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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25
NEWSPAPER MAN HAS
AUTOMOBILE STOLEN

A brand new passenger automo-
bile belonging to Fred Linden, adver-
Using man for the Moline Dispatch,
was stolen last night some time be-
tween $50 and 10 from in front of the
Columbia theatre, Davenport. In the
machine were pair OF gauntlets val
ued at s275, which he purchased yes
terday, a shawl, raincoat, rubbers
and a kit of auto tools.
The car did not carry license plate,
a fact which, perhaps. was not over
looked by the person who stole it. But
there is one distinctive mark about
the machine--its spokes are of natural
wood being unvarnished.
When theft of the car was reported
to a policeman he declared that he had
just seen the auto being driven up
Brady street. Authorities of the three
cities were notified and furnished with
a description.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25
DIES THREE DAYS
after HELPMATE
Mrs. Conrad II. Lininger, Weakened by
Shock Of Husbands Passing, Sue
cumbs to Pneumonia.
BEEN AILING LESS THAN WEEK
Deceased Active in Social Affairs and
Prominent Member of Rock Is.
land WOman's Club.

Intense grief and shock over the
sudden death of her husband, coupled
with acute pneumonia, caused the
death of Mrs Corlelia B. Lininger at
O'Clock yesterday afternoon at her
home, S35 Twenty-third street, Rock
Island. Her husband Conrad H. Lin
niger, member of the local real estate
firm of Lininger & Meyer, died last
Tuesday. Mrs. Lininger accompanied
her husband on a trip to Florida six
weeks ago in hopes of lettering his
health and was with him constantly
through his illness.
They returned to Rock Island
week ago Friday and Mr.. Lininger was
improved Thoroughly worn out by
constant attendance at her husbands
bedside for three days and nights, she
broke down completely after his death
Pneumonia developed and in her
weakened condition she was unable
to withstand the disease and sank
gradually until the end.
Mrs. Lininger, whose maiden name
was Corlelia Bell Mcdowell, was born
in the same city as her husband,
Greenville, Pa, Dec. 80, 1855. She re-
ceived her early education in the pub
lie schools of that city and had spent
the greater part of her life in the east.
She was united in marriage to Mr..
Lininger in Greenville in 1880. The
couple came west in 1892, settling in
Rock Island, Mr.. Lininger going to
work for the Rock Island Buggy COM
pany as travelling salesman, and she
had made her home here since Dur
ing her residence in this city Mrs. Lin
niger had taken an active part in So
cial affairs and welfare work here and
was a member of the Woman's club
and Rock Island Musical club.
She leaves two sisters, Mrs. George
White, Rock Island, and Mrs. Ben
Bowers, Greenville, Pa; three neph-
ews, Tully D. and Ben F. White, Rock
Island, and Ralph Bowers, Greenville,
and a niece, Mrs. c. L. Pasho, Green
vile. Her aunt, Miss Ellen Mcdowell,
died in Rock Island Wednesday.
Services at Greenville.
Brief funeral services will be held
in the home tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. The remains will be sent at
noon to Greenville, Pa. Ben F. White
will accompany the body. Funeral
services will be held in Greenville,
with burial in the cemetery at that
place by the side of her late husband.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25

Three per cent OF the wounded are
dying in the present war, as compar-
ed with Is per cent in the Franco
Prussian, % per cent in the Crimean,
and 80 per cent in the Napoleonic
wars. Disease also is being held I'M
der fine control the ratio of deaths
being seven in battle to one of i'll
ness, whereas in our Civil war disease
claimed five for every man who fell
a victim to the enemy's fire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25
NO RELIEF FROM
CL0CCED DRAINS
ManhOle Found Covered ut Ninth Ave-
nue. Does Not Enter Fifteenth Street
Sewer System.
MUST BUILD THREE OPENINGS
Commissioner Juhl Declares That Sit.
uatiOn VIII Not Be Remedied Tn.
til Entrances Are Made.

