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PORTLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1908.
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Features of Republican
Platform.
ROOSEVELT POLICIES FIRST
Tariff Will Be Reformed on
Protection Principles.
CURRENCY BILL PRAISED
Administration's Attitude Toward
Corporations Approved Naval
Policy Upheld labor's De
mands Are Recognized.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FLAT
FORM MILL:
Declare RoOBevelt'a policies to be
vital principles of the Republican
party.
Favor equivocally tariff .revis
ion which will reduce prices to con
sumers, yet provide protection to
home industries and labor.
. Praise Congress for Aldrich
Vreeland bill and congratulate
country because Republican party
was in position to guide Nation safe
ly through recent financial trouble.
Declare strongly for improvement
and enlargement of the Navy.
Favor maintenance of the Army
on its present basis.
Declare for continuation of Roose
velt policy toward corporations.
Recommend conservation of na
tural resources.
Favor amendment to Sherman anti
trust law permitting reasonable traf
fic agreements. National control of
railroads, as opposed to National
ownership.
Declare for, legislation Insuring
protection to organized labor against
snap-judgment injunctions.
Reiterate trust plank of 1900.
Approve administration Insular
policies.
Declare for (exclusion of coolie
labor.
Favor encouragement of American
shipping.
WASHINGTON, June 7. That the
platform which will be adopted at the
Chicago convention and on which the Re
publican party will , stand during the
next campaign has been completed with
the exception of a few details, which
will be left for the committee on resolu
tions to insert, is the opinion of many
who are in the confidence of the He
publican leaders. The work has been
done by "Wade Ellis, Attorney-General of
Ohio, the draftsman of the recent Ohio
state platform; who the Taft friends are
hoping will be the chairman of the com
mittee on resolutions; Senator Long, of
Kansas, and a few others, including tho
President-and Secretary Taft, who have
been freely consulted.
The policies of President Roosevelt will
he indorsed unequivocally and this in
dorsement will be the central idea of the
document. These policies will be set
forth as the embodiment of the principles
of the Republican party, whose achieve
ments will be lauded as at all times wise
and beneficial; as ever in the Interest of
the people. These principles, it will be
declared, are quite in contrast with the
policies of the Democratic party, which,
as embodied in the public utterances of
its leaders, it will be said, promise noth
ing good that can be assured "of accom
plishment. The Republican party's record
as the party of protection andvsound
money, as the party of progress and good
principles, as the party that gave free
dom to Cuba and lifted the yoke from
the necks of the people of the Philippines
and from Porto Rico, will be upheld for
admiration and made the subject of
much praise, and the voting power will
be asked to continue to patronize the
political craft that has carried it across
so many streams.
Tariff Leading Feature.
Specifically speaking, more attention has
been given by the platform makers to
the tariff than to any other subject. There
will be an equivocal declaration for re
vision, but the disposition is to leave the
working out of details to the ingenuity
of Congress. The action of the two houses
of Congress in instructing the committee
which will deal with the tariff, the Sen
ate committee' on finance and the House
committee on ways and means, to make
a special investigation of the situation
will afford sufficient excuse to the conven
tion, while they supposedly will furnish
Congress with a basis for action.
This preparatory Btep will be in
dorsed, and there will be a general
pronouncement in favor of Guc'h
changes in schedules as the advance
of time and the progress of the coun
try may have made necessary since the
enactment of the Dingley law. The
declaration will take the shape of ap
pearing so to equalize the duties as
to give the consumer the benefit of
the most favorable prices consistent
with the protection of domestic indus
tries and home labor. It will be em
phatically stated that there must be
no innovation that will permit Ameri
can labor to come Into competition
with foreign labor, and accordingly it
will be specified that in all cases the
duty must be equal to the differences
between the American and the Europ-
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Identity Unknown, but She Creates
Excitement Circus People Indig
nantly Disclaim Advertising.
WALLACE, Idaho, June 7. (Special.)
