2 LEADERS AT CHICAGO SHOW DISPOSITION TO MOVE CAREFULLY PRIOR TO OPENING OF BIG CONVENTIONS MOVEMENT FOR HUGHES TAKES ON ASPECT OF [Continued From First P**e] position is summed up by their state ments that they "want Colonel Roose velt's help but not his dictation." They are determined not to permit Colonel Roosevelt to name the ticket by a pro cess of elimination. One of the outstanding features of this convention Is the absence of com manding leadership by the men who compose the Old Guard. They are here and on the ground but they seem to have no definite control of affairs. There is a conspicuous lack of what every convention has known as "fix ers." who came with planks for the platform all prepared and assurances that they were going In, little groups of leaders who got together in confer ences and arranged things and then practically brought them before the convention for ratification. All that is absent thi6 year. A notable example of ihis condition Is the Pennsylvania delegation which is split four ways. Senator Penrose who always has spoken for the Republican organiza tion in the State is silent and while he probably will cast his vote for Senator Knox, it is generally understood he will do so in order not to disclose his real choice. Favorite Sons Lack Strength Of all the favorite sons who will be presented to the convention none is estimated to have the strength to com mand a stampede. The Weeks sup porters are continuing their claims of 200 or more votes on the first ballot. Senator CulTTmins' managers claim more than one hundred votes on the first ballot and, in addition, say that Col. Roosevelt would support their' man. but it is not generally believed that any of the favorite sons votes can be held all the way through. Fred W. Estaluook. national com mitteeman from New Hampshire, said to-day he believed all but four candi dates would bs practically eliminated after the first oallot. He thinks Colo nel Roosevelt out of the race. The eight votes of lis State, he thinks, will lie scattered dli the first ballot, two of them going to Weeks. Mr. Estabrook predicted Hughes would continue to, receive votes until a nomination was | made. Regardless of action the Republican ] and Progressive conventions finally take, Victor Murdock.of Kansas, chair man of the Progressive National com mittee, who arrived here to-day said j the party organization had been main-1 tained. "The Progressive party must not | and will not pass out of existence, no | matter what the result of the coming i conventions," said Mr. Murdock. He declined to predict the probable ac tion of the Progressives. Mr. Murdock said he was not a can didate for re-election as national com mittee chairman and will endeavor to . be released from that position. James R. Garfield, of Ohio, another i Roosevelt leader, to-day stated that political expediency was largely the: cause of the Progressives' failure to disclose any definite program regard ing their support of Colonel Roosevelt. "It is the most anomalous situation that ever confronted either party," | Eaid Mr. Pinchot. Perkins For Harmony George W. Perkins, of New York, recognized spokesman for the Pro gressive party, issued a statement to day reiterating that he was for har mony with the older party, 4 but not for harmony at any price. He did not amplify this statement beyond saying he will not lose sight of the fact that too high a price can be paid for any thing and that harmony was no ex ception to the rule. Frank H. Hitchcock, who is work ing for the Hughes forces issued a statement to-ciay after a conference with other leaders declaring the nomination of Justice Hughes inev itable. Mr. Hitchcock included in his state ment an analysis of the strength* of favorite son candidates to show the total strength of the combined favorite sons to be 34,". "Justice Hughes will receive more votes on the first ballot than the com bined strength of the favorite son can didates," said Hitchcock, "and his nomination on an early ballot is in evitable." The Hitchcock statement empha sized that it will require 493 votes to nominate a candidate and that the combined instructed strength of the favorite son candidates falls 148 votes short of enough to nominate. Among those opposed to Justice Hughes a report was circulated to-day that he had gained the disfavor of labor through the Supreme Court's decision in the Danbury hatters' case in January. 