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AMtU Associated Press Exclusive Wire Argus Want Ads Always Bring Results SIXTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. 132. TUESmv. MARCH 19, 1912. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. THE ROC K ISLAND TAFTTOTAKE HAND IN THE COALSTRIKE Conference is Arranged With Mitchell at the White Hcuse. Tlve Weather KEEPS IN CLOSE TOUCH Crdman Act May Be Extended to Mine Owners and Oper ators and Avert a Break. Forecast Till 7 P. M. Tomorrow, for Rock Island. Davenport, Molina. and Viol nit. Threatening tonight. Wednesday generally fair. Cold ware tonight and Wednesday with high northerly winds. The lowest temperature will be about 10 to 15 above sero. Temperature at T a. m., 37. High est yesterday 47. lowest last night 36. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m., 3 miles per hour. Precipitation none. Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 68, at 7 a. m. 92. J. M. SHEKTKR. Liocal Forecaster. A8TRONOMICAL EVENT8. (From nooa today to noon tomorrow.) Snn sets 6:11. rises 608; moon sets 7 JO p. m.; moon at greatest libratton east displaying face farthest east; moon at ascending node, crossing sun's path upward; S p. m., planet Mercury at perihelion, nearest sun; 11:37 p. m moon In conjunction with planet Mer cury, passing from west to east of the planet. Vflnertrllle. Pa., March 19. The Pine Hill Coal company posted notice announcing employes will be .granted si 10 per cent Increase April 1. This Is the first open break in the ranlh of the operators and may also result in the first break among the: organization of mine workers. Manchester, N. 11., March 19. It became known today that wblle Pres ident Taft had not thought of inter vening in the anthracite coal dead lock, he is keeping in close touch with both sides, and will see John Mitchell st the White house this week. MAY rOHCE ARBITRATION. Washington. March 19. The house committee on interstate com merce todsy decided to appoint a subcommittee immediately to con sider a report on Lee's bill to extend the Erdman arbitration and media tion act to apply to coal mine own ers and operators. Lee believes the bill will avert the threatened coal strike. SUSPENSION CERTAIN. Chicago, March 19. Announce ment was made here today It will be practically Impossible for the oper ators and miners in the bituminous fields to reach an agreement April 1 and a suspension of business on that date is certain. The announcement. came from the Illinois coal oper ators. CONSULS ARE IN CONFLICT United States and British China Agents in Disagreement. SITUATION IS SERIOUS Differ on Questions of Interna tional Action Slaughter of Natives Continues. EMPEROR DELAYS TRIP: A SURPRISE Monarchs of Austria and Italy Have Their Plans Unex pectedly Upset. POLITICS THE CAUSE Speech Delivered In English Com mons With Reference to Army Believed Reason. W. J. BRYAN IS 52; IS TO HAVE A PARTY Lincoln. Neb.. March 19. W. J Bryan Is 62 years old today and birthday dinner which will be given tonight In his honor has brought to Lincoln many prominent party lead ers of the country. A conference lim ited to the so-called progressive fac tion is to be held during the day. Presidential candidates and party pol icies will be discussed. It is possi ble a declaration will be made in fa vor of some particular presidential candidate. At tonight's banquet for mer Senator Pettigrew of South Da kota w411 epeak on "Progressive De mocracy In the Northwest." Canton, China, March 19. A con flict of opinion has arisen between the United States consul here and the British consul on the question of in ternational action. The situation is so serious a telegram was sent to REID DENIES BRITONSLUR Comparison With France Before the Revolution . is Repudiated. CONVICTS FIGHT UNTIL TWO DROP Morley, Last Survivor of Trio, Surrenders When Ammuni tion Is Exhausted. HOUSE ACTION ASKED Berlin, March 19. Emperor William today unexpectedly postponed his de parture for Austria and Italy, sched uled for March 23. The announce ment caused surprise. The reason inv pelling a change of plans must be quite important, as it will Involve embar rassment to the emperor of Austria and the king of Italy, whose arrange ments for the meetings were all made. The reason officials assigned for the postponement is "difficulties In the sphere of Internal politics." EXPLANATION INDEFINITE. This explanation is so Indefinite it Many of Members of Parliament Inclined to Belief That As sertion Was Uttered. London, March 19. The recent purported interview with Ambassa dor Reid in which the latter is quoted as saying that England today is