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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
HIS RULE IN SIGNING PAPERS
ENpIrIns the CircumIocution of Orders for
Department supplies.


lie then described the office circum-
locution of an order for supplies. and
also explained that under the law the
chief clerk of the first assistant post
master general would act as first as
SiStant postmaster general in the lat
tCr'S absence. The witness was shown
a bill for fasteners signed by Machen
and marked Correct" He said he
was governed in placing his own sig
nature thereon in approval 10y the fact
that the voucher seemed in regular
form. properly initiated. He had been
informed that Miss I.icbhaTdt. Mach
ems stcnoGraphcr and chief clerk.
Frequently signed Machcn'S name.
Heath. replying TO questions hy Tag
CART. said that the number of fa>t,u-
CrS required would bc determined 10y
rruuiSitions of poStma StCr>. The price.
however. would be fixed in the depart
meHt. and would originate with the ~U-
periuteudcnt of the rural free dvliy-
cry division. CToSs-cNamiucd 10y Doug
lass. Heath said that after an article
had been adopted 10y the department
and its price fixed. ana il had become
standard article of supply. the gu-
ing of acquisitions would be Il matter
OF routine He was unable 10 say for
how long time before he came into
the office the Grof fastener had been
regarded as standard.
He admitted that on the face Of
some of the documents shown HIN
the reduction in the price Of the fast
enerS from SlJO TO S1.25 each was II
voluntary and spontaneous act of
Machen. Regarding the number of
boxes needed Heath said il would lee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
MOB RESISTED AT MUNCIE
Good Citizens Denounce the Law-Break-
er> who Gave Notice to the Ne
groes to Leave.

Muncie. Ind. Jan. 1G.-Thc threats
Of violence made 10y Il party of forty
masked men when ali of the negroes
living in Normal City. a suburb. We're
requested TO leave before last night
was responsible for an increased at
tendance ut the meeting of the Nor
NAL City Commercial club. ResOlu-
tions were passed 10y the club denOunc-
ing mob violence and requesting every
moral citizen to do all in their power
to suppress it.
1t is believed that trouble will Oc
cur. as violence has been threatened
by members of the vigilance commit
tee. None of the neGroe families has
moved out as requested. and Marshal
Priest and Sheriff Swain have made
preparations to give all citizens pro
lection.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
Massachusetts Commit
tee Holds Profit Shar-
ing an Evil.
NO GAIN TO employees
Compulsory Arbitration
Said to Have Its
Drawbacks.

HoStOn. Jan. l6-PrOuuUnCVd opuo-
siton to plans for Industrial profit
sharing under compul>.on is express Ell
i'll the report of the Massachusetts
committee on relations between en-
ployer and employe. This committee.
the members of which are Carroll II.
Wright, Henry Sterling, Roya! Rob
bins William y. OSgOod and Davis
r. Dewey. was appointed last June hy
the governor of Massachusetts at the
direction OF the legislature. 10 consid-
er legislation concerning the legal
relations of employer and empIoye.
Grave Question Is Suggested.
1t is difficult to understand" says
the committee in its report how
general plan of proiit-Sharing under
compulsion can advance the interests
of all connected with il. Whether
The outcome would Ice Il depression of
the rate of wages in proportion to the
extra profits added 10 such wage under
the bill proposed. 80 that within Il
short time the total compensation re-
ceiVed by the empiOyc would equal
only the amount previously received
10y him as wages. is Il very grave quCs-
Uion."
No Use for Compulsory" Arbitration.
y measure establishing II system Of
voluntary prOtit-sharing under state Su-
pervision is also objected To. on the
ground of cumbersome or impra cti'a-
hle provisions. The committee pro
nOunceS compulsory arbitration Il
contradiction i'll terms. and does not
believe that n measure looking To IL
binding arbitration of Industrial dis
putcs by public authorities. regardless
of the wishes of both parties tn an
entirely private controversy. is in full
accord with sound public policy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
INSANE CHEMIST KILLS
HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF

Philadelphia. Pa. Jan. l6:-kcnder-
ed insane by illness Edward X. Ian
lis. an expert chemist. Yesterday shot
and killed his wife Emma and then
ended his own life with the same wea-
pom. The killing took place IN the
Lands residence.
Mr.. Lands was 53 years of age and
hi~ wife was - years old. He WAS a
prominent member of the Engineers
club of this city.
He Was graduated from the tniNer-
~itN of Peuu>y ylvania 81 years ago. af-
ter which he travelled extensively and
studied i'm many Of the European uni
ver>itie>. Fifteen Years ago he open
ed a laboratory here. which was yi~-
tied by chemists from all parts Of this
country and Europe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
FIRST IMPORTANT TESTIMONY
Witness Says the BechteI Family Was
Awake at 3 in the Morning.

