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HIES IN FIELD
GONTES
DECISIONS
AMERICANS
Statement Approved by
Taft. Issued.
T. r:s good faith assailed
California, Arizona and Wash
ington Cases Reviewed.
PARTY LAW IS FOLLOWED
Declaration Made That Each Con
test Was Settled Logically and
on Basis or National Committee
Rules in Force Since 1880.
WASHINGTON. July 2S. A statement
approved by President Taft. defending
his nomination by the Chicago conven
tlon. was made public today at the
White House. It reviews every contest
before the Republican National com
mlttee and the credentials committee
of the convention and asserts that each
contest was settled logically, upon its
merits. The statement was submitted
to the Cabinet at a recent meeting and
received the approval of the Presidents
official family.
The statement, which is a document
of 144 printed pages, is a detailed denial
of the charge that the renomination of
President Taft was accomplished by the
seating of fraudulently elected dele
gates to the convention. It takes up
individually the 238 contests instituted
by the Roosevelt forces against Taft
delegates who were seated, and pre
sents evidence In each of these cases
to show that the Taft delegates were
regularly elected. A resume of the
statement prepared by Charles D.
I lilies, formerly President Taffs sec
retary and now chairman of the Be
publican National committee, takes up
each contest briefly.
fiootl Faith of noonevelt Impawned.
This resume opens with the declara
tion that Roosevelt contests, as orig
tnallv filed before the National com
mlttee. were not Instituted in good
faith.
"The total number of delegates sum.
moned to the convention." says the re
sume. "was 107S. with 540 necessary to
a choice. Mr. Taft had 561 votes on
ths first and only ballot and was de
clared the nominee. There were Insti
luted against 23s of the delegates,
regularly elected for Taft, contests on
behalf of Roosevelt These contests
were avowedly instigated, not for the
purpose of really securing seats in the
convention, not for the purpose of ad
luclng evidence which would lead any
respectable court to entertain the con
tests, but for the purpose of deceiving
the public into the' belief that Mr.
Roosevelt had more votes than he
really had as the conventions and pri
martes were In progress for the selec
tlon of delegates. The 238 contests
were reduced by abandonment, formal
!n substance, to 74. The very fact
a I these 1S4 frivolous contests itself
reflects upon the genuineness and
validity of the remainder."
Coateata Are Reviewed.
The resume then enumerates the con
tests, and reviews the arguments in
each case. The review of the evidence
in the contests embraced in the White
House statement is certified to by Vic
tor Rosewater, chairman of the Nation
al committee, and Thomas H. Devine,
chairman of the credentials committee.
The resume of contests for delegates
at large and district delegates by
states includes the following:
In Arizona there were 93 votes. All
the delegates (six in number) were to
be selected at large. The counties were
entitled to select their delegates
through their county committee or by
primary. In one county, Maricopa,
majority of the committee decided to
select Its delegates and a minority to
have a primary. In other counties there
were some contests and the state com
mittee, following the usage of the
National committee, gave a hearing to
all contestants in order to make up the
temporary roll. There was a clear ma
Jorlty of the Taft delegates among the
uncontested delegates. The committee
made up the temporary roll, and then
there was a bolt 64 remaining in the
hall and Si withdrawing thereform.
The case of the Taft majority at so
clear 'that it is difficult to understand
why a contest was made.
California Drelaiea Defeated.
"The fourth Congressional district of
California presented this question: Cn-
dr the state law, the delegation, two
from each district, was elected on a
general titket In a group of 2S. Each
delegate might either express his Pres
idential preference or agree to vote for
the Presidential candidate receiving
the highest number in the state. In
the fourth district the two candidates
from that district on the Taft ticket
expressed a preference for Taft but did
not agree to vote for the candidates
having the highest state vote. These
Taft delegates In the fourth district re
ceived a majority of 204 more than the
Roosevelt delegates in that district
"The National call forbade any law
tr the acceptance of any law which pre
vented the election of delegates by dis
tricts. In other words, the call of the
National Committee was at variance
with the state law. The state law
sought to enforce the state-unit rule,
' and required the whole I delegates to
be voted for all over the state, assign
ing two to each district on the ticket
Concluded on Face 2.1
Ocean Smooth and Vessel Safe for
Present, but Hope of Getting
Her Off Is Given Lp.
