The times dispatch. [volume], October 29, 1912, Image 1

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TAX DODGERS GET
BRIEF RESPITE
Grand Jury Gives Them
Thirty Days to Cor
rect -Mistakes.
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READY TO INDICT
THOSE WHO FAIL
i "?1
Court Informed That Many
Under-Assessments Appear on
Record, While Hundreds of
Citizens Gave No Income
Returns?Inquiry Still
Under Way.
Finding that many persona returned
under-asseaatnenu oi their property to
the ComroisMoner oi Keveuue and thai
some tailed to make any rei-ort, the
Hustings Court grand jury, which has
been making an invenugation. yester
day determined to grant citizens; thirty
days in which to correct any mist-ke?
At the end of that timedhose who have
not come forward to pay wnat is legally
due the State will be indicted a- pro?
vided by law.
Notice of this respite was Included
In a preliminary report which was
submitted to Judge I?. C rtichardson
last night shortly after C o'clock h>
Foreman Charles ft*. Taylor.
Many Make No Report.
The Jury has been holding sessions
Since the first of the month and has
found. Captain Taylor announced, that
many citizens made under-a?essments, i
while oth?r? made no reports at all
In the cases of individuals, botn men ,
and women. It was found under assess- j
menu of incomes were made, as well as |
under-assesf ments of personal prop?
erty, sack as stocks, bonds, notes. ,
mortgages and cash. ;
The Jury has also discovered that j
corporations gad firms have ft.led to,
give their real capital, surplus i.u-1 tax
able securities held or employed la their i
business. It was also found that mer- J
chants have failed to give -.he legal j
amounts of their purchases. i
The jury has c .me to the conclusion j
that on acco"nt of the injustice ti
those who fully pay their taxes it is
Its duty to Indict the "dodgers." Hott- i
ever, it is the opinion of the Jurors
that while some individuals, corpora?
tions and firms may have deliberately
and persistently, from year !> year,
failed to pay their taxes, a majority]
are carrying their burden. But it was
with the realization that incorrect re-1
turns were mad- with bonest intent'
that it aas decided to allow delinquents '
a month to correct them.
tiraad Jury's Report.
The full report of the grand jury j
follows:
To the Hon. D. C. Richardson. Judge of j
the Hustings Court of the C;ty of I
Richmond:
We, the special grand Jury, whoso;
names are under?ici.ed. desire tj repeat!
that, after a number of sessions and4
examinations of a part only of the ta\
books of the city jf Richmond and
State of Virginia, we rind already What
we believe to be many ander-assess*
SsasjSs and failures to report of the oit- j
Izena at Richmond, as to indiv.duals.!
both men and women: Flr.;t. uuJcr- !
assessments of incomes: second, under- '
assessments of personal property
tatocks. bonds, notes. mortgig?g and ?
tathi. H> believe there are hags*,
amounts of securities k,; an , ;J
of railroads, cotton mills, fertilizer :
mines ar.d other industrials. located i
out of the State and >wned here which <
may not have been l.stcd |
bo-f? *? <"orporats'""- copartnerships.!
?r. First, failure to giro the real1
rap.tal. surplus and taxable securities!
f?Jlnr?r V?Z *** la bu*in??- ??ond.!
failure with merchants to give the!
legal amounts of their purchases. I
The injustice of *ome ?f our citizens'
fully paying the tax.s according to;
law. and ethers not doing so. leaves
hut one course open to this grand Jury.:
and that is to Indict such as decline1
to make a fair return.
Before taking action as to delin?
quents, this grand Jury desires to in?
form the public that thirty days will
be allowed all corp.,rations, copartner,
shlpa Arms, merchants, individuals.
*ic. in the city of Richmond to make
proper corrections.
In the meantime, this jury will con?
tinue from day to day examination*
and re-examinations to compiet- the
Usts of delinquent*.
