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Ninety miles an hour on the Boulevard with Speeding Teddy Tetzlaff. Fred L. Boalt of the Times staff is enjoying that experience today. Tomorrow Mr. Boalt will describe the sensational ride for
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lun'rlnn rloud ami nnnllrn riveri
la this Juur— bleak November?
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We're comfy here, not anvltertwr,
A. they are back Bui, May I thla
la climate! *-r* —s . a ■
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',■..-. «o rime It. '. • „',.._;::.,:. -,
VOL. IX. NO. 163.
RIVAL CAMPS CLAIM VICTORY CERTAIN
CLARK LEADS IN FIRST
BALLOT; WILSON STILL
HOPEFUL OF VICTORY
All Night Session of Democratic Convention Fea
tured by Bryan's Denunciation of Ryan Bel
mont Combination - Nebraskan Wanted Tam
many Eliminated From Convention.
4:ll—Convention called to order.
4 : ll»— <'»Hi nit of B«cond ballot on nomination.
4:4o—Wilson gains eight votes in Vermont.
Prediction of Candidates
Clark—Nomination on third ballot; Wflson on fourth,
dark horse on fifth. Kxpects gnin of 4S votes on second bal
lot. Look for New York's 9O votes on third.
Wilson—Nomination on fourth or fifth ballot.
Harmon—No claims. Expect New York's votes to stick
for several ballots.
I nilrriKKiil—Managers claim he wjl hold present
strength.
I : THE VOTE.
CLARK ;T.. . :... . .. . 440 % {
I WILSON •...:....... 824 r '
- HIKMON .148 i
V. .UNDERWOOD 117 ' 2
g MARSHALL ......... 31
g : BALDWIN ••....... 22
' BRYAN ............ 1
. si \;/a •;it J. . i....... J 2
i»' - "•""•'• — ■'■ ' •
v. Fifth i regiment armory,
BALTIMORE, Md., June 28. —
• The | democratic national conven
tion failed after a session lasting
r' from ■ 8 p. ,m. last night :to 7:25
' this morning to nominate a can
' didate for president on the first
ballot. - The I ballot ■ demonstrat
|ed conclusively that • the contest
|is still ' far '. from settlement ' and
that the race is an open one. The
I leading . candidates were; Speaker
Champ Clark of Missouri and
, Governor Woodrow Wilson -of
'■ New Jersey. Clark's total vote
was 440 1-2 as compared with
the 72 5 needed to name him as
democracy's choice. ¥C ;',j. ■*."-"'.
" v Adjourned Till 4 O'clock.
:--i v 'As.soon 'as ; the "A result of tne
ballot was known it was seen that
,the ' fight was . certain to be long
V drawn out, the steering commit
* tee I forced !an adjournment until
.'4 o'clock this afternoon when the
. balloting s will •be resumed.; •-;
,-.-'■'■: Four hours previous, the ses
sion was marked with fervid ora-
S tory ? unprecedented .:■ demonstra
tions for favorite f.pns and gener
-,■ al -tumult which at times utterly
-; blocked ; the : wheels of : the con
*'vention. '■ •; ■':. '.?"'■ * ;•;■-':.''.-■'."'..""v *■'-■
".- :; iClark Confident. ,r*
fl g Immediately following the j an
,' nouncement of the vote Clark men
■went into conference, saying they
:: would ! force the speaker's nomin-
S ation S on I either i the ' second ',_„-, or
i;third ballot ■'.' They had, they said,
X assurances that .: New York's ;9 0,
'.-• given to Harmon, the Baldwin
"^ vote and , many of , the Underwood
V. votes *as well !. as '■ a majority »of
;;■■ the \ Harmon - delegates ■' would ' be
till recorded f for - Clark j early. In - the
■ T : fight.j^"-*;;.' ~:-*:~: --,tX-i'::*:;; ? '-'■■ -
The Wilson forces were greatly
encouraged over, the ■ fact that
"i they maintained their strength in
i« the ' face of a > desperate effort \by
the Clark ■ managers .to split their
forces Just before the 'voting by
% insisting ; that '■ Wilson j had »»t been
'.'■■• cognitant of ■ the i Bryan move to
£f put'; the party on * record '1 In his
T; money * trust * resolution. 'i if 'j|*tj^
■::i!*i^s Long » Drawn T Battle.*;-*-'-;:;.' 1;';
!?*3Ther general • Impression 4 of : ex
|| perienced politicians was that the
j convention was facing !a . long
if drawn '; out \ battle * ■'-. in I which •" the
•; chances of Sa » "dark f horse" nor
n••• inee » were ' far greater \ than had
§ beet anticipated. YJfi yit?t^ <S^
Only a handful ,of > the >' many
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thousands of spectators who last
night filled every nook and cran
ny In the building were still in
their seats when daylight broke.
