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... VOL. XXXV. WESTON, OltEOON, FJUPAY, JUXE 10, 1910. NO. 52. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK mm STUAT10M BECOMES SER IOUS; KINK SKIP READV 10 SA1 REPUBLICANS SELECT HUGHES From All ted Iftc Earth. MM RATPIKGS LI A NUTSfifll X. Pacific Northwest Condensed ; for Our Busy Readers. WaaWngton. D. C-Wlth 1600 ad-1 Idlllonal regular troopa ordered to the I I Mexican border Monday night and re- porta of the rapid spread of antl- nnfl KPC ?HP fil ItfPPnil KPW from consuls all ovar Northern Meal- i umniipirnwuH viuciai nwn in. v i tempt to disguise thalr uneasiness. It I was officially admitted that tbera la I growing alarm ovar what tha agitation mar produce and tha possibility of an attack on Conaral Pershing's expedi tion. Fart of tha Incraaalng apprehension I hart la dua to tha renewed raid In tha Laredo region. Beveral r porta deal-1 Uva News Items of All Nations and '" tb dtuattaii .V"? v' 1 details, but thay gava tha Impression of having raaaon to believe serious lurKHM waa behind the bandit raid on I tha Coleman ranch. Tbrea raider I were killed and thraa captured, one re- port adding that they triad to burn a I railroad bridge near Laredo but failed. The new force aant to Join General I Funaton'a border patrol, Secretary! Dakar said, waa to Jill in gsps in the guard aucb aa that near Laredo. It I will be composed of 10 rompaniea oil roaat artillery and a battalion of en gineers. The artillerymen will be withdrawn from fortification between Portland. Ma., and Sandy Hook, and tha englneera will go from barracka in till city. Tha aecretary aald there waa no preaent Intention of calling out additional National Guard regimental for border duty. General Mann, commanding at La redo, reported that patrol of three cavalrymen were fired on during the I night of June JO, near toe town or Hachita. and Private W. L. Saudera, troop K, 12th cavalry, slightly wound-1 La led. Two mounted Mexlrana who did the firing escaped. A message from Captain Hurrage, I commanding the battleabip Nebraska at Vara Cm, said there waa consider able unreat In that region due appar ently to tha currency situation. There were no rvidencea of tinfrlendlin toward American, the message aald. It adJed that tha Carransa government had bean tending troona and ammuni tion Inland. Captain Bun-age did not know tha object of theae troop move ments. Tha State department, through Special Agent Kodgera, at Mexico City haa called the attention of the de facto I King Conatantlna of Greece haa de cided to order the complete demo bilisation of the Creak army. Ruaalan torpedo boat deatroyera have aunk 18 large Turkish ahlpa laden with merchandlae off the Anatolian coast. Tha lull ana have continued their advance in tha Area valley. In tha Paaublo sector and along tha Poalna Aatlco Una In tha Southern Tyrol. Tha Norwegian s Warner Fro. per III haa (truck mine and aunk. Tha flrat officer of tha vessel la believed to be the only aurvivor. She aalled from Newport Nawa May ZO for La Palllee, Prance, Bryant J. C O'Connor, metal , worker at San Francisco, falls aaven atorlva to the pavement from a scaffold on an office building and aupriaea pec Ulor by riaing and attempting walk away. Manor shipments to Portland and Multnomah county conaumera for May touted 10.377. April records ahow tWM consumer. In May there 842V purchasers of pure alcohol for "external" use. formation of National Democratic Woman 'a league waa announced In Chi eago recently by Mrs. Joanna E. Downs, prealdent of an Ulinola Pemo- eralie women a organisation. It win represent, aha declare. 75.000 woman throughout the United State. . ., i mi... .. . I. i in iiiww.Mn - ui " ' ' f , . '. v. -. ' ! I ' - ' ' . ' ..-!.'''. i 'I. v. , ' - . . ,:. , ; 1 Ir Ma. -'"' r .' i ,".-i. t t- 1 1 X L ;, x-: ' nwiuumt In tha anti-American out-I Tha Bulgarian legation at Ducbareat U-eaka. which for neartv two weeka ha received InformaUon that the Bui- jy, bee iprding ateadily. Many garla-Koumanian ironuay will a tern- tewna have held maaa meeting porarlly doaad againat paaaengera or I pTOtcfud gminat tha continued prea. marchandiae, aaya Reuter di .patch from tha Koumanian capital. It la be lieved that Bulgaria baa taken thia tepto maak Important troop move nenta. ' 'vi? Supreme Court Justice is Nominated on Third Ballot, Vote Being Practically Unanimous. -rr--:T:y ance of American troona In Mexico. In two or thraa inatancee American prop- j erty haa been attacked, but no threat againrt Uvea of Americana have been reported. The reporta of conaula tell- Coliaeum, Chicago, June 10. Charlea Evan liug-eh waa named today tha Holding that Indiana ara not made U-agiut.on wore turned over Republic candidate I the coming eitlien of the United State by re ceipt of altotmenta of land, the Su premo court