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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. Associated Press Exclusive Wire SIXTY-SECOND YEAR. XO. 18. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1912. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. 1101 EDITION ! WILSON MAY YET GET VOTE OF ILLINOIS Later Returns Are Cutting Down Plurality of Roosevelt. NOWREDUCED TO 4,000 f hoirman Rnecrhonctpin 5avcj it s Democracy s oy io,uuu Other Results. CHICAGO, NOV. 7. RETURNS FROM ALL EXCEPT 376 PRECINCTS IN THE STATE GIVE WILSON A PLURALITY OF 7.186 OVER ROOSE VELT. CHICAGO, NOV. 7. GOVERNOR WILSON, ACCORDING TO RETURNS UP TO 2 O'CLOCK, HAS OVERCOME ROOSEVELTS LEAD IN ILLINOIS, AND WITH 663 PRECINCTS TO BE HEARD FROM, HA8 A PLURALITY OF 1,608. IT IS CONSIDERED PROB ABLE THAT RETURNS FROM THE MISSING PRECINCTS WILL IN CREASE WILSON'S LEAD. THE RETURNS FROM COOK COUNTY GIVE ROOSEVELT A PLURALITY OF 38.257. RETURNS FROM 2,125 PRECINCTS OUTSIDE OF COOK COUNTY MAKE WILSON'S PLURAL ITY 39.883, OR A NET PLURALITY OF 1,608. rhirajro. Nov. 7. Complete returns from f.' Illitio ia counties. Including Cook, and estimates based on partial returns from the remaining 42. give Jtoosevelt a plurality of 4,175. Ih mo cratlc National Committeeman Boescb enstelu claimed complete returns give Wilson a plurality of 15,000 in the state. IlAtlE CLAIMS ITATC Joseph Da vies, western manager, in s statement",' said reports to him ire Wilson will have a substantial plural ity in Illinois, with 23 counties miss ing The missing counties, he states, are southern counties that have been rnn.t..niU democratic. Asked of the fmnr. rinvlen ald: ! 'It's' clear to us that the democratic ' party has now a new chief opponent ln Roosevelt's party. As to the republican party, the king is dead, long live the king. "Our concern shall be t we do rot drop back to the radicalism that wrecked the republican party." There appeared little doubt at western headquarters that Bryan vould be tendered practically the! choir of any office within the gift of Wilson. Many professed to believe he vould possibly be secretary of state, SOUTH DAKOTA! Z. .. . 1 Sioux Falls. Nov. 7. 1th only half of South Dakota heard from this morn ing, Roosevelt was leading Wilson by t,000 votes. MISSOURI. Kansas City, Nov. 7. Gains in sora dUtrictsdoubllnKTihei veto of ofur years j ago are ioovu vj buizh&ubi imi 17 In Kansas City, Mo., and eastern Kan rat Tuesday. Debs carried Crawford county, Kansas, by a majority of 100. It is the lrst Kansas county ever car ried by ths socialists. NORTH DAKOTA. Grand Forks, N. I).. Nuv. 7. With re publican stat headquarters conceding Wilson carried North Dakota by four to eight thousand, and democratic headquarters conceding the election of Hanna, republican, for governor, by three to four thousand and the elec tion of state and congressional tickets by substantial majorities. North Dako ta's election is practically decided. WISCONSIN. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 7. Returns from 6" out of 71 counties received by Republican State Chairman Scott give MrGovern. republican, for governor, a lead of about three thousand. Scott taes McGovern's final plurality at 6.O1WI, claiming the remaining coun Ves to be republican strongholds. According to returns recelve4 by Srott at :30 McGovern was leading by 4.&i'0. l.n four counties to bear from. NEW YORK. Ali'any. Nov. 7. "The dmocratlc Vrt)'." says a statement of Oovernor D'.x. today, "have now won thre vic tories on the tariff issue, two with Cleveland and aaln with Wilson, wbirh la the greatest of all. This, to mv mind, rhows conclusively that the tariff Is the issue ln which the peo ple are most interested." KANSAS. Topeka, Kan.. Nov. 7. Ninety-six c: unties out of 105 give these plurali ties Wilson, 12.0tH: Thompson (detn- . srua.or. H'.wv, "PPer, rr- I'uui.iaui mr pijeriior, a,vw. OHIO. Cincinnati. Ohio, Nov. 7. As a re- suit ot errors found In the unofficial ; Kindel, democrat, elected. Second dis ount the race between Congressman tr'ct : H. H. Seldonridge, democrat. Nicholas Longworth (republican) and j elected. Ttie Weather Forecast Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow for Rock Island, Davenport, Molina, and Vicinity. Fair tonight and Friday, warmer to night. Temperature at 7 a. m. 33. Highest yesterday 53, lowest last night, 31. Velocity of wind ax 7 a. m., one mile per hour. Precipitation none. Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 73, at 7 a. m. 68. Stage of water 3.2, no change in last 24 hours. J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. (From noon today to noon tomorrow.) ! Pnn sets 4:49. rises 6:39. Evening tars: Mercury. Venus. Jupiter. Morn-1 ing stars: Saturn, Mars. Bowdle (democrat) for congress is in doubt with a few precincts to hear from I-owdle is slightly in the lead of Long-; worth. j Columbus, Nov. 7. Socialist bead-1 quarters today claimed the socialist j vote In Ohio ran close to one hundred j tl'ousand. In both Cuyahoga and Lu-, ess counties the socialists claim Debs received a larger vote than Taft. Four years ago Debs received a total In Ohio of 33,000. i kUAXlJ, 1IU1DO, lUIUiUi . - . ,. , tit.. I OI'IL 11 tial vote in Idaho is still incomtjTete. though republicans apparently carried . the state. Governor Hawley conceded ' hlr defeat by Haines (republican) for governor. ft1tf. . j i, , - . Helena, Mont., Nov. 7. Two ele- n:t nts cropping out today in the receipt ' of additional returns in Montana were the heavy socialist vote and the fact ! that Roosevelt now leads Taft for sec- j ond place. The socialist vote cast for Duncan for governor far outstripped j the vote for Debs. INDIANA. ! Indianapolis. Ind.. Nov. 7. Revised figures of Indiana give Wilson a plu-: rality of 117,557. Madison county gave Debs 1,917 and Taft 1,771. Both , branches of the assembly are demo- j cratic. NORTH CAROLINA. Asheville. N. C, Nov. 7 Because of ne Illinois aeiegauon in me next failure to poll 50,000 votes in Tues-ihuse, four republicans, as compared day s gubernatorial election, the repub-1 with 14 ln thp present house, and liran party in North Carolina is "offi- j twenty democrats, compared with elev clally dead." according to local lawyers. en now- MINNESOTA 1 , ,ST OF KW roGBK,v,EX' St. Paul, Nov. 7.-Minne'sota appar-' members of the new delegation ently has swung from Wilson to Roose- and " Pluralities by which they won velt. The colonel probably will carry I""1 the tare by-W.ftOfr.-Roofievelt fofffta7t-large " his ereatest atreneth in late returns n m tk .final Altitvifta Thfl -flfO It V III 1 u . at, UIDUIVIO. " . complete from about half the state gives Roosevelt, 91.S85; Wilson, 84,- i lan, nu..s. uovernor r-nernan " elected by a plurality of thirty to ! frtv thousand. Election of the entire ! republican state ticket is practically assured, MICHIGAN. Detroit, Nov. 7. Late Michigan re-; turns all indicate Roosevelt will have 30,000 plurality, with Taft and Wilson rinse for second nlncp Not more than '. w iwu-iuirus ui iuc luiiii tuie ao ro- ported today noon rerris (democrat) for governor, was ; conceded more than ten thousand plu- rality. Definite results on the state j ticket probably will not be known un-; 1 11 the county canvassers meet Tue-i8 -day. Only one congressional district 1 ' , . .,. TV,a, remained undecided. That was the sixth, where Smith (republican) is hav ing a strenuous contest for reelection. WILSON TO STAY ON TRENTON JOB Princeton, N. J. Nov. 7. Governor llson said today "he d sty on the Job at Trenton' until be carried out yer who conquered tne arcn standpat-1 niiliating degree. He has been accus hls program of progressive legisla , tf-r of ,ne nation, won a plurality of tomed to a walkaway in a safely re turn in New Jersey. 