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CLEAN
But Not Dull
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PROGRESSIVE
But Not Radical
Vou LXXII....N0 23,931.
To-day, fair -m.i wannrr.
ro-inorroiv. Mumrra; Miutlmrat wlnda.
NEW-YORK. FRIDAY. MAV 24, 1912.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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PRICE ONE CEOTtaa^^7wK__WorS___H,Mw"
J
AT SiGN FROM ROADS
Eight Big Lines Directly Control
78 Per Cent of Total Output
of Anthracite.
MERCHANTS AWAIT ORDERS
When Circular Reaches Them To
morrow They Will Add 25 Oents
a Ton to Domestic Sizes-"In
dependents" Virtually Con
trolled by Combination.
_:ght railroads controlled in 11*07 TH.04
pf-r <ent of the entire production of an?
thraclte ln the United Btate* The pro
portinn to-day is. If anythtng greater
than this This hgure. however, doea not
present the complete stor> of the f?ri;i
?h: h theae elght railroads, with their
cr and pri. e 'understandino." ex
er. lae ever the anthraclte Induatr*
The re4-s<)f wh* tha lndependenl coal
operators. even though the: mine onl.'
2196 per cent of the anthraclte aupply,
do not inject a aemblance ol conapetltlon
-he trade may be found in the ex
. of what are knowr as the "__
ptr ent contracta." Through these con
tracts the alleged "lndependent" opera?
tors dlspose of more than a third of th- Ir
total output to the coal dejartmonts **
?? baidlar* companlea of the elght rall
roads.
The story of the strugRflr whi.-h result -
ed ln the closing of theae H per cent
contracts ls one of the most intereeting
ln the anr.als of monopoly devi lopment
in this countrv Sufnce it to say at this
point that the "Independente" who are
partlea to them have agreed thnt the
contracta should run for the life of the
mlnea, thus allenclng forever all their
prote.ts against their provlsions.
The control of thc eight railroads over
these 65 per cent contract operators la,
therefore, only less complete than th.ir
control of their own aubsldlary coal
mlnlBg companlea Ar.d as these con?
tract operators produce a third of the
coal mined by the independents. or.
rottghly. ' per cent of the total produc?
tion of anthracite, they swell the per
.er.tage of production over whlch the
?ight railroads exereise sovereignty to ?:
This. then. is the anthracite "octopua"
whlch purposes to boost the price of the
imciea.IT of itfe ll controla 25 cents a
ton to cover an advance in the coat of
production of approximate-: 15 centa, aa
The Tribune polnted out yeaterday
morning
Profit in Suspension.
The situation offers stil! another ker
nel of profit to th" operatOT*. Tt hs<
been assumed al! along. naturally
enough. that the .iispfnsion for nearlv
twe montha of active mining meam a
los* to the operators an well as to the
miners. but yeaterday members of tha
.;e*ail Dealers' A_-~*ti*__*on figurerl that
this __Kpenalori had. on the c..ntrarv,
further enrkherl 'he operators They <?x
r'ained that the aalea of C'al had been
' I er. a* as if there had been no BUBpen
slon, the reeerve std-ks bein_ drawn
upon, whlle, because of the auapenelon
end onceftalnty for th.* future, the oper?
ators had refuaed to grant th? usual
summer discounts in d>mestie sir?s.
? dlacounta If allowed, would i a
heen 50 cr-nts a ton during Aprll and 4<l
cen's a t in for Mav. As it is. no dis
COunl is to be allowed until the June
purchases bejrln.
"Ii looka ;ir< if every atrlhe or auepen
?lon oi work waa a a urce r?f extra
to the operetore," said one i-f th
tailers "The onsumer pays for the ad?
ditional expente reaultlnf from the In
evltable wage inerea*e; h?- pavs also a
handsome bonus to th<- operator for hia
a-eneroelty to the miner. and above and
bcyond all this he hands to the former
tne two months of velvet for the anxlety
which the demar.t"* of tho miner has
caueed him "
The Coal Merchants' Association,
which takes in the entire retail coal
trade. held a special metlnsr yeaterday
afternoon at N'o. 90 West street, to con
?Ider the altuatlon in the anthraclte
trad? Nearly the entire trade was rep
reaented.
