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ROOK jAND AROU SIXTIETH YEAR. NO. 94. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1911. TWELVE PAGES. 'RICE TWO CENTS. THE ROOT SAYS COUNTRY IS ISGRAGED Strongly Criticises Com mittee for Lorimer Finding. EXCEEDED ITS POWER Should Not Have Attemped to Interpret Significance of Evidence. Washington, Feb. 3. That tor Lorimer holds his spat as the result of bribery and on that account should not be permitted to continue In the senate, is the conclusion reach ed by Senator Root and announced y him in an argument on the floor of the senate today. Root spoke without notes and in the main his address consisted of a careful anal ysis of the testimony taken by the committee. The argument was al most entirely legal. WASTES VOHI. The sneaker lost little time in in- tiicating the conclusion he had rearh- i phere." said Paynter. ed. which was eutirely antagonistic j "Then-." responded Root, "there to Lorimer. He took the position are. still following the Tribune, the investigating committee had been J as if that paper were the guardian at fault in permitting either an at- (,f the senate." torney for Lorimer or an attorney i Admitting Shurtleff had been eall for the Chicago Tribune to directed. Root said "s testimony was its course in the matter of connect- j merely of a formal c haracter, where Ing Lorimer witli the corruption of j as owing to the fart he was closely members of the Illinois legislature. ! associated day and night with Lori hut agreed that, even in the face c.f : mer he should have been questioned Its fault in this respect, the commit-' most carefully. lee had obtained sufficient evidence ' oxi.i sions inw RRAVTKn. effectually to taint and invalidate thei Root, discussing the testimony be clection. I fore the senate, declared it did not iiiittbRKKS tMTH rotnin ri;K. i justify the committee's conclusions. "It is fair to infer." said Root, i The speaker entered upon a detall- the committee wiw of the opinion j ed enalysis of the tesrtm?UXfe that corrupt methods and practices J vited attention to visits of democrat were resorted to. but that their le-1 ic legislators to Shurtleff's rooms. cal effect was not such as to invali- date Lorimer's election. This view Is (sustained by the testimony before vs. And I regret to say thc.t, after an examination of this Testimony i urn constrained to disagree with members of the committee." HKGKKTS tOfl,fSIO. Savins be had been forced to this conclusion with deep regret, both on account of his respect for members of the committee and regard f"r Lor Imer. Root said he had neen impeiien j to reach an adverse view in the in-j . ... . ... terest of the state of Illinois and the country at large. "I cannot." he raid most earnestly. 'come to any different conclusion." ( OIATKV II.GRAC KU. He expressed opinion both state r.nd country had been disgraced by the methods of Lorimer's flection. He did not believe the committee j had properly interpreted the scope; f Its instructions, but felt it had ! gone too far In the interpreting of; the charges as a private eompiaynt i.y tne iuchko i..uu,-. . . V''' ' mittee should. he thought. haej borne in mind that the reputation. ; honor, purity and authority of the fenate were involved. MISTAKEN 'I K V ST. "When." he asked earnestly, "did ve entrust the guardianship of our honor and Integrity to any newspa per or any man? !t was the duty of the committee to investigate whether corrupt methods and prac tices had been resorted to as directed by the senate find not to decide whether tiie Tribune had established MU.I-IU TED ori'ORTl M I IKS. It was clearly shown. Root con- i .i A I .,11.,.,;, f i l. 1 m i i .i r tmueo. .u .wi,.,.... hin of the Tribuue the committee. Miip ti in " failed to taKe acnamage ii iuau I'i'-ioi portunilies to obtain testimony Ave- tuie after avenue had been vol:in'ar-j ily closed. One effort of the commit-j tee's course had been to create a feeling that this was a persecution; rather than a prosecution. And the, s-pcaker himself confessed to shar-' ing the view that the work was not, one