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AND ARGU Associated Press Exclusive Wire Argus Want Ads Always Brin? Result THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1912. TEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS, SIXTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. 1$?. 1S.Ij THE SCOTT FINDS SOUTH POLE, A RIVAL SAYS Captain Amundsen, Nor wegian Explorer, Gives Credit to Englishman. Trie Weather 1 FORMER IS RETURNING News of Victory Is Announced on His Arrival at Welling ton, New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand, March 7. Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, states Captain Scott, the BritiFh ex plorer, has reached the south pole. London, March 7. The first mes9B?e with a definite- statement from Around pn that Scott has reached the south pole was received from Wellington, New Zealand, by the Daily Express. FIVE IN THE HACK. The New Zealand cable announcing Scott had found the south pole ciines as a startling climax to a race in which fire explorers of Afferent ra tionalities were making to reach this last extremity of an und'.ii -overed por tion of the globe. Scott Ftarted flora Tort Chalmers. New Z?JiHnd. Nov. 20, 1910. lo sailed due south into Ross Ufa, a great Btretch of wa'cr re&chtng to the south pole. His chief competi tor was Captain Auin-.lsen. a Norwe gian, who chose a route by way of South America. DASH BKGIN IN NOYEMIIKR. Amundsen left Buenos Ay res on the steamer Fram toward tite c'r.sc 1310. He steered for the Uoss tta, the same sheet of water which Scott gained by way of the New Zealand route. Scott planned to follow the same land trail that Shackleton had taken at the furthermost point of the Hons sea, near the volcanic Mount Forecast Till 7 P. M. Tomorrow, for Rock Island. Davenport, Molina, and Vicinity. TTnsettled with light snow tonight or Friday, colder tonight with the lowest temperature about 20 to 25 degrees. Temperature at 7 a. m. 21. Highest yesterday 30, lowest last night 20. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m. 6 miles rer hour. Precipitation none. Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 64, at 7 a. m. 93. J. M. SHERIER.' Local ForecfWr. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. (From noon today to noon tomorrow.) Sun sets 3 M, rises 623; moon rises 11:07 p. m. TRIES THREE TIMES TO DIE; GIVES IT UP Horse Cave, Ky., March 7. After three unsuccessful attempts to com mit suicide by shooting himself through the head, Richard Jones, a 20-year-old negro boy, gave it up In dis gust, tied up his head and returned to work. He said he "wanted to know what It would feel like in another world." In this speculative mood he placed the muzzle of a small caliber revolver to his forehead and pulled the trigger. The ball tore a furrow through the scalp and glanced off the skull. He shot himself on the side of the head with like result, and then placed the muzzle acalnst his cheekbone. The ball passed through both cheeks. He quit In disgust. TERROR CLUB AT LAWRENCE Missionary Tells of Al leged Threats Against Foreigners. WOULD BURN HOMES LONDON TO PARIS WITHOUT A STOP Henri Salvey, Frenchman, De- cides Not to Take Chances on Train Delays. THREE HOURS FOR TRIP Travels at an Average Height 6,000 Feet Transact a Bust, ness and Returns. of Children Sent From the City, He Declares, for Purpose of Exciting Sympathy. "Washington, March 7. Rev. Clark Carter, city missionary of Lawrence, told the rules committee today the general impression was that in send ing children from Lawrence was to excite sympathy. The missionary Paris, March 7. Henri Salvey, French .airman, . arrived at Issy-les- Moullneaux, a suburb of Paris, in a monoplane at 11 o'clock this morn ing, having traveled from London without a stop. He covered the dis tance of 222 mileB in two hours and 57 minutes. This afternoon, after completing his business Salvey left again for London In his monoplane. BUSINESS TTRGEXT. Salvey declared that, having ur gent business to transact in Paris, and seeing that London to Paris train and steamboat service was at fected by the coal strike, he decided STRIKE TALK RAISES GOAL Rush for Supplies of An' thracite in Eastern , Markets. . ADVANCE OF 25 CENTS Prospect, However, That Oper ators and Miners Will Ad just Differences. CLARK HAILED AS SECOND LINCOLN Is Eulogized by Congressman Eainey on His 62d Birth day Anniversary. FARMER TO PRESIDENCY Sentiments Are Cbeered by Members and Joe Cannon Extends the Glad Hand. New Tork. March 7. Fear of a strike of 180,000 