La Grande evening observer., July 05, 1912, Image 1

VOLUME XVI
uKANHlii UJVfcjgLNO OiSShK En.
FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1912.
v VER 214
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PRESS
DELEGATES
COUNTING OF PROXIES
COMMENCES THIS
EVENING.
SOCIAL FEATURES HATE
IMPORTANT PLACE TODAY
Reception of Delegates Last Night
Precede Election of Temjtorary Of
ficer of United Amateur Press As
sociation Contention Woman Can
didate Is Popular One.
Following a day spent In social
meandering, delegation to the nation
al convention of the United Amateur
Press association now In session In
La Grande have donued the garb of
business toil and tonight will com
mence an all-night session In the
counting of mailed proxies for nation
al officers. The delegates commenced
to arrive yesterday morning and by
tonight wilt all be on hand to parti
cipate In the closing day tomorrow
and tomorrow night. Because of tl.o
absence of the national president, J.
D. Christiansen of Milwaukee, Wis
consin, the convention last night nam
ed temporary officers following a so
cial session at the Baptist church. Roy
Gekeler of this city Is chairman si'i
E. Parker Rowell of Seattle Is secre
tary. The social hour consisted of an
address of welcome by Mr. Gekeloi
in
ACTIVE SESSION
,and a stirring speech by Mayor W.
J. Church. J. F. Roy Erford, ex-national
president, of Peattle, responded
In warm terms. Then the session got
down to active business.
Committees Are Appointed.
Y The committee that will count the
proxies which, by the way, are sent
in from all corners of the Unite'.'
States by the several hundred mem
hers and Informally name their cholsi
for the offlcership was named last
night and consists of Ben Gekeler,
chairman, Mary H. Lehr, the Southern
California delegate, hailing from Red
lands, S. Parker Rowell of Se.ittlw,
Leonora Pearl Brace of Seattle and
Etna Huffman of this city. While tl.e
proxies wil probably decide the ".are
fjr president and subsidiary off::ers,
In which Harry Sheppard of Bellliig
ham and Helene Hoffman of Brook
lyn lead In popularity, It Is not an et-
tahlished fact that they will, and tha
ri'cidinj vote may be cast tomorrow
r'ght on the floor of the convention
when the verbal votes of the conven
tion will be cast. Much Interest Is
shown in the coming election for there
v':i be heated races for various of
fices. The session last night was cmi
cludrd with the appointment of tins
Important committee and today so :lal
afiairs, having as the climax, an n 'to
tiir to Hot Lake, made up the nro
Riim. Tonight there will be b-it lil-
I tip hnainpoa nntsMp nf the PrOXV
This 1b the first time that the c n
vention of this association hes been
held In a city of less than 50,009 "i.d
only the third held In the west. An
other new venture of the association
is to present a woman member as na
tional president and the ladies of the
association are lending every energv
toward the seating of their choice .o:
the president, so much so In fact, tbnt
that issues are assuming a well-di
fined line of demarcation between the
men on one side and the women on
the other.
California Pontes Abend.
"We press members of California
are much elated over the fact that our
state has forged ahead in the number
of delegates boasted of by one state"
said Miss Mary H. Lehr of Redlands,
today. "Washington has always led
but we have taken the front rank,"
triumphantly exclaimed the enthuslas-
. 1 - IV
I- The cloelng feature of the conven
F tinn will he a hannuet tomorrow night
after the verbal election of officers,
the votes on amendments and the se
lection of the next meeting place, or
any other business that.may come be
fore the order. -
Elks Leave
On Sunday
DEPARTURE ON SPECIAL OCCIJRS
AT 7:30
KANSAS ELKEN ROUTE
Many Special Trains to Pass Through
La Grande on Cth and 7th.
Backed by the best band that ever
responded to a leaders' baton In East
ern Oregon and the compliment la
paid advisedly the La Grande march
ing club, delegates and officers aid
members of the Elks lodge, will leive
La Grande at 7:30 p. m. Sunday night
for. Portland to attend the grand lodge
session. Funds have been raised
through various channels to main?," I. 1
the expense account of the band dur-
Ing the entire session of the conven- state legislatures must adopt the p.-o-tlon.
Special trains from the east wiii ; visions as state laws. The plan Is to
commence to pass through La Grande jbe annulled unles'ratifled by 20 whites
tomorrow, and continue until the Stx 'and tlie Plan provides that the priroar-
The first special carrying Elks will
be from Kansas City, carrying 10 cars,
and reaching Huntington at 2:30 p. m.
on the 6th. The others, enumerated In
regard to cars carried, the time of ar
rival at Huntington and the date, are.
From Vtah points, 7 cars, 7:30 p. m.
or. the 6th.
From Idaho, 10 cars, 5:30 a. m. on
the 7th.
