Daily Free Press, The (Newspaper) - September 7, 1910, Carbondale, Illinois THE DAILY FREE PRESS VOLUME 7 CARBONDALE ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 1910 NUMBER 260 I LaFOLLETTE WINS WISCONSIN FIGHT FOUR TO ONE VOTES OVER COOK IN PRIMARY ELECTION RETURNS NOT ALL IN SENATOR BURROWS LOSES Vermont First State to Hold an Elec tion Sends Republican to Gover nors Mansion by Majority Es at About Milwaukee Sept States Senator Robert M La Follette in the contest for renomination on tile Republican ticket swept the state o Wisconsin hy a veritable landslide it being estimated by returns received that he will have at least four to one against his opponent Samuel A Cook of Neenah candidate of the regulars Complete returns are not expected for two or three days Francis E McGovern candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomina tion defeated his four opponents Lewis Strung and Barker who fin ished in the order named by a plu estimated at nomination is a defeat for county option he main plank on Lewis stood Fair child who finished second was also against county option McGoverns victory is looked upon also as a vic tory for La Follette as he advocated the senators renomination in all his speeches The following Democratic nomina tions were made at the primary elec tions Governor Adolph 1 Schmitz Mil waukee Lieutenant Governor Harry W Bo lens Port Washington The Prohibition party nominated a full state ticket headed by Byron E Van Keuren of Oshkosh for govern or The Social Democrats chose Wil liam A Jacobs of Racine to head their ticket The Original Insurgent Renamed for the Senate bt an Overwhelming Majority the conductor and shot at the train electrician robbed three women pas sengers and escaped from the Pull man sleeper at Carr street and the Terminal tracks The murder and robbery took place in the St Louis yards while the train was from Union Station over the levee elevated tracks to Carr street about a mile and a half ROBERT M LA FOLLETTE of the party in this state to the pro Republican policies ed by President and reaf firmed and already in part enacted into law under the administration of President TOWNSEND AN INSURGENT DEFEATS SENATOR BURROWS Detroit Sept States Senator Julius C Burrows of a standpatter was defeat ed for renomination in the primary elections by Charles 13 Townsend ot Jockson termed an insurgent Senator Burrows served eighteen years in the lower house of congress and fifteen years in the senate Primary election returns also gave the Republican nomination for govern or to S Osborn of Sault Ste Marie former state railroad commis and present regent of the state university In the seven congressional districts where there were Republican contests Congressman G J was re nominated in the Fifth district Con gressman in the Eighth and Congressman Young in the Twelfth district Congressman Washington Gardner was defeated In the Third district by J M C Smith of Char lotte REPUBLICANS LED BY DR MEAD WIN IN VERMONT Burlington Sept John A Mead of Rutland pres ent was elected governor by a majority according to returns received around the average Republican majority for half a century being The Prohibitionists and Socialists had tickets in the field and polled a few hundred votes but Meads princi pal opponent was Charles D Watson of St Albans a Democrat The campaign was waged listlessly The day was rainy and this kept many from the polls especially in the country districts Congressmen David 1 Foster and Frank Plumley were reelected and the legislature as usual is Republi can which insures the reelection of United States Senator Carroll S Page IS 8 DROWN FLOOD Woman and Five Children Drown as Husband Saves One and Houses Washed Away Texas Sept Eight parsons were drowned near as the result of a Hood in the South Leon following a downpour of rain The dead are Terney Mrs George and five children Lenear John Lie near Mrs John George Terney with his babe in his arms saved himself by clinging to a tree The loss of life was in the Gus tine community where the flood came down the river with such force that the houses occupied by the Terney and Lenear families near the stream were carried away The rain was the heaviest in ten years M TYPIST FORMER EVIDENCE AGAIN OF IN COURT Crowns Attorney Says Remnants of Body Found Shows Presence of Poison and Recent Operation HANDSOMELY ENTERTAINED BY THE PRESS CLUB Breakfast Automobile Ride Lunch eon Reception and Dinner Given I by the Newspaper Men CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS HAVE INSURGENT PLATFORM San Francisco out a single negative vote on any question that came before the state convention the progressive wing of the Republican party in California took over the organization manage ment endorsed the nominees chosen at the recent primaries and adopted a party platform Throughout the proceedings the na tional leadership of Theodore Roose velt was recognized in speech and resolution Every mention of the ex presidents name was received with tumultuous applause The platform declares Hie allegiance Michigan Congressman Who Defeated Burrows for Seat in the Senate Milwaukee Sept Roosevelt has been putting in a busy clay in Milwaukee as the guest of the Press club and the end is not yet The newspaper men spared no efforts to make the visit of the former pres ident pleasant and the program was submitted