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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-08
Taft Men Told Roosevelt Envoy
Purposes Trying TO lntimidate
National Committee
Members.
POLICE GUARD CALLED FOR
Reports of Rough House
Tactics Discredited by Lead
ers, Who Have No Fear Of
ANY Real Attempt
at Bluster.

Chicago. June Colonel William +.
Stone. sergeant at-arms of the Republic
can National Convention, asked Mayor
Harrison tonight for police protection at
to-morrow's sessions Of the national COM
mittcc at the Coliseum.
Colonel stones action. he said, was
prompted by reports that certain Roose-
welt leaders had prepared To take steps
to intimidate the members Of the COM
mittee i'm their deliberations ON the con-
tests.
other members Of the committee, in
Guiding Colonel Harry :. New. of lndi-
ana; Senator W. Murray Crane, of
Massachusetts. and Senator Newell San
ders, of Tennessee said they had heard
the reports OF a planned Roosevelt demon
stration at the committee room during
the hearings.
There will he no rough house, said
Colonel Stone. lin the committee, neither
will there he any demonstration permitted
on the outside Of the Coliseum ORA site
measures will he adopted If anything Of
the kind is attempted. ! have asked the
Chicago city authorities for police pro
lection Of the committee hearings"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-08
In Only One Case Do More than
Two Committeeman Go On
Record to Sustain the
Claims of Con-
testants.
ROOSEVELT RANKS GLOOMY
Demoralized Supporters Urge Their
Candidate to Stay at Home and
Not Try to "Stir Up Any
Circus Before the Con-
vention Meets.

BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Tribune
Chicago. June Thirty Roosevelt
contesting delegates We're thrown out
to-day by the practically unanimous
vote of the Republican National Com
mittee. This number includes twelve az
large from Alabama, who had they been
seated would have expected TO receive
only half vote each.
Not single contest which possessed
the slightest merit was presented TO the
committee. with the exception Of that in
the 9th District of Alabama. There,
think, the Roosevelt delegates had a
little the better Of it," said Frank B.
Kellogg, a Roosevelt member of the
committee, when the body adjourned
this evening.
Il am convinced the country will be
astounded at the f1imsy character Of the
Roosevelt contests. There was no steam
roller in operation; the committee voted
in accordance with its convictions and
as il was compelled 10 on the evidence
declared Sidney Bieber, a Roosevelt
committeeman from the District OF Co
lumbia, when the days work was done.
II voted to seat the contesting delegates
from the 9th Alabama" he added, but
I did so because some Of the evidence
escaped me. Had / 10 do it over again
I would vote as did majority Of the
committee"
The contest in the 9th Alabama Dis
trict was the only one which caused any
material division in the committee, and
even in that Cecil Lyon, an avowed
Roosevelt supporter. voted With the ma
tority, while two Taft men-Represen-
tative Frank Louden and Victor Rose
water-yoted for the Roosevelt dele
gates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-08
Calls II Incredible.

Such a report as this" said Colonel
New. seems TO me incredible. Certain
ly no one is foolish enough TO believe
anything can be gained for cuse by the
no one who knows the members of the
national committee is going to believe
that they can he bluffed or terrorzed
by any mob or set Of thugs that can be
mustered.
Mind YOU. do not believe that any
thing of tho sort viii he attempted. as
surely some one in the crowd has intel
lect enough 10 head of anything of
the sort " any misguided individual
should attemrt it However. depend
upon it that If anything Of the kind is
attempted the individuals behind IT viii
live TO repent Of their folly.
This is supposed TO be a national con
vention. and not prize ring or bear
garden. and the dignity and good order
of its proceedings viii be enforced
peaceably. we hope. but II any one at
tempts 10 employ force Of any kind he
will find his methods will be resisted
with sufficient vigor to make the out
come very different from what had been
intended
Senator Dixon. Colonel Roosevelts
campaign manager, declined To discuss
these reports. but said he might hav"
some comment 10 make later.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-08

eontInued on fourth page. fourth column.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29
LONG IN ACTIVE SERVICE.

