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LITTLE WILLIE's DANGEROUS ERA.

The news dispatches report various cases OF mys-
terious disappearance Of small boys most Of whom
later have turned up to explain that they away in
order to see the worlds series.
A decade or two ago they read the nickel novels
and fred with enthusiasm about killing Indians,
started for the great West with toy pistols and thirst
for gore and glory. Now they read the sporting
pages and insist being star pitchers, going of
to see the Giants and the Beaneaters fight it out.
This is the open season for little Willie. Keep
an eye on him. .
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WILSON VS.. HIS PLATFORM ON LABOR.

Candidate Wilson devoted part Of his Massa-
chusetts speeches to explaining the Brandeis qubble
over the recognition of labor organizations and, Gu
riously, in the same words which Mr.. Brandeis has
used Prof. Wilson, like mis- tutor omits to cite the
Democratic platform on labor. More than this, he
msquotes the Progressive plank while attempting to
criticise it.
Here it is, in black and white, once more:
ave favor the organization Of the workers, men
and women, a means Of protecting their interests
and Of promoting their progress" -.
Plain, clear, strong, explicit, to you, to everyone
who reads it fairly and honestly. But Wilson, who
"forgets the exact words" and tries to give the
meaning" reiterates that the courts have denied
lator the right to organize. 1t should have the A.
as we'll as capital, he thinks 1t should. But the
Democratic platform takes no such position II de-
clares that labor today has the right to organize All
that it has to say is to ask for
No abridgment of the right of the wage earners and
producers to organize for protection Of and the
Improvement of labor conditions.
If labor has no right to organize how can it be
abridged? Candidate and platform are at odds
Neither knows exactly what il meant.
But to the average man the Progressive declara.
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ADMIRAL YOUNG.

The death Of Admiral Young closes career
marked by honor and filed to overfowing with man
hood. His record for heroic deeds, deeds that com.
pelled the attention not only Of his own countrymen
but the admiration and applause Of foreign govern
ments has not been surpassed in naval history. His
figure should be an inspiration to every man or
youth in the service Of the United States.
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THE PRIZE JOKE OF 1912.
Whereas, the Democratic State platform says

Whereas, the Democratic State platform says
that
The administration Of Gov. John A. Dix has
been efficient, clean, and economical. and has
materially advanced the reputation and pros
perity Of the State
Therefore be it resolved by the Democratic State
convention That the administration Of Gov.
John A. Dix is unpopular that it deserves to be
emphatcally repudiated; that his demand for q re-
nomination on his record be denied, and that some
other candidate be chosen to run for governor.
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DIXON AND THE CLAPP COM
MITTEE.

II is not necessary to impute bad motives to the
Clapp committee in order to agree with Senator
Dixon that il is conducting this campaign inquiry In
q manner that suggests primary purpose Of making
all the trouble for Colonel Roosevelt and indefinitely
delaying attention to other candidates affairs.
Election is just one month from Saturday. The
list Of witnesses thus Far made up, Is long enough
to suggest the probability that the inquiry will not be
completed before election. On the other hand, It
could easily enough be extended for many weeks
after election IL it were deemed advisable. The
time from now to election could be consumed with
out any difficulty whatever, examining witnesses as
to the political concerns Of the Roosevelt campaigns;
and il is certainly not without fairness to observe
that thus far the committee has manifested most
acute concern about Roosevelt and decidedly vapd
interest in other candidates.
II would seem that, on the eve Of the election
something more modern than 1904 might we'll be con-
sidered The best that can be done, mighty little that
is new about the 1904 campaign Is going to be devel-
oped now That straw has been threshed over time and
again. The present concern Of the country deals
with the men who are right now running for Pres-
dent, and the forces that are backing them. II the
Roosevelt fund Of 1904 is important in view Of
Colonel Roosevets candidacy at this tirne certainly
the Taft fund Of 1908 is Of equal interest in view
Of Mr.. Taft's candidacy for reelection. There Is
vastly more mystery about the origin and extent Of
the Taft pre-convention funds, both Of 1908 and
1912, than about any other poco.Anancial transac-
tons now in the countrys mind. II is true that the
committees mandate does not.go to an investigation
Of the pre-convention funds Of 1908; but it has
specific authority to inquire into those Of 1912, and
It would seem desirable that this be done before elec
ton. .. h.." -
Campaign publicity AFTER ELECTION has be.
come a mockery and a byword. The Clapp CON-
mittee cannot afford, for its own sake, to be placed
in the position Of apparently killing time with ancient
history until after election, and then turning
its guns upon the affairs which have directly and
most Immediately to do with issues in this sfght
Senator Dixon made telling point when he oh.
served that he was the one and sole campaign man
ager who had given publicity to a detailed statement
about campaign funds; he wanted to see the otheI
pre-conventon and post-convention committees deal
as frankly with the public and do it now There:
the point. What the people know about this years
political finances, AFTER ELECTION, is not goins
to help them decide now to vote this year. Senator
Dixon is right in protesting that thus far it look.
like an effort to concentrate all efforts against Roose
welt.
PeShaps, however, the committee is unintention
ally paying to Colonel Roosevelt its tribute Of recog
milton that he is the one candidate who is reall,
worthy of attention in this Eight.
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MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Arrived-caesar. Potomac, Puritan,