1915, which affirmed judg ments against members of the hatters' union at Danbury, Conn., awarded to a manufacturer under the antitrust law for a boycott. Executions were issued against the homes of the anion men and until labor leaders through out the country united to help them L— ■-*! ■ V JR. I Strength —both of body and mind —is wonderfully promoted by including in the diet a daily ration of Grape-Nuts This delicious food contains all the nutriment and energizing properties of whole wheat and barley from which it is made, and is especially rich in the mineral phosphates furnished by these grains. These mineral elements are lacking in many foods, but ab solutely necessary for proper growth and mainte nance of body, brain and nerves. Grape-Nuts food has delightful flavor, is easily digested, and comes ready to eat—crisp, sweet and wonderfully nourishing. From childhood to old age— Grape-Nuts. ' There's a Reason" MONDAY EVENING, t they were In danger of losing their property. Investigation of the report developed that the decision of the i court was unanimous, the justices par j ticipating, and was delivered by Jus | tice Holmes. I'rogressives Will Hold Oft The Progressive national committee | to-day decided to withhold nominating | a candidate in the Progressive con vention until next Saturday, awaiting | the action of the Republican conven tion. The decision of the Progressive | committee followed a speech by Chalr -1 man Murdock In which he declared ' that he was for Colonel Roosevelt's : nomination and would not be "for any i noncommittal candidate at this time." The national committee appointed a special "steering committee'' with gen eral powers to treat with Republican leaders and also carry on a news paper publicity campaign. The com mittee consists of George W. Perkins, of New York; Governor Hiram John j son, of California, and Horace Wilkin son. of New York. The executive committee, of which Mr. Perkins is chairman, presented the plan which was adopted by the national committee to delay action upon nominating a candidate until Saturday. It was decided to warn all ; delegates against leaving Chicago. The "steering committee," it was stated by Progressive leaders, will have dis cretion to treat with Republican lead ers or a similar committee from the Republican national committee or con vention regarding possible joint ac tion on a nominee. The position of I the Progressives regarding the candi dacy of Colonel Roosevelt and its re ception by the Republicans was out lined after the Progressive meeting to | day by William Allen White, commit teeman from Kansas, who said: "We take the position that we are ' unanimous on one first choice candi date—and only one—Colonel Roose- I velt. If the Republicans cannot agree j upon Colonel Roosevelt, we expect i them to come to us and we will then ' be able to tell them our second choice. But in the meantime we are standing upon our first choice." Led by Chairman Murdock, various : committeemen spoke in favor of keep ! ing the Progressive party as a distinct ! political entity, even should the Re- I publicans endorse the Progressive ' nominee. "I am not a Republican and don't i intend to be." Mr. Murdock was quoted | as declaring. Convention Sidelighti fßy International News Service.] Chicago, 111., June s.—The hundreds | of politicians and mere delegates here for the convention had a fellow feeling to-day for travelers in the arid wastes of the Sahara and for Pershing's boys ;as they toil through the thirst-pro- 1 i ducing sand dunet: of Chihuahua. ! After a warm and exciting dry Sun day they awoke to-day to find a mu ! nicipal "election In progress, entailing more torrid hours. "Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink!" wailed the anvil chorus. • • • Fifty or more bedraggled Pennsyl vania followers of Senator Penrose to day borrowed washstands and bath rooms to freshen up their appearance ! after a sleepless night. The Penn sylvanians spent the night wandering , through hotel corridors and dozing on street corners. When they arrived ) yesterday they discovered that their i representative had reserved rooms for i them at a leading hotel, but he had reserved them beginning Wednesday. From now until Wednesday they will I spend the time looking for the man that made the reservations. i ... "Big Steve" of Colorado, otherwise ] former National Committeeman Archie i M. Stevenson, arrived in Chicago wear ing a broad smile and a Roosevelt ! button. In view of the fact that "Big Steve's" 250 pounds of weight were j largely responsible for the efficiency of I the steam roller which flattened out I the Roosevelt delegates in 1912, his i friends were curious. "How does it feel to be for T. R.?" the Colorado heavyweight was asked. "I worried myself sick about swal ! lowing that Roosevelt cud." he I erinned, "but having swallowed it, be • lieve ine, it's delicious." Committee Is Poshing Through Delegate Contests By Associated Press Chicago, 111., June s.