Boutell : Nominates
CbhveritionMajority Report on Plat
v form Puts ThrougE Planfe RiEi vised
Coliseum,, Chicago, June
18. Taft jvas nominated on
the first ballot. ;
(United Pre Leased Wire.)
- Coliseum, Chicago June 18.
The convention was called to or
Mer at 10 :17 o'clock this morning
nd found - the big hall, filled to
overflowing. ' There was a feeling
of certalntynhat becretarv Aatt,
would Jbe nominated and that the
Taft manaecrs had come to the
conclusion that delav in bringing
off the 'program .might be fatal
to the candidates Evcrvw)ier W
the hall Uttle groups of mcii and
-member of nwclii&iuDs start
ed spontaneous cheers for their
favorites, and whenever: President
Roosevelt Vnarns, was mentionea
there were-prolonged'cheers.-'
.The' Taft committee Jh was
nnfieeabW worded but as the con
vention got down to work , the
f towns on their faces seemed to
wear off. ' ' -.",
There were almost as many
persons outside the Coliseum 'as
within- and demonstrations were
frequent. The police had all they
could do to control the vast
throng. Some of the newspaper
men had great difficulty teach
ing the press stands ana some.oi
them did not even get inside of
the building. .
PaHiir to cet into the platform
any progressive, railway plank
was assured bv an agreement be
tween President George W;' Per
kins ' and i E. H. Oary ot tiie steei
trust representatives, who for J.
P. Morgan came here to support
the colorless anti-injunction plank
in return " for an understanding
that no progressive raUroad plank
would be inserted.
The meaningless r .injunction
plank ; is causing I worriment
among politicians as labor repudi
ates' it. ' , .
After th platform, had been .adopted
and th minority report defeated. Chair
man Henry Cabot lodge, announced, thai
th time had arrived for- the nomina
tion f presidential candidates.. ; I
Pdsidence of Mrs. j:.E.iHpwell Blown Jp WhiKOccu
pied bf Widow, Three Children, W. S. Suchaiian
1 - k '' and Two 3Iorinon JElders Froni Salt Lake. :
(gptclil Dispatch to Tb JoomtL), . 4
Egene, Or., June It. A mall re
idence in Eugene occupied by Mrs. E.
E. Howell.1 a wldow three chlldrn,heT
brother, W. S. Euchanan and two Mor
mon elder. C I Dunford and C, A.
William, was partially wrecked early
this morning by a charge of dynamite,
which had been placed beneath the front
The porch waa demolished and
dows In the front part of the house
broken out, but none of tha occupant
waa .hurt. ' - v - .
WOMAN CUTS
HER TWO
AND COMMITS SUICIDE
C ; iCnlted let Letted Wlre. i
' Parkersburg W. ; Va., . Juna ' 18. A
terribW tragedy wa enacted near her
todav when Mrs. A. I. Stair of Bandy
Creek cut the throats of her two chil
dren and then slushed her own throat.
The woman lived In a small home on
tha outskirts of tha town. tSli bad
" ;
fCaEnndnSHanly
&. m ruTroBHni bxxsy.
Unequivocally for tariff revls
'"'Ion." '
? Permanent currency system.
Amendment to Sherman, act
firing greater control of corno-
' ration.- ;'! ...,, r .
... Enforcement of railroad rebate
law. ;.-,'., , , ut- f . ; -.
$ prevent common contrql. , of
naturally competing line. .
Legislation to prevent over
Issue of atocki and bonds. " -.
Against Issuance of wtlt of In
junction' without notice.
Extension of rural fres - de
livery '
-Construction of road at pub-;
Ho expense. i " r : - "
i . .freiectlon and eQual. rights for
.tut negro.
, Conservation of natural , to-,
sources.
v JLeglalatiori to revlv the pre
tlte of our merchant marine, v .
Liberal admhrtatraUon. Of .tne
pension .law..,,r.'f -,.; w.-.. ? ,,... . .
' T.i.hll.hmnnl Af a bureau' of afror seprie aciio
mlnes. r' N V- 'i f- "
i Cltlsenablp ; for Torto Rlcana.
Th iKtn nf. stA.tes . waa' called'!-and
when Illinois was reached Representa
tive. Henry A. Boutell was recogrniiert.
