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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
JAMAICA ALARMED
OVER IMMIGRATION
Influx of Chinese and Assyrians
Causes Demand for Restrictive
Measures by Government.

Jamaica. Sept. 24.-The influx #
Chinese here is a serious matter. One
section of the press is urging the gov
ernment to take steps to prevent their
landing here as being detrimental to
local traders. The Kingston city coun-
Gil has adopted a resolution calling on
the government to amend the pauper
alien immigration law so as to Pre-
hibit the entrance of undesirable fOr-
eigners. The proposed legislation is
to be aimed at Chinese and Assyrians
who it is said are overrunning the
island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
FISH TO keep UP WAR FOR CENTRAL;
MAKING A CAMPAIGN FOR PROXIES

New York, Sept. 2f.-That Stuyve-
SAINT Fish means to fight E. H. Harri-
man to a finish in the Illinois Central
is made evident by Mr.. Fish sending
out a long letter to stockholders, ask
ing them for their proxies to vote at the
annual meeting in Chicago on Oct. 16.
Mr.. Fish has not heretofore solicited
proxies. He said last August that he
intended to be present at the meeting
and vote his own shares and such proX-
les as might be confided to him, but
now it appears he has decided to go
cunning for all the proxies he can get
hold of and prevent, if possible, the
election of Mr.. Hartman and three OF
his friends to the four places in the
directorate to be filled at the stock
holders meeting Mr.. Fish himself is
one of the retiring directors and John
Jacob Astor and Mr.. Hartman also &C
out. A successor to the late John c
yelling is also to be elected.
Reviews Acts of Hartman.
Mr.. Fish asks the stockholders tC
make out their proxies running to hi:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
AGREEMENT in MOROCCO
DEFINITELY ENDS WAR

as that of Mrs Ignez Truman Ma
combs Covington, age II years. Tn
woman had been strangled to deatl.
She was the wife of Frank Covingtol
for several years employed by the Dis
heimer Liquor company, 1115 Fir st
avenue, Seattle. Covington is missin !.
and the police are looking for him.
Acquaintances say they have not seen
him for a week The body in the
trunk had been dead at least week.
Seattle, Wash, Sept. 24.-The body
of an unknown girl, IS years old, was
found in a trunk on the beach near Ell
liOtt bay yesterday. In the trunk were
two letters, one of which was written
on the letterhead of the J. b. Coving-
ton Fuel, Feed & Hauling company
ST. Paul, Mimi, and was signed Edith.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
MAKE A DASH FOR
The NORTH POLE
DR., Cook of New York Changes Pur-
pose of Exploring Expedition
to Northern Greenland.

Halifax. n. S, Sept. 24eThe yacht
which left here i'll July with DR.. Cook
of New York and John r. Beardley and
Captain Thomas Bartlett and crew on
an exploring trip to Greenland, is eX-
pected back in a few days. The yacht
left DR.. Cook and the Norwegian stew
ard at Etah, with plenty of provisions.
They will take EEkimO and dogs and
was over a month going from Etah TO
Birchy Cove, where Bartlett went to
the woods hunting. He experienced
heavy gales on the trip up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
UNKNOWN YOUNG
Men TURN on GAS
Double Suicide of Strange Pair Mys-
terry That Puzzles Authorities
of Hamilton, Ohio.

Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 24.-The mys-
terious suicide of two young men az
parently % and 2S years of age. was
discovered in a room at the st. Charles
hotel last night. They ended their
lives by inhaling gas and were foun /
locked in each others arms. From what
could be learned the two suicides an
a third man arrived here Sunday nigh
and registered at the St Charles hotter
as John LeOnell, Ben Marsee and Tom
Mclaughlin. giving no address. Tbs
coroner decided that the suicides we.c
probably LeOnelI and Mclaughlin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
BEAT NEW YORK POLITICIAN
John J. DooIey Victim of Thugs While
on Way Home

New York, Sept. 24.-John J. Dooleg.
politician and member of Tammany
hafl, who is seeking the democratic
leadership of the Twenty-third assem-.
bly, district in the primaries. was as
saulted as he was on his way to his
home early this morning by two uu-
known persons, and sustained a frac-
tured skull and possible internal ir-
juries. Mr. Dooley had been at his
club where the last preparations fo.
the primaries had been made His
house is only a short distance awa5
One of the men threw brick which
hit him on the head and he was being
beaten as he lay when passers By
alarmed his assailants, who fed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Gives Reason for Appeal.

in disuse and led down the stairway
Candles were lighted and placed about
in inches in the wall and young Lo.-
raine, blindfolded, was induced to liz
down in what to him seemed a box.
and the cover was fastened. The
covering soon was removed from hi,
eyes, and he awoke to the realization
that he was in a coffin.
There was sufficient air to keep him
from smothering and he rename
there all through the night. Early IL
the morning he was released by som,
of his friends,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
LAUNCH ACCIDENT
CAUSES DROWNING
Lantern Falls on Tank Ignitng Gaso-
line and Four Are Lost in
the Ohio River.

