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Newspaper Page TextTHE MOOTING OREGONIAX. . THTJKS1JAX, MAT 14, 1908. SENATORIAL FIGHT TO BE KEPT OUT Harmony to Govern State Re publican Convention at Spokane. PILES MEN IN CONTROL Will Dominate All Act of Conven tion Possible, Inclmdlng Instruc tions for Tart McGraw to Bo Permanent Chairman. " SPOKAXE. Wash.. May 13. Special.) When the Republican convention of Washington, which meets tomorrow to name 10 delegates and 10 alternates to the National convention and five Presl dpntial electors. Is called to order In the spacious armory, more than (WO dele Kates vll be seated. John H. McGraw, of K1n(f County, will be permanent chairman after J. M. Ashton, of Pierce County, who is to bo temporary chair man, yields the move. That was de cided by the steering committee this af ternoon and tonight. It is tentatively agreed to insist upon harmony and to that end the Yakima and Walla Walla delegations have prac tically effaced themselves from the coun cils of the leaders. By suggestion of a Yakima delegate an agreement was made that the Senatorial fight must not appear, either on or under the surface. In the conventions' deliberations. Plies Men Jn the Saddle. The steering committee, promiiV;nt among whom were John H. McGraw, of . King County: Charles Lund and M. T. Hartson, of Spokane County; J. M. Ash ton, W. H. Paulliamus. E. N. Parker, J. M. Shackleford and Ralph Metcalf. of Pierce County, Thomas Sunner, of Sno homish, and Emerson Hammer, for Ska ' git County, met In Mr. McGraw's rooms Soon after the arrivl of the King County delegation. It was apparent from the start that the McGraw people, that la to say the adherents of Senator Piles .' and Henry McBride (candidate for Gov ernor) wefe 1n the saddle and that they will dominate all the acts of the con vention they dare to dominate. This includes the plat firm resolution lnstruotlng the delegation to Chicago to work for the nomination of Taft first, last and all the time, and It probably will cut a wide swath when the cutting down of candidates for delegates and Presidential electors is required. Slate Decided Upon. Spokane is filled with the adherents of Ankeny, Jones, McBride and Mead, to say nothing of candidates for minor state of fices, who will later on make the race In the primaries. The programme is for two presidential electors from Pierce and the southwest, two from the East Side and. one from King and the northwest. R. I.. McCormlck, of Tacoma, Is to be National committeeman. The slate fol lows: For National delcgates-at-large, R. I McCormick, Pierce; R. A. Ballinger, King: Frank T: Post, Spokane; Emmer wn Hammor, Skagit. First District Robert Moran, San Juan; W. X Rucker, Snohomish. Second District C. L Baton, Thurston: A. 'I.,. Miller, Clark. Third District D. T. Ham. Spokane; J. C. Mc Cauly, Kittitas. Presidential electors A. J Rogers. Douglas: J. M. Fish, Stevens; J. R. O'Donnell, Chehalis; W. P. Trimble, King; C. E. Kerlee, Pacific.' Alternates J. J. Smith, King: Thomas Bolman, Che lan: Frank L. Dallam, Okanogan. Seven others are yet to be decided upon. STVDEXTS MUST STAY HOME T a Com a High School May Have Xo More Excursions. TACOMA, May 13. (Special.) No more moonlight steamer excursions for the stu 'nts of the Tacoma High School, no more class picnics and dances at Three Point, no more little jaunts out of the city, es pecially when such trips lead out of . the county. The Board of Education at Its meeting today emphatically put tho "kibosh" on such social functions, when the same are to toe given under the aus pices of the High School. It all came about through plans of members of the senior class to give an excursion soon to Three Point and when their "feeler" was sprung on the board. it raised a storm of protest. It seems that on some previous excursion, the partici pants failed to get home as early as the iacuny aesirea. SEISELESS OX THE PAVEJIEST Voting Tacoma Girl Thrown From Horse and Badly Hurt. TACOMA, Wash., May 1J. (Special.) While riding a liorse this afternoon Mildred Morton, the 16-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Morton, was thrown to the brick pavement and rendered unconscious. John 8. Baker's big automobile was run of the garage and the Injured 'girl was carried to her home at a breakneck speed. Tonight the young rider was still unconscious. Tho extent of her injuries Is not known. STUDENTS ELECT OFFICERS I'nlversity's Annual Election Is Close and Exciting Contest. