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r THE REPUBLICAN-JOURNAL is a. Member of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, the world's greatest news- gathering agency. RELIABILITY is its watchword. J *r CIRCULATION % \of Quantity and Quality makes THE REPUBLICAN-JOURNAL the fore- most Advertising Medium in North- ern New York. ST. LAWRENCE REPUBLICAN EST. 1S30. OGDENSBURG DAILY JOURNAL EST. 1855. OGDENSBURG, N. Y., JUNE 5, 1916. THE WEATHER Probably fair Monday and Tues- day. COLONEL'S CHANCES FADING, IS LATEST VIEW AT CHICAGO FIGHT OVER ROOT AND HUGHES BEGINS IN REAL EARN- EST AS DELEGATES ARRIVE FROM ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY FOR CONVENTION. GOV. WHITMAN LEADS THE HUGHES FIGHT Hitchcock Meets Governor on Arrival—Whitman Issues Statement that Hughes Will Without Doubt be Nominated. Chicago, June 4.—For some unknown reason, for which no explanation is offered, there is a growing conviction tonight among both Republican and Progressive leaders that Colonel Roosevelt will not be nominated by the older party, Aniong those who hold \to this view are many numbered among the Colonel's closest friends, who, none the less, are not giving up the fight. The leaders who take this view of the situation seem to think Justice Hughes is the man who can bring the Republican and Progressive parties together, and present a solid front to the Democratic opposition, even though they are not convinced that the justice can win the nomination. The situation which this condition presents is unprecedented. None of the leaders on the ground profess to have any idea of what will happen. It is notable that all the speculation so far has been principally among the leaders, probably less than fifty of them, and that the delegates have had very little part in it. WHITMAN LEADS HUGHES FORCES ' Chicago, June 4th—New York Republicans' bitter factional figkt over the Root and Hughes delegations to the National Convention, the chairmanship of the delegation, and the State's place on the National Committee, began in earnest today with the arrival of a special train here carrying a major- ity of the delegation. From headquarters in the Blackstone Hotel, Governor Whitman directed the charge for Hughes delegates, and urged the candidacy of Herbert Parsons for National Committeeman to succeed William Barnes, as well as his own candidacy tor the leadership of the state delegation to the convention. He was flanked by Frank H. Hitchcock, former postmaster-gen- eral, and Frederick A. Taner, chairman of the New York Republican State Committee; Col. William M. Ward, the Westchester county leader. _ On the same floor with'the Governor, Elon R. Brown, Re- publican leader of the Senate, and the Root lieutenant of the delegation, held forth. He saw few persons, though the real adherents conferences of the Root were held in the room of William Barnes, a short distance down Michi- gan Avenue in the Congress Hotel. Mr. Barnes had a busy day of confer- ences. He was kept on his feet rush- ing between his' two rooms, conferring with delegates and others. He had nothing to say for publication. Asked about the number of New York dele- gates who favored Mr. Root, he refer- red inquiries to other members of the delegation. Regarding the candidacy of Mr. Parsons and Mr. Whitman, he had nothing to say. An insistent rumor however, was that Mr. Barnes would carry a persis- tent fight against Mr. Parsons. Thus far, no objection to Governor Whitman heading the delegation has crystalized, and the governor and his friends stat- ed today they did not think he would be opposed. Governor Confident Hughes Will Be Nominated. The arrival of the governor, his be- ing met at the train by Mr. Hitchcock, and their subsequent conferences, gave rise to the oft-repeated rumor that a statement regarding their right to represent Justice Hughes might be issued, but it proved false. The gov- ernor first dictated a lengthy state- ment on the national situation, and later drafted it into one paragraph:— \Justice Hughes,\ the statement read, \will have a majority of the dele- gates from New York State, and there is no doubt that he will be nominated by the convention. The governor smiled when the Progressive state- ment that Justice Hughes would be acceptable to them only if he made his position on certain national issues clear was repeated to him. \I hope the Progressives will support Justice Hughes,\ he remarked. ' Supporters of Justice Hughes made no attempt to conceal their pleasure over the governor and Mr. Hitchcock getting together on apparently the most amicable terms upon the gover- nor's arrival. Rumors of jealousy between them over who should be the real leader of the Hughes movement! in the convention have been current j the last few days. Hughes men denied the reports vigorously until today, when the two rode