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ROCK ISLAND ARGTJ nmrT Associated Press Exclusive Wire Ar gus Want Ads Always Bring Results JL. JUL SIXTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. 94. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1912. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. COOK COUNTY UBLICANS TO E REP REFUSE ENDORSE LAFOLLETTE, LOSING HOLD, HITSJAPERS Progressiva Leader Cries for a Return to the Oiden Days. The Weather MONEY THE GOD OF ALL Declares Financial Powers Con trol Country's Press Seitz Resents Slander. Forecast TUI 7 P. M. Tomorrow, for Rock Island. Davenport, Moline, and Vicinity. Generally fair tonight and Sun day, colder with tha lowest tem perature tonight about 10 to 15 de grees below zero. Highest yesterday 6. Lowest last night 3. Temperature at 7 a. m. 3. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m. 9 miles per hour. Precipitation .02 Inch. Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 76, at 7 a. m. 93. J. M. SHERIER. Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. (From noon today to noon tomorrow.) Snn sets 5:20, rises 7:06; moon rises C:15 p. m.; 3 p. m.. planet Saturn at quadrature with son, being 90 degrees east thereof. Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. 3. Tart de r.uuf iation by I-i Foilctte marked the ( lose of a dinner ot the Periodical Publishers' association early this n.orning. Much of La Follette's speech was devoted to the money power and an attack upon tlie sin cerity of newspapers. Wh. n lit- ha'l finished, Don C. Seitz of the American Newspaper Publish er association, who was toastmaster, poke briefly, declaring the newspaper had "boon foolishly, wickedly and un- tru'hfu'.ly assailed." IM'tMDI S SLIMIER. Today, in un interview, Seitz re iews 1m Kolleite's statements. He !eclaroR the senator's speech "devel oped into an lnfamoiiB slander of newrrapers and a wallowing, syco phantic praise of magazines," and that "it was a tragedy for I .a Follette's hopes. He has pimply wiped himself off the map." v kw ii colored. That part of La Follette's speech to which Seiiz objects came toward Its tlose. He named several early day editors, and spoke of their work in !. li ilf of the people. Discussing the MORGAN PROVIDES FUND TO INVESTIGATE MILLS Washington, Feb. 3. J. Pierpont Morgan Is treasurer of a fund with hich John A. Fitch, a Pittsburgh soclaloglst, has been Investigating labor conditions and alleged injus T. R. FAILS TO LANDING00I( Republican Convention Turns Down a Resolu tion of Endorsement ON RECORD FORDENEEN Frank L. Smith of Springfield to Enter Race for Guberna torial Nomination. Chicago, Feb. 3. The Cook county republican convention, S64 to 198, re fused to adopt a resolution endorsing Roosevelt for the presidency. The Insisted merely on CHINESE BLOW A TRAIN IN RIVER Charges of Dynamite Located Under a Bridge East of Mukden, Manchuria. KILLS THE PASSENGERS Explosion Occurs When Cars Reach the Middle of the Span Tab ris Outrage. SENATE QUIZ FOR PRIMARY Committee May Go Furth er Into the Election of Stephenson, FOUR ARE SLAIN IN A FARM HOME Father, Daughter and Two Sons Found Dead by Schoolboys. tires of employment in the steel mills Roosevelt forces of I'ittsburph. This fact developed to-, an expression against the endorsement day when Fitch continued his testi mony before the Stanley Investiga ting committee. Tien Tsin, Feb. 3. A railway bridge was blown np east of Mukden, Manchuria, this morning and the train wrecked. beveral passengers were killed. The outrage was com mitted at Chintzulim, where the railroad from Shanhaikwan to Muk den passes over a river. The crime was carefully prepared, the viaduct being undermined and charges ot dynamite placed in position. When the train was In the center of the bride a fuse was fired and the whole structure blew up. BOMB THROW lk DEAD, Tabriz, Persia, Feb. 3. An officer and 15 men of the Russian guard here CORRUPTION IS DENIED Yet Attorney for Senator Holds Finding it in Preliminary Would not Injure. MURDERED IS THE BELIEF Authorities Suspect One Victim Kill ed the Others and Then Com mitted Surc-ide, CITIZEN CODE FOR GERMANY LESS SEVERE Change is of Great Inter est to Countrymen in America. Washington, Feb. 3. Corruption In a senatorial primary alone does not corrupt under a state senator's elec tion, according to the argument of for mer Congressman Littlefield, repre senting Senator Isaac Stephenson be- ALLEGHENY SINKS; ALL ON BOARD ARE RESCUED New York, Feb. 3. A wireless message says the steams cup Aiie-1 gheny, which yesterday collided' north of Cape Henry with the steam-1 er Pomaron, sank at 12:35 this. n.nmlnir Tho twn naoaftnrprfl find : crew of the Allegheny were trans-! ferred to the Pomaron. The latter vessel, conveyed by the revenue cut ter Onondaga, is on its way to