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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-20

Controlling Influence Powerful
When II IL known that on the vote
taken today. II 1t had been necessary,
the delegates from Wisconsin and
North Dakota. would have declared
which gave Roosevelt his knockout
blow. It will De understood that the
controlling influence is all powerful.
At the moment, because OF the pop
ular demonstration in favor OF Gov
ernor Hadley, of Missouri. the domi-
nant faction of the party 10 eagerly
dissecting his public record. with a
view OF the possibility OF bestowing
upon him the prize that has been
snatched from Roosevelt and Taft.
Al the Same time those men in
control, who are Influenced by the at
mosphere of Washington. are quietly
advocating the nomination of Senator
Albert b., Cum Minis, of Iowa. 1t Ia
not intended that President Taft shall
be abandoned without an apparent
struggle to bring about his nominal
ton.
The program 10 10 force ballot
late tomorrow. IL possible, that will
be without result. The Taft vote on
the first ballot, II present predictions
hold good. win place him about ten
or fifteen votes below the necessary
$40.
It. thus viii be demonstrated to
the friends OF the president that all
the earnest efforts of his political
generals 10 win success have failed.
And with gladstone heart they will
turn to the man who will by that
time have been selected as their new
candidate.
All this they hope to accomplish
tomorrow, but the rules OF procedure
may prevent the concluding ballot
from being taken until Friday.
Never for minute have the So
called Taft men really wanted Taft
nominated Il has been, however, vi
tally necessary for them to keep him
at the front OF their lines and ia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-20

part of many of the leaders to dis
regard the Colonels avowai to lead
separate party movement. They
laughingly confess that grain of
salt should 20 with every important
statement that he makes. Ihey
want to wait and be convinced oy
events before taking his threats seri-
ously. The Taft men assert tnat the
Roosevelt popularity is something
that does not exist; that the people or
the central West at least having come
in contact with him in the last three
days, have learned his qualities Of
heart and mind, and know him as do
the people OF New York. where he
was defeated at the primaries IL. MS
own city by g. vote OF to !.
In ths crowded grill room of the
Blackstone hotel tonight-the hotel
that houses George w. Perkins,
Frank A. Munsey and small army
of their retainers, loud voiced man
addressed the people and said:
His Opinion of I. X.
"T am a delegate from Oklahoma,
and / tell you that Theodore Roos=-
welt Ia a mountebank, hypocrite and
a liar"
He met with no rebuke, nor was
there a protest.
Estimates Of the delegates Roose-
welt will carry with him In his threat-
ened bolt vary according to the po-
littcaI affiliations of those who are
unwise enough 10 make prophecy.
The violent partisans of the Colonel
say that he will take with him more
than three hundred of the delegates.
whereas the estimate OF those indif-
ferent TO his personal attractions give
him hardly q hundred,
The Coloners detection, it Is be-
lieyed In we'll informed circles. will
hardly make ripple in New England
or New York In the States OF New
Jersey and Pennsylvania 1t Is expect
ed that he will be able to carry al
most one-haif the delegates. The at
titude of some Of the delegates OF
Pennsylvania WAS voiced today In the
convention, when they shouted dur
ing the forty-minute demonstration:
We want Hadley; We want Hadley."
The delegates from Ohio, who are
instructed for Roosevelt, have made
oyertures to the Taft men for third
man, and 1t is not believed that many
of them will follow the Colonel. This
same is true of Indiana, while Il ia
known that there are twenty-five ac-
tive Taft men in the Illinois delega-
ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-20
shadow Of a great rock in the weary

shadow of a great rock in the weary
land.
Barnes and the oshers--among tie
latter Deneen, who is working over
time TO keep the Roosevelt men en- the
Illinois delegation from assisting
Johnson, OF California, and Flian. OF
Pennsylvania, in laying the bed plates
of a Roosevelt bolt--msist that should
worst come to worst. even without
that hangback jurists consent, tney
will send Hughes TO the front.
1t 10 curious to reflect that Taft,
who put Hughes on the supreme ben.h
to get him out of hts tTafts) noni-
national way. Is now frantically seek
ing to coax him from the bench TO
run In his place. such is the irony
OF political events In their last TN
foldment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-20
COLONIES CHANCES GO
GLIMMERING AS STEAM
ROLLERMOVES ONWARD
One Big Fact of Republican Ma
tional Gathering Is Bursting
of Roosevelt Bubble
TAFT MACHINE DEMONSTRATES
ITS CONTROL OF SITUATION
One Question Perplexing Chicago and Ma
ton Now Is Will T. r. Bolt and Lead
Third Party in Effort to Defeat
Nominee of Real Convention
Ry JAMES j. MONTAGUE.

