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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LII XO. 16,095.
STAKE IS
POLITICAL LIFE
Fight on Parker Mot
Made for Fun.
PROGRESSIVENESS IS GOAL
Clark Trying Hard' to Be
Friend of All Sides.
FEAR OF STAMPEDE GROWS
Nebraskan Said to Have Speech Up
His Sleeve That Will Make
1S96 "Crown ot Thorns" Ef
fort Look Like Tyro's Essay.
BALTIMORE, June 24. (Editorial
Correspondence.) Mr. Bryan is taking
his political life in -his hands by his
war on Parker, but Bryan has run
that risk so many times that be is not
alarmed at tbe prospect of defeat.
Bryan, indeed, has many political
Uvea The loss of one of them makes
hut little difference " in " the general
record. Possibly defeat adds to the ul
timate sum of his power and authority
In the Democrat party and before the
country.
Bryaa Trie to Tata Party-
Does anyone imagine, for example.
that it Bryan had been elected Fresl
dent once or twice, he would be the
same Idolized Bryan he is today?
Bryan la not making; . war on Parker
for fun or merely to show his strength.
He is trying; to turn the face of the
Democratic party at the outset in the
direction of progresslveness and radi
calism. The National committee has.
indeed, turned him down, but the voice
of the National committee is by no
means final.
Now. Bryan will go on the floor of
the convention and captain his forces
In person. He will be the central
figure in the convention's actual work.
Th convention is to be forced to
choose between Bryan and Parker. The
, result to follow -from ' th preliminary
contest will be momentous and 2e
ctstve. Clark Tries te Avoid Fight.
The situation Is critical for all the
candidates, but It Is fraught with par
ticular danger for Champ Clark. The
weakness of Clark's candidacy lies In
the fact that he poses as the friend
of alL He Is deeply anxious to make
enemies of none. He Is striving vali
antly not to get caught In the colli
sion between Bryan and Parker. He
Is responsible for the harmony talk
about withdrawing Parker if Bryan in
sisted. He wanted everybody to be
satisfied, but Parker and bis backers
were sot satisfied and- stayed in after
he found that Bryan could not control
the National committee.
Parker does not particularly love a
fight but the forces behind him de
cided to accept the Issue over him just
to show Bryan his proper place as a
mere private In the ranks and also to
get a tight grip on the convention
through Parker. Clark will disclose
his eminent Impartiality and disinter
estedness by dividing the vote of Mis
souri, especially between Parker and
Bryan's man, if he can.
Chlrag-a Stroarle Repeated.
The real issue here Is the old strug
gle of the radicals against the con
servatives, ss It -was at Chicago. TV bo
shall be nominated Is for the present
greatly overshadowed by the opening
battle for control. The radical dog is
not going to wag the conservative tall
so esslly as some of us have Imagined.
The delegates from the East and South
believe in the old order. To them
Roosevelt Is a wild man and Bryan a
mere agitator.
It is a surprise to find delegates
epenly declaring that there Is no
Bryan sentiment or undercurrent In
their states. Yet. all realize and
asknowledge Bryan's extraordinary
power and are uneasy over what may
happen If he makes another crown-of-thorns
speech. The word is being
passed around that Bryan has up his
sleeve a speech that will make his
great effort of 1898 look like a school
boy essay. The truth appears to be
that the delegates are only lightly at
tached to their respective candidates.
The Clark delegates are apparently
only half in earnest, though the crowds
seem to be more for Clark than any
other. There Is a big show for Wil
son, but the real Wilson is Bryan; and
they hold Bryan with a rope of sand.
You see Harmon pictures and tadges
everywhere and you wonder why.
Underwood has an enormous gallery
recruited for the South. It Is the great
triumph of hope over knowledge.
Marshall. Foss. Gaynor and the rest
are represented, but after all the sole
question Is whether or not the con
vention will nominate Bryan.
E. B, P.
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GIRLS AND POLICE FIGHT
Striking Cigar Plant Workers Hurl
Rocks at Officers.
PERTH AMBOT. X. J, June 24.
