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vr.T,vtfi onrOOMAN. THURSDAY. MAY .16, 1912. ABERDEEN SENDS 1 0 DELEGATIONS Break Comes Quietly as Rival Caucuses Turn Into Conventions. GOVERNOR HAY SLIGHTED l.orenr IW Indorx-d Conimlt irfnua by RooeTelt MX'tln. Tft VrmOrn Full to Pecltle. Wllrtn Rrfu?. f-r.lln-j-1 f-e-n Ptrf Ps the niEht attemptlnr 10 mrrnrmm their position, even eortemrlatlna7 the reopenlnit of the Clallam County o st and the rating of their own dele-a-atlon to prevent any surprise that mtsht result in the loss of th conven tion. The Roosevelt force eoulil not fla-uro a chance to wtn thoujch estimating the vote to be close. The steerlnc commit tee that bad the fis-ht In hand waa afraid to t tnto convention lest If the f.jtht for control be lost the Roosevelt faction bo placed tn an ImpotrtW posi tion to compromise. Shortly before X o'clock thl mornlm the Roosevelt committee decid-d to hold a aeparate convention. Their cao r,,i was scheduled to meet tn Tythlan Hall at A. M. and the steerlnaT com mittee decided to allow It to continue In session until le o'clock and then develop rnlo a eonentlon. riMM Lusts Ail Mailt. Suddenly a change In plan de termined upon and a flKht to awltch rnnua-h votes to control waa launched. Half of the Franklin County delegation was won over an! an effort to et Yakima waa made. Then the commit tee woke up Governor May and de manded of him that he line hi Influ ence to forfe the Taft men to yield con trol to the I'.ooeevelt forces. Oeveroor Hay Instated that he could not accomplish any more than he had and the Roosevelt committee, still leavlnsr the matter open, went to bed at I A. it. Intending to make a final decision at 7:30 o'clock this morning-. Th Taft forces remained In caucus until 1 A. M Krlythls morning about daybreak Oovernor Hay set In motion a new movement for a compromise. Inducing" State Chairman Coiner to appoint a new Taft conference committee. This committee tet the Roosevelt forces In the Governor's rooms at 9 A. M. and an hour later had failed to reach a deci sion. The tSovrmor demanded that the ronfrreea agree. Insisting that the Taft forces yield In their demand for eiual representation. - Hay uuu (MirtTr Tilt. Moat of the Taft ronfreea were will Inir to make concessions, but If. G. Cosgrove held out In the conference he and Oovemor Hay had a sharp tilt over what the executive regarded m t'osarove's arbitrate attitude. W. H. ?alhamua for the Rooevelt forces de clared at the outset that his commit tee would have to take hark what would be Interpretted as a faverable compromise, or the hot heads of hh faction would not agree to any settle ment. An equal division and a proposal for elaht Roosevelt and sl Tail men were rejected by the Roosevelt forces. Gov ernor Hay as his Idea of fslrness. de clared that 10 Roosevelt and four Taft teeates or possibly a division of nine and live w uM be fair. Rut the Taft men would not accept this view and finally It waa azreed to recommend to both conventions that an adjournment be taken to 1 1". SI., and permit the conference to work out a compromise. An agreement to this effect was almost rradr for slpnature. but was aban doned a; the last moment and the two factions went back to report. Peace tleee Mvorf. T!ie tone of the Roosevelt caucus ll the meantime had shown that If a further conference was to be held each ounty would have to be given rcp resntatlon and the caucus was preari ously ne.ir to a decision to proceed when the peace aJvocatt'S succeeded in obtaining a yruiimni; consent for de-U. In the Taft meeting. Chairman ! Coiner labored hard t win a majority frr the peace proposal, but Cosgrove 1 apparently lia.l better success In Ins ttemand fr proceeding without con- J suitin? t' e Rooscvrlt forces further. J iille The canvass of the convention i was still on. Chairmtn Oialrman Coiner ! was Informed that the Roosevelt con vention was organlzinr and proceed ing to work and abandoned the e.tort for iela. A moment later former Msvor George W. I'ltllng. Thomas r. Vurphlne and Orln Grtnetead. arrived outside the convention hall to notify Coiner that they had