New port News. "PRISONER AT THE BAR IOWA GIRL IS INJURED IN A DENVER ACCIDENT Denver, Feb. 3. Miss Garnett Taylor of Burlington, Iowa, probably was fatally Injured today near Fort Collins when an automobile in which she and a party of friends were rid' ing skidded and crashed into a tele- newspaper of today, he- dwatr that J p'ho'nepoTe. l ioney power not only controls the -it iii'l'iHirles ami iroverrmeut, but ciit -(.h; il.e newspaper press." om ur. i: KtKDKU, lie said: "People know this,"' and that "their confidence is weakened and destroyed.' He also said newspapers cold snap and promise of more frigid weather is the cause assigned. EGGS WHOLESALING AT 40 CENTS IN CHICAGO Chlentro. Feb. 3. Fortv cents a doen is the wholesale price of eggs i tndav. the hichest ever reached in i st U were patronized for news, and!lh Chi market. The sudden v.-scried mat me news is coioreu wherever it "bear i nany way upon theJBuiitrol of government by busl- hot4t FUll M ;7.IES. "To the subserviency of the press to special interests in no t-mall de free," continued I.a Follette, "is due the power and Influence and prosper ity of the weekly and monthly maga zines. A decade aso, oung men trained in journalism came to sec this control cf the newspapers of the ottntry. They saw this unoccupied field, and they went out and built up treat periodicals and magazines. They were free." 29 BELOW ZERO AT LA CROSSE; HEAVY SNOW Chicago. Feb. 3. Uelow zero v valuer and heavy snow are reported throughout the nilddlewest. Nebras ka, Iowa and northwest Missouri re port blizzards, delayed trains and (iufferlng among live stock. La Crosse. Wis., reported 2S below zero. The Dakotas and jart of Illinois also are iu the irrip of a cold wave. Predictions are for continued cold, !th lower temperatures at many joints. Twelve below zero is prom ed Chicago and vicinity Sunday. NO PAY FOR DEPUTIES IMPORTED FOR STRIKE Muscatine, Iowa, Feb. 3. The county today was permanently en Joined from paying salaries to so- ailed "Imported deputy sheriffs" brought here during the button workers' strike a year ago. Takes Funeral In Shorthand. Marion, Ind., Feb. 3. A typewritten stenographic report of the funeral of Clarkson Willcuts, a merchant, shot by a highwayman, was presented to the murdered man's son, Calvin Will cuts, who is deaf. The son had sat through the ceremony. Unknown to him, for his consolation, a stenogra pher in an adjoining room copied the prayers, hymn texts and sermon. Ce cil Fordyce, charged with the murder, is said to have confessed to the police. IJERRICK OFFERED AMBASSADOR POST? y , . , .-, .'' .' I Kt : : V:?'- J tew Cln':;i Dead Unburled; Morgues Full. Valparaiso, Ind., Feb. 3. Local un dertaking men are in a quandary as to what disposition to make of bodies of the dead. For the first time in 40 years ground in the cemeteries is frozen to a depth that precludes all possibility of grave digging. Caskets are being stored in undertaking estab lishments. Practically all available space is now occupied and future deaths will create a serious problem for health authorities. Special Sessions at Manila. Manila. Feb. 3. After a stormy all- night meeting, the legislative assem bly adjourned at 6 o'clock yesterday. Governor Forbes Immediately called an extra session to settle outstanding measures, one of whkh relates to ap propriations. Because of squabbles between the hoases over questions of privilege, only 70 bills were passed by the assembly. WASHINGTON IN A MEXICO WARNING Washington. Feb. 3. Colonel Stee- ver, commanding the Fourth cavalry at LI Paso, has been instructed to prevent firing into American territory. and the Mexican authorities have been warned by the American government not to permit shooting across the bor der line. Casas Grandes is reported NEWS ITEM: The United States steel corporation haa made tweeping denial of charges of vio lation ot the anti-trust law, in its answer to the government's dissolution suit. of any candidate for the presidential nomination. A resolution endorsing Governor Deneen for another term was adopted A count ticket, headed by A. A. Mc cormick for president of the county board, and Lewis Rinaker for state's attorney, was endorsed. It is believed the endorsement of Deneen for governor means he has decided not to be a candidate for the senatorship. SMITH ESTERS RACES. Washington, Feb. 3. Frank L. Smith, internal revenue collector at Spring field, 111., will be a candidate for the republican nomination for governor. From information which has reached members of the Illinois congressional delegation Mr. Smith changed his mind after he left Washington and has de termined to be a candidate. When he left here, after conference with Sena tor Cullom and republican members of the house from Illinois, he had decided not to enter the race. 0 PLATFORM VET. It now