WHEELER. Or.73uly 28. (Special.)
The schooner C. T. Hill, which went
on a sand spit three-quarters of a
mile south of the Nehalem bar at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon, as a re
sult of having sailed In without a tug.
Is high and dry today and all hope of
getting her off safely has been aban
doned. eV
Captain N. Parsons left the V "to
day and notified the underwrits o
take charge. The George R. vosi '
crossed the bar at 9 o'clock this moi
ing and offered assistance, which yi
refused.
The ocean is smooth and there is
no immediate danger of the vessel go
ing to pieces, but little hope for her
lasting long if any wind should spring
UD.
The crew of seven men is encamped
on the mainland, having been taken
off late yesterday.
BOHEMIANS Dll! TOGETHER
Gun and Gas Routes Chosen by Man
and Young Woman in Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 28. (Special.) John
Clzek. aged 30r and Katherine Vacek,
aged 19. were found dead today In the
living rooms occupied by the man. It
is believed they perished In a suicide
pact
Cisek had been shot over the right
temple and a revolver lay beside his
body. On a couch In the room was
the body of Miss Vacek. She had been
killed by gas. One end of a rubber
tub was In her mouth and the other
was attached to an open jet.
On a bureau in the room were two
letters written by the girl. They were
written in the Bohemian language, and
one of them bore this request:
'Divide the funeral expenses between
the two of us."
One circumstance) that puzzles the
police is the fact that three chambers
of the revolver found beside Clzek's
body were empty and only one bullet
could be accounted for.
The girl left a letter to her mother
disposing of her personal effects and
asking forgiveness.
YOUNG FISH PROVIDED FOR
Oregon Fares Well. Being. Allowed
f 50,000 for Two Hatcheries.
WASHINGTON. July 28 (Special.)
The House committee on mercnani
marine and fisheries has reported fav
orably an omnibus appropriation bill
for additional fish hatching and fish
culture stations In the various states
of the United States.
Twelve states receive appropriations
under the bill. Oregon being the most
favored on the list. Eleven of the
states get 825.000 each for the estab
lishment of one station, while Oregon
gets $50,000 for the establishment of
two stations.
Representative Lafferty appeared be
fore the committee in behalf of Oregon
and made an argument in favor of two
stations, submitting a letter from the
Department of Commerce and Labor to
Senator Bourne reciting that the sal
mon output of the Columbia River can
be doubled In four years by proper
management. Lafferty also submitted
telegrams from Secretary of State Ol-
cott showing that the state of Oregon
has recently appropriated I 0.000 of
state money to promote fish hatcheries
in Oregon.
FIGHT AT SOCIAL FATAL
Personal Grievance Leads to Row.
Two Killed, Another Dying.
DUGGER, Ind.. July 28. (Special.)
Personal grievances which caused a
fist fight In the streets of Dugger yes
terday afternoon led to a pitched battle
with revolvers, when factions clashed
at an ice cream social at Levi Gambia's
grove, two - miles south of Dugger,
about midnight last night As a re
sult, two men are dead, one Is dying
and three others are seriously wounded.
No arrests have been made.
The dead are: William Shepherd. 44
years old, unmarried: shot through
heart. Walter Alsman, 82 years old.
married, nephew of Shepherd. Another
uncle of Alsman. Thomas Shepherd, 66
vears old, is said to be fatally wounded.
He was shot in the arm, shoulder and
head and .beaten over the head with a
carbine. Code Burch. 22 years old,
married, was shot through the abdo
men, but Is expected to recover. Arista
Turpin, 26 years old, married, was
struck in the head by bullet. James
Butler was slightly wounded.
LAD FOUND ASLEEP IN CAVE
Child Who Wandered Away Friday
Makes Friends With Angora Goat.