—With twenty eight delegate contests remaining on . the list, the Republican national com : mittee to-day prepared to rush through ; the hearings and complete its report, t Settlement of the I>ouisiana contests by a compromise, giving one-half vote to each contestant, was hailed as shortening the labors. Including the twelve Louisiana contests, there are twenty-eight contests before the com- I mittee. CANDIDATES' MANAGERS ON or MANA.CER. FOR. ROOSEVELT Here you see George Von L Meyer of Boston, former secretary of the navy, at his desk in Chicago manag ing the Roosevelt campaign before the Republican National Committee. The Colonel has another manager, George XV. Kerkins, but he operates only before the Progressive convention. John W. Dwight. former Congressman from New York, Is the custodian of the campaign of Elihu Root, and Mr. Dwight Is a very smooth politician. There is also Joseph B. Keallng, of Indiana, who has the campaign of Charles Warreu Fairbanks In storage. Frank H. Hitchcock, of New York, is believed to have the boom of Justice Charles E. Hughes concealed about his person. BRUMBAUGH DELEG SWING TO T. R., MANY BELIEVE Knox Talk Has Had Revival; Burton Also Is Discussed and May Get Few Votes From Pennsylvania [By a Staff Correspondent.] Chicago, 111., June s.—With the ar rival to-day of the uninstructed dele gates and alternates and the Penrose partisans during the morning and Governor Brumbaugh and his party on a later train, question marks began to fly about the Auditorium and the Congress. The rival camps proceeded to foregather at once and the main guessing was whether Senator Penrose would find that sentiment was setting in for Roosevelt and declare for the Colonel, and In so doing beat the Gov ernor to it. The declaration that the Governor's name would go before the convention j and stay there did not prevent a good 1 many people from expressing the be- ' lief that the Brumbaugh forces might swing to Roosevelt anyway. Senator Penrose was told by Alex ander P. Moore, a Pittsburgh delegate end one of the Bull Moose leaders for the last four years, that Roosevelt was the biggest bet and the suggestion was made in conversation that Roosevelt for President, with Penrose as national chairman, would sweep the nation. Some of the Roosevelt men accused the Senator of doing some flirting with the Colonel and the gossip was that Roosevelt would not run if Pen rose was against him. Out of the buzzing of the rumors the impression Delegations From Pennsylvania Arriving Chicago, June s.—Governor Brum baugh and his personal friends and the Pennsylvania special containing the Penrose forces arrived In Chicago within an hour of each other this morning and took quarters at opposite ends of the Congress. With the Gov ernor were Secretary Ball, Attorney General Brown, Congressman Vare and Emerson Collins and some Phila delphians. The Governor Immediately went into conference with Paul N. Furrnan in charge of his Chicago headquarters to decide whether to contest the chair manship with Penrose. Rumors are that he will not make a fight, but he said there had bee.i no authority given for such talk. Pen rose is claiming 5 5 votes of 76 for chairman. The caucus is to-morrow. Governor Brumbaugh regarded with considerable satisfaction his presiden i tlal preference vote of 233,095 and his friends put It out among the dele ! gates. A. Carson Stamm who arrived to day said he believed the time had come when the differences among Pennsylvania Republicans should be regarded as settled, the primary hav ing determined the leadership, which i after all was what Republicans were ! interested in. He thinks the Keystone | men should give the Governor a com plimentary vote. Congressman Krelder, Chairman Noll, Hower Reinoehl, Lebanon; Dc. A. R. Allen, Carlisle; S. S. Lewis, York, arrived here to-day. Dawson Coleman, Lebanon's delegate, Is said to share Mr. Stamm's views. A. B. H. Strength of New Woman's Will Be Swung to Party Declaring For Suffrage By Associated Press Chicago, 111., June 5. —The Congres sional Union for Woman Suffrage, an organization pledgee to the support of the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amend ment to the Kedtral Constitution, ! opened Its convention at the Black stone Theater to-day for a three days' session, during which time it is planned to form a body to be known as the womans pu.rty. To-morrow the National American Woman Suf i frage Association, a federation of state i suffrage associations, which favors a .campaign for the adoption of suffrage . by states, will begin a two days' ses | sion at the Princess Theater. The na tional association has prepared a plank ! calling for equal suffrage, which will i be presented to the Republican con i vention Wednesday. M ' HARRIS BURG t£S&£& TELEGRAPH remained that the Senator and the Colonel do not misunderstand each other as much as they did four years ago. Knox talk has experienced a revival, although the