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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-25
ANNOYER ISFREED
BY MRS.HARRISON
vile Of Former Chicago Mayor Tn.
willing TO Prosecute Miss Va
lera Kiensky.
srspfcT RELATES HER STORY
,orslv and Wanted TO Talk 10 Some
One Whose Picture Is In
the Papers.

chicago, Dec. 25.-Imbued with the
vrletlde spirit. Mrs Carter H. Har-
,,sop last night saved Valera Kiensky,
,7.ysar-old poison tongue" suspect.
.,om spending q sorrowful Christmas
eve IN cell.
The girl was arrested in the after
roon while she was talking 10 Miss
r5jth Harrison over the telephone,
,rssmach as Miss Harrison has been
,sa victim Of the poison phone many
zines in recent months, the police had
,vnaeted there would be prosecution,
sgt nrs. Harrison requested that the
sIrl be released. if she would promise
ssver 70 call Miss Harrison again.
Following recent annoyances to
rh,eb Miss Harrison had been sub
acted the telephone company made
.rrangements to check up on all tele-
obone calls to the Harrison residence
On Sheridan road,
Miss Harrison had made arrange
ments to hold a conversation with
anyone whom she did not know who
might call
Gets Call on Phone.
Yesterday afternoon an operator at
+be Canal exchange reported that 4840
was calling Lakeview 1400. the Har-
r;son number The connection was
made while the chief operator flashed
tbe information 10 Lieutenant A. NJ.
White Of the Sheffield avenue station.
He lost no time in reporting the call
TO the Human street station and De-
teetive Sergeant James Lyman was
assigned TO the case.
Lyman went 10 the office of Attor-
new vincent G. Ponic 1903 South Ash
land avenue, in whose name the Canal
number was listed He arrived in
fine to hear the girl asking Miss Har-
,lsoB about the costume she wore at
the Spanish ball held recently at the
First Regiment armory She hung
m fine telepbone receiver as soon as
,be policeman entered the Office.
70 whom were you talking?" de-
manded the detective.
oNisg Edith Harrison. daughter Of
the former mayor" Valera replied
without hesitation or called her up
to ask her what Santa Claus was
a,,r., IA, tr,rr her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-25

the show with a comedy Wrestling
match and bar act Tie comedians
are Of the old school and know Just
what to do to get the most laughs.
The Great Lester will appear the last
half Of the week and share headline
honors with Doree's Beauy and Beetles.
an act with seven people who ale
among the best in offering high class
musical act 1t has been learned that
most Of the stunts planned for caTni-
val night have been worked out and
that little remains for the manager 10
do except a few touches the night be-
fore. Ihe town goes dry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-25

