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SIXTY-THIRD YEAR, NO. 132.
THEROCK ISLAND ARGUS.
HOME EDITION
SATURDAY, 3LAKCII 21. 1014. SlXTEEX"lvrTzsT
ULSTER NEAR
CLASH WITH
KING'S ARMY
Thousands of Troops Be
ing Rushed to Province
to Suppress Rebellion.
ETHOiERULE:
PRICE TWO CENTS.
FEAR BLOODSHED IN IRELAND OV
vii i a pi imnc TfiDDcnftii
u ILI.H ULHIIVIO IUI1I1LUIVJ
Third Wedding at
the White House?
MANY OFFICERS RESIGN
Carson and Supporters Desire
Government to Take First
Provocative Step.
Dublin, Ireland, March 21.
The first victim of excitement
in Ire '.and was a soldier at'
Cnrragh camp, who too late for
roll call, today, attempted to
scale the wall at the barracks,
and was shot by a sentry. His
wounds will probably prove fa-1
taL
London, tnciund. .Marcn ii. in
caUtantliDg features of the news from
Ireland was the disaffection among of
ficer of the regular army under orders
to proceed to Ul:er with their regi- I
nnti. The actual number of reslg
la problematical, but consiu-
' -Jj
7 -v?.
an m Ait
j 1 .MuUtabS ixk- fa 1 1 mi in J I I
J I
I Or. Carj Grayson and Miss Helen
j Woodxow Bones.
i
MURDER HELD
PROMPTED BY
WIFPSJJRIEF
i Madame Calliaux Called
Before Court to Tell
Story of Shooting.
ADRIFT
FOR LOVE OF HUSBAND
Woman, Treated Royally in Pri
son, is Showered With Flow
ers and Messages.
Paris, France, March 21. Madame
Calliaux. assassin of Editor Calmette of
the Figaro, is being showered with at
tention by friends and acquaintances.
Hundreds of them have written to her
or left cards at the prison gate. She
receives huge bags of letters In every
mail, bouquets of flowers, baskets of j
fruit and packages of books. She
passed the greater part of the fore
noon answering correspondence, read
ing papers and conversing with her
husband and little daughter. She now
has three cells, a bedroom, dining
room and work room.
Madame Calliaux was taken from
prison to undergo her first examina
tion befora the mafistratA. Sohhlnsr.
Washlrtgton gossips are talking rion of the shoot-
about still another White bouse wed- j ing of Calmette. "I always took a
ding. This time the names of Miss ' ffreat interest in the public life of my
husband, she said. A two -years
! abominable campaign had been direct-!
and I was deeply
grieved."
REBEL CHIEF
LEADS 12,000
FORCE TO FOE
Decisive Battle of F.I ex i
can Revolution May Be
In Progress.
; s.
SUPPLIES FOR MONTH
; Outposts of Stronghold Are
Gained With Little Federal
Resistance.
l-'i"
nations
ib! of the army iB already short of Helen Wood row Bones, cousin of the
toaim ssioned officers. The war or-; president and Mrs. Wilson's secretary, j ,nHt h!m
iS ' i r Sieps lO rvpiitc u 111 li a ttliu ut, Al y i . ui suu, tuc csiurut a
who tave resigned. According to re-, friend and physician, are linked to
forv. however, the number cf vacan-1 gether. The two have been seen very
i U rap:dly increasing and it is pos- j often together of late, Mrs. Wilson,
;ii'.e all regulars serving in Ulster however, has Issued an official denial
est tave to be replaced by fresh i of the engagement.
troop to take the offensive. - This mo-l--- -
;ratary shifting of the immediate ; '
crfis from I'Imt to the army may i pending arrests which the unionists
Tacemakers the desired : contend orougm tooui me preseni
The return to London of . crisis.
give the
oaj:g.
former unionist premier Balfour has
pwn heart to the advocates of com
promise. He and Asquita understand
tne another.
Posting Houses Busy.
