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EL PASO, TEXAS, Friday Evening, Jnne 28, 1912 16 Pages ASSOCIATED PRESS Leasea Wire ..TEATHBR FORECAST. Fair tonighf and Saturday. TWO SECTIONS TODAT. I DEMOCRATS D J - Woodrow Wilson, Wife and Daughters, One of Whom Was Marooned In Mexico When Rebels Cut Railroad SMIL NOMINEE . mb mm Bfe. A 01 Kept Delegate's Speculating During Day as to What Would Be Outcome. JAMES LOOKING FOR UICK WORK Baltimore. Md., June 28. The ballot of the early morning was taken today as the starting pojnt for all speculation about the Democratic convention as to who would be Its candidate for presi dent. All eyes were centered on New York, Illinois and Indiana. The feeling was general that the nominee of the convention Is assured of a practically solid south next No vember and all energies were being bent to add to this conceded southern , strength the additional strength of the pivotal northern states, notably. Illinois and Indiana, which would combine enough electoral votes from the norta and south to secure a victory. Messrs. Murphy. Sullivan and Tag gart. the three leaders of the northern states, have been in constant consulta tion and have been working in harmony as the lines have been formed. They .. went over the situation today before the balloting resumed this afternoon. ment of about one-third of its strength j iaVOraDie lO WUSOH. -Dill. -lie lcuum- mating element, of about 66 votes, is .for anyone who has reasonable assur ance of carrying New York. Neir York Is Waiting. This morning the New York delega tion had reached this stage: At the caucus yesterday the delegates agreed on a complimentary vote for Harmon. Thev might follow this with a com plimentary vote for Gaynor, if was said, and they probably would continue these complimentary votes until they could see more definitely their way to make tie large vote of ,the Kmpire state most effective. " A Tammany caucus wat uwu . t oclock today., and .the Harmon leaders went into conierence aooui me s&ine time. Chairman. .Cllie . James, .this morning reiterated his view that there would be no deadlock when the convention met at 4 oclock and- - that the standard bearer would be chosen without another Hll-Iilfc;"1- BTOOIVJ- Alio vaaiu"i .- JitUe the worse r veTfiTftvsaif UUOUS QUtieS VI UK lliguu "a vw was holding out and his sturdy physique was serving him well in his efforts to keep the convention moving steadily forward' airild' the' storms ot popular demonstration. He felt, how ever, that most of the pentup energy of the shouters had found expression and that from now on the convention would go steadily at business, with the prospect of a succession of ballots un til a decision was reached. Platform to Come Late. It was not expected that the platform would be reached until late this eve ning, and possibly not until tomorrow, and the draft might not be ready fel presentation before that time. There had been a number of conflict ing influences operating on .the conven tion. One was the desire to nominate a candidate whose. appeal -to ihe people would be sufficiently strong. The other was to nominate -one -who -could appeal to the south and New York, regarded as the two sections -most -conservative. While Murphy. Sullivan and Taggart are voke-feliows-for the- time being, it is felt that hey are likely to ccme to a parting of the-ways-very soon. -It was not improbable, according to the stories going early in the-day,- that New York -nouid turn to Clark, while Illinois and Indiana contingents were more likely ,A.u turn to 'Wilson. There was nothing definite on these moves, but there were tendencies along these lines as the day progressed. Bryan Little Discussed. Mr Bryan as an ultimate candidate was but little discussed, although some continue to regard him as a possibility. This, has developed a singular diver gence of view between .the two strong elements, the south and New York. The south would pVfer Wilson to Bryan, while New York would prefer Bryan to "Wilson. . , The view held by southern leaders was that after three campaigns for Bryan, it was desirable to turn to a new man. On the other hand, the New York preference is based on the feeling that with Bryan they would know what they were facing, whereas Wilson Is an untried candidate. What will become of the other ele ments in the