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GOING ON A VACATION? Keep posted on doings at home by having The Bee mailed to you. i Address changed as often as desired. JL JL Omaha Da LY THE WEATHER. Fair; Wanner VOL. XLII-NO. 67. OMAHA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1912-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Ml CONVICTS ESCAPE FROM BULL PEN TO PRISON YARD Authorities, with Aid of Militia and Firemen, Succeed in Restoring Semblance of Order. FURTHER TROUBLE IS FEARED Call Issued for Two Companies of Militia from Lansing. ONE PRISONER SHOT BY DEPUTY Man, Running Toward Wall Refuses to Halt When Called, EXTRA GUARDS ARE SWORN IN Aetna! Condition Inside the Walls ' Are Not Known,' as Officials Refuse to Give Oat Infor- matlon. JACKSON. Mich., Sept. 3.-Rlotlng con victs of Jackson prison, overcoming all restraint todiy, entered the prison bull pens and liberated about seventy-five fel low prisoners. An hour later the prison authorities had the convicts apparently cowed by the presence of Jackson militia companies and firemen and special offi cers who hurried, to the scene immediately after the outbreak. One fleeing convict failing to halt when ordered was shot down by a guard tsday. The prisoner was running across the yard when told to stop and refusing he was dropped with a bullet from the gun in the hands of a special deputy. When the prisoners reached the yard they began ruining everything within reach and fearing they would set the factories on fire, the city fire department was summoned and are now aiding in an endeavor to subdue the rioters. Hundreds of shopmen and others are on the streets surrounding the prison, and the special police, hastily summoned, are having trouble in keeping the crowds orderly. About seventy-five convicts were In the bull pens which were opened by the inmates and practicaJly every prisoner secured weapons of some kind soon after gaining his liberty. Knives, hammers, barrel staves, etc., were used by the con victs in an endeavor to overpower the guards stationed inside the prison walls. On seeing the fire department enter the prison yards many of the mutineers fled back into the prison, while others hid in the, various factory buildings, hoping , to climb' over the prison walls when an opportunity presented itself.- . It is said three convicts scaled - the walls and are now at large. Members of the two local national guard companies were rushed, -to. the prison in automobiles. All militiamen going to the prson are heavily armed. v.."-' ': ' .; Prison officials fear that the worst has not yet come and in addition to the two local militia companies, numbering about NiO men, the Lansing company of the Michigan National Guard was asked for. Every citizen who. can be induced to act as a special guard is being rushed to the prison, first being armed. The supply of firearms at the prison has been exhausted and heavy Inroads are being made on the supply in the various hardware stores of the city. : A number of newspaper correspondents are said to have been sworn In as dep uties and are unable to send reports to their papers, every man being, placed under oath to remain silent regarding con ditions inside the walls. Becker Refuses to Plead; Case Set for Trial September 12 NEW YORK, Sept. S.-On the applica tion of District Attorney Whitman, the case of Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, charged with the murder of Herman Ro senthal was transferred today from the court of general sessions to the crim inal branch of the .supreme court before Justice John W. Goff, extraordinary term. , Becser, when arraigned, still re fused to plead, acting on his counsel's advice, that the Indictment had been "Im properly and illegally found." By direc tion of Justice Goff a technical plea of not guilty was entered for the prisoner. Counsel for Becker protested that he was not ready to go to trial but Justice Goff quickly overruled four motions for delay and set the trial for September VL To the surprise of all, Becker s lawyer did not ask for a change of venue. He requested, however, that the trial be set for some time about the middle of Octo ber, when the "present hyster'a and clamor" should have subsided. -Aside from the arraignment of Becker, most interesting of the day's develop ments in the . Rosenthal case was the discovery