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JAIL RESCUE IS
THREATENED BY
INFLAMED I.W.W.
Workers Say They'll March to
Salem and Try to Release
Ettor and Others
Pickets- at Lawrence Mill Gates,
Armed, Riot With Police;
Get Worst of It
LAWRENCE, Mass. Sept. 30. —A
"demonstration" strike against the im
prisonment of labor leaders took place
here today. After hand to hand clashes
between rioters and police, lasting all
day, the "demonstration" was declared |
off by the Industrial Workers of the
World.
The strike was called for 24 hours,
beginning this morning, in protest
against the imprisonment of Joseph J.
Ettor, Arturo Giovannittl and Joseph ]
Caruso, whose trial in connection with j
the death of Anna Lopizzo opened ir*.
Salem today. Seven thousand of the
25,000 operatives in the cotton and j
woolen mills here obeyed the call, forc
ing out 5.000 others either through in- j
timidation or the closing down of de
partments. .At a mass meeting late
this afternoon the workers were told
to go back to work tomorrow, ready to
come out again at the call of the In
dustrial Workers 4f the leaders are not
satisfied with the progress of the trial.
PICKETS ISE ARMS
The worst rioting occurred at the
opening of the mill gates this morning.
Pickets armed with revolvers, knives,
hammers and other weapons attempted
to stop operatives from going to the
mills. When police interfered to main
tain order the pickets struggled with
them desperately. Swinging their
dubs, the bluecoats drove back the
pickets. A score of arrests were made.
Men, women and children on their
way to work were held up and assault
ed by strikers or sympathizers.
It was announced at headquarters
that a vote would be taken tomorrow
among the textile unions of Lowell on
the matter of striking in the big cot
ton mills there, and that similar action
would be taken at other New England
mill centers during the week. The
Industrial Workers are sending out
circulars throughout the country, ask
ing individual mill operatives whether
they are ready to go out on a general
strike as a protest against the trial
of Ettor and Giovannitti "if it is not
c onducted properly."
WILD Ol TBRE.VKS AT KfOHT
The riot, which continued at Intervals
all morning, flashed again at closing
time tonight. At Essex and Union
streets a crowd of Italian operatives
and sympathizers who were on strike
met Polish workmen coming from the
mills.
The two parties at once came to
i blows, but police, after a few moments
of hard fighting, dispersed the crowd.
One of the addresses in Italian that
ajajused the crowd at the afternoon
mass meeting was translated into Eng
lish and given out tonight in the form
of a statement by the speaker. Carlo
Tresea. It said:
'If Ettor. Giova.nnitti and Caruso are
found guilty, or either of them is found
guilty, the Industrial Workers of the
World will march to Salem, storm the
jail and rescue the prisoners if pos
sible.'*
Two Talesmen Accepted
SALEM. Mass., Sept. 30.—0f 106 tales
men who were examined by Judge
Quinn in the superior court here today
for jury duty in the murder trial of
Joseph J. Ettor. Arturo Giovannitti and
Joseph Caruso, growing out of the
Lawrence strike last winter, only two
were acceptable.
The majority were excused when they
told the court they had formed or ex
pressed an opinion, or that their feel
ings were such as to "preclude them
from bringing in a verdict of guilty if
such a verdict might result in death to
the defendants."
Others were excused because of ad
vanced age or poor health, and some
were challenged. ,
Judge Quinn declined to ask pros
pective jurors if they owned stock in
any of the mills against
which the strike of last winter was
directed. Counsel for Ettor and Gio
vannitti desired the question asked.
The men who occupied seats in the
jury box when court adjourned tonight
were Christian S. Larson, a Haverhill
lair dresser, and Robert S. Stillman, a
carpenter of Rockport.
The commonwealth today made use
of only a dozen of its peremptory chal
lenges, while the defendants, who are
allowed 22 challenges each, used about
an equal number.
Caruso, who is charged with being
the principal in the murder of Anna
during the Lawrence strike,
did most of the challenging today. He
spoke through an Italian interpreter.
