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Wenatchee's Big Red Apple Daily
VOL. VI. NO. 28.
DECLARES FOR WEST SIDE MAN
Republican Platform Adopted at Tacoma Wednesday
Commits Party to Republicanism of Lincoln, Roose
velt and Taft—lnsurgents Had But Little Represen
tation in Convention—Supreme Judges Renominated
John A. Gellatly, F. C. Lemon, S.
F. Gilman and E. M. Gillette returned
this morning from the Tacoma con
vention. They left Tacoma just be
fore the final adjournment which was
about 10 o'clock. These men report
a very unanimous convention with
very pronounced stand-pat proclivi
ties. The workings of the convention
were practically unanimous. Dr.
King submitted a minority platform
report. The majority had strong
planks endorsing President Taft, Gov.
Hay, Ballinger and a west side candi
date for the United States senate.
Dr. King's minority report made an
especially eulogistic mention of ex-
President Roosevelt. It contained no
clause as to the senatorship but car
ried an equal suffrage clause. The
convention did not take kindly to the
minority report and it had but little
strength.
Poindexter was referred to by in
nuendo only. The progressives put up
no fight. All five of the supreme
court judges whose terms are soon
to expire were renominated. They
are F. H. Rudkin, of North Yakima;
Mark Fullerton, of Colfax; Geo. F.
Morris, of Seattle; M. F. Gose, of
Pomeroy and E. N. Parker, of Taco
ma. Addresses were made by Sena
tors Piles and Jones and Congressmen
Humphrey and McCredie.
Senator Piles was very bitter in bis
speech against insurgency. Senator
Jones was more moderate and an
nounced himself not as an insurgent
nor as a stand-patter but as a repub
lican. Congrssman Humphrey thought
to make a hit but received but little
ovation when he euologizcd Speaker
Cannon.
Platform Adopted.
The republican party of the state
of Washington, in convention assem
bled, declares its unqualified alle
giance to the principles of the party,
as enunciated in its various plat
forms of principles and. as exempli
fied in the wise, patriotic, progress
ive and constructive work of the
statesmen whose services the party
has given to the country, such as
Abraham Lincoln. William McKin
ley. Theodore Roosevelt and William
H. Taft.
The republican party continues to
be, as it has always been since its
organization, the party of progress,
of principles and achievements. To
it belongs the credit for the enact
ment o fthe legislation of the past
half century which has made this
country the pride of its people and
the object of the world's admiration.
An Enviable Record.
Every American should be and
every loyal republican is justly
proud of the matchless administra
tion of William H. Taft, which has
not only been thoroughly republican
and truly American, but has result
ed in the enactment of more vital
legislation in the interests of all the
people than was ever accomplished
before in the same period of jtime.
The admission of Arizona and New-
Mexico into statehood at the earnest
solicitation of a republican presi
dent was an impartial and fearless
discharge of a public duty. Among
the notable achievements of the
present administration may be men
tioned the postal savings bank law,
the enlargement of the powers of
the interstate commerce commission,
the creation of a court of commerce,
the corporation tax. tariff law, the
law authorizing reciprocal treaties
in relation to tariff, and the law pro
viding for the creation of an impar
tial tariff commission to investigate
and recommend such changes, if any,
as may be found necessary in the en
actment of laws pertaining to this
subject. The record of President
Taft not only justifies but demands
the administration and loyal support
of every member of the great repub
lican party.
In the enactment into law of the
president's legislative programme
he has had no more loyal or con
sistent supporters in congress than
Senators Piles and Jones and Repre
sentatives Humphrey and McCredie,
and they are therefore entitled to
share in the glory of the president's
achievements, and we condemn any
effort made to harass or hinder the
president in his great work of pro
gress and his wise administration of
the affairs of the nation by enemies
within or without the party.
Attitude on Conservation.
We believe in a sane and sensible
policy of conservation of natural re
®bt Hails W®tß
sources, therefore utilization with
out waste should be the governing
principle. Monopoly of water pow
er should be instantly suppressed,
but the progress of our people should
not be dwarfed by unreasonable and
unjust withdrawals from public en
try of the government domain. Com
mon sense and progress should pre
vail over sentiment and hysteria.
