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The Washington times., 1912-06-27
button holing delegates and are telling

button-holing delegates and are telling
them that, inasmuch as the traditional
unit rule has gone by the board. the
two-thirds rule should follow.
Some of the Clark men were openly
declaring that If the Speaker polled a
majority of the delegates on the initial
ballot, which, It is expected, will be
taken tonight, a motion will be made
to rescind the two-thirds rule.
The Clark men claimed that on such
a proposition they would have the sup
Port of all Of the followers of other can
didates with the exception of the VII
son men.
But Democrats who are in favor of no
particular candidate say that II the
Clark men try this there will break
about their heads a storm that will de-
stroy their candidate. 1t Is pointed out
that the two-thirds rule was adopted to
prevent stampedes. or trading of
delegates, and that the rank and file OF
the party would bitterly resent any alb
rogation,
The Washington times., 1912-06-27
RADICALS WILL
MATCH MAN TO
THEIR PLATFORM
Progressives Hopeful That
They May Yet Name
Candidate.

BALTIMORE. Md, June T.-No COM
promise was the slogan today OF the
progresstVes in the Democratic national
convention. With the ancient and time
honored unit rule shattered so far as the
State of Ohio and all others where dele
gates were chosen in direct primaries
are concerned, the progressiVes were in
sisting that they would yet show that
this was a radical gathering both so
far as the candidate and platform were
concerned.
This rejoicing was confined to the
rank and file. The leaders, while very
hopeful, were still convinced that the
conservatives were far from being COM
pletely routed. They believe that they
will try to regain much of their lost
ground by abandoning everything else,
and concentrating all of their strength
or the nominee.
Clark Managers Are Worried.
Leaders pointed out that, while a
progressive platform will be an excel
lent thing. unless the man named on it
is absolutely in sympathy with the
cause there will be no assurance that
Its pledges will be enforced.
They called attention to the fact that
the combined conservative strength
added to Clark's pledged votes, would
make the necessary two-thirds.
The Clark managers are admittedly
worried over the charge that they have
tied up with the conservatives in
order to nominate their man.
Positive and emphatic denials of
these charges have been issued, but to
each the Wilson men point to the vote
against Bryan for temporary chairman,
and the vote in the national committee
against Ollie James for temporary
chairman. and show that either of these
reverses would have been a victory If
the Clark men had voted with the pro-
gressiVes.
That Clark must be successful early in
the balloting is the admission by his
closest lieutenants: They are bending
every energy to that end. They have
approached the leaders of the big State
delegations that are supposed to be ION
the fence" and have asked them to line
up their men behind the Speaker.
They have made personal appeals to
delegates, supposed to have leanings to
other candidates, but who are neither
pledged nor instructed, to cast a COM
plimentary vote for the Speaker while
making up their mind"
Abolish Two-thirds Rule.
Today the managers of the Speakers
campaign are again endeavoring to en-
courage sentiment to have abrogated
the two-thirds rule, whereby no candi-
date can be named unless he is choice
Ct twothirds Of the delegates. They are
The Washington times., 1912-06-27
PROGRESSIVE PARTY
LEADERS HOLDING
CONFERENCE TODAY

NEW YORK, June N.-Following Col
Roosevelt's declaration. at Oyster Bay,
that he personally would lead the new
Progressive party and that no com
promise leader would be acceptable to
him, Senator Dixon today held confer
ences at the Hotel Manhattan, with
progressive leaders from several States.
During the day there was to be a
conference In the Senator'S rooms, par
ticipated in by George w. Perkins,
Comptroller Prendergast, Frank A. Mum
sey, and others.
Senator Dixon said that plans for the
formal organization were under way,
but he would make no statement or
comment on Colonel Roosevelt's asser-
ton that he accepted the Orchestra Hall
nomination in good faith, and had no
intention of abdicating in favor of any
other progressive leader.
DENVER, Col, June N.-That the ac-
ton of the Democratic convention in
Baltimore will have no effect to prevent
the organization OF a new party. is an
opinion expressed today by Judge Ben
Lindsey upon his return from Chicago.
He is convinced that even the nomina-
ton OF Bryan In Baltimore would not
prevent the speedy contamination of the
work started at the Chicago convention
by the Roosevelt delegates toward the
formation of an Independent progress
sive party. Lindsey says the time Is
ripe for the new progressive party.
There are other progressive DEMO-
Gratis besides myself who are keenly in
terested In the movement, but who are
not ready to announce themselves until
after the result at baltimore Lindsey
said.
The Washington times., 1912-06-27
West Pointers Made
Officers in Army

