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zz Associated Press Exclusive Wire THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. SIXTY-SECOND YEAH. NO. 232. TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1913. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. UlEfDMI POWERS ASK PEACESTAND ASTOMEXICO United States is Urged to Recognize the Huerta Regime. MUST BE EARLY ACTION Secretary of War Garrison to Pay Visit of Inspection to Frontier. Washington, D. C, July 13. Wheth er Inquiry by one of the great Euro pean powers which through its rep resentative here haa called attention Of Secretary Bryan to chaotic condi tions In Mexico was part of a con certed movement by European powers to bring the Mate department to a declaration of Its parpo.se toward Mexico did not develop today. Re ports from the City of Mexico, how ever, 'appear to warrant that conclu sion. Until recently President Wilson at tached little importance to rumors of otuslde Influences being brought to bear to cause the United States to recognize the Huerta regime, but it is beginning to be apparent now there must be very soon some official dec laration on the subject to reassure the European powers protection for their citizens and subjects against losses by continuance of present con I !ltlcns. Falling in Fuch declaration J some officials fear the European pow ers may fed themselves free to take steps to restore pence. i tltltlSO TO 1 VK!THi.li:. Washington, D. C. July 15. Be cause of the gravity of the situation in Mexico, Secretary of War Uarrison K fW itfy ut j u.-u ...-.t ui iii - , i Jiad.tdhe frontier of that distressed ifc-ybli belore he returns to Wash ington. It transpired here yesterday that thli Is one of tb urinciDal reasr tour of army posts upon which he has set out. Ho will report to the presi dent conditions aloni; the southern boundary of the United States with reference to assembling troops in the event that the didder in Mexico sliouti-nccuine more menacing. The administration is no, satisfied with the reports received from Ameri can representatives in Mexico. Al though the latest dispatches describe victories of the federal forces over the t'arransitas in the north there is little evidence that the lleurta regime is making much headway in restoring order throughout the republic. Moreover the anti-American demon stration in Mexico City in the last few days are extremely disquieting. Gov ernment officials are not so sure that the situation is not in reality a smol dering volcano which is likely to erupt almost any time. troops m:M:i;i; io i.ova. Eagle Pass, Texas, July 15. Mon clova. which on Thursday last was raptured by federals, today was al most copletely surrounded by cor.s'l lutionallsts who expected to bombard the city as soon as enforcements ar rived from Cuartra Ciengas. The federals number less thas 1. .'"". An order was put in force on the southern side of the Rio Grande to day forbidding any Mexican to cross to American soil without a pass. hk'i hti iikkmiik (m i. The following telegram was re reived yesterday by Agustin Pina. ex ronsul of Mexico. It was signed Vitor lano Huerta. and was to explain the alleged insult to the American f.ag by Mexicans: "You may deny most emphattcaly the absurd rumor of the anti-American demonstration and threats of blowing up of the American embassy as pub lished in Sunday's papers. There is absolutely no foundation for such sen sational publication." The telegram was dated Mexico City. July 14. "There Is no 111 feeling toward Americans in Mexico. It would he b.J policy to create such feelings, and it would be harmful to business in tercourse," said Pina. SUFFRAGISTS TO SEE WILSON GIRLS Boston, Mass., July 15. Boston woman r.uffraeihts will start today on an expedition which is to include a visit to the summer White house at Cornish, X. H. Endeavor will be made to get the signatures of Miss Margaret Wilson and Miss Jessie Wilson, both of whom have expressed sympathy with the suffrage cause, to a petition which will be presented to congress July 30. The expedition will carry letters lo Governor Foss and five other New England governors, also open letter to all mayors of M chusett from Mayor Fltagerjdd of iiosioc. J corecast Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow, for Rock Island, Davsnport, Molina, and Vicinity. Probably thunder storms this after noon, generally fair and continued warm tonight and Wednesday, mod erate winds. Temperature at 7 a. m., 79. Highest yesterday 94, lowest last night "3. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m. 6 miles per hour. Precpitatlon none. Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 60, at 7 a. m. 82. Stage of water 4.3 a rise of .3 in last 24 hours. J. M. SHERIER. Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. rvenlnsr stars: Jupiter. Mercury. Morntn? stars: Saturn. Venus. Mars. A returns, shining brilliantly southwest of zenith, is the brightest sun of night in summer evenings and has been call ed King A returns. LAUNCH SOCIETY TO REFORM COURT Ch'caso, III.. July 15. Articles of in-j corporation of an organization to be known as the American Judicature so ciety were asked ia Springfield yes terday. The object of the society is to promote reforms in legal procedure. Headquarters will be established in Chiiago Aug. 1 and from that time on active work will be done toward ob taining laws to improve the courts, and jrcmote efficient administration of jiiftice. Eleven directors of the society were named as follows: Harry Olson, chief justice of the Chi cago municipal cotirt, chairman; Wood bridge X. Ferris, governor of Michi gan; James Parker Hall, dean of the Chicago University Law School; Her bert Harley, secretary, Chicago; Fred erick Bruce Johnstone, attorney, Chi ago; Albert M. Kales, professor of law in Northwestern University Law School; Frederic W. Lehmann. St. Louis, former solicitor general of the United States; .Nathan William Mc- ch pnev flttnrnpv hirapn- RnKfnp I Pound, professor' cf law in Harvard i University Law School; John H. Wig- more, dearof the Northwestern Unl- . . i. i Nkv.i,.i j ti, r vi crslty lp.w Btliopl, and John B. urn- . , .77TT.Jt .v. n-i - - " . " en r:. m rntV.--.t I THE WEATHER v. .vl! -ii . - I good of humanity. This humanity bus Although the didquarters of thef , , ,i, Jin k iiVhl .i, . iness of yours I cannot swallow, society will be 14 Chicago, the scope ,. . . . .. t . B . Whether you do any good or not time of its work Is to t by no means local. , ,, . . . , AlnrtA ran tail, nut vrkti hnva anrolv A council of 300 presentat ve Iaw-1 tates f'.Tl cTop.!rale , rers from all the stat. with the drafting bureau, in charge of William' E. Higgins of the University , . t Vnn.n. I ..... C . U ,.1 T- nw...r.nA v' " " 1 V . iJurself. You have deserved it. of this bureau will be to draft laws to.,n fho t. ,, benefit the particular state or states where attempts will be made to obtain their passage. Mr. Higgins has obtained a leave of absence from his dut.ies in the Kansas university and will go to England shortly for two years to devote himself exclusively to the study of foreign courts and procedure. "This matter of court reform," said Mr. Harley, secretary, "is now the leading nonpartisan question before the nation. It is certain that before long there will be many attempts on I the part of legislatures t,o improve the conditions. Up to this time a scien tific analysis of the defects and a broad reconstructive program has been al most wholly lacking. "It is to till tjiis need that the Amer ican Judicature society has been form ed. We first will make a thorough; study of courts and procedure upon a comparative basis and then project arts looking toward improvements. We aim to present, to the country mod el judicial establishments upon a sci- cnt'fic basis and permit of the admin i lstration of justice in the modern spir it of efficiency." 500 GREEKS ARE SLAIN BY TROOPS Palonlkh July 15. The Greek com mander reports Bulgarian troops flee- . ing before the advance of Greeks yes- terctay ournea me village oi jjoxat, south of Drama, and massacred 500 inhabitants. Heavy fighting ensued, as a result of which Greeks occupied the town of Drama, 30 miles northeast of Seres. The Bulgarians fled, leaving 70 wagon loads of ammunition. DUNNE TO LEAVE FOR WEEK'S TRIP Springfield, 111.. July 15. Governor Dunne, Mrs. Dunne and four of the (Children leae nere today for Chicago, where the party will board the steam ship Dubuque tomorrow for a week's cruise on the lakes. They will be ac companied by Treasurer O'Connell of Cook county. The governor will con sider appointments while on the Du buque. Girl Killed In Auto Wreck. Bradford-Hl.. July 15. Margaret i Hickey," fj,' 17-year-old daughter of Mr. aoa Mrs. D. J. Hickey, was in ! 8tar,Uy killed and James Klnsella, the driver and owner of the car, was badly bruised when an automobile occupied by eight young persons went off the embankment on a roAd near Lake Sen&chwLae. DOCTOR SAYS COLONEL HAS G1VENFACTS Resident of Maine Ap plauds Mul hall for Turn-s ing on Pirates. FAMILIAR WITH AFFAIR Schwedtman Writes About Hav ing Republican Leaders Lined Up in Tariff Campaign. Washington, D. C July 15. Before the senate lobby committee resumed taking testimony today Chairman Over man went to the White house and con ferred with President Wilson. He said the conference was arranged at the senator's request. He declined to say what was discussed by the president. Senator Reed started Mulhall's tes timony today on letters written in 1907 to the late James W. Van Cleave, as president of the National Association of Manufacturers. One from the late Vice President Sherman, then a mem ber of the house, arranged for a meet ing with Van Cleave and Mulhall in New York, July 20, 1907. In a let ter to Sherman, July 16, Mulhall wrote: "I have just returned from the west and feel I have put the ball roll ing in Indiana so it will help Watson to a renomination." STOHV IS BELIEVED. Reed read a letter to Mulhall from Dr. G. Lanjrtry Rockett of Thomaston, Me., dated July 4, 1913. Rockett was one of the men who worked with Mul hal1 ln lne.fig"to. feeLect f.ormer C.on- j gressman Littlefield. The doctor's let J" !c"u: JUB,. 