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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-26
DANCER OF FLOOD
IS over BUT ICE
MAY PROvEPERIL
Mississippi and Rock Rivers Recede
During the Night as Gorges
Below Rock Island Break.
TWO FAMILIES ARE DRIVEN OUT
West End Factory District is Affected
and Mill and First Streets are
Submerged From Slough.

Danger of violent flood conditions in
Rock Island passed during the night
with both the Mississippi and Rock
rivers lowering as ice gorges broke.
Authorities on river conditions say
that only one danger survives and
that from the ice They believe, how
ever, that the peril from this source
will not be great.
Yesterday morning the Mississippi
receded one-tenth of a foot, regis
tering at Il feet above low water.
During the afternoon it swelled two
tenths of a foot and at $50 the
guage showed it at 14.2 feet, the high
est it has been this season. Last night
it receded again, and this morning
it was 1873 feet above low water. River
authorities said that they were of the
opinion that it would continue falling.
Rock river reached its highest at
noon yesterday, and then the ice gorge
at its mouth broke and it receded
about three feet. During last night it
lowered about four inches and today
is at about the same stage that it
was Monday, 20 feet above low water
The ice gorge at the mouth passed
out into the Mississippi river and dan
ger that the bridges would be men
aced is passed. There is q gorge OPP
posite the Watch Tower. 1t was pilel
against the head of Carr's island las;
evening, but during the night passed
down the river. At some points the ice
is about twelve feet above the level
of the water and while it may cause
some trouble it is thought that the
chances are greater that it will pass
into the Mississippi without damag-
ing any property.
Families Driven Out.
Two families residing on Mill street
were driven from their homes and the
entire west end factory district was
affected by high water yesterday after
noon. Conditions were relieved today
when the Mississippi receded.
The Rock Island Bridge and Iron
works was forced to shut down part
OF its factory at noon yesterday and 80
men went home at noon This was due
to water which covered the floor on
one side OF the plant The water had
passed out of the building today and
the workmen were back at their tasks
In some places Mill street is flooded
TO depth of more than foot. The
whole trouble is due to the slough il
that section of the city. The slough il
connected with the Mississippi and a.
the river rises the slough swells. Wat
er in this section is lower than yes
terday and today was thought to be re
ceding SO that further trouble is no
looked for.
First street between Fifth anG
Eighth avenue is flooded and some O
the other roadways in that part Of thu
city are covered with water. Yards an
pear as small swamps.
Exactly what condition will follow
when the rest of the ice moves out o
the Mississippi is problematical Nortl
of this city the Mississippi is clear
From point short distance from tn
Rock Island government bridge tt
Tenth street the ice has broken, bu
the river is not open. At the foot O
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-26

room. They were packed in the room
so tightly that not another person
could have been accommodated, ana
when Meier waived hearing and was
sent back to jail high of disappoint-
ment swept through the assembly
While Meier admits that he stole
the hogs in question, as well as some
porkers belonging to William lillian,
his plea of not guilty was just for
NAL entry, made in compliance with
the statutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-26
LICENSED TO WE'D
Bill kahle the Second.

William F. Kahle Of The Argus limo
type force reported for duty today car
rylng box of cigars and smile that
almost necessitated his passing through
the doors of the building sidewise It's
a boy. The young gentleman arrived
at the kahle home last night He
weighed in at 10 pounds. Speaking OF
national preparedness, Bill maintains
he is doing his full duty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-26

All the news all the time-Tns
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-26
Clears Complexion

Don't worry about skin troubles. You
can have clear, clean complexion by
using little zemo, obtained at any drug
store for 25c, or extra large bottle 1t
S1.00.
Zemo easily removes all traces of PIN
pies, black heads, eczema, and ringworm
and makes the skin clear and healthy.
Zemo is neither watery, sticky nor
greasy and stains nothing. 1t is easily
applied and costs a mere tride for each
application. 1t is always dependable.
Zemo, Cleveland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-26

to know that you cannot easily make
Roadway in foreign trade unless Won
know something Of the mental back.
ground of the people"
This lecture by Dr.. Ross, at Broad.
way church on Friday night, will be
a notable occasion, as may be seen BY
the above. Reservations for the sun
per should be made at once by men
who wish to attend. Hervey E. Curtis
will receive such reservations UP to
Thursday noon.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-05-24

