La Grande evening observer., June 21, 1912, Image 1

LA. GRANDE, UNION. COUNTY, OREGON, ' FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912.
VOLUME XVI
NUMBER 203
T W PARTY"
CONVENTION
ill AUGUST
BRYAN OR WILSON TO
( RUN WITH THE .
COLONEL
so-called pbogbessives or
BOTH PARTIES ARE LEJDEBS
Roosevelt Worker Ontline Plan lor
the Formatloii of a Sew Party After
. the Regular Repulillcau Nomination
Sot Believed That Colonel Will
Bolt.
Chicago, June 21. Roosevelt and
o, u
?, . -lis managers are toaay worning oui
yvVsi. Plans fr a big non-partisan progres
sive mas meeting that can be held
' ; arly In August to perfect a national
organization. ' Woodrow Wilson la
talked of as a running mate for the
colonel and Bryan Is also prominently
mentioned.
It is pointed out by George L. Rec
ord, of New Jersey, who is strong for
this program, that Roosevelt and Wil
son are really radicals in an equal de
t gree belonging in the same party, and
that Taft and Harmon in fact, are
the representatives of the same In
terests. ;
-The time for a new alignment, it Is
said, has come. The mass convention
will be the next big step after the
bolt from the old time republican or
" ganization before worked out.
4 ."It is time to shake Penrose, Crane
f ; and Root," said Record. "They should
herd themselves in a party which
stands openly , for special privilege
and perversion of the courts.. We
' who stand for human rights and so
- cial justice,. htAra- nothing dn .cuminon
t -with them. We ought to go with the
clean democrats like Ren Lindsey,
' ' t Bryan and others of their kind. We
liave faith in tils country being ready
; to respond to this call.
The. Roosevelt men are encouraged
a by the choice of Alton B,. Parker as
' temporary chairman at " Baltimore.
; They hope the democratic convention
will choose some reactionary eandi
: date like Harmon or Underwood. This
, would mean two conservative candi
dates with Roosevelt the only pro--gresslve.
. . '! - i
t Colonel Roosevelt put In the entire
-morning In his suite conferring with
his lieutenants. As soon as the con
vention was called to. order; and the
colonel's private wire to, the conven
' tlon' was put in operation, .he passed
".the afternoon listening to the report.
: During the afternoon the Oklahoma
delegation of Roosevelters started a
movement to have a committee of the
"'New Party" leaders go to Baltimore
to meet with the progressives in the
democratic ranks with a view to get
ilng them into the new organization
In the event the Baltimore convention
"nominates a conservative candidate.
. - Isniay .and Smith Blamed, i
London, June 21. That J. Bruce Is
' inay and Captain Smith were equally
responsible for the Titanic disaster
and that the tragedy was due to a
lack of proper seamanship, was the
opening statement today of Attorney
j Scanlan. M. P., in appearing in behalf
TK)f the Seamens' and Flremens' union
J at the board of trade inquiry. -
Brnnilr Goes to Jail Airnln.
Albany, N. Y June 21. The court
of appeals today handed down, a rul
ing upholding the Vlecision of the ap
pellate court decision remanding
Foulke E. Brandt to Dannemora pris
on. Brandt was a valet to Mortimer
Schiff, a New York millionaire, and
was sentenced to 30 years on a charge
of attempting to burglarize the Schiff
home. Brandt alleged he was sent
to jail on a trumped up charge to
protect a woman member of the Schiff
family. Brandt's charges were invesr
tlgated but not substantiated.
Impeachment Is Wanted.
Washington, June 21. By a unani
mous vote the house committee voted
to impeach Federal Judge Hacford of
Seattle. The house will proBably
adopt the report of the Judiciary com
mittee which has already draftedthe
specifications for articles of Impeach
ment Harvard Wins Boat Race.
New London. Conn", tnn. 91 u..
.vard won the freshmen eight-oared
wo-mne race rrora Yale todav, and
later. Harvard won the varsity four
oared race by two lengths.
Storm Does
Big Damage
I01B PEOPLE ESCAPE DEATH
. , ABB0WL.
GRAND STAND RAZED
. : . j .-
Hay Loads Blown Over, Tree Topple,
uud Chlmnejs Full on Streets
' Narrow escapes for four - persons
from death, damage to chimneys, sjgn
boards, fences, tents, tree especially
at Island City where a large tree was
blown into a group of telephone wires
oc cured yesterday s afternoon and
evening when the jeverest (windstorm,
of the year raged all over t'nion coun
ty. : BRICK MISSES CONSTABLE.
