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ASHEVILLE, N .0., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 1, 1912.
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CLAIMS GRACE
SH&J1IMSELF
'CISC iTELL Of MURDER
210 REFUGEES
THE PRESIDENT
STATES ISSUES
PLOTTHATFftlLED
BEING
HEARD
1
Attorney for Defense Says Pis
itol Was Discharged Dur
ing Scuffle with At
lantan's Wife.
ANOTHER WOMAN IN
THE CASE, HE ASSERTS
Says Husband First Drew Re
volver and Threatened
Mrs. Grace as She
Upbraided Him.
Atlanta, Aug. 1. The trial of Mrs.
Daisy Ople Grace, accused of shoot
ing her husband, Eugene Grace, took
a sensational turn today. In his open
ing statement, her attorney admitted
that Grace was shot during an alter
cation with his wife, but claimed the
shooting was accidental. It was the
result of a quarrel between the hus
band and wife over another woman
he said.
When court convened he made the
following statement, outlining the de
fense: "We are going to show the whole
miserable facts. The truth is that
Grace wanted to get his wife out of
town. Mrs. Grace suspected he had an
onagagement with another woman.
She accused him of it and said she
was going to take away the power of
attorney she had given him to sell her
property. Grace began scuffling with
her to prevent her taking the docu
ment. He began swearing at her,
threatening to kill her. grabbing up
his revolver. Mrs. Grace grabbed
Grace's hand In an effort to protect
herself. The revolver was discharged
and Grace wan shot.
"Grace did not think he was badly
shot and made his wife leave the
house without calling a physician, first
obtaining her promise to say nothing
about the shooting. The alibi letters
were wrtten by Grace, himself, and
his wife knew nothing about it." (
.Mrs. Grace Is expected to take the
stand lato today.
Rebecca Kama the mulatto seam
stress, thl most Important witness for
the defense at the morning session of
court, testified that she had been sew
ing for Mrs. Grace on the night be
fore the shooting and the night after
the shooting she saw her In the hos
pital anteroom before Mrs. Grace was
admitted to Grace's mom, and told
her she was sorry to hear of "this"
and felt jmre she was innocent. The
prosecution has condemned no one
and had not informed Mrs. Grace she
was accused up to the time she saw
Grace and confronted him with the
words: "They tell me you say I shot
you."
After fnrlr,r the Inst link in the
chain of circumstances which it Paris, Aug. 1. An elegantly dress
claims connects Mrs. Dalsv Grace with cd young woman jumped from the
the shootln of her husband, the pros- topmost platform of the Eiffel tower
ecutlon rested Its !M late vesterday. yesterday. Her body struck the Iron
The state playee Its big card and work, as It fell and was almost torn
won two lmportani nolnts. Two let - ' In half. The limbs were severed before
ters. which it was claimed Mrs. Grace ! the body fell to the second platform,
wrote to herself over her husband's 525 feet below, where It was smashed
nickname. "Gene," and mailed as she
was leaving for Newnan, to establish
an alibi, were offered In evidence and
admitted by the court after a desper
ate battle between opposing counsel
lasting more than two hours.
Mrs. Grace's words of greeting to
her husband When they met in the
hospital, which the defense had fought
hard to keep from the Jury, also were
admitted. George C. Bullard, city de
tective, was the wltnere who was per
mitted to tell of the meeting.
"Who spoke first?" asked Solicitor
Dorsey.
"Mrs. Grace."
"What did she say?"
"She said: 'How did this happen.
Gene? What have you been telling
these people? They tell me you say I
shot you.' " ,
"Did she kJss her husband ?"
"No, she stood straight up beside
the bed."
Judge Rnnti would not permit the
witness to relate to the Jury the sub
sequent conversation, between husband
and wife. He admitted her first state
ment because the prosecution dalmeJ
hat It had pi oven by witnesses, who
wero with Mrs. Grace from the time
! he heard the news until the meeting
"I Ihe hospital that no one had told
her she had been accused.
Although the prosecution attaches
Brest weight to the "alibi letters" and
'ontends that they show that the
"hooting of Grace wan premedlaled by
bis wife, the defense claims that Mrs.
Grace had not been connected with
l hem In any way by the evidence
either with having written, mailed, or
received them. By some strange trick
f fate, Mrs. Grace did not receive the
'o letters, which were enclosed in
one envelope, through the malls.
