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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY JNEWSJOURNAS , , , , . . NORFOLK NKBHASICA FRIDAY Jt'LV 28 .11)11. ) NEBRASKA IS 'SOLID ' FOR TAFT REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION ENDORSES WITH A WHOOP. INSURGENTS GET THE ROLLER Little Dand of La Follette Agitators Who Seek to Prevent Endorsement ' of President Taft , Find Republicans of Nebraska Are Republicans. Lincoln , July 2G. Nebraska republi cans In convention here gave Presi dent Taft and his administration Htrong endorsement and effectively blocked a'l ' efforts of n small band of insurgent delegates to arouse sym pathy for Senator Robert M. La Fol- lotto oC Wisconsin as a presidential candidate. The Insurgents lacked a leader and were out-generaled by Victor Hosowat- r and his delegation from Omaha. Ucfore the Insurgents could got a chance to Introduce resolutions from the lloor , the regulars had rushed through a motion providing that all resolutions should bo referred to a committee which was given power to draw up a llnal report. Chairman A. W. Jefferles of Omaha then named a committee of seven members of which flvo were strong friends of Mr. Taft and of which Mr. Hoscwater was made chairman. From this point the possibilities of n lighten on the floor over the endorsement of Mr. Taft went glimmering. Endorse Taft With a Whoop. Dcsplto their early announcement that they would not assent to a Taft endorsement on any conditions , the Insurgents failed to make oven n show of a light or objection when the plat form resolution was finally presented. The resolution went through with a whoop by a rising vote during which several of the Insurgents were dls covered on their feet. An attempt to have the convention Instruct the resolutions committee to refrain from endorsing any Individual candidate met with summary treat ment. I. D. Evans of Adams county secured the floor for this purpose but lie was howled down by other dele gates and gavelcd out of order by 'Chairman ' Jefferles before ho could read his resolution. This was as far txs the Insurgents could get with their fight to pi event a Taft endorsement. Insurgent Activity Slumps. Fron this juncture the much vaunt ed insurgent opposition slumped to nothing. The Wild Willow and Wash ington county delegations , which had been most active In the movement quit the contest when It was learned that there was no possibility of minority report from the resolutions committee. Out of the total of 855 votes In the convention it was said by regular leaders that the Insurgents could not mus'ter a following of more than ICO delegates. The resolutions adopted follows : "Rejoicing In the glorious record of the republican party which has given the nation the illustrious names of Lincoln , Grant , Garflold , McKinley , Roosevelt and Taft and reaffirming our devotion to republican principles , we , the republicans of Nebraska , con gratulate the country on Us progress ami prosperity under the wise guid ance of -republican president. " "Tho arbitration treaties whose ne gotiations ho has inspired , mark a not able step toward world peace and In only lesser degree , his tactfulness in maintaining neutrality and avoiding international complications during revolution elution in Mexico. Ho has demon strated his devotion to the right policy of conservation of our natural re sources. Ho Is prosecuting the illegal trusts and combines without fear or favor. Ho Is Instituting reforms In the administration of the government which make for economy and efficien cy. We have every confidence In the unselfish patriotism and conscientious devotion to public duty of William Ilowaid Taft and wo heartily endorse his statesmanlike administration. " \Ve commend our republican rep resentatives in both branches of con gress for the conscientious and pa triotic manner in which they have met the great issues confronting them. "Under republican Gov. Chester Aid- rich and his republican associates in the state house , the affairs of the state are being administered with whole re gard to the public Interest and the laws fearlessly and Impartially en forced. "Tho state Instlttnlons are being re organized and conducted on more businesslike basis but with every due consideration for the wards of the state. Stand By University. "The railroad and public servlcf : corporations are being restrained fron extortion and unjust discrimination The rights of the people are beltif > safeguarded In every direction t Lo < make the Nebraska motto 'equalit ; before the law' a living reality. "For all this the republican part ty ; rightfully claims credit , as also for tin progressive legislation whoso enacl nient has been possible only by the cc operation of republican lawmakers aiv the approval of a republican execv . tive , no less than for the blocking b executive veto of vicious or purol partisan measures proposed solely fa political effect. "Nebraska has always taken