Girl striker, formerly employed by
the Perth Amboy Cigar Company, made
a demonstration at the plant today
and uurled tones at policemen who
sought to check their advance.
t-m. Boilcam.u were badly cut about
BRYAN S
FOUR ARMY MEN :.
RAISED BY TAFT
PRESIDENT TAFT AX3TOC5TCES
ARMY APPOINTMENTS.
William W. Wltberspoon Is Chosen
Major-General; Chase, Edwards
and McClernand Brigadiers.
WASHINGTON". June 24. After con
sultation with Secretary Stlmson. Presi
dent Taft announced these Army ap'
Dointments:
To be Major-General William W.
Wltherspoon, now commanding the De
partment of the Gulf at Atlanta.
To be Brigadier-Generals Clarence
R. Edwards. Colonel George F. Chase
and E. J. McClernand.
The nominations will be sent to the
Senate probably Thursday. The vacan
cies have existed for some time; Gen
eral Wltherspoon fills the vacancy
caused by the death of Major-General
Grant. General Edwards Is a close
friend of the President and as chief
of the bureau of insular affairs has
held the title for several years. Col
onel Chase is a cavalry officer detailed
as an Inspector-General at Governor's
Island, New York. Colonel McClernand
Is with his regiment, the First Cavalry,
at the Presidio, San Francisco". -
AUTO CRASH KILLS TWO
Los Angeles Women Hurled to Death.
One Man and 2 Children Hurt.
LOS ANGELES, June 24. Mrs. Nicho
las A. D'Arcy and Mrs. Charles L.
Doron, both of Los Angeles, were in
stantly killed and Nicholas A. D'Arcy
was injured probably fatally when the
automobile in which they ' were re'
turning to Nthe city from Venice was
struck by an ocean bound electric car
at Fredericks crossing at 5 o'clock this
evening. Nicholas A. D'Arcy; Jr., aged
7, and Charles Doron, seven, suffered
broken legs and severe cuts. .
D'Arcy is a mining man. He was
driving the car, and It is not known
how the accident occurred, as eye wit'
nesses said the , crossing signal was
sounding and the oncoming train was
in plain sight. - Whether something
went wrong with the automobile and
D'Arcy was unable to stop, or he did
not see the approaching train or hear
the signal, no one can say.
NEW UNION IS PREDICTED
Bryan and La Follette Linked in
, . .. Third-Party Talk.
. MADISON. Wis., June 24. Progres
sive Republicans here will refuse to
talk of a third party until after the
Democratic convention. '
Those high in Republican councils
said today that If Bryan Is nominated
on a progressive platform, the third
party movement will be dead. All
agree, however, that if the Bryan pro
gressive programme should be de
feated Wisconsin's progressives would
favor the formation of a new party
without Roosevelt at its head which
would embody the followers of La Fol
lette and Bryan.
Some even go-' so far as to predict
that these two might become leaders
of the ticket
ARIZONA ELKS ARE STYLISH
Luxurious Train to Bring Contin
gent From Phoenix and Tucson.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 24. (Spe
cial.) Genera Agent Gatter, of the
Southern Pacific at Phoenix, was here
today to arrange for the operation of
a special train de luxe from Phoenix
and Tuscon to the Elks' Portland con
vention. Gatter says that the train will be
one of the finest possible to assemble.
There will be about 200 passengers to
start out July 3.. A day is to be spent,
in this city.
A considerable percentage of the
Arizona Elks plan to stop In Portland
and thereabouts for the remainder of
the Summer.
MEXICANS TO BE PUNISHED
Four Will Be Sentenced for Violat
ing Neutrality Laws.
LOS ANGELES. June 24. Rtcardo
Flores Magon, Enrique Magon. Ansel-
mo Flgueroa and Llbrado Rivera, found
guilty by a Jury in the Federal Court
of having violated the neutrality laws
of the United States during the Madero
revolution in Mexico, will be sentenced
tomorrow.
It was said no appeal would be
made from tne verdict, which came aft
er a long trial. The four defendants
were said to have become reconciled
to having been convicted of having
aided the Mexican revolutionists
through a junta maintained In Los An.
geles. Their friends, however, conduct
ed a demonstration yesterday against
the prosecuting officers.
