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GtRMAh-lMEn|CAhS are
OPPOSED To NOMINEE

ST. LOUIS. June l2-The eaadi-
dacy OF Justice Hughes viii not
attract the German American
vote. according ~ George iio.sfen-
chinn. who issued a statement today
saying Hughes candidacy reminds
b.m at the parsons trap when
catches 'sm coming and goins
Roosevelt stands for Nas 3ith Ger
many. and " bee endorses Hushss
IL. German Americans wili vi"w has
Icanaiaaey @ith alarm Wilson l.
looked upon as the happy mssligm
b.tN.sn the pro and anti csrma1
candidate.
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CHILD INJURED WHEN
TOMBSTONE TOPPLES

BRYAN. Texas. June 12.-Ethel
May. tho three-ycar-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Barr. had u rath-
er peculiar accident Friday. She
was playing around the tombstones
In the marble yard OF which her
father is proprietor. In some way
one of the stones fell on her and
knocked her against another one.
rendering her unconscious and brnis-
ing her badly.
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SUPREME COURT REFUSED
NG|N|A 4 JUDGMENT

WASHINGTON, June 12-The
United States supreme court today
denied a petition fthe state of Vir-
ginia to levy an execution for the
100000 due from West Virginia.
The court held that the state of Vir-
ginia must walt until the legislature
of West Virginia has acted upon the
matter. The debt is one which dates
back to the original division OF the
two states.
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Tp AID SMALLER
NATIONAL BANKS

WASHINGTON. June l2.--io GU
ahlo national banks in small ei''es
to compete on a more eaui'ap'e o'
sis with state banks and trust com
nnnle~ Of their localities. comp'fo'-
lcr Williams has recommehu"u "
coneress that the federal reserve
act be amended so that na'ion"'
hanks In places Of less tnah S''''
Inhabitants may ac' as agents '"'
,ba sale OF life and age "ial'''
aud for the pIacing OF iafh '''''
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OFFENSIVE
IS 4 STRONG ATTACK
FIERCE ASSAULTS ALONG TEu-
TON FRONT WE'RE BEGUN
EARLY TODAY.
Advices Declare the Italians VIII f.'u
Russians With Fierce Attack on
Austrian West
Front.

ROME, June 12.-The Italian ar-
my today took the offensive aiohs '"o
Teuton front. making general au-
vances. according to officiai an-
,nou,eements made today. THIS
movement is to be a most poweriui
attack. The Italians will cooperate
with Russians in battling against
Austrians.
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GERMANY'S LOSS is
2,O24,5S MEN JUNE 1

LONDON, June 12.--Germany uI
to the end of May had lost 2,924,-
$50 soldiers, of whom 734,412 were
killed, according to British tab
ulation, of the German casualty lists
given out here today. The compila-
ton did not include German losses
in naval engagements or in the
fighting in the German colonies.
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WASHINGTON PLANS FOR
PREPAREDNESS PARADE

WASHINGTON, June 12.--Ar-
rangements were completed today
for the most unique preparedness pa
rade held any where in the coul-
Hughes. candidate for president on
the the republican ticket. President
Wilson and at least four members
of the cabinet
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mexican RAIDERS WERE
KILLED BY AMERICANS
HUGHES SPENT QUIET
DAY IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, June l2.-Justice
Charles u. Hughes. republican can
didate for president. spent q quiet
day Sunday. lie attended church
with his daughter. Miss Catherine.
walking both ways. The quietness
with which Hughes got away from
Washington was not expected.
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SHORT SESSION
NOW PROBABLE
apunCRATS OF NATION WILL
LIKELY RENOMINATE WILL
sON AND MARSHALL.
CONTESTS PENDING
r,s Contests Must BE Settled Be-
fore the Convention--One Is
Pojndexter and Love Con-
test from Texase.