CHICAGO IsTheodore Rooseve BERN rhffhaee 8
REPUBLICAN presidency but SECOND grim chapter OF
the plans
carried eenessy
of William H Taft for a
candle the
that Roosevelt past resuso
tation its old
fac
at feel
to their
third free
will a possible chance election.
TO he
conndtngy his candidacy,
the completely OF he running
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-20
POOR RACE is PUT
UP BY SINCLAIR

Special TO The Richmond Ntrgtninn
FAYETTEVILLE. n, G.. June Ia
The wors, surprised man IN North
Carolina toGny f. Lawyer Neill \ SIN
clair. Of Fayetteville. who Yesterday
thoucAf he was running race in
thz~rst conFressio nal primary ever
~Id ln the state for the Democratic
ron-ination In tbs sixth district
F7a returns this evening give Con
gresham Goodwin 5000. with only
about half # the vote cast IN his
strongest counties.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-20
For TAFT:

Alabama, Alex c. Birch: Arizona,
Robert e. Morrison: Arkansas, r. s.
Granger; Colorado, r. Fl. Devina; ccn-
necticut, J. II. Rorenack; Delaware.
Edmund MITCHELL: Florida. NJ. B. Nc
Farland; Georgia. Henry Bunker: In
diana, James n. Hemenway. iowa,
James A. Dewitt: Kentucky, w. l. Gal
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-20

For the purpose OF constructing a
house OF worship in st. Johns street
70 be known AZ ttftouse of Prayer :
the negroes OF Richmond have started
a campaign to raise funds. The gum
OF $4,000 must be assured before
foundations are laid and the build
ing Ia TO cost 0.000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-20
50 FOR TAFT ANO IS
FOR ROOSEVELT
CONTINUED from First page1

man; won over w. s. Lauder, the
Roosevelt candidate, by vote Of 30
to 49, two absent and two not voting.
The lineup OF the full committee In
as follows
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-20
South win Divide.

South VIII Divide.
The South, 1t Is believed, will d.
vide on the lines indicated In its for
NAL vote. OF the States west OF the
Mississippi. not many are likely 10
accompany the Colonel on his expe-
dition.
The men in the West are looking
after their individual political inter
ests. and their interests in the COM
ing campaign will not be identical
with those Of the Colonel.
Senator Borah, OF Idaho, and Gov
ernor Stubs, of Kansas, are both
candidates for the senate. To leave
the party would mean failure to gain
their object. Frank B. Kellogg, who
represents Minnesota sentiment. fair
ly hung on the fence long time be-
fore he alfkhted on the Roosevelt
side. KeIlogg's friends believe that
he will accompany Mr.. Roosevelt only
as far as the door of the contention
hall.
In Utah, the tremendous influence
OF Reed Smoot and the Mormons will
keep the State In line for Taft. Cole
RADIO has already proven that it cares
nothing for Roosevelt. North Da-
kota would follow La Toilette out of
the party, but not T. r. Montana Ii
for Taft, and the Oklahoma alle-
glance to T r, is watering AS for
Texas, Cecil Lyon, who privately
owns the Texas G. o. p, Is a man
who must exist politically by being
with the machine. Nebraska Is In
doubt
California, Roosevelt's most enthu-
slastic State, may follow him. Ore
gon will not. Idaho will be for b.
rah, and Borah Is not bolter. The
other States have expressed a pref
erence for Taft. not that they care
anything for Taft, but that they be-
lieve they ought to stay In the party,
Thus La the West divided and the
Colonel will get scant comfort In the
division when he asserts that In him
alone Is progress vested.
Created With Suspicion.
AS the night wore on, the Colonel's
open declaration OF independence was
received with more and more suspi-
cion. The practical politicians who
resort to paper and pencil In an
emergency declared that bolt would
accomplish nothing, and leave the ex-
president practically without follow
Ing.
They insisted that this was the
final bluff of the discredited politi-
clan. They expect to see him return
to Oyster Bay about Thursday full
of wrath and sore OF mind. The Taft
people laughed at the threat Of
Roosevelt TO run a convention in the
Coliseum at the Same time the reg
ular organization was In control.
They have demonstrated In a two
days session their absolute mastery
OF the situation, and assert that any
attempt to interfere with the regular
order will be met with violence.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Drank From Wronu Juu,

