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C11 Ell HUGHES ON THIRD BAI Way Was Cleared for Hughes When Other Candidates With drew. Fairbanks is Named as Candidate for Vice-Presi dent. Hughes Issues Clear Cut Statement. ROOSEVELT NOMINATED BY PROGRESSIVE PARTY Roosevelt Tentatively Refuses, Await. ing More Explicit Declarat on of Views on Vit.-l Issues by Hughes Before Final Decision.-Progres. sives Name John M. Parker of Louisiana For Vice President. Chicago.- - CharlEs llughes and Theodore Roosevelt. both of New York, were nominated for President by the Republican and Progressive conventions at 12:49 and 12-47 o'clock Saturday, respectively, the Roosevelt nomination beating the iughes nomli nation by exactly two miniutes. Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana was nominated for Vice President on the Republican ticket and John M. Parker of Louisiana on the Progres sive. The Hughes nomination was made on the third ballot of the con vention, the Roosevelt nomination by acclamation. Colonel Roosevelt sent a tentative declination of the nomination, with the understanding that it was to stand If Hughes turned out to be sound on the issues of Americanism and pre paredness, and that if Hughes turned out to be pactilistic. pussy-footed, or pro-German he would niecept and make tle raec as the Progressive can didate. Justice llughes broke all records by accepting the nomination by telegraph without waiting for a formal notifica tion by the regularly appointed com Iittee, and declared his position not only on the issues regarded by Col. onel Roosevelt as the test issues, but also On the other principal questions raised by the Iepublic(an platform. For a long time a third t legram, this one from Ar. Fairbnk leclining the Vic I'residentiatlnoI ation, was anl talready had sent a private one to that effect, but, in. stead, he accepted over the telephone. The Conference Committee scheme failed because the Republicans would name no candidate. At the last minute, after every effort to induce them to do THEODORE ROOSEVELT. so had provpd ineffectlive, Colonel Roosevelt taimself proposed union on 1ry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, ~.~ 'e' two Conference Commit tees so ~ported, but the Progressive Conven ~ laid the, telegram on the table Sthe Republicans paid no attention nominating ballot showed this ughes 949 1-2; Roosevelt 18 1-2; go 7; Du Pont 5; Weeks 3; La .lette-8;. absent 1. Total 987. th'gFrank H. Hitchcock let ~?sbe atnown. that .the Hughes men 46tdBfurton - for second place, el oMr. Fairbanks and QceayBukt fNebraska, ali'frVice President show. aks'86; Brket 18; orth on j ohnson 1,a secat dotvoting 6. Total 987. JSeadera Seen SatIsfied. *1. p. in ,he convention ack .. Ther'e Were expressions of i fromi Alt the leaders and Waeates. 'he delegrations NOMINATEI LOT ACCEPT said a nominee would be born In th convention, and he was." "I am very much pleased, of course, said Mr. Hitchcock. "It means a re united Republican party and victor in November." The nomination of Mr. Hughes wa made possible so soon by an ovez night break up of the allied favorit sons' combination which early in th morning released its delegates, pra tically all of whom were known t favor Mr. Hughes when freed fron their instructions. Favorite Sons Withdrew. When the convention began bus ness shortly before noon the witl drawal of the favorite sons was ar nounced one after another and th votes began flopping into the Hughe column in solid blocks so rapidly the the nomination plainly was assure before the' roll call had gone fly states. When it got to Colorado th drift was so apparent that a proposa to make it unanimous was made, bu Chairman Harding ruled that the