The ju-y wiU instruct, with the
permission of this court, the Commis?
sioner Of Revenue to do *Sj ln hjS po?.
er to assist th. taxpayers in the
revision of their papers, and especially
to advise the citizens, so tf.at they wlh
anderstand as to taxable and nontax
sal* securities, capital and surplus, and
?bat constitutes income.
We *r? of the opinion that, although
aame of the citizens, corporations.
Srms and merchants mar have delib?
erately and persistently, from yesr to
year, failed to give In their j.:?t taxes
according to law. a majority gag carry
lag their part of tl.e burden of taxa?
tion.
This jury candidlv admits that, since
this Investigation, their own knowledge
?f the rcopc and meaning of the vari?
ous tax laws has been extended and
th* law made cltar?r to th-m. and we.
therefore, leajawg neat many jlttzens
have, with honest intent, failed to
?sake proper returns and should be
?riven opportunity t" amend and cor
ffact same.
CHARI.KS F TATUOR. Foreman
r. srrTERmNO.
J. W HA HI. ISO*.
W. ft RfM-'KNRAt'M.
F. H. GARBKR.
J. It SHEPPARD.
GRANVIUL.E O. VAIeENTTXF.
iv r. VAPKN
W|*h th* psi ml?Iss of the court, th*
fary sdjwamed aaffl .:?? ?'clock tbfci
tart ober ** ? T**
at Craara Frtwce A lex la cew?
to "
FLOOD MAKES REPORT
Largest Contributor to teas>"eiM?loaal
I eauulttee la Kyaa, Sg.MO.
VYaauwiaiuii, IVUlSair ????wKUliit??*
llOD? lO in? .NilllulUI I'l uiilLiit.'Jli pan.; ?
cuinuaiaii Mere |.'i,w*?>, <i>, uruiii* 10
a report u( 11 etio ui ci M. 1'. i ai is. fa*
expenditures wer? placed at giaaaaXtl.
Kg contribution* over ?l,oo" were re
cistted, JJr. Farts stated.
Tbe report ot contributions and ex?
penditures ot tue Democratic Nations.
Congressional Commutes were lor
waru.-d by Representative 1 ? joU. ol
Virginia Utaaurer. It eboweu tiiat
contrlbutlouH bad been received by Ali.
f lood io the sum of sl*Vtj*.M and t>y
Sou lb Trimble, in charge ot Western
headquarters, in the ?um of. MeldseWeVi
Mr. Fiood reported tnat ?e bad dis?
bursed $10.0.13... ? and Mr. i'ritubl?
I6.37U.2S.
The largest Mngie contributor was
shown to have been Thomas K. R>an,
who gave $5,ouu t j Mr. Flood. None
others exceeded $1,000 except u contri?
bution ol l-.Ovv by South Trimble, as
treasurer of the W estern ii< ad'iuai tera,
|and ll.ooo t?y the Democratic Conniest
tional Auxiliary Committee, si ?Vash
! Ington. No Itemised Sroaggd was sent
from the Western headquarters.
Scores of reports of expenditures and
receipts were sent the clerk by con?
gressional candidates. Former Speak'-r
j Cannon reported he had received one
] contribution of $100. His expenditures
were $3.012.?2. all of which was given
I to county committees except ?130 ex
' pended for a special train and another
Item recorded in this way:
???Jctpber. 1S12. traveling < xpenjses
? and subsistence >f secretary. $13.70."
Speaker Champ Clark reported he
had receives1 $*>5 and expended $.".17.
Inclosed In the report of Hepresenta
[ five Byrd McGulre. of Oklahoma, was
! a note, written on a football poster
from "Karle" to "ayrd.-* stating that
I all the money had been spent on head?
quarters.
: J. Stith Wilson. Socialist candidate
I In the Sixth California Congress! jnal
District, reported receipt of $2.290.60
? and expenditures- of $1.425.85. Victor
Berger. she only Socialist in Congress,
i reported he had spent nothing, "the
I rules of our party not permitting it."
Howard Sutherland. candidate-at
large for Congress from West Vir?
ginia, under the item for eJWtrlbu
tlons. wrote In his report: "Nothing:
?ething in sight: nothing promised."
