it Hit - JIUUMAlx OKEGOMAX, WKD.NESDAY, JiAKCH Jfo, iyu.
TUFT CAN COUNT
552 VOTES NOW
and then It was declared that conven
tions would refuse, to Instruct delegates,
and now when delegate are elected and
instructed, they try to make rt appear
that the delegates are not loyal."
That part of the third term talk has
been engineered with a view to hurting
Taft Is also a matter of belief in Wash
ington. But it is thought that the latest
claim made by the Taft managers,
which they declare they are ready to
back- with details and which any inves
tigator may analyze for himself, will
go far toward suppressing the move
ment which Jonathan Bourne has been
so busy in pushing.
Recent action In the Far West, notably
in Wyoming and Washington States, by
the way. is very discouraging to Senator
Bourne.
BLACK HA! PLOT
Merchants
Saving's 6 Trust
Company
247 WASHINGTON STREET
Capital $150,000.03
Wrecks Bank in Pursuance of
Revenge.
Nomination on First Ballot As
sured, Says Manager
Frank H. Aitchcock.
STARTS DEPOSITORS' RUN
III
ONLY 491 VOTES REQUIRED
AVnr Secretary Thus Has 1 More
Than Is Necessary Statement
Ba.rl on Figures Secured
From Corree-pondcncc.-
WASHINGTON. March 14. (Special.)
That Taft will be nominated for
President on the flrat baJlot taken by
the Republican National Convention at
Chicago In June Is the claim made to
night by Frank H. Hitchcock, In charge
of the Waahirgton Taft headquarters.
The positive Taft strength Is placed at
6S2 votes out of a total of 90 In the
convention, 491 votes Joeing required to
nominate. The figures compiled by Mr.
Hitchcock are based on reports from
every C'ongrcselonal district In the
United States. Furthermore, the fig
ures axe declared to be ultra-conservative.
Persons who have ben keeping:
close watch upon the succeeding de
velopments since state and district and
county committees began t meet and
pass resolutions, and since State and
restrict Conventions began to elect del
egates to Chicago, agree with Mr.
Hitchcock In this statement.
Th present strength of the Taft
candidacy. Recording to the statement
authorized tonight, may be summarized
as follows:
Delegates.
Nrtrth.rn elates, east of Miasittippl River-
N.w England "'-
Ohio ";
uh'f northyn and eastern states .V-
Soulhern states east of Mississippi River. US
states and Territories wet of Missis
sippi River -n
Outlying Territories
Total 552
Theee are the first figures of a com
prehensive character, taking into con
sideration the whole country, that have
hen given out by a campaign manager
since the political pot began to boll.
There have ben many predictions and
tentative tables, based on surmises.
These are founded on correspondence
had directly with persons on the ground
in every district, and the opposition,
it Is declared, has ben given the bene
fit of doubt in every case.
Strong Gains In the West.
"The most important gains in the
Taft movement during the past month
occurred west of the Mlsslsippi River."
said Mr. Hitchcock In his formal state
ment. "The states and territories of
that region are entitled to 304 votes
in the . Republican National Conven
tion. Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska. Kan
sas and Oklahoma have already held
their conventions and instructed for
Taft, giving him more than 100 votes.
New Mexico will hold Its convention
tomorrow and instruct for Taft. The
state committee of North Dakota,
South Dakota. Wyoming, Colorado,
Washington, Arkansas and Louisiana
have adopted resolutions Indorsing his
candidacy.
"Recent reports from Western states
that have not had an opportunity thus
far to express their preference as regards
Presidential candidates indicate such a
preponderance of Taft sentiment as. to
warrant the prediction that practically
the entire Tegion west of the Mississippi
River will be found In the Taft column
by the time the National convention
meets. According to the judgment of
party leaders familiar with local con
ditions. It Is safe to count for Taft at the
present time from the region west of the
Mississippi 270 delegates, leaving only 34
In douht.
Xfw England Also In Line.
"In the Xew .England states also dis
tinct gains have been made for the Taft
candidacy. A careful canvass of the slt
.iHtlon In those states warrants the claim
.'ndny for Taft of 63 of their &i delegates,
leaving SO still In doubt.
"The Southern states east of the Mis
iissippi River, from Virginia and Ken
tucky southward, are entitled to 1!M
cotes. Of this number 123 can be safely
rnnnted In the Taft column, leaving SS
rill In doubt. While it is expected that
."ontcsts will be made In the case of cer
;;iin delegations from the South, the Taft
1'lcgat.-s her counted will be regularly
fleeted and will bear credentials entitling
them to be seated' in the convention.
