DRAWS ARE SHOT
GIRL DROWNS IN -REACH
OF SHORE
INSURGENTS TAKE
BONDS HURRIEDLY
E
E
WELDED DISLIKED
STATEBIGGESTYET
CONTROL IN 101
FOB POIHDEXTED
CALHOUN DEFENSE
DESPITE BOATMEN
YOUNG BRIDE ASKS DIVORCE
ALTHOIGH 2 1 COOTIES ARE
LILLIAN" BIERSON SIXKS AFTER
BRAVE STRUGGLE.
AFTER SNAP WEDDING.
DRY,' STATISTICS ARE 'WET.'
LIQUOR REVENUEIN
VOIC
RAISED
CO TO
JOUNCES
Attorneys Retort and
Are Sent to Jail.
REMARKABLE SCENE ENACTED
Judge Vaguely Charges Wit
ness Was Bribed to Leave.
BENCH BITTERLY ASSAILED
Traction Magnate Hlmolf Yells at
I -am lor After Lawyers Are Sen
lenred for Contempt Dis
trict Attorney Gets Rapped.
SAX FRANCISCO. Aug. (Special.)
Judge Lawlor's courtroom was the
scene today of the most remarkable
series o'f events which ever took place
before an American tribunal of jus
tice. A motion made by the attorneys
of Patrick Calhoun to hare dismissed
the indictments which have been hang
Ing over the head of the trolley mag
nate since the days of the Oliver grand
jury, repeated for about the twentieth
time, was the signal for a statement
from the court In which, though the
language was vague and roundabout.
the defense was covertly charged with
complicity In the dlssppearance of the
witness. James L. Gallagher.
Judge Law lor actually declared by
Insinuation that the United Railroad's
president, having failed to dynamite
Witness Gallagher, had bribed him to
leave the state. He asserted that Cal
houn had guilty knowledge of the dy
namiting and that the absence of Gal
lagher could only be attributed to the
. crooked work of the head of the
United Railroads.
Lack of Evidence Admitted.
These sfaiements he made while ad
mitting that there was no legal evi
dence to prove them.
Attorneys Stanley Moore. A. A.
Moore and John J. Barrett, in turn
protesting against the words of the
court, were denied the right to be
heard and each sentenced to serve
terms In the county jail for persisting
In voicing their opinions. .
District Attorney Flckert. whose mo
tives were also Impugned by Judge I.aw
lor. mas also told to ait down when he
arose to make denial. Calhoun, . with
the a-rvater part of his legal staff In the
custody of the Sheriff, arose In defense
of his supporter, and though he was not
arrested, mas warned to beware of the
fate which had overtaken those who had
preceded him in addressing the bench.
Eloquent Defense Made.
Atainant District Attorney Lane con
cluded the dramatic incident by an elo
quent defense of tbe District Attorney.
The court then relented sufficiently to
suspend the execution of contempt until
Monday morning, the Calhoun case going
over, in the face of protest on motion
of the court, until August 9.
Judge Lawlor had no sooner concluded
his criticisms, in which it was asserted
that Gallagher was absent from the state
heratuse of an "arrangement" with some
bodyno partiea being actually men
tionedthan Stanley Moore, Calhoun's
chief counsel, was on his feet. "We In
sist upon our right to reply to some of
these remarks and insinuations," de
clared Moore.
Court's Retort Sharp.
"I would suggest that counsel resort to
the sgrncies of which he has availed
himself so frequently during the trial,"
raid the judge, to which Moore retorted:
"We assign that as the last word of your
partisanship. We Insist on our right to
reply here n this forum In which you
hare made these charges and Insinua
tions, and we Intend to stand here until
we are afforded the opportunity to reply,
mhl.-h is our right, and which any court
with a speck of fairness and Impariality
will freely accord us."
Judge Lawlor ordered the attorney to
s't down and threatened to send him to
jail for contempt If ha refused.
