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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-01

Chicago. Ill. Jan. Robert No
Lean. International skating champion,
who announced his intention Of quit
ting amateur ranks a few days ago
wnen MS amateur standing was ques-
toned by the international Skating as
ISOLATION. is open 20 meet any ice
speed skater for any sum up 10 $4,000
over distances ranging from 300 yards
20 two miles. McLean's plans for the
future we're outlined in a statement
made by him. in which he said
81 have decided there IS more
money in professional ice skating
than amateur. will race Wood.
Baptie or Lamy II a suitable purse
Is offered and a substantial side bet.
7 am not admitting that I have re
ceived money for my exhibitions at a
local cafe. and I will remain an
amateur until I race a professional
Although neither the international
Skating association. which first de-
ciared Mclean professional. nor
the Western Skating association has
produced aay evidence TO show that
Mclean has accepted money, IL was
learned from a reliable source that
Bobby has been receiving SO a week
and his room for his exhibitions in a
loop cafe
While giving these exhibitions Nc
Lean became acquainted with per
sons TO whom he sold lubricating oil
and meat cutters. This evidence is
in the hands OF the International
body. which has forwarded il 10 the
western association.
After making the assertion that
he would turn professional. Mclean
said he would be under the manage
ment of J. II. Rolfe, who is willing
to back him for $4,000 against any
skater in the world over any dis
lance.
As David Slaybac. manager of the
races at Saranac Lake. and +. J.
Fellows. who looks after the inter
asts of the St Nicholas rink in New
York city. have declared their inten-
tons OF staging professional races
This winter. Mclean and his hacker
believe they can get plenty of action
Mclean is only 20 years old. He
learned TO skate on the Douglas park
lagoon. but he won most of his prizes
AZ Humboldt park. He joined the Hi
lois ~ c. four years ago, when ice
hockey was staged in the rink at Pau
ina and Van Buren, streets. Since his
with the Michigan Avenue
club he has defeated the fastest skat-
srs in America and Canada. while his
in Chicago have attract
"a a deal Of attention.
Allen T. Blanchard. president Of
the International Skating associa-
ion. presented the charges against
Mclean before the national body.
md this association declared Nc
-ean a professional
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-01
BERGER IN DEAL
FOR YANKS' SALE
Rock Island Big Lacquer Goes
to New York as Part of
the Bargain.
BILL DONOVAN is MANAGER
Price Paid After long Tagging is
Not Disclosed but - Is
Near 100000.

Joe Berger OF Rock Island. with the
Chicago White Sox for two years. fig
ures IN the deal for the sale OF the
New York American league club 20
Colonel Jacob Rupert and Captain
TnIinghast Huston, who have been
dickering for the club for a number
OF weeks. The new purchasers de-
manded a manager and players 10
strengthen the team and Berger for
whom the Sox were unable 20 make a
regular place. was turned over by
Owner COmiskey OF the SOx-
\ New York dispatch sent out last
night tells az the closing Of the deal
a follows:
Colonel Jacob Rupert IT. and Cap
tain Tulinghast Huston finally pur-
chased the New York American lea
que baseball club from Frank J. Far
relI. William s. Devery 81 al at the
Hotel WOlcott yesterday afternoon
This deal. which had hung fire Cor
several weeks. was officially auuouuc-
ed BIZ President Ban Johnson at eX-
actIy 4.1s p. ~.
sThe transfer has been effected ct
was Ban Johnson's representative
who spoke and every one is perfectly
satisfied. Colonel Rupert viii act as
president Of the club under the new
regime Captain Huston viii serve as
secretary and treasurer wild BIZ
Donovan VIII manage The other off
ciaIs have not as yet been selected"
Price May Handle Business.
The foregoing comprised the Off
ciai statement But other facts may
be read between the lines. II leaked
out that James r. Price viii be coer-
ced into accepting a position as bust
ness manager OF the new combine
Several other minor officials also
must he filled.
Mr.. Johnson asserted that the new
owners we're prepared TO provide for
the local team a home in keeping
with the traditional glory of New
York. This statement was borne out
by both Rupert and Huston. The
new partners said they would have a
plant Of their own before another two
years
But there also was a different story.
This was TO the effect that the New
Yorks would continue 10 utilize the
very choice convenience Of the Polo
grounds II was said that Ban John
son ~ as about 10 close with ETeriueul
Harry y. Hampstead for a term Of
years on the Brush stadium PROPOSE
ton
Got My Price" Says Farrell.
Frank J. Farrell. the retiring head
OF the local club said: Il gained my
point. for 7 got my price. While / do
not care to say the total amount paid
fer the franchise and players. every
one knows the price 7 asked was $500
600 You know / am good "sticller'
and I generally get what want even
T. ] have 20 wait for IT,
Certainly ! am most sorry TO re-
tire from the game which I love. But
] feel that ] have been well repaid for
al the efforts and disappoiutments-
Tie very least ! can hope. in view OF
tire glad New Year. is that under
1lassr5. RUPERT and Huston tha club
wins q worlds championship ia 1915
eve are not at liberty al this time
90 announce the terms Of sale" said
nc American league president. but
] can heartily assure YOU that Colonel .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-01

