THIS MOUMAt OKJb.GONlA.N, ' VJSUMiSllAi. JLi.L.1 1?, lifl'4. CALL IS SENT OUT ft ASS MEETING National Progressive Club of Oregon Summons Forces of State. RALLY IS SET FOR JULY 25 Delegates Will Be Chosen to Attend Roosevelt Convention at Chi cago Aug-ust 5 Acker son Makes Talk. Immediately upon perfecting organi sation tonight, the National Progres sive Club of Oregon Issued a call for a mass meeting of the citizens of the state at the East Side Library at le A. M.. Thursday. July 5. for the pur pose of electing five delegates to rep resent Oregon at the convention that ' has been called by the Roosevelt lead ers at Chicago on August S. All citi zens who are in sympathy with the views and -purposes of the club Issuing the call, regardless of their previous political affiliations are invited to at tend the mass meeting. The officers of the club were In structed through the adoption of a mo tion offered by Sanfield Macdonald to extend to the laboring people of Port land a special ivltatlon to send rep- - resentatives to the state convention, or mass meeting, as It is designated in the official call. State Papers Advised. Besides, a copy of the call was last night telegraphed to all of the pnnci- . pal newspapers throughout the state at the eiDense of the organization. The call, which was authorized in the adoption of resolutions offered by irevi W. Myers, was as follows: "The National Progressive Club of Oregon. In common with millions ot voters throughout the land, believing, as we do. that the late Repub- ltcan National convention at Chi cago failed to fairly and fully represent ths wishes, views and Interests of the , people at large, and that It was not conducted In such a manner as to bind the consciences of honest men. or so aa to secure and command their re spect, and to determine their political acts in the pending campaign, ana "Whereas, a call has been made by citizens of some 40 states of our Re ' public, men of like views with our selves, ' for a National convention to be assembled in Chicago August S, to consider the question of candidates for the offices of President and Vlce-Presi dent of the United States, and for the consideration of such other matters of political policies as may be of moment to the Nation, and 'Whereas, we. as members of this club in full sympathy with this Na tional movement, and being desirous that our grand old state of Oregon shall - be represented in this council of the Nation, at the lake's side, now, there fore, to further that good Intention we hereby call a mass meeting of citizens of this state -to convene at the i.ast Bide Library hall, corner of East Kleventh and East Alder streets. Port land, Or., at 10 o'clock A. .St.. of Thursday. July 25, 1912, to take such action as may be necessary, and to i elect live delegates to represent Ore gon In the National convention at Chi cago August . 1912. au citizens woo purposes are cordially Invited to meet 'with us. without regard to previous .political affiliations." Aekeraoa Throws Light. It was announced that if the - at tendance at the mass meeting exceeded the accommodations ot the East Side Library Hall, arrangements had been ' made for transferring the delegates to a more spacious meeting place on the . West Side. Charles W. Ackerson, one of Ore 1 gon's delegates to the National Hepub ltcan convention at Chicago, threw ' some additional light upon the lnstde . workings of the delegation at the con tention city when called upon for a short address. I desire to pay my Tespects to some of our alleged progressives." began Mr. i Ackerson, who was received with con siderable applause. "The fight in the , Oregon delegation at Chicago centered j around the candidacy of Ralph E. Wll- Hams, who was finally re-elected Na- - tional committeeman. Aa real progres- ( slves we did not feel that Williams i should be so rewarded because of his activities in this state for Taft. We v were divided five to five on the quea- tion of his re-election. his condition continues in inc ' egation until the day before the,eon 1 vetion concluded its work. Fred 8. , Bynon. of Salem, one of the delegates - who had been voting against Williams, came to me then and told me he was going to have to do something that he did not want to do. I asked him what - It was and he showed me a telegram ' he had received from Ben W. Olcott. Secretary of State, urging Bynon to vote for Williams. Bynon then went ' over to the other five delegates who were supporting Williams and ho was re-elected. This is something the pro gressives of this state