, The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME II. NUMBER 464. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, H'l 6. PRICE TEN CENTS.
HUGHES AND ROOSEVELT NAMED
PROGRESSIVES
AND G. 0. P. FAIL
A TO AMALGAMATE
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♦ ROOSEVELT REFUSES. ♦
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♦ CHICAGO, June 10.—Roosevelt today declined ♦
♦ the Progressive nomination. The following message ♦
♦ was received at the Auditorium: 4
♦ ‘‘I am very grateful for the honor you have con- ♦
♦ ferred upon me by nominating me as president, but I *
♦ cannot accept it at this time.” 4
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CHICAGO, June 10.—The Progressives nominated Roose
velt and the Republicans nominated Hughes on th/3 third ballot.
FAIRBANKS FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
CHICAGO, June 10.—Fairbanks was nominated as vice
president on the first ballot. .The vote was almost unanimous. .
OYSTER BAY, June 10.—Roosevelt in a telegram to the
Progressives today suggested the name of Senator Lodge as a
compromise candidate upon whom the Republicans and Pro
gressives could unite.
FIRST BALLOT.
CHICAGO, June 10.—On the first ballot yesterday Hughes
received 250% votes, Roosevelt 65, Root 103, Sherman 66%,
Fairbanks 74, Cummins 84, Brumbaugh 29, LaFolIette 25, Knox
36, Ford 32, Taft 14, Dupont 12, Weeks 4, McCall 11, Borah 2,
absent 2%, not voting 1. Alaska voted Weeks 1, Hughes 1.
A Second Ballot.
CHICAGO, June 10.—After the second ballot yesterday
Hughes received 328, Root 98, Burton 76%, Weeks 79, Dupont
13, Sherman 65, Fairbanks 88%, Cummins 85, Roosevelt 80, La-,
Follette 25, Brumbaugh 0, Knox 37, Wanamaker 5, Harding 1,
Wood 1, Hides 1.
After the second ballot the convention adjourned until 11
o’clock today.
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CHICAGO, .Tune 10. — (Coliseum) —
Che Republican convention listened j
tenttvely to the Roosevelt telegram j
proposing the nomination of Lodge.
Brief cheers greeted to communica-j
tion, and Weeks immediately took the j
platform and withdrew his name. The
\ third ballot was then ordered, with
the following results: Hughes 949%,
Roosevelt 18%, Lodge 7, Dupont 5, |
Weeks 3, LaFollette 3. The nomina-! (
tion was then made unanimous. ,
For vice-president, Fairbanks re
ceived all the votes except a few scat- |
tering votes for Burton and Burkett, (
of Montana.
PROGRESSIVES NOMINATE.
CHICAGO. June 10. — (Auditorium) j
.—when word was received that the ^
Republicans had nominated Hughes, (
the Progressives nominated Roosevelt
by acclamation. It then adjourned
3 p. m.
HUGHES NOTIFIED. (
WASHINGTON. .Tune 10. — Justice j
Hughes learned of his nomination at )
his home, where he had been working (
all during the convention on decisions
to be handed down Monday, which (
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Jpghes received the news of his (
ination without visible emotion,
sing to say anything, but promis- ,
a statement later in the day. ^ (
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ROOSEVELT WON'T TALK.
OYSTER BAY’, June 10. — Roose
velt refused to make comment on the
nominations, remaining at home and
receiving no correspondents.
It Is confidently believed here that (
-4J»°sevelt w111 accePt ,he nomination, *
ifnd a statement is expected later in (
the day. c
It is thought here that Roosevelt’s g
message suggesting Bodge as a com
promise candidate will preclude his f
approval of Hughes’ nomination, es- n
position on the question of the hyph
enated vote in advance of the action
if the Republican convention. Oyster
Bay is awaiting Hughes’ statement,
nit it is unlikely that any word from
-lughos will change Roosevelt’s atti
nde.
WILSON HEARS NEWS.
WASHINGTON, June 10. — Word
if the double nomination immediately |
vas communicated to Wilson. The
(resident made no formal comment,
tut it was evident that the adminis
ration was delighted.