"Posting houses."" by which letters
and dispatches are delivered quicker
; than by government post, were busy
"Liberalism will not flinch an inch all night communicating with various
before the arroeant and insolent plague mobilization centers of the unionists,
of tor? is ra," said IJoyd George, chan-jA wireless station on the roof of the
cfUor of the exchequer, at a mass j old town hall was also at work, while
inerting of liberal at HuddleaGeld. lie rooms in the building were fitted with
as talking alo.il Ulster unionists. ! telegraph Instruments for the instruc
Ke said: Tae country is confronted ; Hon of women telegraphers, who are
IT the gravest issue in the history of : to take over the lines of communica
deaocratic government since the days tion. Drug stores in Belfast have laid
cf the Stuarts. We are not fighting in large supplies of surgical and medl
boot Ulster or home rule. We are cal equipment. There is a feeling of
SshJag for civil lii.erty." ! unrest and certain government
An off.clal communication says:! troops and officers quartered in Uls
The recent movement of troops to ter have openly expressed a disinclin
ITster was purely precautionary to ation to take the offensive.
Drotect dfnnts. armi. ammunition and Carson, the Marquis of London-
otter eovernment nrotertv. It has derry and Earl Ranfurley. who gener-
sot been and is not now the inten
GET NO EVIDENCE
OF A LOBBY FUND
Senator Overman Says Commit
tee's Investigation Has
Proved Fruitless.
Washington, D. C March 21.
"There is no evidence here of any
$50,000 fund," said Senator Overman,
chairman of the senate lobby commit
tee, yesterday afternoon at the con
clusion of the committee's investiga
tion of reports that euch a sum was
BIG REWARD FOR
YOUNG M'CARRICK
Mayor of Philadelphia Offers
Lost Boy.
$5,000 For Recovery of
r-v . y
Philadelphia, Pa., March 21. Mayor
Blankenburg last night issued a proc
lamation by authority of city. councils,
offering a reward of 15,000 for the re
covery of Warren McCarrlck alive, and
the arrest and conviction of his ab
ductors. The boy, according to the
proclamation, was last seen about 4 p.
m., March 12, near his home In the
southern section of this city.
He is 8 years old, weighed about 75
i pounds, medium build, sandy complex
ion and had a small scar on his cheek
He was dress-
being used in Washington by represent
. V " " In, ; .1 : bone under the left eye.
aeieai ui. ""'"f "u&, ed in a blue reefer overcoat, hig gum
strict the marketing of convict-made, boot( and & red knUted
gol3 . , . wf . . . . Q Numerous clues, several from out of
THE WEATHER
Forecast Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island, Davenport, Moliflo
and Vicinity.
Cloudy and colder tonight with light
snow, Sunday fair; brisk northerly
winds becoming variable. The lowest
temperature tonight w411-be -about J.0.
to 15 degrees.
Temperature at 7 a. m. 29. Highest
yesterday 30. Lowest last night 28.
.Velocity of wind at 7 a. m. 9 miles
per hour.
Precipitation none.
Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 52, at 7
a. m. 73.
Stage of water 3.2, a fall of .1 in last
24 hours.
J. M. SHEIUER, Local Forecaster.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Evening stars: Mars. Venus, Sntnrn
Morninj: stars: Jupiter. Mercury. Ver
ual equinox. Sprins begins at 6:03 a
m, Washington mean time.
narentlv closed this latest phase of ;
1 i l .. V 1
. . . , . t i ,j ,1 , ruBUlL auu uid 1.11 rui y wiai ii rr w no
ed to Edward Boyle, a Chicago attor- drowned In the Schuylkill river is
Daa r,H formerlv treasurer Of the Xa- ! giving auuiiion aupporu
t'on'ally expect wholesale detections, and i . . ... .
i.ou " .,tInai rnnference of the Charities and .
to move troops to Ulster except for j Captain craig anu omer unionisi
.. j . : unrlipm continue to hold "cabinet!
".C-J tuu I. UK IJUrjMJSes. . ,.
... i i. , ti.to. rnuncilg' 'at Craieavou. three mi.es i eu
:ilJ5L, KCIdUU, .'idlia A. ' " '
ti-U morning presented a martial
pect- All the towns were occupied
by soldiers, and regular army and
other detachment.-; were marching the
country road3 with long trains of
baggage and amir-unition on carts to
Mrtcgthen the varlcus garrisons. At,
3 nnionlat centers there are great J
stares of ammunition. Among "Uls
tr vo!ucteor3" throughout the prc
Tiflce there i- a feeling cf ictenne
wcltemeat.
