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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
CYCLISTS PLAN
new CLUB HOUSE
Tri- City Motorcycle Club Has
Money in Treasury and Lays
Plans for Season.

A club house IS TO be estahfJied by
the motorcyclists OF Davenpat. Rock
Island and Moline. according TO plans
laid by the Tri-City Motorcycle club
at the annual banquet held at Zuui
Alien Dorf park.
The club house will be located in
the downtown district OF Davenport
and will be fitted up in comfortable
fashion. Several hundred dollars will
be spent IN establishing the new head
quarters. but as there Is $500 in the
treasury OF the club which can be de-
voted TO this purpose and 800 in sub
scrfptions was raised at the annual
meeting. the financing OF the club
house is assured.
Membership In the organization
showed a big increase last year. and is
expected TO continue TO increase IN
the same proportion this season. Wa
the opening OF spring the regular
weekend runs OF me club will com
mence. The different tours OF the
season have not yet been mapped oA
but will be 10 points OF interest witp
in a radius OF so miles OF the tri-cities.
With the opening or the club hous9
the social side OF the organization
will be one OF its important features,
and Is expected to add greatly 10 the
which membership in the.
club offers.
Local agents for the motorcycles ex-
pect a big increase in business this
summer and look forward TO the heav-
lest sales since the industry became
established. They point TO the grow
ing popularity OF the motorcycle for
business and pleasure uses and 10 the
continual agitation for better roads
this section OF the state
Officer sof the Tri-City Motorcycle club
are: President, II. n. Wagner; vice
PRESIDENT. l.. 4 Foster: secretary. W.
road captain. Peter
Scheib.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
LOCAL SCRAPPER
MAY VISIT WEST
Young" Sinnet in Company
With Other Battlers Will
Fight at Vernon.

With Larry Lichenstein back in
Chicago from the west comes news
that he Will probably take Young Sin
net. bantamweight: Ketchek light
weight and Jimmy Clabby. middle
weight. out to Los Angeles. where
Promoter Tom McCarey OF the Vernon
arena promises to give then enough
work 10 keep them busy for six
months.
Larry is also dickering for trip TO
Australia. He will hold a conference
with Snowy" Baker. the Australian
promoter who is now in Chicago. but
that tour will follow the one to the
coast. according TO tie announcement
OF Larry's plans
Sinnet may take part in another
bout Ia Racine in the early part of
March. He has been 'ffered a chance
IL fight Matty Smith, champion OF the
northwest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
|S0CIALS CHAMPS
OF ROCK ISLAND
City League Basketball Season
Is Finished and Winners
Have Clean Slate.
TWO TEAMS QUIT LEAGUE
CentraIs and independents Forfeit Re-
manning Games-Augustana -
Closes in Second Place.

The Rock Island Socials have won
the city basketball title and finished
the season without a single defeat
The Centrals and independents drop
ped out OF the league some two weeks
ago and their remaining games have
been forfeited.
No games were played Saturday
night at the high school gymnasium
and If these two cubs had remained
in the league the season would not
finish until tomorrow night, but owing
10 their resignation no further games
are to be played.
The league season has been sue
cessfui financially, as large crowds
have turned out to the games, but on
account of the easy manner in which
the Socials won all of their contests
enthusiasm in the race has not been
apparent for the past three weeks
No one has defeated the Socials. and
they have never even been given, q
close game.
Standing of. the Teams.
The final standing of the teams in
the Rock Island City Basketball
league. counting the forfeited games,
is as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
The Bio Wind In Ireland.

The night of the big wind in ireland
was Jan. and I. 1889. 1t seemss;t0
have served for some seventy years1as
the era point of no little chronology,
The gale was by no means confined TO
Ireland A score of persons died sie
Liverpool in the crash of buildings.
and the force Of the wind was felt
through Cheshire. Warwick and Stat
fold In Limerick, Galway and Ath-
lone more than 200 houses were blown
down and as many more were burned.
In 1895 Dublin was swept by gale
quite as great and half the trees in
the Phoenix park were put down
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
Fifteen Minutes May Island OF BasebaH-Avph
Cause of Murphy's Fail

