THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. liiliN Associated Press Exclusive Wire SIXTY-SECOND YEAR. NO. 31. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1912. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. JURORS FREE 3 ACCUSED IN GiRLJURDER Ettor, Giovannitti and Car uso Found Not Guilty at Salem. EMBRACE EACH OTHER Charged Men Incited Fata! Riots in Connection With Lawrence Strike. The Weather Forecast Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow for Rock Island, Davenport, Molina, and Vicinity. Fair tonight aud Wednesday, no de cided change In temperature. The low-! est temperature tonight will he about 20 degrees. Temperature at 7 a. m, 26. Highest, yesterday, 88; lowest, last night. 26. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m, six miles pel hour. Precipitation, none. Relatives humidity at 7 p. m., 60; at 7 a. m, 86. Stage of water. 2.9; a fall of .1 in last 24 hours. J. M. SHERRIER, Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. (From noon today to noon tomorrow.) Bnn seta 436, rises 7:01. Evening stare; Mercury, Venn. Jupiter, Saturn. Horning star: Mara. MURPHY HAS DARK ROLE IN FOGELSTORY Salem, Mass., Not. 2C. The Jury found Ettor, Giovannitti and Caruso not guilty of the murder of Anna Lo plczo, who was killed In the Lawrence strike riot. When The three men heard the words freeing them from the charge, they em braced each other in the prisoners' cage. "Gentleman of the Jury," Giovannitti said, his face beaming with joy, "in the name of Justice, truth and civiliza tion, I thank you." Ettor addressed the Jury thusly: "I thank you, not only for myself, but Jn the names of my companions. I thank the court for a fair trial. The thanks we offer are not only ours, but are thanks In the name of the working class." The court interpreter, Sacco, for Ca ruso, fiuid: "Caruso wants to thank you all. and now that be is a free man, iie says hi- is innocent of the crime." JIKORS a hi; cheeked. The J mors entered the court room at 8:20. The prisoners, each wearing a red carnation, were brought to the cage in the ceuter of the room. All were smiling. Judge Qulnn asked if the Jury had agreed. When the verdict of not guilty was returned the Jury was excused from further service In a nota ble trial which lasted six weeks. The Jury was cheered by crowds of mill workers in the streets. When the Jurors left, the court an nounced to Caruso that there was aa other indictment against him charging assault with a deadly weapon with in tent to kill, and that the court would Written, it is Charged, at Instigation of Chicago Club Owner. REPORTER IS WITNESS JURY IN GIBSON'S CASE DISAGREES Goshen. N. Y., No. 26. After delib erating for more than 14 hours the jur ors in the case of Burton W. Gibson, charged with the murder of a client, Mrs. Rosa Szabo, reported at 11 o'clock that they were unable to agree and were discharged. After they had I been out six hours the Jurors told Justice Tompkins they were unable to agree. The court airectea that they make another attempt As the night waned the debate in the Jury room be came more heated. Angry words float ed in the corridor. One was overheard to declare he would hold out for an acquittal indefinitely. Others were equally insistent for a verdict of guilty. sachusetts on guard to avert disas trous consequences, attracted world wide attention for many weeks. Riots were frequent; cars in Lawrence were attacked; men, women and children who attempted to work were assailed and in soma cases Injured, and there were repeated clashes between strik ers and the organized forces of the law until citizen of Lawrence were alarmed at the threatening struggle. Us climax came Jan. 29, a day begun with a parade of agitated foreign work ers to demonstrate their solidarity i against the mill owners and ended with a riot in which the young woman was slain and Oscar Benoit, a Lawrence policeman, stabbed. CONGRESS APPEALED TO. Even congress was appealed to dur ing the struggle following an attempt of strike leaders to take from Law rence to Philadelphia a hundred chil dren of strikers' families to be cared for by sympathizers. This effort) pre ceded by successful deportation of strikers' children to New York and other cities, was frustrated by the po lice In a clash at the railroad station in which fathers, mothers and children clashed with the authorities. Many men and women were arrested. This occurrence, widely heralded, aroused protests from all parts of the United States and prompted Victor Borger, so cialist member of the bouse of repre sentatives to plan a congressional in vestigation of the strike and working conditions in the mills of the Ameri can Woolen company and others. A resolution directing