MANY EXCITING EPISODES MARKED THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Missouri Men Plant Banner in Front of the Nebraska Delegation, Which Angers Bryan, and Half Dozen Fist Fights Start After Latter Mounts the Rostrum to Protest. NEW YORKER DENOUNCES NEBRASKAN ON THE FLOOR Baltimore. —A full week of contro versy between rival factions in the National Democratic Convention sore ly tried the patience and tempers of the delegates, and the crowd which gathered was an irritable and excita ble one. The tensity of the situation showed itself in a semi-riot on the floor when William Jennings Bryan VJ OODROW WILSON. found himself in the midst of half a score of tist fights Police were warn ed to exert extraordinary vigilance in the future. The Champ Clark people revived their drooping spirits by displaying a big banner on which the following tribute to Clark from W. J. Bryan in 1910 was printed in red: "I have known Champ Clark eigh teen years. He is absolutely incor ruptible and his life is above reproach. Never in all these years have 1 known him. to be upon but one side of the question, and that was the side that represented the people." There was a cheer as the Missouri ans displayed the banner above theii delegation. It continued for several minutes. "Take it over to Nebraska and show it to Bryan!" shouted some one. No sooner was this said than the Mis sourians acted on the suggestion. Then came trouble. Bryan arose and faced his tormentors for a moment. Sev eral policemen hurried to his side, and with them as an escort the Ne braska!! fairly fought his way to the stage, where he demanded of the chairman the right to answer Mis souri if that delegation was responsi ble. The chair asked to be permitted to announce the result of the last bal lot first Bryan was impatient. He descended from the stage and amid howls and cheers faced the Missouri delegates. "Is the Missouri delegation respon sible for sending that banner over to the Nebraska delegation?" Bryan asked. In the uproar which followed Bryan stood smiling in the centre of a shrieking, excited mob of the Mis souri delegation. Half a dozen police men charged into the crowd. "Anything against Bryan!" shouted a Missouri delegate, shaking his tist at the smiling Nebraskan. From the aisle the policemen asked the Nebras kan up to the platform. Half a dozen hand to hand tights followed as the Clark men tried to carry their banner up on the platform behind Bryan. They scaled the press stand, but were hurled back to the floor. An other series of fist tights ensued. A score of policemen fought in vain to quiet the fighting mob. At one end of the hall the huge Wilson banner used in previous de monstrations appeared. An angry howl from the Clark men greeted it. Feeling was running so high that a serious disturbance was threatened and the Wilson managers to avert further fights ordered the picture withdrawn. Meantime the crowd of struggling men at the foot of the platform bat tled to get the Clark banner to the stage. Chairman Jaines hurried in and took the gavel from John E. Lamb of Indiana. After five minutes effort James, aided by the police, got some semblance of order. James finally announced the begin ning of the ballot, and Alabama had, as usual, cast her 24 votes for Under- William G. McAdoo, of the New York delegation, was most active ii the interests of Wilson. Wasnington indicated its inclination to split for Wilson, but held to the unit rule in the absence cf a majority against Clark. ".'he statement was printed in Mis sourl that Senator William J. Stone had entered into a political agreement with Charles F. Mruhpy by which ?.!urphy was to support Clark's candi dacy in return 'jr Clark votes for Judge Parker. Senator Stone made a published denial of this.. wood, when Bryan, who had stood for several moments with the stolidness of an Indian, was recognized. "Goon and vote," called a delegate. "Stop him —we want togo home —we don't want a speech. He's paid to stay here; we're not." Chairman James explained that Bryan had risen to a question of per sonal privilege and was entitled to be heard. Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston objected on the ground that he had been denied the privilege of explain ing a change of vote in the Massachu setts delegation. Jaines said the Mayor would be heard after Bryan had spoken. Bryan then was allowed to proceed for a moment. "I was seated in my delegation when a banner was placed in front of us. 1 asked those in charge of it to the Missouri delegation and asked to the Misosuri delegation and asked the chairman whether it had been sent there by the Missouri delegation. 