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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28
DAVENPORT MAN
ACCUSES SERBS
Writes Prom Roumaria of Con
ditions in the Balkan
Region.

Hsrry kellogg % Davenport f. In
rscsdpt Of . letter from Nike Doutchss
dated Bucharest. Roumania. Dec. 90
1915. IN which he writes OF the d-pso--
able conditions IN that section os the
country.
Douches was formerly a resident os
Dsvenport. working Tor several years
IN the Becfendorf shops He left las,
April and n nov anxious % get back
tn the United States. He hae asked
Mr.. Kellogg 20 forsward him a csrti-
fed oooy OF the court records show
fcg his naturalization. "a he has lost
oficiai record pertaining thereto.
this country.
His letter 10 Mr.. Kellogg. in part.
follows:
The other day wrote you a pos
tai card telling you that I had left
Monastir and that came here and
that would tell you what ] suffered
there. really escaped from a real
he'll. ! thank God got away safe
from the hands Of those brutes. the
cruel Serbians. That Is not gov
ernment. u f. really a mess OF
thieves. ignorant creatures and
brutes- I do not believe there could
be any other government on this
earth like IL and moreover I wonder
how the subjects can live under that
nest OF robbers. They robbed and
desolated the new provinces which
they captured or annexed at the close
of the two receat Balkan wars
They are doing things which mems
mind could never imagine Monas-
Cir. city OF 10000 before the Balkan
war. today has only $4,000. and II
they would give passes 10 leave the
city 20 those who wish them. ] do
not think anyone would stay there
business and commerce are dead
People are dying from hunger and the
Invaders are still trying TO get their
unlawful and heaviest tribute. How
! wish could tell you some OF the
things that have happened. but I can
Got. They cannot be written"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28
DRUNKENNESS

treatment. The ORRINE treatment
can be used with absolute confidence.
It destroys all desire for whlskey
beer or other intoxicants. Can be
given in the home. No sanitarium
expense No loss Of time from work
Can be given secretly. If after a
trial you fail to get any benefit from
its use your money viii be refunded
ORRINE is prepared i'm two forms
No. [, secret treatment, a powder; OR
RINE No 2, in pill form for those
who desire to take voluntary treat
ment. Costs only s10O a box Come
in and talk over the matter with us.
for free booklet. Harper House
macy.-Adv.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

Physicians Advice.
I'D certainly give most anything to
be able to fat up a few pounds and stay
that way" declares every excessively
thin man or woman Such a result is
not impossible. despite past failures
Thin people are victims of mal-nutri
ton. a condition which prevents the
fatty elements of food from being TAX
en- up by the blood as they are when
the powers of nutrition are normal.
Instead of getting into the blood, all
the fat and flesh producing elements
stay in the intestines until they pass
from the body as waste
To correct this condition and to pro-
duce a healthy normal, amount OF fat
the nutritive processes must be artifi-
cially supplied with the power which
nature has denied them. This can best
be accomplished by eating a Sargol
tablet with every meal. Sargol is a
scientific combination of six of the
best strengthening fat-producing ele-
ments known to the medical profes-
sion. Taken with meals. it mixes with
the food and turns the sugars and
starches into rich, ripe nourishment
for the tissues and blood and its rapid
effect is remarkable. Reported gains
of from 10 to % pounds in a single
month are by no means infrequent.
Yet its aston is perfectly natural and
absolutely harmless. Sargol is sold by
good druggists everywhere and every
package contains a guarantee of weight
increase or money back.
Caution:-While Sargol has produc-
ed remarkable results in the treatment
OF nervous Indigestion and general
stomach disorders. IL should not. owing
TO its remarkable flesh producing ef
feet. be used By those who are not
willing TO increase their weight ten /!
pounds or more.-(Adv.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28
ORDER TEACHER-mOTHER
IN GOTHAM RElnSTATED

New York. Jan. 2s.-The board OF
education yesterday voted TO reLnstate
Mrs. Bridget Peixotto. a teacher who
was dismissed after she absented her
self from her duties TO become d
mother.
All charges against other teacher
mothers under suspension were order
ed dropped.
The state courts upheld the action OF
the board in dismissing Mrs. Peixotto.
but DR.. John II Finley, state com
missioner OF education. ordered her
reinstated.
The salaries OF college teachers
with rank OF professors range in this
country from $3.50 10 $500 per year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

