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vn-f ?? -jp' ,? yv -VA" " rfrf Wtrf Tft-fftV7n; r". ,' 'r 'jf The Marion! Daily Mirror , 1 VOLUME XV. NO. 301. MAKION, OttIO, WEUWSDAY EVENING. JULY 31 . 1907. PBIOB TWO OBNTB sTwr jvv -f V OHIO REPUBLICANS SAID TO BE A UNIT FOR TAFT Arthur I. Vorys, Taft Manager, Predicts Taft Will Have - Solid Ohioj Delegation Foraker Will Probibly Continue Fight Means Diyision in G. 0. P. Columbus, O., July 31. Mr. Vorys, the Tnft manager, yesterday mado the following statement relative to the action of tho Bcpubllcan stato com mittee In endorsing tho presidential candidacy of Secretary Taft: Tho action of tho stato committee, while extremely gratifying, Is not Hurprlslng, for tho commlttco has for mally and officially declared what has been bo apparent, namely, that tho Republicans pf Ohio are overwhelm ingly for Secretary Taft for President "Roosevelt's successor. Tho "?rcat Importnnco of tho com mittee's resolution lies In Its removing all doubts In tho minds of pcoplo In other states about Ohio's being for Taft, and In its demonstration that 'a aft will luwe tho Ohio delegation lit 1908. FORAKER DISSATISFIED. Cincinnati, July 31. AVhen United States Senator Foraker lcarned-of tho action Qf the Republican stato com mlttco yesterday afternoon, ho gavo out tho following statement: I cannot add anything to what I said In my open lottor published this morning. I wroto that letter, forsec Ihg tho result and feeling that It was my duty to glvo notice beforehand that I would not bo bound by nny su?h unauthorized action. Tho com mittee had no moro right to speak on that subject for tho Republicans of Ohio than any other 21 Republicans o tho stato might have had, and tho action of tho commlttco will not affect my course In any way. The next statp convention will have authority to hpeak nnd by tho action of that convention It will bo tho duty .- alv5ZJSS2l.n5PUWcaiuJJuftbJdcw m meanwniio wo snail liavo our fty' municipal olectlonB and tho benefit of occurring qventa in tho light of all which wo shall, no doubt, bo able to act lntolllgohtly arid satisfactorily. Akron. 0., July 31. Following tho reading of tho dispatches from Columbus today, In which It was stated that Secretary Taft had been endorsed for the presidency ns Ohio's candidate by tho Republican state central commlttco, Sonator Charlc3 Dick refused to make any comments. Noithor would tho Junior senator dls cuks tho lottor of Senator Foraker to the committee in which tho senior senator asked that no endorsement ho mhdo by tho commlttco upon the grounds that it would bo premnturo. Coumbus, O., July 31. Tho candi dacy of William H. Taft for tho ic publican nomination for president w endorsed 6y tho ropubllcan stato committee; Tuesday by a voto of 15 to 6. Tha endorsement carried with It a declaration that tho republicans of Ohio aro opposed to "thq elimination from public life of Senators Foraker and DJck." Although beaten by a declsivo voto In all the .proUmJaary onf-ists. tho POLICE WORKING TO GET SLAYER OF YOUNG WOMEN Ne;w York Officers Think Thoy Have a One Which Will t Lead to -Fiend '8 Capture One Woman Protects Herself With Hat Pin. Nw York. July 30. The pollco nro . working today on an Important cluo which they think will lend to tho ar rest of "Jack the Blppor," who killed a young woman In an areaway yes terday. Tho mutilation of tho, body UadB detpctlvcs to tho belief that tho ""k'JtltWl'PI'8'. l8.HW Bftinq wl,' HUlQil nnd ..mutilated Aussie Pfolffer, u young cm 'I'JuKpldbVyN'wifrlidiv whoso body was found under the haunted oak on Old Pelhanl road, In Ironx, two years ago. Roth girls were strangled by persons of norJlla-lV;o strength and tho vic VIC?! PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS RECEIVES A GREAT OVATION "Pocton. MaeB., July 31st. Biding In a carriage, with Mayor Fitzgerald, Vice President Fait banks received an ova tion all alon; the route of a monsterJ parade whcn marked today s coloura tion pf ''did Homo" week. Cfles of "Hooray for tho noxt Pres ident" caiiaod him to bow right and mi- aanoronts or HelilUor Foraker to tho committeo refused to accept tho ollvo branch