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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
AN ILLINOIS Girl
ELOPES IN EAST

New York, Nov. 2-Mr. and Mrs. d.
Herbert Hostetter, Jr, got back 10 the
Waldorf yesterday after an elopement
tfat took them from Jersey CITY 70
Kittery, Me, with Portsmouth. y. IL,
Jacksonville, IL, ara Princeton, y. j.,
figuring on the side lines.
MIR Hostetter is a Princeton junior
and two weeks ago ne came TO town
u be introduced TO 2O-year-old Miss
Margaret Brown, daughter of the late
William Brown of Jacksonville. Ed
v ard F. Goltra, Jr., son OF the demo
cratic national committeeman from
Missouri, roommate OF young Hostel
ter, who is % years old. introduced the
two. In a short time indeed the
Princeton man and Miss Brown were
engaged to be married
Last Wednesday the two decided it
would be lots of excitement to get mar
r!ed without letting any one know
about IT, Miss Brown was at the Wal
dorf, where she had come to see the
Dartmouth game, and the
two started from that hotel in ma
chine for Jersey City. Jersey mar
riage licenses are more wary of sud
den captures of late and the two de-
cided TO try their fortunes in a north
erly direction.
That night F W. Gardner of St
Louis. a classmate Of Hostetter, came
To the Waldorf to take Miss Brown.
whom he had known out west, TO the
theatre. He was surprised TO find that
| Miss Brown wasn't at the hotel
Miss Brown at that time was sit
/ ting by Mr.. Hostetter in a Pullman
/ coming in to Providence. r. l.. Mr..
Hostetter was sending kilograms ahead
asking tor Episcopal clergymen to get
/ ready with the marriage ceremony.
! Providence yielded no available
clergymen. Thursday found the couple
in Maine. At Kittery they got the
Episcopal clergyman there, Rev DR..
Hayes. who married them.
Hostetter Immediately telegraphed
young Goltra and asked that he in turn
/ inform Hostetter's parents, who have
a summer home in Beverly. The young
couple whirled to Portsmouth. " H
ia a machine and there we're general
| congratulations.
/ Mr.. Hostetter was surrounded by
Princeton men at the Waldorf today
and Mrs. Hostetter sat completely OBJ
livious TO her surroundings. saying
that anything her husband had TO say
went
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
Agents of the Powers
Hold a Conference
in London.
SLAUGHTER HORRIBLE
Turk Armies, Hemmed in on All
Sides, Are in a Helpless
State.

London. Nov. 2-Active negotia-
tions are proceeding in London with
view to bringing the Balkan war to
an end. Foreign Secretary Grey this
afternoon received the Russian, Aus
trian, Turkish and Italian ambassa-
dors and the Bulgarian minister.
So confident are the Bulgarians OF
their ability to overcome the shattered
army of Nazim Pasha, now stretched
along the Tchatalja line, built to de-
fend the Ottoman capital, that part of
their army is being sent back to Ad-
rianople. 1t will there complete the
investment of that fortress and carry
on the siege. and If the place is not
carried by storm 1t will starve it into
submission.
There seems now no escape for the
Turks. The Bulgarians are follow
ing up their successes with a dash
that surprises the world. The Bulgar-
ian losses in dead and wounded must
have been heavy. Over 1900 Turk
ish wounded are reported arrived al
ready in Constantinople.
London, No. 2.-Graphic descrip-
tions of week-long battle between the
| Turkish and Bulgarian armies are
reaching London. It would appear
nearly four hundred thousand men
have been engaged in the battle which,
according to some accounts, is still in
progress.
Fighting on the left wing was ter
rtbly severe. Lule Burgas becoming
untenable, the Turks fell back to an
iron railway bridge across the river
Erkene. At dawn Wednesday the bat
tie ragged with equal fierceness along
the whole front for 20 miles. Lule
Burgas was fired by Bulgarian shells.
INFANTRY SUFFERS TERRIBLY.
The Bulgarians made a determined
effort to take the railway bridge, but
the Turks drove them back with a
sweeping fire. Bulgarian artillery then
concentrated fire on the center of the
turkish position as prelude to the
assault. The Turkish infantry suffer
ed horribly. No description of the lat
er stages of the battle has yet come
Du1 SOhd itpOlIo the
ians carried everything before them,
the Turks giving way all along the
line Wednesday evening. The Bulgar-
ians captured the railway line to Sa-
loniki, which is now isolated. Chris
tian soldiers in the Turkish army con-
tinue to desert in great numbers.
200 BULGARs BURNED.
Sofia, Noe. Before evacuating
Bunarhissar. the Turks shut up 200
, Bulgarians In barracks and fired the
building, according to the newspaper
Mir. All the Bulgarians perished.
Sofia, Nov. 2.-Bulgarian reports
say that Turkish troops, during the re-
treat from Eski-Baba 0 Lule-Burgas
massacred 200 women, old men and
. children in the village of Atvali.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
Wire Sparks