SAN GREGORIO. Cal.. July 28. Mor
timer Hamilton, the six-year-old son
of a Seattle lumberman, who was lost
Friday, was found early today, asleep
n a cave, with his arms clasped about
the neck of an angora goat
The lad, who was camping with his
aunt Mrs. Albert Palmer, of San Fran
Cisco, wandered off Friday evening. He
could not give a complete account of
his adventures, but said he made
friends with the goat and they had
wandered Into the cave together.
D. & R. G. TRAIN DERAILED
Three Cars Overturned Near Thomp
sons, I'tah; Road Tied Fp.
SALT LAKE CITY. July 28. Seven
coaches of eastbound passenger train
2. on the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad, were derailed early this raorn-
ng near Thompsons.
Three cars were overturned, but no
one was hurt Traffic was restored
fter 11 hours
Steel Inquisitors See
Need of Regulation.
LABOR CONDITIONS CRITICISED
Interstate Commission of In
dustry Is Proposed.
OK-IZERS ARE FLAYED
w
Minority , Recommendations Score
Morgan & Co. and Suggest
That Steel Millhands Be
Given Shorter Hours.
WASHINGTON, July 28. A recom
mendation favoring the legislation and
regulation of big Industrial concerns,
instead of r:helr dissolution, is to be
submitted to the House in a report by
three Republican members of the steel
Investigating committee.
The report was signed by Repre
sentatives Gardner, of Massachusetts;
Young, of Michigan, and Danforth, of
New York. Representative Young sub
mitted an additional statement and
Representative Sterling, of Illinois,
who believes in dissolving the big
combinations, will submit a separate
report
CmailMilon ! m Favored.
The minority reports favor the crea
tion of an Interstate commission of
industry, to be clothed with extensive
powers of regulation and with power
to fix reasonable prices for the output
of corporations.
The report would require that all
corporations capitalized at 350,000,000
or more operate under a Federal char
ter, before engaging in Interstate com
merce. Smaller corporations might
avail themselves of the Federal char
ter at their own option.
The Republican members make it
plain that the report ia not an expres
sion of Republican policy nor dictated
by the Republican Administration. -
The report does not spare the steel
trust or its organizers. J. P. Morgan
& Co. are credited- with a profit of $62,-
500,000 for underwriting the organiza
tion of the United States Steel Corpora
tion. Labor conditions in the steel mills
are declared bad and a suggestion is
made to the corporation to improve
them' by working millhands In eight
instead of 12-hour shifts.
Findings Are Summarised.
The report thus summarizes its find
ings: s
'The corporation was capitalized at
$1,400,000,000, of which nearly one-half
was 'water.'
"The average annual earnings of the
corporation have been from 11 to 12
per cent on the value of its assets.
'The corporation controls a little over
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Aged Man Boldly Applies for Li
cense, but Bride Is Timid.
Surprise Is Planned.
SAN ' FRANCISCO, July 28. (Spe
cial.) For more years than most wom
en care to look hack upon,- Richard
Hall Brown, Justice of the Peace, of
Solano County, has been marrying
eloping couples. It may be that was
what influenced the aged Justice to
elope himself.
Yesterday morning he presented
himself in the marriage license bureau
of the City Hall and marching boldly
up to the counter demanded a license.
His bride-to-be was more timid and
had to be coaxed up to the counter by
her prospective husband.
He boldly signed his name, "Richard
Hall Brown. J. P.. 73 years old." The
bride-to-be In a trembling, hand signed
"Miss Lu Dawson, 51 years old."
The license clerk, asked BroWn what
the "J. P." stood for.
"Well, you see," said Brown, "I'm the
Justice of the Peace at Dixon and I'm
so used to signing my name that way
that I forgot that it was not necessary
in this case."
"An elopement?" queried the clerk.
intent on unearthing a possibly hidden
romance.
"Well, not exactly,'.' replied Brown
hesitatingly. "We Just thought we
would -come down here and get mar
ried, keep It q-uiet for a while and give
the folks at home a little surprise."
