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RGU Associated Press Exclusive Wire SIXTY-SECOND YEAR. XO. 249. MONDAY, AUGUST .4, 1913. -TEX PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. THE ROCK BLAND A HOME EDITION BIG CHANGE IN EXPRESS RATES 0CT.1 Reductions by Commission Will Hit Companies Hard. INVESTIGATED 6 YEARS Block System of Computation Lays Basis for. Simpler Freight Schedule. Washington, Aug. 4. Reductions of express ratfs which will cost the com panies fully $26,000,000 a year, approx lmatfly 16 per cent of their gross rev enue, was ordered by the Interstate Commerce commission today to be come effective on or before Oftiober 1, 1913. , .nil atvo ru.n iix.t:n. Th most important change pre scribed is a modification of the present graduated BaIo of parcel rates. One nundred pound rates for short dis tances either have been left unchanged or slightly reduced, for the longer dis tances they have been lowered. For f.O pound or less all rates have bern practically reduced. For packages of more than four pounds going more than 2o( miles and less than 2,ooo the new express rates are generally low er tlun the pan-el poBt rates. For more than 3,ouo miles, the rales are practically the same. The report and order of the com mission, prepared by John H. Marble, ere in affirmation of the findings of former Commissioner Lane, now sec retary of the interior. 11 T Oi l' Ylll.l.loNM OF RATE. Hy prescribing a so-called block sys tem dividing the I'ulted States into D.'iO blocks, averaging 2.500 spuare miles, as originally proposed by Lane, Jtoo.ooo.ooo different rates now publish ed by express companies, will be re duced to less than 650.000 and the in terstate commerce commission be lieves the system points a w-ay to the solution of the existing m:izc6f freight rates. KXPKJT IK. ir. The general impression in official circles is the express companies will attempt to test by legal means the con stitutionality of the commission's or der. The new system of rates is not only a simplification of existing rale struc tures. and methods, but in tho opin Ion of rate experts lajs a foundation for future practice in all rate revis-1 Ions. While the commission has not j considered the prac.tihility of applies- tin d the block system to the mak ing of fr-it rates, it is known that the quest iou may be taken up almost any time. EI.IMIX ATE MYSTERY. With standard freight rates once es tablished, between blocks instead of between points mid all other rates in percentages instead of the standard. the mystery of the present complicated system of freight rates, in tho opin ion of the commission's experts, -would be solved. The basis of classification prescribed by Ihe commission is that all merchandize of ordinary value is to be carried as first class or at ordinary merchandize rates. 1111)1) SKOOM) I. ASS. Articles of food, drink, with a few exceptions, are second class and will be carried at 75 per cent of the first class rates. Kates for newspapers as well as for bread and such articles for which specially low rates are now charged, are subetaptially the same as the present rates. Permanent committees have been appointed to revise the route of ex press carriers to eliminate routes "una now cause consicierauio com plaint on the nart of shtDDers. inwn.11.-a on in n-r u iv Th. ' h. A eioH statements Indicating the losses of revenue under the proposed rates would be Intolerable and argued siren-, "'"- " u"UJU'ttuur"' materials, uouslv that the establishment of the expo1rts manufactures and agricul parcels post bad deprived them or I iural Prducts. movements of manu quite 30 per cent of the revenue for-j faclurer9 materials within the United merlv received from parcels of n States activities of transporting agen pounds or less. The commission's con- cleB and the 8uPP1r distribution of cluf Ion is the establishment of the par. I currency thus far In the fiscal year eel Dom 1 not insriflcatten for anv I 1913 practically all exceed those of the higher scale of rates than the one here thown to be reasonable. TWO FOR TEST. "The commission's order is for tw-o jea-V says the report. "That period will give opportunity for a test of thei-e rates under conditions amounting to s ncrmal average. Respondents are at liberty at any time to bring forward 1 ew facts as a basis for a petition for incd'firatlon of this or any other or der'" The decision was deferred more than a year and followed an investiga tion that occupied nearly six years. Watch Thief Taken. Harry Hayes was bound over to the grand jury this afternoon under $C00 brndt on a larceny charge. Hayes Me!t a watch from Mrs. James .''rhomer. anl tfien sold the time 1 'ere. Tnp 'heft was reported to the vchce who traced the thief and placed I'.im under arrest. J Forecast Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow, for Rock Island, Davenport, Moline and Vicinity. Unsettled but generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday; slightly warm er tonight; light, variable winds. Temperature at 7 a. m., 65; highest yesterday, S8; lowest last night, 62. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m., 10 miles per hour. Precipitation, none. Relative humidity at 7 p. m., 40; at 7 a. nv, 65. Stage of water, 4.6; a fall of .1 in last 48 hours. J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Evening stars: Mercury, Jupiter. Morning stars: Saturn, Venus, Mara. Planet Mercury In Inferior conjunction with the sun 12 m. GATHERS FORGES FOR A HARD FIGHT Western Federation of Miners Plans Stand in Michigan Copper Country. LEADERS ON THE SCENE Union Officers Denounce Recklessness of Deputies Guarding the Mine Properties. Washington, Aug. 4. Walter Palmer of the department of labor has been uetanea to investigate the copper strike situation in Michigan. He leaves for Calumet tonight to learn if the de partment may be of service in effect ing a settlement. Calumet, Mich., Aug. i. Practically the entire strike zone in. the copper country echoed to rifle and revolver sncts tnis morning. Tber were more than the r.fual number of "shadow shots" by sentries and an increased patrol rorce or armea deputies was blamed by troop commanders and uti'on officials alike, for the almost constant popping of revolvers that lasted from shortly after midnight until daylight. Despite the promiscu ous firing, no or.e was hit. The rumor that a man was shot near the Red Jacket proved false. DEd.AHEI) AY OITRAGE. "ine work or mnffFpuues is an outrage", said President Tavlor, of the Michigan Federation of Labor." It is Inconceivable that a grea: state rhould allow the national guard to be used as a curtain behind which armed thugs, authorized through a blanket commission, may -commit acts that by right ought to land them in prison. Taylor said the American Feder- at ion of Labor and every affiliated union in the country is behind the strike and that the fight will take on national proportions. He intimated he wxi:'d ko to Lansing in person to tell the governor of conditions. 11. A DETER M I Kll ST11I With the arrival today of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cannon of lxs Angeles, who came from the scenes of the strike in New York and New Jersey, "Mother Jones," who is due here tomorrow, and other unionists w-ho are en route, there is every indication the western federation is rallving its forces for one cf the most determined struggles In union labor history. The first attempt at resumption of actual mining oc curred in "E ' shaft at the Champion mine, in the south range. It was a fiat failure. Onfy a pumpman report ed for work. Union pickets' surround i d uhs n.an and argaed so strenuous ly, one of them arrested him. IS GREAT ACTIVITY IN ALL INDUSTRIES Washington. Aug. 4. Further evi dence that the industrial and commer cial activities of the United States are , on the up-grade affected only favor ably by the tariff prospects and eco- tnomic plans of the democratic admin T istration-is presented in a in a bulletin JUjlt issued by the department of com merce. It is stated that the figures on former high-record year, 1912. ATTACK NEW YORK BUT ONLY IN PLAY Newport, R. I., Aug. 4. Eleven great gray battleships, the most powerful in the United States navy, steamed out of Narragansett bay today, bent on a theoretical destruction of the fortifi caticn of Losg Island sound. The pur pose was to open the way for the ulti mate occupation of New York city. Lowering clouds and threatening weather helped, to conceal the move ments of the fleet from the army, which manned the coast defenses, About thirteen thousand officers, and men of tie navy are engaged. THE WEATHER NAVAL RASE FOR BR1TIAN IN BERMUDA t Washington Interested In Rumor of Move by England. HITS MONROE DOCTRINE Decision of U. S. to Fortify Panama Canal Held Rea son for Action. Washington, Aug. 4. Keen interest has been aroused in official circles here by a report reaching ihe state de partment that Great Britain is con templating the establishment of a great naval base in the Bermuda islands. It is stated authoritatively that the British government has made inquiry concerning plans of the United States for the protection Qf the Panama canal routes, and it has been sug gested that this indicates an intention to safeguard British shipping through the isthmus as is done in the Medi terranean. MAY KM) MOMtOE UOCTRIXE. Officials realize that me problem raised is a tremendous one, involving j as it may the very life of the Monroe doctrine and making, perhaps, a com plete revolution in foreign