Sewer congestion on Fifteenth street
is not relieved despite discovery of
manhole and troubles of the Rock Is
land street department have only be-
gun, Commissioner N. E. Juhl an,
nounced today.
The manhole found covered over by
the paving at the intersection of Ninth
avenue and Fifteenth street Thursday
gave entrance in the Ninth avenue
sewer and is situated about two feet
east of the Fifteenth street sewer.
Congestion of the Ninth avenue
water was turned into it, but no aid
has been given to the Fifteenth street
drain. 1t is plugged up and Commits
sioner Juhl believes that the only re-
lief can come through construction of
three manholes, one at Ninth avenue,
one at Tenth avenue and one in be-
tween the two
In the meantime residents of the
section affected are experiencing a
great deal of inconvenience They
would suffer more but for the fact that
the homes are on terraces and are
considerably higher than the level OF
the sewer.
Car Patrons Transfer.
Because of the construction Of a
manhole at the intersection of Fiji
teenth street and Ninth avenue patrons
Of the Long View car line have to
transfer from one car to another. The
entrance to the sewer is being made in
the middle of the car tracks.
Commissioner Juhl said that the
sewers in general all over the city
were in need Of cleaning. He said that
he would not be surprised if 9th er
trouble, similar to that now being eX-
perienced in the Fifteenth street sewer,
would later develop in other drains in
the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25
YOUNG & M'COMBS TO
IMPROVE TEA ROOM

Patrons of Young & McCombs' tea
room will be pleased to know that ar
engagements for a more efficient and
elaborate service are in completion.
Additional facilities have been pro-
cured for the kitchen, as we'll as the
serving room. H. R. Higgins will con-
tinue in active charge, endeavoring at
all times to serve the purest foods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25
basement OF Store Entered.

Rock Island police today are seek
ing a prowler who sometime during
last night burglarized the basement OF
Mccarthy Bros grocery store, 4l6
Twenty-third street. Entrance was
gained by prying open the basement
door with a shovel. Some canned
goods were stolen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25

Marion Letcher, United States con-
sui, has been on the job in Chihua-
hua City, the center Of Eillista activ-
ity ever since President Wilson gave
the order to take Villa, dead or
alive" He is in the interior at a
point from which egress would be
difficult in case of actual danger. Mr..
Letcher has been in Mexico as United
States consul five years. Although he
is only "a years old, he was COM
pany commander in Cuba during the
Spanish-American war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25
VALUABLE CAR IS
DAMAGED IN FIRE
Driver of Automobile Smokes While
Filling Gas Container and Ser
iouS Blaze is the Result.
TOP Is BURNED OFF MACHINE
Nishap Occurs at Eighteenth Street
and Second Avenue and Large
Crowd Quickly Collects.

CareIessness on the part of the
driver III smoking a cigar while fill
ing a container caused fire at s
o'clock last night on Eighteenth street
north OF Second avenue, Rock Island.
which for a time threatened 10 con-
sumo valuable automobile. As it was
the entire top OF the machine was
burned of and the body and seats
badly scorChed. The entire car will
have TO he reprinted The loss will
reach 5000 The owner OF the car
gave his name as Mr.. Wilson. a resi-
dent Of Davenport Another Iowa car
soon appeared on the scene and the
damaged machine was quickly lowed
back across the river to a garage.
The owner, who was driving, left
his car Just east OF the Peoples Ma
tional bank building and returned
with a gallon can of gasoline.
While pouring the oil into the con-
tainer in the rear OF the car II was
ignited by lighted cigar in his mouth
r.
but he escaped injury. The top
which was folded down, caught fire. 4
crowd Of several hundred people col
lected al the spot within the next few
minutes and Traffic Officer Fitzsim-
mons was kept busy holding back the
curious throng from the blazing ma
chine, fearing an explosion. The fire
department arrived on the scene short
ly afteTward and the flames were
quickly extinguished.
Save Firemen a Run.
The Rock Island fremen received
call TO the home of j. II. Manwarning
5l3 Twenty-third street, at 9:40 last
night, but before they were able tc
leave the barns the family called
again and stated that the fire had beer
put out. A small blaze started in q
defective flue and the family, fearing &
blaze OF larger proportions, summoned
the department.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25
.Innanese PLAYS.

