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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
KINDLEY SPEAKS
AT TRINITY CLUB
Talented Davenport Lecturer
Entertains Mems Organiza-
ton in Happy Manner.
TO HEAR TOMBSTONE MYERS
Accept Invitation to Attend Address to
Be Given at Baptist Church by
Noted Chicago Divine.

L. 5. kindley of Davenport, chautau
qua lecturer, entertained the Mems
club OF the Trinity Episcopal church
at the November meeting held last
evening in the vestry of the church.
Plates for 80 were laid and a dinner
enjoyed at Gas. The tables were dec.
GRATED with chrysanthemums.
Mr.. Kindley, who is one of the
clever entertainers of the three cities,
has the gift of putting all of his
thoughts into rhyme. and amply dem
onstrated his ability along these lines
during the evening. He is a keen
student of human nature, and gave
some good advice about different per
sonalities one meets in the every day
walks Of life.
In speaking of salable poems. hs
told of the difficulties which confront
editors of the various magazines and
stated that the most foolish of his
rhymes were often accepted, with pay
while poems of real merit and beauty
often found a place in the editors
waste basket. His talk was greatly
enjoyed.
Rev. Stephen Gardner of Monmouth,
who was a guest of the club, also re-
sponded with a short talk.
Accept Invitation.
Rev. Granville Sherwood, rector of
the church. read an invitation from
the Mems club of the First Baptist
church to meet with them next month,
when Rev. Johnston Myers of Chicago
will speak before the club on Dec. s.
The invitation was accepted. AS the
date is identical with that of the
Trinity Mems, the members will as
semble at the church and go to the
Baptist building in a body.
a motion was also passed that the
Mems club finance the boys club pro-
ject. which was started in June and is
meeting with much success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
AT THE EMPIRE.

Three feature acts. At to grace top
n.le position on any moderate priced
vaudeville bill, will be offered as only
part OF the fine entertainment Mana
ger Dolly has arranged for his pa
irons the last half of this week. be
ginning tomorrow afternoon. Chief
among these are the famous Jordan
Sisters in a song. dance and wire Of
fering which is a distino; and refresh
ing novelty. L. Bell Kenny, ]. r. No
body and E Booth Plat, originators OF
more good comedy than any trio on
this circuit. will present their orig
inaI oddly, Nobody Paid You" They
also do character singing and get
away with a good deal OF real comedy.
Mccormack and Wallace, Australian
ventriloquists, will present their skit.
Fun In a Theatrical Agency" and
Frear. Baggett and Frear will bring
their baseball novelty juggling act
here. The sketch is mounted with
special scenery and is something en-
tirely new to the local vaudeville pub
Lie. Howard and Sadler will bring
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
DE SOTO OFFICERS
INSTALLED FOR YEAR

Following are the 1915 officers for
DeSoto assembly, fourth degree,
knights of Columbus, installed at X.
of c. hall last evening, John T. Mar
ron acting as installing officer:
+. Mt. Murray.
+. C.-J. j. Murphy.
F. Al. NJ. Burt.
F. PIT. b. Reidy.
+. Comp William Mccarthy.
f. l. ST. J O'Brien.
+. O. S.-M. Reidy.
F.. Purser-C. J. Larkin.
F. S.-William Toal.
]. Reidy was elected delegate to
the annual meeting of state assembly.
fourth degree.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
AT THE ILLINOIS.

Manager Klinck of the Illinois de
serves well from the public in the
quality pictures he is putting on at
his theatre between dates" They
are all of the best order. splendidly
exhibited and staged" The musical
accompaniment is feature. Like the
pictures. it is continuous. for there
is nothing so dull as a motion picture
without accompaniment. Otherwise
il becomes altogether too pantomimic,
uninteresting and entirely non-excit-
ing. II takes a little ginger in the
orchestra, not systematically. but all
the time, to make the moving picture
move.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
AT THE BURTIS.