"The so-called 'favorite son states
New York. Pennsylvania. Indiana, Illinois
ind Wisconsin." continued Mr. Hitch-.-ock.
"are together entitled to 2ni? votes
;n the convention. It Is generally as
sumed that these votes will be cast on
the first ballot for the respective candi
dates of these states. Aside from these
states and the state of Ohio, which will
send to the convention 4 Taft delegates,
there are at present so unpledged votes in
the East and North, as follows:
Southern P.iclflc. Ton in no HOVj
en- Jersey 24 Ill of ColumbH. . 2
''"'" West Virginia. 14
Mar.vla.nd li Michigan 2S
"Of these 90 votes, 52 can be now placed
In the Taft column, leaving 31 in doubt.
Vnder the call of the Republican Na
tional committee the outlying territories
of Alaska. Hawaii, Torto Rico and the
Philippine Islands aree ach entitled to
two delegates. Of these eight delegates,
four have been already instructed for
Taft and four art in doubt."
Attempt or Enemies Discredited.
Friends of Secretary Taft railed at
tention to what they declare to be re
sponsible attempt on the parts of ene
mies to discredit the Taft movement. A
case In point is that of the Eleventh
Ohio IHstrict. The two delegates chosen
from that district, according to reports
printed this morning, will voe for Fora
ker. although Instructed forTaft.' SChair
man Vors. of the Taft headquarters, at
Columbus, called up the Secretary of
War on the telephone this afternoon to
inform htm that the report was a de
liberate, falsehood.
Representative Albert Douglas, who
renominated for Congress by the
same convention that elected the two
Eleventh district delegates, chaxacterixed
the. report "absolute balderdash."
Uke mself." he explained, "the gen
tlemen chosen, F. I- Posten and Vane
Hurley, are personal friends of Senator
Koraker. But tMfors they were chosen
as delegates and the selection was made
with the consent of Manager A. L.
Yorys and myself they pledged them
selves to vote for Secretary Taft until
nominated. There is no more doubt
about their voting for Taft than there
Is of Vorys voting for him."
"Did you ever see or hear en.vth.lng
like ItT' asked one of those most Inter
ested lr the Taft candidacy thta after
noon. "First we had resolutions passed
hy tat committees, and the opposi
tion said: "Wait until you hear from the
ounbsa.' The counties vera heard from
VICTORY FOR THE TORIES
Win Seat in Parliament by Huge
Majority on Wquor Issue.
LONDON. March 24. The most
keenly fought bye-election for the
present Parliament, whoch was neces
sitated by the death of Charles God
dard Clarke, member for Peckham, a
district in London south of the Thames,
resulted In a victory for the Union
ists, whose candidate, Selgrich, was
elected by a majority of 2494. The
Liberals carried the district in 1908 by
a majority of 2339.
The contest today centered largely
on jhe government licensing bill and
the conversion of a large Liberal ma
jority into a still greater Conserva
tive majority in a striking demonstra
tion against that measure.
The announcement of the returns In
the House of Comomns caued a scene
of the greatest excitement. There were
Unionist shouts demanding that tha
government resign.
MUCH OF CARGO IS SAVED
Investigation Into Wrecked of Po
mona Will Be Started.
S.AX FRAN'CISCO. March 24. Captain
Sanson, who was in command of the
f'acirtc Coast Steamship Company's
steamer Pomona when that vessel was
wrecked on the Monterey Reef, off Fort
Rose, a week ago, arrived, from the secne
oT the wrerk tonight. An official investi
gation of the causes of the disaster will
be begun before United States Inspectors
of Hulls and Boilers Bolles and Bulger
tomorrow morning.
Captain Swensen refuses to talk about
the conduct of himself and the crew at
the time of the wreck or in regard to
the cause of the wreck. Much of- the
cargo of the Pomona has been salvaged
and more may be taken oft before the
vessel finally breaks up if the present
weather holds. The vessel will be &
total loss.
MORE THAN SCORE HURT
Interurban Car Runs Oil Track
Xer Detroit, Mich.
