, which originated under the
paint tank in the Rock Island Piow
factory, at 1:1o o'clock this morning,
was detected by a workman In its
early stages. and what might have de-
veloped into a serious conflagration
was extinguished in a short while.
The fire, resulted from an over
heated electric motor situated under
the paint tank, and short while after
it was discovered the automatic sprink-
lers. with which the factory is equip
ped played upon the blaze. The men,
bers Of the fire department were
called and assisted in extinguishing
the fire.
An Official Of the factory today stat
ed that the damage was nominal and
that it was covered by insurance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14

| Tenth street. Fifth avenue was object
ed to on account of the asphalt pave
ment and on account of the danger
of crushing the Fifth avenue sewer,
which is the main large sewer of the
city draining all the territory from
TYenty-third street west to the river.
Injury to this sewer would entail much
greater injury to the city than any
one other thing that could happen to
/ the city on account of moving house.
Sixth avenue seemed the only street
the route selected.
/ got the house as far as the tree
| in front of the Bradford home when
l realized that l could not go through
without either sewing off a limb or
raising it up. DR.. Bradford insisted
on cutting off part OF the house or on
my choosing some other route This
refused to do because this was the
route selected and there are other sim
| liar objections on any other street that
might be selected and furthermore If
| had to cut off part of the house for
every limb | came in contact with |
would not have any house left when
! reached my destination, besides be-
Ing put to an expense / could not
stand. Dr. Bradford was in Aledo the
day l reached his tree, so rather than
mutilate the tree, / waited until he
returned for his consent TO either let
me cut II of or raise it up. Mayor
Schriver, Dr. Sala and myself met at
=, the site of the difficulty and Or Brad
ford agreed then and there to allow
us to drive a stake in his yard and
hitch on to il and try and raise the
limb, DR.. Sala agreeing that If the limb
could not be raised sufficiently to per-
NIT the house going under, that part
of the roof might be removed
! went there the following morning
and DR.. Bradford refused to let US
| do as he agreed ! think | treated
him fairly in the first place in waiting
TO obtain his consent before doing
anything and believe am entitled to
some consideration In this matter. ]
am citizen of this city and make my
living by moving houses.
While my business does not employ
as many men as some other kinds OF
business, yet II gives employment 70
a certain number OF laborers and they
all live and spend their earnings In
this community.
8. r. DAXoN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14

tim Of murderous plot and that he
was decoyed south of the city on some
pre'ense and killed. A cIew reported
from Danville was that Larry while
drinking in saloon there was with
two strangers for whom he bought
drinks. One OF them attempted 70 rob
him but failed.
Coroner Hanmore postponed the in.
quest until Wednesday in the belief
tina. more would be known by that
time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
HAMLET

Rev. and Mrs. Baker and Miss Addie
Boyles we're Rock Island visitors
Saturday.
Charles Boyles and son Walter re-
turned home Monday after spending
a few days at Gibson. Iowa.
The Woman's Mission society met
at the home Of Mrs William DeBorde
Thursday.
The revival meeting being conduct.
ed by Rev. Mr.. Patterson in the Ham
let Presbyterian chu-ch have been well
attended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14

losis. Following officers were elected:
President, DR.. George T. Palmer,
Springfield; treasurer David Forgan,
Chicago; secretary, James MinnicH,
Chicago.
State probation officers voted to
form an association and elected L. o.
Peckham of Chicago. president; Mrs.
j. T. Joslin of Rockford, secretary;
Harry Hill of Chicago, treasurer.
Other speakers at various meetings
yesterday we're Robert H, Gauit,
Evanston; A. c. Backus of Milwaukee,
DIR. George Mangold of St Louis, w.
S. Reynolds of Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
FENCE" ARE
TAKEN TO PEORIA
Pearlstein and Katz to Be Tried
in U. S. Court Tomorrow
Morning.

