Waterloo Daily Reporter (Newspaper) - April 15, 1909, Waterloo, Iowa WATERLOO DAILY REPORTER ES IN 1868 NUMBER 4131 WATERLOO IOWA THURSDAY APRIL 15 1909 TEN CENTS A WEEK MASSACRE OF IN MISS ASIA MINOR TOWN IS SCENE OF OUTRAGES CHRISTIANS ASK FOR AID MURDER OF TWO MOSLEMS CAUS ES UPRISING IN TURKEY Bix Thousand People Attack The Christian Population at Mersina Constantinople April mas sacre of Armenians is in progress to day at Mersina a of Minor on the Mediterranean Enraged at the murder oftwo Mos lems by Armenians dlan population of Mersina totalling 10000 inhabitants took the law Into its own hands and attacked the Ar quarters Christian communities at Mersina arc appealing to consuls here for help Two American missions are repie at Mersina The trouble at Mersina is in no way connected with the political upheaval Constantinople It Involves a ot the Ar menian question which Is religious and racial Mersina is thirtysix miles by rail southeast of the city of Adana It counts 6000 Mohammedans and 3500 Christian The records ot show that Rev C A Dodds Rev B J Dodds and Miss M Sterrett of the Reformed Presbyterian church in North America and the American board of commis for foreign missions are sta at Mersina TRAIN PASSENGERS ARE RESCUED FROM SNOW AH But Seven of Storm Sufferers are Taken to Sulphur Springs Colorado Denver Colo April but Seven of the on the snow bound Denver North western and Pacific train been stalled for several days at Coro na were safely landed at Sulphur Springs last night The seven left preferred to remain in the snowshed until today when the rotary plow will make another effort to clear the tracks ROBBERS BLOW BANK SAFE AND GET Illinois Town Institution Suffers a Severe Loss at Hands of Five Masked Men Mt Vernor 111 April bank at Woodlawn a small town seven miles west of here was robbed early today Five masked men the Safe wrecking the interior of the building and escaped with SAYS WHEAT WILL HIGHER Says He Has Sold Eight Million Bushels and Will Sell all He Has Chicago hull market is on in wheat This was the talk of traders on the curb last night In ac counting for the advance yesterday It showed that the local traders who bearish Tuesday and that trading on the price regard less of conditions was not the thing to do Traders said that conditions were entirely accountable for the buying which came to the market and that the public had control of the market and looked as If It was going higher We Had to sell 600000 bushels of Hay wheat to keep the market advancing and in the last ten days we havo sold 8000000 bushels of wheat Bald J A Patten last night My hold ings of May wheat have never exceed ed 10000000 bushels and my line of July has been very small There havo been large holdings of May wheat by others and wo havo all made a big lot of money I am selling wheat all the time as 1 bought it to sell but am not going out all at once I am not a manipulator and have told the people who bought wheat on my advice to sell it and In fact have told them they had to soil to prevent tho market from getting congested After my wheat Is all sold prices Will be higher than ever KISSES WRONG WOMAN SORRY Wife In Caress and Acquires Black Eye as Result Minneapolis April Harold Me Graw kissed the wrong woman at tho Union depot In St Paul Wednesday morning He bidding goodby to Us wife preparatory to taking the train for Dakota Just as he turned to embrace his wife the other womon got n tho way and received the kiss In stead McGraw tried to dodge a blow aimed at his face by the womans Explanations followed but lias a black eye Iowa Weather Forecast Partly cloudy to night and Friday warmer In tha west and central tonght Sunrise Sunset Moonrise a m CLOUDY UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN President Taft attended a theatrical performance In New York last night John Mitchell the labor leader ad members of the vanla legislature Wednesday night The government is to test the law forbidding railway companies working train dispatchers more than nine hours The Connecticut assembly has re a providing for the elec tion of United States senators by di rect vote of the people Rev Samuel Scott aged 30 years the first candidate for gov ernor In Ohio in is dead of old age at the Miami Valley hospital Opponents of Sunday baseball In Indiana have decided to apply for an Injunction to prevent the games sched uled being played in that state this year Prank Williams aged 51 years a laborer today shot and