ATTIC PRISONER INSANE
Awful Ordeal Turns Mind of Man
Lost Five Days In Home.
CHICAGO. July 28. (Special.) Im
prisoned five days In an attic without
food orwiter, with members of his
family two floors below frantically
searching the city for him while he was
too weak and delirious even to beat
upon the floor for help, has finally un
hinged the mind of Louis Havens, and
last night he was sent to the Detention
Hospital.
He had Inst recovered from a long
illneps and was slowly moving about
the house and grounds. Roofers were
called in to mend a hole in the roof
and Havens climbed up in the attic
to watch them work. Exertion ex
hausted his limited strength and he
sank unconscious on a pile of carpets
in a dark corner of the attic. The roof
ers, who had not noticed him, complet
ed their work and descended, lccklng
after them the attic trap door.
' When evening came the family began
a search for Havens. It was feared he
had wandered to the river or lake and
fallen in... Chief attention was paid
these spots with no thought of the
attic
ENTOMBED MINER IS HEARD
Voice In Flooded Shaft Starts Rescu-
' ers Digging Feverishly.
UNIONTOWN, Pa., July 28. Rescuers
at work in Lemont mine No. l.of the
H. C. Frick Coke Company, which was
flooded Wednesday, last night reported
that they had heard a voice In mine
No. 2.
Twenty-five coal diggers were put to
work to dig through 45 feet into
mine No. 2.
JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME
Alternative Is to Join
Insurrecto Army.
REFUGEES FLEE TO BORDER
Arms Taken From United
States Citizens in North.
MORMON COLONY IS UPSET
Proposed Raid on Mills Expected to
Result in Trouble, as Lumber
jacks Are Armed and Await
Coming of Orozco's Men.
EL PASO, Tex., July 28. Americans
in Northern Mexico have been officially
notified by rebel commanders to give
up their arms and leave the country.
An only alternative Is to join the rebel
ranks and fight against the constitu
tional government of the republic.
Refugees from' the Mormon colonies In
Chihuahua are flocking to the border.
The first group of nearly 1000 men,
women and children is due to arrive
here by . special train late tonight or
early in the morning.
News of this unexpected development
was received here today by representa
tives of the Mormon colonists. A. W.
Ivlns, of Salt Lake City, an apostle of
the Mormon Church, is making
rangements for the reception of th
refugees. They will be housed In tents
If necessary and the El Paso custom
house building will be thrown open to
them. Apostle Ivlns has telegraphed
complaints to Senator Smoct, of Utah
and Governor Colquitt of Texas.
Rifles Are Taken Away.
According to advices received here,
rebels armed with an order from Gen
eral Ynez Salazar, commander at Casas
Grandes, and vested with authority
from General Orozco, commander-in-
chief of the rebels, visited the home
of the Mormons in Colonia Dublan on
Saturday and confiscated 300 rifles
and much ammunition.
This also was done at Colonia Juarez.
neighboring settlement and 100
rebel cavalrymen were dispatched to
Colonia Morelos, another American
settlement to the east The col
onists were told to give up their
arms and leave Mexico or join the
rebel army.
It was reported that stores were
looted in Nueva Casas Grandes and
Chinaman killed when he refused the
rebels the right to enter his store,
Americana Flee to Border.
The American population of Colonia
Juarez and Dublan is more than 1500
and all women and children and many
men are leaving on a special train
made up on the Mexican Northwestern
railway.
That this is only the beginning of a
general move to disarm all of the
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TODAY.
Cartridges, Thrown Away and Later
Raked In Campfire, Cause
Painful Wounds.
OAKVILIE, Wash.. July 29. (Spe
cial.) Exploding shells In camp fires
resulted in the wounding, late this af
ternoon, of six Oregon Guardsmen, In
their camp near Oakvllle. None of the
state soldiers are severely wounded,
although the Injuries in all cases are
painful.
The Injured are:
Sergeant E. W. Walker, Company I,
Woodburn, struck in knee.
