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THE DISPATCH FOUND BD Uta
THE TIMES FOUNDED ISM.
WHOLE NUMBER 19,014.
RICmiOXD, VA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1912.
THE WEITHER TO-D\Y?FAIR. PRICE TWO CENTS
SARAH'S GETTING
CLOSE TO SCOUTS
Girl Swatter Puts Out
New Trap To-Day, So
Hurrah, Everybody!
TWENTY-FOUR
AGAINST ONE
Two Dozen Soldier Lads, Work
ing as One Team, Fail to Run
Away From Church Hill
Girl?Many Contest?
ants Shift Po?
sitions.
Fly Contest Leaders.
WH1TB.
Ilo.v S.Km .!MM,4S2
Sarah Johanna .201.U80
tlrlhudlKt Mtunloa n?}?.I48J440
' ? Hank". SS,040
Ployd llrjaol. T8.O40
.lor I'alnter. 00,330
\drloldc Mllr*. 53,25::
Joe Dnrnty. ?41440
Frank Mlonl. us,^<il
<rn?ford Mn?.?cj. "3.220
l'hllli? ??udtvla.81,000
< larc lluroli. 10,038
Mi?-r?ooil t'ourno??. 18,483
William LcwIn. 13,4*11
I ULOIU3D.
In.-/ Harris . 7<I?W>
Violet Crump . 30,322
?<|?vard Joboaon. 33,030
?>rll Whltle) . 34,300
I'.llrn Mnorp. 30,382
Mmlallur Murrrj. 27,430
Clementine < Inrk. 10,100
Coldl. Worrell. 17.850
i-niii Davis. M.inn
Olllr J'nklon. 13.030
.lor (hrrtim. 13,440
T. E. Johnson. 13,344
l.rmlr JrlTrr?on. 11,100,
Total klllril tu dntr.1,D2S,."WW
Killed yesterday . 351*014
Whllr . 237.40S
i olorrd . 113.000
The Tlme'a-Plrtpatch fly swattcfa
are nenrlng the 2,000,000 mark 11. the I
mad race for prize money.
By a magnificent .-purt. Sarah
Johnson, the chief contender foi tirst
place with the Boy scoute, crept up
ii.ihii) points on her rlvats. nn.l la now
separated from them by ? .scant I"jI
i ..r the third time since the opening I
of the content, she bugged the largest j
kill for a Mingle day. carrying to the
City Hall yesterday a total slaughter]
of S7.000.
The Hoy Scout.', working to stave
Oft drfc.it at the hands of thin do- j
tcrmlncd little girl. succeeded In kill?
ing .'l.noi', thus holding the lead
w hich seemed Inevitably lost yester- j
day. .Sarah Johnson, using the most'
effective method* of work, Is daily |
breaking records for Individual ,
?laughter, and even if defeated fori
Urn money, will probably smash iho'
record for Individual killing catab- !
Halted by,thr small Washington hoy I
who (rot more than 100,000 during the!
contest in the National Capital.
??nriih'o <iol n Xcu Trni?. |
Other contests, just as ciog.< and j
exciting, arc overshadowed hy thoj
struggle for supremacy being waged
by Sarah and thr twenty-four Hoy
Scouts Their pride aroused by the
gain the girl made yesterday, the
Scouts left thr City Hall vowing t<
break the record for one day's work,
and to forgv ahead beyond chance of
defeat. Sarah, on the other hand,
?onfidrd to the reporter In her modest
way that her father had Just made
her a great big trap which she ex
pected would catch thousands of files
dally, and rnahle her to overtake the
sol ller lads. Everybody is watching
to spi- how the rivals come out this
iftrrnoon.
Realization of thr approaching end
of thr contest is apparent in the tre
mendoila returns which were made
yesterday hy the leaders in the race, j
The Methodist Mission boys alone, !
of all the twenty-seven leaders, fa'led
t'i make an entry, and the contest offi?
cials nre wondering what they can
have up their sleevo for to-day. An
enormous entry is expected from them
this afternoon.
Many Shift Positions.
The failure of these boys to count
yesterday leaves them sadly behind
the two leaders to-day. George Hanks,
working Independently, took a strong-'
er hold on fourth place with a tre- i
mendotis kill, while his rival. Floyd
Bryant, increased his grip on fifth
piace. Adelaide Miles lost her clnim
to sixth place to Joe Painter when
the latter turned In a great kill, while
Joe Onesty, a newcomer in the ranks
of leaders, strengthened his claim to
eighth place.
