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i E ROCK ISLAND ARGUS FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 179. THE ARGUS, SATURDAY. MAY 15, 1909. -TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. TITLE OF ARCH BISHOP IS CONFERRED ON SPALDING AWARM SUMMER ASKS SENATE TO PROBE THE RETAILERS OF THE COUNTRY u Long Time Head of Peo ria Diocese is Fit tingly Honored. IS DONE BY THE POPE Rare Distinction in Advance ment of Retired Bishop in This Manner. Peoria, 111., May 15. (Special.) Right Rev. John Lancaster Spalding received notification this morning of his appointment as titular archbishop RT. UKV. JOHN L. SPALDING, lUtired 'Heat of ivoriu Itloucse Ke cornes Archbishop. of Scypliotopolis, by a decree issued by Pope Pius at the Vatican in Rome. Scypliotopolis is a small town in Pal estine 55 miles northeast of Jerusalem, now known as Bethson. It became a Catholic bishopric in the 4th cen tury. RrNlicnril I.axt Fall. Bishop Spalding resigned as bishop of the Peoria diocese last fall owing to failing strength, and . his successor has not as yet been named. When he determined to relinquish the burden of active ecclesiastical duties. Fathers Keating of Ottawa, Kldon of Blooming- ton, Duffy of Danville, and O'Reilly of Peoria visited Washington and urged upon the apostolic delegate the recog nition of Bishop Spalding's eminent Service's by the conferring of the spe cial orders. I.nlil lief ore the Pope. Acting under this suggestion, the t matter was laid before the pope, and the result is his advancement to the archbishopric of this oriental see, an honor rarely Conferred. The appointment does not entail ac tive service. FAST TRAIN HITS A DAMAGED BRIDGE Low Speed Averts Fearful Accident on Wabash in Missouri Several Are Injured. Kansas ,Clty, May 15. It is believed that hone of the 12 persons injured TAFT USES BIG STICK UPON A U.S. JOBHOLDER Washington, May 15. President Taft has written a letter o Governor Stubss of Kansas, In which he declares, with . emphasis Jie will not permit himself to be used by any.political faction for the promotion of political fortunes, and at he same time revoking the appoint- ment of Robert Stone of Topeka, a per- sonal friend cf Stubbs. to be special assistant' to the United States attorney general. , The situation grows out of . Drifilows' long senatorial fight off last year, it Is said. Taft, a personal frlcnd of Ixnig's, kept out of he fight besause he did not want to be placed Ut the position of having, interfered in any factional fight in any state. Stubbs was auieu wuu iMisiow. o .0 n will die as a result of the wreck of the Wabash Buffalo-Colorado limited pas senger train, westbound, near llan dolph. Mo., last night. The train crashed into the twin steel bridge spanning Rush river. The bridge piers had been "undermined by recent high waters. The" fact that the train was proceeding at slow speed wa all that prevented a tearful disaster. JSight passengers were injured more or less seriously and hundreds of others shak en up. LIKE CLOUDBURST Rain in Iowa Flooded Number of Districts and Caused Damage. MUCH WIND IN KANSAS Partial I H-st ruction of Villages With Loss of Life Keported at Kan sas City. Boone, Iowa, May 15. A cloudburst occurred last evening at Huxley, Iowa, lllstones as large as hen's eggs cov ered the ground six inches deep. Roads are buried under water for miles around. . Im Large Casualty I. Int. Kansas City.May 15. A recapitula tion of last night's storm, general over northwestern Missouri, eastern and central Kansas, and extending into Ok lahoma, and which in places reached the proportions of a tornado, shows three known , dead, six others missing, 55 injured, at least half a dozen of the latter seriously hurt. The principal damage was done at -Hollis, a town of 150 inhabitants, near Concordia, Kan., and at Mount Washington, Mo., eight miles eaBt of Kansas City.j Nearly All House Destroyed. In both these places practically ev ery house was either damaged or de molished, and dozens of persons in jured. The dead: Frederick Jeardoe, a boy, at Hollis, Kan. v unam JMiiottfr AcarafiPkernear jopiin. Mo. William Ackley, member of a Santa Fe railway bridge gang working near Great Bend, Kan., missing. Charles Quance, a raTiehman, near Lamed, Kan. Five members of the family of -a farmer named Eckstrom near Hollis. GET INVITATION TO ATTEND RACES Local tioat Club Will lie