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. VOL.24.. i PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1912. 7 x NO. 7404
TAFT DENOUNCES
DANGEROUS
IK
Declares Former President Would Never Leave
Presidency if Again Elected
ADMITS PRESENT OPPONENT ELECTED HIM I
With Voice Trembling and Crowd Cheering President Pro
claims Loyal Friendship for Predecessor but Stamps
Him as Absolutely Unsafe.
Springfield, Mass., April 25. Bitter denunciation of former President
Theodore Roosevelt by the nuin whom ho put In tlio white house chair as his
winrir, featured President Tart's first apKnrano in the present cain
IMilKii for the republican presidential noinlnullon, as a righting num.
His remarks brought forth lienrty cheers from the his audience.
lVcsldent Taft dccluml that he believed Mr. Roosevelt, if again elected,
would bo almost Impossible to dislodge from the presidency.
Ho said another term of "Hough Rider" miglit result in a lifetime dictatorship.
President Taft quoted Colonel Roos
evelt's third term statement of 1904,
and also that of 1908, in which Roos
evelt said he would not again be a
candidate.
He gave Roosevelt full credit for
electing him in 1908 and. then he
said:
"Neither by word, thought or act
have I been disloyal to my friend
ship for Mr. Roosevelt."
President Taft said that so far as
personal feeling could go, he would
not reply to the attacks of Colonel
Roosevelt on the Taft administration
and accusations against him, but he
said the cause that he represented
was the cause of those republicans
who believe In the constitution and
It is entitled to defense.
The president attacked Col. Roose
velt as unsafe for president. He said
Roosevelt was a dictator who, once
he received a third term, would cling
like a leech to the presidency and
never leave it till death removed
him.
President Taft'a voice trembled with
emotion as he spoke these words. He
closed by saying that Roosevelt is a
man of such strong personality, so
little respect for-the courts and so
little regard for the constitution that
he could not bo trusted as president
again. '
Will Tour Massachusetts.
Aboard Taft'a Special, Enroute.
Springrield, Mass., April 25. Presi
dent Taft Invaded Massachusetts to
day, planning a strenuous attack on
Colonel Roosevelt, In furtherance of
his campaign for renomlnatlon. He
will make a number of speeches be
fore the Massachusetts primaries next
Tuesday. .
The most important speech of
President Tnft will deliver will be In
Boston tonight where he is expected
to reply to Colonel Roosevelt's
'OLD GUARD" STILL
ROOSEVELT
Regardless of the fact that the pro
gressive republicans 'outvoted the
standpatters three to one In this coun
ty at the recent primary election, a
member of the standpat wing in the
person of Asa B. Thomson has been
chosen as the county committee chair
man for the coming two years. He was
elected to that post at a meeting of
tho county committee held in the
city hall and already there is prospect
of war within the republican ranks
ns a result of the selection made.
Roosevelt leaders are caustic in their
denunciation of the control of the
county machine by the old guard.
At the committee meeting last
night 27 out of the 44 precincts were
represented by delegates In person or
by proxies. All told 11 proxies were
held, according to the count of the
secretary.
At the outset of the committee, J.
N. Burgess was nominated for chair
man by Frank Curl. However, Com
mitteeman Doane of Pilot Rock an
nounced that Mr. Burgess had In-,
structed him to decline the honor In
his behalf. Doane then nominated'
Frank Sloan of Stanflold. Ben Bur
roughs, secretary, was then nominated
for the chairmanship, and with Bur
roughs in nomination Sloan declined.
However, Burroughs also declined and
Thomson was then placed In nomina
tion and after somp further parley
ing was elected. Ben Burroughs was
chosen as secretary without opposi
tion. In progressive republican circles
disappointment has been keen today
ROOSEVELT AS
EDICT
charges, that the Taft administration
has been supported by Senator Lorl
mer. CREW INSISTS LIFE
BOATS BE TESTED
South Hampton, Eng., April 25
The liner Olympic late today was still
lying off Ryde, Isle of Wight, because
of .the inability of officers to obtain
stokers to take the places of the three
hundred who struck yesterday because
they claimed the llfesaving facilities
were not sufficient.
