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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20
PUBLIC DEMANDS
TRUTH ABOUT THE
SCHOESSEL CASE
Identity of Assailants Who
Foully Murdered Citizen
Must Be Revealed.
IS NOW SEALED MYSTERY
cerener's Jury withhoIds Verdict
While Waiting for More Tan
aible Evidence

II has often been said and repeated
II proven that murder will out"
VIII this adage be verified in the
seboesseI case? VIII the unknown as
sassins OF this good man VINO was shot
down at his OWE doorstep the even
iug OF Nov. on returning from choir
p-a-tice ever be known or appre-
hended7 These are the questions
which are now agitating the public
mind 10 a greater degree than is gen
orally recognized. and a solution OF
The strange tragedy which cost the
life Of one OF Rock Islands most ex-
empiary citizens is being demanded.
Without cIew.
Although John B. Schoessel was
murdered considerably over two
months ago. there has not developed
a single ciew on the surface upon
which the officers can rely. There
does not appear TO be a tangible bit
OF evidence which can be used as a
reasonable hypothesis upon which 20
work. The case seems like an i'm
peuetrable wall which dehes scaling
and because this is true. the public /.
Is more determined than ever that /
the key which viii unlock the mys-
tery that surrounds the violent death I
Of Mr.. SchoesseI be found and the /
true facts concerning the tragedy be |
DISCLOSED
The ooroner-s jury deserves credit /
for the careful and painstaking inves-
tizztion which has been instituted
The members OF that body have been
in their endeavor TO fer
ret GU the identity Of the murderers.
Yet 30 tangled are the skeins OF evil
dence that they seem TO lead nowhere
and the jurors appear to be as much
in the dark as when the inquest
opened
Want to Know.
However. the public wants 10 know
who killed John Schoessel. The people
are demanding that his death he
avenged and that the guilty parties
be aDprehended. regardless OF the
cost. and brought to justice.
n the $500 reward which the board
q supervisors posted for the appre-
tension OF the cowardly assailant
u ssssilants who shot this de-
snseless citizen to death in The
ihsdov Of his own home. is not
.nough. the sum should be doubled and
ne city should take similar action.
The Awful Shock.
Not only does justice demand that ,
very possible means be taken To find :
be sssassins. but sympathy for the {
Fidov who was given such a cruel
How by fate. should spur the officials
o renewed effort The public thinks
Z his lonely woman and her only
On who without a moments notice
isTe bereft OF the loving care and
upport o. an ideal husband and father
nd called uDOn TO bear the greatest
rief that can come TO mOrtals. Mrs.
ehoessel end her son. Arthur. are
on II the east. attempting 20 recover
ON the effects OF the terrible shock.
u viii be remembered that the con
IiioE o. Mrs. Schoessel was so ser
rs az the time the inquest opened.
lat she was not called upon TO under
the ordeal OF reciting the harrow
g events OF the night OF Nov. :. but
her return she will probably be suf-
aently improved TO testify as to the
agedy. In the meantime the corO-
rs jury has been unable TO return
verdict The investigation has fan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy never
disappoints those who use it for OBJ
stinate coughs. colds and irrilaIions
of the throat and lungs. 1t stands un-
rivalled as a remedy for all throat ami
lung diseases. Sold by all druggists.
-tAdv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20
SEEK TO WIDEN
SIXTEENTH AVENUE

petition was filed today in the
county court TO condemn 20 feet on
the south side OF Sixteenth avenue.
from Fifteenth to Sixteenth streets.
The object OF this petition is to have
the street widened. Judge Benjamin
S. Bell has not set the date for the
hearing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20
Danger Not Imminent.

