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t nn ii mm FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 12 V THE ARGUS, FRIDAY. MARCH .12, 1909. -TWELVE PAGES. - PRICE TWO CENTS. OUTLOOK FOR PEACE IN HARD COAL REGION HOT SO BRIGHT THE MONK FELLERS," HE'S COMING. ROOK ARGUS. LOS ANGELES MAYOR QUITS BEFORE VOTETO RECALL HIM 1' the Present Agree ment 3 Years. OPERATORS STAND PAT providing for full crews on passenger lond frip-hf trains' hv Abrahams fiv- Miners Refuse to Renew speed unm for automobiles at six miles an hour; by Durtee, nxing rree rates in" state courts. The house ad- journed until next Wednesday. Doing of Senate. Senator Pemberton introduced local option bill making county instead of township voting unit. Other bills in troduced were: By Billings, changing name of pardon board to state board of parole. Additional bills introduced at the late session were: By Burton, provid ing for a miners' examining board in each county; by Holstlaw, regulating the size of train crews; by Funk, ap propriating $500 annually for two years for the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' association; by Curtis, extending the jurisdiction of the probate courts; by Downing, extending the criminal juris prudence act to include threats; by Manny, amending, the" fish and game law; by Downing, raising the tax on life insuranceffroni 3 cents to 5 cents per 11,000; by Juul, regulating appeals to the appellate court If One Side Docs Not Recede There Will Be a Suspen sion April 1. Philadelphia, Pa., March 12. The sub-committee of the anthracite mine workers and operators will hold an other meeting this afternoon and en deavor to reach an agreement to go into effect at the expiration of tho present working arrangement between the men and their employers. The fiat refusal of the operators to 'make any concessions has greatly depressed rep resentatives of the miners. Ml arm Itefue to Renew. The anthracite miners rejected the counter proposition of the operators to renew the present agreement three years. At the afternoon session the sub committee of the miners' union will tell tho sub-committee of the operators that the negative answer they gave yesterday to the employers' proposi tion to renew the present agreement for three years is final, and that the only agreement the representatives will sign will be one recognizing their organization, and that it must be sign ed by them as members of the United Mine Workers of America. One Muxt Bnrk Down. Thomas L. Lewis, president of the union, is authority for this statement. What the outcome will be is, of course rot known, but from the trend negotia tions have taken it looks as if one side or the other will have to recede from its position or there may be a suspen sion of work April 1. O'REILLY NOT ONE? Rumored that Firt Choice of Priests May Not Get Bishopric Here. BUFFALO MAN IS FAVORED Friends of Father James F. Mciloin " Said to le Confidently Predict ing Hi .pMintinent. NICARAGUA AND SALVADOR IN WAR; INTERVENTION BELIEVED TO. BE NEAR - - ernment. Betwefen- now and July . 1 each man; will find his monthly pay check, short a certain amount, while he serves full time. A scrutiny of the general deficiency appropriation bill shows congress chopped the estimated deficiency of the secret service squarely in two. Instead of placing the needed $20,000 at the disposal of theecretary of the treasury, but $10,000 was appropriated. USED CHURCH CASH Maryland Priest's Financial Operations Swallow. Up $130,000. HE WOULD MAKE GOLD Had Other Schemes for Creation of Wealth That Lied Into Hope less Tangle. HAVE NO QUORUM Joint Session of Legislature Does Nothing With United States Senator. SIX VOTES FOR HOPKINS Judicial lleiinportioniiicnt Hill Sub ject of a Merry Mixup in the Liower House. Springfield, 111., March 12. The joint session of the ;4 1th ballot for the elec tion of senator showed no quorum Six votes were cast for Hopkins, 3 for Stringer, 1 for Shurtleff, and 1 for Foss. AYr'aoRie Follow Prayer. Springfield, 111., March 12. Evange list Billy Sunday opened the house with prayer yesterday, and he no soon er had finished than the members got Into a bitter clash over the senate ap portionment bill, which was reported and advanced to second, reading de spite the claim that it was irregularly put before the house. The Chicago (Busse) bond bills were Introduced by the speaker, giving Chicago's mayor the right to Increase the city's