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'AltlSHlP BREAKS;
TITLED PILOTDIES
Ropke's Shortage
May Reach Half
Million Dollars
PINCH0T TO All)
On the Morning of the Departure
rvr
NAME 0. J. SMYTH
TO 0PENMEETING
Omaha Lawyer Chosen Temporary
Chairman of Democratic State
Convention,
STATE COMMITTEE ANTI-BRYAN
Hitchcock, Shall fnberger Forces in
H1RAMJ0HNS0N
Have to -pack this; were taK,n
You most strap op the trunks;
it with vs.
Tne man will b. here soil.
Noted Young British Sportsman Su"
Intimate Friend of Roosevelt Off to
fer Fractured Skull in Ter- j K?
rif ic Fall. i l"
Take Stump for California (
Insurgent.
iholders of Louisvlle Trust Com
,ny Make Up Shortage of
I Speculating Cashier.
FIRST TALKS WITH ROOSEVELT
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DECEASED SON OF BRITISH LOR
After Fatal Accident Flying is Su
pended for Day. ) .
BIPLANE GIVES NO WARNInL
Rolls Was Attempting; to Alight at
Point in Front of Stand.
HAD CROSSED OVER CHANNEL
I'ioitrer F.tiRlUU Aeronautic Katha
' slnst, HolilInK Many Medals for
Daring and lsora Killed In
Competing- (or Prise.
I OUKNKMOUTU. England, July 12. The
flint (lying toun ament o( the year In Eng
land waa brought to a tragic close this
morning- by the dramatic death uf tha
mom daring and popular British aviator,
the Hon. Charles S. Holla, third aon o(
Lord Llangattock. ,
Iq the pitsce of a great company ot
spectators, a majority o( whom were wo
men and children and many personal
friends'' o( the young aviator, the Wright
biplane, un which he was flying, fell sud
denly with terrific jpeed from a height of
1W) feet. .It struck the ground cloae to the
crowded grandstand, amai-hed Into a tan
gltd mass unit before the doctors and their
assistants could reach the spot Rolls was
dead.
The event In which Holla was competing
wan for a prize for the aviator alighting
nearest a given mark. Tha goal waa di
rectly In front of the grandatand, where
the spectators ware mossed. Ha had risen,
to a good height, then shut off his motor
and waa gilding in a broad circle toward
the mark. Without warning the biplane
broke. The machine gave a sudden lurch
and tha framework - crumpled up In the
air. When It struck the ground it waa
smashed to splinters. The doctors found
that Rolls had suffered a fractured akull.
The wreck of the machine and twisted
lavs surrounded the body eo that there
waa difficulty In extricating It.
Flrlu Suspended for Day. '
immediately after the result of Rolla
accident waa known the committee an
nounced that flying would be auapended
for the day.
Lbrd and Lady Llangattock, the parents
of Rolls, did not witness tha accident
They were yachting along tha coast and
put In at Poola near Bournemouth thla
nornlng, Intending to attend the aviation
meeting, .but postponed going until after
noon. " ,' '
:Aidauuf th- win aflatnr;' had a tie
shave, while making a trial -flight' above
the Bournemouth field. Hla monoplane
overturned and descended awiftly to tha
giound. but he escaped without Injury,
Hound Trip Across Channel.
Captain the Honorable Charies Stewart
Hulls, waa 33 years old and waa one of the
most popular young all-around sportsmen
in England. At ballooning, at motoring and
latef In the field of aviation, he had dis
tinguished himself by his utter fearlessness.
Updoubfediy his crowning feat was his
round trip acrose the channel between
Dover and palals in a Wright biplane on
June 2 last. Two Frenchmen, Louis Blerlot
and Count Ue Leaseps. already had crossed
tht! '' channel and Hubert Latham had. al
most njccceded. Channel flying was at a
discount In England because it was con
sidered an old atory and also because na
tlonal pride suffered from the monopoly of
it by Frenchmen, when Kolls electrified the
enllie kingdom by doubling the accotn-
pllbhmenta of his predecessors. The dis
tance between Dover and Calais la twenty
one miles, and when Hulls did the round
trip of v forty-two miles In ninety minutes,
without stopping, his performance was a
marvelous one, both tor distance and time.
