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V "iwiluccept;i5 ROOSEVELT REPLY Colonel in Fight "Until the Convention." DIRECT PRIMARY PREFERRED Answer to Governors but Definite. Brief NO HASTE IS MANIFESTED EipIn.tlon of Kem.rk. -Mr H la la Rln." I d OfllcUUy. CnlD Kale ot Peopl' to B Hl PUtform. XTW TOBK. Feb. w" WP ,b. nomination for th. Presidency " I. tenders .d will '' lh' Kmoa tmtll th. convention ku -pressed It. preference." Theodore Roosevelt. r.plr to th. Ut ter of seven Republican gov.rnor. ..ktnc for nmlnt l.n Th. ....rly-.w.lt.d reply " l"B .l tonight at Colonel " f.ee, n.r., H. I. absent on ' Bootoa. It wm unexpectedly brief, bnt definite. It follows: . . ...-it Tour letter men: I oifpc trM,v - Tnd I realls. o th. ull .pon.lblllty It put. upon m.. f,r , . It doe, th. c.r.fully considered ronvlctton. of th. men elected by pop ular vot. to stand a. th. beads of gov ernment In their several states. Qsmttoa re-pl". 1 absolutely agre. with yon that tM. matter Is not on. to b. decided with tor reference to th. personal preference, or Interests of any roan, but purely from th. .tandpotnt of th. Interests of th. peopl. as a wbo2- 1 will accept th. nomination for Presi dent If It Is tendered to me and I will adhere to this decision until th. eon-r-ntton h. expressed It. preference. One of the chief principle" tor which I lav. stood and for which I now stand .nd which I hav, always endeavored nd always shall endeavor to reduc. to action, is the genuln. rul. of th. peo ple; and therefor. I hop. thst so far as pos.tbl. th. people may b. glyen the chance, through direct primaries, to express their preference as to who ,all b the nomine, of th. Republican Presidential convention. Very truly. -THEOIORE ROOSEVELT. -Hon. William E. Glasscock. Gover nor of th. Stat, of West Virginia. Charleston, W. Va. -Iloa Chester AJflrleh. Governor of th. Stat, of Nebraska, Lincoln. Neb. -Hon. Robert P. Bass. Governor of th. Stat, o New Hampshire. Concord. -Hon. Joseph M. Carry. Governor of th. Btat. of Wyoming. Cheyenne. Wyo. -Hon. Charles S. Osborne. Governor of th. Stat, of Michigan. Lansing. Mich. -Hon. TV. R. Stobbs. Governor of the Stat. Of Kansas. Topeka, Kan. -Hon. Herbert a Hadley. Oovernor of th. Btat. of Missouri. Jefferson City. (iwiiwn Aewrl Pillar Dvmaaa. Th. aforenamed governor, assembled at Chicago two weeks ago and drafted a letter to Colonel Roo.evelt. asserting there was a popular demand for him to b President again and urging him to declare himself as to whether he would accept the Republican nomina tion. "If It came unsolicited and un- wv.. two weeks Colonel Roevlt omsldered th. letter. Indicating plain ly that b. had no Intention of making . v.-. .tT The iovernr follows: T-feleaa-o. Feb. 10. 1I We, the un dersigned Republican Governors, as sembled for the purpose of considering what will best Insure the continuation of th. Republican psrty as a useful agency of good government, declare It our belief, after a careful In ve.tlgatlon of the facta, thst a Urge majority of th. Republican voters of the country fsvor your nomination and a large ma jority of the people f.vor your election a. th. next Prreldent of the I'nlied Mate. Deel.ratlM FeriMlly Repeated. W. believe that your randldary will Insure success tn the next campsign. We beilev. that you represent, ss no ether man represents, thoee principles sad policies upon which we must ep pal fjr a msjorlty of the rotes of the American people, and whlrh. In our opinion, are necessary for the happi ness and prosperity of the country. -We believe that In view of this pub lic demand you soon should declare whether. If the nomination for th. Presidency comes t ymi unsolicited and unsought, you will scoept It. "In submitting this reout we are not considering your person.! 1r.tere.ta We do not regard It ss proper to con sider either the interest or the pref erence of any men a rrgerds the nom ination for th. Presidency. -Y are expressing our sincere belief end beet Judgment as ro what Is de manded of you In the Interests of the people as a whole. And we feel that ou wou:d be unresponsive to a plain pub! I.- duty If joti slioiiM decline to act ept the nomination ss te voluntary expression of the wishes of a malorlty cf tha Republican voters of the I'nlted tvoncluU.d on rage PRAYERS OFFERED FOR NEEDED RAIN SI'tXIAL. SERVICES TO BE HELD IX CA Lira KM A. Archblfhop Hlordan Asks Priests or Catholic lloce- to Intercede for Breaking of Irroolh. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. SS (Spe cial) Archbishop P. W. Rlordan to day Issued a communication to the Catholic pastors of the diocese request ing that an hour be set according to the convenience of the priests and parishioner celebrants, to be devoted to the saying of mass, beginning Mon day Interceding for the blessing of rain which, he points out. Is needed all over th. State of California. Many of the priest, made Immediate response and arranged for the special service to b. held at 7 A- M. dally un til relief Is gained. A further request that th. following supplication b. made after the mass was mad. by th. archbishop: 0 God. In whom w. live and are. grant ua sessonabl. rain that w.. well enjoying a sufficiency of support In this life, may with mors confidence strive after the things which are eternal" OLD BELL TO RING AGAIN Silent for CO Years, Xow It Clans College) Triumphs. Will WII.LAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem. Or, Feb. IS, (Special.)- Th. contract for moving tho old five-ton bell from It. roetlng place on the third floor of the chanel building, where, it nas re posed unrung for :o years, and erecting It over live student entrance gate to th. athletlo field, has been lt to A. F. Mafflt. The be41 will be placed In tower 4 ft high framed out of heavy tim ber, and .loping from a width of JO feet at th. base to ten at tho top. This structure will D. incioseu. win pUMgway Into th. athl.Uo field. Over th. bell will be plaoeol a roor in mm center of wwen a iiagpoie win erected. Work will start this wee and the structure will be dedicated this month. Th bell will be used In thft. student celebrations before and after athletic contests. GHOST BURGLAR ESCAPES Sled ford Has Mystery In Operations of nemarkabljr EIusIto Thief. MEDFORD. Fe'j. IS. (Special.) Thla city has a ghost burglar. At least that Is what the police call him. For weeks an unknown thief has been pil fering th. money tills of merchant, and all efforta to capture th. fellow have been unsuccessful. Olmstead Hlbbard. local grocers, becoming tired of charging the thief's depredations up to profit and loss every week, decided to set a trsp. A spe cial deputy waa secreted In th. .tor. at night and th. shifty burglar soon made an appearance and began opera tions. The deputy gave the signal agreed upon and " officers nearby rushed in. but lo! the burglar had disappeared. Where he had gon. no on. could explain and a- vigorous search brought no clew. J. H. Lamport, who runs a harnes. shop, made uneasy by th. reports of the mysterious cracksmen hsd a pre monition Thursday night that sorae th'ng was wrong at his establishment. So about o'clock at night he and his wife went to the place and found the front window broken. Vpon entering from a rear window. sPTCH COMMAKDER. WHOSE FORCES MAT CROS H -J i r AHK l liKOI I. f'in.IM III jl ; - y ) VdS? ee'3:; "a, ..i.i.J.g-f.t,il.,l.,.J"rl'JI"lk.l,ffTf.H.. .r, . i-irr-. '-''-it '.-'v .V iV'.".'' U'.: p gyf TIKKV tf.X MOTIII AliO AT HU.lll, ir.n "r - ..'" , . nVAMUSj KlUMT, BATTLB StESli W iUAllEX, KKOM MCEM PHOTOttRU'tt AMERICAN TROOPS MAY GROSS BORDER Five Senators Confer With President. RESOLUTION EXPECTED NOW Congress Expected to Give Authority to Taft. ACT IS NOT ONE OF WAR Administration Determined to Pre vent Fighting- on International BoundaryMore Americans to Be Ordered to Texas. WASHINGTON. Feb. Jj. President Taft may be clothed soon with au thority to send American troops across the Mexican border to quell conditions of anarchy or fighting that might threaten lives or property on this Bids of th. line. A resolution probably will b. intro duced in the Senate, with the knowl edge of the Administration, which will be similar to Senator Stone's resolution of last May. which directed the foreign relations committee to ascertain the duty of this Government In connection with the killing of Americana by firing from the Mexican side, or It may pro pose to delegate to President Taft au thority to take whatever steps he deems necessary In an emergency. Conference Held at Wklte Hooee. The proposed resolution Is assumed to be the direct outcome of the con ference last night at the White House betn-een th. Preside! t and Senators Lodge. Bacon and Stone, of the foreign relatione committee, and Senators Bailey and Culberson, of Texas. The President discussed the situation with these Senators. Being without power to send troops out of the coun try without authority from Congress, he Is believed to have explained that a situation might arle. wherein It might be necessary to cross Into Mexico to compel the camhatants to remove their battleground to a point safely beyond the American border. Such an act. it is said today, would not be considered an invasion, or an act of war, as there was precedent for the landing ot marines on foreign ter ritory, in the absence of troops from the constituted government, to protect foreign residents. Contingency Believed Uallkefy. An encouraging development of th. day was th. receipt of dispatches rs porting peaceful conditions at points hitherto doubtful. Stat. Department officials tonight said it did not ap pear aa If any rebellious force would menace Juares and bring about the contingency for which precaution now is being taken. From Consul-General Hanna at Mon terey came a telegram saying that the arrival of Federal troops there and at Torreon had relieved the situation at those cities, as well aa surrounding towns. From Duracgo and Hermoslllo the consuls reported quiet, the only (Concluded on Page 4.1 V fji i. FIKJSt - " -iJ''""":''"V"7. ITKS, f tl'TAIV ..... . ...... ..i, : -. - , Vv ' , AJ.