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THE GAZETTE-NEWS - 0M The Associated FrtM Service. tt is In Every Respect Complete. fetatxe Audit Bureau Circulation. mnnir-",1 vn XX. NO. 275. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTEL.rQ ON, DEC r . IEEII 31, 1015. PRICE 2 CEITTS 00 Tra,n 06 - N A-s ISTRIA'S NEW ANCONA REPLY EASES TENSION Dinger of Diplomatic Break between United States and j Austria No Longer Is Imminent. IEPLY REACHED STATE DEPARTMENT TODAY Officials Apparently ' Highly Gratified at Character of Note As Outlined In the News Dispatches. TREATIES URGED ; Washington, Dec. 31 The text of Austria's Ancona note was received early today at the state department. The work of translating the note from the diplomatic code will take sev eral hours and arrangements for the publication of the doc ument will he made later. . , ; The reply came in sections; Secretary Lansing stated in "the forenoon that the first sec tion of the note had been trans ited and that hp expected to lave the complete translation of the document in his hands Ifore night.. : ' : "' Officials' who read the unof ficial version of the reply in ie ,.iV!Wspapera.3Uipparentl were much gratified at its na ture. The danger of a diplo matic break between the Unit-, ed States and ' Austria-Hungary is no longer considered imminent. Officials said that ideational correspondence was tore to ensue. Secretary Lansing denied to comment on the note until he kd received the complete of- teial text. It was considered fcubtful whether the official text would be given out either today or tomorrow unless some provision for its publicatin was trended t the text by AmDas sulor IVnfield at Vienna. Secretary Lansing rw Ived from Ambassador Fenneld) a Iriof resume of th contents of (he note. He declined, how ever, to make it public or to (omoiimt on it. ! Th rniw nt the Austrian govern- nt to the second American note th sinking of the steamship An ena with the low of American Uvea, a forwarded to Reuter's Telegram empany from Vienna by way of Am- frdam, aaya: ' "in reply to tha second American Ancona note, the Austro-Hungartan wernment fully agrees with the ahlnuton cabinet that the sacred wi of humanity should be taicen ln-i account also In war, and empha tt that It, In the course of this war, m riven numerous proofs of the "t humane feelings. The Austro-Hungartan govern nt, ton, ran positively conour In the t nclple that enemy vessels, ao faraa r lo not fly or offer resistance, ll not be destroyed before the per ""n bnnrd are secured. "The aiuturance that the Vntted ''itM rv.rnm.nl attaches Value it maintenance of the existing good v'tlims between Austria-Hungary " .the Vntted Btntee la warmly re-'"x-ated by the Austro-Hungarlan wnment, which now. aa hereto '""a. I exlous to render these rela n will more cordial." Results of IiMiulry. s Auitro-liunKarlan government communicatee the results of the "try Into the alnklng of the An- which waa recently concluded. Th Inquiry showed that the com fer of the submarine from a f 't dlatance in the first Instance "! a warnlnir ehot on the steamer ' "d at 11:40 In the forenoon. , he at first believed to be a ""Port steamer at the same tlms ' '"I a stanal for ths vessel to atop. ' 'he simmer failed to atop, and q io ear. p.. the submarine gave ana fired sixteen sheila, of " w oimrwq w III. . clared when at full speed the steamer dropped several boats filled with peo pie, which at once capsized. After the steamer stopped, the commander of the submarine observed that six boats were fully manned and they speedily rowed away from the steamer. ... Gave More Time, Approaching nearer the command er of the submarine saw that a great panic prevailed aboard the steamer and that he had : before him the passenger vessel Ancona and on ac count of which he gave those aboard more- time than was necessary, 'to leave the vessel in life boats. At least ten lifeboats were still aboard, which would, have more than sufficed to rescue the persons still on the vessel but as no other preparations were made to hoist out the boats, the com mander decided, after the expiration of forty-five minutes to torpedo the vessel in such a manner that It ought to remain afloat for ' a, still longer time, In