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, , . , 1 " " ' t, . . :-r-.,. i ,: , - . T" ' - . . . ' - . Y - ' - . - . - . ' - ' 1 ' ' ' 1 . -. :' - - ... ' :. - si 1 1 THE WEATHER. Fair Friday becoming unsettled Sat urday with cooler in west portion; moderate variable winds. The Big Contest ! - Now la ttae tine to enter the mm ef year friend In ttae greet popular eentect. Nomination blank la today's PP. "7 uVtJLitaoo t I iHTl i Tl. i hn AJr . . - - .-av. cur S3Z!yjJ'Tr- -y VOL. IiXXXVIl-KO. 1. . GlLiN COMMANDS G, A, R. VETERANS Chose New Commander-in-Chief an Selected Ro chester for Reunion. NO ACTION AS TO LEE STATUE Closing Sessions on Steel Pier at At lantic City Tribute Paid the Con federacy McElroy Withdrew From Race. Atlantic City, N. J.. Sept. 22. John E oilman, of Boston, for commander in chief and Rochester, N. Y.. for the ,pvt'lace of meeting was tne winning combination in the National encamp ment of the G. A. R- which opened its business session today on the steel ipr Other officers elected were: 1 opnior Commander-in-Chief Charles Burrows, Rutherford, N. J.; Junior v" commander-in-Chief William James, Jacksonville, Fla.; Surgeon General, John L. Smith, Spokane, Wash.: Chaplain-In-Chief Rev. Thomas Hanvood, Albuqueque, N. M. The new commander won the elec tion easily but Rochester's selection as the next encampment site has a little string to it. The veterans decid ed that the encampment can go to Rochester on condition that satisfac tory railroad rates are secured and. if in the judgment of the executive committee of the National- council of administration of the G. A. R. the rates are not to its liking the com mittee can select such, other city to which reasonable rates can be secur ed. Los Angeles, Denver and Spring field, 111., were also after the encamp ment and San Francisco invited the veterans to that city in 1915. When New Orleans heard of the latter in vitation a veteran from the Southern city said the encampment would also hear from New Orleans before 1915, the year for the opening of the Pana .,ma Canal. The election of the commander-in-rtief brought up a subject that many othe veterans hoped would not come before them. It related' to the conduce of John McElroy, of Washington, D. C, who was Oilman's opponent for commander-in-chief. When McElroy's name was presented he promptly with drew it in an earnest speech. He de I clarerl : that he had become a candi 1 date on the solicitation of thousands of Grand Army men and that he had tried to win the honor fairly. But, he continued, he had become the "tar get of most persistent, rancorous ca lumnies, falsehoods and inuendoes.' The charges made, be said, he affect ed his integrity in every way and was sprung on him on su&h short notice that he could not mafte a proper de fense in the brief time left before the election. He therefore, he said, withdrew his name as a "candidate and asked the encampment to investigate the charges. He said he completely exculpated Oilman and his friends from any hand in the reports circulat ed. - Despite his announced withdrawal McElroy's friends rallied around him and insisted upon voting for him. Tb ; nanot resulted: Gilman 667; McElroy 216. After the vote was announced Mc Elroy formally asked that the new commander-in-chief be directed to ap point a committee' of inquiry to inves "Sate his (McElroy's) "administration at St. Cloud, Fla." Objection was made 6l,t his request was granted. The new commander will name the committee later. The charges referred to by McElroy flid not come before the encampmen . Jhe proposition of a dollar a day Pension for life will doubtless be neived by the encampment. The com 'toe on pensions which reported way decided against the proposi ' on because it would be too expen- e fo the National eovAmmcnt it wm.li luat a aiiar a day nnT - ln;rease the pension roll which S,,mn$,G0'000'000' mre than 100'- "'."'Ml. a veal, oj ik.i ii. .j take o u ,. , ouu Jtuai " woma Jje a half billion dollars in the next yT"rs for pensions. ihl n "1 most influential members of ent L' K- can Prevent it, the pres- or p"; r"aiter of Placing the statue , '.. Lee the National 'can '-'Moling members of the firnnri to , . '"e that thy do not wan r.r., ...rne soldiers of the Confed- InniM' , lm.e is healing the wounds Xiitinn.i oin siaes" said one past "IOn;i1 thoro is commander, today, "and no desire, to re-open them." 