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CHINESEPIRATES
KILL AMERICAN
Three Teachers Attacked at Wnihan
While Exploring Hirer Gorget
in Boat
COStPASTONS ARE WOUSDED
Hicks" Body Being Brought
I Ichang to Meet Soldiers.
to
ASSAOAHTS BOB THE VICTIMS
Government Gendarmes Sent in For
fait of Murderers.
LEGATION ACTS IMMEDIATELY
! CtiMl Geaeral at Hwlnw la
etrarted t Bead Assistant
Ichang ta Obtain Farther
Information.
ICHANO, Provlnc of Hupeh, China.
March .-Delayed.-A telegram re
ceived here from Wuahan, provlnc of
fcsechsraa. says that three Americana,
Messrs. Hicks, Hoffman and Sheldon,
who are presumed to be missionaries,
wer attacked while exploring the gorges
In the Yang-Ta river In a boat and all
three were robbed and wounded.
Soldiers and a doctor hare beta dis
patched from this city to Wuahan. which
1a about seventy-five milea to the west
D the Tanc-Tne.
PEKING. March !4.-The American le
gation here received a telegram today
from E. Carlton Baker, consul at Chung
king, saying that the Americans attacked
at Wuahan are teachers. The consul save
Mr. Hicks, whose home was Oshkosh,
Wla. was killed, and that hia compan
ions though wounded are taking his body
Th. m.Ml mAAm that tha t-
fcefk was made by pirates and was not
do to anti-foreixn hatred. Chinese gen
darmes are pursuing the pirates.
The American legation here today tele
graphed Beger 8. Greene, consul general
a Hankow, to send Vice! Consul General
J. Paul Jameson to Jcbang to obtain fur
ther Information concerning the attack
upon the Americans.
Must Prove Health
Before Can Marry
CHICAGO, March I4.-Dean Walter T.
Sumner of the Cathedral of St. Peter and
fit. Paul today delivered a sermon upon
the ."Sacrament ot Marriage," during
which be made the following announce
ment :
After consultation with Kt. lSev. C.
P. Anderson, bishop ot Chicago, and with
his approval. Dean Sumner and his
workers of the Cathedral of tK. Peter
and St. Paul have agreed upon an ad
vanced policy with regard to the admin
istration ol marriage in the cathedra..
"Beginning with Easter no persons will
be married at the cathedral unless they
i resent a certificate ot health from a
reewneh7ejr W -rfcw -ef feet that
they are normal physically and menially
and have neither an Incurable nor oem
munfcabl disease.
This step Is taken only after months
ot study of the situation and delibera
tion as to Its advisability. It Is believed
that tola stand will meet with the Iro
fedlate sympathy of the clergy In the
church at large, all ot whom have long
felt the undeeirablltty of being party to
lbs marriage of persons who because of
their physical condition should never he
allowed to enter the marriage state and
propagats their spedes."
Seventeen Injured
in Burlington Wreck
8t JOSEPH, Mo., March a. -At least
(seventeen "persons were Injured, five of
them seriously, late this afternoon when
I passenger train No. lit on the Charlton
branch ot the Burlington railroad left the
tracks and turned over at Cosby. Mo., ten
miles north ot St. Joseph.
According to railroad officials a derail
track was loosened owing to the soft
roadbed and was thrown under the train
as It prepared to take a siding for another
passenger train.
j The baggage car and two coaches turned
javer. They were crowded wttb persona
tram nearby towns, who had beeners on
bopping trips, a large majority being
Bremen, seven are In local hospitals, all
pt them Women, while the others less
seriously Injured wera taken to hotels
and the booms of friends.
ROY MERTENS IS GIVEN
. LIFE SENTENCE AT SAC CITY
1
SAC C1TT. la.. March It-Roy Mertena.
convicted ot taking part In the murder
ot James and Mathew White of Sao
City, May . 1911. was today given a
life sentence at haid labor.
I-
The Weather
I Forecast for Monday:
roR NEBKAKA-Ka,r; warmer.
' FOR IOWA Fair; warmer.
Tsperasre at Oasaam Yesterday.
