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Coming and Going in Omaha
TAFf'S INTEREST
EAttLYAKOUSED
BRYAN CONTROLS
THE CONVENTION
Democrats of Lancaster County Meet
and Delegates Selected to State
Gathering at Fremont.
PLAN SUGGESTED BY TOM ALLEN
Deneen Says MacVeagh Sought to
Ascertain for President Hatters
Regarding Lorimer Election.
EOURCE OF MOVE HOT REVEALED
Conversation Occurs Three Months
After Senator is Chosen.
'MA-
TELEPHONE TALK IS DISCUSSED
Eelieved Has Beaiin? on Claim of
Governor's Spport.
WHITE'S CONFUSION TAKEN UP
iirnurntlciii 11111 rfrd ncnnse It
Would Permit n llnrhrr Shop in
I ncirmi nnil H"
II n llroml.
ASP INCil i ?. . July I'. Pitsident Tsft'a
m In isi i a 1 1 i) ue ( y Lwiiijjhl !nln the
Lorimer elccll n In -i i-c wtiy .hrn Gov-c-M'cir
I)cm- n nf leMllifd that as
early a.i Auluhi, I'W. Seci'Liry of the
Treasury MacVru.h sent for him "to ascer
tain for the lreildcnt matters regarding
the elocttnri f Senator Lorimer." This wm
uliout tlife nii-nihs after Mr. I.ortmer's
eldllon. '
Whttlier '! t.iry MaeVeh was pro
croling ,n I'l c wi: itmtlv- or I hi presi
dent hfiJ ui I'iftllv Misuested that hi- inter
view Uovcjnrr J rnen was nut revealed.
It wna not de- lr eJ whether an extended
Inquiry s t.ttng conducted !: the ud
tntnlstrDtlcn Into the munner ft Senator
lxu Imer's etc Hon.
Telephone Conversation IsvsHed.
Governor I 'eneen merit kmed the name of
Kfcrelaiv Mhi-Vcaxh when he was aske.l
to whom hf- had Riven his version of the
telephone o.mveit-atlon between Edward
Itlncs cml himself on thi day Lorimer war
elected. It wis during this conversation.
o Hlncs testified. Deneen promised to up
pert tjnrlmer. This Governor Deneen denied.
Illnea testified lie aald over the tele
phone that he was on his way to Spring
field to bring Peneen a mng from
Senator Aldrleh and President Taft about
Lorlmer's election. Deneen testified Hlnea
said the president was sending him a mes
sage through Aldrleh, who would have
George Reynolds, president of the Conti
nental National bank, deliver It.
"Ask the President."
Governor Deneen testified that when he
responded to Secretary McVeagh's request
to call at the federal building In Chicago
Mr. MacVeagh said he "wanted ta ascer
tain for the president matter regarding
Senator Lorlmer's election," and that he
jokingly replied: "Ask the president. He
was the man who Is aaid to have sent the
message that did It."
Governor Deneen added that In response
to further Inquiry from the secretary he
related the. conversation between, himself
and Hlnes.
' Seerelaer Astonished.
f'The conversation lasted fifteen minutes,
for the secretary, after I had related my
part In the election, said be was estos-
Ished at the reports," aaaea uovernor i
neen. The afternoon aesslon was practically de
voted to the Hlnea-Deneen telephone con
versation. It Is regarded as having an Im
portant bearing on the Lorimer claim that
Deneen favored Lorlmer's election. -
"Do you think Mr. Hlnea might have
mentioned Mr. Reynolds' name for pur
poses of Identification 7" Inquired Senator
Fletcher, referring to Hlnes" testimony.
"No," was the response. "Mr. Reynolds
could not have Identified Mr. Hlnes for I
did not know Mr. Reynolds very well."
Governor Deneen declared that It was
net necessary for him to assist them, be
cause the contest had been won by Lori
mer the night before.
When the committee resumes Its hear
ing Monday the testimony will be regard
ing the activities of Edward Hlnea in the
Lorimer election.
H tat as of Factions Piaow rd.
The hearing opened with a discussion
of the alignment of the factions in Illinois
politics in connection with the senatorial
contest.
Mr. Hanecy suggested that none of the
followers of Chauncey. Dewey or John R
Thompson voted for Lorimer until after a
senatorial conference held in the gover
nor's office. Mr. Deneen replied that the
purpose of that meeting was to prevent
their followers from voting for Lorimer.
