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SIXTY-SECOND YEAR. NO. 237.
MONDAY. JULY 21, 1913. -FOURTEEN PAGES.
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THE
BURTON HITS
TARIFF BILL
AS DELUSION
Holds Free Trade Success
Only When Universal
ly Adopted.
CAPITAL DISCOURAGED
Claims Democrats Are Seeking;
to Tear to Pieces Fiscal
Policy of Nation.
Washington, July 21. Denunciation
of free trade as a timely policy for
the United States, a prediction of fail
ure in its purposes for the Underwood
RtmmonB tariff bill and an attack on
an ad valorem tariff system, were
voiced by Senator Burton of Ohio to
day when tariff discussion was re
sumed in the senate.
Senator Burton declared he was no
worshipper of protection as a '"fellah,"
but that he approached the subject of
the tariff "rather with the conviction
that whenever there shall be an era
of comity 'and mutual concession in
trade among nations and our country
rhall have reached a point when its
productive capacity li.s been fully de
veloped, free trnde might be a nation
al policy.
"Such," he said, "was not the case.
the disposition to restrict trade among i
uu lu mar-
B u..., im rCTun..iB coi.ceions in ; shore one gay bathing party after an.
return, being on the increase. Aver-:otlier wa8 Baddened bv tragedy or
ring that a free trade policy only is aspersed bv rescues that brought real
applicable on the theory that it unl- W,,, of the formidable strength of
veraally can be applied, the Ohio Bena-!,.la current weenin tn
tor declared:
KKS A lV AM At.K l"V OTIIKRS.
"The attompl on the part of a free
trade nation to apply the theory in
practice without the concert of other: in the history of the lake. The spas
tiations reveals the serious disadvan- modic clutch of a drowning man upon
tage of such a position. Even if theo- the fragile line cf an observing fish
retically in the most correct situation, I erman at Ravinia brought back to
t-he is in a far worse position to rn-'safety a man and his wife who. swept
iorce her point or view, sue can
have recourse to no other means of
protecting her interests except to per
suade the statesmen of other coun
tries that they, together wl'h herself,
would be better off under a regime of
freedom In commerce; while they, on
the other hand, can bargain between
themselves to her disadvantage and
at the same time profit by access to
her open markets."
Senator Burton further declared
that the democrats had framed a bill
which literally tears to pieces the fis
cal policy of the nation. In order to
satisfy the craving for lower'ng the
cost of living and to Justify the declar
ation of Uiclr party platform that theldertow
chief cause of the high cost of living j later.
was "the existing protective tariff en
acted by the republican party."
"This." said Senator Burton, "was
your campaign argument; this was
the promise on which you regard your
selves as delegated to tear to pieces
the fiscal policy which has been the
sheet anchor of nearly two decades of
unprecedented prosperity, and which
Is the only guaranty of its contin
uance. You have created a tariff pol
icy blind to every consideration ex
cept the consumer.
'AI'ITAI. SOT KMOI HAGF.II.
"The bill was frt.-ikly not framed to
encourage capital to enter new fields
of Industry or extend those already es
tablished; it was not devised for the
purpose of inviting our farn.ers U
reclaim new acres for culuvauon ; it
Is certainly not calculated to enlarge
the opportunities for labor to find
profitable employment. Its only justi
fication is a reduced cost of living. If
it falls in this, it fails utterly."
The belief of many persons is a de
lusion, the' senator said, that protec
tive tariff is responsible for the high
cost of living.
Denouncing the ad valorem system
adopted in the bill as a substitute for
specific duties, Seuator Burton de
clared that it was objectionable be
cause it means a heavier burden upon
the consumer during periods when
prices are highest and a smaller bur
den when prices are low; that It ef
fords temptation for undervaluation
and fraud, and that it works to the
disadvantage of the American manu
facturer who' must buv raw material
abroad.
SMOOT MAKE ATTACK.
