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,AND ARGU SIXTIETH YEAR. NO. 151. TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1911. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. THE ROCK ESI MANN KELPS REPUBLICAN INSURGENTS f Remembers Them in Par ty's Committee Assignments. TWO PLACED ON RULES ;Cannon Ranking Member on Appropriations Place Is r Found for Berger. f Washington, April 11. Standing committees of the house were elected toy that body today, after the full committee lists were presented by Chairman Underwood of the wayB and means committee. The minority committee selections contained many surprises. Impartial treatment to the in surgent republicans is shown in the dumber of choice committee places given them by Minority Leader Mann. GIVE TWO OFT OF FOrR. Madi6on, of Kansas, and Ienroot, of 'Wisconsin, for instance, are given places on the rules committee, where fthe republicans have but four places. 'Oood of Iowa is on the appropriations committee; Haugen of Iowa is ranking ' republican member of the committee 'ton agriculture: Kopp of Wisconsin 1" 'nlaced on naval affairs; Norrls of Ne braska on judiciary and former ppeak jr Cannon becomes ranking republl ean member of the appropriations fjrommlttee. , Mann took no committee assign Jxnents himself, and will act solely as ' chairman of the minority conference. The republican list includes the as signment of Berger of Wisconsin, so cialist, to the District of Columbia af ! fairs. OTHER ASSIOSME.MS. j Ofhr rennhlirans on imnortant I fcommlttees Include: Ways and Means Fordnay.of Ml tchigan. C m- Judiciary Sterling, of Illinois; XH)dds. of Michigan. Banking and currency McMorran, f Michigan: McKinney, of Illinois Kuies wuson, or Illinois. mapped out mree or imir "ffjfrcm 6enile debility or uraemic poison- Elections No. 1, Pro.ity. of lowa;;8so- The idea of the senators in ms. The court declared that, were th ;No. 2, Nelson, of Wisconsin. No. 3; Cooper, of Wisconsin; McKenzie, of II- linois. I Coinage, weights and measures JfThistlewood, of Illinois. Interstate and foreign commerce f"Esch, of Wisconsin: Hamilton, of Mi icbigan; Martin, of South Dakota. Rivers and harbors Davidson, of TWlsoonsin; Young, of Michigan; Rod Menberg. of Illinois; Kennedy, of Iowa. Agriculture McLaughlin, of Michi . Fan. Foreign affairs McKinley, of Illi .nols; Cooper of Wisconsin; Kendall f of Iowa. Military affairs Prince, of Illinois. Naval affairs Foss, of Illinois; ,Jxud, of Michigan; Kopp. of Wiscon sin. Postofflce Samuel W. Smith, of Mi chigan; Macden. of Illinois. Public landa Pickett, of Iowa. Indian affairs Burke, of South Da - Xota. Insular affairs Fullor. of Illinois; Hubbard of Iowa, Morse of Wiscon sin; Towner. Iowa. Railways and canals Davidson, of Wisconsin; Kendall, of Iowa. Public buildings Nebon. of Wiscon sin; Towner, of Iowa; Copley, of Illi nois. Labor Smith, of Michigan. Invalid pensions Fuller, of Illinois; Tbistlewood, of Illinois. Civil service reform Prouty, Iowa. Election of president Young. Michigan. e.xcha.ngf: ( ompmhkstj. of of ' Th olerfinn of hnus mm m H f : occupied more than two hours. The j posed amendments to the plaintiff a ! worth aifa tnen to her husband. In republicans charged the democrats ! bill be filed by April 17 and any ; whlch he reviewed his wrongs in de with unfairness in tutting down mi- replication by defendants by April j tal1 and intimated tht If he was nority representation. The demo-: 20. Counsel for defendants stated ; obl!Sd to leave Moiine, where he had crats defended the action on the there would be no replication, so6Pnt10 active years and establish ground they had arranged a propor- that with the filing of amendments j himself elsewhere it would mean to tionate representation on commit-' tees according to tne majority tney ; the case will be In order for hear liave in the house itse'f. ' sne. TWENTY WERE DROWNEDj Los of Life When Irtxiuois Poun ders orr (uii hUn.i. ii. j Victoria. B. C, April 11. Twenty! lives were lost when the steamer! Iroquois foundered off Coal island ! early yesterday. Five bodies have! 1 een recovered, including those of the fireman, steward, a Chinese cook ; r.r.d two passenger, unidentified. Out; of the ship's rci:3pai:" of 1? passen- ! fiors and crew of 1?. four passengers and seven of the crew were saved. The Iroquois was a wooden stcair.-. er of 120 tons. tu;!t in BrH:sh Ccl- i-u.bia ten years ago and owned and i .omiuar.ded ly Captain Soars. Ii3"Verea in ise nouee. -Muraocn pro- !--:,! i ort was Svdncv 15 ' u.ih cf Victoria, r.r.d it did a heavy h passenger business Er.d frc:?tt trade alog ibe islands zzr.h cf Sydney. The Weather Forecast Til! 7 P. M. Tomorrow for Rock Island Davenport, Moiine and Vicinity. Unsettled with showers tonight or Wednesday, continued warm. Temperature at 7 a. m. 45. Highest yesterday 57, lowest last night 39. Precipitation none. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m. 12 miles per honr. Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 45, at 7 a. m. 73. Stage of water 3.2, a fall of .2 in last 24 hours. A falling tendency In the Mississ ippi will continue from below Du buque to Muscatine, J.M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. (From noon today to -noon tomorrow.) Sun sets 6:31, rises 5.22; moon sets 5:13 a. no.; planet Mercury seen setting shortly after sunset. ! Yesterday in Congress Washington, Aprfl 11. Following is an outline, taken from the official rec ords, of the proceedings of both houses of congress yesterday: SF.X4TE Senator Young of Iowa Bjoke in commendation of the commis sion plan of municipal Rovernment as it npf rates In Ven Moines. Adjournment was taken to Thursday to riv the re-ti'ililir-an and democratic rommlttees on j committers time to complete their work;. hoi rc Kepreeentative .Mann, minor ity leader, was not prepared to submit his selections for standing committees, and adjournment was taken after a brief session. TO PASS SENATE Administration's Anti-pass Bill Favorably Reported by Committee. NOW EXPECTED TO CARRY Initiative and Referendum Likely to Also Get Through Upper House This Week. Springfield 111.. April 11. The admin- i istration's anti-pass bill was reported favorably by the senate committee to day. This, it is said, practically as sures passage by the senate. SEA ATE TO PASS KBFERKXDL'M. Springfield, 111., April 11. Initi atlveand referendum probably will be passed by5 the , senafc this -week only to founder In t-b,e house. In view of the..peral antagonism manifest in th Lo;ts, Senators Ma gi!! and Hay luagfttreek to have sub - I stituted the ceutproniise resolution j framing the compromise was to have ""S reaay 10 suomn in case .ne noute oeaa.ocKea wun me sen- ate over details and a joint confer- ence became necessary. Th outlook. Th Miifl rrlr however, is that the house will not give the resolution votes enough to throw it into conference. 0 HMOE I OPTION- LAWS. Liquor legislation will remain where it is for the present session, according to the belief of assembly leaders. Honors are expected to be even in the house this week. The county option bill is said to have only 65 or 70 supporters instead of the 77 required for passage. The program is to take up the "dry" and the "wet" bills in succes sion. "Drys" who vote against county option will thus be able to demonstrate they have not gone over to the "wets" as they will have a chance to vote against the repeal of township option. EDDY WILL CASE TO BE HEARD SOON Pleadings Will Be Completed April 'JO at Latest, It Is Agreed. Dy j Concord. N. H.. April 11. Chief (Justice Wallace, after a conference with counsel for both sides in the j contest over the will of Mrs. Baker ' Eddy, founder of the Christian Sci- I enr-n i-htir-h rrrtrd that (ha nrn. I the pleadings will be completed and rfillC Tfl finillT llhuc iu rntm SPEECHES WILL BE SO LABELED 'Washington. April 11. Represema- live Murdock. the Kansas insurgent, to-j cay aiised a blow at the tlme-hocored tustoru which permits members of con gress to print "speeches" in the Con- gressiona! Record that never were de- Tf hereafter the record shad stow plain, tiack-faced type that such ' eeche3 were no: actuary spoken, but pear under "leave to print." I HYDE GETS NEWTRIAL Missouri Supreme Court Favors Alleged Slayer of CoI.'Swope. HAD SERVED A YEAR Judge Latshaw Criticised for Ordering the Defendant Locked Up. Kansas City, April 11. Dr. Hyde, convicted after a sensational trial of the murder of Thomas H. Swop the millionaire philanthropist, was today granted a new trial by the Missouri supreme court. Hyde had been In jail nearly a year following a sentence to rife imprisonment. SO BAIL, ALLOWED. The supreme court, in setting aside the verdict of the trial court, remands Hyde "to the custody of the marshal of Jackson county without bail." An im portant part of the decision was that In which the court said Judge Lat shsw's action in ordering Hyde locked uj during the progress of his trial was "Improper and unjustified." FELLOW PRISONERS CHEER. When the news was received at the jail Hyde's fellow prisoners congratu lated him, and then broke Into cheers, the demonstration continuing several minutes. DE.MES COXCLl'SFVE PROOF". Today's decision gives particular at tention to the typhoid fever epidemic and the alleged use of poison by Hyde. The court reviews how the state show- j "B " " .1 A 1 -3 .. . . - , , . . epidemic of typhoid fever which in two months brought to bed nine persons. These, the court Fays, were charged to Hyde