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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-20

robert w. Chambers.)
he might have turned out as tame as
as moose-bird-he was only TWEEN
ty-three- but Hale remembered, and
the Indian remembered, and one day
a man came in to the Carry Camp
with a A bullet in his wrist and an
unserved warrant in his pocket. The
man was a moose-Warden, and the
warrant was for Skeene.
When the news spread that Skeene
had shot a warden, the guides from
Portage and Lily-Bay condemned
him. Down at Greenville a sheriff
and posse boarded the "Katahdin"
and spent several weeks cruising
about at public expense. Possibly
they expected Skeene to come down
to the shore and sit on the rocks; per-
haps they fancied he might paddle
across their bows in his sleep. Natur-
ally he did neither. ~
Even after that, if they had given
him chance, he might have surren-
dered and taken his punishment.
A warden saw him building lean
to on the island that divides the West
Branch. The warden waited until
dark, crawled in outside the fire and
caught Skeene asleep. What Skeene
did to the warden when he awoke
the official cannot remember dis.
tinctly.
Three weeks after that Skeene
walked into Kineo store, handling his
rifle in most alarming fashion. He
suggested that they place certain
provisions and ammunition in his
canoe, which lay on the beach below.
The three clerks complied. Twenty
minutes later Skeene, in his canoe,
was seen making for Moose River.
They notified the sheriff again.
People fought shy of Moose River
and the lake beyond which is called
Red Lake. In vain the guides declar-
ed the region safe. Skeene let them
o1o The Tn1ioo Iaor Ivi1,or
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-20

copyright, 1898, by Robert w. chambers.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
Governor Prosecuted for
Defending People, Says
Roosevelt.
FAILSTO JUMP TO WHIP
Impeachment Court Summons
Executives Secretary as a
Witness.

Rochester. n. Y, Sept. 27-Theo-
dore Roosevelt addressing progress
sive state conference which met to
name candidates for chief judge and
associate of the state court of appeals,
declared the chief concern of the
people should be to prevent Tammany
getting complete control of the state.
He said the predicament in which the
state now found itself was due to
failure last fall to elect !. governor and
legislature pledged to progressive
principles.
Abiding to the Sul5er case, Roose-
welt said all matters now before the
impeachment court were known to the
leaders of Tammany at the time they
were calling Sul7er a second Andrew
Jackson, but they remained silent till
the governor refused to take orders
from Tammany.
mo intelligent and honest man be-
lieves," said Roosevelt, that the at
tack on the governor is because of
anything he did during the campaign
or before he took office, but because
government and the rights Of the peo-
pie against Tammany"
COURT ON RECESS.
Albany, n. Y, Sept. 27.-There was
no session of the Sulzer impeachment
court today The big question in the
minds of those following the case now
is whether Frederick Colwell, Sulzer's
dummy" in Wall street deals. will
testify when the trial Is resumed next
week. The impeachment managers
say Suffers lawyers will not let Col
f"weff' -tesstffy> tnrrs Is any way to
prevent, as he is said to be the con-
Meeting link between the governor and
Wall street -
Chester C. Platt secretary to Sulzer,
was today subpoenaed as witness for
Il prosecution. The writ was served
on him in the executive chamber.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
AEROPLANE SETS
new SPEED MARK
Emile Vedrines Drives Machine
118 Miles an Hour at
Rheims, France.

: Rheims, France, Sept. pa new
worlds record in aeroplane speed was
made here today by Emile Vedrines,
who flew 623 miles over a measured
course at an average of 11S miles an
hour. The old record of 11112 miles
was made by Provost at Paris, June II.
,Vedrines was the first of five con-
testants in trials to decide on the
three aviators to represent France 20.
morrow in the International aeroplane
race. The course was a closed circuit
of ca miles. around which the flyers
went 10 times.
Maurice Prevos: made similar
speed, and he and Vedrines and Eu
gene Gilbert were chosen as French
representatives in the international
race.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
MANCLED CORPSE
OF WOMAN FOUND
Authorities Are Puzzled by
Death on the Elgin, Joliet &
Eastern Railway.

