GREAT INTEREST IN
CHICAGO CONVENTION
Never Before Has There Been
i Such Intense Feeling Be
, tween the Factions. ,
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
House Would Do Away With
Land Office Receivers and
Give Work to Clerk.
W. F. STONE
"The Conquest"
Chicago. Ther nvr wa tnor
Interesting republican national con
vention than Hint which asaembled to
Chicago Tuesdsy. Tim Huallun at
th opening uf (It convention wa un
precedented In American politic. No
DMtlunitl convention w vr preceded
by such bitter factional flttbt over
eouteated delegates. At the opening
of lb convention no human being
could foretell th outcome. Th hot
tout battle In former convention! of
ny party aram almost Insignificant
compared wit b that which culminated
er.
Victor Rosewat.r, of Nebraska,
chairman of th national committee.
In hla cupacliy aa chairman called th
convention to order.
Taft adherent controlled th na
tional commltte by a majority large
enough to decide every conteat In
favor of Hi president. Hitter light
marked almual every ilrp of tli pro
oedlng before the committee, but
the effort of llorah, lleney and other
Hooaevelt men availed little aa one
after Ilia other of the ronteat wer
Ptrsonsl Feeling Bitter,
decided for Tuft delegate.
The cloning hour of the commit
tee' eslon were marked by eihlbl
tlona of Intense partisan and personal
feeling among It member. The bit
ternea of the conltlrt alintternd life
long friendships. Men. who In former
year have aloud shouldi-r to ahoultler
In the atniKKl" for party supremacy
denounced each other to their tares
Epithet of "liar," "thief." and the j
like were freely bundled unci at times
personal encounter could hardly be
averted. The finish of the long con
test hearing wua marked by Incident
atrongly Indicative of the Intense feel
Ing between the Taft and Itoosevelt
force.
All of Washington's 14 delegate
were nwarded to Tuft, against the
protest of Senator I'oludexter, who
Photo by American I'ress Association.
8ENAT0R ELIHU ROOT,
Cholc of th Taft Men to Mak th
"Kynot" Speech.
appeared for the contesting Itoosevelt
delegates.
The WnHhington Itoosevelt' contest
anta held a meeting nnd adopted reso
lutions addressed to the republican na
tional committee denouncing their ac
tion In seating the Tuft delegate.
Roosevelt In Chicago.
An unusual Incident of the conven
tion I the presence. In the city of one
of th loading candidates for the hoad
of the ticket, Colonel Roosevelt, wear
ing hla new fighting hat, a compromise
between a sombrero and a rough ri
der's headgear, came Into Chicago lnte
Saturday afternoon, and wns acclulm
ed by thousands of his Biipportera and
admirern. The hut waa In the air
throughout the automobile rldo from
the station to the Congress hotel, wav
ing salutes of acknowledgement to the
cheers that marked his progress,
. The entire convention struggle cen
tered about Itoosevelt from the mo
ment he reached the city. Everything
pertaining to the convention on the
Itoosevelt side ts directly under the
supervision of the colonel himself.
Roosevelt lenders say It was principal
ly to have lii3 personal advice nt first
hand that they urged him to come.
Rooesvtlt Want Borah as Chairman.
Early Monday Senator llorah, of Ida
ho, finally and definitely was selected
ss the choice of the Roosevelt forces
for tomporary chairman In place of
Governor Herbert S. Hartley, of MIb
aourl. It was said that Senator llorah was
not consulted In regard to making the
race against Senator Itoot for the tem
porary chairmanship, and that the Ida
bo man was unprepared with a speech.
For this reason, he asked to be re
lieved from officiating at the Monday
Bight Roosevelt mass meeting.
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Washington. Unles th jenat
mend th tundry civil bill and r
atore th old order of tliluga. receiv
er of local land office will pa Into
history Jun 10. Th boua commu
te on appropriation, In framing th
aundry civil bill, abolished th offlc
of receiver and transferred th dutlea
of that offlc to th register. Tbl
waa In accordance with th recom
mendation that ha Jieetl mad many
lime by th general land offlc.
