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STEAP ROLLER STILL W
TAFT DBTS GOO
ROOSEVELT DELEGATES ARE
USED AS CRUSHED ROCK AND
AfJ ASPHALT TOP DRESSING
Hot Row Starts When Committee Seated the Taft Men From
the Ninth District of Tennessee Heney, Leaping Up,
Called it a Steal and Was Jeered and Hissed for His Trouble
and Asked to "Tell Us About Abe Ruef'-Taft Also Got the
Second Tennessee District D elegates.
UNITED P1IIBS IJ1SSD WIRR.
Chicago, June 14. With the big
contents yet to comethose In Wash
ington and Texas the morning
meeting of the Republican national
committee resulted In 10 contestants
being added- to the Taft column.
These victories for Taft were won In
Tennessee and Oklahoma contests
where it was not expected that the
Roosevelt contestants would be seat
ed. The Roosevelt contest managers
are devoting their efforts to the
Washington and Texas contests and
declare that they will win these In
a walk unless the committee resorts
to stenm roller tactics.
In the Tenth Tennessee district,
where both the contesting delegations
were Taft men, the committee seated
Delegates True and Church.
Oenersl Charles Dick, Taft's cam
paign manager, asked the committee
to postpone the Texas contests for
one day. Committeeman Cecil Lyon,
of Texas, at once objected. Dick
n.alntalned that the contestants were
THE NAVAL
MILITIA IS
STILL SAFE
UNITED PI1KBS LEASED WinE.
Portland, Ore., June 14. After con
ferring with the Oregon naval board
here today, Governor West decided
that he would not dtshand the Oregon
naval mllilta, as he had considered
doing, at least not at this time. He
fore arriving here from Salem, the
governor appointed Edgar M. Simpson
captain of the naval mllltla.
It was decided that the annual
cruise of the naval mllltla shall be
held and that organization In a few
days will leave Portland (inrbor on
the United States cruiser Maryland.
George S. Shepherd, who was de
clared by a court decision to be com
mander of the ' naval mllltla, an
nounced, after he wbb Informed of the
appointment of Simpson, that he
would carry the fight to the state su
preme court, In an effort to be placed
nt the head of the naval mllltla.
O01XTY 110 AD ROLLER
READY FOR RISINESS
The county court has made the
purchase of a 12-ton road roller.
Yesterday the roller was unloaded
Ironi the car and Is now ready for
service.
Yesterday as the new apparatus
was being unloaded, a gentleman ap
proached Judge Dushey and asked If
he desired . to Bell tho machine, to
which the Judge replied In the af
firmative. The gentleman then stat
ed that the Taft forces desired to
Mirchaso It for work In connection
w!lh their Job at Chicago next week,
'"dge Dushey said he was afraid It
was too light for such work, but he
'Id not state whether he Intended re
ferring It for his campaign next fall
or not. However, the new roller will
le of great service In the large
amount of road work now In pro
KrOBs throughout the county.
He Returned (he Cum.
CHITED PMCM MtHEO flll.1
Portland, Ore., June 14 A thief
ole a mltcaso from Mm. Frank Cot
terlll'i resldenc When he got out
go's he opened It up. nothing In
We, so threw It back through ths
Prlor window and scaped.
' 8ALEM. OREflOft, FK1BAY, JL'XE 14, 1912. Np. m
u mm ru
lots In arriving In Chicago and he
wished to consult with them.
"The Roosevelt cases were pre
pared In Texas," broke in Lyon" "and
are ready for presentation. The Taft
cases were prepared In Chicago."
Ormsby McHarg, Roosevelt's con
lest manager, Insisted that If the
Texas cases wore postponed, the Vir
ginia and Washington cases also
should be postponed. The committee
then put all of the contests over and
ndjourned until tomorrow.
Chicago, June 14. In a factional
fight between Taft delegates in the
first South Carolina district, the com
mittee seated Delegates Gran and
Preoloau.
