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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
SLABS DRIVER OF
TAXI FOR INSULT
Miss Hazel Henderson Resents Con-
yersati0n of Chauffeur and Smiles
Him On the Face.
HE sSTRIkES HER IN RETURN
She Retaliates By Having Him Arrest
ed and He is Fined So and Costs
Before Justice kuehl.
HE STRIKES HER IN RETURN

Taxi, Miss?''
Silence.
Lady, a TAXI"
Silence.
Better take a taxi, Miss" appeal
ingly.
mo, sir. don't want a taxi" en-
phatically.
Il thought maybe you'd want to
go camping with me-" sneeringly.
The back Of woman'S hand found
its way like shot out of a gun to the
cheek Of taxi driver He struck back
The foregoing is the story told by
Miss Hazel Henderson, 1875 Twenty
fourth avenue, in police court before
Justice kuehl today, in case in
which Henry Aurochs, a taxi driver,
was accused of assault and battery.
Miss Henderson declared he struck
her so violently on the face that her
nose bled for long time afterwards.
Mrs. Gray and I had Just stepped
off a Bridge line car" Miss Hender-
son said. at was about l o'clock yes
terday morning. We had been to a
dance at the Coliseum in Davenport
We were walking across Second ave-
nue. towards the White cafe. This
man ran towards US and yelled taxi
several times. / turned around to hin.
and told him emphatically that we
didn't want a taxi. Then he said, I
thought that maybe you'd want to go
camping with me- | hauled off and
hit him. He struck me twice on the
face"
Miss Henderson and l were COM
ing from Davenport where we had at
tended a dance at the Coliseum" Mrs.
Florence Gray told the court. After
we had alighted from a Bridge line
car and learned that we could not get
Watch Tower car out to her house,
my husband, who was with US, advised
us to go to hotel. We were walking
across the street after we had left
him, when this taxi driver approached
US. He yelled taxi at US several times
to Miss Henderson. She drew her
arm from mine and struck him. Then
he hit her twice"
None of His Business.
"If they didn't want to be insulted
what were they doing out in the street
at O'Clock in the morning." Aurochs
asked the court
II consider that is none of your bus
mess" Miss Henderson retorted.
Aurochs and several of his wit
nesses declared that the women were
Walking across the street and that Miss
Henderson struck him. He admitted
striking back at her.
mo man has any right under any
circumstances to strike woman on
the street, | don't care what the case
might be- Chief Miller said to the
court.
Three dollars and costs for Auer-
ochs," said Justice kuehl.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
An Appeal to Wives

You know the terrible affliction that
comes to many homes from the result
Of drinking husband or son. You
know of the money wasted on Drink"
that is needed in the home to purchase
food and clothing. ORRINE has saved
thousands of drinking men. 1t is
home treatment. No sanitarium ex-
peuse. Can be given secretly. We are
in earnest when we ask you to give
ORRINE d trial. You have nothing
to risk and everything to gain, for
your money will be returned if after
4 trial you fail to get results from
ORRINE.
ORRINE is prepared in two forms
No. /, secret treatment, ORRINE No
9 the voluntary treatment. Costs only
500 a box. Ask US for booklet.
Thomas Drug Co, Second avenue and
Seventeenth STREET. dv1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
FOUR NARBED At
MAJESTIC HOTEL
Keeper and Three Women Inmates Are
Hauled Into Police Court by
Seven Officers and Fined,

Crowds had hardly dispersed from
the dollar day entertainment in the
1900 block late last night when Captain
kittilsen and squad of six night pa
trolmen swooped down on the Males
TIC hotel and made raid. Four per
sons were arrested. John Smith" was
taken as the keeper and fined $40 and
costs for disorderly conduct. Three
women, Elsie Davis of Kewanee, and
Emma Miller and Leona Murray OF Au-
rora were fined IS and costs on a sim
liar charge. Besides Captain Kittil-
sen, Detective Sehnert and Patrolmen
Wilson. kinsley, Smith. Fitzsimmons
and Gruby figured in the raid.
Mike Sharon. Davenport was fined
SO and costs today for disorderIy con-
duct He was nabbed on Eighteenth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
SUIT FOR COMMISSION
rs WON BY DEFENDANT

Judge n. A. Larson in county
court yesterday afternoon instructed
the jury in the case of Conrad M Lin
niger and Albert Myers against Edith
Hayes, TO find the issues for the de-
fendant. Suit was brought in an eff
Tort TO collect $500 commission on the
sale of farm. II. A. Weld appeared
Tor the complainant and SearIe &
Marshall for the defendant.
Jury is being selected today to hear
The case OF Drury A. Weatherhead
aEalnt Charles E. Whiteaide and John
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
Reduction of 0ne-Fourth.

