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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
MACHINES COLLIDE;
BLOCK UP TRAFFIC

Two automobiles driven by persons
showing reckless disregard of the
traffic laws Of the city, collided last
evening at 7:15 in front of the New
Harper on Second avenue. The ma
chimes locked horns and several min
utes elapsed before they were IN
tangled. In the meantime traffic was
blocked and piled up for several
blocks TO the west Of the two ma
chimes. Neither car was damaged in
the collision. The police have no re-
port Of the accident
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
SEEKS TO CLEAN
OUT RESTAURANT
Eliot Results When Cedar RAPIDS
Negro Endeayors TO Give Trim
ming to Owner of Cafe.
NsTIGAT0R MAKES An ESCAPE
Six Companions Are Apprcheuded by
Police After Battling BLACK
nashcs Out Of Front Door.


A Cedar Rapids negro tried to clean
.o.,so in the Queen CITY restaurant
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and a rlol resulted. SN negroes all
from Cedar hap14S' were arrested, but
Charles 6Fo"h' lnslea'or OF the
trouble. escaped
Brou7 entered the restaurant and
80 ..,,r .. 49,, 1,,-,.,, -
ocCOf-'~ Il - .
He remained seated lot lew moments
when suddenly ne jumped 10 ms feet.
threw OF ms coat ana exclaimed
Guess " hal 10 20 oaeh lhere
ana clean guy maj gang
II : ~a'''t s1o,' '"e IouoIe was
due 70 Ftt1SaI or ihe restaurant at
taches to serve 1000 TO the negroes.
Brown s'aT'ed lor me kltchen, but
hsl attaCA vas IepuISde ana ne neQ out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
ARM IS BADLY CUT IN
FALL THROUGH DOOR

Mrs Charles Kerler. 1910 Four
teenth-and-One-haIf street, was ser
iously injured at o'clock this morn
ing when she stumbled and fell
through a glass door. seyering an ar
terry in her arm. She bled prOfuselv
and was removed to St. AnthOny's hos
pital. The door in question IS situated
on The first floor of the home. In go
ing down short fiights of steps she
lost her footing in some manner and
fell forward. sticking out her arm.
which went through the glass pane
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
SCARES SCORE WHEN
HE FLASHES A KNIFE

Spencer Schneider. a bad man"
from Cedar Rapids, yesterday after
noon flashed knife in a saloon near
Twentv-second street and Third ave
me A score of patrons in the place
ran from him. The bartender was
manic stricken. Patrolman kueger was
noti5ed and he overpowered Schnel-
der Today Schneider paid SO for dis
orderly conduct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
No Change in Plague Epidemic.

New YORK, Aug. I9.-Ihe end OF
the eighth week Of the infantle paral-
ysis epidemic was marked by no ma
terial change. During the week Just
passed the disease has neither adj
vanced nor receded TO any extent. Dur
ing the "a hours ending at 10 a. m. 30
children were killed by the plague and
1874 new cases reported TO the health
department against 80 deaths and 125
new cases reported Yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19

Boyden r. sparks Of Springfield as
second Lieutenant and cOmmissary of
the First Illinois cavalry was accepted
n an order issued by Acting Adiutaut
Genera Shand today Lieutenant
bparkes was one OF the four married
officers Of the cavalry who asked to
ne discharged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
CLAIM GYPSY PAID
$4,000 FOR BRIDE
Special 10 The Argus

Chicago, Aug. 19-Ephram Adams,
Gypsy fortune teller, who, his wife
said. took $1,000 OF her funds and
bought d l9-year-old bride for $4,000,
was arrested and returned from Cam
bridge, H., today. Mrs Adams charges
she and her six children were left
penniless
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
Obituary
Funeral OF Henry Kruger.