in which a newspaper might properly engage. Jl STICE SfFFKR. "I do not believe," he said, "that a combination of the tremendous, power of a great newspaper should , be combined with the work of a prosecutor, because I do not think uch a. combination makes for Jus tice. ! "But this case is not a case of the , Tribune: it is a case of this govern-! ment. the government of the United ' States, that I' involved." ; PAYNTER INTER ill ITS. At this Juncture the first inter-; ruption occurred. It came from ; renter t KentneW mpr.iir of the committee and supporter of its views, Me asked Root to specify some of , tbe witnesses he would have called that were not summoned at the '.n- stance of the Tribune. Root- said; he would have compelled the at-i tendance of the cashier of the Hoist-, for the submission of the question furnished the body with names of both law bank to show the financial oper- of woman suffrage to a popular vote vote sellers and vote buyers. Subpoe ations conducted there in connection j was passed by the assembly yester- jnaa were issued yessterday for 2S demo- tiiu me aiiea oniwrj . uir liir-jaay .'prl b'QtVp'-c a l' l r S'lr-fico to The Weather Forecast Till 7 P. M. Saturday for Rock Island, Davenport, Mollne and Vicinity. Rain r snow tonight or Saturday, colder Saturday. The lowest tempera- ture tonight will be near the freezing Temperature at 7 a. m. 28. Highest yesterday 22. lowest last night 25 eiocitv ci wma at. a. m. 6 miles per hour. Precipitation none. Relative humidity at p. m. 66, at 7 a. m. 81. J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. (From noon today to noon tomorrow.) Sun sets 5:10. rises 7:02; moon sets 10:04 p. m.; planet Mercury risible. Work of Day in Congress Washington. Feb. 3. Following are the proceedings briefly told of the two houses of congress yesterday. SKN4TI: Passage of the Gallinger .-hip mtsi-ly bill marked tbe .session of th senate." Surfss for the measure .amp after a rontcst so sharp that the vote of the vlr-e president was neces- i s.-iry to denne it. l nai was nut one m ' three tie votes in the body, another be-Sena-' '"K ,n the f-mmlttee of the whole, and the Intro upon ncinurnrntrn. mr. w ai s"n of w.st Virginia and Mr. Gronna of North I'akota. iifwly elected rnem l i s. took the oath of office. (M The house devoted the day to -onsi.1erat Ion of the agricultural ap propriation bill. have been present at some of the interviews between Browne and White; Governor Deneen and Speak er Shurtleff. STIM. FOLLOWING TRIBC7JE. "In regard to Governor Deneen. j were told he could testify only in reiereme m ifMiuu "uuo- which were occupied ny iorimer ana then considered Lee O'Xetl Browne's connection with the case. Browne, he said, was lorimer's chief agent, and he undertook to show he was instrumental in procuring 30 demo cratic votes for Lorimer. SKES 0 PATRIOTISM. Root wanted to know how this control was secured and maintained. He failed to see any patriotism in; the action of the democrats who fol-, i i t InnrfA.chin o n rt vrtort tow ei muwut.-. for Lorimer. FRENCH AVIATOR CARRIES SEVEN M. Ia Martin Breaks World's Record in a Five Minute Flight at Pan. j Pau, France, Feb. 3. M. Ie Martin, 'the French aviator, yesterday broke the worlds passenger carrying record. " . Piloting a monoplane he earned up seven pu..-cngers lor a iie lumuie flight. ' Captain Bellcnger of the French avi- 'ation corps reached here from Bor deaux yesterday, making the final lap 'of his flight from Paris in two hours. ' Bellenger left I'aris at S:45 o'clock Wednesday morning and arrived at Bordeaux at 4:50. Yesterday's trip was 140 miles, the total from Paris to Pau being about 1E0 miles. FURNITURE TRIAL IS SET FOR MARCH ,,-,,, , F,.h a Th trlaI ! 