Miss Billie Burke in Jerry" the
brand new comedy by Catherine Chris
holm Gushing, in which she scored a
big success at the Lyceum theatre,
New York, last spring, will be the at
traction at the Burtis in Davenport
next Wednesday evening. Miss Burke
has often expressed a desire to imper-
senate an American girl on the stage
and in Jerry she fulfils that ambi-
ton. The girl in this piece is a pre-
cocious young miss from Chicago who
falls in love with a man who has been
engaged for 20 years to her aunt,
breaks off the engagement and, by
strategy, marries him herself The
girl-"Jerry" is her name-is describ-
ed as a maddening little mink, brutality
frank and horribly selfish, but abso-
lutely adorable and the best role Miss
Burke has ever had. 1t fits her pre-
cisely. or course. for it was written ex-
pressly for her. Charles Frohman
presented her in it first at the Ly-
ceum theatre, New York, last March
and the success she made there was
confirmed and emphasized a little lat
er when she took it to the Blackstone
theatre. Chicago. Mr.. Frohman has
booked very long tour for her in this
play this season and in the cities she
has already visited she has played to
crowded houses. AS Jerry" Miss
Burke has an opportunity to wear sew
eral girlish costumes from the very
latest models, as well as the pair of
pink pajamas that occasioned a veri-
table sensation in New York and Chi
cago. Mail orders for Jerry" are be-
ing received at the Burtis box Office
and filled in the order of their re-
ceipt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
TOWN BOARD WILL
NAME SUCCESSOR
Toe. H. RICHMOND
srnervisor From South Rock Is
land to Present Resigna-
ton to That Body.
Upton FOR NEW CHAIRMAN
s,wins Member Assured Of Place as
Presiding Cffoer-Sheriff Elect
Favors New Feed Plan.

s-rth Rock Island township will not
- without representation on the
- Of supervisors when George II.
sicsmoad. sheriT-elcCt. resigns. When
=. resignation is in the hands Of he
=, heard. composed Of +. :. Kin
~ clerk: August ? SChmid. asses
- and John T. Campbell, Justice OF
=. pesce. g will select a successor TO
s.-ve cut the -e-m which expires next
Apri.
7bs presentation OF the resignation
=, VI Richmond 20 the town clerk
N nreclude the necessity for his re-
s--i1s as chairman Of the county
.os-d. when IL meets in special sss-
- The second week in December
re- call has not been formally issued
=. -, BY County Clerk II =. Hub
,,-d bu: viii be within a few days.
:. & customary 20 fix the date shortly
srs- the newly elected officers As
s7-ed their positions. which is Dec.
IN order tina; the finance committee
,u properly check out the old Off
Gals and check in their successors.
Looks Like Upton.
All mutations point 10 the selection
n Johu Upton. Bowling. as chairman
q he county board 70 succeed Mr..
Redmond He has been on the board
so- several years and has been chair
nEu Of the finance committee for
sons time. sam Wright OF this city
also announced his candidacy for the
7osstion a few days ago. but II is not
tsougb, he Will seriously oppose Mr..
Eptol-
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Richmond
s,s.ed he had not selected any of his
ssputies. but admitted .hat applica-
uo,s for the same were increasing
ssiy. He j. enthusiastic over the plan
o feed prisoners at ;he county jail
s,cost. from surplus produce from the
county infrmary.
I an anxious 10 Try IT," he declar-
st 4 believe ! can save the county
BIZ sum OF money. The first year.
secsuse Of the lateness of the season. {
: showing such as 7 desire probably
eaaao. be made. but in another year
an confident that the results viii
p highly satisfactory I
Titles to Land.
On what just basis can ! claim eX-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
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ILLINOIS.

Nov Q, 10, IL, IL, Is, IA, Equality
pictures.
Nov. 16-Apollo Glee club. auspices
the Associated Charities.
Nov. II, Equality pictures.
Nov. 19-"Uncle Toms Cabin"
Nov. 90, Equality pictures.
Nov. 22-Neil O'Brien's MINISTRIES.
Nov. 23-Jenny Dufau, auspices OF
the Augustana concert course.
Nov.-24-Quality pictures.
Nov. 25-Lsman Howe's Travel Fes-
tival.
Nov &c, Thanksgiving day-Lyman
Howe's Travel Festival.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

