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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-07
ALL GAS IS KEPT
Fri. Cities Mot to Share Benefit.
Ct NaturaI Fields at
Muscatine.
G0TPRNY IS BOUND DOWN
In Spite CT Adverse Report by Expert
Commercial Club VIII Aid
Development.

Although in the opinion of an expert
the natural gas supply at Muscatine is
not sufficient to serve as the basis for
the founding Of permanent industries
the Commercial club of the city has
agreed to back the Muscatine Gas. Oil
& Mining company in the issuing $780,
OC0 stock to secure funds to make
improvements that will enable the com
nany to furnish gas to consumers in
the city.
The club agrees to contract for 500
GOO cubic feet of gas per day for two
years provided $4,000 worth of stock
can be sold to citizens at - cents on
The dollar. The proceeds Of the sale
are to be expended under the direction
Of the club to erect a pumping station,
lay pipe and develop the gas field gen
orally.
Sells Nowhere Else.
In order to absolutely secure the
purchasers they are to be given a lien
an the property that their money goes
TO improve and in addition the com
pany must furnish bond and agree not
10 sell any gas to any person or COM
pany not a resident OF or doing busi-
ness in the city Of Muscatine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-07
ROCK ISLAND DOG IN PLACE

w. J. sweeney's Scotch Collie Third
in Open Class.
W. ]. Sweeney has received a badge
from the Kankakee Kennel club mott
flying him that his rough coated Scotch
collie dog wen third place in the show
at that place last week. The prize is a
mark of distinction in that it is award
ed for the open class for all dogs of any
age over six months. no prize winners
being debarred from entrance. 1t was
thus open to all dogs in the show.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-07

Sept. 1 TO April l each year In view
of the fact that the council has for
some time considered removing the
fence at Athletic field so that no more
admissions may be charged to games
played there the plan Of Mr.. Hines may
be accepted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-07

In the spring time you renovate your
house. Why not your body? Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea drives out
impurities, cleanses and enriches the
blood and purifies the entire system.
50 cents T. Fl. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-07
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR GAME
New Baseball Proposition eefore Mo-
line City Council.

Moline has another chance to have
professional baseball this season. A.
). Hines, whom some of the Three-Eye
newspapers have confused with Hunky
lines. has made a proposition to the
city council to remove the fence at
Athletic field to the field between
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets
along the river front Mr.. Hines would
give the city control of the park from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-07
LEAVES TO JOIN THE TEAM
"Pete' Lister Goes Into Practice at
Stockton Cal

Mr.. and Mrs Maurice Lister depart
tomorrow morning for Los Angeles.
Cal. Mrs. Lister viii remain there,
while pete" VIII go TO Stockton, Cal,
to join the Portland (Ore.) baseball
team at practice This evening Mrs.
Lister will entertain a small company
Of friends at the Crystal theatre, as a
farewell.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
LAYING PLANS TO
CAPTURE LOCKE
Big Four Detectives Want
Wayne County Man Badly
and May Get Him.
is NEEDED AS WITNESS
RICHMOND PEOPLE INTERESTED
FEEL THAT LOCKE CAN BE
CAPTURED AND ALSO CAN BE
HELD.

Though John Locke through his
cleverness gained freedom after less
than three weeks stay in the Wayne
county Jail, it is altogether probable
that the liberty he gained through his
daring act will only be temporary. At
this very time work has begun in an
effort to trace the famous fugitive
and to again place him in prison, this
time so that he will not escape.
1t can be stated with a degree of
certainty that detectives in the en-
ploy of the Big Four railroad COM
pany are at work and they intend to
continue the search until Locke is
found.
The Wayne county man is badly
wanted for his alleged connection
with freight car robberies in Illinois
and is already under Indictment for
these alleged crimes. In the light of
a confession Locke IS reDuted to have
made just prior to his return to Rich
mond and which is more fully touched
upon further on in this article. it is
necessary for Locke to appear in the
trails of other men now under arrest
who are implicated in the wholesale
looting of freight cars.
1t was stated to the Palladium yes
terday that every effort was to be
made to recapture the fugitive and
that there is reason to believe that
the trick will be turned, though it
may take months to do it.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
CITY FREE FROM
MAY DAY STRIKE
Many Towns Had Labor Trou-
5Ies Yesterday, But Rich
mOnd Lahorers Work.
THE CAUSE OF QUIETUDE
RICHMOND UNloNISTS ARE AZ.
FiLIATED WITH THE AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF LABOR AND
NOT WITH SOCIALISTS.