1 he president-' 1.073 in Edgar county, 300 in Clarke, ; publican district. His plurality of 5, elect said the program of reform he 400 ln Cumberland, and 100 in Iro- ,)00 two ypars ag0 however, was turn had In mind for the state would be Qtiois, while to offset this Cannon had ed into 5 000 for hi8 democratic op advanced by the fact that as the fu- a Plurality of on'.y 718 in Virmillion, : ponpnt. ture executive of the country nation- wide attention probably would be at - .. . ... - tended by hi policy in the New Jer - se- legislature. "Whatever we do In New Jersey." he said, "will have the force of the whole country behind it." It is known I the governor wants the corporation10 Panama. laws revised. With a democratic leg- i-kini.eys defeat impressive. j Ulature behind him until Jan. 1, this! likely will be a smooth procc-fes. "I think my right course Just now i to hear everybody and that I should not make any statements." This as the answer Wilson gave to a series of requests for statements of, his attitude on national and interna tional questions. Nov. 16 Wilson will take a trip to the Bermudas for a brief vacation. LATE RETURNS IN CONGRESS RACES Michigan Second district: Samuel W. Beakes, democrat, was elected. Sixth district: Smith, republican, ctected. Iowa Eleventh district: George Scotu r,publlcan. was elected Washington Third district: William I a Follette reelected. Colorado First district: George J. OLD GUAR is GONE SAVE 2 INTHESTATE Madden and Mann Only Members Who Escape From Wreck. JOE CANNON DEFEATED McKinley, Taft Manager, Also Snowed G. W. Prince Joins Procession. The latest returns show that Illi- noi8 naa turned out of office all but two of the stand pat republicans who for more than a decade have made up thf mninritv nf tha ctnto's ritlpimt inn in the house of representatives. Congressman Madden and Mann were the only Illinois members of the old guard re-elected. The onl" other republicans elected are Representative Fred C. Copley of " 1 ,he Aurora district, who is progressive in his attitude on legislation, and Fred A- Britten, who defeated Lyndon Evans in the Ninth Chicago district. congressman foss dkfeatek. To the list of defeated Illinois standpatters, which include Cannon, Kodenberg. Thistlewood, and Wilson, have been added George Edmund Foss of the Tenth district, Fuller in the Twelfth, McKenzie in the Thirteenth, Prince in the Fifteenth. Sterling in the Seventeenth, and McKinley in the Nineteenth, There will be three progressives in Plurality Stringer ( Dem. ).. 20,000 Wf.liams (Dem.) . .20,000 i iawrence u, William E. Dist. 1. 'Martin B. Madden (Rep.) .3.233 2. James R. Mann (Rep.) 4.860 j 3. George E. Gorman (Dem.) .. .1,855 ' 4. James T. McDermott (Dem.) 8,003 j o.A. J. Sabath (Dem.) 6,36 i 6. James McAndrews (Dem.).. .3,924 ! 7. Frand Buchanan (Bern.) .. .1,401 ! 8. Thomas Gallagher (Dem.) ..4.522 9. Fred A. Britten (Rep.) 1,354 10. Charles M. Thompson (Prog.)4,000 ! 11 Ira C Conlev IRpn 1 F 000 ! - j ii. w ill lam tiineuaugn 1 1 rog.j . . l,u"v 13. I. F. Edwards (Prog.) Suiters j8 afforded by the result in the 14. Clyde H. Tavenner (Dem.).. 500 16. s. A. Hoxworth (Dem.) 2.000 16. 'Claudius U. Stone (Dem.) . .5,000 17. i.ouis Fitz Henry (Dem.) 1,500 Frank J. O'Hara (Dem.) 611 111 r-harie m Rnrrhpm (nm 1 1 ri".i 19- t nanes xi. norcn rs 1 uem.) .l.Uoti 20. 'Henry T. Rainey (Dem.) .. .6,000 21. 'James M. Graham (Dem.) . .5.000 22. William N. Baltz (Dem.) 5,000 23. 'Martin D. Foster (Dem.) .. .4.000 24. -1-1. KODert rowier uem.) . .6.m za. KODert f. tun uem.) i.uuu Re-e.ected. how -i sci-e job' was beaten. ' y repudiated. He ran third, Kinche The complete returns from the Eigh- loe, the progressive, being second, teenth Illinois district showed "Uncle j kouknhkru snow ed i nder. JOe l annon defeated by a 6mall pill- rality. Frank O'Hair, the young law 018 home county, and &44 in Kanka- 1 kfH? county. T 1 Tsa hA UnA T ,1 ... .:. ! 1 utl" "y"r- t"" - ; nis constituents to give mm Just one ; R10re t"rm tnat e might round outiVioe to ppecial privilege for which Ro- 4- "e!U'8 ot Bervlce. neara tne nnai ! rturn and then departed on a trip Early in the day Representative! j William B. McKinley, one of the prln- ; cipal Cannon lieutenants and the I manager of the Taft renomination 'campaign, conceded his defeat by Borchers by a plurality of 1,050. The repudiation of McKinlev by his constituents is impressive. In ev-; tions cf his district to vote for Roose ery county except Champaign, where J velt. he lives, the people voted decisively to retire him to private