The sensations of the people of Chicago
and New York who have stood aghast
at the new directolre gown were ex
perienced by the people of this city to
day. The peaceful quiet of an Idaho
Sunday was rudely interrupted by the
appearance of a woman on the main
street here gowned In one of these sheaf
creations. This was the first appearance
of one of these gowns in Wallace, and
the effect on the population was some
what startling.
Who the woman was who dared to
wear this creation of the Parisian boule
vards on the streets of an Idaho town Is
a mystery. Nobody seems to know where
she came from. It was hinted that she
might be one of the circus people who
are here, but when the managers were
asked about It they denied strenuously
that they were reduced to this manner of
advertising.
PENSION CLERK A SUICIDE
Blows Out His Brains After Keeping
Capital Police at Bay.
WASHINGTON7"june 7. After holding
the police at bay for six hours. Dr. Joseph
Posphiel, an employe of the Pension Of
fice, shot himself through the brain this
morning while jnsane. Laboring under
a delusion that an attempt was being
made to murder him he fired at pedes
trians and into the homes of his neigh
bors, and when the police came he re
loaded his pistol and fired upon them, pre
venting their near approach to the house.
Altogether he fired 50 shots In this way,
none of which took effect.
Before opening fire Posphiel passed his
three llttle children through the second
story window to persons in the adjoin
ing house. His wife remained with him
endeavoring to quiet him, but becoming
alarmed when he opened fire on the po
licemen, she joined her children in the
neighbor's house.
At the time he shot himself he was
sitting in the second-story window of his
home. He first rolled up his sleeve and
injected cocaine in his arm to steady
himself for the fatal shot. He plunged
forward to the ground and died on the
way to the hospital. He came to Wash
ington from Wisconsin about 18 years ago.
FESTIVAL WEEK IN PARIS
French Capital Overflowing Wlith
American Visitors.
PARIS, June 7. The coming week
marks the height of the Paris season and
the city is crowded to overflowing with
American and other foreign visitors. The
famous flower fete took place yesterday
on the Bois de Boulogne. John A. Thayer
and wife, of Boston, winning the first
prize for the most beautifully decorated
vehicle.
The grand steeplechase for a purse of
25,000 was made a great society event
here today. President Fallieres and the
whole of fashionable Paris witnessed the
race, which was won by Eugene Fisch
off's Dandola.
A tournament which will Include fenc
ing bouts, tennis and uoat races, will
be held throughout the week. The sea
son will end next Sunday with the grand
prix at Longchamps, in which S ignore ttl,
the winner of the English Derby and the
Oaks is entered. It is announced, how
ever, that Slgnor Giristrelli will withdraw
his filly, as he prefers not to risk the
journey and desires to give her a rest.
PROTEST AGAINST PICTURE
G. A. It. Objects to Portrait of Lee
on Schoolhouse Wall.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 7. (Spe
cial.) A picture of General Robert E.
Lee, leader of the Confederate forces,
hanging on the wall of the High School
at Redding, Cal., has precipitated an old
time row with the members of the G.
A. R. as the active agents for its re
moval. The picture was placed there two weeks
ago by one of the teachers and aa soon
as they learned of It, the veterans pro
tested. At- a meeting of the school board
yesterday, much business was transacted
but the subject of the picture was care
fully avoided. It still hangs on the wall.
BANDITS ROB PAY TRAIN
Four Thousand Dollars Stolen and
Three Guards Killed.
CITT OF MEXICO, June 7. Word
reached this city tonight that bandits
attacked a pay train on the way to the
Los Grandes Mine near Balzac In the
State of Guerrero. Of the escort of four
men, three were killed and one wounded.
Four thousand dollars was stolen. Rurales
are in pursuit of the highwaymen.
The mine belongs to an American com
pany. PURSUE DESPERATE NEGRO
Armed Men Chase Murderer of Sher
iff Through Oklahoma.
OKLAHOMA CITT, OklaT, June 7.
