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SIXTY-SECOND YEAR. NO. GO.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1913. TWELVE PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ROCK IS
LAND
HOME ED
IJoJi
ASSEMBLY IS
ALL SPLIT UP
BY FACTIONS
Worst Tangle in History
of .Illinois on Speakership.
L
The Weather
Fcrecaat Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow for
Rosk Island, Davenport, Molina,
and Vicinity.
Fair tonight and Thursday, rising
; temperature Thursday. The lowest
i temperature tonight will be about 10
degrees.
Temperature at 7 a. m 11. Highest
yesterday, 21, lowest last Eight 11.
Velocity of wind at 7 a. m, 8 miles
per hour.
Precipitation, .24 Inch.
Relative humidity at 7 p. m., 95, at
7 a. m., 83.
Stage of water, 2.2, no change In last
24 hours.
J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
HURRAY FOR
NEWLAWSTO
REAGHBANKS
Controller of the Curren
cy is in Favor of Crim
inal Statutes
CHICAGO'S WIRES
ALL KNOCKED OUT
ONLY 3 LEFT
FROM A CREW
OF LOST BOAT
FOUR PARTIES IN FIGHT
Senate Adjourns for Day With
out Any Result Toward Or
ganizing for Business.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
(From noon today to noon tomorrow.) ;
Bun sets 40. rise. 7:24. Evening QN OFFICERS AND LOANS
tars: enus, sarurn. Morning smrs
Mars, Mercury, Jupiter.
ONE IS KILLED IN
BIG FOUR WRECK
Springfield, HI., Jan. 8. When Sec
retary of State Doyle called the bouse
to order, convening the Forty-eighth
assembly at noon today, members fac
ed the most complete tangle in connec
tion with the fcieakertny in the his
tory of tht state, four political par-
tieM were split in nearly a dozen fac-1
tlonw. It was predicted the house
iiiemtiers would liullot all day without
electing a speaker.
Lieutenant governor Oglesby called
the Beti.itt- to order and faced a situa
tion uipti imatiiig tli at iu the house.
The finmaiity of administering the
cam of off.ee to members and other
details look suiiie time, but balloting
lor speaker of tie- bouse and a presi
dent of the M-nate was placed ahead
f the temporary officers.
In hoa.-e. Homer J. Tice, 11th-
hour norrii::e. of tii republican caucus
for the tqieakt ruhip. drew considera
ble suppou from Hubbard of Carroll
ton. ; i.i.c.tt u: ru ki:d.
A! I lie galleries were packed by
spectators anticipating an
light when Secretary Doyle at 12:10
kwuiik the gavel for the call to order.
Roger Sullivan occupied a heat on the
l!oor on the right Hide of the house,
lie mingled with members on the floor
before the call to order.
Twenty-live pr gesslves in the house
were sealed at the extreme left,
.Mclaughlin, Sullivan's candidate for
speaker, cauvnsaed the situation with
n number of republicans. Carter of
'lian.pii!g!i wan mentioned as floor
leader cf the progressives.
ROOM I'OH HEI'l 111. HANS.
K publican senators had seat draw n
thl morning, Ij'or the first time in
the memory of the oldest member
there were enough seats ou the repub
lican side of the table to accommodate
K1 members of that party. Senate re
publicans failed to outline any pro
gram of procedure this morning. Lieu
tenant (iovernor Oglesby ruled no oth
er busi'.iess could be taken up until
he conctllutioual othcers, a president,
tint tni and Rfcreturv were elected. '
Without accomplishing any result
toward organization the senate ad
journed until tomorrow.
TICE LEADS OX Kill ST.
Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 8. One per
sons was killed, three probably fatal-
Chicago, Jan. 8 Telegraph wires be
tween New Yor kand Chicago were '
prostrated today as a result of a sleet i
and wind storm last night Conditions
are the worst in years. When the mar
kets opened today only one Chicago
broker had a wire. He offered to help i
rSS"ui.2in1Sumvors of Rosecrans
la a half hour. Telegrams of all kinds
congested the offices of tho telegraph
companies. Hundreds of poles and
wires were broken. The greatest dam
age was in Illinois, northern Indiana
and Ohio.