Witness Says the BechteI Family Was
Awake at 3 in the Morning.
Eugene HartZcli. II neXt-door neigh
Dor, gave some important Information.
While i'll The outlIouse on his premises
It = Il. III. Monday he saw light in
BcchtClS kitchen. the rear door being
open. Witness heard the voices of Il
man and Il woman. He also heard
water flowing into the cCSSpool from
the Bcchtcl home. Two hours IaTcr
BechtcIs door was closed and no wat
or was flowing.
Miss IIilda DrciShach stated that
she called for Mabel BcchtcI on Mon
day at 300 Il. IN. to accompany her
To work. Myrtle told her Mabel would
not work that day. In the evening
witness brought Mabel'S working
apron from the silk mill and handed it
to Charles Bechtel. Witness never
heard Mrs. Bechtel and Mabel quarrel.
w. K. Whtehorne. professor of chem
iStry at Muhlenburg college. identified
the articles in evidence and reported
his analysis of Mabcrs stomach and
its contents. There was no poison
discovered.
III w W I-Slldtu CbIIODOIdltu NtI-
Oner Schcirer'S evidence as to Mabers
clothes. wounds. etc. He said Il groOved
corrugated instrument made the
wounds over her right ear and Il con
veX instrument struck ut right angles
caused the wound on the forehead.
All wounds but the latter could have
been sclf-infiictcd. Death. he said. was
due to fractured skull.
Police Chief Eastman stated that
Tom Bcchtel said the OverallS lying
in Millcr'S yard were his. Witness
told of fiudin" the blood-staincd gar
mcntS ana articles in the Bcchtel
home. Undertaken Y. +. WOndorly
Identified the clothing taken from
Mabcrs body. Tom called at the
mOrGue he said. TO see the body. and
was ViSihIy affected. During this tcS-
timony Mrs. Bcchtcl wcpt freely. her
body quiveriuG rs she gave expression
To her sorrow.
This closed the days proceedings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
Feudist Kept His Promise.

UniOntOwn. Pa. IAN. l6.-ln fulfill
ment of his promise james Swaney.
the mOuntaineer who was allowed TO
20 home in order 10 spend the holidays
with his family after having been
found guilty Of killing man in Il
mountain feud. has returned. He ap-
Deared in court TO hear an argument
by his attorneys for n new trial upon
which motion the judge reserved de
cision. Swaney was again allowed his
liberty under $4,000 bond furnished
by his brothers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
FRANCE SENDS AN ULTIMATUM
Indicating That the Holy See Has Lost All
Influence with the French
Government.

Rome Jan. Ii. The French govern
m'rt has presented the Vatican with
II note in the nature Of an uItimatum
regarding the appointment of bishops
to hve vacant French secs. substan-
tally >ayin" that either The pope must
approve the selections of the French
government or they will he announced
officially without the appreciation of
the holy see.
In addition. the papal nuncio will be
asked to leave Paris. and the clergy
will be forbidden 10 collect Peters
pence in the churches but the concor-
dat will not vet be denounced. The
rumor that the pope had decided to
approve the appointments is incorrect.
The Vatican hopes 10 be able to CON
tinue the negotiations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
BoYCoTTING AND INJUNCTION
Former Is Opposed: Also the "BIanker
Style of the Latter.

