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At a meeting of the executive committee of the Greater New York Democracy last night arrange ments were mude to hold a meeting of a general committee at Cooper Union on the evening of February 28. John Sbeehan made an address in which he lauded the present city government, and stated that no greater calamity cpuld befall the city than that It should once again fall into the hands of the former Government EN! THE 1 Nominated for Senator by the Caucus. HiS ELECTION IS ASSURED King County Members at Last Break Away From Preston. LAST JOINT BALLOT DECISIVE Vfter Repeated Separate Cancuses, Twelve King; County 3Icn Slffn. Caucus Call and End the Dead lock Preston 3Ien Angry. Levi Ankeny, of "Walla "Walla, was last night nominated for United States Senator from "Washington by a caucus of Republican members of the Legisla ture. He received CS out of 7G votes. This result was brought about by the failure of Preston to show additional strength after "Wilson's withdrawal. After continual caucusing, 12 of the King County members signed the cau cus call, bringing the total to 78, more than enough to elect. The nomination was made unanimous. OLYMPIA, "Wash., Jan. 2S. (Staff corre spondence.) The greatest Senatorial fight ever held In the State of "Washing ton, came to a sudden end this evening. when Levi Ankeny received the Republi can caucus nomination for United States Senator. "When the term "greatest" Is used it means considerable at Olympia, for there have been some contests that will live In the political history of the state, but all things considered, the big fight that was ended tonight has never had an equal. It was the third time Mr. Ankeny had sought the nomination, and he has profit ed by the mistakes that have lost him the nomination in the .past, and this time came down to Olympia with the finest organization that ever assembled for the purpose of landing a candidate in the United States Senate. As was predicted In Tho Oregonian two weeks ago, the outcome of the contest could not well be. anything but Ankeny's election or a dead lock. This situation, from which there was no escape, was practically admitted by his opponents a week ago, and since that time all of their energies have been centered on trying to bring about a dead lock, and once Or twice they have come very close to accomplishing the end sought. There was a decided aversion to deadlocks among some of the anti-Ankeny men, and the failure of Preston to tie thein up so as to complete his deadlock weakened his candidacy to such an ex tent that he has never been a dangerous adversary so far as the possibility of his election was concerned. Aided by John Xi. "Wilson and Governor McBride, how ever, he has caused the Ankeny people many anxious moments In the past two weeks. The appearance of Jacob Furth In the fight last week caused a temporary post ponement of Ankeny's election, but, as stated at the time, it was merely staving off the inevitable, for it was absolutely Impossible for Preston to hold his men In line. Some of them were willing to go down the line wth him, but would have none of the railway commission bill, with which McBride had weighed him down Others who, by force of circumstances, were lined up as Preston men, cared but little for the Seattle man himself, but were so strong' In favor of a commission blli that they were willing to go to a con siderable length with him, in order that they might get the bill through. These irreconcilable features of his support were enough to weaken him beyond hope, even though they collectively might have a strength equal to that of Ankeny, and this showing never could be made. The high est, vote that Preston has had since bal lotlng commenced 10 daysago was 44, and on the day that he received that number Ankeny had 55. . The Trial Ballot. Previous to the break In the "Wilson forces, which began today, the Preston men claimed that they would get more of "Wilson's votes than would go to Ankeny, It may never be known just how the "Wil son vote wlll.be divided, for six of the friends of the Spokane man continued voting for him today, although he had released them yesterday. Of the others two voted today for Ankeny, and one for Preston. The 11th and 12th ballots taken in joint session today showed the final result: Ankeny 56, Preston 44, "Wilson 6, Allen 6, Turner 2 Easterday, one of An keny's best men, was paired with Gleason a Preston supporter, so that the strength of the two leaders In a full vote on the last ballot taken before the caucus would have, been Ankeny 57, Preston 45. This demonstration of the fact that Ank eny actually had 57 votes, or a majority of the Republican members of both houses, was the last straw, and after the joint ses sion