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Newspaper
Centralia Weekly Chronicle
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1912
Page
8
Portland June 27 mayor and senior police officers named in grand jury indictment for allegedly offering a bribe to Deputy District Attorney Collier to drop a true bill charging Maddux and Reed with extortion.
Washington June 28 The United States customs court of appeals held that a decorator chiseling in stone is a skilled artisan and not a true sculptor. Ornamented mantels by an artisan with sculpture study were not considered works of art under the art sculpture law.
Claude Berlin the Centralia aviator returned to Centralia this morning from Sioux Falls South Dakota with C M Carter a mechanic. Berlin made a spectacular 76 flight at Sioux Falls during the Elk state convention. The pair visited at Mr Carter's home in Blair Nebraska. Berlin is scheduled to ascend at Spokane Sunday and one at Portland during the carnival in that city next month.
A committee led by LeWs R. T. Siler, Siler Joe Moor craft, William McKay, J. T. Bivin, Ienior Scherer and DC J. Hampton seeks federal aid to open the Cowlk2 river from its junction with the Cisse to Lewis. The 3¢ tilled distance crosses the high Hie Totton area and is viewed feasible by settlers of decades. In Beattle, June 7, impeachment probes into Judge Wanford started with delay due to subpoenas for Leonard Disson.
The remains of Roy McNair, a burglar shot during a robbery at Olequa last Friday night, were sent to his home in the east yesterday. G Te Miller, the clerk who killed McNair, was not arrested.
In one of the fastest State League games this year Centralia defeated Hoquiam 1 to 0 on the harbor. Jorstad pitched well with slight support from teammates while Herger matched him closely. Victory tightens Centralia’s standings, keeping them within a half game of Chehalis. Other names listed include Byrnes and Troeh with umpires noted.
An employee of Coal Creek Lunater Company, Mere Tiant, died yesterday noon when a moving locomotive struck him as he attempted to board. Coroner Charles Sticklin held an inquest yesterday afternoon. The 20 year old, unmarried man leaves two sisters, Mrs. George Schoonaver of Coal Creek and Mrs. J. W. Phifer Trot of this city. Funeral is planned for tomorrow afternoon in Mossrock.
The eleven member resolutions committee finishes a draft of the thousand word platform for the Democratic party in Baltimore. Bryan modeled the diction with Senator O Gorman penning it. They aim to complete before the 4 o'clock convention session with no minority report expected.
King George VI and Prince Albert visit Weymouth to oversee maneuvers aboard the warship Neptune. The king observes events as Albert, noted for his vigor and looks, receives strict attention to his studies and training, while the royal party watches naval activity from the deck.
In Seattle on June 28, John Smith chief naturalization examiner of the Northwest district testified in the congressional investigation into Judge Hanford. Atholzh Smith filed to revoke Olsson’s citizenship over alleged peculiar political beliefs, but Smith could not state what those beliefs were.
Rural workers of New England began their annual conference on social development at Massachusetts Agricultural College Amherst. Sessions cover immigration civic conditions and women's work in rural regions with Bishop Williams of the Episcopal diocese of Chicago as a principal speaker. Rural service exhibits and participating organizations include the Massachusetts Agricultural College New England Home Economics Association Massachusetts Civic League state health board and state library commission.
In Baltimore on June 28 the Democratic National Convention adjourned after a long day of balloting for a presidential nominee. Clark Wilson Harmon Underwood and others swapped votes across five ballots with no clear winner as delegates faced two thirds rules and shifting endorsements. The session resumed later with Clark and Wilson still in contest and plans for further votes and conference discussions.
In his Madison weekly Senator LaFollette denounces Roosevelt for running a presidential campaign tied to steel and harvester trusts. He accuses Roosevelt of cooperation with Taft era figures and of weakening the Progressive cause. LaFollette decries lack of platform and calls for a democracy restored to the people.
Washington reports describe Lieut. Col. I. N. Lewis’s air cooled rapid fire gun designed for biplanes. Weighing 25 pounds it is carried on a passenger, fires steel jacketed bullets, and aims to be a decisive weapon in modern warfare. Test officers praise its power and simplicity. In a separate note, Hadley confirms Roosevelt delegation seating talks in Chicago, claims he refused any deal to nominate Hadley or other candidates.
June 26 Oyster Bay N Y United News wires report President Roosevelt vows to give his opponents more trouble as he comments on the outlook for the progressive party. The colonel laughs when informed some persons were cutting at an anarchist.
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