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Clowlr ISiky. To-morrow fair. Slowly raw? temperature. seratiirar yesterday Max jwjb, 70; mini nimum, 59. NO. 2084 T. R. DELEGATES WILL HOLD TAFTWINSSECOND ROUND OF BATTLE VOTES ARE HIS DESPITE BIG OVATION TENDERED ROOSEVELT Cheering for Teddy and Hadley in Conven tion Lasts for Forty Minutes, but When Roll Is Called Contest Appeal IsRe f erred toTaft-controlIed Committee. Epedsl to Ths Wuhlsctoo Hrreld. f , Chicago, Hh, June 20. At 12:30 o'clock this morning tho Boosevelt delegates to the Bepublican National Convention assem bled in a romp convention in Orchestra Hall. It is said that the meeting will pave the way to the nomination of Theodore Boosevelt for the Presidency on a third or independent ticket The meeting was no great surprise to the politicians assembled here, as the colonel had announced last night that he would bolt and that he would lose no time in carrying his threat into effect Chicago, June 19. Under the leadership of Elihu Root, the Taft forces to-day, by a vote of 564 to 510, took command of the convention, referred the seventy-eight contested seats to a strong Taft committee on credentials, and made preparations to go firmly ahead with thy nomination of President Taft The steady grinding of the merciless Taft machine was interrupted only once, and that was by a forty-minute demonstration for Roosevelt and Gov. Hadley, which resulted, like the other Roosevelt demonstra tions, in nothing. A motion to substitute the Roosevelt roll for that made up by the national committee was admitted, argued for three hours, and defeated. Gov. Hadley, who led the Roosevelt fight, tried every parliamentary trick known to him to keep the contested delegates from voting on their own cases. He failed in every instance. His original motion to substitute the roll was amended by James E. Watson, the Taft .floor leader, so as to refer the matter to the committee on credentials. .,..'', ' Gov. Deneen moved to eliminate the contested delegates from vot-! ing on all cases. Watson moved to which brought the test vote of 564 five not jrotintr. The ordinarv matters were disposed of in short order, and the whole affair was referred by a viva voce vote to the committee on credentials as at present constituted. The committee will stand, about twenty-nine to twenty-four, in Taft's favor, and will, with easy uncon cern, approve the steam-rolled roll and give Taft enough votes to nom inate him, if "his backers still choose to do so. In any event, they are absolutely in control of the convention, ana nave witnm tne past two days rubbed Mr. Roosevelt out effectively. Led by a white linen frock, a blue-and-white picture hat, and ten dollars worth of pink carnations, nine-tenths of the delegates assembled in the Republican National Convention indulged in forty miutes of en thusiasm this afternoon. - . The lady in the frock, hat, and with flowers was Mrs. Will Davis, of Chicago, who occupied the exact center of the gallery at the begin ning of a harmony demonstration started in honor ot an exenange oi courtesies between Gov. Hadley of Missouri and Jim Watson, the vet eran Taft man, of Indiana. BIG OVATION STARTED. The delegates, who had been sitting dull and solemn all day. thought It would be a. good Ume to cheer lor Hadley when Watson spoke a pleasant word for him. So they cheered. Then the Roosevelt people, fancying that maybe the harmony business might have hit a psychological moment, took i.p the demonstration with cries of "We vant Teddy." Ten minutes went by and the cheers T-ere stUl going. By and by delegates, eettteg a lltUe Intoxicated with their fwn exuberance, began tearing up State tndards and waving them. California S?E lUUiw a golden Teddy Jbew by the sWe of the neatly lettered State '"Oklahoma followed. Then the Ohio standard was seen to shake like a tree In ' rtora. while some husky Buckeye tugged at its roots. In another Instant U-hJ H? where Missouri, confident that n Sts ws VHadley Presidential boom. c2t tato tte waving and forthwith began to take the lead. Cheer for Hndley. A procession of Missourlans, howling "Hadley. Hadley. Hadlej." so loua tnat the cadence