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IS EUiiib TO : I S - ' J 1. 1 111 4, 1 fiiiiiiiiiili BR 111 11 FW 1 1DISDI1 Work Beins Dond DoosevRir riff Pnr rtiinaon hlDGb On the Greatest Work fop the Presidential Nominee Will Not be pone In the Convention Hall Representatives of Various Candidates 'Arriving on the Scene Where the - . Different Headquarters Wilt be Located ;Vs' Baltimore, June ,14. Only, part, of the work accomplished by' the -Democratic National - convention, -which opens here on June25thwIH be per formed in the convention hall. ' The results will appear there, - but; before these results are attained lights , will burn far InWthe, night at s various hotels and office buildings! throughout the citv. where convention headatiaiv ters have been established: by he: Na4 tion organization : ? ana the organic t ions su pporting the r ; candidates for places on the National ticket1' - .: t -.- t it k - ; . ' : ''.'V : A political convention is a law unto itself. Without leaders and eommit tees to plan their work the great body of delegates jcould make little head way, but even the most astute leader cannot always know when the -delegates will upset ., carefully . nepared routine. Nevertheless,;-until the dele gates ballot and one of the candidates receives the two-thirds vote necessary for nomination, those, who are trying to learn in advance what ; the result will be will watch these - headquar ters. " A National convention has been likened to a great engine in which the fly wheel is the National 'Committee, the governors the Committees on Cre dentials and Resolutions and the -fuel is the body of delegates which sup ply the motive power controlled 'and regulated by these there "cotnmittees. The actual work of .the convention started here when'', members -of the National Committee. began" to ' arrive. This committee consists of 52' mem bers, one from each State and from Alaska, District ofCtolnmhiaVHawaii and Porto Rico. Its quarters : are, at the Hotel Belvedere, situated; in " the Jit. Royal district Wlthin -walking dis tance of the Convention - haU. ,The two top floors of the: Belvedere have been engaged by the - committee, In . eluding 65 bed-rooms, many, with - Bit ting rooms attached In addition, the committee has taken the hotel - ban quet hall for its sessions.- In this room the committee goes over the papers filed by the contesting dele gates and prepares the temporary roll of the convention. This roll will be used when the convention is first called to order. -After the Committee on Credentials is appointed those who are-dissatisfied with ruling of the Na tional Committee will take their claims before the new committee. The Committee on Credentials, and the Resolutions Committee ,which drafts the platform, as yet liave no regular meeting plac. Some of their work may be done , at the Belvedere in rooms allotted them by the Nation al Committee, and some in the rooms assigned to them atthe convention nan Next to the rooms engaged, by the Natinn.il Crnnmittefl. the largest - re servation at the Belvedere -has 'been made by Thomas " Taggart; National Committeeman from Indiana, "For the members of his .-. committee and his friend3 Mr. Taggart has", taken ; 50 rooms in the main buildings; with ac commodations for 65 persons' more in the Annex and the. "Blue Parlor on the second floor ' as State delegation headquarters. Other National Com mitteemen In whose name large reser vations have been made at the Bel vedere are: Roger C. Sullivan, Illi nois : Homer S. Cummings, Conne ticut : J. B.' Kremer, Montana; A. J. Dfllv Alaska- 'Alvah Adams. Colo rado: Edwin O- Wood, Michigan; Clark HowelL Georgia; J. . M. Guffey Pennrvlvania: Willard Saulsbury, Delaware. Urey Wilson, of Kentucky, secretarv of the National Committee, and Herman Bidder, of .New York, its treasurer, also"? have their . quarters here. Representatives' of the .candidates for the Presidential nomination -wil. be early on the ground, 4and . all, of them engaged their , ' headquarters months ago.