life. ! This verdict follows close upon his repudiation by the republicans in the primary last spring, ln which he lost his ward, county, and entire districL The effect of McKlnley's defeat is expected to be rarreacblcg. It removes from congress a servant of the trusts, i an inveterate opponent of the popular demand for a reduction or the tariff, j and a collector of campaign contribu tions from corporation sources. i died today from injuries received Tues- Furthermore, it is believed his de- j day when he was struck by a train feat will break up the reign of terror-: While watching the election returns. Um which McKinley has been charged i ije ca been a judge 20 years. with exercising in the Nineteenth dis-j trict through control of electric rail- j Politician Sued for Divorce, way lines, gas and electric lighting j Omaha, Nov. 7. William H. Hay plants, and newspapers, and through ward, former secretary of the republi- ,tis power ln the legislature, to which MOOSE MUSEUM EXHIBITAWRECK Washington, Nov. 7. Without warn ing a big glass case in the national j museum containing a group of moose that had been a feature of the collec tion many years, suddenly broke to day, and the moose will go into retire ment until a new case is procured. Thu'ii auwfor-the breaking of .;' case which protected the irbB. 1- mystery, but museum officials stexlng ly denied that they entertaineixany suspicion election returns had any- thing to do with it. In the same hall with the moose exhibit are a number of valuable mounts contributed by loionei nooseveit on ms return ironi hiB African hunt. he has been accustomed to send the attorneys for his various.-Interests. fkf.mnc. ac.aixst sTandpats. - i-jl!- i u inaicai.nn 01 f thjr strong feeling aroused aeaiust t sfijrlllinoi8 sanduat- overwhelmingly republican Twelfth district. Fuller was believed to be safe, but his plurality of 10,000 two years ago faded away. He polled 14,900 votes; Hinebaugh, the pregressive, received 15,900, and Rausch, democrat, 11,100. Similarly impressive is the result in the Seventeenth, another banner re publican district. Sterling was defeat- ed dec.igiveiy after 10 years of ser- vice. j George Prince, a loyal supporter of ' Cannon and Aldrich, was emphatical- tlnrlonhpr; onnther old miurriuter nf an extreme type, was beaten to a hu- district is considered conser ' vative, but it was not proof against . . t!ie adv ance of the progressive move- ment witn it8 condemnation of ser - . denberg and other standpatters dis , tinguished thenieelvea. The verdict of bis constituents was J against him in the primary. In addition he lost popularity be- j cause of his effort to get two places on the Illinois delegation to the na- 1 tional convention one for himself and one for his secretary. j It was charged that it was bis pur- 1 poses thereby to violate the instruc- INJURIES FATAL TO ELGIN JUDGE Elsia. Nov. 7 Henry B. Willis of Elgin, Justice of the appellate court. 1 Second district of Illinois, and Judge - 1 0f tne circuit court of Kane county. j can national committee and one of the AN UNPLEASANT REMINDER best known politicians ln Nebraska today, was sued for divorce Cy his wife, Mrs. Sarah S. Hayward. In her petition filed late this afternoon Mrs. Hayward alleges extreme cruelty dur ing a period of six years. Hayward, who lived in Nebraska City, moved to New York last winter. He has been prominent in western politics since he became of age, being the youngest county judge ever elected in this state. CAPITALTAJ.IING 1 OF NEWCABINET Washington, Nov. 7. Cabinet mak ers are already busy conjuring with names of those who will share with Wilson in shaping the policy of the next administration. Necessarily their wcrk is purely gossip, but the cabinet builders are none the less active in pointing out the persons and fhe ele ments available as cabinet material. One of the available elements em traces those who were conspicuous party figures at the Baltimore conven tion, including Speaker Clark, Chair man Underwood of the ways and means committee, William Jennings Bryan, Governor Foss of Massachu setts, Governor Harmon