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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY. MORNING. JUNE 28, 1808.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ORYAH HAS
HIS FINGER
Oi! BUTTOO
That Is What the Wise Ones
Are Saying of Democratic
Possibilities in the Line
. fof . Machinery Starting
Tower. ,
EBut One Must Consider This
; "Forecast as Opinion of Ad
; . vance Guard, Which Al
1 ways Makes More or Less
Hash Guesses.
(raited Press LtiMd Win.)
-Denver," Col., June 11. Theodore
UiBell was formally named as tem
porary chairman of the Democratic
Isatlonal convention by the tub-coin
xnlttee this afternoon.-
X
. By John E. Nevin.
(Staff Correspondent of United Presa.)
Denver; Colo., June a7.- That Bryan
will press the button and the convention
Will da the rest Is the Impression -pre
vailing among the delegates , who are
already on the ground for Democracy's
big auadrlennlal gathering.. True it la
' that moat,- of the advance' guard are
ardent Bryan adherent. Aa yet no rep
reientatlve of the to-called conservative
win of the- sarty has out in n ai-
pearance and none la looked for before
ine onq or next weetc, . -.
Nearly every .member of tha national
committee 4iow here stopped at Lincoln
en route end held personal council witn
Kryan. All bear evidence of having im
bibed Inspiration from the broad sweeps
of alfalfa-bearing land which surround
J'armer Bryan's beautiful home at Fair
View. While from the east there ara
fnutieringg of' a storm- and tho friends
View.'
of candidates who ara opposed to the
- try an control of the party declare they
Will brook hla nomination, there la lit
tle here to. Indicate that any . one but
lryan-will be In the running When' the
, delegates actually, assemble in: the big
near- auditorium.- - ..." '
'. :;?jr Bryaa Xa Btrong. 't i
' Every committeeman who talked with
$ryan positively declares that, the Com
- nioner has more than the required two
.' third of the delegates. They say that,
' counting- tha delegates who. come unln
atructed but who have expressed a pref
erence, there is no chance of stopping
Bryan a nomination on the first ballot.
'- So confident are they that there Is no
discussion as to the head of tha ticket.
.. It Is aecond place and tha question of
riatrorm ;nat concerns tnem. , urey
Woodson, national committeeman from
Kentucky, secretary of the national com
mittee and the real head of the sub
committee on arrangements, declared to
night that the party was never so har
monious as present. , . ,
; . -' - 'i Ho Disposition to right. .
T "Thar la no disposition to fight any
ana or anvthlna." la. tha war: he ex.
?r eased it "We have a splendid chanca
o win, and there la a feeling that Bryen
ahould make concessions In. tha Interest
. of harmony. sThe platform will be a
clear, decisive document, which will put
' tha party squarely on record on every
Question of national Importance, said
mere- wui ds no aoaging or straddling.
"There will be no steam roller at the
: convention. - There will be no need of
one," and tills sentiment la echoed by
tha other committeemen hero who
-lounge about the hotel lobbies and dis
cuss the chances of, various vice-presidential
possibilities and -tho ' platform
suggestions tney carry rrom their sev
, oral localities. ' . -i-:::
1 Although the local boosters for tin
boom of Governor Johnson of Minnesota
assert he will have tea votes on the
first ballot and H additional on tha sec
ond, an Intimation comes from Johnson's
own state that he may not even - he
v piaoea in nomination. Trie Bryan men
when apprised of the Johnson claims,
merely grinned and declared that .the
opponents bad been "affected , by tha
i yohnson Headnnarterm,
Frederick B. Llnch, who Is managlng
; tha Johnson boom, will open headquar
ters iur mo minaogw man in toe Al
bany hotel Monday. He declares that
. hla candidate is by no means out of It;
and. In fact. Is fully aa enthusiastto as
were tha managers of the "allies" bo
fore the roll was called at Chicago. -v
Tho Bryan men hero now are doing
fioming to estrange tne jonnson rol
owers. They would like to use them.
"Bryan and Johnson" has a strong ring
-. io ii ana mey are saia to nave secret
hopes that tho governor will not per
1st In his refusal to take second place
, on the ticket after tha first ballot for
tha presidential nomination Is recorded.
. . It Is argued that his name would bring
to the ticket In the east the same
strength that Bryan's does In tho west,
r -. Another man that softie of the Bryan-
Ites want for second place Is Judge
-George Grey of -Delaware, himself a
candidate for the highest honors. Be
loved by the laboring men. with a rec
ord for sturdy, stern uprightness ' sec
ond to none, Delaware's favorite son la
talked of In terms of highest esteem. '
t Mitchell la Banning,
. i Next In order of selection with the
. controlling wing of the . party aa Bry
an'a running mate is John Mitchell, late
president of the United Mlneworkers.
