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ND ARGUS. I home EDITION Associated Pfesi Exclusive Wire SIXTY-FIRST YEAR- NO. 297. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 28,v 1912.-FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. THE ROCK I SLA BELFAST HAS DAY OF PEACE FOR MEETING Ulstermen Sign Home Rule Protest, but Clash is Avoided. CHANGE TO QUIT AS CUB MANAGER REBELLION IN MEXICO GETS AMERICA AIO Senate Committee Makes Startling Discovery in Inquiry. TROOPS KILL IN A RIOT AT AUGUSTA.GA. Two Business Men Shot Down for Crossing "Dead Line." BUNKOED President Murphy Announces Ending of .His- Services With Chicago Club. NAMES TO A COVENANT Declaim There Is a Conspiracy to Disintegrate the British Empire. t Belfast, Sept. 28. Sir Edward Car sen today wrote his name as the first to sign a solemn covenant of Ulster men which binds them "to use all means necessary to defeat the present conspiracy to set up borne rule in Ireland," and also to refuse to recog rlze the authority of an Irish parlia ment, lie was followed by many men who have become noted leaders in the campaign against home rule, 1 he&a were succeeded bv thousands : of the rank and file of Orangemen unionists. IJV OI'H!l AI.MI.Y. Ulster day, the Oraugemen's cul minating day of protest against home rule, opened with un absolute calm ness that rendered unionists and home rulers alike apprehensive aB to what inipht happen The people of Iceland, even those responsible for to-j day's signature of a formidable "lrague and covenant," had looked frrward to the day's happenings with iHsgivings. The weather was doubt ful early, but before the Ulstermen had benun to gather for the religious erv!ces, which preceded the signing of the covenant, sunstiine Hooded tne streets. TOW1 . 4II.V IIH IIHtTF.I). The town was gaily decorated, with the union jHek everywhere predomi ; .. r. . n .. .1 n V . . . n.it li.nul f- -i r unvuL i k.. ..... !....! P . . .-, I ... 1 . , in . , Him a .nif. - mh'I'ii'hi iih. j dpitiK the ramie or t ifcter nan, me center of today's proceedings. Most ii ire piHijm mm mi uir im hi.juh h lai ; v i i ks ciosei, so every man nesinng i.i'Khl te able to participate In the tniTlfi-stailon. The pplrit of i teviilllnu among I'rotentant denom- itmMons was illustrated by the selec tion of the officl.it ine clergyman. Rev. M Leun. former Presbyterian moder ator, preached the sermon. He was as f 'Med in the Services ty ministers of the AtiKeliran, MetliodiHt, Baptist and CorinreKatlonal churches. Sir Ed wnnl Carson sat at the right of Me l.ean. with the lord mayor of Belfast at his left. M-.tl-lll.lllll PK(T. The semi-military aspect was not 'scklng. as 200 picked stalwart members of unionists' clubs and Orange lodges, v earing bright sashes, acted as a guard of honor around the pulpit, j ' , 'laua JacKson wer le r,uO of what are known as the" Ja( kgon b c(, rve guard." occupied seats In thejtd wl(h munlr,n whll rear rv gallery. 1 he great congregation was unable to restrain Itself as rotable personages came Into the hall. Among the, first was Ixjrd Charles Beresford, who was greeted with loud cheers. The services opened with the hymn, "O, God. Our Help In Ages Past." otter which a short prayer wsb of fered and an appeal made to the Al mighty to "stretch forth Thy arms and help us In this time of national dan ger" rmar.K tiihi ht at f.mimrk. McLean's sermon aroused the con gregation Into another burst of cheer ing, which was suppressed from the pulpit. McLean declared the Irish qiustion was an attempt to establish a Roman Catholic ascendancy in Ire land and to begin the disintegration of the British empire by securing a second parliament at Dublin. Ulster iren were ready, he said, to accept al most any program of social or po litical reform, but they would not have home rule. The service concluded ith the singing of the national an them. SF.MVIf F.S HKI.n F.I.SKUIIERE. Similar services were held in all thurchos and chapels in Belfast and the villages and counties of Ulster. The sceue around Ulster hall when ( arson proceeded to sign the cove nant was a remarkable one. The ap proach to the hall was lined by a l'od guard of men wearing sashes and crmlets and carrying wooden staves, other men were posted about the grounds and hall as much as though they expected an attack from the na tionalists, who, however, stood by as much pleased with the semi-military display as Ulstermen themselves. Many women slgied a declaration to.'iatinn themselves wiih the men of Ulster in "uncompromising opposition to the home ru e bill." I l)M)0 M PIMIIITKH MtiX. Loi.dii:. Spt. IS The league and to ma el sgiiuft l'.or..