Tho fight between Taft factions in
the first Tennessee district resulted
In the committee seating Delegates
San; R. Wells and R. E. Donnelly.
During the hearing of the third Ok
lahoma district contest, Ormsby Mc
Harg and Francis J. Heney, acting for
Roosevelt, clashed frequently with
Committeemen Stevenson and Devlne,
Taft men, who held proxies.
The committee seated Taft dele
gates In the ninth district of Tenness
ee with a viva voce vote. The Roose
velt supporters claimed that the Taft
men had bolted the regular district
convention, and held a separate meet
ing. When the result of this Vote was
announced, Heney leaped to his feet,
shouting:
"This is a plain steal!"
Jeers and hoots from the Taft sup
porters followed Hcney's remark, and
Chubb shouted:
"Tell us about Abe Ruef again!"
'Ruef would have been ashamed to
pull off a steal like you have just
done," was Heney's answer.
"Don't you like II?" challenged
Committeeman Scott, of West Virgin
ia. "No, I don't," snapped ellney. "You
are trying to put over the entire coun
try the rotten game you play in West
Virginia."
Amid a chorus of boos and Jeers
from the Taft supporters Chairman
Rosewater pounded his gavel vigor
ously for two minutes before he suc
ceeded In restoring order.
The committee then seated the con
tested Taft delegates from the second
district In Tennessee.
Walter Mauser, campaign manager
for Folctte, entered the committee
room this afternoon, holding the
proxy of Comnilteeman Rogers, of
Wisconsin
PETITIONS
CIRCULATED
FOR A. A. LEE
Prominent business men who have
been busy circulating petitions ask
ing A. A. Lee to become a candidate
for school director fcport a large
number of representative business
men on their petitions, that have
been filed with the clerk of the board.
The peoplo Bhould remember that the
school election Is held Monday. No
advertisement has been given the elec
tion bevond the three notices posted,
as they are In any country district.
but It Is supposed that the election
will he held from the usual polling
placet, and that all persons, men and
-,m.n nf votlnr age who are tax
payers Id the district are qualified to
vote.
oniUG on
4.
Wife Will Live.
Stockton, Cal., June 14. Re-
ports from Burson, Calaveras
county, are that Mrs. Harry Mc-
Glnn, who was shot twice by her
husband last night before he
blew out his brains with a re-
volver, will live
A few months ago McGinn
brought his wife to Stockton
and forced her to go into a lo-
cal dance hall. She rebelled
and roturned to her home at
Burson. Shortly after, she filed
suit for divorce at San Andreas.
This led to the shooting.
LA PINE IS
HIT HARD IN
ITS POCKET
COMMERCIAL CLUB BLAMES THE
GOVERNOR BECAUSE THE M OR
SON IRRIGATION PROJECT IS
HELD UP AND MONEY SCARCE.
Resolutions denying Governor
West's charge that the LaPlne Com
mercial club is controlled by J. E.
Morson, president of the Deschutes
Land company, and also' denouncing
the governor as a man who Is unfit to
occupy the office, and with having no
regard for the truth, unless It serves
his purpose, have been forwarded to
the Desert Land Hoard by the LaPlne
Commercial club. The board, after
reading the resolutions, ordered them
placed on file.
In the resolution the club reviews'
the governor's action In writing a
letter to the Interior department,
which caused It to deny the appllca-
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CAGO.
tlon of the company for a right of
way to store the waters of Crescent
Lake. The company, as a, result of
this, ordered all work on the project
closed until the time should come
when the easement would be granted.
The LaPlne Commercial club passed
resolutions condemning the. governor
for his action, and the governor In re
ply, declared that Morson controlled
the club, and that the resolutions
were his work. The club now denies
this, and In part says:
''We denounce him as a man who
does not guard the best Interests of
the people of the state; a man wholly
Irresponsible and unfit for the high
otflce he occupies; a man who con
ducts his office for the purpose of
wrenklng private vengeance, without
regard to the consequences, and who
has no regard for the truth, when It
does not serve his purpose."
