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lb f1 AW YOL, XXII. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1912. SO. 90. ,4V (I rvv xji n n n n i n ( FIERCE BATTLE If PEtffiYLVAtl 81 SIDES LARGEST VOTE III HISTORY OF STATE IS OEIIIO POLLED IV DE DECISIVE III RESULT If Roosevelt Is Able to Sweep Pennsylvania as He Did Illinois It Will Practically Settle the Nomination---Such a Hunch as That Could Not Be Ignored by Either the President or His Managers Should Taft Carry It,, the Battle Will Be Continued in Other States Each Side Concedes the Other Part of the Vote. The Situation Toilujr. Claims of presidential asplr- ants up to noon today. Republicans. Delegates claimed for Presl- dent Taft, 339. Delegates claimed for Roose- velt, 151. Conceded to Taft by Roose- velt managers, 109. Conceded to Roosevelt by Taft managers, 51. Instructed for La Follette, 36. Instructed for Cummins, 4. The RooHevelt managers an- nounce their Intention of con- testing 164 of the delegates in the Taft column. ' Democrat. Delegates claimed for Clark, 143. ... Delegates claimed for Wood- row Wilson, 72. Delegates claimed for Har- mon, 3. Instructed for Governor Mar- shall, 30. Instructed for Governor Burke, 10. Conceded to Clark by Wilson managers, 104. Conceded to Wilson by Clark managers, 27. ' ' ' Philadelphia, April 13. With both the campaign managers for President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt claiming that today's primary election will re JOB LOT OF DEOTISTS AT GENEVA Geneva, April 13. The discovery! that three, blacksmith, a chimney sweep, driver of a garbage wagon, painter, hod carrier and a butcher were among 36 men of various trades who were practicing dentistry as a side line without a diploma, today has led the city fathers of Basle to pass an ordinance requiring all den tists to be subjected to proper exam ination. FLEW ACROSS OHAXXTL IX STORM I'NITKD TKE8S UiKSD WIRI. Paris, April 13. Ascending from Issy, near here, in a violent wind storm at- 7 o'clock this, morning, Aviator Maurice Prevost accompanied by Lawrence Suntonl, London mana ger for Perdossln aeroplanes, made a successful flight across the Kngllsh channel, landing . at Kant church, near Uindon, at 1:30 p. m. They landed at Calais at 1:2? jo overhaul their machine, and then resumed their flight across the channel. Why He Signed It it seems that Mayor Iachmund elgned the curfew ordinance at the request of the Salem Municipal Im provement league at whose request the ordinance was passed. The league concluded It was best to have the ordinance in force, even though It wbs unsatisfactory, than to have none. It will try to have the ordi nance amended, the hours to be as In the original ordinance. CLADG sult with an overwhelming victory for their respective candidates. Inter est in the voting throughout the state was at fever heat. At 2 o'clock this afternoon, when the voting started, all indications pointed to the heaviest polling in tho history of Pennsylvania. The Roosevelt boomers claimed their candidate would elect at least six of the 12 delegates from Phila delphia. Sixty-four delegates will be chosen throughout the state. Twelve others, including delegates at large, will be elected to attend the state convention, which meets May United States Senator Penrose, leader of the Taft forces, doclared this afternoon that It was impossible for Roosevelt to elect more than 12 delegates from Pennsylvania, other Taft leaders, however, declined to en dorse this prediction. They admit ted theft lnblllty to solve the depth of the ' Roosevelt sentiment, but in sisted that President Taft would have a majority. The Roosevelt managers In western Pennsylvania, including William E. Plynn and Mayor Magee, of Pittsburg, claimed their candidate would get seven of the eight delegates to be chosen in J their section of the stale. The fight between the Democratic presidential aspirants also Is keen, j Governor Woodrow Wilson's mana gers claimed the satire Pennsylvania delegation but the adherents of Speaker Clark disputed this, assert ing their man will elect more than half of the state's delegates. STRENGTH OF ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN Mr. Dixon, manager of the Roose velt campaign, sends us from Wash