Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-31


commissioner aboard the steamer
which brought Charlton. from New
York to Naples. DR.. Procaccini, after
! having studied Charlton for about two
weeks, expressed the opinion that at
the time of the crime he was in state
of moral infancy and therefore in
condition of not realizing the enormity
of what he had done.
"In the majority of cases these
crimes arouse the pity, not the sever
| ity of the jurors. If the accused is
acquitted the reason will not be found
| in sentimentality or distortion of the
human sense of justice. but rather in
! the conviction of the jurors that hui
man agencies should not inflict fur
Their penalties upon the man before
them who, having made a victim of
another, is himself the victim OF an
inexora Bile fate. 80
owe shall prove before the court
of assizes that the Charlton drama is
due to an alteration which upset the
normal mental faculties of the accus-
ed. This will clearly appear from the
Interrogation of witnesses, and our
contention will be further supported
by the testimony of Italian alienists."
Rome, March 31.-The only COM
plete skeleton, in Italy. of dog Of the
Stone Age is now on view in the An
coma Museum. The animal following
its master, is believed to have roamed
the valley of the Pc several thousand
together, and their bones are today
displayed in the ancient tomb from
which they were unearthed.
This "canis palustris Rutimeyer'-
to give this ancient dog its official
name-evidently is a cross between
the dog of today and the jackal.
The skeleton of the man also IS
highly interesting because of the pc.
culiar manner in which it Is hunched
together. The thigh bones are bent
over the abdomen and the arms rails
ed, with the hands over the face. 1t
thus shows a striking resemblance to
the skeletons of the same period found
in Egypt.
Taxi cabs have made their appear
ance in Rome, with a scale of prices
remarkable for their reasonableness.
In the day time the tariff is IA cents
for the first half mile, and then 2
cents for each additional 500 feet. AT
night these rates are increased to 16
and cents respectively. Three per |
sons may ride at these prices. Extra |
persons above three pay cents a |
trip Two hundred of these vehicles
already are in operation, and it is
probably only question of time when
TIE well known Rcman one horse cab
vii! be a thing of the past.
Dr. Luigi Lambon, of London, is
again in Italy to prove his theory that
pellagra, a disease akin to elephant
iasis and sometimes called Italian
leprosy, is due to parasite in potable
water.
Dr. Lambon is widely known for his
studies of malaria. He has devoted
five years to the study of pellagra and
he las in his employ man servant
suffering with pellagra on whom he
is experime to prove his theory
that the disease is neither contagious
nor incurable. He will devote his
time here this spring almost entirely
to the study of infected water in the
effort to discover the supposed para
!
it.
1t has been asserted for years that |
pellagra comes from excessive con-
of Indian corn.
Berlin, March 31.-Europe has found i
amusement in the financial embarrass-
ment of Prince William of Wied, who
was forced to arrange all the prelimi
naries of his ascent to the throne of
Albania on credit.
Not until the last moment before
his departure from Berlin did the
young monarch-elect succeed in get Il
ting any of the S1,O00,000 loan which
had been arranged by the powers. The
result was that he was unable to meet
the bill of $3.50 for moving his per-
sonal effects and furniture to the pal
ace at DurazZo. The shipment was
entrusted to the German agent of the
Austrian state railways, who finally
obtained orders from Vienna to send
the bills for transportation to the Aus
trian foreign Office.
Austria also paid the railway fares
and hotel bills of the new monarch on
his round of state visits to the capitals
Of Europe and furnished the steamer
to take him to Durazzo. The gorgeous
Uniform which the prince designed for
mis- state entry was turned out by the
Austrian court tailor. and the Alban-
ian notables, who came to the princes
German home at Neuwied to offer
him the crown, borrowed in Vienna
The money for the first payment on
hat necessary piece of royal equip
ment
The crown consists of circlet OF Il
gold set with tuIquoises. above which