Pedestrians on Adams Come Sear
Meeting Death During Storm.
-I.. W. Faulk, ' constable and Mrs.
Dr. Dora Underwood have reason to
be thankful that fate guided bricks
in their flight from the wrecked chim
neys without fatal results. A sheet
Iron cap and later bricks came tum
bling down from the Red Cross drug
store building chimney just as Mrs.
Underwood was passing but she es
caped unharmed. Later on Constable
I. W. Faulk was passing, head down,
bucking the wind, when a "full-sized
brick grazed the "hand that held his
hat on his heaif and crashed Into the
cement walk beside the constable s
foot. Three Inches more and the con
stable would have been Instantly kil
led. BALL PARK LEVELED.
Work of Tno Weeks All fur Suught
When Wind Hits rikek;ton.
Framework for tie new grand stand
at the fair grounds was blown down
during tho storm yesterday, seriously
injuring Carpenter Larsen and Slight
ly Injuring two others. The frame
work was leveled and It will require
at least -two w.eeksuto reconstruct the
frame as it was before the wind. The
old grand stand, doing temporary duty
in front of the 'new edifice, stood the
test when the new one behind it keel
ed over, scarcely a stick, being left
standing. The delay to the welfare of
baseball Is serious but the fans are
determined to put up with conditions
that fate have decreed. The. loss will
run into the hundreds, and as no In
dividual was to blame, the Fair asso
ciation and the contractor have agreed
to each bear a portion of the loss '
' . Telephone Lines Hurt. ' :
. After a night of trquble shooting,
the Home Independent Telephone
company has fully restored service
that was badly crippled. At Island
City a tree was blown over the wires
and for some tlnSe the wires were
out of service and various sections of
the. city were disconnected. The storm
was general. This is Indicated by the
trouble reports coming into the tel
ephone offices from alj sections ot
Union county Kamela feeling the '.vim;
storm in a general sort of way. Much
trouble but no serious damage tcllu
the story as far as the telephone- and
telegraph companies are concerned. .
. Bryan-Parker Fight Heated.
Baltimore, Md., June 21. The chief
interest of the democrats here today
centered in the, fight that js Imminent
between Bryan and the conservative
leaders over the selection of Alton B,
Parker as temporary chairman of the
democratic national convention. Bry
an will oppose Parker's election to t:ie
last, he declares to his close friends.
Chicago, June . 21. Bryan today
sent a telegram to Champ Clark, Gov
ernor Wilson, Governor Fobs, Gover
nor Burke, Mayor Gaynor and Gover
nor Baldwin, declaring war on the
selection of Alton B. Parker as tem
porary chairman by the national com
mittee. He asked their aid in the fight
against Parker.
"That Houif Daw."
Tonight and Saturday the Arcade
offers a great program? featuring
"Early & Lagnt," in-their funny play
let, "Well! Forevermore," also the
picture program changes today and Is
high class throughout, featuring a
great comedy, "That Houn' Dawg,"
and a fine Vitagraph, also a great de
scriptive film showing the very inter
esting process of logging In the north
woods of Maine.
VENT! COMMMEf PORT
ADOPTED BY CONVENTION OVER
CONSTANT PROTtS
Repeated Roll Calls Show
Strength of Taft Forces
Oregon Votes Divided V
Credentials Committee
Holds Stormy Session
Chicago, June 21. At 7 o'clock the
credentials committee was still In ses
sion and bad approved the seating ot
the . Taft delegates as follows: Ala
bama 2, Arizona 6, Arkansas 16, F.o--lda
12, Geoj-gla 4, Indiana 12 and Cal
ifornia 2. '
The California contest was the nioci
bitter. Two Roosevelt delegates from
the Fourth district of California
Charles S. Wheeler and Philip Ban
croft sent a letter to the committee
nocuslng that body of having preju
diced their case. . They said they oe
lieved that a majority committee
would decide the cases in accordance
with a pre-arranged political cam
paign. A motion to substitute the
Roosevelt delegates for Taft was de
feated after three hours ot debate, 28
to 16. Oregon voted for the Roosevelt
proposition.
Partial Report Made.
The convention met at 11 a. m. and
Chairman Root sent a demand to
Chairman Devine of the credential
committee, to present the report of
the contests disposed at that time on
the convention roll, so It could be
considered - while the committee fin
ished the balance. This action - was
taken following Devine's refusal to
make a report. The credentials com
mittee "finally agreed to present "the
report, now ready. .
