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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE
1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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BRYAN'S AniTUDE
IS THAT OF BOLTER
Declaration Framed to
Warn Party.
WAY TO ATTACK LEFT OPEN
Parker's Speech Declared
Written in Wall Street Terms
RYAN BITTERLY SCORED
Kebraskan Speaks of Convention's
Alliance With Plunderbund, and
Prepare to Shape His Own
Course In End.
niT.TrwiR-rc June !. (Editorial
Correspondence.) If Mr. Bryan means
all he says, he can neither stand on the
platform nor support the candidate of
fc TUmruratln rnnventloit. Unless he Is
somehow permitted to save a perilous
situation. Bryan says over nis own
signature in the Baltimore papers that
the convention Is . controlled by a Na
iiAii.i MmmiftAa and the National com
mittee by a sub-committee of is. the
.nVnmmitUA i v a. crou n of eight men.
the eight men by Boss Murphy and Boss
Murphy by Thomas Fortune Kyan.
Mr. Bryan proceeds with a bitter at
tack on Ryan. Belmont and Morgan.
He speaks of the convention's alliance
with the plunderbund and says if he
wre cartoonist be would represent
Ryan - as the dominant power of the
convention, lashing the delegates witn
a cat-o'-nlne tails, the separte talis be
ing Murphy at the tag end, Sullivan and
others.
Lauuie Is Tkat of Bolter.
in another statement Bryan sneers
at Parker and his keynote speech, and
declares it was written "in tne lan
guage of Wall street."
These are not the words of a stand-ihe-gaff.
vote-for-the-wlnner Demo
crat. They are the savage language of
the rebel and the bolter. They were
framed undoubtedly as a. warning, to
the convention that It must' shake off
the influences that dominate or the
Democratic party will lose Bryan. The
belligerent attitude of Bryan was fur
ther shown when he refused to accept
the chairmanship of the resolutions com
mittee, undoubtedly because he wanted
to be entirely free to attack the com
mittee on the floor of the convention
and before the country. He made the
unprecedented demand that the plat
form be not reported or adopted until
after the Presidential candidate should
be nominated.
Committees Try to Plasate.
The purpose is, of course, to fit the
platform to the candidate and. not the
candidate to the platform. The com
mittee agreed In the hope of placating
Bryan and the rules committee took
the same action.
If a reactionary candidate should be
nominated it is to be assured that
Bryan will at once lose interest in the
platform. If the platform should first
be adopted and It should be a progres
sive platform, and presumably the con
vention is willing to let Bryan write
the platform. It would be difficult for
Bryan to object to the candidate if the
latter is willing to stand on U. It is
clear that Bryan proposes to leave the
way open to do precisely what he
pleases. Whether his displeasure ex
tends to Champ Clark as a candidate Is
not yet obvious, but it will be within
the next 24 hours.
Iiltmt la Candidates Obscured.
The Bryan declaration of indepen
dence and the row over the platform
have tor the present obscured interest
In the candidates. The committee is
anxious to make it progressive. Wall
street does not care who. makes the
platform so long as it can name the
candidate, but there will probably be
no reference to the initiative, referen
dum or recall. These are mere state
issues In the opinion of Mr. Bryan and
others.
What part the open hostility of the
whole tier of Southern states to these
reforms has in shaping Bryan's ideas
It would be interesting to know. It
' looks as If the convention would nom
inate its candidate for President to
morrow and finish its work Friday.
E. B. P.
MAN MISSING SINCE FIRE
Musician Who Tried to Enter Burn
ing Building Unseen Since.
Where Is F. A. McWIlliams. known
as a musician, who rented the rear cor
ner room In the burned Templeton
lodging-house at First and Taylor
streets and has been missing since the
burning of the lodging-house laet Fri
day night? Since the fire McWIlliams
baa not returned to the place and
search is being made for him.
McWIUiama is thought to have been
the man who came to police and fire
men the night of the 'fire, after he had
escaped from the flames, which rushed
up the air shaft close to his room, and
to have asked permission to go back
Into the flaming building. The folly
of his attempt was pointed out to him.
is both halls by which he might go to
his room were In flames. He left the
firemen and police and was not seen
afterward.
