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m ROOK ISLAND FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 288. THE ARGUS, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1909. PRICE TWO CENTS. ALL TRUSTS BAD TRUSTS, SAYS TAFT AT DES MOINES All Combinations to Limit Competition in Same Category. RAP FOR RAILROADS President Advocates Numerous Changes in Present Scheme of Regulation. Dos Moines. Iowa. Sept. 211. In a speech delivered lu re this morning, the president devoted his time prin cipally to railroad rates and the authority of the interstate commerce commission. Speaking of the pass ape of rate hills several years ago. in which the interstate commerce commission was given authority to fix specific rates, he said it must now be admitted the act has not furnish ed expected relief against discrimin ation. I' nt or a Triliuiiiil. It has been suggested, the presi dent said, that a court be established whose decision in appeals from the commission shall be final, lie favor ed such a tribunal, but thought there should be a right of appeal from its decisions to the highest courts. He cited the fact a tariff court has been established nad saw no good reason why a similar tribunal should not be provided for in the matter of rail road regulation. Caa Kvnile the !.:. Another suggested change would give the commission power to hear and entertain complaints against un just classifications of merchandise for transportation. As it is now a railroad can. by including articles in tlie same class which ought to pay different rates, commit exactly the by imposing exorbitant rates as to any one class, he said. Miotild Stnrt n". The president expressed t he opin ion the commission should have authority to itself, instituie a com plaint instead of waiting for such: action by parties interested. At the same time he would not give tne com-1 mission absolute power to fix rates in advance and on their own initiative, and without complaint filed and in vestigation made as is done in some '? states. Coraprl Through Koiitint;. Another amendment, he thought, should provide that the commission may by order, suspend, modify, or annul any changes in rules or reg ulations, which impose undue bur dens on shippers, and it would seem well to empower the commission to compel connecting carriers to unite in forming a through route and to fix the rate any apportionment there of, among the carriers. Would Stop Control. The president thought a most im portant amendment of the interstate commerce law would be a prohibi tion against any interstate lailroad company acquiring stock in compet ing railroads engaged in interstate commerce, or after a certain date, holding stock in' a competing rail road, and that the issuance of ad ditional stocks and bonds ho sub .?t. to the commission's approval. Another provision should be added by which railroads may be permitted to agree upon traffic rates and make contracts with respect to rates that shall not be pooling contracts. In taking up the anti -trust law, the GOV, JOHNSON IS AT DEATH'S DOOR- IS SINKING FAST Rochester, Sept. 20. At 2 o'clock this afternoon Dr. Mayo issued a bul letin in which he indicated Governor Johnson had a turn for the worse aid caid the governor's candition is very grave. , Another physician said Johnson had been in a semi-comatose condition for two hours. - He admitted Johnson's life is fast ebbing away. Rochester, Minn., Sept. 20 While Governor Johnson was somewhat bet ter today, the doctors still consider the governor In a grave state, the dan ker period not having been passed. He is not as restless as he was yester ' day. but somewhat weaker, and he has ju.-.t about an even chance, say the doctors. - president declared he knew of no way in which a distinction could be made between "good" and "bad" trusts, for he regarded all combinations to sup press competition and to maintain a monopoly to be in the same category. Special Arrlvt- I'.nrly. Des Moines, Sept. 20. President Teft's special over the Great Western arrived here shortly before 7 this morning. Thousands were at the sta tion and gave the nation's chier a noiay welcome. With the president's review of 5,200 federal troops hero this morning the greatest military tourna ment in the country began. tirent TkroiiKN iu St reels. The president was taken in charge by a committee, and iu automobiles the party was driven through the main streets. Never did Des Moines see greater crowds. It is conservatively estimated 50.000 persons thronged the streets, which were gaily decorated. Guet of t'uniiiiiiiK. . The president was entertained at breakfast at Senator Cummins' home, to which had been invited men prom inent iu republican politics in Iowa. After a reception, the party reentered the automobiles and proceeded to the reviewing stand opposite the state cap itol. At 9:45 o'clock the review began, lasting a full hour. Soldiers from all over the west were under the command of Brigadier General Charles E. Mor ton, commanding the department of the Missouri and stationed at Fort Omaha. Decline Further InvltntioiiH. After the review Taft delivered a 15 minute speech. Though urgently re quested to attend army maneuvers at the state fair grounds, the president was compelled to decline because of lack of time. About 11 o'clock the president boarded a train and left for Omaha, the next stop of the presiden tial party. Pull Over KextivitieH. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 20. Presi dent Taft came to the twin cities of Minnesota Saturday and with the shad ow of death hanging over the governor of the state, received a cordial but not a demonstrative welcome. The criti cal illness of Governor Johnson, prob ably the most popular executive Min nesota ever has known, entered deeply 1 !if UwUay Tntd drefl rfetl eventualities threatened for a time dur ing the morning seriously to curtail the progranr of entertainment both here and in St. Paul. The president fulfilled the program outlined for his reception, but at every pause iu the rushing from place to place he made anxious inquiries as to the latest word from the -bedside of the governor, whose life hung in the balance at St. Mary's hospital In the little city of Rochester. The president many times during the day, in making little speeches here and there in Minneapolis and St. Paul, referred to the governor's illness and expressed anew his distress to have been met that morning by the despair ing news from the patient's bedside. i'rayn for Heeovery. At his Auditorium speech in St. Paul the president .called out prolonged ap plause and cheering when he. declared of Governor Johnson: "I unite with you in a fervent prayer to God that he may be spared to you and to the country; with his ability, his courage, his great common sense, he cannot be spared. He is too valu ablo, not alone to the people of this state, but to the people of the nation, who doubtless will insist in time that he shall serve them." President Taft also aroused enthusi asm with his audiences during the day with his many happy references to the civic virtues of the neighboring cities, det taring them to bo so much alike that they should combine as one city, with a borough of Minneapolis and a borough of St. Paul. GREAT MEETING OF ODD FELLOWS Over 'J.VMIO Members Present in Se attle for Opening of Conclave -1 Mills Begin Tomorrow. Seattle. Sept. 20 The sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows opened hero at noon today. It Is estimated 25,000 members are here. Drills of the Patriarchs Militant will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the prize being valued at $8,000. In the election of sovereign grand officers, the principal contest is over deputy grand sire. John B. Cockrum of Indianapolis and C. A. Keller of San Antonio, Texas, are leading candidates. Former Iowa Journalist Dead. Washington, Sept. 20. James H. Stevenson, formerly engaged in journalism in Iowa, is dead as the re sult of a street car accident. A wid ow and five children living in To peka, Kan., and a son in this city, survive him. Stevenson was a second lieutenant in the union army during the civil wttr. BODY SEVERED BY LOCOMOTIVE Edward Coulter, of Muscatine, i Meets Death in the Mil waukee Yards. HAD BEEN CELEBRATING Jumps in Front of Train When His Companion Warns Him of His Peril. I'M ward Coulter, aged 21, a resident of Muscatine. .was Killed by a Milwau kee freight train at Xahant, in the west end of Davenport at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. The body was sev ered, the wheels passing over the chest. Coulter was employed in one of the Muscatine button factories. In com pany with Charles Tucker, a fellow workman, he came to Davenport Satur day evening for a celebration. After making the rounds in Daven port, drinking considerably, they came to Roek Island,, leaving here shortly before midnight. According to Tucker, they were expecting to -catch a train for home while walking in the rail road yards. Jiunim iu ritiiR Dim-lion. Tucker sai.l they were walking along a patch between th- tracks when th?y were attracted by th rumbling of a train approaching from the east. Tucker shouted to Coulter, and the latter, his senses partially deadened by the liquor tha: he had Imbibed during the night, instead of removing himself further from danger, jumped directly in front of the engine. The front of the locomotive caught Tucker in the shoulder and hurled him "0 feet alongside the track. The