prld in its educational institutions and w pledge liberal support to the stat university iu all of its branches an ( Continued on eighth page. ) . n. * . CONDITION OFJIIE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hours. Forecast for Nebraska , Maximum SO Minimum 48 \vcrago G4 Barometer 30.00 Chicago , July 20. The bulletin Is sued by the Chicago station of the United States weather bureau gives tbo forecast for Nebraska as follows : Fair tun ! warmer tonight. Thursday fair. AUTO TURNS , TWO ARE HURT DR. CLAGGETT AND LEW FERGU SON HAVE CLOSE CALL. NEITHER DEAD , FOR A WONDER Car Bccon -inageable While GoIng - Ing Do A/ , _ "Id Rate , and Turns 6V"/0 * nkle , ; ' / the Other r. . ° 'Vv S ' / Fairfax , S. D. , July - c0 to The News : While returning * . 'is- iting a patient the automobile in which Dr. Claggctt and Low Ferguson were riding became unmanageable and the two were violently thrown out when the machine turned turtle , the doctor sustaining a badly sprained and Mr. Ferguson n bruised and sprained shoulder. The wonder Is that both were not killed or more seriously injured , as the machine was traveling at n rapid rate and going down hill when the accident occurred. WILEY MAY GET A MILD "GALL" EVERY INDICATION THAT THIS WILL BE THE LIMIT NO DANGER OF DISMISSAL. Washington , July 26. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson brought the pap ers in the case of Dr. Harvey W. Wil ey to the white house. Ho refused to say what recommendation ho had made to the president regarding the charges against the pure food expert , whoso resignation from the service wafc recommended by the personnel board of the department anil by At torney General Wlckersham. Mr. Wilson reached the white house some time before the cabinet meet ing and had an opportunity to discuss the Wiley case with the president be fore the cabinet meeting began. He said ho did not know whether his recommendation would be acceptable to the president or not. If the recom mendation was not agreeable to the president , he could change It. It was inferred from the tenor of Mr. Wil son's remarks that the recommenda tion was not favorable to Dr. Wiley. There is every reason to believe , however , that Dr. Wiley at the worst will receive but a mild reprimand. Buy Race Horses. West Point , Neb. , July 26. Special to The News : Chris. Schinstock has purchased Tommy Horn , the horse that won the 2:15 : trot at the last race meet at West Point , his best time be ing 2:14V2. : Bud Latta of Tekamah has purchased Louise and Lou Chris tie , both well known speeders. AUTO ACCIDENT 'CAUSES ' SUICIDE MAN WHO DROVE CAR ENDS LIFE BY HANGING FRIEND KILLED BY JUMPING. Wntertown , S. D. , July 26. Crazed by the action of Morton II. Lewis who jumped from a swiftly moving auto and was killed , John Cook , the driver and owner of the car , hanged himself. Both men were wealthy and prominent farmers. It is said Lewis was intoxicated when he jumped from the auto. - Lewis' neck was broken and head frightfully cut by a wheel , and the car badly wrecked , as the driver losl control In trying to hold his passen ger. Lewis leaves n wife and five children. To Regulate Sports. Albany , N. Y. . July 26. The bill es tabllshing n state athletic commlssloi to regulate boxing and sparrinj matches was signed today by Gov Dlx. e WHEDON OUT WITH KNOCK. . g Disappointed Office Seeker Takes Oc caslon to Roast Republicans. ty Lincoln , July 26. C. O. Whedon , on of the leaders of the insurgent move ment , in criticising the action of th 10 republican state convention , toda snld : "When Mr. Taft was Inaugurate id there were In the house 217 ropul llcans and 174 democrats. Two year .11jy jy Inter there were 228 democrats an iy 160 republicans. or "Such was the endorsement receive last November. The'voters were nc dove deeply impressed with 'the unselfis vo patriotism and conscientious devotlo ite to public duty' mentioned yesterda ; ud Surely the republican party "has see better days. " LOVE FEAST AT FBEMONT NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS ADOPT A HARMONY PROGRAM. BRYAN'S NAME NOT MENTIONED No Preference Is Expressed on Presi dential Candidates Hitchcock's Hand , Working for Harmony , Is Ef fective Everybody was Nervous. Fremont , Neb. , July 26. The Ne braska state democratic convention , which had been expected to place Ne braska democrats on record , so fai ns concerned their preference for a presidential candidate a year hence , failed to express Itself on candidates or oifer commendation for its own leaders. For the most part It was only a quiet gathering in session and it was the general harmony program which leaders of various factions had map ped out In advance that was carried out without a greater hitch than to have an individual delegate ask the convention to go on record for presi dential candidates and be ruled out of order by the chairman. This result was not accomplished without much preliminary caucusing but the result