in a condition similar to that which pre vailed in France before the revolu- OH, THE JOYOUS SPRINGTIME! TRAIN STALLED FOR WEEK IS RELEASED Kansas City, March 19. Snowballs for poker chips, bed sheets for towels, vaudeville in a dining far, and only two light meals a day were some of the things experienced by nearly two hundred snowbound passengers on a Viilon Pacific train that as stalled at Oakley, Kan., for more than a week. The train reached Kansas City late yesterday, after having been on the road from Denver since Saturday, March 9. One passenger said today: "Food became scarce and the coal sup ply so short the cars became cold. Water, too. was scarce, and we depend ed largely on melted snow. Finally sanitary conditions became almost Intolerable." TRAIN HITS A WAGON AND KILLS FIVE MEN Ellettsville, Ind., March 19. Five glass blowers, returning in a vehicle from Bloomlngton, Ind., were struck by a train near here early today and all killed. The body of one man was carried a mile and a half on the engine pilot to this town. REDUCTION ORDERED ON RAILROAD COAL RATE Washington, March 19. The inter state commerce commission today de cided two Important bituminous coal rate cases. The rate from Pittsburgh to great lake ports is reduced from 88 to 78 cents a ton, giving shippers com plete victory in the cases from the Vir ginia and West Virginia fields to lake ports. The commission upheld the proposed advances from the Thacker and Pocahontas districts made by the Norfolk & Western, but maintained the advances were not justified from the Fairmount, Kanawha and New Riv r districts made by other roads. The commission made an exhaustive inves tigation into the cost of the movement traffic as a foundationer the fixing of rates. t The democratic excise-Income tax bill passed the house unamended this afternoon by a vote of 249 to 41. Many republicans voted for It. Washington. March 19. Long con ferences of the department of Justice today regarding a voluntary dissolu tion of the International Harvester company under the Sherman law. was without definite result General Coun sel Bancroft will return to Chicago with a knowledge of the government's general stipulations for dissolution to consult further with officials of the company. Negotiations are soon to be resumed. JILTED CHICAGO ARTIST GETS $25,000 DAMAGES Chicago, March 19. It took a' Jury in the circuit court Just 15 minutes yesterday to decide that Miss Marv T. Lonergan, an artist, is entitled to $25,000 worth of heart balm from Drl Daniel Bernard Hayden. She brought suit against the physician for $50,000, alleging he broke his promise to marry her. Miss Lonergan is living with friends at Forty-seventh street and Ellis avenue in Kenwood. Her fa ther, Patrick Lonergan, who is a wealthy land owner, lives near Kan kakee, 111, . . , , " -- ur. uayaen is an instructor in tar yngology and ontology at the Univer sity of Chicago, and a brother of Rev. Martin Hayden, assistant pas tor of St. Anselm's church, Sixty-first street and Michigan avenue. He has offices in the Peoples Gas building. Testimony in the case, which was filed a year ago, began on Monday. Miss Lonergan told the Jury that she became acquainted with the doctor four years ago. Shortly afterwards, she said, he proposed to her and was accepted. A few months later he went to Germany to continue his medical studies. When he returned he resumed his sttentions, she said, leading her fur ther to believe he was going to ful fill his marriage aggreement. Not until Oct. 5, 1910, when the physl clan married Miss Julia Howard of Farmer City, 111., did she realize that she had been Jilted, she de clared. Miss Lonergan said for the last two yesrs she had net been able to con tinue her art work because her nerves were a complete wreck. She studied art at the Lady of Providence academy in Chicago, the Bourbonnais (111.) academy and St. Joseph's sem inary in Kankakee. Dr. Hayden is the son of John Hay den of Manhftan, III., one of the wealthiest land owners In the state. He lives at 5703 Washington avenue. Neither he nor Miss Lonergan was present when the verdict was read. Judge Wlndes announced he would hear a motion for a new trial on Saturday. SLED IS FILLED WITH DEAD Horses Running Wild With No Driver, Lone Live One Jumps Into Arms of Pursuers. ROOSEVELT'S BOOM LOSING INN. DAKOTA Odds of Two to One Are Being Offered on La Follette. Millions for Orphanage. London. March 19. A beauest of $6,259,000 was left by the le Baron Wandsworth for the foundation of &, orphanage, MINIMUM WAGES BILL IS OFFERED BY PREMIER London, March 19. The premier today Introduced in the commons a fixed minimum wage