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n mmm BIG BULL MOOSE rAND H I i , IIPll KB ii BE y ni$;: c iciiEF Lieutenant BED II !i III IIIGOSR- iG OP LIFE d t c TRRncnnniv Ull 111U HIMIIOUULll ii.iii r lAAnnvn: i:ntnr iimuouio uiniiui in Head of the; Hord Roosevelt's New Pan;-- V( $ .timea in duh i Convention , Shortly ."V v.Noon.'ers in Congress .Hotel.; The crowd With Ex-Senator Beveridg. iCnv , -r I porary Chairman rNegrp; De, :"Nvthe train. ' He was received by-a lega From Florida Not Seated Roh i of progressives, headed' by George velt's Arrival Marked, by EnthuV: - irking and Governor Johnson : iastic Demonstration He Will Not Speak Until TomorrowDemocrat Talkeof of for Second Place on the Ticket. - . Chicago, 111., Aug. 5. Colon efc Theo dore Roosevelt's arrival on the;, scene as spoil ser ; for the new third . prty, was impatiently awaited thte morning by the delegates. 'Plans .for We -more important wuric ui xue t;onvenuo up to today were largely tentative; await- ine Roosevelt's final . scrutiny; The platform was left, in bbeyance. iThe leaders f elt' that -this jwas a wise step, because of Roosevelt's Statement be fore leaving New .York last night that the convention must accept his views if ho was to be the nominee! - Many delegates-favor emulating the Prohibi-jThe tionists in making the platform a brief document, containing advanced declar ations of principlegJn tabloid fairm, devoid of all embellishments. Roose velt's announcement may change this plan, forhis "Confession: of Faith," which he declares must be accepted in all essential details, contains' approxi mately twenty thousand words. Roose velt speaks tomorrow afternoon, follow ing the permanent organization. It was first announced : he. rwould speak tonight, at the close of the first day's work of new party, but in as much as former Senator- Beveriflge is Vxe cen tral figure in today's "proceedings it was decided that Roosevelt- withhold his pronouncement until tomorrow.'- r. The platform committee makes Its report Wednesday. -Ct '''C'A Democrat May be-Vice Jfldei No attempt had bentmade npjto to-; day to crystalize, sentiment for;, a vice presidential, candidate, There is--.talk among the delegates of naming. Gover-- nor Johnson of California,": a Republi can, but if Roosevelt 'determines . a Democrat might increase . the party's strength and add to the appearof-the new party ticket, .there is every reason to believe his vlews?will prevail. Luke WrighVTennessee, and Jno. M. Parker, of Louisiana, Democrats are most frequently mentioned as -,, vice I presidential possiDiuues, lime selec tion of a Democrat -for the -place is agreed upont- Parker's selection as per manent chairman, 'may eliminate him as a vice presidential candidate' The big feature of the convention Js a large number of women delegates Several! Temporary roll was" incomplete when score of them will be seated." It is x;er-1 it was called to order by Senator ,Dix: tain, because of Roosevelt's views on on, at 12:43 o'clock. The delegates oc the subject, that-the suffrage plank wills' cnpjengarly all the space used at the be a strong ont. A tentative plank has Republican convention-with its total been written by Anna Shaw the suf- j Qf seven-nnndred delegates. At 12:40 fragist National President.. ' J J the Sergeant-at-Arms was' directed to Fiqht Between Roosevelt and Wilson, 'clear the aisles and the convention pre- Senator Dixon, the new; party's Na tional Chairmancontinued the'" -predictions of success 'at the polls in No vember. He asserts" that Taft won't "get a single electoral .vote' Dixon says the fight is between Roosevelt and Wilson. He says Taft will be1 a poor third when.the votes are countetl.ii: Ml ; Calling of the convention td order to day by Dixon was followed by'prayer, reading of the call, introduction of the temporary chairman' and delivery by him of the keynote speech. Next came the appointment of a committee.