ington, D. C, under date of April 11th the following statement of the situa tion from his point of view: The outrageous tactics of the Taft machine reached a climax today In the Michigan State convention. Through the assistance of Charles D. Warren, of Sugar Trust notoriety, they put a bunch of fifty or sixty strong arm men, with revolvers and clubs, In the convention hall to bar out Roosevelt delegates. The Mayor of Hay City called on Governor Os- born for protection. The governor or dered out troops and cleared the hall. The Taft men raised rough house Two conventions held snme hall, .same time. One Instructed for Roosevelt, other for Taft. Roosevelt forces won in 4th, 5th and 9th Michigan districts today, giving six more delegates to Roosevelt column. Final returns from Illinois give spe cial significance to Roosevelt victory there Tuesday. Roosevelt's total was 252.6M, Taft 122,978, La Follette 40, 95R. Total Republican vote, 416,562.. total Democratic vote 298, .ISO; Repub lican majority 126,972. This proves the solid Republican strength of 1111. noli. Champ Clark, leading Demo cratic candidate, received 211.N09, a majority of 83,831 over Taft. ThlB Biiows what Illinois would do if Clark and Taft were opplslng candidates In the presidential campaign. Clark's vote was 40,817 less than Roosevelt's. This shows what Illinois would do if Clark and Roosevelt were the candi dates In the presidential campaign. Roseburg's strawberry festival May 16-H. THE VICTORY Millionaire's Mill Broken. Hanford, Cal., April 13. Vic- tory was awarded by a lurv in the superior court here today to the contestants in the celebraha ed Talent will case, involving the distribution of the million dollar estate of Patrick Talent. formerly of Butte, Mont., after t an eight weeks' legal battle. The Jury was out all nleht. and this morning returned a verdict in favor of the contes- tants on the ground that the Talent will was executed through undue Influence brought to bear on Patrick Talent while he was mentally Incapacitated. WILL SPEAK MONDAY EVE. AT THE GRAND Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin, will be In Salem Monday, arriving from Albany at 7:12p. m., and going direct to the Grand opera house, where he speaks at 7:30. He will be intro duced by Governor West, and, if the opera house will not hold all the peo ple, he will -apeak for an hour, and then the houseVlll be emptied and he will speak to the second crowd. Some such plan will be adopted to enable all the people to hear him. It is expected that Mrs. La Follette and daughters, who accompany him, will be here with him, and that a re ception will be tendered Mrs. La Fol lette by the Advocates of woman suf frage. She is an advocate of that caiue, and makes public addressee, and if she Is here she will be given an opportunity. - , o - emcriT COURT HAS HU8Y DAY In circuit court today Frank In gram, who pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon, was sen tonccd to pay a flnp of $150, in default of which he will be confined iu the city jail for 75 days. It Is understood that he will not be able t ofurnlsh the money, but will be compelled to serve out the sentence. George Bark was Indicted by the grand jury for selling a 'doped" horse. P. H. D'Arcy appeared as Bark's at torney, and several days ago filed a demurrer In the case, which was taken up this morning by Judge Kelly. The Judge sustained the demurrer on the ground set out In the pleadings, and dismissed the Indictment. H. II. Williams, who pleaded guilty several days ago to forgery, and who told the court a hard-luck story of his attempt to perfect an Invention of a harvesting machine at Woodburn, was sentenced this morning by Judge Kelly to an indeterminate term In the penl tentlnry of from two to 20 years. The sentence was suspended, ami he was given over to I H. McMahort, who will put the man to work, and will be responsible for his behavior. In the case of Rosenwald against Isaac Miller for the possession of 10, 000 pounds of hops and $400 damages, the Jury last night brought In a ver dict In favor of the plaintiff for $125. The case of J. L. 8tockton against Kdna and Frank Herren was on trial this morning In the circuit court. o SXOWROl'XD IX soithehx calikorxia f UNirnri mien