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HEGAVES450,000
Thomas F. Kjan Testifies Be
fore the Clapp Committee
Itegarding Campaign Contribu
tions lie Made in 1904.
HE WAS OPPOSED TO PARKER
And Was Convinced He Could
"ot Be Elected.
lVas 3Ierely Desirous of Hold
ing the Party Together.
Washington, Oct. 21. Thomas For
tune Ryan was the first -witness to
day before the senate campaign con
tribution committee. Others sched
uled to testify were George W. Per
kins and Peter Hoban, James A.
Campbell. Charles K. Droworth, Harry
S. Calvert, John H. Nugent, IT. 15.
Nesbitt and Robert Hight, the latter
seven called in connection with the
Klinn-Penrose political controversy in
Pennsylvania. Mr. Ryan first told the
committee that he shouldered $350,000
of the debts of the Democratic na
tional committee in 1904.
"Early in the campaign," he said,
r gave $30,000 to the fund, although
I was opposed to the nomination of
Judge Parker. I gave probably $50,
000 in smaller contributions. "When
the end of the campaign was draw
ing near and it was quite apparent
that Mr. Parker could not be elect
ed, some of my friends came to me
and told me the campaign would col
lapse unless the committee received
financial assistance. I finally agreed
in order to pay the party workers
and preserve the integrity of the par
tv, to furnish $350,000. This made a
total of $450,000 I gave throughout
the campaign. This was a personal
contribution and did not represent
anv one except myself. I did not give
the money to elect Parker. I merely
wanted to preserve the Democratic or
ganization." In reply to questions concerning
the preconvention campaign of 1912,
Mr. Ryan said he had contributed be
tween $75,000 and $80,000 to Gover
nor Harmon's campaign and more
than $30,000 to Representative Under
wood's. "When I came back from Europe in
1911 I made up my mind that the
prospects of Democratic success were
very bright," he said. "I thought any
Democrat except Mr. Bryan could ba
elected and was willing to aid any
other man. He had led the party to
defeat three times and I regarded him
as the only cloud on the horizon.
Ho Favored No One.
"I had no special interest in ary
one but I had known Governor Har
mon of Ohio for 25 years and believed
he would make a good president. I
gave his managers somewhere be
tween $75,000 and $S0.000. Later on
my friend. Senator Bankhead, man
ager for Mr Underwood, came to me
with an argument in favor of a south
ern man for president. That appealed
to me and I gave him thirty-odd
thousand dollars. I was not asked to
aid Mr. Clark or Mr. W'ilson but would
have given them assistance if it hart
been requested."
Mr. Ryan said that before Parker's
nomination he was convinced he could
not be elected.
George W. Perkins was the next
witness. He gave his occupation as
"retired working man."
Asked as to the campaign of 1904
Mr. Perkins said that lie was asked
by Treasurer Bliss to take a place as
a member of a local committee in
Xew York to aid in collecting funds
for the campaign. "I worked in New-
York," said Mr. Perkins, "with Mr.
liliss. There were similar commit
tees in Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Bos
ton and Chicago."
Mr. Perkins flatly denied that he
knew of any concerted political action
hv the financial Interest? in Wall
street. He said that as he remem
bered it. he gave $75,000 or $80,000
to the 1904 funds.
"Whenever Mr. Bliss would gt
short or funds would run low he said
he would make a contribution of $:.
000 or $10,000."
Chairman Clapp asked what contri
butions Mr. Perkins knew of outside
hip own.
"I was connected with the New
York Life Insurance company and I
know of that company's constitu
tions," said he.
Justifies His Action.
Mr. Perkins produced a long state
ment regarding the contributions of
the New York Life Insurance com
pany which the committee permitted
him to read into the record. The
statement quoted at length from the
testimony of the late President Mc
t all of the New York Life Insurance
company before the Armstrong in
vestigating committee to show that the
Xew York Life contribution was made
to defeat the "free silver heresies" of
W. J. Bryan. It was arguyd that the
money was given to insure the estab
lishment of a gold standard for the
protection of the policy holders of the
company and therefore it was proper
to use the money of the policy holders.
The witness grew particularly earn
est as concluding the statement he
read
"I believed at the time and have
alv-avs since believed that in this
transaction Mr. McCall did exactly
light- that he wou-.d have been un
true to his trust, weak anl cowardly,
".ad he taken any other course.
