The times dispatch. [volume], September 07, 1912, Image 1

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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FIVE NAMES MUSI
APPEAR GIN BALLOT
Citizens Will Lose Vote
Unless They Scratch
Eleven.
EXTRA BOOTHS
TO BE PROVIDED
All Will Be Given Chance to
.Vote?Count of Ballots Facili?
tated?City Committee-men
Must Stay Out of Polling
Places on Election
Day.
Must Vote for Five
II*. Mjrr that yonr ballot coiiinliiH
Hu- names <<f exactly live candi?
date*! neither more noc lens, or It
?in he thrown bill. See Hint rou
acratch through the names of
eleven men. scratch each name
earef?ll) und separately, Wutch
ihls point, if you oih- for mil) one
rnndldate, or for two, or three, or
four, nr six. or more, your rnllrr
vote ?Hl Im- thrown away.
No ballot will bo counted In next
Tuesday's primury election for the Ad
mlnistratlvc Board that does not con?
tain the names of exactly live men.
Judges of election were Instructed by
the City Democratic Committee, in Its
meeting last night, to throw out all
ballots from which tho names of just
eleven nien have not been scratched.
The voter must register his choice for
a full ticket, for five are to be nom?
inated for membership on the board.
At each polling place a Card -.Mil bo
ronspicuiusly posted warning the vot?
er to be careful on this point, and to
scratch eleven names and leave five,
otherwise he will have no part In the
most Important election thu city has
e'-en In many years.
rrrventa Solid Shots.
This action by the committee follows
the Richmond plan, which was a part
of the special primary law passed
years ago for use In this city. It pre.
vents the singling out of one rr.an in
n contest In which two or more are to
?
? ? ommittee gave full considera?
te,!, to this proposition, in discussing
resolution offered by Captain Wil?
liam M. Myers requiring the ballot to
contain five names, it was adopted, as
i as the proposition of Clyde W. Saund
ers to havi the placards posted. This
Information, which the voter will gain
on the outsld'. Is also expected to save
ilie time of the Judgrs In explanations
and thus to facilitate voting.
I'lenl .? or 11 me to \ ole.
It was fu.-thed decided that each
precinct may have as many voting
bo .tl.s as may be deemed necessary.
Heavy voting leitily a matter of
many booths *The dtty of she judges
is to lind nnd cheek the name of lh-j
voters, and with ten booths, 1.000 peo?
ple can vote in five hours. There will
In ample time in sunshine hours Tues?
day for all. unless large numbers at
the biggest precincts t?iukv the mis*
l ike of crowding the polls at a late
hpur in the day.
The comrnltteo further decided that
vot rs who have moved from their old
precincts must obtain transfers, unless
the removal has been within thirty
Ol (he election. This follows the
. ? ni ral election law. with which prl
! s must now comply, which re?
quires transfers unless the voter has
moved within thirty days.
Musi Not Hnter Voting Places,
Members of the City Committee are
prohibited, under a resolution ottered
last night by Mr. Sauriders. from en?
tering the polling places, except those
in which they are registered for the
purpose of casting their ballots. There
Is an exemption In favor or the city
. halrman, and those who may attend
him in his rounds of the precincts on
election day. A notion to allow all
committcemon entrance to all polling
os was lost.
livery . fforl will be made to facili?
tate the counting Of the ballots, so
that the results may be known as
early as possible. Perhaps 3.000 peo?
ple will gather In the City Auditorium
election night, and will be awaiting
news. The committee will eat supper
in the auditorium so as to bei constant?
ly on hand and not to delay the recep?
tion of the return. Chairman Miles M.
Martin appointed Commlttemen Taylor,
(?'errand I hi and Purcell as a supper
committee.
It was declared Illegal to appoint
additional judges to help count the
ballots.
Return Don l.tgivy Pec.
By unanloous vote the committee
agreed to refund to the estate of John
;? u. !, avy his check for $250 placed
in the hands of Treasurer Ooode when
Mr, Don lA-avy entered the race for the
Uliviinistrotlvo Board, The committee
held that since he had died before
til rt wna any expense against him as
a andidatc, the money should be re
ttimed. Frank Ferrnndlnl was ftp
i ..inied to present the cheek to Mrs.
i ion la-avy.