"I Intend to stand here," continued
Moore, "and. as I have told your honor
before, mill reply freely and frankly to
what rou have just now seen fit to say."
lourt Is Grilled.
He proceeded to characterize Judge
Lamlor's remarks as part of "a political
document" and an Instance; of "doing
politics from the bench." a bench which
he informed the court that It "stultined"
from 'ts "occupancy."
"I adjudge you guilty of contempt and
as a punishment order that you be con
fined In the County Jail for Ave days."
said Judge Lawlor.
A. A. Moore Jumped from hi chair mm
he saw the hand of the law about to seal
the lips of his son. and made himself
heard above the din which was now be
ginning to fill the room the great audi
torium of Carpenter's hall, where the
notorious scenes of the Calhoun and the
third Ruef trials had taken place. .
"I fully agree." cried Moore, the elder,
adopting in full as his own the axate
ments Just made by the younger at
torney. "Tour Honor Is a bitter partisan,
and doing dirty pontics."
Calhoun Stands I" p.
District Attorney Flckert tried to obtain
a hearing but the court would not per
mit him to reply. When Flckert finally
mm" Qaar'.iKied oa faaa Xi "
lazes on Distilled Spirits and Beer j
Dnrlnc Year 110 Show In
crease Over Previous Periods.
Though II counties of Oregon have de
clared for local option, leaving but 13
wet" territories, the annual report of
the Colonel David M. Dunne, United
State Collector of Internal Revenue, for
the fiscal year, shows thst in 1910 the J
tax on distilled spirits la the state
reached I3O7.308.M. the largest amount
In its history and t37.37.0 In excesa of
the tax of the preceding period.
The tax on beer for the last year was
t::4.7:i.50 and the largest previous year
was l'07. though It was I18.W5 less than
for 110. Last month's collections were
J145.i;i.: and that amount Includes re
ceipts from the tax on corporations.
There was a slight Increase in the tax on
cigars and tobacco, but it was nominal
compared with the advance on beverages.
In 107 the tsx on distilled spirits was
S7.(71.30 and It reached 3:58.100.59 In
10. and Increased to 1:89.270.98 In 190.
On fermented liquor or beer, the total
. 197 was J205.756.S0. In 1908 it was
S19.3 and In 1909 just S197.:30.50
BLACKSMITH GETS MILLION
Daughter Also Gets Fortune From
Relative's $60,000,000 Estate.
TRUCK EE. Cal.. Aug. . Spec!al.) Os
car Hoffman, employed here as black
smith, and his daughter Alice, will re
ceive 11.000.000 each from the estate of
Philip Hoffman, mho was a wealthy tea
and coffee merchant of India. He died
recently, leaving an estate worth 360,-
000.000. divided among his three brothers
and their children.
Frank Hoffman, the only brother living
In the West, and his six children, one of
whom is Oscar Hoffman of this place.
receive a million dollars each. Frank
Hoffman has willed his million to his
granddaughter Alice, who has just re
turned from fit. Helena, where she saw
the documents In the case signed.
The ' heirs will receive their money
within six months, as the papers must be
returned to England, where the estate Is
being probated. Other heirs, children of
Frank Hoffman, are as follows: Frank
C. Hoffman, of St. Helena; Anna and
Katy Hoffman, of St. Helena: Mrs. Eliza
beth Richards, of Manhattan. Nev.; Oscar
Hoffman, of Trucks.
FARMERS MAKE FORTUNES
San Joaquin County, Cal., Crops
Paying Big Profits.
STOCKTON. Cal., Aug. t (Special.)
This season many fortunes will be made
by the farmers In San Joaquin County
and especially those mho put In grain
on the rich Island district west of Stock
ton. The barley Is running from 30 to 35
sscks to the acre on thousands of acres,
which means large profits to the growers.
