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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-20
Begins Statement

Colonel Begins Statement
Col. Roosevelt Immediately began
the preparation OF long statement
70 be distributed In printed form to-
every enc OF his delegates. outlin-
ing bis reasons for the momentous
step.
While this statement was in
process of framing. Gov Hadley
quietly slipped out OF the confer
ence. To a crowd OF reporters wait
INK without. bcset with a wildfire
OF rnmor, he declared emphatically:
Hadley Has no Row
There is absolutely no truth I'm
the report that there is any row
between Col. Roosevelt and my
self
While the Roosevelt leaders gath
cred about In cabinet session In the
colonel's room the widest rumors
swept the Congress hotel and the
delegates Just beginning 10 assem-
bic az the Coliseum. Ex-Gov. Post
Was the first OF the conferees to
emerge. and he hurried away. wrig-
Cling away FROM the newspaper
men with the announcement that
Roosevelt had determined to re-
lease his delegates from all pledges
10 vote Tor him.
The corridors were packed with
an anxious crowd clamoring 10
learn about the reasons leading up
TO the coioners determination.
Then Oscar X Davis. chief OF the
Roosevelt publicity bureau. came
out flally 20 deny Posts deduction
on Rooscyeits decision. But he
youchsafed no explanation.
More people gathered around the
room. Two score newspaper men
fought for front rank places.
swayed and pushed back by file Of
policemen.
Davis Commences II
Suddenly the door opened and
Davis emerged.
DO any of you know Col. Roose-
velts signature he demanded Of
the newspaper men
When answered afflrmatively he
held aloft a single sheet OF paper.
This Is the coionefs signed
statement" and he read the brief
announcement signifying the birth
of new party. Newspaper men
copied II word for word, hoidina
their copy paper" on each others
backs.
Then there was a wild rush to
announce to the world the entry OF
the new infant into the family Of
politics
Effort 10 Defeat Hadley Boom.
News reached Rooseyelt's friends
early today that the opposition was
planning TO abandon Taft as a presi-
dental nominee. and to head off the
Roosevelt movement by the nominal
ton of Gov. Hadley. who has been
floor leader of the Roosevelt forces.
II was decided that radical steps
must be taken TO check this move.
II was reported Hadley had been in
conference last night with Former
Vice President Fairbanks and other
Taft leaders--and IL was believed
by the colonefs leaders.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-20

CHICAGO, June 2o.--WhiIe the
committee on credentials thrcshed
out IN detail the contested seats
which have resulted In the block
ing Of the wheels OF the republican
national convention. the convention
held a fourminute perfunctory ses-
sion today. A recess until 4 o'clock
this afternoon was carried unani-
mousiy.
Until the credentials committee
reports the roll OF the convention
no business can be transacted. II
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-20

ECINNING OF NEW
|F0RCE in POLITICS
SENATOR pOINDrxTER
SENATOR POINDExTER.

rulrAGO Tune 20 - Senator Miles Poindexter, who
- Il the progresSives present the Roosevelt confer
. rs morning made the following he left
xhnv has been determined The representatives OF the
ur,tt delegations viii hold meeting as p m TO decide
q <,,ons as 10 what course shall be taken from
-Vas any compromise candidate mentioned IN the
|tuptsr he asked.
Ne: there was discussion OF third candidate
~W,re any plans for averting bolt taken upS"
svo II is certain that there will be bolt. You call
4 / ID no, call II bolt II is beginning OF
|s : ooFtics We will be faction of the republican
r ws viii be new party new force IN American poll
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-20
ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT

Roosevets formal statement in which he gives his
boiling the convention follows:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-20

= WEATHER FORECAST. ,
b Showers tonight and Fri I
= day; light southwest winds. I
= Temperature at noon so
4 \ = 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04