"There is no question that the thor
oughly vnscrupulou-!, dasta-dly attacks
upon Mr. McCall by certain portions
f the sensational press of The country
brousht about his untimely death; yet.
it is a most significant fact that in all
this criticism of both him and me, not
i single policy holder, so far as 1 am
Tware out of the many thousands in
New York Life, ever wrote a single
letter or criticism or cj;nplalnt of
what he did. either to Mr McCall or
myself. Without any iaw or regula
I'on to guide us, impressed with the
gn-at responsibility we wern carrying,
rirmly believing that the Democratic
party was advocating financial theories
which, if enacted i..to laws, would
most seriously affect tae assets of the
yolk - holders, both Mr. McCall and I
i:ld our duty as we aw It."
Air. Perking said for the insurance
MONDAY KVENTNG.
company ho advanced to Mr. Bliss
$48.50C, for which he was reimbursed
by the company. Later when the In
surance investigation began he re
turned the money to the company.
Perkins Shakes His Fist.
Mr. Perkins denounced as an "un
mitigated falsehood" the charge that
he had underwritten the Roosevelt
preconvention campaign this year ii
the sum of $3,000,000. Rising from,
his chair and snaking his clinched fi9t
Mr. Perkins rhouted:
"Among the lost list of unmitigated
lies throughcut this campaign that
statement perhaps ought to be placed
at the top because it is the largest.
"I am in hopes that Senator Penrose
will be here today. He made that
statement on the floor of the senate
and he ought to be required to prove
it or, like a gentleman, he ought to
take it back. There is not a scintil
la of truth in it from a to z."
"Just a minute," Interrupted Chair
man Clapp. "All that is1 necessary is
that you deny it. All the committee
can do it to determine the proof or
the absence of proof."
Mr. Perkins was not to be stopped.
He continued:
"I want to know where I stand. I
want to know whether I can be charg
ed with these things on the floor of
the United States senate and not bs
given an oportunity to disprove them."
He insisted that Mr. Penrose should
be brought before the committee and
say whether his charge was "mere hot
air."
Taking up accusations by Chairman
Hilles that the Harvester company
had made large contributions to the
Roosevelt campaign, Mr. Perkins de
clared with heat:
"This is an absolute falsehood made
out of the whole cloth and if Mr.
Hilles has any reason to believe that
contributions have been made by the
Harvester company he owes it to me
and to others to have the books of the
company audited for the purpose of
proving or disproving the accusation."
Here Mr. Perkins rose from his
seat and protested that he had been
"villified" as no other man had been
and he insisted that the committee
require his accusers to prove their
charges.
Senator Clapp replied that the com
mittee had no means of doing that.
What He Would Do.
"If I were president and a subordi
nate should make such a charge as
Mr. Hilles has made, I should make
nim prove it or dism'ss him from of
fice," replied Mr. Perl.lns, still stand
ing and shaking his hand violently.
The chair reminded him :hat he had
been brought to Wasaington to speak
in his own behalf.
"That is fine." he said, "but what I
want to know is whether the commit
tee is going to bring Senator Penrose
or .vir. wines back and compel him to
make god."
Mr. Perkins contended that it would
be easy to prove what had been con
tributed to the campaign fund from
ne treasury or the Harvester com
pany. He said he was a member of
tne board or directors of that company
and chairman of finance committee
and knew that not a cent .,f the com
pany funds had been given to aid Col
onel Roosevelt. Mr. Perkins gave his
contributions to the Roosevelt pre
convention fund as iollowe:
To N'ew York state lommlttee. $15;
000; to E. H. Hooker for the national
fund, $22,500; to the Washington bu
reau. $32,500; for polls, etc., in New
York and Brooklyn, $16,000; sent to
ether states, $19,500; to E. W. Sims,
$17,000.
"This statement is absolutely com
plete " said Mr. Perkins. "My total
contributions were $122,500."
Mr. Perkins declared that he urged
publicity of campaign contributions in
.he Hanna campaigns and the 1904
campaign but without much result.
He produced memoranda showing that
:n the campaign of 1908 he urged
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republi
can national committee to make pub
lic the campaign contribution and ex
penditures before election.
EVIL WAYS AWlDONED
Prosecution of Standard Oil Has Been
a Success.