of their cries could be heard above the general roar, was formed and marched to the front of the ruui. On swept the procession, with CaU fornla's bear bobbing behind the Mls- ...rH with Texas Roosevelt men who escaped the roller in possession of the Lone Star sianaara um """ Pennsylvania, Illinois a part of Indiana. New Jersey. North Carolina, and South Dakota aU following in behind. -it iv. iik Hadley." said Chauncey M. Depew. but it didn't look like Had ley for ions. While the Missouri Governor was bending his head to receive the lightning and while the Taft leaders were pre paring to meet the third candidate stampede for which they are praying, the cheering took -on a new wild note. Woman Starts Roosevelt Cneerinjr. In the gallery, about 100 feet from Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and her party and diagonally above Alice Roosevelt Longworth. stood a tall brunette, ap parelled, as the Illy and waving a picture., The picture, singularly enough, was of Theodore Roosevelt. The lady's- shrill outcries had caught the ears of the dele gates, and like an attentive, army they swung on their heels and faced her. Instantly their cries broke out In a pandemonium. The hoarse howl of the Oklahomans mingled with the yells that ctme .from the Southerners who have denounced the roller and all Its works.. Backward and forward the lady Brace- THE WASHINGTON HE1ALB lay this last motion on the table, to table, against 510 not to table, fully swung the picture, and with every swine the rejoicing Increased. Meanwhile Root, a troubled look on his face, had long ceased to hammer for order. Murray Crane arose from his place on the rear of the stage and hur ried over to the Senator's side. There was no occasion to whisper low. A man ten feet away couldn't have heard Crane If he had usd a megaphone It was plain that the Taft leaders were alarmed. They had been perfectly cheer ful as lung as the demonstration seemed to be In honor of Hadley Now that the lady had led It to Roosevelt, they made no attempt to conceal their concern. Lead Woman to Platform. After the delegates had wearied of cheering in their same old places, they started to parade anew. The California delegation, led by their lltUe golden bear, headed for the stairs that led to the gallery. Up . they went, in Indian file, two steps at a time, and presently were surrounding Mrs. Davis. For a minute she shook her head; then, seeing that hers was an opportunity which seldom comes, she suffered the Callfornlans to lead her downstairs and toward the stage amid such an uproar as has seldom been heard In any conven tion ever assembled on this planet. Five minutes later, with the startled Root .again rapping for order, Mrs. Davit was on the platform and facing the half crazy delegates. Her face was flushed. What she said nobody heard. It was About Roosevelt At times her shrill voice broke through a half lull In the general hurrah, but no single sentence was Intelligible to any one In the hall. Mr. Davis Makes Speech. Every general on both sides had sprung to his feet and come to the front of the stage. Mny of the Taft men feared that this was the beginning of the -long advertised Roosevelt riot The Hoose- velt men felt that Mrs. DaYis. having aroused tpe nrst enthusiasm for Roose velt that has been felt In the conven tion, desired to afford her protection. Her address lasted a minute. Several men, crowding too near the edge or the stage, were pushed over by the Jam, but none of them was seriously hurt. Counseled by Senator Dixon, who took' active command of his own forces, the Callfornlans desisted In their determina tion to stampede the convention. Mrs. Davis was led. back through the mob to the gallery. She took her seat, dis hevelled but triumphant. Any one who entered the convention hall In the midst of, this demonstration would have thought It surely meant a nomination. As a matter or fact, it meant nothing but the violent seizing of an opportunity to make noise. Every delegate In the place was utter ly tired of Inaction. For three dreary hours they had listened to partisan ad Continued on Pase Three. 