to him for approval some time ago Arriving from St Paul at oclock in the morning the colonel was met by a reception committee composed oC the following members ofthe Press club Francis A Can non chairman Gov James 0 David son Mayor Emil Seidel Charles R Van Hise president University of Wisconsin Lieut Gen Arthur Mae Arthur Brig Gen Charles King John Campsie Emil von Schlenitz former Gov Georges VV Peck Charles F Pfister John J Harvey Judge John C Karel Postmaster David C Owen Henry Bleyer M C Douglas and H J Desmond After breakfast with the committee at a hotel the colonel was taken on an automobile tour of the city short stops being made at the chamber of commerce he soldiers home the in health convention two trade schools and univer sity At 1280 Mr Roosevelt sat down to a luncheon with the editors the local daily papers and the reception committee and at he received a large number qi the leading men of the state in the parlors of the hotel The colonel is to eat dinner at the Press club only members being pres ent and tins evening he delivers a public address in the Early tomorrow morning he departs for Chicago London Sept a rehearing of much of the evidence produced at the first appearance on Aug 29 of Dr H and Miss Ethel Clare Leneve charged with murdering the doctors wife Belle Elmore their hearing was adjourned until Thurs day A repetition of the earlier hear ing was due to the fact that Sir Albert de Rutzen the presiding judge was hearing the case for tlie first time An appeal for bail for Miss Leneve was denied by the court Both Dr Crippen and the girl were in much better spirits than at their preliminary hearing two weeks ago Only members of the press and those connected with the case were admit ted Travers Humphreys representing the Crown opened the case He said the examination of the remnants of a body found in the cellar of Dr Crip pens Hilldrop Crescent home by Dr Pepper the government showed plainly the marks of a recent operation and the presence of poison It is these remains that the tion must prove to have been the body of Belle Elmore Solicitor Arthur Newton and J H Welfare appeared for Crippen and Miss Leneve Although there is a charge of mur der against the girl the prosecution has indicated that it will try her only on the charge of being an accessory after the fact STRIKE BIDS Illinois Institution Contracts Held Up Until Disturbance Will ReAdvertise TRAIN Kills Flagman on Burlington Train While Running Through the i City of St Louis Springfield Sept bids for furnishing coal to the state insti for the ensuing two years were recorded by the commission on contracts when it met to open bids Coal men are afraid to enter into contract until the strike is settled The commission will readvertise fo Three Meat Victims in Gotham New York Sept hea and humidity caused three deaths many prostrations ami great discom fort In the metropolitan district Th temperature rose to 00 degrees is degrees higher than the September temperature LOUISIANA IUGLE TAXES THE WHETHER SANDERS IS GOVERN OR SENATOR OR PRIVATE CITIZEN IS QUESTION CONTESTS ARE PROBABLE J R Thornton to Wear To ga jand be Opposed Bills Signed by Governor Are to be Attacked Washington Sept on affairs are intensely inter isted in the rare political tangle in which will tax the wisest leads Some of the questions involved are s J Y Sanders really governor of the tate or a private citizen Did San ders automatically relinquish the gov when accepted election by the legislature as United States sen ator Are the laws passed by the ure and signed by him sen election constitutional Was the appointment of J R Thornton by Sanders to the States senate legal The trouble arose from a vacancy n the states representation in the trailed States senate Senator Mc Snery died several months ago and the legislature elected Governor San ders to fill the vacancy Sanders accepted and though the senate was not in session and he had not qualified the senate officials in accordance with custom placed his name on the pay roll Sanders later decided that he did not care to go to the senate at this time It appeared that If he left the state his organization might suffer and his political power be placed In jeopardy Having decided to retain his job as governor Sanders appointed J R Thornton United States senator The enemies of Sanders pointed out that under the constitution of Louisiana no maa could hold two offices at the same time They asserted that San ders became senator the moment he accepted the election by the ure and that at the same time he ceased to be governor of the state Sanders signed several bills and they are to be attacked in the state courts on the ground that Sanders had no authority to sign them A contest will be made on Thorntons appoint ment the claim being made that San ders had no legal right to appoint him THE NATURAL THE DRESSMAKERS READY TO SPRING THE ON US at Santa Monica to be soldas eggs were seized by the United States Department of ture The seizure was by R M Wharton food and drug inspector and the company will be prosecuted under the pure food act The pre paration contains only a portion of the white of the egg according to In spector Wharton the major portion being milk casein and starch colored yellow to resemble dried eg ARMED CHURCH Whites Surround Edifice Threatening Death to Negro Residents of Pratt Kansas