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THE ROCK . ISLAND ARGUS. SEItI Associated Press Exclusive Wire SIXTV roi KTII YKAK. NO. :j. WVKDXKSUa OCTOHHK 21, 11)1 i. TWELVE PAGES. PRICK TWO CENTS. R'S FORCES SA ATTEMPTS 0 Berlin, Oct. 21. French, British, Russian and Belgian killed and wounded is estimated at three Quarters of a million men. KAISE REPULSE FOR GERMANS ALL ALONGCOAST Correspondents Report In vading Army is in Re treat in Belgium. ATTACKS ARE VIOLENT Captain and Crew of British j Steamer Sunk by Kaiser's Submarine Reach Land. The War Today Attacks of t'.e Germans. especially ! Tere a; Nieuport. Pixmude and Ia- J Basee l Tuesday), were repulsed, save 1 t French otF.cial communication. Tbre appears little doubt that the ' German advance ia Russian Poland ab to successful tliat Warsaw is ferlousiy threatened. ! Berlin information Is that there has bea co Important change in the sit-. nation jr. the center of the western ar ior.es. Tnrky's attitude is a matter of con cern to all the bei'.'.cerents. The Porte Is eaid to hare forbidden warships to i ea.fr : e gu;r of bmyrr.a. , No darnac- was done by the Ger- j man In the cities of G::er.t and Bruges ; fcen they were occupied without re- chuutce. Paris. Oct. 21. An of!ici?1 state mest of the war ofTce says eterday tuck of the enemy were particu larly violent at Dixmude, but were all rpu!sed. At all other points there is bo charge. London, Oct. 21. Advices from cor respondents in the field agree that the Germans met reverses along the chan-! tel coast of Belgium aad are retreat-1 ln. i The Paris correspondent of Reuters ! "7s the French are making progress ; on the right kack ot the river Meus. I ad that the great battle in the north I is not decided. i German cit zens In Brussels, have.sing Tau Refugees Say ThoU aavisei t,y trie German military j cenmander to leave in 4S hours, says ; an Exchange Telegraph mersage from Axiterdam. I London. Oct. 21 An official com ! maclcation from Vienna says the bat-. t fa centr;;! Galieia ;.as pro'.m fiercer. atten,ts of the Russians to re- ! ra'n Mag'.era have failed. More British Steamers Sunk. London. Ort. 21. The German rruis- er Enrlen reported the bad sunk the nt!sh Hteariier.s Chilkara. Troilus. Betuiiohr at.d Clan Grant l.V miles aouthwett of Cochin. Hritish India. Lcodon. O't. 21. -Captain Johnson snd a crew of f, of tiie Hritish tteain " Glitera. wiiich was sunk by Ger-S-ia subfiiarir.e-. iiave arrived at S'.aar.g-r. Norway. The Ilag:i-. rt. 21. Rumors that the liner Potsdam struck a m:ne are "sfounded. The Potsdam is at dock in Rotterdam. Portable Phone Routs Cuns. On tl.e p.att:.- Front, via Paris, Oct. --Oa t:.- ea-'ern wing, along the -wise. havy f:gi.t;r,g is incessant, and this the French artillery Is playing Bloat important part. The onen-"V-td fire t,f several French batteries t St. Mihiej Mo.'id.iy destroyed a coru P'te Lattery of heavy Crrman artil Tf which iiad been causing Kr-at an "oyaace. It aa due to the clever work of a P-erich 'arti;;.-rrr.ari that this was ac- TOtr.n;sh(.d Carry in a portable field : ---p:ione, he i.j.i ;i:r.s.lf for two days 'r tut. i;,.r!,,n'i xt. Hit ri arid inform-! fl b!s comrade in ,U rt--.tr i,t the Positions of t.'i G-.-t iari guns and the ' direction i;, wl.:, :, they should fire. informal. f,r. rendered the Ger-! "position ui. .-! able, and when his s - I 24 PERSONS HURT WHEN TRAINS HIT j ! 1 Chi- "agi rw 2j Ttteni v-four tier n ere i.rt l .tiiv '..f 'ka i Cl.iri,.,.' i. tiHnIi ! Durban train to..U it,u ,n, track f "Mi . a inuLrmr passenger on the Heamshlp - nc nipi n ' a work train. Only : i! 'T1 "o-Sl. " Maid Against Mrs. Edwin Carman, her husband and daughter Elizabeth. Minrola. K I.. Oct. 21. Celia Cole man. necro maid in the Carman' home, star witness for the state, today In tiie trial of Mrs. Carman, charged with tn& n,ura-er of Mrs. Louise Bailey, tes- tified MrJ Carman appeared w ith a pisioj - .j., j,cr hand' a monrrni after Mrs. Bailev had been shot, and said: "I shot him." The witness thought this referred to Dr. Carman, husband of the defendant. "Next morning." th? wi'ness said. "Mrs. Carman came to my room and said. Oh. why did I kill that woman? I hope God will forgive me. Stick to mr. and if anything happens to you j I'll take care or? your little b'y." LOSSES TO JAP IN CHINA ARE HEAVY sand3 of Invaders Fall in Recent Attacks. p, king. Oct. 21. Refugees who have .... - . . ,. r.w; ,.a CO.Ilf out UL ifiu'iau, mc ii'miu position in the German possession in Shantung province, are authority for the statement that up to the time they left the Japanese had lost sev er&l thousand men before Tsing-Tau. while the casualties of the Germans did not amount to more than several