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HUGHES ACCEPTS.
WASHINGTON, June 10. — Hughes
ins accepted the Republican noinina
ion and dispatched his resignation to
he White House.
NOTIFIES CONVENTION.
WASHINGTON, June 10. — Hughes)
■ (day sent a telegram to Harding, in
'hicago, accepting the nomination. He
ater received a hundred newspaper-,
len at his residence at a o’clock, and [
aid them of his acceptance.
Hughes' resignation from the su-j
Vhite House by a messenger. It con- j
i.sted of a single sentence. Wilson
nimediately accepted the resignation. [
The face of the Republican nominee j
,-as wreathed in smiles when he re- j
eived the newspaper men today. He
s receiving many messages of con-1
ratulation.
ROOSEVELT UNDECIDED.
CHICAGO, June 10.—(Auditorium.)
Progressive lenders today received
communication from Roosevelt, in
,’hieh the colonel, while he did not
latly refuse the nomination, indi
ated a reluctance to divide the oppo
ition to the Democrats.
Roosevelt took the position if he
nally found it inadvisable to run, the
atlonal Progressive committee would
be compelled to fill the vacancy on the
ticket.
Careful consideration of the nomi
nation was promised by Roosevelt,
who also said he would look into all
reports on the situation. He did not
specifically ask the Progressive con
vention to reconsider his nomination,
but merely put it up to the convention.
Henry Allen, of Kansas, said no ef
fort will be made to force an unequi
vocal statement from Roosevelt, who,
it is raid, is preparing a statement
which will lie read later in the con
vention.
PARKER FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
CHICAGO, June 10. — The Progres
sives today nominated Captain John
Parker, of Louisiana, for vice-presi
dent. The national committee was |
authorized to fill any vacancies on the
national committee.
HUGHES’ ACCEPTANCE.
WASHINGTON, June 10. — Hughes’
telegram to Harding, in which he uc
cepts the nomination, says: “I have I
not desired the nomination. 1 have
wished to remain on the bench, but
in this critical period of our nation’s
history. I recognize it is your right
to summon, and my paramount duty
to respond. You speak at a time of
national exigency transcending merely
partisan considerations, and you voice
a demand for dominant thoroughgoing
Americanism with firm upbuilding
policies essential to our peace and se
curity, and to that call in this crisis
I cannot fail to answer with the
pledge of all that is in me to the ser
vice of the country, therefore 1 accept
the nomination.”
Believes in preparedness.
Hughes severely criticises the for
eign policy of the Wilson administra
tion, and says the country presents a
humiliating spectacle to the world. He
says he believes in preparedness not;
only adequate for our defense with re
spect to numbers and equipment in
both army and navy, but with all
thoroughness to the end that in each
branch of the service there may be
the utmost efficiency under the most
competent administrative heads.
ROOSEVELT NOT INTERESTED.
OYSTER BAY, June 10. — Roose
velt declined to accept any offer to |
have Hughes' statement telephoned to(
him at Sagamore Hill. He said he
would send his daughter, Mrs. William |
Derby, for the statement, lie declined
to see the newspaper men, but made
an appointment for them at 0 o'clock
tonight.
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NOMINATIONS MADE.
('llK’ACiO, June lrt. — (Coliseum)—|
The Republican convention met again j
yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock and
the nomination speeches were begun.
Oovernor Whitman, of New York, no
minated Hughes, and a demonstration J
which lasted and which was joined
by about half the delegates resulted.
During his speech Whitman men
tioned the names of both Taft and
Roosevelt, and the name of the for
mer was greeted with much more ap
plause than the latter.
FALL NOMINATES ROOSEVELT.
The nomination of Hughes was fol
lowed by that of Root, who was noml
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MINE
LONDON, June 10. Twelve surviv
ors from the cruiser Hampshire, which
sank with Lord Kitchener and staff
aboard, were picked up today. They
had taken refuge on a life raft and
are the only ones who escaped,
According to the story told by the
survivors, the Hampshire struck a
mine and sank immediately.