He has many friends within the party
.who say that if drafted he would not
be tha sort of - man to run from the
fight.--.
i Norman E. Mack," Buffalo editor and
national committeeman, chants in sea
son and out of season, the,praiRes of
. Lieutenant-Governor 1a S. Chanler of
New Tork, and declares the -Km-plra
' state delegation will be behind
him. But in opposition to this there
arrived today another boom for a New
Yorker." National Committeeman John
son of Texas hit the town today with
a balloon labeled,' "Francis Burton Har-
rlson." - '
- Charles T. Towne, now a New Tork
lawyer: Governor Joseph W. Folk . of
; tConUnued on rage Twc " .
HETTY iSREEN VICTIM
SKEirmYLXSE
Or
Mr. Hetty Green and a friend ah
entertained before the verses mith
polled ber Joy at entering society,
vj I ' ' '-'-.'.;: iv.:-'., ''V.;'-" '' 'f?-i-'
(Beant News by Longeet Ied'Wlre.)
New J Tork. June S7- Since Hetty
Green, the richest woman In tha world,
his broke away from her 25 cent meals
and-takeTrJt6thTTusy tangles of allk-
laca society, she has been a victim of
the versa smith. Hera la hla latest
weld: ,. .,
Oh Tletty Green. Ob Hetty Green.
' WHw AA I hAtA. VOll IH1T .... '
Oh Hetty Green, your face I've eanl
(Mow . escnew . your aougn. , -. .
.Tnu, iliinh f kWw Is totlffher.
If I did chew yourcheck or two
For5 Hetty you are- not the ''god,
But when It comes to 'dollan m
Tou'H simply say. "'Til never pay.
witnout" an- awtui - noisrr:
Hett Green has recently determined
to entertain her "most Intimate friends."
The- millionairess baa- been setting- ex
pensive luncheons.
OVER THE BIER
OF CLEVELAND
Roosevelt, to SurriTing Cahi-
net Officers, Extols the
Dead President "
'. . (Bearst Vwwt by toogest Xaea Wire.) '
Cincinnati. Ohio, ' June ' J7.-JMdge
Harmon, who waa attorney-general un
der Cleveland,, returned today ' from at
tending tha Cleveland funeral at Prince
ton." j ' T- '"' .'.l.-'-?v"iv-v:-.,-...'..v7-'5;:
"Judge Harmon related an Incident at
the funeral, which seems to have " es-
caoed general observation. President
Roosevelt,- just before the funeral, sum
moned the members of tho dead presi
dent's two : cabinets Into the chamber
of death and delivered to them with his
characterlatlo energy and force a few
remarka unon - the life and death - of
Cleveland, It was probably tha only
approach to a eulogy delivered at - the
funeral, and even this was behind
closed doors. Around - the - bier ; stood
former Postmaater-General - Hoke
Smith, former Secretaries David Fran
cis,' Richard Olney, John G. Carlisle,
Hilary A. Herbert and Judson Harmon.
The chief executive, pointing , at the
coffin, told of the good deeds, and f
the faith in which Cleveland had peace
fully died.
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Forest Grove's Electric Idne..
Bpeelal Dispatch to' Ike JouraaL) ' '
Forest Grove, Or ; June ' J7. The
right-of-way committee for tha Oregon
El ec trio lino has already secured 8,600
ta pledgea toward tha 18,000 necessary
for starting. Work on this end of the
line will be begun within two week.
Contracts have been let to local , mlU
men for ties andrldge timbers. . . -1
BARNES GUILTY;
FIRST DEGREE
Verdict Against Slayer, of
Mrs. Anna Aldrich Will
Scarcely AppeaL
' . (Special Dispatch t The Journil.) ,
" Walla Walla, Wash, June JT After
thirty-five minutes' deliberation the
Jury in tho case of Bud . Barnes 4 re
turned a verdict of sruilty of ni order
Mn the first degree In tha auperlor
court late tonight i Tha plea of insan
ity introduced by . Barnes attoraeys
was Ignored by tha jury. The defense
estea its case at rour o ciocx cms ai
ernoon. when the arguments - began.
When t o'clock came Judge B rents ad
journed court for aa hour, announcing
that a night session would be hold.