extended by tho Taft support ers and when tho resolution, as amondcd, was finally adopted no ef fort was mado to mako tho action of tho commlttco unanimous. Tho resolution as amended and finally adopted by tho commlttco fol lows: "Ho It rosolvcd by tho republican stato contral committeo of Ohio that "Wo beliovo tho great majority of tho peoplo of Ohio, convinced of tho high character, groat ability and dis tinguished services of Secretary Taft, endorso his candidacy for tho presi dency and, further, "Wo declnro that tho republicans of Ohio overwhelmingly dcslro that tho name of Hon. William Howard Taft be prosentod to tho nation as Ohio's candldato for president and that tho republicans of other states bo Invited to co-operato with tho republicans of Ohio to socuro his nomination In 1908. And bo It further rosolvcd that "Wo emphatically dcclaro that tho republicans of Ohio nro opposed to tho elimination from public life of Senators J. D. Foraker and Charles Dick, whoso services to tho party and to the stato have been distinguished by nbllity, wisdom and patriotism." The endorsement of Taft's candi dacy by tho committeo was vigorous ly opposod by Senator Foraker who, upon tho ovo of tho mooting of tho commlttco, openly voiced his dissent to tho proposition. Seven of the 21 members of tho committeo favored For-aker's policy on nil votes excopt that tnkon upon tho adoption of tho resolution endorsing Tnft. A. W. Mc Donald, of the Sixteenth district, broko with tho Forakor forces on tho fli1 Knllnl ...l.lU !.! -t - I n . .iiini urtiiuu niiiwii mmiu ju.iu.v. ( tho committeo us soon ns It con vened by Senator Overturf, of tho Eighth district, who spoke In support of it. C. 11. McCoy, of tho Sovon toonth district, who led tho Forakor forces, raised the point of order that tho committeo was not follpwlng tho ordor of business sot forth In tho call for tho meeting Issued by Chairman nrown. Tho chairman ruled that tho ordor was not well taken nnd Mr. Mc Coy appealed from tho decision of tho chnir, which was sustained by a voto of 12 to 7, tho mombors from tho First and Second districts (Hamilton coun ty) refraining from voting. 'Inq members who lined tip on tho side of Forakor wore: Ueorgo C. Kins, Sixth district; Andrew Hess, Fourth district; O. II. Gould, Tenth district; C. B. McCoy, Sovcntconth district; John S. McXutt, Eighteenth district, and Judge John .1. Adams, of Zanosvillo, who hold tho proxy for Waltor Ulack, of tho Fifteenth dis trlct. A. I. Vorys, tho managor of tho Taft campaign, declared last night that tho action of tho committeo wns Important In that It gavo nssuraucQ to other states that Tnft had tho sup port of his party In Ohio and would bo backed by tho delegation from this stnto in tho uoxt national ropubllcan convention. tims wero similarly maltreated. Tho same criminal may bo responsible for other mysterious murders. USES HAT PIN. New York, July 31, -With only u hat pin as a weapon ot detouso, Miss Julln Kiumsholk, n pietty mu3lc tcachor, worsted a desporato stranglor In a hard fight In tho hallway of her homo last night. Today tho po llco are looking for n man who bears scars of a hat pin. Tho girl was fol lowed from a car by an unknown man. FRISCO'S MAYOR WHILE IN JAIL MAKES APPOINTMENTS San Francisco, July 31, Kugeno Schmttz, tho convicted mayor, yes terday mado appointments to till the vacancies creatod by tho forced res ignations of fourteon mombers of tho board of supervisors. Schmltz asserts tho right of appoint ment ou the ground that ho Is tho rightful mayor ot San Frauclsco, DREAMS OF A FIRE AND Frclnoiftrd.; .fulyl IJarry Van Busklrk, n veteran of the civil war, and a pioneer of this city, died this ovcnlng from tho effects' of Iimrrles sustained Sunday night nt Oak' Har bor, when he walked from a second story window while dreaming that tho hotel was on fire, INSANE FATHER TRIES TO THROW BABY FROM TRAIN Now York, July 31. Frederick Ford of No. 1110 Spring aniden street, Philadelphia, bccaino lusano In a New York Central express tmln after leaving Albany todny, and mado sov eral efforts to kill his two-year old daughter by throwing her from tho window of the train, but was