Here are a few things which have
caused the ultimate downfall OF
Charles W. Murphy:
October. 19Os-Incurred the enmity
of Ban Johnson. president OF the
American league. through ticket scalp
ing charges during the Detroit Chi
cago worlds series
September. 1912-Released Frank
Chance. cub manager. wac had won
four pennants for the club.
September. 1912-Reieased Morde-
cal Brown. cub pitcher and hero Of
west side. because OF exceptional abb
ity.
February, 1e1i-Discharged Johnny
Evers, Chances successor as cub
pilot, without notice.
February. 1S14-Aroused ire OF Ma
.ional league directors and President
John X. Tener by statement "detrt
mental 10 parent league"
February. 1914-Hurled scathing
personalities and insults as Ban John
son after Johnson had criticised Muir
phys actions in the Evers case.
Forced to sell his interest in the club
10 Charles P. Taft OF Cincinnati.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
A LIGHT IN AN AUTOMOBILE.
Use One o, the Spark Plugs When You
Have No Matches.


Did you ever while making an auto
mobile tour find yourself on lonely
country road. perhaps miles from the
nearest house. and suddenly discover
that you had no matches? It YOU
were anxious to light the lamps or a.
ger for smoke such Il discovery
would not prove at all conducive 10
The smoothness of your temper.
There is simple way in which any
one may secure light without the aid
of matches. You may be anxious for
a smoke or it may be getting dark and
you want to light your lamp. but in
any event you can secure the neces-
sary light if you will follow these di
rections:
Unscrew one of the spark plugs and
let it lie on the cylinder head. Wrap n
small wisp OF waste around the end of
any small stick of wood or if there is
none handy wrap it around the end OF
screwdrivcr or any other tool. Dip
the waste in the gasoline until il is
thoroughly soaked OF course Won
should have only u very small piece of
waste: otherwise the blaze will he too
Dig for YOU TO handle. after dipping
this in the gasoline lay IL close to the
spark plug and turn the engine over un-
iii this plug sparks. This viii ignite
the waste ard you will have little
torch suticienr for lighting, your lamp
Even il there IS 4 heavy rain or snow.
you can secure n light in this manner
sufficient for your needs.--Detroit Free
Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
10 Rsssou Why Anyone Should Suffer
Saeh Dishearteninz Experience

-. 20 eas- % poisoned blood e ever cured
NJ lsst destructive germ has been
-----<<Ated from TIE fysten. And the only
.--,ol rnar II Essirsiiated "a the Tissues
- ssinglefes cellular activity u over
ps-Is.l AsTtsi germs IL the famous blood
III skin T. but q hrs network 81 tiny
Fesseie. and the specific action Of
- ,. "a declared b. eminent Authorities
- =. prorclnced stimulation % the actiT-
- rsascu Tor this e IN the pecuiiar
n - ~ > =. = which enables the crlls
49, sEln % select from The blood the
~ 10 requires for regeneration.
- - aly tbs. but ~ from the presence
e. 49, cisfprhinE poison there + q local
- -'tal intcrfere1ce 81 nutrition % cause
49,. ca-bgnrles. sbscesses and kidney
49,. =. :. : directs the Local cells
o. -. - po.son f. rejected and eliminated
= tneir preEerrc.
a. - faet has been demonstrated year In
- lr our IN q wonderful number %
.-s-.rof severe skin eruption that had
80 - D fnrurahic.
49, ean obtain : E 8 e. my well
- t.a Dug store. n you Insist upon lf.
A. -i sure yoa are NOT talked into some
e. = uTeuEred ~ mo seq. Specific
-ls NTift FiE Atlanta ga
err fer their illustrated box On SKIN
<egsrtisement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23

