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SIXTY-FIFTII YEAR. X(j. 74.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12, 1910. TWELVE PAGES.

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ACCEPT FALL

OF ITALIANS'

FORTASTRUE

Report of Austrian Capture

of Mount Lovcen Gener

ally Believed.

VICTORY UNCONFIRMED

Allies Are Silent on Loss of

Stronghold as Given

Out by Vienna.

London. Jan. 12. Announcement of

the occupation of Mount Lovcern in

Montenegro, although not confirmed

from entente sources, is generally ac

cepted here as true. Uneasiness which

is freely expressed in Italy is reflected

in the English and French Newspapers.

The loss of Lovcen, from the point of

view of the allies, is terious owing to

the fact that its summit dominates

Cattaro Bay, the Austrian naval base.

Before Italy entered the war the

French had established a number of

guns which could have swept the bay.

Austria, by seizing it, forstalls this

danger and is in a commanding posi

tion with regard to Cettinje, the cap

ital of Montenegro, which is a little

over six miles distant.

Surmount All Obstacles.

. The Austrian advance, considering

the distance to be covered, was much

slower than that made in the Teuton

conquest of Serbia, but, in considera

tion of the formidable obstacles which

the mountainous ch. racter of liie

country presents, it is conceded that

the invaders are malting steady pro

gress. The question is beir.g anxiously

raised as to why the entente allies

did not long ago send aid to the Mont

enegrins, and in particular why Italy,

which is more acutely affected by this

Austrian invasion, had not taken pre

ventive measures. The Austrians are

now only 10 miles from the capital of

Montenegro, and a successful blow

the heart of the country may have the

effect, it is said, by m.litary critics, of j

isolating the troops who are defending

the northeastern frontier.

(Germans Holding Gain.

In Champagne the Germans hold a

slight gain, made as a result of de-i

termined offensive of last Saturday

and Sunday. The French military au

thorities say that the German forces

which delivered the attack lost heav

ily, as with three divisions, they ad

vanced in face of the French artillery

fire which took terrible toll.

From the eastern front it is reported

that a comparative lull at present pre

vails. Special dispatches affirm that

the Russians have been so successful

in consolidating their new positions

that the Austro-Germans have begun

to remove supplies from the bases

which they had established in prepara

tion for the advance which they in

tended to make in the coming spring.

No Grounds

for Scandal

of Fire Bugs

Ottumwa, Iowa, Jan. 12. Fire CMef

Sloan, the mayor and city commiu

tioners of Ottumwa deny that the

state fire marshal was called to this

city to investigate the $400,000 fire

of Tuesday morning and assert that

there is no ground for the rumor of in-1

cendiarism. The officials brand

the

aifi

story of fire bugs as sensational an

unwarranted by facts and state that

the starting of small fires in the rear

of two business houses some distance

from the seen of the big blaze was

due to sparks.

INSANE WOMAN

VISITS CAPITAL

Washington, D. C, Jan. 12. Mrs.

Emma Jensen, 40 years old, Minne

apolis, Minn., created a scene last night

at the private entrance of the White

house by her hysterical crying. She

"an btopped at the door by a police

man and sent to the Washington asyl

um hospital for mental observation.

t as several hours before she could

recall her name and address. She told

attending nurses she came all the

ay to Washington to get the presi

dent to relieve a mysterious mental op

pression from which she had greatly

uttered.

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INCREASED WAGE

Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 12 Granted

a wage increase of 10 per cent, thou

sands of workers returned to work to

day at the YoungtownSheet andTube ;

company, inus enning a stride wnicu re

sulted in one death and injury to more

than a hundred in the rioting of last

week.

Part of the national guard still on

strike duty will be released today, it

is expected.

The strike at the Republic Iron and

Steel company, mediators said, prob

ably will be settled before night.

TURK OFFICIALS

ARREST FRENCH

Athens, Jan. 11, (Delayed.) The

American ambassador at Constanti

nople, Henry Morgenthau, has advised

the American legation here of the ar

rest of eight Frenchmen at Constan

tinople as reprisal for the arrest by

the entente allies of the consuls of

the Teutonic allies at Saloniki.

