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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14

Spokane, April S.-Theodore Roose-
welt came very close today to making
public declaration that he would not
be q candidate for President in 1912
or at any other time. In the course
Of post-luncheon address before the
Commercial Club he said:
II am not an aspirant for anything
because have had everything. am
ahead of the game"
This is the first statement of the
kind that Mr.. Roosevelt has made dur
| ing the present tour and was made in
connection with his explanation Of his
trip. It is the closest he has come
to making public his frame of mind
as regards the possibility Of his nomi-
nation for the Presidency since the
days preceding the last Presidential
campaign.
II have certain difficulty in the
fact that when one acts from, motives
sufficiently simple there are always
so many people who persist in think
ing that they are too simple to be be
lievable and ascribe to me a Mephis-
tophelian character, with far-reaching
and sinister aspects" said Colonel
Roosevelt II am not an aspirant for
anything, because have had every
thing. am ahead of the game. No
man alive has had as good run for
his money as have had. Because Of
my life in the West, was not only
able to become president of the United
States, but to do the things which in
my mind made it worth while being
president.
Gratitude Prompts Tour.
when / left the presidency I made
up my mind that when the opportun-
|ity offered after my return from Africa,
l should try to visit each section and
as nearly as possible every state in
the Union to greet the people. to en-
deavor to show them my belief that
the man who has been a president of
the United States is forever after the
debtor of the American people. Mind
you, l do not care for any office in
itself. The only reason why value
any office is because of the opportun-
| ity given by that office to do work
worth doing.
at is what the man does in the
position and not the position he holds
which gives honor apd usefulness to
his career. Next to Washington prob
ably the two greatest men-certainly
two of the four greatest man in our
history-were Benjamin Franklin and
Alexander Hamilton, neither of whom
ever held very great office, but each
of whom rendered to this country SER
vices literally of inestimable value"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
ROOSEVELT TRIP JUST TO EXPRESS
GRATITUDE NOT AFTER ANYTHING

President T. F. Kane in the natural
theater OF the University Of Washing
tnn. where 5000 students and citizens
had sat for hours.
Gave the Harvard Yell.
Another scene of brilliant colors.
eager faces and fine enthusiasm greet
cd the guest Of honor and when the
cheering section gave three long 'rahs
for Roosevelt, concluding with the
Harvard yell, the speaking was on. The
colonel was in good form and the
neculiar falsetto that marks some Of
his most pointed repartee was fire.
ouently observed. The applause, while
well restrained, was frequent, reach
ing it's strongest when the guest said:
"The time has come when the peo-
ple must insist on constitutional
amendment providing for the election
of senator's direct. Public men who
have observed the antics Of some leg
islatures prefer to choose their SEN
ators without the Intervention of in
termediaries. My state has just taken
three months to choose senator, and
New York is ahead of Iowa (Senator
Poindexter: "and ,Colorado'') and Col
orado. There are several vacancies in
the senate; there ought to be more"
daughter and applause.)
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce
refused to have anything to do with
the reception of Mr.. Roosevelt. the
municipal league organizing the re-
ception and the commercial club giving
the dinner
An informal reception took place on
the incoming boat and as the steamer
neared the dock Colonel Roosevelt,
having shaken hands with all who
wished, mounted the bridge and salut-
ed the welcoming crowds.
After the speaking at the univer-
sity the guest was whirled away to
dinner, stopping to see the varsity
crews in trial spin.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
Washington State
News Items