such an inquiry brought about a preliminary hearing before the rules committee of the house 10... which Lawrenca-. strikers,. -roe n, women and children, representatives of the mill owners and representatives of the Lawrence authorities, partici pated. . The hearings held in the cau Evening Post Representative to Tell League Magnates What He Knows. Chicago, Nov. 26. Under the cap- AD WOLGAST IS A 20-1 FAVORITE San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 26. Cham pion Wolgast is ruling at 20 to 1 fav- tion, "Story of the Story Fogel Wrote," j orite over Willie Ritchie for their 20- w. e. r orman, sporting editor oi me rouna oout xnauKsgiving aay. .ven Chicago Evening Post, in a signed j money fs offered that Wolgast will win statement today, charges President J. in 18 rounds. Wolgast has trained DANGER OF A, SECOND WAR GROWSLESS Safety of Austro-Hungar-ian Consul, Thought Killed, is Quieting. GOVERNOR LEADS A TURKEY PARADE Cuero, Texas, Nov. 26. Governor Colquitt and members of his staff headed what probably was the big gest "turkey trot" of the year today when they led a procession of 18,000 turkeys through the streets of Cuero. The birds will be slaughtered for the holidays. BEEN MISSING A MONTH Progress in the Turkey-Balkan Armistice Negotiations Is . a Sealed Book. rr i rti X' iif rut. ...... nmuirgdu, in, u. to. wsm ' " ! nrrn nnirinn rnn inn known to be dead, four are missing and DttlM LUUIMNU rUtl JUD 24 Injured are in a precarious condi tion as a result of yesterday's explo sion at the Corn Products Refining company plant London, Nov. 26. Great Britain, France and Germany are all giving counsels for moderation both at Vien na and St. Petersburg, and the fact that Herr Prochaska, Austro-Hungar- THE FIRST SNOWFLAKES reipuHe him on bis own recognizance. When Caruso was released from the ! cus room of the house office building cage, his wife fell into his arms and a dozen male companions rushed forward and klsbed btm. Ettor and Gtonvannlttl are also held on another Indictment charging them, with William D. Haywood of the In dustrial Workers of the World and others, with conspiracy to incite riots in the Lawrence strike, on this they were released on $500 bonds. HKI.KAftED FROM CAGE. The Lawrence strike leaders were then freed from the prisoners' cage. They were besieged by a crowd of in Washington aroused intense inter est, hundreds of persons, including Mrs. Taft, wife of the president, at tending them for several days. No congressional action, however, was rec ommended. The Btrike began Jan. 12, when work ers In mills of the American Woolen company left their looms in protest against a reduction without notice of two hours' pay a week in consequence of there going into effect a new state law restricting labor to S4 hours a week. Rioting about the mill gates men and women. For several minutes Jnnneaimeiy iouowea, ana on me ioi thfv were reciDlents of kisses from ! lowing day Ettor, a young Italian-Amer- th men and congratulation, from thallcan labor leadr frm Pennsylvania. women. The defendants and the at-1 went to Lawrence to take charge of tonveya held a Jublllatlon meeting in the court room when court adjourned. Later, followed by a cheering throng the strike for the Industrial Workers of the World and to organize the dis satisfied and unorganized army - of of mill workers, they marched through lttDrers. the streets to the office of the Indus- JW'000 "som idle. trial Workers of the World, where B? Jan- 15 3M0 Persons were idle; they remained some time. I the mills were closed; special police I have no immediate plan," said were sworn in to aid the regular force Ettor, 'X I'm going as soon as possl- ln preserving order; state troops were ble t my home In Tacoma, Wash., I ordered to Lawrence by Governor Foss wnere I nave a paraiytea iatner. ne and iniugtrtai crisls was at hand has been paralyzed since my arrest." Giovannitti said he expected to visit friends ln Boston and vicinity. Both were very happy. CAM SO 1XD WIFT! DAKCED. Ettor, assuming command of the workers' cause, announced that the strikers demanded a wage Increase of 15, per cent, abolition of the premium system and pay double for overtime. Caruso and his wife, who had been i Numerous conferences were held with sitting near him outside the cage state bodies and mill owners and a many weeks, danced about like chll-' strike committee was organized, head dren. They expect to return to their ed by Ettor and composed of repre home ln Lawrence at once. After leav- sentatives of each nationality involved log the office of the Industrial Work-' in the conflict, including the Italians, er's leaders, friends went to the Salva-1 who were most numerous, Poles, Syr tlon army hall, where they made , lans, Lithuanians. Hebrews. Ameri- echoes ring with Italian songs and speeches. Later ln the day all will go to Lawrenoe, where a big demonstra tion will be held. District Attorney Attwtll would make no statement as to the plans of the commonwealth in the other cases pending. REIIUT OF STRFKK. The trial of Joseph J. Ettor. member of the executive committee of the In- J dustrlal Workers of the World; Arturo Giovannitti, a socialist writer of Brook lyn, New York, and Joseph Csxuso, a mlU worker, came about ln conse quence of the strike ln the textile mills in lAwrence, Mass., suddenly precipi tated Jan. 12, last, and continued for to months. EUor and Giovannitti were accused as accessories before the fsct to the mjirder of Anna Lopizzo, who was killed in a street riot. The commonwealth maintained that they Incited the riot .in, which the woman met her death by inflammatory speeches to the strikers. Caruso was arcu.l. with Salvatore Scuito, who frtver has been apprehended, with ac tual participation in the riot. The strike, which was accompanied by miK-h violence, enlisting organized and unorganized workers on one hand and mill owners on the other, with the cans and others, During the progress of the trouble Ettor frequently addressed the masses in churches, halls and on the Law re nee common. In keeping up the en thusiasm thus he was aided by Arturo Giovannitti, who went to Lawrence from Brooklyn. William D. Haywood, the leader of the Industrial Worker of the World, and many others prominent (Continued en race Tan.) GUNMEN TO DIE IN CHAIR WEEK OF JANUARY 6TH New York. Nov. 26. "Gyp, the blood." "White y" Lewis, "Lefty Louie' and "Dago Frank,' the gunmen con victed of the murder of Gambler Ros enthal, were sentenced by Justice Go ft today to die ln the electric chair at Sing Sing during the week of Jan. C. None of the condemned gave a visi ble sign of feelings. They were taken police of Lawrence and militia of Mas- 4 to Sing Sing. . W. Murphy of the Chicago National club of being the instigator of the "story'' which resulted In the charges preferred against President Fogo.l of the Philadelphia club. Forman is In New York prepared to testify before the league meeting. The "Fogel story" attacking Presi dent Lynch and his umpire system re cently appeared in the Post Regard ing it Forman says: Ml'RPIIY HIS AITHORITY. "Murphy authorized me to tell Fogel that Murphy had suggested writing the story. On this representation Fo-! gel wrote it and signed it He sent it j to Murphy, who read it before I ever j saw it. It came to me from Murphy's j office, and if Murphy had never ap-; proved the story it never would hl.-e! been published. I have t ogel s own ! word for it that he wrote the story ; simply to help Murphy fight his bat tles in the National league." SO Bl'SIXKSS TODAY. New York, Nov. 26. Magnates of the 'National league, ln session here, will not take up today charges against Fogel .involving his alleged statement that the pennant race was "fixed." The baseball men will go into session at 2 o'clock, adopt a resolution on the death of John T. Brush and adjourn until tomorrow. Fogel said today he never heard of Forman, the Chicago newspaper man. FOGEL SITJDEVLY R KM ,!. Horace Fogel. president of the Phil adelphia National club, tendered his resignation this afternoon, without ex planation, before the magnates had time to consider the charges against him. It was announced Alfred Wiler, a lawyer, and stockholder in the Phil adelphia club, was elected president of the club last Friday. It is under stood the investigation of the charges against Fogel will go on. Baseball magnates heard that Christy Mathewson, pitcher for the Giants, had obtained sufficient back ing to purchase the Philadelphia club. leisurely and some critics have found fault with his condition. His sparring partner, Willie Hoppe, knocked Wol gast down boxing Saturday. ETHEL SMITH RECOVERING; LEAVES GARY HOSPITAL Gary, Ind., Nov. 26. Ethel Smith, xor wnom tne me or uiiiy Kugn, a newsboy, was sacrificed that she might recover from burns suffered in a mot .creycle accident, left the hospital to day and returned home. "I wished Billy could have lived," said Miss Smith, as she left the hospi tat. EIGHT ABE DEAD FROM EXPLOSION GIRL DIES TO SAVE HONOR; LEAVESNOTE Nebraska School Teacher Victim of Chicago Build ing Jump. NEST IN A FLUE; GAS FUMES KILL Mt. Zlon. El., Nov. 26. A last sum mer's bird's nest caused the deaths today of Henry Scott and wife. The nest blocked a chimney flue and when a gas stove was lighted ln the bed room the fumes were forced back and the couple were asphyxiated. Has Idea She Is Pursued by White Slavers Believed Mentally Deranged. $641,780 SPENT TO AID ROOSEVELT'S CAMPAIGN floor and