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Or., May 13. (Special.) The annual elec tion of the .Associated Students of the University of Oregon took place today, the polls being open from 11 to 3 o'clock. The following officers were chosen: President, Tom Townsend; vice-presi dent. J. Leroy Woods; secretary, Nieta Harding; executive committee, Ormond Kean, Howard Moore; athletic council. Fred Moullen, William Wood and Paul W. Reid; editor Oregon Weekly, Earl Klipatrlck; assistant editors weekly. Har riet Lane and Oliver Huston; business manager weekly. Dean Goodman; as sistant. Charles F. Dean; editor Monthly Ruth Hansen; assistants, Jennie Lalley. Neta Bartlett. Marian Stowe and Alfred Pavers; business manager Monthly, Wil liam cake; assistant, Cecil J. Espy. The vote was the heaviest ever cast at the Lnivcrsity, being a total of S49. The keenest contests were for the presi dent and members of the athletic coun cil. Jesse Bond received 187 for president to Tom rownsena s im. Bore for Oil in Coos. MARSHFIELD, Or.. May 13. (Spe clal.) R. F. Crittenden, who is inter ested In the hunt for oil on Coos B.iy has arrived here and announces that he will soon begin boring for oil. He Is now awaiting the arrival of some machinery. 11 i w t V CONTAINS CMKK,000 FEET OP LfMiS AND IS WORTH .O,O00. CL.ATSKANIE. Or., May 13. (Special.) Another big cigar-shaped sca-golng raft was launched recently from the cradle at Wallace Slough, near here, by the Benson Logging and Lumbering Company. Three . of the five rafts to be constructed by this company this Summer are now lying anchored side by side awaiting favorable weather for shipment to San Diego, Cal., where the company has, large milling Inter ests. The'logs are hauled by logging trains from the camp, located four miles up' the Clatskanie, and. dumped into the, river. Here they are hoisted by powerful machinery Into the cradle and bound as se curely as Iron and steel can make 'them for their perilous ocean Journey. Each raft has a carrying capacity of 6,000,000 feet of logs, and is worth about $50,000. The dimensions are: Length, 740 feet; width, 62 feet; depth, 36 feet; draft, 24 feet. Aside from the timber value, thousands of dollars worth of chain 1b used In their construction. Extending through Oie center of the raft and acting as a backbone to which the circle chains are fastened is 7o feet of H4-inch herringbone chain, and to bind the logs at intervals of 12 feet requires 7,700 feet of 1-lnch circle chain. As a hawser for towing purposes, 900 feet of heavy tow chain is used. From the time the logs are hoisted from the river Into the cradle. Just 2 months' time is required to put a raft In sea-going condition, and under favorable weather con ditions it will reach its destination Jn about 8 days. STATES' RULERS -MfjcoraEiE Continued From First Page.) In the mines already developed had been wasted In mining, and a much greater percentage In use. Without such waste, which he believed might be overcome, the supply of coal would last 2000, Instead of 20) years, as pre dicted. 0 , 'Takes Issue With Carnegie. Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, made a lively talk. In which he took Issue with Mr Carnegie's statement that wasteful methods prevailed in iron mining in the Lake Superior region, and cheerfully assured that gentleman that "Mr. Hill will be glad to take Issue with him on some things." John Hays Hammond, who haB the reputation of being the highest-paid mining engineer In the country, read a paper on engineering methods. In which he drew the conclusion that, while there was no way to revolutionize min ing methods, they might be improved gradually. . The status of all delegates, whether Governors or their special assistants, was settled by the adoption of a motion by Governor Hoch of Kansas, that all per sons Invited to the conference have equal floor privileges. The resolutions com mittee, which was appointed at the Bug gestlojj of the President at the morning session, which will meet tomorrow, con sists of Governors Blanchard, Louisiana; Fort, New Jersey; Cutler, Utah; David son, Wisconsin, and Ansel, South Caro lina. Professor W. J. McGee and Thomas R. Shipp of the Inland Waterways Com mission, were designated recording sec retary and general secretary respectively, by President Roosevelt. Two sessions will be held tomorrow. When the President had taken his place on the a lght of the platform, with the Vice-President on his left, Rev. Ed ward Everett Hale, chaplain of the Sen ate, read a portion of the Scriptures de scriptive of the promised land and then pronounced a feeling Invocation, in which he asked heaven's help in the delibera tions to be had. At the conclusion of the invocation the President, without prelim inary ceremony, gave his address to the Governors. Introducing his subject the President referred to the fact that the matters un der consideration are so vital that for the first time in the history of the Nation the chief executive officers of the states had met together to consider them with the aid of heads