ST LOUIS, June 12.-One of the
reatest kidnapping enterprises In
pOdern history has been sprung and
md the object of the kidnapping is
four-year-old child. a progressive
nry. and the democratic lead
sy are the captors. Roosevelt's re-
iusa to accept the progressive NOM
nation has inspired the kidnapping
plan.
throughout the day conferences
lave been held by wire with leaders
d the progressive party and effort
rll be made to adopt the child.
Somebody must adopt the child
aid Chairman McComb. When ask
d point blank if overtures had been
sade to the progressives McCombs
aid, THE progressive leaders ex-
pet to be in st. Louis in few
iys'
Members Of the democratic ma
tOnal committee were here today to
pass on the final arrangements for
he democratic national convention
those 1892 delegates are to name
he party ticket. The committee al
y has before it five contests, three
d which involve seats of the nation
committeemen from the District
d Columbia, Hawaii and Texas.
mother contest involves the seat of
! delegate from Hawaii and fifth
antest protest against the seat
hs Of six delegates from the Dis
met Of Columbia.
I expect short session of the
Onmittee," said Chairman Nc
eombs. The convention arrange
aents are all perfected and the con-
asts before the committee should
speedily settled. We have made
change in our convention program.
me first session will be held We'd
sday, when the temporary chair
aah will make the keynote speech
sad the committee will be appoint
" The next day the convention
VI near the speech of the perma-
sat chairman and addresses of
fominent democrats.
on Friday there will be a morn
y session, when the platform will
read and adopted, and on Friday
lsht We will name the ticket"
Principal Platform Pianks.
VT. McCombs held conference
!" senator VIM. j. Stone, who will
ehe chairman of the resolutions
'@mlttee. Senator Stone brought
.a MN from Washington certain
--'s OF the more important planks
-s' nave been sketched in some de-
u oy President Wilson and his ad-
S's IN congress and in the cabi-
'Ae principal planks that await
'''"'ation To the platform COM
"ee are foreign relations. the
'@ah situation. preparedness and
= tariff.
~ foreign relations plank will
''h the unprecedented condi-
"at nave arisen as "a result of
ar and it will be pointed out
shiie President Wilson has
/ : from s,llts he has also main
neutrality both rici and
'nea tn Keep Peace.
plank on the Mexican situa-
sh develop that this question
approached with the idea
phS pcace. nos only with the
Republic. bat to maintain
"hin her oWn borders.
'n' question OF preparednoss
'i"fm viii assert that fhs
IA met the demands 80 the
s'se situation by AZ advanced
= pr-par"daesa ot the uagy
ENLARGEMENT 81 tho arms
REORGANIZATION az thc ma.
= saard
t@Fin piank siu point GA
reduction Of tarin duflea
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ATTACKS AT VlUI AEPUlsfD
ACCOR0ING TO PARIS OFFICIALS

PARIS June y -Repeaf'a 40
violent attacks west ~ Fa"A
h..a completely rcpui''-i' 49, -
- official ann"ane~m"n's hi''"'
th. war office to-day.
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AUSTRIANS ROUTED
by RUSSIAN FORCES

. LONDON, June 12.--The- =
. complete route of the Austrians Z
. at Czernowitz by the Russians Z
. is reported today. Two entire Z
. divisions were captured and =
= the Cossacks are overrunning =
. the country. =
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There are several Kinds ~ fooi~.
,..t.,.ts.e N. smart man Nho thinks
A. = tea smart a. set caught
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Japanese Troop Movements.

TOXIC, Japan, June 1.-THE jap
anese government is sending two
more batallions of troops to Tien
Tsin.
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We arr pleased - announce that
Mrs. e u. saith East Marvin ase-
nae. j. Improving nicely. after a -
we're spell os sl<k1sz<-
The sun., 1916-09-28
WILSON TO TALK
POLITICS SATURDAY
Expected to Answer Issues
Raised by Hugllcs-Con-
siders Appointments.

LoNd BRANCH. n. j.. Sept. 27.--Issues
raised by Charles u. Hughes. tho Re-
publican nominee, will be discussed by
President Wilson here Saturday, when
he appears before the members of young
mems Democratic lub at Shadow
Lawn. The President will handle the
political situation without Gloves Of
iicials said.
The President has not fully developed
his views on the Adamson law and Is
also planning either Saturday or soon
afterward to speak on s%ectionalism, Mex
leo and the problems caused by the
European war.
President Wilson will make one or
more speeches In New York state. This
announcement followed the visit Of MIR.
Mccormick n OF Samuel Seabury,
Democratic candidate for Governor. No
dates or places have been arranged.
In addition 10 discussing politics with
Mr.. Mccormick. the President gave con-
sidcration to the appointment OF sew
eral of the commissions and boards cree
ated by the last session OF Congress.
Among the men being considered for the
Tarin Commission are Prof. Frank ".
Taussis of Harvard inc William l..
Saunders OF New Jersey. Bernard y.
Baker OF Baltimore was said to he al
most certain of appointment on the
Shipping Board.
The sun., 1916-09-28
EDGE WINS BY 1000.
frelin9huysen's Plurality for Sem
HtOrial Nomination IL 5000.