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Normal temperature 4
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fToiai dctlcteacy since March 1 2m
Normal pret-ipltatinn M inch
Ijefldency fr the dur .Blmh
'Total rainfall tru-e March 1 144 inrhe
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teefk-iency for cor. period. B11. M Inch
Zwarimcy fur cor. period. ui. sr. Inch
' Indicates trace of precipitation.
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Commission Holds -States
Ignored in
.'- Fixing Rail Kates
WASinXGTOX, March !4.-The Inter
state Commerce commission In an opinion
made pubUe today established the far
reaching principle that a railroad must so
adjust its rates that Justice will be done
between communities regardless of state
lines. If a railroad makes a low rate
upon traffic wholly within a state, even
when forced to do so by a state commis
sion. It must accord the same rate to
Interstate traffio moving under sub
stantially similar conditions.
The principle was laid down by a vote
of four to three. The minority held that
the powers of congress were usurped by
the majority opinion and that the remedy
for such a aituatlon should he applied
through additional legislation as In the
case of the railroad commission of Louisi
ana against the St. Louis ft Southwestern
railway and other carriers operating be
tween Louisiana and Texas.
The Case practically precipitated a-con
flict between federal and state authority
over the control of Interstate traffio. The
opinion of the majority of the Interstate
Commerce commission, prepared and
handed down by Commissioner Lane, Is a
definite assertion of the supremacy of na
tional regulatory authority over the
power -exercised by sny state.- It is the
first time this assertion has been made
distinctly by the commission. In making
It Chairman Prouty and Commissioners
Clark and Meyer concurred with Commis
sioner Lane andjComralsaloners Clements,
Harlan and McChord dissented.
Postoff ice Holds
. Second Bomb Sent
to Judge Rosalsky
NEW TORK. March S4.-A second In
ternal machine, similar in almost every
respect to the one he received through
the mail a week ago, was mailed to
Judge Otto A. Rosalsky of the court of
general sessions last Wednesday, accord
ing to the Times this morning.
The second bomb. It Is understood, was
received la an uptown substation of the
postofflce, where postal inspectors, who
had been on the lookout for packages ad
dressed to the judge since the explosion
In which ha so narrowly escaped In
jury, held It up and noil (led the police. .
Few detaila regarding the bomb or
the steps taken to run down Its sender
are as yet obtainable. It Is understood,
however, thai clue has been' obtained
and arrests are expected, the Times says.
It' was Judge Rosalsky who sentenced
Folke E. Brandt to thirty years Im
prisonment and has Inflicted long prison
terms recently upon several alien of
fenders. Violent Deaths for.
: Half Dozen Persons
UDALIA. ilo March !t-llnla Burl.
ires me. I yeara old. was burned to deatti
htrrri"her gmndrfbtlferT Jtrs. if. Clone j-,
fatally Injured her today when the little
girl poured coal oil In the. kitchen stove
The fire had died down and the child
taking a pan 'of oil poured some of it
on the embers. Her grandmother was
burned In trying to save the girl.
CARBONDALK. 111., March 34.-Miss
Anna Rendlemaa of Lick Creek, III., a
student at the Southern Illinois Normal
school, wss burned to death last night
She mistook gasoline for kerosene la
starting a fire.
UAUESUl'RG, 111.. March 24. Mrs.
Frank . Yates,, formerly i reader in the
Christian "Science church, killed herself
todsy by drinking poison. She was W
years old.
LARIMORB. X. V.. March 14.-Dr. X
D. Campbell of Lartmore, member ot the
State Board of Veterinarians, was kicked
to death today by a boras. The horse's
shoe struck him In the throat and severed
hie windpipe.
ELGIN. 111., March 34.-James Rose.
who called himself "a man without
home," was found with both legs cut
off Ding beside the Chicago North'
western tracks near the town of Marengo
today.
EDMONTON. Alberts. March H-Be-causa
hfa wife refused again to live with
him, after a separation ot tour years.
Maxine Phlllpchujt, alias Mike Philips, is
slleged to havs gone to the home of the
woman's father, sixty miles northeast af
here," yesterday and shot and allied -her.
LIVES TWO YEARS IN ATTIC
TO ESCAPE MURDER TRIAL
EDWARDSVILLE. 111.. March 54.