Chicago, Sept 27.-Efforts to learn
the identity of a well dressed woman
who was killed by freight train on
the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railway
last night was started today. The body,
mangled almost beyond recognition.
will maize tdentffca1ipn difficult.
WlIefher 1t was case of suicide, or
an accident or murder, there is no
clue. The woman is between and
40, five feet four, weighs 140 pounds,
and has reddish hair and blue eyes.
The engineer, who discovered the
body, said he saw a dark object lying
on the track and thought it was a
cinder pile, but when he smelled bum
ing flesh as the hot cinder box of the
engine passed over the body, he made
an examination that showed it was
woman.
The body of woman was found near
Wayne, Ill.
An examination later showed the
woman had been shot through the jaw,
the bullet then entering the brain.
No weapon was found near the spot
The police think therefore the woman
was lured there and murdered. Mrs
Frank Pratt of Wayne said she saw a
man and woman alight there and fol
lowed them. She saw. them separate
Later she heard what sounded like a
pistol shot The body was found no
long after. ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
RECEIVED
BY JAPAN RULER
Special Mark of Friendship to
United States in Audience
Given to Harrison.

Toxic, Japan. Sept. 27-AlI prece-
dents were broken by what was pub
licly announced as special mark of
friendship to the United States when
court officials today arranged in ad-
vance an audience with the emperor
for Francis Burton Harrison, new gov
ernor general of the United States in
the PHILIPPINES. Owing to the delay
in the steamer from San Francisco.
because of fog, Harrison arrived here
barely in time to keep the appointment
at the hour set. Minister of Foreign
Affairs Maxine gave luncheon to
Harrison and wife and their suite.
The incident is regarded as a signifi
cant effort to remove any misunder.
standings between the two nations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
Further Outbreaks by Mob
at Benton, ILL.,, Are
Feared.
ONE OF ACCUSED SHOT
John Hurzan, Who ConfeSSeS,
duplicating Others, Battles
Sheriff'S Force.

Benton. H., Sept. 27.-After a fight
with deputies. John Hurzan. a miner.
was arrested here today in connection
with the murder of the two musicians
which caused rioting mere early this
week. Hurzan was dangerously wound
cd.
Hurzan signed a confession impli-
eating three others in the murder of
the musicians. Two of them later
we're arrested. Fearing a mob out
break the sheriff swore in so deputies
and put them on guard at the jail
When the officers went to arrest
lIurzan at his boarding house he turn
ed out the light and asked Sheriff
Vaughn and his three deputies in. The
sheriff feared trap. and told Hurzan
TO come out. Hurzan fired three shots
which went wild.
Deputy Collins shot twice, wounding
Hurzan in the abdomen. He staggered
into a hall, still firing pistol, and
fought hand to hand till knocked down.
He was then seized and rushed to jail.
Company F OF Benton assembled at
ne armory. ready for duty, if needed.
EXCITEMENT SUBSIDIES.
The situation later quieted down
and no danger of lynching is now ap-
parent. Hurian, in a statement after
his arrest, said that only three men,
including himself. we're concerned in
the murder of the musicians. He said
the musicians had been drinking
heavily at the dance and threatened
TO kill the foreigners. In clash on
the road after the dance was over,
HurSan knocked down one musician,
Ewell HWtchins. and was .shot by him
in the army. Quincy Df6nnond ran
up to help Hutchins and several for
eign miners shot and killed Hutchins
with his own pistol. Drummond ran
but was overtaken and slain with a
miners pick.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
PEORIA SALOON is
SCENE OF KILLING
Otto Hoefer, Candidate for
Sheriff, Is Murdered by
Hotel Proprietor.

Peoria, ILL.,, Sept. 27.-Otto Hoefer,
democratic candidate for sheriff, was
shot and killed today by William
Schuster, proprietor of the Savery ho-
tel. Schuster, who is in Jail. has re-
fused to make a statement. There were
only two witnesses to the shooting. and
both say only few words passed be-
fore the killing.
The shooting took place in the bar
of the Savery. Just before the shoot
ing Schuster and Hoefer seemed to lie
in the rear CT the room, but the bar
tender could not hear the subject of
the quarrel. .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
LEGALLY DEAD SO
YEARS, VETFOUND
Inmate of Iowa Soldiers Home
Goes to Pennsylvania to
Claim Bequest.

= Pottsville. Pa, Sept 27.-After be-
ing legally dead nearly so wears, Will
liam Thomas Of Marshalltown, Iowa,
came here yesterday to claim a be-
quest Of $4OO left 40 years ago by John
Jenkins OF st. Clair, Pa. where Thomas
also lived formerly. When he and
his wife moved west relatives lost
sight of them, and when some money
was willed him in Wisconsin and he
would not be found he was declared
legally dead. and the estate was divid-
ed between his cousins. An advertise
ment after the bequest left him in
Pennsylvania found him in the sol
diers' home. and he promptly came
here to get the money left him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
SEA TUG PASSES
IN PANAMA LOCKS
First Attempt to Operate Pan
ANA Canal Gates Is
Successful.

