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

Paris.-The honor OF being the Old
est "poilu can be claimed it appears
by Alcide Verd, - wears of age. Haf-
ing seen service at Sedan. Eerd wss
again anxious TO serve his country and
demand Immediately that he be sens 10
the front His request was granted
and he now is serving with che stu
territorial regiment in the FIRST liae
trenches. surprising Lis comrades ey
his high spirits and good humor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-11
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS

81 see Green River is TO have a
cheese factory 1t is assumed tie
cheese will be green. Pretty strong,
chg postcards Ignatz.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-11

Wanted-A coIored girl to demon-
strate for beauty partor. Miss L. Nell
son.-Ady. in Bloomington Panta-
graph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-11

London Correspondence Of The
Associated Press. Since Zeppelin
raids have become more the rule than
the exception in London and enyirons.
there has been a marked increase I'm
public interest in astronomy. Just nov
the>newspapers are filled with discus
sions anent this or that star-discus-
sions directly attributable to the fagi
that Londoners have acquired the habit
OF star gazing in the hope Of sightizg
hostile air craft Toward II oclocE
at night the usual Yep time par-
haps third of London looks skyva-a
A few nights after the big raid the
Planet Jupiter, seemingly rising m PA
an unaccustomed place, was mistaken
for a Zeppelin searchhght Perhaps
dozen persons made the discovery
Since then several newspaper articles
have appeared giving Jupiter e clean
bill of health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-11

Daily h.,.y.y Ds3SS-f!ov. II.
lG2o-The Mayilo1cr compact signed ia
Cape Cod harbor.
isso-Lacretia Mott. abolition advocate
and pioneer social reformer aua
equal snfragist. died; born ts9a
Wl3-fsreat Britain declared that
would support the Mexican policy
OF the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-11

AUSTIN Onion is county clerk at
Lewiston, Ill. He is said to be one
Of the strongest men to fill the posi-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-11

London.-A legacy of $4,000 has
just come to Mrs. John Wareham OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-11

Member Audit Bureau Of circulations-
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25

Kentucky last year produced H.sE Isl
enlJoos ot whiaky.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25
FAMOUS BARITONE ENGAGED.
columbia Triumphant" at Belascs
Tuesday Evening.

With the services of David Bispham,
a famous barytone. assured. 1t was an
nounced last night that the impress
sive oratorio. Columbia Triumphant
in Peace" will be given at the Be-
lasco Theater on Tuesday evening,
with chorus of 200 voices. accom-
panied by the Washington Symphony
Orchestra of fifty-five musicians.
This will be the most pretentious
musical event that has been staged
in Washington in many years. and
special interest attaches to the fact
that both the score and the book of
Columbia Triumphant in Peace" is
the work of Washingtonians. Theo-
dore Henckels, of the Carnegie En-
dowment for International Peace and
formerly professor of modern litera-
ture at Cornell University. Is the au-
thor of the book. the product of
years of thought and la
Dor. while the score has been COM
posed by DR.. Heinrich Hammer. the
Columbia Triumphant in Peace" was
designed to celebrate the 100 years
peace between the United States and
Great Britain, but with the outbreak
of the world war this plan was aban-
doned.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25
A Corner in Ancestors.
By FRANCES COWLES.
THE BOWMAN FAMILY.
German and English Origin for the
Bowman Family-Gilbert Family
Neutrality-suspicious. of Robert
Fulton of Steamboat Fame-Om-
GERS in the Abel Family.