by the district attorney's office of two alleged hiding places for posslbU state w'tnessos conducted by the so called "vice trust" in Hoboken, N. J., and Centervllle, N. T., and the report that a sum of money belonging to Becker had been traced to Port Jervis, N. Y. Thomas Coupe, met today by detec tives in Liverpool, is one of the few actual eye witnesses, to the murder of Herman Rosenthal. He left New Tork last Tuesday on the Lusitana. District Attorney Whltmen said at the time h feared attempt to spirit away witnesses. ARMY OF DMAHANS TO T he Only Good Monopoly STORM LINCOLN Roosevelt Cancels Speaking Dates in Southern Illinois TERRE HAUTE, Ir.d, Seyt 8.-On ac count of the condition o. his throat Colo nel Roosevelt was obliged to ijive up a speaking tour througn southern Illinois which had been planned for him today. Frank H. Funk of Bloomlngton, 111., pro gressive - candidate for governor, , anl Chauncey Dewey of Chicago, one of the Illinois progressive leaders, boarded the -colonel's train at Indianapolis and in formed him that thjey had engaged a spe cial train for him, which was waiting at Terre Haute. He was expected to speak at Paris, Mattoon, Pana, Shelbyville and Hlllsboro. The colonel said that he could not undertake the trip, but would speak at Mattoon, where his train stopped, with out boarding the special The colonel was greeted by a crowd at the station when his train arrived. He shook hands with all who could reach him during the ten minutes' stop, but said he was too hoarse to attempt to speak. Raising a large bouquet of flowers, the present of a woman in the crowd, the former president of the United States elicited cheers which continued until his train moved away. President Wood of Wool Trust Enters Plea of Not Guilty BOSTON, Sept 4.-W. M. Wood, presi dent of the American Woolen company, pleaded not guilty , in the superior court today to an indictment charging htm with conspiring to distribute dynamite in Lawrence during the textile strike in that city last winter. ' Assistant' District Attorney Lavelle tqld the court that the ball of 16,000 had been furnished by a commissioner last week and was satisfactory. Samuel L. Powers, .attorney . for Mr. Wood, said that he had no time to be come acquainted with the case' and there fore did not know whether he would ask for a speedy trial. It was expected that two other men in dicted in connection with the case, Dennis J. Collins, a Cambridge dog fancier, and a prominent Boston merchant whose name has not yet been disclosed by the district attorney would be brought into court later in the day. , ' The identity of the third man indicted en the conspiracy charge became Jtnqwn today' when Fred E. Atteaux1 surrendered at police- headquarters. He is a member ot; F. Er. Atteaux & Co., dye and color manufacturer of this city. Atteaux was taken into court shortly after his surrender.' Automobiles and Trains Carry More Than Thousand to State . Fair Today. ROAD CONDITIONS MUCH BETTER" : . V Fredrickson After Trial Spin Says Going is E(cellent. ' CHAINS ON TIRES NOT NEEDED Farmers Dragging Bad Stretches to Help Automobile Folk. PENNANTS AND FLAGS TO WAVE Omaha Boosters Arm -Themselves with Banners, Streamers, Tin Horns, Gongs, Bella and . Everything. Forty Lives Lost by ; - Floods in Vicinity : of Pittsburgh, Pa, PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. I.-The num ber of fatalities arising from the floods of Monday morning in western Pennsyl vania, the Panhandle of West Virginia and eastern Ohio was increased to forty today when it became known that John Demstel, his wife and two children were missing from the ruins of their home on Chartiers creek and Canonsburg, Pa. , Food in some sections is scarce because railroad communication has been cut off, but caravans of loaded wagons are mak ing their, way over badly washed roads, bearing needed supplies. Sanitary officers In the ' western Penn sylvania towns are already at work, and large forces of . men are cleaning streets and buildings. In some villages entire families are shoveling mud out of their houses. The Chartiers valley from Washington, Pa., to McKees Rocks, Pa,, where the little stream empties into the Ohio river, Is a scene of devastation- Ten thousand acres of growing corn has been ruined. Thousands of tons of hay floated away on the muddy torrent ' The demage to manufacturing plants will be very heavy. HILLES WILL PUBLISH LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS NEW YORK, Sept 3.-Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the republican national com mittee, announced today that a complete record of all contributions to the cam paign fund of the republican jrty will be made pJbltc shortly after October 15. The Weather ; FOR NEBRASKA Generally fair: somewhat cooler in north and west por- j FOR IOWA Generally fair; warmer In liii mcaai iMjt nun. - . ' ; rw- . . n , v . . I Temperature, .at Omaha Yesterday. Hours. , ueg. R ii. m. ' ,.68 a. m.. ......68 sf 7 a. m. ....... ...... 73 .& 8 a. m 0 9 a. m..... ...69 W a. m ...TO H a. m J..72 Urn. .....79 1 p. m 79 2 p. m .....79 3 p. m ..81 4 p. ra.... 81 5 p. m. ............ .84 . 6 p. m 4 .7 p. m. -.83 S p. in ..sl Strikers Tear Up Tracks to Prevent . Shipment of Coal CHARLESTON, W. Va., Sept 3,-Mar- tlal law was proclaimed in the strike af fected district along Vacant and Cabin creeks today. The move was precipitated by. the destruction oC. railroad property by the striking miners, " who tore up tracks in an attempt to stop the shipment of coal. There are more than 6,000 of the strikers, all of whom are declared to be armed with rifles. ' The express office at Cabin Creek was broken into and boxes of ammunition and rifles were broken open by the strikers, but before they could get away with them the militia put in an appearance and captured the loot " Two machine guns, 15,000 rounds of ammunition and more than a hundred rifles, consigned to a coal company, were confiscated. . AU wires from the strike zone have been cut end communication between the various military posts is Impossible. r. v rat 335sBi First Ohio Returns Against Women's Vote COLUMBUS, O., Sept t The first 100 precincts in the city of Cleveland in the constitutional election today show 6,345 votes against woman suffrage to 3,908 for. A liquor license law was approved by 7,094 to 1,937. Initiative and referendum was approved by 8,528 to 1,816. ' Indicatolns were that most of the forty two amendments except suffrage would carry in Cleveland. ' " . "I have quit keeping track," said Man ager Parrtsh of the pulbiclty bureaa of the Commercial club, yesterday eveaig, when asked for the latest figures on the crowd "that is oglng to Lincoln for Lin coln day at the state fair today. "They have been coming In so fast this after noon and have called up so much about the condition of roads that I have not been able to keep track of all of them." At noon between 900 and 1,000 had prom ised to make the trip. v ' and Lincoln will be excellent. .Many who telephoned in from along the way last night said they would be fine today. Her man Peters last night telephoned from Springfield that he had run to Millard, then to Louisville and Springfield and found the roads in fine condition. "Never better," was his remark. Between 4 and ( o'clock in the evening automobile parties called constantly at AkSar-Ben head quarters, 1717 Douglas ' street, for their pennants, badges and letters of instruc tions. All were enthusiastically declaring they would make the auto trip. Roads Are All Right. George Freighter, a druggist from Louisville, was In Omaha in th emorning and said that if the weather remained clear and a fair breeze should come up the roads would be in excellent shape. J. J. Derlght telephoned to Louisville in the afternoon and learned that the good road boosters there were dragging the road from Papllllon to Louisville and that it was getting Into good condition. H. E. Fredrickson, chairman of the country roads committee of the Commercial club, was out some fifteen miles on the road during the day and sala it could be trav eled wtlhoiit a' chain. , Pennants Will Fly. The letter of instruct'on given to those who called for pennants and badges, In structed them to fly the pennants from the automobiles just before entering Lin-cqln-ivAnlOraaha , day badge, -and. Omaha key wertf- urlshedMoeach;' There will be" plenty of ; nbliemtahff by the Omaha ' crowd, which goes by train. Many are taking bells and gongs. Twenty-five orv more newsboys went to Lincoln yesterday afternoon to help, later arrivals make the welkin ring. 