The Sunday Oregonian., March 15, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, 3IARCII . 15, 1903.
TUFT SWEEPING
choice of the Pennsylvania delegation.
Mr. Focht hasbeen active In support of
the Pennsylvania Senator, but says he is
convinced that Taft is the favorite in the
betting in New York and even in Pennsylvania.
WEST Hi SOUTH
Nearly All Delegates Elected
Are Instructed for the
Secretary.
FEW ARE UNINSTRUCTED
Strength Greatest in Big Northern
and Western States Little Op
position in South Table
of Votes by States.
fOl.UMBUS. O., March 7. The Taft
managers have issued the following
bulletin:
Every delegate now selected to the
Republican National convention from
a Northern state that has no candi
date of Its own is under binding in
structions to vote and work for the
nomination of Secretary William
Howard Taft. With the exception of
Vice-President Fairbanks, who has 26
Instructed delegates from the Con
rresslonal districts of his own state,
not another mentioned candidate for
the Republican Presidential nomination
now has a real delegate that he can
call his pwn.
The Taft strength is greatest in the
big Northern and Western Republican
states. It is not found merely in tl'e
Routh, as has been asserted. Although
126 out of 158 delegates now selected
bear Instructions for Taft, but 16 of
the number are from Southern states -two
from Alabama, eight from Florida
and six from Tennessee; Maryland,
which has been breaking away from
the South politically, furnishes four
more. The Philippines have given
Taft two votes.
Aside from his native Ohio. Taft
Is strongest in Missouri, another bor
der state, whose electoral vote is ex
pected to aid In the triumph of Taft
at the polls. (Since the above v.as
written contesting delegates favoring
Hughes have been elected in two dis
tricts.) Two More States for Taft.
Tn the past week Kansas and Ne
braska have commenced to elect Taft
delegates. (Since the above was written
state conventions have elected delegates
. instructed for Taft.)
Iowa has selected her first National
delegates without a thought of consider
ing any other candidate. The convention
which selected these delegates unani
mously Instructed them for Secretary
Taft. Iowa Is a state which has been
denied to the Secretary of War by all
the Eastern political know-lt-alls. It has
st times been credited to Senator L,a
Follette. but usually is given to Governor
CumminR. while occasionally Cannon,
Fairbanks, Hughes and Knox are gen
erously given a few Iowa delegates. Gov
ernor Cummins and his followers are
sincerely for Taft. as are Senator Allison
and those of his friends who are engaged
In a contest with the Governor for local
party control.
The actions taken to date in the 13
states and Philippine. Inlands which have
selected delegates to the Chicago conven
tion furnish an answer to those who ar
gue, in an effort to defeat Taft instruc
tions, that It Is wrong to Instruct dele
gates anyhow: that the manhood of dele
gates should be preserved and that they
should he commissioned to do what may
seem best to them at the time, regardless
of what the members of the party who
sent them to the National convention may
want
Nearly All Delegates I iiMrm'tod.
With the exception of two delegates
from Alabama, two from Missouri and
four from ljouiiana, every delegate thus
far selected Is under positive and binding
Instructions. Omitting Indiana, the in
structions are all for Tuft. The Louisiana
uninstrueted delegates were selected dur
ing the past week in a convention repre
senting one faction of the party. On May
U the other faction will hold Its con
vention, and is expected to instruct the
delegates selected for Secretary Taft. The
faction to meet In May is the one oftl-
dally recognized in the state, and which
nominates the Republican candidates
placed on the ballot.
The table of actual delegate selections
at this time does not indicate that there
will be more than the usual number of
contests from the Southern States. The
s-ats of all of the Alabama and Florida
delegates now named are In dispute, and
the rights of the four from Ioui.siana. are
to be questioned. Maryland, although on
the border, is generally considered a
Southern Stale, and has selected four
delegates, and Tennessee, in the heart of
the Southern Mississippi Valley, has
picked six. all of them without contest.
As the record stands today. 12 Southern
seats are disputed and W are not ques
tioned. The. following table, sent out by the
Taft managers, has been brought up to
Name of State.
: 2
Alabama 21';' 4 '2 '2
Florida Itv hi 8 i
Indiana .1. I
Iowa lit.; , . . . !
Kana ;n
tuifara ik V J i,
Maryland lKi 4: 4' ....
Michigan '.V 1 'S !
