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THE ROCK ISLAND A R
GUS.
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SATURDAY, FEIIHUAKY 28, 1914. -FOURTEEN PAGES.
1'1,'ICK I'iVO CENTS
DEATH CHAIR
PENALTY FOR
.HB&BUFFUM
Little Falls, N. Y., Jury
Finds Woman Guilty of
Killing HerHusband.
i
EXECUTION NEXT APRIL
Five Sons Call on Mother in!
Prison, but Only One Shows !
Grief at Parting.
Utile Kails. N- V, 25- Mrs. J
rrathia UufTum. convicted la-t night
. l
afpoiocinic hr husband, and fontenc-
to d:e in the H-ctrlc chair in April.
. ri,lt,d by her fire sons . I o'clock
ub inommt:. none or wriom. saiei
Pnaris. 13. !iow-d any grief on part-
he. At 7 o'clock .Mrs. UufTum started ,
nber trip to tn house at Au-1
lira. H-r attorney will ask the court
v nrw! for an order for a new
trial.
' TLe terdi'-t not only st-inned the j
soman and her counsel, but caused a
asoiutratlo3 of aMoni.shrnt nt in the 1
little courtroom that had been packed
from early moraine; until the fateful
B03iecL j
la Tiew of the charge delivered by i
Justice Brown, the, blow of doom was
sBMpected by even astute attorneys.
TbOury was out five hours and 20 !
steutea. Mrs. Buffu was confident t
mb smiling; at Die end of the trial, i
Her counsel. Patrick S. Collin, had I
JMtice Brown had charged that if the ! munition, of war must be manufact
ory found improper methods had been ed in government arsenals. Represen
ted to obtain the confession from ' tative Clyde H. Tavenner of Illinois
lira. Biidum. in which she said that v -The United States
he bad slowly poisoned her husband
Is death with an arsenical mixture,;
tbey should not consider the confes
sion. Verdict a Surprise.
me judge um emu mm iug ut-um
of the young daughter. La'ira. who'
fU oTZnea: ml wMTSr7ISeirculd .
at considered only as a test of the i
rraptoms of arsenical poisoning. J Hon ring: and armor ring nave drawn
Wlen the Jury came ia at 10:30 down $100,000,000 worth of fat govern
ith the announcement: "Guilty in ment contracts and if the government
lie Urst degree," Mrs. Bu (Turn's heavy ' had done all this work In arsenals and
features relaxed. She turned dismally j navy yards at least estimate $35,000,
to her attorney. She seemed ready J 000 would have been saved to tax
,10 tollapse. Mr. Collins' look strength- j payers.
d ber, but she almost fell into her
thair after rising to hear her fate.
Accused of Poisoning Six.
For the first time since her arrest
last October the woman accused of
smrdrine her husband. Willis; her
baby son, Xorris; her daughter. Laura
aid of poisoning her three other cull-j
ir.n h-A ,.,ii .
Mrs. BuftWs attorney Immediately 1 contracts for this ammunition to
dlwed he would demand a new trial tne mmunItion rtotr. so these line
the ground that the Jury had been , Gildings are lying Idle so far as man
mpnlted with garbled newspaper ac-' ufacturlng purposes are , concerned and
wnu of the case and had been In-
fioenced in the reading of them.
ELLIS IS MENACED
BY WIFE'S FATHER
Xobert Hosea, Aei 75, Be-
csmes Hysterical and. Forces
Adjournment of Court.
Chicago. Hi.. Feb. 2S Whiie Wil
! Ellis cf Cincinnati, charged with
Ce murder of hi wife In a hotl here.
M indertri:3 cross examination to
r. Robert liozea. 75, father of Mrs.
pis, tried to attack him. A moment
'tt Hoa mistook a Cincinnati law
Tf. who is to be a witness for the de
kM. for E-i;,
'Get out of my t'.K'ut. you dog. or
ril kill you." he crd to the lawyer.
"ffhea te learned the identity cf the
torney. ji, put his arms around
its and befanw so hysterical that
srt was adjourned.
Georgetown Notes Quakes.
Washington. D. C, Feb. 2. Seisv
Tphs at Georgetown university
'
reeoried pronounced earthquake j
aocit tor nearly 45 minutes rarly to-
The etlmated
r a 2,700 mllen.
distance from
SCIENTIST DEAD
FROM SNAKE BITE
Calcutta. British India. Feb. 28.-Dr.
PrWerick Fox. an Australian scientist;
ao devoted bis entire life to the
e-atmem of snake Lks, died today ;
rom bite from a krait, a very re-
Jwhis make, he was using for ex- f
- "tnai purposes. The reptile in- eral
ne punctures, one of w hJch es
"Ped bot!ce when Fm itnllul m rum
4 later caused his death. He had 1
b!t "ll'nii"l Toluntarlhr to snakitlarr.
