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CANNON MUSI GO,
SAYS LONGWORTH
The Speaker Declares He Will
Go into Caucus as a
Candidate.
STANDS ON HIS RECORD
Ohio Congressman's Statement
. sported to Reflect Administra
tion's Views-He Will Oppose
Cannon's Re-election.
Beverly, Mass.. Aug. IS.— Reflecting: the
tf^s of the administration, it is pen
jiHy believed. Representative Nicholas
bgßgwert of Ohio, to-day grave out a
. enicn t in which he says he will op
rC cc the election of Joseph G. Cannon
[/?/ ?p eakrr of the House of Representa
tive/ and that he does not believe Mr.
Carmen can be re-elected. This is
rrnrded as the actual beginning of the
'realW-t on Hr. Cannon. Mr. Long
»r>ruVs statement follows:
in view of Mr. Cannon's unequivocal
that he Intends to be a can
s£«.. for Speaker of the next House. I
-ii*v it is incumbent upon those of us
-Vv, a-e candidates for membership in
-V; next House who have made up our
xritofe upon our course of action and
Sve positive views upon the subject
'1 state our position publicly.
Had Mr. Cannon not made this an
jwunewnent, and nad 11 remained doubt
fvi Whether he would be a candidate or
not it 5*5 * m >" intention not to commit
nrrself before election as to whom I
dhoaM c . should not support for Speaker.
Bat since Mr Cannon himself, in his
caches so '■'■■' in the campaign and in
Ms recent declaration, has made his can
didacy for the speaker-ship an issue. I,
for one, 60 not purpose to .lodge that
i. X &&3 oppose Mr. Cannon's election as
Sr>ak«r. and I shall do bo in the man
rer that ; consider proper and effective
*•• the "settlement of controversies in my
namelr. in the Republican caucus.
laafle up my mind before the adjourn
"-.--- -• the last session of Congress
its: Mr. Cannon could not be re-elected
Shaker, an d my opinion ha? been
c—'.-.r 1 " ■"• ■ since through correspond
cMtand talk? with my colleagues.
I an not referring to those who have
epesly opposed him in the past, but to
thrje'whn, like myself, have supported
■ _
»I un absolutely convinced, if there it
£ full attendance at the Republican can
cus, that Hr Cannon cannot be again
dected Speaker.
: •-•• . DTiine affection for Mr. Can
sea as a man and the highest respect
for his splendid fighting qualities. I
have supported him five times for the
tjteaierfhip. having voted four times
for his Section and once against hi? re
■cwJ bui I cannot do so again. I re
pest that I shall oppose the re-election
of Mr. Cannon to the speakership, and
that I — firmly of the opinion that his
re-*!sct*on is Impossible. I want it em
yodally -understood that I say this solely
-- ny own responsibility and upon the
njswtion of no one else ;
Lengworth pt Many Conferences.
It had been regarded as a significant
'.-. m for several days' that Mr. Lonc
•worth had been called into all of the
------ conferences of a political char
acter held by President Taft. Mr. Iy>ne
*or.- as present yesterday afternoon
- ,- the President and Vire-PreFident
talked together. It was reported then
that £ statement adverse to Mr. Can-
J»a was being prepared in quarters
close to the administration, and it was
£-5- intimated that Mr. Sherman who,
lik e Mr. Long-worth, has always been a
Rpporter of Mr. Cannon, has become
reconciled to the fact that Mr. Cannon
■sst gO.
There may be further significance in
tie fact that Representative Longworth
a feOisg to Oyster Bay on Saturday to
tptad several days with his father-in
law, Theodore Roosevelt. The fact that
ie r.zs present at the interview between
Mr. Taft and Mr. Sherman, and that he
is roir.g to Oyster Bay. is taken here to
scan that a close understanding be
tween Beverly and Oyster Bay as to re
cent events in New York is to be had.
Mr. Lung worth said to-day that he
had hesitated as to whether he should
pve this statement out here at Bev
erly, wh*re he is sojourning, or whether
'- should wait until he returned to his
home in Cincinnati. The fact that the
statement was given out immediately
follG-w-ing the important conference at
summer While House yesterday
• yarding plans for the com
ag Conprcss campaign is taken here as
teflicatins that President Taft as well
= : Vice- President Sherman is behind the
Exrvanem to eliminate Mr. Cannon.