naval pol icy in the western hemisphere. For it is expected that Jf Great Britain, changes its naval policy in American Atlantic waters other European na tions probably will follow suit. While these changes may be ex pected in the Atlantic waters and the West Indies, officials likewise realize that, with the opening of the canal, the United States must contend with Japan for the domination of the Pa cific. U STATIONS ABAXDOYEO. The British royal navy abandoned its naval stations in this country about 10 years ago, when the United Sta'-esj gaye up the idea of the construction of the ' Nicaraguan canal and set about digging the big water way across Panama, whose approaching comple tion bids fair to revolutionize interna tional relations. ' Apart from Its We6t Indian stations, the royal navy maintained stations at Ksquimault, British Columbia, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. There once was a plan to strengthen greatly the fortifications at Esquimault overlook ing the Strait of Juan De Fuca in order to make that important base, but both of these stations now have a merely nominal existence under the govern ment of Canada and are little more than recruiting stations for the royal navy. ST. LltTA A MEMORY. British troops were withdrawn from St. Lucia, in the West Indies, in 1906; the guns were dismcun'ed from the fortifications and what once was a great military station became only a commercial coa'.ing place and is not today even a saluting port. The three light-draft cruisers, the Aeolus, Milpomene and , the Sirlus, flying the British colors, now base at Kingston, Jamaica. They are insig nificant, as war vessels, corresponding to such American cruisers as the New Orleans and Albany. WEST IS NOT IN FEAR OF TARIFF Senator Myers Cites Wool as Example Showing the Ef fects of Protection. Washington, Aug. 4. Senator My ers, democrat from Montana, told the senate today the west did not fear the tariff bill. "Amidst the hue and cry about tho discrimination of this bill against the west, I wish to have heard cne west ern 6tate which feels reliant and is liot complaining about discrimination. This discrimination against home in terests when translated Into English in my opinion often means 'we are not getting our share of graft, and we are being overlooked in the distribu tion of plunder.' " The woo', growing business, he said, after nearly a hundred years of pro tection, coddling and nursing, is a decadent business. KING GEORGE WINS CUP IN BRITTANNIA Cowes, Isle of Wight. Aug. 4. King George on board his veterancutter Brlttannia at Cowes regatta today , won the Santanita handicap for cut ters. The Britannia, wh'eh has not raced at Cowes for nearly j years, waa scratch boat. fifteen SUFS BUTT IN ON CHURCH SERVICE Interrupt the Singing of Litany to Chant Plea for Em meline Pankhurst. AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL Forty Ejected by Ushers, Some Refus ing to GoWithout .a- . ' -V London, Aug. 4.y-A party of 40 well dressed euffragets interrupted the morning service at St. Paul's cathe dral yesterday by chanting a prayer in behalf of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. Ushers ejected the women from the edifice after a scuffle, in which sev eral chairs were upset. The disturbance took place during the 6ingihg of the litany. The women, who had front seats in the center aisle, chanted loudly: Save Emmeline Pankhurst. Spare her, spare her. Give her light and set her free., Save her, save her. Hear us while we pray to Thee. PROTEST OF 6 AVAIL. Evidently the chant had been re hearsed. 'Jt was in the same tune the choir had' been singing. When the women began their chant ushers rush ed toward them from all parts of the cathedral, while numerous members of the congregation remonstrated with the disturbers, telling them to remem ber that they were in church, i The 6ufragets, however, repeated their chant three or four times, each time in a louder key. A majority of them finally were led out quietly by the ushers, but a half dozen or so clung to their chairs and fought cgainst ejection. When all the dis turbers were removed from the build ing the services proceeded. POLICE C1.I.E OUT. A squad of police was in attendance at vespers, but there was no disturb ance. A BUSY DAY WHEN MULHALL CALLED Senator Townsend Denies Giv ing Lobbyist Time for a Confidential Chat. Washington, D. C, Aug. 4. Senator Townsend of Michigan was the first witness before the -senate lobby com mittee today. The testimony of Mar tin M. Mulhall had been finished and that witness was waiting to be ques tioned by the house lobby committee. Townsend flatly denied Mulhall's testi mony that he had talked with him and characterise 1 Mulhall as "a self acknowledged corruptionist." Emery