160 OF TITANIC'S
DISTRICTS "WET"
TRANSPORT SAILS
BIG VAUDEVILLE
SCARE BRIDE AWAY
BY WOMEN'S VOTES
V
S.EX PLAYS PROMINENT P.KT IX
SACRAMENTO rOLL.
MEN IN COMBINE
FAULTY, SAYS TAFT
FATHER OP ROOSEVELT, TAFT
KEITH AXD MKYERFELI)
" BECK SWING- DEAL.
AXD
AXD CORTELYOC SUES.
TRIPLETS AND SIX
COLONEL'S HEMORY
BAITS
DEFY NG
CREW. REACH HOI
WITH BALE BLOWING
ALL PARIS, KILLED
Police and Soldiers Use
Dynamite.
TWO DETECTIVES WOUNDED
Siege of Garage Most Sensa
tional France Has Known.
HUNDREDS OF SHOTS FIRED
t.reat Crowd. Chanted to Howling
lolv C lamor for Death of One
Who SorrlTrn Ksploeinn.
Anarchist Plot A Idcsprcad.
PARIS. April Bonnot. th leader
f an eri1wd (tnit of automobile
band! who hare been terrorising Paris
and th surrounding district for month,
and Dubois, a notorious anarchist, war
hot to death lodir In the mom thrill-
Ins; encounter In the annals of French
crime;
A Karat at Choly-le-Rol. six miles
south of Paris. In which the bandits
had taken refoae. was blown up by
riynamite. after these two sflen hsd
kept at bar for hours a large part of
the police force of Paris, a contingent
f.f srendarmt. two companies of repub
lican suarda and a company of an'
rlneers. Ten thouand spectators viewed
the battle.
Battle Paralleled la I. on.
Today's ensaaremcnt equalled In dra
mati" i ireumstances the encounter !n
.'anuary. described as "the bat
tie of London." when desperadoes ac
ruwl of being the murderera of police
In HOunrladltcli were trapped In a house
In the Whltecliapel district and went to
heir dath battling aa-alnst hundreds
of Lo.nlon police and soldiers.
Bon not and Dubois, after wounding
two policemen, took refuge today In the
aaraao. They were trapped In the
:ull.lina. which at once was surrounded.
Reinforcements were dispatched to aid
the police. A battery of artillery was
on the way from Versailles when
small detachment of aoldlers succeeded
In plvlng dynamite against the struc
ture id blowing out the front walls.
Lonnot was captured alive. He' waa
riddle with bullets and died on the
ay a hospital.
(n4 la lafniiatrd.
The rreat crowd, with cries of "Death
to Bonnot." almost tore the bandit
Trom the soldiers, several of whom
were Irjured.
ra.-lalans, particularly autoinoblllsts.
hare been In a state of terror because
af the feckless Crimea of the automobile
bandits, which reached a climax In the
murde. of Assistant Superintendent
Jouin of the detertlve department and
the wounding of Chief Inspector Cole
mar by Bonnot on the morning of April
H. Tbe government then ordered all
:he available police to hunt the as
asln day and night.
At T o'clock. this morning. Gulchard.
superintendent of detectives, tracked
t:onnot to the Isolated garage atCholsy-le-Rol.
As Gulchard and hia men ap
I roached bandit, who proved to be
Dubois, was preparing to mount a
motorcycle. He anawered the summons
to surrender by opening fire, while he
retreated to the garage.
Two Defectives Fall.
At tie same moment there was a hail
of bu'.Iets from a window, and two de
tectives fell, one with two bullets In
his abdomen. It waa Bonnot shooting
from the firat floor.
The detectives retired and a general
alarm was sent out. Police, gendarmes
and alt classes of people came Immedi
ately. They were armed with muskets
and revolvers and directed hundreds of
ballets at the garage, from which came,
a steady rain of lead. M. Leplne. pre
fect of Paris, telephoned Instructions to
the police to do nothing until he ar
rived. "We will blow them up with dyna
mite." he said.
Meanwhile the Republican Guards
and engineer corps arrived. The crowd
became so numerous that the aoldlers
were forced to drive It back, as It waa
Interfering with th- siege.