Governor Deneen said that before the
publication of the alleged White confession
Editor Keeley of the Chicago Tribune sug
gested to him that a special session of the
legislature be convoked to oonalder the
Lorimer esse. The wltnesa said that after
the publication he tentatively wrote a mes
sage proposing a special session. At a con
sultation witn nis aavisers, oowever, me
conclusion was reached that the investigat
ing committee probably would consist of
the men who were guilty and the special
session was not called.
White's Coo tension Tah.es l.
Governor Deneen told of being in the
office of the Tribune the night the White
story was printed. He said he read prac
tically the first copy printed and walked
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HUNDRED KILLED
IN I'lJEBLA FIGHT
Prominent Men Will Be Charged
with Responsibility for
Clash.
BIG BATTLE NEAR FACTORY
strikers Who Take Advantage of Riot
to Plllasre lloaaea Kill Poor Uer
nanns Madero'a Brother He
at ores Peace.
PUEBLA, Mexico. July 15-It Is prob
able a number of prominent men In
Fuebla affairs will be arrested charged
with responsibility for the recent clashes
between the federal troops and the Ma
derlsts. An investigation la In progress to
determine with whom the blame rets.
Th total dead In this city and narby
places where fighting occurred Is placed
at LIB. KlxtY-one persona are reported
killed at the Covadonga textile factory;
ten at San Juan hill, fifty-four In the
city proper and ten or more In minor
skirmishes in the outskirts.
The Covadonga fight started between
the rurales and Maderlsts near the fac
tor'. The striking factory hands seised
the opportunity to. enter private houses
which they pillaged. They killed four
Germans, three men and one woman.
Later they joined the Maderlsts.
The fighting stopped after Raoul Ma
dero, a brother of Francisco I. Madero,
jr.. had gone to the scene and Induced the
Maderlsts to depart.
Francisco I. Madoro, Jr., and party left
for Atllxco today but will return tonight
and pass Sunday here. ' . "
Senate Will Put
Wool Tariff Matter
Up to the President
Smoot, Crane and Williams Say La
Follette Bill Will Be Passed and
Accepted by House.
WASHINGTON. July IB. If Senators
Smoot and Crane, republicans, and Wil
liams, (democrat, prove true prophets,
President Taft will have to solve one of
the hardest problems of his administration
before the adjournment of the special ses
sion of congress. According to these three
senators, all of whom talked with the
president today, the senate, 'through a com
bination of democrats and insurgents, will
pass the La Follette bill, revising the wool
schedule of the present tariff.
The house already has passed a wool
bill which differs materially with that
drawn by Senator La Follette, but, accord
ing to the same unofficial prophets, it
would accept the latter measure rather
than get no bill at all. President Taft, it
la pointed out. then would be face to face
with one of the most difficult questions
that has come before him. He has called
this present wool schedule "indefensible."
The tariff board has promised to furnish
data for a sctentlflo revision of that
schedule by December and In many of his
later speeches the president has declared
that he opposed any revision not based
upon Investigation of the board. He has
placed himself In opposition to what hs
has termed "unscientific" and "haphasard"
tariff "tinkering." Indicating plainly that
be would prefer congress to wait until the
tariff' board has made Its report.
The president. It wss said today, has con
fided to a few people his future course of
action If a wool revision bill should be put
up to him. It is believed, however, that
he would veto the La Follette bill and in
his veto message make a defense to the
country for such action.
It was said late today that the regular
republicans might make an effort to coun
teract the effect of th emovement by in
troducing a blU of their own, but they have
little hope of success.
United States May,
Deal with Oil Trust
Attorney General Holds that it is Not
Dlejfal to Buy Government Sup.
plies of Combine.
WASHINGTON. July 15 Attorney Gen
eral Wlckersham has decided that it is not
unlawful for the United States to deal
with the corporations recently declared by
the supreme court of the United Ststes to
be Illegal combinations. The question
came up in connection with contracts
awarded to the Standard Oil company for
a year's supply of oil snd gasoline for the
military department of the east. The at
torney general holds that the corporations
declared Illegal combinations are eo only In
restriction of trade.
KIEV MYSTERY STILL DARK
I'nrla of MirSyt4 . Boy ta Mela
Bern as of Lark ef Evl.
iess.