lkankd wihk.1 San Bernardino, Cal April 13. Although hemmed in by heavy snows, the fninliy of Henry .Dobbins at Pal mers ranch In the San Bernardino mountains Is safe according to a long distance telephone message direct from the rnnch shortly before noon, The mountains are covered with snow piled deep by the hardest blizzard of the year, Fears were felt here for the family. Three fishing parties that entered Bear Valley 10 days ago, have not been heard from and it Is frared they may be Imprisoned In ramp. v An Aid to Consumers. ' Budapest, April 13. M. Male- zan, leading citizen of Ferenc- zleh, was so pleased at having married off bis two sons and daughter at the same time, that he invited the entire village to the wedding feast, which lasted for three days and nights. v The gathering consumed 1,134 bottles of wine, 440 pounds of beef, 200 pounds of pork, 150 chlckciiR. BOO eggs, besides the 1.500 pounds of flour used in bread and wedding cakes. SITUATION Women Parade Streets of Ab erdeen Carrying the Amer ican Flag One Arrested for Carrying Banner Inscribed "OUR BABIES WANT BREAD" The Procession Followed (lie Woman and Her Two Children, Aged 4 and 6 to Jail Tlio Women in the l'anide Were Wives of Strikers and Each of the tOO Pushed a Baby Wagou Brutal Arts ef OflV fjvld. . foxmo rural ubaiid wins.) Aberdeen, Wash., April 13. Two hundred and fifty wives of striking mill men paraded the streets here this morning in a defiance of the or ders of the police and fllylng the American flag. One woman was arrested for car rying a banner on which was in scribed, "Our Babies " Want More Bread and Butter." The procession followed the ar rested woman and bor captors to the police station. The prisoner, Mrs. Mannlnon, took her two children, about 4 and 6 years old to Jail with her. It is reported that 80 men walked out of the mill at Cosniopolls today. Kach Had Baby Cart. Tacoma, April 13. As a result of the drenching given . W. W. women pickets at Aberdeen recently when a baby was nearly washed out of its cab by a stream from a fire hose, the women this afternoon over 500 strong, each pushing a baby cab, par aded through the streets. Armed deputies In the employ of the mill owners are continuing- their brutal treatment of women, and Ho mer T. Bone, a socialist attorney of Tacoma, has been asked to go to Aberdeen and tuke charge of prose cuting the deputies. Last night armed deputies broke into the house of a woman who was 111 In bed and in a delicate condition, ,They dragged her out of bed In their search for arms. She Is critically 111 as a result. In the parade, today the armed deputies dragged several wo men from the line and threw them In Jail. Two Narrow Escapes The corner of Belmont and Broad- laj oiirrin, jui in nuiem, nns open I the scene of two almost fatal al I dents lately. A day or two ago a team became frightened at tho construction train on the Oregon Klectrlc. The horses reared up, overturning the buggy, breaking the harness. The i train was slopped Just in time to save jit from running over the entire outfit. Yesterday another accident happened at the same place, and In much the same manner, but damage was pre vented by the timely stopping of the train. No one was hurt In cither of the Ircldents. Wruthrr Forernt. oron HO BETTER Salem and Vicinity Fair to- night with light frost. Sunday, fair and warmer. Westerly wlnde. CHINESE Hoosevolt the Choice. San Francisco, April 13,--One thousand voters of San Francis- co have "elected" Colonel Roosevelt as the next president of the United States today. Tho election was held In a local the- ater, and was by acclamation. The pictures of each candidate were flashed on a screen, and Roosevelt was nominated as Re- publican standard bearer, with Taft second and La Follette third in the volume of applause received. Champ Clark easily won the Democratic nomination over Woodrow Wilson, and then Roosevelt was chosen victor over Clark with a thundering ovation. SGHREI0EI1 FIGHTS FOR REGULARITY At the meeting of the Salem High School Student Body Friday afternoon there was no effort made to recon sider the report of the auditing coin mlttee showing misappropriation'' of funds and unauthorized- expenditures It Is expected that Principal Kirk will make a full