dissolved there was an increase In the crowd that was moving toward the Ankeny band wagon. Walter Christian who has been the active manager of the Ankeny campaign, has been working hard with his caucus call for several days, but up to midnight Tuesday had failed to 'get more than 5S names to it. Shortly after noon it began to swell, and at 6- o'clock this evening 20 had been added. King County, which has been watching the steady Increase in the Ankeny forces with considerable uneasiness, has for several days been fearful that the Walla, Walla candidate would come through a victor without having any favors from them. Their loyalty to Preston, however, has held them In line until today, when the failure of Preston to show them where It was possible for him to be elected unless they voted for the commission bill caused them to go into caucus and end the control which has not only held up the business of the Legislature, but has created very hard feelings among the members of the opposing factions. Break In Klnt? County. After a stormy meeting of the King County delegation this afternoon the fol lowing 12 of the King County men went over and signed the caucus call: Van de Vanter, Kinnear, Smith, Carle, Clark.' Brown, Jeffries, Levy, Comstock, Lyons, Weir and Morrill. Life within the King County delega tion for the past 24 hours has been a con stant round of caucusing. "When ita three-hour session broke up about mid night last night it -decided to meet again this morning at 10 o'clock. There was not a full attendance and a further post ponement was made until noon.. This session was short but breezy, and the word liar with a few prefixes was ex changed. The members of the delegation insisted that as Preston had failed to show any further strength and Ankeny had shown a sufficient number of votea to secure In open balloting a majority of all the Republican votes in the Legis lature, it was practically useless for them to hold out longer. They contended that the strength shown by Mr. Ankeny war ranted the belief that he could win out without the aid of King County, In which event they would get absolutely nothing out of the fight. They had been repeated ly assured that it was Impossible for Preston to secure any more votes unless the members of his delegation voted for the commission bill. They adjourned and met again at 4 o'clock, and no results followed, and it was then that the dozen above mentioned signed the caucus call and practically ended the fight. Nominated on First Ballot. When the call had received 78 signa tures, word was passed around, and the. hour set for 8:30 at the Statehouse. The meeting was called to order by Senator Hamilton, of Pierce, who, with Senator Baker, of Klickitat, has ably assisted "Walter Christian In leading the fight for Ankeny. Hamilton nominated Dr. Smith, president of the Senate, for chairman, and York jof Pierce and Thompson of Kit sap secretary and assistant secretary. No time was lost In the preliminaries. and the nominees took charge amid great applause. Roll call disclosed the following Repub., llcans absent: Angle, Benn, Butler, Cole, Collins, Crow, Dickson, Dllling, Dlx, Em ery. Field, Frostad, Gleason, Gunderson, Hammer, Hemrich, Henry, Howard, Jones, Lewis, Lindsley, Lyons, McKen- ney, Molestad, Moultray, Palmer of King, Parcell, Peaslee, Pogue, Raine, Sharp, Tibbets, Tucker, Warburton. Williams. Witter. The formality of nominating speeches was dispensed with and the roll was called with the following result: For Levi Ankeny Allis, Baker, Bns sett, Baumeister, Brewer, Clapp, Coate, Corliss, Cornwell, Craigac, Crandall, Davis, Delanty, Denton, Dunn, Durham, Easterday, Eldemlller, Fcjrrupon. Fletch er. Griffin. Hailey, Hamilton, Hastings, Haynes, Hopp, Hunter, Hurley, Johnson of Snohomish, Kees, King, Knobloch, Lecrone, Llngermann, McNlcoll, Megler, O Dpnnell, Palmer of Clallam. Rands, Roberts. Ruth. Smith of Snohomish, Stansell, Stark, Stevenson, Stewart, Sumner, Thacker. Thompson, "Vanness. Wells, Welch. Welty, WThlte, Whitney. Wilson of Walla Walla, York, Mr. Speak er 5S. For Harold Preston Brown, Carle. Clarke, Comstock, Jeffries, Kinnear. Levy, Morrill, Potts, van de Vanter, Weir, WII son of Kittitas. Mr. President 13. For John L. Wilson Merrill, Morgan, Roth 3. For John B. Allen Philbrick, Ranck 2. G. B. "Wilson, who voted for Ankeny at the Joint session today, was absent from the caucus, although he had signed (Concluded on Page 7.