AS rule, japanese plays last from
O'Clock in the morning until at
night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25
LICENSED TO WE'D

James NJ. Bouchard $3.50. Rock Island
Miss Gaynell Benedict E. Lincoln, Neb
Claud Dungy ........ Benton, Iowa
Miss Edna Williams ... Geneseo
Coy R. Ramsey ....... Rock Island
Mrs Matilda Tally 800. Muncie, Ind
Clarence P. Eisele ....... Davenport
Miss Vera B. Craft ..... Rock Island
Bernard Tearney ........ Rock Island
Miss Rachel Michiehens Rock Island
All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21
FLOTATI0N
is Recommended at the
American Institute of Min
ing Engineers.

GLOBE, Ariz., Sept. 2I.-Possible
means of developing the flotation pro-
cess to the greater benefit Of the
country's mining interests were taken
up in the sessions of the American
Institute OF Mining Engineers, meet
ing here today.
Conclusions reached by the dele
gates, who include representatives Of
many Of the leading metal producing
companies of the country, were TO the
effect that the fiotation process is now
in its infancy and that with the further
discovery OF new flotative agents and
generous expenditures brilliant fu-
ture record could be obtained for this
process.
Today's discussions included the
first public presentation of report of
experiments on several miscellaneous
wood oils which seem adaptable to use
in tho flotation process. A statement
of some of the values OF these oils was
presented by r. G. Palmer, Of Madison,
Wis; Glenn l. Allen, of the Shattuck
Arizona Copper Company, and o. C.
Ralston, OF the United States Bureau
OF Mines.
During a part OF today the mining
experts descended many hundred feet
into the mines OF Old Dominion Copper
Company, and later visited the reduc-
ton works OF this company. During
the evening technical sessions are to
held.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21
TRUE HAIR GROWER
Puts Hair ON Your Head and Helps to
Keep IL There.

What's the use OF being bald?
What sense is there In deliberately all
lowing your hair to turn gray?
DO you want to look old before
your time? Give mp the thought; old
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Look after your hair. Partisan
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Man or woman. no matter how old
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TO look younger and more attrac-
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Why not 70 to Wells-Haymaker
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or itching Of the scalp. II will make
your hair luXuriant. bright and beau
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and Advertisement
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21

Mr. Hughes's speech at Nashville
may well prove to be the turning
point Of his campaign. by this We
do not mean that It VIII determine.
or even that 1t will directly go far
towards determining. the result Of
the election. Voters will divide on
many issues, more or less definite;
they Will be Influenced by many i'm
pulses Of sentiment or of habit, upon
which Mr.. Hughes's declaration on
the question OF the snap-judgment
"eight-hour" legislation will have
little influence. either favorable or
unfayorable. But there is one is
sue upon which the conduct Of the
Republican candidate in the presence
OF his Nashville audience has Il de-
cisive bearing. That issue is the per-
Ronality Of the candidate himself 1t
was upon that issue, be it remem-
bered. and upon that issue alone,
that he was nominated; IT was not
owing to his special views on any
particular question, but to his char
acter and record as n public servant
deserving OF the highest trust that
he was preferred above all other as
pirRntg by the unmistRkablo voice Of
the party. And 1t has been an almost
incredible misfortune to him that up
TO yesterday this element in his can
didacy, supposed to be far and away
its greatest asset, had simply not en-
tered at all as factor in his cam
paign. Not only had It not entered
as positive factor, but his standing
was being undermined by what APP
>peared to be the painful absence OF
1t. People were asking every day,
What has become Of the Hughes we
KNEW"
Well. the Hughes we knew is the
Hughes who spoke his mind at Nash
VILE last night. The personal inn
preston he made by his general bear
ing in the face OF hostile audience.
the personal triumph he won by his
firm tact and quiet courage. were but
q small part of what he accomplished.
1t is his clean-cut declaration on the
recent surrender OF the government
at Washington to labor-union threats
that will serve as the unquestionable
reminder of what the country has
always known Hughes to be. There
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21

A Texas View.-"I believe in a
tariff to protect our manufacturers.
and | believe in tariff for revenue
/ believe in business protection.
That's where Germany got ahead.
haven't any patience with this so
called war tax. It's nothing but de-
aciency revenue tax. We Democrats
have shipped of too much of the tar
III. Now it must be put back. II We
don't put 1t back. I'll give the Euro
neon countries years time after
the war stops to hood this country
with goods at such low prices we cant
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21
DISSATISFACTION
Among Monroe County Repub-
IicanS Rapidly Disappear
ing, Says freshman.