Panama, Sept 27.-The most i'm
portant step thus far toward the oper-
alton of the Panama canal took place
yesterday when the sea going tugboat
Gatun, drawing twelve and half feet
OF water, was successfully passed
through the Gatun locks and last night
floated On the bosom of Gatun lake.
This was the first attempt 10 oper-
ate the locks .oR-the eanA+<TBHa1seate
result was highly pleasing taaGplonel
Goethals, chairman of the canal COM
mission and canal officials generally.
All day long hundreds of persons,
men, women and children, withstood
the burning rays of the tropic sun to
see the act of passing the first vessel
from sea level to the level of Gatun
lake, which yesterday had reached a
little over 65 feet or within 20 feet, OF
its normal level.
The operations were conducted with
great care and everything went
through according to schedule. The
three chambers, upper, middle and
lower, on the west side were used on
this occasion. The men worked far
into Thursday night making every
thing ready for the operation. The
upper lock filled in the forenoon and
in the afternoon the water was ad
mitted TO the middle and lower locks
but il was not until 4:45 D. m. that
the water in the lower lock had reach
ed the level of that in the sea channel
outside
AT the hour the seagate was swune
and a moment later the tug, which
had been in readiness all day in the
approach channel. turned its head to
ward the entrance
AS the vessel passed inside the low
er lock chamber a mighty cheer went
up from the assembled thousands
that lined the lcck walls, the tugs
whistle was blown to It's utmost anc
all the whistles in the neighborhooc
Joined in The chorus.
The Gatun was in charge OF Captain
Stewart. Among the party on board
were Colonel William l.. Sibert. di
vision engineer of the Atlantic di
vision Of the cana. under whose super
vision the Gatun locks were built,
Colonel Harry F. Hedges, assistan
/ chief engineer and designer of tht
canal locks and the operating machin
cry. and Major J. P. JeEvey, who hal
| personal charge of the masonry con
struotion of the locks.
Cclcnel GOethals was on hand al
day but did not make the trip. Tn,
'ug, gayly decorated, in the room,
lcck chambers appeared like a to,
boat in tab. Irs navigation was.per
sonally supervised by W. G. Comber
head Of the dredging operations of III
cana. The vessel was raised to tn
middle level at 5:45 p m. and passe
into the upper chamber at 6:I5 D. n
Then at 6:42 p m. the last gaze swun
and. although the tropic night ha
fallen. the waiting crowd RENAME
and watched the tug sail out on tn
placid waters OF Gstun lake
The rousing demonstration OF th
early afternoon was then repeated.
! The massive 500 ton leaves Of h
lock gates performed their function
perfectly. working with the preei
ion and nicely of well oiled door
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
CHICAGO STARTS
CROOK ROUNDUP
Recent Series of Crimes
Prompts Activity by the Po-
lice Department.

Chicago. Sept PA round up of
thieves. ex-convicts and known gun
mea'' was begun last night and continu-
ed today. Activity of the police is due to
the recent increase in hold-ups, rob-
berries and window smashings, and is
designed to check an influx of crimi-
mails from other cities this winter The
Chicago dragnet is divided in, four dis
tricts and 10 policemen are assigned
to each to do nothing else but watch
for suspects and gather them in.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
MINERS SHOOTAT
STRIKE BREAKERS

Denver, Colo. Sept 27.-At no
time has the feeling between the
striking miners and officials of the
companies seemed so bitter as 1t Is
today. Until after midnight excite
ment ran high in several camps OF
the southern Colorado field. In Trim
idad shots were exchanged between
strikers and strike-breakers at Main
street bridge, but there were no -
,alities. Kidnapping of noD
miners continues.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
Treasury Officials Admit
That Several Thousand
Has Disappeared.
WILL REQUIRE SEARCH
Six Million in Silver Stored in
Government Plant Must Be
Checked Over.