That a movement was on foot to this
ted ns indicated by these dispatches a
■•* ago. Since that time it has been
beQered that sentiment rapidly crystal-
Ib&a ana that the Dght is fairly on. It
-k.felt here that Mr. Cannon is already
donated.
Speaker Considerably Nettled.
3JariV:]]A # in, Aug. IS: — Despite the
Separation of Congressman Longworth
ttwt he will not again vote for Joseph G.
Wason for .-■■ Baker of the House of
«presentativeE. Mr. Cannon will con-
in the race, according to a state
jJMot mace to-night.
&c said he would go Into the caucus
*■ a candidate, no matter how many Re-
PeWican Congressmen declared they
£ SjoljJ oppose his re-election. He said
'•hat a jj he asked -was that those who
*«9t into the caucus abide by Its vote,
•Ju be promised to do the same. lie
* T'Ul<sT 'Ul<s oot ask any man to pledge him
*& to vole for his re-election if he be
■•"■ that pkdge would work against
•■"•a in the election this fall, nor would
5* •■'■snt any candidate for the Republi
'£r - "Orri!iaii<.. n for Congress repudiate
•'•* I -arty by failure to *-nter l!in caucus.
That i! r . Cannon veno considerably
***'-fej by the dispatch from Beverly
*** apparent when a copy of It was
aa<Jf *2 hhn. Mr. Cannon is usually
'?f y '' ;-'-.• "•■r r- -:Tnm (»a Interview
so.- a ni .,,- on hesitation, bat to
-*v iif femt and reread the !L«onsTwortli
l '^s«nt?rtt. then be d'^ua tod and re-
W**£t*s : kif a dozen stall a its before
* *** pd« wnich llnaiiy suited him.
', •*'*"• ''iinnoa evidently believes that !he
r.^*°- h M&tcment v»ss inspired by
- r %«J<r.t Taft. He <l;d 7J«;t uay to. but
J ; w::r. •-.... v.-i-en he sale: "It
•« ■■:.-!,. -.'..j-j,^ ■ o -xi;«uxt the pr»rt>'<ier»t
t.'!"' " ' lU{ftd Slate*. »f he has -my staie
'- -■ ',i^ i.:r.T < n UM B
BOTH COUNTRIES_APOLOGIZE
| Brazil and Ai^ina Sign Pro
tocol Regarding Recent Insults.
*£nef JJ T °' AUK - *- A *«"*"<** ™>
mfuW . HZ' by BrazU and Argentina,
in ful satisfaction for recent flag insults
at both capitals. This is believed to be
the forerunner of an offensive and de
£?££-* amon * Hrazil - — >-
The President-elect of the Argentine
Republic. Dr. Saenz Pena. Is expected to
arrive here to-morrow, and elaborate
preparations have been made for his re
ception.
GIRL ARRESTED FOR THEFT
Has Reputation of Having Twice
Repelled Burglars.
Julia Mardy, eighteen years old, who
has the reputation of having twice re
pelled burglars who sought to enter the
house of her employers, was arrested
yesterday by Captain Cooley and Lieu
tenant Man.v on a charge of stealing
jewelry valued at nearly $1.1 H*» from
Mrs. T. F. Byrne, of No. l f y,s Hawthorne
avenue. Yonkers.
When Mrs. Byrne returned from a
shopping trip on Wednesday, Julia, with
a show of great nervous excitement, ro
lated to her the story of a struggle she
said she had had with a thief who had
entered the house and looted the bureau
in Mrs. Byrne's bedroom. Julia ex
hibited a gold wati-h which she pre
tended she hud taken from the intruder,
but said he had made good his escape
with the rest of the plunder. Captain
Cooler doubted the story, and told Julia
he would place her under arrest if the
stolen articles were not returned.
"When Mrs. Byrne arose yesterday the
jewelry was back in the bureau. Julia
was arrested just the same, and is said
to have made a complete confession.
Last year Julia, while in the employ of
Mrs. Regina Shipman. of Glenwood Ter
race.- drove away two burglars who were
effecting an entrance into the house.
Phe emptied the contents of a revolver
at the intruders. The girl game from
Pennsylvania, where, it is reported, she
also came out victorious in a battle with
burplars. Julia made a complete con
fession whr-n arrested.