Paullina, July Especial: Jacob
Johannsen and Allie Jensen, two well
known men of this place, are in a pre-
carious condition as a result of hav-
ing drank from the wrong one of two
jugs they had in their automobile
while returning home from Primghar.
One jug, they knew contained whis-
key and they are still uncertain how
the other jug, which contained a solu-
ton of I've, got into the car. Both
men drank from the solution and
were rendered incapable of proceeding
to their homes and remained in their
car all night suffering tortures. At
5 o'clock in the morning they were
discovered by farmer living near
where the two wayfarers had come
to grief, and summoned help. The
men We're given medical attention.
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WOULD COLLECT
THEIR OWN FEES
WAPELL0 co. FARMER MISSING
o'5rien County Farmers Drink From
the Wrong jug and Suffer-Win-
terset Man Finds His Stolen
.,.-.- Auto In St. Paul Garage.

Council Bluffs, July 9.-Special:
Whereas, it has come to the knowl-
edge of this association that certain
undertakers have sometimes assessed
and collected fees for ministers for
funeral services; therefore be it re-
solved, that we hereby assert that
such assessments and collections are
wholly unauthorized by the ministers
of this association" The foregoing
resolution, adopted by the Council
Bluffs Ministerial Association at its
regular Monday meeting, has raised
the biggest kind of row. The min
listers individually assert they back
up the resolution. One prominent un-
dertaker is on the war path and de-
clares the ministers must specify and
another equally prominent undertaken
says: why, yes, of course, it is
done" Another undertaken says the
storm grows out of this incident. He
had charged in his bill S. at the GEM
etery. The widow of the man who
was buried told the minister she had
left S. for him with the undertaken,
whittier the minister hot-footed, but
without getting the five.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
WapeIIo County Farmer Missinq.

Ottumwa, July Especial: Bud
Moore, a farmer living two and one
half miles north of Kirkville, who dis
appeared Friday in Ottumwa, has
not yet been found. The police are
making a strong effort to locate the
man today, as his relatives and friends
are becoming greatly worried over
his absence. Mr.. Moore was a man
of regular habits and the police are
lead to believe that his disappearance
needs give cause of concern. The
missing man came to OttumWa Friday
to purchase repairs for a mower. He
slid one of his horses, which he had
driven to the city, for $3.50 and placed
the other in a local livery stable. He
intimated that he would call for the
animal Friday evening. Concern over
his absence came when he failed to
claim the horse. The police have no.
titled officers in the vicinity of OF
tumwa to keep lookout for Moore.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Finds His Automobile.

Des Moines, July Especial: After
four days search, S. M. Hamilton, a
prominent real estate man of Win
terset, last evening discovered that
his automobile which has been miss
ing since Friday, is in a garage at st.
Paul, MINI. Claude Wight, Mr.. Ham,
ilton's chauffeur, took the car to this
city Friday and left it at the Iowa
Auto company garage until Saturday
when he left town. About Sunday the
owner became worried and sent word
to local authorities to look out for
Wight and the auto. Last evening he
received the following telegram from
Wight from st. Paul: Car is at
White Bear garage. Send driver. Am
going on"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Four Conventions.

Burlington, July Especial: Bur
lington is going to entertain a num-
Der of people this week, who will rep
resent practically all parts of the
state. The sheriffs, the county clerks
and the county recorders are coming
here for three days and the southern
Iowa newspaper men are coming
here for two days. When newspaper
men are spoken of it includes num-
Der of bright newspaper women, and
the people of the press, who are 60
ing to fall in love with Burlington, es-
pecially if the mercury is pushed
down eight or ten degrees, will num-
Der hundred or more. These will
have their meetings in the CONNER
cial Exchange rooms, and their head
quarters will be the Hotel Burlington
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Dinner Csc at the Senate
Not the Burglar.

