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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
YUMA

The bazaar and oyster supper al
Yuma Methodist church Wednesday
evening, given by the Ladies' Aid so
ciety, was largely attended. The pro
ceeds amounted to 500.
Leslie Hanna attended the sUpervis.
ors' meeting at Rock Island last week.
Quarterly meeting was held at Hills
dale Sunday morning. District Super
intendent Alexander Smith was pres
ent and conducted the service.
Mrs. Rose Scarf visited her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. John Swegler. Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Wake returned
home Monday evening from Water.
town, where they had been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Cowell spent Wednes-
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Vain
wright.
yuma Aid society met at the home Of
Mrs. Charles Walthers in an all-day
meeting, with a good attendance. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
THIRD ARREST IS
MADE when SILAS
BENDER SQUEALS
William Thorp, Rock Island
Man, Nabbed by Detective
Cox in Saloon.
TRIAL IN COUNTY COURT
ccnfesses TO Chief Brinn That He Re-
ceiVed Racers Stolen from Mo-
line Barber Shop.

The third arrest in connection with
the petty crimes perpetrated by Silas
Bender. now in the county Jail. was
made by Detective Tom Cox yesterday
when lie arrested William Thorp. 14I0
Fifth avenue. Rock Island.
Thorp il charged with having re
ceiyed ten ra=ors. which Bender stole
from the barber shop conducted by G.
f. MoelIer and Ray Bigelow on FIT
teenth street, Moline
Bender confessed to having entered
the barber shop one week ago last
night the evening before he was ar
rested by the Moline police. he
further admitted that after securing
ten rasors from the shop that he went
TO the saloon of Valentine Deisenroth,
corner Of Fifteenth street and Fourth
avenue. where Thorp tends bar, and
disposed OF the ra&ors to him.
Filed Information.
This morning States Attorney Floyd
r. Thompson filed information in the
dounty court charging Thorp with
having received stolen goods. Thorp
IS being held in the county jail pend
ing a hearing before the county Judge.
When il was learned that Thorp was
implicated in the thefts made by Ben
der. Chief of Police Brinn detailed De
tective Cox to arrest Thorp. He W. :
nabbed by the detective at the saloon
in which he is employed. and was
brought 10 the police station where he
was questioned by the chief of detec-
tives
At first he denied having been i'm
plicated. but later when he discovered
that the officers had some informa-
ton regarding the matter, he admitted
that he had two of the razors.
Confesses To AL
Subsequent questioning by the chief |
and Detective Cox brought forth the /
confession from Thorp that he had /
The ten razors in his possession at his |
home.
At the time of the arrest of Bender ,
the officials believed that with a con
ession from the man they could clear
Up the mystery surrounding a number
IF petty burglaries and other crimes
having been committed in Rock Island
md Moline for some time past. That
hey were correct in their surmises is
)eing demonstrated almost daily. in
Irrests of various people who were
implicated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
NEW FIRE TRUCK IN
FIRST REAL TRYOUT

Rock Islands new auto fire truck
was given its first real fire test this
morning when an alarm was turned
in from 1907 Seventh avenue. Com
panys l and responded 10 the call
which proved 10 be a roof fire in the
home OF Mrs. Mary Cation. The fire
was extinguished with chemicals after
loss OF about $500. The building is
a two story frame house belonging 10
Ben Gable
Another ties OF the fire truck was
also made this morning when a run
was made to the oil tanks in the south
west end OF the city, II was entirely
satisfactory
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
HARRY NEALY is
TAKEN To JOLIET
Will Serve Indeterminate Sen
tence at State Prison for
Burglary.