Mrs. Byrne is disinclined to prosecute
her.
GIRL NINE BEATS BOYS
Losers of Jersey Ball Game Then
Swim Fully Clothed.
Ogrl^nshurg. N. V.. Aug. 18 ( Special t. —
c*n thr- het that the members of the los
ing team were to ride on the top of
Hiram Stanhr.pe? hay rigging through
the principal streets of this borough
.^uckine: ' killypops." after which th^y
wer« to fctmp into Cook's Pond with all
their clothes on. a baseball nine com
posed of young women of this place de
fe-itec a team composed <">f boys, and the
girls enjoyed themselves to-day by fo]
'owing the procession and poking all
kinds of fun at the lads. Put the boy?
were gnroe and w^nt through their or
deal manfully
The young" men were rather surprised
at the prowess of the female baseball
players, and to-day the fact leaked out
that the girls had been practising since
early in July, while their opponents
thoupht they could defeat them with
ea.se. The score was 15 to 9. Miss Nellie
Mrlntee, of Opd^nsurg, pitched for the
winning aggregation, while Miss Eva
Lang, of Franklin Furnace, and Mrs. J.
P. Gladden played a remarkabie game
behind the bat.
TORPEDO IN RUNAWAY DASH
New York Bathers Have Close
Call in Peconic Bay.
A runaway torpedo rushing through
th<= water just missed running into a
group of bathers- yesterday in Peconic
Bay, off Nnya'.. L. I. The bathers were
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howeil. Mr. and
Mrs. <;eo-ge Edwards, Miss Lillian Man
sir and Miss Nellie M. Wedges, all of
Manhattan.
The torpedo was fired from the testing
barge of the E. "W. Bliss Company, of
P.r<»'klyn. which Is anchored several
mile- off thore in Peconic Bay. Leaving
the harge. it shot for an inrtant straight
over its course on the proving grounds.
but swerved to thf ripht and made for
th» little group of bathers.
None of them noTked the torpedo until
spectators on the shore warned them of
their peril in time for all of them to
scramble <jut of its path. It contained
ii- explosive, but at the speed at which
it was P"ing it would have played havoc
with anything in it? pnth.
The barh-r? had hardly reached pafeTy
when the huge steel shell ploughed
through the sp<-t where they had been,
sped on up the bea'-h and buried its
DOM in the sand, from which the < n w f
Th< t. sting barge recovered it. They
ERid that the steering gear had dropped
off after it was fire.], thus a< counting for
its erratic course.
LOBSTERS ON PEARSON FARM
Stone, of Winsted. Turns His Attention
to Tales of Crustaceans.
winded, Conn.. Aug. 18.— F. S. Pearson,
,who has a large estate in Southern Berk
shire, was surprised to see a live lobster
! th« other day in possession of one of his
employes, who said he had caught it in
one of the small lakes on the piac^.
Interested in the discovery. Mr. Pearson
ordered it placed i.ark in the water. Later
I the pond was drained, at Mr. Pearson's
■ tiUßßtstion, and two much larger lobsters
It, ere found.
How the) got there no one knows. All
threo were very lively, and were put into
another lake of Crasher water, but the
change kilted them
VICTORY FOR GEORGIA PORTIA
Commission Decides Against Louisville
& Nashville Railroad.
Atlanta. Aug. IS.— Mi W. h p. lt .u,, the
_.-.i widow of a o: <• distinguished Georgia
Cum, i Mini ii. "as won her Jight against tiic
Louisville & Nashville Railroad to <:oinp«:l
the rebuilding at a Bide track at Feltonla. a
small station ■■•; her plantation, near Car
tcrsvllle.
i.,i.icUv Mrs. lVlion, opposed by fifteen
railroad attorney*, argued Tier complaint
before the '.••:-■:.! Railroad Commission,
and today the commission handed down
.., decision, tweeting that the side track on
her property bo immediately restored
GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER. '
its purity •**■ '—*&£ it fi:nous.— AdvU
To-morrow, fair.
REPRESENTATIVE LONGWORTH AND SPEAKER CANNON.
MR. LONGWORTH. IN A STATEMENT AT BEVERLY. SAYS THE SPEAKER CANNOT BB RE-ELECTED.
