SOULD HAVE WON,
R3CSEVELT SAYS
JO Southern Delegates OTfered
to Switch on Last Day.
fAFT STUDIES THE SITUATION
Committee of Progressives With Gov
ernor Johnson at Head Left to Plan
Campaign and Calling of Conven
tion While Ex-President Rests.
Chicago.—Colonel Theodore Roose
■elt left on the Twentieth Century
.limited for New York and the quiet
if Oyster Bay. Before his departure
le made it clear that his new party
vill stay in the ring no matter who is
lominated at Baltimore. On this point
ic said:
">ly position will not be influences
>y any action of the Baltimore conven
ion. I will not depart from what 1
.aid Saturday night. I shall accept
he progressive nomination on a pro
;ressive platform and 1 shall tight the
Kittle through to the end."
Governor Deneeu of Illinois and the
8 delegates for the state will not join
lie new party movement.
John Mitchell, the labor leader, is
;enerally favored for the second place
n the Roosevelt ticket.
The committee selected to under
ake the formation of the new party as
IOW constituted consists of Governor
lirani Johnson of California, Gifford
Mnchot, James R. Garfield of Ohio,
iSnator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota,
ienator Dixon, Montana, Senator Miles
'oindexter of Washington. Governor
A. Aldrich of Nebraska, Governor
t. S. Vessey of South Dakota, E. A.
'an Valkenberg of the Philadelphia
Jorth American, Colonel W. R. Nelson
112 the Kansas City Star. Richmond
•earson of North Carolina, Controller
Villiam A. Prendergast of New York,
Villiam Allen White of Kansas, Judge
ten Lindsey, the only Democrat so far
elected, Matthew Hale of Massachu
etts, George L. Record of New Jersey,
'harles H. Thompson of Vermont
nd E. C. C'arrington of Maryland.
This Is to be called the committee
n organization. It is not complete,
t is. known that Colonel Roosevelt
ill get into communication at onca
ith prominent Democratic progres
ses and that such of them that care
> join his banner will be welcomed.
Colonel Roosevelt said he was going
irectly to Oyster Bay to think ver the
lans for his new party and take a
inch needed rest. While Colonel
oosevelt is speeding East, Governor
)hnspn will be traveling westward to
icrui't the new party of whose west
-n wing he is to have charge. John
>n says there will soon be appointed
I eastern manager to undertake the
- lils of the organization in that part j
'ie country.
ONEL SAYS HE COULD
» HAVE WON NOMINATION.
Clevelhnd. —On his way back to Oys
r Bay 'from Chicago, Colonel Roose
ilt assorted that the Republican
miination for President was his for
; e asking on the day that President
ift was renominated.
On the morning of the day Taft and
lerman ware nominated, Mr. Roose
•lt said, a number of Southern dele
ites sent word to him that if he
ould enter the tight in the conven
m again they would assure him
tough votes to win.
He sent back word that he would
,ree only if thirty of the delegates
juld pledge themselves in writing
at they would join with the Roose-
It delegates, start all over again,
■ct a new Temporary Chairman, and
irge the convention of the seventy
ght delegates he declares were
utdulently seated by the National
>mmittee.
Nineteen delegates agreed to do so,
r. Roosevelt said, but the thirty he
tnanded did not send their pledge
id so the plan fell through.
RESIDENT TAFT IS STUDYING
. THE ELECTORAL MIX-UP.
Washington.—One of the first things
b? considered by President Taft
d his advisers at the outset of the
mpaign is the status of the Electoral
kets named in the various States
ring the recent primaries.
The Republican managers are con
jnt'ed by the fact that these Electors
re placed upon regular Republican
ke-ts, : nd unless steps are taken to
ice "other tickets in the field thay
11 be voted for in November under
» Republican emblem.
I'hore are ten or twelve States un
r the domination of Progressive Re
blicans where the electors already
! in the field, nominated by State
d district conventions under the
ay of the Roosevelt people. Penn
vania, Maryland and West Virgin
are in this list.
GOMPERS GETS ONE YEAR.
t Months for Morrison, and Both
Furnish Bail.
iVashington. Samuel Crompers,
in Mitchell and Frank A. Morrison
> found guilty of contempt of court
.lustics Daniel Thew Wright in the
;trlet Supreme Court. "Guilty as
rged," was the conclusion,
lompera was sentenced to twelva
iiths and Frank Morrison to six
ntlu in prison. The men gave bond
ding an appeal to the District
irt of Appeals.
PARADERS CELEBRATING NOMINATION OFTAFT
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RUSSIA BREAKS
WITHJ TOWERS
Goes Behind Uuited States, Eng
land. France and Germany.