The German minister at Athens has

informed American Minister Droppers

that Germany does not agree to the

American consulate at Saloniki being

charged with German interests there

on the ground that Saloniki is Greek

territory and Greeks must protect for

eigners and foreign interests. John E.

Kehl, American consul at Saloniki

has been instructed accordingly.

IDEAL OF NOVELIST

TO BE PROVEN REAL

Xew York, Jan. 12. The "raven

haired dream boy" who figures in the

novels of Mrs. Rena Cary Sheffield is

going to be drawn into the limelight

and Identified, if possible. Attorney

Lane, for Justice Sheffield, declared

when trial of the divorce proceedings

was resumed today.

Lane will subpoena the manuscripts

of Mrs. Sheffield's books. These, he

said. Would show that the "dream boy"

exists in real are.

mere wan a. uvejj i.true jconriua.,

when Sheffield on cross-examination

was asked if he thought his wife's con

versation with Charles Samuels "im

moral." "You don't dare answer that ques

tion," shouted Mrs. Sheffield, brandish

ing her handbag.

Tne court ordered her to keep silent.

MAN BADLY BURNED

BY GAS EXPLOSION

Illinois City, Jan. 12 Orie Taylor,

residing near here, is slowly recover

ing from burns received when a 10

gallon can of gasoline exploded, burn

ing him quite seriously and destroy

ing the building in which he was

working.

Mr. Taylor was preparing to butch

er, and had a hot fire in a room in

which a 10-gallon can of gasoline was

located. The gasoline was ignited and

exploded, seriously burning Mr. Tay

lor and completely destroying the

scale house in which the accident hap

pened. Dr. Bendel was called and at

tended the man's injuries.

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REPUBLICANS IS

SULLMOOSEHOPE

Cliicairo, Jan.. 12. In a message

fo Colonel Theodore Koosevelt the

committee preets him ns ''the first

American ai:d foremost statesman

of the world,"' commends his ef

forts in the cause of national pre

paredness, and concludes:

"The time is at hand when it

must no Ionser be said that any

one can kill an American citizen

with impunity and then haggle

over the value of his life."

Chicago, Jan. 12. Most of the mem

bers of the Progressive national com

mittee left for their homes today af

ter deciding last night to hold the

national convention in Chicago on

June 7, concurrently with the re

publican national convention.

After the completion of the work of

the committee, many of the leaders

expressed the opinion that the way

had been opened for a common lead

ership of the progressive and re

publican parties.

The next progressive gathering

will be held in New York city prob

ably within two weeks, when the exe

cutive committee of the national com

mittee will assemble for the purpose

of preparing a call and beginning

preparations for the convention.

In the declaration of principle

which was adopted without a dissent

ing vote, the belief was expressed that

the surest way to secure for the

country a suitable leader, will be "by

having both progressive and republi

can parties choose the same standard

bearer and the same principles." Con

tinuing the declaration of principle?

says "if the republican convention is

responsive to the patriotic spirit that

brought the republican party into be

ing and that made it dominant for

half a century; if it meet this crisis

in the spirit of broad patriotism that

rises above partisanship, the effori

for a common leadership will be suc

cessful." Addressing the conference of parcy

leaders, George W. Perkins, chairman

of the executive committee, said: "We

are all hoping that both parties will

agree on somebody and the candidate

need not necessarily be Colonel Roose

velt." II

THE WEATHER

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Forecast Till I P, S. Tomorrow, tot

Bock Island, Darenport, iloline

and Vicinity.

Generally fair tonight with a se

vere cold wave, with the lowest tem

perature about 15 degrees below zero.

Strong northwest winds. Thursday,

fair and colder.

Temperature at 7 a. m., 32. High

est yesterday, 26; lowest last night,

26.

Velocity of wind at 7 a. m., one mile

per hour.

Precipitation, .78 inch.

Relative humidity at 7 p. ru., 92; at

7 a. in., 100; at 1 p. m. today, 82.

Stage of water, 10.4, a rise of 1.2 in

last 21 hours.

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PALACE GF SIN IS

CLOSEOjOR YEAR

Diamond 'eli t iai'li's Notorious He-

sort in Kaii'-atee is I'ut Out

of i' isiiiess.