We believe that the interest of Inose
states most affected should be first
consulted, therefore the interests of
public land states whose develop
ment and progress are deeply con
cerned should prevail over the sen
timentalists and alarmists of the
East who have appointed themselves
the conservators and guardians of
the West. A wise and beneficent
progress is better than a blind and
unreasonable conservatism. We call
attention to the fact that nearly a
third of the landed area of this state
is now in forest and Indian reserves,
natural parks and other unsurveyed
and unoccupied public lands with
drawn from entry. We believe that
lands most suitable for agricultural
purposes in the forest reserves
should be restored to entry, that
homes may be established and civ
ilization extended wherever possible,
and that the development of our
mineral resources should be encour
aged.
Hay's Administration Endorsed.
We commend the selection by
President Taft as a member of his
cabinet of that distinguished citizen
of this state, Hon. Richard A. Ballin
ger, in whose judgment, wisdom, in
tegrity and patriotism we have un
bounded confidence.
We indorse the administration of
Gov. M. E. Hay and the other state
officers, as embodying a highly com
mendable example and display of en
terprise, economy and efficiency.
We heartily indorse and commend
the good work done by the state
railroad and state tax commissions,
and we favor the extension or scope
of authority of one of these commis
sions so that supervision and con
trol over public service corporations
in the state may be had similar to
that exercised by the public utilities
commission of the state of New
York. We favor the fullest public
ity as to all public service corpora
tions doing business in this state.
Tariff Law Commended.
The principle of protection is an
essential part of republicanism.
American markets should and must
be preserved for American produc
ers.. The late revision of the tariff
was made by a republican congress
in sympathy with this established
republican doctrine. The new tar
iff is, in our judgment, a practical
fulfillment of the pledge of 1908.
This law has substantially reduced
the taxes on many of the necessar
ies of life: it raised them on nothing
but luxuries. It has converted a de
ficit in the national revenues into a
surplus. It has been placed on our
statutes without disturbing the busi
ness of the country and causing a
loss of employment to any laboring
man. We believe in the revision of
the tariff from time to time as con
ditions change. We believe that the
wisdom of intrusting revision of the
tariff to its friends has been fully
justified by the Payne-Aldrich law.
Favors Employers' Liability Law.
We favor the passage of an em
ployers' limited liability law, which
shall lay the burden of accidents oc
curing in the industrial pursuits up
on such industry and not upon the
shoulders of the helpless victims of
such accidents.
That in the new erection of public
buildings in this state by the federal
government that the representatives
and senators in congress from this
state are requested and urged to use
every honorable effort to have spec
ified snd used in all such public
buildings materials from this state
where readily available whether
from forest, mine, quarry, mill, fac
tory or foundry.
That if in its wisdom the legisla
ture of this state should see fit to
authorize the erection and appropri
ation for any state buildings, that
it would help home industry by pro
viding that all material used in the
erection of such buildings be from
the state of Washington, where read
ily available. We have the mater
ials; we have the mechanics, whose
skill is equal to the best.
We favor the repeal of second
choice provision of the present pri
mary law.
(Continued on Fact f.)
WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1910.
VICE-PRESIDENT IS
INVOLVED
Senator Gore Says Sherman
Is Connected With
Land Frauds.
Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 4.—Vice
President Sherman was named by
Senator Gore in connection with
what is known as the McMurray land
contracts, an investigation of which
is being heard here today by a spe
cial committee from the house of
representatives.
Senator Gore, after declaring he
had been approached by Jacob Ham
mond with an offer of a bribe of
$2500 to remove all congressional
opposition to the contracts, asserted
that a man "higher up" in the gov
ernment was "interested" in the
contracts. Gore at first said he was
reluctant to name the man mention
ed as "higher up," but later, on be
ing pressed by Congressman Burke,
chairman of the committee, declared
Hammond had used the name of
Vice President Sherman.
Gore said that Congressman
Creagor, republican of the third
district of Oklahoma, also had been
connected with a bribery offer.
"When I scoffed at the offer of
bribe, even if it was raised to $50,-
--000, as Hammond suggested it might
be," testified Gore, "my visitor
(Hammond) in my office at Wash
ington, went on to say that other
members of congress were interest
ed in the contracts. He said Sena
tor Curtis was interviewed and Con
gressman McGuire, Oklahoma, and
then mentioned the name of a man
higher up. I was appalled when I
heard that name."
