THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1912.
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AIL UNCERTAIN DT CHICAGO
Excitement Over Missouri Compro
mise and Adjournment.
UAGEI'S DEPARTURE CRITICISED
, Coming Fight In Republican Na
tional Committee to Center Abont
Contests Involving Delegates
from Texas.
CHICAGO. June li-The "Missouri
compromise" decision and ihe quickly
i following and entirely unexpected ad
journment of . the republican national
committee yesterday brought about
a situation full of uncertainty and con
flicting rumors which lasted throughout
the evening and refused to crysialize
Into any definite form. '
Explanations traversed a long and
varied scale all the way from the state
ment that the compromise and sudden
adjournment presaged a general getting
together of the Taft and Roosevelt fac
tions, to the theory that they were to
give the convention carpenters a chance
to finish their sawing and hammering in
the neighborhood of the committee room.
The explanation which best fits the
various best known facts is that the
; Taft supporters were glad to take ad
j vantage of the three or four hours of
j time saved by the compromise on the
Missouri cases to take account of stock
. and prepare for the big struggle expected
over tne Texas and Washington con
tests. i Roosevelt supporters professed to be
'.greatly elated over the seating of their
I delegation-at-large from Missouri and as-
serted that the outcome in the whole
Missouri business exceeded their most
sanguine hopes. Th Taft people on the
other hand seemed to take the outcome
i complacently and abated none of their
claims on that account
i National Committeeman Charles Nagel
of Missouri, Mr. Taft's secretary of com
merce and labor, who left Chicago yes
terday on the event of the Missouri con
test hearing for which he had been
counted on to be present", came in for
considerable criticism when the commit
tee action marked the first important
, concession of the fight to Roosevelt Taft
men on the committee, while mute for
publication, said privately that Mr.
Nagels departure from Chicago had
much to do with the argument in the
Missouri case.
The cabinet officials had been pressed
to present the Taft side of the con'
troversy, but had expressed a desire to
be excused from participation. Several
members of the committee, however, had
been confident that Mr. Nagel would
argue the case. Late last night when It
was known that the secretary had left
town some of the Taft men on the core
, mittee determined to stand by the Had-ley-Roosevelt
delegates. Today abso
lutely no one appeared to challenge Gov
ernor Hadley's presentation of the case,
and the' Taft leaders said there was
nothing for them to do but surrender.
There were . many, however, who in
sisted that Secretary Nagel's departure
from the scene had nothing to do with
the result of the contest, and that the
national committee displayed entire fair
ness by its decision. '
Governor Hadley in a public statement
declared that the committee had acted
fairly. - Anyway, the subject wa9 the
topic of endless discussion among both
factions tonight, and the Roosevelt peo
ple"nquestionably showed the more con
tentment with the way things stood. As
a '.result of today's developments interest
,ln . tomorrow's session of the national
committee was quickened.
The fight promises to center about
contests involving the delegates from
Texas. The contests preceding that state
on the calendar of the national com
mittee are inconsequential compared with
the Texas situation, where the political
life of Cecil Lyon, national committee
man and the strength of the Roosevelt
machine in the state is at stake.
The .Roosevelt managers declared no
compromise would be considered with
regard to Texas. The Taft managers
asserted they would fight for all of the
contested Texas delegates on the ground
that the Lyon organization had chosen
its delegates In defiance of the district
apportionment plan of the republican
national committee.
Rumors of compromise and concession
in the remaining contest fights were de
nted by the leaders on both sides.
Both sides continued to claim ultimate
control of the convention and In this con
nection the Roosevelt forces definitely
announced their Intention to oppose on
the floor the election of Senator Ellhu
Root as temporary chairman. They said
their candidate for that place would be
Senator Borah of Idaho. Mr. Borah was
first suggested at a conference of the
Roosevelt leaders last night. He was
present when the matter of choosing
the anti-Taft candidate for the chairman
ship was up for discussion and he chose
that time to leave the conference.
