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r,, " P4 - NEW STRONGHOLD: | TAKES . ™ nounced {aét week. It has fi ( o4 i\yhich was compel ire. !boknmmd?lnlnltflbgl are the ones that have grown rom little conceins to great big.ones, VOL. XLVI—NO: 79, " OF ROUMANIANS ‘ON DANUBE FALLS German and Bulgarian Forces Have Oaptured Fortress of Silistria, Announced at ', Berlin, , “IT 18 IMPORTANT PLACE Atstrians Loge After Having Repulsed Invaders , of . Transylvania. - : n:pssxgu GAINING GROUND Berlin, Sept. 10.—(Via London.)—+ Official ahnouncement was made that German and Bulgatian forces .that “are invading eastern Roumania h'nv? &aptured the Roumanian fortress ol Silistria on the Danube, sixty miles . southeast - of ;Bucharest. The an- nouncement follows: . “Silistria has fallen., The Rouman- ians and- Russians during ‘the last few days appear-to have suffered very \considerable losses. : ' “On _the Macedonian front'there was no incident of importance.” . I . Silistra. i¢ one of the line of Rou- manian fortresses| on -the -sputhern bank of the Danube., It s twenty-five miles nortieast of Turlukai, captere of which by the invaders was an- T"ed as ly wars. an important fortress in early 5 xf inhabi- . The towrdf has about 415, tants, / - ~ wid Berlin, Sept. 10.—(Via Londam)— South of Dorna-Watra, in southern \ Bukawina, near the Roumahian and Hungarian Borders, - together have come in" contact with Reumanian forces, the war office announced to- day! The Russians gained ground west of Shypot in the Carpathians, near Zabie, 7 Major Mpl‘ahl, militaty critic of the Tageblatt, calctilates the Roumanian. lesses in connection with the capture by the Bulgarians gand Germans of the Danube fortress ‘of Turtukai at not :less ‘than 30,000.. He estimates’] the Ru;&')m army in Dobrudja at be- + tween 300,000 and 400,000, and points out that T‘{u rtukai. was expected profect Bticharest A 0. c from® a flanki&g moygme€nt.*. | " Vienfa, (Via London), Sepf:!10.— ? bmledo;l the road betwun_r Pefmrgi'- eny and Hatzeg, in Jower Tra < ~ Robmasia Forer southern wq(:oo? ' Storm-Damage at* Cairo More Than », Twenty Thougand . s Defictoncy for cor. period, 1914, \ ) Gtand Islaad, Neb., Sept. 10.—(Spe- cial 'lielegrlm.)%Saturday night's cyclonit. storm at Cairo ‘and‘ vicinity , ‘caused-a los estimated at fnom $20,000 o $25,000, covered one-third by in- Ssutanee. * éBtween twenty-five and fifty buildings, including half a dozen large barns, BrodeSon’s greenhouse, the Cairo ‘Alfalfa Mill, Rasmussen’s \ Implement store house, the Harfison Lumber Yards 4'|d the city’s largest dancing hall, were either partly, or wholly wrecked. The farm buildings of Pat’ Swan, Krantz & Son, Peter Eliott and CMiller were badly dam- agels ~Mrs, Sylvester Deifefibaugh was .crushed by a falling- wall- when the house was moved from™ the foundatibn., She wasin the'cellar for protection.. She récovered conscious- aess this morning and ‘will recover. J. E. Rodgers-and Mike Martin ‘were slightly injured by flying debris. tor Lfi\majn about twépty feetabove the carth, or greater' dfmage would have . been- done.- The area' covered: “was about four square miles. " The deluge \nf‘r.am came suddenly and men caught in’ it report that hofses stodd gftock still in the roads .and . refused . to budge. ' 2 . Holland to Shelter’ . " French War Babies Berlin Sep’t. 10.—(Via London Germany Has accepted an offer the Dttch government to give shi , in Holland to French “war babies"— young children—from . the . occupied districts” of France. Selection ‘of de= ~%erving children presents some- diffi- culties and, as several districts in the ar zone now are th¢ stene of heav: fighting, their transportation to Hol- land may be delayed somewhat b The Weather . r A Temperatures at nl)‘-h Nesterday, > our. . W om ez L PR =3 -PRR polierrrre g@3gsag; 33883 iwypv , Record. 1916. 1915, 1914, 1913, Highest yesterda: L1 " 74 a0 Lowest yesterday Mean tem) Praciptation Temperature Exces Total e: Deglclency for cor. perlod, 1915. 