5prlngnela, ill., teo. i. xne trial ...... i-emnerton ano ciars in me iur niture scandal was reset for the first week in March. The Jury had been' secured and some testimony heard I when the case was stopped by aj death in Juror O'Brien's family pre-j enting his presence. WORST STORM OF DECADE ON AT MONTREAL Montreal, Feb 3. This city has ex perienced 16 hours of the worst bliz zard in a decade. Railroads and street car lines are blocked. Great suffering i has been causod bv cold. The hosr.i-iits tals and ioIire stations have been fill-.' ed with hundreds severe! v frost bitten i and a number of horses have perished in the streets. i Woman Suffrage Gains State. j barramento, 'al.. Feb. 3. The constitutional amendment providing i , e;;dv to 6. The amendment al- r3c o tho cenato GOVERNMENT IS TOTTERING j j : President Davila of Hon- duras is in a Tight Corner. U. S. WOULD MEDIATE Offer Will Be Made to Bonilla, Head of the Insurgent Forces. Washington, Feb. 3. The govern ment of President Davila, Honduras, Lin the opinion of this government, is tottering. Upon the arrival of Bo nilla at Puerto Cortez, the United states will tender its good offices to the revolutionary commander in an ef fort to bring about a cessation of in ternal strife in Honduras. ASKED INTERVENTION. President Davila already has inti mated the friendly intervention of the United States would be welcomed in order to avert useless bloodshed. The American government consequently wall express its willingness to both parties to exert Its good offices In the reestablishing of peace. CITY ABANDONED. The commander of the gunboat Ta coma therefore will tender the media tion of the United States to Bonilla when he arrives at Puerta Cortez, which has been evacuated by the gov ernment forces. SPRING VALLEY TO VOTE Feb. 14 Pate for Oommision Form of Government Election. Spring Valley, III., Feb. 3. Judge Davis, on petition, has named Feb. 14 as the day when a vote shall be taken on the proposition for a commission form of city government . . The liquor interests are expected tc fight against a change. Calls Election in Hillsboro. Hillsboro. 111.. Feb. 4. County x t i t t-n i 1 1 j election to be held on Feb. 14 to vote on the adoption of the commis-'cal slon form of government for Hills-' horo Bloominoton Also Will Vote Bloomington 111 Feb 3 Peti-!heId tions asking for a vcte on the com - mission form of government were i 'ounaera or me cuj, an rriends of filed in the county court yesterday jGreeley. and Judge Hall named March 14 as, the date for the election. i WOULD HASTEN NEW V0TEJPR0BE BEGUN j PARDON FOR WALSH Scioto County. Ohio. Grand Jury E amine politician. ' Portsmouth. O., Feb. 3. The Scioto countv grand jury' yesterday had its first interesting session since It began Investigation of ballot corruption; Sufficient evidence was shown to; warrant the cnarge mat more vote sell-1 in? '"was done in the city at the last j eiecuoa man in an or me rural cis- Uriels thus far investigated. borne of the precinct committeemen . remained herore the jury for an hour jor more. They axe believed to have serats and republican candidates at the i'i .iwfnn . GREELEY BORN 100 YEARS AGO Celebrations Held at Various Places on Great Editor's Centenary. NEWSPAPER MEN HONOR .Leading Ceremonies Held at Am hert, X. H- Greeley, Col., Sus pends Business. Amherst. X. H-. Feb. 3. The cen tenary of the birth of Horace Greeley was celebrated in this, his birthplace, today. The staid old town of Am herst made much of the occasion and welcomed a host of guests who partici pated in memorial exercises and made pilgrimages to the rough, unpainted farm house, stiil standing in the midst of the rocky fields in the eastern part of town, where Greeley was born and where he passed his first 10 years. XKWSPAI'ER MfiS THERE. While the local authorities had the celebration in charge, under the chair- yr.anship of Rev. C. S. White, pastor of the Congregational church, many newspaper editors and writers from various parts of the country were present, and they contributed largely to the program of the celebration. The exercises were held in the town hall, where the address of the day was de livered by Albert E. Hillsbtiry of Boa ton, former attorney general of Mas sachusetts. I MARKED SITE. Hillsbury was the first to mark an-' propriately with a tablet the birth place of Greeley. A tardy official me morial has been provided for within the past two days by vote of the state legislature. Various