The Germans and the English are re-
sponsible for two seemingly distinct
branches of the Bowman family in the
| new world. The German Bowmans were
originally Baumans, or foresters. The
English Bowmen were bordermen of Eng
land who carried bows, and from their
weapons were called bowmen.
In the Orkney islands the name
Bullman-there spelled Bollman-is pro-
means a cottager. and 1t is possible tina,
some families now calling themselves
Bowman were originally Bullmans. OF
cottagers.
The first Of the English Bullmans in
the New England colonies was Nathan
lei, who came from England and settled
in WATERFOWL. Mass, before October 49,
1880. when he Is first mentioned.
The German Bowmans came from the
mountains OF Ems, in Prussia. where
they owned a big silver mine. since sue
cesfully worked. 1t was successfully
worked before the Bowmans came to
America. too, but its failure for time
was the direct cause, it is supposed. of
their leaving their native land.
The owner of the mine in the first part
Of the eighteenth century had three sons
who worked in the mine. They struck
below the water line and opened a spring.
they would, they could not free the
mine of water. So Christopher, the old
est of the three. and his next younger
brother became discouraged with trying
to work a silver mine flooded with water,
and they decided to emigrate to America.
In 1854 they sailed from Germany.
Christopher settled in Bucks county Pa,
and after a few successful years IN the
new world returned to the Fatherland to
vii IN Anna
One of the younger ones settled in
Massachusetts and it is recorded that an
other went West" But little definite
is known about the settlement of these
younger brothers.
The arms illustrated are described
Sable, an escutcheon ermine within an
orle of eight martlets argent.
To L. T. c.. who asks for the coat
of arms of the Gilberts, of Middletown,
Mass:
The coat of arms of the Gilbert FAM
lily is described Argent. on a chevron,
Eules, three roses of the field. de, argent
or siiver)
Crest: A squirrel cracking a nut. prop
er.
Motto: Mellem Meri guam mutare i
prefer death to change.
This is the coat armor ascribed to Capt.
Nathaniel Of Middletown. The arms
borne by John of Dorchester differ
slightly. The motto il Tenax Propositi-
be firm to your purpose. The crest Is
the same; the arms are alike. with the
one exception that the chevron of Johns
coat of arms is sable. not grles.
1t has been suggested that lhe crest
was granted by Queen Elizabeth to the
Gilberts, in honor of Sir Humphreys ez-
petition in the Squirrel" with the mot
to. Tenax Propositi.
r" -. G. F., who writes as follows:
viii YOU please give a short account
of the branch of the Fulton family to
which Robert Fulton. the steamboat in.
ventor. belonged: also the coat of arms
of the family?''
There are no descendants of his name
to honor Robert Fulton. but there are In
New York State sevral members Of the
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25

Crary, Roberts. Cameron. and Ludlow
families, VINO trace descent trcm his
daughters Roberts father, Of the same
name. came here from Kilkenny. Ire
land, early in the eighteenth century.
and settled At Little Britain. Pa. where
Robert was born. the fifth child and sec
ond son. in 1865. lie married Harriet
Livingston. and had four children. bat
his only son. Robert Barlow Fulton. died
unmarried.
The arms Of the Fultons who trace
their descent from Scotland. are cmbiaz-
oned: Azure fretty semee de lis argent
on a Jesse of the second. a boar's head
erased of the first between two mullets
gules.
The crest is: Or: mount vert a stag.
lodged. reguardart proper. and the motto
is 'Parat lahore quies." or Rest IS at
tanned by labor
To ]. D. Able who asks for informa-
ton of the officer in the Able family.
and whether there were any of the name
in the stan OF Gen. Washington. also the
coat of arms and crest of the family:
Among officers of the family mentioned
In Heitman's Register of the Revolu
ton are Capt. James Abeel. of New
York; Ensign Rufus. of Connecticut;
Paymaster and afterward Lieut. Abel
Abel, of Norwich. Conn. Gen. Elijah
=
was a direct descendant of Caleb. the
first. Yale graduate. well informed.
energetic, and upright
William Able was captain Of infantry.
He was from Goshen. Mass. a town
which bestowed many honors upon the
family. We find. among other duties.
that Joshua. jr.. with two others. ives
invited by the church to act as "quiris-
ter" Those were the days of the SIM
plified spelling.
Burke emblazons arms for Able as
follows: Sable. two bars. in chief. as
many plates.
Crest, an arm in armor. endowed, or
bent. holding a sword. all proper.
A bar is bearing of great honor and
granted to one who sets the bar of con-
science religiously and honorably against
angry passions and evil temper. chief
denotes dominion and authority, and
was often granted as a special reward
for prudence and wisdom, as well as for
successful command in war.
plate or roundle signifies gener-
osity.
An arm is the symbol of one who is
not afraid of work. In armor. and bear
ing a sword. the heraldic significance is
military honor, and the bearing should
incite the owner to a just and generous
pursuit of honor and virtue.
The color or tincture, sable, symbol
ICES constancy.
Copyright. lsl5l
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25

