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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-06
Rock Island-FroTn River TO
River

Be careful not 10 mention civic 10y
atty within earshot Of the organ Of
obstruction The idea gets it ali net
ne.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-06
Sidelights on the European War

face during the cold winter. Corn is
still selling at a prohibitive price for
those who need it and the prospective
crop shortage Of 60 per cent Will
greatly increase even this price.
London.-The latest industrial COM
bination 10 force up its prices is the
Launderers' association, which adds
10 per cent TO laundry bills because
the British public is alleged TO wear
600 600 fewer collars since the war
than before the war. This saving i7
collars is based. says the secretary
on the assumption that the 3.0G9 09o
men now in the army and navy used 10
send an average OF four collars d week
to be washed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-06

Member Audit Bureau Of Calculations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-06
THE ARGUS.
By THE j. ". POTTER co.

Rock Island Member Associated Press
Full Leased Wire Report.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-06

Telephones In all departments. Cen
trial Union, Rock Island l45. l45 and
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
MRS. II, F. CUGGENHEIh
SEES BURGLAR FLEE
Footsteps Awaken Her-Thi,f
RObs Lewis Home.

Mrs. Henry F. Guggenheim was awak-
ened in the country home Of her hus-
band at Great Neck. Long Island, at 3
o'clock yesterday morning by the sound
Of footsteps in her room. As she
switched or the electric light burglar
wearing mask and carrying a revolver
slipped out the door and made his e.-
cape.
Servants, aroused by Mrs. Guggen-
helm. found that purse containing
500 had been taken from bureau in
an unoccupied room on the same floor.
Constable william Ninesling searched
the woods around the Guggenheim
place, but could find no trace of the
burglar. The Guggenheims are occu-
plying Nirvana. the country estate for
merly owned by W. Could Brokaw.
The same burglar is believed to have
taken 500 in bills and two gold
watches from the home Of William 4.
Lewis, publisher Of "The Morning Tele-
graph" who lives on Old Mill Road. adj
joining the Guggenheim house. Both
Mr.. Lewis and his son, Tracy Lewis,
found that their wallets and watches
had been stolen while they slept. At
the Lewis home the burglar missed 81
coo worth Of silvcIware on the first
floor by making his entrance on lad
der through a second story window.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
AL DAVIS DIVORCE SIGNED
Dancer Fails to Get Order Ceriihed 10
Wed Miss Kelly.

The decree making final the c.VoFee
Of H,s. Nay Fogarty Davis from p
Der, Davis was signed yesterday mef"-
ing By Justice Pendleton OF the SUI
preme Court.
Ii was believed that Davis would not
permit the ink on the courts signature
TO become dry before having a copy OF
.he order verified for use at his an
tic pated marriage TO Miss EuSenia
Kelly. But when the Office OF the
county clerk here closed a. o'clock
Yesterday afternoon, no such effort had
enlivened the County Clerks day.
Wherefore, it is assumed. that II Mr.
Davis and Miss Kelly really eontem-
plate sharing each others joys and sor-
rows in the accepted manner. the for
malities of this proceeding Wi! be de-
ferred until inhabitants or the states
east of the Mississippi withdraw their
attention from the activities of the low
ing pair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17

Talk about pyramidins-
Suppose you take the diaer.,,
sizes of our mems suits-3l
to 81.
Multiply that by the number o,
variations of each chest mea,w,
regular. long. stout, etc.
Multiply that by the number d
models in each variation Of ..I
size.
Multiply that by the number d
fabrics in each model in each Va.
ration of every size.
Does that give you any id.,
of the variety of suits we have IN
a season.
Mems suits, $lS to $4S.
Overcoats!
Everything from a medium
weight rainproofed Scotch
Mist" to a double breasted moto,
coat.
Fur lined and fur out,;d.
coats.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
broadway anna Broadway
at i''h d. Inc at 34th S.
Broadway Corners" Fifth A..
az warren at4lHSt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
M'CALL TO FIGHT
PLAN TO GUST HIN
Chairman Again viii Try
to Offset Charges by Di-
rect Appeal to Whitman.
INVESTIGATORS READY
TO BLOCK STAGEPLAY
Deputy Attorney General Levi,
VIII Push Case at Hearing
Before Governor.