Brumbaugh people are trying to soft pedal It, and the friends of the Governor do not like the Idea of Hughes especially. One of the interesting stories was that Pennsylvania would give some votes to Theodore E. Burton for Vice- President. Burton has been in presi dential talk, but this Is the first sug gestion of second place for him. How ever. Thomas R. Marshall started out to be Democratic candidate for Presi dent and wound up a Vice-President I of the United States The Brumbaugh people will have a caucus to-night and count noses. The j whole Pennsylvania delegation, duly certified, will meet Tuesday afternoon j for formal organization. By that time the plans of the Brum baugh men will have been outlined and the Issue of who is to be chair man will be put to the last grand test. Penrose men say the Senator will have between fifty and sixty delegates for his election as chairman despite the claims of his opponents, who are in dustriously asserting that he does not have a majority as they were prior to the recent conference in Philadelphia. 1 A. B. H. Furman in Charge at Governor's Headquarters [By a Staff Correspondent.] Chicago, 111., June 5. —The Brum | baugh headquarters are In the Audl ! torlum Hotel, right In the middle of ; things, and located on the parlor above the main lobby. The place is one of the best, and to make the big assem bly room the hotel management blocked oft a space with beaver board and there is a big sign on the door an nouncing that it is the headquarters of | "Martin G. Brumbaugh, Pennsylva nia's Progressive Governor." Paul N. Furman is in charge and there are flags and pictures and lit erature narrating the notable achieve ments of the Governor in the way of legislation and the keeping of plat form pledges. Henry G. Wasson, the State's national committeeman, holds forth In the headquarters when he is not down the Lake Front attending meetings of the nutlonal committee which is acting on the contests. The Governor will make the rooms his headquarters throughout the con vention and will meet his friends and the delegates. The headquarters will be used for the caucus of the Brum baugh delegates and alternates to night at 8 o'clock. These rooms have a tine outlook on Michigan avenue, where the great crowds foregather to watch the notables come and go, cheer ing their favorites. A. B. H. Phila. Women Hold Rally at City Hall Before Leaving By Associated Press . Philadelphia, June 6.—Twenty dele i gates representing the Woman Suffrage 1 party of Pennsylvania left this city for i Chicago to-day to attend the conven tion and demand the insertion of a plank in the Republican platform favoring woman suffrage. Prior to their departure a rally was held on the City Hall plaza here, a feature of which was the sending skyward of 100 small balloons bearing a message for equal suffrage. The delegation left on a special train gaily decorated with suffrage | banners and pennants. Stops will be | made on the Journey across the state jto pick up sixty other delegates. Each ! member of the party carried a suffrage : "plank" painted with the suffrage col ors. The Pennsylvania delegation will j participate In the bia suffrage parade : of 40,000 women Wednesday. The delegation is headed by Miss Ethel Austin Shrlglej. chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation, and Mrs. 1 George A. Dunning, chairman of the ! Woman Suffrage party of Philadel iphia. GOVERNOR AND PENROSE NEAR Sleep Peacefully Within Short Distance of Each Other at Same Hotel [By a Staff Correspondent.] Chicago, 111., June 6. Governor ! Brumbaugh, Senator Penrose, Attor ney General Brown and Senator Oliver are sleeping within a couple of doors of each other, as though such a thing as rivalries did not exist! It seems that In the arrangements for rooms the Penrose people allowed the Gov ernor some of those reserved at the Congress, otherwise he would have had to go to a smaller hotel. The rooms of Senators Penrose and Oliver, W. Harry Baker, secretary of the State comnjitee. and other stal warts are on one corner of the Con gress, and those of the Governor, Mr. Brown, the Vare brothers and Henry G. Wasson are next. Some of the Brumbaugh men are at the Stratford and the Lexington and some at the Auditorium. Some who had expected to come prior to May 16 have given up their reservations, but they were soon snapped up. The uninstructed delegates and al ternates and the Penrose partisans are at the Congress, well grouped and ! cared for, thanks to Mr. Baker's ar , rangements made weeks ago. The Progroaslves are at the Black stone. M. T. Stokes, of Coudersport. was the first of the Pennsylvanians to arrive. He was lor.ely for a while until Francis B. Blddle joined him. : Other Bull Moosers came in to-day. A. B. H. "STOP MURDER IX MEXICO" LOOMS UP AS PARTY PLANK [By International News Service.] I Chicago, 111., June s.