killed his wife Addie 49 years old in their home in Rosedale a suburb of Kansas City Williams then committed suicide Do trouble caused the tragedy The lower branch of the Missouri legislature has passed by a vote of 86 to 51 a resolution to submit the prohibition constitutional amendment to the vote of the people at the regular election in November 1910 The meas ure Is yet to be acted on by the senate and If it passes that body the governors signature will not be nec essary STATE AND LOCAL NEWS Group 6 of the Iowa bankers will convene at Council Bluffs May 13 Altoona voted to grant the franchise of the Rural and ent Telephone company The Illinois Central has been held blameless for the death of the three girls Easter afternoon Frank Reddy Hamilton the crack Iowa sprinter has been rein stated by the A A U after almost a year of suspension About four hundred members of the Knights of Pythias are gathered In Council Bluffs where a district con vention Is being held Judge Wheeler at Bluffs has issued twentytwo injunctions against saloon keepers for Blight vio lations of law Turin who offense last Janu ary upon charges brought by a young girl has been sentenced to five years In penitentiary POLITICAL Governor B F Carroll will sign the Moon limiting the number of sa loons to one for each 1000 people and let the liquor Interests attack It in the courts if they decide to press their objections to alleged irregularity in the procedure by which it passed the legislature A C Rankin has been selected to take charge of the crusade tor the pro amendment in Iowa He will take tha field immediately He and his assistants will hold meetings In every community cf the state within the next eight months In January next a state meeting will be held which will assume charge of the cam On July 1 the state board of control will need two new slate Agents to find homes for deserving boys and girls from the soldiers orphans home at Davenport and the state Industrial school for girls at The legislature provided for an additional state agent for the school to be employed beginning July 1 The vacancy at Davenport will be caused by the resignation of Miss Clare Lun heck The state hoard will welcome applications for both positions Another drastic moral law to re the governors signature yester day prohibits cigarette smoking by all boys under 21 years of age It will affect hundreds of youngsters from the street waif to the college lad who rolls cigarettes on his way from classes and smokes them on the col lege campus Under the now law boys under 21 may smoke cigarettes only in their own homes or when ac companied by their guardians or par ents Arrests and a tine or Imprison ment are the penalties for youths who persist In using the nails PRESIDENT TAFT SENDS MESSAGE ON TARIFF ADVISES AS MUCH FREE TRADE AS POSSIBLE PHILIPPINE PROTECTION WANTS ENOUGH DUTY TO SUP PLY REVENUE FOR ISLANDS Protests From Archipelago Bring Forth the Good Wishes of the Chief Executive NAUGHTY DANCES AND PLAYS LAW Iowa Statute Became Effective Today and No More May we Witness The Couchee Des Moines April Iowas dance law went into effect It provides a line and Jail sentence for any ono engaging in any Obscene indecent immoral or impure drama play exhibition show or entertain ment THREE MINERS DEAD AS RESULT EXPLOSION Mine Catches Fire But Other Men Thought to Have Escaped The Flames Fairmont W Va April gas explosion occurred today In a mine at seven miles from here Three minors are known to be dead The mine caught fire hut It is said that all the other miners have been accounted for Washington D C April 15 The president today sent to congress a special message in relation to the Phil tariff The message transmits the recom by the secretary of war for a revision ot the Philippine tariff so as to permit as much the customs revenue as possible for the islands and at the same time extend to the Islands the principle of a protective tariff for its industries Under the conditions which will arise from the enactment the tariff now pending In congress which provides under certain conditions for free trade between the Philippines and the United States the revenues of the islands will be considerably affected and numerous have been re here on this account The proposed amendments to the are to interfere as little as pos sible with these free trade conditions and at the same time permit the col lection of ample revenue Generally speaking the submitt ed by the president makes a slight