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WASHINGTON, SUNDAY EVENING, JUNE 0, 1012.
Twenty Pages.
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AT INSPIRING SERVICE
WEE SPOTS ARE
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OF ATTACK
Roosevelt Forces Regain
Confidence Despite Com
mittee's Work.
CONTESTS UNABLE
TO CHANGE RESULT
Arrival of William Flinn Strikes
Terror Into Hearts of Admin
istration Men.
By JUDSON C. WELLIVER.
CHICAGO, June 9. Seventy-two
contested seats In the convention
have been passed on by tho Repub
lican national committee and every
one has been given to tho Taft claim
ants. That sounds as If Taft was
making a tremendous inroad on
Roosevelt strength; but tho fact is
that it has little significance. :
In order that the reading public
getting Its impresionB from the dally
' reports of repeated determinations In
Taft's favor, may not misunderstand
Just what is happening, it is neccs
sary to go back to the beginning of
this campaign and' explain some
things.
"When tho national commltteo met
in Washington last December there
were persistent rumors that Roose
velt might be a candidate. La Fol-
letto was already In the field.
Got an Early Start.
The Taft people knew their weaknoss,
and were scared about the bttuatlon.
They adopted the plan of holding con
ventions In the South early, because
there they had the machinery and could
rush matters through with the strong
arm proccduro and stow away a Une
bunch' of delegates, while the Hooso
velt movomnts was still unorganized;
indeed, before Roosevelt could be an
nounced. This they did, "and on the day when
Roosevelt formally announced that ho
was a candidate, something over a
hurdred delegates had actually been
selected. When Senator Dixon tocli
charge of the campaign, a tabulated
showing o? delegates selected to datu
would have looked hopelessly one
sided. Moreover, a number of South
ern States had called their conventions
for early dates and there was no chance
to develop the real Roosevelt strength
In the great Northern States till later
For psychological effect, as a move In
practical politics, it was necessary for
the Roosevelt people to start contests
on these early Taft selections In order
that a tabulation of delegate strength
could be put out that would show Roose
velt holding a good hand in the game. A
table showing "Taft. 150; Roosevelt, 19;
contested, none," would not be very
much calculated to Inspire confidence.
Whereas one showing. "Taft, 23; Roose
velt. 19: contested. 127," looked very dif
ferent.
Why They Were Started.
That Is the whole story of the larger
number of Southern contests that were
started early In the game. It was never
expected that thoy would be taken very
seriously; they served a useful purpose,
and now the national committee Is de
ciding them in favor of Taft; in moat
cases, without real division.
The Ninth Alabama was an exception.
There is every reason to believe that
Roosevelt was entitled to those two
delegates. He was robbed of them just
as he is to be roDDea or me inaiana,
Kentucky, Michigan, and Missouri dele
gates that he tught to get, and Just
as he will be robbed of the Washington
State delegation if the Taft people are
convinced that they must do It to save
themselves.
The point is that these contests never
were listed as available assets of the
Roosevelt campaign It rested on no
such fllmsv foundation. The Roosevelt
strength resides In the great blocks of
delegates from such States as Illinois.
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
WEATHER REPORT.
FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT
Fair tonight and Monday; not much
change In tempera tuie.
TEMPERATURES
V. 8. BUREAU. I AFFLECK'S,
8 a. m 60
9 a. m 69
10 a m 72
11 a. m 73
Noon 74
1 p. m 74
S p. m 74
8 a. tn 65
9 a. m 70
10 a. m 72
11 a. m 76
Noon 78
1 d. in 84
I 2 P. m 81
To-day High tide, 2:38 a. m. and
3:02 p. m.; low tide, 9:20 a. m. and 9:2S
p. m.
To-morrow High tide. 3:2S a .in and
3.65 p. in.; low tide, 10:13 a. m. and
10:15 p. m.
SUN TABLE.
Rises 4.30 Sets 7.2$
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Broadside Salutes Exchang
ed as Vessels Steam
Into Harbor.
NEW YORK, Juno 9. Pieceded by
the battleship Louisiana and escorted
by the battleships Now Hampshire,
Kansas and North Carolina, the visit
ing German fleet, headed by the bat
tleship Moltke, steamed Into New
York harbor this morning.
The warships made un impressive
sight as they came up the narrows.
As thoy passed Forts Wadsworth and
Hamilton the International salute
boomed forth on both sides of the bay.
