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TAFT WILL LOSE
OREGON BY 7
Four-Fifths of State
" Vote Reported.
SELUNS IS VICTOR BY 8003
Bourne Snowed Under and
Plurality May Go Higher.
DEMOCRATS LIKE WILSON
Minority Party Peeltlc to Name New
Jerej "orrnor for Place Harry
I.nc Ha Bet for Senator
in Itacc Now-
Nearly four-fifths of the' vote of the
State of Oregon on President and United
States Senator has been counted and report-).
These return Indicate that
Theodore Roosevelt has carried Oregon
over President Taft by about 7000 votes
and has obtained a plurality over Rob
ert La Follette of about 5000.
Ben Selling haa carried Orea-on over
Senator Bourne by at leant 1.000. c--ordlng
to present Indications, with the
probability that the plurality will run
up to feSOO.
These estimates are based on returns
from all but 1 precinct. In Multnomah
County, complete returns from Benton.
Clackamas. Clatsop. Hood River. Sher
man and Wasco counties anl more or
less complete returns from every other
county' In the state.
Wllaaa Democrat" ''.
On the Democratic count it seems
-ertaln that Woodrow Wilson has re
reived the preference of the Oregon
voters for President and that Marry
Lane, of Tortland. will be the Iemo
rratlc candidate for Senator.
Returns from results on the Demo
cratic ticket are meager, however, and
no estimate can be made of the total
vote cast, so that likewise cellmates of
pluralities are Impossible.
Return received on the Republican
ticket eapply a total o far of 3.s71
iot for President. f these Roose
.elt has :..03l and Taft 17.9S. The
pluralities shown In the partial re
turns are a. follows: Roosevelt over
La Follette Roosevelt over Taft
lllas Lend- My uvn-
The aggregate In the Incomplete re
turns on Senator for .the Slate at lance
Is SUIT, of which Sclllg has 2S.J00.
Bourne 23.121. Lowell 9-'3 and Morton.
:4. Selllna; la thua leading Bourne
by 0SO votes. Multnomah and Jack
son counties. where Bourne obtained
Ms principal pluralities over Selling
l.ave reported practically complete re
turns, so the probabilities are that In
:he remaining count felling will In
crease his lead by 2000 to 1100 votes.
These and the estimates, . Including
those on President, are based on a
probable total Republican vote In Ore
rn of 73.000.
In the Second Congressional District
tKaxterh Oregon). X. J. Sinnott has a
lead of about 700 over W. R. Ellis, who
.a second in the race.
The vote reported gives the follow
ing totals. Slnnot. J3S; Ellis. 242:
Cochrane. 206; C. E. Roosevelt. 674;
Jerry Rusk, 1153.
Oleott Probably osalaated.
B. W. Oleott in the more complete
returns pulled away from F. 8. Fields
In the contest for Secretary of State
and undoubtedly is nominated. The
rote stands: Oleott. 30.905; Fields.
.'.1S: oleotfs majority. 2799.
The result on Dairy and Food Com
missioner Is also practically certain.
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FLAGSATHALFMAST
MOURNFORVICTIMS
HONOR TO THOSF. WHO WKNT
HOWX OX TITAXIC SIIOWX.
Memorial Service 111 Cliu relies To.
day Will Pay. Solemn Repecf.
High Tribute lo F. M. Warren..
All over the city, on public and pri
vate buildings, flags were flying at
half mast yesterday In honor of those
that went dom n with the Tl.anlc. and
the British ensign at the consulate sent
forth its message of condolence from
the English residents here.
In many churches today memorial
services will be held and in many of
them special prayers read on liehalf of
the victims. Especially will this be
the case at the First Congregational
Church, out of respect for one of its
most honored members the late Frank
M. Warren, both decorations and serv
ice being carried out with rrtlrular
reference to his memory. The pew,
occupied by the Warrenr ever since the
church -was built, wlp Cf covered in
purple ajid green floweraj"- a pre
ponderance of asallas. Ra ' ,"'s
will be massed on the opposite - -'9
the rostrum.
VBut for Mr. Warren's energy and
help the membera would never have
known their present building." suld
one of the congregation. "Generosity
of the kind that asks no mention of the
deed, but rather seeks to hide all
knowledge of the giver was one of his
many merits, and to all of us. who ad.
mlred his truly Christian character, his
death' comes as more than a heavy
blow."