In planning a house let the women
CT the family have something to say
about the arrangement, number and
size of the closets. They know, or
should know. how much housekeeping
is simplified when there is plenty of
well-arranged closet room. Closets
should, if possible, be ventilated and
lighted by means of windows. In ad-
dition every closet in an electrically
lighted house should have an electric
light. Have the linen closet fitted
with shelves provided with drop
fronts; have the fronts hinged by
means of chains at the sides held at
just the angle to transform the fronts
into additional shelf room when they
are dropped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

their new singing act here. in which
they will present the latest song sue
cesses. There will be two reels of
high grade motion pictures.
These new bills are going big at the
Empire and the attendance has picked
up wonderfully. The public evidently
appreciated and encouraged the de-
termination of the management to
give them something better, and it
looks as though Manager Dolly's ex-
pertinent with higher class vaudeville
is going to turn out all right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
MAJESTIC.

Wednesday - The Pawn of For
tune"
hursday-Famous Players produc-
ton, "A Daughter of the Hills" with
Laura Sawyer. The Fifth Man." with
Bessie Eyton and Charles Clary.
Friday-Francis Y. Bushman, in
"Ambushed," and Uncle Billy"
Saturday-Mary Pickford in THE
Eagles Mate" a five-act Famous Play
ers' feature produced by Daniel Froh-
man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
COL. DURHAM AS
'64 TORCH BEARER
Rock Islander Receives Invita-
ton to Semi Centennial
of Mcclellan Club.

Rock Island, ILL.,, Nov, 10, 1914
Edior Argus: Does anybody remem
Der the Mcclellan and Pendleton cam
paign of so years ago? l have cause
TO remember the eventful torchlight
procession through Boston and Cam
bridge, in which | participated when
a freshman at Harvard in 1864.
have been tired since that night, but
never so weary as when I dropped
into my bed az Hollis 20. about
o'clock in the morning very wet,
muddy and generally disheveled.
A few days ago l received the fol
lowing from another victim of that
futile procession:
Boston, Oct. 81, 1914: 20 State
street-Fifty years ago next Saturday
evening the Harvard Mcclellan club
had their glorious and never-to- be-for-
gotten. though muddy, march through
Cambridge and Boston. The semi
centennial of this historic event will
be celebrated by a dinner at The Har-
ward club, Commonwealth avenue,
Boston, on Saturday evening, Nov. 4,
at ! O'Clock, the cost of which will
not exceed So 10 anyone of thai noble
band of patriots who will communi-
cate with
CHARLES f. STRATTON,
lat the above address,
Strat;on was a jpunior at the time
of the march and must now have at
tained his three score years and ten,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

but is evidently stu on deck. When
we crossed the long bridge from Bos-
ton to Cambridge, Longfellow's '"Twas
On the Bridge at Midnight" the same
bridge, was, or should have been, de-
cidedly on my mind. After all, Nc
Clellan did not arrive.
c. w. DURHAM.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
COLONIAL THEATRE.

Nov. 11.-Mary Pickford in THE
Golden Necklace
Nov. II, 13.-Barbara Tenant in
When Broadway was a Trail"
Nov. IA, 15.-E. X. Lincoln in The
Littlest Rebel"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
EMPIRE,

Vaudeville-Two shows daily. 2:45
and Sis. Three shows Saturday and
Sunday. Change of bill twice weekly.
Sunday and Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
CITY CHAT
(Advertisements.)

(Advertisements.)
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Independent Express & Storage
r. /. 9S1.
Wear a 81 union made hat Mems
Fashion Shop. Harper house block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

Titles to Land.
On what just basis can ! claim eX
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
: CHARLES e. sTRATTON

Stratton was a jpunior at the time
of the march and must now have at
,ained his three score years and ten,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
Trade-in- Birmingham Movement

The Birmingham Board of Trade originally a rival of the old Com. mercial club, now forms an active sec tion of the Chamber of Commerce Its membership is limited to merchants and manufacturers, but every member is worker
 It achieved much under John F.. Shelby, who recently retired from the presidency, and it is doing excellent work under it's new president, Robert w. Ewing. The slogan of this or ganization is Trade in Birmingham. |" No slogan has more appeal to the people who love their city and who are pager to have a part in building it up. The recent revival of the Trade in Birmingham" movement is meeting with enthusiastic support. Merchants say they can already see good results.
 While a large majority of citizens have always traded at home, a con- siderable percentage have been in the habit of sending away for articles made and sold here. Many who have patronized northern concerns have failed, no doubt, to inquire whether the same article could be bought here at prices as cheap as in other cities.
 Civic pride is now being brought to bear more than ever, and the Board of Trade is strong factor in de- veloping this spirit and in promoting Birmingham's mercantile activities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
Publish the Proceedings