from the train to the governor's hotel together. That action, the Hughes followers then in- sisted, put at rest all rumors of fac- tional strife in their camp. After a conference at the hotel, and Ihe issuance of the statement, the gov- ernor, Mr. Hitchcock, and William Hayward, a member of the New York Public Service Commission, went motoring together. Previously Oscar Strauss, Progressive candidate for gov- ernor of New York four years ago, chatted with the executive in the hotel lobby. No formal statement was forthcom- ing from the Root followers. Senator '•Brown said he was certain that a ^majority of the delegation favored Mr. Koot, The New York delegates will confer Tuesday night, but it is not certain what action they will then take. They may not nominate the leader of the delegation until after the National Committeeman is selected. Delegates Groping in Dark. Little more than half of the dele- gates to the Republican convention had reached Chicago tonight. Those GOV. WHITMAN WHO LEADS CHARGE OF THE HUGHES FORCES AT CHICAGO. who are here are uncertain of the at- titude of the other men from their cities. It seemed certain that Colonel Roosevelt could have the Progressive nomination at once if he would say the word, and still leave the way open to withdraw his candidacy if the Re- publican convention nominated a man whom he was willing to support. One faction among Progressives favors naming Colonel Roosevelt on the first day of the convention, and then await- ing the ^action of the Republicans. Another faction would prefer to make no nomination until after it was known what the Republicans purposed to do. On every hand tonight there is spec- ulation as to what the \Old Guard\ will do of it succeeds in defeating Colonel Roosevelt for the nomination; whether they would go the whole dis- tance and name a man of.their num- ber such as Root, Fairbanks, Weeks or Burton; or whether they would at- tempt to conciliate the Progressives by choosing a man whom the latter might support. The name of Justice Hughes is the only one that has been brought forward so far as having such possibility. Among the rank and file of the Re- publicans* there are indications of a genuine effort to draw the Progres- sives back into the old party. One of the evidences is the lack of the harsh criticism and bellicose demon- strations which characterized the con- vention party of 1912. Apparently all factions learned a lesson from the dis- astrous consequences following the split four years ago, and as a result nothing is heard in the nature of braggadocio or defiance. IT 10 35C 3C 11 n The Citizens of ; Ogdeh'sburg and St. Lawrence County are today presented with a new newspaper. Henceforth our subscribers will be served with a morn- ing paper to be called ' •*\ ' '' \ THE BEPUBLfGAN-JOURNAL which will combine all the excellent qualities of the St. Lawrence Republican and the Ogdensburg Journal in their respective fields. TO OUR ADVERTISERS we offer an exceptional medium of publicity. Each day their announcements will be carried to every village and into every corner of St. Lawrence County. THE CO-OPERATION OF ADVERTISERS WILL BE OF MUTUAL BENEFIT AND WILL MAKE POSSIBLE THE PUBLICATION OF A NEWS- PAPER SUCH AS OGDENSBURG HAS LONG L) DESIRED. m in DC L EEI J GERMAN LOSSES *wmrmr. BRITISH ADMIRALTY CLAIMS ENGLISH FLEET SUSTAIN, ED LESS DAMAGE THAN TEUT0N--BERESF0RD SCORES DELAY IN NEWS. EIGHTEEN GERMAN SHIPS REPORTED SUNK CHICAGO, THE NOISIEST SPOT IN THE WORLD CONVENTION CROWDS SURGING INTO WINDY CITY, FILLING HOTELS TO CAPACITY—TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY FAIL TO GAIN ADMIS- SION TO COLISEUM. 200 MILLION DOLLAR MERGER OF AUTO FIRMS Chicago, June 4, (Special.).—Chica- go started today to make good on the prediction that for the next week it will be the noisiest spot in the world: -^-unless it be Verdun. Certainly it will be the spot where more Words are spilled than anywhere else. All of whieh is by way of preface to the fact that the convention crowds began ar- riving today. They came chaperoned by bands, megaphoned assistants, sing- ers and just plain noise-makers. By Wednesday, Chicago will be swollen with people to nearly twice its normal Size. There are 985 delegates to the Republican national convention, to ar- rive, 985 alternates to the same, near- ly 1,000 delegates and alternates to the Progressive National convention, 20,000 women workers for the ballots, mostly out of town boosters; to say nothing of just plain spectators to the various affairs. Already the lobbies of Chicago's loop hotels seem as choked with humanity as they did at the height of the Republican convention' session four years ago. All the hotels, incidentally, began today removing'ev- ery bit of furniture from their lobbies.. No flower pots, vases or chairs will clutter up space where enthusiasts' may gossip, nor