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LAST. EDITION Vol NO OES THE ‘Convention Is in Session | Chairman New Calls the Republicans to Order—Mention of Roosevelt's xX a Allies Will Make Great Fight and Taft’s Nomination Will Not Be Unanimous. MITTS SENATOR J. C. BURROWS. 77, Temporary Chairman. HIS VICTIM BY THE NOSE Name Calls Forth Real Cheers— Ss 1908, TTLE, WASH,, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, PRICE ONE CENT GAVEL Using Threats and Oaths Masked Robber Appears From Under a Bed in Hotel and Despoils Two Guests of All Their Valuables. i] After hiding under a bed fully five hours waiting for his | victims to fall asleep, an armed and masked burglar emerged from his lair, shook H. EB a well-known cigar broker, by the nose until he was thoroughly awake, and at the point of a gun compelled him to turn over a solid gold watch and aheavy gold chain with a $20 gold piece attached The robbery took place in room 8 of The Oaks, a hotel at Ninth av, and Pike st Beagle, shortly after 3 o'clock this morning MISS MATHILOE TOWNSEND, ‘OH JOY! MAYBE DUKE D’ALBA IS NOT A FORTUNE HUNTER Threatening to kill Beagle and his bedfellow, Le | } if they made any outerten, the robber backed from the : the door and 1 bin escape. When the burglar te © roe eagle tried to arouse guests ENATOR HENRY CABOT LODGE. When the burs left the room, Beagle tried to s kuest } Of the hotel by shouting and pounding the locked door, but it Te Be Permanent Cheirean. was 6 o'clock before he wae able to aitr t | Beagle hurrt aned and went quarters to cou EUM, CHICAGO, JUNE 16—BULLETIN—AUTHORITA. |llver us from evil, for te the | tainistration of Theodore Noone | Sead Wks ear cals eee ek ae at the robber was some STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE UNITEO Kingdom power the | velt . NAMES OF ALL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES EXCEPT Frederick Upham, chairman of the mal fo an « was oe at ry Tend Heagle and his partner, Louis Sebaefer, arrived at The Oaks ETTE AND HUGHES BEFORE THE FIRST BALLOT. mittee on’ arrangements, | continued | about midmight SAND LAPOLLETYE GOTH WERE ASKED VO WITH. | misono ‘ei Sond trom Oil Potten need the beds” sald Beagle thie morning. "And T turned BUT REFUSED, THIS MAKES IT PRACTICALLY CER | pootucrn i ales lights. Our bed ix on one side of the room away lights THAT THE NOMINATION OF TAFT WILL. NOT BE | Chairman New then recognized Schaefer and I usually read a litle before going and last Ss. i R. Mallick, seer ¥ of the con sight, as usual, we yanked the bed across the re the light cntsimentiniagitaguiitiiatitenmiiids veotion, and ry cod that be! would be suitable for reading. The robber who was the bed NEW YORK, JUNE 16—THE MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION | “wuld rad (he call under which the Searane aes oh ae tame Bedenter end pr ey ¥ WIRES SENATOR BURROWS AS FOLLOWS: “THE | SOhiuy to the enil, och mente ln on @elock thid torning, when my partner throw down hls magazine NTS’ ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK EMPHATICALLY titled to four delegutes-atlaree and foand went to sleep. | read until 2 o'clock and the rned off the STS AGAINST THE INSERTION OF ANY ANTIINJUNC. four alternates, and each congres WHAT Ane we | Mghts. | was unable to go to sleep, although Se was bre PLANK IN THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.” | sional district to two delegates and WE POR 7 8 Tews } tng heavily two alternates. In addition. each COPIES OF THE TELEGRAM WERE FORWARDED TO CON. or the territories tncluding Hawatt “$ JAN PARSONS AND OLCOTT, OF THE NEW YORK DEL Porto Rico and the Philiphines, and ‘4 ON REQUESTING THAT THEY ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN Also the District of Columbia, tx eo UNITED OPPOSIION OF THE NEW YORK DELEGATION TO | {itled to two delegates and (wo al ANTIINJUNCTION PLANK, war New Makes Address. After the call bad bech read, | (By United Press.) Chairman New, in impressive COLISEUM, CHICAGO, |tones, said jepresented by 980 deie “The hour has arrived for the , assembled from the various | Tepresentatives the republican } party to meet fn thelr fourteenth Bational committee, after almoat 12 | Years of the most brilliant admin. istration tn the history