1.00 Bluemont and Return Snnday, Jnne S. Southern Rail' way. Trains leave TYasblnzlon s:55 (limited), and 3.15 a. m. (local). WASHINGTON, D. O. THURSDAY. JUNE 20, "Believe me, Prince, I'm your those darned socks." DELEGATES JUMP TRACES; Ry HUGH S. MILLER. Chicago. June 19. Theodore Roosevelt will bolt the Republican National Con' ventlon. This was the sentiment of a turbulent mass meeting of the Roosevelt delegates held at midnight after the re ceipt of information that the credentials committee would not receive evidence In contesting cases. The mass meeting followed a stormy session of the Roosevelt leaders held earlier In the evening. There were present Bill" Fllnn. ot Pittsburg; Senator Dixon, the Roosevelt campaign manager; Gov Hadley of Missouri. Senator Borah of Idaho, and all the other leaders, and in addition, the chairmen of the various Roosevelt State delegations. The meeting was in session for twenty minutes, in which time Col. Roosevelt made a flat declaration of his refusal to abide by the decision of the convention as it now stands Every leader present was sent out at top speed to call together the members of his delegaUon. Megaphone announce ments were made. Messengers were dis patched In even direction In ten min utes every Roosevelt delegate In or near the Congress Hotel was In the Floren tine room. The meeting was called to order at 11 o'clock by Fllnn. It was nec essary for him to rap for several min utes before be could be heard. He said. Pennsylvania Votes Bolt. . "Gentlemen, slxty-tw o out of sixty-four of the Pennsylvania delegation hae voted to leave this convention. We spent two hours discussing the proposition. They say their duty Is more Important than any they may have In November. You delegates have witnessed the action of the National Committee. "If this thing Is to continue we might as well quit holding national conventions and turn It over to Penrose. Murphy, and Big Steve" and the rest of their kind. It Is bad enough to have to fight the.n In every State and every Insular posses sion, but It Is worse to have to go up against a bunch like this." E. C. Carringtpn. Jr.. the member of the credenUals committee from Mary land, Interrupted: "I Just left the credentials committee. I told them I was ashamed to stay there." Who waa the chairman?" shouted a voice. - "Devine." The name was greeted with hisses. Dlssrace to Sit in Committee. "I sail I considered Jt a disgrace to sit in such a committee and I would walk out, and I did It," said Carrlng ten. "Hoorah for Maryland," was the shout. ' Booklovers' Contestants Have found -the use of the Answer Binder the most prac tical and economical aid in preparing their solutions. It does away with the necessity of extra coupons when more than one solution js given to a picture. THE ANSWER BINDER, with all pictures used in the contest ' At the Office, 50 Cents. By Mail, 60 Cents. THE EVER-EEADY CINDERELLA. j- Cinderella. If you don't think I've ROOSEVELT TO 'They wouldn;t let us have stenog raphers nor any publicity. They put the gag rule on us at once.' said Carrlng- ton. Fllnn again addressed the meeting '1 believe we should have gone out of the convention the moment they elected Root." he shouted. "We'll carry the 8tate of Pennsyl vania," a voice shouted. "West Virginia," shouted another. "Ohio " "California1" "Tennessee!" were the shouts from all parts of the hall. "This Isn't the case of a nomination of Theodore Roosevelt." cried Fllnn. "I don't care so much about it. He doesn't Never again will a national committee duplicate the crooked and rotten methods of this committee." Protest Asatnat Bolt. Delegate King, ot Nebraska, leaped fb a chair and shouted a protest. "It we leave now we are quitting be fore we are licked." he shouted. "We will win in time if you fight right I beg of you do not talk this way. Tou ara injuring Theodore Roosevelt more than In any other way We are deserting be fore the battle." "No, we are not," shouted a voice. "Tes, we are," said King. Fllnn rapped King out of order. "I am going out of this convention at the time fixed by Theodore Roosevelt." shouted Fllnn. "I am going to follow that great and wonderful man." "What does he say nowr" shouted some