It was announr-ed after th? meetlntr
that a Circular would he received frorr.
the agents of the coal oornpanies to-das'
announcing the new prices, whlch wlll be
an advance of 25 cents - ton over 1JM1
j ri. ea in the caaa of e_K.,nut, atove,
cheatnui and pea alaee The June reduc
tlon of 30 cents a ton arlll k" into effect
ln thi- domeatlc alaee, When the dealer_
recelve the notlCB to-day they wlll add
the advancea IO the retail prices and in
lorm their i uatomera of tbe new raie.s
No Changc in Steam Sizes.
':? advanci have nol been made on
'tn- sti m slaei buckwheat Noa. l. 2
and '.'? Pea coal though regarded as one
of th<- Bteam sizes, is aomethnes uaed as
domeatlc ? oal It has been scarce. how?
ever. f<>r somt tlme. There was aome
d'uibt yeaterday a* to whether lt would
be advanced in price. The advance may
alao Involve broken anthraclte, the larK
. a- prcparad size.
Arthur V Rice. commlMloner of the
Coal Merchanta' Aaaoelatlon, said. after
ti rda) 'a meeting:
The retail merchants have no hand in
deterinlning what the price of coal may
le Th.\ are the dlstributing agents,
and the prices ar. _xed by the aelliiii;
egenctee <>f the companlea and the
wholeealera The Bteam atiee competa
wlth _oft (nal for ateam purpoeea, whleh
is probably one reason why the price ih
tot advanced In these sizes. When ihe
B*S-fr*___*_Ofl took plan then was ? fair
H.m k <>f .-nal, but lt ls now nearly ix
hauhted. i me of the obj.-rts of ihe me.-t
lr.g to-day was to permlt the dealers to
sret ln tou.-h witli onf another to dlecuss
the situation and the pi-sent supply.
whlch ls very htnall"
The eight railroads whlch are now dic
tatlng the price Of anthracite to the
country are the Fhiladelidiia & _4*4__4_la?
Haliroad. the 4'entral Rallroad of N'ew
Jers<y. the LehiKh Valley Haliroad, th.s
l>elawar_, Lackawanna and Wattatlli
the trie, whicli controls the New York,
feui-'tuehann.- and Western; the Dela
4>?utl_i.-a _u -ULrd pa*r, sUth coluuixt.
Good-by to
the Square Rigged
Sailing Barque
An a! most fi nal blow in the
steam vessel's successful ef?
fort to sweep the wind
propeiled craft from the sea5
has been dealt by the sale
of the famous Standard Oil
feet. An interesting article
on this subiect will appear m
Next Sunday's Tribune
PONFIRE BULLET FATAL
Oartrldge Explodes. Oansing the
Death of Boy Playing Near By.
The thlrd fatal accldenl ln theBchrleJ
faoilly, nf No. 242 3d atreet, oceurred
yeaterday, when Plorlan, a "***' 1 flve yeara
old, was kllled I ? i fr"ni H '''""'"
i |g that I ad ? rn Into a bon
: r<
T:.e- chlld wa? pla: Ing fi t ot hia
home wlth aeveral other children. A
short dlatance away Bome older boya had
;. bonfire blailng In the centre of the
?tre.1 One of th?--m threw a box of
crtrldgea "n thr- flre There waa an e*
ploalon, anei little Plorlan fell wlth a
in his heart. Patrolman Bmlth
took the' ' hlld to a drug Btore. An am
bulance aurgeon said he had been kllled
ins'antiy.
Aboul two yeara ago Pl< rlan'a oldeal
sister, sf-v-n yeara old, was run over and
kllled b; an automoblle. Aboul flva
montlis srii a brother, twelve year. old,
w.-is kllled by a brlck falllng from a roof.
WANT TO RETAliM DR. MUCK
Germans Would Have lmperial
Governrnent Take Action.
Berlln, May 23 in th,- Pruaalan Houae
of Lord. to-day Profeeaor Waldeyer,
lent of th.- Academi of Bt 1* i
called attention te, the- Intended depart
ure of Dr. Karl Muck from Germany lo
aaaume tlie- dlrectorahlp of the Bym
phony Orcheatra al Boaton. Ha urged
the- governrnent te. ein ita utmoal to In
duce Dr. Muck t.. remaln ln Berlln.
