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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-10
QUINCY is READY
FOR BIC MEETING
rn-optic Magnates Gather for
Midwinter Session in Pen
nant Winning City.
1elBNEY IS NOT POPULAR
saws He Will Not Surrender
Dubuque Holdings but Who
Asked Him &c Dc so7

rns Three-I league stage at Quincy.
80. hou,e Of last seasons pennant cop
-. f. all set today FOR the entertain
-.st Of the magnates Of the Tri-optic
o-r.uizatiou and the many sport
,rs,ers who will be in attendance
.,s-s AZ the much delayed mid-winter
..sston Of the league. Much business
:, Importance IS scheduled for the day.
+, sehsduIe 10 be adopted among other
things
Nv far the most important work.
tovsver. in the eyes OF local baseball
ssrs and supporters OF the national
n,sttme. Is the outcome OF the debate
vAjch viii doubtless take place re-
-,rsiue a franchise for Rock Island
this season
islanders Are Favored
Practically every city in the circuit
=, well as the magnates and manag-
IS favor Rock Island for ne Three-I
league. for o number OF reasons one
a. the most important Of these reasons
e attendance. while another Is a re-
drction in mileage Great enthusiasm
vas always displayed by the fans OF
Rock Island and Davenport when both
these cities had a team in the league.
and attendance records were always
enornOus-
Many think that the magnates OF the
orEauizatiou will without doubt offer
The city q franchise. and II such a
thing occurs the business men and
Hose who financially support baseball
here will probably take the matter in
70 more definite consideration. but
here 4 little chance OF the business I
men here regarding the project in a .
favorable light
big feature OF tOday's program at I.
Quincy will be the baseball banquet .
for the fans, magnates and sport writ /
srE
We Don't Want Dubuque.
A dispatch sent out from Dubuque
today states that Forrest T. Plass.
manager Of that team in the Three-I
league. claims he would not surrender
his franchise 10 this city under any
He says that he would
feel no surprise II ne should be ap-
preached by Rock Island representa-
tiTss today in regard 10 securing his
franchise. But to quote Mr.. Plass. Z
There f. absolutely nothing doing"
In the first place Rock Island fans
aave stated that they wouldn't take
the Dubuque franchise II it were be-
ag given away. And then again II the
OF the league tell Plass he
11st step down in favor OF the Is
zaders. there is nothing else for the
Dubuquer TO do but TO abide by that
.scision- So Plass IS not worrying
Rock Island in the least. And in adj
iiton. as near as can be learned to-
lay. Rock Island is not represented by
ny one at the meeting.
Tearney Not Popular.
In spite OF many reports favorable
o franchise in Rock Island this
ear for the Three-I league, there is
Izr1ly doubt IN the minds OF those
mo are In a position 10 know and
rderstand the proposition fully, that
lock Island will not join the Three-I
reuit this year or any other year
ntl Al Tearney has been ousted as
: head Those who financially sup
OF the national pastime in the city >
ATE that they will not support the c
opposition as long as Tearney IS i
resident and for that reason IT will II
acoubtedly be a Central association d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-10

Cambridge. Mass.-The appointment.
of Professor Barrett Wednell of the
British department at Harvard. as the.
next exchange professor to the Uni.
versity of Berlin has been anntunced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-10
Mara TerritorX.

"T envy you" says the very thin
man. Il wish 1 had your weight.
Here 1 am. skinny, dyspeptic crea-
ture. suffering half the time with
stomach ache"
Envy mew chuckles the very fat
man. why. what if you do have the
stomach ache half the time? Think
what little bit of stomach ache
YOU can have. Now. when | have the
stomach ache it amounts to some
thing. Life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-10
WITH THE BowLERs

The following is the official stand
ing OF the teams In the Manufacturers
Bowling league o. Moline. mp 20 date:
Won 4 oct u,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-10
Quips and Quirks
BY n. r. POD.
To Drive Dull Care Away.

To Drive Dull Care Away.
The dog stood on the railroad track,
The train was coming fast;
The dog stepped off the railroad track
And let the train go past.
And then again we wrote one like
this. You can take your choice:
The dog stood on the railroad track,
The train was coming fast;
loot, Tooti
Sausage.
As / go walking down the street,
II takes away my breath
To see an undertaker's sign,
For that's a sign of death.
Mary had a little lamb,
You've heard that fact before.
But have you heard she passed her
plate
And had a little more?
\ goat ate all our jokes.
And then began to run
Il cannot stop" he softly said,
Il am so full of fun"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-10
Dear Sir:-What is a crab?