Returns from New Jerseys remark
able primary election on Tuesday were
still being tabulated last night. and poll
ticians In both parties who rave always
prided themselves on being good guess
ers bad not altogether recovered from
the shock which some OF the figures gave
them. In the main the primaries gen.
orally were characterized by a light
Democratic and n fairly heavy Repub-
lican vote, except in "a few counties
where local contests aroused Democratic
activity.
The contest for the Republican Gubcr-
Material nomination between Senator
Walter T.. Edge OF Atlantic county and
Col. Austen Colgate of Essex resulted in
n plurality ~ 1000 for Edge. according
to the latest figures. Mr.. Edge himself
estimated his plurality>at $500 during
the afternoon. but this was subsequently
raised by late returns from cape May
indicating Edges plurality IN the county
at LES. George l.. Record, the third
man in the race. wasn't disappointed
over his showing.
Ex-State Senator Joseph s. Freling-
huysen OF Somerset county was Il winner
over ex-Gov. Franklin Murphy Of Essex
In the contest for the Republican United
States Senatorial nomination. Latest
returns indicate that Frelinghuysen's
plurality was nearly 5000. The defeat
Of Murphy and Colgate was Il double
blow for the Essex county organization,
which had banked heavily on their sue
cess. There is no doubt In the minds
Of most Republican leaders that I;epub-
leans with Progressive tendencies voted
10 "A mar for Frelinghuysen.
The defeat by United States Senator
James T.. MARITIME OF Attorney.General
John W. Wescott for the Democratic
nomination for United states Senator By
more than $1,000 plurality was one of
the distinct surprises Of the campaign.
The sun., 1916-09-28
sirens Cut LOOse.

In these ciamorous yards, where 10000
men earn their daily bread. pictures of
Hughes and Fairbanks showed from
scores Of windows. and u great placard
ON II factory wall announced that the
next President Of the United States will
speak here this Afternoon Whistles
and sirens cut loose with incredible din.
The men came rushing, torrentl!ke. down
the factory avenues.
Here Mr. Hughes observed such a spec
taclc as ne said himself 1t had never
been his luck to witness. AS he raised
himself to his feet he looked far down
one griiny avenue and glirEsed the surge
OF mon. men hurrying shoulder to shout
der in files OF ten to twenty wide and
iilling the street. and all bearing down
on him with shouts Of welcome.
There were 5000 of them massed
around his automobile and stretching
into the avenues and roosting on the
fences and freight cars when he spoke
ui the tariff and OF the necessity In this
country for Americanism that fears no
enemy ami Is not afraid to stand firm In
the face Of trouble. The meeting was
precisely of the character that Mr..
Hughes seeks mos. ardently and TO which
he puts forth his most earnest appeals.
Within fifteen minutes his car was
ieaping toward Wilmerdiug and the plant
of the Westinghouse Air brake Company.
At least 300 men heard him in the
yards Of the conpa and gave him an
eager welcome.
A. i. NJ, after more than four hours
IN the heart of Pittsburgs steel district
and after as arduous an afternoon as a
candidate for rr.sider: ever experienced,
Mr.. Hughes reached his pi;tsbur, head
quarters. the William Penn Hotel. and
made ready for the night parade n for
the night speech IN Exposition Hall.
This morning Mr.. Hughes spoke be-
The sun., 1916-09-28
WOMAN SLEUTH, BY
LOVE, SHARES THIEF
Postal Inspector Leads Clerk
Along Until He Tells Of
RObbing Mails.

NrAcK. y. Y. Sept. a7.-with the ar
to-day OF Ned Hawley. formerly a
clerk at the Lake George post once, on
n charge OF robbing the mails. came 10
light "A story OF the work OF IL woman
post office inspector.
For six weeks this inspector has
been wormlng her way into Hawley's
confidence. allowing him TO make love
to her, to spend upon her some Of the
money he IL accused of having got out
OF the mails. accompanying him on trips
about the ST; to. until at length he told
her the source of his income. Then. by
p~rearranged schedule, she turned him
over to two other post Office inspectors
She left here to-day. and 1t lis doubtful
if knows even now that his fair
companion Is responsible for hi, nigh,
Hawley's father is the postmaster OF
he Lake George office. and it Is said
that the losses from the mails at that
once nave run up into the thousands
during the past summer
When IL was discovered that money
was being Systematically extracted from
letters passing through the Office Haw.
ley was soon suspected, because of tho
free hand with which he spent money
without n visible source of sufficient sup.
ply.
~" iiSpVNNoT, WHOSE name u
kept secret. was assigned to the task o.
trapping him. 1t was not long before
Iiawley and she were constant compan.
ions. During their talks. II Is said
Hawley frequently dropped hints abou,
where he got his money. but 1t was no,
until last Saturday that he made a clean
breast of II.
That was In the 'iotel 81. George here,
where the woman had accompanied him
Post ONCE Inspectors Fitch and Shea
had preceded them here. When the
woman had wormed n complete story
from Hawley she gave tho signal, and
Fitch and Shea took Iiawley into Gus,
tody. They tried to obtain a complete
story from him. particularly the name
of another person who Is supposed L
have aided him in his alleged thefts. bu
iiawley refused to tell. lie will b,
taken to New York.
The sun., 1916-09-28
FLORIDA LEADS IN GUNNERY.
Makes - Hits In IS shots In Hat
tie Practice,

