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TRICE FIVE CfcXTS. PORTLAND, OREGON', WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1912. TREE LIMB SNAPS; DESERTED ARTIST, HOUSE WOULD LIFT TILLAMOOK TAKES ROOSEVELT LEADS SUICIDE IS BALKED 86, IN P00RH0USE MTTIXG AMOXG FAILURES, HE TOLL ON COASTERS GAY CROWD IN TOW POLICKMAX Hf-USS CKAMI AXD KEVIVfcS DfePONDEXT MAX. AMERICAN" VESSELS EXEMPT FROM CAVAIi COSTS. REFLECTS OX PAST FAME. METHODISTS NAME H MORE BISHOPS MEXICANS WARNED BACK FROM BORDER OHIO RETURNS 1325 Precincts Give 17,619 Over Taft. PRESIDENT AHEAD IN SOUTH Segregation of Delegates Is Not Yet Possible. HARMON HAS ADVANTAGE l a toilette' Vol Larger Than Had lu-rn F.sprrlrd by Mate Politi cian Clark anil Bryan Receive Some Voles. COLUMBUS. C May 11. On the lac f the early return n Ohio's Brat Prrsldenrltal preference primary o da. Colonel Kooevlt led the Kepubll ran ticket oer President Taft and linttritor Harmon, of Ohio, led Gover nor (VllKin. of New Jersey, on the ! morratle ticket by a fair margin. Tliese return, however, were lven mi a basis of complete fiicurrs from only U:'. preclncta out of a total of H:. These gave Roosevelt delegates .5I and Taft delegates 41.U1. a ma y.My of I7.l fur the Kvelt men. only on the I democratic ticket doe mo iiunl represent a direct Pres idential preference vote. On the Re publican ticket th oie computed la I he tola) outcome of ballots cast In th precincts counted for delegate to th National convention pledged to Colonel Umiinrll or President Taft. Taft (irrlea t'laetaaatt. President Taft appeared to have car ried Cincinnati by a Ursa margin, and also Toledo and Dayton, among tha larger cities. Thi ru mor than off set by the ola given Colonel Roose velt In the north and In Columbus' and other cities. The Rocsevelt lead In the north end t the state. It seemed, would glva tha et-Prenllent an advantage which Mr. Taft could not overcome by his Tot is the south end. Including Cincinnati and th rural districts. Senator La r'olletie received a larger Tot than ttate politicians bad predicted, getting considerable fraction of th Tot cast m the northern end cf th stale. In cluding Cleveland. W nam a ad T. K. l-d la t levelaad. Governor Wilson, Ilk Roosevelt, re reived his biggest Tote In Cleveland and th surroundlnc counties. Gover nor Harmon polled a heavy vote In Co lumbus, the capital, and also In his home city. Cincinnati. Harmon's eara paian managers, despite th early fig ure, declared that their candidate bad carried the state through the heavy vole for him they expected In th coun ty districts. Governor WINon'a chief strength, they saihad been In Cleveland, where Mayor BaVer had waged a strong fight asalnst Harmon. Mayor Baker, how ever. In a statement insisted that Gov ernor Wilson bad carried Ohio by a ote of two to one. Roth Champ ("lark and Mr. Pryan. althnuch their names were not on tha preference hullot ami they wer not represented by delegates, received aev rrsl scattering votea. which, when final returna are In. may affect the outcome f the tlson-Harmon race. lat Deleaalea la Itoafcl. nut cf SI Congressional districts In the star, toltals computed at a time when feaer than half the precinris were counted indicated that Roosevelt would have CO of th 42 district dele catea and Taft have II. but the re turns were so Incomplete that eltfht delegates at preaent could not be counted by either side. Apparently Mr. Taft has th First. .-e.-oni. Sixth. Seventh. Klghth. Thir teenth and Fifteenth. Mr. Roosevelt Is believed to have won the ileVgate in the Fourth. Fifth. Tenth. K!eventh. Te-elfth, Fourteenth. Seventeenth. Nine teenth. Twentieth and Twenty-first. The vet In the Third l very close, as it Is In the Ninth and Sixteenth. I lableealh t t eacede. Friends of Mr. Taft declare he has carried tl.e Flghteenth but Roosevelt supporters will not concede this. Apparently Governor Harmon has carried 13 out of the 21 districts. g!v ing him 2 of the 42 delegates to th National convention. If this proves true. It a:o will give him the six dele-gates-at-large from the state. In the a!l of the