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VOL. XI
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1912.
NUMBER 212
KANSAS GIVES ROOSEVELT
rnubntiLD i tun
BIG MAJORITY!
STUBBS ALONE OF EN
TIRE TICKET IS IN
DOUBT. s
GOVERNOR IX LEAD AND
THOUGHT TO BE WINNER
Progressive Candidate for Governor
Defeats Toft Man Handily Entire
State Ticket Wins Over Taft Men
Eight Roosevelt Presidential Elec
tors Nominated Yesterday.
Topeka, Kas., Aug. 7. Eight candi
dates pledged to Roosevelt were elect
ed over Taft candidates for presiden
tial electors by majorities averaging
35,000 yesterday. The progressive
state ticket elected majorities running
from 20,000 to 40,000. Arthur Capper,
a progressive, was nominated for gov
ernor by a majority of 40,000 over
Frank Ryan, a Taft man.
The race for senator between Gov
ernor Stubbs and Senator' Curtis, a
Taft man, Is close, but Stubbs is In
the lead, and it is generally believed
he will win. 1
BURNS JOINS FIGHT AGAINST
NEW YORK GAMBLING GIGS
New York, Aug. 7. With evidence
against three police officials and one
civilian, furnished, by Vi. J. Burns, In
the hands Of District Attorney Whit
man, the real death struggle between
the "system" and law is on here to
day. Detective Burns found official record
WILL ADD SECOND STORY TO THE
CITY BUILDING SOON.
New Fire Alurin System and New Aulo
Fire Truck to lie Installed.
Architects are busy planning fie
remodeling of the city offices. A sec
ond story is to be added and other
improvements and changes will bi
made. The recorder's office and coun
cil chambers will be located on the
second floor. The water superinten
dent's office will be where the re
corder's office is now located, and the
engineer's quarters will be enlarged
Two paid firemen will have rooms on
the second floor and the coming of the
fire tnuk on September first will nec
essitate a rearrangement of the fir
department.
With the new tire alarm system that
is to be installed and the enlarging of
the city quarters a more sedate ap
pearance will be given to the city ad
ministration, and the Incumbents of
the offices will be more able to serve
the citizens of the municipality.
HIGHER I PS IN DANGER.
Hanford Affnlr Not Settled Yet Indi
cates Wicket-sham.
Washington. Aug. 7. A government
probe of alleged higher up behind C.
P. Hanford. the former Judge of the
United States court In the we:er:i
district of Washington In his allege 1
mls.-cnduct on the bench is the plaa of
Attorney General Wckershatn aetvrd
Ing to an announcement this afteniom
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REMODEL HOME
HIS PET P
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Chicago, Aug. 7. The third day of
the Bull Moose convention was called
to order at 11:30, -but adjourned at
12:50 until an hour later.
The California delegation was the
first to arrived In the coliseum today,
followed by the New York and Illi
nois delegations at 10:55. The galler
ies were well filled. The invocation
was delivered ty r.-bui Sessen Levi,
and immediately after the prayer the
report of tbe committee on permanent
organization making temporary offi
cers permanent, was presented.
Objection Is Voiced.
Medlll McCormlck of Chicago read
the report Former Governor Hamil
ton of Illinois moved to amend the
rules and make the name of the new
party either "the National Progressive
party," or "Progressive" the name to
be with tbe various states. The rules
committee then withdrew the report
temporarily and tried to reach an
agreement on the name.
William Hotchkiss reported the con
dition of the party In New York. His
of a telephone call Jack Rose asserts
he made on Police Lieutenant Beck
er,' 20 minutes after the 'Rosenthal
murder, and this is regarded as cor
roborative evidence of the highest im
portance as regards the story told by
Rose.
MAYOR CHIEF
STATE ATTEMPTS TO EXPLODE
MYSTERY THEORY.
Chief Counsel Ropers Out on " .11
fer Citation for Content)!.
At.
Los Angeles, Aug. 7. O. H. F. May
er, a detective employed by Bert H.
Franklin, the self confessed briber
during the life of the McN'amara trial
and introduced by the prosecution to
explode the "mysterious man" theory
of the defense which attempted to
show that a dark stranger .visited
Franklin the day of the bribery of
prospective Juror Lockwood, was un
der cross-examination when the Dar
row trial was Resumed today.
After the defense counsel had ap
pealed to Judge Hutton, Earl Rogers,
chief counsel for Darrow, who was
court, at liberty on $200 ball,
yesterday cited for contempt, was In
Rogers resumed the Interrogation
of Mayer. The witness was unable to
fix the time with accuracy of his visit
to Franklin on the morning of Noyem
ber 28th. That was the day of the al
leged bribery.
ty Congressman Berger of Wisconsin.
