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S "ROCK ISLAND ARGUi SIXTIETH YEAH. NO. 256. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1911. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. T RIDDLING FOR CHARGE MADE BYTOWNSEND i Counsel for Harvester Company Comes Back Hard. MOST PART IS UNTRUE Held Corporation Maintains No Monopoly and Receives No Rebates. "Washington, Aug. 12. Edgar Ban croft, counsel for the International Harvester company, filed today with the house "steel trust" Investigating committee an answer to the charges made by Burdette Townsend, a special agent of the department of Justice in 1908. "Nearly every important statement of fact relating to the surprise to the investigation committee." the reply asserts, "is either grossly Inaccurate or entirely untrue. The general in accuracy of the report is shown by its ! misstatement even of the names of the presideut and chairman of the board of the International Harvester company, and of the names of the vot ing trustees. .NO PATENTS WHATEVER. "The fundamental charge of a com bination to create a monopoly is based by the report on a charge that the knotter in the self binder is protected by patents and that ;he International owns the patents on all the bfebt ti.s of knotters. The truth is, there are no patents whatever on the essential part of any type of kuotttr, and there has not been any such patent in force Since 1SDC when the Appleby patent i exi.Ired. Neither ui. there nv ex- isilng patents upon any essential part of the grain-binding machine. ALL, EIPIKEU IN ISM. "The many basic patents had all ex pired in lSOti, and there have been no 1 substantial patented improvements J ince 1890 20 years ago, while the ' life of a patent, as is well known, is only 17 yeara," The statement of the Townsend re port that of nine different types of grain-binders purchased by the Inter national, all but three had been aban doned,, and that repairs are not fur nished for any others, is branded by Bancroft as "notoriously and absolute ly false." HAS VK.dHOtS COMPETITION. "The report's charge of a binder twine trust is without any foundatioa whatever," declares the reply, which also states the International has hal vigorous competition of one large and six smaller manufacturers in addition to seven state penitentiary twine mills. In reply to the charge that competition has been "largely sup pressed." Bancroft ites the names of eight firms which he declares are all active competitors. nns WHERE CAN' DO BEST. As to the charge that the Interna' ttonal receives rebates from railroads ! and special concessions from the Unit ed States Steel corporation, the reply declares that the harvester company's ' relation to the United Slates Sieel j corporation is not different from its relations with the competitors of the ; eteel corporation;" that during the i past seven years it has bought from ' the steel corporation "10 per cent of its total neeii, while it has purchased 30 per cent from the competitors of j the Cnited States Steel, the balance j of its needs having been supplied by j the international subsidiary corpora tion, the Wisconsin Steel company." l"KHK Mil. KAIM'HOOa On the subject of foreign prices the j near Springville last night. The anl "IUternationa! denies that perennial mals were found two miles from Mar falsehood that agricultural implements i Ion this morning. It is believed the are 6old abroad cheaper than at home,! men are still hiding in the woods. A ... 1 I . . V. . . . ' . i T" . . .- fwn-n . 4 Tnrtj4. ...... own ines:igation, published in the riai'y consular and trade reports of ! February. March and April. 190?. shows that the prices for six-foot j binders, which told ia America for $125, are as follows: France. $173.70; Kenrany. $3: Denmark. $167.50; South Russia, $ ICS. 95; Great Britain, $135.16. and that "the net prices re ceived by the American manufacturer GATES' FUNERAL IN PARIS TODAY Paris, Aug. 12. The funeral of Jchn W. Gates was hd today at In- ( terdenocj 'national American church. McAlpin Chief Scout. Two hundred Americans, friends cf New York, Aug. 12. The election the family from a'l parts of the! of General Edwin A. McAlpin as na United States, vere present. The 1 tional president and chief scout of the body will be j laced ca board a American boy scouts was announced steamer which will sail Wednesday today at the national headquarters of for