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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
MRS. GOULD SAYS
LIFE is IN DANGER

Lynchburg. Va, Nov. 4.-Claiming
that three attempts have been made
during the past few months. to end her
life. Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould,
former wife of Howard Gould, came
here last night from her country home,
Blue Gap farm, to receive medical at
tention for what she thought was poi
scning. Physicians found no need TO
treat Mrs. Gould and no evidence of
poison.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
HAND BETWEEN COUPLINGS
Paul Bowe, SiIvis Switchmen, Injur-
ed While at Work.

Paul Bowe, 26 years of age, and
employed as switchman at the Sill
Wis yards of the Rock Island road
was painfully injured this morning
at 6 O'Clock while at his work His
right hand was caught between
couplings and was smashed to
pulp. He was removed to Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04

HEADS OF BIG GROUPS
Alaska Property Involved Said
to Be Worth More Than
$2OO,OOO,OOO.

Spokane. Wash, Nov. 4.-Men whose
names stand high in national, state and
city government have been dragged
into the limelight as the result of ex-
posures made to the federal grand
jury here, which is now digging into
the frauds through which it is be-
lieved the government has been swim
died out of $500, ,O0O,O 900 coal lands in
Alaska
Indictments were brought against
six men who are said to be the con-
trolling factors in the three groups
of coal lands in the Kayak mining
district. Each group represents 131
claims of 16O acres each.
Lis: Of the Names.
Among these whose names are said
to be involved as assignees of one or
more of the claims and whose names
are now brought out as parties to the
frauds are:
John H. McGraw. former governor
of Washington (died last JULY.
Governor James n. Gillett, Califor-
mia.
Congressman McLachlin. California.
Henry T. Oxnard. president of the
American Beet Sugar company.
Harry White. former mayor of Sc
attic.
Six who Were Indicted.
The six men who were indicted and
whose indictments involved the names
of Governor Gillett and Congressman
Lachlin are:
Harry White.
Raymond Brown, Spokane.
s.--KISE lllieea~EC Dunn Spokare -------.'
Charles F. Doughton. Seattle.
Charles a. Mckenzie, Seattle.
Donald A. Mackenzie. Washington.
D. c.
The jury charged in its indictments
that the six men who are being held
had made agreements with the claim
ants for more than their legal share
in the division of the claims awarded.
1t was shown by the witnesses that
half of the interests in all the claims
that were involved in the cases of
these six men had been retained. This.
according to the federal statutes. is
more than the legitimate share
Creates Sensation.
The prominence of the names involv-
ed created a sensation here. as it has
been predicted that the names of the
men who were really the zones higher
up" would never come out in court
The northwest and the west coast are
now wondering whether the grand jury
of Spokane will take still further rad
ical steps in the recommendations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
DES MONIES MEN FREED
Friends Make Good Amount McNar.
tin and Adolph Got on Checks.

New York, Nov. 4.-Peter A. Nc
Martin and William X. Adolph of
Des Moines, arrested on a grand lar
ceny charge Wednesday night, were
discharged in police court today,
friends having made good the
amount they were alleged to have
obtained by passing worthless
checks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
CLAY VICTIM OF CANCER?
Georgia Senator, Desperately ILL.,. Is
Placed in Sanitarium.

Atlanta. Ga, Nov. limited
States Senator Stephen Clay, desper-
ately i'll, was brought from his home
at Marietta yesterday and placed IN
an Atlanta sanitarium. 1t is said
there is little hope for his recovery.
There is mystery about the nature
of his illness. but il is generally be-
lieved he is suffering from cancer OF
the stomach.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
RaynauC
Build Church In 11l Hours.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 4.-On lot
that was vacant yesterday morning
last night stood the Swope Park Chris
tan church, an edifice 5Ox60 feet.
Members of the congregation con-
structed the building between the
hours of 1880 a m. and z p. m. The
last work was done by the light of
lanterns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
FRANK GOULD WED ABROAD
Edinburgh Newspaper Says the Rich
American Married Edith Kelly.

Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. T.
Frank J. Gould and Edith Kelly, an
actress. were married in this city on
Oct. 20, according to the Scotsman.
The paper says the ceremony was of
the Scottish procedure. a simple dec
laration before witnesses and the
sheriff.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
GRAIN OPERATORS PROTEST

IIIinoisans Say They Are Shut Out
from Chicago Market by Roads.
Washington, Nov. 4.-Demanding
reconsignment of concessions at Chi
cago, from which market they are now
shut out by the rate situation, 10 In
diana and Illinois grain operators to-
day filed complaint with the interstate
commerce commission against several
railways
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
CITY FUNDS GONE
AT JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville, ILL.,, Nov. 4.-Experts
reported to the city council today
there was due to the city $4,000
from former city officials who were
in Office during the last 13 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
FIRST PARLIAMENT
FOR CHINA IN 1918

Peking. Nov Am official decree
was issued today announcing that an
imperial parliament. the first in the
history of China, will be convoked in
1913.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
Two Girls Killed by Auto.

Akron, Ohio, Nov. 4.-Helen Starr,
aged 6, was killed and Laura Wald-
kirk, aged Is, fatally hurt today by
being run down by an automobile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
Letter Before Bath Tub
Trust Investigators
Damaging.
PROBING AT CHICAGO
Claimed There Are Only Six In
dependent Firms Against
Is in League.

Chicago, Nov. 4-The hearing of
the governments case to enjoin the
so-called bath tub trust" adjourned
from Pittsburg to Chicago, was TAX
en- up here today before Special Ex-
aminer Spencer.
The government bill alleges there
are only six independent enamel iron
ware firms in the country, the other
16 being members of the alleged
combination in restraint of trade.
Has Damaging Letter.
Walter ]. Kohler of Kohler Sons
company. Chicago, presented letter
said to have been written by an Of
ficer of the alleged trust to st.
Paul patron of Kohler, in which the
st. Paul firm was notified they could
not be given permission to continue
buying from Kohler unless the lat
ter executed a license agreement and
used trust goods, nor, according to
the letter, would any of the trusts
customers be allowed to trade with
Kohler.
AdiOurns Mt PIttsburE.
Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. AFTER four
days of sharp questioning into the af-
fairs. agreements and operations of
the alleged combination of enameled
ironware companies called the bath
tub trust" Edwin L. Wayman was
finally excused yesterday by the gov
ernment special attorneys who are con-
Quoting an investigation into an alleg-
ed violation of the antitrust laws.
Wayman made further explanations
of contracts by which jobbers were IL
censed to sell the goods of the 16 COM
panies made defendants in the present
action.
Correspondence Proves Monopoly
Correspondence between Wayman,
as commissioner for the alleged com
bination, and the Western Supply
company of St. Paul was introduced
TO show that Wayman insisted on the
firm selling only the goods of the firms
in the combination.
Wayman was the first witness to be
examined in the case, and it developed
that he was not a witness of the gov
ernment but for the defendants.
George H Bailey of the Bailey-Far-
relI Manufacturing company of this
city followed Wayman. He identified
correspondence with the Day Ward
company of Warren, Ohio. through
which the latter firm refused to sell TO
BaiIey's firm unless it signed the job
bers' agreement.
Identifies .JObbcrs' Book.
John A. Kelly, secretary of the Iron
City Sanitary manufacturing company
of Pittsburg. whose firm did not go
into the combination, identified the
"'BIue Book of Jobbers,' and told of
Wayman's conversations with him
about signing the agreement.
The government attorneys and Off
GERS conducting the investigation left
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
Five Killed in Mine.

Birmingham, Ala. Nov. A gas
explosion occurred in the mines of the
Yolande Coal company after midnight
last night and five men were killed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
county,s Growth Not Fast.

Washington. Nov. 4.-The popula-
ton of Winnebago county, Wisconsin,
Including the city of Oshkosh, is 81
a, an increase of 1924
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04

Temperature a. a. m, 50. Highest
temperature yesterday. AZ; lowest last
night 80 Velocity Of wind at a. m.
8 miles per hour. Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity. at Z p. m. 81, at
a. m. &c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
RIVER BULLETIN.