succeeded In post poning the organisation of their con vention. They dtd not try to pass the police guards at the doors, but heard on the outside that the Taft convention was working and hurried back to start their men on an Independent eonvrn t'on. Pvuuletraj Hash Kails. bo the break tame without an at tempt of Cie Roosevelt forces to rusi the guards at the Taft convention an1 without a rtnal decision on any of the cort-s:ed delegations m the conten tion. Kai h convention naturally seat ed all of Its .ontest.d delegations. The Taft convention had but a spare representation from the ThlrJ Congres sional lustrtot. while the absentees from the Roosevelt gathering repre sented scattered sections of the state. Kerry County, reported a missing at the Taft convention, appeared tonight before the Roosevelt gathering. A death In the family of the county chairman In Kerry County prevented the arrival of that county's representative, and In all the late day convention maneuvering It waa not figured. In completing the record the Taft convention used the credentials of dele gates presented to the state committee, supp'.ementlng this with a rollcall to In. d'-ate the counties actually represent ed. The Roosevelt" convention went tnto greater detail, arranging to get the namea and poetotrice address of every delegate actually la attendance. Tart Ceaveattea Brief. The Taft convention was short af fair, lastirg but three hours, while the Roosevelt gathering prolonged lis de liberations until late tonight. The Taft caucus, anticipating a flghfon the Poor of the convention, l ad fully prepared It self, the Roosevelt leaders . being un certain a to their course, had neglect -e. an agreement on convention plans .nd so had to de all the work tod-V This fact Indicates that If the Roosevelt men had gone Into the convention to fight for control their unpreparedness would have been a greater handicap than the slight majority returned against them by the state committee. The Roosevelt convention Indorsed Lorenxo Dow as National Committee man, the Taft convention did not under take to settle this fight. Talk among Taft delegates elect Indicates the committeemen fight Ilea between S. A. Perkins, of Taeoma, and Howard Cos grove, of Seattle, odds favoring the former. Dtxaa's Head la Area. That the Roosevelt managers In the state convention as during the cam paign preceding this meeting were acting under direction of Senator Dixon, manager of the Roosevelt campaign, waa shown tn the exchange of tele grams between the local managers and Dixon. One read In the convention today quoted Dixon aa declaring that the country would not ratify. "Political burglary" and early messages show each step has been authorised by the National Committee. John U Wilson. ex-United States Senator, declined to go aa a Tfcft delegate, his friends assigning the rea son that the selection of one of the deiegates-at-large was distasteful to him. This matter waa not brought up In the convention and It Is merely a rumor collected In the convention aftermath. Dan I.andon. Seattle manager of the Roosevelt fight, declined to accept an election aa alternate, alleging an Im possibility to make the trip to Chi cago. It Is of Incidental Interest In this connection that two other Se attle Insurgents were elected as dele gates by the convention while London was only chosen as an alternate. UTAH ISM FOB TAFT HFKOUTS OF ROOSKVEIT MI NORITY ARE UNAVAILING. Pe-k-sau Instructed to Cse AH Hon orable Menna to Secure Presi dent's nenominatlon. PROVO. Utah, May U. Eight dele gates to the Republican National Con vention were added to the Taft column at the Utah tat convention toaa. Ac cording to the regulations adopted, the rtah delegation waa pledged "to use all honorabie means to secure Preal dent Taft's renomlnatlon." A minority of the resolutions com mittee recommended that the delegates be Instructed for the delegate "who will best represent the sentiment of the whole party to secure victory for the Republicans." Speakers for the minority report admitted that they de sired the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt, but the Taft forces Inter rupted the speeches, clamoring for a Wnen this was taken, the majority report, which. In addition to the pled to for Taft, defended the protective tarifr. nn untrammrled judiciary and pension" and called for legislation to protect ocean-going passengers and limit the term of Presidents to one term or six , years, waa adopted by viva voce vote. NOME DOCTOR IS GUILTY Criminal llbl Charge Holds but Convk-ted Man Appeals. NOME. Alaska. May IS. (Special J Hr J. J. Chambers, of- this cty.