was satisfactory to about everybody. Gov. Harmon had a personal repre- sensatlve present at the convention but he soon made It plain to the dele gates that his principal business waste to get acquainted and to look over the western Held. No attempt was made to present the name of the Ohio gov ernor for endorsement and Ben. W. Chamberlain , who came with creden tials from the Ohio executive , stated he was on ground In the interests of harmony within the party as well as to note the feeling as to the candidacy of Gov. Harmon. The gathering was called under the state wide primary law for the pur pose of adopting a platform , the can didates for state offices three su preme judges and two university re gents being selected by direct vote of the democratic electors. The lead ers were in conference as early as Monday morning and until an early hour yesterday they were divided. Representatives of W. J. Bryan and Mayor James C. Dahlman of Omaha labored long to come to an understand ing and It was not * until an agreement was reached to eliminate .ill juention of all Individuals that a common ground was found on which to stand. The influence of United States Sen ator Hitchcock was a factor in all the preliminary negotiations. His wish was to unite all factions and he waseminently successful so far as the convention's action is concerned. Harrington Rules Wooster Out. Chairman M. F. Harrington , who previous to the gathering had Indicat ed some opposition to Mr. Bryan , sounded the keynote of peace In his opening speech. However , ho per mitted Charles Wooster , a delegate from Merrlck county , to offer a mo tion when opportunity afforded , that the convention vote Its preference for a presidential candidate. In doing so he stated to the convention that Mr , Wooster's motion was not unexpected and that he would rule it out of or der because the law provided that the rank and file of the party should ex press that preference In open prim The convention was In an uproar for a moment but it soon subsided and Mr. Wooster was permitted to state that the federal constitution provided for free speech and that he was ex ercislng that right with no wish to embarrass the party organization. Although a liberal minority had fav ored action on the presidential can didacy of Gov. Harmon , the matter was not brought up on the conven tion floor. A general nervousness was evident from the moment the conven tion was called to order and it was not relieved until the delegates were , permitted to give voice to their oppo sition to any action looking to an endorsement of candidates by practi cally "howling down" Delegate Woos ter. Bryan's Name Not There. The platform Is confined to national and state issues on which factions agreed. The name of William J. Bryan was not mentioned nor is re ference made to policies he has here tofore advocated. To reach an agree ment on those points the document was revised no less than three times. Former Gov. Shallenberger was chair man of the committee with Richard L. Metcalfo representing Mr. Bryan and Harvey N. Newbranch of Omaha , an avowed peacemaker , caring for the Interests of Senator Hitchcock and Mayor Dahlman's followers. Pending the report of the resolution committee the convention was turned Into a love feast , and half n dozen candidates for state offices made brief 1C < addresses , 1Ce e- John C. Byrnes was made chairman e10 10 of the state committee and other rou tine matters occupied the convention while awaiting the report of the coin 3d mlltee which was adopted uimnl ibrs mously. rs ad Want Fund for McNamara. Washington , July 20. An appeal foi ed a $500,000 fund to defend J. J. Me ot Namara , the labor man , accused ol sh dynamiting , has been issued by Secretary on rotary Morrison , of the American Federation oration of Labor , to the 2,000,000 mem en ber § of labor unions. He suggests tun it each member contribute 25 cents. AN EFFECTIVE SCARECROW A PIRP I PUT HAREM OUT ( CopyrlKht. ISO. ) At Last They Have Found a Practical Use for the Discarded Harem Skirt. ROOSEVELT NOT ACT CHARGES MADE TO HIS ATTOR NEY GENERAL , BONAPARTE. ABOUT THE HARVESTER TRUST Charges Were Made to Bonaparte When He Was Attorney General Under Roosevelt , That Sttel Trust Rebated $3 Ton to Harvester Trust. Washington , July 2G. Another doc ument of sensatlonaljiOrest ) equal to the steel plate association agreement recently produced , was laid before the Stanley steel trust Investigating com pany today. It was a report by Bur- dette Townsend to former Attorney General Bonaparte during the Roosevelt velt administration on the Internation al Harvester company , the socalled trust. I The report showed that the United States Steel corporation allowed re bates of $3 a ton to the harvester com pany and Mr. Stanley declared that it j j indicated that the giant steel corporaj j tlou and the harvester trust were practically - tically one. I The Townsend report added that the McCormlck Harvester company was "related by marriage to the great American family of trusts1 the Stan dard Oil company. It also referred to J. Plerpont Morgan as "the trust arch itect and builder who receives fabu lous fees for his work. " Attorney General Wickorsham , sum moned as a witness this afternoon , testified that he had never seen the Townsend report until today. He promised that Townsend would testify later. He did not know why the har vester case was not pressed In 1908-09. "I surmised , " he added , "that the case was held up pending the supreme court decisions in the tobacco and Standard Oil cases Involving the same points " UNCLE SAM AFTEJI SHOE MACHINE TRUST ATTORNEY GENERAL WICKER. SHAM DIRECTS PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THEM. Boston. July 26. As the result of an Investigation of the United Shoe Machinery company by Special As sistant Attorney General Gregg , for the depaitment of justice , Attorney General Wickf > rsham today directed United States District Attorney Asa P. French and Mr. Gregg to present to the federal grand jury the evidence ob tained. A special session of the juiy has been called for August 1. NO REVISION THIS SESSION. Taft Hears That No Wool Revision Will Be Successful Now , Washington , July 26. Information came to President Taft today from re publican senate leaders that he need have no anxiety over the possibility of action at this session of congress on a bill revising the wool schedule of the present tariff. Senators Smoot of Utah and Crane ! of Massachusetts , who talked with L the president today , predicted the adjournment - journment of congress August 10 , with i nil bills proposing revision of the wool I tariff defeated. Rumors at the cap ital , however , are that an attempt would bo made by Insurgent senators to tack an amendment revising the wool schedule on the farmers' free list bill. Wool is voted on In the sen ate tomorrow ; the farmers' free list comes up August 1. DES MOINES MAYOR TO SELL VEGETABLES WILL MINGLE SPEECH WITH SALESMANSHIP , AGAINST GROCERY COMBINE. Des Moines , July 26. Mayor James R. Hnnim will mingle speechmaking on the iniquities of the socalled "gro cery combine , " with the buying and selling of vegetables and other farm products on the city hall lawn tomor row , according to an announcement today. While the hucksters.are dis posing of their wares the mayor will explain plans for a permanent market house as the most effective means of solving the high cost of living prob lem. THREE DIE IN A DAKOTA FIRE BLAZE ON A RANCH NEAR TOWN OF PROVO RESULTS IN DEATH OF CHILDREN. Hot Springs , S. D. , July 2G. Fire on the ranch of Fay Ferrln , near Provo , destroyed the Ferrln home , and the three Ferrin children were burned to death. The family lived In Hot Springs until recently. The coroner has been summoned to the scene. SETTLERS MAY LEAVE DRY LAND RELIEF IS GIVEN BY WARREN BILL TO HOMESTEADERS. IN WYOMING , NEBRASKA , DAKOTA Senate Passes Bill Permitting Home steaders to Leave Drouth Stricken Lands Until April 15 , 1912 , Without Loss of Rights. Washington , July 20. The senate today passed the Warren bill allowing homestead claimants in drouth-strick en districts of Wyoming , the Dakotas and Nebraska to leave their lands un til April 15 , 1912 , without loss of any of their rights. TAFT HAS SIGNED RECIPROCITY PACT AT 3:10 : P. M. WEDNESDAY , PRESI DENT ATTACHED HIS SIGNATURE. Washington , July 26. President Taft signed the Canadian reciprocity bill at 3:10 : p. in. Elkhorn Valley's Most Famous Race Horse Is Dead at Neligh SHAlili ON AND HIS OUNIH , JOHN S. KAY. I Neli .1 , . Xc' . .Tulj ir. Sp. cial to ! t The Xe\\fe Pi.i.dtG.i. . the greatest ! paring hoK-e K'l-'d in Nebraska.as I first taken sicit In the early part of j August , lyin , but soon apparently had ! entirely lecovered from his ailment , . but near Thanksgiving time he began I slowly failing again and the end came at SioO Sunday evening. j Shade On was a pacer and was foal- I ed June 22. 1S94 , the property of J. N. i Kay of Ewing , Neb. Soon after he was foaled he broke his left front log just below the knee. The leg was set I and he made a good recovery from the injury SOUH time before ho was a year old. He was broken to harness as a yearling and his training for p. race horse started at that time , as he had a lot of natural speed to start with. | Ho was raced each year as a 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5-year-old , winning the greater ' , percent of his races , among them the Chamber of Commerce stake nt Do- J trolt , and the Wilson stake at Lexlng- ton , Ky. , which are the two most 1m- portant stakes that the slow class pacers race for. The purses that ho \\ini range I from $3 onij to $10,000. Shade On vuis owned at Ewing until 1904. when le was brought to this city by John S. Kay , who purrha ° ed him irom J. N. Kay , in 1906. Since that time he has been In Nollgh at the Hlv erside Park stables until 1909 , when he was movi d to DeKayxlllo