New York. 1 Tho Weather Forecast Till 7 P. M. Tomorrow, for Rock Island, Davenport, Moline, and Vicinity. ' Generally fair and warmer tonight and Sunday. Highest temperature yesterday, 71; lowest, 62; at 7 a. 65. Precipitation up to 7 a, m., .11. Velodty o -wind, 10 miles an hour. Relative tumidity, at 7 p. m. S3, at 7 a.m. 95. Stage of -water, 4.2; a rise of 2.S in last 24 hours. J. II. SHEREER, Local Forecaster. m A8TRONOMICAL EVENTS. Frora noon today to noon tomorrow.) Sun Beta 6:58. rises 5:04; moon rises 8:40 p. m.; 4 a. m., planet Mercury at greatest elongation east of the son, distant 27 degrees 26 minutes there from; phase, 0.50; light, 32; plainly risible for eereral evenings, setting after the ran. are greater on the machines sold abroad than at home." xe csoooesooe oompast. As to the charge that the Interna tional is a "trust," the reply is that it was not a merger of existing cor porations, but a new one in which $20, 000,000, was invested by persons not theretofore In the harvester business; that it has owned and operated "all the properties purchased without in fluence or control of the old companies, and that the great majority of the officers and stockholders in the old companies had no part in the manage ment of the International, pat sold out their business and retired. TKIKS TO PREVKNT ADVANCES. As to the charge of increasing prices, the International asserts that instead of increasing them its influence has bton to I't increases; that the- stlf-binder sells at a very low price n.-''ively lower than that of any other farm implement or machine; that sell ing prices are freely fixed by dealers, and that terms of credit, facilities fur nished and expert service are more liberal than ever before; that, al though the price of raw materials has increased more than 30 per cent, its prices were net increased until 1908, and then only 7 per cent, and that for 1112 a reduction of 5 per cent was an nounced last month. AONE OF PLANTS CLOSED. Finally, the International denies that any plants purchased by it were "l auunuoiieu, uui staiea ma.. 811 lants were enlarged and improved and have employed more men than ever before; that several of the prop erties pjxehased weie bankrupt .and practically out of trade. It declares that outside of harvester lines it has not more than 40 per cent of trade in any line and that in most of them it has less than 23 per cent." AVIATION MEETING OPENED IN CHICAGO Thirty-five Flyers From United States aul Europe Kntered ill Contests. Chicago, Aug. 12. A dark, dis mal morning with frequent thunder storms and showers, threatened t mar the opening of the internation al aviation meet here this afternoon. Nevertheless 3 5 aviators, best known in this country and Europe, were up at daylight making final prepara tions. At noon the rain ceased, foi lowing which a trial flight was made. ' It was then announced the program ; scheduled to open at 3:30 p. m. j would be carried out despit muddy grounds ESCAPED CONVICT IS STILL AT LARGE Smith an.l Companion Steal Pair of Horses to Aid in to Aid in Flight tiuurd May Kcvtiver. J Anamosa, Iowa, Aug. i. An all night search failed to find a trace of the convict, Charles Smith, and the man who aided him to escape. Smith and his companions stole two horses Guard Hamaker may recover. STEWART G00DRELL DEAD For Many Years Head of Iowa In frurance Department. Paulsboro. X. J., Aug. 12. Con gressman Henry C. Loudenslager is dead. Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 12. Stew art Goodrell, for many years head of the insurance department of the state of Iowa, and well known j throughout the state, is dead. . ! The Hague. Aug. 12. Joseph Israel, j the famous Dutch painter, is dead. I Springfield, 111., Aug. 12. State Mine Inspector Thomas Weeks of Blooming;, i ton. inspector for the Fourth district. died today of pneumonia. te organ Izatlon. STRIKE TOLL A HEAVY ONE Week's Tieup in London Costs People $7,-700,000. LIVING TO BE HIGHER Increase Will Result From Meeting Wage Demands of Dockmen and Carriers. London, Aug. 12. The settlement of the strike released a flood of supplies which today were rushed out to re plenish the empty stores. It is esti mated the week's strike of dockmen and carriers cost the metropolis at least $7,500,000. The increase in wages which has been conceded by the strik ers will considerably enhance the al ready high cost of living in London. GET 10-HOl'R