KIEV. Russia, July 11 As uncle of the
boy Tuschlnsky. the mysterious murder
of whom caused excitement, has been re
leased and other relatives of the victim
i held as suspects probably will be freed
I becsuse of a lack of evidence. Recent
i
developments leave the police as much In
I the dark as svec
i
j.-r ME KUST HAVE BrCT TBXRSTY
PLA' , SUGAR TRUST i
. v
New . ns Man Says There is Now
-to Competitive Buying.
ONE LARGE GROWER BOYCOTTED
American Heflnlnar Company Refused
to Hay Product at Large Planta
tion Only Two Refineries
In Louisiana.
WASHINGTON. "July 15. John Dymond,
a cane planter of New Orleans, today told
the house sugar Investigating committee
that the cane growers of Louisiana were
absolutely at the mercy of the American
Sugar Refining company, . which . bought
raw sugar arbitrarily and paid its own
jirlce.
Mr. Dymond said there waa now no
competitive buying In New Tork. The
"trust." he said, maintained an "armed
truce."
Close Associates.
Representative Jacoway aald It had been
suggested that the Louisiana Cane Grow
ers' association was closely associated with
the American Sugar Refining company;
that the growers were in combination to
sell only to the "trust." Mr. Dymond de
clared the reverse was true; that no mem
bers of the growers' association owned a
dollar's worth of stock in the "trust." He
said, however, that the growers could not
afford td antagonise the "trust."
"WhyT" asked Mr. Jacoway.
"You have heard of the Bucks stove
case
"Tea" ,
"Then we are afraid we might be boy
cotted."
Mr. Dymond recited one case in which
he said the ''trust" had disciplined ' a
larger grower by refusing to buy his
product.- He 'said there were now only
two refining companies In Louisiana and
that it had been a matter of eurtasltr-whtf
the "trust" had allowed one Independent
plant to continue In operation.
Mrs. Luke Lea Beaches
Denver After Trip
Wife of Senator from Tennessee Hur
riedly Taken West for Benefit
of Her Health.
WASHINGTON, July 15,-Hurrled across
the continent In an effort to save her life.
Mrs. Luke Lea, wife of Senator Lea of
Tennessee, is expected to arrive tonight at
Denver, Colo., from Deer Park, Md. Mrs.
Lea rallied soms time ago, following a
transfusion of blood from her husband,
but now has been attacked by pneumonia.
Mrs. Lea traveled in a special ear, .ac
companied by Senator- Lea, Mrs. Percy
Warner and Mrs. George Frailer, her
mother and sister, respectively; Dr. H. D.
Frye, her physician, and Miss Bhaoklaford.
a nurse.
After - being taken , to the Maryland
mountain resort. Mrs, Lea seemingly im
proved, while the senator regained most
of his strength.' On Monday last Mrs. Lea
began growing worse, and on Tuesday her
husband was advised by physicians to take
her to Colorado, where the rarer air might
aid In the fight for her life. A special car
was Immediately ordered and the . race
against time begun over the Baltimore it
Ohio and Chicago St Northwestern and
Union Pacific railroads.
DENVER, Colo., July IS. Mrs. Luke Lea,
accompanied by her husband. Senator Lea
of Tennessee, arrived here at S o'clock
last night In a special car attached to the
regular Union Pacific train. Today Senator
Lea said his wife stood the trip well and
gave every Indication of ths change In'
climate proving beneficial.
America's Godmother
Has Great Holiday
Little French Town Commemorates
the Naming of Continent with
Festival
' ST. DIE, France. July 15. St. Die was In
festival garb today to commemorate the
naming of America m 1607. Robert Bacon,
United States ambassador to France, and
M. Ls Brun, minister of the colonies, nr
rived early with other government officials
to participate in the program. They were
enthusiastically cheered by the crowds.
St Die rightfully claims the honor of
bslng "America', godmother." for In that
little French town more than four cen
turies ago, a tract was published wherein
the name "America" was used for the first
time. In this manner a name was given
to ths new continent.
Detective Burns
Denied Continuance
Attorneys for California Officer
Charged with Kidnaping Ordered
to Produce Client
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. July IS. De
tective William J. Burns, under S10.000 bond
on charges of having kidnaped John J.
McKamara from this city last April, did
not appear in court today to answer to
the Indictment against him. His counsel
asked a continuance until September. He
said Burns was on his way from Oakland.