A long wait was occasioned by the
failure of the credentials to report as
promised.' It was announced that a
najority- report on the Alabama' and
Arizona cases were ready but that the
ltodsevelt people had no( completed a
minority report. .
Various state delegations passed the
time cheering the Pennsylvania and
IS Massachusetts men. Kansas and'
California were especially noticeable,
for cheering for Roosevelt. Wiscon
sin men yelled for La Follette and
W. J. Bryan then came In and was
loudly cheered. To shouts for'
speech, he shook his head.' .
Convention Finally .Meets. j
At 12:06 p. m. the convention was
railed to order by Temporary Chair
man Root. . . i ' "
The invocation followed Roofs-calling
the convention to order. Follow
ing the invocation the report of the
credentials committee was brought in.
It recommended that .the Taft dele
gates with the Alabama district bu
seated. A majority of Che. members
said ae Taft delegates election was
regular, and that of the Roosevelt men
nu. A minority report submitted by
Delegate McCormack of Illinois said
that' there was not time to prepare a
proper report so the Roosevelt minor-it-
merely presented a 1 dissenting
opinion. The Roosevelt men objected
t j r-'i'iorr;itatioii on the committee ot
members from the. states where thej
ou!eF3 w? tp 'l1- ! nnd also participa
tion In the credentials committee de
liberations by members of the nation
al committee who had originally pas
sed on the temporary rolls. Hadley
of Missouri moved the substitution of
the minority reports for the majority
and asked MoCormnck to be given a
unanimous censeut to read- a brie)
dealing with the question. This was
opposed but Root ruled the McCor
mack statement could be read. Mc
Cormnck's statement' declared the
Tuft convention In the Ninth Alabama
district was an Irregular one and
bolting. -
T'le report of the committee on
rr dentists was submitted on the
' ith Alabama contest at 12:30 and at
: 16 p. m. Chairman Root held a mc
.mn In order by Governor Hadley to
permit a vote on whether the con
tested delegates could vote on their
own contents. I wo minutes laie e
Repreoentative Watson, the Taft
leader, moved to table the Hadley res
rlu..cns. Pnrging Is Refused.
The final roll call showed that fie
Chlcavt convention laid on the ia ';
the motion of Governor Hadley or
Missouri that 72 Taft deic,aics who&o
se its have been contested, not be pt.
m'tted to rote on any question con
nected with the convention brgnnlij
tlon, until their right to sit as dele- J
T Of KAQLEY
ga'es had been passed upon by Vie
convention. The vote was as foilowo:
Ayes, b(;9; iioes 499. -i.2.04 Watson
moved to table Hadley's motion to
suti.si'iute a minority report for t'uo
r;aJorlty ltport of the credentials
couimtueti on the Alabama cases.
On the toll call to table Hadley
motion Montana voetd: Ayes, 8; noes,
none, Oregon: Ayes, 6; noes 5.
At 2:48 the credentials committee
report on the Arizona contests was
presented and adopted over Hadley's
protest.
-The final vote by which Hadley's
motion to substitute the minority for
the majority report was tabled was:
ayes 605; noes 44; not voting 9. The
credentials committee later reported
an the Arkansas contests and the re
port was adopted over a protest.
Following is a partial text of a
state Issued by Mr. Roosevelt yester
day aftrnoon:
"The time has come when I feel
that I must make, certain statements,
not merely to honestly elected mem
bers of the republican national con
vention but to the rank and file of
the republican party and to the hon
est people of this entire nation. I
went, Into this fight for-certain great
.principles- At the moment I cn only
serve those 'principles by continuing
to- bear the 'responsibilities which
their advocacy -has brought tome.
"On behalf of these principles I
made my appeal straight to the peo
ple themselves. I went before them.
I made my argument in full faith,
and every move I, made was In the
open, without concealment , of, any
kind. The opposition to hie1 was ex
traordinarily bitter, for I was oppos
ed by the practically solid phalanx of
the big beneficiaries o( special privi
lege and by many big newspapers
which were controlled by special priv
ilege.-,'. . "" !
