YouV ou LXVni....N°- 22,359. TAFT MAY GO ON TOO SPKAKIXG TRIP ADVISED. Tint to Doubtful States Possible— 1 .rale's Attitude Criticised. ■ [By T»ersr'- to Th» Tribune.] Hot Springs. Va_. Aug. 2" —It develops to-day that St is by no means impossible that the Re atilica.3 Presidential candidate may alter his jj „..-■". and. instead of remaining in his licrae city. Cincinnati, throughout September and October, make a speaking tour of at least some cf the doubtful states. The front porch campaign policy was adopted en the j,dvsce of Chairman Hitchcock and others, , . fro^i numerous sources Mr. Taft Is receiving ■word that he can make thcusands of votes by appearing personally before the voters, and jjsat in some sections it is highly important •r»rt the voters should have an opportunity to r.im BimiM ulstln Kennedy, who came yesterday -„. beg -** r - "*" a f* to attend the opening of this ,p a j3Ti at Younjrstown, went away sorely dis- Bjpenited at his failure to induce the candidate to deviate from Us policy, but the seed he spired (Evidently fell on good ground and to-day gave evidence of sprouting. Mr. Taft said he preatly regretted being unable to attend the Yesntr-" meeting, and seemed himself to question the wisdom of the policy which has ■been adopted. -After the Brat week, when yon have your guiiJirT well in hand." said Mr. Taft to-day, "it is at extremely pleasant experience to pass through a political campaign. In 1904 I spoke ja New York six or seven times, and also Jn Indiana. Ohio. Vermont. Rhode Island and IIUeoL* 1 - Speaking three or four times a day is extremely Trying, but to speak once a •day is very pleasant D many ways. There is. ct course, nothing to prevent my changing the prop*- of staying continuously in Cincinnati which has been adopted on the advice of my nana* ra The only serious difficulty is the fact ■that on- is swamped with applications, and it is i.-EpossiUe to accept all invitations." 2IR. TAFT WILLIXG TO MAKE TRIP Any change of plans affecting the candidate. however, rests entirely with the national com lElrtee. That Mr. Taft is entirely willing to accorrir.odate himself to anything but. a "whirl- •wind as he put it. is marirr plain. tarder work."' he says, "than Bafenu] the rear end of a TTi:r I . " : - - rfc - rfective.'" finafly be decided that Mr Taft 'ir.cinnati. will be . . . the caving ha -. free Srosi bi -.ails. Mr Taft stands for the policies of Tbeodor? Boose' - which by their indorsement in the nation platform have become the policies of the Republican party. Standing t'juarely on those policies, he was a candidate for the nom ination, and the Republican party in its national convention chose the man and adopted the poli cies. Under these circumstances, it is at least peculiar that a:. Republican whose stock in trade has been opposition to tho^e policies. vhrther because of his affiliations with the ißierests v.hich were hurt by President Roose velt's fearless enforcement of the law, or be taiuse of a conscientious conviction that t!fe policies were mistaken, should card it as re rarkabi^ that he is not invited to take a place in the forefront of those who ;ir» working to •jfcriag about the continuation of those policies I? the election of Mr. Taft. SE. AT: ,X FORAKER'S ATTITUDE. And yet it is reported here that Senator For tier has. throoKi th^ medium of an interview, pronounced the failure to invit him to speak at the cpeninu of the" campaign at Young>town, Ohio, to b' an effort to humiliate him personally. For obvious reasons Mr. Taft is making- no com ir.mt on the Fnraker Interview. In fact, com n^.t seems hardly necessary. Governor Hashes fca# been invited to open the national campaign «tth th< sp*-eeh of the day, and it iF a reason able assumption that just as the work of Gov ernor Hnghes in bringing about the creation of th» Public Service Commission and ha other directions is in con=cnasc* Triih what were for merly t rmed "the Roosevelt policies," now the poiicie? of the Republican party, so that. too. euft comt- in for censure-* from Mr. Foraker. Judge D D. "Woodmansee. of Cincinnati, a ner:.b»r nf the Court of Common Plea -, Is at Hot f prints to-day, and he consented to discuss tbe Fcraker interview for publication. Judge "RVianaris. c is a stanch Republican. He was, is fact, president of th?