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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08

Chicago April Sired y. Busse was
sworn in as mayor at noon Saturday
by City Clerk AnsOn. He will assume
office Tuesday. April 9, instead OF
April 10, as originally intended.
Mayor BUsse. in explaining the
change of date on which he is to as
sumo office, said:
81 had no desire for unseemly haste.
acted merely on advice for the pro
lection OF my interests and those gt
the city. | had not intended TO as
sumo Office until April II. If my own
wishes were consulted | would wait un-
til then, but things have shaped them
selves so l probably shall take hold On
Tuesday at the latest. | don't under
stand that it is necessary for the cOun
Gil to approve my bond before | as
sumo office. | have not requested Z
special meeting of the city council foi
Monday night for the purpose of an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
IS CHARGED
international Policy Holders
Committee Will Contest
Insurance Elections.
NEW YORK LIFE AND MUTUAL
Criminal Action to Be Started Against
Officers-Vote Not Yet
Canvassed.

New York, April S.-Charging the
use of forged ballots and fictitious
names to the administration of both
the New York Life and the Mutual
Life Insurance companies and cOllu-
sion to inspectors in the employ of the
state insurance department, the intec-
national policy holders committee ha
declared its intention to institute legal
proceedings to set aside the election
last fall and to secure the conviction
in criminal proceedings of all officers
and agents said to be involved in the
procurement of unlawful ballots
jerome VIII Act.
District Attorney Jerome will take
up the complaint as soon as the ThaW
trial is over and prosecutors in more
than half the states in the union Will
be asked to lay the evidence before
their respective grand juries.
The charges made are in the shape
of aftidavits which representatives II
the policy holders committee ha K
been gathering for weeks.
That the international committee il
tends to carry the fight over the el2c
tons into the courts is evident from
the fact that all of the committee.
watchers have been withdrawn froI
the vote canvassing quarters. Thi:
was done Saturday.
Not Vet Counted.
The So a day inspectors have bee'
canvassinG votes since Dec IS. an.
the prospects for a long run yet art
good From now on the inspector,
who were appointed by the state 81
perintendent of insurance. Otto Ke
| sey. and the companies watchers vii
conduct the canvass alone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
DiS!NTER AND EAT
THE DEAD IN CHINA
Famine Conditions Described by Red
Cross as Unprecedented and
Growing Worse.

Washington, ID. c., April S.-To cor
rect an erroneous report that has found
general circulation with harmful re-
suits, the Red Cross has issued the fol
lowing statement in regard to the Chi
neSe famine:
THE famine in China is unprecedent-
ed in severity and the period of great
est agony is yet to come Many weeks
must pass before there will be relief
from the new crops. and hundreds of
thousands, yes, millions. today are kept
alive only through contributions of the
American people who have sent their
donations to the National Red Cross
Herald of New York.
These two great organizations are
working together for the common cause
and have furnished over twothirds ol
all the relief supplies sent to China tC
succOr the starving millions. large
amount of money and shipments OF
supplies already made have only partly
relieved the situation. and while hun
dreds of thousands of lives have beer
saved, hundreds of thousands must We
die unless large additional sums O
money and large shipments of food are
Immediately provided.
when a people have been reduced
to such straits that they will dig up anC
eat their own dead. the severity anc
wide extent of the famine can be re
allied
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
THREE HUNDRED
STREET CARS BURN
Fire Does Millior and Half Damage
and Causes One Death at
New York City.

New York. April Sire early today
destroyed the combined car barn and
power plant of the New York City
Railway company covering the greater
part of a block, bounded by Seventh
avenue and One Hundred Forty-sixth
street and One Hundred Forty-seventh
street. q
The loss Will reach $500, 900. More
than 900 cars were burned. and the
plant, except for the electrical depart
ment. was destroyed. One fireman,
Captain J. Ryan. was killed under Il
falling wall. and half a dozen fireme1
were more or less injured. None OF
the injured are in a dangerous condi
ton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
BELONGS To CUBA
Supreme Court Decides Isle of
Pines Is Not American
Territory.