CANNON DECLARES THAT HE WILL ENTER THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS AND SEEK RE-ELECTION.
AUTO CRASHES INTO
CARRIAGE; KILLS GIRL
Then Speeds On, According to
Witness, Who Gives Chase
in Another Machine.
TWO COMPANIONS INJURED
Accident at Dark Place in Pel
ham Parkway, Big Car Crash
ing Into Runabout from
Behind.
Going- at a rate of about fifty miles an
hour along Pelham Parkway about 9:45
o'clock last night, a large touring car
ran into a one-horse runabout, throw
ing its three passengers to the
macadamized roadway, killing one of
them. Miss Grace Hough, twenty-one
years old. of 175 th street, near Bathgate
avenue, The Bronx, and injuring George
Fedder. of N*o. 22«2 Bathgate avenue,
and Miss Anna McCabe, of No. 425 East
173 d street. Miss Hough's neck was
broken and she died almost instantly.
Miss McCabe's left arm was severely
lacerated, and she was internally in
jured as well. Fedder's back and head
were cut. It was said later at the For
dam Hospital that neither of the sur
vivors was in a serious condition.
The accident occurred at a point oppo
site Cleveland avenue, where the Park
way swerves slightly from east to west.
The runabout, which was without tail
lights, was midway on this curve when
the touring car .came up from behind
and crashed into it. Without a stop it
continued on its way northward.
James Dean, of No. 947 Amsterdam
avenue, who was riding in his automobile
close behind the touring car. on his way
to City Island, seeing what had hap
pened, gave chase. He told the police
later that he had pursued the car as far
as New Rochelle, where, finding that all
hope of overtaking it was vain, he aban
doned the chase and returned to the
scene of the accident, where he told
patrolman Coster, of the Westchester
station, what he thought the license num
ber of the touring car was.
Tried to Stop the Car.
Coster, who is a mounted man, in a
statement made to Coroner Schwanneke,
when that official began an investigation
of the accident, said that about five min
utes before the crash he had seen the
touring car speeding along the Park
way. He was then at a point about
three blocks below Cleveland avenue.
He shouted to the occupants of the. car
as it whizzed by, but they paid no at
tention to his command to halt. He put
the spurs to his horse. -but at the same
instant he realized that it would be
futile for him to attempt to pursue the
racing automobile. He reined his horse
and stood in the middle of the road look
ing after the car.
He was still looking at the dust j
thrown by the automobile, when a Mr.
Doland, who lives on City Island, rushed
up to him all out of breath and told him
of the accident. Doland was crossing
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad bridge, which is less than one
hundred feet north of where the acci
dent occurred, he told the policeman,
when he heard a crash on the Parkway.
He turned around hastily and saw the
big touring car dashing onward with
out a moment's pause, and saw Miss
Hough, Miss McCabe and Fedder
stretched out on the roadway. He ran
to the end of the .bridge and back to
the roadway. By the. time he reached
the scene of the accident, Fedder had
recovered consciousness and was bend
ing over Miss Hough, who was dying.
Miss McCabe was lying a few feet away,
unconscious.
Girl's Neck Was Broken.
nosier called an ambulance fipm Ford
ham Hospital, and Dr. Hoy examined
Hiss Hough and found that her neck
was broken- Before the ambulence ar
rived, Mr. Dean returned from his vain
pursuit. He said that he had seen the
- ... lit, an i that when he saw the
tnree persons lying in the road he gave
chase to the other car.
The police said they were told that the
car thai hit the runabout bore the num
ncr of the license issued to J. T. Rosen
htimer. of North Pelham.
It the home of Mr. Rosenheimer it
Continued on fourth y*io.
NEW-YORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, Uiio.-TWELVE PAGES. •• PRICE ONE CENT
BARONESS VAUGHAN WEDS
Large Crowd Cheers and Annoys
the Bride.
Paris, Aug. 18. — Baroness Vaughan.
the morganatic wife of the late King
Leopold of Belgium, and Emmanuel Du
rieux, a retired merchant living at Neu
iily-sur-Seine, were married to-day at
Arronville, where the baroness has been
living at the Chateau Balincourt.