RED SULPHUR SPRINGS, Sept. 81.
Rufus Freshman says Republican prin-
ciples must prevail and that all the
Monroe county Republicans will COM
bine in having that county do its part.
He said there had been some dissat-
isfaction, but that this is rapidly dis
appearing.
Like many other party leaders IN
this county, Mr.. Freshman was in
terested in learning that John Corn
we'll is vigorously opposed TO anything
that looks like power dam. On the
other hand. Judge Robinson is quoted
as saying a am in favor of the de-
velopment Of the water power OF the
state, with two considerations always
in view; scientific principles applied
for the protection OF the citizens and a
just return OF revenue TO the public
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21

was in 1t neither buster nor nne
language; there was in II simply that
note OF unbcnding rectitudo which
has boon the distinguishing mark Of
his entire career in public GHco. II
am opposed" he declared, Ito being
dictated to, either In the executive
department or in Congress. by any
power on earth before the facts are
known, and in the absence Of tho
facts" Let tho brothorhoodR rage.
II they Will; let dcmagogucs rant. and
spineless onlOokers shake their
heads; Mr.. Hughes plants himgclf on
the firm rock OF principle, and takes
tho consequences, be they what they
may What he says today is no more
imam what he did when. as governor
he vetoed the two-cent fare bill. And
the. American people can count on his
acting with the same unfaltcrlng rec
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21
WORKING TOGETHER
Are Republicans in BIuefieId,
Following Visit Of Judge
Ira Robinson.

BLUEFIELD. Sept. 2l.-The visit
here last week Of IRA Z. Robinson.
Republican nominee for governor,
has had most wholesome eject.
His prcachments on party duties
made a number of doubters sit up
and take notice. The boys" are
working together better than they
have in the last several campaigns,
and everyone is talking about the ne
cessity OF voting the straight ticket.
When Judge Robinson comes back
here to make few speeches he will
find everyone waiting. He will be
given the finest reception that has
ever been accorded candidate for
state Office.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21
AZ Yon Loolkinr old2

Old age comes quick enough with
out inviting 1t. Some look old at
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your bowels regular and your liver
healthy and you will not only feel
younger but look younger. When
troubled with constipation or bilious
ness take Chamberlain's Tablets.
They are intended especially for
these ailments and are excellent.
Easy to take and most agreeable IN
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Advertisement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21

REPORT or THE CONDITION or
FARMERS BANK

Se4s'' "p'-
Organized 1904 Bank business 2.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21
No. 7eap.
REPORT or CONDITION OF THE
EMPIRE NATIONAL BANK

- 1919 80 ' = - - = "
-. =, ,,. RESOURCES
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21
REPORT OF CoNDITIoN OF THE
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
the State virginia business

OF WEST VIRGINIA
the State OF West Virginia. the close business sspbSP
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21

Wilson and the FnrmeTs.-"Not
word has been spoken by Congress
in defense of the woman who makes
the hay and gathers the sheaves, and
little has been done that will in
crease the income Of the farmer or
enable him to pay a little higher
wages to his laborers." This is the
statement OF another Texan, Col.
Henry N. Pope, president Of the AS
sociatlon of State Presidents Of Far
mers' Unions. Colonel Pope is es-
Decially indignant at President VIII
sons course with regard to the rail-
way wage increase bill. He says fur
Their, But today we find the highest
paid laborers In the world. making
three times more money than far
mers, demanding a twenty-five per
cent increase and Congress fastening
to their relief. This increase must in
the end rest upon the back OF the
farmers and will reduce thei rim
comes, increase their hours Of labor
and call for another levy Of farm
mothers from the home to the feld"
The Democratic leaders. including Mr..
Wilson, have indicated that when
Congress meets in December, legis-
lation authorizing the railroads SO to
increase their freight rates as to
compensate them for the increase
of pay they have been compelled to
give their men, will be enacted. Col
onel Pope's efforts are being directed
TO preventing the proposed increase Of
freight rates.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21
The National View