1.-THE reduction in gas we are offer
ing you is % per cent and a decrease
of Is per cent in the price of cleo
tricity," Mr.. Hulswit told the commits
sion. This will mean a reduction in
our earnings, l would say off-hand, of
about 100000 per year We have had
a shrinkage of $184,000 in our net
earnings Of our railway properties
since 1913.
Coke, with which we make water
gas. is costing us $3.50, an increase of
$3.50 per ton over what we formerly
paid, S.. Oil has increased from three
cents to SGT cents per gallon. Coal
for steam has increased from SIPS
to S1.6o per ton. 1t is costing US u
cents more per 1000 cubic feet to
make gas at the present time than it
did formerly. Nine cents of this
amount is for oil and three cents for
coke. Add to this u cents cost, the
Is cents reduction we are Offering you,
and you will readily see that we will
earn q cents less per 900 cubic feet
Of gas than we formerly did.
Il am making this deal with you
today not as a last reduction. It will
not be the last reduction in gas and
electricity in Rock Island by any
means. We are always ready to make
divisions with our customers, and if
this rate goes into effect, as soon as
we catch our breath and increase our
| earnings, we will always be fair with
the public and will make other reduc-
| tons.
THE use Of electricity is increas-
ing more than gas. The water power
we have means little. 1t has not
amounted to anything for US during
| the last few months in which the
water has been so high We gen
crate with steam and l personally IA
yor steam"
Taken Under idvisement.
The commission took the new SEIZED
pie under advisement. The munich
pal authorities will go over the new
rate very carefully at an informal
meeting to be held within few days
Mayor McConochie said after the
meeting that the new rate was not
completely satisfactory He said tbs
commission sought S0-cent gas. with
a 10 per cent discount if bills are paiC
within 10 days, and Scent electricity
with a 10 per cent discount
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
ARE TO CONSIDER
PAVING PROJECTS
Improvement for East Seventeenth
Street Will Be Discussed at Meet
ing of Municipal Board.

Three important public project hear
ings are to be held tomorrow morning
before the Rock Island municipal board
Of local improvements. Principal
among the three is the repaving of
East Seventeenth street between First
and Second avenues. This section of
the street is in bad shape and it is a
highway that is much travelled, We
hicIes passing on it to reach the Mil
waukee depot and store houses along
First avenue.
Paving of Forty-ffth street from
Tenth to Railroad avenues and Rail
road avenue from Forty-fifth to Forty
sixth streets will also be up for con-
sideration. The project for the con-
struction of vatermains on Eleventh
street south of Eighteenth avenue will
be discussed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
r, +, Williams.

DR.. r. B. Williams, district super
intendent of the Methodist church, to-
day received word of the death of his
oldest brother, 7. F. Williams, we'll
known insurance man of Normal, III.
He passed away this morning at $50
after an illness of two weeks with
pneumonia He was Y years of age,
DR.. Williams expects to attend the fu-
neral.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
Marian Alice Endlich.

The death Of Marian Alice, two-and-
a-half-year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Endlich, CLIO Fortleth
street, occurred last evening at 7:l5.
She had been ailing some time with
peritonitis and bronchitis. She was
born in Rock Island, Dec. II, 1913.
Besides her parents, she leaves
brother George and sister Dorothy.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow afternoon at 2:30 at the home,
Father c. P. O'Neill officiating, with
burial in Calvary cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
Funeral OF Rev. r. r. Johnson.

Funeral services for Rev. T. K.
Johnson were held this morning at
Edgington Presbyterian church. Pro
lessor Norbury W. Thornton of the
Geneseo Collegiate Institute was iii
charge of the services. Burial was in
Edgington cemetery. The pallbearers
were James Venable and George Har-
ris, Edgington. and ". S. Parks. V. b.
Reeves, Fred Titterington and Daniel
Montgomery of Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
DRILL TEAM OUT
FOR STATE TITLE
Woodmen OF the World Uniformed
Corps VIII Compete in Chicago
With Other Illinois Camps.