June for Girl Brides.
fcsiTKP miss umi wins 1
Vancouver, Wash., June 14. Offi
cial statistics show man's taste In
love varies with the season. Bo far In
June five-sixths of the grooms wens
captured by maidens. In the winter
months 60 per cent of the men were
hooked by widows.
The Rills Coining In.
-
Sun Dlecn. Pal Juno 11 4-
With the I. W. W. fight here
over for the. present , at least,
bills for the recent campaign
are coming Into the county su-
nervlsors. More' tlian S2.00U nl-
, ready has been paid out this
month for guns ; and ammunt-
tlon, body guards for county of-
dais and other expenses In-
curred during the recent trou-
bles.
TEA PARTY
Such Will Be the Meeting of
the Democratic Convention
in Baltimore Alongside the
Republican Fireworks.
IGNORE TWO-THIRDS RULE
The Suggestion Is Made That the
Two-Thirds Rule May Not Be In.
viiked, and That u Majority Will
Name (he Candidal Convention
Will Be Tame, as the Democrats
Mill Meet and Conduct Themselves
as Gentlemen.
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.l
Baltimore, Md., June 14. Declaring
that the two-thirds rule probably will
not be considered at the Democratic
national convention here this year.
Norman E. Mack, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
chairman of the Democratlo national
committee, today took charge of the
convention arrangements here. Chair
man Mack conferred with number of
Democratlo leaders and declared that
the contests over the seating of dele
gates would be few and unimportant.
Chairman Mack's statement In re
gard to the minority rule Is taken to
mean that any candidate receiving
more than one-half the votes of the
delegates would be given the nomina
tion, the same as Is the rule In the
Republican convention. In previous
Democratic conventions a two-thirds
vote of all the delegates has been
necessary.
VOTE TO ABOLISH .
THE COMMERCE COURT
fnsiTsn mens iinmo wins J
Washington, Juno 14. The senate
todny adopted Hoke Smith's amend
ment to the legislative and Judicial
appropriation bill abolishing the sal
aries of commerce court Judges, The
vote was 28 to 2d. If the amend nt
Is accepied by the house the effect
will be to leave the commerce court
Judges without either Jobs or pay.
A Cane of Gratitude.
Han Jose, Cal., June 14. "That's
gratitude!" slged Carl Mitchell, on his
way to tho penitentiary. He revived a
woman he found fainting on the street
and she promptly called an officer
and Identified him as the man who
had robbed her store a year before.
OLD LID S
S"ni"E nmiAm'
Iff I UK
Refused to Tell.
.
San Quentln, Cal., June 14
Unrepentant and unflinching to
the laBt. John E. Roirers. con-
vlcted and sentenced to be
hanged for the- murder of Ben-
lamin Goodman. a lewelrv
salesman, denied today all
t knowledge of the whereabouts
of $1,800 worth of diamonds,
part of the $5000 worth of Jew-
elry for which. Goodman was
slain on the Barbary coast in
San Francisco. Chief of Police
White, of San Francisco visited
Rogers In his cell here, but
failed to gain any Information.
HE GOES TO
TONIGHT
ROOSEVELT ANNOUNCES THAT, IN
RESPONSE TO URGENT APPEALS,
HE WILL LEAVE NEW YORK FOR
CHICAGO AT 6:30 TONIGHT.
(UNITED mcSS IJIJBID WISS. .
New York, June 14. Theodore
Roosevelt, In person, will lead his
fight for the Republican presidential
nomination In Chicago.
Roosevelt, coming Into the corridor
of the Outlook office today, after talk
ing over the long distance telephone
with his lleuetnants In Chicago, an
nounced to the newspaper men;
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, I am going
to Chicago on the 5:30 o'clock train
this evening, I think over the Lake
Shore line."