order to leave sufficient op portunity, for the. people . still aboard to be rescued. Shortly afterwards a steamer be came risible, which steamed toward the submarine. As the commander of the . submarine who , believed the steamer to be an enemy cruiser, had to reckon with an attack, he sub merged at 12:35, firing a torpedo into the foremost cargo hold of the Anco na; No more boats aboard the vessel wore lowered, although persons were still visible aboard. Steamer Long In Sinking. The steamer sank' so slowly that the submarine commander at first doubted whether the steamer would sink. Only at 1:20 o'clock did It sink, bow first. . During those further forty-five minutes, it is averred, all the persons aboard could have easily been saved with the available boats. From the circumstances that this did not occur the commander concluded that the crew, contrary to all the rules of seas accomplished their own rescue In the first boats and left the passengers to themselves. Crew Behaved Badly, The entire loss of life, the note sets forth,- cannot be attributable In the first Instance to the sinking of the vessel, but in some degree to the drop- ping of the Orst - boats while tli steamer was proceeding at full'speed and to the fact that the crew only thought of their own safety and did not rescue the passengers from cap sized boats. But the death of the per sons drowned with the sinking of the vessel, must, above all, be ascribed to the "culpable behavior" of the crew. The Austrian reply then states that the American note In several points is based on Incorrect suppositions, and describes as Incorrect that a shell was at once fired, that the submarine, on pursuit, overtook the steamer that only a short time was allowed for those aboard to enter the boats and that several shots were fired on the steamer even after It had stopped, The commander of the submarine, the note continues, allowed the steam er more time than was necessary for the passengers to take to the boats, and then torpedoed the vessel In such a manner that it would remain afloat as long as possible, to enable ths pus sengers to disembark "an object which would have been obtained If the passengers had not been forsaken by the crew." Apparently Negligent. Fully appreciating the attitude of the commander, who had In view the rescue of the passengers and crew, says the note, "the Austro-Hungarlan naval authorities have arrived at the conclusion that he apparently neg lected to take sufficiently into consid eration the panic among the passen gers which rendered dlsembrakation more difficult and the spirit or the regulations that Austro-Hungarlan naval officers should refuse assistance to no one in distress, even an enemy. The officer was therefore punished for violating the Instructions em bodied In the rules In force for such cases. "The Austro-Hungnnan govern ment does not hesitate In view of the circumstances to draw the appropriate conclusion concerning the Indemnify ing of American cttlxens affected by the sinking of ths prlxe, but for the dnmare caused by the doubtlessly jus tlflrd firing on the fleeing vessel the Austro-Hungarlan government cannot well he made rennonslble or for the damsges resulted from the Incorrect dlmmharkatton or the eapslr.lng of the lowered boats before the torpedo was fired. The Austro-HunKnrlan govern ment mnst suppose that the Washing ton cabinet Is able and wining 19 communicate to the Austro-Hiingarlnn cabinet the neceesary Information re- f.rrlnr thereto. 'Tint In case apnronrlate evidence u t.fkttiv and the t'nlted Ptfite amv rnment should not have knnwlei1 of the particulars of how the Amerl' can cltiiens came to grief, the Ans iM.YTnnrarian rnromment In consld. eratlon of the Incident which, from m tinminA sta ndnolnt. Is deeply to he regretted and guided hr the destr once more to manifest m m"" ' feellnrs towards ths United Mates 1 ready and nrenered to pans llrhttv ever this deficiency of evidence ann ala In Indemnify for damares whose t,rvlmate cans rould not be fld. "Hoping tht h Ancona InHdent M,n now he rrarded aa cleared tip. he Atistro-Tl'inmrlsrt government matrea prnvMon to stinmu rnr Convention to Arbitrate Cer tain Matters Suggested by Lansing Fan-American Union Nations. ' in IS filDED HOPE 10 HUGHE s bhiiisii insuir BY FOE'S PilPEOl THE COLOIIEL PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT GIVEN THE PROPOSAL Arbitration Would Include Disputes Over Boundaries and Prohibition of Sale of Arms to Revolutionists. Beneficiary of A Sort of "Back Handed Boom in His Plan to Succeed Commiss W. T. Lee: vV1 ETlark, Personal Friend of ;6loneL Says Only Roose velt or Justice . Hughes : Can Whv SUPPORTED BECAUSE OF TAX REFORM IDEAS Progressive Farmer May' .Be Able to Do A Great DeaL; '.' -' -.