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ARGUS. 'Ti'rn"i'"T" "' ' ".""' '" mmMU'im' t-JMBIjjCaWt Member of Audit ill Associated Press Leased Wire Report Bureau of Circulations SIXTV-FOUKTII YEAH. XO. 233. MONDAY, JULY 19, 1915. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. TEUTONS AR AXE MURDERS ARE CLEARED IN AN ARREST DANIELS GOES TO CONFER WITH EDISON THE ROCK MANY DEAD IN MEXICO CITY FOOD FAMINE GAINING FAST TOWARD RIGA Fighting in Full Swing on Russian Line From Bal tic to the Dniester. IS ON GIGANTIC SCALE General von Buelow Called From West to Direct Ex treme German Left. London, July 19. The total cas ualties of the Dardanelles expe d s ' i"inwy force to dale iu killed, wound wl ami missing have been L'.t,"l officers and men, Premier A told the house of com-Bi-.ii today. The total includes in til naval ami militjirj- branches i,l iV.k service. Out of an airereirate S.o4 cas wJttes amnn? officers, the prem ier's stat-tnenf said, the killed iianibered 1 .!);:?. T.'n Jon. July 19. Attention is now frrered on the gigantic operations iu j be eastern field of war where fighting i i-t I 'ill a win in nearly every sec- j t.oi. if tiie liussian i;a! io to the Dniester. line irom tne X von Huolow, who was on tiie k-i't of General von Kluck in the !:rr. invasion of France, now c om nia mis the extreme h'it of the German ah nice toward Riga, w hich is being conducted by cavalry on a scale ,.--w-iir.fr anything heretofore during th" war. B.-rllti claims a sieady ad vance and retroy;raJ concedes an ad- ar.ee after the Russian forces had made a stubborn contest. On Von Buelow's right is General v t. 'Eichhorn, who !s being help up by th- -refit R::;-s.ia") fortress, Osso On Von Kielihnm's right is Gen era; von OiU! '!(, whose name appears f-.-r "lie f.rst time in iarire opernii-in?. Ai'i r c apturing Pryasr.ysz. he is now pri siing n German attat-ts on the N;i r tiver and its tribnl ari-s. n; he famous Kawd.a and B7,ura ii1- s there is co:riiiarat!ve quiet, which is c-o refieeted em the south side (if Wi-ntiiw, but southeast, tile movement a; i.tts-t l.nbiin, which was temporarily ): V.ert, is again in full swinK May Withdraw From VTar-aw. Tit- Hussians must fight a defensive ba-ir- for the possession of Warsaw, or ah tndon all of Poland. The Germans ar.- cuisidfred undoubteiily to prefer th- frst issue, hence the Russians, in opinion of many inilliary obser-v..-s, ar" likely to attempt a complete withdrawal with their armies intact. Tie;e tremoudous activities by tiie 0. r::,.i r: in the east suggest that they hfiv.- little reserve left to devote to th' w.-sfrn campaign, which offers the erter,... allies a respite, either for the c:i ,;, tion of munition supplies, or a -. n'--.-t.-'d attempt to recapture Li Hie. Another view holds that the best, f rviw her allies could give Ilnssia at th!? time would be the, foreing of the P.rrateelles. It is possible that, the a!!'"--, -pay mmbine boh sue cost ed at-tf-Hi 's, hut it is unijuestionabie that frr "he time beime the center of srav-i-v :-. -lie w:lr has shifted to eastern Quiit on Western Front. Tie.- western frtint continues ouiet, eat a sign of any new develop n.ent. The Italians report some prog-r-fa In the mountains east of Tren tlr.e, wh-re tiie invaders are now strik it.s towards one of the two railroads s-'rili.i- Austria's Trontino forces. Tiie j;outh Wales coal strike situa tion continues serious, with the be lief p rowing that the only solution lies ftovernroent operation of the mines daring the period of the war. General Wood Passe. Los Angeles. Cab, July 19. Briga dier General Palmer Gaylor Wood, re tired. die,l at his home at Beverly Pii-s. near here, last night. General Wood had been ill for about a year. Fie was 72 years old. A wddow and cue daughter, Mrs. J. W. McGee of Oswego, X. Y., survive him. Last Steel Mill Kcsumes. Wlicling, W. Va., July 19. The last f the idle steel mills in the- Wheeling district was placed in operation today lien a part of the force returned to crk at the Riverside plant of the Na tional Tube company. Two weeks will te required to get all departments go ing ami give work to the 5.000 men who have been idle for 14 months. Kentucky Strike Fnded. Lexington, Ky., July 19. The coal miners' strike, which has been on in Sell county for two weeks, ended to day The men will return