4.37 Inohes Y1 igdicates frace of nr-gliplullnn. ' L. A."WALSH, WMeoteorologist. ' ’ of it il § al The | § greatest ‘power of the sform seemed |! " Kidart of Petsia, la., was robbed by rés | reports Maude Higgend, 1001 Nogth : ninth, street, lost a bag &n I‘ ol ? ESCAL BEAN AS EXPERT WITNESS A YN Noted New York Ohemist T » His Experience on-S8fand in Federal Court: PART GOVERNMENT PLAN - Beadwood;*S. D, Sept. 10.—(Spe- cial)—Althougly Richard Black Bear, one of the defendant Indians in thi United States, district court here, charged with introducing the mescal or peyote bean ofto the Pine Ridge reservation, was/ found guilty by a jury, he may yet be se advisement the question of taking the casg from the juryNby setting aside tire ‘verdict, he peli;xing it to be merely a question of’law’and the of- | fense one that does not come within the United States liquor statutes. . The trial of Black Bear brought out some highly interesting testimony. Earl B. Putt, a noted chemist of York, detailed to the jury his.expe ence with the peyos‘el‘ bean ixythe i erest*of scienc ¢ pusposely put imself under its influence by soaking it into a form tea” which he drank, Dyring! the éxperience, which® was colored with the wildestfdreams.and the mumerous stages of opiates, h was attended by a physician, W carefully noted the effects. Mr, Putt's experiment was_part of the effort of the government to stamp out what it considers a. menace to the Indians, and, should Judge Elliott declare the introduction of the bean not within the statutes, congress will be asked to enact a law that will cover it. . Veteran Milwaukee - - Conduetor . Dies at Seventy-Four Years Stillman ‘G. Lund, who was con/ ductor on the first thiazo.f_Milwau- kee & St. Paul passenger train to pull into Omaha, died yeszcrd‘y.nfternopn after -a_short “iflness of Bright's dis- ease. He was 74 years'old. / Mr.dund“whs a conductor on the Milwaukee for fifty-one. years, one of the oldest' conductors in the service and the oldest on this division. To Mr,‘Lund always fell the honor of taking. charge, of the presidént's spe- cial whenever thé country’s executive traveled over the Milwaukee lines. Mr. Lund ‘is survived by his ‘wife, one son, H. \i Lund, of Deer Lodge, Monts one duughter, Mrs, W. H. Ly- iman, one sister, Mrs. J. S. Lawtence, and ope niece, Mrs, James Cook, il ortieth chhyv-will offici- ill later be re: The body Minn., the ojd héme, to ‘Owatonna, for barial, Samson Prepares o Erect Big Entrance | . _Archies for Jubilee Work: will start on :fling up the two ehtrange arches to' the jubilee grounds of -Ak:Sar-Béen’ stivities and t? building. of the, fence around®the grounds, extending from Thirteenth, to Fifteenth streets on | Capitol avende, Monday. , /. , \'- Notice\has come that along with | the Wortham shows will be the exhi- bition: known as ‘‘Preparednes which is a miniatufe model of.a sea- cqast city, hemmed in by mouftains, ‘The people hurry about their bus ness of dollar-thdsing until nightfall, when suddenly a e fleet appears over;the horizon of sea and the bombardmest- starts. Churches, ca- thedrals, skyscrapers, residences Ln_d business blocks tumble and collapse in # heap’of smoking runs, a-grandiosé spectacle and one that leayes a last- ng impressiqn regarding the‘much- tafked—of)re%aredness. j | 4 - Ak Choose Royal ‘. ;Purple for Robes go‘vernof/ this, year \ +Royal purple is what the of Ak-Sar-Ben will weap ip their stately ceremoniesin conneg- \‘on with the coronetion ball at.the en, the even"mg of Friday, Octo- er 6. The maids-are to be gowned in an orchid shade. . The coronatiog. ball is again to-be madern in its ceremonies and costumes, rather than fifteenth. Or thirteenth céntury, as hag been the rule in the past. Last year’s modern ball made a favorable impression, and Chairman W. D. Hosford was a strong ‘advocate of ‘the modern idea again this year. . - ‘Thief Steals Watchman’s. * Clock and His Revolver A thief evidently a firm believer