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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27

Oyster Bay, June pa distinguish
ed luncheon party assembled at Saga
more Hill today, the guests of Presl-
dent Roosevelt. Sir Chcntung LANG
Cheng, retiring Chinese minister. took
advantage of this opportunity to say
his farewell to the president before
leaving America.
ton and Admiral Dahl of the Norwegian
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
MUST Give NOTICE.
United States Insists on An
nouncement of Bombardment
of Towns on SeacoaSt
IN HAGUE PROPOSITION
Not Permitted for Non-Payment of
Ransom - Hospital Ships Held
Exempt from Capture.

The Hague, June 27.-The text of the
American proposition presented to the
peace conference June q by General
Porter is as follows:
Bombardment by a naval force Of
unfortilied and undefended towns. Such
towns, villages or buildings are liable
to damage incidental to the destruction
of military or naval establishments,
public dCpots or munitions of war or
vessels of war III port. and such towns,
villages or buildings are liable to bonn.
bardmcnt when reasonable requisitions
for provisions and supplies at the time
essential to the naval force. are with
held, in which case due notice of the
bombaTdment must be given. BombaTG-
ment of unfortilied towns and places
'i0r non-payment of ransom is forbid
den"
ExemptS Hospital Ships.
The German proposition for adopt
ing the Red Cross convention TO naval
warfare which was presented June 81
says hospital ships cannot be captured.
not being considered as warships
The proposal presented by the Brit
ish delegates provides for the estab-
lishment of an international permanent
court of appeals in regard to prize
captured at sea. y neutral power may
appeal to this court from the finding
of a prize court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
BUTTE MAIL CARRIERS QUIT
Unable to Live in That City on Salary
Government PAYS.

Butte. Mont, June z,.-All mail car
riers of the city went out on strike last
might, the men declaring they could not
live in Butte on the present scale of
wages paid by the government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
RAYBURN is MUCH BETTER
Man Hit With Shovel in Davenport by
Oscar Wicks Not Expected to Die.

Waiter Rayburn, who was hit on the
head with a shovel by Oscar Wicks
yesterday, the latter surrendering to
the local Salvation Army, is much i'm
proved today and reports from ST.
Luke's hospital where he is being ca:-
ed for are altogether favorable Wicks
is being held till the seriousness of the
injury is made apparent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
HOLMES MAKES A DENIAL
Declares He Never Tipped Off Cotton
Reports.

Washington, June Pc. S. Holmes
Jr, former assistant statistician OF
the agricultural department, on trial
on a charge of conspiring to defraui
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27

sense corrobOrated his opinion based
on the hypothetical question.
Here the defense rested.
The state called Miss Annie Kidd and
precipitated an argument over the ad-
instability of her testimony.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
Sentencing of schmitz Postponed.

San Francisco, June 27.-The pass
ing of sentence upon Eugene E.
Schmitz, convicted of extortion, was
today postponed until July 6.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
Judge Refuses to Admit
Testimony Against
Loving Girl
IN THE VIRGINIA CASE
Ruling Similar to That In Thaw
Case Lessons Prospects
of Conviction.

Houston Va, June 27.-In the Low
ing murder trial today Judge Barks-
dale rendered an opinion as to the al
missbiity OF the evidence by the pros
ccution tending to disproye the story
told by Elizabeth Loving ta her father
of her ruin at the hands of Theodore
Estes The judge ruled that The char
acter of the girl or the man who was
killed is not the issue and the truth or
falsify of her story had no bearing on
the case.
The evidence will not be submitted.
Trial I.n:S~.
Houston. Va. June 27.-Interest in
the trial of Judge Loving for the kill
ing of Theodore Estes Jagged yester-
day The features were the closing of
the case of the defense. after the eX-
animation of three Witnesses for the
purpos of proving that Judge Loving
was insane at the time of the shooting,
and the first presentation by the at
torneys for the prosecution of what
they intend to prove If certain witness
es are allowed to testify.
The plea of the defense is that the
mind Of Judge Loving had. after years
of dissipation, become SO impaired that
when he heard the story of his daugh
ter. Miss Elizabeth Loving. that she
had been drugged and misueated, h
became deranged.
Hard Drinker.
Sheriff J. p. Bcard of Amherst coun
ty. who has known Judge Loving foE
Years. testified as to the defendant be
ling an excessive dTinker. The witness
said Loving's dissipation had complete
ly changed his disposition. and that
before he started drinking he was pleas
ant and agreeable though in later
years he had become unreasonable ant
agreeable
Mr.. Harrison of Amherst, formerly ;
lawyer. testified along the same line a,
iSheriff Beard rs TO the excessive drink
ing and the change it had brought OF
Loving. The witness declared tina
Loving worshipcd his daughter. Eliza
beth.
Calls LoNinG'S Mind Diseased.
DR.. Charles l.. Emmons. a brain spe
cialist of Washington. ID. c.. said tha
whisky caused large percentage o
, the cases of insanity.
After lone argument over tn,
. phraseology of a hypothetical question
DR.. Emmons testified that Judge Low
e ing's act was that of diseased mind.
The witness said that 10 days ago HI
: made a physical examination of Judg
Loving. which he stated certainly in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
Go to Peoria.