George Ooehl, under Indictment en a
charge of killing Tom Dellamano, May
tt, 191. waa arrested today in the attic
of bis parents' home In Colllnavlne. He
had lived In the attlo tor almost two
years.
The police, working en a rumor that
Goehl was at Ma tatter's home, searched
the house for two hours fccfe they
found the hiding place. It waa found
accidentally, when the officers removed
a table cover which had prevented them
from seeing a fourteen-lncb opening In
the wail. ,
Goehl after hie arrest said he crawled
through the openiag and between the
partitions to bis hiding place and at
Hir.es had been In the attlo for more
than a month without leaving it.
DAVENPORT WOMAN SEEKS
TO CREMATE HER BABY
DAVENPORT, la., starch 14.-11 rs. John
Potter, becoming suddenly insane, tried
to. cremate her little 6-weeks-old baby
boy today. She rushed Into the bona f
Mrs. T. J. King, a neighbor, and endeav
ored te thrust the baby Into her stove.
Mrs. King rescued the child after a
scuffle and Mrs. Potter was taken by th
pollc to the Insane ward ot a local hos
pital. The blankets In which the child
was wrapped were badly buned, but th
Uttl oa was uninjured.
GUARD HOUSE PRISONERS
CAPTURED AFTER ESCAPE
STVROW. ' S. IK March J4.-6pedal
Telegram. Three prisoners In th Fort
Mead guard nous made their escape
last Bight from their cell by sawing the
bare of th window in the rear of the
building. They were captured at Dead
wood this evening and returned ts the
poet tonight, - . -
DAMAGING FLOOD
CONFRONTS WEST
Railroad Men Hold Hurried Confer
ences to Protect Property
from Water.
GRAVE CONDITIONS TO BS MET
Washington Reports Indicate Warm
Weather ii Coming.
SITUATION ANALYZED BT WELSH
Dynamite Sent Ahead to Break Up
Ice Gorget.
SUNDAY WEATHES FILLS BANKS
Oellghtfat ay Sprat by Lweal
Cltlseas as They Streamed Dew
Streets as Old Water la
Otters.
Grave . oondltlone confront those who
have destructible property In the west.
Homes, farm and rallroada are going to
he seriously damaged by a seething rush
from the hesd waters.
Railroad officiate In Omaha held hur
ried conferences Sunday to study the
flood" situation, and every report from
the west wss eagerly consumed.
The roads have dispatched dynamite to
points along their lines beyond the Mis
souri valley, and it Is being used freely
to break up the gorges. Practically every
bridge In the west Is In danger ot de
struction.
Backawa te Broken.
Fears are .based primarily on the gen
tral supposition that the' cold weather
cannot much longer prevail, and thla is
backed up by confirming reports coming
from Washington last night. In the fore
cast for the coming week weather with
temperatures slightly below normal are
forecasted. .
Colder weather is expected In the north-
west about Thursday or Friday, but In
the meantime It Is expected that Old Sol
will have a handicap that hardly can be
overcome.
rloed tae Inevitable.
Colonel Welsh, director of the local
weather bureau, believes thst floods, or
at least extremely high stages, are In
evitable. "We are bound to liars high
water on account ot the heavy snows and
the great depth of Ice, but I would not
attempt to give any suggestions as to
what tha extent ot the flood will be," be
declared last night
The expected Inundation will be greater
or Jess according to the whims ot ths
elements. If, by a natural condition, ths
temperatures go up gradually from the
south, tha damage will be leaseaed, but
should a warm spell strike the. head
waters In ths north there Is no telling
what ths destruction will be.
It was expected that Sunday would he
one of those warm spring dat a and that
the- snow would; melt rapidly, OWnf
gullies, swales and low places to capacity.
" IB "Wreenmg tewtsrures ranging from
below freealner to et degress asevs ssrs
wars reported, but it wss nothing Ilk
that la Nebraska. During Saturday night
at soma points In the stats the tsmpara-
ture got down to tt above, and with 'a
brisk wind blowing from the northwest.
there was no long period of thawing
weather. In fact. It was so sold Saturday
night that tha flood In all of the streams
to the west and northwest, was checked.
