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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
MUST Be MOTIVE
IN MANN ARRESTS
Federal officer at Chicago Re-
fuses to Prosecute Charges
of a Young Woman.

Chicago, Ill, March 2S.-The govern
ments attitude toward violations OF
the Mann act in which the white
slave" motive does not appear was in
dicated today when superintendent
Bruff of the local federal bureau of
investigation declined to take action
against F. o. Maston of New York,
arrested yesterday on complaint of a
26-years stenographer who said Maston
took her to Kansas City and kept her
there four days.
'Maston certainly meant no good to
the GIRL said Bruff, but she did not
object at the time, and is old enough
to know what she is doing"
Local detectives are holding Mas
ton and may put a state charge against
him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
MCBRIDE is PRESIDENT
Chosen to Succeed J. G. Bowman in
Iowa State Institution.

Chosen to Succeed J. G, Bowman IN
Iowa State Institution.
Iowa City, Iowa, March 2S.-Profes-
sor Thomas R. Mcbride, head of the
botany department, was elected act
ing president of Iowa State Univers-
ity yesterday by the state board OF
education. The board previously had
formally accepted the resignation OF
President John G. Bowman Mr.. Nc
Bride will assume his new duties
April 1. Clark Fisher Amsley, dean
of the college of fine arts snd for 10
years head of the English department
of Iowa State University, also has re-
signed He declared his action was
taken in view of his decision to retire
from teaching.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
COURT AIDS WIFE
IN GETTING HAT

Kansas City Kas., March 2S.-"We
have been married year and half.
the wife of Walter wirth told Munic-
ipal Judge Brady today. and he ha. Mt
bought me hat since"
Five hundred dollars" said the
court. Wirth. who was charged with
non-support. asked the judge to let
him off and he would buy his wife a
hat tonight. The court consented,
stipulating that the wife choose IS
hat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
JUDGE REFUSES
GRANT A DIVORCE
Third Son of Former President
is Unable to Break
Bonds.

GoIdfeld, New, March 2s.-Jesse
Root Grant of New York, third son
of former President U. S. Grant, was
denied a divorce here yesterday on
the grounds of desertion by Judge
Somers.
The court held that because Mrs.
Grant chose to live at home while
her husband went to live to a hotel
did not constitute a desertion on the
part of the wife.
Mrs. Grant was formerly Elizabeth
Chapman of San Francisco. She
married Grant in 1880.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
TEACHER Is SLAIN
AFTER AN ATTACK

Little Falls, n. ", March 2s.-The
body of Miss Lydia Beecher; II "a high
school teacher of Poland, n. Y, was
found in a clump of bushes on the out
skirts of town. She had been murder
ed with knife, apparently after being
attacked. She left her boarding house
last night to mail a letter at the VII
lage postoffice, Henry Fitch, a farmer.
driving along the road, sighted the
body today.
A suspect named Gami. said to
have been recently expelled from
school by Miss Beecher. was arrested
The countryside has not been SO
stirred since the murder OF Grace
Brown by Chester Gillette, In this
section, eight years ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
Morehead Out for Congress.

Lincoln. Neb., March Ex-Governor
Morehead has announced he will soon
issue a formal statement declaring he
is not a candidate for a second term
as governor, but will make the race for
the democratic nomination for con-
gress in the first Nebraska district.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
New York Legislators
Condemn Officials for
Activity in Case.
HOUSE QUITS IN HUFF
Extraordinary Session Will Be
Necessary to Provide Money
to Run the State.