crew of the train knew that a man had been hit and the train was brought to a stop. Tucker was first found. He was unconscious. After several minutes he was roused. He thou asked for his companion. Find I'fMiilrr'M Iteinnlim. The body of Coulter was found two car lengths east. The police authori ties were notified and the remains were placed iu charge of t.'ndertalor Runge. An inquest will be held this afternoon. . . . ine victim or tn accident was sin gle, and is survived by his father and two sisters, all living in Muscatine. and with whom he made his home. FOR JURY SERVICE Two Panels Have Been Ordered to Report for Duty in the Circuit Court. AT THE SEPTEMBER TERM First Panel Summoned to Appear on Sept. "7 and the Second oir Oct. If. Two panels of petit jurors, for ser vice at the September term of the circuit court, have been summoned to report for duty, the first panel Sept. 27 and the second panel Oct. 1 1. Those who have been drawn for jury service are as follows: FirMt I'niiel. Cordova Ed Rathburn. Port Byron Joseph Whiteside. Hampton- George Cowe. W. U. Lee, George Darin, William Cox, John Edelman, John Groth. South Moline L. E. Sharer. Emil Bufe, William Fairy, Arthur Pears, L. Colgrove, N. Rylander, John Ol son. Rural Harvey Sayer, Leroy Vin ton, F. T. Dufva, James Ewing, Au gust Safe and Ncls Pierce. Rock Island Abb Itlouer, Ed Hoff man, Andrew Etzel. Christ Koch. Stu art Dart. George Keys, Steve Miller, B. W. Clow, C. A. Brimberg. W. Crowley, Hamlin Hull. Thomas Kill ala, William Parks, A. L. Frisk. John Sulser. South Rock Island William No vack. Black Hawk JaeUi Tanner. Coal Valley Ernest Mass. Edgington John Marvin. Second Panel. Cordova Frank Ferguson. Zuma Ed Noah, Alfred Mead, E. E. Walker. Port Byron William Cooley, Wal ter Engdahl. Hampton .1.. C. Vogcl, Wliliam Jacobs. Moline Gust. Berglund. H. B Corbin, August Mortinson. F. H. Har ris, H. Biennan, F. Hedin, Oscar Hogberg. George Hasson. Fred Ed wards. C. R. Carlson. Fred Wagner Rock Island Montgomery ' Spurr D. J. Shean. William Swan. R. D Hudson, Chris Jenson, C. H. Kurth, frank Newcomb, C. A. Larson, Phil Eikers, C. H. Church. Jr G. Leaf. South Rock. Island Otto Rahn. Coal Valley Peter Connor. Rural I. J. Bailey, Ed Wright. Buffalo Prairie Charles - Whit- HON. GEORGE A. COOKE 'V &'- V"-W , r"s v"r fitt& s& .... . . . - X , . v - v. .fdi I a ..!S'. v Candidate for the Supreme Special TElection" in the Fourth District v Next Saturday. NORTHCUFFE 1 FEAR OF Portland, Ore., boot. 2. -bord North- - ' I cliffe. editor of the luindon . TiniiK. passed. Lh rough. jruu?l:uul UimiJU.. .JjU.;:. ' irl'iTr.?""t".,r. an interview rj-gardinj. 0 - i t he peace of Europe, he ssatd: You have the facts before you that Germany has refused to discuss her vast armaments, that the whole of her shipbuilding yards aro engaged in na val construction, that scores of her leading writers make tio secret of hor intentions, that she has "on previous ock, Louis 1 tanner, W. O. Vannat.ta. Andalusia Thomas Call. Albert Hart man. Drury Clyde I lessman. EVANGELICAL SYNOD MEET German Conference Expected to Act on $f,00MH Endowment. Burlington. Iowa. Sept. 20. The 1:mj, general eonierence ot me iicrman Evangelical Synod of North Attierit-i will be held here beginning tomorrow. The educational hoard w.ll submit Us report M'clative to th" iheologicil seminary at Kt. i.ouis, ami i Ho prepara tory college at Elnihurst, III. The general conference is expected to take action with regard to a possi ble endowment fund for I he educa tional institutions, nuioiiutiug to $1,- (.00,000. OLD EDITOR DEAD AT DIXON Passing of H. I'. Shaw Removes Rele gate to first Republican Meet. Dixon, III., Sept. 20. Benjamin F. 146 CASES OF LEPROSY IN AMERICA; STATISTICS SHOW DANGER GROWS Washington, Sept. 20. Virtually ad mitting the incurability of leprosy, de claring that the disease is contagious from person to person, that every country in whatever latitude should isolate those suffering from the dis ease, that children of leprous parents should be separated from them at the earliest possible moment and lepers should not bo allowed in certain trades or occupations, a resolution was adop ted by the second international confer ence on leprosy held iu Bergen, Nor way, Aug. 16 to 19, last.