New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
q. o. p. Leaders Car Is
Searched on Border at
BayOnet Point.
CUSTOMS OFFICIAL
ALSO STOPS NOMINEE
Otherwise Ex.Justice Passes a
Quiet Day at Buffalo and
the Falls.
Iron q STAFF Correspondent o, The Tribune.

tFrcm stsn Correspondent q, The Tribune
Niagara Falls, n. Y, Aug. 6.-Several
automobiles were crossing the inter
national bridge TO the Canadian side
of the falls this afternoon when the
first car was brought to a sudden halt
by sentinel who thrust a bayonet
against the windshield.
Got TO search this car for bombs
and explosives" said the guard, as
two soldiers sprang forward. The
chauffeur looked worried and finally
exclaimed, pointing to one of the oc-
cupants Of the car:
Say, that's Charles f. Hughes, Re-
publican candidate for President of the
United States. You don't think he's
carrying explosives, do YOU"
IL dunno" was the unruffled rctort
i've got to go through everybody here,
even If it's the King of England. Tell
the gent to get out"
Then the sentinel removed every
cushion from the car and looked under
it, over it and into it, leaving it with
many backward glances, as if he felt
sure that something was being CON
cealed from him. Meanwhile, Mr.
Hughes and his wife stood smilingly
aside and permitted the search to go
on, and just to show that he had no
fear, Mr.. Hughes supported himself
with the aid of the bayonet.
But that was not the full extent of
the search TO which the Hughes party
was compelled to submit. On the re-
turn trip the United States custom
house official, not to be outdone by his
Canadian associate. insisted upon
searching the party TO make sure that
none of its members were smuggling
cigarettes. cigars or whiskey into the
country. Some of the members of the
nominees party were inclined to be
upon them, but Mr.. Hughes refused to
be annoyed.
They're simply doing their duty in
both cases" he said. That's prepared
ness in business. like the operation on
the Canadian side of the bridge. and
am sure I'd like to know that our men
were just as earnest in doing their
duty under similar circumstances"
To-day's jaunt across the border and
rest here at the Prospect House was
the first respite from the serious busi-
ness Of being a Presidential nominee
that Mr.. Hughes has permitted him
self for weeks. With the task of de-
livering twenty-six speeches in the
next thirty days staring him in the
face, the ex-Justice refrained as far
as possible from mentioning affairs OF
state.
Nominee Goes to Church.
In the morning he went to the First
Baptist Church, accompanied by Mrs.
Hughes. After church they received
several callers at the hotel. contining
their discussion TO such neutral topics
as the ever-climbing mercury, the
beauties of the falls and the ever
present problem of stopping the oper-
atoms Of power magnates who are
credited with whiting the falls away
After luncheon came the ride across
the border, the visit to Goats Island
and the drenching in the mist that
Mrs. Hughes has been looking forward
to ever since she learned that she was
/ to be permitted to accompany hel
husband on his transcontinental tour
Tonight the chief topic of CONVEX
! sation among members of the candi-
/ dates party has to do with to-mor-
rows dash into Henry Ford's peace
stronghold. Detroit, it is generally un-
derstood, is to be given straight
from-the shoulder statement of the
candidates preparedness views. The
speech will not be a carefully prepared
one, as was Colonel Roosevelt's on the
memorable occasion when he told the
adherents of Mr.. Ford just where they
/ and the industrious seeker after uni
versal peace were wrong. The speech
will be entirely extemporaneous, and
| for that reason is expected to be even
more effective than might otherwise be
/ the case.
Two meetings are scheduled for
Detroit. One will be held at O'Clock
in the evening and the second two
hours later. Reports from the city
made famous by Mr.. Ford and Ty C6bt
are that big crowds will be presen,
! at both meetings. Whether they will
Z be made up of enthusiastic Hughes ad-