organized baseball, to join Horace Fo-
gel, the Philadelphia magnate, who
was expelled quietly by the baseball
moguls last year.
The deposed president of the Cubs
has been styled thorn in the side
of baseball for a long time and his
retirement has been predicted yearly.
But it was with surprise that close
followers of baseball learned such
stringent actions had been taken to
relieve the internal strife" of the Ma
tional league.
Mr.. Murphy, in his career OF ten
years, has attracted as much atten-
ton as any one figure in the national
pastime and his willingness to fight
for his own interests is attributed as
the cause for his downfall
peposing Evers Causes Downfall.
By relieving Johnny Evers. former
manager of the Cubs, as the active
hea: of the Chicago club, Mr.. Murphy
came into disfavor with the fans and
leaders of the national game, with the
result that he has finally been forced
to get out.
At the time Mr.. Murphy got Henry
O'Day to manage his club he made
an agreement with James Gaffney of
the Boston club, whereby Evers was
to go to Boston in exchange for Pitch
er Purdue and Infielder Sweeney
When Evers heard of the trade he
refused fatty to go to Boston under
any condition whereby Murphy would
benefit
The National league was in session
in New York at the time, in what was
termed a schedule meeting, but what
was in reality a secret conference to
decide on some sort of protection
against the attack of the Federal
league on playing roster OF the Nation
al and American leagues.
Anglers League Heads.
At this inopportune time MIR. Muir !
ply. without giving Evers any notice, /
practically discharged the then Cub !
This aroused the ire of the I
National league directors and besides |
Evers full protection, |
they promptly took steps TO censure !
Governor Tener of Pennsylvania, !
National league president. look up !
the investigation of AIurphy's methods /.
and tried TO bring about ,
a reconciliation OF the step. but the /
Cub president refused to listen to any |
deal that would not benefit himself .
and hurried from New York to Chi !
rago. His first act when he got here I
- to denounce Byron Bancroft |
Johnson. president of the American
league. as a tyrant who tried TO DOM
mate baseball
Price Not Published.
Mr.. Murphy was said to have owned
50 per cent of the Cub stock. the bal
lnce being held by Harry Ackerland
II Pittsburgh and by {. p. Taft of
brother of former Presi-
lent Taft What Murphy got for his
holdings was not made public but
I has been estimated at close 10 $500
100. Chance at one time owned 10
Der cent of the club. but during his
sht with Murphy be sold his holdings
o Ackerland for $4,000.
Byron Bancroft Johnson, president
# the American league. when reach
d last night and told of the retire
nent OF Murphy refused 10 make
statement He said he had not been
lotified officially OF the sale and until
hen he would remain silent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
conyiets Help Fight Fire.

Pontiac. Ill. Feb. 23.-Fire in the
paint shop OF the Illinois state reform
atory here damaged that building to
the extent OF $1,000 yesterday. No ex-
citement occurred among the $50 pris-
oners. who were in their cells some
distance away from. the scene OF the
fire. a number OF trusty inmates lent
valuable assistance in subduing the
blaze. The cause OF the FIRE vas not
learned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
rheumatism ReIievoo In a rev Hours

Rheumatism Relieved In Few Hours.
~. B. Langley. Madison. Wis. saws:
Il vas almost helpless with rheum., =.
tism for about 1--WE months. Had II In
my neck so ! could not turn my head
and all through my body. | tried
three doctors ard many remedies
without any relic: whatever until |
procured DIR. Detchon's Relief for
Rheumatism In n few hour the
pain was relieved and In three days
the rheumatism was completely cured
ana 1 was at work" Sold by Otto
Grotian. 1901 Second avenue. Rock
Isls ma. Gust schlegel e. Son. 220
Welt Second street Davenport
fAn7.s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE
The results of the games Saturday

The results of the games Saturday
afternoon in the Junior division of
the Sunday School Basketball league
at the Y. NJ C. A. gymnasium were
as follows:
Broadway Presbyterians, IS; South
Park Presbyterians, Z.
Baptists, %; Central Presbyter-
ians. 3.
Fifteenth Avenue Christians, IA;
South Park Presbyterians, 6.
Broadway Presbyterians, Is; Meth
odists, 9.
The standing of the Junior division
teams is as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
FORCE MURPHY TO
DISPOSE OF CUBS
Ousting of Evers Cost Chicago
Boss His Standing in the
National Game.
CHARLES TAFT is BUYER
Trouble in Organized Baseball Has
Been Great Help to FederaIs-
Murphy Is Out for Good.

Charles W. Murphy, prominent
character in the baseball word for
the past few years, has at last been
forced out OF the game, and according
to late Saturday night dispatches from
Chicago has disposed of his Chicago
Cubs 10 Charles p. Taft of Cincinnati.
Murphy started an internal war in
organized baseball a short time ago,
and magnates of baseball fame
throughout the country have been de-
handing that he get out of the game
for good and dispose of his National
league holdings. At first Murphy alb
solutely refused to lend a willing ear
10 these demands and cast threats
and defiance at his enemies; but it is
said that Taft offered the Cub boss
so large an amount for his stock III
the Chicago National league machine
that he decided to sell, and thus
Genes the finish of Charles Webb
Murphy.
Out of the Game for Good.
Not only has Murphy been forced
out of the ownership of the Cubs by
big league magnates. but he has been
thrown out Oh the hduOhd4 PastlHie ioi
gooa and all and will never again
cause trouble by ousting Frank
Chance. Joe Tinker, Mordecai Brown
or Johnny Evers.
His sale of baseball interests auto
matically Cancelled his position as
president of the Chicago club and
director OF the National league and
also banished him from the ranks of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23

feated the MuscatIne Commercial club
five will play a return engagement
here tonight. On Tuesday evening
the Washington five will visit Musca-
tine. The two contests, coming
closely together. viii offer consider
able of interest to those interested in
the indoor sport. Entertainment will
be provided for both teams while
here, it is understood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
She Loved Him.

