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HUGHES STILL
PARTY SPHINX
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Hitchcock Admits Work (or Justice
Is Unauthorized Hilles Donles
Report of Phonlnq to Find Out
Wicks Arrives in Convention City
to Look After His Own Candidacy.
CHICAGO, May .11.- Frank JI.
IIilehok, who Im.s been in Chicago
for vrnl ilv working aa an inii
vhIubI in behalf of Ju-tiro Charica JJ.
Hagfaca, whom friend desire him
nominated by the republican national
convention for president, todar In
miwI n statement dttnvinjr that he over
fii! .Mr. Hughe would accept tho
lionor if it were tendered liim.
Mr. Hitchcock anid:
"W'lit'H I firat arrived hero I wm
inlorviewd and among olliur Hmi
tiorw waa naked whether Jiiaiieu
Hughes would accept thu republican
nomination for ptosiilunt. My reply
to that quasi ion wna that ho man
could rtfuao a presidential nomina
tion tendered liy his mrtv in timwa
like these, and particularly if the
party felt that )ih was thu man alHivo
nil other who could unite a divided
force ami lead them In victory."
Illlclinxk Denial
Mr. Hitchcock reiterated his pre
dion statement that lie haa ho au
thority whatever to represent ifr.
Hughes.
"I liavH come to Chicago solely on
my owh reHnsihility to work for
what I consider to lie the best inter
est of the republican party and the
country," ho aaid.
Charles I). I lilies, chairman of the
national republican committee . itemed
cmidiatieally and t cruel v todn n
published reMrt that he had culled
Justice Hughe over thu long-distHticc
telephone in au effort to learn
whether Mr. Hitchcock represented
the latter.
"The nHrl that I had such a con
einntioH is an absolute untruth,"
Mud Mr. Ilillut.
Weak t'laiii Sieno
Senator John V. Weeks r ,MKitn
i-huseds, a delegule-itt-ltiiRc to the
republican national convention, and a
presidential candidate, arrived today.
He ia the second presidential candi
date to come to the convention, Cole
man Dul'oiit of IMawarc hnviiitt ar
med several daya ago.
Senator Week issued a statement
nyiHR he could discern u "demo
ernlja attempt at preparedness for
the aproaching political campaign,"
hut could see slight evidenc of am
satisfactory attempt at itreparcduess
for national defenao.
"Here in Chicago, however," he
continued, "I e.k?et to ace effective
meana adopted toward this end, cul
minating in the framing of a platform
and tbe nomination of a candidate
such aa will injure the support of all
the people in thia country who believe
in 'America firat aa i real, vital na
tional doctrine. iv action a a del.
irate will be guided solid) by this
I riucilc."
.Mn)r for Toddy
(leorg Von I.. Meyer of New York
. rued tola and assumed direction
"I the republiciin Roosevelt cam
lnign. "I'ulil e hear either from air.
Ilugiieh himwlf or a statement i
made from an authentic source we
will continue to believe thai r'rauk
II. Hitchcock ia political campaign
manager for Mr. Hughe," kind Mr.
Mcver. "We find that the Kooevelt
Hcntuueiit among btihine men in e
trv tate i growiug daily. The great
ocarednc uimde -thow ihut llu-v
fnvur preiuirmhiioo mid true Amer
icunixin u expounded b Mr. Koo-c
velt.
"('ongrM.ii lui- liven ao buv with
Hk official duties in Uaolnnuton that
it ia not w touch with the buinci
inlereU of the count rv. The but
nana men are nroued m thi eriin
Md are rallying to the upport ot
Itoottelt. Thev feel Ihut he i u!ie
U tbe count r' ncctU."
rkillppiH IMauk
Manager of Kcnator I.. Y. Sher
Mtatn'a camiaign are planning to de
vote particular attention to getting
pUdge ,r,HU delegate to tote for
Sbermaa for aecond choice.