The capture of a small French posi-
ton on Hill 2S7, northwest of Verdun,
by the Germans, was admitted by the
French war Office at Paris.
Replying to the German suggestion
that Great Britain, in response to the
change in the German submarine cam
paign, should modify the food block
ade, Lord Robert Cecil, minister OF
war trade, informed the press at Lon
don there was not the remotest posi-
bility that British economic pressure
on the central powers would be re-
Taxed.
None of the passengers or crew OF
the French cOasting steamer Mira was
saved when the vessel was sunk as q
result of a torpedo attack in the Med
iterranean May Is.
The Italian official communication
issued at Rome admits the evacuation
by the Italians of Zegnatorta Gin the
Lagarina valley south of Trent), and
also Of the line from Monte Maggie to
Sagliodaspio, between the Tarragnolo
valley and the upper Astico (south-
west of Trent), after several days of
violent artillery bombardments.
French troops stormed and cap
tured a small German fort northeast
of Hill 304, northwest of Verdun, the
Paris war Office announced.
Sir Edward Grey, foreign secretary,
announced in the house of commons
at London that the government had
been Informed by Sir Henry Howard,
British minister at the Vatican, that
representations have been made to
Germany by the Vatican with view
to inducing Germany to abandon sub
marine warfare.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-05-24
Observation-Disclosures
News of the
Week Cut
Down for
Busy Readers
Eur0pea,, War" News
Observation-Disclosures lIlIIIIIIIII Illl|IlllIIIl

One hundred and fifty steamers have
been assembled at the Hungarian sea-
port of Fiume to transport troops, mu-
nitions and supplies under protection
of the Austro-H Hungarian fleet to Du-
razzo, Albania. This information was
received at Paris in advices from Inns
bruck.
Corporal Kitten Rockwell of Atlanta,
Ca, member of the American flying
squadron, attacked German aero
plane operating near Hartmannsweil-
lerkopf, says statement issued at
Paris. The German machine was
brought down in flames.
Since January l enemy merchant
ships having a total tonnage of 671,-
500 have been sunk by German and
Austrian submarines, 1t was announced
at Berlin
Amsterdam dispatches issued by the
Overseas News agency at Berlin state
that members of the crew of the Gym
ric on their arrival at Liverpool report
ed the White Star liner had been sunk
by an explosion Of it's boilers.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-05-24

and Mrs. Emil Potucek autoed to
Argyle Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Dahlin and son,
visited at Mrs. Dahlin's home in New
Solum Sunday.
Theodore and Clinton Erickson, of
Warren, visited with Joe and Ray
McGregor Saturday and Sunday.
Albert Potucek is employed at
Carl Dahlin's.
Mr.. C. J. and Peter Turnlund
transacted business in Warren Fri
day.
Helnla Hegstrom called at Skon-
ovd's Sunday afternoon.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-05-24

J. 4: = + = 4. i. i: !. y i. :. i. \
! NORTH COMSTOCK. !.
80 J. + \ + j. J. !: + + + 4
Joe McGregor is busy assessing.
MIR. and Mrs. Chas. Potucek and
children autoed to Tabor, Sunday,
where they visited friends.
Mrs. Joe McGregor and Elna
Erickson called at Fagerstro1n's,
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Emil Scheibal and daughter
called at Gilmore's Thursday after
noon. ...
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Potucek, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Tu1nlund and Mr..
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-05-24
Domestic

Domestic
Jose Buenostrfco and Melquaides
Chaps, Mexicans, convicted of the muir
der of A. l.. Austin and his son
Charles, in the Mexican border raids
last fall, were hanged at Brownsville,
Tex.
The northern Baptist convention at
Minneapolis empowered commission
to sit as a court of all differences be-
affiliated societies and thus bring
about more effective cooperation be-
tween Baptist organizations.
The submarine LII, the last of seven
vessels of this class built by the Fore
River Shipbuilding corporation, was
launched at Quincy, Mass. The sub
marine is ITO feet long.
More than 100000 worth of whisky,
beer and gin has been seized by rep
resentatives of the state attorney gen.
erals office in raids on 80 places in Gi-
rard, according to information received
at Montgomery, Ala.
The Authors League of America, of
which Winston Churchill is president
and Theodore Roosevelt vice-presi-
dent, is considering the advisability of
affiliating with the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
Nearly 1000 express wagon drivers
employed by all the big railroad ex-
press companies in Chicago went on
strike to enforce their demands that
sheir union be recognized By the COM
panies.
Governor Morehead of Nebraska
named William J. Bryan a delegate to
the meeting of the League to Enforce
Peace at Washington May 26 and 27.
Theodore Roosevelt urged thorough
military preparedness for the United
States and pleaded for true American
Ism in two addresses at Detroit, Mich.
Rev. Herbert Welch, D. D., LII. D.,
was elected a bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal church on the eighth bal
lot taken at the present general con
ference at Saratoga, N. Y. Thomas
Nicholson was elected bishop on the
ninth ballot and Rev. A. w. Leonard
on the tenth
Ward Macauley of Detroit was elect
ed president of the Booksellers Asso.
citation of America at Chicago in sue
cessiOn to John j. Wood of Cleveland.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-05-24
Mexican Revolt