James Laldlaw. British Consul, will
conduct a memorial service for those
who lost their lives in tho wreck of
the Titanic. The service will be held
to-night at 7:43 o'clock at the Sea
men's Institute, Third and Flanders
streets.
BIG PRUNE CROP EXPECTED
Sou -on at Sheridan Makes Proper
Cultivation Possible.
SHERIDAN". Or.. April 20. (Special.)
The prune crop In this section will
be the best in years. From present
prospects the quince crop in this sec
tion will be much larger.than last year.
The weather this Spring has been par
ticularly advantageous to the growing
of prunes. The continued cold weath
er during tho past two months has
kept the sap below ground and enabled
the growers to prune the trees without
fear of bleeding. Early cultivation was
made possible for the same reason.
With the rising of the sap cultivation
must raase until all the early frosts
have passed. When a frost hits a tree
In full bud. the results are apt to be
disastrous to tho crop. -
The continued c14 weather without
tho usual warm spell In February has
kept the sap down until the present
time.
Besides the particularly -good Spring,
the buls are more evenly distributed
than in any of the last few years. This
Is a great advantage, as by an even
distribution the buds are enabled to
rrarh a better size.
Taken altogether, the prospects for
a larae crop are good. Tho cold, late
Spring has enabled the orchard men
to do the early work wlthoiit fear. The
blossoms are uniformly distributed, in
suring safety to the limbs and the
fuller development of the fruit.
IMMIGRATION BILL PASSES
Senate Measure Provides Kducation
al TeMsj for Males.
WASHINGTON". April 20. Tho Dil
lingham Immigration bill, with the edu
cation test restored in modified form,
has passed the Senate without division
of the final vote. The test adopted re
quires that every male immigrant must
read and write, and makes that provi
sion applicable to lmmigranta from
Canada and other countrlea of the
Western Hemisphere, who are exempted
by the original bill. Religious refu
gees would be exempted. Senator
Root's amendment to provlda for the
deportation of aliens conspiring to
overthrow other governments was
passed. This' was said to be Intended
to aprly especially to antl-Mexlcan agi
tators. The Chinese exclusion law Is
Incorporated In the general bill. The
Immigrant head tax is Increased from
$4 to $5. Reforms in the immigration
service are provided.
POLITICS AND A TRAGEDY
IIP.
ARE BIG
La Follette's Plurality in
Multnomah 503.
ADDRESS CAPTURES VOTES
Brief Campaign Here Stems
Roosevelt Tide Greatly.
BOURNE TRICK 11TH HOUR
lo Hays Iierore Primary Senutor
Semis Out Kepcres Rent on Ap-
yo'"I,,,? to "Common People"
.'s Oltl-Timc Pretext.
BOIKXK AMI SKLI.INO EACH
J-
CAKKIKH II IS HOME
I'KWINCT.
Senator Bourne und Ben Helling
each carried his home precinct.
Senator Bourne la registered In Jre
rlnrt which registered the fol
lowing vote: Bourne 54. Lowell 10.
Morton 3, Selling !.
The home of Mr. Felling Is In pre
cinct 34. which reported the follow
ing vote: Bourne 851, Lowell 10, Mor
ton 5. Selling 1 4 7 v v
Complete unofficial returns from 175
precincts out of a totnl of 3S9 precincts
in the county, at midnight, give Sena
tor La Follette a plurality of 503.
La Follette's vote so far as counted
was 9672 with 9169 for Roosoelt and
70S for Taft.
The same figures gle Bourr.e a plu
rality of 187J, the vote on Senator be
ing: Bourne. 12.134; Lowel., 2046;
Morton. 10S7; Selling, 10.261.
Laffcrty has a plurality of 305 over
Judge Gantenbcln for Representative
n Congress. This lead may be In
creased to 1000 with the completed
count.
The primary electios) furnished a
miniber of real surprises. Not the
least of these was that La Follette
should carry Multnomah. Balloting had
not progressed far election . day until
the Taft forces realized that the Pres
ident would lose the county. But they
Just as confidently expected Roosevelt
would win. doubting that La Follette
In his brief campaign here hud reached
enough voters to stem the Roosevelt
tide. It is generally conceded that La
Follette captured the county by his ad
dress In this city three days beforo the
election. He was supported almost
solidly by the working people.
Bourse Vote VorprUe.