auatainad an Indictment againat Fred Nice, charged with Bail ing liquor at Carter, S. D., to George Cortiar. a Sioux Indian with alloted land. - Tha dafanae contended that Mate law applied to tha caaa. ': German Infantry attacked French poeltlona waat of Fort Vaux on the Verdun front Tueaday night. Tha aault failed entirely, the official report aaya. The German continued their heavy bombardment in tha region north of Bouville and Tavannea . forta. Waat of the Meuae there waa heavy artillery action In tha vicinity of Chat Uncourt. i:v A rumor la in circulation In Petro grad that tha Runaiana have occupied Cxernowitx, capital of the Auatrlan . crownland of Hukowina. Tha rumor lack ofilclal confirmation, but color baa been given by tha capture of Do- . bronovUe, a commanding point 10 mllea to tha northeast, Tha Ruaalan Una extend to Okna. From both theao point good road lead direct to Cxernowitx, and, according to military authorities they are tha only pointa in thia direction capable of defenae. 4 A decree of divorce la granted to lira. Claude Crahame-Whlte, in Lon don, formerly Mlsa Dorothy Taylor, of New York, from her huiband, tha avi ator. . On account of tha general strike tha Norway government haa passed a law prohibiting tha sale or Importation of to the Carransa offldala more aa matter of Information than aa repre-i scntatlona. Where hi regular troops are in control, apparently General Car ransa baa earnestly tried in moat case to prevent the holding of protest meet ing and in some places contemplated meetings and parade have been pre vented. Thore are Instances, however, where the troopa appear to have stood idly by while the egitatora atirred up ! antagonism against the United State. O.Hciala here have bean unable to determine tha inspiration behind tha sudden outbreak of anti-American feeling, or to estimate the ability ot General Carransa to protect American Uvea and property. They feel that tha real danger Ilea in the possible action of Irregular forces now under tha Car ransa banner, but whose commanders yield doubtful allegiance to the central government. San Diego, CaL The naval trans port Buffalo la under orders here to ba ready for an immediate dash to the west coast of Maxcio to pick up Amer ican refugeea In the event of spread I of anti-American feeling in the south ern republic. Thia became known Tuesdsy, when orders for the vessel to proceed to Mare island for repairs were revoked by tha Navy department. Large stores of supplies were taken on board the Buffalo and the vessel's bunkers were filled to capacity with coal. Convict Escapes Under Auto. Salem, Or. It waa announced Tues- election. It waa 11:27 o'clock when Delaware waa reached on the third roll call of the convention. The vote to that point bad been practically unani mous, all opposition had collapsed, the name of Roosevelt bad been with drawn, and the fight aa over. Seldom haa there been a convention of any party in which the final mo ments were aa tense aa those in the Coliseum today. From the first minute of the convention gathering it waa al most a certain thing that Hughes would win. but dread of Roosevelt power and dickering with the Bull Moose convention made every man in the Caliaeum uneasy, until Alabama, Arixona, Arkansas and California votes PROGRESSIVES NAME ROOSEVELT . WHO DECLINES. promomng tna saia or importation w d nght ,t tha Oregon SUte peniten- atrong liquors, wine and beer, and tha , ? . . . . " ... . shipment of liquors throughout the tf7 "'nv'c' country. The police also have been ' ordered to prevent the serving of wine and beer In restaurants. American marines and Haitian gendarmea killed tha revolutionary chiefs, Welellus and Codlo, and nine of their men In a fight near Fonda Var retea Sunday. No mention of Ameri can casualties is made In the State de partment dispatch reporting the Incl-dnet. A bill pending In the house to give exclusive fishing rights to persons fil ing surveys on trap sites waa attacked . by Delegate Wlckersham, of Alaska, aa putting tha Paciflo salmon industry Into the bands of a trust A combina tion already haa surveyed all salmon trap sites, Wickeraham declared. - Senator Borah of Idaho, writes the Mexican plank for the Republican party. He waa asked by Senator Lodge to do this because of bis well known views of President Wilson's Mexican policy. ! ; . Fort Vaux, one of the Verdun de fences, ha been captured by the Ger man troops, according to the official statement issued from tha Berlin hcardquartcrs. What remained of the French- garrison finally surrendered, snd an attempt to relieve the fort Tuesday resulted in the capture by the Germans of 700 unwound ed prisoners. aged 82, had escaped Monday by con cealing himself beneath tha bed ot an automobile truck from the state school, which had entered tha penitentiary en closure, and