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: ' rnRTT.AXn. OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LII-NO. IlVKRi. , BEN SELLING IS EAR IN LEAD; T. RJSJHEAD Bourne Runs Behind in Districts Outside of Portland. PRESIDENTIAL RACE CLOSE Eastern Oregon Counties Show Leaning Toward Taft. FIELDS IS BOTHERING OLCOTT Contest for Secretary of State in Doubt. SINNOTT LEADING ELLIS Altchio Apparently Nominated for Railroad Comml.v-lonrr Cotlcl Carrie Multnomah County, Mlckle Being Second. atterlng returna from 21 counties in Ortion received up to 11 P. M. last titjht showed a badly spilt vota on President, with Indications pointing to Roosevelt carrying tha (lata with Taft Bear second. Ben Selling tiaa probably been nomi nated tor Senator. In Multnomah I'oun'y It la a dosa race bctwaan Sell- Inir and Bourne, but In tha atata out side of Multnomah tha vote In favor of Selling la vary heavy. In nearly rverr county tha Portland man la lead in k Ms opponent by a two to ona vote. Gantenbeln has apparently been nom inated over Lafferty for Conerm in the Third district, comprising Multno mah County. Oaa Caateat Clan. The cloaest contest indicated by tha Incomplete returns la between Olcott and Fields for Secretary of State. Tha totals at 11 P. M. cars Olcott a slight lead with a vote of 112), Fields trailing rlose behind with If 10. Tha vote Is ao close that a prediction of tha rcault ia impossible. For Dairy and Food Commissioner Cottell took a strong lead In Multno mah County, but up-state Mlckle la running ahead. Whether Mlckle'a country vote will offset that of the city given Cottell Is problematical. Clyde B. Altchlson. apparently has been nominated for Railroad Commis sioner by a substantial plurality, with Scbwlderman running second. Manett l.aaka In the Second Concessional District Eastern Ore a on) returns are less com plete than on President and Senator, but Indications point to the nomina tion of Slnnott. with Kills second. Analysis of the vote shown in the early returns on President indicates that Taft haa carried several Eastern Oron counties. KonwTflt haa ob tained his principal lead in Multnomah and Marion counties. Outside of these to counties the state, as a whole, iv Taft and Roosevelt almost an rriI vote, la Follette Is running strong In Clackamaa and Douglas founties and may carry both. The vote on President so far as re turned la as follows: Taft IMS, Roose velt 1J4. Follette 1136. Tsft l running particularly strong In Morrow. Hood River. Clatsop and Wasco Counties. The counties that are giving Roosevelt his pluralities, how ever., are the stronger numerically in votes. The figures given are based on returns from Clackamaa, Clatsop, Co in nj M a. Coos. Douglas. Grant. Hood River. Lane, Lincoln. Unn. Marlon. Morrow. Multnomah. Polk. Tillamook. I'matlUa. Union. Wasco, Washington and Yamhill. aelllag 'Well la Lead. These counties, likewise, furnish the returns which Indicate the nomination of Selling for United Statea Senator. Out of a total of 3(1 votes counted, Mr. Selling has a plurality of 7:4 over Bourne. If the same ratio continues to the end of the count. Selling will cave carried tha state over Buome by 14.00 plurality, estimating that 70,000 Republican votes have been cast. In the counties named outside of Miltnomah Rourne Is running ahead only in Clackamas and Cuus and there tn vote Is very close. In the total vote for Senator. Lowell s a bad third, while Morton received rly scattering votes. The figures are il follows: Celling, lttl: Bourne. 1117: LvwelC IVv; Morton, Hi. The votes as counted In the 21 ooun- CAPTAIN JUMPED, WOMAN DECLARES MRS. WIDEXER SAYS SHE SAW LEAP FROM BRIDGE. One of Officer? Seen to Shoot Him self In Head Lifeboat Pulls Away. PHILADELPHIA, April 19. Mrs. George D. Wldener, whose husband, a well-known financier of this city, and their son ware drowned In the Titanic wreck, said she saw Captain Smith Jump from the bridge into the sea and that a moment previous she had seen another officer send a revolver bullet Into his brain. "Mr. Wldener and I had retired for the night." she said. " when the shock of crashing Into tha iceberg occurred. We thought little of it and did not leave our cabin. We must have re mained there an hour before becoming fearful. Then Mr. Wldener went to our son Harry's room and brought hlra to our cabin. Harry then went on deck and hurried back and told us we must go on deck. Mr. Wldener and Harry, a few minutes later, went on deck and aided the officers, who were having trouble with steerage passen gers. That was the last I saw of my husband or son. . "I waa put Into a lifeboat. As the boat pulled away from the Titanic I saw one. of the officers shoot himself in the head and a few minutes later saw Captain Smith Jump from the bridge Into the sea." RUMOR NAMES FITZHUGH Vice-President of Grand Trunk May Succeed C. M. najs. VANCOUVER. B. C April 19. Well informed railway men predict that E. IL Fllxhugh, vice-president of the Grand Trunk Railway, will succeed the late Charles W. Hays aa president of the Orand Trunk Railway. Flts hugh has been Hays' riht-hand man In Grand Trunk affairs for many years. He left that system with' Hays 10 ears ago. when Hays accepted the position of president of the Southern acme company biiu irmu.u i .