1'erger was closeted today with t!:
attorney general. Later he announced
tV.a.- a federal -grand Jury will prolia
My convene at Seattle, and expose t':c
al grd higher ups. and it is predict .!
that If the investigation starts, prom
inent Seattle lawyers, polticlans and
business men will be drawn into the
jovetnment's net through indictment j.
Berger flatly charges Hanford was
forced to resign to protect the alleged
I ;g;icv ups from exposure.
WITNESS
NOMINATED gives
nince PUBLICITY TD
ULUCG HIR THFflRIFR
PflMTDhPT mu
in uuiniinu
report was approved by the conven
tion and It then adjourned at 12:25 to
i o'clock to give the resolutions com
mittee time to finish its work.
A final draft of the platform con
taining 4.V0O words embodying Roose
velt's suggested changes, is complete,
will be presented late today to the
convention.
When the convention reassembled af
ter noon Medlll McCormlck read a
compromise plank providing the nam-
of the new party should be the "Pro
gressive party," and contained a stip
ulation that in other states where an
other name had been adopted the
name should be subject to the approv
al these states.
The rule regarding representation
in the convention was changed, flxln
ihc basis of one delegate to each 5,000
votes instead of 10,000. The report of
, the rules committee as reported was
, adopted and rules were then suspend-
cq, permitting nominations.
RooseTelt's Same Presented.
Prendergast nominated Roosevelt at
1:50, and in doing so, eulogized him,
saying he was a national asset, and
that millions of Americans were turn
ing to Roosevelt in this crisis. He re
ferred to him as America's greatest
statesman. Henry J. Allen of Kansas
seconded the Roosevelt nomination.
i . Jane Addams, of Hull House, also
made s speech seconding the nomina
tion of Roosevelt.
- A tremendous outburst of enthusi
asm followed the speech by Wm. A.
B-i energast, controller of New York
City, He concluded at 2:11 and biud? ula""ru
were drowned out by a parade of dole-1 Mr- Wilson snid In part:
gates through the aisles. The Roose I "What is there to do? It is hard
elt demonstration, beginning at t!m t0 8Um ,ne 8reat task UD Dut appar
concluslon of Prendergast's speech, ent'y tnls ls tne BUm of the matter:
n'ed a: 3:01. i There are two great things to do. One
Johnson Sure of Vice Presidency. J Ib ,0 Bet UP tne ruIe of Justice and of
Judge Lindsey withdrew his name Hellt in 8,,ch matters as the tariff, the
after it had been presented, makinc I
Governor Johnson of California sure
of the vice presidential nomination.
After the cheering for Roosevelt, had
lasted 20 minutes, lifers, and drum
mers filed into the aisles heading a
procession adding to the uproar with
the "Star Spangled Banner,'' and
Dixie."
With his plans already prepared
for the opening campaign speech to be
'elivered in Providence, R. 1., August
It!. Colonel Roosevelt decided to re
main here over night, going to Oyster
Bay tomorrow. He will meet the mem
bers of the national committee before
leaving, at which time the location of
the Progressive headquarters will -be
decided. After the opening speech at
Providence, Roosevelt will speak at
Point of Pines near Boston the next
day. August 22 he goes to Wilkesbarre,
Pa. August 2Cth he will speak some
where In Vermont. He ls scheduled
to appear at the state fair at St. Paul
Sept. 6, and will deliver at least one
important speech in each state before
the election.
' .
Prospective Strikers Confer.
Chicago, 111., Aug. 7. In an effort to
reach an amiable settlement between
10,100 employes of 'he surface and
overhead railway employes and rail
way officials, further conferences were
held here today. There appears to
be small hope of reaching an agree
ment. Father of House of Lords.
London. Aug. ".Earl Nelson, grand
nephew of the famous hero of Tr,'f:il
iar. entered unon his 90th year today
end was the recipient of many mea
sles of congratulation. Lord Nebon
Is the oldest memher of the house o."
I'.'ds, and Is still a fairly regulnr At
tendant at St. Stephens. He sue ved-.-d
to (he earldom at the aee of 11, but
.lid r.ot take his sent until lSifi.
OLLIE JAMES INFORMS
HIM OF HIS NOMI-NATION
SAYS BIG nrSINESS IS
NOT ALWAVS OBJECTION AL
Turin', Conservation, Big BukIucss and
Various Other Themes Dwelt Upon
- in Speech of Acceptance by Gover
nor Wilson Today Services Are
Simple With JM Set Program.
