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PRIMARY RETURNS
STRIKINGir S10W
Result in New Jersey
Is Not Yet
Known.
EARLY FIGURES
FAVOR HUGHES
Former Senator James Smith, Jr.,
, Who Had Active Opposition of
t Governor Wilson, Running
y Par Behind?Foss Is Re
nominated in Massa
' chusetts.
Wilson Wins Fight
Xtwufc, X. J.. September 25.?la.
d lea t teas at 2 A. -M. were ?kat Gov?
ernor TV ?o4ron Wilson has won his
flght la the -New Jersey primaries
to prevent the nomination et former
I aitrd Uta tee Seaater James smith.
Jr_ as the Democratic candidate fer
l alte? states Senator. Retsraa
(rosa 288 et the 1.7IW districts la
the State ?atve Reereeeatatlve WII
llaaa Hackee, the Wllaoa candidate.
8,118 votee to 6.7*3 for Smith. The
-Newark Morula? Star, owned er Mr.
Smith, announced that indications
are that Hashes has bee a Dominated
by a ante plurality.
Batlaaatee on Hackee's probable
plsrallty range from 12.000 to
Nswark, ft*. J.. September 24.?Re
Curna were strikingly slow from to
ays statewide primary held by Demo?
crats and Republicans, owing to the
slate closing of the polls and delay in
?the count. Only forty-two out of the
U.789 voting districts of the State had
h>een heard from at 11 o'clock to
jgtlght. .Eight of the districts reported
Vre In Essex County, the home of the
former United States Senator James
afcmith. Jr.. around whom the fight for
ftthe Democratic nomination for United
dates Senator has centered.
Returns from the forty-two districts
srave Representative Wyiiam Hughes
3.071, Mr. Smith 5f>7. McDermtt IS, Wcs
cott 14.
At 11 p. M. leaders of both parties
predicted. In view of the late returns,
that the result probably would not be
known before to-morrow afternoon.
Mere than ordinary interest was
manifested in to-day s primaries, ow?
ing to the active opposition of Gov
? e.nor Wilson, the Democratic nominee
for President, to the candidacy e' Mr.
Smith. Both from the stump and in
statements issued to the voters the
Governor has voiced his disapproval
of the former Senator. Owing to the
active part taken by the presidential
candidate his hold upon his party in
New Jersey ?ms conaidered to be the
real test of the voting.
Among the republicans there was
no contest over the United State? sena
torship. Senator Krank O Briggs hav
Ilng no opposition- Other nominations
to be made to-day included State Sena?
tors and sixty members of Ihe lower
louse as well as municipal and county
[officials. including the mayor of;
Newark. !
Owing to the slowness with which
Ireturns on the Democratic senatorial ;
contest were received little attempt i
was made to tabulate the vote for
other offices and figures even in the |
congressional contests were unavoid?
ably late to-night.
Ko-.? Is Hinemaasted.
Boston, Mass.. September 24.?Gov?
ernor Eugene X. Foss was renominsted
Iby the Democrats in the primary
ejection to-day. Returns from one
half of the State. Including the city
>f Boston, gave him a lead of nearly
111. 000 votes over his opponent, Jo
eph C Pelletler, district attorney of
ISuSolk County. In the same cities
tnd towns Joseph Walker, former
BJepeaker of the Massachusetts House
?f Representatives, had a lead at mid
ilght of about 3.000 over Everett C
fnton. a former member of the Gov?
ernor's council, for the Republican
nomination. (
Governor Foss started off with a
substantial lead over District At
jrr.ey Pelletler In Boston and in?
creased it in the outside cities end
towns On the other hand. Speaker
Valker lost Boston, but more than
ia-.e up during the earlier returns
i the smaller cities end towns.
Boston. September 24.?Incomplete
j-eturns from the Massachusetts pri?
maries at 1? o'clock to-night indicate
Lhe renomlnatlon of Governor Eugene
\i Foes by the Democrats over Joseph
Pelletler. district attorney of Suf?
folk County.
The contest for the Republican
L.-mination for Governor was el ose
tnd Everett C. B.-nton. of Boston,
formerly s member of the executive
1-oencil. hsd but a slight lead over
ils opponent. Joseph Wslker. former
kpesk?r of the Massachusetts House
If Representative In many of the
(owns the polls did not done until f j
?'clock.
,gr.t vote was cast throughout.
State. notwithstanding fair
reather and contests in both parties j
the head of the ticket Even con
Ireasionai and local senatorial con
its failed to arouse the voters.
Governor Foss expressed h mieif a*
icii pleased with the returns. He said:
"I am gratified at the result and,
?Iy appreciate the signal indoree
tat of my administration by the
arty. It spells victory la Novem
to Veee.
Princeton. X. J.. September 24.?I
rerner Woodrow Wilson came home;
-say far the tret use since be
save the Democratic presidential
nl'nee Escorted by a precession
students the former pree dent of i
\r nceton rode In an automobile I
irough Nassau Street while the Stu
rftts cheered The Governor srent to I
booth and) voted fee Wintern
|ughe*. who eras a candidate at t--'
"jCesnnaes aa tmu% Psspai J
FAILS TO SEE TAFT
Governor VUlaoa Walts for Hlaa at
Hail war Stations.