of the world. and territories, as well as nial possessions,” the re ere are people in thin cow Yention who participated in the first convention of the party, and the accompitehments of the party im the brief span of the life of a man yet Hving, are almost beyond bettet for formulating a upon which the forth- campaign shall be conduct. acene was Chicago's greatest ire, where four years ago Roosevelt was made the candidate. The seating ca- of the building has been in- to nearly 11,000, thas pro Rg accommodations for 3,000 people than in 1904. At this fraction of the great con- we of party enthosiasts that has ing inte towm atnce Satur able to obtain admission. of the tickets had been hands of the national com- and the jecal committee of its. Each national com, was allotted a limited and each delegate and al- two. local committee gave out The marching clubs alone Ste coming in from outside Would more than have filled “We are here to assert our pride A promising fleld for young womén has been found fn the Tanana mining district in Aine ka, aceording to a let ter which was browaht before the Chamber of set aside for spectators. Commerce this after Crowds at Doors, ~ye : before the doors werd se a result of the letter it is predicted i est catiertsea eae that many of the lormed “Taft” and organtza- maiden school teachers, instead of going to the patring the names of other | Si Seo, of the Roman Catholic this summer to 119 o'clock the hall was thrown | Church,” he announced. spend their vacations, will visit Fairbanks and perhaps annex the title Bishop Muldoon'’s prayer was as follows: and thore who had been so as to beg, borrow or buy 7 “Almighty and moretful God, wo! Mra lore pa ‘sak one humbly beseech Thee, mercifully! When the eastern t to give ear to the prayers offered | communith where Sergeantsatarma. jot the moet virile aod maniy kind | “Fairbanks is the newest fron the bleed that built it belongs te t Poverty ia unknown; there fs fitt is as healthy as any in the whol would advertise our wants in the N COPY ETT MOer B Ver to the social side of the! aman, reuse Hon and & generous share of Went to the “400.” and alternates were im the center of the hall, the of each state delegation be ib ‘ wees | FOR YOUNG WIVES Surprised By Noise. “lwagine my surprise when I heard « scrape and rustle beneath the bed. I knew right away that there was something doing. The burglar, who must have been pretty sore at having been under the bed for severni hours, seomed to care not how much noise he made GOwre Yo en aw Correnreron Way BFE I threw my arm across my eres to prevent being Dilnded by the flash of light I knew must come. The robber seratehed two or three matches as be bent over ux I feigned sleep as the robber GOy Forwrr me ormaine. walked to the bead of our bed end ran his band under the piile Not finding any Valuables, the robber seized me by the nose and Ter ten tore began to roll my head from side to side tn a vigorous manner “I stretched and yawned as though | had just awakened and sat up ia bed. The robber bad « mask acrom the lower part of his On mm face and he shoved a gum at my head. hn ee “And of al) the picturesque threats and curses that fellow launched at me! That robber had a m beautiful voice; deep. heavy and musica! with a fringe just like silk, but he spoiled the whole effect with his rade Janguage. And ail the time Schacter THE GOVEANOR OF MAINE 1& REALLY QUITE FUNNY, slept oo ee - —— Wanted Diamond. splendid administration has beet) eondarted have known to the) “Whe that rock?’ demanded the robber, referring to my American people as the ‘polities of | $250 diamond shirt stud the square deal ) “I told him | had left it at a local safe deposit vault that morn- in what has been done, to approve Gentlemen of the convention,| '" the achievements of the past and; ——— aston ir Nie “You're @ ilar,’ said the robber, accompanying his remarks most borracho to commend the ad-| (Continued on page 7.) with a etring of talk which fairly curdied the atmosphere. “By this time Schaefer was awake, The robber made both F of us roll to one side of the bed while he searched under the |i sheets, He found my watch and chain which | always put in a TANANA MINERS ADVERTISE == Aba,’ said the robber, ‘you can't fool me.’ The joke was on the borglar as he thought the diamond stud was in the cigar case The robber searched ovr clothes but disdained to He wanted the diamond. After stuf cigar ease into his pocket the thief waved his gun at ~ningly and backed towards the door “‘Now, | am going to wait outside the door,” said the burglar, ‘and if | hear one yip from you, I'll blow your heads off!’ With that he backed out of the room and locked the door. We waited « few minutes and then attempted to arouse the guests tn adjoining rooms, bet it was nearly three hours before the landlord unlocked our door Beagle says the robber inches in height. The victim deplor was a gift from his mother years ago ws to the identity of the burglar and an low NOW Wil YOU BE with my watch take several dollars in ellver th it was & young man about 5 feet 6 or the * of his watch, Beagie bas his suspicions arrest is likely to fol president to the r ting as The following stat sued today from the white That which purports to so-called administration phed fr secretary tenographer of w ae ment wae ie the platform. Chicago. ie a prepared by resolution com be members he large ortior by Thy servants in behalf of the) there is a large surplus HOW WILL SHE DO, BOYS? mittee for presentation to re iain, ween eset tue ae | Whete safle. ef ‘wonton, Seseme te |tary Taft for the purpose of obtain Ground thee aiden at the|.."We humbly implore Thee to| formed of the fact that 6,000 men are living in @ district where ling his views on certain planks ME fRised ticrs and galleries, | DCS and guide us in Thy wisdom | there are only 500 women, the railroads will cayy many @ young A large part of this purported led of women, many of them | land direct the deliberations of this| woman to Seattle on her way to Alaska. |platform never was seen by the in social life tn Chi} Co@vention for the greater peace, The letter follows ‘ Sdout at al! end & adiaber cf . | security and happiness of the en-| Fairbanks, Alaska, May 9, 1908. the planks contained In the re Delegates Seated. | tire people Secretary Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Seattle iatalet Gerd eakibened to emeun B and Washington, gowned in| “Grant to all peace, purity and Dear Sir: The Fairbanks mining district has a population of iments of both @ verbal aad a sud best summer finery patriotiem, through Christ, who] about 5,000 men, of whom about 600 are married, the rest are living stantial nature Ineal committee on arrange-|taught as to pray, saying: ‘Our|a life of bachelorhood, although there are 75 or 80 per cent within Tae ee This and other drafts were given more prominence | 2 “ [the marriageabie all or nearly all of that 75 or 8@ per cent are |tentative only and merely for the information of certain members of Flat Denial Is Made That tier town in the United States, and the resolutions committee, whe he survival of the fittest claws | Were eking the views of various le or no diekness, and the climate | Prominent republicans. Roosevelt Dictated world, so I think if you peaple w England state, or in districts e Neither the retary president nor Sec ited by placards fastened where there is a surplus of women, you would be helping yourselves Platf was asked to commit himself to SB falaed standards, the big repub-| in a financial way, and you would be doing us a favor that gouldn't orm. any particular feature of any form States, like Pennsylvania and | be measured from a monetary standard, Sincerely yours, of platform, but the various drafts York. being given front rows. | PETER JOHNSON —eeemeentinins of proposed planks were laid be the delegates’ reservation | -- =— eR SE a i) fore them both semi-circle stage on which | t | jgeeesenceesee ees |i cmrras ster aie peorapre/ meiner Did Seer Taft n. es, the mem aes eee * THE WEATHER # | and a full cargo of freight STOLE A FEW - | : 2 4 Have Much to Sa ) Ineluds # Cloudy, probably with show. # @# ee ee ahah eeeeene to y , atic corps at Washington, | } - Pete the 400 eats set anide *# ers tonight and Wednesday; *) ! | light to gentle westerly breeze. # # BANK CLEARINGS. * About It * wie . } cm Seattle. * . < p- eeeeeune * eee gis. 12 o'clock M beens) Bnd dts | ®@ Clearings today ..