in crease In the rates of duty now pro divided In the Philippine tariff but its tramers say its tendency is to Insure as far as practicable the benefit of the Philippine market for American manu and products The makes some additions to the free list There will be an in crease in the Internal revenue duties by which it is hoped to make up the loss which the Philippine islands will sustain by the operation of the tree trade provisions in the pending tariff Internal revenue laws for pines are enacted by the Philippine as The Democratic View Taking issue squarely with dent Taft on the latters Philippine policy Senator Stone of Missouri in a carefully prepared speech delivered In the senate today on the subject of the tariff urged the withdrawal of the United States from the islands within a period of fifteen years pending which the people of those islands should en joy all the benefits of a legitimate trade with this country Summarizing his reasons for not supporting the section of the as it stands Mr Stone said he could not do so because His Reasons First if the islands are to be re as an American territory then they are within the union and their products should have free access to all our ports without restriction or limita tion Second It occupation ot tho Islands is Intended to be only ary and if it be our policy to er them to their own people then we should pass no law which would tend to create such commercial or political conditions between the islands and this country as might delay or em barass tho final completion of our pur pose and Third we are under no such tions to the Philippine people as to make it our duty to support their gov or to build up their indus tries at the expense of our own 1 prefer to stand squarely upon the and do for the Filipinos what we have already done for the Cubans set them upon their feet and let them work out their own destiny TAFT IS NOW ACTUAL MEMBER OF MASONS Lodge Elects the President at His Request at Stated Meeting Cincinnati April Taft is now a member of lodge of Masons He was unanimously elected a mem ber nt a stated meeting held there last night at which there was a large at tendance When tho president was made a Mason at sight February 18 he did not become a member of any lodge and was until last night In the position ot a Mason at large He at that time expressed a desire oi affiliating with Kilwinning of which his father the late Judge A Taft was one of the early mem bers and of which his brother Charles P Taft lias been a member for a number ot years EARTHLY LIFE ENDED FOR H A Hall Resident Inhere for Over Fifty Years Wed Evening Independence April H A of Independence for over fifty years apd well known for years throughout this section of the state as an architect passed away at Wednesday evening after an Illness of dropsy which afflicted him about two years ago The end was peaceful and he passed Into eternal rest without suffering or a struggle For many weary months he suffered much from his Illness but he was patient and it all He was a genial man much beloved In trie circle and highly esteemed by all knew him Seven children They are Mrs Levl Hamen6fDubijque Mrs Frank iud Harvey Hall of Independence Will Hall of Keokuk Ed Hall df LaCygne Kan sas Mrs Cliff Jenkins of Waterloo Pending the arrival of the absent sons and for the funeral cannot be completed KIDNAPERS TO TWO MISSOURIANS Woman Who Lost Worth of Jewels Says Mrs Boyle Is Not the Mercer Pa April Chouteau Dyer and St Louis returned home today to identify Mrs James Boyle one of the accused of Willie Whitla as a ser vant who suddenly left their employ when itis alleged worth of jewelry from their home FUGITIVE FROM ALTAR FOUND Elgin Youth Who Fled on Eve of Wed ding Writes He is Broke Tacoma Wash April from where he is work Ing for Jl a day Alvin n Lehmann the young Tacoma broker disap ten on the eve of his marriage to Miss Bertha Christian has been heard from B J Moody For whom he formerly worked Leh mann says he is broke and asks for funds to get back He makes no ex planation why he jilted the Seattle school teacher was to wed Indications are he dared not marry without more funds The wedding party had assembled the minister was there and all waited for hours for Miss Christian all along th at Lehm tikon away a gain at his will wants him Kla watch and ring them is scarcely of age He came here last year from Elgin 111 where his father is the watch factory At request he Elgin chief of police is en