In spite of all precaution.^ to keep se
cret the marriage arrangements, the
news leaked out, and a large crowd gath
ered and cheered and annoyed the bride
a? she hurried first to the Mayor's office
and then to the church. She Rtrov* to
hide her features from the photograph
ers, while the prospective bridegroom
protected her as best he could with an
umbrella.
The Mayor and cur£ succeeded in per
forming- the respective ceremonies in a
total of fourteen minutes
CLEVELAND BOY LOST HERE
Uncle Fails to Meet Him, and
Police Take Him in Charge.
A little boy clad in knickerbockers, who
said he was George H. Herr. eleven years
old, stepson of Dr Arthur Walter Herr.
of Cleveland, was found asleep on a
bench in the waiting room of the Grand
Central Station last night.
Awakened by Patrolman MeNamara,
the youngster said he had arrived in the
city at noon from Cleveland and had ex
pected his uncle, Charle= Kesnig. of No.
12* East 83d street, to meet him and help
him on his way to Paris. In the police
station he told a pitiful tale about his
home life in Cleveland, saying that he
was always In the way and was being
sent to his grandparents In France.
When a policeman intimated that his
story seemed unlikely and accused him
of running away from home and telling
falsehoods, the boy burst into tears and
denied the accusations He was sent to
the Children's Society, after he had a
luncheon.
The police sent a telegram to the boy's
parents in Cleveland. The police believe
the uncle missed the little fellow at the
station through some mistake in the
time.
LOCKSMITH TOO CLEVER
Showing Burglar Proof Devic-.*,
Taken for Thief Himself.
Charles H. Fn^ler. an enterprising
lock dealer, of Yonkers, got into trouble
yesterday by use of what he character
ized as a harmless twentieth century
method of soliciting business.
For several days residents in various
sections of Yonkers have been complain
ing to the police of the operations of a
lockpicker. who was causing the strong
est bolts and bars to yield to his subtle
touch. The complainants thought the
man was a burglar, but on Investigating
found it was only the enterprising Fog
ler who has been picking locks to prove
to householders the worthlessness bf the
bar by which their doors were secured,
and at the same time to introduce a
device of his own which he says protects
a house against the must skilful lock
expert.
It was a common thing for Fogler to
turn deftly a lock and entering a home
tap the surprised housekeeper on the
arm and ask her if she didn't think she
ought to have a real lock on the door.
Fogler was not hostilely received by the
astonished women whose homes he en
tered until yesterday, when Mrs. J.
Lyons summoned a policeman who took
Fogler to headquarters. Explaining, he
was paroled until to-day.
SHE LECTURED THE BURGLAR
Woman Holds Him at Revolver's
Muzzle and Then Lets Him Go.
I By TulWPh to The Tribune.]
Aurora. 111., Aug. 18.— Mrs. J. W. Hunt, a
leader in Aurora society, held a burglar at
bay with a revolver last night while she
delivered a rebuke to him on the manner
lii which he was living and urged him to
reform. Then fhe permitted him to escape,
after he bad promised to mend his ways.
Mr.s. Hunt was alone in her residence,
when she saw a man attempting to force
an entrance into the boose by way of
a window. Leaving the room quietly, she
got her husband's revolver and returned,
finding the man already In the house. Mrs.
Hunt calmly raised the gun, covering the
man. and began to lecture him.
♦2 50 to Atlantic Ctty and Return,
ivnntylvania • Railroad next. Sunday.
Special train leaves 6: 15" A. fct— Advfc
(PtiotOßT&ph by Underwood & Underwood. KM York.
"LIKE A 2-YEAR-OLD,"
MAYOR SAYS HE FEELS
Bulletins Again Reassuring—
Last One Says: "All Con
ditions Favorable."
NO OPERATION IN MIND YET
Physician Says Only Aim Now
Is to Make Patient Strong
Enough to Permit Leav
ing Hospital.
Mayor Gaynor told the physicians who
were attending him yesterday at St.
Mary's Hospital that he felt "like a nvo
year-old." He expressed, a wish to the
doctors that he might sit up for a little
while, according to Robert Adamson. the
Mayor's secretary, and the physicians
told him that he would probably be able
to do so to-day.
Mr. Adamson said that a derided
rhange for the better was noticeable
since the Mayor began to tak<=> solid food
day before yesterday. He said that the
Mayor gained more in strength yester
day and the day before than during all
the previous time he has been in the
hospital.
