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OFFICERS CLOSE TO ALLEN OUTLAWS .Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards Traced to Seattle. CAPTURE MAY BE MATTER OF HOURS They Leave Salt Lake City Just Ahead of Government Men, and Now Secret Service Detec? tives, Police and Sheriff's Deputies Arc Hunt? ing Them. [Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch 1 Seattle, VVanh., iuarunl l.?Sldnn Allen bikI VVeale} llilnnr?a, leader* ?I .Hi,' murdcroor, Allen RH nit ?I < arroli ????int.. \"a., have hern traced Iti the ??II}, according to n statement mniie I, 1-(ln.% h) I nlteil Stute? Marvibnl It. II. Jacobr, Federal officer* anil the police have deflnltrlj ileti rnilneil Ihn? Allen baa ben In Seattle proper Mithin ili, last week and within the neighbor b.I for inn weeks, The secret aer vlee men Iihm- been na the lookout for two weeka. Tbla illil nnt become known until to-do?. All'n and Bdwarde were traced t" bait l.,ak< City, but they Cleared that city just ahead of government offlceri Alien la known to have hem In Bril? lit, rd, a nuburh of Seattle, within the ? ? eel ; ?-T. it at the home of a relative, but wan i ? ?n an<l rtcognlsed I? men ivhoito nan,-' W It Urynh, special on- Indignant that the Htnry out. Marshal John Anderson Lake, paxHoi on word thAt A!' h'dwardn we're hound for th? r 11 man named llatfield in *o; which was combed by posses Allen uni Kdward* had conte oh to Seattle Itatllcld wait finally locV.ed in the Hlg tioUom country, between Kibe and Morton, and there- wero found ?evbrat I a tri t U ? s who had pome from the Allen's home in Virginia Among tliaim wer? "DeyllV Itatfleld, .-? . he Is known, in- is ii close (rlfjiid arid former an ? elate of Ail, ti. who hau relatives and trieuda in Puget So'ihd rolintry. Allen was hero on an exieri iv'i visit eight y.ars ugo, It la believed that bot;, fugitives are U>inK either !?? net north t.i Alaska 01 south to Mexico. Seattle i- be Inn thoroughly scoured, und as both mm are dressed like laborers, hi htiudreds of cheap lodg. ? - Ills bottom country Is i>eing Closely watchisl in order t-i prevent theni ?et ting t'ick among tin foothills arid mountain fastnessen, where they uia be protected by their former tr Ighhor? und friends in Virginia, it:- entire police department as well a* the full strenglh of the sheriff's oince, tl ? L uit, a .-tu.-.- marshal's oitlci and a scon of special agents. ,,: the Department Justice, augmented by several secret service men, an on trie job; and Marshal Jacoby and Captain of Detectives Tcntiarit ait confident their arrest is only a matter of a few hours. WANT PEACE: READY FOR WAR Chlcugn Street Itallirn; Kiiiployrs IVtll <luli li Deniiindx in- Not (.ranted, Chicago. August t?"Wi believe in jo ace, but are prepared for war," snlu >V. D. Mahon. p res id i :it ,,t the Alna I fjtarnated Association of Street und Klectrloul Hallway lOmpl'oyi s, in .in address to-daj before tlx Chicago l-'edcratlon of [<abor. lie outlined the position of tin 10,000 street railway employes, who threaten to strike uh l'-s their demands for im renised w,:g.s and improved working conditions are k ra ute,1. "It r^'MK with the tract ion companies to say Which they shall have,'' ?a(fl Mr Mahon. Tin: union lenders hold severol conference! during the day preparatory to meeting tin street rail? way officials to-morrow to mnku format demand that their requestH !.,- granted. The street railway ofllcials have d, cllried to discuss their posit lot*. Unless the demands of tlx- mon aro grunted, Chicago's street rial servioe in.iv in- tied up by a walk-out, us the employes already hu\.- voted in favor of a strike. RUSHES TO BOY'S AID Senator l.cada In I .nun-tin,. Trip to I'revenl mi Injustice. Washington, August I.?Keating that Injustice to Stanley Stewart, an Kt.g llsh Immigrant boy. might entail un neeesfliiiry sundering, of family 11 ? s. Senator Ifltehcock, of Nebraska, -1-t? i - ed to-day on a 1,000-mlle journey t-. hi- present at a hearing of the boy'rs cave bet?re American ImmlijrnOon offl cials: at Cjuetiec, Canada. Young .Stewart, cn rout.