reminders of Greeley in the form of letters and pa pers were produced at the exercises, from which abstracts of an interesting nature were read. CELEBRATED IN NEW YORK. New York, Feb. 3 The 100th anni versary of the' birth of Horace Greeley is being celebrated today In New York city; Amherst, X. H., his birthplace, and in Chappaqua. Xew York, where the old Greeley farm is now occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Gabrielle ley Clendin. AT fiREEI.EY, COI.. Greeiey. "Col , Feb. 3. This city namui a ttav inrar :rack.v o n h ' founded by his associates as a practl- j illustration of his "go west, young ! man," advice, suspended business to- j A WINTER SERENADE I day to observe the centenary of Gree-i ea ,r aiumy oi maiaua, ri-pua-. lle" hirth. A big public meeting was,lnB lhe aPRregate expenditures which an1 'here were exercises at the may be made under the terms of the ,6rhools with speeches by a number of I hill. After casting his vote be dis- Attorney See lreilent and iH-rlare ! Former liankcr Is a Siet Mn. i Washington, Feb. 3. Marquis' Eaton, attorney for John R. Walsh. ; fQrmer Chicago banker, now in the federal prison at Ieavenworth. K ian today saw President Taft and asked1 him to expedite as much as pot-sible the petition in Walsh's behalf ,.; said the banker is a sick man. The:l',in from American ports to the ' Dresident informed Eaton the case ! sout hern half of South America, but is now in the hand of the nsrdonithe substitute extended it to the Phil- attorney of the department of Jus- tice and it will be expedited as much 1 s nnccihia SHERMAN AS A LAWMAKER Vice President Breaks Senate Tie and Passes Subsidy. IS SQUEEZED THROUGH Then Breaks Another Tie to Obstruct Resolution for Direct Election. Washington. Feb. 3. The amended ship subsidy bill passed the senate yes terday through the assistance of Vice President Sherman, whose vote was needed. The bill now goes to confer- ence and may be sent back to the bouse again. It was the first time in the history of i i riA (rAVArn rvs rt l- a ttA Y-trf-b nroaMan t of the United States exercised his con- j stif utional prerogative of casting a , vote to break ties In connection with J three successive roll calls in the sen-; ate. j FORCED ADJOURNMENT. ) By the first of these votes he saved from impending defeat the subsidy bill, and by the third forced an adjournment of the senate on a vote having direct , bearing on the resolution looking to' the election of senators by direct vote j 1 The vote on the passage of the suh-lof sidy bill, both in committee- of the whole and in the senate proper, stood 1 anH -iu na, an,i i,. 39 ayes and 3a nays, and on adjourn ment 37 ayes and 37 nays. On all three occasions the vice president vot ed in the affirmative. NEW SEN A TORN ON HAM). Another notable occurrence in con nection with the vote on the subsidy bill was the absence of the new demo- Gree-Irra'lc senator from West Virginia, Clarence Way land Watson, who hHtl tflkon K ! a con arlv in the 1av a u t ha I successor to Senator Flkins. Mr. Wat- was in the senate chamber for ony K few minutes during the fesMon. and vo,e on onI ODfi ro11 cal1- volP was ca6' on an amendment offer- appearen anu ne un uvxi oaiioi was taken Mr. Scott, his republican j colleague, announced Mr. Watson's ah- j pence, f-aying that he wa3 away "on j important business." TIIHKE HOI US' DKRtir. I The final vote of the bill came after j three hours of determined conflict over ' amen(1nlnti'- Apparently ih. re was no ' tieiieitu appiri laiiuu oi 'ne-t-narp ui- , vision which nfterward dev-tniH ur,A .a hcIv the wni. -Sa n ,-,H for the tie votes When in accordance with ;he pre- vious agretmeni me sunswy bill was 1-1.1 , ... n ........ r- loei -iic Bmme a i. - u e ie k on- ator Gallinger presented a substitute :for ,he entire measure as originally ' IEtrcdiiced. ire first bill granted ajieUgsy, is charged with the murder! wun'y oniy io American nuiit ves:-.eiri.of the la'ttrs brother-in-law, (.out.t ippinea, Japan. China and Australasia. 