He began his speech nominating Jo
seph O. Cannon. At bla reference to
Lincoln, mere wm ireinouuuu y
Dlause. -whloh increased when he spoke
bf Roosevelt The Roosevelt demon
stration, however, died down within one
minute. At the mention of Cannon s
tha Mllnrlea let loose In the wild
est cheering of the day s far. -Th'-Illinois
delegation leaped on the tr chairs
y"Unoie Joe! Uncle Joe!" "
The demonatratloa lasted ay minute
ilon!1!: VT. Fordney of Michigan,
then aeconded the nomination 'of Can
non and his address also was greeted
with great' cheer. i .
XOO ai jrsjPDsauw.' v
' Governor 3. - Frank Hanly of Indiana
next waa recognlsert ana oegun tne
nomination of Fairbanks Hebecamo
enraged at repeated In terruptlona from
tha crowd.
length he . turned to tha
galleries, , and,
ahaking - his fists, ex
claimed
"My friends, it win depena on you
how long I- talk. can atay, here all
. The crowd then yelled the louder and
the : storm ? , of applause drowned the
sound of the gavel. Every allusion to
Fairbanks waa greeted wun jeers ana
catcalls. When Hanly likened Fair
banka to a pur marble ahaft, the crowd
went Into-convulsions of mirth., .; ?
Xh Taft delegates, who had prepared
early for a demonstration for tbelr can
d Idate, were loud ;i in H their hooting.
Raverldsa ."and Hemenwav Cf
Indiana overcetne by the-display agalnat
, (Continued ton ,Page Flv.
?. A rock from the foundation of the
houae struck the Iron bedstead. In the
basement ' where Buchanan and the
children, were , Bleeping. Mr. Howell
Buchanan 'and the Mormon came here
from fiaU Xke, i 'ft U V Si
-It Is not thought that the pert-sons
who placed "the dyftS'mlte'dld"ao- wlth
the Intention of killing -the occupant
of the houae, but simply wanted to
frighten them or the charge Would have
been placed beneath the house. It waa
tinder the edge of the. porch;, The po
lice have no clu to the miscreant.
THROATS ..
CHILDREN ;
Cut- the children' throat while the?
slept and both little bodies were, found
In bed, with their, throats cut from ear
to ear. One child was six 'month old
and the ether waa 'two years. The
wmnan then sat In a chair and deliber
ately drw the knife arrows her own
throat, falling to the floor dead.
OF SOLOES
Kepublican Delegates Defeat
Trbposed PJank in Party
j Platform Minority Re
port Opposed to Ship Sub
sidies. Planks Providing; Publica-
tion of Campaign Ex
penses Voted Down With
Provision ? f for j Physical
Valuation : of Eailrdads.
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(Halted PrM tailed Wire) . -"-.
Chicago. June 18. Forced mainly by
the Wisconsin delegation, temandtng
more radical. Action, a . minority report
embodying the Wisconsin demand waa
made.' by tb i resojutlona -cfimmUtee.
The plank referring, to Ihe ejection , of
United States senator by the people
tne ascertainment or the physical valu-
t!on nf mllm.im and h nnhllmtiori
of campaign - expenses wera taken, out
for seos rate action.- The remainder of
the minority Dlatform then was cut 'to
a vote and was lost br 862 against and,
only z ror it. univ zs or tne wiscon
sin delegates voted for-the report, and
one frem New - Jersey and' two "from
rnortn Dakota voted with them.
, ; Defeat. Befom. . ' ,
Then the plank provldlng for the pub
lics tlon of campaign expenses waa de
feated by 880 noes to 94 ayea. -x
The direct election of -United States
senators waa defeated by 886 noea to
114 ayes.
The provision for the physical valua
tion or . rauroaos was aexeatea by
noes to 63 ayes.