- from I3ng lahd with his mother to Join the fa? ther at Ortialis, Neb . w.if ordered de? ported, having been found.by the au? thorities to ??'? feeble minded. Senator Itttclicook, f) tor Investlgntion, ion eluded th'- ? was merely backward and secured a "lay In <lnp'6rtatton pending an examination before n .'pe? el ii medical board. .'It-ought to Itayj Kills Himself. t.a Junta, Col, August t. Oeorge Tlallew, who on Friday nli-rht shot four people and burned down a hotel at ?quttl Platte, e.ommlttcd stii<lde three miles from ion- lo-rlny. ite hud been pursued froth ftockyford by a sheriff an,i hjs posse.-. .,ii,i took his l?only ;nfter he ha.d loin wounded twice and, Jfcroufih_b-,tc.;_bgy,= jjchlnd;^, hayfiUclc/ s CRANE IS SLATED FOR TREASURER Former Republican May ManageWilson's Cam? paign Fund. WAITING NOW FOR HIS ACCEPTANCE Chicago Banker Was Supporter of La Follette, but Has Had Strong Leaning Toward New Jersey Governor?Pence Made Assistant to McCombs. Crane, of Chicago, wealthy manufac? turer a nil supporter of I.a Follette in his campaign for the Republican nomi? nation may he treasurer of the Demo? cratic National Campaign Committee. Uovernoi Woodrow Wiladn had the name of Mr Crane under consideration to-day. The only announcement the Governor would make was tliat a treasurer had been agreed upon by hhuF'lf and National Chairman M - Combs, bit that the name would be withheld until It dould be- determined Whi ther the man selected would ac Mr. Crane, who was appointed by Ptrsldent Taft In .Tul>. 130$, a- minis? ter to China, but who was recalled ir> October of the rathe year Jts-t ab h< was Wnvlng tor the Orient. Is known t'. h..v leaned favorably toward th candidacy of Obvernor wiuon. hav? ing sr, expr< ss? d himself on a recent vi ii tr, Seagirt In company with Pres? ident Van Misc. of the University of Th< announcement that .lo^eph K. Dsvles, of Wisconsin; secretary of th< ? itlohal committee, would be In charge 01 the Wilson h adquartc-rs at Chi? cago acting th-Tf also a> assistant tri ii rbr, added some strength to th* Piohah'llty that Mr. Crane wou|,| be selected as national committee treat1-, ur?r because of the friendship between Messrs Pavles at.d Crane. Ilhlder Decline* PoM. It 's known that many of the mem-! hers of the natlonul cominltt. e nave t ? ? ii desirous or having a man oiitsitlo I of New Vbrk City appointed, and that [ the name of Mr. Crane has been with? in the last w'eefc ."."t before National Chairman MCComhil, who i>tac d it b? j for* Governor Wilson Hi rn.au rtul I der, who now hold- th' office of tr< is u'ter. it was first thought, would retain ? it,.- ofttrr. bill ho declined, announcing, j however, his firm support for Qover GOverhor Wilson ret urn", 1 to Sear pi-t lb-night, aft' r a twenty-four- ! hour vt. lt to New york' DU' ?' I score or more political leader* In New I York none saw him. In fuct. G?ver : r.or Wilson talked politics with Na, llonal Chairman McCombs just four hi nrs. slept fourteen hours and a Cllned In the rearlinir ">nm of the U til -' [ ve rally Club until late in th. after-] noon. Th.- Governor was met ?n the' 'train ns he started tin his return trip by .Ibsephus K Daniels, national com-i riltteeman of North Cardlina, who rode ! for a f.