Postmarked Atlanta. 4: JO p. m. on the
day of the shooting, they reached
Newnan after she had returned to
Atlanta. They were forwarded to her
but fell Into Grace's hands and were
turned over to the attorneys by him.
'"he hsndwrltlng on the envelope has
been Identified as that of Grace, by
witnesses, but none of them was able
In i l. miry (he handwriting of one of
'be letters, which u ncnhbled with
Pencil.
The "Alibi" Letter...
The roll teat of the so-called alibi
'"tlar i. .iiows.
"Tueedty Night.
"My Own Darling wife
Arter l gut, you on the train I got
" talking to, ho old boyhood friend of
mine and, MeVJefl, which will make
me a day late in getting back. I am
terribly sorry that it is going to keep
me away a day longer. But I shall
hurry back, dear girl, and bring you
Dack something nice. My friend is
here at the house with me now, and
I have been telling him what a nlee,
sweet girl you are. 1 am awfully
sorry for what 1 said ai d Whal hap
pened Sunday and 1 know it v. in not
happen again. I hope you are having
a fine time in Kewnan and that sou
will see lots of people. I shall think
of you all the time I am away and be
as good as I know how. Be a good,
sweet girl and think of me lots. With
all my love and a billion, kisses.
"GENE."
The other letter which the prosecu
tion claims Mrs. Grace wrote on a
typewriter weeks before the shoot
ing reads:
"My Dear Wife, Daisy:
"After saying good-bye to you at
the station today, run Into a fellow
friend of mine from Charlotte, N. C,
and Daisy, believe me, my heart went
out to him completely, the chap is
dead broke and he had such a pitiful
story that I am going to try and get
him a Job. I am going to have him
come out to 29 West Eleventh and
make him take a bath and let him
.Jeep all right with me, and In the
morning I will give him a suit of
clothes as he is very tall and I think
my clothes will fit him if he pulls his
suspenders up. Now, Daisy dear, I
am a day late getting away so I will
be one day late getting back to At
lanta, so instead of me coming to
Newnan why you bring mother up
along to Atlanta with you and 1 will
send you a telegram when you may
meet me at the station. Hope you
wrote to your mother and told her I
will be in Philadelphia and to have
your satchel ready packed so I won't
have to Wait for It. All my love for
vou and a million kisses from your
devoted husband. "GENE."
TENNESSEE ELECTION
Judge and County (Hikers Being
Chosen Democratic Guberna
torial Primary Held.
Nashville, Aug. 1. Tennessee today
Is electing supremo court Judges,
judges of the court of civil appeals
and county officials, while the demo-
I crats are holding a gubernatorial
I primary and electing delegates to the
state convention to be held August
15. A light vote Is indicated.
Managers of his competitors regard
Mr. Mil I in as the most formidable can
didate. . . :
A MURDER A DAY
Thut Was tin- Average in New York
During July Hot Weath
er Blamed.
New York, Aug. 1. An average of
ope murder dally occurred during the
month of June In this city, according
to an official tabulation compiled by
the police homicide bureau.
The records show hot weather al
ways stirs murderers to action.
Woman Leaps from Eiffel Tower.
beyond recognition
Four hundred francs were found In
a pocket of the woman and also the
address of a hotel, where she was not
known. The attendants say the wo
man was weeping before she Jumped.
She scribbled something In ft note
book hut nfterward tore this up. The
body has not been Identified.
KldiiapjK-il Hoy Found in Cave.
Bristol, Va., Aug. 1. A special from
Duffleld, Va., says that the eight years
old son of Circuit Court Clerk J. B.
Richmond, of Scott county, has Just
been recovered from a cave, where
he was hidden by kidnappers. The
child was kidnapped near the Rich
mond home by two men who took
him to the cave, let him down by a
rope and lied arter leaving a quantity
of food.
Two men have been arrested and
Idenlllicil by the boy as the kidnappers
but their names have not yet been
disclosed.
May Delay Canal Opening.
Washington. Aug. I Unless con-
I Rress takes action to provide for the
ouerntlon of the Panama canal at lb
present session. President Tuft and
Secretary of War Stlmson belleveH
that It will be practically Impossible
for the army engineers to keep their
promise and open the big ditch to the
ships of the world next year.