to work to morrow. The miners accepted the terms offered by the corporation. iJZ'-r C'V I .v w-'-' ! , w f ? T I - " v ft V'V. sf V ,';iV''- ? " " " v ' ; " ' Mi f - . ' - -iff y " " ' t it'll: , i , I ' " : 5 - '.iff ' - - I I I f . - f j """ III I ' V 1 I I 'k -11 V if V ' - r ? ' " f N ' i s a ii mimmm mwui i i MittL immwm t-iliBa welcouuug secretary at uavy. Joej,htis Daniels, secretary of the nary, went to the home of Thomas .. Edison, in West Orange, X. J., for a conference with the great inventor on ho personnel of tiie proposer! navy bureau of invention and the civilian ad isory hoard, of whom Edison is to be the head. NATIONAL LODGE OF MOOSE OPEi Tuo i'iieus.iiid .Mcmber. of Order in Attendance at Opoiiiiit;' Session at San luetto. I Saa Di go. Cal.. July IS. Two thou- sand rot-tubers of the Loyal Order of i Moose ar- :u ran Ii go tocay aiiend- ing the (penin; session of tiie naiional ; csuit eiition wnmti will continue UurouEiiout the week. In view of many j emertasi.njtst .features provided for ithe visitors it Las been dcided to hold i mrjruing st!;-:do;;s only, having the alt ! ernoons and evenings free for parlici S p:tion in various aiuusenicnts. ! Today's session was devoied to rout i ine tiusiness. Tiie most important ses- sion w ill le io-ld ai Te.-ate. Mexico, I tomorrow, wUt re the delegates are to (journey over ike Sun Do fro and Ari- zona railway. l ite election of su- preme otfiivrs and the selection of a ; site for a 550,t'i)0 sanitarium will de ' mand the attention of the convention. IXevv Mexico, I'oiorado, California, i Texas and ArUunu. have ofo-red ioca i tions. j In addition to delegates and lodges ! from almost every part id the i'nited States, members of tiie onb-r are here ifrom Toronto, Montreal, Victoria, ."ova i Scotia, Manila, Honolulu and Aias!a. ; TREES TO SERVE AS i CROSSING WARNINGS Clinton, Iowa. July lit. Warnings idf approach to railroad crossings,! brieves and bad turns, etc., on the Lin- : coin highway, will be fdven by trees.; a variety for each, replacing to a cer-; ' tain extent unsightly signs, under com- j I prehetisive plans for tiie preservation j and restoration ot nature along tne j national memorial transcontinental j road, according to Elmer C. Jensen, i Chicago architect, chairman of the American Institute of Architects' gen leral committee on the Lincoln high Iway, who, with Chairman Frederick W. Perkins of Chicago, Max Dunning .'of Chicago and Professor Wilhelm Mil ' ler of the landscape extension depart 'ment of the University of Illinois, mem ibers of the Illinois sub-committee, completed .here the Srst state line to state line trip made by any divisional committee. GERMANS TO PUNISH BELGIANS SEVERELY Brussels, July 19, (via London.) General von Biasing, governor general of Belgium, promulgated an order to day for the punishment of any Belgian between the ages of it and 40 who leaves the state to serve in any capac ity for a country at war with Ger many. The penalty provided is a fine of ?2,500 or five years imprisonment or both. Peace Convention for Chicaeo. Chicago, III, July 19. A two-day peace convention as a demonstration against, the entry of the United States into the European war will be held here on Sept, 4 and 5 under the aus pices of the Friends of Peace, an or ganization composed mostly of German-American societies. The conven tion will he a continuation of the or ganization's campaign started in New York City la June. HOOD POISONING flOW FEARED BY FRANK'S DOCTORS Prisoner Delirious From Wound In dicted by Convict in MiHedsfe viile Penitentiary. Miiled.eeviUe. Ga July 19. Physi cians who examined Leo M. Frank in the state prison early today said his condition was much worse. The jagged cut in his throat received at the hands of a fellow prisoner Saturday night was swollen and his temperature was 102 2-5. Dr. H. J. Rosenberg, the Frank fam ily physician, who returned to AtianUi last, night, believed Frank's condition warranted his leaving. He and anoth er Atlanta doctor were summoned back today. Early today Frank was restless, his temperature continued to rise and at. about daylight he was delirious at brief intervals. The temperature reached the highest shortly before S o'clock and then began to drop. At D o'clock it was a fraction over 101. Dr. Guy Conipton. the prison phy sician, was not so alarmed