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were’ — WEATHER=Probabty fair to-night and Satarday. I EDITION. PRICE ONE CENT. — = = = SCAR STRAUS CHOSEN FOR GOVERNOR AT BULL - MOOSERS CONVENTION —--—_——_-4. \Great Demonstration as His Name Is Presented by Jack McGee and Delegates Stampede to Him Amid Dramatic Scenes. BY MARTIN GREEN, Staff Correspondeni of The Evening World. CONVENTION HALL, Syracuse, Sept. 6.—The most remarkable stam- * pede in the history of politics made Oscar Straus the nominee of the Bull Moosers for Governor this afternoon, ‘Suspender Jack” McGee of New York had sprung a surprise by invad- ing the platform and nominating for Governor the Chairman, Mr. Straus. “Suspender Jack" was greeted as a joke when he first took the plat- form, but he had started something when he left it. ,The first big spon- taneous enthusiastic outbreak of the convention came to pass when Mr. Straus, smiling, stepped to the front of the platform. The nomination of Merz foerctts LUT c(h Gp the channel of the convention from the orderly procedure into noise and dis- order, The delegates swarmed trom their seats into the aisles and o whelmed the platform The nomination of Mr. tremely dramatic. At 4.25 fe the roll call had conciuded am AL} Prendergast and W. H. Hotchkiss had | been placed in nomination and ill wes} in readiness for a roll call to the platform “Suspender Jack’ \ Gee, a former New York pol an ardent “Bull Mo golled bandanna around his neck a carried a battered old slouch hat in his hand. Tim Woodruff was on his feet when the band struck up the d Woottruff withdrew the n Prendergast. William A, Chadbourne of New York withdrew the nomination of Chairman Hotchkiss fo The assemblage had laughed at “Sus Pender Jack” when he appeared. His Voice was husky as his gest awkward and language was tw Dut he knew what he was abou fully he concealed the name of the he had in mind. Mr, Straus sat smiling at the desk towjng with tho gavel ! “Who is you candidate elled that no AUS Was eX* re came jovernor 1 Susp) Oscar Straus.” STORM OF WAVING BANDANNAS IN AIR. berations, the Bull Moose delegates ed in on a diet of Atovy furnishe Goy, Hiram John- son of California, Col. Roosevelt's rune The convention immediate itself into the committee « Up went the standards, ti erimsoned with a st: bandanas. Cheers rattl and the wave of em the red,’ white and blue decorations and smung them as in a gale. The} jeon played. On the part of the ex- delegates swarmed to the aisles and | pre ne Progressives there was a deter- rushed for the platfe mination to fight to the last ditch the dn the forefront of the rush was Will-| nomination of Mr. Prendergast, fam H. Hoteh + He made the plat- These Progressives under the leader- term trom the ground in about three | ship of State Chafrman Hotchkiss 6aw jumps and grabbed the gavel from the| jn the success of Prendergast a tri- hands of the surprised ani a for Timothy L, Woodruft, And @ome Mr, Straus, Mr. Hotchkiss urged | such a triumph would in their estima- Mr, Straus to accep:. Men swarmd all] tion put a blight on the party. Conser- about him urging him to acc vend struck up “Onward, * and two thousand vof ifternoc resolved avention was by no means a onjous unit as It ined up for bus- hese after Gov, Johnson's part had over= | mph and pacific delegates went into p convention greatly Wrought up over ts for a fight that might up the refrain, The air was vibrant |leavy scars. with enthu@lasm. TAKE UP COLLECTION -BEFORE Mr. Straus, a little bewildered, a great PROCEEDING. eal affected, was pers: nodded his head. Mr. I led and he tchkKiss wroce words, "Te Hefore proceeding to the work of nominating candidates this afternoon the Bull Moose management took up # collection, Gentlemanly ushers passed among the delegates and the few vis- pledi which a y later, Wil-| pledges were taken up, but no ouncement of the result of the BOTH HOTCHKISS AND PREN. ‘DERGAST WERE NAMED. “The contest between the followers | in ef William A. Prendergast Yam H. Hotchkiss had been ¢ {ato the nvention this Both Mr. Hotchkiss and Mi The burden of Mr, Chadbourne's ad- dress was that .the