Represented at Regatta in Clinton llec oration Iay. The Clinton boat club has issued invitations to the ' members of the boat club of this city to compete in thei races which are to be- held in Clinton on Decoration day and it is probable that a good , representation from the Island City boating associ ation will accept the invitation. This will be the first affair of its kind ever given by the Clinton club and while it is not -very pretentious it promises to bring together - a large number of boats and boat owners from this section of the river. The program includes the usual races for small boats, cabin cruisers and rac ing models and some excellent prizes have been posted. The prizes are all in the shape of silver loving cups and there will be three for each race, A special meeting of, the Island City boating association will be call ed for next inursday evening and business left over from the last meet ing will receive the attention of the club 'members. The race committee is to hold a meeting this week and plan for the races and cruises of the year. The members of the commit tee which had charge of this work last year, proved so satisfactory that they have been reappointed and the experience which they" have gained will be of value to them in planning for a season of enjoyment. A number or the members are going to - get together . at ,the club house tomorrow morning and make a general overhauling of the place with a view to having the harbor in the best of shape in the shortest possible time. Several ef the beats are-go- ing to Drlng additional booms which have been secured lately and they wm be placed in position in the bar - Uor. - . - j ' - LYONS MAN IS GAS VICTI M i I R.. II. A. Himningpen, Retired Kel - Estate Dealer, Found Dead. " Chicago, May 15. B. II. A. Hinnlng- sen, aed 82, a retired real estate deal- er 6' Lyons, Iowa' was found dead by accidental asphyxiation today in a. roomat the home of Louis K. Boysen of Chicago, ; a friendto visit whom . aeceaseu came nere yesieraay. The rural congressman will KERMITTO SMOKE THIS? 0, NO, IT New York, May 15. The largest ship ment of tobacco ever taken from Amer ica for the personal use of a traveler was that taken by Kermit -Roosevelt when he sailed with his father for Africa. The consignment consisted of 125 bviarwood pipes, 200 short stem clay pipes, two dozen long stemmed church wardens, -500 small packages REGARDS STRIKE VIRTUALLY OVER French (iovei'iunent Kmployes Re turning; to Work, Labor Feder ation UoKertitiK Cause. Pails, May 15. The government to day regards the strike of the govern ment employes as virtually ended. More strikers returned to work this morning. The General Federation of Labor, perceiving that the psycholog- CHAMP CLARK FOR PRESIDENT; BY TAV. i (Special Correspondence of The Argus.) .Washington, May 13. Champ Clark for president in 1912! A. canvass among the leading demo crats now in Washington reveals that the minority leader of the house is one of those being discussed as avail able presidential material. Clark's wholesome stand on tariff revision,, his public record, personality, experience; his popularity with Bryan as well as Bryan's enemies within the party; his close association with the people as. a. result of having lectured in nearly every congressional district In the United States, are points urg ed by -the Missourlans friends as rea sons why he is the logical candidate for standard bearer of democracy in the next presidential election. . Uur to IlrVcnt Fight. Mention of Clark at this time, how ever, is "probably, due to the great pub licly. given tjie. recent fight of the democrats to overthrow Speaker Can non and the' objectionable house" rules, particularly in Collier's Weekly, ind Everybody's and Success magazines The accounts bf this fight as printed I ocrats stick together on this proposi ti the periodicals mentioned : gave (turn, we can nominate Champ Clark Clark considerable praise because of for president." Some time later J. C. his attitude in the contest. . ; i Icantrill nominated the minority leader When the republican insurgents metn the floor of the bouse. and decided to oust Cannon and the iCannon rules if possible, they doubted very much if. the democrats would aid ithem. Y . I '"Cannon Will do the democrats more Eood as speaker than if he is not speak- er," theorized the insurgents.' "If Can- Withholds Ihe speakership it will hv all 