ba loting should take its regular course. Greeted By Yells. Each addition to the Hughes co umn was greeted by yells of exulti tion from the rapidly accumulatin Hughes delegates and steadily state b state the votes piled up until Nei Jersey carried it past- the require 494 and the remainder was only formality. In rapid succession as the vote wer on Du Pont was withdrawn by De aware and his solid block was cas for Hughes; Illinois withdrew She; man; Ohio withdrew Burton; low withdrew Cummins; New York wit1 drew Root; Massachusetts withdre' Weeks. Practically all of these ne votes were cast for Hughes, only few remaining in compliment to th favorite sons who brought them. Candidates Pledge Support. Then one after the other, Senatc Weeks and Senator Lodge took th platform pledged loyalty to the non inee and asked all their supporter to do likewise% Similar announce ments were made from all the favo its sons delegation. As the roll call proceeded whol blocks of votes piled in for Fairbani an(d his nomination' was such a for gone conclusion that the delegates b gan leaving and Caused such conf sion that the balloting was heard wit difficulty. Burton Goes to Fairbanks. With the end of the balloting ft the presidential nomination and th official announcement the ballotin for Vlice President began. There wer some surprise when Governor Willi of Ohio withdrew Burton's name an cast the whole block of Ohio votes fc Fairbanks. After Chairman Harding had off cially announced the nomination c Fairbanks, the usual resolutions wei p~assedl. Chairman Hilles called meeting of the new National commi tee for organization, and the conve tion adljourned. Notable Convention. The convention was notable in y litical history for many things. man1 w' o had steadfastly refused seek the nomination had been chosei it was the first Republican conventi4 since 1888 which had been forced tak~e more than one ballot to agrl upon01 a ('andlidate, and it had bed marked by a lack of riotous deme stration andl nervous enthusias which hitherto had boon a featu of such gatherings. It did not toni any of the existing records for st tained~ deomonstrations, but dos'pi the fact that it was wholly and decd edly "unbossed;" it moved with a pi cision and quietness wvhich .had n been equalled since the McKinley cc veneton in Philadelphia. ROOSEVELT DECLARES.THAT HE I8 OUT OF POLITIC Of'ster Bay, N. Y.--Theodore Root volt reiterated that he ib out of po tics. "I want to tell you newspaper mues he said, "th~at it's no use for you come here tQ see me. I will ha' nothing to say. I will answer nO que tions, so please ,.don't ask me to. am out of politics." If the former President has ai plans for the immediate future 0th than to' continue his literary work, I has not made them public. A flood of telegratns has been r (ceived. It was announced that mc of them approved his action in d clining to become a candidate upt the Progressive ticket. WVhile Colonel Roosevelt would n discuss the questIon his inatimats considered it altogether tunlikely thi ho would reconsider his condition refusal to head a third ticket. has not yet made it clear whether' not he will support the candidacy Mr. Hughes. MOOSE COMMITTEE TO. , .MEET AGAIN JUNS I Ohicago.--After a stormy -sesik laeting pnore than three hourp ti ;Pt'eo ve natdonel comi tp sA, i~ nd 0. a b )W e D e 9 a t .1 yp atheLatest photograph of Charles Evans Hughes, who was nominated by - the-Republican Convention at Chicago. as candidate for President of the t United States. t and. E.