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ROCK
BLAND
ARGUS.
FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 85.
THE ARGUS. TUESDAY. JANUARY 26. 1909.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
CONGRESSMAN RAINEY NOW
STIRRING UP THE ABLS
OVER THAT CANAL DEAL
SEVENTEEN BALLOTS FAIL
TO ELECT A U. S, SEN ATOR
If! ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE
The New Fine Arts Council Appointed by the President May be a "Hornet's Nest.
VCEWTLEML-rf "WHAT IS 1 Tf AtTisTic J
iTWflPUftJE -YoU CANT ( -
Illinois Member' Says
fThere is Gigantic Graft
$ at Panama.
MENTIONS C. P. TAFT
Roosevelt and President-Elect
Accused of Having Aided
Wrong-Doers.
his product to market is told that the
purchaser must :consult the exchange
before he buysJt. When gambling in
cotton is destroyed, he said, a better
price could be obtained for the cotton
of the south. -
Blow to Opium linen.
Washington, Jan. 26 The senate to
day passed the Lodge bill, which pro
hibits the importation and use of
smoking opium.
M-bool to Train CobhuI.
Washington, Jan. 26. The establish
ment of a national school for the in
struction of those who intend to enter
the consular service of the United
States is provided for in a bill intro-
Iduced by Representative Lowden of
Illinois.
Graduates, within five years after
leaving the school, would be subject
' to call for consular duty. During their
; attendance at .the school student
Washington, Jan. 26. Charging that . would receive $300 a year. , Appoint
William Nelson Cromwell, Roger L. J ments to the consular service would
Farnham, Charles P. Taft, and others, be made from graduates of the school,
are parties to the "most infamous rail- in order of standing.
road proposition ever submitted to any The secretary of state would have
government," and that they "are being surervision or tne scnoou
permitted not only to rob the republic
of Panama, but indirectly the treasury
of the United States," Representative
Rainey of Illinois today directed the
searchlight of publicity upon affairs in
the canal zone in a startling speech in
support of his resolution providing for
the investigation by congress of the
Panama canal purchase.
Chargea ColluNion.
"In their efforts in this direction,"
(referring to Cromwell and associates),
he said, "they have had so far the com
plete cooperation and active assist
ance of the present administration and
the next president of the United
States."
Honor to Lincoln Endorsed.
Washington, Jan. 26. The house
committee on library yesterday gave
favorable consideration to the bill pro
viding for a fitting celebration of the
100th anniversary of the birth of Abra
ham Lincoln, but declined to meet the
senate's view as to the memorial
scheme whereby a national highway
should be constructed between Wash
ington and Gettysburg.
The house committee having already
reported favorably on the project of
purchasing the land between the cap
itol grounds and the union station in
Washington for the Lincoln memorial,
it is not disposed to take up any other
Rainey traced the history of the 1 project. The Lincoln memorial pro-
proposed canal 40O years back, and
warned "that we' have already started
In the direction of the rocks upon
which the French companies were
wrecked."
Earn NeceNwary to Other.
Rainey was particularly bitter in his
denunciation of Cxowwell, and was un
sparing in his attack upon Don Jose
Domingo de Obaldia, president of
' Panama. . . . .
"Wiihout Obaldia," he stated, "Crom
well's career would have been impossi
ble. Without Cromwell, Obaldia would
have been impossible."
Taft Han Been Punitive.
Against President-elect Taft Rainey
directed the accusation that on the
occasion of his last trip to Panama in
May, "he did nothing on the isthmus
except to openly push the candidacy
of Obaldia fcr the presidency."
Davla la PaaHlonate. '
Washington, D. C, Jan. 26. Thej
evib attending gambling in the pro
duces of the soil by the sale of futures
on exchanges was tho subject of a pas
sionate speech delivered by Senator
Jeff Davis in the senate today. Mr.
Davis advocated tho passage of a bill
introduced by him to penalize the use
of the mails, the telegraph or the tele
phone for the purpose of conveying
gambling propositions between buyer
and seller.
The transaction on the New York
exchange, he. said, involve speculation
on 10 times as much cotton as it ac
tually produced In the south.
"The. whole transaction," he said, "is
a pure ' gamble, a bucket shop trans
action of .the worst kind, and no ex
change should be lawfully empowered
to continue this gambling game."
Gambling In Fleah.