of all National departments and experts in the conservation of nat ural resources. He referred to the facO that when the founders of the Nation met to draft the Declaration of Independence and adopt a constitution, the conditions of trade and commerce had hardly changed from those that existed under the civilization of the ancients. Sailing ships and vessels propelled by oars were supreme on the waterways of the globe, on land dependence was still placed on beasts of burden, and mining was carried on by the same primitive methods as 3000 years before the Pharaohs. Water was practically the only source of power and wood the only fuel In gen eral use. Washington and his contem poraries knew anthracite only as a use less black stone. The rapid growth of the Nation since that time had been due to the marvelous development, and sad to say, the rapid de struction of the country's natural re sources. Continuing, he said: Our position in the world ias been at tained by the fxfent and thoroughness of the control we have achieved over nature; but. we are more,- and not less, dependent upon what she furnishes than at any previ ous time of history since the days of pri mitive man. Yet our fathers, though they knew so little of the resources of the country, exer cised a wise forethought In reference there to. Washington clearly saw that the per petuity of the states could only be secured by union, and that the only feasible basis of union was an economic one: In other words that It must be based on the development and use of their natural resources. Accord ingly, he helped to outline a scheme of com mercial development, and by his influence an Interstate waterways commission was ap pointed by Virginia and Maryland. It met here where we are now meeting, la Alexandria, adjourned to Mount Vernon, and took up the consideration of Interstate com merce by the only means then available, that of water. Further conferences were arranged, first at Annapolis and then at Philadelphia. It was In Philadelphia that the representatives of all the states met for what was in Its original conception merely a waterways conference; but when they had closed their deliberations the out come was the Constitution wnich made the states into a. Nation. 4-Rlls for United EfTort. The Constitution of the United States thus grew In large part out of the necessity for united action In the wise use of one of our natural resources. The wise use of alt or our natural resources, which are our Ns , tlonal resources as well, is the great mate HUGE CIGAR-SHAPED OCEAN-GOING s. c A " SI- S rial question of today. I have asked you to come together now because the enormous consumption of these resources, and the threat of imminent exhaustion of some of them, due to reckless and wasteful use, once more calls for common effort, common action. Since the days when the Constitution was adopted, steam and electricity have revo lutionized the industrial, world. Nowhere has the revolution been so great as In our own country. The discovery and utilisa tion of mineral fuels and alloys have given us the lead over all other- nations in the production of steel. The discovery and utilization of coal and iron have given -us cur railways, and have led to such indus trial development as has never before been seen. The vast wealth of lumber in our forests, the riches of our soils and mines, the discovery of gold and mineral oils, com bined with the efficiency of our transporta tion, have made the conditions of our life unparalleled In comfort and convenience. The steadily Increasing drain on these natural resources has promoted to an ex traordinary degree the complexity of our Industrial and social life. Disregarding for the moment the ques tion of moral purpose, it Is safe to say that the prosperity of our people depends di rectly -on the energy and intelligence with which our natural resources are used. It is equally clear that these resources are the final basis qf National' power and perpe tuity. Finally, it is ominously evident that these resources are in the course of rapid exhaustion. JTalf of Timber Gone. This Nation began with the belief that Its landed possessions were Illimitable and capable of supporting all the people who might care to make our country their home; but already the limit of unsettled land Is In sight, and Indeed but little land fitted for agriculture now remains unoccu pied save what can be reclaimed by Irri gation and drainage. We began with an unap'proached heritage of forests; more than half of the timber is gone. We be gan with coal fields more extensive than those of any other nation and with Iron ores regarded as Inexhaustible, and many experts now declare that the end of both iron and coal is In sight. The mere increase in our consumption