New York. Beptember 24.?Governor
Woodrow Wilson waited at the Fenn
sylvacia Railroad station for several
minutes this afternoon hoping to pay
hia respect* to Pre*.dent Taft ea route
to New York from Washington. The
Governor, who reached the city from
Princeton at 2.4? o'clock, waa eVia
appointed when be was informed that,
the President's train would not arrive
until 3:27. Having an engagement
with William McCombs. cha.rman of
the Democratic National Committee,
and later an appointment at national
headquarters, the Governor was forced
to leave the statin before Mr. Text's
arriva>.
When Mr. Taft reached New York
shortly before 4 o'clock, and was told
that Governor Wilson bad waited for
him at the station, tbe President ox
pressed regret that he had not ar?
rived sooner. "I am very sorry sot
to have seen the Governor," said the
President.
Governor Wilson to-naoraaw will be?
gin a three days' speaking trip to
New England. He will spend to-mor?
row forenoon working on his speeches
until 11 o'clock, when ha leaves for
Hartford, Conn, where he will epeak
to-morrow afternoon. Wedneeday
night Governor Wilson will speak In
[ New Haven, where he will spend tbe
i night. On Thursday he w.ll speak in
I Springfield. Fall River, and on Friday
I in Boston and Bridgeport, Conn. On
I Saturday the Governor will speak at a
j dinner given here by the College Men's
' Wilson and Marshall League to Chair?
man McCombs. celebrating his recovery
from several weeks' Illness.
A motor trip to La.rcb.mont to Visit
Chairman McCombs. of the Democratic
National Committee, was the feature of
Governor Wilson's afternoon program.
"I found Mr. McCombs much better."
said. "He seems to be getting the
right treatment at last."
The Governor's engagements here
to-night Included the making of sev?
eral speeches for phonograph records
and conferences with Vice-Chairman
McAdoo. Both declined to say anything
regarding the New Yjrrk State situa?
tion.
TROOPS UNDER FIRE
: ?rriktag Mtaera Fire oa ?oldlera ta
Martial Law Zone.
! Charleston. W. Va. September 24 ?
; Events moved rapidly to-day In the
j b!a- mine strike of West Virginia. Con
; f-r?nce? were started by Governor
j William E Glass'-ock and military
? commanders looking to a reduction of (
, the number of State soldiers now on
; duty La the martial law district of ,
j Kanawha f'oimty.
j A company of .?t?te militia was at- !
i tacked by unknown parties at an Iso
i Iat*-d point near Dry Branch, Over
'? fifty shots were fired at the troops j
i sruarding a coal tipple, which it was I
j re lieved an attempt would be made to !
' burn. None of th*> shots was effec- 1
; t:ve. and the attackers fled, making
eood their escape into the mountains
! The guard at tbe threatened point was
i increased.
? The constitutionality of sentences
imposed by the military commission.
I which came into life with the proclam
! ation declaring martial law. was st
j tacked by a private detective agency
; supplying mine guards to coal com
i panies. Two judges of the Supreme
Court cf Appeals of West Virginia
granted an alternative writ of habeas
1 corpus to test the legality of the com
j mission's acts, and the battle will cen
I tre about the case of W. Y, Tucker, of
j Virginia a mine guard, sent to the j
penitentiary for one year for carrying
weapons without a license and as
nonresident doing police duty.
It was announced to-day by former
Ftat* Senator a B. Montgomery, of
Klngwood, that a call would soon be
issued for a State-wide conference In
this city, probably October 1. to take
up the drafting of a measure to be
presented to the Legislature. Coal
operators, miners and representatives
of commercial and civic bodies will be
asked to participate Among the bills
advocated are the Initiative, referen?
dum and recall: enlarging the powers
of the Governor to remove sheriffs,
prosecuting attorneys and justices of
the peace who refuse properly to per?
form the duties of their offices; old age
pensions, minimum wage, power of
corporations to employ guards, work
men'g compensation act. and other
measures.
BUSY "COUNTING NOSES'
Their Bans art date far Geveiaet.
Saratoga. X. Y, September 24.?On
the eve of the Republican State Con?
vention, political developments seemed
j to be poised on a dead centre of Inac?
tivity while the managers of the three
avowed candidates for gubernatorial
honors "counted noses'* in their camps.
The three candidates making an open
fight for the nomination are former
Speaker James W. Wadsworth. Job E.
Hedges, of New York, and former Rep.
resentatlve William S. Bennett, Be?
sides the three candidates working
for the gubernatorial prize, nearly a
dosen names have been brought for?
ward for consideration. Among them
are Frank S. Black. Governor of New
York State In 1897-99: Henry A. Wise.
T'nlted States district attorney of New
York City, and Seth Low. former Mayor
of New York City.
State Chairman Barnes said to-night
It might be several day* before senti?
ment erystalized sufficiently to Indi?
cate who wonld be the convention's
candidate. The convention Is to be
called to order at noon to-morrow by
State Chairman Barnes.
CHAR6E0 WITH KILLING TWO
Ch lea are. September 14.?Dominick
Modeska, who is alleged to have kitted
a fellow-soldler in Motta Santa Lucia,
Calabria. Italy, and afterward slain a
fallow-workman at Johnsonburg. Pa,
was arrested early to-day on a street
comer 1b the Italian quarter here by
Italian detectives of the Chicago police
department
The Information which led to Mode*,
ka's arrest was given by a woman,
said to be a relative of the prisoner.
