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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
BURGLARS BREAK
INTO TODD HOME
Yeggs Enter Residence Early
This Morning, but Fail
to Make Haul.

Two burglars broke into the home
of c. a. Todd. 2719 Eighth avenue,
this morning about o'clock, and had
finished ransacking most of the rooms
downstairs before their presence was
discovered Both escaped by running
up an alley at the rear of the home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Todd had been visiting
relatives during the day, and retired
about IL o'clock last night. About 2
O'Clock Mr.. Todd heard a noise in the
dining room of the home. He arose
and ran hastily to the head of the
stairs, and saw a man going through
the drawers in the buffet. He started
down the steps and the man ran to-
ward the kitchen. leaped through the
open window and after joining a man
in the yard, disappeared into the dark
I ness of the alley before Todd could
get a description of the men.
The yeggs were evidently looking
for money as all silverware and
jewelry was left untouched. The case
was not reported to the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

Tuesday morning over the Milwaukee
road and registered at a local hotel,
the mother and daughter occupying
separate room. as they had done in
the other cities. Ballard had taken
$4,000 in currency with him before
they started from Charles City, and
Mrs. Smith suggesed in her winning
way, that he leave the money with
her, as it would be in safer hands, and
the old man turned the amount over TO
her. The party retired about IL
o'clock Wednesday night. About 2: 40
in the morning the hotel clerk noticed
the two women come hurriedly down
the steps, and after arranging for
their bill, they called a taxi and were
driven to the Rock Island station at
Thirty-first street.
The mother purchased two tickets
for Des Moines, and they boarded
train at O'Clock in the morning for
the west.
Ballard awake the next morning
early, and after becoming alarmed at
their absence at the hotel, reported
the case TO the police and told them
his sad story.
Find the Money.
Chief Brinn wired the authorities
at Des Moines and Chicago, and the
mother and daughter We're arrested
as they stepped off the train at Des
! Mcines. Both denied the guilt at first
claiming that they had never been in
Rock Island. and that they came from
/ Chicago. Mrs. Smith was searched.
but not one cent in money was found
on her person. However. on searching
! II. girl, the authorities found a neal
| little package sewed in her dress con
tanning $4,000 in currency. The
mother broke down at the discovery
! and both confessed and promised &c
come back without extradition papers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

nos know whether they boarded an
east or west bound train
Chief Brinn wired a description OF
the woman and the girl to Chicago,
Des Moines and other points along the
Rock Island road. instructing the pc.
lice TO hold them and communicate
with him Yesterday. at his home
Chief Brinn received a long distance
call from Chief Of Police Mcdonald at
Des Moines. informing him that the
two women in question were being
held Detective Cox and Sergeant
Kinsley were sent to Des Moines this
morning. and will probably return
with the prisoners late this afternoon.
Woman Proposes.
The case IS one of the most inter
esting to come to the notice of the To-
cal police in many months. Il deyel-
oped that Ballard met Mrs Smith at
Charles City. where the latter posed
as a clairvoyant. The two developed
into fast friends, and Mrs. Smith told
Ballard OF his future through the lines
. of his hand, and painted coming
events in a rosy color. After friend
ship of several weeks Mrs. Smith told
the old man that he needed a help
mate to care for him in his last years
and made a proposal of marriage
which Ballard accepted. Although he
did not love the woman, he thought
there was something attractive about
her, and in his estimation she seemed
sincere. The date for the wedding
was set, and the Smith women sug
ge5ted that they go to Marshalltowr
to wed. The old man consented, and
the party left for that city. After
spending several days there they went
10 Ottumwa. Ballard could not under
stand why the Smith woman persisted
in putting off the date for their mar
riage. and although she acted strange
". he did not detect the scheme.
Ditch Old Man.
The party reached Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
16-YEAR-OLDMAN
IS SWINDLED OUT
OF $4,000 HERE
William H. Ballard, st. Charles
Retired Farmer, Robbed
by Clairvoyant.
WOMAN is UNDER ARREST
~ sueIah Smith and Daughter Lii
liam Caught at Des moines Fol-
lowing Flight From City.