of coal during 1007 over 1906 exceeded the total consumption In 187A, the Centennial year. The enormous stores of mineral, oil and gas are largely gone. Our natural waterways are not gone, but they have been so Injured by neglect, and by the division of responsibility and utter lack of system In dealing with them, that there Is less navigation on them now than there was fifty years ago. Finally, we began with soils of unexampled fertility and we have so impoverished them by injudicious use and by falling to check erosion that their crop-producing ppwer is diminishing Instead of Increasing. In a word, we hav thought lessly, and to a large degree unnecessarily, diminished the resources upon which not only our prosperity but the .prosperity of our children must always depend. We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources and we have Just reason to be proud of our growth. But the time has come to Inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil and the gas are exhausted, when the soils shall have been still further Impoverished and washed Into the streams, polluting the riv ers, denuding the fields and obstructing navigation. These questions do not relate only to the next century or to the next generation. It is time for us now as a Nation to exercise the same reasonable fore sight in dealing with our great natural re sources that would be shown by any pru dent man In conserving and widely using the property which contains the assurance of well-being for himself and his children. Mistakes of the Pioneer. Neither the primitive man nor the pio neer was aware of any duty to posterity in dealing with the renewable resources. When the American settler felled the for ests, he felt that there was plenty of for est left for the sons who came after him. When he exhausted the soli of his farm he felt that his son could go West and taka up another. So it was with his Immediate successors. When the soil-wash from the farmor's fields choked the neighboring river he thought only of using the railway rath -:r than boats for moving his produce and supplies. Now all this Is changed. On the average the son of the farmer of today must make his living on his father's farm. There is no difficulty In doing this If the father will exercise wisdom. No wise use of a farm exhausts Its fertility. So with the forests. We are over the verge of a Umber famine In this country, and it is unpardonable for the Nation or the states to' permit any fur ther cutting of our timber save In accord ance With a system which will provide that the next generation shall see the timber increased instead of diminished. Moreover, we can add enormous tracts of the most valuable possible agricultural land to the National domain .by irrigation in the arid and semi-arid regions and by drainage of great tracts of swamp land In the humid regions. We can enormously Increase our transportation facilities by the canalisa tion of our rivers so as to complete a great system of waterways on the Pacific, Atlan tic and Gulf coasts and In the Mississippi Valley, from the Great Plains to the Alle shenles and from the northern lakes to the mouth of the mighty Kather of waters. But all these various nses of Our natural resources are so closely connected that they should be co-ordinated, and should be treat ed as part of one coherent plan and not in haphazard and piecemeal fashion. It U largely because of this that I ap pointed the waterways commission last year and that 1 have sought to perpetuate Its work. We are coming to recognize as never be fore the right of the Nation to guard Its own future In the essential matter of nat ural resources. Awake to Grent Truth. Any right thinking father earnestly de sires and strives to leave his son both an untarnished name and a reasonable equip ment for the struggle of life, fc'o this Na tion as a whole should' earnestly desire and strive to leave to the next generation the National honor unstained and the National resources unexhausted. There are signs that both,-the Nation and the states are waking RAFT . -x-c X"- 0- to a realization of this gveat truth. On March 10, lfK8, the Supreme Court of Maine rendered an exceedingly Important judicial decision. This opinion was ren dered in response to questions as to the right of the Legislature to restrict the cut ting of trees on private land for the pre vention of droughts ana floods, tne-preser vatlon of the natural water supply, and the prevention of the erosion of such lands, and the consequent filling up of rivers, ponds ana lakes. The opinion or the Maine supreme bench sets forth unequivocally the principle that the property rights of the individual are subordinate to the rights of the community and especially that the waste of wild tim ber land derived