Blmil.r remarka wer* made In th.
Chamber of Deputlea.
it waa onlclally announced - n January n
that i'r Muck had been angaaed to return
tu the- dlreectonhip e.f the Boaton Bym
phony Orche.tr. after an ahaence ol four
>oars. He lefl He.sieen to become general
muBlcal dlrector e.f the lmperial Theatraa
by ihe- Oerman Emperor'a appolntmenl lt
waa underatood then lhai he would return
to Boston arhen his engaaeaaenl abroad wns
ended The efforta <>f the Oermana to de
taln him hava made hia atay . long.r oua
thun he? Intended.
WEDDIiMG LICENSE UNUSED
After Obtaining It Miss Fownes
Decides to Wait.
; By TW.gr.pli l. The Tr.>
Plttaburgh. M-''V U. Miss Mary PoWIMB,
a golf |.iaye-r e.f natlonal naputatlon, an.i
M.th.w J, Se*amnie i. of Bparrow Polnt
Mel., went to YdeeigBtown, Ohlo. ye.t?r_uy,
obtained h marrlaga llcenae, though!
t,-r of ii, and i-H.irtie-e! to Plttaburgh. ar
rlving har. Just before mldnlght.
Henry C. Pownea, father of tha girl,alao
la a Koif pias.r known throughout th.
L'nltad State-H.
??it wi.H onli a little foollah Btunt.' aald
Mlaa POWIK*0, '?aii'l W?'? *"" >' U hi,)'
panad K.-ally. W. dlda't g*l niairie.l. you
know, bul w. ar. gotni i" real aoon."
Mr Pownea aald his daught.i ami Bcarn
?Ml had baaa engaged alnoa laal Dece_a<
har but he dM nol thlnk ?>?} lntend?d to
Ket rnarried until e-tumr. ?eamm-l haa
pon. Baat.
Ai!t?o7V?ltni^ Luytu-. li.0... X. -?
?AdvC
LOVE B BfflDK
Woman Who Gives Up $10,000.
000 Tells Why She Will
Marry Again.
MA> HAVE DOWER RIGHT
Fiance. Who Ts I Lnwyer, De
clareB That Is a Matter of
L-tif-tion -Chariti. R To
Be Continued.
? t Teleai he TrU is*
Boaton _" ' 23 ' Money lan't every
thlni and love is or prettj nearly." anJ
there you have the explanatlon ol Mra
Jamei \ GarJand heraelf of wh) ahe la
calmly glvlne up $10.?-*O.OOn The beau?
tiful wldov. whoae announcemeni lhat
she is to flve up the money lefl her I
her huaband on condltion that ahe never
marry again. to day told whs ahe wai to
mi:rr" on Baturday Francls Cushlng
Grei ?; of Si _ Vork, i ier school frlen I
and sa eethi art,
At hei aummer home In Bourne to-day
Mrs. Garland und h.-r flanc. both da
. ?? red thal they ?*ere happy and didn't
care aboul the monej
?I am marry ing *"r love,*1 aald Mra
(lai land.
"Same here, said her flance.
A;..i tii. both ol them Btniled, as if to
aay thal $10,4300.0011 dldn t appeal to
them. anyhow.
"Mr. Oreen ls my attorney'' said Mra.
Oarland, "and ao I'll lel hlm do the taik
Ing."
"To tell you Ihe truth," aald Mr. Oreen,
"there Isn'l much to tell you aboul the
romance I havi known Mrs Oarland
?ver aince are were youngatera We'va
alwaya been the beal of frlenda and fve
alwaya admlred her Immeneely. We
grew up, sin- marrled, and you know all
aboul that. When her husband dled I
?rsB ber attorney and became manager
of ber eatate, ar.d on Baturday I'm lo
marry her."
"Wlll i he contlnue to llve here?"
"Yee, for the aummer, al any rate."
"How aboul her numeroua pei char
Itlea here? Wlll she give thoae up?"
"No, Indeed; though now I don't think
you can call them charltlea. They are
all aelf-Bupportlng."
"And it's true thal she m||] forfeit th.it
large amounl of money when she mar
riea you?**
"That'a a'hal Ihe wlll says." he re?
plied. rather e'vaelvely, and agaln he
amlled.