Albany, n. Y, March 2S.-The leg
stature adjourned this morning leav-
ing unfinished business that will neces-
state its return in extraordinary ses-
sion. The house quit abruptly at 1927.
At the time the appropriation bill nee
essary to maintain all the departments
of the state was on the way from the
senate to the house. Previously the
assembly had received from the senate
the annual supply bill coupled with
another appropriation measure known
as the construction" bill and reject
ed by both because it contained
changes from bills which the assembly
had originated in accordance with the
provisions of the constitution The
appropriation bill on which the two
houses disagreed involved S31,000,-
600. As amended by the senate the
total was $4,000 less than approved
by the house. The supply bill and
construction bill were slightly increas-
ed by the senate. The assemblymen's
objections to amended bill were based
upon alleged juggling of items.
Senators expressed resentment
when they learned unofficially that the
house had terminated its existence
without notice The senate ended It's
session at 5:35.
at was a grossly discourteous act
to the senate and governor" said
Senator Frawley.
Reject Thaw Expenses.
Harry X. Thaw figured prominently
in the later proceeding. A resolution
the state authorities for
their activity in seeking to extradite
him narrowly failed of passage, while
bills incurred by the state in this mat
ter shared the fate of other items in
the rejected appropriation bills.
Many important matters of legislation
failed of enactment as a result of the
confusion which arose from cross
purposes between the two branches on
the closing day.
Charter to OIean.
Among the last bills passed by the
legislature was on granting a COM
mission charter to Olean. The plan
is declared the latest word in scien-
tific government. Five commissions
ers will be selected on a non-partizan
ticket, the vote to express first, sec
ord and third choice. They may re-
tain a city manager who will draw a
salary, but the commissioners will
serve without pay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
FIRE BOMB NEAR
A ROCKFORD CLUB
Explosion Break Windows and
Causes Other Damage, But
No One is Injured.

Rockford, ILL.,, March 2S.-The ex-
plosion of what was believed to have
been a bomb wrecked four windows
and did other damage to the clubhouse
of the Knights of Daniel. The club
carries on temperance work among
boys. 1t is thought the bomb was
meant for President Tate, who sleeps
at the club. Recently he had received
threatening letters. Tate is active in
the local wet" and dry" fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
TWO DROWNED IN
EASTERN FLOODS
Repetition of Disaster of One
Year Ago Feared-Many
Towns Are Stuff fering.

New York, March 2s.-Spring floods
have set in through the valleys of the
state, and already much property DAM
age has been reported. Flood ...ndi-
tions prevail in Troy. Amsterdam,
Binghampton, Syracuse. Ithaca, Sche-
nectady and many small towns.
Buffalo, y. Y. March 2s.-Towns in
western New York are threatened
with a repetition OF the disastrous
floods OF a year ago. In the lowlands
of Tonawanda people are going to and
from their homes in boats. At Batavia
the municipal sewage plant is under
eight feet OF water. At Corning the
Chemung river is 10 feet above nor
NAL and has flooded highways west Of
the city.
Albany. y. Y. March 2s.-The Hud-
son is rising rapidly here and dwellers
on the river front are moving to
safety.
Binghamptsd.sN. Y. March 2s.-A
steady downpour of rain all night in
creased the gravity of the flood situ-
alton Rsre,g
Se0sz<tftady. N. Y. March Is
Fvvr -er--yrr,vr,ed- -vrref-6 bridge
was swept away.
Pittsburgh, Pa, March 2s.-Flood
stages are reported in the upper AL
legheney river.
Columbus, Ohio. March 2S.-Rising
waters of the Great Miami. White
Water, Scioto and Muskingum rivers
have been checked by cessation of
rain and cold weather
Cincinnati. Ohio. March 2S.-The
Big Miami and Whitewater rivers and
other small streams in this section
are on a rampage.
Chicago Heights. Ill, March 2s.-
Hundreds of persons are marooned in
their homes today. A flood two to
seven feet in depth submerged the low
lying section of the town. Lack of
boats hampered relief work. Rats
are carrying food and bringing out the
sick.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
SCHUBERT GIRL Is
YOUTHS ACCUSER

Cleveland, Ohio. March 28.-Joseph
Cronin. "a, was arrested today charg-
ed with contributing to the delinquen-
cy of Edith Schubert. II, the social
worker found here yesterday after she
disappeared March IS. II is charged
that Cronin took the girl to his rooms
the night of March 26. after she had
first applied TO the Y. w. G. A. for aid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
$4,000 LAID OFF
BY EASTERN LINE

New York, March 2S.-Dismissal OF
25. 900 men by the New York Central
railroad since Dec. l. said Vice Presi-
dent Hardin, is only a barometer OF
the company's business. "The reduc-
ton OF forces is not arbitrary" he
added. "It came about gradually as
trafic, mainly freight decreased
Hardin said that this condition af-
fected most of the eastern roads.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
Pardoned and Executed.

