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VOL. XVIII
SALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1806
NO. ISO
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IJL1E3
WANT HUGHES OR LA FOLLETTE
ILLS HUSBAND TO
SAVE
HERSELF AND CHILDREN FROM HIM
INVENTION
IS CALLED
TO ORDER
WGRAM EXECUTED
lEMPOHAKY ORGANIZATION BY
TUB NATIONAL COMMITTER
WAS RATIFIED, COMMITTEES
ARC APPOINTED.
iFoltrd Press I.onsed Wire.)
The Coliseum, Chicago, Juno 1C.
RepreientecP by 980 delegates, as-
tabled from tlio various Btntcs nnrt
Irtltorles, ns well ns our "colonial
cMfislon," tho Republican party
the United Stat03 met today nt
fon In quadrennial convention for
1 purpose of nominating cnndl-
rt for tho presidency and vice-
etldency, and formulating a set of
fellcles upon which tho lorthcom-
campaign shall bo conducted.
The iccne was Chicago's greatest
Ejhltheater, whero four years ago
teodore Roosevelt was mado tho
ry' candidate. Tho sentlng ca-
itlty of the buld'ng haB been ln-
d to nenrly 11,000, thuB pro-
-!ag accommodations for 3000
ore people than In 1004. At this,
ily a fraction of tho great- con-
urie of party enthusiasts that has
pouring Into town since Sat-
iij was able to obtain admission.
Ittlbutlon of tho tickets has been
the hands of tho natlonul com-
pee and tho local commltteo on
iHngsmenti. Each national com-
t'ttteman was allotted a limited
pher, and each dolegoto and nl-
pte two. Tho local committee
p out 2500. Tho mnrchlng clubs
fit that uro coming in from tho
('We, would more than have filled
eats set nsldo for spectators.
cog before tho doors wero open-
fce street In front wbb filled
Bally un'formed "Taft" clubi,
annon" clubs, and organizations
?f'ag the names of other favorite
!" At ten o'clock tho hall was
pon open and those who had been
fortunate as to beg or borrow
of the voted cards of admission I
'e ushered to their eeatj by tho
'tant sergeants-at-armB. A lnrgo
portion of tho throng of Bpecta
J. whose seats wero arranged :
pad three sides of the hall In,
rd tiers and galleries, consist of i
aen, many of thorn prominent In ;
ll0'al life of Chicago and Wah-
oa, gowned in their best summer
The local committee of ar-j
Jnipjjs had been, glvsn more
aisccc than ever before to the
-" Me of the convention, and a t
s fhare of the tickets want
p-uberg rf the 'MOO."
"safs and alternates were
' In the center of" tho hall, the
'"on cf each state being Indicated
ttris fastened on raised stand-
,ne ) g Republican states l!k
Pv'vanla and New York, being
f8 fron rows. Bstween the del-
' resenatlon and the serai-
fa ttnge, on which were seated
Ofars of the convention, the
aber ft th? national committee
d 5''og-Jlshed guests. Including
Fttenativ 0f the dlnlomatlc
f1 at Washington, were the 400
H t abide for the use of th
Outing the assembllnK of del-
r and SDeetAtnrs the band
M and Bhortlv hofnrn 12. Mr"i.
' Fischer-Erlanger sang Ar-
"vuttuireBa, lue uuum
L,6one into the Inspiring strains
Dauser." Before the, ap-
New, chairman of tho national Ru
publican, convention, Btopped to tho
front (xt the platform, rapped vig
orously on the presiding officer's
tablo and called tho. convention to
order.
"Tho proceedings ,wlll be begun
with prayer by the Right Rev. P. J.
Muldoon, bishop of tthe i diocese of
Chicago, of tho Roman Qathollc
church. r
Immediately following tho prayer,
Frederick Un.ham, chairman of the
local commltteo of .arrangements
presented to Chairman New a ga'Vol
made out of a bjock'of wqod from
old Fort Dearborn.
Chairman New then recognized
Elmer Dover, soerelnrv of tho mm.
mlttee, and announced that he would
rend tho call undor which the con
vention had assembled. According
to tho call, each state h entitled to
four delegatcs-at-largo and four al
ternates, each congressional district
to two delegates and two alternates.
In addition, each of tho alternate),
Including Hawaii, Porto Rice and
tho Phillnntnes. and nlso tho Dis
trict of Columbia, is entitled to two
delegate! and two altornntcs.