Ettor and Giovannitti, who are
charged with being accessories before
the fact, challenged five talesmen.
A crowd of several hundred persons,
many of them idle mill operatives from
surrounding cities, hung about the
courthouse all day. but caused nc dis
turbance. The only demonstration came
when the prisoners were being taken
In and out of the-building, when the
crowd gathered about the carriages
and cheered loudly.
LOCAL REVENUE BRANCH
MERGED BY UNCLE SAM
Formal Order Issued to Abolish
Sacramento Office
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—The treas
ury department today abolished the
following internal revenue districts:
Fourth California, Sacramento, W. A.
Shlppee, collector, merged with the San
Francisco district; fourth Texas,
Dallas, P. B. Hunt, collector, merged
with the Austin district; South Caro
lina district, Columbia, Major General
Atkins, merged with the Ralelgr dis
trict; twelfth Pennsylvania, Scrantop-
Griffith T. Davis, merged with the
Lancaster district.
The elimination of these districts,
which take sftect today, is in accord
ance witli the provision of the legis
lative, executive and Judicial bill re
ducing the number of internal revenue
districts from 67 to 63.
The four collectors affected are out
of the government service.
SAN FRANCISCAN GETS
LONG PRISON SENTENCE
SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 30.—After se
verely condemning him for the vi
ciousness of his act, Superior Judge L.
F. Smith sentenced Frederick Rau of
San Francisco today .to serve 18
years in San Quentin prison for an
attempt to kill Neorna Durner, July
SO. Rau shot the woman through the
facvj. He narrowly escaped lynching.
Hawaiian Bride Here
She Has Big Fortune
PMr. and Mrs. Henry Caillard Smart. Mrs. Smart was Miss Thelma \
arker, the Hawaiian heiress, and their wedding, a few weeks ago, at- \
d worldwide interest on account of its barbaric splendor.
. *
Korea, Aboard Which Former Miss Parker Met
Her Husband, Brings Honeymooners w
The Smart-Parker wedding, which
was celebrated in Honolulu about a
month ago, attracted worldwide at
tention on account of the barbaric
splendor with which it was attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Smart, the bride
and groom, arrived here yesterday on
the liner Korea. They are on their
way to Virginia, where young Smart
will present his Hawaiian bride to
his family.
Mrs. Smart was Miss Thelma Kahilu
omapaopiilani Parker. She is a daugh
ter of Mrs, Fred Knight of this city and
a granddaughter of Colonel Mam Par
ker. The bride, who is IS years of age,
recently came into her inheritance,
which is of royal proportions. The
JND. D. A MANIKIN
IN STANDARD DEALS
Stahi Says Oil King Never Was
Consulted in Voting Mil
lions of Stock
CHICAGO. Sept. 30.—George W.
Stahl, brother in law of John D. Arch
bold and secretary-treasurer of the
Standard OH company of Indiana, was
the chief witness today at the'resump
tion of the legal fight between H. Clay
Pierce of the Waters-Pierce Oil com
pany of St. Louis and the Rockefeller
interests.
Counsel for Pierce devoted the entire
day to efforts to prove that John D.
Rockefeller, John D. Archbold and
other important men in the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey still own
and control the Standard Oil company
of Indiana, despite the dissolution
order of the United States supreme
court.
Stahl was questioned closely regard
ing all directors' meetings of the Stand
ard Oil company of Indian?-
He said a board ot five directors,
who personally owned but 17 shares of
stock in the Indiana corporation, voted
8,008 proxies when the capital stock
of the concern was increased from
$1,000,000 to $30,000,000. He testified
that this was done without any order
or suggestion from Rockefeller or
Archbold, and so far as he knew on
the initiative of the five directors,
"No, I never thought of consulting
Mr. Rockefeller in the matter," said
Stahl in reply to a question. "I haven't
seen Mr. Rockefeller <or 15 years," he
continued. "We didn't pay ai»y atten
tion to him at all."