$1,239,701.63 @ Recause he was broke and need @ Briinger aa irs “Racban-| \* acral 198,000.19'@ (By United Press.) ed sleep, Ben Martinson, who says | - The band then swung into / VIC ORIA iS:. sites har 70 ik 4 WASHINGTON, June 16—NowW | he is an electrician, unlocked a ins pir ing s of “Tann 4 farm dren 46 @| comes a characteristically vigor-|goor to @ room in the New Eng ut, Col Pm applaose died Creed \* Portland @ ows denial from the white bouse land hotel, Firet av. 8. and Main . r ational conve } ances 72 istons of the platform t+ id : thon stepped front. of the GEE IT THAT WAY. ls &, the, provisions OF pmitted to the| Martinson was discovered sev Reon : ; ek sane _ acme \* PERE EERE HEH roondticnn national committee on ere! hours later by the proprietor ohne ding officer's’ 5, i de M. Bilis, at-|who found that the electrician was BN called the conventic Father who art in Heaven, hat iceman : a oe resolutions by Wade : —,- 8 m | owed be Thy name. Thy kingdom| Tereraphic advices from Nome) syccagegs WiLt MEET. | torney meneral of Ohia not in the roam according to the é come, Thy will be done on earth,| this morning bring the information | - Ht even goes so far as to deny | rules of the hotel. Patrolman ¢ Called to Order las it in in Heaven. Give wa this|that the Victoria, of the Alaska! Members of hive No. Ladies the Secretary Taft played any very | liffe ified and Martinson “The proceedings w « begun | aay our daily bread, forgive us our|Steamehip company, arrived there |of the Maccabees, will entertain |important part in drafting the docu-|now occupies @ cell in the city Haan b ¢ ght Rev. P. J. debte as we forgive our debtors,|at about 7 o'clock last evening. | this evening at the A. O. U. W. ment which fs spoken of in Chi-|jail, charged with being a disor bhekep of the The Victoria left Seattle June 1 divcese of lead us not Into temptation, but de ihall, 1923% First av, jeago as if it had been dictated ,derly person, Taft committed himeelf nor | (Star Special Gervice.) send, daughter of Mrs. Richard WASHINGTON 16.—Capita, naend, and a Washington belle oclety is busing with the daintest of a season or two. morsel of romantic gossip Ubat it Although bis intentions to Miss bas had for some time Townsend were inarked last season, The duke of Alba, he of the the duke went home soon after he lengthy of Spanish fighting dincovered that her income was men, is coming back to Washing. only $200,000 a year. ton an Harbor, Me. on a “big Now, those who tell things be game hunt hind their fans are positive that Of course everybody knows there D'Albe has suffered like a soldier in no “big game” shooting in Wash- al) these 12 months from «a heart ington or Bar Harbor in the sum- wound. They are certain he seeks mer, except the heart hunts conduct- a balm for his wound, and will carry ed by Dan Cuptd. And the duke, off the belle of Bar Harbor regard. whose title is welghtier than his less of her small income purse, was only last year very mach| In other words this is to Be interested in Miss Mathilde Tows- real love story after all SESS of our corruption. And it looks here for awhile as if nobody was going to put the repubiiean party on record 4% to the fundamentals. Something Doing. was learned today that the hd ieosate delegation is going te do |that. Senator La Follette, Con- | gressman Cooper and other leaders | from that state, who have led the | people of Wisconsin through their | fight to overthrow the railroads jand other governing interests, are |to offer planks for the republican convention platform to that same end in the United States, and they propese to fight for the principles in the platform committee = upon the floor of the convention if necessary. Moreover, there is — fs a part of the people. 0; labor ts here with a few demands, but labor won't fight as hard as the Wisconsin delegation, Organized labor's plans, as 1 un derstand it, is to ask what they want first of the republican party. Then if the demands are denied, to go with the same demands te the democratic party. And t CHICAGO, June 16.