anthracite coal min ers April 1 has caused a general rush on the part of consumers for coal. The demand became widespread today, and as a result dealers increased the GRACE ACCUSES WIFE OF A MURDER ATTEMPT Atlanta, Ga., March 7. "God knows I am innocent," exclaimed Mrs. Daisy Ulrich-Opie Grace yester day afternoon after her release on $7,500 bail pending a hearing next Wednesday on the charge of assault with attempt to murder her young husband. Eugene H. Grace, a build ing contractor who was mysteriously shot at their home yesterday. Physicians state that Grace has 0j slight chances for recovery. The bul let iienetratea tne leu siae, going through the lung and lodging near the spinal cord. Pneumonia already has set in. Mrs. Grace was' located at New nan, Ga., at the home of her mother- in-law, who accompanied her back Erebus, where Scott landed. He made!" 7 a Va .7 . ' ' , . r . Giace wna AOsted and 4aka-et oe his first wliiUjr.iiartes.-m thfT ( , . tn v .i OH, TO BE A PRESIDENT! of the mountain and there remained until November. 191 L It was then that his dash began. .; ruiKi a a in. His plan was to cover the remaining distance by the end of December, and tho nimmudiately about face and make the dash back aguin. Beside his equipment of food he bad placed re liance on a score of pontes, with 29 dogs, and one motor sledge. Amund sen had no ponies und no motor fledge, as his experier.ee led him to place all reilatice on Siberian dogs. MORE IMMiKH AT NORTH. From a geographical und scientific standpoint the discovery of the south pole, while a momentous event, has not the same features of Importance and danger as relate to the north pole. Quest for the north pole has been through f reat fields of open water and floating Ice, whereas the south pole Is situated on land. FEW PKRIMI IN 0.1ET. Scores of navigators perished in the quest of the north pole, but relatively few trying to reach the soui pole. which her husband had been remov-. ed. Seeing her, he said: "Daisy, you are the one who shot' me." j "Why, how can you?" she protest-, ed, "you are trying to make me out! a murderer and they will take me to! Jail tonight." "Yon are the one who tried to kill me." Grace repeated. "If you persist In that I will take the power of attorney which you ex ercise away from, you," said Mrs. Grace, who was formerly the wife of a wealthy Philadelphia pulp manu facturer. Grace then relented. "I don't know who did it." he said. Here is the story told hy Mrs. Grace: "I left the house at 12:15 o'clock to go to Newnan, where I was to stay, while Mr. Grace was in Phila delphia for which place he planned to leave on an afternoon train. When I left him my husband was about ready to get up. I knew that he was not feeling well, but did not think he was very sick. He said he would The problem of reaching the south pole nieet'nie at tne 6tatlon but when ne was In passing rapidly over the snow- covered foothills, the mountain range and the terrifying glaciers. London, March 7. It is stated on Kood authority, according to a dla patch received here this evening from Chrlstanla, Norway, that Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, and leading rival of Bcott, did not reach the south pole. ANOTHER STORY. Copenhagen. March 7. The Social Demokraten publishes a dispatch from Christlanla saying a private individual In that city received a telegram from the Kram expedition stating Amund sen reached the south pole. London, March 7. Nothing has leak ed out here yet as to whether Captain Amundsen, the Norwegian Arctic ex plorer, who had reached Hobart. Tas mania, was successful or otherwise In Ms attempt to attain the south pole. Captain Amundsen's return to civilisa tion two weeks before he was expect ed caused some surprise. SCIENTISTS SPECLLAT .i. It is pointed out by officials of the Royal Geographical society that Amundsen Intended to make a dash pure and simple to the south pole and that he had no Intention of carrying out any large program of scientific work. While no opinion can be form ed whether his early return means suc cess or failure, it is considered likely be may have persevered la sledge work throughout the wlnt t. If favored by good weather and Ice conditions he may have achieved re sults at any rate striking enough to Justify bint In making the Journey back earlier than he bad originally intended. failed to do so I went on to Newnan, thinking he had been detained on business. The next thing I heard was when I reached the home of his mother. They said there that Gene had been shot. My arrest and the