in safety first gained entrance to the Up- dike Coal tompany, . Fifteenth 4nd xlebmr streets, and stole the wafch- an’s clock and a-reyolter. | 7 Robert Bell Stratton was held up by two white men on lower Hofvard street-and robbed of $115. F. S. men of $7 at Eleventh and Dayz- ort streets. George Summitt of the St. James hotel was fobbed of a like amount, at Elgvénth and Harney streets, and S. H, Berge, Soldier, Iowa, of $15 at Eleventh and Davenport streets by a cfi)lqredv man, Wallig Thgmpson of the State hotel tohis Bockets ware picked of $41 on lower Douglas street, while Fwenty- taining 5 cents when ‘a_man snatched it from her hand at Twentysninth and Cum< ing street. * 1Y at Madden, 1116 Soyth Eleventh street, was reli of 360 by fout colored men in Jy ferson Square. . \ loose by'(he\ court. Judge Elliott has taken under| oved ué( | the v " N Ld MNERGH WONT | Proof That S8urveillance of Mails Employed for Oom- | mercial Purposes Will Mean Quick Action, Will Act Vigorously if Shown Cendorship Used to Learn -~ Secrets. . PRESIDENT OAR’ STRIKE \ ‘ Washington, Sept. «1'0.—Any' proof that Great Bu"hin is using trade in- formation secured !ron{,imercepted neutr, 1 mail in itg~struggle for com- mercial supremacy prohably will be followed by vigprous steps’ by the American government to secure the abandonment of the policy., - A statement was mld:'_during a tariff - debate in, Parliament recently by David Lloyd Georgé; the British war secretdry, that such/information. properly couldn't be put to "lny pub- lic national use.” Discussion of the subjecy broug‘lln out the 'suggestion that although the Phelan amepdmente denying the use of American mail; ‘cable,’ telegraph and express.privileges to. citizens of foreigry - countries interfering . with American mails was stricken out of the retaliatory legislation reeently passed by\/tongren, the measure as cn_a‘c#d comainp aythorizations which might be .copstrued as bgoad enough to “allow ' the president to retaliate Against unfair use of the censorship. - Authorized %o, Act., Many officials believe that jf it can be shown that ‘British firms have an unfair/advantage over American firms besause of legislation passed as a result of information gained illegal- ly from the censorship the K;\esidcnt could forbid impértation tq_this coun- try of the products of whatever indas- tries are affected, As the disputed illegal use of tie censorship looked to the raising ‘of a tariff wall against neutral commerce and this wall would be laid by indugtries rather than by individual companies, American re- taliation, it is argued, could be pushed as far as desired. Retaliation will not be _seriously contemplated, ntil\a_thorough inves- 1 yd George's purpose has Been made and then onl{ if there hwoo@ the trade information g putto the uses™ NG slirptise was felt here. to " statement of Lord Robert British mifiister ‘gf trade, that not likely that' Great Britath okange its blackli;t olicy at.the res q%‘ of the United Statesy / ' , WOfficigls ROt expect enactment of the ret ry lggislation to be met by any®announcement of conces- sion' by Great Britain, but rather by astodification here and slight cha hgre, till the whole trade adminisg(- ti6n has been Softeried to remove the :Qoa_t threatening/ of Anferica’s objec- ions. Wilson Judged by Deeds, Not Words, Asserts Suffragist o / « Salt Lake CKyTUtah, Sept. 10.—Miss Mabel- Vernon, national secretary %of the wum;‘g'g party, who is here on her way, to Nevada to camgaign against President, Wilson,_ and” - democratic candidates fof cohngress, issued a statement” yesterday - attacking the president’s attitude”on suffrage.