through fast and efficient work on
- Da-t Of the local police department
70 clever swindlers, a woman and
- daughter. we're captured yesterday
.,r-niug al Des MONIES. Iowa The
-ictiu, OF their designs was William
ballard. 20 years OF age and a re-
,-ed farmer OF Charles City, Iowa,
- vas beaten out of $4,000 in a local
ho.el Wednes day night by the two
omen. TIE woman says she is
pueIah Smith. - years of age, and
-. her daughters name is Lillian
80 is. both coming from Charles
city.
Mrs. Smith and daughter made their
-a..axay from Rock Island early yes
,s,dav morning. The cid man on dis
r,varing the theft reported the case
Il the police. and Chief Brinn imme
stately dispatched Detective Tom Coz
- he Rock Island depot. The ticket
,gant remembered seeing two women
,,sxe-iug to the description, but die
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

Peoples Saving Bank and Trust COM
pany to Sherman Johnson, lot 10,
Glen Oaks, Moline, $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

With an order we are offer
ing for Saturday:
Sugar, 10 pounds Soc
Flesh Eggs, per dozen. .25C
Good SOC Coffee for. .221hC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

sub division, also lot 3, block 3, Daebe1-
liehn's addition, Moline, 81.
Charles Andres to Leo De Doncker,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
REALTY CHANGES

Peter F. Kelting to Henry c. Kelt-
ing, part lot 8 and II, Daebelliehin' S
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

Charles and Ella Russell, part lois .
and 4, block 9, West Moline addltlon'
Moline, 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

part northeast Il section S1-1S-1E,
1925.
Up Whitmer and G. l. Dorrance to
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-23

It Winchendon, Mass, 20 Feet High
drums, piled one on top of another,
would make pile eleven times as
high as Bunker Hill monument.
A seasons output of drums from
the TOytown factories, placed rim to
Evening journal., 1914-06-22

known as a "magazine"--a box attach
ment to a camera which viii hold
twelve plates so arranged that the
slides covering the plate, when pulled
out under a black leather cloth. ex-
pose the plate 70 the lens. After the
exposure has been made the plate Is
pushed into the rear OF the magazine
and another comes forward auto
matieally. This Is repeated until the
twelve are exposed. This does away
with the removing of the plate holder
from the camera after each exposure.
Photographing At sixty Miles An Hour.
Going at the rate Of sixty miles an
hour 1t Is necessary to use a rapid
shutter and under most conditions
what is known as a wide open lens.
The rapid speed OF the shutter. too.
overcomes the vibration Of the motor
of the aeroplane OF course, a tele-
photo lens is preferable and this type
is being used by the Navy operators
who are at present doing service at
Vera Cruz.
The telephoto lens Is a trifie slower
than the ordinary rapid lens SO. OF
course, rapid plates are required. A
new Photographic instrument known
as the balloon camera Is ideal for aerial
photography as it Is worked with less
moving about and the finder IS SO
placed that one can see exactly what
the picture will be by merely looking
under the camera instead or in the
top. Aeroplane views Of cities have
Evening journal., 1914-06-22