Little Rock, Ark, March 2S.-A few
minutes after receiving pardon from
the governor, which released him from
a 15-year sentence for the murder of
a negress he killed to obtain 80 cents,
Fred FELTON,, a negro, was electro
cuted in the penitentiary. The pardon
was necessary to legalize the execu-
ton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
Will Support Mayor eadIns.

Milwaukee, March 2S.-David 5.
Rose and Theobald Often, defeated
candidates for mayor in Tuesdays
milwaukee, primaries. yesterday an
nounced that they would unite their
forces with those of Mayor Gerhard
A. Bading, the successful candidate
on the nonpartisan ticket In an en-
deavor to defeat the socialist candi-
date. Emil Seidel. in the regular cleo
tion 10 be held April 2.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
LILLIAN BELL DIVORCED
Ohio Court Awards Es-Chicaso
Author Dauqhter and Alimony.

Author Daughter and Alimony.
Delaware, Ohio, March 2S.-On the
ground of neglect, Mrs Arthur Hoyt
B.gue, author and former Chicagoan.
whose maiden name was Lillian Bell,
was granted a divorce yesterday. She
was awarded the custody OF the IL
year-old daughter. and $500 alimony.
The case was heard during the noon
hour. when few persons were in court.
by Judge Fulton OF Newark. The de-
cree was granted on testimony OF
Mrs. Bogue and depositions which
were read. The suit was not contest
cd bv the husband, who is a Chi
caRoan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
Kills Bill for "ory" State.

Annapolis. Md. March 2s.-A bill
providing for submission to the voters
of a constitutional amendment for
statewide prohibition was killed in
the house of delegates yesterday. The
vote was 81 to AZ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
Arrests Brother as Thief.

Waverly, Iowa, March 2S.-Martell
Beebe is in jail. having been arrested
by his brother, Marshal George Beebe,
on a charge of burglary. The marshal.
investigating the burglary of the home
of Mrs. John Boyer during the latters
absence in hospital two weeks ago.
suspected his brother and swore 70 q
warrant against him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
MERCHANT BOUND
IN STORE;R0B
Chicagoan Found Behind Coun-
ter Rolled in a Bolt of His
Own Cotton Goods.

Chicago. Ill, March 2s.-Three rob-
bers bound and gagged the proprietor
of a small dry goods store, took 500
from a cash register and left their
victim rolled in bolt OF his own cot
ton goods. behind counter. There
were no customers in the store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
THE WEATHER
Forecast Till p. m. Tomorrow, fol-
Rock leland, Davenport, Moline
and Vicinity

Unsettled weather tonight and Sun
day with probably rain. Not much
change in temperature. Moderate
variable winds.
Highest temperature yesterday. A.
Lowest temperature last night, 80.
Temperature at a. m, 50.
Wind velocity at a. m, l. miles
per hour
Precipitation last "a hours. .O1 of an
inch.
Relative humidity at p. m, 90; at
a. m, 100.
River stage at a. m. 3.3 feet, with
rise of 3 of a foot in the last "a hours
J. NJ. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Evening stars: Mars. Venus. Saturn
Morning stars: Jupiter, Mercury
First magnitude, star Betelgeuse con
stelIatiOn Orion. sets due west about
midnight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
WOMAN SOLDIER
PUT IN HOSPITAL

Quincy. Ill, March 2s.-Little AL
'ert' Cashier, woman soldier, was
sANen 10 the state asylum for the in
a~he at WatertoWn today. She came
ron Ireland as a stowaway In boys
.'otnes and enlisted in the Illinois IN
.Sntry, participating in some OF the
coolest battles OF the civil war. She
: 70 years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
Two Years for Masquerade.

Chicago, H., March zs-August
Poiank. who masqueraded as mar
riageable woman that would bring
wealth and beauty TO her husband,
was sentenced 10 two years for using
the mails to defraud.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
Mr.. weyerhaeuser Improved.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 2S.-The
condition of Frederick Weyerhaeuser,
Millionaire lumbermain, i'll of a cold,
was improved today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
GeroId Found Guilty.