accusation of my husband is all a horrible mistake." Grace told the police when they first reached him that he first discpv ered he was shot at 6 o'clock in the morning when he awoke with a burn ing sensation in his sij?. "I told my wife," he said, "and asked to get a doctor. She left the room and came back later, saying she was unable to nach one over the telephone." Grace says he then became uncon scious and when he next awoke he worked his w-ay to the telephone and railed the police. As furnishing a possible motive. the police are said to have discover ed today that Grace recently had his life Insured for $23,000, naming his wife as the beneficiary. , SENATE IS TO SETTLE FATE OF TREATIES Upper Branch of Congress Scheduled to Vote This Afternoon. Washington, March 7. Speaker Champ Clark today celebrated his 62d birthday. Representative Ralney of Illinois delivered an eulogy of Clark, likening him to Lincoln, whose career from the farm to the presi dency, he declared, was being dupli cated by Clark. Rainey's remarks were cheered and applauded, many members! pounding their desks. Former Speak er Cannon also congratulated the speaker and commended the demo crats for their evident intention to nominate Clark for president. MISSOURI PRIMARY. Kansas City, March 7. A presi dential primary Is being held today in the Fifth Missouri district, which comprises Kansas City and Jackson county. The names of four candi dates, Cummins, Roosevelt, La Fol lette and Taft, are on the ballot. NEW YORK FOR TAFT. Washington, March 7. Former Republican State Chairman Wood ruff of New York, who was a guest at the White house, predicted today Taft would get more than eighty of the ninety delegates from New York state to the Chicago convention. LKNROOT EXPLAINS. Madison, Wis., March 7. A let ter from Congressman Lennoot of Wisconsin says he withdrew as can didate for delegate-at-large on the La Follette slate because he did not want to appear as endorsing any at tack on Roosevelt. Lenroot said he still desired to remain in the La Fol lette ranks. PASSES PRIMARY BILL. Lansing, Mich., March 7. The house this afternoon passed a presl dentional preferential primary bill to be lven immediate effect. The bill provides for' 1 primary the first Mon day in April, binding national conven tion delegates to support, tho presi dential nomine securing tha majority at the primary." " -1 ' " " DELEGATES DIVIDED. Oklahoma City, Okla., March 7. Re turns from 115 counties in the state where republican county conventions were held yesterday showed 293 dele gates Instructed for Roosevelt and 70 for Taft. ALABAMA FOR TAFT. Birmingham, Ala., March 7. Taft was endorsed and delegates to the na tional convention Instructed to vote for him by the state convention of the Alabama republican organization here today. STRUGGLE ACLOSEONE Opponents 'Resist Delegating Absolue Power to Proposed High Commission. Washington, March 7. The senate will vote at 4:30 this afternoon on the arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. Both advocates and op ponents of the treaties in unamended form figured on a close vote on the crucial provision contained In clause 8. article 3. Opponents of the treaties claim this clause not only delegates the senate's treaty-making power to a proposed joint high commission In quiry, but binds the senate to accept the commission's determinations. STAND BY REVISION BILL. Democratic members of the senate committee on finance decided today to stand by the ateemariff revision bill substantially as passed by the house. In the senate the democratic first will go on record for the house measure and then seek common ground with the progressive republicans. aJso described the condition of ter ror prevailing among the foreigners caused by the strikers. People were aroused from their beds at night by strike agents, who would shout: "No work! Don't go to work! Will kill you." There also were threats that the homes of foreigners would be blown up. MORE CHILDREN' LEAVE. Lawrence, Mass., March 7. The police made no attempt today to pre vent the departure for Philadelphia of a delegation of 40 children. Ob servers at the mill gates reported this forenoon there was no noticeable increase in the number of returning operatives. Serious Fir in Rochester. Rochester, N. Y.. March 7. The en tire city fire department is ftehtlng a serious fire in the retail district. An automobile salesroom and paint con- The police cay Mrs. Chapman is in tern are burning. sane. WOMAN KILLS NEIGHBOR; RUINED HER LIFE, SAYS Lynn, Yass., March 