Democratic convention it was stipulated that the winner of th primary should n.ime the delegalea-at-large. P1XOX CLAIMS IT BY 90,000 Colonel's Manager ay He Will Have 4 of Ohio's 4 8 Votes. WASHINGTON. May II. At mid night Senator I'lxon Issued th follow ing statement at the Roosevelt Na tional headquarters: -There Is no further roen for argu ment. On last Thursday at Colum bus. Mr. Taft In his speech said: -The vote In Ohio, my home state, will be the decisive on and will settle -be question of the nomination.' Ohio has spoken. By a majority of probable .oe she has d-clared her preference for Roosevelt as Republican nominee tor PreelUent. Roosevelt will 'li'Mwleaed oa l1 1 Worker After lK-tli la-tens Copcr Wire la Itramli and Around Neck. Tlirn Juiii. SAN FR.XCI:. May SI. Sp rlaLI To th breaking of the bough "f a tree. William McGrath today owe hia life. McGrath became despondent last night and after brooding several hours decided h would put an end to bis life. H walked to Golden Gate Park. With him be took a piece of copper wire. 11 reached the Nlnth avenue and H-street entrance to tha park shortly after midnight. A few yards away waa a low tree, from which he decided he would hang himself. He fastened on nd of th wir about a bough that appeared to be of great strength. H rataed himself from th ground and faatened the other end of th wlr about hla neck. MeOrath then bad goodbye to th cruel world and let himself drop. But fat waa against him. The tree bough broke and fell to the ground with a crash that aulckly brought him to bis senses. A policeman beard th noise and rushed to the scene to find McGrath In a heap on the ground. Th bluecoat detached th man from th broken ire limb and took him to th park hospital, where he waa revived and placed un der arrest. He was released later and escorted to hla home. PHOTO ENGRAVERS GO OUT All shops. Kxccpt Two, Are Closed in .-rattle and Tacoma. SEATTLE, May :i. (Special.) Be cause proprietor of all th photo ei. graving (hops in Seattle) and Ta coma. with th exception of the Art Fngravtng Company and the Rapid Service Fngravtng Comnany. refused to sign a contract for the coming yar providing for an Increased scale of wages, th employes of all the shops In both cities, with the exception of the two named, quit work this morn ing at o'clock. Tha employes justify their action by th fact that the business In which they are engaged Is particularly un healthy. Out of a membership of 4000 In thear onion. . or 1 per cent. It Is asserted, died of consumption last year. C. L. Harrison, president of tha Seat tle Engraving Company and also pres ident of th Northwestern Photo En gravers' Association, an organisation of the employers. In nieiktnc of the sink this morning, said that It was absolutely Impossible to accede to th demands of tlva union. He said h" seal of the union In Seattle and Tacoma waa already the highest paid In any city In the United Statea or Canada, being IS per cent higher than Portland and SO per cent higher than Spokane. COW ROPED WITH PAJAMAS Med ford Boy In Lieu of l-aso Ct.es Night Apparel on Bossy." MEPFORD. Or.. May S 1. Special.) "Buffalo Bill haa nothing on on Med ford boy. This youngster. In the ab sence of a rawhide rial a. used hla pa Jamas with excellent resulta on a re fractory cow. Chester Lunt, aged II, who Uvea at tit East Ninth street, la th boy who proved adept with pa jamas as a lasso. lie waa awakened at night recently by his cow wildly chasing through his well-kept garden and. summoning his brother Herbert, wont to catch the ani mal. At the end of a half-mile sprint he overtook the anmlal and threw his arms about her neck trying to hold her, but he soon found that this method was unsatisfactory, so he doffed hi pajama shirt and. using It as a rope, held the cow until his brother ap peared on th scene with a portion of hi mother' clothesline and "Bossy" was promptly led back to her living quarters. BAKER REDUCES SALOONS Comini--loners Succeed In ('citing. Kid of Three. Leaving SO. RAKF.R. Or.. May SI. (Special.) The effort to give the city a moral hath was continued today