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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. JUNE 13, 1908.
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CONTESTS ENDED;
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ForakerWinsButThree
Out of 21 9 Seats.
RACE ISSUE UP IN VIRGINIA
Causes Award of Two Dele
gates to1 Foraker.
TAFT GETS TEXAS VOTES
Committeemen Severely Criticise
Flimsy Case Made by Anti-Tatt
People Hcybarn Says They
Make Pitiful Spectacle.
TAFT CLAIMS lot VOTES.
CHICAGO. Jrne 12. Frank H.
Hitchcock, who had charue of Sec
retary Taft's Interests before the Na
tional committee tonight, issued a
statement claiming: 704 votes for
Taft on the first ballot. He makes his
statement in comparison with one
Issued by him on Miv J6 after all of
the delegates to the National con
vention had been elected.
In that statement Mr. Hitchcock
claimed .117 instructed delegates,
w hich number he now reduces to .Ma.
He credits one to Foraker from Ohio
and two to Foraker from Virginia,
and does not claim for Taft the split
delegation from the Eighth Ten
nessee District, Involving the loss of
another seat.
Py indorsement he claims 36 votes,
the same figure given by hlB May
statement, but by declaration he now
claims 155 votes, instead of til as
claimed in May. This makes a to
tal of 704.
He credits 227 instructed votes to
other candidates and leaves 4i not
accounted for in the columns of any
of the candidates.
CHICAGO, June 12. lAte this after
noon the Republican National commit
tee completed the hearing of all con
tests submitted and turned its atten
tion to other matters. It has been in
session for seven days of actual work
and has decided contests regarding 219
seats on the temporary rollcall. These
contests have been decided as follows:
For Taft Alabama, 22; Arkansas, 2;
Florida, 8; Georgia, J6: Kentucky, S;
Louisiana, 18; Mississippi, 16; Missouri,
6; South Carolina, 18; Ohio, 7; Okla
homa, 10; Pennsylvania, 1; North Caro
lina, 18; Tennessee, 18; Texas, 3G; Vir
ginia, 18; Alaska, 2; Arizona, 2. Total,
216.
For Foraker Virginia, 2; Ohio, 1.
Total. 3.
As Taft had 387 instructed delegates
before the National committee began
hearing the contests, he will have now
a total of 603 delegates on the tem
porary rollcall without taking Into con
sideration any that either have in
dorsed him or that have declared for
him in any other manner. A majority
is 401.
Foraker Gets Two in Virginia.
The only complete defeat sustained by
the Taft delegates in the contests was
in the Fifth Virginia District, where a
Foraker delegation was seated because a
man was allowed to act as secretary of
the district convention who had issued a
call for a convention in his own county
"for white men only." It was believed
by the members of the committee that,
if they allowed the delegates from the
convention at which this man acted as
secretary to be seated in the National
convention, it would place the party in
the light of approving a call issued to a
portion of the voters. For this reason It
was decided to seat the contesting For
aker delegates.
In Louisiana. Ohio and Tennessee
split delegations were seated, the entire
delegation from louisiana being consid
ered as one contest. The action of the
committee in dividing the Louisiana dele
gation made no difference to the Taft
strength, Inasmuch as both factions were
for Mr. Taft. The Tennessee division
was made in the Eighth district in re
sponse to urgent appeals of National
Committeemen Brownlow, of that state,
who asked that it be done for the pur
pose of healing local differences and giv
ing the party a better chance of electing
a Republican Representative. The delesr
gatlon from the Sixth Ohio district was
divided on the evidence submitted.
Taft Sweeps Texas.
The first contest taken up today was
that in seven Texas districts and was
made by the Baum faction, which is
generally understood to favor Vice-President
Fairbanks. These contests were
consolidated Into two batches, but all
were decided in favor of Taft men.
Race Issue in Virginia.
Then came the Virginia cases, in
which the delegates at large and all
the districts from the First to the
Eighteenth Inclusive were Involved,
and in which the race question is
the main issue. The contests for
delegates at large was first taken up
and was argued for the Taft men by D.
Lawrence Greene, who said that
representation of the negroes in Vir
ginia on the Taft delegation is full
proportionately to the number of negro
voters in the state. He asserted that
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Plucky Brakeinan Crawls Out on Pi
lot and Lifts Little Tot to Safety
as tlie Train Whirls On.
SEATTLE. Wash., June 12. (Special.)