Some Champions of 1914.
AeropIaue-M. Provost.


Angling-Col J. Mccarthy.
Athletics (amateur) Brun-
dage.
Archery (womenD Mrs. B. p. Gray.
Archery (team) Wayne. Pa.
Automobile (speed) Pull
len.
Automobile crack Thomas
Automobile (road) Ralph De Pal
ma.
BaIloon-America.
Baseball (team) Boston Braves.
Baseball (American) John Evers.
Baseball (American) Edward Col
Inns.
Baseball tFederaD-Benuy Kauff.
Billiards. amateur Edward Gard
ner.
Billiards (prof.)-wnHe Hoppe.
Billiards e cushion Alfredo De
Orc.
Billiards (pocket)-Benny Allen.
Bicycling (amateur)-E. Kiser.
Bicycling (prof)-Frank L. kram-
er.
Bicycling (team) -Goullet-Granda
Bowling (alI vents)-Wiiliam
Miller.
Boxing Observation-Disclosures John
son
Boxing tmiddleweighO-No hold
Boxing Cwelterweight)-No holder.
Boxing OightweighD - Freddie
Welsh.
Boxing cfeatherweighu - Johnny
Knbane
Boxing lbantamweighD - kid"
Williams
Cauoe-Leo Frieda.
Chess-Dr. Emanuel Lasker.
Fencing-Dr. :. d. Breckenridge.
Football (west-Illinois.
Football teastJ Harvard.
Gymnastics Frank Paul
Golf tamateur) Francis Ouimet.
Golf (open) Walter c. Hagen.
Golf (women) Mrs. A H. Jack
son.
Hockey College, Princeton.
Hockey ateurl-Cleveland A..
Motorboat-B Baby Speed Demon.
Motorcycle (amateur) Henry Rou-
let.
Motorcycle Cprof)-E. c. Baker.
Pacing Directum l.
Polo-Hurlingham. England.
RaCquets Camateuri - Lawrence
Waterbury.
Racquets Jprof)-"Jock' Soutar-
Rogue Harold Clark
Rowing Camateur)-R. Dibble
Rowing lprof) Ernest Barry.
Rowing Ceight-Columbia
Skating tprof)-Norval Baptie.
Skating Camateur) Robert Nc
Lean.
Skat-Henry Wendt, Jr
Ski tamateurl -Sigurd BerSeson.
Ski tprof)-Ragnar Omtvedt.
Brooklyn Field club.
Squash-Dr. Alfred SGUman H.
Swimming Cdistancel-Georse Nee
han.
Tennis jmen) r.. y. Williams IT,
Tennis ldoublesl - Mclaughlin
Bundy
Tennis Cvomen1 - Miss Mary
Browne
Tennis (doublesJ-A1iss Browne
Mrs. Williams.
Tennis team -Australasi
Tennis Ccourt-Jsy Gould.
Tennis Ccourt doubtless. Gould
Vs. r. r. HUM.
Trottins-Etaw
Turf-Roamer
Wrestling Gotch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-01