RIVER'S TOLL IS GROWING
1 7 Bodies Recovered From Niagara.
1 1 Others Are Missing.
BUFFALO. N. Y., June 24. Every
hour today added to the toll of dead In
last night's accident at Eagle Park.
Grand Island, when 50 feet of an ex
cursion wharf collapsed and dropped
100 persons Into the Niagara River.
The semi-darkness, the ten-mile cur
rent of the river at that point, the
confusion and swiftness of it all served
to cover up for a time tbe full extent
of tbe catastrophe.
Up to nightfall 17 bodies had been
recovered and there was a list of 11
more who were known to have been
at the park and not yet been accounted
"110 STRADDLE FOR
HE," SAYS COLONEL
Absolutely NeW Party
Is Programme.
DECISION CAUSE OF CLASHES
T. R. Says He Could Have Had
Nomination for Asking.
TERMS IMPOSED REFUSED
Ex-President Declares Delegates
From South Made. Offer to Him
to Switch, If Contested Men
Were Unopposed.
CHICAGO. June 24. A new party
from the ground up is the Roosevelt
programme. After a series of discus
slons today with his Hteutenants, in
which there were several clashes. Colo
nel Roosevelt decided, before leaving
Chicago, to cut entirely away from the
party with which his whole publlo
career has been identified.
His decision was . a disappointment
to those who favored the organization
of what might be considered an Inde
pendent Republican party, with which
various state organizations might co
operate and still maintain, it was
hoped, a nominal regularity.
Democrats to Be Consulted.
There must be no compromise, no
straddle," Colonel Roosevelt said.
"As an Indication of his determina
tion, he said that when be returned to
Oyster Bay he would communicate
with a number of Democrats he
thought might wish to Join the new
party.
When he had left Chicago, with the
first plans completed and his leaders
scattering to all parts of the country.
Colonel Roosevelt expressed himself
pleased with the outcome of conven
tion week, .e said he had a, mass of
letters and telegrams from Democrats
and Republicans offering support.
' Nomination Refused, It Is Said.
The Republican nomination for Pres
ident, said Colonel Roosevelt, was his
for the asking on the day President
Taft was renominated. He declined to
accept it, he said, on the . terms under
which the offer was made.
The ex-President gave a glimpse
Into the secret history of the last day
of the convention. It was a plan to
seize control of the convention at the
last moment, by a Budden move over
turn the Taft majority and make
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SAIJIiVT POINTS APPEARING ON
EYE OF BALTIMORE
. COXTEtllOS.
William J. Bryan to nominate him
self as temporary presiding officer
as first test of strength. Re will
assail Thomas F. Ryan as head and
front of1 the reactionaries and de
mand of each National Committee
man whether he has been "aeett"
by fr. Ryan.
Rocer Sullivan, retiring Illinois Na- ,
tlonal committeeman, deals hard
blow to. Bearat-Harrlson combine in
Illinois, his delesates-at-large and
dlstrlot delegates from 11 districts
being seated by unanimous vote,
, All hope of averting a fight van
ishes with the approval by the Na
' tlonal committee of Alton B. Parker,
as temporary chairman.
Indians sends largest contingent of
' boomers, all presumably for Gov
ernor Marshall, at toast on first
ballot.
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Leaders aald to have determined,
once and for all. to eliminate Bryan
as a dominating figure In the part
Bryan's headquarters, however, be
sieged day and night by enthuiiastlo
adherents.
,
Belief that Clark boom covers an
under-the-surfaee movement for
some other candidate, to whom his .
delegates will be thrown at tbe
proper .moment.'
"
Betting favors Clark at 8 to 5,
, Odds on other candidates are: Wil
son, .two and a half to one; Har
mon, three and a half to ' one;
Bryan four to one; Underwood four
to one; aaynor, alx to one.
m m
City badly crowded and accommo
dations taxed to the limit. Cots In
crowded rooms renting for $3 a night.
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Illinois delegates, by vote of 60 to
. 8. refused to abrogate the rule di
recting them to vote under the unit
rule.