All the news all the time The
Argus.
Evening star., 1915-06-20

friendship the world over, but IN the
case of Mexico 1t does not always hold.
Ambition unquestionably has had mucn
to do with the loyalty, of some .11 OF
Villas friends. That they are stu
loyal merely indicates that notWith-
standing the defeats which Gen. ohre-
gon has inflicted on him. in their opln-
ion Villa. nevertheless, will continue a
commanding figure in Mexican aHalrs.
).
Some of his followers on their part
have shown as much loyalty to the
cause of the revolution and have profit
ed as little by it as have any of the
Villaistas. Some of them. too. have
always maintained that they were not
followers, but were Villas equals. ex-
cept that they held subordinate COM
mands, which was necessary for the
success of the revolt. Several of these
have been personal enemies of Villa,
who were strong enough not to conceal
their enmity.
Gen. Maclavio Herrera belonged to
the latter class. He came from the
mining district of Parral. He and his
brother Luis achieved some Of the most
notable military successes in that dis
trict. They came into collision with
Villa when Luis Herrera, as military
commandant, undertook to confscate
mining properties whose owners had
made private arrangement with Villa
for protection. 1t was a quarrel over
the division of spoils.
There was no surprise later when the
Herreras sided with CarranZa and took
their brigade with them. His troops
had handled the machine guns at Tor
reon Maclavio Herrera was killed a
few weeks ago by his own soldiers,
through a mistake it was claimed.
The detection of Gen. Eugenio Bena-
vides was a more serious blow to Villa
than the desertion of any of his other
generals. Gen. Benavides had com
manded the Zaragosa brigade. which
also had had leading part in the vic
tory at Torreon. and he afterward be
came military commander there. He
gave a very good administration.
How he happened to fall out with
Villa is not known, but he took the
field against his old chief. Gen. Bena-
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and gave him command Of the orteea
brigade.
Since then there have been reports
Of quarrels between Villa and Fierro
and even Of the latter'e attacking villa.
but they have not been verified
Gen. Urbina is not only one Of the
most picturesque bandits and murder
ers that have been engaged in the
struggle. but he is also a very capable
military commander, with an inherent
capacity not unlike that of villa him
self. He and Villa were bandit COM
rades as far back as 1902, and their
comradeship has not been broken.
urbana was in the penftentfary at
Durango, a condemned murderer. when
was released and soon gathered to-
gether strong guerrilla following.
The federal troops under the Huerta
commanders never were able to corner
him. He ranged over the country, de-
stroying property. appropriating cattle
of his followers.
The sacking of the city Of Durango
by the bandit troops with Urbina In
supreme command was one of the his
toric events of the war for constitu-
tional liberty and land reform. One of
Urbfna's humorous pranks was to put
the venerable Archbishop of Durango
into the cell which he himself had oc-
cupied.
After time he grew tired of the in
active life and turning Durango over
to lesser commanders he left with
numerous carloads of visible spoils
and some invisible spoils in the form of
money. He took $500, 900 from one of
the banks and, It is asserted, forgot
to render an account Of it to the con-
StitutiOnfSt government.
After Torreon. Gen. Urbina was given
a responsible command by Villa in the
campaign against the Huertistas and
his troops did much of the effective
fighting which led up to the esta ablish-
ment of the Villa-CarranZa govern
ment at Saltillo. When the report came
that number of federal officers who
were captured had been shot by Gen.
Urbina it caused no comment except
that Tomas. as usual. was in the van
The execution of prisoners was a COM
mon practice on both sides.
After the definite split with Carranza
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NEE. At her trial Jehanne boasteu
that her mother had seen the Pope In
Rome. but commentators supposed the
visit to be a pilgrimage. without IN
quiring how the mother OF snep-
The Ghislieri family now produce an
eighteenth century printed book, Lives
Of 227 Illustrations Members OF the CHS,
lieri Family" with their genealogical
rante Ghisliert fed, with his wife, Bar
tolomsa, and his daughter. Isabelle,
from Bologna to Lorraine, in 1%oi. Isa-
belle usrrying jacques d'Arc-the fu-
gitives were called Romeo. FROM
Rome"-became the mother OF clan-
ma, -insigne guerriera" (Joan. notable
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as in ours. In the center Of the little
But mind your step! An unexpected
trapdoor in the floor has rotted away;
but you can see that its hinges opened
downward.
placed on this trapdoor. Directly be-
meath 1t is what appears to be an ole
yator shaft. except that 1t Is steeply
diagonal. and it never elevated any one.
Down. down, through the center OF the
castle 1t goes, through ground floor,
cellars and dungeons, slanting swift to
the river. Chinon Castle Is high on
butte.
1t was the surprise chute Of the dan
gerous guest.
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gerous guest.
Had the Dauphin been cowardly. or
had Jehanne gesticulated. tho worlds
history would have been different.
You, for instance. would never have
been born-it can be proved. but I have
not time. Instead, the girl lived at
the Castle Royal from March to April
20, under care Of the wife of Guillaume
Belier, lieutenant to the captain OF
Chinon. Her room, In the Coudray
tower, Is oval. spacious. with de-
iicious little stone bay window on one
Evening star., 1915-06-20

Tours, en- route for Orleans. Johannes
voices told her: Take the banner of
the King of Heaven" and directed her
to Hamish, whom she calls a painter
of the city. He seems to have been
one of those pottering Englishmen
abroad, art lovers, of a certain COM
petence. He even furnished and cut
the great squares of buckram-whtte
linen stiffened with glue-with white
silk fringe. At Johannes direction he
painted on II Jesus on His throne, hold
ing the world in His hand, and angels
Evening star., 1915-06-20

All the English and Americans of
these parts try to go to Chinon and
Anglers, with a Shakespeare for guide
book Chinon Castle is the most sat
isfactory Of ruins.
Here Is the great hall where Jehanne
recognized Charles disguised as a page
boy. The vast carved chimney piece
is almost as perfect as when she
warmed herself at 1t. The roof, how
ever, is gone.
Nearby is a thrilling supper room.
because Chinon was a tricky and mys-
terious residence of kings, almost as
old and wicked in the eyes of Jehanne
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of the prettiest river views in the
world.
Jehanne knew how to behave. At her
trial she said of herself: When
was in my fathers house l took care
of it. I scarcely ever went to the
fields" Her father was. in reality,
landed proprietor. Jacques dare, they
will tell you in Orleans, had taken over
the feudal lease and chateau-fort or
Doremy in 1419.
Today the noble Ghislieri family of
Bologna claim her mother, who was
always known to be named Isabel Ro-
Evening star., 1915-06-20