Preparations for a vigorous .sht 10
prevent his removal from office by Gov
ernor whitman were begun yesterday
By Edward Z. Mccall, chairman of the
Public Service Commission. McCaiI
has started work Oh his answer TO the
charges Of the Thompson committee,
and while the answer may be ready
before November 80, his present inten-
ton il 10 wait until that date and pre-
sent his SIDE 10 the Governor person
ally.
When Mccall appeared before The
Governor earlier IN the year 10 answer
charges by tie same committee the
hearing took on melOGramatlc aspect.
ms plea was spectacular and partleu-
iarly touching 30 mucn so that when
lie finished r.. story his eyes and those
% Governor whitman. TOO, were nlled
with tears. Similar scenes are looked
for when Mccall again appears before
the Governor.
The committee, however, has started
20 circumvent any possibility Of Mccall
again escaping through sympathy or
stage play.
Commissioner George V. S. Williams
was the only witness yesterday, and he
put in most Of his time passing the
buck" 10 Colonel Hayward. Senator
Thompson began questioning Mr.. Will
Jams in regard 20 his decision in the
Kings County Gas Lighting Company
rate case, but the Commissioner said
that il would not be made public until
the full commission had passed on it.
Mr.. Williams explained, however. that
all he had done was 70 write the opin-
ion, the gathering Of the evidence hav-
ing been the work of Mr.. Hayward. The
Commissioner had copy of the min
utes of the commission with him TO
prove that on October 70 last Commits
s:oner Hayward asked that the case be
fakon auav from hir-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
KINCSBURYS, ILL, BLAME
MUSEUM SANDWICHES
Commissioner, Wife and DR.. Vile
Victims of PtOmaine Attack.

Investigation is being made to deter
mine il chicken sandwiches served
Monday night at meeting of scientists
at the Museum Of Natural History were
responsible for attacks Of ptomaine
poisoning suffered yesterday by John
A. Kingsbury, Commissioner Of
Charities, Mrs. Kingsbury and DR.. Ira
s. Vile, of the Board of Education.
The three made i'll. all of them in a
weakened condition yesterday, blamed
the repast served at the museum. DR..
Haven Emerson, Commissioner of
Health, had one of the sandwiches from
the plate from which the city officials
were served sent to the city laboratory
for analysis to determine whether it
was in a state fit to be entered with
some Of the exhibits of the museum.
DR.. Henry Fairfield Osborn, president
Of the institution, denied last night
that anything the Kingsburys or DR..
Vile ate at the meeting made them i'll.
"lf any one had ptomane poisoning
they brought it with them" he de-
clared. MANY of the best known scien-
tifc men in the country were at the
meeting. and none of them was i'll this
morning There were food chemists
present and men skilled in dietetics,
and none of them found anything wrong.
We had coffee and chocolate and ice
cream. There may have been sand
wiches. too, and il there were they were
all right"
Mr.. and Mrs. Kingsbury. although
still suffering from the effects of their
illness, were not in a serious condition
last night. DR.. Vile reported that his
attack had been slight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
WHITMAN BACKS
PRISON REFORM
Urges That Experiments
for Rumanizing Jails
Be Given Trial.

Albany. Nov. l6.-"The experiments
which are being made to introduce not
only humane pan of administration
within the prisons but one which Will
make far larger demands upon the in
mates for self-control and develop in
them sense of loyalty 70 the COM
munity, instead OF sulien hostility,
should be given full and compl etc
trial" Governor Whitman declared in
an address before the State Conference
OF Charities and Correction here to-
day.
I'VE know so little about the eff
fcient management Of prisons" the
Governor added, that any serious and
generous contribution 20 that subject
must be most heartily welcomed"
The Governor said that the plant OF
Sing Sing prison was absolutely un-
worthy of the state, and should have
been discarded years ago. THE history
of the various efforts 10 replace sing
Sing by a new institution, with new
site, constitutes a most discouraging
record Of hesitation and OF Ineffective
action" he said.
The Governors address. delivered at
the opening session of the conference
late to-day. also dealt with charitable
institutions. the care of the insane and
the operation of the poor law.
Frank T. Wade. of Buffalo. a member
of the State Prison Commission and
chairman OF the conference, recon-
mended thorough revision Of the poor
law. praised the work of the Children's
Court. and declared that thousands Of
boys were being corrupted in peniten-
tiaries and iails because the state did
not build reformatories for youthful
misdemeanants.
"The most constructive work has
been accomplished" Mr. Wade said, "by
the new school Of penology 20 the con-
fusion and wonder of the old school in
appealing to and trusting the better
nature OF the offender"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
PINK OVERALLS IN SIGHT
Blue Jeans Disappearing Because Of
War. Saws Garment Worker.