over the turn of the night as were the other attendants. He stated today that some f,..ver was to be expected and that the swollen neck was not necessarily within itself an exceedingly dangerous sign. Blood poisoning is most feared. The st itches seem to be holding. William Green, Frank's assailant, still refused to talk today. He is kept in irons. Some of the guards today re called that he had expressed a feeling of animosity toward Frank before the latter was brought to the prison. Dr. W. J. McXaughton, a convict, was near Frank when he was attacked. Dr. McXaughton, like Frank, was saved from the gallows by a commuta tion of sentence from Governor Slaton, who saved Frank's life in the same manner. Dr. Rosenberg today gave Dr. Mc Xaughton full credit for saving Frank's life. His quick work in making a liga ture of the ends of the Juglar vein stopped the flow of blood. Dr. Rosen berg also said that the muscles in Frank's neck were badly cut and if he lives he always will have a stiff neck. Seattle, Wash., July 19. Surprise and regret at the attempt on the life of Leo M. Frank by a fellow convict at the prison farm at Miiledgeville, Ga., was expressed here last night by former Governor John M. Slaton of Georgia. T do not believe that the attack on Frank could be traced to any outside influence working for Frank's destruc tion," he said. "I believe that the criminal mind, aroused perhaps by newspaper reports, was responsible. Frank was put in the safest place for him in the state." He said he had no reason to regret commuting Frank's death sentence to life imprisonment. "I would do it again tomorrow if confronted with the same possibility of mistake in the evi dence by which he was convicted," declared Mr. Slaton. Mr. and Mrs. Slaton will remain here a few days and then go to San Fran Cisco, i People in Capital Are Seen Struggling to Get Pieces of Carcass of a Horse. DISEASES SPREADING Report of Red Cross Is That the Task of Relief Is Almost Hopeless. yaro Sonora. Mexico, July 19, Carranza forces occupied this town after a brief skirmish with the Viiia garrison in which four of the defenders were wounded and 11 prisoners taken. The pris oners later were released and sent across the border to the American side. American residents were unmolested. Washington, D. C, July 19. An of ficial dispatch to the state department from Mexico City late today said Gen eral Gonzales and the Carranzaa rmy had "left the city," to take Pachuca. ! It did not say if they had evacuated, i Earlier private reports said General t Villa's southern column was approach i ing the capital. I The official dispatch said General i Gonzales had left six thousand men in ithe capital. Observers thought it in dicated he had gone to meet the Villa column. Washington, D. C, July 19. State department dispatches today from No gales confirmed earlier reports of the victory of Carranza troops over Villa j forces at Anavacachi, Sonora. The ' triumphant forces took possession of j Cacanea. I American Consul Silliman reported fthe arrival of large quantities of food at Vera Cruz and that wireless com- munication between Vera Cruz and j Mexico City probably would be estab i lished today by means of the new sta- tion at Chapultepee installed by Gen eral Carranza. Famine conditions in the capital are described by a Red Cross report re ceived today. Dated July 1, it says more than 100.000 women on the pre vious day applied to the international committee, for food tickets. Only 40, 000 were available, "Where formerly 200 people a day wen' to the slaughter house to get the blood that, is saved and given away," the report says, "there are now 2,000 daily besieging the gates. Xear there the other day, 20 people were seen struggling to get pieces of a dead horse." The report continues: "Infants in arms are given food en tirely unsuited to them and that is causing disease among adults. The rate of infant mortality consequently is very high. The adulteration of flour and other foods and the 'imitation of the coarser and poorer kinds are caus ing much stomach trouble, both among the Mexicans and foreigners, according to the statements of physicians. "The vastness of the misery already manifest, not to mention that wdiich is to be heaped on this land in the weeks to come, makes the task of re lief almost hopeless. From inter views