Dr. H. H. Kuhn. a dentist, who was
lessee of tbe building, with a friend
yesterday went through the place to
estimate the damage. They found nil
McWIlliams' effects untouched in his
room.
WASHINGTON WILL
BE ON BAND WAGON
DELEGATES DECIDE TO VOTE
FOR 3IA3T TO BE XA3IED.
Position Near End of list Allows
Last Minute 6witch Majority
Favor Radical Candidate,
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BALTIMORE, June 26. (Special.)
Washington's 2 delegates to the Dem
ocratic National convention are going
to develpp into bandwagon delegates
before the convention Is over. It has
already developed that, while instruct
ed for Clark the great majority of
them favor the nomination of Bryan
and a radical programme.
At first they were inclined to dlsre
gard Instructions and go to their fa
vorite. But. on second thought, they
decided to cast tbelr first votes for
Clark, in order to comply with their
instructions. If more than two or
three ballots are taken, it is impossible
to say where the Washington delegates
will turn up, but from their talk today
it is evident they will support which
ever candidate, on final analysis, shows
signs of being nominated.
Washington is near the end of the
list of states, and by time it is called
It will be pretty well known what can
didate Is to be nominated; that is, after
the strength of the various candidates
now in the field breaks and scatters.
Under the unit rule adopted on Mon
day this delegation will vote solidly
for the candidate who, in the Judgment
of the Bryan men, is going to be nom
inated. ; ,
CHEHALIS PLANS BIG DAY
Twin City Fourth Celebration Gives
Promise of Lively Time.
CHEHALIS. Wash., June 2. (Spe
cial.) All arrangements have been per
fected for the celebration in Chehalts
on July 4. It is expected that there
will be an unusually large attendance.
Centralis will not celebrate this year
and the leading citizens, the fraternal
organizations and others of that city
have agreed to come to this city and
help make the local celebration a suc
cess. Company M of the state mllltla
will be pVesent and some of the lodges,
notably the Elks and Moose, will per
haps attend in a body.
Indications are that the parade will
be novel. Chehallls business men will
enter a number of floats. There will
be automobiles from the Twin Cities
and various parts of Lewis County.
Some attractive prizes have been offered
for this feature. All day long there
will be something doing, tbe features
of the afternoon being a balloon as
cension and the State League ball game
between Chehalls and Centralla. There
will be balloon ascensions Friday and
Saturday, July 6 and 6, and a ball game
each day, with a final ball game of the
series July 7.
RATTLESNAKE BITES BABE
Three Hours After Poison Is Dis
charged Child Is Dead.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., June 26.
(Special.) The 3-year-old daughter of
W. B. Smith, who resides on Croftln
Prairie, 10 miles west of ' this city,
was bitten by a rattlesnake in the
finger .yesterday and died Just three
and one-half hours after tbe acci
dent.
The child stepped out into the gar
den a few feet from the house to get
a little kitten, and as she attempted
to pick up the kitten she was struck by
the snake. The mother corded the
arm at once and applied such anti
septics as were available.
The accident occurred a quarter oi
a mile from where Mrs. R. D. Gray
was bitten, and died as a result. Just
one year ago, lacking four days. Mrs.
Gruy was bitten on the same finger
of the same hand.
CLARK'S CHOICE PREDICTED
Governor Norrls, of 5Iontana, Will
Second Speaker's Nomination.
BALTIMORE. Md.. June 26. (Spe
cial.) Governor Norrls, of Montana,
.riii umnii the nomination of speaaer
Clark in the convention tomorrow.
This is the request of Clark, who re
gards the Montana executive as one of
the most effective speakers in the con
vention. Norrls. who is instructed for
Clark, today predicted Clark's nomina
tion on the second or thira Bailor, ana
v. l la the only available candidate
upon whom both factions can unite.
nrk Is reasonably progressive.
said Norrls. "He Is sufficiently pro
irMiiva for most progressive dele
gates, and no man less progressive than
Clark stands any chance of nomina
tion by this convention."