'I know my name was suggested in
connection with the temporary chairman
ship," said Senator Borah tonight "When
that matter was brought up I left the
conference. If such an honor was con
ferred upon me of course I could not re
fuse." After a series of conferences at the
Taft headquarters tonight In which Sen
ators Penrose and Crane, Chairman Mc
Kinley and other Taft leaders took part,
the decision to put forward Senator New
ell Sanders of Tennessee as chairman of
the committee on permanent organization
of the convention was confirmed. The
Taft leaders say that if they control the
organization they will make the tem
porary organization with Senator Root
as chairman the permanent organization.
Gossip 'Of the planned , fight against
Senator Root was awakened by his ex
pected arrival. He had been looked-for
today and rooms were in readiness for
him. Mr. Root however, bad not reached
here at a late hour.
Rnmors of T. R-'s Coming;.
About headquarters were constant ru
mors of the approach to Chicago of Mr.
Roosevelt himself. Many of his stanch
friends insisted that be would be here
Sunday night or Monday morning In
time to participate in the mass meeting
planned in his interest Monday night
Senator Dixon, who talked with Mr.
Roosevelt over the long distance tele
phone early in the day, said he bad had
no word from the former president as to
bis intention to come to Chicago. He
also said that Mr. Roosevelt's presence
would not be necessary. Nevertheless
many insist that be will be here.
- Rumors of a bolt In the party, so cur
rent for the last few days, were conspic
uous ' today by their absence and this
kind of talk was overshadowed by con
tinual discussion of a possible compro
mise in case the Taft-Roosevelt struggle
should become too bitter and entangled.
These reports gave hope to the cham
pions of Senator Cummins of Iowa and
La Follette of 'Wisconsin.
Events of the day gave the Roosevelt
delegates and leaders their first real
cause for surface jubilation and they were
not slow to take advantage of it. They
made things lively around the headquart
ers where those who enter are first
greeted by a life sized portiat of the for
mer president pictured in a hunting suit
with a rifle over his shoulder and one
foot on the prostrate body of a lion.
While the national committee was dis
posing of the Missouri contests. Roose
velt delegates in Chicago were assembled
In the Congress hotel listening to a
speech by William Flinn of Pennsyl
vania, who urged "every man must do
his full duty and not give up the fight"
Several hundred men were in the room
cheering when news reached the fringe
of the crowd that Missouri had been won
for. Roosevelt in the national committee.
After he had been cheered until he
raised his hand for silence. Senator Dixon
proceeded to declare that the republican
national committee could not possibly get i
enough delegates for Taft. to nominate.
"The members of the national com
mittee cannot 6tand the strain of public
opinion which is with us, much longer,"
he declared, "and you will be the national
convention to choose the standard bearer !
a few days from now."
Following this meeting the members of
the national committee began to arrive
from the adjourned meeting at the coli
seum and they were at once surrounded
and pressed for explanations of the sud
den adjournment. t
Arthur I. Vorys of Ohio, who was not
present was considerably Impressed by
the news and at once sought out Senator
Crane. The senator allayed Mr. Vorys'
apprehension by suggesting that the com
mittee adjourned to give attorneys time
to rrepare other cases.' Senator Borah
of Idaho confessed to Inquirers that he
was ignorant of the reason for the sud
den adjournment and said it was at the
request of Senator Crane. He had not
objected to the motion to adjourn.;
"Senator Crane told me," said Senator
Borah, "that the members of the com
mittee were tired; that he thought time
could be gained by adjourning for the
day and arranging to consolidate some
of the contests,, and that the allies
wished to Investigate several of the con
tests. I told him I was not in favor
of early adjournment because it was a
cold day and a good one to work in, but
that I would not object to adjournment."
Senator Dixon took an entirely dif
ferent view of the matter. In stating
his views he supported them with the
statement that the Taft leaders on the
committee had been frightened by de
sertions from their own ranks.
"I positively know," said Mr. Dixon,
"that two members of the national com
mittee who had been voting with the
steam roller served notice last night that
they would go no further in unseating
Roosevelt delegates who had been regu
larly chosen. I know who they are and
could name them if I would."
News Goes to Unite Hour,
At the Taft headquarters a period of
great activity followed the announcement
of the adjournment of the national com
mittee after the decision in the Missouri
cases. The Missouri result was immedi
ately communicated with the White House
over the long distance telephone by Sec
retary Hilles, and the Taft advisers were
called. Mr. Hilles would make no com
ment on the situation.