with those who have been work ing at the problem for weeks past, all of the relief that they can give is but a touch of what needs to be given. "In some cities, such a Tampico and Vera Cruz, where there is still some business or favorable conditions exist, wages for day labor have increased so considerably that the rise in cost of food and depreciation of currency have not had such disastrous effect here as they have had in Mexico City and in most parts of this country." Conditions Grow Worse. "One man vouched for as reputable and trustworthy, has just returned from the United States by way of El Paso, Torreon and other points to the north, reports a marked change for the worse has taken place in the region through which he passed in the last three weeks. He mentioned Aguas Calientes as being in great distress. "In the acreage planted to corn and other grains this year in the great grain producing states is limited. Esti mates of this vary from 10 to 50 per cent, of the normal as an average, the most common being from 25 per cent. My own observation of fields between here and Vera Cruz is that not half of the normal is planted. Even if all this matures with a good yield and can be harvested, it is going to be far from adequate for future needs." Auditor on Job; Agent Shoots Self. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 19. J. C. Arrowsmith. for six years agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail road at Strawberry Point, today at tempted to commit suicide by shooting himself through the head. He prob ably will recover. An auditor of the road is checking hiB accounts. UNITED STATES TO ASSERT ITS RIGHTS UPON HIGH SEAS GERMANY IS TO BE WARNED Washington, D. C, July 19. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing today discussed in detail a draft of the note to be sent to Germany this week informing the impe rial government what the United States will do if there is further violation of American rights on the high seas. The return of President Wilson from Cornish, N. H., gave Secretary Lansing his first opportunity to confer on the policy to be followed as the result of Germany's failure to satisfy the American demands made in the note of June 9. It was understood that the president and Mr. Lans ing found that they had reached about the same conclusion that the next communication to Germany will be of a definite character, making unmistakably clear that the United States cannot be expected to remain passive in the event of another attack on an unarmed and unre sisting ship with a loss of Americans. The note, it is now practically agreed, will announce to Germany the intention of the United States to assert its rights on the high seas in ac cordance with international law. There probably will be little or no discussion on the principles already treated at length in previous notes. Prompt action in dispatching the note was generally forecasted. To morrow it will be submitted by the president to the cabinet and possibly may be revised again at. Friday's meeting. In official quarters it was agreed the communication will be on its way to Berlin by Saturday. Although it is not certain whether reference will be made to the at tack on the Cunard liner Orduna, it is known that the incident has swept aside previous suggestions that the next communication would take into con sideration that German submarine commanders in actual practice were con forming to the rules of international law. Irrespective of the details of the Orduna attack, the fact that a vessel carrying Americans bound to the United States and transporting no contraband was attacked without warning, impressed high officials that German submarine warfare still held forth many hazards for Americans traveling the high seas "on lawful errands." Secretary Lansing was at the White house for more than an hour. While he had been in frequent communication with the president since the latter went to Cornish, N. II., it is understood that he did not obtain until today the president's final decision of the extent to which tiie purposes of the United States be stated in the next note. The president is said to have become convinced that the next commu nication to Germany must point in much more emphatic terms than have heretofore been used, the earnest intention of the American government not to surrender any of its rights. LUMBER INDUSTRY IS NEAR TO RUIN PRODUCERS HOLD Government Is Asked to Keirulate Com petition Instead of Attacking Monopolies. j Chicago. 