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9 V X? WMIL.fWi.l.l uu.ijL.pti nn FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NO. 233. THE ARGUS, SATURDAY. AUGUST 8. 1008. TEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. UNCERTAINTY ATTENDS UBUCANS PLEDGING HE WROTE IT ALL HIMSELF FIRST TEST OF PR! BRYAN THEIR SUPPORT; PLEASED WITH PLATFORM LAW BY ILLINOIS VOTER: ROOK ARGUS MARY pi Immense Turnout at Polls find Verdict is Ex tremely Doubtful. LOHG TO MARK BALLOT Returns Sare to bi Late and May; Not ba Known Till Tomorrow. Chicago, Ans. 8. When the polls opened at ti o'clock today the first nctual test or the nomination of can didates here by direct vote of t lie peo ple commenced. Republicans, demo crats, prohibitionists and socialists are participating in today's primaries. The to first named have candidates lor til state offices, congressional nominations and almost an intermina ble number of county and municipal offices, in addition theyare taking an advisory vote on United States feiiator, which office is to be filled by the next legislature. Six Out for St-nnlor. The republicans have four candi dates for senator, Senator Albert J. Hopkins, Representative George E. Fofs. William E. Mason and William U. Webster. Democrats have two candidates, Lawrence B. Stringer and Ac'.dison Blakeley. A fierce fight has been waged in the republican party for the guberna torial nomination, there 'being but two candidates. Governor Charles S. De ncen and former Governor Richard Yates. The fight between these two has been exceptionally sharp and has been carried into the far corners of the state. Seven for Governor. The democrats have seven oaiuli (laletf tor-. pvmor; Doiwlin.-Pal.timjm former ice President Adlai E. Stev en nron, John P. McGoorty, James Ham ilton Lewis, Charles F. Gunther, James O. Monroe and Judge E. R. E. Kimbrough. The prohibition candi date for governor is Daniel R. Sheen nnd the socialist candidate is J. II. Brower. ltHurnx Will he Slow. It is believed necurate returns from the election will be slower than for any vote ever taken in Chicago. There are an average of 500 names on each ballot and in addition to this there is an average of 5.000 precinct committeemen in the democratic and republican parties who are seeking cilice. There is, under the primary, law, no such thing as a straight party vote made by placing a cross at the head of the ticket. Every voter must mark the name of every man whom lie desires to nominate and this in it- pe'f is expected to make slow won at the polling places. It is believed by the election com Wsinners the result of the entire STRIKE IS BEATEN Officers of Great Northern Road - Assert They Have Already Won the Fight. BUT EMPLOYES DISPUTE IT Union Officers Trying to Keep the Peace Ore Workers Quit Work and May Tie Up Business. Winnipeg, Aug. 8. Fifty more non union workmen were put to work in the Canadian Pacific shops today. Ar rangements were perfected to house a thousand men in the yards. A special policeman was brutally assaulted last night.- A number of strikers have oeen rebuked by the executive officers for nnhtielir Hhine at non-unionists. The company says the strike is already nmctlcnllv defeated, but the strikers are still confident of winning. Ore Handier Unit. Superior, Wis., Aug.' 8. The Great Northern ore docks at Allouese are tied un by a strike among the laborers omnlnved In unloading ore boats. If the strike is successful a general tie-up of the ore business for the Great North ern will result. Two Hundred Stramfltlrm Out. Wlnnlnee Aug. 8. A dispatch from Montreal states . 200 steamfltters had so much improved from his re walked out at the Angus Canadian Pa- cent indisposition he was able td cail clfic railroad shops at noon. t'eket will not be known before some lime Sunday. Went her Aid Illj- Vole. The weather throughout the slate is fair and cool, and indications are an extraordinarily heavy vote will be polled. Interest in this city is intense and long lines of voters were present at Hi' polling places when they open ed. Voting was slow btH-ause of the length of time required to mark the big ballots. Mmiy Are ( li:ill-nn-d. There was' altio considerable confus ion and delay . because of challenges made by various precinct workers. It s claimed by both parties their opjion- ents are endeavoring to cast votes outside of their own organizations. Hi likiiiM Scorns in Lend. At 1 p. ni. indications from 25 con gressional districts of the state were that Hopkins was still leading in the