-.- r.tle, as well i.s the t,r.i n' doclcratmr., was sign id xtt .,t.i e!y today in Iutrdon and tifccr cities in the United Kingdom. Burnett Elected London Mayor. dicated in Wcitxel's statement that Tendon. Sept. i'S Sir David Bur-' diiriog the bombardment of Managua t ett today was elected lord mayor ofjL'2 women and children were struck l.'M-CC u .Nov. . for the term beginning: IS AT HIS OWN REQUEST Cwner Insists Liquor Rule Is Aimed at Retiring Pilot Has Great Reeord. Not Chicago, Sept 28. President Mur phy of the Chicago National league nlub today announced that Frank j Chance, for several years manager of th team, would not manage the club next year. Chance came to Chicago in 1S94. In 1S05 he succeeded the late Frank Seeley as manager. Chanc? brought two wor'.d's championships and four league pennants to the club. Chance was known as one of the greatest first basemen. He managed the team from the bench' this year. (LOT FORM BH4IX. He had been hit in the head many times by pitched balls and was fre-, today, and while the members are non qcently attacked with severe bead-n0mmiit9l tn th. .nhwt m.ttor nf aches, which caused him to subV.it to an operation in New York for re moval of a blood clot near the brain. Murphy iu announcing Chance's re tirement, said: "No one realizes the V. I . I. 1 j. . . , . 1 fvalue of Chance to the Chicago club as much as I do. His successor doubt-) less will be some one from the team. ! oo , . , . j as our greatest success was attained i by a player-manager. 1'ITTMU IW.II HI .; ST A MX. It can thus be seen that what has I recently been said about the Puts- i burgh rule keeping players in eood ,,,, .... ,? f 'been aimed at Chance, whose services , -. j ... . . .............. .... u iu uui w a will be finished this year by his own aecisfoii. I want to start his succes sor under the plan which the Pitts burgh club found successful." The series for the city championship between the Cubs and While Sox will 'pen Tuesday, Oct. 8. The first came w ill be on the White Sox grou-ids. FOfiRI, 4IM-. I'M "IRKS. Chicago, Sept. 28 President -Foce! of the Philadelphia N'utinnalu In a slimed Ktalpmbnt ..... Xf.w YorW Nation,.!- ' .k. V. ... . . ' tll'S season because unduly favored .by certain umpires, who hoped. If the profitable work in umpiring the I world s series. Fogel doesn't charge Ml P NTett VorU .i -i rr . ... . .. . : . i. ,.(.., Willi COI- "n,,) Irutitlnv fl.o r.l. GUARDSMEN ARE HELD FOR DEATH Lansing, Mich., Sept. 28. A ml 'drj court oi inquiry today exoneraied Captain Blackman, l.ieutenant Smith and Privates Jackson and McArdle from legal responsibility for the kill ing of John Eifiy, during the recent prison riots at Jackson. Blackman aud Jackson were arrested vester.liv vil authorities charg- g Eisy. FIVE WOMEN ARE TAKEJUS GAMS New York, Sept. 28. Five well dressed women, arrested in a hair dressers' establishment, were held to day on Jl.ooo bail each for examina tion On M rharffd Of framhlni - - - n - v. MBuiwiiiiK. line had la3i, another had J101. while ' ... ' . tr.ird had lost all her monev excent 21 cents, ttered bail. r - Scores of friends volun- ; rnonc ana nuio. Racine, Wis., Sept. 28 Telephone and auto played a conspicuous part in the rescue of George Morton, a tramp molder, at Corliss, Wis., last night when Morton charged with a heinous crime alleged to have been perpet rat- ed on a youth of the village, was about to be lynched to a coal hoist after being fearfully kicked and pounded by a mob. Sheriff Wheery ot Kacine with a deputy, in response to j uj iricyiiuue iau, arrived . in an automobile and quieted the mob. Morton was brought to the county Jail. He denies the allegations. NICARAGUA'S WAR IS NOT OVER YET Washington, Sept. 28 Calls for as-'help for women and children still de- tcined in Leon, as part of the policy of the liberals, indicate the revolu tion in Nicaragua was not put down! t. irh the surrender of General Mena i land his forces at Granada. Minister iWeitzel. reporting the situation atj jI-on. says relief has been extended a! ' few Americans and other foreigners. 