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ROCK ISLAND AUGXJ SIXTIETH YEAR. NO. 260. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1911. PRICE TWO CENTS. Labor War In United Kingdom; Facing Food Famine INDUSTRIAL WAR DECLARE GLUCOSE RULING IS CHANGED WITHOUT CONSENT OF WILEY Clothes Made of Wood Are the Latest Novelty in England THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN PANT5 WITH A PATCNT TtAVCie'CDD cJTAT MfILL NOT LACK nn tut l Hil pa Employes of All Railways to be Called Out at Once Tho Weather PEACE WOVE FAILURE Truce, in Effect Part of Day, Broken and Conferences Are Discontinued. Forecast Till 7 P. M. Tomorrow, for Rock Island. Davenport, Moline, and Vicinity. Generally fair tonight and Friday. i Slightly cooler tonight. ! Hiehest temperature yesterday 93, lowest 71, at 7 a. m. 72. Precipitation up to T a. m.. none. Wind velocity, 7 miles an hoar. Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 64, at 7 a. rri. 88. Stage of water 5.3, a fall of .5 in last 24 hours. J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster. Liverpool, Au. 17. Power station men quit today in sympathy with the strikers, ! stopping the operation of street cars and electric lighting sys- j terns. Following the failure of the', strike negotiations, military! maneuvers have been suspend- j ed everywhere and troops are 1 speeding to the strike centers. The city of London is preparing for large encampments of troops. It is estimated 600, 000 men will obey the strike order next Tuesday. ! ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. (From noon today to noon tomorrow.) i Bun sets Cl. rises 59; moon rises 10:47 p. m.; planet Mercury still visi ble, setting shortly after the sun. HARRY THAW'S WIFE AFTER MORE MONEY Seeks TV-vision of His $60,000 come While Hs Is in Mattea van Hospital. Ln- Ixindon. Aug. 17. Industrial war has . been declared and employes of all rail' ! ways of the United Kingdom will be i called out at once. , A day long conference at the board' of trade proved fruitless. I'.epre sent.i ' fives of the unions were irremovable i from their standpoint th.it th manag ers of the railroads had broken the; letter and viohitel the spirit of their; conciliation agreement. "We have tjran.'r.o'isly corne to the; conclusion." they told President Bur ton of the board of trade, "that Is the; only way that will now be effective as j a road to peace, and that the corn pa n- les shall consent to meet us." AQIITII I'l.AN KKJK.CTKD. At this point. Premier Asquith of-' ferort to arnolnt immediately a royal , commission which should Investigate. ornar,lino ,.olce ,reak Into snd report what amendments. If any are desirable, for a conciliation plan.; Jeiitit's Quarters mid Ixxate The representatives of the unions re-1 Jessie McDonald . fused the proffer of the premier to ; Pittsburgh, Aug. 17. Asking for; a lunacy commission for Harry Ken- ' drill Thaw, now confined in the Mat teawan hospital. New York, a peti tion was filed in common pleas court : here in behalf of Kvelyn Nesblt i Thaw, his wife. J Judge U. L. Davis admitted the pe- j tition after some discussion as to' whether a Pennsylvania court had ; jurisdiction. j r rancis itawie, a nuaaeipnia at torney who filed the petition, asked for a rule to show cause why the! commission should not be appointed, bnt this was refused as the attorney could not tell the court the names of the persons who have charge of Thaw's income in this county. A hearing will take place after the parties interested have been notified. Mr. rtawl-3 stated that Thaw's in come w:is $6,noo a year and Mrs. Thaw, being without means, was en titled to a share of this amount. ZZm- I BtlNrOOCCD I .yi A A Tt3 5lB. ANtV gA CONCRETE. A7-0 -'iil - , aId-v I ARCHITECT! Hf 4 O i WW In . 