Within 24 hours more than 3.000
fTilar troops, including four bat
talions of Infantry, with machine
com. and two batteries of field artll
krr. arrived at various towns In Uls
Theie troops formed the ad
aace guard of a large armed force
kiug -nt to the northern province
of Ireland to prevent the assumption
of the loval rovernment by antl-
toae rulers.
1 Torpedo Boats Arrive.
Field guns have been mounted at
Crriclcfcrgus castle, a military sta
tka 15 in lies Lelow Belfast. The
is of historic interest. William
M. having landed there. Orders
Usued to other batteries of ar
tillery m strategic points around Bel
t. Th-se preparations have not
ertd any public demonstration In
Ifast. Two torpedo boat destroy
n arrived at Belfast this morning.
8!r Edward Carson, realizing the
fulness of preventing an undiscl
osed outbreak, as a protest against
trops movements, axain urged Ul-
termen to keep cool during the week
Carson and hU lieutenants de
the government to take the first
Evocative steps. The city present
4 a tormal outward aspecC All
of business were open.
Old town hall, headquarters of the
PvUIonal government, has been
ft to ail. Important equipment.
Jkcunent. ciphers and other papers
t, been removed from hidden
aces after being distributed among
f most important leaders of the
ionisu. This was done in conse-,
'Vto&ct of the announcement of lm-i
Continued on I'age Klglit.)
WILL CARSE HEAD
STATE BOTTLERS
tional Conference of the Charities and
Corrections, who has opposed so-call-:
anti-convict labor legislation for'
years as legal representative or a .
group of manufacturers having prison
labor contracts. '
DYNAMITE FOUND
ON BANDIT'S BODY
BELMONT GAVE FIANCEE
THROW JOBLESS
ONES OFF A TRAIN
Stragglers From Kelley's Army
Battle With Railway Men
in California.
Washington, D. C, March 21.
Secretary Bryan announced
that a conference had been held
at Vera Cruz between John
Lind and Senor Bojas, Mexican
minister of foreign affairs.
Constitutionalist Headquarters, Yer-
; mo, Durango, Mexico, March 2L "Tor
j reon will be mine in a week," said Gen
( eral Villa today. With cannon planted
and everything In readiness. Villa and
1 12,000 men today were almost pre-
j pared to begin the investment of Tor
. reon In what is considered to be the
, decisive battle of the revolution. The
: rebel army gained the outpost of the
! federal stronghold without resistance,
j with scarcely a shot to check their
, preparation among soldiers and civil-
ians as to the time the battle will be
gin. -.'
The rebel columns occupied the en-
virons of the city without opposition .
' and the day was spent in wheeling or
dragging the field pieces Into position
JUDGE APPROVES
FRISCO RELEASE
Control of Two Lines in Louis -
HaaBelinquished. tQ.JSyndij t0 phelt JeCTederartrenchesr whlch
cate Of Promoters. inave Deen dug at every point wnere
i the federal commander. General Ee
' fugio Velasco, expects attack.
St. Louis, Mo., March 21. Federal The federal army Is estimated at
Circuit Judge Sanborn yesterday aft-. 9,000 men. " South and southwest of
ernoon approved the agreement by the city General Velasco's position is
which the receivers of the St. Louis j regarded as . almost Impregnable by
! reason of the . mountains through
and San Francisco railroad cancel an;whch on,y tnree msBca These
indebtedness against the road of near- ; haye ,ieen rendered almost impassable
ly $4,600,000 and relinquish owner-, fortificatlons and barbed wire en
ship of two subsidiaries in Louisiana ltanglementg. In other directions the
to the .syndicate Uiat promoted cUy Jg reached throUgh the desert and
them- . , . ' hlEh hills.
The agreement, which was filed j ,-,.. nrneress haft heen Blow
after six weeks of negotiations, pro-; because it wa8 necessary to repair the
vides for the surrender to the Frisco railroad tra, and bridges. This
of notes aggregating $3,964,000 held , morning( however, the road was open
by Albert T. Perkins, relieves the , from Yermo, where the troops have
Frisco of liability to take up bonds, ; been moblllzlngj to Mapimi and Mer
cancels claims of the latter company , .,, whlph nr onlv a. fw mliM
against the Frisco totalling $1,3S3,000. ; north of Torreon, and are virtually
Some of these items overlap but : 6uburbs of that city.
James W. Lysk, chairman of the re- j . . ,
M thl nleH insert-1 Army Traverse. Desert
ness approximates $4,600,000.