when th City Commissioners refused to renew the application for ll(uor licenses of the Miller saloon, tonducted by C. C. Cox. and of the Diamond bar, conducted by George Harson. They wer deemed unfit by the Commissioners, because of their reputation and character. The application for th renewal of the li cense of the Iag Cabin saloon, by Al Grant, was withdrawn. Th stopping of the three places will leave Raker 20 saloons, for. according to the city ordinance, no new licenses can be la sued until th number In the city Is reduced to 14. or one to every 500 In habitants. A year ago there were 2. Cox also onducts the Fawn saloon on Main street. This waa allowed to con tinue. SPECIAL RATE QUESTIONED President Karrell Finds Baker Se cure Small Benefit. RAKER. Or. May SI. (Special.) While here last night President Farrell. of the O.-W. R. N. Investigated the colonist problem and when told that this part of the state had received lit tle benefit, he said: "1 question the colonist rates a of much benefit to the country. The peo ple don't seem to stay, but come rather just to look over the country, then re turn home, and 1 believe that If th different clubs would establish a bu reau In the Eastern farming districts and could get one good resident to lo cate here it would do more actual good tbaa all th rate in existence." Dr. Henderson and Dr. Shepard Chosen. NIGHT SESSIONS TO CONTINUE Determination to Adjourn on May 28 Still Manifest. CANDIDATES DROP OUT Number Expected to lie Materially Rcu.-v(l'-XjJU;n-0 jo a ic. Al. is mm imp. Among Those Voted For. MINNEAPOLIS. May 21. Dr. T. F. Henderson, of Brooklyn, and W. O. Shepar1, of Chicago, are the new bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church elected on the 11th ballot, the result of which was announced tonight. lr. Henderson received ES2 and Dr. Shepard 532. The number necessary to elect was 524. Indications that the conference will attempt to keep to Its resolution of reaching an adjournment May 2s, were shown In the night sessions, begi n last night to cast a ballot for bishop. Since the first ballot, on which Dr. Homer C. Stunts was elected, numerous men have headed the no-election ballots for a time, only to give way when It seemed that the necessary two-thirds vol of th delegates present could not be obtained. Dr. D. O. Downey, of New York, waa well to the fore on th second ballot, but he gave way to Dr. Shepard, who was one of the two men elected to night. Candidates constantly are droppinff out, although on the eighth ballot, there were about 10 who received only two or Hire votes. Tli total number of candidates voted on In the eighth wa 7. ' t by the enij of the week this nnmti'tr ' exptvo be const lerably smaller, as those who have been cast ing complimentary ballots swing to those whom th delegates consider really in tl.e race. Among the candidates Is W. F. Old ham, who now holds the distinction of being a bishop In the church. His title, however. Is that of missionary bishop. His power Is restricted to his own field, which Is Malaysia. As a mission- 0nt-luvled on IaKs 2.1 Jooph I'andlrr, AVho Cast Statue of Liberty on Xutional Capitol, Lose All in 1008 'Quake. SAN KRANCI.SCO. May II. (Spe cial.) Deserted and left pcnnilees at SS years old, Joseph Paudler. an arti san who is almost an artist. Is now an Inmate) of the City and County Relief Home, where with bowed 'head and trembling chin he site among a crowd of other old men who are mostly fail ures, -while he had conquered fame as the man whose handiwork had cast the. Statue of Liberty on Washington's Capitol. Distressed by poverty and old ages he haa existed for the past few years on the charity of a few friends, but now, alone, be baa come to pass his last day at the poorhouse. Paudler la chiefly known to San Franciscans for his work on the Me chanics' monument on Market street and tha statue of General U. S. Grant In Golden Gate Park, as well as that in Washington square. Trembling with age, the white-haired old man de scribed how the fire of 1906 took all his possessions. For three years he worked on the figura of