Corps. flew over the Mexican camps
and made remarkable Photographic
record OF the Mexican movements
Aeroplanes Instead OF Spies.
The flying has been continued dav
after day. and In this way the general
In charge knows each evening Just
what movements have taken place in
the Mexican camps. Lieutenant Bel
lnger after one trip showed that the
Mexicans were destroying the railroad
tracks; at another he showed that
moro men had arrived and that the
camps up in the sand hills behind Vera
Cruz were larger than a few days
previous. II this work continues II
will no longer be necessary for men
to risk their lives as spies by going
into the enemy's camp as all the op-
erations OF the enemy can be dis
covered BY the air scouts
Can Change History.
Had an aeroplane been In use during
the Spanish-American War Cervera's \
fleet might have been located long be-
fore it was. and while the results
would have undoubtedly been the Same
the destruction OF the Spanish fiee,
might have taken place some days
earlier and one disagreeable feature
az least might have been eliminated
the Sampson Schley controversy
Again, In the Russian Wa
when the Japs tricked the Russians b,
hanging branches OF trees IN such 4
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rifie-bayonet splints. This keeps the
broken bones from grinding together
while the man is being transported to
the hospital. Broken arms are bound
up in this way except that the bayonet
only is used. Very often the spiints
carried IN the hospital corps pouch
become exhausted.
The bolo knife comes into use here,
as by It's aid any kind of wood can
be chopped into splints. A wound in
the head must be quickly bandaged.
The tourniquet Is. of course. used to
stop hemorrhages. Anomalies spirits
of ammonia is frequently used as a
sumulant. In extreme cases first aid
has been given just outside the firing
line. However. the Hospital Corps
makes every effort to reach the first
aid station with the wounded. Here
the responsibility OF the regimental
personnel ceases. AT this station first
aid bandages are applied and the hem
orrhages are stopped, nothing further
being attempted there.
II then devolves upon the Ambu-
lance Corps to transport the patients
to the dressing station or to the field
hospital-in many instances to both.
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man slightly wounded in the arm is
tagged "Able to Walk" another with
a broken leg would bear the inscrip-
lion transportation Required" while
a man seriously wounded. perhaps in
the abdomen, would be marked mot
able TO endure transportation" and
would be cared for close to the lines.
When man is shot the Hospital
Corps Of his regiment render first aid
by the use of their hospital pouches
and then carry him TO the first aid
station which is located a few hundred
yards in the rear Of the firing line.
Some times a stretcher is used and
at others the man is carried on the
back of one of the Hospital Corps in
such a manner as the exigencies Of
the case demand. These men are
taught just how to handle the wound
ed in the most comfortable way to
the injured man. Frequently a badly
shattered limb must be bound up at
once and this is sometimes done by
the limb and then using a
rifle and bayonet as splints; straw,
grass or anything soft which can be
found nearby is used as a padding
between the inside bandages and the
Evening journal., 1914-06-22

come to be common thing at pres
ent and are In reality actual birds
eye views. Photography from a dirig-
lole balloon is FAR easier, for there the
photographer may walk about In the
cabin and poke the camera out OF the
cabin window at any time and carry
as many plates as are needed. on one
trip recently of one hour and a half
duration the writer made twenty pho
tographs. The balloon flew most Of
the time at an altitude Of six hundred
teet and excellent. clear views were
the result. The camera may be turned
in all directions from a balloon with
ease-straight down or horizontal.
Where a vertical view is TO be taken
looking straight at the earth the dia-
phragm of the lens must be wider
open than when photographing
straight for the reason that the earth
being opaque there Is no reflected sur
face to illuminate the picture. In
balloon photography the shutter may
be worked at a slower speed as these
ships OF the air do not travel as ran
idly as the aeroplane.
Aerial photography Is In a special
ella Of picture making and one that
has proved Of inestimable value in
military operations, and before our
troubles with Mexico are at ain end
il may save the lives OF many Of our
soldiers. Only recently Lieutenant
Bellinger and Ensign sauhey, both OF
the United States Navy Aviation
Evening journal., 1914-06-22
FIeLa ZpuypMenf

The dressing station is usually located
at some protected point behind a hill
half mile or more in the rear OF
the firing line. At this point the
wounded receive food and stimulants,
such as broth, coffee, chocolate, etc,
a kitchen being attached to the dress
ing station where some sort OF food
Is always In readiness for injured sol
diers. At this point the bandages arc
readjusted and broken bones re-
splinted in order that the patients may
be transported to the field hospital
located from one to three miles dis
tant at some sheltered point. Each
field hospital accommodates one hun
dred and eight patients but can be
made to hold two hundred and six
teen In great emergency. There are
four OF these field hospitals for each
division-one behind each brigade and
one in reserve which can be set up on
the field after the battle-the hospitals
going to the wounded In place OF the
wounded coming to them thus saving
the pain Of transportation. All sorts
Of operations can be performed here.
Abdominal Operations Avoided In
Field.
IL Is not lnb polCy OF the Meulcdi
Department Of the United States Army,
however, 70 do abdominal operations
at field hospital unless It is highly
important. Contrary to the experience
OF some Of the European armies the
experience OF our surgeons has been
that patients with abdominal wounds
do better under expectant treatment
than when operated upon In field hos
pitals where the wounds cannot be
altogether protected from dust which
may blow In.
After the wounded man has reached
the field hospital he is sent back by
the line OF communication over which
the supplies reach the army at the
front. The transportation column is
commanded by Major Of the Medical
Department with five assistants. No
special vehicles are authorized for use
by this column. but the commanding
officer Is supposed to get such trans
portation as he may need by Impress
Evening journal., 1914-06-22

