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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
IS TO
BATTLE ON LIQUOR
Women at Chicago Convention
Also Attack Vice Traffic
and Tight Skirts.

Chicago, ILL.,, June 1.-THE closing
session of the 18th biennial conven-
ton of the General Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs was held today Invita-
tions were received from New York,
Atlantic City, Dallas, Texas, and Jack
sonville, Fla, for the next convention.
Resolutions were adopted, including
one in opposition to the liquor traffic.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker of Texas
was reelected and the entire ticket of
the nominating committee was elected
without opposition.
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson,
daughter of the president, led the del
egates in the singing of Edwin Mark
hams song, brotherhood" When Mrs.
Pennybacker introduced Miss Wilson,
the delegates arose and cheered for
her fully 10 minutes
fThe vice traffic, public health and
tight skirts were attacked in the res
olution adopted by the federation.
The resolutions were, briefly:
Recommend simple, becoming and
modest designs in dress.
Onered the services of the home eco
nomics division to further the Smith
Lever bill in congress to establish a
bureau of home economics.
Favored increased appropriations for
state and city boards of health.
Urged university extension work for
the prevention of disease.
Promised TO cooperate with childrerfs
bureaus in employing nurses.
Requested children's bureaus to pre-
pare pamphlets for mothers on sex in
struction for the children. ~
Approved state laws making man.
datory the reporting of venereal dis
ease
Approved abatement and Injunction
law in the suppression of immoral re-
sorts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
Friend Finds Body of Helen
Mesow on Couch in Oak
land Home.
HELEN KELLER OF WEST
Message From ReaI Estate
Dealer on Table May ielp
in Clearing Mystery.

Oakland, Cal, June 17--Miss Helen
Mesow, blind soprano, known as the
Helen Keller of the west, was found
dead on a couch in her apartment last
night The cause has not yet been
determined. A spoon found In an
empty glass in a bathroom will be ex-
amined to ascertain if it contained
poison.
The body was discovered by wo-
man friend. a physician worked an
hour trying to restore animation. He
could not ascertain the cause of death
The spoon, he said, smelled of quick
acting poison.
On table near the couch was card
bearing the name of W. c. Dohrmann.
an Oakland real estate dealer. 1t
read: Helen, 6 p. m. Wanted you TO
come to dinner this evening, as it was
our last night
An aunt of Dohrmanns said that
''our last night" meant Dohrmann was
leaving town for a while.
Struggles Against Infirmlty.
Miss Mesow was widely known as a
singer and for her struggle against in
trinity to achieve rank as a vocalist.
She was educated at the California
institute for the deaf and blind and at
the University of California. She con-
tinued her vocal studies in Paris. She
was proficient as a linguist, skated,
danced and engaged in athletic pas
times. She was 80 and a friend OF
Helen .EsffeE-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
TAVENNER BEATS
CONFERENCE BILL
Local Congressman Urges Pur-
chase of Armor Plate Fac
tory by Government.

Washington, D. c., June Twin
Secretary of the Navy Daniels sitting
on the floor of the house waiting for
the adoption of the conference report
on the naval appropriation bill, Rep
resentative Tavenner of Illinois today
started fight with contributions from
other members, resulted in the report
being rejected.
Mr.. Tavenner proposed an authoriz-
alton for the secretary to purchase an
armor plate factory if necessary to beat
down the prices of the armor plate
ring. The bill as it passed the senate
contained a provision for the investi-
CATION of the cost of an armor plate
factory. Mr. Tavenner said this in
vestigation would not result in the
lowering of the price for years.
The proposal to sell to the govern
ment of Greece the battleships Idaho
and Mississippi was abandoned by Sec
retary Daniels as result of demon
stration in opposition during the con-
sideration of the report.
BY being alert and constantly on the
job, .Tavenner got a section through
in the sundry civil bill at Saturday
nights session of the house carrying
an appropriation of s225,000 for the
of field artillery ammuni-
tion at Rock Island arsenal. The pas
sage of the bill with the clause includ-
ed caused commotion in the ammuni-
ton and armor plate ring and a hasty
call was sent out for help. The ques-
ton was abruptly raised that the bill
had passed with no quorum present.
The bipartisan alliance with Fitzger-
aid and Mann as the leaders rounded
up its followers and had the vote re-
Tavenner fought as strongly
as he could for the measure as it pass
ed. He pointed out that there were
81 members on the floor during the
debate, IL of whom were for the ar
senal manufacture clause. Forty re-
publicans and reactionary democrats
ed by Tammany were against it,.
Tavenner charged bipartisan al
lance controlled by the steel trust to
iefeat him and declared his purpose
20 take the matter before the country
and expose the inside workings of the
combine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
NOTED WAR NEWS
WRITER is CALLED

