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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.
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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.