Two new names appear in to-day's
money list. Sherwood Cournow and
William Lewis having displaced Car
lylc, Moore and Frank Ixiehr by steady
and consistent effort, l.ochr failed to
make his entry, yesterday, while Moore
is n bare hundred points behind Lewis.
There Is certain to bo a beautiful fight
between the contestants who are scrap?
ping for the. lower rungs of the prizo
ladder, not so sensational as the race
between the leads, but a pretty fight
nevertheless.
fJrave-faeed Edward Johnson, the
eight-year-old midget who held on to
first place sp long in the colored dl
* Ision. dropped back *nto third place
r. esterday In the- face, of an enormous
entry made hy Violet Crump, who
moved up from third to second place,
while Inez Harris was tightening her
hold on first place with a kill of 24,
r,no. Encouraged by her victory over
FCdward on Monday, Inez Harris came
back with the record kill for one day
made by colored contestants, and seem?
ingly put herself beyond pursuit.
Neck and A'eek Habe.
The fifth for third place In the. col?
ored division Is a neck and neck af?
fair, four little contestants bo'ng
bunched about as closely as possible.
I (Continued on Second ?? ago.). ~,
AVIATION AGAIN
TAKES ITS TOIL
Army Lieutenant and
Wright Instructor
Crushed to Death.
ENGAGED IN TEST
FOR GOVERNMENT
i Real Cause of Machine's Collapse
While at Height of About 200
Feet May Never Be Known.
Board of Inquiry Ap?
pointed to Investi?
gate.
I Washington, .turn- II.?Another fear?
ful toll was taken by aviation to?
night, when the mutilated bodies of
Lieutenant Lelghuin W. Hazlehurst,
Jr., Seventeenth Infantry. U, S. A., and
Alfrod I.. Welch, a professional avi?
ator In the employ of the Wright
Brothers, were hauled from under the
debris of a collapsed aeroplane.
The accident occurred while they
wer?, attempting to make the lefts re?
quired by the government In a in.-i
chlnc contracted for >>y the War De?
partment. Although an army board
was Immediately ippolntcd t.i deter
I mine the cause of the accident. It Is
' probable the real cause of the ma
chlnc'ti failure never will be known.
The crash came so suddenly and un?
expectedly that the two men met their
'death without belntr able to make
.-Ingle move to arrest their fall. Seven
army filers were among the score of
spectators, but they cannot explain the
accident
It was shortly after 1 o'clHrk that
the Wright machine was run out In
front of the long line of hangars. For
several days Aviator Welch, whose
honte Is In this city, had been busy
demonstrating the aeroplane. All of
the War Department's requirements
had been met except a cllrnb of Z.000
feet within ten minutes, carrying Ui
load of 4"i0 pounds.
Impatient by Fnllare*.
Welch knew the machine was capa?
ble of in?-linn the test, for It had been I
accomplished at Dayton. O.. by Or- i
vllle Wright before !t was taken to
College Park, and he had been made
impatient by several failures.
' 'Till going to make that climb to
j night or know the reason why." he
said, as he began to tune up. 'Tm
I tired fooling.-' he added.
I A few minutes later he announced
that he was ready. Lieutenant Kails'*
I hurst followed Welch Into the ma
I chine, takln?? the passenger's seat The
I aeroplane moved off steadily -and flew
'the length of the (leid, rising 200 feet.
.\s It was turned toward the group of
! army officers before the hangars
! Welch dipped sharply to indicate to the
Official starter that he was ready for
the stiff --llnib
The dip carried the machine to with?
in about 75 feet of the ground, and
it then straightened out sharply, tuo
quickly the observing fliers thought.
Without warning, the aluminum wings
crumpled, or collapsed upward so that
they almost met above the engine.
The machine dropped, then turned her
nose toward the earth and dived,
i The accident occurred about 1,000 feet
from the hangars, and when the tlrst
within reached the wreck it was sn-:
I that both of the men were dead. Welch
was burled In the debris. but the
body of Hazlehurst had been catapulted
fully feet away after trie machine
struck. Welch's clothes were practically
all torn from his body, [which was
I bruised and battered. lIa2!ehur.st'B
1 skull was fractured and his head badly
disfigured.