Holla was as modest ai he waa daring and
received the congratulations which .were
euowered on him almost with embarrass
ment. runrrr Urltlah Motorist.
In his youth Rolls was one of the pioneers
of motoring In England. He drove a motor
car while the ord'nance waa still In force
that every self propelled vehicle on the pub
lic roads must be preceded by a man carry
ing a ted flag to warn pedestrians. Since
ISM, he had been one of tha best known
motor experts in Europe. In 1900 he won
tha gold medal in the 1,000-mlle automobile
race. Ha waa the representative of Great
Britain in tha Gordon Bennett race of 1905
and several times made world'a records for
speed. As a balloonlat Holla had made more
than 150 ascensions, crossed tha channel
several times In balloons and in 1906, by a
Joincy from Paris to Sherbourne and Nor
folk gained the French Aero club'a medal
for the longest balloon Journey.
Hulls was the third son of Lord Llang
attock, and was intended for the diplomatic
service, but he showed such enthusiasm for
science and mechanism that his parents
decided It was better to let him become
a good scientist than a poor diplomat. He
aa educated at Eaton and Cambridge,
whciu he specialized in engineering and
electricity. He was captain of the. Cam
bruise university bicycle team and gained
his military title with the Eaton volunteer
battery. Rolls had written and lectured
much on his hobby, particularly on tha fu
"ture of motoring.' Ho also was an expert
musician. He waa the technical managing
director of.the Rolls-Royce Motor company
and also captain uf the London section of
iha ainiy motor reserve corps.
BOY AND HORSE MANGLED
BY MOWING MACHINE
enrart Frrderlckson of Fort Dodar,
Im s Fatally Injured In l.
. usual Aerldi'Bt.,
i
POUT I'ODGi:, la.. July ll-(.peclal
Tclcjiruni.) Conrad, the IC-year-old son of
Lewis Fr'dorlckson, was knocked from a
mowing machine he was driving by a team
dilvtu by his father. The buy and horses
vrro horridly cut and bruised In the ma
chinery. There Is little hope for the son's
life." and the father had a shouldrr broken
by railing from hts seat. Hoth horses had
to be killed.
t mk III
WASHINGTON,
of Sou' I
lector ot
loltett ntraa.
July 12,-Wlllls r. Cook
itt been appointed cl
ifvenua for tha district
ef North and siouth Dakota,
VartneB EUarman, resigned.
succeeding
r 'ISVILLE, Ky., July 12-At a direct
S meeting of the Fidelity Trust com--
" fthls morning. It waa announced that
' i Wkhnlders of the concern, which In-
r t many capitalists of the city, had
mpi fund to meet any loss or losses
tntrf "nave or will come to the company up
to 11.000.000. This would seem to indicate
that tha exact amount of August Ropke's
defalcations, which aro thus made good,
will never be known, although rumore place
It from 1400,000 to $500,000.
President Barr saya accountants have ex
amined every security held by the company,
whether owned by estates or by the com
pany and they find all In perfect condition.
Rnnlta. who nent the nlaht in Jail, was
present in court today. He appeared with'
out counsel, waived examination and was
held to the criminal court for trial October
5. Hla bond of S25,000 waa continued and ha
was returned to Jail.
Today's action ot the board of directors
was the first official intimation that the
r imors fixing the amount of tha defalcation
m the neighborhood of $500,000 might have
soma basis.
Since his arrest It has come to light that
Ropke'a speculation on the New, York stock
exchange and in local brokerage houses and
In the bucket shops amounted to hundreds
of thousands of dollars annually. His opera-
tlona were so carefully concealed, however,
that only a small part of them were gen
erally known.
Kaiser's Letter to
President Madriz
German Foreign Office Issues State
ment Regarding Alleged Endorse
ment of Nicaraguan.