11' that act was an unauthorized one by the persons in charge of that ban ner 1 have nothing to say. But if that •was done by the orders of the Mis souri delegation I claim the right to answer the question thus propound ed." A howl interrupted him. "The chair regrets to rule that the gentleman from Nebraska has not stated a question of personal privi lege." A cheer greeted this, and Bryan bowed and left the stand. As he pass ed the Missouri delegation former Governor A. M. Doekery stopped him and disclaimed, for the delegation, any connection with the appearance of the banner. Bryan went back to DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN SESSION his scat with the Nebraska delegation : The convention was in u turmoil long alter Bryan had taken his seat | There were several flstcuffs among the delegates, and the big force of policemen had their hands full quell- , ing the outbreaks. A new squad of police came in during the disturb ance, and when the balloting was re newed every aisle on the tloor was lined with bluecoats. Chairman James directed the police to arrest any one attempting to carry a banner of any sort into the armory. A most exciting incident was when the New York delegation was being I polled. John B. Stanchfield took the I platform to explain his vote. There j were many protests against allowing I him to speak and much disorder until ' lie got fairly under way, and then he 1 commanded the attention of the con vention as in strictly parliamentary ' language, but in language so plain and biting that it must have got through the brain of the Commoner, as it certainly got into the heads of the people, he asserted that "the favor hunting, money-grubbing, publicity seeking marplot from Nebraska" was true only to himself and his sellish in- \ terests. In reply ty Mr. Bryan's warn ing that "no man can go before the country and hope to win with the brand of New ioik on him," Mr. Stanchfield retorted: "I say that no candidate can go from this convention stigmatized with Bryanism and come within half a million votes of elec tion." Stanchfield spoke of the high char acter of the men composing the New York delegation; declared that none of them was under the influence of < The persistence ot the deadlock | served to revive the talk of Gaynor as an available dark horse. That Tammany parade was put off < for good—too hot to walk. The New York delegation present ed the resolutions committee a tenta- : tive draft of a platform. This WHS t'ravn by Senator O'Gorman and was markedly progressive. E. H. Moore, the manager for Gov- ! ernor Harmon, would not commit himself nor the Ohio delegates for any other candidate thau Governor Harmon. Morgan, Ryan, and Belmont; charged that, omitting Ryan and Belmont, Bryan himself was the most rich and powerful of the men on the floor of the convention; asserted that Bryan had never intended to vote for the nominee of the convention unless that nominee should be himself, and wound up his "explanation" with the surprising statement that his personal vote was for Wilson. A personal apology was made to William J. Bryan by ex-Clovernor David R. Francis of Missouri, who said he was not in the convention hall during the afternoon when Clark ad herents placed in front of the Nebras kan a banner inscribed with Mr. Bryan's former eulogistic estimate of the speaker. Mr. Francis said the action of the men handling the banner was an in dignity, and expressed the opinion that it would not have happened had he been present. Convention Hall was almost stam peded by thousands of persons who were refused admission after Chair man James had ordered the police to admit no one except delegates, alter nates and members of the press. • When the order was issued the po lice were having trouble preventing crushes at the doors and in the streets around the hall. Within a few min utes the authorities were confronted with a situation so serious that re serves were sent for and the crowds driven back from the doors. No one was permited through the lines without a delegate badge and ticket or press badge and ticket. Over 25,000 people were in the streets clamoring for admission. The hall itself was filled to its capacity, hundreds being permitted to stand in the aisles around the seat sectoins on the ground floor. .riH Telegrams poured in 011 Bryan com mending his fight against Wall street, and on members of the Western and Southern delegations urging those voting for Wilson to stand fast and demanding delegates voting fnr Cla.'k to get in line with Bryan's fight. HOUSE DEFENDS CLARK. "4 Adopts Resolution, Offered by a Re publican, Expressing Its Confidence. Washington.