Arrived-Caesar. Potomac, Puritan, at
Charleston; Patuxent, Patapsco,
Panther, sylph. stringham, Bailey,
at New York yard.
sailed-Cleveland from Panama for
Corinto. worden, Pentucket, from
New York yard to sea for, tests,
Sterling from Norfolk for New York,
Bagley. Barney. Biddie, from Phil
adelphia for New York, Michigan,
3. Nebraska, Virginia, Idaho, from
Newport for Rockland.
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RICHARD HAR
fingered his one vote and hesitstsd,
unable to decide. |
Went to Praise Them.
To speak In behalf Of Prendergast
or Hotchkiss, the friends Of the rival
candidates sent delegate after dele
gate to the platform. They went
there. not to bury anybody. but to
praise him. II pretty suffragetts
spoke for Hotchkiss, a prettier suf-
fragette spoke for Prendergast; II q
white-haired suffrsgette declared
she was for Hotchkiss, the adher-
ents of. Prendergast followed her
with suffragette whose hair was
even more silvered. II q colored
man declared that all Of his people
were for the State chairman, an
other colored man promptly an
nounced that the entire colored vote
was solid for the controller. It was
like q game Of poker. II the be-
levers in Hotchkiss played boy
orator, the friends Of Prendergast
saw their boy orator and raised him
one civil war veteran, and when the
other side played q Republican who
had found religion, the opposition
came back at them with a reformed
Democrat.
And, 50 for hours It had continued.
But no one could take the trick.
With regret every one saw that
whichever candidate was nominated,
inevitably there would be disap.
pointment. hurt feelings and q split
party. Had one Of the candidates
been weak. the choice would have
been easy. But both were equally
strong, equally high-class men.
As Weber says to Fields, you
shouldn't bet on such high-toned
horses"
Deadlock Among Friends.
As the man on whom had fallen "the
mantle Of Hughes" and as State chair.
man, Hotchkiss had gained hundreds Of
delegates; as the best comptroller New
York has known, as the man who single
handed had fought of Tammany, and
as the known choice of Roosevelt fol
the office, Prendergsst numbered s'
many hundreds as did Hotchkiss, and
probably a few more. Of these two
men one had to be nominated. A com.
promise candidate was not available
Days before the convention, Oscar s
Straus, one of the national leaders il
the Progressive party, had been i'm
plored to consent to run for governor
He had declined. He had told the lead
; ing men Of the party, each in turn, tina
he could not and would not. So, h
was eliminated. And Bainbridge Cobb!
and Ex-Lieutenant Governor Daven
port, each at one time strong favorit
for the nomination, had withdrawn il
favor of Hotchkiss or 'Prendergast. /
was deadlock. A deadlock anon
. friends, between men equally desirable
but a. deadlock. And there seemed n
: way out.
And then God moved sin a mysteri
GUS way his wonders to perform"
: Were Shouting for Straus.
The time had come to decide. Eithe
I in his hand each delegate clasped tn
slip of paper upon which he had scrit
s bled, "Prendergast" or "Hotchkiss," O
= already he had passed it to the chair
{ man of his assembly district. And ey
cry delegate, nerve-racked, tire ou
: with the tumult, tuned up with excite
], ment, intolerant of delay was shoutin
to Oscar S. Straus who was acting q