coal mines bill. The premier explained the specific purpose of the measure was to set tle the present difficulty in the coal tiade in Great Britain. The enact ment, therefore, will be effective only trree years, unless the coal Industry lshes to prolong it Berlin, March 19. Leaders of the miners unions decided today to ter minate the Westphalia coal strike, as they consider It futile. Denain, France, March 19. Of 13,000 coal miners in this region 7.000 struck for an eight-hour day at l pension of 40 cents a day at the conclusion of 25 years' service. Hong Kong asking advice and in re sponse Commodore Eyres, British na val officer In charge at Hong Kong, is on his way here. OPEN FIRE ON FORTS. Hong Kong, March 19. Chinese gunboats opened fire on Bogue forts at Canton today. The rorts had been in the bands of f?J lowers of Luk, a brigand chief, for a week past. The latter replied vigorously to the bom bardment. Luk declared if they fail ed to secure a victory over the gov ernment they would shell Sha-Meen, the foreign quarter, in order to bring about foreign intervention. BANDITS 81'FFER LOSSES. All forts at Yuchu, Whampoa and Fu Mun, on the Canton river, recent ly captured by. revolting bandit-soldiers, were retaken today by govern ment troops after a long cannonade. The bandits suffered severe losses. may refer either to the coal strike or, more probable, to a conflict going on in connection with the provision of finances to cover increases In the army and navy recently decided upon, and which caused the resignation of Secre tary of the Imperial Treasury Wer-muth. CHVRCHILL SPEECH CITED. There is a strong disposition here to connect the emperor's action with the speech delivered yesterday by Wins ton Spencer Churchill in the British commons. ORIGINAL PLANS STAND. Misgivings aroused in the change of the emperor's plans were quickly allayed this afternoon by another noti fication which sates the original ar rangement for the emperor's departure Friday now will be carried out. Shoe Machinery Men Held. Boston, March 19. President Winstow and three directors of the I'njted Shoe Machinery company, un der indictment on a charge of main taining a monopoly, plead not guilty today. They were held under $10,000 bends each for trial. Troops After Outlaws. Hillsvllle. March 19. Cordons of troops mo6t adaptable, being cavalry equipped for a long siege and search of mountains of Carroll and adjoining counties, seem today to be the only practicable method by which the DEATHS IN A DAY Seattle. Wash., March 19. Rev. George W. Carr, 75, formerly presi dent of Morningside college, Sioux City, Iowa, is dead. Rev. Mr. Carr had held many important pastorates in the Methodist Episcopal church in Illinois and Iowa. 1 Washington, March 19.- Judge F. F. Oldham, late adviser to the con troller of the currency, known to bankers the country over, is dead He was aged 64. GOVERNOR HUNT HAS HIS FAITH IN MAN SHAKEN Phoenix, Ariz., March 19. One of the convicts whom Governor Hunt re cently placed upon his honor not to attempt to escape, a Mexican named Chappo, disregarded his word and slipped away from the penitentiary at Florence today. He was not caught The honor system has been in vogue several weeks and Chappo was the first convict to attempt to escape. Governor Hunt, It was members of the Allen clan, slayers pcrteo. had said he would be willing of court officials, can be captured. I to resign. li any convict did so. 1 POPULAR OFFICER IS SENT TO JAPAN V:-" . dpt. Hubert Wig mora. Cap"- Hutert L- Wlgmore of t"- United States Army ts to leave t t artly .for Japan foUofe'ag fcls u nuor, by the sti'.e --.'mft . j military atta he -t t-i-e TTnlted States embassy at Toltlo- He has Ljea very pewiar. socially, la W-&ir-Lan. tlon In that country may become a subject of official Inquiry. Sir Henry J. Dalziel, member of Kirkcaldy, gave nottca or nis inten tion to ask Sir Edward Grey, secre tary of state for foreign affairs, "whether his attention had been call ed to an Interview published in the public press with the ambassador from the United States in which the latter is reported to have expressed the opinion that the general political conditions in this country at present are the same as those which prevailed in France before the revolution," and whether Le has in his possession any information which would enable him to affirm or deny the authenticity of the interview. REID AUTHORIZES A DENIAL. Ambassador Reid is at present at his country home at Wrest park, con valescing from an attack of bron chitis. Wrilliam Phillips, first sec retary of the American embassy, who, is in London, called Mr. Reid by telephone and was