BERLIN, July 12. The foreign office has
given the Associated Press an authorized
statement respecting the letter of Emperor
William to President Madriz of Nicaragua.
Reports have reached Berlin that attempts
are being made in America to construe this
letter aa an endorsement . by the emperor
of the Madriz party.
The statement follows:
"Madriz gave notice of his election on
undertaking tha presidency to tha emperor
In the usual written form. The customary
formal reply waa prepared by the foreign
office. It waa not an autograph letter, but
was simply signed by the emperor. The
address' great and good friend' waa In ae
cord a nee with official courtesy.. Any In
terventlon by Germany In Nicaraguan af
fairs neither followed nor Is intended. Ger
many neither aought nor designs to seek
a coaling ststfon. ' Rumors of Germany's
Intention uowrd the?. Galapag aa Islands
are equally without foundation as are aH
auggestions that the German government
has in any wise modified the cultivation of
friendly relations towards the United
Statea." .
The reported offer by Madriz of a coal
Ing atatlon to a European power If it
would Intervene In Nicaragua was not
made to Germany, the foreign office de
clared. The Berlin press makes much of
attempta abroad to cast suspicion on Ger
many's Latin-American policy. Many Jour
hale affirm that an Intrigue Is In progress
against German good faith.
WASHINGTON, July 12. The State de
partment from sthe' first has believed that
tha communication to Dr. Madrls, by the
German foreign office waa purely a matter
of form aind made without the slighteat
regard to the existing conditions In Nicar-
jagua, of which Germany, having relatively
insignificant commercial Interests there,
was hardly expected by this government to
have Intimate knowledge.
Charlton May
Be Released Soon
Only Word is Needed from State
" Department!" to Open Prison
Door
NEW YORK. July. 12.-Only 4 word from
the State department -at Washington Is
necessary to set Porter Charlton free.
This waa made apparent today when
Prosecutor Pierre P. Garven waa told
that unofficial-advices from Washington
indicated that tha United States govei n
ment would ' not grant the request or the
Italian government for extradition to
Italy to confessed murder.
"If the United States government sends
word to me that It will not honor the ex
tradition papers from .the Italian govern
ment, I will not hold tha prisoner any
longer." said M. Garven. "An application
will ba made to the court for Charlton's
releaaa as soon as such word. In event It
should come, arrives."
Hay Honk Tears Oat Man's Eye.
IOWA CITY. Ia., . July 12. (Special.)
Joseph Koba, a retired farmer, was blinded
In his right eye today, when a hayhook,
flying back as a pulley broke, struck him
in the eyeball, ripping It ope-n and other
wise lacerating his face.
Prize Elephant Startles
Children Viewing Parade
Several scores ef children were horror
stricken at the sight of Rajah, the biggest
elephant in Rlngllngs' circus, dropping to
his knees and striving to roll over in the
parade as it passed In front of tire Paxton
hotel. The big African beast happened to
notice a puddle of water and waa lured
into lying down, but the children thought
the animal's leg was broken. ,
While the attendant prodded Rajah be
hind the ear In efforts to mske him rise,
several other of the big animals behind
him started to He down also. They thought
their lesder was beginning hla prescribed
repertoire of ring tricks and that It waa up
to them to follow suit. It was an exettltij
scene for several moments, with the chil
dren shouting their enthusiasm and fright
and approval as the spectacle inspired
them. In the end the elephants were per
suaded by Judicious prodding behind the eats
to aria and keep up with the procession.
Candidate for Governorship of Coast
State Opposed by Regulars.
COLONEL BELIEVED TO APPROVE
i t
Johnson is Approved by Lincoln
Roosevelt Club in California.
MARSHALL STEMS ON CONFERS
Gilford IMnehot Makes Effort to Ad
vance Insurgreney In State Re
nowned for Tonrlsts and
Travelers.