7 . ifession in the New York World , ,. , believe it all excepting your st ter read: "I have just read your con- I excepting your state- nifllt that vnn uro dnincr U fnr ths upl?WH1PTrtM)mclt of fl , ... . .... . woods. Now I want the whole story. Will you send it to me? I hope you are getting a good thing out of it for On the whole the people down here believe it. 1 know it's true Oliver Otis is clamoring for me to be taken to Washington and there to be pump ed dry.,' I am ready to go. I hope you are feeVing a good thing out of it or putting the knife ipto some pirates that did not like you. Y'ou and I know the ungrateful bunch. STAGE'S IIEAUV TO HELP. "Now don't back down. Stand by your colors. If you need me, just 'call on me. I don't care if you sold my let ters, but if you just gave them away it is mean of you. If you get enough out of it and need the price, why all right. Anyway, we won't quarrel." Fred Schwedtman, secretary to President Van Cleave, wrote Mulhall Aug. 9: "There are some large things brewing. There is every indication that in our tariff campaign we have a maioritv of thf rpniihllpnn leariino- r.n. j gressnlen and senators, and men high- er up than that, too." TAFT-S -A1K BROIGHT IX. Schwedtman wrote Mulhall Sept. 5, 1907, bringing in the name of Taft, then secretary of war: "You saw, of course, where Secretary Taft referred to the National Association of Manu facturers at great length in his Colum bus address. If we succeed in get ting our council plans thoroughly es tablished then our power for good will grow right along until next year, during the presidential campaign, we will be a factor of national import ance that cannot be overlooked." "In the days of Cushing." testified I Mulhall on another point, "there were never any books, never any desiena jtion by name. We all had numbers. I was 11, Littlefield was 9 and Sherman S." Mulhall declared the National Association of Manufacturers "created and solely created the tariff commission." Receivers Get Coal Company. Pana, 111., July 15. The Pana Coal company went into the hands of re ceivers today. James M. Taylor of Taylorville and Francis M. Roberts of Chicago were appointed receivers. The property consists of two months val ued at about $400,000. INEZ MILHOLLAND WEDS IN ENGLAND London. July 15. Miss Inez Mil holland of New Y'ork, a woman suffra get, was married today to Eugene Rcissevain, a wealthy Dutchman whose home is in Amsterdam. Miss Milhol land was one of the leaders in the big suffrage parade in Washington March 3 last, when she mounted a horse. Miss Mi'.holland is a riavohtor - I John Milholland, a wealthy New YoVk lawyer. She Is herself a practicing j lawyer with offices in tie New Yerk (financial district THOSE COKVFMJ-HT BUT- B j j ) GEORGIANS VOTE FOR U.S. SENATOR Atlanta, Ga., July 15. Provisions of the newly ratifed 17th amendment to the federal constitution were put into practice today for the first time when voters of Georgia cast direct ballots for the--electioa of a Unitog States sen ator.. "79- election .was tor selecting KgsSxJMRBcr.vo Senator Bacon for the remainder ofvthe ternr neiiiig' March 4. 191?."' Bacon, "who' was.'rfoTfnated to suo&eed himself at the democratic primary nearly a year ago, and is un opposed for reelection, now holds of fice by appointment of the- governor. His former term expired March 4, and tjhe emergency appointment -was made for the period until the meeting of the state legislature this -summer, when his successor was to be chosen. Mean time the popular election amendment was ratified. , THOMAS DEFENDS 1893 TARIFF BILL Washington, D. C, July 13. Sena tor Thomas, democrat, of Colorado, made a speech today defending Wil son's tariff bill of 1893 from responsi bility for the financial panic which followed, and charged former Presi dent Cleveland and New Y'ork banks with a conspiracy to precipitate a ca lamity to force repeal of tie Sherman silver act. Though denouncing the 1S93 bill as tihe "most miserable pre tense for t:riff reform," he branded the New Y'ork stock exchange the most prodigious hell "of any age, and the Monte Carlo of American finance.' "It's a swindlers' paradise," he con tined. "It's a huge vampire that sucks the blood arteries of industry. It's an unincorporated, irresponsible mon strosity beyond the pale of the laws. "If disaster, whose coming is now so freely predicted, shall overtake us in the near fht.ure, it wi'-l be caused, not by amendment of the pending tar iy bill, but by the tame 'influence which produced it before. They have no partnership with the administra tion. That's been dissolved by the people." HAYDEN OPPOSED ASAPROSECUTOR Washington, D. C, July 15. Vigor ous protests against