originally from the state, involving as it would the Impoverishment of the state and Its people and thereby oe featlng one great purpose of government, may properly be prevented by state re strictions. The court says that there are two rea sons why the right of the public to con trol and limit the use of private property Is peculiarly applicable to property In land: "First, such property Is not the result of productive labor, but is derived solely from the state itself, the original owner; second. the amount of land being incapable of In crease, if the owners of large tracts can waste them at will without state restrlc tion. the state and Its people may be help lessly impoverished and one great purpose of government defeated. . . We do not think the proposed legislation would op erate to 'take private property within the Inhibition of the Constitution. While it might restrict the owner of wild and un cultivated lands in his use of them, might delay his taking some of the product. might delay his anticipated profits and even thereby might cause him some loss orproni, it would nevertheless leave him his lands. their product and increase, untouched, and without diminution of title, estate or quan tity. He would still have large measure of -control and large opportunity to realize values. He might suffer delay, .but not pri vation. The proposed legislation would be within the legislative power and would not operate as a taking of private property for which compensation must m made. Holds Similar View. The ourt of errors and aprieals of New Jersey has adopted a similar view, which has recently been sustained oy the Supreme Court of the United States, These decisions reach the root of the idea of conservation of our resources in the interests of our people. Finally, let us remember that the con- servatioa of our natural resources, though the graveBt problem of today, Is yet but part of another and greater problem to Wnicn mis Innon IB nvi j Kwnna, uui to which it will awake In time, and with which it must hereafter grapple If it la to live the problem of National efficiency, the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the Nation. SVhen the peo- nle of the United States consclouely under take to raise themselves as citizens, and the Nation and the states In their several spheres, to the highest pitch of excellence In private, state and National life, and to do this because it Is the nrst of all ths duties of true patriotism, then and not till then the future of this Nation, in quality and In time, will be assured. Waste of Fuel Supply. Speaking on "The Wnste of Our Fuel Resources," 1. C. White, State Geolo gist of West Virginia, gave startling statistics in regard to the absolutely wanton waste of coal and natural gas during the past half century. He arraigned the petroleum operators vlg orouslv for their deliberate and inten tional waste ofcountless millions of feet of natural gas In the development of oil fields of the Middle West, and asserted that at the present time not less than a billion cubic feet of this valuable fuel is being wasted daily, equivalent in heating value to 1,000",- 000 bCTShels of good coal. This waste, he boldly asserjed, was In large part due to the fact that the oil operators had successfully fought In every state but Indiana laws in tended to put a stop to the waste of natural gas. He painted a gloomy picture of the coal situation, asserting that, if the present wasteful methods of mining are allowed to continue there will be little coal left for manufacturing pur poses within a radius of 130 miles of Pittsburg by the beglnlng of the next century, and practically no cheap fuel remaining in the entire Appalachian basin with which to maintain the Na tion's supremacy In the iron and steel trade of the world. He charged that fully as much coal has been wasted as has been mined in the United States, due to bad methods the larger part of it being left In the ground, most of it beyond hope of recovery. He- asserted that the extent of the undeveloped coal fields of the Middle West and South had been greatly over estimated and that China had recently been shown to possess little or no sur plus for the use of other nations. Body Found After Three Weeks. LA GRANDE. Or., May IS. (Special.) After three weeks of submersion In the Grand Ronde River, the body of a logger who fell from a logging train of the Soddard Lumber Company mill was found late this evening by a crew of log drivers. Thorough search was made for the body, but .no trace was found and hope of ever finding It -wair given up. Tonight, however, when the logging crew broke a flrive jam, they found the body badly decomposed. The man was a middle-aged fellow without a family. Italy's Imports from this country are not aulte