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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1909
Page
1
Washington reports claim the Payne tariff bill imposes heavy taxes on women including tea coffee gloves and stockings. Representative Harrison argues the bill risks bankruptcy and that suffrage depends on its passage. Longworth defends the measure as a faithful tariff revision and party pledge fulfillment. Arthur L. Boyer case noted separately as a separate incident.
President Taft left official duties for a golf match at the Chevy Chase club five miles northwest of Washington. Vice President Sherman challenged him and Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards and Capt. Archibald W. Butt accompanied the party for the outing.
Logansport Indiana March 27 authorities say the incident is not a death by suicide but that the youth fled to avoid marriage. Police and detectives are pursuing leads to locate the missing individual and verify circumstances.
Mrs. Boyle arrives with detectives near Valencia 200 miles north of Pittsburg. She leaps from chair car door and hides in a lavatory before Sheriff Gumbert subdues her. The party continues to Mercer where she is jailed at 8 16 am with officers guarding her.
Yesterday in Washington the Senate did not convene while the House debate on tariffs heated into a near confrontation between Fordney of Michigan and Byrd of Mississippi. Fordney argued for stronger lumber protection while Howard of Ohio urged free trade. Members Pou and Macon assailed the Payne bill and Humphrey of Washington pressed for a tariff on shingles and lumber to aid local manufacturers. The session adjourned at 5 10 pm.
Reliable reports state that Dr. Charles W. Eliot former Harvard president will accept the post as American ambassador to London. The timing centers on a forthcoming dinner in Washington where Harvard alumni plan to offer him the London post.
Reports from Guantanamo Cuba and Washington D C state there was no explosion aboard the battleship Mississippi. Naval communications confirm the vessel lies at anchor with other warships and no disturbance is observed or confirmed by official sources.
The em of the season sums up with Dr. Eilot likely presenting his credentials to King Edward early in the fall.
Announcement by coal carrying railroads confirms the usual spring reduction of 50 cents per ton on anthracite coal at New York on March 27. In Newark, the Baltusrol Golf Club house near Summit burned early today, with six members and attendants escaping in minimal dress. the building valued at about $100,000.
In Fort Worth on March 27 Professor L A Wiltsey a new University of Fort Worth instructor refused to shave his long side whiskers. Twenty male students attacked him in campus grounds and clipped his whiskers prompting expected expulsions.
Milwaukee mayor David S. Rose and Albion College president Samuel Dickie debated prohibition. Rose argued for regulation of liquor while Dickie urged absolute abolition. The talk opened a series with upcoming events in Chicago and the South, with Rose citing biblical stance and Dickie focusing on labor and public policy themes.
Washington dispatch discusses Payne tariff bill critiques. Republicans push higher schedules while the west and south protest. Objections include higher taxes on necessities, weak valuation rules, lack of reciprocal trade provisions, and hurt to farmers and wheat growers. Continued on Page Three.
Dr. Dickie argues liquor breeds criminals and calls prohibition the best restraint while recounting letters about opening blind pigs in prohibition areas. Mayor Rose challenges the national prohibition party to produce its best orator in a Louisville convention debate with no clear winner.
The steamer Province with about 1000 souls aboard was disabled near Point Judith when a paddle wheel broke. It was towed to Newport after the steamer Commonwealth, alerted by wireless telegraphy, stood by until the tug arrived.
P A Valentine arrives from New York to organize a new company with 7.9 million dollars capital to absorb Booth and Co including debts and assets. Valentine will invest 1 million and distribute among 150 banks holding about 5 million of Booth paper. The reorganization offers 2 million preferred and 5 million common stock with 80 percent of claims settled by bonds and stock.
President Taft directed the immediate restoration of Marines to shipboard duties, ending the previous Roosevelt policy that removed them from battleships and cruisers. The order reverts to pre ashore assignment practices.
Rock Island members of Kaaba temple of the Mystic Shrine receive invitations to Tebola temple ceremony in Rockford on April 14. A tri city delegation is expected as several members plan to attend and Rockford members promise big plans for the event.
Authorities report conclusive findings show Mrs Culbertson took her own life ending weeks of uncertainty. The case centers on a domestic tragedy at her residence with no external foul play indicated.
In Vincennes Indiana Mrs Culbertson widow of a recent marriage is found dead from carbolic acid. Authorities confirm she killed herself after discovering threatening letters she wrote to herself. A toy skeleton and matching stationery link the notes to the deceased.
Julia Kuttner Earle files for annulment and divorce alleging Ferdinand P Earle was untruthful before their marriage and during it. She seeks custody of their child and the return to her maiden name. The action follows earlier scandals and an incident in Monroe Orange County where Earle faced charges.
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