ItulimNue republican will work
bard to bate a plank in-ericd in the
pialfonn derlanng for jk rnmneiu und
gbaolMo Amenean eontnd (' the i-l
aada. aeettrdMig to t xlnnel llcnrx It
ie'e, ltiilipfne member ot tlic
LtMfeftl etwnmMtee, who arrived in In
eaag today, lie ud four other rep.
TmutUea or tin' i-iainl h p.irt or
CftOjuutun, now en route to ( In 'iigo.
vond devote their time to omHittiiiu
tbe detporrutio doctniic of idtnii.ite
lliwVpeUiJrui'r for tbe isl.md-.
Why 8mk rnt C1r
wjictt J. d4w jure en)' uio,
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I'dltTLANI). dr. Miin ill The
thieiitciied strike of longshoremen
and mermen all along the Pacific
const from San Diego to Cape Nome,
which will be declared nt (I a. m. to
morrow, unless un eleventh houi set
tlement is mnde, begun to develop
prematurely hen toduy. longshore
men in the employ of the Oregon
Sleedonng eoniany of 1'ortlund
refused to go to work when un at
tempt wiis made today to begin load
ing the schooner Alumna wjth IiiiiiImt
for Australia.
At the Mime tune, a new clew of
nonunion deckhands, tiremeu, oilers
and watchmen was placed on the
steamer State of Washington, pl.wng
between Portland and The ttnlhs, liv
The Dalles, 1'ortlund k Astoria Nov
igation company. The men who wete
discharged are members of the unions
that haxe demanded higher miv.
If the strike is culled tomorrow it
in feated that the Ilig Three Inn r
Heaver, which reached hen vrsicrd.iv
from Kan I'runciseo, nun be dclnxed
in londinu her cargo.
For loading lumber, the union- nsk
a wage scale of 60 cents per hmn und
t per hour for overtime. Hie pres
ent scale i .'tO cents per hour and 7.'
cents for overtime. J'or loodntu' ucn
era I cniifia-s 'i'i cent- nn houi and 7'i
cents un hour tor ovirtime.
ritENCM FORCED BAQK
(CgUMuat tram paga one
oilers were hi ken The lupltiie on
Muv '2S of ii uuval gnu and cii;Ii!ciii i
machine guns during the tulitun; ut :
Cnurettes wood was also uunoiiiici il
Aiisiro-IJuutjariuu troops oN'iutnu
to the west ot Arsicro m the Tien
lino district liov forced a miu.'i j
iicrons llie Pooiii.i liver mid Iiiivi I
taken the hciulit on the -.0111111111
bank, -a - tin 0II1. ill r-tiilemi nl 1
sip d at the Aii-iio llniiL'iittmi .itnv
headipiarter- 11111I1 1 date of M u
Tile I'iiplule ot tlic tortilud It.i 1 .1
Works on I'uiit.ie Oldin 11U0 m.i- ,11 1
liolllierd
The Ailllo-iint,'Hiuu udwuui ..n
Italian tcrrilorv li.i-. luvn nine. I 1 it l
I her in the reuion o! Amivi;o .111, Ai
sicro. Tin ottn'i.il Aiitii.in -tuti
ttlelit toduv -n- tli.it llii it.1h.111
have been dnviu lloiu liu'lni an.!
hi'ttihl-. to t'ie uoillivv.iid M..11 1
Italdo .nut Monti r'l.ii.i Iiivi tut n
cuptilleil li I In' u--l 1 1.111-
N1111 1' tin In , inn," ' ' 1. 'i-' 1
drive Isss ,i i-.i'h r- ii . . In. 1 1.
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style. Jii tvv.j lu-.ts
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STILL, LISTENING!