Gallipolis, Ohio, Sept. 24.-The gas
oline tank on the yacht Blanche eX-
ploded last night while carrying a
party of % men on the Ohio river. All
those on board were thrown into the
water and four were drowned. The
dead:
JOHN EDWARDS, postoffice clerk.
]. R. SIMMONS. druggist.
E. H. BROOKE, assistant bank
cashier.
J. WILLIS RIDDLER, postmaster a;
Harrisville.
None of the drowned have been re-
covered. The explosion was caused
| by lantern falling from the roof o.
the yacht to the engine, igniting the
gasoline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Cash
Treasurer for Waterloo Manu-
featuring Company Defies
Holdup Men and is Shot.
CARRYING $500 TO PAY MEN
Intercepted on Outskirts of City and
Though Wounded Whips Up His
Horse and Makes Escape.

Waterloo. Iowa, Sept. 24.-Fred B.
Bailou. treasurer of the Haushan Manu-
Co. was shot at 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon while driving to the
factory in the Westfield addition to pay
off the men. Two men, both masked.
stepped out of brush in front of the
horse near the ball park and, leveling
gun at him, bade him stop and be
silent.
Ballou grabbed his whip and struck
the horse. At the same time a robber
shot him in the right breast.
Drives to Factory.
Though fainting from pain and loss
of blood. BallOu whipped up his horse
and drove a quarter of a mile farther
to the factory, saving $500 he had in
his pocket
The place of the holdup is at the june
ture of Cedar river and Black Hawk
creek. The road is graded high on the
river side and the highwaymen scram
bled down and, taking a boat previous
ly moored there, rowed across the
stream to an island. The entire police
force and posse surrounded an island
where the robbers are supposed to be
but darkness came on and they were
not located.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
SEEKS new FIELDS
Acknowledgement Bonaparte has
His Eye on a Number of
Other Trusts,
EXPECTS EARLY PROSECUTION
Harvester, Lumber and Paper COM
bines Next-PIans Reorganiza-
tion of His Department.

Washington, Sept 24-Attornev
General BonapartS has great plans in
mind for further trust prosecutions
and for recommendations to congress
in the way of improvement of the
Sherman antitrust law and the legal
department of the government gener-
ally.
AS soon as Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Purdy. principal trust buster, re-
turns from Europe. Mr.. BOnaparte will
consult him in relation to the proseclI-
ton of the lumber trust. Information Al
Harvester company. and the soft coal
trust. and the advisability of institut-
ing a new suit against the so-called
paper trust. Various facts shown z
violation of the law by the combina-
tions named have been laid befor>
the department of justice.
In the case of the lumber and Inter.
national Harvester companies it is the
intention to appoint special counsel 10
conduct the campaign on behalf of the
government.
May Prosecute Paper Trust.
With respect to the paper trust, the
department had believed this combinA
| tiOn had been effectually put out II
business as a result of the legal pro
ceedings instituted last year by Frank
| B. Kellogg. who is now special counsel
| in the Standard Oil case. The price o.
paper fell for a time. but evidently
| the combination was reformed, for the
price has advanced. Agents of the de
partment of justice are making iE
quiries in regard to the paper situa
ton. aud should the combination b.
violating the law then new prosecution
will be begun.
| Attitude on Antitrust Law.
Mr.. Bonaparte did not indicate what
| recommendation he would make to Pc
feet the Sherman antitrust law, but il
is understood that he feels, as does tht
president. that the government can
mot be in an attitude of suppressin;
combinations and at the same time G
Regulating them Certain forms .
competition are impossible under mod
ern conditions. and the country mus
recognize the fact.
Mr.. Bonaparte has been studyin
the Sherman antitrust law with
view to its Improvement for som
years. and he believes he has a solu
ltion which will receive the approva
of the president. His projected REQ
ganization of the personnel of his dc
partment will insure. he believes,
better system in connection with tn
governments crusade against violato'
of the law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Ten HOURS IN COFFIN IN CELLAR
HIGH SCHOOL FRAT INITIATION