one. "Good," cried. Fllnn, "and we are going with hlra." Immediately following this announce ment by Fllnn there was a disturbance at the door and Roosevelt entered, es corted by policemen. His face was scowling. He walked through the crowd, which shouted In welcome, and mouned the platform It was some minutes be fore he could be heard. "I am going to ask you to take a recess WAMMAKER RACES TOBIGCOSYEMON In Special Train Merchant Prince Speeds Across the Con tinent. J New York, June 19. John Wanamaker, who arrived on the Kaiser WUhelm II shortly after midnight, la to-day speed ing on a special elghteen-hour train to Chicago, where he expects to arrive In Ume to second the nomination of Presi dent Taft 'On another special Is Ed mond B. Osborne, of Montclalr, N. J., a Roosevelt delegate, who arrived on the "same boat The moment the Kaiser WUhelm II reached quarantine i. Pennsylvania tug drew up and Mr. Wanamaker went aboard. It took' him to Jersey City; where the special train was waiting. At about the same time the tug Narkeeta, of the navy yard, steamed alongside. It was there to get the body of Mrs. Ar thur Turner Soule, daughter of Pay master Brooks, V. S. N., who died at Shelter Island a week ago. Mr. Osbome'a secretary had arranged for him to go aboard the Narkeeta, and he was taken In fast Ume to the Bat tery, where an automobile awaited him. Speed laws were broken In carrying thei Roosevelt delegate to the Grand Central station, where the special train sood read)'. $LOO to Frederick and nagerstaim and Iletnm. BaUlmore & Ohio, from Union Sta tion at S a. m- Sunday. June 23, Re turning; same day. 1912. -FOURTEEN PAGES. RUMP worn that slipper before, look at until I can get certain facts," said Roose velt "T ask you not"tb enter Into a dls cusslon until I am able to put certain facts before you "I can tell you the general outline of how I intend to act "I don't Intend to abide by the decision of the majority of a convention created by fraudulent delegates. "They are the convention of the Repub lican party. I am for a convention In which the men elected by such States as Washington and Arizona and not men ap pointed by the defunct bosses of New Jer sey, Pennsylvania, Kansas, and Massa chusetts hold the reins. "This Is not a case of a mere factional light" "Shut the door." he shouted as some one tried to force his way Into the room. "I hold the time has come when we must assert the right of the people to own the National Convention. "This bad faith vitiates any proposition. Fraud destroys anything. No ordinary precedent applies in the case of con spiracy. To Meet At 12130. "I hold It as clear as day that a ma jority of the members of the late Na tional Committee determined to seat enough of the Taft delegates not elected to destroy the antl-Taft majority elected by the people "The cases of Washington. Arizona. Texas, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma. Alaska, and Ala bama have enough in common to make It evident this is a travesty on Justice "If those fraudulent delegates are al lowed seats this convention is not a Re publican convention, and la not enUtled to recognition "Now, genUemen. I should like to ask you ta come back later. Can you come back laterf "You bet we can'" went up a chorus from all over the lower part of the hall. "Very well, gentlemen. It is now 11:30. Suppose you come back here at 12:30. I have certain things to look up. And cer tain facts to ascertain. I want to lay them before you." Roosevelt Jumped from the platform and was hurried through a side door by the police. He immediately entered his headquarters and went into conference POPE IS NOW SHOWING INCREASING FATIGUE AND MELANCHOLIA Rome. June 19. The Pope's health Is causing anxiety He shows increasing fatigue and a lassitude which Is both physical and mental. His audiences ot late have been restricted Indeed, the Pope has ceased vV be called Informal conversations, and now confines bis Interviews to the ritual bene diction and to giving his hand to be kiss ed. His regular receptions of Cardinals RampoIIa. Retplghk and Gotti. prefects of the principal congregations, are now reduced to fortnightly interviews. It Is reported that the Pope Is auffer lng'from an almost profound melancholia, which is probably due to his now being more a prisoner than ever. The effect ot the Pope's growing weak ness has been the failure of a number of reforms emanating from the Vatican. " TWO GAMES TO-DAY. Philadelphia. Pa June 19. The Nationals will play two games with the Athletics to-morrow. This was decided Is'te to-night Engel and Cashlan will pitch 'loir "Washington. Walter Johnson is expected to-morrow, and will work Friday. 