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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-01
If KIDNEYS AND
BLADDER BOTHER
Take a glass of Salts to flush out your
Kidneys and neutralize irri-
tating acids.

Kidney and Bladder weakness result
from uric acid. saws a noted authority
The kidneys filter this acid from the
blood and pass it on to the bladder, wnele
it often remains to irritate and lnfiame,
causing burning, scalding sensation, o.
setting UP an irritation at the neck .,
the bladder, obliging you TO seek reiiel
two or three times during the nign.-
The sufferer is in constant dread. tne
water passes sometimes with scaiding
sensation and is very profuse; again.
there is difficulty in avoiding 1t. :.
Bladder weakness, most folks call W
because they can't control urination'
While it is extremely annoying and sons
times very painful, this is really one oi
the most simple ailments to oyercome.
Set about four ounces of Jad ca,'s
from your pharmacist and take tao's
spoonful in q glass of water oeioss
breakfast, continue this for two or thfee
days. This will neutralize the acias
the urine so it no longer is source y
irritation to the bladder and urinary
gans which then act normally AGAIN
Jad Salts is inexpensive, narmie
and is made from the acid OF grapes al
lemon juice, combined with hthia, a.
is used by thousands of folks wno -
subject 10 urinary disorders caused
uric acid irritation. Jad Salts 10 sP,el
did for kidneys and causes no p'S
effects whatever.
Here YOU have a pleasant, ehervesoens
Whitewater drink, which quickly rei's'~
bladder trouble.
Advertisement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-01
SIGNS OF SPRING AND OF LOCAL FLORA

everywhere drought the tricities.
The liverleaf. a hardy small plant
with delicate blue petals. has also
been found in bloom. Even the tend
er spring beauties with grasslike
leaves have begun to flower. Soon all
the spring flowers will yield 10 the
generous warmth of the suns rays and
burst into blossom in rich profusion.
For many years the botany classes
of Augustana college have studied the
spring flowers of this vicinity. Re
Gently a list OF all these flowers has
been prepared. giving their names and
the average dates when they bloom.
This list printed below may be of in
terest to many of the readers of The
Argus. The first column gives the
Latin name of the plant; the second
indicates the English name. and the
third shows the average date when
the plant is first found in bloom. To
those who delight in studying flow
ers this list may serve as a useful
guide.
Evening star., 1914-11-17

between 18th and 18th streets north
west, for four nights. beginning to-
night by the Ladies' Guild of tho
church. The proceeds will he given Z"
building fund for the new church.
y feature will be the country store,
conducted by the mems Bible class.
Canada in 1913 had 5000 miles OF
railway under construction.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
BOND OF J. H. EDWARDS
is ORDERED FORFEITED
Court Directs Issuance of Bench
Warrant for Former Treas
ury Official.

John H. Edwards, third assistant sec
retary of the Treasury under the Roose-
welt administration, indicted on
charge of non-support of his wife and
children. failed to appear in Criminal
Court No. 1 when called for trial this
morning. Chief Justice Covington
ordered forfeited bond of $500, under
which the accused is at liberty, and di
rected the issuance of a bench warrant
for his arrest. Edwards has been re-
siding in New York since furnishing
bail.
Attorney NJ. f. O'Brien, for Mr.. Ed
wards. told the court that he had writ
ten his client to comes to Washington
yesterday, and when he did not arrive
the lawyer stated he telegraphed for
him A response to his telegram
showed the house where Mr.. Edwards
had resided was closed. The lawyer
said his client had received no notice
of the date for his trial.
Chief Justice Covington, in forfeiting
the bond, took occasion to state that
persons released on bail should keep
in daily communication with counsel,
in order to know when their cases may
be called. If Mr.. Edwards had
changed his residence, the court said. it
was his duty to notify his counsel. The
request of Assistant United States At
torney Hawken for the forfeiture and
bench warrant was properly made, the
court stated.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
CIVIL SERVICE QUIZ TODAY.
Applicants for Medical Positions
.... Taking Examinations.

Twenty-nine applicants today are TAX
...g an examination given by the civil
:ervice commission to establish a list
+ eligibles for appointment to medical
positions in the District government
service
of member of the board of police and
fire surgeons. dental inspectors and
resident physicians at the Washington
Asylum Hospital and other institutions.
Friday an examination will be given
to establish a list of eligibles for ap-
pointment as school nurses. Five
white and one colored-
are to be appointed, at salaries of 5000
per annum. One hundred and twenty
five nurses haze filed application for
permission to take the examination.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Suffragist to Aid Miss Paul.