Representative Cooper of -Wlaconsln
said he was the only one - who -signed
the report and aaid he was proud o it,
The minority report opposed ship sub
sidies, rjledsed the nartv to the rea-ula.
tion of telephone and telegraph ratea
between stales and ; Included a alight
modification of the Oomoers antl-ln
junction plank made publics yesterday,
The report demanded a revision of the
tarirr ana (..ooper anouiea:'
"We f aror the ; establishment or a
f permanent tariff commission and ba
le y that it should be appointed by the
president xrom tne ran
The report said In pa
"No party can claim the. public sup
port which does not put himself square
ly on record tas opposing combinations
of capital as at present constituted. It
is more Trecssarynow than' In 1900 for
the party to piace useir on record aa
opposing criminal comninationa organ
ized to fix prices. We demand thi
congress ro to the limit of its powe
Ws demand that
owera
to In force the Sherman act a It now
stands." The , report - favored th im-
frisoiimcni. ui viuiaiuri ui in rii i i
rust law and 'embodied "all the LaFoi-
lette contentions . , ,
GlSIiiiiir
; T.1AY BE (JAMED
't ...
jBalifornranf';3rentionedt for
v ice-rresiueniiai : omina-
.tion bySome Relegates.
, , u (United Press Letted Wire.)
Chicago, June. 18. George A. Knight
I seriously considering ' entering the
tace for the . vice-presldeutlal nomina
tion. HI friends In the convention and
particularly - the . California' dalegate
have been itaalduodsly working upon
hlrti despite' hi repeated' declination
and now circumstances ' have s risen
which have induced him to lend ear to
friendly counsel. - The matter has got
to th point where Knight ha given a
conditional , consent to. run for ' the
nomination- and . has arranged with
Judge Henry A. Mel v In of Oakland, one
of the -Call f drnia-delega tea at . large. to
place him In nomination.' .
Senator Borah of 1 6aho 'will. maka the
seeonJlng speech. ..The precise situation
is thi California's 20 vote in the con
vention saved the day for the southern
state and others not' polling an over
whelming Republican vote by defeating
the resolution rearranging trie appor
tionment for - future ' national .conven
tions which would have glveo each state
one delegate for every 10,000 votes or
major portion tnereor pouea in tne stats
for Republican electors at " the preced
ing preliminary election: . ; a i-;
PAPERMAKERS 3IAY.
START FIERCE RIOT
'. . - ;
Fabrlano. Juha It. Despit preventa-
ti vet measure taken by th authorities,
wild disorder : and rtoflna are threat
ened In connection with the lockout of
1,000 men b.v the v Milan Paper com-
Sanst ' The company explains that the
emends of the employe are exhorbi-
tant.' ' , ' " ,-- -V.--.!.lV -
n
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VA
'pTfwiirp'f
BBflsbaaa
. WlUlmr-.H.,Taft, Whoro iVrceg Controlled the Convention.
VALUABLE PLANK
Labor Xeader Disappointed
at AXlmt IlefThinkslsf
Weak Declaration; !
H Pnt ted Press Letied Wlre.lj.'
' Chicago, June 18. Th laBor leader
here watching the -'convention are j ap
parently disappointed wrth thr aritl-in
Junction plank adopted by the., conven
tion .; ; i ..
When he -waa asked for a1 statement
oonoernlng- Hi an ti-in June tion .plank,
Samuel Gomper8t president of the Amer
ican Federation of )Labor, aald:. ..
l nave nocning to say aoout it i
don't know that
i w
111 ever have any
thing to say about it."
.lnhti Mllcnn l u n:
' "I regard the anti-InJunctlon - nlank
aa.. . being equivalent to- no antL-lnJuno-
tion pianK , wimver., n sound, a
though it proml8edv something andmay
be an opening wedge 'for something better-:
later on, -but. of itself, lit ha a ' no
CANDIDATES-XA3fED ;
BEFORE CONVENTION
AT CHICAGO TODAY
(United ttess teaatd Wire.) t,
Coliseum;; thlcago, June 18
Se'cVetary i Taf t was , nominated
by Theodorei OSurton of Ohio. U
"Speaker Jqseph.Q. Cannon waa
nominated by tlenry ' B JBoOteil
OI iiiinow.'; '., ; :- f - t -
Vice President ,-Charle W.
Fairbanks, waa nominated by
Governor J. Frank Hanly . of
Indiana. - .- .' . .'"'-'.'-.
Governor Charles rE. Hughes
of New Tork was nominated by
General Steward L. ', Woodford
of jtm Tork.-; C-,- .