The collapsible lifeboats are to be
tried out and If found satisfactory the
strikers will man the ship and the
Olympic will sail tonight. The Olym
pic Is a sister ship to the late Titanic.
Tommy Smart Accepts.
Thomas Smart is the first man
whose name was written In at the
primary election as, a candidate for
office, to file his acceptance of the
nomination. He was nominated by
the republican party for constable of
the Pendleton justice district and to
day he threw his hat In the ring. His
opponent at the fall election will be
John M. Bentley and the 'battle
promises to be a royal one.
Want Drinking lNmntalns.
The social committee of the local
men and religion forward movement
Is circulating a petition asking the
city council to install three public
drinking fountains In various places
about the .city. The social commit
tee is composed of Messrs J. V.- Ma
loney, J. S. Landers, C. SI. Hogue,
Harry Edwards and J. B. Coleman.
The petitions are being circulated by
Mr. Coleman and have., been freely
signed.
THE ELEPHANT
WAX SARCASTIC
over tho organization of the commit
tee, the members qf the o Roos'evelt
La FolleUo contingent feeling one of
their men should have been placed at
the head of the ' committee. Antl
Furnish men are criticising the selec
tion of Thomson on the ground ho is
an employe of W. J. Furnish and be
cause of his record as a machine
worker.
Of those expressing themselves to
day perhaps the most sarcastic has
been Dr. II. W. Coe, well known state
Roosevelt leader and who has been
nominated for delegate to the nation
al republican convention, receiving
the second highest vote throughout
the state.
"I do not feel like mixing up In
this affair," said Dr. Coo this morn
ing, "but I certainly am surprised at
the action taken in view of the three
to one progressive vote Friday. It
seems to me the committee should
have given the chairmanship to Frank
Sloan, Dr. Temple, Dave Nelson or
some other progressive party worker."
"I regard the organization as be
ing virtually the same as it has been
during the past few years," says Dr.
Temple, Roosevelt chairman of the
county, "it is in the control of the
standpatters. They secured control
by naming their men as committee
men. I feel the committee mnde a
mistake in not placing a progressive
at the had of the county organiza
tion." And that is the way It goes.
What the. harvest will bo nobody
knows,
0
Sunday School Association Delegates Meet
ji y $$ ti - tf i ; i2 j i
Nearly Two Hundred Visitors Are Registered
!' ; , i 5" Us iS iic Vt
Are Busily Engaged Carrying Out Program
With one hundred and sixty-eight
delegates registered at 2:30 this af
ternoon and many more In attendance
who have not yet given In their names
the annual Eastern Oregon convention
of the Twin-State Sunday school as
sociation is in the midst of the first
day sessions. A number of the dele
gates arrived last evening but the ma
jority came In on today's trains and
still others are expected.
The hour between 8 ad 9 this mor
ning was devoted exclusively to the
registration but at 9 o'clock the first
session opened In the Methodist church
auditorium. Following the opening
praise service led by Rev. F. C.
Goodrich of Walla Walla and the con
vocation prayer by Rev. X. Evans,
pastor of the convention church, an
hour was devoted to the reading of
the reports of the accomplishments
of the different departments of the
association during the past year.
These -reports, all of which proved
very Interesting to the assembly,
were submitted as follows: Elemen
tary by Mrs. J. W. Wilklns of Port
land, secondary division by Mrs. Fred
L. Kelley of Portland, adult depart
BLOOD TRAIL OF
OUTLAW FOLLOWED
Portland Patrolman Fights Revolver
Duel With Supposed Escaped
Washington Convict
Portland, April 25. Like a wound
ed rat, an unknown man, who fought
a revolver duel with Patrolman Ben
der today, is now being trailed by
thirty officers under Captain Keller.
Bender accosted the man .who ran
on the roof of a building in tho clock
district. Bender pursued.
The fugitive snapped a revolver
five times in the officer's fave. It
failed to explode. They closed In a
scuffle The man beat Patrolman
Bender over the head with his revol
ver, knocking him nearly unconscious.
Then he climbed off the building and
fled
Policeman Bender recovered suffi
ciently to pursue the fellow and fired
five shots at him. The last one struck
the fugitive as he crawled under an
anjoining building.