Judge Mar key refused to consent to such
a continuance and ordered the attorney to
report in a few days, when Burns could he
had kt caurt.
n.'j if.- VKR., i "
FOUR DAYS ARE TO
RE SPENTIN TALK
Said that Senator La Follette Will
Launch Presidential Boom in Talk
Against Reciprocity.
NO LOVE FOR PRESIDENT TAFT
Realises that the Streagrth af Chief
Kxecatlve Is Gaining " Rapidly
Throughout Country and He
Woald Check It.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON. D. C, July 16. (Spe
cial.) Senator Robert M. La Follette, It Is
expected, will launch his boom for the
presidency through his' speech to be made
to the senate In opposition to the reci
procity pact. There are those who say
thait La Follette will talk four days and
In his address, which Is to be a review of
the republican party and Its achievements.
In the past fifty years, will point-to Its
days of progresslveness and ths days
when, according to La Follette, It stood
; still marking time, as It were, while
' other parties came Into power and then
In the fullness of time went the way of
the world.
Robert M. La Follette bears no love for
President Taft Hs realties that Taft la
growing , dally, and it Is only through
dating ' criticism, - even unto vituperation,
that, his own candidacy may be furthered.
Tenacious as a leech La Follette Is not
banking , so . much upon the outcome of
1912 as he Is upon .that of 1316, when he
J hopes to be the republlcsn nominee .'for
I president. - Down in his heart La Follette
does not expect any-great showing In the
i nvenUon next year. He will haye his
slat behind bun,, although there are oer-
t n persons wno oeneve ai
if
anything , like - a strong Taft campaign
should be Inaugurated in the Badger
stats that at least two dlstrlots could be
carried for the president But Mr. Taft Is
not worrying over his renomlnatton. He
likes La Follette in a mild, decorous fash
ion and went out of his way at ons time
to make friends with the senior senator
from Wisconsin, but the 'little giant"
would have none of It and he kept on and
ls keeping on knocking the president
wherever a . knock will fit on the prin
ciple that a "knock Is better than a
boost."
La Follette Rest lea Heather.
Robert M. La Follette is a most inter
esting study, especially during these dog
days. His nervous energy seems to be
peculiarly fitted to atmospheric conditions
where the thermometer is over a hundred
degrees in the shade and the humidity is
about sixty. The doughty warrior, for the
rights of the "dear pee-pul" is the most
restless' member of the senate. . Hither
and thither he goes talking to democrats
and his progressive associates on the re
publican side of the chamber, a bit of rep
artee with Bailey, a funnylsm with John
Sharp Williams, a story to Biistow, who
follows his leader with a blind devotion
that Is sublime, and thus he works. Sen
ator La Follette is "agin" reciprocity as
agreed to by the minister of finance of
Canada and the American representatives
now before the senate waiting for a vote.
He Is for the farmers' free list bill with
a string and for the democratic woolen
schedule with a ball of yarn thrown in
and Robert M. La Follette's platform will
be "La Follette and the dear people." How
long will he last? Who Is there amongst
us can tell?
Brown's Trip an the Sea.
It transpired during the recent week-end
trip of President Taft on the Mayflower,
when he had. as his guests eight senators
equally divided between the two great po
litical parties, that Senator Brown of Ne
braska and Senator "Bob" Taylor of Ten
nessee were "bunkles," and they had the
stateroom fitted up for Mrs. Ogdea Goelet,
whose husband formerly owned the magnif
icent presidential yacht which came to be
government property by purchase during
the war with Spain. In this stateroom Mrs.
Goelet had built a magnificent bath tub as
high as you are and as long, and here,
when this floating palace was going at a
speed of twenty or more knots an hour,
she would take her bath surrounded by all
the creature comforts afforded by a New
Tork apartment house. Senator Taylor
eyed , this luxurious bath tub enviously and
finally confided to Brown that he proposed
to take a bath in the marble basin erected
for the comfort of its ones beautiful
, . , " " .J . ... ,
' m"t8"' " chncd hat nelther J,or
Tbey were "landlubbers" sure enough, and
they knew little or nothing about the con
traptions, the push buttons, the faucets and
other things that ons meets with on ship
board. Brown was a little scared about
Taylor's taking the bath and suggested that
Taylor might drown if be got into It.