Asserting that a foreign "lobby" had
influenced democrats in framing the
t'nderwood-Slmmons tariff bill. Sena
tor Smoot, republican member of the
finance committee, today delivered a
vigorous attack on the measure. He
pictured mills shut down, workmen
unemployed. Investors ruined and an
era of general financial and industrial
depression as a result of the x-JVeling
of the tariff walls. Europe pattons.
he declared, were not ao.yiiich to be
feared as competitors, were the
rations of the orient,' - -
"There haa been a 'joftby here la be-
II
ccrecat Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow, tot
Rock Island, Davsnport, Mollne,
and Vicinity.
Fair and warmer tonight and Tues
day, light winds.
Temperature at 7 a. m. 63. High
est yesterday 73, lowest last night 57.
Velocity cf wind at 7 a. m. 4 miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 50, at
7 a .m. 76.'
Stage of water 5.5, a rise of .3 in last
48 hours.
J. M. SHERIER. Local Forecaster.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Evenins: stnrs: -Jupiter. Mercury.
Morning stnrs: Saturn. Venn. Mars.
Iue enst of the point overhead and
4 decrees lelow It the cross formed j
by constellation Cygnus appears ex
actly horizontal about 0 p. m.
FIVE DROWNED IN
LAKES ON SUNDAY
Bathers Caught Unawares by
Treacherous Current and
Dragged Down.
Chicago, July 21. Five persons
were drowned in and near Chicago
yesterday. Four went down in an un
dertow running stronger beneath Lake
Michigan's surf than ever before in
the memory of old lake seamen. It
became so dangerous that, upon pro
test of Captain Sinnegan of the Jackson-park
live-saving station, the Jack
son park free bathing beach was
closed at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
by John M. Richards, superintend,
ent of the beach, while hundreds of
persons were waiting to go in the
water.
The fifth bather was drowned dur
ing the afternoon in Druce's lake,
near Waukegan.
Kor ml,es up an(j dQwn (he jake j
lake, carrying persons off .their feet
and sucking them out of sight.
Among other thrilling rescues was
one of a freakish nature, unparalleled
out in the powerful undertow, had
clasped each other in the instinctive
embrace of the drowning. The
drowned:
MRS. FRANK M. HOWE, 5024
Grace street: caught in undertow at
Highland park trying to save daugh
ter, Eva. from drowning.
EARL P. STRUM. Highland park,
nephew of Mrs. Howe; tried to save
her and was caught in undertow.
HARRY ECKERT, janitor at 199
East Chicago avenue; swept out of
reach of life lines by undertow at foot
of Chicago avenue.
WALTER NORRELUND, 15 years
old. Evanston; dragged down bv un-
Body recovered three hours
THOMAS SHARVIX, North Chica
go; swimming in Druce's lake, near
Waukegan. '
half of foreign manufacturers," he de
clared, "such as has never before been
witnessed in the history of the na
tion, and they got even more than
they a.-ked for. The Italian chamber
,of commerce of Xew York asked for
certain reductions and the democrats
in nearly every case have given them
more than they asked for." The sen
ator assailed the increase in the free
list, especially with reference to sugar,
wool, pig iron and textiles.
SI GAR Till ST HK1.PF.D.
He charged that the sugar industry
in Hawaii and Porto Rico would be
ruined with consequent benefits to
the socalled sugar trust, and that
China, with her great steel plants,
would capture the steel business of
the Western hemisphere.
"All the world knows how this coun
try suffered as a result of the Wilson
tariff law in 1S96." he continued, "but
the average rate of duty now Is over
two per cent lower than was the case
under the last democratic tariff, when
the business of the nation was par
r.lyzed and 3.000.000 thrown out of em
ployment." He charged the democrats
were inconsistent in framing the
measure. Calling attention to the
fact that wheat, corn, cornmeal, po
tatoes and virtually every form of
meat would go on the free list, certain
food products peculiar to the south re
mained under a tariff tax.
