davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Hawaiian star., 1910-03-28

given me new life.
1 suffered for ten
years with serious
female troubles, in
hammation, ulcer
alton, indigestion,
nervousness, and
could not sleep.
Doctors gave me
up, as they said my
t r Ou b les were
chronic. 1 was in
despair, and did not
nora NvbofbarT1iua6
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
TAFT UNWILLING TO ROOT OUT
THE LONG AND SHORT HAUL EVIL

except over their lines and are there
fore at their mercy. This practice
has led to the greatest evil in the rail-
road ness-diserimination against
communities and localities. And it has
given the railroads virtual control of
water transportation by enabling them
to drive water transportation compa-
nies out of business or to force them
to sell out to the railroads. The adop-
ton of the amendment would free the
waterways from the blighting effects
of railroad control, and would force
readjustment of transportation condi-
tions so beneficial to the whole coun-
try that it is doubtful if any one thing
which could be inserted in the pend
ing measure could effect more for the
public interest. Yet this is the propo-
sitfon President Taft declares to be
highly Objectionable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
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notch for a swift unarmored cruiser.
1t will carry $500 tons of coal in its
bunkers, which should enable it to
make the round trip across the Atlantic
at half speed Parsons turbine en-
gines, built in the New York navy yard,
of the enormous power of $4,000 horse
power, will maintain the high speed Of
this big ship, and the steam will be
supplied by sectional boilers.
The main battery of the ship will
consist of ten 12-inch rifles arranged
in pairs in turrets. Looking at it
bow-on, one would think that the Flor
ida had what is called superposed or
double-decked turrets like the Kear-
sarge and the Kentucky, but as a mat
ter of fact there are only two gins in
each of the five turrets, and the second
turret in the fore part of the ship is
necessarily elevated on a superstruc-
ture SO as to be able to fire freely over
the top of the foremost turret. There
is a very formidable secondary bat
terry composed of sixteen 5-inch rapid
firers, foup 3-pounders, two 1-pounders
and number of machine guns. There
are also two 21-inch submerged tubes
for torpedoes.
Just what the armor is to be on
these ships the naval designers will
not tell That marks the adoption Of
a new policy in the American navy
where heretofore it has been custom
airy to set out in smallest detail in the
chief constructors annual reports the
thickness of every inch Of armor on
the ship II is believed, though, that
the side armor will average about IL
inches, and that it will be extended
over a length of the ship heretofore
uncovered and will be much wider
than the ordinary armor- belt so -as-not
TO expose the under body Of the ship
when IL rolls in a sea-wave.
1t will take more, than a thousand
men to manage this great fighting ma
chine; the minimum requirement is 60
officers and 954 enlisted men. The es-
timated cost of the ship complete rs
$4,000, 900, as fixed in the act of May
Is, 1908. 1t keel was laid March 8,
1909, so that the naval contractors
have reason to be proud of the rapid
ity with which they have carried on
their work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
A. P. HEINzE PUT
OUT OF ROOM AT
BROTHERS, TRIAL

New York May IA sensation was
created during the summing up in the
trial of T. Augustus Heinze this after
noon when Arthur P Heinze, brother
of the defendant, was elected from
the court room for having it was al
legged, disturbed proceedings by pass
ing the lie to United States District
Attorney Wise during the latter's argu-
ment.
Wise had accused Arthur P. Heinze
of patching up the books of the United
Copper company and spiriting them
away.
That's lie," voice from the audi
ence sang out Wise called the atten-
tion of the jury to the interruption and
remarked: That's the sort of treat
ment I've been up against in this
case"
Judge Hough raped for order and
asked the marshal If he recognized
the person who made the remark. On
receiving an Affirmative reply the judge
ordered the person elected The mar
shal walked up to Arthur p Heinze
and escorted him from the court room.
His wife, who was in the court room
audience, rose and followed him out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12

that it has not been dwelt upon by
men of letters.
One of the prime dangers of civili-
zation has always been it's tendency to
cause the loss of the virile fighting
virtues, of the fighting edge. When
men get too comfortable and lead too
luxurious lives there is always danger
less the softness eat like an acid into
their manliness of fiber The bar
barian, because of the very conditions
of his life, is forced to keep and de-
velop certain hardy qualities which
the man of civilization tends to lose,
whether he be clerk, factory hand,
merchant, or even certain type of
farmer. Now l will not assert that in
modern civilized society these tenden-
cies have been wholly overcome: but
Continued on Page ::even.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12