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rillCUId. .Muv il. A box ut tin
national progii ne iiM'iilioii, mi
the llllillloriuni hcri , will lie npu-il
by Mrs. Thcodnic I! cm It .mil otlu i
members of the nl"in!'- iminlv, it
was announced ImIh. 'I In- (oo-cw It
imrty will include Doir.'l.i- I.'uIiim on
of New; York, Mr-. olnii-ou. vlio i
the colonel's sister, und Mr. and Mi--Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., Mrs. No hu
las Iongwoith o t tnciiiii.iti, t oloiicl
Roosevelt's daughter, will
loo. although her liulmn.l i
attend, '
a dele-'
gate to the republican couv ution.
The llt of bo-lndder- ill tin cull-
venliou will include (loveiuor llu.nn
John-on of Calitornm, liwiu It Kirl.
miiihI of Kaiisus Ciiv, Flunk P i
nek o( Nebraska, tieorgc ('. Pm-tlv
of Oklahoma, Mr-. ClunU- Wood ot
Washington, I. C. , O. K. Duv is mid
tleorge W. Perkins ot Ni w . k, und
Victor Murdoek of Kuuu-.
Among the present K.vdnev ch it
em y student who have lolmd i In
tanks of the ts.Mti I Mi Ki tun- oli ii
son OIIC of llle uiosl 'o.nlu' -i ml
ars The Hvilnev i iih i 1 1 . ulm
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BOLIVfR HEDGE SAYS' IF YOU WANT TO LEARN
TO SWIM IN ONE LESSON TRY PADDLING
A YOUNG AND GIDDY CANOE. HE ALSO SAYS
IF YOU DONT WANT TO SMOKE, DON'T T?Y A
(Fthe CIGARETTE iffS N
wiFYAk yA valuabueV F Si- S )B
!BN PAYS TRIBUTE
10 HILL'S
I'i tit I I.AM . Or.. Muv 11 Oicgon
ut noon tmliiv luiucd with the other
-tiitc- of the uoithwest in ving
tiilniii to the memory of Jumea J.
Hill. At the hour set for the funeral
in m. Iul every wheel on the Hill
IJ in On. iiii and tbe propellers ot
tin Mill -iiiiinliips stopH'd for five
uiiinito. 'I'I otfices ot the SiMikanc,
I'oitliiud ik. shuttle railfoud ,vstent
mid the tlreat S'oi them Pacific
Steii.nhip iniiip.inv were elned at
noon lor the ii'MmiihIi i of the duv.
rvnrnTrn Tfi nir
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Ll LUILU IU UIL ;
! IXIMANAI'OI.IS, Ma 31 - Jack
I .('.mi nutomolille driver, who wa a rruitured skull, broken Jaw and In
injured In the .too mile rare here ves-' ternal Injuries
terdiiv, wan reported In a iiltlcal con- Tom Itooiu-v und Jim McAlister,
ditiou at tin' l ih.idist hoKpititl to t lie two otliet men Injured in tbe
l.it 'I In- i li -i, un, do not ivi,i'i r.n e wen -.iid to lie in little dan-
In i i to 1 1 i n i i llii -oi If ei tit trot ii ;;i i
HES TRIED BOTH OF EM
MODERN BAKERY
10 REPLACE OLD
Initial -tcp- in the ic-'incnitmn of
I'Vont xtreet IniM lieen token with the
pnnlui-e bv It. Nurnn f the Nurmi
Inikerv of the Scuttle rooming-hotiae
t met lire on South Front trfreel, in
which he will in-tnll n $1000 bnk
mg plant and machinery. The truc
ture will he remodeled and itminted
ami n new front intnlled. The con
Irnct for thi-i work hif been let to
Contractor Linen, who lots begun the
work o tearing down the rear.