(' For Watt, Although Non- ; Partisan Paper. 7 "Si ll Washington, Deo. Sl.-Secretary Lansing has suggested that all nations which, with the United- States, com prise the Pan-American union shall join in a conversation for the arbitra tion of all boundary lino disputes aniljooom, If anybody knpwa what .that is, in the prohibition or the sale or an in Dr. Clartnce Poe paper tnis weeK, Dr. Poe has lnflnte cars In saying that he is not concned,r"with hoost- (By W. H BosO. Kaleich. . Deo. m.-Walter W; Watt's candidacy fos corporation com' missloner to succeed .w. .T . Lee Is a sort of beneficiary or a ba tilt-handed war materials to revolutionists. The nroDosal. which has the full suDDort of President "Wilson. Is being ling anybody's canaupcy, to ne ooes fnrwurfioii h tho T .n ti n-AmcrlrAn i believe that someDO'i'"- snoyna starx Ambassadors and ministers at Wash-. crusade to "equalize ) isaepemnt.' In Inc-tnn to the r home forelen offices Aortn Carolina, ura-f 1W ?' ni ui n for consideration. The proposal Is re-1 garded as one of the steps in a wlda! plan, In which the Pan-American Sci entific congress is a part, for the pres ervation of peace on the western hem isphere and a closer union of all American nations. The status of the negotiations and the details of the Lansing proposal are being held as confidential between the state department and the Latin-American chancellories. . Secretary Lansing today declined entirely to discuss any phase of the proposal and the diplo mats declared they could not discuss the matter while it was in its prelim inary stages and while under consid eration by their home foreign offices. It became known, however, that soon after Secretary Lansing delivered his Pan-American unity speech before the Pan-American Scientific congress, In which he advocated "Pan-Americanism One for all and all for one," he began to invite Latin-American representatives to the , state depart ment, two at a time, and to outline to them his proposal. At the same time. It is understood, hla public declaration, which attracted much favorable attention among the Latin-American nations should, If nec essary, constitute a unuea . nuiwars against any unjust Invasion or aggres sion on a neighbor, was discussed in some detail and uniformly, it is under stood, the Latin-American diplomats expressed approbation of Secretary Lansing's plan. The technical form in which the proposal was made has not been dis closed, but there are Indications that It took the usual form of a memor andum to the diplomats and In such a form as could be transmitted to their home governments for a basis of action. STATEMENT FOLLOWS v . OYSTER BAY VISIT NATAL GOES D01 Sinks : After Explosions-Powerful Vessel Although Laid . , Down 11 Years Ago. ( SUED STATES . GD DOnODI Prohibition Effective in South Carolina, Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Arkansas, After Today. Declares Republican . Tide Is Turning Rapidly Toward . Colonel Puts Many In . the Discard. OVER 300 SALOONS , v . GO OUT OF BUSINESS MonthV Law; Effort will Be Made' to Make State ' Absolutely Dry. , 1 NEGROES KILLED RAGE CLASHES Excitement Not Subsided But No Further Trouble Is Expected. Blakely. Oa., Dec. 31 .The excite ment caused throughout this section editorial dealing with i .taxation - Re form, he observes tbV.fc, "therj. is, gen eral Interest in thrf- fciibouneement that Mr. W. W.. Watt i UUely'to make this the basis of his ;, andlaey - for- a place on the state ; poraUon'".6tnv mission which Is alf itha tat tax commission." ? t " ."j-'-Oir The editorial is Vi(: fulfill mftrif of a prophecy made som -aeeks .'agflh triut Mr. Watts' friends s;6ild npect,.as substantial support . f f . -tb e ' jja-per edited by Dr.. Poe as, J i-iiul.t possibrv give being a non-par ftn-prtfart of a non-partisan organization;'-ttie Farm ers' union. It fulfills. rsa ".the fear of Mr. Lee's friends that- despite. 