- - fv ' -Ik v-VJrI -?f-y. '"Jt --nk --SMS INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TEPTERPAT'f Maximum temperature. 44 degree; minimum. 86 degree.. TODAY'S Showers: southe.sterly wind.. Roosevelt. Roo.evelt will accept nomination if it Is trnilered to him. Pace 1. Oreson Republican leader, think Roosevelt declaration will aid Taft. Page . Pre.ldent Taft deeply hurt by propect of rontr.t with lonc-tlroe auoclate. Page -. Foreign. Eiitl.h statesmen erou.ed by plan rf soo.000 coal minor, to .trike next Thurday. Pace 4. President Tusn hs. confidence of Chins. Pag. 10. German paper, criticise reception at court of American who wrote slightingly or Uermao fighting ability. Page 3. National. Congress may rive President authority to .end troop. Into Mexico. Page 1. Taft approves West Umatilla Irrigation. Paso . Politics. w-ek sdd. strength to Tsft. Page 4. Taft petitions quickly signed st Salem. Page S. Domestic. Girl suffer, fractured akull a. sequel te klea In the dark. Page 3. Grand Jury inquiring Into Schlffs Interest In Brandt's letters. Page 3. Prayer, ror rain to be offered In California churches, Pag. 1. Education expert aars beat .tudents at Har vard and Yale are poor boy. Page 1. Rioting recurs In Lawrence strike. Page 4. Seven dead, score hurt In Arkansas tornado, rage 1. riport. Oregon Wolf break, world'. 30-mll. motor boat record. Page S. Oregon Woir feat assures International re gatta for 1W15. Page 8. Oregon Btate Fair race purse, will aggre gate tJS.OOO. Page s. McCredlo says Barney Joy will burn up Northwestern League. Pago 8. Pacific Northwest. Barrett', confession of robbery of bullion from Humboldt Involves five other Page 1. Recall of Preacher-Mayor of Hoqulam Is demanded. Page 5. Grants Pas. man wounded In battlo with officers, mistaken for burglars. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Gang of Chlneee hatchelmen reported com ing here from San Francisco and tonga fear renewed war. Page 14. Elk. and Ad Men', delegation will leave to night for beattle to boost National con tention. Page J"- Prohibitionist, of Oregon to decide Mareh 13 whether or not to place ticket in field. Page 14. Members of new charter board have diverse Idea, aa to form of commuwioa charter. Page 11. Bnal B'rith Foclety holds Impresslvo me morial services for departed members. Page 9. Chairman Ayer. of special good roads com mittee, calls meeting for today. Page 7. Sheriff Mass. of Clackamas, say. special prosecutor will be named for Hill murder case. Page 14. AVIATORS DARING IN WIND Glenn Martin Reaches Altitude of 9100 lVct at Oakland. OAKLAND. Cal.f Feb. 15. Despite hr. huardoui conditions Imposed by a treacherous wind today, all of the avi ators except Miss Blanche Scott went aloft to please the large crowd as sembled for the closing day s pro gramme and thrilled the spectators with figure eights, spectacular races and long glides from great altitudes. The aviators will go to Sacramento, where a meet Is scheduled for Satur day and Sunday. KNOX IS N EARING PANAMA Secretary to Speak on Good of Canal Tomorrow or Next Day. ON BOARD UNITED STATES CRUIS ER WASHINGTON AT SEA. by wireless to Key West, Feb. 23. Secretary of State Knox will make his first set speech in Panama on Tuesday or Wed nesday. It is expected the cruiser Wsshington will reach Colon early Tuesday morning and that the Secre tary will go ashore and proceed to Pan ama as quickly as possible. S INTO MEXICO. WITH OTHER AMERICAN OFFICERS, A ND SCENES 'w n't. : i. t.-u f.'.iwi -li i.i. nijuit . ..... ..M.rw.l.-. WHICH AMKKICAJi TKOOl'S 7 LIVES LOST IN ARKANSAS T ORNADO More Than Score Hurt in Cyclone's Sweep. BLIZZARD'S FURY IS GROWING Storm Area Widens Until All ' Middle West Shivers.. 