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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
NO PROTECTION
FROM u. S. FOR
SEARCHED SHIP

Washington, May 26.-If the schooner
Esfuerzo. which was searched by the
Nicaraguan gunboaT Venus was flying
the United States flag at the time it
was overhauled, as has been reported,
it was carrying the stars and stripes
without authority, according to official
idvices received here. The navy de-
partment has authentic information
the Esfuerzo is not an American
schooner, but is said to have Nicara-
guam registery.
Latest information from Consul
Moffatt at Bluefelds is that the Es-
fuerzo was American owned but that
it sailed under the NicSraguan flag.
1t was assumed by him it had Nicara-
guam registery, and therefore he
stated the schooner was not entitled
to the protection of the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
THIS CLOSING DAY
National Conference of Chair
ties and Corrections Hears
Addresses.
DRUNKENNESS A DISEASE
So Three Speakers Declare and As
sert That Filming and Impris-
onment Should Cease.

St. Louis, May 26.-The last day
of the national conference of char
tiles and corrections was given over
to discussion of religion. wage stan
dards and immigrant labor. The clos
ing exercises will follow the general
session tonight.
Hold Drunkenness Disease.
Fines and Imprisonment for
drunkenness would be superseded by
medical treatment if three students
of the question Who spoke before the
conferenss Fad their way. They
wera Bailey B. Burritt of New York,
Robert A. Woods of Boston and
Judge William ]. Pollard of St.
Louis.
The almost universal practice of
treating drunkenness solely as pen
al problem with no medical aspect,
and of fining persons convicted of
public intoxication a small amount
and sentencing them to imprisonmer%
from three to ten days is of no use
whatever, either so far as the indi-
vidual or as society is concerned" ;"
said Mr.. Burritt, who is an official of
the State Charities Aid association
of New York.
Is Medical Problem.
"The problem should be treated"
he concluded, "as medical problem
with penal aspects, rather than a
penal problem with no medical as
pects.''
He recommended that habitual
drunkards be committed to institu-
-, :,
persons are committed. He charged
that the excessive use of alcohol
causes one-third of the insane de-
pendents, between 80 and 40 per
cent of all epileptic cases and from
40 to SO per cent of all cases of inn
becility in the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
PRICE OF WHEAT
HAMMERED DOWN
Longs" Pour Cereal Into the
Pit and the Price Goes
Steadily Lower.
MAY DROPS 5 5-s POINTS
Estimated that 'tShorts" VIII Have
to Settle for More Than 1,5OO,-
900 in Month.

Chicago, May 26.-There are indGa-
tions differences between certain
short" and long" interests in May
reported the shorts" will have to set
tie for 100000 bushels before the end
of the month. The price Of May wheat
this morning fell off 39s cents.
The unloading of huge line of Sep
tember option added to the demoraliza-
tion. May at noon had dropped from
$1.10 5-S last night to $1,000. Septem-
ber opening at 971z to q declined to
93$4 cents.
Drops SIS Cents.
Later quotations showed drop of the
May option had reached the extreme
of 55s cents from last night Septem-
Der declined cents on the unloading
of the slongs'' estimated at Ave zail-
lion bushels
September wheat was poured into
the pit in swelling deluge. The price
at the opening touched 97A cents.
practically at last nights close, and
then began an impressive decline.
which was checked only once and then
only for moment when a short line
estimated at 100000 bushels was
covered
The market for this option sank to
92% cents and closed at 93 cents, a
net loss for the day of Az cents. May
closed at bottom S1.05, a net loss of
SIS.
July on at New York.
New York, May 26-The wheat
market became demoralized when the
Chicago market broke and dropped
fully 31s cents within an hour. July
selling at $1.031a, a break of more than
Z cents in the last week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
SAYS JUDGES MAY
LOSE THEIR JOBS
Attorney General Jackson of Kansas
Declares People Demand Limit
to Power to Enjoin.