Xhe colonel's face wbb flushed, ap
parently with excitement, and his eyes
flashed as though he had Just received
exciting news from Chicago. Then he
went Into his office and dictated a
statement for the press.
Roosevelt's statement said that
many persons had urged him to go to
Chicago, and that ho had received
"countless telegrams from delegates."
The statement continued;
"Telegrams from delegates say the
action In the California, Arizona, In
diana, and Kentucky contests Is such
as to make the Issue clear cut as to
whether the people have a right to
make their own nominations or wheth
er a small knot of professional poli
ticians shall be permitted to steal
that right, and they demand that I
come on, not as a candidate, but be
cause for the time being I stand as
representing principles for which the
rank and file of the Republican party
have overwhelmingly declared In the
states where they have had an oppor
tunity to express wishes at primar
ies. "The states where the rank and file
of the party declared for the principles
I represent Include those which enst
about two-thirds of the electoral vote
that has been cast at the last two pres
idential elections for the Republican
candidate, and In these primary states
President Taft has only obtained be
tween one-seventh and one-eighth of
the delegates.
"The delegate! who thus represent
the people themselves feel that the
peoplo have declared themsnlves be
yond the possibility of misrepresenta
tion, and they are not In a mood to see
their victory stolen."
Roosevelt for several days had been
Importuned1 to hurry to Chicago, his
closest friends advising that his can
didacy was eblng hurt by friction
which prevailed among certain of his
leaders. Too ninny differing plans.
they pointed out, were being advanced.
and It was said that his hand only
could straighten out affairs.
Roosevelt all along has announced
that he would not go to Chicago un
less convinced that his presence was
actually needed. It was evident that
when Roosevelt arrived In New York
from Oyster Bay this morning that he
had determined to go to Chicago. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt,
an both apparently were prepared for
(Contlaued on Pan I.)
Oil OT AT
CHICAGO
ALL U
ys ms mm
TAFT LEADERS ARE FEARFUL
SOUTHED DELEGATES MAY
GO OVER TO THE COLOOEL
Colonel Roosevelt Will Take Personal Charge of His Cam
paign as Soon as He Reaches Chicago All Kinds of
Claims Are Made, But the Taft Men While Puttnig Up a
Bold Front, Cannot Conceal Their Fears That Many South
ern Delegates May Desert Them Barnes Says 78 New
York Votes Are Taft's.
Chicago, June 14. "Theodore
Roosevelt, when he reaches Chicago,
will take personal charge o.' his fight
for the presidential nomination and
will personally manage his entire
campaign."
This was the statement here today
of Senator Joseph M. Dixon, of Mon
tana, Roosevelt's campaign manager.
"I believe," continued Dixon, "that
Roosevelt has some little reputation
as a fighter and manager. He will
see the reporters when he arrives.
"The Taftltes are completely de
moralized and all their whistling to
keep up their courage Is not drown
ing the noise of their chattering
teeth. 'Notwithstanding 'Bosb'
Barnes' blatancy and bold front, the
Now York delegation has slipped Its
leash and Is coming over to the
Roosevelt camp. The knowledge that
the New York delegation has broken,
is reaching all the Taft delegates
and wo are getting letters from Nor
thern and Southern states assuring
us support, which before yesterday
we had not counted on."
Drifting from Tuft.
Senator Dixon was most emphatic
in his declaration that the drift from
Taft had Btarted. He asserted that
two North Carolina delegates, sup
posedly Taft men, have promised to
support Roosevelt. Congressman Mc-
Klnley, Taft's campaign manager,
bitterly assailed this claim, but other
Taft leaders do not conceal their
I'ear that some of the southern dele
gates will desert to the colonel. One
of nit.Klnley's chief liuutenunts this
afternoon said:
"We do not fear Roosevelt's pres
ence. We know that Dixon was sent
here to Intimidate our leaders. He
tried this by calling some of the1est
nun In our party crooks and thieves
while the Roosevelt leaders simulta
neously attempted to Induce them to
support Roosevelt. He fulled.