I chairman to get to Hecuba."
, Timothy d. Woodruff mounted tn
{ platform to suggest that to save tim
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the delegates should adjourn for . re.
cess during which the votes could be
counted. Fearful lest the friend Of
Prendsrgast was trying to put some.
thing over" the delegates shouted him
down. Good-naturedly and assured that
what he proposed was for the interest
Of everybody, the king Of Brooklyn per-
sisted in trying to explain. But the
delegates would not hear him.
"We want the vote!" they yelled.
"vote! votel vote!" they commanded.
A delegate shouted that while nomi-
nations were in order, Woodruff had
no right to speak.
"I thought" Woodruff replied, ap-
pealing to Strsus, "the nominations
were closed"
"No, they are notl" shouted q voice,
and man ran up the steps Of the plat.
form.
No One Knew Him.
No one knew the man, but for the
two days in which he had been wander.
ing around the corridor Of the Onon-
daga House, everyone had noticed him.
He was . tall, lean young man with .
typical Yankee face, keen and clean
shaven. He looked very much L..e the
| pictures of the late Wilbur Wright.
Around his neck, cowboy fashion, he
wore q red bandanna kerchief. On his
head was q cowboy sombrero, around
which was wrapped another red ban
danna. Later, the delegates learned
that he was John MCGEE or "Suspendel
Jack" ex-cowboy, ex-cavalryman, ex'
mounted policeman. He gained his titls
of "Suspender Jack" when q buckinl
pony he was riding broke it's bride
and he used his suspenders to bring |,
back to camp.
1t Is not unfair to add, that to thos,
who had seen "Suspender Jack" gestic
ulsting in the hotel to grinning group
of delegates and travelling salesmen
the then unknown man in the cowbo,
makeup was regarded as something o
q joke.
Cowboy Was Disputing.
+ When he stood upon the platform tn
delegates could see, in pantomime, tha
the cowboy was disputing the right o
Woodruff to speak, and that he pro
posed to make q speech himself. An
the delegates would not have it. Jus
as fercely as they had hooted Wood
ruff, they tried TO howl down the intru
der. But Mr.. MCGEE refused to b
. howled down. To learn If he reall
: were a delegate, the secretary ran hi
finger down the lists, and while he di
SO Mr.. Straus, in the tone one woul
use to a drunken man or a waywar
: child, soothingly asked the strange
what he wanted. Mr.. MCGEE reptile
that he wanted to make a nominatio,
"Who do you wish to nominate
: asked Mr.. Straus.
, 81 won't tell you,' said Mr.. McGee.
Mr.. Straus turned for advice to Go,
ernor Woodruff.
"Shall put him off the platform ,
whispered Mr.. Straus.
"You can't" whispered back Woo,
, ruff, "he's got right to speak,"
. At the same moment the secretar
also whispered to Mr.. Straus.
John MCGEE, he informed the chai
man, was an accredited delegate an
entitled to be heard.
!, Meanwhile, all the other delegat,
were bowling for the vote.
g Memorable Five Minutes.
s Frowning impatiently, Mr.. Stra,
drew forth his watch and showed it
e Suspender Jack. Shaking his finger in
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tion favoring and indorsng the organization has no
double meaning. And no juggler Of phrases or
theories can cloud il by fog Of words.
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ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS
ARMY.