gates sat in a sort of stupor The
roll call clerks entered the vote me-
chanically, often without waiting for
the response from the various states.
Convention hall was almost stamped
ed by thousands of persons who were
refused admission after Chairman
James had ordered the police to adj
NIT no one except delegates, alter
mates and members of the press
When the order was issued the po-
lice were having trouble preventing
brushes at the doors and the streets
around the hail. Within few minutes
the authorities were confronted with
a situation SO serious that reserves
were sent for and the crowds driven
back from the doors.
In front of the hall the street was
roped off at each extreme of the
building and double lines of police
stationed across the streets. No one
was permitted through these lines
without delegate badge and a ticket
or press badge and ticket.
BY 10 o'clock it was estimated that
$4,000 people were packed in the
streets clamoring for admission, but
none could elude the police. 1t was
the first time since the convention be-
gan that precautions were necessary
to avert possible accident in the hall
and at the doors.
The police orders were so strict
that several delegates who had for
gotten their badges were prevented
from entering the hall until they could
get word to the inside The hall it.
self was filled to it's capacity, hun
dreds standing in the aisle around the
seat sections on the ground floor.
In the balloting, during the day ses-
sion, Governor Wilson steadily drew
away from Speaker Clark. He passed
the Missourian on the thirtieth ballot,
getting 460 votes to 455 for the speak
er. When he went into the lead there
was a great demonstration.
During the twenty-seventh ballot
John B. Stanchfield, speaking for New
York, denounced William j. Bryan as
a money-hunting, office-seeking pub
licity-hunting marplot from Nebraska.
Stanchfield declared he came from a
state whose vote is vital to Democratic
success and that the delegates repre-
scented 100000 people. He review
ed the New York delegation declaring
that it included jurists, lawyers and
business men of known standing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04

streets. 1t is being carried to the out
skirts of the city where the danger
from fire will be less. All material.
that can be used for the repair of
buildings or in any way to relieve the
distress will be carefully salyaged.
The busiest place in the hall, how
ever, was the police department where
permits were being issued to pass the
line of special constables that have
drawn circle about the storm area.
Everyone is compelled to get a per-
NIT before being allowed to visit his
ruins. This to a great extent cuts off
vandalism, while it inficts no hard
ships on the sufferers.
In no part of the city is the dam
age to property more extensive than
in the splendid group of public build
ings surrounding Victoria park. These
buildings, erected at a cost of over a
million dollars, and models of archi-
lecture not surpassed in the West, are
all damaged, the majority beyond re-
pair. The building inspector when
seen, expressed the opinion that of
all these splendid buildings, only the
Baptist church and the Land Titles
building could be repaired. The other
buildings, the Metropolitan Church,
the Y. w. c. A., the Public Library,
Knox, Presbyterian Episcopal and the
Y. M. c. A. will all have to be rebuilt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
No Way Seen to Break
the Deadlock.
Governor Reaches High Mark of 5oLa
Drops Back Thereafter
Delegates Sit in a
Stupor.

Baltimore, July 2. The deadlock
in the Democratic national convention
over presidential nominee seemed
more complicated than ever when adj
journment was taken at 12:43 until
noon Tuesday. Woodrow Wilson had
made steady gains during Mondays
balloting until he reached highwater
mark of 5011a votes on the thirty
ninth ballot. He remained stationary
on the fortieth ballot and then began
to lose ground. The last ballot was
the forty-second, when Governor Will
son polled 494 votes
Speaker Champ Clark reached the
lowest ebb of his candidacy on the
ballot where Wilson reached crest.
He went down to 422 votes at that
time, but Immediately began to pick
UP and had gone to 430 when adjourn
ment was taken.
The speaker came over to Baltimore
and was guest at the home OF
Mayor Preston near convention hall.
He returned to Washington shortly
before midnight.
BY the time the fortieth ballot had
been concluded there was seemingly
no hope of a nomination. The dele
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04