Kennewick is to have company OF
boy scouts.
Kennewick is to have new brick
school building to cost $4,000.
Raymond postoffice in four years has
jumped from fourth to second class.
Beginning July 81 the Davenport
postoffice will be raised from the third
to the second class.
A fourth Indictment has been found
against former Chief of Police Wap-
penstein of Seattle. It charges extor.
ton.
It is held by ]. T. S. Lyle, assistant
attorney general, in an opinion to the
state bureau of inspection that q dep
uty county officer is not entitled to
fees nor to compensation for extra
time.
The storage plant of the Apple
Growers Union of the White Salmon
valley, at Underwood, will be enlarged
to meet the increasing fruit crop of
1911 from new orchards bearing this
year for the first time.
Advices from kennewick state that
the O.-W. R. & N. is putting in new
station called Hedges, opposite the
big Knautz ranch, near the point where
the railway crosses the Columbia. The
lumber has already been laid down
and the company is selling tickets to
this station.
President Taft has nominated Fred
erick Harper to be collector of Gus
toms for the Puget Sound district of
Washington. Tom Page. a brother-in-
law of Senator Poindexter, was slated
for the post, but it is evident that Taft
has withheld the patronage.
Judge Wilson r. Gay, in response to
the solicitations and protests of attor-
neys and personal friends, as well as
fellow members of the King county
bench, announces that he has recon
sidered his intention to leave the
bench on May 1. and will remain an
indefinite period, possibly until the end
of his term as judge.
The controlling interest in the West
ern Clay Manufacturing Co., the larg-
est company of it's kind in Oregon, has
passed into the hands of the Denny
Renton Clay & Coal Co., for consider
alton close to $1,00O,0OO. The main
plant of the former company is located
near Portland. The Denny-Renton Co.
has plants at Van ASSET, Renton and
Taylor, and by it's acquisition of the
Oregon company becomes the largest
clay products company in the Pacific
Northwest.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
PORTLAND CARPENTERS
ASK a FOR HOURS

Portland, Ore, April 11.-Union car.
penters. estimated to number about
1000, struck here yesterday for an In
crease Of SO cents per day in pay, q
reduction Of one hour day in their
time, and for the closed shop. II
The union carpenters demand 81 and
an eighthour day.
Union and non-union men on practi.
cally all Jobs in this city have been
working side by side, and as the union
men compose only about one-third Of
the total number employed, their alb.
sence was not generally noted BY per.
SONS outside their craft until late yes.
terday.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
ENLARGED PACKING PLANT
FOR PORTLAND PLANNED

New York, April S.-Ferdinand Sulz.
berger. of the packing firm of
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger, when
asked tonight regarding a report from
Portland to the effect that his firm
contemplated building large plant in
that city, said:
Our Arm already has a packing.
house in Portland, but the increasing
business on the Pacific Coast has
caused us to decide to build a much
larger plant, modern in every respect
The details of the new plant will be
handled by the Chicago branch of GU,
frm."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
Minor Happenings
of the Week

To preside at the international con-
vention of suffragists in Stockholm
Sweden, in June, Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait has sailed for Europe.
Both branches of the Alabama legis'
lature have adopted a bill by which
statewide prohibition is ended, each
county being given full power to regu'
late it's liquor traffic.
Mayor-elect Carter Harrison OF Chi
cago has announced that he will aDol'
ish every fee office in the city govern
ment. putting all municipal officials on
a fiat salary basis.
The two first-class battleships order
ed by the last congress and now IN
nrocess of construction will equal In
strength the Texas and New York, the
most powerful in the navy.
Husbands convicted of nonsupport
or of abandonment of wives and child
rem. in California, will work on county
roads and other public works here
after and their wives will receive $3.50
per day for every day their unwilling
husbands labor.
The magnificent cathedral of St.
John the Divine, at New York, fourth
largest in the world, will be opened
April 10. 1t has been building ~
years, and nearly 100000 has been
spent on it.
Following an unsuccessful criminal
prosecution the state has begun suit
against Joseph M. Snow, former state
highway commissioner, for the recov-
cry of $2,142.05, which, it is alleged,
he had failed to account for when he
gave up his office.
Two more famous New York hotels,
the Hoffman House and the Gilsey
House, will soon close their doors, I'M
able to compete with modern hotels.
Both hotels in their day have had the
names of many men of national prom
inence upon their registers.
Undesirable employees" who have
been discharged from one state insti-
tuition in Oregon will find short shrift
in other institutions when they apply
for positions in the future, as the
blacklist will be inaugurated following
an organization of all the superintend.
ents in the Offices of Governor West.
Five skyscrapers are soon to rise on
the site of Madison Square Garden,
New York. ]. P. Morgan, who has
owned the structure for twenty years
and has run the $3,50O,000 white ele.
plant" at a loss, has sold out. The
purchasing company is perfecting
plans to raze the big building to the
ground.
An investigation will undoubtedly
be made by Congress of the shooting
to pieces of the old battleship Texas
The wisdom of destroying craft in
target practice that twenty years ago
cost $4,000,0O0 brought much criticism
Members of Congress think that after
all the money spent in repairs the
ship should have been still service
able.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
GOOD ROADS ASSURED
IN WAHklAkUM COUNTY