The men are confined in the police
station here pending the return of the
pOstotiice inspectors, who turned them
over to the authorities here for safe
keeping while evidence was sought.
The men will be taken to Peoria either
tonight or tomorrow by the federal of
ficers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
LIGHT GIVEN ON ATTEMPT
OF union" TO WRECK TRAIN

18th of November when the train
reached Victor on the next trip. Scott
and Stealing were there. and they told
me they have done it | said, 'What?'
They removed a rail at the identical
point you thought they would Scott
and Sterling said they saw the men at
work. When we struck the curve, We
got out and walked ahead. and there
mine or ten spikes had been taken from
the rail 1t was still in place, how
ever
Witness All Afternoon.
Boise. Idaho. June 27.-William F..
Davis of GoldfeId, New, one of the
most important witnesses for the de
fense OF Haywood, was called 10 the
stand at noon yesterday. and his cross
examination had not been completed
when court adjourned III the evening.
Orchard testified that Davis led AMI
commanded the mob that destroyed the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill in 1899,
inspired, as the agent of Haywood and
Moyer, the VindicatOr explosion and
train-wrecking plot at Cripple Creek,
and was an accomplice in the Indepen-
dence station crime.
Wccps ON stand.
Davis went over the story of his
working life, including the pathetic
story OF the death OF his wife and babe
at Cripple Creek, at which he wept ana
made positive denial of every state
ment OF Orchard that involved him or
his assistants in any form of crime. He
denied that he was even a member of
the union when the Bunker Hill ana
| Sullivan mine was blown up. and at
the conclusion of his general story
swore that at Cripple Creek during the
strike Orchard told him OF the Hercules
mine affair and threatened to kill Steu
| inenberg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
THREE CONVlGTS ARE HANGED
Murderers OF Prison Guard in Attempt
to Escape Pay Penalty.

jefferson City, June 27.- Harry
Vaughan. Edward Raymond. and
George Ryan. convicts from the peni-
tcntiary. were hanged in the county
jail this morning for killing Prison
Guard John Clay during a concerted at
tempt to escape from the penitentiary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
CRAFT The ISSUE.
Declares Democratic Platform
Adopted at Pennsylvania
Convention.
STATE HOUSE AS AN INSTANCE
Not 10 Be Led Astray by Premature
Endorsement of Any Candidate
for Presidency.

Harrisburg, Pa, June 27.-JOhn G..
Harman of Columbia county was nom
democratic state convention.
Substance of Platform.
Harrisburg. Pa, June 27.-The plat
form is devoted entirely to state issues,
revelations of the Legislative commits
sion which is investigating the eXpen-
diture of $9.O00.O00 in furnishing the
state capitol forming a feature of the
document. 1t challenges the wisdom of
continuing republican rule in Pennsyl-
vania. declares the dominant issue be-
fore the people of the commonwealth to
he whether dishonesty in public places
shall cease or continue; whether graft
shall be sustained or rebuked and pun
.ished."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27

believing this TO be the vital ques-
ton in this state" it says, eve are not
to be led astray by perfunctory en-
dorsement of any candidate for presi-
dent in 1908, or a declamatory lauda-
tiOn of the present incumbent of that
high office"
Regarding the control of trusts and
other combinations. the platform favors
the most rigid regulation of trusts and
combinations that wisdom can devise
under laws of universal application and
impartial enforcement"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
Three Others Arrested.

Three other brothers are believed to
have had a part in the work. and they
are held at Denver, Col. When ar
armed with magazine revolvers. and
had on their persons about $50 worth
of stamps. Earl. the younger of the
two brothers, confessed after a sweat.
box session.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
HEADS OF A GANG
Believed That ChiSm Brothers
Held Here Are the Ones Who
Did Other Jobs in State.
EVIDENCE BEING GATHERED
Postoffice Inspectors Investigating
Cases at the Three Villages in
This County.