and Mulhall, when Townsend was a member of the house, came together In his office, and Mulhall made an argument about labor legislation. "When he paused I asked him if he was through and when he said jyes I said: 'Well, this is my busy J day. You will have to excuse me.' i Therefore, it Is an unqualified false hood, when he says he talked to me ronfidentiallv." " "This man was personally offensive ! to me," concluded the senator, "there- STILL SETTIN' fore I could not fail to remember if he had talked to me confidentially." Former Congressman Watson of In diana in a letter to the committee charged the democrats of the commit tee had prejudged the case made out by Mulhall against the manufacturers without a hearing. Watson declined to appear, saying, "I prefer to take my case to another court." Chairman Overman announced for mer Senator Foraker would be heard tomorrow. Watson has written the house com mittee for an appearance and prob ably will testify after Mulhall's exami nation. MINE DEATHS AT T0WERCITY,PA.,19 Double Explosion Catches Men Working Over Area of Quarter of a Mile. Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 4. Harry Schoffstall, the only survivor of the explosion at the East Brookside col iiery, which resulted in the death of 19 persons, is in a dying condition at his home In Orwin, today. Of the 10 Americans killed nine leave widows, and an aggregate of 51 children. Tower City, Pa., Aus- 4. The num ber of dead as a result of the double explosion at the East Brookside col liery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company Saturday was increased to nineteen yesterday by the death at Pottsville -of John Lorenz, mine superintendent. Daniel Farley .and John Fesgler, fire bosses, are still in tjie working in 6pite of all efforts which have been made to res cue them. It is now almost certain that they are buried under a big fall of rock, which occurred inn the vicinity of the tunnel where the first explosion oc curred. Thirteen men died in the first ex plosion and six went to their death in the second blast after a heroic attempt to rescue the first victims. One cf the rescuers escaped. It is not known exactly what caused the explosions but the miners at the colliery are inclined to believe Jhat the first explosion was that of dyna mite and the second was caused by gas which had been liberated by the dynamite explosion. It is also sug gested that the first explosion was caused by gas. The dead were scat tered about for a distance of about a quarter of a mile. Only three men were taken out alive and two of these died. Twenty-Two Die in Scotland. Glasgow, Scotland. Aug. 4. Twen: ty-two coal miners perished in a fire last night at the Mavis valley pit, Cadder colliery, near here. A widow lost three sons. ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF AN OMAHA DETECTIVE Omaha. Aug. 4. An attempt to as sassinate Chief of Detectives Stephen Malcney was made earl ytoday when some unknown person fired two bul lets at him as he sat in his office at the police station, which Is atwut a hundred feet from a switching track cn which several box cars were stand ing. There were no arrests. Moloney gave the matter little attention, re It was probably some fan marking: atia." ' NEWYORKERSARE IN AUTO FATUITY s. Osgood Pell and Banker Laimbeer Dead as a Re sult of Accident. CAR STRUCK BY A TRAIN William K. Vanderbllt In Party It Is Claimed No Signal Was Glv en at Crossing. Hempstead, 12 I., Aug. 4. William Laimbeer, the banker who was injured in an automobile accident last night near here, In which S. Osgood Pell, the millionaire real estate dealer, and his chauffeur, Charles Gambean, were killed, was barely alive in the hos pit il today. There are slight chances for recovery. Mrs. Laimbeer's con dition is critical, but she has a chance for life. Her skull is fractured. COROEK AT WORK. The coroner today began an investi gation to determine whether the Long Island train which struck the Pell car whistled or otherwise signaled as it neared the crossing. Witnesses tay no flagman was on the spot. William K. Vanderbilt, who was one of the party, but in a car ahead, said: "There were several cars between that which I wa3 driving and Pell's car. I don't recall whether I heard a whistle or not. I do know I had no idea a train was approaching." Mrs. Laimbeer was Miss N. Schenck before her marriage and a famous beauty of Newport and New York. FKACTl RE OF SKI I.I. FATAL. Laimbeer died this morning. Frac ture of the skull was the cause. It is believed Mrs. Laimbeer will recover. Laimbeer's fir6t wife was Clara Blood good, the actress. CHAIR ENDS SLAYER'S LIFE Anthony Grace Executed at Sing Sing for Brother's Murder. Ossining, N. Y., Aug. 4. Anthony Grace was put to death in the elec