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Sept. 27.-Good
records were made by battleships OF the
Atlantic feet In the summer battle prac-
tic". which ended yesterday. The dread
nought Florida. II was said, led the
ships in individual firing at short and
intermediate ranges with ffty-four hits
In iifty-eight shots. with the Texas sec
ond. the Wyoming third and the new
superdreadnought Pennsylvania fourth.
The Texas and Pennsylvania carry II
inch rifles and the Florida and Wyo-
ming ~ inch.
Officers from the fleet described the
P"nnsylrania's work with her II inch
rifles ~ deadly" This ship scored five
hits out of twelve shots with her big
guns at a range of eleven statute miles.
Twelve ships Of the Atlantic ncc. have
been assigned to convoy the interncd
German cruisers rrinz Eitel Friedrich
and kronprinz Wilhelm from the Norfolk
Navy Yard to Philadelphia Friday.
The sun., 1916-09-28
JEWELLERS IN FRAUD CRUSADE.
First Arrest In That Of \ Pawn
broker, Who Pleads Guilty.

Joseph Weinbergcr, "a pawnbrokcr. OF
1913 Avenue a, didn't recognize in "A mo-
torman and the latter's sweetheart two
detectives from the Bureau Of Weights
and Measures when they came into his
store to buy a bracelet Il month ago. II
he had he wouldn't have let his daugh.
ter. Ruth. 16. sell them a 5.37 carat gold
article with Il guarantee that II con
tanned seventeen pennyweights Of IA carat
gold. AS n result Weinbergcr pleaded
guilty tn violating section i3l of the
penal law yesterday before Magistrate
GrOehl in ESSEX Market court.
Tho conviction was the first Of u cam
paign that the National Jewellers Board
of Trade Is starting against misrepre-
sentation and fraudulent marking Of
jewclry In this city. Commissioner Uar-
tigan OF the bureau Of Weights and
Measures and chief Asslycr George K.
'omings Uf the United states Assay
ONO" are cooperating in II, II is charged
by tho jewellers that thor" are 800 stores
in New York selling wedding rings and
similar articles worth at most ~ or 20
cents for between 81 and s., Many ar.
rests are expected,
The sun., 1916-09-28
MARITIME HELD UP
AS WILSON NEMESIS


now one OF the most interesting chapters
OF New Jerseys political history.
In Hudson county two other cuudi-
dates for the Senatorial nomination
polled a substantial vote. They were
Frank NJ. McDermit. who got i.563 votes,
and August NJ. Bruggemann. who had
$500 supporters.
Essex county. where James X. Nugent,
the Essex Democratic leader. was sup
posedly out for Westcott. was carried
by MARITIME with a plurality of 32s votes.
Nugcnt a In "A frame Of mind that
caused him to say he would never forgive
Mr.. Wilson for making MARITIME United
states Senator In 1911. lie IL now on
the Wilson band wagon.
The sun., 1916-09-28
Men show Great Interest.