But the rank and file of the dele
gates were still at their task.
Itiyan Breaks Monotony.
It had been probably the most
remarkable night in tlv history
of the democratic party. A quiet
session featured only by oratory
and voting had been expected but
William Jennings Bryan shatter
ed the harmony lute which the
leaders of the conservatives were
trying so hard to construct. His
bitter attack on the money trust
and his personal attack on J. P.
Morgan, August Belmont and
Thomas F. Ryan, the latter two
of whom nat impassively in their
seats, dislodged all hope that
there would be accord between
the Nebraskan and the conserva
tives who had been apparently so
anxious, publicly at least, to pla
cate the Western leader.
The moment the Nebraskan
withdrew the concluding portion
of his resolution, which would
have forced the expulsion of Ry
an and Belmont as delegates the
battle was won for Bryan.
Sullivan, as spokesman for the
conservatives, hurried about the
hall.
"Give It to him if he wants It,"
he shouted to the leaders of the
state delegations under his con
trol.
Resolution Goes Through.
And the order was quickly fol
lowed. New York and Virginia,
the two commonwealths chiefly
affected by the resolution, were
called out of their turn.- They
hurriedly voted their strength
with Bryan. The example was
followed and the resolution went
through with a whoop.
The conservative leaders realiz
ed, however, that while they had
given Bryan an unexpected vic
tory, they had also put out of his
power the right to bolt.
The fight over the Bryan reso
lution threw the convention off
its stride. It was 11 o'clock
when the roll call of states was
reached, and John H. Bankhead
of Alabama, the delegation first
on the list, launched the Under
wood nomination.
Big Conference
for Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., June 28.—
Plans today are being perfected
by Rev. James McOaw of Phila
delphia for the second World's
Christian Citizenship conference
to be held in Portland June 29 to
July 6 inclusive, 1913. Twenty
thousand delegates from all parts
of the world and affiliated with
various _c_hur<".hes will attend the
conference, at which problems of
social reform will be discussed.
An organiiation committee of 100
la being formed here
Thirty four Soldiers
Injured in Explosion
DU9BRLDORF, June 28. —
Thirty-four soldiers today were
Injured, several fatally, by an
explosion of gas that wrecked the
Zeppelin dirigible Schweben, sis
ter ship of the Victoria Louise,
which yesterday mads a sensa
tional endurance flight over the
North sea, carrying 12 passen
gers.
Cruiser Strikes
TOKIO, June 28.—The Japan
ese cruiser Nanlwa ran upon a
rock near Urup island today. The
crew Ig reported safe.
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
HANFORD ON TRIAL SITS WHERE SCORES
ON TRIAL HAVE SAT BEFORE HIM AS JUDGE
:; ?.. -,- BY FRED j li. BOALT. jj &%
■■■tJn one 1 of .the' two court rooms
over wli Hi he hasf presided' for
the past 80; years,' Judge llaiiford
sat ? yesterday—but not on * the
bench.
He sat, with his lawyers around
him, at (In- trial table—the same
trial' table jat which ■ hundreds' of
"prisoners fat the bar" ' hare sat
while ■he f passed judgment Son
their guilt! or . innocence.
