The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-09-26
REGRETS HIS REMARK
ADJUTANT. GENERAL LILLER
APOLOGIES TO RUSSELL
3. HARRISON.
FORMER RESIGNS OFFICE

FORMER RESIGNS OFFICE
Convention Of spanish.Ameriean War
Veterans Adjourns After Eieeting
Officers and Appointing a Commit.
toe to Confer With a Like Body
From the Spanish War Veterans on
Consolidation.
indianapolis, Sept. 25.-After Will
lam G. Liller had apologized In an
open letter to Russell B. Harrison for
calling the latter q liar and had re-
signed from the adjutant generally
the Spanish-American War Veterans
concluded their session by electing Of
fcers and selecting Milwaukee for
next years encampment.
A resolution was unanimously pass
ed favoring q consolidation of the
Spanish American War Veterans
and the Spanish War Veterans and a
committee was appointed to confer
with a like committee from the Span
ish War Veterans with authority to
complete the organization In all de.
tails.
Just as the encampment had been
called to order. Captain James H.
Magfnnis of New York city moved
that Liller be excluded from the floor,
but the motion was lost, whereupOn'
Captain Coming of New York rose to
his feet and said with considerable
emphasis that the New York delega-
tion repudiated Liller and wanted
nothing more to do with him.
The auditing committee, which was
appointed to Investigate Liller's &C.
counts, reported Nhrough Colonel
Hutchings of Iowa that Liller's books
were In such an unsystematic condi-'
ton that no detailed report could be
made.
The committee suggested that an ex.
pert accountant be employed to dis
entangle the financial affairs of the
order and stated that as far as could
be learned the cash balance Of the
order is 1921 and it's liabilities are
$2,441. - ~. :
After the report Of the committee
had been read the y.
Convention was In IN uproar
From all parts of the hall Liller was
called upon to account for the cash
he had received. 1t was decided no
settlement be made with Liller until
the affairs OF the order had been un-
entangled. It was also decided that
no paper or periodical be made the
official organ of the order. This was
q blow at Liller's paper, which is pub
lished at Lancaster, Pa.
Liller said he offered his resignation
in order to prevent being discharged
from the order. as such a discharge
would handicap him in organizing
new order. which, he said, he intended
to organize within q short time. He
intimated that many would leave thP
Spanish-American War Veterans or
'eanization and follow him: The new
order, he said, would be an anti.negro
organization.
Commander-in-Chief Urell. of the
Spanish War Veterans. now in session
in Detroit, sent a telegram favOring
consolidation. 1t stated that a COM
mittee had been appointed to further
a consolidation of the two organiza'
tions and suggesting that the two COM
mittees meet in New York city the
first day after the election In Novem-
ber.
It was stated by General Coryell
that he had talked with President
Roosevelt in reference to the consoli-
dation and that the latter earnestly
recommended that such step be
taken and had promised to do every
thing in his power to further the
scheme. r.
Thank President Roosevelt.
A resolution was made by Captain
Zuehikhe of Wisconsin, thanking the
president for his address and greet
ing and expressing best wishes for
his early recovery.
The following are the officers
elected Commanderinchief, Colonel
u. John Foster, Chicago; senior vice
commander, Colonel Thomas F. Lynch,
New York; junior vice commander.
Major Harry Hall, Philadelphia; in
spector general, Captain Ellis Duncan.
Louisville; Judge advocate general.
Captain Newton w. Gilbert. Angola.
Ind; surgeon general, Major William
P. Love, Youngstown. o., commissary
general, L. E. Hubbard, St. Paul;
chief engineer. Captain Franks S.
Clark, indianapolis; chief mastering
officer, Captain Charles J. Schultz.
New Jersay; chief signal officer.
lieutenant John McLennan, Michigan;
chief of artillery, Wilbur NJ. Lee, Wis
ccnsin; chaplain-in.chef, J. c. Shin
die, Youngstown, 0.
Colonel Foster appointed Captain J.
j. earns of Chicago adjutant general
and Captain James Ofried of Young
stown, O., quartermaster general.
Headquarterp will be established in
Mgr. Faiconio, Coming at Once.
Rome, Sept. 25.-The Vatican has
Instructed Mgr. Diomede Falconio. the
recently appointed papal delegate in