NEW YORK, July li.-Glfford Plnchot,
close friend of Colonel Roosevelt and de
posed United . States forester, announced
today that ha would leave for California
tomorrow to take the stump In behalf of
Hiram Johnson, who la seeking the guber
natorial nomination and endorsed for that
honor by tha Lincoln-Roosevelt league of
California.
Mr. Plnchot'a announcement waa made
ahortly after a conference with Colonel
Roosevelt, In which Marshal Stimson' of
Los Angeles, Cal., also took part. Mr. Pin
cliot said ha would make several speeches
In behalf of Mr. Johnson's candidacy, which
he Indicated was being strongly opposed by
the old Una republican organizations of the
state.
Neither Mr. Plnchot nor Marshal Stimson
would say that Colonel Roosevelt bad given
hla assurances of aupport to Mr. Johnson's
gubernatorial aspirations, but the fact that
Mr. Plnchot'a announcement came within a
few minutes after leaving Colonel Roose
velt's office caused the general belief
among politicians that Mr. Roosevelt en
dorsed Mr. Johnson.
Will Speak for Kent.
Marshal Stimson said Governor GiUett
would not seek another nomination and
that old line republican organizations were
backing the candidacies of Charles F. Curry
and Alden Anderson. He declared the Lincoln-Roosevelt
league waa seeking for a
mora representative party government.
After making his announcement Mr. Pln
chot said: "I shall make four speeches in
California Irt behalf of William Kent, an
Insurgent candidate for the nomination for
congress. .Mr. Kent Is opposing Congress
man McKlnley, who seeks renomination."
Mr. Plnchot said he had already made ar
rangements to make one speech for Mr.
Johnson in California, but did not know
how many more ha might make. He said
he would stop at1 Kansas City and address
the Knife and Fork. club or. "Conservation,"
eu July JS. It was before tbla club that
Speaker Cannon 'Aoido HIS remarks on in
surgents. Other Vsltoni at Oyster ' Bay.
Besides Mr. Pinchot and Marshal Stim
son, Colonel Roosevelt, who came to the
city from Oyster Bay In his automobile,
had several other visitors during the day.
The callers Included Herbert Knox Smith,
commissioner of corporations; Prof. L. II.
Bailey of Cornell, chairman of the Roose
velt Country Life commission; Representa
tives W. 8. Bennett 'of New York, and
Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey.
A delegation from Macon, Ga., composed
of E. W. Stetson, W. E. Dunwoody, a
cousin of Colonel Roosevelt, and Postmaster
Harry Stillwell Edwards, called on Colonel
Roosevelt to request him to make a speech
at Macon.
Colonel Roosevelt, during the forenoon
held a conference with James W. Wads-
wortb, Jr., speaker of the assembly of New
York. Mr. Wadsworth was the first of the
republican state leaders who have opposed
the Hughes primary ' measure to call on
Colonel Roosevelt.
Wadsworth Talks uf Invervlew.
On emerging from Mr. Roosevelt's of
fices, Speaker Wadsworth said:
"I discussed the executive situation
brleflyj with Colonel Roosevelt and. ex
plained to him the circumstances leading
to the defeat of the direct nomination bill."
Asked If his visit could oe construed as
the first step In a movement toward party
harmony, Mr. Wadsworth made It apparent
that he did not come bearing a white flag,
but that he did recognize that the direct
nominations situation needed harmonizing
Influences.
"1 came to aee Colonel Roosevelt of my
own accord," said the speaker, "to show
htm that there waa no atandoffishneas. The
colonel asked me to visit him again and I
shall be glad to do so.
"The party " will have no difficulty In
uniting on a candidate for tha governor
and on a platform. I do not take the talk
of factional strife seriously."
Speaker Wadsworth said that as a repub
lican he was glad to see that Colonel
Roosevelt was taking such an Interest In
the future of the party In the state.
Governor Hughes arrived' In town today
from Albany. He will go to Oyater Bay to
visit Colonel Roosevelt late this afternoon
Governor Hughea had nothing to say
politically.
