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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1913
Page
1
The Forty-eighth general assembly adjourned at dawn after an all night session in Illinois with the house and senate recessing to June 20 for governor communications. The antipass bill died in the house amid partisan counter moves and a tense finish.
Washington June 21 Spain accepts in principle Secretary Bryan's peace proposal and eighteen nations have now accepted his invitation to consider the plan.
Unsettled weather with showers tonight or Sunday and cooler temperatures. Highs and winds to moderate levels, with specific readings: 7 a.m. temperature 67, humidity 58 percent at 7 p.m., 96 percent at 7 a.m., wind 12 mph. Precipitation to 7 a.m. recorded as .68 inch. Astronomical events list Mercury as evening star and Venus Saturn Mars Jupiter as morning stars with a Washington mean time note for summer helicins.
Springfield June 21 The drys failed to move the residence district option bill in the Illinois lower house as dawn adjourned. The measure would allow voters to create anti saloon districts in areas with 40 to 140 ballots, but Senate amendments blocked its governor’s approval without House concurrence.
President Wilson supports the Glass currency bill and told Democratic members of the currency committee that the measure, with its key provisions on reserve concentration in New York and money market control, is justified for recommendation to Congress. He would not compromise on essential features.
Judge L J Horan orde rs bondsmen to pay Muscatine county a 500 dollar fine for Otto Seidlitz in a long running liquor case. Bondsmen A J Oliver H W Huttig and W C Healey liable for contempt for violating an injunction against saloon sales. Seidlitz, now in Ro rk Island Hawaii, faces three months in jail upon returning to Iowa. extradition not allowed on contempt.
The Interstate Commerce Commission began an inquiry into 52 eastern railroads seeking higher freight rates. It denied reopening the old advance rate case. Hearings for railroads and shippers are set to begin this fall.
Keokuk Iowa June 21 It is believed five persons in a launching party missing since Thursday night were drowned above the dam in the Mississippi. The party included John Loughlin Wausau Wis Albert Cross Quines Ill Mayme Wilson Pauline Marks and Mrs May Wright Keokuk. River searchers patrolled about 20 miles without finding the boat or bodies while residents near the bluffs reported distress cries Thursday night. It is thought the launch capsized due to waves from a passing steamboat.
Springfield June 22 Governor Dunne stated the Forty eighth general assembly failed to enact two reforms he championed the initiative and referendum and abolition of the state board of equalization. He blamed legislator Kilens for switching a pivotal vote and argued the board aided corporations at the public’s expense while praising laws expanding state utility powers.
Bishop Dunne directs Peoria clergy on a Papal Jubilee indulgence from Low Sunday May 30 to December 6. Indulgence marks Constantine’s edict. six visits to parish church or chapel per period with prayers for faith, nations, pope, and sinners.
President Wilson nominates John L. Pickering of Springfield to be internal revenue collector for the Eighth Illinois district. Pickering, a veteran Illinois Capitol journalist and longtime Democratic operator, is chosen as the revenue post. John D. O'Rear of Missouri is named minister to Bolivia, a friend of Speaker Clark.
Poughkeepsie N Y June 21 un certain weather conditions clouded the annual regatta on the Hudson with 17 crews from Cornell Columbia Washington and Pennsylvania racing. Cornell remained favorite at 9 to 10 over Columbia Washington and Pennsylvania while Syracuse and Wisconsin trailed. Spectators from New London for Harvard Yale joined crowds as trains carried more fans and tickets changed hands at high prices. The first race was set to start at ebb tide with the varsity race at maximum ebb.
Calgary June 21 Luther McCarty the pugilist did not take drugs before his fifth fight of May 24 which ended in his death His manager William McCarney testified at the manslaughter trial of Arthur Pelkey McCarney and Des Chambers were recalled and testified that the jaw wound on MecCarty was recent and not after death This ended the crown case.
Peoria, June 21. P M Miller, a Rock Island porter, found a woman's purse on the train containing 1500 dollars in cash. He returned it to the owner at the depot, saying he acted honestly and received a 10 cent piece as thanks.
A passenger checked her money, found it intact, gave the porter 10 cents, and left in a flounce. Trainmen now urge Miller to share the reward, disputing the split.
Bertha Key, 14, on a Hot Springs farm spotted a burning railroad bridge and twisted rails. She ran to summon her father, then waved her bonnet to warn the Kansas City Hot Springs flyer. The engineer stopped the engine eight feet from the danger. Passengers donated $100 to the brave girl.
London report states Laura Kennox former editor of the Suffraget is freed after a six month sentence imposed June 17. Militant Gertrude Shaw jailed for three weeks after throwing a brick at Scotland Yard. Arson squads damaged Gatty marine laboratory and St John’s church organ loft at St Andrews and South End Thames estuary.
San Francisco June 21 Federal District Attorney John L McNab resigns after telegram exchanges with Washington. He cites orders from the attorney general limiting prosecutions in the Diggs Caminetti white slave cases and indictments against Western Pu el company officials.
Bulgarian troops prepare to attack Servians and Greeks on the Vardar river in Macedonia. Greek and Servian forces are coordinating, with three infantry brigades moving to join at the front.
Chicago jurors declined to grant Mrs. Jessie Van Vlissingen a divorce after finding she was cognizant of and profited by her husband’s forgeries totaling more than a half million dollars. Van Vlissingen is serving a Joliet prison sentence.
Thomas W. Walsh, former police captain whose confessions led to convictions of Inspectors Murtha, Thompson, Hussey and Sweeney, died at his Harlem home. The report notes his role in exposing grafting within the force.
Chicago June 21 A group of suffragists met at the Woman's City club to plan a voter education program. They discussed a Tuesday lecture series starting July 1 with Miss Mary E McDowell and a five week summer course at Graham Taylor's School to train women as instructors. The Record Herald bureau will assist in disseminating information to clubs and organizations.
President Wilson left shortly after noon by automobile for Baltimore to attend the wedding of Miss Ethel Metcornick to Francia McAdoo, son of the secretary of the treasury. A large company of cabinet officers, government officials and women accompanied him.
Cairo Illinois June 21 Frank Blake a railway clerk won a $25 wager by eating 61 eggs in a single sitting. The feat allegedly surpasses the world record and the eggs were prepared scrambled soft boiled hard boiled and fried in equal portions.
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