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. National Affairs. Antl-lmperlallst Senators attack Army officers. Page 3. Quay will allow canal treaty to be ratified. but has new scheme to carry statehood bill Paces 2 and 7. Tupper says Canada will lose by Alaska boun dary arbitration. Page 2. Domestic. Passenger trains on the Southern Pacific collide near Tucson, and 2ft persons are roasted to death in oil. Page 1. Death roll by Graceiand wreck reaches 20. and may be Kreater. Page 7. Strike commission may Inquire Into cause of coal famine. Page C. Foreljrn. Agreement in Venezuelan negotiations may be reached today. Page 3. New Austrian and Russian tariffs raise duties on American products. Page 3. Senatorial Elections. Long formally elected Senator in Kansas. Page 3. Addicks declares open war on regular Repub licans In Delaware. Page 3. Teller's certificate of election Issued and con test dropped. Page 3, ortlnvest Legislatures. Ankeny nominated by Republican caucus at Olympia. Page 1. Fulton's sain of one vote causes no excite ment. Pae 1. Farmers object seriously to Davey's anti-trust bill. Pace 5. Greater Salem charter bill passes Legislature. Page 5. Validity of referendum Is doubted. Page 4 Claims of Indian "War Veterans may not be valid. Pace 5. Washington Legislature finally passes Jury bill. Pace 5. Pacific Coast. Ex-Senator John B. Allen dies at Seattle. Page C. Three men are killed In snowsllde In Utah. Page 0. . Canadian Pacific has decided to build to Spo kane. Page 10. Commercial and Marine. Review of the week In local markets. Page 15. Withdrawal of cut rate on salmon chums, Page 15. Further decline in wheat at Chicago. Page 13. Stock trading at New York the lightest of the year. Page 15. Wheat charters at Portland and Tacoaia. Pare 1. Marine engineers' strike called'off. Page 14 Portland and Vicinity. Executive board ratifies appointments and raises salaries. Page 10. E. S. Conway, millionaire manufacturer and politician, visits Portland. Page 12. State must move lively to get benefit of Gov eminent Irrigation appropriation. Page 11. Chief of Police announces intention to sweep North End clean. Page 10. New railroad Is building from Columbia River to Cowlitz County coal mine. Page 10. Willamette freshet reaches Its crest. Page 1C. Legislature will be -asked to adopt a new ste seal. Page 11. IS LOOKED FOR! Farrar's Move to Fulton Not Unexpected IT CREATES LITTLE -STIR Astoria 'Candidate Is Still Twelve Votes Short. R. D. HUME MAY ARRIVE TODAY Representative Adams Also Expect ed Soon Both Side Claim Tlielr Votes Arrival "Will Relieve Fulton of Curious Dilemma. Fulton .. Geer Wood Scattering Absent . . .3.1 .1G .17 .20 . 4 Total 90 SALEM. Or., ' Jan. 2S. (Staff corre spondencesSenator Farrar, of Marion, left the Geer column today and joined his fortunes with Senator Fulton. The total of the Clatsop County Senator is now 33, and he Is still 11 or 12 short of an election. not counting his own vote. Representative Hume Is supposed to have left San Fran cisco Monday for Salem, and If he arrives tomorrow he will swell the Fulton aggre gation to 34. Representative Adams has not come, and It is not known definitely when he will be here, if at all. He is claimed by both Fulton and Geer. If ha comes, Adams will relieve Mr. Fulton of a somewhat curious Cilemma, however the Umatilla County Representa tive may decide to line up. There are SO members of the Legislature, and a ma jority of all present and voting in joint convention is sufficient to choose a United States Senator. If all others are present and voting, It Is obvious that Senator Ful ton loses nothing by absenting himself, for 89 will be left and 45 will then be suffi cient. If Adams remains away, Fulton can prevent the loss of his own. vote only by coming In and voting for himself. In other words, with Fulton artd Adams out, it will still take 45 to elect. If Mr. Fulton were then to be present and -vpte for a friend, he would be voting against him self and would not help to make the num ber necessary to make a choice less than 45. It Is not probable, though, that Mr. Ful ton is at the. present time .giving himself any great concern about this Interesting phase of the situation. He can cross that bridge when . he comes to It, if he ever does. He thinks If he can ever get 44 he will have no great trouble getting the balance, whether it is 45 or 46, and In that event he will not have to draw on the reserve strength which he carries in his own vote. FnrrarN Move Was Expecte. The defection of Senator Farrar from the Geer camp had been quite well ad vertised around the Capitol this morning, so the members were well prepared for It. It has long been known that the Ma rlon County Senator was anxioua to settle the Senatorial problem speedily. He has heretofore expressed himself as will ing to go into a caucus, and has stood on a somewhat complicated resolution adopt ed by the Marion County Republican Con vention last Spring. It was substantially PRESIDENT ARTHUR SPEAKER AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. In favor of a caucus to compromise not less