After tho call had been real Chair
man New, in imprcsslvo tones, said:
"Gentlemen of tho convention
tho Republican nntlonal commltteo
has selected for your, temporary
chairman tho Honorable Julius C.
Burrows, senator' from tho tftato of
Michigan, (applause) and presents
his nnme for your acceptance"
One of tho "big four" from Mich
igan was upon his feet In nn in
stant with a motion, "that tho ac
tion of the national commltteo be ap
proved." Tho motion was put and agreed to
unanimously amid cheers and hnnd
clapplng. Senntor Burrows then de
livered the formal oponing address
of tho convention, which, according
to tradition, Is to be tho key note of
the coming campaign. '
As soon as Sonator Burrows had
concluded hla nddresB, ho wns pre
sented with tho gnvol which he is
to use until he giveH wny to Sen
ator Lodge of Massachusetts, whoso
name will bs reported by tho com
mittee on permanent organization
for tho position of permanent pre
siding officer, nt n later session of
the convention.
The senator then announced the
names of other temporary officers of
the convention, selected by the na
tional committee, and they were
formally approved by tho conven
tirn Those officers are:
General secretary, John R. Mai
loy, Columbus, O.; chier assistant
secretary, LaFayetto B. Gleason,
New York; sorgaunt-at-nrmB, Wil
liam F. Stono, Baltimore, Md.;
chief assistant sergeanvat-arms, Ed
p. Thayer, Greenfield, Ind.; parlia
mentarian, Arthus C. Hinds, Wash
ington, D. C; official reporter, M.
W. Blumonberg, Washington. D. C;
chief doorkeeper, Stephen R. Mason.
Baltlmoro Mr.; nlio chaplains, read
ing clerks, tally clearks and mes-
--
sengors. ....
A resolution was tnn aaopieu m-
whisperings continue and there Is
much mystery, but tfioy refuse to
give tho least hint of what 'their new
plan Is.
Everything they can possibly
think of is bcjng dono to-bolstor-up
"confidence." In tho hntm thnt ihtv
may be able, to imnrcs some of the
luke warm Taft, adherents with 'their
statements that "It Is, not. nil ovor
Vet." .
B'lt the "allies" arc licked and no
body knows It any better than their
leaders. v
Senator IlEnienwnv. nf Tntllnnn.
nnd Representative J. FranclB BUrko,
oi Pennsylvania, admitted that here
was little chance of doing much.
Tho "allies" will mnko their hard
est fight on the Alabama contests.
Major F. C. Bryan, who ha? charge
of their caso, eild today that ho had
new evidence In tho Alabama cases
to submit to the credentials commit
tee, but would not say what it waB
That tho "allies" havo something
up their sleeve Itf clearly Indicated
by their actions and their continuous
conferences. Whatever it is, how
evor, fow think it will bo of nny per
manent cffortB on their outcome.
It Is certain thnt a fight will be
made beforo tho credontlolB commit
too, which probably will romaln con
tinuously In session from 4 o'clock
this ahernoon until a report is com
pleted. Tho contests will bo consol
idated so far ns posBlblo to cxpedlatc
tho work.
Hotv It I'rocwded.
It was 10:29 when tho band
started "America." Tho hall fllleJ
quickly with tho delegates. Senator
Depcw, of New York, slipped Into his
tent unnoticed,
Operators In tho press reservation
wero huslly ongagod working tele
prnph wires connected with tho of
fices oi- President RoosovoU nt the
Whlto House, Secretary Taft and
Secretary Cortelyon.
Ilomh QwihIios Rumor.
It was rumored Just as tho con
ventloned opened that Sonator Borah
of Idaho had prepared n speech nom
inating Rooiovelt "for a Becond clec
tlco term." When Bornh arrived he
denied It.
Vice Presidency.
BILL TAFT
CALLED
ON Tf DDY
CAME OUT SMILING
PURPORTED REPUBLICAN PLAT
FORM THAT HAS BEEN SENT
OUT WAS NEVER SUBMITTED
TO THE PRESIDENT OR TAFT.
Ttnttfd I'rm Leotfd Wire.)
Washington, Juno 10. Secretary
Taft called on President Roosevelt nt
tho Whlto Houso today and they
wore in conference for somo time,
Tho big presidential candidate camr
out smiling and in a good humor.
"What la your attitude on tho vice
presidential contest?" asked a news
paper mnn.
"AbT hnvft nM hnforo." rnnllrd
Tnlff"!" Rhnll do nothing nlong that
lino until after the presidential nom
Inntlon is settled."