'the traditional non-partlsm .'-chiifu-ter of the Progressive. Fafirteri p tsrht be able to do Mr., Wattsyre'at: f r 1cey( directing the attenU(;'(''if vrners to Mr. Watt's flne., the need of some one in uifice who will take cognizance of the rich ras cals who escape taxation and the poor devils who pay them all. Mr. Poe writes approvingly of Ito land Beaslcy's contribution to his pa per in which he represents the Union county farmer as paying tax on dollar a bushel wheat and corn, $50 cows and $200 horses all at the market price, while somebody "certainly needs to make it plain how the hold ings of the wealthy frequently are assessed at from 10 to SO per cent of their i real value while the poor are frequently taxed on 100 per cent cf all the little they have then on the $300 extra that they haven't got." Mr. Watt then comes In for Imper sonal praise for looking up and aid ing in the remedy of such abuses as the enormous under-assessment of railroads. "The Seaboard had four acres of Charlotte land originally assessed at $1,600. They protested that $1,500 was too much and got the assessment reduced to $1,250. Right along came the Norfolk Southern and took ono fourth acre out of he four acre total, and straightway tie Sea board claimed $20,000 for the Quarter acre end the courts allowed It $12, G00!" roe a Democrat. t In talking with your correspondent, Dr. Poe dors not wish the Impression to go out that he to a party trouble maker. Referring to the Interview touching on and appertaining to Poe's ambitions two weeks ago print ed In this paper, he said that ha has never written an editorial note on the action of the Ftuiuers union In opposing the administration's flan of preparedness and has never votd for anybody but a straight democratic nominee and never Intends to do so. "All my battles will be fought hslde the party and with a view to hiving : Gasette-News Bureau,' v ' The Biggs Building, ' ' Washington. Dec. 31. Further, lbrtit on the. attitude -, of Theodore Roosevelt towards the presi dential nomination has been shed by Edward B, 'vplark, one of the best known newspaper men In Wash ington and a personal! friend of the colonel.' - . :": Mr. Clark has returned from Oyster Bay. where he held a long conference (With the former president. Mr. Clark . . ' ' I.' "t . ' ri nt XI fl :T gpent unnsiraas eve ai n -j fireside and talked at lengtn on many political matters, .the least of which was not the presidential' nomination. Mr. Clark gave his version of the pres idential' situation. Insofar as it concerns- the .future action of Colonel Roosevelt3 WhileMr. Clark does not quote the colonel, his statements are known to- oe Dasea on- " " at the tsonrerence. ' ' ' .j,tui. Clark asserts that Colonel Roos- fevelt'lfl not a candidate for the repub lican nomination.-1-, 4n 1 nis opmiuu. however.' Roosevelt would not decline II nominated. . ; ' One of the-moat interesting state ment made by Mr. -Clark Is that the. ,i,si itii tnt niiiDhtt Weeks, Root, these men be nominated. He would on the other hand, support a progres sive republican nominee. Neither will i. .r,rt fnrmer Secretary of State Philander Knox, of Pennsylvania. It Is Intimated that the colonel has look ed Into Knox's record 'in' Mexico-and-does not like it In the opinion of Mr.- Clark, Roose velt and Hughes are In the lead for the republican nomination at ChJcajgp. He sums up as follows: ,.Aat "Is Theodore Roosevelt a candidate for the republican nomination? He Is ,-t rhrip R. Huahes has declined to be considered as a candidate. N believe- that the Justice would, or could, decline a nomination If It were ' . . . w J nn VIA- ffiven to him at cnica&o. i uu n-..