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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21
Meeaffey Named on Auditing soare

Denver-J. E. Davidson, for two
and one-half years secretary of tht
State Auditing Board and clerk of the
State Board of Equalization, resigned
and A. B. McGaffey, former secretary
of state, was named as his successor
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21
Governor viii Investigate Lynehins

Fitzgerald, Ga.-Governor N. E.
Harris, who came here early Monday
to attend the annual reunion of Con
federate veterans, announced that he
would return to Atlanta for the pur-
pose of aiding the prison commission
il an investigation of the lynching of
Leo M. Frank "The people are en-
titled to all the facts in the case -
said the governor, land l propose to
see they shall have them"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21
His Stunt.

Flatbush-I see in the Indian army
all orders are given in English.
Bensonhurst-Well. If the colonel
wants some pate de foie gras for
luncheon. how does he order it?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21
Couldn't Do IL,

Il want you," said the fair society
leader, ito give me plain opinion
about my latest photograph
Madam" said the gallant cavalier,
bowing, TO speak in plain terms Of
that portrait would be impossible,'
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21
w. N. w., DENVER, NO. s4-1sts-

All men are born ignorant and some
never get over 1t.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21

On the other hand. the mare some
times makes the money go.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, clear
white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21

1t takes a self-made man a lifetime
to correct his bad grammar.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21

Blacksmith Shoots Self in Shop.
Peoria, Ill.-George Deulin. a black
smith, aged 60, ended his life with s
revolver in his shop at Elmwood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21

ed for four days, ending Saturday
night.
Tree at Moline.
Plans for Moline municipal Christ
mas tree exercises have been complet-
ed The tree. set in the fountain in the
city park at Fourth avenue ard Six
teenth street. will be lighted on Christ
mas eve at $50. It will be lighted at
the same hour each following evening
till the new year is ushered in,
There will be no exercises next
week, though Saturday Christmas
night-the Belgian band will play The
program for Friday evening starts at
$50 when the Moline Plow Co. band
will leave the city hall, marching to
the scene OF public festivities. The
program will open with instrumental
selections. than there will be brief ad-
dresses by Mayor NJ. R. Carlson and
Rev. r. S. Hauey
Children of the public schools and
the Sunday schools of the city-all are
invited to participate-will sing Holy
Night. and "Hark, the Herald Angels
Sing" Band and chorus will give Joy
to the World" Holy City" will be
played by the band and all will then
join in singing America
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
OSBORNE SYSTEM
GAINS ATTENTION

Toxic. Nov Correspondents OF
The Associated Press THE expert
ments in prison reform conducted by
! Thomas Mott Osborne, warden of Sing
Sing prison. New York have attracted
attention in Japan, not only because
the japanese are always keenly inter
ested in the social movements of the
west but for the special reason that a
system for lf-government similar to
that which is being tried at Sing Sing
was followed in the prisons of Toxic
| as far back as the year 1850
! Ii is intimated that if Warden Os-
bornes Sing Sing experiments sue
coed, there is possibility that the
lf-goyernment scheme may be in
iaugurated, or rather revived, in Jap
Ianese prisons.
! Keijiro Yamashita, who is chief en-
gineer in the present department of
justice, has found that in 1850 the in
mates Of Toxic prisons chose their
own officials for the maintenance of
order, and great deal of authority
was vested in those officials. even the
power to impose the sentence of death.
So far as the records show the Toxic
system worked out satisfactorily. but
for some reason it dropped out of
vogue.
Japan has always watched the
course of prison reform in the United
States, and when a movement was
started to improve the Japanese pris--
ons in 1881, commissions were sent to
the United States, as we'll as Europe.
10 make a study Of prison conditions.
Owing to the difference in life and GUS
toms, western methods could not be
wholly introduced into the Japanese
prisons, but in 1903 a great step for
ward was made by placing all the
prisons Of the empire directly under
the department of justice and by in
augurating the separate-cell system.
! The new mems prison al Toxic, which
was built by prisoners last year, is re
garded as model Institution. There
are two classes Of cells. one for old
offenders. and one, less prison-uke. for
first offenders.
The ordinary" department has plas-
/ tered walls and plank floors and
sleeping rooms to accommodate eight
! persons, each room having six cleo
trio bulbs. Mr.. Yamashita says: THE
prisoners are well provided for in the
way of library and bathing facilities,
and have netting on the windows to
keep out mosquitoes in summer There
is an amphitheatre seating $50 where
/ the prisoners may be gathered for
moral or religious instruction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
Santa Committee Needs Trucks