'The change from yesterday morning
till to-night," said Mr. Adamson- last
night, "has br-en almost as much as all
the rest put together. The change since
yesterday morning has been very
marked. His strength has increased re
markably during that time. It is prob
ably due to the fact that he has begun
to take more solid food. He had three
pieces of milk toast up to noon to-day,
as much as he had eaten on any one day
before, and he enjoyed other substantial
nourishment."
Mr. Adamson qualified his statement
by saying that it did not mean that the
Mayor was out of danger. He under
stood from the physicians, he said, that
an emergency may still arise to necessi
tate an operation for secondary hemor
rhage which might be caused by the
breaking of some of the injured blood
vessels in his throat.
Swallowing Not Yet Easy.
There was still some swelling in the
patient's throat, and he had to work the
food down by manipulating his throat
with his finger?, except in the case of
liquids. This condition was due also in
some measure to a partial paralysis of
the muscles on the right side of the neck.
In the region of the wound. The par
alysis was considered to be only tempo
rary, it was said. The Mayor has not
y<? t regained his normal voice, and still
speaks with some huskiness. Mr. Adam
son said, that the Mayor inquired after
many of his home friends at St. James,
Long Island, yesterday.
Dr. Dowd and Dr. Brewer were with
the Mayor most of the time yesterday.
Dr. Stewart and the house physician.
Dr. Arlitz, were on watch during the
night. The usual consultation of physi
cians was held at 8:30 o'clock last night.
and resulted in another encouraging bul
letin. Only two bulletins were issued
yesterday. The bulletin at H:3O a. m.
was similarly favorable to those of the
last few days. It read as follows:
"The Mayor passed a comfortable
night and is sleeping soundly. Pulse,
temperature and respiration normal."
It was signed by Dr. Arlitz and Dr.
Stewart.
Following last night's consultation the
physicians Issued this bulletin:
"All conditions favorable."
The bulletin was signed by Drs. Ar
litz, Stewart, Dowd and I'arrlsh.
There was no bulletin nt midnight, hut
at that time Dr. Arlitz said the Mayor
was sleeping quietly.
Dr. Dowd told Secretary Adamson
afterward that the physicians were
much encouraged by the Mayor's con
dition yesterday. He said that It hud
been the Mayor's best day so far.
In view of Hi" reports that It was con
sidered necessary to operate and extract
the bullet before the Mayor left the hos
pital, " '' "' the attending physicians
denied yesterday that such was th.- case.
••\Ve are giving very little thought to
an operation." he said. "Out only view
is to make the Mayor strong enough to
permit his removal from the institution.
[1 would be an unwise move to op. rate
on the man in his present condition. He is
still weak, Although gaining in strength
Continued oo fourth p««o.
TAFT FOR HARMONY
ROOSEVELT CONFERS
President's Friends Surprised at
Report That He Had Hand in
Roosevelt Defeat.
NO DOUBT OF ACCORD
Congressman Longworth Pres
ent at All the Beverly Confer
ences — Will Go to Oyster
Bay To-morrow.
[By Tl-.« Associated Pt*j>s.l
Hopedale, Mass.. Aug. 18.— Reports that
ex-President Roosevelt believed Presi
dent Taft, who is -spending the night
here as the guest of Governor Draper; to
be working with the "old guard" leaders
in New York State were received with
great surprise by those close to the Pres
ident Officially no attention was paid
to them. It was said definitely that
there was no truth in a report that the
President had been a party to a deal
with "old guard" leaders to defeat Mr.
Roosevelt as candidate for temporary
chairman of the state convention in favor
of Vice-President Sherman.
It Is known among those close to the
President that he always has been de
sirous of having harmony in New York
State. He recognizes that it would be
very serious if the Republicans lost that
state this fall. He has urged all the New
York State leaders who have seen him
to "get together."
H> has phowed that he and Mr. Roose
veH Tv^re i n harmony by urging that the
ex- President's wishes be ascertained and
heeded. On one occasion. It is known
that he exclaimed fervently- to a prom
inent New York politician:
"For O-cd's sake, avoid a fight."
Before the President left Beverly, It
was said that nobody knowing the facts
would make the statement that Mr. Taft
and Mr. Roosevelt were not in accord
as to affairs in New York State..