Alt Hunter, the negro outlaw who mur
dered Sheriff Garrison of this city last
Friday, is being pursued by many
armed men in the rough country be
tween Dover and Hitchcock, 20 miles
north of Kingfisher. The' negro is
alone, and heavily armed, and will
probably be shot if overtaken,
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Conducting Bolt.
ANNOUNCEMENT IS PREMATURE
Anti-Taft Leaders Trying Now
to Make Excuses.
ISSUE PUBLIC STATEMENT
Willing to Go Through Formalities.
"Standpat" Action of Taft Forces
Meets With Hearty Ap
proval at Washington.
CHICAGO, June 7. Representatives of
the '"allies" tonight recalled their state
ment that they will bolt the Republican
National Committee so far as the presen
tation of evidence to support the claims
of anti-Taft delegations from Southern
States is concerned. There is evidence
that the announcement made last night
upon the authority of Representative
James Francis Burke, manager for Sena
tor Knox, after he had been in confer
ence with Senator Hemenway, of Indi
ana; J. B. Keating, of Indiana, and others
identified with the campaign being made
by the allies, created dissension. Some
of the other spokesmen for the allies de
clared the announcement to be ill-advised,
and they busied themselves today
to counteract its effect. After numerous
conferences the following, which was
headed "Statement From the Allies," was
Issued:
Will Comply With Formalities.
Upon the' authority of the representatives
ef all the political candidates other than
Secretary Taft it was announced today that
they will continue to present their side ot
the contested delegate cases to the National
committee. The decision of the . National
committee will not be taken aa final by the
candidates known aa the "allied," but an
appeal will be taken in cases where it Is
believed injustice has been done, first to the
committee on .credentials and later to the con
vention itself.
The elimination of the representatives of
the "allies" to continue the presentation of
their side of the contests to the committee
te not to be taken as an Indication that they
approve of the manner in which these con
tests have been decided, but in order to be
in a position to preeent all of the cases in
proper form to the committee on credentials
it is deemed advisable to comply with the
form of procedure laid down by the National
committee.
It is the firm determination of the "allies"
to first give the National committee an op
portunity to consider all the contests on
their merits.
"Feeler" Proves Boomerang.
It is generally believed that the an
nouncement maae last night was de
signed to test public sentiment and to in
fluence the Taft forces to a compromise
proposition submitted to the committee
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tween His and Colonel J. Ham
L Lewis' Hirsute Adornments.
CHICAGO, June 7. (Special.) Zera
Snow, of Portland, Or., rode into Chi
cago today on the crest of the hot wave,
bringing with him a solution of the
much-debated question as to whether the
famous whiskers of Colonel James Ham
ilton Lewis are originals or copies. Mr.
Snow, who is a leading lawyer in Port
land, is a Democrat, but he has come to
attend the Republican National conven
tion as a spectator. His arrival was
hailed with joy by the celebri'les at the
Auditorium Annex, who remarked a drop
in the temperature of" the rotunda soon
after the Oregon man had placed his
trapped signature on the register.
Mr. Snow wears a facial adornment of
precisely the same cut as those of Colonel
Lewis, the only difference being in color.
He claims that he introduced the "Cos
sack sweepers" on the Coast.
Belmont's Condition Improved.
NEW YORK. June 7. Physicians at
tending Oliver H. P. Belmont, who is ill
from peritonitis following an operation
for appendicitis at his country estate in
Hempstead, stated late tonight that the
condition of the patient was somewhat
improved. His condition is still critical,
however.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 82
degrees; minimum, fil degrees
TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness and cooler;
westerly winds.
Political.
Forecast of important points of Republican
National platform. Page. 1.
Allies recede; will not bolt National commit
tee decision. Page 1.
New York Republicans appeal to National
convention to uphold Judiciary. Page 1.
Bryan would like John Mitchell for running
mate. Page 1-
Foreign.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra greeted
at .Kiel by review or uerman warships.
Page 2.