contest Underwood, Har mon, Baldwin, Marshall gave ground for ' a wide range of speculation. The Underwood forces continued very aggressive, bound together by strong sentiment for the conspicuous tariff leadership of thalr candidate. Speculation tu to Votes. The strong Harmon showing made on the first ballot was a Source of encour agement to his friends, .but they per ceive that his main strength was the 90 votes of New York, which were com plimentary and could not be counted on as an enduring quantity. The Baldwin and Marshall votes wert. umilarlv regarded as complimentary to favorite sons, but where they would go in case of a break had not been made clear although the expectation was that 'some of the Baldwin votes were more likely to go to one of the so called conservative candidates, while the Wilson men were counting on be coming the beneficiaries of some of the Marshall strength. ,..., In the Clark headquarters this fore noon exhausted delegates slept in their clothes, on chairs, on the floor, and on such beds as were available. Some Surprise Votes. It was said that a number of sur prises were encountered In this morn ing's Fallot Tennessee had been ex nected to give 16 votes for Clark. He got but six. the other IS being equally divided between Wilson. Harmon and Underwood. The Tennessee delegation is uninstructed. . Equally surprising was the vote in Ohio where it was understood that 19 lotes would go for Wilson and the other 9 for Harmon. Instead of this, Clark received 1. Wilson 10. Harmon Zo and Bryan 1. one" being absent. Today the Clark forces said that on the first ballot this afternoon speaker Clark would certainly receive "32 addi tional votes, as follows: One Underwood Vote from Hawaii, two Underwood votes fronOIalne, seven Harmon votes In Michigan, three Har i ,"n votes in Nebraska, two Underwood V'tfs in New Jersey, seven and one-half iot--s in North Carolina, one Underwood vote from Porto Rico, proba'oly six votes i Starts From Agua Prieta for Colonia Morelos and Then the Border Town. EXPECTS TO HAVE A LARGE COMMAND Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, June 28. The federal campaign on . Juarez began today with the departure from here of 800 men under Gen. Blanco, who moved toward Colonia Morelos, a small town on the border between the states of Sonora and Chihuahua, where they will form a junction with the main column there under CoL Rivera. Gen. Sanjinez, who Is commander In chief of the Sonora movement, under orders from Gen. Huerta. left today for Fronteras, south of here, to Inspect the troops under Giuseppe Garibaldi, pro ceeding then to Colonia Morelos to take charge of the mobilization there. When concentrated, the federal force will number about 2500 men. it is claimed. Garibaldi will command the advance guard. Gen. Blanco the rear and Gen. Sanjinez the main column. The troops will march close to the border of Ari zona and New Mexico, reaching the vi cinity of Juarez within five days, it Is announced. HUERTA WAITING NEAR BACEIMBA Probably Trying to Get the Rebels to Try to Head South. At the Rebel Front, Bachlmba, Mex ico, June 28. Rebel chiefs this morn ing were mystified at the disappear ance of the federals from .the railroad directly in front of Bachlmba. Almost as far south as the big Ortiz bridge. 15 miles away, scouts reported no federals In sight. ' Hater they reported locating the federal army at Ortiz, but they are still mystified that Gen. Huerta has not pressed " forward to attack. The only explanation is that he is waiting while his flankers attempt to get be hind Bachlmba, to prevent a retreat to Tt k heenrnn reDorted here that the federals are prepared for the rebels if they should break through and try to move south; that there are enough men. along the railroad south of Huerta, under Blanquet and Aubert to take care of the rebel army. ". " - Battle Expected. Rebel, scouts reported at noon today" that federal cavalry and heavy artillery bringing up the rear were advancing northward, leaving troop trains at Ortiz to follow later. Based on this In formation, a battle is likely to occur late today or early tomorrow. Rebel advances returning from near Ortiz had reported that the federals had abandoned the work of repairing the large bridge there, when, as a mat ter of fact, the structure had been com pleted the