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Z ; ' ; : " ,; PORTLAND. , OREGON, SUNDAY , MORNING, r JUNE 14, ; 1908;
VOL. V. , NO. 14.
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, 1 ( SAMUEL C. SLYTHB
(Hunt Ktw tr LoogMt lMd WIm. i
Chicacro, Tunc 13. President
Roosevelt first went into the- con-
Ventioanruhg business 'idvx
years agd Re 'was by way fit a
snjaii .pacKer ftioen, -wnn .oniy ; a
few specialties Hefsentjout1 a
canned patfbrm and a few othef
kinds of canned, resojutions and
.l.jtjvi ilJ. 4.u-Jr'-.':L
opened a novpuy. at..oiic scssiun
in the shape of k Jar of hisjifstly-
celebrated Pericardis-Raisuli eat-
- :'ehi-alive! raw "blood! '" t,
His success was so great with
this small line that 4ie 'branched
oit; ;Thi$ year he- has aent to
Lhicago a,: general :andt comprer
hensive1 stock "of gopds, a.bout 46
varieties "hf 'all: He has canned
eterything in ' the national com
mittee to the assistant sergeant-at-arms.
The platform is'canned,
the convention is canned,' the can
didate is canned all to be. opened
at the rieht'time .bymemberstof
his expert corps.Qf. canjopeners.
une urst..sampieusndw was the
, binned national committee.;, That
was' found t6, be up'. tb, specifica
tions strictly. .It was4 ell cooked,
properly ; seasoned f and laited as
t long as there was active demands.
' All the goods'- in thtf other,.cans
are expected ' to be : of 'the., same
satisfactory grade f More " than
;' that, 'Packer Roosevelt has taken
uuutfj oi.iusj .pmpiy,-cans,,a
them to the other candidates, who
, cjaimed to be allied; but really
were alloyed, and sent them yelp
in g down -the street.' r-, ' : ,
: ' Nothing Doing. '
There should be a law against tils
sort of thing. There are 400 good, ac
tive; alert reporters In the city, anxious
to write about what Is golng on, and
.there 'is nothing "going on. ' It' haB
all gone on.' Now and again, when
It is time to open a can the 'reporters
, are called in and allowed to describe
the contents. , All the rest : bt;'the
time Is spent ia .discussing such im
portant topics as whether Jofcn Hays
Hammond will get the Alaska dele-,
gates ; for- ylce-p resident, forgetting:
the vice-president Is coming along
In a can about next Thursday, or
whether some of the southern etates-
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Eft- BY ' PACKER R
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. First comes Governor Charles' E.
Hughes" of New York . with aspira
tions tto be higher upv' .
'The right hand '-man ls Senator
Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio, who sees
a ooBsibiliOr aaar mm.rand. rr.,
!i Xathe' centeVf?ifncl)Jc4?CaiH
non.; the "lean tattdviitnnered nanta (
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' Unsoln. Neb.. June It. If. la all over
; Denye.r, buithe sutlng. ..WUliam
J. Bryan Is absolutely assured of the
DemberatioTnoUin&ron.,tThlsi-?ls the
aHnounSeiaent' the'Nebpaiska ptlb-
licltyvbureauma4nt&laed y. th friends
M -r, St. . , -.
w fsryan in nu own iuis- , a r '
Conventions iivft been " hl(l"s In nil
"of the'' states and; territories,, but ten.
The Bryan bureau proclaims that (SO
delegates' are, already Instructed for th
Nebraskan and that. 7.:others In states
not 'bound by . the unit, rule have de
clared their Spereonal j preferences ifor
d will give Bryan their votes,
srfyes Bryan5697 votes, 28 more
th r first i ballot under "the two thirds
rule. '-iJ' if , ' . ....
The . states, with ,;Porto Rloo in ad
dition, shlch have,', yet to .hold, Uelr
conveniions, ere:
' iortaar Tesnessee, nortn Carolina,
Vermont,. -Georgia, - Maine, s Mississippi.
Montana and Colorado. , .
' The Bryan bureau maintains that th
Nebraskan will ret- a larre majority of
the 144 votes, of -these states.
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HOIIOLULU COP
Dynamite Bomb Exploded
' Outside . Window ot Chief
- of Detective Home.
(Heant New by Ivaosest Leased WI'S.)