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Rock Island National
Bank of Rock Island, III, viii be held
at their banking house on Tuesday,
Jan. r. 1915. at $3.50 o'clock p. m. FOR
the election Of directors and the trans
action of such other business as may
properly come before them.
Z. E. CAGTEEL.
President.
Il p. SUMMON.
Cashier.
(AdvD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-01
Charley may engage in fight in Wis
cousin before he tackles Welsh.
GAMES IN TWIN-CITY
LEAGUE POSTPONED

All games scheduled to be rolled last
night in the Twin-City Bowling league
were postponed. The games viii be
rolled oil sunday, Jan. 10. The league
now has two postponed series to roll
and tne first games viii be rolled sun
day Jan. 3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-01
OLD MISSION BEER

Equal TO the Best Imported.
Have you tasted Old Mission beer?
Equal TO the best imported and rec
commended by physicians
lAdv.) ROCK ISLAND BREWING co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-01

All the news ali the ume-The
Argus.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-06-30
.HER0ISM OF SKIPPER sooEY
Brave Captain inserted Himself in
Rent in Steamers Side and
Saved Craft.

When news of the heroic exploit of
Skipper Hi" Sooey of the good ship
Henry Summers reacees the British
shores, the admiralty will undoubtedly
seek out Skipper Sooey for. special
service in the submarine zone, accord
ing to the New York correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Times-Star For here
is skipper who saved his ship from
certain loss, under circumstances
closely approaching those of the sub
marine assault and did it not only
personally and unaided, but distinctly
in person and by that means alone.
Though not an imposing craft, the
Henry Summers is well and more or
less favorably know. She-applying
the romantic Technology of the sea
to the Henry Summers takes people
down to the fishing banks to catch
fish, or, at least, to spend the day
trying. Her personnel, in active serv-
ice, consists of Skipper "Si' and the
cook and crew, whose name is Bill.
Coming up the East river, after a sue
cessful trip to the banks, having dis
charged her cargo of fish, fishermen,
bait and bottles at the Battery, the
Henry Summers hit something. If it
was a floating mine or a torpedo it
failed to explode. 1t merely made
neat hole two and one-half feet across
in the side of the Henry Summers
just at the water line. Skipper Isl"
Sooey, at the helm, exclaimed. 'Look't
that, cash d-u-r-n it," The cook and
crew were asleep forward. Skipper
Sooey sounded the call for all hands.
on deck in every urgent manner known
to maritime usage aboard the Henry
Summers. The cook and crew slept
peacefully on. The East river con-
tinued to come in through the hole
The cockpit of the Henry Summers
was quickly knee deep with water,
and her stern began to settle. me
situation was desperate, but Skipper
'Si'' Sooey was there to face 1t, Or
perhaps it would be better to say
to show the stuff he was made of. He
pulled lantern to the mast head, re-
versed his engine, dashed his wheel
and inserted his substantial person
snugly into the rent in the good ship
Henry Summers side. Then. as the
Henry Summers backed swiftly down
the tide, the skipper did all that he
could, yocally, to make up for the lack
of a steam siren in the equipment OF
the Henry Summers. At the foot of
East Tenth street police launch came
alongside and its crew pried Skipper
"Si'' from the leak. He was SILVER
ing and exhausted, but the good ship
was saved. The police launch towed
her ashore before she could founder.
And Skipper Isl" being much in need
of brisk and warming exercise. woke
up the cook and crew thoroughly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-06-30
JOLIET WARDEN'S WIFE
KILLED B1 "TRUSTY"
Partially Cremated in Admins
tration Building of Prison.