annual indebtedness $16,000,000. The school tax Is fixed at 40 cents on the $100 In one of the bills. Among other bills introduced were By .Burgett, providing for uniform school books; by Flagg, for destruc tion of insects;, by Geshkewisch, ex tending medical practice act to include opticians; by Adklns, granting $500 to State Live Stock association for print ing reports; by Campbell, amending liquor license in counties of less than 150,000 population; by Chlperfleld.1 amending libel laws; by Clark, amend ing school laws; by Etherton amend ing practice act; by Flannigen.amend Ing criminal laws; by Morris, provid ing for miners' .examining board in coal mining counties; by rierson. reg ulating use of patented . articles by boards or local improvement; by Rich; ter, regulating cold storage plants; by Rigney, changing coort terms in Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll, Ogle and . Lee counties; by Scanlen, licensing fire Insurance agents ; by' Shanaban, granting $500 annually to State' Milk Dealers' association for convention ex penses; by G. H. Wilson, granting . hunting and fishing permits to non residents; by same, for uniform text books in public schools; by Nay lor, A rumor is printed in today's Chi cago Record-Herald that Father James F. McOloin of Buffalo, X. Y., is to be appointed bishop of the Peoria diocese as successor to Bishop John L. Spald ing", who resigned on account of fail ing health. The Record-Herald, re viewing the situation in this diocese, says:- -'.-- . . . "On Iec. 22 a meeting attended bv Archbishop QuiIey, Ht. Rev. John Janssen, bishop of Belleville; III. Rv. James Ryan, bishop of Alton, and Itt. Kev. P. J. Mnldoon, bishop of Rock forft, was held at the archepiscop il esidence. It was said at. that tim he- bishops had und-T consider ation the names of Rev. Francis J. O'Reilly of Peoria; Rev. John P. Quinn, pastor of St. John's church. Peoria, and Henry A. O'Kelly of the hurch of the Immaculate Conception at Streator, 111. O'ltrUly Out of Tliree. "The dignissimus of the priests of Peoria is Rev. Francis J. O'Reillv, at present rector of Peoria catnearal. it is. believed that the bishops adopted the name of Rev. Father O'Reilly as one of tnree recemmenaeu Dy tnein. The other two names on the bishops' list it fs'said. are those of Rev. James F. McGIoin, pastor of the Blessed Sac- ament church at . Buffalo, and Rev. Edward A. Kelly of Chicago. "Rev. Father McGIoin was secretary to Archbishop Quigley when he was bishop of Buffalo. He is known to be an especially close friend of the arch bishop and has been spoken of most favorably by him. "Some of the friends of Rev. Father McGIoin are said to be so certain that he will be selected that they are look ing forward to a formal announcement with a view of giving him a suitable testimonial." Mexican Capital Hears That Gunboats of Central American Countries Have Had BattleDiscusses Annex ation of Five States. WORE CROWD OUT Attorney Washington's Address Clears Court in Cooper Sharp Trial. Mexico City, March 12. It is per sistently rumored here war has broken out between" Nicaragua and Salvador, and that there haa been an engage meut between the Salvadorean ' gun boat. Presidente and the Nicaragua gunboat Momentombo. The result is not known. The Mexican government is without official advices as to the truth of these rumors. The Herald today advocates the annexation of the five Central American states by Mexico. The general opinion here is that in fervent ion is - inevitable, but Mexico looks to the linited States to make the initial move. Itelntiunn Hrok.cn OfT. Washington, March' 12. Action amounting practically fo the breaking off of diplomatic relations with Niear agua was taken by the state depart ment this afternoon when it ordered Secretary of the Legation Gregory at Managua to return home, leaving the legation in charge of a consul who will have no diplomatic power. HAVE 'EM LICKED IS CANNONS. BELIEF Speaker's Anticipation of Victory Over House' Insurgents Is Voiced hy Another. Washington, March 4. President Tafthad a conference today 'with Speaker Cannon. Senators Burton and Nelson and former Representative Watson. At Us termination Cannon said he had nothing for publication. 