should remem ber." Oregon Votes Important. Continuing, Mr. Ackerson said If the Oregon delegation had stood pat and supported the Roosevelt programme in the convention on every roll call there would have been some chance for the ex-President to receive the nomination. "But when they divided their vote In the election of temporary chairman. ' three voting for Root, one not voting ', at all and six voting for McGovern, they gave the Taft people cause for great rejoicing. By that one act the ' Oregon delegation did the Roosevelt i cause -more harm than SO active Taft delegates could possibly have done." The club was permanently organized by the election of the following offi cers: President. Dan Kellaher; first vice-president. Levi W. Myers; second vice-president. George Arthur Brown; secretary-treasurer. L. M. Lepper; ex ecutive committee. Frederick W. Mul key, George W. Joseph. J. T. Wilson. Sanfleld Macdonald and V. Vincent Jones. Scattering votes were received by six other candidates who were also placed in nomination for places on the executive committee: C. C Craig, L M. i Walker, Lute C Pease. Oliver M. i Ulckey, H. J. Bleaalng and D. L. Povey. f La Follette Maa Of the five members of the execu- tire and advisory board. Mr. Macdonald announced that he waa a La Follette - man. J. F. Burke, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, vouched that Mr. Wilson was both a Roosevelt and a La Follette man. The other three com mitteemen as well as the other four officers are pronounced supporters of the ex-President. When nominations were being made for places on the executive committee. Mr. Macdomaa aemmiroea mat vumv recognition be given the La Follette voters of the state by the election of at least one of their number to the com mittee. "In the Oregon election 11.000 votes were cast for La Follette. the pioneer progressiva." declared Mr. Macdonald, and we must not overlook the politi cal influence from that source.- I am still a La Follette man and wa cannot afford to Ignore the La Follette voters In thia progressive movement" We must cultivate them. We must have them if we expect to make a success , ot oui organization." Taking Macdonald at his word, some Roosevelt man la tne auaience men placed the La Follette enthusiast in nomination and he was elected. v Dollar Fee la Not Favored. Harrv Yanckwich made an unsuc cessful appeal to have the initiation fee of 1 eliminated from the consti tution and bylaws, arguing that the payment of this fee would tend to Keep man v laboring men out of the organi zation who otherwise would Join. H Insisted rbat the only conditions as to membership in the club should be that the applicant was a qualified legal voter and the payment oi mommy auea n-i exceeding 50 cents. The suggestions of Mr. Tanckwlch were referred to the executive committee for consideration. Mr. Jones served notice that he would ask the club to provide a publicity committee, which he said would be in dispensable to the success of the work of the organization. The club also voted, on motion of Mr. Macdonald, to send its greetings to "our peerless leader. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt." M'CCSKER WINS APPROVAL La Follette Men Say Delegate Did Right at Chicago Meet. When the National Progressive Club last Monday night adopted resolutions censuring Thomas McCusker for his action in the Chicago convention, it stirred up the La Follette people not a little. The result has been that dur ing the last week Mr. McCusker has been hearing from La Follette Repub licans in all sections of the state. By them his course in the Republican con vention Is uniformly Indorsed. The only criticism offered from this source Is because Mr. McCusker did not vote for Root for temporary chairman and pursue actively an anti-Roosevelt course during the entire convention. The following excerpt Is taken from a letter written by a La Follette Re publican of Medford to Mr. McCusker: "I firmly believe that the members of the La Follette Club In Jackson County, and more particularly in Med ford, would Indorse my statement when I congratulate you upon your course at the Chicago convention. I presume by this time you are hearing from a large number of the 22.000 La Follette voters In the state along the same line. "We in Medford kept In as close touch with the convention at Chicago as possible, but did not feel that it was necessary to send any telegrams. as we felt that you were working all the time tor the Interest of the voters who elected you as a delegate to that convention." "I have not heard