- - Several of theta have taken suites of .offices , in , the down town business section, as well as large blocks of rooms in the principal ho; tels. The Clark campaign, committee has offices in. the- Munsey r Building, corner Calvert and Fayette streets Gov. Harmon's managers have a suite in the Equitable Building, across the street, and the Wilson committee has leases an entire small building at No 30 East Lexington street f The Underwood forces are the; only ones that expect to have a , whole ho tel to themselves. .They have reserv-f-d all the rooms and parlors ; inth'e Eutaw House, one of the older hos telries at the corner" of ' Eutaw. and Baltimore' streets.' " This hotel was bad ly damaged by fire a few .weeks ago, but it: is expected that repairs will be finished before the convention Will, Personally Lead the , Onslaught V- for His, Nomination .and .is Expected to Reach the Scene Before the Com mlttee - Finishes the Contests His Delegates Demand His Presence. - New York, June" 14.--Colonel Roos evelt, who left Oyster Bay , yesterday for New York, reached his editorial offices about noon . Later it is pt- pected, some. - definite ' determination wUl.be reached as to his going to Chicago,;, r,., ' I 1 y;-ri is Going. Colotteli Roosevelt ; announced this afternocfri that heliad decided to go tti Chicago,;, personally ; to lead his fight for 'the: nomination, He leaves New York at 5:30 .o'clock this afternoon over the JfewT York. Central. . ; '' T' .They' Want Him. uooseveitr- said: - "The J absolute unanimously demand of the delegates is .that I go."' -Mrs. Roosevelt prob ably wil accompany the .Colonel to Chicago., He 'reaches Chicago tomor row It is expected he will arrive be-' fore the National A Committee : con cludes; the contest cases; .".notably those of Texas and Washington. 'AT REST IN ARLINGTON Lieutenant Hazelhurst, Airship Victim, i Buried This Morning. : Washington, June 14. Lieutenant Leighton W. Hazelhurst, the Army offi cer,- killed Tuesday, in the fall of the bi-plane at the Government : aviation field, was buried in Arlington cemetery with" military honors- this morning. Eight other aviator-officers were hon orary pallbearers. - ' ' - 1 ; . SOLDIER DROWNED Y Savannah1 GuL " June 14.-Privafe H. G. Jameson, United Slates Arm lery, a native jof 'Lynchburg, Va., .was dxqwred .todajwbjle Awlniming. neat opens. . The tytel headquarters of the Wil son, Harmon and Clarke workers are n the Emerson, at the corner of Cal- vert and Charles Btreets, in- the heart of the business district and only half a block from the Munsey and Equit able Buildings. The Wilson commit tee has the banquet hall and parlor on the mezzanine floor and 14 bed-rooms. The - Harmon men have 15 sleeping- rooms and a parlor on the mezzanine floor for their meetings. Two of the notable figures in Balti more during the convention will be William J. Bryan and Alton B. Park er, the former thrice and the latter once the choice of a Democratic Pres idential convention. Col. Bryant comes as a delegate from . Nebraska and Judge Parker as a delegate from New York.' The Nebraskan and his broth er have a suite at the Belvedere ad joining the rooms of the National Committee, and the Nebraska delega tion valso has quarters in the .' same hotel Judge Parker will stay at The Emerson, where the v New York State delegation will make its headquarters, although not all the 90 delegates from that State have been able to obtain accommodations there. Tammany Hall lias taken 25 rooms at r. The Emerson, V having abandoned the plan of coming to Baltimore on a big steamer and -using the. craft as a hotel during the convention. Other celebrities from the Empire State who have suites at this hotel are Gov. Dix, U. S. ; Senator O'Gorman and Charles A. Murphy, - the Tammany Hall leader.. CoL George Harvey also has announced his intention of stay ing there ; ,The rooms ' of the New York Jleaders are expected to become one of the important skirmish grounds of convention -week, since this State sends the largest . delegation and its representatives;- come uninstructed. Until developments in .the convention hall itself are conclusive the deliber ations of the New.