They greeted him with perfect friend
Illness and showed more directly proba-
bly, than any similar crowd he had adj
dressed previously that they were very
intent on hearing his programme for tho
nation. IL was hottie hottest day MIR.
hughes has encountered on his second
western tour-and there was no spccial
lnducencnt for 5000 men 20 stick to that
spot unless they were Interested. They
heard every word MIR. Hughes had to
say applauding occasionally. and ut the
hnish of the talk gave him "a very
pleasant round OF applause. He talked
tariff to these men. dwelling especially
on conditions that are bound to occur
"hen the European war ends and the
commerce or Europe comes rushing Into
the markets OF the United States.
the motor car procession took it's way
llckety split along the road that led 10
l'uquesne, where giant mills gave out
their unending clamor, where black
smokestacks reached skyward in lines Of
ten or twelve. where pony locomotives
kicked train loads OF molten steel and
ingots OF steel and steel wire and steel
rails and shells for the Allies into the
place where they must go, and Mr..
hughes looked upon all this with the
interest or "A man who is seeing Il new
world.
CHARLEY Farnham. has manager, and
Dr. Alexander. his sedulous and almost
tyrannical physician. warned him against
the throat rasping fumes and against
OVERRIDING the whole business, but he
waved them away impatlcn,iy. asked
scores of questions. bowed frequently,
shook hands whenever brief stops per-
mittcd. ard generally gave himself over
to the days unusual work with vim and
zest.
The road to Duquesne led over n tall
iron bridge. one OF many such. that
SPAWNED such "A gorge az Dante saw in
dreams OF the 'Inferno.' where the
straight dror from bridge i,oor to gorge
rocks was zoo feet. where the houses and
the mills far below were barely visible
in the b.llowing smoke waves. And upon
that particular bridge a cow patterned
piebald In black and white ruminated
comfortably.
Then there was IA to-do. wifi Mayor
Joe Armstrong and the chief II police
and motorcycle cops and plain cops and
local committeemen and Boise penrosc
all out and seeking to argue with Old
Bossy. She literally controlled the
bridgchead. and the strategy of the
situation called for discretion and sweet
reasonableness. Eventually she was
shunted. herded by shrieklug eigh,
cylinder motor cars. out of Nj. Hughes's
Imperative way. and the parade spun
into the town of DuqueSnc. where l.5G0
mill hands were waiting IN III" upcn
street to hear the candidate and to see II
he looked like his pictures IN tho papers.
They heard and saw and they seemed To
The sun., 1916-09-28
Calder spent s3,.lD On ,nmpni.n

ALBANY, y. V. Sept. 9.-W Ham e,
Calder of Brooklyn spent S3,74g &, +.
thcr his campaign f1g u" iicpia '...
nomination for United state. S,,,'
according to his statement Of cNu,rs
lures iilcd at the Office 81 tia : ,ca
OF state to-day.
The sun., 1916-09-28

fore three audiences in Ohio. making
fifteen minute appearance heflrc lar,
crowds Mt Akron, Canton and Allan,
In other elites along the ltr v'l.-.
was impossible for The tra'l .,... ~
Hughes waved to the crowds and heard
salutes from steam viii. tlst
The sun., 1916-09-28

No more remarkable sight has oecn
seen IN Pennsylvania. perhaps, than tho
progress Of Boics Penrosc in that nerve
rack!ng race. Now he was first. now
he was nowhere, As flying ears loaded
with city and county committeemen or
movie men or this sct or that set OF more
or less important persons spur'cd dar-
iug,y. Nor could II be said thai senator
rcurose maintained utter urban,tv, since
lie had long ago gotten out 90 the habit
of taking auybody's dust in Pennsyi-
,ania and meanwhile Mr.. Hughes. lead
ug the furious procession. kept II NJ full
spur, until Il came into a region where
the sirens aud steam whistles all went
mad At once.
n" found himself IN the yards OF the
Carnegie u mestcld mills, where le,00o
ircn toll night and day anon pillars Of
fire by night md half concealed In clouds
oC smoke 10y day, This was at ESQ
l.. NJ. and as Mr.. Hughes's car turned
and swcrvcd and twisted among the In
tr.catc roadways Of the vast plant the
men came piling out, running in swarns
TO greet him. Now and then he stood
up In his car N wave his hand or flash
a smile about. hut II was q trying bust
ness for one unused TO breathing such
,hickish air, Odors OF chemicals and
The sun., 1916-09-28
10000 STEEL HANDS
OUT TO HEAR HUGHES
Continued from First Page.

round Of cheering that left no doubt as
to the temper Of at least one Pennsyl-
vania assemblage. And he followed this
by saying that there can be no endur-
ing prosperity In the United States with
out the driving power Of patriotism. He
believed there was little Of a militarstic
spirit In this country.
There Is not a c%orporal's kuard In
this nation for militarism." he said, "but
there IL an abiding belief that we mus
be prepared for emergencies"
Finishing his address at Exposition
Hall, Mr.. Hughes went to the William
Penn Hotel for a brief rest and then
boarded his special train, which left at
midnight for Trenton. y. j.. where he
speaks at IL a. VI. tomorrow before CO.
ing into upstate New York. He will
speak at Saratoga Springs tomorrow
night.
The sun., 1916-09-28

Ike the experience. and away Mr..
Hughes went again. this time to Nc
kccsport and the plant of the National
Tube Company.