- National Leag-ue of R hsd to do with the selection of speakers *or That important occasion, yet I feel sure that So personal humiliation was intended. "Asia- from the fact that we have had many ra-iipaii^i openings in Ohio without our Senator teSiag part," Judj?'" Woodmansee continued. -it csa a: once be understood that a very important <;a*stion of party policy arose this year. Every one can appr»-ciate that it was an embarrassing Kt'aation. Senator Foraker. in his Chamber of Cor?.n-.»rc" speecb delivered in Cincinnati cnly * short nme apo. made a severe attack on the Policies of President Roosevelt. How could the par:y -which intends to wage th- fU?ht ■■■dinjt squarely on these policies as an Is 1 1 li te its !)latform consistently invite him to take *• most conspicuous part in the campaign? It *»* practically impossible, and most of Senator ■sbsJbb friends set- it that way. "I will yield to no one In my admiration for Stnat- ■ Foraker."' added Judge Woodmansee. " r *»i» i splendid services that he has heretofore *«Jdered in behalf of the Republican party caß and must not be forgotten, and no one •O rejrret It more than myself if he finds it ■•••alibi*- to serve the party during this im- Port c-=nipaißr. 1 * Taft's friend are at a loss to understand ow Hr Forak»r asa regard as personal a fail *** « invite him to make a speech which, it is ***>nabl* ••, aisum*, would have contained * l least an inferential attack on the Presidential candidate, any more than those Republican a.l *«*t*e of free sliver could regard ks personal CmmtJmmmd on areood iMgr » WJJO TO ATLANTIC CITY AND RETURN J^lJjf' A^'J«t -3. via Pennsylvania RailnMU rr*J" train leaves New York 6.45 A. M.. slopping r >WwL Elizabeth and New Brunswick Rc •**•** «140 P. M-Aav. To-daj-. fmlr. «orr«w. fmir; variable wind*. A STREET SCENE IX SYDNEY AXD THE GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES. LOOKTXG EABT FROM GEORGE STREET INTO BRIDGE STREET •Photographs, copyright. JOHN P. REID A SUICIDE. American Kills Himself at Bourne mouth — £ '.1,000 in Bank. Bournemouth. England. Aue. 3). — John Ped man Reid, said to be a wealthy American, was found dead in his apartments here to-day. He had shot himself with a revolver. The coroners verdict was "Self-destruction during temporary insanity." Mr. Reid came over to England in May last. A bank deposit receipt for £."»,0<)0 is among his effects. FIGHT FOR LIFE IN RIVER. Drotcmng Man Clutches Rescuer About Neck Saved by Launch. While hundreds of women and children -were at the recreation pier at East 24th street and the Bast River last night. David S. Sheppard. a member of the T'nited States Volunteer Life Bavins; Corps, struggled in the water for fifteen m;nut°s to free himself from the clutches of Michael Rice, of No. 366 East 9'(th street, whom he final iv rescued. Rice fell off the pier and sank immediately. When ho came to the surface Sheppard plunged in after him. The drowning man grasped Shep pard about the neck and both of them went under. Then the lifesaver struggled desperately to loosen the other's hold on his throat. The two were fully clothed, and it required a super human effort on Sheppard's part to keep above water. Once the rescuer fought free, but when he tried to reach the man a second time, he was caught again. The current had carried the two men far out into the river, when Patrolman Rohrs. of the East 22d street station, threw two life preservers to the men. Sheppard tried to tie on" around Rice, but his strength failed and he sank. A launch from the U. S. S. Han cock was passing at the time, and the jac-kies got both men aboard. They were rushed to Bellevue Hospital. Rice was in a serious condition, and his cescaer also had to be treated. Both are expected to recover. THIEVES DRUG DOGS. Then Enter Woerz Home in Day- Ught and Make Rich Havl. Greenwfc h. Conn.. Aug !!»•.— The summer home of Frederick W. Woers, a New York brewer, in Be;].- Haven Park, near her^. was robl»ed of $6,000 worth Of jewelry and ?I in money to day after the thieves had drugged three watch dogs. Tw . servants and an infant daughter of Mr Woers were in the house at the time and heard the- robbers moving about, but as the dogs did irk they supposed some member of the family had returned. Mrs Woers and two >.ki"r caugnt^rs discovered th^ robbery when they re turned home from the local police court, where Mr:- Woers had! accused Cnartes Kraft, h^r gardener, of slapping her face with a letter, rglars worked during their absence of one hour. The thieves overlooked $10,000 concealed in a r<>om. WANTS TO MAisJE HER HIS HEIEESS Minister of Sixty-four to Wed Ten-Year-Old Girl. Ellicott City. Md.. Aug. 30.