Place adjoining the park. Shade On was n great race horse in every sense of the word. He possessed almost human In telllgence In regard to everythlnt about racing , and knew as well wher to try to make the final effort to brim about the defeat of his opponent ai did the driver. Many of the races woi by him were hotly contested and hli opponents wore the best horses o their time. Ho made his mark of 2OS',4 : at In dlannpolis July § , 1903. lie has prov en to bo a great sire of speed am good headed race horses , and his los is keenly felt by the owner and al his friends. His reputation ns a rnci horse became so great that it prac tically put the Elkhorn valley on th t map of every race horseman's mint , where he was known at all. CLASHES MARK LORIMER CASE WITNESSES AND ATTORNEYS IN BATTLE OF WORDS. TRIBUNE MAN ON THE STAND Confession of State Senator White Is Discussed Newspaper Editor Says Running Lorlmcr Bribery ami Bank Story Together la Accident. Washington , July jt ! > . Clash after clash between wltnesbos and attor neys occurred again today at the sun- ate Lorlmor committee hearing during the cross-examination of James ICe-o- ley , general manager and editor of the Chicago Tribune , by Senator Lori- IIUM-'H counsel. The pioccedlngs largely centered around the publication of the socalled confession of state Representative White of the Illinois legislature. Just before the committee recessed Mr. llanecy asked If the Tribune engaged - gaged Alfred Austrian for Its counsel in the Whltc-Lorimor matter , bccnuso of any close relation of Austrian' * firm to the state's attorney olllco In Chicago from Which many Indictments In the matter had emanated. Mr. Koeloy responded that Mr. Aus trian was employed by the Tribune as Its counsel long before the White con fession or the Lorlmcr election ever came up. How Gov. Altgold pardoned former Cashier Louis A. Illllyor of the Chi- cngo Tribune , convicted of embezzle ment , and the claim that the knowl edge of the undervaluation of the Tribune's property for assessment pur poses might have boon a factor in the young man's fall , figured at the out set of the hearing today. Attorney Ilanccey for Lorlmer con tinued the cross-examination of James Kceley , general manager of the Trib une. une.Tho The Tribune's printing of an artlclp about the opening of "Lorlmer's bank" at the end of the Whlto confession story was taken up. Mr. Kocley In sisted that the Juxtaposition of the Lorlmer bank item and the White tory was accidental ; that the former 'as picked from another newspaper copy" In the "make-up" room In or- er to "lit the hole in the page" anj iot because of the subject matter. MORE CHOLERA AT NEW YORK OFFICIALS AT QUARANTINE TO DAY ENGAGED EXAMINING CULTURES. New York , July 26. Ofllclala at the quarantine station \vcro actively en- ; aged this morning in maklm ? bar-ten- logical tests of cultures taken in the sases of nine passengers of the steam- sr Oceanlca. who were taken ill during he voyage from Italy. The Oceanica , vhlch arrived yesterday , had on board " 39 passengers. Three of tha ntna mtlents are suspected of cholera. A nember of the crew of the San Giur- ; lo , which came In yesterday with ib , mssongers l-jt with one stowaway on joard , has developed an Ulucss re- iembllng cholera. The local health department has low two cholera suspects at Bellcvuo lospltal and complete examinations vlll be made today. Edgnr Herrmann , he orderly who attended Manuel Ber- nudes , the Spanish pallor now suffer- ng with cholera nt Swinburne Island , s bomewluit better. The first exam- nation of a blood culture Ja his case ihowed evidence of choleni bacteria. The second test is being completed. The second suspect at nollevuc to -mils Mach , a laborer who was irought to the hospital late last night as a cose of gastro-enterltls. Quarantine olllcinls are not Inclined o believe tl at the suspicious case of sickness on board the British st am- shlp Kirby Bank which uulvud uL 'lerth Amboy , N. J. , is that of cholera. The steamers detained at Quaran tine are the Principe Di Piemonto , San Giorgio , Citta Di Mesina and Oceanica. The passengers of the Principe Di Monte probably will bo eleased this afternoon with the re- inulnlng steerage passengers of the steamer Moltko , who have been de- ained at Hoffman Island were pre pared to land nt Ellis Island. UNDER HIS MACHINE , AUTO OWNER KILLED MAKING REPAIRS , HIS CAR IS CRASHED INTO BY ANOTHER. Now York , July 26. Charles Hlrsh , a manufacturer of Brooklyn , was In stantly killed and John Wotka , a , chauffeur , was fatally injured In an unusual automobile accident early to day on Pelham parkway. Hlrsh had crawled beneath his car to make re pairs when a second automobile crash ed Into It , wrecking both machines and crushing Hlrsh so badly that ho died In a few minutes. The chauffeur of the second automo bile , John Wotkn , had been blinded by the glare of a third automobile and , swerving out , struck the Illrsh ma chine.
