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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
1
A dual explosion in the Cross Mountain mine near Briceville Tennessee traps about 100 to 260 workers. Rescue parties enter the tunnels as flames drive them back and crowds of anxious wives gather at entrances hoping for survivors.
Milwaukee detective report Stephen Berger shot dead at his home on the outskirts of Milwaukee. Police say robbery is the likely motive. John Nagel arrested in connection with the death. Nagel admits quarrel with Berger but denies firing the shot. A revolver and four empty shells were found at the scene.
John A. Riley, 67, brother of James Whitcomb Riley, died of heart failure in Greenfield Indiana. He was a Presbyterian and a Republican candidate for representative two years ago. He leaves a widow and was son of Reuben A. Riley.
Unsettled weather tonight and Sunday with rain possible. Temperatures will stay above freezing tonight with a 7 am reading around 40, highs yesterday near 53, humidity high, light wind, and no precipitation expected until late. Mercury visible after sunset as the moon rises this evening.
Washington reports the interior department committee dismisses the Dick to Dick charges about Richard S. Ryan and harbor rights in Alaska. Burke seeks further evidence via a continuance, but the motion fails along party lines.
The meeting will address the minor league situation the World Series plans syndicate baseball and tickets betting and a draft price and rights for class A leagues. It will discuss roster limits enforcement of limits on player purchases and a proposal to cap World Series game prices at season levels and to start the championship as early as October 7.
A dense fog blanketed Chicago extending to Lake Michigan and Springfield delaying telegraph and telephone traffic nationwide. Streets remained dark until after sunrise as utilities and transit faced significant slowdowns.
Young and McCombs announced a new holiday bus service linking its Rock Island store with the Southern terminal at First Street and Fourth Avenue. Trains will be met during the day and passengers will ride free both ways. The service starts next Monday and aims to attract patrons during the season.
Yesterday in Congress the Senate did not meet in session with Lorimer matter continued with defense witnesses. In the House at noon beet sugar farmers pressed by a sugar trust committee to refute peonage testimony in Colorado. Representative Moore of Pennsylvania denounced reports he had a nearby witness from Kentucky. A semiannual tobacco census bill passed amid debates on a general service pension bill and the service bill was deferred. The record closes with further notes from Se Sti nose Maree.
Chicago reports show venireman M. B. Veale testified he was approached by a Springfield man about his views on the case. Judge Carpenter ordered pursuit of the stranger, while six jurors had been tentatively accepted and a potential dismissal loomed. The gathering included other developments from Washington and Los Angeles regarding Harvester tax actions and Lorimer charges, with Newlands elected president of the next national irrigation congress.
Chicago reports confirm Lillian Bell and Arthur Holt Bogue have separated. Bell says no divorce planned and she will travel after holidays to read and visit her father at 3930 Lake Avenue. She denies religious or drink causes and recalls a spring separation. The Bell Bogue wedding drew 2000 guests to a fashionable ceremony.
Jimmy Clabby of Milwaukee and Dave Smith, former Australia middleweight champion, fought to a twenty round draw in Sydney New South Wales. Both fighters showed resilience with close exchanges as the bout concluded without a winner.
Dispatches from Peking report 8,000 Manchus killed in the Shensi upheaval along with heavy foreign casualties and destruction of mission houses. The news notes 75 foreigners in the province, 17 Americans, with many fleeing toward Sianfu and Kansu. A Canadian and American mission staff face danger as mails halt and banks burn.
The joint army navy board reports the Maine was destroyed by an external low explosive near frames 28 to 31 on the port side. The blast ignited magazine A-14-M, wrecking the vessel. The investigation, led by Admiral Vreeland, confirms the exterior source and dismisses high explosive theory. Also notes a 12 foot model shows the ship split between frames 24 and 31 and details discussions with President Taft and Secretary Meyer. Slinoly Daughter Passes reads as additional local obituary of 91-year-old Mrs Fannie Barton in Elgin Illinois.
Rumors say liquor interests will circulate a fresh petition of consent for Des Moines saloons next spring before recirculation deadlines. Supporters expect a majority of voter signatures, leaving temperance workers to contest the measure.
Plan to move the McNamaras to San Quentin penitentiary today or tomorrow follows their refusal to testify before the federal grand jury about a nationwide conspiracy. A defense fund report shows money collected and disbursed to Oct. 25 totaling 194,612.53, with major payments to Clarence Darrow and local attorneys. Authorities continue assembling evidence for the grand jury as detective staff work in the federal building.
Dr Walter D Agnew D D of Chattanooga Tenn was inaugurated as president of Hedding College Abingdon yesterday morning by Rev Joseph Bell D D president of the board of trustees The Illinois and central Illinois Methodist conferences educational commission met in the afternoon to discuss a 1500000 endowment fund for Methodist schools in Illinois Public Service Concern emerged in Keokuk merging gas street lighting and street railway interests into Keokuk Electric with 650000 capital stock
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