— A license was issued to-day for the marriage of the Rev. Georpe S. Fitzhugh. ;i»red sixty-four years, to Emma E. Stay let, a girl ten years old. The explanation of the peculiar case is said to be that the Rev. Mr. Fitzliusii de.'ires to make little Miss Staylet his heiress, and that his object cannot be attained to his satisfaction by adoption. TRAINING BANK EMPLOYES TO SHOOT Outcome of Crime "Wave in Massachusetts — Boston Institution Has Shooting Gallery. [By TIISWH to The Tribune. 5 Boston, Aug. 20.— As the result of the crime wave that has swept over Massachusetts, with its ac companiment of murders, burglaries, hold-ups and robberies, the Shawmut National Dank, one of the largest In Boston, has equipped » shootinp sallery in the basement of its building, Slid every employe M required to take his turn at target practice for half an hour dally. Automatic guns are furnished every employe, from messengers to bank cashiers. and the employe* ar« Kent oft In squads for their practice, which Is under the supervision of the chief. watchman of the bank. VANCOUVER FIRES UNDER CONTROL. Vancouver. IS. C. Aug. :■■< - Most of the fore3t lire* in this region are un«l«r control to-nisht. A Cloud of smoke li.ing.s over the city and navigation in .-flail waters te difficult. N town or settle ment is believed to be in Hanger. The Greatest H.v-r Trip and the Finest River Bteunm it your irer.lce. Yhree .ail tiL-keis accept ed Hud. iiivW l>ay'LJnt:. Sluaic, *■! swt. comma. — Advt. * , NEW-YORK, FRIDAY. Aid ST 21, 1968.— TWELVE PAGES.- WELCO3IED IN SYDNEY AM ERIC AS S IN PARADE. Lord Xorthcote'.s Hearty Greeting to the American Fleet. Sydney. N. 8. W.. Aug. 81. — Sydney was aglow with life and color to-day, and surgi.is thou sands filled the streets to welcome the officers and men who brought the American fleet thus far on the voyage around the world. From Farm Cove, where the landing whs made, to the end of the long route the crowds gave enthusiastic greetings. .Large bodies of men from all the ships wer« brought ashore in the morning in launches. They numbered nearly tfrre^ thousand. They marched ir>. de tachments tri the Outer Domain, which adjoins the Botanical Gardens, and formed on allotted spaces fronting fee reception pavilion. Then came the admirals and their staffs, who landed on the east side of the cove, where a piard of honor from the British naval force? was drawn ap. They were met by The Prime Minister. Alfred Deakin. and the other ministers of the rorr.monwealth; the Premier of New South Wales and his ministers, the Lord Mayor of Sydney and members ef the corporation. Rear Admiral Sperry, commander of the fleet, inspected the naval guard, and the ad mirals were driven to the reception pavilion in the Domain, where they were greeted by Lord Northcote. o< •••mor General of Australia: Sir Harry Rawson, the Governor of New South Wales, and the military and naval heads of the colony. The grand pavilion was surmounted by a great golden eagle, glittering in the sunlight, and ths curved balustrades were ascribed with the names of the American states. The stands sur rounding the paviiior. acemed almost buried with flags, bunting and evergreens. These were „.•- cupied by the federal and state ministers, mem bers of the Legislature and government officials. Beyond the official inciosure spectators were massed under wide-spreading trees. The brill iant uniforms of th« guard of honor from the Royal Australian Artillery contrasted with the plain colors worn by the Americans. Lord Northcote, on behalf of Australia, ex tended the heartiest of welcome.