Madison, Wis.-Governor McGovern
has been asked to take steps TO sup
press literature opposed to womau's
suffrage, which, it is charged by Mrs.
Benedict of Milwaukee, Is being cir
culated in violation of the corrupt
practices law.
Tulsa, Okla.-The jury in the trial
OF Joseph Baker and Guy ID. McKen-
zie for the murder of Charles T. Reu-
ter reported verdict of guilty with
life imprisonment.
Pasadena, Cal.--A course in ayia-
ton viii De added TO the curriculum
OF the Pasadena high school, accord
ing 10 statements made by members
OF the board Of education.
Lexington, Ky.-Miss Mabelle Dunn,
daughter of w. f. Dunn, president of
the Citizens National bank OF Mobiles
vile, Ind, was shot and probably in
iured while with party of young
folks coonhunting near MaysviIle. Ky.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
OBSCURE YOUNG BROKER
STARTLES WALL STREET

New York, Nov. 2-Wan street
awoke today to find that another
boy wizard of finance" had developed
in its midst-in the person of Ira C.
Kringel. who has obtained control of
the Manhattan Insurance company, at
Sc Broadway
Mr. Kringel is 80 years of age, owns
the capital stock of a company with
Sos 900. 900 of outstanding insurance
contracts, 100000 capital and total
assets of s22,OO0.OCO.
Mr. Kringel, who has rivaled the
coup of Thomas Fortune Ryan in buy
ing the Equitable Life Assurance so
ciety from James Hazen Hyde, had
his rise in the financial district as a
/ corporation note broker-by no means
"a spectacular employment
Il have had this option for about 60
days" he said today, "and have just
completed the deal. / have bought
the stock for my own account Further
than that | will not say"
A. A. Greene OF Houston, Texas, who
is manager for the company in that
state. will be the next president OF
the company. Some years ago Mr.
Greene was offered the vice presidency
OF the Equitable Life, but declined
H B. Stokes. former president, and
Walter c. Stokes jointly owned the
largest single block OF stock. Simeon
Ford. owner of the Grand Union hotel
held 800 shares, and was probably tbs
largest individual shareholder Sey
enty persons held the 2,000 shares out
standing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02

the general staff to have an army in
readiness for service in Cuba should
disorder arise demanding interven-
tion.
Havana, Nov. 2-Returns during
the night appear to fully confirm the
election of General Menocal and En-
rlque Varona, conservative candidates
for president and vice president, and
the remainder of the conservative tick
et in the Cuban republic. General con-
fdence is there will be no disorder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
GRIFFITH'S ARM
SAVES HIM FROM
ATTACK Of deer

Helena. Mont Nov. Charged by
a wounded deer and unable to use his
rife. which had iammed. Clark Grif-
fifth, manager Of the Washington
Americans, saved himself probable
serious injury by his old-time skill as
a pitcher. Seizing a stone the size
OF g baseball, he threw it and struck
the animal on the head, telling it,
Then he killed it with the butt of his
gun. The story was told by several
friends who returned from Griffith s
ranch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
SIX DIE IN SHIPWRECK
Swept into Sea by Waves When
Schooner Strikes Jetty.