of Ohio and some others. It is generally assumed. however, that Speaker Clark and Chairman Underwood would prefer to continue their work In congress, es pecially now that the legislative pro gram on the tariff and other questions is likely to meet with fewer obstacles. As to Mr. Bryan, one of the demo cratic senators was quoted during the campaign as definitely assigning Mr. Bryan to a cabinet place in case of Wilson's election, although the latter said about the same time that no con sideration had been given to the per sonnel of the cabinet. None the less. speculation is active as to whether the ' Ncbraskan will have a portfolio. Another element from which cabinet I - 1 1 . 1 1 , i:.Bienii is ueiug nuggesieu emoraces those who have been Drominentlv Iden - t'ified with the Wilson campaign, not (ably Chairman McComhs of the demo 1 rrBn n9innai rnmmin... nonn. i t.tiv Ri.riBr.n nH nnr t.,.c ' ' 1 Representative Palmer of Pennsyl - ania, Assistant Chairman McAdoo and a number of others who bore the brunt of the conflict at Baltimore and dur ing the campaign. Still another available element i3 made up of prominent party figures in tht- various states who were not con spicuously identified with the recent national convention and campaign, vhile another includes some of the vet-; erans of the last democratic adminis-'; tration Outside of these usual elements ; from which cabinets are constructell, j many foresee the entry of a consider-! able new element in public affairs, ' made up of men like Mr. Wilson, who have been identified with collegiate, educational and the economic study of public questions. This opens a wide field of available material. AH of this activity of cabinet mak- infc is necessarily confined to gossip and conjecture, and though names are likely to be put forward from now on. nothing authoritative Is expected un- ui tne presiaent-eieci mmseii oas m his own way and time given mature consideration to those who will make ! up his official household Thanksgiving Proclamation. Washington, Nov. 7. President Taft tr day issued a Thanksgiving proclama - tion setting aside Nov. 28 for the ob- ser van ce of that day HADLEY CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT Washington, Nov. 7. President Taft returned today. The private car of Governor Hadley of Missouri was attached to the president s train at Harrisburg. and the governor came on to Washington. He will confer with President Taft today. When asked It he would take second place on the republican ticket, Hadley said: "I have not been asked." While Hadley said he had come on private business, he did not deny he would talk with Taft about taking sec ond place on the republican ticket to go before the electoral college. Taft found a grist of routine busi ness waiting his return. The most important Is his annual message to congress. This probably will be sent as one document instead of in sections as last year. Possibilities of an extra session are discussed ln animation everywhere. Many democrats are convinced there will be one. 2 CITIES RECORD EARTH TREMBLES Washington, Nov. 7. Severe earth quake Bbocks lasting almost an hour were recorded this morning on the seismograph at Georgetown university. The university authorities place the disturbance 3,500 miles from Wash ington, direction unknown. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 7. The seis mograph at St Ignatius college this morning recorded earth shocks of al most an hour's duration. Father Oden bach, the curator, said the distance probably was 7,000 miles west. ; . jjc u . , . DHOV AT DOCT . IVIMnonMLL DHOI HI TUbl Vice President-Elect Resumes Duties as Indiana State Executive, Indianapolis, Nov. 7. Vice Presi- ' uent-tlect Thomas R. Marshall was at hli office in lhe statehouse attending to h'8 outie8 Kornor of Indiana as usual today. Governor Marshall's term expires next January and he will remain in office until then. Scores of telegrams of congratula tions were received by the governor, including one from President-elect V.'oodrow Wilson, replying to the mes sage sent him by Governor Marshall. There was