- Theodore Roosevelt would MCrs i.asv - or couia aecuno " ; rt bA arivAn nim in uniuiisu, uuv .v, i. ro ir kahIiIa the target. . He Is 11UB "J " n.rtoin thlnis I nave lounu definitely from politicians and from laymen, not only in van...KtU.. In New York. There is a fixed belief among republicans, t icept tho-e of the extreme standpat type, and even these are wavering, that there are only two men In the United States, as things look today, who could de feat Woodrow Wilson. These two men . . t . an Charles K. are i neoaore - and the tiae is iuiu.no London, Dec, 81. The British ar mored cruiser Natal has sunk after an' explosion. Official announcement to this effect, was made today. . The Natal'a. sinking was the most severe loss which the British navy has 8U8tamed" for several month. No BritiBh1 naval vessel of importance had. been sunk since last May, whoa SLdrS2...!?,c were South Carolina Has Gallon- The Natal, although a powerful man-of-war, was laid down XI -years ago and. her displacement was only halt that of the largest British iea fighters. The ship had a complement of 704 men and a displacement -of 13,660 tons. ; The vessel was 480 feet long with a beam of 73 feet. Her larg est guns were 8.2 inches, Of which she had three. forward and three aft She , was armed also with four 7.5 Inch guns, 24 two-pounders and three torpedo tubes. . , , , 1 The Natal brought from- Ports mouth the body of Whltelaw Reld, American ambassador to London, af ter ms death there in. 1912,. and rev mained at jsrew Tprk for two weeks Berlin," Dec. 31. Morning newspa pers displayed prominently the Lon don dispatch . concerning, Tuesday's meeting of the British cabinet Indl eating its decision with regard ,t9 oompuieorjr mnrtary service, and com mented upon it at considerable length. There Is general curiosity as to wheth er opposltlon.among the British peo ple to conscription will cause the ef fort to Impose it to fall. No paper, however, openly predicted' Its failure. The' new course that affairs .have taken is held .to Indicate the noii-euc- cess of the, Earl of Derby's recruiting scheme. Thus. Count von Reventlow in The Tages-Zeltung declares "that If Lord Derby had had half the success that had besn announced, compulsion would not have been decided upon I .o says:. : - ";" , V"We Germans see In tHls , decision no sign of strength, and not only a sign of weakness bui alsoj proof that ,pf onle- in Kuetadfeercei,ve pi& itw-'a-ctoit as unfortunately so critieal that they have always shuddered at." The Lokal Anzelger sees in the ac tion a victory , for , David Lloyd- .ueorge.- .... Columbiaj Sj, C, .Dec. ;. SlSoutl , Carolina will be numbered among th; prohibition states -after midnight to night. The state1 dispensary ' system under which 15 of the 44 counties 1; the state operated liquor dispensaries, and around: which the political battlos df the state have' centered for nearly a quarter of a century, will cease ii exist after sundown this afternoon'. v The law which 'becomes effective at midnight was adopted'at - a' special' election' on September ; 14 ast by an overwhelming majority. '' ' , ' -. '? Individuals under' the new law are permitted to have one gallon of whis key per-month for personal use. Cer-' Kain spirits are . Dermitted ' chUrche! " and for arts and sciences, ' according to a decision of the attorney general. State Senator : Carlisle of Spartan, burg has announced that he will lni troduce a' bill in the' general 'assem bly which meets next month to repeal tne so-called "gallon law"! and to make the city absolutely dry. i v by clashes between white possemenjlt correct evils Itself Instead of -risk and negroes near here, In which seven rebuke for falling to co-rec nrgroes were Killed ana two wnue men seriously hurt, had not entirely died down. Influential white citizens who spent last night In etTorU to pre vent further outbreaks, expressed the belief that there would be no more troublo. Five negroes were shot and Kinea and two were burned, according to re ports reaching here, as the result or three pitched battlos between negroes and various bands of while men seek ing the rapture of urandlson Ooolsoy, a negro farmer, and his two sons. Mike and Ulysses, accused or tne as- OF FflBtlil CITY OFFERS HIS RESIGNATION Forest City, Dec. 81. Following tne resignation of Mayor R. V King, J. S. Bridges, chairman of the city council was chosen to fill the vacancy until a permanent man could Hence with prohibition, after to De naa. Mr. King has been mayor since last May. He has also been en Kagcd In the mercantile business here for a number of years, but will move to Anson county the first of the year where he has purchased a largo farm. The board of aldermen also annex ed an attorney to the city council. The aldermen have been without an attorney for some time. If an elec tion is called for the selection of a mayor It is thought that ex-mayor U C. Lowrance will enter the race. Mr Lowrance has a strong following and his entry in a race would add much Interest. Washington, Decj Sl.