"Now Roosevelt is coming here to
work on the Individual feelings of the
delegates. We bellevo the rank and
file of the Taft delegates are organ
ization men at heart."
Must He on First (Inllet.
Several of the Taft leaders admit
ted this afternoon that uuloss Taft
was nominated on the first ballot,
that he would lose. Senator I'oln
dexter, of Washington, arrived hero
today. He will appear before the
committee as counsel for the Roose
velt delegates In the Washington
contests. I'olndexter said:
"I suppose I will be forced to sub
STARR MAY
OE NAMED
FOR PLACE
With a vacancy now existing as to
the siiperlntendency of the Reform
School, friends of C. L. Starr are con
necting his nuiiio with It, nml will
make a fight to laud the place for him,
If he desires.
Starr was a candidate for tills place
Just after Governor West was elected,
but the state board expressed them
selves as satisfied with N. H. Ixioney,
and did not desire to make any
changes. Members ot the hoard are
known to be friendly to Starr. The
board will probably hold a meeting to
morrow and consider the question, and
by then there will also be other names
to be acted upon.
oIlLLIf I
div
i
mit to steam rollertng. But that
will only be the beginning of th
(Kht. We will take the rest of It
Into the convention."
Chales D, HIIlos, secretary to the
president, this afternoon publicly
claimed that Taft would have 33 ot
the H2 members of the committee on '
credentials. He said that Senutor
Root would reach Chicago this af
ternoon bearing a rough draft of the
platform which Taf tfavors.
Hllles called Roosevelt's program
a "red, white and blue ruin." Ha
said:
"The Roosevelters are threatening
to repudiate the convention, but Taft
find his friends will control It. The
platform will not be completed befora
Tuesday. So man planks have .been
suggested that It Is Impossible to ac
curately predict what It will contain
beyond general well known Republi
can policies. The president will not
(Continued on page 5.)
DECREE IS
HI FAVOR OF
MRS. SIIREVE
In circuit court yesterday Judge
Galloway rendered a-decree In favor
of Mrs. Dora B. Shreve and against A.
L. Shreve, her husband, the Santiam
Light & Power Co., et al. In this case
A. L. Shreve, without the knowledge
and consent of his wife, made con
tracts of sale of certain lands In Stay
ton and vicinity to the light company
and other persons. The suit was for
an injunction and accounting. By tha
terms of the decree A. L. Shreve la
required to make proper transfer to
Mrs. Shrove of an undivided one-half
Interest In and to thelauds In question,
ill so to ditches and power plants which
were In the Illegal transaction, over
which the Biilt was brought. An ac
counting Is also demanded by tho
court within 15 days from date of the
decree of all moneys roeolved from any
and all sources, and the maimer of dis
bursement, The decree In every way
sustains Mrs. Shreve.
I.ETEHS FHO.fl HOME
MAKES GIIIL SORRV
UNHID MISS IJHMn WR.J
San Kriinclsco, June 14. A letter
from the "old folks at home" today
caused Lucille Pearson, a pretty cafe
entertainer In Bidder Kelly's Barbary
Const resort, to swallow poison In a
fit of repuguunce at the glided life sur
rounding her. She was rushed to a
hospital, where vigorous application
of a stomach pump placed her out of
danger.
"My folks think I am engaged In a
different business thnii this, and their
kind inquiries made me tired ot my
life," sobbed the girl In explanation.
COMPANY INCOIIPOItATES
CAPITAL SIX MILLIONS
Designating Its capitalization as
i,M0,OO0, the Silver Kails Commer
cial club today filed articles of Incor
poration with Secretary of State 01
cott. The corporation fixes Portland as
its principal place of business, ami
will enguge In the lumber buniness on
an extensive scale. The Incorporators
are O. C. Frlsble, Omar C. 8pencer and
Charles E. McCulloch, all of the city
of Portland.