Geaisnset srms4 Bsilldlaga.
M. Leplne. M. Gulchard and tha com
mandar of the Republican Guards held
. a council of war and decided to use
dynamite. Hundreds of gendarmes,
armed with carbines, then began to
encircle the building to prevent the
escape of the bandits.
A cart waa' rigged up with thick
mattresses and barricaded, and the at
tacking party advanced slowly toward
the garage.
Prior to this excitement had been at
fever heat. Officers galloped back and
forth, giving orders to restrain the
crowds, which were, now surging In the
streets, but as the cart approached the
building a great stillness fell. It was
o qult that one could hear the click
ef the cinematograph machines which
took pictures of the drama.
Deaelai la Dead Within.
When the cart reached the wall.
Lieutenant Forteau emerged and cooly
placed two huge sticks of dynamite
against the building and Ignited the
fuse. Tha horse galloped out of range
and the spectators waited, but no ex
(CoDciudcd ea Face 3.
Picture Hal Snffcr Because Men
Do Xot Know How to Build
Election Booths to Fit.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. April J (Spe
cial.) Lsin their first opportunity to
express their opinion on a public iasu
by ballot, the women of thla city yes
terday turned out In great numbers. In
some precincts outnumbering the men.
to vote ! the ordlnsnce by which sa
loons wre restored to the recently an
nexed district.
In most of the precincts of the bust'
nesa d:strlet the women's vote was
light, but the residence district made
up for the shortaxe. An estimate made
from representative districts shows
that nearly one-half of the vote came
from the women.
That women were Intensely Interest
ed In the result was shown In several
Instances by little groups outside the
polls after cloelng time waiting for
the results. Tlcture hats and regula
tion election booths do not go together.
Many women tnrned out to vote In
their hWgest picture creations. The
booths ere In the way. At nearly
every precinct In the city the picture
hat played the heavy role In tragedy.
Some were crushed and warped and
twisted and Jammed, and had the brims
turned up on the wrong aide. At one
polling place three women stood by
and let the parade pasa until they be
came acquainted with the proceedings.
They saw one picture hat come to grief
and then another and when they final
ly fell In line they removed their hats
and gave them to the precinct election
officers to hold until they had exer
cised their rlghta to 'vote. The dls
trlrts heretofore "dry" were msde
"wet."
SWEDISH PLAY AMUSING
"The Pllkvlft Girls" Well Attended
at Ilclllx Theater.
Swedish residents of Portland met
last night at the Helllg Theater to
welcome their countrymen, the Swedish
Players. In their musical comedy. "The
Pllkvlst Girls." The story of the play
Is that of a man with a family of
rather lively girls and a boy. I-ove
affairs of the girls, observed by the
watchful Darent from behind a door
and plsno. furnish considerable fun of
the broad sort. Tne rumor caugui
the Swedish audience.
The concert, which comprised tha
second half of the entertainment, was
thoroughly enjoyable, as the members
of the company all have pleasing voices.
Their selections were songs and cno
ruses from operas by Offenbach. Donnt
xettl and others. The members of the
company are: Anna Pfell, Anna Eur
Strom. Carl Pfell. Helen T'nge. Anni
Peterson. Marie Tapper. Ellen Ilell-
strom. Beda Kllng. Eric Branatrom
Ca-I Thorslund. Alex Engstrom. Karl
E. Tunberg. Gurlie Brattstrom, Carl
Kung. Carl Inge.
FLOOD FUNDS ASSURED
Congress to Appropriate $1,500,000
to Rebuild Levees.
WASHINGTON". April J. An im
mediate appropriation of 11.500.000 for
the rebuilding and repairing of levees
on the Mississippi and Its tributaries
waa made certain late today when the
House passed the Senate's Joint resolu
tion authorising the expenditure. Con
gress previously had authorised tha
use of 100.000 for emergency work to
stop the ravages of the flood.
The situation In the Mississippi al
ley south of Memphis remaina aerloua
so far aa the transportation of tha
malls is concerned. Reports to Postmaster-General
Hitchcock from various
representatives of the railway mall
service indicate thaf in many cases it
will not be possible to re-establish reg
ular mail service within days at
least.