--8tate wills' prohibition .of, the sale ahd manufac ture of Intoxicating liquors becomes effective in seven states at mldniirhl tonight and Will pvVtut.-pf tUK!ne--i more than H.OOO saloons, snd lure dealers and distillers. The states -'-Ich enter the drv column at this time are: South Cnro- . lino, Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Arkansas. - . " In Colorado the district attorneys at a recent meeting agreed that tech- nlcally the constitutional prohibition amendment and enforceing statute d-j -not become effective until midnight on January 1, but they also decided that the) expiration of all liquor li censes at midnight tonight would ren der the sale of intoxicantns on New Year's day unlawful. According to one authority between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 has been expended for liquors in Colorado dur ing the last week. Arsansas win nave its nrst exoe- todEy, when the state-wide law passed the legislature becomes effective. cofrect them. There Isn't the slightest doubt mat Dr. Poe has lived down and falstloJ utterly the belief of many Ralegh democrats years ago thnt he wal a sort of Walter Pane mugwump, tut the members of the organized democ racy, particularly those for whom Vie Interviewed representative spoke I a few dys ago, do not think that meshs Hny thu less trouble for them., Thtlr differences are fundamental. Tke dominant democracy leans to the re lief thnt the poor mnn Isn't taxed b death and points with something If sas.inHi.on oi "'""--', fsrmers laid low the taxatl.h overseer, wno nna y r'" ': "" " nmendment avowedly conceived " rounget '" ' ""'-"- ""Tithelr Interest but a change which sh snot in tne nsc. neunru.j his wife had a narrow escape rronj oe Ing hit by several shots which were fired after her husband was struck. The negroes reported dead alter an unchanging people feared to risk. Democratio leaders, certainly tho whe can turn the . conventions anil the mass meetings to the majority "mT onlT rimxil .flar tha third ' hereupon the commander ceeeuJion at U'er moment th - I infititlonsl nnetions difficult ?i1ch are '"dy during the night. H la de-eonnnd wtt submarine warfare. 71' TT 7k u. Th d.- r of thinking, contend with on-all-day hunt "c" "'.idirabl. power that no t of H.a morning .".no profit by the statu, auo as the h.r death and which culminated 1 in l pitch- u of tfc L ed battles were "u,m, .m- n of th. nd Ves on two eons, pom or wwm Uu. - tnlU rRr,,y ar immiih sitl 10 In a cabin in wnicn n7 nt ot th,,r r,ai value. Anr Ul losh" Jewell. vnanes " - .v.. ' i,,. Burton and Early refuge. Holmes, James lllghtower. NEW TO RK COTTON. New Tork. Sc $1. Cotton future, opened stssdy: January ll li March 13.41; May 11.17; July 12.1$; October 12.47. tatlnn among ths farmers that wdild promise them any leas would wry tha "narty." The Seaboard quoteil by Dr. Poe went Into the federal cort. to resist the tax commuwlon's tmn ment which makes It pay ta uron about 30 per cent of Its real holdlir. but MerkUnburg had preceded (he Seaboard and felt down so glorleikly (Continued on Page Five). Hughes, Roosevelt . , One of the most striking phases or Mr. Clark's '.etter Is hi. version of the Gary dinner and of sentiment In Wall street toward the colonel. He denies there was any politics In the Oary din ner and asserts the colonel was In vited to that function because the host and the rest of the list of guests ad mired the Americanism of Roosevelt and wanted to talk Americanism with him. Convening with men of Wall street Mr. Clark avers he found a sur prising turn of sentiment toward Itoosevelt. in larne part from the fact that men there like his Americanism. M.n told me that If nominated the hmd the state, aay. Mr. Clark, referring to his tnvestlga . th. f.Hn In New York. I null - . T. w have Just returned rrom uyncr t -n.n a mnslderabla part of a Christmas tide evening with Th",1r' r. A ..