According. to reports the strong wind
cut and melted tha snow and at th same
time thawed .the ground underneath, a
that Instead ot the water running off, It
was absorbed by th thawing earth, dis
appearing at a rapid rata, -
In the vicinity of Edgemont. t. D., the
Cheyenne river, that bad heea at th flood
stage, subsided rapidly and yesterday
noon was again back within Its banks.
. From Orand Island to welt tnto Wyo
suing, along the line of the Union Pa
clflc, Saturday night there was from en
to two Inches of new snow and all day
Sunday ths weather waa anything but
springlike. East of Orand Island during
tha day then was considerable warming
up and the snow melted fast
If Gwraw Case Oat.
KEOKUK, la.. March tt.-The Ice gorge
In the Mississippi river surrounding th
fifteen-acre cofferdam protecting the
power house and other buildings In course
of construction went out this afternoon.
Tha power house waa caught by ths Ice
and carried M feet down ths river.
where It sank.
Hundreds of persons who war Inspect
ing the works were hurried to land. Th
Ice pack at th cast wall of ths
held back the water, allowing th floe to
pass. This, it is said. Is all that pre
vented a serious flood.
Water later began seeping through th
south .wall of ths dam and a gang et
workmen was set to work patching the
weak places with cement.
Th floating lc carried out 'the trans
mission towers of the Keokok-Hamllton
bridge. Officials tonight said tt was Ira.
posvlbl at this time to estimate th dam
age. ;
Although tha river la said her ta be
tailing slightly, reports from ths north
ay a raise la due her within th next
twenty-four hours.
MAXAeER SCOTT FIGHTS PWOW
Isles Pacific Official flew Oat a
Flrtaa Lis, i
General Manager Scott of the Union Pa
cific, be for more than two weeks
fought a continuous battle with bScsmrds
and snowstorms in western Kansas, has
returned.
Manager Scott's expertene was? thrift
Ing. Instead of sitting back la warm ho
tels and telling th men how te battle
with tb elements, he wss at th front
where th drifts wet th deepest and
where the kt lizards wera blowing ths
hardest.
His field ot operations covered more
than M miles of Una. extending from
Manhattan. Kan., te Hag. Coto. Over
this area he went time and again, far
bltxsard followed blilsard with a
rapidity that hardly was the line cleared
heawr another storm undid an that tt
had taken day te accsinpllsh.
In many places cuts ten and fifteen
feet deep were filled level full, and in
proof of the statement Mr. Scott ha
brought' home with tim photograph.
Th stock losaes. according to General
Manager Scott, will be very great at!
through western Kansas and east era Cot
(Continued oa Third Page.)
i .
Pappy
From thfr Denver Republican.
NMJlLKSINPORTU!ID
.'"Hk'.-T-a'.'viL:1: -
fes V'Aouucm Befori Meeting
Under AVipieei of Committee.
REITERATES FORMER ARQUXt7T
Speakers PlsT4ra tellapees as
T. Ascends It, bat the
, Colonel Galas the Preat
PORTLAND. Me' March M.-Culonal
Rooseveltf ijtent twelve hui In Port
Knd and received a cordial welcome. He
was th chief guest at a luncheon and a
dinner, -shook heAda readily for nearly
two hours In the afternoon, attended a
conference ofMslne pollUdana and to
night spoke, tor an hour beiore crowd
which, fned the armory auditorium.
Th colonel in ma aoaress at a mess
meeting held under the auspices ot ths
Roosevelt state committee, took Issue
with th statement In recent speeches
mads by President . Tsft. He quoted
Abraham Lincoln to prove that the presi
dent's theory of government meant gov
ernment "by a combination of political
and financial privilege.'!
Colonel Roosevelt reiterated his new
well known arguments as to the right ot
the people to recall derisions of state
courts, declaring that In no other English-
speaking country or In Franca and Ger
many were judges given suck power ss
la th American state courts.
Assarting thst th movement for coun
try life betterment," "begun over four
years ago." has been abandoned. Colonel
RooseveR appealed tor "a lucres In the
productlv and distributional efficlerny
of our farmers."