pro vented by passengers. Ford ulso tried to mako away with himself by leaping from tho train, but was restrained nnd hold captlvo by members of the ttnlu ctcw until this city was reached, when he was sent to Bcllcvuo Hospital. GIRL WORKS BLACK HAND SCHEME TO GET MARRIED New York, July 31. Teresa Ma rina, eighteen years old, and her sweet heart, Lorenzo Mnstato, needed money to get married. Tho way they wont about raising tho coin led to their arrest for extortion. Teresa is a mnld in the family of Faberio Gallic, a wealthy banker and broker at Carroll street and 3 avenue. Brooklyn. A few days ago ho received a "black hand" letter demanding $800, Tho banker disregarded Uio caution In tho letter and turned It over to tho police. Detectives followed Teresa last night and saw her meet her sweetheart and hand over a packngo sho had carried from tho banker's residence Thon tho detectives arrested tho pair. In tho packngo they found silver spoons and forks. Teresa soon confessed to a half authorship of tho "black hand" letter. BOY STARTS FOR A VISIT LANDS AMONG STRANGERS I i.mmrmnn iiiinvmnraiiMMLinr older brother who aslnrdy In returning from an errand, Morris Morrow, aged 9 years, missed htm, nnd returned to the Twenty-third Street Station In Now York City to find his parents, but they had board ed a train for Philadelphia. Noth ing daunted tho lnd refused to glvo up Ills prospective visit and boarded tho next flyer, thinking It cost noth Inir foAsmnll bovs to rldo. Ho had a pair of diminutive overalls, a bag of bananas and lots of confidence. When tlid conductor nsked him his destina tion, ho replied, "Philadelphia," and tho official supposed that ho was with his parents, somewhere elso In tho trnln.. Tho train crew paid no moro atten tion to tho sturdy llttlo lad with tho light curly hair, until tho flyer was thundering through Ohio. Then the conductor wns nccosted by a sleepy, begrimed boy, who demanded: "How soon do wo get to Philadelphia: Tho conductor wns astounded, but soon ho gat tho story straight. Ho brought tho lad hero, whero ho told his story to Superintendent Scovlllo. Ho was shipped back to Philadelphia aftor his parents had been notified and special Instructions wero wired all along tho route- to look out for him. ill avw RiaV: vs- 'v rs'.vsJEiSifjIl &rjv vu (f W lh ,itwiWr Wb P- 1 mhemkf J', " Mm szt pWk: V M M&svS i ;W JPy xl " --p "r; 1 -Pilfer ' - ' '- William J. Bryan lost his ninhUhirt on tmin while travelinn in Kansas. Itsm. "' r r f ' ' ,f-s ? RANKS WITH -IMMORTALS Roosevelt' in Class with Lincoln and Gladstone Sars , Gunsaulus. i Elkhart,fijd , July 31. "Theodore Roo8ovolt2p!l rank In hlBtory with niadstono.TOIistnarrk and Lincoln," declared Rag? Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus at tho Kilt hat t Chautauqua In a lec ture on "Gladstone." Dr. Gunsaul us Is PrcsfifejU of tho Armour Insti tute, Chicago1 'Ho drew many paral lels between 'Roosevelt and Gladstone Their, ludugfiy, honesty, erudition, lofty ldcala''jmtul struggles ngalnst sordid commclclallsin were compared. Ho said than 100 years henro Roose velt's truo jjJMtneBS would bo appre ciated. HcJfSald tho people hnvo a btrnngo confidence In Roosevelt, while tho big business Interests nro suspi cious of hlnTjaitil cry loudly for a rul er who Is '$aJo and sano." iHo said: JShoosevelt's scholarship t enables hlmjg dral with big affairs with tho graWand Insight of a great sUvtcsmun. jjjjp need men in politics with clean hands. Oladstono epitom ized n formdjiygor statesmanship when ho said govoninient should nlm.to mako It oasylo do right apd difficult to do wrong-.;' Roosevelt understands this formula.!', YOUNG HANNA TAKEN HOME GrandsonCpf Late Senator Loves Actress and Par- ' -aril m- ;ents Object. A- rffcjr i ' wwo of lua infatuation, for Miss liuiin .Mruns, lenuiiig woman lor uiu Poli Slimmer Stock company of this city. Marcus Hnnna, jr., sou of Dan It, JJanna nnd y:iaiidson of the date bcnutor from Ohio, lia-j been hurriedly called from tho Taft school of Watei'town, of which Hor ace D. Taft, brother o the secre tary of war, is thVliead. Following young; Hnium's '', departure Miss Bnms lias auiidunceil