111., July 19 Governmental j regulation of competition as opposed , to the government's activity against 'trusts and monopolies is a necessity, according to representatives ot the lumber industry who presented formal statements describing present condi tions in their trade at a conference held here today between the federal trade commission and a commission representing the National Lumber Manufacturers association. Overproduction, uncontrolled price cutting and other ruinous competitive practices were blamed by R. H. Down man of New Orleans, president of the .National Lumber Manufacturers' asso ciation, for the present situation in the lumber industry. He described the situation as being one of demoralization for the last eight years, including at this time a condi tion of actual loss and a shameful waste of forest resources in the face of the necessity of providing employ ment for 695,000 men. on whom are dependent 3.475,000 persons. These figures, he added, showed the lumber industry to be the third largest in the United States in the number of em ployes engaged. President Downman was followed by Charles S. Keith of Kansas City, president of the Southern Pine asso ciation, who declared the lumber man ufacturing business practically ruined. He suggested that the only remedy was to stop the production of more lumber than the market can assimilate. The hearing will be continued to morrow. Sterling, 111. News has been re ceived by Mrs. Roy G. Woods that her husband had been shot and killed at Taos, N. M. The dispatch came from the dead man's brother, Chester Woods. Relatives have been trying to learn the details of the tragedy, but failed to get any information, except that the body would probably arrive here Monday night THE WEATHER Forecast Till ? P.M. Tomorrow, for Bock Island, Davenport, Mollne and Vicinity. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, cooler tonight. Temperature at 7 a. m. 69. Highest yesterday 81, lowest last night 65. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m. 3 miles per hour. Precipitation none. Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 77, at 7 a. m. 84, at 1 p. m. today 73. Stage of water 7 feet, a fall ot 2 in last 4S hours. X 41. SHEIUER, Local Forec aster. ASK EARLY TRIAL OF MONRO SUIT ON STATE FUNDS Several Clerks at Capital Have Betrun to Look for Other Work Because of Uncertainty. Springfield, 111., July 13. After a conference here today with A. R. Roy, assistant attorney general, Fayette S. Munro announced that he would be ready within ten days for a hearing of the appropriation suits Sied in the Sangamon county circuit court. Both Mr. Munro and Mr. Roy said they had agreed to file a stipulation in Judge Creighton's court this afternoon asking for a hearing before the June term of court, which is still in ses sion. "It is up to Judge Creighton," said Mr. Munro. "If he is willing to advance the case to some date in the June term both sides wdll be pleased to have the business thrashed out as soon as possible," As scores of state employes are working without any assurance of re muneration state oiliciais have ex pressed themselves as more than anx ious to have Judge Creighton act on the suits as early aa possible. With the prospects of having to wait possibly several months for their pay several of the people holding minor clerkships in the state house have be gun to look for other work rather than run the risk of getting into debt while waiting for their salaries. THE WAR TODAY Associated Press Summary. The Italian armored cruiser Giu seppe Garibaldi has been torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic by an Aus trian submarine, it is officially report ed from Vienna. The warship, which displaced 7,234 tons, and had a com plement of 650 men, was laid down 17 years ago. News dispatches from Athens report hard fighting on the Gallipoli peninsula with the forces of the Entente allies attacking along the whole front The attacks are said to have been success ful, but there is no definite newg an to the extent of the ground reported to have been gained. Belated dispatches from the Rus sian front tell of the recent concentra tion of