* to Admiral Sperry. his officers and men. and congratulated them warmly on the success of the voyage. AMERICAN'S PARADE WITH ARMrv After greetings had been exchanged a pro cession was formed, the Lord Mayor and offi cials and the American admirals, with their staffs, occupying carriages. Over twenty-five hundred men from the fleet were in the pre cession. They carried arms, but no ammuni tion, in accordance with an arrangement which was made the night before. A hitch occurred in the original arrr .ige m^nts when, soon after the arrival of the Americans at this p< rt. it was learned by Ad miral Sperry that owing to the imperial regu lations the landing of armed men in Australia would be barred. Admiral Sperry immediately informer] the government that unless his men werP permitted to carry arms they would not take part in th»> parade. An arnica lie agrre» ni?nf was reached on this point, however, with out difficulty, the Commonwealth government granting permission for the American sailors and marines to ~arry arms, but no ammunition. The detachments from the various ships were heade.l by color bearers and accompanied by the ships 1 bands. Their marching whs admired and they were cheered on every hand. AH the str .f. t^ alons th»- route were profusely decorated, end wer.- lined with federal troops and police. •>n their return to the Domain the visitors were entertained at luncheon. The whole city turn.-d out to do them honor and the greatest enuthusiasm prevailed The Prime Minister, in '.-xteiiding the greeting of the commonwealth to Admiral Sperry, said that it was iii essence and truth from the whole people. Lord Mayor Hu^h'-r presented an a.i dress to tli^ admiral, who acknowledged the gift in warm terms. Be said that when he awoke early yesterday he was greeted by vast crowds. which seemt-d millions, a.s the warships travelled toward their anchorage. His next w. -iconic was by the old British admiral. Sir Harry Et&wson, whose kindly words of cheer and . ric- jrage- Bteni were most grateful, while the reception uccord.d to bimaatf and In.- men by the Gov ernor Genera] an-m«-i\ hearty. Americans, be said, therefore, had every rea ton to f«*el themselves among friends and kins men. He appreciated the kind references which had been made to the American navy, which hud been built on the glorious example of Great Britain, '•••<■ deeds of valor on many seas rilled the pages or" history. The object of a navy, he said, was to make a country secure from at tack, and. even if a hostile fleet crossed the seas and landed troops, the enemy could not main tain the conquest while, that country's navy was ( .nliniiril on ."»"»rnjfi P-iCf- GREAT DEAR SPRING WATER. "11* purity has made it famous." — Advt ADMIRAL SIR HARRT RAWSON, HIS DAUGHTER. SECRETARY AND AIDE-DE-CAMP. AT CRANRROOK. THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE. WHERE HE RECEIVED THE AMERICAN OFFICERS YESTERDAY. IJtOP. by Underwood & Underwood. »w York. l *• HELLO! IS THIS PARTS? DR. DE FOREST AT 'PHOSE. Gets Metropolitan Tower to Send Wireless Messages to Eiffel Tower. Within two years this city wiil be in wireless telephonic communication with Paris, or such at least M the confident expectation of the De Forest Radio Telephone Company, which yes terday entered into a contract with the Metro politan Life Insurance Company for the use of its new 70»)-foot tower at No. 1 Madison ave nue, where the wireless apparatu- is to be in stalled. In the Eiffel Tower in Paris, at a height of 990 feet, apparatus differing slightly from that used in the T'nited States will receive the vi brations .transmitted from New York and send messages from French soil to this country, if thi- plan succeeds. Dr. Lee De Forest is the president of the Radio Telephone Company, as well as its scien tific head. Active negotiations were beyun laat spring while he was conducting hi? wireless telephone experiments in Paris for the French tjovernment. The Eiffel Tower, as the highest point in France practicable for the purpose, was selected as the seat of the operations, which lasted for several weeks and gave those who were testing the new system a chance to show what it could actually accomplish. At that time wirele^ telegraph messages flashed at the Glace Bay station, in Nova Scotia, were received in Paris. :?,<>oO miles distant, on the summit of the tower. At the same time wire less telephone messages sent fin m the tower were distinctly heard on the coast of the Medi terranean. Dr. De Forest believed that with far mor*» ef fective apparatus it would be possible to com municate between New York and Paris, and he immediately decided to use the new Metropolitan tower. . WAR MINISTER ENTHUSIASTIC. Before he could see his way clear to put his schemes into effect he found it necessary to ne gotiate with the French government and with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company To obtain the privilege of using the Eiffel Tower Dr. De Forest made formal