La Guayra In pitiable condition without
money to fight plague. Page 2.
Domestic.
Six dead bodies taken from Gold King mine;
heroic work of rescue party. Page 1.
Floods again blockade Northern Pacific in
Montana; high water feared in Kansas.
Page 1.
Zera Snow cools Chicago hot wave. Page 1.
Tornado kills one man and razes 200 houses
in Charles City. Iowa. Page 3.
8 ports. . v.
Beavers take final game of "series a. 5Wi Los
Angeics oy score or a-x. rage .
Batting averages of paat week show Angels
are better batters tnan weavers, jrage o.
Entries announced for Seattle harness races.
Page 4.
Pacific Coast.
Two ship of Atlantic fleet start for Hamp
ton roads. Page o.
Young Adolf Ppreckels. of San Francisco,
secretly weas an actress, .rage o.
McBride and Mead aligning forces for com
ing political struggle in wasningtoa.
Pago 5-
Portland and Vicinity.
Masonic bodies will hold annual gatherings
in Portland this week. Page 14.
F. A. Seufert says wheelmen will abandon
fight with gillnetters. page 4.
Returns on Oregon election are nearly com
plete. Page 9.
Floods in Montana raise Columbia and "Wil
lamette is rising Bteadily. Page 14.
East Side pastor pays tribute to Oregon
pioneers. Page $.
Mrs. Clara H. Waldo resigns as state Grange
lecturer and is succeeded by J. J. John
son. Page 14.
Encouraged by success of Prohibition Anti-
Saloon League plans to vote wnoie state
dry. Page 13. ,
SOUTHERN DELEGATE "I'SE SUAH
600 Feet of Track Goes
Out Near Butte.
MORE BRIDGES CARRIED AWAY
Month May Be Required to Re
place Railroad Lines.
SNOW BEGINS TO MELT
Further Floods Feared Because of
Sudden Warm Weather in West
ern Montana Topeka Pre
pares for High Water.
BUTTE, Mont., June 7. The Northern
Pacific east from Butte is again tied up
today by a new washout of 600 feet of
track, near Jefferson Island, a small sta
tion in the Jefferson Elver Valley, about
10 miles from Butte. Two steel trestles
on the Great Northern are reported to
day as having cone out. near Basin, 35
miles, north of Butte, adding to the de
moralization of that road.
Great Northern Railway officials this
evening: will not venture an opinion as
to when normal conditions will be re
stored, one official stating: that in his be
lief a month's time would be necessary
to put the Montana line of the Northern
Pacific In proper condition. The Great
Northern telegraphic service is com
pletely demoralized, and the officials fear
they have yet to Jearn of the real mag
nitude of the destruction wrought by the
flood waters.
The barometer is higher this evening
than for . several weeks. This would in
dicate warmer weather tomorrow and
with that the rapid melting of the snows
In the mountains. As there now is lying
from three to four feet of snow in the
mountains it is feared the rush of waters
will1 add to the damage already done.
The sun shone brightly today and with
the exception of a suggestion it rJ9 !?-
this afternoon there was no sign of a
further downpour.
WATERS BEGIN TO RECEDE
Worst of Flood Believed to Be Over
in Western Montana.
SPOKANE, June 7. A Missoula, Mont,
special to the Spokesman-Review says:
It is thought that the crest of the great
flood which has had Western Montana in
its grasp for the past week has been
passed. The weather is fair and the high
waters are receding at a rapid rate.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth
of damage has been done to bridges,
houses, railroads and to property of all
descriptions. The Northern Pacific Rail
road east of this city is completely
blockaded and it will be days and possib-
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POPULAH!"
Marries in Baker City In 1895, but
Only Half-Dozen Know of It
Till His Death.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 7. A
hidden chapter in the life of the late
Dr. W, H. Craig, who took his life In
the armory of the Masonic Temple in
Oakland last Thursday, which was known
to only a few of his most intimate com
panions, was laid bare in Oakland today
when Mrs. Helen B. Craig, residing at
1310 Harrison street, announced that she
was the widow of the dead man.