convention should it were placed in nomination, tohkise over his pers ’ »¢ allowed to name its own candid test. In allowing himself to el ep carried the Inginuation so Placed tn nomination with opposition! oy 1 down from a ect promises to P tection was made, vied by the Hotchkiss f Prendergast 18 the candidate etand he maintained until shortly be-} Woodrat, Waen Mr ch fore the Convention assembled, i lly mentioned the name of M wes forced by his friends to stand|kiss the applause was mild inet Mr. Hotchkiss for the nomina-| was a great burst ton. a ‘The nomination of each candidate was | PY Kindly received. In point enthusiasm | 4 was about an even break, but the |! Prendergast people claimed a walkover, | "4, . while the Hotchkiss adherents didn’t] to the fact that he has consistently an- ww York World), GIBSON CHALLENGES sistant Distri said: | should not be removed a: HAYES SWEARS WA Che ‘ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ ACUSERS TO SHOW SABO WIL FRAUD, Insists Mother of Drowned, Victim Is Alive, and Says He Will Prove It. BROTHER COMING HERE. | Austrian Consul Expects Him to Give Evidence That Wom- an’s Parent Died in 1910, Attorney Burton W. Gi to-day to defy the representatives of the Austro-Hungarian Consulate to Prove that there was anything irregu- Jar in the drawing of the will of Mra Rosa Szabo, who was drowned in Greenw od Lake last July while boating with Gibson, He faced the batteries of accusa- tions and Innuendoes that the lawyers for the Austrian Consul have been firing at him with an absolutely unruffled front, promising to meet all their charges before Surrogate Fowler and to produce the mother of Mrs, Szabo, who was named as beneficiary in her will, The efforts of Lawyer Gibson's ac- cusers to stir the District-Attorney’s | office to action have failed, for the time| being at it. After a conference with | Vice-Consul Fischerauer and Arpad A. | Kremer, attorney for the Austro-Hun- garian Consul this afternoon, As- Attorney Wasservos n continued ‘So far no evidence has been lald be- fore me upon which this office can act ‘The accusers of Mr. Gibson must either produce relatives of Mrs. 3 Austria or the woman who ti allege impersonated the dead mother before | we will be in any position to take action, The evidence before me ts not! of a character on which to base a criminal charge of any kind.” Vice-Consul Fischerauer declared that he would produce a of Mrs Szabo before Surrogate 17, the time fixed by th Mr. Gibson to show why nistrator of Mrs, Szabo's estate. Dr. said that he had police of Vienn scherau ‘abled to the chi to arrange to have one of the dead woman's kinsmen sail immediately for New York "I have every reason to expect," sald Dr. Fischerauer, “that arrive here before the time set by Sur- rogate Fowler for Mr, Gibson to show cause why he should not be removed ay administrator of Mrs, Szabo's estate, AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT TO SEE JUSTICE IS DONE. “I am going to push the of criminal sides of this case to the nd the Austrian Government will s brother will neither pains or expense to see that Justice Is done to the rightful heirs of Mrs, Szabo, and that the vation of fraud is punished. When Lawyer Gibson was informed of the prowiise made by the Austrian Vice- Consul ‘to produce a brother of his dead client, he smiled and said “Well, we will wait until this allewed brother reaches New York, He will be] interesting in view of the fact that there are absolutely no living relatives of Mrs, Szabo save her mother.” Additional affidavits were obtained to- day from Mrs. Agnes ‘T. Boyd of No. GI West One undred and Seventy t, who was employed as ste in the offices where B, W Gibson had desk “oom at the time Mrs Szabo signed her wil In these affidavits, which were turned over to Ausistant District-Attorney Wasservogle, the young woman t | to send out for a trans tters for Mrs hat Mrs, Szabo seemed nd always ‘ tuid her without question HEARD MRS. SZABO MENTION DEATH OF MOTHER. recally that Mrs, Saabo t about he ring from her brothers and LDO ORD ERED HIS ACT: MOOSERS FORCE STRAUS FOR GOVERNOR 614; Hazel Wilson, 6; Sybll