'It Is hoped by the pushing the move ment that if for any reason some find they cannot go by automobile, they will take the trains In order that the represen tation from Omaha may measure up to the forecasts. , All the automobiles are to congregate in front of the Lincoln hotel, Ninth and P streets at Lincoln at 11:30 In the morn ing. An automobile parade of the streets of Lincoln will start from there. The train service from Omaha this morning wlfl be as follows: - : BurlIngton-7:45, 8:20, 9:15, 9:45 a. m. Rock Island 7:30, 8:00 a. m. NEXT GOVERNOR OF STATE OF VERMONT TO BE REPUBLICAN GIVES BLOOD TO SAVE SISTER Corpuscles Pumped . from Judge Crawford to Miss May Crawford. OPERATION AT WISE MEMORIAL For Fifteen Minutes Brother and Sister Were on Operating Table . While Blood Was Trans, fused. Four Persons Perish as Great Fire Rages BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 3. Four lives were lost and property valued at tlOO.OOO de stroyed by fire which wiped out the busi ness section of Bellevue, Idaho early to day. The victims were caught in a hotel which was burned to the ground. One of the dead Is Robert L. Hodgln of Boise. PEACE CONVERSATIONS ' V TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED CONSTANTINOPLE," Sept ' S. ! The Turco-Itallan peace "conversations'' have been temporarily suspended. The reason given is that some of the points raised by the, Italian delegates in their confer ences with the Turks in Switzerland re quire examination by the porte. The opinion that an ultimate understanding wiil be reached is hopefully expressed in official circles here. N. J. DOUGHERTY SUES v PEORIA SCHOOL BOARD m v ST. LOUIS, Sept S.-Newton J. Dough. erty, former superintendent of schools at Peoria, III., recently released from the Illinois penitentiary, filed suit in the cir cuit court here .today to -reclaim property which he declared he transferred under misapprehension to the school board of Peoria. He alleges the school board never proved its claim against him and that he Is entitled to the property. ARGUMENT IN BRIGGS- HIERS CASES POSTPONED -PAPILLION, Neb., Sept. 3, (Special Telegram.) The arguments for a change of venue In the case of Chief of Police John Brlggs of South Omaha and Sheriff Hiers of Lancaster county, charged with the killing of Roy Blount were postponed today by agreement. Ex-Senator Burkett of Lincoln, who is attorney for Hiers, was unable to be present The court later will set a date for hearing of the arguments. Ynanff Woman Drinks Add. STANBERRTMo.. Sept. 3. When her ffi-vear-old dauenter of J. A. Moore, father refosea ts Tier tn ' coliepe vesterdav afternoon. Merle Moore, the cash'er of the Farmers 3nd Merchants bank iere, drtim acid ena was dead in a few minutes.'- Her father thinklnir she was drinking only 'water, ignored ber, ur.tll he saw her fall. In an attempt to save the lifo of hit nanaemlc sister. May Crawford, of 707 anaemic sister, May Crawford," of . 7.07 of Wymore, Neb., Monday ' afternoon permitted, his, heart, . to puma- through the wivif ui ' ill iriL rni vvr a . Muni v Huh' red blood at Wise Memorial hos pital. v,.-:;:: -i" - ' V' ":. i For fifteen minutes the ex-police Judge of Wymore lay on the operating table, beside his sister suffering pain without an anaesthetic, hoping against hope that his sacrifice would bring his sister back to health. . "While the sturdy lawyer's face went white from the loss of blood, his sister's face took on a rosy nue and after the operation and transfusion of. blood, thir teen stitches were taken In Mr. Craw ford's wrist, but Ws siser Tallied and gradually became ' better ' asd it ' is thought her ultimate rccovwy will be the result . ' Miss May Crawford Is well known among the younger set of Omaha and for the last six months has been employed as cashier at the Fred Bonness , Provis ion company, 2231 Leavenworth street Her condition however, has ; gradually been . gromlng worse, until . about two weeks ago she was forced to stop work, ing. . - ' , ':.