The familiar face and form of Tom
Welsh, one of the regular passenger
train brakemen who has held situa-
-tion-Sn the Spokane-Oroviile line, on
Conductors Dodd's run, for a long
time. showed up Thursday after an
absence of six weeks. He had been off
enjoying vacation, and made a trip
to New York City. 1t was his first Wis
1t to that little old town for 80 years.
and he noted many changes in the
place and people since he left to come
west, especially among the latter, as
several million have been added to the
population since Tom was a resident
of the burg. Mr.. Welsh is one of the
Oldest railroad men in active service
on this branch of the Great Northern,
and after many years is still brakey.
But that is of his own choice. He
could have received promotion to a
conductorship long ago had he wished
train, but he declares that he does
not care to assume the responsibility
that rests upon the shoulders of a
conductor, and is perfectly satisfied
with subordinate position and one
with which he is familiar from A to
lizard. All of which is such a rare
instance of modesty in this day and
age. when the constant strain is to get
to the front. that it is we'll worth not
ing
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29
THE COUNTY'S WEAK BOX.

The same old county Jail; the same
old hole in the floor; the same old ak;
the same old ditch that has always
run under the floor; two old crooks of
the same old tricks; the same old
posse with the same bad luck peace
fully leaving two perfectly bad men at
large to continue their preying upon
the same old gullible public.
This all happened at our county
bastile last week Thursday evening
just as dusk was darkening the sky.
George Donohue and Sam Sly, who
were being held on various charges of
burglary, perjury, ETC., got hold of an
AK at the Jail woodpile as they were
laboriously bringing in their own sup
ply of wood for the night and with
this handy tool easily cut hole in
the floor and made a quick and ap-
parently clean get away via the old
ditch route and the tall timbers.
An expensive posse soon set out to
scour the hills but at last reports the
escaped men were still playing some
where in the lead and just where or
how far ahead no one seems to know.
The commissioners have now locked
this favOrite exist of county seat Wis
itors by having a steel floor put in
the jail This will make it trifle un-
handy for the next wrongdoer but if
he is at all wise he will easily find an
other exit to the old shack that has
long outlived the title of Jail.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29
CROWDED OFF THE EARTH.

An item that appeared in the school
notes last week, written by one of the
pupils, indicated that the scholars
feel considerably outraged by re-
cent action of the council interfering
with the basket ball court on the
school grounds And who can blame
them? The council is not altogether
responsible in the premises, however.
A protest was filed. and the officials
had to act. The public may be ignO-
rant of the particulars of the transac-
ton that has temporarily cut out that
healthful and innocent game, and a
few lines on the subject may be in
teresting. The school grounds are so
contracted (Which should be the
strongest kind of argument for the
purchase of more land,) that there is
not room on the school property for a
basket ball court, and when the court
was laid out at the beginning of the
term one of the goals was placed on
land dedicated as public street This
is street over which team rarely
passes, and, anyhow, the goal did not
interfer with traffic when the stray
team did happen to pass along that
way. Some one whose name is not
given out made complaint to the au-
thorities that highway was being OBJ
structed, the marshal was instructed
to remove the obstruction, and al
though the officer disliked the job
there was nothing left for him to do
but to obey orders. 1t is possible
that the complainant believed he was
doing a great public service, but for
one we would rather have permitted
the public to have gone on doing a
little suffering than to feel that we
were looked upon with contempt by
every bright and healthy pupil in the
district, as the individual responsible
for interfering with the basket ball
court is looked upon by the boys and
girls of the local public school.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29
MAY IT COME ABOUT.