BUI for lilncolti-Grant-ICe Memorial.
Washington. Aug. l.-The construe-
ttno nf . Lincoln-Grant-DM memorial
u w..Mnrtnn at an expense of n
million nd a quarter dollars Is pro
posed In a bill Introduced by Repre
sentative Pou of North Carolina. Ev
ery stale will be Invited to furnish
material In the event of Its construc
tion. The Alliance In Control.
Washington. Aug. 1. The senate
today gave the daatorcatlc progressive
tariff alliance complete control of the
senate conference committee on wool
sugar and excise bills Regular re
publican leaders offenxl no objectless.
In Its- for Governor of Georgia.
Atlanta, Aug. 1. Hopper Alexan
der of Dekalb county announces that
ha has entered the race for governor.
Supreme Justices to Decides
Whether Roosevelt Men
May Run in Kansas
Republican Primary.
APPLICATION IS MADE
FOR A WRIT OF ERROR
Plaintiffs in Action in New
York Are the Taft Lead
ers in Sunfower
State.
New York, Aug. 1. The Kansas
primary election case. Involving a uni
que part of great Importance in the
machinery of national elections was 1
heard before two justices of the
United States Supreme court hero to
day. Directly or indirectly the decls-
Inn nf (hovn i imf i i u will anttln u; Vi o t Vi -
er eight candidates for presidential I
elector who have declared they will
vote in the electoral college for Roos
evelt may have their names on the
ballot submitted to the' people in a
Kansas republican primary there on
August 6. The plaintiffs are the
Kansas Taft leaders and the action,
which takes tlv form of an applica
tion for a writ of error, Is defended
by several attorneys representing the
Roosevelt party.
JuBtJcai Pitney and Vandevanler
are hearing the application.
RICHMOND MAN IS HELD
Report of Greensboro Ice
Shortage Denied News
of Gate City.
Gazete-Nows Bureau,
Dally News Building,
Greensboro, Aug. 1.
The Arctic Ice and Coal company of
Greensboro, has made reply to the
charge of Mr. West, a local Ice cream
dealer and confectioner, who last
week, made a statement to the effect
that he was unable to secure ice. In
I which the ice company denies that
I there has been a time this summer
when they were unable to supply all
the Ice needed and that any impres- I
sion that there is or has been anything I
like a shortage of ice here Is errone- I
ous. Replying to Mr. West, the man
agement of the ice company intimates
that the Ice cream dealer Is trying to
fool the people as to the real cause;
that the very day the West complaint
was made Ice was offered for delivery
two distinct times and that "the same
was refused for no apparent good
reason except to give the Ice company
all the trouble possible."
A. T. Moore, a white man from
Richmond. Va who was arrested here
a few nights ago charged with aban
doning his family and subsequently
released because requisition papers
were not forwarded has been rearrest
ed at the request of Richmond au
thorities and held pending the arrival
of the necessary papers.
Relatives here were notified yester
day of the death Tuesday 'night at her
home in Alamance county, 15 miles
from Burlington, of Mrs. W. I. May
nard. Mrs. Maynard Is remembered
here as Mis Helen Jeffreys, a sister
of Messrs. J. R. and M. 8. Jeffreys
and Mrs. J. C. Montgomery. The
remains were brought to Greensboro
last night for burial today In Greene
m rc,me,pry
The house party which Miss Male1,,, ,. ,,,. lh nrt - .r nf
Dorset! has been entertaining for the
past several days has broken up after
a delightful round of pleasure. Tho
house guests of Miss Dorset! were
,llss r.mei wi.uo oi
Mary menn i yson oi.-aru "
Miss Marv Moore of Greenville. The
young ladles left lau night for their
hollies.
HADLEY STATEMENT
t'rges Missouri ltrpiibllcans to Re
main Regular but Declines to
Pledge Support to Tafl.
Jefferson City, Aug. Li Governor
Hadley last night gave out a state
ment urging all republicans to stand
!y the regular party organisation. He
decllnen to .ay ne wy u up..,,. m.
HEAVY
432156
Denver, Aug. 1. Cloudbursts pelt-
ed the crop and villages and left a
trail of damage across Colorado last
nlsht. Several towns vere flooded,
away,
cattle drowned, crops destroyed ami
people much alarmed.