-,,' A consultation among doctors brought out the fact that her life could be saved only by transfusion " of blood. Her brother, who is practicing law in that town, heard of this and promptly of fered himself as a. sacrifice. Dr. E. C. Henry was chosen to transfuse the blood from the brother to sister. j The brother and s'ster were placed side by side . on . the-- operating table. No anaesthetic could be given Mr. Crawford and cocaine was applied locally. An in cision six Inches long was made In his left wrist . and the . large artery taken out and severed. A small slit was made In the sister's arm Just below the elbow and the vein severed. The brother's vein was Inserted Into that of the sister's and for fifteen minutes his rich red blood was pumped into the 'elns of his sister. Following the operation Mr. Crawford's arm was mended and after learning that his sister would probably recover, he left, ' ate supper . down town and last ! night went to the Den where he was In itiated Into the mysteries of King Ak-Sar-Ben's SIrkus.' ! ', Miss Crawford Is now entirely out of danger and the attending doctors say she will recover rapidly. Chattanooga Police Hide Three Alleged Murderers from Mob CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept S. Chattanooga police thwarted a mob that threatened to lynch three negroes early today by spiriting theprlsoners to a se cure hiding place, and ' after the 600 or 700 men had searched cells In the city jail and the central police station, without result, then peacefully dispersed, There was practically no disorder as thej mob marched through the streets. The negroes wefe accused of the recent murder o a pouSoernan. , '. , '' " 'V ' ": ' . LONDON DEHJESCANAl STORY British Foreign Officer Says Arbitra tion Report is Premature. STILL WORKING ON PROBLEM It Slay Ask to Hare It Referred to ' The Hague or Hay Proceed t Won Other Lines of , , '.' ' Action. - ' Big Elevator in ' Chicago is Burned CHICAGO, Sept. 2-One of the large grain elevators of the National Malting company at One Hundred and 'Third street and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne A Chicago yards was destroyed by fire to day. The loss was estimated at 1250,000. Fifty workmen in the -elevator wh-n the j fire broke out escaped without injury. THREE ARE DROWNED WHEN R0WB0AT IS OVERTURNED GAINSFORD. Alberta, Sept 3. -Three persons were drowned when their rowboat was overturned by a sudden windstorm on Island lake, near here, today. The Dead: ROBERT BISSETT. MRS. CHRISTOPHER JOHN80N. . FIVE-TEAR-OLD ' DAUGHTER ; OF BISSETT. ' All were residents of this place. Chris topher Johnson was rescued. The four were members of a holiday pleasure party and went out for a row on the lake. LONDON, Sept. 3. A . complete dis avowal is given this morning by th British foreign office of the so-called of ficial announcement , that the British, government will formally demand arbi tration on the Panama canal tolls question.-.'' : ' . "The lines of action which. He before the British government no- are being considered and an announcement of the kind Is' premature." : .. The report which was printed here last night said the British government had decided to make a formal demand upon the United States government for arbi tration for Its claim the Panama toll act, as presented recently by the United States congress, violates tho Hay-Pauncefote treaty.:- . .: . 1 ' ' v: ' j Tho demand. It was stated, will be made under the arbitration convention of W. Great Britain's contention will bo that the question at Issue does not affect the vital interest, Independence .or honor of the United States and therefore it is clearly within the scope of the 190S convention, since the matur to be arbitrated Is not an act of congress, but an interpretation of article Hi of ' the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. " Three Lines of , Action. WASHINGTON, Sept 3.-No less than three separate and distinct "lines of ac tion" are open to the British government in dealing with the problem raised by the passage of . the Panama canal tolls act. It is assumed here that because there Is mora than one available avenua for British shipping to seek relief the British Foreign office has said the notice of an appeal for arbitration was prema ture. ' ' k ' . President Taft has Indicated one method by, which, the problem may be attacked. Congress, however, did not think well of the suggestion. That was to include In the act a paragraph giving . Jurisdiction to American courts to pass upon whether the act constituted a discrimination against British snipping in violation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. , Another means of dealing with the British grievance would be to allow any British ship owner to test under existing law before sny United States cdurt his right to ue