Charles Pearlstein and Frank Katz,
the local men charged with receiving
$1,000 worth Of loot stolen from Rock
I5'1nd railway cars, were taken to
Peoria this noon by U. S. Deputy Mar
shall Ben Crib. They will be ar
raigned in the federal court at Peoria
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The
men we're arrsigned in police court
this morning and were dismissed on
tn, charge of receiving stolen prop.
erty, the motion being made by State
Attorney Thompson. The United
States marshal Immediately served
the new warrants. C. J. Searle repre-.
scented the defendants.
II is alleged that the men captured
in Council Bluffs have made a com
plete confession duplicating the Rock
Island men and stating the amount OF
money received for the stolen stun.
The penalty for the offense with which
IN local men are charged is either a
$4,000 fine or ten years in the peni.
Tertiary. II will be recalled that the
swag was traced TO this city and re-
covered at the Pearlstein and Katz
residences last Saturday afternoon.
Peoria, Ill-Injuries received when
he was struck by a train Sept. 10, dur
ing the visit OF the Peorie boosters TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
MOTION FOR COST BOND
ALLOWED IN DAMAGE SUIT

Judge R. w. Olmsted this afternoon
in circuit court allowed a motion for
the plaintiff to file cost bond in 80
days in THE case of Charles Humes
vs.. Charles Brunstrom. The suit is
for $1,000 damages alleged to be due
from a dog bite.
The next case on. the calendar is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
HOLD MURDER SUSPECTS
Police Arrest Men Believed to Know
Something of Bachelors Death.

Champaign, Ill, Oct. 14.-Four men
have been arrested In the belief that
they could tell something about the
supposed murder OF William Larry,
eccentric bachelor, whose body was
found in a cornfield Sunday with two
bullet hoes in the head. The sus'
poets we're Charles Phipps, a shoe
maker who was a tenant Of Larry; Jo-
seph White, Tim Kimball and Frank
Mullen.
Belief grows that Larry was the vic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14

Hamburg-Directors Of the Ham
burg-American line announced they
proposed to increase the capital Of the
company by $500. 600 70 increase the
company's feet of freight vessels in
view OF the opening Of the Panama
canal and start an Orient service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
CITY CHAT
Overwhelmingly
A- - Da4Au nrno

(Advertisements)
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
For express. call william Trefz.
Tri-city Towel Supply company.
Independent Express Co. West 9sI.
Six per cent farm mortgages. Li.ten
& Roberts. Peoples Nations bank
building.
Attend the third dancing party of
the winter series at Industrial hall
Wednesday evening, Oct. Is. 1913, Civ
en- by the II. & NJ. club. Gents 80
cents, ladies free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
LICENSED TO WE'D

Albert R. Bowden ... .Davennort
Miss Mabelle N. Buford. Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14

Freeport caused the death of Emil G.
ICch. a wholesale and retail implement
dealer, according to a coroner's YER
I.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14

All the news all t1e ;jme - The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14

that of William A. Smith VS.. German
National Insurance company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14

Peoria, Ill.-Injuries received when
he was struck by train Sept 10. dur.
ing the visit OF the Peorie boosters TO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-24
THROW AWAY YOUR
EYEGLASSES!
A FREE PRESCRIPTION

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-24
CHAPTER III.


Having now assembled the river
some seventy miles, We now pack
ed our outfit and portrayed
through a cut in the jungle, ev-
erything across to the EsseQuibo
river, some fifteen miles to the
west. John Charley advised us
that We could procure boats from
the Indians there, so 1t was not
necessary to transport the curial.
After procuring another curial
and also a woodskin (the latter
being made of a single oblong
strip of bark, and used to paddle
along Quietly in search of game;
We proceeded to "Gluck island"
which is twelve miles in length
and from two to three in width.
Here we camped for several days,
as l had been informed that the
American tiger frequently repair
ed to this island to rear its young
and which could nearly always be
relied upon to harbor some of
the big cats.
One afternoon, coming out of
the thicket into a small opening,
l stopped short as caught sight
of labaria snake. about five feet
long, lying at full length only a
couple of steps in front of me.
He was apparently sleeping away
the long, sitting hours of the day,
while the sun full upon him SEEM
ed to be to his liking. Great
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-24