trying circumstances. Contrary to
popular belief. II is easier to keep
them clean than a horse of darker
color. Again, II Is a simpler matter
to match gray horses than II Is to
pair those Of more somber coata II
is also interesting to note that Nas
these grays grow older they become
lighter in color. Hence the rule:
Cray horses group themselves ~ to
color according to the progress Of
their years"
Many years ago Ringing Brothers
used mules to the almost entire ex.
clusion of the horse 1t was thought
that the mule was better able to with
stand the hardships incidental to con-
slant travel. Experience disproved this
theory. The smallest of the mules
foot, as compared with that OF the
percheron. Is at times q fatal draw.
back in muddy or sandy roads. Nor
win the mules hoofs stand up under
the pounding" on paved streets or
even hard, roads. Another objection to
the mule IL his lack Of weight, for It
takes pounds TO draw pounds. and
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25

some of Ringing Brothers vans. such
as those carrying the costumes for
this seasons gigantic spectacle of
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, are
of tremendous weight. Thus the horse
has won a logical triumph over the
mule so far as the circus world is
concerned, the long cared candidates
being obliged to conine themselves to
an occasional appearance with the
clowns.
Ideal Horse for Circus.
The ideal horse for circus purposes
is short coupled. heavy boned, bIocky
draught horse of about l,7O0 pounds
Twenty years ago one would have had
no difficulty in going through the Mid
die West and picking up several car
loads of these horses. Such is far from
the case today. The coming Of the mo-
tor truck has stayed the breeding of
these splendid animals. This scarcity
of stock has meant an increase in
price. Horses which once sold for
from SITS to 5000 apiece now cost
from 5000 to $500. Ringing Brothers
have recently paid as high as $500
for some of their big. dapple grays.
But the horse is perpetuated What
would the circus be without him? Dur
ing the past winter the Ringlings had
peculiar offer from a well-known
automobile concern. This company
agreed to furnish the famous show
men sufficient number of motor
trucks to carry the entire three miles
of parade glories" merely for the ad-
vertisement which it's trucks would de-
rive from being used in the worlds
biggest street pageant. Ringing
Brothers declined the gift and a few
days later bought 100 more horses.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25

primitiveness by being faithful to the
horse. The largest and, in many ways.
the most famous Of these organizations
II Ringing Brothers circus. 1t will
be in Washington Monday and Tues
day, May 10 and II. at Fifteenth
street northeast and Florida avenue.
With the exception Of work done by
the working elephants. the entire mo-
tive power used by this moving mu-
nicipality Is united in 800 splendid
horses.
Circrs Carries 53B Heroes.
$ Ringing Brothers carry q total Of
las equines. but portion of these are
Of the trained variety. They are
among the idle rich" Of RingiingviIle
and do not work. Much might be writ
ten Of this class Of dumb performers
gathered from the stables of Russia,
France. Spain, Germany and England.
but this story has to deal not with
the agile steed who bears the spangied
ladies Of the ring. but with his big
brothers Of the .baggage stock"
An sxDee3sncs OF more than thirty
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25
Horseless Circus? Never!
EQUINE ARMY WITH RLNGLLNGS
Many idle Rich" in Herd

years has taught Ringing Brothers to
select their wagon horses with the
greatest possible care. and a fine con-
sideration for the work which these
animals are called upon to perform
The circus horse must, obviously. be
subjected to constant variety of
feed. climate and, most dangerous of
all. an incessant change of water. In
addition to these trying Irregularities
the animal must be CARED" practical
ly every night during approximately 200
days Of constant travel.
By a process of elimination and Sc
lection il has been found that the
three quarter grade percheron is the
most suited to circus purposes. They
adapt themselves to the cars better.
worry less than other types. and show
a cheerful disposition under the most
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25
build the monument of success.

build the monument of success.
You cannot always correctly dag
nose the future or foresee every OBJ
stacle and accident; but. unless you
anticipate trouble, you cannot meet 1t
when it comes
Thousands Of successful men have
failed because they did not know when
to stop increasing their expenses: be-
cause they made $4,000 with one fac
tory, they built two or three addi-
tional ones and failed. They knew
how to start, but they did not know
how to stop.
Many a salesman has lost q GUS
toner, not because he did not properly
present his goods, not because he was
unfamiliar with his trade. but because
he talked too much-talked the cus-
toner into buying frame of mind,
and then talked him out Of it.
When you don't know what to say,
don't say IL.
Learn to apply the brakes
Learn how to stop ~ well as how
to begin.
Learn to keep still as we'll as how
to talk.
tcssvnsAt. lss1
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25
GETTING A START.
By NATHANIEL c. FOWLER, JR.
Put on the Brakes.