Kankakee, 111., Jan. 12 The lid

went down on vice ith a bang here

yesterday that made the whole city

sit up and take notice. Last reports

had the sheriff of the crmnty and his

deputies sitting on it tj make sure

that it isn't pried looso.

The sheriff's attention was concen

trated particularly on the costly vice

palace owned and operated by "Dia-

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Armed with a writ of eviction, the

sheriff early in the day pounced down

on the notorious resort and sent the

inmates scurrying to the street. He

then took possession of the keys to

the place, which had been impounded

by the court for a year.

He acted under instruction of the

court, which yesterday convicted the

Clark woman of conducting a disorder

ly place. Besides being forced out of

$100.

Reformers, mothers and wives her

alded the news with joy. For years

they had fought to close up the Clark

resort, but without the slightest suc

cess. Powerful influences brought to

bear by the owner intervener and

frustrated their attempts.

The resort was nationally notorious

and was regarded by the sporting ele

ment as one of the show places of the

city. More than one scandal had its

inception within its doors.

Despite the many complaints that

had been registered against it, the

lights were never dimmed. It sur

vived through a dozen or more reform

waves through the many years of its

existence. It was often charged that

the owner paid for police protection.

Less that a year ago it was the

scene of a daring bandit raid, when

five armed men held up the Clark wo

man and her maid, escaping with the

resort-keeper's $50,000 collection of

jewels. Several of the robbers were

captured later and part of their loot

recovered. The notoriety given the

place at that time is believed to have

resulted in the campaign which came

to a climax yesterday.

HARVARD GIVEN

A SCHOLAR FUND

Boston, Mass., Jan. 12. In order to

assist aspiring youths by the name of

Murphy to acquire an education, Wil

liam H. Murphy, a Harvard graduate

and for many years a member of the

custom house force here, willed Har

vard university S40.000, which is to be

neiu as a iuuu iu ueserving

namesakes.

If a sufficient number of Mumhvs

do not request the aid of Harvard, ad- Chicago, Jan. 12 Edward F. Kelly,

vertisements are to be inserted in the 'father of Mrs. Edward F. Dunne, Gov

N'ew York and Boston papers. jernor Dunne's wife, died today of

Mr. Murphy, who had been en joy- pneumonia,

ing good health, was found dead last' The funeral will be held tomorrow.

Friday in his rooms on Piuckney (Governor and Mrs. Dunne were expect

street Iu the Back Bay section, ed to arrive this afternoon.

CITIZENS OF

U.S. LINED UP

AND KILLED

Revised List Shows Total of

18 Unaccounted for

One a Canadian.

ACTION IS DEMANDED

News of Massacre Is For

warded to President

Request Satisfaction.

1 1'aso, Texas, Jan. 12 Thom

as It. Holmes, the only Ameri

can to escape the massacre ar

rived here today. He declared

that the train was halted at 2

p. m. by a band of bandits which

lie estimated at about 200.

Alter the Americans were taken

off and lined up alongside the

track, they were ordered to dis

robe. Realizing what was about to

occur, he said, he made a break

for liberty with ('. K. Watson,

Tom Evans and Machatton.

They were pursued by about

fifteen bandits who shot all his

companions but missed Holmes.

Holmes said Watson's head was

blown off and that after the bod

ies were brought to Chihuahua

City it was found they had been

riddled with bullets and otherwise

mutilated.

Holmes declared he did not

know who led the bandits.

Washington, Jan. 12. Secretary

Lansing today telegraphed Gen

eral Carranza calling for the

prompt pvnlshment of Uie bandits

who executed lti Americans near

Chihuahua Monday. Through fcli

seo Arredondo, the newly nppoint

ed Mexican ambassador here, it

was arranged to bring the bodies

from Chihuahua to Juarez today

on a special train.

Secretary Lansing's only an

nouncement on the case was that

the United States would look to

(ieneral Carranza "for satisfac

tion." The question of what steps

the United States will take de

pends upon developments of the

facts.

As soon as the senate assembled

Senator Sherman, republican, intro

duced a resolution proposing inter

vention in Mexico by the United States

and the six Pan-American nations

which have acted with it in Mexican

affairs, unless General Carranza com

plies with a demand to protect for

eign lives and property.