7. Mrs. Jessie Chapman, aged iS, shot and killed Mrs. Flora Ingalls. aged 56, on the street last night. The women were neigh bors and formerly friends, living with in a few doors of each other. Mrs. In- galls was walking toward home when Mrs. Chapman approached her and in quired: "Are you Mrs. Ingalls?" With out waiting for a reply she pulled a revolver from her handbag and fired six shots. Persons who heard the shots ran up and seized Mrs. Chap man. She vti taken to the police sta tion, and. when asked why she had committed the crime, replied: "She ruined my life." Inspectors learned that the women had a falling out over some triflng matter several weeks ago. CHICAGO BUILDINGS BURN; LOSS $150,000 Chicago, March 7. An eight story building at 557-59 West Washington street and a five story build'ng ad joining, occupied by manufacturing concerns, were burned th!3 rnorring. The loss is $lo0,000. Two icrsons were seriously injured. to make the voyage through the air. During the trip from London Salvey traveled at an average height of 6,000 feet. DEATHS IN A DAY RUSSIA TO DRIVE OUT AMERICAN MACHINERY Riga, Russia, March 7. Local and St. Petersburg capitalists are estab lishing here a big works for the con struction of agricultural machinery in order to oust imported American agricultural implements and to profit by suggested government bounties. Hamilton, Bermuda, March 7. Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Walter Kitchener, governor and commander-in-chief of Bermuda, is dead. He was a brother of the famous field marshal. Viscount Kitchener. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 7. Mary D. Jones, for whom a special act of con gress was passed granting her a pen sion , for heroic service performed as a nurse during the civil war, is dead here, aged 103. Janesville, Wis., March 7. Mrs. Almira Ilendrickson, &8, Evansville, Wis., granddaughter of Robert Mor ns, signer of the declaration of In dependence, is dead. Galena, 111., March 7. CoL W. H. Glasgow, once a member of Governor Tanner's staff, a prominent attorney and Mayor of the town of Warren, is dead. price from $1 to $1.25 a ton. A joint conference with operators and the miners next Tuesday is expected to lead to a compromise and prevent a strike. GOVERNMENT PROTECTION. Berlin, March 7. A general strike in the Westphalian coal districts March 11 Is now regarded as practically cer tain.. The government announces that the fullest protection will be accorded non-strikers and any disorders will be suppressed with an iron hand. ENGLAND STRIKE BREAKING. London, March 7. The first sign of any break in the coal strike comes from North Wales, where the miners of some of the smaller companies have reopened negotiations. While pros pects of a settlement of the coal dis pute appear brighter today, conditions In the Industries becoming worse. The number of discharged workmen is increasing everywhere. St Paul. March 7. James J. Hill of fered to build the city a free reference library at Market, Third and Fourth streets. He would pay about $100,000 for the ground and expend about $250, 000 for the building. His offer was un-conditionaL Life Term for Mru Gentry. Oklahoma City, Okla., March 7. Mrs. Bessie Gentry today was con victed of the murder of her husband Jan. 6. She was sentenced to life imprisonment. Rice and Schefteis Plead. New York, March 7. George Gra ham Rice and B. H. Schefteis. on trial the past five months for misuse of the mails, today plead guilty. Rice was sentenced to one year and Schefteis was released on a suspended sentence. The plea of guilty was a compromise. PASTOR, AFTER A TRIAL, SUING HIS ACCUSERS Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 7. Rev. S. Lyles, pastor of the Methodist church at Logan, Iowa, was cleared last night of charges growing out of differences with his former congrega tion at Lovington, UL He was charg ed with financial irregularities and other improper conduct and it was de clared he had agreed to retire from the ministry if the charges should be dropped. The defense urged spite- work and summonses were served here on three witnesses against him for $25,000 damages in suits for libel. These defendants are the Rev. J. S. Bicknell, Paris, 111.; Rev. B. F. Shipp, Lovington, 111., and Rev. A. D, Davis, Glencoe, Okla. LIMITED DERAILED; 1 DEAD, NUMBER HURT Cleveland, Ohio, March 7. Five Pullmans on the Lake Shore Twen tieth Century limited, westbound, were derailed at the Collingwood yards to day. They smashed into a switch man's shanty, killing Peter Mauer. The only