- H. Hooker, of New York, Rhode Island-Hughes 10. treasurer. SOUTH CAROLINA-Hughes 8; a The national committee elected an Dupont 5. ' executive committee and decided South Dakota-Hughes 10. unanimously to hold another meeting Tennessee-Hughes 18; Roosevelt v June 26 In Chicago. Although mem- 3. a bers refused to discuss the meeting Texas-Hughes 26. e announcement' of the fact -that another Utah-Hughes 7; Roosevelt 1. is to be held was taken as an indica- Vermont-Hughes 8. tion that no settlement had been Virginia-Hughes 15. 0 r reached as to whether Colonel Roose- Washington-Hughes 14. c e velt's name would remain on the West Virginia-Hughes 16. I- ticket. Wisconsin-Hughes 23; LaFollette c 8 The executive committeemen are: a 1- George W. Perkins, of New York; Wyoming-Hughes 8. t r- William Flynn, of Pennsylvania; Alaska-Hughes 2. Matthew Hale, of Massachusetts; Hughes, 949 1.2; Roosevelt, 18 1-2; V e Harold L. Ickles, of Illinois; William Lodge, 7; Dupont, 5; Weeks, 3;-La- f a Allen White, of Kansas; Pearl Wright. Follette, 3; absent, 1. Total 987 3- of Lousiana; Chester H. Rowell, of 3- California; Everett Colby, of New i- Jersey and C. D. Polk of Michigan. CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS h First Ballot. Hughes 253 1-2, Root 103, Burton r 77 1-2. Weeks 105, Dupont 12, Sherman e 66, Fairbanks 74 1-2, Cummins 85, g Roosevelt 65, LaFollette 25, Brum. e baugh 29, Ford 32, Knox 36, Borah 2, s Willis 4. McCall 1, Taft 14. Not vot d ing 2 1-2. Total 987. r .. Second Ballot. I- Total-Hughes 328 1-2, Root 98 1-2, >f Burton 76 1-2, Weeks 79, Dupont 13, e Sherman 65, Fairbanks 88 1-2, Cum- . a mins 85, Roosevelt 81, LaFollette 25, t- Brumbaugh none, Knox 36, Harding n- 1, Wanamaker 6, Wood 1, McCall 1, RhodeaIsland-Hughes11. S ToHACAROLINA-Hughesoosevlt61 SouthrDakota-Hughes 15. TexaCaiforna-Huges226 Lo Coloraao-HHuhhes9!7Rooseveltl3 1. Stevenson, fVColoratoHmovedsn8m ination of Hughington-clamation4.~ Westn olnlViosvlt vihrgina-Hghe1. Wisconsnn-ughecu23;Hugoheett4. 'DelowareocantforuHughes, t '0- Delawsrea-Hghhes62. H-uhesd99o12;Rooevlt,181-2-. Illinoi, 3sabugte1sTota.987 GoerWillis, vofg2 Ohothdraws7. HAyeo AIabma--ugae wihra6.ar bak natoA-eona-Hghetio; forseve . i; Arkiansa-Hughes 30. mofo -agliena-uhe.6 to Iowoad-Hughes !Roseel 3. O ikta ePei twt e Stevnson, ofhe 20.rdo Charesd nom.es menatunkofHughes 2yaclmtin m he derlegateswhohves been Rosuppot rc asng ConettRoseekst, wioodeve Cb h-is aeswremn St nMecfromnfuthero co.nsarmnderhateubicniatonl, is- Minnestau-Hughes 24. omte n mngro h d-Den wr MiasstfoHughes, .;Roe uhsan arak apini ot isouri-HIughes-38. es2 b eulcn edr ee ro o* n- Geontaa-Hughes 17;.osvl .terlaigfrterhms IdNerasko-ughs 1h aesmnindwee rn *lNovas-Hlughes 658.ichoko ewYr;Rap D GovNerno HapWire-Hugfheo, w8tdr W ilimsfOe~,Jsp el Haye ereHges, o2 7na w-hRosevl fFninaardir-nnro Nw f= bank andkcand dharlet.on3foraHugheo. l- INowianx-oHRoevet ;Huhe0.cgn Wadwoth of NerrayCrarkof awithdrawsts reefo Huhks. e 8.carano h peilcmite-p X' Ioga-Hughes 26. . . . to ccket awiVhoe-r.identwith fl Not Kana-Hughes es 20.,gart heE appinte.0 s Kentuc---Hughes . -~~~tv omteeWih o~~c S Louisana-ughajes 1.~ aeet . F 9i rua ME CND tER~fEi fT *t arlad-Huhe .5;Roseel 1 - 3 Hughes 32. tione aspossible canidtesfo A0. "MORE'Pl5i.l KR'S ARMY'TAKES-TOA 106,000 OF ENEOMJW RIN ' WEEK. ALSO GUNS AND MUCH B006 Meneral Techitshyn's Forcs Alone Took 18,000 Austrianse-Turks At. tacks In Caucasus Repulsed With Enormous Losses. Petrograd, via London.