The order of withdrawal sent to
the bley-Langhorne expeditionary
column two days ago has been coun-
fernandez and the American troops
which invaded Mexico in search of tho
Glen Springs bandits will remain In
definitely, it is reported at Marathon.
Tex.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-05-24
Washington

controversy with the United States
closed, has decided to make no re-
Spouse to the latest American note on
the subject. Information to this effect
is contained in a confidential report to
Washington from Berlin.
President Wilson, acting at the re-
quest Of Senator O'Gorman of New
York, SOFT a message through the
state department at Washington to
Ambassador Page at London directing
him to make every possible effort to
secure delay in the execution of sen
tence on Jeremiah G.. Lynch of New
York, a naturalized American, convict
ed by a court-martial of being implt
Gated in the Irish rebellion.
Germany, through Ambassador Voc
Bernstorff, at Washington, has in
structed all German consuls in the
United States to admonish German
citizens in their districts to observe
American laws scrupulously. This is
legged violations of American neu
trality. "
The house naval committee al
Washington voted to abandon the five
year building program, recommended
by Secretary Daniels, and to recon-
ccnd that five battle cruisers, to cost
$20,42253 leach; four scout cruisers
ten torpedo-boat destroyers, 20 sub
marines, one hospital ship, one oil
supply ship and one ammunition sup
ply ship to be built during the
1917 fiscal year. The naval bill car
ries a total appropriation of approx
mately $200,000,00O.
After a lively discussion of the Mex
lean situation, the National Guard and
the proposed government nitrate plant
the senate at Washington adopted the
conference report on the army reor
ganization bill without roll call. The
bill provides for regular army OF
1000.
To meet Japan's objection to hav'
ing the so-called gentleman's agree
ment. for the restriction of immigra
ton enacted into law in the pending
immigration bill, the senate immigra
ton committee agreed upon an
agreement which removes the Jap
anese entirely from the bill, but &C
complishes Asiatic exclusion.
President Wilson has replied to the
message sent him recently by Pope
Benedict, in which the pope conveyed
the impression that he hoped the
United States might be of assistance
ultimately in restoring peace 70 Eu
rope. The reply was not made pub
lie.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-07-27

Florence bar, and the bank was rep
resented by Spears, Hicks, Muldrow
& St Amand. 1t was first heard by
Special Referee R J Kirk and re-
viewed byJudge Smith, both of them
upholding the contention of the,trus-
tee.
An order was issued requiring the
payment of the sum claimed SO, 900,
within twenty days.
There was a great deal of interest
felt in the case from its start. 1t is
matter that may arise in the set
t.sment Of any bankrupt case.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-07-27
BANK MUST GIVE BACK MONEY
Paid upon Notes--Interestestfng
Case under Bankruptcy Statute.

Judge H A M Smith,in the United
States district court, has handed down
q decree and order in the case Of H
N Aver, trustee of the McLendon-
Cole company, bankrupts, against the
First National Bank of Olanta, which
will probably be a precedent in such
cases hereafter. 1t was a case in
which the trustee held that the bank
had reasonable knowledge of the
condition of the aforesaid bankrupt
company and accepted payment of
notes in violation of the federal stat
ute of bankruptcy. The case was
brought by j D Gilland, Esq, of the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-07-27

DR. T L HoWle of Andrews, who
has been under treatment at Flor
ence for appendicitis, has left the in
firmary and is visiting in Hartsvile.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-07-27
pRss Cured In s - IA DAYS

Yeur dprK1ist will rehnA money II PA9O
OINTMENT fails 70 s.se any ease Of Itching,
1A1A, B1sediaa - %rrosrsdisG RAesdn 6to IA days
l9he dBt eppheatieB gives Hasc and Rest. Soc
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18
BADLY INJURED.