WHO rm^limSHOTS?
j Wltaeases Testify They ( aase From
Mill Mea. Hot Strikers.
lake Charles. I a.. October 28.?Tes?
timony that the mill men and not the
members of the Brotherhood of Timber
Workers nred the shots in the Grabow
labor riot, that John Helton, one of
the defendants, was not a participant
in the riot, and L. Marsook*Galloway,
SSM of the company owning the Gallo
WS? mill, in front of which the battle
occurred, was among those who fired
on the union men. was given by wit- I
nesses for the defense to-day in the
trial for murder of A. I* Emerson and
his eight fellow-members of the
Brothemood of Timber Workers.
S. O. Cooiey said that Helton spent
the day of the riot with him. and al?
though both witnessed a part of the
light, that Helton did not engage In it.
Nannie and Christine Cooiey. daugh- .
ters of the witness, corroborated his
testimony."' ? !
Miss Doriee Leblew, another girl who'
testified, said that not only the first
shot came {rom the mill men. but that
two shots were fired from the mill
offices before any answering shot came
fgeoj the union men. The witness said -
that she was .in the crowd when the j
battle began. ' but could not distin?
guish those who she said fired from 1
the mill offices.
Claude i ay ton testified thst the first
shot came from the mill office. Among j
those who fired from the gallery of the '?
mill office, he said, was Marzook Gal- ;
loway, one of the owners of the mill. ;
GOING TO LAUNCHING !
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Taft Will See Blasest Dreadaaagat Go
Oowa Ways, j
Washington. October 28.?Preaident ?
Taft, after a two-days' stay in Wash- I
ington. will leave at noon to-morrow
Bsc New York, to be present at the
launching on Wednesday of the New
Vork. the biggest American Dread?
nought, at the New Tork Navy Yard .
The President, with Secretary Meyer.'
will board the Dreadnought on the
ways at the navy yard about 10:30.
o'clock Wednesday morning, and after,
the launching will take luncheon at
the yard. He will visit the naval
branch Y. M. C. A. In Brooklyn, and.
at night attend a dinner of the navy,
yard employes, returning to Washing- |
ton on tl\# midnight train.
While in New Tork the President
will occupy a suite in the Manhattan
Hotel, which was occupied by Preaident
and Mrs. McKinley on their visits to'
New Tork. Secretary Meyer. Major
Thomas L. Rhoades. the President's,
aide and physician, and .Assistant Sec- '
retary Rudolph Foster will accompany,
him on the trip.
BURGLAR IS BOASTFUL
New York. October 2S.?John Bern?
au er, the youthful Bavarian who roo-,
bed the residences of J. P. Morgan,
Jr.. and other wealthy persons of ?
thousands of dollars worth of Jewelry.,
rreeiy gristed in court to-day the ,
i story of his burglariea, but declared
, he was under the hypnotic spell of
an old "pal" of bis at the time.
Berna-ier entered a plea of guilty,
however, and was sentenced to from
ftv~ to ten years In sing Sing Pris
. on. He boasted In court of how be
. stole into the very room where Mr.
j Morgan was aaleap and raaer
' the finsncler's dresser.
HOLD UP IN BROOKLYN
irloSga, W% *h fc SS?* * y ^rl>*Wus?uun. BsWsa*PusY #sf oNsaW
New Tork. October 2?.?Burglars ea
I tered a branch office of the Prudential
i lAfr Insurance Company In Brooklyn
' this sfiernoon. gagged the cashier.
Allee Brenn'is. with a handkerchief
saturated with chloroform, left her
Ivins bound upon the ffot.r. and after
? looting a safe escaped with $!?*.
m?>ney which collectors of the com?
pany htd brought :n during the dsy.
The robbery took piece about S block
j from a station bous? in Ih? most hesv
l II) policed precinct In Brooklyn and
i within a few blocks of the home of
Mai or Geynor. Miss Brenne*? recov?
ered from the effects of the chloroform.