Frank Manifold, a brakeman on the Co
lumbia & Puget Sound Railroad, is the
hero of the suburb of Renton in con
sequence of his thrilling rescue of a
year-and-a-half-old baby yesterday after
noon from death under the wheels of a
train.
A work train carrying a load of timber
for construction work was bowling along
20 miles an hour, five miles south of Ren
ton, when the engineer saw what he
thought was a piece of newspaper blow
ing along between the rails. A second
later he saw that it was a baby girl.
toddling along the ties in a way that
showed she was just learning to walk.
Engineer Monahan blew his whistle and
reversed the engine, but thero was not
room to stop the train and it plunged along
toward the infant, who stood still in the
center of the track, watching the on
coming locomotive.
Brakeman Manifold rose to the emer
gency. Crawling out on the pilot of the
engine, he took a firm grip with his left
hand on the coupler and leaned forward
with his right outstretched to grasp the
child. The engine was swaying and
shaking, but he kept his balance and
stretching a little farther out, gripped
the little one by her dress and with one
hand swung her clear of the ground and
up on the pilot beside him, while the
train passed over the spot where she had
just stood.
MERCHANT SHIPS COLLIDE
Haddon Hall and Hamburg Meet in
Midoccan.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. Advices
to the Merchants' Exchange from London
state that the British ship Haddon Hall
and the German ship Hamburg were in
collision on May 21 and put into Monte
video on June 9. Both vessels were dam
aged to some extent. The Haddon Hall
sprang a leak and her cargo was dam
aged by water.
WILL TAKE NO THIRD TERM
Governor Johnson Says He Will De
cline Renomination.
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 12. Governor
Johnson In a written statement today
which he gave out for publication says
that he will not be a candidate for re
nomination for Governor of Minnesota for
a third term. He also says that if nomi
nated he will not accept, as he is op
posed to the third term Idea.
MEET DEATH IN LAKE
Two Small Boys Are Drowned in
Seattle.
SEATTLE. "Wash.. June 12. John
Weddle aged nine and Walter E. Moe,
aged ten were drowned about noon today
in I,ake Union within 100 feet of a
number of older boys. The two little
fellows sank beneath a boom of tele
graph poles on which they were playing.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTBRDAT'S Maximum temperature, 76
degrees; minimum. 51 decrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwest winds.
Foreign.
Suffragettes of nil nations to parade in Lon
don. Page 1.
roil tics.
Hughes boom revived at Chicago; he again
declines second place. Page 1.
Republican committee decides last contests
and gives Taft big majority. Page 1.
Utah Democrats instruct for Bryan, but pay
tribute to Cleveland. Page 3.
Angry altercation between Chairman New
and one of Hitchcock's men. Page 1.
Hitchcock claims 704 votes for Taft on first
ballot. Page 1.
Efforts to secure conservative platform at
Chicago. Page 1.
GoFSip about candidate for Vice-President.
Page 4.
Homes tic
Actor beaten to death on New York street.
Page 2.
Standard Oil Corrfpany convicted again of
rebating. Page 1.
Thaw to remain in jail because he hates
asylum sunerintendent. Page 3.
Flood in Kansas River again rising. Page 5.
Denver man commits two murders and sui
cide. Page 3.
Blllek granted reprieve and receives news
amid wild excitement. Pege 3.
Sport.
Attempt to establish credit bettinir causes
arrests at Grave send under Huchea law.
Page 3.
Irving ton Tennis Club members play finals
in tournament today. Page S.
Oakland again defeats Portland, 3 to 2.
Page S.
Pacific Coat.
Men indicted for alleged Umatilla land
frauds give bonds and will stand trlaL
Page 7.
Forest Grove property-owners willing to
grant terminals and rights of way to
Oregon Electric. Page 7.
Rote show at Oregon City attracts admir
ing throngs. Page 7.
Earthquake In Baker County drives work
men from mines. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Portland leading butter market of Pacific
Northwest. Page 1U.
Wheat firm in East on crop damage reports
Page 19.
Slump in stock market. Page 19.
Business conditions gradually Improving.
Page 19.
Two grain vessels chartered for Fall load
ing. Page 3 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Commercial Club formally opens fine new
building. Page 1.
California brewers may boycott Oregon hops
and barley. Page 5.
National Guard will submit revised armory
bill to Legislature. Page 14.
Jury not yet secured in case of Chinaman
charged with murder. Page IS.
Grand Lodge, of Masons closes communi
cation. Pare 6.
One man fatally shot and one stabbed in
tight among Italians. Page 4,
Sends Lieutenant to
Attack New.