Sea Kirt, N. J., Aug. 7. With sim
plicity as the keynote the ceremony
of formally notifying Governor Wood
row Wilson that he had been chosen
the democratic nominee for tie pres
idency of the United States was ac
completed here today. There was no
set program. Shortly before 1 o'clock
the main body of the notification com
mittee, beaded by Senator-Elect OlHe
James of Kentucky arrived. James
formally notified him with the nffsr
of the nomination. "
Larly In the day scores of specta
tors began arriving at the "little
nlte house,' where they we.'e greet
ed from the veran.la by th governor,
Ms wife and daughters who cordially
shook hands.
Ovk'lng to the pressure of work in
icngress neither speaker Champ Clark
nor House Leader Underwood were
able to be present at the notification
ceremonies.
During the delivery of James' ad
dress, he wss frequently lnterrup.eci
by applauses while Governor Wilson
regulation of the trusts and the pre
ventlon of monopoly, the adaptation
of our ban'.ing and currency laws to
the varied uses to which our people
must put them, the treatment of those
who do the dally labor In our factor
ies and mines and throughout all our
great Industrial and commercial un
dertakings, and the political life of
the people of the Philippines, for
whom we hold governmental power
In trust, for their service not our
own. The other, the additional duty.
Is the great task of protecting our
people and our resources and of keep
ing open to the whole people the
doors of opportunity through which
Jiey must, generation by generation,
pass if they are to. make conquest of
their fortunes in health, In freedom,
in peace and In contentment. In the
performance of this second great duty
we are face to face with questions ot
conservation and of development, of
forests and water powers and mines
and water ways, of the building of an
adequate merchant marine, and th
opening of every highway and facillt
and the setting up of every safeginrl
needed by a great Industrious, ex
panding nation. ;
His Tariff Alms.
" How does the present tariff
look in the light of it? I say nothing
for the moment about the policy of
protection, conceived and carried out
as a disinterested statesman might
conceive it. Our own clear conviction
as democrats is, that In the last anal
ysis the only safe and legitimate ob
ject of tariff duties, as of taxes of
every other kind. Is to TaUse revenue
for the support of the government:
but that is not my presnt point.
We do not ignore the fact that the
business of a country like ours is ex
ceedingly sensitive to change In leg
islation of this knd. It has been built
up, however lll-advlsedly, upon tariff
schedules written In the way I hnve
Indicate-!, and Its foundations must
not be too radically or too suddenly
disturbed. When wa act we should
act with caution and prudence, like
men who know what they are about,
and not like those In love with a the
ory. It Is obvious that the changes
we make should be made only at such
a rate and lu such a way as will
least Interfere with the normal and
healthful course of commerce and
manufacture. But we shall not on
that account act with timidity, as If
we did not know our own minds, for
we are certain of our ground and of
OUT nltlent Tllpra w,i,1H ha an Im
mediate revision, and It shonld baMO&T z fERE PUNISH-
downward, uniiesitailngly and steadily
downward.
"It should begin with the schedules
which have been most obviously usei
to kill competition and to raise prices
In the United States, arbitrarily and
without regard to the prices pertain-i
lug elsewhere In the markets of .he.
world; and It should, before It is fin
ished or Intermitted, be extended tt '
every Item In very schedule which -1
fords any opportunity for monopoly !
for special advantage to limited
groups of beneficiaries, or tot subsl-i
dlzed control of any kind In the mar-
kets or the enterprises of the coun-
try; until special favors of every sort
shall have been absolutely withdrawn
and every part of our laws of taxation
shall have been transformed from a
system of governmental patronage In
to a system of just and reasonable
charges which shall fall where they
will create the least burden. When
we shall have done that, we can fix
questions of revenue and of business
adjustment In a new spirit and with
clear minds. We shall then be part
ners with all the business mew of the
country, and a day of freer, more sta
ble prosperity shall hare dawned.
Conservation Great Question.
"I do not know any greater ques
tion than that of conservation. We
have been a spendthrift nation and
must now husband what we have left.
We must do more than that. We must
develop, as well as preserve, our wa
ter powers and must add great water
ways to the transportation facilities
of the na'lon, to supplement the rail
ways 'within onr borders as well, as
upon the. isthmus. We must revive
our merchant marine, too, and fill the
seas again with our own fleets. We
must add to our present postoffice ser
vice a parcels post as complete an
that of any other nation. We must
look to the health of our people upon
every hand, as well as hearten them,
with justice and opportunity. This Is
the constructive work of government.