"How were Mr. Rockefeller's hold
ings in the Standard Oil company of
Indiana affected by the increased cap
italization?" Stahl was asked.
"Mr. Rockefeller owned 2,482 shares
in the company when it was capitalized
at $1,000,000. When the capital was
increased to $30,000,000 he automatic
ally became holder of 74,460 shares,
The additional stock was voted to
stock holders just in the same manner
that a dividend would be declared."
, Stahl testified that 580 new stock
holders had gone into the Indiana com
pany since the dissolution order was
issued.
PUBLIC FALLS SHORT
ON BIG CHINESE LOAN
LONDON, Sept. 30. —The Issue of
the "independent Chinese loan" last
week was a failure as far as the
public was concerned. Only 40 per
cent of the $45,000,000 offered was
subscribed by the public, bo that the
underwriters had to take up the re
maining 60 per cent.
Charles Birch Crisp, the head of the
syndicate, said that the number of ap
plications, including those of the
underwriters, was 5,860 and the amount
asked for was $34,935,000. The loan
is quoted at 1-4 per cent discount.
Crisp's associates say the additional
Chinese loan of $10,000,000 being issued
in Hamburg has no connection what
ever with the Crisp loan.
TTTTC SAN T-TRAWTTSOO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 1912.
first use she made of her independence
was to take a husband. Her choice
fell upon Henry Gaillard Smart, son
of a Virginia clergyman. She had met
Smart, not so very long ago, on this
same liner Korea. Miss Parker had
finished school and was going home
to take possession of her large estates.
Smart, recently graduated from the
University of Virginia, had been offered
a position in Honolulu and was on
his way to take it when he and his
future wife met on board the liner.
Mr. and Mrs. Smart are on their
honeymoon trip. After visiting Smart's
parents they will make a tour of the
eastern states and will return to Hono
lulu in time to celebrate the bride
groom's twenty-first birthday.
FAIR GATES OPEN
IN FRESNO COUNTY
Greatest Exhibition of Kind
Ever Attempted Will
Start Today
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
FRESNO, Sept. 30.—The sixth an
nual fair of the Fresno County Agri
cultural association will open here to
morrow with almost double the num
ber of exhjbits cv» r seen here before
and with a race program that will ex
ceed anything of the kind seen In the
valley.
While this is an agricultural fair,
big mercantile exhibits are being made
and there will be a big automobile
show. Every car represented in Fresno
will be on show. The machinery hall
also contains more exhibits than ever
before, these being of agricultural ma
chinery.
One of the features will be a milk
ing contest, in which approximately
$500 in prizes has been offered. Many
dairy herds from all parts of the state
have been entered.
Large prizes are offered for town
exhibrts and about eight towns will
have large displays.
The Fresno Agricultural association
offers $8,000 In purses for the races
and the size of these purses has at
tracted some of the fastest racing
stock on the coast. The majority of
them have been racing on the Pacific
coast circuit, which Includes Fresno.
The racing program for tomorrow calls
for four events, a 2:20 trot, 2:15 pace, 2
year old stake and a three-eighths of
a mile running race.
The 2:20 trot has a purse of $1,000,
the 2:15 pace a purse of $8,900 and the
running race a purse of -$100.
The entries for the 2:20 trot are:
Pavana, Dan Mathews, Borena D,
Merry Mac, Sliver Hunter, Doctor
Wayo, Redeem, Bonaday, Cerdic Mac.
All these horses have been racing
together this season and have made
the distance in 2:09 and 2:10, and all
have taken first money at one time
or another.
In the 2:15 pace there are six entries,
Susie Gentry, Loch Lomond, Captain
Apperson, Zulu Belle, Roan Hal and
Dolly Varden. These horses have also
been doing fast time this season. In
Sacramento they went as fast as 2 05
and 2:06, and 2:06*6 has been a regu
lar occurrence.