The man is being trailed by blood
and It is believed his leg in smashed.
Bits of cloth were found under a
porch where it is believed he bandag
ed his leg. He Is still hiding near the
docks.
It is believed he is an ex-convict,
probably one of those who escaped
from the Walla Walla penitentiary as
he had a newspaper clipping relating
to the penitentiary there.
MORE REM0NTRANCE
AGAINST PAVING
A severe blow was dealt to the plans
ofthe city council for street Improve
ment last night when four remon
strances liberally signed by property
owners of Jackson street, Perkins ave
nue and Water and Vincent streets
were presented for the purpose of
holding up the paving work recently
ordered. These remonstrances were
referred to the street committee which
will report back at the next meeting,
and If they contain eighty per cent of
the property affected or If the coun
cil deems it unwise to proceed In the
face of determined opposition, the
work will be abandoned, temporarily
ift least.
Will Moore, who has been circulat
ing the Jackson street remonstrance
announced last night that he had se
cured eighty-two per cent of the prop
erty owners affected, more than suf
ficient to hold up the proceedings, and
It Is understood that the other pro
tests are almost as general.
Dr. T. M. Henderson, T. J. Tweedy
and C. S. Wheeler appeared before
the council last night and nsked that
Alta street be paved to its intersec
tion with Court as petitioned for or
iginally. Discussion brought out the
fact that Chairman Stroble of the old
street committee and Engineer Kim
brell had deemed it Impracticable to
pave further than Market street on
account of the difficulty of drainage
but the explanation did not satisfy the
property owners and the matter was
referred to the street committee.
An ordinance, prohibiting street
venders from hawking their wares
within one hundred reet of any paved
street was introduced and referred to
the proper committee.
C. S. Wheeler protested against the
practice of the Matthews feed store
of loading and unloading Its wagons
across the sidewalk and also against
the practice of leaving the city water
wagon standing on the street during
the day time.
ment J. V. Guthrie of Portland, homa
and visitation by John G. Minton of
Albany, teacher training by Mrs. H.
N. Smith of Portland, missions ' by
Uoy K. Hackett of Grants Pass and
temperance and good ictizenship by
Ralph J. Eddy.
The annual address of Rev. George
E. Paddock, president of the organi
zation, was given after which Dr. J.
f. Springston of Portland and E. C.
Knapp of Sp.okane delivered splendid
addresses, the former speaking on
"The Sunday School a Dynamic Force"
and the latter on "Weak Points That
Should be Strengthened."
At noon the state and county of
ficers met in , executive session at
In ncheon.
This afternoon until 3 o'clock, the
delegates had been busy attending the
different conferences "which com
menced and were held in the various
churches contemporaneously and at
3 the regular afternoon session com
menced. This evening at fi o'clock the dele
Kates will gather at the banquet board
where they will partake of a sumptu
ous repast until the commencement
of the evening session.
T. R. CONFIDENTIAL
LETTERS EXPOSED
Given to Senate and Cause Bitter
Row Between Adherents of
Presidential Opponents
Washington, April 25. Both con
demnation and approval are express
ed here over the reading in the sen
ate of confidential correspondence
between Herbert Knox Smith, com
missioner of corporations, ' Theodore
Roosevelt, then president, and Chas.
J. Bonaparte, former attorney gener
al, regarding the government's anti
trust suit against the International
Havester company.
Adherents of President Taft are
jubilant while Roosevelt men are
admittedly angry and are asserting
thi't it is nothing but a political move,
Intended to Injure Colonel Roosevelt's
candidacy, for the republican presi
dential nomination.
Senator Bristow of Kansas feels
bitter toward Attorney General Wick
ersham and other officials of the de
partment of justice, who turned over
the letters to the senate.
Bristow said:
"That is the most contemptible act
anyone was ever guilty of and showed
that the man who perpetrated it had
none of the sensibilities of a gentle
man." The letters tend to show that Pres
ident Rooseveit asked Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte to postpone prosecu
tion of the harvester trust.
To Lecture on "The Home."
