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NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1016, "ROOSEVELT ELECTED | Chicago Now a T ypical Convention City, | ON VOTE AT YALE Receives 984 Votes to 491 for| Wilson and 865 Ior Hughes New Haven. June 3.—Strong senti- ment for Theodore Roosevelt as the | next president of the United States, the existence of which had long been - suspected was openly shown when his name polled almost twice as many | votes as his nearest competitor, Woodrow Wilson in a straw ballot | taken yesterday by the managers of | the Yale Daily News. The Colonel ran aws: ballot receiving 934 votes in about 2,000 cast. Wilson was next, but as a | 7 poor second with 491. Hughes polled 365 of the choices and Root 133, “These were all the names that ap- peared on the printed ballot but a rumber of the men couldn’'t see any of these men but put on their own choices instead. As the result of this action Bryan was given a preference by four men, Allen T. Benson, social- ist, three and Borah, Ford, Under- wood, Sherman and Burton each got one vote. Two of the men, loyal to the man from their institution, cast their vote for Professor Taft, and one man in a spirit of fun wrote the name of Kenneth Simpson, editor of the News in the place of the other names printed on the ballot It was predicted before the hallots were cast that the vote would be for the Colonel. The vote was the topie ‘s of conversation throughout the day in undergraduate circles and there was nat a group of men anywhere to be found in which at least one vote had not heen for the man from Oyster Bay One reason for the sentiment at the university in favor of the colonel is his attit on the war and pre- raredness. There is a strong spirit at Yale for preparedness, as is well shown by the attitude toward the Battery, and the reception that was accorded to Major General Wood when he soke on the subject of “Plattsburg and Preparedness’ at Woolsey hall Thursday. At that time practically every student in the un- cergraduate departments of the uni- | versity turned out to hear his tfalk, and it was the topic of favorable comment among the students throughout the day. The ballot is significant as it was | {aken quite seriously by the students. | These men come from all parts of | the natian. | CARRANZA MEANT With | | | | with the | CHAIRMAN Chicago, June 3.—The visitors to Chicago, assembled for the republican and progressive conventions, open- ing June 7, tee tremendous activity and all the usual external evidences of wire pulling in behalf of various candidates. Weeks before the open- ing date the party officials, managers | of booms, secretaries, press agents, ipuhlicity promoters, etc., began their JUST WHAT HE SAID Officials Said to Be Convinced He Would Go to War HERE'S THE REAL BUSY MAN— Booms Going HITCHCOCK SAYS = “ CANT You TALK ? " “AH, THERE'S MY MAN ! J‘ HILLES SAYS SATTERLEE work in the convention city. Some of the conspicuous figures in the repub- lican excitement of today are Herbert L. Satterlee, brother-in-law of J. P. Morgan; he is a leading Roosevelt man; Frank H. Hitchcock, former chairman of the national committee and former postmaster general, who has charge of the Hughes interests; John A. Stewart, prominent New at Full Blast 7\ I’!flfl!ll!!;. w il York republican, who thinks General | make a fine | William ! Leonard Wood would compromise candidate; Barnes, member of the national com- mittee, who hates Roosevelt with a long nourished fervor; Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the republican na- tional committee, whose activity, rare and unusual, startles those who know him best. | main in Mexico for the present with- ceived through official channels have | OUt Provoking hostilities That, however, a prolonged convinced the that | Lioht lead to incidenis that Carranza’s note meant exactly what it | force a clash, although the said. Washington, June 3.—Reports re- stay would Mexican The idea that it was intended | 8overnment would use every means to | prevent. it. “purely for home consumption has 3 . . p s 2 S| Administration officials give no government | pint of the been abandoned. The | action they will take on now realizes that Carranza will go to | the Carranza note. President Wilson satisfy | took a corrected copy of it on board | the Mayflower, and presumably will This information was obtained | be ready to announce a decision Mon- through inquiries sent out when the | dav. note was received. American military = General Funston's report, which is and diplomatic officers in Mexico | the most reassuring factor in the sit- were asked to report immediately on | uation, shows that the greatest cour- Carranza’'s intentions and his prep- tesy is being shown to the American arations forces in Mexico both by military and General Funston reported in reply | Civilians, a direct result of the strin- to an urgent query from the war de- | €Nt measures taken by General Tre- partment, that large concentrations | Vino. He denies positively the report of Carranza troops had been affected | that Trevino’s forces have intrenched in Chihuahua near the Pershing ex- and erected barbed wire defences. pedition’s base and line of communi- | Twenty thousand Carranza troops cation- He stated, however, that Car- | 2r¢ operating in Northern Chihuahua ranza evidently was doing everything | FOUr thousand are garrisoned at Chi- possible to avert a clash, in conform. | huahua City, and 2,000 more, mostly ity with the assurance glven in his | Infantry, are mped just south of note. General Trevino, commander | there ive thousand 'are marching of the Carranza forces in Chihuahua, | toWard Madera, fifty miles from Nam- has even threatened with immediate | iuiPa, vhere Pershing has had his execution any Mexican soldler or | Pase: civilian who attacks or Insults an Seeking to Eradicate Bandits- American. | Two thousand are en route to Ojini- The state department was advised | 8a, across the Rio Grande from Pre- officially that every member of Car- | sidio, T near the scene