'We have got them licked. This Is 3 statement of fact, not prediction," said Watson, having reference to the posi tion of the "regulars" in the house in their skirmish with the "insurgents." The full Taft cabinet ti.st today for the first time, Secretary j War Dick inson having reached "the city tend the meeting. to it FINISHES AFTER 11 HOURS Spain Awaits New Event. Seville. March 12. The kinsr and queen of Spain are spending the early spring in Andalusia, making their headquarters in the Alcazar, the an cient palace of the Moorish kings of Castile and Leon. After holy- week", which will be passed in Madrid, the king and queen go to Granja, the Ver sailles of Spain, situated high up in the Guadarrama mountains, to await the Iatter's accouchement, which is ex pected in May. Pope Not at Lenten Service. Rome,-March 12. Following the ad vice of physicians the. pope was not present, this morning at the Lenten sermon. He,, however, held in his apartments the audience necessary for the conduct of Vatican affairs. RELATIVES CLAIM THE BODY OF JONES f Brother at Chattanooga, Tenn., Agrees to Hear Expense .and Re mains Are Sent to Him. CLARENCE DARROW AT PROHIBITION ? BANQUETRESISTSBEING"BUTCHERED' Chicago, March Darrow, Introduced to several hundred prohibitionist banqueters as "Our dis tinguished guest who has so kindly consented to be butchered to make a Muscatine, Iowa. March 12. (Spe Hal Thn remains of HarrV Jones. .... ... . ... prohibition holiday," was not a willing who committed suicide In jail whilel- ' iKaortflrn at ihe fifth annual htfnmiet Van. ... ".' . being tried for murdering the Winkles at Fairport was shipped this afternoon to Chattanooga, Tenn. Sher man Beatty, a brother of the dead man. whose real name was Walter Beatty of the Cook county prohibitionists at the Cafe Lakota last night. . According to the program, Mr. Dar row was to engage in something on the order of a debate with Oliver W. Stew- wired the" coroner that he would pay arL former member of the Illinois leg the expenses of preparing and forward ing the body. . It had been the inten tion of the authorities, in case rela islature. It wasn't to be a real debate, because each was to speak only once, but before Mr. .Darrow had fairly tives did not claim the body, to send I launched his argument against prohl it to the state university at Iowa City Ibition' more than a score of his hear- for dissection. ' . lers began assailing his doctrine, and his address became a sort of informal WORLD'S RECORD RRDKPM discussion You prohibltlGUlBUj don t care how Wisconsin Pair Set New Mark in! many graves are flUed'.Mr. Darrow Bowling CongresH at Pittsnni ff. I said,' as long as they .are, not drunk Pittsburg, : . Pa., , March 12. The lards' graves.. "Therp is no political world's record for two jtnen bowling I capital .for yon in the fact that one teams was broken today by . Schwoe-1 person in, every five , who die dies, of gler and Schwoegler of Madison, Wis., I tuberculosis when .they rolled 1,304. The previous! "That's rum,"; struck up Interrupter record was 1,254, held by Chalmers and I No. 1. Kiene of Chicago, Well, rum isn't the only, bad thing 12. Clarence S. I in the world," continued the speaker, l "I usn tobacco So do millions of men. Tobacco is bad. It has filled as many graves as rum, perhaps. Would you prohibit tobacco?" .. Yes," roared his hearers. In fact. they almost yelled the word. Then there's coffee, and tea," said Mr. . Darrow. "Coffee has filled as many graves as tobacco, perhaps. And tea, th women's favorite drink. That is a . poison, according to physicians. Would you prohibit tea and coffee?" "Yes," roared a man. He' roared pretty loud, because he thought every? body, else was going to roar with him. but the women in . the audience cast scornful glances at him, and the other men, for the most part, laughed at him. so he subsided, muttering to himself. f: Corsets!" exploded the speaker, "Corsets, physicians say, do more harm to the human race, born and unborn, than whisky, tobacco, coffee and tea combined. Would you prohibit cor sets?" . . ' ,- ' - ' r Not a roar. , . , Then the speaker got into the seri ous side of his subject. - He accused Krtorts So Strcniions at the Height of Ilia Frenzy That Nuspvinter Buttons Fly. ' Nashville, Tenn., March 12. A bare handfulof people were in their places, this morning when the Cooper-Sharn trial was resumed. It was the fifth day of the arguments and the third for General- Washington of the de fense. 