YOUTHS ROB POSTOFFiCE Harry of St Louis Confesses Crime at Quincy are Charged With Counterfeiting Quincy Sept United States grand jury now in session in Quincy returned indictments against Harry Riesner of St Louis and Harry Allison and Henry Zinn oi lis on charges of robbing the post office at Stubblefield The throe boys were crossing Illinois ami robbed the office in daylight securing a good sum of money some stamps and jew elry They pleaded guilty Three Italians Severen Palet Al bert i and were indicted charges of passing counterfeit money Pratt Sept race war is expected to be precipitated if con ditions are not relieved within a few hours Sheriff Burnett probably will ask for a company of state militia With practically the entire colored population entrenched in the colored Methodist Church and armed a crowd of whites has surrounded the building and it is feared there will be bloodshed The trouble is the result of the re of a negro Joseph Williams to regard a of prominent white people to to occupy a house which he had purchased in the fash district COMMISSIONER TO MISSOURI SUPREME CHARTER BE ANNULLED CORPORATION TO APPEAL Report Finds jors Contention That Interna tional Company Is in Re straint of Trade SEIZED Government Pure Food Inspector Au Substitute Hen Fruit Confiscated at St Louis St Louis Sept hund red and one cases each containing 3 cans of Yellow True 15gg Sub a manufactured WHEN THE SUMMER WIDOWER DINES OUT ENDS TRIP Circles Above Crystal Pal ace Before Making i f ul Descent London Sept a half doz en delays Aviator John an American completed his don aeroplane flight landing at Crys tal Palace after an interrupted flight from Seven Oaks It wils five oclock when reascended He had his machine under perfect control and flew in splendid manner over the twentyfive miles remaining to complete the full trip Upon reaching Crystal Palace circled spectacularly and then made a beautiful descent London Mail offered for the 295mile flight the longest and most difficult nut ever given bird men to crack also can lay to a cup started the trip that ended today on August His daring flights at the outset in which he flew across the English Channel in his Bio riot monoplane and carried his 1S2 mechanician Albert with him aroused tremendous interest throughout the whole world CHARLES E St Louis Sept train No 15 on the Chicago lon ci Quincy known as tho Pacific Coast which left Ihi iou Station at oclock last for St Joseph and the west was Union Station by a lone robber who killed and threw over flagman J M Wi ANOTHER EXECUTIVE DEAD Vice President Albano of Chile III Six Late President Montt to Grave Jefferson City Sept 7 Theodore Brace special commissioner in the case of the state vs The Inter national Harvester Company for ous ter has filed with the su preme court The report sustains the contention of Elliot W Major hat the company is an illegal trust and sets forth that the commissioner iuds the International Harvester Co to forfeiture of its charter in his state The harvester will file a of ex ceptions and the case will come up for trial at the October term of the supreme court Evidence in the hearing showed that there was nn understanding among all the companies selling har vesting machinery by which an al most even and regular scale of prices was maintained Suit Instituted by Hadley This case was instituted by Govern or Hadley just at the close of Ws erm as his suggestion a commissioner was ap pointed to take testimony in the case to determine whether or not this com pany was a trust in restraint of trade Hadley had one or two hearings and when Major came into office he continued the in going 10 New York and taking the of George W Perkins who organized the alleged trust Upon the findings of Commissioner Brace the court will set the cuse for hearing before the October term of court allowing the harvester com pany to file exceptions to bis report provided of course he declares tho company a trust After this it will bo loft to the supreme court to what punishment will bo inflicted up on the company Major has for a writ of ouster in the state Valparaiso Chile Sept President Fernandez Albano who had been ill with pleurisy only six days died suddenly in Santiago Heart fail ure was flie immediate cause of his death Senor Albano had been acting presi dent of Chile since the death of President Pedro Montt at Bremen Germany on August last after Senor Albanos death a decree was signed appointing Senor Emilano minister ol as acting president Aged Womans Home Burns Baltimore Sept fire broke out at and swept tlie Home of Aged Women and a dozen dwellings had been destroyed The feeble inmates of the home about 50 In number rescued Assistance was sent by the Baltimore fire de TO PEN Rev Handerich Says He Is Glad as He Can Learn a Seventeen Watches St Louis Sept the Arthur A Handerich was sentenced at Clayton to serve three years in the penitentiary for stealing seventeen watches and from fellow stu dents at Eden Theological Seminary in St Louis county he said I am glad to go to prison because it will give me an opportunity to learn a trade When I come out I shall bo able to earn a living by my hands and not have to depend on my will be sent to Jefferson City this week in custody of Sheriff Grueninger Flies to London London Sept B reached Crystal at p completing his flight from Paris with a passenger