hundred. Reliable information obtained here is to the effect that a Hritish detach ment sustained a number of casualties whiln crossing land that had been mined by the Germans in Kiau-Chau. work was done the brave gunner re turned safelv to the French lines. The scenes behind the battle lines denote the characteristics of the var ious iiati ns engaged. The French soldiers are very gay, singing when they return from the trenches and al ways tit-king to learn all the news from any new arrival from the rear. They gather branches from bushes to make fires on which they boil their soup and -coffee. The Helgians are somewhat the same in character, but the recent damage to so many cities of Belgium has rendered them rather gloomy. though they are btill full of fight and ure of eventual victory. . Tin Hritish anuear to be ready to the slightest opportunity to plav M,riie game when off actual duty. They ar,, always cleanly shaven and love to plunge into a creek or river. Behind their trenches ore many kneading troughs captured from tho Gcrm-jn commissariat and now turned into tubrf. The Indian troops maintain a calm silence except jfhen in action. Then they utter wild cries in their eastern languages as they enter the fight. France Seeks 20,000 Horiei. N'ew York. Oct. 20. The purchase 50000 'torses for the use of the, Fren - h government is the mission of Captain de Baleeaud of the French army, u iaas.-u.-, . .... r.. v . TralDe' Whlth arrlVeJ t0dity Mrs. Carman The witness told of seeing the body cf tho dead white woman on the floor j in Pr. Carman's ofllcc after the shot! was fired. I .Replying to a question of 'the dls-1 tnrt atiryre-y. ,;e witness aanmiea the story she sold at tho coroner 8 in- ouest. that hc d.d .not know anything of the shooting, wns untrue. The witness said she lied because Mrs. Carman asked her to do so. Cella, on cri;s examinatioti. said Dr. Carman had told her not to change her story and he would taka care of hr-r. She said Mrs. Carman gave her to for "keeping her mouth shut." JV I THE WEATHER II Forecast Till 7 P. M. Tomorrow, for Rock Island, Davenport, Moline and Vicinity. Unsettled weather tonight and Wed nesday, not much change in tempera ture. Temperature at 7 a. m. 53. Highest yesterday 7S. Lowest last night o.'l. Velocity of wind at 7 a. ni. 5 miles; per hour. Precipitation none. Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 65, at 7 r.. m. OS. Stage of water 4.6, no change in last 21 hours. J. M. SIIERIKR, Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Evening stars: Mercury. Jupiter. Mar. Venus. Morning star: Saturn Venus at her brightest; occuluitiou. pltinot and moon. Plauet Mercury also exceptionally bright. Meteors. ASK COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE OF 16 Peoria. 111., Oct. 21. Enactment of a law raising the compulsory school age limit to 1 years from 14 is to bo asked by the state Federation at La bor from the next legislature. The Federation also has approved the pro gram of vocational education. PACKERS OPPOSE LEVY UPON OLEO Chicago, 111., Oct. 21. Resolutions protesting against government tax on oleomargarine were adopted at the dosing session of the American Meat Pack rs' association today. Congress was also asked to aid in the fight to eliminate tuberculosis from food ani mals. A resolution was adopted pro testing against the railroad switching charge. The packers elected these officers: President J. J. Feline. Philadelphia. Vice President H. R. Smith. Balti- more. Secretary L. McCarthy, New - TruurerM. N. Agger. Cincinnati. DUNNEHOLDS ROADS CAUSE OF SICKNESS Quotes Experts as Show ing Loneliness Produces Mental Disorders. STATE IS FAR BEHIND Delay in Betterments Partly Due to Fight Made on Re cently Enacted Law. Chicago, 111.. Oct. 21. A connection between bad roads and diseased minds in women was pointed out today by Governor Dunne, who in addressing the Association of Commerce said rural isolation due to poor roads was held by experts on mental disorders to have a bad effect. Illinois is scan dalously in the background as com pared with good roads work in other states, the governor said. Of 93,000 miles of roads in the state only 10 per cent is permanently improved. Poor roads not only tended to keep farmers' wives and daughters at home and cause loneliness, but hindred crop distribution and kept children from school. Governor Dunne said delav to road work in the state w.ts partly due to the fight made against the state aid uaooit . -roarie law -wflich the supreme j courf has nQW constitutional le ,d imder th,s ,aw tfc t,ma Jg com. wfaen . lm t3nt trade renter .