4 CHILDREN AMONG DEAD Several States Are Covered With Deep Snow Drifts Many Rail roads Burled Train Serv ice Is Abandoned. LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Feb. 25. Seven persons are known to have been killed and more than a score Injured in a tornado which swept portions of Lin coln, Jefferson and Arkansas counties late today. The greatest destruction was reported near Almyrla In the prairie and rice lands of Arkansas County. Mrs. Ed Johnson, her three children, a hired man named McClain, and an unidentified stranger who waa at the Johnson home, were killed. The hus band and an Infant child were In jured severely. A score or more per sons were Injured when their homes were destroyed. A child by the name of Hamilton is known to have been kllled'near Swan Lake. Ark. Seven injured were placed on a relief train to be taken to a hos pital at Pine Bluff. roonl. Causrht la Wreck. it T.rrv in the northern part of Lincoln County, several residences were destroyed, and Dr. Williams and his wife were caught In the wreckage of their home, both being injuried seri ously. All wires are down In the storm swept section. Meager reports place property los"Tn-Mi--Almyrla- neigh' borhood at 1100,000. A ten-Inch fall of snow covers Mis souri, Kansas and portion of Oklahoma and Arkansas tonight. The snow began about fioon. A high wind from the north swept snow and sleet before it most of the day, piling It In huge drifts and demoralizing train service and other traffic Temperatures are not low, 20 degrees being reported from various places in all directions from here. Railroads Are Suffering. At Kansas City thunder and light ning accompanied the snow storm to day. All railroads leading into the city are having trouble keeping their trains moving. Streetcar service Is being kept up only by the constant use of snow plows. Several sections of the city are without electricity tonight. Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe trains sre stalled at Dodge City, Kan., un able to move on account of the cuts along the tracks being filled with snow. Railroad traffic In many parts of Colorado is demoralized as a result of contluued snow. All trains between Trinidad, Colo., and Texllne. Tex., on the Colorado & Southern today were Concluded on Page 2. . . . . .. . - .re &r . 'W irif ISTh'U AT r.irm I', rv. j.ir.i . ... . - 1 III III HS.I I II I S T II SlSIWI II I I ! Ill III. I Sll II IS POOR BOYS PROVE BEST AT COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL EXPERT POINTS TO HARVARD AND YALE. Editor Declares Graduates of Public Schools Are More Ambitious Than "Prep-' Products. CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Feb. 25. (Spe cial.) That the poor man's son has an equal if not a better chance for scholastic honors than the son of wealthy parents and that figures in Harvard and Yale prove that he takes advantage of such opportunities, is the statement by Albert E. Winship. editor of the Journal of Education. "The best scholars at Harvard and Yale, according to tests just made,' says Mr. Winship, "are comparatively poor men who come from public schools and not from fitting acad emies. It is certainly a great achieve ment when these figures show that the man of wealth can find nothing bet ter for his boys than can be had by the sons of the toilers. "In public schools only the best scholars and personally ambitious go to college. From fitting schools prac tically all of them go, many because of family tradition.. The boy's taste plays no part in It. The above dem onstrates some of the reasons why public school boys rank higher than boys from private institutions. Then, too, fraternity life plays a great part in preparatory schools, whereas It has little or no place In high schools." MAN WOULD DIE AMERICAN Frenchman of Spokane Takes Out Papers'of Citizenship. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 25. (Spe cial.) "I have lived the life of a Frenchman, but I want to die an American citizen," said Jr.'-s Edmund Sorbin, 75 years old, in FeVleral Court Saturday in applying for citizenship papers. He was granted, citizenship. Sorbin came to America in 1856 and In 1898 took out his first papers. William Frank Sartor, a young Ital ian, had a difficult time convincing Ex aminer John Speed Smith that he did not leave Italy because he had com mitted a crime, until he explained the reason for the profusion of names by which he had been known in Italy, en route- to the United States and in Washington. ' BRYAN NAMES SHAFR0TH Commoner Prefers Colorado Gover nor to Any Other Democrat. GREELEY, Colo., Fob. 25. Governor Shafroth, of Colorado, was projected Into the political ring as a Democratic Presidential possibility last night by William J. Bryan, who, in discussing the subject at a public meeting, said: "1 would rather see Governor Shaf roth nominated for President than any Democrat yet mentioned." Mr. Bryan added that he did not want to be understood as criticising any Democratic candidates. JULIA MARLOWE RECOVERS Noted Actress Leaves Hospital