POLICE SEEK SECRETARY
OF PROTECTIVE BODY
Lawyer's Son Accused* of Cash
ing Bogus Checks
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SACRAMENTO, Sept, 30.—Police of
a score of California cities have been
asked to look for Lacey Thomas, eon
of J. C. Thomas, attorney of Sacra
mento and Marysville and president of
'the International Protective associa
tion. Thirteen bogus checks have been
cashed by firms In Orovllle, Marys
ville, Chlco, Davis and Sacramento and
young Thomas is accused of executing
them. He was local agent and secre
tary of the association of wMch his
father was the head.
BLACK CASE TO
BE CONSIDERED
BY GRAND JURY
First Step Taken Toward Inves
tigation Into Affairs of
Loan Society
District Attorney A. M. Free
Asks Court to Authorize
Inquiry
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN JCSE, Sept. 30.—The flrst step
: toward an investigation of the affairs
of the Palo Alto Mutual Building and
Loan association and a possible prose
cution of Us secretary. Senator Marshall
Black, was taken today when District
Attorney A. M. Frte, in department one
;of the superior court, asked Judge J.
E. Richards for the Impanelment of a
■ grand jury to Investigate "recent de
velopments."
; Judge Richards stated that the mat
i ter would be taken up by the judges
of the superior court sitting in bank
and that the jury would be obtained
;as soon as possible.
Black is being shadowed at the pres
ent time* by the district attorney's office
to see that he makes no effort to leave
the state and evidence damaging to the
discredited secretary of the Palo Alto
Loan association is being obtained.
The latest evidence In regard to the
: business methods of Black has been
placed in the district attorney's hands
by C W. Corey, the expert chicken man,
whom Black brought out from the east
on a two year contract at $125 a month
to run a 60 atre farm near Palo Alto.
The district attorney has been ad
vised, it is alleged, that Black swindled
Mabel •€. Broadwood, a nurse at the
Adler sanatorium of San Francisco, out
of $750, the initial payment on a cottage
which she wanted to build for her
mother with the assistance of the loan
association.
Miss Broadwood sought a $2,600 loan,
and found that $750 of this amount.was
to go to the seller of the property ln«
questions. Before Black would agree to
this loan, according to Miss Broadwood,
Black asked her for a deposit in this
amount. She advanced the money and
the loan was never perfected. Black
still has the money, and all that the
young woman got was a receipt for the
money from the Black Investment com
pany.
Free has also learned that Black has
got hold of money from some source
and Is busy luylng up dishonored
checks from various holders. He has
been informed that Black tore up one
check that he gave to Mrs. C. F. War
ren.
Never in Black's Employ
Mrs. E. E. Warren of Mayfield writes
to The Call to correct the published
account of her visit to Marshal! Black's
house to collect a debt. Mrs. Warren
says:
"There Is absolutely no truth 'in the
statement that I held a check given to
me for services In the Black home, as
I was never In their employ. Neither
did I weep because of my failure to
collect moneys due me or others.
"It Is true that 1 called at the Black
residence to collect a bill which was
due my father and given to me by him
to collect. My failure to do so was no
occasion J*cr tears, as I feel confident
that just as soon as Mr. Black recovers
from the unfortunate position in which
he now finds himself he will imme
diately pay all his debts."
DLACK IS FORCED
D OUT OF HIS JOB
Board of Directors Demands
Resignation Which Is
Soon Forthcoming
*
PALO ALTO, Sept. 30.—State Sena
tor Marshall Black's connection with ;
the Palo Alto Mutual Building and
Loan association, which it Is charged
he looted of $120,000, were officially
terminated today, when the»board of
directors, at a meeting held at 4:30
this afternoon, demanded Black's '
resignation as secretary. Naturally It
was forthcoming expeditiously. B. G.
Allen, president of the Palo Alto
Chamber of Commerce and head of the
Palo Alto Hardware company, was
chosen secretary to fill the term which
expires January 1, 1913.
The directors issued a call for a
meeting with the creditors of Marshall
Black other than the depositors of the
association, to be held on Wednesday
evening at 7:30 o'clock at the office of
the association.