Salem Maas. October ft.?fleca-'s*
of the eontlnecd illness of Juror John
N Cater, the trial of J J. Ett-r.
Arturo Otovanntttl and Jos Cnrona for
the sileged murder of Anna Legists
during a strike riot at '
Mass . lent Jawearv. wae
day ?ntil Wednesday.
COUNTRYEXPECTS
DEMOCRATSJOWIN
And Still Prosperity Is
Not Checked for
a Moment.
OLD PANIC CRIES
NO LONGER POTENT
Wilson Says No Interruption ot
Business Is Feared, Except by
Those Who Have Been
Breaking Laws, and He
Hopes Their Fears Will
Be Justified. ?
Westchester, Pa., October 2H.?"Penn?
sylvania expects. New Jersey expects,
the entire country expects the Demo?
cratic ticket to win." declared Go ver
nor Wilson here to-day. resuming his
campaign.
"And a* the expectation grows, the
prosperity of the country is not check?
ed for a moment," he continued.
"There is not a business man In the
country who has a fesr of interrup?
tion of his business, unless he has
been breaking the laws of the land and
the laws of honor. I hope these men
are afraid, and that their fears will
be justified."
The Governor declared that the "old
threats, ancient shibboleths and worn
out cries about panics ate not being
seriously regarded by the thinking
people of the country."
He added that in "the face of a cer?
tain Democratic victory the prosperity
of the country is going on uninterrupt?
edly."
In a second speech Governor Wilson
made here to-day he said:
"Did you see that remarkable letter
issued by the Vice-President of the
Cnited States the other day. In which
he said men who did not have bank
accounts were not interested in banks,
that men who did not conduct great
enterprises were not interested in the
commerce of the country?
"Can you conceive of a point of view
like that?if I have not money enough
to deposit In bank. If I have to scrape
along by the skin of my teeth to pay
my way by daily wages, then, if you
please. I sm not interested, according
to that view, in what is done with the
money of the country, and what the
banks do is then none of my business?
"The long and short of the doctrine
is that we who are servants have no
right to look Into the affairs of our
masters. I am very much interested
in wbo is my master. I am very much
interested In the way that the business
of the country is conducted. I have
never had a bank account that did not
Lave to be examined with a micro-'
scope, but I know this: that I am pro- j
foundly interested in the way larg?
bank accounts are handled.
"I know that the investments of this!
country and the great enterprises of
this country touch the prosperity and
ti e life of every man in it. There- ?
fore. I for one. believe that the great
mass of the people are more interested
in banks than the bankers, and that
the great majority of working people
in this country are more interested In
its industrial enterprises than those'
who control tr.em."
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Great Crowd Paya Trlhwte.
Philadelphia. October 28.?After
rising in prayer a tremendous crowd!
paid tribute to Governor Wilson in the'
Academy of Music here to-night. The
meeting was arranged and held under,
the auspices of the League of Indepen?
dent Republicans Gilbert E. Roe, a
former law partner and brother-in
law of Senator LeFolIette. and Ru?
dolph Spreckels, of Carolina, organ?
izer of the Wilson National Progres?
sive Republican League. preceded
Governor Wilson with speeches In his1
favor.
"The only question before the conn
try.*' said the Governor. *Ts do yon
trust men who are now leading the
Democratic party? If yon believe they
are the enemies of legitimate business,
don't vote far them. If you believe;
they are wild-eyed reformers, wbo;
don't knew the course of change In
this country, don't vote for them If
yoo believe they are inexperienced
tyro*, who don't know right from:
wrong, don't vote for them. Bat vote
as yon believe, and a* you trust. I am]
not her* as a partisan. If there I*!
somebody else who can and will do,
the Job?" ? I
Cries of "Wilson. Wilson." Interrupt-,
ed the Governor's speech, and when
the demonstration subsided, a man j
called oat. "How about Roosevelt?"
(Continued on Second Page..
BULGARIAN ARMY
STILL jjt?t?H?