DETROIT. Mich., March 24. Over a
score of persons were injured this aft-
ernoon when an lnterurban car on the
Ann Arbor branch of the Detroit
United Railway, bound into the city
from JaVkson. Mich., wu derailed by
defective rails nea rthe city and
plowed across the brick parement Into
a store building. The car was wrecked
and the front of the store building was
demolished. Twenty people were
taken to the hospitals for treatment
and nearly another score received
minor lnjurle which were dressed at
the scene of the accident. Two of the
Injured persons are reported to be in
a serious condition.
JAPAN KEEPS OFF RUSSIA
Leaves Northern Manchuria Alone.
- Debate In the Douma.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 34. The
bill presented by PVirelgn Minister Is
wolsky raising the Russian legation at
Tokio to an embassys brought out con
siderable opposition" in the Douma today
when it came up for its second reading.
JH. Uvaroff, an Octoberist member, de
clared that to make the legation an embassy-was
no more an adequate guaran
tee of a policy of peace in the Far East
than were the recently-concluded Russo
Japanese treaties.
In reply M. Iswolsky said he was glad
to assure the Douma that Japan was
abstaining loyally from any infringe
ment of Russln privileges and interests
in Northern Manchuria.
FAVORABLE REPORT FILED
Fulton's Land Grant Resolution
loonies Back to oHuse.
ORBGON1AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. March 24. Representative Mon
dell. chairman of the public lands com
mittee, today filed a favorable report on
Senator Fulton's land grant resolution.
No arrangement has yet been made for
its consideration in the House.
Senate Passes Bourne's Bill.
OREONIAi NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, D. C. March 24. The Senate to
day passed Senator Bourne's bill author
izing the sale at ptrhllc auction or sealed
bids of lands dn the Siletx reservation
reserved under the act of Congress
August 15. ISiH. The proceeds of the sale
are to be devoted to the support of the
Siletx Indians. An appropriation of
is provided for - carrying the act into
eflerf.
I'lSHKRS' STRIKK AVERTED
Agreement With Packers Reached.
Xew Wage Scale Introduced.
SAN FRANCISCO. March Repre
sentatives of the Alaska Packers Asso
ciation and members of the Fishermen's
Union were in conference again this
morning and the rate of wages for the
season was definitely fixed and a strike
of the fishermen, which has been threat
ened, averted.
An understanding had been reached
yesterday and the tieup of the vessels
of the salmon fleet was declared off. but
today the final settlement was reached
by the packers agreeing to the provi
sions of the ultimatum of the fishermen.
A new wage scale is introduced for
this season whereby the men are given
a raise of wages over those of last sea
son. The first fishing boat will leave
here for- the North on Monday.
KF.PORT MIRDERER IS FOOD
Webb's Slayer Thought to Be in
ConIee Posse Surrounds Him.
BUTTE. Mont.. March 34. A special to
the Miner from Billings says:
At 8 o'clock -tonight a report reached
Billings to the effect that Biekford. the
murderer of Sheriff Webb, has been lo
cated in a coulee near Horse Creek and
that a large posse has the place surrounded.
Banker Who Coolly Shot Down
Blackmailer and Was Acquitted by
Coroner's Jury Is Persecuted
Further by Italian Villains.
NEW YORK. March 24. A malevolent
plot, relentlessly worked out by mem
bers of the Black Hand, declare the po
lice, in defiance of the authorities press
ing hard upon their track, ended dra
matically today in a run of depositors
and the suspension of the bank of Pas
quale Pati, an Italian banker on Eliza
beth street, and his flight from the city
in fear of death, threatened Jy the Black
Hajid 'because he recently shot and
killed Francesco Pelletro, one of their
alleged members, who had demand fd
money under threat of killing the
'banker and his family.
Three hundred depositors clamored
loudly at the bank today for their sav
ings, and in the excitement a run was
started on the bank of F. Acritelli &
Son, across the street from the sus
pended Institution, and caused it to shut
its doors. The two banks were small
private institutions.
The run on the Pati bank, the police
charge, was engineered by the Black
Hand as a revenge on Pati, who was
yesterday acquitted by the Coroner's
jury of having killed Pelletro. When
the run was at its height police reserves
were rushed to the district to quell the
fast-rising disorder
Plastered to the window of Pad's bank
the most remarkable notice of a bus
pension probably ever posted was read
by hundreds after the bank closed its
doors. It read:
VI will suspend payment for two weeks.
I am compelled- to leave town as. I have
received threatening letter and people will
have to take my There Is
no fear of your deposits. Besides cash,
I own 65 houses In New York and have
them Insured for $100,000 and can pay
everybody. I will resume in two weeks.