Death to both of the men probably
ha.| been instantaneous.
Their bodies were rushed In army
automobiles to Walter Reed Hospital,
in this city. Five minutes after the
flight began the flag over the aviation
! field was half-masted.
Ilonrd of Inquiry.
Captain Charles DeK. Chandler,
commanding the army aviation corps,
at once convened a hoard of Inquiry
consisting of seven nrmy officers who
had been witnesses to the catastrophe.
A preliminary Inquest shed little light
upon the cause, of the tragedy, as
nightfall made it necessary to post?
pone the Investigation until to-mor?
row. The officers who are making
ll.e Investigation are Captain P. 13,
Hennessy. president; Captain Paul W.
Peck. Lieutenant Harry Graham, R.
C. Kirtland and T. DeW. Milling
Lieutenant William C. Sherman, of
the engineer school, Washington, and
Lieutenant B. D. Foulois, an army
aviator, will be amons the Important
w'tnesses.
As the gathering dusk made Impos
I slblc a careful examination of the
, wrecked machine, It was kept Intact
! to-night In the hope that a fuller ex
? nmlnatlon to-morrow might partly re
venl the cause of tho accident.
Many new features were embodied
In tho machine evolved as a result ot
Orvllle Wright's experiments at Kill
Devil Ulli, N. C last summer.
Tho Wrlglit brothers always built
comparatively slow craft, hut the gov?
ernment required thot the new ma?
chine, should imako flnrty-flve miles
an hour. In speed trials several days
ago B0.8 miles was attained. It was
estimated that It was making about
fcrty-flvo miles an hour when tho fa?
tal plunge came.
The wings of the craft were of
aluminum Instead of canvas, but In
appearance It was much 1 llge the
earlier machines. It was narrower by
one foot, but with a vertical rudder a
little, larger. Tho six-cylinder engine
was of 50-horsepower, Instead of 30.
The opinion was expressed to-night
that the engine was In no wise re?
sponsible for the disaster.
With Aviation Corps.
Lloutenant Hazlehurst was <n his
I twenty-sixth year, and was unmarried-.
Tho home of his parents Is Macon,
Co., but he was appointed to West
Point from. Mlss'sslppl, being grad
tiated and ' commissioned a ' second
lieutenant In 1008. He had been with
the aviation corps since last March,
when'he was dctp'.led to It at Augusta,
Gn., the winter camp.
Mr. Welch, for several years a *obI
(Contlnuoa on Third Pags}
Randolph-Macon Board
Enjoined by Judge
Scott.
DISPUTE AWAITS
LEGAL DECISION
Minority of Trustees Believes
Methodist Conferences Have
No Authority Over Great
System of Schools, and
Will Fight Denomina?
tional Control.
While th<_. board of trustees of Ran
I i'.olph-Macon College, in session at
I Ashland yesterday morning, was en
I gaged in nominating men to Mill v?
i fancies in its membership according
I to the compromise plan ugreed to by
the Virginia and Baltimore Methodist
I Conferences, an Injunction was issued
I by Judge R. Carter Scott, in the Clr
I cult Court of the city of Richmond,
forbidding any action under said plan.
I The effect 1? to throw the entire con
It roversy, which for yeats has agitat?
ed the two conferences. Into the
1 courts, where both fictions on tho
I board hope for a final settlement.
I-egal opinions are to the effect that
the action of the board yesterday in
i selecting new members, which was ac
I compllshed before the notice of In
' Junction could he officially served,
cannot become operative. By the
terms of the ;igr< cmcnt, the board,
which Is a Belf-perpetuating body,
nominates men to fill vacant les sub?
ject to ratification by the two Meth?
odist conferences. Therefore, the ac?
tion of yesterday is merely the first
step in the work of making new
trustees, and further movement in the
direction of confirmation Is stopped.
Besides, it Is hoped to have tir.al ad?
judication of the entire problem be
for< both conferences have held their
next annual sessions.
nun Test of Court?.
T-h?* injunction as issued by .Judge
S--ott is rvturnabh? wjthin sixty days
before. Judge It. II. 1. Oh Joh ester, in
the Circuit Court of Hanover county.