This ls the policy that has a viRion
and a hope and that looks to serve
mankind.
Big Business Discussed.
"Power In Jthe hands of great busi
ness men does not make me appre
hensive, unless It springs out of ad
vantages which they have not created
for themselves. Big business Is not
dangerous because It Is big, but be
cause its bigness Is an unwholesome
Inflation created by privileges and ex
emptions which It ought not to enjoy.
While competition cannot be created
by statutory enactment, It can In large
nieasure be revived by changing the
laws and forbidding the practices that
killed It, and by enacting laws that
will give it heart and occasion again.
We can arrest and prevent monopoly.
It has assumed new shapes and adopt
ed new processes in our time, but
these are now being disclosed and
can be dealt with."
Turkey Plans War.
Vienna, Aug. 7. A declaration of
war between Turkey and Montenegro
Is expected here hourly as a result
of Montenegro's activities on the ron
tler of Turkey.
Sultan Fears Assusslnallon.
Constantinople, Aug. ?. Fearing as
sassination as a result of differences
with Montenegro the guard around the
sultan's palace was doubled today. It
Is also reported that the lives of for
eigners are in danger. Bulgaria, ac
cording to unofficial reports received
here, Is preparing to nvade Macedonia.
Prof. Matthews In City.
Prof. Matthews, who holds the chair
of mathematics In Willamette unlver
slty, arrived In La Grande this after
noon from a trip into Wallowa county
He will remain for some time in the
Interests of the school.
SUFFRAGETTE
LEAffflS GET
tilTDVE
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S(ltZt t
ever . nr.
LPICTED r
FOLLOWS ATTEMPTED BUBS.
1NG OF THEATRE SttaCL
icnui Scitilude for a Period ul Tim.
Years Is Meted Out to Twe Osftsw
gette Leaders Woe Attempted J
Rnrn Building In Which
Was to Speak In, Dablln.
Dublin, Aug. 7. For aUemptbv
bum the Theatre Royal In wbicV
mler Asquith was to apeak durior J
visit to Ireland, Mrs. Mary Lelhl
Miss Gladys Evans, suffragettes, m
sentenced today to five .years" m
servitude.
The sentences are th mostM
ever Imposed on a suff rageUa jda
the movement started.
Tbe authorities state they will i
vent any further violence on. the jHJt
of the militant suffragettes.
ine crime was committed
weeks ago and tbe two women '
arrested and placed in close
ment Immediately. Reports Trosal
don say the leaders of tbe mc
are stunned at the enormity E 1
punishment inflicted on tbe two 1
ers at Dublin.
FIST STRINGS
SECRETARY FINDS MlTCH-TnTR.
EST IN SISTEK COCNTX.
Program of Unon County Fair
More Definite.
Several strings of horses nflt sai
entered In the relay races at thnmna
ty fair from Wallowa, says Secrwiy
A. B. Cherry today on his return!
a tour of that county.' lie finds
interest in Wallowa county mm urn,
Ing the Union county fair, and cigmttm
to receive several -entries In-theism-
ous races.
The Oregon-Idaho far circuit Afts
just issued a new program of ohk
In La (ii ancle, Baker, Ontario, OSJB'-
well and Boise. The program for
races at! the Union county fair Jmi
held in La Grande the week -of Sep
tember 9th, has been made moretteS-
nite and further changes are notmr
expectcd.
Wediiesduy, Sept. 1J, Wallonn Ca.lqcr
2:30 trot Purse $S00.0o.
2:25 pace Purse $500.00.
Seven furlongs Purse $300,011.
Thursday, Sept. 12, Union, Cove ass
North Powder Day
2:18 trot Purse $800.00.
2:15 pace Purse $800.00.
Six furlongs Purse $300.00.
Friday, Sept 1, Home Coming
2:24 trot Purso $800.00.
2:20 pace Purse $800.00.
Four furlongs Purse $200.0,
Saturday, Sept. 14.
Free for all pace Purse $500.
Free for all trot Purse $500.O
La Grande derby, 1 1-6 miles, 3-imi
olds and upward PniBe $$500..0.
Reunion of Confederate VrtrTc
Winston-Salem, N. C., Au.g 7.
nants of the gray-clad host wi k.
confederate army answered roll -afl
here today at the opening of fo
nual reunion of the North Csnrfom
division of the United Confefurmto
Veterans. The renn'on will Irst two
(lays, during which time there nE
numerous features of entertalrtwirt
for the veterans and tVir frienSs
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