President Taft today appointed to be
officers of the army this years gradu-
ates of West Point.
The President also promoted to be
captains twenty-seven first lieutenants,
mostly members of last years gradu-
ating class. The President also raised
number of ensigns to be lieutenants
in the navy. The promotions were sent
to the Senate for approval.
The Washington times., 1912-06-27
Army Appointments
Are Sent to Senate

The Presidential appointment of Brig.
Gen. w. w. Wotherspoon. now in com
mand OF the Department of the Gulf.
to be major general. succeeding the late
+. d. Grant; of Staff Brig. Gen. Clar-
ence r. Edwards to be bTigadieT general
of the line; and of COlOnels George +.
Chase and f. ]. McClernand. to be
brigadier generals. announced from the
White House recently, were sent 10 the
Senate today for confirmation.
The Washington times., 1912-06-27
Abolish Two-thirds Rule.

Today the managers of the Speakers
campaign are again endeavOring to en-
courage sentiment to have abrogated
the two-thirds rule. whereby no candi-
date can be named unless he is choice
Cf tWo-thlrds Of the delegates. They are
The Washington times., 1912-06-27
Temperance Rally.

A medal contest will be held by the
Loyal Temperance Legion of the
southwest at RylaRd NJ. +. Church,
Twelfth and ID streets southwest. at
o'clock tomorrow night. All are
invited to attend.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31
NIAGARA MADE BY GLACIER
Columbia River Was Damned, and
Had Fall of Four Hundred Feet
Over Great Cliffs.

That one of the greatest natural
the melting of the Okanogan glacier
in the State of Washington, is the
opinion of government biologists, who
recently have studied portion of the
river bed of the Columbia river in
connection with the Grand coulee, the
great canyon that at one time was
the river bed.
When the Columbia river flower
through the Grand cculee it made Nj
agara insignificant by comparison.
This great river plunged from the up
per to the lower valley In sheer
fall of 400 feet over great cliffs.
Moses lake is believed to have
been at one time part of an old chan
mel OF the Columbia river. During the
glacial period, recent, as time is meas
ured b ythe geologist, the valleys OF
the Northern Cascades and of the
O-a-ogan highlands were filed with
enormous glaciers, the largest OF
which reached the plains before they
were melted in the warmer air OF
the lower country.
TIE greatest of these ice rivers OF
eastern Washington flowed down the
Okanogon valley, which it filed to the
depth of hundreds of feet.
On reaching the Columbia river val
ley this glacier expanded and seems
not only to have damned the Column
bia. but to have filed its great canyon
for some distance.
The southern limit of this great
Okanogan glacier is marked by a
terminal moraine many miles in
width. The moraine is formed of dirt
and rock material which was push
ed along or carried on its surface and
stranded where the ice melted and 1t
includes many huge blocks of basalt
and other rocks
No more impressive scene, the ge~
ologists say, can be found in the Big
Bend country than is presented by
the great cliffs of black basalt below
Coulee City, over which the Columbia
once poured, but where now desert
shrubs are growing in the ancient
channel
When the glacier left the canyon of
the Columbia and retreated up the
Akanogan valley the river re-
sumed lis former ehannel-Indianap
oils News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31
Wedding Bells.