than three-fourths of the Republi can membership, but no less than a vote for any one candidate" equivalent to a ma jority of all the Republican members should declare a choice. Senator Farrar's position was quite clearly stated In a conference of the Geer supporters last night, when he said in effect that he was likely to go to the leading candidate at any time. The Geer people say that as they had for some time been fully cog nizant of Farrar's attitude and his prob able action they were not unprepared, fcr they have now 1C in their ranks, and they say there are no more weak spots. .Mr. Farrar's remarks today were en thusiastically received- by the Fulton men, but If they expected a stampede they were disappointed. It is altogether too early In the contest to look for a stam pede In any direction. Where Is Mr. Ful ton going to get the remaining 10 or 15 votes? The Geer men say he cannot get them from them, and they pas3 the prob lem up to Multnomah County, and ask what that delegation is going to do. Mr. Fulton's friends look wise and say that they will have the votes all right, and point out that heretofore when they have promised to gain a vote they -have fulfilled their promise. They have grown steadily from 2S to 33. Their prog ress has been slow, but It has been progress all the same. They do not claim, however, that the vote for tomorrow will show changes unless it should be that Mr. Hume arrives. It looks now as If the end of the week will find all the candidates in the same relative positions as at present, and that the great tug-of-war will be resumed next week. Xo Change This "Week. In any event, the week is practically certain to pass without "the election so fondly hoped for by the friends of Mr. Fulton. While It may be that each day's events do not diminish the undoubted confidence of his followers, there is as yet no evidence that the determination of the opposition is shaken. Multnomah County as yet stands firm, and Mr. Ful ton can scarcely hope for success un til he gets some of its 19 Republican votea E. B. P FARRAR GOES TO FULTON. Marion County Senator Changes HI Vote. SALEM, Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.) One more vote was added to the Fulton col umn today, and it came from Senator Farrar of Marion. There were many whisperings around that a break would occur in Marion County, so that when Farrar's name was reached ill eyes were turned expectantly toward him. He answered "Geer," and the crowd, set tied back into the belief that there would be "nothing doing." At the end of roll call, however. Senator Farrar, who was sitting just in front of the clerk's desk. arose and turning towird the body of the House, spoke as follows: "We are all legislators of the State of Oregon, and we know what our duties and responsibilities are. We were elected here, tocarry out the will of the people. We have met "here from day to .day, but have so far faiied to make a choice for United States Senator. The man of our choice ought to be the man elected In accordance with the will of a. majority of the people. There are seventy-three Republicans in this joint convention. It Is their duty to come together and maKo a choice of a Republican for Senator. am willing to lay aside my prejudices and assemble with qther Republicans to settle this question. ' It Is wrong for us to meet here day after day and vote for a man who we know cannot be elected, and whom some do not want elected It is the duty of the small body to come to the larger. If we cannot settle the matter in caucus, let us settle it here. I therefore propose to ask the president to change my vote and to record It for Charles W. Fulton." The loud cheer that followed tho Marlon County Senator's brief address showed that the Clatsop county candidate hns many friends and admirers here. When the noise had subsided President Brownell announced the result of the vote as follows: For C. W. Fulton Booth, Both, Brow nell, Carnahan, Carter, Cornett, Dimlck, Eddy, Edwards, Emmitt, Farrar, Gault, Ginn, Hahn, Hale. Hansbrough, Her mann, Hines, Harris, Huntley, Kuyken dall. LaFollett, Marsters. Miles, Paulsen, Phelps, Purdy, Rand. Riddle, Shelley, Smith of Yamhill, Webster and William son 33. ' For T. T. Geer Burgess. Oroisan, Daly, (Concluded on Page 0.) T. HADLEY, OF YALE Passengers on Southern Pacific Killed. TRAINS MEET FULL SPEED Oil Tanks Burst and Pour Contents on Ruins. MORE THAN TWENTY ARE DEAD Operator's Fatal Forsetlniness Causes Disaster Near Taeson Survivors Unable to Bench Ruins to Make Rescue. Two passenger trains, going full speed, collided head-on near Tucson. Ariz., on the Southern Pacific Railroad, yesterday. Both locomotives burned oil, and the oil tanks burst, so that the fluid poured over the trains and set them on fire. The heat made rescue Impossible, and 20 prsons are known to have been burned, to death. 