THE WEATHER' ))
Forecast Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island, Davenport, Molina
and Vicinity.
Fair and colder tonight and Sun
day with the lowest temperature. to
night about 13 to 20 degrees; brisk
northwest winds.
Temperature at 7 a. m.. 33. High
est yesterday, 48; lowest last -night,
32.
Velocity of wind at 7 a. rn., miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none. t
Relative humidity at 7 p. m., 70; at t
7 a. m, 89. j
Stage of water, 4.9, no change in last j
24 hours.
J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Evening stars: Mars. Venus. Saturn
Morning star: Jupiter. Orion, most
brilliant of winter constellations iln
rlude the Help In merfdlitn south i
zenith '. to 7 p. m. About 8 p. m
Orion will reach the greatest elevnt.oi
be Tr attain In northern latitude.
TA VENN ER SHOWS
UP ARMOR CROWD
Fourteenth District Congress-
q jjjjj, Mulcted
From Government.
OVERCHARGE IS PERMITTED
j Rock Island Arsenal Pointed to as Log-
ical Site for Factory to Turn
Cut Munitions.
BY R. F. WILSON.
(Special to The Argus.)
Washington, Feb. 28. Speaking on
the floor of the house during consid-
nation of the army bill which carrie.
appropriations or 94.ou,uw ana wnicn
for the first time In the history of the
government provides that hereafter
j army officers have permitted a ring
of eastern ammunition manufacturers
to overcharge the government for mu
nitions of war to the extent of bun-
dreds of thousands and even millions i
Ho11m-
. . . . -t. -
'W" fl
"In the last 20 years the ammnnl-
"At Rock Island arsenal the govern
ment owns two great $500,000 stone
buildings originally constructed for
manufacturing purposes. Army offi-
! cers are opposing a plan to equip them
' with machinery for manufacturing
field artillery ammunition because if
' thev were equipped these officers
. Z
would no longer have an excuse to give
are Deln merely lor atoms pur-
poses.
Big Arsenal Being Neglected.
"Rock Island arsenal is now the
largest arsenal in the United States
and when the policy of complete gov-
eminent manufacture of munitions in!
Sr?5f "fr'.r". EJTE'i"! !
. '
(the : wori;!
-(manufacture cheaper at Rock Island ;
i come one or the lareesr arsenals m i
I than at any other point in tbe United
States.
AMERICAN-MADE
AUTO OVER ANDES
Johnson Martin, Former Prince
ton Football Player, Accom
plishes the Feat.
Wanhlnsrton. D. C Feb.
S. An
American built automobile driven by I
Johnson Martin, a former Princeton
football player, ha succeeded in
crossing the Andes, thus achieving a j
victory which a number of foreign au-.
tomoblle makers have been striving
for five years. Martin crossed at a;
'" - " ;
In an areoplane failed. A cablegram '
announced Martin's arrival at Santla'
go, Chile, from Buenos Aires.
TWO PLEAD GUILTY
TO $400,000 FRAUD
Kansas City. Mo.. Feb. 28.-Robert ,
J. Martin and Joseph Borders. Indicted
by the federal grand Jury in connec-1
tion with the Florida fruit land sales.)
pleaded guilty to misuse of the malls j
and conspiracy to defraud in the fed-1
court. Sentence was reserves, no-
til the other six men indicted are tried.
The maximum sentence Is a fine up to
$21,000 and nine years In the penlten
The two sold 189.000 acres of j
des land, making $400,000.
UNION LABOR
EXEMPTED IN
TRUST LAWS
Farmers'Cooperative Bod
ies Also to be Allowed
to Continue.
I
LIMIT FOR INJUNCTION
Use of Writ in Labor' Disputes
to Be Restricted in Bill Now
Being Drafted.
Washington. D. C. Feb. 28. Labor
unions, farmers cooperative organiza
tions and combinations of small re
tailers and manufacturers, which do
not engage in price-raising will prob
ably be exempted from the provisions
of the anti-trust laws being framed
by the bouse committee. A bill limit
ing the use of Injunctions in labor dis
putes will also be reported.
For Two Battleships.
A naval appropriation bill, carrying
$142,000,000. for two battleships, six
torpedo boat destroyers and other
small was craft was reported to the
house today. The battleships are to
cost (15.000.000 each and be built in
private yards by contract.
STUDENT PEEPER
DEAD OF WOUNDS
Howard Manning:, Accused of
Looking: in Dormitory Win
dows, Shot by Fellows.