Harry Nealy. who plead guilty to
burglary and larceny at the present
term of circuit court, was taken to
Joliet today by Deputy Sheriff +. j.
Glasgow, where he viii begin his in
determinate sentence of from one to
II years in the state penitentiary.
Nealy was charged with breaking
into the home of Oscar Gumstrom of
Taylor Ridge. He fled TO Muscatine
where he was also implicated in
crime. However. he was brought back
To this county and on his confession
of the charges against him was order
ed 70 Joliet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
PERSONAL POINTS

\. w. West OF Galesburg, former
editor of the Mail of that city was in
Rock Island today on business
Charles H Davis, ; Payne fats, is
receiving the glad hand today on his
74th birthday. and his friends say he
could pass for 20 years younger
c. W. Lyons of Des Moines was in
the city yesterday on business He
was enroute home from Bloomington
where he attended a meeting of
Woodmen Insurgents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13

! jury by the magistrate under bonds
in the sum Of $1,000 In admitting that
she vas guilty OF the charge of as
ssuiting Watson with intent TO kill
she stated that he HAD used vile Ian
gUase toward her and that she felt
justified in shooting him.
Watson was fined $500 and costs by
the magistrate on charge of disor-
derry conduct Both the Green NO
man and Watson were taken to the
county jail. she in default OF bonds
and he. unable 10 pay the fine. must
serve a 3O-day sentence
sonny Green. husband Of the Green
woman. and Anna Merriman, witness
rs 10 the AFFAIR. who were held on a
charge OF disOTderly conduct. were re-
leased
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
EORAX COMPANY SENDS
20 MULE TEAM HERE

The 20 Mule. Team BoraX company
will send team of 20 mules with a
covered wagon through the city this
afternoon and are expected here at
about o'clock. This is big adver-
Using proposition and depicts the
team as pictured on every package of
this borax and in all of the compaDy's
advertisements. A family by the
name of Chimes, who formerly lived
in Rock Island, are financially inter
ested in the boraX company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
CLAIM AGAINST
ROAD is PAID

This morning in circuit court a petit
ton filed by J. r. Harper, administra-
tor of the estate of Paul Harmonious
for settlement with the Rock Island
road for $1,000 in a lump sum, was
allowed by Judge X. w. Olmsted.
Harmonious was killed by the Rock
Island while operating "A crane at sill
Wis in February, and his heirs desired
that the claim against the road be
paid in one big sum, rather than in
monthly payments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
MASONIC TEMPLE
SUFFERS SERIOUS
LOSS FROM FIRE
Davenport Building Saved Only
by Prompt Action of the
Department.
DAMAGE FIGURES $4,000
Paraphernalia Destroyed by Both
Flames and Water-Blaze Starts
Early in Evening.

Fire broke out at about Sis last
evening in the Masonic temple in Dav-
export. Third and Main street. and
caused a loss amounting to about s25.-
600 or $4,000. The first originated
in the attic from defective electrical
wiring, and prompt action by the Dav-
export fire department is all that
saved the entire building from destruc-
ton.
ParaphernsIia Damaged.
The structure is six stories in height
and the largest amount OF damage
was done by the fire in the attic
while both water and flames did con-
siderable damage in other parts of
the temple 4 large amount of para
pEernslia on the fourth floor, togeth-
or with other furnishings. was injured.
mostly by the water. while the Corin-
THAN hall which was recently remod-
eled suffered a similar fate The loss
on the paTaphernalia and furnishings
alone is estimated at about S17 1000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
AGED man FOUND
DEAD IN HIS Bel
Fred Boetje Retires in Apparent
Good Health but Dies Dur
ing the Night.
CORONER HOLDS INQUEST
A. p. Graves Passes Away at Home
Of Son-Was Born in Ohio
in 1885.