4 CONVENTION FEARING TEDDY WILL BOLT ANNOUNCES HIS INTENTION TO GATHERING OF NEWSPAPER MEN Will Have Hard Time Collecting Supporters, However, as Hadley, Dixon, and Other Leaders Have Announced Fealty to Nominee of Regular Convention. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Chicago, June 19. Theodore Roosevelt, convinced that he is elim inated as a Presidential candidate, issued his ultimatum to-night. 'He will lead a bolt from the Republican party. The time for his dramatic exit has been set It will be when the convention adopts, as it will adopt, the report of the committee on cre dentials confirming in their titles the Taft delegates seated by the na tional committee. Mr. Roosevelt made known his determination late this afternoon to the group of newspaper men known as the Oyster Bay correspond ents. He had just learned of the test vote in the convention when the proposition of his managers to seat seventy-eight delegates was voted down by a larger majority than Mr. Root received yesterday for tem porary chairman. ' . Gov. Hadley had proposed, and the Roosevelt orators had argued, that the delegates whose seats had been contested should not be allowed to participate in the naming of members of the committee on credentials nor in the vote upon the report from that committee. These seventy eight delegates included in this proposition represent the exact number of votes which Roosevelt needs to nominate him. T. R. SEES DEFEAT. When the convention overwhelmingly refused the proposition, prin cipally because it was known that the contests were instituted for the express purpose of keeping Taft votes out of the convention, Mr. Roosevelt knew that his game was ended. The Taft forces have a ma jority in the committee on credentials, and they will sustain the action of the national committee. JThismeans thatTaft.'s. strength wU be retained -until the enH,anaftKat Mr, Roosevelt is up against a stone wall. He knows he cannot beg-, borrow, or steal the seventy-eight dele gates which he must have to secure a majority. The offers of money, patronage, and political preferment which have been freely made have accomplished nil that can be done in the direction of alienating Taft delegates away from their instructions. This fact was made plain by the vote to-day. Roosevelt's followers are already deserting him and seeking to combine upon some one else. The West Virginia delegation has already conferred with this end in new,i- and the demonstration for Gov. Hadley this afternoon was part of a deliberate plan to bring him into prominence. WILL NOT FOLLOW nOLTER. When Roosevelt bolts, which he now declares will be bis next step, it :s a Question of the extent of the defection which he will Influence Gov. Hadley has already declared that he will not bolt. Gov. Deneen has served notice that Illinois will support the nominee, and Senator Borah and Senator Dixon are emphatic In their announcement of party fealtr. Callforn'a will undoubtedly go with him, and possibly one or two other delegations. The story of the bolt Is being used to-night as a. threat to Taft delegates. In the hope that they will be Induced to support Roosevelt but prac tically all of these delegates have re plied that if Roosevelt wants to spilt the party because he cannot have his own way. the party will be better oft without him. The convention to-day devoted three hours to a debate over the question of the contested delegates, and at this time the tension under which the convention Is laboring was quite plain Once, when some one hurled a question about Sena tor Penrose at former Senator Hemen way, who was speaking and he hotly replied that he would put Penrose above Fllnn every time, there was almost a riot in the Pennsylvania delegation. Root Makes Threat. The disturbance w-ns not quieted until Chairman Root walking out to the edge of the platform, singled out an especially noisy Pennslvanla delegate and threat ened him with ejection by the sergeant-at-arms. But the delicate feature to-day was, of course, the ovation given to Gov. Had ley and CoL Roosevelt when Hadley came forward to close the forty minutes of frenzied cheering, accentuated by a woman, the wife of a Chicago theatrical man and a former chorus girl, wno aw rlsred a Roosevelt picture from the al- S . .11.. 