bounded into the alleyway Chicago, Nov. 26. Possessed with the idea that she was pursued for dis honorable purposes. Miss Maude Van Deusen, 25 years old, leaped from the 20th story of the McCormlck building and was crushed to death on the stone pavement of an alley at the street level, yesterday afternoon. She Jump ed from an alley fire escape nearly 250 feet above the ground. Her body struck another fire escape at the first BRUSH, OWNER OF GIANTS, PASSES AWAY ON TRAIN St. Louis, Nov. 26. The body of John T. Brush, millionaire owner of the New York National League base ball club, who died early today in a private car near Seeburger, Mo., ar rived here this morning. Brush, ser iously ill of locomotor ataxia when he left New York Sunday on his way to the Pacific coast, failed rapidly on the trip. New York. Nov. 26. News of the death of John T. Brush was not unex pected. He had been at death's door sometime, and the trip to California was decided upon as a last resort. In the event of Brush's death. It was said H. N. Hempstead, his son-in-law, would become the principal owner of the Giants. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 26. The funeral tf Mr. Brush will be held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. N. Hempstead, of this city. Brush began his baseball career here by purchasing $ ian consul at Prisrend, has arrived at Uskup, thus disposing of reports of murder, ought to be helpful in bring ing about a general improvement in the situation. No direct news was re ceived from Prochaska for a month, and his 6llence gave rise to rumors he was killed and caused a great ten sion in relations between Austria Hungary and Servia. Progress in negotiations between Turkey and the Balkan allies at Tcha tolja is still a sealed book. Diplomatic circles in London stated Turkey had presented the following as an acceptable basis of agreement: "No war indemnity. "Retention by Turkey of the terri tory bounded by the Maritza river, the fortress of Adrlanople to be included. "Maintenance of the sovereignty of the sultan of Turkey in Albania." Albany, N. Y., Nov. 26. Contribu tions totaling $668,869 to aid the can didacy of Colonel Roosevelt for the presidency were received by the na tional committee of the progressive party, according to a certificate giving the final figures filed with the secre tary of state yesterday. The expenses of the committee were $641,780. The New York state committee of the progressive party certified that it received $210,363, of which $S8,550 was contributed by the national committee. George W. Perkins gave the national progressive committee $130,000 and the state committee $10,000, while Frank A. Munsey contributed $101,250 to the national committee and $10,000 to the state committee. Other large contributors to the na tional committee were: Douglas Robinson, $51,250; W. E. Roosevelt, $50,000; Robert Bacon, $29,' 500; A. Hecksher aud Alexander Smith Cochran, each $25,000; Thomas G. Piatt of Massachusetts. $20,000; Mrs. Wlllard Straight and Francis W. Bird, each $10,000; Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hooker of New York, $12,500; Peter J. Hansknecht of Pennsylvania, $12,' 500; George F. Porter of Illinois, $11,- 500 ;G. O. Yanderbllt, George Moore, Antoinette Eno Wood, William P. Eno of New York, and Alfred L. Baker of Illinois, $5,000 each. The expenses of the committee were divided as follows: Railroad transportation and expens es of speakers, $79,630. Salaries of employes, $51,955. Advertising, $5,518. Printing, $124,886. 1 Office supplies, $10,696. . Postage and express, $25,153. Telegrams and telephones, $18,383. Rent, $8,406. Paid to progressive state committee in 38 states, $273,257; the balance was spent for small expense accounts. Charles S. Bird gave the state pro gressive committee $50,000. Other large contributions came from the Os car S. Straus campaign committee, $12,200; Oscar S. Straus, personally. $8,500, and Mrs. Straus, $2,500. Nearly every bone was broken. Miss Van Deusen, according to papers found ln her pocket book, which she carried down with her, was a school teacher in Humboldt. Neb. From her papers it appeared that she had been seeking a position here and had become obsess ed with the idea that she had been ln danger from white slavers. She wrote that she had been driven to appeal for protection to Chief of Police Mc Weeny, and to the federal department of justice, and to social settlement workers. PREPARED FOR DEATH. She had prepared for death by pin ning across her bosom a strip of white linen which had been stained rimson at each end, and on which she had printed ln large letters. "Deatli btfore dishonor." She had tied around her neck a copy of the new testament in which she