It wll| then he contested, und, after
bearing argument, the court will either
make thi! injunction permanent or will
dissolve it. In rtthcr caste an appeal
will t>c taken to the Strpeieme Court,
so as to secure the Judgment of the
high'st Judicial authority.
For y.>a.rs tthkf Sight, over control of
tin* Ra.-)dol.-.h-Meo!Cn system of col?
leges and academies has beeti bltt-r.
It had Its inception when the effort
was made to put the Rar.dolph-Macon
Woman's Coilege at I,} nchburg on th?
Carnegie Four.Jatio.i. one of tha re?
quirements of which was that the col
logs should not ?se^ta.rian. The re
SUlt was a 7>mtest on the part of sev?
eral ministers of the Virginia and Eai
trimcre Mtttchodist Conferences, who said
the schools wer* maintained by Metho
dlsts ar.d s'ho-.iid be under this control
of fjhat denomination.
Is Xnnnednrinii.
In r*?p!y, it was po-irted out that
large bequests and trust funds wen?
I h.Md by the svst, m of educational in?
stitutions, which were donated wlrh
?the proviso that the manar ment
should be self-per.petustl.ng. While for
many >i?arit the m.?-mhe-.-s of the hoard
hs/ve all b:en Methodist*. ?uch his not
always be.en the case. Th'- charter cf
the schools, granted many years ago.
provides that the >voar<l of directors
sha.ll choose the succ.-ssors to m?n who
d?? or resign.
Thi- did not sitlsfy the agitators
for more complete denominational con?
trol, who insisted that the ,-hurch
should have the voice In the selection
of thosA who manage the school sys?
tem. The fight grew more and more
hitter, until the personal characters of
ministers on opposing sides were
dragged Into debate, which has filled
church organs and formed the prin?
cipal topic of discussion at the annual
conference*
By the terms of a compromise am ?cd
Upon lust year It was provided that
when future vacancies occur on the
board the surviving members shall
nominate successors. whose nanus
shall go before the Virginia and Ral
jtimore Conferences tor ratification.
This compromise has been generally
rtgr.rded as stich In nun: onlv. ainee
ill has been fully expected. If the cor.
jfetences did not see tii to rntlfy any
I nomination, the nomlpeo would porvo
(anyway, and the conferences would bo
remediless
Might Kndnnger Property.
I Rut a strong minority It. the board
jhos not been satisfied with tho com
I promise. Led by Judge B. D. Newman,
'of Woodstock, this minority en yes
terriav sought and secured the tem?
porary injunction, which Inhibits oil
? parties from proceedlna; t-> till any
Ivocancles on the board by tha method
I of nomination and ratltif ation. It is
held that the charter rights and priv?
ileges arc violated, Innsmuch as It I"
I provided that the board Is strictly
' self-perpctuntlng.
The minority which took this action
has expressed the opln'on that tho
compromise was so far Illegal that to
proceed under It might Impair tho
title of the. college corporation to the
property aad funds tinder its control,
and might even affect the existence of
the .corporate body.
Should the compromise plan be held
valid by the courts, the controversy
will be terminated, since the legal
status of the agreement will be de?
termined. On the contrary, an ad?
judication that the plan Is invalid
should also end the differences, since,
the. court would then probably hold
that the self-pcrpotunting .charter pro?
vision should govern. A settlement by
the courts now, it Is felt, would pro?
tect tho board and the college In "the
future, as a test might come Into court
collaterally at any time, when It
might to be too Into to save them from
disaster.
At the meeting of the board of
trustees yesterday morning Ashland re?
ports were read from all the llatdolph
Macon institutions. All showed grati?
fying progress, the Woman's College,
^if.' Ijynehburg. having a phenomenally
~ XCoutlnued~orT~Tlii7d~Pago).
NORTHROP DIES
FROM INJURIES
Head of Street Railway
System Passes Away
Suddenly.
WON HIGH PLACE
IN CITY'S ESTEEM
Represented Gould Interests in
Virginia, Reorganizing Lines
and Upbuilding Community.
Miss Helen Gould to At?
tend Funeral Here
on Friday.
.Stricken suddenly with heart fail?
ure, resulting from n recent auto?
mobile accident, wtiiimn Northrop,
president of the Virginia Hallway and
Power Company, and rt presentatlve of
the Could Interests in Virginia, died
yesterday morning at 10:40 o'clock at
his home near Korest Hill. Although
under treatment for his Injuries, the
? nd was totally unexpected. Mrs.