Official notice was received last
night by Camp IS. Woodmen of the
World, Of the district encampment Of
the uniform rank to be held at River
view park, Chicago, Aug. . to s, and
Company A. 13rd regiment, of camp
So will attend AS prizes will also be
awarded to the best set of camp Off
GERS and team putting on the floor
or the initiatory work, it is probable
that the camp officers will attend the
encampment and contest for the first
prize. The officers and team of camp
So carried Off first prize of $3.50 at the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
INQUEST HELD OVER
VICTIM OF ACCIDENT

DR.. R. c. J. Meyer, coroner, yester-
day afternoon conducted an inquest
over remains of Harry Rodgers, en-
gineer in charge of the pumping sta
ton near Illinois City, who was drown
ed Monday evening. Verdict of &C
cidental drowning was returned by the
jury.
Dramatic account of the fight made
by Mrs. Rodgers to save her four
year-old baby and herself was given al
the inquest. The launch in which Mr..
Rodgers and two children and Mrs.
Nyquist were attempting to cross from
the Illinois shore to Muscatine be-
came uncomfortable in mid-stream,
and filled with water. Mrs. Rodgers,
holding her baby, fought her way
considerable distance to floating
log, and was rescued by Jesse Baker,
All but Mr.. Rodgers were saved.
The body will be taken to Muscatine
for burial.
All the news all the time-The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18

" Use iorclble entry and detainer. Both
cla'h 10 De entitled to possession OF an
island IN Rock river near BarstoW.
walker Ingram G. Sweeney are coun-
sci Tor the former and c. +. Dietz and
A. ii. hohler for the latter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18

thorities inspected the plant during
the morning and a check is being kept
on the cost. 1t was figured that the
entire amount of refuse would be con-
sumed by O'Clock this evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
GtYB110fJ
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For express, call William Trefz.

Petition for writ of certiorari has
been filed by B. A Stewart and H. NJ.
McCaskrin for the defendant in the
case of East Moline Sash and Door
works against August Bergeson.
Claim is made that judgment in the
sum of s125 and cost amounting to
$3.05 was entered up against the de-
PENDANT by Justice S. R. Van Noorden
without his knowledge and asking that
the judgment be set aside and the
matter be brought into circuit court
for hearing, Judge W T. Church
granted the petition on filing of $500
bond.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18

When circuit court adjourned today
at noon there had been but four jur-
ors accepted by both sides in the trial
Of Charles Darlington, colored, charg-
ed with the murder Of Lester Nesbit.
Little progress was made during the
morning session and the indications
are that the - men will not be Sc
cured before some time tomorrow
Yesterday afternoon the regular
panel was exhausted and Judge W. T..
Church ordered a special venire of Is
TO report instanter, those picked up
the sheriff's force being:
Rock Island-Frank Neither. ". A.
Corcoran, William Bennett, William
Deisenroth, Edward Nichols, Walter
Griffin. J. c. Fry, John Fee. G. NJ
Knoblock. Frank Collins, Foster
Coyne. Jerry ColIister.
Moline-C. A. Tholine, Ray Has
son.
Port Byron John McAllister.
Summon More Talesmen.
The eight men who were in the box
when court adjourned last evening
were taken in charge by Deputies +.
". Robinson and Jack Murray and
spent the night at the court house,
This morning at 1870 Judge Church
found it necessary to summon Is more
talesmen to report this afternoon at
> o'clock
That the state is not to insist on the
infection of the death penalty in this
case, as was done in the former trial,
was indicated by the questions which
States Attorney F. E. Thompson ask
ed the venirenen. He did not seek TO
determine their attitude toward CAPT
tai punishment
Reporters to Testify.
It is understood that both the state
and the defense has summoned more
witnesses than in the first trial, al
which time Darlington was found
guilty and given % years in the state
penitentiary, but was saved from
prison by Judge R. W Olmsted s
granting new trial The state has
called, as in the first case, two local
newspaper men to testify relative to
Nesbit's version Of the shooting as
given before Police Magistrate C. J
Smith in police court. Later Nesbit
died, but the prosecution is seeking
to get his statement to the Jury
through police reporters who were
present at the time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
INCINERATOR BEING
TESTED SECOND TIME

The second official test of the Rock
Island municipal incinerator was
made today. Twenty tons OF garbage
were On hand Tor the work. City au-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
COURT HOUSE NEWS

Mrs. Ethel Collos, Moline, was given
a divorce this afternoon from her hus-
band, Nick Collos, by Judge W. T.
Church in circuit court Cruelty was
the ground The defendant was de-
ported to Greece two years ago,
after being implicated IN a white slave
deal.
Mrs. Signe Swanberg. Moline, Sc
cured a decree from her husband.
August SWanberg. Desertion was
charged. Swan Eng. Moline, was Civ
en- a divorce from Mrs. Esther Eng, on
grounds Of desertion. P. R. 1ngelson
was counsel in the three cases. Mrs.
Romantic Bourgeois, Moline, was freed
from Evo Bourgeois, the grounds being
drunkenness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
is DIFFICULT TO
Get MURDER JURY
Only Four Had Qualified in Trial Of
Charles Darlington When Court
Adiourns at Noon.
GREAT CARE Is BEING TAKEN
State Is Not Insisting on inilictiOn Of
Death Penalty. As In the
First Case.