Hepreaentatlve from th public
land stairs fought In vain In th boua
agalnt th provUlon of th bill re
lating to th land cervlc. Th resolu
tion to abollah th office of receiver
of public money and aubatltute th
appointment of chief clerk for land
office went through under a inarp
fir. Charge that apeclal land agent
abused their poaltlona failed to cut the
appropriation of ItiUO.OuO to prosecute
depredatlona. Chairman Klttgerald.
of the appropriation committee, de
fended th bill against attack led by
Representative Mondoll, llawley, and
Utirke.
Dlsagr Over River And Harbor.
The conference committee on the
river and harbor bill 1 deadlocked
and after a spirited row adjourned for
10 duy. Threat are being made by
bouse member that the whole bill will
be defeated utiles the senate recedes
on some of lla larger amendment.
One amendment which brought
about a serious disagreement was the
senate's Increase In the appropriation
fr the Celllo caiml from JCoo.000 to
INuu.uuq, The house conferees are In
slating that they will not etand for
tills Increase, but senate member of
the conference Insist that thla and all
other Increases are Justified by the
recommendations of the army engin
eers, and that no Increases have been
made i tint were not recommended by
the war department. 1
It I understood thnt none of the
other imrt li extern amendment la at
tacked by Hie house, Celllo being the
largeKt Increase made in that section.
Committee Will Investigate Hanford.
Ily unanimous vote the house dl
reeled a subcommittee of the Judici
ary committee to go to Seattle, Wash.,
and other place to investigate the
chargra against Judge Hanford. of the
federal bench, which have arisen from
his decision In th Olrson socialist clt
lienshlp case.
Chairman Clayton named the follow
ing sub-committee to go to Seattle:
Kepresnutntlve Graham, Illinois,
chnlrmnn; Hlggin. of Connecticut,
and McCoy of New jersey.
Timber Industry Ranks Third.
Lumber nnd timber manufacturers
rank third In value among the pro
ducts of (he Industries of the United
States, according to the V.M2 statistics
made public by Director Dtiraml,
The census figures show that there
were 40.(171 lumber and timber es
tablishments and "84.989 persons en
gnr.ed lu the Industry.
The value of products were Sl.ltid,
128,747. The value added by manu
facture, which Is the difference be
tween cost of materials und value of
products, wus $048,011.1(18.
Louisiana led all other states in
number of wage earners, 4f.Qi2, and
Washington ranked first for value of
products, $39,154,825, and value added
by manufacture, $52,2"5.9&4.
National Capital Brevities.
The president, In a special message
to congress asked for an appropriation
of $10(1,000 to care for volcano victims
near Kodlnk, Alaska.
The house lias refused to appropri
ate more than $25,000 for preparation
und mounting of skins collected by
Theodore Itoosevelt on his Afrlcun
hunting trip.
Petitions favoring na amendment to
the constitution enabling women to
vote, signed by 116,582 persons, were
presented in the house by Congress
man lterger of Wisconsin.
The United States bureau of educa
tion, UHlng the preliminary figure of
the 1910 census, reports that the pro
portion of Illiteracy In the United
States Is 770 per 10,000.
Doth the senate and house have
agreed to the conference report of the
army, appropriation bill, carrying
amendments which will legislate Ma
jor General Wood out of his office as
chief of staff on March 4, 1913.
The president has vetoed the army
Impropriation bill. Ho returned the
V 11 to congress with a message Indi
cating IiIb disapproval of tlie legisla
tive provision which would oust Major-General
Wood from the office of
chtef-of-stnff next March 4.
By defeat of nn amendment In the
Bennte to make provision in the legis
lative, executive and Judicial appro
priation bill for maintaining the com
merce court, that tribunal has been
legislated out of existence, although
there 1b a likelihood that President
Taft may veto the bill. Railroad cases
will hereafter by bandied by the dis
trict courts.
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f) by Btoffett.
Colonel W. P. tton, Mrgnt-t-arm
of th republican national con
vention, responsible for th prtssrve
tlon of ordr.
Brief News of the Week
A strlk of th union member of
th building trade ba been called In
Los Angeles.
Desultory lighting during th past
week, with no particular advantag
to either aid, marked the progre of
the Mexican revolution.