Cathlamet, April 1O-The county
commissioners at their regular meet
inf made arrangements for the issu
ance of the $4,000 of bonds for road
purposes, which proposition carried al
the last general election.
AS soon as the preliminaries can be
arranged, the bonds will be placed or
the market and road building at once
begun.
This move insures a splendid sys
tenn of highways for Wahkiakum, the
absence of which has been serious
drawback to the county for years.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
GREATNESS
FOR COAST CITIES

Spokane, April 8.-"With the pass
age of one generation there will be,
firmly believe, four cities on the Pa
cific Coast, each with over q million
population-Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco. Portland and Seattle"
This is Theodore Roosevelt's view
of the future of the Pacific Coast, as
expressed to various reception com
mittees from Washington towns who
boarded his train to greet him. He
added, however, that he was more con-
cerned as to the growth of the farm
ing districts; the cities would take
care of themselves. Also, he said, he
had been gratified by the progress
madeeo over the whole Pacific slope, but
particularly in the state of Washing
ton.
Predicts From Observation.
Mr.. Roosevelt founded his prediction
as to the growth of fder great cities
by the Pacific ocean on a comparison
of what he saw eight Years ago, when
he travelled from end to end Of the
Coast as president Of the United
States, with what he has seen and
learned during his present tour over
the same ground as a private citizen.
During his many train-end talks on
his way here from Seattle he ex-
pressed amazement at the progress
made in eight years. He had expect
ed, he said. that he would see won
derful change, for he had always be-
|lieved that the Far West would de-
velop rapidly; but what had actually
been accomplished far overreached his
expectations. He grew enthusiastic
over the prospect of the years to
come.
Enthuciasm, az Usual.
Mr.. Roosevelt arrived in Spokane
late last night, but the lateness of the
hour did not diminish the enthusiasm
with which he was received.
A great throng blocked the streets
about the depot when his train pulled
in, and cheers greeted the first appear
ance of the former president. He held
an informal reception on the depot
platform, then was hurried to his ho-
tel for nights sleep preparatory to
the ceremonies of today of which he
was the central figure.
Continued Ovation Over State.
Washington extended Mr.. Roosevelt
a continued ovation as his train swept
through the Inland Empire. More
than dozen times he was called to
the rear platform of his car to talk to
throngs which cheered his doctrines
of good citizenship to the echo. At
each town elaborate preparations to
welcome him had been made, and at
several points his talks developed into
real addresses.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
WARM WELCOME At
SEATTLE AND TACOMA

Seattle, April 8.-Theodore Roose
welt, on his eLtry into Washington
met with welcome which far eclipsed
all receptions heretofore extended to
him on his present tour. In Tacoma
and Seattle hundreds of thousands OF
men, women and children greeted him
with an enthusiasm which is indescrib
able and which bore striking testi
mony of the strong bond of sympathy
between the people and the former
president, established upon admiration
of the public career of Roosevelt and
respect for the code of political and
personal honor and honesty of which
he has been at all times so conspicu
GUS an exponent.
The crowds which have greeted Mr.
Roosevelt in the two principal Coast
cities of the state, as well as those ex.
tending welcome to him at the sta.
tons through which his train passed
may well be taken as an index of the
sentiment of the whole state-a senti.
ment to which the climax was given in
Spokane Saturday
seattIe's Welcome.
|. Seattle welcomed Roosevelt with
the boom Of guns and the hoarse
drone of steam whistles as the Indian
apolis steamed up to the dock on
schedule.
The docks, roofs, windows and wait
ing rooms were black with a densely
packed throng and the 80 automobiles
of the parade got away from the dock
terminal under perfect police supervi-
sion. Taking q route along First ave
nue. to Yesler way Roosevelt met in
Washington the tremendous spon-
taneous response OF the plain people.
Every hill street joining the line OF
parade was solidly jammed with cheer.
ing men and women. and q Gordon OF
policemen held the thronging masses
back from the line as the big motor
cars swung around Yesler way and
headed up Second avenue.
All traffic was suspended. Street
cars were stopped. Pedestrians could
not move and every window, curb
stone, cornice and even lofty roofs held
their quota of cheering admirers. 1t
is estimated that $4,000 people lined
the mile and half of streets traversed
by the Roosevelt party and the colonel
stood erect throughout the entire prog.
ress. head barred, smile in evidence
and hat waving response to the greet
ings. A detachment Of mounted DO.
lice and q detail from the naval and
state militia formed q guard Of honor.
Leaving the set limits Of the par
ade all speed laws were on IN the Is
minute dash to the university. nearly a
mile of private automobiles juggling
for place. and almost ON the hour the
guest, saluted by the cadets. dressed in
academical robes. and escorted BY the
faculty and the delegation from the
municipal league, was introduced by
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
Woodrow Wilson win Visit ..