st. Paul. Mimi, May 26.-Ad-
dressing the convention of attorneys
general today Attorney General
Jackson of Kansas argued in favor
of a national democracy which he de-
fined as "revivified the democratic
government defended the increas-
ing scope and power of the govern
ment in state aud nation and warned
the federal courts that unless there
was a limitation of power to issue
injunctions the people would demand
limited terms for judges and their
election by the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
STOP BALLINGER QUIZ WHEN
TRAIL POINTS TO DOOR OF BANK

ing TO the exploitation of Alaska by
the Morgan Guggenheim syndicate.
The charges of Kerby, the interior de-
partment stenographer. that Ballinger
made misstatements while a witness.
we're permitted to go unanswered
Kerby had pointed out specific in
stances in Ballinger's testimony where
the latter had misrepresented things
Tried to Browbeat.
The fact that Ballinger had been in
intimate personal and confidentiar'
with Morgans partner
developed as a result of Ballinger's
attorney, Ver.cees, attempting to brow
beat Kerby while the latter was on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
GIVES A DECREE
TO ROOSEVELT
Cambridge University Honors
Former President With
Title of d. L. D.
BIG RECEPTION FOR HIM
Students Familiarly Call Him by His
First Name and Then Every
body Cheers.
BIG RECEPTION FOR HIM

Cambridge, England, May 26.-
Roosevelt came here today to receive
the honorary degree of doctor of laws
from Cambridge university. The fac
ulty, students and townspeople gave
him a notable reception. The former
president was accompanied from Lon
don by Mrs. Roosevelt and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. AS they
made their way through the streets to
the home of the great educational in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26

Jeffries-Johpson fight. He says in
part:
while in every big city young girls
are snatched away to lives of slavery;
while all over the land little children
are worked to death in our factories;
while monopolies put prices so high
as to increase these shrieking evils,
is it possible the church can find moth
ing more serious to attack than a prize
fight, already sufficiently we'll adver-
tised?
Probably Harmless AFFAIR.
"It certainly makes any one indig-
nant, who has eyes to see or even
heart to feel, that the great Presby-
terian church assembly spends its
valuable time and energy over a prob
ably harmless fight between two
roughs.
+I am the son of a clergyman, my
self a member of the Presbyterian
church, and I speak often in churches,
and it makes me sick to see the petty,
ineffective time serving of church or
ganizations.
Ignore Real Fight.
Whenever there is a real fight on
against political or social evil, the
churches are sure TO be found drag
ging a red herring across the trail
with a crusade against some such hor-
ror as Sunday saloons or playing craps.
Religion only makes itself contempti-
BILE by such a bid for support as an
anti-prize fight protest"
Against Liguor TrafHc.
Atlantic City, N. j., May 26.-The
Presbyterian general assembly, after
heated speeches, declared against the
liquor traffic. The excited speeches
were caused by an attempt to commit
members politically against the liquor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26

the stand. Vertrees had sneeringly
asked the young stenographer to dem
onstrate that he knew anything at all
about the interior department meth
ods- Look into the personal file Of
Ballinger, number so-and-so, third
drawer from the top advised
Kerby. He told the committee this
file contained papers asked for by
Brandeis. the attorney for CLAWS, but
which had not been produced With
their bluff called in this fashion, the
Ballingerites had to produce the pa
pers from that file, and 10. and be-
CONTINUED on Page Four.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
stitution the Americans were greeted
by enthusiastic crowds
Where Harvard studied.

stitution the Americans were greeted
by enthusiastic crowds,
Where Harvard Studied.
Roosevelt was formally welcomed by
DR.. A. J. Mason, vice chancellor of
Cambridge university, with whom he
had a brief chat. Then an hour was
devoted to a visit to Emmanuel col
lege, founded in 154S. and where John
Harvard, the butchers son, who was
to became clergyman in the Massa-
chusetts college and the first benefac-
tor of Harvard college, was graduated
in 1851.
Praise from Vice Chancellor.
The exercises of conferment were
held this afternoon in the senate
house before distinguished company.
Presenting Roosevelt Vice Chancellor
Mason delivered a laudatory address,
highly praising Roosevelt as stafes-
man, literatteur, sportsman and peace
maker AS he concluded he handed
Roosevelt a diploma. AS Roosevelt
accepted his diploma the students
shouted Teddy" Teddy and the
whole audience cheered. The audi
ence was decidedly friendly, cheering
the former president upon his arrival
and departure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
HALLEY,s COMET BULLETIN.