Arful Power of Water."
"Oh. you can't kill a - democrat with
water," said Taylor, "and I am going to
see whether the water Is wet or not."
Together they got the water started Into
ths tub and then Taylor plunged In. but
for some unknown reason they couldn't
shut off the flow of water and It poured
into the tub In a manner than looked as if
the ocean was determined to run out of
the faucets, and the water grew deeper and
deeper, until Brown became alarmed over
the situation and began pushing buttona
Wherever he saw a button he pushed it,
Bella rang all over the yacht and in a jiffy
it looked as if an army had been marshalled
in the saloon. A grab was made for Tay
lor as he weat ander the sruer for a sc-
fcoaUnaed ea Second fagwj
QO O 15
yjO-vXTLKNT
BUD MARS WILL RECOVER,
Aviator Injured at Erie, Pa., Friday
is Much Better.
WILL BE OUT IN THREE DAYS
His . tar Fell Kevernl Hundred Feet
and Was Completely Wrecked -and
It Was Thoanbt Ho
Was Dead.
ERIE, pa.. July 13. J. C. (Bud) Mars,
the aviator, hurt In a fall with his aero
plane yesterday, will recover and will be
able to leave the hospital In about three
days.
This announcement was made by the
attending physician after further examina
tion of the Injured man today. Mr. Mars'
injuries were not so severe as at first re
ported. He has a slight fracture of the
skull, which is not serious, but no other
bones are broken and beyond a slight hem
orrhage of the lungs, which was stopped
today, there are no Internal injuries ap- i
parent
' Because of the accident to Mars' ma
chine the local aviation meet has been
called off. '
Mara was making hta second flight of the
day when the accident occurred. Several
thousand spectators wers watching him.
He circled the field several times at. a
height of several hundred feet.
Suddenly the machine made a dip down
ward and Mara waa seen -to Jerk at some
thins: in an effort to reeain control. It u
a futile attempt and an instant later the
biplane struck the ground.. The machine i
waa completely wrecked and Mars lay
under It, He was covered with blood and 1
at first it was believed he was dead.
Mrs. Mars rushed toward the .wrecked I
machine, nut before she reached , her bus- j
band's aide she was overcome and was
carried from the field.
J. C. Mars made several flights in Omaha
during the aviation meet In the summer of
1910. . He wis In the employ of Glenn
Curtiss.
Will Investigate
Army Pay Accounts
Charge that Major. Ray is Granted
Protracted Leaves of Absence and
Irregular Travel Pay.
WASHINGTON, . . .-A congressional
Investigation will be Instituted Into
charges of misconduct by officers of the
pay department of the army. The chair
man of the house committee on military
affairs and on expenditures in the War
department will meet probably Monday
to determine which committee shall take
Jurisdiction of the inquiry which relates
particularly to the esse of Major B. U.
Ray. paymaster, who la accused not only
of being a beneficiary of favoritism in the
matter of protracted leaves of sbsence
but of Irregularities In travel pay accounts.
Contest for Estate
. of Walter E. Duryea
I Ml I
Sister of Millionaire Who Lived with
. Broken Neck Object to Nurse
Getting Property.
HEMPSTED, L. I., July U.-Eva Duryea
Thelberg of Stockholm, Sweden, a sister
of Walter E. Duryea. the millionaire, who
lived twelve years with a broken neck, has
begun a contest for her brother's estate
which he left almost entirely to Eleanors
Peregrin, bis nurse and attendant. The
nurse received over $2,000,000 and two hand
some houses. Duryea broke his neck while
diving in Long Island sound. He died at
Mondelalor May 11.
DOCTOR TAKES OFF SPLINTS
WHEN PATIENT DOES NOT PAY
Council Bluffs Physician Leaves Man
with Brakes Lee: After Con
troversy Over Money.
Tom Concord, a horse trader, camped
with a company of about fifteen com
panions on Broadway, between Thirty
fourth and Thirty-fifth streets. Council
Bluffs, had his left leg badly shattered
at 10 o'clock Friday night when his horse
fell upon him. The limb was broken be
tween the knee and the ankle.