The German ships returned the com
pliment and another welcome greeted
them as they came abreast of Gov
ernor's Island. There was no deten
tion at quarantine and the seven big
sea fighters headed straight up the
Hudson to a point opposite Riverside
Park, where they camo to anchor.
Tho notice of tho approach of the
fleet was sent to Brooklyn Navy Yard
and to the members of the citizens'
committee appointed by the mayor to
welcome the visitors, so that as soon
as tne jviouac, uremen and Stettin
came to anchor, a delegation of promi
nent New Yorkers was ready to greet
them. A revenue cutter picked up
Rear Admiral Winslow, ex-Mayor
Beth Low, J. P. Morgan, Jr., and others.
who steamed directly to the side of
the German flagship to pay a formal
call on Admiral von Reubor-Pasch-wltz.
With his twenty-nino officers, the
admiral will attend a banquet tonight
at the Deutscher Verein on Central
Park, south, at which Rear Admiral
Winslow and his officers will also be
guests. Tomorrow the admiral will
visit Mayor Gaynor Tho remainder
of th week till Thursday, when the
big ships start back, will be taken up
with a round of dinners and visits.
Girl Faints When
Caught in Crush
Nellie Callahan, ten years old, of 231
Llnworth place southwest, fainted In
the excitement anil the crush on the
Monument Lot during the mass, and
had to be taken to the Emergency
Hospital for treatment. She was soon
revived and was taken to her home.
Tech Closes Show.
The closing performance of "Strong-
heart" was given by tho students of
the Tech High School at the New Wll-
I lard last night. An informal dance followed.
KASER'S
WARSHIPS
ESCORTS
MR OF
NEWYORK
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Knights of Columbus Attended This Morning's Mass That Ever Has Been Assembled During the History oi tne uruci.
Nipped Tiny Shrub;
Refunds Nation
The Conscience Fund of the
United States Treasury has
been enriched 5 cents.
The still, small loicc so troubled
a woman living In Ottawa, III-,
after she had surreptitiously
clippeu a srunll shrub In tho
Capitol grounds, that she sent
a letter Inclosing the 5 cents,
directing It to "The Maryland
Attendant of tho Grounds."
She said her "sense of guilt"
forceu her to mnke tho re
muneratiou, howcTer slight.
The money will be turned oer to
the Treasury.
BRICKLAYER HURT IN
FALL OFF SCAFFOLD
Frank Upton Tumbles Five Stories
at New Bureau
Building.
Frank Upton, a bricklayer employed
on the new flat buildings being erect
ed at tho corner of Fourteenth and B
streets southwest, opposite the new
plant of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, was seriously injured this
morning In a fall from the fifth floor
scaffolding.
Upton was at work, when without
warning the scaffold gavo way, and he
went hurtling to the ground. Follow
.mnlnViiAB riifihpri tn hlia fiBfllfltunre.
and sent a hurry call for the Emer-1
gency Hospital ambulance. i
At the hospital It Is said that Upton
Is suffering from a severe scalp wound
and injuries to his right hand.
AVIATOR AT TOLEDO
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Strong Wind Hurls Charles Stro-
bel Into River Near
Bridge.
TOLEDO, Ohio, June 9. Charles
Strobel, tho Toledo aviator, narrowly
escaped death this morning when his
biplane, traveling thirty miles an hour,
plunged into the Maumee river, near the
terminal bridge here. Strobel was hurl
ed Into the river with his machine but
was ablo to untangle his feet from the
wlstwi wires and swlip away from the
machine. The air pilot was uninjured
when rescued from the river by fishermen.
SOUTHERN
CROSS
UNVEILED TODAY
Memorial Services at Arling
ton Cemetery Being Held
This Afternoon.
Memorial services, at which Senator
Hoko Smith and former Secretary of tho
Navy Hilary Herbert will make ad
dresses, will be 'held for the Confederate
dead In Arlington Cemetery this after
noon. The Southern cross will bo unveiled
by J. E. Pennypackor, jr., commander
of the Sons of Confederate Veterans In
the District of Columbia. Miss Etta
Taggart" will be maid of honor ot tho
ceremony and Miss Virginia Grinith, tho
sponsor, will assist.
"Nearer. My God, to Thee," by the
Confederate choir, and a band will bo a
feature of a program which will be
opened with an Invocation by tho Rev.
Roland Cotton Smith, and comprise a
number of selections by a quartet com
posed of Mrs. Anno Grant-Fugltt, Mrs.
Armand Gumprecht, Melville D. Hen
pey and T. A. Murray.