FIST FIGHT BARELY AVERTED
Chairman National Committer
Sees Trap in Time.
WITHDRAWS FROM BRAWL
Shorthand Reporter Accompanies
Taft Supporter, Prepared to Take
Verbatim Report of Expected
Altercation New Is Silent.
CHICAGO, June 12. (Special.) An
open rupture between Harry S. New,
chairman of the Republican National
committee, and Frank H. Hitchcock,
manager of the Taft campaign, has re
sulted from an attack made today upon
Mr. New by. Arthur F. Statter, one of
Mr. Hitchcock's chief lieutenants, which
almost resulted In blows.
Mr. Statter accosted Mr. New in the
lobby of the Auditorium Annex shortly
before the meeting of the National com
mittee and charged him with impugn
ing his motives and attacking his ve
racity. It was evident that his desire
was to draw the National chairman Into
a brawl and thus weaken his position
as head of the Republican organization.
He was accompanied by a shorthand
reporter and every word that waa said
by either man was taken down.
New Seea the Snare.
Mr. New evidently believed that he
was to be made the victim of a plot en
gineered by Mr. Hitchcock, and he de
clined to be drawn, even Into a wordy
altercation. .
"I am not attacking your motives,
and I am not questioning your ve
racity. I know that you have acted
contrary to the rules of the rational
' (Concluded or, Pa? 4.)
IS THIS THE WAY
Every Part of British Empire,
United States and Europe
Represented.
LONDON. June 12. The suffragettes
tomorrow afternoon will head the most
imposing demonstration in the history
of the movement, when thousands of
women .from every part of the British
Isles and from the colonies, the United
States and several of the European
countries will march from the Thames
Embankment to Albert Hall, where
they will hold a meeting. Features of
the procession will be 800 banners
symbolical of woman's speech and
women famous in the world's history.
Mllllcent Garret Fawcett, widow of
the Right Hon. Henry Fawcett, was to
have led the procession, but as a com
pliment to her American co-workers'
she has resigned the place of honor to
two delegates from the United States,
Dr. Anna Shaw and Miss Lucy J.
Anthony, who will be in the first car
riage. Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCul
lough, of Evanston. 111.; Mrs. Stewart
and Dr. Medley will be in the second
carriage.
Dr. Fawcett and Lady Frances Bal
four and other prominent leaders in
the suffragette movement and a num
ber of women novelists, including
Sarah . Grand, Beatrice Harraden and
Elizabeth Robins, some of them wear
ing academic robes, will march in the
procession and carry banners.
OIL TRUST F0UND GUILTY
Rochester Jury Brings Verdict in
Rebate Case.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., June 12, Guilty,
as charged in the indictment, was the
verdict brought in by the Federal Court
Jury in the Standard Oil Company case
here at 6:30 o'clock this evening. The
Jury had been out since the noon recess.
Daniel J. Keefe, of Buffalo, who con
ducted the defense, moved for a new
trial and it was arranged to have Judge
Hazel hear arguments on the motion
July 7.
The oil company was placed on trial
June 1 for an alleged violation of the
Interstate Commerce law in accepting a
concession from the filed tariff on ship
merits of oil from plean, N. T., to Rut
land and Bellows Falls, Vt. .There were
40 counts in the indictment. each . repre
senting action on a car of oil. -The max
imum fine on each count Is $20,000, jor a
total for the whole of the shipments ' ft
JS0O.O00. ''" """" " '
THE TRICK WAS TURNED ON
PRESTO!
BUNKO! , J
Conservatives Plead
With Delegates.
SAY THEY WOULD HELP BRYAN
By Driving Substantial Men
Into Democracy.
MEN OF PET IDEAS BUSY
Some Want Anti-Liquor Planks,
Others Would Denounce Injunc
tions Women Want Suffrage
Indorsed Corner Delegates.
CHICAGO. June 12. The product of the
day's developments as to the Republican
platform was negative rather than posi
tive. Senator Hopkins, who is conceded
the chairmanship of the resolutions com
mittee, arrived today from New York,
but In view of the position he is to hold,
he declined to talk for quotation. Soon
after his arrival, he met Wade Ellis,
Attorney-General for Ohio, who had just
brought from Washington the Roosevelt
platform Ideas. Several other prominent
politicians who are likely to be members
of the resolutions committee conferred
also with these gentlemen.
Argument for Conservatism.