The resignations of j. M. x. Allen,
an employe of the City Engineer's, de
i utm.nt, and that of Police Commis?
sioner R. N'. Ooode, handed In on ac
. 6tint of the Fergusson ordinance pro
ii.biting any officer of the city from
holding a poslilon on the committee of
any political party, were placed before
the chairman. The committee was
unanimous In placing the papers on
the table and allowing the matter to
like Ha course. This was done at the
suggestion of Clyde W. Saunders. who
d ihftt In his opinion the men were
nerving the city n?. members of the
committee Just the same as they were
in thalr offices.
Kleellon ?upplles,
Notice was given yesterday by Sec?
retary Walter (i. Duke, of tho City
(Continued on second Page.)
NO DEATH FOR MORSE
?tanker In Itark at III? Deik lu "Wall
Street.
New York, September 6.?Tio six
months' leune ol lliu given by the mjtxny
physician to Hanker Charles w. Morse
Just before he was released from the
Atlanta penitentiary, expire! ut 10:2'J
o'clock this morning. At that hour
Morbe, his face tanned, hla eye? -clear,
L-.nd hla step elastic with health, strode
into hla new oftlcea or. the nineteenth
Hour of the Wall Exchange Building,
ready to begin anew It's tight fur mil?
lions.
"1 am as well as ever." he said, "for
I have been well taken care of elnoe
I was given half a year to live by the
doctors, I am going to work every
duy. roih or ehlne. I expect first to
?ettle up Borne oil affairs which are
now In the hands of the Morse Socur
ltles Company, the Arm In which I am
re-entering the street. But you can?
not expect mo to disclose my plar.a
now."
Wall Street sat up axd took notice
when Morse came baok. He looks full
of strength and vitality that many of
his old business associates did not
know him. but they remembered dis?
tinctly that the man who floated a big
Bti amshlp merger on the eve of a r.a
llonal panic, probably still had a fight
in him.
The Morse Securities Company was
chartered In 1S?8, and supplied with
funds by the banker's relatives with a
view of buying in some of t!.c remains
of th.- Morse enterprises.
"There Is a rumor taat you will ob?
tain control of the outeiie line of
tteamo.-s between here and Boston.
Mow about it?'! suggested the reporter.
Morse led the way Into his bare
?fltces and seated himself at hla de.sk
behind a screen before answering.
There was the old look la his eyeB
that flashed when he was fighting
President Mellon, of the New York.
Haven and Hartford Railroad. At
that time h<- remarked: "There will
soon be a slice of Mellen in Morse and
remorse in Mellen."
"You cannot expect me to disclose
my plans." said Mr. Morse.
STEAMBOAT MEN PROTEST
Do Vol Vpprove Blanket it eculatoa
for Lifeboat I ' ej II 1 piuen t.
Washington. September 6,?Steam?
boat men from every section of the
United States, representatives of lines
? laying on the coast, the Great Lakes
and rivers of the country, appeared be?
fore a conference of supervising
steamboat Inspectors at the Depart?
ment of Commerce and Labor annex
to-day to protest against the blanket
regulations for lifeboat equipment that
followed thej Titanic disaster
- The conference Is for the purpose
of revising the regulations a* as to
provide tho fullest protection, und at
the same time to consider local condi?
tions and limitations There will be
no change in the present method of
numbering lifeboats and rafts by pas
: gor rapacity, instead of by tonnage,
as was done before the sinking of the
Titanic, with the cons?ouent loss ot
lifo through la^k of boats.
GREY STATEMENT DENIED
Forelgrn secretary Never Commented
on Financial Side of Canal.
London. September 6,?Sir Edward
Grey, the British Foreign Secretary,
hevi r wrote anything" reRardlng tne
Financial side of the Panama Canal
question In his recent letter to the
Gateshcad Chumhcr of Commerce.
He simply wrote that the Brit'sh
jj?vi n.::.- ::t was making representa?
tions to Washington on the subject of
'.:.. Panama Canal act.
An official correction la published 'n
the newspapers to-day, In which It Is
stated that all further statements at?
tribute! to S'r F.dward Grey in re?
gard to the burdening of British ship?
ping with an undue proportion Of the
maintenance charges of the canal were
merely comments: made by Herbert
Shaw, secretary of the Oaleshead
Chamber of Commerce.
LOOT AN ENTIRE BUILDING
Wholesale ? lotblnu Burglary Losa 1?
About (50,000.
New York. September o.?One of the
completost jobs of wholesale burglary
ever accomplished in New York City
was discovered shortly before day?
break this morning, when tlie police
were called to an eleven-story loft
building of 173 University Place by
the so Hiding of a burglar alarm from
the ninth floor.