explanation of the short age at the meeting of the. school board Saturday evening. . . At the meeting Friday Mr. Lafky se verely criticised the management of the student body. - He said If It was not conducted In a more orderly way the support of the taxpayers would be withdrawn. - v The report of Iho basketball manag er was read, showing $172.57 expend ed, Mr, Schrelber made the point that the report was not accompanied by bills, receipts and vouchers, as re quired by the constitution, and hence could not be accepted. The replrt was sent back for correction. Mr. Lafky endorsed this action, and said Mr. Schrelber's request was only Just and proper. Mr. Schrelber said It hud been his misfortune to be pressed Into service as faculty representative on the exec utive committee of the Student lludy. When officers were chosen for the year that place had Itemi left vacant, but the students Insisted on having a representative to protect their Inter ests. The position had been an un pleasant one, and had come to blm unsought and undeslred, hut he felt he had a ihity to perform, and had In sisted nil a strict and Just conduct of affairs, according to the constitution adopted by the students. Mr. Lafky had Insisted at this meeting that the Student Body affairs be conducted In a legal snd businesslike manner, and that was all he had ever stood for, 1 and for this he whs condemned. Wherein hud he offended by Insisting on law and order and constitutional proceedure? The Judge in Portland yesterday threatening to punish an attorney for contempt of court, (alls to mind a story of Ben Tappan at the time practising In Ohio, but afterwards on the II. H. supreme bench. "Are you trying to show contempt for this court, Mr. Tiippiin?" asked the Judge. "No, your honor," replied lien, with a twinkle In his cross eyes, "on the contrary, 1 am doing my utmost to conceal It. A lowel a yard long and a foot wide was left Inside a young lady putlent when surgeons got through operating on her. As she objected to retaining It unless a towel ruck was furnished, and the tow'l did not be long to her anyway, the doctors obllglnKly cut her open again and took It out. o Politicians see In New York's De mocracy's refusal to Instruct Its dele gates, the seed for a boom for Hughes. What a politician can't see along about election time, Is yet to be dis covered, for no one 's lias ever seen It. SELECTING CAPITAL CITY r MIOTIIELEiEOilPUlC IS FAR ENOUGH UP THE RIVER THAT FOREIGN WARSHIPS .COULD NOT APPROACH IT President Yuan Shi Kai Is Reducing the Army and Requests Soldiers to Return to Their Homes and Again Take up the Cultivation of the Soil---He Urges Them to Refrain From Joining Robber Bands and to Remember That They Are Citizens of a Civilized Country A Republic on Which thj Whole World's Eyes Are Centered. HH1TRD )IUW IJ1SHD WIHB 1 Shanghai, April 13. Hacked by n strong and rapidly developing gentl- nient, Wu Chang Is becoming a for midable rival agatiiBt the rest of the field as a choice for the future na tional capital, a matter which Is en grossing the attention of leading Chi nese politicians today. Presidont Yuan Shi Kai still Btunds out for Pekln, or, If there nuiBt be a change, for Tientsin. Yuan's political strength Is greatest In tho north, and he believes that he can manage the entire country better from there. Dr. Bun Yb Bon. Chief Instigator of the successful revolution, Is strong ly In favor of Wu Chang, because of Its Inaccessibility to forolgn warships. Wu Chang Is something like five days from the coast up the Yangste river, whereat jioylgatlon Is not llphtly to be undertaken by commanders of war vessels. . Though there are no forts at pres ent, by lining the river banks with these, the Chinese could make it sui cidal for even a powerful fighting craft to atetmpt ascent of the stream. For troops to penetrate so far Inland would require an enormous force. For these reasons the Chinese are supporting Wu Chang's claims, while the foreigners are taking an opposite stand. Wu Chang Is one of throe cities, Wu Chang, Hanyang and Hankow, which, situated at the Junction of Han and Yangtse rivers are separated only by the two streams, constituting the great metropolis of Central China. LAFKY-PQWERS COLLISION AT HIGH SCHOOL CITY