A. FAN.
A crab is lantern jawed guy with
an awful disposition, who lives around
second base in the Chicago National
league team; also there is one on
third
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-10
Mary had a little lamb.
Lies Little Annoyances.

The guy who gets up between the
acts and steps all over your feet, both
going out and coming back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-10

grown boob, not over five feet, go up
to him and say: Here, you little
bush league runt; beat it,"
Dear Sir:-What is the difference
between passed ball and wild
pitch? A. PLAYER.
II you are catching and the ball
goes back OF the stand. it is a wild
pitch. If you are pitching, however.
then it is a passed ball.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-10

All the news all the time-The Argus.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17
FEDERALs HOPEFUL OF
GETTING JAKE STAHL

by Ascuhtu MtfC To EVENING Htrotu.
Chlcago, Feb. i1.-Thc Federal
league leaders said today they were
stlll hopeful OF landing Jake Stahl,
FOR the job as BrooHlyn manager.
A telegram warning him SO keep
hands on" Pitcher Tom Seaton WAS
received hy President Gilmore today.
Il was siRTed By w. A, Baker. presi-
dent of the Philadelphia Nationals
ana stated that SeatOn had agreed 20
the Philiies' terms ia January. Fed
eral cmlssaries. however. probably
will meet Seaton soon and discuss his
standing with him. since they under
stood he has come To no definite
agreement with the Philadelphia
club
Gilmore expressed no worry over
the report that the Newark club
would be put la Brooklyn to compete
with the Federals there. We are
going Ia give Brooklyn major league
ball Ncwark's team Is minor
league organization. he said. "For
the third time let me deny that the
American association offered Weegh-
man the ST. Paul franchise to be put
In Chicago" requested President ChiV-
ington OF the American association.
Wecghman also requested that a de-
niai OF the story he repeated on hts
part
chlvlngton declares that the move
in putting the Toledo team in Cleve-
land will be a success The aaaocia-
tion's schedule makers will arrange
10 have the team play In Cleveland
while the Cleveland Americans are
away and ChivingtOn figures that with
"A dozen or 80 Sundays available the
attendance will be grenter than that
at Toledo. where ne said 100000 per-
sons saw lani years games. Twenty
fiye cent baseball will prove a draw
Ing card, too, he predicted.
The Federal league is after three
cuban players. about whom President
Gilmore has heard good reports
Ferdinand Conte n representing the
league in negotiations with them az
a. to the results OF his scouting tour
la short time,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17
AstMoNs FEARS RELEASE
WOULD SrAfgT RIOT

Denver Feb. 1T.-Governor v. ~.
Amusans taaay Indicated his fear of
serious trouble IN the southern colo-
rado strike region u Mother Jones
should be taken through the streets
nf Trinidad from her prison IN the
San Rafael hospital where she ~
held incommunicado by the state
troops. to the hall where ths ses-
sIona az the congressional Investigate
ing committee are held. | reHponHe
10 a telegram from Chairman N. u.
Foster Of the committee. askine that
the military authorities be directed
10 take Mother Jones before the
committee, Governor Ammons re-
piled bv telegram and letter.
In his telegram t0 Chairman Fos-
tor. Goyernor Ammonn declared ne
would obey" the wishes OF the
committee. hut would much prefer
she be examined hy the committee
IN Denver or In the hospital 70
"aybid danger and trouble" ana
mentioned his letter which was 10
reach the committee this evening.
white, Governor AmmOns hesltated
Go make public the contents Of inc
letter before Il reached the commit
tee u was understooS that the text
elaborated on the matters contained
IN his telegram aud told al length
the reasons for her captivity. and the
cause of his anxiety lest her unre-
strained presence In tre city or Trim
ldad Influence the strikers 70 riot.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17
COMMITTEE GIVES MICHIGAN
CHANCE TO RI. PRESENT