-., Francisco. With Hays he later returned to the Canadian road. Fltxhugh la also president of the Central Vermont Railway line extend ing from SL Albans, VL, to Boston and controlled by the Grand Trunk. TWO EXPLOSIONS HEARD Artist's Son Declares Second Tor Big Hole in Steamer's Side. , KEW TOP.K. April -1. Hugh Woll ner. a son of Thomaa Wollaer, R. A., of London, says there were two ex plosions before the Titanic tank. He believes he was the last person to leave the Titanic. To a friend he said: "Not long after the ship struck there came the first big explosion; then, a moment later, the second. It was the second explosion that did the most dam age. It blew away the funnels and tore a big hole in the steamer's side. The Titanic careened to one side and passengers making for the boats were spilled into the water." Youth' Body Recovered. ASTORIA. Or.. April 1 (Special.) The body of Stuart J. Hardy, the young man employed on the O.-W. R A. N. Company's wharf, who fell from there April 6. waa found today by the steamer Myrtle, floating In the Co lumbia River near the railroad draw bridge. Coroner Gtlbaugh took charge of the body. Hardy waa a native of Missouri. 10 years of age. and is sur vived by a widowed mother, who Is critically 111 at her Missouri home. He had worked at the wharf only a few months and was the sole support of his mother. PORTLAND MERCHANT, WHO WINS NOMINATION FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR. '. t e nr skli.ig. 6ANTENBEIN LEADS LAFFERTY IN RACE Fitzgerald Is Ahead for Sheriffs Office. EVANS IS DISTRICT ATTORNEY Roosevelt Carries Multnomah for President. BOURNE TAKES . COUNTY in One of Heaviest Vole in History of Oregon, Fight for Various Of fices Is Keenly Felt Through out City and Vicinity. i RErUBMCAN rANTHnlTES IX THE LEAP IX MCLTNOMAH OOOTV. Representative. In Congress C V. Cantenbein. Circuit Judge. Department No. 2- R. O. Morrow; Department No. 4 George Taswell. District Attorney Walter H. Ev ans. Fheriff W. H. Fttsxerald. Assessor Henry K- Reed. County Clerk John B. Coffey. County Commissioner W. L. Llahtner. Coronir Dr. Ssm C Slocum. Ex-President Roosevelt " has carried Multnomah County by a small plural ity. La Follette is rnnnlng second and President Taft third. With 2191 votes In the county counted at midnight, Roose velt had 1058, La Follette 1044 and Taft 71 . Senator Bourne. Judging from early incomplete returns, haa also carried the county and If he maintains the same ratio through the remainder of the count be will have a plurality of between 1200 and 1S0O In tha county. The vote when thla estimate was made stood: Bourne. 1199; Lowell, 222; Mor ton. 71; Selling, 99. Complete returns from five precincts and Incomplete returns from (7 out of a total of 193 precincts in the county for the Republican primary election, at 11 o'clock last night gave Circuit Judge Gantenbeln a small lead over Lnfferty. Incumbent, for Representative In Con gress from this district. Shepherd Is running third with Clyde in fourth place. For Secretary of State, Ben W. Ol cott. Incumbent, has a slight, lead over Frank 8. Fields. Dr. W. I. Cottel is running two to one ahead for Dairy and Food Commissioner with A. H. Lea second and J. D. Mlckle third. Clyde B. Altchlson will have a big plurality in this county for the nomi nation of Railroad Commissioner from th Second District. Henry J. Schul- derman will be second. Having no op ponent for the nomination, Robert Ea kin. candidate for renomlnatlon as Justice of the Supreme Court, will vlr (I'oncltl'led on Pas 7.) v V - t - v - v V V '1 K . 