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contestants. because the Roosevelt
delegation had first filed its credenti-
ais.
The Mississippi state convention
was g turbulent session. out Of which
two conventions were formed. The
Taft men declared the conventions
were formed. The Taft men declared
theirs the legal and regular" CON
vention, w. j. Latham and F.. Y.
officers at Jackson. and other persons
to show that the Taft republicans had
tried tc run a peacahle and orderly
convention.
After the convention divided Lat
ham said the Taft men did not try TO
put the Roosevelt man out or intini-
date them. Mr.. Brown said only
fifteen or twenty people took part in
the Roosevelt convention.
w. E Mollison. a colored attorney
representing the Roosevelt forces. de
Dan W. Gary from taking the gavel in
the stare convention. and had driven
him from the platform"
The Roosevelt men then proceeded
with their convention. he said. as near
the platform as they could get.
The committee decided TO seat the
four Taft delegates at large from Mis-
sissippi with little division. Senator
Borah offered as a sub motion to
seat the Roosevelt delegates. but it
received the support of only a few
members. He then asked a roll call
on the Taft resolution. but no one
rose to support him. and the motion
carried with few votes against it.
In the first Mississippi district. Sem
ator Borah said he was authorized to
withdraw the contest. The committee
| thereupon therefore seated the two
Taft delegates from the district by un-
animous vote. Adjournment followed
at 7:15 o'clock until . o'clock tomor-
row morning. 1t is expected that the
balance of the Mississippi district
cases. which are greatly similar, will
then be consolidated and quickly dis
posed of.
The Mississippi arguments present
ed the only humorous incidents of the
day. w. f. Mollison. a negro attorney
and one Of the Roosevelt delegates,
convulsed the committee with his ref
arences to national committee man
Moseley as IAN associate of kings and
princes" and a magnificent man orig
:nally" whom he had never seen in
the wrong before He also alluded
in glowing terms to Dan w. Gary, the
negro whom the Roosevelt forces had
proposed as chairman of the jackson
convention.
MIR. Gary later addressed the COM
mittee and made statement about E.
P. Jones. the Taft negro chairman Of
the convention. which the latter de-
clare6 was untrue. AS the contestants
withdrew. Mr.. Gary who lowered over
six feet. started toward Mr.. Jones
Friends and members of the commit
tee intervened. and the contestants
| were led out into the hall. Most Of
the committeeman followed. There
was an interchange of amenities out
side. but no fistic mixup.
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convention" said Gordon. IF you
had secured Wayne county you would
have controlled the state convention 2
asked the governor. "Yes, by a good
majority" was the reply
Paul H. King. secretary of the re-
publican state central committee
speaking for the Taft delegates a,
large. said he issued the call for the
meeting of the republican state cen.
trail committee. at which the Roose-
welt men charge the temporary cal
made up. King said State Chairman
Frank Knox, a Roosevelt man. de.
clined to call the committee together
and majority of the committee had
acted without him. He insisted that
the temporary roll had been properly
made. King declared that the re.
movai of Truman H. Newberry. who
had been slated for temporary chair.
man. and the substitution of another
COMMITTEE
assistant secretary. of the navy, was
very active in the Roosevelt cam.
paign." said Mr.. King. 1.-THE commit.
tee decided another chairman should
be selected after Mr.. Newberry made
public statements that he would not
give any roll calls. that he would de.
eide all the questions by viva voce
vote. and that he admitted his per.
sonal inclinations might influence hi.
judgment"
ITO whom did he make such state.
mcnts?" Governor Stubbs asked
I'VE have sworn statements from
d. w. Atwood and others that he made
such statements" Mr.. King replied.
"He made such statements to me-
said former Representative G. J.
Diekema of Michigan, who was sit.
ting in the national committee on a
proxy.
Mr.. King told Governor stubbs tina,
he made every effort to get prope,
tickets to all delegates. but admitted
that some men were excluded wh.
held tickets simply signed admit one
Frank Knox"
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Chicago, June 13.-President Taft
gained forty more votes in the re-
publican national convention yester-
day through the settlement of con-
tests cases by the national commit
1t was day of Taft victories ex-
clusively. In the cases of the Cali
fornia. Arizona and Michigan con-
tests, the Roosevelt forces made a
fight and voted their full strength
against the Taft delegates. In the
California case they secured roll
call, losing 16 to 81: in the Arizona
contest they failed to get a roll call.
and in the Michigan case none was
asked, although they voted against
seating Taft delegates at large.
The contests settled today in favor
of President Taft were:
Arizona, delegates at large. 6.
California. Fourth district. 2.
Louisiana, First. Second, Third.
Fourth, Fifth. Sixth, Sevent district,
IA.
Michigan. delegates at large. 8.
Mississippi delegates at large, 4.
First district. 2.
Total. 40.
Pearl Wight. national committee.
man from Louisiana and the Roose-
velt leader there. lost in his fight
to seat the Roosevelt delegates from
Committeeman Harry S. New to e1d
the long standing differences amon.,
Louisiana republicans by officially
recognizing the Loisel faction. now
controlling the state republican or
ganization there, but Mr.. Wight
headed off such action.
Governor Chase g. Osborn of Mich
igan and his Roosevelt delegates at
large. we're unseated by the decision
of the Michigan caue for Taft. The
contest over the Fourth California
furnished the most bitter exchanges
of the day. Francis ]. Heney leading
the Roosevelt forces and insist na
upon recognition fer the Roosevelt
delegates.
Michigan Delegation.
The Michigan contest. involved the
six delegates at large from that state.
The list of contesting Roosevelt dele
gates from Michigan was headed by
Governor Chase 8. Osborn. who was
not present at the hearing. because Of
an injury recently sustained.
The Taft delegation was led by John
b. Mckay.
In the committee room when the
contest was called was Governor
Stubbs of Kansas. who with Governor
Osborn. Joined in the letter to Colonel
Roosevelt. upon which the latter bas-
ed his entrance into the presidential
fight.
George L. Record Of New Jersey;
Frank Knox. William L. Gordon. and
other Michigan Roosevelt leaders were
present to take part in the arguments.
Mr.. Record said there had been two
as, pr. kh,k A..
state committee had taken upon itself
the decision us to what county dele
gates should so on the temporary roll
Of the state convention.
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Details of the Committees Work Yesterday