Copyright. 1910. by Frederic Camp
bell.)
May 26-Halley's comet sets today
at HOG p. m; tomorrow at 11:17 p.
m. Comets speed today about 1853
miles per minute. Comets distance
from the earth, 26.s00,0 900 miles; dis
tance from the sun, 100000 miles,
the same as the earth's distance.
Comet passes the earth's path be-
meath, at the point where the earth
was May 6; 20 days earlier the two
bodies would have crossed at the same
time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
az TAV.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, May 24.-Upon strik-
ing a Ballinger trail which threatened
to lead directly into the banking house
of j. P. Morgan e Co., the inyestiga-
ton of the interior department closed
abruptly.
The circumstances under which Bal
linger is willing to have the case 60 to
the committee are remarkable, to say
the least. He failed to go upon the
witness stand to explain the letters he
wrote to George w Perkins, j. Pier
pont Morgan's partner, or those to
Engineer Thompson of Seattle. relat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
"HIGH PATENT" is LAWFUL

Millers Contend Such Brand on
Bleached Flour Shows No Fraud.
Kansas City, May 26.-Attorneys for
the millers in the bleached -four cases
filed a petition in the United States
district court today to have that por-
tion of the governments allegation
charging false branding stricken out
on the grounds that, even if the flour
was bleached, that calling this high
patent" -four does not constitute false
branding. Argument on this petition
will be step in the case when it is
taken up for trial mere May 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
CUMMINS TURNED
DOWN BY SENATE

Washington, May 26.-The Cummins
amendment to the railroad bill pro
hibiting the increasing of rates until
declared just by the Interstate com
merce commission was defeated. 90
to 43.
LaFollette occupied the senate today
with continuation of mis- speech COM
menced yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
Two Auto Victims Il Peoria.

Peoria. Ill, May 26.-Mrs. Rachel
stockdale, aged "a, was killed BY an
automobile driven by John Reardon.
16 year old chauffeur, yesterday
George Ferguson, aged %, was struck
by an automobile and thrown in front
of street car this evening. He was
seriously injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
FRISCO WATER CASE WAITS

Discussion as to Necessity of YOsem-
fte Supply Goes Over for Year.
Washington, May ga decision on
the question of whether or not the
Hetch-Hetchy valley in Yosemite Ma
tional park is necessary to San Fran
cisco as future source of water sup
ply has been postponed until May 1,
1911, in order that an examination
may be made into the sufficiency of
other sources of water supply at the
disposal of the CITY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
DISGUISED AS A LABORER

Jesse L. Jones, Wanted for Forgery
at VandaIia, Arrested in West.
San Bernardino, Cal, May 26.-Jesse
L. Jones. charged with having cashed
bad checks for thousands of dollars in
Vandalia, ILL.,, has been arrested at
San Dimas Jones, in the guise of
day laborer. is said to have eluded
officers who have been on his trail for
weeks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
TAKES PRISONER AS GUEST

WISCONSIN Sheriff Sees Mountains De-
spite Slight Inconvenience.
Denver, Colo, May ga pleasure
trip through the mountains marked j.
B. Huntley's first day in the custody
of the Wisconsin sheriff who arrived
here yesterday to take Huntley back
to the Badger state. where he is
wanted on assault charges. Sheriff
Johnson, the officer irf question, eager
to see the mountains while he had
opportunity but was puzzled to know
what to do with Huntley, solved the
problem by taking his prisoner along
as his guest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

CF'rom noon today to noon tomorrow)
Sun sets 7:16. rises 4:29; moon rises
1904 p. M; Halley's comet sets 11;06
D. M; distance from sun. 93,000,00O
miles. same as earth; distance from
earth, 26.sOO, 900 miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
SWISS SHAKEN BY
AN EARTHQUAKE

Berne, Switzerland. May 26.--An
earth shock was felt throughout
Switzerland today. The movement
was most pronounced in the vicinity
of this city, where household furni-
ture in some instances was overturned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
CRUELTIES IN
EXPULSION OF
RUSSIAN JEWS

ST Petersburg, May 26.-The exodus
of Jewish families from Kiev has be-
gun and 300 prescribed families have
already departed. The expulsion is
attended with narrowing sights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
Attempt Made to Enter
Court Where Browne
is on Trial.
OBJECT is NOT KNOWN
Attorney for Defense Delays
Case to Look Further Le-
gal Authorities.