7 . t GAMBLERS DROWN WHEN BOAT SINKS WEtWiXOWS . CARD SH.VRKS BELIEVED DEAD. L Three Members of Fraternity Said to Have Escaped Just Before Titanic Sunk. NEW YORK, April 19. (Special.) Out of the underworld there came to day a story that five of the Jst-known riAn aa flramhlera bad A ' t ll the Titanic The men ,mentlonw'. Buffalo Murphy, Old" Man Jordan, One Armed Mack, Tricky Silverton and Jimmy Kitchener. The tale had it that Doc Owens and Ernest (Peaches) Jef fery also had lost their lives. Tou wouldn't catch that crowd nap ping if there was a chance to get away," said a man who knows, when asked his opinion of the story. "W hy, Doc Owens has been in Europe for the last two years, and he couldn't get back if he wanted to. Jimmy Bell was here yesterday morning, and If any one knew that Doc was coming he would." It was learned there were three of this fraternity on board the Titanic, and It la said that the three walked dawn the Carpathla's gangplank on Thursday night. Their friends said to night that they, were playing bridge when the liner struck, and that they took their places In one of the last boats to leave. LOST SWEETHEART FOUND Girl Rescued From Titanic Will AVed Cottage Grove Man. e NEW YORK, April 19. (Special.) In tha confusion at the Cunard dock Thursday night. Miss Marlon Wright, who was on her way to this city from Yeovil, Somerset, England, on the Ti tanic, to meet her fiance, Arthur Wool cott, owner of an orchard near Cottage Grove, Or., was unable to find Mr. Woolcott and went to th home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Milne, 204 West One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street. Mr. Woolcott. although he knew that Miss Wright was among the survivors, feared she was 111 In a hospital. He searched hospitals all day in vain and tonight visited the home of Mr. Milne to ask his assistance. He was greeted at the door by his sweetheart of school days In England, whom ha had not seen for many years. MILLIONAIRE NOW CONVICT avaasassssBBSssss. . C. J. Hlilman, of Seattle, to Begin Prison Term Today. RKATTLK. Wash.. April 19. Clar ence Dayton Hlilman, Jhe multi-millionaire townslte promoter convicted of using the United States mails to de fraud, was taken to the city Jail to day. . TumArrftir mnmlnc he will be con veyed to the Federal prison on Mc Neil's Island to legln his prison term nf -a.-n vmm and a half. He already haa paid hla fine of 15200 and the costs of the trial. Hlilman Is probably the richest convict In tne united aiaies. Hlilman carried his case to the Su preme Court of the United States and used every resource to avoid being sent to prison. FUGITIVE C00K IS CAUGHT Man Alleged to Have Passed Bogus Checks Arrested. ASTORIA. Or., April 19. (Special.) Sheriff Burns received a telegram last night from the Chief of Tollce at San Francisco, saying that P. J. Smith, who Is wanted hero to answer charges of passing bogus checks at Clifton amounting to about S 1 20. has been ar rested there. Smith, who formerly was a cook at various togging camps ir. the lower river district and for a time was promoter for Hindu wrestlers, left ' here severs! months ago, after. It Is charged, he had secured an amount of money on bogus checks. The prisoner hss agreed to return to Astoria without extradition papers and Mr. Burns probably will start alter him next Sunday. . STUDENTS STAGE DRAMA Washington High School to Appear Tonight Again in Day. Members of Washington High School gave a successful presentation lasi night of a play adapted from the novel by the gifted English author, Jane Austen. The school auditorium was well filled with an audience that was not disposed to be too critical. The play, however, was so well pre sented as to satisfy even the most ex acting, a great tribute to all who had given their time, whether players or roaches, especially when It is remem bered that the setting and date. 1790, call for-careful study of character. The student orchestra rendered sev eral selections. The candy girls helped materially to swell the proceeds of tne performance, which will be repeated tonight at 8:15 o'clock. TAFT TO BREAK SILENCE Colonel Likely to Hear From Presi dent at Early Date. WASHINGTON. April 19. President Taft has decided to abandon his atti tude of silence under the severe crltl rlHma --which Colonel Roosevelt has made of him In campaign speeches and In some of his next public addresses will reply to the Colonel, probably mentioning him by name. This was positively announced by those in close touch with the Presi dent. The 1 'resident's next public ut terances, probably next week, will be In Newark, N. J., and in Philadelphia. MANY LIFEBOATS GO 'ALMOST - EMPTY Mrs. Astor Says First Was Not Filled. SHE SAYS SHE BAILED BOAT Jo n ,' Millionaire's Bride Learns of HusbancFs Death. HIS BRAVERY AGAIN TOLD rhysicluns Say Young Widow Con. tracted Xo Ailment Through Or-- deal Denial Made That Astor ' Heir ' Is Expected. NEW YORK, April 19. (Special.) When Mrs. Madeleine Force-Astor was met at the pier by her brother and sister and Dr. R. ' B. Kimball, the Forces' family physician, and -Dr. Edw. Wain B. Cragin, a friend of