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: L. EVENING EDITION - -. "jpt nj. Mf' . WEATIIEJIJIKPORT K 81 fi JC j l Fair tonight and Thurs- " S EVENING EDITION Calling cards, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to err at the East OregonUa. !, . :iTY OFFICIAL PAPER. -:. VOL. 23. PENDLETON, OK EG ON, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 3. 1910. NO 6971 STANDPATTERS ARE DENOUNCED Senator Cummins Before the Iowa Republican Convention Makes Keynote Address. BAYS HOPE OF NATION" LIES IX PROGRESSIVES Iown Insurgent Makes Masterful Ad dross Before Assembly of Republl cane Says Republican Party Can Not Exist Half StaiidMtt, Half Pro gressive Renounces Ix.frlKlatlve Ac tions of Regulars In Lost Congress No Ho)e From Democratic Rule, He Says. Insurgents In Control. Des Moines, Aug. 3. Six pro- gressives and five regulars were named on the committee of resolutions, it Is expected the platform will be strongly lnsur- gent but there may be a minor- lty report. Senator Dolllvcr will probably be made permanent chairman. Regarding the Kansas lnsur- gent victory Dolllvcr said: "We expected the Insurgents to win Kansas. I have no doubt Can- non's visit there Increased the sentiment against the 'Interests.' Under the leadership of Murdock and Cummins. Kansas and Io- wa will take a leading part In the nation." Des Moines, In.. Aug. 3. With Senator A. R. Cummins as temporary chairman, and the progressives appar ently In control the Iowa republican state convention was opened today In the Coliseum. Iowa has been one of the storm centers of the republican "Insurgent" movement and the plnt for to be adopted by the convention Ib awaited with intense Interest by party leaders all over the nation. It Is certain that President Taft will receive the indorsement of the convention hut whether that Indorse ment shall be of the "ringing" varie ty or only lukewarm aepends upon the amount of Influence which the standpatters or stalwarts can exert In the convention. Some of the more radical delegates advocate the In dorsement of Taft only in so far as he has endeavored to carry out the pro gressive principles. Senators Dolllvcr and Cummins will doubtless be heartily Indorsed. At many of the county conventions to select delegates to today's convention, the Insurgents adopted resolutions calling upon President Taft to re move from hlB cabinet those who have attempted to read the progressives out of the party.. Senators Dolllver and Cummins and the Iowa congress men who opposed the tariff bill were lauded as having fought In "the cause of political righteousness." The Insurgent delegates favor a platform plank defending the prin ciples of conservation, as laid down by Theodore Roosevelt and Glfford Plnchot. The tenor of other county convention resolutions Indicate that the program to be followed today will be much the same as the Indiana gathering. Cummins' Address. Senator Cummins made the key note address of the convention. His speech In full follows: Gentlemen of the convention: Har mony Is like the poet, It Is born, not made. If It Is amongst us we will speedily hear Its sweet sounds; but If It Is not here, the effort to create It with deceitful protests and false phrases will end In miserable failure. There Is more discord In the suppres sion of honest conviction than In the open, candid expression of opposing views. This Is not an age of plain living, but It Is an age of plain speaking and therefore, "With mnllce toward none, and charity for all," I speak to you according to the truth as I see It, and according to my duty as I understand It. This convention, although compos ed wholly of republicans, Is the out come of a polltlcnl struggle carried on with exceeding earnestness In every county of the state. There may be a few delegates who are here by acci dent, but substantially all of you are here by design. A conscious purpose Is behind you and a clear obligation la before you. Every man who believes In free government must believe In the rule of the majority, but that Implies no more than a peaceful submission to the will of the majority, and does not Imply the surrender of the high priv ilege of recording a sincere belief. The Vital Issue. It was a vain and Idle thing to pass through the fight of the primary and the county conventions unless a grave and Important Issue was Involved; and It would be the climax of folly for this body of men, after the republican vo ters had determined the Issue, to fall In recording the verdict and In pub lishing to the world, In fitting termB, the decision which the republican electorate has rendered. It Is not my purpose to define at this point Just what the issue between republicans has been, and Is, not only In Iowa, but throughout the length