HIPEIU.XTEXDEXT SHOWS LACK OF PltOl'KH KKYKKK.NCK FOR ME.UIIEK OF THE IIOAHD OF EIUCATIOX WHO OM'E AI 1' 1,1 KB TO HIV FOR A J (HI. At the Salem high school student body meeting Friday afternoon a sharp collision tok place between School 1)1 rector Uifky and City Superintend ent Powers. Mr. Lafky arose In the student body meeting and begun to make a speech. Ilnauld: Flve years ago ,the Htiidont Body finances were In very bad shne, and the Student Body had no credit on tli streets or among the business men of the city." City Superintendent Powers united permission from President Blmpklns, of the Student Body, to amer lilm. which wns granted. Mr. Powers apol ogized for liife rru ptlnjf Mr. l-fky, and said: 'Mr. Uifky, your statement Is not true. Five years ago the Student lludy affairs were In fine shape, Klght years aKo they were not In very good shape, but not five years ago." Mr. Lafky suld: "Mr. Powers, ns a member of the Board of Kducatioli, I order you to sit down.' After Mr. Pow ers miido his etntemcnt he did sit down, but his Interruption broke up Mr, Uifky's speech. Applied fur a Job. The fact leaks out that there is rea son for Uifky's erfort to get Superin tendent Power's sculp. It appears that when he first came to Salem he ap plied for a position In one of the Sa lem schools. 8i by a reporter, the city superintendent said: ''When Mr. Ijifky came to 8ulem h was very eulogistic about the Salem public schools with which I was then Reducing the Army. Pekln, April 13. President Yuan Shi Kai today 1b reducing both south ern -and northern armies as rapidly as possible. He expected to Increase the the military establishment again later and ultimately work to universal ser vice for all Chinese between certain ages. At present, however, the treas ury cannot bear the burden of so large a fighting force. "Soldiers are requested to return to their villages' says the president's proclamation to the troops he la dis banding, "and ugaln tuke up cultiva tion of the soil. They are asked not to Join any pirate or -robber bands, to remember they are cttlrans of a civil ized country, and to shrink from acts of violence." Despite this proclamation there Is much outlawry among the mustered. wit, trpops. . , M; a AMERICANS FORBIDDEN TO CARRY ABJfS Mexico City. April 13. Declaring that he considers the presence of armed foreigners' within the capital a menace to the peace of the repub lic, Presidont Modero today Issued an order forbidding American residents from bringing any more arms Into the city. . The Americans here have bem arming with rifles and ammunition brought, to Vera Cru xfroni New York recently on a Ward line steamer, for their protection in cade of a clash between the rebels and federals In the capital. LA FOLLETTE A uinium CANDIDATE San Diego, Cal., April 13. William K. Smytho who heads the La JFoUotte ticket In California, left today to' en ter upon a five weeke tour of the state In the Interest of La Follette. He said: "The .Roosevelt victory In Illinois, where I.u Follette made n campaign yet received 43,000 ves, Improved the situation tnini'i'sely, from our point of view, K Roosevelt carries Pennsylvania U wilt be still better. Our hoie 1 that Vaft and Roosevelt will brt about even, but both fall shor of a majority. That will leave If Foiled holding bulunce of power, una m a position 10 compel me i(e- puMlcaii party to occupy advanced ground and name a real progress! iw. o Willamette Won The Wlllumetles won from the Huptlsts In a good game yesterday. In the ninth with two out aud thu score a tie, Willamette bunched three tallies ending the game with a score of fl to 3. There was some line playing by both teams, and tho funs hud a genuine tre.it. ' o The Keystones and Tigers will play ball at McMlnnvllie Sunday. connected as olty superintendent. He said he had moved his family here be-' cause Salem hnd the 1 1 :.; schools on the Pacific const. Soon aftor his ar rival he came to my office and showed me his credentials as a teacher In Min nesota, nml applied for a position V prluclpul, We gave him some employ ment ns a substitute teacher, but, In my opinion, he could not have suc ceeded as principal. I think some of the members of the board at the time knew about hut having applied for a position."