When the pollco arrived It was found:
that burglars had ben through every
one of the lirst eight floors, which were'
occupied by various clothing tnanufac
t?rers. The Intruders had gone
through r. 11 the stock rooms and offices,
and had evidently removed several
truckloads of merchandise. It was im?
possible to obtain any accurate esti?
mate of the total loss, but the police'
believed it would reach fSO.000. i
BRANDED AS CRIMINAL
Egypt Asks Extradition of y\oh a mined
Hey Ferld From Switzerland.
Cairo, Egypt, September 6.?The
Egyptian government :.- endeavoring
to obtain tho extradition of the na?
tionalist lea-ior. Mohammed Bey Perl I,
from Switzerland, where he has taken
refuge.
Ho was recently sentenced in default
by a native court here to a year's Im?
prisonment for making a violent attack
on the government in a speech at the
nationalist conference. Extradition is
demanded on the ground that he Is a
criminal and not a poltlcal refugee.
Mohammed Bey Ferld In IS 10 violent?
ly denounced Theodore Roosevelt,
? barging him with dishonoring Egypt
on her own soil.
TALKS FROM SCAFFOLD
Murderer Warna Against Whiskey,
rnrd.s and Untieing.
Clarksville. Ca.. September 6.?In
an nnte-mortem speech lasting thirty
minutes. John Hegwood, Who was hung
i d hero to-day for murdered, warned
n crowd of spectators estimated at 500
people, to beware of 'whiskey, cards
and dancing.
Tho condemned man sang a song
while stand'ng on the scaffold, and
protested to fhe last that he was In?
nocent of the murder fer which he
was to be executed. HegWO?d w.is
convicted or the rptlfdcr Of John
\. hltteemore at Baldwin. Ga., January
1, last, llurlng the course of his spei oh
he related the incident? ?Connected
with the tragedy and fixed the crime
on another person alleged to hiivo
been present at the killing.
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
Doubtful If Train Rnndlt Will Live to
Face .Inry.
New Orleans. La., September 6.
Howard Y.. Edwards, who held up the
New York Express on the Louisville
and Nashville Rniiroad. near h. io Wed?
nesday night, was charged to-day be?
fore United States Commissioner
Rrowne with robbery of the malls.
Whether Edwards will live to face the
.hug.- ,,r not is doubtful. II.- still Her
in a critical condition In a local hos?
pital, suffering from the fractured skuii
that Engineer Ban- inflict.- l when he
captured, him. Analysis of the con?
tents of capsules found on Edward,
showed tho'prcsohoo of opium.
HE WILLTAKEHAND
Iii JERSEY EIGHT
Wilson Openly to Op?
pose Smith's Candi?
dacy for Senate.
DEVOTE THREE
DAYS TO BATTLE
Business Men's League Formed
and Plan Laid for Parade on
Same Day and Hour in
Every Large City in
Country?Headquar?
ters Opened.
Seagirt, N. j.. September 6.?Gover?
nor Woodrow Wilson Intimated to?
night that he probably would take part
in the senatorial tight in New Jersey,
in which former United States Sena?
tor James Smith, Jr.. is again a candi?
date. Two years ago he spoke through?
out the State ir. opposition to Mr,
Smith.
In announcing to-day a list of West?
ern speaking engagements, the Gov?
ernor left but three open dates be?
tween now and the New jersey pri?
maries, September 14 His attention
was called to the fact that if he In?
tended to participate In the senatorial
?fight he would have but three days.
"That's enough." he said.
Judg<- John E. Weatcott, who nomi?
nated Mr. Wilson at the Baltimore con.
ventlon and is now a candidate for
United states Senator, called to-day at
th.T summer capital. Governor Wilson
declared to-r.ight that he understood
Judge Westcott would remain in the
senatorial iirht. Similar word comes
from representative William Hughes
irid State Senator Gebhardt, who also
are candidates for United States Sena?
tor.
Plan Day of Parades,
New york. September e.?Plans for
a national Wilson and Marshall busl
ti ss men's parade ,-,n the same dav
and hour In every large city /rom the
Atlantic to the P.?were made to?
day at Democratic national headquar?
ters, a delegation of business men of
this city met Acting Chairman McAdoo
and organized a Wilson and Marshal!