'nclut- Aftrr II Hours. Washington reenacted the tragedy several. times, declaring Robin Cooper had a right to shoot Carmack like a dog, that Carmack was a coward, and t hat he hid behind Mrs. Eastman try ing to get his revolver into position for action. The attorney concluded his speech after speaking over 11 hours, with a tender appeal for the acquittal of Robin Cooper. Mlnt Hours of Oratory. Nashville, Tenn., March 122. Nine hours of spectacular oratory in de fense of the Cooners and John I). Sharp occupied yesterlav in ihe fam ous Carmack murder cas3 General William Washing:o'i was the speaker, and his long address was divided as to fulsome praise of the defendants, particularly Colonel Coop er. ana denunciation of the sti'e's counsel. Attorney General Garner be ing' singled out as his special victim So ravage was his attacks upon Ga- ner that other counsel for the s'a-o, recognizing the prosecutor's inflam mable temper, insisted that he lejv the room until Washington concluded. l,om Sunprndrr Buttons. ' General Washington,- during Ih course of his address, worked himseif Into a peifect fren2y, and twlc did he lose a suspender button, ao violent were his, gestures. v - The Coopers were particul.i-I ten KUive, according to Washington. ; In talking-of the editorials in Cvmacl.-'s paper which preceded the trigcl.v, th speaker agreed with the sta'e that no editorial, ever written justifies the killing of, a man But taking the ar ticle "Across the Muddy Chasm," Washington said: "The state says, this is only n ridi culing editorial. Well, what . of it? You can. drive a man insane with ridi cule. You can send a man's acn into a frenzy , by -ridicule, and ridicule Is libelous and punishable with imprison ment. Now, Carmack. refers to Colo nej Cooper as 'major.'.. When he wrote Colonel Cooper as a "friend he called him 'colonel.v but when he . wants to Insult and degrade. himNhe. c?lls him 'major.' :It was a gratuitous lusolL'V" Baltimore, Md., March 12 Father Caspar P. Elbert's operations in "high finance" have involved him and his church to the extent of $130,000, and caused a tremendous sensation in Cath olic church, circles. - Cardinal Gibbons recently removed Father Elbert from the pastorate of St. Catherine's church, and members of his congregation and Catholics gen erally wondered at the cardinal's ac tion. The announcement yesterday of the priest's financial entanglements explained his removal. (Man to Manufacture Gold. rians for the manufacture of gold absorbed thousands of dollars, projects for the manufacture of aluminium took other thousands, and dreams of rich returns from all kinds of mines made further inroads on the priest's re sources. No small portion of the mon ey went into-the venture of a man who, claimed he coulcj make pure un refined copper and nickel. As his operations increased Father Elbert is said to have borrowed from Peter to pay Paul. '. Interest on his loans had to be paid and notes had to be renewed. At banks where he had the endorsement of Cardinal Gibbons he got money at 5 per cent, but in some cases he is reported to have paid considerably more for it. Gibbon Stand Good for Dbtn. Cardinal Gibbons has assumed re sponsibility for Father Elbert's debts. Heads Off the Publication of Mysterious Charges. BLOT ON OFFICIAL LIFE Other Officials Follow Example and Big Scandal Is Imminent. Los Angeles, Cal., March 12. The city council today accepted the resig nation of Mayor A. C. Harper, who ' was forced to resign by pubusnea threats of exposure of his official and personal record. The selection of a successor was postponed until Mon day. Othrr May Get Oat. It was confidently expected today other resignations would follow. The announcement was made that Chief of Police Thomas H. Broadhead would send in his resignation, and at least one member of the police commission. and perhaps others are expected to follow suit. Truth Broadly Hinted At. The resignations, together with that of Mayor Harper and Edward Kern, member of the board of public works is still hedged about with much mys tery, but the published statements to day speak broadly of the discovery of intolerable conditions affecting the city administration and the regulation of the red light district. m Krxisn Before Heeall. Los Angeles, Cal., March 12. Mayor Harper quit last night under fire. H withdrew his name from the ticket for a recall election set for March 26 be cause facts concerning his private life were kiown and which the opposition declared they would publish unless be withdrew his name from the official ballot. Harper is -the most thoroughly