S3J He sat, j as: ; they sat, crouched
low; In the chair. He listened, as
they listened, to the j testimony of
the I witness, to the J suave 5 and
carefully/; worded ' arguments " of
counsel, to the utterances of the
court. %. ■-':s,>%. J^~: ;■ I-: -■v>'S^'" i*
"^ For |30 j years Judge 'J Han ford
has, listened |to ) the | testimony of
witnesses and | the arguments of
counsel.. But with not the same
interest. ViW^f^^&^^i
*£%S& A Judge S oniiyial/g^^l
3| He I fumbled j the j papers ion the
table before him."l Now and J again
he ' let his eyes roam J the crowded
courtroom. There was j scarcely
standing I room. i The crowd * had
come Ito witness an unusual spec
tacle—l judge jon % trial. The
glances that met his ■ were neither
hostile j nor.. friendly, but; simply
curious 1 and ; appraising. {;* ;q i
s^l Before those impersonal
glances \ his own ' eyes , fell. ' 'Again
he i fumbled *'>! the | papers I on | the
abic#aapaLg߻tosss^ijS!s
£S[pnl the bench —Judge Han
ford's gi bench—sat three men,
strangere to Judge Hanford.
Halt hidden by counsel,! he scru
tinised I their • faces, \ the ; while i. he
combed his beard *- trembling
ringers. His judges? No. Bath
•rlf the Fep'ifesentatives Bof f. his
judges.
gS For in fUs essence the % court
which ,Is In vesy gat Ing the charges
against 'Judge Hanford, and which :
v 111 inately will pronounce Judg
TIMES MONTAMARA FESTO ESSAY CONTEST CLOSES TOMORROW, GET YOUE LETTER IN EARLY.
TACOMA, WASHINGTON. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1912.
CHAMP CJiARK.
ment < upon* him, is the • Court of ■
Public I Oplnlef i. : t The three \ meu'
on the bench .hot a. court,,.but
are sent by the people's house of
representatives to /gather, all , rele
vant evidence as 'to ; Judge V Han
ford's conduct and character. ;> On
that evidence 1 the people's repre
sentatives : will determine" wheth
er or not Judge Hanford Is won-,
thy to '; continue to be a judge. '
-.; - V Keep Eyes on Witness. T,
'v OUson was » called. The eyes
of the crowd were focused on him.
Was this the man whom Hanford'
had ; deemed unfit for citizenship? ,
Hanford never took his eyes from
the witness' face. *?A*J< youngish
man — Olsson — strongly, built,
neatly dressed, the ruddy glow
of i perfect | health in i his smoorV
shaven face. Folded %in a side
coat; pocket was I a copy of "The
Qteraiy^Dlgeßt."^l>s^iisi'SSf'"^£.M
*< He was, he said,, a member: of
the Socialist ) Labor party. He had
read the constitution' of the .Unit
ed States", "from a : desire j to
know.' ; ;■. He had i reverence for the
constitution, but not ; a "supersti
tious" reverence. He believed |It
could *i be J made I better. He g did
not « believe lin "political I govern
ment." He did i believe iin "In
dustrial -government." "With".this,.
Socialist Labor party in coutrol,
nolltlcal government would be
useless, ha \ iald;f f"S*?^S?^L't|.4'
■'* The committee ; questioned htm'
at length concerning the platform
of i the ! Socialist t Labor party.
"You'd I think," was the" whis
pered comment of: a lawyer, "that
the j Socialist ' Labor party was! on
trial." Tt amounts to that. Ols-'
Son's 'doctrine sis the "1 party's doc
trine.
$%_ Once, while ! Olsson was testify
ing, Hanford a plucked v one of his
lawyers—lie has three —by the
sleeve, just at) hundreds of >; other.
. * men at the same table have plucK-
Ed ', lawyers jby the | sleeve. *^ He
whispered, a word, and ....' counsel
nodded;-:::. ''■ •-r*'vi'i'/r"^Vi
■ All these things.the. crowd saw
and'; heard. •;. The getting was fa
miliar -■ massive, oaken bench,
the standard lamps above ( it; be
fore and i below, the clrek's ' desk;
the trial table; .. the rail which
spectators ; must, not < pass; 4 the
crowd; Qnly, instead, of tjje judge
upon the bench, there were three
strangers who took ■ a dignified
and i, Unpersonal i interest Si in *. the,
proceedings which they ■ wete con
due ing. The ' the judge sat, sur
rounded 'by his ; lawyers, plucking
his b«ard • at-the- trial table. .;'■ t
&?M 1 the crowd watched! him' sit
tin! there, bunched in his chair,
SI was > borne ] In upon, them —and
ie* realisation carried with: it j a
aenie *«(Sri surprise-—that *§ Judge
Hanford, so dignified ' and ' austere
•ijpou the bench, la, physically, a
small I man, and i that Ihe seemed
nervous | and ;a': little ; frightened.