- who was arrested by W. A. Gllmore. Repub llcsn candidate for lelegate to con gress from Alaska, on a charge of criminal libel, yesterday was found gulltv by a trial Jury in this city and sentenced to fours months- Imprison ment. Dr. Chambers Immediately took an appeal to the District Court of the United States. Yesterday's conviction came as the culmination of a long struggle between Chambers and Gllmore. Including among othe rthlngs various lawsulta over mining contracts. The statement which Chambers Is alleged to have made and which caused the suit for libel was that Gllmore was disbarred while an attorney In the United Statea. UPHEAVAL IS PROMISED onllnud feom First rfe. mulgate a new bill to take the place of all other bills. The result will be reported to the Grange tomorrow, and If an agreement Is reached It will mean that the present Initiative bills will be called oft and a new meaaurc Initial d In their place, Crookew" taaeadmeat Viewed. The "crooked" amendment referred to by Governor West Is aliened to be aa follows: Arilcle IX of the constitution of the SMete orrron shall be. an.l hereby 1-. amended h. inserting afr Section la and before Section 3 the folios l is sertlon: And It shall l e des.gnstetl as itv.lon lb . .' Article IX. Article IX. Seoti.-n 11.. the principle of slng'e tax or lax on land only, shall never be sdcpied. Tssatlon of property for etate. county ard. municipal purposes and all clas sifications of property for taxation shall be br gen-ral las operating uniformly throughout tbe state and no la shall er be adopted exediptlng or reiielng from Its . . -. ... . nrtisortr of any kind whatsoever, exceyt :hat personal property or property held for municipal, educational. Ilterarr. scteotlflc. religious or -charitable purposes may be specially exempted by gen eral laws Memorial service wUl.bc held tomor row far members of the Grange who have passed away during the paet year. Kollowlng Is ' the list: Thomas Paulson. . -W.' SewalU J: C Bmock. A. B. Flndlay. all of Washing tog count-: !- M.. Carter, i. . Henry. Clackamas County: Mrs. Mary Mitchell. Benton County: Mrs. Ma Morrison. Josephine County. Klectlon of officers for the two years resulted as follows: --Master, C. E. Spence Oregon City, re-elected: over seer U U le. Looking Glass. Douglas Countv: lecturer. H. A. Darnall. Lents. Multnomah County; steward. R. b. Grant. Waverlv. Harney County, as-, . . ch.rU. llvea S h e r - sistnni "ir- ...... - - , wood. Washington County: chaplain. Cvrus Walker. Albany: treasurer. H. Hirschberg. Independence: secretary. Mrs. Mary 8. Howard. Mullno. Clacka mas County;- gatekeeper. C. C. Bore land. Oswego. Clackamas County. Law Ckaagea rror oa. Recommending laws and amend ments to the constitution of the fcHate of Oregon are prerogatlvea of the Grange. the legislative committee of which at the present session has submitted a few for consideration tomorrow. Following la the report In full: It Is oar belief that few things created by bamaa mlnoa and human hands are perfect. This applies to laws aa wsll as te things ma terial. :iM years ago the people of Oregon adopted tbe direct primary law. It has per. formed a great WW for th people In aefeattng the bosses and tn restoring to the people a large messurs ef the power uaurp-d be political machines. But good as H ts. It Is not perfect. Tims has shown that some amendments should be proposed by tbe friends of tbe primary, aad we onagers omeseekeifs! aymayiIS SUBDIVISION SALE OP THE FAMOUS CLEVELAND MEADOW ACRES The garden spot of Powell Valley., Within and adjoining the city limits of the beautiful suburban home city of