I Obituary Record-Mrs. Sarah Fl.
/ Kendall. one of the pioneer residents
/ of the city died early yesterday morn
| ing at the home of her son, G.. B.
Kendall, 919 East Thirteenth street,
after Staggering illness. She had at
tanned the age of 81 years and over.
Mrs. Kendall was born May 20. 1898
in Pike, N Y. She was married to
Amos NJ Kendall Feb. 10, 1857 He
died Jan. %, 1901. A year before her
marriage she came west TO Morris,
H., where she settled. Later she
came to Davenport She is survived
by three sons, Fred H. Charles B.,
and Edwin nj. Kendall, eight grand
children and three great-grandchild-
rem. Two sisters, Mrs. Mary Banding
of Chicago, and Mrs. William Dix of
Carthage also survive.
Mrs. J. r. Darling died yesterday
morning at her home in Groton, Vt.
Mrs. Darling was born April q, 1927.
She was a sister-inlaw of Mrs. d. n.
Richardson of Davenport and is sur
vived by son, c. T. Darling of Dav-
export and Crescent City. Fla. Four
other sons. Brock, Nelson H.. John
and Ellsworth reside in Groton.
Mrs. Mary Tinian, 3S years old,
died Tuesday night at her home, 49,
Western avenue, after a lingering ILL
ness. Deceased was born in Clinton
county, Iowa, but has made Dayen-
port her home practically all of her
life. She was married here Dec. 10,
1898, - w. C. Tinian. He survives.
Three sisters also survive. They
are Mrs Walter Pemptner of Daven-
port and the Misses Clara and Rose
Schroeder of Minneapolis, MINI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28
DAY IN DA NEWPORT

floating about the neishborhood where
the man resided. Some are to the eff
feet that it Is on deposit in local banks
under an assumed name or that il was
loaned 10 a farmer residing in the
county. No note can be found. how
ever. to support the last theory. A
woman's photograph was found among
the mans effects. The original of the
photograph is said to have viewed the
body. which lies al the Junge under
taking parlorS and after shedding
tears TO have left. leaving no name. 1t
IS probable that the police will be no.
titled to attempt 10 apprehend the
woman. so that inquiry into Schmidt's
that the roommate of Schmidt would
know something OF the mans financial
dealings.
Abste Oiphtheria Fears-Despite ef-
forts on the part of the board of
health, police and other city officials,
no suitable quarters have as yet been
found for Louis Paasch, diptheria pat
lent, Guaranteed in cell No 1 at head
quarters. The police have finally
agreed TO feed the man and give him
water. pending further arrangements.
Several negroes offered to take the
patient into their home, but declined
after they learned the premises would
be quarantined. One man was about
ready TO accept when he learned the
pay would only be So per day He
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

Find s1.1oO in Old Suit Case-The
finding OF S1.1O0 in deposit checks on
the Davenport Savings bank in an old
suit case. brings the total estate of
John Streicher. who was accidentally
asphyxiated in his room AT 529 Perry
street last Friday. up TO Sl.2S7. The
discovery OF the additional sum was
made by the coroner in his capacity
as administrator OF the estate. Follow
ing Streicher's death a search was in
stituted by the coroner among the
mans personal effects. \ bank book
with S170 still on deposit was found
and at first this was thought TO be
all OF Streicher's money. However.
when the rusty locked suit case was
broken open the two deposit slips
were found. One OF the slips was for
$500 and the other receipted for $500.
An investigation at the bank upon
which they were drawn proved that
the money was still waiting Word
was also received by the coroner from
the brother OF the deceased appoint
ing him as administrator OF the estate
and asking that the body be buried
and paid FOR out of the estate.
Streicher had resided in Davenport
for over four years and he was never
known TO work. His bank book shows
that during that time. every six
months he had made a deposit OF be-
tween $500 and $500 in the bank. The
money was supposed to come from
Germany. Streicher had been living
very frugally ever since his arrival
here. The bank book also showed
that he had drawn out so each week
for living expenses during the past
four years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