TAFT ASKS BOARD H
BE KEPT AT WORK1
OLD TARIFF
OR POTTERY
AT ABOUT 55
Fight Terrific Battle
With Elements.
Socialist Under Charge.
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 8. Malfeas
ance in office is the charge filed by i
John M. Behling against Ixsuis A.
Arnold, socialist tax commissioner. !
LIFE SAVERS IN PERIL
Stricter Method of Examination
of National Concerns Is
Also Urged.
Washington. Jan. 8 Congress was
asked to appropriate $250,000 for con
tir.uing the investigation of the com
mission on economy and efficiency in
to the executive departments of the
government. In a special message oy
President Taft today.
He points out "there is no greater
service that can be rendered the coun
try than a continuance of the work of
the commission until some form of
organization is provided for contin-,
ucusly doing this kind of work under
the executive." i
He expresses the opinion that the ;
technique and procedure of every ;
branch and office of government should '
be submitted to as painstaking exam-! PRnVFil RY TFTIMflNY
ination as that given those on which 1 nu tu 1 I tO I I III U II I
reports have been made. He askS'con-:
gress for $250,000 appropriation by j
March 4, for the incoming president.
Underwood Gives Compet
itive Conditions in Eu
rope as Cause.
i civil service laws In the numerous
discharges of assessors, in compelling
assessors to change assessmen's, and
In employing incompetent help and
wassting city fund. Behling was re
cently discharged from Arnold's office.
Washington, Jan. 8. Affairs of na
tional banks, particularly their loans
ly injured and 33 slightly hurt when ! and securities for loans, were before
six cars of train No. 15 of the Cleve
land, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
railway, north bound from Cincinnati
to Chicago, yesterday afternoon Jump
ed the track at Stockwell. near here.
I The train was running at a high
speed when a wheel cn the baggage
car broke, throwing that car, the
smoker, day coach, diner and two
Pullmans into a ditch.
Edwin Zunner, 2400 East avenue.
Rochester, N. Y., was crushed to
death.
I The seriously Injured are:
i Reubon A kelson, Connersville, Ind., j
l head crushed; Victor Nicklesbn, i
I Iwlght, LI., back hurt and Injured j
j Internally; Theodore Ingalls, porter,
! Chicago, ribs broken, injured intern- j
! a!lv- i
I Among the others injured are:
James Dearmond, Cincinnati. Ohio; I
W. Vogt. Albany, N. Y.; M. M. Love- '
lace. Iloston. Mass.: C K. Powers, ,
Cincinnati, Ohio; George Montgomery, j
Chicago, and Miss Jane Goldcnflsh.
acting ,.ostol,
Mass. I
When the smoker left the track it
overturned, but the Pullma.is atd din- !
er, though thrown down a 15-foot em- j
baukment, held together. The day I
coach was demolished. ;
the money trust committee today.
Counsel Untermyer, for the commit-
Anthony Hunt Sent Home.
Washington, Jan. 8. Anthony Hunt
of Chicago, who was taken in custody
at the White house Sunday, when be
attempted to see President Taft and
Craft Is Disabled and They Are! The prudent is t,r the opinion that Chemical Schedule, It Is Believ-
Saved by Lightship Gale
Still Howling.
Astoria, Ore., Jan. 8. Of the ship's
company of 36 who sailed from San
Francisco on the Ill-fated oil tanker,
Rosecrans, only three survive the
loss of the vessel yesterday on the
ed, Will Be Same as One
Vetoed by Taft.
in offices outside of Washington the
largest opportunities for economy will
be found.
"It Is of interest," continues the pres
ident, "to note that the cost of clerk ;
hire in the New York postoffice alone
Is more than that incurred fn the de- j Washington, Jan. S. The second lap
parimems ol war, najr, biic, jivm the tariff revision hearings was
reached today
A BITTER PILL
i
3 AUTO BANDITS
FACING CHARGES
Chicago, Jan. 8. Three automobile
bandits, said by the police to have !
committed a suure of daring robber- j
ies the last, month, were formally
charged with various crimes today, j
Herbert Saucier was "booked" for rob- I
bery, and James Mitchell and Albert
('barest were "booked" for assault !
with iutent to kill Policeman Sttcken. j
CHANCE FINALLY
SIGNS A CONTRACT
fc v 1
and commerce and labor at Washing
ton."