The Roosevelt attorneys have talk
ed about d steam roller and steal
roller" said Alexander Groe',crl. an
other representative of the Taft dele
gates
They used in Michigan the same
thing they are trying to use here. a
hot air roller"
MIR. Grosbeck denied that the
Roosevelt men controlled the Wayne
county convention. averring that in
IL were 212 Taft men and thirty
Roosevelt men.
He declared Charles o. Nichols of
Detroit, one of the Roosevelt contest
ing delegates at large, had helped to
place the militia in charge nf the Bay
City armory. and had kept the state
central committee out He challenged
Mr.. Nichols to denv that he had made
q "phoney" list of delegates from
Wayne county.
Il have here an affidavit from one
of the thirty Roosevelt men who was
IN that Wayne county convention. -
their orders to move over to one side
of the hall and go through the for
mality of holding Il convention"
Mr.. Grosbeck further declared that
Frank Knox, in behalf of the Roose-
Welt men. had gotten the militia to
take charge of the convention armory
The Roosevelt t-Taft fight. Grosbeck
said, really had nothing to do with
the controversy" Roy C. Lyle, he
said. as sergeant at arms. went to the
armory the night before the conven>
tion to get 1t ready and found the
militia there.
''Tte militia was in possessir- q
hall" said Grosbeck. under orders
~r ESv,,, l.
and they would not let Lyle or his
assistants in
Governor Stubs and others asked
explicitly whether the Roosevelt for
ces had called on the militia to clear
the armory or simply to take posses
sion Of it. Mr.. Grcsbeck "~.;' they
had been sent to get possession of tho
building.
Referring 20 alleged primary frauds
in Detroit, where it was claimed the
polls had been closed too early. 'Ir.
Grosbeck said part of these CT" Il,
were true, because in such preci Z,
there was little opposition.
He denied there were thirty
precincts where such action was t.
The Taft delegates We're seated u,
the national committee withou, a,.y
request from the Roosevelt forces
either for a roll call, or to seat tn.
Roosevelt delegates.
Committeeman Luna of New Mex
leo. made the motion to seat them,
and most of the Roosevelt men voted
mo-" when the question was put
In Mississippi.
The Mississippi contests then we-e
taken up.
These contests included the seats Of
the four delegates at large, and two
each from the first. second. fourth.
fifth. sixth. seventh and eighth dis
tricts. National committeeman l.. B.
Moseley. headed the Taft delegation.
which in this case appeared as the
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HAVE FOUND THE
CAUSE Of FALL
Air-Pressure on the Canvas
Wings Caused Wreck at
College Park.