Colonel Astor, she was In a1 highly nervous condition, and It was deemed best to let her talk as much as she wanted to relieve her feelings. Dr. Klmba.ll said today of her condition: "Sh? is the same little girl I have always known her to be. She didn't contract any ailment whataoeverr al though I understand she ' had a very trylns time in the boat." Husband's Death Made Known. Mrs. Astor persisted in believing that Colonel Astor had been saved, and was aboard' some other ship and would turn up, Jut Dr. Kimball chose to discourage her'in this belief, because he thought that It would bo better for her In her present nervous state not to hope and worry Indefinitely and needlessly. X Mrs. Astor told her story of when the Titanic struck as follows: "We had i gone to bed when the Jar was felt. We thought It was nothing, but Mr. Astor said he would, go on deck and see what was the matter. I called my maid and put on a light dress. Pretty soon Mr. Astor came back and said that he did not think it was any thing serious. He said that the ship had struck ice but we didn't know then that 1. was an iceberg. He was very calm, and so I wasn't alarmed. We didn't put on, any heavy wraps but or dinary light clothes, and went out on deck. . XSxeltemeat Sooa Grows. "Everything was extremely quiet. No one seemed much excited. I'm sure least of all Mr. Astor and myself. We walked around and people began to pour up on deck. The excitement be gan to grow, but the ship seemed to be all right. Then the order ' was passed to get. out the boats, but nobody wanted to get Into them, and the nrst ones lowered were only partly filled. "The situation didn't begin to get grave until most of the boats were gone and there were only two left." Mrs. Astor and her maid and a nurse got Into one of the last boats and at her request Colonel Astor got in with i tConcludod 'on Page 8.) EX-PRESIDENT, WHO IS LEADING IN OREGON PRIMARY RETURNS. f i 117 r ' V VP?,-? THEOOOKll 4 - f v' ' :' i j -: ! :;; - v - - ; i - . "Wigs t"k V -' : ' -lVv:- ? t VS.'lr " V - . ; IIMVJAIML 1AILL 1 1 1 I IHOrtllL HITL. IVILLO HUSBAND AND SELF COUPLE 50 YEARS OLD DEAD IX BED XER SEATTLE. Evidence Indicates Double Tragedy Was Premeditated; Revolver Gripped by Woman. SEATTLE, Wash., April 19. James Brady, a wealthy sawmill operator, and his wife were found dead in their bed at their home In Edmonds, 20 miles north of here, tonight. Apparently Mrs. Brady bad shot her husband and then had committed suicide. It Is believed that Mrs. Brady, who had been ill for some time and whose mind was affected, planned the murder of her husband with insane cunning and carried it Into execution last night, Mr. Brady's body was found facing a mirror in which usually he could have seen every movement that his wife made. She apparently had circumvent ed this obstacle by covering the glass with a cloth. Mrs. Brady's hand was clutching the revolver when the bodies were found. The discovery of the tragedy , was made by O. G. Garnett, a paperhanger who was working at the Brady home and who found the house closed when he arrived this morning. Unable to arouse anyone, he went away, but re turned tonight and forced an entrance. . Mr. Brady was about 60 years old and his wife of the same age. Before coming to Washington 23 years ago, he was active In North Dakota politics. He was once a candidate for State Auditor of Washington. BANK CLEARINGS GAIN Week's Total Ahead of Last Year by 3.2 Per Cent. Notwithstanding that this was the week of the primaries., Portland made a most creditable showing in bank clearings. Tho clearances reached a total of $14.188,000, : as against $13, 743,000 for the corresponding week of last year. This is a gain of 3.2 per cent. While Seattle is credited with a gain of 32 per cent, the totals of that city were still $1,118,000 less than those of Portland, Seattle's clearings being $13, 070,000. t San Francisco and Los Angeles made substantial increases. Spokane made a good showing, with a gain of 61.1 per cent. The totals of that city were $6, 495,000. Tacotna's totals were $4,801, 000, with a gain of 12.9 per cent. SPOKANE MOURNS LOST 3Iayor Proclaims Memorial Day for Titanlc's Victims. . SPOKANE, Wash., April 19. Mayor Illndley Issued a proclamation today canine- for memorial services in all Spokane chutches Saturday and Sun day as an expression of sympathy Xor those who lost relatives or frlend3 in the Titanic disaster. Tramp Starts Fire. HOOD RIVER. Or., April 19. (Spe clal.) Fire started by carelessness of a tramp, who slept over nignt in tne bulldlnir. the large barn of James Eng lish, who resides near Summit, was burned to the ground yesteroay. air. English saved his teams, but the hay. grain and farming implements stored" In the building were Durneo. ine loss will reach a Bum of $2000 with lnsur ance of $500. Shortly after noon yesterday the cot tage of F. A. Countryman, two miles west of the city In the Barrett district, was destroyed by fire. f-v; ROOSEVELT. sJx.'