Hilary Herbert is chairman of th
committee in charge of the erection of
a monument to tho Confederate dead.
The flguro which will adorn the monu
ment Is being modelled by Sir Moses
Ezeklel in Rome.
NO WAITERS' STRIKE,
MERELY TO ORGANIZE
Hotel Workers Here, Says Union
Leader, Have Gained Conces
sions Demanded.
"Wo have not now and never have
had the intention of forcing a strike in
Washington." said Asaph Lewis, of the
Hotel Workers' Union, today. "Wo are
here solely for the purpose of organiza
tion. That work Is proceeding satis
factorily." Washington's "strlkeless strike" has
resulted, according to the organizers. In
fhrpo distinct benefits to the waiters al
ready The system of fines was done
vway with last week In one laige notei.
tho waiters were given extra money
for extra service In anothei and In an
other they were permitted to take what
they wanted to dilnk and smoke after
their night's work was done.
A meeting was called at the old Ma
sonic Temple at 2 o'clock today.
BY CONFEDERATES
Kissed Custis Rose;
Legend Is True
Miss Vlda nispham, daughter of
the great basso, last June visit
ed tho Tomb of Washington,
and laaghlugly pressed her pret
ty lips to n rose on n bush
which, legend ha It, was plant
ed bj Nclllo CustN.
Legend also has It, that whatever
maiden kisses a rose of that
bush will wed within the jenr.
The approaching marriugc of Miss
Bisphum to Theodore A. lime
mejcr, 2d, has been announced.
Mhen she iMted Mt. Yernon
and kissed the rose, she had not
met him.
GUATEMALAN ENVOY
RETURNS KNOX VISIT
Senor Luis Toledo Herrarte Ar
rives to Call on Secretary
of State.
Entrusted with the mission of re
turning tho visit of Secretary of, State
Knox to his country last March, Senor
Luis Toledo Herrarte, secretary of
state of Guatemala, and Its former
minister to the United States, arrived
in Washington this morning.
Ho will bo received by Secretary Knox
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and by
President Taft In the afternoon. He
was met at the Union Station this
morning by Chandler Hale, Third As
sistant Secretary of State, and Senor
Don Joaquin Mendez, Guatemalan min
ister to the United States.
RAILROAD TORPEDO
EXPLODES IN HANDS
Rosedale Street Youth Picks
Bomb and Is Later Taken
to Hospital.
Up
John Hodgcklnson, seventeen years
old, of :X)13 Rosedale street northcaht,
was painfully Injured by tho explosion
of u. railroad torpedo bomb In tho tear
yard of his home this afternoon.
The youth had found the torpedo, near
the railioad tracks. It accidentally ex
plodcd while he was examining It
The young man was taken to the
Casualty Hospital, where he was tieated
for luccrallons of the left aim, und
burns about the faic and ccs. His
conditions Is not beiious. '
FLAMES
T
E
IS
Water Works Plant Closed
Because Mad Dog Bit
Engineer.
TOLEDO, Ohio. June 9.-Flre, said to
have Mailed In the rear of a barber
shop In Continental. Ohio, early today,
burned two banks, twolve other busi
ness houses, seveiul residences and for
a time threatened the destruction of
the entire town. The loss is estimated
at from JtfO.OuO to U00.00.
In the absence of Frank Kountz, head,
of the water works department, no
other citizen of the city was able to
operate the small emergency plant, and,
all the tire lighting was confined to
futile efforts of hand bucket brigades
formed from the city and surrounding
eountrv. As soon as the fire was dls-
mwiPii th.. villain school bell was rung
and all the Inhabitants called to aid in
lighting tho flames.
Both the telephone exchanges wero
destroyed, and the only means of com
munication was through automobiles be
tween Lima and Deliance.
Tho'banks destroyed were the Farmers
Exchange and the Continental National
Bank.
Frank Kountz, head of the water
works plant, and several other resi
dents of Continental were sent to the
iou,n,,.- in.Hinin In Chlpnirn several
djws aso after being bitten by a dog
oil.! tn ho uffllcted with rabies.
Continental Is a town of 2.000 Inhabi
tants, flfty-llve miles southwest of To
ledo on tho Clover Leaf railroad.
The chief Industries of the town are
the large canning factories and sugar
refineries which are located In the
southern section of tho city, and were
not destroyed.
FREEDFR0M PRISON,
BOY KILLS ANOTHER
Trivial Quarrel Lpads to Murder
of Tennessean By Farmer
Convict.