East St Louis, H.; March 2s.-
Fred Gerold. former city treasurer,
was found guilty by a jury of with
lolding city funds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
Accused Robbers Taken; Wounded

Steubenville, Ohio. March 2s.-After
a running battle in which Wills
Stanley of East Liverpool, Ohio, was
perhaps fatally wounded. Sheriff Hur-
dorf and a posse yesterday arrested
Stanley, Samuel Powell OF Pittsburgh
and Everett Reeder OF Toronto. The
men are accused of having robbed the
postoffice at KiIgore. Ohio, OF $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28
Huerta Buys More Guns.

liverpool. Eng- March 2s.-Two
a1ndred and forty Creusot guns and
100000 rounds OF ammunition will
y dispatched 10 Mexico within a week
,-Vn France, according TO John Wes-
~ De Kay OF New York. former presi-
-s1t OF the Mexican National Bapking
uonpany and a representative of the
loerta government. He sailed for
New York today.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-10

to the way it was conducted.
California has been cleaner, has
more honest fight promoters and has
had bigger proportion of honest
fights than any other state, yet there
was enough crookedness to turn the
people against the game.
New York's boxing law has not
prevented cheating, although it has
made the fight promoters and the
fighters themselves more careful.
Wisconsin shows the same results.
The, boxing board has not been able
to cope with the crooks who infest
the game.
If Illinois sport followers and pro-
motors really want boxing bill, they
should go before the legislature with
clean hands. If they want an honest
bill and an honest commission they
probably can have both. Nine-tenths
of the legislature would attend every
fight held in Springfield.
But already there are dozen clubs
and organizations in Chicago alone
planning to put something over if a
bill is passed. The only bill worth
passing is one that will give the board
full power to bar fighters known to
be crooks and promoters who cheat;
reduce the promoters profit to a min
imum and draw strict lines as to the
class of clubs that may conduct box
ing.
Otherwise it will be an orgy of fly
by-night boxing clubs, dozen fresh
scandals and an inevitable repeal of
the law. The sporting ghouls around
Chicago already are preparing to
feast on the public. Oddly, the repu-
table promoters and club leaders, in
order to get a bill passed, appear
willing to support the very fellows
who ruined the game. They cannot
seem to understand that to pass bad
bill, one that will permit the crooks
to regain hold, means but another
black eye to boxing. have head one
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-10
Pittsburgh, Pa. =

Pittsburgh, Pa. - How Pennsyl-
vania is going to win the suffrage
amendment in the 1915 legislature
will be told to the Woman's National
Suffrage convention at Nashville,
Nov. II, by Mrs. Hannah ]. Patter-
son.
AS chairman of the Woman Suf-
frage party legislative committee,
Mrs. Patterson will lead the cam
paign in the. legislature. If the
amendment is adopted it will be sub
mitted to the people two years later.
In RockIand, Me-, where there is no
daily paper to supply the usual means
for advertising for help, man with
a megaphone is sent about the town,
calling the number of men wanted
and the name of the employer desir-
ing them.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1914-12-03
Card Of Thanks

Through the columns Of the
CritJenden Record Press, we take
this method of expressing our
heartfelt thanks to our many
friends for the noble way in
which they stood by us and so
kindly assisted Us during the last
illness and death of our precious
wife and mother.
We want especially to thank
Bro. W. K. Gibbs for the long
Journey he made TO come to US
in an hour of great sorrow and
for the splendid funeral sermon
preached. We never can forget
the kindness shown by all,
May the richest blessings Of
God rest upon all.
sincerely,
b. NJ. Vinson and Children,
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1914-12-03
KEEP YOUR GASOLINE
AWAY FROM CHILDREN
Explosion Kills A Little Boy When
Gasoline Vapor Is Ignited. Boy
Is Blown From Ground.

Charles Eddie O'Bryan, six
years old, is dead as the result
of placing a lighted torch in a
gasoline can in the rear of his
home, 1853 South Sixth street
late Friday afternoon. The can
exploded with terrific force and
the boy was blown from the
ground. He was burned horrib-
ly, but lived although suffering
greatly until s O'Clock Friday
night. Windows in the neigh
borhood were shattered by the
explosion.
TheIboy with his younger bro
ther and sister, were playing in
the rear yard. He found the
gasoline can, which contained
five gallons, upon the rear porch.
The two younger children had
entered a playhouse when the ex
plosion took place and were not
injured.
Employees Iof the Neil-Roach
Dairy Company, the boys moth
er, and neighbors rushed to the
little fellows assistance after the
explosion. He was carried to
the house and DR.. Charles Ede-
len summoned. After his death,
Coroner Duncan was summond
and the body was removed to
Schild't undertaking establish
ment.
The boys father, T. B. O'Bry-
an, is employed at the Boston
Shoe Company. louisville Times
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1914-12-03
Approaching kuptisl'.