'probability defeat the republican party In the congressional elections of 1910. Therefore, the democrats will not as- sist ps to dethrone Cannon." ' I However, a committee of the insurg- ents, beaded by, John M. Nelson of, Wisconsin, -decided to lay the matter , , squarely Derore Clark. have all summer to explain the new AND CHEW ALL OF WAS FOR NATIVES of granulated smoking tobacco, 60 pounds of cut plug' smoking, 100 tines of high grade bird's eye. 80 pounds of plug chewing, SO pounds of fine cut, CiOOO " cigarets. The company which sold the tobacco to Kermit announced yesterday he told them he was tak ing it to Africa to give io the natives instead of the trinkets which are usu ally expected from travelers. ical moment has passed, and that the movement is doomed to failure, is no longer anxious to associate itself with the lost cause. ; EXPLOSION ON LAKE ERIE Seven .Men Are Injured, Four I'er . Imps Fatally in Accident. Painesville, Ohio, May 15 Seven men were injured, four of whom may -A. t m . . . ' uie, ui a resuu oi tne explosion or a boiler ou the steamer James H. Hoyt three miles off shore on Lake Erie to-' day. The boat was on the way from Cleveland to Ashtabula. ... BOOM FOR 1912 Mr. Clark,' said Nelson, "we fully, realize that it is to the interest of the democratic party to have Cannon and the old rules retained. Are you will mg to lay aside this opportunity to gain .political capital for the good of the cause of the people in general?" "I am," said Clark. "I wilj do my best to get every democratic member in line." Since that day Clark has been sized up carefully by leading democrats, and the deeper they investigate his quali fications the more enthusiastic they become in their conviction he will re ceive considfjation for the. nomination. Today Clark's fitness is being urged very quietly by men that have been impressed by his conduct as leader in the house. Some day within, the next year or two a full-fledged Champ Clark boom is certain to be chronicled in dispatches from Washington. Una Hroken Out Twice. Twice the dark enthusiasm has broken, out in public. At a caucus of the house democrats during the fight on the Cannon rules Ollie M. James of Kentucky declared" that "If we dein- No concerted effort will be made by , Clark's friends to advance his Inter - ests toward the goal mentioned until following the congressional elections hig the congressional elections of 1S10, which," even in the opinion of some, republicans, is likely , to send y y We t ; yV. . and. top,.,, democratic; majority to the house andl v,rS,n,f. . 1 elevate Clark to the speakership. " lyearS h,eld l?,e rerf the In no state in the union will ImtilZ??1 the , , . . . , . . I er effort be made to give the democrat-1 ic side of the house the majority of members than in Clark' home stated Missouri. In that state, the lssu .tl 1 be Cannon vs. Clark for speaker On'tf sinning m appearan that issW Clark's friends-feel confl-'t re WashinSton- fae a regarded (dent that of the 16 congressionarTHs-J tariff to his constituents. BUDGET IS READY Illinois ' Legislature Will Ap propriate $20,400,000 All Told. - MATTER IS UP NEXT WEEK Hill Providing for Xine-foot Sheets in Hotels and Lodging Houses Is Advanced. Springfield, 111., May 15. The appro priations of the 4Cth general assembly will approximate 120,400,000. The big committees that deal-wlth state finances for both houses have finished their woyk. The last of the bills will be in next week, and, according to David E. Shanahan, head of the house commit tee, the biennial budgefthis time will be J19.992.493. To this amount is to he added ,a batch, of bIlls,some of which have already been passed and some of which are still pending, mak ing appropriations for a wide variety of purposes, from $130,000 for salaries of the assembly employes to $1,000 for the purchase of a portrait of Patrick Henry for ttyj statehouse. They total LAUNCHED tricts of the state, from 12 to 14 will go democratic, instead of 10, as in the congressional elections of 190S Would Carry Own State. Taft carried Missouri by about 700 votes. About 700.000 voters live with in the state. With" Chanlp Clark as democratic nominee for president," Mis souri, Clark's friends assert, could be thrown back into the democratic col umn, wnicn is practically necessary for a democratic victory. Clark could also carry Kentucky, in which state he was born. As a