Miss Mary G. Belknap. the we'll
known settlement worker Of Cleve-
land. said In suffrage debate:
"Oh. that is not an argument-that
is a prophecy, prophecy that wom-
an. given the vote, wouldn't know how
to use it.
Now it's my opinion thai the men
who think that are as badly in the
dark about women as jerks was
about the widowed stenographer.
jerks, you Rnow, got 70 taking a
young and pretty stenographer out to
lunch. and &c matinees, and to CON
certs; and when any one asked him
about her, he'd smile and say:
"'Oh, another conquest
aJenks, you see. thought he'd made
a conquest: but the widow, standing
beside jerks month later at the al
tar-the widow knew shed made an
annexation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31

moned to Washington, to confer with
the special parcel post committee, the
postmasters of five typical Offices.
They are William H. Davis, Pittsburg.
Pa; Daniel T. Gerow, Jacksonville.
Fla; NJ H. Joster, Wilmington, Del;
e. M. c. Quimby, Suffolk, Va, and
Henry N. Bradley, Charlestown, W.
Va.
Confer With Postmasters.
The poGtnasters Of the five largest
Offices in tie country have already
appeared before the committee, so
Pittsburg was represented as being
large first class Office, though smaller
than any of the greater five. and as
being the center of a tremendous man.
ufacturing area. The postmaster of
Pittsburg reported that the board of
trade of that city has special parcel
post committee, working toward
bringing the consumer and producer
nearer to each other by the new sys-
tenn He also said that many of the
merchants are planning to have their
city deliveries made by parcel post.
Wilmington, Del, represented a
large farming and manufacturing dis
trict, with its mail connections close
with Philadelphia, one of the largest
Offices. Jacksonville is the largest Of
flee in Florida, and the outlet for all
the mail of the state It is peculiar
in having a special increase Of force
in winter, the tourist season, and the
postmaster said that it was expected
that travellers would use the parcel
post extensively in sending home five
and ten-pound packages of fruit
Suffolk, Va, and Charlestown, w.
Va. are both very small second class
offices, one in the tide-water district.
with large truck interests; the other
far inland in an orchard country, with
diversified farm products. The post
masters of both Offices reported great
interest in the parcel post, and said
that they had continual inquiries re-
garding its scope
From these postmasters the COM
mittee was able to CLEAN a great
amount Of valuable information.
which, added to that gained from the
recent hearings in Maryland. puts 1t
In position to plan the details of the
service to the greatest advantage OF
the producing farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31

No campus ever was Utopia, and the
most golden age of memory has doubt.
less been much alleged wita nase-
metal. out * there is not something
very bright and beautlful in american
college life il is hard Ia account for
the feeling Z thousands OF isray-hair-
ct men that long ago in their youth
besides the education they got, they
gained around the knees Of Alma
Mater lasting JOY. strength and inspl
ration that was not entirely contain
ed in the backs they read ard cannot
be exSctly measured by the knowl-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31

ship. affection. loyalty and pride. II
seems to them "a tender influence.
peculiar grace" that reaches cat
across miles and years. drawing hem
back 10 their Alma Mater, and the
comraseship Of their classmates. To
most gEaSaaees their college hfe
seems their golden age: through tae
rsist 81 years the campus becomes an
Island Of Utopia whose very tedluins
grew bright in the retrospect. the
sting OF whose sins and failures was
siways lssssnea BY the power OF the
ideals and hopes that filed its air
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31
SEEING Is BELIEVING

A trio of professional story tellers
we're in a coy corner of the club
spinning yarns. Brown had just told
a most unbelievable story and the 9TH
er two glanced at each other question
ingly.
We'll. assure you. gentlemen.
said Brown. ''if hadn't seea it myself
/ shouldn't have believed it
~Hs-h' m--well.' said one OF the
two doubtful ores. you must reulem-
Der, old man. that we didn't see it,
Ht-Bits
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31
IN GOLDEN AGE OF YOUTH
rccliege Life" Thing Aiweys to Be
Regarded With the Teadsrest
Of Memories.

The phrase college life Is an
AmeCicSnlsz and it has no equivalent
In any other language but English. Il
understanding and sympathy, an ex-
lperience OHt OF which grows 4 deep
sentiment made up Of pleasure, friend
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31
az. il plsoarded Tr.e.