"PASQUAUE & SON."
Six weeks ago a dynamite bomb shat
tered the front of the Pati bank. Three
weeks ago P'ranceso Pelletro entered
Pati's bank with a drawn revolver and
demanded money, after threatening 'to
kill the banker and his son Salvatore,
who were in the bank. aPti and his son
drew revolvers and in the f usilade of
bullets. Palletro fell dying. The food of
black hand letters did not cease and yes
terday three strange men entered the
bank and threatened not only to kill .Pati,
but to burn his -home and destroy his
business. The "men darted out of the
bank before Pati could warn the po
lice. Late last night a servant at the
Pati home in Brooklyn discovered sev
eral men prowling around the house and
a quantity of oil-soaked rags were found
placed against the building in several
places.
A small run on the Pati bank was
started yesterday when rumors began to
circulate about Pati. There were 200 de
positors in line when the "bank opened
today and within an hour the. line of de
positors grew to 3000. Pati's relatives
quickly decided upon suspension and the
doors were closed and the notice of sus
pension posted. The whereabouts of Pati
are not known.
BOYCOTT OFF III REICHSTAG
MEMBEIt APOLOGIZES TO JOCU
AAIISTS FOR CALLEVG SWIXE.
Newspapermen Will io Back to
Vork and House Can Resume
Its Usual Course.
BERLJN, March 24. The strike of the
Reichstag journalists, which began on
Thursday, was settled this evening. Un
der' pressure from the various party
leaders, Herr Groebcr, the center leader,
who had called the journalists "swine."
because they jeered at a statement used
by a member to the effect that negroes
also had immortal souls, read a state
ment at the end of the day's sitting
expressing apologies for the language he.
had used in referring to the journalists.
At the conclusion of the statement a
meeting of the journalists was called and
they voted to return to work on Thurs
day. 1 .
During the course of the strike not a
line has been published here in the course
of the proceedings of the Reichstag and
as a result of this lack of publicity a
large number of members declined to de
liver speeches of which they had given
notice, thus greatly impeding the work
of the House.
HUGHES IN THE WEST
Citizen Declares He Has Xcglectcd
This District.
OREGON1AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash,
ington, March 19. Conflicting" reports
reach Washing-ton In regard to the
strength of Governor Hushes through
out the West. According to some.
Hughes is a prime favorite: according
to others he will command little West
ern support in the convention. All
seem to admit that the people indorse
the manner in which Hughes has con
ducted himself as Governor of New
York, but many question whether he
has had sufficient experience to quali
fy him fur the Presidency. An inter
esting statement was made the other
day by an experienced political ob
server who came to Washington after
a trip which carried him into nearly
every state West of the Mississippi.
"Governor Hughes Is not going to
get many Western Totes," said this
gentleman, a Republican, who is iden
tified with no candidate as yet. "The
people of the West look upon Hughes
as a stranger. They do not know htm:
they have never met him, and they do
not know what sort of treatment he
would accord the West should he be
elected President. He has never been
out West: he has made no effort to
mingle with Western people or learn
Western sentimenfc Instead, he has
spent his Bummer! In Europe, pre
ferring the Alps to "the Rockies.
"The- Western people do not feel
kindly to Hughes on this account.
They prefer a man who has at least
been. West and who has made some
effort to get in touch with Western
people and Western needs. Taft
helped himself greatly by his visits In
the West, and his speeches to Western
people, and is stronger in that section
than any other candidate.
"Why, even Cannon and Fairbanks
have made a bigger hit throughout the
West, take It all in all, than has
Hughes, and, while those people be-
Does a general banking busi
ness. Pays interest on savings ac
counts "and on time certificates.
Acts as trustee in bond issues.
Holds title to properties for
corporations, syndicates, estates
and individuals, pending distri
bution, settlement or other dis
position. Collects interests, incomes,
rents, etc., and furnishes sub
stantial investments for idle
funds.
The trust business kept en
tirely separate ' from the other
business of the company.
Correspondence or interviews
solicited with those contemplat
ing any phase of our service.
lieve Hughes to be a bigger man than
either Cannon or Fairbanks, they wiil
not support him because he has avoid
ed their country. If there is anything
the Western people are proud of it
Is their country, and they like a man
who will come out and enjoy their
hospitality."
PARDON BOARD IS SILENT
,. 1
ORCHARD LIKELY, HOWEVKfC
TO ESCAPE CUiLOWS.