John S. Watson, a fanner at Kuner,
was knocked unconscious by hall
In a field. Cattle were stunned.
Amusements Suspended in Japan.
Toklo. Aug. 1. While the empire
continues to mourn the loss of Its late,
ruler, Mutauhlto, yet business has been
rosumed. Amusements, however, have
been suspended for five days. It la
believed the Interment will ba on the
site of the Maduyama palace, erected
In the sixteenth century. ,
Gamblers Say Becker Prev
iously Tried to Have
Rosenthal Killed.
New York. Aug. 1. "Dago Frank"
Clrcifici and Shapiro, chauffeur and
joint owner ot the Rosenthal murder
car, were taken before the grand jury
this morning. The inference was that
Clrcifici had confessed.
Becker Further Involved.
Police Lieutenant Becker was last,
night further Implicated in the plot
to get rid of the gambler when "Bald
Jack" Rose and "Bridgie" Weber add
ed another chapter to their already
amazing allegations. They told Dis
trict Attorney Whitman that Rosen
thal was to hae been killed at the
instigation of Becker 10 days before
he actually met his fate, and that the
plot failed because the underworld
thugs selected to do the murder lost
their nerve at the last moment.
The district attorney spent the
greater part of the afternoon with
Rose and Weber in their cells at the
west side police station and under the
promise of leniency which the prose
cutor has given them, they talked
freely. They gave little additional in
formation regarding the $2,400,000
fund which they alleged illegal re-
R0tns paid for P'ice Protection in the
city every year, but their story of the
alleged anxiety of Lieutenant Becker
because of Gambler Rosenthal's
threatened exposures was amplified to
the district attorney and in the prose
cutor's opinion he strengthened his
evidence usrainst Becker.
"The plot that failed" was o have
1 een brought to Its climax at the Gar
den restaurant on Fifty-first street, on
Saturday night, July 6, when Rosen
thal and his wife were dining there,
according to the account told by Rose
to the district attorney as spokesman
lor the two gamblers. With Rosen
thal and his wife at the time was
Jack Sullivan, the newsboy, now un
der arrest for alleged complicity In
the murder. Rose himself engine r
ed the "job" and brought to the res
taurant "a fleet ol thugs" who were
to do the actual shooting, according
to Rose. Two of the hired assassins
were "Gyp the Blood," and "Lefty"
Louis, who are wanted by the police
as two of the men who actually shot
Rosenthal 10 days later in front of
the Hotel Metropole. Becker at that
time, was downtown, Rose said, wait
ing for the mmrity plot to he con
summated. Gun Men Lost Nerve.
Becker had talked with me every
day," Rose said. "He kept saying to
me, "why don't you kill this fellow
off?' Rosenthal would have leen kill
ed off that night If the bunch hadn't
lost their nerve. They got the notion
after they reached the restaurant that
a detective was onto them. After giv
ing up the assassination we went to
'Hrldgle' Weber's place and there wc
met Becker. He denounced us all up
and down.
" 'You are all a lot of cowards,' he
said. 'I'll have to do it myself.' "
Rosenthal, it was recalled by the
district attorney, when he heard the
story, had but a few days before this
made his complaint against Becker
charging that the police lieutenant
was partner in ills gambling house.
Although Becker, still in the Tombs,
has thus far refused to make any
statement other than he is Innocent
and that his plight is the result of a
"frame up" on the part of his ene
mies in the gambling fraternity, Rose
predicted that the police lieutenant
would eventually break down and tell
ill he knows.
The district attorney expressed con
fidence that if Becker would talk
frankly his evidence would open the
door to the larger phase of the Rosen
thal case, namely, the general extent
of the police graft system In which
Rose has declared several high police
officials are involved. So far Mr
Whitmun has obtained little real evl
dence against the men mentioned by
Rose as heads of the "four graft bu
reaus through which Rose alleged
that about RO0,000 each was collect
ed as vice protection money and dis
tributed." The district attorney Is not replying
solely up'on Rose's story. He expects
witneBSPB who may nave knowiedge of
, Kraft relatonH i,iween tho Kamblers
and thfl pnr,
j ..Br1aW. Weber told tne algtrl(.,
' mtnrnev thut bis own i.avment to
i llM.ker ,T ,,,,, protection of
... ,. ' . ,,
his
gambling house, was $200 o month but
that this rate was a small one com
pared with the sums levied on larger
establishments.