day before, the federals leav ing but two trains on the south side for a ruse, while the balance of their trains were"withdrawn south for water. Emllio and Raul Madero, with 900 cavalry, are quartered at the Humboldt ranch, near Meoqui. east of Ortiz, while a similar number, consisting of Infan- I try. is holding forth at Santa Cruz de Rosales, four miles west. SEND HORSES TO EL PASO IN BOND Rebels Demand Horses of Mines and Ranches and Are Refused. Four hundred head of horses will be brought to the United States in bond Friday afternoon from Mexico by the Corralitos Mining company on account of demands made by the rebels for all horses, arms and ammunition of the company early in the week. The horses will be entered at Hachlta, N. M. Early in the week a band of rebels rode up- to the Corralitos company's property at San Pedro and demanded that the horses be turned over to them. The owners refused aijd immediately started the entire herd of horses over land towards the United States. The horses will be held in bond in the United States until after the trouole in Mexico Is over. Several head of horses from the Ben ton ranch west of Palomas will be brought to the United States In bond, Friday in order to keep them from be ing confiscated by- the rebels. The stock, will be entered at Columbus. N. M. The rebels also a few days, ago made a demand at the Palomas Land and Cattle company ranch just south of Co lumbus. N. M.. for all of their arms and the American employes of the ranch re fused to turn them over. The purpose of the rebels confiscat ing all of the horses, arms and ammu nition from the various ranches during the last few days Is caused by the lack of ammunition in the rebel ranks and the fear that the store will fall into the hands of the federals, who are reported coming to the state of Chihuahua from Sonora. THIRD CAVALRY GOES TO NEW MEXICO; TWO TROOPS HERE. The four troops of the Third cav alry, ordered here for border patrol duty, after arrival Thursday afternoon, were distributed at their stations. Two troops with the major's Headquarters were sent to Columbus. N. M.. one troop to Pelea and one troop for the present at Fort Bliss. The troops arrived on two special trains from San Antonio over the G. H. & S. A. and were distrib uted over the E. P. & S. W. lines. from Tennessee and one-half Harmon vote from Utah. They also claimed that 'there was a possibility that -S votes from Ohio instructed for Harmon might go to Clark on this ballot. Clark Men Confer. A conference was held by the 24 avowed Clark states this afternoon at 3 oclock," attended by one delegate from each state, at which plans were formu lated. The Harmon managers expressed themselves as Jubilant over the pros pects of -their candidate. Lieut. Gov. Nichols, of Ohio, Harmon's manager, de clared that the Ohio governor would lead all candidates on the fourth ballot. Sewn iwi i-fm i1LLlU xtyg 0:i gigiiiig One Hundred Insurgents Die With Him in Battle With Government Troops. END OF REVOLUTION LOOMS ON HORIZON Santiago, Cuba, June 28. Gen. Eva rlsto Estenoz, the rebel leader, and ,100 insurgents were killed In a battle at Vega Bellaco, six miles from-MI.cara, in the vicinity- of Sengo, by joyernment troops under command of lie itenant de Laterre yesterday. .The dead Include probably also Gen. Pedro Ivonet, whose body, however, has not been found. Entenoz's body arrived here today. Great crowds lined the streets as the body was taken to the military bar racks, where It win lie exposed to public view until burial. Havana, Cuba, June 28. Gen. Monte aguda, commander in chief of the gov ernment "forces, telegraphed today that the death 'o'f Gen. Estenoz, .the rebel leader, puts an end to the rebellion. Gen. Monteagudo expresses confidence that he will have the whole province of Oriente pacified within two days". FLY KILLING T0" . . LAST FOR WEEK Will-' Start. Saturday Morn ing and Enrl Folio wing -Friday Night..' Sunday will : start the ffly : swatting contest for the . championship . of El Paso and the-El Paso valley. James L. Marr. .who has hung up a prize of $25 for the champion-fly swat ters, has decided that the contest should extend over, six -days instead of being confined to the Fourth of July. He has announced that the 'contest will open Sunday and will continue until Fri day evening, when It will