The general sentiment expressed by
those who talked on the subject of the
platform seemed to tend toward con
servatism. The idea was expressed
that the platform should be broad
enough for every Republican to stand
on: that resolutions, which might be
called "Bryanesque," would lead sub
stantial business men to vote for Mr.
Bryan, if nominated at Denver, basing
their action on the belief that, if elect
ed, Mr. Bryan's hands would be tied
by the Republican Senate and nothing
of radicalism could become effective.
They suggested that with Mr. Taft
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REPUBLICANS?
Whips Out Revolver and Shoots
Twice When Young Men Seek
to Annoy Her.
MOSCOW, Idaho. June 12. (Special.)
Whipping a bulldog revolver from the
bosom of her shirtwaist, the pretty 16-year-old
daughter of W. L. Baker, owner
of a moving picture show, shot twice at
William Martinson and Ira Morgeridge,
two young "dandies" who sought to make
an appointment with the plucky girl and
her younger sister.
The girls say they have been annoyed
by the young men on previous occasions,
and acting on the advice of their father,
they armed themselves with revolvers to
protect themselves from unwelcome at
tentions. The young men spent some time
following the girls last night, while Mr.
Baker acted as detective, trailing the
young folks.
The boys accosted the pretty young girls
late last evening and were repulsed, but
they continued In offering their atten
tions, when the oldest girl drew her re
volver and fired twice at the fleeing young
men. - Mr. Baker took up the pursuit and
gave young Martinson a severs beating.
JURY OUT IN GRAFT CASE
Ordered to Acquit Three of Accused
Capitol Thieves.
HARRISBURG. Pa.. June 12. The jury
In the Capitol metallic furniture contract
conspiracy case has been locked up for
the night. The verdict, if any is 'agreed
upon, will be received by Judge Kunkcl
tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. To
night after waiting since noon for a re
port from the Jury, the judge ordered the
jurors locked up. The Jury has been
deliberating since 31:25 A. M.
The Jury) was Instructed to acquit ex
State Treasurer Snyder. ex-Auditor-Gcn-eral
Mathues and ex-Superintendent of
Grounds and Buildings Schumacher, on
the ground that the evidence vid not tend
to show conspiracy. The Jury will deter
mine the guilt or innocence of Congress
man Cassel and Joseph M. Huston, the
architect.
FIGHT GRADE CROSSINGS
Railroad Commissions of Five
States Unite.
CHICAGO, June 12.-(Special.)-The
Railroad Commissions of five states
Illinois, Ohio, Indiana. Michigan and
Wisconsin met in Chicago today and de
cided that the deadly grade crossing must
go and that trespassing upon railway
property must cease. The movement was
led by the State of Indiana, with Its
10.000 unprotected grade crossings, whleli
exact a toll of 100 lives annually.
So impressed were the Commissioners
present with the value of co-operation
among Commissions, whose actions af
fect the same railroads in different
ptates, that It was determined to form a
permanent organization.
STEAM WHALER IS LOST
William Baylies Conies to Grief in
Arctic Ice Pack.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 12. A private
cable dispatch from Nome received in
this city says; that the whaling steamer
William Baylies had been lost In the Ice
pack in Anadyr Bay, Siberia. It is be
lieved that her crew were rescued by the
whaler Bowhead and are now on board
the steam whaler Jeanette.
The William Baylies Is a steamer of
91 tons displacement. She is command
ed by Captain Bodfish and owned by
William Lewis, who resides In the Fast.
She sailed from this port on March 3 and
reached Unalaska March 27. Since then
nothing- has been heard from her until
the news of her loss arrived today. Her
crew numbered about 25 men.
BIG OIL PLANT IS BURNED
Spectacular Fire at Albuquerque, X.
31., Does $50,000 Damage.
ALBUQUERQUE, X. M.. June 12. The
entire plant of the Continental OH Com
pany with the exception of the office
building burned today. Nearly 100,000
gallons of coal oil. gasoline and naphtha
was destroyed, the total loss being about
$50,000.
The fire was spectacular, the explosion
of big storage tanks sending flames and
smoke 500 feet high. The cause of the
fire has not been determined.
BOURNE TRUE TO HIS HOBBY
Will Make Last F.ffort to Revive the
Third-Term Doom.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 12. rSenator Bourne left for
Chicago this evening. On arrival tomor
row he will get in touch with those who
have been . endeavoring to revive the
Roosevelt thiid-term movement and wilj
make a final effort to plan a stampede.
Mr. Bourne, up to the moment he left,
insisted that Mr. Roosevelt would be
nominated.
Swindler Caught In Seattle.