Mount Vernon, Iowa, Feb. 2S. How
ard Manning. 25. died today. He was
hot jMt night after a chase by eta
dents of Cornell college. whoqlaiKJ
be had recently been peepmg
14. VV
dowa of the girls dormitory. Arrests
among students are expected.
SMALLPOX CLOSES
MUSCATINE SCHOOL
Muscatine, la., Feb. 28. A sudden
spread of smallpox has developed in
this city, particularly in the south end
and stringent measures have been or
dered taken by City Health Officer
Dr. II. I Husted to combat the dis
ease. A conference was held between
Dr. Husted, Superintendent of Schools
Ira M- a,clnure Bnu P"
Ivorton of the board of education and
they decided that every precaution
ary step should be taken at once. In
consequence the Franklin school
building was thoroughly fumigated
and no sessions of school were held
yesterday. Nearly all of the children
who have developed smallpox symp
toms have been in attendance at the
Franklin school.
DEATH OF LAURA SIMPSON
continues as mystery
- t . t no n -v, . n i
iVin the death of Mr, j
Laura Wilder Simpson, a former Chi-
iexiuKio". cku. t.o.
cago girl, will remain unsolved unless
the grand Jury takes up the matter,
which Is unlikely, as State's Attorney i
Allen has repudiated the action of the
coroner's Jury.
This action was a verdict that death
cana from "an unknown source" after
tbe panel declined to accept tbe ver
dict prepared by Allen and another
attorney. Allen Issued a statement
today as follows:
"As commonwealth's attorney I at
tended the inquest because of rumors
-of foul play connected with the'death.
After listening to witnesses I was per
fectly satisfied that no evidence what-
ever of foul play or testimony Incrlm-
al,"B any persons in connection 'ih
tbe death bad been given that would
warrant the institution of criminal
one .n regard to her death. The testt
moy esUblishes beyond doubt that j
fr. s,m,.o-. rf..,t, r.f .
wound from a bullet discharged from I
a pistol In her own hand."
Drops Dead in Bloomington.
Bloomlngton. 111.. Feb. 28. John F.
Hulva. for over 20 years traveling
salesman for Armour & Co., and who
was about to retire on a pension, drop
ped dead on the street laBt night. He
1 was widely known in Illinois territory.
2 TURK AVIATORS
KILLED IN A FALL
Constantinople. Turkey, Feb. 28
Two young officers of the Turkish mil-!
Itary aviation corps were killed at- j Therefore It calls oq all labor organl
temptlng to fly to Alexandria. Egypt, nations to do all they can toward de-
Tbe aeroplane broke down at a
high :
I
sltltude.
V"'" ' , ' - - - T
; . SNUFFED
'
DISCOVER OIL ON
MORE STATE LAND
Illinois Geological Survey Is
Watching: Drilling: Operations
at Pesotum.
Champaign, 111., Feb. 2S. The 1111
nois state geological survey is watch
ing with interest oil-seeking operations
1 legists believe
that the drillers are
close to the "fold . which passes
through, the state.
The state survey Is - urging that
three or four wells be trilled In an
easterly and westerly direction near
Pesotum. The next drilling will: be
done near Mahomet and .' Sadorus.
Since the oil operators are working
under scientific direction, this section
of Illinois is stirred over the' prospect
that oil and gas may- be found in large
quantities.
"Illinois is located in a great basin,"
said R. S. Blatchley of the mirvey, "the
center is near Lovineton and extends
j through Olney. The rise toward the
western side of the state is gradual, j
but toward the eastern side the rise is
more abrupt until in pjaces ridges or
folds have been formed. Water forces
oil and gas up into these folds.
"There are traces of a fold near La
Salle which extend down in this direc
tion. As near as we can estimate, It
passes under the village of Pesotum.
It is to find this fold that drilling is
now In progress. Once It is located,
drilling will take definite direction."
Illinois is the thir ! state in the pro-
duction of oil.
and has already pro-
duced appromately 208 000.000 bar-
rels, worth about $33.000.000.
SERIANNI GIVEN
FIVE-YEAR TERM
Chicago Black Hander Also
Fined $1,000 for Blowing
Up Grocery Store.
Chicago, III.', .Feb. 23. Salvatore
SeriannI, who recently blew up the
Itali&ri grocery store of Leonardo Me-
lone, today was sentenced by Federal
Judge Landis to serve five years in
state prison, and waa fined $1,000 for
fin the mal1" dfera"d' . pS
c wreclff a"er h g
ed a letter writtea by SeriannI de-
ending money.