Thirteen years ago Miss Helen Bard
bury and Dr. W. H. Craig were married
in a hotel at Baker City, Or., by the Rev.
Mr. Bell. The ceremony was performed
on April 23, 1895. It occurred less than
three years after the denist had been,
divorced from his second wife, Mrs.
Marian Craig. During these 13 years not
more than a half dozen persons were
aware of the marriage. Dr. Craig was
silent and his wife, who was of a retiring
nature, never put herself forward, though
she was aware that her husband was
known to many of his friends as a single
man.
TWO FALL WITH WOUNDS
Citizens of Rival Oklahoma Towns
Engage In Pitched Battle.
EUFAULA, Okla.. June 7. In a fight
between 15 Checotah persons and citizens
of Eufaula this afternoon in the streets
ot Eufaula, F. M. Woods, Deputy Con
stable of this place, and Joseph Far
menter, of Checotah, were shot. Woods
probably will die. He was shot once
through the body. Permenter's wound is
not dangerous. The trouble started when
Constable Woods attempted to disarm
Parmenter. About 15 shots were fired in
all.
With rifles and revolvers the Checotahs
came to Eufaula to attempt to remove
the County Seat records by force. The
County Clerk is said to have furnished
them the keys to the Courthouse and the
records were to be put in sacks and sent
to Checotah on. a special train which was
to arrive later. Eufaula citizens were
armed to prevent the removal because a
temporary Injunction had been granted
by the Supreme Court.
BRYAN FAVORS MITCHELL
Mineworkers' President - May Head
Democratic Ticket.
WASHINGTON, June 7. (Special.)
Intimate political friends of William J.
Bryan, who have discussed with him
recently the question of a running mate
on the Democratic ticket, are convinced
that unless one of the Republican candi
dates is taken from New York It will be
either John Mitchell or Governor John
son, of Minnesota.
Believing his own nomination to be
secure, Mr. Bryan is turning his at
tention to the candidates for second
place. He hopes that this as well as the
matter of first place, will be determined
before the delegates gather in July.
Francis Burton Harrison, of New York,
now a Representative in Congress, is a
man toward whom Mr. Bryan turns with
satisfaction it be necessary to select
a New York man.
TEST B0ATWITH TORPEDO
Demon of Destruction Will Be Sent
Against Monitor Florida.
WASHINGTON, June 7 Sacrificed for
the benefit of naval construction, the
Monitor Florida, shot two weeks ago
with the heaviest naval gun, will, on
Saturday, June 13, be punctured beneath
her waterline armour by the most power
ful American Whitehead torpedo.
The first demonstration was to test the
respective strength of armor plate and
explosive shell, also to show the effect
iveness of a new design of fighting mast.
The torpedo is to be sent into the Florida
that it may be definitely known wheier
a water-tight bulkhead, specially con
structed within her, designed with all the
most modern ideas of construction, can
be depended upon to save a ship from
destruction against this dangerous
method of attack.
Secretary Metcalf has Invited Secre
tary Taft to witness the test.
PULL CONDUCTOR OFF CAR
Daring Streetcar Robbery by Two
Masked Men in Bnkersfield.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., June 7. A
streetcar was held up on the outskirts of
the city about midnight last night and
Conductor Frills was robbed of $41. The
deed was committed by two masked
men, one of whom jumped aboard the
car, pulled the conductor to the ground
and robbed him, while the other stood
guard with guns. The car continued
on its way, the motorman and passen
gers failing to see the attack made on
the conductor. No tract of the robbers
has been found.
YOUNG AERONAUT KILLED
Skull Crushed Against Tree as Bal
loon Arises.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 7. Luther
Edward Jones, a 22-year-old balloonist,
was killed at Mildred Park this afternoon.
As the balloon rose the parachute swung
Jones through the air. his head striking
on a sharp limb of a tree, crushing his
skull and killing him instantly. He left
a widow in Hot Springs, Ark., who is an
aeronaut.