WOMEN DELEGATES NAMED
Vancouver Elects Two to Republican
County Convention.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 21.
(Special.) In tha Republican primaries
In this city, held yesterday, two women.
Mrs. William S. PuBols and Mrs. Mil
ton H. Evans, were elected delegates
to the county convention to be held Sat
urday. May 4. at 10 o'clock. In the
county courthouse.
Forty-six men were also elected del
egates. The complexion of the 48 dele
gates la said to be 2S progressives. In
favor of Roosevelt La. Follette and
others, and 11 for Taft and others.
PEARY SHIPMATE DROWNS
Two Mndents Lose Lives When
Power Canoe Is Overturned.
CRESCENT BEACH. Conn.. April 21.
George Borup. of New Tork, who was
with Peary In hla successful dash for
the North Pole, and Samuel Wlnshlp
Case, of Norwich, Conn., both graduate
students at Tale, were drowned In Long
Island Sound thla afternoon when their
power canoe was overturned by a heavy
sea.
!
CHURCH DEFEATS PEARE
I.a Grande Man Union County Cen
tral Committee Chairman.
LA GRANDE. Or.. April 2S. (Spe
cial.) W. J. Church. Mayor of U
Grande and State Representative, de
feated J. II. Peare for re-election to the
office of County Chairman of the Re
publican Central Committee Saturday
afternoon. Church won by two votes.
Seventeen of the 21 preclncta were
represented.
J. D. Casey, of Hllgard. waa chosen
state delegate by four votes over C. E.
Cochran. L. H. Russell is secretary.
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GUARD OF 4D MEN CARRIED
Marines Not Taken, Lest Pur
pose Be Misconstrued.
INTERVENTION IS AVOIDED
Convoy Expected, but Official Do
Xot Conrirm Keport Surgeon
and Full Hospital Equip
ment Are Carried.
SAN FRANCISCO, April IS. The
transport Buford. bound for the west
roast of Mexico, cleared at :40 o'clock
tonight In the teeth of a heavy south
west Mow. She carries 40 enlisted men
as a guard, and goes as a relief ship
for Americans In distress.
She was to have sailed tomorrow but
received special ' orders to put out at
once.
It is understood that the Buford will
put In at San Diego for a convoy. Al
though no official confirmation of this
Informal assurance could be had it Is
supported by a dispatch from San Diego
raying that two of the torpedoboat de
stioyers In port there would sail un
der sealed orders within 21 hours.
Hospital Equipment Carried.
Robert T. Bain will be navigating
officer of the Buford, under command
of Quartermaster-Captain Frank D.
Ely. Captain Herbert J. Brees, of
the First Cavalry, commands the guard
of 40 enlisted men. The ship carries
a surgeon and a complete hospital
equipment.
WASHINGTON, April 28. (Special.)
The State Department today, after
long deliberation, finally decided not
to man with marines the Buford.
which la scheduled to iu.ll from San
Franclaco tomorrow for polnta on the
west coast of Mexico to pick up Ameri
can refugees.
9amp4rJoa te Be Avoided.
The decision not to put marines
aboard was prompted by fear of State
Department officials that If marines
were carried the transport mission
would be considered as a sort of armed
Intervention. Some Army and Navy of
ficials urged a strong force oi marines,
which would insure the rescue of
Americans at points where bandlta or
revolutionists are In control and where
it might be necessary to land an
armed force.
Destroyers Tut to Sea.
SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Aprlf 28. The tor
pedo boat destroyers Preble and Perry,
Orders Received
Hasten Going.
I RECKON I'LL HAVE TO GO OVER AND SWITCH OUT
Orphcuni Circuit Owners and Rival
Organizations Buy Into Each
Others Properties.
NEW TORK. April 28. (Special.)
B. F. Keith has purchsscd the Percy
G. Williams circuit of vaudeville the
aters in New York and by consumma
tion of a deal with Meyerfeld and Beck
of the Omheum circuit. Mrs. C. E.
Kohl, of Chicago, and Max Anderson,
of New York, has brought about an
amalgamation of Interests Involving
millions of dollars and by the purchase
AOX8I AJoaqn o Jo a houses East
and West practically makes a gigantic
combination of all the high-class
vaudeville houses In America.