"But lan't a wldow entltled to a thlrd,
an) wa) ""
"That'a more ? matter "f lltlaratlon. I
belleve Bhe'a certalnly a clever, plucky
little woman, nnd It'a wonderful the way
slu- has broughl up thoae children."
Mrs. Oarland is the slster of PTederic
Tudor, nf Meedham; Mra Prederlck B,
Converse, of the CToeawaya, Weatwood,
who waa formeriy Bmma Tudor; Mra.
Bdward W. Blade, who waa Euphemia
Tudor, and Mra. W Btarllng Burgeaa,
the flrst Wlfe of Alexander II. \l\gg\n
?on. who before her marriage waa 08??
mond Tudor.
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SHIP BRINGS 850 MICE.
Tbe Atlantlc Tranaporl Uner Mesaba,
whlch has broughl many tb__sa__ horses
and coars to thls country from _n_lan_.
arrived hete j-eslerday wlth ? conal_iun-ai
,,f d white mice. sh.' lefl Lxmdoa wlth a
thousand rodents. bul IM dled durlng tha
ji urney, Tha little anhaala whleh were
bapi iu small boxea, were coralgnsd tn Dr.
Francls C. Wood, profaaaor of rathoiogy
of tbe Cellaga of Physlclaiia an.l Borgaeaa,
and wlll ba et I for i Bt-eriaaealal p-Tpaaaa.
_??
GRCAI BEAR _P.'tlNG WATER.
_0< letr 4.__? Bl - iUaa-.i-i'Vei'.- _-UI#_.
-Adv
Contractor. Returning to His
Home in Flatbush. Finds
Wife Unconscious.
HER RECOVERY DOUBTFUL
Fiphts Desperately, and the As
sailant Flees Without Booty
Second Attark in
That Section.
Thr, s,., ond of murdaroua aaaaulta upon
Platbuari women al th?-lr homea within a
mon'h was dl._COVered last nicht h\ VI
tr.r Pflaumer, a contractor. when he ar?
rlved at Mb bi-nv. at N ? I'l'-' F.nat VMn
ttreet. and atumbled over Ihe uncon
Kioua form ot hia wlf*. who wa. lylng
on H rug in ih* parlor
He pwltched on the electrte llght. and
?aw bla wife- waa Meedlm from many
wounda nn tho heaA and tnoe. He tel ?
phoned tr. rhe C may tr-iann H'-spatai ">r
an nmhulanrr aod Mrs Pflaum*r wm,
r^mnvod to that inst'tntlon.
I* waa three houra before sho reeov
ered conaclouaneM. Than Bh. told the
,rr,rv of ?h*- aaa I whlch tallle. In
. ei lmportant det.ll wlth a almll.r al
tark upon Mr- K\ ? I. M aa.ll, n wtdow,
at her home. Ko ?1? Eae8 ?d atreet, on
Aprll L'-t
?Aboul a "??- H*>." mM Mr"
ner ? i thlrty-two yeara old.
-., man. heavy hullt and taJI. who
looked HKa- an Indian, aaked to aee the
Upper floor of mv houae. whlch ls for
rent He said ll pleaaed hlm, bul that
he wnuld return latei after oonaultlng
? 'fe
"He eam. harh thia .fternoon an.i
?a!d he- 'A'.'llel HMll tho flOOT He- gftV.
.,:,. iie. deporlt in '? i ked for a .Ipt
i ..-,) down to a writlng deak and, a.-* I
,li,l i,.. atruck rr.n th. head wlth a
hia. r Iai k
??The blow dld noi Btun me, an my
thlch halr broke Ihe force of tho blow
I grappled wlth hlm. aelslng hia arrlata.
,lflei tiied te, bring the atruggl. toward
tho anantel, where ther. waa n pharp
,,-ipf-r cutter thal would i.-- aome de
fe-|ire?.
??I kepl Bcreamlng aa i atruggled wlth
the- man. whe. sw..ro thal ho would klll
mo tf I dld not ahul up, bul I only
ai-roamod tho loud* r
"Flnallyl ho wrenched his handa free
Ile grahbed me- by the throat with one
hand, an.i aa thlm/s began to grow black
I naw hlm dt?W a revolver from hia
pocket, and a momei I later h. atruck
ma ->n th. forehead wlth It i do nol re?
member any nie.ro."