-, ; ' -i Roosevelt Arrives. , . .' ' Roosevelt arrived at 8:53 a. m. and was given an enthusiatic welcome.' He BLOODHOUNDS: Oil TRAIL OFHVHITE BRUTE Matthews Court House, rVa., Aug'5. Blodhounds from the penitentiary kennels failed today, because .of heavy rain, to trail' the unidentified assailant of Miss Ella Miller. ' .The Governor has offered $250 reward for the assailant's capture, and a posse is scouring the country. Tne girl's - assailant " ',. is v the same unkempt white -man who attack ed her a year ago and escaped, ;.The girl and her mother, who Is a widow of a former secretatry of the State Fish-, eries Board ,are prostrated by . the shock. - ' V ' PEO FROr.1 tRAlll AND BROKE HIS HECK Nashville, Tenii Aug. ' 5.--J, TJ Gekee, a merchant was killed today while alighting from a moving train. "e jumped from : the train and struck d telephone post, breaking his neck. ; Souvenir Dance Tomorrow NJflht 0t mi lu vu nn n Given tJIId numed immedlatelv to. his heAdrmart. cheered as the Colonel .stepped from ... , , .... - - FStARuled Guttata Delegates -The Provisional National Committee seated the "Lily White" delegates from Florida, : headed byJHL. Anderson. The r contesting', delegates,; headed by CkvH. Alston, a . negro-; were" invited to sit in, the 'convention, without vote. Alston' an,dt-hi$ followers declined the inyitatlqiu We are to attend merely as ' Spectators. Aton ; said tfwe Prefer to!buy our tickets."; The negroes strip- fped tthT3;;Ro6sevelt badges from their coats -and held an indignation meeting. The committee took up the Mississippi and Ohio cases next ' The Roosevelt party entered an au tomobile and a - score of cheers was merged into a" blare of brass ; bands, when the trip across the city began streets along the route were lined with crowds. As the Colonel swent past ? cheer, after cheer greeted Tiim. The delegates formed, in procession and followed the Colonel to National headquarters. . In . front of his hotel the street was blocked , with ; crowds'. The Colonel, standing In the automo bile, s spoke briefly; saying, he : was pleased tabe in.Chicagoagam, "this time at tbk hlrVti l ot-a new party; not the death' of .one.- By .November the Colonel predicted the anen nominated by": the former convention wpuld not be in the race. AtfeV the speech the Colonel went to . the hotel, where he planned to -remain; ali day, consulting his. lieutenants. He said he didn't in tend to go to the: convention today. V; 1 ' The Con vention "Assembled, . V Thscene injthe coliseum when the New11 "National Progressive "convention opened.rwas almost Identical 7ritftCn?,t'; of the Republican .convention , seyen weeks ago. Many standards, had been raised on identical' spots and-: the .hall wasgaily decorated.1 A large canvas portrait featured. Suspended from the band gallery was an oil painting of Roosevelt, and over the main entrance was the stuffed head of -a Bull Moose- ShortIy after noon the delegates began crowding into the hall, singing and shouting s& they came, .v ; 'A band perch ed up - among the ceiling girders, re galed tne assemblage with poular airs. The delegates section soon was crowd ed and the aisles were choked. . The galleries filled rapidly, tickets having sold to spectators to, help defray the iCAUCilACO VIA.. LUv XC UGkL - I f ViAivi 0UI, in the delegations of a score of States. pared: to get underway. Dxon rapped for order and took up a place on" the rostrum, and?hoIding up'his hand for silence said: vf'Ldiesv-and Gentlemen, the convention wiircome to oraer.. - . Dixon reviewetfv'hrieflyir the" signing nf th R call for ' the convention - - Albert BererldgOt' Indiana, was announced as v temporary":: Chairman, and O. K. Davis, of Washington, D. C general secretary. When reading of call ended," Rev. Dornblazer, onersa prayer. - -'- - ' . ' 1. fiot a Negro Delegate. Under the National Committee's jfler clsion not a negro delegate will -sit in the convention. r J- . , - - COOL WEATHER - mmm 'Washington, I Aifg,- S.Cooi - weather prevails over practically all f parts of the;countiT-' iinere are'iio yrHt5ui.,i dications of ' warm - weather;; There have been scattered' shciwers ;in vthe South Atlantic States: During the next thirty six hours, temperatures wiu re main abbiit' the samejeastof the, Mis sissippi 'y y' EllGLES II V V sessioii if r cXEUELAno ' Cleveland, ' 'Aug; 5. Delegates have flocked here to attend the Na tional convention of the Fraternal Or der of Eagles. , Governor Harmon wel comes the delegates tonight- The con vention lasts five days.; Judge William J T3rennan, of Pittsburg, is the leading candidate for. Worthy Grand President , Piatt &,Haar's Ninth. Anniversary Bale Starts Tuesday . laornlng. -It; Byatiofl- ' ' W V W" ' 't " ' , i,--, Av '. V -" .j-ir vj ,$vv ss ,-: vM,v j -; v ' COPyRICHTBy VMERICAN PQP5 Ardent Bujt Mooser, of Raleigh Dis gusted With Butlerfsm, Being Mixed fin New Party, and Says it. Will Cost ; Votes Premium List For State Fair Completed. "V - - :'- . - , .