-. .. , k ill i . " 1 ii I V. ' aia tuiim v n,n uj paved highways. EX-CHICAGOAN ON TRIAL FOR DEATH IN ENGLAND London, Oct. 21. Claiming a record of curing delirium cases given him by the Ccok county hospital in Chi- , V... i lirt ntnvpH t r Knirl.ind from the ITnited States by invitation of the Duke and I)uches3 of Manchester, testified in his own defense yesterday in the old liailey police court. He was charged with manslaughter, the police alleging he caused the death of Miss Kate Scott in his institute at Isleworth last Juno through the administration of a drug. FIFTY KILLED IN WRECK London, Oct. 21. A dispatch to the j Chronicle from Pas-de-Calais. dated i Monday, says that between 40 and 50 passengers were killed and 80 were in jured in a train wreck Saturday at Marquiz, between Calais and Bou logne. Two trains, carrying soldiers and refugees, collided owing to the fact that a broken signal w ire released the danger signal. Many carriages were wrecked. DAMAGE SUIT SETTLED BY STIPULATION TODAY The case of Charles Lanaghen, by Anna Lanaghen. his next friend, against Robert V. Larson, was set tled by stipulation this afternoon in circuit court. It was claimed that on August 23. this year, Larson while driving his automobile down Four teenth street, collided with the plain tiff on his bicycle at the corner of Ninth avenue, was brought. Suit for $193 damages CONTEST TO BREAK WILL OF AMOS GOLDEN STARTED Hearing of the case of Levi A. Golden vs. Charles J. Golden, et al., bill to set aside the will of the late Amos Golden, was started this after noon in circuit court and it is expected that it will take two weeks to try. Walker. Ingram & Sweeney and Wil liam Jackson appear for tho propon ents, and Searle & Marshall for the contestants. It is claimed that the testator was of unsound mind and memory and unduly influenced at the time of the making of what purports to be his last will and testament. DEFENDANT IS PAROLED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY Anton Bergrant. recently indicted on a charge of larceny, plead guilty in circuit court today, but because It was hirt first t.ffePse was paroled under X ,fiO bonds to W. A. Golden, adnl pro bation cfllcfr. C. L. Hubbard was hia attorney. The defendant was charged with btealing a watch and other Jew elry from John Gez, Sept, 22, Bomb Throwers in Ostend IS Z, oCS?'i f - - At Photo shows the ruins of a fish wrecked by a Zeppelin bomb. SINGLE HANDED A WOMAN WARS ON GOTHAM FLIRTS New York, Oct. 21. Dr. Ein?st C. White, who returned from Paris after seven years and was arrested as a "masher" on complaint of Mrs. George Howe, whose husband is a nephew of President Wilson, began his sentence of 10 days in the workhouse today. "I had that man arrested," Mrs. Howe said today, "because I had prom ised Dr. Howe I would call a police man the next time a Broadway flirt spoke to me." ehe said. "Threa years ago J came to INew Y'ork to study elo cution. Since that time I am sure that no less than five hundred men have tried to 'flirt with me in the streets. "Please do not think me brazen for making that statement. I am simply telling the truth. I am a member of the Woman's Suffrage party and of the Political Equality league. Ask any one in either of those organizations how women are insulted in New York streets and you will obtain some ainaz-j ing facts. ! 'I am anxious to help in any sort of a crusade the reepoctabla women cfj INew York .may start against Broadway "mashers." " these QUEEN'S BROTHER KILLED! Kin of Dowager of Netherlands Slain While on Patrol Duty. Amsterdam, via London. Oct. 21. The Handelsblad has published a dis ratch which declares that Prince Wol- raJ Frederick Waldrck-Pyrmont. half ' brother of Emma, Iowager Queen of tho Netherlands, has been killed in the western theatre of the war. Longest Lock Opened. Sault St. Marie. Oct. 21. The third lock a", the St. Mary's canal system, j said to be the longest in the worl.1 was today op?ned. It is 1.230 feet long and coet $6,230,000.- STEEL TRUST HAS OPENED DEFENSE Philadelphia. Oc t. 21. Richard Lin-; dabery today opened the ens.; for the ' defense in the suit of the government ) to dissolve tho I'nited States Steel t rnrr.nrntlin :i n trust He sjil he' knew of ID imr-nrmnt case in which W llli I' I :.,jtjf.u ! so little suppression of co r.pe i .4.. v. , ' . . ... 