The pe.||e-.> say that Mr" I'flaiimor'B
assallant stnifk hor at leaal twenty
times with the- revolver butt and tho
marvoi is that he dld not klll her. \<
lt ln. sho is BUfferlng from concuaalon
nf iho braln, aml the phyalciana f.-ar sho
lins ii frHoturoel skull.
Tho pollca Of tho l'ar!<\l!]o station.
?h<. ar* workIM "ii tho caae. believe
they km.w who her BMallanl ls. aml ox
pprt to arr.-st hlm wlthln tW.nty-four
h'.nrp.
He rliel not Bteal anything. although
there were tMA ln caah and r..ur diamond
rings in tho deak wher. h. Bttackad Mrs.
Pflaumer.
The' peillre- l.e-lie w- the- assailatlt Wai
rertain ho ha.i kiiio.i Mrs. Pflaumer nn.i
mad?? his ose-nr.o as <|il|rklv as possil.le-.
not Btopptni lo ranaack tho houae.
I aa-najj
SUFFRAGISTSSEEKREVENGE
Plan Boycott on Britain for
Pankhurst Sentence.
I iu Telearf-P- io Tti<- Trlbune-. 1
Milwaukee, Mav 28,?The Mlaalaaippl
Vaii.-v auffraglal ronferenc. to-day re
Cttved a re-seeinti-.n praaentad by Mrs.
U Bracketl Btafcop, of Chicago, propoe
Ing that ..li women lelont iti.-.l with the
fcuffragetta m?>vcin*nt an.i all ayropa
thlsera refuae lo buy Hritish miulo good.
or t.. buy m Brltlah Btirrea when travel
Hng abroad aa an Amerlcan protoat
i.u.iinst tho imi.ris.mm.nt of Mrs Pank
hurat as a e-rimlnal.
The ret-olution wns ne>t acted upon te.
ehiv aa Ihe conventlon "?<* l? MilwaUl
kee'for tho day aa a racaaa fr.-m its
r.-al lahoiB In CtOcafO, and actlon wlll
bc taken al Cfclcaujo t..-m..rp.? Mra.
Blahop Ih tho wife of tho prealdent of
tho chicago Board of Firo Underwrltera.
_? B-??
GENERAL CHANGE OF TIME TABLES.
A mefal .-n.n.r wlll ho ma.le ln the
timo tahlea of tha Pennaylranla l_ullro_
oii Bunda}, May 2?.-A_vl
WILBUR WRIGHT BETTER
Inventor Regains Consciousness
and Spoaks to Relatives.
Dayton, Ohio, May -3. -The condition
of Wllbur Wrighl at midnight is slighth
Improved and attending phyelclana firo
Ihopeful thal the Improvement wlll con
] tinue.
The inventor has regalned conedoua
? neaa and ls able t.. reeocnize and speak
I tr. members of his family. all of -vhom
' are at his hedside._^
ROCKEFELLER BUYS AGAIN
Has Paid $500,000 to Keep
Business from Home Block.
john D Rockefeller has bought,
'through William A. Whlte ft ?ons, Mary
E. Bloodgood'a houae, at No 1. West
1 Mth street This is the second purchase
withln twr. mi nths of a dwelllng near
the site belriK Improved wlth an elght
Htr.rv house fnr h!s son
I Sinr.- the work on th>- foundatlon was
' begun Mr Rockefeller, ar., who hoped
' that thls block would retaln for a long
I time its old residential rhartn. encount
? ?r?1 a growlng demand for sit__ there,
for bualivaaa uae He ordered his realty
repreeentattvea to buy or get control o*
nm property that was likel\- to he
altered for buslne.s purposes.
1 Mreet ly opposite the site on whlch Mr.
Rr.i-kefeller's home utands and on the ad?
jolnlng plot on whl.-h the bulldlng for hla
; son la belng ererted ts the old Kinney
It was reported that lt was about
tr, be ho'iRht fnr a singing club Mr
Rookefeller Kot It for less than f.ViO.niMY
Tbe houae ts to be made over lnto ba. h
e|or apartm. nrs
The propert) Juat bought from Mrs
Ploodgoorl wlll probably be altered for
stmllar purpoaea. LTp fo date It has cost
Mr Rockefeller over **COO,000 to keep
buslness oul of the blOCk.