The director* today considered
Black's relations with the colony at
Cressey. Merced county. W. F. Hanra
han and J. A. Dowllng, who had been
Interested In the colony, and an attor
ney acting for the colonists, were in
conference with the directors.
Thl directors have shown no indica
tion of prosecuting Black, at least until
they have realized to the full on the
assets of the association.
Prof. J. O. Griffin of the German de
partment at Stanford university, and a
director in the victimized concern, to
day told an amazing story of how Sen
ator Black, with his cunning financial
methods, came within an ace of throw
ing the inquisitive directors entirely
off the track of his peculations,
'When we first suspected Black of
wrongdoing," said Griffin, "President
Sloan. Attorney Hutchinson and I called
Black to the offices of the association
and told him that we wanted an ex
planation of certain checks showing on
the stubs of the association's check
hooks. We singled out one check for
$1,200. The secretary went to the filing
cabinet, took out an envelope and
showed receipts which accounted for
every cent of the money, in other cases
he showed us a clear record of dis
bursements. Now, we learn, that we
just happened to miss the checks that
he could not explain."
Black's resignation as secretary of
the Palo Alto Investment company was
accepted Saturday and similar action
was taken at a meeting of the Alt*
Mesa Cemetery association held at 7
o'clock tonight. G. W. Mother, a
director of the buildl: g and loan asso
ciation, is, president of the cemetery
association, and Major H. F. Perry Is
vice president. John E. McDowell, as
sistant registrar at Stanford univer
sity, Is president of $he Investment
company and G. W. Kosher is vice
president.
The creditors of Marshall Black are
taking steps to protect their Inter
ests. In Redwood City today two liens
were filed on the 503 acres of latd at
Portola assigned by Black to the
Building and Loan* association. One
of the liens was filed by A. N. Mills, a
contractor of Palo Alto, who aays
Black owes him $2,700 for building a
bungalow and the other was filed by
R. L. Pitcher, who aays that %h4 sum
of $2,450 la ow.ig him for tinting*
Noted Divorcee Home
Former Husband Host
MRS. Agnes Smith
Shanley, the di
vorced wife of
F. P. Shanley, propri
tlonal hotel of this
tloanl hotel of this
city and of John
Havlslde, also of this
city, returned here
yesterday on the lin
er Korea from lJ.ono
lulu to get the final
decree that will leave
her free to wed again.
When she gets the
decree she will re
turn to Honolulu and
become the wife of
James K. Parker, son
of Colonel Sam Par
ker, the wealthy Ha
waiian eugar k..ig.
Mrs. Shanley's mat
rimonial affairs have
been of local interest
for some time. Al
though she and
Shanley were di
vorced a year ago,
they continued to
live in the same ho
tel, the International,
in which both have
an interest. They ex
plained to friends
that although the
matrimonial partner
ship had been dis
solved, they were
still business part
ners and as there is
no sentiment ife busi
ness, there was no
good reason why
they both shouldn't
live In their own ho
tel.
I
Before. Mrs. Shan
ley went to Honolulu
it was rumored she
,was engaged to Wal
ter McCredie, mana
ger and proprietor of
the Portland baseball
team. She denied this
and said that her in
terest i'ft McCredie
was merely the pla
tonlc regard of a fan
for the head of the
team she had picked
»— : " ■ ' ■ ♦•
Mrs. Agnes Smith Shanley, divorced wife of
F. P. Shanley, who welcomed her yesterday on
return to get her final decree. She is to become the
wife of James K. Parker, son of Colonel Sam
Parker bf Honolulu.
to win the pennant.
Shanley Is said to be anxious to have
the decree of divorce set aside. He
wag at the pier when the liner docked
and took charge of his former wife's
baggage which he helped to carry to
the waiting automobile. She, however.
LABOR SITUATION
AT ELY CRITICAL
ELY. Nev., Sept «o.—The labor situa
tion heer tonight Is critical and it is
the genera! opinion that a strike of all
men employed in the mining industry
in this district will be called not later
than tomorrow unless the operators
agree to recognize the unions and
the increase In wages aski->d for
last week. The operators declare that
a majority of their employes are satis
fled with the voluntary raise of 25
cents a day effective tomorrow and re
fuse to meet with any committee from
the labor unions to discuss the situa
tion. The labor union officials are
equally firm in their stand and say
that the increase granted by the com
panies will not be accepted.