her resigna tion from the Ihcutiical company nml lias left thi&towii. young llnuiui,is twenty years old and Miss JJmn'sV'who is the niece of Francis Wilwyj with whom Mie appeared in "Tho Mountain Climb or," is only a year his senior. Tho schoolboy's infatuation for the actress a.u generally remarked, their walk-, drives and daily meet ings in tho I'nlm room of Hotel Rltnn fermin;: tho. subject for many a bit of jwmp iui'.loenl society. When the Taffcsciiool closed for the summer acnitit young llniina declined lo ; -honvn. Tuslcndi he moved io W.iterbury. whero ho en gaged elnbor.ilo quarter at tn ''! ton, nnd wlu-io lii"pnltention to Miss SEHi i "VtiTTTT Brims became,' ' cvulu- moro pro nounced x" Every n'iglit ho occupied u front seal ut the theater and magnificent bunches of llowcts for mngnillcent bundles of ilowers for tliu young woman went over the footlights nt frequent intervals. Finally 1'iincipal Taft wroto to the young man's mother, wjio promptly ordered her son's imme diate liomc-comiug. When this fail ed to produce effect sho telegraph (jil. The telegraph proving as incf Teetuiil a tho mails, alio came in person. Then young Hnnna was homo nwny his mother announcing that he would not return for his senior year nt Taft school unless Miss lliutis should bo snfolv out of the city. Tt u understood the boy's mother expressed the highest esteem for the young actress, declining that her apmi'honsion was nrroused princi pally on nccount of tho boy's voutli. Tt is nlso understood that MNs Tlniu'.s (prompt resignation from the stock company was in ae enidaiice with the mother's request. MURDER IS SUSPECTED Death of Actress, Followed by young Man's Suicide Creates Mystery. Colorado Springs, Col., July 31. Amos It. Ruinbdtigh, of Pennsylvania, who shot himself when called to tes tify at tho Inquest of Laura Muthows, an actrcbS, who was found dead be sido Mountain road, Monday, with a bullet In her head, died today. His death deepens the mystery of the tragic death of the girl. Uuinbaugh died without having regained con sciousness. JlBe'riH?4n'w.iT..-,ii.viffl.l- C.Tho coroner, ntslitcd by tho police, commlttcd 'sulcido or was murdered No no of tho persons connected with the caso wll bo pcrmltcd to return to Chicago until the police liavo cleared up the mystery. Tho girl's mother is now in Chicago, and Insists that Laura did not .kill herself but wns slain by somo Jealous suitor, DRUNKEN INTRUDUR PLACES BABY ON A RED-HOT STOVE Oswego, N. Y., July 31. 'A. drunken Pole, a stranger, entered tho homo of Chailcs Leonard yesterday, took a soven months old baby from the crib and placed It nu a red hot kitchen stovo. Tho ciles of tho child brought tho mother, who had left the house for a minute. The police were palled and tho man wns arrested. Tho baby was badly burned. SECY TAFT ACCEPTS THE BUCKEYE CLUB INVITATION NVhinston, I). (. July 31. Kecivt.irj Tnft has nccoplcd an in vitation to mldreos tho Buckeye Be publican dub nt Columbus Aug. 10. He refuted ti wear pajamas. -News i Berrymah In Washington Star. SUBSCRIPTIONS COUNTING DOUBLE AH Subscriptions Turned in This Week for Six Months or Longer Count on the 2,000 Offer, the Regular Credit and Their Own Value. "The Greatest Week of the Contest" is the Verdict ot the Candidates Who are to Win One of the Fourteen Prizes Inducements For Subscription Getting This.Week are Greater Than Any Week of the Contest Persistent Rumor of a "Dark Horse" Candidate is Adding to the Interest. With each succeeding day the con- test Is Inonoratlon tho plan grows In popular favor with all classes of peo ple, the Interest steadily incicases and tho question ot "how's tho voto to day" has taken precedent over all over ordinary affairs of Interest and Is now liinnlng side by side with how's the score, and did Marlon win today?" Tho 8iiecial offer of 2000 otes for every set of six months subscriptions turned In to the Mirror orflee this week has created u niw Intel est In the contest nnd each candidate who Is de sirous of being one ot tho fourteen prize winners Is putting her best foot forwnrd In tho vote-getting this week In order to securo as many sets ns pos sible to lay up a big leservo vote. Tho regular special ciedlt of loOO votes that will bo awarded to the can- dldato In each district who wins tho Inrirnaf nmiilint rif ilfillv lintlnt pot largest number of dally lionor ccr tlflcatcs for this week Is bringing out o good dally vote. Candidates ical- 7-rm-ririrftnii..