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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-02

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The Holly chieftain., 1912-05-31

Bobby Vaughn reported to Joe Nc.
Ginnity's Newarks at the eleventh
hour.
Pittsburg has sent rnfielder Ray
Jansen to Wheeling Of the Central
league.
Mr.. jackson Of Boston il not living
up to the family name as well a. he
did last year.
Dave Shean. Cub infelder farmed to
Louisville. has been suspended for
failure to report to the Colonels.
Charles SEVERED. nrst baseman on
the Rockford team for three seasons,
will be turned over to the Superior
club.
The Pirates have valuable man
in young McKechnie. He can play any
Of the infleld positions and play them
we'll.
With Luderus. Knabe. Schultz, Pask.
ert. ETC.. in the lineup. the Phillies look
more like a German band than a ball
team
Utica has released Bert Noblett, for
several years before going to New
York the crack second baseman of the
Central league.
Daniel J. Hays. aged fifty.four, and
known In his playing days as "Manzy"
Hayes, died recently at his home In
Brockton. Mass.
Christy Mathewson sizes up the Ma.
tional League race in this manner:
New York, first: Pittsburg, second:
Cincinnati. third.
The veteran Joe keenan,, last year
manager OF the London team. has
signed with the Hamilton team Of the
Canadian league.
Johnny Shovelin. who vent fast in
the Ohio-Pennsylvania league last sea.
son. has signed with Newark In the
Ohio State league.
Two Mack cast-ohs-Hogan OF st.
Louis and Rath Of Chlcago-are play.
ing good ball. Rath of the Sox Is hit.
ting the ball hard and fielding In OK.
cellent style.
Dan Moeller Of Washington Is one
player who can prove that he can
come back. On his second trial In
fast company he 10 playing good ball
for Washington.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-05-31
FOREIGN.

London is facing a famine as q IT,
suit of the strike of 10000 dockmen.
The first woman lawyer has Just
been admitted to the bar in Italy. She
is Signora Funaro.
Details Of the massacre of nearly
200 miners. mostly Chinese. by Rus
sian troops at Bedaibe. Siberia, last
month. have been received by steam.
ship from the Orient.
Americans in Cuba are anxiously
awaiting the arrival Of the marines on
the United States naval transport
Prairie to awe the Cuban rebels, who
are openly threatening "the Yankees"
Gen. Orozco's rebels, driven out Of
Rellano by Gen. Huerta after q des-
perate battle. are still retreating
northward. The federals report they
found 800 rebels. dead and wounded, on
the field.
Beaten from every position by the
blasting artillery fire of the federals
under General Huerta. the rebels were
driven out of Rellano, Mexico. after
twenty-five hours of fighting. with q
loss of 600 dead.
Mexico City was again violently
shaken by an earthquake The shock
was the heaviest recorded during the
present period of seismic disturbances.
Many walls were cracked. Thousands
of persons prepared to pass the night
in the parks and gardens.
The war scene in Mexico has shift
ed to the city of Chihuahua, where
Orozco is concentrating all the rebel
forces in northern Mexico for a final
stand against General victoriano
Huerta's federal forces. ALI the coun-
try south Of Chihuahua is being
abandoned.
Insurrection and disorders in Cuba
which threaten the life and property
of Americans and are believed by the
United States to be spreading beyond
control of the Cuban government,
caused the American government to
take active steps in preparation to
cope with any situation which may
arise in the Island republic.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-05-31

"Dode" Paskert tells an interesting
yarn on Matty and his headwork. The
Reds were playing the Giants and
Mike Mitchell was clouting Matty's
shoots to all corners of the lot. while
Dick Hoblitzel had famed three sue
cessive times.
The Reds had man on second and
man on third. with two out in the
ninth inning, and the Giants had a
one-run lead. A single would have
won the game and Hobby was the
hitter. The fans were giving up hope
when Matty deliberately passed Hob
BY to take chance on Mitchell. who
had made two triples and double In
bis three trips to the plate.
The fans shouted and laughed. They
thought 1t was all of with Matty.
Mitchell had been clouting Matty's fast
ball and Mike expected to see the fade
The Holly chieftain., 1912-05-31
GENERAL.