—Some popu-|!f neither of the old parties lar demands will be presented to|Tepresent labor, then labor may |this convention. That is news that have @ labor ticket, I am only tell. ALL AT: Lincoln J. Steffens Gives, the Inside of Chicago Convention. BY LINCOLN J. STEFFEN! Copyright, 1908, Newspaper Enter. Prise Association. Tam not arguing; ts remarkable. Go back with mea bit. We have '"&. Those who are concerned in been watehing for several years | the radical parties which today are lnow, the refresentattve and the | dictating the policies governing the president trying to compel the un- Purepean countries know that this representative congress to repre-| Ws developed in the same way, eco ; We are seeing the |the refusal of the old parties even to try te represent the people. same spectacle here. The prost dent, a republican, js representing ee ele the republicans of the nation, and he is trying to com he repabit lean party te represent the people, FLOODS and he may succeed | He succeeded, with the “big | stick,” im jamming through the ma | [Uppal legislature some pretty Breed | legislation, and he is succ ting | with the “steam roller ning the opposition to me) plans and making the convention | |do what he thinks should be done | for the people. His Candidate and Platform. End of High ae ‘ Indeed, there is very little doubt | ater 0 but thet he will jam bis candidate & and his platform through the con-| Kansas ls No vention, just as he jammed his Ww in measures through congress t But, think of it. He has to use Sight. force. This republican convention s, does Mke that republican con not of itself represent the people. | There is nothing unusual about | (By United Press.) it. The same observation + Sem) KANSAS CITY, Mo. June 16.— erally true democratic legisia- |... er eee The end of the big flood, which No, it is amazing, but the amaz-|has done so much damage in the ing thing about the entire thing i#| past few days, is in sight. The that the people are waamared &t) wissonri river and its tributeries this. This i a fresh exhibition, |nave reached the highest stage and and proves our unrepresentative | ire now slowly falling. character of our representative a%-| Tye Union station is still above semblics in general |the flood level, although the water Det this convention doe not is a foot deep alongside the bag even represent the president WhO | ease rooms, and there are still | controls it It obeys, but does not | wo feet of water in frout of the [agree wih eam Blossom house, ome of the best } Few Are for Taft. hotels in the vieinity of the depot, There are not a hundred dele. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas, gates who, In their hearts, are for| Chicago @ Alton and Chicago, Bur- Taft. A wise insider told me that|lington @ Quincy railroads have this probably expressed the truth. | started te move their trains a And this truth is that the republi-lare today landing passengers at 1 party is not going to nominate a candidate its delegates want Fut that isn't the whole truth Whom do the delegates want was asked ‘Ob, Roosevelt, the answer That, again not the whole truth, either. delegates are not the party. The state organizations which sent them here for the national organiza tion and this undercurrent for| Roosevelt is what the republican | party hopes to still use In throwing the eonvention inte confusion and thus might nominate a man like Fairbanks, Knox, Cannon, ete, who would represent not even the party jiet alone the people. Now Roosevelt has put his stamp upon the convention and the or | canization, but that is not enough His platform does not begin to ex | press the hopes of those who want weeks in the hope betng cured. to see the government tackle the The disease is only in ite Siret causes instead of the conkea a! stage Sheffield on the eastern boundary of the city The overflow of the Missourt | still surrounds the east bottoms of the elty, and a force of work- men employed by the Kensas City | Southern railway, are today build. ing a sand dyke for a distance of two miles. This will hold the water back until the river sud. ly rises again GOVERNOR DAWSON IS A VICTIM OF CONSUMPTION, of course,” came is true, but that is The (By United Pree) CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 16 Governor O. W. Dawson, of West Virginia, is ® victim of tuberen- liosis. As goon as Ris physician tified hin) that he b otracted the dreadful disease immedi- ately left for where he wil) remain for severel he Asheville, N. C.,