-w miles talking earnestly with' r the nominee. Governor Wilson had hothihf to ','?:<> to-nltrht on potltlc*. lie Is pre-' paring for tin notification ceremonies I Wednesday, when he expects to meet Governor Mar-hall, the vic<t-lireslden tlal nominee: Judge Alton it Parker, ; nd many other prominent Democrats. Marshall Going In Maine, tt ts practically certain that Gov? ernor Marshall ?111 take the stum;> In . Maine, w-here the election for Oov+ ' ernor Is h'Id early In September It has not yet been decided, however, whether G'-virnut Wilson will speak In Maine. Some of Governor Wilson's 'friends do ii"t with him to enter Maine he* . they believe the national ticket < ntgbt to be kept apart froni tin Idea I Issues ol prohibition The national j campaign corhmitiee, however, is giv? ing its attention to New England HtAtes. particularly Maine, and Import ant announcements In this connection are expected noon. Thomas .1. Pence, of Raleigh, N. C..! has been designated as assistant to National Chairman McCombs. renco was for a long time Washington cor? respondent of th- Raleigh News and Observer. owned by Josephua K. Daniels, senior member of the ha tlonal committee and chairman of the putd'Clt v er.inmitt. e i'biir years n^-o Mr. Pence directed the publicity for th.- Democratic Na? tional Committee, and this yeatr had rhn'rge of the publicity lr, Wa hingtori (Continued op Third Page.) BLAME IS PLACED AfDOOR OF COURTS Waldo Holds Them Re? sponsible for Gamblers in New York. JUDICIARY OWES PLACES TO THEM Commissioner Ask^ Impartial and Thorough Investigation of Po? lice Department. Which Has Been the Object of Malev? olence?False Rumors Systematically Sown. S'ew York, August I.?PoHue Com? missioner Ith In eland or Waldo. in .1 statement to-night relative to the Bobenthal case, recommended nh im partial and thorough Investigation of the charges against the polio con? nection with th?. Sambiers At the same time he declared that gambling inn exist only because the gamblers enn obtain what amounts to protection' from the courts, and asserted that' narr. 1? rs do much of the oorru;>t elec? tion worl: of th? political purtf?s who place the Judiciary on the bench. While? the Issuance of this statefent was the most important development to-day it was reported that police head'iuarjera were .lose upon th?- tr.< 1 of "liefty" Louie, krid ;ih the Blood the two remaining ?itnttti'-n sought .11 ? connection with the murder. Inspec? tor HUghes s;,. :.t his tbrld day in per? sonal charge of a force of detectives Iteai Tat.nersvllle <n the Catskllls. 1 It Is known positively thnt "Gib the Flood". 'Lefty" l.oule and "Wh'teyV Lewis Were In Tannersvllle last week.) Lewis' left the others to go to Fleisch-I mantis where lie was captured, "Glbi the Blood' and 'Lefty" U>U?e. bowev-r. are b'eilfeved to have remained in Tan-' Hunt I luht l.tpceted. Both ? le fty ' and "Gib the Blood'' ir. known as desperat? men, reputed to he dead s1-."!? They are believed to t- armed A hard fight Is looked t..r by the poiice when the detectives llnully attempt to arrest the alleged ? District Attorney Whitman. WHO has been spending the week-end at Man- 1 . Vi . will return to the city j to-morrow ?n(1 resume his work In the. Lieutenant Charles Becker, deposed ' n..,M .f the "strong arm a'tuad." was; to-day preparing himself in hi> cell In the Tombs tor ..is or-l-al to-m"rr w | when hi wi,i i,e arraigned to plead to me indtc.nvnt charging murder. Neither he nor th< other eight prison . rs held mad- an> statements to-day. Commissioner Waldo declared In his stat.-ment that at no time In its his? tory has the police department b'en so well prepared to stand an Investi? gation as at present. ??Tlx best Interest of the public and of the police department Itself." he de clared "demand that a thoroueh anel impartial Investigation he made with? out . day In order that tho guilty, tf any be brought to Justice, and that the confidence of the peopl* bo restored In the police. My only desire Is that every allegation which has been made snail bo thoroughly Investigated and ,v? ry one who is guilty of wrong? doing Bhall he dlrmlssed from the po? lice department, and that they may bo sent to prison as warnings to other miscreants. "Gambling can exist only because tue gahi iers can obtain whta amounts t.. protection from the courts. Gambiers 1I5 much of