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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11

TWenty-fourth TO Twenty-fifth Streets
The original estimate was 81 ,253 40 and
the actual cost $f.159.25, leaving a re-
bate of S94.l5. Petition TO assess cost
for the construction of sewers and wa
termains is Case Park addition, was
filed. The estimated cost is s4,394.50. ]
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11
Gard of Thanks.

We wish TO express our heartfelt
thanks TO ali friends and neighhors
who so kindly assisted US during our
late bereavement
WILLIAM GRAMS AND CHILDREN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11
DIEGO CHIARENzA
DECLARED INSANE
Murderer OF sam seire Transferred
From Joliet PenitensiarE to
Chester Hospital.
WORRY OVER CRIME Is CArsE
Actions OF States Attorney In Accept
ing 20-fear Plea is Fully
indicated.

Brooding over the terrible crime he
committed on Sept. Il. this year, when
he shot down Sam Scire. Italian shoe
maker, while the latter was at work
at his shop on Seventh avenue. Diego
Chiarenza, who was sent to the state
penitentiary for 20 years on a charge
Of murder, is losing his mind and has
been transferred to the Chester state
hospital for the criminal insane for
treatment
Chiarenza did not stand trial but
plead guilty when arraigned in circuit
court. f. f Thompson. states at
torney, believing that the defendant,
because Of i'll health, could not live
very long and having medical advice
to the effect that he was losing his
mentality. consented to a 20-year term.
The county prosecutor, although thor
0ughfy convinced that Chiarenza was
sane at the time OF the commission Of
the crime, concluded that constant
worry over the deed was causing in
sanity and therefore. rather than have
a long trial, he consented to allowing
sentence for 20 years to be imposed.
Delay in a trial might have meant
that the county would have an insane
patient to care for, while under the
present plan, the state is bearing the
exneuse
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11

Matthew McFetridge of Philadelphia,
who recently celebrated his 1920 birth
day. is. still erect. clear eyed and in
possession of all his faculties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11

Judge Larson today entered final or
der of confirmation for sewer and wa
ter mains on Twenty first avenue,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11

This morning in circuit court. Judge
". T Church entered an order for a
lien on property Of NJ Levin Lindblade.
for the amount of S1I2.50 for failure
to pay alimony to his Wife Mrs. Mary
Lindblade
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11

TWO more appealed cases against
the Rock Island road for alleged fail
ure to comply with the orders Of the
state authorities relative 10 the install
lation Of safety appliances in the Silyis
shops. were filed in circuit court to-
day, The road was fined sl00 in each
instance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11
Shop in the Morning, and Get Your
Morning Trading Tokens

Until Christmas we will give Morning Trad
ing Token to every customer who buys over 25c
anywhere in our store, except Groceries, be-
tween o'clock and IL o'clock, noon, each day.
Save these "Morning Trading Tokens" When
YOU have bought ever $500 you may choose.
free from big variety of Morning Trading
gifts. such rs these:
Salad Bowls, Celery Trays. Nickel Col
fee Pots. Silver Mounted Umbrellas.
Children's Rocking Chairs, Pictures,
Iardinieres, Carpet Sweepers, Rocking
Chairs, etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11

Every Loosely Just exactly what
aud We stand right behind it all the time.
II who, wrote us signed =" Mother viii come
with Mr. Wesley or Mr. Nerd
S1o0 doll In our Toy depart
meht pound and, Also hall dozen sana
eiaus' presents
veil do that has made mistake OF heu anu sas
ihank You" for having written us the letter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11
Has Gene Insane.