Earl and Roy Chism. who were
brought here from Clinton by Inspector
c. l.. Patterson of the postofIice de-
paTtment. are being held here at the
police station while the inspector is
making an examination of the places
robbed at Coal Valley. Reynolds. and
Taylor Ridge, for the purpose of secm-
ing evidence against the young men.
who have confessed to the robbery of
the pOstOfiices at the three places In
spectOr Patterson was at Coal Valley
yesterday. and there secured evidence
of a circumstantial character, and COLI
ferred with Postmaster T. J. Murphy.
Mr.. Patterson found that chisei
which he secured from the boys exactly
fitted the markings on the entrances at
the depot and the postOfiices.
Father at Joliet.
Merrier Chism. the father of the two
men held here, is doing time at the Jo-
liet penitentiary for the murder of his
wife. In the brothers the postofiice au-
thorities believe they have the heads of
the gang which has been perpetrating
numerous safeblOWing jobs in central
Illinois for a year. The jobs have in
every case seemed to be done by the
same gang. and though evidently the
work of inexperienced cracksmen. the
robbers have heretofore made good nd
escaped with the booty. In addition to
the three pOstoflice jobs in this county
h l.
villages, the men are believed to have
done the jobs at Trivoli. Ellisville,
Washington. Yates City. fremont. Chill
licothe. Hanna City, and other central
Illinois towns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
Asked of Other Places.

"Scott then asked me If | knew any
other good place 10 wreck train along
there. | said it might be done at the
second left-hand curve east OF the over
head crossing. Scott repeated the To-
cation after me. On the trip to Buli
Hill that night, Scott got on the tram
and told me to stop near the second
left-hand curve. | did so, and two men
dronned off the rear end of the train.
Spikes Taken Out.
"It was early the morning OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27
Men Were Satisfied.

One reason Davis said he chang Il
his name was in order to get work.
He had also seen in the papers that
the authorities were looking for him
!; nd many others. He had been arrest
ed many times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-27

Following is the program to be rem
dered tomorrow by Petersen's band al
The Watch Tower:
The Washington times., 1907-07-07
COURT PROUD
OF RECENT RECEPTION

Potomac Court. Of the Independent
order Of Foresters, is so delighted with
the success of its recent entertainment
and social that its members are likely
to begin preparations at once YoG an
other one, which will probably include
dancing.
At the social held on the courts last
meeting night especial pleasure was
given by the excellent singing OF Miss
Bertha Hanson. who has a rich. sweet.
and powerful soprano. and the baritone
solo OF c. T. Schaefer. Miss Hanson
was sypmathetically accompanied by
her sister. Master Harry Levy gave a
violin solo. and Miss n. Hodges Shove 1
mastery OF the plano. Others taking
part were Master Clifton Whyte. Miss
Ethel Wissman. Miss Leona Callan, w.
w. Bishop, who is deputy supreme rang
er; Master Beveridge Martie, and SAM
uel v Leech.
The Washington times., 1907-07-07
SECRETARY WELLER
MAKES STATEMENT
Get Many Contributions,
But Charities Need Per-
Sonal Help.

Entertainers are needed at Camp
Good Will" according to the statement
Of Secretary Charles f. Weller, who
says that there is reed for people who
can sing, play any instrument, tell
stories. give Rotations. or take groups
Of cnilGren on nature-study excursions
through the woods around Camp Good
Will
John NJ. Simpson. a botanist, has
agreed to give a talk on birds, flowers.
and trees next Saturday afternoon, when
he will take the children for q stroll
through the fields and groves around
the camp. 1t Is stated that the com
rnittee desires 70 have some entertain
ment or instruction provided every even
ing. Persons willing to serve are asked
70 communicate either with headquart-
ers. at 923 II street northwest. or with
Mrs Edna Keane Bushee, superintend-
ent at camp Good Will"
In the line OF financial help the fol-
lowing contributions have been received
and acknowledged IN behalf OF the sum
mer outing committee. by Andrew
Parker. treasurer
The Washington times., 1907-07-07
CREEPY" JEWELRY
LONDON'S LATE FAD

LONDON. July 6.-"creepy'' iewelry
is the reigning fad with the London
woman. All kinds OF jewelry in the
chronological line are worn-brooches
ike moths. lace pins ike wasps. and
hatpin heads like caterpillars- Neck
lets are made ike SPIDERS webs OF me
gold wire. with spider and hy attach
mente A spider brooch and Iy pan
yle are sometimes worn with the web
necklet.
The most daring OF ali the bug Jew
elry IS a safety pin adorned with q
life-Uke model OF the cOckrOacn.
The Washington times., 1907-07-07
ICE INSPECTION,
GOVERNMENT PLAN
Unsanitary Conditions Here
Arouse Apprehension
of Officials.
Typhoid Fever Prevention
Started investigation in
First Place.