- York , leaders and conferences at the headquarters of Mr. Bryan are expected to attract the greatest attention. . y ; -The most -unique ana ii tne weatn- r is very warm the . niost eomfortable quarters in liaitimore nave uwu en gaged by William" R. Hearstr or. tne use of himself and his 1 friends the New York editor has taken the big roof garden on the Hotel Emerson. Other State'delegations that already have established quarters ' are lpcated I as follows ; Hotels RennerWRhole Is land, Iowa, Mississippi, Virginia, jari of West Virginia. . ; ' - Hotel ' Emerson Minnesota, Ver mont, North Carolina, Kentucky, Mis souri, part of West Virginia. , The handling of the convention ar- KoTKrom on ta senarate from the purely political end,, is .In te ; hands ;of .a tarM -number of, local- committees which have their quarters on the first floor-of the Equitable Building.. Here Hnftfl Of Offices niiea Wim eiu ployes will be devoted to the work of making' the convemion fortable and at home. . - . - 9 l LONDON SfRl KCRS" AT MEEiHG'iN PArKf cn - i . London, June 14, While the order calling out on strike the. 300,000 menbers of -the Transport Workers' feder ation lias not resulted in a general cessation of work throughout the islands enough men obeyed the call to seriously affect shipping interests. A number of sailings had to be cancdledand scores of American travelers have been dis commoded. The principal point at issue in the strike is recognition of the union. The strikers are holding daily "mass meetings, and they predict that the strike will spread rapidly. 1 . ; - . ' , ; A' lCWItlllIt, One Hundred, and Forty One Appll cants Being Examined by State BoardtrThree Women Included in the Number Health Officers Asso ciation Me.ets Monday. Special To The Dispatch. Hendersonville, N. C, June 24. The State Board of Medical Examiners is giving the last examination to a class of 141- applicants for license to prac tice medicine. There are 124 appli cants by examination and 18 by recl prbcity. Three ladies are taking the examina tionrlwhich is also being taken by twen ty eight negroes, the largest class ever, both white and Colored. The examinations will close today and the grading of the work will, be done immediately. The ' North Carolina Health Officers' Association . will meet here Monday. The board is composed of Drs. John Rodman, of Washington; J L. Nichol son, vOf.Richlands; H. H. Dodson, of Greensboro 'L. B. McBryar, of Ashe ville; B. K. Hays, of Oxford, and W. W. , McKenzie; 6f Salisbury, and John Bynum, : of; Winston. , TO SUICIDES' GRAVES' . AS RESULT OF DARE St. Joseph, Mo., June - 14. Phillips Scheibe and Henry Elmore, young men, were found .dead In-their rooms today, having swallowed strychnine in beer last night," after they: had dared each other to do so.-v " STRIKERS STORM PLANT AND ARE FIRED ON . Perth Amboy, N. X, June 14. A thousand - striking ; laborers today stormed "" .the American- Smelting and Refining Co.'s plant, -and , were fired on by deputies. One striker, was kfll- Al With the first volley the strikers fell back. ; ROBBED AND THEN ' - ESCAPED ON HANDCAR A .Steubepvillej O.," June 14. Robbers this morning raided the; mining town of Bartle.tt, blowing the postoffice safe and stealing 'five hundred' dollars in cash and ' stamps. They . escaped on a v handcar.-': , ' ' Chase Away the Blues By visiting . the delightful and cool Grand, Theatre today. - , It 3 IP. - : i,- .. tt Hi Declares Taft, Because He Wi!i be Nominated on the First Ballot, With Votes lo Spare In Event of a Com- . promise Man He Wouldn't t Favor Cummins or LaFollette. . . Washington; Dj C.T June 14. "All information . I get ip that I will bs nominated on the first ballot with votes to spare." That was President Taft's answer to visitors who ' asked his position regarding a compromise candidate at Chicago. i The President's friends said, if he were not, nominated he would decided- f ly oppose either Cummins, or LaFol lette as a compromise - candidate. Some of Taft's friends declared that if he were confronted with the nec essity he would turn - to some man like Senator Root or former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks? BOYS' CLUBS INSTEAD OF DICE KAILS Cleveland, Ohio, June 14. The sub stitution of - boys' clubs for public dance halls was urged by George D. Chamberlain in an address on "Social Adventures of Boys' Clubs" before the National Conference of Charities, and Correction" here this "morning. According- to -the speaker "no return checks" has been the only . club used to induce many, rowdies to put on neckties and shaje themselves before attending -boys club