the retention of Thomas E. Hayden as special prose-cut- in the noted Diggs-Camlnettl white slave cases in San Francisco were laid before Attorney General Mc Reynolds today by Senator Ashurst on request of several California demo crats, who allege, among other thing3 that Hayden is a friend of Caminetti. Later Ashurst stated one of the pro testants against the selection of Hay den, whom the president nominated to succeed District Attorney McNab, was State Senator Sanford of Cali fornia. Ashuist said he was not at- : tacking Hayden personally, but only calling into question his experience as I a prosecutor. j Ashurst was selected to make the , protest because California Is not repre sented by a democratic senator. He did not make public the names of the men on whose request he acted, i "I will examine the charges care- USEFUL POCKETSKIRTS fully," said McReynolds, "and if he Is not the right man for the work we will get somebody else." CALL DFF CRUISE OF FLYING BOATS Muskegon, Mich., July 15. The Chicago-Detroit flying boat cruise has been called off by mutual consent of the contestants, according to Aviator Martin, who returned here this after noon from Pentwater. He said the committee ln charge of the cruise has withdrawn the prize money. Detroit, Mich., July 15. Reports re ceived here this morning indicated that there is only one entrant left in the Chicago-Detroit flying boat cruise. A message from the United States life saving station at Pentwkater says CJlenn Martin reached there an an nounced his withdrawal. No reason was given. Francis is reported to have shipped his machine back to Chicago after several unsuccessful at tempts to start at Pentwater yester day afternoon. Havens, reported safe at Charlevoix last night, is expected to continue his flight northward this afternoon. Mackinaw City, Mich., July 15. A flying boat presumed to be Haven's passed here in high air shortly before noon. It was pointed in an easterly direction. Chicago, July 15. Harold McCor- mick's recently purchased hydro aeroplane, driven by Max Lillie, avia tion instructor, turned over in Lake Michigan two miles from shore today when in making a turn one of the pontoons "stubbed" a wave. Lillie was thrown clear off the machine, but clung to it until rescued. IvfcCormick is a son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller. Scores of bathers on the beach wit nessed the mishap. The machine was saved. FEW WOMEN VOTE AT MOUNT AUBURN Mount Auburn, III., July 15. Three women out of a total of 70 had voted up to 11 o'clock this morning in the election to name a mayor to succeed Dr. R. P. Windsor, who was killed May 15 by Editor Slater of the Tri bune. A heavy rain cut the vote. Attorney Hogan of Taylorville failed in his plans to contest the right of women to vote, though he may yet take the suffrage question into the courts. MRS. WEST GETS DIVORCE DECREE London, July 15. A decree of di vorce wa3 granted today to Mrs. George Cornwallis West, formerly Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill, a daughter of the late Leonard Jerome of Xew Y'ork. The decree may be made absolute In six months. The grounds for granting the decree were statutory desertion. Testimony was produced tending to show the respondent had stayed with a woman not the petitioner in a Lon don hotel in March, registering as Captain and Mrs. West. There was a ereat crowd in attendance. veR.f cotHveNitHf ONE JOY RIDER IS KILLED; 4 INJURED Elgin, 111., July 15. Joy riding late last night cost the life of Miss Ruby Wood, 18, and the injury of Mrs. Nel lie O'Conner, Robert Costello, 20; Earl Martin and Lillian Volp, both 20. Mrs. O'Conner is internally injured, her spine is hurt and her conditon is critical. The party was returning to Elgin from an automobile speedway and in attempting to pass a car the ma- cnine swerved ana crasnea into a tree. Miss Volp, one of the injured, col lapsed later. Her condition is serious. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 15. J. D. Johnson, 23, of Webster, Iowa, was killed when an automobile driven by Anna Harrington turned turtle last night. Bessie Ketrome, aged 14, had her arm broken, and Archie Pirie a shoulder blade broken. Johnson had been "picked up" by the automobile after his motorcycle broke down. POLICEWOMEN AT BATHING BEACHES Chicago, July 15. Mayor Harri son's ordinance for- appointment of ten patrolwomen was recommended for passage by the council schools committee, which is said to insure its passage.. They will be assigned to bathing beaches and public play grounds. ' - JOB NEEDS BRYAN BRISTOW STATES Washington, D. C, July 15. Sen ator Bristow today introduced a reso lution aimed at Secretary Bryan's re cent statement that he was obliged to go on a lecture tour because of in sufficient official salary" calling on President Wilson to report what sal ary would be sufficient to enable Bryan to remain permanently at his post. Objection by democrats pre vented immediate consideration. Attention was called further to the Mexican, Japanese British and other international questions before the s'ate department which, the resolution alleged, were not receiving full con sideration. Reading of the resolution was greeted by broad smiles on the republican side of the chamber. Fire He Set Fatal to Boy. Sterling, 111., July 15. After setting the barn on his father's farm on fire, Ray Connelly, aged 4, ran to a straw stack nearby to hide until the parental wrath had subsided. The stack caught from the barn and Ray was burned to death as his mother and father looked for him in the smoldering ruins. Stockholders Meeting. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Black Haw k Homestead Building, Loan and Savings associa tion will be held this evening in the office of the secretary, Room 210, Peo ple's National Bank building. Rentauranteur Murdered. Chicago, 111., July 15. Revenge Is believed to have ben the motive for the murder of James Acoaes, an Ital ian restaurant man. whose body, with three bullet wounds, was found ln an iliey toda. . ERDMAN LAW AMENDED TO STOPSTRIKE Nevvlands Bill Passes Con gress Today Without a Roll Call. WILSON READY TO SIGN intervention of President Se- x. u: trate Railroad Dispute. Washington, D. C, July 15. Ine next step paving the way for peace ful settlement of the wage dispute of eastern railroads and trainmen was In prospect today when the house as sembled to pass the Newlands bill, amending the Erdman act to provide arbitration satisfactory to roads and men and the senate assembled has accepted changes which had been agreed the house was to make in the bill. All sides expected the bill to be out of congress and to become a law by night. The president has said he would sign it immediately. How yesterday's White house con ference was brought about became known today when officials there stat ed that Mrs. J. Borden Harriman of the new industrial commission inform ed them a strike was imminent unless an agreement of the board of media tion could be had. As a result of her message President Wilson and Secre tary Wilson were communicated with by Secretary Tumulty and the confer ence was subsequently arranged with the help of Seth Low, president of the National Civic Federation. TWO AMEN'DMKXTS. The house judiciary committee agreed to the Newland's bill amend ing the Erdman act. Two amend ments were determined on by the Ju diciary committee. One aims to make impossible any construction that would authorize or otherwise compel an employe to labor. The other was to provide details for filing awards with district courts. The new law would furnish the machinery expected to open up possibilities of arbitration and federal mediation and would es tablish a "United States board of me diation and conciliation." The Newlands bill revising the Erd man law passed the house without a rollcall. It was hurried to the senate which was waiting to pass It for the president's signature. The senate passed the Newlands bill without a roll call, and it was hur riedly prepared for transmission to the White house, where President Wilson was ready to sign it. Washington, D. C, July 15. The threatened strike of 100,000 operatives on the railroads east of Chicago has been averted. This is assured as the result of the White house conference yesterday af ternoon attended by President Wilson, leaders of congress and representa tives of the railroads and of the con ductors and trainmen who had voted to walk out. At this gathering arrangements were perfected for the passage by congress today of the Newlands amendment to the Erdman act under which both sides to the pending controversy are willing to submit to arbitration. Assurances were given at the con ference that this course would be fol lowed. Under the Newiands bill, which is to be rushed through congress, a board of mediation will be created which shall be entirely independent of the department of labor. Under the bill also the board of ar bi' ration to be chosen when efforts at mediation and conciliation fall, shall consist of six instead of three mem bers, as at present. MAKKIP OF AHIUTRATIOX BOARD. Two members of tills board are to be named by the labor organizations inter ested, two by the railroads and two by the four arbiters thus chosen. In the event, however, that the four are unable to agree on the two re maining members the board of media- . (Continued on Page Eltf&L) CORPORATIONS IN RECORD EARNINGS Washington, D. C, July 15. Corpor ations of the United States earned $3,304,000,000 above all expenses dur ing the calendar year 1912, exceeding all records since the corporation tax law by 1400,000,000. according to the internal revenue bureau. Increased prosperity of corporations is expected to yield the federal government more than $36,000,000 including $3,000,000 omitted taxes Mr previous years. Th. total corporation during 1912 wa about 310,000, an increase of 7 per cent over 1911. About 15,000 corpor ations failed to make rfcUrs?f g AM