perfect reproduction OF their plans.
strength and size Of guns.
Foreign countries have come to re-
gard the aeroplane as danger as well
as aid and there Is an International
Law on the other side which prohibits
the aeropianist Of another country
from flying across the border without
special permission OF the country 10
be visited. The arrest Of the German
Balloonists and the destruction Of the
balloon by the French Government re-
Gently are still fresh IN the mind OF
the reader Time and again this has
occurred on Russian soil. for that
country seems TO be suspicious not
only OF all other lands. but those IN
authority seem 10 fear even their own
subjects who are not allowed to soar
anywhere near fortincauons. So far
the only regulation against flying In
this country is the order Of the Presi.
dent, which forhids dying over the
Panama Canal The order Is prob
ably the result OF a statement made by
an aviator who flew from one end 10
the other and who declared that he
could wreck the canal by tossing
bombs on the locks as well as photo
graph the fortlfications at each end.
4. S. Has Few Air scouts.
Tho United States has fewer air
scouts In proportion 70 the size OF its
army and navy than any other coun-
try. In Europe aerial defense in war
Is regarded as absolutely essential
and millions OF dollars have been spent
on air equipment. Specially. made
cameras. about which the greatest
secrecy is maintained are attached to
the machines and the photographers
who operate them are the most EN-
cient picture men in the world. Tests
and experiments are constantly going
on and even at present very little can
be hidden from the eye Of the aerial
camera
That our army and navy are not
better equipped along these lines IS
due 20 the doubling Thomas" Com
gress. who always wants to see results
I quick. The Mexican crisis has done
much toward gaining better equip
ment for the brave air scouts who
gather news by dying over the heads
OF the enemy Even now aerial pho.
Biography is still in its Infancy, ane
who can predict as the science ad
vances just how far reaching its pos
slbilities may be and how history ma,
be changed by tire aerial cnmera?
Evening journal., 1914-06-22

part Of the globe. He went through
the Boxer troubles In China, and his
patients there came from almost every
part OF the world. For some time he
was stationed at Fort Bayard. New
Mexico, where the army has a hospital
for the men OF its ranks who may fall
victims TO the white plague. "A few
years later he was sent to Alaska.
AS a sanitary officer he has few equals,
and last year he did excellent work In
the West In the food district. where
his efficiency in this line prevented the
epidemics which Invariably follow a
disaster Of this kind. Major Hutton
was the sanitary officer at the encamp-
ment held at Gettysburg last summer
on the occasion OF the fiftieth ami
versary of the Battle Of Gettysburg.
About forty thousand men were in
camp and the task OF sanitation was
a colossal one but Major Hutton came
out victorious. for there was practical
~ no illness among the men.
Hospital Corps Always In Danger.
Few people realize the danger which
the men OF the Hospital Corps un-
dergo. Always close to the firing line
carrying the desperately wounded TO
places of safety. or at a first aid sta
tion patching up men who are only
slightly wounded so that they may
return to the lines or dressing wounds
OF the men who must be transported
to the field hospital. All day long
they work surrounded by shot and
shell. While the army of a civilized
nation would not fire on q Hospital
Corps man 1t is a well-known fact that
many of them were killed. perhaps
unintentionally, during the Japanese
Russian War. and in the Balkan trou-
bles as well.
Men who are in action must not
leave the lines to attend to the
wounded unless they are lighting an
uncivilized naton and the battle Is
going against them The Hospital
Corps alone Is expected to handle the
wounded. They are also charged with
the duty Of looking after matters oil
sanitation as we'll
A busy set OF soldiers are thes'
brave BOYS who ara enlisted IN th4
branch of the serNAe&,
Evening journal., 1914-06-22