He and Rose both said that In Man
hattan alone there were probably 100
gambling houses paying tribute to the
police and that the sum total of $2.
400,000 paid annually was a conserva
tive figure. Weber Incidentally said
that Becker wuh present when the
money Was produced whtcli went to
the thug hired to kill Rosenthal.
Shortly after the murder, he said,
Becker met Rose and Weber In front
of the Murray Mill baths and said:
"Now, 'Bridgie, you nave to give
these boys some money to get out
of town. I will fix It up with you
later."
Weber said that he then handed
11000 In large hills to Rose, who later
transferred It to Sam Bchepp and on
that afternoon Kehepp gave It to "Oyp
the Blood" and i ftv Louis In front
of the Times building,
In corroboration of this assertion of
Weber's the district attorney has the
names of two wlineeae, one a woman.
who, he said, would testify that they
saw Weber and Rose talking to Keck
, er In front of the Murray Hill baths
shortly after the murder.
Poteen Commissioner' Statement.
Police Commissioner Waldo last
night
made his first extended state
OWrttmsjta ea pas twe,
Appeals Being Sent from All
Border Towns for U. S.
Government to Pro
tect Americans
MANY IN REBEL ZONE
ARE IN GRAVE DANGER
No Word Received from Isolat
ed Colonies Orozco De
nies He Is Seeking
Intervention.
El Pao, Aug. 1. Scores of mes
sages are being sent from here and
other border towns appealing to the
United States to take stepa to secure
the protection of Americans in Mex
ico. In many instances messages are
being sent by whole communities.
Two more traip loads of refugees
from remote Mormon colonies arrived
last night, increasing the number of
American refugees arriving since Sun
day to 2500, the majority of whom
are still here.
The United States government has
begun the distribution of tents and
rations to the refugees. Pending this
distribution, which nme as a result
of an act of congress, the refugees
had been boused In some abandoned
lumher sheds. Now they aro to be giv
en government tents, some of which
ire at Fort Bliss and others to bo
shipped here from St. Louis.
Twenty thousand dollars is also au
thorized lor expenditures for food for
the sufferers, 'few of whom were able
to get out with any money. Many
were stopped on their way to the
trains and robbed. Others had noth
ing to lie robbed of. It is estimated
by Mormon officials here that In all
2500 women and children are In the
colonies of Chihuahua and 1500 of
these remain In what the refugees
consider grave danger. No word has
been received from Colonla Meroles, a
large Mormon fettlement In Sonora.
Colonists from the D4as settlement,
west of Casas Grandes, are moving
overland to the United States border
over the trail to Columbus, N. M. They
are expected to arrive at llachlta, N.
M. Another Mormon refugee colony
has been established at Dog Springs,
N. M., southeast of Hachlta. The ref
ugees Include all of the members of
the Colonla Diaz settlement who have
already escaped. Assistance In the way
of provisions and tents will be sent
to them' from El Pasp.
Juarez, Aug 1. General Orozco,
the rebel chief, declared that he does
not want intervention, he said. "If the
United States will throw down the
barriers and let us have all the am
munition we can buy, I promise in 60
days to have peace restored n Mex
ico and a stable government in charge.
If anybody wants intervention, it Is
Madero and his family who are worth
millions which they fear will be con
fiscated." T
10 WORK FOR WILSON
Governor Impressed With the
Suggestion That They
Organize for Him.
Sea Girt, Aug. 1. Governor Wilson
today received a suggestion from w.
H. Sanford of Montgomery, Ala., that
national organization of school
teacherB be formed to work for Wil
son. I ne governor wan oeiwu win.
the Idea.
Sanford probably will see Chairman
McComhs and other memlers of the
campaign committee to suggest the
details of the proposed organization.
CAPT. AMES DETAILED
Tenth Regiment Officer Will Succeed
Capt. Dougherty as Inspector ol
the N. C. N. G.
Oaxette-News Bureau,
The Motel Raleigh,
Ralegih, Aug. 1.
Capt. Henry E. Ame. of the Tenth
United States Infantry, has been de
tailed by the war department as in
spector and Instructor of the North
Carolina Guard. He is expected to
report to the adjutant general, R. L
l.elnster here about September 1. He
comes to succeed Captain A. J. Dough -ertv.
who has been ordered to return
to his reslment for service In the
Philippines.