ASKS TO BE SOLE BANKER
Move Explains Tang Shao-yi's Flight
—Czar's Government Ready with
$50,000,000 and Promises Re
mainder as Needed.
London.—The Paris conference dis
cussing the proposed $:!00,000,000 loan
to China broke up with the six powers
concerned —the United States, Great
Britain, France, Germany, Russia aud
Japan—facing a most serious situa
tion. This explains the flight of the
premier.
Russia, which seemed a week ago to
oe in an almost impossible strategic
position, is now apparently holding
the whip hand.
It is learned that Russia, objecting
to the refusal of the powers to grant
her a privileged position in Mongolia
and Northern Manchuria, has on her
own account offered an immediate ad
vance to China of $50,000,000, with
the promise that she will provide the
remainder of the $300,000,000 from
time to time as needed to finance the
new republic.
Arthur Grenfell, head of the London
banking house of Grenfell, Morgan &
Co., and Henry P. Davison, of J. P.
Morgan & Co., of Mew York, are hur
rying back to London, while Great
Britain, the United States, France,
Germany and Japan are keeping hot
the cables to Peking, striving to head
off this latest move by Russia to be
come the sole support of China >r her
desperate financial plight, and thus
make Russia all powerful in the new
Mongolian republic, to the exclusion
of the remainder of the Western
world.
THREE DIE AFTER AUTO CRASH.
Big Car Collides With Little One on
Long Island Highway.
Hempstead, L. I. —Thr«*e men are
dead and two are seriously injured as
the result of the automobile collision
which wrecked a touring car belong
ing to Thomas Callister of Queens and
a runabout in which were Louis P.
Stone, father of Fred Stone, the actor,
and the former's son Paul.
The dead are Alfred Baumgartner,
about 40 years old, who lived near
Hempstead; Frank Vandewater of
Hempstead and Alfred Mainland of
221 Shelton avenue, Jamaica. The in
jured are Benjamin Mollineaux of
Hempstead. Dr. Ray McCombs, a den
tist, and Louis Stone.
Mainland had been for sixteen years
in the employ of Callister, an automo
bile dealer. He started with McCombs,
Baumgartner, Mollineaux and Vande
water to get an automobile belonging
to Mollineaux. Baumgartner was driv
ing the car, which was said by people
living on Fulton street at the inter
section of the road running from
Hicksville to Freeport to be going
east at a ixty mile clip shortly be
fore noon.
On the road, running slowly from
Hicksville toward Freeport, was Mr.
Stone with his son Paul. The big car
caught the rear tires of their auto and
turned it on its side, throwing out the
occupants. The other car smashed
into the side of the road and turned
turtle. Some escaping gasolene
caught fire.
AIRSHIPS COLLIDE, TWO DEAD.
French Army Aviators Crash Head-On
in Fog at Douai.
Douai, France.—Captain Dubois
and Lieutanent Meignan of'the army
aeroplane corps were killed when
their biplanes collided head-on over
the military aerodrome. There was a
dense fog and the aviators could not
see each other until so close that it
was impossible to change their cours
es.
The accident was the most terrible
in France's aviation history.
JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER
COMMITTEE'S FIRST CHOICE
Step Taken by Democratic Committee
of Arrangements—ls Chosen
by Plurality.
Baltimore. —The Committee of Ar
rangements of the National Commit
tee, by a vote of eight out of fifteen,
selected Alton B. Parker, of New York,
to present to the National Committee
for temporary chairman of the Nation
al Convention.
Eight members of the committee of
arrangements took the initial step in
the organization of the Democratic
National Convention when they voted
to present the name of Judge Parker
for this honor. The anti-Bryan men,
however, were unable to muster a ma
jority for Judge Parker and were
obliged to resort to the action of declar
ing Judge Parker the choice of the
committee by a plurality vote. The
Champ Clark and the Woodrow Wil
son men stood out against Judge Park
er, dividing their eight votes among
four candidates. The result was a tie,
eight to eight, between the Bryan and
the anti-Bryan forces.
An effort was made to make tho se
lection of Judge Parker unanimous,
but this was voted down nine to seven,
one of the committeemen shifting.
Clark and Wilson speakers said that
while they had great respect for Judge
Parker they could not vote for him.
The committee on arrangements in
the vote for temporary chairman di
vided as follows.
For Parker —Norman E. Mack, New
York; Clark Howell, Georgia; R. M.
Johnston, Texas; Edwin O. Wood.
Michigan; Roger C. Sullivan, Illinois;
Thomas Taggart, Indiana; Thomas K.