Gresham, with its graded schools, banks and churches, electric lights and Bull Run water. Just across the street from the Mt. Hood Railway depot. Five miles from Portland's city limits. Suburban Acre Tracts 1, 2, 3, 5 to 10 acres, all cleared and under cultivation, ready for planting. The richest garden land in Multnomah County. PRICES 4600 to $730 per acre, 10 per cent down and 2 per cent per month. Business lots opposite: depot, 50x100. The future business center of this growing city. Prices, $250 to $350 per lot, 10 per cent down and 2 per cent per month. First on the Ground Gets Choice of Tracts SPECIAL EXCURSION TO GRESHAM, Mt Hood Railway Sunday, May 19th. Round trip tickets 25 cents, leaves Yamhill, between Second and Third streets, at 12:45 P. M., or take any car in city to Mt. Hood Railway depot for 1 :30 P. M. train. . For plat-of tract and full information call or phone CLARK CANNON COMPANY 274 dak and 80 Fourth streets, Board of Trade Building. Pacific Phone, Main 5407; Home, A 3252. The Manor Woman who wears an improperly fitted truss courts danger and endures constant discomfort. Many are the prey of quacks others suffer through ignorance in buying. 1 The proper selection and adjustment of a truss involves Skill, Knowledge and Experi ence. We claim all these for our expert fit ters. Men and women attend to this part of our business exclusively. Every truss we fit we warrant to fulfill its task, and our charge is reasonable. 47 years of experience is behind this paper. Woodard, Clarke & Co. OPEN AN ACCOUNT have aim ays tw. lyal advtx atc of tliii law. rrimmry Law Hit. Yoar ltiatlve rommittn has given mn Ideratlon lo ih Buhjcct .of amending h primary law. and w would Tpctfully recommend the amendments following : The sreatAsi objection now found to tha primary la the fact that a wnall minority doea .ftn nominate, and o aivea a prm of poor qualification too great a rhanco for nomination. Thu In th lat juternauriai el.-tton. the atandpat element of the R puhllran party lined up aolldly for bowir man, while the prmrreatve Republican vol a waa dtvijod amunnt IMmlck. Ilofer and Abraham We be'.lcve that the remedy to thl ob jection la to provide a method of aecohd rhoir votln. Thla la ud In Idaho and Waahlnaton wltli ar-ai aucceaa. Your com mittee rcomn)'nii the enactment of a law provldtna accond chnlca oting similar to that provided In Idaho. Wc recommend the amendment of section :Uo2 Lord's Oregon Ul. to provide that a candidate for public offlca may aecure th atcwaturea required to nominating petitiona where convenient to d s Wo reommend the amendment of section nr:4 I.ord a Or-;on Ukr to change trt time of filing nominating petitions to not lc than thirty .V daya before the primary, and to authorise th t'ounty "Irk to mail a nam p la ballot to each reglatcred voter with a copy of Instructions how to vote th ticket, not leas than tn U days prior to any election. We r-ommend the amendment of section 3.171 Lord's Oreprrm L,aaa t- pro v Id for de termining candidatea" position npn the bal lot bv l"t anH to rep.nl cbaptT '-' - Pcn- sfon Laws 1011. providing rotation of bal lot. We recommend the amendment of section ruhtf to provld that no candidate for pub lic office, or any other persona In behalf of such candidate, shall expend In excaaa of 11 per cent of one year's salary of such office, hut no candidate shall be limited to leas than $100 expenditure. Krgl'tratlfM Araendmeat Voiced. We recommend that the registration law be amended so that no voter shall be sworn in and so that a person shall not ba required to register but once while he remains a resi dent of a certain precinct, and that each voter be given a certificate of registration. We recommend the amendment of section U O. L. to provide that all money raised in a road district for road purposes shall be expended In the district where the money la ralaed. and that a apaclal fund be created for brldaea and bridae repairs. W e r eco ramend that road a u per v iaora ba authorised to forbid heavy hauling- upon public roads when the weather conditions are ainh that tho traffic would destroy tha vscfulnens of the