Local women will have the pleas
ure of listening to a lecture by Miss
Ava B. Milam, of the Oregon Agri
cultural College on the' subject of
"The Home.", Miss Milam is in the
department of household science at
O. A. C. and is to be here the after
noon and evening of May 9, according
to a letter received by Jack Keefe,
secretary of tho Commercial club,
from R. D. Hetzerl, director of ex
tension work. Keefe has referred the
matter to the ladies civic ciub and it
Is probable a meeting for Miss Milam
will lie arranged under the auspices
of the club.
Registration is Reopened.
Registration Clerk William Suth
erland yesterday reopened his books
and until May 15 it wil be possible
for those not registered prior to the
primaries to have their names enroll
ed among the eligible voters of the
county. After May 15, they will be
closed until June 4 when they will
be reope'ned until October 20, the last
day upon which a voter may regs
ter for the November election.
Can Any Candidate Beat It?
Assessor C. P. Strain is one man who
docs not believe In the lavish expen
diture of money for the perpetuation
of his term of office. His expense
account during the recent campaign
Is shown by a statement sworn to and
filed by him today to be exactly sixty
cents and this expenditure it was im
possible to avoid inasmuch as it was
made for blank petitions.
MINERS-OWNERS HAVE
FRAMED AN AGREEMENT
Philadelphia, Penn.. April 25.
(Bulletin.) George F. Baer. presi
dent of the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad, today announced that the
subcommittee representing tho an
thracite miners and owners have pre
pared a report recommending terms
and conditions of settlement of dis
puted points. He said the committee
wl'l meet in New York May 2 to re
ceive the report. The basis of settle
ment was not announced.
BODY OF MAJOR
NEAR TITIC'S
'Coffin Ship' Reports Recovery of Victims Includ
ing Millionaire George Widener
PROBE IS INTERRUPTED
Marconi Wireless Official Admits Facts of Disaster Were
Withheld to Force Newspapers to Pay Big Price for
News of Deaths.
-Vw York, April 25. A dispatch received from the "coffin ship" Mackay-'
Bennett correct the li.-t or identified bodies recovered at the Titanic wreck
scone, ma kin- tho name "George Widen'' read "George Widener." This is
the Philadelphia millionaire. It ehanges also the name of "A. B. Att" to
"A. Butt." This i supixwd to he Major Butt, President Taft's late military
aide who proved Jiie of the heroes of the recent sea disaster,
AVashington, D. C . April 25. A could out of the information they
bail breach hetwppn Chairman Smith
of the Titanic investigating commit
tee, and other members of the com
mittee is reported to have occurred
today.
Senator smith wants to keep all tho
survivors of the Titanic crew in
Washington till the inquiry is finish
ed, while other members of the com
mittee believe this is unnecessary. J.
Bruce Ismay and Franklin, managing
director and vice president, .respect
ively of the White iStar line, have de
manded the crew's release. Senator
Bourne of Oregon, constantly breaks
into the kuestioning ignoring Chair
man Smith.
Quartermaster Hichens of the Ti
ts? nie, who has already testified before
the committee, demanded his release.
Chairman Smith refused his request,
but was overruled by the other mem
bers of the committee.
William Marconi, head of the Mar
coni Wireless company, first witness
today, admitted that the New York
offices of his company sent a message
to the Marconi wireless operator on
the rescue ship Carpathia, to "hold
news story of disaster at four fig
ures." This means that the wireless
company decided to withhold the
facts of the deaths of the hundreds
of Titanic victims, and rescue of oth
er hundreds of survivors from anxious
relatives and the world at large until
the newspapers paid the company at
least one thousand dollars for the
news.
After admitting that the Xew York
office had ordered Its operators to
hold the news story of the disaster for
money, Marconi expressed his opin
ion that every liner ought to have two
wireless operators. He said he un
derstood the difficulties experienced
by the Carpathia's operator, In send
ing messages on account of interfer
ence of amateur wireless operators.
Chairman Smith read a wireless
message sent to the navy department
by the United States steamship Flor
ida, in 'which the captain reported
several messages he had interrupted.
One was from the New York station
to the Carpathlt. It read: "Say to our
man, Marconi company is taking good
care of you. It's fixed so you can get
big money."