IlbnolulUj June 13. An attempt to
aasasslnati Chief of Detectives Tay
lor and his wife was made early today;
A dynamite bomb was exploded outside
the window of their bedroom. ,
The force of the explosion snattered a
larre water tank, throwing: the heavy
timbers a distance of SO feet and de
stroyed . the back porch - and outside
sun-case or the house. The main
building however,' 'was not damaged
and neither of its occupants were in
jured.--
Chief Taylor's life has often been
threatened bv Chinese ramblers. :
The attempt on the life of the chief
of detectives has created intense excite
ment here, especially , because of . the
cowardly "method of the crime. The no-
lice already announce -that they have
a rood ciue to-ttie perpetrators,, but
what it is or who ' they suspect com
mitted the outrage ' they will not dis
close. -Neither Mr. or Mrs. Taylor received
anything- worse than shock from the ex
plosion. r ' '
DENTIST ACCUSED ' '
c , r OF ABDUCTING GIBL
V (rnltfr Pr!i4'Usd Wire.)
f Chicafeo, ; June 13. Detectives-tonight
broke open the doors of -a resort' in
Chinatown In . their search for Carrie
CannlnK. a 21-vear-old vounsr woman
whose-mother, complained'. to the police
sheobeileved her daughter ha been ab
ducted by Dr. William M., MoOurllng,
a Identlst, .in a. down-town ' skyscraper,
-The : dentist was arrested on j war
rant sworn -out by Mis. Canning,- mother
of theml3slng girl. - He locked-himself
In hls-offlce and the doors 'were bat
tered In by a posse of -officers, Mrs.
Canning accuses McGufUng of - hav
ing detained the girl in his .office for
two-days.-- . ." - .
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Portland Student Takes Degree 'A
New ' Haven. Conn.' June 1J. Amonr
the successful candidates for- the
bachelor .of -science degree at Sheffield
solentif lo school. Tale, is Lyle- Gordon
Fear of Portland, Or. ?-He will receive
his degrees with honors at commence
ment, June J4., . .. i-' i
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Mile Eace Cours Under. Construclioo
?J(TM IS UP HISTORY OF 0REAT FIELD
FIGHT FOR REPUBLICAN rT0 HOLD BIG
5iF mm mm m m
Big Warship Goes Ashore at
Dungeness Spit t While
Trying to Make Bremerton
Navy Yard May Be To-
' tal Loss.
Vessel on Way From Calif or-
nia for Repairs . in Com
pany With Cruiser Penn
sylvania Cost Four Mil
lion Dollars: .
(Bcanit Newt by Ixmsest titased Wlra.)
' Seattle, ""WAsh., June 13.- The United
States cruiser Colorado representing
naval cost to : the government -of ap
proximately - $4,000,000 Is - .ashore . on
Dungeness Spit, Paget sound, with
every DrosDect of proving a total loss.
f The vessel ran - on- -in- a- dense fog
about 4 o'clock this afternoon, in com
mand of Captain Edmund Beardslcy
Underwood, along." with ' the -cruiser
rennaylvania,. a sister ship, the . Colo
rado was proceeding -at the time from
California to. Puget- sound navy yard
at Bremerton, where both were to have
a fire control - apparatus '' system in
stalled. The details, both Jty wireless
and . land telegraph regarding the dis
aster are meagre. -
The situation is als0 further com
plicated from the fact that the Penn
sylvania, wnicn is - supposea to nave
been but a. short distance ahead of the
Colorado, cannot be picked up by wire
less.
Passed cape xiavcary.
The Pennsylvania passed Cape Flat
tery, hound in. at 1:06 p. m. and the Col
orado soon after. The latter was off
Port Angeles at S p. m.. and Judging
from this time she ran on the spit
about 4 o ciock.
Dungeness Spit is a long, narrow strip
of land, portions of which are covered
by water at high tide, extending far
out to the eastward in the sound and
la about midway between Port Angeles
and Port. Townsend.
The vessel s position is the mors per
ilous from the fact -that where the Colo
rado struck the water Is only, two, three
and- four fathoms deep and leaves, off
most abruptly to water ... the - depth of
SO and TO fathoms. -. The spit is more
of a sandy - formation than rock, hut
a vessel of the length of the Colorado,
which is 502 -feet long, would so project
out that her oosltlon would at onoa be
come most perilous. , s
.. Cannot Bs avsA,,:-
In the opinion of local marine men
familiar with 'Dungeness spit there Is
not much hope of saving the Colorado
unless marvelOusly good -luck attends
her as to the .character of the beach
brought up.' - - i ":.
. The Colorado Joined the Paclf to fleet
after returning from Asiatio waters by
way: of San Francisco last winter. Then
she, the West .Virginia, : also- a sister
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on the Grounds ot the Portlahd Country Club and Livestock Association.
Senator Bourne Abandons
v -Efforts to Nominate Pres
ident for Second Elective
r Term and Will. Sail for
Europe Next. Wednesday.
Portland Somewhat Sur
prised at Decision After
Vigorous Bureau and But
ton Campaign Waged in
Face of Distressing Odds.