Sergeant J. J. Elskays, Company A,
Baker, struck in leg. "
Colonel J. G. Gates, Company A, Ba
ker, struck below knee in right leg. -
Private Powell, Company A, Baker,
struck In back.
Private Webb, Company A, Baker,
struck in side.
The shells, which contained paraffin
bullets, had been thrown away when
the Oregon troops broke camp this
morning to march to a camp at Gate.
Later the regiment returned to Its
old camp site, and these shells were
raked into the company rubbish fires.
The Injured men were attended, by
Captain Roth, of the medical depart
ment, Oregon National Guard. None of
the Injured was sent to the hospital.
HOTEL MEN VOICE PROTEST
Traveling Men Join in Objection to
Parcels. Post.
CHICAGO, July 28. (Special.) The
hotel men of Illinois have declared
against the parcels post, fearful that
its operation will cause the traveling
men to become as extinct a species as
the pterodactyl and the dinosaur.
The action was taken at the annual
meeting of the Illinois Commercial Ho
tel Men's Association, which ended at
Peoria Friday, and the Chicago Broth
ers of St. Boniface, who returned to
day, brought the n-sws.
B. F. Clark, of the Travelers' Pro
tective Association, and A. F. Brun
dage, of the United Commercial Trav
elers, representing the traveling men's
interests, appeared before the meeting.
"With the parcels post In operation,"
they urged, "the hotels will lose their
best customers, the traveling men, as
the small dealers will order their goods
by mail. The mail-order house will
also boom and the need for the travel
ing man will disappear."
The consensus of opinion at the
meeting- was against the e-aployers'
liability law and- for Its repeal.
HAWLEY'S FORTUNE IS CUT
Estate Thought to Be $60,000,000
Dwindles to $9,000,000.
NEW YORK, July 28. (Special.)
Wallace S. Frazer. Deputy State Con
troller, has filed a report In the trans
fer office of the Surrogate Court that
the gross estate of the late Edward
Hawley aggregated only $9,292,917.88,
From this amount there was deduct
ed $4, 009,629. 98 for debts, admlnlstra
tlon expenses, taxes in other states and
commissions. It was estimated at the
time of Hawley's death, February 1
last that his estate would reach $60,-
000,000.
Of the net estate of $5,283,287.90,
realty represented $433,100. The amount
due the state as an inheritance, lax is
$175,464.91.
WOMAN'S TONGUE STOPPED
Chicago Judge Effectively Silences
Loquacious Witness.
CHICAGO, July 28. (Special.) One
dollar a word for plain talk is too
much even for a woman. Putting I
price on language is an effective meth
od of expediting court business.
These two facts were proved today
by Municipal Judge Caverly. He
stopped the interruption of Mrs. C. Van
Pelt before him to prosecute a dis
orderly conduct chrge, by threatening
to fine her according to the quantity,
and not the quality, of her language.
SHIPBUILDING FIRM CLOSES
Trouble Between Orangemen and
Catholics Prevents Work.
BELFAST, July 28. Owing to con
tinuous disputes between Orangemen
and Catholics over home rule, which
have resulted In many Catholics being
prevented ' from working, the ship
building firm of Harland & woltr nas
closed down some of its departments.
It was announced by the firm that
It would be unable to continue other
departments unless- the disturbances
cease.
EMPEROR IS UNCONSCIOUS
Japanese Ruler's Condition Grave.
Pulse Jumps to 120.
TOKIO, July 29. (7 A. M.) The Em
peror has been unconscious since
dawn. The examination by the at
tending physicians at 6 o'clock dis
closed the gravest -condition.
At that hour the Emperor's respira
tion was 48; pulse, 120.
VERSE MAGAZINE TO START
Chicago Citizens Subscribe $5000
Each Toward Publication.
CHICAGO, July 28. More than 100
citizens have subscribed $o000 a year
for five years to publish a magazine
of verse in Chicago.
The first number, it Is announced,
will appear in December or January.
Officers Arrested for
Refusal to March.
LONG "HIKE" JUST FINISHED
Troops Balk at Order to Re
trace Steps Four Miles.