The bribery offer, he explained,
followed his opposition to the ap
proval by congress of what was
known as the McMurray contract
which affects the Choctaw and
Chickasaw tribes of Indians. By
these contracts, he said, J. F. Mc-
Murray, his attorney and associates,
were to receive ten per cent of the
profits of the sales of 450,000
acres of coal and asphalt lands be
longing to the Indians.
"A New York syndicate stood
ready to pay $30,000,000 for the
lands, and the ten per cent to Mc-
Murray's interests for 'attorneys'
fees' would realize $3,000,000," said
the senator.
Utica, N. V., Aug. 4. —When an
effort was made to see Sherman, it
was learned he had gone to his coun
try place in the Adirondacks, and
will arrive at his destination late
today. •
Topeka, Kansas, Aug. 4. —Senator
Curtis denies emphatically any con
nection with the McMurray con
tracts.
PROGRESSIVES WIN
IN IOWA
With Majority of 300 They
Give Standpatters a
Square Deal.
Dcs Moines, lowa, Aug. 4. —Re-
publican lowa wrote herself vigor
ously progressive yesterday at a con
vention which was an uproar most
of the time.
Senators Cummins and Dolliver
the insurgent delegation at Wash
ington were enthusiastically In
dorsed.
The new tariff law was branded as
a failure in the 'light of the party
pledges of 1908.
President Taft received the most
tepid and lukewarm indorsements.
A plea to harmonize was flung out
for the administration of Governor
Carroll. An attempt to use the
"steam roller" to make the state cen
tral committee overwhelmingly pro
gressive was called off, presumably
at the hint of Senator Cummins.
Senator Cummins was temporary
chairman; Senator Dolliver perma
nent hcairman.
The progressive majority ranged
close to 300 on every question. The
resolutions committee was progress
ive six to five.
Member of the Associated Press
warn
EH
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Commercial Club Committee
Ask Appropriation of
$1200 from County.
Late this afternoon the Wenatchee
commercial club committee, having
in charge the work of securing the
opening of the Wenatchee- Ellens
berg road, appeared before the coun
ty commisisoners for the purpose of
asking an appropriation of $1200 for
making the survey. The committee
consists of A. Z. Wells, chairman;
Will Hayward, Mike Horan, W. T.
Clark and John A. Gellatly. Should
tho appropriation be granted State
Highway Commisisoner Bowlby has
stated that he would send an engineer
from his office for the purpose of
checking up the survey. When this
is completed the road will then be up
to the state highway board for com
pletion, that is, if the survey justifies
the preliminary examination made of
it.
The Wenatchee commercial club
committee feel the importance of hav
ing this road opened up and do not
anticipate any serious trouble in mak
ing the commisisoners see the neces
sity of granting the appropriation
asked for. Nothing can be done, how
ever, on construction work until after
the meeting of the legislature when
it is expected that an appropriation
can be secured for opening up this
link in what is known as state road
No. 10.
FOUR BIDS ON POST
OFFICE SITE
Bids Opened for Federal
Site at State Capitol
on August 3.
Four bids from Wenatchee people
were opened at the United States
treasury building at Washington.
D. C, yesterday. These were in pur
suance of a notice for bids for a
post office building site 120x120,
and it is understood that all four
bids comply with the specifications
made. It is likely that an agent of
the treasury department will make
personal inspection of the sites sub
mitted before the deal is consum
mated.
The following are the bids sub
mitted: P. S. Leonard, Kittitas and
Mission streets, $10,000; Walter M.
Olive, Mission street and Yakima
avenue, $10,000; A. A. Bousquet,
west side Mission street, $5,000;
George H. Ellis, jr., Chelan avenue,
corner Douglas street, $110,000.
The site offered by P. S. Leonard
on Kittitas and Mission street is 120
feet square. Walter Olive's Mission
street and Yakima site is 140x120;
A. A. Bousquet offered 120x180, and
Geo. H. Ellis, jr., 140x120.
WOULD NOT TAKE BET
Keichenba'ch, Gillian and Olive Back
Up On Burke Bet.
In an article published in the Se
attle Star, Joe Smith tells of meeting
Elmer Reichenbach, private secretary
of Judge Burke, Harry Gillian, a lo
cal politician and Walter M. Olive
of Wenatchee at the door of a Seattle
hotel and offering to bet any reason
able sum that out of the first 20 men
who passed the door, half of them
would be for Poindexter. They fail
ed to take up the bet.
Republics Win Pennant.