Abba News: Ben Hefner was some
what startled last Thursday morning
when he awoke and found Griffin
and Miller standing, one on each side
of the engine with revolvers in their
hands pointed right at him. He lost
no time telling them he had done
nothing. He takes care of the en-
gines that come in over the roads at
the Wabash depot and when his work
is finished frequently lays down on
the board of an engine to take a nap,
and the officers thought they had
the agent. They were greatly cha
grined when they found out their
mistake.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Palzer VS.. johnson,

AL Paizer, the Iowa white hope"
who knocked out Bombardier Wells,
the English champion, last week, is
willing to take on Jack Johnson for
forty-fve round bout Labor Day.
Palzer is undoubtedly the only white
man who has a chance against the
negro, as he has demonstrated to the
public in his last few battles that he
can take a lot of punishment and ad-
minister some at the same time, Pal
ger says he hasn't enough coin to put
up a side bet, but he is willing to
fight the champion, letting the win
ner take all. The Palzer-Johnson
bout would be a much bigger drawing
card than tho Johnson.Flynn battle.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Fell On Red Hot Stove.

Des Moines, July SIS Special:
While Roy Kinney, aged %, an cleo,
trician, was standing on a tall step
ladder fixing a ventilator in the
kitchen of the KurtZ restaurant, he
fell backwards onto a red hot stove
and lay a moment squirming, partly
unconscious. When the cooks lifted
him from the stove he was so badly
burned he had to be sent to the hos
pital, but the doctors say he will re,
cover in time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Dinner CSC at the Senate
A Car of Beer.

Monroe County News: Sheriff Grit
fin seized car of beer at the depot
in Buxton Monday. 1t was labeled to
several different people but all con-
signed to one man. A plea was en-
tered that the shipment had not yet
been released by the railroad and was
consequently not subject to seizure,
The matter will have TO be decided
by the evidence and in the meantime
the car stands undisturbed on the
side-track.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Plans Tuberculosis War.

Sioux City, July Especial: The
Sioux City Associated Charities is
preparing to wage an anti-tuberculo-
sis campaign. Doctors, nurses and
hospitals will be asked for informa-
ton concerning all their tuberculosis
patients, and records will be kept Of
all persons suffering from the Attic
ton. One of the principal objects is
to ascertain If the patients are living
under proper sanitary conditions. An
exhibit to be furnished by Dr. A. E.
Kepford, state lecturer on tuberculo-
sis, will be shown here.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
The Retail Shoe Men.

Iowa City, July 9.-Special: About
one hundred shoe dealers of the state
are here today attending the second
annual convention of this organization.
The Commercial club rooms are being
used for the meeting, with President
F. L. Wilson. of Washington, presid-
ing, Short impromptu talks took up
the greater part of the morning. This
afternoon they will be taken around
the city In autos and banquet will
be served tonight.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
STEEL INDUSTRY IS BOOMING
Pittsburs Manufacturers Forego Usual
Month to Six Weeks Shut Down
During Heated Period.

Pittsburg. Pa, July S.-With ther.
mometer SO degrees, steel and iron
manufacturers in Pittsburg have an
nounced there will be no summer sus-
pension of the mills. This is unpre.
cedented for in the past, no matter how
big the boom In industrials. there has
been a shut down of a month to six
weeks during the heated period. The
Pittsburg district received a severe
blow in the panicky times of 1907
end this last six months has given the
first manifestation Of return of the
good times that preceded that disas-
trous year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Four Badly Burned.

Muscatine, July Especial: Two
persons are in hospital, one proba-
bly, fatally burned, as the result of
an attempt to boil gasoline. The
accident happened at the home of
Mrs. E. Gerard, when by mistake gas
oline was poured into the tea kettle
instead of water The kettle was
placed on the stove and an explosion
soon followed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Dinner 25c at the Senate
New DESIGN For Nickel.

The design OF the five-cent piece
which has been jingling in the peck
cts of American citizens for many
years, does not coincide with the
treasury departments conception of
art, and it will be changed in it's en-
tirety. Secretary MacVeagh has de-
cided to replace the Goddess of Lib
erty on the face of the nickel with a
buffalo. The reverse side of the new
design will contain the head of an In
dian.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Dinner Csc at the Senate
A Yellow Top Potato

Charles Anderson, living on farm
near Shenandoah has a new variety
of potatoes that are raised from seed.
They are very peculiar in fact that
they have yellow instead of green tops
and that potato bugs do not touch
them. Mr., Anderson has been raising
these potatoes for two or three years
and now has about fifty bushels.
They look like the Early Ohio and are
very prolific.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Dinner Csc at the Senate
SEARSBORO.