New York, May 12.-The biggest
ship in the American navy slid off the
ways today at the New York navy
yard, when the battleship Florida
dropped into the water Later on,
when the Arkansas and the Wyoming,
now under construction, are afioat,
they will exceed the Florida in size
By !. o00 -tons--a@ difrerenee4 sahi icient- to
make a pretty good little liner in itself
The Florida itself is by no means I'M
ished,. for as it went of the ways to-
day twas only about so per cent ad-
vanced towards completion, which
means that1t was not much more than
vast empty hull and still awaits all
of the thousand boilers and main and
secondary engines and armor and
equipment that go to make up the ship
ready for commission.
Probably there is not battleship
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
City Of SaItiIIo in Disas-
ter in River Below
St. Louis.
PILOT LOST CONTROL
Accident Occurred at Night and
Craft Went Down in 20
Feet of Water.

ST. Louis, Mo, May 12.-Thirteen
lost their lives in the Mississippi
struck a rock and foundered in reach
of shore at Glen Park, "a miles south
of st. Louis, last night.
List of Dead.
The dead:
Mrs. Isaac T. Rhea and daughter,
Nashville, Tenn.
S. c. Baker, first clerk of the
steamer.
Mrs. Joseph Harris, Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Archie Patterson and son, Sa-
vannah. Tenn
Louis. Mo.
Fowler Post, clerk.
Miss Lena Wall, Nashville, Tenn
Four steamboat hands, names I'M
known.
Carried 81 People.
The boat carried q passengers and
a crew of 80. Shortly before reaching
Glen Park, the Saltillo encountered a
shoreward draw and all efforts to pre-
vent collision were unavailable and
the vessel struck a rock and sank in
20 feet of water.
Did Not Know What Happened.
The passengers and crew clung to
the broken timbers, while those able
TO do so lent their aid to rescue the
helpless. The majority of the passen-
gers were in the cabins. and the col
lision came so suddenly that they
were plunged into the water before
they knew what had happened. AS
fast as the occupants of the steamer
were dragged TO shore they were taken
to the Glencoe company's boarding
house, where they were cared for. A
telephone message brought relief from
ST. Louis and Desota.
Only one body, that of Mrs. Rhea,
was recovered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
HE HAS FAITH
NTHE FUTURE
Roosevelt Speaks on s.The
World Movement" at Ber-
lin University.
AND RECEIVES A DEGREE
His Voice Is in Bad Shape, but He
Finishes and Is Congratulated
by Kaiser Wilhelm.

Berlin, May 12.-Roosevelt found his
voice SO much improved this morning
that he decided to deliver his address
at the University of Berlin, as planned.
The historic hall was occupied by a
distinguished company. Emperor Will
liam was present The former presi-
dent received a gratifying reception.
The subject of his address was "The
World Movement" He said in part:
The play of new forces is as evil
dent in the moral and spiritual world
as in the world of the mind and the
body. Forces for good and forces for
evil are everywhere evident. each act
ing with hundred or a thousand fold
the intensity with which it acted in
former ages. Over the whole earth
the swing of the pendulum grows more
and more rapid, the handspring coils
and spreads at a rate constantly quick
ening, the whole world movement is
of constantly accelerating velocity.
Much That Bodies Ill.
In this movement there are signs
of much that BODIES i'll. The machinery
is so highly geared, the tension and
strain are so great, the effort and the
output have alike so increased, that
there is cause to dread the ruin that
would come from any great accident,
from any breakdown, and also the ruin
that may come from the mere wear
ing out of the machine itself The
only previous civilization with which
our modern civilization can be in any
way compared is that period of
Graeco-Roman civilization extending,
say, from the Athens of ThemistocIes
to the Rome of Marcus Aurelius.
Same Forces at Work.
Many of the forces and tendencies
which were then at work are at work
now. knowledge, luxury and refine
ment, wide material conquests, terri
torial administration on a vast scale,
an increase in the mastery of mechani-
cal appliances and in applied science
all these mark our civilization as they
marked the wonderful civilization that
flourished in the Mediterranean lands
20 centuries ago: and they preceded
the downfall of the older civilization.
Yet the differences are many, and
some of them are quite as striking as
the similarities
The single fact that the old civiliza-
tion was based upon slavery shows
the chasm that separates the two.
Let me point out one further and very
significant difference in the develop
ment of the two civilizations. differ
ence so obvious that it is astonishing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12