]. A. Silkwood and G.. C. Harris left
for Wenatchee Thursday last to confer
with Geo. H. Ellis, and Jas. e. Forde
left Friday morning to join the party
at Wenatchee. AS result of the con-
ference Mr.. Harris may take over for
himself and friends large chunk of
valley fruit land. If the deal goes
through a most valuable citizen will
be added to the population of Okanog-
an county by the location here of Mr..
Harris. Mr.. Harris is lawyer, a
lawyer with reputation of being one
of the brightest practitioners in nor
thern Indiana. He has very large
legal practice, which has made him
comfortable, as comfort is gagged by
worldly possessions. 1t is understood
that if the trade is made he will close
out his practice, come west and set
tie in the valley Whether he will re-
sumo practice here is not known but
Mr.. Harris is still a comparatively
young man, and it would not be at
all surprising should he again active
ly engage in the profession for which
he is so eminently equipped. Whether
following the simple life of following
the law Mr. Harris will be welcome,
as well as valuable. addition to the
community.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29
PAINFUL INJURY.

Herbert Silvernail, brakeman on the
train running between Oroville and
Princeton, met with a very painful ac-
cldent Friday at Princeton, which
might have been much more serious.
AS it is the young man will be laid M
Tor SIX weeks, or two months. and
tnat is bad enough. At the coal mine
where trains run in to deliver empties
and take out loaded cars mine track
used for running cars out of the mine
for the purpose of dumping slack.
crosses the railroad track. These rails
are removed when trains are at the
mine, but by an oversight the rails had
been left on the track Friday. Mr..
Sllvernail was on top of a car that
the locomotive was pushing ahead on
the switch when it struck the OBJ
struction, jumped the track and tipped
over. Mr.. Silvernail jumped as the
car tOppled over, and in the fall
sprained both his ankles and dislocat
ed his right knee. He received medi-
cal attention at Princeton. and at
Hedley physician got on the train
and accompanied the injured man to
Oroville. Mr.. Silvernail bore up under
the painful hurts with a great deal of
fortitude, and at last accounts was
resting as easily as could be expected
under the circumstances. Mrs. Silver
nail was near Riverside at the time of
the accident visiting with relatives
and was summoned home by tele-
phone. AS stated above, it will be
many days before Mr.. Silvernail can
resume his regular run.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29

bent, for he has made an excellent Of
hclal, and is always courteous and
accommodating to the public. 1t is
safe to say fiat if the aim was the re-
moval of Mr.. Mills petition would re-
ceive few. if any. signatures. 1t is
recognized that with a cnulse of ad
ministration there will be d change of
presidential appointive federal CGi ,e
holders. 1t is an unfortunate condi-
tion in American politics, for no mat
ter how competent an Office holder
may be if the opposition party gains
control of the reins of government off
goes the head of the public servant. In
one sense, and in the management of
many offices, this is only right, for the
administration is held responsible for
the acts of it's employees, and the in
coming president naturally feels that
If he is to be held accountable for the
manner in which public business is
conducted he should place the public
business in the hands of his political
friends and those in sympathy with
the principles for which he stands.
That is the reason why Mrs. Mcdonald
is applying for the position, and that is
the reason why she is able to secure
supporters for her application. Some
democrat will in all probability Sc
cure the office, and she is not only
qualified, but is entitled to some rec
ognition for the earnest work she has
done for her party, although at the
time she was electioneering she was
only animated by loyalty to party and
without thought of subsequent reward.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29
MARRIED AT RIVERSIDE.

A marriage took place at Riverside
recently in which one of the parties
to the contract is well known to many
of the readers of this paper, and es-
pecially to those readers living in and
around Loomis. Reference is had to
the solemnization of the bans that
united Eugene w. Champion and Miss
BeatriX H. Breckbill. The young lady
in the story is said to be bright, hand
some and accomplished, just such a
specimen of the superior young wo-
man as the groom is deserving of. 1t
is the groom who has the wide circle
of acquaintances in the north part of
the county. and is so we'll liked wher-
ever known. Mr.. Champion is a
young man of the highest moral at
tributes, quiet and unassuming, hon
orable and upright in his dealings
with his fellow men, of a genial and
kindly disposition, steady and indus
trious and type of the younger man.
hood worthy of commentator, and
one whom the younger generation
could we'll afford to emulate. Mr..
Champion is at present assistant CASH
ier of the Okanogan State Bank at
Riverside, and held the same position
in the bank at Loomis several years
ago. All who know them will join
the Gazette in extending congratula-
tions to Mr. and Mrs. Champion, trust
ing that the cOnsummation of this
happy union is the beginning of a
long life of domestic felicity, coupled
with unlimited prosperity
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29
TEN GOOD MEN. TAKE YOUR PICK
AN OKANOGAN AVIATOR.