1 an.t varttd Iery. one nnauy came iua. " aimM. iitrallv earned to tne stage. where she. waved the picture with wild enthusiasm. The fact that she was ac companied by one of the members of the Roosevelt publicity bureau made It cer t er unexpected appearance was The lemonn single Taft vote. In fact when tne ... waa called after the delegates had quiet ed down, the Taft column was larger than on yesterday and made the Presi dent's control of the convention more manifest than ever. TTEAttST IN CAPITAL ' TO HOLD C0HTEEENCE WITH CLAEK MANAGERS William Randolph Hearst reached Washington at 9 o'clock last night from New York for the purpose of attending the conference to be held at. the Champ Clark headquarters. In the New Ebbttt at 10 o'clock this morning. "I have come to Washington for en lightenment" said Mr. Hearst last night at tha New Ebbltt Then he smiled. "I don't care at the present time to dis cuss political conditions, but I will say that It looks mighty good for Champ Clare." Upon arriving in the city last night Mr. Hearst Immediately held a short conference with Senator TJu Bols. man- ager of the Champ Clark campaign. The Herald has the largest Baminjr borne circulation, ad prints all the news of the world each day, in addition to sua; exclusive feature. ONfi CENT. DEFEAT, STEAM ROLLER AGAIN HITS T. R. Credentials Committee Strong for Taft To Pass on Contesting Delegates. Chicago. June 19 CoL Roosevelt so far as his contesting delegates to the National ConvenUon are concerned, is again at the mercy of the steam roller. The credentials committee named this afternoon stands thirty-three for Taft and the old regime, and nlne'een for Roosevelt. The test came on the d - chairman. Thomas Devine. - ' won over W. & Lauder, the ,t candidate, by a vote of thlrf eight een, two absent and two n. . voting The line-up of the full committee is as follows. For Taft-Alabama. Alexander C. Birch. Arizona. Rovert E. Morrison. Arkansas R. S. Granger. Colorado. T. H Devine Connecticut. J. H. Roraback. Delaware' Edmund Mitchell. Florida. M. B ilc Farland; Georgia. Henry Blun r In diana. James H. Hemenway. Iowa. James A. Devltt. Kentucky. M. L. Gal vtn. Louisiana. W L. Cohen. Michigan. T. W. Atwood: Mississippi. L. B Mose ley. Montana. O M Landstrum. Nevada. E. E. Roberts. New Hampshire. F W. Kstabrook. New Mexico. Hugo Seaberg New York. G. R. Malby. Rhode Island. George R. Lawton. South Carolina. R. R. Tolbert Jr . Tennessee. John H. Early Texas. C. A. Warnken; Utah. Wllllsm Spry. Vermont. J Gray Estey. Virginia. L. P. Summers. Washington. W T Dovell. Wyoming. F W Mendell. Alaska j. . oimvai-uuiu, 1lSiriCl OI "LOlUinDia, rtrtjun xtraainaw , Hawaii Charlf A. JJce. Philippine T U Hartlgan. Porto ' XllO. SOSlhtMla Re tin Rlio. Sosthenes Behn. BJir Roosevelt-California. F J. Heney; Idaho. Clency St Clair. Illinois. R. R. McCormlck, Kansas. Ralph Harris: Maine. J. M, Llbby; Maryland, E. C Car rington. Jr Minnesota. Hugh T. Hal ben, vi. , j A.-JreIlerton: Nebraska. " H. K j,- ; New Jtriey. N, J. Avis: na. H Cowles; North . Lauder: Ohio, J. J. Sulli van: URianuua. Daniel Norton: Oregon, A. V Swift: Pennsylvania. Lex N. Mitch ell: South Dakota. & X. Way; Wast Virginia, Harry Shaw. Wisconsin. & H. Cady. The Massachusetts delegation Is; in a deadlock, and has no member of tho committee. 4 Third Leg Amputated. Rlehmoni. Va.. June 19. Hun ter Fitzgerald, tho three-legged boy of Ptackstone. Va, had the third member amputated and Is recovering from the oneratlon In a hospital here. 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