Federal inspection of ice plants doing
an interstate business may be the next
step taken by the Government. as a re-
suit of the report of the Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service on the
origin and prevention of typhoid fever
IN the District of Columbia
Disclosures of highly unsanitary con-
ditions in certain ice plants in the Dis
trict have aroused the apprehensions of
the Marine Hospital Service.
It Is feared that a condition exists
throughout the country similar to that
which marked the operation of the Chi
cago packing houses previous 20 Gov
ernmental regulation.
Unsanitary arrangements of the plants
reeking with filth, just OF Of which ice
is being manufactured, and through
which meats and sausages are hauled
for cold storage, are the lesser Of abuses
complained OF at one plant in this re-
port published as Bulletin IS.
Water for Ice.
At another place it was discovered
that water for the manufacture Of ice
was taken from wells in a narrow yard
between the stable and factory
The room over the spring, which was
also used. had a floor covered with
rotting wood. mud. and the washings
from the barnyard nearby. An in
spector who visited the place imme-
diately after a heavy rain said the
water was deep on the floor and that #
contained filth of a revolving character.
An employe told him that during the
rain, this filthy water entered the spring
Filthy. undrained, and ill-smelling
stables being converted into an ice
storage room; wOrkmen who wore filthy
clothing. and who walked over the ice
tanks and cans in the same shoes that
they used 10 pass through the barn
Yards and other filthy places; toilet
rooms that gave no indication OF ever
having been cleaned; men who eXpec-
torated on the wooden tops Overs the
cans. were among the astounding dis
closures reported by these experts
Intestinal Diseases.
II is declared that, while little, If any
part was played by the ice in spreading
typhoid infection, milder intestinal dis
eases may have been caused by ic'
manufactured in an unsanitary manner
Among other things, il is recon-
mended that ice plants IN the District
should be placed under the direct super
vision Of the Health Department.
II is understood that the Marine Hos
pital Service. which Is now preparing 9
book on typhoid fever Tor the guidance
of the different States. viii call the at
tention Of State boards of health to III,
possibilities OF ice infection and Urg,
an Immediate inspection Of all ice plants
both natural and artificial.
The Washington times., 1907-07-07
LIVES LOST IN PERSIA
WHEN TIGRIS 0VERFL0WS

CoNSTANTINOPLE. July 6-Much
loss of life, heavy property damage and
great suffering have resulted from the
overflow of the river Tigris in Persia.
Fifteen hundred houses have been de-
molished at Karachi- Yakachri.
The Washington times., 1907-07-07
Minneapolis Shocked
By Fourth OF JuIU
Nude Statue DiSDIQUJ

The casts represent music. therefore.
comedy, mechanical science, tragedy,
and poetry
one man said the figures were so life
like they dreK mosquitoes 10 the neigh
borhood Gewont said:
II see nothing wrong in placing tho
figures In my front yard. ! think people
who complain against the appearance
OF The nude statues Of graceful human
beings in public places are not pure
Minded"
The Washington times., 1907-07-07

NuNNEAPOLIS. Minn JAY G.-Par-
ents residing in the vicinity OF Nine
tcenth avenue south and Warrington
street do not like the way A A. Gewont'
maker Of ornamental statuary, eeie brat
o. the Fourth. sSewout placed six pl9st-
or casts of twelve boys in the pude IN
his front yard The figures attracted a
great deal OF attention Nearly eveIs
boy and girl for half mile around !" en-
10 see them.
The Washington times., 1907-07-07
Blumenlal 6 Langfelds Entire Stock OF 5000 Washable
Skirts Bought by the HeCht Stores

which results placing be
provided they took them all In one lot
sensona would
stocks practically bought
price which finally secured these fine Skirts was
What pay-and therefore Oher
this sale that Washington has
Be and share IN this wonder
FIJI sale.
The Washington times., 1907-07-07
FALSE WITNESS CHARGE
AGAINST EDWARD E. HALE
Continued from First Page

Southeast is inhabited mostly by ne
groes, northwest is inhabited by white
folk gentle folk. just such people as
you and I are-peOple who can change
their clothes six times a week If they
want to-people who-wen, people
who can have anything for dinner that
they want TO have The death rate in
southeast is tWenty-One in a thousand.
The death rate in northwest is four
teen In 4 thousand
The Washington times., 1907-07-07
Misrepresentation Alleged.