"
Political leaders agree that life or
death of Roosevelt third party move
ment, depends upon action of Balti
more convention. ;
"
Thomas E. Watson, Georgia flre
- brand, whose presence as a delegate
was dreaded by leaders who fear tbe
raising of the religious question In .
National politics, prevented from at- -tending
" by an attack of ptomaine
poisoning. -
MARYLAND IN TOMORROW
Steaming Under Changed Order,
Warship Will Return Directly.
ON BOARD IT. S. S. MARYLAND, Point
Arguello. Cal.. June 23. (Special.)
Steaming under changed orders the
Maryland will not pause on her run for
the Columbia, Captain Elllcott having
eliminated the proposed call at Santa
Barbara today, as. coal tests were con
ducted through the Santa Barbara
channel. The vessel was navigated at
full power under natural draft for f our
hours and the same time under forced
draft, the maximum speed being slight
ly in excess of 20 knots.
Oregon naval militiamen of the black
gang were in the fire and engine-rooms
during the run and, though the tem-
Derature ranged from 90 to 98 degrees.
they stood the ordeal. The cruiser Is
making 18 knots tonight and, owing
to the swell and head winds, some ui
the Oregonians are seasick. Unless the
vessel stops to clean fires, she will
head into the Columbia before noon
Wednesday, a day In advance of the
original Itinerary.
THREE RINGS BUT ONLY ONE WORKING
BRIBERY
CHARGED
TO CHIEF
AND FIVE
Hlgher-Ups on Police
Force Accused.
MONEY IS PHOTOGRAPHED
$400 Alleged Given to Deputy
District Attorney Collier.
GRAND JURY WORKS NIGHTS
Up to Late Hour All but Slover Are
Placed Under Arrest Indictments
of Six Are Expected to Issue
This Morning.-
Warrants Issued from the office of
the District Attorney last night were
placed in the hands of four deputy
sheriffs for Chief of Police Slover, Cap
tain of Detectives Baty, Detective Ser
geant Smith, Plain Clothesman Cliff
Maddux, Patrolman Hammersly and
Frank Reed on charges of bribery:
It is charged that several days ago
Plain Clothesman Maddux, already un
der suspension on a previous charge
of bribery, in company with Frank
Reed, visited Deputy District Attorney
Collier in his office and offered him
8400 as a bribe.
The money. It Is said, had been pre
viously photographed and was In the
possession of the police department.
Mr. Collier charges a conspiracy. The
Investigations, it is' said, may also in
volve Mayor Rushlight.
Grand Jury Works Nights.
Following their arrests, . the men
were haled before the grand Jury,
which held a night session in the of
fice of District Attorney Cameron. It
Is reported that indictments will be
returned this morning. .
The arrests were made quietly. At a
late hour last night all but Chief
Slover had been arrested.
"A man only offers a bribe to me
once," said Deputy Collier. "Any man
that offers a bribe Is a crook. These
men were trying to get me because the
May grand jury hit the bull's eye. The
truth was told about conditions and
the men smarted under it. I look for
indlotments in the morning."
Captain Baty and members of the
police force refused to discuss the
charge. '
' British Army Man Dies.
LONDON, June 24. Field Marshal
George Stuart White, one of the most
distinguished soldiers in tne unusn
Army, died today. He was 77 years old.
White, who was an Irishman, went
through the hardships or tne tnaian
Mutiny in 1857. In the Afghan War in
1879-80 he won the Victoria Cross "for
valor."
EVEN MONEY BET
ON TAFT TO WIN
NO WAGERS MADE OX ROOSE
. VELT PARTY PROSPECTS.
Odds Mentioned on Clark Vary All
Way From 3 to 1 In Favor to
8 to 5 Against Him.
NEW YORK. June 24. (Special.)
The election bet recorded In the nnan
clal district- today was $1000 placed
against a like amount Jhat President
Taft will be re-elected.
There was little interest displayed
along Broad street in the matter of
wagers on the candidates or either of
the major parties and nothing outside
of verbal speculation was heard among
the chance-taking fraternity in regard
to the new Roosevelt party in pros
pect.