HARDING PLEADS
POLICY
CHICAGO, June 7. — With a plea
for reunion, for reconstruction rather
than recrimination. United States Sen
ator Warren G. Harding, of Ohio, in
his address as tem|>orary chairman,
opened the Republican national con
vention here today. Asserting that
the country was "wearied afresh by a
disappointing and distressing Demo
cratic administration,” and was call
ing for Republican relief, the speaker,
before undertaking to discuss the po
litical issues, appealed to the delegates
to forget the differences which divided
the party in 1912.
Referring to the administration's
foreign policy in the European war.
Senator Harding declared that it had
spoken with more rhetoric than reso
lution. Mexican negotiations, he de
scrbied as the greatest fiasco in Am
erican foreign relations. He paid tri
bute to Americanism of foreign birth
with brief reference to the few zea
lots who would Impugn the nation's
neutrality and urged a fraternity of
\morican republics under the Mon
roe doctrine. Advocating adequate na
tional defense, he charged the Demo
cratic party with having interrupted
naval construction and lie criticised
the army reorganization bill, lie also
attacked the administration shipping
bill, the effort made to extend inde
pendence to the Philippines, and made
a plea for a return to the protective
tariff.
The world at war, preparedness and
Imerica’s foreign relations served as
the basis for the senator’s first dis
cussion of the issues. The enormity
of the war in Europe, the tidal wave
of distress and disaster, new wonders
and new hindrances in commerce had
utterly changed economic conditions,
and 'these have attended embarrass
ments in American foreign relations,”
he said, "as difficult ns those which
the individual citizen experiences
whose every neighbor is involved in
deadly quarrel.”
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depleted condition of the federal trea
sury, which is characteristic of Demo
cratic control," he said, “and the fa
cility of the administration for writ
ing varied notes without effective no
tice." Amid these conditions, America,
he asserted, had been singled out for
leadership among the neutral powers,
“but the administration at Washing
ton spoke with more rhetoric than re
solution, and we came to realize that
the warring powers soon came to
know that the official American voice
lacked the volume of determined ex
pression that once demanded interna
tional heed, and we lacked the
strength and confidence in our own
defences.”
In the discussion of foreign rela
tions the temporary chairman made
particular reference to Americanism,
to the course with Mexica and with
Europe. Beginning with Americanism,
he traced it back to Independence
days, when there were Americans
from Great Britain, from Germany.'
irum r i.im r «*■« uuuwn i *• ,
who made a common cause. Since that
time, he said. America’s gates had i
swung inward to the foreign born and
"they are an inseparable and import
ant and valued part of our American I
citizenship, and the few zealots of
any origin who violate our neutrality
do not. and can not, impugn the loyal
ty of the American patriotism of that
great body which adds to the swelling
chorus of ‘My Country T'is of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty.”
Expressing reluctance to speak of
the division of American sentiment
relating to foreign affairs. Senator
Harding discussed briefly the Mexican
problem. ‘‘It must be said, for the
truth’s sake and clearer understand
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RUSSIANS STILL
FORGING AHEAD
IN BIG ATTACK
PETROGRAD, June 10.—The Russian advance in Vol
hynia and Galicia continues, and now threatens to envelop the
whole Austrian army. The Austrians are being attacked from
both the north and east. Whole Austrian regiments, composed
of Slavs, have become panic stricken and surrendered without
offering any real resistance.
The Russian army officers today report the capture of an
additional 185 Austrian officers and 14,000 men.
VIENNA, June 10. — Austrian troops in Volhynia have
now reached a new position along the river Styr, after a series
of rear guard engagements with the Russian forces. The Rus
sians again are attacking with strong forces the Austrian lines
in lower Galicia. The engagements are yet unfinished.
MORE RUSSIAN SUCCESS.
PETROGRAD, June 10. — Later reports from the front
tell of the continued successes of the Russian army in Volhynia
and Galicia, The Russians report the capture of an additional
97 Austrian officers, 5,500 men and eleven more cannon.
ITALIAN TRANSPORT SUNK.