Hancock, Mich. Feb. i7.--Anothc. !.
Invitation to the state Of Michigan
to be represented nt the congression-
al inquiry IN progress here. was eN-
tended today by Chairman Taylor In
n telegram 10 Governor Ferris after
counsel for the strikers had given
notice that witness would he intro.
duced to show "a sestes Of outragcs
committed by the militia and the Of
fIcers IN command while they were
hero on strike duty.
Il was suggested by Allen r. Rees
of counsel for the mining companies
that the state officials should be no.
tified " an investigation OF the mill
tary was to be undertaken.
Chairman Taylor replied that he
had already extended courteous In
yltati0n 10 the governor To be repre-
scented here at the hearings end that
II had been declined lie agreed.
however. that duo notice should he
given to the state authorities before
any evidence reflectink on the sthte's
troops was heard. Counsel for the
strikers then announced that they
would defer examination of their Wit
resses regarding assaults alleged "a
have been committed bv the militia.
Former Congressman Victor l.. Ber-
ger OF Milwaukee was given hearing
today before the committee He made
Il plain that he represented only the
national Socialist party, the executive
committee Of which he IL member
THE Socialist party had absolutely
nothins Ia do with starting the
strike" said Mr. berger. and moth
ing TO do with fomenting g. When
the strikers got hard up, as they did
as early as September We rave IL
nancial help Ep 10 February ] we
sent them x24.6Sa.53 in money and a
great quantity Of, clothing for their
much for any strike OF national inn
portance.'
MIR. Bergcr sale thai together with
Charles Edward Russell and Charles
"A. Muyer he had made an iBvestiga'
tion Of conditions In the copper coun-
try last month and he offered his con-
illusions To the committee for what
they are worth"
Testimony regarding attacks alleged
20 have been made on strikers and
members Of their families was heard
TO-DAY by the committee.
William J. Garbls. a striker said
he was held up and searched for
weapons twice In one night last De-
cember by deputy sheriffs In Copper
City.
Mrs. selma HeIkRlla. wife OF q
striker. testified that she and six 9TH
er women were stoned by strlkebrenk-
crs near the Franklin mine betweef
6 and o'clock on the morning Ol
December il. She said n deputy sher'
IN had levelled revolver at her The
witness admitted that she wns doina
picketing duty at the time and that
she and the other women were then
IN front af z crowf of strikers assem-
bled near the mine while the non.
union men were going 10 work.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
OAEitMlII.I MED WITH GItIEI

Chicago Feb if.-Friends and rel-
atives Of william II. Page. who with
w "A. Cromer left two years ago 10
explore the wilds OF South America,
were overwhelmed with grief today
when thc repof, 0f the Besley eNpedl-
ton was received by them. Mrs. Page
is now living IN Kenilworth. suburb
Of Chicago
The last message received from the
CrOmer party came to Dr. Charles =.
Page, brother of William H. pnge,
In February, 1918.
When Colonel Roosevelt began his
journey into the Amazon country an
appeal was cablcd 20 him by Dr Page.
Mrs. Page. Benjamin Page. anothoJ
brother and G. Y Cromer. a brother
of the cNr:Ircr, 20 search for the
missing Adventures. a rumor that
the rromer party had been attacked
ana killed hy cannibnls near the head
waters Of the AmnzOn was circulated
last fan and the family and friends
~ Mr.. Page look on the Bcslcy dis
covory as confirmation of their fears
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17
TWO NATIVES SHOT;
SLAYER GIVES UP
At ESTANCIA
Attempt to Eject Timber Cut
ters from Tajique Grant Re.
suits in Fatal Shooting.
SELF DEFENSE CLAIM
MADE BY PRISONERS

Special Dispatch Go EveatnE Herald !
Estancia, y. NJ. Feb. i7.--Ham
Holloway shot and instantly killed
Herculano chavez and Appionlo Sc
dillo the latter precinct constable,
on the fatigue grant near the little
town OF fatigue. west OF here in the
Manzano mountain foothills, shortly
after o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The shooting occurred when the tws
natives and three others attempted to
prevent Holloway and his companion,
Joe Mckinley, from cutting timber ON
the fatigue grant. Holloway aud
Mckinley arrived here at midnight
last night and surrendered To Deputy
sheriff Dee Robinson They claim
self defense.
From the story u-ti by the two
Americans and other facts procur-
able here. & appears that three weeks
ago they started emitting timber on
the grant. which IN leased By r.. Ro-
nero OF this place. Mr. Romero's
wife, they uilcgc. having told them In
the absence Of her husband 90 see his
agent AZ Tailqne. which they claim
they did. When Mr. Romero returned
the grant commissioners asked him
n the men had permission TO cut Tim
ber on the giant Mr. Romero, Il IA
said. ignorant of what his wife had
told Holloway and Mckinley, In
FORMED the commissioners the men
had no permission and chaves and
Sedillo were sent 10 serve notice on
the men 20 get OF the grant.
According 20 the prisoners. Chaves
and Sedillo went 10 the scene OF OPP
crntions az yesterday and read the
notice To the timber cutters. who de-
ciined to move, declaring they had
permission 10 cut timber. Holloway
and Mckinley say the two natives
then Withdrew and returned with
three more. All Ave being armed. The
Americans say that the ave advanced
upon them with drawn guns. upon
which Holloway hred twice. killing a
man each shot A man named san
Chez, they say. turned and ran. the
other two, Juan Chavez and Diego
harein. giving up their weapons.
Both dead men were natives 81
fatigue. Chavcz leaves wife and
one child and sedillO wife and three
children.
Friends of the dead men declare
they were unarmed and were shot
down IN cold blood. the prisoners n
vigorously cialmins Il was entirely Il
matter of self defense.
Further llghi on the killing IA ex'
pected az the preliminary hearing oi
the two men under arrest.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17
MOTHER JONES
STAYS WHERE
SHE IS
Governor Fears Removal to
Hearing Would Cause Riot I;
Counsel Withdraws Request
for Subpoena.
TO GET EVIDENCE
SOME OTHER WAY