also a message for Mrs. Marshall from Mrs. Thomas J. Gore, : weeks' session of the American Fed wife of the Oklahoma senator. eration of Labor and its five depart- 400 ARE STILL ON STRANDED BOAT Quebec. Nov. 7. Four hundred pas- gangers from the liner Royal George, which went ashore a mile east of ; Point st Lawrence. Isle of Orleans, &rrUeA here today on the ferry boat , Nor,v Jhe North returnfc(, to the ; corge to take off several bun dred steerage passengers still on board I th liner, but a strong wind prevented j 't getting near the stranded vessel. I The tug Cruiser also failed tq reach i the Royal George. Waves were roll- ing high and It was dangerous to go alongside the vessel. FULL SWING FOR POWERS FROM TURKS Ottoman Government Not to Attempt to Dictate Peace Terms. BULGARS IN VICTORY Drive Troops in Disorder From Forts in Front of Con stantinople. Paris. France. Nov. 7. Turkey has decided to give the powers complete liberty of action ln arranging condi tions of peace, according to a dispatch ' from Constantinople. Cologne. Nov. 7. Turks were report ed decisively beaten by Bulgarians and driven in disorder from Tchatalja forts in front of Constantinople, ac cording to a Sofia dispatch. The fight ing lasted two days and was very se vere. London, Nov. 7. The Turks have withdrawn from Salonlkl after destroy ing a number of bridges approaching the city, says an Athens dispatch. London, Nov. 7. Commander of the Bulgarian invaders are said to have fixed Sunday next as the day they wilt enter Constantinople with troops and hold a service of thanksgiving lit the mosque of St. Sophia. 20,000 WOI NDED. London, Nov. 7. Late facts in the Turkey-Balkan situation: Turkish surgeons told to prepare to care for 20,000 wounded after defeats in the battles between Tchorlu and Serai. People of Constantinople convinced fall of city is assured. Greeks insist Turkish throne must 1 be moved to Asia Minor and guaran tees given that Christians ln Asiasttc Turkey be granted sweeping reforms before armistice is granted. King Nicholas of Montenegro says Balkan allies will "accommodate their wishes to general situation ln Europe." British Mediterranean and third bat tleship fleets are being hurried to Turkish waters, moat of the great pow ers now having war vessels at Constan tinople. DEM. COMMITTEE CONTINUOUS BODY New York, Nov. 7. Democratic leaders propose to introduce several political novelties now that they are to assume control of the federal gov ernment the next four years, accord-. . I ng to authoritative reports today. Jt feature proposed la the maintenance of the democratic national committee as a continuous working Institution. The idea is the committee could' serve a good purpose ln educating the peo ple as to what the party Is doing. In this connection the establishment of a "government suggestion box," to which the citizens of the country might submit ideas, is suggested. DUNN LOSER FOR IOWA'S GOVERNOR Des Moines. Iowa, Nov. 7. In the gubernatorial race, Clarke, republi can, is leading Dunn, democrat, by about 2.000. Scattered returns from the state ln- dicate tne socialist vote was almost o our, lea. wnne that or the prohibition- 1st candidates show a Co per cent In- crease. Almost complete returns from 92 out of !W counties in the state give Taft 105,219, Wilson 156.879, Roosevelt 1 3!),& 14. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR IS IN SESSION Rochester, N. Y.. Nov. 7. A two ments opened today. One 57 the ques- 1 Ions to be discussed is whether it I umilrl tin flftvlsfltilo In nrvanlfa m rr- lit Seal party which embodies their de s;re for legislation. FORMER DAVENP0RTER MADE M. & 0. MANAGER Kansas City, Nov. 7. Receivers of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railway announced the appointment of M. J. Kennelly as acting general man aer with headquarters at Wichita. - 1 K'nnell5r 'ormer,y wa wtn n R Island railroad at Davenport Lumber Barge Lest. St. Joseph, Mich, Nov. 7. The lum ber barge Hattie Wells was lost in a violent storm on the lake last night. The crew of five, all from Menominee, vas rescued by the tug Martin. i