- ' ; Dlspatch'News Bureau, '. - .Raleigh; N.; C., "Aug. 5, 1912 . CoL J. C. L. Harris, wwho was one of the. original "Bull Moosers" Ro6se velt supporters) ; in :3 this r." State r and went r. to Chicago and fought for, "T, R." from the jump has taken on a con siderable degree . ' of v disgust t at the threatened domination of former Sen- ator Marion, Butler in the -North Garp- lina campaign .for RooseVelt.- He de clares that if there, is not something done ; to. stop : this Butler Invasion- of the Roosevelt campaign : Jtoosevelt's new party - will lose twenty thousand votes; , Bie; . Irislsts that:,the - peopleVjui j tnia state, just rwui jopt-stanaoior Any thing , tha smacks-' KButler- domina tion . Hef believes that if Butler would just.be hands , off Roosevelt would roll up a splendid .vote in this.1 State. The complete premium .list for the 1913 State Fairthe fifty-second State Fair is just issued . and is the most complete yet issued, the most notable mprbvements being in the complete scope of the premiums for the farm ing and 'farm-life Interests. Hon, E. F. McRae' of - Maxton, as .president' of the Fair Association, CoL J. E. Pogue as "secretary, and S J- Rotter as treas urer, are bending every .energy toward the achievement of the biggest sue cess in r the history of the associa tion. , Dr. H. C. Roberts, of Danville Va., has succeeded Dr.' E C. Judd as resi dent - physician at Rex Hospital here. Dr. Judd, to' take up I general practice in Raleigh, r Rex is an especially well equipped 'hospital now. - " , Tuesday afternoon, August 6th, there will take pace the laying oi the corner stone for the Y. M. C. A. build ing going up at the southeast corner of Capital' Square. Grand Master W. B. McKoy: Will be in charge of the ceremonies f o rthe Grand . Lodge of Masons. .The principals address will 6e: by J Hon.' Locke Craig, Democratic nominee for Governor. There will be a special choir f or the music. G. . C. Huntington, of Charlotte, inter-State Y, M.C A; ; secretary,'-; will extendi workers. -Ttb orator of he day, 'Mr. Craig, -wiir be introduced : by State Treasurer B.,R. Lacy, - - - In a-, statement Issued, Governor Kitchin says that in his Charlotte-Sen-atorial campaign speech rThursday '. he stated that a-majority . of .the papers of the State wer not supporting him and expressed regret that all the Char Iotte'papers rwere against him. That he Isr gratified td know there are marc papers, supporting, him for "the Senate than there ' were ' supporting . him' for Governor, Including some of the ablest and most influentiaHn the State. . And that when he dsed the term "all the papers are. against me' he referred to the - Charlotte, papers! - ,He says he mentioned the,. News and: Obseryer;as j boosting: Articles tor -candidates r for pay; that, he was careful . to explain that he knew newspapers had to have money, and . no one . could expect to have '. their columns . at ; their .disposal without ' paying ioiX them, but that these conditions gave great advantage to--the ; candidate -who,- orf whose friends, ; would put up .the money . for newspaper - publicity. , " Furthermore, that he did. not know for whom, the Newa and Observer, .was; in this, con test, that-it published news items free but that ' he knew of paid articles boosting,Senator Simmons that , has made many of its readers thing it was supporting him. And that in hisopin ion every article. paid v for-shonld be marked; advertising that the readers may. not .be misled.. That this paid newspaper. ,- article " method of cam- paigning is new in North Carolina and this, emphasizes the importance of State Board of Electrons MetToday in - Raleigh and Named County Boards X AlsoSpecified.Siies of Election Tick, etsChalrman-'Wefeb' Getting Ready to Open Headquarters' Middle of This Month. , k'- - -n . Special to The Dispatch. " V - Raleigh, N.CAug, .TheEtate Beard of EJlectfons, Wilson 'GLamb, of ; Williamstpn, chairman,' inet