DRAGGED WLE BY RUNAWAY
Conrtecticut Horse Breeder Dying
from Injuries.
(hv r.'araph tn the Trirunf ]
Wlnsted, Conn., Maj 23.?Edgar P.
w eeler of Warren. a promlnent breeder
nf horaea ls dj Im* to-nl-rht as a result
or belng dragged ne.-irly a mile hy a
runaway colt. He was drivlng the anl?
mal tn a sulkv near his home this af?
ternoon, when an automoblle, drlven by
Profeasor C A Etalrd, ol Columbia Unl?
veralty, who had wlth him Profeaaor
i nea P Bhotwell. also of Columbia
i rntveralt). approached.
The young horse atarted to run, and
Mr. Wheeler'a fooi w.is caught ln th
relns At last the colt botted ItltO B fl'-ld
,ii ,1 was caught by _ farmer. just as
Meaara Balrd and Bhotwell, who had fo.?
lowed the runaway ln thelr automoblle,
arrlved
Wheeler was unconaclous, his head
belng terribly cut ?nd bruiaed i?y con
tacl wlth th- r.uig'n roadway He waa
llfted lnto the automobile and drlven to
the home of william I. Hopklna Doc
t..rs sall he could not rerover. riaird
and Bhotwell were sorely grteved over
the accldent. _
SHIPS CRASH IN F0G
Pilot Boat Sunk and Passenger
Steamer Ooes Aground.
A thlck fog, whlch came up suddenly
yeaterday, was reeponalble for two mis
hapa .'ff Bandy Hook and the Ambrose
Channel laat night. Bhortly after 6 p. m.
th?- Bteamahlp Blrma, of the Russian
Kast Aalatic steamship Llna, went
RKround offSwinburne Island. while oiit
bound for Llhaa nnd Rotterdam with
fifty cabin and three hundred Bteerage
paaaengera sbe was floated ai ia:.r.u
p. rn
At 19:11 p. Bt the pllot boat Ambros*
Snow Bank In tbe maln Bhlp channel as
tbe result of a collislon with the Clyde
Llne freighter DehawarC The two ves?
seis were proceeding in the same dlr>-'
tlon. and tha llner struck the pllot boat
on the atarboard quartar. Bhe sank al
mont Immedlately. The ateamer appar*
ently was ondamagad.
The fog waa d.-nse at the tlme, and
those on watch had no warnlng of tbe
approachlng ata_u_ar. All handa took to
th.. smnll boata, and no lives were lost.
Wre.-kiiiaT ves^rls wlll endeavor to raise
tlu- pllot boat to-morrow. She lles
aboul ona-elghth of a mlle north by east
,,[ the Qttlck Bt-ft H.-ll BttOy.
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EARTHQUAKE IN HAWAII.
Monoli.lu. May _> The Island of Hawail
ivas ehaken last nijrht by . he sevcrrst
? ai thejuaka experlenced tn years. Wirelesa
advlcea reporl Mauna Loa smoKinK
a
MORE ASBURY PARK TRAINS.
L'nder Pennsj Ivanla Kallroad schedule ef
facttv< May 38, addlttorial trains between
\\u y.irk an.l I/iins; Mra ndi and Asbury
i'ttlk Wlll be .p.l_t.d.?AdvL I
TAFT AND HIS FOES
BATTLE IN JERSEY
President Speaks in Three Cities in Evening
Following Opening hy Colonel Roosevelt
of His Campaign in the State at Noon.
LA FOLLETTE ALSO IN THE FIELD
Streets Lined with Cheering Multitudes, Militia Escort
and Big Audiences Mark Visits of Nation's Head?
Ex-President Also Greeted Enthusiastically.
Xew Jersey, which holds its Presidential convention prima
ries on Tuesday, found itself yesterday and last ni?_rht the field
r.?? i tiemendous oontest for delegates, with President Taft and
Colonel Roosevelt entering its confines and Senator La Follette
continuing the speechnuking which he began on Wcdnesday.