To Cure a Cold IN One Osy
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets Druggists refund money II IL
fails to cure. e. w. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box. 25c-( AdvD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

McIeIiand Will is Fiied-The sum
of 100000. TO be retained I'm trust for
/ the three sons. Thomas w. Davis
elson and Robert w. McClelland. was
left in the viii of the late Wilson
McClelland. Anna Bell McCIeIland.
the widow. and Dick R. Lane. are
named as trustees. and they are
authorized to invest the money as
they see fit. looking TO the safety of
the investment, rather than the re-
turn. II is provided by the will that
the trust fund he divided among the
three sons. an equal share to each.
when they shall attain the age of "a
years. The balance of the property
IS left to the widow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28
Thin Folks Who
Would Be Fat
A Physicians Advice.

Increase in Weight 10 Pounds or More
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

Monmouth. UL--David Turnbun
well known throughout the state po-
litically and in lodge circles and for
many years an undertaken here. is
dead He was a 32d degree Mason OF
Quincy cousistory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

very sick for nearly two weeks With
the measles.
Mrs. Martha ODell is seriously M
at the home of her sister. Mrs IA
Hogue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Palmer enter
tanned friends from Moline Sunday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

Tesmster Hurt-N. II. Nicholson,
1911 West Seventh street, employed
as a driver for the Mueller Lumber
company, was thrown from his wagon
at the corner of Seventh and Farnam
in a runaway accident and his leg
broken. He was taken to Mercy hos
pital in the police ambulance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

Smallpox Case-Ambrose Behan,
aged u, residing at 2411 Jackson
avenue. was removed yesterday to St.
Roberts hospital as a smallpox pat
lent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

Accepts Place With Glass Goa.
L. Sessler. individual bookkeeper with
the First National bank, has resigned
his position there TO accept that OF
general bookkeeper with the Pitts
burgh Plate Glass company. He
takes charge of his new duties Mon
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

County May Bury Schmidt-Al-
though reputed TO be worth between
$1,000 and $1,000. Carl Schmidt who
dropped dead last week in the Raphael
junk yard in West Davenport. will be
buried in the potter's fed by the
county. unless some trace can be got
ten OF the money. An Investigation
Is now being made by the coroner in
the hopes OF unearthing some clue TO
the supposed estate II has repeated
ly been stated and stated emphati-
caliy by the mans former employer.
Mr.. Raphael. that Mr.. Schmidt had
considerable sum OF money. Rumors
~ to the Whereabouts OF this cash are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

County Spends ss5.sse During FL
nal ouarter-Scott county during the
quarter ending with the first of Jan
uary expended se5.s3s.93 in the main
tenance OF public institutions and for
other purposes. The county fund was
the largest single item in the report,
while the poor fund, county road cash
fund and court expense fund were
among the other large amounts. The
poor fund divided into townships
amounted to s62.725.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

Seek Relatives Sioux City Man
The Davenport police received a tele
gram from Sioux City. apprising them
of the death of Ed Lindsay in that
city. and requesting that Davenport
relatives be located
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-28

left in disgust. Levi Cunningham,
colored janitor. who went on strike
for fear he would be exposed to diph-
liberia germs, has capitulated. After
last nights newspapers announced
that Cunningham had declined 10
work, about a dozen negroes appeared
at police headquarters and applied for
the job. Levi decided that the job
was pretty good in spite of the con-
tagion prevalent, and announced his
intentions of taking risk.
o
Spencer Heads Local AID Men
Harry X. Spencer. president of the
Spencer Furniture company, was
elected president of the Davenport Ad
Mems club at the annual meeting of
the organization yesterday. c. C.
Cessna of Harmed & Won Maur was
chosen vice president; l.. z. Chute,
secretary and Ed Borcherdt, treas
urer.
Suit for Divorce-OriginaI notice
TO a suit for separate maintenance has
been filed by Johanna Barr against
her Ihus banu, Francis D. Barr. The
couple married less than two years
ago The plaintiff claims cruel and
inhuman treatment, such as endang-
er the life of the plaintiff, in the
suit fled
Suit for divorce was filed by James
A. Quigley against his wife, Title
Quigley, on a statutory ground and
for alleged desertion. They were mar
ried April 2, 1894.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-09
r