The rebel at Chihuahua decided to
confiscate all tb cattle of the famous
Terraia family. Tbl will add $1,000,
000 to their depleted treaaury.
ltoth houses of the Minnesota legis
lature have ratified the amendment to
th constitution providing for the di
rect election of United Slate senator.
Irish suffragette ran amuck In Dub
lin and shattered 42 window In the
postofflce, customs house and commis
sioner's office and th police and mili
tary barrack.
Thousands were rendered homeless
In Louisiana, following the breaking
of every protection levee from Labad
vllle to the Oulf of Mexico, a distance
of 90 miles.
In Chicago recently cattle sold at
the highest price ever recorded In the
history of the stockyard. Predictions
among cattle buyer are that If the
present high price continue the con
sumer will pay even more fur hi
meats.
Senator Stone of Missouri ha de
clared that friends of Speaker Clark
will support a resolution before the
democratic national convention abol
ishing the two-third rule and provid
ing that whenever any candidate re
ceives a majority of the vote cast he
(hall be declared the party nominee.
A strike of 1000 employes of th
American Smelting A Refining com
pany at Perth Amboy, N. J., was ac
companied by much disorder. Resist
ing an attempt to destroy a high board
fence aurroundlng the plant, police
fired on a mob of several hundred
strikers, killing two and wounding
three others.
People in the News
T)r. U M. Early is dead at Columbus,
Ohio, from cancer, after repeated of
fer of $1,000,000 for a cure.
Governor Oddle, of Nevada, has ap
pointed George Wlngfleld of Reno Vai
led States senator to succeed the lnte
Benator Nixon.
Harry Leon Wilson, author and play
wright, and Helen Macgowan Cooke,
the 18-year-old daughter of Grace Mac
gowan Cooke, were married at San
Francisco.
The United States supreme court
haa affirmed the conviction of Hyde
and Schneider of San Francisco, In
land fraud cases In Oregon and Cali
fornia In 1901.
With a record of 53 years In prison,
John Warren is seeking a pardon from
the Connecticut penitentiary. He was
sentenced at the age of 21 for wife
murder, and Is now an old man of 74.
Lillian Russell, the actress, wns mar
ried to Alexander P. Moore, editor of
the Pittsburg Leader. Mlsa Russell
1b under engagement to Weber &
Fields and appeared In a matinee
shortly after the wedding.
George B. Cortelyou, secretary of
the treasury under President Roose
velt, waa a witness before the Pujo
committee Investigating the money
trust. He testified that he deposited
$42,000,000 of government money In
New York to stem the panic of 1907.
Mrs. Louise Llndorf, 45 years old,
Was arrested In Chicago Friday pend
ig Investigation of the deaths of her
two husbands and three children, one
of whom, a son, died Friday. The five
are said to have carried Insurance
.mounting to $10,000. Symptoms of
arsenical poisoning were observed In
all the cases.
Damaging testimony was given the
past week against Clarence S. Dar
row, not only by Bert Franklin, but
also by F. A. Dlekelman, a witness
in the McNamara case, who testified
that he was furnished with money and
Bhipped to Chicago by Bert Hanner
strome, a brother-in-law of Darrow.
The evidence wns Introduced as tend
ing to show that Darrow attempted to
corrupt witnesses at wall as jurors.
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Oh! A model rutin tnsa
Praia lb cwiutry mtun&4t
rew lofiety uf ilugi life,
Mll.fi lie, fur euvs I'm bound.
Forth to eoo'iurr wnt be
axblng dlllirntly maiil'n fair,
Wtien t last un ss found, "cures,"
asld be, ' we'll be s bsppy psir."
W e'll go rig tit for the reerbr,
Than a pnotuf rs.br wltboul Jest,
I knuw where. UfWi it,
ilepauoutTke
3rd St. Near Courthouse.
Amsteur Finishing Dene Neatly
snd Promptly. 3 -2
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Fruit Trees!
Central Oregon Crown
The only kind you can afford
to plant ILLUSTRATED
CATALOGUE FREE. Write
for one. Price low enough
to surprise you.
Lsi ollette Nursery Co.