National Business Men's League Il-ad
quarters will be opened at once at 805
! ifth Avenue.
Telegrams have been sent to Demo?
cratic committeemen and merchants
in all Mates, and efforts will be made
to obtain a lar^-o enrollment of promi?
nent merchants and business men.
After this Is accomplished a day will
be set for the simultaneous parades.
Mr. McAdoo announced to-day that
the plan for gathering popular con?
tributions to the campaign fund
through the banks has been a success.
H-.- said 1S1.S banks have notified him
that they will accept for all parties,
and only ten banks have refused.
Georgia H?lsing Funds.
Atlanta, Ga-, September tl.?As a
first step toward securing $30,000, the
amount to be raised as eieorgla's share
of the Democratic r.a'.i-Jiiai campaign
fund. $2,526 was raised at a mettlng
of Democrats here lo-nlshl. United
States Senator Hok. Smith was among
the speakers. Referring to Colonel
Roosevelt. Senator Smith said.
"Good things were said by the Roose?
velt reglmo and bad things were done.
He now extends promises of reform to
the people with one hand, while with
the other he- accepts contributions from
the special privileges. I would regard
his election as the greatest calamity,
which, if it proceeded to Its natural
eonseo.uer.ee would bring about the
overthrow of the national government.
1 do not bellevo he would leave the
White House alter again being elected
until he- was carried "'at feet fore?
most."
Of the ?30.000 expected from Georgia,
Fulton County, Including the city of
Atlanta, it is stated, will raise ,10.000.
tho smaller counties another $10,000
und the remaining $0.000 to io made
up by the other larger counties.
DENTISTS ARE IN SESSION
Three Conventions Griting t mlrr Way
tu Washington.
Washington. September 6?Annual
conventions began III Washington to
day of the National Association of
Dental Examiners and of the National
Association or Dental Faculties. Roth
bodies convene in connection with the
convention of the National Dentists'
Association, which meets here next
Tuesday. This third and largest oil
the three conventions will last through
Friday of next week.
The convention of the Association of
Dental Faculties was called to order
by the president. Dr. Charles Koch,
of Chicago.
Delegates to the convention of the
Association of Dental Faculties plan to
discuss plans of college curricula,
standardization of instruction and ex?
amination requirements, When the
National Dentists' Association gets un?
der swing next week some rare den?
tal diseases will be among trie, topics
of exposition and discussion.
PROCEEDS WITH INQUIRY
l. S. District Attorurt French to
Probe Dynamite "Planting,"
lee-ton, September 6.-?United states
District Attorney French announces
that he has received orders from Wash
lngton lo proceed with the inquiry Into)
tho alleged dynamite "planting'' In 1
Lawrence durng the textile .-trik. 1
there last winter. William M. Wood,
president of the American Woolen
Company; Frederick E. Attcaux, a.|
prominent business man. and Dennis,
J. Collins, ot Cambridge, are under
Indictment by the Suffolk county grand
jury for alleged connection with this
'planting."
Mr. French said the government's In?
quiry will be limited to investigation
of the planting of nineteen sticks of
dynamite in the trucks of a freight
car which carried a consignment of
mill goods from Lawrence to phlladol
i mu ral Pinna Completed.
Milwaukee, wie., September.6.?.Plans
for the funeral of Ueutepunt-Gcnernl
McArthur, who dropped dead while ad?
dressing his comrades of the Civil War
last night, were ?completed to-night.
The funeral will be held here at 10
o'clock Monday .
SIXTH INVASION
OF AMERICAN SOIL
Mexicans Again Cross
Border and Engage
U. S. Troops.
PATROL WILL BE
STRENGTHENED
State Department Demands That
Government of Mexico Furnish
Force Sufficient to Protect
American Interests?Am?
bassador Wiison De?
livers Order.
El Paso. Texas, September c.?p.o
ports o: a skirmish between United
Stales troops and rebels who croescJ
the international lino below Nachlta,
X. M.. wer? received to-day by Gern-ral
Steever, ut Fo:t Bliss, Texas.
Mexican rebels engaged fifteen men
of the Third Cavalry, according 10 the
official report, and one rebel was cap?
tured.
An hour laAei i strong body of rebels
crossed the line, but were driven into
Mexico by the. Am-erican soldiers after
fighting at long range.