DA V. London. Aug. 12. The strike of An, A, l!hoT-mo Kn-il nnrtors onH ! carmen, which for several days has seriously disturbed all business in Lon don and resulted in a shortage of food stuffs, petrol, and other necessities, was ended with me settlement of the lighterers' strike. The men were con ceded a ten-hour day, and an increase of about 25 per cent in wages. It is now expected that all will return to work on Monday. Until the agreement was reacher, however, the situation ap peared cnitlcal, and troops were being held in readiness to proceed to London. LIVERPOOL SITXATIO.N WORSE. Liverpool, Aug. 12. The shortage of coal resulting from the dockers strike necessitated the closing of a number of factories today and so added great ly to the crowds of idle men. Addi tional cavalry and Infantry were brought inao the city, and authorities are hopeful of being able soon to re lieve the congestion at the piers and railway stations. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION MOVE TO GET ATTENTION OF DEMOCRATS BY TAV. Speial Correspondence of The Argra- this question, a specialty ever since aj speeches in the house and through Washington, Aug. 10. One of the i he has been In congress and at pres- . ,, . . t .v., . v v.. ,...!,, tho rr, oul lUB country, m one of those1 deal of attention from the democrats i next winter la workman's compensa tion. Democratic leaders here say that next to the tariff this legisla tion will be made a stronger feature cf the next democratic platform than any other. Thus far the Etrongeit worker In behalf of workmen's compensation been Representative A. J. Sab- MANDAMUS TEST ON CIVIL SERVICE N State Treasurer and Secretary Contend Certain Employes Are Not Affected. RUSSELL TO BE CANDIDATE Kflbrt to Bring Him Under Merit Law for Purpose of Disqualifying Him. Springfield, 111., Aug. 12. Mandamus proceedings to test the validity of the new state-wide civil service law prob ably will be filed in Jhe circuit court here within a short time as the result of the contention of State Treasurer Mitchell that Assistant Treasurer An drew Russell, Chief Bookkeeper Bacon and Cashier Lenros are not under civil service. The civil service commission says that the three men are not clerks and hence are not exempt under the clause "WAITING AT THE CHURCH- in the law which excludes clerks from the operation of the law. II Alt TO KNTKHI'NG POLITICS. The main reason for the objection, it 13 said, is the fact that Andrew Rus sell intends to make the race for the republican nomination for governor. If he is under civil service he cannot get into active politics. Mr. Mitchell sent the names of his employes, including - the three men tioned, to the state auditor. The aud itor refused to honor the vouchers for ' the pay until the civil service com mission had countersigned them. The names of the three employes already had been sent by the commission to the auditor and he was acting under the provisions of the law. POPE. PIUS IS HOLDING UP Condition Today Pronounced 'Rela tively Satisfactory." Rome, Aug. 12 At noon today the general condition of the pope described by his physicians as "rela tively satisfactory." The pontiff ap peared somewhat stronger. His tem Ieratire waB slightly above normal. Pains in' the knee continued, but vere less severe. I ath of Illinois. Mr. Sabath has made ( prehensive bill yet introduced on the j subject. Since Mr. Sabath lntroduc-J ed his first bill four states have tak- en up the question, and are now car- " . "'JV ,7'r" " tr.e rying on Investigations to determine ii rf th A ', fj t ita feasibility. These are: Illinois, I al f 'ta New York. Minnesota and Wlscon-! .Uhwap i the clyil war and finds &TU that war waa far less destructive ' STAHTLIXG JB ATn STATISTICS, j than industrial occupations. Such In connection, wixb bis lift Repre-1 (Continued on Page VoZri AIM PLOT AT AGED WOMAN Chicago Blacklegs Jry'to Mulct Mrs. A. M. Billings. THREATS IN A LETTER Detectives Wait at Intended Victim's Home and Arrest Follows. Chicago, Aug. 12. Mrs. A. M. Billings, the mother of C. K. G. Bil lings, financial head of the People's OasMeht and Coke company, was made the intended victim of a $500 extortion plot yesterday. Mrs. Bil- lings is 89 years old. Two men now are under arrest at the Desplaines street police station as the result of the extortion scheme. The police are looking for others be lieved to be concerned in the