Marshtield, Ore, Nov. 2.-The steel
gasoline schooner Osprey and its crew
of six men were lost at the entrance
to the port OF Marshfield yesterday.
Captain Johnson attempted to bring
the schooner in over the bar. but the
high wind failed him and his boat was
swept down on the jetty. The heavy
sea drove across the sChooner's decks
and all in the crew were carried over
board. Aviator Christofferson made
two trips over the wrecked vessel in
a biplane, demonstrating that a flying
machine could take a line to a ship
In distress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
The Weather

Forecast Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow Tor
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline,
and Vicinity.
Fair tonight and Sunday, rising tenn
perature.
Temperature at a. m, %. Highest
Yesterday, 40, lowest last night, %.
Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity at Z p. m, y, at
Z a. m, SO.
Stage of water, "a, a fall of / in
last "a hours.
JIM. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
z TOWNS WIPED
AWAY BY FLOOD

Tixtla-Guerrero. Mexico. Nov. q
The towns Of Mochistlan and Quechul-
tenango near here were almost de-
stroyed Thursday by a food resulting
from torrential rains. Refugees re-
port a quarter of the population per
ished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
RACING RESUMED
At PORTER TRACK

Chicago, Nov. 2-Hundreds of Chi
cago sportsmen went today to Porter,
Ind, where the proprietCrs of the Min
eral Springs race track promised the
lCng-deferred racing program would
he carried out. There was no evil
dence Of state interference.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
SHERMAN IS
LAID AT REST
Simple Service For the
Immediate Family is
First Held.
LARGE CAPITAL PARTY
President. Court Justices anC
Members of Congress
Attend Funeral.
LARGE CAPITAL PARTY

Utica, n. Y, Nov. 2.-In the sacred
seclusion of their own home and with
their dead still with them, members
O. the family of Vice President Sher-
man today met in prayer and funeral
worship prior to the public ceremony
scheduled to take place at o'clock at
the First Presbyterian church.
The service at the house began at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
OUTBREAK IN
CUBA FEARED
Four United States Trans
ports Are Held in
Reserve.
CARRY $500 SOLDIERS
Ordered to Be Ready to Sal
Within Few DayS-ConSer-
vativeS Elected.
CARRY $500 SOLDIERS

Fort Monroe, Va, Nov. 2-The
army general staff has ordered four
transports in reserve here to be pre-
pared within four days for instant
readiness to carry $500 troops to
Cuba.
Washington, Nov. 2.-Preparation of
army transports at Newport News is
one of several steps taken already by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
BOILER OF A SHIP
BLOWS; KILLS ;

Norfolk. Va. Nov. An. P. Horan
and II. W. Cramer, fremen on the
battleship Vermont. were so badly
sca,ded last night when the header OF
n boiler blew out they died today.
-Four others were seriously injured
Later r. NJ. Wagner. another fire
man, died Of his injuries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
FRANCE TO HAVE
BASEBALL CAME

Chicago. Nov. 2-FTance will sec it's
first baseball game soon, says a cable
CRANE to the Daily News today. The
French baseball union has just been
formed, with Franz Messerly Of Paris
as president, to promote the American
game and ultimately provide a French
competitor in the worlds champion
ship series.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
BIG KNOX COUNTY
Mine IS BURNED

Galesburg, Ill, Nov. 2.-Pendergast
brothers coal mine at Soperyille, the
largest of % mines in Knox county,
Oas destroyed by fire last night All
the buildings were burned 10 the
ground and the shafts are csving in
The cause has not been determined.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
Ends OIL Litigation.

New York, Nov. Announcement
was made that the Standard Oil inter
ests have sold TO Henry Clay Pierce
al. their holdings in the Waters-Pierce
Oil company, thus ending litigation
that has been in the courts for some
time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

CFrom noon today to noon tomorrcvl
sun sets 4:55. rises 6:33. Evening
stars: Mercury. Venus. Mars. Jupites
Morning StGr: Saturn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02

who escaped from the Wyoming peni-
tentiary here on oct. 13, were killed
by a posse near Powder Springs, on
the ColOrado-Wyoming line.
= battle took place when the posse,
headed by Sheriff Torrill and Deputy
Sheriff Ogee, finally cornered the fugi-
tives. after a chase of more than two
weeks. Burke, a third convict, es-
capped and has not been captured.
None of the posse was shot.
Richardson, Backstrum and Burke
were three of the conyicts who es-
capped on Oct. Is, when one citizen
was killed and another stabbed
Milo, Iowa-Charles TidbalI, while
celebrating Halloween, was shot and
killed by Marshall Mowery, who fired
TO scare a crowd of young men. His
aim was too low and the bullet pierced
Tidballs brain. Mowery was arrest
ed.
Rockford, Ili.-Rev. and Mrs. Hen
ry L. Martin yesterday celebrated
their SD wedding anniversary. Rev
Mr.. Martin is a superannuate of RocI
river conference and in early day.
rode circuits in northern Illinois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
KILL TWO IN CONVICT HUNT

Richardson and 6ackstrum, Wyoming
FueitVes. Slain by a Posse.
Rawlins, Wyo., Nov. 2.-Richardson
and Backstrum, two of the convicts
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-08-03
PRESIDENT TAFT TO
VETO WOOL BILL
SOME OF HIS SUPPORTERS ARE PASSING
AROUND A QUIET TIP THAT NONE or
PROGRESSIVE BILLS WILL Get BY.