Nearly stationary stages in the Mis-
sissippi will continue from below Du-
buque to Muscatine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
The WEATHER

Unsettled weather, with probably
rain or snow tOnigh; or Saturday. No
decided change IL temperature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
JIM. SHERIER. Local Forecaster.
AsTRoNoMIcAL EvENrs.

From noon today to noon tomorrow
Sun sets 4:50, rises 6:31: moon sets
6:13 p. M; Halley's comet rises In Vir-
go $50 a. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
ON BUFFALO HUNT
Party of 5 Go to Flathead Hills
of Montana for Last Wild
Bison.
PAY $3.50 FOR EACH KILLED
Animals Property of Resident of
Away From Main Herd.

Edmonton, Alberta, Nov. 4.-To en-
gage in the last great buffalo hunt of
the world. a party of 15 spOrtsmen,
headed by Howard Douglas, dominion
commissioner of parks, left yesterday
for the Flathead hills of Montana.
Michael Pablo, the Mexican owner Of
the big herd of buffaloes. which has
been transferred to the dominion gov
ernment. weary of the efforts to cap
ture alive the 50 tough old outlaw bulls,
which have caused all the trouble and
stampeded the gathering of the herds,
has decided to have them hunted down.
strong Appeal to SpOrtsrncu.
He has agreed TO furnish any person
wanting buffalo with saddle. horses.
guide and~all necessary equipment, and
to charge $3.50 for the buffalo. AS the
head alone is worth $500 and the hide
500 more, the offer of both adventure
and profit made a serious appeal to
sportsmen.
Howard Douglas issued a circular
setting forth the particulars of the
buffalo hunt and calling for applica-
tiOns for the chase Among those who
applied asking for reservations were
Sheriff W. S Robertson and James
Ross of Edmonton, S. A. Ramsey and
Colonel Walker of Calgary, and A. H.
Forster and H. Y. Pauling of Vain
wright
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-04
Last of Outlaw BunaIo.

When the 35 head of outlaw bulls
have been shot, the remaining so head,
at large on the Montana plains, will
be easily rounded up. All the buffalo
in the world then will be in captivity,
with the exception of the wood bison
of the north, which are under the pro-
lection of the dominion government
and may not be hunted or killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-04
ARRESTS THE KNIVES.
Woman Stops Medical Students From
Dissecting Her Fathers Body.

st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 4.-"Stop!
That is my fathers body"
This command startled students of
the st. Louis college of physicians and
surgeons today as they were preparing
to dissect the body of Frank Roth.
Turning from their task, they were
confronted by Mrs. Rosa Huffman,
who had learned after a long delay
where the body had been taken. She
had climbed the fire escape to third
story window and stepped into the
operating room. Mrs. Huelfmann
had no difficulty in proving her claim,
and the college surrendered the body.
Roth died in the city hospital. His
daughter read in a newspaper of his
death and went to the hospital and
asked for the body. 1t was not there
and she was referred to the st. Louis
Anatomical board. It was eight hours
before she succeeded in locating it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-04
MANAGUA IS WORRIED.
News of the Rebel Victory Creates
Great Excitement.

Washington. Feb. 4.-The Nicaraguan
capital is greatly excited over the news
that the insurgents have captured
Boaco and are advancing slowly upon
the chief city of the republic, accord
ing to a dispatch received today by the
state department from American Con-
sui Olivaris at Managua.
The consul reports the battle between
the government troops and insurgents
at Boaco lasted two hours, when the
rebel troops succeeded in driving back
the forces of Madriz and captured the
town.
Isodoro Hazera, Zelaya's minister to
Washington, who, never was received by
this government, has gone over to the
Madriz banner and in a proclamation
which he has issued from Panama, a
copy of which was received here today,
urges all Nicaraguans to do likewise.
Printed copies are being posted
through the Nicaraguan interior, espe-
cially where the sentiment is favorable
to the revolutionists and attempts have
been made to circulate in Chamorros
army and in Estrada's division. Hazera
entreats the insurgents to desert the
revolutionary standards and flock to
Madriz." whom he describes as "a man
who unites quality so able to govern a
nation, qualities, sane and judicious."
Hazera described himself as "a friend
of 40 years standing who passed
through the orderly and respectable
revolution of 1862
The provisional government repre-
sentatives here are not surprised AND
declared Hazera a Panaman by ma
tionality, is a soldier Of fortune of the
Zelaya regime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-04
BOTH ARE HAPPY.
G. s. Clark, Missouri Pacific Of
fetal, Sees Governor.
Energies From the Meeting
Radiant and Cheerful.
STUBS is MOLLIFIED.
Satisfied Company Will Fix
Central Branch.
Work Will Be Done in Years
1910 and 1911.