Loadon England, June 17.-Bennett
Burleigh. one of the oldest and most
widely known war correspondents. Is
dead, aged 20. He was a Scotchman,
born in Glasgow. He Joined the con-
feierates. fought through the entire
civil war and was twice captured and
sentenced TO death by northern troops.
Since 1882 he has ben connected with
TIE London Daily Telegraph, since
which time he had been almost con-
stantly In the field
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
DEATH TAKES HORNBLOWER
Associate Justice of New York Court
Expires in Connecticut

Litchheld, Conn. June iT.-Wnliam
b. Hornblower, associate judge of the
New York court of appeals. died here
yesterday. lie had been i'll for a long
hme' and several times in the past
weeks his condition was so grave that
death was expected. He was born in
1851
Before his appointment to the court
of appeals last February Judge Horn
blower had spent much OF his time in
recent years as a writer and lecturer
on legal topics,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
RACING BALLOON
LANDS ON A ROCK
Donaldson and Henderson,
Springfield Pilots, Reach
Walkers Prairie, Ore.

Portland, Ore, June 17.-Roy Don
aldson and Wilbur Henderson, who
left here Thursday in the racing bal
loon Springfield arrived today at Wal
ker Prairie, in the Bull Run river dis
trict
Donaldson and Henderson staggered
into a forest rangers camp at Walkers
Prairie. The Springfield settled on the
side of a steep hill near Blue Lkae.
an 1S2 mile walk from Walkers
Prairie, hard one owing to the thick
and fallen trees.
The Springfield descended at s
o'clock Friday evening The aero
nauts wandered until morning. DON
aldson said the balloon struck rocky
slope and was wrecked.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
MANDAMUS SUIT
FILED IN COURT

A suit for mandamus was filed this
Afternoon in circuit court by Robert j..
Welch against Mayor H. Nj. Schriver
and other members of the city COM
mission. The suit Is the outgrowth OF
the refusal of the city officials to grant
a license to Welch TO operate the Buf-
falo saloon. McEniry & McEniry are
the attorneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
"This is the Life" Played
as Insurgents Refuse
to Leave Hall.
NO BUSINESS IS DONE
Credentials Committee Still at
Work. Convention Adjourn
ing Until Tomorrow.
6Hy ASSOCIATED PREss1

Toledo. Ohio. June l7.-COmpletion
o. competitive drills among - teams
OF foresters of the Modern WOodmen
Of America was announced today. To
Iedo battalion No. carried away hon
ors on battalion drill Camp 20. Rock
Island. IL. won the senior prize of
$3.50 for the best drilled team Of l6
men. Rock Island camp scored 99.42
per cent. which breaks all records in
military branches OF fraternal organi-
zations.
A movement IS on foot TO take 5000
4, the army of foresters TO the Panama
IMPOSITION at san Francisco
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

disclaimed having any official informa-
ton of the reported break between
Carranza and Villa.
Villas action in resigning his COM
mission and imprisoning Carransa
leaders is not interpreted by constitu-
tiOnalist leaders here as meaning a
permanent breach between the two
chiefs. Carranza representatives here
explained that Villa was determined to
rid himself of troublesome politicians
who have been associated with Car
rama.
Villa Takes Initiative.
These men, it was said. have been
making trouble between Villa and Car
rama for some time, and Villa insisted
to Carranza that his authority in
northern Mexico should be supreme.
Carranza is said to have felt the trou-
bl' would adjust itself. but Villa took
the initiative. In the opinion of lead
ers here Villa will proceed TO take su-
preme command in north Mexico and
Carranza will compose the differences.
The Washington government is con
impressed by the turn of
events. Villa rendered his resignation |
to Carranza within the fiscal week, |
said a dispatch last night from FL |
Paso. To Villas message Carranza re- |
piled who would succeed him. Follow
ing this Villas military leaders sent a |
Round Robin" to Carranza declaring /
they would accept no one other than
Villa as leader. The split resulted.
Next Move Up to America
Niagara Falls, Ont. June 17.-On
word from the Washington govern
ment depends the next move in media
lion. The American delegates early
today telegraphed a 1000 word report
)f their conference yesterday at Buff
'alo with Rafael Zubaran, and Luis
authorized representative of
-arranza in the United States. A gen.
.ral feeling here that the United States
possibly may inaugurate a distinct
change in policy has been produced by
he uncompromising attitude of Zu-
Iaran and Cabrera Dispatches tell
ng of friction between CarranZa and
yilla report a rupture in Sonora be-
ween Governor Maytorena and Gen
raj Obregon, and new constitutional
81 reverses both on land and sea.
While mediation thus far has ac:
omplished little. no agreement on the '
ersonnel for a new provisional gov {
having been reached. the
iuerta delegates showed great anx-
ETY. today to have the conferences con- {
Inued. saying they would do every |
hing in their power TO prevent a
reak in negotiations. lc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
MILITANT CHAINS
SELF To STATUE