1--WE believe" says the committee,
that the use Of the boycott as
weapon in trade. labor ana other dis
puteS has been carried to extremes
which cannot he justified. and that
i'll many cases its use iS futile" In
conclusion the committee takes up the
subject of njunctiOnS. saying: We
do not regard with IA VOr the PROPOSE
tiOn that any class "f persons or III
1ereStS within the commonwealth shall
be exempt from the just orders of a
court of equity. Such exemption runs
counter to the constitution of the com
nOnwcath.
With the so-c;rllpd blanket injunc-
tiOn we have no sympathy. nor do we
believe that il should have place in
the equity procedure of this state. IF
the conduct of trade disputes could
be diSasSo"iatcd absolutely from in
timidatiOn and threats We believe IT.
would he public policy 10 abandon the
common law rriucipI" Of conspiracy
as applied 60 such disputes
We recognize. however. that the Or
binary processes of law frequently 10
not meet all Of the real evils in case
Of a strike: and that intimidation and
threats. while now punishable under
the law. cannot always J." satisfa ctOTi-
Iy proved before the courts. There il
an element in TIA" law of conspiracy
as applied 10y courts or equity in in
dustrial disputes which needs IN bc
Pre- served: and while II may be ad-
mittcd that judicial Interpretation Of
the law is uncertain. and even iacOn-
sistent. we believe that II j. for the in
tercSt Of society to proceed slowly
along more conservative lines"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
JUDGE E. w. HARVEY
is LOSER IN SUIT
Disbarment Proceedings Begun by
Rock Island County Man
Fail.

Butte. Mont. Jan. 16.-The di>bar
ment proceedings against Attorneys
Arthur J. Shores ana =. DAY StjveTs.
charged by Judge L. W. Harney with
offering him S25o.oOo I'd influence his
decision in the Minnie IIealy mine
ease. were dismissed by Judge Nc
Clernan. The court entered it, decis-
ion Immediately after the evidence
had been concluded, without hearing
arguments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
VIOLATORS OF ANTI-SPITTING
LAW MADE TO CLEAN SIDEWALKS

It. Paul. Jan. 16.-Health Commis-
>ioner Ohage last s.ruing began a
campaign against splitting "n side
walks and public placc-. \ dozen
spittcrs in front of the Grand theatre
were forced 10y health officers &" take
ont their hanGkerchief> and mop the
sidewalks they had befouleo- More
than this number escaped arrest by
obeving the orders of inspectors 1T
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16

indianapolis. Jan. li - The only
real solution Of the anti-tOxin trust
is the plan Of having all anti-tOXim
used IN Indiana made 10y and under
the complete control Of the state" said
Dr. J. y. Hurley. secretary of the
state boarG Of health. Such plant
would cost the state 100000. The
plants must be located in the country
and conducted with the greatest care
aS to sanitation and cleanliness"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
Threatened To BE a Big one.

PittSburG. Jan. ia south side fire
which for time threatened 10 assume
large proportions destroyed the pack
ng room. engine room. blacksmith shop
and Office of the Cunningham glass
plant on South Twenty-sixth street
Loss, 5000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16

The star theatre. There were two in
~rectur> at the entrance to the Grand
theatre. two n the Star and two at
the Metropolitan theatre. The warn
ing viii be general II applies equally
To street -~pittcr~. Monday The in
~pecIor> will begin To arrest offend
cr>. Commissioner Ohage forced a
SibIey street lumber Jack To- pull 4
red bandauna from his pocket and
obey orders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
FaVOring Japan.

y change in the personnel OF the
government has begun in favor of the
Japanese, and IA the people have been
more angry with the government than
with foreigners. it is likely The change
will completely pacify them. The
American authorities have taken the
precaution to provide male escorts
for women and children of that ma
tionality while on the street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
Fate Against This Man.

St Louis. Jan. 1G.-William HOd-
gen. who has been Identified as II son
of Mrs. II. VarIey. of 73S FIournOy
street. Chicago and who il one of
three heirs to $4,000 left by an uncle
IN England. X dead in the city hos
pital Hodgen was brought TO St
Louis one week ago from quarry
amp at Vista. Mo. suffering from
typhoid fever. His mother has been
notified.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
KING PROVES HIS
REALTHiIS GOOD
Reads Speech at Opening of the
Prussian Diet in Resonant
Tones.

Berlin. Jan. I6.-The newly elected
Pru~>ian diet WAS opened today by
Emperor William. king of Prussia.
who read hi> speech from the throne
in "a fuIiA resonant voice. I'm the
speech the King. thanked Providence
for his speedy restoration To health
ana expressed gratitude for the warm
sympathy shown him by the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
Those Slightly Hurt.