"He 'seemed to feel very much as
you and j I might ? feel \ if ■ some ' one
was trying to oust us from a good
job which we wanted to hang on
to.
',Ti For some *,- in i the A, crowd, fj at
least, the scene' shattered cherish
ed potions.";. Was this clean-shav
en.,neatly suited, : alert;longshore
m«-B who read "The Literary | Dl
gmtt" one •of that ' dangerous ■ mob
which .we ; j have 7 been V told *Is I so"
easily Inflamed to violence by glib
demagogues?
"% And 'i what of I the "satr.iV" jn
tUcmry whose integrity it is hein
ous to question? What is there
about Judges which makes them
different from other men? Are
tlwy ; fashioned 'from V» superior
clay?
These thoughts: shock our cob
servKtioii.
ill The r-»«i«ten* dragged. At the
-end a little old maw ceased pluck.
WOODEOW WILSON.
inn li is beard, and, gathering up
tile i>i.|h is scattered over the
table, rose from his chair and,
with head bent, walked quickly
from the room.
ROOSEVELT DIVIDED
PARTY—LAFOLLETTE
(Hy United Press Leased Wire.)
, MADISON, WU., June J 28. —.
An •; editorial f signed T L by .-Senator
Robert.'M.-I^aFollette dealing with
bU vlewg Theodore Roosevelt
and (he , progressive cause. Is \ the
feature of the senator's weekly,
published, today, . LaFollette says
in part: *
"Until Roosevelt came into the
open j as ' a [ candidate' for the pres
idency, five months ' ago there was
a strong and rapidly growing pro
gressive 'movement within;the re
publicinVpartyJgl^S^^tSp?^
"Upon' Theodore Roosevelt and
bfa- followers- rests ) the i responsi
bility of having i divided the ! pro
gressives in * their ; first national
con test. y. Stimulated iby an < over
mastering desire to win, sthey de
nounced loyalty to conviction and
principle as stubborn selfishness."
ROOSEVELT CONFERS
S| OYSTKR BAY, N. V., June • 28.
—Colonel f Roosevelt was reatly
or * a conference this afternoon at
Sagamore Hill with R. A. Van
Vv alkenbur« of Philadelphia;
William Flynn of Pittsburg;
George W. Perkins fund several
other i progressive -> leaders. Per
kins last night visited Oyster Bay
and made i arrangements for ? the
meeting at which lit ia expected
further | details ■ lof 3the .proposed i
August convention will be set
tled.
HOME EDITION
W I V 111 me FOHBCAST.
Fair tonight; Saturday fair and
warmer.
LABOR LEADER SAYS
BIDDIN6ER IS LAR
DNCIiARKS THAT in; UAH NOT
ninisiiin ANY IM.IMOII.
TION TO 111 ItNS—IK>KB NOT
KNOW liMH)lN<;i:u. '
(By I-i!li.-,i Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.—
Renewed denunciation of William
J. Burns, bead of . the National
Detective bureau and bis detec
tives, . was made today by E. A.
Clancy, of this city, former mem
ber of the executive committee of
the ' International Bridge ■ and
Structural Iron Workers' union,
of which John J. McNamara was
formerly secretary. In a signed
statement today Clency says: , j
. "1 ardlog the press ' dis
patches* from Los Angeles which
stated that one Guy Blddlnger, a
Chicago' Burns detective, ho Is al
leged' to have testified that I was
a , traitor to the cause of labor
by having furnished Burns with
Information, I. have this to say:
"I have not' furnished ' Mr.
