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- VOL. XLVI.-NO. 14,288. PORTLAND, OREGON', 31 ON DAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GEORGIA MILITIA PATROLS ATLANTA Negroes Are in Hiding or Have Fled. LITTLE RIOTING DURING THE DAY Prominent Citizens in Mass Meeting Deplore Atrocities. SALOONS TO BE CLOSED Tapers That Inflamed the Mob With Glaring Headlines Announcing Asraults on White Women by Blacks Are Denounced. i ASSAULTS ON WHITE WOMEN. ATLANTA. Ga., Sept. 23. (Spe . clal. ) The rlota here are the direct ' result of 13 assaults and attempted ' assaults on white women, which hove i occurred In Atlanta and surraundlng i vicinity within the last two months. ' The vlctima are as follows: ' Mrs. Moore, near Brookwood, as- saultcd; negro caught by rrtbb, saved ' by Sheriff, pleaded guilty and was I hanged. i Ml&s Annie Laurie Poole, assaulted ' near Lakewood; negro was caught , by mob and shot. Mrs. Hcmbrce. assaulted; negro ' escaped. 1 Miss Ethel Lawrence, of London, , Eng., fearfully beaten and mutilated by negro and her niece. Miss Mabel, ' also beaten near Copenhlll; negro , escaped. i Miss Baird, attempt to assault, 1 negro escaped. Miss Weeks, attempt at assault near Adamsville; negro escaped. Miss Orrlle Bryant. In center of Atlanta, half disrobed, negro came Into her room and she saved herself -g by Jumping Into closet; negro under fSOOO bonds. Mrs. J. A. Klmmelas, assault at tempted ; negro escaped. Mrs. Lizzie Cash Chaffln, attempted assault; negro escaped. Mrs. Frank Arnold, Atlanta, at i tempted assault, negro escaped. ' Miss Alma Allen, Atlanta, attempt ' made; negro escaped. , Miss Mattie Holcombe, Atlanta, at- tempted assault; negro escaped. ATLANTA. Ga.. Sept. 23. The day has passed witiiout serious trouble fol lowing the riots of Saturday night and Sunday morning. Unconfirmed rumors of a white man killed by negroes, and a negro being shot to pieces by enraged whites have been heard. Governor Terrell has ordered to At lanta seven companies of the State Mi litia, two companies from Macon and one each from the following places: Jackson, Barnesville, Griffin, Rome and Lindall. These companies have arrived and are" on duty in the streets. With the local companies the force of mili tia on duty is something more than 1000, besides a battery of artillery held In reserve. Although urgently requested from many sources to declare martial law. Governor Terrell has so far declined to Uo so. He said tonight that If the scenes of lust night are repeated he will not. hesitate to put the military in supreme control. City Is Well Fatrolled. Mayor Woodward has urged that the city and county police with the militia are amply able to handle the situation. The entire city is being patrolled, both the business center and the residence districts, where great anxiety was ex pressed last night and today in antici pation of tonight's possibilities. Mayor Woodward has issued a re quest that all citizens remain off the streets tonight. He will order all sa loons closed tomorrow morning. All boys 'under 21 years of age have been ordered to keep off the streets. It was the consensus of opinion during" the early evening that if tonight shall pass without serious disturbance no further trouble need be expected. A meeting of citizens representing the best element of Atlanta was held this afternoon to consider the situa tion. Governor Terrell, Mayor Wood ward, Colonel Robert Lowry, Colonel James English and others to the num ber of 300 were present. Speeches were made and warmly applauded in which the killing of a half score of innocent negroes and the injuring of a score of whites and blacks were condemned as a reflection on the spirit of the city, btate and the South. Sensational Newspapers Condemned Tiie heralding of recent assaults on white women by negroes, in the flam ing" headlines In extra editions of local papers, was condemned in unmeasured terms and the earnest request was made that hereafter no special editions concerning these topics be issued. Such "Inflammatory headlines" were declared to have been the direct Incitement to the outrage of last night. Resolutions were adopted urging upon the City Council the enactment of laws closing negro dives, in which, It was declared, much of the crime among the negro classes has its origin. CIotr restrictions of saloons for both whites and blacks was demanded from the city authorities. Governor Terrell said he would pro claim martial law if conditions war. ranted. The support of those present was pledged to city, county and state authorities in combined efforts to con trol the situation. Xegro Quarter Swarms With Whites. Numerous and persistent rumors are reaching- the city af negroes attacking white persons and stoning street-cars in the suburbs and outskirts of the city. Several street-cars arriving from their runs show broken windows, while their crews are refusing to go out to night. The larger part of the militia is con centrated in the down-town districts. Marietta and Decatur streets, both fre quented by negroes, are crowded with white men. The troops are marching through the crowds, constantly, trying to enforce the order of the Mayor that the streets snail be cleared. More than 50 arrests have been made of members of last night's mob on charges of Incitement to riot. Five hun dred dollars bond has been required in each case. Of the dead it Is Impossible to get the names. Partial lists have been prepared and no two of them agree. CITY COMPARATIVELY QUIET Two Negroes and a White Man Shot During the Night. ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 23. (1:45 A. M.) Atlanta' this morning is compara tively quiet. The negro trouble, while C. E. Hashes. breaking out in several sections dur ing last night. Is now almost entirely abated. By order of the Mayor, saloons have been closed until further notice, and many business places, such as restau rants, all-night drugstores, etc., were closed. ' A negro, pursued by a crowd to night, ran into the Marion Hotel, where he was shot and, it is thought, fatally Injured. Another negro was . shot in the hip in McDaniel street tonight, but the arrival of the militia saved him. A street-car conductor, white, was shot ky an unknown negro tonight, but his injuries were not serious. At this hour the number of killed all told is placed at 16, but there is no way of finding out the definite number, as the negroes' friends' carried the dead away in many cases. NEGROES STONE . STKEET-CARS Molormen Become Alarmed and De cline to Make Huns. , ATLANTA, Ga.. Sept. 23. Late to night the military seems to have the situation under control. Over the tele phone Governor Terrell declared that the situation is satisfactory to him and he sees no reason to declare martial law at present. Persistent rumors were heard this evening that the mob had taken a negro porter from the Marion Hottl, In the heart of town, and shot him to death. At 10 P. M. this lacked confirmation. Conductors and motormen on the Magnolia-street carline refused to take their cars out. One car, which came in about 9:S0 P. M., had several broken windows where negroes In the out skirts of town had stoned it. TEN KILLED IN RACE AVAR. List or Injured at Atlanta AA'lll Reach Forty. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 23. Twenty four hours have passed since a race war of no mean proportions began in Atlanta. In that period at least ten lives have been sacrificed and the number of injured will be 40, several of whom cannot recover. At 10 o'clock tonight the city is' controlled by the police, aided by nearly 1000 State Militia. Every part of the town is patrolled by the soldiers, and the authorities seem to have the situation well In hand. Governor Terrell, who ordered sev eral companies of the state military from points outside of Atlanta to aid the local companies, sDands ready to declare the city under martial law, if the scenes of last night are re peated. NIGHT OF TERROR IN THE CITY Mob of Men and Boys Attacks Blacks Wherever Seen. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 23. A race war of alarming proportions began here last night. Throughout the night it raged with varying vigor, and when morning dawned it found a number of negroes and one white man dead, a score of both races wounded, and the downtown streets in possession of eight companies of the Fifth Georgia Infantry, with a battery of light artillery In reserve. Through the day lit tle of importance occurred. The police assert that, with the aid of the military, they now have the situation under con trol. This condition came as the result of numerous and repeated assaults or at tempted assaults upon white women by negroes. The last of an even dozen of such assaults within the limits of Ful ton County within the last nine weeks (.Concluded on Page 2.) ; i ,-' '.- X ; i IS TO GET Liberals and Insurgents Name Committee to Meet Amer ican Mediators. TO TALK ON PEACE TERMS Business Interests in the Island Are Openly Favoring Annexation, Having No Confidence in Sell-Rule of Cubans. HAVANA, Sept. 23. All classes ere now waiting for the conditions under which tranquillity will likely be restored In Cuba, and keen disappointment is ex- CUBA ANOTHER CHANGE PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE " -: - !" V " ' ' , v 1 i i i ; h v W. T. Jerome. peeteel on every side because of the like lihood of peace being brought about without armed American intervention. That the differences of the opposing fac tions coitld be reconciled was not geneiv' ally believer to be possible until to-day, when it was announced that the Liberals and the insurgents had empowered a com mittee to represent them before the American mediators. It is evident that the business interests of the island have no confidence in the ability of the Cubans to rule themselves and now, when it appears too late, they are openly favoring forcible Intervention and possibly annexation. Secretary of War Taft Is cognizant of this general opinion that peace cannot last unless it is enforced by . an American army, but he considers it Is the duty of the Vnlted States to give the republic another chance and believes it would be bad pol icy for the United States to keep a force in Cuba longer than is required to super vise the laying down of arms. He said to-day that if the Liberals and Moderates harmonize their differences, the United States must regard the compact as made in good faith. Patched-Vp Peace in Sight. That peace will come as the result of the mediation of the United States Is now believed by Cubans, regardless of party affiliations, but whether it will be on terms that will Insure permanent tran quillity is questioned. Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon spent Sunday quietly, re ceiving few persons. Representatives of the veterans and of the diplomatic corps made brief visits. Senator Alfredo Sayas later met the mediators at the Ameri can Legation and arranged for their first ' meeting with the Insurgents and Liber als committee tomorrow morning. All conferences hereafter will be held at the Legation, on account of its accessi bility, since the most of the visitor to Taft and Bacon reside in Havana. Taft Gives No Assurances. When the diplomatic representatives of the foreign powers visited Mr. Morgan's villa at Mariano today, Taft significantly stated that he could give, them no defi nite assurances of peace, for the reason that terms had not been put forward. This statement was in response to an ex pression from Caytan de Ayaila, the Spanish Minister, that the world expect ed the United States to settle the tur moil on such generous but firm condi tions as to maintain the integrity of the republic. The members of the diplomatic corps sought their views on the situation. All of them asserted that their gov ernments desired the conflict to be ended with all possible dispatch, in order to save commercial relations and credit between the island and their countries from ruin. Among other callers at Mariano were Generals Menocal and Agramonte, who congratulated Taft and Bacon on their success in bringing (the Moderate and Liberal leaders to a realization of the necessity of each making some conces sions. The veterans evidenced sympa thy with many of the principles for which the insurgents took' up arms. They suggested that the first basis of the negotiations should be for the re vision of the Cuban constitution, al leging that it confers too much power and too little responsibility upon the members of the Cabinet. Trouble Lies in the Cabinet. "Cubans are too hot-blooded to be given unlimited power," Baid General Menocal. He declared that the present trouble resulting from the dlssatlsfao- tlon of the present and former Secre taries of the Interior. The members of the insurgent camp near La Lisa, just west of Mariano, was visited today by great crowds of Havanee. Encouraged by the reports that peace was imminent, the people for the first time dared to gratify their curiosity and to show their great sym pathy with the revolutionary, cause. Although it was raining this afternoon this did not dampen the ardor-of those who wished to visit the insurgents. Crowds Visit Insurgent Camp. Many extra cars were in operation and every kind 5f conveyance was used by the crowd, but these were insuf ficient and many persons walked the 12 miles from Havana to the camp. It is feared that the effect of this enthu siasm may be bad in the even that the peace terms require the rebels to make decided concessions. In the rebel camps are thousands of negroes, to whom revolutionary life is easy and interesting as compared with the labor on plantations. Some of the more refined of the officers, however, admit that they will not be sorry to return to their homes. Despite the armistice which is now In effect, a clash between government troops and Pino Guerra's force was threatened today. General Avalos, with 400 cavalry and 300 infantry, ar rived at Gunajay at noon, having come by train from PInar del Rio to Arte misa, prepared to proceed to Camp NEW YORK REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS ? ill 1 F. W. Hlgcins. Columbia, near Havana. This meant passing through the rebel camps. General Guerra sent a message to General-Avalos that this might lead to an ncounter and that he" would not be responsible tor the outcome. Gen eral Avalos declared his intention to continue the march, but General. Rod riguez, by direction of Secretary . Taft, ordered him to take his force, to. Ma riano, which will be done tomorrow. There was considerable comment today over the fact that a salute of 19 guns was given Secretary Taft when he visited the warships. Previously he has been given the usual 17 guns, to which the Secretary of War is entitled. The two extra guns signify that he is recognized ambassador extraordinary on a special mission, with plenary powers from President Roosevelt. It Is known that he has now been au thorized to exercise his own Judgment in all matters pertaining to negotiations and that the