c. S. Clark, vice president of the
Missouri Pacific railway, was a caller
on Governor Stubs today. Mr.. Clark
was accompanied by Elijah Robinson
Of Kansas City, general attorney, and
s. F. Pryor, general purchasing agent
for the road. The conference was as
friendly as a Sunday school picnic
Mr. Clark came here in good humor
and was received in the same manner
by the governor.
II was agreed at today's conference
that the road would spend three mil
lions on improvements in Kansas dur
ing the year 1910 and the officials left
a statement setting forth specifically
where and how this money should be
spent. The Central Branch came IN
for special mention. That road will be
2 graded, new rails laid new depots built
and reballastiEg done. The Improvement
is to begin as early in the spring as
the weather will permit and viii be
pushed as rapidly as traffic conditions
viii bear.
II am satisfied" said the governor
at the conclusion of the conference.
that the Missouri Pacific. people are
going to do all they can to rebuild
and improve their roads in Kansas
during the years 1910 and 1911. be-
heve that Mr.. Clark realizes now tha n
ell that 1 am demanding of his road IS
that it be fair to the state. am rep
resenting Kansas in the same spirit
that he is representing his road. We
respect each other and have come to
an understanding in the matter. He
is going ahead cheerfulIy to make good
end am going to help him. 1 am not
playing politics in this matter and l
believe that Mr.. Clark understands that
at this time. 1 am going with him on
q tour of the Central Branch as soon
as the weather has settled, some time
T.6wf month the latest
Mr. Clark, when seen after the con-
ference, talked in the same cheerful
vein over the unpleasantness OF the
former meeting with the governor.
'sThis was a friendly meeting" he said,
land 1 believe that the governor is
asking nothing unfair and I also be-
lieve that We have convinced him that
we mean to act promptly and fulfill
our promises of improvement of the
roads Of this state this year. The gov
crnor will make the Central Branch
trip with me as soon as the weather is
settled"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-04
WHEAT IN DANGER.
Critical Time Yet to Come, Says NIr.
Smiley.

That the most critical time Is still
to come as far as Kansas wheat is
concerned, is the opinion of e. j.
Smiley, secretary of the Kansas Grain
Dealers association. And, although
wheat in Kansas is more or less dam
aged in spots, Mr.. Smiley still thinks
it possible to raise a hundred million
bushel crop this year.
The alternate thrawing and freez-
ing, such weather as is being expert
enced at this time, is the hardest kind
of weather on the wheat, it is asserted,
and if this weather continues through
this month or during the month of
March, the wheat crop will be badly
damaged. Neither the steady cold nor
continued warmth Injuries the wheat.
The alternating high and low tenn
perature just now or later this season
is more injurious to the wheat, be-
cause of the hard struggle it has had
since the first of December than would
able circumstances.
At the meeting of the Kansas grain
dealers, to be held next week, an ef-
fort will b. made to learn the exact
extent of the damage to wheat in Kan
sas since the beginning of cold weather
last fall, together with the acreage
after estimating for the shrinkage this
spring. 1t is believed that every county
will be represented at the grain deal
ers' meet. Grain dealers over the state
have as yet made little comment on
the situation as far as past damage is
concerned But they are more or less
worried about the present weather and
the chance that it may cause a short
age in the Kansas crop.
Farmers from everywhere in the
eastern third OF Kansas report the
wheat damaged, and badly damaged,
at that. In many sections it has al
EAadv begun to turn brown. En- others
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-04