The entrance of Mexican rebels into
the United States and thfi subsequent
engagement with United States troops
below Hachlta. X. M.. as reported to;
0< r. ? ral E. Z. Steever. marks the sixth
Invasion of American soil In the last]
few weeks. It Is probable that the(
border patrol along the Sonora line
will be strengthened, say officials at
Fort Bliss, ftom where General Steever i
?? ornraands the Department of Texas
as well as the Arizona and New Mexi?
co border adjacoat. At present there
are only three troops of the Third,
Cavalry stationed near Hachlta. where
a number of the invasions by rebels1
have occurred recently.
Washington. September 6.?Ambas-I
sador Henry Eane Wilson, at Mexico'
City, was to-day ordered by the State
Department to demand that Mexican!
Federal troops be sent into the Noi th?
orn part of the republic to give "ur?
gent and adequate protection" to the
American mining Interests there.
There are ISO mining companies
within a radius of 20? miles Just south
of the Big Bend territory in Arizona
ar.d Texas. These companies represent)
j an investment of many millions of
; American capital. The mines and
, ranches are dally being looted by the
Insurgents and supplies and stock are
being carried off.
Officials Lrgc Aid.
The officials of these mining proper?
ties have urgently requested this gov?
ernment to obtain protection for their
interests, and aslo to send arms for
the hundreds of Amcrl<van employes
v. ho arc at the mercy of the rebels who
i compose Orozco's army.
Numerous dispatches received from
Mexico to-day Indicate that reinforce?
ments cannot arrive in the troubled
Section too earl:'. General Campa.
with a large foUL-c- of rebels, to-day
:> threatening Frontera. where an
outbreak of yellow fever is reported.
Ojinaga. wh'ch is just across the.
line from Arizona, is the centre of |
hostilities, but reports differ as to the!
success of the rebels in uttacklng that
town.
One dispatch states that the rebels
left Ojinaga after thirty hours' right?
ing, burning eleven bridges as they
proceeded waatward. Brigadier-Gen?
eral Steever, in a message to the War j
Department, states that he has Just]
received i? letter from Captain Adams,
at Presidio; Tex., dated September 3.!
Which states "there has been an inex
cusabie panic on the part of the Mex
lean authorities, and troops in Ojinaga.
A band of 500 mounted rebels was J
thirty miles south of Ojinaga Sunday,
but that is as far as they approached.
I Uy in llnnds of Hebels.
Consular dispatches, on the other
hand, say that Ojinaga was In the!
hands of the rebels for scverul days. I
Major Cameron, with Troop C. Four
teenth Cavalry, arrived at Fort Bliss.!
Tex., yesterday and Immediately pro- j
deeded to the Big Bend country und!
established a patrol guard.
Major Cameron has been placed in'
charge of the American forces in that
territory, and will call on the Ninth
Cavalry at Cheyenne If reinforcements
are necessary.
General Steever intimates that it will
be necessary to keep a larger force
in the Big Bend country from now on.
General Hogas, a Federal command?
er, with 700 men. has returned to
Xacozarl; where conditions were grave
yesterday. New disturbances at Bal
ancan have alarmed the Mexican au?
thorities. A iate report states that
the bandits are now being pursued
Into the mountains by the Federals,
From the consul at Douglas, Ariz.,
comes th< news that a formidable force
of insurgents are threatening Ul Tigrc,
where extensive American mining
properties are located.
So reck leas have the rebels become
that refugoes tyre pouring into Texas
by the hundreds. .\ small Federal
force Arrived .it Cana.tea to-day from
Nogales, but this is not deemed suffi?
cient.
At least three oa" the O.'OZCo brothers'
Ifi Mul.it.i. a town oh the H!o .
Grand', and General Steever believes,
General Pascual Aiozco Is thene. too. I
Smoke from burning ranch houses'
and bridge? can be seen from IVontera.
which is Just south of the American '
border
RECORD FOR DEPTH
l. S. Xavj Submarine Cruises 2<s't Teet
Below Surface.
sap Francisco, September 6.?The
United tales Navy submarine F-l holds
? obi's record for depth to-dav. after
diving 288 feet off colnt Diablo, in
San Francisco Bay.
Th< submarine, maintained at this
depth for top minutes yesterday,
crtiialnfl at .i speed of six knots. The
F-i was under the command of Lieu?
tenant .tames B, How . a. The twenty
six men of the crew went about their
duties while the hull .-leaked and
groaned beneath the, enormous pres?
sure.
His Name Stampedes Convention
OM AM B. STI1 X I ?.