An unusual sight may be Witnessed
in a garden at Tipsree. ESSEX, Eng
land. A dussoa is growing from the
side OF a post in the garden. Two
years ago damson trse was taken up,
and aftsr being laid aside for some
time was converted into posts One
Of these thss year produced shoot
which blosseEled azd formed into
frEik
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31
Parents Object to Sunday School.

The falling on in attendance IN the
Sunday schools. which Eas the szb-
ject OF discussion at the convention
Of the New York County Sunaay
School association. was reserred to By
a laymaa after the meeting had adj
journed as 3 progressive disease"
and that. tie Presbyterian SUNDAY
schools are not the only ones where
there had been falling OF from d
to 81 per cent ITO q great ezte2t,"
he said, the eoEditiea IN the result
Of too much school work PaEenes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31

say that after a strenuous week az
school the child should hare work of
no kind on Sunday. That's the ex-
cuse of those parents who seldom go
TO church because OF gok and motor
earz-znid there are thousands of
them New York Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31

You're a Iretty old man to be beg
gin said the lady to the man at the
back door.
YES. maaIn, replied the mn with
hrs hat In hii; hand.
Have you been begging all your
life7~
Not yit, Rs'am-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31
FIXING RATES
UNDER PARCEL
POST SYSTEM
Government Goes Into Business
of Transmitting Merchandise
Through the Mails.
NEW LAW FULLY EXPLAINED

Country Divided Into Zones and
Units for Purpose Of Fixing Charges
for Carrlage-No Package Weigh
Ing More Than Eleven Pounds Is
Misunderstanding Properly Wrap
ped Which Will Not Injure Other
Mail May Be Sent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31
NEAL BROWN L. A. PRADT c.S GILBERT
ABSTRACTS

We have The only abstract Of Marsihoz
county. We have a Thoroughly qualified
abstrsctm. and make abstracts al reason
able prizes. We are responsible ior al
abstracts made by us and guarantees ihat
they show the condition al the flle proper
ly as il appears on record
An abstract Of tile Is useful Il you de-
sire 10 sell or mortgage your property, sna
is very valuable in ssccrtainine detects IN
your title that can be easily remedicd. and
YET might be sufficient to spoil a sale. i
you desire an abstract Of the 6ile 10 ysrs
property. call and see US
WauSau Law & Land Associations
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31

An me husband got Into another
ksigkt al heis home wit q black eye.
Tis too bad. so il is" Faith. it Is
Wand thiBk married man q
sao1gh az 1t At home Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31
RATES OF POSTAGE

Parcels weighing four less maabe at the rate
OF one cent for each fraction of an ounce regardless
distance Parcels weighing than four maIabe
at the pound rate the following table, when mailed
at this rate any fraction of pound considered full pound
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31

edge they aesuired.-Psul Van Dybe
In Scr5bner's Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31
Must Bee stamp.

Postmaster General Hitchcock has
ordered that postmasts,rs be advised
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01