'NTERCOLLEGIATE GOLF. IWo Yale Men Eliminated From the Matches at Manchester. IT.. i "tester, Mass., Sept. 22. The -"".lion of former National golf '"'"I'Pinn R A. Gardner, of Yale, and ' I'- Morriman, captain of the Yale -dm. were the features of- the first ., j, match play today for the indi- nuercoiiegiate golf champion. j umLuuca wenr Rirra nuies matrhpn wont "ovfro tinlast . ' ' I. VAbAU UViW" Stanley, of Yale, defeating H: G "l" r . A. Martin, of Dartmouth won . miv, vuc u y m id J uuico , "1- in 19 holes, from J. D. Stan ,";'. r.f Williams. iaio will have four men. Princeton nnd Harvard and Dartmouth one ;l n in the second round to open to .v "1 DRGANIIIGHT Oil RATES V v representatives qv-Se Middle V. ern States Tak&tion Against Railroads Gov. Stubbs Made an Address. Topeka, Kas., Sept. 22. Organized opposition to the proposed increases in railway freight rates was begun tpday at a conference of more than 150 representatives of commercial ana public organizations of .nine middle Western States. The fight against the proposed rates is to be carried on principally before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The resolutions adopted declare for an equitable increase in rates, if the railroads can show that present rates are unremunerative, demand a de crease in rates, if investigation shows the present rates are too high; ask a restriction of the proposed advance, if present rates are found remunera tive; call for a mandatory Federal law, making it the duty of the Inter state Commerce Commission to make a physical valuation of railroad prop erty, and demand a rigid enforcement of anti-trust laws, i The meeting was opened with an address by Gov. Stubbs of Kansas. Gov. Stubbs reviewed the situation and ended by declaring "my hope is that this meeting will demand from the railroads the naked truth about their properties." Murdo McKenzie, president of the American Live Stock Association, was made chairman of the meeting. He gave ngures which he said showed that railroad earnings were not re ported correctly by the roads. It is planned to hold other meetings of the. conierence later. Committees were ap pointed to organize the work hesrnn today. Chairman McKenzie was annointPil heai of a special committee of seven to present to President Taft the dec larations of the conference. ROBESON PRIMARIES. Ctounty Chairman McLeod Defeated for Sheriff Second Primary. . (Special Star Telegram.) Lumberton. N. C. Sent. 22 The Democratic primary was held in this county today for nominating county officers and members' of the Legisla ture. . Tfte nardest fight was -between Sheriff McNeill, the present incum bent, and County Chairman Geo. B. McLeod. Returns have been ' received from enough precincts to show that Mr. McLeod has been defeated by at least 500 majority . Higley is re-nom inated for Register of Deeds, and Mc Kenzie for Treasurer. '" It will require a second primary to nominate a clerk of the court. C. B Skipper being in the lead for that po sition. W. S. Cobb seems to be nom inated for State Senator, McPhaul and McArthur for the House. J. W. Car ter, A. R. McEachern and A. J. Floyd seem to be nominated for three of the live county commissioners. The elec tion passed off quietly. PLAYER DIES SUDDENLY. Jacksonville Right Fielder Passed Away Played in Other Leagues. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 22. Ray Marshall, right fielder for the Jack sonville, baseball team during the past season died here this morning of heart failure. The body will be sent to Champaign, 111., where his parents re side. Marshall has played with the Me ridian an Columbus teams in tne Cotton States League, with, Charleston and Knoxville when they were mem bers of the South Atlantic League and with Columbia and Jacksonville in the season which ended recently. Louisville. Miss.. Sept. 22. Because of the absence of several of the most important witnesses, the case against Swinton Permenter, charged with as saulting and killing Miss Janie Sharpe several months ago, was continued un til tomorrow. Quiet has been restor ed following the excitement of yester day but the officials have increase the guard about the jail. OUTLINES, John E. Gilman, of Boston, was chosen commander-in-chief and Roch ester, N. Y., was selected as the next Dlace for meeting at a business ses sion of the G. A. R. Veterans at At lantic City yesterday The senti ment favoring Mayor Gaynor for gov ernor Ol XS'ew lor maie assumeu definite form in Democratic circles yesterday. The movement is gaining strength over the State The Euro- Dean bankers at a conference yestet day decided not to recede irom ineir position in regard to American diiis of lading An organized