application to the French Department of War. The plan was taken up enthusiastically by the War Minister. Last month Dr. De Forest returned to New York and laid his plan? before the directors of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. They took readily to his ideas and laid no obstacles in his way. The result was the signing yester day of a contract that will permit the Radio Telephone Company to use the little house on the roof of the building for apparatus and to lay wires from this to the apex of the tower. The wires will not be put up until the middle of October at the earliest, when the building will be divested of part of its scaffolding at that height. Even after the wires are erected they will be invisible from the street, and it will" be impossible to detect the cause of the wonderful message? through siace to a point 4.<* mi miles off. When the new tower is finished an antenna consisting of six or eight small copper wires will be fastened through the topmast balcony on the fifty-second floor, just under the lantern. The*e wires will be insulated from the metal frame of the tower and will run down diagon ally clear to the Fourth avenue end of the roof of the main building, where the wireless ap paratus "ill he located in the pent hous.-. In this way it will be arranged so that each wire --hall be more than 7ix» feet in length, and as far as possible removed from the absorbing in fluence of the steel frame of the tower. The power station will be 1(M» feet above the side- Wa 1 k Dr. De Forest paid last nicht that he was happy over the signing of the contract, which now enabled him to tell the public about his ambitious idea. He was enthusiastic in his confidence that his plan would succeed. • •'It is only a matter of two years or less be fore the telephoning between New York and Paris begins," said Dr. De Forest, when seen at the Yale Club. "The Radio- Telephone ap paratus will be of ten kilowatt capacity and capable, it is estimated, Of covering l.ixx> miles with the present type of apparatus. This will mean that wireless telephone communication can be established at once between New York and Philadelphia, Boston. Montreal, Chicago and Havana. Cuba. With certain refinement! of the art which I am now working on It will be pos sible later on to telephone to the Eiffel Tower. ••(if course, the telegraph is far simpler, and it will not be surprising if this city and Paris art in direct wireless communication within the next year. Ap. aratus for the tower has been under construction for some time, and will Le installed even before the antenna wires can be put in. The new station should be in operation on No vember 1." COST OF FITTING UP STATION. It will mean an expenditure of about ••<*;. tin* to put the- station In working condition, Due to 4,'ontinurti en third page. Copyright. 1903. by Th« Tribune Association. SMASHES OCEAN RECORDS. The Lusitania Clips 3 Hours and 4" Minutes from Best Time Across. The Cunard liner Lusitania dropped anchor off the Sandy Hook Lightship at 1<>:1:» o'doch las: night, lowering the workl's record and her own for the fastest passage across the Atlantic over the short course by 3 hours an*i 4«» min utes. The time of passage was 4 days. 13 hour?. A new record also was made for the fastest average speed, which was knots for the entire passage, and trom noon Sunday, to noon Monday she made the phenomena] ra knots, which has nev^r been equalled by any merchant steamer in the world The Lusitania passed Daunts Ro< k Light ship at 11:30 a. m.. August 16 Up to noon .if that day she made 21 knots. From noon Sunday to noon Monday she made the record run of !>•"••> knots, to noon Tuesday, tilt* knots. The remainder of the run. from noon yesterday to i»:.'sO p. m., when she came abeam the Sandy Hook Lightship, was -W> knots, makins a total diatance of 2.7 M knots. She averaged throughout the day of her record run a speed of 12."».t«> knots. The slo-.ving: up of the Lus=itania"s great speed is attributed to the inability of the condensers to work as well in. the waters of the Gulf Stream as in the cold waters outside of tt. # TEN KILLED IN WRECK. Reported Accident to Crowded Ex cursion Train in West Virginia. Grafton, W. Va.. Aug ».