Dubuque, Iowa, Sept 24.-To lie for
10 hours in coffin, to see through the
glass covering over his face the gliIu-
mer of candles, was the fate of Roy
Lorraine, student of the Dubuque
high school, who was the victim of a
frat" initiation
The young man being of the nerve
less kind, was to be submitted TO the
most trying ordeal. Gagged and boun
he was taken under cover of night t.
a farm in the vicinity Of the city
Here he was escorted to a cellar long
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
TRAINS CRASH ON
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Accident Followed by Crush in Which
Several Persons Are Serious
ly Injured.

New York. Sept. 24-Several PEI
sons are in the hospital suffering from
hurts received in an accident on the
Brooklyn bridge which was follow ii
by one of the worst crushes in the
history of that structure. The break
ing Of a draw bar on 4 train resulting
in a collision between two freight
trains, blocking traffic causing a great
jam at the Manhattan end of the
bridge. Police reserves had to be
called out to prevent serious troubIa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
TWO DOZEN LOST
In RECENT GALE
Equnoctial Storm on Canadian Coast
the Most Severe of Any in the
Last 40 Years.

st. Johns. \. F., Sept 24.-Additiol l.
al reports by mail and by coast steam
ers from remote points, show 16. and
possibly "a lives were lost along the
Newfoundland coast during the equi-
noctial gale of Thursday. Seventh
five fishing vessels were wrecked and
much damage was done to wharves
and fishing gear. The financial loss
is estimated at quarter of million
dollars. The gale was the worst re-
corded here in 40 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Chiefs Come to Terms AT.
ter Conference With
Gen. Drude.
ALL POINTS
Two Leading Members Of Each
Tribe to beIHeId to Insure . I.
Carrying Out of Terms.

Paris, Sept. 24-Peacc has been de-
clared in Morocco. Delegates of three
important tribes have accepted the
French peace overtures inaugurated
yesterday and will see that the terms
of the agreement are carried out. Hos.
tilities are now ended.
The government last evening receiv-
ed with great satisfaction a dispatch
from Rear Admiral PhilbeTt, command
er of the French naval forces in Nor
ocean waters, saying that as a result
of a conference yesterday at General
Drude's headquarters between the
French naval and military commanders
and 19 caids representing the Oulesee-
yam, Zenata, and Seyaida tribes, these
tribes have accepted uncOnditionaly
the peace terms offered by France
The Terms Agreed Upon.
These are:
HOStilitiCS shall cease.
General Drude may make military
reconnaissance throughout the territory
of the tribes to satisfy himself that
racification is complete.
Tribes engage themselves TO disperse
and chastise all armed bodies that may
assemble in their country with hostile
| intent.
Every native found in possession of
arms or munitions of war within 10
miles of Casa Blanca shall be handed
over to the Sheriffian authorities. con.
tdenred to-pTisuN ma fincd $500.
b, Tribes shall be held responsible for
the carrying out of the previous stipu-
ation.
Every native detected in smuggling
or using arms shall be punished.
| Delegates OF the tribes undertake 10
surrender the authors of outrages upon
Europeans of July 80 and pending judg-
ment their goods shall be seized and
sold irrespective of the indemnity
which is to be paid, the amount Of
which shall be fixed by the Moroccan
government.
ChatOuai tribes shall pay large in
demnity. the part of each tribe To be
lapportioned according to the length Of
time it resisted the French. In addi-
tion Chatouai tribes shall pay a con-
ltribution toward harbOr works at Casa
Blanca.
.. Give Up Leaders as Hostages.
To secure the carrying out of this
convention two notables of each tribe
. shall be given up as hostages. The
/, delegates of the tribes Immediately
, named their hostages and signed the
e lcapitUlation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
BANKER AUTOMOBILE VICTIM
Minnesotan Killed When Machine Goes
Into Ditch.

st. Cloud Mimi, Sept. "a Fred
Ware, president of Clarksdale bank,
was instantly killed here yesterday in
an automobile accident The machine
went into ditch, and Mr.. Wares neck
was broken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
ALTON GOES FREE
Immunity From Rebate Penalty
Assured by Discharge
of Grand Jury, !