QlT-.STIO OF STARVATION.
Rice, peanuts and bananas, grown
in the south, he charged, were on the
dutiable list- "They are used by poor
people generally," concluded the sen
ator, declaring that the "question of
the future will be that of competition
with the starvation wages of Asia in
stead of with the low rates of Europe."
Fukien Province Secedes.
Washington. D. C. July 1. Fukien
province has seceded from the Chi
nese republic, according to a dispatch
to the state department today. Fu
kien borders Kiang-sf and Hwang
Tung, which already hare thrown off
allegiance.
THE WEATHER
HUERTA FALL
IS EXPECTED
SAY REPORTS
Crisis in Mexico Future
Will Probably Come
in Few Days.
WASHINGTON IS SILENT
Administration Marking Time
Pending the Arrival of Am
bassador. Wilson.
Washington, D. C, July 21. Alarm
ing reports of an approaching crisis in
Mexico have been received here by
government officials. ,
It was stated today upon unim
peachable authority that developments
of the coming two weeks are regarded
as fraught with tremendous import
ance to the Huerta government.
So delicate is the information they
contain that an intimation of the' ad
vices became known today only with
the stipulation it should not be rep
resented as being the view of any
official of the United States govern
ment. Authoritative publication of
the nature of the advices, it is said,
probably would precipitate the very
crisis the dispatches foresee.
The means by which the predicted
events were to be brought to pass or
what was to fellow were not hinted at
in reports, which so far found no re
flection in military or naval prepara
tions by the United States. Meanwhile
the administration is marking time
on the Mexican problem pending the
arrival of Ambassador Wilson from
Mexico City. He is expected Thurs
day or Friday. '
ENUORSK MCARAGIAW ri.AS.
- Strong support, developed in the sen
ate for President Wilson's policy of
protection and supervision over Nicar
agua. An informal poll of the commit
tee on foreign relations today indi
cated that the treaty proposed Satur
day by Secretary Bryan would be en
dorsed with a safe margin of votes and
come into the senate with the backing
of influential members of both politi
cal parties. It became known defi
nitely today that the proposal does not
bind the United States to any obliga
tions for the outstanding debts of
Nicaragua. Rehabilitation of the re
public's finances is expected to come
about through stability that would be
given to future operations through
control to be exercised by the United
States
TO 1IOI.I) DOWN DEBTS.
Nicaragua would agree to make no
debts in excess of current resources,
however, and the United States would
be given the right to intervene with
trocps any time to insure Nicaragua's
independence or protect life and prop
erty. Nicaragua would agree to make
no foreign treaties that would threaten
its independence and the United
States would pey Nicaragua $3,000,000
for the exclusive right to build a canal
route and for a naval base in the Bay
cf Fonesca.
"The proposed control by the United
States over the financial operations of
Nicaragua is virtually enforcement, of
the Monrce doctrine in advance," said
one member of the senate foreign rela
tions committee today.
BLOWS HIS HEAD
WITH DYNAMITE
Grand Rapids. Mich.. July 21. John
Aho, a farmhand near here today
placed a stick of dynamite on top of
his head, lighted a short fuse and
blew his head to fragments. In a mem
orandum book left by the dead man
he implored his friends not to feel
sorry for what he had done. The act
was done within sight of half a dozen
fellow workmen.
BIG LOCK OUT AT
CHICAGO IS ENDED
Chicago, m., July 21. Forty million
dollars worth of improvements were
resumed today with the return to
work of 30,000 members of the build
ing trades unions which had been
locked out.
Mutiny on Steamship.
New Orleans, La., July 21. Mutiny
of 25 Chinese on the steamship Comus
arriving today from New York result
ed in a panic among passengers and
th.e probable fatal shooting of one cf
the mutineers, wounding of three oth
er and slight injuries to First Officer
Proctor of the Comus. A general fight
occurred on the forward deck of the
steamer today.