—"Stop murder j in Mexico" to-day loomed up as the | possible big slogan for the Republican j fight for the presidency next Fall. The : Mexican plank of tht? Republican na i tlonal platform became the center of ; the fight over parly declaration of faith, and Senator Albert B. Fall, of New Mexico, took charge of the cam paign for a "virile, vigorous Repub lican Mexican policy." The platform carpenters got down !to real work to-day and tentative 1 drafts floated around among the dele | gates by the score. The leaders de | elded on Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, i of Massachusetts, for chairman of the ! resolutions committee and the Senator ! was bombarded with suggestions. Sen ! ators Borah, of Idaho, Sutherland, : from Utah, and Kenyon, of lowa, and Representative Martin Madden, of Illi nois, were among those agreed upon to-day as members of the committee, and they found themselves with a fight on their hands. A serious campaign to revolutionize platform methods gained considerable momentum to-day. A group of dele gates declared for cutting down the platform to an "Irreducible minimum" in words. They asserted that the party could best put itself on record by concentrating on five or six planks, expressed briefly and concisely. They suggested limiting the declaration to "Americanism, preparedness, the tariff, Mexico and peace, with a possible gen eral plank attacking the administra tion for its unbusinesslike conduct of the affairs of the government. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE f Neighbors, when they missed Anntte EUinger, 668 Calder street, broke Into the house and found the woman in con vulsions on the floor. She was hurried to the Harrisburg Hospital and it is believed may have attempted suicide as she had threatened several times to take her life, according to several of the neighbors. SIMOV S TO JAN DIES Simon titojan. aged 55. died In the Harrisburg Hospital, Saturday. He re- I sided at 428 Mohn street, Steelton. Fu neral bervlces will be held in St. Nicho- I las Serbian Orthodox Church, Steelton, i to-morrow morning. JUNE 5, 1916. CHICAGO CONVENTION CENTERS ALONG Men From All Over Country Are Interested in the Attitude of Pennsylvania as to Candidate [By a Staff Correspondent.] Chicago, 111., June 5. —In order to get an idea of how closely all the pre conventlon activities are concentrated just imagine that Harrlsburg's river front Is the Chicago lake front. Let the Ha.rrisburg Club represent the Congress Hotel, the center of things doing, where Pennsylvania, New York and other big delegations hold forth and where the crowds are always on the move, cross Market street let the building that is now being remod eled be the Auditorium Hotel, an other hive of activity, and a little fur ther down, possibly where the Engi neers' Club stands, there is the Strat ford, where some Pennsylvanians and Southerners will be domiciled. Then, keeping the same idea of loca tion In mind, about, where the Public Library stands would be the Black stone, where George W. Perkins and other big Bull Moosers have their flags out. Back as far as Market Square Is the Kalserliof, and about where the Pennsylvania stands you could locate the La Salle. The Coliseum, where the Republican convention will meet, is ten blocks further along the lake, about as far as Reily street from Market. The Coliseum, wnlch Is pronounced as dif ferently as it is spelled, is where the national committee is sitting. Wednes day It will be the pulsating center. The Congress took on a renewed COLLINS TO SPEAK , FOR BRUMBAUGH Seconding Speech Will Come From Either Ohio or Michigan [By n Staff Correspondent.] Chicago, 111.. June 5. —Emerson Col lins. Deputy Attorney General and one of the most gifted orators in the State, will make the speech presenting Gov ernor Brumbaugh's name to the con vention. Mr. Collins, who Is a clos** personal friend of the Governor, is known to many of those who will sit In the delegation and his speech is ex pected to surpass oven those which he has made in recent political gather ings. He got here early to-day and assisted in welcoming pteople at the Governor's headquarters. The seconding speech will come from either Ohio or Michigan, where the Governor has some friends among the delegates and where he Is best known. This matter was arranged by Attorney General Brown some time to-day. Congressman Vare will not make any speeches at the convention. How ever. he will probably be put forward by the Brumbaugh people as one of their candidates for committee honors. A. B. H. Progressives Differ on Their Coarse of Action at Chicago [By International News Service.] I Chicago, 111., June S.