Charles Morelng and Lloyd Woods, of
Stockton, have commenced harvesting 13..
on acres of bsrley on the islands, and
hey will secure 365.000 sacks, which at
the present market price will bring them
about Moo.00. They are operating five
traction engines, drawing immense har
vesters that thresh thousands of sacks
dally, yet It will take quite a time to get
11 of the grain ready for the ware
houses.
Reports received from many aectlons
of the county Indicate an unusually large
crop of wheat and barley, and the indi
cations are that the warehouse space will
be taxed to cover all of the grain.
COFFEE MILL EXPLODES
Man Fatally Hnrt While Grinding
Home-Made Gunpowder.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Aug. J.
Special.) While Otis Grer. on hli
place eight miles from this city, was
grinding Ingredients for home made
gunpowder, which he had purchased in
answer to an advertisement. In a cof
fee mill today, the mixture exploded.
Injuring Mm so badly that he will
proliably die.
Powder and jaggd particles of metal
tore gaping wounds In Grer's chest and
abdomen. His lungs are severely In
jured. CHILE'S EXECUTIVE VISITS
Guns Boom When President Pedro
Monti Reaches Xew York..
NEW YORK, Aug. S. The thunder
of guns from Fort Wadsworth pro
claimed the arrival In port this after
noon of President Pedro Montt, of the
Republic of Chile, on board the royal
mall liner Tagus. from Colon.
President Montt will he in this city
two days, and will then go to Boston
and to Beverly to pay President Taft
a visit. He will sail for Kurope on
the Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse on Au
gust 1 to take the cure at Badnauhelm.
His trip is undertaken for his health.
following a recent severe illness.
BURGLARS WORK SILENTLY
They Crack Safe Within Hearing; of
Sleeping; Hundreds.
DENVER. Aug. 3. 6afeblower last
night "cracked" the safe of the rarg
Floral Company here, securing about CJ
In cash and a gold watch belonging to
one of the officers of the concern.
The ofTlce of the floral company Is
situated la the heart of the hotel district i
and the robbers worked within the hear
ing of several hundred guests asleep at
netahborlna hotela.
Thl Is the 12th safe that has been
robbed in Denver within a comparatively j
short time. 'o olswsLfcacai fceea obtained. :
County Court in Com
mand of Bridges.
CLOSED PERIODS MAINTAINED
Vesselmen - File Protest With
Government Engineer.
CITIZENS ENJOY RELIEF
Judge Cleetnn Stands on Span as
First Derianre to Craft Is Made.
Statistics Show Great Traffic
Bandied at Rush Hours.
For the first time in the history of the
city and county, yesterday the County
Court commanded the drawbridges over
the Willamette In this city. In defiance of
the regulations of river traffic laid down
by the Department of War and to. the
great annoyance of several steamboat
men. During the rush periods on the
bridges yesterday the draws remained
closed, and footmen, streetcars and vehi
cles of all descriptions scurried and
whizzed over the spans, while watting
boats tooted helplesMy.
County Judge Cleeton and Commis
sioner H. W. Goddard stood on the Morrison-street
bridge during the "closed
period" early yesterday morning and saw
that the spans did not open for the ves
sels, snorting Impatiently at the barri
cades, and took note of the many per
sons who enjoyed the boon of uninter
rupted Journeys to their places of em
ployment. And so, during the other
"closed periods" of the day, the rush
hours In the morning and evening, the
draws remained still and traffic between
the West and East sides of the city un
hampered.
Protests Are Filed.
However, protests charging unreasona
ble delays of their vessels et the Burn-side-street
and Morrison-street bridges
through the failure of the tenders to open
the drams and alleging violations of the
regulations established by the Secretary
of War, were filed by three transporta
tion companies In the oftloe of Major
James F. Mclndoe. Government engineer.
late yesterday afternoon. Immediate
prosecutions are asked. '
These are practically the only results
growing out of the court's recent ordure
providing for closed periods during the
rush hours both In the morning and even
ing that are likely to develop seriously.