MIR Thompson recently wrote to
Michael thinner, warden of the Joliet
penitentiary, TO inquire as to Chiaren-
za's health and today received the fol-
lowing letter which confirms the posi-
ton which the county prosecutor had
taken.
Your letter relative to one Diego
Chiarenza, No 1926, sentenced to this
penitentiary from Rock Island county
on conviction of murder. is received,
Replying to your inquiry contained
therein, I write to say that Cniarenza
was transferred to the Chester state
hospital for criminal insane for treat
ment Nov 29
Il have not been advised as TO how
his case has progressed since he has
been in that institution.
If you desire further information !
would suggest that you write to the
superintes dent OF that institution, who,
am sure, will he glad to give you
any information you may desire"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11
COURT HOUSE NEWS

John Brown and Ceeile Wheeler.
with an assault with a deadly
weapon on George Moses. Rock Island
were given 80 days in county jail by
Judge n A. Larson this morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11

Santa Claus viii
be in his Head
quarters on our
Bird floor every
afternoon until
! ilristmas from 3
TO ) O'clock. He
will have a jolly
greeting and a
pretty little pres
ent free for
every Santa Claus
Ticket that the
children bring to
him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11

All the news all the t,me-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11

In mail yesterday afternoon received the lett
which follows:
FISK & LOOSELY.
Dear
little girl your to Santa last eve
She half dozen coupons them TO ae lady with
who said: / on, give stick OF
candy not enough around think II you
can't live up Your advertising had better cut ont your
Santa C. 4 MOTHER
Ne wish we knew this lady's name and address y
want TO say this to her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11
jury l. Excused.

At the conclusion Of the case Judge
Church asked the members of the jury
if they would be willing to return next
Tuesday and hear one more case. He
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-11

IeNealy's right hand was in his
scat pocket. 1t held d cigar, indicat-
Ing that he had been shot down with
out warning
Bailey and Thompson were arrest
ed yesterday afternoon b. Sheriff
The Irish standard., 1915-12-18
MORE TEMPERATE THAN
HIS NEIGHBORS.

The Irishman never drank as
much as either of his neighbors,
the Englishman or the Scotch
man, is the declaration of Seumas
McManus, the we'll known Irish
lecturer and author. drinking
in Ireland is rapidly on the de-
crease" said Mr.. McManus in a
recent interview. The anti-treat-
ing movement is making rapid
progress in Ireland. British sta
tistics show that Irishmen never
drank as much as either of his
neighbors, the Englishman and
the Scotchman. When the Brit
ish government could not destroy
the Irish people by barbarous
cruelties and was unable to crush
their spirit by prosecuting them
politically and religiously, the
government tried to reduce them
to slavery by a subtle attempt to
undermine their morals and de-
stroy the moral fiber of the Celtic
race. To this end was the con-
sumption of liquor encouraged
and the manufacture of distilled
spirits fostered. The moral fabric
of the race has withstood all
these attacks.
In further commenting upon
this subject, Mr.. McManus says,
"The Irishman may appear to
drink more because when a
Scotchman drinks it sinks to his
heels and steadies him-wien an
Englishman takes drink, it goes
to his stomach and he sits down
in his parlor, pleased with him
self and the world, and dreams OF
carrying the blessings of civiliza-
ton, the Bible and the Bottle, tc
the unfortunate heather in re-
mote corners of the world. But
when an Irishman takes sip OF
whiskey, he thinks himself selfish
if he doesn't instaltly go out and
take the street into his con-
fidence."
The Irish standard., 1915-12-18
PHYSICIAN REBUKED.

DR.. Haiselden, of Chicago, OF
Bollinger baby case fame, was,
by unanimous vote, dismissed
from the Medical Association OF
Chicago for his refusal to perform
an operation which would have
prolonged, if not saved, the life
of the Chicago baby, The doctor
made the statement that there
was no chance that life would
bring the child anything better
than an animal existence and i'm
becility. Instead of maintaining
his position as physician, whose
mission it was to help the sick, to
aid nature in the conservation of
human energy and assist in pro-
longing life, the doctor chose to
be the supreme arbiter of life and
death. His pagan philosophy is
not only revolving, but it removes
from consideration every thought
of Christian charity and every
reason for the existence of phil
anthropic and charitable institu-
tons. Following the argument of
the Chicago physician to its log
ical conclusion and reasoning
with him that he had done the
race favor by his action, then
it were better to destroy the in
sane and the imbecile, blot out
the lives of those who, because
they have not been endowed with
a robust nature, would sooner OF
later annoy us by their presence
and plead with us i'll the name of
charity. Destroy every subject
of charity, every human creature
placed in our midst by Divine
Providence to test the strength
of our charity, because charity is
no longer an ennobling virtue
But the doctors philosophy has
been rejected, his act rebuked,
and the medical profession re-
deemed from the stigma which he
would attach to it.
The Irish standard., 1915-12-18
OUR IMMIGRATION POL
81 ICY.