authorized by Mr. Reid to deny the purported inter view. The question which has been brought up by Sir Henry J. Dalziel is now before the speaker, who has the authority to reject it or to accept it. If be accepts the question will be asked formally in the house on next Wednesday or Thursday. There were a number of indignant comments in the lobbies of the house today on the part of members who professed to believe the alleged inter view correct, but the prevailing belief was that Mr. Reid was too discreet to make the remarks attributed to him. DIPLOMAT A DISCREET MA. It was pointed out that he always has been careful as to what he said snout the domestic affairs of Great Britain and it was hardly likely that he would err now. But there was a feeling that an explanation was forth coming from Mr. Reid. One opinion expressed was that the alleged interview was likely to create the Impression among the strikers that the government would be forced to grant their demands for fear social and political chaos would follow as the consequence of a refusal. Omaha, Neb., March I?. "With, a sledload of dead men, the horses run ning wild with no driver and all am munition gone, I jumped from the wag on and surrendered myself to the first man who could get to me," last night said Charles Morley, the only living one of the trio of convicts who last Thursday dynamited their cells and shot their way to liberty from the Nebraska penitentiary, killing the warden and two guards. Moray's story was a description of the tending of the battle which the three convicts fought against probably 1,000 sheriffs, policemen, detectives, soldiers, farmers and civilians who chased the convicts for many miles and shot them to death. With the convicts died Roy Blunt, a young far mer whom the fugitives captured early yesterday. They forced him to take them in his sled and drive the horses at a breakneck speed for hours in an attempt to reach Omaha and safety among friends who are supposed to be waiting for them In this city. Near the farm of William Mowinkle. three miles from the town of Gretna, the first sight or the fugitives was gained and the pursuers set up a great cry. It was answered by a shot from the sleigh. One man sat on the seat of the fast moving vehicle. Three others were lying down in the body behind the high .sides. BLL'NT KILLED AT FIRST FIRE. At top speed the sleigh sped down the road. Posses could be seen coming from all directions. The fugitives were armed with shotguns and pistols. The pursuers had high-power rifles and were undoubtedly masters of the sit uation. At the head of the posse rac ed three men on horses. "For God's- sako-doa-'t Bhoot-tnerl begged. "The driver is our brother." Twenty-five rifles cracked together. Roy Blunt, the captive, fell backward from his seat on the sleigh. Thereaft ei the horses wer without a driver and ran wilder than ever. A man rose from the bottom of the sleigh. With a revolver In either hand he blazed away at the oncoming posse. From men crouching in the bottom shotguns boomed and from the pursu ers came the sharp crack of the repeat ing rifles. The sleigh slackened its speed as the horses struck a hill. . Out from the pur suers raced a light buggy with three men. two firing rifles and the third driving. Gray, the bank robber, who stood up right in the swaying sleigh, suddenly crumpled up and fell. In his place arose Dowd. KILLS SELF WITH LAST SHOT.' For a half mile the fight continued, Dowd standing upright and firing, while other shots came from tho bot tom of the sleigh. Suddenly Dowd looked at his revol ver. Then, raising It to his temple, he pulled the trigger. It was the last shot In the pistol. He died immediate ly. Morley continued to fire and the horses continued to run. The pursu ers drew nearer. Morley emptied his revolvers, picked up Gray's gun, snap ped it and, finding it empty, threw it from the sleigh. With bullets flying at him from all directions, Morley leaped from the ve hicle, raised bis hands above his heltd and waited for the coming of the offi cers. When the sleigh was overtaken three dead men lay in the bottom. Morley was taken to the peniten tiary at Lincoln last night. Blunt s body was taken back to bis young wife. The convicts, the most desperate in the prison, had threatened to sell their lives dearly. Not a man among the pursuers was injured. RINNINtt FIGHT FOR MILES. From Prairie Home, where the con victs started yesterday morning, to the point at which they were killed is about 35 miles. Fifteen of these were traveled in the sleigh with hundreds of deputies within almoBt gun.shot dis tance, but the running fight consum med only