The cases have not yet been brought
to the attention of I'nlted States District
Attorney McCourt, but that official prom
ises to give the matter careful attention
if he is asked to bring prosecutions. He
Insists, however, that he will have to be
reasonably certain that the cases show
a violation of the spirit and Intent of the
Federal statute before he asks to .have
them placed on the court calendar.
Three Vessels Delayed.
The vessels alleged to have been un
reasonably delayed In the closing of the
draws are the Shaver, of the Shaver
Transportation Company; the Vulcan, of
the Willamette A Columbia River Tow
ing Company, and the Paloma, of the
Columbia Digger Company. Complaints
tConeluded on Pace 12.)
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Dayton Outing Ends in - Tragedy.
Child Companion Gives Aid, but
Taf-k Proves Too Great.
DAYTON, Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) Sad
was the ending today of a picnic party
here when the Willamette River claimed
a victim In the pretty 16-year-old daugh
ter of Nels Blerson, of this place, after
the young woman had struggled bravely
against death, only to sink, never to rise
again.
One of a party of eight young people,
all girls, with no adult chaperon, Lillian
Blerson went for a day's outing along
the river. Bathing was one of the pas
times enjoyed during the ' afternoon.
Lillian and a companion, little Emellne
Banks, ventured out to a passing log In
the middle of the river. The log drifted
rapidly down stream with its happy
human freight; it rolled and the girls
mere spilled Into a deep portion of the
river; there were cries for help and
Emellne, mho was able to swim, struck
out for the shore, with her companion.
Lillian, who could not swim. In tow.
The distance, horn ever, was too far,
the weight of Lillian too great, and
brave Emellne was compelled to free her
grasp If she would save herself. It mas
a fight against death for two lives, but
one had to be sacrificed, for despite all
the efforts of Emellne and the struggles
of Lillian, the latter sank In six feet
of water, almost within the bounds of
safety. Up to a late hour tonight the
body had not been recovered.
INDEX. OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum tern perature, T7
utntrei; minimum. DO decrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair, cooler; westerly
winas.
Foreign.
Effect of Spanish women's devotion feared
in controversy with church. Pace 3.
Crlppen promises attorney to say nothing;
Politics.
Washington Republicans urg-e West Bid
man as senator, r&xm e.
Insurgents win In Iowa. Pace 1.
Karsas names six Insurgents out of eight
lor Congress. Page
No voice Is raised for poindexter at Wash
ington Republican convention. Page 1.
Don
tic.
Wholesale frauds to secure admission of
i.hlnese charged. Pace 3.
United Wireless officers indicted in Xew
Kora. fage a.
Court charges Calhoun defense with spirit
ing witnesses away and sends three at
torneys to Jail. Page X.
porta.
Pacific Coast League results: Oakland 3,
Portland 2; Vernon 3. i,os Angeles i;
San Francisco 1, Sacramento l. page 7.
Portland women continue to win in Tacoma
tennis play. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Stocks show narrow range. Page 17.
Wheat Arm on bullish foreign news. Page 17.
Pilot of T. G. Potter suspended as result of
collision. Page 16.
Pacific North west.
Young girl drowns at picnic near Dayton.
Page l. -Jay
Bowerman announces candidacy for
Governor. Page tf.
Vancouver child wife tells of forced mar
riage in divorce complaint. Page 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Manager L,ynch. of California Development
Board, propose union of whole pacific
Coast for promotion work. Page 9.
Dr. Smith and associates ready to take up
Umatilla project extension. Page 16.
Water found at Madras at depth of 423 feet.
Page 8-
Alt hough 21 Oregon counties are "dry.
taxes on liquor in state show largest total
In history. Page 1.
Post office site bids cause discussion by j
realty men. Page 10.
Boasting sailor arrested by Sheriff Stevens
may be Colorado train robber. Page JUL
Hearing falls to disclose that Asa Thomson
has sequestered property. Page 8.
Tenth head camp session of Woodmen of
World ends. Page 12.