Senator Philander C.Knox of
Pennsylvania waa nominated by
Lieutenant Governor Robert 8.
Murpny'oirpehbaylvanUL "
COUPLE'S QUARREL i
RESULTIN: DEATH
V . (United fresa LmsmA Wire.!
Sacramento, ; Cal., . June ' 18. -After
brooding two weeks a the result of a
quarrel with his wife whlch-aued ber
to leave him and .live Ini a.. downtown
lodging-house. J. rW, Forsberg, a , ma
chlniat. i employed In, the Southern '"Pa
cific ' ahopa. went to the woman's room
it I o'clock this morning.' -shot - her
three times : and then put - the gun in
hla own mouth and blew his brains out.
When pollc" officers and others en
tered . tha , room a minute or two later
both man and wife were nBconacious
and "died - before hy could . be removed
from the room. v -i','- ' : '' e'
Forsberg was years' of "age1 and
Ms wife 18. They came here two years
aao from Minnesota. Jealousy Is aup
poBed to have aroused t'orsberg's mur
derous rage,. . ; . ,- ... ., ...
iTifn ju'Miii i
X
Columbia Foot . and a . Half
J Higher Than at Any Time
Before', in Five Years.
i -t (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
' -Rainier, Or., ' June 18. Disastrous
flood here and at Portland are antic
ipated unlea the Columbia river begin
to fall immediately. The water today
1a Win a anrl nn. half Jf Aet hiarher than
Ht'.haabeen ; before in the paat five
year and the riven is aim rising.
- Unless the water falls soon it will
flood Rainier." It Is' within- less than
two feet of the docks today and chicken
yards along the waterfront are flood
A sudden rise is liable to result serious
ly for ths business section of tthe town
- It, Is feared that the high atag of
the Columbia will, back up the water
of the Willamette causing a aerloua
flood at Portland and other citlea in the
Willamette : valley -
Actor and Theatrical Man-
ager Owes'Loie Fuller
: $7,000 '. . - r
(Cnltrd Prew Leased Wire.) ' ?
New Tork, June i It. Arnold Daly,
the actor and theatrical manager, filed
a petition In bankruptcy In the United
States district court today. Th peti
tion places his liabilities at' $10,426 and
his assets at $1,375. Among hi cred
itor I Iole Fuller, the actreas whom
he owes $7,800 on a contract for serv
ices. . - - - - : .
FIREARMS EXPERT IN
' 3IRS. POLLARD'S TRLL
t (Onlted tPreaa Leod Wire.) ''.',.
San Francisco, June 18. The prosecution'-in
the trial of Mre.' Harry Pol
lard,1 who la charged - with attempting
to murder hex. actor .buaband,-today in
troduoed a firearm 1 expert. W, J.
Shreve, in an attempt to contradict tha
testimony of . Pollard. The actor had
said that the gun was discharged while
in hla hands and that hla wife had not
ahot him. -
;s.V'---"-l,-'""'"l. '.''
. .-, v Cigar.' Company Sued, y '
' 'Welnhelmer St Opp and E. I. K6M
berg - have 'begun suit ' against J. M.
Nlckum..A. Clorrey, Ai-N. Wills ami
A.. Al. Miller, stockholders of the Port
land Cigar company.-.to recover on
Judgments given In their favor agalnat
the cigar, company. .. Ort one- Jitdgmerit,
It is stated, $1,266 remnlns unpaid and
on another there Is $936 due. The cap
ital of tlie ciar-company -was fixed at
$3(.0(i0. but r.t In allecedvthat none of
Uil sum ha ever becu aubscribeU. .
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CREW FOR
.:jif. -i s i- :
AWFUL FATE
Three Men Oh Little Sloop
Guiding Star 'Whipped
and Lashed by.Tremenr
dous Sea During Storms in
'Straits of Juan de Fuca.
Strapped Life - Preservers
About Bodies and ; Hiing
; to . Gunwales ' Awaiting
Death Arrived: in Port-
s land Safely This Morning.
i I - 1 ' l
lift?:
The lookout at Cap Plaappolntment
was tight . when he . reported . that ne
HDURSFAGED
had. sighted, the Jla-'oot sloop 4Guld!ntlaged, byeakef; jot!d..aathe. nation
Btar. off. toiumpia. river oar ounaay
night through a rift In the dense fog.