"Nevertheless, 'In the appeal to Che
people, I won. . .... :
"In many'of the republjan states
wneie mere is a large ana real re
publican party, primaries-of 'different
kinds were held and a substantial ex
pression of the will of the people was
obtained. In these primary states
some ,3,000.000 'voters, the' rank and
file of the- republican party, cast
their votes: I beat Mr. Taft consider
ably over two to one. In some states
I obtained six to Mr. Taft's one. Near
ly three-fourths of my delegates came
from these primary states where the
people had a chance to express them
selves, -lani
Mr. Taft's strength, as indicated
by the two roll calls already taken,
consisted chiefly (aside from his 90
stolen delegates) of the nearly glld
delegations from the territories and
from the nouthern states, where there
Is no real republican party South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Alabama,
Arkansas, Mississippi. Louisiana and
of northern states like New York
where the people' had no chance to
express themselves at primaries and'
where the delegats were picked by the
bosses.
"In spite of these odds against me,
f obtained a clear majority of all the
delegates elected to the convention.
In my campaign I stated that if the
people decided against me I would
have nothing to say. but that If thev
dwclded for me and the politicians
then robbed me of the victory I would
not sit tamely acquiescent. It was al
ready evident that my opponents,
with Mr. Taft's encouragement. In
tended to beat me by foul means If
they could not do so by fair means.
Baker Man Killed.
Crushed under a heavy load of lum
ber, where he was thrown when the
binding pole broke loose and hit him
a severe blow on the head, knocking
him from the wagon, Roscoe Mitchell,
aged 22 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.
A. Mitchell of this city, received In
juries which resulted - In his death
shortly after 6 o'clock last evening,
just about as the ambulance reached
the hospital and less than an hour af
ter the accident. Baker Democrat. ,
New Lease
OnBigHaU
CO.WESTION WILL DRAG INTO
, .KT -WEEK.-.. ,..
MONDAY THINKS NEW
Coliseum Rented Until a Week From
f-.. ' Tomorrow It Jieeessurj. j .
Chicago, June ' 21. Anticipating a
possible prolongation of the conven
tion into next week. Colonel Harry
New, of the committee on arrange
ment, today obtained aft option on
the coliseum until a week from tomor
row. ' .. '..'-.--'
"The chances are that the conven
tion will swing Into the middle ot
next week," said New. "We are not
taking any chances 'of being ousted
ftoui the coliseum. My own opinion
Is that adjournment will come about
Monday." .;
More Bltulllhle at AlWuny.
Albany, June 24. The contract for
paving First street wTlh bitullthlc
has been awarded to the Warren Con
struction company. H
This award was made after the com
mittee appoint for that purpose and
a number of Interested property own
ers bad made a thorough examina
tion of the various kinds of paving Hi
use throughout the northwest. The.-.'
found bitullthlc in more general use
than any other paving,' and found it
eminently satisfactory wherever used;
perfectly surviving every test of wear
and ot climatic conditions and prov
ing the most' economical of all pav
ings because of the fact that it will
support the heaviest traffic for years
without repairs. '
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Ellen Bradley who was burled
yesterday morning, was born August
28, 1848, at Tamaqua, Pa., and was
married in 1867 at St. Augustine's
church, Philadelphia. Her husband,
John Bradley, born In Ireland, County
Derry, died In August, 1882.
To Mr. and Mrs. Bradley were born
Jane, Annie, Margaret and Rose'; Mi
chael, Philip and James Of these
Jane, .Annie and Margaret are dead.
Rose Is married and lives in Pennsyl
vania aud Philip also. lives, in the
east while the other two sons reside
In this city. - Though Mrs. Bradley has
been a resident of La Grande for but
a year or so she bad many warm
friends. She was deeply religious
and won many warm- acquaintances
by her uprlght life. ' The funeral was1
held yesterday morning from the
home of the : deceased's sou, James
B. Bradley. .. . - -v,'.
Civil Service Cominkslouers Meet
Seattle," Wash., June , 21. Federal,
state, and municipal ,.' civil .service
boards were' represented here today
at the openi; bf the fifth annual con
ference of civil service commissions.
The principal purpose of the confer
encewhich Is to continue In session
tw;o days. Is to discuss problems pan
nected with the administration .of the
c)vil service and to formulate plana
for the extension of the merit Idea
to all classes of government em
ployes. i. n '.' i
A lone (he Mediterranean.
The spectator Is taken for a visit
to Algiers. A splendid view is shown
of the Place du Government, the prin
cipal square of the city. We next vis
It the picturesque mosque for women.