Countv court's order for closed drawbridges
during rush hours carried' out to letter.'
Page V
SOMEONE PLEASE STEAL MILES?"
NOTICE.,
MUNIFICENT
WILL BE
PERSOM
nOVE ONE
OINDEXTER
.TO SOME
AND IRRETRIEVABLY LOSE
0ft FURTHER
WAbH.
Majority in Convention
Close to 300.
BOTH SENATORS INDORSED
Tariff
Called Failure; Taft
Commended.
DELEGATES MAKE UPROAR
Concession to Harmony Permits
Favorable Reference to State"
' Administration Picture of
Roosevelt Is Cheered.
DES MOINES, Aug. 3. (Republican Iowa
wrote herself vigorously "progressive" to
day at a convention which was in an
uproar most of the time.
Senators Cummins and Dolllver and the
insurgent delegation at Washington wen?
enthusiastically Indorsed.
The new tariff law was branded as a
failure In the light of the party pledge
of 1908.
President Taft received the most tepid
of lulcewarm indorsements.
A sop to harmony was flung out in the
indorsement of the administration of Gov
ernor Carroll.
"Steam Roller" Is Abandoned.
An attempt to use the "steam roller"
to make the State Central Committee
overwhelmingly progressive was called
off, presumably at the hint of Senator
Cummins.
Senator Cummins was temporary chair
man; Senator Dolllver permanent chair
man.
The "progressive" majority ranged
close to 300 on every question.
Tbe resolutions committee was "pro-
gresBlve." 6 to S.
The foregoing la a synopsis of the
day's events. To It may be added
cheers and Jeers, applause and hisses,
music and howls of discord.
Regulars -We Insistent.
The appearance and disappearance of
the 'team roller" was one- of the di
verting incidents of the day. It came
about through the insistence of the
regular members of the platform com
mtttee in demanding an unqualified In
dorsement of the Taft Administration,
legislative acts of the "regulars" and
hostility to Cummins and Dolllver. The
primary law, which provides that mem;
bars of the state central committee
shall be chosen by the convention, was
fastened upon as the means to this end.
It was proposed to disregard the cau
cus selections of the First and Ninth
districts, which are regular and to
have the convention substitute "pro
gresslve" In their places.
Engine Appears; Then Fades.
Attorney-General Byers. as chauffeur
of the "steam roller," brought that en
gine Into view with a motion that the
convention proceed to the selection of
the state central committeemen. He
was opposed by F. T. Price, of Elkader,
who demanded the convention proceed
In the old-fashioned way. A motion to
postpone action until after the report
t Concluded on Pase 2.)
MD TO ANY
WHO - WIL1- RE-
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VAST SOLITUDE
PARTiCULAFS 5EE
STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY
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Ethel M. Custer Says Man Twice
Her Age Married Her Before
She Had Time to Say No.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 3. (Spe
elal.) Ethel M. Custer, a year ago a 16
year-old bride, has brought suit for dl
vorce against her husband, who was just
twice as old as she at the time of the!
wedding. In the complaint Mrs. Custer
tells of how Custer, a 32-year-old-man
literally forced her to a marriage by tak
ing her to the court house at Port Or
ford, securing a license and marrying
her, despite her protestations, before she
had time to realize what she was doing.
8he says she never wanted to marry
Custer and that bis whole plan of court
ship was both irregular and extraordln
ary. .Mrs. Custer was living with her
parents in Vancouver, Wash., a year ago
when she met Custer, September 25, 1909,
She tells In her complaint asking divorce
how Custer . proposed that they go to
Port Orford, Wash., to visit his relatives.
When she arrived there, she says, he
asked her to go with him to the court
house to see these relatives.
All unsuspecting as to what was about
to transpire, the young girl acquiesced.
when, to her surprise, - she says he se
cured a marriage license and forthwith
coaxed her so persuasively that she final
ly agreed to marry him. Mrs. Custer
avers she knew nothing of his intention
of marrying her until, after he had pro.
duced the license and that she certainly
had no idea of marrying him when she
went to Port Orford.