Missouri 3: fliv "J.
Nebraska lti t Irt . . . .1
Ohio 4K .To! 3:
Oklahoma . 14. j' .
Philippine 'J 1', 2 I
TVnnrssee 24 tv .
Total ! fr-S lie;1 ir.iV 8
In Iuiflana. a state convention will be
hold May 11. by that port inn of the party
which is recognized on the stats ballot.
In the Oklahoma contest, both nets of
delegates are instructed for Taft.
KEYSTONE'S SECOND CIIQU'E
Pennsylvania Will Suing to Tart.
Knox Leader in Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 14. The Wash
ington Times has published a story re
porting that when the time conies for
uch action. Senator I'hf lander C. Knox,
the Pennsylvania candidate for Presi
dent will be found supporting Secretary
Taft. and that at least 40 of the state's
8 vote will go to Taft. The Times says
that Knox will probably be the recognized
floor leader in the Senate of the Taft ad
ministration, and will work to secure the
passage of administration measures.
Representative Ben K. Focht. of the
Seventeenth Pennsylvania District, de
clares Secretary Taft will be the second
HEARST'S FIGHT FOR MAYOR
Supreme Court to Begin Hearing of
Case April 13.
NEW YORK, March 14. The right of
George B. McClellan to the office of
Mayor of New York City, which was
contested by William R. Hearst, will be
determined at a trial which is to begin
before the appellate division of the
bupreme Court on April 13. This date
was fixed in an order Issued by the
appellate division today, in pursuance
of a recent order granting the right to
open the baxes In disputed ditricts for
the purpose of recounting the ballots.
The order also commands the drawing
of a special panel of 106 talesmen.
The Mayoralty contest has been drag
ging through the courts for more than
two years.
ALU TRIES TO ESCAPE
SLASHES TKUSTY WITH RAZOR
OBTAINED SOMEHOW.
Pol foe Suspect Re Has Organized
Accomplices, Who Are Attempt
ing to Aid Him.
DKXVER, March 11 An attempt was
made about 8:30 o'clock today by Giuseppe
Alia, the condemned murderer of Father
Leo Heinricha, to escape from the County
Jail, where he has been under guard day
and night. He made use of a razor blade,
with .which he slashed the neck of a
"trusty" who was cleaning his cell, and
then made a rush to get away.
The "trusty," despite his cut. rushed af
ter him and pinioned him, and he was
quickly overpowered with the help of
Deputy Warden Carpen.
Brunetti, an Italian, and companion of
Alia's, had been held as a, suspect and
occupied the cell before Alia was placed
in it. Brunetti was released from jail
last night, and as he passed Alia's cell
he spoke to the condemned man in Ital
ian. It is surmised that Brunetti may
have left the razor concealed and told
Alia where to look for it when he passed
out last night.
Michel Brunetti, who Is suspected of
having left the razor where It was found
by Alia, when interviewed this after
noon, denied emphatically that he had
done so or that he had any knowledge
as to how Alia obtained the weapon.
Sheriff Alexander Ntsbet and the police,
however, are convinced by this incident
that the murderer of the priest has ac
complices or confederates who are de
termined to save his life, if possible, and
that they belong to an organization.
Baron Gustavo Tostl, the Italian Con
sul, said today that Alia's hopeless at
tempt to escape from jail confirmed his
belief that the man Is insane. He added:
"I have no inteption of appealing to
the Italian government or of trying to
make this an International affair. It ia
purely a local matter."
Attorney WIddirombe, who under
took the defense of the assassin under
the court's order, said this afternoon:
I was not in the least surprised when I
hard this morning that Giuseppe Alia had
attempted to murder & guard at the County
Jail in an attempt to escape. I have always
regarded the prUxner as a dangerous man.
and even while I defended him I had no
belief that he was innane. I have always
regarded him as a despera te and sane man
who would not stop at anything to carry out
his ideas.
FLEET PREPARES TO SAIL
Japanese Squadron Exhibits Activ
ity at Naval Station.
HONGKONG, March 14. Information
has been received here from Formosa that
the Japanese naval squadron will sail to
day on secret service. The cruisers Ya
kumo, Akitisuma, A si ma and flotilla of
smaller vessels have been coaled ready
to sail at a minute's notice since March
7. At Sasabo, the naval station, every
thing is exceedingly busy. The Tatsu af
fair has caused a sensation in the Navy,
and some action in the Department Is
surmised.