London, England. June ia mill
tant suffraget today chained herself
20 the statute OF the Duke OF yelling
ton in front OF the Royal Exchange.
in the center OF thet city. She then
shouted TO passing business men TO
intervene in behalf OF imprisoned
women. She was removed by police
amid ieers OF a large crowd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
Paroles is to Reap Crop.

Kansas City, June Fifteen coun-
ty prisoners are on the way to the
Kansas wheat fields to assist in the
harvest as the result of parole order
issued by Judge r. S. Latshaw of the
criminal court. you are being given
the best of chances to make good" the
judge said in paroling them. Kansas
needs men and you need liberty"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
Munsey Paper Ends lIs.

Philadelphia, June 17.-The Phila-
deiphia Evening Times. owned by
Frank A Munsey. ceased publication
with yesterdays issue. MIR. Munsey
said the Times never passed out of the
experimental stage and that success
for the paper was not In sight The
times was, established July 10. 1905
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
THE WEATHER

Forecast Till p NJ. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline
and Vicinity.
Generally fair and warmer tonight;
Thursday probably unsettled.
Temperature at a. m. So.
Highest yesterday 81. lowest last
night, So
Velocity OF wind at Z a. m, six miles
per hour.
Precipitation. none.
Relative humidity at p. m, As; at
Z a. m. 81
Stage of water, S.4 feet, a rise of
8 in last "a hours.
J. NJ. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
Model Man Lives s2 Years.

Sedalia. Mo. June 17.-William r.
Hindman. who died here today at the
age of 50 years. had never sworn an
oath In his life, never tasted intoxicat-
ing liquor. never chewed or smoked to-
bacco. and was never sick until three
days before his death.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Evening stars: Mercury. Venus
Mars. Morning stars: Jupiter. Saturn
Almost due south. high up and cross
ing the meridian about $50 p. M. con-
stellatfon Boofes. driver or watcher of
figure
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
Minstrel Wast nead

Bridgeport. Conn. June I7.-Edward
West. a famous minstrel man, Is dead
-S 9Reurisy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
But Report Persists That
He Has Split With
CarranZa.
NEW MAN AS PRESIDENT
Angeles Said to Have Been
Picked by Field General to
Lead Government.

Mexico City. June IA high officer
of the government stated matters of
great Importance for the republic
would be discussed at an extra ses-
sion of the chamber of deputies which
would result in a complete restoration
of peace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

tested delegations. with half a vote
each. This. the insurgent leaders de-
clared. they would not accept, but
would appeal TO the head camp, and,
falling there. would go into the courts.
The credentials committee worked
till midnight without being able TO fin
ish with Illinois, and continued its ses-
sion today.
Promised Fireworks Fail.
For those who expected the fire
works TO begin the moment the head
camp was called to order the opening
of the sessions Monday afternoon was
a disappointment. Such manifesto
tions as there were were of a pacific
nature. with one or two exceptions,
and those exceptions came late in the
morning. Delegates we're in their
seats promptly and when the head Of
fcers took their places on the rostrum,
especially Head Consul A. r. Talbot
and Head Clerk C. w. Hawes. they
were given the hand. The opening ses-
sion was devoted entirely TO formali-
ties, no business being attempted till
the report of the credentials commit
tee made it possible to organize.
Memorial hall was gay with flags
and bunting. Only delegates and al
ternates were admitted to the floor.
the spectators being confined to the
galleries. Sections were arranged for
states. each being marked with a
Illinois. Iowa and Ne
braska, all with double delegations be-
cause of contests, were seated in the
rear.
Head Counsel Talbot called TO order
and in absence of the chaplain. Rev.
Henry +. Dunnack, of Augusta, Me,
offered Invocation. Then E. ID. Le-
fCo1tfnued on pace TbreeO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17

Continued on Page Three.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-17
Will Not Accept Ialf Vote.