OPERATION PROVES FATAL
*r Meeaara Oartwrtaai twtrve Late haw.
ears a as Caaeea.
Kingston. Ontario. September 24 ?
?vir Richard Cartwr-ght died to-day.
folTowirg a surgical operation
Mr Richard was born here in IMS.
and devoted the great-?r part of bis life
to the service of his ctrantrv politi?
cally. He was a firm friend of the
T'nlted States, and as mir,:???- of trade
and commerce In tbe Laarler Cabinet
ara-ed rnmmot < lal reciprocity with the
nelghboiliig repuMt' He represented
fanada on the Anaio.American Joint
high comt*tI?*ton at Onebe?- in T?9* and
? t Washington in ????.??
*msa to rti.rrnii-411.
Via Waahiaa-ten See**! Root*. ???' M t*>
0*~f ? r?rsrma'!v cr.Ji---/i rowrtet ?'**r?rf??
rare frewt ?Ts??l?a;tw) <-naae>.
dalty ??<-??* ?owaay Berth ta OaT*e% S9T
Cast Mala Street _
ELECTION FRAUDS
UNDER SPOTLIGHT
Committee Is Investi?
gating Recent Primary
in South Carolina.
HEARS EVIDENCE
UN MANY CHARGES
Nonresidents, Negroes and
Minors Allowed to Vote,
While No Limit Seems to
Have Been Placed on
Number of Times One
Might Cast Ballot.
Spartanburar. S. C. September 24.?
Meeting here to-day to investigate
Chargen of fraud in the primary elec?
tion of August 2~, in which U->vernor
Cole I* Blease wa* nominated for re?
election on the face of the returns by
a majority of 3.000 out of 140.000 vote*
cast, a subcommittee of the Stata
Democratic Executive Committee re?
ceived numerous affidavits and reports
from cvunty committees, in which It
was represented that hundreds ot
fraudulent ballots were cast in tne
Piedmont counties and irregularities
were frequent ail over the State. Many
specific instances were cited in whicn
nonresidents, men not enrolled, ne?
groes and minors were allowed to vote,
while repeating was said to be com?
mon. Several oases were found, it wa*
declared, in which one man voted as
many as fU> times.
The meeting ->i the subcommittee was
interrupted several times by a nol*.y
throng of supporters of Governor
Blease. who at one time threatened to
create a riot when J. M_ Greer. a pro- j
Blease member of the subcommittee. !
denounced the anti-Blease majority for j
having held a meeting at Ciiarlotte.
K C. at which they outlined the om
lllll lag's plan it procedure. Inflamed
by Mr. Greer's angry words, hundreds
or more men left their chairs with >-ell3
and advanced menacingly towards W. !
P. Stevenson, chairman, when he called
Mr. Greer to order.
Samuel J. Nichols, an attorney for
Governor Blease, begged the men tor
ties Governor's sake to preserve order, ;
and was Joined by Fred H. Dominick. !
the Govern >r's campaign manager.
They finally Induced the crowd to per?
mit the investigation to continue.
Sharp Dtvfstoa la Coasaalttee.
In opening the session Chairman Ste?
venson expressed the hope that there
would be no cleavage in the committee
along the lines of Blease and Jones,
the rival candidates for Govern >r.
Other members of the committee spoke
similarly. Nevertheless there was
sharp division between the Blease and
Jones members on almost every ques?
tion whieh arose, and almost constant
wrangling.
Governor Blease's attorneys took the
position that the ommlttee ought to
admit only such evidence of fraud as
was presented by Judge Jones, but
Chairman Stevenson ruled that the
committee would admit evidence from
any source. He promised, however,
that every opportunity would be given
for the refutation of the charges.
It was late in the afternoon when the
r>ll call of cour.ties was begun and the
inquiry made as to whether fraud had
been discovered In them. Spartanburg.
Greenville. Alken and Anderson Coun?
ties presented the most eer.'ou.? allega?
tions of fraud. The investigators in
the first two counties asked an exten?
sion of time to permit them to inquire
into the identity of many voters of the
same name who are suspected >f hav?
ing been repeaters.
In Abbeville County, it was reported,
the required oath was not administered
to the voters in Cool Spring and Antre
vjlle. and the boxes were accordingly
thrown out.
The investigation will be renewed
to-morrow. Most of the counties yet
remain tJ be beard from.
Former Governor John Gsry Evans,
chairman of thj State Democratic
Executive Committee announced to?
night that he had Issued a call for a
meeting of the full State committee
to be held In Columbia n?xt Tuesday
to receive a report from the subcom?
mittee engaged In the investigation of
the all eg sd fraud in the primary elec?
tion.
DEFENSE SCORES HEAVILY
Evtdeaee ad Mrs. stesrers Is Admitted
As Saieed Case.
Amarllla. Texas. September 14.?
Counsel for the defense scored heavily
In the habeas corpus cases for John
Seal Sneed, charged with the murder
of AI. G. Boyce. Jr. when the evi?
dence of Mrs. L? A. Rogers, of Dallas.