Turkish Troops Giving
Way Before Victori?
ous Hosts.
MAY BE DRIVEN
OUT OF EUROPE
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Ottoman Forces Apparently Com
| pletely Demoralized, and Fate
of Turkey Seems Sealed Un?
less Powers Intervene. I
Renewed Activities Seek?
ing Peace Plans.
London. October IS?An Interesting
question at the? present moment is the
whereabouts of the Turkish army, ot
which nothing denrlte is known. The
i news that Kski-Baba has been taken
? by the Bulgarian cavalry, apparently
without resistance, shows that Nazlro
' Pasha's army is not where it was sup
! posed to have been?on the line be
' tween Kuleh Burgas and Luleh Bur
j gss. It may be further west, in the
'? direction of Demotlca, but it is gen
! erally supposed, it has retired from
j the line of the railway and lntrench
| ed itself on the long line from Lemo
j tica to Tchorlu.
I Constantinople dispatches continue
? to Speak of the readiness of the Turk?
ish army to take the offensive. In any
' case a few days must see something
I decisive.
The Bulgarian army is still advanc?
ing-. It has occupied Bunarhissar, and
is marching towards Kuleli Burgas. It
is reported that Bulgarians have blown
up a bridge over the Tchorlu River,
showing that the turning movement
Is making rapid progress.
Unless the Turks are able to take
the offensive vigorously, the present
indication is that they will he driven
out of Europe altogether, falling In?
terference by the powers at the pres?
ent stage to end the war. as happened
in the Russian campaigns against
Turkey in 1S2S and 1878. when Russia
had captured Adrlanople. and was at
the gates of Constantinople. j
Activities Renewed- 1
There- have been renewed activities
wllhregard to European '^ention
in the past few days and great diplo?
matic activity in London. The Turk
iah ambassador had a two-hour confer
1 aaV gal awaoay at the French *?**|?v
J and an Important conference took place
13-day at the British Foresaw Ontos
between Sir Edward Orey, the
I Secretary: Winston Spencer cnurchUJ.
, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Lleu
I tenant-Colonel J. E. B. Seley. Minister;
of War. Then the Turkish. French, i
Russian and Italian ambassadors visi- j
ted the Foreign Secretary, who after-,
I wards had an audience with the Kins
i at Buckingham Palace. News from)
! other parts of the theatre of opera- j
tions shows that the Turks every-]
where are retiring before the victjriousi
allies.
The Turkish army defeated at Ku-,
manova appears to be demoraHzed and i
has evacuated Kupdlll. or Velea. as It Is j
also known, and Is retiring on Monas-1
tir.
' A dispatch from Constantinople to-j
night reports that Aanmound Shefketj
Pasha has been appointed chief of the.
commissariat department jf the War;
Office. Acceptance of this appointment!
is considered as showing a spirit of re-1
markable self-abnegation on the part,
of a distinguished officer, as the post. I
though Important, scarcely corresponds!
to his high rank and previous services.'
It appears to c infirm, however, cur-j
rent reports of the deplorable condi?
tion of the Turkish commissariat ser?
vice.
SSI
Constantinople. October St.?The!
Minister of War. Naslm Pasha, wbo has]
reached the scene of operations In the]
East, telegraphs to-day that be Is well)
satisfied with the poslti on of the Turk?
ish forces and expects a decisive battle)
soon. The minister says the Bulgarian!
army sustained such severe losses Inj
the battle of October 23 that It wasj
unable to reform and resume the offen -,
slve. On the other band, he adds, the!
Turkish forcea since that date have!
gained In strength and numbers and!
await confidently the Bulgarian at?
tack.
It is announced that Hilm! Bey. wha
commanded a division at Klrk-KiUs
oeh and Is credited with Inflicting heavy
'"aeus >n the Bulgarians, baa been
promoted to brlgadler-generaL
The ex-Sultan. Abdul Hamid, has ar-l
rived In Constantinople. His son.'