appears, however, from state ments which reached Washington, pur porting to come directly from Mr. Smith, that he positively will be a can didate. No explanation accompanies the announcement as to the platform upon which Mr. Smith will conduct his campaign. Among members of the Il linois congressional delegation it wa3 understood that Mr. Smith intended to resign from the federal service and make a fight as a Roosevelt candidate. Mr. Smith left the impression with others that he would make the endorse ment of the Taft administration "his battle cry. were killed today and seven other sol diers wounded by the explosion of a shell which a Persian citizen was de livering at the citadel in pursuance of an order of the inhabitants to sur render arms and ammunition. To Accommodate Soldiers. Belfast, Ireland, Feb. 3. The au thorities are preparing accommoua- I tions for 5."00 tcldiers to concentrate Myron T. Herrick. ex-governor ol Ohio and prominent Ohio banker and capitalist. Is declared in Wash lnirten to have been offered the post dut Taft to succeed Robert Bacon, i to naVe sne ov,?r to tiie 'asurrectos i here Feb. 5, the day of the proposed 66, a pioneer banker of northern Iili- woo r;anea. uuivui a. tuui uicu. iiuuid i me uciuuiuunuuu, tola u uc&u. SENATOR GRADY DIES IN GOTHAM New York, Feb. 3. State Senator Thomas F. Grady, widely known in democratic councils in the state and nation, and familiarly called "the silver tongued orator of Tammany hall," is dead, after an illness of several weeks. Senator Grady first became widely known politically following a quarrel with Grover Cleveland. As a result, Grady opposed Cleveland's nomination for president. H bolted Cleveland and took the stump for Ben Butler, and together they toured the country. Afterwards Cleveland and Grady be came reconciled. Grady was spokes man for Tammany hall, both in state and national conventions. Champaign, HI., Feb. 3. Elmer T. Powers, editor of the Champaign Times since IS 79, is dead, aged 64. Flushing, L. I., Feb. 3. Rev. Dr. Charles G. Roberts, S3, one of the most widely known Congregational clergymen of the country, ig dead. At the outbreak of the civil war he was pastor of a church in nouthern Illinois and a close friend of Lincoln. fore the senate elections committee today. At the same time he denied there was any corruption in the Ste phenson primary. I.FI.VECED BV PRIMARY. Senator Lea brought out an admis sion that several legislators voted for Stephenson because of the primary vote. "Yet you say the senate cannot in vestigate the primary?" asked Lea. "Yes," replied Littlefield. PUTS ASIDE THE LAW. Senator Oliver announced that if there would be corruption in a primary he would not be influenced in his vote by a legal proposition. "So you had better get down to something else," concluded Oliver. Littlefield suggested it would be the opening up of a big field if the senate created the precedent of investigating senatorial primaries. After Littlefield's argument the com mittee postponed further consideration for one week. LOR1HER CASE NEAR CLOSE. Washington, Feb. 3. The Lorimer In vestigation is nearing an end, ar.d it is expected after one or two more wit nesses are examined the committee will close the hearings and begin the preparation of a report for the sen ate. The attorneys have been notified they must today close all testimony of detectives who claimed to have ad missions of perjury from McGowan. FOR COMMITTEE DISCHARGES. Washington, Feb. 3. After a lively fight the house, 150 to 100, today adopted an amendment to the rules de signed to point the discharge of com mittees from consideration of measures. Sterling, 111., Feb. 3. Henry Green, Appleton, Wis., Feb. 3. A quadruple murder mystery was given the au thorities to solve by the finding of four bodies yesterday afternoon at the farm home of Lewis Mailahn, at Bing- hamton, 15 miles northwest of this city. . The throats of three victims had been cut, while the fourth victim had been shot in the head. The dead: LEWIS MAILAHN, aged 66 years; shot In head. WILLIAM MAILAHN, aged 21 years. DORA MAILAHN, aged 16 years, JOHN MAILAHN, aged 8 years. F. J. Rooney, district attorney, be lieves it was a case of triple murder and suicide. BOY FIXD9 THE BODIES. The bodies were discovered by George Mailahn, aged 15 years, when he returned from the district school, which is two miles from his home, The boy found his sister lifeless on the kitchen floor. He informed his brother, Walter, aged 14, who accom panied him from school and another brother, Edward, aged 24, who had brought the two home on a sled on which he had been hauling wood dur ing the day. The oldest brother Immediately no tified the district attorney, who left for the Mailahn home with the sheriff. Lewis Mailahn's body was found in the barn, and those of John and Wil liam were