More Loops on strike Duty.
Charleston. W. Va.. Aug. 1. Oov
ernor Glasscock late yesterdsy re
called R. L Oahorn and Major Jack
Arnold with four companies of state
mlittla from the summer Instruction
damp at Mount Gretna, Pa., to do
atrlke duty In the disturbed Paint
Creek district. This Is the third call
for troops made by the governor
llhln the past few days and brings
- 1 the force of state soldiers In the trou
bis sons up to 709.
IS FOR GRADUAL
TARIFF REVISION
Wilson Doesn't Favor Such
Sweeping Cuts as Will
Harm Business.
Sea Girt. N. J Aug. 1. Revision of
the tariff should not be made at one
sweep but should be gradual and
thorough is the opinion of Governor
Wilson, announced last night. The
governor so declared In his first dis
cussion of the question for publica
tion since he wrote his speech of ac
ceptance and after a long conference
with Representative Redfleld of
Brooklyn, whom he considers one of
j the best Informed men in the country
on the tariff.
"We are all agreed on that," the"
governor said when Interviewers ask
ed him if his views coincided with
those of Mr. Redfleld on a gradual
reduction of the tariff.
After the conference, Mr. Redfleld
told the reporters that he and the
governor had talked on three topics
the tariff, the. trusts and the scientific
training of young farmers as a means
of lowering the high cost of living. On
the tariff, he said, the governor's views
coincided with his own.
"We have talked of the need of a
general downward revision on almost
every schedule in the tariff." Mr. Red
fleld said. "The revision should be
thorough but should be made by de
grees. We should make progress
slowly, in my opinion, instead of try
ing to clear too much at one jump.
For Instance, if a 30 point reduction
is decided upon in any one schedule
it would be better to make two 15
point reductions at different times in
stead of a single reduction. We want
to reform the tariff, but we do not
want to do more harm than good.
Business men have money invested in
their plants, machinery and stock and
this money cannot be turned ov.-r like
a department store turns over its
goods. A store gets rid of its stock
quickly, a manufacturer slowly. The
work need not be less thorough If
done by steps, instead of by a single
leap. I think the governor's views
are clear and steady and that he has
no thought of acting rashly or hast
ily. The governor has hlB own views
as to thoroughness and moderation In
dealing with the trusts. We talked
considerably after them. It is my
opinion that the governor believes
that the government should first es
tablish Its own policy so clearly that
it can be readily understood instead
of being misinterpreted.
PAINFULLY HURT AT
GUDGER'S CROSSING
Noble Allen Struck by Freight Train
but May Not Be Dangerously
Injured.
About daylight this morning Noble
Allen, a young white man of about 18
years of age, was struck by the
freight train from Asheville going east
and painfully injured. The accident
occurred at Gudger's crossing. The
supposition is that young Allen was
standing near the track and tried to
board the passing freight, but misled
his grip and fell beneath the car
wheels, sustaining painful but not
necessarily dangerous injuries. Dr.
Buckner dressed Mr. , Allen's wounds,
after which the young man was able
to walk to his home near by.
UNCLE SAM BROKE
Failure to Pass Appropriation Bills
Again Leaves the Government
Without Ready Money.
Washington, Aug. 1. Your Uncle
Sam Is broke again today. Several of
Ihe largest appropriation bills are still
to he patised by congress. For the
last month the government has been
operating under an emergency resolu
tion which extended the appropria
tions of the last fiscal year through
July. This Is expected to be repeated.
A resolution was agreed upon by
the appropriation's committee of both
houses extending the appropriations nf
last year until Annu l 15. Its immedi
ate passage was expected.
POLICE TRIBUTE VAST
Those Familiar With New York's Un
derworld Do Not Consider Rose's
Kstlmate Excessive.
Nejw York, Aug. 1 The statement
of Jack Rose, the Informer In the
Rosenthal case, that nearly two and
one-half million dollars had lawui ex
acted by the police from gamblers and
other for protection In the psst year
Is not considered extrsvagant by manv
familiar . with conditions In New
York's underworld. According to an
expose 12 yeara ago, the amount then
was seven hundred thousand less than
was collected In 1112.
New circulars describing the men
wanted for the murder are being sent
broadcast.
Think Nurse Fnd.l Life.