Washington, Oct. 21. To sustain his
contention that the decree dissolving the
Standard Oil comnanv rave the reHaf
sought by the anti-trust against the
cor corporation. Attorne y General Wick
ersham has issued a statement reveallag
some of the results of an inquiry ho hai
been making into conditions in the oil
business.
The statement, intended as a further
reply to criticisms that such decrees ss
that of the Standard Oil benefited i!ie
trusts, was built around a letter, optim
istic as to present conditions which the
attorney general recently received from C.
D. Chamberlain, secretary and general
counsel of the National Petroleum associa
tion. That organization is composed of
a large number of independent refinirs
companies embracing according to tne
attorney general, practically all the com
panies not connected with the Standard
Mr. Wickersham had written to Mr.
Chamberlain, the statement said, for ac
curate information as to present conc.i
tions contrasted with those existing prior
to the supreme court's decision in May,
1911. Mr. Chamberlain pointed out that it
was difficult to make such a comparison,
because the effect of the governments
prosecution of the Standard Oil combina
tion began practically with, the filing o'
that suit in November, 1906; and from
that date the practices of the Standard
Oil combination in large measure ceased
to be predatory and the independent deal
ers began to have a chance to live.
Continued Improvement.
"This condition," Mr. Chamberlain ai
ded, "continuously improved, during the
pendency of the government's suit, a.id
that improvement has continued since tae
decree of dissolution so that it may be
stated that the giving of rebates upon
wide, the Standard monopoly was built
up. has ceased, preferential rates are few
and far between, disclosure of Informa
tion by carriers of competitive shipments
is no longer practiced, price cutting be
low cost to kill competition is tare, and
many other unet-.ical commercial prac
tices have become so infrequent as hardly
to cause complaint.
"Now the independent manufac
turer and refiner of oil is able to conduct
his business with a fair share of profit
reasonably due him and without, the fear
ful handicap under which he labored be
fore the government suit was biought.
"In li returns from the oil industry
show that the Standard Oil combination
controlled about t per cent of the entire
oil business of the United States and the
remaining 1 per cent was distributed
anions the independent companies. The
most accurate data which I have been
able to secure show that at present the
independent companies control 34 per cent,
exclusive of California, where I am in
formed the independents control nearly
60 per cent.
"One other practical result of the gov
ernment's prosecution and decree lo
shown in the increased prices secured by
tiie producers of crude petroleum." ,
TOP1SKA.
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JOHNSON HIT IIAR
That $50,000 Fight in Australia
Is Called Off.
Whites There Are Angered hy
Girl's Abdnction.
Sydney, Oct. 21. Jack Johnson will
not fight in Australia. Hugh Mcin
tosh, the Australian promotor who had
offered Johnson $50,000 for fights with
Sam Langford and Sam McVey or Joe
Jeanette. cabled today to W. W. Kelly,
his representative in Chicago, to iaa
cel all negotiations.
Mcintosh explained that Johnson's
part in the alleged abduction of Lucile
Cameron, white girl, had so angered
the sporting men and public at largo cf
Australia that the matches were no
longer desirable.
Judge Foils Jack's Attorney.
Chicago. Oct. 21. Robert E. Cantwell,
an attorney today asked United Stoes
District Judge Carpenter for a writ of
habeas corpus for Lucile Cameron,
the Minneapolis girl whose name has
been connected with that of Jack Jo.m
ron the negro pugilist, and who is be
ine'held in the Rockford, Illinois, jail
in default of $25,000 bond as a witness
before the federal grand Jury. Judge
Carpenter announced that he would be
unable to hear the petition untu to
morrow. Inasmuch as the girl is to ap
pear before the grand jury tomorrow.
Attorney Cantwell withdrew his peti
tion. He would not say whether he had
been retained by Johnson
Federal investigation of the charges
that Johnson violated the Mann law
moved swiftly today. Twenty-five
subpoenaes were served on the pugi
list's associaates, ordering them to ap
pear before the federal jury tomor
row. Prosecution was started by the city
against Johnson for alleged violation
of the 1 o'clock saloon closing law.
The case was set for hearing Octo
ber 29.
JOHVSON SCARED.
Black Champion's Place Guarded by
Special Detectives.