From Omaha, 8 cars, 5:20 a. m. 7th.
La Grande, 11 cars from La Grande
7:30 p. m. the 7th.
Baker, 10 cars, 8 p. m. 7th.
Pittsburg Wichita, 8 cars, 11 a. m.
.n the Sth.
Colorado points, 7 cars, 4:30 a. m.,
Sth.
While there will be trains through
j here tomorrow, no effort at entevtain-
ment wHl occur until Sunday.
MAN'S.JAW FRACTURED.
J. A. French of Enterprise Suffers In
juriesTaken to Hospital. j
Kicked by a horse with such force '
that bis lower Jaw was fractured and
bis face gashed and cut. J. A. French, 1
8 well known politician and resident '
of tnterprlse lies In the Grande Ronde
hospital, suffering much pa'.i today.
Ho wan brought here last nlgnt for ,
surgical and -dentist ' treatment 24,
houis sfter the accident occured. His
jaw Is badly broken but physicians
are hopeful of eventual recovery
MOOSE GO TO ELGIN.
Over Three Hundred Desert La Grande
Yesterday on Special.
More than 300 members of the local
Moose lodge went to Elgin yesterday
on an excursion train attending the
Fourth of July celebration there. Some
remained In the city and today the La
Grande Moose team went to Elgir In
the new auto truck owned by Char'es j
McCrary and the Elgin Moose team :
meets them this afternoon.
Seven members o the La Grande
H r.d also went to Elgin today to as- J
sist in tne music features for the sec
ond of a three-day celebration.
NEWSPAPER STRIKE SERIOUS.
Erstwhile Newspaper Employe Shot
by Strikebreaker at Chicago.
Chicago, July 5. Argument over the
newspaper strike here has resulted In
probably fatal wounds of John Moran,
a former newspaper employer who,
since the strike began, had been work
ing as a bartender. The police were
informed that John Gould, a strike
breaker, shot Moran twice.
FUNK CASE HALTED.
Court Denlen Request to Re-Ojien
. Damage Suit Again Funk.
Chicago, July 5. In the municipal
court Judge Slusser today denied a
motion of attorneys for J. C. Henntng,
to re-open the case for 125,000 dam
ages against Clarence Funk, general
manager of the International Harves
ter company. Henning alleges that
Funk alienated the affections of Mrs.
Henning. It was understood that evl.
dence beating on perjury charges
growing out of the damage suit was
being presented to the grand jury..
ha wine ddimadv aim
OF BILL DRAFTED SY HIS
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House Hears New Primary Law
Explained-Roosevelt Opposes
Wilson
Washington, July 5. A nation-wide
presidential primary plan was pronoa-
ed to the house today by Represents-
tlve Xorris of Nebraska, The uiea-
sure seeks to avoid a conflict with
jtne constitution by requiring that the
les be held the first Tuesday In .".lay
of the election years and the nation
al convention on the fourth Monday In
June. At the primaries the voters will
be called on to express first and sec-
ond choice
I think the recent events," Nome
BRIEFLY
(tlregon stands before the nation today with her head bowed In grief.
Her reputation for mothering reforms of merit is not questioned, but her
citizenship Is scoffed at by millions
I witnessed the whole proceedings at Chicago. This state had R. E.
Williams for national committeeman who assisted in the nefarious work
of handling the steam roller and seating delegations that had no right to
seats In that convention. Then came a delegation half of which repudiat
ed the expressed will of the voters of Oregon by voting for every conven
tion measure that would handicap and prevent the nomination of the man
whom Oregon had chosen for president. No, they did not have' the nerve
to vote against Roosevelt when the roll was called for nomination but they
had already assisted tn putting In the poison that killed before that time
arrived ,
The1 action of the national committeeman and a portion of the delega
tlon was a crime against this state. (X worse act of treason to the rank and
file of the voters Is hard to imagine.There is no justification for such
work: the people have been deceived, and the state stands before the world
besmirched v.'!; political filth and ukept pledges? -i !j' "
Some say the republican party was killed at Chicago. I say, No. The
republican party composed of the splendid manhood of Illinois, Pennsyl
vania, Maine, South Dakota, Kansas, Oregon, California and other states
does not purpose letting a national committee composed of Penrose, Crane,
Williams arfTJ others prostitute It and turn It Into a handy tool for their own
purposes. The republican party Is very much alive. It is the same grand
old party, able to cleanse itself and "get rid of an element that would
wreak ruin to state and nation if that ruin would benefit selfish Interests.
I would like to call attention to one thing that has been apparent in
Oregon for some time, and that is the necessity of selecting men who are
men to places of trust. We have been too free to take up men of the
Thomas McCusker type because they . yelled reform. All have seen liosv
McCusker failed to make good when given a trust, therefore. It Is of great
est Importance that the alleged reformers be watched with a vigilant eye In
the future.