squadron with its entire force is under his Immediate control. Marines Under Taft's Orders. Concerning the reported preparations Saturday night for the transportation of marines and bluejackets by rail to Camp Columbia, Secretary Taft said today: "The United States forces are under my orders. I have given no orders for them to land and not a man shall land until I give such an order.' It now appears that Acting Secretary of the Interior Montalvo ordered the trains prepared in anticipation ' of the possible landing of a supply of quarter master's stores at the wharf. The Cap-, tain of the port gave color to the report that they had been placed there in readi ness for the landing of men: The stores consisted of tent floorings, poles, pegs, water barrels and 150,000 rounds of am munition. Captain Couden, commander of the squadron, today explained that the stores were hurriedly placed aboard the cruiser Newark when she saidled for Cuba, and that they so encumbered her deck as to interfere with ventilation, and that it was necessary to hire" space ashore where they might be stored. Captain Couden also said that if no occasion arose for the use of these stores they would be placed aboard the supply ship Celtic when she arrives. Havana Fortifications Examined. Lieutenant-Commander Chapin, in com mand of a brigade of bluejackets, today completed a review of the fortifications of Havana and reported that in the event of a future occupation of the island the city could be fully protected. President Palma spent the quietest day he has passed since the outbreak of the revolution, remaining with his family In the residence .portion of the palace nearly the entire day. Among the flood of ru mors current was one that the family of President Palma had embarked on a ves sel bound for New York, which is untrue. Nothing noteworthy took place In gov ernment circles today, as all the officials are awaiting the outcome of the peace negotiations. There still are occasional desertions of government troops to the rebel ranks. BIG FLEET IN CUBAN AA'ATERS Army of 15,000 Men Ready to Move at a Moment's Notice. WASHINGTON, 'Sept. 23. (Special.) Preparations for intervention In Cuba are completed. All the preliminaries have been so carefully arranged that military and naval authorities here rested today, although General Bell,'chief of staff, spenf. (Concluded on Pag 4. BOY'S DEATH KILLS HIS GRANDMOTHER Alexander Beakey, Aged Two, Fatally Crushed Under Heavy Bam Door. OLD LADY PICKS HIM UP Mrs. Elizabeth Beakey, Aged 78, Carries Bleeding Form Into IIou.se and Soon Suc cumbs to Shock. Two deaths, one by accident and the other from heart failure, superinduced presumably by grief and excitement, oc curred last night, the victims being the 4? lit 1 3S"-? William Sulzer. 2-year-old son and aged mother of .Tames W. Beakey, steward at the Hotel Port land. The little boy was crushed to death under a heavy barn door, and his grand Mother dleii after picking him up and carrying him into the house. The- acci dent occurred at the home of the father of the dead boy. East Thirty-first and Fremont streets, about 6 o'clock last night. Andrew Beakey, the little tot who was killed, was playing about the stable with his older brother. He was barely old enough to walk. At the carriage entrance to the stable there Is a large sliding door which works on oiled pulleys. In open ing the door the older boy gave It a push of sufficient force to displace the runners and the heavy door tumbled to the ground, falling squarely on the little boy, who was standing near. The older youth escaped Injury and began to scream for help. Mrs. Elizabeth Beakey, the grandmoth er, aged T8 years, was in the kitchen, a few yards from the stable. She heard the horrified screams of the elder brother and rushed to the scene. A glance told her all, as the uninjured boy was tug ging with might and main to pull the heavy door off the form of his- little brother. Although the door was heavy enough to tax the muscles of the average man, terror gave strength to the aged woman and she was able to lift it so that she could pull the imprisoned boy from un derneath. ' Gathering him up in her arms, and with her apron trying to stop the blood which was flowing from a horrible gash on the head of her grandson, sh ran to the house. Calling to the others to summon a physician, she carried the boy to the sitting-room. No sooner had she deposited her bur den than she collapsed and fell on a sofa. Death in her case was almost instantan eous, and she did not utter a word after falling. At first it was thought she had fainted, and it was half an hour before it was known that she was dead. Dr. Calvin S. White was called, but Mrs. Beakey had expired before he ar rived. The little boy, however, still re tained some life, -but died shortly after the physician arrived. Examination showed that the skull had been terribly fractured. Mrs. Beakey, while 78 years of age, was apparently in robust health, consid ering her long life, and it is believed by Dr. White that her death was caused directly from the excitement of the mo ment. Being an elderly lady, of extreme age, she could not withstand the terrible shock she experienced when she realized that her grandson, of whom she was pas sionately fond, had received fatal in juries. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Beakey, the parents of the little boy, are prostrated with grief both over the loss of their beloved son and the death of the grand mother, for whom they held the great est affection. Mr. Beakey is steward at the Hotel Portland, and has lived In this city for a great many years. For years he was steward at the Arlington Club. Owing to illness he has been ab sent from his duties at the Hotel Port land for several months. BISHOP M'CABE FOR WAR Would Like to See Dewey Sail Up Straits of Bosphorus. ISHPEMING. Mich.. Sept. 23. Bishop C. C. McCabe, of .Philadelphia, who is presiding over the sessions in progress here of the Detroit Methodist Episco pal conference, in a sermon today said that he would like to see war declared against the Sultan of Turkey. He was applauded. "I am as a general thing opposed to war." said Bishop McCabe, "but I would like one war, one against the Sultan of Turkey, and I would like to participate In it. "I would like to see Dewey with a good fleet sail up the Straits of Bos phorus. We do not want any more such rules as the Sultan of Turkey and the Czar of Russia ." GUNBOAT HELENA IS LOST Reported to Have Gone Down Off China Coast. MANILA. Sept. 23. It is reported that the United States gunboat Helena has been lost off the Chinese coast. No par ticulars have been received. WASHINGTON. Sept. 23. The Helena had been attached to the naval station at Cavlte for some time. She is a light-draft gunboat of eisht guns, 302 tons and 19S8 horsepower. She is credited with a speed of 15.50 knots, was 250 feet long, 40 feet beam and nine foot mean draft. According to the latest register of the Naval Department she was commanded by Commander James C. Gillmore. and the other officers are given as follows: Lieutenants Herbert G. Sparrow and Roe W. Vincent: Ensigns Myles Joyce and Ed win O. Fitch. Jr.: Assistant Surgeon Lew- is H. Wheeler, Assistant Paymaster Em ory l. Stanley and First Lieutenant of Marines Richard B. Creecy. The Helena was designed especially for cruising in Chinese waters and was con structed with a - light draft, that she might navigate the Chinese rivers. Up to a late hour last night no advices bad come to the Navy Department relative to the Helena. Coal Hearing at Salt Lake. SALT LAKE. Sept. 23. The taking of testimony relating to the alleged discrim ination of the Union Pacific Railway in handling Wyoming coal will be com menced this morning by the Interstate Commerce Commission. . Vice-President and General Manager W. H. Bancroft, of the Oregon Short Line, is among the witnesses who have been subpenaed CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. S3 aeg.: minimum, 37. Precipitation, 0.85 of an Inch. TODAY'S Probably fair. Westerly .winds. Race War in Georgia. Seven companies of militia are patrolling- the streets of Atlanta. Page 1. Negroes are leaving the elty after terrible raids made by mob during the nlsht. Page 1. Politics. Republican and Democratic state conven tions meet In New York State next Tues day. Page 1. Hlggins may decide not to run again for Governor. P.age 2. Hearst makes the strongest snowing among Democratic candidates. Page 2. Senator Smoot to champion Army canteen In revenge for attack of women. Page 4. Cuba. American mediation win probably bring temporary peace in the Island of Cuba. Page 1. Foreign. Sultan of Turkey has cancer of the kidneys and cannot live long. Page 4. German Social Democratic party meets in annual congress to consider general strike. Page 4. Plot to massacre Jews Is discovered at Odessa. Page 4. National. United States gunboat Helena reported lost in Chinese waters. Page 1. Rear-Admiral Brownson's squadron leaves Gibraltar for Italian ports. Puge 4. Domest ic. Steamer Prlnjs Adclbert with the fugitive banker, Stensland, has not arrived. Page 3. Dowle says he has been abused by his wife for 5 years. Page 4. Union Pacific will Install gasoline motora on all suburban lines. Page 3, New York police (Ind dismembered body of Italian concealed In bags. Page 4. Sport. Dates of Multnomah-Spokane-Seattle boxing and wrestling tournaments fixed. Page 5. Fresno wins last game on local ball grounds. Page 5. Aged veteran High Gun at Rod and Gun Club trap shoot. Page 5. Pacific Coast. Washington Democracy has a dearth of candidates for state nominations. Page 4. George T. Myers reports shortage In salmon pack of Western Alaska. Page 4. Contractor finds 20 bodies In debris of San Francisco streets. Page 3. Portland and Vicinity. Boy of 2 years fatally crushed under barn door and his grandmother, aged 78. dies from the shock. Page 1. Methodist Church leader tells of good work done by Protestant missionaries In Orient. Page 12. Dr. E. P. Hill preaches farewell sermon. Page 9. Portland pastors urge congregations to con tribute to association building fund. Page 8. Assessor gives total assessed valuation of county at J170.O0O.000. Page 14. Grainhandlers may not go to work this morning. Page 8. Assessor Sigler says directory estimate of Portland's population Is too high. Page 8. Project on foot to pave Union avenue from East Morrison street to Columbia boule vard. Page 14. Rev. Hiram Vrooman, in Sunday discourse, answers question, "Who ' was Jesus Christ?" Page 0. County School Superintendent says free text-book law would save state 30,000 a year. Page 8. 