Senator Penrose was the first to ar
rive, and he went over the day's develop
ments with Director McKinley for some
time.
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HAVANA, June It Secretary of the
Interior Eru informed the Associated
Press today that the proposition to send
Major General Leonard Wood or Brig
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mission to Cuba would be regarded with
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ARMY BILL OP TO PRESIDENT
House Passes Measure Putting Gen
eral Wood Out of Office.
SENSATIONAL DEBATE HEARD
Charges Made of Intrlgrae Against
Chief of Staff Began by Hanna
and Kept Alive by
Friends.
REMOVAL OF MRS. CAPLAN
ARGUED IN DARROW CASE
LOS ANGELES, June 14. The Jury
bribery charge on which Clarence S.
Darrow is being tried was almost com
pletely lost sight of In today's session
of the trial in the effort of the prosecu
tion to show that Mrs. David Caplan
was one of the McNamara witnesses
whom Darrow had conspired corruptly
to prevent from testifying, through An
ton Johannsen and Olaf A. Tveltmoe,
labor leaders of San Francisco.
There was a marked difference in how
the opposing sides viewed the alleged
spiriting away from San. Francisco of the
wife and children of one of the men in
dieted with the McNamaras for the blow
ing up of the Times building.
As seen by the prosecution, Mrs. Cap
lan was a material witness for the prose
cution In the McNamara case who had
been surreptltously taken, first to an
isolated mountain retreat some distance
from San Francisco and later by auto
mobile to Reno, Nev., accompanied by
Johannsen.
As pictured hy the defense it was a
woman tolling mid summer in a San
Francisco sweat shop to support her two
little children, harrassed by private de
tectives until she had appealed twice
to the police for protection, finally
"hounded out of her position" and then
taken in charge by friends.
The strongest points made by the de
fense, however, In this connection, were
that Mrs. Caplan, as the wife of a co
defendant, could not have been a wit
ness in the McNamara case; that if she
could have been viewed as a competent
witness her services were never re
quired, and that the time of the occur
rence was two months before the begin
ning of the trial of James B. McNamara.
WESLEY EDWARDS CAPTURED;
MEMBER OF OUTLAW CLAN
LEXINGTON, Ky., June ' 14. Wesley
Edwards, a member of the Allen clan,
which raided the court house at Hllls
ville, Va., on March 14, and assassinated
the Judge, the prosecutor and the sheriff
of the county, was arrested today by
Chief of Police A. B. Pettlt of Clay City,
forty miles east of Lexington, If the be
lief of the authorities at that place Is
correct.
The man who gave his name as Hath
ley and said he was from West Virginia,
answers the description of the long
sought fugitive In every particular and
Chief Pettit Is now waiting an answer
from the Virginia authorities in regard
to the prisoner.
LoniftTflle to rvave Watfr riant.
LOUISVILLE, Neb., June 13 (Special.)
The Alamo Engine and Supply com
pany of Omaha has been awarded the
contract and will begin construction of
a water plant about July 1.
The village Is looking for a good live
man to put In an electric light plant
WASHINGTON, June 14. - Startling
charges of an intrigue against Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the
army,' begun by the late Senator Marcus
A. Hanna and kept alive by his friends.
were only part of a series of sensation
which attended the adoption by the house
yesterday of the army appropriation bill
conference report
Reference to a western senator, whosn
son-in-law, Brigadier General Pershing,
would be one of the first officers in line
for appointment to General Wood's offlca
if President Taft signs the bill which
carries an amendment to depose the chief
of staff; allusions to Major General
Charles F. Humphrey as "the agent for
the powder trust," and to Senator Du
pont's connection with the powder bus!
ness furnished other incidents in what
perhaps was as stormy an afternoon as
the house has seen In many a day.
Nevertheless, In spite of a vain fight,
led by Representatives Prince, Cooper
and Martin, the house adopted the report
which had been approved by its conferees
and accepted by the senate, and if Presi
dent Taft signs the bill, as it said h
will, General Wood will be removed from
his office on March 4, 1913, and the re
tention or disposal of many army posts
which the War department has classed
as useless will be left to a commission.