"dSHlnSlOn, ~. u, SepI. zi.-l treas
ury officials today confirmed the theft3
of money from >he San Francisco mint,
but think the loss will be small. 1t
will require a dollar for dollar count of
$6,000,000 in silver stored there to
find the exact amount missing. Seven
thousand is missing up to the presens
time.
is reported that the United States
mint in this city has been looted or a
sack of coin, said to contain $50, 900.
T. w. II. Shanahan, superintendent of
the mint, refuses to confirm or deny
the report and declares that any in
formation concerning it must come
from Washington.
IRON REPLACES COIN.
One version of the robbery is that
the theft was discovered when a sack
believed to contain $4,000 was opened
and found to contain iron washers
Care had been taken, it is believed,
to make the weight of the iron cor
respond to that of the gold coin so
that discovery of the theft would be
delayed
Fear that other sacks of coin have
been taken has led, it is reported, to
the summoning of secret service opera
tives and accountants. and the EN-.
ployes of the mint are said to be under
close surveillance.
The bogus coin sack is said to have
been stamped as was the one which
it replaced and which had contained
gold coin. The weight of this Coin is
such that it is said to be the belief
Set the persons in charge of the in
vestigation that one man could not
have carried out the theft The sack
of iron is declared to have been found
in vault where there is large guam
/ tity of gold.
! The story of the robbery came from
mint employees, and some of them az.
! peared to resent the suspicious said
to have been cast on persons working
in that institution.
| Il cannot say whether there is or
is not anything to report" said the
! SNPSA NLlCu dSh6u Il6
stories.
BANDITS STILL AT LARGE
Tuscaloosa, Ala, Sept. 27.-Deputy
sheriffs from Birmingham and Mont
gomery and armed farmers of Tusca
loosa county have abandoned the
search for the three men who held uu
and robbed the Alabama Great South
ern passenger train at Bibbyi,Ie Sid
ing, Ala, Thursday night, and the case
Is now entirely in the hands of the
railroad special officers.
Five men have been arrested a;
Eutaw. Ala, below Tuscaloosa, none
of whom is more than 80 years old
and five others iVlve been taken tc
the Tuscaloosa county jail by special
agents. All of these men deny con
nection with the holdup.
The robbers had stopped the train
by Using a danger signals employed a.
part Of the blocking system: They de
tsched the locomotive, the express an
mali cars from the train. The engine
and those cars were run several mile:
down the track and the express cal
safe blown open.
Various estimates place the amount
of booty obtained as high as 100000
Conservative estimates, however, Sc
the amount of loot at $4,000, includ
ing a heavy shipment of currency
from the east to New Orleans. Thi
cannot be verified, however, at this
point
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
THAW LAWYERS
WANT MORE time

Concord, n H., Sept 27.-Counsel
for Harry X Thaw received formal
assurance from Governor Felker yes
terday that he would grant their re-
quest for an extension to Oct. 6, Of the
time for filing briefs in the extradition
proceedings
One of the attorneys said that their
work was being carried on as rapidly
as possible but that since the hearing
before Governor Fe.ker last TUESDAY,
additional precedents bearing on the
situation had been discovered.
These will be Incorporated. he said,
in the documents to be placed in the
governors hands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
SEEKS CHANCE IN
CLASS-OWEN BILL
Illinois Bankers Association to
Send a Delegation to
Washington.


Chicago, H., Sept 27.-A compro-
mise in the regulation provisions OF
the Glass-Owen currency bill was sug-
gested at the closing session of the
Illinois Bankers association at the
!. HotslS sole, asteldax by George.
M Reynolds pfesIdent of the Cont
mental and Commercial ba1I of Chi.
cago
Mr. Reynolds suggestion is as fol
lows:
That the consent of minority of
the advisory committee of the federal
reserve banks be required for the TAX
ing of certain fundamental steps by
the board of control. If there are five
federal reserve banks, then the con-
sent of two Of the five members Of
the advisory committee must be OBJ
tanned before the board Of control can
discharge an officer or director of a
federal reserve bank, or require one
federal reserve bank to discount for
another
Mr.. Reynolds thought the general
plan Of the bill good, particularly as
to greater elasticity in general credits
and bank notes. He objected ID the
forced subscription to reserve bank
stock, characterizing it as a PROPOSE
ton of "either come in or be put out
of business"
The bill was guessed out without
] icA ~ IN hn lraf q
| opinion, and, while framed for the
purpose Of forcing money out of Wall
street" really places the burden on
| the little banks throughout the coul-
| try.
I officers were elected as follows:
! President, S. B. Montgomery, State
I Savings and Trust company, Quincy;
vice president. ]. A. Aisethorpe; First
Bank and Trust company. Cairo;
treasurer, C. II. Fox, Chicago Savings
Bank and Trust company.
/ The executive council elected
George Woodruff, Joliet. chairman
! and continued Secretary Richard l.
| Champion, Chicago, in Office until Jan
| /, and made Mrs. A. s. Jennings, Chi
| cago, his assistant for the full term
/ Because OF the presence of but halt
the council the election was pos pom
ed. Messrs Woodruff, Montgomery
! and Aisethorpe constituting com
mittee to report. on the candidates foI
secretary later in the year. Because
CT this the slate" candidate. Swep
sen Y. Whitlock, Tuscola, was with
| drawn
President Montgomery will appoint
committee to visit Washington Il
| confer with the senate committee II
charge of the currency bill and call at
tention to the Illinois Bankers asso
cations Endorsement of the recon
mendations of the American Bankers
association currency conference, he'll
in Chicago Aug. 22 and %.
The following committee on priyat
banks was appointed: H. G. Henr,
Camp Pcint; Bert Roach. Bushnell
c. \. Schureman, Saybrook; II. 4
Smith, Galya, and Warren E. Colburr
Chicago.
The Cooley vocational teaching bi
/ was denounced by the committee o
: agriculture and vocatic1a. education
+, Of which B. F. Harris, Champaign
) was chairman. Corporation control {
J Illionois' dairy interests was asserte
. to be the cause of falling behind Wi
t censin and Minnesota. improvement
Of crop methods was advocated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
READY TO REPORT
new TARIFF BILL