4.'? " V 13 1 '4 I- x " ' ' J I : u ' i ' A.' W. R. Hearnt. THREE PARTIES IN NEW YORK FIGHT Old Line Conventions On Same Day. BOTH ARE TORN WITH FACTIONS Hearst Hopes to Get DerruH cratic Indorsement. NAMED BY INDEPENDENTS -I Governor Hlggins Appears to Havi the Best of' the Struggle With Odell, but May Give Way to Another Candidate. NEW YORK. Sept. 23. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) Tne determination of both of the old polit ical parties In this state to hold their state conventions on the same date this year is in Its way indicative of the unprecedented situation in the political affairs of this commonwealth. It is a situation which has attracted the in terest of the entire country, and i3 looked to to have an effect upon the Presidential campaign of two years hence. The situation Involves men of Na tional political repute, and President Roosevelt himself has let his influence diplomatically be felt, though ostensi bly keeping "hands off." Both Republican and Democratic ; parties are torn with factional dis putes. With those internal dissensions afflicting the old parties, a third polit ical party has been launched, under the title of the Independence League. This league, which now has completed its organization in every county of the state, is the outgrowth of the Municipal Ownership League, which made the Mayoralty fight in New yorlc City last November with William Ran dolph Hearst, the Congressman anil newspaper proprietor, at the head of the ticket. Hearst fell short of elec tion on the face of the returns by some 3000 votes. He contested, but ths ballot-boxes have never been opened. Hearst to Pay for Ballot-Roxes. A petition to the Supreme Court to burn the ballots was recently made by the Corporation Counsel. Hearst re sisted this move and was sustained by the court with the understanding that Hearst would furnish, at his own ex pense, the new ballot-boxes needed for the local primaries and the regular election In November. The Republican state convention la to be held at Saratoga, beginning' Tuesday. September 2.", and will con tinue probably through Wednesday. The Democratic state convention is ta be held at Buffalo, beginning the sama day and continuing through Wednes day or until a nomination has been, agreed upon. Ex-Governor B. B. Odell, Jr., a state chairman, will call the Republi can assemblage to order. Cord Meyer, of New York, Is the chairman of tha Democratic State Committee, having" been elected to that position for the Parker and Herrick campaign two years ago. Democrats Xanie Date First. The Democrats were first to choose a convention date. The Republicans haoT apparently been undecided as to whether they should meet before or after the Democrats. Chairman Odell called the State Committee together soon after the Democrats had an nounced their decision, and the Gordlfln knot was cut by a decision to meet simultaneously with the Democrats. It was argued that if the Democrats met first they would place the Republican administration on the defensive, whereas if the Republicans met first the Democrats would be in a position to attack the platform in convention, and get a good supply of political am munition before the public through th9 medium of convention addresses. The Democratic convention promises to be one of the liveliest ever held In this state. Hearst's name will be placed before It by the delegates who have been instructed to vote for his nomination. Hearst Is likely to be at tacked by ills opponents on the ground that he Is the head of an "outlaw" ticket, and that he cannot be named or indorsed without turning the Demo cratic party over to, the newly-organized Independence League, which in cludes both Democrats and Republi cans in its membership. These lines of battle have already been laid down, and there is no need for conjecture on the point. Mack Turns Down Hearst. . : The naming of a complete ticket by the Independence League caused Nor man E. Mack, Democratic National Committeeman for New York State, to) withdraw his support of Hearst. He explained that he had favored Hearst as a Democratic and not as an Inde pendent candidate. Another name to go before the Dem ocratic convention is that of the pres ent District Attorney of New York;' County, William Travera Jerome. Je rome lent immeasurably to the inter est of the situation a few weeks ago) Concluded on Page 3.) ' : I