Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-12
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

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Hearst Hearst has extended the olive
branch, and in the first page editorial
in his New York newspaper today
promises the support of his "independ.
ent followers to Roosevelt if he will
come back to New York. and lead a
fight against the bosses for the people.
There is no jealousy in our ranks"
says Hearst I'VE do not care who
leads ii only he leads Alright Drive
Republican bosses out of the Repub.
lican party and If any one OF them
deserts to the Democratic party $4,000
independents will take his place. If
Barnes, Woodruff or Aldridge, or ali
three of them, desert to the Democ-
racy. 10000 Independents will take
their places. We cast that many votes
at the last election, Mr.. Roosevelt
We can cast them again, and more"
LONDON, Sept Sat the resump-
ton of the trial of DR.. Hawley II. Grip.
pen and Ethel Glare Lensve. charged
with the murder of the formers wife,
Public Prosecutor Humphreys intro
duced evidence 20 establish the claim
OF the crown that parts of The mu.
tilated body found in Crippen's home
once formed par, of the person OF
Belle Gilmore, the missing vie The
first witness called was Mrs Adelin
Harrison, whose acquaintance with
Relle Elmore kad extended over a pc.
1.cd of twelve years. Mrs. Harrison
WIS asked to examine strands of hair
'shen the dijGenlDered body was un.
covered. She swore she recognized
the exhibit as that worn by Belle
Elmore. torn bit of feminine un.
derwear was also discovered in the
cellar. and the witness declared she
had seen Belle Emore wearing un.
dergarments of a like texture.
The accused were seated in the dock
within whispering distance and the
doctor took advantage of the oppor.
tunity to speak to the girl. Miss lie.
neve presented woebegone appear
ance and did not seem anxious to
converse. Crippen, to whom his spec.
tacles had been returned for the first
time since his arrest, appeared as the
Crippen of early photographs. He
spoke to the girl anxiously. She re.
piled in monosyllables.
TRINIDAD, Colo, Sept. s.-All un.
conscious that his 3-year-old child was
dying this morning, j. F. Greenwell.
known as the blind fiddler" played
and sang snatches of rag time songs
on the streets hoping thereby to gain
money with which to buy food for his
family. The doctor was summoned hy
neighbor, Mrs. Greenwell being a
helpless invalid, TO attend the child,
pronounced the case hopeless and noti-
fled the father whom he interrupted In
the middle of a song. The shock caus.
ed the blind man to drop his violin
and. with tears in his sightless eyes,
asked some one to lead him to the
shack he called home.
ST PAUL, Sept. SIT is possible
that the National Conservation con.
gress which, by program, should con.
tinue tomorrow, will close tonight.
President Baker said he would crowd
the program US much .,s possible to
this end and perhaps noll night ses.
sion. 1t has been a strenuous con-
yention and delegates and visitors
want rest. The presidency is expected
to go to j. b. White of Kansas City,
the present chairman of the executive
committee. Clifford Pinchot, president
of the National Conservation associa-
ton, would not be a candidate Mem
bers of the resolutions committee met
early to draft platform.
r. Gilbert Person of North Carolina,
secretary of the National Association
of Audubon Societies, introduced a
plank for the protection OF wild birds.
The wild birds" he declared, "con.
stitute one of the most valuable nat
ural assets in our country He stated
the losses TO agriculture and forestry
interests in the United States to an.
nually amount to a billion of dollars
through the ravages of insects, and
that this per cent is on the increase
owing TO the decreasing number of
birds which constitute one OF the chief
natural enemies OF injurious insects
The great stumbling block in securing
better laws for the protection of birds
Is the great influence welded by a
chain of monied interests III the coun.
try who have large sums invested in
the handling of game and in the sale
OF feathers for womens nass We can
never hope for protection the birds
rightly deserve until these great cor.
porate interests can be controlled by
statutory enactment. said Mr.. Person
ALBUQUERQUE. Sept. s.-Returns
received up to last evening give the
Republicans 62 and the Democrats
30 of the 100 delegates to the consti
tutional convention with nine in doubt
This gives the Republicans a good
working majority even should the nine
in doubt be added to the Democratic
list, the convention then stanting 6:
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