Miss Virginia f. Patschke of Leban-
on. Pa. has Joined the staff at Congress
eional Union for Woman's Suffrage as
an assistant to Miss Alice Paul. Miss
Patschke has been prominently identi-
ned with suffrage work for several
years. She was one of the "army" of
Gen. Rosalie Jones which marched
from New York to Washington in
March, 1913, and was detailed to re-
main over in the capital to deliver the
message carried by the army to the
President and to decorate him with the
official suffrage badge.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Quit Meat When
Kidneys Bother
Take a glass of Salts before
breakfast if your Back
Hurts or Bladder is
troubling you.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally, !
says we'll known authority
Meat forms uric acid which eN-)
cites the kidneys, they become
overworked from the strain, get
sluggish and fail to filter the
waste and poisons from the blood, {
ttlren we get sick. Nearly all rheu-
matism, headaches, liver trouble, I
nervousness, dizziness. sleepless- J
ness and urinary disorders come
from sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel dull ache
in the kidneys or your back hurts
or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, (
full of sediment. irregular OF pas
sage or attended by sensation J
of scalding, stop eating meat and J
get about four ounces OF Jad J
Salts from any pharmacy; take a I
tablespoonful in glass OF water
before breakfast and in a few
I days your kidneys will act fine. (
This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with lithia, and !
has been used for generations to
flush and stimulate the kidneys,
also to neutralize the acids in
urine so it no longer causes irri-
tation, thus ending bladder weak
ness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can
not injure; makes delightful ef-
}fervescent lithia-water drink
which every one should take now
and then to keep the kidneys clean
and active and the blood pure,
thereby avoiding serious kidney
J comDlications.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Native of Massachusetts,.

James Ormond Wilson was not
Washingtonian by birth, coming here
in 1S4S from Massachusetts, where he
was born in 1925. He taught in a priv
ate school for two years, associated
with l.. +. Churchill. principal of the
Mcleod Seminary on 9Th street between
G and H streets. Then for nineteen
years. from 1850 to 1869, he was in the
government service. as clerk in the
office of the auditor for the Post Office
Department His family here still
treasures the letter from Daniel Web
ster through which this clerkship was
obtained. During that time he studied
law and was admitted to the bar of
tire District of Columbia in 1853. His
connection with the public schools of
tn" District began when he was made
trustee of the then fiimsy system in
1861. and he remained a member of the
hoard until 1870. When he started
thcr" were fifty-five public school
teachers, whose salaries totaled S22.2l0,
and there was nothing even approach
inG the splendid system now costing
millions of dollars annually.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Bids for Bridge Construction.

Thirty bids for the construction of
the new Pennsylvania avenue bridge to
replace the present pipe bridge span
ming Rock creek were opened at the
District building this afternoon. The
proposals will be inspected by D. E.
McComb, engineer of bridges, who will
make Recommendation for award of
contract 1t is expected that work will
begin about December l. The bridge
will cost S160.000, and will be COM
pleted in about thirteen months.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Recommends Graded Schools.

Afr. Wilson saw the advantages of
separating the public schools into
various grades. and one of his earliest
reports was on the advantages of Gre
ating the primary. secondary, inter
mediate and grammar grades.
The public schools began to grow in
strength and Importance. The erection
OF the Franklin School was an event
of great Importance during those years,
the building being completed in 1863
His activities made him superin-
tcndent in 1870, and in the fifteen years
following the schools took great strides
forward High schools were establish
ed by him, and big changes in the
educational systems We're introduced
Those who pay him tribute dwell on
the fact that he kept away from frills
and stuck to the commonsense meth
cd of building a firm foundation of
knowledge in the boys and girls who
pa ssed under his jurisdiction. The
Spencerian system of handwriting was
one of his innovations; another was d
sweeping change for the simpler in the
method of teaching spelling.
His Many Activities.
The simple and methodical character
of his daily life permitted him to un-
dcrtake many activities of a scientific
and municipal character and accom-
plish much outside of his official duties
His work in the schools was noticed
throughout the country and he was
made president of the department of
superintendents of the National Edu-
cational Association in 1874, and was
a life member of the associations
board of directors. Librarian develop
ment interested him also, he being sec
retary of the American Colonization
Society from 1892 to 1910. He was a
member of philosophical, anthropologi-
cal and historical societies of the Dis
trict; a director. of the National Metro
politan Bank. trustee of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, president
of the board of trustees of the Indus
trial Home School at one time, secre-
tary of the Garfield Hospital. a MEM
Der of the board of managers of the
Columbia Historical Society, and a
member of the board of trustees of
George Washington University. He
died in 1911.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
ROCKVILLE ANDCOUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES

SfItVIaT CO!Et>!f0hdthce OF Tie star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. November l1.-An
obstacles in the way of construction of
a sewage disposal system for Rockville
having been removed. the town council,
at a special meeting last evening. for
mally awarded to the Warren F Brent
zer Company OF Washington the con-
tract for the construction of the sew
erage and to the Capital Construction
for the construction of the disposal
plant and the contractors were given
ten days in which to prepare their
bonds. The bonds have been sold to 4
New York firm at par.
1t is understood the contractors are
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Marriage of Washington Couple.

Thomas Restife, twentyfour years
old, and Miss Mary Venziani, aged six
teen, both of Washington, obtained a
marriage license in Rockville yesterday.
William Davis Vaughan. twenty one
years old. and Miss Agnes Doffemayer.
aged twenty. both of Orange, Va, were
married here yesterday.
Janet Montgomery Chapter, Daugh-
tcrs of the American Revolution. has
decided to mark with an appropriate
tablet the site of Dowden's ordinary,
near Clarksburg. this county. and the
fo flowing have been named as a COM
mttee in charge: Mrs. Frank =. Stone,
chairman: Mrs James H. Loughbor-
ough Mrs. J. Frank Wilson, Mrs. James
B. Laughlin, Mrs. Charles G. Waters.
Mrs. Leonard Hayes. Mrs. Ernest l..
Evening star., 1914-11-17
HANDBAGS
SUIT CASES

About 300 High-grade Suit
Cases: made of imported Lon
don feathers: black and brown
colors: all hand sewed, some
with leather lining; all sizes:
made to retail at 500 to S25-
Bcrman's Sale price. e.............
Evening star., 1914-11-17

will be report to be presented by a
special committee which has investi-
gated conditions at the District jail
with regard to the number of prisoners
awaiting trial
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Will Report on Jail Conditions.

meeting or the executive commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce is
scheduled to be held at noon tomorrow
Among the matters to be considered
Evening star., 1914-11-17

Eullard, Mrs. William Wall and Mrs
Richard l.. Waters. The unveiling will
take place in April
Evening star., 1914-11-17
PLAN DEDICATION
Of NORMAL SCHOOL
Exercises Tonight at Building
Which Bears the Name of
J. Ormond Wilson.
TRIBUTE TOTHE MEMORY
OF FORMER EDUCATOR
Record of His Labors in Public
Schools Recited-Addresses In
cluded in Program.

The James Ormond Wilson Normal
School building will be formally dedl-
Gated tonight. the exercises to be held
in the main hall of the big building at
Harvard and 11th streets northwest
The school building is one of the Dis
trict's proudest possessions, being of
the latest style architecture. 1t Is de-
voted to the education of young wom-
en- who are to become public school
teachers. The building, with it's mod
ern equipment and spirit and possibili-
ties, is the result of the seeds sown
In the seventies by the man for whom
the school is named-James Ormond
Wilson. superintendent of schools here
from 1870 TO 1885 and intimately con-
nected with the history of public
schools in the National Capital for
many years before and since that time.
The program tonight includes ad-
dresses by Henry P. Blair, president of
the board of educa ation; A. T. Stuart
director of intermediate instruction in
the public schools and for years in
innate friend of the late James Or
mond Wilson, and by III. &. F. Macfar-
land, former Commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia. The young women
comprising the body of students also
will have a prominent part on the pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1914-11-17

ready to begin work at once and the
construction is expected to be under
way before the end of the month 1t
is thought it will require about four
months to complete the work. The en-
tire cost. it is estimated. will be ap-
proXimately 100000.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Calvary NJ. E. Church Bazaar.

\ bazaar and supper is to be held in
calvary NJ. f. Church. Columbia road
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-14
JUDGE WILLIAMS IN
HOUSE AND SENATOR
MAPP LEAD VICTORY
Stubborn Fight Put Up By Liquor Interests Fails
When Lieutenant Governor Ellyson Votes
Aye Breaking Tie That Would
Thwart People,

NEWPORT NEWS VA, FEB IS, 1914
RICHMOND VIRGINIAN
RICHMOND, VA
YOUR GALLANT LEADERSHIP HAS LED TO
GLORIOUS VICTORY THE COMMONWEALTH OWES
THE vIRGINIAN DEBT OF LOVE
EFT WEXFORD.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-14
STATE WOULD TAKE
ON BON AIR HOME
Favorable Report Comes On
Proposition of Executive
Committee of Home.