Prince Abduh Sahfm who was serving1
on the staff ?T Prince Asia reached her? I
to-day. He was wounded In the arm
and lea* at Ktrk-Kilfsaeh.
Martial law Is being rigorously en?
forced. Nobody Is ailowed out after
1* vdock at night The Minister of
t*ie Interior has Issued a circular cen?
suring the administrative official* In
*be *"*r rone for abandoning their
fContinued on second ragrT
ELECTION RETURNS
The Times-Dispatch, following its regular custom, will .lisplay election returns on
next Tuesday evening.
Bulletins will be thrown on an immens? sheet, thirty by thirty feet, stretched in
Capitol .Square, by means of the wonderful Telautograph, a machine which writes in
shadows.
As the operator in The Times-Dispatch office writes, the letters appear on the
sheet?a bulletin service up to the very second.
In addition there will be a news service, for those who are not able to reach the
Capitol Square. Colored rockets, sent up from The Times- Dispatch Ruilding. will
give the news every hoar, beginning at 8 o'clock, so that every one residing in Rich?
mond, and within ten miles of Richmond, will know which of the candidates is ahead
or has won.
Watch tbe I tea ?es? exactly as the clock strike* 8, and every hour thereafter, until
the election is decided.
Read the Lights This \Vay.
Out Blue Light? Wilson leads.
Ot* Red Ught?Roosevelt leads.
Two Bkm Lights Wilson wins.
Tsso Bad Ugbts?Roosfvelt wins.
Two WMtt Lights Taft wins.
Feared That His Death Is Near
TICmVPRBSIDEXT JAMES 9. SHEKMAH.
FIRST FLASHES
I FROM HUNIH
-
Great Wireless Plant Is Hurtling
j Messages Through
RESULT MADE KNOWN TO DAY
From Lofty Aerials Calls Arc
Sent Out to Colon and Key
West. I
Washington, October 28.?Crackling |
I and sputtering with lUe. the navy's j
new wireless station at Arlington, Va., i
the most powerful plant in the world,
to-night flung from its lofty aerials,
the first messages which signaled the
completion of an important step in thai
building of a globe-girdling wireless >
system, which will keep every ship!
of the United States Navy and every
inauiar possession within instant com?
munication of the capital.
Wireless operators, professional and
amateur, on one side of the globe,
probably-had their Instruments at their
ears to-night, straining to catch the
faint buzzes as the powerful apparatus
sputtered out its calls for Panama.
Colon and the Atlantic coast navy
stations.
Down in the sound proof operating
room, windowleas and protected by
double doors, some of the navy's most
experienced operators, directed by
Lieutenant Woodworth, sent out the
first flashes.
N-A-X. N-A-X. the call for Colon.
1.78? miles away, was seat hurtling
through the ether. At Intervals the j
instruments sparked off N-A-K. the >
call for Key West, 975 miles off. No
official messages were seat, but the re?
sults of the testa were noted at all;
stations on the Atlantic coast, as welli
as" Key West and Colon, and reports
on the trials will be made to-morrow. |
The radius of the new plant will be {
about 3.000 mile*. This range, pro - j
a. >Iy the acme of wireless operation*.
will be attained gradually, and it may |
be weeks before the big plant Is "tuned:
up" to It* highest efficiency. Com- j
munlcatlon with the Pacific coast will |
be attempted only at night for the'
present, but later on. throughout the day :
the Secretary Of tbo Navy, at his desk
In Washington, will be within lnstan-1
taneous communication witn Key West, j
Guatanamo. Colon, the naval coaling
stations, the winter manoeuvre grounds
?SB] ell At antu stations. When the :
(Continued on Third Page >
ROOSEVELT BACK
III OLD CHANNELS
[He Is Permitted to Re-Establish
ICommunication With Out?
side World.