This, he added, Is gambling in the
flesh, in the blood and in the bones of
women and children of the south who
are forced by the robbery and spoil
ation of these gamblers to toil from
daylight until dark to produce the sub
ject matter of this gambling transac
tion."
These exchanges, he Insisted, so
completely fix the price of cotton that
the smallest farmer when he carries
ject is therefore liable to be dead
locked as far as provision, for it is
concerned during this session.
The senate passed the birthday bill
with an amendment appropriating $50,
000 for a survey of the proposed high
PROBE LOT FRAUD
Grand Jury at Muskogee I. T., Takes
Up Charges Involving
Haskell.
I hv.-nt officials now in iluskogee assert
,that no fraud in town lots ever, inves
tigated will equal the stupendous pro
I portions of that now being made in
the government case here. Govern
ment officials learned that two men
accused of fraud have died recently
and that a third is dying of tuberculosis.
ACCUSES
SENATOR
INSPIRED BY W. R. HEARST
Yesterday in Congress
Claimed That Indianola Contracting
Company Used Dummies in Get
ting Titles.
i
I Washington, Jan. 26. Following Is a
summary, compiled from the official
proceedings, of the work of both
houses of congress yesterday:
Stephenson of Wisconsin Charged
With Use of Money in Recent
Primary Election.
SUM PLACED AT $250,000
Senator Blaine Asserts Cash Was Dis
tributed in Sums Ranging from
$5 to $1,000.
SCORE MAY BE
DEAD IN MINE
GAS EXPLOSION
Pittsburg. Pa.. Jan. 26. Two ; men
are dead and 20 others are supposed
to be dead as a result of three gas ex
plosions in the Boswell mine in Som
erset county last night and early today.-
The men were members of an
investigation party -that had entered
the mine to make an Inspection of sus
picious gas traces before allowing the
miners to go to' work. 5
Until early today signals were heard
from the imprisoned men. At daylight
lrowever, the signals ceased, and it is.
believed, all the nen had come under
the influence of the deadly afterdamp.
Madison, Wis., Jan. 26. Senator
Blaine filed specific charges this fore
noon alleging United States Senator
Stephenson, as candidate for re-elec
tion, gave to Republican State Chair
man Edmunds a sum of money in ex
cess of SlOo.OOO and approximat
ing $250,000 in relation to the primary
election held Sept. 1 last, and by such
acts violated the Wisconsin statutes.
that the money was given to Edmunds
to pay to other electors prior to th
primary in sums ranging from $5 per
day to $1,000 in bulk as a considera
tion for some act to be done in rela
tion to the primary by electors for
Stephenson.
, Other Charge Made.
Other charges allege money was
paid divers persons In various sums
as a consideration for acts to be done
corruptly and unlawfully.
The motion in the assembly to re
call the investigation resolution from
the committee was lost and the reso
lution later was killed. On the vote to
reconsider, 15 members, 14 republicans
andv 1 democrat of the assembly re
fused to vote for the United States
senatorship. First ballot: Stephenson,
republican, GO; Neal Brown, democrat,
16; Rummel, social democrat, 3; Cook,
republican, 2; "Cooper, republican, 1;
Each, republican, 1; Stout, republican,
1 ; Blank, 15. The senate did not vote
but took a recess until 3 o'clock.
Muskogee," Okla., Jan. 25. The fed
eral grand Jury today began the Inves
tigation into the alleged town lot
frauds, in which the , Indianola Con
tracting company of which Governor
Haskell is president, is Implicated.
Haskell claims his implication is due
to the enmity of William R. Hearst,
this ramification of the case being an
ecno or tne last presidential campaign.
Uae of Dummiea Charged.
Several years ago a large number of
lots were disposed of to purchasers,
who registered their names with the
government in much the same manner
as when land Is homesteaded. The
federal authorities now claim unscrup
ulous men scheduled the names of a
number of "dummies" and thus ob
tained titles to a number of lots when
they were entitled to but one.
I a Record Breaker. -Muskogee,
Okla., Jan, 20. Govern-
SENATK The postal savings bank
and the omnibus claim -bill were be
fore the. senate for discussion and
amendment, but no substantial progress
was made on either - measure. An
amendment was made to the postal bill
limiting to 1500 the amount of the de
posits of any one person and fixing the
rate or interest to be paid at 2 per cent,
with the understanding that the amend
ment would be subject to further
change by the senate. The urgent de
ficiency bill was passed, and at 4:30
p. m. the senate adjourned.