Seattle, April 11.-Gov. Woodrow
Wilson, Of New Jersey, former presi.
dent of Princeton university and the
man who may be the Democratic
standard bearer in the presidential
campaign Of 1912. will visit Seattle
next month. The date of Gov. VIII.
sons arrival has not been determined
but he has written Capt. Frank II.
Lord, who was Woodrow WILSON,
classmate ct Princeton, that he wonld
be at Los Angeles May IL to IA. and
that Ne would come to Seattle few
days later.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
QUESTIONS ROoSEvELT'S
ACTION WHEN PRESIDENT

Washington, April ga resolution
based on recent assertion by former
President Roosevelt, that che took
Panama from republic Of Colombia
without consulting Congress-" and
providing for an investigation into the
legality Of this nations action in pro-
curing the canal zone. was introduced
IN the house by Mr.. Rainey. Of I'LL
noiS.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
Oklahoma City Bank Closes.

Oklahoma City. Okla, April 10 The
Planters and Mechanics, hank has
closed its doors and is in the hands
OF the state banking board. Announce
ment was made that depositors will
be paid In full.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-14
IN TACOMA STADIUM, 10000.
Ten Thousand ChiIdren's Voices Swell
Paeans Of Welcome.

Ten Thousa"d chiIdren's Voices Swell
Paeans Of Welcome.
Tacoma, April 8.-Despite the low
ering skies and a wind that blew chill
and sharp across the terraces Taco
mas huge stadium was packed today
with 10000 people, the largest Audience
ever assembled therein, to give Theo-
dore Roosevelt the first assemblage
greeting of the state of Washington
In the horseshoe sweep of the great
open air auditorium were 10000 chill
dren, marshaled bank by bank under
their school flags. Men and women
also crowded every tier of benches and
thousands stood about the brim Of the
vast amphitheater.
Strongly flecked with the bright col
ors of the banners, scarlet coats and
caps and the holiday attire of specta-
tors, the half circle of crowded human
ity presented a scene of brilliant ami
nation that changed momentarily in a
shifting Kaleidoscope effect unique in
the public gatherings of the west.
AS the nine automobiles which con-
stituted Colonel Roosevelt's escort on
speed-shattering trip about the city
swept into the stadium q burst of
cheering surged down from the wait
ing thousands. It was not the deep
boom of a political meeting, but a
strangely composite sound in which
the shrill treble of the children and the
mellower tones of women's voices
blended with the deep-lunged bass of
manhood, an oddly thrilling and ex-
|traordinary note of greeting.
Throng Suddenly Silent.
At pistol shot every sound was
hushed and the massed figures of the
audience seemed as if carven in place
during the brief announcement of Lo-
renzo Dow. Then as Roosevelt, his
face still bronzed with tropic suns, hat
dotted and teeth barred in the familiar
smile, stood alone on the flag-draped
platform the applause took new form.
The throb OF beaten palms from $4,000
loyal hands, pulsing wavelike from Sec
ton to section, with the occasional cry
of childish voices, thenceforth greeted
every characteristic period Of the
speakers address with running ripple
of laughter at some extra-Rooseveltian
touch.
Declaring that no city on this side of
the water or abroad possessed stadi-
UNI with such an outlook, Col. Roose-
welt said:
Judging from appearances the
children are all right in both quality
and quantity. You are not only MAX
ing proper provision for the next gen
Grafton, but are providing the next
generation. You know my views on
the baby question" daughter and
|applause.)
Referring to civic conditions, he
said:
Elevate Status Of Women.
You have full control Of the ma
chinery of government and have de-
prived yourselves Of the last excuse
for bad government. II your women
can exercise their citizenship without
|neglecting the first duty Of the home
you win elevate the status Of women
in the whole world"
According TO the description of the
trainmen Roosevelt pounded his ear
all the way from Portland. He ate
breakfast with Mrs. ]. g. Mason, pres
ident Of the state women voters; Mrs.
o. G. Ellis, wife Of the supreme court
Judge. and Mrs Al 81 Shores nrnsidnnf
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