1 senator himmom was tne nrt speaK-, ex iX Lti (Us to raLse Lis voice in oo-! position. He delivered a set speech directed against subsidies "in general and in especial opposition to the Gal linger bill. OWKX 1 I.KITl'BE. Before the final ballot on the bill itself was reached there were two mild sensations. One of the?e was caused by Senator Owen of Oklahoma and the other by Senator Gallinger, author of and sponsor for the bill. Asserting that the unanimous con sent agreement, under which the sen ate was proceeding, had been obtained when only 15 or 10 senators were pres ent, and, therefore, it should not. be recognized, the Oklahoma senator pass ed speedily to a general declaration against the conduct of any business by the present congress. He gave as his reason for this position that men at present in public life had been repudi ated at the polls last November. I "The only proper and becoming ' course which this senate and this con I gress could pursue under the circum- j stances." he said, "is to adjourn sine die on the broad ground that they no! longer have the moral or ethical right to exercise the legislative powers of j the people of the United States." SMCTII IS HFIUKHD. No reply was made to Mr. Owen, but when Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan announced his Intention to cast his vote in opposition to the bill j and at ,h Bamf ,,m p,a,ed ,nat no helieved in diseriminatine duties in favor of American vessels. Mr. Gal- linger replied sharply: ' "I cannot understand." h said, "how i any senator can square h's conscience so as to favor discriminating duties as against direct aid " j Not even was any great general in- Irrpst mmiifpfttPfl whon fit th laut th verting began in committee of the whole on the bill itself. As the roll call pro cccnen ,t as recogn.ze,, ,nai tne vme;dad Juarez where a battle was running very cIobc. hut the real j situation was not grasped until the ' P6naing. vice president s announcement or a tie was made. BEING OVERDONE Coal Mines in Illinois Able to Supply Twice the Pres ent Demand. STATE BUREAU REPORTS Shipping Mines Operated but vPays Ist Vear lccrcse ii Output for 1910. !71 Fprlngflold. 111.. Feb. 3. That the present producing equipment or Illinois coal mines is in advance of market rc - quirements is the declaration of Sec retary David Ross of the state !'ir :;ii 1 of labor statistics, who gave en; his 1010 report of the coal industry for the state yesterday. He finds that one-half of the mines of the 6tate operating on a basis of full time could easily supply the existing market. According to Secretary Ross' report, the output for the fiscal year was i, 717, S53 tons, or 443, S57 tons few- 'I an the number taken out the year I In the year all the mines . id!- ap- pioAuimifiy a iuui cu m lue uuiu. the forre , r(.,K,rU.d elght miles WORK 1T DAYS IN YEA II. I from I'lurez. The shipping mines were operated I At ! this morning tho mayor of but 179 days of the year. Of the ::f)0 Juarez ordered all plaecn of busl shipping mines in operation, 22." of ness closed. American arid other for them blast coal from the solid. The elgn flags were at once put out by fho exclusively solid blasting mines em-j foreign residents. Th. consuls had ployed 22.731 men and produced 25, 'not hud any notice of an attack TIih (miO.000 tons. In the production of the .mayor declined to say w-hy be Iss'ted coal there were exploded 1,000,000 kegs jthe closing ordr. of powder. Seventeen men lo.-t their! city iu:i:in i;i. lives on account of powder explosions ,.; p;,so. Texas. Feb. 3.-- Cludad iiai.k M iikim i.k in low . 'luare, .across the river from here, Des Moines, Iowa. Feb. 3. Because (Is practically depopulated, the reni- an over-supply of coal, occasioned j W ,he ml"! winter, the titie owners bv the mild winte r, the mine owner I ,n ,ne or .,101UeS nave put , I 'he mines on half schedule. No ,ro i in rrice Is announced as yet. OnilDPC nC DUDMC TDnilDI C - UUUMUL Ul I I 1111 L I IIUUUUL , , ,. . ,. ,. ... llundred l.xtra tall for l-a i ! ... . , Tlire' Jin i ii a i .ai ii i tii. Columbla, Mo. Feb. 3 Kvrry .leath j in mileH of Juarez. The I lib cv and every birth in a small town causes airy wan t-etif out to dynarnlt" tb approximately 300 extra telephone calls, ai'cording to figures issueil here by a telephone company. Tht calls resulting from ihe births are more trouble, Kays the reiort, because tli"; are limited to women and the 'onvcr nation occupies much more lime than in telling of a death. GAVE POISON FOR FAT FEES; FORTY VICTIMS St feferhburg, Fe b. 3 -Dr. panr he adrniti. ' -- . .