Better go home, Jimmy; your moth
er is looking for you."
Has she got the hairbrush with
iIer?''
NO"
Then l guess I'll play awhile long
er."-Pittsburgh Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20
POLICE NEWS

Lee Harris was arrested this morn
ing by Officer Fitzgerald and arraign-
ed before Police Magistrate c. J.
Smith on charge of disorderly con-
duct. He was dismissed without fine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20
Public Notice.

contracted by my wife. Clementine
Schroeder. after this date.
JOHN F. c. SCHROEDER
Jan. 20, I9I4-(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20
Attention MasonsI

Rock Island lodge No. 65S, A. F. A.
NJ, requests all Masons to be presentat
Masonic Temple, Wednesday morning.
Jan. 81, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose
of attending the funeral of Brother
AIonzo Mccain. BY order
E. A. Barrett, w. NJ.
(Adv.) II. L. BOLIVIAN, Sec'y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20
IN
BIG ''SHELL OUT"
Over $4,000 Has Been Paid
City Since Friday on Back
Water Accounts.

Delinquent water users are still
producing" Since the campaign
launched last Friday. over $4,000 has
been turned into the Golfers OF the
city for back water bills. Although
the commission directed Superin1end-
ent r. w. Sharp 10 cut off the service
of all deiinquents after a five-day
notice. that Official found it necessary
to take such drastic action in less than
a dozen cases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20

Chamberarn's Cough Remedy is a
very valuable medicine for throat and
lung troubles. quickly relieves and
cures painful breathing and a danger
Gus sounding cough which indicates
congested lungs. Sold by all drug.
gists,-tAdv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20

Funeral of Mrs. Emma Ottoman.
The funeral services of Mrs. Emma
Ottoman were conducted this after
noon at o'clock from Knox's chapel.
Rev. Richard S. Haney of Moline had
charge of the services. Burial was
made in Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20

All the news an The time = The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20
OBITUARY
Funeral of AIonzo Mccain.

The body of Alonzo Mccain. who
passed away in Des Moines SUNDAY.
arrived here last night. The funeral
services will be conducted from the
home of a relative. Harry E. Thomp-
son. 1904 Thirty-fifth street. at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning. Rev. III. w.
Reed officiating. Rock Island lodge
No. SIS. A F. & A. NJ, will have
charge of the services. Burial will
be made in Chippiannock cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06
DOTHAN SCENE Of
BUILDING ACTIVITY
Construction for February
Already Bids Fair to Ex-
ceed Those of January

( Dothan. February 5-(Speeial IL building
operations In Dothan for February al
ready bid fair to exceed those of Janu-
airy. the outlook for the city during 1914
growing brighter every day. Dothan has
never been a boo mtown. consequently
has never suffered the relaxation inva-
riably following booms. The growth OF
the city has rather been steady. though
sometimes slow during depressions con-
sstent and persistent. No resident OF
Dothan can recall time when bricks.
sand and lumber could not be seen on
the streets of the business district. mute
evidence of steady progress.
Building operations announced so f9,y..
this week include a $4,000 two-story bricfk.
white enamel exterior building at the ssr-
ner of st. Andrews and East Main sttoeets
on the site now occupied by Brown ss drug
store a one-story brick building sat the
corner of Crawford and South Oates street
to cost $500. and remodeling the present
two-story frame building ON Oates near
Crawford at a cost of 5000 Other Inn
portant announcements are looked for
during the week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06
IMPORTANT PAPERS
STOLEN FROM DESK
Valuable Records in Missis-
sippi Penitentiary Inves-
tigation Disappear
by Il. E. FRANZ