ROME, June 10. — The Italian troop transport Principe
Umberto was sunk today in the lower Adriatic. About half the
soldiers aboard were drowned. She was sunk by two Austrian
submarines, which attacked her, one from each side, and sank
her with torpedoes.
GERMANS LOSE ANOTHER CRUISER.
AMSTERDAM, June 10. — Travelers arriving from Berlin
report that the cruiser Derfflinger sank after the Jutland bat
tle while being towed into Wilhelmshaven. The German ad
miralty has not yet admitted the loss of the Derfflinger, and it
is supposed here that the losses in the great naval battle are
much larger than have been admitted.
ST. LOUIS, June !>. — Detailed plans
for the entertainment of delegates and
visitors at the Democratic national
convention here next week have been
formulated, tinder the auspices of the
general entertainment committee, in 1
connection with the Business Men’s .
League, delegates and alternates will
be taken on an automobile ride on the
first day, June 14.
Another afternoon the visitors will
attend the gall game. From the ball
park they will be taken on a river j
excursion, either on the steamer flrey j
Ragle or St. Paul. A buffet dinner!
will he served on the boat.
The Kentucky Society will treat its
guests to an automobile ride anji a
dinner at an inn about twelve miles
from the city. Other state clubs have (
established headquarters, and applica
tions for hotel room and so forth will,
be taken care of as well as possible.,
Most of the hotel space already has .
been taken, but the state organiza
tions, especially the college and uni- j
versify contingent, are booking rooms
in all places possible, even in private
homes. • ,
College clubs have made arrange- |
ments for several receptions during- .
the convention, and have provided sev- i
eral entertainments which will savor -
of undergraduate days.
The hospitality of St. Louis will he I
extended, not only to delegates, but j
to visitors from other states who i
come here during convention week. , ’
The various civic organizations in | s
the city have been canvassed and each i
has been assigned the entertainment j
oTdelegates and visitors from a sped-11
fic state. Members of the various ®
organizations who have automobiles
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will take the delegates and visitors ; {
from the specified states on an auto-j f
ALAMEDA ARRIVES FROM
THE OUTSIDE
The steamship Alameda, of the
Maska Steamship Company, arrivod
(his morning at 10 o'clock. She had
the following passengers for Cordova:
Gene King, Mrs. M. Kelley, F. R.
Scott, A. L. Wakeham, Miss Emile
N’ichols, Mrs. J. R. Nichols. H. H. Bart
lett, G. Ross. Jack Kissell. Oscar Mart,
IV. F. O’Brien, R Prisley, F. B. Amos,
Miss F. Laurie, Mrs. S. Laurie. A.
Martin. W. M. Schmidt, E. C. Wells,
t. H. Fanning. Mrs. Fanning, L. Wolm,
Mrs. Etta Hoag, and four second class
jassengers.
She will sail tonight at 10 o'clock.
The steamship Admiral Farragut, of
he p. A. N. Co., is due from the west
omorrow morning, anil the Admiral
A'atson, of the same line, is expected
rom the south Monday morning.
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LONGSHOREMEN WORKING.
SEATTLE, June 10. — Longshore
nen have resumed work at all ports
m the Pacific coast.
NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD.
WASHINGTON. June 10. — John R.
JoLean. owner of the Washington
Jost and Cincinnati Enquirer, died
tere today.
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Frank Lawson arrived in the city
in the Alameda from the outside on
Ms way to the westward on business.
nobile tour of the parks and residence
treets of the city.
On the night of June 13 — the night
iefore the convention — the
olitan Opera Company of New York
iill give an outdoor production of
Vagner’s Siegfried. This will be
taged in Kobinson Field, the baseball
ark of the St Louis Nationals.
On the night of Monday. June 13
he Democratic national committee
nd the visiting newspaper men will
e entertained at a reception at an inn
few miles outside the city. Auto
lobile transportation will be provided
or the guest*.
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