* “President Wilson's ‘speech to the National ngfrage Aassociation at At lantic’ City s an insult to the inte gence of women,” she said. “The test of sincerity is action. The presi- it is will | dent has had the opportunity during Governors of King | he last; three yearsyto aid to the national enframchisement of women. He has refused. Slight value is atteched to pledges of support given by the president the night after, congress has adjourned and actioh in his administration is no longen pos. sible, In the coming ‘election, mem- ibers of the woman's party will judge President Wilson, not by his words in Atlantic City, but by his acts at —_— ive powerful Washington. Camp Wilson Wil ,Retain Its Name San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 10.—Camp Wilson, which shelters thousarMs of National Guardsmen stationed Here, will remain Camp \ Wilson, General Funston said“today. The War de- partment has ruled to thdf effect. General Funston and Postmaster George Armistead~of San Antonio have differed as to the name of the camp, - When the Texas guardsmen githered here last May, the post- master’ named the mobilization - site “Camp ‘Wilson,” after the president. A week ago, however,\ General Fin- ston anmounced that military camps could be named only after dead per- jons and that consequently the. of- icial desi,nation of the local site would be “Catp Cecil A. Lyon,” after formef Brigadier General Cecil A, Lyon of the Texas National Guard, Mr.. Armistead protested to th ostoffice department at Washington against the change, The protest was sustained by the War department, s - § Carranza Troops Prepare - To Move Against Villa Chiuhughua City, Mex., Seut, 10.~~ Mexicah government tropps are gre- pafing 1o take the field i a vigorous offenisive against Villa' and his ban- dits, sreported tp- be in thé Santa Clara canyon \ AH TO TAKE VIGOROUS STEPS| - session, 1 Jamy liskt ih |burst at 1 o'clock yesterday brought SCRAP BOOK, AS e German liner Deutschland is an-Americais. DAI "OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER' 11, 1916. . \ b SELEGT SPRAERS “FOR THE TACHERS Prominent Men in the Educa- Omaha’s Porgine Olassic tional World to Talkat the B ,ln/t.e‘rea.oheu' Meet, LIST GIVEN OUT YESTERDAY The ekeéuti&e'c\gmlttee of the Neg braska State Teachers’ association' met here yesterday m"decédc o the speak- KING H0G WILL-BE ,ON DISPLAY S00N s to " ‘Start Three Weeks From \ Tomorrow. —— - WILL SHOW RAIN OR SHINE v Y. 2 Three. weeks fgom Monday King Hog will start a fivé days’ reign in Omahia—a reign nationalgn scope and ers for the dnnual gonventit.\n to befcovering the largest swine domain held-in Omaha on(* November ‘8,9 and 10 [ Members of the committee iin at- ndance m;m&ma : neky of Lipcoln; Ro'J; Barsof Island, H. Q. Sutton of Kclrnc'fi, A, H. Dixon o elhmnh,lg. F.-Matthews of Grand Island and E. U. Graff. The musical feature§ of the con. vention will be in-eharge.of Henry Cox and the, rublicity bureautof the Comumercial club, i to furnish one concert for the visi- tors, e g > Philander P. Claxton, Ugited States commissioner of education, will ad- dress the general session, story fell- ers’ section and the Nebraska branch -o? the American School ' Teachers’ Peace league. He has been heard here on previous occasions wnd is regard- ed as a strong man in his line. He will also speak toithe county superin- tendents while here. N \ " “Shoop, SPfakl'Fou_rfi'lmd. 55 *Superintendent )John D. Shdop of the Chicago public schools is on the rogram for four lectures, It is be- ieved he will have recovered from re- cent injuries'in time to appear here, although' some doubt has-been ex- ressed. b President William Lowe Bryan of the University of Indiana will deliver two lectures, “The Teaching of Col- lege English,} and “The Trap.”