Fred Boetje. aged 73 years. was
found dead in bed this morning al
Sis at his home. 921 Fifth avenue
He was in apparently good health upon
retiring last evening but when Mrs
Boetje arose this morning
she found that her husband had died
during the night. The son, William
Boetje. who resides with the parents,
was called at once and Immediately
sent for Undertaken Knox.
Coroner r. c. J. Meyer held an in
quest at the home this morning and a
jury of six pronounced death to have
been caused by heart trouble
Left 10 mourn the death are the wife
and two sons, William and Fred Boetje
of Rock Island
The deceased was born in Hanover,
Germany, in 1910. and removed to
this country in 1869 and settled at
Davenport. He remained there but
Island where he had resided ever
since.
Alison p. Graves.
Alison +. Graves, aged rs years, pass
ed away at the home of his son. Frank
A. Graves, 1900 Eleventh avenue, at
3 o'clock this morning.
Mr.. Graves was born in cambridge,
Ohio. Sept. >. 1885, and moved to Rock
Island in 1868. For the past 40 years
he had resided in this city and leaves
a host of friends who will mourn his
death. He was member of the West
ern Life Indemnity of Chicago and
was formerly a member of the A. o.
L. w, but discontinued his member
ship in the latter organization some
time ago.
Left to mourn Mr.. Graves death is
the widow, Mrs Sylvia c. Graves, and
two sons, Frank of Rock Island and
Bert of Merriam Park, Mimi. Funeral
will be held from the home
morning at 10 o'clock. Rev.
T. L. Newland, pastor of the First
Methodist church officiating. Inter
ment will be in the Chippiannock Gem
stery.
The family wishes to announce that
10 flowers are desired at the funeral.
Funeral of John Schmitz.
Funeral services of John Schmitz,
Who passed away at his Rock Island
lone early Friday morning. we're
leld this afternoon in Clinton, Iowa. |
nterment was in the Springdale GENE !
ery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13

New York-John II. Gleason of AL
bany, United States attorney, was
sued for $4,000 by Mrs. Hattie Ken
nedy, who alleges he defrauded her in
a settlement of the estate of her hus-
band Big James" Kennedy, a we'll
known sporting man, who left nearly
$4,000 The widow charges that
Gleason and Eugene Mclean, ex-
ecutor, made her believe she had not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
ANDALUSIA

Mrs Dave Stickman and niece.
sylvia Stickman. made a short visit al
Suvis last week with Mrs. Conrad
Schadt-
Mrs. Jane Reynolds has returned 10
her home in Muscatine. After a three
weeks visit with her daughter. Mrs.
Charles Hayes.
Mrs. Frank DollegJ de visited the
first OF the week az Erie with her
daughter. Mrs. Thomas Brown and
family.
Roy Beaumont and sister. Mrs
William Miers. were in Rock Island
Tuesday.
Mrs. Lee Richie made a short visit
the first OF the week in Rock Island
Joseph BurgOyne attended teachers
meeting in Rock Island Saturday.
Miss Nellie Oldham of Spurgeon,
Mo. visited friends and relatives here
last week.
MeiEs Hayes Of Hazel Dell visited
friends here The first OF the week.
All TIE news all the time-The
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
REMOVE CORNER STONE
FROM OLD ASSOCIATION

The corner stone in the old Rock IS
land YIN. c. \. at the corner OF Third
avenue and Nineteenth street. was re
moved this morning and all OF the doc
uments therein were taken to the of
fee of President {. ID. McLane OF the
beard OF directors Of the association
Mr.. McI.ane is out OF the city today.
but the documents viii all be Inspected
upon his return.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
TWO DIVORCES ARE
GRANTED BY JUDGE

Two divorces were granted this
morning by Judge X. w Olmsted
Mrs Bertha Vogt was given decree
from her husband. Emil Vogj Allen
& Reynolds appeared for Mrs. Vogt
and Searle a Marshall for the defend
ant Extreme and repeated cruelty
was alleged
Mrs. Minnie May was divorced from
her husband. John Msy. Dssertion was
charged Frank Landee was attorney
for the former
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
CITY COMMISSION
REFUSESTO GRANT
SALOON LICENSES
By Unanimous Action Council
Goes on Record as Opposed
to Opening.
WILL NOT LIFT THE BAN
Hold Permit Cannot Be Transferred
When ReVoked-Applicant
Withdrsws Request.