GERMANY SHAKEN
BY LAND RUMBLE
Berlin, JuIy 21. Besides sharp
thedUtrTlTartlwiuake felt" throtish-
out Wurtembjjfg yesleitf aXVtrefci
were ' experferie'e'd ' all Over ' souther
Germany, extending from Strassburg,
by way of Frankfort, to Munich, in Ba
varia, and as far as Zurich in Switzer
land. Many persons were thrown
down in the streets and hundreds ran
in terror out of their homes. At
Strassburg seismic instruments were
put out Cf order by the violence of the
disturbance.
BULGARS AGREED
TO PEACE TERMS
Bucharest, July 21. It ;is officially
confirmed here that Bulgaria has ac
cepted conditions laid down by Rou
mania and has agreed to terms of
peace wltjh Servia and Greece.
London, July 21. The new Bulgar
ian cabinet, under M. Radoslavoff, for
mally notified the European powers
today of its readiness to order cessa
tion of hostilities immediately if the
powers can induce Servia and Greece
i to take a similar course.
SCANTILY CLAD GIRL
MUST KEEP IN SHADE
Boulder, Colo., July 21.-Diaphanous
gowns of the sort which is so rapidly
obtaining nation-wide vogue are all
right In Boulder, but she who wears
one must walk always on the shady
side of the street.
This order was announced today'
after a conference between the Mayor
and the chief of police.
"We can't keep the women from
wearing what they choose, I am
afraid," said the mayor. . "But we can
and will prevent them from making a
show of themselves by - strolling in
the sun In 'clothes' that afford a sil
houette view worthy of the burlesque
stage. Therefore our order to all
women so dressed is, 'Stay in the
Ehade if you would keep out of Jail!'"
Woman Sleeps for 150 Hours.
. St. Louis, Mo., July 21. Miss Chris
tina Fischer, a young school teacher
of Fredericktown, Mo., who is in a
serious condition in the Jewish hos
pital because of more than 150 hours
of almost constant sleeping, awoke
yesterday and the doctors are trying
to keep her awake Her somnolence
followed a tennis game, in which she
became exhausted. She was awak
ened eight tinies, but only for a few
minutes, and then she was only semi
conscious. She is now fully conscious.
Lower Car Steps for Women.
Chicago, 111.. Ju'.y 21. Officials of
the Chicago Railways company an
nounced that all new carg put in ser
vice will have steps lowered three
inches nearer the ground for the con
venience cf women passengers, who
protested against the high steps be
cause the prevailing vcue of narrow
skirts made lowering of the steps a
necessity.
GREETINGS!
VATICAN GUARDS
DEMAND CHANGES
Rome,-- July 21. The mutinous
LSwds guardsmen at the Vatican today
presented "te-Cardinal Merry del Val,
yjapal secretary- of state, a memorial
(relating' to their grievances and the
conditions on which they are disposed
to remajn In the service.
,T1je conditions are: Dismissal of the
commander of the Swiss guards; in
crease of Swiss guards from 80 to 100;
commander and all officers to be chos
en from among themselves; abolition
of prohibition against guards frequent
ing stores on the right bank of the
Tiber, and granting permission to fre
quent wine shops; return to the orig
inal system of military instruction,
with abolition of bayonet drill, target
shooting and climbing of roofs to pro
tect the Vatican f ro'm imaginary as
saults; no punishments to be inflicted
in connection wifh the present agita
tion. .
The cardinal afterward conferred a
long ttme with the pope in an endeav
or to find a satisfactory solution of
the incident.
The Swiss guard at the Vatican has
existed since 1505, when It was
formed by Pope Julius II. The men
are recruited from the Swiss cantons
of Zurich and Lucerne, and enlist for
a term of five years.