"Pitiless ublicity".-Before ne
was elected, Woodrow Wilson an
nounced that his administration
would be characterized by "piuless
publicity" Since his inauguration
even normal publicity has given
place to political expediency The lat
est instance of this is the absolute
refusal Of the war department to re-
veal the facts regarding the attack
on San IgnaClo. Tex, by Mexican
troops, presumably Carranzistas.
Army officers at the department ex-
plain that they are under peremptory
orders not to disclose the facts and,
as everyone knows. those orders come
from President Wilson himself. The
official report of the AFFAIR, as made
by the Carranzista general to his
headquarters, has been published in
the Mexican press. 1t declares that
the Americans, OF the Ninth regiment
were routed by combined attack of
cavalry. approaching from the West,
and infantry from the South; that
there was furious fighting for two
hours, when Americans were com
PEELED to fly" He concludes: ION
the field were abandoned great num-
bers of dead and wounded and an inn
mense booty, consisting OF so rifles,
3 900 cartridges. horses. saddles, mu-
nltions of war and provisions" The
Wilson administration successfully
suppressed the facts regarding this
encounter until the Alexicans made
them public. OF course the purpose
Of Mr. Wilson Is to prevent the pub
lie from approaching the truly far
clcal nature OF the conference he Is
conducting at New London. and the.
futility OF looking to Carranza for
protection OF the Mexican border.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21

compete with them" This is not a
New England protectionist who says
this, but a Texas Democrat, NJ. A.
Cooper, president of the Cooper Gro
Gerry Company, OF Waco. I've found
that the business men of the country
place more faith in Mr.. Hughes than
in Mr.. Wilson," continued Mr.. Coop
er. They seem to think that Hughes
is safer from a business standpoint.
We've had too many side lines in the
tax line in this administration. Our
business men appreciate, too, that II
we don't get a change in the tariff
and a quick change, too, we shall be
at the mercy OF the cheap labor OF
Europe and our business will go to
the dogs"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-21

DIR. Abbott's Error.-The Rev.
Doctor Lyman Abbott, writing in the
Outlook. says, You ask me what l
would have done if 1 had been pres
ident during the last four years. l
cannot tell you what l would have
done, for the president is not an au-
tocrat. In deciding upon his policies
he must be guided by the advice OF
his cabinet, who are his chosen coun-
selors; and in carrying them Into
effect he must be determined by the
support he can win from Congress-
DR.. Abbott makes several errors in
this statement Woodrow Wilson Is
an autocrat. as his record clearly
shows. He has never 10 any mater
ial extent sought the advice OF MS
cabinet. On the contrary, he careful
IL chose cabinet composed, with two
exceptions, OF men obviously not Sc
lected for the value of their advice.
and one of those exceptions was too
much of a man to remain in the CAD
met. And finally. Mr.. Wilson has not
only shaped his own policies, with
out the advice of anyone but, occas-
ionally, his son-in-law, but he has
utilized his disposal to dragon
Congress into passing whatever meas
ure he dictated. the single exception
being the shipping bill which Con-
gress would not stand for in the form
Il was drafted by McAdoo. but which
II did pass in emascuated form at the
dictation of Mr.. Wilson. Although
sworn to uphold the constitution,
woodrow Wilson has converted the
presidency into an absolute autocracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-22
Gen. Funston's Report.

The report transmitted from Mexican
sources by Gen. Funston last night
was as follows:
There was a clash this morning at
Carrizal near Villa Ahumada, between
Carranza and American troops. in
which Gen Gomez and other MeXicans
were killed, the number unknown.
Number Of Americans killed or
wounded unknown.
Gen. Gomez sent captain with an
order to the American commander to
go back, but the American commander
said he was going to Villa Ahumada
and opened fire on the Mexican cap
tain, wounding him. Americans at
tackled Gen. Gomez, but were thrown
back Prisoners were sent to Chihua-
hua.
Garcia says this was telephoned at
request Of Gen. Gonzales.
IAN American who was on the train
today passing villa Ahumada at 2:3O
said he saw several dead Mexicans
nut on his train, among them dead
Mexican general. There were also sew
eraI Mexican wounded. He gathered
from talk there that the fight was with
American cavalry nine miles west, and
that the Americans were decoyed into
a trap by the use of a Mexican flag of
truce and they were then fired upon
by machine guns. Report states our
troops engaged were the 10th Cavalry