This was after the quarrel '1 can
never forgive you" he cried. Last
night you said 1 was n lobster" =
But you know" she replied. and her
tone was conciliatory-"you know how
dearly I love lobsters.'
With glad cry he folded her to his
Observation-Disclosures Record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
Abuse.

Abuse is not so dangerous when
there is no vehicle of wit or delicacy.
no subtle conveyance. The difference
between coarse and refined abuse is
rs the difference between being brufs-
ed by Il club and wounded by poi
Soned arrow.-Johnson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23

is safe to prophecy paid attendance
OF somewhere around the $4,000 mark
IL the city gets into the league.
The newspapers throughout the Cen
trail association circuit, with the ex-
ception OF those ut Cedar Rapids. have
taken a determined stand in an effort
TO resssemble last Thursdays meet
ing and vote again upon the question
now that the territory has been set
tied. They are unanimous in claim
ing that Rock Island would win hands
down II such a move were brought
abou II means $1,000 in cold cash
TO { ;nton. Ottumwa. Muscatine. Bur
linEt o. and Keokuk and they have no
intel ION OF letting this amount slip
by ,.hout a fight. That is why the
pap. favor another meeting: that
IS 7 - they are almost daily publish
ing yEories on the prospects and ac-
cor :ng to the general feeling il is
nos only possible. but quite probable
THAI Rock Island will yet replace Mar
shaIltown in the 1914 circuit OF the
Central association.
But Here's the Dope.
At 1925 last Thursday afternoon the
lAOft WIS " NOit NUN lHidAh
into the Central association, but was
quashed by President NJ r. Justice
on the claim that il was out OF order
At about this same moment Secretary
Farrell was debating a telegram TO
the Western Union declaring this city
to re open territory. At 1927 the
move was made TO vote Marshalltown
into the association and some OF the
cities waivered and the vote was TAX
en-. Marshalltown winning by to 3.
At $3.50 the announcement of the
vote was made and Associated Press
were sent throughout the
country. At 1875 Rock Island dele
gates were on the Muscatine North
and South railroad bound for home;
ar $40 President NJ II. Sexton of this
city received Farrell's telegram; at
2:45 he had phoned the Burlington ho-
tel over the long distance wire. only !
10 find that the vote had been taken I
and Rock Island delegates had left I
the scene OF the battle. At $50 he was /
talking to President Justice but was !
Just 10 minutes too late.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
Inapnreeiative Man.

You say you occasionally smoke one
OF your wife's birthday cigars"
Yes; dug 'em up the other day.
and they are great help in my pres
snt situation"
What is that:"
Il am trying 10 quit smoking for
good. Albany knickerboeker Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
A HAS-BEEN NOW

Knockout Brown. the New York
lightweight, seems TO be pretty badly
down and out. He hasn't wor real
victory in many a moon. He failed
d!smally in his attempted comeback at
Detroit thc other night vhen Patsy
Drouillard. the Canadian champion,
won the popular verdict by big mar
gin. Brown did not appear 10 be in
first class condition and tired percepti-
bly, af5er the fifth round.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23

There were no games in the Senior
division of the league Saturday night,
as they were postponed owing to
lecture. The standing of the teams in
the Senior division is as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
LOCAL B0WLERS TO
PLAY AT MUSCATINE

Muscatine. Iowa. Feb. 23.-The Rock
Island boglers who some tine ago de-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
HELPS LAZY STOMACHS
 DIGEST THEIR FOOD