the corrupt election work of the political pari.es who place the Judiciary on the bonch. Members of the police d< ,>nrttnent could not obtain graft from gamblers If they did not, ihave the excuse that while it wns a J matter v_.f common knowledge 111111' gambling was hcln- carried on In a given house they could not obtain evt- I donee which the courts would accept j as even stunden! proof on which to j Issue warrants. Problem < ould Be Solved, "Gambling would not be B notice problem if the courts would convict a man of p-amWIng 11s they would con? vict him of murder or burglary. "Gambling eannot be suppressed without the co-operation of the courts. "No attempt Is made by any rncm 'tiers of the departments to deny the existence of gambling houses. The (Xcuse of an honest or dishonest in? spector for a house that is running is much e.sier than to secure the evi? dence on w ich he can obtain a w.ir i (Contlnued_?n" Third l*ape > PLATFORM MUST SATISFY COLONEL! Otherwise He Will Not Accept Nomination at Chicago. HIS ULTIMATUM IS DELIVERED Proposes to Make "Confession of Faith." Then Delegates May Take Him and His Doctrines, or They May Look Around for Another to Lead Them. New York. August 4?The National Progressive party must accept Colonel Theodor' Koos? Velt's political doctrines If he Is to he its standard-bearer. He said lat" to-day, us he started (or Cht cugo, that he would Inst-i upon mak? ing Ills "'confession of faith" to the delegates before the committee which Is t" draft the platform makes Its Una I report, and that he would hot accept th<- nomination on a platform which did not meet with his approval. Colonel Roosevelt's spce:? was orig? inally srheduled for Mi ndaj night. When it was suggest"! to him that llho time (it Its deliv? ery be postponed, he sent word to his maueuerR that he would not con? sent to a delay until after the platform ha.i been presented to the convention. Advanc' copies of the speech reached the leaders of the new party several days ago. The Colonel said nothing, however, to indicate that the suggestion |(pr a delay In the delivery ot tht speech due to the Impression of, those who had read It. I-'rank und Fearless. Colonel Roosevelt said that In ills spet h he had dealt fully with all the great polltlcai question? of the day. He spoke frankly and fearlessly^ he said, and believed that the convention .on:'-.! to be fully apprised of nil view a before ratifying the tentative nomina? tion which he accepted at Chicago last j month. He contends that It was ttpoti a question of principle that he left the 1 Republican party, and n"? that he has! done so he cannot make i compromise j of principle In the leadership of the j new movement. Ills declaration ?f political1 fa'th. I e si Id. is one Which Will ] he termed either socIs.'Imti or anarchy, and probably fr?taii but represents Iii? convictions. He goes to Chicago to m?ki these views known and to re? ceive the presidential nomination only If they are acceptable in their substan? tial provisions to the row party. According to t:i.- present arrange? ment. Colonel Roosevelt will delsv-r his speech Tuesday. This plan, he said, ?ns satisfactory to hihi, ns nt that time the platform committee will not have completed its work. Colonel Roosevelt left Oyster Bay 1 rarlv In the afternoon for this city.' j where at 4 o'clock he took a train ; which is due in Chicago early in the morning He was accompanied only by Mrs. Roosevelt and his secretary. < rlttclr.cn Taft, The acceptance by President Taft of | Mtngo Sanders, who was a sergeant of the colored Infantry regiment dis- j Charged from the nrmy for paitlclpa-| tion in the Brownsville riots, as a mes- | ser.k, r led Colonel; Roosevelt to <-rlt- ? leise the President charply. Sanders took the stump in the Ohio primary fight between Colonel Roosevelt and i President Taft ?Sergeant Mtngo," said the Colonel. ' "was the oldest