Washington. June 1s.-The COL
lapse of the army aeroplane at College
Park. Md. near here which resulted in
the death of Lieutenant Leighton w
Hazlehurst. Jr.. and the Wright Pilot
A. L.. Welch, was due to terrific air
pressure on the aluminium painted
canvas wings caused by too sharp a
turn at full speed to ascend. accord
ing to the preliminary finding Of the
army board which today investigated
the accident.
Although the board has not pre-
pared written report it reported
orally today to Colonel George P.
Scriven. acting chief signal officer. as
follows:
In his endeavor to succeed-in the
altitude climb. Mr.. Welch started from
an elevation of about $50 feet and
drove the machine toward the ground
with the engine running at reduced
speed, in order to give the imetus
with which to make his upward climb.
When he reached point near the
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"Over one hundred regularly elect
ed delegates were forcibly kept out of
the hail." he said.
''The Michigan case turned. he said.
upon the Wayne county (Detroit)
there also. he said.
I'm thirty-one precincts in the pri-
mary election" declared Record, I'VE
claim the polls. instead of being kept
open four hours were closed from
three minutes to two hours earlier
than they should have BEEN"
The Wayne county delegation, he
said, numbered 253. of which he de-
clared, the Roosevelt forces elected o
ma ajority.
IF they later voted for Taft, it is
up to the Taft forces to explain how
they got them away" Record stated.
William D. Gordon. one of the
Roosevelt contesting delegates, de-
clared that Taft people in Michigan
had tried to roll steal roller not a
steam roller over u.s.
II know there are members on this
committee who favor the nomination
of President Taft" said Gordon. "but
YOU are true Americans. and no true
American can sanction such a damna-
BILE outrage as was perpetrated on us"
He said Michigan counties had sent
a, majority Of Roosevelt delegates to
the state convention at Bay City, but
that the internal machine organized
there by the Taft men" had thrown
out 112 uncontested Roosevelt dele
gates without letting them into the
hail.
The turbulent scenes which seized
the Bay City convention. where the
troops were called out by Governor
Osborn. were reviewed by Mr.. Gordon,
I~r,1.4 ha hoI hoav, ut
knocked off the platform by the Taft
press agent in Michigan" after being
recognized by Chairman Frank Knox,
to address the convention.
Roosevelt uncontested delegates.
holding tickets signed by Chairman
Knox were kept out Of the hall by
the Taft sergeant-at-arms." declared
Gordon.
The Taft forces. Gordon averred,
took possession of the Bay City ar
mory the night before the conven-
ton, locked the doors in the morning
and kept out Roosevelt men when
they appeared.
"If President Taft sat on the cir
cult BENCH" said Mr.. Gordon. land
1t was shown to him that interested
would say to the other side: You
came into this court with unclean
hands,"
Gordon appealed to the committee
to seat the Roosevelt delegates.
Members Of the committee asked
Mr.. Gordon whether there had been
any roll calls in the Wayne county
convention. to show what strength the
Roosevelt forces actually had He re-
piled that confusion prevented a roll
call. Here Governor Stubbs Of KAN
sas took hand in the questioning.
How many delegates do you claim
you elected in Wayne county?" he
1--WE seated 1872 out of 253 in the
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POSSE HUNTING
DAGO MURDERER
Insulted Woman and Opeend
Fire When Man Knocked
Him Down.