republican contest for senator, with Fobs a close second. Stringer is gen erally reported as in the lead for the democratic recommendation for sena tor. For governor the fight between Di-neen and Yates is said to be close, with strong claims by the managers of both candidates. Meventon Stronjt l Country. Stevenson, Pattison, McGoorty and Lewis were said to be receiving the greater part of the democratic vote for the gubernatorial nomination. Ste venson is generally mentioned as run ning strong in the state outside of Chicago. Prohibitionists were putting up a hard fight for Daniel R. Sheen of Peoria, but his vote was not heavy, it was said. SHOWING FRENCH HOW TO DO TRICK Wilbur Wright Flies More Than Two Miles at Lemans in Aeroplane, Having Perfect Control. Lemans, France. Aug. 8. Wilbur Wright of Dayton. Ohio, made a flight of three and or.e-half kilometers. 2.17 miles, with his aeroplane here this af ternoon in. ;I minutes 5 seconds. Throughout the fljgh't Wright bad. jier feti conti o YThenaVhineT"'' ' ' Baldwin Tries Out Airship. Washington. Aug. N. Captain Bald win, at Fort Myer yesterday, in his military balloon, made a successful litght of nearlv five miles in rn effort t. demonstrate the usefulness of an airship in war times. Rising from the ground like a minster bird, slowly but buoyantly, at (:2t o'clock la.st evening, the aerial s-iiip. built for the United Slates army. w;ts headed into the westerly wind. A complete circle was described, the biil'oon rising gradually to a' bright of 2011 feet. Again pointing to the west, and attaining an estimated speed of lu miles an hour, the ship voyaged in a direct, line for nearly two miles, v, hen the trick back was begiin, with fiic course lying to ",lejward." When the dirigible passed over the starting point it was about 500 feet in the air. Bringing hrs ship against, the wind, Captain Baldwin made a hi ding much tlx? same as pilots of wr.lcr craft bring their vesseis to the side of a dock. TATTOO WOMEN ON CHIN A BLOW TO AFFINITIES South Sea Islander Recommends Na. tive Custom in Winona Lake Chautauqua Address. Warsaw, Ind., Aug. 8. "There would be fewer affinities and divorces if all married women in the United States were" tatoocd on (he chin." said Rc-v. Arthur. Rawei, a native of Maori- land, in the South Pacific, addressing in audience today at Winona Lake assembly. He added; "Now that I'm headed for Washington I tjtink I shall ask President Roosevelt to use his in fluence to have such a bill put through congress." Mr. Rawei visited Rock Island a couple of years ago, spending a week here. BATTLESHIP FLEET SEEN AT AUCKLAND Auckland, Sunday, Aug. 9. The American battleship fleet in command of Admiral Sperry was sighted off this pert at 4 this morning. Auckland, New Zealand. Aug. 8. A wireless dispatch received at 8 o'clock this morning from the United States Atlantic fleet &ays the fleet will ar rive at Auckland about 8 o'clock Sun day morning. Gibbons Bees Pope.; Rome, Aug. S. Cardinal Gibbons nnou the pope. I Wllllfllw ASSERTS AMERICANS MADE SELVES DESPISED DURING OLYMPIC GifelES Manager of Canadian Team On Returning Home Takes Sides With the English Declares Carpsnter Deliberately Fouled Halswelle in 4D0 Me e . Montreal. Aug. S. The Canadian C'ympic team was met by n crowd of admirers on its arrival her.- on the steamship Victorian last night. The athletes were escorted through the streets to the Montreal Athletic club s:nd amid cheers and plaudits were loimally welcomed home. SIiIch With .1. H. Crocker, manager of the team, rides with the English athletes and officials in the dispute whh the &ittfci'4ciM feem: He ssys: -'Starting w.'th the hole digging incident for the pole vault and finishing up with the PRIZES AWARDED Knights of Pythias Close En campment With Distri bution of Cash EARNED IN PRIZE DRILLS Appointment of General Strcbbart as Commander-in-Cnief of Uniform ed Rank Confirmed. Boston. Mass., Aug. S. The last of the competitive drills by the cavalry and Infantry companies of the uniform rank of the Knights of Pythias in con vention here were held on Franklin field early yesterday, and last sight Uie committee of judges announced the awards. Troop 43, from St. Jo seph, Mo., won the $suo prize in the cavalry class, while the first prize of $1..r(io in the infantry class went to Company I of Georgia, which scored 97.0!) points. Company S"i of Indiana was a close second in the infantry (lass with !::.30 points, winning the $!))