HOLSB Legislation affecting the Dis
trict of Columbia was considered by
the house. An interesting feature of
the day was a tribute paid by Mr. Bou
tell of Illinois to the heroism of John
ft. Blnns, the wireless operator aboard
the steamship Republic, recently in col
lision with the Florida. At 4:10 p. m
the house adjourned. . .
BRIST0W ELECTED SENATOR
Former Assistant Postmaster General
' Lands Toga in Kansas Legislature.
Topeka, Jan. 26." Joseph L. Bristow
republican, was today elected United
States senator by separate ballots of
the house and senate. The joint ses
sion tomorrow will ratify the election
WARM WELCOME
Captain of Republic and Officers and
Crew Greeted on Landing at
New' York. , ' '
TRY TO PLACE THE BLAME
General Impression is the Italian Was
at Fault May . Be a Naval
Court. -
EXTRADITION OF R0O0WITZ DEMANDED
BY RUSSIA IS REFUSED BY ROOT
Washington, fj Jan. 2C. Secretary
Root has refused to extradite Chris
tian Rudowitz, Russian, for whose
possession the Russian government
has made vigorous representations.
Offense Held Political.
In effect, the extradition of Rudo
witz was refused because the offense
charged comes under the general pro
hibition against extradition in the
treaty With Russia, which declares if
it be made to appear extradition is
FEB, 12 MADE
LEGAL HOLIDAY
BY CONGRESS
SMITH COLLEGE GIRLS LAY TRAP
FOR PEEPER AND EFFECT CAPTURE
. Northampton, Mass., Jan. 26. Jack'
the Peeper has been peeping around
Smith college for almost a month. He
had annoyed Smith college girls, first
in one dormitory, then another, and
hardly a night passed that some re
port of peeping was not made the next
day. "
The girls stood It until Sunday, and
then it became unbearable. Reports
to the college authorities had been
fruitless, so they took the matter into
their own hands.'
A mass meeting was called, and. af
ter much discussion, those wo have
Washington, Jan. 26. The house to
day unanimously adopted a resolution
making Feb. 12 a special legal holiday rooms in the two upper floors of Hat-J
in the District of Columbia and terri-i field house were chosen to lay the
tories In commemoration of the . birth j trap. Their building stands out along
of Lincoln. " the campus, and every girl pledged
help sprjng the trap. A
a gale
in the official family gave him a fare-' blowing, and a? heavy sleet falling, so
well such as he will long remember. when the girls of Hatfield house left
Secretary Root attended his last cab- herself to
inet meeting today, and his colleagues storm was on--Sunday ..night.
New 'York, Jan. 26. Captain Sealby
and the officers and most of the crew
of the wrecked ' steamship Republic
were given a remarkable demonstra
tion today when they landed at the
pier of the White Star line from the
revenue cutter Manhattan which trans
ferred thejn from the derelict destroyer
Seneca. A great throng of officers and
seamen of steamships, together with
300 or 400 spectators, were on the dock
when Sealby and crew stepped down
the gang plank. . -
.... Lifted ob Shoulders.
Officers and seamen alike made
rush for Sealby and lifting him to
their . shoulders carried him the whole
length of the dock to the street while
the crowd yelled itself hoarse and the
stewards on the steamships blew trum
pets.- Behind the captain the crowd
carried aloft the brave Binns, the wire
less telegraph operator.
Sealby was. carried from the street
to the offices of the steamship com
pany, where only on his earnest pro
test, would the crowd cease its deni
onstration. . '
Seventh Victim Diea.
New York, Jan. 26. Eugene Lynch
of Boston, injured in the collision of
the Republic and Florida, has died.
He makes the seventh death as a re
sult of the accident.
Safe After 73 Honra.
New York, Jan. 20. Less than 72
hours after the crash between the
ocean liners, Republic and Florida, off
the Nantucket shoals, which eventual
ly sent the one to the bottom and re
duced the other to a state of stagger
ing helplessness, the survivors of this
thrilling deep sea tragedy have found
a haven. ,
At nightfall last night 1,650 passen
gers from the' two vessels were safe
in this port, brought here by the Bal
ticr"while nearing It were the rescued
officers and crew of the Republic safe
on board the derelict destroyer Sen
:ip the curtains In every room of the, eca, to which they were transferred
.wo upper floors the .glare could be from -the revenue butter Oresham af-
3een blocks away. . Iter staylne un to the last moment by
These upper rooms can be looked 'their linking vessel. -, '
sought with . a view to try to punish
for an offense of a political character,
the surrender shall not take place. .