Texas, was declared admissible, after
a debate of two hours
Mrs. Rogers testified that she and
her husband and child occupied the
upper story of a bouse 'n Pallas in
the lower portion of which Sneed. his
wife and two children Iii ed. from July,
> until August 13 She declared Ai. G.
Boyre called at the house a number j
of times during Sneed's absence, and
that Mrs. Sneed r?e-e!red letters signed
"Albert" practieally every day.
Contents "f the letter?. Mrs Hogers
testified, were read to h*r by Mrs
Sneed The letters, according to the
witness, were postmarked Arna-illo.
Texas." and w.re d-atrmed by Mrs.
Sneed when read.
tertters were sent by Mrs Sr.r-d to
Amarilio Texas, add-???ed f> l?ucl?n
Hughe*, tut containing a sealed en- !
velope addressed to Boyce according I
t" Mrs. Rogers Mr. Roger? was the .
frst witness for the defense at the !
conclusion of the examination of four- |
teen witness** for the State.
GIRL'S DIFFICULT FEAT
Waas Sedate ?rassle* ? ?aipliHs Swiss
Ar so aw Seal Bara,
str Pranciacd, <"ai . o-ftetnher .14. -
Miss Xellle ?caaitdt. the nineteen-year
old girl who recently won dtstiartmn
hv i- na- the first of her sex to s?n<-'
scroe? San Franc?-., Bay swam'
around Ses' Rock In the deem outs' le .
the entrance to the bay to-day The
fes? never before had been attempt?
ed.
Ml?* fwhmMf swam fully ? mile
over the circuitous course ir.d nrnd'
the distance m thirty-ftvc avaotes an-1
tweati-eight sismS. ~ j
PROTECTION OF THE NEEDY
Remedial Legislation *aaraeeted at
Catholic Conference.
?Washington. September 24.?Reme?
dial legislation. Including old age pen?
sion* and nonemploy ment Insurance,
was proposed ax a solution of the
problem of dependent children and
needy families, by f.?rmer Judge Mich?
ael f> oirten. of Chicago, at the see
ond day's session of the National Con?
ference of catholic Charities to-day.
Judge t.irten said, too. that accident
and industrial Insurance, if properly
managed, would do much to prevent
children becoming dependent upon the
State, and said if the plan of sickness
insurance were adopted manv families
could remain together and not be
[ broken up and scattered among chari
tabie organizations, as happens now
j almost every day.
"I know some of these tdeae are
new," said the Judge, "but I believe we
should give them a trial, and if they
prove ineffective they can easily be
changed."
He told how these measures were
established in Germany and other
European countries, and said that
many of the larger corporations in this
country had adopted penalon aystems
for their employes Tn the discussion
of the subject. Mrs. Edward Mandel,
of New York, said she was opposed to
taxing those who are Industrious and
frugal for the support of the thrift?
less. Improvident and indolent classes.
Joseph w. Brooke, of Baltimore dis?
cussing the "after care of families."
I said the family on the verge of inde
: pendence needs more attention than
.' the family with starvation staring It
; in the face He suggested as a remedy
j for unfortunate families their removal
j from their old environments and asso.
i riatlone, thereby many times rernov
j Ing temptations.
I Recto.-,, Barnabas, of the Lincoln
; Agricultural School, at Lincolndale.
! N. T told the conference that many
j friendless boys (taken off the atreeta
j of New Tork Citv and placed on the
f farm had become efficient and useful
j men on the farms in New York State.
BANK CLERK CONFESSES
. Admits That He Mole Package Con?
taining S55.0OO.
I Pensacola. Fla September 24.?Wll
? liam H Bell, a twenty-year-old bank
; clerk, to-ntght confessed that he rob?
bed the local First National Bank
i Tuesday of a package containing $55.
"00 of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad's pay roll and substituted a;
bogus package in its place.
I Fear that the officers would suspect
his brother Is said to have caused Bell ;
! to confess. The young bank clerk.
! has been in the employ of the local'
bank for two years. In his confes- '
sion to detectives to-night he declared .
j that he had planned to secure the
I money a week before the pay roll
was made up. East Sunday he made a
bogus package similar in shape and
size to the pay roll package of money
filled with magazine slips.
On Tuesdav afternoon, when the
Eouisvilie ar.d Nashville pay roll wars
being fixed for shipment, he slipped
the package containing the $55,?0<J
into his locker and substituted the!
package of paper in Its place. Not
one noticed the change and the bogua'
package together with a shipment of
$2".000 was taken Into the express of- i
fice and receipted for
Bell took the package of money to;
his home Tuesday night in a suit csse. '
Activities by detectives end officials.
when the robbery became known:
caused him to return the money Sat-:
urday. He wrapped the package in;
a newspaper, and after notifying the
cashier of the First National Bank:
where the missing money would be
found, he placed it on the bsck steps,
of the bank building. The cashier,
disregarded the anonymous telephone
message. The package was found af-.
ter it had been on the steps several
hours by the Janitor.
NOT GOOD BUSINESS
Standard Coaspaale* Are Net Cosa
ptuag With Each Other.