LoewenLerg, © 8 PRETTY GIRLS KEPT “BOX SCORE” PROPOSAL TALLY Bid Without Counted Only a Half on Trip Abroad. ‘The largest scores were rolled up in where many young noble men were sojourning Those who didt not capitulate arrival at an Misses McDonald and tobogan: hostelry’s back yard. POLITICAL SEEMS TO FAVOR WILSON. ‘The Mixses Elizabeth and Musa Me- obviously relieved to-day in the Cotswold Hilla, Mrs, Sothern wants to be an arehit at she may design scten- house at Miklete » again in a land impecunious no- en are only travelling raraties, thelr own account that the Misses McDonald expertenced this feel- the father of that lusty, gang- another passen yne abroad to his $9,000,000 butidings tresses are plentifully sprinkled with 1 indignantly. variegated car- way Tyrolean hat fl With all the res! left their lines these m the Misses McDonald y girls as could be found in the South, and each girl while abroad, was pursued by of swaggering, had eight as pre| weneral trend est chance and titled gentlemen with ehance and waxed mustachios, pretty manners and “BOX SCORE” THEIR PROPOSALS. GIRLS KEPT | form, although 1t has some good fea- tbboned swains attorney |} (ers, and bout a letter she had got ng of th n death of he Ai se conversations occurred in the cs where Gibson transacted his a new alfid.vit mode by Mrs, T n who Was Mrs, S¢abo's timate friend, she states that Szabo told her of how sie had formed Mr, Gibson of her claim anything. Approaching the final staB@s of their (Continued on Fourth Page) (Continued on Second Page) - iT Se - ES RU RRMN ge ON — | with a taxicab this afternoon at Ce in-line score stood when the Murentania mother's | came into harbor—and not @ heart had the party left behind; ‘Katherine ; ae Wootten, SS nen tA Nem n meimamen eo WEATHER=Probably fa’ Saterday, FI EDITION. rad eae | ve Circulation Books Open to All” | NEW YORK, FRIDAY, ‘SEPTEMBER 6, 1912, Scene at Trial of Deposed Inspector Hayes; Waldo Testifying, Judge and Accused Officer, Photographed Especially for The Evening World by a Staff Photographer. DEPUTY M’'KAY. 20 PAGES PRICE ONE HANDS OFF RESO WAS WALDO'S ORDER INSPECTOR HAYES “If There Is No Outside Disorder in Suspected Houses, Let Them Alone,’ Is Alleged Spe- cific Command. / ORDERED OFF ONE PLACE DURING TENDERLOIN TRIP THREE MORE KILLED AN DROP OF PLANES FROM THE CLOUNS Two British Military Aviators And a Bavarian Are Dashed to Death. LONDON, Sept. @—Three military aviators were killed to-day, two meet- ing death at Stevenage, England, and the third at Munioh, fm Bavaria. Capt, Patrick Hamitton had taken Jeut, Stewart with him as @ passenger in his biplane at Stevenage. The two ofMflcera, who were both of the British army, haa flown for a considerable time when @ strong wind suddenly sprang up and in endeavoring to make beadway Against It one of the wings of the plane collapsed. ‘The machine fell to the ground from an altitude of 60 feet, and was com- pletely destroyed. The vodies of the two officers were found in the wreck. Capt. Hamilton had obtained his pilot's certificate only on March 12 this year, He Was an infantry officer be- longing to Me Worcestershire Re: Ment, but was abtached for duty to the Army Wiying Corps, Lieut Stewart was an amateur at fying, MUNICH, Bavaria, Sept. 6—A Berman military alrman was killed near here early to-day during a reconnottering Might, Lieut. Steger of the Bavarian army had ascended in his biplane to make a report of the position of the oppowing force in the jocal manoeuvres, The weather was stormy and when his machine had reached a height of three hundred feet it suddenly buckled and crashed to the earth, Lieut. Steger was not dead when picMd up, but died shortly afterward from his injuries, He was « novi aviation, having obtained his alrman’s certificate only three weeks ago. duit Anas at RECORD FOR SUBMARINE, F-1 of U.S. y Dt 283 ve. Beats World Figures, SAN FRANOISCO, Sept. &—The United States navy submaine FI holds 4 world’s record today. After diving °M3 feet off Point Diablo in San Fran- ciseo Bay, the submarine remained at this depth for ten minutes yesterday, crulsing at a speed of six knots, ‘The