route here to Investigate i the youths dis appearance Until was heard from father ed he had been BRAIN FEVER CAUSED DEATH IN ONE DAY Georgine Aged Eleven Yean Stricken on Day Grand father Was Buried Georg ine Stoffragen daugh ter of Mrand Mrs Chas B Stoff ragen died suddenly at Readlyn at midnight Wednesday The cause of death was Infection of the brain which attacked her earlier in the day The little one Is survived by her parents and these brothers and man Freddie Sophia Maryi Louis Several live in Waterloo viz Mrs Emma Schellhammer Mrs Her man Mrs Martin Buehner and Mrs Henry Walter The little girls grandfather Chas Stoffragen was burled Wednesday of this week Funeral services for Georgine will be held at the home In Readlyn Saturday afternoon at oclock BEDFORDS POSTMASTER Former Congressman Flick is Named for the Position Washington April dent sent to the senate today the nom of former Congressman James P Flick to be postmaster at He was recommended by Senators Dol liver and Cummins as a compromise Petroleum at Shores Fuel Co YOUTH CARRIES STEPMOTHER Beckwith Wins Widow Twelve Years After Fathers Death Chicago April with his stepmother during his college days at Cornell university Harry G Beckwith son of the late Dr George M Beckwith formerly of Ithaca N Y finally won her love aft er she had remained a widow twelve years They were Satur day Beckwith first became acquaint ed with the woman who is now his bride when he was 12 jears of age who Is 26 years old was a student at Cornell until he disap suddenly last February For merly he had been connected with an architects office In Chicago Soon after he entered the university where he studied architecture his er became stenographer to Professor Harry Powell in the department of for eign travel In this capacity the wi dow spent several years abroad after ward returning to The young mans is said to be rather striking She originally Miss Elinor Torguson of Albert Lea Minn YALE GREETS TAFT President Is Greeted at Depot by a Large Crowd New April dent TaTton arrival here today was met by Anson Phelps Stokes secre tary of the university taken in an automobile to hall The gathering at the station was quite large but aside from i single cheer there was no demonstration At the conclusion of the corporation meeting Taft went to luncheon nt President house E MAN WITH CORNER BUYS THREE MILLION BUSHELS MARKET NERVOUS TODAY MARKET PARTIALLY RECOVERS AFTER ACTIVE TRADING Winnipeg Report Causes Slump is Followed by Favorable Crop Stories Chicago April bulls re a setback today on the Board of Trade July tumbled and September Pat ten bought furiously all along the line and the close showed a reaction aver aging something over a cent Patton Buys Heavily The purchases of J A Patten and his immediate associate during the first fifteen minutes of trade mated 3000000 bushels of May July and September wheat The market was nervous all day Favorable reports from Illinois and Missouri as to the growing crop led to steady selling of September which was further encouraged by a five cent drop at where it was report ed that exporters are reselling wheat for European market The markets were weak all Prices hero however with the ex ception of September held up till near the close May and estab new high records thus main their record of having risen consistently to a new high level each trading day for a fortnight Slump in New York New York April demoralized break in wheat market this afternoon was by drop ot more than six cents per bushel at Winnipeg May sold off from early high point to with July breaking and sold low as MISS WILSON SINGS IN CONCERT Daughter of of Agriculture Entertains Notable Audience New York April the pat of Mrs William H Tart Mrs James S Sherman Mrs Philander C Knox and a number of well known New York women Miss Flora Wilson daughter of James Wilson secretary of agriculture appeared in concert at the Plaza hotel last night This was her first appearance since her re turn after four years of vocal study abroad The secretary of agriculture came to the city to hear his daughter sing A distinguished company listen ed with to the so rendering of a and several groups of songs noticeable among them German and sev eral modern French songs Miss Wu son has grand opera ambitions and recently sang before the directors of the opera house AMENDMENT WANTS INCOME TAX PLACED IN TARIFF April today agreed to request the house for a conference on the census request of the house for the