That Richmond Unions are not af-
filiated with the organization of So
cialists was shown yesterday when all
over the world. and especially in for
eign countries, there We're labor out.
breaks occasioned by the great So
cialist Labor Day, May /. Members of
unions in this city worked quietly all
day. not needing the call of the So
cialists. ....
The cause of this quietude. when
other unions We're having great trou-
bic, in many of the largest cities of
this country and the world. is that
the Unions here are affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor
and not with the Socialist party. The
American Federation of Labor sets la
Dor day as a holiday. the first Monday
in September. and instead of having
it the date for a general outbreak and
strike, it is celebrated with speaking
and frequently parades and other
forms of public amusement
Joseph Drummer, a prominent So
cialist in this city, said last evening
that the reason Richmond unions did
not strike or have some sort of dem
onstration yesterday was the fact that
the order making May 1 Labor Day
was issued before there were any I'm
ions here. and when Unions did start
branches in this city, they all became
affiliated with the American. rather
than with the international labor or
ganization.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
P. D0LAN GIVES Up
HIS LOSING FIGHT
Trouble Maker in Miners Or
uanization Decides to Re-
sign His Office.
HE ISSUES A STATEMENT
HE SAYS THAT HE GIVES UP CON-
TEST FOR OFFICE ON ACCOUNT
OF HIS REGARD FOR MINERS IN
HIS FIELD.
Publishers PressJ

Pittsburg, Pa, May 1.-P. Dolan,
whose opposition to President Mitch
threatened to disrupt the miners or
ganization prior to the time of the In
dianapolis conference today issued a
statement resigning his Office as pres
ident of the Western division. Dolan
had been ousted from Office but
until today had not given up.
His statement in full follows:
After careful consideration and ad-
vising with my friends. l have con-
cluded to resign my Office and with
draw from the contest for control Of
the presidency of District No. five,
United Mine Workers of America. In
doing so l am prompted solely by a
regard for the best interests of the
miners of this field. Personally. l am
satisfied that my claim to the Office of
president would be sustained by any
impartial tribunal and in this | am
fully encouraged by the advice of
ompetent legal counsel. but to force
the contest further would only tend
to widen the factional differences in
the Pittsburg district and in the end
would unquestionably interfere with
the prosperity of the union. 1t is up
to some one of the participants to
withdraw in the interest of harmony,
and am willing to make the personal
sacrifice.
have been a member of trade un-
ions since boyhood, have been mem
ber of the district and national boards
for several terms and was recently re-
elected president for the eleventh
term. When l became president of
District No. Five there were less than
a thousand miners in the district or
ganization, the treasury was bank
rupt and the organization was in
debt. After my more than ten years
of service as president, l am leaving
the district with over 10000 miners in
good standing and with cash balance
of about $4,000 in the banks.
Besides this, l have the satisfaction
of knowing that the Pittsburg district
has one of the best wage scales in the
country and it has been acknowledged
so by national and district leaders
everywhere.
have been a miner always. My an
cestors worked in the mines before
me My hopes and ambitions and SYM
pathies have been identified with the
men who labor in the coal pits, and
although l may retire now from Off
cial connection with the union, l will
always be at heart a coal miner and a
trades unionist, ana should fortune
ever place me in a position where I
can be of any help to my own people
my resources are always at their COM
mand. P. DOLAN.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
MCGovern Still Lost.

Terry McCovern is still among the
missing. His wife and friends have
searched everywhere for the former
champion of the featherweights,
without striking clue. Terry left
Brooklyn last Friday for Philadelphia
20 appear at a benefit for the San
Francisco sufferers. He arrived in
Philadelphia Friday Afternoon and sud
denly disappeared. The theory is ad-
vanced by his wife and friends that
his mind has again collapsed. Last
summer McGovern was a mental
wreck and for weeks was confined in
an asylum. He recovered from the
disease and not until few days ago
did he show any trace of his former
illness. When McGovern appeared
last winter he was in the best of
health and as sane as he had ever
been before his mental breakdown last
summer.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
A CLEVER RUSE;;
HORSE RECOVERED
indianapolis Detectives Find
DR.. BuIIa's Rig and Arrest
Austin Douchet.
TRIED TO SELL OUTFIT
OFFICERS AGREED TO BUY
HORSE AND BUGGY AND THEN
DROVE THE THIEF TO POLICE
HEADQUARTERS.