and breadth of the country. It Is suffi cient for the present to say that It re lates wholly to those questions which concern the control, regulation and restriction of the powers and practices of combined or concentrated wealth. Or, to phrase It again, to the un due and disproportionate share which corporate capital is able to wring from the profits of industry, and the Injustice it is able to inflict upon help less Individuals and defenseless com munities. Standpat ami Progressive. In dealing with these problems the members of our pnrty have ranged themselves along the whole stretch of economic thought and governmental action from the hopeless and retreat ing reactionary to the extreme and visionary radical. The rear division of this long line, with all Its vary ing shades of political doctrine, has come to be known as the standpatters; while the other, with some diversity of opinion upon specific questions, marches forward under the name of the progressives. It Is possibly true that some of the progressives want to go too fast and do too much. It Is certainly true that there are many of the standpatters who want either to go back or to do nothing at all. Assuming that the di visions of the party are equaHy hon est, It is obvious that the contest be tween them Is not trlval, although It Is to be hoped that it Is hut tempor ary. I recur In this unparalleled situ ation to the calm and optimistic phil osophy of Ahraham Lincoln, who, in the epochal debate of 1858 after quot ing the maxim "A house divided against Itself cannot stand" said: "I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect It will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other." It Is even so with the republican party. It rannot endure permanently half progressive and half standpat. I do not expect to see It either defeated or dissolved, but it must speedily be come all progressive or all standpat. Will Ite Progressive. I do not pretend to be able to look far through the mists and uncertain ties of the future anil mark with pre cision the path In which the party will walk; but remembering that it (Continued on page 2.) PORTLAND TAKES THE LAW IN OWN HANDS KEEPS DRAWBRIDGES CLOSED DESPITE SIGNALS OF BOATS Crisis Reached This Morning In Portland-Government Controversy Re garding Closing of Draws at Certain Periods ill Morning und Evening. Portland, Aug. 3. For the first time In history, the draw bridges over the AVillamette river remained closed today regardless of signals for passage by boats. This was In accordance with the order of the county court that between six thirty and seven and seven thirty and eight In the morning and between five thirty and six and from six thirty to seven In the eve ning the draws remain closed. The boatmen have appealed to the secre tary of war. The test came this morning when Captain Shaver of towboat Shaver whistled for the draw but the draw did not open. Shaver laid to until nt the expiration of the closed period, and then appealed to the government. Mclndoe, tho federal engineer, wns present bu.t did not Interfere although he stated the closing wns illegal. Million Pennies for Churches. London. The power of the penny has been demonstrated In the parish of New Maiden, where a million pen ny, fund was started some time since for the purpose of building permnnent mission churches In this large and growing district. So far IS000 repre senting 370,207 pennies, has been rais ed, and one mission church St. James has been paid for. The collec tion Is still proceeding with a view to the erection of anotTier church In the parish. PROVISION PRICES SOARING SKYWARD Chicago, Aug. 3. The prices of meat, milk, butter, canned goods, dried fruits and flour are ballooning. There Is little chnnce of a fall this winter, say dealers. By October It Is pre- dieted meat will advance from one to two cents a pound, milk two cents a quart, and butter proportionately. Some dealers attribute the raise to the scar- city of hogs and cattle. 1 As Result of Primaries in Ok lahoma Thousands of Blacks Will Lose Power of Ballot. DEMOCRATIC STRENGTH IS SUPERIOR TO REPUBLICAN Constitutional Amendment Limiting Franchise strongly Ratified at Oklahoma Primaries Estimated Fourteen Thousand Negroes Will be Deprived of Citizenship Results Indicate. Democrat are Much Stronger Than Republicans. Guthrie, Aug. 3. Fourteen thous and negroes are disfranchised, It Is estimated, as a result of the ratifi cation at) the primaries yesterday of the constitutional amendment limit ing, the franchise. It Is declared thousands of negroes are unable to comply with the provisions. Demo crats favored the amendment while the republicans opposed It and the re sult Indicates the democrats may con trol the fall election. The amendment Is