The Republic won the game on
Tuesday evening between that team
and Tamamny. France, the pitcher
for the printers was too much for
the Tigers and they suffered a de
cisive defeat.
This was tho final game of the
season for the Twilight league and
the Republics are declared winners
of the pennant.
NO BALL GAME FOR
SUNDAY
Leavenworth Breaks Faith
With Wenatchee to Save
Ninety Dollars.
The Wenatchee baseball manage
ment has received another large
package from Leavenworth. Mana
ger Percy Scheble of Wenatchee
made a bargain with Leavenworth
for two games, the first to be play
ed at the railroad town which was
pulled off as per schedule last Sun
day, and the second next Sunday in
this city.
Yesterday Mr. Scheble received a
phone message from Mr. Elliott, the
up-valley manager, saying that he
would be compelled to cancel the
coming game. Asked for a reason
he coolly stated that it would cost
him ninety dollars to keep the play
ers together for another week and
that he could not afford to do it.
Mr. Scheble asked him if he could
afford to break his word, for that
amount and he replied that he would
consider the matter further and call
up that evening.
Nothing further was heard from
him and this morning several of the
Leavenworth players passed through
here and were met at the train by
Mr. Scheble. They also had com
plaints to make about the same kind
of treatment. They were led to be
lieve that the season would last for
some time yet. but were summarily
dismissed and notified that the game
is ended for this summer.
.Manager Elliott seems to take it
as a trifling matter that he caused
the Wenatchee management consid
erable expense to play in his town
last Sunday and that the only chance
for reimbursement was a return
game here as per agreement.
May Schedule Games for September
Manager Scheble is anxious to
hold his team together and to play
several games yet this season dur
ing the month of September. He has
good offers from Everett, Snoho
mish and the El Sidellos of Seattle.
He is particularly desirous to ar
range a game with Snohomish, for
that team is tooted as the cham
pions of the North Pacific Coast.
The problem is to secure employ
ment for the players during this
month. August is the vacation per
iod and a large part of the people
are away in the mountains and at
the lakes. The attempt to make
games pay out this month would
prove a loser. It is not a question
of making a profit but simply of
playing even.
TRAINS CLASH 111
MONTANA
Head-on Collision of Bur
lington and Great
Northern.
Whitefish. Mont.. Aug. 4.—Train
No. 44, oast bound Burlington and
Groat Northern No. 3 met in head
on collision this morning, one and
a fourth miles west of Bombay siding
going 25 miles an hour, through
some misunderstanding in the time
of meeting.
There is a deep cut at this place
and a bad curve, which obstructed
the view of the enginemen so they
were not aware of danger till they
were upon each other.
Both crews jumped and escaped
injury, except Engineer John Gre
gory who sprained both ankles. Con
ductor Wilcott on No. 3 was out in
the vestibule when they struck and
was thrown to the ground, severely
spraining his arm.
Will Grade Tonasket Streets.
Riverside, Wash., Aug. 4. —The
contract for grading the streets of
Tonasket, Wash., was let today hy
the Bonaparte Land company of
Eihme Brothers of Riverside. The
job consits of the grading of Whit
eomb and Western avenues and Third
and Fourth streets. The excavating
for the 200,000-gallon concrete re
servoir will also be done by the con
tractor, and as soon as the street
work has been completed the water
system will be put in.
wm cue is
DROWNED 11 mm
Was on Water Wagon Which Had Backed Into Colum
bia to Be Filled, Thus Getting Beyond Its Depth and
the Swift Current Carried Tank and Boy to Destruc
tion—Thorough Search Being Made Without Avail.
CANNOT IDENTIFY
BODY
Crippen's Lawyer Building
Up Defense for His
Client.
London, Aug. 4.—Solicitor New
ton, who is retained to defend Dr.
Crippen, made formal application
asking the authorities to permit an
independent physician to examine
bits of the human flesh found in
Crippen's cellar. It is understood
that he will contend that the flesh
cannot be identified as the body of
Belle Elmore. The question whether
Crippen and his companion are mar
ried is one of importance. If mar
ried, the woman may refuse to take
the stand against her husband. It
is positively denied by Scotland Yard
that Crippen has confessed.
CONDITIONS IN THE
MIDDLE WEST
C. H. Webster Tells Obser
vations of Recent Trip
to Middle West.
C. H. Webster is a well known tra
veling man whose headquarters for
this section are at the Olympia hotel.