Five Men Die Trying to
Rescue Comrades.
WORK OF GOLD KING HEROES
Volunteers Brave Death in
Poisonous Fumes.
MANY OTHERS OVERCOME
Discovery Is Made Too Late That
Three Miners Are Left Behind.
When Shaft Is Closed to Pre
vent Spread of Flames,
SILVERTON, Colo., June 7. Six men
are dead, eight others in a dangerous con
dition from breathing foul air, and 25
to 30 more temporarily confined to
their homes from weakness due to con
tact with poisoned air in the Gold
King: mine,- located at Gladstone, six
miles from here.
The dead:
PETER M'NINY.
ROY COBURX.
ALEX JOHNSON.
A. W. BURNS.
VICTOR ERICKSEN.
GL'S OL.SEN.
Left in Shaft Without Air.
On Thursday night fire was discovered
in the engine-room of the mine, pnd be
fore it could ue brought under control
that building had been destroyed as well
as the shafthouse. The two buildings were
located near the portal door of the main
shaft, and to prevent the spread of the
flames and accumulation of smoke in the
workings of the mine, these doors were
closed temporarily. Before taking this
precautionary move the men working the
night shift in the mine were hurriedly
notified of the conditions on the surface
and instructed to withdraw.
When the flames had been extin
guished, in order to make sure that all
was well with the men, the list was
checked over. The discovery was made
then that three men were missing. Im
mediately efforts to rescue them were
started, but with little hopo of reaching
them alive, as the machinery operating
the fans had been out of commission by
the destruction of the engine-house and
any pure air that might have reached
them from the surface had been shut off
by the closing of the portal doors.
Willing Hands to Rescue.
The first ones to enter the mine re
turned in haste and informed those
waiting that the mine was filled with
foul air, and it was almost impossible
to breathe it. The men all expressed
willingness to risk contact with the
foul air if the missing men could be
rescued, and accordingly two rescue
parties were formed and the men
started Into the mine in groups of Ave,
by means of the electric elevators,
which fortunately were still working.
Instructions were given that as soon
as anyone showed signs of faintness the
rest were to Immediately bring him to
the surface.
The air generated by the motion of
the elevator cleared the atmosphere in
the elevator shaft so that but little
discomfort was experienced there. Soon
after a score or more of rescuers had
entered the mine, some of those first
in appeared at the foot of the elevator
shaft carrying the unconscious forms
of rescuers who had succumbed to the
noxious air.
Brings Vp Dead Bodies.
Later a party reached the surface,
bringing the dead body of Victor Erlck
son, and the almost lifeless bodies of
John Funston and Otto Johnson, the
three men whose absence caused the
necessity for rescue work.
It seems that these three had found a
spot where the air was not so foul as in
the other portions of the mine, and Fun
ston and Johnson bad been able to live
through it. The rescuers who brought
these men to the surface reported that
many of their companions had been over
come by the foul air and were lying in
the drifts of the mine.
Instantly there was a clamor among the
men at the surface to go to the aid of
their fellow-workers, and it was almost
impossible to keep them from overcrowd
ing the elevator, which was kept in al
most continuous motion, carrying men in
and out of the mine. Those coming to
the surface carried in their arms the
bodies of half-suffocated men, several of
whom died after reaching the surface.
Five Die Death of Heroes.
It was many hours before a thorough
search of the underground workings was
completed, and report was made that
every one should be accounted for. When
the lists were totalled it was found that
five men had heroically given up their
lives for their comrades and that many
were in a serious condition and may
never recover entirely from the effects of
breathing the poison. It was not until 4
o'clock this morning that work was
abandoned. The property loss to the
mine was less than $10,000.
Bryan Talks to Woodmen.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 7. William J.
Bryan delivered the memorial address to
the Modern Woodmen in this city today.
He spoke highly of the value of frater
nities and pointed out their need in our
modern system of living.