The remains of Henry Kruger. for
mer resident OF Rock Island. will ar
rive in the city tomorrow morning
from ST Louis. Funeral services are
to be held at o'clock at the Knox
chapel and at $50 a the German
Evangelical church. Rev. +. J. Rolf
officiating Interment Will be made in
ChippiannoCk cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
Modern RiOgrnnhY.

ct used to be the style TO publish a
mans life and letters"
"WelI?"
Now they just compile a schedule
of his various pay envelopes. Louis
Vile Courier Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
GtYB1Tof

Buy a home of Reidy Bros
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For express. call william Trefz
Jamison Towel Supply company.
towel. apron and coat service. Phone
Moline 58l-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19

"Is that old Mrs. Gaussip a friend of
yours?"
NO: she's a friend of my wife's."
Isn't that the same thing2"
Not at all She feels very sorry for
NV wife. Pittsburgh Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19
FORMER MOOSE WILL
ACT FOR DEMOCRATS

Chicago. Aug 1S.-Judge Albert H.
Nortori of St. Louis. formerly one of
the leaders of the progressive party
n Missouri and who recently an 1oun
ced his intention Of supporting Priest
GenI Wilson was named today to take
charge of the bureau at the western
democratic campaign headquarters
which will direct the work among the
progressives.
Judge Nortoni rived in Chicago to
CAV and began his new duties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-19

All the news all the time The
Argus.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
FINANCIAL. AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS DULL
Dealings Were Less Than Half Those
 of the Early Week Sessions.

New York, May 26-The only un- usual feature of today's market, aside from it's irregularity, was the pro- nounced dullness, dealings diminish active sessions of the early week, Sen timent still favored the short account, the professional element inclining more strongly to that side because of the additional tax which the British gov ernment intends to levy on incomes derived from American securities.
 There is a divergence of opinion in local banking circles as to the effect of this measure, Some financiers be- lieving that it will precipitate fresh liquidation, while others regard it as the only way by which the British treasury can accomplish it's mobiliza- tion plans.
 Domestic news of the day had little bearing upon the market, whose movements evidently denoted nothing floor traders. The possibility of some unlocked for complications in connec- tion with the coming conventions at Chicago excited some discussion and other phases of the political situation, including an official statement from the state department at Washington denying resignation rumors, relieved the monotony of a listless day.
 Chairman Gary's address before the steel institute threw no new light on COHulllOnS III Lu0 Slee1 ana Iron 1n- dustry, but showed the effect of im- parting some stability to steel and kindred shares. The balance of the list except for occasional spurts of ac- i tivity and strength in minor special l ties, sagged generally under yester- days final figures.
 Reading was once more the leader of the rails, recovering some two points from its close of the previous session, but yielding much of this in the last hour. Coppers and zinc shares I followed the downward trend, with shipping shares and some of the more prominent munitions. These losses were offset in part by gains in the l rubber group. Total sales amounted to 395, ,000 shares.
 Yet another insta1lment of British gold was received from Canada, but l exchange rates to leading foreign cen
 ters were without material change
 Bonds were steady, with a new high I quotation for Canadian 5's at 101 1-S 1 Total sales, par value, aggregated $3,- 700, GOO.
 On call U. s. coupon 2's declined Is
 and Panama coupon 3's IA, while Pan
 anna registered 3's advanced 1-2 per cent.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
CORNELL TAKES FIRST PLACE IN QUALIFICATIONS
Forty-first Annual Championship ln- tereoIIesiate Meet Opens in Harvard Stadium. fs5