The delegation from Macon left Colonel
Roosevelt's office without having obtained
a definite promise from him to deliver an
(Continued on Second Page.)
Crowds ' were in' greater proportions to
watch the parade thsn have ever before
turned out for a like affair through the
principal streets of the city. Ofrico build
ings nd stores, wagons and the tops of
street cars all were covered and festooned
with the craning, leaning forn.a of the
sightseers. Little ones saw the strange
sights from the shoulders of their grownup
friends, or peered from between the Jost
ling figures on the curbing.
One little crippled boy at Sixteenth and
Farnain streets attracted no little attention
for a brief minute or two ss he got his
point ut vantage from tho kindly lookers
i on.
"Gee. It must be- fun to ride them ele
funts," he slid wistfully. After a few
moments, as the wagon carrying a party cf
oddly costumed clowns, the little cripple's
eyes lighted up. "A lame boy can be
clowo if ba wanta to, can't be?" ba said.
Horry Hznyy You art so
- and if vou cant
lower "berth , boy one
From the Chlcagd Evening Post.
CUBAN CONSPIRACY A FAKE
Alleged Conspirator Says Purpose
was to Depress Stock Market.
1 e
GOVERNMENT HAS ANOTHER VIEW
It Uelieres the Intention Is to Force
Another ' American . Interven
tion hj .., Destroying
HAVANA. July 11 The purpose of the
conspiracy . of which . the mulatto, Colonel
Jorge Valera and his associates were ar
rested yesterday was to compel American
Intervention, according to the government's
information.
The secretary of the Interior haa Issued
an official statement that It was learned
some days ago that It was designed to
blow up bridges and railwaya and destroy
property of foreigners with the hope of com
pelling tms result.
The suspects being poor and ignorant,
most of them negroes, the secretary sus
pected they were acting under the instiga
tion and orders of persons of superior in
telligence. Further investigation, resulted
In the discovery that the suspects were in
constant communication with a stock
broker whose name is unknown. A descrip
tion of him has been obtained and the
police are making an active search for
him.
Only Speculation Fake.
The arrests were delayed until the four
conspirators had started for Vlaja Bermeja,
where a trunk containing arms and dyna
mite had been shipped the same day and
where It la believed they intended to begin
operations.
When arrested one of the conspirators
named Valerlano Pico made a voluntary
statement declaring the conspiracy, waa a
fake and merely an sttempt to make a
pretense of an uprising. Its purpose was not
to cause American intervention, but simply
to break the local stock market by com
mitting some damage not serious to prop
erty. Only four persons were concerned in the
conspiracy, he said, tha rest of the eight
arrested being Ignorant of knowledge of
the plot. The prisoners further declared
that the plot was first suggested by an
agent of the government, who Informed him
he knew an individual willing to pay Ploo
and his four comrades $5,000 each and to
furnish explosives if they would go Into
the country and start a fake revolution.
Name of Principal Withheld.
Pico declined to give tho name of his
principal, but assured the government he
was oonnected with the bourse and desired
simply to depress the market.
A few days later three conspirators
started for the scene of operations, Pico re
maining In Havana to receive the promised
-M,0W). According to a statement rnidi tn
Vicento Blanco, who professed to have
some knowledge of the conspiracy, Pico In
formed him that Senor San Miguel, the
editor of La Lucha, was the person flnano-
Ing the conspiracy. The authorities appar
ently attach no Importance to this charce
as Senor San Miguel sailed for New York
yesterday.
'Phone Tyler 1000
for all departments
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irom the
Speculators
Five Thousand
Pounds of Blasting
Powder Explodes
One Man Killed and Twenty Injured
at Cabot, Pa. Trees Mowed
' Down Like Grass,
PIT't'SBtnta.Pa.. ' July : 13. A powder
magazine at Cabot, Pa., exploded early
today killing one man and Injuring about
twenty other persons. The magaslne was
the property of the Standard Plate , Glass
company and contained 1,000 . pounds of
dynamite and 5,000 pounds of blasting
powder.