Chicago, Oct. 21. Instead of the ad
miring throngs which followed his mo
tor car through the streets of Chicago,
Jack Johnson, negro champion- prize
fighter, now faces angry crowds. The
cheers that formerly greeted him on his
appearance have been changed into
hisses and the fighter Is obliged to pro
tect himself with a bodyguard of six
strongarm men. At one time today it
was reported that he had been shot. ,
Saturday afternoon he was at be
corner of South Dearborn and West
Mcnroe streets. He went mto a build -ing
on business and came forth to find
a crowd of one thousand persons block
ing the path to his car.
"Kill him," "Lynch him," were the
cries which followed his appearance
and from a window some one hurled
an ink bottle that, it is said, narrowly
missed the head of the giant prize
fighter. The six strongarm men fougnt
openings through the crowd and John
son was whirled from the scene ol
danger.
Public opinion has been inflamed by
reports of his affair with Lucile Ca-n-eron.
the 19-year-old white girl from
Minneapolis, and there is much talk of
driving him from the city.
It was the determination of Lucile's
mother, Mrs. F. Cameron-Falconet,
that aroused the storm of indignation
against Johnson and involved him in a
complication of legal difficulties. She
swore out a warrant for Johnson on a
charge of abduction and af the same
time she requested that Lucile be te
tained pending an examination of h.r
sar.ity.
The first move into the case did not
disturb the black champion. Confident
thrt his money would extricate him
from the predicament, 'he treated the
matter in the light of a j-ke.
"They can't get me." he said. "I've
go money, so what's the use in try'ng
to knock."
Still the mother fought on, even when
KANSAS, OCTOBER 21,
UNANIMOUS.
tha prizefighter put up $800 cash bail
and intimated that he would get Lucile
out on bail in a short time. But Police
Captain Noorbaar stepped into the
breach.
"I have no right to do this, perhaps,
from a legal standpoint, he said, "but
in the interest of humanity I feel that
this girl should be detained."
Meantime the federal authorities
swore out a warrant against Jeanette
Dorr, said to be a friend of Johnson,
on a charge of violating the white slave
law. Miss Cameron was named as a
witness in this case, and her bail was
fixed at S25.000. -. .
Took tho Girl Away.
Still Johnson persisted in his efforLs
to obtain her release. He attempted to
talk with her on several occasions and
finally his own bail was increased
from $800 to $1,500, and he was obliged
to employ a professional bondsman to
regain his liberty.
He engaged three lawyers to advise
him, and at the time of the demonstra
tion yesterday, it was rumored that he
was seeking to obtain the $25,000 bail
for the release of the girl that he
might marry her and escape prosecu
tion. Johnson, it was said, would
pledge his cafe, worth $60,000, to ac
accomplish his purpose.
To prevent communication between
her and the prize fighter or his friends.
Miss Cameron has been taken to Rock
ford, 111., by federal authorities in de
fault of bail.
Women's clubs throughout the city
rallied to the mother's support. Meet
ings were held and it was announced
that unless the administration took
some action the women ' themselves
would devise some means of driving
Johnson from the city.
Johnson's cafe is guarded by a
special detective squad. The negro
says he has received threats of death
and dynamite.
IS 13 DEGREES COLDER
Sudden Change lit Temperature Today
Snow in Denver.
A drop of 13 degrees in tempera
ture was recorded at the government
office from 7 o'clock this morning to
2 o'clock this afternoon. The wind is
blowing at the rate of twenty miles
an hour from the north. Tonight the
mercury is expected to go down close
to the freezing point. No precipi
tation is anticipated in the next 24
hours, but the clouds will probably
continue to envelop the sky tonight.
It was snowing in Denver this morn
ing and the temperatures were be
low freezing in the northern Missouri
river valley.
The hourly readings:
7 o'clock 61
8 o'clock 55
9 o'clock 51
10 o'clock 49
11 o'clock 47
12 o'clock 4 7
1 o'clock 48
2 o'clock 4 8
JAYHAWKERS TONIGHT
Will
Hold Monthly Dinner
Tliroop Hotel.
at the
The Jayhawker club will hold its regu
lar meeting at the Tliroop hotel tonight.
The feature of the meeting will be a
paper "The Progress -of Jurisprudence,"
by Otis S. Allen. Cards notifying the
members and urging their attendance
have been sent out by W. T. Williaii,
secretary of the club. The meeting wi'.!
include a dinner at the Throop.
GAME CLAIMS VICTIM
James Lynch Dies From Injuries Re
ceived on Gridiron.