here today and named hVBoards .of Eleb tiqns v for the Yarious cottritf e in- thd State. j - -Vi . ' - - ; " "foUows: Tilft 8 wJ11bo ff. ,0if tM tu three and a half by twelve inches, the Congressional- ticket three . and : 4 half by. two Inches, Vand :the Presidential threeand vhalf by eight Members, of theJ.fJew Hanover Aboard are "John S. McEachern - and Robert -H DipRoaRpt- DemocratB. Hd WLHam trunpft. - Ji- Republican. - r?" ----As Charles "A.. Webb, of Asheville, chair- man, of the, State Democratic Commit-"01 tee here today said he had been doing some hard work preliminary to open ing headquarters here, the middle of August. - . '. Ml -71 41 Rebel . Leader; Heading For- 'Juarez - With One Thousand Followers De ' stroylng American and Canadian Railway on the March. . Juarez, Mexico, Aug; 5. -Inez Sala- zar, the' Rebel leader, responsible for disarming the v American , Colonists is heading for the border, with one thous and rebels.' : On the . way Salazar is de stroying , the Mexico, Northwestern Railway.- The Northwestern railway, which will be destroyed, is a Canadian and i American owned road. Salazar's arrival at Juarez will combine practi cally all the" rebels operating in Chic- huahau. - . , OAKLAKDf HJITfZEnS : . VOTIIIG On RECALL Oakland, t!al.,- Aug. ; 5. Citizens v. to day, are.' voting whether.. Mayor Frank Mott and Commissioners ;!Turner-.and Bachus shall be recalled from office The officials are charged with evading the referendum, provisions of the city charteiv TENNESSEE TOWII : : HAS A BIG FIRE Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 5. Fire to day caused one hundred thousand dol lars loss invSpartfu i . Sevens, business structures were burned ; The flames started in a -dry goods store. - MRS TAFTS FATHER' DEAD' TheTaftsi Leave Washington vTonlght --4,. To Attend tne-Funeral,. Washington, Aug.,5. President Taft and Mrs; Taft leave tonight for Cin cinnati to attend the funeral of John W; Herron, her father, who died early todays :,. Mr. Herron's i death ; was .not unexpected hy the President and -his wife but the news was a shock. - The President - returns " to , -'Washington Thursday..- ;. - - -" Souvenir Dance Tomorrow Night 1 paid', matter being indicated. - He-says he sought to put tne publio on guara, not to "criticize papersfor charging for their columns.' , TB OF fell ASSOCIATION V IIOIIDIIEDTMSIID Vas Number of Those Who Contribut ed 4o: Democratic Campaign Fund i Last Trme,' But Fund , Was Compara V ttvely 6mallSeveral Offers Turned Down. ' 1 . ' ' - t -Washington, Aug.- Norman E. Hack, chairman of the Democratic National-committee, In 1908 today told the' Senate ,: Committee' investigating the, campaign funds of 1908 and 3.904; ihat - the only contribution he remem bered having, rejected was one by. Jas M.'Guffeyof Pittsburg. Mack stated that after Bryan's defeat the campaign committee - was . seyeral-, thousand dol lars ' in debt and Guff ey's coritributiou was then accepted. Charles F Mur phy, of Tammany was the largest con tributor in 1908, contributing ten thous and, dollars. Mack testified .that Mur phy's cbntribution was in; the namekr6f Tammanx, He atated lhat several Der- onereaiuntts,,vDUt theyere- re- jectedMacR explained thTsfwasrbesanse Aryans ,wisn not-to accept mon ey- from, corporations and' other unde sirable sources; Mack, said he wanted to correct the impression'; that only twenty five thousand persons contribut-. ed to the' campaign fund 'Of- $629,000. He estimated the number of contribu tors at one hundred thousand. ; WOOL BILL PASSED ,' ' THE SENATE TODAY . Washington, Aug, 5. The) confer ence report on , the compromise La- Folljette-Underwood wool' tariff -was today adopted by the: Senate by -a vote , of 35 .to 28. Six . Progressive. Re publicans joined - Jthe Democrats. The bill now, goes, to, the President. It is dentinal with the one. he vetoed in. 1911. - - . Souvenir Dance Tomorrow Night lt MARRIED HERE' License , Issued in - Cumberland Coun ty, - Could . Not : be Used by . Magis trate. ' v -S An ardent swain" andhis lady love from the amorous : county of Cumber landwandered : into ; the city by, the sea yesterday. The lover bold had secured ? a i marriage : , licence - before leaving ; his home county Upon - the arrival the couple v looked