HOLDS WAGES NOT
MORALS PANACEA
Chicago, 111., July 21. Increased
wages is not a panacea for the moral
difficulties of working women, accord
ing to Rev; William Macafee, district
superintendent of the Rock River con
ference, who spoke today at the clos
ing session of the Desplaines Meth
odist camp meeting.
"Increase wages 100 per cent tomor
row," said Macafee, "and if the hearts
cf these young persons are set on
finery, theatres, late suppers and au
tomobiles, the increase of wages will
avail nothing. They simply wish for
more expensive things and will go
down in lives cf sin and shame. if the.
heart is not right. Wealth never has
and never will give immunity from
temptation."
$500,000 IS LOST IN
AN INDIANAPOLIS FIRE
Indianapolis, Ind., July 21. Fire Sat
urday night and early yesterday caus
ed a loss of something like a half mil
lion dollars in the heart of the whole
sale district. The fire started in the
wholesale hardware stcre of the Lay
man-Carey company In South Meridian
street, which firm suffered a total loss.
The flames spread to the adjoining
stcres of the Atlas Paper company and
tie Hamilton-Harris company, whole
sale cigar and tobacco dealers, whose
stock was practically destroyed by fire
end water. It was nearly three hours
before the department had the fire
under control,
a
$ATtenTiei
TOURNEYSTARTED
WITH POOR SCORE
Chicago, July 21. A brisk wind off
set other ideal conditions' --for the
opening of the ., Western", Amateur
golf tournament at Homewood today
and made the scores among the first
one-third of the cards so high it seem
ed probable 85 would be a qualifying
score in the elimination round. Paul
Hunter of Midlothian and Warren K.
Wrood of Homewood, old rivals, led for
the honors among the 46 early cards,
with 77 each.
J. D. Cady of Rock Island turned In
a card of 90.
MRS. PANKHURST
IS AGAIN PRISONER
. London, July 21. Mrs. Pankhurst,
militant suffraget, who outwitted the
police Saturday, was arrested this aft
ernoon while entering a public hall
to attend the weekly Woman's Social
and Political union meeting. She had
intended at the meeting to issue an
other defiant challenge to the govern
ment. Detectives pounced upon Mrs. Pank
hurst with dramatic suddenness and
whisked her away in a taxi-cab. A
big force of policemen closed up be
hind Sirs. Pankhurst and her captors
and stemmed the rush of the infuriated
women, whose yells of "murderers and
assassins," drew great crowds to the
scene. Some women used hat pins
and several persons were badly hurt.
At the jail Mrs. Pankhurst refused to
leave the taxicab and was carried in by
detectives. A few women, accompanying Mrs.
Pankhurst, made an attempt to rescue
her, and in doing so vigorously
trounced the detectives with um
brellas. Six were arrested by a big
force of uniformed police.
Barry Defeats Pearod.
London, July 21. Ernest Barry of
London, champion professional sculler
of the world, today defeated Harry
Pearod, champion of Atfstria. two
lengths over the famous course from
Putney to Mort Lake, on the Thames.
Stakes of $5,000 accompanied the title.
MISSOURI TO HAVE
2 GOOD ROAD DAYS
Jefferson City, Mo., July 21. Gov
ernor Major has 'i.tsued a proclama
tion setting apart Aug. 20 and 21 as
public holidays kTtown as "Good Road
Days." Every able-bodied man In the
rural districts and cities of the state
is to put in these days at working on
the public highways.
The press of the state and citizens
generally are called upon to aid in see
ing that the proclamation la. carried
out to the fullest possible extent.
Women la the rural districts are re
quested to furnish volunteers witTi
lunches and encourage them with their
presence and good cheer.
The governor estimates work ap
proximating a million and half dol
lars in value will result.
ninonm on wo
U1D0UIM OHIO
HE DOES NOT
KNOW LAMAR
-
Gotham Financial Writer
Gives Lie to Wolf of
Wall Street.
FORGERY TALE DENIED
Witness Tells LobbV Committee
He Has Never Seen the
j Author of Story.
