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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1914
Page
1
Niagara Falls Ont June 10 A mediation setback stalls progress as mediators push for Huerta to name the provisional president. U S and constitutionalists clash over accepting a plan allowing Huerta to appoint a successor. Critics warn only a constitutionalist acceptable to Huerta can advance peace efforts.
The Merritt will directs the residue of about 23 million to a trustees board in Port Chester to establish The Merritt Public Cemetery. The cemetery will be free to burials for residents of Port Chester and vicinity. The board includes the village president and church pastors.
Vice President Marshall spoke to Maine university's graduating class about the growing prominence of state rights. He urged young graduates entering the world to recognize the importance of state duties to preserve state rights.
The forecast extends to 7 P M tomorrow for Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity cloudy tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. 7 A M temperature 75 with a high of 94 yesterday and a low of 70 last night wind 4 mph none in precipitation humidity 52 at 7 P M 64 at Tam 6.3 water stage down 2 in 24 hours. J M Sherier local forecaster. Astronomical events list evening stars Mercury Venus Saturn Mars morning star Jupiter and Gemini twins Castor Pollux near the western sky about 9 P M.
London reports show Emmeline Pankhurst evading police at night as she continued a campaign against royal and public figures. Police Headquarters note anxiety over women’s tactics. Britain’s Women Liberal Federation condemns militancy and calls for government action. In Birmingham Bertha Ryland disrupted court by shouting scripture as she faced trial.
Chicago June 10 Next week Mme. Schumann-Heink the soprano freed from husband William Rapp Jr will sail for Europe to attend the Wagner festival at Bayreuth. A Cook county court directed verdict in her favor ended a nine year marriage marked by scandalous letters and a dramatic divorce trial.
Amos Pinchot attacks George W Perkins as a menace to the Progressive Party citing his ties to steel and International Harvester. He urges Perkins’s resignation from the party leadership to curb pro trust propaganda and align with reformers opposed to monopolies. The letter stresses conflict between capital and labor and accuses Perkins of misleading the party and public.
Springfield June 10. From 96 applicants for mine managers first and second grade mine examiners and hoisting engineers examined April 20, 58 awarded certificates of competency. The monthly report to Governor Dunne notes 39 first class mine managers 21 passed. 10 second class mine managers 10 passed. 26 mine examiners 16 passed. 21 hoisting engineers 11 passed. Examinations are held five times yearly and require a very rigid test.
Redding California June 10 daylight confirms yesterday’s eruption of the Mount Lassen crater was the most violent yet. Snowy summit turned black with volcanic ash and scoriae drifting over about 100 acres to a depth of a tenth of an inch. Estimated weight around 10,000 tons. The crater steamed today.
Joliet June 10 Warden Edmund M Allen reports early earnings gains for the first six inmates in the reed and rattan shop where furniture is made and profits are shared. March earnings averaged 5.69 dollars per man rising to 6.32 in April. Inmates may also craft items in cells. proceeds fund convicts. A road crew at Camp Dunne near Deer Park, Ottawa, Ill, with 39 honor men, plus plans for three more camps, underscores expanded labor programs.
Washington June 10 The senate moved toward final action on repealing Panama tolls exemption amid renewed voting on amendments. A key compromise would tie repeal to a resolution preserving the right to toll free passage for American coastwise ships. Officials expect Senate approval, House acceptance, and presidential assent, though the president prefers passage without change. A rule to consider the administration conservation program of five bills was also approved in committee.
In Chicago on June 10 Abio Fricono a wealthy fruit dealer and Joseph Vin teralia were seated outside a saloon in Little Italy when an unidentified Italian shooter using a sawed off shotgun fired killing both men and escaping.
Chicago endured 95 degrees as of 3:30 p m setting this year’s high. Four deaths and 26 prostrations were linked to the heat with the coolest spot Yellowstone Park at 50. Victims include John Sipulicps 725 West Seventeenth Street Moreto Arturo 722 DeKovan Street John Malmn 36 Wellington Avenue and Michael Puska 4751 South Eonore Street. Police officer Charles Brown rescued a man who jumped into the lake after claiming to be John Smith.
Springfield June 10 Dr Otto L Schmidt announces Prof Clarence W Alvord of the University of Illinois will be editor in chief of the five volume Centennial History of Illinois Work will begin at once with the aim to publish in the centennial year Governor Dunne approves the plan and a preliminary volume Illinois in 1918 will be issued
Baton Rouge June 10 Members of women’s organizations won their fight to prevent betting on horse races as the Reinhardt racing bill was indefinitely postponed by a 55 to 50 vote in the Louisiana house. The measure’s defeat followed strong opposition led by women and backed by mass meetings in New Orleans. A separate vote earlier defeated a proposal to move the state capital from Baton Rouge to Alexandria.
New York June 10 Jane Est an Industrial Worker of the World leader was sentenced to three months in the workhouse on Blackwell Island for disturbing a Peace Forum meeting Frank Urban testified she tried to strike him when he refused to let her speak She had helped in last winter’s church disturbances and was arrested in April after a disturbance at Dr Parkhurst’s church. Springfield IL June 10 H C Montgomery of Jacksonville was appointed superintendent of the state school for the blind replacing Woolston who resigned.
In Pittsburgh today three carloads of strike breakers entered the Westinghouse plant under guard of 50 officers. Strikers removed shoes and waded Turtle Creek to reach the shops. Pickets around East Pittsburgh numbered about 3,000 earlier, then police reduced activity, allowing only 25 strikers on the bridge to question entrants. Other items note Colorado coal miners’ strike talks and Milan riot injuries and arrests.
Seven people lost their lives in a East Side tenement blaze in New York, including a woman and her son who died leaping from a window. Eight others were badly burned and over twenty sustained lesser injuries as authorities investigated the early morning fire. A separate item from Washington reports a treasury decision allowing women to wear plumage from game birds on returning to the United States after leaving the country.
In Madrid on June 10 Miss Belle Willard daughter of the American ambassador to Spain married Kermit Roosevelt son of Colonel Roosevelt. The civil wedding occurred at the chief police magistrate's office in the Vista district with the ambassador and Colonel Roosevelt in attendance. Five automobiles carried the wedding party, drawing attention as newsreel cameras and detectives kept onlookers back.
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