well enough to furnish trousseau
In any case, Jehanne said: "Ill attend
to it." And she insisted with the no
tables of Tours that they furnish
wedding trousseau to Miss Elllot
Power, to the value of not less than
f1O0 After the marriage the same
city fathers offered the young couple
bread and wine"-i. e.. an afternoon
tea.
The other creditable Englishman was
Nicole Lowe, a former chamberlain OF
Charles VII. His friendship for Je-
Evening star., 1915-06-20

local guidebook tells how, during
her first interview with the dauphin.
when she was suspected of a possible
design on his life, the maid was caused
to stand on this trapdoor. The table
was between it and the young prince.
A rug concealed the trap. and had she
made the least suspicious movement
it had happened to Jehanne what hap
pened to the Sire de Beaugency by the
foot of old King Henry II of England
when he lived at Chinon-the kings
weight, pushing on it, shot bolt-and
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According to their view, his followers,
who are those who were moved by self
interest. and it was expected that when
adversely came they would desert him.
On the other hand. his friends are
those who stand by him in adversely
as we'll as in success.
This is pretty good definition of
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2 Of Villa and His Friends in Mexico

The Fonouey Family
There Room for Divided
Field When Started Have Remained Loyal
Himself Soldier
Well United
Wa Brakeman War Broke
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.nner and knowledge of a hundred
nersonal details, she so identlhed her-
self with the maid that Jehahhe oWh
brothers Pierre and Jacques, ackhoWl-
edged her and travelled with her.
Sir Nicole Lowe. Johannes old 1rlena
at the French court, was SO sure ol
her Identity that he financed ,n,nc ner.
of war horse in those days mag
nifcent roam cost the equivalent OF
s30-a high price, because the pair VI
dappled whites which the king gave
Jehanne at Senlis had been pald oniy
SIS apiece Well, the lady finally ad-
mitted her imposture by marrying the
Seigneur of Armoises The rest L can
not vouch for. but just tell IT as II is
told by such as tell it. Old Sir Nicole
became a state prisoner for his par
ticipation and sent word to his eldest
son: 'If ever you get chance at
French king, avenge me" Time pass
ed-to be exact, 300 years. The Lowe
family continued: France also. Ana
when a French emperor named Ma
noleon rose, fell and was Imprisoned at
st. Helena, who was his pitiless jailer!
Sir Hudson Lowe, descendant OF Sir
Nicole!
No present-day Lowe in Orleans
would repeat the story. Sir Nicole was
q faithful heart and that's enough
There are Drury-Lowes and plain
loves Lieut.. Arthur Cecil Lowe OF
the Honorabl Artillery Company has
Just been through, with horses.
-
In Orleans today Jehanne is as real
as Joffre.
Descendants of Jean Bourgeois, the
tailor, and Jacques Lhuillier. the
draper, still live in the houses where
the maid bought from them. They were
the tailor and draper who supplied her
with gowns AT for the high society in
urhiob be moyed at Orleana when mot
fighting.
Jehanne wore armor on campaign. In
cities she dressed like a lady. The
Lhuilliers have an ;1s ancient athaa account ;tH,
it mentions a robe of crimson cloth
trimmed with white satin-gift to the
maid from the Duke of Orleans.
the Chateau Of Amboise in 1899 men.
tions. among "armor of defunct kings,
"the harness of the maid. garnished
with armpieces. mittens and head,
the whole lined with crimson satin"
When Jehanne went to the king at
Chinon she was a slip of a girl. Gould
overlapping pieces, it would have taken
a year to make it for her. The armor
ftted to her at Tours. therefore. doubt
less belonged to some Young prince.
paid by the captain of chinon Castle
being only suficient for the armor's
hasty adjustment to her figure.
The superb suit Of plate armor which
she finally deposited in the Abbey Oh
St. Denis-"an entire white harness
which I won before Paris"-belonged
to an English nobleman whose name
was kept in tho Bastille. Many consid-
er it the same set as that of the Am
boise inventory. white harness mean.
ing simply without coat arms. It
now figures In the Paris Museum OF
I Artillery, under NO. G. 49," The cat
! alogue OF Louis-Philippe calls 1t tine
armor of the maid" --..-.-.
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TO VILLA.