return of the tariff in order that the oil schedule might be amended was grant ed Bailey introduced an income tax amendment to the tariff It pro vides for a straight tax of three per cent on ail incomes above a year Oil Schedule Corrected Bailey said the amendment would raise from to revenue annually and he hoped there would be a provision in the to re duce the customs and revenues an equal amount Shortly after the senate agreed to return the tariff to the house for correction of the oil schedule the measure was Drought back to the sen ate and received with the proposed amendment GEN M C BUTLER IS DEAD Former United States Senator From South Carolina Passes Away Columbia S C April M C Butler long time United States sen ator from South Carolina died at his home just before midnight Gen But ler had been ill for some time TURK TAKE REVOLUTIONISTS CITY Inhabitants of Persian Town Flee to Russian Consulate for Protec tion From Massacre Teheran Persia April city of which was recently cap tured by revolutionists under command of Journalist Panoff has been attacked by Turkoman tribesmen who routed the revolutionists many of whom were killed Panoff fled and the remnant of his force surrendered to the Rus sian consul Inhabitants of the town and sur rounding villages have taken refuge in the Russian consulate at Panic prevails as it is feared the Turkoman tribesmen wil organize a massacre Russia Appealed To St Petersburg April for eign office has asked the war office to send troops immediately to to prevent the threatened massacre and three Russian gunboats have ar rived in the harbor of ROOSEVELT IN ARABIA Red Sea Port Has Glimpse of the Former President Aden Arabia April steam er Admiral with Roose velt and party on board In here this morning for a short stay All are well Several members of the party nre planning to come ashore here and go on a shooting expedition to secure specimens of local birds PROMINENT ELK DEAD Kansas City April Hayes speaker of the city council ruler of the Kansas City Elks and woll known In mercantile circles of the west died today of pneumonia Aged GOVERNOR CARROLL SIGNS THE MOON Law Forbidding More than One Sa loon to Each Thousand People Is in Force DBS Moines April IS Carroll today signed the n which limits the narf in any city in ery one thousand MESSAGE TELLS OF FRANK GOTCH WILL MEET DAN McLEOD IN WATERLOO NEXT TUESDAY EVENING Manager Connolly Discovered Big Will be For the Championship Honors To be a wrestling fan at the present time seems to be altogether popular since Frank Gotch the worlds cham pion will appear at the Waterloo theatre Tuesday evening in a finish match with the Dan McLeod The coming together of these two men has among Its possibilities the shifting of While Gotch is towering above all comers in the wrestling world it is an evident fact that McLeod will make the fight of his life to retrieve his lost honors and sports who are In a position to know are making wagers that the little Scot will make a better showing than did tlie Turk Wednesday night in Chicago The fact that a match has been ar ranged two menIs evi dent that Gotch considers McLeod among the best men on the mat to day and he will come here in perfect condition to defend his thrice earned title of worlds champion McLeod is grateful that he has been given the first chance at the big champion and while sentiment wil favor Gotch there is no telling what might happen with the in the splendid condition which he is in at present Beat Gotch Twice In the wrestling career of Gotch he has only lost five falls and two of these were to McLeod One was to Farmer Burns one to Fred Beel and one to Tom Jenkins It was under the management of Mack Connolly pro moter of the Waterloo bouts that Gotch first sprang into Max Gorman of Mason City who refereed the matches Wednesday even Ing was also Instrumental in bringing Gotch from his farm at Humboldt and with Manager Connolly arranged first real match while the lat ter was running a threshing machine engine near his home in Humboldt It was at Iowa that McLeod met and defeated Gotch when he was In the amateur class and the meeting Tuesday night wilt be their first since Gotch has the ladder of fame McLeod is now In the best possible condition and will keep himself In per fect training for the meeting with the champion guesses are all in favor of Gotch but there are many who aro of the opinion may be some changes in the title of tne championship when the curtain falls on Tuesday