Marconi said ho knew nothing of
them. He said he told Chief Opera
tor Sammis he would not prevent the
operators from making what they
ROUNDUP PRESIDENT MADE MEIER OE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OE COAST ASSl
President T. D. Taylor of the North
west Frontier Exhibition association
has been elected ns a member of the
executive committee of the Festival
Associations of the Pacific coast, of
which organization the Pendleton
Round-Up is a member. Notifica
tion of his election was received by
the directors of the local show this
Morning. Ralph D. Hoyt of the
Portland Rose Festival, Is the other
member from Oregou.
The 'Festival Associations of the
Pacific Coast was recently organized
In San Francisco for the purpose of
exploiting the various festivals of the
Pacific zone and the beauty and at
tractiveness of the western country,
which fits It for the playground of
the world and the show place of Am
erica. Among the organizations
which have joined the membership are
the National Orange Show of San
Bernardino, Los Angeles Convention
League, Honolulu's Midwinter Car
nival, Watsonville Apple Show, San
ta Clara County Fair & Industrial
Food Exposition and Floral Carnival
Carnival, Panama-Pacific Interntlon
al Exposition, Christmas Carols at
San Francisco, San Francisco Kennel
Show, Rose Carnival at Santa Rosa,
Bill! F
Oi
WA1EHV
BY C01IITTEE BREACH
I bad..
Marconi said he gave no instruc
tions regarding withholding the in
formation. He said he had not ob
served the messages He added ho
thought the newspapers would be so
interested in what Operator Cottam
had to say that he "could be expected
to be paid."
Marconi admitted it would have
been better to compensate the ope
rator wose other way than allowing"
him to sell the story to a single news
paper. PRELIMINARY GAMES
PLAYED THIS WEEK
Garrett's Buckarooes will be seen
In action by local fans three times
within the next week for three swat
fests have been arranged to be pulled
off on the Round-Up diamond within
the space of five days. On Saturday
the Adams team will enter the lists
with the locals, on Sunday Garrett
will create two teams out of his bunch
and set them at each other's throats
and on Wednesday May 1, the Echo
amateurs will strive to lower the
Pendleton colors. These games wRl
be inf the nature of practice for the
team which will open the season of
the Tri-state league against Walla
Walla.
The Adams bunch will be reinforc
ed by recruits from Athena and inas
much as the regular Adams team has
been cleaning up every thing in the
shape of a ball nine for several weeks,
the contest will undoubtedly be Inter
esting. Because it will serve as a tryout in
which every player n-ill be endeavor
ing to show everything in the way
of baseball talent he has, the Sunday
game is expected to prove a hummer. '
Asa B. Thomson Is collecting the
best speed and curves in the Echo
territory for next Wednesday and
promises to even up for some of the
defeats Pendleton administered to
the Echoites last year.
Tried for Xon-Siipport.
William Martin is being tried this
afternoon before Judge Maloney on
a charge of non-support, his wife be
ing the complaining witness.
Gravenstein Apple Show at Sepasto
pol, State Agricultural Society, Santa
Cruz Water Carnival, Pasadena's
Tournament of Roses, Cloverdale
Floral Show. Fiesta Arborea of Chi
co, "One Big Week" at Salinas.
Healdsburg Water Carnival, Mt. Baker
Marathon at Be'.lingham, Roseburg
Strawberry Carnival, Salem Cherry &
State Fair, Portland Rose Festival,
Elks' Convention and Reunion, Ma
nila Carnival, Pendleton Round-Up,
Tacoma Monta Mara Festival. Seat
tle Golden Potlatch. Vancouver Mid
summer Carnival & Exposition, Spo
kane Apple Show and Interstate Fair,
Order of Panama at San Diego and
other organizations.
The Round-Up is represented at
the meetings in San Francisco by Fred
H. Drake, formerly of Pendleton and
a brother of Lee D. Drake of this
city. The minutes of the meeting
show that he has held poslttons on Im
portant committees of the associa
tion. In the letter received here, the
secretary of the Round-Up Is advised
to forward photographs, data and a
short history of the local show in or
der that they may be Included in the
advetlsing matter which will be
scattered over the country.
GRAVE