The report of tha explosion waa heard
for miles around and the score of persons
injured were nearly all somo distance from
the magazine.
The one man killed waa Samuel Rossle,
who had gone to the magazine to get pow
der for use at the quarries. Shortly after
he was seen to enter the explosion occured,
snd he was blown to fragments, leaving
no clue as to how the powder became Ig
nlghted. Windows were shattered In all
the farm houses for more than a mile
around, and within a 300-feet radlua all the
trees were mowed down like grass. .
Men at work In the quarry, 600 feet away,
were hurled violently on the rocks. Several
were seriously injured, but It Is
lleved any will die. .
not be-
Trolley Wreck
Near Detroit
Boy Killed and Six Persons Fatally
Hurt in Collision at Wilkes ,
Crossing.
FLINT, Mich., July 13. One paasenger
was killed, aix reported fatally Injured and
two others badly bruised today when a
Detroit United Railway Interurban car.
crowded with exonrslocilBta bound for en
Orangemen's celebration In Windsor. Ont.,
crashed Into a work train at Wilkes'
Crossing, near here. Willie Hubbard, aged
12, waa killed.
There were three special cars carrying the
excursionists to Detroit. It la said the Sec
ond special was mistaken for the third and
the work train started out, meeting the
third special at full apeed on a sharp curve.
slow!
Pan-American Conference
Begins at Buenos Ayres
BUENOS ATRES. July 12.-The fourth
International conference of American re
publics was formally opened In this city
today and will remain In session for five or
six weeks.
The last conferunce was halJ In Rio
Janeiro In 1906 and was generally regarded
as a success. The present conference plans
to adopt a series ot resolutions framed for
the actual good cf the vsrlouk statru on
the American continent, subject to ratifica
tion by the governments concerned
erned a:il In
of this gatii-
some quarters the Imputiancn
erlng is placed as secondary only to the
great peace conference at The Hague.
The members of the American delegation
are:
Henry White, former American ambas
sador to France: Prof. Paul Reinach, Unl
verslty of Wisconsin; Prof. Pavld Kinley.
L'nlversHy of Illinois; Prof. John Bassett
Moore, Columbia university. New York;
Prof. Bernard Moses, University of Cali
fornia; K. B. Moore, United Btates com
missioner of patents, Washington; J. R.
Qulntero, lawyer and Journalist of N'ew
Orleans; Colonel Enrich Crowder, s. it
em Judge advocate general of the army,
Washington; Law la Nixon, former naval
constructor. New York; Prof. J. B. Shep
herd, Columbia university; George Cabot
Ward, former secretary of state of Porto
stairs and gfet your,
forti under the
,cT yiuovv.
decided not to leave
tiJl Friday.
FIVE THOUSAND HOMELESS
Thousand Buildings Destroyed by
Fire at Campbellton, N. B. -
LOSS NEARLY THREE MILLION
Town Is Center of Cedar Shingle
Industry on Atlantic Coast and
,jlvAU Bin Mills Aro
:'-.-.'. , -,. ; ' Gone. ' JT7
: BXTHURST, N. B., July 11-The fire
which destroyed the t-awn of Campbellton,
the largest cedar shingle center In eastern
America, burned 1.000 buildings, made about
6,000 persons homeless and caused a finan
cial loss of nearly $3,000,000. Of the entire
town, only seven houses are standing.
Theee were located on tha outskirts. There
seems to have been no losa of life. Tele
graph and telephone wires between. Rath
hurst and Campbellton are down and all
Information received here was brought by
trainmen. Practically all the mills at
Campbellton were destroyed, including; the
big .plant of the Shlvoa Lumber company,
Richards Lumber company and the Moffat
mills. The property of those three con
cerns, In which American capital was Inter
ested, was valued at $1,000,000.