tric chair at Sing Sing today for the murder of his brother, "Jack," the well known wrestler, whose body was found hacked to pieces in the rooms of a social club in Walden, N. Y., last Sep tember. Anthony disappeared at the time of the tragedy, after having sud denly married the widow at Walden. When arrested, he had much personal property In his possession pertaining to his dead brother. BRADY WILL GIVES $70,000,000 AWAY New York, Aug. 4. The will of An thony E. Brady, traction magnate, leaves five children and a grandchild the bulk of an estate valued at $70, 000,000. The widow receives $1,000,000 outright and annually $60,000. One hundred thousand goes to charity. Cured of Broken Neck. St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 4. Glen Len her, 17 years old, of Humboldt, Neb., was discharged from a local hospital as cured of a broken neck. July 9 a j sand salmon fishers, white, Japanese swing turned over and dropped him land Indians, have gone on a strike on. upon his head. For three weekc his'Fraser river. Only Greek fishermen. - 'neck and shoulders have beea encased in plaster ca&l WILSON OUT OF MEXICAN IMBROGLIO Resignation of Ambassa dor Announced After a A Visit to Bryan. SHOWS TAFT LETTwH President Hopes for Peaceable Solution of Trouble by Southern Neighobr. , " Washington, D. C., Aug. 4. Secre tary Bryan today announced the ac ceptance of the resignation of Ambas sador Wilson of Mexico. Bryan made this statement: "Am bassador Wilson's resignation was ao cepted to take effect Oct. 14. The part w hich he lelt it his d lty to take in the earlier stages of the recent reolution in Mexico, would make it difficult for him to represent the views ' of tie administration in view of the situation which now exists." HAS 0 IIWS l.KAVE, The ambassador, in ordinary prac tice, is entitled to 60 days leave ol absence exclusive of jSunday's which accounts for the fixing of the date on Oct. 14. In the meantime no appoint ment can be made to fill the vacancy. Consequently the American embassy in Mexico will remain in charge of Secretary O'Shaughnessy. AMRASSAIJOIl PAYS OMPI.1MEXT. In a statement the ambassador said: "I believe the president and secretary in their consideration of the question are actuated by the highest patriotism and justice to both countries." XO A II M EH IXTEHVEXTIOX. Washington, Aug. 4. Armed Inter vention in Mexico is neither a prob ability nor a possimuty, lor a peace able solution of the situation Is becom ing more practicable. This Is the view President Wilson took today of the situation. He let it be known that before long he would make a brief announcement of the first step in the policy of the United States toward Mexico. MAY DEAL WITH IltERTA. While there is no inkling of what It may be, it came from the White house that it was expected the president would formally announce his decision not to . recognize the Huerta government. The sudden call of Ambassador Wilson to Washington led to the report his status might be announced. . IS A MIsrXDERSTAXniX'O. The ambassador came to the White house and was told there was a mis understanding about his engagement, that instead of a conference with the president he was to call on Secretary Bryan. The ambassador said the tele gram received in New York stated the conference was to take place at the White house. Observers of the diplo matic situation predicted the ambas sador's resignation' would be accepted soon. The only explanation, however, as to the. purpose of his recall to Wash ington made at the White house, was that it was for further consultation. SAYS TAFT APPHOVEIJ. On the way from the White house to the state department, the ambassa dor gave out a copy of a letter from President Taft. June 29, 1911,, approv ing his course in Mexico. ALLEI TO WAKIIIXGTOV. Washington, D. C, Aug. 4. Ambas sador Wilson returned to Washington today for a conference with Secretary Bryan. The ambassador's return evi dently was arranged on short notice. His telegram from Mr. Bryan merely said he wanted to confer on "import ant matters." Mr. Wilson disclaimed knowing for what he was summoned. CANT IMPERSONATE MEMBER OF CONGRESS Will Be Crime When Bill Now Before the Senate Be comes a Law. lrJi Washington, Aug. 4. Early action by congress to provide punishment for those who impersonate members of congress or public officers, "by tele phone, telegraph, mail or otherwise," was promised in the senate today, when Cummings presented a favorable report from the judiciary committee on a bill he recently introduced. It carries heavy fines and Imprisonment as penalties. ' SALMON FISHERS OUT; CATCH THROWN BACK Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 4. Four thou- , remain, and their-catch was throwJ vwtoard fay Japanese f ick4. - 1