WALLA WALLA HARVESTING
All' Grains In Good Condition.
Warm Weather Hastens Ripening.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 2.-r
(Special.) The 1912 harvest of Fall-
sown wheat on Eureka Flat will start
.tomorrow, and for several weeks there
will be great actlvltly on tne Dig larma
of that section.
The grain on the Anderson farm Is to
be the first to fall before the combine.
Other machines will be in operation by
the end of the week. "
The Fall grain is In excellent condi
tion except where it was lodged by the
heavy wind storm a week ago. Spring
grain is coming along well, and the
warm weather is ripening it fast. Bar
ley is now being harvested.
Canadian Northern to Build.
CHICAGO. June 26. President Wil
liam McKinzie, of the Canadian North
ern Railway, today .announced the con
struction programme for 1912. which
ill Include 500 miles of new track
in Alberta and the construction of 1200
miles of track on a branch to Thiers
River Landing.
CLARK AfJD WILSON
LINES ARE DRAWN
4 '.
Baltimore Issue: What
Kind of Candidate?
DAY IS SPENT IN DICKERING
Samuel G. BIythe Says Strange
Bedfellows Are Made.
CHANCES FAVORING CLARK
Bryan Can Have Almost Anything
He Wants. In Platform, (and Is
"Understood to Have Leaning
Toward Roosevelt.
BT SAMUEL, Q. BLTTHE.
Copyright 1912 by Samuel G. BIythe.
BALTIMORE, June 26. (Special.)
Politics worked overtime at its tra
ditional trade of making strange bed
fellows in Baltimore Wednesday, and
by midnight had the most complete
collection of oddly assorted conspira
tors bunking with one another any
convention has produced since the
Bryan stampede in 1896:
Lions and Iambs were occupying the
same trundles, and hyenas and hares
had identical room numbers. Preda
ceous plutocrats were jolly old pals
with horny-handed sons of toll, and
slaves of Mammon linked arms and
toddled off to bed with severely plain
representatives of the plain people.
Captains of Industry turned in with
privates of the game, and the varying
changes of the day made a kaleideo
scope look like a painting of still life,
one of those little things the common
folk hang in their dining rooms, show
ing the artist's idea of what a peach;
a plum, a banana and a sirloin steak
do not look like.
HarmoiT Is Not Cause.
Co not misunderstand me. It was
not harmony that brought about these
combinations, coalitions and confeder
acies. It was the lack of harmony,
congested.. with ardent attempts to et
something in return for the associa
tions. .
The predaceous plutes did not con-i
sort with the horny-handed because
they liked to. but because they had
to. It was a case of force, as were all
the other alliances. '
Eachparty to each union wanted
something for himself, hence each one
endured the conjunction, in the hope of
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IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS ' IN
BALTIMORE CONVENTION.
William J. Bryan arises from
' his defeat of preceding day and
-dominates entire situation.. Re
fugee any favors in order that he
may be footloose when fighting
begins. ,
. -Hearst
- Harrison Illinois com
bine gets' another fearful jolt
after a stormy battle before tbe
credentials committee. -. - . V
: -Admitted
Clark must- secure
nomination in two or three bal
lots or meet defeat. Tammany
said to be wavering between
Wilson and Harmon.
"
Sudden and significant change
in relative strength of ' candi
dates as a result of Bryan's
strong showing. .
. Size of-convention crowd a big
disappointment. One dormitory
of 2000 rooms closed, not having
' a single application. Many visit
ors depart for Washington to wit
ness ball game.
No betting recorded . in Balti
more or New York on probable
candidates or chances of the
party to win in November.
Murphy and other leaders dis
turbed by B r y a n's conferences
with La Follette and other "pro
gressives." - - ''
Senator ' Kern, of , Indiana, ap
pears as the most promising can
didate in the event of a deadlock.
. Strenuous efforts made to boom
Mayor Gaynor, of New York.
. .
Many conferences on all night
and air full of rumors of trades
and concessions.