The arguments and instructions . to
tha Jury were conoluded at :1S. At
:oo tne veraicx ot guilty was return ea.
Kill
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Denver, June 27.-w-Tha leading
features of th national plat
form will be anti-trust and antt
. Injunction declarations, tariff
revision, election of. finlted!
States aenatora by direct vote -
of , tne people, a graduated. Income-
faxv: enlargement " of r tha
powers of the Interstate com
, merce . commission, advocating
of postal saving banks, state's
rights "and anti-impelallsm to
tha extent of having the na
, tlonal government declare for
tha Independence of the Philip
pines as soon a a a1 stable gov
ernment cart be established.
It Ja understood that 'the de
mands of tha labor leadera will
be met In .nearly every particu
lar, although the language of
tha platform wiy.- not be ; ao
specific as the Gompers' planks
which were ' submitted to and
turned down by tha Republican
convention at Chicago. The pro
visions, aa tentatively ' agreed
'upon, which affects labor, are
understood to bo as follows:
"We favor, an employers' lia
bility law, applicable alike to
both private and public employ
era ' , ;
"We favor an S-hour work
day. ;
- "We favor such a modification
of tha law relating to Injunc
tions aa will, first, prevent the
Issuing of the writ in indus
trial . disputes .: axeept - after no
tice to defendants and full hear-
Ungj second, permit trial before
Judge other than the one who
COLUMBIA BAR SVEPT
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j Issued the writ.- and. third,
Neither Barnes nor his wife, who has
been with him - constantly during the
trial. . snowea any emotion, ueiora ne
In a- returned to the county Jail Barnes
kissed his wife good night.
A crowd of 1.000 people filled the
courtroom tonignt ana long alter court
adjourned hundreds
stood, about
Jail discussing the tnaj,
Barnes will
ba
the
sentenced
allow a Jury to a summoned
In all cases Whera the alleged
contempt was committed out
side the 4 Jurisdiction . . of j the
court.1-'.. . ..i V; . ..'',-JW'.-v.'-'i'f-.;
Wa believa in' tho concilia
tion of capital a hd labor and
favor every legitimate rneans
for arbitration of all disputes
between them." j j ? 'y'1 .
.Tha tariff revision declaration
win ba strong ai.d to the point. :
It will advocate placing on -tha .
"free list"- all articles built In
or manufactured' by -trusts and
rational reduction In tha tariff
on all articles commonly char-,
a '' acterixod aa "necessarlaa of a
Ufa." -I ;'.' .
The state rights plank will
advocate ; tha axtenalon of 'tad-
oral control along . lines which :
will add to and not ' b aub- ,
atltuted for sUto remedies. . a
tipper half shows : Columbia's month with obatrnctlona last year. Xower
-. ., cut ahowa clearing of month effected by jetty projection. ' '
From tho chsrta printed herewith, a
clear understanding can ba had of the
great improvement the channel at the
month of the Columbia river has under
gone during the paat year. " s ' '
' The tipper chart ahowa the 14-foot
contour obtained front soundings made
LIB IiI'S
DOM OFFER
M I'ilF!
Secretary to the President Is
Urged to Become Mahout
toGuide.0. 0. P. Elephant
in Coming Campaign, and
Declines Honor.
Only , Taft Knows Who Is
. Second Choice, if He Does
Conferees at. Sagamore
Hill Unable to Clinch a Se
lection. . ,
MENDS BALLOON
nrobably
soma time next week. As he Is with
out funds It Is doubtful If hia cane
will ba appealed to tha auperlor court.
OWNERSHIP TURNED
DOW IN T0KI0
Toklo. June IT. Municipal ownership
of Toklo's street railways has been
turned . down by the finance depart
ment. As a result it la believed the
preaent rate of fare wm.be continued.
lV7am Mien VJhiie to Report
Denver Convention for Journal 1
- Mr. White Is a student of politics, an editor of experience in the
game of convention. The article! on the Democratic national con--,Vntlon
by Mr. White will be features of The Journal's reports, ;
Mr. White Is the owner of ths Emporia Dally and Weekly Gaxette,
,,He made a national reputation with his editorial, "What'a tha Matter
witn ivansasr- in wnicn ne snowea ' now certain unwarranted policies .
had Injured his state. Mr, White has written many delightful mag- 2
aslne articles and . several books; he la a bright star In tho literary 2
and news field. - - - . -. ' . -. - X
The Journal will have "i, leased wire from Denver- whjch will V
carry all of the newa of the convention. The United Press ats well .2
;. aa The Journal's own special writers will handle tha convention news." - 2
t In the circumstances no newspaper in the northwest could posal- 2
bly have an equal service and In Oregon there Is none that will at- V 2
tempt to go to the expense of getting tha news on such an elaborate 2
scale as Tha Journal. . 2
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HALF MILE HIGH
Boy Aeronaut's Feat Never
Attempted, His Nerve
Never Equaled.