BENEDICT ARNOLD |
SUBJEGTFORT?FT
President Calls Him "Greatc-t
Traitor of All
Times."
ANKLE STILL HURTS HIM
Compelled to Lean on Cane
While He Talks to Water?
ways Convention.
New London. Conn.. September 0 ?
From the sras* Brown ramparts of
Old Fort Grlswold, President Taft
discoursed on American history, with
Benedict Arnold as a text, to the dele,
gates to the Atlantic Deeper Water?
ways convention. After disposing of
Arnold, who once led an attack on
Fort Orltwold. as "greatest traitor of
all times." the President discoursed on
waterway improvement and the Pana?
ma Canal bill.
He said that the question of the vio?
lation of treaty rights by the bin
should be thoroughly examined before
?'calling names, or siding against one's
own country."
President Ta.fi came ashore here at
noon with Mrs Taft and several mem?
bers of his party who had come over
from New York on the Mayflower.
Mr. Hilles. Mr. Sheldon, treasurer of
tho National Republican Committee,
und Charles P. Taft, brother of the
President, did not come ashore. in
answer lo a question as to ???'?etner
there had been a political conference
on board. President Taft said he had no
statement to make.
The President, with his ankle bound
up. used a cant In walking from the
boat landing lo the automobile. A
little later at a reception In the hotel
at which nearly 1.000 persons shook
hands, the President was seated In
order to favor his ankle. While he
spoke at Foil Grlswold he supported
himself with his cane.
From the Fort the Presidential party
was driven to the Grlswold dock and
then boarded the Mayflower, which
weighed anchor shortly before >;
o"clock and sailed for Beverly.
TROOPS STILL ON GUARD
Held lu Kendlncsa for Outbreak of
Statt Convicts.
Jackson. Mich., September 0.?Neat?
ly 300 national guardsmen wer. still
on duty at tin Stuf? penitent.ury to?
night. Although the convicts have
caused no apparent trouble since Tues?
day's riot. Slate officials to-nlgllt h i.
still silent us to whi ii the troops or
Part of them are to be removed Con?
siderable comment has been n roll seal
by the reported snooting to-day ol
John Miller, alleged to have been
round near a dynamite magazine which
the soldiers have been guarding, a
Jackson physicians who declared he
examined Miller, stated to the press
thai the man sustained a deep scalp
wound Inflicted by a bullet and niuy
elie. The otlnor in command of the sol?
di!.'.- guarding the dynamite denied
that Miller was shot by a militiaman,
ami AdJutanDGeneral Vandercook has
ordered an investigation. Both Gover?
nor Osborh and Warden Simpson to?
day issu.r statements denying that
any convicts alleged to have taken part
In the recent trouble sustained severe
Ihjurlci a" the result of punishment
inflict, d
GOVERNMENT OPENS CASE
Tefttlmou; in Support of i borne
Agnluat Lumber Dealers.
Portland, or. . September 6.? Repre?
senting in. government as special as?
sistant to the Attorney-General, Clark
McKefcher, of Chicago, arranged to
login to-day the examination of wit
nesses in support of the government's
contention that the retail lumber deal?
ers are maintaining a trust.
Suit-has been brought by the gov- 1
ernment in Minnesota for the dissolu?
tion of the retail associations on the .
ground that they are illegal combina- i
lions in restraint of trade
Six of the most prominent lumber I
manufacturers and dealers of the city j
havi been subpoenaed to appear.
I'rirr Patient .lump? to Death,
New Vork. September 6.?G. N. i
Thornqulst. a typhoid I vet patient at
ihi Presbyterian Hospital nero. Jumped
to tils death from ft fifth floor ward
the Institution! earlj to-day. On fall?
ing he narrowly missed killing one of i
the hospital physicians. who was [
standing on the curb, having Just rc- I
turned from an ambulance call. I
BOTH SIDES FIRM;
STRIKE PROBABLE
1- Reached in Affairs
of Southern Rail?
roads.
12-000 MEN ARE INVOLVED
Neither Employers Nor Em?
ployes Show Any Dispo?
sition to Yield.
Washington. September S?Vat FUz
patrtck. vice-president of the Brother?
hood of Hallway Trainmen, who has
' been one of the labor representatives
I at the conferences that have been In
progress for several days with repre
j sentatlvea of the railroads operating In
th<- Southeast relative to a general
i raise In wages, stated to-day that this
afternoon's conference would probably
j bo the last, and that unless the rail
! road managers show a decided change
In their attitude, a strike will prob
; ably be declared by the unions In?
volved.