"It was suggested by some one in The Age-Herald shortly after the meeting of the Alabama Land congress. held in Birmingham last November, that the proceedings of that congress should be published as valuable advertising for Alabama said Col. N F. Thompson yesterday. And the same person fur ther suggested that if the organization did not have the funds to publish the proceedings that a subscription be raised for that purpose. The Alabama department of the Southern Settlement and Development organization is being called on now almost constantly for printed matter descriptive of Alabama, and it has nothing available for this purpose, hence it thinks that the sug- gestion made in The Age-Herald some time back should be taken up and acted upon.
 "Especialy is this necessary if Ala bama is to be represented at the San Francisco-Panama exposition. There has never been gotten together for publica- tion more valuable epitome of the re- sources of Alabama than were pre- sented at the land congress, and these were all up-to- date and clearly showed the possibilities of the land of this state. together with present conditions as to living environments. The wide distribution of the facts as were there presented would go very far towards removing the old prejudice that here tofore existed against white farmers coming to Alabama. An edition of sew eral thousand copies should be printed and every available channel of distri- button should be made use of. as now is the time to bring Alabama to the attention of desirable settlers through out the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

From the Washington Post. Not long after the passage of the cur rency law, Vice President Marshall in an address made in the west, remarked that the country needed a rest, and that
 it would be an excellent thing if there were no more legislation for awhile.
 The wisdom of the vice presidents ob- servation is being demonstrated at the present time. The manner in which the labor leaders have locked horns with the members of the judiciary committee of the House over the antitrust bills is sim ply one of the symptoms of ill-feeling and irritation that prevail throughout the country.
 The late J. Pierpont Morgan once at- tributed nationwide disturbance to "un- digested securities" Our trouble now. however, seems to be due to undigested legislation The democratic party in one year accomplished larger job than any other party has ever undertaken in a similar length of time. Having revised the tariff according to the democratic idea, the party proceeded to change the currency laws from center to circum. ference.
 It would have been well to stop there and let nature takes it's course The nation has been well shaken up, and should have been allowed ample time to settle down. The nerves of business are not made of steel. With all it's rugged health. American business is bound to feel the strain of everything going out and nothing coming in.
 Recent legislation has been entirely in the way of subtraction. The tariff gave great deal to foreigners. without mak- ing any compensation to American wage earners and wage-payers. The Panama exemption cause, it Is true, gave an ad- vantage to American shipping. but even now this advantage Is menaced by the repeal bill
 The antitrust bills, viewed even in the most favorable light. interfere with the digestion Of the tariff and currency laws. The country needs no more medicine, but 1t does sadly need the rest cure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
Some X. Y. z. Diplomacy

The A. B. c. mediation was not so called in a sheer spirit of cleverness born of the initials of the mediating powers, but in a measure derives It's name in contradistinction to the X. T.. 2. diplomacy in which the United States participated more than cen tury ago.
 While Lafayettes espousal Of the American cause was freighted with an unselfish desire, the French govern ment took cognizance of the proposl- tion through purely mercenary mo- tives.
 France essayed to cripple her tra- ditional enemy, Great Britain, and also to bolster her sensitive financial con- dition; consequently when the Amerl- can commissioners, c. c. Pinckpey, John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry, presented their credentials to the French government they were refused recognition upon the grounds that the Directory had been greatly incensed at certain expressions in the message of President Adams. However, the sec retary of Talleyrand informed them that agents would be sent them to conduct negotiations.
 One of these agents informed MT. Pinckney that in order to curry favor with the Directory it would be nec- essary for the United States to pur- chase at par stock amounting to about $13,0O0,000, but the market value of which was just half that sum. This stock France had extorted from the Dutch republic and the Americans were given to understand that unless the purchase was made nothing could be accomplished and war would be a probable result.
 The envoys immediately and indig- nantly rejected the proposal and Presi- dent Adams laid the correspondence before Congress. In the copies of the letters the names of the French agents were withheld and the letters X. Y. Z. substituted in their place. This gave rise to the name X. Y. z. diplomacy and under such a designation has it gone down in history.
 The divulging of this fact united all factions in the United States and the resultant war, or near war, was marked with several brilliant naval victories upon the part of the Amer jeans over the French fighting ships. Hence in the name of the A. B. c. mediation one has a trace of distant and glorious past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