Derangement of the digestive tract causes your stomach to become lazy and not digest it's food The food then ferments and forms gas, causing a sharp pain at the pit of the stomach or the region of the heart; an exces- siVe amount of acid is produced, which with a general upset or the di- SeStive tract, brings on headache, 1iausea and feeling Of utter help lessness, accompanied by a bitter taste in the mouth, a coated tongue, an ob- stinate cough and other disagreeabIe symptoms.
 Phospho- Pepsin is the one remedy that will relieve you of all this un- pleasant feeIiug-the very first dose makes you feel better Phospho- Pepsin is I'd pidIy assimilated. It goes right To the source of trouble and acts only on the digestive tract t ab- sorbs the gases. neutralizes excess acid and tones and strengthens the muscular structure
 Phospho- Pepsin is a perfectly bal anced combination of pure pepsin and acid lacto-p phosphate of calcium and bismuth. together with tonic doses of nux vomica, ipecac and goldenseal- a prescription that is endorsed and recommended by every reputable phy- sician in the country as being the most ideal remedy for stomach trou- ble known to medical science.
 Phospho- Pepsin will correct your stomach trouble-a single dose con- taining enough pepsin to thoroughly digest nearly an entire meal And il you are a sufferer from stomach trou- ble you should take this grand rem edy and be well and happy once more s Phospho- Pepsin can be purchased oi all reliable druggists. such as Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
POLICE CHIEF BUCKLEY
 FIRES AT GAMBLER
Former Norwich Boy in Exciting Ex-
 perience at TerryVille.

Friends of George Buckley, formerly of this city where he was employed as a clerk at Preston Bros, will be interested in the following from a Wa terbury paper under a Terryville date line:
 Shortly after midnight Sunday morning Chief of Police George F. Buckley and Constables Cleveland and Goldbeck, descended on shanty In Peouabuck, where Joseph +. Burns owns and conducts a pool and lunch room near the school and South Rfv- erside street. They entered by the front door and found eight young men whom the police charge were gambling and a large quantity Of liquor, includ- ing one dozen bottles of whiskey, one gallon of cidar brandy and quantity of white wine The eight young men were immediately placed under arrest but Burns, the proprietor of the place made his escape, running through the door and down the road, not even stopping when Chief of Police Buckley fired A shot over his head.
 The young men were taken to Bris- taI where Justice Jonathan Starr held court from 2 a. m. until 1 a. m.. the yo,lug men fighting the case against them. One man was fined and the others pleaded guilty. Each was fined S2 and costs, S72 in all being collect ed from the men.
 4 general alarm was sent out for Burns who will have to answer to the charge of conducting gambling joint and selling liquor without a license.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
PERSONALS


 Mrs. William C. Semple is visiting for a week with friends in Hartford and Manchester.
 Miss Susan Rogers of Salem was a guest of MT. and Mrs. H. c. Gardiner in East Lyme early this week.
 Rev. J. H. Broderick. former pastor of All Hallows' church. Moosup, visit ed his former parish Tuesday.
 Earl walbridge of Old Mystic has been the guest of his parents, MT. and Mrs William Walbridge, in Stafford.
 Mrs L. B. Jerome and son. Law renee. of Quaker Hill, were in Stafford the guests of Mrs. Asa Harris the first of the week.
 Tuesday Mrs. J. Slattery of Norwich was a visitor in this city and attend a private masquerade social.-Bridge- port Standard
 Thomas Collins of Norwich was in New London Wednesday evening to attend the tournament at the Niagara Engine company's house.
 Ralph H. Melcer of Montville, gen eral manager of the Palmer Brothers company, who has been at Camden first of the week. MT. Palmer is inn proving in health.
 Miss Catharine Beek1ey of this city and Miss Alice Cheyney of Philadel- phia have been spending a few days with Mrs Waldron Cheyney Beekley of Hartford. Miss Cheyney left Thurs day for Washington. where she is to become research worker for the Con gressional Union for Woman Suffrage.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
STOLE TWO CHICKENS
 WHILE POLICEMEN WATCHED
Trio Were Seen From Window at
 Hopkins & Aliens.

From a window in the Hopkins & Alien Arms Co. factory where he is employed. Supernumerary Policeman John Carroll watched a trio of out of-town men lift two chickens from where they hung in front of Bendetts market on Franklin street about the middle of Thursday afternoon and make away with their booty, appar- ently unnoticed
 From the direction the thieves took it was evident they were heading towards North Main street so that he got out of the shop as soon as possible and started a search for them. The three men were finally located in 9 North Main street saloon but by that time had disposed of one If the birds. They had the other with them when Supefnunerary Carroll and Policeman Casey arrested them.
 When brought to police headauar- ters they gave The names of James Cn1ot1b and Ferdinand King of, Fall River and Homer Columbia of White Rock. Columha and King had been lodgers at the. police station on Wed nesday night