my Leased Wire 10 Evening Herald.
o Trinidad. Colo. Feb. IL
. Edward r. Coatigan, attorney
. for the United Mine Workers Of
. America, this afternoon temper
. arlly withdrew his request for
. a subpoena requiring the APP
. pearanoe OF Mother Mary Jones
Q as witness before the house
. subcommittee investigating the I
. Colorado coal miners strike.
. Mr.. Costisan. Just before !
Q luncheon adjournment, Rddvess- I
. ed the committee. saying that
. the United Mine Workers did
Q moi wish to cmbarrass the IN
. vcstigators by insisting upon the I
. subpoena. the issuance of which !
. has been resisted ~ the state !
. military authorities.
. "Beilevlng that the committee
. win find a way To secure Moth
. er Jones testimony IN some :
. manner. he added, II desire al
. this time temporarily Ia with
. draw M request for sub )
. poenn."
. Chairman Foster replied III !
q counsel desires To introduce the
. testimony Of Mother ones,
o think the committee VIII find
. way To- secure u IN some man !
= ner before the final adjourn !
Q ment"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17
Good Roads Urged.

Columbus. o.. Feb. i7.-Good
roads throughout the country would
mean the saving of enough money
oach year TO build fifteen Panama
canals. This was the statement ot
state Highway Commissioner James
r. Marker In discussing his plans for
ID publicity campaign IN connection
with the departments good roads
movement. "The cost of hauling one
ton one mile on good road by
horse drawn wagons u eight cents"
said Marker "The average cost In
rhc United States IL % cents Five
billion tons of freight are hauled an
nually over roads. The average
haul b. ten miles. This makes the
traffic amount to 90 billion ton
miles Al 20 cents ton-mlle the
annual cost o. tli.00o o00. 600. Al
eight cents ton-mile the good road
cost the saving would he t7,i00,000,-
600"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17
IN
SIMPLICITY IS
FUNERAL
No Eulogies, No Music and but
One Floral Tribute, from
Senate, at 0bsequies of Late
Senator Bacon.
PRESIDENT UNABLE
TO BE PRESENT