Another unexpected result was that
the county should give Senator Bourne
a plurality over Ben Selling for I'nlted
States Senator. Mr. Staling was not
absolutely confident of carrying the
county but his friends could see no
other result. The trick was turned at
the last minute. Pursuing the same
tactics that had proved so resourceful
to him in former contests. Bourne and
his faithful allies In the field devoted
the principal part of Jc campaign to
an appeal to the "common people" on
the pretext of being the pioneer advo
cate and defender of the "Oregon sys
tem" and the invincible high chief and
champion of popular and progressive
legislation.
Two days before the primary,, how
ever. Bourne called out his reserves.
The response was instantaneous and
vigorous. Several millionaires, or the
directing heads of millionaire corpora
tions, and other representatives of "big
business" and prominent in financial
circles, rallied to" his support. They
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OF, THE SEA SUPPLY
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RESULTS
I COUNTY
SURPRISE
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Or-
GOODING MAY RUN '
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
IX)ltMKKK-VKCtTlVK SAID TO
DKSIRK STATE CJIAIK.
No Statement Out btit Prominent
Id alio sheepman Is Kxpeetetl to
.Make Announcement.
. BOISH. Idaho. 'April 20. (Special.)
Frank R. G&odlng. ex-Governor of
Idaho, who led tho 'party during two
successive campaigns, will anonunce
his candidacy for Governor a third time.
It is rumored In political circles here.
MrT Gooding neither affirms or de
nies the report. That he Is dissatisfied
with the strong candidates already In
the gubernatorial race, and believes
that the party cannot win with either
of them at the head of the state ticket
Is well known. He declared at one
time Idaho would have a Railroad Com
mission if lie had to run. for Governor
again and rlve this atafe such a com
mission. - i'
Th"e "refusal "of TTcu . uuuume,
Senator from Lincoln County, to make
the gubernatorial race Is said to have
had much to do with the decision of
Ex-Governor Gooding to enter. It is
known the ex-Governor is bitter to
wards John T. Morrison, an announced
candidate for gubernatorial honors.
John M. Haines, also a Republican
gubernatorial aspirant, and ex-Mayor
of this city, is not on friendly terms
with Gooding, say party leaders here,
because Gooding is pronounced as a
Prohibition advocate and Haines as
sumes a neutral position on the "wet"
and "dry" Issue. At the present time
It is admitted that Haines has an excel
lent organization and that he Is count
ed as one of the strong candidates in
the nice against Morrison, who is now
touring the North.
BIG WOOL SALE IS CLOSED
Sinythc Brothers, of Arlington, Sell
J25,0.0O Pounds.
PKN'DLETON". Or., April 20. (Spe
cial.) The first, and one of the largest
sales of ther-season, was consummated
within the last two days, when half
of the' 250.000-pound clip of Smythe
brothers, of Arlington, was sold to J.
P. Dufour, woolbuyer for Henri Wat
tine and several foreign houses, as
well as American manufacturers.
Although the price obtained. Is not
known. It i thought to be the best
price .paid for many seasons.
The sale was the coarse wool end of
the Smythe clip the fine wool not hav
ing yet been shorn.
It Is believed that the Smythe clip
Is to be consigned to the Woolen Socket
mills, of Rhode Island. The same buyer
purchased the coarse end of the Stan
ley Coffin clip at North Yakima. Wool
buyers claim that the Smythe clip is
the finest coarse wool ever brought
out of Arlington, being half-blood Lin
coln stuff, and that It goes to prove
that Oregon ranks high in the wool
clip of the world.
CLERKS DIE LIKE HEROES
Titanic Postal Employes Go Down
Trying to Save SlaiL
. WASHINGTON". April 20. Five- pos
tal clerks aboard the ill-fated Titanic
died like heroe. Three of them were
Americans, two were Englishmen. They
were Oscr S. Woody, of Washington:
D. C; John S. Marsh. Newark. N. J.;
W. L. Gwynn, Brooklyn. N. Y.. and Jago
Smiih anTl Edward Williamson, of
England.
According to official advices today to
Postmaster-General Hitchcock, these
men. after the Titanic had crushed into
the iceberg, disregarded their personal
safety and began to convey the 200
sacks of registered mail, containing
400.000 pieces, to the upper deck, where
It might be saved.
As the situation became more desper
ate they appealed to the vessel's stew
ards to assist them In carrying the val
uable" mail to the upper deck. They
continued in this work until the last.
TOPICS FOR PEN AND
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BY
SUFFRAGE
MAE UP
Wireless Inventor to
Join His -Wife.