-Baaed on Teat I won y.
Testimony taken in the case at Chi
cago, It was held, upholds the view tak
en by the department, though the com
missioner upheld the Russian govern
ment's demand. Root declined to com
ment at this time pending formal noti
fication to the Russian authorities of
the department's decision. '
is beyond question the most remark
able series of happenings in the his
tory of modern navigation.
i Welcomed With Cheera.
Sixteen hundred fifty persons, pas
sengers on the Republic and Florida,
whose lives were in Jeopardy for hours
while the call of the wireless was
gradually bringing aid nearer and
nearer to them, reached New York
yesterday on the steamer Baltic. No
argosy of the olden days bringing
golden treasure home was ever more
heartily welcomed. Frenzied cheers
from the thousands at the pier when
it docked greeted its arrival, tears of
thankfulness were shed, affectionate
greetings were exchanged, and only
here and there did a note of sadness
lnrude itself upon the scene.
Following the Baltic up the harbor
was the liner Florida, battered almost
to the sinking point Itself by the force
of the blow it dealt the Republic,
and bearing the bodies of its own
three dead and the Injured members
of its crew. But of the dread scenes
of anguish that would have been en
acted had not fortuitous circumstances
stepped in to aid human heroism and
scientific marvel there was hardly a
suggestion.
Try to Find Caaae.
With the important work of rescue
thus practically finished, attention be
gan to be turned to endeavors to learn
definitely if possible how the two big
ocean travelers had come to crash
into each other and whether their
fateful meeting was as unavoidable
as at first appeared. On the Republic's
side little was to be learned. Its pas
sengers told graphic tales of the crash,
of the excitement on board, of the
bravery of the officers, the good be
havior of the crew and of the efficient
work of rescue. That all had not gone
so well with the Florida and that pos
siDiy on us Driage might be sought a
contributing cause for the disaster was
indicated by a late development of the
day.
Italian Ship to Blame.
There are two versions of what hap
pened on ttm bridge of the, Florida
when thd 'Republic loomed up In front
of it through the morning fog. Little
could be learned from Captain Ros
plni when he was seen on board his
vessel on its arrival in the harbor.
According to others who nad been
on Doara or the . Florida and were
brought into port by the Baltic, how
ever, something went wrong with the
Florida's steering wheel when the col
lision was imminent. One story had it
that a quartermaster had the wheel
when the commander yelled for It to
be jammed to starboard. He put it to
port instead and the liners crashed
into each other.
Another version of the story is that
the man dropped his wheel in a panic
when danger Impended. Both ver
sions agree in saying that the com
mander felled the quartermaster with
an iron spike following what he must
have considered the seaman's recre
ancy. An injured quartermaster from
the Florida was brought to port on
the Baltic yesterday. He stoutly as
serted that he was . not at the wheel
when the accident occurred.
Probably not until both command
ers have made their formal statements
will the facts be known.
Hopkins Has 90 Votes on
13th but Falls to 84
on Last.
ADJOURN ONCE MORE
Other Candidates Continue to
Hold Own With Little
Change.
nto only -from the- roof -of the new
library. Two girls were posted on the
lookout, and when the peeper placed
a ladder outside the library . building
and climbed to the roof they gave" the
word, j? For two hours the Hatfield
house girls danced around their rooms'
in their night gowns, wnile the peeper
feasfed his eyes and nearly froze his
body. - ; . :
Then the girls of the lower rooms
donned furs and surrounded the build
ing, and as the girls in the night gowns
danced on, pulled the peeper down
and held him, until a watchman ans
wered .the call. -The
peeper gave the name of WI1
liam Peeps.- He was found guilty of
MINERS IMPATIENT;
SCORE COMMITTEES
Want Reports at National Meeting
Not Later Than . Tomorrow .
Morning.
Springfield, Jan. 26. When the 13th'
ballot in the joint session for the eloo
tion of senator began today, one sen
ator and seven representatives were
absent. The ballot resulted:
Hopkins, 90.
Foss, 13.
Stringer, 74.
Shurtleff, 13.
Mason, 4.
McKinley, 1.