the canal under the treaty' on term of equality with American ship owners. Chairman Adamson of the housa committee on Interstate and foreign com ' mcrcQ and many senators and Other rep resentatives have declared that if British rights have been infringed there already was a remedy In the statutes. The last avenue Is relief through arbi tration, although many publicists have held that owing to changes of sovereignty over the canal xohe and other, events de veloped since the Hay-Pauncefote treaty Great Britain has no actual right to de mand arbitration. ' '-' ' ' As the canal cannot bo opened for a year and a half there wUI be ample time for the British Foreign office to elect which method of relief shall be employed. MOOSERS LACK IN NUMBERS Forced to Take Recess in Conven tion to Hustle Up More, i QUESTION OF BOSSES COMES UP Colonel Jenkins of Fnirbury and John C. Spreacher of Schnyler Insist the Delegates Name '..: th eTirket. (From a Staff Correspondent)' ', LINCOLN, Sept t 3.-(Bpeclal.)-Bul moosers endeavored to meet in state con vention this afternoon, but were . forced to take an -adjournment before placing a ticket. In fiie field linyi the fequlslte and legal number of subscribers ttf 'the party tenets could bs secured. , Only 150 mooseri were in the convention hall, and after a number of dlliatory motions were made and objected to by delegates, Frank P. Corrlck came out openly and admitted that nothing could be done under the law that would have any legal effect until &a) signers were secured, When this fact sank deep enough Into the perceptolns of the assembled mooses they agreed to ad journ until 7 o'clock and a number Of the more active members of' the' party ere sent out to hustle up necessary signa tures. '."...'"' j"' '"Y ; --:'- Shall Bosses 'RaleV' " ' ' The convention spent considerable time wrangling over a motion whether nom inations should be left to a committee, which meant that the party bosses would practically dictate them, or. whether tho convention called for the purpose should make the nominations, A committee of an advisory character was finally named and then the convention took a recess to permit more active mooters to give the call to bring In the necessary 500. Telegrams were sent out during the afternoon to various candidates on the republican ticket, catechising them as to their stand on matters-that may become Issues In thq campaign. It was not so much as to their fealty to republican principles and nominees as to what they might do on special questions, such as fraternal insurance rates and the like. j ' The convention was called to order in the city Auditorium, with Judge Arthur May of New York In the chair. J. L. McBrlen moved that a committee be appointed on resolutions. The chair man appointed . J.. U, . McBrlen, Nathan Merrlam, D. C. Vandusen, J. U. Gibbon and W. C. Bolt , . A motion that a committee be appointed on nominations met with considerable op position,' led by Colonel Jenkins of Fair bury. Colonel Jenkins said it looked as If the matter had been fixed up before hand and he did not believe In that way of doing business. The mover of the mo tion accepted an amendment that the committee be only an advisory .committee and reler nominations back to th con vention. ' - " ; ' Colonel Jenkins objected, saying that It might not be the idea of the convention to make any nominations at all. - Books at Fair Grounds.' J. L. WcBrian then made announce ment that the books of the party would be st 'the fair grounds, where all could sign who wished to Join the moosers. The previous question was then taken up again with considerable discussion, several . being opposed to a committee doing the work that, the convention should do. C. B. Manuel, superintendent of the Industrial school at Kearney, favored the appointment-of the committee. Tho Idea seemed to prevail among some of the delegatus that the committee would take away the otk which the convention should do. . John C. Sprechor, who was supposed to bo the secretary of the convention. but who was continually on ' th floor, opposed bitterly any scheme that seemed to look like a peananged plan that smacked too much of'bosslsm. The ; motion, ' however, : carried . about one-fourth of . the delegates voting against.! ', r . ''. , : The -chair appointed W. B. Carmen at large; First district, W. S. Jay; Second district C E. 