5 I 4-. co your. I v ty k L-M 'mi I'm VX W 1 er LVA X Jj) H jp J 7ANSUAY & On RECALL NOW ni it nr nn i uui ur mn LOKG LOST GIRL IS FOUND IN AN OFFICE appoint a commission. The railways consented to the plan. The leaders of the Amalgamated society of Railroad Servants this evrnii'e dispatched tele prams throughout the country calling upon the mn to cease work. TIME LIMIT F.XIMUKS. l,ondon, Aug. 17. The time limit, of 24 hours within which the railway men demanded their employers agree to consider their grievances expired -vvlih the linht this morning, but the threatened genera! strike on the ra:l jotida of the fnited Kingdom failed to materialize. Instead representa tives of the railway societies involved hihn 1rard went into a coniertmt- i . .f trud Statehood Assured Arizo na and New Mexico at Present Session. PRESIDENT SATISFIED Indicates That He Will Sign Measure in Its Corrected Form When Offered. w asningiou. Aug. ii. Although un able to see the president today, Chair man Smith of the senate territories committee, after a talk with Secretary Hilles. declared that the joint resolu tion introduced in the senate Tuesday, providing for the admission of Ari- REVISION WOULD UPSET BUSINESS Defense of President's Purpose to Veto Conference Wool Bill. CABINET HOLDS SESSI0M Two of Officials-41c reUtf ore in Favor Converted to the View of Tal't Today. San Bernardino, Calif., Aug. 17. Breaking into the offices of A. W. Me David, a dentist, at midnight, Chief of -Police Mespeit found huddled in ai corner, a baby at her breast. Miss1 Jessie McDonald,, the high school girl, missing from her home eighteen j months. The girl declared she had; been toeld in subjection in a house ad-j joining the dentist's office. Mita Mc Donald, who is 20 years old, was , clothed in ru sr&ft Mrmpnts onH wast- ' ed almost to a skeleton McDavid za and New Mexico into the union j 'n speeches on his western trip this who is a married man, was arrested ou with the recall of the judges clause j fa" and argue against what he would Rtnti.tnn- -hr Ti Atrnni eliminated from the Arizona constifi ! characterize as unnecessary upsetting Washington, D. C, Aug. 17. Follow" ing a special meeting of the cabinet to day the last remaining doubt of the president's attitude on the wool bill was swept away. It was stated Taft's veto message might go to the house late today. One or two cabinet officers who had heretofore held to the opinion it might be wiser for the president to sign the wool bill, were said to have been entirely won over to Taft's views at today's session. It was Indicated that any tariff revision bill at this ses sion of congress would be vetoed. ARCI'MFAT I' SPEKf IIKS. The president, it was said, would go before the country in his message and Traffic proceeded as usual. ISO OIIUEH 11 No formal order was riven the un- imi men by their leaders ntiy it was geuerally truce would be observed while nego- K'liumc wi h iu. boar dof tr::do untied. but appar- understood 3 de con- clared she had been held in subjection ticn, would be acceptable to Presidenc by McDavid through hypnotic iuiluence Taft. and had undergone awful suffering. Al- hkach complete agkeement. most In the same breath she declared j Washington, Aug. 17. The state ( she loved McDavid. States Attorney hood conference today reached a com Goodsell declared only at night and t plete agreement to eliminate the Judi then closely veiled, would McDavid al. I ciary recall feature in the Arizona low her to leave the apartments. On i constitution, and provide for making these occasions he would take her'thp New Mexico constitution easier of of business through a revision of the tariff not based on Information from the tariff board. buggy city. riding in the outskirts of the Town Marshal Slain. Missouri Valley, Iowa. Aug. 17. .t-v.-ge Butcher, town marshal, wis t hot and killed here yesterday after noon t two strangers, who made liie.r escape. Fifty men are searching for the slayers an! a lynching is feared if they are captured. The to men nr lived in town ou a freight train. The luartdal was at the depot and while I'fokinu at tl. s'vangers. the latter cpeiie.! tire, killing but'.-her instantly. I TAFT IS INVITED TO FLY AT BOSTON MEET Iresident Will Attend. But Has Not PromixHi He Will Take Air Trip. I0WANS, FLUSH, HELD IN DENVER j Boston, Aug. 17. Presient Taft i will have an opportunity to take an i airship ride at the aero meet at Stjua'ntuni, whifh begins next week. OHiceiB of tie Harvard Aviation as sociation decided to present an in vitation to the president to take his j first trip into the air on the day be j visits the exhibition. The president : already has promised to attend. IVnver. Auc. 17. So well suppled w ith lueuev that thev tpurr.e l to t iair.i cvwht 'ef tZ Xojnd on the floor of JAKE ALLEGED LYNCHERS a patrol wai-on in which they had- journeyed to police headquarters. tiaini which no ore woiid Lave been inclined to i":ip.:te with then. iMiauai Buxton. 