- , Prof, Wifkm Chandler. Bagley, dean of ¢he School of Education of the University bf Illinois, will address the biologicn‘secfio_n and the genteral arl Barnes pf Philadelpha is- & lecturer, educator and writer,(af considerable standing among, school peo He will appéar before the garten, drawing and chjld study sections, f. Mrs. Mary = Schank Woolman is chairman of the wqman'e committee of the National Socigty for the /Proe motion of dustrial’ Education. She lives in Boston. ~She will speak <o the general session on “The Train- ing of Girls and Women. for Trades and_Industries,” and.to the home ec- onomics -section’ on “Woman's Rela- tiv;f’rtédan, tal\Trade,” Hosic, professor of Eng- e Cfiiclgu,Normal college and secretary of the Nationa] Council of Teachers of £nglish, has been placed on‘the program for lectures be- fore the literature, German, grammar, high school and primary\ sectiong. R. H. Whitbeck, professor of geologyin the University of Wisconsin, ‘s speak tds the commercial, physical science and geography and pature study sectjons.» He is editor of the Journal of Geography. | f: Mrs. Julia Fried Walker is manager iof the Educawr—[lflurna[ company and secretary gi the Indiana State Teachers' association, The primary, rural and agriculturat sections will receive the benefit of her experience. the histoty, teachers have engaged J. A. Jemes of the Northwestern uni- versity for several lectures, Chancel- Aor Samuel /Avery of the University of Nebraska will be on the program, ~ Cloudbarst Does Damage at Phoenix| Phoenix, Asiz., Sept. 10/—A cloud- Cave ereek, a mountain stream. north, 0'9 Phoenix, out of its banks, Several hundred acres of deésert and farm fand were flogded. Tn Phoeriix half nch of rain fell in ten migutes. llars were fllooded and stocks dam- aged. the, latter agreeing |y, d Inflyence_Upon the Re-% A % in the world, <y ' For October 2'to 7, ihchllivf. are ot %fil&flrm breeders from: the Pacific to the At. Nntic eoasts. and - from thé Gulf of WMexico to the Canadian line. L Every swine-growing s in the union - will be represented, with its bncgut and most prominent breeders, ts lu’xeof bjue-ribbon herds. Prac- tically k the comntry will be at the National Swirie show, either as an exhibitor or as a visitor. Y A big advantage to the visitor at the show 'is that the hogs will be housed in bne. big, building at the Pouth Side stock yards, with light and ventilation facilitfes that cannot -be excelled. v ' The hogs will be shown and judged dccordings to program, regardless of weather conditions, an assurance that visitors to the greatest swihe' show ever held in the United States ma view ‘the’ porkers on .exhibition wit as much comfort, should the weather be rainy or stormy, as they might on the_brightest nsfliny day. Chambers Qpera,_ " Housé Is Burned; Three Men Injured i, \ €hambers, Ncb.'. Sept. 10.—(Special Telegram,)—Chambers opera house was, burned and”threé persons were stightly ‘injuréd by fire which orig- inatéd in tlle operating .room last night swhile la motion picture ‘show was in progress. - Chauntey.Porter, the operator and his assistant, Van Robertson, sustained painful burns in, ittemptmg to put out the'fire, but either is in serious condition. The door-keeper was slightly injured. Thege was no panic, the two hundred persons ‘in. the building left through a door near the front &nort of "'the house. The lossis $3,000, with, in- surance of $1,500.” The ‘opera house was the proYerty of the Chambers’ band.” Tt will: probably be rebuilt. Smith Brothers barn, adjbining, was .lS?)% burned. The loss on its is about . . | R ‘Mechanical Qevice for - _Unloading River-Fleet A mechanical - carrying- device is soon ,to be put into operation at/the barge Wouse on’the river front™ under the Douglas street- bridge, so”that sacks of graimmay be unloaded from the steamboats by, mechanical means instead of having them carried by hand. The extra expense of the cum- bersome unloading has hitherto been borne by Captain Neff of the Julius F. Silber, but now: the river naviga- tion tommittee of the Commercial clup, fepresenting, the Missouri River f Navigation league, has decided;to as" sume the expense and install this mechanical devices ' Bakers Tell Prosecutor Threatened Raise Just Chicage, Sept. 10.