Prinevill,
6 6. Oregon
Notice for I'uh.icuiion.
ii"rtnint of Die Interior. lT. H TawJ Office
The tkU-. Onttrnt, June 141b, mi.
hutittj t tjert'l'Y jfiv4Mi that
Carl Jtihn Htiti'tijiilot
of Prlnrvlllf, rt-Kn, who. an June ft, 19u6 and
N'lVetitbiT , IVu", ttifrle hoiHeftlvaU No. l-VJUl
t-rta). No. to-VMl. tor t-w1,, w'4. ami
nt1-. nw'i, avrtioti .Ti. t(wmtm IX south, rang?
tjeittt. w ilUuirite UVrhliaa. tiaa flJe.l noih e
of lliU-ntlmi Mt make five year proof, to eJat
nh claim to the iani aijove tiracriotHi, tM-iort
arrn Brown, rounty rierk, at liia o(ti. at
I'mievllle, Ort'ifoit, on the WiU day of July,
WW.
Claimant name aa k-Iiikmmu.
Nmiia K MHoiii, William Tlawaon. Otto
Horrt'ftou, UtHjrktw J. brown, all of Prineville,
Orrtfoil. ,
ft-JU t. W. MOOftfc, Kff titer.
Hotice of Final Settlement.
Notice Ik herHiy ilvf-n, by the underlned.
III. Htlinliiutmlor ur tlie efttele or John M. j
Mlnkl.T, dH-rMM4l. Ihftl he hns flled with the 1
clerk or the raunlr eourl, till nniu ftccount
Insof hi. udiiitntNtnitton of uld eKttite, sud
tlmt the court Iiiin w-t Monduy, the W duy of
July, lsW.i.1 lOo'clm-k In Hie forenoon, st the
county courtnioiu In Prlncvlllc, Oicaon, rm
the time and pliu-e for hcertn and aclUIn
Mild Anal accounting- At which tlnte and
plai'e. any per-un IntcretU-d In nald estate
may apiiear and object to aiild Hnal an-ount-In.
Dated tbta Mtn day or Mny, lU.
U. H. MI.NKt.KR,
AdmlnUtratnr of I lie eitale of John M.
Mlukler, deceased.
Notice to Creditor.
Notice i hereby given by the nnder
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C ' K - I V . ' .Ullllllinil.llt. Ul IUQ ODUIl.
01 r.imer . jvayier,uecease(i,ioaii per
son having claim againat said de
ceased and to all creditors of said estate,
to present them, with the proper vouch
ers, to the undersigned at Mr home in
I'rinevilie, Oregon, within six months
from the date of the Hret publication of
this notice.
Hated this 23rd day of May, 1912.
Mks. PkaklO.Kayi.icr,
Administratrix of the estate of Klmer
W. Kayler, deceased. 5-23
The Oregon Bar
At the Old Stand
G.W.WUey&Co.,PrP8
All kinds of Choice Liquors
Wines and Cigars.
Famous Ranter Beer in
Bottles and on Draft.
$100,000.00
TO LOAN
On' Improved. Producing
FARMS
Large Loans a Specialty
A. R. BOWMAN
Prineville, Oregon
At Cost
On account of late summer season we will sell at first
cost all Refrigirators, Porch and Lawn Furniture, Folding
Tables, Chairs, Cots, Tents, Etc Ice cream freezers at
less than cost
A. H. Lippman & Co.
The "Advance" is On Time,
And you can
p rrj z.u-&y .a
l v. 5 , -
Put it to work on time. It will make
you the money in time to make your
payments on time, it you buy or
John A. Dobkins,
Agent, Culver, Oregon,
He can sell you anything from a "steam
plow to a sawmill, also machinery supplies.
Place your order at once and have a long
run this season.
PrineviUe--Redmon(I--Sisters Stage Line
Matt Kulesch, Proprietor.
Passenger Fare to Redmond, $1.50. Express from Red
mond to Prineville, one-half cent per pound for over 50
pounds. Small packages of less than 50 pounds, 25c.
Leaves Prineville for Redmond Daily. Office at the
Pioneer Cream Company.
11-16 S. R. COOPER, Agent
I 1
Strawberries
Arriving Daily, also all other
Fruits Available.
If you are looking for anything nice
in the fresh fruit line, watch the
O. K. Market. .
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buy it on time.
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