The odds mentioned on Champ Clark
for the Democratic nomination ran all
the way from 3 to 1 in favor of his
selection, to 8 to 5 against him, with
no real cash in sight. Even money
was quoted on Wilson, Harmon and
other candidates.
CULINARY ARTS LURE BOYS
Cooking to Be Taught Girls to Be
Shown How to Drive Nails.
SANTA MONICA. CaL, June 24.
(Special.) Boys will be taught to cook
without spilling the soup, and girls
to drive nails straight without smash
ing their finger ends, according to the
study programme of the public school
vacation course. The course is largely
elective and this Is the way it is
worked out. There already Is an en
rollment of 400 and Superintendent Rei
bok says that a large proportion of the
girls have chosen to work In the crafts
department, and a smaller proportion
of boys In the culinary rooms. Camp
cookery and practical home kitchen ac
complishments will be part of the lat
ter course, and those who undertake it
must carry it through, six weeks' at
tendance being compulsory after en
rollment.
The school is an experiment of much
promise.
GIRL ISSUES OWN LICENSE
Marriage Permit Taken by Young
Woman Deputy, Who is Found Out.
SALEM, Or, June 24. (Special)
Wben Miss Mabel Minnie Louise Grom
mels, a deputy in the office of County
Clerk Allen, Issued a .marriage license
to herself at noon today and pasted to
gether the leaves of the marriage li
cense book so that her license would
escape the notice of the other clerks,
she failed to count on the prying eyes
of Miss Mabel Wellborn, Clerk of the
Circuit Court, who happened to be
glancing through the book today .and
discovered the pasted leaves, and
made the license public.
Miss Gremmels waited until the rest
of the office force had left at noon
and then with ber sister, Vivian Grom-
mels, as a witness, she issued the li
cense. She is to wed Floyd Allen Bay-
lngton, a teacher.
WILD BIRDSJTURN ACTORS
Films to Reproduce Habitues of
Three-Arch Rock.
Game Warden Finley, accompanied
by Professor Dallas Lore Sharp, of
Boston, left yesterday for Three Arch
Rock, near Tillamook, to observe the
birds inhabiting that game preserve.
Mr. Finley was instrumental in
having this rock on the Tillamook
coast selected as a game refuge In 1903.
Sea fowl of all species congregate
there and at all times its rocky sides
are covered' with mother birds and
their young. ,
The place is inaccessible in rough
weather and boats can be landed with
difficulty even at the most favorable
times.
A moving picture machine consti
tuted part of the equipment taken by
Mr. Finley.
T. R. BANDANAS -GIVEN OUT
Spokane Millionaire Distributes Em
blems of New Party.
SPOKANE, Wash., June 24. Red
bandanas, emblematic of the new Pro
gressive party, were distributed here
today to every man, woman and child
he met by Colonel Walter C. Brewer,
millionaire mine owner and former In
dian scout under Buffalo Bill. Colo
nel Brewer bought the entire supply
obtainable in Spokane and declared that
as soon as more bandanas could . be
prooured he would start the new party
boom In earnest.
"Roosevelt is the man," he said, "un
less Bryan is nominated. If Bryan Is
candidate, Roosevelt should retire."
ARKANSAS FASTEST SHIP
Battleship Makes More Than 8 1
Knots on Trial Trip.'
ROCKLAND, Me., June 24. Official
figures of the recent builders' accept
ance trials of the battleship Arkansas,
the world's fastest and biggest com
pleted battleship, was received today by
the trial board. All the figures were
better than the contract requirements
which Included an average speed of
20 knots an hour for four hours. The
figures follow:
Fastest mile on standardization trial.
21.493; average of five high-speed runs.
21.153; average on . four-hour run.
21.051; average on two-hour run, 20.9S9;
maximum horsepower developed, 29.271.
The Arkansas' sister ship, the Wyo
ming, will undergo trials here July 18.
PARKER IS NAMED;
BRYAN TO FIGHT
Committee Acts in De
fiance of Threats.
HOPE FOR HARMONY FADES
Efforts to Placate Nebraskan
by Compromise Fail.