Hums or any other detective with
Information, because I have none
to give of the kind they want. ' I
do not know Mr. Blddlnger. I
have spoken to Mr. Burns only
once in my. life. : » ■:>*'•
- "If Guy Blddlnger Ib testifying
as reported in the papers he is a
liar, and . a perjurer, all of which
will be conclusively proven to the
satisfaction of everyobdy . before
these trials are- finished. "'■'-' y-':
i-."" t: :-] : '.r "B. A. CLANCY." . :
1X)8 ANGELES, Cal., June 28.
.r-Interest In the trial of Clarence
Oifrow, on a charge of jury brib
ing ' reached ? a'*, boiling : point to
day, the result of the sensational
testimony. U* UU* Jiiddin«er.
rmlllam J. Burns' ? chief • aide,*"' to
the effect that he personaly . had
accepted a bribe from Darrow.
i;.! Proceedings also were , expect
ed $to be warmer because :of an
alleged ' near-prsonal -; assault be
tween Defense Counsel Earl Rog
ers and Burns and the challenge
to a duel that was reported to
have passed , from Rogers ' to the
detective. :','-', ..;' .<?:*'; ■ ':'l,z -
RUSHLIGHT TO
FIGHT CASE
(By United Press Lcaesd Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore., June 28. —
Mayor A. O. Rushlight, Indicted
here by the county grand jury on
a charge of offering a bribe to
Deputy District Attorney Collier
today has given bail and says he
Is prepared to fight the case. He
stated emphatically that be would
not resign.
Chief of Police Slover and
Captain of Detectives Baty, in
dicted with Mayor Rushlight on
the same charge, also are prepar
ed for a vigorous defense.
Juror Threatened.
With Appendicitis
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
M)S ANGKLK3, Cal., June 28.
—Because Juror I/. A. I .-aviti
was threatened with appendicitis
the Darrow tiial was adjourned
today until Monday, I-rf'avitt fcl
under a phyHiclan's care. If he ia
incapacitated the trial will pro
reed Monday with the thirteenth
juror, A. M. Blakenley ta the box.
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UITMKNS DID NOT KNOW
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I'KIVIIMI. WITNKNH.
, SEATTIyE, .: June 28. —Clou*
questioning of John Speed Smith,'
chief'natural;cation examiner; for ]
the Northwest, district by the
Iliinfiirtl congressional Investigate
ing committee' this' lnornlnic lie
veloped iln- fact ■ that > although'
Smith instigated the proceedings
against Leonard Olssonto revoke
Ins riii/iiislil|) because of his "|in
ruliur" political ldeaa« Smith him
self doesn't know j even ' today,
what those belief» are. . ~\*
"What did you understand
OUson proposed in the change of
government that he advocated?"
asked Chairman Oraham.
"Did you understand he want
ed to chaage. private control of
property into public control, or
the entire abolition, or what?"
"I don't know what he did
mean," Smith replied.
Contradictory testimony be
tween Olsson and the naturaliza
tion offlelals was given before th»
probe committee.
As a result of Olsson's testl-
mony yesterday the social labor
party and the industrial Workers,
of the World with headquarter*
at Detroit iih distinguished from
the I. W. W. with headquarters
at Chicago, have both boeu placed
under congressional Inquiry. Th»
platfprms of the socialist labor
party were made exhibits in th»
case as embracing the political
beliefs of Olsson. In spite of *
rigid cross examination by B. C.
Hughes, one of Hanford's attor
neys, Olsson successfully held his
ground that while he favored rad
ical changes to the constitution
and government of the United
States, his doctrines taught that
such changes were to be brought
about in such a manner as la
countenanced by the constitution
itself —by the power of the bal
lot.
Imprisonment
For Life?
ROME, June 28. —Convicted of
the murder of Princess Giaula
Trlgona di Sam Telia, lady in
■ waiting to Queen Helena, in
March, 1911, Baron Vincenso Pa
terno, former cavalry officer In
the Italian army, faces today a
sentence of life Imprisonment,
seven years of which must l>«
spent in solitary confinement. The
baron collapsed when sentence
was pronounced. He has several
times attempted suicide.
Sub-Committee
Working Hard
BALTIMORE, Md., June 28.—
The sat-committee of eleven
which is writing a six thousand
word platform for democracy re
sumed its sessions shortly before
notti today. The other members
of the committee were waiting
for Bryan who was the last to
arrive.