Washington. Feb i7.--Funeral
services for Senator Bpcon ~ Geor-
gia were held today In the senate
chamber, There were no speeches
OF eulogy. no music aud no flowers
except one deslgn--the tribate OF the
senate itself--which rested on the
coffin. The ceremonies were inspir-
ing ln their very simplicity and the
place IN which they were held. with
the dignity Of those assembled to do
honor TO the dead, lent added i'm.
pressiveness.
Two hours before the body was
taken into the senate chamber, Il iay
In the adjoining marble room. Later
the body was taken into the senate
chamber and placed on the bier, di-
tectly IN front Of the vice president !
desk. Members Of she dead sona-
tors family ana the officiating cier-
gymen remained In the vice prcsi-
dents room until time for the sery-
ices. when they were conducted To
seats reserved for them
When Vice President Marshall
walked slowly 10 his seat and called
the senate to order. the short and
simple services began. Departing
from the customary form. MIR Mar
shall In a voice fun OF feeling and
lowered almost to whisper, said:
senators, the hour has arrived at
which IN accordance with the orders
of the senate. the final ceremonies
over the body OF Augustus Octavius
Bacon. late senator from Georgia.
and an unusually distinguished mem
Der OF this body. are to be observed.
In conformity to custom and in tok
en- OF our common faith. the chap
lain OF the senate will offer prayer
to God, the Father. God. the RE-
deemer and God the Comforter"
The Rev. Forest J. prettyman
chaplain of the senate. offered pray
er. The Episcopal burial service
was pronounced hy Bishop Alfred
Harding and a benediction offered by
the chaplain.
Members of the capitol police force
bore the body back TO the marble
room where il remained until escort
ed To the rnilway station for the
Journey TO Atlanta, where Il will lle
IN state az the Georgia capitol until
taken To- Macon for intermont
II was announced M the White
house that President Wilson would
not attend the funeral services be-.
cnuse DR.. Grayson ala not think II
wise for the president to risk eX.
posurc at n time when he was recov.
ering from troublesome cold.
Mrs Wilson and Miss Helen Wood.
row Bdnes, however went to occup,
seats IN the reserved EnI.ery.
Beside. the casket IN tho marble
room was a guard of honor campo~.
ed Of one veteran ~ the Union arm,
and one veteran of the Confederate
army. senator Bacon was Con,
federate officer.
one exception 10 the senate rui,
against flowers IN the chamber was
made. and a wreath from the presi.
dent and Mrs. Wilson was placed or
the coffin beside the senate's tribute
u was of orchids, hyacinths, migno
nette and daisies
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17
JaIIca Tor singlng Polish Hymn.

81 Petersburg Feb i7.--For sing
ing the Polish national anthem two
young women of wilma tRussian Po-
landl. B1roness Won Rosenberg aged
a. ana Nile. Kobllinsty, AGED 22. to-
day began serving sentences of one
month ana 90 days imprisonment.
respectively. In n fortress. Il was
alleged at their trial that papers OF
.n dangerous character had been
found loo their possession, but moth
ms was proved against them OF a
Revolutionary" nature except they
hnd led in the public singing Of the
Polish hymn in the porch Of a wilma
church
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17
CASE AGAINST
GORE GOES
TO JURY
No Damages If Conspiracy Ex-
listed, sad Past Character
Irrelevant, Instruct { ions
from Court.
PLAINTIFF RECEIVES
MESSAGES OF TRUST


Oklahoma City. Feb 1.-THE case
of Mrs. Minnie r. Bond. who is suing
United states Senator Thomas y.
Gore Of Oklahoma for $4,000 dam
ages az the rcslt OF an alleged attack
on her in a Washington hotel, reached
the jury stage today. Attorneys TOR
both the pialntiff and defense rested
today and Judge Clark Immediately
began the reading OF his Instructions
20 the jury.
The court instructed the Jury 20
Judge the evidence and credibiaity Of
the witnesses both FOR the plaintiff
and defendant. Judge Clark referred
to the alleged conspiracy against the
! senator. and the jury was told that
" there was n conspiracy and u was
known to Mrs. Bond. then she was
q party 90 Il and was not entitled 20
recover damages.
As TO character. the instructions
said the past character OF Mrs. Bond
or Gore had no bearing ON the case.
The cCurt said IL the Jury believed
an assault was attempted. then the
verdict should be for the plaintiff.
~ there was no attempt 20 assault or
" there was a conspiracy In which
Mrs Bond was a party. then the ver-
diet must be for the defendant, the
court held.
Following Judge ciark's lnstruc-
tlons to the jury, arguments were
started and Il was expected that both
sides would conclude during the after
noon and that the case would be given
To the Jury late today.
Decision by both the plaintiff and
defense 10 rest their case eliminated
the testimony of James r. Jacobs.
one OF the Oklahomnns who entered
the room In the Washington hotel az
the same time the senator and Mrs.
Bond were there together, and who
wns expected to be one of the plain
| tins chief witnesses.
scores OF tclearams were received
By Senator Gore today from friends
cNpresring sympathy and confidence
In him. 4 characteristic usehNakc was
from L. NJ. Nichols of Brlstow. Okla.
who said This II no time for q
pillow fight. Turn on the hot stun"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17

Representatives Foster and ByrneH
about the customary election OF coal
company employees M officers OF
school districts. lie explained that
In many Instances nearly all the vot-
ers In the school districts are en-
ploycs of the companies.
Mrs. Augusta itadlich was queH-
toned through Polish interpreter
She said she lived In the Ludlow tent
colony. where In January, she testi-
fled. a soldier threatened % knock
her down " she did not move from
the street The soldier cursed her,
she told the committee.