jackson, Miss, February 5.-(Special)
1t seems that the investigation into the
affairs of the Mississippi penitentiary is
never to end. 1t was begun more than
year ago and is still on. First. Gov
ernor Brewer began to probe and the
further he went the more he found to
investigate. Later the penitentiary board
of trustees took the matter up and spent
six months or more at a cost of nearly
s3000 the governor having expended sew
eral times that sum. Next the legislative
investigation committee pursued the SUBJ
ject through the summer, and since the
legislature convened the penitentiary
committees have been grinding away on
the same subject, holding meetings and
examining witnesses nearly every day
These make four separate and distinct
probings of the penitentiary department
and the end seems just as far removed
as ever new matter being uncovered
every day.
Today Secretary Nabors of the peni-
tentiary committee reported to the COM
mittee that his desk on the floor of the
house had BEEN robbed, and that his
minute book and records of the trial
had been stolen during the night He
stated he had locked the books and pa
pers in his desk last night when the
committee adjourned. That was about 10
p. m but this morning he discovered
his desk had been opened and the rec
ords of the investigation We're gone. He
had left the capitol in company with
Detective Pagan. one vino was a witness
before the committee last night
The hook StDlpp contained ba
ceedings of the committee, several let
ters and subpoenas, including one on
Dan Lehon of the Burns Detective agency
Mr.. Nabors stated this would seriously
handicap the committee in its investi-
cation, and in the meantime Governor
Brewer, who was present, was appealed
to for assistance in finding out who
was the thief. and the probability is that
detectives will be put to work on the
case.
Governor Brewer was on the witness
stand most of the afternoon testifying
as to conditions he had found on the
several convict farms, and denying the
statements that had been made by an
ex-convict who had preceded him on the
stand as to the treatment of convicts
and the food that was served to them
on the Rankin farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06
INCENDIARIES AT
WORK AT EUFAULA
Attempt Made to Complete Destruc-
tiOn Of Gin House of C0vey
Cotton Oil Company

Eufaua. February 5.-(Special.) )-Incen-
diaries today tried to complete the de-
strucuon of the gin house of the Covey
Cotton Oil company, which was dam
aged to the extent of about 5000 by
fire recently. large amount of waste
and kerosene had been usd by the fire.
burgs. who made their escape in the
nick of time, for the fire was found
before it had gained any headway.
Capt. G.. w. Whitlock, chief musician
of the former Second regiment band of
Eufaula. has received a letter from Col.
c. r. Bricken of Luverne commanding
officer of the regiment, expressing deem
regret at the disorganization of the band.
which took place last month. 1t was
recognized to be the best military band
in this section of the state and was a
great help to the life of the regiment.
George A. Beauchamp of Montgomery,
grand secretary of the different Masonic
organizations of Alabama has been in
vited to come to Eufaua by the local
Masons to deliver his lecture on .'Geore,.
Washington as a Mason berore Harmony
lodge. During a visit here today Mr..
Beauchamp accepted the invitation. stat
ing that he would arrange to come to
Eufaula shortly after February %, when
he will attend national Masonic meet
ing at Alexandria, Va, the birthplace of
the first President of the United States.
Former Mayor c.. S. Mcdowell, Jr has
been retained by the city of Eufaula
to institute court proceedings against the
board of revenue of Barbour county to
secure the city's share of the road tax,
alleged to be due under the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06
The Railroad Question

Governor Conner has pre-empted the
railroads as an overshadowing issue in
this fight. | do not SO regard 1t, nor do
| for one moment believe that the think
ing conservative voters of Alabama so
regard it. In saying this. | do not con-
tend that a solemn, serious question is
not presented I'm the proper relation OF
these corporations to the people of Ala
bama. No sane man would contend.
The question is gradually righting itself
under the impulse of unprejudiced feel
ing, and broad, patriotic desire to have
the state, and these. her grand servants,
to dwell together in unity. My policy re-
garding them If elected will be based on
ideas of the states right TO regulate these
corporations within the limit of mutual
Justice and fairness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06
BREWER WITNESS ANTITRUST
SUIT AGAINST THE RAILROADS