16 of them beyond recognition. Other bodies are believed to be in the wreckage. The collision was due to the forget f ulness of an op?rator In not delivering orders to one of the trains. TUCSON, Ariz.. Jan. 28. The failure of Night Operator George Clough at Vails Station to deliver ordera to westbound train No. 9. known as the Sunset Limited, caused a head-end collision at 3 o'clock this morning between trains No. 7 and 8. fourteen miles east of Tucson and six: miles from Vails Station, with disastrously fatal results. At last accounts 20 bodies had been taken from the mass of burned and charred wreckage and it Is believed this number will be swelled by the addi tion of several more before the search of the tangled and twisted mass of iron and steel shall have been completed. Names of Dead. a John Bruce, Tucson, engineer". Rx Wtlkle, Tucson, engineer.' - George McGrath. Tucson, fireman. J. " M. Hilton, capitalist, Cambridge, Mass. Sixteen dead unidentified. The Injured. Seriously Injured: Fred Donahue, Battle Creek, Mich. Ben Sawyer, mall clerk, Tucson. Abe Silverton. New York. C. S. Gilbert, fireman, Tucson. Ben Merryhill, New Hampshire. Slightly Injured: Frederico Romero. Juarez. Mexico; Michelson. Tuceon; W. H. Markham, Sagi naw. Mich.; H. M. B. Boehme. baggage man, Tucson: F. S. M. GHdden. Cambridge, Mass.; R. Pesqulr, Hermosillo, Mexico; W. B. Walter, Tucson: Miss Irene MHllngton, Phoenix, Ariz. The son of J. M. Hilton, who was among the. killed, escaped Injury. Operator Forprot Orders. Train No. 7. which originally was No. 9, but which wao several hours late and running as No. 7, stopped at Vails Station at 2:40 o'clock this morning. It was In charge of Conductor G. W. Parker and Engineer Jack Bruce, one of the oldest and best-known englnemen In Arizona. The conductor and engineer were fur nished with orders to pass an eastbound freight train at Wllmot Station. There was another order at Vails Station one to meet train No. 8, known as the Crescent City Express, eastbound. at Esmond. Thi3 order, which was the Important one, the operator failed to deliver and the limited pulled out with the right of way and with no orders concerning No. 8. When six miles west of Vails, running at a speed of 50 miles an-hour and round ing a sharp curve. No. 9 crashed into No. 8, running 45 miles an hour. The crash and scenes immediately following were be yond description. So great waa the Impact frdm the two flying trains that the engines reared up like two animals engaged in combat and crushed the boilers like shells. The care Immediately In the rear rushed upon the mass of heated Iron and piled up in an indiscriminate and frightfully tangled mass-. Oil Burns Ruins and Bodies. Fire broke out at once. The flames, fed by the oil from the broken tanks of the engines, quickly communicated to the cars and the whole mass was soon in flames. Those who were able to escape from the cars In the rear of the trains quickly came to the reecue. But all their efforts went for little, as the pile of debris was heated to such a degree that the workers could not approach near enough to do any good. Smoke from the burning oil and cars, as well as escaping steam, blinded all thoso who got near the flames. Even in the face of all these obstacles, the passengers and trainmen who were able to be of any service whatever ren dered noble aid to the wounded. Many of these were quickly removed and taken to places of safety at the side of the tracks. It is declared by passengers who were brought to Tucson on the relief train that oil from broken tanks ran In streams down each side .of the track. When this In flammable fluid took fire. It rendered work of rescue very difficult and dangerous. It Is declared that the mass of the wreck age was heated to a white heat by tho intensity of the fire. A Pullman sleeper on the rear of train No. S was detached by the tremendous force of the collision and ran down tho grade Into Tucso'n, crashing Into a switch engine. Both the engine and the sleeper were damaged to a considerable extent. The arrival of the runaway sleeper was the first news of the wreck to reach Tucson, although it had been unauthor itative stated that Operator Clough, at Vails, learning of his fatal error when No. 7 had departed, told the dispatcher's office at Tucson that a wreck would oc cur. Soon after the Pullman car ran into Tucson a brakeman arrived from Vails, bringing news of the wreck. His reports were that the dead would number from 25 to 50. Relief Train Arrives. A relief train was quickly made ready, and Dr. Fenrier, the railroad surgeon at this point, with two assistants, was hur ried to the scene. They found a terrible (Concluded on Page 14.)