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SIXTY-SECOND YEAR, NO. 296.
SATUROAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1913. SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ARGUS. iHOMEEDITIOH
MINERS HELD
FOR SLAYING
2 MUSICIANS
Further Outbreaks by Mob
at Benton, III., Are'
Feared.
MOOSE CHIEF
LEADING FIGURE IN
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
NEW TOGS
TAKES SIDES
WITHSULZER
FRISCO IVIINT
IS ROBBED OF
A LARGE SUSH
Treasury Officials Admit
That Several Thousand
Has Disappeared.
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ONE OF ACCUSED SHOT
John Hurzan, Who Confesses,
Implicating Others, Battles
Sheriff's Force.
' Benton. 111., Sept. 27. After a fight
with dfp'itieg, John Hurzan, a miner,
waa arrested here today in connection
with the murder of the two musicians
which caused rioting nere early thia
eek. Hurzan was dangerously wound
ed. Hurzan signed a confession impli
cating three others in the murder of
the musicians. Two of them later
were arrested. Fearing a mob out
break the sheriff swore in 50 deputies
and put them on guard at the jail.
When the officers went to arrest
Hurzan at his boarding house he turn
v d out the light and asked Sheriff
Vaughn and hia three deputies in. The
sheriff feared a trap, and told Hurzan
to come out. Hurzan fired three shots
which went wild.
Deputy Collins shot twice, wounding
Hurzan in the abdomen. He staggered
into a hall, still firing a pistol, and
fought hand to hand till knocked dow n.
He was then seized and rushed to jail.
Company F of Benton assembled at
He armory, ready for duty, If needed.
i:XC'ITKMKT MBMIIKI.
The situation later quieted down
and no danger of lynching is now- ap
parent. 'Hunan, in a statement after
his arrest, said that only three men,
including himself, were concerned in
the murder of the musicians. He said
the musicians had been drinking
heavily at the dance and threatened
to kill the foreigners. In a clash on
the road after the dance was 'over,
I tur;:an knocked down one musician,
Kwell Hutchlns, and w'sg Aiwtbvhim
in the army. Quincy"" Bffl fti moniH ran
up to help Hutchlns and several for
eign miners shot and killed Hutchlns
with his own pistol. Drummond ran,
but wan overtaken and slain with a
miner's pick.
LEGALLY DEAD 60
YEARS, VET FOUND
Inmate of Iowa Soldiers' Home
Goes to Pennsylvania to
Claim Bequest.
' T'ottsville, Pa.. Sept. 27. After be
ing legally dead nearly 60 years, Wil
liam Thomas of Marshalltown, Iowa,
came here yesterday to claim a be
quest of $400 left 40 years ago by John
Jenkins of St. Clair,.Pa., where Thomas
also lived formerly. When lie and
his wife moved west relatives lost
-iplit of them, and when some money
was willed him in Wisconsin and he
would not be found he was declared
legully dead, and the estate was divid
ed between his cousins. An advertise
ment aftpr the bequest left him in
1'ennr yjvania fotnd him in the sol
fliers' home, and he promptly came
here to gtt the money left him.
MISS HILMER IS
WINNER AT GOLF
Memphis. Tenn., Sept. 27. Miss
Myra Helmer of Chicago and Miss
iiuth CblsBolm of Cleveland met to
day in the finals of the championship
play in the women's western golf
tourney.
Miss Helmer won, five and three.
Bulgars and Turks at Peace.
Constantinople. Sept. 27. Peace was
concluded today between Bulgaria and
Turkey. The treaty will be signed on
Monday.
READY TO REPORT
NEW TARIFF BILL
Washington. t. C, Sept. 27. The
democrats' joint tariff conference
committee worked today on proofs of
a report to be submitted to congress
next week. All disputes have been
compromised between the two houses
except the proposed tax on cotton fig
ures. On that a final disagreement
will be reported to each house.
Hearings on the currency bill be
fore the senate banking committee
were suspended today to be resumed
Monday,
Judge Cullen.
The one man who stands out above
all others in the impeachment, trial of
Governor Sulzer of New York is Chief
Justice Cullen of the New York court
of appeals, who is presiding. His fair
ness is unquestioned. In the accom
panying picture Judg3 Cullen is seen
on his way to the impeachment cham
bers. SEA TUG PASSES
IN PANAMA LOCKS
First Attempt to Operate Pan
ama Canal Gates Is
- Successful.