CARSON. Nev June 12. Requisition
papers for M. O. Reed were Issued today
by Governor Dickerson. Reed had been
arrested in the State of Washington on
the charge of passing fictitious checks in
Goldfield several months ago. At the
time his alleged crime was committed
he escaped, but was arrested a few days
ago in Seattle, and will be returned to
Goldfield for trial.
Big Block Gleams With
Myriad Lights.
EPOCH IN CITY'S PROGRESS
Rathprinn Renrpspntativp nf
Portland's Business Life. I
SPEAKERS TALK OF FUTURE
Predict Great Things for Oregon
Through Leading Organization
X'mv Housed In Fine .Building
Erected by Own Funds.
Risen Phoenix-IIke from the flames that
destroyed tlie old quarters, the new Com
mercial Club's home was thrown open
last, night for the official reception to
Its members. The building blazed with
thousands of lights and the rooms were
embowered with Portland's famous roses.
The house warming, held one year from
tlie date the corner-stone of the new
building was laid, was attended by hun
dreds of club members, who warmly
congratulated each other on the splendid
new home of this great organization.
Informal and hearty greetings were ex
changed by members. The opening of the.
new quarters marks an important .epoch
in the history of this useful institution.
Better facilities for carrying on the work
of the organization, palatial rooms for the
social enjoyment of members, and a hand
some new steel conertte building that is
a monument to the enterpris3 of the club,
were spoken of last night as the great
accomplishments of tlie members dur
ing the past year.
Calls Out Great Gathering.
Perhaps there has never been a more
representative gathering of prominent
Portland people than that which thronged
the club's rooms last night. Evi-ry line
of business In the city was represente !
and every profession was there. Popular
as the organization is. many were struck
by the wide representation of tlie city's
business Interests of every kind at the
formal opening and commented upon it.
Everywhere throughout the clubrooms
last night were beautiful flowers,
gathered from Portland rose gardens.
Caroline Testouts were in profu-.ion and
the blooms were perfect. The club quar
ters could not have looked more hand
some, decorated as they were with Port
land's distinctive flower.
The three passenger elevators of the
building were kept running until late at
night to carry the crowds of members,
many of whom made their first visit to
the club's new quarters. Prid3 in thu
new building and the upper floors that
have baen finished for the exclusive rse
of the organization, shone from the faces
of tlie members and was evidenced by the
speeches maue during tlie evening.
Indomitable Spirit Shown.
C. W. Hodson, president of the Club,
presided in the club parlors, where the
members gathered to listen to tlie speech
making. Former presidents of the Club
and T. B. Wilcox, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee, and President Hodson
made brief addresses of felicitation upon
the completion of the handsome building
and prophesied a greater field of use
fulness for the Club in the future. They
referred to the obstacles the organization
has overcome In the past ami to the splen
did way the members rallied to the Club's
aid when the old quarters were destroyed
by fire and the plan for a new building
was made.
There were so many features of the
Club's new home that were admired
that it is hard to select any in partic
ular. Many commented upon the view of
the business district to be had from the
portico running around two sides of the
new building, r rom this portico, what
is believed to be the most metropolitan
panorama in the city is realized. The
whole business district stretches away
from the river, to the hills on the west,
making it a favorite spot for visitors
to the city to gain a complete view of the
city's commercial activities.
Finished With Oregon Woods.
Pictures of Oregon scenery that hang
on the walls of all the rooms are singular
ly appropriate as decorations for a club
whose chief purpose is tlie development
of this state. They harmonize particu
larly well with the fittings, which are all
products of Oregon. They were designed
here and manufactured, almost without
exception, in Oregon. The fir used in
the finishings, cut to show tlie grain of
the wood to the best advantage, and
stained handsomely, lend a beauty to tho
rooms that gladdens the heart of an Ore
gonlan who realizes that the wood grew
and ripened In his own state.
Tlie Club reception committee assisted
President Hodson in welcoming the Club
men to their new quarters last night.
1 his committee is made up of the following
prominent members: Chairman, W. B.
Ulafke; vice-chairman. Dr. J. R. Weth
erbee; E. H. McCracken, Slg Sichel and
Edward Ehrman.
During tlie past four years the Club
has more than doubled its membership.
The Club comprises two distinct organ
izations, one b.Mng tlie social side, which
is under tha direction of the Board of
Governors, and the other bing tlie pub
licity work, under ths control of the ex
ecutive committee and under tlie direct
management of Tom Richardson, manager
of tlie Club. The Portland Commercial
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