Chloago, June 13. Finally abandoning L
ail nope or Boosevaivs renonunauon,
lenatox Jonathan Bouras will sail fo
Surops Wednesday. He did not even
some to Chicago.
: Jonathan Bourne, Oregon's Junior sen
ator, has thrown up the sponge, aban
doned his second elective term propa
ganda, forsaken Roosevelt and on Wed
nesday next well sail for Europe to
forget his chagrin in the wonders of
the old world. The Chicago convention
holds io. hopa for him and he ia .off
Word received in : Portland from
Portland people now in the east tell
the. story of the senator's loss of hop
ana nis prospective -aeparture ior
Europe. So absolutely has any hope of
success -xor-ine secona elective term
idea deserted Senator 'Bourne that be
did", not Journey to Chicago, nor - will
he.Deiore ne seta sail on Wednesday,
, .... . Championship . Ceases. .
Senator Bourne's championship . of
the. second elective term . idea has mada
hlm-oneof -the fruitful themes for car
toon and caricature throughout the na-
nlals from the president he has 'Con
tinued tot insist that Roosevelt would
be nominated and that he could not
refuse the nomination When It was ten
dered to him.
, The now widely heralded 11.000 nrlce
assay contest Inaugurated by the sen
ator put him In line. for the quips of
the funny writers of the east and he
has been before the people since his
entrance Into the senate until now,
dot because of his work done in the sen
ate but because of his long continued
ride- upon . the second elective term
hobby. -
The recent eirort or tne senator to
line ' up - the delegates to the national
convention from Oregon for the sec
ond elective term and the capture of
the-convention by Fulton s friends and
the consequent lapse of Senator Bourne
from any influence in the meeting are
wen rememDerea oy me people.
- It 4 was - believed that the senator
would make a trip to Chicago and there
make ; a last . attempt to carry out his
hobby, but the apparent capture of the
convention by the Taft managers has
seemingly taken theV heart out of the
senator and caused him to lose the
last femnant of his hope.
DEPOT BURNED AT
NORTlr POWDER
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(Speclsl Dispatch V Tbe Journal.)
'La. Orande, 'Or., June It. A phone
?iessage from North Powder states thaj;
he O. R. A N. depot there and adjacent
buildings were burned to the ground
today. The fire was started by sparks
from a locomotive. No statement of
losses is obtainable.
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Frederic J. ;Haskin v Tells
Story of First Nominating
Conference Known . to' An
nals of American Records
Lincoln's Platform. "
Events That Have Led Up
to Forthcoming Chicago
Gathering of Men Who
Itepiesent . a Great Na
tional Party. ;
By FREDERIC J, HASKHf. .
(Copyright, 1908, by Frederlo J. Haskin.)
Washington, June 13.-The first
national nominating convention of
the Republican party 'met in Phila
delphia ' on June 17,' 1856. :It
brought into' . existence the most
magnificent and effective political or
ganization known to the annals of
American history; From that con
vention, which,, nominated Fremont
and Dayton, to the convention which
will meet in Chicago ; this -week to
name the Republican candidates to
succeed Roosevelt and Fairbanks, is
a far cry. ' The first convention was
an - unorganized gathering of ; men
who were brought together because
of . the!4. opposition 1 to", la very- yet
they, dared not Bay aloud that they
opposed It. It was a gathering of
men who were impelled by.fthe be
lief in a common cause to form ah
organization, yet ; they , were t almost
afraid to take the step of launching
a new party. '
The , convention which will '; meet , In
Chicago this week will be ashorough
ly organised as refined; party machin
ery, can make it ' The delegates 'will
hot be the leaders of their people, as
in 1856, but they will . be the mouth
pieces of the organisations behind them.
Afraid. In 1856. , to .break away and
form a new party; the convention . of
1908 wlU find It diffloult. In its heart
of' hearts, . to understand- why., any
other party has the nerve to presume to
oppose it. "Whether one is a Remibll.
can-or a Democrat-or an independent
mugwump, he . la forced to admire, the
spirit ot . the Republican party - which
has bullded up the splendid and com
pact organisation of today upon the
wrecks of all the parties that appeared
to oppose the Democrats in the 60 years
after the fall of the Federalists.
rtrst Organisation.
The Republican party as. an organisa
tion wsvs Dorn- ai- jacKSon.
MichJnn.
on July, 6, 1854 .'when the first state
convention J'of -"the- - organisation '- was
held. ...The name .was first . applied by
Alvan'E.,Bovay of, Ripon, Wisconsin.
who suggested it as an admirable name
ror a new party to a meeting of .Whigs,
anti-Nebraska Democrats and Free. Soil
ersi held at Ripon on,-February 28.