close and the flies counted at the El Paso Herald of fice and the awards announced in The Herald Saturday. The ?25 will be divided into three prizes with 515 for the first prize, 57.50 for the second and $2.50 for the third. Mr. Marr expects to -make the fly killing contest an annual event each July 4, and says he will offer $50 next year if the Initial one Is a success. DEADLOCK EXPECTED IN THE THAW CASEi Attorneys Trying to Avert Vote of Three to Three in Trial." White Plains. N. Y.; June 2S. That a proposition has been made to the attorney in the Thaw case by supreme court justice Keogh looking toward change in the manner of .conducting it was apparent yesterday; when the session was given over entirely to conferences between the justice. Wil liam T. Jerome, special counsel for the state and Clarence J. Shearn, chief counsel for Thaw. What is con templated none of the principals would say. It seems likely, however, that judge Keogh wishes to call in alienists of his own choosing, as it is taken to be a foregone conclusion that three of the six alienists' now concerned will say Thaw is sane and three will say he is not. Thaw and his counsel appeared pleased. Jerome did not. gggp assss ELEANOR AVILSOX OENUNGIATiONFOfiTBE TAFT MEXICAN POLICY Zach"Cobb and Congressman Smith Botji Introduce Res olutions Condemning His Action Cobb Calls the Clark Deomnstration a Hearst Fake and Says Wilson Is the Man Cobb Meets Ryan. BY ZACK LAMAR COBB , Baltimore. Md"., June "28. I have In troduced two resolutions of very grea Importance to our people. -It will be extremely difficult to obtain action upon .them,' and those who' are" suffi ciently interested to do so, should tele graph to senators Culberson, O'Gor man and Newlands and llr. Bryan, care of ' the resolutions committee, - urging them to support the measures. The first resolution xs mine. I think it of vast-importance. .The second was written by congressman W. It. Smith. I . introduced it . at his request... Of course, I endorse it. C 'bb's ltcsolatlon. - Resolution- offered by Zach Lamar Cobb, a delegate from lsl Paso, Texas: "Resolved, . That the constitutional rights of American citizens should go with and protect them throughout the world, and that every American citi zen residing or having property in any foreign country, so long as he observes and respects the laws of such country, is entitled to and, must bo given the full protection of the United States government, both for himself and his property, We contrast the weak policy of the Taft administration in its treat ment of Americans In Mexico with the strong stand of Grover Cleveland In upholding the Monroe doctrine." Smith' Resolution. Resolution " offered by Zach -Lamar Cobb, a delegate from Kl Paso, at the request of congressman W. R. Smith, of Texas: "Resolved, That we hold It to be the fundamental duty of this government to protect American citizens within its domain, and to afford them means for Just redress in case of injury from every source whatsoever. We denounce the present Republican administration for its failure to protect American citi zens on our border, and for its policy of sending our citizens to Mexican tri bunals for the trial of their claims for damages because of Injuries Inflicted upon them by Mexican bullets while they were upon Am rican soil." We have just, adjourned It is' now 7:30 a. m. after being in session all night. Some fools- voted against ad journment. It looks like several bal lots will be necessary to nominate. Wilson is the favorite. Clark votes will JESSIE WILSON. break away to Wilson as soon as they feel justified in leaving. "Clark Demonstration Fake." The Clark demonstration last night was a typical Hearst fake. After sena tor Reed, -who is a gifted- orator, had failed "to arouse any enthusiasm, the fake demonstration -was . pulled off. Great .crowds marched around and around' yelling for Clark, but the marching crowds were principally' 'Kids and dollar-a-da men. They marched while delegates looked on. In striking contrast with it was the enthusiasm for Wilson. The WilSbn "spirit Is" everywhere. In -my opinion Wilson is the only one of the avowed" candidates that has a chance. He has at least an even chance. I be lieve he will' be nominated. Seen Thomas F. Ryan. The Clark bubble will give way after a few ballots. Yesterday I