Apollo, Pa. June 13.-Sheriff T. J.
Shanner and large posse are scour-
ing the hills of Armstrong county to-
day in search of an Italian who, after
he had insulted woman at a nicelo-
deum here last night. followed her
into the street William Burkett, who
witnessed the incident, knocked the
man down and as the Italian lay on
the ground he opened fire, fatally
wounding Frank Barber. a bystander
and seriously injuring Burkett and
Nelson Winell.
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LEADERS TAKE
GLOOMY VIEW
Believe Breach Between Taft
and Roosevelt Forces
Too Wide to Heal.
SENSATIONAL CHARGE Mace
BY SENATOR DIXON TO-DAY
Says United States NIarshalship Has
Been Promised Member of Commit
tee for Voting for Taft-dotion to
Exclude Francis j. Heney.

. . . = . . . . . . . . . q .
Chicago. June 13.-Many dele
gates to the republican conven-
ton who arrived today talked of
the advisability Of a dark horse =
candidate for president. in the "
hope of bringing party harmony .
and success. The leaders, while "
hoping some solution of the prob
lem may be brought forward at =
= feel that lines between the Taft =
and Roosevelt forces have been '
so sharply drawn that there is '
little hope for compromise. The =
Taft supporters apparently are '
more confident than ever after =
yesterdays victories.
80 . . . . . .
Senator Dixon today made the
charge that member of the national
committee had been promised a
United States marshalship if he would
vote for Taft on the contests. I'm
prepared to name the man If neces-
sary." said Senator Dixon.
A motion to exclude Francis j
Heney of San Francisco from the COM
mittee on the ground that he is a
democrat. was made this morning by
Committeeman w. S. Sturgis of Ari
zona. Heney had presented the proxy
of Thomas Thorson of South Dakota
Sturgis said the records showed Heney
had run for prosecuting attorney or
the democratic ticket in San Fran
cisco.
Heney denied the charge. He said
he had refused the democratic nom.
ination and had run on the independ
ent ticket and had been defeated b,
the money Of Patrick Calhoun" The
committee refused to exclude Heney
laying the motion on the table.
California Protests.
Los Angeles, June ia mas.
meeting to protest against the "out.
rageous tactics" of the national com
mittee was held at the depot here
The delegates participated in adopting
the resolution which read:
I'VE condemn as betrayal of trust
a violation of precepts of decency and
honor and as an intentional assault
upon the integrity Of the republican
party, the outrageous conduct of the
republican national bosses now dictat.
ing and controlling that committee
whereby delegates chosen by the peo-
pie of their respective states, in the
interests of Theodore Roosevelt, are
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STEAM ROLLER
IS 0vERSPEEDED
Twelve Delegates Added To-
day in Two Hours With
out Roll Call.
ROOSEVELT GETS FOUR IN
BUNCH THIS AFTERNOON
Contest for Delegates at Large From
Mississippi Were Decided in His
Favor Unanimously BY the Commit.
tee Following the Noon Recess.

Chicago, June 13,-Twelve delegates
were added to the Taft column by the
republican national committee the
first two hours of its session today,
when the contests from five Mississip-
pi districts--the second. fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth were decid-
ed by viva voce votes. The Roosevelt
members demands for roll calls were
ignored.
The four delegates at large from
Mississippi were given to Roosevelt
by unanimous vote by the committee
Immediately after it assembled after
the noon recess.
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NO MORE NEED Of
RELIEF MONEY
The Chinese Famine Suffer
ers no Longer Need Help
of Americans.

New York. June 13.-The Chinese
famine relief committee announced
today through its secretary that
cabled word had been received from
China indicating that there is no fur
ther need of help from this country
for the relief of the famine suffer-
ers. The committee has, therefore.
ceased its efforts in this connection
and will close it's accounts.
The total amount of funds forward
ed to China through all sources, says
the statement. was S334,s15. of which
sum more than s122.000 passed
through the hands of the New York
committee.
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SHER|FFS CLASH
WITH STRIKERS
Four Strikers Wounded and
Policemen and Sheriffs
Suffer Injuries.

Perth Amboy. \. j.. June 1s.-
Deputy sherifs and strikers of the
American smelling and Refining COM
pany cashed again today. and AL
though the officers declare they shot
INTO the air. one of the strikers was
wounded. Several deputies We're
slightly injured
The mounted patrolmen and the
sheriff deputies TO-DAY ordered all the
saloons closed in the vicinity of the
plant. Serious riots occurred last
night in which two policemen were
injured by stones and three rioters
We're wounded by bullets
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THE IRISH WOMEN
START CAMPAIGN
Broke Windows Like Eng
lish But Were Arrested
By the Police.