be near at hand for- weapons in case arguments wax too hot. One well known hotel, which sports a fountain in the middle of one of its dining rooms, began today to in- close this spot of water. It is a pre- caution •• which proved successful four years ago and saved a lot pf rescues of persons and things which in previous convention times seemed to have a natural habit of 'gravitating thereto. ,The Coliseum> and the Auditorium, r where the Republican and Progressive hosts will hold solemn conclave, were ready for the crowds today. Tickets for the Republican convention were at the biggest premium they ever have been for such a gathering. There were plenty of offers of $350 for a single ticket admitting holder to the expect- ed four daily sessions—and tickets scarce at that. It was estitmated that the attempt to gain admittance will be made in vain by about ten thousand people. Only 12,400 seats for the pub- lic have been provided in the Coli- seum. Fakirs thronged Michigan ave- nue and reaped a rich harvest in.the sale of badges, banners, pictures and souvenirs. Most of the big delega- tions- were expected today. New York's 90, with alternates, co-workers, .^angers-on and admirers, arrived on a special train this morning. Deputy Chief of Police Schuettler has sworn in several hundred extra policemen arid almost an equal number of plain clothesmen, borrowed from other cities, went on duty today to keep a wary eye on tne undesirables. The only formal routine observed today was the meeting of the Republican Na- tional committee, cleaning up contests and transacting the thousand and one details incident to stage-managing the big pow-wow. London, June 4.—The British Ad- miralty tonight issued a statement saying there was the strongest grounds for the belief that the British navy, in the battle with the Germans off Jutland last week, had accounted for a total of eighteen German men- of-war, and that there was nothing to add to or substract from the original announcement of the British losses. The statement gave the German losses as 2 battleships, 2 dread- naught battle-cruisers, 4 light cruis- .ers, 9 torpedo boat destroyers, and a submarine. The pessimism which prevailed as a result of the Admiralty's original statement of losses, which is now con- sidered to have been needlessly candid and conservative in under-estimating the extent of the German losses as compared with those of Great Britain, has been greatly lessened by the latest statement. A dispatch from Copenhagen says rumors are current in Hamburg that' two additional German warships than those announced in the German com- munication—the battleship Westfalen and the battle-cruiser LutzoW—were sunk in the battle. A wireless dis- -l>\atcH?Teceived;'!ier-e -Saturday 'from- Berlin stated the German Admiralty admitted the loss of the Westfalen. The Admiralty statement tonight declares-that the German losses in the J. N. Willys Announces Plans for Big Hold- ing Company. Toledo, Ohio, June 14.—Immediately after John N. Willys, president of the Willys-Overland company, arrived from New York yesterday he issued a statement officially confirming reports of organization of a $200,000,000 motor car combine. Mr. Willy's statement follows: \A great many reports have been circulated of the contemplated merger of the Willys-Overland, Hudson, Chal- mers, Auto-Lite and other companies. Negotiations are pending, which, with- out-doubt, will result in the formation of a holding company, the name of which has not yet been decided upon, controlling the companies. \The management of the new cor- poration will be controlled by the mo- tor car interests and not by the af- ffiliated banking interests. \Louis Kaufmann, president of the VERDUN DRIVE IS SATISFACTORY-BERLIN CLAIM CAPTURE OF MORE THAN 500 PRISONERS Berlin, June' 4, via London,—Thie German drive on the Verdun front, be- tween the Caillette woods and Dam- loup, northeast of the fortress, is pro- gressing favorably for the attacking forces, the war office announced today. The capture of more than 500 pris- oners and 4 machine guns is reported Chatham and Phoenix National bank, New York, is forming a syndicate to underwrite the securities of the hew corporation. Mr. Kaufmann will have associated with him some of -the strongest banking interests in New York. \The Willys-Overland, as well as the Hudson and Chalmers companies, will operate under the same manage- ments aftd in exactly the same manner as they are operated at the present. \John N. Willys, will be president pf the new holding company. The capital will be approximately $200,000,000.\ . N.Y. PROGRESSIVES WILL STICK TO T.R. CHAIRMAN SAYS DELEGATES WILL VOTE FOR NO OTHER MAN. ' -New York, June 4.