on the part of Villa some question was
raised as to Gen. Urbina. There need
have been none. He was still with
Villa, and scattering reports Of Villa
victories and Villa. defeats since then.
have contained the name OF Urbina.
Usually it is in q successful attack.
Fierro is not apt to cut much OF a
figure in the efforts to bring the fac
tions together or If they keep apart.
Gen. Tomas Urbina is an entirely diff
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Ghislieri, according to the specific
claim of this Italian book. printed
about 1719. And 1T gives her a proud
epitaph:
Thus. death, enemy to all born. took
hope from the good Ghislieri blood
which she had. Victory ceded to de-
gether over the impiety which tri-
umphed."
When Johannes father took charge
Of Doremy the countryside was over
run by robber bands Of English and
Burgundians, and the peasants and
their f1ocks must take refuge at any
moment in such chateaux-forts. Joan
was the young lady Of the strong place.
Later, when the fort was dismantled.
Jacques dare, not yet made Baron du
Lys, took refuge at Neufchateau.
Jehanne dare, his daughter, was al
ready at Chinon. urging the Frencn
dauphin to bestir himself. April ~
she started, with her men-at-arms ana
a train, to the relief of Orleans They
entered by the unbesieged burgundy
gate, amid the ovations of the inhab-
itants. At once she was taken to this
house of Jacques Boucher.
The fighting began by sallies from the
inside. The English. besieging Or
leans in the fortified 'bastions" of three
sides, became, in turn, the besieeeo-
leading all the assaults, the maid cap
tured. one by one, the English bastlons
all. except one, the Tourelles fort.
Nav 6 a war council was held IN the
millinery shop and Jethanne. who had
been to church, arrived just IN Time 10
upset all it's decisions.
1--WE attack Tourelles from the other
side of the river" she said. And no
captain dreamed of disputtng her
They crossed on Ia TGa orndg gnen Oh and oa re.
turned by the wooden bridge-vic-
torious.
The old campaign Of 1929 Is as actual
in Orleans today as that Of the User.
British officers show the landmarks
to the women.
The Tourelles fort no longer exists.
but its foundations were recently dis
covered in leveling for trolley line.
Behind them, in q tiny square, sur
rounded. by mean houses. is a cross
which Indicates the exact center OF the
greatest English redoubt.
The cellars of all the little old houses
are nothing but the ancient English
casemates. The proprietor OF one ac-
cepts So to take you down He leads
you a great distance underground. amid
heavy masonry. 1t has all been private
property for centuries.
For you can buy guaranteed stone
cannon ball from the English maga-
zine of 1929. They really came on
pile of them, in a corner of bricked-
up archway. similar in qualitc OF
stone, workmanship and other tech
nical details, to the stone balls OF the
siege preserved in the Joannic Museum.
There are only a few more LETT.
Five hundred years hence, will they
sell shells from the User? I doubt It.
STERLING HELLO
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ferent proposition. He has become very
rich and he might therefore be de-
pended on as a supporter of law and
order and constitutional government
and other things. But this is not GER
tain. He may prefer the Independent
life that he has led for the last few
years.
Tomas Urbina is ono of Villas
friends who has to be reckoned with in
solving the Mexican problem
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Z CHARLES M. PEPPER.

- 01LLAS friends stand by him.
N II His followers fall away. This
wv is the key to one phase of the
" Mexican situation.
The distinction between friends and
followers Is rather a vague one, but
Villas associates always have made it.
Evening star., 1915-06-20
,ec;a1 Correspondence of Tie Star.