A Council Bluffs doctor was called to
care for the Injured man, and it la said
that after the fractured limb was ban
daged Inquired Into ths financial status of
the patient, demanding the Immediate pay
ment of fiO and a fee of S50. Ths man
forgot his pain long enough to demur. He
accused the physician of attempting to
hold him up, and it Is said some hot words
followed, culminating in a demand by the
physician for the immediate payment of
a fee of S2 for the visit upon threat of
removing; the bandages. Payment waa re
fused and It is said the splints and ban
dages were removed and the doctor de
parted, leaving the man without medical
care.
Crude surgery waa then resorted to by
his companions, who placed rough splints
on the broken member and hound it up
with strips of sheeting. He was still with
out further medical at tent km yesterday
afternoon. Tbe names of aevarul physUeaas
were mentioned in connection wit& the In
cident, but all cmphaftcaLy denied knowl
edge of the c-iue and Indignantly tepoaU
atad ths act of bxbjzmaaltr.
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GROWING CROPS
Many Towns in the State Are Visited
by Good Rain Friday Night
and Saturday.
HEAVY FALL IN SOME PLACES
Llnratn and Alliance Divisions of the
Darlington Are Given Another
ttood Soaklnsr and Crops
tiet Another Boost,
Heavy rains were reported falling over
the Lincoln and Alliance divisions of the
Burllngtun at an early hour Saturday morn
ing and later reports showed the rstn to be
still falling. A few towns along the Union
Pacific route reported ruins. Light showers
ft. I early In the morning on the Northport
branch, and between North Platte and
Sidney on the main line of the Union Pad.
tic.
Crop reports which are being received
In Marge numbers at the various railway
offices are all optimistic regarding the
corn. In all parts of the state reports are
that the corn ls doing nicely and the aver
age crop Is looked for. Farmers report that
corn is green and in some places has begun
to tassel. Clem Deav-er of the Burlington
predicts the corn crop to yield about 168,
000,000 bushels.
Rain fell In the following places:
Pric.n
Greeley Center,
Burwell.
Loup City,
Sargent,
Kearney,
Clay Center,
Punning,
Whitman.
Torrington,
O'Fallons,
Restrlce,
Superior.
Broken Bow,
Seneca,
f,1?,!"'
Northport,
North Platte. -
Sidney.
ALUANCE,Neb., July IS. (Special Tele
gram.) A splendid rain fell here this after
noon.
Wickersham Makes
an Informal Reply
to Alaska Charges
esnwaassaahnw
Attorney General is Not Certain that
Limitation Has Expired in
All the Cases.
WASHINGTON. July 15. Attorney Gen
eral Wlckersham today made an Informal
reply to the charge Delegate
Wlckersham that he had allowed the
statute of limitation to expire in certain
Alaska criminal cases without taking ac
tion. "I have not given a definite opinion that
the statute of limitation has expired in all
of these cases. It ls not Improbable that
criminal action may be taken. The matter
Is still under Investigation Insofar as It re
lates to the alleged combination of bidders
in the coal proposition. The Hatey case,
however, I think ls barred by the statute.
I will continue my Investigation of the
others. It has been under way for some
time and has never been discontinued."
Delegate Wlckersham of Alaska today de
clared that Former Secretary of War Dick
inson had been furnished with the same
evidence concerning Alaskan frauds as was
furnished Attorney General Wlckersham In
May; 1910, and that he never acknowledged
receipts of the documents. He hsd this
statement placed In the records of the
healings of the Judiciary committee.
Coupled with it waa the further state
ment that Delegate Wlckersham submitted
to the attorney general more than a year
ago evidence of an alleged bribing of a
United States district attorney by ths Ka
talla company, one of the organizations la
the Alaska syndicate.
"I have evidence," declared Delegate
Wlckersham, ''that 13,000 was used to bribe
a deputy district attorney. That is the
kind of matter I have been vainly trying
to get this government to investigate and
prosecute."
Pinchot Says
Controller Bay
Map is Fictitious
Former Forester Calls Attention to
Fact it is Said to Have Come
from Alaska in Fifteen Days.
WASHINGTON, July 15Chalrman
Graham of the house committee on ex
penditures In the Interior department to
day announced that the committee would
continue to hear testimony for several days
on the general condition in Alaska before
going Into the claims of Richard S. Ryan,
said to represent the Guggenheim syndi
cate. In the Controller Bay affair.
Otfford Pinchot. former chief forester, ad
vised the committee today that the Con
troller Bay map, showing Ryan's claims
and the proposed railroad which Is said
to be misrftng from ths War department
files waa there fifteen days after the presi
dent's order restoring the land to entry.