: neart Kewa by longest Leased Wire.)
! Seattle, Waah-, June" J7. One of tha
moat thrilling experiences known to
tha latter-day aeronauts occurred this
afternoon to I Q. Mecklem, a boy In
ventor. - Mecklem made a successful
ascent from Luna parte. Ha rose 1.000
feet In tha air, reversed hia airship and
at all times had complete control, until
the inevitable happened. - -
While about 1.000 feet In tha air tha
machinery atopped. Crawling over his
framework, Mecklem started to adjust
several wires. All this tltna tha air.
ship kept going up. At a distance esti
mated at 4.000 feet, thara tmmm a iharn
exploalon and a rent five feet, long was
mauio m uia uonom or tne gss oag.
Tha heavy framework started to drag
tha mammoth gas bag slowly down.
Mecklem realised that he must act
quickly or ho would be drowned in
Elliott bay, toward, which the alraho
hy government engineers in June, 107,
while tha lower chart gives the relative
contour obtained by - soundings com
pleted a few days ago.. ., . .
- At no place within these lines Is there
to be found less than 84 feet of water
at extreme low-tide,- which' means 82
feet at high water, the tide at the
mouth of the Columbia averaging a
rise of about eight feet. In most places
tne large Dasm has a depth or rrom 4 )
to 0 feet at extreme low water, and In
many places a ihlp'a anchor would have
to drop even deeper to strike bottom.
So xaok of Water How.
i The width between the two ti foot
contours at the entrance to the main
channel as shown in the 1908 chart Is
t.000 feet, the channel having its great-
eat, aeptn on tne jeiry ame. xno aouna
Ings show 2 feet, although to be con
servative the engineers have placed It
at 16 H. At high water this means
14 feet, more than enough to float the
largest battleship In Uncle Sam'a navy
and leave some eight feet of water under-
her keel. By comparing the two
charts It la easily seen how the shallow
placea have been swept away. Last
IIIIIE-YEMD
BOY II KILLER
Kenneth Reeves Answers
. Fist Witli Cluh, and Cecil
Jenkins Is Dead.
waa drooping.
Mecklem climbed to the torn part of
tha bag and while ba held tha parts
together with his teeth ha worked with
his hands and had nearly mended the
rent when tha airship struck tha water.
Sufficient - gas remained in tha bag to
Keep in. wmnip auoat ana ne omy got
hla feet wet. Launches ran out and
towed the daring Inventor and his bag
to tha shore. Mecklem said he remem
bered seeing Tacoma, forty - miles dls-
lani, ino Lain samammlsn, . nearly 1
milea to too east. - ,.
Ha la not discouraged and promises
to make another aacensloa aa . soon aa
the gasbag Is repaired.
Mecklem Is a Seattle . High - school
Ctudent. Tha ascent was witnessed
y thousands of people. ' '
..The gas bag Is sixty feet long by
1 feet in diameter and holda 7.800
cubic feet of ras. The framework of
the ehip proper U S 8 feat long. The
contrivance Is worked by an eighteen
borsa power Curtis motor. ' r
MRS; SNELL GETS ;
DIVORCE AND CASH
Elkhart, Ind, June 27. Mrs. Thorn
ton Snell. wife of the grandson of
Colonel Tom Snell. the suit over whose
win atartien central Illinois recently
was today granted a divorce. - ,f he will
receive aoout ll75,uoo worth Of stock
and will get lit a month as long
ramalna aiiitola.-
aa ahe
'. (Beant Newa by Longest Laaaed Wire.) -Dee
Moines, Iowa. June 17. Cecil
Jenkins, aged 11, la dead with a frac
tured skull as a reanlt of a childish
quarrel. Kenneth Reaves, nine years
old, whose act caused Cecil's death, la
held at the police atatlon on a warrant
charging manslaughter. ' .
According to tha story of the chil
dren who witnessed It. the quarrel took
place Friday evening, near tha dead
boy'a home. r" ' ' -
Jenkins waa In tha , habit of calling
names, which started the trouble. For
aome time older boya have been teas
ing the Reevea boy,' who la email . for
his age. '':.'.:';K:-rt-; .','
Friday night as "Kenneth and hla
eight-year-old sister were going home
tha Jenkins boy stepped up to him and
said; - ..