Chicago, Nov. 16.-If the European
war keeps up, it is quite likely there
will be no more blue jeans, and toilers
Of the future may be dressed in oyeralls
of pink or gray, according TO the pre-
dletjon Of F. K. hamburger, secretary
Of the National Association Of Garment
Workers. which began its semi-annual
session here to-day.
"The supply of blue vegetable dye
i Just about exhausted" Mr.. Ham
burger said. land we are unable to get
more. as Germany is the sole exporter
of the blue dyes used here"
Enormous demand of the armies for
wool and its manufactured products
would cause an increase in the price OF
clothing in America this winter, other
speakers said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
Screens Between ConvictS
and Visitors Now Down

As a last ve'tige Of the old prison
system noted for solitary confinement,
mandates of silence and bread and
water. the screens that have interviewed
between prisoners and their visitors at
Sing Sing were abolished YESTERDAY;
"Yes, the screens have come down.
said Spencer Miller, jr.. secretary to
the warden, last night. The reason
for having screens in the Wis. ting
booths disappeared long ago. but they
remained as an Institution side of the
prison. This privilege IS granted TO
the men IN view of Warden Osborne's
increasing trust in them and their low
atty 70 him"
The screens we're installed 10 pre-
vent visitors from handing notes. drugs
or weapons 70 he inmates.
Keeper Mcclellan and an officer OF
the league will be on duty 20 see that
the prison rules are not disobeyed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
ACCUSE OSBORNE
BY WILLETT'S AID
Diedling Charges, Asking
Indictment of Warden,
Furnished by Spy.

Alleged characterization on the part
of Warden Osborne in his dealings
with the Prison Commission and sup
posed irregularities in his conduct OF
affairs at Sing Sing are set forth at
length in the report made by DR.. Ru-
dolph Diedling, of the Prison Commits
sion, which was made public b. his
lawyer, Raoul f. Desvernine, Of %
William Street, yesterday.
Much Of the information upon the
strength Of which the report calls for
the indictment OF the warden was fur
nished by William Willett, convicted of
buying a judgeship nomination and
now known as "Riley spy in Sing
Sing and az the Convict district at
torney" at White Plains, where he is
appearing at present before the grand
jury. Testimony of other former in
mates of the prison is also included in
the report.
According to Wiilett, the warden. on
learning that District Attorney Weeks
was 10 Investigate affairs at Sing Sing
made an address TO twenty convlcts
convicted of immortality, in which he
said:
"Of course, YOU men won't admit you
did ANYTHING wrong. The records OF
the court have been stolen, and the
District Attorney may have some
trouble in investigating your cases.
Later, Willett says. he demonstrated
with Osborne and suggested that 1t
would be better for all concerned If
all OF the facts about the prison were
submitted to the District Attorney.
Osborne. he alleges, replied that all
the information he had received had
been given in the nature OF confess
sion in the confessional and he didn't
propose to disclose anything
Diedling Asks Indictment.
DR.. Diedlng demands the indictment
and dismissal of the warden on the
following counts: Failure to report
felonies and misdemeanors TO the prop
er authorities; deliberate attempts OF
the warden TO conceal and induce 9th
ers to conceal knowledge Of these
felonies from the proper authorities;
refusal to submit records and infor-
nation to q commissioner conducting
an Investigation; Generalization OF the
discipline Of Sing Sing, which has re-
duced the efficiency Of the industries
exposed inmates to assaults and has
facilitated the escape of several 2ris-
oners
Richard Porter and Frank PERISH
two Sing Sing convicts. we're added yes
terday 10 the colony of their fellows
now housed in the White Plains jail as
witnesses for the grand jury.
The warden d.d rot appear at White
Plains yesterday. The jury has not yet
told him when he may expect to take
the Stand but it is believed that he
will not be called for week or more
There ia intense loyalty 20 Ton
Brown among the inmates OF Sing Sing
The present crisis in his affairs as
warden seems to have brought out
among the convicts more earnest de
votion than ever they have shown be
fore.
Were not worrying about what may
happen 10 u.s." one OF them said yester
day. "What worried US. is to see hin
worried" noddipg in the direction o.
the warden's Office. "As long a. he i!
happy, we're happy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
EX-SENATOR BURROWS,
OF MICHIGAN, DEAD
Hal Served Thirty.one Years IN
Congress