Cambridge, Mass, May 26-Cornell's s well balanced track and field team took first place in the qualifying con- tests of the forty first annual cham pionship meet of the Intercollegiate Association held this afternoon in the Harvard Stadium. The Ithaca uni Versity placed eighteen men in ten of the eleven events; Coach Moakley's athletes alone failing to come through in the broad jump.
 The track and field stars from Yale pressed Cornell closely, qualifying df- teen men but the Ellis strength was not so evenly distributed, for the Blue was shut out of both the hammer and
 440 yard dash. There was a bitter struggle in every one of the events and
 the two Pacific Coast universities, Le- land Stanford and California, succeed ed in placing seven men each in the finals, which was but one less than the number secured by Harvard, Pennsyl- vania, Dartmouth and Princeton also got seven men through and Michigan
 six. The other qualifying colleges in
 cluded Penn State. Syracuse, Bowdoin,
 Rutgers, Swarthmore and MaSsachu-
 setts Institute of Technology.
 Weather and track conditions were almost perfect, the one drawback be-
 ing a stiff breeze which blew down the
 straightaway at the backs of the sprinters and was an alternate help and handicap to the distance runners. The wind probably will result In the 1 loss of a new record in the high hurdl- es for F. s. Murray, of Stanford, won his heat in fifteen second flat, which is one fifth of a second faster than the existing figures of the Intercollegiate
 Association of Amateur Athletes of America. Officials stated af the games | that no applications had been made | for the acceptance of the time and il would be rejected, in all probability,
 if requested. owing to the stin breeze Murray, however, did not need the wind at his back to impress the spec ! tators with his ability as a hurdler The Stanford star skinned over both high and low hurdles in sensational fashion, proving an easy winner ir Captain "Ted" Meredith of Pennsyl-
 heats in thu quarter and half mile ion in record breaking performance who was not able to secure credit fol an exceptional feat. H. Worthington of Dartmouth, Ieaped zA feet, 2 7-s
 inches in one of his trials but foule6 | at the takeof by an eighth of an inch and thus lost a record which bettereo
 by more than three inches the figure made by A. c. Kraanzlein of Pennsyl- vania, in 1889, and which is the oldest record of the I. c. A. A. A. games. Sev- eral athletes won places in at least two of the qualifying competitions, includ- | ing Oler of Yale, Richards of Cornell I Smith of Michigan, Teschner of liar yard, w. B. Moore of Princeton, Tread. way of Yale, Norton of Stanford and several others.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
ACADEMY cLlNcHEs HOLD
 ON LEAGUE PENNANT
Academy Boys Swamp Westerly in .
 Hard Hitting Game.

The Academy easily beat the local team at Stonington. Heavy hitting and almost perfect lelding were the characteristics of the Academy team. The only time when there seemed to be any possibility that Westerly might have a chance to win was in the last of the fourth inning when they brought in three runs Kenyon start ed off very well in the first inning but wasn't able to keep the Academy boys from hitting heavily. L. Stanley pitched good ball throughout the nine innings except in the fourth when he let the home team get two hits and one man walk. After three men had crossed the plate he frightened up. The Academy batted around in the first Of the sixth inning.
 This game gives the Academy the pennant of the Eastern division of the league. The Academy has not yet been defeated by any team in the league. Score.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
'NEW HAVEN LOSES HARD CAME
New LOndonsrs Score Two Ea in Final Inning o Esrors Score 2 to Danny Murphy Drove in Murlns' Lone Tally Big Delegation of Local Fans Attended the Game.

Through streak Of luck New L.on- don captured a game from New Haven on Plant Field, Friday afternoon before one of the largest crowds Of the sea son. The score was to l.
 It was Danny Murphy day and Norwich was well represented. Just a few minutes before the game was called. headed by Tubss Military band, the royal rooters from the Rose of New England entered the field raraded where in behalf of warm admirers, Thomas F. Craney presented Manager Murphy large floral horseshoe.
 It was a pitchers battle between Hearne of New London and Weaver of New Haven, with the latter having a shade on his oponent. Weaver had plenty of stuff on the ball and he had several of the Planters breaking their backs trying to connect. In all Buckle famed II men and allowed the lead CTS of the league but six scattered hits.
 Both teams had chances to score but failed to put across the necessary tall ly owing to the pitchers tightening up and pitching alright ball New Hav- en had a great chance in the lucky seventh to score but snappy double play queered their hopes. Moose Mill CT flied out and Danny Murphy fol- lowed with a line drive to right cen ter. Tearney singled advancing Dam ny, but Chouinard hit into a double play.
 M. Shannon opened the ninth with a single and his brother and Moose Miller famed. The fans were af- forded a touch of the olden baseball days when Danny stepped to the plate and laced a bingle to center scoring Shannon.
 New London in their half of the fin al frame succeeded in tieing the score and bringing across the winning tally with two down. Wiser was an easy out to Miller. Whitehouse walked and
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27