The daily papers of the state the
first of this week all contained the
following dispatch from Chico, Cali
fornia, which place is in the same
county. by the way, as Oroville, Cali
fOrnia:
'lf the goose killed yesterday by
George Peters, of the Paradise section
actually made the time the note at
tached to one of it's feet indicates, it
beat all previous records and estab-
lished the quickest communication be-
tween Butte county, California, and
British Columbia.
"A small piece of paper wrapped be-
meath piece of oil cloth on the leg of
the gray goose killed by Peters near
his home here, carries the date Okano-
gan, b. c., November 21, 8 a. m. The
goose was killed at 5: 80 D. M, Novem-
Der %.
"The date would indicate that the
goose made the trip of $50 miles in
IS. c. d." were attached to the slip and
that was all The goose was in a
band of perhaps fifty"
1t is known here that a family liv-
ing on Vaseau lake, this side of Okan-
Ogan falls, about thirty-five miles
north of here in the valley raised a
family of wild geese whose nest they
found early in the spring and had
them so we'll domesticated that it be-
came necessary to post signs around
the lake warning hunters not to mo-
lest these pets. While we cannot
vouche for it, still it seems more than
likely that the goose shot in Califor-
MIA is member of this hand raised
Vaseau lake goose family. Like every
thing else raised in this valley this
goose proved to be a record breaker
and in his forfeit of life assisted in a
large measure to give this valley a
dandy lot of good free advertising.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29
COURT HOUSE CULLlNGS.

COnconully, Nov. 26--The new jury
which will be called upon to try both
civil and criminal cases at the term OF
court opening here on the llth OF neAt
month has been drawn. The entlre
panel of "a is composed of the follow
mg: J. p. Dexter, c. X. Hoover, Johh
Whidden, Daniel Mulcahey, X. H.
Hackett all of Loomis; J. j. Bennett'
h. w. Bragg. Geo. A. Engel, 5. r.
Mills, A. w. Johnston, Oroville; e.
Baker, c. c. Beery, Chas. Warmbrodt,
Z. H. Brown, John j. Winton, Chesaw ;
I'd. Canuel, r. W. Weed, j. B. Riste, ~
Hastings, Nelson; Joel Adams. A. a.
Gray, Felix Shain, A. l.. Edwards
Wauconda; Howard II. Thomas, Jul
!us Howe, Synarep; Geo. Rubert. II. +
Brown, Anglin; Constantin Umschelu
4. II. Beeman, W. e. Beeman, Iohas-
ket; l.. C. lift, Fred Mattiek, River
side; William E. Fry, w. r. Jaquish
Geo. T. Corbett, William Goggms
Omak; Amos Tupper, Thomas II. Ha-
ger, Pateros; G. l.. Minton, u. r.
Wheeler, o. C. Bisher, Brewster; y
II. Mcintosh, F. C. Steiner, ii. "
Hinde, Frank CARRIER, Okanogan; =
A. Borsel, William F. Paul, Chas
Graves, Levi Hicks, winthrop; Ra!
Plessinger, Carlton; F. l.. Lehman Il
I. Williams, l.. G. Hadley. Twisp; JONI
Rue, Methow.
Three applications for naturaiiza,
u0n papers have been received tnuS
lar this month by Clerk VIM. D. NC
clure of the superior court. Ihe ap'
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29
A LONG FELT WANT.