The surrender of the two subsid
iary lines the New Iberia and
Northern and the New Iberia, St.
Mary & Eastern, it was stated by Re-
At these two cities the troops de
trained and formed in columns in the
Intense heat. . 5
There was little loss of time
plunging into the desert, some mount-
ceiver Lusk, make. simpler the task d and others on foot Great clouds
$20,000, WIFE TESTIFIES :s Railroad's Watchman and
New York, March 21. Mrs. Ethel
A. R. Huesing Secretary-Treas
urer and Henry Carse a Na
tional Delegate.
Will Carse of this city was honored
at the meeting of the Illinois State
Bottlers' association at Chicago this
week with election as president Henry
Carse. who returned last evening after
atttndlng the meeting was chosen a
delegate to the national convention In
Louisville next October while A. D.
Huesing also of this city was e:ected
secretary-treasurer. W. Carse succeeds
August DeClerck of Kewanee as head
of the organization. Mr. DeClerck waa
also named aa a delegate to the na
tional meeting:
Loralne Belmont, who is suing Ray
mond Belmont son of August Bel
for a separation, told Justice Green
baum in the supreme court the story
of her elopement and subsequent de-
' sertlon by .the youthful husband.
The young wife said she knew Mr.
Belmont for two and one-half years
before they were married, and during
tha; time he gave her various sums of
money, on one occasion $20,000. She
was 18 years old when she met him in
Wounds Two Policemen Be
fore He Bites Dust.
Corona, Calif.. March 21. George
Redding, Calif., March
hundred stragglers from General
Kelley's army of the unemployed are
holding three freight cars on a siding
south of here as a result of a skirm
ish last night with the Southern Pa
cific railroad. The jobless to the
number of 150 attempted to beat their
of reorganising the Frisco. The sur-
21. One i render of the roads moreover, means
of fine desert dust marked their pro
gress over hummocks of cacti crown-
a separation of the parent lines sana ana through ary water
from two of the small- non-connection courses. Great tank wagons laden with
roads, "the acquirement of which was, the water supply which has teen
investigated recently by the inter-: uia s greatest proDiem, rummea in
state commerce commission.
1 the train, the wheels et times almost
both of whom were wounded beiore
the bandit fell dead. There was 23
sticks of dynamite on the body of
Morle. who. according to papers In his
1909, she said, and when he asked her;pocket8 came from Los Angeles.
to De his wire sne consentea oecause
Laporte, a railroad watchman, was . way north but were put off a rreight
killed early today by Sam Morie, a j train by the railroad police.
. j i - ui . The company refused to move the
bandit found In a box car. Morie was I & englne wm
riddled with buUets by two policemen, couled to tne cars. Tney wcre
'hauled to a siding a mile south and
! the three cars in which the men were
riding were cut loose. Fifty of the
imen scrambled onto the moving
train before it gathered headway but
FREE RIDING FOR
COP AND CARRIER
Chicago. 111-. March 21. The public
utilities commission today decided that
nolicemen. firemen and mail carriers
may continue to ride free on street
car and other public conveyances,
whether such permission Is embodied
in the franchise or not
IndlcUd for Killing Husband.
Dubuque, Iowa, March 21. Mrs.
Dora Braxaell was Indicted today for
the murder of her husband, Charles
Braszell, a motorman, at their home
two months ago. Mrs. Brazzell was
not arrested until today.
he told her he was Independent of his ! CTATF'S MINE DEATHS 164
father and had an income of $7,000 a I
Rate Compares Favorably With Those
of Other States.
Washington. March 21. Only 164
men were killed hi mine disasters in
Illinois during 1913, according to sta-
year.
Mrs. Belmont said she and Mr. Bel
mont went to New Jersey and were
married on Nov. 23. 1912.
On the morning of the third day
after" their marriage, she said, he
went to her and asked her if she
would accept $300 a month for life.
"I told him." Mrs. Belmont said,
"that I could not live on that amount
with him."
"'I don't mean for you to live with
me,' the witness said her husband re
plied. 'Will you accept that amount to
live alone? I told him I would not
and he said I was very foolish. He
then offered me $10,000 a year for
life, but I told him I would not
agree to any sum or to a separa
tion." Eight days after they were mar
ried Mrs. Belmont said her husband
left her.
the remainder were left behind. No
food was supplied the men today and
they went without a meal.