Washington. April S.-That the Isle
of Pines is not American territory was
officially and judicially declared today
by the supreme court of the United
States. The decision was rendered in
the famous case of Edward ]. Piracy
VS.. Nevada n. Stanahan. collector ai
the port of New York. and the opinion
of the court was announced by Chief
Justice Fuller. who said up to the Paris
treaty the Island of Pines had been
considered an integral part of Cubs
and that il could not be held TO be GOV
cred by article 2 of that treaty whfct
included only the islands in the vicin
ity of Porto Rico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
Wreck PLOT FAILS
Emergency Brakes Save Train
on Cleveland and
Pittsburg.

Alliance Ohio. April S.-An unsuc.
cessful attempt was made early today
TO wreck the fast freight on. the CIeve-
land & Pittsburg Pennsylvania road
here When the engineer of the train
saw the signal for a clear track sud
denly thrown to red. the emergency
brakes were applied and the train
brought to standstilI in time to avoid
crashing into an open switch
The man who evidently opened tho
switch ran from the track and disap
peared. 1t is suspected the would-b
train wrecker is one of gang respon
sible for the derailment of the Cleve
land-Pittsburg flyer at Hudson, Ohio
Saturday night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
CANNON WITNESSES
RESCUE FROM WRECK
Crew of 6ucher Pick up 13 Exhausted
Men on Waterloesed
Bark.

New York, April S.-The steamship
Blucher, which arrived yesterday from
West Indian ports, carrying Speaker
Cannon and others of the congress
ional party which visited the canal.
had aboard Is persons whom the liner
had saved from their laundering bark.
the Gulfport. as the vessel was on the
verge OF going down during the terrific
cyclone which ragged around Hatteras
during the last 10 days of March.
1t was weary band which the life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
LAST WITNESS BARRED;
THAW ARGUMENTS BEGUN

mas, "and therefore feel we have Il
right to proceed under the agreement"
Has No Discretion.
THE court, as | understand the law
said Fitzgerald, has no discretion in
the matter. There was no occasion to
rule on the question when it came up
before Had it come up at that time,
would have been forced TO rule as
rule now. The objection is sustained"
After il moments consultation with
the other attorneys, Delmas said: The
defense rests"
The people rest" said Jerome.
Jury Confined.
Fitzgerald then announced in view
of the Importance of the case. he
thought it necessary to keep the jury
together until the close of the trial. He
therefore ordered the jury confined un-
der the same conditions as at the be-
ginning of the trial. jerome suggested
that as this would work some hardship
on the jurors, who had no notice. they
should be allowed to so until o'clock
in order to arrange their affairs.
This Fitzgerald agreed to. and a re-
cess until , o'clock was ordered.
Will Entertain Requests.
Fitzgerald asked the attorneys to
submit to him in writing any requests
they might have TO make as TO his
charge to the jury.
Demas announced he would begin
the summing-up at O'clock jerome
asked if he could be given an idea of
| the time the defense would require
Intimaies Long Talk.
In case of this character" said
| Dclmas, where testimony has been so
voluminous and where there have been
! so many Interruptions. | deem il my
duty TO refresh the minds of the jury
as to the testimony so far as possible.
! 1t may take two or three or four hours
| to do this. If my remarks are not con
cluded tonight. and | find it necessary
| to intrude into tOmOrrow's session,
shall agree to an adjournment until
next day to meet the district attor
ney's request that he be allowed a day
to himself in which TO make an min
terrupted address,
| Court Places No Conditions.
The court then is powerless to de
termine how long Delmas will require,
said Fitzgerald who informed the jur
ors that after o'clock they would be
kept together until the end was
! reached
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
EIGHT KILLED IN A WRECK
Open Switch Reported Cause of Dasas-
trous Smashup.

MarIeton. Ala April S.-A disas-
trous wreck on the Southern railway
occurred about one and half miles
from here Saturday night by which
eight or more negroes were killed and
twelve or fifteen injured, several prob
ably fatally An open switch is re-
ported to have caused the wreck, allow
ing west bound freight train 20
crash into another freight train stand
ing on the main track.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08

a curse to us-simply a vast rotten
borough with a few wealthy men in
the midst of a negro population, in
competent to govern themselves, to say
nothing OF aiding in the government Of
the United States.
Would Become Il Curse.
"If Cuba were made a state of the
union it would, in my opinion rapidly
become a curse TO itself and the ma
ton"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
CUBAAS ASTATE WOULD Be A CURSE
To UNITED STATES, SAYS White
Former Ambassador to Russia Declares Problem of Dspos
ton' of Island is More important Than That
of the Philippines.