'
Convention seats, quoted yester-
- day at $15,- became drug en the
market at $5.- Hall not filled to
its capacity at any session so far
held.
'
Bryan scores victory In secur
ing ratification of plan to- nom
inate a eandidate before adopting'
the platform.
;
Unit rnle abrogated after
stormy discussion. This is con
sidered a distinct aid to Wilson's
candidacy. '
.
Two demonstrations for Wilson
feature of the night session.
CRUEL PEOPLE TO SUFFER
Judge Taxwell Will. Imprison Viola
' tors of Humane law.
A ' warning that hereafter persons
convicted of cruelty to animals would
be compelled to serve prison sentences
should the evidence seem to warrant
it, was delivered from the bench yes
terday by Judge Tazwell.
The dictum came as a result of the
trial of S. S. Wilklns, foreman for
Manning c- om..ui; cunucwio. . -kins
was found guilty and given the
maximum nne ui iuu. ocomw wo
flne, a maximum prison sentence of 50
days is provided for by the law.
According to the evidence, Wilklns
was employing 17 horses and one mule
on street work in Rose City . Park,
while the animals were not In a condi
tion to work.
Percy S. Pricei who is cutting the
hay on the Reed College Campus, was
also convicted of cruelty to animals
yesterday. Sentence was suspended.
CASE ANY SHOULD CARE TO BOLT.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC
El
Common User in Fran
chise Accepted.
(8,000,000 WORK PROJECTED
General Manager Announces
340 Miles of "Smokeless."
3 MINOR LINES ACQUIRED
Plans Greater Than Fublio Realties
Says Official Who Declares Road
Is Ready to Accept Terms
of Portland Charter.
Having acquired the property of the
Portland, Eugene Eastern, tne naiero
Trail. Cltv A Western and the Canby-
Molalla railroads, the Southern Pacific
Company through E. E. Calvin, general
manager, announced yesterday that it Is
prepared to accept a common user fran
h fnr dnnhle track on Fourth street
and proceed with the electrification of
340 miles of roads involving an im
mediate expenditure of S8.000.000.
This, together with the worn now
being done on the new lines between
EuE-ene and Coos Bay and between
Natron and Klamath Falls, makes the
aggregate authorized expenditure oi
the Southern Pacific in the state ior
the next two years more tnan nv.vvv.
000. -
Robert E. Strahorn. who so success
fnllv hullt the North Coast lines in
Washington for the Harriraan interests
will have charge of construction worn
nn the new electric lines. Large forces
of men already are employed, the money
has been appropriated and actual de
velopment will . be pushes to eariy
completion. , -
Confirmation la Official.
While railroad men In the Northwest
have understood for a long tlmo that
the Doutnern recinc wiwobui
hwn hark of A. Welch and his associ-
I ate, -who have nromoted -the-Portland,
Eugene & Eastern, air. waivra s auinor-
itntiv statement on tbe subject yes
terday was the first official admission
by tbe Harriman people that they really
are directing the work of the Welch
enternrise. ' '
It became generally known a year
ago that L. Gerlinger and his partners
who have operated tne eaiem, fans
City A Western, really were getting
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IDS CONTROVERSY
QUEEN BEGGED TO
AID SUFFRAGETTES
WOMAN HURLS SELF OX ROYAli
' PARTY, CRIES OUT APPEAL.
Home Secretary Attacked by Person
Who Dashes Through Cor- .
don of Police.
CARDIFF, Wales. June 2. King
George and Queen Mary, who are mak
ing a tour of South Wales, were
brought face to. face with suffragette
militancy this afternoon when a suf
fragette broke through the police cor
don and sprang at Reginald McKenna,
the Cabinet Minister In attendance on
their majesties.
The King and Queen were proceed
Ing to the cathedral at Llandaff when
a woman named Helen Cragg. mutter
ing threats against Cabinet Ministers
enjoying a tour of the country while
women were starving In prison, hurled
herself upon the Home Secretary. Sim
ultaneously with her attack upon Mr.
McKenna, the woman shouted an ap
peal to the Queen to help the suffra
gettes. The woman was promptly dragged
away by the police and lodged In jail.