Jt i the intention of Mr. N'urtni to
iMntnll modern breud-makiiig plant,
with all the machinery in full view,
and exKctx to he in full operation
within two months. The aecond tor
will nlo undergo rcpMira nud remod
eling. The new enterprise will add new
tone to n imrlion of the biininem di-.-triet
of the city, anreiiMticHlIv known
in the )mt an "Whiskey ifow." Ac
cording to Commercial club repot t-,
n move i under wnv for the teuriic.'
down and remov.il of the iintiuhtlv
"hack at the end of the liloi k. loi
the lotildni:: ut nmtc -mhtl IniiMnu-
Work upon the oxen to ho ti-cd li
the linkcix wil1 In .'in li t week
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The Tinted St. ties civil service
commis-ion announces that u uuilc
c'crk-cnrricr examination will he held
at Medfoid, Or., on June '.'I. l!li. I"
etablih an eligible register In'n j
which selection may be made to !U
viiciiucics as thev muv occur in in
po-itimi of clerk or corner .it ili
jMidford postot'fice. The age In ni
nrc is to l.i venrs. Jlcn oniv wnl In
iiluiittcd to this examination.
The entrance sularv for cleik oi
currier, tm-toftlee -erviec, i SUO pi r
uiintim, with annual proniotnn- ii. t .
$ltWW pr annum lor eliieient -cm ( i
Application blank and p.inipli ! t
instructions muv lie ecu ret I iron tiu
iKal secretary, board of civil -civ
ice exumineis, ut the Mcdlord potot
lice, or from the secretary, eleventh
civil service district, ,lli:t Postotlnc
building, Seattle, Wash.
OTTAWA. Onl.. May .'It. Ocncrnl
Sir Sam IInghc, minister of militia.
.i witness aifiuil IihIiiv lietoic the
coiuuii-ioii investigating miiuilion
contract-, -vn.rc that he had "no p.-r--oniil
interest" in the commission -
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- H"Hnir -uch cmtrnct
vxt.r,tu.n, l( ,.t he di
1 by Colonel J. W. Allison lor
tor the
lid not pro
vide tor AUi-i'ii'- receiving uny such
commission.
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SALOON
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OREADNAUGHT FIGHT
WASHlNtnoX. Muv :!. Advo-cute-i
of two diendnatighta thin year
were iiiiir-hiilling their forces today
lor another fight in the house Friday
when the final vote i taken on the
no ul appropriation bill. They were
not ilicoiirn"ed b action of the
house yesterday in defeating an
amendment to add two dreadnaught
to the building program.
The houe adopted nn amendment
to increase from twenty to fifty the
number of submarines to be built, but
rejected prupoanN to provide wis bat
tle crtiiaem instead of five and add
Jive scout cruiser.
The house took up other features
of the nnal bill today.
The quality of cake, biscuits and other
quickly raised Hour foods depends
largely upon the kind of baking pow
der used.
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aking
Absolutely Pure
renders the food healthful, appetizing
and digestible.
No Alum No Phosphate
Irf eQAun&t'Ki&fa ViD'c&ZXZZZf.
TEACHERS' COURSE
PrfjiariiisT l"t .Inin .iiniii.iti'ii.. n m msiou.
SUMMER SCHOOL
Ilalt'-l)a Sivsiii .Ititn , .Ittlv .mil noiist. Sjicrial
pairs. 'i..rlniiu l.fs tM ijfjuli' juiiitl. now lu'injr
I'lirim l. I'hiiiir 1." I.
Medford Commercial College
A Big Social Dance
Eagle Point
June 39 p. m
Good Music and a Good Time
TICKETS 50c
Refreshments Served in Hall
r. NEWPORT
THROWN AT TEOOY
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Mar 31.
The police today recovered the knifo
that wn thrown toward Colonol
Itooevelt' motor car during the
Memorial dav parade yesterday. Il
was a cheap one, having the two and
one-half inch blade and ft wooden
handle. George Stivers, ft patrolman,
Maid the knife had been givun to him
bv E. C. Shell, a member of tho
American legion, who picked it up
after it hud fallen to the running
board of Colonel Roosevelt's motor
car.
Stivers declared he looked into the
crowd and could sec no one acting
suspiciously.
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