, Panama, Sept. 2". The most, im
portant step thus far toward the oper
ation of the Panama canal took place
yesterday when the sea going tugboat
Gatun, drawing twelve and a half feet
of water, was successfully passed
through the Gatun locks and last nigm
floated on the bosom of Gatun lake.
This was the first attempt to oper
ate the locks .oaUe caual ' wl'OI
result, was highly pleasing, 3Jplonel
Goethals, chairman' of the canal com
mission and canal officials generally.
All day long hundreds of persons,
men, women and children, withstood
the burning rays of the tropic sun to
see the act of passing the first vessel
from sea level to the level of Gatun
lake, which yesterday had reached a
little over 65 feet or within 20 feet, of
its normal level.
The operations were conducted with
great care and .everything went
through according to schedule. The
three chambers, upper, middle and
lower, on the west side were used on
this occasion. The men worked far
into Thursday night making every
thing ready for the operation. The
upper lock filled in the forenoon and
In the afternoon the water was ad
mitted to the middle and lower locks
out it was net until 4:45 p. m. that
the water in the lower lock had reach
ed the level of that in the sea channel
outside.
At the hour the Seagate was swung
and a moment later the t.ne. which
had been in readiness all day In the
approach channel, turned its head to
ward the entrance.
As the vessel passed inside the low
er lock chamber a mighty cheer went
tip from the assembled thousands
that lined the leck' walls, the tug's
whistle was blowq to its utmost, and
all the whistles in the neighborhood
joined in the chorus.
The Gatun was in charge of Captain
Stewart. Anions the' party on board
were Colonel William L. Sibert, di
vision engineer of the Atlantic di
vision of the canal under whose super
vision the Gatun locks were built;
Cclonel Harry F. Hedges, assistant
chief engineer and designer of the
canal locks and the operating machin
ery, and Major J. P. Jejvey. who has
personal charge of the masonry con
struction of the locks.
Cclcnel Goethals was on hand all
ilay but did not make the trip. The
'ug. gayly decorated, in the roomy
lock chambers appeared like a toy
boat in a tab. I's navigation was-per-sonally
supervised by W. G. Comber,
head of the dredging operations of the
canal. The vessel was raised to the
middle level at 5:45 p.'m. and passed
into the upper chamber at 6:15 p. m.
Then at 6:42 p. rn. the last gate swung
and. although the tropic night had
fallen, the waiting crowd remained
and watched the tag sail out on the
placid waters of Gatun lake.
The rousing demonstration of the
early afternoon was then repeated.
The massive 500 ton leaves of the
lock gates performed their functions
perfectly, working with the precis
ion and nicety of a well oiled door.
Washington A' bill to protect
wcrkmea and others about buildings
under construction and repair In the
District of Columbia, similar to one
he put through the Illinois legislature
J is 1907, w aa introduced by Represen
WILL REQUIRE SEARCH
Six Million in Silver Stored in
Government Plant Must Be
Checked Over.
Washington, D. C, Sept 27 Treas
ury officia's today confirmed the thefts
of money from :he San Francisco mint,
but think the loss will be small. It
will require a dollar for dollar count of
$6,000,000 in silver stored there to
find the exact amount missing. Seven
thousand is missing up to the present
time. - -,
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 27. It
la reported that the United States
mint in this city has been looted ot a
sack of coin, said to contain $30,000.
T. W. II. Shanahan, superintendent of
the mint, refuses to confirm or deny
the report and declares that any in
formation concerning it must come
from Washington.
IRO REIM.ACES C'OIX.
One version of the robbery is that
the theft was discovered when a sack
believed to contain $30,000 was opened
and found to contain iron washers.
Care had been taken, it is believed,
to make the weight of the iron cor
respond to that or tne gold coin so
that discovery of the theft would be
delayed.
Fear that other sacks of coin have
been taken has led, it is reported, to
the summoning of secret service opera'
lives ana accountants, and the em
ployes of the mint are said to be under
close surveillance.
The bogus coin sack is said to have
been stamped as was the one which
it replaced and which had contained
gold coin. The weight of thisYoin Is
such that it is said to be the btslM
Me persons in chance brTKe 'ta -
vestigation that one man could not
have carried out the theft The sack
of iron is declared to have been found
in a vault where there is a large quan
tity of gold.
The story of the robbery came from
mint employes and some of them a
peared.to resent the suspicions said
to have been cast on persons working
in that institution.