ILLINOIS MINERS
OPPOSING GUARD
Teoria. UK. Feb J 2S. A resolution
condemning the National Guard and
urging all local unions to do every
thing in their power to prevent their
members from affiliating w ith it j
throughout state and nation was adopt-
' ed yesterday by the convention or
j United Mine Workers of Illinois.
! The resolution recites that in every
industrial struggle the National Guard
has been lined up against union labor.
feating the purposes. of the guard.
was adopted by a vote of 200 to 10.
It
CONDUCTOR HELD
FOR TRAMP DEATH
Employe of Burlington Con
victed at Lancaster, Wis., on
Manslaughter Charge.
Lancaster. Wis., Feb. 2S. Harry
French of La Crosse, conductor on
thj Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad, was convicted here yesterday
of manslaughter in the third degree for
the death of Edward Murphy. The
conviction carries a term in the peni
tentiary of from. two to four years.
. In deciding the case the Jury passed
on the point of the right of members
of a train crew -to eject persons steal
ing rides. Murphy, a tramp, was kick-.
ed off French's train while It was in
transit and suffered injuries cf -which
he died.
French denied ejecting the man, but
the Jury decided that he did and held
that the conductor had no' right to put
a man off his train while it was in mo
tion. SEEK REFORM IN
GOVERNING IOWA
Efficiency Engineers Recom
mend That Executive ' Be
Head of Departments.
Des .Moines, la., Feb. 28. The gov
ernor of Iowa will becomj the actual
head of every department in the ex
ecutive branch of the slate - govern
ment, while every Judge in the state
will be appointed by the chief Justice
of the supreme court, if the plans of
the efficiency engineers of the last
legislature are carried out.
The report of the engineers is in
the hands of the legislative committee
on rcLreucnuieut reiuriu. 1 iie
note of the recommendations is me
centralization of power and one-man
control in the executive and Judicial
branches of the government is part of
the revolutionary changes proposed.
The proposed system provides
that the governor be elected and that
he appoint directors general of the
departments of agriculture, com
merce and industry, public works,
health, education and caarllies and
corrections and himse:f be head of
the department of public safety. The
directors . general of the several de
partments shall constitute the new
executive council of waich the gov
ernor will be president.
End Portugal Riot Strike.
Lisbon. Feb. 2S. Announcement of
the conclusion, for the present, of the j
revolutionary railway strike in Portu
gal was made today by the committee
directing the movement. The action
Is regarded as certaia to bring tran
quility throughout the country.
POSTOFFICE HAS
S200,000STOLEN
Paris, France, Feb. 2S. More than
two hundred thousand cash wa3 sto
len today from the posio T.ce war03
at one of the railroad staUons.
STUDENTS STILL
FLEEING URBANA
No Deaths Have Occurred .Since
Last Tuesday and All Patients
Are Doing Well.
Urbana, 111.," Feb. 28 The University
of Illinois is semi-depopulated today
as a result of the continued exodus of
students, the largest number of fugi
tives yet fleeing last night. No deaths
have occurred since Tuesday and sat
isfactory reports come from the 20
students isolated, but the collegians
refuse to be calmed. University
authorities expect everybody back by
Monday, however.
The university exhausted the supply
of fumigating material available in
Chicago, where the wholesale drug
houses had to send to other cities to
furnish the disinfectant in the quantity
desired. Tbe first shipment was half
a ton. More than two tons were or
dered today. All meeting rooms are
being fumigated. .
The university announced that of all
the student patients, only one has a
temperature above normal, and no
fears are entertained.
The Champaign schools were closed
yesterday and churches requested not
to hold services Sunday. These are
merely precautionary measures.
In the midst of all the apprehension
a university fraternity brightened
things by sending out its initiates to
perform various ludicrous "stunts" for
the benefit of persons on the streets.
The university library is out of com
mission as a result of fumigation.
Miss Clara Ricketts, a patient, was an
assistant in the institution. Which will
not be opened until Monday.
The home of Professor E. H. Decker
of the college 'of law was quarantined
today. A young son has the disease
in a mild form. The Urbana board of
health last night decided not to per
mit the public schools and theatres to
open until Wednesday. Rose Stahl.
who was billed to appear last night in
"Maggie Pepper," was canceled.
LONDON COPPERS
HALT MOVIE AUTO
Chorus Girls Employed by an !
American Picture Concern i ' ,
n j tj t j 1 To Raise More RToney.
Get in Bad in London.- 1 chihuahua, Mexico. Feb. 28,-Gov-London.