We want more men like Arthur Swift and Daniel Boyd, the two East
ern Oregon delegates, who never betrayed their constituents by word or
action. They will return to their people In the full knowledge. of having
done right. Much like the writer of this article, these men were not rip
snorting Roosevelt men, but they believe In right prevailing. Roosevelt
had a majority of the legally elected delegates of the national convention.
He was ruthlesly robbed of the noml nation by Williams, Crane and Pen
rose, and others on the national committee. Swift and Boyd, like many
more of us, refused to endorse such methods. They not only voted for
Roosevelt but they "supported" him throughout as their oath of office In-
tended they should. Federal patronage offers would not turn them frcra j
r'neir course of honor, neither would
members of the committee. " They wc
''Now, briefly stated, the editor of
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v.,. th rnttpn wnrk tb.t
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ceasea enriy m lh game iu uc a . iui u wwo a quemiun ui riKni unu
wrong whether the national committee should be upheld or repudiated.
Roosevelt could have been nominated from the roll as made up
by the committee. This he positively refused, for the personality of Roose
velt was not Important as compared with the purging of that roll and th
unseating of Illegally chosen delegates. I say no one can 'afford to en
dorse the work of the national dmsiMttee tor the effect that It wouid have
on the rising generation. If nothtns e' ge. Such high handed crime wciiid
In a very short time teach the ouii that the courts were children of tlm
corrupt conven'Ion; that the prcdent was a mere pigmy In the nan1?! of
designing politicians. As a result confidence would soon be lost and. In th
language of the lamented McKinley, "destroy confidence and you have de
stroyed It all."
As a man who was born on the John Brown battlefield: who was nurs
ed In a republican cradle; whose parental home was destroyed by the civil
war; whose every breath has been loyal to the republican party since old
enough to know its meaning, I feel deeply the crime at Chicago. Person
ally I refuse to agree that the nation a committee should destroy the par
ty. Republicanism has ever been the force that saved and made this re
public. Republicanism has been outraged almost beyond endurance, but I
maintain that because a man does o0t endorse crime Is no sufficient rea-
son why he should denounce the pa-ty.
III HI 1 1 HI If
said, "have clearly demonstrated
jit Is possible for a well-reguate1 po -
! luteal machine to trample under foot
j the wishes of the rank and file of
.ir.y political party and there ' no
yny possible' for us to control tlie'ii.
Tlie law would enable the voter J to
nominate their candidates by direct
vote or at least as near such nom'rn-
tiors as is possible under the consti
tutional limitations and conven'lons
provided' for."
Jladley Not a New Tarty Man.
Jefferson City, Mo., July 5. That
tjje republican party baa ceel ;o be
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STATED
strong talks from Williams and aCer
re there to do the right thing and
this paper wishes to say that he
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Members of
N.E.A.Meet
j NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICA.
GO MONDAY.
SPEAKERS PROMINENT
Stormy Sessions During Election of
Officers Anticipated. .'
Chicago, July 5. Thousands of edu
cators from all parts of the United
States are already gathered In thla
iclty and many thousands more will ar-
I 1-lvA hard hofnrA navt Mnfwlnv irk Bt. I
j tend tha 50th annua, convention of !
the National Education association '
which will begin tomorrow with three j
I sessions of the educationals council. '
;The convention- which promises to be j
' of special Interest and Importance, Is
scheduled to continue through next
I week, closing with a general session
on Friday evening, July 12.
The Auditorium hotel and the Con
gress hotel have been selected as the
headquarters of the convention and
the sessions of the general conven
tion will be beld at the Auditorium
I theatre. In addition to the general
! sessions there will be daily sessions of
nine of the principal departments with
round table conferences, addresses and
; demonstrations by noted experts,
Among the departments which will
hold special meetings are the depart
ments of kindergarten education; of
, elementary education, normal schools,
business education, child hygiene, sci
ence Instruction, physical education,
special education, school patrons, rur
al and agricultural education.
Fifty or 60 of the leading churches
of the city have arranged special ser
mons and addresses on educational
matters for Sunday and have invited
the delegates to attend services. The
rest of the day will probably be de
voted bymost ofthe visiting mem
bers '(6 sight-seeing tours through the
city on their own account.
The real work of the convention wiw
begin on Monday. In the morning
there will be a number of departmen
tal meetings and in the afternoon the
first general session of the convention
will be called to order by President
Carroll G. Pearse of the association,
who will deliver his annual address
after the conclusion of the customary
welcoming speeches. Immediately fol
lowing the afternoon session the mem
bers from each state will convene In
places assigned to them to choose
their representatives upon the -
mlttee which will nominate officers
for the coming year.