New York. September 24.?Ttte
[ Standard O l Company, of New York,
does not consider it good business I
policy to compete with the Standard,
Oil. of New Jersey, in the letter's ter- |
rltory as regards the sale of naphtha, j
at any rate. Testimony to this effect i
was adduced to-day at the resumption
of the hearings :n the Standard -11-;
' Waters-Pierce litigation. Joseph SaVj
' Howeli. city sales manager for the
I Standard Oil. of New York, testified
'that the retail price of naphtha in the;
I city was 16 cents as against IS 1-3 j
[cents in New Jersey,
i Notwithstanding this.- he added, hie,
company uid not deem it expedient j
to invade New Jersey.
It has been the aim of the Waters-'
Pierce lawyers to showtbat the former
trust has not observed the spirit of |
' the Supreme Court dissolution decree. !
and that there is uo real competition j
between its former subsidiaries.
TROUBLE IS BREWING
- i
Teem May ate Wmrmtm If Neajrees Are!
i Archer. Fla-. September 24.? j
! Trouble between whites and negro in?
habitants is feared here as the result |
I of an anor.ymous U tter received oy
Mayor C W Baldwin to-day contain
I ing a threat to burn the town unless
two negro murderers are released. The.
negroes were convicted for the murder !
of Marshal H C. Slaughter and Deputy
Sheriff White last April. They are In
jail at Gainesville. Fa.. under sentence
' to hang next Friday. The anonymous
letter follows: J
"Tou better turn fain and Fortune
Perry loose or we will burn the whoe
town. We told you we woild burn
Baulknisrht - store and we did. \\m
can kill more whites than you can
negroes "
Baulktiight s store wa* burned Here ?
recent y aft?r the Ma vor had received'
an anon>m--'is .etter threatening the
act.
PLANS PUBLIC CEMETERY
( Stesse, et ni one i mm.
lea fi rased el Cone,
"h:csgo. : ^eptemb-r ft.?A public
-?-leferv operated st coat, not s Tot
f-'e *eid. ? hut ? hea^ififel park, at?
tractively eonir?p?d la ptanned h\
f resident refer Barten, of the hoard
,f < 'ook Coi.pM Th? plan was broached .
>eeterdsy ?h.l? The heard was con- J
? d'-tr.s to. J"\yinr of taxes on the)
p-npert' of a nimber mf wealth? eeme. I
terv corporations, hitherto <-*err>pt
? Whv should theee rorpe.es tt em a
whoee pr?rerrtv 1? listed In sonw- In
? A-rim. in eoilliora. grew wealthy from
t-i?r 'or the dead"" demanded Pres?,
dent !??'??? n The conntv attorney
???se'esf ~d tbat the counM hsd author.
t ? operate a otn?t?r?. end It was
..rdered ?hat rtrznty empicives imme?
diate lv seek a set table plot of land
Cleveland. O. accord!.-e to Mr Barten,
Taft sanguine !
or nwm
He Professes to See
No Reasons for
Despair. j
BELIEVES PARTY
IS STRONGER NOW
-
Confident That He Can Hold the
Solid East and Take Large Part
of West From Roosevelt,
Whom He Doesn't Fear.
Admits Reduced Ma?
jority.
New York, September 24.?President
Taft. In a prepared interview issued
to-night, declared that his recent
claims of strength were entitled to
respect. He repeated that he believed
he would be elected and ga%>; his rea?
sons for denying that ha had been
over-sanguine. He analyzed the poli?
tical situation aa he saw it. maintain?
ing that the regular Republicans
would carry the solid East, and hold
enough of the Central and Western
States to win.
The President made these statements
at the home of his brother. Henry W.
Taft, where he went on his arrival
from Washington late to-day. and re?
ceived a number of his friends and
political associates. President Tart's
statement is as follows:
"When I declared a few weeks ago
that I felt reasonably sure of my own
re-election in November and of the
saccess of the Republican party I .
was regarded by some as entirely
over-sanguine arid unaware of the
public opinion.
Admits Reduced Majority
"To-day. after a number of indica-'
tlons that the Republican party is
still the dominant party and that,
the expected growth of Democratic
strength has faiW to materialize, my
only declaration is shown to be en?
titled to respect. The Republicans
necessarily will have a reduced major-:
lty over 190?. because of the presence
of three tickets in the field, but the!
Democratic party will suffer also. The
combined strengtb of the third term
party will no*, be enough to change the'
ultimate result
"Five or six weeks ago it was as- ,
serted generally that the Republican i
party would secure the vote of the solid
Bat, including all of the N??w Eng- j
land States with the exception of Maine
and Vermont; that the Democratic!
party would maintain Its hold upon the j
solid South, and that the third-term j
party wuuld secure the solid West,
leaving only the Middle West as debat- j
able ground. To-day. with the election
still one month away, the Republican
party finds itself with a strengthened
hold on the solid East, having routed
the third-term party in Vermont snd
the Democratic party in Maine. The
third-term leaders recently conceded
that we would pt^k the State of Utah
out of the solid West, and after con?
ferring with Chairman Hilles and oth?
ers recently in the West there is every
reasrm to believe that the Republican
party will carry Michigan. Washington.
Idaho and Wyoming. Moreover, if the
proper kind of a campaign is waged,
we will carry Oregon. Kansas and Min?
nesota, where the third-term strength
has rapidly waned since the recent
tour through that section by the party's
candidate.