() piize. These two infantry companies were in class A, the two companies to take WA $7o) and $000 prizes being Com panies 3 and 5 of Indiana. ' Mlchisfnii Comiitiny Firxl. In the infantry competition, class B, Company 12 of Michigan took first money, $S00; Company 97 of Indiana, I second, $C00; Company 10 of Connect icut, third; $400. and Company 56 of Pennsylvania, fourth, $100. Class C was won by Company 105 of Indiana, BOOK PRINTED BY THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT AS SOUVENIR FOR FLEET Auckland, Aug. 8. A book, which I tome to visit-us. this -fleet being a has been printed by the government ' visible embodiment of its might, .'or presentation to the officers of the American battleship fleet as a sou venir of their visit here, contains the following greetings, written by Prime Minister Joseph G. Ward: "No visit of foreign warships was ever so welcome as is yours today. In receiving the fleat the .sense of kinship ftirs our hearts for we feel the-greatest nation cf the west has foul in the 400 meters the Americans lvade themselves .thoroughly disliked Ly the other competitors and despised b vihe officials and English people. r.'.osi( of their protests were of the most trivial nature." Sii.vh Foul Wh Uellliersitr. Speaking of the famous 4t'nt mote; inco in which Carpenter, the Ameri can, was alleged to have ''bored" Halswelle, Crocker declared emphati cally it was one of the most, deliberate fouls th-rt -eottW -haT been devised. Mora than that, Crocker avers the foul was nreniedilated 5700; Company 23 of Michigan, sec oud, $,nu; company 1 of Alabama, tturu, ?too. and Company 1. District of Columbia, fourth, $100. Li class D Company CO of Ohio won out, getting ?.r0!i; Company S of Mich igan was second with $400, and Com pany 2 of Maryland, third, getting $2uo i ne prize oi $i,uu ior the comp.iny ruveimg the greatest distance went to Company 1 of Mobile, Ala., whost mileage totaled 2.'--0. The prize of $i;i:o for the largos.': foinpany at. the encampment went to th Smoky City company of Pittsburg.! i a., which mustered 4 officers and I men. The Anburs, N. Y.. company was second with 35 officers and men. limp lrn-hMl liy Unln. A terrific storm broke over the, en campment, of the uniformed knights dining the afternoon, thoroughly drenching the entire camp and rntcr iering much with orderly preparations i'or breaking camp, which was accom-plisli-ed late in the evening. The supreme lodge confirmed the ap pointment of Major General Arthur .1. Strobbart of St. Paul, Minn., as commander-in-chief of the uniformed rank. I'lirther business will be acted on at the concluding session Monday. The assembly of the uniform rank formally fixed upon Milwaukee as the place for th. next biennial encampment. YcARS NO BAR 10 LONG TRIP William Booth, Head of Salvation Army, Leaves England. London. Aug. 8. General William Booth, commander in chief of the Sal vation Army, started this afternoon from England for Cape Town on a three months' tour of South Africa. The aged Salvationist has mapped out an itinerary that would tax the strength of a much younger man. majesty and dominion. President Roosevelt, in every act and word of his life works, reflects and voices our national ethics and aspirations. The name of Roosevelt in New Zealand stands for national righteousness and is cherished, honored,", revered. The fleet stands for peace, justice, free dom. These are the thoughts and feelings that are stirring our hearts today." Rogers in New York Herald. THAW A BANKRUPT Murderer of Stanford White Seeking to Escape Big Bills Result of Trial. ASSETS THIRD OF LIABILITIES Income $33,300 Per Month Safe Under Terms of Father's Will Treat All Creditors Alike. Pittsburg, Aug. 8. Harry K. Thaw- has declared himself a bankrupt and Roger O'Mara, a Pittsburg detective, has been appointed receiver for his estate. Thaw's schedule shows assets of $12S,012.::s and liabilities of $453,- 140.-1:;. oCxhis latter amount $71). 7ir.tL' is secured. The remaining $;!73.- is unsecured, this including $1!M.iiu0 Thaw owes his nlother, Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw. Mrs. Thaw, it is stated, spent this amount of her money in the defense of her son. At least this is all she has (barged up against him. Thaw's in come is $;;:;.:!! per mouth. It is doubt ful if any of this can be touched by i be creditors on account of a technic ality in the father's will. Jrl.