- A report of the conference was pre pared by Dr. Donald Currie of the pub lic health and marine hospital service and director of the leprosy investiga tion station at Molokai. Hawaii, one of the official delegates from the United States. All in Hunter. "Every country, in whatever lati tude." says the resolution, "is within the range of possible infection by lep rosy, and may, therefore, usefully un dertake measures to protect itself." Iu Bench of Illinois at the DECLARES GERMAN WAR . . .... I occasions made unprovoked and sud- i , . , ...... . . . : aiwras oa oidct uauons. ana toai j i.u a. i.v ucctitn iiiK iui nunro mifi fill rtiriiiiiitr uith nn i n m v fliif 10 1 near at hand. 0l(illiinm I ImI1mIi. "You know also the kaiser declared in a public speech the future of Ger many is on the water. In the face of these significant facts, I fear, any fool ish optimism is, greatly to be depre cated." Shaw, for yea's postmaster of Dix on, died Saturday evening at the age of 7S years. He was one ef the nio- neer.s of the county and was a dele gate to the convention at B!ooniington that organized the republican party. Mr. Shaw came to, Dixon 1n 1S51, and had been editor of the Daily Tele graph since 1S71. In ISTti he was ap pointed to the state canal "commission and had served with that body for 3G years. MAURETANIA IN NEW SPEED STUNT (Jueenstown. Sept. 20. The Maur itania touched at Queenstown at (:2:' this morning. Although delayed by a fog it succeeded in reducing its east bound record three-quarters of an hour. Its time from New York was 4 days K? hours 4 1 minutes, an average speed for the trip of 25.60 knots per hour. view of the success obtained in Ger many, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, it is further declared, it is desirable that other countries should isolate lepers. A somewhat startling prevalence and W idespread distribution of leprosy is indicated by statistics furnished by delegates to the conference, there be ing approximately 200,000 cases of the disease throughout the world. Mot Hrciisulpl Hnrly. The fact must be kept in mind, it is pointed out, that a comparatively large percentage of leprosy is not rec ognized i nthe early stages of the dis ease, and further, that concealment of cases probably exists to a greater or less extent in every country on the gione wnicn adopts any measures looking to the isolation of such cases. India, it is stated, holds the world's record with 07,340 cases; Japan fol ognized in the early stages of the dis cases, and so on down the scale with 146 cases in the United States, and ho canal zone showing the minimum of seven cases. .' . . EXPLORER COOK OUTSIDE NEIV WILSON LEANS TO PINCHOT'S VIEW Says People of the West Relieve, the Government is Handling Lands Wisely. Washington, Sept. 20. That graz ing ranges on public lands in the west are being regulated to the best interests of the settlers is the report Secretary of Agriculture Wilson brings freui the west. He also de clares there will be. bumper crops and that there has been great devel opment and a large appreciation on the part of the people of what has been done for them by the govern ment. Wilson investigated the com plaint that the government, in a too far reaching policy, took large areas of farming land into forest reserves. He found the extent of such lands capable of being farmed was of little consequence, he said. MESSAGE BEARER KILLED Transcontinental Auto Trip With Taft Message Given l'p. Reading, Pa., Sept. 20 The trans continental automobile relay run from Philadelphia to Seattle, under the auspices of the Philadelphia Press came to an end late Saturday when the first relay car was wrecked at Robesonia, 12 miles west of here causing tne deatn or one or the oc cupants of the machine and the ser ious injury of several of the other passengers. The dead man was Hen ry L. Buckley, a reporter for the Press. JEFF ARRIVES IN PARIS Heavyweight Ix'aves Carlsbad Where He Has Been Taking Off Weight Paris, Sept. 20. James J. Jeffries arrived here froin-Carlsbad where, according to the sporting newspapers, , he has been takincr the cure to re- fight with Jark"--Johnwm--f-"4e , . . . , . . . of the world. OBSERVE COLUMBUS DAY Allonez Council Is Planning a Cele bration for f2th of October. At the meeting of Allonez council Knights of Columbus, last Friday evening, tne council appointed a committee to make arrangements for celebration to be held in the hall ' on ttie evening or Oct. 12. This is the first opportunity which the local knights will have to celebrate the new Columbus holiday in this state, the date having been fixed by the last (frn t ii r Til rnmmittoo m- l-i i r li ic to make preparations for the event tonsists of J. W. Cavanaugh. Charles Roantree and Andrew Coleman. The committee will make a report at a meeting of the council next Friday evening. KINDERGARTEN TO OPEN Broadway School Will Begin deceiv ing Children Oct. f. The kindergarten at the Broadway Presbyterian church will be opened on Oct. 4 in the primary rooms of the church. The kindergarten is open to any child in the city between the ages of 3 and 6 years, and a fee of 50 cents per week will be charged. Private ar rangements may be made