Corporate earnings Of the United
States decreased $175.500.0oo In 1911.
Top steers in the Chicago stock
yards market are selling up to $o.40
a hundredweight.
Seed corn is selling at $3.50 to $3.50
per bushel in Wisconsin and is scarce
at that.
The business section Of Lebanon.
KY, was practically wiped out by fire.
The loss is $250.0O0.
With the Mississippi river and trib.
utaries steadily falling danger from
the flood is believed to be past.
The third trial Of Dr.. B. Clark
Hyde. for the murder Of Col. Thos. H.
swope., in Kansas City. has been post.
poned until October.
Wilbur Wright. who has been crit.
cally Ill with typhoid fever at Dayton,
Ohio. for the last two weeks, remains
In serious condition.
Warren 8. Stone Of Cleveland. grand
chief Of the brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers since 1908 has been re.
elected for six years.
The actual work Of setting the stage
and seating arrangements for the Re-
publican National convention in Chi
cago ON June Is, has been commenced.
J. Bruce Ismay and the captain Of
the Titanic will be held responsible
for the loss OF the ship and its Ill.
fated passengers In the report to the
Senate investigating committee.
America has another aeropiane pilo.
in Mrs. Julia Clark of Denver, the
first woman to take a complete course
at the Curtis aviation camp, San
Diego. Cal. Mrs Clark qualified Non.
day, May 10.
Nearly 100000 was contributed
to the cause OF education by the gen.
eral education board. founded by John
D. Re -efeller. at Its meeting in New
York. i this 100000 was appropriat-
ed for distribution among five col.
leges.
Mrs. D. p. Coulter of Little Rock.
Ark. victim of an attempted assault,
lives because her nine-months-old
baby lying on her breast caught in Its
own little body the bullets fired at
her by her baffled assailant. The baby
died instantly.
A policeman was called to restore
order at meeting of the county CEN
trail committee Of the Women's party
of Illinois at hotel In Chicago when
regular" and "insurgent" members
clashed over alleged Arbitrary tac.
tics Of the chairman.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-05-31
wAsHlNeToN.

Notice has been given in the Senate
that the minority would insist upon an
early consideration of the Lorimer
case.
The United States transport Prairie
has sailed with a regiment Of marines
for Guantanamo. Cuba. The Prairie
took about 100000 rounds of small
arm ammunition, three three-inch
steel field pieces and six automatic
guns, as well as coal. tents and pro
visions for the marines. The sending
of marines to Cuba follows reports re-
ceived at the State Department OF
danger to Americans in the present
negro insurrection.
A charge that members of the
House we're guilty of petty grating
was made on the floor by Represen-
tative Fitzgerald. chairman Of the ap-
propriations committee. A wordy war
was precipitated. In the course of
which Fitzgerald himself was accused
Of having submitted for payment bills
for material for which there was no
provision by law. The clash marked
the consideration Of the emergency ap-
propriation bill, carrying 3201.0O0 for
the expenses Of the House.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-05-31
SPORT.
NEsTERN LEAGUE STANDING.

A ten-round fight between Ad VOL
CAST, champion lightweight and
Packey Mcfarland, is prospect OF
the near future.
Jimmy Walsh of Boston fought
Johnny Kilbane Of Cleveland. worlds
featherweight champion, twelve
rounds to q draw In the Boston arena.
In boxing match scheduled to go
ten rounds at Clovis. N. M. Frank
Piper. an American. was knocked out
In the first round by George Kogo.
Japanese.
The French dirigible balloon Gle.
ment-Bayard III. beat the worlds dir
igible record for altitude at Paris. re-
Gently. Carrying six passengers the
vessel ascended to height Of s.514
feet.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-05-31