11 he methods of warfare employed by I iCeneral Mena and the Zelaytstas In-1 by projectiles, while not one man wasM suffering from iuflammaUon of the! tujjuil, -bladder. j ARMS ARE SHIPPED IN Report Probably Will Recom mend Intervention by the United States. Los Angeles, Cal.. Sept. 28. ,The United States senate sub-committee ap pointed to investigate relations with Mexico comDleted its work in this citv J the report, they will submit, Senator Smith says it will embody evidence showing that since the beginning of the Madero revolution large quanti ties of munitions of war have been shipped into Mexico across the Amer- ir i-A,,. 1-TKR KM ION XH'KSSAHV. ... me report. 11 is Dei.evea, win noia ' that the evidence adduced points to intervene m Mex , order that Amerlcans and Amerlca ,terests i . . . Mexico receive proper protection. The ;...,,. . ., . . . , r, iuiroiiaivio luicnugaiKU JV'.' WILlitBB- es and have taken the testimony of 75 witnesses. The evidence shows that during the last two years 10,fton,000 rounds of ammunition went into Mex ico from El Paso and K",000 rounds from I.os Angeles. From El Paso 40, ooo rifles were sent across the border, a.id from Ixs Aneeles. 100. x m .mk imnzcn. j Five hundred tons of dynamite were hipped into Mexico during the revo lutionary periods. ; "A large per cent of the total fire arms," said Senator Fail, "went Into the republic during the Madero revo lt Is nid the evidence nroveu con- .i i i ... cii'sivny tnat no American money was , UFed in Pnancing the Orozro rebellion, jbut tends to rstuMish the claim that i American funds-were used to finance ! the Madero revolution. TAFT BREAKS HIsllULE MOT TO TALK POLITICS Beverly. Sept. 28. President Taft I, .. . . ', ' , . ,. uKciuru ui ureaK nis, rule oi silence , " i . . , . V. T ; .. .. I 1.. . . ; . . . uunu ttillll c!-neti 111! po.llicai BUO-'l jects late today when ho speaks before the renuhl ir-a n .-liit.u of ITucov .-.si . rt . .- fro.r, f KiD v. ! p ko wi ii m o uijiiii ci uuiiitr. New York. Sept. 28. Governor Wil son declared today he felt greatly en couraged by his reception in New Eng land the last few days. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 28. Col onel Roosevelt in Alabama today, re newed his appeal to the south to sup-! port the progressive ticket. "If you: are against me," he said, "I have noth- j ing to say. I he man I m trying to reach is the man who is for me, but votes against me because his grand father voted that way." DROWNING INQUIRY ENDS ! Official Court Finds Commander of : ooat Maae txcusabie Error. j j Waukegan, III., Sept. 28. The court j , ot inquiry, composed of officers at I tl I ...... -I 1 l,ainin 'el.t;n ....... I.... ... . u. id uiuiiik Diaiiuu. i rr.i i"i ii.i afternoon oomnleted tt innnirv into'. 1 ' the drowning of 11 men and forward- " fd its report to Washington. The ia-Urt i vestigation .substantiates the inquest ! report made immediately after thejnie, and finally I intimated acciaent. ; "It as an error in judgment on the Part of Mr. Negus, but it w as on ; that anybody would have made." Cap - tain FuIIam said. "If he hadn't thought 'hat he was in shoal water and an - chored his boat there is no questaion 'nmymind but the boat would have ! been safe. It was thoroughly sea - worthy." - CAUGHT ROBBING A SAFE i Football Player Captures Robber! When He Tries to Escape. Cedar Falls. Iowa, Sept. 28. C. J. H. Murphy, aged 52, when discovered by the po.ice In the act of robbing the safe of William Lawrence, an i tuple- j Elden. She will occupy a position any meat dealer, made a desperate effort girl would be proud to