roads for months. We believe that we are nearer a parcel poat law today than ever befor. and we earnestly urge all friends of the measure to urire upon our Congressmen the passage of this measure at this acasion of Congress. We suggest that the .State Orange re quest tho state grange legislative committee to work for the passage of a resolution by t he next I-eglslature requesting the ?ongreaemen for Oregon to support a parcels pot law. We earnestly recommend that the grange oppose the adoption of the proposed con stitutional amendment providing that a ma jority of all voting at the election shall be rrqulrrrl to adopt an amendment to th state constitution. We believe that the con stitution should b eaay of amendment. It is our belief that the will of the majority of the people, taking Interest enough to vot upon an amendment to the constitution, should ba all that le required to change the fundamental lewa of the state. I nlveralty Caae Vpsermost. -An Important matter to be consid ered tomorrow Is a report by a npeuial committee upon the proposed consoli dation of the University of Oregon and 1 tne atate Agricultural College, Another matter of special import ! ance is the single tax question, which : will come up In some form not yet made known. It is the belief that the measure will be killed, although it ts known to have a few adherents, even among the members of the Grange, Several proposed amendments to the Grange constitution- and by-laws will bold attention for an hour, among them being the proposed changes in repre sentation of subordinate gTanges at the State Grange. It is believed that some changes will be made In that respect, but there Is little probability that any Increase will be made In the per capita tax. although the funds in the State Grange treasury ran low last year, compared with former years. There are 30 dental surgeries for school children in Sweden. Great benefit has been derived from them, the children showing marked Improvement. Artist to Use Her Own Piano Miss Bade (pupil of Miss Marie A. S. Soule) to use magnificent Chickering, now in her own magnifi cent music-room, on occasion of jrala recital at Multnomah Hotel ballroom next Monday evening. ' V C v, . ... -.9 'bJ - I .!. IS ill 1 H te. r of Mtaa Hardc'a Maalc Boom la the MeaatWol Barde Maa.loa oa Marshall Street aad Cornell- ly : Instead of ordering one of the planoa cirnea in siock 07 cuers jauoic House for rental purposes Miss Barde will score the unique distinction of usin her ery own Chickering concert erand In her this year's recital, as indicated In the subjoined order and cordial testimonial: . . As a usual tliinic pianists and other rtlirts rent pianos for any pul.lli ap pearance, and frequently of lale years IiM-al mm'lc houiw. have bn supply ing pianos free of rharse to secure the publicity or advertiuinu to Ite secured thereby. In numerous rases. In fact, artists have- been subsidised to use one- or another ambitious maker"s pianos in public. Whenever sn artist or musical or ganisation uses tha '"bickering It Is solely for the rea.on tliat it Is consid ered th bet Instrument for the pur pose financial consideration never In fluence the choice of a Chlckerina-. The oid-time. honored house of Chtck erlnaT V gone will not pay an artist, even tho srreatest. to play Chlckerlnp Flanoa. In thta respect Chlrkertnic pons stand alon. .They aro the only house of anr prominence that does not ens-aa-e salaried artists to play their instruments. "Ellers Musio House, "Gentlemen: Will you pleae arrange to snd my own Chickerlna; Concert Grand Piano from my home to the Multnomah Hotel Ballroom for my re cital there on May 20. "I have been asked to play on many different makes of planoa. but no Instrument has eer fulfilled every requirement as has my beautiful Chlck-erinc- All of mr musical friends invariably express themselves moat enthusias tically and most appreciatively whenever they hear or try this wonderful piano, and I wish you would send your most careful men In delivering- it and bringing It back to my home. Very sincerely yours. 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