SST.OOO.OOA a year, and ours from that 1 country axe only 139,000,000. DEATH ENDS CAREER Mrs. Bertha Etta Gordon Suc cumbs to Bullet Wound. HUSBAND NOT AT DEATHBED Out for Walk When End Conies. "Coos Bay Woman of Mystery" Maintains Innocence of Coun terfeiting Schemes. MARSHFIELD Or.. May IS. (Spe cial.) Death has closed the notorious and eventful career of Mrs. Bertha Etta Oordon, the "Coos Bay Woman of Mys tery," adventuress and alleged counter feiter, of Portland. The bullet wound which was Inflicted at midnight Saturday by "Maaooke" Anderson, a Marshfield bartender, caused her death at 11:30 A. M. today at the general hospital, where she has been cared for since the shooting. In flammation of the parts penetrated by the bullet was the immediate cause of death. Mrs. Gordon made a hard fight for her life, but gradually grew weaker, and late last night ipst consciousness. The one wish of the woman since she was shot was that she might see E. S. Gordon before she died, and this?was gratified. ljong Talks With Husband. The two had several long conferences together, but what passed betwen them Is not known. Several depositions were takenfrom the woman by Assistant Dis trict Attorney LilliJquist for the benefit it is understood, of thegrand Jury. E. S. Gordon visited the woman this morning. but she was unconscious. He went for a walk and while he was gone she ex pired. - Dr. Mlngus, one of the attending phy sicians, and hospital nurses were the only ones at her death-bed. Gordon re fuses to talk at all about the matter, but It is understood no arrangements for the burial have been made. Disclaims Knowledge Counterfeiters. Coroner Mingus. Immediately after her death, notified District Attorney Brown, of Koseburg, who is at Coqullle attend ing the Circuit Court. Mr. Brown said It would not be necessary to hold an In quest and Coroner Mingus was sum moned to appear at once before the grand jury, and it Is expected that an indict ment will be returned tomorrow charging Anderson with murder. It is not likely that the case will be tried at this term of court. Whatever Mrs. Gordon knew about the alleged counterfeiting! of gold pieces on Coos Bay was never told. To an Ore gonlan representative she stoutly denied before her death that she knew anything about the coinage qf bad money and In sisted that she had been wrongfully treated In Portland. IXVOIVES ENTIRE . QUESTION Illinois Case Raises Vital Issue in Rail Rate Campaign. CHICAGO. May 13. Upon the decision of Judge Kohlsaat, of the Federal Court in the case of the "Beatrice and Blue Valley Creamery Companies against tho Pere Marquette, Grand Trunk and Michigan Central Railroads may hinge the entire campaign against the general advance in freight rates. Burled in a comparatively unimportant injunction suit in which the final argu ments were heard yesterday is the whole issue, which will serve as a precedent In the coming great contest. Judge Kohlsaat's Mecision will deter mine whether a Federal Court has power to enjoin the railroads from advancing rates pending a hearing before the In terstate Comtavrce Commission, which alone is granted power to determine questions of unreasonableness and dis cr' mi nation, or whether It can sit only as a court of review after tho opinion of the compilsslon has been given.' The case in which Judge Kohlsaat's decision will decide this question is the applica tion of the Beatrice and Blue Valley Creamery Companies, of Nebraska, for a rrellmlnary Injunction to restrain- the Michigan Central, Grand Trunk : and Fere Marquette from advancing their irelght rates on cream, pending a hear ing before the Interstate Commerce Commission as to the reasonableness of the advance. MAY BOLT AGAIXST JOHXSOX Action of Minnesota Bryan Men De pends on Iieader's Course. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 13. It has be come doubtful whether the followers of W. J. Bryan wTll bolt the Democratic State Convention tomorrow. Two days ago It was tentatively agreed among them that euch action should be taken If their contesting delegates were not seated In the convention. Today, how ever, the sentiment against such a step has largely increased. A conference of the Bryan leaders was held today, and tonight National Committeeman T. T. Hudson, who presided at the meet ing, gave out the following statement: "The course of the Bryan men will depend upon the action of the conven tion. If the action of the convention doea not seem to be right, we will call upon the Bryan men to withdraw for a conference, at which further steps can be determined." The Johnson men have such an over whelming majority of the delegates In tomorrow's convention that there Is no chance of the Bryan people getting anything, beyond what the Johnson fol lowing is pleased to