In addition the lnter-colonial atatlon. a
round house, hundreds of cara, two
churches, two banks and other business
houses and many dwelinga were burned
The flro started in the mills of the Rich
ards Lumber company and fanned by a
southwesterly gale, spread to all parts of
tha town.-
, The fire spread to the woods and under
brush and extended as far aa Rlchardsvllle,
two' miles from Campbellton. Several
buildings In Rlchardsvllle were burned.
This afternoon It was learned that prac
tically every house In Riohardsvllle, a vil
lage, two miles from Campbellton, was
burned. Four hundred people In Richards
ville are homeless.
DROP IN COPPER SHARES
Stop Loss Selling; Orders Cans Sharp
Slump In tho Boston
Market.
BOSTON, Jvly 12.-Btop loss orders were
uncovered In a sagging copper scare to
day. The feature was Lake, whldh plunged
to 83, a drop of SVt since yesterday's clos
ing quotations. Thousands of shares were
dumped Into the market by local brokers,
Last January Lake sold at 8IH.
Rico, and William T. S. Doyle, assistant
chief of the division of Latin-American af
fairs, State department.
The opening address of welcome win be
delivered by Rev. Dr. D. Laplaza, the
Argentine minister of foreign affairs
Henry Whits will reply In behalf of the
delegates.
The newspaper La Razon. eommentinr; to
day on the reports published la Europe I "Kul'",it tho i",ua, ot predatory corpora
that Argouiln.-i, ra:il r:u t'ii.Io ar nir... I tiona.
;ning tho formation of an alliance, the object i "We ertrnostl' endorse the enactment ol
j of which thali be to counterbalance the'11' aluanle ,awa passed by the last see-
policy a:.u sui-ci or i.ie actions of the gov- ' congress 01 ine united ritatoi .
ernment of the United Mates on the Amer- ' a,1i alT"0Ve the conduct ot our snnatora
loan continent, declares the policy of the''0"1'' Krown n(1 Elmer J- Burkett, ana
northern republic does not BIve any reason ' exP'as our thorough appreciation of theli
for such an entente, .a alliance of this ' ,entli of duty t0 tehlr constituents In thell
Kl:id, the vm.tr says, v ould result In no ' official conduct as representatives of the
advantage to Argentina; on tho contrary, i People cf Nebraska.
U would havo the 'ctfect of placing great' "We express our approval of the present
restrictions on Its comineice. ilaus controlling tha liquor traffic of Ne-
Tho International scienttf'c corrress. held ' bra,ka' un(5 hi-lleve that a reasonable an
ln connection with the fjunamertean gather- forcumct.t of gueh luws meets all the pres-
Uig nsa its i.m f(..oi tu..jy in .jle colnn
iu ate. , r. living u.un.j jret,t ni vert various
foreign dolesatei, men, bum cf tliu dlplr.
niatio oorp-i anj rt premiativt r,f tlm va
rious Arieui'.in. i..luiatei'lej
The addresses by tuo American delegates
were received with especial marks of approval.
Complete Control of Session.
TOM ALLEN RAISES NO VOICE
Represents Fair-view Man, but is
Compelled to Be Quiet.
MsnsmaaM
ED P. SMITH GETS BLANKS
Man Expected to Seek Xoraluatlo
for tona-rcs Asks for Forms
ou Which One "Mar Ba
Bluaa-htered."
(From a Ptaff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb., July 12. (Special.) Thi
liltchcock-thailunberger democratic atata ,
committee this afternoon selected C. J. ;
Smyth ot Omahu for temporary chairman
of the democratic state convention,, to be
hcl.l at Grand Island July 3fi. The Bryan
democratic state committee was not suffi
ciently numerous to ba counted.
Governor hall.nberger was represented
only by four appointee, who held proxies,
while Harvey. Newbranch was down to
look after Mr. Hitchcock's Interests. Tom
Allen represented Mr. Uryan, but ha was
sadly In' the minority when It came to vot
ing, so stirred up no muss. The committee
also Instruotod the secretary to get husy
and hustle out candidates for the legisla
ture In those counties where no democratic
candidates have tiled. Eighteen members
and proxies were present.
