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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1912
Page
1
Washington report on the Taylor system notes gradual change over radical overhaul. It stresses mutual consent, health preservation, and avoiding imposition by authorities while seeking higher output and quality through standardized shop management.
Increasing clouds with snow or rain tonight and Thursday. Warmer tonight with a low near 20. 7 a m temperature 11. yesterday high 34, low 11. Wind 2 mph. Humidity 67 at 7 p m and 100 at 7 a m. No precipitation. Local forecaster J. M. Sherier signs off. Astronomical notes span moon, Uranus conjunction and a long passage on shop management.
Chicago March 13 Judge Carpenter denied motions to discharge Edward Morris and Louis H Heyman on technical objections to the indictment. The ruling marks another setback for the Packers defendants as the case progresses.
New York march 13 W E D Stokes hotel owner who was targeted by revolvers of two actresses is to be operated on soon for injuries he says came from the attack. The procedure involves removing one kidney and substituting an animal kidney.
San Antonio report says express messenger David Truesdale thwarted a westbound Southern Pacific robbery near Sanderson. He trapped and killed both bandits, took the dead man’s gun, and recovered all stolen property. a third robber escaped. Both criminals identified as Americans.
Dispatches from Colon report a sleeping volcano beneath the Culebra cut threatening the Panama canal. The division engineer notes extreme heat from a vent while the canal commission geologist attributes the steam and blue smoke to oxidation of pyrites, not volcanic activity.
President Taft presses foreign relations leaders and Texas delegation at the White House warning neutrality laws are too vague to keep peace with Mexico unless Congress acts. A separate action in Lawrence frames a joint resolution to bar arms from the United States into any disorderly Latin American state, aiming to affect the Mexican situation. Customs urged to halt arms shipments to Mexico as refined sugar prices fall.
March 13 Kansas City report says 75 deputies of the Modern Woodmen approved the recent insurance rate hike. Delegates from Missouri Kansas and neighboring areas participated in the approval process amid discussions on policy and financial stability within the order.
Clyde Havenner of The Argus presents the fourth article in a series on the Taylor system of scientific shop management. The piece notes a national debate sparked by workers and references a special House committee investigation that corroborates Havenner’s exposure.
Washington report critiques Frederick W. Taylor's scientific shop management. A congressional committee warns stop watch time studies treat workers as beasts, highlighting risks of speedups, bonuses, and discharges. It underscores that mental processes behind work cannot be timed.
Madison reports La Follette’s campaign platform endorses initiative referendum recall direct nominations government owned express firms graduated income and inheritance taxes and parcels post He opposes ship subsidy currency plan Canadian reciprocity and dollar diplomacy The piece notes inflation claims tied to Roosevelt and Taft and quotes suffragists urging constitutional amendments to enfranchise women Chicago votes on suffrage with a ballot inclusion at April primaries by order of County Judge Owens.
Boston readers report President Taft will soon own a remarkable cane. A shillalah given in Boston contains a stump from Napoleon’s tomb site at St Helena, Lexington battlefield sand, a Washington elm plug, Paul Revere belfry wood, and an embedded Lincoln penny within its cavity.
Chicago on March 13 reports Rose Mc Carl aged 55 died after lighting an room heater caused her garments to ignite. The fire spread as occupants struggled to rescue her and extinguish the blaze. Police and residents were seriously burned in the effort. August Heerwagen aged 89 also died when his clothing ignited near a heater and he perished en route to hospital.
A clash between police and strikers in Herne Westphalia left one striker dead after stones and revolvers were used by both sides. The mob bombarded police with bottles and stones while merchants fortified stores with barricades. Arrests followed as order was restored and disturbances were reported in other areas.
News from Canton and Hong Kong report widespread turmoil in Kwantung. Swatow clashes leave 40 dead and 60 wounded as foreign ships face gunfire while marauding tribesmen roam. Elsewhere Sheng Yuan advances with 10 000 troops toward Peking to restore the emperor amid Yuan Shi Kai’s precarious stance in the capital.
Denver reports the death of P. L. Hubbard a former district court judge in Atchison Kansas at age seventy He once taught school in Port Huron Michigan fifty one years ago one of his pupils was inventor Thomas A Edison
Chancellor Mahlon Pitney of New Jersey was confirmed by the Senate as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. The vote was 50 to 26 with opposition dissolving after a lengthy executive session. Separate note reports Minnesota dry forces gain in yesterday’s license vote, showing 90 dry to 91 wet in 181 towns.
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