away or Matty's curve come up to the
plate. Matty cut loose fast one
straight over the center Of the plate.
Mitchell was dumfounded and did not
even swing.
Then he stepped up closer to the
plate because he was positive that the
next would be curve ball. Zip. An
other fast one shot straight across the
plate. Once again Mike. in his sur
prise. allowed it to pass. Then he was
dead sure he had Matty and that big
Six" would waste curve ball. Once
again the ball went over the center Of
the plate. Mitchell was dumfounded
and did not even swing.
Matty had deliberately given him
three fast balls. without a shoot on
them, and all Of them were right
across the center of the plate and
where Mitchell would ordinarily have
killed them.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-05-31
CONNIE MACK is SARCASTIC
Supposedly Of Easy-coins Disposition,
Manager OF Athletics 10 Stern
Diselplinarlan.

Connie Mack at times is the most
sarcastic manager In baseball. On
the face he has an easy-going disposi-
tion, yet he is one OF the sternest dis
ciplinarians in the game. although he
Is never apparently stern.
During the early days of the Ameri-
can league Mack had as first base
man the veteran Charley Carr. man
ager of the Kansas City team of the
American association.
This was in 1901, and Mack was
having a struggle to keep above water.
He had a raw-boned youth named
Plank on the mound one day. The
Athletics played wretchedly, PIank's
The Holly chieftain., 1912-05-31
POLITICAL.

Congressman Randell and Broussard
OF louisiana were elected by the State
Legislature to the United States Sen
ate.
Senator w. Murray Crane of Massa-
chusetts has announced that he would
not be candidate for reelection be-
lore the primaries in his state next
autumn.
Out of the 1.026 Republican dele.
gates thus Tar named. President Taft
has a total OF 454 and Colonel Roose-
welt has 413. getting 3S as the result
OF Ohio's primary
The Holly chieftain., 1912-05-31
FROM TElEeRApHic REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
GvENrs.
OF MOST INTEREST
xgEPiNo the READER POSTED
ON MOST IMPORTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Abe Ruef's long expected expose Of
graft In San Francisco has been be-
gun In San Francisco daily newspa-
per.
The third annual convention OF the
Inter-Mountain Good Roads Associa.
tion meets at Logan, Utah, June IL
to II.
Dan Davis. negro. was burned at a
stake in the streets in Tyler. Texas.
after he had confessed to assaulting a
young girl.
As they were digging in trench at
Price. Utah. Ray Jeweks and Andrew
Thomas were buried by cave-in and
suffocated.
Robbers entered the Bank of Car
ney, Okla. and escaped with booty
amounting to about $4,000 after blast
ing the safe.
Reports received from the middle
western states indicate that fully fifty
per cent of the wheat crop has al
ready been abandoned.
The United States gunboat York
town, one OF the vessels OF Deweys
fleet which captured Manila. has been
placed out Of commission.
An invasion of millions of grasshop-
pers on the desert in the vicinity of
Barstow, Cali. is causing delay to
trains and threatens serious damage
to ranches along the Mojave river.
To be the first woman probate Judge
in America, to have served two sue
cessful terms and to be q candidate
for reelection without opposition is
the distinction Of Mrs. Mary H. Cooper
Of Beloit, Kansas.
Miss Dora Keen of Philadelphia and
her party of six men attained the sum
NIT of Mount Blackburn. Alaska, 49,
140 feet. They arrived at Kennecott, on
the Copper River railroad. all well.
This is the first ascent Of the great
Copper river peak.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-05-31

pitching being as bad as the Mack
mems fielding.
Carr was particularly bad per-
former. After the giant first baseman
dropped his third thrown ball. Mack
became wild, but in quiet way. He
waited for Carr as he was walking to
the bench. Taking a dime from his
pocket, he handed 1t to Carr.
why, what's that for?" said Carr
In surprise.
Its carfare home." replied Mack
coldiy. "and take Plank with you"
Evening star., 1912-10-10
CARRIED ON THE LOGAN.
Military Passengers Depart on
Transport for Hawaii and Manila.