Chicago, Sept. 24.-Attorney General
Sonaparte has made a motion in the
United States district court that the
special grand jury called to consider
the connection of the Alton railway
with the granting of rebates to the
Standard Oil company of Indiana be
discharged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
ROOSEVELT and
BRYAN FAVORED

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 24.-The dele
gates to the republican and democratic
state conventions which met at the
state, house today at noon were almost
unanimous in demanding the nomina-
tion of Roosevelt and Bryan for the
presidential candidates next year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
FOUR CAUGHT IN
SEWER EXPLOSION
of Imprisoned Men impossible
at Charleston, w. Va.

Charleston, w Va. Sept. PA gas
explosion occurred today i'll the big
sewer being constructed by the city
and four workmen are said to have
been caught. Fire is now burning in
the sewer and the fire department has
been called. 1t does not seem possible
to rescue any of the worllmen alive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
ARE USING MORE COTTON
American Manufactures Slightly

American Manufactures Slightly
Greater Than Year Ago.
Washington, D. c., Sept. 24.-The
census bureau reported today that for
the year ending Aug 81 last, 5.296,7S3
running bales of cotton were taken BY
all the American manufacturers COM
pared with 4,S20,99O for last year, aod
4,9S7,021 bales consumed in compari
son with 1909, 400 for last year. The
manufacturers stock at the close of the
year was 99G,27S bales compared with
GSS,312 last year. The active cotton
spindles numbered 26,242 ,407 compar
ed with 25,25O,096 last year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Killed by Auto in Canada.

Montreal, Quebec, Sept. PA young
another young woman named Conway
seriously injured at .Longueuil Sunday
evening when a buggy in which they
were driving was struck by an automo
bile driven by Councillor Lanier OF
Longueuil.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Crew OF Destroyed Bark,
Prussia, Had Fearful
Experience
AT TERRA DEL FUEGO
Imprisoned on Narrow Strip OF
Sand for Days After Ship
Was Wrecked.

New York, Sept. 2f-The story Of
the wreck of the American bark Prus-
sia on the bleak Staten island i'll Terra
Del Fuego, "the land of fire" is 4
thrilling one. Six of the crew have
been landed here by a steamer from
Montevideo.
Four perished and three are in Il hos
pital at Puntas Arenas. The PRUSSIA
was owned in San Francisco, and
sailed from Norfolk, Va. March Il,
with cargo of coal for San Francisco.
broke Up in storm.
On the night of June 49, which was
stormy and bitterly cold, while Captain
Johnson was trying to make the New
Years island light. the bark Went
ashore and soon broke up. Eleven OF
the Is men in the crew succeeded il
reaching a bar of sand. sheltered /
somewhat by overhanging rocks. A.
dawn it was discovered that SABBATH
the Japanese cook, and Harry Ham
mond, a sailor. were missing. The
strip of sand wrs narrow. and huge
cliffs barred any escape across the
island. Captain Johnson soon died OF
exhaustion and was buried in the sand
Build IL Boat.
The survivors had a few provision;
and subsisted on these Meantime {
boat was laborously built from the
wreckage. But fear that provisions
would not last led two of the men, S
| PoTthin and Joseph Hosteth. trying t
work across the mountains to Obtain
help.
| One Dies of Cold.
POrthin crawled back a few days lat
er with his hands and feet badly frozen
Hosteth, he reported. had died from tn,
cold The food gave out, and the mel
lived on some shelf fish. Eventually
after much danger. Mate John Hunter
Carpenter Carl Stark and Seaman
Heine reached New Years island. Il
the frail boat, Il distance of so miles.
Others Are Rescued.
Lieutenant DelgadO, in charge at tn
light house there, rescued the sufferin
men on Staten island, after much peri
and delay. They were kindly nurse
in the light house and then taken t
Puntas Arenas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
STANDARD OIL RECORDS
MYSTERI0USLY MISSING

fog in which she has been envelopei
for the past. II hours. At noon whel
the fog shut down, especially heavy,
the steamer had been making 22.55
knots an hour.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Summer Resort Burned.

Saranac Lake, N. Y, Sept. 24.-The
hotel Ampersand was burned to the
ground last night, entailing loss Ct
about $27O,00O The hotel was closed
for the season last Saturday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Court UphoIds schritz Jury.

San Francisco, Sept. 21.-The state
supreme court has sustained the va
lidity of the grand jury which indicted
Schmitz, Ruef. and others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Old Ace is No Bar to Matrimony.