The report of the commission con
tains a description of 110 subjects, the
result of 21 months' work. Changes
recommended by the commission carry
definite estimates of a yearly saving
of several million dollars.
LOOP CAR FALLS
INTO THE STREET
Chicago. Jan. 8. While rounding a
curve at Fifth avenue and Van Bur
en street early today, the rear coach
of an Oak Park elevated train was
derailed and bumped over the ties for
20 feet, falling to the street. Two men,
the only passengers in the car, es
caped Injury by stepping into the for
ward car. The train had discharged
its load of several hundred and was
returning to the western terminal.
The accident caused considerable ex
citement among patrons of the road
and blocked traffic in the elevated
loop two hours.
tee, said because of the refusal of
President Taft to direct the comp
troller to furnish Information on the
years.
I ne nrsi oiutiai ro.i van ou uie, rt,ion ton scvu
speakership was as follows: Homer ; 6,..ued a contract to ma naee th e isew conclude the investigation
T i . ... , ' tri FA. It mi k Q I r-t! 1 fi ... . '
v.oUwCn, iiork. Americans for three
1.1; .MciJiugunu. .uicago. rnK Tbe terms ere not annouDced.
Ryan. Chicago, 7; Hubbard, Carroll-
ton. 14; Karch. Belleville, 14; Carter,
Chnmpulgn,' 25; Stedman, Chicago, 4.
Second roll call showed no change.
who has been detained at the govern
ment hospital for the insane, was
turned over today to a Chicago alien
ist, who will take him to a Chicago
subject, it would be impossible to i sanitarium.
The com-
ROCKEFELLER IN
-A SERIOUS STATE
New York, Jan. 8. William Rocke
feller probably will 'never be able to
appear as a witness Deiore uie ruju
committee is the opinion 'of his pnysi
cian. Dr. Chappell, the condition of
his throat is so serious. Speech might
resuit in strangulation, according to
the physician. Dr. Chappell practi
cally said Rockefeller must bsllent
the remainder of his life. His hands
tremble and it is difficult, for him to
write legibly.
No one expected today to get the nec
cHoary 77 to break the deadlock.
After three roll calls on the speak
ership, without result, the home ad
journed to 7 this evening.
Senator Manny (democrat) of Mt.
Sterling was chosen leader of the sen
ate. Ho will preside over all party
ancuses, and will be democratic can-
mittee p'.ans go to the new adminis
tration and ask the new controller
to furnish the desired information.
FOR CRIMINAL STATUTES.
president of the James .nminai statutes to prevent Dank
rsity for 12 years an- officers accepting "personal compensa-
Rey- j
Head of University Quits.
Decatur. 111., Jan. 8. Albert
nc Ids Taylor,
Miitiken u m verb
nounced his resignation today, to be
come effective at the close of the col
U(je jiar. The resignation has been
I accepted, but nothing w as done iu the
matter of his successor. He has no
plans for the future ready for an
nouncement. He has been teaching
for 41 years and was at the head of
FLAMES DESTROY
I A $200,000 STOCK
tion" for loans from their banks, regu-1
didate for president, pro tern and floor j the Kansas State Normal school many j
lation of loans by banks to their own
ofTcers and directors and stricter
methods of national bank examination
were among monetary reforms en
dorsed today by Controller, of the Cur
rency Murray before the money trust
committee.
5H.4W IS HEARD.
Peoria, 111., Jan. 8. The main ware
house of the Oakford & Fahnestock
wholesale gpocery and a huge stock
of contents were destroyed by fire of
unknown origin this morning. The
losb is $200,000, fully insured. The
fire threatened the entire wholesale
district.
rocks at Peacock Spit.