Captain Iiopold A; Bernay and his two
companion are in Portland today, glad
tohaviilnl.bed ; the . daring and" s ad-"
venturous trip but at the same time
feeling that their, would not be afraid
to undertake It again,-although sailors
on the Stralt of Juan de Fuca told
them they ' Were not quite .right when
they- started out' - -f
Axxif Thl Homing.
To tlia surprise . ot everybody ' the
sloop 'sailed . Into; the harbor this morn
ing and landed alongside Alnsworth
dock at 11 o'clock. Ths landing is only
about two blocks from the Seamen's
Institute and after taking their time
making fast the boat .the trio, .Captain
Bernays, Mate B. Hancock and Sailor
F. Wilson struck out for the institute.
Chaplain Bernay could hardly believe
hts eyes when he met them in tne lobby.
He had been waiting for word from
Aatorta of their arrival there and was
Just' about to become a little anxious
over the nonarrival of the diminutive
craft. Young Bernays, however, quickly
assured him that all waa well and that
the boat, too, had been brought safely
into port, although a bit leaky from
the heavy pounding on the aea. .
Teced Momentary Death.
Tlys trip waa full of thrilling adven
tures and .on one occasion the three
men clung to the gunwale of the tiny
craft awaiting death every moment. The
sea ran towering high and every time
the craft came down in the trough of
the swell her timbers crashed and
creaked until It was thought they would
split into a maas of splinter. .They
bad wrapped life preservers around
their waists so in case the worst hap
pened ithey J.would have a possible
chance to, be washed ashore, dead or
ajive. - , ,.
Thl terrible experience wa-endured
In the B trait a of Juan de Fuca ahortly
after having struck out from Vlctorls.
The sea ran so high that lnatead of
standing out for Columbia river they
ran .for shelter at Neah Bay. There
they, said nothing about, their hard
fnua-M hattla but went ahead with Prep
arations I or tne run arouoa jbiouho .uu
over the Columbia Oar. . ' . .
PrMav. nllht it 11 o'olock the Wind
waa fair and again the Guiding Star
waa on her way. rrom uape riwrj
to Columbia rlveri fairly good weather
waa encountered but a dense fog set
tled luot as the Doat was Doing niaaw
for the entrance to . th rl ver and ; they
wtre lost. - " - '"
. Iiort Direction In Storm.
There wa no way of telling how to
tear the boat but Jiy gueaswork and
th innar ehanna was taken. There was
just enough of a wind to make the Ball
stand out good ana 'snir snu laamg
advantage . of every r opportunity 1 1. the
aloop was ateered . for the river. . She
made it but ran dangerously close to
the rorlca of Csds DlsaPDOlntment that
suddenly loomed -up In. the mist. '
Th.ro waa a heaw swell on- the bar
but the boat that had rode . out ' the
fierce gale In the strait of Juan de
Piira. dM nht mind It much 'and by sun
set the boat waa out of danger. She
had reached the bay that stretched out
peacefully before them with th light
nf Astoria in. the background. -
Hivtna- been out long enough to whet
their appetite ror someinmg Dexter man
the panned' fo6d and preserves thev had
t.ken along. Captain Bernays and his
companions sailed on and at 1 ovlock
landed . at ' on of 1 the wharves. ? They
made their way up town and secured a
good meat and then retraced their steps
to the boa.t after . having vainly at
tempted to j get communicatlon with
Portland by wire. Thus they escaped
identification - in the city by the sea
and 'for two ; days the waterfront . re
porters tnere anea leara over ins nuss-
Jng Guiding Btar. ., ,
, ' Son Afoul Tiahnet.
Monday, morning, shortly after s the
stoop liad polled away from, Astoria, she
fouled a fishnet 'in . the bay. Trying to
clear it the. rudder. waa- lost- and to make
matters still worse the Irate owners of
the net took It away thinking thnt
thereby they would get even. - This left
the. Guiding Star helplessly adrift and
aha . would eventually have-' gone into
The breakers on the bar had Captain
Bernays not taken the precaution of
carrying on oar. Using this for a rud
der the sloop was sailed acroirs the
bav'to orte of the canneries near Chi
nook on. the Washington side where
tools were borrowed and Jury rudder
rigged up. . '
(Ccntlnusd on laju Four.)