give them, and the Johnson following is disposed to give nothing. Martin Hughe will be tem porary chairman of the convention. KILLED BY HIS OWN" GUX John Page, of Pomeroy, Victim of Accident While Driving, JOHN DAT. Or.. May 13. (Special.) John Page, of Pomeroy, Wash., was acci dentally shot and killed this morning by his own gun. He was driving In Fox Valley with some companions in a buggy when the gun slipped from his lap, struck the gear of the vehicle and was dis charged, the contents passing through his side. District Attorney J. E. Mark began an investigation, but Assessor C. W. Brenham is said to have witnessed the accident and no foud play Is sus pected. . MAY SEXD ROOSEVELT MEN Montana Convention, However, Will Probably Instruct for Taft. BUTTE. Mont.. May 13. On the 'eve of the state Republican convention, which will meet in Butte tomorrow elect six delegates to the Chicago con vention, nothing is known except that the resolutions adopted will give an un qualified indorsement o the President and his policies. Although the state central committee a few weeks ago came out for Taft. the friends of the Ohio man have not yet decided to attempt to force through a resolution sending an instructed delegation, to the National conventlon- Taft Sentiment Is strong, and if the party In Montana instructs for any one the Secretary of War will have the preference. At the same time certain of the country districts have their favorite candidates, Hughee. Knox and I. Fol lette having partisans, and they will oppose au Instructed delegation. There Is o disposition on the vrt. Borne of the delegates Blreefiy here" to Instruct tho Montana delegation to do all In their power to bring about the nomination of Roosevelt and a stampede i .hi. i i . i ..ii.-.i.. 1 DECLARE VSVAL DIVIDENDS ' Harriman Lines Paying Harriman j Hopeful of Borrowing Money. NEW YORK,-May 13. Before the meet ing of directors of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads today. E. H. Harriman said he would recommend the declaration of regular dividends. The regular dividends of 2S per cent quarterly on Union Pacific common stock, of 2'4 per cent quarterly on Southern Pa cific common, and of 3 per cent semi annually on Southern Pacific preferred stock were, declared by the directors of those companies today. Following the meeting of the directors, B. H. Harriman was asked about the plans for issuing part of the 100,MO,MO in bonds recently authorised by tue Union Pacific stockholders. He said: "Everybody is trying to do the Union Pacific financing. It does not need any money." When he was asked about the J2o.- 000,000 which he was reported to have said that the company required, Mr. Harriman asked: . "What is J35,O0O.0OO to the Union - Pa cific?" The time of offering the bonds au thorised, he said, will depend largely upon market conditions.' MONTANA WILL BE FOR TAFT Delegates to Be Instructed Roose velt Stampede Can't Win. BUTTE, Mont., May 13. The state Re publican convention, which will meet in this city tomorrow, will probably In struct its six delegates to the National Convention to support the candidacy of William H. Taft for the Preidential nom ination despite the efforts of a number of delegatese her tonight to bring about an instructed delegation for President Roosevelt through a Stampede of the con vention. State Chairman Fletcher Maddox, of Great Falls, scouts the idea of the con vention being stampeded for Mr. Roose celt, ""and predicts easy sailing for the Taft men. and an uninstructed delega tion to Chicago for him. I Senators Corter and Dixon, and Con gressman Fray will not be delegates to Chicago. WILD SCENES IX COXFEREXCE African Methodists Clash Over Elec tion of New Bishops. NORFOLK. Va., May 13. The A. M. H. conference today decided to elect five new bishops. A strong minority wanted only three. A recommendation that two of the bishops be stationed In America wa3 adopted. There were wild scenes during the discussion and many allega tions of falsehood. Calhoun Will Go East. SAT FRANCISCO. May 13. Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Rail roads, under Indictment for bribery in connection with securing an overhead trolley franchise from the Schmitz Board of Supervisors, was today given per mission b Superior Judge Lawlor to take a short business trip to the East. The surety company on his bonds agreed to waive its rights in the matter and Judge Lawlor agreed to a, continuance for a few weeks on condition that the prisoner would return within a week af ter the service of a notice by the prose cution. In 1006 receipts of the Shantung Railroad Company amounted to $1, 010,7416 and expenses to $-124,870, and a 4H per cent dividend was paid to stockholders. 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