Ths collsps of th speakers' platform
In th auditorium created soma excite
ment although Colonel Rooeevett waa un
injured. Th platform, which- was
elevated abont three feet from the floor
was occupied by about thirty persons-
Colonel Roosevelt ascended tt an entering
the haU. It gav way with a crash. Tb
mtddl portion sank to the floor. Colonel
Roosevelt quickly stepped to ths front f
th stractur. which did not give way and
wared bis band at the crowd to sSow that
h was uninjured. A chair waa placed
oa- th edge of th platform and during
th remainder of th ven!ng. Colonel
Roosevelt remained pladdly at the very
front af th weakened stage.
Colonel Roaasvolt gave th first talk
et hi New England trip at Dover, N. H
where hla train stopped a few moment.
Judge Ba Lindsey of Denver, wb
traveled fart of the way frees BWetoa
wlta Ceionel Roosevelt, urged him t
visit Nebraska and other -eta tea net In
cluded In tb Itinerary of th next week's
trip. Ceeonei Roosevelt took the metier
under advisers nt. .
"It seems to aae that what 1 preach to
you In Mow Hampshire I actually being
sccoenolished by Governor Bass,' said tb
former president. In hia speech at Dover.
"Th progresslvs movement means t
apply courage and oommow sens in order
to get Justice. Yoa have a chance to da-
eld whether yew Inland ' to ml your
salves or te have other people rule you.
It ts op to yoa to'dectde."
FARMER TRIES SHOT AT
HAWK AND KILLS SON
MUlPHTSBORO. III. March N.-W. 1L
Walker, a termer living near here,
miss lid a hawk and shot and killed hia
a.) ear-eld boy" todays
Days for the Voter
Mob Hangs Negro, ,
to-Telephc-folef
for Shooting Man
FOlrt SMITH, Ark.. March J4.-A man
broke tnto the city Jail bar tonight and
seised an unidentified aegr who had pre
viously shot and wounded Deputy Con
stable Andrew Carr. The negro was
drsgged through the principal business
street in town to the front sf a hotel and
banged to a telephone pole.
Klv hundred men were In the mob.
They surged around the Jail for almost
an hour. After trying to batter down a
steel door with a telephone Pol members
of th mob tor the bars from a window
f th prison and soon thereafter had
tli black. He prayed far his life as st
wss dragged through the streets."
Ths mob dispersed immediately after
ths negro was strung up and quiet was
restored as soon as bis body wss cut
down. The police did not attempt to In
terfere with the mob.
Robbers Try to Use
Turnstile Door to
Trap Their Victim
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March :4.-Three
men made an unsuccessful attempt t
hold up .MSnyaos Yrokaris. a wealthy
Greek. In tha postofflce Jsere thl after
noon, while scores of people were In ths
lobby. As Yrokajie started through th
turnstile dear, two men stepped ' Into
th same section and attacked him while
a confederate held. tha door fast. When
th Greek's cries brought assistance
th three men fled. Two of them giving
the names of Charles Hamilton ot Omaha
and Thomas E. Kelly t JopUa, Mo.,
war captured.
Kinkaid Has Hone
His Bill Will Pass
From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. March M.-(Bpaclat Tel.
graaa.r-The Indications are that tha so
called department bill I amend tb Ir
rigation law will not be acted upon favor
ably this session by th irrigation com
mittee f tb house, ao much opposltloa
to Its provision has detetoprd among
settlers In rerlamatioa projects that Mr.
Taylor of Colo re da, wh Introduced It, Is
glad that ha did so "by request." Cen-
liaaiiian Kinkaid therefor believe that
hla bills fur a five-year patent en Irriga
tion lands and his bill for an extension
of th tim to Bisk water right pay
meats msy be passed at this session, in
fact he waa before the oommlttee to urge
their penes f this Booming and there Is
very Indication that they will be taken
up by tb commuMton at aa early date.
Th committee Is te secure some further
Information and opinion from the secre
tary of the Interior end then act It Is
OH tared, upon th Kinkaid bills.
City free delivery serrus will bs estab
lished at Vermillion. S. D, with two
letter carriers and one sub.