to assume responsibility for these rail-
road demands is little short of extra
ordinary. 1t can be accounted for only
upon the belief that the president is
so determined to make the Aldrich
fight his own that ne is willing to as
sumo leadership in a bad cause rather
than permit the progressives to aid the
democrats to accomplish something for
the good of the public.
Is it fair for railroads to charge more
for a short haul than long haul?
That is the principal question involved
in the amendment opposed by the pres
ident. The amendment would prevent
the larger charge for the shorter haul
Bow to River Cities.
At present railway companies give
lower rates to cities on water than to
cities inland which can not get freight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12

af1oat that could tackle the Florida on
even terms, when its commanders
flag flies from the ungraceful but for
midable skeleton masts which will be
placed upon it; that is, provided the
naval designers do not change their
minds as to the utility of this novel
feature of marine architecture within
the next Is months, by which time the
Florida should be in commission
The ship is the 1rst Of any real fnlz
portance to be constructed in a gov
ernment navy yard for a number of
years. The Florida is 521 feet inches
long-nearly as long as two city blocks;
it's beam is SS feet 21s inches; it draws
2S1a feet of water, and displaces 21,-
S25 tons in light order, while when
fully loaded, with its supplies and am
munition, it will measure up to 23,033
tons. It's estimated speed is 20sz knots
per hour, which would have been re-
garded a few years ago as the top
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
"Tamev Lion Attacks Baby.

Cleveland, Tenn, May pa trained
lion, on exhibition in an open stage,
last night suddenly became blood
thirsty and snatching babe from the
arms of it's mother, carried it to the
back of the stage, dashed it to the
floor and planted both it's forepaws on
the little ones body, licking the blood
from the wounds on the babes head
and face. Frantic witnesses, seizing
anything available as weapons. ad-
vanced on the lion and diverted it's at
tention, while a man snatched the
babe from the stage. The child is ter
ribly laeerated and may die.
The keeper finally succeeded in get
ting the lion back into it's cage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
ATTORNEYS ARGUE
IN THE HYDE CASE
Court Instructs Jury, Reminding the
Members Evidence is Purely
CircumstantiaI.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 12.-Attor-
ney Walsh occupied the courts atten-
ton today with the first closing ad-
dress on behalf of DR.. Hyde on trial
in connection with the death of Col
onel Swope.
Kansas City, May 12.-An of the
rebuttal testimony was completed.
the court instructions were deliver
closing arguments was delivered in
the Hyde murder trial yesterday.
By Judge Latshaw's instructions
to the jury the accused physician
must either be found guilty of first
degree murder, which is punishment
by death or life Imprisonment, or be
acquitted.
None of the testimony admitted in
the trial was withdrawn by the court
from the jury. All of the issues col
lateral with the alleged killing of
Colonel Swope were admitted.
Special instructions were given the
jury regarding the testimony of Mrs.
Hyde and the medical experts for
both sides.
Attention was also directed by the
COuiI W lhS ldCI thdI all SNlueHce
against DR.. Hyde was circumstantial
BY virtue of the law in this state.
the instructions to the jury were read
before the attorneys began their ar
guments.
Assistant Prosecutor Henry L.
Jost opened the argument for the
state. talking two hours. Mr.. Jost's
attack on DR.. Hyde was so severe
that he was reprimanded by the
court several times following objec-
tion of DIR. Hyde's counsel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
BANDITS ROB TRAIN
AT PHOENIX, ARIZ.
Strip Passengers of VaIuabIes and
Head for the Mexican BOun-
Diary Line.

Phoenix, Ariz., May 1.-TWO ban
dts without masks held up train No
16 of the Arizona Eastern railroad a
mile from here last night and after
robbing the passengers escaped to the
desert One passenger was almost
scalped by a blow from a revolver.
Posses we're started out with Indian
trailers in the Sacat reservation in an
effort to capture the robbers before
they cross the Mexican boundary.
The bandits appeared at the doors
of the passenger cars Just after the
train left Marcopa- They did not mo-
lest the mail or express. but confined
their operations to the passengers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
RY Y.rAV.