Now she holds that, as she did not
marry Custer of her own free will, she
should be granted not only an absolute
divorce but damages and whatever other
relief the court sees fit to give.
BOY JOKER LOSES LIFE
Companions, Often Deceived, Refuse
Aid as He Drowns.
' VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 3. (Spe
cial.) The habit of making his boy
friends believe , he was drowning when he
was not probably cost Herman Herbert,
12 years old, his life in the Columbia
River today at 4 o'clock.
With, several boys, he had been fishing
at Burke's Lake, and they were return-
lng to their homes In Vancouver. They
stopped below the big steel drawbridge
over tbe Columbia River for a swim.
They had been splashing around in the
water for some time, when an apple core
was thrown out into the stream and they
all tried to get it.. When swimming
back Herman threw up his hands and
shouted that he was drowning, but as
he had done the same thing many times
before, little attention was paid to him.
When it looked as If he was really in
danger, some of the boys tried to save
him, but in vain.
A fisherman succeeded in pulling Her
man out, but life had gone. The lad's
father works in Vancouver and the
mother is near Seattle.
MAZAMAS REACH EUGENE
Start for Three Sisters to Be Made
Early This Morning.
EUGENE. Or., Aug. 3. (Special.)
The main body of Mazamas, number
ing about 30. arrived at Eugene at 2
P. M., went to the Smede and retired
early, to get started on their trip to
tbe Three Sisters peaks by 6 o'clock
tomorrow morning. Additional mem
bers arrived on the night trains, which.
with those who will go from Eugene,
will make between 40 and 50 in .the
party.
Instead of going to o Brien s by au
tomobile, as the Eugene Commercial
Club had planned, the party determined
this afternoon to take hacks, wagons
and buggies clear through from Eu
gene to McKenzte bridge. Iron, where
the. party will walk to its permanent
camp Jn the Three sisters region.
The plan will be to reach Blue River
by tomorrow night. It might be pos
sibe to reach McKenzie bridge 'with
the party, but the wagon containing
camp luggage cannot get farther than
Blue River.
AUTO'S CRANK BACK FIRES
Los Angeles Man Badly Battered aa
He Starts Juice in Machine.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Aug. 3. (Special.)
Assistant Postmaster Edward P. Dish-
man. ex-Chief of Police, narrowly es
caped death this afternoon while crank
ing an automobile. The machine back
fired and the handle hit Dishman many
terrific blows before he was out of reachl
A number of these were in the region of
the stomach.
The assistant postmaster was picked up
unconscious and his right wrist was
found fractured in three places', but, so
far . as can be determined, he sustained
no serious internal. Injuries.
Two hours later, when friends called
up by telephone to inquire as to his con
dition Dishman himself answered. He
aaid he was trying to forget his pains. ,
PYTH1ANS HAVE BIG PARADE
Army Orricers Act as Judges ot
Competitive Drill.
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 3. The features of
today's programme of the grand encamp
ment of the Knights of Pythias were the
competitive drills at Camp Henry Parish
Brown and the big parade of the subordi
nate elodges and Pythian Sisters. Three
United States Army officers were detailed
by the War Department to act as judges
in the drills.
Mrs. Sarah I. Cotton, of Weatherford,
Tex., was elected supreme chief of the
Pythian Sisters: Mrs. Ida Johnson, of
Colorado, supreme senior: Mrs. Cora M.
Davis, of Oregon, supreme governor, and
Mrs. Tilly Samuels, of Oakland, Cal.t au-
Jpreme manager,
Regulars in Control at
Tacoma.
FIVE JUDGES RENOMINATED
Washington Republicans Ap
plaud Mention of Ballinger.
HAY'S WORK IS COMMENDED
Delegate Who Opposes Motion to
Amend Direct Primary Law Is
Voted Down, 611 to 116. '
Many Speeches Made.