Secretary Lansing issued a state

ment in which he said the state de

partment "feels that it took every pos

sible precaution to prevent Americans

from exposing their lives in a region

where guerilla warfare is in prog

ress" and that "it is to be deplored

that its advice was not followed."

"Every step will be taken to see

that the perpetrators of this dastardly

crime are apprehended and punish

ed," he said.

Official Count Sixteen.

Official dispatches from Chihuahua,

Mexico, to the state department today

say the bodies of the 16 Americans

shot by Villa bandits arrived at that

city last night. Customs Collector

Cobb at El Paso today reported that

his investigation seems to establish

that 16 were killed. The state de

partment did not divulge the sources

of Collector Cobb's information, but

they believe his report is accurate.

Lansing Issues Statement.

Secretary Lansing's statement fol

lows :

"In October the department sent the

strongest kind of instructions to the

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ENGLAND UNDECIDED

UPON SERVICE BILL

London, Jan. 12, 3:40 p. m. Wheth

er the second reading of the military

service bill would be carried by gen

eral assent or the handful of members

still standing by the anti-compulsion

cause would insist upon forcing a di

vision, was the only point left unset

tled when the house of commons as

sembled this afternoon to conclude

debate on the measure.

j PNEUMONIA CLAIMS

MRS. DUNNE'S FATHER

Explosion is

Fifth Within

Last 2 Days

Wilmington, Del., Jan. 12. The fifth

explosion in two days at the Du Pont

powder plant in this vicinity occurred

early todt y in ilie yards of the com

pany on the outskirts of this city. A

small mill blew up and beyond de

stroying the building and about a ton

of powder, no damage was done.

Las't Saturday night there was a

blast at Carney's Point which killed

three men.

The DuPont company does not appear

tor have any suspicion of unnatural

causes of the explosions. It attributes

them to unavoidable accidents.

DOZEN ZEPPELIN

RAIDS ON LONDON

BALKED IN MONTH

New York, Jan. 12. Twelve at

tempted raids on London by Zeppelins

during December were repulsed by

the British chiefly through large fleets

of aeroplanes. Three of the German

aircraft were destroyed or captured,

according to Dr. W. H. Vincent of the

colonial medical corps, who arrived

today on the American liner Philadel

phia.

"The reason why Zeppelins have not

been able to bombard London or its

subuibs since Oct. 14 last," Dr. Vin

cent said, "is because the British have

established an efficient defense against

the German air raiders. During De

cember there were 12 attempts by

Zeppelins to reach London. From two

to four Zeppelins participated in each

attempt. But in no case were the

German dirigibles able to reach even

the outskirts of London."

TO ISSUE BONDS

FOR NEW SCHOOL

Ottumwa, la., Jan. 12. The school

board plans to issue bonds for $125,

000 to build an addition to the high

school to meet the crowded condition

of the building. When erected the

school had an enrollment of 270 and

next semester 700 will attend. A gym

nasium and auditorium are contem

plated in the improvement planned.

The bonds will be submitted at an

election soon.

ILLEGITIMATE SON

PROCLAIMED KING

London, Jan. 12. The Rome corres

pondent of the Star says that the il

legitimate son of the late King Milan

of Serbia has been proclaimed 1-ng

of Serbia at Belgrade by the Austrian

and German authorities.

The only available record of irreg

ular offspring of King Milan is a cable

dispatch of two years ago concerning

Milenke Christich Reitchvich, de

scribed as an illegitimate son of Milan

who was said to have become involved

in financial difficulties in Bohemia.

Latest Bulletins

Berlin, Jan. 1-. An ammunition

depot in southern section of Lille,

northern France has been blown

up. An official announcement says

that 70 persons were killed and 40

injured. Considerable damatie to

property was done.

Philadelphia, Jan. 12. William

Lifson of Elizabeth, N. J., a mem

ber of the freshman class at the

I'niversity of Pennsylvania, did

from injuries received in the an

nual bowl tifr lit today between

freshmen mid sophomores.

Cedar Kapids, la, Jan. 12.