"I cannot say whether there is or
is not anything to report," said the
superintendent, when asked about the
stories.
BAXDITS STII.I, AT LARGE.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Sept 27. Deputy
sheriffs from Birmtngham and Mont
gomery and armed farmers of Tusca
loosa county have abandoned the
search for the three men who held up
end rebbed the Alabama Great, South
ern passenger train at Bibbville Sid
ing, Ala., Thursday night, and the case
is now entirely in the hands of the
railroad special officers.
Five men have been arrested at
Eutaw, Ala., bslow Tuscaloosa, none
of whom is more than 30 years old,
and five others iuve been taken to
the Tuscaloosa county jail by special
agents. All of these men deny con
nection with the holdup.
The robbers had stopped the train
by using a danger signal employed s.r.
part of the blocking system: They de
tached the locomotive, the express an I
mail cars from the train. The eng'-ae
snd these cars were run several mil; s
down the track and the express c:;r
safe blown open.
Various estimates place the amount
of booty obtained as high a ?100,000.
Conservative estimates, however, set
ibe amount, of loot at $50,000, includ
ing a heavy shipment of currency
from the east to Xew Orleans. This
cannot be verified, however,' at this
point.
CANAL TO REDUCE
PRICE OF CATTLE
Former President of Peru Sees
a Coming Cut in the Cost of
Living Here.
Washington, D. C. Sept. 27. Hope
for reduction , of half in the cost of
beef ia held out by Augusto-Legul,
former president of Peru, who is now
here. He says that with the opening
of the Panama canal and the conse
quent reduction of 4,000 miles in the
distance between Peru and the United
States, beef can be delivered at New
York from Peru at 10 cents a pound.
Albany, N. Sept 27. The estate
of the late 3. P. Morgan is approxi
mately $65,000,000. This is based on
a check sent today for a $2,500,000
payment of an inheritance tax on the
- ; part of the est&ie
MANGLED CORPSE
OF WOMAN FOUND
Authorities Are. Puzzled by
Death on the Elgin, Joliet &
Eastern Railway.-
Chicago, Sept. 27. Efforts to learn
the identity of a well dressed woman
who was killed by a freight train on
the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern ' railway
last night was started today. The body,
mangled almost beyond - recognition.
11 ''Tfit-?emifrctton- "difficult
Whether "It wras a case of - suicide, or
an accident or murder, there Is no
clue. The woman is between 5 anil
40, five feet four, weighs 140 pounds,
and has reddish hair and blue. eyes.
The engineer, who discovered . the
body, said he saw a dark object lying
on the track and thought it was a
cinder pile, but when he smelled burn
ing flesh as the hot cinder box of the
engine passed over the body, he made
an examination that showed it was
a woman.
The body of a woman was found near
Wayne. 111.
An examination later showed the
woman had been shot through the jaw,
the bullet then entering the brain.
No weapon was found near the spot.
The police think therefore the woman
was lured there and murdered. Mrs.
Frank Pratt of Wayne said she saw a
man and woman alight there and fol
lowed them. She saw them separate.
Later she heard what-sounded like a
pistol shot. The body was found not'
long after.
BODY OF MISSING
WOMAN IS FOUND
Peru, Ind., Police Searching for
Husband, Who Disappeared
Simultaneously.. .
Peru, Ind., Sept. 27. The police are
hunting for Clyde Wilkinson, a fanner,
whose wife's body, mutiiated badly,
was found in a shallow grave back of
a barn yesterday. A man's bloody coat
and shirt are in the grave with the
body. The woman had been missing
sitce Aug. 29, on which date Wilkin
son, who had advertised a sale of his
farm, also disappeared. Two sons
are also missing. ,
CHICAGO STARTS
CROOK ROUNDUP
Recent Series of
Crimes
Promrts ActivitV bv the Po-
rrompis acuviiy py ine x-u
UCe liepanmeni,
Chicago. Sept 27. A round up of
thieves, ex-convicts and known "gun
mea" was begun last night and continu
ed today. ' Activity of the police is due to
the recent increase ia hold-ups, rob
beries and window smashing, and is
designed to check an Influx of crimi
nals from other cities this winter. The
Chicago dragnet is divided in. four dis
tricts and 10 policemen are assigned
to each to do nothing else but watch
I tor suspects and gather them , in., -
fir
THE WEATHER
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Forecast Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island, Davenport, Molino
and Vicinity.