Several automobile trucks will be needed BY The
Argus Santa Claus fund committee to carry gifts to
the homes of the poor children of the city Friday of
this week
1t is believed there are business houses owning
such conveyances who would be willing 10 cooperate
in this enterprise in behalf of the little folks to the
extent of donating the of an auto for few
hours. The work must be done in one afternoon.
There several hundred homes scattered in all
parts of the city to be visited by the committee,
which will have the gifts all arranged for delivery
by Friday noon.
In former years the committee has had ready re-
spouse to its call for donation of autos and it be-
iieved that this year will be exception.
If you have auto you would be willing to give
to the service of the committee few hours please
call No. 3700 and ask for member of The Argus
Santa Claus fund committee. But do it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
At SPENCER SQUARE.

The very latest achievement in tbs
producing world will be shown
at the Spencer Square tonight and to-
morrow, the title of which is THE
Beloved vagabond," the first Ameri-
can six-reel drama in color. This Is
one of the master productions OF the
season. In New York City. at the
Strand theatre, New York's million
dollar house. strong Paramount pro-
gram was set aside to run the ''Belov-
ed Vagabond" for two weeks straight,
playing each night 10 crowded houses.
The black and white studies reveal
the stroke Of the artist, but 1t calls
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21

All the news all the tfme-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
ILLINOIS.

Tesday-"B Betty Burton, NJ. D" with
Linda Griffith; THE Wayward Son. "
with William Hinckley.
ednesday-'Crimson Sabre, with
George Marion and Isold lillian; Mu-
tual Weekly.
Thursday Innocent Traitor with
Madeleine Fairbanks; THE Broken
Land" The Book Agent"
Fridays Seeing America First" and
E. Forrest Taylor in In the Sunset
Country"
Saturday-Ethel Barrymore in The
Nightingale"
Sunday and Mondav-Lyman Howe's
pictures Of the Panama canal and
Worlds fair.
Dec. 30-San Carlos Opera company,
(matinee performance only).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
COLONIAL.

Tuesday, Bit of Lace" and Son
ny Jim and the Great American
Game"
Wednesday-Anita Stewart in The
Counts" Loves Enduring Flame" and
Heart-Selig news pictorial
Thursday 'Heredity" Broadway
feature.
Friday-"In Loves Own Way"
Saturday-Blanche Sweet in The
Lonedale Operator" and THE Silent
Man
Sunday THE Meddlesome Darling
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21

the west end of Moline. It was the
property Of Jonas Peter Hammerquist.
who died Aug. 4, 1913. The three chill
dren, Mrs. Anderson, Ludwig and os-
car Hammerquist were heirs. although
the widow was to have use of tho
property until her leath She died
Nov "a, 1913.
1t is said an agreement was made
to partition the property but It has
never been fulfilled. Mrs Anderson
is fling suit to force the partition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21

The dimensions Of the one time
world famous Great Eastern were as
follows; Length, 692 feet; width, 81
feet: depth. 60 feet; tonnage $4,000
tons; draft when unloaded, 20 feet;
when loaded so feet. She had paddle
wheels Sc feet in diameter and was
also provided with four bladed screw
propeller OF "a feet diameter. She
had accommodations for 500 first
class. 1000 second-class. and 1900
third class passengers, 1000 in all.
Her speed was about eighteen miles
an hour. The Great Eastern was fin
ally broken up for old iron in the year
1889, after a checkered career of some
thirty-one years.
All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
AT THE MAJESTIC.

Monday and Tuesday-Frank Keen
an in The Coward" and Eddie Foy
and family in "A Fayorite Fool"
Wednesday and ursday-Dorothy
Gish and Wallace Reid in odd Held
elberg" and Fatty Arbuckle in Tickle
Fatty's Fall"
Friday-Hazel Dawn and John
Mason in The Fatal Card
hristmas-Daniel Frohman pre-
sents Pauline Frederick i'll "zaza."
Sunday William Fayersham in One
Million Dollars"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
URGES ALL To Be
PRESENT At TREE
FOR CELEBRATION
rommitiee in Charge Of Community
ceremonies Asks Large Attend
anCp al Event.
prt,ISS At FIVE IN EVENING
MAYER HcCon6chie VIII Open Eser.
eises Oh Market Square and Audi.
ence WIN Sing Carols.