For some time he has represented the
West Coast Grocery company in this
territory, and has become well
enough acquainted to invest in or
chard land quite extensively. Mr.
Webster was called east a month ago
on important business. He made
some observations on business condi
tions which differ in some respects
with previous reports.
The wheat crop in Minnesota is
far better than generally undertsood.
It will average better than a half
crop. In the southern portion of the
state the usual wheat acreage was
greatly decreased this season by the
tendency of farmers to alternate with
corn in order to give the soil a rest.
This corn crop is turning out in pret
ty good shape.
Wisconsin is not in as good shape
as her sister state Likewise North
Dakota's wheat is practically ruined.
All this has made the cities of these
states to feel a stringency of money.
The Twin Cities however, are begin
ning to be more hopeful and indica
tions are that their money market
will be much relieved this fall. The
same condition exists in Chicago.
NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE.
Spokane 562
Vancouver 538
Tacoma 515
Seattle 384
Results Yeterday.
Spokane 4; Seattle. 3.
Vancouver, 4; Tacoma, 1.
Games Today.
Spokane at Seattle.
Tacoma at Vancouver.
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Will Camp at I<ake Wenatchee
There will be an auto party leave
here tomorrow for a several weeks'
camp at the Lamb-Davis club house
at Lake Wenatchee. In the party
will be Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Ellis,
jr., Miss Dallam, C. E. Owens and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Ira D. Ed
wards.
—
Washington Weather.
Washington.—Fair tonight and
Friday.
Established July 4,1905
5c PER COPY
Norman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gun
ther Carlberg, of this city, was
drowned about s:bv> last night at
Valhalla, and his body has not been
recovered. Norman had only recent
ly gone to the Valnalla ranch and in
company with his brother Ed and a
ranchman, went to the river yester
day evening for the purpose of fill
ing the water tank. This was back
ed a little too far into the river. The
front wheels of the water wagon be
came uncoupled and the current
swept the tank off the wagon and
down the river, carrying Norman
with it. The other two men managed
to escape. It is thought likely that
the boy was injured in some way by
the tank and he made very little
struggle in the water. He threw up
his hands as though signalling to the
boys on the bank and the nwent un
der the cold waters of the Columbia.
The Carlberg family in this city
were notified at once and about 6
o'clock Gunther Carlberg was driven
to Valhalla by Ray Woodruff in the
latter's auto. A search wm main
tained as long as daylight lasted last
night and was again resumed early
this morning, but the body was not
recovered.
Norman Carlberg was 21 years of
age last March and last year was a
student in the State University. He
was a popular young man and two
years ago was a student in the local
high school graduating in the spring.
He was active in all school work and
was a membtr of the football team.
His brothers. Ernest and Will,
went up the river yesterday moining
to go into summer camp with Mrs.
Carlberg and the rest of the
family above Lakeside. They were
communicated with last night by
telephone and informed of the death
of their brother. They bore the sad
intelligence to their mother and sis
ters and the family are expected
down some time this evening though
they could not make it in time to
catch the boat.
Death has laid a heavy hand on
the Carlberg family during the past
six months —a daughter. Mrs. Bes
sie Means, a former student at the
Wenatchee high school, died of fe
ver a few weeks after her marriage.
Mrs. Carlberg'fl father also passed
away this spring.
The fifteen or twenty ranch hands
at the Valhalla orchard company be
low Rock Island and all of the men
available in that section of the coun
try are making a systematic search
of the river in the hopes of recover
ing the young man's body. The old
Columbia, however, rarely gives up
her dead for weeks and the chances
are that it will be some time before
the bod} - is recovered.
The stricken father was almost
heart-broken last night on the re
ceipt of the news. Ray Woodruff
made the trip to Valhalla in his auto
in forty minutes and returned im
mediately after taking Mr. Carlberg
to his destination. The later is di
recting the forces in search for the
son.
DID NOT RELATE
TO RESIGNATION
Secretary Ballinger States
Senator Crane Did Not
Mention Matter.
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 4. —Secre-
tary Ballinger, en route to Seattle,
wrote the following note to the Asso
ciated Press:
"Please say for me that the re
ports to the effect that Senator
Crane's conference with me had to
do with the suggestion that I resign,
is without foundation. Our confer
ence did not in the slighest degree
relate to myself or any matter af
fecting me .
"Very respectfully.
"R. A. BALLINGER."