partly to support that the more Swope heirs died the larger would be the share of Mrs. Hyde, but the oourt does not treat the proof Hyde had any thing to do with these misfortunes as occlusive. " MIGHT HAVE BEEX DISEASE. The court points to the evidence that Colonel Swope was 82 years of age and jthat the svmntoms of his last sickness would Justify the conclusion he died j testimony of one witness for the state. ( r. Vaughn, laid aside, it would be dif ; fiout to reach a sarisfaoto ry conclusion I ,,,, , , . , . , prima facie cause of death by poison- iDg. LAMPING'S TRIAL TO COME UP SOON Moiine Physician Will Shortly An ewer Charge of Misuse of Mails. Peoria, 111., April 11. For the com ing session of the United States court, which will open on Monday, April 24, the criminal calendar has been made up and contains one case of import ance. This is that against Dr. Tho mas J. Lamping, formerly of this city, but now of Moiine, who is charged with using the United States mails to further a scheme to defraud by sending intimidating letters to William Butterworth. president of the Deere Plow company, demanding the pay ment of the sum of $35,000. Dr. Lamping was one of the staff physi cians at a Moiine hospital of which ! Butterworth is chairman of the board jof directors and In defending one of the nurses who had been discharged the doctor became embroiled in a con- troversy itn tne airectors and was in turn discharged. He then wrote a ser- 1(8 UI leiierB, DTSl lO MTS. BUtter- !nltu & financial loss equivalent to $35 uuu. mis statement, in connection with others in other letters, was con strued Into a demand upon Butter worth for $35,000. and the arrest of the doctor followed. He gave bail In the sum of $1,000 to await the action of the federal grand jury, and the case is to come up at the coming session. iTWO PEDDLERS KILLED ! Man and Woman Struck by Barling. ton Train at Maiden. Maiden, m., April 11. Two peddlers, a man and a woman whose Identity has not yet been learned, were struck by j passenger No. 18 on the Burlington at j aiaaaen yeszeraay morning, and were Instantly killed. No one knows who the parties are and when and how they arrived at Maiden. Their bodies are at present at the freight house at Mal- dec awa:t!rg identification. Neither cf : the bodies was mangled to any extent- i EX-MAYOR OF CLEVELAND, WHO IS DEAD &M4mkM$m n? i.&$r TOM L. HELlVi COMMITTEE Kfl WHOM HINES Said That Gne of Those Fund of $100,000 to Was President Springfield, rOapril ll.A Jordi to a rumor toditAe Helm conrrnittee is in possession of theViames of per sons referred to as "we" in the alleged conversation between Clarence S. Funk and Edward Hines, when it is al leged the latter said "we are trying to collect back some of the $100,000" he is said to have declared it cost to "put Lorimer over." . One is said to be manager of a Chi There was nothing found on either the man or the woman to disclose their identity. They seemed to be selling coat hangers and other small trinkets, as there was a large supply of these ar ticles in the grip which they carried. SPLIT VERDICT ON PRISON CRUELTY Michigan Legislative Committee Roth Kudorses and Condemns Warden at Marquette. Lansing, Mich., April 11. The minor ity report of the committee which" in vestigated the alleged abuse of prison ers at the Marquette penitentiary de mands the removal of Warden Russel and the abolishment of flogging. The report holds Russel responsible for tne j death of a prisoner named Walsh, who, it is alleged, became terrified at the. cries of a prisoner being flogged and committed suicide. The majority re port endorses Warden Russel, but rec ommends the abolishment of corporal punishment. - BREATHITT IN FEUD WAR I Shots Fired When "Devil" Anse i White Kills Assailant. directed by the court, which left to the Lexington, Ky., April 11. Breathitt jurors merely the matter of damages county again faces a feud war. The 'as the "only question with which opening shots were fired when "Devil" j they could properly concern them Anse White killed Jason Deaton and selves.