"I am not familiar with the devel?
opments In other Western States, al?
though many good reports have come
t> me at Beverly concerning them,
but even with tho States already men
t ioned. it can tv- seen that tberc is no j
longer a solid West back of the new ?
party, but. more nearly, a solid West 1
reunited in support of the Republican
ticket This strength, added to the ir
disputable Republican hold on the
Eastern States, constitutes in 'tself a ;
sufficient strength to give success to.
the party.
Hepis far ReauMlean Hesse.
"It is scarcely necessary for me "o
piint to the necessity of re-establisn- i
ing a Republican majority in tbe House i
of Representatives. If this Is done I
feel confident that I will be able to
have placed on the statute books the'
workmen's compensation law. wh'ch I
urged upon the List session, but whicn
was sent to oblivion by the Democrat.*1
House. If the country will give the
Republican party a c ?mplete victory
in Its conrr*.?si<T.al as well as its p-es
identi.il ticket, a proper tariff r?-\ ision
will he ?p*-ed!K cfT-cted. with knowl?
edge of the fa t.? as.-rrtained by a tar- i
iff commission. whi. h will harm no one
and r?mor? its present defects "
Among the r-omincr.t politi' lans m-ho
call, d upon the President to-,lav wss
A'vah H Ma-t:r of Virginia.
The Prc*ld?nt left for Alto ?na. Pa .
shortly before rrndntcrt Chairman
lullen will join the President at Har
ri*hurs Pa. to-morrow nig;.* as he
com-s eastward ho md for Boston,
The president and Mr. Hille? will hold
a con*er?n*-e ?uther m Boston or In '
Beverly later ir. ti.? week to which
the Republic** state , halrmen of the
New England State* and manv ?ther
I>PuhM. an leaders in New England
have been Invited
Tn? President mal? it clear *hai he
has not changed his pomti-n. wnn^un ed
from Reveri?. nf v ?T>i-.e, hands off the
the New Tork Sta'e polit'cil affairs
He derUrod that h< had no < indldat* j
for Covern- - and would U?\r the I
choice to the .Saratoga convention
r eSatael % Maths M ilaon.
Me A liste- Okla. ??ptewiher 2? ? j
Governor IVood.-oa Wilson s re- ord a* !
? rt?m<.-ra' was taken up h\ Colonel
Knoaevelt in an andres? here t > dar?
Me made hta f**st speech to-day la
Tulna. Okla . snd ap-r.t the afternoon
in Oklsho-r.a ?~it?
'1 notice.' iwn statements hy Mr
Wtlaon as-.' ?*oione| l<oo?e\e|i tn his
? ? to.- rf .t one api-..i ng tn tb*
J-undat par- - ?*??? ? to da>. wktrn '
are eoml<all? at tat an<-? wlt*i ?
?ther In nne Mi W9M -a ??vprvuae? '
great Mti?faction with hta party. H?
Mir the r?m- f?i>r party has had;
snr>atent;ai*y the same prog man far j
^a%w?auaa?d on Scveata Paa?u_j
FEDERAL CONTROL URGED
Adequate St item of triff? on Missis?
sippi Hlvrr \fffwir?,
Memphis. T*nn., tt ptcmher 14?That
the construction and maintenance of
an adequate system of levees along
trie Mi?.si?sjr.pi River as the only means
of holding the water within bounds is
primarily a n.iti.>ua! proolem. was the
consensus *>f ..plnior. of speaker,- at
the first sessions here to-day of the
annual convention of the Interstate
la-vee Association. > omplete Ft OS rail
control was urged 1.. s. v.ral sneakers.
President Taft sent a message urs
?ng the Bpeoastty of < o-op-ratioti by
tin Federal government and tha States,
and suggested that the m eds of th
Missisaippi Vail?? during trie next few
.vcars will be BO iien\ ; as to rosjwirs
ail .<f th.- funds that caii be spared
from both the national and State treaa
uries.
The convention w'll continue its se?.
non to-morrow and Thursday, it is
piann^d to bring about the merger of
the thirty-five minor levee associa?
tions of the states bord- ring on the
Mississippi and Combine efforts toward
securing larger redera! appropriation.
Issportaoee of Deep Waterway-.
Little Rock. Ark., September ti ?
More important to the people of tne
I'nited Mates than the completion of
the Panama Canal Is th>- construction
of a deep water staut from the Lakes
to the Gulf. In the opinion of Lyman
B. Coole-y. one of the speakers here
to-.lay at the annual session of the
I.akes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway As
sociation. Mr. Cooley is the consult- j
ing engineer of the association. He
?--eciared the maintenance of a four-,
teen-foot cnanne) is imperative, but ]
that a depth of twenty-four feet:
would better serve the Interests of.
the country. Among the other possi-'
ble benefits to be derived from a deep j
waterway, aside from increasing trans?
portation facilities, the speaker enum?
erated the carrying off or the spring!
overflow. waSer powe>." development, j
reclamation of thousands of acres of j
land in the Mississippi Valley and de-j
crease of ?Disease through increased
drainage facilities. j
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt win ad?
dress the convention to-morrow anal
will be the guest ot the associationi
at an Informal luncheon.