had passages marked. She had her handbag in her hand as she jumped, and it was picked up near -her body. In it was another marked bible and a long typewritten statement which she had' entitled "Part of my life's history." "I will die clean If I have to kill my self." was written at the head of one of the sheets. The police believe the woman was deranged mentally. Wire Sparks Pittsburg. Kan, J. N. Lasater, elected clerk of Crawford county. Kaiu, on the socialist ticket at the last election, has been arrested by a depu ty United States marshal charged with detaining and secreting malL Bloomlngton, 111. A Scottish rite consistory, Instituted ln Bloomlngton recently, will initate a class of 10Q candidates with notable' ceremonies Deo. 2, 3 and 4. Nearly all of the leading Masons of Illinois have ac cepted invitations to be present. Badger, Minn. Odean Brenden, aged 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Brenden, and Ablea, aged S, daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. Charles Pet- terson, were drowned near their homes, where they got on thin ice. This was the first ice fatality in, this district this year. Bloomlngton, I1L Chauffeurs of central Illinois will unitedly resist payment of the annual tax for license and the examination by the state ex aminers. They declare that such a DEFENDANTS' ATTORNEYS NOW QUIZZING M'MANIGAL Indianapolis, Nov. 28. Adhering to its argument that the dynamiters who already have confessed alone were re sponsible for the explosions, the de fense today continued the cross-exam' inntion of McManigal. Senator Kern, chief counsel for the defendants, piled McManigal with Questions intended tn stow the dynamiter kept as secluded" Ilcense ,8 llleKal D1 unconstitutional 89 possible while on trips of destruc tion. ROBERT KNIGHT, OWNER OF MANY FACTORIES, IS DEAD Providence, R. I., Nov. 26. Robert Knight, owner of more cotton mills than any other individual died at his home in Elmwood today, aged 86. When eight years old he went to work ln a cotton mill and was connected with that industry either as operative or manager or owner until his death. With his brother, Benjamin B. Knight, he took control ot many mills oper ated by the A. and W. Sprague con cern, which failed for $25,000,000 in 1873. Gompers Improved. Rochester, Nov. 26. Samuel Gom pers is improved today. He will be able to leave his room tonight. Leah Jury Completed. Sedalia, Mo., Nov. 26. The Jury for the trial of Mrs. Pansy Lesh, charged wi'h the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Quaintance, was completed today. and that no effort was made to prose cute those who declined to take the test and pay the license fee. Big Rapids, Mich. Charged with the murder of P. H. Ackley, a Norton township farmer, 70 years old, Mrs. -Lydla Van Tassel, 70, and Oeorge Hunter, 65, were arrested at Carson City. Mrs. Van Tassel was formerly Ackley's housekeeper. The farmer's body, partly clad, was found last Thursday about a mile from his home. Doctor Pleads Not Guilty. Springfield, Ohio. Nov. 26. Dr. A. B. Smith, charged with killing his first wife with poison, pleaded not guilty. Trial probably will go over until May. MOTHER OF THE BELGIAN KING DIES OF PNEUMONIA Brussels, Nov. 26j King Albert's mother, countess of Flanders, Prin cess Marie of Belgium, died today of pneumonia, aged 68. iLuiiJiapoLa club 23 years ago. City Official to Sell Turkeys. Evans ville, Ind., Nov. 26. John C. Wallenmeyer, city sealer, has announc ed he would follow Mayor Shank's ex ample ChrUtmas and sell turkeys and 5 stock in the 1 vegetables at actual cost to poor cf Evanaville. WOMAN DRIVER IS FOUND SHOT; SUICIDE THEORY Chicago. Nov. 26. Miss Julia V. Sullivan, a licensed chauffeur, was found shot to death in her apartments early today. Although the police were told she committed suicide, detectives are investigating. Miss Sullivan is said to have held the skating cham pionship of Canada and the archery championship of the United States. Iowa Vote Lligtle Changed. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 26. Can vass of the vote for state officers, except governor and lieutenant-governor, shows little change from the un official figures. The official report on the prohibition vote is 7,000 and so cialist 15,000. Newett Trial December 3J. Marquette. Mich., Nov. 26. The trial of Editor Newett of Ishpeming. charged with criminal libel on com plaint "f Colonel Roosevelt, will be held here Dec. 31. A stipulation de ferring the trial to that date was en tered today. Rise In Call Money. New York, Nov. 26. Another sud den rise in call moaexor day-to-day loans, to 12 per cenCeqaHlng yes terday's high rate, was responsible for further unsettlement in the stock mar ket today." v;