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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
1
Devastation swept Paris as a violent storm tore through the city. Water mains burst and gas lines failed, leaving blocks without water gas or electricity. Roads sank, a taxi vanished with its driver and passenger, and several buildings and a church were damaged as firefighters and police fought to reach victims.
Toledo dispatch reports a caucus in the gold room of the Hotel Secor that gives administration supporters a strong edge at the opening of a Woodmen convention. Delegates aligned for the administration with 259 to 219, Illinois resisting but likely to be seated. Conflicts over credentials and insurgent seating loom as caucus continues.
Fair weather outlook for Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity with a peak 77 yesterday and 50 this morning. River at 7 am 7.8 feet up 4 feet in 24 hours. In Illinois Woodmen camp head meetings both sides claim progress and barter for officer posts amid rumors of office division talks and tense conferences.
Chicago June 16 Hal Chase first baseman told Chicago American League President Komisky he would leave in 19 days Federal league says Chase will join the Buffalo Federals within a fortnight Lawyers say 10 days notice can abrogate a contract leading 40 players from the National and American leagues to seek Federal league positions says President Gilmore of the Federal league
Detroit Michigan June 16 police after an all night effort report no clue to the whereabouts of Rev Louis Patmont of Westville Illinois a dry worker who vanished last night from his temporary Detroit home where he had been staying since his alleged kidnapping in Dinos in March He was to travel to St Louis to identify a man held there as a suspected kidnapper police say evidence does not support a kidnapping theory.
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of President Wilson arrived in Chicago and will lead the engine of Brotherhood at the Federation of Women's Clubs convention this afternoon and speak briefly tomorrow night.
Report from Torreon and Washington notes forces converging southward in the Mexican civil conflict. Villa's array, totaling about 80 000 under Obregon Gonzales Zapata, aims to press on Zacatecas and Aguas Calientes, while Huerta braces near Mexico City. Secretary Bryan remains hopeful mediation will succeed. Niagara talks continue on provisional government and Huerta’s successor with no firm agreement in sight. Rabisa relays Huerta denial of Towne as Washington intermediary.
Seven laborers and moulders perished and 20 were seriously injured when an Armenian lodging house with oily timbers burned in Milford Massachusetts. About 80 people were trapped and escape was blocked by two stairways forcing several to jump from windows. Firemen could not enter the blaze as heat overwhelmed the building.
Reports from Phokia near Smyrna describe a massacre by Turks of about 100 Greeks including priests and children. Homes burned, inhabitants fled, 3400 reached Saloniki, bodies said to be thrown into wells amid Turkish police involvement. Detachments defend Durazzo as Musselman insurgents attack the Albanian capital with artillery.
London June 16 Thousands of police and detectives joined Berkshire forces to guard Ascot racecourse on opening day. Militants sought publicity despite the queen’s threat to halt the season. Ticket buyers required official referees and a guarded track with triple rails. James Rothschild Broadwood, bred in the United States, won the Ascot Stakes as 24 competed.
Bloomington mourns former Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson with business suspended and a state funeral. Body lay in state two hours as thousands filed by in the court house rotunda. procession to Second Presbyterian Church included a band, National Guard, Stevenson Escort Club, and 300 McLean County miners. Notables Fairbanks and Governor Dunne attended. Interment at the cemetery was private.
Philadelphia date June 16 Warren McCarrick seven missing since March 12 was found dead in the Delaware river after a country wide search. Authorities say death appears accidental but autopsy is not possible due to the body's condition.
Washington June 16 charges that the United States kept its marines in Nicaragua to sway the recent presidential election and that the state department served American bankers were referred to the foreign relations committee. The resolution also claims the department forced Nicaragua to redeem at par 6,250,000 of Zelaya bonds later repudiated and bought by American bankers at 25 percent of face value.
Frankfort Kentucky June 16 Governor McCreary signed the commission making Johnson Camden United States senator from Kentucky.
At a Rotary luncheon Commissioner Clark G. Anderson of Moline outlined street cleaning as a cost based, open system. He urged establishing a city bureau of efficiency as a non political go between city and citizens. The talk, part of a Rock Island club session, drew 35 attendees and included a question period. A report on a continuous street cleaning petition was also presented. A fishing trip musical encore followed. John Spillane of Rock Island obtained a marriage license to wed Nell Goonrey of Chicago.
Washington DC June 16 Senator Myers and Representatives Stout and Evans of Montana went to the White House regarding Governor Stewart's request for troops. With quiet in Butte today they did not press for immediate action, but arranged to meet tomorrow. In Butte insurgent and law order factions join to prevent outrages as miners prepare to resume work. A later search of the insurgent safe found documents about an alleged life insurance scheme for 8000 miners. President Moyer said the situation is quiet and workers are returning. he may not go to Montana. Horace Ryans, a farmer near Seaton Illinois, killed himself.
The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of the Tice good roads law. The judgment of the lower court sentencing Harry Spencer to death for the murder of Mrs. Allison Rexroat was affirmed.
A court of inquiry under Lord Mercy begins in Quebec with most witnesses and counsel present to investigate the Empress of Ireland disaster in which over a thousand lives were lost. Captain Kendall testified as witness.
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