Charles H. Moyer, president cf , the
Western Federation of Miners, Is di- j
recting the affairs for the miners'
union and said tonight that if a strike
were called the steam shed men and
switchmen on ore trainF would leave
their work. Should theie men go out
It would tie up every branch of the
industry in the distrie ,
Petitions were circulated today say
ing that the men w« ; re satisfied with
their scale and would continue to work
if adequate protect.on wero afforded
them. The petitiors were stgrned by
only a few of the men, however.
Manager Laker.san of the Nevada
Consolidated Mining company Issued a
statement tonight in which he said
that a majority of his employes were
against a strike.
TURKEY LANDS TROOPS
ON ISLAND OF SAMOS
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 3s.— Turk
ish reinforcements were landed on the.
island of Samos today, but because of
the armistice between the authorities
and the insurgents active operations
have been suspended for the present
time.
The Montenegrin government ten
dered Its excuses to the Ottoman charge
d'affaires at Cettlnje for the recent
attack by Montenegrins on a Turkish
ammunition convoy on the shores of
Lake Scutari. The arrest and punish
ment of the aggressors has been prom
ised.
A definite Issue to the Turko-Italian
peace negotiations Is expected In a
few days.
"CASCARETS" THE
BEST LAXATIVE
Thoroughly cleanses your liver
and bowels while you
sleep
No odd* hoW bad yonr liver, stomach
or bowels; how much your head aches,
how miserable and uncomfortable you
are from const*patlbn, indigestion, bil
iousness and sluggish intestines —you
always get the desired results with Cas
carets, and Quickly, too.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv
ousness, sick, sour, gassy stomach,
backache and aIL other distress;
cleanse your inside organs of ali the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
• A 10 cent box means health, happi
ness and a clear head for months. No
more days of gloom and distress if you
will take a Cascaret now and then.
Ali druggists sell Cascarets. Don't for
get the children —their little insldes
seed a good, gentle cleansing, too.
accepted his attentions merely as the
ordinary courtes'es extended by • the
proprietor of an hotel to a welcome
guest. His gladness had a little more
sentiment mixed with it than is usually
accorded the casual guest, but she
played the casual guest to perfection.
KAISER'S DAUGHTER
IS WON BY PRINCE
, [Special Cable to The Call]
BERLIN, Sept. SO.-^Pr'.ncess'Victoria
Lulse, the kaiser's only daughter, has
tallen in love with and is to be married
to Prince Ernest August, youngest son
of the duke of Cumberland, this being
the gossip in court circles.
It is believed that nothing less than
a throne would be acceptable to the
kaiser in the matter of his daughter's
marriage, and it has been hinted that
a match might be arranged with Ed
ward, prince of Wales.
The marriage will end the ancient
feud between the houses of Cumberland
and Hohenzoliern, which began over
the absorption of the kingdom of Hano
ver by Prussia.
The prince, who is 25 years old, is a
lieutenant in the Bavarian army.
STEAMER LIBEL DISMISSED — Los Angles,
Sept. 30. —On instructions received today from
Attorney General Wlokersham tbe lit*?*' levied
against the German steamer Sais was dismissed
hv the local federal officials.
There Are No Better
Pianos Than We Sell
Every piano shown on the floors of our stores
is the highest possible standard of quality at its
price and the product of a factory that has earned
distinction for the excellence of its instruments, the
sincerity and earnestness of its managers and pro
prietors.
No piano that is nofgood enough to bear an
unqualified guarantee for quality and true musical
worth is good enough to find a place in our estab
lishments.
Possibly lower priced pianos are offered than
we sell, just as shoddy goods are sold by low class
' tradesmen, but dollar for dollar the intending pur
chaser will find that quality is the real essential in
our pianos and that his dollar will buy more in
quality, service and musical satisfaction here than
elsewhere in the West.