NEW LINE OF INQUIRY
Did Caaapalga Cootrlbattoas Preveat |
Woolen Tartar Ravlsloa r
Washington, September 24.?An in?
vestigation to determine whether cam
paign contributions had anything to
do with the refusal olf Congress to re?
vise the woolen tariff In the special
session of 1?3S> has been started by
Chairman Clapp. of the Senate commit?
tee investigating campaign expendi?
tures.
It is understood he is preparing to
submit to the full committee a list of
witnesses. Including the names of fot
mer Speaker Cannon, Representative
McKinlev. of Illinois, and Representa?
tive Weeks, of Massachusetts, and rep- ,
resentatives of various branches of the
woolen industry, with the recommen?
dation that they be questioned as to
any knowledge they may have of cam?
paign funds furnished In the congres?
sional tight of 1998.
A number of Eastern men interested
: in various branches of the woolen
! business, particularly in the so-called
i "carded woolen" industry, have re
I cently been in consultation with Sena?
tor Clapp. The Senator declined to-day
to say whether he had any specific
information relative to campaign con?
tributions by woolen interests. The
worsted manufacturers have been
charged In Congress with being espe?
cially favored by the tariff, as distin?
guished from the carded woolen manu?
facturers.
The purpose in summoning the three
Congressmen named, it is understood,
is to ascertain the facts surrounding
a conference said to have been held in
Boston in 190S between members of
Congress and men interested in the
worsted woolen manufacturing busi?
ness. Worsted manufacturers are said
to have had a conference later at Chi?
cago over the tariff matters with rep?
resentatives of the sheep-raising In?
terests of the Western and Rocky
Mountain States, and it is believed this
also will be the subject of Inquiry by
the Senate committee.
AGREEMENT IN SIGHT
Railways and Their Employes Are
t lose to Settle aaeat.
Washlngton. September 24.?An ami?
cable settlement of the controversy
which has been pending for several
weeks between railroads operating
throughout the South and their train?
men and conductors on the question of
increased wages and bettor working
eondtlons Is expected to-morrow by
Judge Martin a. Knapp, of the Com?
merce rourt. and Commissioner of
l-abor Charles P. Xf ill. mediators un?
der the Krdman act. who were called
in to settle the difficulties.
The mediators to-day held long con?
ferences with the parties to the con?
troversy, seeing first the officials of
the railroads and then representatives
of the conductors and trainmen.
Practically a complete agreement
has been reached on the question of
increased wages for the trainmen, but
representatl\-es of the eonductors
would not accede to the propositions
suggested by the railroads. This dlffi
. ult> :? expected to be settled to-mor?
row. No one would divulge tn-nisrht
the nature 0f the agreement for th
trainmen
Practically every railroad south of
the Ohio River snd east of the Missis?
sippi, with the exception of the ?.
folk and Western and the Chesapeake
and Ohio, which recently s- t:?<?d with
their conduefrs and trainmen th-.->u?n
th? Ted -itors, are involved in the con?
troversy
COLUMBUS A SPANIARD
< abac ?rbe-lar ? lalma He Has rtrera
?l ata te> Plwae t lataa .
New i oik. September 2 4?Irr. Con?
stantino d.- il.?r:a ? fardo. of Havana,
a Cuban scholar ..f r.it. .in-1 .i fellow
?f th? Royal Spanish Geographical Bp.
clet>. ha* nnd-rtaken t.? prove to tV
satisfaction of the \m?rlcan Geo?
graphical ?sSSStV and tne Hispsmr 0?>
? -;-:> ?! ?SSen ? that ?'hrtstoph?-r C-?
lumb.i* was i Spaniard, and not an
Italian. He asatatggaa 1 '??lumhaa as*
born at fw??-\ ??!-?? Gali.-a Spain, an l
not at 'i'r.sa llah
l>r. Hort.? has satrje-ed % -rvass af
do?-ii??rts to pr<? e h's contention, and
these are no? m N?? Vork swatting
the consideration ?f the ?mericaa t>?.
graphical S-.- and ??? Il'spantr So
e-lety After th'se nrs.in'tat!ot?? have
< ornpleted their 'V?-|i?ttl"-l t?r fforta
purposes t-> saMlsk the- details St h?
research in ? BO mahle? which a III b?
sent m ge- e-nm?nfa. universities snd
civic st.f>-orif e. th-Atjt;v?>st t,at n
America, that they msy r-Joiee la th?
knowledge that Cole nbns was of thei
?wn Mggi .
Ordered to as
l"*p? lal to Th? Tiroes- liana frei 1
v- ?-' -? ni>.r ;* Orders
h*v. Isaaqd hj the fj ar r-epert
?n?nf t-nn-f-r-tng ''aptsin ??Ht?t T.
Spsu'dln*. Jr. of tb? Seid artillery,
to Rtehwond on offi. lal easiness per
talntns te> th* lostrecttow of the fesfd I
arttlieet organiations of the regular
BOTH SIDES STILL
CLAlMINGVrCTORY
Result in Fourth Dis?
trict Primary Not
Yet Settled.
OFFICIAL COUNT
ONLY WILL DECIDE
Further Returns Serve to Cora
plicate Situation, Figures Indi?
cating a Majority of Less
Then Ten Either Way.