A clever ruse on the part of two In
dianapolis detectives resulted yester-
day in the recovery of the horse and
buggy stolen last week from DR.. Bull
la, and in the easy arrest of Austin
Douchet, one Of the two men who took
the rig from the corner of Fourth and
Main streets, where the horse was
hitched, a week ago tonight.
All hope of ever locating the stolen
property had been given UP yby DIR.
Bulla when a telegram was received
yesterday afternoon from the chief of
police, in indianapolis, saying that the
horse and buggy had been recovered
and that the thief was behind bars.
Patrolman Harry Hebble and DR.. Bull
la Immediately went to the Capital,
reaching there at seven o'clock. They
found the rig to be the one stolen and
everything in good condition. DIR.
Bulla will drive back home today and
Hebble will return on the car with
his prisoner.
How Douchet was Taken.
There is horse sale in Indianapolis
this week, and Douchet, who stole the
rig, together with his partner, was
making an effort to dispose of it. The
two officers noticed the eagerness
with which the men tried to sell the
horse and finally thought that they
would act as buyers and see what they
could do.
Accordingly, one of the men accost.
ed Douchet when he was alone in
the buggy and asked him If he wanted
to sell his rig. Douchet replied that
he did and terms were soon agreed
upon The detective said that he
wanted to show the rig to his wife
first, and asked the thief to let him
drive to where she was, with Douchet
in the rig, too. The detective picked
up the lines and drove to the police
station, where Douchet found a rest
ing place behind the bars.
In telephone message to his wife
last evening, DIR. Bulla said that the
officers were on the track of the other
thief and hoped to locate him. The
reward of $50 which was offered for
the return of the rig will be paid al
once.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
OUT AT CINCINNATI.
Electrical Workers and Steam Filters
Lay Down Tools.
Publishers PressJ


Publishers PressI
Cincinnati, May MAY day saw
the beginning of two strikes In Gin
cinnati, while Others are brewing.
Electrical Workers Union, No. 212
Gnside wiremen). went out in eleven
of the principal shops, which have re-
fused to accept or sign the wage
scale. The electricians are asking an
advance from So to $3.50 day, the
latter figure to be the minimum rate
for all. The electricians are affiliated
with what is known as the Pipe Ira
des Council close alliance Of sew
eral metal working trades, and will
have the support Of that body.
The entire membership OF the
Steamfitters and Steamfitters' Help
ers' Union laid down their tools pend
ing an adjustment of their differences
with the employers association,
which is known as the Caloris Socie-
ty. The difference here is over the
Interpretation or application of an
agreement which has been in force
for three years.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
Offers Resignation.
I SS9II ,SL9uSIIQnI1

st. Petersburg, May 1.-The Liberal
newspapers are exulting in the re-
ported resignation of Count Witte as
Premier. After the outcome of the
elections of mebers of the Douma they
point out that Witte is useless. Wit
te's great merit, however, is that he
has proved that free politics is impos-
sible if it is to be combined with the
autocracy. In the semi-official cir
cles, it is expected that Count Lams-
dorf and M. Durnovo, the Minister of
the Interior will shortly resign. 1t
is known that Whites resignation is
in the Cars hands.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
CASE OF SENATOR SMO0T1
A DAY FOR THE VOTING
Senator Bailey Urges Committee to
Have Senate Vote on Matter Friday
II Put OF.
Publishers Pressl

Washington, May 1.-The Senate
Committee on Privileges, and Elec-
tions today discussed the case of
Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah. but no
attempt was made to take a vote.
Senator Bailey thought that it would
be possible to have the vote on Fri
day next, but Senators Beveridge and
Overman expressed the opinion that
no action could be taken before next
week.
The questions before the committee
are apparently resolving themselves
into the following form for the pur-
pose of the vote:
THAT Smoot should be excluded
because of the alleged fact that he
was ineligible at the time he was
elected.
2.-That he should be expelled be-
cause of his alleged higher allegiance
to his church than TO his country.
3.-That he be declared properly
entitled to continue in his seat and
capacity as senator from Utah.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
LOCKE MADE CONFESSION.
Richmond Jail Breakers Told Big
Four Officials of His Crimes.