Brown, Vermont, and J. F. C. Talbott,
Maryland.
For James —P. L. Hall, Nebraska,
Urey Woodson, Kentucky, and Martin
J.
Kor Robert L. Henry. Texas—Jo
sephus Daniels, North Carolina; Ro
bert Ewing, Louisiana, and John E.
Osborne, Wyoming.
For Senator Kern—Robert S. Huds
peth, New Jersey.
For Senator O'Gorman —John T. Mc-
Graw, West Virginia.
Colonel John J. Martin, sergeant-at
arms, says that the convention hall is
the greatest in which the national
Democratic party has ever assembled.
The great auditorium seats mauy
more Democrats than the Chicago au
ditorium seats Republicans. There is
20 per cent, ir.ore room here than in
Chicago. There is room for 5,000 more
people to hear the Democratic pro
ceedings than heard the Republican
proceedings. There is toorn, and bet
ter room, for twice as many newspa
per men as Chicago provided for.
SHE SLEW HER BABY.
Breaks Down Under Questions arid
Confesses Killing.
Elizabeth, N. J.—The county au
thorities are convinced that Mrs.
Maude Henry, the 28-year-old woman
of Lyons Farms, who confessed after
a gruelling examination that she slash
ed the throat of her sleeping 3-year
old daughter because the child had
disobeyed her, was insane at the time
of the deed.
In a hysterical break-down, she
cried out;
"I did it! I did it! Baby had been
cross that evening. I tried to coax her
to sleep. After 1 had made her say
her prayers she lay in bed with her
eyes wide open. At last I laid down
with her and sung her to sleep. In a
few minutes I got up and went out in
knife which I had bought to kill my
self with.
"When I came back Into the bed
room baby was sound asleep. I tied
a handkerchief over my own eyes and
placed my hand over May's forehead
and eyes. Then I cut her throat."
TO PUT DOWN CIGARETTES.
Mayor at Last Elected in West Va.
Who Will Enforce Law.
Morgantowu, W. Va.—To have, sell
or give away a cigarette in Parsons,
W. Va., hereafter will be a misde
meanor. Three men successively were
elected Mayor of the town and each
refused to serve when he realized the
task imposed on him by the cigarette
ordinance passed by the council.
The Rev. T. K. Hickell then was
elected. He announced that he will
rigidly enforce the law.
MAY IMPEACH
JUDGE ARCHBALD
Unanimous Vote to Bring Pro
ceedings Against Jurist.
IRREGULARITIES CHARGED
Senate Will Act as Court in Case of
Accused Commerce Bench Member
—Action Non-Partisan, but Report
Will Be Made After Next Week.
Washington.—With not a dissenting
voice the House committee on judici
ary voted to impeach Judge Hubert
W. Archbald of the Commerce Court.
The action followed formal hearings
held for several weeks past in the
committee's inquiry into charges pre
ferred against the judge.
It was announced that the commit
! tee vote to impeach Judge Archbald
j was unanimous. The resolution for
| impeachment had been pending for
j some days.
The charges in effect accuse Judge
Archbald of protlting pecuniarily
through trafficking with the poVer of
his office and his influence with the
anthracite coal carrying railroads.
The judiciary committee recommen
dation will be presented in the House
and, if adopted there, the House will
ask the Senate to institute the im
peachment trial.
That the committee had decided on
the action was indicated when an ac
tive canvass was made of its members
to ascertain who would be willing to
act as prosecutors of the judge before
the Senate. Under the constitution
the House can have live managers in
the impeachment proceedings before
the Senate, which acts as a court.
In executive sessions recently held
the House committee considered the
reports of its subcommittees on vari
ous phases of the testimony taken in
the Archbald case. At the head of
these sub-committees were Represen
tatives Webb Floyd, Norris and Ster
ling.
Alleged business transactions un
dertaken by Judge Archbald through
his supposed partner, E. W. Williams,
with the officers of the Lehigh, the
Erie, the Delaware & Lackawanna and
other railroads to secure favored
treatment in the matter of leases of
coal refuse dumps figured in the com
mittee hearings.
Promissory notes given by or to
Judge Archbald from which, it was
said, he profited without assuming
liability for their payment, also fig
ured in the report of the committee
and were said to form the basis of the
impeachment report recommendation.
Friends of Judge Archbald said they
would oppose the impeachment resolu
tion on the grounds, that these finan
cial transactions were legal, and that
the testimony that the judge was to
profit personally was indirect and
from unreliable witnesses.
YACHT EXPLOSION FATAL.
Mrs. J. N. Jarvie, of Montclair, N. J.,
Meets Death Aboard Crjstina.