Dope circulated about administra-
'on headquarters today was that the
sest the insurgents could hope for al
,ae hands OF the credentials commit
- would be the seating Of al con-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-10

Any information relative 90 OH and
gas leases or removal Of restrictions.
'nrollments or aliotemuts u Indians
= the Five CIVILIZED Tribes All kinds
IF blank forms. maps or allotment
plats Phone 1901 Room eos. Bliss
N.jg-J. Truman Nixon. care Mrs F..
f.. Funk. Manager. adv
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-10

For St.e-Kausss oil and gas leases
in proven territory L y Mason. oo2
West Kansas avenue. P!tshure. Kan.
adv
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-10

FOR EENT or SALE Nine room
modern home 14ot :. Carson Blair
Bros
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-10

Come 90 Oh. Phillips Beauty Par
.0rs is Ohio uidg Phone AIS. adv
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-10

E. II Sheets. Of Muskosye. one u
the few producers lett In that city is
in Tulsa today
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-06
DOWN WITH ROOSTER!
Sunday Dinner in Ohio VIII be Large
ly Made Up of Old Tough
BOOSTERS.

COLUMBUS, June 6.-This was the
greatest execution day in the history
Of all Ohio. Countless hundreds of
roosters went to the barnyard guillo-
tine. This wholesale Determination was
in the interest of the unfertile egg. 1t
was the result of a special proclama-
ton of the state agricultural commits
sion. Here are the reasons set forth
in the proclamation which is directed
only against old birds.
This is the egg laying season There
will be no fertility of eggs if roosters
are killed. Unfertile eggs will not
spoil. Fertile eggs will. Fertility of
eggs is bad thing because it reduces
the output of good eggs and in conse-
quence boosts prices. BOOSTERS are of
little real value from May 1 to Deem
Der 1. The rooster killing is not COM
pulsory the commission explains. But
it is generally believed it will be OBJ
served. The commission picked Sat
urday for the slaughter in order that
Ohio families can have their fill of
chicken for Sunday dinner.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-06

danes with an exaggerated notion Of
their own Importance and so sense OF
humor, sitting through a so-called
Social gathering, metaphorically and
sometimes literally holding hands,
and indulging in a communion of spir-
it too choice and intimate to be shar-
ed with their fellow guests may be
characterized as raw provincialism,"
but the amused and tolerant observer
will doubtless dismiss the thought
with the contemptuous phrase of the
French, at is to laugh" While one
who sees beneath the surface of things
is constrained to use the severer
word, ill-bred.
Your correspondent was SO fort
innate as to be in an Eastern COM
munity member of a social life of
simplicity, and culture
when it was assumed that the we'll
bred person in general social gath
ering, dispenses courtesie impartially
and reserves the manifestations of ex-
elusive intimacy and yearning affec-
ton for the smaller gathering of So
cial intimates.
But probably all that is out of fash
on nowadays and your correspondent |
S, no doubt, what she humbly sign |
herself,
A BACK NUMBER.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-06
AGAINST "JIM CROW" CARS.

NEW YORK, June 6.-Dr Booker T.
Washington, principal of the Tuskegee
normal and industrial institute, has
appointed tomorrow and Monday as
special days on which the negro people
of the United States are to protest to
railroads against discrimination on ac-
count of color in the matter of pro-
viding passenger accommodations.
He has asked that the churches, Sc
cret societies. business, leagues,
womens clubs and other agencies or
ganize and send on these days reports
to the officials of the various lines
that have provided poorer accommoda-
tons for negroes than for whites. In
his letter calling for the colored race
to protest against this discrimination,
Mr.. Washington says:
1.-THE interest of the railroad people
has been aroused in many ways, and
they are beginning now to see that it
is worth while to treat 100000 peo-
pie with consideration. 1t is matter
of the greatest Importance and I be-
lieve that hard work and consecrated
effort will help to change present, con-
ditions very noticeably."
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-06
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1914
Travel in America.