Quartermaster Peters is the only
man ashore. He was washed on the
beach last night six miles from the i m0ney down-state, is to be the policy
wreck, more dead than alive. He Is of Treasurer-elect William Ryan, Jr.,
unconscious and has a broken shonl- after he aBSunres the duties of his of
fice Jan. 13. This was tne assurance
TO RETURN STATE FUNDS
WHERE THEY ORIGINATE
Springfield, 111., Jan. 8 State-wide
distribution of state funds, with Chica
go money in Chicago and down-stata
der and many cuts and bruises as a
resu:t of a battering of six miles in
the breaking seas. Two more surviv
ors, names unknown, are aboard a
lightship which rides far out beyond
the Columbia river bar. They were
taken from the rigging of the lost
ship by a life saving crew who dared
death many hours to make the rescue.
IS FLOATING COFFIN.
Unable to make her way ashore the
he gave here yesterday.
Mr. Ryan, .who baa been criticised
for recent alleged declarations to the
effect that ne inttwled to call in prac
tically all stite lucncys and deposit
them In two Chicago banks, when talk
ed to personally piea-'fted an entirely
different administrative plan. He as
serts it will be his plan to keep state
money in both Chicago and down-state
banks. The only specification will be
when the committee
took up schedule B earth, earthen
ware and k'uss. The schedule reopen
ed allegations of a so-called glass
trust. It has been represented to the
committee that the American produc
tion of plate glass is about 50,000,000
square feet annually by only 12 manu
facturers. Advocates of tariff reduc
tion contend the duty could be cut in
half without injuring the American
manufacturer.
Leader Underwood Indicated today
the house ways and means committee
would stand for retaining a tariff ot
55 and 60 per cent on pottery. He
announced tho testimony had satisfied
the committee of the highly competi
tive conditions of the industry in
Europe.
The chemical schedule of th revised
tariff legislation to be enacted by the
coming extra session of congress was
closed yesterday so far as public hear
ings are concerned.
The indications are that the demo
cratic majority of the house commit
tee on ways and means will sustain its
chemical schedule as embodied In the
separate bill that passed both bouses,
though vetoed.
It Is possible that there may be some
modification of the rates on spices,
which several members of the commiv
tee favor, but this is uncertain.
EXPECT XO CHANGES.
Democratic and republican members
alike are expecting the schedule to
emerge from committee in almost the
identical form in which it -was put up
to the lust session of congress and the
president.
The only indication of a possible
change In the schedule during tho long
testimony was while W. J. Gibson, a
New York lawyer, was arguing for a
50 per cent duty on spices.
"Wouldn't It tend to cut off importa
tions if we put a. higher duty on
spices?" asked Chairman Underwood.
"No," replied the witness, who add
ed that spices, running from 5 to IS
cents a pound, were not expensive.
Mr. Gibson wanted to put cod liver
oil on the free list because of its med
ical value to rickety and decrepit child
ren. He classed spices as luxuries.
The chemical schedule covers pro
ducts all the way' from acid to elnc.
It did not evoke as strong an opposi
tion as is expected by the committee
to be aimed at several of the other
schedules in the series of hearings
that will stretch along to Jan. 31, after
which the committee will wrestle with
the -whole tariff question, with a view
to readiness for action at the coming
extra session.
! ader of the democratic side
The democratic smate caucus con
vened this morning. Nothing was ac
complished last night further than to
elect Manny to the leadership It. ap
pears probable Senators O'Connor,
Hurley. Compton. Piercy and Canaday
will be named a committee on commit
tees for the democratic side.
years before he took up duties here on i Former Secretary of the Treasury!!
Jul 1, laOl. J Les'ie M. Shaw, and Professor Laur-
lence Laughlln of Chicago were the i
Engineers Refuse the Wage.
I principal witnesses before the house
New York. Jan. 8. The Brotherhood currency committee today. Questions
Unci 6am Walter.
Roswell. N. M- Jan. 8 Four bache- Erdmau act.
lor ranchmen living on adjoining
farms eight miles from Lake Arthur,
rear here, are eating a community
dinner every day with Uncle Sam as
waiter. Tha meal is cooked In a res
taurant at Laka Arthur and Is dis
ri'tched bv Darcel post to the home
of one of the men. w here the four j hen he w as 1
gather and dine together.
This William Tell Fails.