of more than one or two actual La Follette men who have anv criticism to make of my ac tion in the convention," said Mr. Mc Cusker yesterday. This causes me firmly to believe that fully 99 per cent of the voters in this state who voted for La Follette approve my course. Many La Follette people believe that the action of the "Bandana" or Progres sive Club In adopting resolutions ot censure against me is nothing more nor less than an attempt to eliminate La Follette In this state. But they apparently have eliminated fully 99 per cent of the La Follette supporters at the same time. "So far as the Progressive Club that has been formed is concerned, in the words of Theodore Roosevelt, it will be necessary for them to "purge" their membership roll before I would think of affiliating with it." ' THIRD-PARTS' RIGHT IS DEXIED Organization Now "Dishonorable,1 Sajs Senator Worka. WASHINGTON. July 18. Senator Works, ot California, a progressive Re- Dublican. in a statement today de clared the promoters of the "new party" would be guilty of dishonorable dealings if they should attempt to retain con trol of the ReDUblican machinery in states where the progressive taction controls the Renubllcan party. Senator Works said neither Tart nor Roosevelt had been legally nominated; that the Renubllcan party had no legal nominee and that voters were free to vote for whom they chose. He said that this was no time to form a new party. "If they attempt by direct, or in direct means to hold on to the ma chinery or offices of the old party. while working wltb or tor a new one or its establishment, they can no longer cry 'thief to the men they charge with stealing delegates at Chi cago, and no man of right political princlplea can consistently support their new party. POTLATCH GREETS 100,000 VISITORS Seattle Stands Amid Totem Pole Forest as $250,000 Celebration Opens. WEEK OF JOY IS ARRANGED II JETTY TRESTLE GIVES WAX AT ABERDEEN THREE HURT. Crrvr, Pile Driver and Engine Go Down as Morning Work Is Start ed Drift Wood Saves. AcTrtJ!RTa Wash.. Julv 16. (Spe cial.) Eleven men. the Jetty engine and the big pile - driver were nur.cu i.. k . To,ift,. i-pan ftirlv this morn- i when the trestle work at the end of the north Jetty gave way. Eight men of the engine and pile-driving crew were rescuea uninjureu. m l- jpfnmt N'uti. Driver Frank Hole and Assistant Fred Leisman were brought to Aberdeen aboard the Gov ernment tug Wilson. nnt.t. nf tha three men who are at St. Joseph's Hospital Is uncertain but it Is believed mat iney win n- cover. Tk. aKftMnit occurred earlv this morning, or Just aa the engineer, fire man and pile-driving crew began work. iUA.jin. , n Bt.t.mntfl marie in Aber deen this morning by members of the Wilson a crew, the engine usea in nam ing stone from the barges left the dock 1th a load of stone lor tne jetty en a. When nearlng the point the trestle work suddenly gave way, throwing the engine and driver together with their crews Into the ocean. The news of the accident was Imme diately conveyed to the Wilson and Captain Green ordered the boat to the Jetty end. One of the' lifeboats of the Wilson was at once lowerea ana tne work of picking up the unfortunate men began. T-lV.. .V- - nart-w rhlnff tO driftWOOd until the lifeboat reached them and soon as tney were saio inirmc boat crew of the probable fate ot their companions, who at that time were be lieved to have gone down with ths aglno and pile driver. X.'.. r . . V, . . n o- n r wU fOUDd CllnST- i - ,imh.p whMi nleked.UD it was discovered that three of his ribs were crushed and that he was suffering from Internal injuries. Hole and Leisman, who ware given no opportunity to j .h. (r.atl a h.fAra thft hlaV JUUip . 1 Ulll aaaa, - - - - a. pile driver crashed Into the ocean, were carried down witn tne macninery. in .w. ii TiamitTt's rl.rht ler was badlv crashed, while Hole was badly bruised about the body and lower limbs. Arthur Deate Soccnmbs. ' axtnar u . . ,j . ..... . Oreaon City Woolen Mills, died Monday . . . - .a..a V.lnKb t Ct Vlnc.nt nigm at -" - - HoenltaL this city, of typhoid fever. Mr. Deute was a native of Germany, 50 years old. and had been a resident of Oregon for the last 10 years. le is survive, uj - - ghters. Louise and Clara, who re- at Oregon Jity. iuowh He dau side UB at w.w - - menu will be announced later. Elks' Parade in City Streets Led by Lodge President Blethen's Auto Heads Gaily Decorated . Machines on Opening Day. BT GORDON STUART. SEATTLE, July 16. (Special.) With perfect weather on hand fully 100,000 visitors, already gathered