After Operation on Throat. W. -HISGTON, Feb. 25. Miss Julia Marlowe, Mrs. E. H. Southern in private life, today a local hospital where she had an operation performed on her throat and departed for New York. She was stricken more than a week ao and was forced to retire tempor arily frointhj5jtae. IN DISORDERED DISTRICT. I . I'AStl, FRI1M PHOTOGRAPH WOtlD CBOSS IX CASK OF BULLION THIEF TO E ALL SECRETS Five Others Implicated in Gold Robbery. SENSATIONS ARE PROMISED Two of Men Involved bv Barrett Now in Prison. ARRESTS IN SEATTLE NIGH San Quentin Prisoner, Begging for Opium, Lets Officers Have Facts Which Induce Salem Convict to Make Revelations. SEATTLE EX-POIJCE OFFICIALS MAY BE ARRESTED. SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 25. The arrest of a Seattle saloonkeeper In whose place the Humboldt gold rob bery was planned Is .momentarily ex pected, according to private detec tive, who have been connected with the case since the discovery of the theft. On the same authority It wa. asserted tonight that the arrest of former official, ot the Seattle police force who are alleged to have prof ited by the robbery will occur aoon. The detective, say the plot was financed by the saloonkeeper. The major portion of the gold was one. burled near Seattle. SALEM., Or., Feb. 25. (Special. Five arrests are expected to result from the sensational confession of Charles A. Barrett, convict at the State Penitentiary, yesterday, whose story of his connection with the looting: of the steamer Humboldt of gold bullion valued at J57.000 resulted In the re covery Saturday of a cache of 25 pounds of the stolen metal at Lyons. '" Through the statements of Barrett, five men are implicated in the con spiracy. These are Orville Cavlness, through whom the first clew was ob tained, now serving a terra in San Quentin Penitentiary; his brother, Frank, serving a sentence of a year at McNeill's Island for smuggling opium; James E. Whealan, former pro prietor of a saloon in Portland and under indictment as a "fence" for the thieves; Jay N. ("Peg") Saylor, a Port land youth and ex-convict, now living at the home of his parents in the St. Johns district, Portland, and one Thomas, otherwise unknown, said by Barrett to be the man who conveyed the gold from Its hiding place in Port land to the Mellaril farm. Hold la I nearthed. Barrett, in company with Frank H. Curtis, warden of the State Peniten tiary, and Steve Connell, former secret service agent, on Saturday went to a point somewhere near Lyons, a station on the Corvallls & Kastern, and there unearthed the cache of 25 pounds of bullion, a part of that taken from the Humboldt in September, 1910. Coming back under the cover of darkness, the bullion was taken to the office of Governor West. There it was exhibited to the Chief Executive, and in the presence of V.'arden Curtis and the Governor it was turned over to Connell and Representative Taylor, of the Firemen's Fund Insurance Com pany, which carried a risk on the loss. Just the extent of Barrett's confes sion is only known to the Governor, Warden Curtis nnd a few others. That it will make interesting reading when it is made public is certain. o Doubt aa to Identity. The fact of Barrett's past al leged connection, taken in connection with the visit of Barrett, Connell and Curtis through Staytun and up the Santiam yesterday, and the sudden ap pearance of the gold last night re moves any vestige of a doubt as to Barrett being the man. "I am obviously In a position where I can furnish no further details of the case for the present, and just how soon they will be forthcoming I am unable to say," said Governor West today. It is probable that In a short time the whole inside of the Job will be made known to the public, however, and probably from the executive of fices here. Barrett was sent to the penitentiary from Multnomah County for forgery, after he had been arrested on a charge of complicity in the Humboldt robbery and had been released. Barrett Closely Wntehed. Barrett married a daughter of George Sims, who owns a farm about two miles from Lyons. On his return to Salem late In the year of 1910 Bar rett passed some time in that vicinity and his actions there were closely watched by the officers. Suspicion waa definitely aroused when word was received that there had been a shipment of gold bullion out of Lyons. . Later It was reported that Barrett had spent money freely and this In formation was coupled with the fact that clerks in Barr's Jewelry store here and proprietors of the place re ported that Barertt had endeavoed to enter into arrangements with the store to handle a quantity of gold bullion for him. In this connection a watch was pur Concluded on Fag 9.1 BAR GH 106.2
