THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1912.
TEN-HOUR FIGHT BEGINS
earing Salle of All ur Spring ;4ks
Three Hours Debate Will Be Allowed
J on Hadley's Motion.
VOTE WILL THEN BE TAKEN
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This Will Coninma Aboat Three
Hour -Co ni mi t tees Will Then
Be Appointed- OVlsht Ses
sion at 9 O'clock.
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tested a' at'.r.m faanm arA oilV.tftllt.i thnsA
or Roosevelt men.
Then it seemed equally certain that the
Taft leader would move to refer Gov
ernor Hadley's "erpurgated" list to the
credentials committee, and that on this
motion there would be a roll call of all
( .(legates, Individually.
Governor Haaiey, as floor leader of
the Roosevelt contingent, arranged with
former Representative James E. Watson
of Indiana, the Taft floor leader, for an
hour and a half debate by each side on
the question. This, with the time neces
sary for the long roll call, would take
this one phase of the bitter fight into
the late afternoon.
Whatever the outcome,' it was planned
to appoint committees' before adjourning
the session and take a brief recess until
8 o'clock tonight.
Will Hold Night Session.
The night session. It was expected,
would be short. At this adjourned ses
sion it was planned simpiy to receive the
reports of the. committee - on rules and
possibly that from one other committee.
As now laid by the leaders,, the con
vention will be organized to proceed to
business on Thursday . morning. It is
expected by them that the credentials
commute and platform -committee will
report Thursday night At this time the
Roosevelt followers can renew, their de
mands for a "purging" of the roll of the
convention and have another individual
roll call on the question.
The convention in all essential facts Is
what It was yesterday, . only that today
the convention is' a- legally constituted
body. '.. ', ; . , .. :
Doable Convention Possible.
Then, if the : Roosevelt partisans are
beaten, may come the .much talked of
double convention. In this connection it
was frequently . rumored that Colonel
Roosevelt had urged his managers to
take steps, today' to. force . the issue re
garding the demanded revocation of the
action of the national committee In the
contest cases. -It was also said that the
Roosevelt forces "would refuse to recog
nize Senator Root as the legally elected
chairman of the convention.
The Roosevelt managers claimed to be
extremely confident or tneir aDiuiy to
swing the situation to their candidate.
They declared that they would nave many
additional votes In future roll calks. To
support this claim they said that they
woud have eight votes from Maryland,
which went to Senator Root on the tem
porary chairmanship decision, nd addi
tional votes from North Carolina, Fenn
eylvania, Illinois and Oregon.
"We will win out beyond -juestlon,"
said United States Senator Dixon, Roose
velt's campaign manager, today.
Senator Miles Polndexter of Washing
ton was among the Roosevelt 'eadars who
intimated that the-possibility of a bolt
by their forces was Imminent.
"In case these contested delegates .are
ttliowed'to pass on their own claims,"
said Mr. Polndexter, "Colonel Roossvelt
will be a candidate." '?'
This assertion, was construed as mean
ing but one thing, a bolt, If Roosevelt
finds himself in the minority. . . f
Roosevelt May Visit Convention.
Although Roosevelt may visit the con
vention as a spectator, Taft leaders today
Insisted that he could not under the regu
lations Imposed by the national commit
tee, take any part In the deliberations
from the floor.
"There Is but one way that Colonel
Roosevelt could get on the floor and act
ually participate in the cnventlon," said
one of the Taft managers. "That would
be by resolution of the convention Itself
and if he could get .the vote on such a
resolution he could, I think, control the
convention. And I don't think there is
a ghost of a show of that"
The Taft leaders, particularly the presi
dent's campaign manager, Congressman
William B. McKinley, were Just as con
fident of final success in the convention
as were the Roosevelt men.
Mr. McKinley declared that President
Taft had won a number of Roosevelt dele
gates through the medium of the roll
call on the temporary chairmanship. He
said that nearly all the Roosevelt dele
gates who voted for Senator Root would
remain with the Taft organization
through the remainder of the convention.
It was evident that the forces of the
president were placing great dependence
on Senator Root's personality in their
efforts finally to control the convention
for the president.
Delegates Talk Compromise.
Another fact which became evident as
the day wore on was that most of the
compromise or third candidate talk was
being done by the delegates themselves,
and not by the leaders. No great weight
was attached to the compromise talk by
the leaders on either side of the Roose-velt-Taft
fight.
The Roosevelt managers made repeated
assertions that today's developments had
placed President Taft out of the race for
the nomination. In return the Taft man
agers said that Colonel Roosevelt was
absolutely out of the nomination . contest.
Governor Hadley, after a mass meeting
of delegates said that the situation to
day was just the same as that which
confronted the delegates when they first
entered the Coliseum yesterday noon. He
Insisted that the election of Senator Root
us temporary chairman had not altered
the situation in a single detail.
Men of shrewd observation and experi
ence In many national political conven
tions declared that two points in today's
deliberations could be depended upon:
First That no contests will be decided
as Governor Hadley desires until the
matters of contests has been gone Into
ar.d returned from the committee on
credentials.