—ln answer to attacks upon Senator Clark 111 the Baltimore Convention, the House adopted a reso lution announcing its entire faith in its presiding officer. The resolution, offered by a Republican, Representa tive Austin of Tennessee, follows: "The members of this House, re gardless of politics, express their full confidence in the honor, integrity, and patriotism of the presiding officer of this House, the Hon. Champ ("lark." It was passed unanimously. Repub licans and Democrats applauding. If: lA /* . " ' -irrftiffrffi I ' v.'i WmMZmmKa ' JHI fJlfiiiHr CHAMP CLARK. Senator Bankhcad of Alabama, manager of the Underwood campaign, after a conference with se\eral Under wood leaders, said that the floor lead er of the national House of Represen tatives wculd not consider the nomi nation for second place on the Presi dential ticket. Speaker Clark's resentment agains: W. J. Bryan Is hitter. He made littla attempt to hide it. While he has made no public utterance to that ef fect, those close to Mr. Clark say he feels strongly against Representative Underwood. DATES FIXED FORTHE FAIR Agricultural Department Issues Pamphlet Telling About Them. MIDDLETOWN. SEPTEMBER 10 Gratz Will Hold Forth From October 15 to 18—List Contains Name# of Presidents and Secre taries of Associations. (Special Harrisburg Correspondence.) Marrisburg.—Dates for the exhibi tions of all the county and local agri cultural societies are announced in Bulletin 2226 issued by the State De partment of Agriculture. The list, which is printed in pamphlet form, contains the names and addresses of presidents and secretaries and was compiled by Deputy Secretary A. L. Martin. The dates that will most in terest the people of Dauphin and near by counties include the following: Middletown Fair Middletown, Sep tember 10-13. Gratz Agricultural and Horticultural Society, Gratz, October 15-1. Agricultural Society of Cumberland county, Carlise, September 24-827. Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Association, Lancaster, Ocober 1-4. Lebanon Valley Fair Association, Lebanon, August 270. Columbia County Agricultural. Hor ticultural, Mechanical Association, Blooms burg, October -11. Milton Fair and Northumberland County Agricultural Association, Mil ton, October 1-4. Perry County Agricultural Society, Newport, October 8-11. York County Agricultural Society, York. October 7-11. Hanover Agricultural Society, Han over, September 17-20. Smallpox in State. Eleven cases of smallpox have de veloped in various parts of the Sate among the passengers of the steam ship Haverford, which arrived in Philadelphia from Liverpool and Queenstown June 4. Two hundred and fifty-nine of the passengers on this ship were destined to various parts of the State. Harrisburg was the destination of six of these pas sengers. The health officers of twen ty-six cities throughout the Common wealth to which one or more of these passengers were destined have been warned by Dr. Dixon, Commissioner of Health. An examination of each of these individuals will be made to in sure the prompt reporting of any ad ditional cases which may have devel oped. Answer of Railroad. The Pennsylvania Railroad C. n pany has filed an answer with the State Railroad Commission to the complaint of D. J. Kennedy and oth ers, regarding the switching limits of Pittsburgh. The complainants desire that the railroad company extend these limits so as to include Brushton. The respondent claims that in main taining higher charges for the move ment of carload taflic to the complain ants' siding in the Brushton district than is maintained for the move ment of carload traffic to the complaiil cated in the East Liberty district, there is no violation of an act of as sembly or the constitution, and asks that he complaint be dismissed. Tempting Alfalfa Field. One of the "niftiest" alfalfa plots in the State is located within sight of the Capitol and inside the city limits. It is on South Cameron street oppo site the Central Pennsylvania Trac tion Company's big power house and stretches along the side of the street from llonover street to the Susque hanna fire house The alfalfa is now in blossom and farmers passing not infrequently exclaim, "Oh, gee, 1 wish 1 had that in my barn!" or somewhat similar. One gentleman in particular, who is somewhat of, a chicken fancier, claims that he never passes the held but what he feels that he must jump off the car and take an armful home to his chickens. Stationery Bids Opened. Bids for furnishing the supplies for the year were opened at the meeting of the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings. The contracts include sta tionery, necessary furnishings and other articles, and the total expendi ture will run into the neighborhood of S2OO. Freight Rate Reduced. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany has advised the commission that it has no objection to issuing a rate of 35 cents per 2,000 pounds on com mon brick from New Cumberland to Harisburg, to tak ethe place of the 50-cent rate now in existence. The complainans were Leiby &. Flurie, of New Cumberland. Bankers' Corporation Heard. At the instance of the State Bank ing Commissioners a hearing into the question of the legality of the Bank ers' Corporation was held by Assist ant Deputy Attorney General Hargest. Rate on Melons. Crutchfleld & Woolfolk, produce dealers of Pittsburgh, want the Balti more & Ohio, the Pennsylvania and P.. C.. C. & St. L. railroad companies lo apply a rating on watermelons, 'oose shipped from Pittsburgh, not to ?xcee<l the first-class rate. COMMERCIAL || Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. Bradstreet's says: "Better weather, favorable crop re ports, increased orders for future de livery, better retail trade, heavy con sumption of finished steel, which taxes mill producing capacity, and higher prices for plates, shapes and bars, comprehend the leading features of the week. "Withal, current trade in the larger lines has decreased, as a natural pro ceeding at this season of the year, when wholesale dealers and jobbers are about to take stock to find out how they stand from the Viewpoint of profits and to make preparations for fall and beyond. Jobbers, espe cially those purveying staple goods, have done a little better in the way of reorders. Still, as a general prop osition, these distributors, especially those engaged in selling the various lines of dry goods, are doing little on regular spot business, although clearance sales of odds and ends, suitable for the bargain counters of retail dealers, tend to prevent marked dullness. "Wheat, including flour, exports from the United States fend Canada for the week aggregate 3,187,531 bush els, against 4,734,034 bushels last week and 21,078,405 bushels this week last year. Corn exports for the week are 149,635 bushels, against 59,463 bushels last week and 613,848 bushels in 1911." Wholesale Markets NEW YORK. —Wheat —Kpot strong; No. 2 red, 119 ■ ! .c; elevator, domestic basis and export, 121 fob afloat to arrive; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 126% fob afloat. Corn —Spot strong; export, 83' -jC fob afloat. Oats —Spot quiet; standard white, 59' mc in elevators; No. 2, 60; No. 3, 59 Vj; No. 4, 59; natural white and white clipped, 59® 63 on track. Poultry Live steady; Western broilers, 28c; fowls, ll'j; turkeys, 13. Dressed quiet and steady; Western broilers, 26@32c; fowls, 13 V4 ®lsMi ; turkeys, 13(823. Potatoes—Weak; Southern, new, brl, s2® 2.50; seconds, $1.25@1.50; do mestic, old, brl, $1.50@2.25. PHILADELPHIA. Wheat l'-jc higher; No. 2 red winter in export elevators. 112 @> 113. Corn —Vfec higher; No. 2 yellow for local trade, 84®. 84 1 . Oats —Firm; No. 2 white natural, 59 Vs 60c. Butter —Steady; Western creamery special, 29c; do, extra, 27';@28; near by prints, extra, 30. Eggs Firm; Pennsylvania and oth er nearby firsts 112 c, $6.30 per case; do, current receipts 112 c, $5.85®6.00 per case; Western firsts 112 c, $6.30 per case; do, current receipts 112 c, $5.85@ 6.00 per case. Cheese- —Steady; New York full creams, new, 15 V&c; do, part skims, "&@l3',.j. Live Poultry—Quiet; fowls easier: fowls, 15 ®l6c; old roosters, 10Va @11; spring chickens, 24@30; ducks, old, 12@ 13; HO, spring, 15®16. Dressed Poultry—Steady; fowls. Western choice to fancy, 14'j@15c: do, smaller sizes. 13® 14; old roosters, 10%; broiling chickens, Western, 30 @35. BALTIMORE.—Wheat—No. 2 red Western, llO'St; contract, 110 :l 4 . The closing was firmer; spot and June, 111V... nominal; July, 106V£>. Corn —Contract, 76c. Butter —Creamery fancy, 27 , j@28: creamery choice. 26@27; creamery good. 24@25; creamery prints, 28@30; creamery blocks, 27@29. Cheese —We quote, jobbing lots, per lb, 16 Vz @l7c. Kggs—Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 18c: Western firsts, 18; West Virginia firsts, 17; Southern firsts, 16. Recrated and rebandled eggs, Va@lc higher. Live Poultry—Chickens—Old hens, heavy, 12 Vic: <lo, do. small to medium, 14U.; old roosters. 9; spring. 