Fair and warmer tonight; Sunday,
Increasing cloudiness and warmer;
moderate southerly winds.
Temperature at 7 a. m., 42; highest
yesterday, 02; lowest last night, 41.
Wind calm-. '
Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity at 7 p. m., 59; at
7 a. m 90.
Stage of "water, 2.1; no change in
last 24 hours.
; J. M. SHERIER, Locr.i Forecaster.
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I ASTRONOMICAL
CVCNTgi,.
VEvenlns
stars: Mercury
JuprfeT
nornina
stars: SHturn. Venus. Mara.
Placet Venus in conjunction Tvltb th
moon S 24 p. m.
AEROPLANE SETS
NEW SPEED MARK
Emile Vedrines Drives Machine
118 Miles an Hour at
Rheims, France.
Rheims, France, Sept. 27. A nsw
world's record in aeroplane speed was
made here today by Emile Vedrines,
who flew 62 miles over a measured
.course, at an average of 118 miles an
hour.' The old record of 111 miles
was made by Prevost at Paris, June 17.
.Vedrines was the first of Ave con
testants in . trials to decide on the
three aviators ' to represent France !o-
morrow in the international aeroplane
race.. The coi:rse was a closed circuit!
of C '4 miles, around which the flyers
went 10 times. ;
Maurice Prevost made similar
speed," and he and Vedrines and Eu
gene Gilbert were chosen as French
representatives . in', the international
face.
ENVOY RECEIVED
BY JAPAN RULER
Special 'Mark of Friendship to
United . States, in Audience
Given to Harrison.
Tokio, Japan, Sept. 27. All prece
dents were broken by what was pub
licly announced as' a special mark of
friendship to the United States when
court officials today arranged in ad
vance aa audience with the , emperor
for Francis Burton Harrison, new gov
ernor general of the United States in
the Phillipines. Owing to the delay
in the steamer from San Francisco,
because of fog, Harrison arrived here
1 barely in time to keep the appointment
"l u eu ier 01 roreign
AffaJrs Makino gave a luncheon to
Harrison 'and wife and their suite.
cant- effort, to remove' any misunder-
standings between the two nations.
. - Wsap Wrecked; Crew' Safe.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 27. A. N.
Evans, commissioner of education
of Alaska and the crew of the schoon
er Wasp, lest for days in Bchring sea,
is now safe at St Michaels, 100 miles
from Nome, according to a wireless
report to the revenue headquarters.
There were no details, but the report
says the Wasp was wrecked.
SEEKS CHANGE IN
GLASS-OWEN BILL
Illinois Bankers' Association to
Send a Delegation to
Washington.
Chicago,- 111., Sept. 27. A compro
mise in the regulation provisions of
the Glass-Owen currency bill was sug
gested at the closing session of the
Illinois Bankers' association at the
M. IleynoicResiident of the Conti
nental and" Commercial barjc of Chi
cago. Mr. Reynolds' suggestion is as fol
lows: That the consent of a minority of
the advisory committee of the federal
reserve banks be required for the tak
ing, of certain fundamental steps by
the board of control. If there are five
federal reserve banks,- then the con
sent of two of the five members of
the advisory committee roust be ob
tained before the board of control can
discharge an officer or director or a
federal reserve bank, or require one
federal reserve bank to discount for
another.
Mr. Reynolds thought the general
plan of the bill good, particularly as
to greater elasticity in general credits
and bank notes. He objected 1.3 the
forced subscription to reserve bank
stock, characterizing it as a proposi
tion of "either come in or be put out
of busincsB."
The bill was "guessed out without
expert assistance," in the . speaker's
c pinion, and, while "framed for the
purpose of forcing money out of Wall
street." res. ly places the burden on
the little banks throughout the coun
try.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, S. B. Montgomery, State
Savings and Trust company, Quincy;
vice president, J. A. Aisethorpe; First
Bank and Trust, company, Cairo
treasurer, C. H. Fox, Chicago Savings
Bank and .Treat company.
The execiftive council elected
George Woodruff, Joliet, chairman
and continued Secretary Richard L.
Crampton, Chicago, in office until Jan
1, and made Mrs. A. S. Jennings, Chi
cago, his assistant for the full term
Because of the presence of but half
the ccuncil the election was pos'pon
ed, Messrs. Woodruff, Montgomery,
and Aisethorpe constituting a com
mittee to report, on the candidates for
secretary later in the year. Because
cf this the "slate" candidate, Swep
scn Y. Whitlock, Tuscola, was with
drawn. .