-' The Jury assessed the dam wounded Luke Begley, and was him- j ages at $74,000, which, in accordance self Injured. Deaton and Begley went j with the conspiracy provision of the to the home of White near Jackson to Sherman law. the court trebled. settle an old grudge. White was quick er on the trigger and "got' Deaton, though Deaton, before dying, succeeded in wounding White. Reports from Jackson say members of both factions, all armed, are on their way to the scene. LOYD, PUZZLE EXPERT, DEAD; WORTH MILLION New York, April 11. Sam Loyd, i the well known puzzle expert, dead, aged 70. I-oyd's fortune is ! estimated at more than 1 dollars JOHNSON. ows CALLE Who Raised the Alleged Elect Lorimer Senator of Chicago Bank. cago department Btore and the other president of a Chicago bank. STEPHENSO.V SCORBI1. Madison, Wis., April 11. The resolution condemning Senator Ste phenson for his vote to permit Lor imer to retain his seat and con mending LaFollette for his vote, passed the senate today. Senators Berry and Lyons voted against the resolution. It already has passed the house. NOT TO PAY Verdict in Celebrated Dan bury Hatters' Case Re versed on Appeal. DAMAGES FOR BOYCOTT Circuit Court of Appeals Decides Trial Judge Practically IH rected Finding. New York, April 11. The long standing controversy between the Dan- bury, Conn., hatters and the union, known as the United Hatters of North America, was brought up again yester- day by a reversal of the judgment for $232,240.12 which Loewe & Co. of Danbury obtained as damages for the union's alleged boycott of the hat manufacturers' interstate business. The United States circuit court of appeals, on a writ of error. 6et aside the judgment of the circuit court in 'Connecticut and ordered a new trial. DAMAGES TREBLED. The verdict upon which Judgment was originally entered was practically The opinion rendered yesterday finds that the lower court erred in di recting the verdict. VIOLATION OF ANTI-TRfST LAW. The opinion continues that "it is needless to inquire whether boycotta generally or this particular variety oi boycott are or are not unlaw-ful, or under the statutes cf some particular Btate," but declares that "If it Is shown that individuals combined to induce a manufacturer engaged in in terstate commerce to coaduct his busi ness as they wish it should be such obstruction is a violation of the Sher- iman aDti-trust law." Discussing the points raised on ap peal, it says the assignment of error, which is upheld, is the action of tiiei trial judge in taking the case from! the jurv and "bimseif decidine every' D WE" UNION million question except the arnouat of dam ages." j STONE SEES A DARK SCHEME Missouri Senator Intimates Commercial Interest in Japan War Talk. KNOWS NO OTHER MOTIVE Mexican Filibusters Keep American Women and Children 'Prison er la Stockade. Washington, April 11. Senator Stone of Missouri, who was at the White bouse today, declared that In his opinion repeated efforts to con nect Japan with the movement of American troops to Texas was done for "some unholy purpose" pos sibly by advocates of a strong naval ico will also be introduced. HOLD W'OMEJf AXD CHILDREN. San Diego, Cal., April 11. That Mexican filibusters hold a number of American women and children captive in a stockade at Alamo, Lower Cali fornia, became known here today. The prisoners are said to have suffer ed insult and indignities. Protests were made to Washington. NO IlKASON GIVEN. Mr. Savage, a prominent business man of this city, said today his ad vices from Ensenada gave no reason for the imprisonment of the Ameri cans and their families at Alamo. He said the Americans were employed in the mines near Alamo and that. Ber thold, the geurilla chief, had confiscat ed all supplies in the town. BANDITS RAID PLANTATIONS. El Paso, Texas, April 11. Advices from Guadalajara state bandits raid ed Palos Verdes, killing a local judge and 10 other residents. It states Cara peche and Yucatan plantations are be ing, raided and mneh property destroy ed. Managers of two plantations are said to have been killed. TO OTTLINE PLANS. At a caucus of house democrats tonight it is expected the legislative program of the extra session will finally be determined. The prevail ing opinion is the committee will urge the caucus to take up first the Canadian reciprocity agreement, which will be introduced as the Un derwood bill, and to allow time for a hearing. Meanwhile bills relating to popular election of senators, pub lication of campaign contributions and statehood for Arizona, New Mex ico will also be introdu ed. B. & 0. WILL RETAIN CHICAGO TERMINAL Fight for lroierty Worth .$30,000,. OOO Settled by 1". S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Chicago, April 11. In the United States circuit court of appeals to day, the minority stockholders of the Chicago Terminal Transfer company lost the fight to intervene in the proceedings by which the Baltimore & Ohio obtained possession of Ter minal property, alleged to be worth $30,000,000. The Baltimore & Ohio in 1907 got control, through the payment of $16,000,000. It was con tended by the plaintiffs competition in bidding was suppressed. BUTTON FACTORIES LEAVE MUSCATINE? Iteported Iarge Concern in Strike Hidden Town Will tin to KvaiiKville, Ind. Evansville, Ind.. April 11. The management of the large button fac tory, at Muscatine, Iowa, employing 100 hands, contemplates moving the plant here in order to get close to the Ohio river mussels. "Moonshiner" Killed. Sparta, Tenn., April 11. In a fight between "moonshiners" of Van Buren county and a posse led by a federal revenue officer, one dis tiller was killed and two others were badly hurt, according to information that has reached here. Abingdon, III., Grows. Washington, April 11. Popula tion statistics of the Kith census just announced include: 1908. Abingdon, III 2,464 Amboy, III 1,749 Toulin, 111 1,208 1900. 