than formerly. Greater care is exer- cised in the preparation of the Sunday school teacher, while both method and pains have been exhausted in perfect ing it's curriculum.
 An effort is now being made to have the Sunday school adapt students to all the religious exigencies of life and to supply their spiritual, mental and physical needs.
 essentials as churches, public schools and good roads, stands the Sunday school and it is feature that no com munity can be without and prosper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
- HE get-together spirit has dom mated everything in Birming- ham during the past week.

mated everything in Birming
 ham during the past week
 Its people have had banquets and barbecues and large dinners in which they have gathered together and talked about themselves and their friends what they have and what they propose to have, with more spirit and enthu- siasm than I have ever known in my seventeen years here
 With the enthusiasm and booming spirit there has been interspersed lots of wit and humor and good fellowship.
 In the speeches at the banquets the note of optimism prevailed. MT. Hard : ing, who was honored with two ban quets was especially optimistic in re- ferring to business conditions and to the future of the Birmingham district. His optimism was convincing, too.
 In one speech he announced that he ex- pected to see within the next ninety days the greatest era of prosperity ever witnessed in this country. As he is recognized as an authority on the crop situation and on financial matters, his prediction that the south would pro- duce bumper crops was particularly gratifying. And to hear a man of MT. Harding's broad knowledge and sound Judgment stress the point that Bir- mingham no longer depended upon one or two industries was of far reaching significance.
 Birmingham has, indeed, grown to be great city. Not only Is it the greatest manufacturing center in the south but it is a great banking and commercial center as we'll No other southern city has so many strong assets as Birmingham: and none equals it in the beauty of it's homes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

| thrown into the garden and in such a way that it would indicate that
 Francesca had arisen during the night
 and while walking through the pass
 ageway had slipped and fallen.
 The Neapolitan authorities. who learning of the counts death, con fessed a suspicion that all was not we'll and dispatched commission to Petrella with orders for the disenter- ment of the body and the arrest of the murderers, if proved that the deceased had come to an untimely death. Con- siderable testimony was taken but no facts of any importance were elieited. The family remained at large until nearly the end of the year. The gov- ernment at Naples was determined to ferret out the truth of the affair, and finally succeeded in capturing Marzio. who having been put to the torture
 made full confession. Thereupon, the other conspirators were arrested. in- cluding Beatrice. They were all inn prisoned in the Corte Avilla. The trial of the Cenci was not followed by jury proceedings, but each was put to the torture to secure all the facts rather than to verbal evidence in court.
 With the exception of Beatrice. all of the murderers told what they knew of the conspiracy when put to the tor ture, but the girl would confess noth- ing. She was placed in charge of two officers who conducted her to the torture chamber where the executioner awaited her. They shaved her head L herself on a little stool; they tied her hands behind her back. attached them to rope with pulley in the cell 1 ing and they began to pull her up. This torture did not frighten her. She said: Have me drawn up and do what you choose. I have told you the truth
 and shall tell you nothing else, though you dismembcr me-
 Soon the rope was released and Be- atrice fell to the floor in a faint When she recovered she said: "Infamous as- 1 sassins. you are killing me; but were you to tear out my arms, I would tell you nothing" On September 9, the rope placed the case in the hands of
 Monsignore Tavcerna, governor of
 Rome, and at 5 o'clock the following
 morning. he read his his sentence to
 Beeatrice as we'll as to others. Mother
 and daughter were to be beheaded. and 1 the other persons were to be executad but with more severity.
 The career of Beatrice Cenci was f,n-
 ished with the announcement of
 Worthy Master Allesandro-the Sam- son or his day-"This ia the head of
 Beatrice Cenci-a Roman maiden"
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