Mr. Pinchot wrote that the attention of
the War department had been called to the
fact that it would have been impossible to
have brought the map from Alaska within
that time. This, It is claimed. Indicates ths
missing map was made up on ad ranee In
formation regarding the order and open
fictitious surveys.
Both Mr. Plochot and Sfeeretary Stlmson
may be sununonad before the eumitillrta.
Two Bryan s and Metoalfe Among
Those Who Are Chosen.
WETS AND DRYS GET TOGETHER
All of the Influences of the "Com
moner" in Interest of Harmony.
BECOMES A PINK TEA AFFAIR
tnni nf pproral Placed Vpo'n the
Arts of the Last "late l.rnlxtnt nre,
While stnnilerd Hearer In Three
Cnmitalana la Landed.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, July V: t Special )-MUItant
and unterrlfied democrats of ijincaster
county to the number of IN) gwthered lit
the Auditorium today to select fifty seven
dt legates to tlio state convention tvhlrh
meets at Fremont. July 15. In the absence
of the county chsirman. Secretary Harry
ttohtnan of tlie county central committee
called the convention together. Announce
ment was mnde shortly afterwsrd thst the
executive committee hsd selected Dr. P. I
Hall to preside and he with were mads
the permanent officials of the convention.
The following delcKntes were selected:
William J. Bryan, It. I- Metcalfe. C. W.
Bryan. Gcorpe V. Rersc. John A. McGuIre,
A. V. Johnson, Frank W. Brown, Dr. P. L.
Ilnll.
Coming forward to take his place Dr.
Hall startled the assembled hosts by stating
the purpose of the meeting was to select
delegates to "the Grand Islnnd" convention.
While the result of the remark was to bring
up unkind remembrances It served the
double pttrpoe of shaking off the letharglo
state Into which the democrats had fallen,
and morever acted as a mild Incentive to
ward putting them on guard fur the after
noon. Delea-atea ta Select Delegates.
Cpon motion of Tom 8. Allen, ten dels
gates were appointed to select the delegate's
to attend the state convention and only
an Instant later T. J. Doyle surprised ho
convention by movinp that the chair ap
point a committee of five to draft a set of
resolutions. The first named committee
composed of five city and five county mem
bers, about equally divided aa to wet, and
dry sentiment. The latter committee was
composed of T. J. Doyle, R. L. Metcalfe,
M. L. Blackburn, Lincoln; A. E. Sutherland
of Waverty, and J. B. Paisley of Buda.
The sentiment of the convention from
start to finish was for Bryan and every
thing for which he stands. Not only did
the dry Bryan democrats manifest (Ticm
pelves, but they were led to some extent
by certain wet Bryan Influences, the two
of which coupled together, made too
formidable an aggregation for the wet
antl-Bryanltes, If there were any there,
to cope with: There was no organisation;
It was just a quiet Saturday afternoon
pink tea affair with everything breaking
Bryan's way without any seeming effort
on the part of his supporters for such a
thing to happen..
Here Are the Resolutions.
In addition to putting their stamp of
approval upon the works of the last ses
sion of the state legislature. Including the
proposed Initiative and referendum and
lauding the deeds of the special session of
congress, the following resolution was
adopted with applause, long, loud and
continued from the assembled cohorts:
"We take a Just pride In the feet that
this country has furnished to the nation
the standard bearer of the party In three
national .campaigns, that nearly every na
tional reform since 1896, has been Inspired
by W. J. Bryan. We esteem him the
greatest living exponent of the great
truths which form the foundation of the
republic, and congratulate him that his
tireless efforts In the advocacy of great
truths which he has espoused, have be
come effective and that his opponents have
first ridicule!., then maliciously opposed
and finally adopted and enacted Into law
and sworn they were the originators.
"For this unparallelled public servlcs ho
should forever rank with the Immortals In
the heart of the American people."
DAWSON t'OCWTV REPUBLICANS
Committee Chairman Named and TleU
ea-ates Elected to Convention.
LEXINGTON, Neb.. July 16.-(8ueclal
Telegram.) The republican county con
vention of Dawson county this afternoon
was called to order by Chairman Wade.
A. N. Htookey was elected chairman of
the county central committee. Twelve del-
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