? k r 9 INQUIRY PRESSED; SMAY TESTIFIES Senate Committee Be gins Work Quickly. STORY OF ESCAPE IS TOLD Official Says He Deprived No Passenger of Place. CAPTAIN'S ORDER JjEARD Director Ieavcs Bridge for Boat Deck When Word to Lower Away Is Given Hcscue Providen tial, Marconi Says. NEW YORK, April 13. The United States Senate committee Investigating the wreck of the' Titanic plunged to day Into the inquiry. It began by hearing J. Bruce Ismay's version of the tragedy and of his own escape. The Carpathla's captain told of the rescue. For a brief while William Marconi, the wireless inventor, was on the stand, testifying with regard to certain reg ulations and customs connected with wireless telegraphy. Then the Ti tanlc's second officer, Charles Light holder, reviewed the whole story, as he had seen it. telling of the captain's order to load the women and children into the boats and lower away and of his efforts to carry out that order. Llghtholder himself went down with the ship, but was picked up after lie had been in the water with a life belt on for an hour and a half. Ismay Tells of Owa Escape. The committee began with J. Bruce Ismay, who waa on the boat deck most of the time after the vessel showed signs of distress. He was asked first of all tho circumstances under which he left the ship and he whispered, in reply: , "One of the boats was being filled. Officers called out to know if there were any more women to go. There waj none. No passengers were on the deck. As the boat was being lowered, I got into it." "Kindly tell the committee all the circumstances surrounding your voy age," asked Senator Smith. "Tell us as succintly as possible, beginning with your boarding tho vessel at Liverpool, your place on the ship and as many circumstances as possible." "First I wish to say that I court the fullest Inquiry," said Ismay. "This awful catastrophe, I must say at the outset, I greatly deplore. We have nothing to conceal, nothing to hide. "The boat left Belfast, I think, on the first of April. She underwent her trials safely and arrived ac Southampton, Wednesday, April 3, I think. We sailed on Wednesday, April 10, leaving South ampton at 12 o'clock noon. That evening the Titanic reached Cherbourg, having run -it about 68 revolutions. "We arrived at Queenstown Thursday noon. The Titanic tfp.s then running at 70 revolutions. The itrst day. I think, we made about 467 miles. The next day we increased the speed to 72 rev olutions and I think we made 519 miles. The next day we Increased to 75 revo lutions and ran about 546 to 549 miles." "The accident took place on Sunday night. The exact time I do not know, because I was asleep. The Titanic sank, 1 am told, at 2:30. Vessel .Never Run at Foil Jieel. "I understand you have been told the Titanic was running at full speed. It never had run at full speed. She was built to go 80 revolutions, and had never been sped up to that. We never had all her boilers working. It was our in-' tentlon to speed the boat up to her full quota on Tuesday, but the catastrophe prevented it." Although he came on a "voluntary trip." Ismay said his purpose was to see how. the ship worked and In what manner she could be Improved upon. A representative of the builder, Mr. An drew, was on board, Ismay said. "Did he survive?" asked Smith. "Unfortunately, no." Ismay said it was arranged between him and Captain Smith, 'of the Titanic, not to arrive at New York lightship be fore 5 A. M., Wednesday. "There would have been no advantage In arriving earlier," he added. None Left In Sea to Ssve, "Was there any attempt to lower the boats of the Carpathia to take on pas sengers after you went aboard her?" asked Senator Smith. "There were no passengers to take on," said Ismay. "In your lifeboat what course did you take?" the Senator asked. . "We saw a light and headed for It." eaid Ismay. "How long were you In this lifeboat?" "About four hours." "Were there any other lifeboats that you saw?" 'Yes. we hailed one, he said. He saw no life rafts in the sea. 'How many lifeboats were on . the Titanic?" Twenty altogether, I think," re plied Ismay; "16 collapsible and four wooden boats." Were all the lifeboats that left the Titanic accounted for?" 'I think so. I've been told so: but I do not know of my own knowledge." "It has been suggested," Senator (Continued on Far 2.) tCeniludcd ea 1'sfa t I V