LODGE SECRETARY MISSING
J. C. la France Not Heard From
. Since June 18.
T r T mwanMA .arT.larir nf the
United Artisans, has disappeared. He
left June 18, ostensibly on a fishing
excursion, and his wife has appealed
to Sheriff Stevens to assist In finding
him. 1
When he left he said he was going
along the Clackamas River, in the vi
cinity of Estaeada. No motive is
known for a secret departure, and it
is feared that he may have encountered
a fatal accident. His wife with three
children Is dependent upon him.
T I i ...rlnltn. I UU f (1 1 1 fl W R ! Thil"-
ty-two years old, height about five
feet seven lncnes, smooin simvui,
seen wearing khaki clothes, cream
colored Stetson soft hat with narrow
brim, low cut tan shoes, cream-colored
soft shirt, carried United States knap
sack, fishing pole and reel.
WISE CHEERS FOR WILSON
Holman Onry Oregon Delegate Wlio
Is Calm During Demonstration.
RAlvriMORE. June 26. (SpecIaL)
Wflrman Wise, of Astoria, had the time
of his young life tonight during the
Wilson demonstration m tne conven
tion hall. When the demonstration
h..n ho 1 iimned on his chair, cheering
wildly, and was waving his hat aa f ran-
ti-niiv as the most enthusiastic oi wu-
. T-nntor: and not once during that
32 minutes' demonstration did he sub
side. - .
Other Oregon delegates participated
more or less, except Holman. who was
noticeable for his calm and dignified
demeanor.
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FAMOUS SCULPTOR IS DEAD
John Grignola's Ltest Work Was on
Paul Jones Monument.
vpm wvott June 26. J6hn Grig-
nola, sculptor, is dead ' at a hospital
here following an operation for ap-
Atm tta was born in Italy SI
years ago, and came to this country
in 1883. Mr. lirignoia wao i'"c.il
the Mount Airy uranne tuning -uiu-
vn,th Carolina. He had de
signed many panels and statues for
public and private nuiiumss, nun w
known also as a master workman in
.1 iin f r(n carvlnrs and stat-
OACi-u.'w" - "
uaries from designs by other sculptors
and architects. iis latest worn. wa
on the Paul Jones monument in Wash
ington. GRAY ARRIVES TOMORROW
Head of Great Northern Expected to
Spend Several Days Here.
. . m .MmA V. i , al n 0 matters
to sueau L"
In Portland, Carl R. Gray, president oi
the Great iMorinern nnwj " ......
here tomorrow or Saturday to remain
about a week. It Is thought he will be
here for the celebration to be held at
Albany July 4. when the extension of
the Oregon Electric line to Albany is
Pened- ... - '..v.
Mr. tjray unm & cw .... -o-
..u..t nf tha North Bank line
and the Hill lines in Oregon. While
he has been the acting president of the
Great Northern since he left Portland,
his appointment does not take effect
until July 1. j , t
CORPORATION TO BE TRIED
Cash Register Company's Demurrer
' Is Overruled. ' ; ;
CINCINNATI, June 26 Judge Hol
llster. In the United States District
. , .i.h tndav a demurrer
vjoun neio, w. ;...-.-
to the indictments filed by attorneys
lor the 30 ollicers ana
National Cash Register Company, of
Dayton, O.. who, it is alleged, engaged
In a conspiracy in restraint of trade in
violation of the Sherman anti-trust law.
This action means that the Indicted
officials of the company must stand
trial for the alleged violation of the
criminal section of the Sherman anti
trust act.
TRIP TO CUBA IS STAYED
Expeditionary Force Dissolved on
Encouraging News.
WASHINGTON, June 26. The Im
provement of conditions in Cuba led the
War Department today to abandon the
arrangements made for the dispatch of
the expeditionary force of about 16,000
men. and orders were Issued to put out
of commission the four big army trans
ports at Newport News.
The soldiers comprising the force
who have been "resting on their arms"
for the past month, will return to the
routine of garrison life. t .