— Ten persona are reported to have been killed an.l many others injured to-night, when an overloaded paaseaaer train on the Pennsbnro & Baxrferrllle FUiiir.a.l bearing < xcursionists from the Ritchie County Fair, one mile from Psmsboro, bmke down and was wrecked. THE 2SD FOR HUGHES. First City District to Declare for the Governor. The firs-: Republican district committee in this city to i. -.dorse Governor Hughes for the renom ination is ihat of the 23d District, which met mst night and passed resolutions declaring that the Governors administration of the affairs af the state lefl anythine but a renomination en tirely nu; of the question. There has been considerable opposition to the Governor in the organization in the district, but this has been overridden by the enormous Hughes sentiment which has developed there. The strongest Hughes men in the district are Colin H. Woodward, Deputy Superintendent of Elections, leader of the district and strong sup porter of Herbert Parsons; Assemblyman James A. Francis, who seconded the resolutions, and ex-Assemblyman Josiah T. Newcotnb, who is the candidate for the nomination for Senator to succeed Senator Page in the 19th. Mr. Xewcomb introduced the resolutions, and in speaking for their adoption said that while if Governor Hughes's relations with the organ ization bad been closer, they would have aided his programme of reform in the state, neverthe less his administration had been of such char acter and good government had been fostered to such an extent under it. '*■■"■ <* rencmination was demanded. Amnn< the others who spoke for tne resolu tions were Florence J. Sullivan, who has always been known a." a decided organization mar and is one of the ?tr.ms p s! spenbteders of the committee, and Leopold Leo, who is an out and out Hughes man. OIL FIRE INCREASES. Crater in Mexico 700 Feet Wide — The Forests Threatened. [By ■Malays to Th» Tribune. J Tampico. Mex., Aug. IS). — The fury of the great oil fire near the San Geronimo River, sev enty-five miles southwest of here, has greatly increased in the last two days. The top of the crater has widened to T< » feet in diameter. The burning oil is -overflowing the sides of the miniature volcano and threatens to spread the flames to the adjacent forests, despite the hard efforts of soldiers and laborers. Government engineers who arrived here several days ago have reiMirted to President Diaz that the flames are consuming 7<^',' ■ barrels of oil daily. Oil - experts place the quantity destroyed Uaily ut Isu>*r> being ret>eu«r» of Governor Hughes was under discussion. An Impression had spread that sansc state ment would be given out I ■■;.- Mr Hitchcock <>a his return, but he avoided the newspaper men. who had waited for him for more than three hours, and got to his room in the Hotel Manhat tan unobserved. ' Word was sent down that loth Mr. Hitchcock and Representative Sherman were tired and would a* right •* bed. They had nothing to say on the result of their con ference, it was stated Those. in touch with the situation who saw Mr. Hitchcock both before and after the con ference with the President were strongly of the impression last night that it had been de cided that the best interests of the party de manded the nomination of Governor Hushes. A man who did not wish to be connected wittJ the statement said last night that the«^£iorta» campaign managers did not think 'it would be necessary for them to ma. any statement, as the attitude of the state leaders was now strong ly in the direction of the renomination of Gov ernor. Hughes. He expressed it as his opinion that Governor Hughes would be renominated it the sentiment continued to crystallize as it had been ''.ling. The attitude taken by Chairman Hitchcock has been that he did not wish to interfere in the state situation, as such, but he did '-el that he was responsible for getting the electoral vote of the state for the Republican ticket and was Jus tified in advising in any situation which threat ened to injure the success-of the electoral ticket ATTITUDE OF the PRESIDENT. It is understood that on his visit to Oyster Bay some time asr>> Mr Hitchcock was told th.»» the attitude of the President was that he wanted to know who was the man to nominate, not was was the man not to nominate. H»- want- . som 1 * affirmative plan rather than negative criticism. In looking over the situation Mr Hitchcock haj borne that in mind, and his report to the Presi dent yesterday is said to have been in accord ance with that idea. Fr"m the fact that neith-r Mr. Hit