walked over to the Vir ginia delegation to get a look at Thomas F.' Ryan, but I could not recog nize him. from his pictures, so I' asked a plain looking man to please show me that old fellow Ryan. Imagine how cheapvl felt when he replied that he was Ryan. Tou would never take hlro for b multi-millionaire. THE SBW YORK DELEGATION GIVES SUPPORT TO HARMON Baltimore, Md., June 2S. Unanimous for Harmon." was the chorus the New York delegates chanted as they hurried to their seats on the floor of the con vention hall laot night, after a caucus The caucus was held before the night session .of the convention bejran. It was called at 7:35 and, while the con vention was noisily considering the Bryan resolution directed ' against the SIorgan-Belmont-Ryan delegates, tho New York delegates fought bitterly over the presidential question. Three times while tho caucus was in progress and the Bryan fisht was en gaging attention on the floor, national committeeman Mack hurried, hot and excited to the room where the New York members met, to urge them to hurry to the floor, but the discussion in the caucus was .too bitter and they continued to consider their own troubles. Not until S:40. when the roll call on the Bryan proposition was ordered, did the New Yorkers emerge, sweating and fuming from the caucus conference CL.ARK STIL LLEADS IN THE VOTING, BUT HE NEEDS MANY MORE VOTES. Convention Goes Immediately Into Balloting and Agrees to Remain at Work Until a Nomination Is Made. ' Delegates Rest But a Short Few Hours After Their All-Night Session. The Convention in Detail Convention called to order at 4 oclock to resume voting upon Democratic nominees. " Delegates remained in session all night, listening most of the time to nominating speeches, and adjourned at 7 oclock. Friday morning for sleep. Full account of night meeting on pages 4and 5. , W. J. Bryan creates a sensation at night meeting by introducing resolu-r tion to unseat delegates representing "the interests," including Ryan and Bel mont. Full account on page 4. First ballot, taken before morning adjournment Friday, results in no nom ination, but shows Clark leading and Wilson second.. Bryan and senator O'Gorman finish drafting platform, which sub-committee accepts. Platform now in hands of full committee on resolution. Zack Cobb, of El Paso, and congressman W. R. Smith, offer section condemning the action of president Taft in failing to protect Americans in Mexico and on Mexican border. New York decides to vote for Harmon on second ballot and Clark on third. Convention Hall, Baltimore, Md., June 28. There was no nomination on the second ballot in the Demo cratic convention, but Clark still led the other candi dates. ' - The two leading candidates in -the second ballot were: Clark 446 1-2; Wilson 339 1-4; as against 440 1-2 for Clark and 324 for Wilsoai on the first ballot. The convention did not adjourn until 7 oclock this morning, after listening all night to nominating speeches. It met again this afternoon at 4:12 and pro ceeded immediately to taking the second ballot, the first one this morning having resulted in no nominationr thouefe ChamD Clark led. It was agreed that the convention would remain in continuous The platform is completed and ready to submit to the nominee, after which it will be placed before the convention for adoption. Most .of the state delegations had taken their places in the convention hall at 3:-15. The gallery crowds al- ready extended back to the last tier and promised to exceed in magnitude any of the former gatherings. The prevailing talk from ifta noor mui cated a prolonged session with little material change In the early ballots. Xew York for Clark. The "New York delegation decided in caucus just before the convention met to stick to Judson Harmon on the second ballot and to vote for Clark on the third ballot unless un usual developments arise. As to Underwood, Kern, and others, future caucusses were to determine. "We can caucus any time without leaving our chairs," said Alton B. Parker, the leader. Charles F. Murphy announced after the New York caucus that It was not definite that New York's 90 votes should go to Clark on the third bal lot. "We will vote for Harmon until the delegation is polled," said Mur phy. "That may come on the third ballot It may 'not.'" "Will Stick for a" Vote. " Ladars rt presenting al! candidates for the presidential nominat'ons de clared bef're the convention was called to crder that all hed agreed to remain in session until a nomination is mad-;. Second Ballot Ordered. The conventioa was called to order at 4:12 p. m.. and the second ballot was ordered at 4:20 p. m. Roll call showed the following vote: Alabama, Underwood, 21. Arizona, Clark, 6. Arkansas. Clark, 18. California; Clark, 2. Colorado, CUrk, 12. Connecticut. Baldwin, 14. Delaware. Wilson, 6. Florida.