New London. Conn.—Less than naif
an hour after the Harvard crew
crossed the line in the annual 'varsity
race on the Thames a terrific explo
sion shook the neighborhood, and the
stern superstructure of the steaju
yacht Cristina was torn apart from the
hull and hurled into the river. Mrs.
James N. Jarvie, of Montclair, N. J.,
was instantly killed, aud her husband,
who was with her in a stateroom in
the after section of the boat, was
stunned.
MRS. SARTORIS TO MARRY.
Daughter of President Grant Will Wed
F. H. Jones.
Chicago.—Announcement was made
here of the engagement of Mrs. Nel
lie Grant Sartoris, only daughter of ex-
President Ulysses S. Grant, and Frank
H. Jones, who was Assistant Postmas
ter General in President Cleveland's
administration, and who now is secre
tary of a Chicago bank.
The wedding will take place on
July 4 at the country place of Mrs.
Sartoris, iu Coburg, Ontario.
200 PLUNGE INTO
NIAGARA RIVER
Excursionists Fight One Another
for Lives in Rushing Water.
TWELVE MiLES ABOVE FALLS
Motor Boats to Rescue—Swift Current
Adds to Difficulty of Saving Pleas
ure Seekers—Eight Bodies Recov
ered Many Are Injured.
Buffalo. —Nearly a score of persons
were drowned and many injured,
when a fifty-foot pier at Eagle Park,
Grand Island, Niagara Kiver, collapsed
under the weight of 250 people, throw
ing them into twelve feet of water. Up
to midnight eight bodies have been
recovered, of whom six have been
identified.
The steamer Henry Koerber had
just warped into the pier to take on
a load of returning pleasure seekers.
The pier was crowded with people
and more were coming down from the
grove above. The gang planks were
thrown out and the section of the
crowd nearest to the steamer began
to move forward. Captain Fix on
board called out to them to move slow
ly. The words were no more than out
of his mouth when the centre of the
pier, half way between the place
where the boat was tied up and th»
shore end, sank with a crash.
The planking held fast to the tim
bers on both sides of the pier, forming
a pocket in the centre into which the
struggling mass of people were
thrown. Many were caught in the
wreckage of the pier, but fully one
hundred and fifty went into the water,
which, beneath the dock, was from
ten to twelve feet in depth .with a
current of about ten miles an hour.
The wreckage of the pier served to
hold the bulk of the struggling crowd,
but several who fell clear of it began
to float away.
Rowboats and motor boats were
pressed into service, and some of
these were rescued. It is certaii\, how
ever, that in addition to the bodies res
cued in the vicinity of the pier many
were swept away, and it will be some
time before their identity can be es
tablished.
Supervisor Henry Lieb, who was in
the centre of the throng that went
down, was rescued after being in the
water for more than thirty minutes.
"I believe that over twenty lives
were lost," said Mr. Lieb. "There
were fully 250 people on the dock and
three-quarters of them went down
with it. There was but little warning
before the crash came. The dock
trembled slightly, and 1 thought it was
caused by the steamer coming in
closer. But a second later we went
down.
"I swam clear of the jam and got
hold of a spile, but owing to my
weight I was unable to hold ou there
very long. Some one dropped a rope
through the opening and helped me
over to the side where I could get a
better hold. I then fastened the rope
around the waist of a woman, who
was drawn up on the dock."
200 REBELS HANGED.
Federal Troops Make Short Work of
Zapata's Followers.
Mexico City, Mexico. —After keeping
the facts suppressed for nearly a
week, details of the grewsome meth
ods pursued by Federal troops in ex
terminating the rebels have become
public, the latest being the hanging of
more than 200 Zapatistas after a battle
near Huitzilac, State of Morelos.
Troops under Gen. Robles encount
ered a detachment of Zapata rebels
four miles from Huitzilac and a run
ning fight lasting three hours follow
ed. The Federals outnumbered the
rebels, but the latter fought desperate
ly until flanked and eventually sur
rounded. The rebel leader then sur
rendered.
When the insurrectos had been dis
armed they were tied together at the
edge of the forest and one afer the
other ropes were strung around their
necks and they were hanged to the
nearest trees.
VOTE TO STRIKE ON P. R. R.
Trainmen Decided to Quit Unless Rail
road Company Settles.
Philadelphia.—Returns of the strike
vote taken by employes of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company on its
lines east of Pittsburgh were received
in this city. According to statements
made by officers of the trainmen's or
ganizations the official count shows
that more than 95 per cent, of the 25,-
000 men employed on these lines voted
to authorize a strike unless the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company satisfac
torily adjusts a number of grievances
which have been submitted to General
Manager S. C. Long by representatives
if the men.