UNIT RULE BEATEN
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FAVORING WILSON
Delegates Now Free to
Vote Choice. -
FIGHT RAGES AROUND OHIO
Convention's Action Costs
Harmon 18 Delegates.
CLARK'S STATE IS DIVIDED
MisscTurlan Must Win on Early Bal
lot, in Opinion of Loaders, it
He Wins at All Boom for
Bryan Abandoned.
BALTIMORE, June 26. The progress
sives in the Democratic National con
ventlon claimed a noteworthy victory
tonight when they carried a motion
abrogating the rule by which some
state delegations were bound to cast
their vote as a unit.
The fight for and against the unit
rule was waged particularly about the
State of Ohio, where 18 district dele
gates had been Instructed by primar
ies to vote for Woodrow Wilson, but
where the state convention, controlled
by the Harmon forces, had invoked
the unit rule binding all Ohio dele
gates to the Ohio Governor.
Wllaoa Forces Encouraged.
The convention by a vote of 565 1-3
to 489 voted that no state delegation
should be bound by unit control ex
cept in such cases where a state law
was mandatory on the subject.
Wilson supporters in the convention
who earlier In the evening had carried
on a demonstration lasting 33 minutes
regarded the vote as distinctly favora
ble. The Wilson boom had been grow
ing throughout the day.
Wilson gained and Harmon lost Is
votes from the Ohio delegation as a
result of the fight. It w.s said the
abrogation of the rule might lead to
breaks In other delegations and this
left the Presidential race tonight in
greater doubt than ever.
New York for Unit Rule.
New York's solid block of 90 votes
was .cast, amid hisses and groans. In
favor of continuing the unit rule. Mis
souri, the home state of Champ Clark,
split 29 to seven In favor of the unit
rule, and this result was received with
groans.
When Nebraska and Kansas voted
solidly for the abrogation of the unit
rule there were cheers from the WIN
son forces. Pennsylvania, a wuson
state, gave a big majority for abroga
tion. There had been signs in the day of
a growing sentiment in the New York
delegation in favor of Wilson. The
delegation voted under the unit rule
tonight in caBtlng its . ballot against
the proposition fostered by the New
Jersey Governor's supporters.
The fight over the unit rule carried
the evening session well along toward
midnight. The report from the com
mittee on credentials then was re
ceived. As there was a minority re
port, requiring discussion, an adjourn
ment was decided on until noon tomor
row. Candidate Situation Complex.
With nominations due to be made
tomorrow, the situation In the Demo
cratic National convention' with respect
to a Presidential candidate was as com
plex and uncertain tonight as at any
time since the delegates began to pour
Into Baltimore.
There was much talk of a subsidence
of the Champ Clark wave, which
reached its crest last night, but the
Speaker's campaign managers were not
willing to admit that there had been
any wavering in their forces. At the
same time they went to the convention
hall with the expressed purpose of
forcing the issue at the earliest pos
sible opportunity. The opposition
forces, hearing of this plan, prepared
to block it. They did not wish the
nominations to be made until tomor
row, hoping the situation might clear
a little by that time.
The adherents of Woodrow Wilson
asserted tonight that their candidate
had made distinct gains during the day.
and that some of the Clark sentiment
was turned - toward the New Jersey
Governor.
Kern Lead Dark Horaea.
"Dark horses" were being discussed
everywhere tonight by the leaders and
delegates, but there appeared some dif
ficulty in crystallizing sentiment as to
which one of the dark horses was the
darkest.
Senator Kern, of Indiana, Mr. Bryan's
choice for chairman of the convention,
and chairman of the committee draw
ing the party platform, appeared to
hold the lead among the dark horses.
The coalition of the Bryan and Wilson
forces in the first fight of the conven
tion, however, led to talk of the Bryan
strength ultimately going to Wilson. -
The one outstanding fact In the sitw
uatlon Beemed to be the absolute im
possibility of any candidate's having
a sufficient number of votes on the
first ballot to nominate. The two
thirds rule prevailing In Democratic
conventions always make the picking
of a candidate in advance a difficult
problem.
Friends of Mr. Bryan virtually
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