The house committee on prisons
and asylums yesterday reported far-
orahiy the Baker bill. abolishiag the
Virginia Home and Industrial School
Tor Girls, at Bon Air, Va.
This night started by the citizens of
Bon Air on account of the behavior of
ne inmates and the lack of dis
cipl!ne at the home. eliminated in the
BOARD of the school. turning over to
The State free of charge the property
Of the school and the inmates to be
disposed of as the State saw fit This
affer was rendered the governor and
asked that the girls be either kept at
Bon AIT or distributed ameng the
State institutions.
What will be done with the school
IL not known, but IL is thought that
The girls will be located. at least a
iarge paortion of them, at the
State epileptic colony. The commit
zee gave lengthy hearings to the cit
,zens- nf-Ran- IT. also he advocates
of the home, but the damaging testi-
mony Of the conduct of the school is
thought TO have actuated the report
Of the committee on the Baker meas
Ire
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-14
DENY RATCl|FFS
ANOTHER TRIAL
Judge Crump Gives Decision
In Appeal From $1,000 Yer
dict to Walker.

Motion for a new trial In the case
OF T. Grant Walker against II. +,
Ratclirf ct ais. for $1,000 for aiiena-
ton of his wife's affections was yes
terday overruied by Judge Beverly T.
Crump in the Law and Equity court.
The refusal OF Judge Crump to grant
new trial concludes the case unless
the defendants appeal TO the Supreme
Court OF Appeals for writ or error.
This case, in which it was CHARGED
that members of the Ratcliff family
caused Walkers wife To leave her hus-
band a few hours after marrying him,
created much interest In Richmond at
the time IL was first reported. and
during the trial IN the Law and Equity
court.
In handing. down his opinion on tho
case Judge Crump In part said:
The al Eun&nt ,4pon 1HV molten MADE
by the defendants 10 set aside the YER
diet of the fury and grant II new trial
Of the issues In this case, turned chief
ly upon the two main contentious:
I'd That the evidence did not jus
tify a verdict for the plaintiff, or, IN
any event. not against all of the de-
PENDANTS, and,
l2) That the law governing the case
was not accurately stated in the In
fury.
The two main questions of fact to
be decided by the jur yin this case
were whether a conspiracy existed
among the defendants. and whether
they maliciously sought to deprive tie
plaintiff Of the society of his wife.
Such issues are especially for the de-
Termination OF n jury. as their decision
90 largely turns upon inference from
hA 90 ~ rnnttVaa and infant
which arc as a rule not capable OF
direct proof
1.-THE evidence in proof OF con-
spiracy win generally. from the ma
ture Of the case. be circumstantial
Though the common design is the
essence of the charge, II Is not neces-
sary to prove that the defendants
came together and actually agreed In
terms to have that design. and to pur-
sue II by common means,
Upon careful consideration Of
all the evidence In the case, viewed
in the light OF these established prin-
riples of law. I am unable to hold
that the verdict of the Jury was so
plainly against the evidence, or so
paipabiy without evidence that 1t Ia
the duty of the court to set II aside,
THE Instructions given by the court
to the jury covered every phase OF the
case on either side,
After the instructions had been
read by the court. they were con-
sidered and explained to the jury in
the course OF argument by counsel,
and there was no indication that the
law applicable to the case was not
thoroughly set forth and explained.
suemplaint is made of the seven
teenth instruction, relating tn the
measure Of damages, On the ground
that 1t does not in terms state tina, 1t
liz applicable only in the event hiatt the
jury should find for the plaintiff, Such
il statement should have been pre-
faced to this instruction, and 1t would
have been done. IL the attention OF the
court had been called to 1t at the
time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-14
F|REMEN HAVE BAD
TRIP ON RETURN
Butter Company Plant Suffers
$500 Loss-Fire m e n
al Shocked on Tin Roof.