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kellerhals
moved to their new home at Nj. Car
mel this week. We regret to see this
worthy young couple leave u neigh
borhood.-S. c. Cox has a farm sale
at his home one-half mile east Of Ben
ton City, Friday the 1Oth.-Clarence
Byrns is recovering from a severe
attack of bloodpoisoning in his hand.
The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian
Church serve the dinner at Fields
Bros, sale this week. Thursday they
will serve dinner at Mr.. Geeting's
sale.-There are a good many sick
at this writing. Mrs. Thos. Miller is
quite p~oorly.--0scar Hinze has been
quite sick, but is improving.-Master
John Henry Hildebrand has been hav-
ing a bad time with a cold and ear
troubles.-The annual oyster and ice
cream social will be held at the Pres.
byterian church December 10th. 0y-
sters served as you like them, also
ice cream and eake.-Mr. and Mrs
George Peyton received word the last
Of the week of the death Of their
daughter, Mrs. Tenant, at her home
in Iowa. The body was brought to
Benton City, and the funeral held at
Unity Sunday afternoon. The sorrow.
ing relatives have the sympathy Of
everyone.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-09
CHAPEL GROVE IrEMs.

The subjects taught in Chapel
Grove school are as follows: First,
Second, Third, and Fourth Reader,
Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth and
Eight Grade History; Seventh and
Eighth Grade Geography; Sixth
Grade English, Ancient History, PLY.
steal Geography and Algebra. The
Reading course is Reading, Biography
Biology, Entomology and Psychology
and Drawing,-Mrs Harvey Rhoades
visited at her mothers, Mrs. John
Blunco's, last Wednesday.-Quite a
few Of the farmers are through
shucking con--D. N. Brown is go
ing to do a little building.-Mrs. d.
N. Brown visited at the home of NJ
g. Xix, Tuesday-The Ladies Aid Of
the Christian Church are going 10
serge oysters Saturday, Dec. 11th.-
Eunice White visited at the home Of
J. B. Tate Saturday night.-Miss Sal
lie Brown visited at the home of L.
A. Harris from Saturday until Mon
day morning. Peyton Wis
tied at the home Of Grover Weber
saturday-We have added to our il
brary a copy Of Ben Hur, Lambs
Tales Of Shakespeare, The Spy, The
Call Of the Wild, A Certain Rich Man.
Our daily attendance was between
seventeen an eighteen. Some Of the
pupils have wop the certificate Of
Perfect Attendance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-09
MExIcoANs
TRACED TO LOUIS TX


Mrs. r. II. Winans, Of this city
whose great grandmother on her
fathers side was Betty, a sister Of
George Washington, was surprised To
learn this week that the ancestry Of
the Washington family, which in
clude her own, had been traced bach
to Louis TX Of France.
Father Lawrence j. Kenney, Of st
Louis University, has been making
an exhaustive study Of the Washing
ton family and after porting over sew
eral hundred volumes Of geneology
made the above discovery.
American Line Hard TO Trace.
The oldest feature of the task was
that is was far more difficult to trace
the Washington line from the arriva
of the family in America, since wher
the name has never been changed
than it was running back to the timei
Of the crusades, through the French
and English families.
Father Kenney prepared the genoa
logical tree, showing tho line Of de
scent. Philip III Of france was
son Of st. Louis X. To Phillip wa
born a daughter, Margaret who mar
iied Edward / of England.
To Edward / and Queen Margare
was born a son, Edmund, Earl O
Kent who married another Margaret
and to them was born Joan. ''Th'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-09