GENERAL MAUS IS ANGERED
Major Scott, Captain Williams and
Captain Tooze nd Lieutenant
Deich Are Scored by Man
Commanding Maneuvers.
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Gate.
Wash., July 29. Mutiny broke out to
day in the Third Oregon Infantry when
the Second Battalion of four companies,
commanded by Major Ryland Scott, re
fused to obey orders.
Directed to make a march of four
miles from this point back to Oakvllle.
whence they had just come, the bat
talion officers held a conference and
decided not to obey. The order which
was spurned was issued by Colonel
John M. Poorman, commanding the
Oregon regiment, at the Instance of
Brigadier-General Marlon P. Maus,
United States Army.
As the outcome of the refusal to
obey, four Oregon officers were placed
und'jr arrest at the direction of Gen
eral Maus. The four are: Major Scott.
Captain Harry T. Williams, Captain
Walter L. Tooze, Jr., First Lieutenant
Richard Deich.
Action Prove Surprise.
To the charge of refusal to obey
orders may be added a second charge
of insubordination. -
The mutiny, which caused the great
est surprise in army circles here, be
ing without precedent at a western
maneuver camp, occurred this morning,
when the Oregon Regiment came to
Gate in heavy marching order, expect
ing to go into camp there. The troops
had marched five miles, from Oakvllle,
after taking part In a rear-guard pur
suit of the retreating Blue army. When
ordered by General Maus to march
back to Oakvllle and encamp there,
complaint ' Immediately arose In the
ranks.
An fnvestigation by brigade officers
-shows that the Second Battalion offi
cers temporized with the men under
their command. Colonel Poorman was
informed that if he allowed the regi
ment to leave Its packs the men would
march back.
May Orders Advance.
Lieutenant-Colonel May later sum
marily ordered the regiment to move,
giving his orders in no uncertain
terms. Major Charles Smith, command
ing the Third Battalion, promptly
moved off, followed by the First Bat
talion, in command of Major Lorln A.
Bowman.
The Second Battalion held fast for
the time, but after stripping off blan
ket rolls and haversacks, followed
later. Investigation of the Inci
dent was taken up immediately by
General Maus in person, and he ques
tioned all concerned as soon as the
camp at Oakvllle was reached.
It Is alleged that extreme imper
tinence was shown General Maus by
Lieutenant Deich, when reprimanded
by. the General for bis stand. Captains
Tooze and Williams also are charged
with unsoldierly replies to - General
Maus' questions. A severe reprimand
was delivered to the offenders by Gen
eral Maus in the presence of their com
panies, the General telling them that
obedience to orders Is the fundamental
principle of soldiering, and that offi
cers guilty of such conduct as theirs
were unfit to serve in the organized
militia.
Order Unjust, Say Officers.
As to the claims of the battalion of
ficers that the order to return to Oak
vllle was unjust, General Maus ex
plained that a total of less than 10
miles was necessitated by the entire
round trip. He said that but 30 miles
had been covered in eight days from
MontesanS to Gate, and that two days
was plenty of time for the entire
march. "
A full report of the occurrence Is be
ing prepared for the War Department.
Trial of the offenders on the grave
charges indicated will devolve upon the
Oregon military authorities wncn me
Third returns home.
The troops break camp in the morn
ing to proceed to Portland.
Ryland O. Scott, one ofthe four ar
rested officers, is a dealer in real
estate, and lives at 457 Couch street.
Harry T. Williams Is in the employ of
a Portland lumber company, and lives
at Gladstone. Richard Deich Is an at-
torney and bailiff of the Multnoman
County grand jury. He lives at 122
East Twenty-sixth street.
MANEUVER S COME TO CLOS.
Reds Are Victorious conduct oi
Troops Is Praised.
HEADQUARTERS OF BRIGADIER-
GENERAL MARION P. MAUS, Gate,
Wash.. July 2S. Retreating to their
reinforcements several miles from
here, the Blues this morning were
driven to Little Rock by the" Reds, who
'have received reinforcements that were
landed in Grays Harbor.
The Reds are in full possession of
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