The President spoke in the evening at Camden, Burlington
and Trenton. He entered New Jersey from Philadelphia, when
lie spent most t^i' the day.
Before speaking in Camden he motored several miles through
the city streets aud was loudly eheered. A brigade carrying
Chinese lanterns and red fire met him at Burlington. and wildly
cheering crowda lined the streets in Trenton through which he
was driven.
Everywhere he deprecatcd the necessity which, he said, had
compelled him to enter the raging controversy, saying he was
not moved by personal amhition in the matter, hut beeause he
felt obliged to warn the people of a erisis in the country's history
that t-ireatened constitutional governrnent.
Theodore Roosevelt visited seven C'ongress districts
and four counties in New Jersey, his trip of twenty-five miles
attracting crowds that, while not so large as in Pennsylvama,
were more demonstrative than his Ohio audiences. He continued
his assaults on the "bosses," paying partieular attention to Will
iam Barnes, jr.
Senator La Follette devoted two hours in his afternoon
speech at Trenton to an attack on Colonel Roosevelt. He said
if John Sherman ever dreamed that a President of the I'nited
States would receive J. Pierpont Morgan hefore breakfast and
agree with him to violate his oath of office he would have included
the office of President in the Sherman anti-trust law, as well as
tiie Attorney General and the District Attorneys.
Mr. La Follette said that when Roosevelt became President
there were HO illegal combinations, and that when he left the
White House there were 1,020
[Bv Te>!?(rrap* tr> Th'? Trlrnin* !
?. v t Mav ?3 -President
Taft entarad Naw Joreoy to-nlfht and
rv_-an a whlrlwlnd camnalgn for !?*??
catea ir. this th?- laat state ln whlch a
Praat-antktl pr.far.nce prlmary arill be
held b^for. tha llepuhllcan Natlonal Con- |
vantlon. H? mada Bpa-eehee at camden
nivl Burlington before flnlshlng his
nifht'a work al a hus* meetlng har*
Th. President appeared tlred. and his
votoa was hueky and lacked ponaar to
earry tar over th- heads of the people
who thronged Into tho armories in whlch
the meetings urara hald m Camden nnd
horo NevestheleBe, ho mada a straight
forward. eamaat presentation of his side
nf th. eontrnveray. into whlch. ha said.
thr- unfalr doallng of Thaodor* Roosevelt
ha 1 forced hlm.
-I ask only for Juatlce." he aald a* each
meetlng. 1 am not asking for favor*.
bul I am aa entitied to Juatlce as the
humhlest rltlren ln the land."
Again the President took o.-vasion to '
,i.. ira frankly and poBtttvely that there
araa no traca of personal ambltton in his
eampalfnlng aa he ls doing. Ha do
plored the neeesstty of it
? I am not here to olear mv politlcal
reputatlon." ho said. "Muckraking
magaztnes and n-wsi-ap'-ra have mada
manv attarks on me, hut I care nothing
for them. save. as they serve fo poison
the mlnda of tha people. I am not
moved to come here by personal am?
bltton. I could get along with only one
term as President. Not so many men
K?t even that." the Presldent chucklei.
whlle the audience laughad with him
??Bul I am here beeause this ls a crtsts
ln your oountry's history which ahould
ervo vou to prevent the dangers whlott
,'r." Ihreatenlng conatltutlonal govern?
rnent."
Busy Day in Philad.lpni..
The President had a busy day in Phita
rtelphla at vartoua meetlngs before he
,ntered embattled Naw Jersey.
Camden. where he made his flrst
Bpccrh ls the county seat of a hot Re?
publican constltuency. A delegation
drov. over to Philadelphia for him ln
flag trimmed automobiles, and brough*
hlm through streets lined with cheering
Citlaana t<> the .'id Reglment armory.
It was the flrst time a President of th?
I'ntted States had ever rUdtad Camden.
As a result the milltla turned out to
Kr.e t hlm. and the small boys had moro
fun than <>n th*. Rnnual vlslt of the blg
circua.
Crowd Awfliting Presid.nt.
Long before the Prealdent reached the
armorv th.-re was a throng waltlng. The
j.ple in charge of the meetlng had
made- a *peelal aftOti to let the women
have a chance tO see the dlstlnguished
visltor. ?'? Uie only seats ln the place?