1 Vz lbs and over, 26; I' 4 lbs. 24; 1 lb and un der, 24. Ducks —White Pekings, 12c: Muscovy, 11; puddle, 11; spring, 3 lbs and over, 17@18; do. smaller, 14@ 15. Live Stack CHICAGO. —Cattle Market firm: beeves, $5.75@9.60; Texas steers, _s6@ 7.60; Western steers, $6.30@7.80; stockers and feeders, $4@6.60; cows and heifers, $2.75® 8.50; calves, $5.50 @8.50. Hogs—Market steady to 5c higher; light, $7.10@7.50; mixed, $7.10®7.55; heavy, $7.05®7.55; rough. $7.05@7.25; pigs, $5.25®6.85; bulk of sales, $7.35 @7.50. Sheep —Market slow; generally steady; native, $3(&5.10; Western. $3.25® 5.15; yearlings. ,$4.75@6.75; lambs, native. $3.75@7.25; Western, $4.20®7.40; spring lambs, $4.75®8.60. KANSAS CITY, MO. —Cattle —Mar- ket steady to weak. Dressed beef and export steers, $8.25@9.50; fair to good, $6.50® 8.15; Western steers, $6.00® 9.00; stockers and fresh, $4.25®7.00; Southern steers, $5.00@8.65; Southern cows, $3.50®6; native cows, $3.50® 7.50; native heifers, $5.50@8.90; bulls, $4 @5.75; calves, $4®7.75. HARRIET QUIMBY KILLEDBY FALL Woman Aviator and Passenger Plunge Into Bay at Boston. AEROPLANE DROPS 1000 FEET Circled Boston Light—Were on Last Lap of Flight and Miss Scott Was in The Air Above Them. Boston. —Miss Harriet Quimby of New York, the first woman to operate a heavier than air machine across the English Channel and first to win a pilot's license under the rules of tlie Aero Club of America, and William A. K. Willard of this city, manager of the third meet on the Harvard Field and father of Charles Foster Willard, the Curtiss flier, were hurled a thousand feet into Dorchester Bay from Miss Quimby's Bleriot and instantly killed. At once an admiring, applauding MISS HARRIET QUIMBY. gathering of more than 5,000 people became a hysterical mass. Women shrieked and men jumped from their seats to the western edge of the field, where the bodies had been seen to cat apult into the bay about twenty feet from the shore. They were checked by a troop of cavalry which had been assisting in the policing of the field. The field surgeons were ruslied to ward the scene in automobiles, for at first it was thought tlicit there might be opportunity to do something for the unfortunate pair. They arrived to find their services useless, for 011 reaching the edge of the field there was 110 trace of tlie bodies. From tlie Savin Hill Yacht Club a fleet of motor boats pushed out and raced to the scene. They came to the spot where the bodies had seemed to vanish and men leaped overboard and dived into the four feet of water to search. A second later the two bodies floated to the surface and were born to tlit* shore mid luiii out on SQu&ntuni Head, where Dr. George F.,Sheahan, the field surgeon, and his three assist ants began an immediate examination. Both were dead, and in the opinion of the doctors they were dead before they struck tlie water. Miss Quimby s face bore no cuts, but blood flowed from a deep gash over Willard's eye. Ambulances that arrived within a few minutes were pressed into service to carry tlie bodies to tlie morgue in Quincy. There is probably no person who will ever be able *lO tell what caused the accident, but some are inclined to the belief that the machine suddenly ran into a guest of wind that caused the nose to point downward too rapid ly and that suction pulled Willard out of his passenger's seat to the rear of the operator and threw him headfore most down through space. The action of his weight forced Miss Quimby to follow. Others say that indications are that the tail control broke, for it suddenly pointed upward into the air, balanced almost perpendicular for a moment or two and then Willard shot out. The latter theory is advanced by a number of aviators, though none of them op erates a monoplane, while Earl L. Ovington, himself a Bleriot operator, advanced the former theory. MAY STOP CAR ADVERTISING. Chicago Council Passes Ordinance Prohibiting It in Any Form. Chicago—The Chicago City Council, on recommendation of the Judiciary Committee, passed an ordinance pro hibiting street railway lines, both sur face and elevated, frotn displaying ad vertising of any kind in the cars. Ihe ordinance is drastic, preventing even the advertisements of amusement WINGFIELD NOT FOR SENATE. Nevada Man Declines Appointment— W. A. Massey Succeeds Nixon. Reno. Nev. —In a letter to Gov Tas ker Oddie of Nevada, George Wing field declined the appointment of ITui ted States Senator to succeed the late George S. Nixon. W. A. Massey, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada, had been tendered and has accepted the appointment of a senator. This was announced by Mr. Massey.
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