Every man woman and child in Rock
rdsDd is invited TO attend the second
annual Rock Island community Christ
mas tree celebration in Market square
:, s o'clock tomorrow evening.
The lights Will be turned on at that
line and the program will be started
which. AISLE from the opening address
b. Mayor William MeConochie, will
s participated in by all who are pres
at Mayor McConochie. on behalf of
The civic department of the Rock Is
Ind Womans club. which has In
chsrge the celebration, will extend a
welcome 10 the public.
The exercises, IL is thought, will last
about As minutes and will be conclud-
ID not later than o'clock. The idea
Of the committee in charge In arrang-
ing the program has been to increase
the community spirit In the celebra-
ton and instead Of having individual
numbers the entire audience is ex-
pscted to Join In the singing of Christ
mas carols
f. L. philbrook, supervisor of music
In the public schools. will direct the
singing Flute music will be provided
By Kenneth Vernon and Hervey e.
Curtis
IN Center Of Square.
The eve-t promises to be very
pretty The tree this year is situated
in the center Of Market square on the
site where the old scales house stood
and being so situated will give all a
chance TO gather around 1t. Last year
there was room only on three sides for
the audience
The tree as decorated now. with
miniature mirrors which will aid in
rejecting the light and add to the
beautiful spectacle the tree will pre-
sent when lighted. will he raised three
FEET The committee I'm charge last
night held meeting and decided that
The tree would be more conspicuous
and seen from a greater distance If it
il raised
Members of the committee today ex-
pressed themselves as believing that a
large crowd would greet the tree when
the lights are turned on and the pro-
gram starts. Last year there we're
hundreds at Market square when the
municipal celebration was held and
t is thought that the number present
this year will far exceed that of last
year Parents are urged 20 bring their
,hildren. The tree viii be kept light
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
PARTITION SUIT is
STARTED OVER LOT

A suit to partition property among
the heirs was flied in the Moline city
court of Judge G. 0, Dietz this morn
ing by Mrs, Vendla Anderson Of Mo
line. Defendants are A, Ludwig Ham
merquist and c. Oscar Hammerquist.
The property in question is lot in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
SPENCER SQUARE.

tuesday, ednesday-"The Beloved
Vagabond."
Thursday Galley Slave,
Friday-"The Galley Slave" and
Bray's cartoon.
Saturday-"D Daughter Of the Sea"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
EsG.l,&,atte'IIsl
EMPIRE.

acknowledgements daily at
2;45 and S Is, three shows on Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21

for the life of the water color to make
it seem real to us, just SO is the ef-
feet Of the colored ph0toplay Justly
the management of the theatre feels
that they have given to the regular
patrons Of the theatre and In many
new guests that will he present a
rare treat in the programs tonight
and tomorrow.
All the news all the timc-The
Argus,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
For the Santa Claus Good Fello1U

Cut Our and Mail to The Argus,
hereby agree to buy Christmas gifts for (gve
nunlber) .......... poor children desire that the
names of the poor children together with their ages
and addresses, be furnished me through The Argus
Santa Claus Fund Committee
Signed ....................
Address Observation-Disclosures.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-06
la Touraine Capt. Man
Who Warned Commander
of W-fated Titanic

1t was the captain of La Touraine
who warned the ill-fated Titanic of the
presence of icebergs in her course
Once before the steamer was threat
ened by fire when flames were dis
covered in the staterooms while she
lay at her dock in Havre on January
81, 1903. There were no passengers
aboard and the damage was not Sc
rious She was withdrawn from SER
vice for a time in 1907 because of Sc
rious damage to her machinery. The
discovery was made just before she
was due to sail from New York. on
another occasion a member of her
crew was killed by the bursting of a
steampipe.
When the European war began, the
entire carrying capacity of La Tour
aine was reserved for Americans
struggling for passage home from
France. She arrived in New York,
December IS, 1914, thirty-six hours
overdue because of hurricanes she en-
countered. High seas swept her decks
while the passengers were held down
below.
The steamer is $40 feet long with
beam of sc feet and depth of 34.s.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-06
Burning Ship Is 1900
Miles From HaUre, Her
Port of Destination