1t has been urged that there should
be commission house established at
this point, where farmers could al.
ways depend upon securing a fixed
price for their products. AS the con-
dltions are now a wagon load of veg
etables will supply the local demand
for week, and frequently farmers
bring in produce which they cannot
dispose of at any price. This is dis
cOuragins to the tiller of the soil, and
justifies him in registering a protest.
Owing to having but one outlet at the
present time, and consequently high
freight rates, commission house
could not be made to pay. Still if the
merchants could combine and make
some arrangements to accept produce
as it is delivered, subsequently to ship
to the outside even if nothing is made
on the venture, it would be a fortunate
provision both for the producer anc
the business interests, as it would in
sure ready money to those who have
produce to dispose of, and the money
so received would be put into immedi-
ate circulation. OF course when the
branch is built down the valley, and
connection is made by the main line
with the coast, large markets will be
opened up and commission business
could be made to pay at this place.
The present situation as regards a
market for the disposition of farm
products is deplorable, and probably
cannot be remedied until the compile
ton of the rail connections mentioned
This will undoubtedly come about next
year, but in the meantime there is a
large surplus of farm and garden pro-
ducts in this locality for which there
is no demand and which will in the
main be loss to the growers.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29
A WORTHY INSTITUTION.

The Washington Children's Home
Society, with receiving homes at Sc
attic and Spokane, and district super
intendents at Seattle, Spokane, Ia
coma, North Yakima and Bellingham,
has completed sending out the annual
appeal to the public schools of the
state, giving the children of the state
an opportunity to have part in this
great "Children's Charity for Chill
dren.'
All over the state the story of jim
my will be told, his sad, neglected boy
hood, his escape from life of dishon-
esty and his adoption into a good
home, illustrating what the society is
constantly doing for numbers of boys
and girls. Jimmy made good, and
hundreds of others are doing the same
With the appeal is sent little bank
in which the children place their Of
ferings. Besides money. supplies are
received, the railroads granting free
transportation for all donations until
January Is. Goods should be sent to
the nearest home, whether Seattle or
Spokane, and the offices should be no.
titled of the shipment.
The public school of Olalla, Kitsal
county, set the ball rolling by going
out this fall and picked two boxes OF
huckleberries which they shipped in al
once, for use at the home in Seattle.
Last year was by far the heaviest
years work in the history of the So
ciety. To meet the situation, a tempo
rary loan has been secured at the bank
until the generous friends of the chill.
dren respond to the call for assistance
AnyOnp having ANYTHING IN Sand tr
the home should notify Chas. Kile, ol
Oroville. and he will see that every.
thing is properly labeled and shipped
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-29
PARENT.TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION

The next meeting of the Parent
Teachers association will be held in
Sigrist hall. Friday, December 9Th, at
2 n M. The following is the program:
Sex Hvgiene. Mrs A. E. Schultz
Medical Inspection, Mrs. w. G. Riste
What Will Make Our Schools Better?
rive minute discussion. Mrs. w. t..
Sexson. Chas. F. Sigrist. Rev. f. M.
McCreary. Mrs. A. Mitchell, Mrs. F. A.
De Vos. and others.
The following is a copy OF the con-
stitution. Come and bring your
friends sign the constitution and help
us. , r.,
Preamble-The purpose of this Par
ont -Teacher's Association is to secure
the hest possible cooperation be-
tween home and schOOl-between par
ents school board and teachers in or
dor that the efficiency of the Orov1lle
schools NAV be the equal of any In
the state. o,,
Article 1.-The name of the ass0cia-
ton shall be the Paret-nTeacher's S
ASSOCIATION of Oroville, Washington.
Article 2-The membership shall
consist of all who sign this constltu-
tion and assist in securing the pur-
nose of the association.
Article 3-The offices shall consist
of a president, vice president. a
oaoretary-treasurer whose duties shall
he those usual to those offices.
Article 4-Oficers shall be elected
bv ballot and serve for term OF one
Article Meetings shall be held at
sucb times as the members may de-
termine.