- lzo that by going . after Fets of half tne special 2000 ccrtlllcatcs tlioy aro securing votes that will aid them In the winning of tho regular credits and will ultimately bo the means of se curing them one of the prizes. About this timo In every contest there are rumors of a "dark horso." And tho Jlnrlon Mirror gigantic offer to glvo nway fifteen hundred dollars worth of prires In n contest Is no ex ception. For tho past day or two there has bcn a persistent rumor of 'a dark horso" who all along has been Industriously piling up votes and nt tho proper time will spring a big surprise. As to the wisdom or unwisdom ot holding back votes wo will not enter Into. Suffice to say that It is a game tnat two or more can piny at, and other candidates aro doing the samo thing for the h.uuu purposo, and whilo It may bo a good policy to keop SINGLE BALLOT gRTOg MARION MIRROR $1500 CONTEST. For Miss or firs. District, Address. This 1 allot Io lo taiclully inn rrd deposited in ballot FOUR MEN ARE DEAD Three Others will -Die as a Result of Engine Exploding. Milan, Tenn., July 31. Tho engine of tho Banana special on tho Illinois Central railway exploded last night, killing Engineer Hnloney, Fireman Henderson, und two tramps, and fa ally Injuring Engineer Lynch, his fireman nnd a brakonian wjio wero on a freight train on siding. Both trains caught tiro. Thirty cars of perishable fiolght wero destroyed. Mr opponents in the dark as to ical voting strength, at the your same timo jou aro keeping your friends in tho dark as to your chances ot winning, and they not knowing that you are actively In terested will not volunteer support. Asldo from this fact, the "quiet can dldato" Is losing tho advantages that sho might gain and which nro being gained by her oppouents In tho win ning of tho extia credits iDamo rumor has It that quite a number of the candidates did not voto their full stiength In order to be tho wlnncis In the first special credit contest that closed last Fri day In which 2000 votes were nward ed to the leaders In each district. Somo preferred to lay on thoir oars and let their opponents think they were not In tne running, wnuo om- iers fcnrliiR the.v did not havo a suf flclent number to mako sure ot tho tit.. , . n.ll ..l.1.t.nljl il.l. ontnu lit order to win this week. There are many different ways ot conducting vote-getting campaigns, and while . some methodH may" lie bettor than others, yet nil nro productive of good as tho standing ot the different candidates will show. This is tho boat week of the contest for all of tho candidates as subscrip tion getting this week will bo more productive than any timo during tho contest. Candidates not only securo the votes that go with each subscrip tion, but tho subscription Itself It It Is for six months or longer, will help them win tho 2000 certificates offered this week, and tho votes from tho subscription If deposited dally may cnnblo them to win tho regular cred it of l."00 votes given this week. Truly this Is tho week or opportuni ties for tho progressive candidates who want to bo winners In the end. lUemember tho old proverb, "Let no day pass who's low descending sun finds no good work or subscription votes won. ccLntfd must bo arcird borderand box unfolded. s GREAT FIRES THREATENING Vast Sections of Washington are Threatened' "with Devastation. Tacoma, Wash., July 31. Unless soaking rains come boon, a million of feet ot timber In Skagit county will bo destroyed by gieat fires which, aro raging north of Dlidvlew. Fires uro also i aging In SnohomlBh coun ty. Sottlers uud campers are flcolnjf, Detroit, Mich., July 31, iBello Don nldson, aged 23, a tcachor of Latin in tho Central High School, committed sulcido hero by strangling horself to death. She had suffered from1 lu somnla and Inability to sleep drove her mad. , tyour VOID AFTER I AUG 6. I I i .Wj - rn