2?. and Fred Peterson. ... were arrested here yesterday as they stepped from a truln. The iAiesvt:ie, I'a Authorities Act Fol lowing Burning of Walker. Coatesville, Pa., Aug. 17. Three men. ene of whom the authorities assert w as a leader of the mob. were arrest arrested yesterday and charged with amendment This agreement is said to conform to the president's wishes and undoubtedly means statehood fo; the two territories at this session. amendment adopted. Washington, Aug. 17. There was an unexpected move in the senate today when the iron and steel amendment to the cotton bill, offered by Bacon, was adopted 2S to 25. The Bacon amendment was adopt ed through a combination of demo crats and regular republicans. Sel dom has any transaction in the sen ate created as great a sensation as the break between the democrats and progressives. Later La Follette sprang a substitute for the original house cotton bill. com is stricken. Washington, Aug. 17. The house to tay adopted the conference report on the farmers' free list bill with the elimination of the house lemon amend- i ment. Under an agreement with the senate, corn was stricken from th? free list provisions. H. HILL SUSPENDED; PLAYERS ON STRIKE PEOPLE ONLY CONCERN: T.R Roosevelt Further Ex plains Action in Ten nessee Deal. MOTIVE UNIMPORTANT Whether the Steel Corporation Sought to Save Brokers He Does Not Care. Six Members of Houston Ball Team Refuse to Work Until Mana ager Is Reinstated. Texas, Aug. 17. Six New York, Ag. 17. Ex-President Roosevelt has an article on "The Steel Corporation and the Panic of 1907" in the Outlook appearing today. Mr. Roosevelt discusses his recent ap pearance before the congressional com mittee investigating the steel corpora tion, repeating the written statement he then presented and dealing with some of the lines of inquiry and his responses. lie says: "On Saturday, Aug. 5, in compliance with the request of the clralrman of the congressional committee investiga ting the absorption of the Tennessee Coal & Iron company by the steel cor poration, I appeared before that body. I had nothing new to which to testify. FACTS ALIIKADV KNOWN. "There was not a fact of the slight est importance or of the slightest bear, ing upon my action which was not already known, and which had not been known from the time I acted; and incidentally I may mention that were male at the request of Middie- murder in connection with the burn town, Iowa, authcritii s, who did net j ing of Zaeharias S. Walker Sunday cMtlote i he lharges aeaiat te boye. j ndcht. They are Joseph Schofield, AltLo'.i.ch routl.'.y - ?sed in farm a rrater mechanic ct the Conestoga tire, the pair had over $50 bet mn Traction company and Norman Prl; xti tn. i and George Stoll, mill hands. They I'.urlir t' s.i 1 I Iowa. A u t 1 ' -Pux- i i.-cn. who are alleged to were arrested after they had been closely questioned and were rushed ha .e turned robbed ihe Louse by automobile to the Westchester of Frank r.-.irr.g.irt ner at Augusta, i jail. Stoll is accused of being one this county, were :.rrestei in Dn- J of those most active !n the lyncb'ns ver yeaterdiy. sheriff Krnest w ; w fc".e Pchofield is said to have al as; ertain if fi g ti-.s will return j mitted that he assisted to tie Walker wkhc-ut r.ti'..U '.ien papers. i for tlie burning. Houston members of the Houston, Texas, this is also true as regards Panama league baseball team are on a strike j the dealings of my administration with because of the suspension of Man-(the sugar trust, or any other trust, ager Hunter 1111. The six players ;and as to any other action of my ad refused to accompany the team to j ministration. Nobody need feel either Fort Worth, where a series is sched- concern nor hope as to whe ther any uled to begin today, and announced thing done by my administration will their Intention not to play until Hill j he 'discovered.' for the excellent reason ATWOOD REACHES SANDUSKY TODAY Looks Over Ground in Automo bile Preparatory to Mak ing1 Landing. HE DROPS OUTSIDE CITY Four Accidents, Xone Fatal, How ever, Mar Event at ClUcago Meeting. ATOOOD'S TRAVELS WEDNESDAY. Miles. Hour. Elkhart, Ind 0 Goshen 10 Millersburg IS Ligonier 25 Wawaka 31 Brimfield 35 Kendallville 42 Corunna 4S Waterloo 55 Butler C2 Mina (Ohio) 71 Melbern 74 Bryan SO Stryker 87 Archbold 93 Pettisville 97 PettlsvIDe 97 Wauseon ... .... 