similar to the famous grandfather clause In the con stitutions of many southern states. The ratification of the amendment was the biggest question of the elec tions. Returns today overwhelmingly favor the amendment. The result of the primary, it Is declared, indicates the republicans are already outnum bered by democrats, and the disfran chisement of the negroes will take away considerable of the republican strength. COIUIETTS "UNKNOWN" IS MISSOURI COLLEGE GIANT Bakersfleld, Cal., Aug. 3. The Identity of James J. Corbetfs "un known" whom the former champion experts to win the championship from Jack Johnson for the white race, was revealed today to a local news paper in a message from Albany, Mo. Miles McLend. a young giant, 27 years old and weighing 250 pounds, Is Corbetfs protege. The message, which Is declared t be from a strictly reliable source, states that McLeod has signed a con tract with Corbett to enter the ring and he is now secretly receiving box ing instructions from the former champion. Miles comes from a fam ily of giants, having wo brothers his size. He is a college man and an athlete. TWO RODDERS MAKE HOLD DAYLIGHT RAID Los Angeles. Cal.. Aug. 3. Two rubbers entered the pawn shop of L. Shapiro today, gagged and bound R. I. Person, son-in-law of the proprie tor, and robbed the safe of two thous and dollars in Jewelry and diamonds. They escaped successfully. .TOE GANS IS IN LAST STAGE OF CONSUMPTION Albuquerque. Aug. 3. Accompanied by his doctor. Joe Gans, former light weight champion, passed here last night enroute to Raltimore. The doc tor is ttdminihtcring oxygen as a last resort. STEAMERS COLLIDE RUT NONE ARE INJURED Seattle, Aug. 3. The steel steamship Chippewa crashed into the wooden steamer Albion, carrying 10 passen gers bound for Seattle, at Port An geles off West Point Ltghtuose early today. The Albion was badly dnm aged and had to be benched. No one was Injured. WANTED HI NAME FOR THE A name is wanted for the great frontier show- tha '.3 to be pulled off here In connection with the district fair this year and annually hereafter. It will be a big frontier festival and will consist of buckaroo contests, In dian parades, dances, races and other harrowing events typical of life upon the border. However, the . managers do not like to call the affair a mere frontier show Inasmuch as a number of alleged exhibitions of that char acter are now being scheduled for other towns of the west. Portland is the last place to break Into the game. At Denver th'e frontier event Is called the Festival of Mountain and Plain. At Cheyenne the annual affair Is called "Frontier Days." The com TEIDI VISITS 1 Roosevelt Spends Two Days Inspecting Conditions Un der Which People Live. MINGLES WITH MEN AT WORK AND IN HOMES Roosevelt Collects Material for De scriptive Story in Pennsylvania Mining' Districts Hobnobs With Blackened Laborers and Goes Home With Several of Them A-ks Them Thousands of Questions Is Inter ested In Human Side of Mine. Wlikesbarre, Aug. 3. Colonel Roosevelt today investigated the so cial and living conditions of the for e'gn population of the coal districts. He asked countless questions concern, ing the black hand and other organ isation. The Italians, In most cases refused to answer, fearing reprisals. He toured the valley, visiting Nanti coke, Kingston and Plymouth. Asked If he intended entering the mines, he said: "No. this is not a spectacular trip. I have no desire to descend in the mine cages as there is no novelty in it for me. I don't intend studying the inside workings of the mine. The human side appeals more strongly to ll)e." Roosevelt is greatly interested in the history of tho murders that have occurred at Pittston. With Lawrence Abbott, he arrived at midnight and sl-,t at the home of Rev. Curran. He is accompanied on today's tour by John Mitchell and Father Curran. While at Pittston the colonel outlined his plan:, for a visit to the settlements of Hungarians and Slav miners. He paid a tribute to Mitchell and Curran in a brief speech. At noon he dined with Father Curran and 40 priests who were guests. Tonight he dines nt the home of Albert Lewis the mil lionaire lumberman at Bear Creek and expect.