Joliet, ILL.,, June 22.-Mrs Edmund
M Allen, wife of the warden, was MUIR
dered in her room on the third
floor of the administration building of
the state penitentiary at Joliet early
Sunday morning. 1t is believed that
an attempt was made to attack Mrs.
Allen before she was struck down.
Then, when she was either dead or I'M
conscious, her body was placed on
the bed, a quantity of wood alcohol
poured over it, and the bedclothes ig
nited. Mrs. Allen was a young and
very handsome woman in robust
health. The man who slew Mrs. AL
len, who was the only woman in that
part of the prison structure known as
the mems quarters, was an inmate
of the institution, and is now within
its walls
There are approximately 1,750 man
prisoners confined in the Joliet peni-
tertiary, many Of them murderers
Warden Allen was at West Baden, Ind
when the crime was committed. Mrs
Allen had expected to join him later
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-06-30
U. S. WARNED BY MEXICO.
Secretary Daniels Puts Action in So
nora Up to Discretion of Admiral.

Secretary Daniels Puts Action in So
nora Up to Discretion of Admiral.
Washington, June 24.-The Mexican
authorities in the state of Sonora,
where Americans are threatened with
determination by the Yaqui Indians,
have served a practical ultimatum on
Admiral Howard, who has gone to the
rescue that he must not land his
forces on Mexican SOIL Secretary
Daniels said after receiving this in
formation on Tuesday that he would
not send Admiral Howard any further
instructions The state and navy de-
partments have thus put squarely up
to the discretion of Admiral Howard
whether of not he shall land and take
the consequences of his act.
Ell Paso, Tex, June 23.-General
Villa and his troops have captured
San Luis Potosi, one of the most i'm
portant cities in northern Mexico, ac-
cording to Villa agents.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-06-30
EARTHQUAKE KILLS MANY
IN CALIFORNIA TOWNS
Imperial Valley Severely Shaken
Loss of Property Will Reach More
Than 100000.

Ell Centre, Cal, June 23.-Late re-
ports indicate that Imperial valley was
rocked from end to end by series of
earthquake shocks. More than a score
of persons are reported dead. Build
ings in every city in the valley have
been damaged. Calexico suffered Sc
verely from fire. Damage in the
earthquake district is estimated at
more than $1,000,000.
Telephone and Geographic communi-
cation is interrupted and information
from the stricken district is meager.
The greatest damage was at Calexi-
CO, on the Mexican border, where the
loss of life occurred.
Many buildings in Calexico were
shaken down. Operators in the tele-
phone building fled after the first
shock, which occurred at 1920 p. M,
and was followed by two others at
$40 p m. and 9:20 p. m. These were
felt in the district surrounding Ell
Centre and Calexico.
Two shocks were reported from
Yuma at the same time Two slight
shocks were felt at San Bernardino.
several miles north of the Mexican
line, At nine o'clock. San Diego also
was visited by two slight shakes.
Heber, railroad town five miles
west of Ell Centro was reported entire
ly destroyed by fire.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-06-30
Harvard Men Wear BANGS.

Harvard has several undergraduates
who have taken up the fad of having
bangs dropping over their foreheads.
The Cambridge students have wit
messed the rise and decline of the mus
tache, the humiliation of the pineapple
clip and the complete routing of the
pompadour, but now, on the eve of
commencement, along comes a small
group of students with bangs.
There is no regulation in the Har-
ward book of laws forbidding bangs.
and those who don't like the new
styles are at a loss what to do.-Cam-
bridge Dispatch to New York World.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-06-30
EIGHT BATHERs DIE IN SURF.
Great Crowd Sees Men and Women
Perish in UndertoW.