up Justice Bornemann. They asked him to recite the happy words which twould ; make their lives I as one After scanning the license borne by the. would-be groom; whose name was Mr. John - W Smith, the - Justice in formed him that the only . manner in which"" the ceremony could , be ; per formed 5 was byv securing another li cense in this' county.v The name '.of the ''bride was Miss Maggie ,Yarboro. With the spirit to: "help all true lovers j ustice Bornemann - mea mmseii r to the residence of Mr. John Haar; reg ister of deeds. . Mr. Haar, went to the court house5" afid within u few .minutes the s proper, permission ' for - the ; mar riage of - the - couple , had- beem issued. Justice Bornemann . then ' returned" to his office where the , couple;, were . In waiting. - Within a few minutes Mr, and Mrs. "John W. Smith were show ered with congratulations fronr;- the magistrate,- as well as trom tne wit nesses who witnessed the : ceremony. The bride and groom returned to their hom oh one of: the' afternoon-trains, Souvenir Dance Tomorrow Night - I - ; ' -- - - 1t :X Miss Mabel " Stanley of Goldsboro, is the guest' of Mr. -and JJrsL. C Grant,:" of "9 07 Market street. She, vwith her. host: and, hostess will spend a number - of days . on Wrights vllle Beach' shortly. Miss"',; Stanley has previously visited here and has a num ber of , friends uv theclty , Souvenir Dance Tomorrow Night -11 Grand Jury Hot fiftdi Police Expect to ; Return' Bills Against High ' Officials- For t Extortions-Probing I Deep the Alleged ' Gambling House Graft Jack Rose 'Arraigned Today. , r-v ... -v - . - ;New" York, ,; Aug, 5. Several indict ments for extortion will be returned by the Grand Jury, against police officials, as the resulfof -the -mass of evidence to.be presented -this- week showing grafting among gambling houses. Two high: officials ' are among those schedul ed to be indicted. Becker's arraignment and- the coroner's hearing - in the ' case or. jack Rose were- on today jsicalen dar. ;v y ' 4j it SENATE DISCUSSES .' - AID FOR HOADS Washington, Aug. 5. Federal aid for public roads was considered by the Senate " today.- - The good - roads . pro vision put in the postoffice appropria tion bill jby the House wis defended by Senator- Smith, of South Carolina, who said j. the. Government should - pay Its pro rata shaVe of the cost of ..keeping up the,j"oads;lbr the transportation of the. mails or; for 'other Federal purpo ses. .- LASTIilAII WOOIIDEi) " . 1 HI : WAR DIED TODAY Newbury. Port' Massw,..Aug. 5. Ben-. "amin" SL Wood, whQ claimed he was the lastmanwoundeddurmgthe'Ctvil War.df ed;. toaj; pf. ; pneumpnia. As general ewas.aBont to-sht render at Appomattox Court House; a baH 'came whizzing, into therUnioif armyVTines during1; the : last - minute of the ngage ment and struck Wood's arm, near the right shoulder. The arm was ampu tated. .-'..- - - s - MOB LYfJCHES OfJE - , - ; n-. AIID AFTER ANOTHER Meridian, Miss;, Aug. ; 5." One negro Was lynched and -amob-was pursuing another near Hall's Station' Ajabama, forty miles east of here, ' according . to railroad passengers arriving here. It s understood these negroes murdered a White man named ;Tutt. " ' i ' - , v "Miways o uents. And Always a Great Show atl the ;lt Comfortable Grand. ' r ; - ' - Piatt & Haar's .'Ninth Anniversary Sale j'Starts -Tuesday morning, ,lt . New York, Aug. 5. Mrs. Robert H. Elder nag been elected a .delegate to the ' convention 5 of - the . National -Progressive party, in Chicago on' Aug 5th. Mrs; : Elderhas always taken an ac tive Interest in politics. , fine is prom inent. in the , woman's suffrage move ment. ; Her husband was formerly as sistant district attorney of -Brooklyn. i&yxyiiA I , ' y ? , 4vfc" 'is t' v -y-y ti'A- - -'7 y- r tliBjDomoGrflts TJa? v nave i a: ;iirffl6T:Bepo!lciBS No ?- Definite 'Announcement " to This as Yet, However Tar Heel' r Newspaper , Man to be Assfstantto' Made as.' :; McCombs--Governor Marshall f May :' Stump Maine. .