-! to return to New York at midnight. Roosevelt during his inspection met and talked with the men who dig coal as they came from the mines .black and grimy. He talked with them j nnout tneir homes, their manner of living and learned from their own lips how they looked at life. He climbed to the top of a coal breaker and sp'-nt half an hour there in the stifling coal dust so that he might see what the boys who work there, have to do. He spent another half hour in a silk nrll talking with the g;n workers. He plodded two miles through the dust, up hills and In an manner of places, and he returned to Scranton ns evening was drawing near, black with grime, but smiling with delight at his experiences. Many of the toilers had no idea of the ex-president's identity, which he took care to conceal when possible, until after he had finished his talk. Meeting Jake Kavanaugh, ,a miner, walking down the street Colonel Roosevelt stopped him, saying: "I want to go Tiome and talk with you," am! Kavanaugh agreed. They walked up a side street to a small frame house with most of the paint worn off. Kavanaugh led the colonel In and sat down on the porch. Tlu n he went inside and brought out Mrs. Kavanaugh and the two little Kavanaughs, It was at the n n hour so that Kavanaugh had time to talk with the former president, who Epent half an hour there. He went inside the house, looked at the small, neat rooms and complimented Mrs. K:".Vunaugh on her proficiency as a housekeeper. Then all hands went back to the porch, where the talk concerned mine mittee backing the local show desires to secure the most appropriate and al luring name possible and suggestions are now in order. Also It Is desired to secure a slowing name for the big parade w hich is to be one of the chief features of the show. At this time the work of selling stock in the frontier festival com pany Is proceeding very satisfactorily and the bolsters say there will be lit tle trouble In financing the event this fall. At the Commercial club rooms to morrow night a meting of all stock holders and friends of the enterprise will be held for the purpose of form ing a permanent organization. All In terested in the affair are urged to be present. FRONTIER AT I life in general. i Everybody soon became aware of Mr. Roosevelt's presence and the ; .vli-j'.e population rushed out to 'see ; him. j Mr. Roosevelt tore himself away: from the crowd at last and turning J from the main street walked up the hill. At the top of the hill Is cluster-! ed a group of ugly black buildings at; the mouth of the mine. As he walked up, Isaiah Jenkins, pattered, barefoot. in the dust. Jenkins is a miner. He j had no coat, no hat, no shoes. He . had just come from the mine and was ' black with dust. Colonel Roosevelt stopped him and the men shook hands. Jenkins offered to show him j the breakers and the colonel accept-; ed. j They climbed three flights of stairs I to a dizzy height and reached the top three breaker boys who kept on sort- i Ing the slate from the coal as they I ta'ked with him. The dust was stifl- Ir.g and the heat intense but the col- . one) stayed there a quarter of an hour, j When he ceme down he was as black! as a rnlr.er. j Jenkins took the colonel home with j him and they found Mrs. Jenkins on j her knees scrubbing the kitchen floor. The colonel went over to the sink and j washed some of the dirt off before he would shake hands with her. The , party then left the village and motor ed to Preekvllle a hamlet four miles further north. There i a silk mill i in Preekville. and Colonel Roosevelt , nection with trolly permits, were sen went through it, talking with young : ttneed to Jail for five day's lraprisoa girls who spend their days winding I ment by Judge Lawlor today for eo thread on spools. j tempt and were remanded to the sher- I iff. Attorney Stanley Moore objected KING'S OVTH WILL NO I to ne declaration of the court that ' LONGER OFFEND CATHOLICS the district attorney followed he lead j of the attorneys for the defense. A. London, Aug. 3. On the third read- A' "re' fat!le.r of Stanley, sprang Ing the house of lords passed the ac- j hl8 fe to defend his son. and waa cession declaration bill which elimi-! f so adjudged guilty of contempt At- nates the Dhrase ooieetionaoie to;. Catholics in the king's oath. The bill I has already passed the commons. FOREST FIRES BREAK OUT reading of an opinion br Judge LftW- G IN NE VR VICTORIA I ,or resarding the possible reasons for " the disappearance of Gallagher which Victoria B. C. Aug. 3. Another i is ""ts'de of the Jurisdiction of the outbreak of forest fires is reported court- As the court proceeded, it b. throughout the province. Fires of , came evident he had no intention ot threatening proportions are reported Panting the application of the 4e in the vicinitv of Sanfien in the Big . feni"e for a dismissal of the lndlctmento Fend district. ;Comox. Salt Springs against Calhoun Island find from Cobble Hill. ' Deprived of his counsel. Calhoun. president of the United Railways, ha. FOURTH VICTIM OF I angued the court. He refused to re MURDEROUS FIREMX ' ma,n slpnt and finally Lawlnr left the ' i bench and walked from the room. aptain Samp - San Diego. Aug. 3.