and most respected noncommissioned officer in the compa? nies, which, on th. recommendation of: Secretary of War Taft, were discharged without honor In 1906, and of whom i Mr. Taft, as Secretary of War in 100?t, j spoke as follows: "Mt goes without saying that If the! guilty coni.i he ascertained) thoy should and would be punished; but the guilty caphot be ascertained, and the very impossibility of determining who me the guilty ones makes the whole bat? talion useless to t:> covernmi iit as an instrument for maintain.'iig law and or? der. The only means of ridding the military service of , hand of would-be murderers "f women and children and actual murderers of one man Is the discharge of tr,, entire battalion.' ?If Mr. Taft did not tell the truth about Mlngo Sondi r* and Ms colleagues in his r> port as Secretary of War; from Which ? have 'rioted above, then his conduit needs no 'haractorlzation by me. if he did till the truth, then hin reinstatement of Mingo Sanders in the public service Is still less in need of j any characterization by nie." , POLICE FIND $250,000 LOOT ! STOLEN BY SOCIETY BURGLAR Chicago, August t.? After twenty four hours' work, the poice t?-duy completed au Inventory <?: the art t rondures, brlc-n-brac, jewelry, sliver plritn ninl Other articles stolen by .In cob I'. Guthrie, alleged soclctj burglar anil forger, i.Ow under arrest, a nil announced that the goods re? covered are estimated to he worth $250,000. 141 st night, aftei a partial examina? tion of th" linrn arid a room in a storage warehouse, which Guthrie used to hide a portion of the articles .stolen, the police estimated the value of the property found at $160,000. This wns .nearly doubled when half a dozen ad? ditional trunks und cheats tilled with Jewelry, laces and bric-a-brac were discovered. Mueh of the stoi. n prop . rt\ wns found in Guthrie'? home, where he lived ?Ith tils mother, sister ami brother, who is n Chicago police inn ft j Further Investigation of the young Imnn's history revealed that after graduating In a course in electrical engineering at a Chicago teehnlcal In? stitute he obtained employment with employed Iii the municipal laboratory. I Subsequently he was appointed in rtructor in electrical engineering at one > of the public high schools. Guthrie, | who Is twenty-six years of ape. Is poorly dressed, although when ni- I I rested he had more than $!<"?.tmo dc ; posited tu his credit in Chicago banks. Or. Leslie W. Schwab, who has been Physician for the Guthrie family for a j I number ol y-ars. talked with the prls I oner for an hour to-day, und Inter | conferred with Captain Halpin, of the dote tivo bureau. "Guthrie Is an educated fool in my opinion," said Dr. Schwab. "I have known him since childhood. 11? has always been a bookworm. He read dc tective and problem novels Incessantly. The effect of these has been to create a peculiar mental condition. Ho has nil the characteristics of a confirmed kleptomaniac. It is my Intention to have an alienist examine him in a fevl <lnys Chief of Dolectlvea Talpln said: "Ho-' yond a doubt Guthrie has obtained tho most valuable collection of stolen ar-i tides I over raw in my connection with. his burglaries were committed in the homes of the city's wealthiest eiti 7.1 i.s. He read ihn society column in the newspapers, and when hi- noticed that gome wealth j woman hnil left home for a few dnys. hi- would bteak Into the house and steal tho most valuable ojUcIoh be could find. "Hi- has confessed to entering tho homes "f a scor< ot wealthy persons. He apparently k-pt all the things ho I stole Which appealed to his artistic ! taste. But he must have disposed of a I large quantity of plunder." ' After talkintr with Pr. Schwab, Guthrie saldi "Maybe 1 am insane. ( feel that way some times " The prisoner slept soundly on a ' wooden bench In hl? cell last iiiglit, r.ni was awake early. He talked free? ly with visitors about his adventures. When informed of the task which con? fronted tho poll.. In making nn Inven? tory of th.