New Haven. Conn., Oct. 21. James I
Lynch, aged 30, of Bridgeport, is dyirg I
nere today or Injuries received m a loot-
ball trame yesterday. He is in a local ) done for him.
hospital with a fractured skull. Lynch "At present I see no reason for mafc
was struck on the head by a player's knee in g this concession," the United Staies
during a scrimmage. j marshal declared.
MONDAY
DROP THREE MILES
Two German Balloonists Killed
Making a Trial Flight.
Gas Bag Burst or Was Struck
by Lightning.
Berlin, Oct. 21. The announcement
of the death yesterday of Lieut. Hans
Gericke, winner of last year's intern x
tional balloon race in the United States
and head of the team of German de
fenders in the races to be held from
Stuttgart next Saturday, created or
fcund sensation here today. He ;ws
thrown from his balloon at a height of
three miles by the explosion of the gas
bag. which is believed to 'nve bsen
struck by lightning. His aide, Lieuten
ant Steler, also was killed.
Gericke and Steler were making a
trial flight to test the new ball .on
which they expected to use in the inter
national races. Just above the town of
Grossenhain they met a thunder st nn,
which they attempted to avoid by ris
ing above the disturbance. When a mil
in the air the craft was caught in an
eddy and became unmanageable. After
a terriffic rush straight upward, the bag
burst.
The shattered instruments which the
balioonists carried on their flighht vfe
examined today. The recording appar
atus showed they were riding at a
height of 6,000 feet when thev were sud
denly hit by a vertical gust of wind
which pushed them straiU up with
the violence of a hurricane to a '.eight
of more than 15.000 feet.
At this altitude the bag burst, either
from the sudden change In prersur or
as is more likely from oeing st-ifk
bv lightning. The balloon embodiea nil
the latest ideas in gas bag construction
and was regarded throughout Germany
as the likely winner of the international
cap in next Saturday's cou .est. Gerc5.e
and Steler had expected to try for an
altitude record in the course of yest"--day's
flight and had equipped their car
with oxygen tanks and apparatus to as
sist them in enduring rarified atmos
phere. GREEKS GO TO
Friday Jiight 700 Will Leave Portland
for Home.
Denver, Oct. 21 Two hundred of the
four hundred Greeks who held a meetn g
in Denver last night, placed their names
on the enlistment roll for service wi'h
their country men in the war against
iuixey. more man naif of them a'-e i
trained soldiers, having seen service in j
the Grecian army. They will join several I
hundred Greeks recruited from Utah and i
r j i.uiiiis. ana me lorce is expected to
entrain at Denver the latter part of th's
Portland. Ore., Oct. 2L Fully w
Greeks, it was announced here todaj
will leave Friday for New York by special
trains en route home to join the army
Local Greeks subscribed $3,000 vesterday
at a mass meeting to defray expenses
SFEELMAN WANTS OUT
Former Bank Teller Asks Vnited States
for Clemency.
Ward Speeiman, who pleaded guilty to
embezzling funds from the Jtlerchancs'
National bank ill Topeka. and was sen
tenced to five years in the federal peni
tentiary, has petitioned the United States
district attorney to shorten his time, and
asked that he be allowed to serve eight
een months only. As this course is usual
ly adoptd by prisoners of several months,
the federal officers were fully expecth.g
the petition; no attention will be paid to
it. however.
Mr. Speeiman might lawfully be erar.t-
ed absence on parole for the last third
of hs term tut that Is all that could ba
1912
EVENING.
ARE COW BACK
Many Republicans YFho Left
the Party Are Returning
Says President Taft in a State
ment at Beyerly.
THEY PONT EXPECT TO WIN
Declares Third Termers Have
Jfo Hope of Success.
Only Hope Is to Disrupt the
Grand Old Party.
Beverly, Mass.. Oct. 21. Preslctvt
Taft has issued a statement predicting
Republican victory next month and de
claring it "obvious that either the Re
publican or Democratic nominee will be
elected." He says it Is an open secret
thtit "the third party does not expert
success."
The president reviews business c n-
ditlons which he says are unprecedent
edly prosperous and asserts the belief
that sober judgment of the voters will
continue present conditions. The state
ment reads:
"Fifty-two years ago seceders from
the union thought they were facing a
divided north, and would win an easy
victory. There had been division
among the loyal people, but all united
in face of the common danger and in
addition of a great number of Demo
crats joined the Republicans in the suo-
(Continued on Page 2.)