Harrodsburg, Ky., Jan. 8. Jack
Coleman, a would-be William Tell,
bet Henry Marshall he could put a
rifle bullet through Marshall's hat
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine-j asked by the democratic members of , without touching his scalp. Marshall
nen yesterday declined to accept the ; the committee indicate the commit- i accepted the wager and won. The
shedule8 proposed yesterday by the tee favors the establishment of a j bulle- went through Marshall's skull,
c jnference committee representing 50 I syptem of divisional reserve banks killing him instantly. Coleman was
eastern railroads, but offered to arbl- operated under close government su-1 arrested
tiate the Questions involved urrder fh i.,i. .h . i
- i isiuu as A DUUULUIC 1U1 iia- , . i .
tioaal monetary commission's propos-i Four Miner Killed In Cave-in.
j ed central bank. Bingham, Utah, Jan. 8. A shift
as a remedy ior existing conamons, boas aml three miners in the under-
Kit Carson's Guide Dying.
1 lln Til Tim C CQn...nl T t ,.V 1 . . ...
""X Z-,' --'--'" -":&uaw proposed war. we government ground workings of the United States
says he was Kit Carson s first guide, j authorize national banks to issue un- w-. v...j
, . ,t i ,j , i . . ' v-oyper company tie uuneu oe'ieam
- ;securea currency, 10 oe guarameeu uj ravf.in nf rorU nn(1 here ves-
tbe government, to the extent of 25;fp . . , . onf . h .
is dying here.
is suffering with heart disease.
life savers worked their disabled boat i that Chicago money will be deposited
out to the lightship, where they were in and cleared through Chicago banks
rescued, and the rescuers were safe 'and the down-state money will be han
whea the last wireless was received i died In and by down-state bankers,
from a tug which put sea last night ' This policy ha made clear.
to aid them. The lightship has no i Banks in Illinois that handle
wireless. more than $3,000,000 in state funds
As'ern of the lightship the disabled 'number more than 125. For the pres
llfeboat rode at midnight a floating ent the funds will remain in these
coffin for the fourth member of the; tanks, and Mr. Ryan's future adminis
Rosecrans' crew, who leaped from the tratlon, he hints, probably will call
rigging and was picked up, but died for H'-tle change from the present sys-
ln the boat.
A ga'.e still
today.
howled over the bar
tem.
: The two Chicago banks through
! which the Chicaeo end of the state i
Deakln Retires.
Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 8. Al
fred Deakln, leader of the opposition
iu the house of representatives, has
resigned. He is In ill health aud will
retire from public life.
WIEE SPARKS.
St. Louis Philip J. Reuter, president
of a manufacturing company, was
found .dead In a deserted room of his
plant. An autopsy disclosed that death
was due to poison.
Los Angeles Going full speed, L. C.
Loti :
ran away from his ermont home m-r cent of their capital aTock. not in
Quits Priesthood to Wed.
St. Louis, Jan. 8. That he might
marry Miss Florence Layer, a nurse
j of Louisvil e, Ky., Rev. Father I). J.
; Gallagher, also of that city, renounced
NEW SCHEME TO
TAKE GAS ROUTE
Ijos Anpries. Jan. S. With tls head
Im aged in an air tight box. which bore
lue iubcription. "ratent applied for,"
;.ud into wtich a larpe quantity of gas
released through the agency of an
alarm dock device. O. D. Comber lay
on the lKor of his home and was as
h xiatei. The funeral w as held to
day The alarm served a daal pur-
and met Carson in Su
Louis. He says he was with Carson
and 17 of bis men when all were frozen
to death except he and Carson.
Again Elected President.
For the 12th successive time, W. H.
Whiteside, treasurer of Rock Island
county, has ;een elected president of
the Crct-cent Telephone company of
Whiteside cat uty. Th'.s line la for the
j most part a lural lino and' it h as en
joyed unu.Jal p'-fiptrrity for an Inde
pendent co. ccraMon.
eluding surplus, in times of emer-
6 ' . . , v - . hope is entertained that any is alive.
emergency ceased to exist, he suggest-1 K '
el that a tax of 5 per cent be imposed
upon all such supplementary currency
urtil cancelled after a certain date. He
favored negotiable books of accept
ance. These changes he regarded as i
ers has been recovered and a gang ; his vews to the church and brought
of men is digging for the others. No her here, the ceremony beinir ocrform-!