here, Monday ushered in the week of Joy, the second annual Golden Potlatch. With the atmosphere as perfect as the day, a message out of the north ern ether was caught by a wireless operator stationed at the top of the Arctic oulldlng. It read: "Steamship Portland. with 100 sourdoughs aboard. Is 500 miles from Vancouver Island and rushing under a full head of steam and forced draught for Seattle. (Signed) "HYAS TYT3E ALLEN."' City In Totem Pole Forest. Seattle is in a forest of 5000 totem poles, which surround every lamp post. and the streets abound In myriads of decorations, pennants, flags and Shasta daisies, the official Potlatch flower. Joseph Blethen, president of the Potlatch, basing his estimate on the reservations for rooms and other sources, said tonight that there are 100,000 visitors here to witness - the grand spectacle of Seattle's 1250,000 celebration. To entertain the immense throng at tending the Potlatch are included a fleet of a dozen aeroplanes, mono planes, hydroplanes, 20 warships, cruisers, internal revenue cutters, as sembled in the harbor, and a grand and magnificent pageant, which alone has cost 177,000, given by the Carnival Association, of which Mr. Blethen is president. The citizens themselves are spending an equal amount. Fifteen floats, drawn by the best in horse flesh, every one representing some of the Alaska Indian life, or that of the pioneer miner who went to the Far -North In quest of shining gold, will pass through the streets Wednes day. ' Big Kacort Arraaged. Escorted by a score of warships and revenue cutters and 100 amaller craft. with sirens blowing and 500,000 per sons cheering, the Portland will steam into the harbor Wednesday In regal splendor. This will mark the open ing of the Potlatch proper. All of the decorations on the floats and In the city are white, representing snow in the North and gold wrung from the frozen sands, which yas done so much to make this city great. The whole idea la In commemoration of the discovery of gold in the Klondike, so the settings of the celebration are taken from that land, which is moat picturesque. The Elks paraded the city today, 2000 being in line, Seattle's lodge leading the delegation, wearing the white suits they wore last Thursday at the Na tional convention parade in Portland. A hundred automobiles gaily dec orated in white and gold and purple and white, followed the lead of Presi dent Blethen's car. Following the autos was a circus parade a mile long. The Portland Michelen twins made a great hit. The whole city is gaily lighted and will remain so until Saturday night, when the great festivity will end in a blaze of triumph, and revelry, with a regular New Year's celebration out done for Jolity. VIOLENT DEATHS ARE MANY Eight Occur Since Saturday and Accidents Are Nnmerons. Eight deaths, due to violence or sudden expiration, have occurred in Portland since Saturday. Five occurred yesterday. Those who died yesterday are Charles Celestlno, shot Friday by enraged sweetheart, Susie A. Owen, on wedding date; Peter Swanson, of heart failure; John Hartman. crushed in logging camp; Ernest Young, ground to death in a paving mixer on Llnnton road; and Preston B. Hooplnearner, an old sol dier, dropped dead at his home, 6604 East 64d street. - Three previous deaths were Dora Dinsdorf, run over Saturday night by an automobile driven by A. C. Alford; H. Sommers. who dropped dead while wrecking grandstand at post office Sunday; and John Stelffert, aged 21, who shot himself at Sherwood Satur day. Accidents are numerous. Charles Praffe was mangled yesterday while working for the Western Oregon Lum ber Company at Llnnton. Albert Lechthorn was run over by Mr. W. W. McCredle's automobile Sun day night. W. H. Jones was, paralysed, ap parently from striking on his head in the swimming tank at The Oaks last night. There are many less serious ones. Flagrant violations by automobile drivers of the traffic regulations are accountable for the most accidents and some of the fatalities. RATTLER BITES ' WOMAN Plucky Rancher Kills Snake and Walks Mille to Home. . i-ict AjAlPT.T?a In! w 1C The t-tnrv of the pluck of Mrs. P. P. Finch, who was bitten by a large rattlesnake, was made publlo today by her friends, who told how she had killed the reptile and walked a mile to her ranchhouse where she told her relatives that "'It was nothing. , em k vfla Irri&ratlnff- an alfalfa field when the snake bit her on the ankle. She killed It with a hoe. Then she walked to her house and applied home remeaiea. t n t -a fniind necessary to call a