2,022 1.H26 1,057 INVESTIGATION OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NEXT Washington, April 11. Rainy ofi Illinois, in a resolution introduced in the house today proposes an Inves- j tigation of the department of Jus-1 ed under the Sherman anti-trust law and subsequently dropped, and as to whether Attorney General Wick ershara has outside employment which would disqualify him for his position in the president's cabinet. CLEVELAND HOURMG FORJOHflSOf Ex-Mayor Dies After Long Struggle With Disease. . WAS NATIONAL FIGURE Leading Men Pay Tribute to His Memory Funeral Will Be in Brooklyn. Cleveland, Ohio, April 11 All Cleveland today Is mourning the death of Tom L. Johnson, which oc curred last night. Arrangements are being made for a public memorial. The body will He in state probably on Wednesday. JIAJfT TRIBITKS PAID. Scores of telegrams of condolence and paying tributes to the worth of Johnson are pouring in from promi nent men from all parts of th coun try. Tributes paid him include: Governor Harmon "A more hon est man than Mr. Johnson never liv ed'. Mr. Bryan: "No man in past gener ation did more effective work for peo ple than Tom L.. Johnson." Mayor Gay nor, of New York "The country at large has lost one of its greatest assets a man who fought for good government." FIWEHAL IX RROOKLVX. The funeral will be held in Brook lyn. X. Y., Thursday. There will bo public services. Cleveland's only opportunity to pay tribute to the former mayor will come Wednesday afternoon when the body will be taken from the Johnson family residence to the station to be sent to Brooklyn. ILL FOR YEAR. Cleveland. April 11. Tom L. Johnson, former mayor of Cleveland and known throughout the nation for his fight for 3 cent street car fares, died here last night at 8:45 o'clock of cirrhosis of the liver. Ho had been ill for over a year, but had been confined to his bed only sinco March 15. Mr. Johnson was at one time a multimillionaire, an) by his own confession, a monopolist. But it is as the mayor of Cleveland that he will be remembered by the people of the United States long after the other phases of his career are for gotten. He was pronounced by Lin coln Steffens "the best mayor of the best governed city in the United States." SOX OF COTTOX PLAXTKIL Tom Johnson's father. Albert W. Johnson, at the start of the civil war was a cotton planter with more than 100 slaves at Beaver Bayou, Ark., and a summer home at George town. Ky., where July 18, 1854, Tom L. was born. The end of the war found him stranded at Staunton, Va., with scarcely a dollar he could ca'I h!s own. It was there and at that hour that Tom Johnson first became a monopo list. The family needed money to get back to Arkansas. To obtain this money and obtain It quickly the boy. then only 11 years of age. entered Into an agreement with the con ductor of a train entering Staunton daily by which he obtained the sole privilege of selling all the papers that the train carried. In a few weeks his monopoly netted him $SS. BCfitX TO FHOSPKIl. Johnson prospered in a financial way and bought a small traction In terest in Indianapolis which he did not hold long. In 180 Johnson bought a small street car line In Cleveland. There were six or seven other lines In thi city but the newcomer understood the advantage of through routes and transfers, and he forced his compet itors to sell out to him or to imi tate liitu. Johnson's great compet itor at this time was Mark Hanna. In the war between the two fares were steadily reduced and the ser vice Improved. Finally Johnson dis posed of his Interests and the B.'g Consolidated was united with Han na's company. Two years before going to Indian apolis Mr. Johnson married h' fourth cousin, Margaret J. Johnsoii. The couple had two children. Ixf 1 1 n E. and Elizabeth V. Johnson. IXTKKKMKO IX POLITIC!. Up to this time Mr. Johnson had taken no part In politics. One day be bought from a newsboy on a train a copy of Henry George's "Social Problems." He became deeply In terested in the work and then read "Progress and Poverty." The last named book made him a single-taxer and an ardent admirer of Henry George. Johnson met George, who urged hirn earnestly to take an active in terest in politics in his own state. Johnson fought for and secured the (Continued on Pag Ten.)