Judge Wood Insitets He Will Be I'se
ful in Future Trials Perhaps
That " of Jack Simpkins.
BOISE, Idaho. March 24. (Special.)
What action The State Pardon Board
will take when it meets April 1 In re
gard to the recommendation of Jude
Fremont Wood to 'commute his sen
tence of death to life imprisonment in
the case of Harry Orchard, self-confessed
murderer of Frank Stcunen
berg, cannot even be surmised.
Members of the board are not talk
ing. Tt Is the general impression,
however, that the action recommended
by Judge Wood will be followed. Con
trary action, Judge 'Wood intimated In
his remarkable address made before
sentencing Orchard, on the part of the
board would be unprecedented. He
states his confidence that the sentence
will be commuted.
Today it wis suggested to Judge
Wood that Harry Orchard has started
that he prefers the death penalty to
life imprisonment. Judge Wood re
plied: -
'"If Orchard is sincere in his state
ment that he desires to make all
reparation possible for ' his crimes, he
should be willing to live if there is a
possibility of his being of further
service to the state. If Orchard should
be hanged, nothing would prevent
Jack Simpkins from walking the
streets of any Idaho town with Im
punity." SWIFTS BUYING IN SEATTLE
Deal on for Establishment of $1,
000,000 Plant in Sound City.
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 24. (Spe
cial. )Swlft & Co. are negotiating for
the purchase of a big block of tide
lands. Should this sale go through,
and it is said on the very best authority
that negotiations have proceeded al
most to the point of a sale, Seattle will
be made the Pacific Coast headquarters
of Swift & Co. and a $1,000,000 pack
ing plant will bo erected at once.
The precise tract over which nego
tiations are now pending Is on the east
waterway, south of Spokane avenue,
and embraces a total of 65 acres. The
property is owned by C. B. Bussell, who
has extensive tide-land holdings In that
vicinity. -
Second Illinois Unlnstructed.
CHICAGO, March 34. The Republicans
of the Second Congressional District to
night elected two uninstructed delegates
to the National convention Roy O. West,
chairman of the party's state central
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Has a larger paid circula
. tion than any other weekly
publication in America.
The edition for last week was
This is, by far, the largest circulation ever
achieved by any weekly rhagazine in this country.
Exactly nine years, to a day, since George
Horace Lorimer became Editor-in-Chief of The
Saturday Evening Post, an average increase in
its circulation of a hundred thousand copies a
year has proved its editorial quality and conse
quent popularity.
Five
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The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
committee, and John R. Thompson, Treas
urer of Cook County.
CHARGE WORK OF LOBBY
Race Track Gambling Bills ProVoke
Many Rumors.
ALBANY. N. V., March 24. Not since
the days when the New York City aGs
legislation was under consideration be
fore the Senate in 906 have there been
so many rumors about the capital of the
so-called lobby work as there are now
.with reference to the bills designed to
prohibit gambling at race-tracks. Cer
tain "conspicuous opposition of the legis
lation today declared all but publicly
that they were assured of at least 00
votps fn the Penafe against the vot.
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Diligent investigation, however, 'fails to
locate any definite foundation for the
rumors- and careful polls of the list of
the Senators make it seem most unlikely
that any such vote can be rallied against
the bills. 'It is beyond question, never
theless, that the bills are now In a pre
carious situation so far as the Senate is
concerned and that their passage is any
thing but assured.
It is considered doubtful that the bills
can he reached before next week. They
are expected to be discussed on final
passage in the assembly on Thursday.
CTten to Talk at La Grande.
LA GRAN DR. Or.? March 34. (Spe
cial.) W. S. U'Rcn will address an open
meeting here Saturday evening, restrict
ing his address to Statement No. 1. He
is brought here by champions of State
ment No. 1 who wish more light thrown
President
year.
on the subject for the benefit of th
voters.
7"aft in Seventh Tennessee.
DICKINSON, Tern.. March 24. Thft
Seventh District Republican Congressional
Convention here today instructed for Taft
for President.
Deinocra ts at Roanoke.
RICHMOND, Va.. March 24. The Stat
Democratic Committee at a meeting held
here today decided to hold the state con
vention in Roanoke June 11.
Crime to Smoke Cigarettes. .
OKLAHOMA. March 24.-The House to
day in reconsideration passed the bill
making it a crime, punishable by a fins
of from Ifi to $2fi to smoke cigaretts.