- stolen artlelesi he laugh? ingly offered t-> assist them, thous? ands of dollar? worth of stolen articles vire Identified during the day h\ so cioty women who sailed at Central jjtatlQn. *J Bull Moose Temporary Chairman CONGRESS ENTERS LAST FORTNIGHT Confidently Believed Adjourn? ment Can Be Had by August 17. FATE OF BILLS UNCERTAIN raft Fxpccted to Veto All Tariff Measures That Reach Him. Washington. August 1.?Congress will beg<n to-morrow what Is expect d to e the last fortnight of u,.. present session Adjournment by August 15 o:- If is confidently expected. The postponement of the Archbald im? peachment trial until December 3. has cleared the decks of the Senate so ac? tion on the remaining legislative mat? ters can be pushed to a speedy finish. Uncertainty exists as to the fate of some (,f the appropriation bills that are still at issue between the Senate and House. The determination to abolish the Commerce Court, and to place a seven-year tenure of office m the civil service law, has aroused an? tagonism, which may In reflected from the White House in a veto of the bill! appropriating money for the salaries' Of Federal employes This contingency has been antici? pated by the leaders of :10th houses, and an effort is to !>< made Monday to complete the leglslntive-executlve-Ju-I dietary appropri.it ion bill, so 't may be sent at once to the President. In case of an executive veto. :t Is believed It can be again be considered, passed and submitted to him In amend-] ed form without seriously delay'ng; Plans for adjournment. Action on tariff bills, and a reopen-1 lug of the two-battlcshlp tight in the House, win be features of this week's scssfon. Th>- Senat.- will act on the compromise wool tariff hlU to-morrow, and will probably ngree to It as the House has done. A meeting of the Conference eonimlttec on the exel ie tax bill Monday or Tuesday?is expect-] ed to result in an agreement that will send that measure also to President I Taft during the week. 1 It Ims been asserted by the Presi? dent's friends In both houses, that he will veto all of th. tariff bills that reach him. Such action would be ac ceptrd a? llnal by Congress and no attempt would be made at this s.-.s-j slon to re-pass the measures. The Democrats of the House will! take 1111 th. battleship question In can-! eus again Tuesday. The leaders In the' fight for at bast one new man-of-war in this year's building program, suc? ceeded In forcing the third caucus on 1 the subject; and It Is believed they will control the situation. If the House aRiees to one sh'p. the Senate is expected to accept the compromise. Many of the most Important sills remain t" be completed, and the Senate has as vet not completed half of the expected debate on the Panama Canal administration bill. Respite Continued Wa*blntc<?n, \iikus? ??Con 'mie.i respite frntn unusually ?rm ?radier In an?' pur? of the cour.tr? during the next week or (en dn>* was Indicated In fn-iilght* Went tier Bureau bulletin. "The flrst port of the coming ?pek." 11 says, -will give moderate temperatures In Eastern and Southern States, followed bj ?1 ehanije ?o aoitirwlinl wanner wenlliei Ihe Intler luitf of Ihe week." lohn Armstrong Chaloner Makos lrirst of Series of Attacks Frorii Alexandria. MEETS NEWSPAPER MEN Pells Them lie Expects to Bom? bard Enemies L'ntil lie Gets Hi- Property. Hell Brought Down to Date Ucxandrla, t h.. Vugust 4?Hell Isn't ii linli imil place, according to n frlrml of Jo Im IrmatronK Chal "nit. Thin friend, long n resident iif tlii- ri'Kl'Mi which Dnute once *?o graphically described, hu*. now null plemented the observation* of ? in? famous l'luri ni in,. poet nnd brought lu ll data Ntrlctl> down tu date In n Hplrlt nicamiiri! to Hr. Chaloner, which tin- latter r?.Ived by the aiihcnnacloiianciN which Im oue ol hla clalnia <?