—~Prominent Chi- cdgo (bakers 'today sought to con- vince United States District, Attorne; Clyne that the threatened general in- crease in the price of bread is justi- fied by increased cost of flour and other materials. Clyne intimated tonight that his in- Lvestigation so far has been based sglely on the. question of whether or not it 45 justified. If not justified, he 7 The, total loss is estimated at said, therg' will be attempt to prose-’ ‘tute under the Sherman law, ry. breeder of impartance in{© On Trains, at Hotels, News Ntands, etc., So. LARGE AS GRAND PIANO' FOR DEUTSCHLAND CLIPPINGS—A huge scrap book, as-large as a grand piano, and containing clippings of newspaper and magazine articles and cartoons from American .publications regarding the initial trip now in prepfntion by & committee of prominent Ger- of THE WEATHER - SHOWERS - \ “SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. | IGHT OF PARTIES, FORMAIRE ENDED; BOTH SEE VICTORY |Big Guns of Republicax and Democratic,Political Bodies Wind Up Mighty Battle in Pine Tree State. BALLOTS 800N TO TELL ]H“flh‘l and Roosevelt Cam- paign, While Wilson's Oab- inet Ohiefs Talk. ¥ | NEAR 300 SPEECHES MADE Portland, Me,, Sept.’ 10.—~The ‘state " | campaign closed last irght, after a to- | tal of 292/ set speeches had been crowded .into the ‘final twenty-four haurs. One hundred meetings were. addressed’ by men whose national | prominence assured a packed house. Supplementing . this unprecedénted vofilme of oratory were brass bands, red fire, orgatized cheering, and a re- vival of oldstime torchlight parading. Charles E. Hughes, at Rockland; United, States Senator Wiltam E. Borah of Idaho, at Augusta; former United ~ States Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio, at Madison, and “i- ’ dill McCormick, progressive, of Chi- cago, at Booth~Bay Harbor, appeated on the concluding ~repulilican peo- . GOTHAN TRACTION " STRIKR SPREADING Breaker lfiog\ and / Mortally Wounded by an'Unidenti- /fied Assailant, GOMPERS OOMES T0 LEAD p———— 4 P New, Yor’(, Sept. 10.Strike of unionized empjoyes 'in the subway, on the aleyated railway lines andyon the sutface cars of the New York Railways company, which began three day . ago, has spread.‘to the car ese ate virtually all of the surfice ¢atd Manhattan’ and- the Bronx, and/ th trike, Af succ tie up. syrface car traffic in the two homj‘ht. i \ AP Tonight th~"Tirst serigus fndicat ence occurred ‘when, 'Michae! Giahnini, 27 years old, a strike- breaker on_the Interborough Rapid Transit lines, was shot and probably: mortally wounded by an unidentified assailant. The, police reported minor attempts at viu::n:e during the day and several arrests ‘were: made, "Cara Senteto Barns, Although officials of the New Railways company had promised to restore: normal. tyaffic on their sur- fage gar lines tonight, the: polig€ a serted that gt 7:30 p. m. virtually the cars had been sent to the barns, Service in ‘the uub&y and in the elevated railwhy .lines of ithe Inter- borou Rapid Transit' compgny, however, was about normal, Samuel Gompers, president of the Ame; pectedehere. from Bosks take charge of the-stri ment,"it was ‘said, then £ be the affair of theMmalgam sociation.6f Street and Electric Rail- way Employes and will .become th fight of the American Federation abor, J | Mr. Gompers will confer with a committee of the' Central Federated union, representing the striking street car mengthe Longshoremen's union arld the stationary firemen. To Discuss. Program. A of ulr rogram which calls far a_ strike traction eniployes in the Metro- politan district, suspension of work on all subway contracts in which the Interborough Refpid Transit cor may ' be interested and a strike of the longshoremen. “who “handle coal and other supplies will be discussed., This may-be followed,! unior: of- ficials asserted, by a lu#enai n .of work for at least lwemr our ‘hours in allvtrades affiliated with the Ameri- can Federation of Labor in New York. ' These trades,\it is estimated, employ 750,000 workers. , New Yorker Wins Rrize X For the Nebrasgka Poém (From.a Staf? Correspongent.) | Lincoln, Sept. 10—(Special - Tele- ram.)