Chicago, May 26.-Arguments on
the motion to quash the indictments
of Lee O'Neil Browne on the charge
of bribing State Representative White
to vote for Lorimer for United States
senator were scheduled to be resumed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
RIVER BULLETIN.

Slight falling stages in the Missis-
sippi will prevail from Clinton to Mus
catine.
JIM. SHERIER. Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
Presbyterians Scored for
Opposing Coast Box
ing Mill.
LETTER FROM MEMBER
So Many Much Worse Things
in the World Allowed to
Pass Unnoticed.

New York, May 26.-Bolton Hall,
lawyer and author and son of the late
Rev. DR.. John Hail. has sent an open
letter to the general assembly of the
Presbyterian church rebuking that
body for It's attitude in regard to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
Declares He
Sought to Shield Late
Magnate.
PARTY TO THE FRAUDS
Would Have Confessed Sooner
but Thought Trust Too Big
to Be Handled.

New York, May 26.-Oliver Splitter,
former superintendent of the docks Of
the American Sugar Refining company
in Williamsburg CBrooklyn), who re-
Gently was pardoned from the peniten-
tiary by President Taft, explained yes
terday why he did not confess during
the trial whi9 ended last February
with his Ie.e.=z, sentenced TO two years
at Atlanta. Such a confession, he de-
clared. would have carried him TO a
cemetery" In other words, he would
have implicated a dead man, Henry o.
Havemeyer, late head of the sugar
trust.
Being Cross Examined.
Splitter was under cross examination
by the defense in the trial of Charles
r. Heike, secretary-treasurer of the
American Sugar Refining company,
who with five subordinates is charged
with conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment by underweighing sugar. He
gave his direct testimony for the pros
ecution on Monday. He repeated thai
he had made his confession not with
hope of pardon, but TO ease his con.
science, and added that after his con
viction his attorneys, now appearing
for several of the defendants, had urg-
ed him to tell all he knew.
Refers TO Havemeyer.
What did you say when advised TO
confess?" asked Clarence Lexow for
the defense.
81 said the only confession I, could
make would carry me into cemetery.
and Mr.. Stimson (the government pros
ecutor) did not want that"
'You are referring TO Henry o. Have
meyer?" asked thelawyer.
Yes. am" answered Spitzer.
This closed the court incident. but
Splitter talked more freely after leav-
ing the stand. He said he had met H.
o. Havemeyer two or three times and
that Ernest w. Gerbracht, former re-
fnery superintendent, another of the
defendants, had made his reports d.
rect to Mr.. Havemeyer. The frauds,
he insisted, had begun before his time.
although he worked on the docks 20
years. He admitted that the steel
springs used to manipulate the scales
on the docks were his invention.
Sees Fool In Mirror.
"Why did you not tell the truth in the
first placer" he was asked.
Every time look in mirror see
a fool" was the answer. 81 was a fool
not to do IT, but was ashamed 20 let
any one know that did those things.
My credit was good; / could get any
thing, and / did not want people TO
know that / was fool enough to do
those things for nothing. l got moth.
ing out of it.
Another reason why I committed
perjury was I thought nothing could
happen to the sugar trust. We all
thought the trust was so strong that
the government could not do anything
with it,"
StenOgrnpher Aids Case.
Aside from Spitzer's confession, the
attaches most importance
in it's cause TO the testimony by Miss
Viola c. Mertens. stenographer en-
ployed by the sugar company. She
said that she made three copies Of the
so-called technical statements concern
ing sugar weights which have disap-
peared, and that one copy went to
Heike and another to Gerbracht.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
CROSBY AND TAYLOR TIE
Close Contest in Morning Program at
Western Handicap Shoot.

Des Moines, Iowa, May 26.--W r.
Crosby and j. R. Taylor were tied at
50 for first honors in this mornings
program of the western handicap
shoot. R. A King and J. Peterson
were tied for honors among the anna
teurs with 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
stenoErnpher AIds Ca.e.
Two Track Walkers Killed.

Agency. Iowa, May 26.-James Co
verdale and Frank Rhodes. track
walkers for the Burlington railroad.
were struck by train here today and
killed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Friday. Slightly
warmer tonight.
Slightly

Temperature at a. M. 4S. Maxi
mum temperature in last "a hours, 63;
minimum in IL hours, 46. Velocity of
wind at a. M, 8 miles per hour. Pre-
cipitation, none. Relative humidity, at
o. m. SO, at a. N. "a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
sYrian as Moderator.