Ka.arazoo. Mich. Nov lex
United States Senator julius Cesar
Burrows died at his home here tonight,
a the age o. seventy-eight.
julius Cesar Burro w was born IN
1897 at Northeast. Penn. After gradu-
ating from the kalama2 90 CoHeSe ne
served as captain Of a. company OF
Michigan volunteers in the Civil var.
Beginning with 1850, MIc burrows
served fourteen years in the House or
Representatives, and in 1894 was elect.
Cd to the Senate TO I'll the unexpIred
term o. Francis b. Stockbridge he
serve continuously in the Senate until
i9ll. making total Congressional
term Of thirty-one years.
Mr.. Burrows was noted when he hrst
appeared in the House ss the Column
bian orator In his later years he was
one OF the strong men Of the Repaoli-
can organization, holding a post on tho
Ways and Means Committee and serv-
ing as temporary chairman OF the Re-
publican National Convention at Chi
cago in 1908.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
BRIDEGROOM WASHER JAILED
Married Two Weeks, He Flirts with
Girl ut Movies.

Married two weeks, Nathaniel Hal
ser, twenty-four, of pa Eas' SIXTY
for three months last night tor annoy
ing girl in First Avenue movinS
picture theatre. His father-in-law'
plea induced Magistrate SINS, in night
court, to reduce the usual six months
flirting sentence TO three.
Margaret Kovac. OF 1926 East Fifty
fourth Street. swore that Hauser
erssped her arm, and when she tried 20
pull it away said. IF you scream I'll
shoot you!" She did scream. and Pa
troiman Dougherty arrested Hauser.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
zoo BABIES DISTINGUISHED
Dolores Rousseau Names Four Lion
Cubs, Zebu Cali and Zebra Colt.


Dolores Rousseau. the siX-year-old
daughter of Theodore Rousseau, Mayor
Mitchel's secretary, officially named
four lion cubs, baby zebra and a zebu
calf yesterday at the Central Park Zoo
before a crowd. in which was Park
Commissioner Ward and Iieadkeeper
Bill Snyder.
While the mother growled and
chafed and the father showed his IN
difference by falling asleep. the cubs
were brought out by jim Crowley. the
lion keeper. Each had a blue ribbon
tied TO its neck. and the official name
was engraved on Il card attached to the
ribbon. The names were Niger, Stan
ley. Sheba and Ayesha. They were
born October o.
But the zebra and the Zebu. a de-
scendant from the sacred cows of
India. could not be led to the cere-
mony Therefore little Miss Rousseau
contented herself by pinning their
names to the Enclosures in which they
are kept. The zebra will be known as
Sheik and the zebu as Ganges.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
WOMAN DEAD IN CAR PANIC
Pushed OF Steps in Rush After Fuse
Blowout in Jersey City.

An. unidentified woman was killed
last night in panic which followed
the blowing out Of fuse in a trolley
car rounding the old Bergen Road
curve. in Jersey City, on the Green
Vile ayonne line.
Thirty passengers trampled over one
another in rush 70 get through the
exits as soon as the lights went out
in the car. The woman was pushed
off the steps to the street, landing on
her head
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17

18th Street, near Fourth Avenue.
STRAND ROOF GARDEN
~ ~ hAND HKOADMAY Az irIu

where Che"rfulneSs ana Hospitality Reign
tn~Sc~lied tuisine-Music aud Danciny
Cafeteria Lunches Dsncibgb. II 80 To 2
Tea tDsnring. 1880 To $3.50. supper. 10
~. Midnight. TONIGHT. Anne Morsnn
silver Cup Contest. Friday. Song Writers
Contest. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thanksgiving
Turkeys Given Away. Maybe You'll " In One
The Washington times., 1915-11-23
CHARGE WOMAN WITH
TRYING JAIL DELIVERY