Especial Correspondence of The Argus)
Washington, May 10.-President
Taft has antagonized the amendment
to the railroad bill which would pre-
vent a larger charge for short haul
than a long haul.
The president has proclaimed that
if this amendment can be defeated, as
wen as the Cummins amendment pro-
viding that increases of rates shall be
approved by the interstate commerce
commission, he will gladly accept what
ever is left of the bill when it finally
gets through the senate
Would Lead Bad Cause.
Inasmuch as the pressure for the de-
feat, of these two important PROPOSE
tions comes from the railroads them
selves, the willingness of the president
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
GROCERS FAVOR A
WEIGHT STANDARD

Springfield. ILL.,, May 12.=The Ma
tional Retail Grocers association to-
day declared in favor of laws being
passed providing that all bulk goods
be sold by weight instead of meas
ure. T. P. Sullivan If Chicago was
reelected president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
Work of Day in Congress

Washington, May 12.-Following is
summary of the proceedings of the
two houses of congress yesterday,
taken from the official records:
SENATE In a personal explanation
to the senate Senator Piles of Washing
ton disavowed any responsibility for
the appointment of Richard A Ballin-
ger as commissioner of the general
land office or later as secretary of the
interior. This action resulted from in
timations in the Ballinger-Pinchot in
vestigation that Mr.. Piles had infiuenc-
ed the appointment in the interest of
the Cunningham coal claimants. Sena-
tor Simmons of North Carolina spoke in
favor of the Dixon long and short halIl
clause, after which the railroad bill was
laid aside. The theory that the preSi
dent may withdraw from entry the pub
lie lands without authority of congress
was combated by Senator Borah in an
extended argument
HOU SE-In the house the entire ses-
sion was taken up by the consideration
of bills affecting Indian lands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
NO MEETING HELD
BY THE COMMITTEE
Discussion of Democratic Congress
sfonaI Candidate for This Dis
trict Postponed.

Bushnell, Ill, May 12.-(Special.)-
A meeting of the democratic congress
sional committee of the Fourteenth
district was to nave been held here
yesterday afternoon for the purpose
of discussing candidate for the fall
campaign Members of the commit
tee, however, failed TO put in appear;
ance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12

admitting his summary of the CLAWS
charges, which he prepared for the
president and on which the latter was
supposed to have based his letter exon
Grating Ballinger and dismissing Gla-
Wis was prepared after the date it bore
was the sensation of today's investiga-
ton The attorney general will proba-
bly, be called as a witness by the COM
mittee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
RumOr Of Taft Move for
Revision Stirs Con-
gresham.
PROMISES FULFILLED
House Passes Bill to Open Sur.
face of 10000, 900 Acres
of Coal Land.

Washington, May 12.-Sereno T.
Payne, author OF the tariff law, enter
ed into a vigorous defense of that
measure in the house today He de-
clared the republican partys pledge TO
revise the tarif downward had been
fulfilled and that from whatever view
point you look at it the law shows a
reduction in rates.
No Apologies Made.
There were some increases, for which
no apologies are made. They were
necessary for revenue. Commodities
on which rates were reduced represent
10 times the value of luxuries on which
rates were increased; it was a true
downward revision, but the law has
been misrepresented, he said, by poll
ticians with campaign capital to make
and by tradesmen grasping for pelf
Due 10 Too Much Gold.
The high cost of living, he declared,
is due to over-production of gold and
extends throughout Europe as well as
the United States. He declared the
law has brought prosperity to the farm
er, to the manufacturer, to the mer-
chant, and to the whole country.
In a speech by Fordney of Michigan,
in defense of the tariff. intended as a
reply to Beveridges Indianapolis
speech against the law, he declared the
reasons for Beveridge's opposition
were frivolous. unfounded and in no
way justifiable"
FOrdney I'm Same Strain.
Fordney then took -Baver4dge's-
speech. issue by issue. and delivered
what he believed TO be an answer TO
each. arguing always in support OF the
new laws protective provisions In
conclusion Fordney declared himself
unalterably opposed TO the tariff com
mission, declaring it could not posi-
bly, be non-partisan, and maintaining
congress itself was best qualified to
do the work of framing the tariff
VIII Vote on Amendments.
Washington, May 1.-THE senate
today agreed to vote tomorrow on
amendments to the long and short haul
provision of the railroad bill.
Get Land, But Not Coal.
Washington, May IA bill for the
opening to agricultural settlement and
development of the surface of lands
classified as coal lands was passed by
the house today. About 10000, 900
acres are affected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
ONLY FOUR OF
1856 MINERS ARE
BROUGHT TO TOP