Washington, r. c., Aug. Some
OF President Taft's supporters in the
senate today declared they had infcr-
nation that the president would veto
every one of the tariff bills now un-
der consideration. The cotton, wool,
sugar and steel bills are nearly ready
to go to the White House for sigma
ture.
BY vote of SO to %, the senate to-
day agreed to recede from its Cana
dian reciprocity repeal amendment on
the steel bill. This leaves the bill
approved by both houses It will go
to the president at once.
The house today agreed to the con-
ference report on the wool tariff revi-
sion bill by vote of 100 to 62. The
measure now will go to the president.
Il have been informed" said Sena-
tor Simmons, that the president will
veto these tariff bills and I have no
doubt that word has already been
sent to the iron and steel rsanufac-
turers that the proposed reduction
will not go into the law.
Senator Gronna. of North Dakota,
who introduced the amendment for
the repeal of the reciprocity law OBJ
jected to its being dropped from the
bill.
On a roll call, the senate voted SO
to % to drop the amendment.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-08-03

Casas Grandes, against which the
federals are now marching from the
west and from the south. A train
came up to JuareZ bearing % wound
ed rebels, who had been in the hospi-
tai at Casas Grandes, and returning,
it carried the 400 reinforcements. A
hundred Mormons, armed with rifles,
which they did not surrender to the
rebels last week, left Casas Grandes
this morning headed westward, osten.
sibly TO round up cattle, but the reb-
els fear they are going to join the fed
erals and fight With them to avenge
their treatment last week at rebel
hands.
Globe, Ariz., Aug. 3.-The distribu-
ton of Mormon refugees from MeXi.
co among Mormon colonies in Arizona
began today with the arrival here Of
three carloads Of men, women and
children, who fed from the state of
Sonora More than a hundred were
sent on to Thatcher, 90 to Stafford,
and the remainder to Pima, where
they will be looked after by members
of their church.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 3.-Neith-
er Consul Edwards at Juarez, nor
Colonel Stever at Ell Paso mentioned
last nights firing across the line in
reports today Officials here are dis
posed to minimize the affair
International law requires that such
troops be disarmed and interned I'M
til the end of hostilities. But there
are no federal st9tutes bearing on the
case nor IS tn3ra any appropriation
which may be drawn upon to fee1
and maintain such an alien force. 1t
might be necessary to appeal to con-
gress for an appropriation if an at
tempt We're made by the rebels to
cross into Texas.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-08-03
LYON CALLS
TAFT'S HAND

sherman, Texas, Aug. 3.-Colonel
Cecil A. Lyon, chairman of the state
republican executive committee, TO-
Ca made public a reply TO the White
House statement relating to Presi-
dent Tafts nomination.. The Lyon
statement deals with the selection ol
Texas delegates to the national con.
yention.
Respect for your office" the state
ment read, "procludes such an answer
to your statement on the merits Of
the Chicago contests as would be
made by me to any other citizen of
the United States. Referring to the
Texas case, I will say that your state.
ment as to the number of counties of
Texas is correct, but practically the
entire statement of facts concerning
the Texas cases is Incorrect Colonel
Lyon denied he had been in the habit
OF controlling the republican state
convention by securing from two fed
eral Office holders in ninety-nine
Texas counties certificate granting
q proxy TO Colonel Lyon or friend
OF his to represent the county as if
regularly conferred by a regular re-
publican county convention"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-08-03
none OF UNCLE SANS TROOPS STRUCK But BULLETS PAR UPON ROOFS AND
AGAINST WALLS OF HOMES in Ell PASO REPORTED The AFFAIR WAS RSE
TO PERMIT MEXICAN GuERS TO CARRY ARMS AND AMMUNITION ACROSS river
WITHOUT DETECTION BY PATROL
ht0RMONS retain their RIFLES AND ARE
OFF TO Join FEDERALS IN COMING BATTLE