plot to wring money from the widow by means of a threatening letter. Word of the attempt was tele graphed to Mr. Billings, who left Cleveland last evening for New York. two mex iv rrsTonv. John Hendricks, a German, 27 years old, and John Mills, a negro, 3 9 years old, are the men in custody. Anils made what he declared to be a complete statement of his connec tion, with the crime to Inspector Dor man and accused Hendricks of send ing him to the Billings residence. Hendricks, who was picked out of a crowd of 20 persons at West Madi son and Clinton streets by the ne gTo, denied Mills' story. Wrhen close ly questioned by the police the Ger man insisted he could not under stand English. ."00 IS DEMANDED. Mrs. Billings received a letter de manding $500 by mail on Thursday and although so 111 that she has been in bed for the last two weeks, she immediately planned to trap the sentatlve Sabath has delivered aever- ZlZ7, ?! . . 1 flgur'gi compiled by the interetate commerce commission, that a worker is killed FINDS DEAD WIFE TO 6E A BIGAMIST Strange Discovery Made by J. B. Lawrence, Tazewell County Farmer. BEEN MARRIED 2S YEARS Property is Xow Involved, and Courts Are Asked to Straighten the Tangle. Peoria. Aug.l 2 Married 2f years w 1th out knowledge of the fact that his wiffl never secured a divorce from her first husband, is the 6trange apocalypse re vealed in a bill for relief filed in the circuit court by John B. Lawrence, a wealthy fruit grower in Tazewell coun ty, formerly of Peoria Heights. The petition in the peculiar suit, brought to recover lands, Lawrence deeded to his wife and claimed by 'her son of the first marriage, is one of the strangest on record in this county. This bill of particulars was filed by Iwrence's solicitors.. Attorneys Cam. eron & Cameron, and is directed against Harry Ostler. Mrs. Lawrence's son, Gilbert Ostler her first husband, Delmond Lawrence, and Robert Pats ton, the latter the administrator of the estate of Mrs. Lawrence. FRAtTD IX LAW, In the contest that is being waged between Lawrence- and young Ostler, Lawrence claims he did not know his wife never obtained a divorce from her first husband; that if he-had known tho circumstances he would not have deed" ed his property over to her and that a fraud in law was practiced upon him. The fruit grower avers there Is n the neighborhood of $8,000 worth of property involved and asks that tho court allow him his right. ' A The story of the tangled affairs of Lawrence as set out in the j petition is a peculiar one. According: to the bill Lawrence mar ried Mrs. Emma Ostler in Jr.ly, 18S3. after she had been separated 'from Gil bert Ostler, "her first husband, for a long period of years. AXTE-MTTIAl ACHEKMENT. On Nov. 7, 1909, Lawrence and his wife entered into an anti-nuptial agreement or contract ia which .both agreed that both should work for the common good of each; that at their deaths, all farm .lands were to go to Harry Ostler and all city property to Delmond Lawrence. That is the prop erty in their possession at the time of death. The warrants were to be drawn without leave to sell fdr a term of years, at which, time their heirs would have the privilege to sell at will. The intent was to provide for a heritage for ninety yeara. Prior to their marriage, Lawrence alleges Mrs. Lnrwrence represented to him that she had secured a divorce from Gilbert Ostler. He claims he be lieved that she had done so, married her and lived with her as man and wife. Lawrence avers Mrs. Lawrence died Dec. 21, 1909, and it was not until after her death he learned that the divorce had never been secured. He claims she was deqeived by her former husband, who said he had divorced her. OSTLER'S SOX SIES. Lawrence goes on to cite the differ ent pieces of property he accumulated while living with his wife and seta out the pieces he deeded to her. He avers if he had known the circum stances he would never have deeded over his property. Harry Ostler, the son, lives at Coshocton, Ohio. After the death of his mother he began proceedings in Tazewell county asking for the ap pointment of an administrator of her estate. Robert Patton was appointed. In this action Ostler set up the fact that his mother was never legally mar ried to Lawrence, and now claims he has a right to all the property the fruit grower deeded over to his wife. would-be extortionists. She placed the matter in the hands of Vice President