—The Progres sives all along convention row to-day I were devoting most of their time to sounding the new Roosevelt slogan— I "Heal the wound to the bone." , The Roosevelt Republican commit tee. of which George von L. Meyer, ; former Secretary of the Navy, is chair | man, launched the new slogan in a j large statement printed in the local | papers to-day. It was at. once taken 1 up by the Progressives who are fight ! ing the hardest to have the Repub licans nominate Roosevelt. The ad j vertisement, printed over Von Meyer's I name, in part says: | "A great crisis in our country's af- I fairs is at hand. "As goes the next four years at Washington, so goes the next forty years with our nation. "Broad patriotism and sterling Americanism are the watchwords." All Progressive leaders to-day were seriously considering the latest plan proposed for the course to be followed by the Progressive convention. This plan is that the name of Colonel Roosevelt be placed in nomination as quickly as the convention is opened. No vote would be laken. The conten tion would mark time until word was received as to what action would be taken by the Republican convention. If the Republicans nominated the Colonel, the Progressives would then rush the vote on Roosevelt in their convention and ratify the action of the older party. A great deal of difference has arisen, however, over the course to be fol lowed in the event, that the Repub licans choose Hughes. The majority of the Progressives—and that Is known to include E. A. Van Valken burg, of Philadelphia. Harold L. Ickes, Illinois leader, and William Flynn, the Pittsburgh leader —believe that, the Progressives should take no action until Justice Hughes has made an acceptance statement. They would have Colonel Roosevelt pass on the statement himself. If the former President decided that Hughes showed by his statements that he was a strong enough advocate of real preparedness, then the Colonel's name would be withdrawn and Hughes put up and quickly nominated by the Progressives. In this connection Glfford Pinchot, ardent Progressive, made It plain that Justice Hughes would not be accept able to him as long as he maintained his present attitude of silence. "I believe," Mr. Pinchot said, "that the welfare of the country requires that Theodore Roosevelt be nomi nated by both conventions." "Would any other candidate named by the Republican convention be ac ceptable?" he was asked. "Before I can accept the candidacy of any man I must know where ho stands." "Will Colonel Roosevelt be nomi nated by the Progressive party regard less of what Is done by the Repub licans?" he then was asked. '"That is a matter thai rests on the knees of the gods," was his answer. The Progressives plainly show that they do not bcHcve that Justice Hughes will make a r.tatement that will admit of their naming him as the standard bearer. Ickes went so strong as to issue a printed statement which he distributed freely among the ' old guard" dele gations. "On the face of the present sit uation," his statement said. "Justice Hughes Is plainly impossible of con sideration for the Progressive nomi nation and there seems no reasonable expectation of any change In the sit uation before the Progressive conven tion makes Its choice." The belief prevails strongly in Pro gressive circles to-day that Colonel Roosevelt will conic here himself. His secretary, John McGrath, said that as far as he knew at the present time, the Colonel would not come. l>'t that he did not know what developments nilcht be expected. interest on Saturday when Senator Penrose, one of the biggest figures In the whole situation, the man most sought, began seeing people. His headquarters were jammed and you could find out everything going on in other headquarters yesterday in the crowd at his doors. Men from other States are all asking what Penrose is going to do. The idea that, the Senator lias some opponents in the Keystone State delegation does not seem to mat ter to these people. They have all heard that he won and he holds keys despite the assaults being made on his leadership from Brumbaugh head quarters. You get an idea of the na tional size of Penrose in the hotel cor ridors and they are filled with some of the keenest political sharps in the land. Pennsylvania is going to loom big in this convention. It was one of the storm centers four years ago. This year it is going to bo one of the de ciding factors. The New York people are all split up, and the Massa chusetts and Illinois folks are not working together. You can get all the viewpoints In the Congress, and every i State headquarters to which you are whisked by elevators or carried by I crowds you will hear them asking l what the Keystone delegation will do when the crucial time comes. A good ! bit of political history Is going to be j made within a couple of blocks. NATIONAL DEFENSE DOMINANT NOTE Middle West as Well as East and Far West Strong For Preparedness TRy a Staff Correspondent.] Chicago, June 6.