The engineer of a mountaineering To-
connective must know how to start and
how to keep moving; but. if he does not
know how to apply the brakes. and is
not quick enough in an emergency. all
his knowledge of engineering. all his ex-
perience, are worth practically nothing
Nobody wants to ride in the car at
tached to his engine.
The successful man knows how to
start, how to continue. and how to stop,
whether he is speaking or performing
any other action.
Scattered along the highway Of life
are hundreds OF thousands OF young mon.
and old ones. too. who began with prom
Use, who rushed at the start, and whose
rapidity gained them the admiration OF
their friends. They were bright, they
were quick. they were original. they took
the initiative. They had in them most
of the attributes which make for sue
cess. They lacked one great essential.
They could let the steam into the CYL
inder. but they were not able to shut
1t OF. They were clear weather men.
and as long as the sun was shining they
did not strike a snag: but when the day
was foggy, or the night was dark. they
were unable to follow the signal light
and keep clear OF the rocks. They were
good in sunshine. failures in the storm.
The other evening attended a lee
ture. The speaker possessed great
magnetism. was original. and thor
oughly grounded in his subject. At
the start he held the members Of his
audience in the hollow of his hs-1
They laughed and they cried at his
will. His opening remarks were bril-
liant He started right, but he didn't
know how to finish. He talked an
hour too long, repeated himself; and
his audience. weary and sleep. filed
out of the auditorium with little re-
membrance of the good things he had
said He didn't know when to STOP
Thousands of men enter business
for themselves with the brightest
prospects. Occasionally their business
pays at the start. Flushed with vic
tory they forget to protect themselves
against the future. They are like the
man who did not mend his roof when
the sun was shining. because II didn't
leak then. and was afraid OF getting
wet IL he did IL when IL rained.
Starting right is not enough.
Mere proficiency 10 net sufficient -
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25

In an age which may be termed an
epoch of the horse versus the auto
mobile" there is no gainsaying the
fact that the equine is in far less de-
mand than a few years ago. The run
about has supplanted the pony drawn
vehicle, the electric has taken the
place of the time honored chaise. lin
cuisines have relegated the handsome
turnouts of yester-year to cob-webbed
carriage houses, while the big dapple
grays have stepped aside to make way
for the motor truck.
Yet there is one institution which
tends to perpetuate the horse and that
institution is-the circus. Other enter
prises may discard him for motor cars
or even utilize the aeroplane, but for
all the trend Of the times" the tent
show maintains the fascination of it's
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25
EXCURSIONISTs TO PLAY BALL
Business High School Alumni Plans
Annual Trip.

Plans are under way for the an
nual excursion Of the Business High
School Alumni. As a special feature
The excursion committee is now ar
ranging baseball game to be played
by the 1918 team and a team COM
posed of former Business stars. A
great deal Of interest has been shown
and from present indications 1t will
be the largest excursion ever given. As
usual the committee has chartered
steamer Charles Manchester and the
st. Johns.
The officers Of the association are:
Paul Cromelin, president; William AL
lison. secretary: Robert Tracy. treas
urer; Richard d. Daniels. chairman
excursion committee.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25
G. W. o. CLUB TO GIVE COMEDY
Rehearsals Being Held Each Tues
day and ThUrsday.

day and ThUrsday.
The Mems Glee Club of the George
Washington University will give an orig
inal musical comedy about May 10 in the
assembly hall Of the Arts and Sciences
Building. 203 g street northwest.
Rehearsals are being held each Tuesday
and Thursday night at 10 o'clock at a0z2
F street northwest. Leo c. Terry. presi-
dent. has general charge Of arrangements
The club Is making efforts to increase
its membership materially. The following
recruiting officers have been appointed:
william Tonne and Thomas Rhoades,
Law School: william Sweet and Harry
Gilman. Dental School: J. J. Figueras
and Mario Julia. Medical School. and J.
La Mitchell. A. p. Harrison, and Leo c.
Terry. Department Of Arts and Sciences
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25