by any one who is unable topay the fee. The kindergarten will be in charge of Mrs. W. G. Oglevee, who has had wide experience in the work. She will be assisted by Miss Iiura Mar quis, who has taken a course in the work at the Art Institute in Chicago. Arrested; Reciprocates. Saturday afternoon, Gertrude Stockman was arrested on a charge ef disorderly conduct on a warrant sworn out by .Minnie Lowe. She was tiied in Justice Phillip Wells' court, and was found guilty tf us ing improper language. She was fin ed $1 and costs. In the evening Ger trude Sleek man swore out a warrant against Minnie Lowe and Charles Ata, just to get even with them for her trouble in the afternoon. The charge against them was fornication and they were arrested Saturday night and onfined in the jail till this afternoon, when ihcy were brought before Justice Wells for trial. Apply for Final Papers. ! A list of 27 applications for final naturalization papers was set for hearing in the circuit court this af ternoon, and George A. Crutchfield from the. United States district attor ney's olhce in Chicago, has come here to represent the federal government in ' examining the applicants - and their witnesses. The list of appli cants includes 18 Swedes, five . Bel gians, one German, one. Norwegian one Dane aud. one- Swiss. ON STEAMER YORK HARBOR Landing Delayed Till To morrow Because of Plans. TO GREET FAMILY FIRST Peary Expected in Sydney, Nova Scotia, This Evening on Way South. - New York, Sept. 20. The Danish steamer, Oscar II., with Dr. Cook on board, was reported by wireless teler graph C5 miles east of Fire island at 9:5.1 this morning. New York, Sept. 2. So as not to disarrange plans for his reception. Cook will not land until tomorrow morning. Early in the morning the steamy Grand, Republic, 'carrying the Arctic Club committee and 2.000 others, will , go down the bay. Slightly in advancs of the steamer will go a tug bearing Mr. Cook's family with two of three members of the committee. " V;' V " Will Hoard Tug.. ' . .Cook will be taken . from the lin?r aboard the tug, thus enabling him to spend the first few minutes following' his arrival at quarantine with his family. ; Then the tug will go along-; side the Grand Republic and the ex-: plorer will be taken on board for tho last stage of the trip ty American soil. V-V ' 'On nt I. M..' ' ':' Sydney, N. . S., ' Sept.,' 20. The tu? Douglas H. Thomas, wllich left Battle Harbor . ?ast Saturday in company with the steamer Roosevelt, arrived hor.vs this morning and reported the. Roose' velt ,probably would be here;; at o'clock this evening. -: ' . r ,: ... "" " V k ' -., According to a statement made "lasl, Saturday at Battle Harbor, "iVillia.n Pritchard. cabin boy of the Rooseyelt, and Harry Whitney of New Haven, , Conn., knew last April that Cdok claimed he had reached the pole the year before. They saw Cook at Anno tok, Greeland, after his return fromv the north. The only reference to Cook' Whitney is known to have made while on the Roosevelt was a casual remark to a member of the Peary party he.'.; believed Cook had reached the north.' pole. ;rrat Siirprlxr. Pritchard kept the news even more faithfully and his statement Saturday was the first intimation he had any in formation ou the subject and was a I complete surprise to everybody on the Roosevelt. IVary NrilM Sjilnrj. Sydney. N. S. Sept. 20. The arc tic steamer. Roosevelt, with Peary and party" aboard, passed St. Paul's island. 6! miles north of here at 9 o'clock this morning. The Roose velt Is expected to reach Sydney at S this afternoon. MISSING SHIP AND 300 SOULS BURNED ATSEA? Manila. Sept. 20. The British steamer, Harlow, Captain Bruce of Newport News, June 14 foi1 Port Na tal and Manila, reports July 27, 180 miles from Durban it passed a steam er afire. The vessel in quest ion. whose name it was impossible to make out, was shortly afterwards destroyed by an explosion. It is sup posed this steamer was the missing British steamer, Waratah, which, with 300 persons aboard, had not been heard from since July 26. ROOFER IS INJURED BY PAIL OF HOT TAR Kdward Nolinsky Meets With PainfnJ Accident While at Work at Bettendorf. Edward Nolinsky, who is employed by the Lewis Roofing company, and lives at C01 Eleventh avenue, was se verely burned Saturday afternoon while tarring the roof of the new addi tion to the Bettendorf shops at Beti- tendon,- Iowa. A pail of hot. tar was' upset over him and his right arm and wrist and face were badly burned. His sleeve prevented,' further injury to his arm. Dr. G. G. Craig. Jr., who at tended him, stated that the 'injury would deform his hand-somewhat - - Or - v . , . r. :' ;.W-, V ,V . V vv ' vv ;.;v v-- : .-.if- V V ' '' v-- '" : ' ' "' : ,V'o .y:.:,;'V.V: