Publicized Names in Society Wreckage Probe
Three men are named in a society scandal inquiry while the core accused others remain unnamed. The report notes public attention but withholdings on key identities.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1910
Page
5
Three men are named in a society scandal inquiry while the core accused others remain unnamed. The report notes public attention but withholdings on key identities.
May 1910 grand jury report reveals three former officers of the Fraternal Tribunes indicted on embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud the Fraternal Tribunes and the public. K M Whitham Aledo Dr A Craig Chicago H A Weld Rock Island held on 5 000 and 3 500 bonds each totaling 12 000 per case. Bondsmen named for Whitham and Craig include J W Dilley W D Main EB B Carroll. Weld bondsmen listed. Jury fees total 1560 paid for 39 days of service with pay at 2 per day.
The lengthy grand jury inquiry concludes with praise for State's Attorney Magill and calls for continued reforms in insurance laws. A broad slate of county offices, including judge and clerk, head toward November races with few candidates on the Republican side.
The article explains the importance of the September 15 precinct committeeman election, detailing how county central, senate district, and congressional district committees form the party structure. It argues for careful selection of leaders to curb bossism and ensure strong party organization in every district.
The article explains filing for nominations begins next Monday July 18 and outlines the primary and county conventions. It details how county central committee members vote, how delegates to state and congressional conventions are chosen, and where petitions must be filed for districts by level. It notes uncertainty over precinct committeemen candidacy and ballot naming procedures.
The piece notes a light political rivalry in Rock Island County and urges voters to remember their duty in selecting proper committeemen.
Ohio Governor Harmon commends vigorous action to punish those behind Newark lynching of Detective Etherington. He replaces the mayor with the vice mayor, orders a state investigation, and the new mayor ousts the police chief and captain. A negro suspect is arrested for striking Etherington before he shot William Howard.
The article notes daily deaths among pioneering aviators including Englishman Rolls and German aeronaut Erbsloeh. Rolls died when his Wright biplane failed after a Dover to Calais flight, while Erbsloeh and companions perished in a dirtgidle balloon accident at several hundred feet. The piece laments the human toll in the pursuit of aerial progress.
Washington Post reports President Brown of the New York Central railroa d argues farm outputs rise with science and government support. He cites $10 million for scientific agricultural instruction to align supply with demand and notes urban migration and immigration as factors in rising consumption.
Joseph Burtt of London reflects on four months touring eastern U S cities. He praises America as land of the common people over England's classes, noting wealth and freedom, and the sense of manhood and equality he found, contrasting with British poverty and the laborer’s status.
A compilation of numerous property conveyances with buyers and sellers in Rock Island Moline and East Moline. Names include George McMaster Pauline Sinnet Gust Reimer Magnus Joranson Susanna Johnston Philip Carlson and many others. Amounts range from 0 to 4600 dollars with lots and blocks specified in each entry.
Obituaries report Carl Elmer Severine Anderson dying at age 3 in Rock Island after a short illness with funeral plans at home. Other notices mark Mrs. A L Barclay’s death in Fort Madison and Joe’s Barley family items, plus Henry W Pahl’s death in East Moline from blood poisoning after a lumber wagon accident.
A string of property transactions lists numerous transfers including lot and block details in Wallace Grace, P. H. Wessels 1st, Sweeney Jacksons, Wilder’s 9th street, Beecher Walsh, Oakleaf tracts, East Moline and Atkinson Park. Amounts range from 1 to 4000 dollars with quit claim and trust deeds noted.
Henry F Bock a 1839 Hamburg Germany native and Civil War Navy veteran died at 1533 Twenty fifth Ave after a long illness. He served on prize ships and was discharged July 18 1864. Survived by his widow and nine children from two marriages the family notes his Golden Rule motto. Funeral Sunday at residence with Davenport Odd Fellows and MWA honors. interment Hartzell Cemetery.
An old advertisement urges attention to kidney illness with symptoms like dark urine and back pain. It promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as the cure and cites a reader in Maline, TN who credits the remedy after relief from kidney trouble from Iowa years ago. The copy names Foster, urn New York as sole agents and warns to remember the brand.
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