Cataklll, N. Y Aug. l. -The finding
of a three-ounc can labeled "ether",
but which hud apparently contained
other. fluid, strengthened the belief of
the country officials that Miss Dorcas
Bnodgraas, the Mount Vernon nurse,
committed suicide. The can waa
found near where the body of the girl
was found last BunAay.
Says Chief Question Is Preser
vation of Constitution,
Menaced by Democrats
and Progressives.
TARIFF THE NEXT IN
IMPORTANCE, HE SAYS
Says Democratic Revision
Means Hard Times Is
Officially Notified of
Nomination.
Washington, Aug. 1. President
Taft was formally notified today of
his nomlnaL'on by the national repub
lican convention at Chicago surround
ed by his family and friends in tho
historic east room of the White House,
the president received from Senator
Elihu Root, chairman of the notifica
tion committee, his first official infor
mation of the convention's action.
"Your title to the nomination is
clear and unimpeacthable as the title
of any candidate since the political
convention began," said Root at the
conclusion of his address."
"1 accept the nomination you ten
der," replied Taft, beginning his
speech of acceptance. "I accept it as
an expression of confidence that in
may second administration I will
serve the public well."
Mrs. Taft, radiant, stood by her
husband's side. Charlie, his younger
son, war there, too. Miss Helen Taft
and Robert, the elder son, were not
present.
A dais had been provided in fhe
center of the cast room, surmounted
by two colonial chairs. Root occu
pied one and Taft the other. Moving
picture machine operators clicked off
thousands of feet of film while Root
and Taft were speaking. This was
the first time a moving picture has
been taken in the White House.
While the president was being noti
fied, the democrats in the house were
firing fusillades of campaign oratory
and eulogizing Woodrow Wilson.
Washington, Aug. 1. President
Tatt's formal fi)eech of acceptance ot
the nomination of the Chicago con
vention was delivered here today to
the official committee of notification
headed by Senator Root and a few
Invited guests.
Although Mr. Taft defined In detail
the is.' ues of the campaign as he saw
them, he reserved the right to amplify
his statement in a letter as the cam
paign develops.
The supreme issue that confronts
the voters, the president declared, was
that of the malntainance of the na
tion's institutions and the preserva
tion of the constitution, threatened
he said, oft the one hand by the demo
cratic party and on the other by those
republicans who had left the party to
try their fortunes In a new one.
Next In Importance Mr. Taft placed
the tariff. In the proposals of the
democrats for reductions In the pres
ent schedules, he said, lay danger of
business depression and hard times.
The republican principle of revision
only wdiere scientific investigation
shows It necessary, marked the
straight road to continue prosperity
and commercial peace.
In discussing the tariff, the presi
dent said that It was untrue that to
Its door could he traced the high cost
of living and pointed out that condi
tions of living were alike over the
world. A political promise could not
remedy such a condition he said.
As an issue only leas Important
than the tariff the president placed
the regulation of trusts. He said the
Sherman law had been enforced with
success but added that specific acts
of unfair trade should be denounced
as misdemeanors that such acts might
be avoided or when committed pun
ished by summary procedure. Inter
state business enterprises, he said,
should be offered a federal Incorpora
tion law.
Aside from those Issues the preui
dent pointed to the record of the
republican party and particularly dur
ing his own administration as an
earnest of what It might be expected
to do In the future if the people re
turned It to power In November. He
attacked the democrats at other
points than the tariff, making special
reference to the refusal of that party
In the house of representatives to
continue the naval policy of two bat
tleships a year. Taft did not men
tion cither Colonel Roosevelt or Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson by name but
referred to each. While he did no:
accuse either nf embracing the doc
trines of roelallsm, many of the pro
posals they had made, the president
said savored of It strongly. He clos
ed with a review of his administrative
achievement and appealed directly to
the conservative voters of the demo
cratic party to Join with the repub
licans at the polls.
"I know that In thla wide country
there are many who call themselves
democrats, who view, with the same
aversion that we republicans do, the
radical propositions of change In our
form of government that are reckless
ly advanced to satisfy what Is tup
posed to be popular clamor," said the
president
"They are men who revere the con
stitution and the Institutions of their .
government with all the love and re
spect that we could passably iavs,
men who depreciate disturbance In
business conditions, and are yearalmi
for that qulot fro