To state that one of the great
world problems of the century is
the contact of the races represent
ing the different nations of the
world is to state what appears to
be a truism. Yet, far from being
truism the problem which aris-
es is one of the most grave which
the country must face in coming
years. The present congress
will again face the question, and,
no doubt, the same spirit and the
same influences will prompt the
utterances of those who take
part in the discussion again will
be the same as those which
prompted the utterances of
speakers in the last session of
congress. Influences were at
work against immigration and in
favor Of qualifications which
would restrict immigration to GER
tain localities. They were backed
NV anti Catholic sentiment. The
chief desire on the part of those
interested seems to be the limita-
lion li,,u Of immigration from the So
|;Sailed Catholic countries Of
The Irish standard., 1915-12-18
THE STORY OF THE MACI

The story of the Magi, as it is given
by the evangelist Matthew, is aston
ishingly brief and unadorned. He tells
us without preface that when Jesus
was born in Bethlehem certain for
eigners arrived at Jerusalem.
He does not tell us how many they
were nor of what race nor of what
station of life, although it is fair to
infer from the consideration with
which they were received at the court
OF Herod and from the fact that they
carried treasure boxes with them that
they were persons of distinction.
The most important statement in
regard to them is that they were Ma
gians-that is to say, disciples of Zorro
aster and members of the sacred or
priestly order of Persia, which was
then widely scattered among the ORR
entail nations and included men of ex-
allied rank. They came from the east,
a word which to the jewellers in Pales-
tine could hardly have any other mean
ing than the ancient region of Chaldea,
lying beyond the Jordan and the des.
ert.
Their explanation of their journey
to Herod was that they had seen an
appearance in the heavens whether
one star or many or a comet they did
not say) which led them to believe
that the King Of the Jews had been
born, and they had come to do rev.
erence to him. Herod was greatly
troubled at hearing this and sent for
the chief priests and scribes to in.
quire where the prophets had foretold
that the Messiah should be born.
The Irish standard., 1915-12-18

the black cap and, amid a silence at
once solemn and painful, proceeded as
follows:
THAT sentence is that you, William
Smith O'Brien, be taken from hence
to be thence drawn on a hurdle to the
place Of execution, and be there
hanged by the neck until you be dead;
that afterwards your head shall be
severed from your body and your body
divided into four parts, to be disposed
of as Her. Majesty shall please, and
may God have mercy on your SOUL"
A profound sensation followed the
sentence and continued to manifest
itself for several minutes afterward.
After pause several persons rushed
forward to the dock to take farewell
of the prisoner. He shook them warm
ly by the hand. His manner was calm.
He left the dock with a steady step
and smiling countenance and was con-
veyed to the cell or waiting room ad-
joining the dock.
When the intelligence reached the
streets that he had been sentenced to
death crowds of persons collected
about the courthouse and great SEN
sation was manifested. Several women
ran to the gates shrieking and throw
Ing up their arms in violent grief. A
large body Of the constahu1arv with
bayonets fixed were at once marched
into the square before the courthouse.
The Jail van (drawn by two horses)
was then admitted inside the gates,
and the prisoner having been placed
In it the vehicle was driven to the Jail
surrounded by the constabulary and
the prisoner reconducted to his cell
The excitement in the streets was in.
tense and it was not till considera.
BILE time had elapsed that it subsidized
The Irish standard., 1915-12-18