New York. April S.-EX-Ambassador
Andrew White. who returned yesterday
after a cruise in the Caribbean sea,
said of Cuba, which he visited:
Il regard the Cuban question as more
serious than cur Philippine problem.
Incapable of SELF Government.
Cuba is a great negro state. inca
pable of self government. Everything
saw while there strengthens my con
viction that Cuba as a state would be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
TWO H0NDURAN PORTS
TAKEN BY NICARACUANS

solemn protest against the stand taken
by YOU i'll this matter.
rs it too much TO ask of you, in con-
clusion, to make such public amends
as any true gentleman is bound 10 Of
fer when inadvertently he has made a
mistake and inflicted grievous wrongs
upon men who have nothing to do with
a personal quarrel?
THOMAS CRIMMINS.
Chairman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
ANOTHER DASH Fer PEARY
Arctic Explorer Asks Two More Years
Leave of Absence from Navy.

Washington. d. c., April S.-Civil
Engineer Robert Z. Peary, arctic ex.
plorcr, has applied 10 the navy depart
ment for leave Of absence for two
dash for the north pole. He has raised
100000, which will be needed in
equipping the expedition, and he il
tends TO start in the summer of 1908
He will use the steamer Roosevelt, in
which he made his last trip. Mr. Peary
has been in the navy for 2G years and
he has been absent on leave 10 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
ARE HELD LIABLE
Hartman and Associates Re-
sponsibIe in Alton Deal, Says
Attorney General.
MAY SUE FOR DAMAGES
Gives Opinion, Also, That State Has
Right to Revoke Charter of
the Company.

Springfield Ill, April S.-AttoneE
General Stead. after thorough inves-
tigation of The gold briclling" of pur-
chasers Of Chicago & Alton stock. has
reached the conclusion that Z. H. Har-
riman. George J. Gould. James Still
man. and Mortimer l.. Schiff are liable
for damages for their manipulations,
chari,ably called "financiering." OF that
railroad property.
| He intimates also that they are Grim
inaiIy liable and asserts that the char
ter of the~road can be revoked by the
| state. His advice. however. i that
stockholders who have been deceived
into buying stock on which no divi-
dends can be made because OF the
heavy debts contracted by the road
bring suit for damages against Harri-
man and his associates.
VIII Hit Innocent Purchasers.
The right of the state TO act is made
clear. but so also are the consequences.
As was pointed out when the state first
took up an investigation of Hartman 5
manipulations Of the road. Mr. Stead
declares the state authorities face the
certainty Of bringing disaster to the
innocent purchasers if an attempt be
made 10 proceed civilly against the
financiers.
If the charter should be revoked the
Stockholders also would suffer. Mr.
Stead advises the purchasers them
selves to institute action on the ground
that they have been defrauded.
Long statement Made.
\ long statement Of the Chicago
Alton manipulayiCns and their result
. are incorporated in letter which th(
= attorney general has submitted 10 Gov
ernor Deneen. The two officials hav,
t both now are studying them further.
: Over $57,500.000 of the railroad
lpresent debt. more than 30 per cent o
= its entire Indebtedness. Mr.. Stead says
t was not created in furtherance OF an,
, legitimate purpose.
In the letter there is a hint tina
S criminal prosecution might be started
= but this is not held out as a probabi
e ity, it being the more probable tina
+ ne state Will not find way to &C
h without involving men who are entire
k ly innocent of any wronsdoing.
[ May Take Advice.
g II is also probable that as the rOa
? begins to bear the fruit of Mr. Harr
= mans financial cultivation some of tn
l. injured stockholders will take the az
} vice which is given as the result {
The Investigation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08

boat of the liner took from the water
logged wreck. They were near starva-
ton, as for nearly week they hal
nothing 10 live on except a few water
soaked biscuits. In their every posture
was the utter weariness which had
come of three days and nights of un-
ceasing and almost hopeless toll tn
keep the wreck afioat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
COCOA DRINKING CROWN G
Importations of This Material increas-
es Rapidly in America.