TALKS WITHOUT FATIGUE
Despite Recovery, Face Twitches
With Pain When He Attempts
to Shake Hands.
j Oyster Bay. N. v., October 28.?"1
i don't feel a bit as though I had been
I shot," said Colonel Roosevelt to
I night. The Colonel was so much bet?
ter that his physicians gave him per?
mission to re-establish communica?
tion, through the correspondents at
Oyster Bay. with the outside world It
was the tirst Interview he had given
since his return to Sagamore Mill, and
he talked tor twenty minutes without
a sign ol fatigue.
"This seems like being alive again."
said the Colonel as he sntered his
library. "11 seems good to get back
into the old channels once more."
He walked with a brisk, vigorous
step, and bis face had lost none of its
color. There was nothing shout his
appearance to suggest that he car?
ried an assassin's bullet in his body.
When he shook hands, however, he
gave tt.e hrst indication that he sUU
telt the effects of the wound. In?
stinctively he held out his right hand
His face twitched with pain, which he
sought to conceal, and be thrust bis
hand Into the pocket of his riding coat
an?? put out his left. "I haven't much
use of my right fist yet." he exclaim?
ed. "I am feeling well, but there are
always some complications. The mus?
cles oa the right side of the chest are
sore. The rib seems to have knitted,
and I have no pain unless I breathe
deeply.'
Colonel Roosevelt said he felt well
enough to make his speech in Madison
Square Garden, New Tork. Wednesday
night, and that if he suffered no seri?
ous effect* ha might make a few other
speeches before election day. The
hardest problem, he said was to keep
out of crowds, for he is in no condition
to get Into a struggling mass of peo?
ple. Precautions are being taken to
keep him out of crowda
rears V*eU Meaat ralhaaaassa,
"dome well meaning persona" be
said, "might think it was the psycho?
logical moment to shake hands snd
thump me on the right side." He
placed his hand over the wound to in?
dicate the spot he meaat. and added:
"That might make It difficult for me,
to resist the Impulse to turn sr. an?
archist mytclf."
Hts plans for the remainder of the
campaign depend upon the outcome of
Wednesday night's Jo urns;, to New
Tork. TU see fcow It go?s then." he
said.
"If I aan get through that ail rieht, j
I may make a few more speeches " one
of tbe speeches. h<- sdded. might o. at:
a second rrwgresstvr rally in Madis-u'
Square Garden. Th. re had been some l
talk, he expla.ned. of a meeting there,
in ehalf of the Progress;vr s:..x.. I
ticket. "I have arranged my speerh;
for Wednesdaj night so | can deliver!
It In not more than half an hour"
said Colonel Roosevelt, "snd in that;
time I shall not be able to take up
Stste matters. If a meeting for the
State tlchei is brld In Madison Square]
Garden, or semewhrtf else in New
Tork. I shall, of course, wsnt to be
there, and I shall If X can. even if not
able to spart h "
Next Monday, the dar before the
election. Colonel Roosevelt hopes ta be
able to SS sah, ta the neighboring towns
of Mineola and Huntington, in ful?
filment af n prawits? made early In tbe
campaign to devote the last days to
his borne county of Nassau
Te-days man brought Celonei Ronoe
vptt move than veto letters and **?
(C.atiaaid ea Thiid l^agjaj
JAMES SHERMAN
IS VERY SICK MM
Vice-President's Close
Friends Admit Seri?
ousness of Condition.
HIS WITHDRAWAL ?
NOT UNEXPECTED
Taft's Running Mate Realist*
Precarious Nature of His Ill?
ness?Speculation Over Pos?
sibilities Arising From
Vacancy on Republican
Ticket.
Utlca. N. Y., October 28.?JasBaa SV
Sherman. Vice-President of the V?"
I ed States, is seriously ill and st
> failing at i?'s home here. While'
. physician, Ur. Fayette H. Peck.
: lieves there is no immediate
' of death, yet the distinguished past*
, cut's condition is such tnat 't ?* a
i matter of conjecture how much i***"*
' er he can withstand the ravage* at
i the disease with which he Is affli*Aad>
j Dr. Peck at 8 o'clock to-night ata->
. thorlsed tTtls statement regarding tttv
S Sherman's Illness and his present cOa*
j dltlon.