When he referred to Mr.. Bryan as a
money-hunting, office-seeking, public
ity-hunting marplot of Nebraska he
could not conclude his sentence. 1t
was drowned out by roar of cheers.
While the speaker delivered his at
tack, Bryan sat quietly in his seat.
Finally he was able to continue and
declared that Mr.. Bryan was only for
himself In concluding his address he
threw the convention into disorder by
announcing his vote in favor of Gov
ernor Wilson Under the unit rule,
however, the 80 votes from New York
went to Clark.
The rest of the balloting saw VIII
son gaining slowly and Speaker Clark
losing.
Tumult broke out in the convention
just after the thirty-ninth ballot.
Bryan was the center of a riotous
scene. The Missouri delegation at
tempted to carry Clark banner in
front of Bryan. He Indignantly re-
scented the move and twice tried to
reach the platform. A bowling crowd
surrounded him, pushing and demon
strating. Once he reached the plat
form, then turned and engaged in an
angry alteration.
He stood there, pale and apparently
deeply moved, while pandemonium
reigned and the convention was in a
frenzy of disorder. The Missouri ban
ner was pushed forward to the plat
form and then thrown back by an OPP
posing throng. Every delegate in the
convention was in his chair shout
ing madly.
Bryan from the platform rose to a
question of personal privilege. Mayor
Fitzgerald of Boston made point of
order against Bryan's speaking. The
point was temporarily laid aside and
Mr.. Bryan proceeded.
He said he had asked for the re-
moval of the Missouri banner from in
front of the Nebraska delegation.
Chairman James ruled that Bryan had
not presented a question of personal
privilege to proceed. Bryan left the
platform amid great disorder, and re-
turned to his seat.
Speaker Champ Clark broke with
William Jennings Bryan, Sunday. Has.
tening over from Washington, intend
ing personally to denounce the Neb-
raskan in the convention for Bryan's
charge that Clark had dealt with
Tammany to obtain the presidential
nomination Clark arrived here to find
the session adjourned. He conferred
with his lieutenants and issued a
statement demanding that Bryan re
tract the aspersion that Clark had en-
tered into an alliance with the privi-
lege-seeking interests. reinstatement
is as follows:
Saturday in the national conven.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
REVISED DEAD LIST IN CYCLONE.

Mrs. H. Ayre, Scout Master Apple
by, Cornwall, England; J. J. Bryan,
2155 Albert street, born Thorndale,
Ont, age 81, Manager of Tudhipoe
Emerson; Andrew Boyd, retired farm
er, formerly of Sherwood; Frank
Blenkhorn and his wife, Bertha, born
in England; George Craven, born in
Newseal, church of England, dairy
instructor; William Crabb; James p.
Coffee, Lisbon, Ireland; Two unidenti-
fed Cinnamon; Arthur Donaldson, con-
tractor; e. Frempton; Miss Ella Guth-
lie, seamstress, Barrios Limited lived
at 2194 Lorne street; O. Grey; Mrs.
f. w. Harris, 21S4 Lorne street, wife
of F. w. Harris, accountant, Reeves
and company; Laurence R. Hodsman,
son of James r. Hodsman, 1947 Smith
street; Fred Hindson, medical stu
dent, son of James Hindson, merchant,
1920 Lorne street; Mrs. James Hind
son; Rev. Lewis House; M. f. Lee
stadd; Charles Lynn; Child of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Logic; Mrs. w. T..
Mcdonald; Mrs. McDougall and three
children; Mrs. ]. L. Mckay and two
children; A. B. McKillopp; William
McMurdo; Mrs. Bella Mckay, resi-
dence at the Hodaman, 1947 Smith
street, widow; Charles d. Mckay, age
8, son of Mrs Isabella Mckay; Mrs.
Paul McElmoile, wife of Paul Nc
Elmoile, grocer, corner Lorne and
Fourteenth street; Miss Jean Russell,
chief operator telephone exchange;
died in hospital; James Scott; Mrs.
Mary Shaw, wife Of Samuel d. Shaw,
1920 Twelfth avenue, age so, born at
Elgin, Ont; Phillip Arthur Richard
Steele, 1915 Rae street, age IL, father
a carpenter; John Richard Steele;
Vincent H. Smith, real estate agent,
Balgonie: w. J. Wilson.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
River Falls Journal
S. p. MORSE. Editor.
sYNDIcArINo KINDNESS.
WIS.

Congress has declined to tncorpo-
rate the hundred million dollar Rookie
Teller philanthropic trust. and perhaps
1t is Just as well; not so much because
the trust might in the dim future
somehow menace the liberties OF the
people, as because the refusal is In
directly blow at the tendency OF the
time to syndicate and organize all
altruistic endeaVor. Individualism Ia
what we should encourage in this
field, says the Columbia IS. CD State.
The syndication method excels, per-
haps, in efficiency" If one appraises
philanthropy by the rate and degree
In which 1t translates good will on
the one hand into relief and uplift ON
the other. But we have never under
stood that the good of the recipient
was the whole Of gifts blessings.
Well-doing at second hand is not COM
parable with well-doing that requires
individual thought, anxiety and self
denial. Ones sense of humanity and
his powers of compassion atrophy I'M
der the syndication system, but where
one performs himself the maximum Of
kindly acts, philanthropic virtue is
constantly being ELECTED, exercised
and matured. 1t is good to see ten,
dency checked which in it's logical ex-
tension would cause people to repose
a SNUG content in the doing Of good
on the installment plan, as they might
pay for a piece Of furniture.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
Marriages Cause odd Mixup.