Ts postmssters at Columbus. Neb., has
been allowed an additional carrier to be
gin work Immediately.
F. It Msr-i- nt lievenport. Klwood W.
Smith of West Liberty, Victor E. Reeves
at Ottumwa. J. H. Undenmeyer of Sails
and W. II. Merrill of Winlhrop. la. have
all beca appointed rail ay mail ctcika.
at Hand
MEXICAN PATRIOT DISGUSTED
Dai Pedro Ramir it Waary af Iter-
Itating Rebellion. ;
SATS UITERVUTIOK DESIRABLE
laearrectlma Will" Not Cease rmtll
' , Rebberr f Poor by Seleet Few
. ts Sqaelrbed and Jaatlee
.'..'". ' Oktalaa.
J.)on Pedro Raoanes. one with, th co
horts of President Madera during his tw
belllen against ths reign o President
Ptas. Is a 'wandering Mexican, disgusted
wttb the Incessant political turmoil la his
wn country. In search of work hs wsn
dered Into Omaha yesterday afternoon.
Speaking English very Imperfectly . he.
nevertheless, found words t express the
opto ten that American Intervention In
Mexle would by no means1 b repugnant
to a areat - many ". "patriots,' ss he
termed them.
"Tour politicians call hands off.' " hs
said, "and they know little or nothing
about the real condltlone In Mexico.
Since the Axtecs came down and eon-
euered the peaceable, agricultural Toi
ler trier has been rebellion, rebellion
all the time.
"And this rebellion hss meant oppres
sion, robbery of the peons and th enrich
ment ot a few. Th Kstados Unldos Meal,
cans (the word Mexico, you know. Is de
rived from ths Axteo Mextlt, their war
god), has a system of education and are
prood of th "republic" part, but tha
snlsory educatien laws are not enforced.
and ao th young are throw largely
upon Catboilo religious organisations for
their training.
"Some on of your many newspaper
men cam down and wrote stories of Bar
barous Mexico and th majority of th
people laughed at him and said he wanted
notoriety, so tb articles were discos-
tlnued. But Just th same what he wrote
was mor than fiction. It was fact
Almost Inhuman cruel tie are practiced
by th land-holders m tb provlnc of
Sonors, Chihuahua and' Ceahnlla. But
yoa won't believe them and when w arise
up In revolt sgalnst oppresslea row calmly
say let them eetUe their own dispute.'
to Interfere w would be violating th
Monro doctrine. . -
Th result et thl Is that ws overthrow
en government and finding abuses not
remedied by the new administration w
riss up and verthrew it and thus the
wars go en."
But perhaps you are prejudiced. Why
don't yen give an admlntatratloa
is. Don't yoa think that yoa. wb call
yourselves patriot, really want to com
promise th United State?
' T Imperil Assertraw CapHaL
"So? Was th United . States ao
Indent In lntarven when In Uet Texas
refused to longer bear the abuse and
seceded from Mexle?' In 147 th war
between Mexico and the United States
was ended and what was tb result? The
United sRates appropriated half tb ter
ritory of Meslco Texas, New Mexico,
California.. ArtaoKa and parts ot Colorado,
Utah and Nevada.
"Intervention? We wilt not object to
Intervention. President Madera, with
whom I fought and with whom I an
disappointed, would object and hi ap
pointee and supporters would object, but
everlasting stale of war and desolation. I
Anneutssn would be preferable."
TAFT'S IEADNOW,
BEYOND DODBT
Climax to the Pre-Convention Cam
paign by Bepnblieant Will
Come This Week.
OPPOSITION LOSES ITS FORCE
Action of State After State Settles
Question Definitely.
1ESULT IS EASILY FORECASTED
Big Delegation Bounding Into Line
for the President.
COUUTT CONVENTIONS SET PACE
Owe After Aatbe Tkisssksil tb
Catrr Endorse AdaalBtstrattWa
and Instrart th Delegates
far TaM.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. March at.-t8peeial Tel
egram.) Th climax ot th republican
pre-oonventlon campaign win soon be.
reached. Developments this wek will
leav tha opposition to President Taft's
renominatioa scatered and shattered. Re-'
suits In New Tors, Indiana, Colorado.