-.it Home persons, in fact, have made myste ries out of both recent and prospective happening. In tne personal ..u csl lfe of the colonel. If there la pa tlVnc to read this article nty. belief Is that no American need further grope In a maxe for his tocU. The Gary dinner has had some . ..i wn InterDretatlons put upon .. i r,,i,nn that this dinner most people call It a banquet because the word to them seom. better fitted to describe the dinner tosether of men who do not have to count their pennies we Jist abeut what I thought It was in IU reasons therefor. It. pro .in. and tierhap. In Its findings. The Interrogation mark upstandtj was 'a good deal of Americanism In after the queatlon In multiplied forms ; some of these men who had differed sa to whether or not ineouor velt Is a candidate for the republican nomination. "Theodore Roosevelt's Amertcan Iwn, his fearlewnese in this war time, hi. refusal to give a thought to poli tical adviuiUne or d.nadvsntage in dealing with questions of dual cltlsen ship, have stirred the AmerlcahUm In theae former enemies " - t Ej know It. This Americanism of Theo dore Roosevelt accounts for the rap id change of personal and political sentment In New xork. Men told me that if nominated the colonel would sweep the state. "I went to oyster Hay with one companion, a Maine progressive, a man with the roots of his faith as deep and aa gripping as those of any pine In the forest at whose edge he was born. This man knows, as every body else ought, to know, that the Roosevelt progresslvlsm I. today what It was In 1112. You cannot breathe any doubt from the air In the Afrlcun trophy room at Oyster Bay. "The Gary dinner has been made a big Incident In a way grew out of an accident. The host of that evening, and probably most people knew It, al ways naa neen an aamirer ot xneo- (lore Itooscvolt One or two of '.he euests not only have always been ad mlrera, but have been supporters of Theodore Roosevelt, it I. so likely that you may take It as a fact Inst the host asked by GOV HAMMOND SUDD E NT Minnesota Executive was In specting Farm Near Clinton, . La. Apoplexy Cause. Clinton, La., Dec, 21. Governor W. S. Hammond of Minnesota died sud denly In a hotel here yesterday from apoplexy, whloh physicians rtnted miirht have been superinduced by . recent attack of ptomaine riolmin. Ho was stricken In the lavatory of the hotel and died before the physicians summoned could arrive. Visiting Farms In South. 8t Paul, Minn.. Dec. 21. Governor Hammond, who died at Clinton, La., yesterday departed for the south Just a week ago to Inspect some farm land- he owned In that state. At the offices ' at the stnte house It wss stated that he had been expected to return tomor row and that no Intimation had been received here of his being III. Lieutenant Governor J. A. A. Rum nulst. who will become governor, was 111 In bed when told of his predeces- a prospective guest orl . . ,u two If there wss any chance that the' mm-i.-.' o... colonel would like to sit at the even-1 . " '"JIT" """ m. hour .n ,et .nm. men h..m I J11 governor of Minnesota. He wss he had not been meeting socially! H!!"?,,'. Ut y!" follow- a un ins aemoc ratio ticket. He had served several terms In the national legislature from the second Minnesota district. with any great decree of regularity within the last eight or ten years. "Why, of course, the colonel was glad to sit at ths board with with litem. Why shouldn't he he glad? I have an Idea that he thought there eneU lie la first America and theyWM Americanism." from him on certain matters of eco nnmlo and perhaps other legislation. The colonel went to the dinner and had a good time, and It waa a dinner which had only one touch of political clinlflcance, "Of. the political significance later. There seems to be no room for doubt that the moving sentiment about the1 at roy of India. table at this much discussed ainner e ttftltttltltlttlltltltltft H 11 noOVRT REMCNH. k n t a, t Wtnnlpeb, Manitoba, Dee, $1.' t t A . apeolal . cablegram from t t London received here eaya that H t the Right Honorable 11. liar- at court haa resigned , from the . let Rrltlah ueblnet to beoome vice- t
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