-., -V. Xf k seagirt,, jm. j., Aug. 5. Uov. WUson -v had i nothing to say . today regarding : the' appointment of a treasurer, of the . National Democratic Committee. ' . The " : ; Governor 7 expected to make , the an- y nduncement about the 'treasurership : V? oJay. I He makes his regular weekly ;?v trRitO:;Trenton tomorrow; on State Dusjness, : : returning tomorrow-night- ? Tdntorrbw he- expects a call from Gov- ernpr j Marshall, f j . - 'A A t ; . .: ; t Charles" Craned" jof. .Chicago,' Wn'lttlV TTintlllfantTirow anrl ennnnrta .: ,l SV of. LaFollette In his campaign, for the i , s ' Republican Presidential, : nomination,."; may be treasurer of -the. Democratic National Campaign Commitf ee," Gov - Woodrow Wilson had the name of Mr. Crane1 under consideration: 3 The bhlJrV make was that a treasurer ' had been -: i agreed upon by' himself ahd .'National . . . . . .. ... - - , be . determined whether the man: se-!. -x -Mr.' Crane' who iwas; "appointed '.hy- y; President Taft Jn July 1309; as; minis ter to China, but kwho war recalled' in October of the same' year just as he was leaving for the orient; ts known " to have leaned favorably tdWard the ; candidacy of Governor Wilson, having as expressed himself on a recent visit to Seagirt in company with 'President ?j Van Hise of the University xof; WIs- -; The.'' announcement - that Joseph ,;E.- ,i Davies of jWIscpnsini Secretary of .(he ' -National . 'Committee f would S be in' -charge., of . the Wilson headquarters sat Chicago,, acting v.there . Also.: as. assist- r the probability'- that "Mt; - Crane- w0uld be . selected aa National ; Committee treasurer.'because of the friendship- be- jween Messrs. uavies ana urane. ' It( is" known' thatrmany.ot the' mem- bers of the Natibna! Committee hava ' ; been desirous of having a man outside t of New" York city appointed andtha'c -the name of .Mr. Crane has been with-, in the last week set Jbefore National Chairman McCombs Who placed it be- f" ' fore Governor Wilson. - Herman Rid- 7: der,rwho now holds the office of treas-i urer, it was v first thought, ' would re- i ." tain the Toffice, but he declined, an nouncihgii however nls firm' support for Governor Wilson."' '--- - , , Tom Pence Assistant Chairman7 Governor VWilson returned' toj Sea-h girt last night after a .24 hour visit to ': Newi York, ;but of the score .or more' political leaders in New York; none j j saw 'him. In fact, Governor ' Wilson talked politics with , National Chair man" McCombs , just four hours, slept 14 hours and reclined in : the reading . ' room of the University Club until late vjV in the afternoon, ,' 7 s The Governor was met on the train i as - ha. started', on , his return by - Jo sephus Daniels, National) Committee-: man of . North Carolina, , who , rode for, a few miles talking earnestly with the nominee., r ', f . It is practically certain" that GoV- , r ernor Marshall will takei the stump in f " Maine, ' where the -election for Gov--: ernor is held early in, September. It has not yet been decided; however, whether Governor Wilson- will speak in Maine. Some of Governor Wilson's , friends do not wish him to enter Maine because ; they ? believe . the Na- tional- ticket ought" to be i kept apart -from t the local j issues, of prohibition. ' The National? Campaign .-.Committee, however "is giving; its- attention, toi ' New" "England - States, f particularly, ' Maine, " and . important announcements " in this connection are expected soon, . v Thomas J. Pence, of Raleigh, ,N, C., ( has been designated as assistant to " National Chairman McCombs.- Pence ' was for a long time Washington , cor- respondent of ; the ..- Raleigh News . and Observer owned by Jftsephus Daniels, senior member of the National-Com- , mlttee ahd 'Chairmafl of the,: publicity committee. '' ' ---;.' - ' s -T . ' Four years ago 'Mr. v Pence directed the publicity :. for' the Democratic . Na-. : tional Committee and this year had ; ; charge of the publicity work in .Wash- Ington of the iWUson . campaign for ? the nomination. Frank B. Lord an-: other " Washington --newspaper man, j will be right . hand map to Chairman . Daniels; taking chargeof the literary ; bureau ln New York., - , - Darrow Trial Nearing End. - Los Angeles, CaU Aug,-5. Clarence S, Darrow's trlalfor "jury "bribery, has passed its second important stage, with; the closing of. the : defendant's "case. Cross examination of Darrqw has been concluded, and his re-direct, examination-will be brief." ' . -Piatt' & Haar's Ninth Anniversary Sale Starts Tuesday morning.' , It . .-" 1 i 1 4
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