Kallerles on three sldea of the armory?
ha.i been reaerved for them. New Jer
M0 ls not one of the auffrage states.
The voters atood in a dense mas? on
the floor of the arme)ry whlle the Presl?
dent spoke. Thay were not cmfortable
by any means. As a result there was a
.-.nstant strer.m of people going in md
e.ut e>f th.- place and a dln from th,
eiirious youth ln the rear of the hall
against which the President's voice could
not make a great de>al of headway.
Hut Mr. Taft waa realgnedly cheerful
umler it al'. Kspeciully vsas he cheer?
ful when he heard Mr. Ayer. in lntro
duclng blm- ?M* tno ex-Presldent to a
Ceatlaued on aecou. y?_e, thlrd colunia.
"Mv frlends. I thought when I **-a? out
West a while ago thnt they kept me
middling Itvely, hut New Jersev has got
the West beaten to a frazzle'" cri-^.l
Theodore Roosevelt to more than *e*?
thousand men and women ln Fssex
Troop Armory. ln the Roeevtlle sefion
ot N'ewark, last night.
"Y m've kept me goins: so faat to-dav
that I couldn't keep up with you!'* ha
shouted at the top of his overworkod
vo.-al chords.
"W-'v- got somehodv else going, IO*!"
came from tbe sweating multltude thtt
stood on tipfoe to get 8 gllmpse of the
colonel.
"My enemies can't get ne going"' tha
colonel flashed ba'k. nnd the C*rOWd
laughed and cheered so tong that Mr.
Roosevelt had to interrupt.
"If you would only vote as you shout!"
he falsettoed merrilv.
"Don't worry aho:;t New Jersey!"
rounselled another.
Lets the Other Fellow Worry.
'I'm not worryinsr about anything.
I'm letttng the other fellow dr. th.if"
he shouted as he thraw back his head
and ehook himself. Hv thla time tha
armory was doing m-_t of the talking,
and it was all of the sort that sriowed
Its delurht in Colonel Roosevelt ;..nd
its devotion to his ___M_____y. The
spee -h. which OUtllned again the colo?
nel s position on the Bo-called recall of
judlcial deeision*. laMed nearly an hour.
It was closely followed by .BOtbei ln
Mllltary Park, where more thar. &O0O
had uathered. From there the < olonel
w as whirled into Jersey Clty for th.- 1 i_t
apeech of the day.
Yesterday's tour began with a demon
etratlon at the Krie statl.-n ln Jersey
City about 11 O'cloek. Colonel Roose?
velt was obliged to step out of hle prl?
vate car bound for Paterson and say a
few worda. At Paterson he spoke to
more than &000 at the railroad station
and to more than .jOOO in the nth Regi?
ment Armory. At Passaio moro than
_.(M>i? heard him in the HUh pchool hall.
and from then on until he reach-d "faW
ark. about 0 o'cloek. his Journey was
one of _o___*4*a*MM d.monstration. The
erowda were not so lar-:_ us they were
in Pennsylvania. but they were more
damonatraUve than tbey were in Ohio.
The colonel traversed seven Congress
distri.ta and four oounties?Passaic.
PerKen. Eeaeit and Hudson?in twenty
five miles. coverlng ? terrltory of rich
manufacturtng distrkis that support a
mllllon and a half of pooulatlon.
Confident of Twenty-four Oalegates.
Kverywhere he was accompanled by
Forden D. Whiting. (hairman of the
Roosevelt commlttee; ex-Governors E. C.
Stokes and J. Franklln Fort. Everett
Colby and OeOffga L Record. leader of
the Roosevelt forees ln Hudson County.
The Roosevelt people are most confident.
They are cocksure of i-arrylng the state
on the preferentlal ballot. and they lay
clalm to at least twenty of the twenty
four district delegates and the four dele
gates-at-large.
Colonel Roosevelt's manner of spoak
lng and the character of his r*______*
throughout the day showed pretty plaln
ly that he regards New Jersey aa al?
ready won. His sjieeches contalned noii.
Of the ranc?-r of personal enmlty toward
President Taft. and his alluslons to tho
President were of the sort that he Jn
dulged ln at the mass meeting ln Car