Invitations are out announcing
the approaching marriage of
Miss Doris Dunn to Mr.. Marvin
Ellis Scyster, both OF this city.
The invitations already sent out
read as follows:-
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. A. Dunn re-
quest the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Doris TO Mr., Marvin Ellis Scyster
Tuesday morning, December, Sth
AT nine O'Clock Methodist Epis.
copal Church, South Smithland,
Nv. Smithland Enterprise.
Mr.. NJ. +. Scyster took part in
the Boston -Pickens wedding and
has many friends here, While
his bride is related to many of
our citizens, her mother having
been Miss Addie Haynes before
her marriage to Mr.. Dunn, and
is related to all Of the large fam.
lilies of that name here.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1914-12-03
OLD CRlTTENDfN'S
MINERAL OUTPUTS
The Month OF November Was A
Record Breaker In Zinc Ores
Valuable Shipment Of Logs

The mining and shipping Of.
huorspar zinc, ores Of both car
Donate and sulphides, lead ores
and barytes have, during this
month, perceptibly increased in
tonnage as well as values.
A large deposit of barytes Of
rather exceptional color and tex
ture was opened during Noyem-
ber by The Roberts Fluor Spar
Company, and shipments are
now being made. 1t is quite pos
sible that additional machinery
will be installed at this company's
grinding plant for the purpose OF
preparing the barytes as pig
ment instead Of shipping the
mineral in its crude state as at
present. A comparatively limit
ed additional expense will in
crease the value OF barytes to the
trade fully two hundred per cent
Seven hundred and fifty tons
of zinc ores have been shipped
during the month from this point
valued at $50, 600. Lead values
were considerably less, amount
ing to 81, 200. The value Of huor-
spar shipments as compared with
other seasons, will aggregate
really more on account of lis sup
erior quality, much OF it going
into hydrohuoric acid production
and for enamelling use A yery
small tonnage oil what is termed
IN tie trade gravel or crude luoI
= spar has been moved on account
OF the shut-downs of most Of th,
open hearth steel plants through.
out the country, who consume IN
ordinary years fully -u0oo short
tons. Shipments of auorsrw dur
ing the month, from this district
aggregated /, $50 tons, Of @ yaIu,
o.SlO.3jO.
$4,000 feet of oak and hickor!
logs. including a few black wal
nut. have been shipped from Ma
rion and Craync during the las
eleven months. The price pai,
averaged 500 per thousand fee
and aggregated $4,000.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1914-12-03
Postmaster Casners
Condition Improving

Postmaster Fred Casner, who
was injured 10y a fall while fight
ing the fire Thursday morning,
is slowly improving. He was Sc
verely bruised and shaken up
when his head and should er
struck the concrete crossing and
il seems almost a miracle that he
was not instantly killed, He has
suffered much pain, but it is now
thought and sincerely hoped that
no complications will arise and
that he will be able to he out in
few days. Providence Enter.
prise.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1914-12-03
Is Well Known Here.

Tackled and thrown to the ground
by a 24O-pound player during a
football game at Corydon, Kyn
two weeks ago cost Albert Selma
bel his right leg. The young
man, who is 10 years old, was
taken to Evansville, and his leg
amputated. His father was
formerly mayor of Corydon. In
fourteen games that young
Schnabel played in this season
he was injured twelve times. -
Henderson Cleaner.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1914-12-03

Fair at Post Oak, and the Asso-
citation at Seminary. 1t was
told in a much better way than
the Secretary could possibly
have expressed it, beside, the
Secretary could not be present
all day, and did not hear the re-
port of the judges.
Tell us more, please.
Most of the schools in this Di-
vision are small, but, though
they are lacking in quantity,
they can't be excelled in quality.