—The declara- tion that the New York delegation to the Progressive National Convention would vote for the nomination of Col- onel Theodore Roosevelt for president, and for no one else, was made today by John J. O'Conneil, New York chair- man, just before he boarded a special train which will carry delegates, al- ternates and party enthusiasts to Chicago. \We are prepared to fight to a finish against any one else being nominated,\ declared Mr. O'Conneil. Other lead- ers in the delegation echoed the sen- timents of the chairman. Moose Committtee Meets Today. Chicago, June 4th—The Progressive fight were not only relatively but ab- solutely greater than those of the British. Maintaining its practice of caution, the Admiralty still refrains from giving the names of the lost Ger-i man ships. The official list of the casualties among officers shows that hardly a single officer of the line escaped from the British cruisers sunk in the bat- tle. An additional casualty list of petty officers shows that 43 of them were saved from the Queeii Mary, In- vincible, Fortune, Ardent and Shark. None were saved from the Indefatig- able, Defence, Black Prince, Tipper- ary, Turbulent, Nomad or Mentor. The list gives the names of 65 men killed ' aboard the battleship Warrior, and 27 wounded. On other ships engaged in the fight,. 115 men were killed and 85 wounded. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, in an interview today, while contending strongly for the view that there was no failure in the British strategy, and that Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty won a most brilliant success, though it was dearly bought, declares that the only mistake made was by the Ad- miralty in allowing the Germans to get first in-the field with the news-of-.the battle, or, as he puts it, with \impud- ent fabrication.\ Otherwise, ' said Lord Beresford, no fault could be found with the Admiralty. STRUGGLE AT VERDUN STILL CONTINUES; CANADIANS RECOVE LOST POSITIONS The great naval battle fought by hte British and Germans off the coast of Jutland last week continues the all absorbing feature of the war. While Germany still holds to her original an- nouncement of loss—a battleship, three cruisers and seven torpedo boat destroyers—the Britsh admiralty says there is the strongest ground for sup- posing that the Germans lost two battleships, two dreadnaught battle- cruisers, four light cruisers, nine tor- pedo boat destroyers and a submarine —eighteen in all. The Admiralty says that with the destruction of these ships Germany's losses were not re- latively but absolutely heavier than those of the British. The region of Vaux and Dam- loup, northeast of Verdun, has been the scene of further futile attempts of the Germans to pierce the French lines. All of the attacks were set at naught by the French fire, except a night attack between Damloup and Fort Vaux, where the Germans ob- tained a foothold in the French trenches. From this, however, they were immediately driven out by coun- ter attacks. The Canadian troops and Germans have been battling fiercely on the Ypres salient.' The Germans' guns opened up several days ago, deluging the Canadian positions and the sur- rounding territory with shells. Then the German infantry advanced along an extended front of almost two miles; capturing trenches. In a series of counter attacks, in which bomb and bayonet played an important part, the Canadians regained most of the lost ground, and have reorganized their positions. On the Russian front, violent artilf-\ ery duels are going on in the Bessara- bian and Volhynian regions. Several Russian infantry attacks against the Austrian positions were repulsed. The Italians in the region of Arsiero are holding the Austrians from further advances in the desperate struggle that is going on in this regiofB The Austrians, in a series of heavy offen- sives, attempted to break through the Italian lines in the direction' of; On- aro, but were driven back. Bombafd- ments are still heavy on the other sec- tors of the Austro-Italian front. According to unofficial advices from Saloniki, General Sarrail, the- French commander, has declared martial law in the entire zone occupied by the en- tente allies, and the allied troops liave taken over the telegraph offices, port- and custom house at Saloniki. National Committee will meet tomor- row morning at ten o'clock to make final arrangements for the third party convention at the Auditorium on June 7th. • As there are no contested seats in the convention, only routine business is planned by the committee. GERMANS CHECKED AT FORT VAUX BRANDEiS TAKES OATH TODAY Washington, June 4.—Louis D. Brandeis of Boston will take the oath as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States tomorrow. ARTILLERY STOPS ASSAULT/ FROM SOUTHEAST ; Paris, June 4:—Several attempts' made by tne Germans last night aridr_ this morning to turn the French pOs-' ition at Fort Vaux, on the Verdun front, from the southeast, were unsue-' (Continued ori page 2.) .