> dlatlnctlon. While bell was hell for n time, the friend nf the niitlmr of "Font Years Bculud the Rnra of nloomlng dnle'' nh>* he tin* "paid Hie iilper" and I? nn? free iruiii torment. Mr, t'hnlnner, who once propounded the ?iMe"tl?bi "Who'a lonney mm f prefaced hi- remarks with u state mem that lie "didn't believe n il??) word uf ii." Satan, according ?. tin* aplrll meaaaatc, reaentblea \u polenn In personal nppenrance and hnlda hla rourl In an audience room "miles long, inllea wide and mile" high, built hi ruht ex the alse of or? din?r) building brlcka." Mr. Clinlnner reported the progress he In muklug in IiIn endeavor in lm peach .indue (Jcnrge C. Holt, of \o? Vnrk, unit outlined hla plan fur na? tional lunacy lawn. lie ?nid tin' i bench, bar, church; niualcnl profra ?Ion. I lie blue-blooded nriatncriita ul Xew t'Ork mid a "thouaand million dollar*" nrr hacked up nfcalnst hlio In Ihm eil>. [Special to The Times-Dispatch 1 Alexandria. Vh . August 4 ?Coming hero to-day for the special purpose -if making a statement to newspaper men, n number of whom came from Wash? ington ami elsewhere to meet htm, .lohn Armstrong Chaloner, of Merry Mills, issued a broadside n gainst N< w York's "400," who. he said, had ''Blootii Ingdaled" hi.- property, and declared that It was the h,-ginning of II series of attacks upon them which would be made rrom tills city. "I am going to bombard New York ('mil here." he slid "1 can do it With safety to my person. I am goinu to bombard month In and ihonth oiii, yi ir in and year out. until I get my prop? erty." ' I Mr. Chnloner anticipated hin coming ?by writing a letter to the Washington correspondents and others, in which he told them of a conversation ho had held j With a deceased New York friend, who j had spoken to him In the early hours: i of the morning of July 31 last from hell and who had recalled cartaln con? versations they had had In th>- Man? hattan Club. This, he said, had con? vinced him that he could oommuntcatu with tho dead whilo in a "Napoleonic death tranci " He graphically described hlr, apparent death Mrugglea while In his ''conscious trance." In which he assumed tho lifelike features of Napo? leon Bonaparte. I.Ike /.?in In OrryfiiM Cane. In order to accomplish hla ends, Mr, Ch'alnhaj said hi would oomo here n: various times and put his case as thor? oughly before tin- American people as '' fCuutlnui'4* uu Third raao.) ALL IN READINESS FOR CONVENTION National Progressive Party Will be Formally Launched To-Day. COLONEL SPEEDS TOWARD CHICAGO He Will Arrive in Midst of En? thusiasm Attending Assembling of Delegates to Political Con? clave?Question of His Running Mate Still Is Unsettled. Chicago, August ?.?The national progressive party win i?. formally launched to-morrow :,t noon in the Coliseum, where n little more than a month ,ipo President William Howard Taft was ronomlnnted tor th? presi? dency on the Republican ticket over the protest ..f many of those, now lead? ing th- third part? movement The big convention hnll. ready for the new party, .-hows hut few changes In th.- arrangements provided Tor thu Republican National Convention Over the- main entrance floor, however, >ois been hting the head f a magnificent specimen of a bull moos-, in token >r the nickname attached to the new Party. Betw. e? 1,106 and 1.200 delegates ar- expected to gather In the Coliseum to participate in the convention. whlcVt already has attain.-.1 :i place in the history of American politics On Wed? nesday, when all of th. necessary pre? liminaries of a national political con? vention have be< n disposed or, they will ratify the nomination of Colon I Theod?r. Roosevelt f,,r President, Cblbhel Roosevelt was tentatively placed It: nomination at a gathering lor.- the last night of the Republics.'