Atlantic City, N. j., June o.
Lashed and beaten into helplessness
by merciless waves while held in the
grip of an undertow, eight persons
met heroic deaths on the beach on
Sunday, while other heroes, red
shirted beach guards and bathers, bat
tied desperately against tremendous
odds to save them
Thousands lined the board walk and
beach, women wringing their hands
and weeping bitterly as the heart
breaking tragedy was enacted be-
fore their eyes
Besides the known drowned, three
persons, one of them young woman.
are missing. The known victims:
Miss Marian Rhoads Cramer, twen-
ty years old, student of Beechwood
college.
Charles Mattlach, Philadelphia
John Lisle, thirty years old. law
yer, Philadelphia
Charles Green, fisherman.
William Francis Grow, student.
Phillip Arnold, Jr, twenty-four, Phil
adelphia.
Mr.. McCabe, Philadelphia.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-06-30
That Hyphen AGAIN.

Jamie's mother tried hard never to
forget what she was pleased to call
her Scotch descent" Everything
that jamie wore, if possible, had
touch of plaid in 1t. Scotch scenes
and Scotch shortbread were the fam
lily fare Cold, bare knees the season
through would have been JAMES fate.
if his father had not objected.
jamie was walking home from the
movies with his father and mother.
1t was bright moonlight, with patches
of fieecy clouds in the sky.
The tassel on JAMES little Scotch
cap went fap-fap against his back
because he was looking up intently
at the sky.
Mother, look!" he exclaimed. Its
a beautiful finnan-haddie sky!"
There you are. This is the limit,
said JAMES father to his mother. Il
.ess we better cut out this Scotch
business. Your grandfather's birth
place was safe in the north of Ireland
and there is no doubt about my grand
father-he came from Hamburg.
After this, son, you are an Ameri-
can. And that beautiful sky is a
mackeTel sky, not fnnan haddie." /.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-06-30
LANSING HEADS
WILSON CABINET
Appointed Secretary of State to
Succeed Bryan.
LANSING ACCEPTS THE POST
President and New Aid Discuss Note
to Germany on the Frye Case
and Take Up the Mexi-
can Question.

Washington, June 20. President
Wilson offered Robert Lansing the
post of permanent secretary of state
at conference held at the White
House on Wednesday,
President Wilson authorized state
ment relating to the appointment of
Mr.. Lansing 1t follows:
Before leaving for brief rest in
New Hampshire the president an
nounced that he had offered the post
of secretary of state to Mr. Robert
Lansing, the present counselor of de-
partment of state, and that Mr.. Lam
sing had accepted the appointment"
The news of Mr.. Lansing's appoint
ment spread rapidly. Secretaries Gar
rison and Daniels went at once to his
office. Secretary Tumulty telephoned
congratulations from the White House.
Mr.. Lansing, who is a son-in-law of
former Secretary of State John w.
Foster, became counselor of the state
department on the retirement of John
Bassett Moore, and has been openly re-
garded as President Wilson's mainstay
on questions of international law.
Mr.. Lansings home is in Water
town. N. Y, and he is just past fifty
years old. Since 1899 he has practiced
law and began his first diplomatic
work for the United States in 1892.
when he became counsel for the
United States in the Boring sea arbi-
tration
Soon afterward he became counsel
for the United States Boring sea
claims commission and following that
was solicitor for the Alaskan boundary
tribunal. In 1909 he became counsel
in the North Atlantic coast fisheries at
The Hague.
His last work before becoming
counsel for the state department was
as agent for the United States in the
Anglo-American claims arbitration.
While the notes to Great Britain and
Germany have admittedly been the
work of President Wilson, and former
Secretary Bryan was consulted from
time to time during the course of their
preparation, it was no secret that the
president was in almost constant COM
munfcation with Mr.. Lansing on the
many intricate points of International
law, upon which Mr.. Lansing was al
ways able to advise his chief without
any hesitation. Recently the president
invited him to sit at the cabinet table
while the notes to Germany on the
Lusitania were being discussed and
put into final form. Secretary Bryan
was also present at these meetings.
and so far as is known Mr.. lansing
presence was a precedent.
Notes to be sent to Germany on the
sinking of the sailing ship William P.
Frye and to Great Britain on interfer-
ence with American commerce, the
troubled situation in Haiti and other
foreign Questions were discussed by
President Wilson with Secretary Ian
sing
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-06-30
A sure Thino About Wives.