"But that already Is settled,"
someone snggested.
Then tho presidential candidate
suddenly turned into the secretary
of war, calling upon tho chief execu
tive on Importnnt affairs of state nnd
ho had nothing whatever o say
about nny matters political.
Thoro 1b little doubt, howerijr,
thnt Taft and Roosevelt both bollevo
tho presidential nomination Is Bet
tled, as certainly as human affair4)
can bo settled In advance.
Renlcti Platform Rtory,
Now comos n characterlBtlcnllv
vigorous donlal from tho White
Houso thnt Preiident Rooseyelt dic
tated the provisions of the platform
which Ib to he submitted to tho Re
publican national convention com-
t.. ftn1n IT
mlttee on resolutions x by
Tho Tnft people havo decided that Bills, attorney general of Ohio.
they do not want a vlco presidential
candldnto from either tho oxtreme
east or west, as thoy believe both sec
tions are safely Republican. There
Is said to havo elmlnlnated from tho
vlco presidential contest Shormnn of
New York; Guild, of Massachusetts;
Cortelyou, of New York, and Knight,
of California.
After a flashlight picture was tak
en National Chairman Harry Now
called tho convention to order nnd
spoke.
Roosevelt CliM-rwl.
When Senator Barrows, of Michi
gan, in his speeoh accepting the
temporary chairmanship, spoke of
Roosevelt, thero was a great demon
stratloniand the choerlng laited ful
ly two mlnntoB.
Knoxltcts Ruy.
It even goes bo for as to deny that
Secretary Taft plnyed any Importnnt
part in drafting 4ho document which
Ib spoken or In Chicago as if It had
boon dictated by the President to tho
secretary of war, acting as steno-
I grapher.
The following statement was Ir
trjod to day from the Whlto Heuse:
"Thai which purports to be tho so
called administration platform, tolo
graphed from Ch'cago, la a mere
iontt!v draft prepared by one of
the members of the rasojutlons com
mlte for submitting to Taft for the
pvrrpos of obtaining his views upon
curtain planks.
"A largo part of his purported
I platform nver was seen by the Pree-
ldent at all nnd a number of tnt
plank eoBtalntd in th remainder
unre miiiortoil to nnioiidnionts of
by R. D. Hume nnd associates, wao
sold to tho A. B. Hammond Lumber,
company of San Srancisco for $S,
000,000. Tho deal Involves 1250 acres of
timber land in Oregon nnd the big
mill of tho Tongue Point Lumber
company at Astoria. R. D. Humo Is
reputed, to bo many times n million
alro and is ono of tho mpst promi
nent men In tho lumber business on
tho coast.
o
CLEARED OF CHARGE
OF MORRISON MURDER
(United I'rrti Lcaied Wire.)
Bclllngham, Wash., Juno 10. J.
Adair, tho suspect captured at White
Rock by tho prolvnclal police on tho
chnrgo of being tho mnn who com
mitted tho Morrison murder, proved
himself innocent Inst night and was
released,
TRAGEDY
IN HOME
OF WEAVER
OVER REVERSES
VENEZUELA
IN TROUBLE
. WITH DUTCH
DESPONDENT LU MB MUM AN
PLANS TO END LIFE OF BKLK
AND FAMILY, BUT SPOUSE
SHOOTS HIM.
ninlUd Prt Leased Wlre.i
. Wltlunut&awjii 16. lntorna-.
tlonal complications uro likely to fol
low tho seizure of two Dutch sloops,
tho Marlon and CRrmltn, by a Vene
zuelan coiiBt guard vessel, which
fired upon tho boat beforo detaining
them.
Tho sloops wero plying between a
Dutch Island near Venozuola'e coast,
and Curacao whtm they wero board
ed by tho Venezuelans and searched.
ENDS OF
FLOODS -IS
NEAR
(United rren Leased Wire.)
Kansas City, Mo., Juno lfl.The end
of tho big flood, which haB dono to
much damngo in tho pant fow days Is
In sight. Tfho Missouri river nnd Jt
tributarleu hnvo reached tho highest
stage and nro now slowly falling.
Tho Missouri, Kansas and Texas;
Chicago & Alton and Chicago, Bur
lington & Qulncy railroads havo
started o move their trains and to
day are loading passengers at Shef
field on the eastern boundary of the
city.
n
Tho Western Pacific states Its line
from Big Ben to San Frnnclsco will
bo complied by next September.
I United I'rris Leosrd Wire.)