great Austro-German forces on the 100 mile line between the Vistula and the Bug. It is here that severe pressure is now being put by Field Marshal von Mackensen on the Rus sian forces in the great Teutonic move against the armies of the Grand Duke Nicholas which has brought forth sim ultaneous attacks all along the front from the Baltic provinces to Bessara bia. Russia's army opposing General von Mackensen is declared to be one of the best she ever nut Into tha cld. Casimir Areizewski, Held at Brooklyn, Confesses Blue Island Killings. WHILE FAMILY SLEEPS Same Fiend May Have Com mitted Series of Crimes Extending Over Years. Chicago, 111., July 19. Police of a number of cities today went into rec ords of mysterious axe murders, while two Chicago detectives and Mayor Jouea of Blue Island, 111., left for Buf falo to bring back Casimir Areizewski, who is said to have confessed to the murder of Jacob Mialich, his wife, his daughter, Mrs. Mary Mansfield and her baby, Mary Mansfield, in Bine Island, III., July &, 1914. Areizewski was a boarder at the Mislich home and he told the Buffalo police that he waited until the family was asleep and then killed his victims with an axe. The similarity of the series of axe murders which began four years ago in Colorado Springs, stretched across the country to Ellsworth, Kan., to Monmouth, 111., and then to Vlllisca, Iowa, and east to Boston, led the po lice to believe that perhaps one man was responsible for all the crimes. The murder of the four persona in Blue Island, 111., in 1914 brought the total number of victims to 31. All the murders were committeed by a man who used an axe and the crimes were all the work of a man who vir tually left no clue behind. In each instance he waited until the persons were asleep. All the crimes were committed on a Sunday night List of Other Crimes. A list of other axe murders in re gard to which Ariezewaki will be Ques tioned when he returnB to Chicago, follows: H. C. Wayne, wife and child and Mrs. A. J. Buruhani and two children, Col orado Springs, Col., September, 1911. William E. Dawson, wife and daugh ter, Monmouth, 111., October, 1911. William Showman, wife and two daughters and a son, Ellsworth, Kan., October, 1911. Roll in Hudson and wife, Paola, Kan., June. 1912. J. B. Moore, four daughters and two girl guests, Villiaca, Iowa, December, 1912. Mrs. Mary Wilson and Mrs. George Moore, Columbus, Mo, December, 1912. Mrs. Hanson Parks and son, Boston, October, 1911. Admits He is Man Banted. Buffalo, N. Y., July 19. Caalmlr Areizewski, 21 years old, In custody of the police here, admitted today that he was the man for whom the police of the country have been looking la connection with the murder of four persons at Blue Island, III., July 6, 1914. In a statement he denied having committed the murders and said that he fled when he learned that he was suspected, hoping that the real mur derer would be captured in the mean time. The man's arrest was brought about by his peculiar conduct. For sev eral hours he stood at a corner oppo site tiolioe headquarters. At times bo wonld start across the street as if to enter the building aand then wonld return to the place on the corner. His actions attracted the attention of Chief Regan, who directed that the man be brought in. Fie offered no re sistance and made his statement vol untarily. ROTARIANS' ANNUAL MEETING IS OPENED San Francisco. Cal., July 19. The Sixth annual convention of the Inter national Association of Rotary Clubs opened here today. C. H. Victor of San Francisco, president, called the meeting to order and delivered an ad dress of welcome to the 3.500 delegates in attendance from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia and Flawaii. Individual conferences by th var ious trade and professional sections of the association are on the day's pro gram. A banquet to officers and di rectors and their families cloeed the day. Tomorrow will be observed as "Ro tary day" at the Panama-PacISe ex position. The convention will be In session all week. Planned to Blow Fp Railway Shops. Montreal, July 19. A man giving the name of Demetro Jdorello, said to be an Austrian and in whose possession explosives and incriminating docu ments were found, was arrested today while measuring the Angus shops of the Canadian Pacific railway, where, munitions of war are made.