Here you will be shown pianos at prices as
low as you can safely afford to buy—as low as
good pianos can be sold, allowing a nominal profit
for the dealer and insuring the permanent satisfac
tion of the buyer.
Our installment contract is more liberal, more
pleasing, and our terms more satisfactory than else
where, and your complete satisfaction is our first
and highest consideration. By all means investi
gate mo* thoroughly before buying. „ WM
VICTOR TALKING MACHINES
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COLONEL FACES
RIOTOUS CROWD
IN SOUTHLAND
Tennessee People Give Big
Moose "Middling Lively
Time" in Knoxvilie
KNOXVILLE, Term., Sept. :■>':— A
tumultous crowd gave Colonel Roose
velt what he called a "middling lively
time" here tc-diiy. Men scattered
through the crowd heckled him as in
Atlanta last Saturday and succeeded in
raising an uproar which for a time
drowned out any attempt on Colonel
Roosevelt's part to go on with his
speech.
He stood his ground and matched one
! retort _ with another until ha had
silenced the dissenters.
When the first cheers which greeted
Colonel Roosevelt in the auditorium
j here had died away, a man in brown,
I with a bandana handkerchief, leaped
j from his seat on the stage, waved his
I bandana and shouted in megaphone
tones:
"Glory, Hallelujah!"
The cheering began.
Then the people sang "Onward,
Christian Soldier."
BAIT FOR THE MOOSE
Former Congressman Taylor of Ten
nessee made the speech of introduction.
Colonel Roosevelt had hardly begun to
speak when a score of men started to
shout Governor Hooper's name. Colonel
Roosevelt stopped short. The cries
grew louder. The crowd began to shout
and in a moment there uproar.
Colonel Roosevelt smilingly awaited an
opportunity to get in a word.
"I am pinning my faith," he shouted,
when the noise had partially subsided,
"to the commandment, 'Thou shalt not
steal.' "
The crowd began to cheer.
"Walt a minute," said Coloned Roose
velt imperiously. "I had not Intended
to speak of Mr. Hooper, but as you wish
to have me speak of him, I will, I came
here to speak against the theft of the
republican nomination. You people who
shout 'Hurrah for Hooper,* are you go
ing to say, 'Down with the eighth com
mandment'?" There were cries of "No,
no."
HANDS IT OUT STRAIGHT
"Well, then, I say," the colonel con
tinued, "that theft of a purse is no
worse than the theft of a nomination.
Now, then, you brought this on your
selves. As long as you want it, you'll
get it straight. I hold that noisy accla
mation of theft does nothing but paint
the character of the man who makes
the noise."
The crowd greeted Colonel Roose
velt's retort with a shout. As soon as
Colonel Roosevelt resumed his speecii
the cries of "Hooper" were renewed.
"Very well, gentlemen," said the
colonel, "I've got all the afternoon."
Colonel Roosevelt said Governor
Wilson had declared himself in favor of
limitation of the powers of government,
and by that declaration had placed
himself in opposition to proposals for
; progressive legislation. He was inter
rupted by cries of "Hurrah for Wilson."
KIFJKS OVER TUMULT
"Then hurraii for abolishing any law
that limits the power of the sweatshop
owners over women," he shouted back.
The cries continued. The colonel
singled out one man in the crowd who
I was making the most noise.
"Your voice is all right, but T am
I trying to appeal to your intelligence,"
{he said.
The crowd laughed and cheered, and
i Colonel Roosevelt was not interrupted
j again.
NEWSPAPER MAN DIES
OF ACCIDENT INJURY
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—John Murray,
widely known in theatriea and news
paper circles, died today of injuries
he received 'when struck by an auto
mobile after attending the dinner to
William F. McCombs, chairman of the
democratic national committee, Satur
day night. "Jack" Murray saw service
on' several newspapers of this city and
was for a time managing editor of the
Chicago American. Of recent years he
had been the press representative for
a firm of theatrical managers.
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