ARMY.
MAI HARRY q. BISHOP, Fifth Field
Artillery, to Fort Leavenworth,
Kans.. and report to the command
ant, The Army Service Schools, Tor
duty at the schools.
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NAVY.

Surg. w. b. GROVE, detached Naval
Hospital, Washington, d. c., to Ar
kansas.
Act. Asst. Surg. c. II. LOWELL, ap-
pointed an acting assistant surgeon
In the Navy from September "a. lslz.
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Amusemonts.

Amusemonts.
National-"The other Man" S:15 p. m.
Columbia-'The Rainbow" 2:15 and
Beiasco-'Two Little Brides" S:15 D. m.
Poirs-"The Great Divide" 2:15 and
Chase's-Polite vaudeville. 2:15 and S:it
p. m.
Academy-"The Divorce" 2:15 and
S:1b p.' m.
Cosmos-Vaudeyille.
Caslno-Vaudeville.S
Gayety-.'The Queens OF Paris" 2:1s
and 8:15 p. m.
Lyceum-Matt Kennedy's "Tiger Lii.
! les" 2,l5 and s:16 p. m. -,--r..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
GIBSON OLIVER "IS WANTED'
Albany Grain Man Fails to Face
Charges Against Him Here.

Gibson Oliver, who was acquitted OF a
charge OF grand larceny in Albany on
Thursday. and who was to have appeared
before Judge Malone, of General Sessions,
yesterday TO give bail on indictments in
this county. charging him with grand lar
ceny and forgery, failed to show UP. A de-
tectiye from the District Attorneys Office
will leave for Albany to-day to find out
why.
Oliver was formerly treasurer and general
manager for the firm of Durant e. Elmore,
grain Dealers of Albany. Two years ago
the firm failed. and II was discovered, II
was alleged. that nearly $1,000. 900 had been
lost by them through the raising OF
amounts on bills Of lading and cashing the
bills of lading.
Oliver was brought to trial as being in
part responsible for the loss Twice the
Jury disagreed. and on the third trial he
was acquitted. Mary Bulger. divers con-
fidential clerk and stenographer, whom the
prosecution intended TO put on the stand,
disappeared before the first trial. and has
not been found yet by District Attorney
Sanford, OF Albany.
Before the jury brought in their verdict
of acquittal on Thursday District Attorney
Sanford told the court that the defendant
was under indictment in New York because
of his connection with the defunct Durant
& Elmore Company, and when the jury
came in he was held at the request OF the
New York authorities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
Evidence Of Liquor Betrayed by
Stomach Pump.
LARK ENDS IN DISMISSAL
Two Cadets Denied They Were
Drinking, but Surgeons Analy-
sis Found Them Out.
by Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Newburg. y. Y, May 4.--Preferrins a
good time In the village Of Highland rails
to their duties at the Military Academy at
West Point Cadets Charles Carroll FttZ-
hugh, OF North Dakota, and Frederick Hurd
Vanhorn, OF Connecticut, both fourth class
mon, found IL necessary TO mlsnform the
~ perlntendent In regard to their acts and
are now on their way home. their military
careers having been abruptly terminated by
General Thomas Barry.
one week ago to-day there was a game
OF baseball at Highland Falls. 1t is against
the rules Of the institution to visit the
village, so the cadets discarded their uni-
forms and made the trip in citizens cloth
Ing. On the way they were passed by Of
fcers returning to the post. but as nothing
was said to them they fancied they we're
no, recognized.
Fitzhugh and Vanhorn remained at the
game until IL was ended. and then made a
few social calls before returning to the cadet
barracks, which they expected to reach un-
noticed soon after dusk Their absence had
been noted, however and as soon as they
arrived on the military reservation they
we're placed under arrest in their quarters.
The case was reported to General
BURY, who Investigated. with the result
that they were charged with conduct I'M
becoming a cadet. One specification in the
charge was that they had left the reserva-
tor without permission another was that
they had donned civilian attire and still
another accused them of drinking liquor.
The cadets were found guilty and sum-
msrily dismissed from the institution. 1t
Is said that on their denial of the charge
OF drinking intoxicants they were at once
sent TO the cadet hospital, with instructions
70 the surgeon in charge to apply the stom-
ach pump. This was done and from the
analysis made Of the resultant emissions
evidence was obtained on which to sub
stantlate the third specification as we'll as
to give cause for an added one, that OF
prevaricating to a superior officer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
SNUG HARBOR MAY SELL
A. Barton Hepburn Discusses
Suit to Permit Change of Policy.

AS one Of the trustees OF Sailors Snug
Hsrbor. the Staten Island institution for
the care of old and incapacitated seamen,
established under the will OF Captain Rob-
srt Richard Randall, who died in 1901, the
retiring president of the Chamber of Com
merce, A. Barton Hepburn, has submitted
a report to the chamber pointing out the
necessity Of a change Of policy In the ad-
ministrat3on of the trust suit is now
before the Supreme Court Of the state, &C.
cordfng to the report, which will determine
for the trustees what courses are open to
them should they see At TO follow Mr.. Hep
burns advice.
Since CAPTAIN Randall's estate was insult
hcjent to Justify the immediate establish
nent Of an institution. the policy was
adopted Of dividing the real property into
standard building lots and leasing them
under a ground lease for terms of twenty
one years. This policy has proven an I'M
qualified success, Mr.. Hepburn states.
Recently, however, among other evi-
dences of the necessity Of change IL was
observed that the real estate district, In
moving uptown, Jumped over the Harbor
property The reason advanced by Mr..
Hepburn was that the tenants. holding title
under so short a lease, could not afford TO
erect business buildings adequate to the
demands Of the present day. AS conse-
auenee, except In the few cases where the
Harbor has been able to erect large mod
.rn buildings with its own means, the
property has been allowed TO depreciateN
To combat this situation Mr.. Hepburn
suggests that part Of the property be sold
and the proceeds devoted to improving the
rest The suit instituted In the Supreme
Court is to determine whether the court
has the power 10 authorize the trustees to
sell. II the court decides IN the negative,
there stin remains the possibility of secur-
Ing legislative enactment.
Mr.. Hepburn. however. warns succeeding
trustees to exercise such power, II gained.
only after the most careful study and con-
sideration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
SHOOTS HIS HALF.BR0THER
Boy Illustrates Treatment Gam.
blers Get in the Wild West.