land Stamford, D. 3G Brown of Penn States, J. V. Farwell of Yale, D. Tren- holm of Dartmouth, c. J. Fischer Of Michigan, A. G. Acheson of Cornell, R.
 Crawford of Princeton. Best time, 24
 1-5 seconds, made by Norton. High jump: F. L. Maker and L. A.
 Nichols of California, A. W. Richards
 of Cornell. J. o. Johnson of Harvard. | ". M. Oler, IT,, and c. c. Clifford of | Yale. Best performance, feet il Ia 1 inches, by first five men.
 220 yard dash: D. L. Dolbin of Penn
 State, A. F. Van Wrinkle and K. Kelley
 of Cornell, B. A. Leschner and " | Michigan, D. w, Coakley of Dartmouth ! w. Kaufman of University of Penn sylvania, w. B. Moore of Princeton. l H. I. Treadway, G. D. Keeler and C. nd l Stewart of Yale. Best time, q 4-6
 seconds, by Kaufman.
 I Broad jump: H. WoTthinSton of | Dartmouth, F. l.. Maker of California, | W. F. Sisson of Leland Stanford, e. S. l Reed of Massachusetts Institute of l Technology, w. O1er, Jr., and F. M Hampton of Yale. Best performances 24 feet 1-4 inch, by Worthington.
 Hammer throw: G. w Leadbetter Of
 Bowdoin, c. c. Gildersleeve and D. n. mann of Cornell, c. A. Pudrith of Dartmouth, R. l.. Nourse of Princeton
 Best performance, Is 2feet inches. by Leadbetter.
 The number of athletes qualified by l the several colleges was as follows. Cornell IS, Yale 15, Harvard 8, Leland Stanford 2, California q, Dartmouth c. University of Pennsylvania. T. Prince | ton z, Michigan 6, Penn State 4, Syra- | cuse 2, Bowdoin ?, Rutgers 1, Swarth- 1 more 1, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
SIDE GAR RACE
 WILL BE A FEATURE
Wild 5nI Rurdiok Has Entered Race.

The side car race in the Decoration Day Motorcycle meet, of the Connecti- sut Amusement association, which is 70 be held on the Fairgrounds course at East Great Plain. will be big card in the estimation of Manager c. V. Pendleton. Jr.
 Side car racing is the nearest thing to automobile racing, which could be attempted on the local track, and it alfords great deal of excitement, as well as lot of fun. While Wild" Bill Burdick, the local favorite is going in for this. and he expects to have a game partner in the side car. The cars occupant must weight 1855 pounds or more. There are several out of town entries for the side care race.
 "This meet is held under the sane ton of the Federation of American Motorcycles that controls all racing in the United States and Canada" ;" said the manager, and for that reason we shall, am sure, be able to get more and better riders for Decoration day than we were at any time able to get for the meets that we held here in 1913 and 1914. All the men that rode here last year and ehe year be- fore, have had 70 go 70 the Federa- tion to get reinstated. Here's one point to he made; if this is not a s2nctioned mee. we couldn't have tbe
 
 Work on the track has been start ed and as the Amusement association laid out d lot of cold cash on the East Great Plain course last year. just as much will have to be done this year.
 The officials for the meet have not all been picked yet. but MT Pendleton will, as usual be the started. He is going to send them away with fly ing start. William W. Beckwith the secretary of the New London County Agricultural association will be the announced, and will have charge of the course. There will be a large number of enthusiasts from New London, Westerly, Putnam, Will nmantic, Danielson and way stations and they are assured that the entries the track, and Horace Johnson's weather will combine to get out crowd. Tubbs' band will play on the Wauregan House corner at 1.30 and before the races and between the races there will be more music
 The full card of events is to take from two to three hours There will be never more than six machines on the track at once. thus eliminating all danger.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
Those Who Qualified in semi-FinaIs.