President Montgomery will appoint
a committee to visit Washington to
confer with the senate committee in
charge of the currency bill and call at
tention to the Illinois Bankers' asso
ciation's indorsement of the recom
mendations of the American Bankers'
association currency conference, held
In Chicago Aug. 22 and 28.
The following committee, on private
banks was appointed: H. G. Henry,
Cam? Point; Bert Roach. Bushnell;
C. A. Schuremah, Say brook; H. A.
Smith, Galva, and Warren E. Colburn,
Chicago.
The Cooley vocational teaching bill
was denounced by the committee on
agriculture and vocational education.
of which B. F. Harris, Champaign
was chairman. Corporation control of
Illinois' dairy inteje waa asserted
to be the cause of falling behind Wis
Governor Persecuted for
Defending People, Says
Roosevelt.
FAILS TO JUMP TO WHIP
Impeachment Court Summons
Executive's Secretary as a
; Witness.
Rochester, N. V., Sept. 27. Theo
dore Roosevelt, addressing a progres
sive state conference which met to
name candidates for chief judge and
associate of the state court of appeals,
declared the chief concern of the
people should be to prevent Tammany
getting complete control of the state.'
He said the predicament in which the
state now found itself was due to
failure last fall to elect a governor and
legislature pledged to progressive
principles.
Alluding to the Sulzer case, Roose
velt said all matters now before the
impeachment court w ere known to the
leaders of Tammany at the time they
were calling Sulzer a second Andrew
Jackson, but they remained silent till
the governor refused to take orders
from Tammany.
"No intelligent and honest man be
lieves," said Roosevelt, "that the at
tack on the governor is because of
anything he did during the campaign
or before he took office, but because
he championed the cause of popular
government and the rights of the peo
ple against Tammany."
(OIRT OX RF.t'KSS.
Albany, N. V., Sept. 27. There was
no session of the Sulzer impeachment
court today. The big question in the
minds of those following the case now
is whether Frederick Col well, Sulzer'a
"dummy" in WTall street deals, will
testify when the trial is resumed next
week. The impeachment managers
say Sulzer'a lawyerawill not let (Jol-
l Testify "If JIBlM'e Is any way to
prevent, as he Is said to be the con
necting link between the governor and
Wall street. . . , ,
Chester C. Piatt, secretary to Sulzer,
was today subpoenaed as a witness for
tl - prosecution. The writ was served
on him in the executive chamber. 1
PEORIA SALOON IS
SCENE OF KILLING
Otto Hoefer, Candidate for
Sheriff, Is Murdered by
Hotel Proprietor.
Peoria, 111., Sepf. 27. Ottp Hoefer,
democratic candidate for sheriff,, was
shot and killed today by William
Schuster, proprietor of the Savery ho
tel. Schuster, who la in jail, has re
fused to make a statement. There were
only two witnesses to the shooting, and .
both say only a few words passed 'be
fore the killing. v
The shoo'ing took place In the bar
of the Savery. Just before the shoot
ing Schuster and Hoefer seemed to Le
in the rear of the room, but the bar
tender could not hear the subject of
the. quarrel. .
THAW LAWYERS
Concord, N. II., Sept. 27. Counsel
for Harry K. Thaw received formal
assurance from Governor Felker yes
terday that he would grant their re
quest for an extension to Oct. 6, of the
time for filing briets in the extradition
proceedings.
One of the attorneys said that their
work was being carried on as rapidly
as possible but that, since the hearing
before Governor Fe.ker last Tuesday,
additional precedents bearing; on the
situation had been discovered. -
These will be incorporated, he said,
in the documents to be placed ia the
governor's hands.
MINERS SHOOT AT
STRIKEBREAKERS
Denver, Cclo.. Sept. 27. At no
time has the feeling between 'the
otrlking miners and officials of the
companies seemed so bitter as it is
today. Until after midnight excite-,
ment ran high in several camps of
the southern Colorado field.' In- Trin
idad shots - were exchanged bet ween
Strikers and strike-breakrs at Main
street -bridge, but there were noj
talities, Kidnapiag of. bon
miners continues. . y-' y-
consin and Minnesota.' Improvement
Of crop methods waa advocated,
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