By unanimous action tie city com
mission al a special session yesterday
afternoon went On record A. opposed
70 reoDeHing the notorious Billy Rice-s
saloon. 2IG7 Fourth avenue The
place was recently closed following the
agitation regarding vice conditions in
this city and an effort is now being
made 70 have tho license. which was
revoked. transferred
A. the last regular session Of The com
missionsrs. Charles Kammerer Of this
city, representing the Davenport Malt
ing company. who owns the building.
appeared before the body in a request
that the ban which had been placed
on the saloon be remUvcI He stated
that he had an APPLICANT for a license
who would agree 10 run an orderly and
clean place.
Mayor u. VI Schriver told Mr..
Kammerer that he should have his ap-
plica-ion properly prepared and pre-
sent the same a a special meeting
Friday afernOon- Mr Kammerer did
not appear at the session Yesterday
20 that no formal request Tor license
was before tine comm ssiorers. How
ever the matter was thoroughly dis
cussed in all its details and II was the
unanimous sentiment that no license
would be granted. principally because
Of the unsavory reputation which the
saloon has had
Wi.hdrsws Application.
An effort was also made yesterday
TO secure a permit for the Thede 4
Peterson saloon. POI Third avenue.
which j. also under the ban. Mayor
Schriver revoked the license. follow
ing q shooting scrap which occurred /,
above the thirst parlor. At the NEE. I
ing yesterday II. J. Jensen. a Daven-,
port contractor. who claimed 20 have 9
good recommendations a. 70 character /
from influential men Of thai city. ap-
piled for a license.
He wanted the Thede & Peterson !
license transferred 10 him. However (!
the council insisted that inasmuch a. !
the license had been revoked il would J
be Necessary for him 10 produce the !
Gus 'omary 5000 and apply for new
permit. lie refused 10 pay the amount
in question because Of the time which
has elapsed since the half year started
and argued that 30 was proper 10
mercy transfer ruo license held by ,
tho former owners. who had already
advanced the proper fee. When the
council refused 10 recede from the
position taken. Mr. Jensen withdrew
his application. However. other at
tempts 10 reopen the places where
permits we're revoked. are 10 be eN-
pected in the near future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
COLORED LAD SENT
TO HOME BY JUDGE

Dewey Saunders, colored lad. was
declared delinquent by Judge b. S. Bell
in county court yesterday and ordered
token to st. Charles. He is the son OF
James Saunders of Des Moines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
EAST MOLINE IS
SUED FOR $4,000

Suit for $4,000 has been filed in cir
cult court by William }. Smith vs..
the City of East Moline. Taylor &
Stewart are the attorneys. Mr.. Smith
alleges that during the summer he
was riding his motorcycle along the
streets OF East Moline when his ma
chine struck faulty manhole,
causing him to fall and sustain ser
ious internal injuries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13

ice examination was TO have bee. held
i'll the village today but as no appli-
cants rendered their desire to take a
position which only pays 1856 per
year the position still remair.i vacant
Any male or female citizen is eligible
for the position providing they have
attained the age of 81 years and are
residents OF the territory supplied by
the Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
INDUSTRIAL HOME ASSN.
WILL GIVE BENEFIT BALI

The Industrial Home association of
Rock Island viii give benefit ball in
their hall on Christmas night. the funds
procured in this manner 70 be used for
the paying of Of debts on the home
The committee in charge is arranging
an excellent program and hope TO
clear the entire debt by the proceeds
OF the ball
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
HOLD WOMAN TO
THE GRAND JURY
Stella Green Declares That She
Shot Herbert Watson and
Felt Justified.

Mrs. Stella Green admitted To 20
lice Magistrate Smith this morning
that she did shoot twice n Herbert
Watson at her home on Twenty-secoud
street between Second ana Third ave
nues. shortly after O'Clock Thursday
evening
She was bound over 10 the grand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
New Suit.

Mueller Lumber company has filed
petition for mechanics lien in cir
cult court against Mrs. Josie Il. DEM
hardt and Henry Dennhardt. All of
the parties to the action reside In East
Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
SEARS HAS HARD TIME
FINDING A POSTMASTER

The United States government is
still having ? hard time finding
postmaster for Sears. The civil serv-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13
AT HIGH SCHOOL

The senior class last evening held
their annual class party at the high
school An attempt 10 ge; some OF the
members Of the class proved unavaiI-
ing. and a most delightful time was
had.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13

been married to Kennedy long enough
to share in his estate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13

an tie news an The time-The
Argus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-23
The Causes of Domestic Friction
the Chicago Rpcord-Hara,d