They answered at once that Bethle-
hem was the chosen place. Then
Herod, having asked the Magi how
long it was since they first saw the
appearance in the sky, sent them away
to Bethlehem, promising that when
they had found the young Christ he
also would come to do reverence to.
him.
Having set out on their journey.
they saw once more the celestial sign,
and Its motion was such that It guild
ed them to the place where Jesus was.
Coming into the house-for Joseph
had now found better shelter than a
stable-they saw the young child with
Mary, his mother, and Frustrated
themselves before him in worship.
Opening their treasure chests, they
presented to him gifts of gold and
frankincense and myrrh. Then. be-
ing warned in dream not to go back
to Herod, they took another road into
their own country.
The conjunction of the planets Jupi-
ter and Saturn is one of the rarest Of
sidereal events. 1t occurs only once
IN 800 years. This conjunction, all as.
tronomers agree. happened no less
tnan three times in the year TAT A,
U. c.. shortly before the birth Of
Christ.
1t may be that we have here. in
this fairy tale Of science" a conflrma.
ton OF this beautiful story of religion.
hint and trace Of
The light that led
The holy elders with their xifts Of
myrrh.
The Irish standard., 1915-12-18

Continued from Page ~
which may conduct to wealth, pros
perity and greatness the country he
has loved, not wisely, perhaps, but too
we'll.
Our sovereign, in that oath where
with she seals her compact with a
free people, promises to exercise in all
her judgments justice in mercy. That
justice you administer; no remorse.
less, cruel, sanguinary code, but JUS
tice In mercy.
In nothing can frail mortals ap-
proach so nearly to the attributes Of
the Almighty as in the administration
of justice here below. Divine justice
will be tempered with mercy or dis
NAL will be our fate. The awful issues
of life and death are now in your
hands. Do justice in mercy. The last
faint murmurs on Your quivering lips
Will be for mercy ere the immortal
spirit shall take its fight to, trust,
a better and a brighter world.
The learned counsel appeared quite
exhausted as he resumed his seat.
The prisoner shed tears towards the
conclusion and on the faces Of many
long accustomed to the most trying
scenes that criminal courts present the
same evidences of deep emotion were
visible.
The evidence for the defense was
then entered upon.
The Sentence.
The verdict was "Guilty"-a matter
OF course. On the following Monday,
October 3, at the sitting Of the Court.
Mr.. Whiteside having made q motion
IN arrest Of judgment. which was OPP
posed on the part Of the Crown and
refused by the court. the clerk Of the
Crown asked Mr.. O'Br.en what he
had to say why the sentence of the
The Irish standard., 1915-12-18

lie questions. Certain it is that
the president knowingly and will
ingly subscribed to the opinions
expressed in the letter of his Sec
rotary. Mr.. Tumulty's loyalty is
unquestioned. The source of his
opinions is likewise unquestioned.
The flippancy with which the
whole matter was dismissed in
the epistle from the White Hpuo
gives insight intqs.the "a
which the chief magstra
nation holds Catholic 4 IN
ion in reference to then lon
of the Church in Me-
the forces of the individus
he has seen fit to recogniz'
president was severely criti
for having selected for his SCI
tary a representative of the Cath
olic Church. Yielding to the criti-
cism of bigots he found no place
in his cabinet which a Catholic
could fill.
Other presidents have seen fit
to grace the Pan-American Mass
by their presence on Thanksgiv-
ing Day. Not so with Mr.. Will
son. The chief magistrate refused
to dignity, as he supposes, the
absorbing question of the situa-
ton of the Church in Mexico, by
answering the Catholic Church di-
rectly, and has his secretary write
a letter. There are certain forms
of argument that can not be used
without insulting those to whom
the argument is directed. One OF
these forms was used by Mr.. Tu-
multy. Note the reasoning in the
following: Because of an an
nouncement made by Carranza,
Catholic nuns were prohibited
from wearing the religious garb
which indicates their calling.
Mr.. Tumulty reasons from this
that if the nuns were outraged it
was because they did not wear a
garb that distinguished them from
other persons, and thus he finds
an excuse for his argument in the
edict of Carranza. There has been
from the beginning a desire to
consistently keep from speaking
or writing on the Mexican situa-
ton so far as it pertained to Cath
olic interests simply because it
might be taken up for campaign
material and used for political
purposes at a later time, but pa
thence has been abused. The adj
ministration has evinced no de.
sire to rectify any mistakes. The
president took SIX South Ameri
can nations into his confidence
and his recognition of Carranzs
after the incident may be looked
upon as an attempt to throw the
burden of blame upon those coun
tries. 1t is difficult to believe thai
the president was not acting ii
good faith with the South Ameri
can nations. The gist of the ell
tire matter at the present time
when the situation is aggravated
by the letter of Mr.. Tumulty
makes it a question of putting
Catholics on their guard if TIN
policy of Mexican leaders is con
tinued with the encouragement
and tacit consent of the admin
istration.
The Irish standard., 1915-12-18
"HIS MASTERS VOICE."