Warsaw. Ind. May 26.-The synod
of the Reformed Presbyterian church
at Winona Lake today elected as mod
orator ]. S. Stewart of Latakia, Syria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
LETS STATES SETTLE IT
Congress Comedies Jurisdiction Over
i<ansas-Missouri Boundary.

Washington, May 26.-The long con-
tinued dispute between Missouri, and
Kansas over the boundary line will be
settled by the states in accordance
with joint resolution adopted by the
senate today and which has already
passed the house. The states are
given full authority to agree on the
details.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26

SENATE - With the exception of a
brief time given to the general calen-
dar. the senate devoted the entire ses-
sion TO the consideration of the railroad
bill. Senator La Toilette occupied the
floor for almost FIVE hours in support of
the Cummins amendment requiring the
approval of increases in railroad rates
by the interstate commerce commission.
In the course of his speech he declared
that it would be necessary to add great
ly to the equipment of the commission
in order to put it into condition to rem
der effective service.
HOUSE - The house considered var
ious bills on its calendar Measures were
passed to provide a raIIroad IN the Ha-
waiian islands, and to build in Nome.
Alaska. a house of detention for per-
sons suspected of being insane. Mr..
Olmsted of Pennsylvania explained at
length the bill to provide new civil
government for Porto Rico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26
Work of Day in Congress

Washington, May 26.-Following is
a summary Of the proceedings OF the
two houses Of congress yesterday,
taken from the official recnrds:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-26

tranlc." The political reference was
eliminated from the resolution before
being adopted.
The Columbus journal., 1910-03-09
Washington.

President Taft has sent to the sen
ate the nomination of Howard c. Hol
lister to be United States Judge fol
the Seventh district of Ohio.
Nicholas LOngwOrth. representative
from Ohio and son-ir-law of ex-Presi
dert Roosevelt denied that he had
any knowledge of the 'hellish plot, VI
as he called it, between ex-President
Roosevelt. Former Senator Foraker
and himself to carry Ohio for the re.
publican ticket. naming himself for
governor. ard Foraker for senator.
Charles B. Brookcr. republican ma
tiOnal committeeman from Connect.
cut and millionaire brass manufac.
turer. it was reported here offered.
on behanl of great corporation of the
country. to take up the government
treasury deficit if the publicity feature
of the corporation tax law was e.adi-
Gated.
Colonel William H. Bixby. chair.
man of the Mississippi river com.
mission. was examined by the senate
committee on commerce relative to
the Improvements proposed for the
Missouri river from Sioux City to
st. Louis or Kansas City to St.
Louis.
Declining to take advantage OF the
pardon given him by President Taft.
Thomas Taylor. sentenced in this city
to fifteen years in the Atlanta peni.
Tertiary for the murder of his wife,
will remain as one of the trustees"
of the institution during his long In.
carceration.
A dinner in honor of President Taft
by Secretary Wilson of the derart-
ment of agriculture was described BY
the attendant guests as 'one of the
most beautiful dinners ever given in
Washington"
The Columbus journal., 1910-03-09
Personal.

Jose Domingo de Obaldia. presi
dent OF Panama. is dead.
J. Pierpont Morgan has arrived a,
Naples in good health.
Secretary Wilson and Mr.. Pincho,
clashed before the senate committee
An American tariff commission will
try to settle differences with Canada
War is to be waged upon souvenir
postcards which ridicule the Irish
race.
colonel Roosevelt. during his hunt
along the Nile. killed two bulls. and
one cow of the gian: kind.
President Failleries received
Charles W. Fairbanks at the Elysee
palace in Paris.
Sixty years of married life together
without a harsh word is the record
claimed by Oliver Ross and his wife
of Spokane, Wash.
Colonel Bixby of the Mississ;ppi
river commission says the money for
improvements would be we'll spent if
government gets control Of the re-
claimed lands.
Twenty-seven members of a class
of lO6 applicants for admission to the
West Point Military academy success.
fully passed an examination.
DR.. l.. F. Cain. foi cIerly member Of
the Ohio legislature. but now secre-
tary to Representative Creager of
Oklahoma, will probably be appoint.
ed deputy auditor Of the navy depart.
ment.