Northrop was in Richmond on an er?
rand, the trulned nurse wus giving
him his morning bath, and Assistant
Secretary Williams wa? waiting at the
house to secure his signature to some
business papers, when, ?without warn?
ing, the end came. Dr. H. Str.art
Mac&ean. who was summoned, de?
clared that, death was due to heart
disease, resulting from the shock, and
general nervous condit ons following
? Iiis accident.
Nephew of Jay I.mild.
Mr. Northrop was a nephew of the
late .lay Could, his mother having
b<.en a sister of the railroad magnate,
and he came to Rlehnii nd nine ypars.
ago. when, his cousins. Frank .Tay
Gould and Miss Helen Miller Could,
secured a controlling interest in the
local traction field. Since then h? had
i been the dominating factor In reor?
ganizing and extending the lines. In?
augurating a policy new to Richmond
' of taking the public into his confl
| dem-e. of dealing openly and fairly
1 with all. he sueceedeu in brief space
' In placing the properties under his
; control on a paying basis for the first
; t me in their history, in rebuilding
I and reorganizing then', and in com?
pletely reversing public sentiment,
'?hieb, prior to his coming, had been
\ioient in Its antipathy to his com
; pany and the Interests which then
. controlled it.
Mnrrtril In Itirbniond.
1 Making Richmond his home. Mr.
Northrop took an .?votive part In public
enterprises, becoming a member of
? .the Chamber of Commerce, a director
of the National Bank of Virginia, and
a member of the Westmoreland Club.
; In October, 190S. he married Miss Ulla
Sklpwlth Blair, daughter of DewiH II.
Hlalr. of this city, who survives h'm.
There are no children. The wedding
ceremony took place quietly in the
Blair home at ?ll Rast Grace Street.
On May H7. while driving into Rich?
mond from his home, near Forest Hill.
Mr. Northrop Was seriously Injured. He
. was alone in his motor car when the
! engine stalled. Korgetting to take
' off the clutch and so release the gear,
he jumped out and cranked the car,
which hounded forward. He was
knocked to the ground and badly
bruised, but did not lose oonscious
. ness. The accident happened just at
! the north end Of the Free Bridge.
Several Hones Ilrokon.
Henry W. Anderson, vice-president
I of the company, and one of Mr. North
! rop's closest friends, hurried him to
j the Virginia Hospital In his car. and
j there Doctors II. Stuart MacT.ean,
' Stuart McGuire end Francis W. Up
i shur made an X-ray examination. Two
: libs were, found to be broken ami a
' bone dislocated in the hip. Though
suffering severely from shock, Mr.
! vNorthrop Insisted on being removed
] to his home, where he had since been
! carefully nursed by his wife. Only In
I the past few days have the physicians
I insisted on having a trained nurse in
I attendance.
While efforts had been made to]
' make light of Mr. Northrop's Injuries.
] ills closest business associates knew
I that he would not have been able
j to resume active work this summer.
r.von had there been a complete re
' covcry a long vacation would have
been necessary.
I But throughout his Illness his ac
! five mind kept in close touch with
! business affairs. nrfU as frequently as
i the physicians would permit he was
i In conference with the officials of the
; company, and from time to time he
I hael sTgned such papers as were pre?
sented to him. He was closely In
j touch with plans for the new office
? building, the new power house, the re
' building of certain lines, the financing
' of a pending bond issue and the con
! test now being ma l- before the f'onn
i ell for a competing Mght and power
franchise.
Mr*. Northrop in Richmond.
Assistant Secretary Williams, of the
? company, was at the house when the
end came. While Dr. MacLean raced
; to the house in his motor car. Mr. Wil
? Hams not', 'cd Vicc-President Anderson
' and GcnenvJ Attorney A. B. Gulgon,
I who af once started messengers
through the shopping district to find
Mrs. Northrop, who was located and
returned to the louse at once. News
of the dentil spread rapidly, and wlth
i In a few minute* the offices of the
: company at Seventh and Main Streets,
and the telephone :-.t the Northrop
residence were besieged by anxious
Inquiries. During the day messages
' of sympathy were received from busi?
ness associates 'n many sections of
the country, and from a number of
directors of the company in New
York, who stated that they would come
, to Richmond to attend the funeral.