Frank Hesley was called to Illinois
on account of the sudden illness of
his brother.
w. II. Johnson and family have
gone for visit with his brother e.
wood at Union.
Miss Lizzie Lewesy, daughter of
Mrs. Mary Lewesy, and Mr.. Philip
Barnhart went to Grinnell last week
and were Joined together in marriage
by Rev. Handy. -.'
Mrs. DR.. Courtwith of Washington
and Mrs. Charley Beckley of Grin
nell attended the Ladies' Aid Society
Thursday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Circuc Comma,

Arrangements were completed Mon
day afternoon whereby the big Hag-
enbeck- Wallace Shows will exhibit in
Oskaloosa on July 81. Just where
the tents will be set up is not known
at the present time, but they will be
pitched either at the Fair Grounds
or at the city ball park.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Convict Steals Horse.

Ramsey Henricksen, the liveryman
at Anamosa, is minus a horse and
buggy which he rented to an ex-con-
Wet by the name of George Thomp.
son. The latter was paroled about
nine months ago and had three
months yet to serve. Mr.. Henrick.
sen traced his property to Dubuque
and there lost track.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11

months in such a way that she will
be able to receive a $4,000 life insur-
ance policy, and if she does attempt
to locate him he will commit suicide,
thus making the policy void. Leach
was a checking clerk in a wholesale
house in Des Moines and disappeared
with $500 Mrs. Leach had in the saw
ings bank before her marriage to
Leach last Thanksgiving. He took
the money from the bank where she
had deposited II, but said in his let
ter that he had only borrowed it 10
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Makes Strange Proposition.

In a letter sent to her Sunday fol-
lowing the disappearance of her hus-
band on Saturday. Mrs. Ed w, Leach,
who conducts millinery store In
Des Moines, is made strange propo-
sition. II she makes no effort TO find
her husband he agrees to die in three
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Hn Weather Causes suncide.

Fort Dodge, July 9.-Special A
sensation was caused here today when
Fred E. Coles, aged 3s, proprietor of
the Crawford hotel, one of the best
known hotel men in Iowa, committed
suicide by shooting himself. There
is no known cause, but Coles friends
say the hot weather is the cause.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
First County to Set Pace.

Clinton, July Especial: Prof NJ.
l.. Mosher, of Ames, has been engag-
ed by the Clinton Commercial club as
crop expert for the county. He begins
his duties September l. Clinton is
the first county in Iowa and the west
to adopt the new system.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Mother SUPERIOR Dies,

Dubuque, July Especial: Sister
Mary Agatha, mother superior of the
Immaculate Conception convent in
this city, died yesterday at Mercy
hospital after lingering illness. The
deceased was a daughter of the late
Matthew Garrigan, of Farley, where
she was born 40 years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Four Men Hurt.

les Moines, July Special: J..
w Meeder is seriously injured and
three other men badly hurt as the
result of falling off the roof of a
building here. They were working at
?oS East Locust street this morning,
Meeder was buried beneath the de-
bris and NAV not live. He was taken
10 the hospital. Tom Shurson, w. l.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Democrats Name JUDGE.

Davenport, July Especial: The
democratic judicial convention of the
Seventh district yesterday afternoon
Davenport, for judge of the district
court. Mr.. Donegan is city attorney
of Davenport.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Fire Teams to Sioux City.

Clinton, July Especial: Bob and
Bob" the champion fire team of Iowa,
and Carl and Pat" were shipped
this morning to Sioux City to parti-
cipate in the tournament of the state
firemen.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Capture Escaped Lunatic.

Clinton, July Especial: David
Brennan, an escaped lunatic from
Watertown, Illinois, asylum, was cap
tured here and taken back to the in
stitution.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Baptist Missionary Dead,

Des Moines, July Especial: Miss
Naoima Garten, aged 67, who for 80
years was a prominent Baptist mis-
sionary in many foreign lands, died
here today at the home of her broth
|er, F. B. Garten, a prominent mer-
chant.