NEW YORK, Nov. M-Love some
times laughs at locksmiths. and like
wise at prison bars. Perhaps Miss An
ME Cass. pretty and twenty-six.
thought OF this when she tried to FREQ
her sweetheart. r. J. Taylor. from the
Bronx prison.
thinking matters over. and charged by
She Is accused OF supplying Taylor
with implements to effect his escape.
The police say the jail breaking was
to have been attempted last night. As
the bars OF Tayior's cell were found
sawed through. while Miss Cass was
waiting for him near the PRISON.
Taylor WAS arrested October BY
Policeman Cronin charged with. burg
larry. and held in 1900 bail.
His cell was on the second noor.
About 8 o'clock last night . keeper dis
covered that two bars had been sawed
through, and then puttied up. Detec-
tives Tierney and Reilly Investigated
tanning a hack saw with a dozen blades.
left with Taylor by Miss Cass. accord
Ing to the police.
The detectives after auixsing him
searched the neighborhood. At . o'clock
they found Miss Cass on the corner.
fronted her with Taylor. She admit.
ted that she knew Kim. and had called
to see him several days ago.
The young woman was then taken to
the Bronx detective bureau. where she
was put through q four-hour exami.
nation. She admitted she had packed
the grip. but said she had put only
wearing apparel in 1t.
The Washington times., 1915-11-23
CITIZENS URGED To
;. BEAUT|FY TAK0MA
Mayor and Council Suggest
Planting Of Trees on Park.
ings Adjacent to New Roads.

In response to suggestions from the
mayor and council. residents of Takoma
Park are cooperating in beautifying
the IA rkings adjacent to the new sys-
tenn of concrete highways which have
recently been constructed throughout
the municipality. and It is expected
that by spring all Of the parkinss will
be planted with trees and sown with
grass.
Tho trees probably will be oaks. and
the council has suggested that they
- planted not less than thirty feet
apart. The new streets now being used
are Takoma. Chestnut. Holly. Oak.
Maple. Willow. and Spruce. which. with
Carol avenue. include the majority
Of the principal thoroughfares OF the
town. Carroll avenue has been macad-
amized for some years
The council last night ordered the
laying of a cement sidewalk on Holly
avenue from Tulip avenue to the corpo-
ration line. the work to be done at the
earliest practicable time.
A hearing was held at last nights
session at which interested property
owners. who will have to pay for the
improvement were given the oppor-
tunitv to speak. The only protest was
from Mr.. Poler. whose property is not
affected
December Il was fixed as the date for
a hea ring to consider the advisa bility Of
layinG a cement walk on Maple avenue
abuttlnE lots II to e, @. g. Gibson.
Karl o. Truell, ]. A. Ridgway, M. H.
Spencer. and Mr.. Hohneman urged the
Improvement.
Those present at last nights meeting
were Mayor s. w. Williams. Councilman n
L. II. Grabill. Il. B. Jenkins. II. F.. Taft,
and W. w. Dyer. and Superinte ent
Of Public Works 4, z. BIodgait.
The Washington times., 1915-11-23
DANIELS SILENT ON
CRITICISM Of NAVY

Is the navy the ham bone OF poll
ticians?"
Is the German navy today twice as
great and twice as efficient as ours at
half the cost?
Is politics running the navy and Is a
business administration instead of poll
tics prime necessity for the navy
These and other questions are sharpl i,
raised by assertions credited to capt.
Yates Sterling. a prominent navy ori-
Ger, in published reports of patriotic
banquet in Philadelphia last night.
Captain Sterling. II quoted correctly,
asserted the navy was strangled and
prostrated by politics, said It needed
less political Interference and bureau
cracy declared II was inadequate, and
that congress. playing politics. had
given II navy yards II didn't want and
types OF ships 1t didn't need.
In short. Captain Sterling Is reported
to have raked the navy and the admin
lstration OF the navy fore and aft with
small shot. large shot. and a liberal ad-
mixture of verbal torpedoes
Captain Sterling Is an able naval Of
fCer and is the same Captain Sterling
who last winter told the House Naval
committee about the astonishing de-
time there was amazemsnt that he had
talked out In meeting so plainly. Since
then. howe, er, important suhmarine re-
forms have been set on foot
The question about the Navy Depart
ment today is whether Captain Ster-
ling will be disciplined.
Secretary Daniels was asked what he
would do about it,
II haven't seen it," smiled the Secre-
tsry, after glancing at the headlines and
tossing clipping containing the speech
on his desk
Indications are that the officer. II
chastened at all. will he merely admon-
AAhed 10 be careful In the future.