lecturer, Clark, has come close to having visited every con gressional district in the United 'States, which Js unquestionably a great boost to a man in politics. Clarkf already has dates booked for 14 weeks for the' coming, summer. . That Champ Clark could carrr the Pacific coast in the event of his se curing the democratic nomination is confidently, asserted by his friends Nowhere was he more royally enter tained than in California, Oregon and Washington. Clark stands for, Japan ese exclusion, an Issue tbat would be likely to make the three Pacific coast republican states democratic territory. Clark Is 59 years old.' His, career is decidedly Lincolnesque. Born or hum ble parents, he has In his time worked as a hired farmVhand. clerked in a 1 C untry 'Daper ai caf, ? countryt store, edited" a country news- and practiced law. He was edu- Ijie common schools, Bethany college, and Cincinnati law 5 school T f fio Kannma nrn Lnn f n H C n but. Vt n 1 1 uuncu oiateH. j it? naa Bervea in -con- . . 15 r. J y J " 13 "f" commanding per- SOnali.ty' an? cnly he is well pre- oci i oiiu cu muli: m auuearance. (Continued on Fags Four.) about $390,000, which is to be added to Mr. Shanahan's estimate. Two years ago the appropriations came to $20, 208,11c. " . Divided the Work. As has been customary for years, the house committee has handled the ap propriations 'for the state university, the charitable Institutions and the state militia, while the senate committee has worked on the appropriations for the penal and reformatory institutions; the normal schools, the state fair and the other farmers' institution. As summar ized by Mr. Shanahan, the appropria tions will be as follows: Payment state emidoves (om- Charitahle institutions $ 6.792.815 nibus 1.111) 4.840.000 'niverslty of Illinois 2.343 4100 Penal institutions '. 2.:00.00u Payment of state officers 2,l!0O.0ii0 State militia gtiti.CTK Normal schools 750.000 Total tl9.992.493 Appropriated two yt?ars ago for same purposes 20,20S,H6 Decrease f 213,053 Shert Bill Advanced. Among bills read a second time and advanced to third reading in the hour.e was house bill No. 713, committee on miscellaneous subjects. Tuis is a sub stitute committee bill for the measure ntroduced by Representative Shei- hard, which provided for nine-foot sheets if all hotels, Mr. Shephard be ing" an exceptionally tall man. The substitute, which purports to regulate Hie conduct of hotels, inns and public lodgjng houses, provides that the sheets shall be 9'J inches long. The bill fur ther provides that hotels and lodging houses of more than 10 rooms which are not equipped with fire escapes shall maintain ropes in their rooms for the safe, exit of guests. Summary of Hon Sennion. 'The routine work of advancing the bills on the calendar from first and second reading began-yesterday when the house convened. All of the char itable institution bills were read a first time and advanced to second reading. The bill granting $1,000 a year to the G. A. R. was passed, 81 to 0. two other appropriation bills were passed by the house. One of these ap-1 proprlates JJO.TaO for improvements at Camp Logan, near Chicago.. The other appropriates $500 per annum in aid of association, t Kach-was paseTMrrarCTe-of 7S yeas.; " , . , The bill which makes the automobile license annual instead of one payment, for all time was advanced to third reading in the house. Chairman Shan ahan of the house appropriations com mittee expects that the bill will raise a revenue for the state of approximate ly $45,000 annually. It provides an an nual license fee of $2. Under the pres ent law owners of automobiles pay a single fee of $2, to have their machines licensed, there being no provision for an annual collection of the amount. A perfunctory session of the senate precled the joint session for ballot ing on the election of a United States senator. Adjournment was taken to 5 p. m. Monday. EAGLES FAIR IS TO RUN 3 DAYS MORE Great Sucress Warrants Extension of Time Originally Set for It. The Eagles' fair has been meeting with such "great success, that at a meeting last night it was decided to continue the fair three days longer than was originally intended and ac cordingly it will be In progress Mon day. Tuesday and Wednesday even ings of next week instead of wind ing up this evening. The program for last evening was carried out as announced and it was thoroughly enjoyed. A strong pro