dances. "Accus tomed as they had. been when attend ing the ordinary dance halls to refresh themselves at a bar when fancy dic tated, these young men at first . re belled: against the , rule, of no return checks, but they, were given to under stand . thaf under no circumstances would drinking be allowed, - and -that anyone leaving the - building . would not be allowed to" return. Reconciled finally to the new order of things, it was perfectly natural that sobriety Should beget cleanliness. -'At the same time a regard for., personal appear ance manifested . itself, and before the first winterpassed ,most of the young men were experiencing fort the first time- in their .lives the fact that a 'good time is . not necessarily asso ciated withrowdyism." I!f CRASH v Macon, Ga., June 1 4. Ninete'en were hurt, three seriously, .when . &i Central of Georgia - passenger, train struck a string of-freight cars on -the- curve at f Everette. . - Let Harriss Print ii NINETEEN INJURED XT. ?" .... . A',. Champ Clark Wants Two-Thirds Rule for Democratic Nomination by Con vention to be Abolished Will Co operate to Kill Such. St. Louis, Mo., June 14.--SenatoT William Joel Stone has declared that Champ Clark's friends at tfee Balti more convention will support a reso lution abolishing two-thirds and . pro viding that whether any candidate receives a majority of 'the vote cast he Shall be declared the party's nom inee. Senator Stone said efforts - will be. made, to get the other. President tial candidates to support its -abolition. ( WITH THE RECORDER ' Regular Grind at Mill of Justice This Morning. "r - The Recorder's court this morning was long 'drawn out and dreary. A; number of cases were tried or other wise disposed of. A. Carson, charged with disposing of a mortgaged stove, was tried, found guilty, and fined' $25. He appealed. . i . C. C. Hopkins, the furniture' mani alleged that Carson bought a heater from him, signed a jaortgage contract,; and did not pay for the property but disposed of it, the yalue of the' same being covered by . the mortgage. . Crim inal action was brought. . Carson, through his attorney, A. J. Marshall, Esq., contended that the stove is- still in his possession. The -State. denied this. The Recorder found the: de fendant guilty. -: - Vs.;', Tom Mason, white, was allowed to leave town- rather than be locked up for vagrancy. Mason seemed to be in pretty hard luck, almost down and cut. ' . JJ,, Rebecca Edward, a " colored woman of bad character, was fined ''?10J for being a nuisance, , swearing . for long stretches, and- disturbing ! the -neighborhood. . 4 " :' iiiniiTfi hn lAfimK Ullillo.lilHJUKUI rV'",w"'-w. :r"r: Thave been at work on a rough draft of to appear. A capias was issued -;for his arrest. " Violenar Souther land, colored, charg ed -with assaulting - Jim Jomes with an' empty bottle was sent to the roads for 30 - days. She is from the1; no torious Reeder;s Alley. . He brother, aged 13 was sent home to "be spank ed r for shooting a -companion "in ? the heel. It was not stated whether the assaulted has concussion of the irain or not " -'"r V L James -Taylor, colored, vagrancy, 30 days. . -: - ; -1 : J. n: Bell, W. E. Mason and:Ed Littleton, drunk, $5 each. , i'--' li ? Messrs. C. ' H. McDaniel and C, H. Darden, charged ,with an affray, were taxed with the . costs?- These young gentlemen- request 1 The Dispatch to state that there was no fight, .but' tllat the' policeman mistook a friendlyvtus- Bie iur me geuume aniwe Chase. Away -the Blues- . -s "By visiting . the, delightful and- cool Grand Theatre today. : - -ltL: ::DiltellilU, k Southefh Llamber ' ueciares Taft Promised Brother-ln- LaVfa Postmastershlp Both Fac ; tions. Continue J to ; Make Faces at . . Each Other and More Talk of Dark Horse" Taft : Gained Morel Dele- agates This Morning." V -Chicago, Ilk. ; June 14. The Repub lican National convention delegates, in antlcipiation of Theodore Roose velt's coming to Chicago, are reverting to the first nomination iof Abraham Lincoln in 1860, to find a parallel for the fight now beihg -'waged! ; The Roosevelt men. are kept?