Matters reached a crisis yesterday.
I After the Joint conference between the
laboi representatives and the railroad
, officials, G. w. Taylor, superintendent
' of traffic of the Southern Railway; If.
I If; Lawton. auditor of the same road,
and William M. Oowhigg. assistant
superintendent, were closeted In the
offices of the Southern until a late
hour.
II,,t!i Sides stooil rirtu.
At the same time Mr. Fltzpatrlck. A.
B. Garrettson. president of the Inter?
national Order of Hallway Conductors,
and other prominent labar leaders,
were closeted at the RalolRh, What
was done at these conferences could
not be learned^ unless Mr. Fltzpatrick's
statement to-u.-.y may be taken as the
result of the deliberations of the labor
men.
.\t >?st.relays conferences, It is
.stated, the situation became tense. It
was plain that neither side wouio
yield an inch. The labor men ure
frank to say their attitude has not
been changed, and unless the railway
men decide to Held, the union Will be
ordered to ballot e.;, a strike. The
result of the ballot, it Is sai-i. will
be In favor of the strike by a big
majority.
Wime Inereane Demanded,
Nearly IS,000 men are involved The
raise in wages Is demanded by prac?
tically all th< roads In the Southeast?
ern section. Among the largest Are
thi Seaboard Air Line, the Southern,
?nd lb, Queen and Crescent systems
The Louisville and Nashville is the
only big ?\. st< m In this section not
affected.
The men demand an Increase of
from 15 to L*0 per cent, The exact
percentage cannot bo computed, as
wages a. < according to mileage. 'I he
matter was first brought to confer?
ence In July, when Mr Garrettson and
Mr. Fltzpatrlck w.re here several
cluy* with the railroad officials. Fall
log to reach an understanding and de?
siring more' time for consideration, the
conferences wert postponed until the
1st eif September, when thej were r,
Slimed an-.! have since been held dallj
WINE DEALERS COMPLAIN
? barge Thai Itallrouds ire e onthlnril
in ??? b output; uc l'eiu?plrncy."
Washington, September <;.--a "chain
Washington. Sept< ml r 6 -A'.osham- ,
Atchison; Topekn and Santo Fa and
forty other railroads was charged b. ?
t<>r?- the- Interstate Commerce Commis?
sion to-dhy hy a firm ri| dealers in
?Ines. The tlrm complained that the
railroads rtlsi'Hmlhated in favor of!
California champalgiie by charging
only 5-. p, ? hundred pounds on such
sliij r.iciitt fr.>in California to New
York;, while they fixed a charge of
S'.'.lt. ot. Hi.- champagne shipped from
Neu York to the PnClf'c ce>ast.
This. It was s.-t forth, virtually shut ;
out the foreign wines from the- w.-st. j
KAISER LEAVES FOR HOME <
Hoards Trnlii fnr Germany Vjnld Cheers !
of s?i?H People.
Zurich, Switzerland, September 6.?I
The- German Rmperor ended )>ls visit
here to-day. His Majesty was very
, rdlnl when taking leave of the Swiss
President^ I?r Ferr.-r. to whom he ex?
pressed Iiis pleasure at having had thi
tipportuntt) of witnessing the Sw'ss
army manoeuvres.
lie then entrained for" Germany amid
the cheers of thousand* of people.
STRAUS IS CHOSEN
IN WILOSTAMPEOE
Former Cabinet Officer
Heads New York
Progressives.
SLATE IS UPSET BY
"SUSPENDER JACK"
Permanent Chairman of Con<
vention Placed at Top of
Ticket After Pandemonium
Is Started Among Dele?
gates by True Son of
the West.
Syracuse, X. Y.. September fi.?Oscar
S. Straus, former Secretary of Com?
merce and Labor In the Cabinet of
President Roosevelt, was unanimously
elected the nominee for Governor ot
tto- Progressive party by a stampeded
? onveiitloh this afternoon
Mr Sirius's nomination came about
under circumstances that were not
only unexpected, but dramatic. The
former Cabinet member, acting as the
convention's permanent chairman, was
ahout to entertain a motion from for?
mer tiieutenant-Goyernor Timothy I*
Woodruff to expedite the roll e.ali on
names of State Chairman William
It Hotchklss and Comptroller Wil?
liam A. Prendergast, of New York,
when a delegates from New York
County leaped to his chair and de?
manded to be heard.