riding thereon in conceal ment to safety. Drecker'a absence was discovered and an Investigation dii closed the meana be had employed In training his liberty. He waa commit ted to tha penitentiary from Portland in 1915 on conviction of larceny. Marksmanship Declared Bsd, Berlin Officers of the German cruisers Elbing and Frauenlob inter viewed in the Frankfurter Zeitung emphasise what they describe aa the "extraordinarily bad markmanshlp" of the British gunners in the North Sea battle. , For a long peroid, they declare, the Elbing waa exposed to the continuous heavy fire of British dreadnaughta and a single fair hit would have sufficed to sink her, but she waa not hit once. Airman Work Near Suet .Canal. London The following official com munication concerning the operations in Egypt waa - made public Tuesday night: "Hostile aeroplanes bombard ed Kantara, 80 miles south of Port Said on the Sues canal and a machine gun fired on Romani Tueaday. They were driven off by British aircraft with a few minor casualties at Kan tara. No one waa Injured at Romani." P ; ( . x a' ' -fS-1 l lMitfrisiife Mi1aalilsi .irTMaiTrissrtil Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 11 Theo dore Roosevelt reiterated tonight that he is "our of politics." Chicago, June 10 Theodore Roose velt's nomination waa made unani mously by the Progressive party con vention here today. Oyster Bay, June 10 "To the Pro gressive convention: I am very grate ful for the honor you confer upon me by nominating me aa President. I can not accept it at thia Jima." Plow Uncovera Heirloom. Dayton, Wash. An heirloom watch, lost six years ago by George Jcnes, came to light a few days ago when County Commissioner Lee Lindley turned a furrow in a field he was plow ing and brought the relic to the sur face. Jones lost the watch while at tie Lindley farm aix years ago, and had never been able to find it, although he had looked carefully many times. It wsa in a silver case, which was badly discolored from long contact with the earth, but after Lindley had wound it it ran aa well a tha day it was lost. ' "I want to tell you newspaper men," he said, "that it'a no use for you to come up here to see me, I will have nothing to say. I will answer no ques tions, so please don't ask roe to. I am out of politics." 50,000 Fire In Seattle. Seattle One man lost his life in a fire which destroyed the wharf at the Standard Oil company' storage plant at Richmond Beach, 16 miles north of Seattle, Tuesday, causing a loss esti mated at J50.000. The fire waa caused by the explosion of an oil drum on the wharf, and quickly enveloped the struc ture, on which waa stored 1000 drums of oil. . Three men who were working on the wharf were forced to jump into the water when the Games swept over the pier. Jamea Farmer, one of the workmen, waa drowned. had shown that the Hughes landslide had aet in. - Colorado, on the first calL cast nine votes for Hughes and three for Roose velt, but no sooner had Delaware voted for Hughes than Colorado switched. withdrew Roosevelt's name and cast ita solid vote for Hughes. Hughes' total vote waa 949. He waa actually nominated when New Jersey was reached. HUGHES ACCEPTS NOMINATION Washington, D. C, June 10 Charles Evans Hughes stepped down today from the Supreme bench and, again a private eitisen, accepted the Republi can nomination for President. In a telergam ringing with denunciation of the administration's foreign policy and declaring for a dominating, thorough going Americanism, he gave bta decis ion to Chairman Harding, of the Re publican Natoinal . convention, and broke the long silence which had kept the leaders of hia party in tha dark aa to hia attitude toward the great issues of the day. . . I have not desired the nomina tion," aaid the telegram. "I have wished to remain on the bench. But in this critical period of oar National history, I recognise that it ia your right to summon and it ia my para mount duty to respond." Within an hour after Chairman Harding had notified him of his nomi nation Mr. Hughes had accepted the calL Hia resignation, a scant two- line letter without a superfluous word, was on ita way to the White House, from the Hughes home before the nominee had dispatched the message of acceptance, and called the waiting group of newspaper men into his study to tell them of his decision. President Wilson accepted the resignation in a reply almost as brief. Apparently Mr. Hughes letter waa framed so that the President might be saved the em barrassment of expressing regret or making more than a formal reply. "I hereby resign the office of asso ciate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States," he wrote. To which the President replied : "I am in receipt of your letter of resignation ! and feel constrained to yield to your desire. I therefore accept your resig