—John Prindle’ Scott of New *the composition of music for. the Ne- braska poem selected six months ago. , The committee selecting the music sags that the score is very catchy and will be readily picked up by *ildl‘fl_l. It ig arranged for a mixed quaitet and the committee has requested that the composer arrange the music for or- chestral parts. : S _ James Edward Carnal of Omaha stood next to the New York man in the composition sent in, i ._L_.‘_._.__ % Only, Sister ‘of \President 5 Wilson. Is Seriously IlI Baltiniore, Md., Sept. 10.4-Mrs An- nje W. Howe, only sister of President Wilson, is seriously ill in New Lon- don, Conn,, according to a telegram recejved here today by Jose;ifi R. Wilson, a brother,- Mr. Wilson said his sister had been in decliding:health for some time. Her home is in Philadelphia: Mrs. Howe,. the presi- dent, and their brother here comprisé the, Wilson generation, } 1 418 ful, will completely |1 Iy | affairs. % | ministr h % Ml ork City drew the/$100 offered for | gram., » ¢ % & f ‘Demo Campaigpers, o . , - Prominent men agpiring the demo-; | cratic windup were \Villiam Redfield, secretary of- commerce, at Gardner; Franklih D. Roosevelt, pssistant_séc-. retary of the nav“ at East Port; udge John W.. Wescott, attorney general of Jersey," who twice ~ placed Presiderit Wilson in nomina- tion, at Rockford, and Bainbsidge g orm:r natjonal ch;lrnun of the progressive party, in this gity. / Tonilflubflh sides " clgimed tl;lL election—~the democrats’by a plural- . ity of 30,000 and the republic.flrbyk. 000, 8 Not before™in recent years has so* determined- an effort been made’ to. | make a showing at the polls, which - expected’ to indicate the political ulse of the nation. Local speakers :\nphua‘;hed umdfiom g{’\d l‘ l: p:g: sonahties: of,-candidat t the big by (rom}uflier mg ‘either have < Een trained on Washington or-em- * loyed in ‘the' defense of the admin- stration oft the oitly ‘dempcrat e ceive the glectoral ‘vote of the T since Pie in policy,” i par r, to th question, ovet which' have been wi in this state. the opening of the wijg;l'gf ers for_the ‘republicans, nota “5{ odorl:’ Itgo-ev‘eldt'. xm;w i‘s‘ president’s condu a ; lZ)e:!\n(fl-nm."1 m‘&:‘. “}' sephus . ‘Daniels, secretary of the Newton D. Baker, secretary iam B, Wilson, secretary of » hnml- . ~%awry. tite eral, ‘gener; § chievements o¥ the ad- ," and brought to. the front the \present prosperity and their claim that the president. had kept th country out f war, i . Upon his arrival jn the stafe, Hughes gdded t nfl'muna protection of/ Azui‘c:ru, lives property, protection merican fn- s, and: asserted tht the latt were'in grave danger under the ent laws from-abnoi with Europe after the 18 ends B e A tite administ 8 shippi 3 ly which. he. desetibed as s oe5ad%. 10 |American . shipping. Maitie | #lways has been, 3 protéction state and her shipping . interests are great..- here was a disposit in.>both parties tonight to hedge whenit ame. to giving the exact figures the vote .that would be accepted significant ffom “a ' nationah stand- point. , A Of the present Maine detegation in the national house there are three re- ublicans and one democrat. One nited Htates semator is' denvocratic and the other vacancy was uuud‘b’; o death of Senator Burleigh, a re- . ican, Goverpor . (Clrtis, who seeks re-election,’ democrat, - President Plans . > “Porch Campaign” | Long Brafch, N. J., Sert. 10.—Pres- - ident Wilson began his first vacation of the year yesterday by laying plan: for the-“porch campaign” he w?ll‘co ductifrom Shadow Lawn. With M Wilson he arrived here at 1 o'clock: this _afternoon’ from. Atlantic City. - He ‘went immediately to his summer residence. o e a v o ‘N! Bee Want-Ads keeping up their " great record of increase * 1177 More - . " Paid’ Want-Ads ' for same weck a s year ‘ago. X o A} o - No other Omaha newspa; can show anywhere near the . same record of increase-in id Want-Ads ,for this ear. For more than 28 weeks Bee Want-Ads have - \ increased more than N - - LA \ \

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