In -bringing this about. Keith with
hi. associates. E. F. Albee. A. Paul
Keith and John J. Murdock, come Into
complete control of the vaudeville sit
uation from Chicago east.
In Chicago It w 11 be under the di
rection of Mrs. C. E. Kohl, Max Ander
son and the Monroe Amusement Com-
nanv. who were associated with iveun
in the original purchase of the Percy
O. Williams circuit.
West of Chicago, the Orpheum cir
cuit under the direction of Morris Mey
erfield and Martin Beck will have con
trol. WAPPENSTEIN STILL FREE
Sheriff Allows former Seaitlc Chief
Sunday Xijrht at Home.
SEATTLE. April 28. Ex-Chief of
Police Charles Wappensteln, under sen
tence of from three to ten years in the
state penitentiary for accepting a bribe
from keepers of disorderly houses, was
permitted to spend another night with
his family.
When Wappenstein surrendered yes
terday, releasing his bond of $80,000,
the Sheriff announced that he would
not take Wappenstein to Jail until to
day, but thla afternoon he decided to
permit the ex-Chief of Police to spend
Sunday night with his wife, who is 111,
and placed a deputy In the Wappen
stein home as a guard. Wappenstein
will make an effort tomorrow to ob
tain executive clemency, but It Is un
derstood that Governor M. E. Hay will
decline to Interfere and the prisoner
probably will go to the penitentiary
when the traveling guard arrives from
Walla Walla Thursday.
DEATH LIST MAY BE 60
Number of Those Injured by Tor
nado Will Reach Hundreds.
OKLAHOMA C1TT. April 2S. The ;
death list of the tornado that swept
a part of Oklahoma and Texas eaiur
day afternoon is expected to reach 60.
Fifty-four deaths have been reported.
The Injured list will run into the hun
dreds. Wire facilities are demoralized
and it Is Impossible to communicate
with several stricken towns.
PINE BLUFF. Ark- April 28. Tele
graphic and telephonic wires are down
tonight between here and Little Rock,
Altheimer, Show, Tucker and England.
A tornado Is reported at Keo.
Course Not Approved
in Council.
PRESIDENT NOT IN COUNTR
Harvester Question Not Dis
cussed in Presence.
DATES PROVED BY RECORD
Trip. West, to Canada and Philip
pines, Precluded Possibility or
Presence at Cabinet Meet
ings at Time.
WASHINGTON. April 28. President
Taft, before leaving today for his re
turn to Massachusetts, Issued a per
sonal statement denying Colonel
Roosevelt's allegation that Mr. Taft,
while Secretary of War, at a Cablne
meeting, had approved Mr. Roosevelt's
decision not to prosecute immediately
the International Harvester Company.
President Tatt's statement says he
never had heard the International Har
vester Company discussed at any Cabl
net meeting, and that the records of
the War Department will show that
he was out of the country when the
Incident referred to by the Colonel oc
curred.
President Taffs statement follows:
"Mr. Roosevelt In his speech at Wor
cester, as reported by the public press,
referring to the Harvester trust said
" 'As a matter of fact Mr. Taft was
a member of my Cabinet, and he cor
dially approved the action taken and
Indeed, as a matter of fact, my memory
is that he himself made the motion
that there should be no prosecution of
the Harvester trust pending the in
vestlgatlon into the trust by the Bu
reau of Corporations.'
Coloael's Memory at Fault.
Mr. Roosevelt's memory is very
much at fault. I am authorized to say
by Secretary Root and Secretary Wil
son, both oi wnom were roemDers oi
the Cabinet at that time, that they
have no recollection whatever of hear
ing the prosecution of the Harvester
matter discussed in the Cabinet and
Mr. Root is very certain that he never
saw or heard of Mr. Herbert Knox
Smith's letter to Mr. Roosevelt under
date of September 21, 1907, on the
subject.
"I am able to say the same thing.
So far as my recollection goes, I never
heard the Harvester trust matter dis
cussed in any Cabinet meeting that I
attended and I cannot be mistaken in
the statement that I never saw or
knew of Mr. Herbert Knox Smith's
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THAT SMUDGE.
Deserted Husband Would Divorce
Woman He Chose as Step
mother for Cabinet.
TRENTON, J. J., April 28. (Special.)
Israel Satin, who gained notoriety
some time a so by naming triplet sons
for Roosevelt, Taft and Cortelyou, has
instituted divorce proceedings against
his wife.
Shortly after the birth of the triplets
the mother died, and friends of Sahn
induced him to seek another wife in or
der that the children might have
mother. Sahn became acquainted with
a young Austrian woman named Tetta
Melter and recently married her.
Returning from her honeymoon to
the New Brunswick home of her hus
band, the bride was confronted with
the triplets and six other children by
her predecessor, and fled in terror. Mrs.
Sahn has not lived with her husband
since, hence the divorce proceedings.
COUNTY TO PAY FOR ROAD
Assistant Attorney-General Advises
Lincoln County Commissioners.
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 28. (Spe
cial.) In an opinion rendered today to
the Prosecuting Attorney of Lincoln
County, Assistant Attorney-General
Lyle holds that the money necessary
to acquire a right of way for a county
road suitable for improvement under
the state highway act, should be de
rived from the county general road and
bridge fund.
In a former opinion to the highway
department it was held that engineer
ing, advertising and incidental ex
penses should come from that fund. In
the present case It is only desired to
make a change of grade to make possible-
the building of the state high
way, so the expense is held to be in
cidental. The opinion holds that it Is practi
cally optional with the County Com
missioners whether they desire to pay
for the bridges and culverts out of the
general road and bridge fund or out of
the county s share or the state hlghwajj
fund, and that In cases where th?
bridges and culverts are a necessary
part of the improvement they may be
included in the main contract executed
pursuant to the state highway law, hut
that if it la deemed inadvisable by the
Commissioners to use the county's
share of the state highway fund, the
work can be done by Independent con
tract and the cost deducted from the
general road and bridge fund.
STEAMER HARVARD AFIRE
Vessel Has Xarrow Escape When
Blaze Starts In Galley.
LOS ANGELES, April 28. The steam
er Harvard, of the Pacific Navigation
Company, had a narrow escape from
destruction by fire late today while
lying at East San Pedro. There were
no passengers aboard and no one was
Injured. The total damage was ap
proximately $3000.
The fire started in the galley from
a defective oil pipe and it required an
hour's work by the fire tug Warrior to
extinguish the blaze. The entire gal
ley and six staterooms on the main
deck were destroyed.
The Harvard will not resume its
schedule for a week and probably will
be sent to San Francisco for repairs.
FUGITIVE
IS
CAUGHT
Man
Who Deserted Wife at Hood
River, Alleged Forger.
HOOD RIVER, Or., April 28. (Spe
cial.) C. H. Allen, whose girl wife at
tempted to commit suicide here Wed
nesday by taking chloroform, was ap
prehended at Arlington and brought to
his city yesterday by Robert T. Lewis,
City Marshal. -
Allen is 54 years old. After forging
check. It Is alleged, on an Upper Val
ley rancher, he left town. Despondent
over her husband's desertion, Mrs. Allen
rled. to end her life. She is now re
covering at the hospital.
Allen, who is confined in the city
prison, refuses to talk. He arrived
ere several months ago and has been
soliciting insurance.
CONVICT RESUMES STRIPES
Twenty-Five-Tear "Honor Man"
Keeps Promise to Governor.
PHOENIX. Aril., April 28. Eugenia
Mata, one of Governor Hunt's "honor
convicts," walked into the Arizona
Penitentiary at Florence this morning
and donned prison garb after having
been on a month's leave of absence to
visit his aged parents at Alneeda, N. M.
Mata, who is 32 years old, is serving
a 25-year sentence for murder com
mitted when he was 19 years old. He
was placed on his honor by the Gover
nor to make the trip home and return
to the' prison unescorted.
BEVERIDGE JAKES STUMP
Indianan to Speak for Roosevelt In
California Campaign. .
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28. Albert
J. Beverldge, ex-United States Senator
from Indiana, will arrive liere next
Friday to take the stump for, Theodore
Roosevelt. The news waa received
here today in a telegram from John W.