Possibility of Recount
and Contest.
Even in the light of further cor?
rected return? from last Saturday's
primary election in the Fourth Con?
gressional District, the result remains
in doubt, making it the more cer?
tain that the official count will bo
necessary to decide. Some changes in
the original reports have been made
from apparently rellabls sources,which
serve only to complicate the situation
still further. If possible.
Both candidates still claim victory,
with about an equal show to he tight.
Congressman Turnbull says he is the
victory by a majority of six; Judge Wat?
son that he has been nominated by
nine to nineteen. The Times-Dispatch
figures, which vary slightly. Indicate
either that Judge Watson has won by
two votes or that Mr. Turnbull wins
the nomination by a majority of three.
Change in Dlawlddle.
Corrected returns from Dlnwlddie
yesterday, which gave Watson a ma?
jority of 283. Instead of 293, as here?
tofore reported, wiped oat his appar?
ent lead of four majority in the dis?
trict and game his opponent. Congress?
man Turnbull, a lead of six votes.
But against this there was also a cor?
rection in the vote from Powhatan,
which Increased Watson's rmejority
there to 219. or one more than he has
previously been credited with, and a
report from Sussex that Watson's ma?
jority there is four. Instead of three,
as heretofore published. It was also
stated in a report received by The
Times-Dispatch last night from Wat?
son sources that Namoslne Precinct,
ta Amelia County, gave seven for
Watson and twenty-two for Turnbull.
Instead of nine for Watson and twen?
ty-seven for Turnbull, as reported
I heretofore, making the majority In
that county 234 for Watson, Instead of
229. giving him a gain of five votes
there Tumbull has heretofore beea
! credited with 844 majority in Bruns
! wick, but In the statement given out
I from his headquarters last night he
claims only 843. this giving Watson
one more vote.
Watson Mary Win by Two.
I Counting Turnbull as starting with
six majority, following the correction
of the Dinwtddle vote, if the returns
received here last njght are correct,
Watson overcomes this by the one
vote gain in Powhatan. one in Sussex,
five in Amelia and one in Brunawick.
making eight in all or a majority of
two in the district.
There is no dispute as to returns
from the following:
Majorities for Watson?Netto way.
!845; Prince George. 8: Lunenburg. 33.
Majorities for Turnbull?Greenc
'ville. 7": Mecklenburg. 237: Peters?
burg. 322; Surrey. 136; Prince Edward.
I 9.
On the actual figures in Amelia.
I Sussex. Powhatan and Brunswick, la
each case, exeept Amelia, it being a
matter of only one vote, hinges the
result of the primary.
judge Watson, however, does not
concede that he has only 283 majority
in Dlneriddle. but Insists that when the
official returns are examined, it will he
found he has 293. He makes this state?
ment on the basis of detailed returns
by precincts He thinks Comty Chair?
man Rives is mistaken in his count.
If Judge Watson is correct <n this as?
sumption, it would seem he may have
a majority of twelve.
From Turnbull sources at midnight
it was stated that the vote In Amelia
resulted tn t2S majority for Watson,
this result having, it is stated, been
confirmed from several reliable sources
The majority in Sussex. It was stated,
also wit three, as has been published
heretofore, instead of four as sent In
by The Times-Despatch correspondent
last night, and the Powhatan vote was
;i* instead of 21!>. This, of course,
if correct, and There are no changes
tn other precincts, means the majority
in the district for TurnbttU.
Say Republicans toted.
The closeness of the votes in the
abasSsSj giving rise to the expecta?
tion of a recount, and possibly of a
contest, all sorts of rumors are afloat.
Irregularities are stated to have been
committed at a good msnv precincts.
m hich would doubtless figure in a
contest. It hae oeen r- parted that a
Republican county chairman in on
place voted f->' Judge tVstson. and
that a KepuMican postmaster was a
Turnbull J'idgc of election at another
point
All this may bnng up once again
the definitive, of qialfS at ions of voter
tn prim?re? Inder the new Bvrd
he. the applicant m'ist hsve vot--d
*t the preceding r?? election for
f r ncn; n?'? ?f the part\ n who?
prim?r-, he desires to participate, er.
?f he did not vnt* in that election, be
must p|ede>e himself to vote for t
romiree? of the pr miry m which be
f *>rs to take part
VMiltea ?? Taste Pll?i.
Repuh:tsne?e |n tn? Fourth Pssti let
- , - 7 r. ntvectlon Whatever to pledS
rig themselves to vote for the *>eTi ^
r 4tie nom no* foe Congress tf taere
b> they may make -n i-e be*w*ea
Democratic aspirants wan are pi aena:
f ends In r*e*nt veer* the Rep-in
ltcsnn of the Fourt? ha^e pit up no ?
irdldate for (*nnr"? Tn the pr,.
mary of Janas-? If IS t *m stated
Ker?uhl?rans toe* . . ? * "i?r# was
talk of a coi.T?s? Tb ? was at the
primal i tn which Mr Tee as?M ss>>
ssSStl his first nein i as ties
In Peter,N0, .rated ? reatrhsg
Progressive part- oTT'red to SBS>
last -?t jM? f?e had net eessi SS