101 Delta 109 Swanton 114 Holland 121 Toledo 133 8:06 8:23 8:33 8:45 8:51 S:55 9:06 9:15 9:22 9:32 9:3S 9:42 9:52 10:00 10:00 10:12 Started. 3:22 3:25 3:33 3:41 3:49 4:02 Food Expert Makes Startling Charge at House Hearing. OPINIONS PURCHASED Corn Syrup Manufacturing In terests Finally Secure Fa vorable Verdict. Sandusky, Ohio, Aug. 17. Atwood left Venice at 1:18 and arrived here at 1:23. He circled around several times and landed at 1:32. Ill 5 EJi IX RAW. Toledo. Ohio, Aug. 17. Despite a cloudy sky and a spatter of rain, At wood at 10:29 resumed his flight to New York. He expects to reach San dusky, OS miles distant. In an hour and a half. Vealoar'Oalo. Aug. -17. Atwood landed here, three miles from San dusky, at 11:28. An automobile conveyed the aviator to Sandusky, so he could look over the ground to prepare for a landing, which at San dusky is a difficult one. MISHAPS IN CHICAGO. Chicago, Aug. 17. There were four accidents at the aviation meet ing yesterday. They were: Arthur Stone, 100 horse power Queen motor; rudder and elevator wires became blocked In first lap of "round the crib" race while 2,000 feet in the air; descended 1,000 feet, then shut off engine and glided toward water; dived overboard and was rescued at 6:40 p. m. by James A. Pugh's motor boat, "Disturber II" after swimming a quarter of a mile off Thirty-first Btreet. Lincoln Heachey, Curtlss biplane; gasoline feed pipe refused to work when bis machine was tilted sudden ly downward by gust of wind while 3,280 feet above ground at 4:40 p. ui.; engine stopped and he volplaned to a graceful lighting in aerodrome. Howard GUI, Wright biplane; making a landing at 6:22 p. ni. across the wind at north end of field; skids bounded from rough ground, a wing caught on the ground, tripped and his machine overturned; he es caped without a scratch. Oscar A. Brindley, Wright bi plane, engine shaft broke while 400 feet above north end of field and he glided in curve to a rough land ing at 6:30 p. m. that wrenched his machine but did not hurt him. OFFER REWARD FOR CAPTURE QF SWITCH is reinstated. All of the "strikers" probably will be suspended. JOHN H. OSBORNE PASSES low Official Hot on Trail of Il aKMl Convict and His Companion. that there was nothing that, was hid den. "I made to the committee the state ment which follows. Several ones-1 r. ,7 r-, , . t oapv. Jtions were then asked by different ! K . Carro last night announced that a In Harvesting : members of the committee. Moat of: . ,j . l these Questions dealt with matters not wi,. c-i.v. . AK-t, V V An. 17 Tnhn It . . ... ; V U" - w u.f eB..u livui lU5 auuuiu, ... - ., " '"ioi sumciem moment to warrant anus-...,., n r .v. : . 9 . ' 1 .Ml osuui ue, i j, uuc ' me fjiuurcio ui ; jon to them here is dead at his home here of heart Washington, Aug. 17. Dr. H. A. Wi ley added another sensation to the house inquiry Into the agricultural de partment affairs today when he de clared that a ruling adverse to the so- called "corn syj-up manufacturing in terests," promulgated by the bureau of chemistry, food and drug Inspection board, and Secretary Wilson himself, had suddenly been changed Into a fa vorable opinion without being referred to him or his associates. II.LEliAL. fSETA. Wiley charged that the manufactur ers of these products had offered money to prominent commercial chem ists In the United States to secure opinions supporting their contention that "corn syrup" was tho proper name for glucose. The board of food and drug inspection, endorsing the bu reau of chemistry, found "corn nyrup" was an Illegal label on glucose. DECISION Srri'HKSSKD. "All the board Joined In th de cision." Wiley said, "and the deci dslon was approved by the secre tary. This decision was sent to the printing office, set up and proofs taken, but It was never sent out. Later, exactly a contrary decision was published by three members of the cabinet vested with. Jurisdiction in such matters, as the pure food decision was nndef-the food aSS" drugs act. In the interval between preparation of our decision and the publication of the ruling by three secretaries I know the corn products company was very busy. TRY TO CiET CKIlTiriCATBS. "They tried to get certificates from chemists to show that 'corn syrup" was the proper term for glucose. In one case a chemist Informed me that he had been offered money for such an opinion, but he refused It. When I learned this, I wrote all the state chemists in the country who were charged with enforcing the pure food law. and put it up to them to say whether this was the proper la gel. Every one answered in the neg ative, and they were not offered any money by me or any one else." I SI 1 1. 