Alfred Tolg. fourteen-year- school
boy, of No. 1857 Park avenue. is held in the
custody of the Children's Society to-day, on
a charge of juvenile delinquency, which tn
wolves the charge OF having shot his half
brother, Henry Markward, the same age,
early yesterday morning. Markward Is in
the Harlem Hospital with a bullet wound
In his right cheek
According 10 the story told TO the police.
the two boys. who both live at the Park
avenue address. were in their room getting
dressed when Tolg found two revolvers in
a bureau drawer. He picked up one and
pointed the weapon at Markward, at the
same time saying:
This is the way we treat gamblers in
the Wild West" at the same time pulling
the trigger. simultaneously with the report
from the revolver, Markward fell 70 the
floor, blood streaming from his cheek.
Tolg, badly frightened. ran to the street
and called Patrolmap Hanken, Of the East
I26th street station, who took both boys
10 the station. Dr. Hobbs, OF Harlem Hos
pital, removed the wounded boy to that In
stitution. At the request of the detectives
Tolg was rema nded until next Saturday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
.AFTER-HOUR DRINK LEGAL
If Paid For Before Closing, Says
Court in Rector Suit.

The Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court has just decided that liquor may be
drunk in any restaurant in the state after
closing hours, provided the liquor Is
bought before the time the law says that
the restaurant must close. II this is done
the liquor may be drunk at the same table
and the eme place as before the statu-
tory hour for closing.
Maynard l.. Clement formerly State
Commissioner OF Excise. had agents some
two years ago visit Rectors old place, on
Broadway and 44th street.
"Of course there was drinking after !
o'clock. the legal hour for closing ad-
mitted Maurice Meyer. counsel fo- Rector,
in his address to the jury. but we antici-
pated there would be trouble and that Is
why We used the graduated bottle by It's
use we are able TO prove to the court the
correctness OF our position. Eacn bottle
contains eighteen notches. equal to eighteen
drinks, and these bottles. when ordered.
were delivered to patrons before o'clock I"
The case was tried before Justice En-
LANCER and a jury in February, lJll, and
resulted in victory for Rector. which the
Appellate Division has just affirmed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
CHILDREN FALL FROM ROOF
Frail Fence Gave Way and New
ark Boy and Girl May Die.

Two little children, one boy five years
OF age and the other girl two years
younger are dying in the Beth Israel Hos
pital, Newark. from injuries received In
falling from the roof OF the porch in the
rear Of their home yesterday morning The
boy fractured his skull and the little girl
had one arm and leg broken and received
internal injuries.
The boy is Morris Braunstein and the girl
Is Jennie Debodusky. Their parents live
at No. $50 Spruce street. The roof OF the
porch was supposed to be protected by a
frail wooden railing, but when the children
leaned against It the rail gave way and
they were both hurled into the yard, a dis
lance of twenty feet.
The noise of their fall was heard by the
parents of the two children. When they
reached the yard the youngsters were UNI
conscious. Some one. in the excitement
which followed. had the presence OF mind
TO send in a call for an ambulance, and
when one from the Beth Israel Hospital ar
rived the children were put into 1t and a
record run was made back to the hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
BABY BURNED TO DEATH
Nurse, Too, Dies Later-Alcohol
Lamp May Have Caused Blaze.

John A. Hedr,ck, the two-year-old son OF
John Hedrick. an accountant in the New
York Telephone Company. was burned 70
death. and his nurse, Anna Brady, fatally
burned yesterday afternoon at q boaroins
house kept by Mrs. J. 8. Schneider, at NO.
us West 6st street.
The cause OF the fire Is unknown, as the
nurse, who was taken to the ]. HOOD
Wright Hospital, died without being abe
TO make statement. but II is supposed
mat she upset an alcohol lamp with when
she was heating the child's milk.
The baby's mother and father were away
spending Saturday in the country. and tho
nurse had been left alone with the child.
Mrs. Schneider was the FIRST to discover
me IRE. Che heard the nurse scream from
the Hedrcks' room, on the third story, and
rushing up found her at the head OF the
stsirs enveloped in flames.
With the help of the servants she threw
Iugs about the burning woman ana suc.
ceeded In extinguishing the IRE. Then she
entered the Hedricks room. which was
soisze, and found the baby on the noofi
burned TO death. When the fremen arrived
,,ney found difficulty in getting the hre
under control.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hedrck knew nothing OF
aeeident until they returnse hoYs VI
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