11
DAY
OFOMil'S
y
Entire State Will Commem
orate Semi-Centennial of
Stated Birth, in Union
Event Will Be Celebrated
February-15f1909. ;
Legislature to .Pass Resolu
tions and Will Observe.
. DayNoted, Speakers Ex-;
pected Here, at That Time
From the East. ; 1
People of. Oregon, led by- the legts.
lature In joint assembly and encour-
and honored In th state, will Join Irt
the eml-centryiial celebration of aiK
mission day, Monday, February J5, 1909k
On that date It 1 planned to have one
of the. moat noteworthy gathering In
to a history of the ' state assembled a
the ( hall'i of representatives at Salem,
where due honor and remembrance may.
be given to those who stood the brunt
of the early struggles of the state and
stood houlder ; to Bho.ulder.ln placing
Oregon' star on the national flag.
February, 14, 1859, Oregon became a
state In the union, and the' fiftieth an
niversary of that date Will fall on Sun
day, February 14, 1909. Since being ad.
mitted Oregon haa risen from an un
known country and a wilderness to one
of the leading states of the union, and
it is 'deemed fitting by many of the
patriotic , citizens of the state (o do
honor to the admission, day and those
who made it possible.
Followlnar this thought. C. " N. Mo-
Arthur, a member of the nous of rep
resentatives from Multnomah eounty,
will Introduce a joint resolution in the
house on the first day of the session
of 1909 providing for- the semi-centennial
on February 16. the postponement
of one day being made - necessary bv
the fact that the admission date falls
on Sunday. , ( ,.. i,., -7. v " . ,.
in tne resolution it 'Wlil ha provided
that the legislature meet in the hnll
of representatives :on February 15 In
Joint assembly for the-purpose. of cel
ebrating the admission of the state.
The resolution .will "further -provide
that a committee be appointed from the
houae and senate to take charge of the
(reparations xor .me exercises and that
he committee Invite one of tha
known orator of the nation to be pres
ent on that occasion as the speaker of
the day. .,...-
Following the plan, that Is now heino-
considered the celebration.' will be made
ma evenvor eiaie-wioe importance. The
exercises will be held in the hall of
representatives where a vast audlenc
may be accommodated. Besides the
speaker of ; the day, , some noted man
from the east, it is expected to have
Governor Chamberlain. dnrra u ivh
liama and other pioneers and noted men
?.f the state take part In the celebra
H0 The pioneer's aaaOciation. anl
atate historical association and other
of the organisations of the state whi. li
represent in their -membership the old
men and women of the atate will be
erciaea! Prominent part in the ex-
iAatth'','f,",2.n f the -legislature of'
lfi9.t'.lhe 'ortleth anniversary otthe ad
mission of the state was celebrated by
MTm!L 0 tht celebration making ,th
FJIVV-of 'the memorable events of
i luti, ' ten rears
4?iSlV0Il !? X"caalon ,of .the comple
tion -of half a century of eTiKtan. a.
rJ?.- mtende to. mke tbe ex.
TAFT INSISTS THAT
rAXTI-IXJIJNCTI0X
PLANK BE INSERTED
(United Prtes Leased Wire.)
Chicago, " June- 18. "Ws can
. fight well If w can fight right.
It's Imperative that such a plank
should go Into tfi platform. "'
,;c (Signed) "WM. H. TAFT."
. Thls message from the secre
tary of war was read before th
reaolutions committee of, the
: Republican national convention 4
today and was followed by this e
one: . , .', . .. .
"I stand for a square deal, not
according to the eitrms; -i,
neither th manufacturers' hxho
cjatlon nor th trades unions.
(Signed) ,
'THEODORE EOOSEVELTl"
Th committee thereupon, af r
a long and tedious session and
much strugsiing for and !-,
settled the question of the r,t
injunctlon plank and voted t;..t
It sheuld g" Inlotlh platform,
the ballot showingJ5 a;t l' H
II