Dublin. June 1s.-A campaign Of
window smashing was opened today
by the Irish suffragettes who tried to
emulate the deeds of their English
sisters but came into vigorous conflict
with the authorities After the women
had made an energetic attempt on
most of the public buildings several
of them We're arrested
The women before the police ar
rived. shattered forty-two windows of
the custom house, postoffice, land
commissioners offices and the police
and military barracks
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80 . .
SUBCOMMITTEE WILL
SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE

Washington. June 13.-By a
unanimous vote the house today
directed the subcommittee of the
judiciary committee to go to Sc
attic. Wash. and other places to
investigate the charges against
Federal Judge Cornelius Hanford
which has arisen through his de-
ciSion in the Oleson socialist
citizenship case.
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CUBA RESENTS
INTERFERENCE
Mission of Wood or Crowder
Must Not Be as Medi-
atOr.

WASHINGTON. June / The secre-
tary of war informed the Associated
Press today that the proposition TO
send Major General Leonard Wood or
Brigadier General E,noch S. Crowder
on a mission 10 Cuba would be regard
ed with disfavor by the Cuban govern
ment if they came With authority to
arrange terms Of settlement between
the government and the insurgents.
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'O|SPA|R OVER
WATER BATTLE
Many Plantation Owners
Giving Up Contest With
the Mississippi.

New Orleans June ia desperate
fight is being waged in LaFourche
and adjoining parishes to keep the
flood waters of the Hymelia crevasse
from inundatine several sugar plan
| tations the folding of which will in
crease the property loss by thousands
of dollars.
Several plantation owners have
given up the contest as hopeless and
are moving what property they can.
Live stock by thousands. isolated in
LaFourche parish, is almost certain to
die of starvation. Steamers with sand
bags and supplies are enroute to the
LaFourche section. Hordes of rabbits
are on every exposed knoll. Musk
rats, the enemies of the levee builders,
have been forced from their burrows
and the trees and bushes are alive
with rattlesnakes and other reptiles,
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OZARK HORSE FOR PRESIDENT Is SER|0US
TALK Of DELEGATES ARRIVING At CHICAGO

being denied seats in said convention
while their places are given to hand
picked machine puppets, chosen by
the bosses in the interests of William
H. Taft.
I'VE denounce the acquiescene of
President Taft in the program of po-
litical larceny now being carried out.
We call on the members of the
California delegation to so the limit Of
all honorable endeavor to rebuke the
tactics of which we here complain =
and urge them to fight first, last and
all the time for Theodore Roosevelt,
a progressive ticket. and the progress
sive cause"
Meyer Lisener. chairman of the re-
publican central committee, when
asked what he thought about the pos
sibility of a new party. answered.:
"All I will say is this: We are 60
ing to Chicago as progressives and We
are coming back as progressives We
won't take anything but the progress
sive platform and progressive candi-
date"
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Aged Couple Leaped From
Third Story of Building
to Death.
THE PROPERTY LOSS WILL
NOT EXCEED TEN THOUSAND
Six Persons Besides the Dead Were
Overcome BY Smoke During the
Ffre-The Dead Are August Swan.
son and His Wife.

Minneapolis. June 13-Two lives
we're lost and six others were over
come by smoke here today when fire
destroyed the Duplex building. entail
ing loss of $4,000. The dead are
August Swanson. aged 30. civil war
veteran. and Christine Swanson, his
wife. aged 65. who jumped from
third story window.
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. y 80 . . . Z,
GERMAN VESSELS SAIL
ON HOME VOYAGE

New York, June 13.-After
having been anchored in the
Hudson since Sunday, the Ger
man cruisers Moltke. Stettin and
Bremen steamed out of the har-
bor late this afternoon, the
Moltkc and Stettin bound for
Kiel. The Bremen will remain
for while longer in American
waters
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= .
Contests decided yesterday by
the republication national COM
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. 900 % sssss %
y THE WEATHER. .
. North Dakota: Showers tonight. .
Friday probably cloudy. .
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Delegates Delegates
Credited to Credited to
Taft pooce,-e1t