—Organization for national defense, military. Industrial and economic, will be the dominant note in the platform to be adopted by the Republican convention and Chicago could scarcely have selected a better time for Its wonderful preparedness pa rade than Saturday. Delegates, leaders and visitors who got here in time to see it were thrilled by Its significance and those who came yesterday and to-day were Impressed, really enthused by what they read and heard of It. The effect upon those to come must not be lost sight of. It gave a strong impetus to the sentiment that is resounding for strong declarations for adequate pre paration against aggression. Men from the seaboards who had imagined the Middle West, secure In Its distance, cold toward the building up of defense, changed their minds and expressed de cided opinions about the platform. The preparedness parade was a re markable prelude to a convention which will exercise a vast Influence upon national history. It was stirring to see not thousands, but tens of thou sands of men, drawn from every walk of life marching, marching, march ing along the Lake Front, each [one with an American flag. Thousands lof women marrtied, too, and the city which has almost as many foreign ele ments as New York gave a demon i stratlon of Americanism that was not lost on some Congressmen who hap pened to be there. It certainly was not lost on the men who will run the con vention and the Roosevelt boomers promptly proceeded to turn Its over whelming approval Into an endorse ment of the Colonel. Aside from the untiring: spirits of the marchers, their cheering and their wav ing of flags, the thing that Impressed one was that the bands all played American airs. It seemed that there was a. tune from every section of the land, "Dixie," "Suawnee River," "Illinois," "Maryland, My Maryland" and similar airs were played in be tween the "Star Spangled Banner," 'America, I Ix>ve You" and "Yankee Doodle," but you didn't hear "Tippe rary" or "Die Wacht am Rheln." I took advantage of some stops In the line of marchers that had not end ed at nightfall to ask some of the men if they knew why they were parading. The answers varied from the remark that It was to 'wake up them dube at Washington" and to "show that we can fight" to the more sober explanation that It was to "wake up them dubs at ment for a big navy and a large enough army. I did not strike anyone who did not have a pretty clear idea of the reason, although I was asked by sev eral young men why I did not read the papers or when I had struck town. One robust "stockyard district industries" man, according to the band on his hat, answered my question by telling me to go Jump into the lake. He looked as though he would have liked to have put me there. The truth is the city Is worked up over defense and It took a day off to prove its Interests In the cause of be ing ready. There are volunteer com panies drilling every evening on the Lake Front and the convention crowds are not blind to the earnestness of It. Beyond the question there will also be declarations for tariff provisions which will protect our Dauphin county iron and steel and factories from the foreign flood when the war Is over. Some important government economy declarations will also be made. A. B. H. Two Chicago Conventions Will Cost $7,750,000 Chicago, 111., June 5. Estimates made here to-day place the cost, of the Republican and Progressvle conven tions to those parties at an aggregate of more than $7,750,000, Including, of course, the amount other visitors, at tracted by the conventions, will spend in the city. Estimates are based on the attendance of 991. Republican dele gales. 991 alternates. 1,000 Progres sive delegates and 97,000 other visitors for Ave days. Here are some of the Items: Railroad fares $1,560,000 Hotel rooms at $5 a day ... 1,999,550 Meals at $4 a day 1,599,640 Incidentals 1,519,250 Rent of Coliseum 5,000 Rent of Auditorium 4,000 Decorations 12,000 Bands 2,000 Printing and clerks 7,000 Rent of headquarters, etc. . 15,000 Convention tickets 908,750 Chicago's subscription 100,000 In view of the fact that out of the 100,000 visitors that Chicago expects a large number will stop with friends, 0n1y'77,000 of the public figure in the calculations respecting rooms and meals, though 97.000 will probably pay railroad fare and spend at least $3 a day for incidental e\penses. FOR BRAIN FAG Take Homforri'* Arid Phosphate Gives prompt relief to tired nerves, brain and headache, following mental strain or overwork.—Advertisement.
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