While Warden McClauKhry of the

Bt'it e reformatory at Anamosa was

telephonini; an account of a muti

ny among the prisoners, he was

attacked today by a iruard said to

have been driven temporarily In

sane by the disturbance. The

guard was overpowered.

Iterlin, Jan. 12, (m London, 3:15

p. m.) The failure of a French at

tack on ernian positions north of

I.emensil In the Champagne alonjr

a front of about 1JHM) yards was

announced by the war ofiice today.

San Antonio, Tex, Jan. 12 Gen

eral Victoriano Huerta, his former

purrhasimr airent. Jose 1!. I"ner,

pad 10 others were iudlc'ed late

today by a federal grand jury for

conspiracy to tiolate the neutral

ill kns.

SLEET STORM

SWEEPSOVER

MIDDLE WEST

Western Mississippi Valley

in Throes of Severest

Storm of the Winter.

HEADED TOWARDCOAST

Rain and Snow With Very

Low Temperature Trav

eling Easterly Path.

lirand-.n, Man, Jan. 12. Six

teen were- killed and 40 injured in

a collision between a snow clear

in? train and a heavily laden stock

train one mile east of Brandon to

day. The victims are chiefly for

eigners employed in the snow

clearing gang.

Washington, Jan. 12. The most ex

tensive and severest storm of the win

ter is raging today west of the Mis

sissippi river and is moving eastward.

Temperatures this morning ranged

from 58 degrees below zero In the Can

adian northwest to zero in the Texas

panhandle, and in southern states and

northern Arizona it was from 10 to

16 degrees below. The storm has ad

vanced from the Pacific coast and to

day was central in the middle Missis

sippi valley. It was causing snow and

rain generally throughout the coun

try eastward of the Mississippi. Tem

peratures were about normally high,

ranging from 15 to 33 degrees above

the seasonal average, but these dis

tricts are expected to feel the effect

of the storm later in the week.

Snow and rain are predicted for to

night and Thursday as the storm

moves northeastward, and a cold

wave, the weather bureau says, may

be expected throughout the upper lake

region, the lower .Ohio valley and the

lower Mississippi valley tonight and

Thursday.

Chicago, Jan. 12. One man is dead

and half a score of minor accidents

were reported as the result of a snow

and sleet storm which struck Chicago

and vicinity last night and continued

early today.

August Schultz, an ice man, sus

tained fatal injuries when he slipped

and fell while carrying a 200-pound

cake of ice. Other accidents also were

due to the slippery, sleet-crusted side

walks. Telegraph and telephone companies

reported their service had been ham

pered by the storm. The sleet turned

to rain early in the day.

Train Service Hampered.

Snow, rain and sleet over the mid

dle west, centering over southeastern

Iowa, northern Missouri and Illinois,

but extending in all directions, caused

much delay in train service today and

hampered telegraph and telephone

companies.

Many of the telegraph and telephone

lines to the west were down and

throughout Illinois, Iowa and Missouri

much trouble was reported.

Temperature 5 to 10 degrees below

zero was predicted for the Chicago dis

trict tonight.

Town Is Flooded.

Weston, Wr. Va., Jan. 12. With flood

waters from the west fork of the Mon-

ongalieia river six feet deep in the

principal streets, and the river rising

six inches an hour, flood conditions

here today took on a serious aspect.

One man was drowned and scores of

families have moved to higher ground.

The electric light plant is flooded

and the waterworks is closed. The

Baltimore and Ohio railroad ceased to

operate.

East Weston, a suburb, with 8,000

population, suffered severely, the occu

pants of entire blocks being compelled

to move.

COMMITTEE WORK

HOLDS ATTENTION

Springfield, 111., Jan. 12. Committee

work on the several dozen primary,

election and foot and mouth appro

priations today held the attention of

members of the legislature who an

swered Governor Dunne's call for a

second special session.

Tentative agreements were reached

whereby all bills will be acted upon

by the senate first and then sent to

the house. If the program Is carried

through, but little definite action will

be taken by the lower house this

week. Unless the members get Into

a political tight over the primary and

election bills, it is generally believed

j that the special session can complete

j its work and adjourn sine die by the

latter part of next week.

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