JOB FOR HELEN KELLER.
Schenectady Want Her for Board of
Public Welfare.
Boston.—Helen Keller, the blind,
deaf and dumb woman, whose mastery
of an education in the face of these
handicaps has made her famous, is
now considering the proposition of be
coming a city' official of the city of
Schenectady, N. Y.
The place for which Miss Keller has
been mentioned is a membership on
the Board of Public Welfare, a body
much favored by Mayor Luna.
DEFENDSTHECOURIS
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM DE-'
MANDS "UNTRAMMELED AND
INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY."
RECALL IS NOT NECESSARY
Platform, However, Provides for- Ac
tion to Simplify Removal of Dere
lict Judges—Taft Universal Peace
Idea Indorsed —Changes in Anti-
Trust Law Favored.
The platform adopted by the Repub
lican convention opens with a pream
ble reaffirming allegiance to the party's
principles and declares Its undying,
unchanging faith in government "of
the people, by the people and for the
people."
It expresses In strong language a
demand for the continuance of an "un
trammeled and Independent judiciary."
It declares for a continuation of the
constitution of the United States as it
stands te»lay.
It promTses to continue to be a party
of "advance and constructive states
manship."
The platform promises to strive, not
only In the nation, but in the several
states, to enact legislation to safe
guard the public health, limit effective
ly the labor of women and children,
and to protect engaged
In dangerous occupations and to en
act compensation laws.
Uphold Court's Integrity.
The platform reaffirms its intention,
to uphold at all times the authority
and Integrity of the courts, both state
and federal, and demands that the
power of the courts to protect life,
liberty and property, shall be held in
violate.
The platform favors legislation
which will bring more hasty decisions
by the courts in both civil and crim
inal cases, and less tedious and cost
ly ape&ls.
While announcing that the party re
gards the recall of Judges as unneces
sary, the platform declares for such
action as may simplify the removal
from office of any Judge who may be
found derelict In his duty.
It indorses the Taft peace Idea and
the settlement of International dis
putes peaceably and the reference of
all Justifiable controversies between
nations to an International court of
Justice.
Anti-Trust Lawa.
It declares against special privilege
and monopoly and recommends amend
ments to the present anti-trust laws,
defining criminal offenses against the
! law, and providing (or the punlah
; ment of the violators.
It recommends the creation of a
federal trade commission for the ad
ministration and enforcement of fed
eral laws governing interstate com
merce and enterprises.
The platform reaffirms Republican
belief in a protective tariff. It de
nounces the tariff for revenue only
Idea, as destructive to many indus
tries. It recommends the reduction of
some of the present Import duties.
The Democratic party is condemned
for failure to provide funds for the
continuance of the tariff board.
The Democratic tariff bills, passed
by the present house of representa
tives, are condemned as sectional, In
jurious to public credit and destruc
tive of business enterprise.
Promises to Lower "High Cost."
There Is a cost of living plank. It
recommends a scientific inquiry into
the causes, which are operative both
in the United States and elsewhere, to
increase the cost of living. When the
exact facts are known the party pledges
itself to enact legislation to remove
these causes.
A more elastic currency law is de
manded. The platform also asks for
legislation which will give the farmers
better facilities for borrowing money
easily and cheaply. It urges on au
thoritative investigation of agricul
tural credit societies and corporations
in other countries and the passage of
state and federal laws for the supervi
sion of organizations having for their
purpose the loaning of money to far
mers.
The platform urges the passage of
a law enabling the president to ex
tend civil service as "far as practic
able."
Prohibition of campaign contribu
tions by corporations is urged.
The publication of campaign contri
butions is endorsed.
Favors Conservation.
The platform favors, a continuation
of the conservation policy.
It favors the establishment of a
parcels post, postal rates to be grad
uated under a zone system In propor
tion to length of carriage.
It declares for the existence of an.
adequate navy and condemns the Dem
ocratic house of representatives for
refusing to authorize the construction
of additional battleships.
It urges a revival of the merchant
marine.
It urges the federal government to
assume a part of the burden of con
trolling the flood waters of the Mis
sissippi river.
True to Life.
"What success have you had with
the portrait of your mother-in-law?"
"Tremendous. It is such a speaking
likeness that my brother, when he
came to look at it, instinctively put
his cigar behind his back." —Fliegende
Blaetter.
No Limit.
Genealogist—"So you want me to
trace your English ancestry? I suppose
you'd like togo back to William the
Conqueror." Parvenu —"Oh ves, or
earlier." —Harper's Bazar. *