physician. The snake was more than three zeet ions ua ' - . v... OLSSON'S APPEAL ALLOWED Judge Hanford Sanctions Entry In Now Famous Citizenship Case. SEATTLE. July 18. Judge Hanford, of the United States District Court, today allowed entry of appeal In the -. . . nitinn thA Racialist case u& v. i , whose naturalization he recently re voked on the ground oi nia navvng de ceived the court as to his-attachment to the Constitution of the United States. ' ' Seven grounds for rehearing are al leged by Olsson'i counseL Olsson's at- NO DISCRIMINATION Your affairs will be given personal consid eration at any time you may require the advice of any of the officers of this Bank. ' The small and large depositor will receive like treatment. No re strictions in amounts necessary to open ac counts. "We want your pat ronage and will appre ciate it. MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY Sixth and Washington Sts. Open Saturday Evenings from 6 to 8 torney said that he hoped to have the case ready for the September sitting, In Seattle, of the Circuit Court of Appeals. T. IS UNYIELDING Colonel Says He Will Lead Distinct Party Only. OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. July Formation of a distinct independent party, and not the capture of the Re publican party, is the course Colonel Roosevelt laid out tonight. He took Issue flatly with supporters who have advanced a proposal for effecting an agreement with the Republican organ ization in some states through which, uncer certain conditions, the strength of the Roosevelt following might be thrown behind President Taft. "I shall not acquiesce," he said. Colonel Roosevelt made it clear that he had decided upon a thorough-going fight. Independent of alliance with either party, which will put him in a position to appeal to Democrats as well as Republicans. In states in which his followers have control of the Re publican organization he ts ready to carry on his campaign through that medium. The Colonel was prompted to make his position definitely known by re ports that in several states, notably Pennsylvania and Maryland, a move ment was on foot to have the same candidates for electors on both the Taft and Roosevelt tickets, with the agree ment that the ticket which received the largest number of votes should ob tain the entire electoral vote. Colonel Roosevelt dictated this state ment of his position; "I see that In Pennsylvania and Maryland the proposal has been made that identical Roosevelt and Taft elec tors run and the electors who are cho sen cast their votes for whichever, either Mr. Taft or myself, gets the most votes. I trust that no such plan will be adopted. I claim In every primary Btate where the primaries were car ried for me and where electors have been nominated, that as a matter of the highest obligation those men are bound to vote for me, for I am the nominee of the overwhelming majority of the rank and file of the Republican parts. and Mr. Taft's nomination represents nothing but the successful dishonesty of the Barnes-Penrose-Guggenhelm ma chine and is not binding upon any honest Republican. 'Therefore, I hope that in every state the progressives without regard to their past party affiliations, may have the chance to vote at the polls for electors who in the electoral col lege will cast their votes for the Na tional Progressive candidate for President" His declaration was regarded as a final answer to his followers who haye wished to lay less emphasis upon the new party ideas and support Colonel Roosevelt on the ground that he was the rightful nominee of the Republican party. TRIBAL MARRIAGE IS VALID Court Says Indian Woman Has Widow's Inheritance Rights. SAN FRANCISCO. July 16. A mar riage according to Indian tribal rites is as legal and binding as a marriage solemnized by the ceremonies of the church or recorded by the courts. So held the United States Circuit Court of Appeals here today in the case of Mag gie Ellen Parr against louise woiia, the widow of an Oregon Indian. The widow claimed the estate of her Indian husband, while Maggie Parr, a relative of the dead man, contended that the pair had not been married leKallv. The courts held that Mrs. Colfa has all a widow's rights of in heritance. 2 AIRMEN DROP TO DEATH Paris and Sebastopol Are Scenes of Aerial Tragedies. t, a "D r cj int. 1 Ti VmiiAli aviator Olivares fell 600 feet and was killed today at an aviation lete in aia oi ine military aviation fund. OX-UiUJ v.j, Ceckutskl fell from a military aero plane today and was aiuec. TAFT PRAISES ATHLETES President Sends Men at Olympic Games Congratulations, w i cirrvftTAW Jul 1 K President Taft sent the following cablegram yes terday to United States Commissioner Lmeg Hi. isuiiivan in f3.c.4iMii ....1. t . ot fl na, showing Ul CL1J f.vaaBW "- k- im..an athletes in Fifth mauo lJ jimw...