Mr. Northrop was born In PennByl
j vnnlu, and had he lived would have
been forty-three years of age next
Saturday. He received his early odu
; cation In Philadelphia, and took his
' degree at the University of New York,
where he also took a course in civil
. chglnocrlng. Shortly after graduation
he accepted a position with the Phll
i adclphla and Reading Railroad.
Led Mining Expedition..
Itf 1S97, when the g-old deposits of
Ala'-ka -were discovered, he led <a largd
(ContlnuedTon Eighth Page.)
RAILWAY PRESIDENT DEAD
WILLIAM NORTHROP.
OGORMAN SLATED
FOR NEW OFFICE
Xew York Senator May Become
Chairman of Campaign
Committee.
PLANS QUIETLY FORMULATED |
Coming Contest Recognized asj
Too Much Labor for National
Chairman.
Baltimore. Md.. June 11.?Plans are
being quietly formulated by several,
members of the Democratic National
Committee, it was learned here to
night, to create a new office, to be
known as chairman of the campaign
committee. Thin new officer of the 1
campa'gn. who will work with the ?
national chairman, may or may not bp
a member of the nnt'onal committee, t
and his selection will be made by the!
presidential candidate after a con- !
ference with the new national commit?
tee members. The national chairman
will continue in general charge of the!
ca mnaign.
The creation of the new officer has
been under consideration for some
time, and a movement to bring the;
office into being will be made when1
the national committee meets Just af-l
tor the Democratic committee ad- ;
Journft. The new national committee, :
it was said, will In all likelihood elect
Its chairman at the first meeting and'
then adjourn unfl the presidential j
candidate can be conferred with.
O'Knrmon Mny Be Named. ?
The name of United States Senator:
O'Gorman. of New York, has been dis- !
cussed among some of the. national
rommlttecmen, who expect to be re- ?
turned as members of the new com- )
m'ttee. for the office* of , chairman
of the campaign committee. Just j
how many vembors will constitute the i
new campaign committee has not been
j considered, but the tsreatlon of the!
; office of chairman was believed to bei
advisable because the com'ng presl-!
dential contest is recognized ay too]
much labor for the national chair- I
man. J
National Commltteeman Joseph us
: Daniels, of North Carolina. Bald that
several commltteemen hatl the matter,
j under advisement, but thought It was,
too soon to discuss U. National rnm. |
! mitteeman l-Mwin O. Wood. Of Mich-1
igan. reported here to-day te> make'
, arrangements for the accommodation
! e?f ?lnt Democrats from h'a home State, j
The Mayors of thirty.two Michigan
cities, Mr. Wood said, would bo among
the delegation. Mr. Wood brought
: forward the name of Representative
j Prank Doromus, of Detroit, for tem
I porary chairman of the e-onventlon.
I.loutenant-Oovernor Hugh Nichols.
: of tihio. campaign manager for Gover?
nor Harmon, stopped off In Baltimore
; for 0 short time to-day to look over
preliminary arrangements made by
! the Harmon lieutenants, anel then pro-I
eroded t.? Nov. York, whe re he will j
; remain for three days.
linnlelM mi V lec-l'roKldonoj. |
NattoTinl Commltteeman Daniels to- i
: night starteel a movement to bring t
; about the nomination for Vlee-Prest
; dent of the man whei stands second i
! for the presidential nomination on
I the final ballot. Mr. Daniels said ]
: the Baltimore convention should bo a
repetition of 1SSI, whop the ticket!
j was Cleveland and Hejndrlcks, both !
j of whom were eanellelates fe.r the'
. presidency.
I He said that none of the candidates |
i for President would say at this time
tha t ho would accept the vice-presl- i
dential nomination, but declareel that
after the final ballot on the presi?
dential nomination the second man
should be appealed to to take the vlcc
prcsldential place as a duty to the
Democratic party.
Mr. Daniels says the party cannot
take any chances on nominating n
small man for the vlco-presidency,
but must put with its presidential
preforeMicn a man for Vlce-Prealdent
, tcTmUnucd on Seventh Page.)
SEEK DELEGATES
NOT INSTRUCTED
Both Sides in This Way Hope
to Get Balance of
Power.