Mississippi and elsewhere win make the
situation clear.
Th week just ended brought President
Taft's convention strength to 143. This
week will see It materially Increased and
by Saturday he will have passed ths Tiv
mark. It things go as indications point..
Haw Bad I Foreshadowed.
Indiana's action Is foreshadowed by the
primaries which turned th state con-'
ventlon over to th president's sup
porters and give him a majority of the'
district. New Turk also hss given so
many preliminary evidences of Hs pur-'
pose, th New York City republican clubs' -
unanimous endorsement ot th president
being th moat recent, that a favlrable
outoom Is eonossded even by opposition.
Only sight delgats wr entered last.
week, xcluslv ef the tea In North
Dakota, which Senator La FoUatte easily
won vat th primaries In a contest with .
Colon! Rooeevelt. Of th eight dele
gates chosen slg were Instructed for
President TafU with a contest promised
in th case of two and two sr pledged
to him. The total strength of the candl-,
date Is now recorded as follows: Taft, ,
1st: Rooeevelt, V; La Follette, ID; Cum- -,
dag 1 . i i " .
What state At trains. ' ' ' 1
R snorts from Iowa ooatlnna to' show
th trend of popular favor and approval. '
county attar county falling In line and '
assuring President Taft of th delegate"-:
at-larg. while four of th ftv district '
oon-eentlens thus far held have already !
instructed for him. Reports from Mldil-'
fan. Missouri, Colorado, and West Vtr-'
glnla show on county after another'
ging rtosTd tor th president by In-
stractlna. delegatM' ta ate and district .
osavemiooa. Ia"Uchlio Ooeexasr O-' '
bom lost aot nly hi horn Monty, but '
his city sad ward aa wen. and Taft dele. ,
gated from th Tenth -sod; Twelfth dts- :
triats era. now. secured.' ''if
In Missouri th change in favor of the t
president has earn with sufficient force -end
conviction to wrest, from Oovsrnpr
tladiey, th announcement that any am- ,
billon he may bav had to be th vlce
prealdestlal candidate of a ticket wltlt '
other than President Taft aa Its head bad
been abandoned. Kentucky went on rec- .
ord, through Its state central committee,
which endorsed' ths candidacy of presl.
dent Taft. ' . ' '
Dlxaa'a Own Stat for Taft. ,
I In Montana, Barrator Dixon' etate, th
tat oommlttee by a vote et 17 te I on
Saturday declared for Mr. Taft's renom- '.
Inatlon. ' Two Idaho counties, Kootenai t
and Clearwater, have chosen Taft dele- ,
gates ta ths coming stats convention. '
And Ohio, tha president's state, t whlcn
th opposition has been pleased to point
as a hotbed of antt-Taft sentiment, put '
a aulstus on that declaration thraogh th '
action af It eighty-eight county chair-
n. All but-thirteen of three at a re- -
cent meeting went oa record in praise of
tha Taft admlrdst ration and In enthusl
astls support of his ranomlnatlon.
DESTITUTE FARMERS TO GET
AID FROM MISS HELEN GOULD
DENVER, Maroh M.-A delegation from ,
th Denver chamber of commerce waited
oa Miss Helen Gould today and collate.!.,
her support In aiding destitute farmern ,
la eastern Colorado, wh ar near starva- ,
tton. as a result ef tb 'severe winter.
Miss Gould sent a taJsgram to President
Bush ot th Denver a Rio Orand and '
Missouri Pacific rallroada requesting him
to Investigate the conditions and to '
contribute whatever h saw Bt. .
NEW BISHOP OF DES MOINES
CONSECRATED APRIL 25
DAV EXPORT, la.. Marsh X-AprU 5
la th dat set for th usiawnreslnii et tiw
Rev. Austin Dowtlns as first bishop ot 1
th Roman Cathollo assess ; ef Dea
Mofnea, according to word received from
Provldeaee. R, L. by Bishop James
Davis of Davenport today. ' The eon
neratwa will tak place m tk eathedra!
at Providence and Bishop Davla ts esteu
to assist at th ceranonjes. -
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