London, March 6.-The French liner
La Touraine sailed from New York
February 81 for Havre. The position
given in the message is approximately
1900 miles west from her port of des-
unation. Among the passengers are
five doctors and nine nurses on their
way to France to be attached to the
new war hospital at the Chateau De
Passy near Sens.
The doctors are Joseph L. Wheel
wright, T. c. Walker w. G. Braddock.
A. c. Jiminiz and John S. Irwin The
nurses, all of whom are graduates of
the French hospital in New York, are
the Misses Alma Marie Mccormick.
Dorothy O'Connell. Eugenia II. Lyons,
Victoria Franchort, Florence Gordon.
Ellen O'Hanlon, Mollie McGrath, Nell
lie Burdette Parsons and Beda Lau-
rentta Peterson.
One of Older Liners
La Touraine, a steamer of 337S
tons, under the command of Captain
Caussin, is one of the older trans-At-
lantic liners, having been built in
1891. Since she was launched La
Touraine has played an interesting
part in the history of ocean travel
She arrived in New York on October
2S, 1918, with AZ persons which she
rescued from the Uranium liner Vol
turno which burned at sea with the
loss of 1872 lives. Captain Caussin was
one of the first commanders of rescue
steamers to get a boat over in the heavy
sea to aid in the rescue work The
captain and crew were decorated with
medals for their bravery on this oc-
casion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-06
la Touraine Sailed Last
: Saturday; Passenger List
Made Public in New York
BY Associated Press

New York March 6.-When La
Touraine sailed away from this port
asst Saturday she had aboard "a pas
sengers, of whom 3S We're in the first
cabin, the remaining 46 being in the
steerage. The vessel was one of six big
liners to leave this port the same day,
the sailings being the heaviest re-
corded here for some time.
At the local offices of the French
line it was said this morning that no
information regarding the Touraine
had been received. Maritime circles,
however, received word from aboard
that all the passengers and crew were
safe, but this information was not
confirmed here
on board the Touraine were 4,494
cases of cartridges intended for use in
the European war. The first cabin
passenger list follows:
Aususte Goulet, Montreal: CASTOR
Levy, New York; b. Feinberg, Brook
lyn; DR.. ]. l.. Wheelwright, New York;
DIR. j. c. Walker, New York; Mrs. j.
c. Walker, New York; Miss Cecile
Wettach, cambridge, Mass: Louis
Gautrand, Poughkeepsie, y. Y: Mrs.
Agnes Crab, Havana; Miss Helen
Crab, Havana: Jules Simon Trault.
Montreal; Ralph Simpson. New Ha-
ven; Edmond F'ravel, Montreal Be-
mott Delpuch. New York: Eugene Mo-
set, San Francisco; Joseph T. Maurer,
New York; Emile Pares. New York
Mrs. Alice o. Andrews, Boston: Mas
ter Ralph Andrews, Boston: Francois
Repusseau, New York; Wood Fosdick,
New York; Robert Alphonse, New
York; Raymond Rolf Swobada, New
York: Paul Faguet general agent
French line, New York.
Also the following physicians and
nursees bound from the French Hos
pital in New York City to the Ameri-
can Ambulance in Paris: DIR. John S.
Irwin, DR.. w. ]. Braddock, DR.. a. o.
JiminiZ.
The Misses Florence Gordon. Eu-
genia II. Lyons. Mollie McGrath,
Dorothy O'Connell, Victoria FRANKFORT,
Cathlyn O'Hanlon, Ellen O'Hanlon,
Alma Marie Mccormick, Nellie Bur
dette Parsons and Beda J.. Peterson,
and Thomas J. Burke Jr.. nurses.
The crew numbered approximately
200. The vessel was under command
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-06