Manchester. England. May 12.-only
four of the 1856 miners entombed by the
explosion in the Wellington coal mine
at White Haven have been rescued.
gas and wreckage interfering with the
work of the rescue corps There is
much apprehension regarding the men.
and distracted crowds of relatives sur
round the pithead.
At Z tonight hope OF saving the en-
tombed men was practically aban-
doned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
WICKERSHAM ADMITS TAFT FIRED
CLAWS AND SOUGHT REASON LATER

Washington, May 12.-In letter to
Chairman Parker of the house judici-
ary committee read by Secretary Bal
1inger to the Ballinger-Pinchot investi-
eating committee today, Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham admits his summary
to the president of Claws charges was
antedated as charged by Attorney
Brandeis.
The letter of the attorney general
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
WOULD KEEP FIGHT
STORIES FROM PRESS

Washington. May PA Wholesale
Introduction against the publication Of
descriptions and pictures of prize
fights, which would apply to the JEFF
fries-Johnson mill" is proposed in a
bill introduced today by Representa-
tive Smith of Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
FATAL DERAILMENT IN OHIO

One Killed and Several Injured on
Cleveland & Pittsburg Road.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 12.-H. Dun
can was probably fatally injured and
several other passengers and train
men badly hurt when a local pas
senger train on the Cleveland and
Pittsburg railroad was derailed and
all but one car thrown over an en-
bankment at Kensington, Ohio, to-
day. The cause of the accident is
not known,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
MADE HIGHEST
KNOWN FLIGHT
Aeronaut Forbes Describes the
Trip in Which He and Yates
Were Hurt.
GOOD PHOTOS OF COMET
Ascended to 10000 Feet, Breaking
All Authorized Records by
1000 Feet.

Horse Cave, KY, May 12.-That the
fight for the worlds distance record
by Aeronauts Forbes and Yates, which
began at Quincy, ILL.,, Monday evening
and terminating late Tuesday in disas-
ter was not without its compensations
was indicated by a statement made
by Forbes last night. The balloon
broke the ascent record, it is declared,
and some valuable photographs of the
comet were secured at an elevation
of $4,000 feet.
Tuesday morning the Viking passed
through a snowstorm at 11:4O at an
elevation of 10000 feet. At hour later
they passed through a second furry
at a height of 6,40O feet. At 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon the balloon reached
an altitude of 2O,60O feet, 1000 feet
higher than any authorized record ever
made in America.
Describes Experiences.
Forbes last night thus described
their experiences after reaching great
est height: 'In descending from the
great elevation we had very little sand
and as the gas contracted the balloon
bag became extremely flabby. Every
thing, however, went well until we
we're a few hundred feet above the
ground, when the appendix line broke
loose from the ring supporting the
basket. There was so little gas in the
bag at the time that rigging collapsed
and with the basket attached naturally
dropped This caused the rip cord
which is attached to the ring to rip
open the balloon at a height of 300
feet from the ground.
Sensations Indescribable.
'T cannot describe the sensation OF
that 800 feet to the ground. l have a
faint recollection of seeing men below
me in a pIowed field and OF sub-con-
sciously trying. it seemed, to tilt up
the basket that Yates and l might
spring free from the rigging when
close to the ground. Because the
basket did not tilt, as it would have
done under ordinary circumstances.
vas the cause Of nllr in5urz-----
Stunned Only HIomentaFiIy.
For a moment | was stunned by
the impact. Then recovered and saw
two mr. three mon coming to our aid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
Baker Killed with Ak.

Gary. Ind, May 12.-Simon Mistor-
oss, baker, was murdered with an ak
while he slept early today. Robbery
was the probable motive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
chamberIain In eetter HeaIth.

Cannes, France. May 12.-Joseph
Chamberlain, the British statesman.
who came here in February. appears
much improved in health and may be
seen almost daily promenading the
boulevards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
RIVER BULLETIN.

Slowly falling Stages in the Missis-
sippi will continue from below Du-
buque to Muscatine.
]. NJ. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.