three or four mileB. Morley will at once be tried for mur der, the trial beginning probably next week. After his capture Morley told the pclice that for two days he and his companions lived at the home of a far mer named Hall near Lincoln. The Hall family were kept close prisoners and not permitted to leave the house while the convicts were there. Upon leaving, the fugitives tied Mr. and Mrs. Hall securely and started out with the intention of reaching Omaha, where they expected friends to hide them. The HalU managed to escape their bends about noon yesterday. Morley will be given a preliminary hearing the latter part of the week on a charge of "conspiracy with in tent to commit murder." . Morley's trial will probably occur at lABSil yl court. . TAFT IS A BYSTANDER Wisconsin's Speech Makina Tour Said to Have Punctured Colonel's Primary Plans. Fargo, N. D., March 19. Zero weather In the northwest, sleet In the southwest portion and high winds in the eastern part of the state today are believed to have caused material reductions in the expected heavy vote In the North - Dakota presidential preference primary. "A light average vote at midday," was the message from district lead ers at the La Follette and Roosevelt headquarters. Fargo, N. D., March 19. Heavy voting marked the opening of the first state presidential preference pri mary, today.' Apparently responding to La Follette's personal appeal. Is sued during a trip across the state, followers of the Wisconsin man were first at the polls In many precincts. This was true in Fargo and at other points in the eastern end of the state. Campaign managers for Roosevelt said reports received from the west ern end of the state showed Roose velt lost nothing as the result of La Follette's speech-making tour. They admitted the race was close. BETTING ODDS, ITOt Betting on the result of the pri maries is active. The prevailing odds at several points are two to one on La Follette. There has been no ef fort TnadeTby thw;Taf r conunlttee to bring out votes for the president in the primaries today. STORM PREVENTS BIO VOTE. On account of a storm in western and southwestern North Dakota, indi cations are a light vote will be cast in the rural districts In those sections. This is the first election held under tho corrupt practices act, and a decided ab sence of election workers at the polls is noticed. DEMOCRATS HIT T. R. 1 Among democrats there Is no con test In the matter of a presidential choice. Governor Burke's name ap pears alone on the ticket. This fact led to Interesting speculation. It was learned that many democrats, realiz ing one vofe only would be as good as a thousand registered for Burke, were1 casting their ballots in favor of La Follette In order to embarrass Roose velt TAFT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Boston, March 19. President Taft left Boston at 8:55 today for New Hampshire to "invade" the state of Governor Bass, one of the executives who announced he will support Roosevelt. During the day the presi dent was scheduled for several ad dresses and held a reception in honor of Governor Bass and staff at Con cord. REITERATES VIEWS. Manchester, N. H., March 19. President Taft today save New Hampshire his views on the recall of judges and judicial decisions and defined a "progressive." The presi dent's speeches were along the line cf those delivered at Toledo and Chi cago last week. WARRING ON SOCIALISTS. Milwaukee, March 19. A primary election for the nominations of can didates on city tickets, 33 aldermen and 18 supervisors, was held today. As far as the socialists are concern ed the election is a mere formality, as that party's nominees were decid ed by a party referendum. Interest centers in the choice of two tickets for non-partisan or fusion nomina tions to oppose the socialists. OVER 200 CANDIDATES. Over two hundred candidates are seeking aldermanic nominations for 33 offices. A second choice ballot ir being tried for the first time in Wis consin, and it may be a day or two before tabulations of results are fig ured out on the aldermanic nomina tions. The weather is clear. A good sized vote was cast before 9 o'clock. GOVERNMENT TO FIX STANDARD IN CORN Washington, March 19. Suffici ent data for establishing government standards of corn has been gathered by the department of agriculture. Corn growers and handlers from all parts of the country will be called together next fall to talk the matter over with government experts before a date Is fixed and other final prep arations made for putting corn stan dards into operation. The office of the J grain standardization spent five years lln working on the problem.