Two alarms, the second of which
was given by Captain Rust, Of Com
pany No. 7, three minutes after the
first had been rung in. last night
brought seven engines and two trucks
to box 81 at Thirteenth and Cary
streets to fight the fire in the Fox
River Butter company's local plant.
The fire was soon under the control
of the department. and the greater
part of the estimated $500 loss
With il accustomed, was caused by
water. 1t IL said that the insurance
fully covers the loss.
No one was hurt, although several
Of the firemen. who carried line of
hose across the roof of the burning
building received electric shocks, II
Is supposed from a live wire which
had fallen across the tin. The origin
OF the fire is unknown.
No trouble was experienced in get
ting to the fire, but the return trip
was one of the hardest which even
the older members of the department
can remember.
During the early time of the Are
snow was falling briskly, but after
il had been extinguished, and the
engines started to return to rneir
houses the snow had turned to hall
and then to fine biting ram. The
streets were as solid ice, and the
horse-drawn pieces of apparatus
found the greatest difficulty in max
ing Roadway.
The iiremen were forced to lend the
horses aid, by pushing the apparatus.
and some of the engines were more
than an hour making the return to
their houses.
One engine, No. s. stalled in the
culvert at Seventh and Main streets,
and Chief Joynes was forced to send
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-14
BAREFOOT CHILDREN
SUFFER IN COLD
Appeal Comes From Salvation
Army. Which Works to Aid
Those In Distress.

''Wili you please come over and
help me and five little children i
have no wod and no coal and moth
ing to eat for my little children. and
they are harefotted. am in Il ter
rible fix Please try TO attend 10 it
right away.
Your truly,
MRS. MINTER.
5S3 Moshy street. Richmond, Va
The above is sample of the let
tiers received at Salvation Army head
quarters yesterday by Adjutant John
son. Adjutant Johnson. with five as
sistants. has had charge of the re-
lief work occasioned by yesterday
snow storm.
The writer OF the foregoing letter
is a widow; the mother of FIVE chill
dren. the oldest of whom is eleven
years, and the youngest one year
Open house. WAS held astRe ARM
barracks all day yesterday and ac-
cording to 4 statement given out last
night by Adj1tant johnson. coffee and
rolls were served to eighty men;
lodging was provided to forty-one;
groceries and provisions were given to
sixty families. and eleven orders for
wood were isucd
Adjutant Johnson. in his appeal for
the needy of Richmond said: I'VE
need food. money, and old clothes, and
we need them at once.
II am sure that the people OF this
city do not realize the conditions that
exist right here in their city or they
would be more quick to respond to
our call for help.
There are hundreds of poor and
destitute people in Richmond who are
need OF immediate assistance. This
has been known to US for some time.
but today's storm 10 the only thing that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-14
VOTE ON THE EMAIL ING ACT.

IN THE sENATE-Ay Ayes: Blanks Bowers, Buchanan,
Crockett Echo Edmonson, Feaherston Fletcher Gayle
Gravatt Mapp Moncure, Paxton Rnehrt Roya Saunders
Smith, Tavenner, West President Ellyson
Hartman Hobbs Holt Iesner Massie Montague, par Paul
Rison Sowder, Thornton, Watkins, Wende burg.
IN THE HoJsE-Ayes: Adams Baker Barley Brans-
comb, Brewer Browning Buck Chakley Chapman Cousins,
Crockett, Dalton, j. William Daniel Earnan, Ferebee Field,
Flanagan, Franklin Grant Grasy, Gregory Gordon Harris,
Harrison Hartley, Harvey HOMER Huff Johnson, Jordan,
Kent Kinsey, Lewis Lincoln, Love, Lowry, Masse Meetze,
Rev, Robertson, Roson, w Francis Smith, Harry B. Smith,
pessard steanes steek Stephenson Taylor Terrell Waton
Noes: Birrel, Bonfant, Cawthorn, Clement, Commns,
Dodson Duke Easey Green Gum Helm fiobson Hughes
Land Leedy Mlstead Montague Myers, Nelson Oliver, Phil
pott Powers Price, Radford Reed Spatig Stubs, tiffany
Toney, A. G Weaver, Mr.. Speaker Cox.
adoption yesterday report COMMITTEES
appointed by the and house consider the amendments placed
house by both branches the legislature the people Virginia granted
question prohibition
ready for the signature of Governor Stuart
Eyson history yesterday
adoption
enabling the uminA
ton of this stubborn fight the dramatic the history Of
general assembly Simultaneously battle
sides the bill fought ditch
their OF
in the
forces victory although foot ground contested
the house and such Hugh White of Rokbrdge subbs a
Gloucester others the fight throw the back into
votes agains the enablin act
In adoption report bitterly opposed
operation replying completely
overwhelming
refused
former vote ss%N
inceen weather crowd witness
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In
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kpuy parried sn4a
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