-at-:a' high pitch by frequent cohferenes;; Their leaders 'have "attacked the National Committee's action" with bitterness, pointingrto the. death ro the;old,Whig party as their theory of. what 'may happen at : Chicago; next week. Taft leaders, declaring the committee's ac tion -in seating -- Roosevelt delegates from Mississippi as. an indication of its fairness, laugh ; at, the predictions of Roosevelt's followers and continued talk of a bolt u The Roosevelt man agers today announced that If all re maining contests before the commit" tee are decided in Taft's favor he will lack -fourteen -vptes ot the - number necessary , to nominate! These figures and others compiled at Taft .and Roosevelt headquarters,, brought v the situation' to the point where "a pos sible- dark horse" talk loomed large. The fight for- the uninstructed dele gates, .the Southern delegates and thirty-six LaFollette . delegates from Wisconsin and North Dakota. ; today became intense. As the result of tightening; of the Taf t-Roosevelt lines, LaFollette's delegation looms- larger than ever as a strategic force and in the calculation of-rmembers '-of "the other , camps ,it ranks ,as a close -sec ond , to .tlie.iSnuerri-and - unihstruct jedfvote in, the convention. It is pOint- led out that ifTaft Mlnot.in absolute control or tne convention, from- tart Ho finish, LaFollette will hold the bal ance of power. - The Roosevelt men claim they will ' have the . aid of the LaFollette strength in a combination to defeat Elihu Root as temporary chairman. ; , ' The Committee in Session. The Republican National " Commit tee met at 9:20 o'clock this morning, with thirty members present' The committee proceeded with considera tion of the contest of the Third Dis trict of Oklahoma. The North and South Carolina contests follow. In the remaining North Carolina District the fourth, contest ' Involves local is sues. No question exists as to Roos evelt's title to the two delegates. In order the . scheduled contests are the First, Second, Ninth and Tenth Tennessee Districts, where, bitter lo cal fights were involved. ' Tar Heel Contest Passed Over. ' With the South Carolina and Okla homa cases decided, the . committee considered the first Tenessee district contest. The fourth North Carolina contest was passed temporarily. ; Not'T. R. On First Ballot Many Roosevelt men concede the im probability of Roosevelt's nomination on the 'first ballot, but say Taft cannot muster enough votes to adopt the Cre dentials Committee's report. . Here is a point -where they claim the Taf t ship will go on the rocks., The committee seated the Sells fac tion of the Taft delegates in the First Tennessee. N - . Taft delegates of the Second - Ten nessee were also seated. . . : - - More Luried Charges. Senator Dixon is jubilant over yes terday's result in the committee. This morning Dixon resumed his attacks on the rTaft leaders. ;He made - charges of another case of bribery. He said: "A certain Southern National commit teeman has been promised - that his brother-in-law will be made postmas ter In .a Southern city if he will ,con- sistently ride on the steam" roller. -1 will not call the -. committeeman's the "platform they will present to the National convention. . He said .Roose velt has been , weilding the cleaver in polishing Borne rough . planks. - . Sunday School - Institute.. - .An Institute for Sunday School workers will be held at Grace Metho dist Church Monday, the morning ses sion beginning at ten o'clock and the afternoon session at 3 o'clock. ' Be sides the presiding - elder - ot - the dis trict, the local " pastors ; and Sunday School: workers,- Mr; M. W. Bradham, conference field -. secretary, will be present and take part It is requested that every ; officer and teacher of ' the Methodist - churches . attend. Other friends will be welcomed . At night there wil lbe held in the same church an Institute for Epworth League work ers. Rev.- M. M. Lance, District Ep worth League Secretary !