When the time comes for the elec
tion of officers a stormy session Is
expected In1 which the progressives
will be arrayed against the conserva
tive or "machine faction." The pro
gresives, led by the menbers of the
Interborough Association of Women
Teachers of New York, will probably
open the fight and will make every
effort to have their candidate for the
presidency. Miss Grace E. Srteachan, i
of Brooklyn, elected. There has been
considerable dissension among the two
factions for the last two or three years
and the feeling has become so etr??ir
In... t .v f,. .
I attemnt of the "mTht . .,
an attempt of the "machine faction"
Jf.vT.7lo ? Prohgrte88lve,emeI,t
lmay ,ead to a split between the war-
rlng ,act,on8 nl a complete dlsn.p
tlon of the association.
in the course of the sessions many
subjects of great educational Import
ance will come up for consideration
and discussion. The subject of estab
lishing a university supported by the
government will be discussed bv four
presidents of state colleges, Edmund
J. James, of the University of 111!
nols; Charles R. Van Hlse, of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin; James H. Baker
of the University of Colorado and Wm.
u. Tnompson, of the University of
Ohio.
Among the famous educators who
will attend the convention and deliv
er addresses are Baroness Bertha von
Suttner of Vienna, said to have Insplr-
jed the Nobel peace foundation, whose
, ' ulJu ..T " wn
n. ?. " , ' Arm.?-
j,nr Ha?7 W' WIle'" 1,e.d M the
jtruuci ui ljuiv (uuq Bgiiauon; jane
Ad da ma. head resident of Hull House,
(ConflnneC n Ps(te Four.)
Silt FOIIivS
DELIGHTS ALE
T
NO TIRING FEATURES
MARK PROGRAM OF
EVENTS .
ACCIDENTS MISSING AND
ALL ARE WELL PLEASED
Quintet and Band With S. Piatt Jones
Make up Splendid Entertainment
Aside From Mitchell Address Day
Is Spent In a Manner Tbnt Highly
Pleased Those Present
'No saner, or safer, or nicer, or bet
ter, or resting Fourth of July enter
tainment was ever staged In La
Grander and that In the face of tha
fact that no effort toward a common
ly described "celebration" was exerted
than that which hundred participat
ed In at the Chautauqua yesterdar.
WIth m08t Pleasln weather conditions
to aid, the patrons of the Chautauqua
listened to talent, rested cosily In
camping places, listened to touches ol
Photic numbers In the program, and
witnessed water sports, wane '.ue
older folks were thus resting mind
and body without dreariness or dis
comfort the little tots utilized the
playgrounds and bathed and otherwise
made merry far into the night It was
the Ideal celebration for the working
man and woman and for the office
man and society woman. Those who
got the best of the day's events will
IT" "0th'ng, dlfferent hereafter If
they have their way of it.
- Unmarred by accidents and almost
free from obnoxious Ire crackers bnt
sprinkled with an occasional show of
fireworks last evening, the unprece-'
dented "celebration" came to an aus
picious end without a "Fourth" acci
dent of any kind. ";
QUINTET IS FEATURE. "J
Throughout the Bay Band and Quintet
Make Decided Hits.
Two features that went to make the
day so pleasing to the hundreds who
"rested" on July fourth Instead cf
tiring themselves out on hot streets la
aimless pursuit of enjoyment, wer
the La Grande band and the Chautau
qua quintet. The quintet was on the-
grounds all day, being heard numer
ous times. It consisted of Messrs Fer..
rin, Stoddard, Davis, Bramwell, Mrs..
Geddea, and Mlas Bramwell, pianist..
They were heard again last night la.
high class renditions. The band, as
near perfection as any organization
that ever wore a La Grande band uni
form, was applauded freely for Its dili
gently effort to entertain. From ear
ly forenoon until after 8 o'clock the-
band was In almost constant work and
Its efforts were immensely appreciat
ed. Jones "Comes Back."
Doing what few entertainers could
emulate, S. Piatt Jones last night
"came back." Only a day or two be
fore he made a tremendous hit with
his reading and impersonations and
last night was no les able to entertain
at a second performance in one week
and an audience made up largely of
bis first audience. Aided by the band
and the quintet, Mr. Jones rounded
out an evening's entertainment 'hat
was well worth the time and money..
WATER SPORTS INTEREST..
Cold Water Keeps Many Contestants
Out of Races Yesterday.
Presenting events In water In which
girls and boys participated with a
fine showing of speed and endt .
the water carnival of sports yet .,
afternoon pleased a large audience,
notwithstanding that many athletes
failed to enter because the water was
so unsuually cold. The banner rices
of the day were between a group o'
girls racing over a course of 65 yards
yards and again over 40. Miss Nell
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