Representative Nicholas Longworth.
of Ohio. Mr. Roosevelt's son-in-law, has
been present at nearly all of the recent
conferences which President Taft ha?
held at Beverly. He was present
through all of the conference with Vice-
President Sherman yesterday. Mr.
Longworth. it is believed, knows every
move the President has made. H*> will
pee Mr. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on
Saturday.
President Taft motored down from
Beverly this afternoon, making the sixty
miles or more in a little over two hours.
Governor Draper invited a number of
his relatives and intimate friends to
meet the President at dinner to-n 1 ht.
Mr. Taft was accompanied fmm Bev
erly only by Secretary Norton and Cap
tain Butt.
To-morrow the President will vi?it
Menden, where his ancestors lived, and
return by automobile to the summer
capital in the afternoon. His visit here
is purely social.
DRISCOLL AT CONEY ISLAND
Commissioner Goes After the
"Guess-Your-Weight" Men.
Clement Driscoll. head of the Bureau
of weights and Measures. vi=ited Coney
Island last night to investigate com
plaints against the so-called "guess
your-weight" machines. The result was
that two demands were made on the
operators of these machines: first, that
they show signs stating the charge that
would be made, and, second, that they
cease the practice of feeling the person
that is to be weighed. Mr. Driscoll
went over to the police station and told
Acting Captain Charles Easom to see
that these orders were enforced.
In his visit to twelve of the machines
Mr. Driscoll paid out about $1 15, and he
found that no two of them weighed him
alike. He made the second regulation
in answer to a complaint that some of
the operators were In league with pick
pockets, and that when they felt a per
son to aid in guessing his weight they
just located his purse and then told the
pickpocket, who then did his part in
securing the purse.
Acting Captain. Easom. after a visit to
the Bowery last night, forbade the auc
tioning of prizes at the Japanese "roll
ball" games. He said the proprietors
had no license to auction. Another reg
ulation which he made was in connec
tion with the "hoop-la" games, where
Ytp. ordered the cutting down of the ped
estals on which the various prizes were
placed, inasmuch as he discovered that
in many cases the pedestals were larger
than the hoops which were thrown at
them, thus preventing the thrower of the
hoop from ever getting a prize.
PRICKS FOOT ON $200 PIN
South Jamesport Bather Returns the
Diamond Trinket to Owner.
A diamond pin valued at $300 lost in ,the
sand at South Jamesport. Long Island, on
Tuesday was recovered yesterday. Thomas
M. Haires, of Brooklyn, who was going In
bathing, stepped on it and pricked his foot.
Mrs. E. P. O'Hara. also of Brooklyn,
owns the pin. She had searched high and
low for it along the beach, and then re
turned disconsolate to her hotel.
After his bath Mr Haires made a round
of the hotels and finally found Mrs. O'Hara.
to whom he returned the pin. He declined
to accept a reward.
GAYNOR PICTURES BARRED
Acting Mayor of Cincinnati Issues
Ukase Against Films.
[By TeK»Krai'h 10 Th.» Tribune. 1
Cincinnati. Aug.. 18.— Moving pictures pur
porting 10 be views of the shooting of
Mayor Gaynor of New York will rot be per
mitted In Cincinnati theatres, according to
Acting Mayor Calvin's announcement to
day. Galvin said he had never been con
sulted by the Sheriff or any official of the
County Prosecutor's office regarding the
Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures now on ex
hibition at Winton Place, ■ suburb.
About two years ago when Galvin was
acting Mayor during the Illness Of the" late
Mayor Markbreit, he would not allow the
Jeffries aggregation of athletes to give an
entertainment in this city.
MOONLIGHT TRIPS ON STR. 'ALBANY/
Hudson River Day Line last down boat. —
Advt.
In City of New York. Jer*#y City and HobokML
ELSEWHERE TWO TEXTS.
Most Important Meeting Sines
He Left White House at
Sagamore Hill.
MAY KEEP CLEAR IN STATE
Will Let "Old Guard' Run Mat
ters Unless He Feels It Neces
sary to Fight for His
Policies.
[By The Associated Pr*»9 1
Oyster Bay. Aug. IS. — Theotlcre Roose
velt spent to-day in what was probably
the most Important political conference
he has held since" he left the White
House. He gathered about him a group
of his close friends, and talked over with
them* the situation, which is best ex
pressed in the reports that relations be
tween President Taft and himself are
strained to the breaking point.