Ell Paso, Aug. 3.--About fifty shots
we're exchanged between U,4ired
States soldiers and unidentified men
from the Mexican side of the river
last night in east FL Paso. No one
was hit There were no arrests
made.
Three shots were fired from the
Mexican side, striking a house be-
longing to c. H. Cole.
After the first three or four shots
were heard, the soldiers on guard on
the American side opened fire toward
Mexico.
The bullets then came faster from
the Mexican side, one of them stgik-
ing A. D. Martinezs house The
houses of Messrs. Curtis, Williams,
and Yonkers near the river, We're
struck by bullets as was the roof of
the El Paso foundry buildings. After
the persons on the Mexican side OF
the river had fired 50 or 40 times
they ceased and the American sol
diers went toward the river to inves-
tigate.,
At this moment a posse composed
OF Sheriff Peyton J. Edwards and dep
uties arrived and started a search Of
the thick brush growing in the old
river bed No trace of the men who
fired from the Mexican side could be
found. The police officers returned,
leaving further investigation to the
soldiers.
1t was the opinion of some of the
residents of that section that the fir
ing had been done by Mexican rebels
to draw the attention Of the Ameri-
can soldiers so that a quantity of am
munition could be smuggled across
the river at another point.
Captain d. 6. Berry, who was in
command of the United States guards,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-08-03
TO PREVENT A STRIKE.

Chicago. H., Aug. 3,-Negotiations
toward the prevention of a strike on
Chicago's street railway and elevated
systems were scheduled today.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-08-03
WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION AND AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION ARE
Charged WITH ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE The MINDS or MILLIONS
OF COUNTRY NEWSPAPER READERS TY EXPOSED EACH OTHER
IN BITTER BUSINESS WAR
Agreed DECREE IS FILED WHEREBY BOTH
WILL COMPLY WITH THE Sherman LAW

certain economic ideas in the minds
of the public, and that it was the de.
sign that such a disposition of it
should be made.
The circulation from week to week
of information and of articles dealing
with question of public Importance is
of itself interstate commerce and for
one concern to acquire the power to
distribute all such information and to
deceive the public by its perversion
is itself serious and substantial re-
stralnt upon monopolizing of inter-
state trade and commerce.
Such restraint and monopoly will
result, unless defendants be restrain
ed from carrying on their warfare
against each other.
IF all plate and ready print vera
supplied by one concern" the petit
tion adds, then the news thus distrib.
uted and the discussion of economies
and other important questions thus
supplied, would all be designed to
mold the sentiments of the readers to
one particular view and that presen-
tation of diverse views and full and
free discussion of important questions
from different standpoints which is
essential to their proper understand
ing and hence necessary to the best
public interest, would be prevented"
William 7. Chantland, special as.
sistant to the attorney general, inves.
tigated and developed the govern.
ment's case.
James A. Fowler, assistant to the
attorney general, conducted the nego-
tiations which brought about a friend
ly settlement. The petition in equity
also is signed by Attorney General
Wickersham and James H. Wilker-
son, United States attorney at Chi.
cago.
Mr.. Wilkerson explained the defend
ants had agreed to the decree on be-
ing shown copies of the governments
petition before the appearance in
court
The answer to the governments
peIIlloi, do plesellteu ny tHe Amerl-
can Press Association, through it's
attorney, Charles A. Brodek, of New
York, was an admission of all the al
legations concerning the Western
Newspaper Union and a denial of all
the allegations against the Western
Press Association. Charles F. Hard
ing, counsel for the Western Newspa-
per Union, also submitted an answer
denying all the allegations against
that organization but admitting the
allegations against the American
Press Association.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-08-03
WILSON WILL
NOT STUMP

Sea Girt, n. J., Aug. Ex-Governor
Woodrow Wilson VIII not stump the
country in his campaign for the pres
idency and will indulge in no person
alities.
The Governor thus declared him
self today. He will follow a program
of scheduled addresses to be based
on calls from various states.
The Governor admitted that he
might reach some of the coast states
but that a call from the far west
would be a big order"
He expects TO begin about Septem-
Der /. The Governor declined to com
ment on President Tafts speech of
acceptance.