Manitowoc, Wis, July Some
marriages within the next few days
will cause a mixup of relationship that
needs knowledge of the four dimen-
sion to determine. Miss Augusta Vogel
daughter of Arthur Vogel. married
Philip Kranscombe, while her father
weds Mrs. Minnie Mundt, whose
daughter, Louisa, will wed Silas Jack
son. The present Mrs. Mundt becomes
the mother-in-law of Philip Krans-
combe though her daughter is not
married to him and Arthur Vogel be-
comes father-in-law to Sila Jackson,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
ApoIooizes to Colonel Bryan.

Baltimore, Md. - A personal apol-
ogy was made to William ]. Bryan
by former Governor David r. Francis,
of Missouri, who said he was not in
the convention hall during the after
noon when Clark adherents placed in
front of the Nebraskan a banner in
scribed with Mr.. Bryan's former eu-
logistic estimate of the speaker. Mr..
Francis aid the action of the men
handling the banner was an indignity
and expressed the opinion that would
not have happened had he been pres
emf
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04

The New York Telephone Company
has given twenty of it's Office men
outside work as solicitors, and has
supplied the vacancies created in their
former positions by engaging women,
who will be known as cashiers. Their
business is to handle the large sums
in nickels, dimes and quarters which
reach the offices of the company from
pay stations in different parts of the
city. 1t is stated by officials of the
company that they have found women
more reliable and less inclined to
yield to temptation than men in han
ding cash. And yet there are men
who assert that women have no sense
of business honor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
Murder at Des Moines.

Des Moines, June with bullet
through her heart, Mrs. Mary Phillips,
aged %, was found dead in bed at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Mary Whit
comb. here, and on the floor with a
bullet hole through his head was the
body of a man supposed to be Walter
Scott, a business man. While the POI
lice think it a case of murder and sui
eide. over a lovers quarrel, they are
working on the rumor that it was COM
nitted by jealous rival. A revolver
was found behind a picture frame.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04

Philosophy is, as somebody has
said, merely a more than usually de-
termined effort to think clearly. HUI
man nature seems to have been en-
rdowed with a restless curiosity about
the great problems of existence. MOST
of us do more or less desultory think
ing about them, and to that extent
are philosophers. The ancient Greeks
were the first to consider the prob
lens serious and they brought to bear
on them the keenest sort of tntelli-
gence. Since their time other keen
minds In all ages have been concerned
with them. When we get new idea,
for instance, we often feel as if we
had known it all the time, only 1t
had never come to the surface before
in our minds and been recognized be-
fore. Does this mean that somehow
all fragments of 1t come to conscious
ness? We describe certain table as
smooth. But looked at through
microscope it seems rough. A still
more powerful glass might radically
change it's appearance. Which is the
real table? What is behind the data
that our senses give us? We wonder
where we come from and what the
real meaning of life is. These and
similar problems come up at times in
the minds of most persons, whether
students of philosophy or not, says
the Kansas City Star. A considera-
tion of such questions certainly tends
to widen the horizon, and to give
possible background to existence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
Woman Fatally Shot In Riot.

Yonkers. New York. = One wom-
an was shot dead and four others were
wounded when several hundred strik-
ers attacked strikebreakers outside
the plant of the National Conduit and
Cable company of Hastings The sit
uation became so acute Sheriff Doyle
summoned all his deputies for strike
duty and swore in an auxiliary force
of % more. The company was COM
PEELED to shut down its entire plant
and there are now 1000 employees out
Of these, $500 are strikers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
Two Die in Louisville Fire.

Louisville, Kentucky. Two per-
sons were killed and three seriously
hurt in FIVE that attacked a second
floor dormitory in a business building
here. One of the victims was home
less woman. She appealed at the dor
mitory for shelter 1t was given. This
morning her charred body was found
in the kitchen of the burned apart
ment. The other person cremated was
Cromey Van Mort chauffeur. OF the
three injured, Charles Rogers, a news
paper man, is not expected to survive.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
81 Hanna conaratuIated.