the Judith river on the Moccasin-Lew-
istown branch is now we'll under way
and he anticipates that the bridge will
be competed by the 10th of October,
says the Great Falls Tribune.
Mr.. Hervin says that If the bridge
can be completed by that time, there
by enabling the immediate resumption
OF track-laying north and east OF the
bridge, that the rails should be laid
into Lewistown by the first of Novem-
ber. Allowing another month for the
lining up and ballasting of the track,
train service should be inaugurated
into LeWistoWn by the first of Decem-
ber.
Work has already been started by
the contractors upon depOts at the
new stations Of Kolin and Ross Fork,
which will be completed before the
line shall be opened to traffic. No
work is being done in Lewistown and
depot work will not be started until
materials can be hauled in there over
the Great Northern track. 1t Is the
intention to erect a freight depot there
this fall, which will serve the purposes
of the traffic department until next
spring, when a passenger depot will
be built.
On the Sun river line bad weather
and delay in securing bridge iron has
prevented much progress in the way
OF track-laying. Very little track was
laid during the past week and the
rails have been extended only to
Loomis, about seven miles beyond
Simms station. With the arrival of
bridge iron, which has been awaited
for some time, it is expected that
track-laying will be resumed tomorrow
Work in Dawson.
Tribune: Although Great Northern
officials in this city are not in touch
with the work which is planned OF
under way i'll connection with the
construction of line of tnat railroad
from the town of New Rockford, on
the new Fargo-Surrey cutoff, west
ward to Lewistown, to connect with
the Moccasin-Lewistown branch now
nearing completion, and thence into
Great Falls over present operated
lines, it is known that the railroad
building firm of Guthrie & Co. is al
ready at work upon the construction
of a branch line to be constructed
south from Mondak, on the main line
crossing the Missouri river three
miles from that place and in south
easterly direction to the Yellowstone
river near the town of Dore, it being
constructed at this time principally
for the providing of a means of trans
portation of machinery and materials
for the heavy work of the central sec
tion of the New Observation-Disclosures
line, but which is expected later tt
be extended to Sidney to connect will
the new Northern Pacific line.
/ A recent issue of the Alexander
Chronicle, published at Alexander, Nc
Kenzie county, N. D., located about Il
miles east of the Montana line ant
about 21 miles south of Williston, tell.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
WILL GRADE DOWN
BROADWAY FOR BLOCK
THOROUGHFARE ABOVE SIXTH
AVENUE WILL BE GREATLY
IMPROVED.

The mayor and all the aldermen
were present at last nights meeting
of the city council, and most of the
evening was devoted to discussion
of the proposition to grade Broadway.
1t was finally decided to do the grad
ing, the plan being to cut down the
hump beginning in front of Louis
Pratt's residence and equalizing the
grade back as far as Seventh avenue
an don down to Sixth avenue. The cut
will not be more than five feet in front
of Mr.. Pratt's property.
Plans for the proposed addition to
the fire hall, to be used as council
chamber, with offices for the clerk and
Otner officials, have not yet been COM
pleted, SO this matter was passed over.
The ordinance requiring stand-pipes
to be placed in all public buildings was
passed. The penalty for violations is
fixed at a fine of not less than $50
and not more than 5000.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-01
IT WILL AMOUNT TO OVER $780,.
900 IN FERGUS COUNTY
THIS YEAR.
THE SHARE Of LEW|STOWN
City Will Get over $36, 900 Of This, An
Increase Of About $4,000 Over Last
Year-The Total Valuation, After
All Adjustments Have Been Made
and Railways Added.

Lewistown's revenue from taxation
this year will be $36,725.36, an in
crease OF about $4,000 over last year.
or this amount, several thousand dol
lars will go into the special iund Tor
the improvement OF Frank Day park.
amount to $3,4S4.8l, while Stanford
amount to $l,4S4.Sl, while Stanford,
the baby city. will derive $l,5O2.3l.
Benchland will have $393.62 as a fire
protection fund, and Hilger will have
$l16.3S tor the same purpose. School
district NO. |, which includes Lewis
town, will have a little over $4,000
from taxes.
The total revenue this year from
taxation in Fergus county will reach
$43l ,360.91, but the county's share of
this Is only 1851 36O.35. The state
taxes total $3S,Sl3.39, and the state
bond tax $3,SS0S1. The state stock
bounty fund will receive $7,792.45
from the taxes paid In this county.
The balance Of the total will 60 chiefly
to the various school districts OF Fer
gus.
Total Valuation.
The total valuation of the county for
this year stands finally at $l5,489.558.
This Is the figure after all changes
made by the board OF equalization
have been entered and the railway as
sessment, fixed by the state board in
cluded. The real and personal prop
erty amounts to $13,955,058. The rail
way assessment foots up $l,534 sos.
| This keeps Fergus in the third class
of counties with a large margin to
spare, and within two or three years,
with the railway lines completed, the
county will advance to the second
| class.