Liberty, which now adorns the cupola on the Capitol at Washington, a work often Inter rupted by the stirring events of the Civil War. "Abraham Lincoln." said the old man, "took a great Interest in my work, and often he would stop and speak to me." He did most of the brass and bronze work in tills city for -0 years. MORGUE WORKER SUICIDE Painter In Dead Room Deprc-sed teclnjr Four Who Took Live.. SAN' FRANCISCO. May 21. (Spe cial.) Under the Influence of suicidal mania. Induced by his experience in working at the Oakland morgue, when the bodies of four persons who had taken their lives were broupht to tho place. Fred Curtis, a painter, committed suicide in the night in his room In a San Francisco hotel by shooting him self In the head. Curtis, who had been 111 and des pondent, was employed all last week as a painter In some repair work at the Oakland morgue. In the time he was there four persona committed suicide and their bodies were brought In. TWO SENATORS ELFCTED Louisiana uiih-s Ransdeli and Boussard Far Ahead of Time. BATON KOUGE, La.. May II. Rep rexcntatlves Ransdell and Boussard, of Louisiana, were elected by the State Legislature today to the United States Senate. Mr. Ransdcll succeeds Senator Foster, whoso term expires in lit 13. and Mr. Boussard will succeed Senator Thorn ton In 1915. ON GUARD AT THE GATE. H NOMINATION V HUWW Cool Cavalry Officer Prevents Crisis. REBELS CHARGE AMERICANS Texas Ranger Threatens Lib eral Band With Arrest. PATROL IS STRENGTHENED Infantry Picketing Boundary Line, Supports Cavalry Guard Fight ing Within Short Distance of Line Expected. AT THE BOUNDARY CAMP OP AMERICAN TROOPS, NEAR FABENS. Tex, May II. The cool Judgment of an American Army lieutenant and the aggressive stand of two Texas rangers in the. face of 100 Mexican rebels ad vancing on the American boundary line prevented serious complications early today between the United States and Mexico. "Death to them!" cried the Mexi cans, and a shot rang out as they spurred their horses," drew their car bines from their saddle slots and charged forward to a wagon road where Lieutenant C. A. Dougherty and r.B men of Troop B, Fourth United States Cavalry, had stationed them selves, their rifles pointing toward Movlco. C. E. Wasster and Charles Moore, of the Texas rangers, who ha been accompanying the Amaui troops on the border patrol, dashed forward. Army Threatened With Arrest. "If you dare to come across this wagon road we'll arrest your whole army," shouted Wasster. Lieutenant Dougherty, thinking perhaps he had miscalculated the boundary line, gave the Mexicans the benefit of the doubt and drew his men back a few yards iindr . cover of some sage and mos nniiM orrferinar them under no circum stances to fire until so commanded. T1 la wacrnn road is the line. Wasster continued to call ' In Spanish tn ih. nrivnncins- rebels, who formed Into a fighting line, demanding at the same time that they send out tneir chiefs for narlev. Colonels Jose Cor doba and Carlos Buatamante, in com mand of the rebels, who were moving on Guadalupe, dismounted and crossed (Concluded on Pane 2.1 Provision Prohibiting Passage of Railroad-Owned Ships Kept in Measure Despite Attack. WASHINGTON, May 2J. By 100 votes to 30 the House today refused to permit the Imposition of tolls on American vessela engaged in the coast wise trade and which will use the Pan ama Canal. The action was taken dur ing consideration of the Panama Canal Administration bill. Representative Adamson. of Georgia, in charge of the measure, expressed confidence that the House would re verse itself Thursday when the bill is taken up for passage. A sharp but ineffective attack was made on the provision In the bill pro hibiting railroad-owned vessels from using the canal. Representatives Pe ters, of Massachusetts. Democrat, and Hlgglns. of Connecticut. Republican, protested that the proposed prohibition would apply not only to the canal, but would affect all vessels owned by rail roads and work havoc to a great busi ness built up along the Atlantic Coast. Both cited as an Instance the pas senger and freight steamers