! ed by the Rev. Percy Brown, canon of I
funds will be cleared are the Contin. n-! Hardeman, a realty broker, steered I1I3
tal and Commercial and the Fort Dear- 'automobile in front of a suburban e!ec
born National, both of which are in- trie car and gfaspe'l Miss Ray Mur
tPreBted in Mr. Ryan's bond aa an of- pliy. who was almost under the car's
ficial. Some six or sevtn other Chi- wheels. The car and automobile col
cago banks, it, is stated, will have de- lided. The automobile was wrecked,
posits in addition to thene two. ! but Hardeman and MIks .Murphy were
not hurt.
the only necessities
forms.
of banking re-
HALF OF ORANGE
CROP TO ESCAPE
Decatur Market Failure.
Dpcatur, 111., Jan, 8. After 15
months' trial, the public market here
has proved a failure, according to
Mayor Dinneen, and probab'.y will be
Senators See Wilson.
Trenton, N. J, Jan. 8. Senators '
Smith of Georgia and Gore of Okia-;
coma conferred -with President-elect :
Wilson today. The chief subject was j
the situation in the sentte in regard
to the reorganization of committees
end the status of contests In Maine,
Parcels by Aeroplane.
Christ rhnrnh M hlr,l t,o o,. Boston, Jan. An omciai commm-
Mr Rr-n ha ' sion has been granted Harry Jones, a
v-i'j . . . .. . vounz aviator, as the first parcel pos
unuegruoni s iormer positon la tne ' . . , "..h I
carrier ny aeropiaoe. n- Bmitcu
day for New York w 1th 25 pounds of ,
i mail. i
Roman Catholic church.
Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 8. With
markedly higher temperatures prevail
ing, smudging was successful last
ileht in ear tne- or&nzea and lemons
that were ony slightly nipped in tb)
record cold of the previous two day.
According to experts fully half ot the
150.000,000 crop may be found in mar-
New Hampshire, Illinois and South ketabie shape. On a basis of 50
lote. It not only released the pas, but , abandoned. Farmers and hucksters Dakota, where election of democrats per cent damage, the railroads stand
attracted neighbors. They arrived too In the market charged prlcs as high : to -he United States senate Is con-j to lose J3.000.000 la reduced freight
)ate. j or higher than the t tore a. t aide red a possibility. ' receipts.
Eloper Gets Three Years.
New Richmond, Wis., Jan. 8. Hen-i
ry Irvine, who elopei with a Balsam :
Lake high schoo". girl, was sentenced
to three years in Waupun when he
pleaded guilty , to a charge cf mis-;
treating her. ,
;:SERVIAINAiDVE
TO HASTEN PEACE
Miss Redmond a Bride.
London, Jan. 8. The marriage of
Max Green, chairman of the Irish pris
ons board, and Miss Johanna Red
mend, youngest doughter of John Red
mond, leader of the Irish nationalists,
took place today.
Judge's Daughter Suicide. j
Kewanee, 111., Jan. 8. Mrs. Minnie !
Weiss 55 years old and a daugh er !
cf Jude Jesse Emerson of Bureau
county, killed herself at her home iu :
Buda. by cutting her throat with a
razor.
j 28 Below in Kanaas.
j Topeka, Jan. 8. Temperatures raus
; iiig from 8 to 28 below zero Wera re
: corded throughout Kansas today.
There waz no wind. There is a short
. age of gas for heating in gen&raL
I.Gii'ici. Jan. 8. The .Servian gov
ernment "oday decided to withdraw
from the. Adriatic t:oa. This action
is regarded iu all quarters as a not
able tcp in the d:i action of peace.
Constantinople, Jan. K British For
e'gn Minister Grey submitted to thu
powerH a proposal preserving Adrlan
ople to Turkey, according to a state-
nifmt, today, retention of the city to be
subject to dismantling of the fortifica
tions. It is understood the proposal
ttaudt a good chance of acceptance.