"You called me a name the other
day, didn't you?"
The smaller boy denied It.' Accord
ing to the children' atory tha Jenkins
boy struck Beeves with hla fist
Reeves seized a mopatlck and struck
tha other boy heavily across the head.
Tha boy never regained consciousness
and died this morning.
TAtfT WHOSE FAME
BIG BILL DIMS NOT
(United Prws Iea Wire.) '
. Chicago, June ' 17. That the proud
name of Taft haa butted into tha geog
raphy of tha country waa discovered to
day when Fred L. Taft, of the town
of Taft. British Columbia, registered at
tha Auditorium,'. .,.
Quite a well known name you've
got," said tha clerk genially, 'tt'e've
Heard about It, more or less here.
"Have you, Indeed." the long Brit
isher replied In pleased surprise. "Well,
now. mats wimniy
knew, - Ja tne
tne." t
lolly,
'a they named the town after
don't you
year the entrance to the river had sev
oral channels, - This year they ara con-
uiiuatea into one or lenrom wiatn.
The SS Vk 'foot channel baa a much
greater depth than that.--except ing over
a small area, possibly 100 feet In width.
By putting a dredge to work th la ridge
could .be removed - without much diffi
culty, but . Colonel S. W. Roesaler.
United States .engineers corps, and his
MBiaiams, wno.nave cnarge or tne jetty
project,' are confident that within a
few months it will be scoured out by
the natural sweep of tha river - when
toe uue s eooing. i f v-. .
u Oomplatad Within Tear, i : 3
At the rate Work la now belne nroaa-
outea ana witn tne required money in
sight, the jetty will be completed within
a year or lg months at the longest. By
mat ume it la nut aown ror certain tnat
the channel-will have a depth of 28 feet
low water In the shallowest places, or
os reel at nign tiae,
- A north Jetty has been recommended
witn a view oi securing a root chan
nel extending over tha entire distance
between the two structures. Tha south
jetty extends five milea Into tha sea
from the mainland, and will ba length
ened a rew. hundred feet more before
completed. . , , :, -
Captain Roessler has been assigned to
a new post, dui nis successor, woo is
due - to arrive here shortly, will find
the matter planned to completion and
in tha hands of a forca of abla.aaaist
anta. '
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H II CLEVELAND
BARED HIS HEART
, ;. . i i i 1 '
Told Dan Voorhees of Trihn
lations He Saw Coming
to His Party.
(Hearst News by Longest laastd,WIra.) -Terra
Haute, Ind,' Juna 17. John .E.
Lamb of this city today made publlo a
letter Written by Grover Cleveland to
Daniel W. Voorhees, July t. 1892. In
which ha predicted tha disasters, thai
have overtaken ; t',ie Democratlo party.
The letter, which was written by Cleve
land la person, aays In part: - -
"Tou and I ought not to Indulge in
any insincerity or nonsense with each
other. I remember conversations with
you during my residence in Washington,
indicating bow I felt about a continued
Incumbency in tha presidency, I doubt if
you recall It, but I said once to, you
that ' I waa entirely willing to do the
plowing and make way for another to
harvest.' .- -''.-:;; ,"-.nv. I
MI remember, too. how you earnesllv
and with your peculiar big-hearted gen
erosity unisgomsea any aucn laea. 1
find myself now. by the operation of 'a
current which I have not even attempted
to guiae, again ne candidate or my
party, at a time . when I believe It means
a long wandering in the wilderness nf
discouragements for our -party and the
moat disastrous results to our country.
"I feel this responsibility most acute.
ly, and If It had been of my own aeek-
mg i anouid onener ieei very unhappy
In my fears for the results.".
APPEAL FOR ALLEGED
' GOLDFIELD SWINDLER
rnlted Prtas Leased Wir. 1
Goldfleld. Nev June 27. Attorneys
for Henry Weber, the wealthy promoter
ana mining Droaer. wno nag been sen
tenced to seven years In the peniten
tiary for swindling, today filed an un
dertaking on appeal to the supreme
court. " -' .
Weber waa interested In many of tha
beat companies in Goldfleld and prac
tically controlled tne Atlanta. Uro and
several other properties According to
the evMenee preBentud, Webpr soM more
than J2i0,0fi0 worth of "took of va
rious comjianlps in which he was In
terested and diverted the money to Mm-
own use liftoaj of using it to dovcl- j)
tue piOii'w..i ,
. (Bsantt Hews by LOogMt Leased Wire.)