Ohio, or by the Illinois Central or the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley to jackson
or Vicksburg respectively. thence over
the Alabama and Nicksburg to Meridian:
that freight and other traffic originating
or going through Meridian could move
to these points by the same lines: that
freight and passengers to the gulf coast
points could go by the New Orleans
Northeastern or the Mobile and Ohio and
they are competing lines; that freight
and passengers from Meridian, or through
to Natchez. could go by the Northeastern
to Hattiesburg and over the Mississippi
Central TO Natchez, or by jackson over
the Alabama and Vicksburg, or over the
Hazoo and Mississippi Valley to Natchez.
and that traffic to Natchez over the
Northeastern was over a competing line.
The state claims that Governor Brewer
made fine witness for their conten-
tions,
Several railroad attorneys and officers
were in attendance 10 hear what Cover
nor Brewer had TO say, knowing full well
that the governor in his campaign
speeches stated on every platform i'm the
state that the purchase of the Mobile and
Ohio by the Southern was unlawful, and
that If elected he would do all in his
power to break up such combinations.
1t was also well known he had carried
out this promise. for immediately after
MS election he wrote the attorney general
and requested him to bring suit against
this alleged railroad monopoly
James Galceran. secretary of the rail-
road commission. was on the stand some-
time, testifying from numerous annual
reports furnished the commission by the
railroad defendants to this suit, partieu-
larly as to that part of the report when
relates to the ownership of the railroads
making the reports. Mr. Galceran will
likely be on the stand all tomorrow. and
1t is understood from reliable sources
that the testimony in Jackson will con-
sumo the balance of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06
Refers to Prohibition

Things have recently arisen to make
our convict system matter of public
concern. The question of materially res
vising and amending our present convict
laws is a generally admitted fact rather
than an issue.
There is not a candidate in this race
who is not at heart am advocate for the
thing at which prohibition, in theory,
aims and there is absolutely no differ
enee or issue between them except as to
the means to be employed in properly
serving this form of public virtue and
civic Righteousness. As Grover Cleveland
remarked of another great problem, II
may be said of prohibition that it is "a
condition and not a theory that confronts
u.s." We have got to take mans fail
ings, and mans passions and appetites,
and deal with them either as subjects of
or of restraint Whenever 1t is
impossible to master them, II is the part
of duty and requirement TO restrain
Them -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06

A Stuarts tablet goes into the stom-
ach like food. 1t contains nothing
but natural digestive elements and
when at work in a weak stomach 1t
aids the worn-out gastric glands, sup
plies the right mixture of stomach
juices and under the action of the stom-
ach 1T thoroughly permeates all the
food. Thus when the stomach work is
dcne the meal goes into the small in
testines In better shape to be assim-
Hated by the system.
One element of Stuarts Dyspepsia
Tablets is so strong and efficient that
'one grain of it will digest 5000 grains
of mixed food such as meats, vege-
ts sbles. grains. fluids. ETC.
The simple habit of eating a Stuarts
Dyspepsia Tablet after each meal will
readjust your digestion in a very short
time SO that you will no longer need
assistance.
Go to your druggist and obtain q
box today; price, SO cents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06
To We'd i'm Chicago

Bay Minette. February 5.--tSpecial lin
vitations have been received at this place
to the wedding of Miss Ora Proctor e., =,
Jay Charles Beaumont. which will ate
cur on Saturday, the 18th, In Chicagin
Miss Proctor Is the daughter of Mr. amor
Mrs G. M. Proctor of this place, whas
are at present visiting in Chicago. 'ir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06
Dies i'm New Mexico

Bay Mnette, February h.-(Special)
News has been received from stockton
to the effect that a telegram from New
Mexico reports the death of Miss Sadie
Bryars. daughters of Fred Bryars of
Stockton. Miss Bryars and her mother
had been in New Mexico for nearly a
year in effort to regain the daughters
health. Her body Will be returned to
Stockton for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06

'otai amount of revenue yearly appro-
prlated Tor maintaining the judicial
pranch of the state government in Years
preceding anf up to the administration of
governor Conner aggregated $4,000 Let us
compare this record of figures and
amounts with those presented under this
system as conducted today. We have a
supreme court of seven justices who an
huaily uraw from the state treasury in
salaries the sum of $4,000 We boast an
appellate court of three judges whose
yearly salaries amount to $4,000 There
are IL circuit judges to whom we pay
every year $4,000. Five chanceIlors an
hualy draw a total salary of $4,000. Nine
law and equity courts are sustained at a
yearly salary cost of $4,000. The total
sum of maintaining out top-heavy Judi
eiary system of today reaches the figures
of $4,000. There is a difference per an
mum between what is paid our judges
today and what we paid them few years
ago of 100000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06
GRADE GROUNDS FOR
CLARKE COUNTY FAIR

