THE 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. The
passenger rates are 2.5 cents nrst-class, 1.3
cents seeond-class and .4 of a cent gold
third-class. 1
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