Passing on down the street we view
the meeting of Young America and
Young Algiers. ,
Our next stop is at the historic har
bor of Genoa, Italy. Going BBhore, we
visit the most beautiful cemetery in
the world, the Campo Canto. As we
walk through one of the galleries of
this celebrated burial ground, we are
Impressed by the wonderful carvings
In stone that meet us on every hand.
Our next visit is to a tittle, side
street where we find the original home
of Christopher Columbus, tho discov
erer of America, and read "an In
scription on the stone beneath his
room window.
The next stop along the Mediterran
ean Is the beautiful Bny of Naples
Skirting the harbor Is the magnificent
Santa Lucia Boulevard and in the
background to the right we have a
splendid view of the famous volcano,
Mount Vesuvius.
This travelogue along with four
more good pictures. Including "A Fish
Story.'' by the Kalem company, "The
Lesser Kvll," by the Blograph com
pany, "The Old Kent Road," by the
Vitagraph ' company, and "A Hasty
Honeymoon," by Pathe, makes an In
structive and entertaining program
Friday night Mr. Ferrln will sing,
"It's a Long Way Back to Mother's
Knee." at Sherry's Friday and Satur
day. . i ;
TUFi WOMi
$
reca:
2 LANK IS RE-
jecte i -; by , plat
forI makers :
TARIFF TO BE REVISED i, :
AL0.NG C0MMISSIOX PLAS
Conservative Feature Cropping Oat
In Sub-Committee's Report on Reso
lutions Being Drafted Expected La
Toilette's Element Will Cut Sum
Figure In It
The Colisum, June 21. A sub-committee
is drafting the Taft platform
today. It Inserted a plank against tho
recall of judiciary and judicial deci
sions. ' ,
gressives who do not subscribe to the
Roosevelt bolt and who intend to re
main "regular" will oppose the plank
In full committee even on the floor
of the convention but In the view of
tlto niulni-tlv lmino. hoM hv omianrva-
tives there Is on apparent desire to
put an unequivocal stamp, on that
sort of ""regular" progress, It is ex
pected the plank will stand. -
Whatever its fate, the La Follette
men will present a platform as a mi
nority report. No difficulty over the
tariti Declaration developed toaay and
If la an antlfalv nan. nlonlr that tA
being drafted.
All early information was to the
eltect that the platform would be
marked throughout by a tone of con
servatism, going further In this direc
tion In some respects than the 1908
document.. The tariff plank on which
Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana and
William. Barnes, .Jr., of New York,,
bestowed much labor, will promise a
tariff revision under , the Taft.. com
mission plan. -( . .
Sonth in Danger.
' Chicago, June 21. Reduction of tne
representation of delegates from the
southern states is promising a lively
contest in the convention. . A minor
ity report of the rules committee was
uting prepared touay to greauy re
duct the number of delegates from
. w w BUU'.i iR'W - ST J
aWool Growers Confer.
Jay H. Dobbins, president, John G.
Hoke, secretary, and V. O. , Johnson,
attorney of the Oregon Wool Growers'
association, and some' of the promi
nent wool producers ot this section.''
were - In conference yesterday with
Clyde- B. Atchison, chairman of the
state railway commission. In regard,
to the wool rate ordered by the Inter
state commerce commission as the
result Of the case brought before the
I. C Cl by the Oregon commission and ,
Oregon wool growers, says the Baker
Democrat. iThe order has never been
quite made explicit or carried out by
the carrying companies, as Interpret
ed by the wool men. Mr. Atohison has
given .the matter much consideration
and in the conference yesterday the
mileage hnsls - for . transportation
charges and the water and rail, rate
from Interior- Oregon points to- teh
coast were the main points of discus
sion. - The conference is largely for
the purpose of giving the commission
er a thorough insight Into local condl
tlons. ;
American i imnipmn iiopciui. -'
London, June 21. The tournament
for the -open championship of Great
Britain, the premier event of the year
In the golfing, world, has attracted a
small army of followers of the sport
to Mulrfleld, where- the tournament
takes place. Today the elimination'
events were started and. will continue
until the end of the week. On Mon
day the competitions for the title wit!
commence. The tournament this year
will 'possess especial Interest for the
Americans, owing to the Tact tint
,'ack McDermottrthe national open
champion of America, is among the
entrants! He Is the first American
bred champion to compete for tho
British open championship. McDe"
mott ' expresses considerable confi
dence in his ability to finish well up
among the leaders at Mulrfleld next
week. His confidence Is shared by
many experts who have watched his
practice work at Valton Heath and
elsewhere since he arrived In Eag
land several weeks aeo.
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