ngnt on in creased freight-rates was begun -in Kansas yesterday by representatives from nine middle West States, who were addressed by Governor Stubtl3 President Taft has promised to send speakers of National prominence to aid in the Fall campaign in Ohio Indianapolis was selected, as the next convention city of the Independ eat Order of Odd Fellows New VnrV markets: Money on call easy 1 3-4 to 2 per cent., ruling rate 1 7-8, closing bid 1 7-8, offered at 2; flour, was steady with a moderate jobbing wheat firm No. 2 red 1.04 7-8 elevator and 1.05 f. o. b. afloat: corn steady, No. 2, 61' 1-4 elevator domestic basis" in arrive and 61 3-4 f. o. b. afloat oats easy, new standard white 39 No. 2 white 38 1-2; rosin steady, tur tine easv: sDot cotton closed aui mfddline uplands 13.90, middling gulf WILMINGTON, N. D IS TO F Anxious For New York May or to become Candidate For Governor. SHOWS STRENGTH IN STATE Sentiment in His Favor Took Form in Democratic Circles Yesterday ' Tammany Leaders Support ing the Mayor. New York, Sept. 22. Gaynor senti ment took form and assumed direction n Democratic circles here today more rapidly than at any other time since his name came to the front as a possi ble candidate for governor. State Chairman Dix had brought word of how large the i!gure of the mayor bulked from a distance, but un til today New York leaders had been reticent. Partly they were restrained by the continued silence of the mayor himself, and partly by hesitation as to how they would fare with May6r Gay nor at Albany and John Purroy Mitch- el, now acting mayor, in his chair. But today there were two developments of interest. In the first place, there was much open talk for Gaynor among district leaders who gathered at Tammany Hall, and those who heard it could on ly account for it on the supposition that it had warrant from those higher in the councils of the society. In the second place, Charles F. Mur phy, the taciturn leader of Tammany, publicly admitted the strength of the movement toward Gaynor. while care fully reserving any declaration of his own attitude. Mr. Murphy said : "The? sentiment of the State seems ta favor the nomina tion of Mayor Gaynor for governor.. By many Tammany men this decla ration was taken to mean that Murphy had brought away from his recent vis- ts to the mayor at St. James, some in timation of his attitude toward a nom ination and that the mayor's action In permitting the publication of his long ettar to his sister in Utica, relating his personal recollections of the at tempt to assassinate him, had been correctly interpreted as equivalent to an announcement of his willingness to run. , Mr. Mumhy's declaration was made. in the presence of a delegation of pol iticians who went to Tammany Hall on an errand quite unconnected with Mr. Gaynor. They called, in fact, to urge the claims of Representative wiaiam Sulzer, whose boom has been most ac tively put forward. The Sulzer boom- era eazerlv SDread the report oi tneir conversation on account of what Mur phy said further: "Sulzer is also much tainea aooui, he continued. "I have had men going through the State and they report tnat the people seem to want the mayor nominated, with Sulzer as second choice." it was announced at Democratic State headquarters today that the tem porary chairman of the Rochester cpn- EMOCRA URGE GAYNOR I SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT ' - - Balloting Has Been Heavy Past Three Day s All Con ditions and Instructions Given Again For Benefit of Contestants and Their Friends The Standing. In spite of the extensive advertising given the great popularity contest in augurated by the Star two weeks ago. oh account of the fact that numerous contestants still seem not to fully un derstand how to get votes which will count In the race, the Contest Mana ger desire, with the second announce ment of the balloting, to explain fully all the rules and conditions of the campaign in today's paper. In the first place each contestant may secure as many of the five-vote coupons as it is possible to secure, also get their friends to save them for them, each one placing a contestant s name just that much nearer the top of the "percentage column" as the baseball cranks like to say. These vote coupons appear daily in the Star and should be neatly clipped out and made up into bundles for counting with the utmost facility. The Vote Proposition. The best and quickest way to se cure votes in large numbers votes which count and count quickly is to secure subscriptions to The Morning Star. If the