Bclllngham, Wash., Juno 16.
Frank Egglcston, a shlnglo weaver
at tho Puget Sound Mill & Timber
company's plant, wnsfohot and killed
by his wlfo In tholr homo here thU
morning. Ho was about 32 years ot
age and tho couplo havo .two chil
dren, aged 12 and 10 years respec
tively. For some (Imo Eggles-ton has beeH
fleupdrufeht. He was' buying ' hit
home on the Installment plan. He
often had made the threat 'that If he
lost the house he would shoot hla
wlfo and child and then commit sal
cldo. This morning he was wore
despondent than usual, He toosr
down IUb rifle and tried to shoot his
wire but tho gun failed to discharge.
Ho thon wont to tho rooj la which
his children wero sleeping and se
cured somo cartridges for the weap
on. '
His wlfo grappled with him la ar
nttompt to socure the weapoa
savo tho lives of horoolf Bttd chil
dren. Eggloston'lald tho rub or Uns
table. Tho man's superior BtroagtHi
soon began to tell against tho wom
an. Sho grabbed a small a2Tcallbor
rovolver nnd when sho saw that sho
could not protect horsolf longor, ahe
fired. Tho shot struck tho man Jurt
below tho heart. A second shot
penotrnted his abdomon, Ho died
instantly.
"FENCE" PROVES NOTHING
BUT A COUNTRY EDITOR
Jt'nlted Prffi !.eed Wlr,i
Sau Francisco, Juno 10. U de
veloped today that Ooorgo E. Far
well, who had beon hold on susplclou
of being a diamond robbor, Is noth
ing moro harmful to society than a
country oditor, running a paper in
Lauderdale, Miss.
o ,,
The Immense Kr!o Lumber mill at
Bclllngham narrowly escaped de
struction by tire ycBterdny.
Wm " mJ0:r:, "ET both a verbal and a substantial na
a rtBiu" j ....- . ueproBwuauvu huib , .....
l. .k.i.inm nt the various i . .. . ,. ,.i- .irA.iii.int ture.
B m Becrar-, , rM0llftlo rtlch b0 . tt. ""- ZZ ZX ? ,c
,"? I. R.pabll .."'" ,"" ' var"'u" '"""
"'.'STi.t. .. b. .n.1edoVo-T."o.mmW.?lorr.
. . I' , on nnn nddl- 8e " COmmu lllVU iu '
lOUr (eJBl " inhv w..- -
tlonal delegate for each 10,000
votes.
Lalor Iiidors FJglitirijf.
The labor loadora are redoubling
i their efforts In behalf of the anti-
Injunctlon plank as the rosult of tho
cheering with which Senator Bur
rows' unfavorable comment was re
ceived in tho convention. i , Jn h,8t0 of
Bepresentativo Burke's re o lutioa U
" LZ yr8 d fE 2S coast was closed today -hen the vast
bCUlttU"" n . - IniArAita nf the TOHKUO fOMll. WJIU-
her company, owned and controlled
name of ono member eaoh for tho
following cemmittees:
Credentials, pormanent organiza
tion, rules and order of business and
resolutions.
Business of minor importance was
then transacted, after which the con
vention adlourned until noon to
morrow. It the committee on cre
dentials is not ready to report at
that time, the buglnes of the con.
vention will bf suspended to allow
the visiting marching clubs to pa
rade the hall.
TIIFS WHL DO BATTLE BE
roiVcREUEXTIAM COMMITTEE
Chicago. June 16 After a lengthy
.. -.on0 . Allies" today are de-
flant, declaring they have gained a
" . . . . fvBtPrlmiK
tloular foature of nny form of plat
form, but tho various drafts of pro
nosed planks were laid before
the platform committee,"
o -
Big Lumber Deal.
(Tnltrd I'm I.Mttd Wire.)
Portland. Or.. June 16. One of
BASEBALL
WOOD BURN LEAGUE VH. SALEM If I 'III SCHOOL
WEDNESDAY, 17TII.
Gamo culled ut HjilO P. M. Lust gmiit' of M-ufcon, Wlllmillf I'l.dd
ADMISSION ttBc GRANDSTAND Oc
Automobile For Sale
First clasa 35 horse-power,
touring car for sale cheap.
Owner will guarantee car.
Equlre at Journal office.
uamenger
Btoddard-Daylon
(Continued on page Are,)
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aid out, Colonel Harry 8.
strategical aavuuiBc -w
vv nyAj- T2