hold." to escape, but was captured by i There was some slight difficulty In "Sandy" Gregg of the high school arranging for the marriage. License football team. Murphy had worked Clerk Sparks had misgivings about is eeven years for Lawrence, resigning 6uing the license because of the dif two yeara ago. Thirty-five dollars ference in the ages of the couple, were missing from the safe, and Law- j "Why, 1 am young agate. Love rence has been robbed of similar! has turned time back," said Driver, as amounts several times In the last four months. - Watterson III In New York. New York, Sept. 28. Colonel Henry Watterson. editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, has been seriously ill in 'N York for the last week. His j recovery is now assured. It is thought. aQd on Monday it is expected tnat tn ! "M be able to return to Louisvil e. He V: y Hmritnl. in brmklf Emit. MAN OF 70 WEDS 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL Aged Missourian Speeds to Cal ifornia After Repeated Proposals by Mail. . . Txs Aiigeles, Cal., Sept. 28. After speeding half way" across the conti nent with all the enthusiasm of youth, John C. Driver, 70 years old, of KIdon, Mo., married Miss Naomi Tsrwater, 19, of South Pasadena. When the ceremony had been per formed the aged bridegroom, holdini; vthe hand of the young bride, said he' , . . . i never hi1 known a hannier dav According to Driver, he had k.-iown J the girl ever since she was a child! WhOin he held on his knee. He was! year ago, when ! Miss Tarwater was still living in El ! don, he asked her to. be his bride. She I told him she did not yet know her own mind, and asked him to wait. I She moved here with her mother, j but Driver's wooing did not cease. When fiaally he received "Yes" to his repeated question by letter he I took the first train to Los Angeles, i The bride gave' three reasons for j the marriage. "I love him," she said. t "That's the biggest reason. Then, secondly, he has promised to build for me the finest home in Elden. And then I just could not refuse him after he had come all the way from Missouri after I had said 'Yes.' "He told me he loved me when we decided to leave Elden last snrinir. . . .... .1 onf u.o.-itAi t .1 n rr -i r r-i . . ... . An wavttari ma to marrv him thpn i. i. ; "an uui uui c i Mir. Ill IllillU, luuugu, -4k mA,v,- .n auu v-ttiaiTT uul ik. ix iiiwiuci auu f OIL" w. mt me aimoot .prv tellimr me he could not livo without might marrv nun 11 n cauit? 10 mf I nr ; was five weeks ago, and two weeks later he arrived at our home, , "One thing I told him I did not like, It was the big, old fashioned place j where he lived. He willingly agreed j to build me a mansion, and then I I consented." I "Why shouldn't I marry Naomi"' demanded Driver. "I have known her all her life. She is a sweet girl, Respite the disparity in our ages ' I know our lives w ill be aa happy as could be wished. I "I love her aa I love my life. She ! can have anything I possess that will j make our existence all it should be. The new home will be the finest In! he faced the clerk with bis fiancee. The prospective bridegroom told Sparks be was a widower. His first wife died four no children. yeara ago. They hadiEarle Baker, toggon; AlL.-rt Co, The girl said she could not remem ber the exact Uate of her birth. ' I'm 19, though," she said, "and I have my mother's consent," The clerk was wen over by this time, and the couple went to the oflce of Justice Summerflield, where the knot was tied. The Weather Forecast Till 7 P. M. Tomorrow for Rock Island, Davenport, Moline, and Vicinity. Generally cloudy tonight and Sun day. Continued cool. Highest temperature yesterday, 61, lowest last night, 46. Temperature at 7 a. m.,46. Wind velocity at 7 a. m. nine miles per hour. . Precipitation tn the last 24 hours, .02 of an inch. Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 61, at! 7a. m. 91. Stage of water, 4.4 feet, with a fall of .2 of a foot in the last 24 hours. J. M. SHEPIEK, Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. (From noon today to noon tomorrow.! Sun sets 5:47. rise r:.". Evening star": Mercury. Venus. Mars. Jupiter Morning star: S.iturti -1 DAUGHTER'S LOST LOVE AT $25,000 Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 28. A suit against prominent churchmen and sisters of the Academy of Visitation in which Mrs. Lizzie Magnusson ask ed $40,000 damages for the alleged i kidnaping and alienation of the a j fections of her daughter, Majorie Rie ; man, 17, was brought to a close last night after the jury awarded Mrs. Magnusson damages of $25,000. la charges were against Bishop Odea pf Nisqually diocese. Father Vaa Goetii am, Mother Camilius, Sister Oloysisus and an attorney. r.nMFFQQinw pmpiq TRIAL me same articles Demg involved as Wife Slayer Says He is Ready to Go!in tne o!d ,lne companies'. .. ! T1A OL'L'A.in(.'nn ..... M . to God's Court. Fort Smith, Ark., Sept. 28. Ferdi- nand Glaubitz. o.i trial at Ozark, Ark., ! am1 wlth no caplUJ stock, in July, for the murder of his wife, checked 1&:7. It was formed to Insure the the prosecuting attorney's argument j lives f deceased members by the yesterday and declared to the court: !levv r 3,1 assessment against every "I am tired of this; I am guilty. lj,lvirS member In the association. am ready for the rope. I believe in for an ev. , a tooth for a tooth and a ,ife for a life. I am ready to go to God's court, and he will know all about my case." ! The jury found him guilty of first ; degree murder. Glaubitz committed j the crime for which he will be hanged ' l L . . . . ' uecauae ne wa jealous oI,nia own son by a former marriage. Fourteen New Preacher. Marshalltown, Iowa, Sept. 28. The admission of 14 young preachers into the upoer Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal church was the most Impressive service of the con ference cession here. Six second-year men were fully received into the min-' istry and the other eight were ad mitted on trial. The year class was composed of Lewis Bradford, Farley: itasls; rred begmiller, t.teron; Jo eeph Warton, 'Lansing, and Arthur Henke, Cedar Rapida. The first-year men were: E. G. Cuttschall. Mount; ernon; John Davis. New Hartford; i Oliver Felter, J. H. Graham, im, Edson vey. Coles - tfield, and Leach, Fayette: George Han burg; Floyd Hillman, Plaitfi ttarry Koiane, outtenbers. BANKERS' LIFE IS NAr.jEO IN A SUIT Receiver Asked for Company With Headquarters at Des . Mfliftes j.QWa. : . Indianapolis, Ind., Septv28. On be half of himself and, he says, of 158,- 000 other members of the Bankers' i Life association of Des Moines, Iowa, which does business in more than 25 states and territories, Charles W, McLaughlin of Portland, Ind., filed suit in superior court before Judge John T. Rochford asking for an ac counting, judgment, the immediate ap pointment of a receiver for the Bank ers' Life association and the Bankers' Life company, and for the possession and control of $18,000,000 assets. The suit Involves constitutional questions and the rights of assessment associations to change to the level premium basis, as the old lines com panies are conducted. McLaughlin charges conspiracy on the part of the officers and directors of the defendant corporations to get control of the $18,000,000 of assets of the association and divert the funda from their proper use and trust char acter and deprive plaintiffs of their interest therein without compensa tion. According to the plaintiff, the direc tors and officers of the defendant cor porations in furtherance of thejr al leged conspiracy, procured in the leg islature in Iowa In March, 1907, the passage of an act permitting amend ment of the corporation's articles of iii'.-orporaiion ana oyiaws in eucn a. manner as to transform it into a legal reserve or level Premlum company, I ii oooui,iaiiu w ib lurmea on Iu6 j mutual assessment basis, with the memhprq rnriHt If nUnc thn rrvopntioH i lne association now has in effect cver "".uu",uuu or insurance in the ! l:Dited Spates. CONSPIRATORS IN SEUL SENTENCED Seul, Korea, Sept. 28 Heavy sen tences were imposed today on many of i 123 Korean prisoners charged with conspiring agairist tne life of uovernor Geiferal Count Terauchl. The introduction into the Korean conspiracy trial of the names of sev- . . r -i 1 imi-riaii mluiiion ric nrnml. nent among them Bishop Harris of the Metrodiet Episcopal church, attrsct- .u .unu " "" .'"