position as to hide the operations OF
the Japanese troops from the view Of
the powerful Russian field glasses,
single aeroplane flying high above
might have located the Japs and their
work and saved the Russians az least
from tho great loss which occurred in
the battle that followed. Perhaps, In
deed, an aeroplane might have turned
this war into Russian victory. Again,
when the Spanish fought the Moors
IN Morocco an aeroplane sent out from
Mellla could undoubtedly have located
the Moors in their ambush In the
hills. Photographs OF th2ee places
would certainly have prevented the
slaughter Of the Spaniards which oc-
Cured so many times. Spain was
compelled TO depend upon Moorish
spies for her Information and these
We're far from reliable On one oc-
rasion the Moors dressed up number
of dogs In white muslin in order te
draw tho fire OF the Spaniards. They
succeeded and then surrounded and
slaughtered a whole company or
Spanish soldiers. An aeroplane would
without question have prevented this.
During the war between Turkey and
italy the air scouts "snooping" about
located the enemy time and again. and
on several occasions prevented battles
from taking place In which thousands
Of lives might have been sacrificed
Again, photography played its part in
the Balkan War when a magnificent
photograph OF the Battle Of Adrianople
was made by a Bulgarian air scout.
This picture was actually taken while
the battle was IN progress. The scout
then flew back to the Bulgarian head
quarters and reported the strength OF
the Turkish forces. In the end
Adrianople fell and the Turks were
defeated and who can deny that the
Information brought by the "nylng
man" did not figure largely in the
victory
Value OF Altitude Flying.
The value OF altitude flying can be
readily understood from a military
standpoint for in case OF war battles
are not infrequently fought in noun
famous places and the air scout IN
order 20 get the information as "a
4 the location and numbers Of the en-,
emy's troops must be able 20 ny ovei
high mountains and his engine mus
be tested out before. Fertilization
are at the mercy or the aerial photoE
rapher. as he may point his camera di
rectly over them and get an absolutely
Evening journal., 1914-06-22

ing automobiles. farm wagons or am
munition wagons into service. These
wagons go TO the front filled and when
they are returning to the base OF sup
plies they can be made to act as ambu-
lances by being padded in the bottom
with straw. The wounded are sent in
this way 70 the Evacuation Hospital
which consists OF four field hospitals
combined with an accommodation for
four hundred and thirty-two patients.
Evacuation Hospital A Reality.
Heretofore the Evacuation Hospital
in the United States Army existed only
on paper, but now one has become
reality and has been organized at
Texas City. These evacuation hos
pitfalls are to be located at points ac-
cessibie to railroad tracks from which
points the patients may be evacuated
by train to the base hospitals. The
hospital trains as authorized by the
Medical Department. will have ca
pacity Of two hundred patients eight
cars being used for that purpose.
Medical Department Prepared.
whether there is to be war or not
to be war the Medical Department Of
the United States Army is going to be
prepared ApI even tue mere occupation
OF any part Of Mexico is sure to be at
tended with more or less sickness de-
spite the fact that every place where
our army might be located will be
speedily put in a sanitary condition.
The Hospital Corps. while always pre-
pared for emergencies. are making a
special study of field work and drills
are held frequently. The surgeons of
the army are always busy men at any
time, but doubly so at present. Great
quantities of medical stores have been
laid in. and It is safe to say that the
soldier who is wounded or falls a vic
tim 10 disease while fighting under the
Stars and Stripes viii receive the most
prompt and best medical attention
science can afford.
Major Paul C. H.;t4nn throuoI,
whose courtesy the accompanying
photos were taken. is regarded as ons
of the most eminent surgeons 4n ah.
army. has seen service in almost eVz r,
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- shutters and plates with a rapid
emulsion have made i possible to
photograph anything at any time and
anywhere. Photography really plays
very important part in illustrating
interesting current events, for It Is
used in so many ways instructive as
well as entertaining. In the early days
It was merely the taklrg Of a. poor
quality Of portraits. Then when the
Civil War came on and battlefield
photographs were made the pictures
were regarded as wonde.s, and Won
ders they were when one thinks Of
the labor required to make them. for
the photogra pher had to sensitise both
his plates and paper. Then, too he
required sunlight for printing and a
few rainy days played havoc with his
plans. Compare this with the photog-
rapher of today who does not of
necessity carry even a tripod. All he
does with his plates is to load them
in the holders and they are ready.
His paper is already prepared and
even the chemicals which he uses to
develop it are put up in tubes to
which merely water Is added. He no
longer needs sunshine for his print
ling-in fact, he prefers gas or cleo
ltricity. Half an hour viii sufice IN
getting a print ready is it is case
Of rush copy The elitor will no
longer accept bad weather as an ex-
cuse for failure to set the scene Of
some important event bacause there is
a camera lens and plate made which
are equal to photographing anything
except events on a foggy day. Even
on these DAYS some veEy good effects
have been obtained
When aeroplanes came into fashion