Thomasville, February 5-(Special.) 1.-The
county commissioners sent the mules and
road outfit here yesterday for the pur-
pose of grading the fair grounds of the
Clarke County Fair. Work has begun
and in about two weeks the grounds will
be graded to a level, and perhaps a race
track put In there. AS soon as this
work is completed grandstand will be
built and stock shed. The 1914 fair
promises to surpass any that have been
held in Clarke county
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06

jackson, Miss, February 5.-(Speeial)
Hearings in the antitrust suit instituted
at Meridian sometime since by Attorney
General Collins against the Mobile and
Ohio, the Southern railway in Mississippi.
the Alabama Great Southern, the Alabama
and Vicksburg and the New Orleans
Northeastern. were had in the ladies' par
lor of the capitol this morning.
Governor Brewer was the first witness
and stated among other things that he
did not know until recently that the
Southern railroad was the owner OF the
Southern railway in Mississippi the New
Orleans and Northeastern and the Ala
bama and yieksburg. He testified that
the Southern was parallel and a COM
peting line with the Alabama and Viel<s-
burg; that the Northeastern and the Mo-
bile and Ohio are parallel and competing
lines; that the Southern in Mississippi
and the Mobile and Ohio are parallel and
competing lines out of Columbus; that
the Southern in Mississippi is a parallel
and competing line. with the Southern
railway from Birmingham by way of
Corinth to Memphis; that during two
campaigns for governor of the state he
had visited every county in Mississippi
and was acquainted with the railroad
lines that run within the state of Missis-
sippi; that the map published by the
railroad commission shows the railroad
lines as they really are and are correct
so far as the railroad lines are concerned;
that the passenger ana freight traffic
originating or coming through Winona,
Greenwood. Greenville and other delta
points could reach Meridian over the
Southern railway in Mississippi through
West Point and down the Mobile and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06
which had attempted to build the Panama
canal and failed

which had attempted to build the Panama
canal and failed.
For the fee, for the visible property.
and all of the interest of the French
company in the Panama canal the gov
ernment at Washington agreed to pay
$4oOo0,oo. 1t was the part of prudence
to make this payment without exporting
any gold from the United States The
fact that there were identical persons
who We're associated with private bank
ers who We're also upon the boards of di-
rection of several national banks made
it possible, through cooperation with
the government, so to handle this trans
action that the entire amount was paid
to France without the shipment of a sim
gle dollar In gold. For this service the
bankers received no more than the GUS
tomary commission, not a large one. And
but for the publication of the fact which
was made by Washington authorities
that the payment had been completed the
public would have known nothing of it,
for there was no evidence of it in the
money market.
In the panic of 1907, Secretary George
b. Cortelyou, in cooperation with the
banks and with private bankers, placed
large amounts of government cash on
deposit in national banks in New York
and throughout the country. The CO.
operation was .strikingly illustrated by the
fact that savings banks national banks
and private bankers lent the kind of Sc
curities required by the government, ag
gregating many millions, to banks which
did not possess these securities and
which wanted some portion of deposits.
For service of this kind it is known that
the house of ]. P. Morgan & Co. charged
not / cent of commission. And it has
always been the belief that other indi-
viduals, as well as banks, loaned the
saci1rities IN that time of dpSpera emer-
gency without exacting any fee or COM
mission for the loans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06
Charged With DistiIl;nv

Dothan. February Especial )--John
Coonrad. well known white farmer liv-
ing in the southeastern part of Houston
county, has been arrested by Deputy
Revenue Collector A. j. Collier charged
with illicit distilling.