James L. Vandyke, son of Thomas
Vandyke, residing in Sassafras Neck,
this county, had one of his hands bad
Iy injured while feeding a corn-sheller
last Saturday. The machine caught
his glove and jerked his hand in
among the grinders, breaking and
tearing two of his fingers so as to
require amputation, and the entire
hand was so badly injured that it was
thought amputation would be neces-
Sary.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18

The Burchard Incident
Prior to 1916 the Blaine-C Cleveland
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

, Daniel H. McCauley, residing near
New Leeds, was shot while out gun
ming, on election day, the 9th inst, by
the accidental discharge of his gun,
while in the act of climbing a fence
and drawing the gun after him. The
contents of the gun passed through
his right hand and lodged in the f1eshy
part of the arm below the elbow. Drs.
Ellis. Carter. Clement and Patterson
were called to the relief of the wound
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18
CHANGE OF PRoPRIETORs.

The Howard House. of this town,
changed proprietors this week; Mr..
Oldham retiring, and Mr.. Falls. as
suming control of that establishment
There was a great sale of hotel fur
niture of the house on Tuesday and
Wednesday under the hammer of
Burns. the unrivalled auctioneer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18

ed lad. The severity of the wound was
such as to deem amputation neces-
sary, and the arm was taken off at
the elbow. The patient was doing
well at last accounts. and symptoms
OF his recovery favorable.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18
BONDED.

E. w. Janney bonded as Sheriff for
the second year of his term before the
Orphans Court on Tuesday last. His
bondsmen were John S. Rossell, Eli
Cosgrove, A. Brickley. George Rick
etts and c. B. Cutler.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18
MARRIED.

McCauley- Campbell.-At the resi-
dence of the brides parents. New
Leeds, by the Rev. Mr.. Elderdice. on
Thursday, the 18th inst, Lieut.. John
McCauley and Mary Louisa Campbell,
( both of this county.
I Snow-Kidd- Port Deposit, on
Monday evening, Oct. 29th, 1866, by
Rev. H. Branch, Melvin NJ. Snow, of
Windsor county. Vermont. and Han
nah E., daughter of Andrew Kidd, Esq,
OF Port Deposit.
Anthony-Merrey. - On Thursday
evening, the 18th inst, in the M. E.
Church of this town. by the Rev. M.
d. Kurtz, John W. Anthony and Han
nah B. Mercy, both of Elkton.
(. Owens Megill.-At Cecilton, Nov.
18th, by Rev. ]. HUMPHREYS. H. Fran
els Owens and Mary A. Megill. both
Of this county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18
LONG SUSPENSE
RECALLS 1876 AND
1884 CAMPAIGNS

Only twice before in the history of
the Republic has the result of Presi-
Dental election been the subject of
such long drawn out suspense. The
first was in the famous Tilden- Hayes
contest, in 1876. which it finally took
an Electoral Commission to decide.
The second was in the historic cam
paign of 1884, when it took three days
to learn that Grover Cleveland had
won New York States electoral votes
away from James G. Blaine by scant
majority of LOO votes.
The story of these two elections is
one of the most fascinating in Ameri-
can political history. To it now will
be added the story of the Presidential
election of 1916, which is equally as
dramatic.
1t is interesting to note that the
contests of men, in which dominating
personality played a large part. This
is particularly true of the 1884 and
1916. 1t also is interesting to remem-
Der that Roscoe Conkling, the brilliant
Senator from New York, had much
to do with the eventual outcome of
those two contests.
In the case of the Tilden- Hayes
fight it was said Mr.. Conkling was of
the opinion Mr.. Hayes had not been
elected President and therefore should
not be declared the victor. If Senator
Conkling had acted on this view he
could have marshalled enough votes in
the Senate to throw the electoral votes
OF Louisiana to Mr.. Tilden. But he
failed to act on the matter. and tradi-
ton says that in so doing he was in
fluenced by a brilliant woman who
took that means of venting upon Mr..
Tilden her anger because he had caus-
ed the defeat of her father. Salmon P.
Chase. in the Democratic Presidential
Convention of 1868.
The Burchard Incident
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18
The Cecil Whis
Fifty Years Ago
ElktOn, Md, November II, 1866.
THE MARKETS.