DIYORCE SUIT IS DISMISSED
-'Votes for Women" Baby Aids
in Recoficilation.
ALL CHARGES ARE DROPPED
Biological Husband, Who Blamed
His. Mother - in - Law, Kumotis
Leader of Militant Movement,
' Willing to Try Again.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 20 (Spe
cial.) Dr. Lee De Forrest, the wire
less inventor and promoter,-" residing
in this city, and his estranged wife.
Nora Blatch. De Forrest, the New York
suffragist, ' both of whom have in
dulged in acerbic recrimination in a
spectacular long-distance divorce suit,
are to be reconciled.
De Forrest la now under $500 bonds
to aear in this state within a spe
cified time to stand trial on a charge of
using the mails to defraud. He is now
in Palo Alto. -
It is said he is planning a trip East
soon. '
Both Sulta Are Dismissed.
The harassed inventor, whom his
mother-in-law called 'a "troubler in
Israel," today filed an order In the
Superior Court directing the dismissal
of his suit for divorce from the well
known suffragist and also asked for
a dismissal of the suit for the custody
of the infant daughter, Harriet Stanton
Do Forrest, the child who. De Forrest
said, was taught to lisp "Votes for Wo
men" before she could say "Da-da."
To make assurance doubly sure the
typewritten request for a 'dismissal is
inscribed across tUe-face. with the
words: "And the same Is hereby dis
missed." These'momentous words are
written In red ink.
M.(h-r-l-I.av la Blamed.
The case has many angles and has
been of peculiar interest. Mrs. De For
rest is the Inventor's second wife. Ho
alleged that she deserted hiin after
the birth of their child, two and a
half years ago. He said that he
realized he had been tolerated up to
that time only because he was a "bio
logical factor," and blamed his mother-in-law,
Mrs. 1 Harriet Stanton Blatch,
the famous New York suffrage leader,'
for alienating his wife's affections.
The inventor made numerous sensa
tional allegations in the divorce suit.
He did not profess to have lost his
affection for his wife, but he said that
the suffrage atmosphere created in the
bosom of his famty by the fact that
his mother-in-law placed the issue of1
"votes for women" above all other con
siderations in-the scale of earthly hap
piness had madean intolerable situa
lion. t .
Bread-Wlnner Demands Recognition.
He resented being considered as a
"biological factor" and nothing else.
Even as a mere bread-winner, be con
tended, he was worth more considera
tion than he receive, and he blamed
the famous suffrage leader, his wife's
mother, for ( Instilling heretical Ideas
on the subject of domesticity into his
wife's mind. He charged that the wo
men of the family were mad on the
subject of the ballot and were in
temperate in their views of it. -
Mrs. De Forrest replied with a denial
of all allegations and charged her
husband with non-support.
De Forrest, as inventor of the radlo
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COUPLE PARTED
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ALL SINAL0A IS IN
HANDS OF REBELS
OFFICIALS AND POLICE IX ONE
DISTRICT RESIGN.
Defeated Garrison Opens Jail and
Citizens Fight With Prisoners.
Americans in Flight.
EL PASO, Tex., April 20. According
to advices a week old, but just re
ceived here, tho entire State of Sinaloa,
like that of Chihuahua, is In rebel
hands. , ,.
Thirty Americans, who had concen
trated at the Rhoades ranch at Navol
ato and had planned to escapo to an
island in event of fighting, probably
did so and by this time, it is thought,
have been rescued by a boat which, it
was planned to send them from Guay
mas at the tlmethe advices arrived
today were mailed.
The fear of the Americans at Navol
ato that there would be fighting there
was justified,-for on April 9 500 rebels
attaeked the town and drove out the
garrison of 35 federals, 14 of whom
were captured.
The rebels were holding an orgy of
drinking and looting when a federal
column from Cullacan arrived. There
was hot fighting and the rebels fled.
It is reported that 38 of them, Includ
ing two women, were killed.
Shortly after this fight President
Madero recalled all his troops from the
state to the' City of Mexico and the en
tire district was left without a gov
ernment, as every policeman and office
holder resigned. Almost the last act of
the garrison was to release the prison
ers from the jail. In the disturbances
which followed one of the prisoners
was killed by citizens and another,
caugtit in the act of looting, was shot.
A recent telegram to the State De
partment at Washington, said that the
rebels occupied the city April 16.
BEACHED BOAT IS SAVED
Schooner Osprey Released From
Spit In Rogue River.