NASHVILLE. June 9. Herbert Paul.
seentcn years old. released from prison
lu Michigan two weeks ago, was arrest
ed eatlv this morning for the murder
of Alonzo Tolllver late last night.
The bova weie strangers, and a trllal
flsht was renewed.
Urged on bv companions, Paul was
handed a knife after Tolllver had
knocked hlni down and used it with
fatal losults. Avail Smith, nlnetovn. Is
held un an accessory He and P.tul
weiti caught b detectives as tlu-y weit
about to board a freight train. Paul
has a police tecord.
HREATEN
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W
LOSS
100,000
MILITARY FIELD
MASS AT FOOT
OFJHAFT
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Devotion to God and Nation
Keynote of Stirring
Sermon.
DR. RUSSELL PLEADS
FOR TRUE PATRIOTISM
Venerable Churchman Declares
Man Cannot Be Loyal to Church
and Disloyal to America.
At the foot of the Monument erect
ed to Washington, fifty thou Band per
sons, who yesterday dedicated a
memorial to Christopher Columbus,
met today in worship of the Creator
of nations and of centuries.
The occasion was tho second an
nual field mass for the dead soldiers
and sailors of the Spanish war, held
under the auspices of St. Patrick's
Church, and witnesed by his emi
nence, Cardinal Gibbons.
As a spectacle, , the gathering on
the Monument Lot today was one to
delight the oye ot those who love tho
beautiful. As a religious ceremonial,
It was deeply impressive, Inspiring
combined reverence for one's God
and country.
Salute Cross and Flag.
The love of tho Almighty and of na
tion wero Intermingled In sermon, song,
and in salute to the cross and to the
nag. Fifty thousand souls bent tho
kne- as the Right Rev. Mgr. WlllUm
T. Russell said, with hands lifted to
ward heaven:
"With the flag in one hand and tho
cross in tho other, we bow with un
feigned faith and loyalty before our
God'
A few moments later the Marine Band
played "Holy God, Wo Praise Thy
Name," and as the last notes of tho
hymn died away voices swelled again.
In a verse of "My Country, 'Tls of
Three."
Just before the great gathering dlb
persd, the band played "The Star
Spangled Banner," and all eyes weio
lifted toward a fluttering flag hung high
abo.o the temporary sanctuary. The
throng stood with uncovered heads,
thousands of American emblems wcio
waved In the air, and the scene pre
sented was not soon to be for
gotten. In Deep Respect.
It was an unusual sight to sec thou
sands gather In open-air worship. It
reminded one of the descriptions of tho
multitudes to whom the Nazarene
preached upon the hillsides about Jeru
salem. The curiosity Beeker was little
In evidence today on the Monument
lot. The attitude of those who listen
ed to the sermon of Monslgnor Russell
and the benediction of Cardinal Gib
bons was one of deep respect for relig
ion and for established Institutions.
Monslgnor Russell told his hearers
that love of God and love of country
went hand In hand. No man, he de
clared, could be loyal to the Catholic
Church and at the same time be dis
loyal to his country.
As the benediction was pronounced
there was a concerted bending of the
knee and bowing of the head. As far
as the eye could see up the greensward
toward the towering shaft erected to
the Father of His Country, thousands
stood reverent. As the mass proceeded
and the murmured response came from
those closo about tne ceiCDrani, mere
was a swaying of numberless bodles as
the multltudo went down upon Its
knees before the Almighty.
Stand Before Altar.
Knights of Columbus, gathered from
all sections of the country, were con
spicuous among those who participated
In the outdoor worship A company
of uniformed knights from New York
city stood at attention immediately In
fron of the Improvised altar, while tho
Impressive ceremonial proceeded. Hero
and there over tho expanse waved tho
Inslgnlas of organizations of knights
from other cities, of the League of tho
Good Shepherd, or St. Aloyslus Third
Sunday Brigade, and other church
bodies.
Long before the hour sent for the mass,
visitors and native WaBhlngtonlans be
gun their pilgrimages to the fool of tho
Washington Monument. When Cardinal
Gibbons, Monslanor Russell ana nthtr
church dtunltailes arrived, accompanied
by tho St. Patrick's choir and aug
mented orchestra, the Monument Lot
was a panorama oi coior. e wur
shlpers came by hundreds and thous
ands for an hour or more, rx.tll finally
the vast assemblage covered a territory
H quarter of a mllo square about the tall
shaft.
The Improvised altar wa sheltered
b, a huge tent, festooned with An'oil
?an flags and surmounted oy a cyosa
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