Sterling. H., Sept. "a Benjamin
Bett. a bachelor of this city, aged 7S
years. yesterday married Catherine
Smith of Detroit, aged 63.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Stopped by Fog.

On board steamer Lusitania even
ing. Sept. 23.-By wireless, via Cape
Race The speed of the steamer has
been reduced ON account of the thick
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
TRUNK VICTIM IDENTIFIED
Murder at Seattle Points to Husband
of the Slain Woman.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 24.-The police
have positively identified the body CT
the dead woman found stuffed in a
trunk upon the beach at South Alkali
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
fine is UPHELD
immunity Plea of Great North
ern Turned Down by Feder-
al Court at Denver.
CONSID Erred MOST IMPORTANT
Defendant Based Case on Same Grounds
as the Standard Oil Company
Uses in Resisting Fine.

st. Paul, Sept. 24-Word has beeh
received here from Denver that the ap-
peal of the Great Northern railroad
against a fine of $4,000 for rebating,
based On exactly the same grounds as
the Standard Oil company's appeal
from the $29240,O0O fine imposed by
Judge Landis of Chicago, had been de-
cided in favor of the government by
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals of the Eighth judicial circuit
The fine was imposed last May by
the United States district court of
Minneapolis. and had it not been up
held, all prosecutions for rebating in
this district, if not all over the United
States, would have been brought to an
end
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Attorney Explains.

United States District Attorney
Haupt when informed of the decision
said:
This case was one in which the
Great Northern was indicted for giving
concessions to McCaull & Densmore of
Minneapolis and to the w. p. Dever-
eauX company of Minneapolis, in the
transportation of oats and corn to Sc
attic for shipment to the Philippines.
The question passed upon is of supreme
importance, not alone in this case, but
it involves the right to prosecute any
and all cases for the giving of rebates.
THE validity of the Standard Oil
company fine of $29 100000 depends in
large measure on this decision, for it
will have an almost controlling influ-
ence in the decision of the court of
appeals in the Chicago district. where
the Standard Oil company appeals on
exactly similar grounds. If the de.
cision had been otherwise. it would
have stopped all prosecutions in the
Eighth district for rebates.
Claimed Immunity.
The Great Northern company here
and the Standard Oil company in Chi
cago claimed that section 10 the Hep
burn law contained a provision which
granted immunity for all offenses com
mitted prior to the passage of the Hep
burn law, except those cases in which
indictments had been found when the
law went into effect.
There are II indictments of thi
same nature in this district, and all o
them will be saved by this decision
The Omaha road, one of these defend
ants. was fined 100000 and the Wiscon
sin Central $1,000"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24

two colleagues in the board Charles
NJ. Beach and James Dew. Cutting, and
himself He reviews some recent acts
of the present management and tells
what happened to the resolution he
tried to read at a recent meeting. He
says nothing about what happened to
President Harahan. This was the
meeting at which Mr.. Harahan was
by Mr.. Fish.
Mr.. Fish says he had expected to re-
tire quietly, but that many stockhold-
ers already had sent him their proxies
and had also asked him for a word re-
specting the recent management of the
company.
Gives Reason for Appeal.
Mr.. Fish in his circular to the stock
holders says he has served as director
and officer of the Illinois Central fol
30 years, twothirds Of the time as pres
ident. He says his reason for asking
for proxies is that a persistent effor
is being made to place the company il
the hands of those dominating the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-24
Give Up Leaders as Hostages.

To secure the carrying out of this
convention two notables of each tribe
shall be given up as hostages. The
delegates of the tribes Immediately
named their hostages and signed the
capitulation.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-26
ADuLTERATIoN OF OLIVE OIL.
Spanish Dealers Are Putting Out a
Cheaper Quality.

There has been so much talk about
the alleged adulteration of olive oil IN.
stituted by the government and the
leading producers, the result of which
has been the issuing of a statement
that owing to the abnormally high
prices some dealers have resorted to
adulteration with linseed or sesame oil
In order to bring IL within the reach Of
their poorer customers. 1t is under.
stood, indeed, that some manufacture
ers Of these seed oils have prepared
a special grade from the first crush.
ings which is being used for the pur.
pose.
Representations have been made to
the government with a view to pro.
tecting the interests Of the manufac.
turers of olive oil, but some OF the
leading olive oil crushers have held
aloof, considering such action futile,
inasmuch as the prevailing conditions
will, in all probability, have disappear.
ed within a few months, and the en-.
forcement of existing municipal by.