BRYAN LOOMS AS NOMINEE
Commoner Insists He Will Carrj
Contest Against Sage of Esoput
to Floor of Convention Make
Race Himself, If Necessary. i
BALTIMORE, June 24. All hope ef
averting a fight from the fall of the
gavel In the Democratic National con
vention vanished tonight when the Na
tional Committee approved the selection
of Alton B. Parker, of New York, as
temporary chairman In defiance of the
threat of William J. Bryan to make an
issue of the alleged conservatism of
Judge Parker as opposed to the pro
gresslvelsm which the Nebraskan as
serts should prevail. 1
An effort was made by the Nstlonal
Committee today to placate Mr. Bryan,
but a conference resulted In complete
failure. Mr. Bryan would not ' recede
from the position he had taken and
tonight prepared to make his fight to
morrow rrom the floor of the convention
to rally the progressives to his standard
in opposition to Judge Parker.
- . Bryaa May Make Race.
Mr. Bryan announced today that It
no other good progressive could ba
prevailed upon to make the race, he
would enter the Held himself, as the
opponent of Parker.
The Nebraskan stood out today as
the dominant figure in the convention.
All contingencies of the future. In
cluding the nomination of a Preslden-
tlal candidate, seemed to hinge upon
what he would do. The Impression con
tinued more marked that" Mr. Bryan
might be the nominee. Some of his
friends said tonight that he would be
voted for In the convention whether
formally placed In nomination or not.
and they expressed the belief he would
win If the voting went as far as the
fifth ballot.
Friends Seek Coalition.
In furtherance of their hope of nomi
nating Mr. Bryan some of his friends,
it is said, are bending their efforts to
prevent a coalition of the Clark and
Wilson forces. They are talking of
Bryan and Wilson as a possible ticket
and the suggestion Is receiving at
tention in many quarters.
"In the event that Mr. Bryan should
not be a candidate himself for tem
porary chairman, It was said he might
urge Senator Kern, of Indiana, for the
place. The leaders expect Mr. Bryan
to enter the race.
The contest over the chairmanship
is looked forward to with trepidation
by some of ' the leaders and by the
supporters of several Presidential can
didates. One of the ' most interesting
developments looked for is the stand
to be taken by the Clark delegates.
A large number of these have been
pledged to support the choice ot the
National committee whoever he may be.
Rupture Is Imminent. '
This action was regarded In the
state delegations as distinctly an anti
Bryan move. There has been a long
friendship between Mr. Bryan and
Speaker Clark. The delegates to tho
convention are wondering if tomorrow's
battle will show a rupture.
It is a coincidence that Mr. Bryan
is arraying himself against the only
man who has shared with him the
Presidential nomination of his party
since the memorial campaign ot 1896
It years ago. Judge Parkers com
paratively wide margin of success In
the National committee, Jl to 20, was
taken by many of the leaders as an
indication of defeat for Mr. Bryan.
The latters friends declined to put any
such Interpretation upon the action of
the committee.
Mr. Bryan said:
"I had expected it. Wben Mr. Guf-
fey was seated against the protest of
the Democrats of Pennsylvania, . I
learned what I bad expected; thut a
majority of. that committee either had
no conception of Democracy, or was so
slavishly under the control of the pre
datory interests as not to be free to.
follow their convictions. The reauons
which they give are like all reauons
given In defense of wrong.
Inalacerlty Is Charged.
They are Insincere and are not tho
reasons that really influence tbim.
The fight will be resunied tomorrow,
at which time a progressive will be
presented for the convention to vote
for and tbe line will be drawn so that
the delegates can decide whether they
will ally themselves with the Belmont-Ryan-Murphy
crowd, that overwhelmed
the party with defeat eight years ago,
and which Is in close and continuous
co-partnership with the crowd that
nominated Mr. Taft at Chicago.
"The predatory interests have no
politics. They are with the party thai
serves them. Having enabled a minor
ity of the Republicans to override the
will of a majority of Republicans at
Chicago, they are now here to enable
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the head and two girls were arrested.
for. -