JURORS IN MURDER CASE.
q. L. EaIk. Moline. retired farmer.
I. e. Ehieb. Rock Island, p0Iisher.
Newton LOBBY. Rock Island. clerk.
j. 4. -Soderquist. Moline, painter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18

UIUHLH.
The rate in gas is net. Present net
rate as affects the majority of con-
sumers is 81 per 1000 cubic feet. In
the new schedule offered the net rate
is IS cents, a reduction of Is cents.
The gross rate is IS cents.
Present rate for electricity is l.
cents gross, with a 10 per cent dis
count if bills are paid within 10 days,
making a net rate of 10.S cents per
kilowatt hour In the new schedule
the net rate as affects the majority of
consumers is s cents, reduction of
> & cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18

All the news all tae time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18

Minimum bill to be soc per meter
month and a charge of 10 cents per
900 cubic feet additional if bills are
not paid within 10 days from date of
billing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18

All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-18
RATEREDUCTIONS
OFFERED TO CITY
PEOPLES Power Company Submits
New Schedule For a Charge OF
S,I Cents for Gas.
ELECTRICITY AT EIGHT CENTS
Commission Hears Official OF Utilities
Concern and Takes Proposition
Under Amusement.

Fifteen cent net reduction in gas
and rs net reduction in electricity
over the present charge are provided
in a new rate schedule presented to
Mayor McConochie and the city COM
mission by the Peoples Power COM
pany today
Characterizing the schedule as one
which is so low that lit cuts beneath
the skin and hurts" Frank Hulswit,
president of the United Gas & Flee
trio company. of which the Peoples
Power company is a holding, address,
ed the commission after offering the
reduction. Appended is the new rate
submitted for gas {net):
The fool-killer., 1916-05-01

you to mention my name in it at
all, but the fact is, Shakespeare
was the biggest literary thief that
ever lived. Nearly every line he
wrote was stolen from somebody
else. I have no evidence that he
stole from writer's who lived be-
fore him time OR contemporary
with him; but the way he sWipea
stuff from writer's who lived after
him was a sin to the crickets. Just
because we modern writer's hadn /
been born yet, he took a mean ad-
vantage Of us and wrote all the
good things that we were expect
ing to write just as scon as we got
born and raised. Just lots Of the
poems that bear Shakespeare s
ii .n.e ara really nv poems. Nature
had them put away where she
thought they would be safe until
| got ready to write them. Then
along came Shakespeare anl
found them first and got all the
credit. Dcggoned if it wasn't a
mighty mean trick to play on d
feHer.
And 50 endeth my sermon on
Shakespeare.
The fool-killer., 1916-05-01
SOME .NEW POETRY"

The best wy can think Of
To explain the new poetry" fad
Is to give you samp-e of it.
The whole country is gong
And even lett ng it's coffee get cold,
While it reacs and discusses
The newest literary sensation.
Everybody is doubled up
Ina corner somewhere
With brand-new copy CT
"Spoon River"
Listening to the imaginary
Vulgar mumbi:ngs
Of gang Of Cead folks.
We have now what they call
"A new school Of pee So
Mace up OF writer's like
Edgar Lee Masters, Harriet Munroe,
Louis Untermyer, Amy Lowell,
And few others.
They write stuff Just Ike ti:s
That you are reading now,
q wonder if you really are
Reading this stuf9-
No more rhyme nor measure
And they actually have the nerve
To call it poetry.
Don't that tickle you?
It tickles me.
The fool-killer., 1916-05-01

RedenOca.11

sum ov the mummy. Redemocan
votes air goin to fetch a purity
good price this time kaze it looks
j site like the supply wont b.,
equal to the demand. But Paw
ames to buy in lar~o lots on eit a
discount. I sorter think this is ou
chance to git rich. Nav sez SIC
can support us by vash:n, an awi
Paw makes out ov the vote hizness
will be clear profit. | tel yea
things hav begun to look up fer
weunses at last. [ node this-here
prosperity wood hit us when the
sine got right.
Yores truly,
BILLY BONEUEAD.
The fool-killer., 1916-05-01