Representative Prince began the fight
against the report by characterizing It
as "an insult to the army, the house
and the country," and in the debat?
which followed Representative Cooper
brought In the name of Senator Hanna.
Wyoming Influence.
Representative Martin of Colorado fol
lowed with an attack on one of the sen
ate conferees and pointed out that among
the army posts which the War depart
ment proposed to abolish, but which
would now be left to the disposal of a
commission, was Fort D. A. Russell, near
Cheyenre, Wyo. He also made reference
to Brigadier General Pershing and his
rapid rise In the army. The general Is
a son-la-law of Senator Warren of Wyo
ming, chairman of the senate appropria
tions committee, former chairman of tho
senate military affairs committee and one
of the conferees on the bill.
In the names of the commission of re
tired officers which would dispose of the
posts was that of General Humphrey and
Mr. Martin demanded to know if the gen
eral had advised the house conferees.
Chairman Hay of the military affairs
committee admitted this was so.
"Well," retorted Representative Martin,
"General Humphrey as you well know
Is the agent for the powder trust"
Representative Cooper interrupted to
ask if Senator Dupont had not been one
of the senate conferees on the bill. Chair
man Hay replied that the senator re
peatedly had declared he had severed his
connection with the Dupont Powder com
pany when he entered public life.
Minority Leader Mann agreed with Mr.
Martin's view regarding General Humph
rey. When the supporters of the bill got
their Innings, Chairman Hay declared
General Wood's removal was for the good
of the army and that the general had
proved himself an "Incompetent cbief-of-
staff."
The report carrying all the so-called
antl-admlnlstratlon amendments was
finally aocepted, 121 to 92. It now goes
to the president War department of
ficials maintain it would disrupt the gen
eral staff and overturn the army organi
zation. There are hints that its consti
tutionality may be tested If it becomes
law. Many members of both houses hold
that the disputed amendments are not
proper in an appropriation bill.
Creighton Holds
Its Aquatic Meet
at Lake Manawa
Students of Creighton university will
hold their second annual aquatic meet
at Lake Manawa Saturday afternoon. If
the water Is warm enough, swimming
races for distances of 40, SO and IOC
yards will be put on. Boat races will '
be rowed between the classes for dis
tances of 100 and 200 yards. The big
event of the day will be .the two-man
boat race across the lake. Entries for
the races are:
Forty- Yard Swim Connell Festner,
Norris, Moore, Lanphler, Costello, Rus
sum, Simmons, Nelson, Sullivan, Mc
Avoy, Harrington, McDermott Busch
man and Collins.
One-Hundred-Yard Swim Festner, Con
nell, Moore, O'Connor, Cunningham,
Flaherty, Peterson, Dieringer.
Two-Man-Boat Race, 200 Yards Seniors:
Connell and Norris, O'Connor and Quinn,
Festner and Russum. Juniors. Dieringer
and McAvoy, Harrington and Beverldge.
Freshmen: Cunningham and W attars,
Buschman and Collins. Special class:
Torrey and Madden. Fourth high: Dalley
and Howard.
One-Hundred Yard Two-Man Boat Race
Seniors: Festner and Moore, Norris and
Keenan. Juniors: Simmons and Sullivan.
Nelson and Beverldge. Freshmen: Fla
herty and Colllr. Special: Torrey and
Kanne. Fourth high: Dailey and How
ard, Jaspers and Kastner. Third nigh:
Coady and McGulre.
- Across the Lake Race Seniors: Fest
ner and Moore. Juniors: Harrington and
Sullivan. Freshmen: Collins and Busch
man.
SENIORS AT BANQUET TABLE
High School Class of 1912 Holds
Function at Henshaw.
ADDRESSES - BY SCHOOL HEADS
Members Respond to Toasts and
Enlarge Upon Brents of Their
School Career Athletlo
Beeord
"To the class of 1512 its pride-worthy
record and not a single quitter." Fac
ulty and students' loined, glasses clicked
over gaily decorated tables, and a cool
aqua pura toast trickled down the
throats of 260 seniors of the Omaha High
school, gathered at the Henshaw hotel
last evening for their farewell banquet
Superintendent E. TJ. Graff was the
principal speaker of the evening.