of the Big ranza's government indorsed the note. | Bend raids, and the rest ar. ttered General Obregon, although he de- |in small garrisons over the interven- sires as much as Carranza to avoid | ing countr: So far as General Funston can learn war, approved the document and will | : support the first chief in any steps he | these troops are seeking to eradicate may deem necessary to enforce it. | bandits, and are not being deployed PR e favorably for an attack on the Amer- I L : | ican column. _Counsellor Polk ana Secretary of | Generals Herrera and Trevino, who War Baker conferred on the data | ! . ! have the principal commands in the recelved by the two departments. | fielq, are believed to share Carranza's '”‘T“;: "‘:“‘"“’“’“’“‘ rere desire for peace, though it is admitted at Immediate danger of a con-| that some hotheads among the Car- flict between the American forces and | ranza commanders are impatient of Carranza troops is small, and that as | the restraint. Fortunately, none of the Pershing expedition has taken an | the latter has an important command entirely defensive position it can re- | pear the Pershing expedition inforcements will be sent. It is be- lieved here that Pershing now has few men south of Colonia Dublan, which FORCES CONTINUED IN- | DULGENCE. The Neal Treatment in three days New Haven, Conn. ('Phone, Center 5540.) Ask for information. 80 NEAL INSTITUTES IN PRINCI- With this understanding of the sit- WHO DRINK and that when the concentration at acts as an ANTIDOTE and eliminates | ¥AL CITLES. administration war if no other course will his people. CHILDR WHO ARE SICKLY Mothers who value their own comfort and the welfare of their children, 1d never be without a box of Mother Sweet Powders for Children, for use throughout the season. They Break up Colds, Relieve Feverishness, Ci Teething ders, Headache ch T les by Mothers for NEVER FAIL uation, it has been practically decided that the gradual retreat of Pershing’s forces will continue and that no re- ARE ADVISED that it is a diseased | that point is completea the expedi- condition resulting from the poison { tion can remain in Mexico for some of alcohol “stored-up” in the system time without provoking hostilit the poison—removes the cause and overcomes the diseased condition, at the Neal Institute, 1307 Chapel Street, pt any substitute. Address, Mother Gray C mailed FREE. | Le Roy, N. Y. CHICAGO TURNS OUT FOR PREPAREDNESS Over 150,006 Men in_Windy City’s Parade Today Chicago, June 3.—So great was the enthusiasm with which Chicago rose onstration that two parades were nec- essary, one in the day and one | night. pledged themselves to do so, rain or shine. The women said that if it rained they would wear their old clothes and would not let their on- thusiasm be quenched by fear of a | drenching. The day parade formed this morn- ing in Michigan avenue, south of Van Buren street and marched north on Michigan avenue, the entire route be- ing as follows: North on Michigan avenue to Ran- dolph street, west on Randolph to Franklin, south on Franklin to Wash- ington, east on Washington to State, south on State to Madison, west on Madison to Franklin, south on Frank- lin to Monroe. east on Monroe to State, south on state to Jackson Boulevard, west on Jackson to @ point west of Chicago river where disband- ment will take place late this aft- ernoon. The men and women that took part came from nearly all trades and pro- fessions. The middle-aged and the gray-headed walked briskly along with strapping youngsters, all inspired by the general enthusiasm, the crash- ing sound of drum and horn and the waving of thousand of flags. The formation of the marchers con- sisted of the following distribution: Platoon of police; mounted trum- peters; a group representing the fa- mous picture, “The Spirlt of '76; Grand Marshal E. C. Young and staff; Chicago court judges; Mayor William H. Thompson, members of the city council and various city departments; Grand Army of the Republic veterans, Spanish War Veterans and cadets from military training camps. This formed the advance of the parade and then came the main divisions, as fol- lows: First division—Commercial and in- dustrial interests. Second division—RBankers, insurance men, railroaders, telephone employees, civil engineers, brokers, members and employees of the hoard of trade Third division—Semi-mili ) ganizations, clubs, societies, etc. More than 150,000 men and women | took part in the parade today, having | ) loop. | joined the circuit and superior Fourth division—Business men north of Madisan street, outside of the Fifth division—Businessmen south of Madison street, outside of the loop. Sixth division—National troops. “The judges of the municipal court court judges at the head of a lawyers’ divi- sion with Edgar B. Tolman as chair- man. There was a gathering of firemen numbering about seven hundred, un | der Fire Marshall Thomas O’Conno to the spirit of the preparedness dem- | at | {1,000 feet of the line of march. ' use direction. The drug clerks’ swelled the ranks of the and members who are here from all parts of the United States attending the national convention of their nssr'\— ciation adjourned in time to take their place in line. “Safety I played an important | part in the arrangements for the pa- large ambulance corps, i charge of Red Cross officials and nurses was divided into groups and stationed approximately along each The city health department and the ambu- lance staffs of many hospitals 2o- operated in supplying the ambulance corps. rade. A Notice. Notice is hereby given that the se- lectmen of the Town of Plainville will give a hearing in the Town hall of said town on Monday, June 19, 1916, at 8 o'clock p. m, concerning the acceptance of the layout for the highway on Forestville avenue. A map, showing the boundaries of gaid highway, may be seen at the town clerk office on and after Eaturday, June 3. Dated at Plainville this second day of June, 1916. WILLIAM J. JOHNSON. CHARLES H. CALOR. 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