- ... Olympiad. Heartiest congratulations to commlssaionera and athletes." Democrats Will Parade. The Progressive Democratic March ing Club met in the assembly room of the Medical . building last night and nerfected plans for a paraoe oeiore the Democratic rally in the Armory Thursday night. The marchers will as semble at Sixth and Anaeny si roe is ai a..- tu mrA will march I lav i n ui mioj "'6" a-. " through the business section and to the meeting place, aooui hw ii-j last night's meeting- Closing-Out Sale Closing-Out Sale Closing-Out Sale Closing-Out Sale Closing-Out Sale l s You will never read of a sale like this one after July 31st We close our doors for all time on that date, and, until then, do thin Que -Half Price You can enter our store and take your choice of any Suit of Clothes in the house at .exactly one-half off the orig inal marked price. They are this sea son's Suits, too, in the newest and hand somest fabrics tailored by hand and cut to fit. - This sale presents an oppor tunity of a lifetime take advantage of it before it is too late. $15.00 Suits $20.00 Suits $25.00 Suits Now Now Now $7.50 no $12-50 J. L, Bowman &Co. Popular Price Clothiers Fifth and Alder Sts. o Closing-Out Sale Closing-Out Sale Closing-Out Sale- Closing-Out Sale Closing-Out Sale y ELECTORS IS GOAL SOUGHT Washington Insurgents Decide Against New Party. SEATTLE,' Julyii! At a conference of 1O0 Roosevelt Republicans of "the State of Washington, held in Seattle today, resolutions were adopted de nouncing the nomination of President Taft. absolving all Republicans from loyalty to the Chicago nominees and declaring in favor of nominating and working for Roosevelt Presidential electors, but not a third party state ticket. ' ..... The vote against a separate state ticket was overwhelming. Gordon Corbaley presided and the whole afternoon was given to- debate on the resolutions, it being the sense of the conferees that everyone should be permitted to talk aa long as he pleased. Tne resolutions Instruct the state 1 t.taa anrtointed at the campaign l - fi Aberdeen Roosevelt convention to pro ceed to tne nomutsuuu v. wv.. electors. The committee held a meet ing tonight. E. C Snyder, of Seattle, is chairman ot the committee. There waa a lively discussion of the clause making the insurgents Repub licans, which was freely participated in by men who have long been known as Democrats, among them "Warhorse Bill" White, who predicted that aU would be ashamed of themselves with in a month if they failed. to name a full ticket. The chair called for a rising vote of those who would "go down the line" for the progressive party, regardless . . 1 in -arnlah thV werA Ifid. ox ine tin cLuuu ... - and less than half a dozen of the hundred-odd present remained in their seats. The campaign - committee m timbers from M counties were present. The committee chose these delegates to the third p&ty convention, to be held in Chicago next month: United States seoaiur w. uu,...,.., - Steele, fullman; S. A- D. Glasscock. lia- R. Wsk8, Spokane; J. G. More- E. C. Snyda. Seattle; J. G. Killey, waiia waiia-j -- w- vu. uilj, ..-.j ... , Z A. Lanham, Vena tehee; A. E. Emer- " -r.,, turn. tat R Tjth Ah.e. son, rjiiouauv.. ........ deen; W. H. Dickson, Tacoma. Each will have hair a vote in me convention. Fixing the light. Judg. . , u.;-... nallaA a evetilnr to u.aee" see his sweetheart. , and her , little brother, Tom. was entertaining htm until the young woman came down. Tom, when your sister comes uowu and is comfortably seated on the couch with me I want you to tiptoe in softly and turn the gas down low. will you?" "You're too late," replied the boy. "Sister Just told me to come in and turn It out" Germany 1. about to experiment with the naval aeroplane. Back-East Excursions On Many Dates During the Summer- Low Fare Round- Jrip Tickets From Pacific Coast Points To NEW YORK and Various Other Eastern Destinations vTa"phicago or via St. Louis oyer, PENNSYIlNIA Lines few York Trains (AthSprt run . Station. Sevens Avenue, between 31st omt ftJSoOe ONE BLOC& FROM BROAPWAY Tifkefs to New York or Philadelphia direct or via Washington at same fare imvbXL-StQF4YlXQNGIUSN LIMIT ..ytva-Ut. P.rt..W Pa.r Offlee, .09 nW . WUMT BlrtMS B11- . mw .ddrcea F- K KOIXOCK. Dl.trlc Asraf. roRTt.!in