Those who qualified in the trials of today for the semi-final and final events tomorrow were as follows:
 100 yard dash: A. V. Van Wrinkle, W. c. Bartsch, K Kelley and A. l.. CuIbertson of Cornell, B. A. Teschner and w. Moore of Harvard, H. L. Smith and $. P. O'Brien of Michigan, o. l. Dofbin of Pen State, V. Kaufman of University Of Pennsylvania, w. B Moore of Princeton, H. I. Treadway of Yale. Best time, 10 seconds, by Tesch- ner and W. B. Moore.
 SSO yard run: e. M. Beckwith, L. V Windagle and G. M. Taylor of Cornell W. J. Bingham of Harvard, A. O. Barker and J. W. Overton of Yale, J E. Meredith and L. c. Scudder of Uni Yersity of Pennsylvania, c. Peterson oi Syracuse, w. H. FGoto of Princeton Best time, minute 5S 2-5 seconds, by Windnagle.
 12O yard high hurdles: T. L. Preble of California, l.. E. Gubb, J. M. Watt
 and J. H. Starr of Cornell F. s. Mur- ray, J. K. Norton of Leland Stamford E. P. Hamnitt of Penn State, L. P
 Gowdy of Swarthmore, J. V. Farwell oi
 Yale, F. A. Grady of Dartmouth. Bes1 | time, 15 seconds, new intercollegiate
 record, by Murray.
 Shot put: H. B. Liversedge of Cali. l fornia. w. A. Richards of Cornell, c w. spears or Dartmouth, E. R- Cau' ghey of Lelan dStanford, c. J. Cross ] of Michigan, J. M. Braden of Yale. Bes performance, 46 feet 1-2 inches, by Leversedge.
 440 yard dash: w. D. Grim of Cor. | nell. E.. c. Riley of Dartmouth, W. Will
 COX, Jr., of Harvard, A. w. Lynn O. Leland Stanford, S. Fontana of Michi l gan, J. B. Meredith of University O. Pennsylvania, c. Jackes and H. A 1 RiCI1ardson of Princeton, J. M. Cole man of Rutgers. Best performance I 50 1-5 seconds, by Riley.
 Pole vault: F. K. Toss of Cornell, H l S. Buck and J. D. Nagel of Yale, w l S. Newsletter and B. L. Sewell of thu University of Pennsylvania, K. H. Cur tis of Syracuse. All tied at 12 feet l inches.
 | 220 yard low hurdles: W. 4! Sayagl
 of Bowdoin, F. s. Allen of Harvard
 F. s. Murray and J. K. Norton of Le
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
Totals
Lynn Wins in Ninth.

Lynn, Mass. May 26.-After gain ing a four run lead in the first inning Lynn was given a hard battle by Low ell today and did not win until the ninth. The score was to 6. Zieser was reIeived by Lehman in the ninth after the Lowell pitcher had passed the first man ur. Two singles followed and then Lohman forced in a run by passing the next man. Tn the fifth in- ming Catcher Carroll of Lynn was fra- 5ured when Simpson slid into the Lowell .....a 1OO1O O-e Lynn ......... 4O0000 1-7
 Batteries: Zieser, Lohnnan and Greenhalge; Schwartz, Whitaker and CarfoH and ster9narl.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
Giants Win Another.