gram will be presented this evening and Ithe ucual dancing will be in or- der afterwards. Yesterday in Congress Washington, May 15. Following is a summary; compiled from the official proceedings, of the work of both houses of congress yesterday: . SESAtE Aftaln the committee on finance- was upheld when the senate vot- . aown an amendment by Senator cummins to lower the duty on round Iron. etc.. by a-vote of 35 to 42. and'up bed the house rate, which -was recom mended by 'the senate committee. Al most the entire session was given up to a debate on the profits or the United States Steel corporation, and toward the end of the day personalities were freely Indulged In by-senators. This occwfd when Senator Root had spoken in de fense of thto-Anance committee and In criticism of senators who, had complain ed of .the failure, of that committee to provide more ample Information con cerning various scheuiJes. Mr. Money, addressing himself directly to the sen ator from New York, resented what he characterised as a lf-cture to the senate. .nd said that if the senator from New lorK desired less .speaking. in , the body h should do lesabf it. himself." Sena tor fc!veridge proposed an amendment to. the.iaiiii Dili Increasing the tax on tobacco and its products, and charged that by continuing the short weiirlii packages of the Spanish war period the NMUIPI'A triIRt Wna rAnntniy a It . u .... . 1 J2i,oooooo year. At 6:i o'clock. p.'tn.lwil1' De presented to- Justice Garretson the senate adjourned. tlOl SK .Tlie house was not in sen. sion. Senator Gore of Oklaho ma Wants Action on Resolution. BUT IT IS LAID OYER Leaders Admit That Prospects , of Adjournment Before Aug. 1 Are Slrm. Washington, May.15. When the sen ate opened today Gore of Oklahoma precipitated a lively debate by asking immediate consideration of a resolu tion instructing the committee on fi nance to obtain by investigation import prices' of various articles of general and ordinary consumption, also the wholesale and retail prices of such ar ticles when used in this country. The object is to determine whether the retailers are practicing extortion. Con sideration of the resolution was post poned until Monday, Knilarra IIoom Doty. When the steel schedule was taken up, Aldrlch withdrew the amendment of the committee on finance increasing the duty on strucural steel and the house provision of .3 of 1 per cent per pound adopted. So Karly Adjournment. Washington, May 15. Senators Hale, Guggenheim and Scott, sitting In the cabinet room of the White bouse to day to see President Taft. fell to dis cussing the date of the probable ad journment of 'congress. They admitted Aug. 1 seemed now to be the earliest possible date that congress could agree upon a tariff bill.. would Clear Pre.. Gallery. Scolt reiterated he believed congresB r(, 1,1 jwtimirn in ivn wwVi If Anm one would close' uu the Dress rallerr (and clear the public galleries 4f pec- tators He was sur th- "win,! tam. mhie" woui(i st0D then nnd that rnn- gress could get down to actual voting on the bill. MAY BE FORTY INJURED IN ALTON WRECK Kansas City, May 13. Between 30 and 40 persons were injured, some of them probably fatally, by the wreck of Alton train No. 14 near Odessa. Mo.. this mornig. The train left Kansas City at 8:13 this -morning, and Was a local bound for Bloomington, 111. WILL BUILD ROAD FOR BIGAUT0 RACE J. Iewis Company Will Prepare 24 . Mile Steedvay in Indiana for '. Contests Jnue 18 and 10.. A' matter of Interest to automobile enthusiasts andslocal industries is the contract that 'was awarded last week to the F. J. Lewis Manufacturing com pany w hose plant is located on Second street near the water power station, Moline, for the preparation of 24 miles of road in Indiana in the vicinity of. Crown. Point and Lowell, to be used, for the automobile raes June IS anl 19. The race is being given under the auspices of the Chicago Automobile club for the Ira M. Cobe cup.. There will be $30,000 spent on the' prepara tion of tiie road for (he two day'a races,' and it js expected that the en tire cost of the event -will be about $60,000; ' JURY WILL ASK CLEMENCY FOR . CAPTAIN llfllNS New York, May. 15. A "petition for clemency signed by members, of the jury which convicted .Captain Peter fc. llains of manslaughter in killing Anfila" !11 1 ' lMondav when Main- nnm K . .i " wuao wiviv uio court to be sentenced. - - 4 ,- -'-;.tf:,i.'t."Kj