A new method Of growing corn has
given good results In dry-tand sections
Of Western Kansas. The rows are seven
feet apart instead Of three and one-half
feet, but the plants are twice ~ thick
in the row. The yield was double thst
Of adjoining fields planted the - ya1I
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25

The canary bird importation into the
United States from the Hartz Noun
tains has amounted to 100000 birds a
year for several years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
SUFFRAGE EXPENSE
LIST DEMANDED
Campaign Committee Failed to
Comply with Corrupt Practice
Act. Says Attorney.
lbs Telegraph to Tie Tribune

Albany, Nos. 26.--The Empire State
campaign committee OF the Woman
Suffrage Association, Of which Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait is chairman. in
filing its certificate Of election expenses
with the Secretary of State, failed TO
comply with the corrupt practices act.
according 10 William T.. Fitzsimmons,
attorney for the Corrupt Practices As
ISOLATION. He said tonight that he in
tended to ask the officers of the COM
mittee TO live UP TO the law.
The campaign committees certificate
showed that it had spent SS7. l3l and
received Ss9,049. The contributions APP
pear in a lump sum, with no details
and without the names of the contrib
utors. The names of the persons who
received the money were not given.
Mr. Fitzsimmons tonight wrote to
George W. Perkins notifying him that
lie had failed 10 file with the Secre-
tary of State certificate of the re-
ceipts and expenses of the movement
he headed TO defeat the adoption Of
the revised constitution. 1t is under
stood that Mr. Perkins spent vast sums
Of money for this purpose, particularly
in advertising, and Mr.. Fitzsimmons
asked HIM to send the required infor-
nation TO the Secretary of States Of
fee The time limit for filing election
cxpcnse certificates is November %.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
Will Give All the Details
of Election, Saws Mrs. Gait

we have not violated the law in
anything but the letter." said Mrs. Gait
last night, wnen questioned about the
Empire State campaign committees
violation" OF the corrupt practices
act at is quite true that we did not
file conplete details of our campaign
expenses. but we wrote to the Sccre-
tary OF State saying that we would do
so as soon as we got the complete re-
ports from our county leaders Some
of our upstate women seemed TO think
that they must send complete financial
reports, and must therefore wait until
they had settled all their accounts.
The names, dates and amounts of in
Gividual contributions will be sent 10
the Secretary of State as soon as pos
sible."
The fact that Seth Low and William
Church Osborn. officers of the Corrupt
Practices Association, are prominent
anti-suffragists might have something
10 do with the eagerness with which
Mr.. Fitzsimmons made public her de-
Mrs. Gait limited.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
2 CHILDREN DIE AFTER
MOTHERS POISON FEAST
Parent Who Couldn't Stand
Cherries Thanksgiving May
Recover.

Camden; y. j., Nov. 26.-Mrs. Mabel
Fields, victim Of a elf-adminstered
dose of poison which she took on the
eve of turkeyless and cherries
Thanksgiving, has a fighting chance
for life. Even though she has not been
told her two small children are dead, it
is chance she does not want.
Let me die she begged the physi-
clans and nurses at Cooper Hospital
to-day. please don't try to do any
thing more for me. Look after the
babies, if you must, and let me die"
But the children, a boy fourteen
months old and girl three months
old. were dead hours before the mother
regained consciousness, victims of the
poison which their mother had taken.
The police say they will charge the
mother with murder should she re-
cover
Most of the time since she and her
husband separated Mrs. Fields's in
come had been limited to the 81 week
which the court ordered Field to pay
her Ill health and the care of the
children kept the young mother from
becoming a steady wage Garner. As
Thanksgiving Day approached Mrs.
Fields became daily more hopeless.
81 can't bear to live to see every
body else happy and myself so miser-
able" she told neghbor.
On Wednesday night the mother dis
covered a way out. She spent her last
coin for the poison and locked herself
in her one-room home. She was un-
conscious and the babies were dying
when they were discovered few min
utes later.