18S4. . Horace: Greeley in the New York
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Work Already Done on Ex
hibition ; . Grounds of the
Country Club Shayr Mag
nitude of the ' Enterprise
Planned.
Magnificent Race Track and
Steel Frame Grandstand
Two of the Features
HugeBarns for Livestock ,
in Near Future.
Out at the eastern edge of ths city
df Portland, near where Sullivan's gulch
begins to head to the left , ot Mount
Tabot, there is an oval basin containing;
about 90 acres in which soma Portland
business men have recently been plan U
ing 1100,000, and are about to put in
150,000 more to establish a great park:
for- a country-club and livestock exhi
bition ground. The other day a num
ber of the men who have, been furnish
"g the money.visited the place for tha
flrst time and were amazed at the won
ders which the money has worked wltJi
the original elements that nature suy
pued. , :. v .
The man, who haa not visited tha
Place can imagine a vast platter 40
feet deep and blgv enough at its oval
bottom to make the trip around it a
mile long, the rim gently' sloping In
ward and on one side rising at the outer
edge to a height of 6 feet, and looking
across the long way of the oval s-wMa
green ' vista - opens 6 miles to a gre vt
snow-capped mountain Hood. This la
the place where the Portland Country
Club and Livestock association has
chosen its home. -
f- No photograph by an ordinary camera
can give an adequate idea of the blsr
ness of the project nor the beauty of
Its natural formation. Th finn. nf
great earthen platter falls gently from
each side to a line drawn through its
center, end the- racetrack ia niBf..i
? 0?r ,c"y any object at
any point on its mile course up to tha
rim v anyone sitting on tha
- On the flnnr htn' -
3" ,th. tracl?, horses. Ten thou
peopl te tally-hos. , automobiles
and carriages could stand in the pad
2cki,an.d not. lntr'" with the vision
?h-tii5w.e8tJr0?Lo" P"Pl seated In
tne grandstand. -.From nin . v. ; 1
JTandstand the spectator can see tvorv
ooUall of the racehorse that measures
ui ouw wa ima iracK.
Subway Into Basin.
At the tr.m. , .v- .
basin, the ground was not formed a
perfectly as at the sides, and the clui '
has made enormous fills, to complot e,
the race course on a level grade, - Tha
. It .is Drnnni.il . th.t fhl. .l...
be kept atall- times absolute!?. clear
f! '2 J,n5' th' ecept the ntZ
JTm .b110'd4to cross t.i- Under-, th
i!!.at,th,TJi and a, subway 20 tXtl
lee. will Pass. The tunnel 1. a 'doubi'
ach driveway being :10 ulX
Bams 'Already Tull. ' ,-'
Eiaht barns for mm.)ui.. v.
ready beeu completed t ln the - padJocIo
Each barn .haa individual'talls fnJ .
raee horses. The entries already r-
corded for tha comlna 8ntnh
ing have filled these barns nd there It
so great an overflow that the club la
Eompelled to immediately6 build four
more barns. , 4. ..
The formation of the great basin is
Perfectly aila.nH fn.
of .the club" that a vast amount of
sutis nave Deep gained by the 'expenditure-
of the first 100.000. To haV
begun with an ordinary site for thes
grounds the bringing of them to th:r
prS"en.LhaDO "would have cost 81,0no -
;0i.1.rh9.,lof;,.n,t ?f th Faddock floor
to ItS center line Is an important fea
ture, for It provides absolutely per
fect drainage from tvery point on tne
tract and Inside the paddock.
a-Preliminary, to seeding it to rrass In
the fall, they have rented the floor f
the basin to a potato grower, and he u
aiming to feed the multitude with po
tatoes next fall. . Never did a potM
patch of 80 acre so perfectly lend lt t
to irrigation. A tub of water pour-1
at the upper end of any one of the
rows would trickle to the center line.
: Stock Barns Going Up,
" The club is carrying forward !ai
flans for other buildings, lin-ated li
he outfield. - Ai the wt end r t
show barns nine of them for llv. .
stock,, are rapidly nearing complMtl-.1.
In these buildings will be shown I
cattle, horses, pU, sheep and gf,'s"
from far and near, and in the srrvi
will be found the pick of the hr,) , -the
Pacific northwent and ('.1 !ifirt u.
Next year a meat many herds rum i
eaptern states will ooine.
Plans are made" fur an norm 1
pavilion,, to he built ii'il r, at a
cost Of 40,0tH, to rurliier the ,
show.
. Steel Trarae Cmnd.-'i.-i 1.
At the north side if the 1 .-- t
well up along thu 60-fot si. , - , ' 1
bank, will be p!:'d a . I c.i.'t - .
grandstand sut: 3,0uu pe..i... I
(Continue t-h Pag-s Ilv.j,
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