1 conclusion of that mnde by Jacob N. nicklnscn, chief counsel for the gov ernment, who ended tolny his attack on the corporation after epeakiug Ave hours yesterday, , Ml 1 4 K npl teJf-jxi act ;: t er'.l Mt V shop at Ostend, Belgium, which was ARMY IN MEXICO TO RETURN HOME Aguas Calientes Convention Agrees to All Requests of American Government. Washington, Oct. 21. The Mexican convention at Aguas Calientes grant ed all requests made by the American government, a prequisite to the with drawal of troops from Mexico. The government will not order withdrawal till Carranza issues a proclamation giv ing guarantee to citizens of Mexico who have served the United States. There is no official confirmation of yesterday's report that Villa had plared an army of 18,000 so he could marc'i on Aguas Calientes, where the Mexican national convention is in pro gress, within an hour. PROTEST SEIZURE OF ROCKEFELLER British Warship Takes Ameri can Tank Steamer En Route to Copenhagen With Oil. Washington, I). C, Oct. 21. The government "ias protested to England against the' seizure by a British war ship of the American tank steamer John I). Rockefeller. The Rockefeller flew the American flag, and was operated by American officers and crew. She was bound for Copenhagen from Philadelphia, both neutral ports, and carried a cargo ot illuminating oil. It was learned later that fie British government had declared illuminat ing o'l contraband, but notification had not been sent to neutral coun tries. New York. Oct. 21. The Standard Oil steamer Plauturia flying the Amer ican flag was seized by British war- ships c.rf the Scottish coast and taken to Stornoway, Lewis islands, says a ni-cssage from her captain, .,. ""iTTT. ZZ PltHli. nra Tall, r 1. . A ,4 1 : "u-v.ainy Chicago. III.. Oct. 21. Editors and .... . .... publishers of Illinois newspapers dis- plans ior ciean, sate ana sane adwrttsin at the fall meeting of the Illinois Dally Press association today, Revolution Suppresssd. Lisbon, Oct. 21. A revolutionary outbreak in the cities of Braganza and Mafra has been suppressed. REASON GONE PRIEST KILLS DEPOTAGENT Hillside Pastor Assaulted After an Argument Over the War. THEN BECOMES MANIAC Fatally Stabs Thomas W. Pat terson, Stops Train and Ter rorizes the Passengers. Chicago, 111., Oct. 21. Temporary insanity from a blow on the head is said by friends of Father J. J. Mul len to have caused his outbreak last night at Hillside where he stabbed to death Thomas 7W. Patterson, rail road station agent, and stopped an express train and terrified passengers before he was overpowered and placed in jail. The priest was on an automobile ride wth Felix Scomini and became involved in a quarrel with some men in a saloon in Hillside in a discus sion over the war. He had left the saloon and started to crank the auto when some one hit him a blow on the head. He seemed to lose all mental control and drawing a knife . rushed, to' the stationV'where he stabbed Pat terson to death when the station agent left his office to see what the com motion was on the outside. Mullen stood In the middle of the track and the train was forced to stop. He dropped the knife before he jumped on the train, but is said to have struck several passengers. In jail he grew feverish and dozed fitfully. His hair was clotted with blood from his wound. Has Brain Concussion. The saloonkeeper at whose place Mullen visited said the priest threw metal caps from pop bottles at him and had to be driven out on this ac count An alienist examined Mullen today and found concussion of the brain. His mind was a blank from the time he started to crank the auto till he was revived in jail. 3 DISPUTED ITEMS IN WAR TAX BILL Washington, Oct. 21. Three dis puted points remained to be consider ed by the conference managers of the two houses when the war revenue bill was taken up today. The matters yet unsettled had mainly to do with the tax on beer and rectified spirits. Set tlement of these points, it was be lieved, would make the situation ready for bringing the remainder of the bill to agreement. After a conference with the presi dent Representative I'nderwood and Senator Simmons took up the pro posal to reduce fie senate tax of $1.75 on beer in the war revenue bill and restore the house tax on gasoline. Beth leaders are hopeful for agree ment and adjournment of congress Saturday. ASPIRANT FOR CONGRESS HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Carmi. 111.. Oct. 21. Thomas S. Wil liams, the republican congressional nominee in the Twenty-fourth district, and Albert Bchleber were seriously In jured yesterday when the automobile in w'lich they were touring White county overturned. A dog leaped in front of the car. Bohleber tried to turn aside, and the machine upset. Rczhelle. 111., Oct. 21. Edwari Wade was killed and Clark Fan-ell of Orsgcn fatally injured yesterday when their auto upset on a sandy hill. BODY OH TRACKS; SUSPECT MURDER Galena, 111.. Oct. 21. The mangled body of Albert Einsweiler was found on the railroad. Pending an investigation his (brother is held. Two men found In the railroad yards are also held aa ' Hispcted car robbers, . 1 - - uvoyjiAt ireatiueou ii'i