I The departure of the transport Logan
, from San Francisco October ) 10,
| Hawaii and Manila Is reported in dis
patch to the adjutant general Of the War
Department.
| The transport carries Maj. Read, judge
advocate generals department: Maj.
Blakely. MAJ McManus. Coast Artillery;
Maj. Penn. 1st Infantry. and Mai. Noble.
18th Infantry: Maj. Worrilow Philippine
Scouts: Capts Brees and McCaskey. Is.
Cavalry: B-yson and Ennis lst Field
Artillery. and Allen, I'd Field Artillery:
McCleave, "a Infantry: Dougherty. Sth
Infantry; Buggeal Andrews 18th In
fantry: Rowell. 18th Infantry; Smith.
Burtt and Shipp. 10th Infantry: Cook and
De Court. Philippine Scouts; Lieuts
Kramers. Medical Corps; Hughes
ordnance department.; Youngs, 9TH Cav
airy: Hyatt and Walmsley, 7th Cavalry:
Rroadhurst and Spalding. Sth Cavalry;
Maxwell. 1st Field Artillery: Murray.
Coast Artillery; Robertson, 1st Infantry;
Polhemus. I'd Infantry: Barzynski and
fanry; Burt. 9th Infantry: Younslof.
Dority Instead and Staples Philippine
Scouts; Acting Dental Surgeon Deyton.
Veterinarian Donovan. l.t Fled Artil-
lery: Hawaiian recruits: 1st Field Ar
t.Ilery. slNty-two. band. lst Infantry one,
six casuals Philippine recruits: Ensi-
neers thirteen. Sth Cavalry two un-
assigned: cavalry. forty-eight field ar
tillery, three. coast artillery, tifty-seven;
infantrv. white. forty-three. col0rsA
seventy three. three casuals.
Evening star., 1912-10-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
"A Butterfly on the Wheel" "

An English play that has received th
Endorsement of both London and New
York and is declared to be a dramatic
sensation, "a Butterfly on the Wheel,
will be presented next week at tn,
Belasco Theater by the Messrs. Shuber
and Lewis Waller. with a cast com
posed of principals of the two metro
po1itan organiza tons that have beer
playing it.
The play. which is described as neither
problem play nor preachment, ran for
a full year at the Garrick Theater. London
and for 300 performances at the Thirty
ninth Street Theater, in New York city.
1t Is the work Of two prominent English
men, Francis Nelson, a member of par
lament, and Edward G. Hammerde,
kings counselor.
The divorce court scene has been de-
scribed as one of the most remarkable
portraitures of a trial scene ever shown
on any stage. 1t reproduces London :
famous court Of admiralty and divorce,
with a trial said to be conducted with
absolute fidelity to English law and Gus.
tom. 1t is in this that ''the butterfly is
broken on the wheel
The cast includes Winona Shannon
Ellie Norwood, Charles Quartermaine
Evelyn Beerbohm. Richie Ling, Amy
Elstob. Lucia Moore and Herbert Budd.
Evening star., 1912-10-10
Taxi Girls"

Taxi Girls speedy burlcsque at
traction. will come to the Gayety next
week. The show is headed by the pop
,,lar combination. the Farrell Taylor Trio.
who will present an amusing vaudeville
feature entitled The Minstrel Man" The
Scman Duo Ward and Bohlman, wooley
ana Woods, Ida Dayton and the NORM
Sisters will be among the others, who
not only portray principal roles in the
burletta. but are also in evidence during
the part set aside for the vaudeville en-
tertainment.
The locale of the burlesqu is Mexico
The story deals with the schemes of two
stranded actors engaged in launching a
circus, with which they intend to troupe
through the land Of everlasting revolu-
tons To promote their enterprise they
borrow $500 from the sheriff OF Vera
Cruz, which eventually lands them in a
cell. but In the meanwhile the many situ-
ations, complicated and otherwise, keep
the audience in continuous laughter.
Characteristic costuming, beautiful trop-
ical scenic effects, enchanting music and
good looking and lively chorus are
promised to make the attraction one OF
exceptional merit.
Evening star., 1912-10-10
Polls,