There were indications in to-days
cable dispatches that the lombard
ment of the Dardanelles might bring
to a decision the attitude of the
Balkan states concerning the war. The
possibility of the capture of Constan-
tinople. which would result in changes
of vital interest to the Balkan nations,
has already assumed a noticeable in
f1uence on these nations. Bulgaria is
said TO nave modified secretly three
divisions. or about $4,000 men, and
one of these divisions is reported to
have been sent to an unknown desti-
nation. In Rumania the chamber of
deputies is considering the granting
of a credit of S40,000,000 to the gov
ernment for military purposes and the
calling to the colors of S,195 recruits.
Greece is awaiting eagerly the decision
of the crown council concerning inter-
vention in the war and an Athens dis
patch states that popular feeling is in
favor of such step.
Third Cleared of Mines
The attack on the Dardanelles forts
is proceeding steadily, although it is
plished. A Paris newspaper states
that one-third of the straits has been
cleared of mines.
Russia is prosecuting one of the
most vigorous offensive movements of
the war in the east. extending over
the whole front. \ Berlin dispatch
yesterday admitted the capture by the
Russians of MysZyniec, near the Prus-
sian frontier but in general it is as
serted that Russian attacks are being
repulsed, while Petrograd reports
steady progress.
In the west likewise fighting is be-
coming more general. The battle in
Champagne continues with unabated
ferocity and there are signs of increas-
ing military activity in Belgium. All
along the eastern end of the lines, to
which Germany is reported to be send
ing reserves, there is steady and spir-
tied fighting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-06
TAFT WILL SPEAK ON
SIGN OF THE TIMES
Staff of Academy Spectator, Un-
der Whose Auspices He VIII
Speak Making Arrangements

Former President William Howard
Taft. with whom the staff of the Acad-
emy Spectator has made arrangements
to speak here, April 15, has announced
that he viii lecture on The Signs of
the Times"
This is the most popular lecture of
Mr.. Taft's series. The subject matter
is less technical and more up to the
minute than any other of his public
discourses and arrangements are al
ready being made to accommodate q
capacity crowd. The lecture will be
given in Technical high school.
Many political organizations have
made inquiries as to the possibility of
securing reservations for their respec-
tive delegations. Details for Mr.. Taft s
entertainment during his stay in this
city are being made
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-06
CLEAR ENGLISH, CRY
Of SCHOOLMASTERS
Educators in Attendance at Ninth
Annual Conference Discuss
Important Topics

More than 100 superintendents, prin-
cipals and teachers of Central Penn
sylvania. together with Normal School
instructors and experts from the State
Department of Education, took part in
animated discussions on the subjects
of English. Vocational Education,
Arithmetic Supervision, and Geography
at the ninth annual conference of The
Schoolmasters' Association of Central
Pennsvlvania, in the library of the
Technical High School.
The two sessions were in charge of
Professor B. W. Fisher, principal of the
Bows High School, of Lancaster, who
introduced the speakers, and delivered
the address of welcome. Dr. Ezra Leh-
man, princiDal of the Shippensburg
State Normal School, conducted the de-
votional exercises. English in the
High Schoof was the subject discussed
by Professor Ober Morning of Lancas-
ter. Most of the morning was devoted
TO general discussion of this subject.
There was a concensus of opinion that
each subject in the curriculum should
contribute TO the work in English. and
that the heads of all of the departments
should insist on clear English. One
speaker stated that so much progress
has been made in this subject in the
high schools of Pennsylvania within
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-06
BABY ATTENDS SECOND WEDDING
OF MAMMA ON NEW PAPA'S ARM
After Two Months of Wdowhood Mother of Nine Nine Years
Wed Again. Court Attaches Help Out Cupid

IL months, this morning in No. 1
courtroom attended the second we'd
ding of her mother-on the arm of her
new papa.
Mystified and very ready to he tear
full, the same Anna to-day just two
months ago, attended the funeral SER
cises of her own papa-on the arm
of her papa-to-be.
Stojan Raksonic and Mrs. Anna
Cleo, both of Steelton, were the prin-
cipals at to-days ceremony. Alder
man Charles F.. Murray, who has ac-
quired the familiar title of Reverend"
of late, officiated. Recorder o. G..
Wickersham, Attorneys James X.
Jackson, Ross Walters, William
Houseman, Janitor Jim" Robinson,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-06

Assistant Bob" Crawford, Assistant
District Attorney Robert Fox and
Deputy Prothonotaries Elmer Hum
mel and Elmer E. Erb were among the
guests.
Much might be written of the rath-
er unusual features of the affair
In the first place, representative of
Germany and Austria renewed their
allegiance with the aid of the county
recorder; the groom's an Austrian, the
brides a German. Death figured in
the service too; January 6, 1915, Mrs.
Cico's first husband died. The new
husband was the dead mans very good
friend.
The pair were among number of
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