- will i have charge. "All league .workers and young people requested to attend. . " . Let Harriss Print It. r- it' Declare Fa State n Rating:Duf6au North Carolina Underwriters'. Assocla- tion Held FlnaJ Session Today 'Ad journing to Meet in.Fayetteville-Next YearRaleigh Now Gettihg Ready to Entertain ? the State Merchants A : soclatlon -Massachusetts Man 'Allow-:j ew to Go Free by federal Court. '.t i Dispatch News ' Bureau. HA P ?h IV P. Tuna 11 1Q19 i i- Before adjourning " today the; -North v Carolina Fire ' Underwriters'. Associa-, txuu uuanimousiy auopea . tne r resi- ii dent's : recommendation tot . a ' States rating bureau and Instructed ' the .Pres-1 ident tOj appoint a' committee to confer V -with -the U-ittta-ofBce. , It was recom-i mended; jthat Raleigh be the' location bf ' the State 'office. . t-: . , i :The' inew; officrs! are Rr.E.rFolley. of Winston-Salem,! Presidepti B:' Mer- v riman, of Greensboro,: first vice ipresl-:;.' dent; Ernest Deans, of Wilson; second vice president: and W. E. Sharp," of s Burlington, secretary and treasurer, '. ' I ne convention meets : next vear in : Fayetteville . t . ' i . . vThe- session : yesterday afternoon wan uevoiea to tne report ei tne com-"." mlttee on the president's report - with ; reference to the establishment' of , a v; rating bureau in North Carolina. The " committee reported that the time did not seem to be ripe to request the Southeastern Underwriters' Associa- ;v tion to do this, but 'many members of. the convention thought otherwise. It r was : finally decided to leave tTie mat- ter over until today's session. r ' ,-A v-There was no business session last; night, the delegates enjoying' a smolk-' . -er 'at the Elks Club. ; After thereon- : eluding of te business ''today, mqst of the visitors partook tfof a .barbecue preparedat the Country .Club. '". , ' Geo: fcJneffl Of Lynn.: Mass.. - spee4infetoJbLiaewsJBngJaad,homef a. very; happy' man; "At dHll liad: pleaded " guilty tousingthe mails vJtn.aii feffort ' to defraud,- but the- Governnient was " unable "rto convict his - side ( partner, v Robert J. Hook, who operated in' his State,: so ; both' defendants were dis-' charged. The trial of Hook began in the United Staifes District Court last Friday and the entire matter was. not finally- disposed of until yesterday when he entered a ; plea of nolo con tendere and was discharged. ; Neither man, according to the' best informa-' i tion, made anything out of the . schemes, which were characterized by f Judge Connor as more foolish than 1 criminal. r , ' Good Set of Officers. At the annual meeting of the Cham-. ber of Commerce last night President Litchford showed what had been done -during the past year. Aside from the f building operations in this city, the people of Raleigh bent their energies toward making the delegates to the various conventions. As av construc tive program, the president recom mended that the Chamber, take other action looking to the establishment of " an abattoir, crematory and other san- itary devices the repealing ofthe law requiring all railroads -.to. 'enter, by -, the union station1 so that the Norfolk and Western and Atlantic Coast. Line mlcht tcome" into Ralelsrh! the Duttine : on by the street car-company of six ; tickets for a quarter- and . the re due- tion of fares to the. Country Club. The president also recommended that -bond issues be voted- for- improving ' the, streets and roads of Raleigh and -the county, which he characterized as a "disgrace to civilization.". . .- ; . ! To Prepare for Merchants.- , The Raleigh .Merchants Association will hold a meeting in is hall tonight for the purpose of dischssing plans . for tne entertainment of the State ; Association, which will meet Kere Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week. Elaborate -preparations" will be made. Edgar S. ,Broughton - of Raleigh is president of the asso- ' "Good Reads" Incorporated. '' CoL H. B. ' "Varner, publisher and politician and a right -good hand in : both fields has had .his publication, , "Southern Good Roads;' Incorporated with ati ftiithnrfaeil nnnitftl Af tlfinAftT"' Of-tms amount1 $1,200 has been' paid in. by Mr. Varner; i Mrs Varner and F.1 0. Sink. - I ' The course for. institute conductors, ? held in Raleigh by Prot J. A. Bivlns, came to a close at noon , today. The : teachers had- been - in " session since Tuesday. ' ' W A - Governor Kitchin has offered a - re- . ward of $150 for the capture of M. D. Allen, a white man wanted In Halifax' county, for the murder of his brother;, Allen escaped - from the. Halifax Jail -Monday night , . MA Stern Destiny",, (Pathe) t Great film" of power at the Grand , Theatre today. ' - "' ' It Let Harrlaa Print IU C- - - . It i
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