Coming direct from Hammersten' S
Victoria Theater, New York. Franco $
animals will be the stellar feature at
Polls next week, usherins in the second
big bill of the vaudeville season. Franco
is said to carry a. company OF wonderful
monkeys and dogs. the srnians being
stars in their line, performing many
tricks and feats of prestdiRitation with
the skill and understanding OF human
beings Ward and Curren, famous as
minstrel entertainers. who have become
favoritcs in Washington through their
for the last ten seasons. bring q. new
sketch to the Avenue playhouse next
week called The Stage Door Tender,
in which Mr.. Ward Is said to have the
best role he has had since the begin
ming Of his minstrel days. back in 1915.
The ZOla Sisters Will offer novelty
dancing speciality; Felix Adler. with a
wealth of new anecdotes and parodies,
is promised in an iniinitable dialogue
with the aid Of recruit from the ush-
ers: the Premier Duo. "a man and an
attractive girl a delightful musical Of
fering: the Langdons, man and two
girls. presenting a rapid-fre skit OF many
laughs, for automaniacs and others;
Clarke and Verdi. in an Italian charac-
ter sketch, and the Poll photoplays Will
complete q vaudevill- entertainment
which is promised to be even better than
the array of features for the opening
week
Evening star., 1912-10-10
The Whirl of Mirth."

Next weeks Offering at the Lyceum
Theater will be Charles Daniels "Whirl
of Mirth.' presenting, it is announced,
thirty-five gorgeously arrayed girls who
can sing and dance in addition to the
strongest and most costly olio Of top
notch vaudeville stars ever seen on one
program at popular prices. including
Flossie McCloud, Mayo and Vernon, de-
lineatcrs nf up-to-date comedy; Daily and
Young, hand baiancers; Rose and Ross
and several others. The principals in
cludc Eddie F.. Collins. Frank Walsh. Tod
Browning, Clyde j. Bates, Alice Walker.
Ethel Vernon. Fanny st. Clair George
Topack, the Georgia Twins and Leon
Mayo.
The management promises two big
musical burlettas of more than usual
merit. Cartoon Land a splendid vaude-
Vile oio. and Rubbing 1t In q riot
of real fun and sweet SONG"
The worlds series games will be re-
Evening star., 1912-10-10
"The Man From Home.

mosphere around the Columbia next
week during the engagement of William
Hodge in THE Man From Home"
The Man From Home Is An Indiana
play. with all its scenes laid in Sorrento,
Italy Booth Harrington and Harry Leon
Wilson wrote 1t in Italy, but gave it the
atmosphere and spirit of kokomO and
Terre Haute. Daniel Voorhees, Pike,
played by Mr.. Hodge is from Kokomo
and Is lawyer by profession and des-
tiny. else the name of the Tall Sycamore
of the Wabash would have meant nothing
to his career. Mr.. Hodge in person is
tall, angular and blond and is said to be
in many ways not unlike the famous In
diana statesman. Mr. Hodge is now
making his first general tour in the play.
Evening star., 1912-10-10
Cosmos.

The Maloetia SeNtet siX DAINTY melodl-
ols maids. in an elaborate classical mu-
scal act. which requires the fuii stage;
the Four Harmony Boys. late feature
with Lew Dockstaders M!nstrels. in a
miniature offering OF minstrelsy. includ-
ing songs. stories. jo.ses and quartet num-
b.rs. and UTsonc and D'Osta. the man,
the harp and the girl. declared the finest
Offering Of harp music in vaudeville. are
the promised features of the Cosmos
The ater next week. 1t is said to be big
advance on the bill OF the present week.
Supplementing these attractions will be
George Berry, Ethel Mildred and COM
pany, in new and laughable absurdity
Evening star., 1912-10-10
The Gamblers.