John Williamson of the People's Gaslight and Coke com pany, who applied to the Pinkerton detective agency. It was then planned that an oper ative from the agency go to the res idence and remain there untu ihA demand in person for the money was j made. The missive, stated that a man i would call to ask for a position as houseman, and the widow was to hand him the money wrapped in a newspaper. !ERO A PFK.A R4. It waa shortly after 1 1 o'clock when the detective in the front part of the old Biilfngs mansion saw a negro walk in the. front gate and art around the house to the bark door. He warned the maid there ws a man coming and a , moment lat er the doorbell rang. Arrests fol lowed. HUSBAND SLAYER IS HELD Mrs. V, ltuh. Who Killed Through Jealou.xy, Bound Over. Mason City, Iowa, Aug. 12. Mrs. W. A. Rush was bound over to the district court yesterday for the mur der of her husband, the agent of the Rock Island railroad at Sheffield. Bonds were fixed at $ 1 0,000 which she secured. Jealousy, It if said, ltd La 'Jta murder. STEPHENSON NOW SUBJECT FOR INQUIRY Manner of Wisconsin's Election to be Probed. TO BE HELD IN RECESS Resolution Providing for Inves tigation Is Adopted in the Senate Today. Washingtoo, Aug. 12. The senate today adopted a resolution for an Investigation of the election cf Sen ator Stephenson of Wisconsin. The investigation was authorized to take place during the recess of congress. The action followed a recommenda tion of the elections privileges com nflttee. FLINT FOLLOV lltll.KT. Following Bailey's resignation from th: national monetary commlf siou Vive President Sherman Kday received the resignation of. former Senat or Flint of California No rea- yon was given for .'ais resignation from the commission. A vote is to 'i be taken by the senf.te next Monday on the Cummins bill providing that the monetary commission make a final report, Dec. 4 and then dissolve. Il.ATIFlfiTIOX RECOMMENDED. The senate foreign relations com mittee today agreed to recommend ratification of the general arbitra tion, treaties with the elimination of the paragraph conferring upon a Joint high commission of Inquiry the right to determine what internation al questions are Justifiable under the terms, of the treaties. President TaTt,, however, informed the commit tee members he would do his ut most to insure the inclusion of this paragraph. IIOTSB COTTO DILL VP. The senate today took up the house cotton bill. Cummins offered an amendment revising the iron and steel schedule of the tariff bill. The arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France were considered ly the senate in executive session today. Much opposition developed. No re sult was reached. QUARTET ACCUSED OF KIDNAPING IS HELD Chicago Italian Admitted to $10 000 Bull Kach Ijv Provides Death Penally. Chicago, Aug. 12. Carlomel Nlco losi and wife, Paulina, Joseph Nii-o-losi and Mrs. Blanca Cudrona, ar rested in connection with the kidnap ing of Angelo Mareno, were arraign ed before Judge Baldwin today and admitted to $10,000 ball each. Their hearing wag set for Sept. 22. The death penalty is punishment for kid naping by the laws of Illinois. FIND WOMAN'S BODY ON FARM; A MYSTERY Siouv Cily .iiitliorltioM Have Kvil'ii of .Murder C'oinmJlted Three Weeks Ago. Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 12. Evl d'ptes of a murder that occurred I-rohaHy two weeks ago were dis coverer last evening when the man gled body of an unidentified woman w.is found on a farm near th city. The head was (rushed and there were bullet wounds in both the arum and (best. Train Kills U. 8. Engineer. Spring Valley, 111., Aug. 12 John 1. Ixilau, an engineer on the govern ment dredge boat at ChlIIIot he, cn his way home to Bloomington, Ind., was killed at Bureau by a Rock Is land train. The body was identified by means of an Klks' traveling card. DRESS, WORN 11 TIMEySELESS? New York, Aug. 12. A derision cf the state court here la a fire insur ance suit establishes a ruling tant no woman's dress bas a money va'ue in Uw after It ha been worn J times. According to thnt theory ev ery gown owned by the plaintiff, h'j (ued to recover Che full value c! clot ling destroyed by fire, had out lived Us utefulrieiis before the fire 01119 along to contemplate lu et.-uetloa. and with the excepllsa cl a trifling sum, representing the t.ial worth of the oil material. tb Insurance company U fcUolvtd from til (blic&Ciona.