Stetson, State Senator from Alameda,
who has been active in aupport of Colo
nel Roosevelt.
Beverldge will leave Indianapolis
Tuesday and expects to remain here
through the campaign. - His itinerary
has not been fixed, but he is expected
to travel widely.
Union Blocks Board of
Trade Inquiry.
MEN DETAINED, BUT FREED
British Seaport Greets Sur
vivors With Cheers.
20 WOMEN AMONG NUMBER
Blocking of Plan to Send Arrivals
Directly to Homes Causes Anger. ;
Talcs of Death and &uf- ,
fering Are Retold.
PLYMOUTH, April 28. One hundred
and sixty survivors of the crew of the
Titanic disembarked from the Lapland
here this morning. Crowds witnessed
the landing of the small contingent
that remained of the crew which had
manned the great White Star steamer.
Relatives greeted many of the sea
men, while others were there to in
quire regarding those who were lost.
The plan of the Board of Trade of
ficials to detain the crew in barracks
until the statement of all could be
formally taken was frustrated by the
action of President Lewis and other of
ficials of the British Seafarers' Union,
the same organization which coun
selled the strike of the Olympic's crew.
They advised the seamen that the
Board of Trade had no power to confine
them and that they should not submit
to such treatment, and, after a few
hours' detention, the men received the
liberty of the port.
Tliree Tenders Meet I.lner.
When the Lapland anchored three
big tenders were waiting, two of which
took off the passengers and malls.
The third carried several representa
tives of the Board of Trade, six solici
tors for the transcription of the state
ments of the survivors, White Star of
ficials, including the managing director,
Harold Sanderson, and Director E. B.
Grenfell, head of Morgan, Grenfell &
Co., and the port officers. This tender
had been chartered by the Board of
Trade for the reception of the Titan
Jo's crew.
Twenty stewardesses were among
the survivors.
The tender maneuvered about the
harbor some time before starting for
the dock. The men were informed that
their statements would be taken and
they would be set free.
Union Gains Its Point.
Among the small boats following was
one with the representatives of the
Seafarers' Union aboard. President
Lewis and Secretary Cannon led the
seamen and shouted them not to make
any statements until the officers were'
taken aboard as parties to the pro
ceedings. The sailors followed this
advice and, after much parleying, the
Board of Trade officials, finding that
it was impossible to proceed with ihs
work, invited the union officials
aboard.
When the survivors finally clam
bered up the wharf at noon loud cheers
greeted them. They made straight
for the windows of the waiting-room
overlooking the street, searching for
friends and relatives. One stoker de
scried his brother, to whom Ije shouted:
"Tom's gone. At the last minute he
refused to go overboard."
Mourners Gather at Doek.
Many persons wearing mourning
anxiously sought details of the last
hours of relatives who went down with
the ship. The rules forbidding reporters
on the deck were strictly enforced. The
seamen had counted on going directly
to their homes in Southampton and
were angered at the delay and their -semi-imprisonment.
The chief solicitor for the Board of
Trade, Mr. Wolverton, explained that
he was acting strictly within the law
In detaining the men until their depo
sitions were taken. The Board of Trade
assumed full responsibility for this ac
tion, saying everyone would be set at
liberty as soon as he made a statement,
whether he was wanted at tha ii.uiry
or not. It was added that all would
be required to report to the receiver of
wrecks.
Tales of Suffering; Told.
The first squad was released and
newspapermen obtained many inter
esting stories of personal experiences
similar to those told in the United
States, tales of suffering on rafts, death
from exposure and freezing. All first
believed the, Titanic could not sink
and made light of the collision. Cap
tain Smith's last words were: "Every
man for himself."
Eighty-five seamen and firemen ;
started for Southampton in a special
train at 6 o'clock tonight. The rest of
the survivors, comprising stewards,
stewardesses and cooks, will leave tomorrow-
noon. By that time the Board
of Trade will have the statements of
all.
BODIES SCATTERED BY STORM
Minia Continues Mackay-Bennett's
Work, With Small Success.
NEW YORK, April 28. The steamer
Minla, which has taken the place of the
steamer Mackay-Bennett In the search
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