BOMBARDJ FORT
Turkish Warships Shell the
Fortifications at Kavarna,
Sultan's Army Is Retiring Be
fore Advance of Allies.
Sofia, Oct. 21. Turkish warships to
day bombarded the Bulgarian fort of
Kavarna. The customs house was de
stroyed and several shops and dwell
ings were damaged.
Kavarna is a Bulgarian town on the
Black sea, 28 miles northeast of Varna.
Big Battles Soon.
London, Oct. 21. Three and perhaps
four big battles probably will begin
within a few days if not a few hours,
on the territory of European Turkey.
The armies of Balkan allies have now
crossed the frontier on all sides, while
the Turks as their opponents advance,
are giving up their frontier posts and
abandoning small and unimportant
towns, falling back slowly on to their
strongly entrenched positions prepara
tory to giving battle there.
The Bulgarian army will, it Is
thought be the first to strike because
at its objective point the fortress of
Adrianople, the main Turkish army is
growing in strength. If the Bulgarians
allow the Turks time, the sultan's
army will outgrow that of the invad
ers. It was rumored today that two
of the outer fortresses of Adrianople
had fallen into the Bulgarian hands
and that the town of Kirk-Killisseh
had been captured, but there was no
confirmation.
The Greek army is resting after its
capture of the Turkish town of Elas
sona and preparing for the more stren
uous task of attacking the Turkish
army of 4.000 men concentrated at the
town of Servia, a little to the north.
The Greeks are said to be 60,000 strong.
The grimmest fighting of the war is
likely to occur out of sight of the
main armies as some 4,000 Albanians
are arming and Greek and Bulgarian
bands have taken to the hills, where
they will engage in guerrilla warfare.
HEAD NEARLY GUT OFF
Some One Stretched Pope Across Xavy
Yard Street. r
Washington, Oct. 21. Xearly decapi
tated as the result of an automobile
accident. Alexander O'Shea, a civil en
gineer, lies today at a local hospital
between life and death. Mr. O'Sher.,
who is connected with the government
proving grounds at Indian Head, was
driving his motor car rapidly through
the navy yard last night when he
dashed into a rope stretched across the
road. The rope caught him beneath
the chin.
That his head was not torn from
his shoulders was due to the slackness
of the rope and to the quick action
of a friend in the tonneau who sprang
forward and reversed the engine.
O'Shea was hurried to the hospital
where 17 stitches were taken in his
throat. Later he recovered conscious
ness but his vocal chords appeared
paralyzed.
PAY OLDEST MORTGAGE
After 2C6 Years It Is Ordered Marked
Paid.
Philadelphia, Oct. 21. One of the old
est moregages on record in this country
has just been marked paid here. It
dates back to September 14, 1753, when
it was given by Jacob Stadler to John
Mifflin, and his wife on a 12 foot front
on Market street.
The value of the property in 1706 was
$280, and the last owner of the tract
was a Frenchman of 70 years ago. who
never claimed it because of the in
cumbrance. It was finally sold to pay
the claims of the city but the mark
ing of the mortgage has Just been
authorized by the courts. The property
is now worth about $1,500 a foot.
Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday.
Colder tonight.
On sale by newsboys at TWO CENTS
On trains and newsstand FIVE CENTS
IT. R. OFF FOR HOME
Colonel ItooseTelt Leares Chi
cago for Oyster Bay
Accompanied by His Family
and Two Doctors.
THE FINAL CONSULTATION
Shows Him to Be in Excellent
Physical Condition
Although He Spent a Somewhat
Restless Vight.
Chicago, Oct. 21 Preparations for
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's depar
ture from Mercy hospital to the train
at Union station which takes him to
Oyster Bay were completed early to
uay and he was placed in an ambu
lance at 7:15 o'clock for the short trip
through the city. His train left tho
station at 8:30 o'clock. Tho colonel's
last night at the hospital was rather a
restless one. He slept only about four
hours in the aggregate from the time
he first fell asleep at 11:15 p. m. He
awoke frequently and he seemed nerv
ous. It was said by Night Nurse Fitz
gerald that this was chiefly due to tho
excitement of his comlnt; departure
and not to any untoward symptoms
that had developed in the course of
the night.