"Mr. Sherman has been sick sU at
this year, due to the condition of taa
j kidneys, hardening of the arteries and
j softening of the muscles of the heart,
i Mr. Sherman had an attack la |ha
? Adlrondacks in June and I expected
I him to die. He Improved steadily asd
j very satisfactorily until the latter trait
! of August. Since then his coaotSSt
has been aggravated and he has stead!-,
ly besn failing.
"For the last three weeks sine* ke
came bsck from Connecticut be MIS;
dressed but once, that a week ago Kxte
day. when, againt my pretest, he wejtt
out to the noils to register. , j??j
"Mr Sherman is now in the condi?
tion which that sort of trouble loada
to. and Is very seriously ill, hat thera
Is. I believe, no immediate dangra#
of death."
After a day of discouraging symp?
toms, Mr. Sherman rallied at nlgfct
fall and continued to show improve-*
ment during the evening. This is a?*
la no small measure to powerful medi?
cines. Whether he can much konS
er combat the trouble of hi* kKUteys
and complication* is a matter of grave
doubt. Members of his family era
with him constanUy. %ad his intimate
friend* have bean notified that he as
bees failing steadily.
Shortly before 11 o'clock to-night *j
son of the Vice-President made paSjaW
this statement, signed by the attwadj*
ing physicians:
"After consultation to-night la
case of Vice-President Sherman,
diagnosis of weakened heart a
the result of overwork with some
ney involvement, is confirmed.
(Signed) "F. H. PECK.
"HENRY L KLSNER."
Dr. Peck la the family physician and
Dr. Eisner ts a speclallst resting <SJ
Syracuse.
It was reported from the resldaacg
of the Vice-President this aft erne **j
that his condition remains.such as SS
cause apprehension, and that ba daaSj
not respond as rapidly as heretofore
to remedies.
Close friends of Mr. Sherman n't mit
that his condition is very serious. ausd
that he has had sinking spells at
times during the ?ummer.
The Vice-President realizes tba mWm
carious nature of his illness, and
time ago agreed not to undertake
campaign work or other duties
would tax his strength.
Method* a* Case at Vsnatf.
Washington. October IS.?The
of Vice-President Sherman, and
iation over possibilities of kla
dnawal from the Republican ticket
because of the precarious tnaeltlap asj
his health, aroused discusaioo barer, a**
day over what methods woarfdk. BS
taken of filling his place If nirisaSa*
The general opinion expressed tajaf
that the Republican National
tee or the executive committee
sessed power to fill a vacancy
the ticket. No one here profeaaa*
know what the Chicago
specifically provided for sucht
emergency.
The report of the IP**
; does not appear to show that
provision was made the a. au
stenogrsphtc report of the coat
this year has not been printed.
Should a vacancy occur a|
publican ticket, either before or
the election, some Republican
to-day argued, the electors
' power to vote for any _
' Vice-President they might cbooaa ft*)**
i cedent* were admitted to ha
j bat It was declared only party
1 pllne and honor had In the
! electors to vote for their party
I nee. No one suggested.
' a choice by the Repubflcaa
Committee or it* executive
would fail to receive the I
; the Taft electors
So Free*
Ordinarily, should there
President, 'he president pro tea. af I
Senate would preride over that
and the line of succession to the
ilrlrl Would b< to the
State For the last several
however, the prevent renate I
unsblr to agree upon a pre
fem . ; id t h<t ofllc
Somr i.Tf aso. It aas learned
Chairman Charie* l>.
Repi?* !ir*n Nat..'-a! '"oms
exhaustive laoulrie? as to the
slty of certify.na to ?be varloa
tarte* of States the nsat ef
pub.lcan candidates, aad a* a
rerttfleU the namea of Taft as
man for prtfakng *P*a
States A suppleaaental
ever, probably would ha
most Staus where
bee* el rea d p printed
whr -? ballot* atrsady
printed was not bwewa.
The (vooslMMty. fP eve* a
that there ml cht aet ha
caadMate far VN