"It's ?suspender .lack' McGee," criel
a voice from the gallery.
Chairman Straus looked puzzled.
McGee, who got his name in the In?
dian country by riding a broncho into
? amp with suspenders used as reins,
moved resolutely toward the plat?
form.
Chairman Straus looked with sur?
prise on the man who. with a flaming
bandana swathed around his neck and
his coat blazing with badges, tossed
ills rough-rider hat on the floor and
deman'X'd the right to make a nomi?
nation.
I'??legates and spectators booed and
J< ered as he began to speak. But
"Suspender .lack" only waved his arm
in defiance of the Jeers. He paused a
moment, and then cried: "I nominate
! the Illustrious and honorable Oscar S'.
i Straus "
The delegates seemed stunned. Then
I a few of them cheered. Mr. Straus
gave an amused laugh at "Suspend.>r
.lack." bowtng before him. McGee kept
; on with his speech, und the first few
faint cheers from the half a dozen nr
, more delegates gradually grew into a
pandemonium that swept the conven
i tlon ball from end to end. Standards
were wrenched from their supports,
and delegates, yelling and 'cheering
for Chairman Straus, paraded tho
aisles, turning tho convention Into a
bedlam.
Chairman Straus at first shook his
e ad doprecatlngly at the growing
ovation. He turned to friends and re?
marked: "This must not be; i cannot
accept."
Chairman Hotchklss left his scat and
urged Straus to accept.
Scores of delegates pressed toward
the platform to urgv Mr. Straus to
make the decision. Then Mr. Hotch?
klss burst from the group that sur?
rounded Mr. Straus and held Up lie
fort the crush of excited delegates ;v
sheet of yellow paper on which was
! written: "Ho accepts."
Cjulckly the word was passed back
J through the hal! and another demon
stratloh followed. AH other nominu
I tions were withdrawn. Then came a
. Hood of seconding speeches for the
former secretary and minister to
Turkey. ??Suspender Jack" McGee was
nut lost sight of. Delegates pressed
about him and proclaimed him "the
ninn of the hour." Later the conven?
tion passed a vote of thanks to Dele?
gate McGee of the fifteenth assembly
district for nominating Mr. Straus.
Whon the convention had recovered
and Mr. Straus had been chosen unani?
mously he was called on for a speech
and tendered an ovation as he formally
accepted the nomination.
Inotber Victory for Colonel.
Tbpeka, Kan . September 6.?Tho
Roosevelt presidential electors won
another round In th< legal battle to
f iitnic oil the Republican ticket it
Kansas to-day.
.H.dg. \v H Sanborn, of the United
Stute? Circuit Court of Appeals, de?
nted the Injunction asked by the sup?
porters of President Taft's candidacy
11. prohibit the names ot tho eight
Roosevelt . lectors being placed uu
Republican ballot In the general elec?
tion in November. The case was ar?
gued Monday in Denver and the wrtt
i. h decision ? ?: Judge Sanborn was
received ileri late to-day.
The case was brought three weeks
ago. D. R. litte, attorney for the
: .:: followers went to Red Oak. Iowa,
and obtained a temporary restraining
order. The Taft supporters asked thiit
i arles Sessions. Secretary of tho
State, b< restrained from certifying to
thi country clerks over the state, the
nnim a ..; the Roosevelt electors nomi?
nated at the primary election.
Hi- Divides the \ etc!..
JameStOWti, N. 1 > . September ?>.?Tho
yotci'S oi the country were divided In?
to two classes by Colonel Roosevelt
in his speeches to-day. There wore
thosi with und those agulnst the Pro?
gressive party. The man against,
however sincerely he may think ho Is
a progressive In politics, he said, "la
the ally Of Wall Street, the ally Of.
privilege; the ally of bosslsm."
Coming Into North Dakota. Which
Senator La FolletlO carried In the
primaries preceding the (Republican
National Convention, Colonel Roose?
velt made a partfcularly strong effort
to win over supporters of progressiv.!
principles from . the Republican nr..I
Democratic candidates, He crltlctacctt
Wood row Wilson in regard to the pro?
gressive proposal for an Interstate in
llustrlnl commission to regulate larga
corporations.
Colonel Roosevelt was whirled across
North Dakota by special train. 11?
(Continued on 6 cor.d r?*?.)