England, Feb. 2S.-An au- ernor Chao is arranging for the pur
tomcbile containing chorus girls, sup- chase of $3,000,000 of silver bullion as
posed to be suffragets, attacking the a basis for a new issue of notes. Bank-
ui i-reinier Asquun, was
stopped by the jjolice as it dashsd
into Downing street today. The girls
were employed by an American mo
tion picture company, which, to make
the
raid" more realistic, had eoulDoed
the machine with the
militant organization.
colors of the
SWALLOWS $4.85 IN
NICKELS ON A WAGER
Belleville. 111.. Feb. 28. Louis Cam-
panl swallowed $4.85 in nickels, fol-
lowing a challenge by a fellow laborer.
The challenger swallowed seven nick-
els. Campanl became seriously ill.
Campanl and John Galvlni were dls-v
cussing fire, nail, tack and glass eat- ,
ers they had seen and Galvlni sug-
peBted a contest, proposing-the nick-
els. . ... j
VERGARA NOT
HANGEDjSHQT
BY FEDERALS
Huerta Promises a De
tailed Report of Kill
ing of American.
PROPERTY ALSO TAKEN
Victim, After Horses Are Stolen,
Slain by Troops While on :
. Way to Piedras Negras-. :
Washington, D. C, Feb. 28. Officials
discussed today the report of Captain
Saunders of the Texas Rangers say
ing that Clemente Vergara, the Amer
ican, reported hanged, had really been
kidnaped and shot by Huerta' s fed-'
erals. A demand for reparation ; has
been made to the Huerta government.
Charge O'Shaughnessy reported, that
he had made representations this
morning concerning Vergara's death
and that the Huerta government prom
ised a full detailed explanation of the V
killing. V
Captain Saunders in his report says
that on the morning of Feb. 13, five
federal soldiers commanded by Apo
lonio Rodriguez, crossed the Rio
Grande to an island belonging to the .
United States, took 11 horses belong-
; ing to Clemente Vergara, and theft
i called to Vergara to come to th'- is-
' lonil fn til a nrntn.t i o . Pn1v1miav
wished to pay for the animals.
Cross In Skiff.
Vergara and a nephew crossed in a
skiff, continues the report, and when
they reached the Mexican side the
federals pounded Vergara insensible
with the butts of their revolvers, then
carried him to Hildago.
The capture' was effected Friday,
according to Captain Sanders, and on
Sunday , Vergara was taken from the
Hildago JaiL and started under guard .
ostensibly for Piedras Negras,- but was .
shot to death after proceeding a short
distance. Vergara, Captain Sanders
says he was informed, was born in
Webb county, Texas, and had a pass
to cross the river signed by Sheriff
Sanchez of Webb county and Garsea
Galean.
Inquiry into the Benton case will
begin in earnest today or tomorrow'
with the departure of a special train .
from Juarez for. Chihuahua, furnished
by Villa, bearing British and American
representatives. Informal assurance
reached here that General Carranza
would use his influence to clear up the
Benton case. It is also supposed he
will secure compliance to the Ameri
can demand for the body.
k German Lad As Witness.
El Paso, Texas, Feb. 28. A German
boy who speaks imperfect English and
who claims to have been at Villa's
headquarters when Benton was killed,
is being considered by British Consul
Percival as a possible witness. The
lad, who was located here, says he
went to Villa's office to apply for :a
position, and was there from 10 until
3:30 in the afternoon before getting
an audience. About noon, he says, :a
man who looked like Benton was
brought out by guards holding his arms
behind him, apparently supporting
him. No shots were fired and the
prisoner was taken to a rear room.
The boy failed to get a Job.
Special Agent With Villa. '
El Paso, Texas, Feb. 28. Special
United States Agent Carothers expects
to leave here for Chihuahua tonight on
a gasoline velocipede capable of run
ning 40 miles a hour. He Intends to
remain with Villa throughout the tat
ter's southern campaign.
Federal Officers Executed. -:
Brownsville, Texas, Feb. 28. Fifty
Mexican federals and three officers
were captured by constitutionalists at
Rodriguez. Wednesday. It is reported
that the officers were promptly execut-
ers will accept ranches and houses
confiscated by rebels as payment. A
rumor that the federals evacuated
Torreon was denied by Villa.
MINERS' OFFICERS
HELD FOR MURDER
Houehton. Mich.. ia ikn
Hupta. secretary of the South RangV
local of the' Western Federation of
Miners, Nick Verbanan, an organiser.
and Joseph Juntnnen, a member, were
arrested today char god with murdering
three non-federation miners at Palnes-
dale. Dee. 7. Hupta. according to
Sheriff Cruse, confessed the plot d
its execution, which , was accomplteh
ed with rifles, ''-y- '
f ;