nation as juaitce of the Supreme Court of the United States, to take effect at once." Wsshington, D. C President Wil son Sunday put hia final approval plana for the Democratic National con vention at St. Louis. After attending church with Mrs. Wilson ia the mora- insv htrrlent the afternoon and even ing eoruiaingorl'h .Democratic lead- era. Secretary Baker, who will be dele gate to the convention, aaw the rresl dent twice, and Dudley Field Malone, collector of eustoma at New York, also conferred with him. The Mexican plank In the Demo cratic platform la giving administra tion officiate some concern because of the continued uncertainty of the aitua- tion. It waa understood tbst the plank will emphasize the policy of the rresl dent of interfering aa little as possible in the internal affair of Mexico. Although the President planned to select a chairman of the Democratic National convention before tbeconver tion. be had not made up hia mind Sunday night. Homer Cummings, National committeeman from Connec ticut, and vice-chairman of the com mittee, appeared to be the most likely choice. Mr. Wilson probably will receive official notification of hia nomination at Shadow Lawn, the estate he hai taken for the summer in New Jersey, Although he plana to remain in Wash ington until congress adjourns, he probably will make a abort viait to Shadow Lawn for the occasion. Ccaferesce ea fczis El L'c'y , la frase V.&m fey k!y 1 Washington, D. C The good roads bill, which is now in the hands of conference committee, ia expected to be adjustied and submitted to the sen ate and house of representative for final adoption when congress resumes active business after the National con ventions. Present indications are that the Walsh amendment appropriating 8 L 000, 000 a year for ten years lor roada in forest reserves will be agreed to. especially aa Representative Shack leford, chairman of the house commit tee, is disposed to favor thia proposi tion. . There is radical difference between the roada bill passed by the boose, and the bill subsequently passed by the senate, but there ia strong sentiment in both branches of congress in favor of some sort of good roads bitL and in view of this demand, the conference committee is expected to get together with aa little delay aa possible, that some bill may be put into effect Dy or before July 1. The Walsh amendment is substan tially the plan proposed by the secre tary of Agriculture, and while the money paid for roada will, in the first instance, be appropriated for the treasury, the appropriations will be reimbursed in time from that portion of forest reserve receipts that other- would go direct to the states. It been generally agreed among Western senators and representatives that it will be impossible to secure outright appropriation from the treas ury for building roads in forest re serves, and accepting that situation, Westerners have been content to ac cept the Walsh plan. 6cnnanys Dead 734,412. London Germany, up to the end of May, bad lost 2,924,586 soldiers, of whom 734,412 were killed, according to a British official tabulation of the German casualty lists given out here. The compilation did not include Ger man losses in naval engagements or in the fighting in the German colonies. The British official statement quotes the German casualty lists for the month of May aa placing the total Ger man losses in killed, prisoners and wounded at 102,607. The German figruea in the May list, as enumerated in the British account. are as follows: Dead, 22,471; wound ed, 72,075; prisoners and . missing. 7961: total 102,507. The German official lists of casual ties up to the end 'of May give these totals: Dead, 734,412; wounded, 1, 851,652; total 2,924,686. Newspaper Owner Diss. Washington, D. C. John R. Mc Lean, owner of the Washington Post and the Cincinnati Enquirer, died at hia home here Friday after a long ill ness. Mr. aicijean, wno waa in ma 68th year, had been Buffering from complication of diseases for several months. He waa a native of Cincin nati. As young man he acquired hia father s interest in the Enquirer, and in 1887 became sole owner of the pa per. Then years ago he bought the Washington Post. or years he waa active in Ohio and National politics. AMERICANS' PERiL MEXICO GROVS Asressest Betweoi Gesirals Persfclnj . FEOitrra HELD DimCULT General Trevino Notifies American Officer That Gavira Acted WiLV . out Authority of Carranza. Kaiser Rewsrds Sea Fighters. Amsterdam, via London The em peror, according to a Benin aispatcn, has promoted Vice Admiral Scheer, commander of the German battle fleet, to be admiral. Vice Admiral Hipper has been awarded the order of pour le merite. War decorations of various kinds also have been awarded officers and men who distinguished themselves in the North Sea battle. The emperor laid a wreath