discovered in the smoke house, i BELIEVE SON WAS SLAYER. The opinion of those who visited the home as soon as a report of the finding of the bodies was made, is that William Mailahn was responsible for fan? deaths. William Mailahn, according to the neighbors, had been acting strangely, The supposition 1b that he murdered his father, sister and brother and then took his own life. He had been angry at his father since last fall and had been absent from home until last Sun day. A fancied grievance over favors ex tended to other members of the fam ily is thought to have inspired the deed. Presumably the three who were slain were attacked while performing their accustomed duties about the farm. The district attorney feels sat isfied that William Mailahn was the slayer. Mrs. Mailahn died several years ago. William was a favorite with his mother, it is said, and had not lived in accord with his family since her death.' ACT OF ixsam: youth. Latest developments today show be yond question, the authorities say, that the tragedy was committed by William Mainland, while insane. Lew is Mainland, the father, C5. seems to have been the first one killed. Dora, 16, was found lying on a couch in the parlor, her throat slashed, the deed presumably having been committed while she was asleep. The body of John, 8, was found in a smoke house. William then went into the kitchen and slashed his own throat with a razor. NEIGHBOR RECALL REMARKS. Neighbors today express the opinion that William undoubtedly was insane. He made a remark Wednesday, ac cording to neighbors, that if he could get his father and oldest brother out of the way, the rest would be easy. I IE DIE OF Tl BKIU l l.OSIS. During recent years five members of the family died from tuberculosis of the lungs, and all the victims of the tragedy were afflicted with the same disease. Neighbors say William some time ago declared the family was dying piecemeal, that he thought it would be well they should all go together, and that he would "get car bolic acid and kill the whole bunch." It is believed he brooded over the con dition of the family until he became insane. FORFEITURES ARE FEW Resumption of Rights in Empire Will Be Facilitated Navy to Be Strengthened. Berlin, Feb. 3. The federal eonncil approved today a draft for a new cit izenship code" which is of great inter est to Germans in America. Citizen ship of Germany will be hereafter for feitable only on account of naturaliza tion in another country or because a man flees from his military service or fails to carry out his military obliga tions before the age of 32. EASIER TO GET BACK. Resumption of German citizenship will be facilitated by the new code, particularly that of German widows and of German women who have been divorced from aliens. FOR BIGGER NAVY. Berlin, Feb. 3. A naval bill to he introduced In the Reichstag will pro vide for the construction of a num ber of submarines, organization of a third class battleship squadron, and the addition of 15,000 blue jackets to the naval force. SEEK A STRANGER SEEN WITH MYSTERY VICTIM Kansas City, Feb. 3. With a hope -The- 'trm be gpTe'To Throw sorii'e' TIgfet on the death of Thomas Edwards, the police are searching today for a stranger with whom Edwards left his home in Yankton, S. D., last Sun day. They came. here to close a land deal. There Is no trace either of the stranger or record of the land deal. Find Mary Garden's Purse. St. Paul, Feb. 3. Police yesterday found Mary Garden's purse in an auto cab where the singer had dropped It It contained a pocket mirror, a pow der puff, a tube of rouge, a handker chief, two keys and a deck of cards. Which gave the only evidence of dia monds. The contents were invoiced by Mrs, Louis F. H. Snyder and sent to St. La Follette's Child Under Knife. submitted to a surgical operation up on her neck today. The operation was more serious than expected. The senator remains at her bedside. GENERAL IS HANGED BY MOD IN ECUADOR Armour &. Co. Sued. Chicago, Feb. 3. Armour & Co. were made defendants in a suit filed here today by United States District Attorney Wilkerson, charging viola tion of the pure food and drug act. It is alleged the company shipped de cayed eggs to Seattle. DARROW MOTION TO QUASH FAILS Joliet Banker is Stricken. Daytona, Fla., Feb. 2. George H Monroe, a Joliet banker and treasurer! in the McNainara case. of the national waterways commission, i and motion to quash the indictments droflfied dead sua. . vere overruled. Los Angeles, Feb. 3. Clarence S, Darrow plead not guilty to two in dictments on a charge of Jury bribery A demurrer Geo. Medaxo Alfaio. General Medaro Alfaro. brother ot the lata President Eloy Alfaro ot Ecuador, lynched by revolutionists, hca met th fate cf his kinsman along: with four other generals. They were taken from the Quito peniten iary by a mob. .