The fairs next year in San Francisco
and San Diego may or may not help
the state of California, but they will
do much for those fasteners whom
they induce to take a journey that
shows them under one flag a country
of such variety as is usually found
only in several nations. One seems al
most to be in France, in the Sahara,
in Italy, in the Alps; and this is to
say nothing of trips to such wonder
spots as the Grand Canon and the
Yosemite; nothing of Indian villages,
the picturesque cosmopolitanism of
San Francisco, the glorious river so
easily assembled from Portland, the
hills and the rapid-fire activities of
Seattle, and the innumerable details
that surprise and stimulate, nourish
and delight.-Harper's Weekly.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-06
IN AN UNIQUE CAMPAIGN.
Socialists VIII Start a Weeks Cam
paign Working Up Its Propaganda.

LONDON, June Cred Week" viii
be observed by organized socialism
through out Great Britain, beginning
tomorrow. Following the example sci
| by their continental comrades, the
leaders and active members of the
British socialist. party will devote sew
en- days to earnest missionary work
for the cause, particularly London and
the big industrial centers. The ideal
set for each member is that he shall
cause at least one new recruit to be
enrolled under the red flag. In the
larger towns there will be systematic
house-to-house canvassing and distri-
button of socialistic literature.
A variety of novel methods of prose-
lyting is promised. A number Of Lon
don bus conductors have agreed to
risk dismissal by handing leaflet to
each patron of their vehicles, and a
new terror is to be added to the bar
ber's chair by the declared intention of
several followers of that craft to ex-
pound the doctrines of socialism to
every customer during the week. Ele-
vator men in the tubes will explain to
passengers the benefits of socialism as
a remedy for the ups and downs of
life, milkmen will drive socialistic ar
home with the milk, and post
men will defy government regulations
by leaving socialistic literature at the
doorways of possible converts.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-06
June z in History.

1S05-The Antigua convoy for Eng
land captured and burned the com
bned Spanish and French fleets.
1S53-Important amendments were
made to the New York city charter
restraining the power Of municipal
officials in money matters.
1SS6-Archbishop Gibbons of Balti-
more created cardinal, being the
second American bishop to receive
the red hat.
1S96-Battle of Ferkeh, Soudan cam
paigns.
1885, Cruiser st. Louis, protected by
the Marblehead and Yankee, cut the
French cable off the port of Caima-
nera in Guatanamo bay.
1903-The French steamer Liban sunk
in collision with the steamer m
sulaire in Marsailles harbor. About
$50 persons drowned. t
191O-Violent earthquake in Southern
Italy.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-06
CONTRIBUTION BOX
Hits 1t OFF About Right.

Editor StarMirror: Your editorial
of June 4th, entitled Courteous Treat
ment of Guests" applies to nearly all
communities; the same remarks apply
not alone to treatment of guests from
out of town but to fellow guests at
any large social function here in
Moscow.
At any one of the numerous large
social gatherings in our city, the men,
bers of certain social clubs and of
some would-be exclusive lotteries, af-
ter brief greetings to the hostess
scuttle away to some secluded corner
and crystalline into compact groups
where they pour out their souls to
kindred spirits, while the social"
affair goes on UNDECIDED about them,
surrounded as they are by an atmos-
phere of aloofness to others which no
one not belonging to their "set" would
think of attempting to penetrate.
In some cases one can excuse this
as due to youth and social inexper-
ience Others more mature evince
thoughtlessness of spirit which is but
a kinder name for selishness.
Still others give evidence Of a de-
liberate snobbishness which in our
small and democratic community be-
trays a petty and ignoble spirit.
The spectacle of various groups of
frivolous young matrons or stately
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-06

Zone of the sweetest memories of
my married life is that of seeing my
husband mend his own shirt" is the
remark credited by the Chicago papers
to Mrs. Havelock Ellis, the English
novelist and dramatist, and wife of the
well-known writer on social topics.
Mr. Ellis is not to be heard from as to
whether it was equally sweet to prick
his finger ar to put on that shirt after
it was mended. Mrs. Ellis was using
the point-of the story not of the
needle-in argument for the economic
of man and WIFE
Springfield Republican.