New York, June 27. At tha con
ference at Oyster Bay today between
President Roosevelt. Secretary Taft
and National Committeemen Frank
B. Kellogg and 'Wllllam L. Ward.
the position of chairman of the Re
publican national committee was of- t
fered. to the president' . aecretary,
WlUlam Loeb Jr.
Ury Loeb haafor years -been a cloaa
friend of Secretary Taft, and by select
tag. Mr. leli (ha candidate felt that ;
he would " please President 1 Roosevelt !
and at tha aama time aacapa the neces
sity of choosing between hla friends la
Ohio.
When Mr. Loeb waa offered tha posi
tion ha replied. ,
i .''Thank you ,-verv much. Mr. Seer-,
tary, but I cannot accept tha chatrman
shlp. My decision ia Irrevocable."
Secretary Taft then turned to Mr.
Loeb and said:
"I am sorry, but know you must
have reasons why you, do not wish to
ba urged. , I-will say,: however,- to all
tha gentlemen preaent and to you that
In case I am elected president 1 shall
be glad to nominate you for any posi
tion within my gift.'' .
To ' thla Mr.- Loeb replied:
"As I told you some time ago, 'Mr.
Secretary, my support of you in 'this
oampaign Is not baaed upon any hops
of -reward. I have definitely mnde up
my mind to retire to private Ufa on
March next, and have compleUvl
businesfe plans that will make it impos
sible to accept any public office."
- Secretary Taft expressed regret. Tha
president alarmed Loeb on the shoulder
and said he Was lucky.
Stormy Blscnsslon) So BecUlon.
Then tha conferees resumed dlarm.
alon of the question of the chairman
ship. It was a rather stormy discus
sion. Many lettera from national com
mitteemen- and state leadera were con
sidered. According to one man Dreaent
absolutely no decision waa reached by
Secretary Tafttaa to the chairman ha
will ask the committee to name. .
General Luke L Wrlaht. who will
succeed Mr. Taft next month as secre
tary or war. took no Dart In the chair
manship discussion, but before it waa
begun he had a talk with the rireai-
dent and Secretary Taft upon matters
concerning the department.
tne aiscussion regarding tne chair
man started in tha president's library .
at Sagamore Hill and was continued
after luncheon on the veranda, where
tha confereea sat with their heads cloaa
together. One or another would occa
sionally break away and walk restless
ly along tho porch until called back,
- Taft Evades Questions.
After finishing thA conference Sec
retary Taft and Committeeman Ward '
were taken In one of the srovsmmant
automobiles to Long Island City, where
they started ror Washington.
secretary Tart said to a reporter:
"We had a fine luncheon at the cres-
Ident's. and ' General Wrlrht and I
talked over department mattera."
"was tnera a discussion about the,
national chairmanshtpr' '-
seema to me i near a ecnoes or that. ..
"Will you tell ua if you have
lected the man you wish to; serve?"
x can t say a wora aDout tne chalr-
mansolp now. ' A meeting of the sub
opmmittea will be held In Washington.
July x -...'--:
"Waa Mr. Loeb'a name mentioned in :
the discussion regarding -the chairman
ahlpT" . - - " -
Oh.' yes. Indeed; but I cannbt talk
about It. lie was there and can esmi
for himself." .
"Waa Mr. Hitchcock's
tionedr
"i think I recall somethlni- about It."
. SIttokrakev KeUogff There.
Committeeman Ward nvnrlort mi mi,
tlona. In his haste to avoid newspa
permen upon hia arrival here h bun
dled Mr Kellogg Into a station wagon
and told the driver to ''go fast," al
though one of the government autx
waa waiting to take him to KatMivr
Oiil. ....
t Mr. Kelloga; remained with the pres
ident for about an hour aftr the othr
guests had left. Aa he doparted f -f
Now Tork he paid he could not dlaniM
the chairmanship of the national com
mittee, as nothing had been d irminrt i.
General Wrlffht was taken in an a-j-tomoblle
- to Hourke' Cochran's Ikui."
where General Henry Me Is stopping Hi
the present time.. General Id k h
ceeded General Wright In the FhUu
pines.
Wealdes his political guests the prp
Ident had several literary frleiuls at
luncheon today.
There was much joking of fvr'farv
Taft over a report tnat he w"iM pur
chase -a property - adjoining l'i-.i.j..i.t
Roosevelt'a that has betn offend t
sale. '
The secretary said he wouM Hke !'
projwrty but that it was ' too l.ii. -priced."
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