the fields are still green. but when the
frost leaves the ground it may be dis
covered that the damage is greater
than was anticipated. AS long as the
frost is in the ground as deep as the
roots of the wheat extend there will
be more or less greenness about the
plant. Only the going Of the frost can
tell the story.
When the question of the damage to
the wheat crop was put to Mr.. Smi-
ley he declined to answer further than
to say that where the snow and ice
had melted and covered the field with
water. as it did in many cases, and
then froze again, the wheat was hurt
How badly hurt he could not say. Mr..
Smiley declined to base any statement
he might wish to make on other au-
thoFity than the grain dealers, declar-
ing that farmers reports regarding the
extent of the damage were varied and
in many cases contradictory.
That the wheat of the counties lying
southwest of Saline is not damaged
was Mr.. Smiley's opinion, based upon
what information had reached him.
There was less of the sleet in this sec
ton and If there is any damage to
wheat in that section it has not yet
become apparent The damage to
Kansas wheat lies wholly east of Sa-
lima, according to all the information
available just now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-04
STEER BUYS A FARM.
At Price Realized When Cut Up Into
Senate Restaurant Steak

Washington, Feb. 4.-Declaring the
farmer to be the last person consid-
cred in any conflict in which the agri-
culturist is involved, Senator McCum-
Der of North Dakota today delivered
speech in the senate to demonstrate
that the farmers were not receiving
a fair share of the high prices which
food products commanded. He said
bills such as had been presented in the
house for the removal of duty on farm
articles were equivalent to an effort
to establish a legislative boycott
against the tiller of the soil This
boycott was always to be expected
when food prices increased. he said.
But the discrimination would not all
ways continue, for the time was rap
idly approaching when the farmer
would receive proper compensation for
his labor.
Contrasting the prices received by
the farmer with those paid by the con-
sumner, he said that a four-year- old
steer which in North Dakota would
bring $40 would sell for $4,000 when
retained at senate restaurant steak
prices-enough to buy half farm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-04
NICKELODEON IN CHURCH
S. S. Children Are Given Tickets In
stead of Cards for Attendance.

St. Louis, Feb. 4.-The pretty lit
tie cards once used to attract children
toward regular attendance at Sunday
school have been supplanted in the
Union Methodist Episcopal church,
one of the largest in the city, by tick
cts to moving picture show.
Commencing next Sunday each
child at Sunday school will get a tick
ct emitting him to attend a show the
following Saturday afternoon, in the
church basement.
A regular nickelodeon equipment
has been purchased for the weekly en-
tertainments.
The church also has a staff of six
attorneys who spend each Tuesday
evening in the church, giving legal
advice free to members of the con-
gregation.
A gymnasium and swimming pool
with a physical director, will be add
ed to the church equipment February
1St.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-04
MASS MEETING TONIGHT
The Playground Question Will Be
Considered.

The mass meeting to discuss the
playground question will be held this
evening in Gemmell hall of the Cen
program which is as follows will con-
sist of short talks:
Report of the Topeka Fairgrounds
association-Mrs. D. F. Shumate.
Public Fairgrounds and Public
Health"-Dr. c. B. Van Horn.
Fairgrounds and City Parks"-A.
Reinisch.
What the Clubs Can Do to Aid the
Playground Movement"-Mrs. Lee
Monroe.
Physical Training Out of Doors
DIR. John H. Outland.
Value of Neighberhood Play
grounds''-Dr. Eva Harding.
Fairgrounds and the Schools
superintendent L. D. Whittemore.
"Plans for Promotion of Play
grounds in Topeka T. Chase.
Mayor William Green will preside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-04
DODGED QUARANTINE.
H. Cope Fined - for Failing to OBJ
serve Health Rules.

In imposing a fine of IS and costs
on H. Cope for violating quarantine
Police Judge Urmy this afternoon an
nounced that the next prisoner con-
victed of having broken quarantine
would be given close to the maximum
penalty provided. The city health Of
ffcers report considerable trouble in
compelling people to obey the quar-
antine now and the police officers are
going, they say. to assist the health
authorities in enforcing the quaranv
tines established. Cope lives in the
400 block on North Jefferson street
and left his home after a smallpox
sign had been tackled on the house.