Los Angeles, Calif.. March 21. The
city decided to provide a camp site
for the unemployed who are waiting
to march to join "General" Kelley's
been under arrest will be released.
Oil King Gives Away $50,000.
Boston, March 21. A gift of $50,000
from John D. Rockefeller to the In
ternational Young Men's Christian
association college at fepringfield was
announced yesterday.
Ustics gathered by the United States -army at Sacramento. Those who have
bureau of mines. This Tatality record
compares favorably with the losses In
other coal mining states, which were:
Pennsylvania. 1.227; West Virginia.
337; New Mexico. 272; Ohio, 1C5; Ala
bama. 124, and Colorado. 108.
In tin army of 728,335 coal miners
there were 2,758 deaths last year. This
is an Increase of 425 deaths over the
previous year and gives a fatality rate
of 3.82 in every 1,000 men employed,
as compared with 3.27 in 1912.
Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, director of
the bureau. In commenting upon the
record for the year, says: "An exam
ination of the statistics develops the
disappointing fact that in our coal
mining operations during 1913 there
were killed 425 more men than during
1912. This Is an Increase of 18 per
cmt in fatal accidents, with an in
crease of only about 8 per cenl In coal
production." i
KEOKUK LOCK OPEN
TO TRAFFIC APRIL 1
The lock in the canal at Keokuk will
be open April 1 thereby vlrtua".ly open
ing navigation in the Mississippi river.
The date of opening Is fixed by orler
of Major G. M. Hoffman in charge of
the local engineers' office.
Wright Resolution Passed Along.
Washington. D. C, March 21. The
Wright resolution of Representative
Park of Georgia to Impeach Justice
Wright of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia, alleging im
proprieties on the bench and in public
life, was referreu to the Judiciary
committee-
Officials of the Frisco were inter- hub deep m the sand,
ested in the syndicate that prooted ! VIlla has food tor a month, 2,000
the New Iberia. The notes held by ', rounds of cartridges to the man, and
Mr. Perkins were given by the Frisco i his railroad service, unloss cut can
, maintain the water supply indefinitely,
i George C. Carothers, special repre
i sentatlvc of the state department ar
rived yesterday from El Paso and will
j be the guest of General Villa, whom
he has known lor many years,
throughout the campaign. His particu-1-
duty will be the safeguarding -.of
the rights of foreigners.
O'Shaugnessy May Resign.
Mexico City, March 21. Nelson
0"Shaughnessy, American charge
de'affaires, admitted yesterday that he
was seriously considering the question
of resigning. He says, however, that
if he does resign it will be because of
his bad state of health. Mr. O'Shaugh
nessy's physiclanMs not optimistic re
garding his patient's early recovery
from his attack of sciatica.
Provisional President Huerta yester
nition consigned to it by the United
tiassy here to receive arms and arnmu.
into he hands of receivers.
CONTINUE FRYER
CASE TO MONDAY
Arguments of Counsel Are Be
ing Heard By Large Crowd
of Spectators. '
Contrary to expectations the Sam
Fryer case did not get to the jury to-
day. When court adjourned at noon ,
Attorney S. R. Ken worthy for the de
fense, was still talking and Judge It- .
W. Olmsted decided to adjourn court
until Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
State's Attorney P. E. Thompson will ,
follow Mr. Kenworthy.
Great interest Is still helns- mani
fested in the case. The arguments of -ay aSreed to Permit the American era
the attornevs are listened to intenttv. states government for the protection
not only by the jurors but by the
spectators who have followed the case
since its start
Jury Acquits Miss Starr.
Chicago, 111., March 21. Miss El'.en
Gates Starr, one of the founders of sharp
Hull house, was found not guilty of Huerta's government and the embassy.
Interfering with the police in resisting
of American citizens in the event of
disturbance in the federal capital.
The receipt by the American em
bassy of the consignment of guns and
ammunition which Includes 250 rifles
and two machine guns comes after a
controversw between General
arrest
resses'
in connection
strike.
with the wait-
Jones Resoltulon Referred. ...
Washington, D. C March 21. Sena.
' tor Jones' resolution calling upon the
Abudul Hamid lit. president for full information of pro.
Constantinople. March 21. Abdul i tests against Panama tolls exemption
Hamid, deposed sultaln. la critically j was referred to the foreign relat"
III. committee.
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