'Byers; Third district J. W. ; Nation; Fourth district, F. B. Loss in Party Vote Probably Suffi " , cient to Throw, Election Into Legislature. 6. 0. P. LAWMAKERS IN THE LEAD Bull Moose Candidate for Executive Third in Race. DEMOCRATS MAKE SLIGHT GAINS Encroachment on Republican Totals About Twenty Per Cent. , . RAIN INTERFERES WITH VOTING Prohibitionist 'Candidate Increases ft umber of Ballots a Little, but Socialists Make No Gain ; at AIL WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. Sept 8. Returns for "governor In the state election in 100 out of :t6 cities and towns gave: ',. Fletcher, republican, 10,208; Howe, demo ctat, 0,0u; Metsger, progressive, 5,508; Smith, prohibition. 851; Suiter, socialist 259. Same places In 1910 nave: ' Mead, .republican, I3,tSfi; Watson, demo crat, 5,353; Towlcs. prohlbit'on, 444; Ord-V way; socialist, 268. ' t WHITE R,IVER JUNCTION, Sept. -Roturns for governor in the state election today from fifty out of the 246 cities and towns gave Fletcher, republican, 4,737. Howe, democrat, 1.777; Metsger, , pro grenslve, 1,520; Smith, prohibition, 24; Bulter, socialist, 123. .; The same places in 1910 gave: Repub lican, 5.913; democrat &W; prohlbtlon. 185; socialist,. M. . , :, j Republican Loss Not Iarfre. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt, Sept 3 Returns for governor In the stats eleo t'on from one-fifth of the small towns and. non. of ,the six cities showed a per cent loss by tho republicans com pared with 1910, the greater part going to tho progressives. although the demo crats also made gains. Early returns indicated no election bjr the people, but a probable election of the republican candidate for governor by ths new legislature. The first returns came from the town of Woodstock and gave- the vote for rep resentative In the legislature as follows: Billings, republican, 833; Robinson, pro gressive, asi; Csntfield, independent, 44. The town in 1910 . gave the following vote tor goverpor: Meade, republican, 247; Watson, democrat, 35.. i " Returns for governor from Shsewsbury gave:'- Fletcher republican,5 821 Howe, democrat, IS; Meizger, progressive, 49. ' The vote for "governor in 1910 was: Meade, republican, li8; Watson, demo crat, 25. ' ' ' ' Rainstorm' In Morning. A three days' rainstorm still was beat ing down on both sides of ' the Green mountains of Vermont today when voting' began. ' ': "' " The republicans maintained that there was sufficient' party loyalty to elect Allen M. Fletcher, of Cavendish governor in spjte of ,the storm. ;The progressive man agers relied .on the steadfastness of th followers of the new movement to bring out a substanyal vote for Rev. Fraier Metsger, the paVty leader, wnlle the dem ocratlo leaders were confident of polling, the full party strength for Harlan Howe. Followers of the prohibition and social- . 1st parties looked for the customary vols for the ticket leaders, Clement F. gmlth for, the former and Fred W. .Suiter for the socialists. ' ' - , . - Many politicians pointed out today that while the' total registration In the state at each election in the last' twenty-Hve years, was close to 120.000 It . has been seldoni that more than 55 to 60 per cent of those enrolled to vote have come to1 the polls. " " No polltlcat apathy was expected to-' day, but to guard against It nearly every, voting place was well equipped with cabs and motor cars to bring the aged and in-' firm to the polls. . . The reenter Australian voting system obtains In Vermont Chances for repeat ing were said to be minimised, for, nearly all the ballot clerks know each voter personally. ' t , (Continued on Second Psge.) V ''' ' ; v .. ' " " ' ' TROOPER AND HORSE v KILLED BY LIGHTNING BISBEE, Aris.. Sept. 3. -Trooper 8ad- dlcr ot the Fourth United States cavalry was struck by lightning and killed while ridlnr near Fort Huachuca today. Eight cartridges in his belt were exploded. His horse also wss killed. Why should I use Bee Want Ads? Ask yourself this question, . and this is how tve would answer you: Because you can save yourself much worry and trouble. If you want help if you want a tenant if you would sell real es tate or any one of a thous and other things all you need do is to send your; me&sage into thousands of homes - through the wast ad columns of The Bee. . The cost is a trifle the re sults are sure. TYLER 1009