plying the sound between New York, Providence and Fall River, Mass., all of which ves sels are owned and operated by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad as part of their system. JAIL YAWNS FOR BANKER C. H. Summers, Formerly of We notchce, Vnder Sentence In Alaska. KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May 21. When United States Distrtct Judge Thomas R- Lyons overruled the demurrer In terposed by the defense In the prose cution for violation of the banking act of Clement H. Summers, formerly president of the First National Bank, of Juneau, counsel for Summers gave notice of an appeal and waived trial today. The court, without trial, at once sentenced Summers to five gears' imprisonment and fixed bail pending appeal at $10,000, an increase of $5000. Summers and Stuart G. Holt, for merly cashier of the bank, were In dicted at Juneau In January, 1912, charged with borrowing money from the bank and with repeatedly misrep resenting the condition of the bank. Summers and Holt were removed from office In the bank In the Summer of 1311 upon the demand of Bank Ex aminer Bailey. The bank was reor ganized and is now prospering. The Indicted men object to trial at Juneau, alleging that there was a hostile feel ing toward them there, and obtained a change of venue to Ketchikan. Sum mers was formerly a majority stock holder of a bank a Wenatchee, Wash. The demurrer, upon' which appeal will be taken, was based on the as sertion that 66 counts could not be joined under one Indictment as was done in this case. BARE-FOOT ACTION LOST Woman Who Sued for 910,000 Gets Nothing by Suit. Mary Britten, the plaintiff in a per sonal injury suit, who Monday bared her feet and legs for the inspection of a Jury in Judge Gatens' department of the Circuit Court, lost her case. The jury yesterday returned a verdict for the defendant, F. H. HoeneL The woman sued for T10,000, alleging permanent Injury to an ankle as a re sult of being thrown from an auto mobile delivery wagon as it was round ing a corner. The defendant replied that the machine was traveling slowly, that he was giving her a free ride and that the accident was a result of her own negligence. BOLT SHOCKS "CENTRAL" Helix Phone Operator Knocked In sensible in Electric Storm. PENDLETON, Or May 21.-Special.) While attempting to call Pendleton yesterday, Fred Collins, telephone oper ator at Helix, was rendered unconscious by an electric shock. Only this morning was he suff'clently recovered to con verse with his physician. The shock was sustained during a severe electric storm which visited practically all of this country late yesterday. Lightning Is supposed to have struck one of the telephone wires. The injured operator will not be at his post for some days as a result of the accident. BURGLAR GIVES UP LOOT Property Valued at $20,000 Dis closed in Safe Deposit Box. NEW YORK, May 21. Shackled to his prison keeper and guarded by a de tail of detectives, Bert Curtis, under arrest as a burglar, went to a branch of the Colonial Bank here today and there opened five packages which he took from a safe deposit box. A mo ment later there lay spread out before the detectives a display of gold and diamonds valued at $20,000. Curtis was arrested last Sunday as he was coming out of a cellar under a Jewelry store. Several thousand dollars' worth of loot was found in his flat. DEATH IS ON WEDDING EVE Astoria Young Woman Dies Follow ing Operation for Appendicitis. ASTORIA, Or.. May 21. (Special.) Miss Jeannette Peterson, eldest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. I. Peterson, of this city, died today following ab op eration for appendicitis. She was quite prominent in society circles, was a na tive of Astoria, 24 years of age, and left besides her parents one sister. A pathetic circumstance In connec tion with her death Is the fact that she was to have, been married during the present week. Brass Bands Beat Wel come to Junket. SKY WEEPS "TEARS OF JOY" First Day of Trade Excursion Is Replete With Features. PAPER IS ISSUED EN ROUTE Banks, Buxton, Mohlcr, Wheeler, Vosburg and Life Crew