Fair Maid Of Kent who married
Thomas de Holland, Earl Of Kent. As
a result Of this marriage was born
another Thomas de Holland, also Earl
Of Kent, who was born in 1850 and
died in 1897.
First Washington Enters Line.
This Earl Of Kent married Alice Of
Arundel, and to them was born Flea
nor, who was married to Edward
Charlton of Powys, who died 1921. OF
this union (AIiss) Joyce Charlton was
born in 1403, and she became the wife
Of Sir John Tiptoft-
OF this marriage was born Joyce
Tptoft who married Edward de SUIT
ton, and of this marriage a son, John
Sutton, was born. 1t will be noticed
that the de" is dropped from the
surname at this point of the tracing.
History does not record who John
Sutton married, but there was a
daughter, Margaret Sutton, born Of
the union, and she died in 1868, after
having married John Butler, and
borne a son. William Butler.
To William Butler and his wife,
whose family name is not recorded
was born Margaret Butler, who on
August 3, 1868, married Lawrence
Washington, of sulgrave. To them
was born a son, Rev. Lawrence Wash.
ington,who married Amphilis Roades
He died in 1852 and she died two
years later.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-09

Now comes the aluminium car. A
motor a equipped with an aluminium
body, aluminium tenders, aluminium
hood, aluminium crank case and alum
mum cylinders with castiron inserts
for cylinder walls. Motor journals
are carrying the announcement Of this
new car this week, but as yet the
name of the manufacturer is not
known on gasoline row.
It is known however that the car
was formerly in the high priced,
heavy bodied class, and that the new
aluminium construction brings the
weight Of the car from around five
thousand pounds to the $500 pound
class. Practically all the high priced
passenger airs weigh around five
thousand pounds, but aluminium has
made this car Of 136-inch wheelbase
cut one-third of this weight. Making
the motor of aluminium is a saving of
Eve hundred pounds alone.
To Use Overhead Valves.
Motor critics and members of the
Society Of Automobile Engineers, who
have seen the car perform on the Ari-
iona desert, the motor testing ground
Of America, say the car will acceler-
ate from ten to fifty miles an hour in
less than eighteen seconds, which
means a performance that betters any
other type of motor yet constructed.
The motor is Of the overhead valve
type, 8 y inch bore and SIP stroke,
developing 74-horsepower. The
name Of the new car will be announ
eed around the first of the year.
VIII Do Sixty-Five Miles.
According to tests reported to have
been made for technical journal ex-
perts, the new motor will carry seven
passengers with top and windshield
up at sixty-ive miles an hour and 1t
IS said that the company will guaran-
tee every stock model to duplicate
this feat.
II is reported the motor will be six
cylinders.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-09
Automobile Speed Mania.

Miss Katherine Dahlgren Of Lenox,
Mass, disguised with the Massachus-
etts Highway Commission for sus-
pending her license to operate auto
MOBILES, on account Of speeding, Is a.
bout to leave the State. That the dis
gust is not one-sided is more than
possibles and her departure doubt
less will not be looked upon as a cal
amity. BY this elimination Of n
the State may find the remedy for a
greater cErtailing Of its position.
This young woman, priding herself
on the ownership of a car that run
30 miles an hour, has grasped every
opportunity Of demonstrating the
fact TO the public. After being warn
ed several times her license was sus-
pended and she feels aggrieved.
The trepidation and danger she caus-
ed to the men, women and children
in her wild gyrations are Of little
consequence to her.
We are cursed with the same spec
les of thoughtless speeders, and the
greater numbers Of many casualties
in the past few months can be fairly
attributed to them. There seems to
be a popularity about a high-speed
machine. Whether the car changes
the mental attitude Of the driver, or
the mental attitude Of the person
causes him to drive that kind Of car,
is a question, but the result is the
same. They all drive at break-neck
speed This is particularly notice
able in the auto-cyclists, who ride like
Mark Twain's Western mail carriers.
You see them approaching in the dis
tance and, turning your head rapidly,
find them disappearing on the hori-
zon.
The psychology OF fast driving Is
q matter Of small consequence to the
public, but its remedy is of vast I'M
portance. We commend the Massa-
chusetts Highway Commission for its
action, and recommend It to u Of
heiais as a specific for the disease
St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-09
AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR LIVE WIRES

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Missouri for 1916. The work is digni-
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made possible. Applicants owning
RIG or automobile will receive first
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"A. E. STEPHENS, Manager, 300
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Mo. 41-4t