The committee had some trouble starting
oft on its beetlng, aa It was delayed almost
an hour by Governor Shallenberger. who
had to stop and welcome the postmasters,
and then they wanted to be aura that Mr.
Bryan had left town and waa fairly c-n hts
way to Falrvlew before opening the show.
When they did meet. In addition to a very
few members of the committee and Gov
ernor Shallenbergcr's appointees, there
were several newspaper reporters present
It was suggested Informally that these had
better dig out, aa the committee desired
to administer the blow to Mr. Bryan In
the dark a-nd thus prevent him getting a
line on those who are oppressing him. But
aa on one accepted the invitation to dig,
the business waa started.
Tom Allen's Man Withdraws.
Tom Allen moved that P. L. Hall ba
made temporary chairman of the conven
tion. W. M. Smith of Beward followed with
the 'nomination of Matt Miller of David
City and then after an intense silence Mull
owney of Douglas county moved tha nomi
nation of C. J. Smyth. - . '; , ', . '' .
It wa sat thla Junetura that Dr. Hall re-1-Wrned,to.
.thinaetl7uje4i4,tarod that
he wa. a full fledged" candidate' wn the
Bryan ticket. ' '
'Mr. Chairman," ha said, "I have Just
learned that I have been placed In nomina
tion for chairman o fthe state convention,
t wish that my name be withdrawn."
Did he withdraw?" some one asked.
That's what he said," Chairman Byrnes
replied, with a giggle,
Then Byrnes, suggested that vote ba
taken by roll call. That roll call did the
business. ' '
Mr. Chairman," eaid Dr. Hall. "I believe '
we ought to go Into consultation over this
matter and discuss It by ouihcIvcs. I want
tha newspaper men to go out."
Fear Bryan) Lock Door.
It was very evident every one else wanted
the same thing, because when Mullowney
made the trot Ion to go Into executive ses
sion no one could henr the negative vote.
After the door had been closed and the
knives had been whetted to sllca up Mr.
Bryan some one on the outside yelled.
Look out, there comes Bryan."
The effect was electrical. Tha transom
was slammed down and the key turned in
the door.
Ktl P. Smith for Consresa.
Ed P. Smith of Omaha got filing blanka
from thla secretary of state thla morning.
Mr. Smith asked for "blanks upon which
a man may offer himself up, as a sacrifice
to be slaughtered" and he was given con
gressional filing papers. It is generally
reported that Mr. Smith expects to file for
congress in the Second district.'
Wants Grnenther's Help.
From very reliable aoureea it la learned
that Mr. Bryan has been asking overtures
to Chris Gruenther, who he desires to help .
him In his fight for county option. One
report has It that Bryan even offered to
support Gruenther for the senate. When
Ortienther waa asked about thla ha re
plied: "If the legislature would consent to send
along a committee with me to see that
I did not blow out tha gas I would not
mind being: elected senator, but if I had
to go to Washington I would certainly de
cline." Gruenther attended tho committee meet
ing for a' few minutes, but when the com
mittee went Into executive session ha
marched out,
COLFAX FAVORS PIlKKTf T LAWS
Opposed to Enuetlngr Any Ketr Liquor
Hea-ulntlons.
SCHUYLER, Neb., July 12.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) At the republican county conven
tion of Colfax county held this afternoon
the following resolutions were 'unanimously
adopted.
"We the republican delegates of Colfaa
county in county convention assembled
j hereby expre.'M o,ir approval of the ststes
nui ship and fidelity of W. II. Taft as pregl
!u'nt o( the l'...ud btates ond heartily
j commend his energy in enforcing the lant
' tut t tcitinltleti of the citizens of this state.
We beiicve the. enactment of the postal
sav.nt biii.k 1 ;w will do much to maintain
the c.'M'iiiciK'e of the American people In
tha finami.il Institution of the country and
coiiunoi.d tho action of our representatives
who aided in enacting such legislation,
"Wa denounce tha practice of placing (kg
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