1--WE are at a loss TO understand how a
man of your known intelligence could
give utterancet 20 such a Misrepresentation
Of the actual existing condition OF af-
fairs in the city OF Washington, in
which you claim to have resided for
the last two or three years and which
gave you opportunity to be conversant
with your surroundings. but your state
ment shows that you have failed TO
avail yourself Of the opportunity to ac-
quire reliable information
The committee then cites police CEN
sus figures TO show that many more
Northwest section Of the city than in
the Southeast. The committee says:
In 1907 the total population was
so. 59l-ZS3. 400 were white. &C. 1888 colored
The colored were distributed as follows:
1856 In the city, Northeast and South
east; 1,2l1 In the county. east and 10 S3i
in Southwest, leaving 604S1 for the
Northwest. city and county. to be In
cluded in your gentle folk
His Washington Residence.
Your residence. 174S N street, is located
in the Third police precinct, which con-
tained a population I'm 1907 OF g. Us per
sons, only 10. LOG white and 14,1l9 colored
Please compare this fact with the resi-
dents of East Washington. Northeast
and Southeast, 63.271 white. and a. $50
colored, total: East Washington, 1925
How can you reconcile these census re-
turns with your claim, that 1t IS In
habited mostly by negroes?
Your comments on the prevailing
death rate in the District of Columbia
are equally unjustihable. and we refei
you to the latest report on this subiec
just issued by the Health officer Of this
District of Columbia. showing the tota
deaths Tor the calendar year OF 100
TO be 600, being at the rate of 1920 pei
LOCO; S,44S white at the rate OF 1916 pei
1,OpO, and 2.151 cOlored at the rate of Is S
per 1000. and not Il per ] 900 for tn,
white and p per 1000 for the colored. al
you stated in your speech at Boston"
Men Who Signed.
The letter. which is signed by Thoma
w. Smith, NJ. I. Weller, A. f. Sperry
w. NJ. Porter. Edward +. Albert, W
Mosley Williams, and A. Girouard, con
cIudes with the following appeal:
Your ineXcusable attack on our sec
ton, accompanied by sucn misrepre
sensations, unintentional though the,
may nave been, are calculated to in
flict a srevious injury upon an attrac
tive part Of the city which contain
Library, the Capitol, Congressiona
office buildings. United States nav,
yard. United states Marine Corps Bar
racks, Providence Hospital, schools
churches OF every denomination. o
which we are justly proud: and there
fore. you, as clergyman, should no
have placed yourself in the attitude o
bearing false witness against you
neighbOr
a man OF your prominence, character
and literary ability. making a public
speech that has been telegraphed a
over thee Ountry and published in all IN
leading newspapers OF the land, owes /
TO the preservation OF his own reputa
tatiOn to make amends 10 the resident
Of this section. who have been iniure
by these slanderous remarks.
I'VE now ask you TO correct you
statements"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-07
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Mrs Sue Hughes of 511 Lawrence
street is sick with typhoid.
Miss Grace Stevenson leaves tomorrow
on a months visit with friends.
Mr.. Clarence Rosen Of 204 Branner
street is visiting his aunt in Wa-Keeney.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Irish and Miss Mabel
Irish left today for a months visit IN
Denver.
The Mistletoe club meets tomorrow
afternoon with Mrs. Grant Burdette, at
her home, ABS Chandler street
Mrs. Dan Mileham of 313 Monroe street
went to Rossville yesterday TO speno
week the guest of her mother.
Mrs. s. Altman of 314 Branner street
will leave for Portland, Oregon, about
the middle of August to visit her sister
on an extended visit.
Mrs. Jacob Oberer of 112 North Locust
street entertained Monday evening in
honor of her daughter Margaret. The
invited guests were Miss Anna Gilman,
Miss Anna Rain, Miss Pauline Mellin-
ger, Miss Martha Wofel of Dreshler,
Neb, Miss Alma Hemerick. Miss Minnie
Kraushaur, Miss Blanch Murphy, Miss
HELEN Stevenson, Miss Katherine
Oberer, Mr. Walter Hackmeister of Chi
caeo. Mr.. Kurt Hemerick. Mr.. John
Fritze. Mr.. Louis Rain. Mr.. Charles
Fritze. Mr.. Ed Moser, Mr.. Fred Oberer,
Mr.. Charles Oberer, Mr.. julius Oberer,
Mr.. c. Hoffmyer of Tecumseh, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Ottman, Mr.. H. Hackmeister
of Chicago, Mrs H. Rain, Mrs Geo.
Hemerick, Mrs. H. Kraushaar and Mr..
Jacob Oberer.