Washington, April S.-According to
a report issued by the bureau of sta
tistics OF the department of commerce
the cocoa impOrtatiOns into the United
States are now averaging more than I
million dollars a month, against an
average of a quarter Of d million per
month a decade ago. Meantime the
importations of both coffee and tea
showed a decline, especially during the
last two years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
Urged for State Supreme Bench.

Pekin, H., April S.-The Tazewell
County Bar association has endorsed
the candidacy of Judge w. R. Curran
of this city to succeed Judge WiIkin
of the supreme court
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
LOST COLLIER is PICKED UP
Vessel Adrift Since April Towed Into
ST. Johns River.

partment received a telegram from the
commander of the collier Caesar at
Fernandina, Fla. today stating the
naval coal barge which had been lost
at sea since April / has been picked
up and is being towed into port at the
mouth of ST Johns river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
Canal Food Probe.
vessel.

Washington, April S.-The president
has taken up the complaints affecting
the cOmmissary department on the
isthmus of Panama that have come %
him as the result of recent visits #
members of congress to that place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
BATTLESHIP GOES ASHORE
Trafalgar in Danger Off English Coast,
But is Rescued

Devonport, England, April S.-The
British battleship Trafalgar went
ashore today off Devils Point and is in
an extremely dangerous position.
Later, tugs succeeded in floating the
vessel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
Waiter WeIlman's Daughter a Bride

Washington, April S.-Miss Rose
Wellman, the second daughter of Mr
and Mrs Walter Wellman, and Percy
Chamberlin of Virginia. were married
Saturday afternoon at the home of the
brides parents in this city. Walter
Wellman, the father of the bride, VINO
will attempt to reach the north pole
Paris to attend the ceremony.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
OPEN CANAL IN 1915
Prediction of John F. Stevens
in Farewell Address on
the lsthmus.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO WALLACE
Advises Hearers to Make Their Com
plants to Major Goethals, Not
to Washington.

Colon, April S.-John +. Stevens. for
mer chief engineer of the Panama ca
nal. sailed for New York at noon yes
tcrday. He was given splendid send
off Saturday night previous to his de-
parture. The reception was held on
pier II, Cristo5al.
Among those present were w. c.
Berd, general manager of the Panama
railroad, who acted as chairman; the
heads of departments of the canal COM
mission and the Panama railroad com
pany; Jackson Smith, VINO is in charge
of the labor department of the canal
and 1000 others.
Gave Wallace Credit.
Mr.. Stevens. in his farewell speech,
modestly gave John F. Wallace. whom
/ he superseded as schief engineer. the
credit for the organization of the work.
This. Mr.. Stevens declared he had
modified only when necessary.
He said the preparations deemed nee
essary two years ago were underesti-
mated, and, though the working forces
had since been doubled, they still were
inadequate.
But now, he declared. the machinery
had been completed, homes had been
provided for 25O,O00 persons, there
were railroad facilities for handling
over a million yards of earth monthly
and the organization was so advanced
that it was possible TO carry on the
work in both wet and dry seasons.
DOn'i Carry Tales To Washington.
He said he firmly believed the cana
would be opened in January. 1915. He
did not seek the position, and was
leaving it of his own volitiOn. Mr.
Stevens asked his loyal friends not tC
take their complaints to Washington
but to make them to Major Goethals
the new chairman of the canal commits
sion. for whom ne solicited the same
loyalty as had been given him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
Soueezes Half Cent More.

Cleveland. April S-The Standard
Oil company today put up the prices
of all grades of refined oils half a cent
per gallon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
MENTION
Fling at Meyer and Associates
by President Brings
Sharp Retort
FROM PROTEST CONFERENCE
Roosevelt Advised He Knows Little OF
Real Situation and Used Names
Without Warrant.