Game signs were plentiful and
varied from puma and jaguar to
labba. But suddenly the unex-
pected occurred, as it almost in
variably does. 1 heard rush.
ing in the thick underbrusS
ahead, a grunt, a squeal and a
dash; a chorus of grunts and
squeals-and across in front of us
dashed the biggest herd OF pee
cary 1t had ever been my lot to
come upon. With flaming eyes
and bristling hair the dogs made
a mad rush forward. We tried
to bar their way and called them
off. But one might as we'll have
attempted to stem the torrent OF
Niagara as to try to get them off
the trail of these porkers. The
dogs would not heed, and 1 was
Fearful lest the whole pack might
be wiped out by such a large
herd of these pugnacious wild
hogs. To make matters worse
had brought the rifle into play,
and one old boar lay quite dead,
while a second, Just nicked, had
with all his viciousness, wheeled
to make his fight to the death !;
and about half dozen more stop
ped to back him up. The dogs,
surrounding these, cut them off
from the rest of the herd, which
went crashing on through the
woods. The clamor and din that
rose sounded as If a myriad of
crazy echoes had been set loose.
That there would be vacancies in
the marks of the dogs was now
apparent; old Dash had fought
his last battle. The long tusks
of an old boar had been sunk
deep into his neck. The old rifle
spoke out-once, twice-and two
porkers crumpled. Another ]
caught glimpse of as he rushed
Off with an arrow sticking
straight up in his neck, while
John Charley's last arrow went
well-nigh through the only re-
naming one. There was more
meat in camp than we had hoped
for, but the porxers did not go
Ito waste.
Ito he continued tomorrow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-24

chance for a picture, thought I,
and straightaway the camera re-
corded the scene. But as / stood
adjusting another film 1 felt N.Y.
self being QUICKLY drawn back
ward by one of the men, and
then saw the reptile had sudden
ly become very much awake, and
with quick-darting head raised
and arched he looked hideous and
menacing. There could be no
doubt that he meant to resent our
presence; though he did not
shorten the distance between US,
he showed no sign of retreating;
in fact, his attitude made me be-
lieve he was more inclined to
come on. But at this very mo-
ment John Charley's silent arrow
pinned him neatly to the ground,
while he writhed and struck again
and again in his wild hate and
fury at the unheard-of enemy that
not only was eating out his life
but riveting him to the spot as
well. Ranjettan, never missing
an opportunity to bring his cut
lass into play, with a quick. clean
stroke decapitated the long, sim
uous notified creature.
With the two Indians I took
many silent walks through the
jungle, while they would point
out. various game signs that were
to me very interesting incident
ally hoping We might, by sheer
luck, come upon a jaguar.
After We had employed for sew
eral days all the best methods at
our command for seeking out this
elusive American tiger, we decid-
ed that there were none Just then
In the immediate vicinity. We,
therefore, again struck camp, pro-
ceeding further up the reaches of
the mighty Essequibo, the river
that glides through, wonderland.
We encamped that night ON q
sand bar.
At dawn we continued up-up,
always up and southwark; for
the general trend of these rivers
is to the north. We were now
within less than four degrees of
the equator, and the day continu-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-24
Eczema and Itching Cured.

The soothing, healing medical
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of the skin. clears 1t OF all inn
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DR.. Hobson's Eczema Ointment
IL guaranteed to speedily heel
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Eczema Ointment is q doctors
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-24
HUNTING THE BIG AMERICAN TIGER
BY Dan j. Sin4er

~ overcast. We did not stop I'M
We finally turned up q tribu-
stream and were compelled
portage around a series of falls
- rapids.
With the hounds the next
smorning we struck out into the
Jungle. My men had reported
silently Of American tiger spoor
and other unfailing signs that
one or more of the big. crafty cats
were in the vicinity. l felt, too,
that it was about time that some
thing should happen. Quickly
and quietly We threaded our way
through the intricate forests.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-24
PITTSBURC HAS
BIG ARb0R DAY

PITTSBURG, Oct. 24.-Several
hundred trees were planted in
and about the city today by pu-
pills of the public schools, in ac-
cordance with the usual observ-
ance" of Arbor day in Pennsyl-
vania. Headed by their teachers
they marched to the various
places of planting and participant
ed in exercises which embraced
speaking and singing,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-24
Words Of Praise
For Mayr's Wonderful Stomach
Remedy.

How thankful
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X she had not
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she was having
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-24

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. a.. i
THE Palmyra group Of South 81
islands Is the Eden Of the ri.
cific, declared Judge H. n. Cooj-
or OF Honolulu owner Of thld
string Of 81 islands. Il
Il recently bought them, % con-
tinued the Judge. AFTER THOR.
oughly exploring them accon1-
panied by Montague Cooke, III
curator Of the Bishop MuseunII
and Prof. J. F. Rock Of the col
lege. of Hawaii. We discovered
new fish and plant life.
II intend to work Palmyra Tor
COBRA. Cocoanuts are five feet
deep unde~ the trees II soma of
the groves."
Judge Cooper has lived in Ha-
wall 70 year,,.