MAY DETERMINE OUTCOME
Arrangements for Spectacular
Preliminary to Opening
of Convention.
Chicago, June 11.?Roosevelt leaders
to-night announced details of. a mass
meeting for Friday afternoon, which
will l>e staged at Chicago's largest
theatre as a spectacular preliminary
to the opening of the Republican Na?
tional Convention next Tuesday. Con?
gressman William Kent, of iTalifornia,
who made the announcement of the
proposed demonstration, said that the
principal addresses at the meeting
would be delivered by Judge Ben B.
Llndsey, of Denver. and Attorney
Francis J. Honey, of California. Also
It is probable that Governor Johnson,
of California, and Governor Stubbs, of
Kansas, will speak.
Developments to-day Indicated that
the tight between the Toft and Roose?
velt forces In the sessions of the na?
tional committee for contested seats
was almost equaled by tho "gumshoe"
campaign being made for delegates
listed in the unlnstructod column.
Roth sides. It was learned, had de?
cided to attempt to get a possible bal?
ance of power through this source.
Although many of the unlnstructed
delegates already have been pledged
by State leaders either to Taft or
Roosevelt, campaign managers private?
ly have expressed ability to secure a
block of fifty or more for their can?
didate. In rase the decisions by tho
national committee in tiie contest cases
send President Taft and Colonel Roose?
velt into the convention on prsct'cal
ly all even basis, the unlnstructed men
may determine the final outcome of
the light. It is argued.
McCoriaiek In flmrgc.
r. r McCormick. of Chicago, was
to-day named by William Fllnn, Of
Pittsburgh, as the chairman of the
committee which will meet and direct
the activities of Roosevelt delegates
before and during the national con?
vention. Mr. McCormick will name hla
own list <>f assistants, who will num?
ber about 100.
While the work of the Roosevelt
and Taft leaders held the foreground
during the day. the Pummins and La
Follette men were busy with plans
for furthering the candidacies of the
Iowa Senator and the Wisconsin Sen?
ator.
John McVick.tr, of Des Mcin's. and
former >'t :!e Senator I". L Maytag, of
Iowa, said tlKit a large Cummins dem?
onstration would be held In Chicago
Saturday night. It is planned to bring
a del-'gat ion of 1.000 or more lownns
ir.'io Chicago from Des M-otries aboard
?Pedal trains on thnt rtrty. ? Nitrid
StSitVs Senator W. .-'. Kenyon will pre
s'ldo at the Cummins mass-meeting.
Walter I- Heuser, f? nator La Fol
1 et lev's rs'tnrpis'sru manure". Raid that n
, large delegation of Wisconsin people
?would arrive In Ohlcngri .Monday.
Rooapveli Protests 4g/iiln.
Oj'ster Bay, N. V. Junk. II.?With an
attack on his opponents in the Repub?
lican National Ccmmiitii. an.l on Pros
M?nt,Taft, Colonel {tooaevelt to-night
again protested against the course of
affairs at Chicago. In a statement
Issued at Sagamore Hill, hj said Mr
Taft a.ssumrd "that tho presidency is
to be treated as a gift wlrhin the be-,
stowal of the politicians. |n defiance
of tihie duly expressed wish of the
people."
"Such conduct." Colonel Roosevelt
Sit id. "comes dangerously ntear being
iniason to thie whoie spirit of our in?
stitutions, to the Whole spirit of demo?
cratic government."
The former Prealdi-nt laid.'uspecMI
stres? tipon the action of the commit?
tee In seatinig tlte. Taft del--ratrw from
(Continued on E'ghth Pago.)
CONTESTS YIELD
. ROOSEVELT HIS
FIRST DELEGATE
At Same Time Commit?
tee Gives Seventeen
to Taft.
BORAH OPPOSES
HALF VICTORY
Division of Eleventh Kentucky
District Delegation, He De?
clares, Is Without Justifica?
tion?President's Four Con?
tested Delegates-at
Large Seated.
Chtc-i^ro. June 11.?Onu delegab; for
Colonel Roosevelt, the first awarded
? him since the national committee *?e
? gnu the hearing of contest cas?s last
j Friday, and, seventeen for President
j Taft were the net results of to-day s
session of the Republican National
Committee.
In all 131 delegates haw be>en ac?
corded President Taft since the com?
mittee opened its hearings. The. o.a'e.