nor Representative Sherman rar-i! to talk to the newspaper men last ni:rht the impressiosi was conveyed that any announcement regard ing the renomination of the Qu*mm - \ to com*- fr->tn the state leaders after they had a chance to discuss it araon; them- It was predicted last night that within a few days the state leaders would announce that as a result of the canvass of the entire situation it had been found that the best interests of the party demanded the renomination of the Gov ernor. The trip to Oyster Bay of the national chair man and the candidate . for Vice- President tras made in the Crescent, the yacht of ex-Repre sentative George J. Smith, the new treasurer of the state committee, who accompanied them. They left New York at :» o'clock in the morn ing- and reached Sagamore Hill in time for luncheon. When they left th» President at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the yacht was headed for Rye. where ex-Sheriff James S. Merritt. the Republican leader of that town, was holding his annual clambake. It was surmised that da trip was taken for the purpose of seeing "Will iam L. Ward, national cemmitteeman and leader of Westehester County. HURRY ''ALL FOR PARSONS. A hurried call was sent to New York for President Parsons of the New York County Committee, and he went to Rye by train, ac companied by Representative William S. Ben net, who had been one of the luncheon guests at Oyster Bay, but had returned to New York by an early afternoon train. At the headquar ters of the county committee it was said that President Parsons's hurried departure was due to a business engagement with his father at ■ Harrison, in Westchester County. The {.arty reached Rye about ">:3O o'clock, and spent half an hour at the clambake. Rep resentative Sherman and Mr Hitchcock shook: hands with several hundred persons. When the national chairman was asked regarding the con ference on the state situation h* replied: "This is th first clambake I ever attended, and I am enjoying it immense!} The party, augmented by Mr. Ward. President Parsons and Representative Bennet. left th« clambake in automobiles and went to the yacht at <: o'clock. The trip to the city was made la leisurely fashion. in order to give as much tim« as possible for the conference. it was S:3O before the party landed at the anchorage at Laa New York Yacht Club and separated. It was decided that no member of the party should talk of the results of the conference, but the developments of the next few days will make them apparent. It would not be surpris ing if Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the state committee, returned to town before the end of the week. He is at his Adirondack camp and did not »xpect to return before Monday. Mr Sherman will be In the city all day. and does not expect to return to Utica before to morrow. There will be a meeting of the execu tive committee of the national committee to- In addition to those already spoken of. tna President entertained at luncheon at Oyster Bay yesterday Michael J. Dady, one of Mr. Wood ruffs lieutenants in Kings County; William J. Youngs. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York: Robert Bacon. Assistant Secretary of State; Captain Cameron McR Wins low. U. S. N.. and James H. Kidder. of New York, a hunter of big game. With the excep tion of th.-- who arrived on ex-Represent*: - Smith's yacht, the guests reached Oyster Bay on the 12:19 train and were taken to Sagamor* Hill in automobiles. SHERMANS TALK WITH PRESIDENT Before going to Sagamore Hi". Mr. Hitchcock said that he had nothing to say. but would lay something after the conference. If there was anything that could be told Representative Sherman said he was simply paying his respects to the President and did not wish ta speak of the Governorship situation at this time. It la understood that the President did not d« vote himself entirely to the New York State sit uation, but also discussed the general issues of, the campaign. It was agreed that considerable attention should bf given to the currency and banking questions. Chairman Hitchcock told the President that at had arranged to put »ct strong arguments opposing the Democratic plat form declaration for government guarantee of bank deposits. Representative Bonnet talked with the Presi dent on the question of obtaining an increase in Dm salaries at laborers in the local a^Maal