Lowden, 1.
Calhoun, 1.
Fourteenth Ballot.
Hopkins, 85. .
Foss, 18.
Stringer, 71.
Shurtleff, 14.
Mason, 4.
McKinley, 2.
Lowden, 1.
Calhoun, 1.
Free P. Morris, 2.
Fifteenth Ballot.
Hopkins, 84. .
Foss, 16.
Stringer, 74.
ShurtlefT. 14.
Mason, 4.
McKinley, 1.
. JLowden. 1. - ' , :
Calhoun, 1.
: C. S. Wharton, 1.
Robert T. Lincoln, 1.
In the 16th ballot Sen'ator Henson
changed his vote from Lincoln to Hop
kins, which was the only change from
the 15th ballot.
Seventeenth Ballot.
Hopkins, S5.
Fpss, 17. '
Stringer, 74.
Shurtleff, 14.
Mason, 4.
McKinley, 1.
Lowden, 1.
Calhoun, 1.
At the conclusion of the 17th the
session adjourned until tomorrow.
Situation Not Clarified.
Springfield, Jan. 2G. Prior to the
assembly of the joint session of the
legislature today to resume balloting
for United States senator conferences
and animated discussion has added no
certainty to the outcome of the voting.
Friends of Senator Hopkins declared
the chances of their candidate had in
creased over night and supporters of
Congressman Foss took heart In the
presence of their favorite. ,
Former Lieutenant Governor Sher
man loomed as a possible candidate
on whom the opposition factions couli
unite and there was talk of other can
didates being presented.
Majority of Thoae Voting Enough.
Instead of the absolute require
ments that a constitutional majority of
103 members is necessary to the elec-
Indianapolis, Jan. 26. Impatient at
the delay at getting down to business,
the convention of United Mine Work
ers of America passed a resolution
this morning calling upon the commit
tees to submit their reports not later
than tomorrow morning, and then ad
journed until that time.
At Its dock in Brooklyn was the bat
tered, Florida, aboard which its crew
had remained throughout Its trying ex
periences. . - - -
Only Republic Mlaalag.
Only the ill-fated Republic was Want
ing to complete the list And it, too,
was in port Its last port of call, what
will doubtless' prove Its final resting
place, beneath 38 fathoms of ; water; 15
miles south of the Nantucket south
shoals lightship. . . . !
At the stirring story of what occur
red- when the - steamers crashed . to
gether In the fog and mist of that
memorable early morning of last Sat
urday and the . dramatic Incidents
which followed approaches complete-.
trespassing in court and sentenced to'neas. It begins to be apparent that the
a year In the 'workhouse.
VANDALIA MANAGER HURT
1 i
C. B. McKeen Victim of Wreck on His
Own Road at Trinway, Pa.,;
Pittsburg, Pa.. Jan. 26. A Pittsburg
special from St.J Louis on tho Pen
handle division of the Pennsylvania
railroad- was -wrecked today between
Cones ville and . Trinway, 133 miles
west of .Pittsburg. r Seven passengers
and C J B. McKeen, general manager
of the Vandalia lines, were injured,
none seriously. , .t- -
Guffey Finally Lands Place. -
Harrisbnrg, Pa., Jan. 26. James M
Guffey was today unanimously chosen
as Pennsylvania member of the dem
ocratic national committee to succeed
James Kerr, deceased. .
Night Rider Testimony Closes. .
Union City.. Tenn., Jan. 2C. The
taking of testimony in the night rider
murder trial - ended today and . argu
J last three days have witnessed what ments were begun.
Continued on Page Three.)
NOT NOTIFIED;
SHERIFF WILL
HANG MIK
Chicago, Jan. 26. Sheriff Strass
helm, not having been notified of tha
commutation of the sentence of Her
man Billik from hanging to a life sen
tence for the murder of Mary Vxral,
today sent out the usual invitations for
the hanging Jan. 29. It was pointed
out ' to Strassheim the ' governor had
been very busy with the senatorial '
deadlock, and had undoubtedly over
looked the technicality. v -
"That makes no difference ' to the
sheriff; he must -follow -his orders.'
was the answer, "unless I'm officially
notified Billik must hang." . ;
WARNS A6AIIIST
, ANTI-JAP LAWS
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 26-Gbvernor
Gillette today sent "a -message to the
legislature warning against aaT antt
Japanese legislation.' '