F—I was under command of Lieut, James B. Howell. ‘Tho twenty- six men ¢ crew Wont about their duties wh i» hull creaked and groaned beneath the enormous pres sure, DROWNED MAN A BROKER. ke of Dantel J. Kennedy of 1 ro. y Found lo ‘That ‘ore! ROCHESTAR, N, ¥., Sept of the body of the man found The «shore of Lake Ontario at Mile Point on Aug. ® was cleared up to-day when Willam K ¥ of Toronto amined the personal effects and declared wl to nie ne: Danes a wealthy Toronto broker ani club member, Kennedy was deownad trom his yacht T's Sic lin Highland Creek, fourteen miles east of Torogte, one month ago <o-mersow, iB “Did the Best He Could,” Admits Accuser, After Denying Mayor Directed His Administration. Cornelius G. Hayes, the demoted poiicé inspector, put the “hands- off” order in regard to the suppression of vice, squarely up to Commis- sioner Waldo, when he took the stand in his own defense late . this afternoon. He quoted the orders he had received from Waldo upon his taking charge of the Fourth Inspection District, as follows: “If there is no outside condition of disorder in suspected houses let them alone. But if there is an outside condition of disorder, arrestrthe inmates.” Hayes also declared that Waldo had approved his, Hayes’s order to his captains not to allow plainclothes men to enter disorderly houses, Arrests he had made in that connection were in violation of the Com- missioner’s orders, Hayes said, and upon complaint of private individuals, —“ Hayes took the stand at 3.40 o’clook, and answered the usual preiiminary, BasehallScoresTo-Da questions as to his career in the Dee Partment. His counsel, Mr, —e—— Thacher, sought to show that while he wae im charge of the First Inspection District NATIONAL LEAGUE. for a month, Hayes had closed divorderly house in the district, Depaty AT PHILADELPHIA, Commissioner MoKay, who presided at minst Game. the trial, wae willing to concede thia GIANTS fact to save time, 0 0 2:1 0 0 0 O O— 3|\DECLARES wa.co orpengo PHILADELPHIA— HANDS OFF EL DORADO RESORT 00 00 0 0 0 O O— O} “I kave captains in the district orders a, only to rald disorderly houses when I alse ordeved it,” Hayes declared, i fe e [nent you to the Fourth Inspection Dise ear ia Scan a trict?" Mr. Thacher asked, - He told me not to let him hea — thing more of the trouble in the de AT BROOKLYN. trlet."* BOSTON— Then Hayes told of the tour he ha@ 0.000000 * — {made through his dintrict on Sept. 6 ° aid BROOKLYN— As we were passing the El Dorade 0101000 —— |dance hall at Fifty-second street ana secemeaetaniiee! Seventh avenue, the Commissioner AT 87. Louis. said: “There's # dance hall thege, filled PITTSBURGH with women and thelr followers, If 02 — fj] there's no disorder and it keeps the ST. LOUIS— women off the streets, leave It alone,” Did you gh sour Captain ine 00 - structions garding disorderly —_-- hounes: he was asked, AT CINCINNATI. t dia.” CHICAGO— “Did you tell the Commissioner what 2 0 0 . | your orders were es I told him [had ordered the mea to CINCINNATI— keep out of th derly keep out of the disorderly houses bes 1001 ~ feause 1 thought they might get mixed aie up with grate.” And what did he say?" AMERICAN LEAGUE, He sald: ‘If there is no outside cons An EGG ARigl [sition of disorder, soliciting from doors og or windows, let houses alone, But ATI rs 0 __y, | if these outside Nth exist, shut 4 | the houses and seo chem whut, Agrees ww, |“KEEP MEN OUT © RESORTS," cael | WALDO'S ALLEGED ORDER, AT BOSTON, _ Capt. Hayes sald that he was cadled VASHINGTON— (HFN bo Police Headquarters by Commissioner 000000 — |) vn Keb, 1 last, atter Hayeashad HIGHLANDERS— 1000 ROSTON-= | made raids on disorderly resorte, Phe Commissioner sald to me," teatie 0 00 01 tied Hayes, ‘What is the meaning eg alt AT OnlCAGO dv? Keep your men out of @is- Aiea rly houses, LEVEL ALQ a : 1 insisted that the raids hed ®een ; oO 2 “7. | made because of complaints by ¢he ~ | CHICAGO: | Poullat Fathers and other repatable 0000 — residents of the district, The Commissioner satd to met fam FOR BASEBALL SEE PAGE 15, [informed by reputable and reliable newspaper men that those raids were SEBALL SEE Se ek ee Ra