! convention, when his followers as I strilbled In Orchestra Mall and laid I the foundation upon which vo-ni"? | row's convention was bullded, Vot \ et Detrrinlurd. j Who will be the nominee for Vice President has not yet been determined, Pew of the lenders in the city will I discuss th.- subject of n runnlng-mate I for the Colonel, declaring that It Is I a matter to bi thresh-d out In the 'convention, nnd decided a? the dels gates deem best for the Interests of the party On every band there is the appar? ent purpose of the convention loader* to defer announcements of nn> char j acter whatever until the Convention i ihnll h ive been assembled and tho j delegates have been consulted, So far. only th. temporary officers ">C the convention have been given out. It w.is quite generally reported t.i hlgkt, ho.vev. r. that Colonel .lohn M. j Parker, of New OrW-an?. a Democrat. would he the permanent chairman of ' th- convention, Per a time. It ippear I cd to he the plan t r> retain former ' Senator Albert .1. Bev. r'dge, of Indiana. I the temporary c'.alrman. as the p.-r j manent presiding; officer, hut It waa 1 said to-night Mr. Revcrdgo. had cx I pressed ;i desire Ibat this be not done. Many leaders In the new party I movement, to nvnld any semblance of alliance with the obi parties, ire Urg ] tug that the Demoorats, who h ,\a joined the movement. particularly those from the South, have espoc'al 1 recognition in the convention. There has been much talk of uoml | natlng a Southern Democrat tor sec '. ond place on the ticket, but this plan ? did not gain much headway to-lay Oovernor Hiram W. Johnson, of Cali? fornia, still Is t ilked of as the most \ likely candidate for Vice-president. nnd while tu- Is not a candidate for 1 the ofllcc. It Is said he will accept the I nomination if the delegates desire it. iGovernor Johnson is regarded as oni ; of the lenders anxious to attract as many Democrats to the new party standard as possible Depends on the Colored. The proposed selection of Colonel Parker, of New Orleans, ns permanent ! chairman, led to talk to-night that the national ticket might he made UP of former Republicans'. Much de? pends; however, upon the attitude of Coion.i Roosevelt himself, who to nfghl is speeding toward Chicago on an elghteeh-hour train frsm New York. who will arrive to-morrow I morning in the midst of the enthusi? asm attending the assembling of the (new party representatives. In all of I his recent public utterances. Colonel i Roosevelt i. is urged the welcom'ng i Into the progressive party of former Republicans and Democrats an an ex? actly equal footing, i To-morrow morning the national ! committee will meet early to .llsposo finally of the contests from Mississippi and Florida, where the contestants are negroes, Tho committee already bis heird practically nil evidence in th. se . as. s. and It Is bollevd It will follow the principle laid down in tho Alabama case, where the contests ? f th- negroes were declared without I merit. Dlzon On The Ground. Senator Iiixon, of Montana, who e i chairman of the provisional national committee i>f the new party, wilt ?.all the Convention to order lo-iriorraw and introduce Mr ReverldR? as ternip..r.ir> I presiding officer, was nt hendqtiartci only a part of to-day. the arrange ' mentH for the opening session h'u ! progressed so far that there was llttl (to.do but wait for the arrival ( I Colonel Roosevelt an! the fall of til '? gavel. No formtl plans had h<-cn made to , i lght for the welcoming of Colone ' Rooseve.t to the e!v. to-morrow, tin She California snd" several other dele '?gallons expressed ,i purpose pt bain at the rallwar *Utlon with bra* I bands aim banners to make the ar i rival of their le ader as Impressive, o even more so than when he came ti Chicago during th? Republican con ventlon and was greeted by thousatul of enthusiasts More women delegates ire expect* to attend the convention than an other national political gathering 1-?jconl'.cued oa Third Fags.)