Fargo. Being headed by band,
several hundred Fargo citizens, re-
CARELESS of political beliefs, marched
to the residence of l.. B. Hanna and
CONGRATULATED him on his nomination
for governor of North Dakota. The
men in line were leading business
men of the city, who turned out to
honor the man whose entire life has
been spent in this county and against
whose public or private life even his
bitterest political opponents are UNI
able to find anything. Mr.. Hanna was
greatly affected.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
Caught in MiIirace.

Minneapolis. Carried more
than one thousand feet through the
tunnel of the main millrace at st. An
thony falls, Alec Larson, a workman
employed to keep logs and drift out of
the race, was drowned. Three other
workmen who were precipitated into
the swiftly running canal with Larson
when the scaffold on which they were
working collapsed were rescued after
being shot more than sixty feet In
the current through the race Eannel
under a building.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
REPORTED DEAD-FOUND ALIVE.
John Ferguson, butcher, reported
dead is alive; is being cared for in
PARTIAL LIST OF INJURED.

e. Blonkhorn, Lois Bates, Ernest
Blankhorn, head cut and back in
jured; Ed Bowden, legs bruised, arms
cut and suffering from internal in
juries; Alex d. Bruce, face smashed,
arms cut, and bruised on back; Miss
Ella Bowers, thumb broken and arms
badly CUT Miss l.. Bates, arm cut and
bruised on the face; Thomas Buber-
vile, ankles and feet in very bad con-
dition, arms slightly bruised; Mrs.
A. Bruce; Mrs. James Dunn; James
Dunn; John Dawson, legs and arms
bruised and ribs hurt; Mrs. James
Dunn, legs and arms bruised; Ken
meth Dunn, chest and shoulders bruis-
ed; Mrs. Graham; Jessie Graham;
Frank Garston Mrs. p. A. Gordon;
Leslie Evans, ribs broken; William
Evans, arms, legs and face mashed;
]. r. Hodson; Mrs. Susan Holmes;
Carl Keister; James Louicks; Mrs.
McKegny; Alex Robertson; Vera A.
Saunders.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
FUNK IS CLEARED BY JURY
Immediate Verdict Frees Harvester
Company Manager in Alienation
Suit at Chicago.

Chicago, July clarence S. Funk
general manager of the international
Harvester company, was found not
guilty by jury in Judge Slusser's
court here Friday Of the charge OF
having alienated the affection Of Mrs.
Josephine Henning, wife Of John @.
Henning, who had sued for $4,000.
The verdict was returned in court
fifteen minutes after the case had
been placed in the hands Of the jury
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04

Fergus Falls, July /. - While ira
versing a new piece of road between
Wahpeton and this place an automo-
bile driven by DR.. j. A. Freeman of
Fergus Falls went into ditch and
turned over, righted itself again, and
again turned partly over. The occu-
pants of the car were Miss Frances,
DR.. Freeman's daughter, and the
Misses Minnie Peterson, Selma Thur
neau and Mabel Erickson. DR.. Free
man was injured about the hips, and
Miss Erickson was pinned under the
car and her chest was crushed. Miss
Erickson is not expected to live.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
iii Abdicates Throne.

Minneapolis. The resignation
Of James J. Hill from his position
as chairman of the board of dirac-
tors of the Great Northern road, which
becomes effective today, was official
" announced. Louis w. Hill, who
was recently succeeded by Card R.
GRAY as president of the Great North
ern. will succeed his father as chair
man of the board. James ]. Hill will
remain a member of the executive
committee of the board. Mr.. Hill has
completed 80 years of railroading in
the Northwest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
GOLFER DIES REsCUING BOY
James Darby Dashes Into Pond and
Saves caddy of Nine, but 10
Drowned.

Glen Cove, NJ Y. June 2S.-James
Darby, a we'll known golfer, lost his
life in going to the rescue of nine
year-old caddy who had fallen into
deep water trying to retrieve a golf
ball from a pond on the links here.
The drowning boy was saved by OAR
by and dragged to floating log. The
rescue effected, Darby started for
shore, but was seized with cramps
and sun suddenly. Companions dived
repeatedly for him. but without sue
cess.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-04
AssaaaIna Plan Death.

London, July IA Tientsin dis
patch to the Mail says: Inspired by
the Chen Chi-Mei party of Shanghai.
20 assassins have proceeded to Picking
with the intention of assassinating the
cabinet ministers"