A letter dated at the White
House and containing a signed
article by Mr.. ]. p. Tumulty, Sec
rotary to the president. has raised
storm of Indignation through
out the Catholic world, in regard
to the Mexican situation. The
letter is remarkable in that great
public question which concerns
not only the policy of the admin
istration itself, but directly con-
Germs all American countries, a
question which has received con-
sideration from foreign nations,
has been taken up by the secre-
tary to the president of the Unit
ed States. The question arises
is the Mexican situation such a
minor affair that it's solution and
the answer to be made to inqrir-
ing persons can be delegated to
the secretary of the president?
But did not Wilson himself die
tate the words contained in the
letter of Mr.. Tumulty? 1t is the
general opinion throughout the
Catholic world that no public ex-
hibition has ever been given of
what secretary's duties consist
of and what they do not include,
that the exhibition given by Mr..
Tumulty, who, with parrot-like
accuracy, repeated the words put
into his mouth by the president
himself. Homely as the express
sion may seem. Mr.. Tumulty in
this instance was nothing but a
bait thrown before the Catholic
public in the hope that the church
would bite. Out of a population
of nearly 100000 of Catholics,
the president of the United States
seemed unable, not to say unwill-
ing, to find Catholic who could
fill cabinet position. After the
entire Catholic public became
aware, not only of the facts, but
the details connected with the
persecution of the representatives
of the church in Mexico, the
president had his secretary inform
the Catholic public that they are
mistaken. that there is no record
of such outrages-in short, Cath.
olics do not know what they
are talking about. The Mexican
situation was dismissed by Mr..
Tumulty with a f1ippancy which
would provoke any interested per-
son into believing that the action
OF the president through his Sec
rotary is a rebuke to the Catholic
public for calling Mr.. Wilson
to account for his actions. 1t
strongly indicates that he is an
noyed because Catholics long ago
repudiated Carranza, who, by the
grace of the presidents recogni-
ton, is now the ruling power in
Mexico. On other occasions the
president rebuked pereonS for pur-
portiro to cypress the o,;n;o- Of
the administration affecting ,uh-
The Irish standard., 1915-12-18
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law should not be passed upon him.
Mr., O'Brien said.

law should not be passed upon him.
Mr.. O'Brien said:
My Lords, it is not my intention
to enter into any vindication of my
conduct, however much might have
desired to avail myself of this oppor.
tunity of SO doing. I am perfectly sat.
isfied with the consciousness that 1
have performed my duty to my coun-
try-that I have done only that which,
W. opinion, it was the duty of every
to have done, and I am now
abide by the consequences
erformed my duty to my
~ Proceed with your SEN
the gallery)
Chief Justice then pro-
.c( Hid the most profound and
pa silence to pronounce the ex-
trehne sentence of the law upon the
(prisoner.
He said:
William Smith O'Brien, after long
and painful and laborious trial, a jury
of your countrymen have found you
guilty of high treason. Their verdict
was accompanied by a recommends.
ton to the mercy of the Crown. The
recommendation, as is our duty, we
shall send forward to the Lord Lieu.
tenant to whom as vOn must know
exclusively belongs the power to com.
ply with its prayer. 1t now remains
for us to perform the last solemn act
Of duty which devolves upon us-to
pronounce that sentence by which the
law marks the enormity of your guilt
and aims at the prevention of similar
crimes by the example and infliction
of terrible punishment"
After an exhortation to the prisoner
to repentance, His Lordship assumed