Second That there will be no compro
mise candidates until the Taft and Roose
velt forces have tested their strength
further in roll calls.
Interest in the . proceedings at .the
Coliseum increased rather than dimin
ished today and the scramble for tickets
was renewed by hundreds who were un
able to get into the hall yesterday.
McKinley Is Confident.
Up to the very moment the convention
was called to order the Taft managers
labored mightily to maintain their nar
row hold on the majority. All through
the night and morning delegates crowded
the anterooms and conference rooms of
Director McKinley' s headquarters where
McKinley and his aides argued and
Ek-aued with them to remain firm.
McKinley neglected everything else to
labor with tie delegates. When it was
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time to start for the convention he ex
pressed confidence that the Taft vote
in the convention today would be fully as
strong as tfttas yesterday. .
"The Taft forces will stand together
exactly as they did yesterday," , he said,
"if there Is any shifting we will gain as
much as, If not more than we lose."
Veto May Prevent
Summer Maneuvers
WASHINGTON, June . President
Taft's veto of the army appropriation bill
may prevent this year's maneuver camps
of the regular army and the national
guard.
iu musi 01 uie siaies me camps were
ordered for. before the middle of July.
Preparations have been made for the en
campment of northwester states troops.
Including Colorado; Washington . and
Idaho, on July 21. '
The bill vetoed by the president con
tained an appropriation of -11,360,000 to
pay in part the expenses of the encamp
ments. Today an effort was begun to
induce the president to forward to the
congress a special message urging that
the appropriation for the encampment
be authorized so that It may not be nec
essary to postpone them.
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THIRTEEN KILLED IN MINE
To Watch Father's Fight
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tar way to convcxm:;-:
New Workings at Hastingi, Colo.,
Wrecked by Explosion.
FIRE BOSS THOMAS IS DEAD
All the Other Victims Who Were
Encaged in Development Work
Are Foreigners AH Die
of Suffocation.
TRINIDAD, Colo., June W.-Thtrteen
miners are entombed and are believed
to be dead as a result or an explosion
in the rew slope of the Hastings ' mine
of the Victor ' American Fuel company
shortly after midnight. Another miner,
badly injured, has been rescued. The
mine Is located eighteen miles north of
Trinidad.
The main slope Is badly caved and res
cuers have been able to make but little
progress. Rescue equipment Is being
ruched to the scene.
The mine officials believe the explosion
was caused by a "windy shot," which set
off a quantity of gas. The explosion took
place in the new stope of the matne 3,000
feet from the mouth of the mine, where
development work is In - progress. The
fourteen men who were in the night shift
were shot-flrera and entrymen. A larg?
force of resouers from adjoining mine
is at work.
Rescuers who entered the mine early
today returned soon afterward with
Greek, who was badly burned. A num
ber Of bodies have been located. Ac
cording to the mine superintendent, who
came out after a hasty investigation, both
the main slope and the new air
course, the only means of exit, are badly
caved. He thinks the thirteen men were
killed. Air Is being forced into tho
wrecked entry and the rescuers hope to
recover the bodies within a few hours.
, The Hastings mine Is one of the larg
est producers in the southern Colorado
fields. The malrt portion of the colliery
has not been damaged.
The coroner's office here, has received
an order for thirteen coffin.
Fire Boss Killed.
John Thomas, fire boss, la believed to
have lost his life. The other victims are
believed to be foreigners. The new mine
taps what is known as the "B" seam of
coal, which lies below the "A" seam, or
old workings, and which has been driven
a distance of 4,500 , feet. The explosion
took place near the face of the new work
ings shortly before 10 o'clock last night.
No concussion' was felt even In the im
mediate vicinity of the mine and the
first warning of the disaster came when
a night watchman- saw some smoke is
suing from the mouth of the new slope
shortly before midnight.
Superintendent Cameron and party suc
ceeded In locating a, number of bodies
behind heavy falls and no hope is held
out that any are alive. -
Cameron believes those, who were killed
died of suffocation. The wrecked slope
is slowly being cleared of poisonous
gases.
Mrs. Smith Faints
at Sight of the Gun
that Killed Husband
Overcome by the sight of the ugly re
volver that dealt death to her husband
when Ezra E. Koonts pulled the trigger,
Mrs. Frank W. Smith fainted during
Koontz'a trial for murder before Judge
Willis O. Sears.
Witnesses of the ihootlng were about
to be asked to Identify the weapon. Paul
F. Stelnwender, assistant to County At
torney James P. English, secured the gun
from the exhibit case and handed It to
his chief. With a little cry Mrs. Smith
swooned. She was assisted to the court's
chambers, where she was resuscitated.
The state rested before noon and the
defense offered testimony of neighbors
and fellow employes of Koonts that he
acted queerly during the weeks preceding
the killing of Smith. Testimony as to
numerous cases of insanity among the
ancestors and relatives of Koonts was in
troduced. The defense will be concluded
with the testimony of expert witnesses
on mental diseases, who are expected to
give opinions that Koonts was insane
when he killed Smith.
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DR. KNABE MURDER CASE
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