- .lnm, i b as be-n the Koiaoiiini; of undc-Kirabiei i relatives and enemies of thone who; er,u!d t.av his fee. and whejse victim, jt in Baid number 10 or more, told at . . . . . ... . ; texjay s session or tne tnai or now he bWured Ws instrumeuM of death. Pantehenka, In common with Count i Uouturlin. heir to several mill ju. : which, it is alleged, relassy coveted for hi3 wife. Panic henko claims ho w as under liipnotlc inflieence? of Do-tfor i-y, no. uoeer, paia uiui iur ma-; lius away with tne count, he said. ARE READY FOR FIGHT ATJUAREZ Mexican City, Across the River From El Paso, May Fall. FEW LEFT TO DEFEND Formal Notice of Attack on the Way Natives Flee Into Texas. Washington, Feb. 3. The Mexican situation was consid- j ered by the cabinet today and as a result 11 additional troops of cavalry have been ordered !to the frontier to preserve neu trality on the port of the Unit ed States. Four troop3 will be ! rushed to El Paso, which i3 j across the border line from Ciu- is Kl Paso, Texas, Fob. 3 Abrim Gonzales, provisional governor of Chi huahua, says the rebel in the Ojlnngn district under Sanchez have taken Co Name. TK4 MI1.ITI4 HTIVB. Austin. Tex., Feb. 3. Ilesldes order ing the mlllti.i eomiiany at El 1'aso to keep the peace Incidental to the revol ution across the river, (kvernor Col quitt today directed ihe adjutant gen eral to Keep the several other com- i panics In readiness for any emergen ly that miv arise. TOWN IIKM1K.I IX. Kl Paso. Texas, Feb. ?.. With Ih rebels advancing and the town com pletely hemmed In Cludad Juarez, Mex ico, must fall when th robels demand Its surrender. Both railroads are cut ; and all wires are down. The defend- jjnp f,,ro of federal troops is j about .loo men. only It is ww reported that the town will be taken lato this afternoon after tho foreiuti consuls have had proper noti fication of the attack. MKiKNKlt ,CA ITCH Ell. Consuls iji Juarez have not yet been ndvlscd the town wlil be bombarded. Tho revolutionists say their messen ger with notices to the consuls was captured yesterday and that another j will coine in under a white fl;ig to Iday. After notice Is delivered the at tack must wait 12 hours, according to th ot f war, it Is said. Part of dents having fled to this city In fear of an attack from lnti rrer f o. or an a, r ... . , hran ti l.an Mexican pOHtodiee flfld t O ks 111 Juarez were Hom d last niglit after all the money ami records bad been brought h'-re for safety. or- i its, took desperate measures y s- , V . ,' . . - tei'dav to be k the approach of tlie. iiiKiirrctctos. who were i-Itort d wllii- tra' ks or the .Mexican c enrtiii rail way, over wbih a train hi tra-'- :ing northward toward Juarez, loaded ! w it b rob"' H C CM t MINK, Th'? train bearing h- Insurre u 'ran eiver a mine of dynamite, wbVi leiploded. hat - r i ri g on" -f fb jfhei. but It i i not. kri'twn Ju-t. 'how many persons were klli'd Tb-Ic-cial pavter ,n the etiKine was blown ! tc p'eees. but the- engineer. hM-ipCi t- i ing danger, leaped and wan only jhlightly hurt. The engine pac; d ' ove r tbe c harge of e x pl:,i e-! and vi a , not badly damaged. TAFT WRITES TO DYING PRELATE Philadelphia. Feb -Ar Ii !.Uhe: " e oii'li'eou contuiucH ve ry e rl Ileal, and It is saiel wt; he-rs at th" ;l)elile wem'el I et be siirprlseel death at any moment. A " t r rroec r ..i.e. Tf ..... . -..,.. Il-.1 luelav t.h rrr.l'1'iii an - ' .t..v..v -.- the- arch-biabejp. Find Ohio Lyncher Guilty. Xewark. O. Ft-b. WIIMam M con !a:l Kinley, a hop-keeper, yesiercjy found guilty of nianmaugtjier in ueKtiim with the lync hing here July of Carl Etherlngfon a d-tectlve the "dry" Iciiiet:t Me in thn evv ro i t,i muu virte;d. leaders to h r