Special Correspondence OF Ihe StdF-
ORLEANS. France. June 10. 1915.
E1HE women, after pricing spring
hats on the ground floor. can
walk right up to Joan of Arcs
< bedroom, lay their wraps on the
bed and talk about the Powers and
loves families of England and Amer
lea.
1t puts them in close touch with the
maid.
orlean. is a great center of British
Blue Cross and American Red Cross
relief, as well as a depot Of British
Indian troops English wives and
American hospital nurses are all over
the place-and it is great to connect
with a creditable Englishman Of Joan's
own time, like this old Hamish Power
or that old Nicole Lowe, who did her
Kindness instead Of fighting and burn
ing her.
You might think that Joan-pardon,
every one says Jehanne-had just step
ped out for a moment II Is private
house, not A museum. the same digni-
ned three-story gabled brick with dag
onal joists in which jacques Boucher.
treasurer of the Duke of Orleans. had
the maid as guest In April and May.
1923, before and after she had cleared
away the invading English from Or
leans.
Today It is occupied by a prosperous
milliner.
Price a hat, and you may Join the
club in the second story front, where
nothing is changed. The walls are
paneled in Gothically carved wood,
as Jehanne knew them. Her bed occu-
pies a recess. JehannG slept with lit
tie Rose-Marie. nine year-old daugh-
ter of Jacques Boucher-politeuess and
honor Of those days demanded such a
guarantee of safety to a guest; ana
tnllar.I4 were rninutely taught behav-
ior not to wiggle. or cough. or breathe
heavily.
y massive supporting pillar of time
stained oak occupied the center OF the
bedroom. II was from the righthand
window. with its little panes OF thick
green glass. that her page threw her
banner TO her she ran to the St
out her lily banner-and the women
discuss which Of these Powers families
has the right to swell around and claim
It
The present Sir James Douglas
Power is Scotch, and, in one docu-
n1ent, old Hamish is called a Scotch
man Sir Elliot Derrick Powers
branch has kept the name Of Elliot
a striking piece of evidence. as will be
seen-that of old Hamish Powers
daughter. But. quite as striking. there
is said to be a Beamish Power, from
Cincinnati, possessed of family heir
loom, ancient ring Of silver with a
lily on IL.
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Hamish Power comes out strong in
Wallet de Viriville's History of Charles
VII" and in An Episode In the Life of
Jeanne dare" in the library of the
Ecole des Chartres tofficial historical
documents). When she arrived in
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hanne extended beyond death and he
harmed himself for an idea.
Five years after the death Of Je-
hanne the famous Lady of Armoises
appeared and collected a mass Of fer
vent partisans. They believed her. as
she solemnly asserted. to be Jehanne
in person, mysteriously escaped from a
death which had not been real. Il
knew my countrymen wouldn't burn a
LADY,! said Sir Nicole. In look, voice,
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presenting lilies. The background was
sown with golden fieurs-de-lis. 1t was
her lily banner, which she loved bet
ter than her sword of St. Catherine.
Now. Hamish Power had daughter.
Elliot, or Helliot, as some documents
call her-the old archives are full or
the adventure. The two girls became
great friends and Miss Elliot confded
to Jehanne her love story. Probably
Hamish did not like the. young man
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-02-24
Obituary

Elizabeth G. Cowan, widow of Will
liam S. Cowan and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin b. Allen, was born
December 81, 1910 in Berlin township,
Ionia county, and moved with her
parents when a small child to Ronald
womanhood and assisted her parents
in their pioneer work. At the age Of
Is she began teaching in the district
schools at first in her own vicinity
and later in Grattan township, Kent
county, where she met William S.
Cowan whom she married May 4,
1865. They lived in Grattan township
for II years, and were valued mem
bers Of the Congregational church at
Bostwick Lake. In the spring Of 1882
they moved to the farm in Easton,
Ionia county and by continued industry
made ii a beautiful home. She resided
there till her death, which came very
peacefully February L. 1915. The
funeral service was held at the home
Friday at D. m, and the large num-
Der of friends present and the profu-
sion of beautiful flowers, spoke the
love and respect in which she was held
by all who knew her. Her pastor
Rev. +. w. Nickel. spoke words Of
comfort from Rev. IA chapter and
part of the 9th verse. He mentioned
the kindly interest the deceased took
in everyone, and said she was always
busy with her heart and her fingers
for others. The body was carried by
her sons and grandsons and laid to
rest in Easton cemetery by the side of
her husband, who passed way Sept. 3,
1904 at the age of 65 years. In Feb.
1896 Mr.. and Mrs. Cowan presented
their letters to the Dildine church,
where they will be greatly missed.
The deceased is the mother of three
children, Elmer A, Irma L., wife of
John McKendry and Edgar j., and
leaves two brothers, NJ. j. Allen Of
Ionia, and II. l.. Allen Of Palo. These,
with the grandchildren and host of
friends are left to mourn the loss Of
a most kind and noble woman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-02-24
IDLEH0UR THEATRE WAS
SOLD: ROOM VACATED

The Idlehour Theatre was purchas-
ed last week by the proprietors Of the
Empress Theatre. The doors were
closed Saturday evening at the con-
clusion of the evenings program
Workmen began the removal of the
furniture and fixtures on Monday
morning. The equipment will be NOV
ed to another city as soon as a suit
able location can be found.
The ldlehour was practically the
first motion picture house in the city,
During all of its existence here it has
occupied the same location in the
Holmes block
Several parties are negotiating for
the room vacated by the theatre but
no definite action has been taken by
any of them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon the proprietors
Of the Idle Hour have given the show
house their best efforts. They worked
hard and faithfully to make the busi-
ness succeed but the fact remained
that there were too many motion pic
ture shows here and the sale of the
Idle Hour clears up the situation
Belding now has two splendid motion
picture show houses and both do a
good business.