-Continuing their offensive mnvement adds, over whelmed the Austrian troops, took prisoner 409 officers and 36,000 men, says the official statement issuedl here. rho Russians also captured 30 guns iud an enormous quantity of b oty. The army - of General Techitskyn. ilone, operated in the direction of 3zernowitz, Bukontina, the statements Idds, overwhelmed the Ausgro-Hungar lans and took 18,000 prisoners. Since the -present offensive was tarted one week ago, the Russians iave taken about 108,000 prisoners. "Our offensive In Volhynia, Galicia md Bukowina, have obtained fresh muccesses. The enemy armies con inue to suffer enormous losses, in risoners alone. "The fierce attacks of our troops ire throwing into our hands thous Lnds upon thousands of prisoners and booty of all kinds, the exact. estima ion of which is as yet impossible. "For instance, in a single sector 6n he enemy front we captured 21 earchlights, two convoys, 29- field itchens, 47 trains of. machine guns, 2,000 poods of -barbedwire, (a pood a equivalent to 36 pounds) 1,000 con rete. planks, 7,000,000 cubes of con rete, 10,000 pounds of coal, enormous epots of ammunition and quantities if arms and other material. "In another sector w6 captured 80, 00 rifle cartridges, 300 boxes of ma hine gun cartridges, 200 boxes of and grenadtes, 1,000 rifles, four ma hine guns ,two range .finders and a iorton portable pump for the extrac ion of drinking water. "The capture of such enormous rar materials prepared by the enem~y or various operations affords proof if how opportune: was our coup. "The Turks in the Caucasus region epeated attacks on our positions In he Platqna region but .were repulsed rith heavy losses, abandoning In ront of our trenches. hundreds of lead. In the direction of Gummes Lan we have occuliied first line ene'my renches. -In the direction of Diar >ekr, we are advancing and have aken prisoners and captured boxes of immunition." VISXICAN BANDITS RAID TWO RANCHES AND ESCAPE rroops of U. 8. Cavalry Go to Scene Which Was Near Laredo.-Take Yrwo Prisoners; Laredo, Tex.-Fitteen 'Mexican ban lits attacked four employes on the F'. A. Coleman ranch- at San Mauel, 10 miles northeast of Laredo, drove he ranchmen from the corral and es. 3aped with 83 horses. 'The same party, it is reported, raid ,d the Johrison and Coleman ranch in he same vicinity and captured two American cowboys, George Conover tnd Arthur Myers, who wore taken as >risoners into Mexico~. . Conover and mlyers were released af-ter being taken short dis'tance'by the Mexicans and 'eached Laredo unharmed. A tropp of cavalry -has been sent o the scene. George R. Alexanider, .foreman of he Colema'n ranch, with three men oft the ranch at daybreak -taking the iorses to a pasture. When 12 miles rom the Rio Grande, they were sud lonly attacked fronm the rear by Miex cans who evidently had been follow ng them. The ranchers were comn oeIled to 'take to the brush abandon ng the horses, with which the bandits nade off. Alexander rode to Minera and re orted the incident to armyr officers mere by telephone. Arrangements for he result imiediately' were begun. erry steamer's crew. FNTIRE ITALIAN CABINET RESIGNS FOLLOWING CLASH London.-The Italian cabinet head id by Premier. Salandra, resigned. This action of the ministry resulted rom the failure of the Italian chain oer of deputies 'to pass a yote of con Idende in the govertnent jfter fli's resention of thie btidgetiof the mni, stry of --the interior. A fome 'dis.' atch receivea Chere b3h wireless elegraphy said tfts idinisterIal crisis' rould soon be eded. UCCEB80R TO HUGHES .NOT ,YYT. CON8iDE RED. WAshington-,P djdent Wilsonha ot yet beguh' cogsidoration of.a suc eliger 'to Jueticd Hughes .on the Su tNxne Court bench,. Because of his scent survey 'of available' lairyers to the - appointment' of; -Justice it OTED SPtA ES Al E or. ViI Kings Mounta 'Battle Grounds...-Knjoy Pioni, sion to U9pmont N. : C.-Record Attendance, York.