Richmond Jail Breakers Told Big
Four Officials of His Crimes.
Fourteen pages of closely written
typewriter manuscript, now in the
possession of Detective Grady of the
Big Four railroad company, consti-
tutes confession made and signed
by John Locke.
Supt. Bailey of the Richmond po-
lice department sad yesterday that
people who were of the opinion that
Locke was as guiltless of crimes as
a newborn babe would be surprised
could they cast their eyes over the
confession which he says Locke made
of his own free will in the Indianapo-
lis Offices of the Big Four on the day
that Supt. Bailey stopped in that city
en- route to Richmond from San Fran
cisco.
Supt. Bailey was in the offices of
the Big Four at the time that Locke's
confession was made. Supt Bailey
says that Locke's narrative of the
freight robbery crimes implicated
eighteen employees of the Big Four,
some of them being conductors,
others brakemen and others switch
men. Harry Harris made a similar
confession. The freight car robberies
were in most part committee in Coles
county, Illinois, of which Mattoon is
the county seat.
The confession Supt. Bailey says,
was to have been used in the trial of
the other railroad men implicated and
finally, in Lockes trial should he es-
cape punishment in the case pending
against him in Wayne county.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
ROOSEVELT IS
AFTER STANDARD
President Now Preparing a
Message to Congress on
oil Octopus.
RESULT OF INVESTIGATION
SYNOPSIS OF REPORT OF CON-
MISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS
GARFIELD WILL ACCOMPANY
MESSAGE.
RESULT OF INVESTIGATION
Publishers Press1

Washington, May 1.-The President
is tonight preparing strong mes
sage to congress On the Standard Oil
investigation. 1t will accompany a
synopsis of the report of Commission
er of Corporation Garfield.
1t is understood that the result of
several months of investigation by
Special Agents of the department has
fully substantiated the charge of vio-
lations of the antitrust law by the
Standard The immunity decision of
Judge Humphreys in the beef trust
case is said to clearly apply to the
oil trust and to prevent criminal pros
ecutions.
The withholding at this time of the
full and comprehensive report of the
special agents is believed by some to
foreshadow civil productions later.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
WHY ROCKEFELLER GAVE.

II desire no more credit for the
100000 / gave to the people of
San Francisco than the thousands
of men who gave a dollar. or
even only quarter. 1t would
have been a great wrong for me
not to have contributed. The
amount is not what counts; it is
the sympathy, the spirit. The
funds received for the sufferers
show that the great heart of this
nation is still soft when brothers
and sisters are in distress. In
deed, the sympathies of the whole
world were aroused. The great
spirit of the brotherhood of man
is steadily growing stronger.
President Roosevelt was right in
discouraging contributions from
foreign peoples. The pride of the
United States would alone, with
out the spirit of charity. cause
the nation to take care of it's own
afflicted citizens. John D. Rock
efeller to New York friend.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02

Strike of Lake Men viii Affect Other
Workers.
Palladium Special.1

Cleveland, May Livery member
of the International Longshoremen,
Marine and Transport Workers I'm
ion, employed on the boats and docks
of the Lake Carriers Association,
quit wor kat midnight last night and
today not a pound of ore. coal or
grain was being handled in the port
Of Cleveland The same condition ex-
lists in practically every Lake Erie
port. Every tug on the harbor was
tied up.
The ore supply on the docks Is prac-
tically exhausted, so far as high
grade ores are concerned. Train
crews innumerable, railway officials
state, will be thrown out of work be-
cause of the stoppage of the coal traf-
fic. &
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
STRIKE footed WHISTLE.
Three Thousand Men Quit Work at
South Chicago.
palladium SneciaI.1

Chicago, May 1.-Orders, which
went into effect at midnight caused a
strike of 1000 vessels mates. The
longsoremen also quit work at various
ports. Three thousand Of these men
at South Chicago, quit loading and Iln-
loading vessels. Fifteen hundred of
tresey are oar unloaders. Twent
thousand have been employed along
the lakes. The lake situation is re-
garded by marine men as exceedingly
serious. In the Chicago harbor the sig
nal for the mates to strike was given
by the footing of whistles on the
tugboats.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
FREE SEEDS TO CONTINUE
$4,000 Appropriated by House Yes
81. terday for Distribution of
.... Free Seeds. !.
IPublishers' press1