"William Loeb. Jr.. Collector of the Port
of New York; Lloyd C. Griscom, presi
dent of the New York Republican
County Committee; Representative Will
iam M. Calder. of Brooklyn; Frederick
J. H. Kracke. of Brooklyn, and Repre
sentative W. W. Cocks, of Mr. Roose
velt's home district, took part In the
conference.
From what was said by some of the
visitors it was learned that the ex-Presi
dent and his friends have agreed on a
plan of action which will hold mr
situation defines itself more clearly.
Briefly state, it is this:
Roosevelt to Stand Aside.
Mr. Roosevelt Is to etar.d a^ide !n t'n«
N>w York State campaign and let the
"old guard" fight Its own fight, and thus
shoulder all the responsibility for the
conduct and result of the campaign. He
i» neither to indorse nor criticise Che
Taft administration. He is to keep out
all around if he can.
Through some of to-day's visitors it
was learned Just why Mr. Roosevelt has
decided to keep his hands off. He feels
; that the Republican State Committee in
refusing to . Indorse him for temporary
chairman of the Saratoga convention— a
place he had agreed to accept, much
against his will, with the knowledge that
he would be held responsible for elec
tion results acted in a manner that
would make further activity on his part
look as if he were leading a factional
fight against the administration.
It was said that Mr. Roosevelt does
not deem it either wise or proper to per
mit himself to become involved in such
a factional fight, and that his present
decision is that he will not go to the
convention, or take any part which, would
render him responsible. He has come to
ho definite conclusion, however.
Will Defend His Policies.
One important proviso was emphasized
at to-day's conference. Those with
whom he talked were made to under
stand clearly that Mr. Roosevelt re
serves to himself the right to jump into
the thick of the fight at any time if he
believes that the policies mi which he is
the exponent are in serious jeopardy.
But he let it be known that he would
do so with extreme reluctance, for he
feels that in such a contingency he
might be led inevitably Into a contro
versy with the Taft administration.
From what was said after the confer
ence it was gathered that Mr. Roose
velt believes the present attitude of men.
who are influential in the national ad
ministration is hostile to him. and that
an open rupture may result. In such
case he feels that he may be compelled
at some juncture to exert his influence
against the administration.
Those who are closest to the ex-Presi
dent believe that he will do everything
in his power to avert such a crisis dur
ing the fall campaign
May Wait Unt>l 1912.
It is their opinion that if he I !
decide to fight, he prefers to psi
the struggle until the campaign of IM2L
when the question oi the nation's policy
for the next four years i3 to be brought
before the entire country' and "hen a
successor to William H. Talt is SB be
elected.
Should such an issue between Mr.
Roosevelt and the administration present
itself at that time, it is the firm belief
of the intimate associates of. the for
mer President that he will be In the
fight to the end, that he will stake h:3
own future on the outcome and again
become a candidate for the Presidency.
It Is believed, however, that Mr.
Roosevelt regards such a situation as a
remote contingency which is not to re
ceive serious attention at the present
time.
He has said repeatedly that he can
form no plans for the future, fas the
situation may be changed completely at
any time He has told his friends that
he is a candidate for no office, and that
he can conceive of no circumstances
"which would lead him to accept the nom
ination for Governor or a seat in the
United States Senate.
His associates believe that the only
reason which might lead him to consider
becoming ■ candidate for the Presiden
tial nomination would be the conviction
that he must seek"* another term in order
successfully to carry on the work he be
gan while President.
Goes West on Tuesday.
The conference broke up late to-day
without any definite agreement M to
when another will be held. Mr Roose
velt is to »t:irt for the West on Tues
day, and Mr. (Iri^com and Mr. Loaij said
they did not expect to return to Saga
more Hill before that time, and probably
there will be no more long talks si this
nature until after Mr. Roosevelt returns
from the West.
Most of the time to-day was BfjesM in
consideration of the New York m' ■: t
tion. which is regarded as th^ one thip.sr
that may develop in such a way as to
fores Mr. Roosevelt to make the right
within the party.
From an unquestioned source it 13
known that he has taken deeply to heart
what he considers to be the hostility of
men close to the admii^stratioc. aad ha