- shot by Durham Monday, died to day. He was the fourth victim other injured are recovering. The BATTLE IN KANSAS 'UNCLE JOE" COULD NOT STEM TIDE OF VICTORY Returns from Primaries Indicate Pro gressive Forces Made Great Gains Stuhbs Renominated for Gover nor Outcome Is Significant. ' en to death. The thermometer outside Topeka, Aug. 3. Today's returns tn0 car registered 105. from the primaries yesterday indicate ; the Insurgents were victorious in the ; POLITICIANS FEAR THAT fourth, second, fifth and sixth dis-j BALLINGER WONT RESIGN tricts. In the seventh and eighth, ! they were unopposed. In the first j Beverly. Aug. 3. Politicians are and third districts the returns are ; becoming uneasy at the apparent un Incomplete. Every indication is that ; willingness of Secretary Ballinger to W. R. Stubbs wili be nominated for resign. They are fearful that he will governor. Regulars admit the nom- ; fulfill his threat to stay in the cabl Ination for congress of Alexander net until dism'ssed by the president. Mitchell in the second district: Fred 1 Tt ,9 reported Taft w?!l refuse to take Jackson In the fourth; R R. Resa in 1 anV ?u'"h action, the fifth. All Insurgents. Murdock in the eighth and Madison in the seventh were unopposed. The nomi nation in the first district is in doubt. The insurgents declare the victory n Kansas is the most distinct rcpudi atlon of Canonnism registered in any : " is to have told the full story fight in which the voters have taken ' ot ,no disappearance of his wife to part. Shortly before the primaries Inspector Dew. It was Intimated by Speaker Cannon visited Kansas and i ,ovv ,,,at Crlpiieii had confessed bnt fired hot shots 'at yttubbs. Murdock. , tne detective refused to discuss the Madison and Bristow. Stubbs' big ! details of the alleged confession. plurality therefore Is gratifying to, the insurgents. The Kansas fight they 1 PRISON DOES NOT SNUFF declare, is the first real test of the I REVOLUTIONARY FLAME strength of the regulars and insur- j suits in the middle west. ! Florence. Ariz.. Aug. 3. Declaring j themselves still in favor of a revolu- MIss Dix to Wed. : tlon "gainst Diaz. Ricardo Flore Ml- New York. Aug 3. Miss Margaret Bon Antonio I Villareal, and Tiber Dix. daughter of the late Rev. Dr. ! n(, Rivera, the Mexican political agl Morgan D x will be married today to , tators. were released from the terrl rhnrlc T. T.nwrenco nt Mt Ki.eo ! tnr,al Prison today where they Were where Mrs. Dix and her daughter are spending tho summer. - v "IT'S A MEAN LIE," SAYS BALLINGER. Minneapolis, Aug 3. Ballin ger Is irate and angrily denied the report that he was asked by lending republicans to res:gn. "It's all dinm nonsense. I can dany the , story emphatically. It's a mean and contemptible He without a grain of truth. They have never suggested to me to resign and I have never been asked to resign. Further more I have no such intentions." ATTORNEYS ARE T TO JAIL A- Lawyers Defending Patrick Calhcun Sentenced for Contempt of Court CALHOUN, HIMSELF, ATTEMPT- I1' TO "ARRANGCE THE COURT 1 Three Attorneys for Defense of Rail. way President In San Fraiwfee Judged In Contempt by Judge Lw ler Sentenced to Five Day's Im prisonment Calhoun Rlscw fc Wrath and Lawlor Leaves Court Room Returns When Speaker to Silent. San Francisco, Aug. 3. Three at torneys for the defense of Patrtrk Calhoun charged with bribery in con- - - --""-"- I Lawlor and was likewise sentenced. I The case was continued, i The occasion for contempt was the 1 Cahoun talked for several minutes Lawlor reentered the court room and continued the case. SOLDIERS PREPARE FOR IMAGINARY ENEMY 1 Tacoma Aug. 3. Laying up defensv ; es and taking up positions for glv ' ing a stubborn resistenco to an Im aginary enemy is the task of soldier at American Lake today. Plans are I made for a big event Friday but offl ; cers will not divulge them as secrecy Is necessary for success. ! MAN" FROZEN TO DEATH ; TRYING TO ESCAPE HEAT 1 El Paso. Aug. 3. Driven by intense l:eat to sevk refuge near a pile cf Ice on a freight car at Maricopa station, an unknown Mexican was found froa- INTIMATED THAT DR. CRIPPEN HAS CONFESSED Quebec. Aug. 3. It is reported tliat Dr. Cripoii has made a confession. conflned three years. As sonn as the three Mexicans were released they were received by a- del ecntion of newspapermen and tobt them they had no intention of brok ing the law in any land, but they pro posed to continue the fight against Dlax. They left for Los Angeles where thev were originally arrested. A demonstration Is planned when they arrive at their destination. Thev were sentenced for a violation of the neu trality law. REPIT.LICAN CONVENTION MEETS IN TXCOMA Tacoma. Aug. 3. The republican 1 state convention met today at eleven o'clock. Senator Piles of Seattle, . sounded the keynote In a speech as temporary ehnlrmnn, pitching It to a slogan "Stand by the party." SE