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.
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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.
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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.