Placed In the Roosevelt column to-day
was D. C. Ed"wairds, from the Eleventh
District of Kentucky. The Taft forces
on tho commit*.? refused by a vote of
33 to 19 to scat both of the Roosevelt
delegates whoso places wen; contested,
but agreed to a split, which gave
Colonel Roosevelt and President Taft
each ono de^-gato fram the district.
Th,i half victory for Colonel Roose?
velt came at the cad of a day In whlob,
all of -the other much discussed con?
tests from Kentucky had been decided
In President Taft's fa.vor. In some of.
these tho Roosev-Ml men had ac
qutttsced; in otuors they had m us tie red
a vote of from 11 to 17 against tlw
T.ttt decisions.
Senator Borah, tho most actlvu
Roosevelt adherent In tht? committee,
protested ag-alns-t splitting the Elev?
enth District delegation.
"ThUina is no Justlricatlon for It," he
declared. "If on- is given, both should
be."
.Split Delegation Seated.
Arthur I. Vorys. of Ohio, mado thei
motion to sin.t the divided delegation.
! John n. Capers, Senator Borah and
Francis J. He:iiPy B:d an effort to
; adopt a substitute to seat both Roosc
i vclt men, but they could mustier only
; nineteen votes. Thn split delegation
Was then unanimously seated.
rresidiont Taft's four contested dcle
| gab's-at-largii from Kentucky, headed
by Senator W. O. Bradley, wetr? seated
with only eleven vot.->s m the negative.
Hie was giiram the six from the First,
1 Second and Tenth Districts unani?
mously.
The contest against the two In the
Fourth District was withdrawn, and
.tlie rive froni the Seventh, Eighth and
Eleventh districts wer,, won against
the votes of the Roosevelt forces.
Sharp Interchanges between Francis
J, Heney, of San Francisco, and Taft
? members of the committee character?
ized tho long day's session over the
; Kentucky contests. Mr. Heney, who
1 will appear to-morrow In the hearing
of the California contests, repeatedly
referred tq frauds In Kentucky elec?
tions, and compared conditions to
those that existed In California under
I Abe Ruef. Early objections to his
; remarks were followed late In tho
afternoon by sarcastic repltes of
"thanks" from Taft members of tho
committee when he criticized their de
' cisions.
lladley In Committee.
Governor Hndley, of Missouri, who Is
to come before the rommlttco this
week as a Roosevelt contestant from
Missouri, was also In tho committee
during the day. on the proxy of an
. other member.
Restrictions upon time of argument
were abandoned tn the Kentucky caso
to-day, and all evidence was heard
at length. As a result the committee
, to-morrow will begin Its session at
9 o'clock, with the prospect of night
sessions for the remainder of tha
I week. i
The committee adjourned at 7:35,
after nine and a half hours' of con?
tinuous work. To-morrow's session
will begin at 9 o'clock, and will prob?
ably extend Into the evening. The
California. Arlr.ona and Louisiana con?
kests will then be taken up.
Will He No Compromise.
! Chicago. June 11.?A murmur of,
gossip, suft^estiug a possible comproj
miso candidate, which swept througl
Hi., hotel lobbies to-day and to-nlghf
drew forth this statement from WIK
i Ham Barnes, Jr., of New York, on bef
: half of the Taft forces:
"There has been talk and somf
t ewspaper publication this even Inf
gnrdlng a .npromlse candidate fa
I President. This proposal Is purely I
. ruse on the part of the Roosevel
.f ices. wl:> realise that they will ta
i defeated In 'he convention, and ar
now endeavoring to break up the Taf
I nllgnnient by talking compromise.
I "Mr. Roosevelt said, and in this f
agree with htm. the compromise can
!didate will be me.' That the Boos*
veil men themselves ate talking com
! promise to-night Is positive cvldeno
Of the loss of their cause, and of thel
h<ipc cf creating dissension in tl?
rink* "f President Taft, through ap
pealing to the very natural instlnei
on tho part of any Republican b
avert a sharp division ?.f forces. Bu
the purpose Is perfectlv clear to th
delegates here assembled.
?My only object is making thl
statement Is that If may be glvet
Puch currency that It will also b<
clear to the Republicans throughou
the country."
Mr. Barnes was emphatic in his dd
clarntlon that there would bo no coro
promise.