"I have a special Interest in the class
of 19ia," said Superintendent Graff. "This
class entered the Omaha High school at
the same time that I did. In September,
1808, so I was a freshman then,', so to
speak. I congratulate you upon the com
pletion of your four years' course as one
of the foremost groups of high school
students ever banded together."
"If suffragette Ideas are the prevail ng
fashion of the future, I hope the girls of
this class will be foremost In that activ
ity," said Principal McHugh In addressing
the students. "If the boys come back
in after years clean, whole-souled and
with clear records, no matter what their
social standing may be, I shall consider;
tnem every inch men.
Miss Jessie Towns, 191 faculty super
visor, also spoke briefly to the students.
The rest of the evening's program was
made up of ten student toasts. Dave
Bowman was toastraaeter. ...
, The tables were decorated for the oc
casion In red ,and white peonies. Sou
venir place cards in red and gray, the
class color, were gliven each ! senior,
Several members of the faculty were
present In addition to,' the students.
Commencement emrclseb of the class
will be held at the Brandels theater this
evening, when diplomas and cadet cer
tificates will be awarded.
Fallowing Is the -list of, student toasts
last evening: ,' ; .
"The Girls," by -George-Howell.
"The Boys," by Mlsa Adelyn Wood.
v "The Third Degree," by Lorlng Elliott.
' "Playing the Came by, Vergil Rector.
"SybilUne Leaves,- by Miss Florence
Lake.
"Class Play," by Joseph Woolery.
"Regiment." by Miss Claire Patterson.
"As-We . Were,": by Miss Laura Zimmerman.-
"As , We WIHtBe," by Miss Grace Rob
inson. ' 1.' I
, ."The'Class?of 1912,", by. Edwin Landale.
Pierce's Steam Yacht
Seized by Sheriff
NEW YORK, June 14,-The sheriff of
King's county this afternoon seised H.
Clay Pierce's Bteam yacht Yacona, at
anchor In the Erie basin, to satisfy a
judgment of 5171,000 obtained against him
last February by Alice T. Rycroft Mr.
Pierce's lawyers immediately applied to
the supreme court for a stay of execu
tion, forbidding the sheriff to dispose of
the yacht at auction.
Girl Law Student
Wins Karnes Prize
COLUMBIA, Mo., June K-MIss Ethel
V. Kynaaton of Moberly, Mo., the only
young woman student in the Mlmoun
university school of law, won the Karnes
prize In legal ethics at the commencement
exercises of the university today. Four
hundred and thirteen certificates and
degrees were conferrd.
See Carey's want ad under laundries.
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DAKOTA DEMOCRATS LIKELY
TO CONTEST FOR DELEGATES
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PIERRE, 8. D., June 14. (Special Tele
gram.) With the counties of Dennett.
Butte, Campbell, Harding and Lalto to
hear from on presidential delegates, the
Wilson list has 4,606, the Clark list 4,8i.
and the Champ Clark 2,874, The state
secretary Is calling for wire figures from
counties not ' yet reporting. The .Indica
tions now are for a oontssted delegation
from this state whatever the outcome on
the vote. .
WISNER CELEBRATES FOURTH
FIRST TIME IN EIGHT. YEARS
WISNER, Neb., June 14. (Bpeolal Tele
gram.) Business men Of Wlsnef tonight
decided to hold the first publlo celebra
tion of the fourth of July that has been
held hero In tight years, One hundred
and forty men were represented at the
meeting, which was presided ovsr by A,
R. Olson. Th general oommlttoe on ar
rangemsnts was composed of J. B. Ryan,
A. Jr Wsst, C. Lorensen, W. Hoffmctsr
and T. 3. Griffin. A. J. West was
plajcod In oharge of amusement concession.
In Stormy WontliJ-r, Too.
"Come, my son," said the stern but
fond parent, as he tore a shingle from
the roof of the hen house and strode In
the direction of the woodshed, "1st us
take a little trip."
"What kind of a trip?" nervously
asked the dutiful son.
"Oh, we will go on a short vhallng
trip." Judge.
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