on the grave of a number of dead at Wilbelmshaven. The em peror and empress also visited the wounded in the hospital there. British Gain In South Africa. London British troopa invading German East Africa from the north have captured Mombo, a town on the railroad in the Usambara district of German East Africa. Another British foree, operating from Rhodesia, haa occupied the town of Bismarck burg, on the southeastern shore of Lake Tang anyika. In the first movement the British bridged the Pangani river at Mikotsheni. The Germans are still be ing engaged by Major Van Deventer. Work in Oil Felda Halts. Mobile, Ala Arrivals from Tampi- co aboard the Britain yacht Yoskel Tuesday said operations in the oil fields had been suspended and that foreigners had been warned by Carran sa officer not to be found outside the city. Ranchmen in the vicinity of Tarn pi co, it was said, have left their places under threats. San Antomo, Tex. What ia regard ed by American army officers as official repudiation of the agreement entered into by Generals Pershing and Gavira waa contained in a curt message from General Jacinto Trotino to General Pershing, Informing him that General Gavira had no authority to dieaosa military subjects with him. General Pershing sent a copy of General Tre- vino's message to department head quarter here. . , The agreement . between Generals Pershing and Gavira had to do with disposition of troops in the territory controlled by the American punitive expedition, and waa intended aa a pre caution that might prevent unauthor ized dashes. . Genera Gavira waa ordered to Mex ico City about the time General Tre vino sent hi message to General Per Official advices have been received by General Funston that General ' Ga vira haa asked officers at Chihuahua to supply him with list of foreign resi dents other than Americans, explain ing that he wisbea to know them in order to afford them protection; that he would be glad to accord protection to Americana as well, but that, in view of the increasing antagonism by Mexicans, he regarded it aa practically impossible to do so. It became known that only the with drawal of Colonel Sibley's foree that entered Mexico after the raid at Glenn Springs prevented it from being at tacked by Carransa troops. Army offi cers here have learned that a force of 1000 troopa had been sent northward with orders from the Governor of Coa huila to get in contact with the Araer lean troops and force them out of Mex' ico. fcrFJglis caLsnicdSca Washington. D. C. Charles E.r Hughes' telegram accepting . the Re- publican nomination for President makes a strong issue of American re lations with foreign nations, which he declares have "suffered incalculably", from the weak and vacillating course, taken in the past. : He favors an undivided Americanism? on the part of all eitizena. i t Following are important points in1 Mr. Hughes' telegram of acceptance:"! Firm stand taken for American? rights on land and sea.' - ' Foreign relations in past declared tq , have suffered from weak and vaciliat-' ing course pursued. -: Desire expressed to see American' diplomacy restored to ita best stand-., arils.' ' ,. Letter demands Americanism that knows no ulterior purpose, for patriot- ism single and complete. Preparednesa demanded not only adequate for defense, not only in re spect to numbers . and equipment of both army and navy, but with all thor oughness in every branch of service. Peace ideals placed first. Hanger el militarism denied. Nation has no pol icy of aggression, but must have strength which self-respect demands. Fair readjustment or tariff favored as preparation for test to come after war. . .... . Expansion of foreign trade sought. "We must not throttle American en terprise here or abroad, but rather promote it and take pride in honorable achievements." Party platform fully indorsed. Taft Hopea Colonel Will Support. Philadelphia Former President Taft, who waa the' principal orator at the commencement exercises of Tem ple University here, issued a statement endorsing former Justice Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks, the Kepublicas nomine se for President and vice prei dent, and expressing the hope that Cot Roosevelt would support them. He approved the platform adopted by the Remiblicans and predicted that event ually the progressives would unite with the parent party and work for tbe election of Hughes and Fairbanks. , Alfonso Pleads for Spy. J Madrid, via Paris King Alfonso has appealed to the emperor of Austria in favor of Dr. Karl Kramsrs, Under of the Hungarian Ciefh partv snd several of his companions, who have been con demned to death on charges of treason. A dispatch from Vienna on Jus 4 said that Kramers and three members of the Hanjiuian O.ivh :y had been found guiity of I i l" son and espionage and srtri-'d to death.