MARSHFIELD, Or., April 20. (Spe
cial.) The gasoline schooner Osprey
has been saved after having been
beached at the mouth of Rogue River.
It suffered no material damagre from
the experience.
The little boat was heavily loaded
with freight from Coos Bay and on
entering Rogue River ran into the
north spit, where slin was high and
dry. At low tide the freight, was un
loaded, and by means of lines and
anchors the schooner was floated agafn
at high tide and lias put to sea again,
bound for Coos Bay.
The Osprey was formerly owned by
the late R. D. Hume and has faced
niiiny perils in the past few jears but
has always been fortunate in being
saved. She Is a small gasolins schooner
designed especially for the shallow bar
of Rogue River. The boat was pur
chased with the rest of tho Hume estate
hy the AV'edderburn Trading Company,
a corporation owned ty the Macleay
estate, of Portland. "
PRISON MANAGED CHEAPLY
Walhi Walla Institution Falls to
Siiend All Appropriation.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. April 20. (Spe
cial.) The state penitentiary at Walla
Walla is showrrto have had an c'scirnt
and economical management, according
to the reDort of the State Bureau of In
spection, filed today'with Attorney-Gen
eral W. V. Tanner.
The --expenditures shown by the re
port for the institution for the years
1907-1909 were S674.951. out of a total
appropriation of $687,820, and there re
verted to the state treasury a uniauto
of 112.868. The expenditures for the
succeeding two year period from 1909
to 1911 amounted to loiu.zoi, irom a
total aDorODrlatlon of 682,3S0, leaving
a balance amounting to $142,112. The
appropriation for 1911-191J was
$517,875, from which there has been
expended $121,498, leaving a balance on
hand of $396.476.
BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS.
WIRELESS' PART
DISASTER PROBED
Hearing Is Suddenly
Shifted to Capital.
OPERATORS ARE POORLY PAID
Tales of Sleepless Nights on
Duty Are Told.
ONE LINER IGNORES CALL
Frankfurt Fails to Realize Import
ance of Demand. Though It Is
Nearer Scene; Officials to
Be Summoned.
NEW YORK. April 20. With dra
matic suddenness the Senate investiga
tion of the Titanic disaster came to
an end today, so far as the New York'
heating was concerned. It will be re-uumed.-
however, in Washington on
Monday, when J. Bruce Ismay and P.
A. S. Franklin, the chief officials of the
White Star Line, and more than a score
of the oflicers and crew of the sunken
vessel will appear before the com
mittee. Incident to the sudden close of the
hearing here was the story of Harold
S. McBrlde, th second and only sur
viving wireless operator of the Ti
tanic. His tale was one of suffering and
death. He told of the final plunge of
the vessel to its ocean burial. ,The
manner of the captain's death also was
revealed. Captain Smith leaped from
the bridge when the water was closing
over his ship.
Federal Authority Strengthened.
In connection with the transfer of
the hearing to Washington, it was in
timated that the power of the Senate
over Federal territory would be undis
puted in getting at the real facts, and
no question of state rights Could rise
t interfere. Throughout the hearing,
also, oflicers of the White Star lino
had portrayed the dangers of sailors'
boarding-houses in Jew York as a rea
son why those detained by the com
mittee should be allowed to sail on tho
Lapland, which left today.
Throughout the hearing this morn
ing the wireless operator, Bride, crip
pled as a result of his experiences and
seated In an invalid's chair, told his
story of the last moments of the Ti
tanic. His narrative, drawn from him
piecemeal by Senator Smith, of Michi
Kan, chairman of the committee, held
enthralled the committee and audience.
When his ordoal -ended he was almost
on the verge of collapse.
I'lanK Cbanged Suddenly.
After the hearing was resumed in
the afternoon, announcement of the
change of base was made. Herbert B.
Plttmiin, tho third officer of the Titanic
had been called to the witness chair.
Senator Smith directed one question to
him relating to the whereabouts of
tho ship's log. The witness said ne
did not know. Promptly Mr. Smith an
nounced the committees' decision to re
sume the committee's inquiry in Wash
ington on Monday. Later he issued a
statement giving in detail his reasons
for the sudden change in plans,
Wireless Subject of Probe.
The committee devoted its entire day
t" an investigation of the connection
of the wireless with the disaster. H. T.
Cottam, the operator on .the Carpathia,
was tho first witness. Senator Smith
sought to establish certain testimony
Cottam had given on the stand yes-
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