dis credited man who ever held the may or's office in any big American city. He admits he could not controvert scandals of a serious nature. Yester day afternoon he went to the leaders jof the recall movement and begged to contracted as rector of St. Catherine's church . The cardinal's name appears e spared the disgrace. He was given on notes given for money borrowed.'811 ultimatum to withdraw Immediate Even these notes will be paid by the cardinal. They were issued to banks and Individuals ;in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. Father Elbert has life insurance of $70,000, but had borrowed heavily on his policies. Father Elbert is now in a sanitarium and is believed to be mentally unbal anced. His operations started in 1304 SECRET SERVICE MEN LOSE UTAH TREASURER y SHORT A BIG SUM Arrestetl After Confessing He Had Sunk $70,(M in Speculation in Mines. ly or suffer exposure. Write Letter. The mayor lost no time writing his letter of resignation. The letter fol lows, addressed to the editor of the supporting paper: "In fulfillment of my obligation entered into with you I promised to withdraw my name from the ballot of the present recall elec tion, whenever you demanded I should do so, I hereby notify you that in compliance with your 4 mand made this lay, I have ' re quested the county clerk to with draw my name from the ballot.:' "A. C. HARPER.? Held Part leu in Official Galae. In explanation, it is now said, the discovery of these scandals by friends maae compulsory tne withdrawal as It Is under- Salt Lake City, March 12. James Christiansen, former treasurer, who re- m-ornised some time aeo. u In,m omce Jan- A ,s una" ar-stooa, and not aenied by friends, that Harper visited places of a question able character and gave hilarious par ties under guise of the city's business. rest, charged with being a defaulter to the amount of $70,000. The arrest was made following Fponsibility for the shortage. The money was used in speculations in Nevada mining ventures. The amount of the shortage has been deposited to the; credit of the state br bondsmen and friends of the cx-official. WILL HAVE NO PRESS AGENT of Each 'Will Forfeit Pwcentace ; Wages to Make . Up Deficit. . Washington, D. C.,' March 12.--To meet the deficit of $10,000 In the, ex penses for the current year., which congress ..failed to supply, the sec..t Roosevelt Says Correspondents Can not Accompany Him into Africa. Oyster Bay, U I., March 12. Theo dore Roosevelt threw off the mantle of silence which he has .worn per sistently since his arrival at Sagamore hill, and talked yesterday about his African shooting trip. "I have., jurt received a telegram from a. press agency asking me i 1 would permit, a representative to ac company me on my African trip," he Francisco. saia. , r i on may say tor me mat i snail notvpermit this in any circumstances. I cannot prevent newspapers sending representatives on the steamship which' will 'take me to Naples or on the vessel which will convey, me to or near. Nairobi, British East Africa, hut after that I shall have something i.o Bay.- , , ... CONE HEAD OF NEW - BUREAU OF NAVY Man Who Commanded Torpedo Flo tilla Around Horn Is Fittingly Recognized. Washington, March 12. Lieutenant Commander Hutchinson I. Cone, has been appointed head of the bureau of steam engineering in the navy, with the rank and pay of a rear admiral. He has especially, distinguished him self by safely taking the torpedo boat flotilla from Newport Newg ltd San BURLINGTON MAN IS HERE .Former Rockford Mayor Dead. Kev. W. H. Schwiering to Preach at the German Methodist Church. - Rev. .W. II, Schwiering of Burling-" ton, district superintendent '.cny the '.V Burlington district, will preach at the; German . Methodist church , this even- r Ing; The services will be followed by Rockford," ill., ' March 12. Alfred .the quarterly conference. Mfi, Schwler- Taggart,- former mayor of Rockford, ! Ing will preach at the church Sunday' and prominent attorney, died todav! morning and evenine m toe church? the prohibitionists of almost criminal . service bureau will bo conjpellaa'; to . at tho home of his son at LaGrang3, '. The sacramental service will be held mainerence to every evil except the require each of its employes to douUe 111. He was a major in a Wisconsin in connection with the morning wor liquor traffic. , J frpm Ave to 15 days' time to the gov- re'glment In the civil war. - - ship. - . ' ' : . , r -I n J.