Mr.. Satan Devil seems To he
getting mere ca,efnl at'nt bis
private correspondence He has.
prohahlv found. out in some uav
that his )ettt rs lave apreared
in Tie Fool Killer. ard If
course he was awful msd. Here
tof. re it 1as been NO trouble to-
get hold If letter that he has,
written ia some of his lieuten-
ants on earth. hut this time all
nv efforts to- buy. beg or steal
one have failed. The Old BOY has.
no dnutt warned bis eorrespnp-
dents to he more careful abort.
letting The Foo|-KiIler get hold
Of his letters But never mind.
| amt poirg to he outdore that:
way. I've got a plen or foot that
" ill be certain to- capture a good
rre for next faor1h L,ok OUT
!; For It.
The fool-killer., 1916-05-01
EILLY BoNEEEA0's L-----2..
Foolvill,
Stait ov Ignerunce,
May the two-th.

Deer Mister Editer: -
Weunses aint gone to Yourope
yit, an Paw sez he is sorter in
hopes we wont hav the plezur ov
goin this summer. It will be
very happy Disappointment to awl
ov us, but we hav suffered from
plezurs ov that SOL awl our lives,
an so it don't go hard with us.
Fer fear you don t find it out
emmy other way, Mister Editur, i
will jist mention the fact that the
war in Yourope is still goin on.
1t has stood the winter as we'll as
could be expected and now that
the danger ov frost is about over,
the owners ov the war air lookin
forward to a big harvest ov deth.
Tha hav alreddy harvested sevral
big craps ov deth since the war
started, and since so many corpses
hav rotted ON the ground it has
becum very rich and will Civ a
bigger yeeld cv deth to the aker
than it did at fust.
Paw has got Altered that If
weunses went to Yourope now,
sum ov them soljers mite careless
ly shoot few tuns ov scrap iron
through our privit kar, mayb ,
when we wuz asleep sum. mite, an
that wood hav a tendency to wake
Us up an make us nnrvus. An be-
sides the loss ov sleep and the
damage to orr p"ivit kar. it mite
cause an epidemic ov deth to
break ort in our family, which
wood delay the PROGRESS ov oul
plezur trip long enuff for us aV
to go out an git buried. Wernsee
hav alters bin mitey easy to xii
when we WIZ travell;n in our pri
Wit kar. an the only reezun why W.
amt awl dide that away befor*
now is the fact that we aint revel
bad no privit kar to travel in
Wuzzent that an awful marrow
escape?
Me an Paw air gettin powerful
interested in politix this spring
We ain, rnnnin ter no offs, bu
the Capm is the Redemocan can
didate for Kongres in this dees
trick, an he is dependin on me a,
Paw to do our hest fer him. Tn
Capm is goin to furnish Paw sun
campane MUMMY to b,y votes with
an Paw thinks he cen jew dow,
The fellers on their votes an kee]
The fool-killer., 1916-05-01
LOcO HELP OKLAHOMA.

It would be sorter awkward to
be that big all the time, but for
ji>t about twenty minutes would
like to be six THOUSAND feet high
and weigh as mitch as one end
Of the Blue Ridge. [ ',ould like
to wear shoes that would cover
ten miles square, with spikes u
the bottoms so big that every one
would gouge an artes:an we'll IN the
ground where stepped. | would
ike to have an arm as long as
the Mississippi River and hand
on it as big as an ordinary county.
You are wondering what in the
thunder l would do with myself
during that twenty minutes. Well,
honey, / would spend the first
five minutes Of it walking from
here to Oklahoma. Then it would
take me about one minute more
to set one foot on the capitol Of
Oklahoma and mash the devil out
of the rottenest and most corrupt
gang Of Democratic machine
politicians that God ever let live.
Then after kicking a few small
mountains over the nasty mess to
keep it from sinking, I would
still have about thirteen minutes
to spare. Then during the next
eight minutes / would gather up
all the good people of Oklahoma
and tell them to lift up thel.
heads and shout halleluyer, for
behold the rotten Democratic
machine which threatened to take
away their liberties shall threaten
them no more for ever.
Then the good honest people 81
Oklahoma would take charge .
the State government, repea
that internal Democratic Disfran O
chising Registration Law, and
start out anew on the highway 81
|political justice.
Having thus saved the great
State of Oklahoma from the black
est disgrace that ever threatened
an American State. | would shaFt
hands with everybody and star.
Ihome. Another stroll Of fiv;
minutes would set me down her.
at Boomer, North Carolina, Jus
ready for writing another piec,
like this for The Fool-Killer.
| Laving al iokes aside, I wan
to korw # you have sean wha
lsort Of stunt the Donkeycrati