-..' luu iu iut 1 1 ean e Japanese government ana Kor- uHii.iai winiuncu at ai. iuii';i , suspicion of any complicity on the part of missionaries in th plot. prisoners, nearly all of whom TV. " - are j Christian converts, had made cojifes- 1 siong implicating missionaries, which they afterward withdrew, and declared ttejr we made under torture, STRIKE IS IN PROGRESS Employes cf Railway Object to Some of the Rules of the Company. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 28. Martial law ruled Augusta today as a direct result of last night's disorders In which two citizens were killed and one wounded by state militiamen guarding the property of the local railway compauy, whose employes are on a strike. Five companies of guardsmen are on duty. Alfred Dorn and Robert Christie, who were killed, ana Ben F. Baker, who was wounded, were Augusta busi ness men, and not employes ot the railway. Christie was driving an automobile and the other two wore In a carriage w hen they crossed the "dead line" near the railway power house. L is said they were in Ignorance of the militia order against traClc in the territory. Baker and Dorn whipped up their horse when they were ordered to stop. It is not known whether Christie heard the order. Not until the early hours of today was quiet restored. The Immediate ' cause of the strike Is the employes' objection to certain rules of the com pany. ST RIKEHV VOTE IGSORKB. Lawrence, Mass., Sept. .28. The question of continuing or settling tho strike of the textile mills Is expected to be settled at a mass meeting of i Industrial workers on the Lawrence common mis nueniuuu. i.eaurra claim the strike demonstration has been sufficient, to protest against the imprisonment of Ettor and Giovannlt tl. The strike continued today, de spite a vote of operatives last night to return to work. Eight thousand are idle. The strike of all Industrial Workers of the World employed In the textile mills of the city Monday was advocat ed by the Iawrence general council organization this afternoon. The rec ommendation was laid before a mass meeting this afternoon. . AUTO BANDITS IN MORE BOLD JOBS Chicago, Sept 28. Four restaurants were raided in quick succession and patrons and proprietors held up at the point of revolvers by a band of automobile bandits today. The rob beries were a climax to a thrilling night's campaign by the robbers In northern Indiana, where a score of people were held up. One man was robbed of $800 there. FRANCE'S DREADNOUGHT IS LAUNCHED AT TOULON Toulon, Sept. 28. The new French dreadnought Paris, the most formi dable ship In the French navy, was launched this afternoon. The event wae made the occasion of a great pop ular demonstration In approval of tho I policy of reinvigorat ion of the French navy Introduced by 1 neopnile Del car Be. Kino's Daughters Elect. Freeport, 111., Sept. 28 The Kings Daughters state convention closed Friday with election of the following officers: President Mrs. W. G. Bennett, Aus tin. Vice President MIfs Elizabeth Howard, Galena. Recording Secretary Mias Marian Fairm.-in, Chicago. Executive Board Mrs. Margaret Wlckens, Paris; Mrs. P. O. Stiver.; i. . . t , t a r- . . 1 .. - J . MollnrAW r rtnlll, .ll. J n . roiri, .Mrs. Victor Havens, Greenfield; hi'i Jessie Plowman, Chicago. The 1S13 convention will be he' Chautauqua, 111. Stimfr Sinks: Crew Sai Maronetle, Mich., Sept. 1.g( Henry Richardson and his had a narrow escape Vc ' when the st:amer Culli' ' Lake Superior, 20 miles A : Island. The sailors we I lor several hours In r, WHmfttiiffl stnd ' re6Cued by ,he fi8hi . ... Girl Has Pr 'I and K):In Jifn- Vou ou .New York. Ken I tafea our special Under, the han u'hn waa flrrff fX. temrt. atomaoh, p. yar in Davenport, ay and Saturday eve- charge of la , inai. sne was-; I iu.. fi. j 'y from 1) to 11 a. m. I .i.ii.afii J INSTITUTE j terday to ' tflr' j MasgachvAJi thefts lp veaport. la. 'B. r J .Uiouaai! ! r urn ti vl Hi a 1 l.i t