- Underwood, 12. PLA TFORM COMPLETED; READY FOR SUBMISSION Lays the Binder of Most All Wrongs Upon the Republi cansCondemns the Aldrieh Plan and Pronounces for a Tariff for Revenue Only Is a Lengthy Affair, Though Bryan Boiled It Down. Baltimore, Md., June 28. The com mittee on resolutions completed Its work this afternoon and adjourned to meet after the nomination of the candi date for the presidency. The platform will be first Inspected and approved by the presidential candi date and will not be made public un til presented to the convention. At 3:15 oclock Mr. Bryan came from the committee on resolutions and an nounced that the committee had prac tically completed its work. Best Ever Made. "We will have the document ready for the convention." be said, "and you will find one of the best ever made." Mr. Bryan offered, but subsequently withdrew, a plank providing for the setlement of acute disputes with other nations by negotiations. It directed a thorough investigation of such contro versies with a view of arbitration be fore declaring war. Senators Clarke, of Arkansas, and Culberson, of Texas, opposed it on the ground that the ques tion was fully covered by treaties with other nations. The financial plank requires the dis tribution of the national treasury funds among banks, but requires them to pay interest on such deposits. It became known that an effort bad session until a nomination should be made. Georgia, Underwood, 28. Idaho, Clark, 8. Illinois, Clark, 58. Indiana, Marshall. SO. Iowa. Clark, 2. Kansas, Clark, 2e. Kentucky, Clark, 25. Louisiana, Clark, 11? Wilson, 9. Maine. Clark, 1; Wilson. 9; Under wood, 2. Maryland, Clark, 16. Massachusetts, Clark, 35. Wilson. L Michigan. Marshall 1; Harmon 4; WU-. son 11; Clark 14. - Minnesota, Wilson, 24- Mississippi. Underwood. 20 Missouri, Clark, 36. Montana. Clark, S. x Nebraska. Harmon, 4 r Clark, 12. Nevada, Clark;-6. - New Hampshire. Clark. 7; Wilson. 1. New Jersey, Wilson. 24; Clark, -2; Sul. zer. 2. New Mexico. Clark 8. New York. Harmon 30. North Carolina, Wilson 161-4; Under wood 71-4; Harmon 1-2. North Dakota. Wilson 10. Ohio, Bryan 1; Clark 2; Wilson 11; Hatmon 34. -Oklahoma. Clark 10; Wilson. 10. Oregon. Wilson 1. Pennsylvania, Wilson 72; Harmon 3; Bryan 1. Rhode Island, Clark 10. South Carolina. Wilson 18. South Dakota. Wilson 10. Tennessee. Clark 81-2; Wilson 61-2; Harmon 5 1-2; Underwood S; not vot ing 1-2. Texas, Wilson 40. Utah. Wilson 61-2; Clark 1-2. Vermont, Wilson' 8. Virginia. Wilson 91-2; Clark 1-2; Underwood 14. Washington. Clark 14. "West Virginia. Clark 16. Wisconsin. Wilson 19; Clark 7. Wyoming, Clark 6. Alaska. Clark 4; Wilson 2. (Continued on next page). been made to frame the platform "so as to appeal to this - Republican "progres sives." Platform Very Long. The situation has led to the making of an unusually long platform, but Its length will be found to be due to the variety of subjects. There has been a consistent effort to blue pencil un necessary words. When, for instance. Samuel Gompers appeared before the committee In the interest of labor he was asked by Mr. Bryan, who Is the dominanting factor In the committee, whether the Denver labor plank was not satisfactory. "It was." replied Mr. Gompers, "re affirm It and we will be satisfied." "Rewrite that plank," ceclared Mr. Bryan, "but put It in half the words and make each word bristle." Republicans Dcelap Trusts. Giving special prominence to the tariff, an effort has been made to demonstrate that the Republican policy of protection has been responsible in large degree for the high cost of liv ing and for the development of trusts and monopolies, .there will be a posi tive declaration for revision downward to the basis of a tariff for revenue only, with special stress on the word "only." It is hoped to shape the financial (Continued on Next Page.)