person approached is al ready a subscriber, get a renewal and a payment in advance and it all counts in the contest. But better still, secure a new subscriber and it will count that much faster. - Prizes Awarded. At tie close of the contest there will be . awarded .Four Grand Prizes and twenty-four district prizes in the young women's contest and in the boys' con C, FRIDAY HpKNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1910. SILLS OF LADING DISPUTE European Bankers Refuse to Recede From Former Position Haynes Says Such Action is Immate rial New York Bankers. London, Sept. 22. The European bankers interested in preventing fraudulent bills of lading in the ship ment of American cotton, decided to day not to recede from? their position and indorsed the action of the recent general banking conference in de-' manding guarantees from the Ameri can banking houses. The committee took this action after considering the reply of the American bankers to the European proposal and the offer of validation certificates from the railroads. In accordance with this action American banks will be ex pected to guarantee cotton, bills of lading after October 31st. Phe committee took' up the matter of the guarantee, and unanimously de cided upon a draft of the former guar antee which will be received from the American banks by the European ac cepting banks as to the genuineness of the bills of lading accompanying the cotton bills. The forms will be printed and the terms published short ly in London and New York. No Word From London. New York, Sept. 22. Local, bank ers today had received no word from the London conference of bankers on the cotton bill situation and in the absence of official information declin ed to make any comment. The bills of lading committee of the American Bankers' Asisociation prob ably will meet ?oon vo consider the latest action of the foreign bankers and the belief here is that the attitude of American bankers as expressed by the committee last week will not be deviated from. Hayne's Message Reassuring. New Orleans,' Sept. 22. Inquiry raae of Frank B. Hayne, the bull leader . in the cotton future market brought (he following cablegram to spot, cotton members of the New Or leans Cotton Exchange today: "Bills of lading immaterial." Mr. Hayne is now in Liverpool, where he has been.looking into the bills of lading question. Many spot dealers say that arrangements already have been perfected for the movement of a. large part of th . crop, but as sort that the charactef "the export ers "will be a much greater factor in nnrrhas'ng cotton and in honoring drafts than it has been heretofore. vention would be Alton B. Parker, for mer chief judge of the State Court of Appeals and Democratic candidate for President in 1904. For permanent chairman Edward M. Shepard and D. Cady Herrick are most prominently mentioned. Neither Chairman Woodruff, of the Republican State Committee, nor the progressive leader, Chairman Griscom, of the New York county committee, at tached importance to the suggestion today of a movement to compromise on the temporary chairman of the Sa ratoga convention by dropping both Vice President Sherman and Col. Roo sevelt and selecting Senator Root. Both declared that they entertained no thought of compromise. Both will leave for Saratoga tomorrow afternoon. IN THE GREAT test there will be two grand prizes and "four district, prizes. Many inquiries have been received from contestants and interested par ties as to. what districts are working against each other. Now in this con test the districts are all working for the four capital prizes, the $500 in cash, the two trips to Cuba, the hand some upright piano, and the pony, harness and buggy. After these grand premiums have been awarded, there will be four pre miums for each district, and in that way each district is a separate and distinct contest in itself. The only way districts are working against each other is for the grand capital premiums, for each contestant who enters the contest has the chance to win one of these' grand prizes. The first thing a contestant should do after, being nominated is to gel votes, and the way to get votes is to gather coupons from the Morning Star. If a person should , already be a subscriber, settlement of all arrear ages and a payment in advance will count for a large number of votes. If the party is not now a subscriber, the young lady should see that they subscribe at once, so that she will receive credit for the votes in this contest. Etery six months' subscription which comes in for a contestant will count 1;200 votes for the contestant, and every yearly subscription which comes in will count 3,000 votes for the contestant. . The way to be a winner In this BLAME FOR WRECK OF TROLLEY CARS Investigation Ordered at Fort Wayne to Fix TJie Re sponsibility. FORTY PERSONS WERE KILLED Company's lOfficers Will Testify Thaf Motorman On Extra Was at Fault Furrier Details of Horrible Accident. Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 22. An in vestigation by the Wells county grand jury of the cause of the collision be tween two cars on the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Line at Kingsland, Ind., causing forty persons to lose their lives, will be begun next Monday. A special session of the grand jury was ordered today by Judge White. According to a public statement of F. R. Fahlsing, claim agent of the ti action company, officers of the com pany will testify that the responsibil ity for the wreck is with Motorman Corkwell of southbound "Extra" car. "Corkwell's order was to wait five minutes at Yoder," said Fahlsing. "He disobeyed the order and attempted to make the next siding. According to our rules, if an extra car cannot majke a siding five minutes before a car in the other direction is due to pass, the extra must wait, even if it loses flf teen minutes." Corkwell, who .was seriously injur ed, regained consciousness today and an ettort to obtain a statement from hirn will be made tomorrow. Nearly all of the dead were persons living in the vicinity of Bluffton. It was a holiday throng, bound for Fort vvayne to attend the State Fair. The "local" was filled to the last seat, and there were several persons in the aisles or on the platforms. The crash was without warning. Running at its highest speed the iemp- ty "special" sped out of the woods on a curve and . plunged into the "local' which also was running at high speed There was no chance for either mo torman to prevent the accident. The local was torn apart as one might burst a paper bag. It exploded, say witnesses. Of all in the car probably sixty passengers, scarcely one escarp ed death or injury. New Iberia, La., Sept. 22. It is now estimated that the fire which destroy ed about a block of business property, caused about $100,000 loss, of which ?45,000 was covered by insurance. Natchez, Miss., Sept 22. Returns from yesterday's primary election in the seventh Congressional district of Mississippi, a second contest, gives William A. Dickson, incumbent, 3.924 votes, and Thomas H. Shelton 3,20 Three precincts unreported will not materially affect this result CONTEST contest is to start right out after subscriptions,' and each contestant should get the promise of their friend's subscription before some one else gets ahead of them. Contestants are not confined to se curing subscriptions in just their dis tricts, but may get them from any district, or from any town outside of the district. It does not matter where the subscription comes from, the vote may count for any contestant in any district of the contest. , How Votes Are Secured. A coupon good for five votes will appear in the paper for the next few weeks, these coupons are good for votes, and a contestant may gather just as many of these as it is possible for her to secure. These coupons In order to be counted do not have to be acompanied with a subscription, but each one if sent to the Star office with a young lady's name filled in before the date on It has expired will count to the young lady's credit, to ward one of these handsome premi urns. Securing Votes. Another way to gather votes is to secure subscriptions to the Morning Star. Votes will be 'allowed on new subscriptions, also renewals and ar rearage payments, with a further pay ment in advance. ? Young Woman's Contest. - Contest No. 1 is for young women married or single, and has been divid ed into six districts so that all of the contestants . will not be working against each other. Continued on Page 2. ' FFA1RS AT THE STATE CAPITAL Early Trial for Slayer of Chief of Po lice Stallings Corporation Values in State Good Roads Dele Gates Other Notes. (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 22. The death of Chief of Police Stallings, of Spring Hope, ' in a Richmond hospital, has stirred a demand on the part of citi zens of Nash county that his slayer, Norman Lewis, now in jail here to pre vent lynching, be given a speedy trial. The demand is for a special term of court to convene at once for this purpose. However Governor Kitchin to whom the request comes, finds