Charles Klein, the author in THE Gam
blcrs.' which comes to the Academy fol
the week beginning next Monday night
grasps the emotions and holds the audi
cnce most of the time in a viselike grip
1t is good melodrama deliberately con-
structcd. The plot concerns a coterie OF
high fnanciers, who have sam5!ed the in
terests Of their clients in an attempt to
fight the big money combinations, with
the usual result-defeat. Driven to bay,
the most resourceful Of the bankers
assumes the entire responsibility. partly
thwarts the vengeance of an implacable
United States district attorney, and goes
TO sure Imprisonment, with the knowledge
that he has won one victory from his foe
and that tho prospective divorced wife of
TN. prosecutor will he waiting for him.
The cast. strong one. includes Boyd
Nolan. Franklin George. Willis Granger.
Tom Callahan, Luke Martin. Harry Fors-
man. Arthur Rankin. Eugene FoNcroft.
Lola Downin, Grace Spaeth and Maude
Dickerson.
Evening star., 1912-10-10
THE Spring Maid"

Like breath of spring, laden with the
scent of bossoming flowers. the song ol
happy birds and the hcalth-giving sun
shine, Is described Nlc dainty little oper-
eta, The Spring Maid.' which will be
seen at the National Theater next week
with Christie Macdonald in the stellas
role as the saucy Princess Bozena
Aside from it's delightful romance the
keynote Of 1.-The Spring Maids" success is
to be found in its melodies. one tuneful
number succeeding another with startling
rapidity. among them the fascinating
waltz, Day Dreams; THE Fountain
Fay" "How I Love Pretty Face and
Two Little Love Bees that have en-
joyed popularity seldom if ever sur
passed.
The production of the opcrctta and the
company presenting II will be the same
as during the New York run Of over :OJ
nights.
Evening star., 1912-10-10
The Hunter and the Hunter-ess.'

Chase's next week promises Kate Eli
vore, recently the star comedienne OF
Naughty Marietta assisted by Sam
Williams In a laushable absurdity enti-
tied The Hunter and the Hunter-ess''
the Parisian atelier art creation MY
Lady.s Fans" by Julian Dove the deco
rative painter. in which six beautiful
Partisan poseuses' will appear in lie
tableauX evantail vivant,' and William
Rocks production of THE Top o the
World Dancers and the Collie Ballet =
in kris Kringle's Dream a spectacular
terpsichorean fantasy with Kathleen Gift
ford. Arthur Hid and other we'll known
dancers comedians and TantouimIsts
These are the features extraordinary
S:anIey James. formerly with the Column
bIa PLAYERS, and company will make their
vaudeville debut here in "BiNby's Baby
Other offerings will include Lads o'Mel-
od,e." quartet of splendid comic and vo-
cal ability, II is declared: Robinson New
bold nd Marie Louise Gribben. late of
Miss Hook of Holland and other sue
cesses. in charming songs. danceG and
limpersonations, and Ben Boyer and
Evening star., 1912-10-10
Casino.

Paola Cremonesi and company of three.
in one Of the most laughable of farce
comedies. Curing a Tenor which tells
how sensible wife cured a too ardent
admrer. will head the six acts Of varied
and refined vaudeville. which will be the
Offering of the Casino Theatcr next week
fering of blachface music: the Viola Duo.
who come highly recommended rs ''po-
lite entertainers and Raphael Qualano.
in musical novelty that Is said to he
very delightful. arc other numbc-s. FL
Brendel. one of the funniest OF German
comedians. will present an act for which
special scenery is required and another
act yet to be announced. with series OF
pretty and interesting film pictures, will
complete the lcngthened bill