Boston, May 2e.-The Braves were unequal to the task of stopping the climbing Giants and went down in ov- erwhelming defeat today. 12 to 1, Ty- Ter was batted hard, many drives for extra bases being recorded. Tesreau started for New York, but a liner from Tyler's bat in the second inning, which injured the little finger of his throw ing hand disabled him and Stroud went to the mound in the third. Kauff was caught off first three times, but while the Braves were after him the third time runner scored from third. The score:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27

was advanced when Rodriuuez singled. Becker flied out and with two hands down Cornell grounded to Miller who mussed it up allowing Whitehouse to score
 Russell sent a gorunder to the box and Weaver fumbled, allowing Rodri- quez to score.
 Many of the Norwich fans were dis appointed in not receiving grandstand seats. It was understood that the New London club would reserve enough seats for visiting fans but evidently they did not expect to SC such big turn out. The score:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
Wild Heave by Retzel Gives Pirates a
 victory.

St. Louis, May 26.--A wild throw by Betzel in the eleventh inning today en- abled Schmidt to score and Pittsburgh beat St. Louis today, to 5. St. Louis early batted Cooper from the box, getting three in the first. MiIler's triple, Snyder's double and an error by Barny gave the locals two more in the fourth Pittsburgh tied the score in the ninth, singles by Knabe and Will son, Schmidt's sacrifice, Gibson's sac riflce fly and two errors by Corhan netted two runs. In the elevnth Schmidt's singled and went to sec ond when Mamaux was thrown out. Wagner hit over second and when Betzel threw wild to the plate, Schmidt come home. The score:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
corneIPs Third varsltv 70 Row.

Ithaca. N. r., May 26.-Coach Court r1ey of Cornell, it was learned tonight, is considering sending his third varsity afternoon. This is not surprising, as the third combination is the fastest of the red and white crews for the short distance to be raced tomorrow The first varsity probably will be saved for the Poughkeepsie regatta, it being crews took final practice spins today.
 Porto Rico is looking for a market for its palmleaf or "straw" hats. These hats are chiefly made by women and girls working at home.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
Thirteen Inninq Tie at Hartford.

Hartford, Conn. May 26.-Worcester and Hartford went thirteen isnings to to tie in a slow game, requiring al- most three hours. Lyons weakened in the sixth, allowing Worcester to over- come Hartford's lead and Salmon f1n- ished the game. Smith was wild but Hartford was unable to hit him effec- lively. The score:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
Hartley Knoeks Out Williams.

Hartley of New York knocked out Harry Williams of this city in the eleventh round of a scheduled twelve round bout here tonight. Frank Brin- disi of New Haven was given the ref eree's decision over Johnny Taylor of New York after eight rounds of fight ing. In the preIiminaries Jack Me-
 Nulty knocked out Henry Miller in the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27

offer to compete sn triple meet, to be held at the Academy campus We'd nesday This is new sport at the Academy and should receive the hear ty support of those who are interest ed in athletics The Academy has started out well. beating BuIkeley in the first tnterscholastic track meet.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
PhiIIies Jump Into First Place.

Philadelphia, May 26.-Philadelphia took first place from Brooklyn by win- ming today's game, 1 ro 0. The lone tally of the pitching duel between A. exander and Smith was scored in the seventh. With one out Whftted doubled and Stock batting for Cooper got an infield single, Smith knocked down the ball and Cutshaw, who recovered it. threw wild and Whitted scored. Score: J ernnkIvn I'M 3hII.dalnhl. fNN
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27

Wesleyan Track Team Elects captains
 MidGetown, Conn. May 26.-Law- renee B. Williams of Geneva. N. H.. sophomore, was today elected captain of the Wesleyan University track team He is a hurdler.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
sprinafieId Trims Rridnenort.

field got to Pitcher Dye m the third in- ming of today's game with Bridgeport for total of four runs. Hammond got a home run in the nfth. giving Springfield a to 8 victory. Score: Springfield ..... O 0 0 1 0 0 Q x-5 Bridgeport ..... 1 1 V 0 0 0 1 Q 0-3
 Batteries: Justin and Stephens; Dye and Smith.