that there is not a Superior Court judge available at this time' for a special term, owing to the poor health of Judge Peebles and Judge Cooke es pecially. Therefore, the Go'vernor has advised that the best that can be done is to let the case await the next regular term of Nash court in No vember. Sheriff Sears has directed the jailer here to keep from Lewis the fact that Stallings is dead; that he is under the charge of murder, think ing that he will be the more easily controlled in jail if kept in ignorance of the gravity of his situation. Six boys from Jonesboro who were bitten by a rabid dog recently com pleted their Pasteur treatment here in the State laboratory of hygiene and left for their homes evidently thor oughly immune from the threatened hydrophobia. They are Chas. Russell, Chalmers McFarland, Earl Jackson, Surles Cox. Frank Buchanan and Fletcher Lloyd. The net aggregate increase in as sessments of all corporations in North Carolina for 1910 over 1909 is $4,410,- 333 according to a comparative state ment just issued by the Corporation Commission showing the result of the work of the commission the past 60 days in assessing the valuation for taxes on public service corporations, miscellaneous Industrial corporations, banks and building and loan associa tions, a work just completed and cer titled tto the various county authori ties and the State Treasurer. The nub lie service corporations are reassessed only every four years except for im provements, this being an off assess ment year. However the increase In the assessment of this class of cor porations is $1,260,982 as compared with 1909, while the- Increase in the assessment of the industrial corpora tions is $3,149,351. The Corporation Commission made an order today overruling the excen' tions of the Seaboard Air Line to the recent order of the commission that the Seaboard provide a new separate and adequate passenger station at Shelby to take the place of the com bination freight and passenger sta tion in use there for many years and claimed now by petitioning citizens to be wholly Inadequate. The Governor appoints as delee-ates to the Southern Annalaehlan fwr Roads Association, Knoxville. Tenn.. uct. 6ra to 6tn: Donald MacRae, Wil mmgton; W. A. Blair, H. R. Starbuck. w.mston-Salem; Albert Cox. M. l. Shipman, Raleigh; W. T. Wray, Fair- view; xencne uox, E. Stikeleather Asheville; N. Underwood, R. H. Sykes uurnam; t N. Tate. Hierh Point! C . wnght, Greensboro; George Har per, Lenoir; G. W. Connor. BearwaT iow; a. cannon, Horseshoe: J. I. English, Bpruce Pine; Frank Page Biscoe; R, Y. Webb, Shelby; J. C i-ntcnard Asheville; H. C. Dockery, Kocwngham; J. T. Buynum, Lumber Bridge; E. L. Wilson, Dallas; A. L. Fletcher, Lexington; Greeley Brinn Swann Quarter; E. R. Brittain, Cole rain; L. H. Redditt, Edward; J. R Turnage, Alden; W. W. Sawyer, Co mmoia. CENSUS OF SEVERAL CITIES. Population of Three Texas and Three Illinois Cities Washington, Sept. 22. Population statistics of the thirteenth census were made public by the census hii reaut tonight for the folio wine- piWa- Fort Worth, Texas. 73,312, an increase of 46,644, or 174.7 per cent, against 26,668 in 1900. against Galveston, Texas, 36,981, a decrease oi bus, or z.i per cent, over 37.789 wan Antonio, Texas, 96,614. an in crease of 43,293, or 81.2 per cent over oa.ozi. in iuo. TK . .. xue population statistics lor the loiiowmg cities also will be made puuiic; Manchester, N. H., 70.063. an in crease of 13,076, or 22.9 per cent over 56,587 in 1900. Aurora, 111., 29,807, an increase of 5,660, or 23.4 per cent over 24.147 in 1900. Ulgin, 111., 25,976, an 3,543, or 15.8 per cent in 1900. increase of over 22,433 TAFT AND TEDDY BOTH. Jail Prisoner Tells. Judge About the Two Presidents. Washington, Sept. 22. "Who is President of the United States?" ask ed Judge Mullowney, of William Thomas, a jail prisoner, who was be ing examined today by a lunacy jury. "Deed, jedge, ah doan rightly Jf now. They say they's two of 'em one's Mr. Taft and the other's Teddy," was the prisoner's reply. "Not guilty," was the verdict and Thomas, who, through a clerical error had already served 40 days too manv of a prison term for "totin a pistol," was released. WHOLE NUMBER 13,407. ROOSEVELT FEELS EOF Ex-President Predicts Rout of the "Old Guard" at Saratoga. SMME HILL GONFEBEHCE Colonel Convinced That It is All Over but the Shouting Reports Indi cate Clean Sweep Forces Are Gathering. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 22. The ut ter rout of the "old guard" by Theo dore Roosevelt at the Republican S.tate convention in Saratoga was predicted today by Col. Roosevelt himself. At the conclusion of a long conference at Sagamore Hill today with half a dozen of his lieutenants, Col. Roose velt said: "I think I may be reasonably safe in saying that we shall have 100 majori ty." Reports from all parts of the State were received at Sagamore' Hill today. Otto T. Bannard, of New York, Lloyd C. Griscom, president of the New York county Republican Committee; F. J. Kracke, of Brooklyn, naval officer of the port; Representative Wii.iam M. Calder, of Brooklyn; Comptroller Wm. A. Prendergast, of New York City, and tieroert arsons, Mr. Grlsconvs pre decessor, motored down from New York late in the afternoon for a final survey of the field of battle. The reports Col. Roosevelt received. this afternoon convinced him that it was all over but the shouting. Unless some unexpected reversal should be met, he was positive that the Republi can organization would be forced to give , ground before the progressives when the test came at Saratogo next week. His estimate of 100 majority was concurred In by the others who attended the conference. The attitude of the Roosevelt forces. toward the Taft administration was outlined by Mr. Bannard. "In my opinion," said he, "the Sara toga convention will adopt a resolu tion strongly endorsing the adnlinstra tion of President Taft. In accordance with the President's expressed wish, no mention will be made of any re nomination in 1912. No opposition to an endorsement of the administration will come from delegates friendly to Mr.' Roosevelt and Mr. Griscom."' Mr. Griscom said that he had brought good news to Sagamore Hill. "I reported to Mr. RooBevelt" he said, "that there had been several ac cessions to our ranks, among them del egates from Dutchess and Montgome ry counties. There may be more. MP Roosevelt will be temporary chair--man. Thero is no nuestion about that We shall have a majority of more than 100 delegates." Col. Roosevelt said that the names of several candidates were gone over, but that 'no agreement on any of them had been reached. The platform would be progressive. Col. Roosevelt said that he felt that a plank on direct nomination would be placed in the platform. Mr. Parsons said that an effort would be made to force a roll call ot every delegate to the convention in the vote for temporary chairman. He explained that it was proposed to put every man on record "for all times" either for -or against Col. Roosevelt. By this method he believed Roosevelt's majority would gain from the ranks of the trimmers. The feeling that an up-State man would make the strongest candidate for governor was expressed more de cidedly than ever today. During the last few days the names of several such men have been presented. One just brought forward, and now receiv ing some attention, -a that of Ellas Mann, Mayor of Troy. For Lieutenant governor a boom has been started for S. B. Donnelly, of Brooklyn, appointed public printer by President Roosevelt and a strong union labor man When the correspondence with Archbishop Ireland given out yester day by Mrs. Bellamy Storer was men tioned Col. Roosevelt said that he did not Intend to be drawn into a renewal of that controversy. He confined him self to this comment: "Four years ago. when I was Presi dent and Bellamy Storer was ambassa dor to Austria, all the letters from me to the Storers and from them to me were published. The letters mus speak for themselves." In his. opinion, he added, the corres pondence formed a record against which no recollection of verbal con versations could stand, and that there fore the question of veracity could not be raised. WEALTHY YOUTH FOR NAVY. Horace Keeler Carrying Out Provision of Fortune Willed Him. Washington, Sept .22. Horace Lo gan Keeler, the 22-year-old Richmond, Ind., lad who is said to have been left a fortune of $1,500,000 by a grandfath er, is now serving as a hospital appren tice at Newport, R. I., as a training for future naval service. Keeler's fortune hinges on his earning not less than $75 a month until he is 25 years old. Newport, R. I., Sept. 22. A search of the naval training station here to night failed to disclose the presence of Horace Logan Keeler, of Richmondt Ind., who is said to be heir to $1,500, 000. The naval officers here think that ihe young man may be found at the Norfolk, Va., training station. Mi -.1- i is .it! :VJ 1 i r :' v II1-; - , f . , - ; . 'i 1 w.iuw uiorning, 14.15. . A
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