Washington, D. C, July 21.-7-Martln (
M. Mulhall continued his story be
fore the senate lobby committee to- r
day. A letter from Thomas Gibson,
a New York financial writer, from
whom David Lamar testified he got In
formation to base his charge of the
$82,000,000 forgery on the books ot
the Union Pacific railroad, was put In
the record. Glson wrote that he did
not know Lamar, did not now believe
that there was a forgery and was send
ing out retraction to his subscribers.
Paul D. Cravath, counsel for the rail
road, put in a letter from a firm of
public accountants explaining appar
ent discrepancies upon which Lamar
based his sensational charge.
Representative Loudenglager of New
Jersey, secretary of the republican
congressional committee in 1908,
seemed to have incurred the enmity
of Mulhall. In October that year Mul
hall wrote to Secretary Schwedtman
of the manufacturers that the people
of the country were tired of plnhead
politicians.
"When I got through Loudenslager
offered an apology, claiming he would
be' good "from thrs"ttme ' one, but I
plainly gave hint to "understand that
when he comes up for renomlnation
he would hear from our people." Mul
hall did not explain why he had fallen
out with Loudenslager. Schwedtman
wrote Mulhall in October: "I do hope
when James E. Watson of Indiana
gets in the governor's chair he will -
lay a half dozen of his good friends
over his knee and spank them to beat
the "band, including your special
friend. Senator Beveridge. ' I hate
false friends more than I do the worst
enemies."
Mulhall said all his accounts were
kept by an expert who accompanied
him on the trips, evidently his wife.
"She drove me crazy in the Sixth
New Jersey campaign," said she, "she
kept all my accounts and waa the best
politician I ever knew."
DOI.LIVER AS FRIEXD.
"I think we have made a good friend
of Senator Dolllver and he made me
promise to call on him when we come
to Washington," wrote Schwedtman.
A long "blacklist" of Congressmen,
republicans and democrats, who had in
curred the enmity of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers, and to be
opposed when they came up for re
election was presented by Mulhall.
Hughes pf New Jersey, now a senator;
W'ilson ot Pennsylvania, now secre
tary of labor; Nicholas of Pennsyl
vania, Pearre of Maryland, and Bur
nett of Alabama were described by
Mulhall as being on the permanent
blacklist, "because, they alwayB favor
ed labor legislation."
"Against all these men we made
every effort to drive them from public
life," said he. On another list Len
root and Cooper of Wisconsin, Gard
ner of Massachusetts, Parsons of New
York, Greene of Massachusetts, Mur-
dock of Kansas, Champ Clark of Mis
souri and Haugen of Iowa were de
scribed as "Cannon's list" and were
in disfavor with the organization,
Mulhall swore, because of their oppo
sition to Speaker Cannon. On anofit
er list were: "Morse and Nelson of
Wisconsin, Maynard of Virginia and
Loudenslager of New Jersey." Mul
hall swore the names were furnished
by Congressman Watson or by "Mr.
Chllds," clerk ef the house committee
on war claims, in 1910."
T.AFT FOR SENATOR.
Mulhall wrote Schwedtman Dec. 19,
1908, that he had fteen Senator For
aker and that George Cox "the Cin
cinnati boss", was convinced that
Charles P.'Taft could not be elected
senator, and he intended to advis
Taft to withdraw. Foraker seemed
curtain, Mulhall wrote, that with the
aid of Cox he would win.
BEACH STEAMER LOADED
WITH FRENZIED PEOPLE
Poughkeepsie, N. Y-. July 21. The
steamer Tremper. loaded with panic
stricken passengers, was beached on
the west side of the Hudson river here
today with water pouring through a
b'g hole In the bottom. The Tremper,
bound from Newburg to Albany, ran
on a reef on Esopus Island. The boat
had settled very low before it reached
the mainland after an exciting two
mile race. '.
All passengers were landed safely, ,
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