C. N. Niles, the Rochester aviator
who captained Carranza's flying staff
in Mexico, said in a New York inter
view:
Successful? l should say we were
successful. Aeroplanes are just as
sure to be successful in warfare as
wives are sure to be jealous.
81 know Rochester man who said
warmly to his wife one evening:
"T saw Mrs. Brown today. By lingo.
what a beauty! She doesn't look thir-
ty-five, does she?'
mo, not now his wife answered.
coldly, though | guess she did once :"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-06-30
MANY INDICTED
IN VOTE FRAUD
Taggart and 127 Indiana Men
Hit by Grand Jury.
MAYOR BELL is INVOLVED
Political Leaders Charged With Con-
spiracy and Other Crimes In
E!ection-SeveraI Appear
and Give Bonds.

indianapolis, June 24.-Thomas Tag
CART. Democratic national committee
man for Indiana; Mayor Joseph e.
Bell, Samuel V. Perrott, chief of po-
lice and 125 others were indicted by
the Marion county grand jury here on
Tuesday charged with conspiracy to
commit a felony through violation Of
election laws, bribery and blackmail.
Taggart and Bell were the first to ac-
knowledge service in the case and
were released on $4,000 bond each.
Several other men appeared and were
released on bond.
The indictment caused sensation.
While it has been rumored on the
streets for some time that several
men we're to be indicted as result of
an investigation of the last election, it
was not thought men so high In po-
litical councils would be Included. Not
more than a dozen spectators were in
court when the grand jurors, accom-
panied by Alvah j. Rucker, prosecutor,
submitted the report to Judge James
A. Collins of the criminal court.
More than a dozen members Of
Mayor Bells official family were in
dicted and as many more members of
the police force were named. The 9th
ers indicted included election officials,
ward and precinct leaders, workers at
the polls and voters
Mr. Taggart arrived in Indianapolis
from French Lick about the time the
indictment against him was being re-
turned
mo, don't know anything about
it, said Mr. Taggart when asked if he
had any statement to make.
Many members of Mayor Bells Off
cial family, former city officials. po-
licemen, ward leaders and primary and
election officials are among those in
dicted The more prominent are the
following:
Fred Barrett, city attorney.
Robert Metzger, former Grief of po-
lice
Frank P. Baker, former county
prosecutor
Herman Adam, city sealer of weights
Dennis Bush, street commissioner.
Edward Lyons, Democratic candi-
date for country treasurer.
DR.. John w Sluss, Republican and
former superintendent of the city hos
pital
Dom M Roberts, former mayor of
Terre Haute, who was convicted in the
election fraud trial in the federal court
here recently.
Charles Voval, formerly Mayor Bells
secretary
Jacob H. RiIkene. city building in
spector
Oscar Merrill, police lieutenant.
Roberts connection with Indianap--
oils politics was touched upon at the
trial in the federal court when he was
convicted and sentenced to six years
in the federal prison Several wit
nesses mentioned the alleged fact that
Roberts had sent repeaters to Indian
apolis from 'Aerre Haute to work dur
ing the election and two Indianapolis
men testified to going from this city
to Terre Haute to work in the cleo
ton there
All the men-Democrats, Republi-
cans and Progressives-are named in
a single Indictment, which contains 48
counts and covers 175 typewriter pa
pers. The main charge is conspiracy
IS commit felonies by corrupting the
election. by violation of the primary
law. the registration. laws, by bribery
and blackmail.