1. IN FOHCR. Wiley said the president of the Corn Products company protested to the board of three cabinet officers, declaring Wiley's appeal to the state chemists wan unfair. Wiley added that the decision of three secretar ies still remains in force. WH.KV EiH)itsi;n. Chicago, Aug. 17. The admlnlstra tlon of the bureau of chemistry by Dr. Wiley, whOHe rulings vitally affect the canning industry, is endorsed in reso lutions adopted today by tfe National Carmers' association and tlie National Canned Goods & Dried Fruit Brokers' association. The resolutions, which are addressed to President Taft, con clude as follows: ii is (ovniii:o: op pkoim.e. "We respectfully urge his excellen cy, the president, to consider well the conspicuous service Dr. Wiley has rem dered the people, their manifest ap proval and confidence In Mm, and to ask his retention In Ms present office. if not. Incompatible wl'h that sense Of fairness which has ever marked the Judgment of the piesldent of the Unit ed ri'atea." One of the Iloneers Implement Industry. failure. He founded the local har- aniosa prison last week and Lis com- ' pardon who shot and seriously wound- j not His ui ME. j (;uard Humaker. Prison officials I lany of them were as to what my 1 have offered a reward for the capture ! EUROPEAN QUAKE IS FELT IN U. S. vester 'plant now controlled by thej relief was concerning the motives of , of the men and the state will pay $30 International Harvester company. i tContlnued on Pnye blx.) BIG BUSINESS WANTS PEOPLE TO ATTEND THEIR OWN BUSINESS for the capture of Srniteh and $500 for I the capture of his companion, who ii said to be Suite h's brother. Physician who are attending Humaker In a Cedar Itapids hospital, believe he will rt- i cover. BY TAV. house to Inquire into (Special Correspondence of The Argus.) (methods. their business Washington, Aug. 15. Nearly all the trust officials who have testified before the various congressional inves tigating committees in Washington this summer, including George W. Per kins, Morgan's former partner, and a directing influence in many of the big corporations, have bewailed the activ ity on the part of the democrats of the -LET XS AlOVE." "Let us alone" has been their cry since the days of Mark Hanna, and Secretary Wilton is 76. Wash in 2 ton Aui 17, The r.M tt "The tendency to distrust the big cor-, Inember of thtJ cabinet, Secretary of torations is having a deterrent effect ; Agriculture Wilson, yesterday cele on business, and hurting the prosperity brated his 76th bir-hday. He has of the country." 1 served as a cabinet officer longer The Perkins viewpoint would be a j than any other member. that "letting them alone' is not to be!mate congumerii cf the country might! i part of the democratic pragram they i , aiarrn(.d wr ffir i are much disturbed. Testifying before the Stanley steel committee this week Mr. Perking said: 1 Admiral Togo III. Boston, Aug. 17. Admiral Togo is Washington, Aug. 17 An earth quake of violence la.-tiiig an hour and forty eight minutes waa recorded b the seismograph at Georgetow-n univer sity last evening, beginning at i:l- o'clock. The observer estimated tne disturbance probably was In Europe. New York, Aug. 17. Kordham col lege estimates that the earthquake reg istered yesterday afternoon by thi seismograph at that Institution and In different parts of the country was 4.315 miles distant from New York Take Poison by Mitaks. Fon Du Lac, Wis , Aug. 17 Mistak ing a bottle containing cjanide of pot. ash for a harmless medi' ine. Nathan iel W. Ballade, a prominent business ' dence on every band that the truat tContit-aea on P&gi Four. ; suffering an attack of acute indiges- man of this city, to day swallowed a i tion. He cancelled all his engage- j quantity of the poison and died before) ments today. i medical aid arrived.