-In all the 40- yeats of the existence of the Soutbarolina Piss association there has be6h n6 meetiag as successful as that which' has -ust closed-at York, kttrohave-the members of the Palmetto foth estate ever 6e: fore experienced such spacious and. whole hearted hospitality as tbat showered upon theni py the people of York. Business .was'suspended and the men of affairs devoted all . their time to the entertainment of the news paper men, while the lovely women of the city graciousr exerted themselves to insure the succels of the assembly. First Day. Arriving in York -on a special train which brought them -from Chester, where they had'been herded by Sect. tary. Joe Sparks, the men and womeln of the fourth estate were made warm ly welcome,' greeted in that Incompar. ably hospitable way which Is part of the heritage of York. At -the openiig session of the con vention J.-C, Wilborn, mayor of York, delivered- the -address of welcome and ,opened the gates .of the city in hoarty style.. The response was by J.- -L:. Mims of Edgefield, vice pyesident of the State Press Association,. J. C. M-Auliffe, business manager of- the Augusta Chronicle, delivered the main address of the evening. His subject .was 'The EPopomic Relation of Country Newspapers to the Com munity," and he talked in clear and siriple fashion of the problems of bus iness management of a newspaper, giving the press men much valuable information on how they order such things in Georgia. Second Day. ,A- 75 mile tour, in autobomiles driven by the leading men of. York, embrac ink King's Mountain -battlefield, Gas tonia, All Healing Springs and Clover occupied the day. At Linwood college luncheon was served to the 150 news paper men, their families and hosts by the women of Ycrk and It was a re past 'that surpassed .(he epicurean dreams of the hungriest editor. No banquet in the aninals of the associa tion was ever so much enjoyed an the bountiful array - , it at noon. After viewir ed to an ady great pivotal u~lkO ug nleVUAmeAUA Rion McKissick, contributing editor of - the Greenville News, who briefly out, lined the history of King's Mountain and its heroes lauding the indomitable spirit of the momitaineers who there: turned the tide toward the triumph of American freedom. During the evening a reception in llonor of the visitors *'as held a~t the. White Rose club. The 'attendance was ,the largest on record. 'Members from every part of the state were present. -hr Dy During the day the regular business sessions were held at which took place the election of officers, reading of zev eral special-papers and resolutions and other usual business:' .Dr. Talcott -Williams, clean of the Pulitzer School of Journalism of Qo lumbia University, New. York, deliv ered 'the chief 'address of the conven tion at the evening session. Fourth Day. caving York early in the morning on special-.train, ithe editors and th'eir party 'won tas far as 14dgemont. -Over the -beautiful' routi qf, the Carolina & Northwestern railway .intiw the heart of the famnous western North Carolina, making one of tijo most wonderful' scenic trips in this section of the United States. - Prizeal For Club Members. Columbi.-The American Berkshire Association has offered four prizes, open' to boys an-d girls, as follows: For- the best pure bred Berkshire gilt lider one year old, $12.50; for the best 'pure bred Berkshire brood sow over. bne year old, acompanigd by 'litter, '$12.60; for the best pure 'bred Berkshire boar under one year .old, $12.60; for the best pure .bred - Berk shire boar over one year old, $12.50. Further informatiori can be . btained from L. L. Baker, supervising agent of boys' club work, IFire Engine,Por Anderson. Anderson.-Thb oiti-,cuncil of An derson has cloaod a odntr~aqgtfor triple combintiin~ flt* ant days, The :g'v-lv b~i'' ~ The nmanufat -.i : ', $1,000 fO- 1W. lim I"ir. drawn hd *'ignh .ad .' ioI or harness, '~rr ['~ - 80Q. ga i' N 6. "