BT R. O. CALLVERT.
. TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 8. (Staff Cor
respondence.) Without hearing a sin
gle voice raised in defense or support
bf Representative Miles Polndexter, of
Spokane, Insurgent candidate for the
United States Senate, the Republican
state convention today adopted a plat
form which commends by name every
member of the Washington Congres
sional delegation except Polndexter,
condemns the enemies of the National
Administration "within and without
the party," and favors the election of
a Senator from west of the mountains.
It was a stand pat or regular con
vention through and through, attended
by about 650 of the 887 delegates, and
one that cheered with almost equal
fervor the names of President Taft,
Colonel Roosevelt, Speaker Cannon and
Secretary of Interior Ballinger. Any
thing that could be construed as a
criticism of insurgency was wildly ap
plauded, and if there was a "progres
sive" In the House the overpowering
number of his opponents was such that
he had ' not the hardihood to sound a
single chirp.
' Opposition to Gose Slight.
When the convention convened in the
Armory this morning the selection of
the five candidates for Supreme Jus
tice, for which purpose the convention
was called, was all but settled, there
remaining only the duty of giving
formality to the nomination of the five
judges whose terms expire ' January
next. Even the presiding officers and
secretaries had been decided upon and
the avowed intentions of the majority
as announced yesterday were carried
out without a break.
Senator Samuel Piles was chosen
temporary .. chairman, Senator W. L.
Jones permanent chairman, and J. W.
Lysons and Howard . Cosgrove secre
taries. There were no dissenting
votes.
In the judgeship nominations thbre
was a shadow of contest on the four-
year-term proposition. Chehalis Coun
ty presented the name of Judge Mason
Irwin, of Aberdeen, In opposition to
that of Judge M. F. Gose, of Walla
Walla, the retiring justice. Judge
Irwin received the votes of Chehalis,
Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Skagit, Thurs
ton and Wahkiakum counties, and half
the vote of Pacific County, or 144 in
all.
Platform Center of Interest.
Judge Gose received 743 votes, and
the nomination was immediately made
unanimous. No opposing names were)
presented against those of the other
four justices seeking re-election, and
George E. Morris, F. H. Rudkin. Em
mett N. Parker and M. A. Fu-llerton
were nominated for six-year terms.
So definitely had the nominations
been decide d upon in advance, that the
main Interest centered on the platform.
As finally adopted, this document con
tains only one amendment, and retains
every plank recommended by the plat
form committee.
In addition to that portion heretofore
mentioned, the platform favors the re
peal of the second-choice provision of
the primary law,, enumerates the not
able achievements of the Taft Admin
istration, declares against blind and
nreasonlng conservation, and for set
tlement of the agricultural lands in the ,
forest reserves, expresses unqualified
confidence in the integrity of Secretary
of the Interior Ballinger, indorses Gov
ernor Hay and the other state officers, ,
commends the Railroad, and Tax Com
missions, proposes the enlargement of i
their powers to .the scope of the Pub-
lie Service Commission of New orK,i
favors the use of Washington materi-1
Is In Federal and state buildings, and
recommends the passage of an em- :
ployers' limited liability law.
Falconer Is Voted Down. .
The last named was the plank In
serted by amendment, and was pro
posed by Judge J. A. Shackleford, of
Tacoma.
Some of the features of the platform,
had opposition from the floor of the '
convention. Senator J.Falconer, of Sno
homish, attempted to secure the adop-,
tion of an amendment striking out the,
plank referring to the second choice pro-'
vision of the primary law. Falconer ap- ,
pealed to the convention not to "tinkerj
with the primary law by taking out the,
very essence of the act," but his amend-'
ment was voted down 11 to 116, King!
County not voting.
8. L. Lemon, of King County, also pre-,
sented an amendment favoring the res
toration of the primary method of the)
nomination of Justices of the Supreme)
CoDoiudx on, fav