- I'ietiler ti Mund. Receiver O'Mara filed bond in the sum of $Ltin.iicn. His securit ies ore .iolin Newell, form r prize fighter and hotel keeper, and James Piatt, another saloon keeper. i ins action on tne part of I naw is taken- by the wise ones here as mean v.,. ni ru.ii n,r. ,,mrtc f,r tiiu i.m- y rs, alienists and doctors who helped him during bis trial to secure the large amounts they have charged him with, in fact, most of the unsecured debts aside from thai owing to Mrs. Thaw, re due to lawyers, physicians and alienists. Among the claims cited in the petition are the following: MarlriilRt t lV:ilinly. Xfw York hiwyei-a jr.o.min John IS. Glea.-Ti.n, lawyer KO.imrt Allan MiClain Hamilton 1 2.000 Mark V. Littleton S.Or; .1. !. itraham. NewluirK. N. Y 2.!"4 Dr. Cii'Hi-nie Hammond 1,000 Or. Charles W'asner, I iinslia nip- Ion 4.040 lr. Smith Kly JeiilTe H.4 Dr. Kvans, Moiristown, N. J fi.ooo Dr. Dmip, Now York 16.000 Ir. J. 1'. Wilson. IMiisrhkecpsif . . 1100 Thnw KiIIiim Action. Poughkoepsie, N. Y Aug. 8. Harry K. Thaw, when interviewed in jail last night regarding the bankruptcy 'pro ceedings instituted in Pittsburg, said that he had already spent $200,000 and that there are . additional claims amounting to $200,000 more. His as sets, he said, included $20,000 cash. Continuing, Thaw said: "It is a bus iness necessity due to the heavy ex penses which I have been under dur inga period of over two years. Now I find additional bills and claims, many of them exaggerated. To pay these as they are presented would entail the result that I could not pay all. and some just creditors would suffer. It is to prevent exactly such injustice that the baskruptcy laws were created and I consider that by becoming bank rupt I insure justice to all." ELM -RDOVFR 010 NOT RESIGN Secretary of Republican Committee Replies to Rumor. New York, Aug. 8. Elmer Dover yesterday - afternoon declared there was no truth in the report he had re - Mgned as secretary of the republican national committee. Dover was in this city to see Mrs.' Dover off for Rji rope. He said he had been in con ference with Chairman Hitchcock and would see him again before he left t'iWn, but Dover said it was not hi.; present intention to resign now as sec flary of the commiilee. Whether he intended to resign later he would not say. TO KEEP TAFT OUT President Tries to Clear Candi date From the Browns ville Muss. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ORDER Roosevelt Himself Gave It and Refused to Permit of Its Suspen sion Later. Oyster Ray. Aug. S. President Roosevelt, in a statement issued late last nighr, made it clear the entire re sponsibility was his for the issuance of the original order discharging a battalion of negro soldiers for alleged participation in the Brownsville, Texas, riotingaml refusal to permit the sus pension of that order. The president last night was shown an interview which was had yesterday in Washington wiih General Henry C. Corbin, retired, of the United States army, in which Corbin stated no credit blame in the matter rested wi.h Taft. Corbin Tolil Truth. After reading the interview, the president, through his assistant private, secretary, Rudolph Forester, gave out the following: tkneral Corbin's statement is ab- oluttly correct and it was entirely proper h. should make it. The sub stance of the message from the ores- dent which he quoted was made pub ic long ago. In the HrownsvMlo n;at- Hr--he -t-iittiv resiwiisibniirfor is suing; the oritiinal order and fer ile. iniiig to allow the suspension was t.ie president's. Obeyed IiinI riK't iD. In his interview Corbin stated in substance that Tafj was in no wav responsible (or the order and that in doimr so the then secretary of war had obeyed the direct order of the nresident. Corbin I hen recounted the circum stances "as thev occurred and were ublished following (he Brownsville affair. VINE OF $7,000 IS TACKED ON SANTA FE Judge Bethea at Chicago Imposes Pen. alty for Showing Favors to Cet Factory to Locate on Line. Chicago, Aug. S. The Santa Fe road was lined $7,tluo by .lodge Bethea in the United States court yesterday on a plea of gmltv of rebating. I ho rebate consisted in paying a rebate for the location of a manufacturing concern on its line. A bonus of $50. 