Washington. D. C.. Sept. 27.-The
democrats joint tariff conference
committee worked today on proofs OF
a report TO be submitted TO congress
next week. All disputes have been
compromised between the two houses
except the proposed tax on cotton hg-
ures On that q final disagreement
win be reported to each house.
Hearings on the currency bill be-
fore the senate banking committee
we're suspended today to be resumed
Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
Wasp Wrecked; c.ew SAFE.

Washington, D. c.. Sept pa. n.
Evans, commissioner of education
OF Alaska and the crew of the schoon-
er Wasp. lest for days in Behring sea,
is now safe at St Michaels, 100 miles
from Nome, according 20 wireless
report to the revenue headquarters.
There were no details. but the report
says the Wasp was wrecked.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
BODY OF MISSING
WOMAN IS FOUND
Peru, Ind, Police Searching for
Husband, Who Disappeared
simultaneously.

Peru, Ind, Sept. 27.-The police are
hunting for Clyde Wilkinson, farmer,
whose wifC's BODY, mutiiated badly,
was found in shallow grave back OF
a barn yesterday mans bloody coat
and shirt are in the grave with the
body. The woman had been missing
stree Aug. %, on which date WiIkin-
son, who had advertised sale of his
farm, also disappeared. Two sons
are also missing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
THE WEATHER
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline
and Vicinity,

Fair and warmer tonight; Sunday,
Increasing cloudiness and warmer;
moderate southerly winds.
Temperature at Z a. m, AZ; highest
yesterday, GO; lowest last night, Al.
Wind calm.
Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity at p. m, 50; at
I a. M, &C.
Stage of water, 81; no change in
last "a hours.
J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
! ASTRONOMICAL EvENTS....
<hEEyening stars: Mercury. Jupfter.
Morning stars: Saturn. Venus. Mars.
Planet Venus in conjunction with the
moon S:;s5 q. IN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27

Washing5on-A bill TO protect
wcrkmen and others abou; buildings
under construction and repair in the
District of Columbia, similar to one
he put through the Illinois legislature
in 1907, was introduced by Represen-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
MISS HILMER is
WINNER AT GOLF

Memphis. Tenn. Sept. 27.-Miss
Myra Helmer of Chicago and Miss
Ruth Chisholm Of Cleveland met to-
day in the finals OF the championship
play in the women's western golf
tourney
Miss Helmer won, FIVE and three.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
CANAL TO REDUCE
PRICE OF CATTLE
Former President of Peru Sees
a Coming Cut in the Cost of
Living Here.

Washington, D. C.. Sept 27.-Hope
for reduction OF half in the cos. OF
beef is held out by Augusta Legui,
former president of Peru. who is now
here. He says that with the opening
Of the Panama canal and the conse-
quen: reduction of 1000 miles in the
distance between Peru and the United
States. beef can be delivered at New
York from Peru az 10 cents a pound.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27

Albany. N. Y, Sept 2T-The estate
of the late ]. P Morgan is approx
mately s65.eO0.OOO This is based on
a check sent today for a s2,500, 900
payment OF an inheritance tax on the
part OF the estate,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
ulosrs and Turks al Peace.

6ulesrs and Turks az Peace.
Constantinople. Sept. 27.-Peace was
concluded today between Bulgaria and
Turkey The treaty will be signed on
Monday.