Wheat, white, new, $3.50; wheat,
red. new, $3.00@$3.20; corn. white,
old, $1.15; corn, yellow, old, S1.15;
corn. white and yellow, new, S1.OO;
oats, 81; cloverseed, S5.50m $500.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18

.aHpalSn OF 1904 was easily Cne most
sensational Presidential campaign in
fifty years. Blaine was the idol of
the republican hosts and undoubtedly
would have been President had it not
been for the unfortunate Rum, Ro-
manish and Rebellion" utterance of
DR.. Burchard in the Fifth Avenue
Hotel on the eve of election. Mr.
Blaine neglected to repudiate this
sentiment, and as a result more than
enough votes were turned in New
York alone to defeat him. The Bur-
chard episode, coupled with the relent-
less hostility of Roscoe Conkling,
made the defeat of Mr.. Blaine, as it
afterward turned out, inevitable.
The enmity between the two men of
dominating personalities went back to
their rivalry for the leadership of
Congress. Efforts were made by
friends at various times to patch up
the quarrel. but Mr.. Conkling was i'm
placable. His bitterness toward Mr..
Blaine caused more than 1000 of his
supporters in his home county, Onei-
da. to vote directly for Mr.. Cleveland,
thereby furnishing enough votes to
turn the tide of battle.
AS it became evident that the race
would be close to the last the excite
ment throughout the nation and par
ticularly in New York was intense. On
the day after election the Herald an
nounced that Mr.. Cleveland had car
ried New York, Indiana, New Jersey
and Connecticut, together with "the
solid South" thereby winning 225
electoral votes to ITO for Blaine.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18
John Y. Mckane's Vote.

There always has been an interest
ing story, which has not yet been fully
told, in circulation about the 1884
election in New York. 1t is that the
Republican managers first seriously
contemplated contesting the big vote
that John Y. McKane. the "boss" of
Gravesend rolled up for Cleveland in
his district. In considering the mat
ter. however, they found that the
stumbling block in their way was d
decision of the Electoral Commission
in 1876. which decided the Tilden-
Hayes contest. Because of this dect-
sion, which said the Commission had
no authority to go behind the returns,
the Republicans abandoned the propos-
ed contest and allowed the Gravesend
vote to stand.
In view of the charges now made
that Tammany Hall knitted President
Wilson in New York, the following
extract from A. X. McClure's "Our
Presidents and How We Make Them"
on the Presidential campaign in 1888,
is illuminating:-"Great as Cleve-
lands tariff message had DISTRACTED
his election, he would have succeeded
but for the perfdy of Tammany. He
carried the country by nearly 100000
popular majority, being much larger
than the popular majority he received
in 1884. but the electoral vote of New
York lost him the Presidency. The
betrayal of Cleveland by Tammany
was clearly evident by the returns of
the election in that State. Cleveland
was at the head of the Democratic
ticket for President and Governor Hill,
the favorite of Tammany, was on the
same ticket for Governor, and he was
reelected by majority of 1911,
while Cleveland lost the State by
majority of 14,373. Tammany and Mr..
Dana, of the Sun. that was then the
Tammany organ, had their revenge"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18
DIED.

I Akin.-Near Cecilton. on the 10Th
Of October, T. Tasker. infant son of
4. d. and Lizzie A. Akin, aged 2
months and 2 weeks.
Pugh.-On the 9th inst, in Elk
Neck. Mary Ann, wife of James Pugh,
aged 80 years.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-18
Democrats Fear of Fraud.

The Republican managers disputed
these figures. They said that late re-
turns from up State New York would
show plurality for Blaine. And, in
deed, for time it looked as if THEN
predictions would be fulfilled. The
Democrats charged that Jay Gould, a
warm friend and political supporter of
Mr.. Blaine. was using the Western
Union Telegraph Company, which he
controlled. to hold back the election
returns.
The situation became so serious that
A. P. German. chairman of the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, on Friday
November Z, issued the following
statement:
"The National Democratic Commit
tee announces to the people of the
United States that Grover Cleveland
and Thomas A. Hendricks have carried
2l9 electoral votes for the offices of
President and Vice President.
"The States which have declared in
their favor are Alabama, Arkansas,