Colonel Roosevelt left Mercy hos
pital at exactly 7:20 for the station
where he was to board a Pe nslyvania
train for the journey homa. He was
taken out of the hospital qn a wheel
chair to an automobile ambulance. The
colonel was accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt.
When he was ready to depart the
colonel said he was feeling well but
that because of his restlessness during
the night he was somewhat sleepy and
hoped he would be -b)e to get some
est after he had reached his berth.
He w'S cheerful and expressed pleas
ure that he was so soon tj be on tha
way to his home at Oyster Bay. He
awoke shortly before C j'clock and
was given his morning sponge bath
and rubdown. His breakfast consist
ed of bacon, three sof. boiled eggs,
buttered toast and a pot of tea. Mrs.
Roosevelt had breakfast with, her hus
band in his room.
The Last Consultation.
Dr. John B. Murphy arrived at the
hospital at 6:30 a. m. and with Dr.
Wm. B. McCauley, the house surgeon,
dressed the colonel's wound for the
last time before his departure for the
east. At the same time a consultation
was held at which Dr. Scurry L.
Terrell, the colonel's socialist. Dr.
John B. Golden, Dr. Murphy's assist
ant, were present. This consultation
was for the purpose of establishing the
colonel's actual physical condition
with a view of taking such precau
tions' as may be necessary to make the
journey as comfortable and safe aii
possible.
At 7: SO a. m. the following official
bulletin was is3ued:
"Pulse, temperature and respiration
normal. Wound still discharges a lit
tle serum. There is less Inflammation.
Point bullet location Is sensitive to
pressure and bullet can now be dis
tinctly located. General condition
good.
"DR. JOHN B. MURPHT.
"DR. ALEXANDER LAMBERT,
"DR. A. T. BEVAN.
"DR. SCURRY L. TERRELL."
Long before the time to leave the
hospital Colonel Roosevelt was fully
dressed. Over his street clothes he
wore the heavy army overcoat he ha-1
on the evening he was Bhot. The hole
in the right breast was not distinguish
able at any distance.
Walks From His Room,
The colonel walked from his room
to the wheel chair in the corridor.
He was accomplished by Dr. John 15.
Murphv and Mrs. Roosevelt.
On the way through the hospital the
various room had their doors opened.
Patients called a greeting to him and
wished him a safe journey. Outside
there was a large crowd of spectators
who also shouted greetings. At th-i
door he abandoned the chair and on
the arm of Dr. Lambert took the few
steps to the door of the ambulance.
The start was immediate. In front
of the ambulance was a large detail
of motorcycle police, a squad of whom
followed. Then came motor cars in
which were Col. Cecil Lyon and the
remainder of the Roosevelt party. Ia
other motor cars were many newspaper
men and photographers. Throughout
the earlv morning or ever since the
time Col. Roosevelt awoke there wa
an iAr of expectancy in the corridor of
the hospital. Preparations for depar
ture had been made carefully. There
was not the slightest hitch. Just as
he was being taken from the wheel
chair at the hospital door, the colonel
bade goodby to his two nurses. Night
Nurse Margaret Fitzgerald was the
first to shake his hand and to re
ceive the famous Roosevelt smile. She
was followed by Day Nurse Blanche
Welter. Both nurses were cordially
thanked by the colonel and Mrs.
Roosevelt.
The last thing that colonel and Mrs.
Roosevelt did was to shake hands with
and thank Mother Margaret Mary, the
mother superior In charge of the hos
pital. The farewell was brief but af
fecting. Into the eyes of Mrs. Roose
velt a tear came while the eyes of the
mother puperior were suffused and she
quickly turned her head and then hur
ried into the building.
Avoids the Crowd.
To avoid a crowd at the station
Col. Roosevelt boarded the train In the
railroad yard at Twelfth street, half
a mile away. The train was then
backed into the terminal train shed
where the colonel's baggage was re
ceived. In the party that entered
Col. Roosevelt's car were Mrs. Roose
velt, Ethel Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr..
Col. Cecil Lyon and Drs. Lambert and
Terrell.
Col. Roosevelt's train, which had
been scheduled to jave Chicago at 8:15
a. m.. did net pull out until 8:30. There
had been a collision on the Burling
tion tracks at Fourteenth street ad
joining the rails ovtr which the Roose
velt train was to pass. One of the en
gineers of the train that collided was
reported k'lled.
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