In a valuable report OH adult probation
i'm the court of domestic relations, Mr.
Houston. chief of the probation force.
nestle trouble and unhappiness. The
statistics of the court show that 80 per
cent of the tangles 1t is called on to I'M
ravel cut are directly due to intern
perance; % per cent may be traced to
Interference of relatives, from the moth
er-in-laW down. The remaining % per
cent the report debts to laziness. nat
ural bad temper and incompatibility
OF course, drunkenness, while cause
of domestic trouble may itself be an ef-
feet of previous domestic trouble There
are social workers who maintain
soiemnly that good cooking and clean,
per cent or more of the cases of
drunkenness that get into the police
courts. The estimate may be too liberal
but certain it is that an attractive home
and palatable, well served meals would
prevent much drunkenness. Hence 1t is
fair to say that bad cooking and sloth-
fulness cause the drunkenness that leads
to wrangl,ng and arrests in large num-
Der of cases. Many and various are the
causes of domestic trouble, but while We
cannot remove them all this side of the
millennium. the teaching of domestic
science, of household economy, of home
dens of courts that deal with domestic
rows and desertions. Men, by the way,
need as much teaching as women. if not
of the same things. They have their
part to play in making and keeping the
home neat, attractive and comfortable.
in bringing a little color and warmth and
beauty into it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-23
CLUB WILL HAVE HOMES
IN PARIS AND LONDON
Arrangements FOR Palatial Service
Between Capitals Also
Is Proposed.
peelal CORRESPONDENCE OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The star.
LONDON. November s. 1913.
1t is announced that club is being
formed to have homes in London and
Paris. and to provide the most luxurious
facilities for travelling between the two
cities. The London clubhouse is TO he in
Pail Mall and the Paris one in the Champs
Elysees. and arrangements are to be made
whereby a Pullman car for the exclusive
use of club members and their guests in
charge OF the clubs own servants, and
steam yacht are to make travelling really
comfortable and exclusive. Both club
houses are to have residential accommoda-
ton. The club is TO be called the Capt.
tails United Club. and II is stated that
large number of wealthy and influential
people are supporting it. The membership
is to be $1,000 and the subscription So.
To any one acquainted with the subject
the club will seem to have a somewhat
uphill task. Several efforts of the Kind
We're made many years ago To meet condi-
tons which are different from today :.
The changes are that the hotels ia both
capitals now give superior accommodation
to any club, and several Paris clubs, 60
pecially the most exclusive. such the
Rue ROYAL Club and the Jockey Club %
Paris. ADMIT members OF kindred EnSllSD
clubs 10 honorary membership The main
difficulty from the English point of view
in running a club in Paris is that without
gambling no Paris club is really 4 sue
cess. and the ideal is quite different from
the semi domestic ideals of the English
clubmen.
Clubs established for particular pur-
pose apart from political one, generally
fail or change their character. for the
main idea Of club is the natural asso-
citation of number of people Nhu wish
to associate together, and the club takes
its direction from the members. Nearly
every effort to begin with the direction
and to get members to mold themselves -
il has been a failure. sunday clubs sup
per clubs and so always have q brief
existence The Capitals United Club may
escape, but il so il will be "a pioneer in
more VANS than one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-23
For a Deep Water Hudson.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
Gov. Glynn might have added still
more impressive examples to his argu-
ment for deepening the Hudson river
For US to make Albany a port for ocean
steamers would be, he said, to do merely
what Canada did at Montreal. Scotland
al Glasgow. England at Manchester and
Belgium at Antwerp. That is true, ex-
cepting that in some of the cases cited
canal work has been resorted to instead
of simple river enlargement
But look at the case of Cologne. II
lies on the Rhine just q little farther
inland than Albany. and simply by i'm
proving the channel OF that river 1t has
been developed into a great commercial
city. with ocean-going steamships at it's
docks. plying to all parts of the world.
Ruhrort and other cities. a little lower
down on the same river. also rank among
the great ocean shipping ports of the
empire.
The Hudson is often called the Ameri-
can Rhine. In scenic splendor it far
surpasses the German river, but in COM
mercial utility 1t Is immeasurably in
ferior to 1t. And the irony of the case
is that we have long been trying far
more vigorously to destroy its beauty
than to increase its usefulness.