0W wa offered, to be paid in freight as shipped. One of $22J"m freight charged paid by the company it re- reived Sll.ono of its bonus. It is held such transaction is in effect, a rebate. FIND $24,000 IN BOX CAR HERMIT USED AS HIS HOME Peter Meyer of Jerseyville Now Be lieved to Have Died a Nat ural Death. Jerseyville, 11!., Aug 8. Th discov and securities ery tonav ot casn mounting to nearly $24,000 in a box ear in which Peter Meyer, the .! rsey ville hermit lived for several years. is taken here to indicate Meyer's death was due to natural causes. The coroner's jury returned a verdict to that effect. BBIES BURNED IN HOKE Mother Locks Them in Room Alone While She Goes Downtovn. Minneapolis. Minn. Aug. 8. Three children, aged 1, 2 and 4 years, re spectively, were burned to death yes today. The mother, Mrs. Frank l ir.dberg of- 2224 Nineteenth avenue South, left the house to go chopping tiie locKea tne children in a room alone. -The housrs caught fire in some nranner and was burning fiercely be lore the neighbors heard the 'screams of the children. The neighbors made It n unsuccessful attempt to rescue the children. Democratic Nominee Gets Many Letters but Does Not Show Them. CHAFIN AT FAIRVIEW Prohibition Candidate Makes a Formal Call Upon Common er at His Home. Fairview, Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 8. Among Bryan's callers today was Ek, gene W. Chafin, prohibition candidate for president. The two nominees ppent some time in conversation but on leaving the Bryan home Chafin de clared thy visit was simply one of courtesy. I'romiHrd lirnuhliran Support. A number of letters from republf- 1 cans lesiding in different parts of the country are arriving dally in Fairview in which the writers announce their intention of voting the democratic ticket, this fall. While declining to make the letters public Bryan said to day for the most part satisfaction with the platform Adopted at Denver is given as the reason for their change of political faith. t--d S.-,MU:00 for ( nmpalicn. Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. 8. The where withal with which to conduct the dem ocratic campaign was the momentous question under discussion at Fairview yesterday. It has been fully realized that a properly conducted campaign, requires adequate funds to pay the le- . gitimate expenses, but the question of who' is to put up the money is one which has been the subject of discus sion ever since the nominations, were made. While it is admitted that from a number of sources individual con tributions of considerable size will be made, the decision has been reached that the bulk of the fund is to come from the masses. A sum not less than $50ii.iiiM is regarded as necessary to meet expenses of the campaign. The matter was talked over at great length by Mr. Bryan with former Sen ator Pettigrew of South Dakota, . a member of the finance committee, and with Coventor Haskell, treasurer of the national committee. ' Star! HuM line Monday. The decision was reached that the finance committee should meet In Chi cago next Monday and at once enter upon the work of organization and of pei feet ing plans for raising the neces sary means for the campaign. Mr. Pettigrew came direct from New York, wliere he was in conference with i hairman Mack and other leaders. 'Not all the democrats I met," said .Mr. Pettigrew, "will support Mr. Bry an, but their defection will have no effect on the result,. because the dem ocrats are nearer together than ever before. New York is certainly demo cratic this year. I found many demo- cnts of great wealth who heretofore were opposed to our candidates, but this year they are with us. These . men. who acquired tneir money non- stly. intend to lend substantial finan- ial aid to our cause." Krra at t hlonjto. Chicago, Aug. 8. Declaring that the prospects for a democratic victory were never more bright in the presidential campaign. John W. Kern, democratic vice presidential candidate, was an un expected visitor yesterday afternoon at the democratic committee headquar ters, which were formally opened at the Auditorium Annex by National Chairman Mack. 1 After a two-hour conference with Mack. Kern left last night for Charles City, Iowa., where he will address a Chautauqua meeting today. Before hia departure Kern confided that his speech of acceptance at his notification in Indianapolis would as a matter of precedent be much briefer than Bry an's speech at Lincoln. I.loyd Opran Headquarters. Coincident with the opening of the headquarters of the" committee, Con gressman James I.- Lloyd of Missouri, chairman tf the democratic congres sional committee, selected headauar- ters ; for his committee in the Audi torium Annex. Lloyd says the out look" is bright for the election of a democratic congress. Noted Wrestler Dying. Butte, Mont., Aug. 8. Tim Harring ton, a' middleweight wrestling cham pion of the world, who has been in retirement for five years, is dying of pneumonia here. '5 ; f. ! i 1 : V: 1-i i i i i I 1 ) j ft