Those whose hurts were slight to
painful We're: Mrs. Bertha Lauhe,
Miss NJ. Willis. +. W. Sieler. !. l..
Weber. +. {. Lcevcrcnz. Ethel Could,
Herman Auberlin. Frank NIiddel,
Edward Hardain. Addie Mitchell. Geo.
MasScrcrant. Ida Graumiller. Otto Dett-
loft. w. {. Schmidt. Annie Funke.
Fred Fisher. Anna StOhhel. Charles
Hess. Edward Hess. Alexander Hesch.
Theresa Blante and Thomas Nichols.
Jr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
Ex-First Assistant Post
master General on
Stand
IN THE MACHEN TRIAL
Explains Manner of
Conducting Business
of Department.

Washington. Jan. I6-In the trial Of
erS and DR.. and Mrs Lorenz. charged
with conspiracy to dcfraUd the gov
ernment the defense scored an impOr
tant point with respect to the char
acter of evidence TO be introduced at
this time by the government. The de-
fense insisted that the government had
not brought forth any documentary
evidence showing the existence of
conspiracy to defraud the government,
and that the testimony offered natural
ly should follow the evidence of CON
spiracy so as 10 specifically connect
th" defendants with the various trans
actions which had been referred to.
The court sustained the point.
Star witness of the Day.
The witness of the day in whose teE-
timony the most interest would be
taken WAS Perry =. Heath. eX-first as
sistant postmaster general. His eX-
animation was conducted by Counsel
Taggart. for the government. lie tcs-
titled to his service in the department
from March. 1891. to July. 1900, and
which had been adopted and was in
use when he entered the office. The
practice of the Office in the matter Of
the purchase of supplies. he said. was
continued after he entered upon his
duties.
Recognizes His Rubber Stamp.
He was shown an order for faSten-
Crs with his name attached, and
promptly said: That's my name and
my signature. but l see il is SiEued
with rubber stamp" The stamp,
he said. was used only for formal mat
tiers. and il had not been his practice
To rubbcr-stamp a document calling
for the expenditure of money. He said
that without his attention being par
tiCularly called 10 Il TcquiSition from
Machcm'S division he would pass it
in formal manner. He declared that
he never saw either OF the GroffS I'M
til he came into the court room. and
that he did not remember ever hav-
ing attached his signature with the
rubber stamp To the order for fastcn-
erS in question.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
H. Fire in Calgary.

Calgary. y. W. T. Jan. 16.-Fire
starting from the furnace of the New
Normaudie theater Quilted the whole
block. causing loss of S2So,UuO. Six
large stores in the building burned.
The Canadian mounted rifles and
northwest police were called out TO as
sist the fire brigade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
Missionaries to Flee.

jackson. Miss. Jan. 16.-Bi>hop Gal
IowaN. Of the Methodist Episcopal
church south. today cabled the Meth
odist missionaries in Korea to move
into Seoul Immediately CT 10 leave i'm
mediateIy for Japan. The bishop has
received advice> that the mission
aries are jn great danger of losing
their lives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
DRAWING THE COLOR LINE MAY
INVALIDATE IOWA JURY'S VERDICT

De. Moines. Jan. 1G.-Thc district
court Of Polk county j. in a strange
dilemma because boarding house
Iandlady declined 10 allow Walter
her table with his IL fellows. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16

Judge had insisted that the bai!ifT
keep together the juror. 10 whom a
case had just bcen submitted. The
separation durin" he dinner hour has
raised the question a. 10 whether their
verdict j. valid. The matter will bc
carried to the supreme court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
A MYSTERY STILL.
And Appears UnsoIvabIe, as TO
Who Did to Death Mabel
Bechtel.
TESTIMONY IS INCoNCLUs1vE
That Casts Suspicion on the
Bechtei Household.

Allentown. Pa. Jan. 16.-In the trial
sorry after the fact to the murder of
her daughter Mabel counsel for the de
fense. Schaadt. continued the croSs-eX-
animation of Mrs. Margaret Miller.
Mrs Miller testified that she observed
three blood spots on the sidewalk di-
rectly in front of the Bechtel home.
She also saw tracks made by carriage
wheels in the rear of the Bechtei house
after MabcrS body was found. and
hOOfmarks which looked as though the
horse had not stood still.
Mabel Was a Bad Girl II Seems.
How was Mrs. Bechtel toward Ma
belE" Sakcd the counsel. she was too
good TO her. Mabel controlled her
mother and did IA she pleased"
Did Mabel ever quarrel with her
mother" oh, yes sir. she used to
swear at her some thing dreadful"
Questioned by the district attorney
Mrs Miller said she found pair of
overaIIs I'm her yard on the d1v follow
ing the murder. but she could not say
they were Thomas BetcheTs She no.
ticed some spots on the garment which
she thought looked like paint stains.
She Heard Nothing Unusual.
Mrs Lizzie Wieaud. who lives in the
house adjoining the Betchel home. teS-
titled that only Il thin partition s"par-
ated the two dwellings. and that she
could easily distinguish the voices of
the BechtPlS in conversation. She said
she heard nothing unusual on the
night Mabel WAS murdered. Coroner
Scheirer testified that rigor mOrtiS was
setting in when he took charge of Ma
bel Bechtel's body; the wound had evi-
IDENTIFY been inflicted by Il cOncaVe in
Strument; he found pint of blood un-
der the wounds on the forehead. The
wounds lookedaS though they had been
washed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16

Il matter of ejaculation hy some clerk
in the free delivery division. and not
necessarily by the superintendent. He
then detailed the rapid growth of the
rural free delivery service. and said
ne regarded Machen as very com
pcteut man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
DENIES HE WILL
BE WITH HEARST
Bryan Says He Will Merely Issue
COmmOner Daily During
Convention.

II. Louis. Jan. William !. Bry-
an viii issue Il daily edition of the
CommoHer in 81. Louis during the
democratic national convention. He
viii not be the editor Of any new st.
Louis paper owned 10y William Il.
Hearst. This was announced by Mr..
Bryan here. ana set at rest great
many TUmOTS.
In answer to telegram sent to
him after he had departed. Mr.. Bryan
tclc@raphed a. follows from Hanni-
bal. Mo:
II have not heard of HearSt'S II.
Louis paper. shall publish Il daily
edition of the Communcr in 81. Louis
duTin" tn" convention"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-27
FEAR OF WAR
CAUSE OF
A SLUMP

} New York, Oct. 27.-The acute crisis in
the relations between Great Britain and
Russia was responsible for a bad break in
the prices OF s>ks today. Very heavy
blocks were thrown upon the market of
all the prominent issues, the opening
transactions running from 1000 70 1000
shares. the latter in Rock Island.
The weakness extended TO the whole
market but the leading internationally
listed stocks were most conspicuous ow-
ing to the added pressure of selling for
foreign account Few of the prominent
stocks escaped an openingg loss OF
point and in some cases. the decline ex-
tended TO two or over. Pressed Steel Car
was forced down AZ with the added
weight OF disappointment over the pass
ing OF the dividend.
Long strings OF thousand share blocks
and upwards were dealt In many stocks
after the opening. and opening losses
were considerably extended. The market
showed considerable disorder and excite
nent
Banking houses with continental con-
nections were In frequent communication
with their correspondents. Beyond the
practically unanimous opinion that the
gravity OF the situation had increased
no definite news was obtainable.
A member OF a banking house which
has at times represented the French gov
eminent here said
1--WE have no knowledge that France
has offered to mediate in the troubles
between England and Russia. but we
think It very probable France Is seriously
concerned In the situation and she Is for
peace. All her efforts, we are assured.
viii be bent in that direction"
London sold heavily in the market, un-
loading fully $4,000 shares In the first
half hour, according TO report. Much OF
this was doubtless for account Of other
European centres, such as Berlin. Frank
fort and Amsterdam. The west and In
fact all sections OF this country sold the
list at the outset Commission houses
had a food OF selling order and reports
have il that some weekly margined ac-
counts were sold out without previous
warning to holders.
The market bore evidence OF good sup
port not long after the opening and made
substantial rallies in various stocks. Buy
ing OF high class during the decline was
reported.
A leading international banking house
received a cablegram from London short
ly before noon today stating that the
Anglo Russian situation was growing less
complicated. Another prominent firm re-
eeiVed no cables from London today
which they accepted as an Indication that
the acute stage in the situation had
passed.
Several other financial firms were in re-
ceipts Of their usual cables from London
and no reference was made to the possi-
bility Of increased trouble.
PRICES WEAK AT PARIS.
Paris. Oct 27-Prices on the Bourse to-
day opened feeble. the delay in forward
ing the Russian answer TO Great Britain
causing bad impression.
The feebleness was accentuated as the
trading proceeded but improved slightly
toward the close. Russian imperial fours
were quoted at BIO and Russian bonds OF
1904 at 5ll.