A dispatch from Toklo under date of
March 9 announced that a part of the
first Japanese naval squadron was to
leave port on March . 14- Coaling and
other preparations for departure were
proceeding rapidly.
At the office of the admiralty at To
kio, it was declared that the squadron
was about to begin a series of maneu
vers, and that the activity at Sasebo
should not necessarily be considered in
connection with the difficulty with China
arising from the Tatsu Maru Incident..
PROGRESS IN THE TATSU CASE
China and Japan Agree on Definite
Terms of Settlement.
PBKIX, March 14. The negotiations
looking to a settlement of the difficulty
between China and Japan growing out of
the seizure by China of the Japanese
steamer Tatsu Maru, are making favor
able progress. The Chinese Foreign
Board approved the draft of a document
In which China accepts the proposals
made by Japan yesterday. China will
pay 21.400 yen (about $10,700) and retain
the arms that form the cargo of the
Tatsu Maru, and she will pay also about
10.000 taels demurrage on the steamer. It
is expected that the Tatsu Maru will be
released March 16.
In "addition Japan agrees, to adopt and
enforce strict regulations to prevent fu
ture traffic in arms and ammunition
from Japan into China, bul she refuses
to include the territory of Macao in this
limitation.
China will soon take up negotiations
with Portugal regarding the contraband
traffic at Macao,
COULD NOT DRAW A WILL
AllcgitttuSi Made Against Author of
Illinois Kevicd Statutes.
CHICAGO. March 14. Was Harvey B.
Lord, father of the Illinois revised
statutes. Incapable of drawing of a will
which would bear legal scrutiny?
Mrs. Ida H. Lord, his eldest daughter,
apparently thinks he was and asks that
the will of her late father, disposing of
his $.VMXX estate, be set aside. The
action, based upon an alleged technical
error in the document, is likely to de
velop a fight on the part of the other
heirs.
King Manuel Delays Amnesty.
LISBON". March It It is announced
that Kin? Manuel will not sign a decree
of general amnesty until it has been es
tablished that there was no connection
between the assassinations of his father
and brother and the political uprising
planned for last year.
Marred men of Belsrium have two votes
iintl the tingle onss only one. Priests and
some- other privileged pel son. have three.
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SAVED FROM BUNCO; ANGRY
CHICAGO MAX WANTS TO PLAY
TIP OX RACE.
Threatens Arrest or Detectives Who
Save Him From Clutches of Xo
torious Bunco-Steerer.
CHICAGO, March 14. Believing that
he had lost an opportunity to make a
small fortune, C. K Vail, a building
agent, threatened to prefer charges
against two city detectives yesterday when
.they Interrupted a conversation at the
Wesern Union building and arrested
William Loftus, said by the police to be
a well-known confidence man. It de
veloped that Loftus had induced Vail to
agree to place $3000 on a horse running
in the third race at New Orleans, after
he had been led to believe that Loftus
would receive the first Information of
the winner because of an alleged ac
quaintance with the manager of the tele
graph company. The detectives were
walking by the building when they rec
ognized Loftus and decided to Investi
gate. Faint Hope lor Judge Hailey.
Something of an improvement was
reported last night in the condition of
Judge Thomas G. Hailey, although he
was still low at a late hour. Hope of
his recovery was not abandoned en
tirely, as the sick man showed signs of
rallying from the relapse that followed
his removaj from the St. Vincent's
Hospital to his home at S35 Marshall
street.
Would Reorganize Foundry Trust.
NEW YORK, March 14. E. H. Gary,
chairman of the board of directors of the
United States Steel Corporation, made a
statement to the stockholders of the
American Steel Foundries Company at a
meeting In Jersey City today advocating
the reorganization plan proposed for the
latter company.
SnialljMHt on Ocean Liner.
NEW YORK, March 14. The steamer
Graf Waldersee, which came in from Bou
logne and Plymouth today with more than
1000 passengers, had a case of smallpox
in her steerage. She was temporarily
detained at quarantine. ' .
South African Liner Wrecked.
DURBAN. March 14. The British
steamer Newark Castle, belonging to the
Union Castle Line, has been wrecked at
Richards' Bay. The passengers on board,
together with part of the cargo, have been
safely landed.
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