passenger seriously Injured was C. L. Hall, Woonsock et, R. I. An arm was amputated Several other passengers sustained slight hurts. It is supposed broken wheels caused the derailment. Kills Former Wife and Self. Fremont, Ohio, March 7. Angry be cause bis wife obtained a divorce while be was in the workhouse for mistreating ber, Henry Dorman shot and killed her In the main street of town and then committed suicide. ANTI-FOREIGN WAVE IS FEARED IN CHINA Peking, March 7. Looting la gener ally prevalent In the province of Shantung. It Is also spreading throughout northern China where, ow ing to punishment not being meted out to mutineers, disorder Is Increas ing. Should attacks on foreigners be made and allowed to go unpunished, a wave of anti-foreign feeling might be created which powers are not now prepared to combat. TWO ARE HELD AS STREET CAR MURDER SUSPECTS Des Moines, Iowa, March 7. Stacey Hoeye, a former . restauranter, and Linn .Griddon, a teamster, a held by the police in connection with the kill ing of Conductor Ford Monday night Hoeye was arrested near Adel, Iowa, last night. Griddon was arrested here this morning. SUFFRAGETS WILL SMASH MORE GLASS London, March 7. The suffragets re sumed window-smashing operations today In the neighborhood of the large dry goods establishments in the west end. The largest plate glass windows In London iiave been selected for dem olition. Six suffragets were arrested. FEDERATION PROPOSES TRUST LAW SUBSTITUTE Washington, March 7. Members of the National Civic federation to day diheusaed a. tentative drl't of a till supplementing the Shernia-i auti tr ist :ict, whicU was prop'tsr1 by the federation's department on regula t'on of corporations, and ur-vetted by President Low. PACKERS MOVE TO TAKE CASE FROM THE JURY Chicago, March 7. In he packers' trial today Attorney Miller presented a verbal motion asking Judge Car penter Vi take the case from the Jury and discharge the 10 packers. The jury was excused during argument on the motion. Missing Physician Is Found. Trenton, Mo., March 7. Emaciated, half frozen and a physical and mental wreck. Dr. D. W. Belsbe, who disap peared Friday night whfie on his way to make a professional call, was found late this afternoon in a field near Tin dall. Mo., six miles from Trenton When discovered the physician was In a corn field, eating corn out of one of the shocks. SOCIALISTS HELP NAME C0TTERILL FOR MAYOR Seattle, Wash., March 7. That so cialist votes figured largely In the elec- , tlon of George F. Cotterill as mayor of Seattle is shown by a study of the returns. The socialist candidate for mayor was eliminated in the primaries and leaders of the party exhorted their followers to vote for no candidate for mayor. However, the socialist strong holds rolled up majorities for Cotterill, who was elected by 6C5 votes over Hi ram C. Gill, "open town" candidate. Although the socialists elected none of their four candidates on the ticket, they polled a large vote, ranging from 16,882 for C. J. Jacobs, candidate for councilman, to 24,341 for E. J.. Brown, candidate for corporation council. The socialist vote last year was 4.680. Mayor-elect Cotterill is a single tax advocate, but he did not discuss the theory in his campaign, and will have no opportunity as mayor to further the progress of the single tax. The single campaigners never had hope of the adoption of the single tax amendment to the city charter, which was over whelmingly beaten. The defeat of Gill, who was recalled from office as mayor a year ago for al leged misconduct in office, is said to have been brought about by the femin ine vote. The women voters organized and carried on an energetic campaign against him. One of their number was assigned to each city square to aid la getting out the Cotterill vote. The proposition authorizing the mu nicipal telephone system was carried, but the municipal newspaper project was defeated. Mr. Cotterill, whose strength as a candidate lay in bis long record as an advocate of municipal ownership, is pledged to build the municipal street railway, for which bonds were voted last year. Plans for a civic center and a "city beautiful"' were rejected because of the great expense involved. All of the bond propositions were ratified, In cluding those of construction of har bor terminals. Washington Numerous large be quests have been received toward the establishment somewhere in the moun tain districts of the south of a model, industrial school, according to officers of the Southern Industrial Educational association here. , i i