New York, April S.-The Meyer
Haywood protest conference, organic
ed in New York to aid the labor lead
ers now imprisoned in Idaho, nave tax
en- up the cudgel against President
Roosevelt as Il result of the disclosures
made in the Hartman controversy,
wherein the president referred to Moy-
er and Haywood. The conference sent
letter to the president, in which they
said:
Neither Meyer nor Haywood has
any connection with the quarrel be-
tween you and the financial magnate
who claims to have raised large cam
paign fund in 1904, by means of which
90, ,00G votes were turned in New York
City. thus assuring your triumphant
election Why, then. should you drag
Moyer and Haywood into this mess? ?
Before the law, and before every fair
minded person. they are considered in
nocent until proved guilty in fair pro
lceedings.
I "Is Ii u square Dcal:"
"Why. then. should you publicly
ICldl dbltllst lilNlll lhC way bi W. IL
the United States an autocracy, where
the ruler directs the action of his
courts? Does Your language come with.
in the definition of square deal SO
fervently urged by YOU on other occa
Isions?
| Are you not aware that words like
yours, coming from the chief eXecu
tive of the nation, may poison not only
the mind of the general public, but
also a possible jury. against men who
are yet awaiting their trial and who
are believed by millions of their fellow
citizens to be innocent victims of {
foul conspiracy?
The Moyer-HaywOod protest confer
ence is not concerned as body in The
issues of veracity between you and tht
man who has eaten bread with you
. advised with YOU on public matters o
vast importance, and who now is pil
: loried by you as falsifier He ma,
, know you well. and probably you know
him. That is matter outside tn
sphere of our organization
Information Hearsay.
7 But il is of great import to us an
our friends 10 point out that all you
, knowledge of Meyer and Haywood j
, hearsay information, wholly inadmiss
BILE in a fair court. With such info
nation as q basis you pronounce to tn
world at large your opinion of thes
Il two men. thereby prejudicing and pr
s judging their case, far outstepping tn
It limits of your executive prerogative
I'VE therefore feel bound to enter OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
Capture Ceiba and Cor
tez Without a
Fight.
NEWS LONG DELAYED
United States and Mexico De-
eide Time Has Come to
Intervene.

hODllt. AID -ADI II - oASuihOi
which has just arrived here brings news
that Puerto Cortez has fallen.
Advices also state Ceiba, Honduras,
is in the hands of the Nicaraguans.
The information was contained in
message received this morning by the
Thacker Steamship company over the
telephone from New Orleans, stating a
cabIegram had just been received from
Puerto Barrios to that effect
Have Held Rail and Cable.
The Honduran railroad and cable
have been. it IS understood here. in
control of the Nicaraguan army since
the capture OF Tegucigalpa, and news
fIom the seat OF hostilities the past
two weeks have been obtained by mail
or via cable from Puerto Barrios. Qua
temala. Gable messages are carried
from Cortez by boat to Puerto Barrioi
and requires about seven hours by sail
boat
Captured April 3.
Advices received today from Com
mander William +. Fullam of the Unit
Cd States gunboat Marietta via the
steamer Columbia. just arrived. say
Ceiba was taken on the evening If
April ) by the Nicaraguau armies. and
is now in command of COMMANDMENTS
Chief Estrada and General Manuel Let
Ia. Ceiba was taken without a shot
being fired. After taking Ceiba the
NicaIaguan forces left for Puerto Cor
tez on board the gunboat Ometappe. a
gasoline launch and a small gunboat
Ready 10 intervene.
Washington. April S.-Secretary
Root and Mexican Ambassador Creal
| have decided that the time has been
| reached for concerted action TO tcrmin-
| ate the hostilities in Central America
if that result could be accomplished
| by moral suasion and earnest represen-
tatlons. beyond which point neither
the United States nor Mexico is willing
to 90.
The appearance in Washington of
minister. from Salvador with large
powers, believed to be authorized TO
speak for Honduras. seemed to afford
an opportunity for diplomatic action D.
the president. The series of conferen-
ces now going on at the state depart
ment between these interested parties
it is stated by the participants prob
Iably will lead TO a peaceful settlement
of troubles. and moreover one that viii
endure longer than the few months
that frequently mark the life of these
= Central American cOmpacts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
May Take Advice.

II is also probable that as the road
begins to bear the fruit of Mr.. Harri-
mans financial cultivation some of the
injured stockholders will take the ad-
vice which is given as the result of
the investigation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08

Justice Fitzgerald sustained the ob
lection. After he had done so, Delma:
argued that Hamilton should be al
lowed to testify for the reason that
Jerome had on the last day of the trial
said he would withdraw his objection
if Hamilton was allowed to tell every
thing.
1--WE accepted that Offer" said Del
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

Silks and Silk Gloves next weel
at NeIms s. Blum Co.