Washington. May 1.-The farm
ers' in the House of Representatives,
the members hailing from agricul-
tural districts. roseup in their might
today and by vote of 153 to 5S in
serted the free seed provision in the
agricultural appropriation bill The
adoption of the provision brought to
and end one of the bitterest fights of
the present congress. or the amount
of $2a2,000 carried by the provision.
$132,000 Is for the purchase of seed
and the remaining is for clerk hire
and the expense necessitated by the
wrapping and labelling OF the seeds.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
WANT BOND ISSUE
OF $2OO,0OO,OOO
San Francisco Authorities
Want Government to Back
Immense Financial Plan.
SECURED BY REAL ESTATE
CONGRESSMEN FROM CALIFOR-
MA WILL ASK ROOSEVELT TO
TO CONGRESS.
Publishers Press1


San Francisco, May Interest
now centers in the attempt to have
the federal government back a bond
issue of $1,000 100000, the money to be
loaned by the city authorities to
merchants and others who own prop
erty for the purpose Of rebuilding,
the loans to be secured b. real estate.
All of the members of the Citizens
Committee have telegraphed the Cali
fornia delegation in congress asking
them to use their influence to have
President Roosevelt send a special
message to congress advocating such
legislation.
Make Good Progress.
The good progress in clearing away
tn eruins left by the fire and the earth
quake, continues and already many
temporary structures have been erect
ed on the sites that will be used for
new skyscrapers so soon as the con-
tracts can be awarded and the mate
rials brought from the East for use.
All of the architects who have been
brought to the city are at work on
plans for new buildings and the city
building department is kept busy day
and night examing plans for buildings
submitted for approval.
BY order of the mayor the passing
out of supplies simply upon applica-
tion to all that came to the relief sta
tions has been stopped and from now
on, only women and children will be
oiy oh 20 n
get all the provisions, etc, that they
may desire by working for them and
those who will not work are to be ar
rested and convicted under the va
grancy laws.
Great FIaring Signs.
That part of the city which escaped
fire and earthquake is rapidly assum-
ing a normal aspect and were it not
for the fact that great f1aring signs
are in evidence announcing that every
class of business is being transacted
in the various re sidences there would
be little to indicate that the residence
section is all that remains of the once
thriving metropolis. However, many
of the firms that are now using the
homes of members for temporary bus
mess offices, expect to get town very
soon and into the temporary quarters
that are being prepared there. This
will benefit the house holders who will
be able to get back to their normal
state. e...
Sewage System Repaired.
More than one-half of the upper res
idence section sewage system has
been repaired, but it will be some days
yet before it can be used as the expert
have been unable to have the big
trunk sewers repaired and until they
are fit for use the residence section
system must not be used. This fact
is causing great Inconvenience, but
the sanitary experts are determined
Continued on Page Three.)
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
CURIOUS DISAPPOINTED.
There Would Have Been Large Lob
by at Locke's Trial This Month.

County employees and others who
wished to be given a chance to see
John Locke on trial are considerably
disappointed to find that for the pres
ent, the defendant in case No. 1917, of
State VS.. John A. Locke, for Grand
Larceny, will not be present. Locke's
trial was to have been set at about
the 18th of this month and would no
doubt have attracted the largest lob
by of spectators that has ever been
known. His case has been on the
criminal docket of the Wayne Circuit
Court for several months and as it
cannot be tried without the defendant
being present. it will no doubt be
held over until the September term
unless Locke is recaptured.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
STRIKES IN NEW ENGLAND.
Building Trades Chiefly Concerned
Eisht-Hour Day Demanded.
Pressl

Boston, May MAY day was
marked by numerous mino strikes in
New England. The majority of the
difficulties were confined to the build
ing trades. The carpenters are on
strike in Lawrence and vicinity. and
in other places. The Lawrence men,
about 1000 in number demand an
eight-hour day at wages of $3.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-02
SECOND BIG TORNADO
(BULLETiN.)

Dallas, Texas, May Lit is report
ed that as a result of tornado that
swept through Wise County tonight
one person was killed, two badly hurt
and damage caused to property to the
amount of SIS ZOO.