nights performance TWO POWDER MILL EXPLODES NitroGlycerine Factory Blows Up With Loss of Life In Illinois Town of Gordon Sullivan Ind April nitro glycerine factory at Gordon Illinois across the Wabash river from here was destroyed by an explosion this afternoon and It is reported that two men were killed Shock Felt 35 Miles The explosion occurred at one oclock and tho shock was felt for thirtyfive miles around There Is no telegraph or telephone communication with Gordon as all wires were destroyed by the explosion Word has been received here that a relief party has set out for Gordon from Robinson Illinois YOUTH DIES FROM NOSE BLEED Expires After Hemorrhage Had Con Almost a Full Week Mich April beetling from the nose almost con since last Thursday Harry Platt 17 died yesterday at his Homo nt Point Mills near Dollar bay Tho hemorrhage while lie was coming from school Thursday noon the efforts of sur geons the low of blood continued A union was recently organized in San Francisco S WRITER WAS CAR OUT TO SEA GIRLS STORY IN BOTTLE NAME OF DENVER COLORADO MISS IS SIGNED TO MESSAGE Pitiful Call for Help From Ocean Waves Arouses Police to Action Oakland Cal April 15 After drifting for weeks In the Pacific ocean a message purporting to tell of the plight of Rosaline a Denver girl who came to this city last month was drugged and carried out to sea by a man who had offered his services as a guide to a boarding house was washed upon the water front yesterday The paper was contained in a bot tle which the girl threw from a cabin porthole of her prison ship trusting her appeal would reach some one who would inform her relatives and bring about her release There is no mark on the bottle or paper that would serve to identify tl ship Denver Police Busy Denver Colo April name of Rosaline does not in the city directory but the say they are making an investigation at her case BIG STEAMER ASHORE OFF Supposed to be North German Lloyd Vessel Carrying Freight Only Baltimore April dispatch from Cape Henry today reports a steamship supposed to be the Witte of the North German Lloyd line with crew and cargo ashore near Cape Charles City Va The afternoon and proceeded on uer voy age GUILTY OF HARRY A AXTELL FORMER CIAL AT BLOOMINGTON Bloomington Ind April A former ot and former secretary of the Real Estate Building association was declared guilty of embezzlement last evening by a jury which had been out six hours The verdict means a penitentiary TAFT VISITS YALE President Attends Meeting of Corporation New York April Taft left New York on the New Haven railroad at today to attend a meeting of the Yale University Cor in New Haven The president was accompanied only by his military aide Captain Archibald Butt few people recognized the president at first but a crowd of considerable size collected of the Grand Central station after Taft had enter ed his ear As the train pulled out a cheer went up and the president on the rear plat form raised his hat smiled and bowed his acknowledgements DISCUSS TARIFF MONDAY Washington April a meeting of the committee on finance today it was agreed the opening discussion on the tariff should go over until Monday CONSTANTINOPLE QUIET Constantinople capi tal is again assuming normal aspects and this morning there is little ward evidence of a recent political ferment WOMAN MRS LIZZIE PEMBERTON BEFORE INSANE COMMISSION Mrs Lizzie Pemberton a widow with three small children was the commissioners of insanity Thursday forenoon and adjudged a subject for commitment to the asylum nt Inde Her father Jacob Lelch lightner resides In Nebraska He has been communicated with informed of his daughters condition and of the necessity of making disposition of the children Mrs Pemberton has been staying at the home of Mrs J and has no relatives in this section of Iowa She was committed some time ago and afterwards released as cured the indications of insanity recurring a few days ago When Chief and Detective Houston arrived nt the house they found Mrs Pemberton locked in hnr room where she was held for safe keeping liy other occupants of the house The officers found her in a terrible state Her hair was down and she was tearing violently at it while she muttered incoherently The bedding was torn In shreds pictures thrown garments were and the furniture broken The authoritiesfinally got hor to dress and then telephoned for Sheriff Shores Mrs Is a woman of about 40 years and Separated from her hut band about eight years ago