at Bay View Give Thrills to Port- i land Business Men. , BY ADDISON BENNETT. TILLAMOOK, Or., May 21. (Special.) The Tillamook excursion, composing Just 90 of the citizens of Portland, left the Union Depot at So'clock this morning and arrived here at 6 this evening, after a delightful trip. During the day the heavens have Intermittently wept and smiled, with the amies predominating. But even when the rain came down in torrents, as it occasionally did, it did not dampen the ardor of the excursionists In the slightest degrees. As the train rolled along towards Milw aukie, meeting was called in the forward coach, and the following gen tlemen were elected chairmen of the various committees, after the election of B. S. Josselyn as general chairman of the excursion; O. M. Plummer, badges; C. B. Merrick, cigars; C. C. Chapman, entertainment, and Fred Lockley, speakers. Paper Issued Knronte. Soon after passing Oswego, the first number of-the excursion paper was is sued, which is called The Portland Pil grim, and frequent issues were turned out during the day. Mr. Lockley Is the editor in chief of this publication, which claims to have a "leased wire" service and the largest circulation ex tant, Our first stop was at Banks, where we were met by the band of trat town, which discoursed mighty good music. Then we were welcomed by the Mayor, E. G. Willis, and George Hyland re sponded on the run, as the rain just then began to come down by the buck etfull. But George got the speech out of his system all right. At Buxton we were welcomed by Mayor D. H. Stowell, and S. C. Pier responded to his welcome address in a way to make us feel proud of our fellow travelers. Dinner was served In the dining car as we wended our way up the Coast Kange, and a splen did meal It was. Indeed every detail in the way of railroad management is perfect, and has called forth praise from every member of the party. Cheese Factory Is Inspected. Shortly before 2 o'clock we arrived at the summit of the coast range at an elevation of 1872 feet, and from this we crept down our winding way for a number of miles along the Salmon berry River, and then came to the Nehalem Biver along which we twisted and turned until we reached our next stopping place at Mohler, where we were taken through the Mohler cheese factory, one of the various places where the celebrated produce of Tillamook County is turned out. Mohler is at the head of Nehalem Bay, almost reached by tidewater. From there we went to Wheeler and Vosburg, and then to the Life-Saving Station at Bay View, where the life- saving crew gave an exhibition drill which was of the greatest interest, the drill being given by tho same crew that recently spent 73 hours on the deep in an open boat. We saw them turn over in the surf and then right their boat, saw them shoot lines out for nearly half a mile, saw them work the breeches buoy and go through various other evolutions, all of which showed skill and heroism. Banquet Spread at Tillamook. We arrived at Tillamook at 6 o'clock and were welcomed by the band and a thousand or more people, were sent to our various sleeping places and then shortly repaired to the Commercial Club rooms where a splendid banquet was served in the ballroom, about 20u sitting down to the repast. As we were served a string band discoursed sweet music and from time to time we were entertained by songs from the Tillamook people and our fellow travelers. The address of welcome at the ban quet was given by Deputy Attorney George Willet, after which speeches were delivered by Carl Haberland, . Charles Kunze, James Walter, Roliie W. Watson, A. T. Botts and the Mayor, J. R. Harter.. D. I. Shrode, was the presiding officer and toastmaster. Messrs. Ben Selling. J. K. Gill, George W. Hyland, C. B. Merrick, J. Fred Larson. B. Lee Paget, C. C. Chapman and Fred Lockley responded on behalf of our party. ' Chehalis Man Out for Prosecutor. CHEHALIS. Wash.. May 21. (Spe cial.) C. A. Studebaker. City Attorney of Chehalis, today announced his can didacy for the Republican nomination for the office of Prosecuting Attorney of Lewis County,